The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS

AN OBSERVER calls our attention to the negligent mode of
driving carts and other vehicles through the streets, by
sitting in the binder part of the vehicle, and driving with
cord or string reit*, to the serious annoyance of those
who have carriagel of less strong construction. The
police should look to this.
Owing to the pressure upon our space, we have been com-
pelled to withdraw several communications and one or
two leading articles.
A Correspondent asks. if there is such a place in this town as
a benefit society established for clerks or apprentices,
that, by the payment of small sums, they will, in time of
sickness or death, be entitled to receive a benefit for the
same?

C - We shall be happy, at all times, to receive communica-
tions on subjects of local or general interest.
Boors, &c., FOR Risvt ENV, may be left et Mr. C. Mitchell's,
Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, addressed "to the
Editor of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD," when they will
be forwarded and receive attention.

The ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD
is 20s. in advance—or .225. on credit.

Eibtrpoot tanbarb,

TUESDAY MORNING, OCT. 24, 1554,

PUBLIC BENEVOLENCE.

IT may be a deserved charge against the people
of England at the present day, that, neglecting
the unbought grace of life, they are too much
devoted to the sordid pursuits of money-getting ;
but, after the experience of the last few
months, and even of the last few days, none can
deny their being actuated by the pure spirit of
unselfish benevolence when circumstances demand
their aid. Scarcely had the expedition begun to
leave our shores to do battle for the cause of
justice in the East, and defend the insulted honour
of Europe against the aggressions of the Northern
Despot, than an appeal was made to individual

munificence to provide for the wives and children
of those who had ventured their lives for England's
quarrel. So readily and so generally was the
appeal responded to, that in a short time nearly a
Hundred Thousand Pounds was collected, and the
minds of the soldiers set at rest with reference to
the welfare of those they left behind them. Then
came the news of the fierce and deadly struggle on
the heights of Alma, where hundreds of gallant
soldiers lost their lives or their limbs to gain the
brilliant victory which struck the first blow at
Russian supremacy in the Crimea, and opened the
road to the fortress of Sebastopol ; and this was
followed by the harrowing intelligence that the
wounded, conveyed to the hastily-arranged hos-
pitals in Turkey, were suffering from the want of
the commonest necessaries, and enduring male
bitter agonies from the neglect than they had
experienced under the murderous fire of the
Russian artillery. Again an appeal was made to
public sympathy, and so cheerfully was the
response made that in one week more than Five

Thousand Pounds was contributed
that the tale of distress has since been contra-
dicted, and we quite agree with the opinion
expressed at the preliminary meeting held in the
Town-hall, on Wednesday, that everything needed
for the sustenance and comfort of the wounded
soldiers should be provided by the Government as
part of the necessary cost of the war ; but, while
the question was being debated, the sufferers may
have been lingering in agony. It was a time not

It is truo

which the appeal was met demonstrated most
forcibly that a reliance on the kindly feelings of
our countrymen was not in vain. We have given
in another column a letter from our townsman,
Mr. 11.3.usErna, enclosing a donation to the fund,
and it is with much gratification we call attention
to the circumstance. In addition to these aids, a
Royal Commission has been issued for the manage-
ment of a Patriotic Fund, similar to that which was
raised after the battle Waterloo,, to provide for the
widows and orphans of the slain, and none can
doubt that the contributions to it will be worthy
of the occasion. With these facts before us, open
to all the world, we may endure the reproach of
being a money-getting people, for a large number
are evidently practically aware that "it is more
blessed to give than to receive."

THE COMMERCIAL CREDIT OF

LIVERPOOL

compelled to succumb to the pressure. There are
few cases wherein the sudden realisation of large
assets would ,not involve very considerable loss ;
but it remains to be seen, in this instance, sup-
posing time to be afforded for the judicious disposal
of the property, whether the creditors will ulti-
mately be sufferers to any great extent. But
however this may be, and if even it could be proved
that the individuals alluded to had acted with the
utmost perfidy, it by no means justifies the sweep-
ing charge, or rather insinuation, which has been
made against the mercantile community of this
great town.

