The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

.00v. 13th, 1842

CHRISTIAN MI

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVE

SlR,—Every Christian philanthr,

the extension of the inestimable benefits of his holy religion
to the immense population of the dark and idolatrous regions
of Hindostan, and, consequently, solicitous for the removal
of every impediment that may oppose its salutary progress ;
at least as far as British authority and influence can effect
that object, in that interesting country. But there appears
to be a most formidable obstacle in the way of the extension
and profession of Christianity in India, which it is in the
power of the British Government to remove, in reference to
its own subjects and dominions there, but which, it is stated,
it rather unhappily perpetuates. In a recently published
number of a periodical sketch of the operations of
An influential foreign Missionary Society (the Wesleyan Me-
thodist,) now flourishing in and by the liberal support of the
British nation, I find the following extraordinary, and by no
means encouraging statement :—" The old Hindoo law,
which deprives every landowner who changes his religion of
all civil and even domestic privileges, is still enforced by the
British Government. Whenever, therefore, a Hindoo, who
may be fully convinced of the errors of his own system, visits
the missionary for the purpose of ascertaining the conditions
necessary to his, becoming a Christian, and in reply is told to
" repent and be baptised," he immediately adds, " Will you
maintain me then. --;ends will forsake me ; will you

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give me rice and clothes."

It is deeply to be lamented that the British Government
should continue to enforce so barbarous and injurious a law
as that above referred to; and as all missionary societies, and
indeed the whole Christian world, are deeply

terested in

its repeal, or abrogation, I wonld beg leave; through the me-
dium of your paper, to direct the public attention to the sub-
ject. Surely, Sir, upon a proper application to the British
Government of India, that cruel impediment to the propaga-
tion of Christianity and the destruction of idolatry, under the
auspices of a British Episcopal Christian establishment, in
those eztensive regions, would not be suffered to remain.

I am, Sir, &c ,
PHILO CHRISTIANUS

Liverpool, sth Nov., 1842

THE LEAGUE MONOPOLISTS

l'O THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

Six,—As Cobden, O'Connell, and Co., are about to make
a glorious lift of " fools' pennies" this week, for the purpose
of continuing their retailers of thread-bare speeches in office ;
it may not be amiss to propose a question or two, the answers
to which would furnish matter for a speech from Cobden of
two or three hours duration, and enlighten very considerably,
the working classes, whose co-operation the League so ar-
dentlydesire, but of which, hitherto, they have been so

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severely disappointed.
Without further prefix the questions are subjoined, with
the belief, that should the League orators forget them, more
sensible persons will not :-
1. Is it not a fact, that while the working classes attached
to the establishments of the factory leaguers have been gra-
dually sinking into a state of abject want arid wretched po-
verty, the factory lords have been making rapid and immense

fortunes ?
2. Is it not a fact, that one of these leaguers, who a short
time called himself a sufferer from the corn-laws, has realised
during the last twenty years somewhere aboat two millions
sterling, or about £lOO,OOO annually ?
3. Is it possible for any set of men to realise such.enor-
mous and rapid fortunes compatibly with a fair remuneration
to the working classes?
4. Is it not a fact that in the manufacturing, or League
districts, the labour of the adult male has been superseded by
the employment of WOMEN and children ?
5. Is it not a fact that nineteen-twentieths of the working
population place no confidence whatever in the sincerity of
the League leaders, and deem them a batch of interested
hypocrites ?
6. Is it not a fact that the league are, notwithstanding
their rapidly-made wealth, aiming at the reduction of wages?
How these six queries should be answered, every man who
thinks will at once see. They are questions, however, with
which such men as Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P., will not
seriously meddle in the presence of an intelligent English

audience

Hoping that you will be able to sfford a small space in your
per for these remarks, I am, sir, yours, &c.,
CERES.

TO THE

EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SlR,—Has it not been proposed to preserve the good old
town from fire by the use of brine, and also to wash the
streets with the same? --Would it not therefore be well to
consider the consequences of such a pickling?
In extinguishing fires it not only is often necessary to
deluge the building in which the fire .originates, but the ad-
joining ones also, to prevent the fire from spreading. Now,
would not a house saturated with salt water be almost as
useless as one consumed by fire? Floors, walls, and all con-
tained within them would, doubtless, well denote any hygro-
metrical changes that took place, .and may thus far conduce
to the amusement of any interested in such things, but would
hardly add much to the comfort of the inmates, or be at all
suited for the storing of goods liable to damage from damp.
But will not the watering the streets with salt water have
much more serious consequences upon the comforts and the
property of the inhabitants of the town ? Let us make a
little calculation. Now, suppose that the streets to be wa-
tered daily in dry weather measured altogether 10 miles in
length, by 30 feet wide, that would give us 1,584,000 super-
ficial feet ; let the water be laid on 1-50 of an inch deep,
which will give 2,640 cubic feet of water; then one cubic
foot of sea water contains at least two pounds of salt, we
have, therefore, 5,280 pounds of salt as the produce of one
day's watering, and a moderate watering too. What would
be the consequences of introducing such a body of salt upon
our thoroughfares ? Is it not a constant complaint with our
shopkeepers that on a windy and dry day all their

