The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-07 00:00:00

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'OOL STANDA

pe you will be kind enough to publish the fol.
lowing few remarks in your next journal, from a constant
reader, and as they may cause some little odium to be cast
upon you for the plain and constitutional language in which
they are couched, I trust you will not consider it dero,r-`
to your true Protestant principles to let this paragraph
verbt!tim.--In reading the proceedings of the last council
meeting, on the confirmation of the report of the education
committee, I was utterly amazed to see that derilection of a
n-innliy. 13--srpennt arincinle. mani-

who assume the
's eternal truth.
and how tin y

fested by some sophisticated pliila
name of Protestants and supporte._ _
Now let us see how they support that trt
protest against the doctrines of that man Pope Pius
the twelve articles of whose creed contains every thing cot
trary to the true and inspired word of God, and at the same
. .
ig support from the few deludk
titute a portion of our_ tows

the 4tl

council, whose pernicious sentimeo,.., _
-sent day, cannot fail to excite alarm in the
alive to the interests and the religion of their cm.
Those nominal conservative councillors to whom I al-
now in sound reality endeavouring, in their way, to
those doctrines whiro-•' - • - -,nre than

f promulgated in_t

lude ar

inculcate aspirit of reckless insubordination fraught with
impiety—dissolving every social tie, and reducing men to
the wild and lawless state of nature. Such doctrine as this

they want to

3e openl

in a Protestant country

would be readily listened to and inculcated bitVesurpliced
demagogues of popish thraldom. It is incumbent, there-
fore, upon the constituency of this great Protestant town to
antagonize such dangerous principles and diminish the force
of those evils by marching up to our post of duty on the first
day of November next, and record our votes for such gentle-
men as will not compromise their principles for all the expe-

d. iency man can invent. Again, their
in sitting in the council chamber and hearing the most sar-

Protestantism cor

helical and gospel ministers with impunity., and without the
slightest emotions of a spirit of defence, and likewise in the
non-co-operation with those gentlemen who, I am thankful
to see, will not be shaken from their principles by all the

uccii niuuLeil Mat a proposition is, or ougnc to ue mane, to
admit all parties into the schools again; if so, We then must
withdraw our children again, and allow error to supersede
truth again ; but I hope and trust the few stanch and uu-
flinching members on the education committee will no longer
be gulled with such fallacious nonsense; and in conclusion

Do ye

Omen of such easy Protestant bt
at therefore err because ye know not Li
scriptures. nor. the power of God"—Mark xii. 24. I co
say much on this subject, but as

poor operative I am afraid
yoir will consider this an intrusion in your esteemed journal;
and although poor in pocket I have as rich a respect for the
Protestant institutions of my country as the wealthiest b”en-
tleman in the good old Protestant town of Liverpool.—l
remain, Sir, your obedient servant,
A BUR(SESS AND PROTESTANT.
Liverpool, 7th June, 1842.

NGE PROCESSIONS

HE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

I find in a leading article in Saturday's Journal, headed
" Orange Processions," (after an insidious attempt to take
credit for a concern for the public peace,) the following re-
marks on the Carpenters' intended procession:—
" We are sorry, however, to find that we had rather pre-
maturely given them credit for good sense, and that they have
postponed their meeting only to ally it with everything absurd
and offensive in a procession on the 12th of July, along with
the orangemen, on the anniversary of the Battle of the
Boyne.

This procession may end peaceably, or it may not. We
rather fear it will not, and that a deliberate insult cannot be
offered to one third of the population of the town, that third,
as we are over and over again told by their libellers, the most
ignorant, worthless, and excitable, without very serious re-

are two or three things in these remarks that I ob-
In the first place I cannot conceive how such a
procession can be absurd. It may, perhaps, be offensive, so
offensive that in the editor's opinion it would be a deliberate
insult to one-third of the population of the town. Suppose
it is granted that it would thus insult so many of the popu-
lation, I think the other two-thirds have as great a right to
commemorate the anniversary of an occasion which was the
foundation of order and good government, as the first third
has to celebrate the anniversary, on the 17th March, of their
patron saint, coupling it with the fact that in that procession
far more offensive emblems arc displayed than are likely to
be on the 12th of July.