Whilst upon this subject, we may notice a letter
which appeared in The Times on Wednesday, with
the imposing signature of " A Merchant who has
both required and obtained legitimate assistance
from his bankers." The writer asserts that
bankers ought to make it a part of their business
to ascertain the exact position of the affairs of every
house to whom they make large advances ; and
then, referring to " the appalling disclosures which
are now taking place in the affairs of the two
Liverpool firms who have just failed for such
unheard-of amounts," he said that had their

bankers adopted the precaution which he advises,
they would have saved Liverpool the discredit
which these affairs have caused. It is very easy to
give advice gratis, but it is not easy to state how
any bankers can ascertain the exact position of a
merchant's affairs, even supposing him to be willing
to submit his books to examination. The proposed
remedy is simply absurd, and we altogether deny
the imputation that these affairs have caused dis-
credit to Liverpool.

DISGRACEFUL SCENE AT ST. PAUL'S

CHURCH, KNIGHTSBRIDGE

TILE conduct of certain individuals during the
performance of Divine Service at St. Paul's Church,
Knightsbridge, on Sunday week, was so thoroughly
disgraceful, so utterly indefensible, that no terms
of reprobation can be too strong to apply to it.
We care not what were the views of the party—
whether their opinion as to the mode of repeating
the Litany was the most correct or not, or whether
the Hon. and Rev. R. LIDDELL, the Incumbent,
acted properly or not in complying with the re-
quest of his Diocesan. All this is nothing to the
purpose ; for no difference of opinion, whether well
or ill-founded, can justify, in the slightest degree,
such a blasphemous desecration of the sanctities of

Divine worship as was exhibited on this occasion.
We cannot imagine, nor can those who acted so
vilely, explain to themselves, what must have
been their feelings when, in mockery of their
solemn appeal to the Holy Trinity to have mercy

on them as miserable sinners, they were acting in
bold and unblushing defiance of their spiritual
pastor, and openly violating the common decencies
of the sacred duty in which all were engaged.
Such conduct is without any excuse or palliation,
and is beyond even the miserable plea of ignorance,
as the offenders were believed to be in the position
of gentlemen, and assumed to he Churchmen. It
will be recollected that, some months since, two
of the assistant Curates of St. Paul's, Knights-
bridge, resigned their curacies, for the alleged
reason that Mr. LIDDELL, after declaring his in-
tention not to make any alteration in the mode of
performing Divine Service, had, at the request of
the BISHOP of LONDON, altered the mode of re-
peating the Litany from chanting to simply sing-
ing it. At that time a sthall party of the congre-
gation, headed by a Mr. ERNEST FITZROY, estab-
lished what they called a Litany class, for the
practice of singing this part of the service, and
attempted an agitation against the Incumbent,

avowing their determination to sing the responses
in spite of his regulation to the contrary. After
some correspondence, however, the attempt was
abandoned; and we believe everything proceeded
quietly until the day we have mentioned, when
Mr. FITZROY, with a party acting evidently in
concert, committed the outrage referred to. We
have given the particulars, from a London Evening

Newspaper, in another column. It will be seen
that the popular Churchwarden made a display of
his zeal by attempting a forcible expulsion of the
principal offender ; but such a measure did not
tend to lessen the unseemly disturbance. It is to
be hoped that legal proceedings will be taken, as
it is highly important that such disgraceful acts
should not be allowed to pass with impunity.