I think, sir, that it is such persons as the writer of th
article alluded to that go far to cause such results as h

The writer proceeds,

" But the thing is in itself, and apart from those feelings
against which it is directed, most wicked and unpatriotic,
and all the cant of charity and loyalty cannot disguise the
deadly feeling of civil hate which is at the bottom of it."
Wicked and unpatriotic." I suppose this loyal editor
considers it wicked to offend the feelings of his own party,
and unpatriotic to carry emblems and make a public pro-
fession of loyalty.

The carpenters and orangemen are good men and true, and
will not be cowed by the croakings of the Journal raven.
The procession I hope and believe will take place. Those
who form it will not give cause for any breach of the peace ;
if there should be one it will arise from a quarter which has
never been backward in insubordination to law as well as
in disloyalty.—l remain, &c.
AN iNGLISH PROTESTANT.

ORANGE PROCESSION

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

-" Argus

having retired from the controversy he
hly provoked, I feel no desire to keep him before the
public.. He commenced by fancifully supposing I wrote to
assist the STANDARD out of a dilemma, and ended by actu:

Journal to help him c

observe, with the best of good feeling, Requiescat in pace."
Being but a " Recruit," I tremble to break a lance with
the Colossean editor of the Journal; but as a cat may look
at a king, so I have ventured to look at the editor's perform-
ance, and observe as follows :—I wonder he did not find out
on the 17th March that " public processions" were " sense-
less mummeries." I think the carpenters owe him nothing
for his back-handed compliment ; for, in spite of the hint
that the article was only meant to be laudatory, it strikes me
they would have had no paragraph of praise had there not
been a contemplated design to cast the reflection which
follows.
The Orangemen of Liverpool have no desire to offend.
They stood the crooking of the thumb on last St. Patrick's
day, when disloyal flags were paraded in front of the proces-
sion, and the British standard kept in the rear; and it is
quite preposterous to talk of Englishmen being put down
from exhibiting their loyalty because some men are " excit-
able"—l will not say ignorant or worthless"—to please
even the editor of the Journal. We are told that the battle
of the Boyne was a cenflict of nations. I contend it was a
battle for principles. Englishmen and Irishmen were in both
armies, although not in the same proportion. We mean no
insult to the fallen ; but we cherish the recollection of that
day on account of the glorious results which followed. Loyal
Roman Catholics have been known to view it in this light,
and if they are now altered, I hope their gratitude did not
cool after emancipation and, reform had been obtained. The
editor shews his good taste in speaking with decency and re-
spect of one of England's kings, and gives applause to his
general conduct. I hope his readers will imitate his example,
and sink the " Dutchman" in the British monarch.

We challenge no one ; we insult no one ; our wish is to
march as a loyal body of Britons upon the anniversary of a
day favourable to liberty and patriotism-. It would be de-
grading our rulers to
_suppose they lacked either will or abi-

perhaps not quite so loyal. With their permission, therefore,
we will show our reverence for the memory of that " great
and good king," who won the Boyne, and saved our nation.

—Your's, &(
AN ORANGEMAN & PURPLE MARKSMAN
June 6th, 1842.

lrst naviga'

ion act in England was passed in the year

Five and twenty suits are entered in the Exchequer by the
Attorney-General against landlords in the county Limerick,
for recovery of advances out of the tithe million fund.
The marriage of the hereditary Prince of, Coburg, brother

of Prince Albert, with the Princess Alexanurla Louisa Arne-
- " Baden, is to take place

aughter o
hortly.