SIIIKSPEBE says :—" It's excellent to have a
giant's strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like
a giant." The Times, however, rejoicing in its
strength, arising from its large circulation, seems
actuated by a different opinion, and deals out its
mimic thunder with utter recklessness of conse-
quences. On Thursday last it indulged in well-
feigned indignation at the wretched vice of gambling,
and then launched out into a merciless tirade
against the more heinous sin of commercial gam-_
bling, alluding to the recent failures in Liverpool,
and leaving the inference to be drawn by super-
ficial, and, therefore, the majority of newspaper
readers, that the practices of the swindler and the
black-leg at the gaming-table were honour and
virtue, compared with those of the merchants of
Liverpool. It ought to be needless to say anything
in defence of a body of men who stand second to
none in the world for the magnitude and impor-
tance of their operations—who, in less than half a
century, have raised Liverpool from a place of minor
importance to be the great emporium of the world ;
whose ships, unrivalled for speed and capability,
are to be found in every port, and whose exports
exceed in value those of all the rest of the United
Kingdom. But it is put forth to the world that
the leading journal of Europe accuses them of the
grossest perfidy ; and though the insinuation of
such a charge can only be attributed to ignorance
or malevolence, there are, unfortunately, too many
who give credit to such statements in the same
spirit. We have no occasion to mention names, or
it could not be difficult to refer to many Liverpool
merchants whose credit is quite equal to that of
the Bank of England, and whose reputation for
that honour which gives the chief value to mer-
cantile dealings is far superior to that of their
detractors. Even the recent failures, which have
given occasion to this diatribe, and which are
exceptional cases in no way affecting the commer-
cial honour of Liverpool, do not in themselves
deserve the fierce wrath levelled at them by the
Thunderer. It may so happen that an individual
who, but a short time since, was comparatively
without capital, has suddenly started into notice as
a man engaged in most gigantic transactions, but
they were not of that hazardous nature to be
directly stigmatised as reckless speculation. The
breaking out of the war with Russia created a
large demand on the part of the Government for
superior ships to be used as transports ; and at the
very time when, from the great extension of com-
merce, the value of shipping had considerably
increased. Advantage was taken of this demand
to purchase every vessel that could be made avail-
able, and it is stated that the contracts made with
the Government were on the most favourable terms.
Unfortunately, however, the capital necessary for
so large an undertaking was far beyond the means
of the contractor, and the continual difficulties in

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ofoucoYloaniaelntreade is more '
appreciated,„the comforts and facilities of our oceaainessr;
senger traffic occupy greater attention, and ever/wow
that skill and science can devise, and canna! ._.candistanee
plish, are being used to bring us within sneagiugoessiors
and closer communication with our outlying P°,‘ of the
iu various parts of the world. The second half of paSt
nineteenth century will witness results which arvire3
generation could never have credited,
to behold them. The face of the earth is becorono,
pled with more intelligent and more rational no;ts
enjoying, even in the lowest circles of societY, e 0 gloat-
and luxuries which kings of yore could not obtain.
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had theY s•-, Fes
ing palaces, fraught with every appliance tears ni7„ over
the natural discomforts of a sea voyage, Yt'cl'em t 0
the waves with the speed of a bird, and COnveY
tbs; 0
the antipodes in weeks when it used to take InTrst,clas:
that a voyage to Australia or America, in a -d, l'ai.
passenger ship, is now no longer au object of dr°
rather of desire. f faii.
Some idea may be gained of the immense tide o
of ate
gration which has drained the United Kingduln , for
active population, by examining the official retniT beta
the last few years. At the rate Emigration hafii cat"
steadily proceeding-1,000 a-day—the country ""whote
tainly not be burdened with a surplus population..
_,.."-per:
who leave are, for the most part, emigrants seeinnirtie'S
mauent new homes, and who carry with theinaag $blP5;
property, or its equivalent in cash. Last Year `,/iecl
of an aggregate tonnage of 844,058 tons, -altairaii e ;
crews of 7,837 men, were employed at Livernewoal
transporting the living tide of population, 1031°anif of the
219,472 souls, from that port. More than one-113 „d tb6
full flood of Emigration was supplied by Ireland; 1;c ewer
Irish go principally to America, on account of tke „coo
voyage, but few of them having sufficient means Lod thes6
adventurers to the gold colonies. About 29,1".„-fly C"
emigrants were English; 21,000 foreigners, 'll`vet'
man; and but 7,500 Scotch. The following 15 the ,
of the numbers who have emigrated in the 13s