A. schoolmaster describing a money-lender, says, "He
7ves you in the present tense, he lends you in the condi-

the future

ord. Lowther transport has just

It is in contemplation, under the sanction of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, as soon as
funds can be raised, to build a sailors' church on shore, in
the neighbourhood of St. Katherine's docks.
There is now to be seen in a garden, the property of Mrs.
en-
Toward, Stanhope, in W'eardale, an apple, nearly four inches
in circumference, and in a healthy state ; what make the
riosity more striking is the fact of the tree being in full
blossom. .

. --. oaliCtl 101 ~.,Illuat
‘i.".' with ards of a thousand tons of bread for the use
laden now
naval of the n• • i and military force there. She also carries out
several of the flat-bottomed boats required for service in the
Chinese rivers.
1

A. young man of Rheims, named Bernier, having received
a sum of money for entering the army as a substitute,
deter-
mined, before his departure, to spend a portion of .
licentious pleasures, and formed an intimacy with a girl
the town. On the morning of the 25th instant, after id3oaw
jug the night together in a house of ill fame, they v°7lt,..„dyu.

11Ilti .u. 5",".....vaa awn, and each called for a glass °I L'a'
but before either of them had drank another P Be
in
came in, and she, in spite of the remonstrances of
in
s B erannisrdis.
,
nier, resolved to go away with him. Upon this
his exasperation, took a pistol from his Peeket'
r 7
the
paramour o
attempted
charging it at the girl laid her dead at his feet. H,e
to fly, but was secured with the pistol
---

rent of the

THE KING OF THE FRENCH.—A COrren";":"--
London Times says, in a letter to that journal, the rumours
which have lately gained current in London, as to the failing
health of Louis Philip, are, I regret to learn, not without
foundation. In spite of an appearance t
of s retngth his Ma-
i... 4,, tv,,, *vs. Prpneh has for SOllle ime past been a
. a source of nn_

jt...0.y LUG I.I.LLIii, l/1 I.IIU n L.--
great sufferer, and his ailnent has
• • • and devotea consort and his
of

easmess to his deeply-twat,—
iscoonsuiuu.i... ‘,. puy wcians
rder, as well as general
affectionate family. At are Fsendt
The conclusion arrived at
the features of his
health, were narrowly exc'l2l„'"r; of the faculty-present was,
Majestyned.
by the distinguished weir I make this statement on ample
that the disease was d,rotP,s, life may not be in any immediate
authority. llis Maila.;Yr,:lias become painful and serious."
danger, but the comPT
EATING xis LEEK.—In the Court of
A Porisit PRIE
the end inst., the Rev. Denis Maeev
Queen's Bench, onike the following apology, for having
was comPelieed t° 111`
him from the altar. " Mr.H . '
slandered th character of the Hon. George Handcoek and
; denouncedted to forego further proceedings against me,
andenck
for having
and unequivocal retraction were made by
having
providedcanspeunbluietations cast upon If '
me of the I Im mein the publications
I ; imp
ue order for a criminal information was ob-
upon '•va.ch t If not
only justified in declaring, but
tatamed,l feel myself
d to acknowledge, that,l wasmisledboun '
in relation to Mr.
!cock and that none of those
Han( , imputations should ever
I
been made. acted haveupon misrepresentations made to
me, and under a strong sympathy for some of my parishion-
ers and flock, who I ,had thought had been hardly treated ;
teetion, I transgressed thmprudent zeal for their pro-
satisfied that Mr. Ha d e line of duty. I am now quite
partial, both as a 1:i cock's conduct was upright and im-
partial,
to have been magistrate and as a gentleman. The attack
disavow, and in made upon him by me in the chapel yard I
rell have ation to that I have been misrepresented.
now to express my very sincere regret for having in
the slightest degree
wounded Mr. Handeock's feelings as a
gentleman or impeached his character as a magistrate, and to
acknowledge his kindness and forbearance in not prosecuting
this information. I therefore consent to pay Mr. Handcock
thecosts, as between attorney and client, he has incurred
in this proceeding,having
and consented not to proceed further in this case.
" DENIS MAGREEVY."