recau-

tiotis are useless for the exclusion of dust; that the enemy
steals through every crevice? What, then, would be the
effect of such a visitation if a large quantity of that dust was
composed of salts i❑ the form of an impalpable powder, salts
attracting moisture from a damp atmosphere, forming nu-
merous active combinations with matters that they would
meet with, destroying colours, acting upon metals, penetra-
ting wood, brick, mortar, and stone, and rendering them pe-
culiarly sensible of ail atmospheric changes? What would

be the effect of a few years continuance of such a sa..
system ? Would there be a dry house in the town ? But
without waiting many years for the full development of the
evil, what would be the immediate effect upon those traver-
sing the streets? Would double their present expenditure
2,* keep them respectably dressed? Would not one
dusty morning, followed by a shower, turn black hats to
brown, and coat►, &c. to all known shades, while a wet day
would make wholesale destructi,,n amongst boots and shoes,
leather and salt water being deadly enemies ; and, moreover,
would not dry feet be a luxury much to be desired but seldom
experienced? But if the rough sex would thus suffer, who
can point the woes of the softer sex ? Alas ! for silks and
satins, bonnets and trimmings, they would be known only as
things to be mourned for, not that they would be mourned
for if they could he replaced as quickly as destroyed, (for
rumour says that our fair friends love change, but rumour
sometimes fibs,) but what husband or father has a pocket
strong enough to withstand an everlasting shower of brine,
so Mr. Editor I trust you will raise your voice, and exert
your influence, to ward off so great a calamity, and thus pre-
serve to us, in all their beauty, the ornaments of our fire sides,
(spoilt dresses would banish smiles,) and, amongst others,
you would oblige your humble correspondent,
AN INQUIRER.
12th November, 1842.

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TO THE COMMITTEE MOUNT THE SCOTCH SECES-
SION CHURCH,PLEASANT.

GENTLEMEN,—As a member and a seat-holder in the
church. I beg most respectfully to ask, if it is

ladies meet every three weeks witnin Inc acoteh Secession
Church, Mount-pleasant, to discuss the corn-law question?
I ask this question in consequence of seeing a long circular
in last Monday's Albion, dated from that place.

Yours, &C.,
Liverpool, Nov. 10th, 1842.

A SCOTCHMAN,

MELANCHOLY OC'CURRENCR AT SANDBACH.—On Thurs-
day night, about a quarter past eight o'clock, Mr. J. F.
Williams, solicitor, was seen running as hard as he could in
a direction towards Mr. Percival's pool. In a short time
after a person was heard in the water of the pool. Assistance
was rendered, and in five minutes the body of the deceased was
taken out, quite cold. His hat was found on the grass close
to a lath fence, through which he had broken in his way to
the pool. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of "found
drowned."
FRIGHTFUL STATlnive. —VPry

which the live

cumstances are

ferocious assaults, by
..cre nearly sacrificed, occurred
evening, a
as
f_oiulorwy,s
:o—n
OWn'edmnreesednaeysdlaayst. The Oil.-
party of countrymen from the neighbourhood of Ellesmere
went to see the performance of Van Amburgh, who was ex-
hibiting his feats in that town. On returning home, about
twelve o'clock at night, a quarrel ensued between Edward
Williams, a sawyer, and Thomas Mason, a labourer. Tho-
sntuebbieinamheidmiawtoitlhy
stabbed c l aspknniimftehagieintihne
Tho-
mas Judson, a companion of Edward Williams, endeavoured
to persuade him to go home, when Williams turned round
upon him (Judson) and
lower part of the abdomen in such .a shocking manner that
the bowels protruded.
on each side of the breast near the heart to the depth of two
inches, and this would have, undoubtedly, proved fatal had
not the knife glanced against one of the ribs. He
in-
flicted a wound about four inches long and nearly half an
inch deep, at the back of the neck, and another severe cut from
the crown of the head to the forehead, where the knife glanced
against the bone of tbe forehead. He also got two severe
cuts
on the right hand, in endeavouring to save himself. After
having stabbed Judson, Williams went on his way towards
home, and on the road be was told by Thomas Mason that he
was no man for having stabbed Judson and for having made
atbeelylly.
turned round,
anduse ostfraunkknimfeaastaanlln.n
t‘bleTilblinatmtnsmimocmeLi
when Mason put his hManadso
ere cut, and tShoembleooodue
claimed "Don't knock me there."
flowingcried foronmt,
down
0 ex-
claimedHe has stabbed thee ;"
in his thigh. This cut had divided
na nwdnfuonudn dt
,I..)ei leis
nt rnoblevas edrese wp
the scrotum, and was within an inch of the femoral artery.
Mason, on finding he was stabbed, knocked Williams down
into a ditch. Willianas on
rarwhaeyi,maiuted
wwaassfaseereidngetting up, immediately ran
throw something out of his hand.
ato
Mason was stabbed ; i short. distance from the spot where
Judson. Williambsut is a clasp knife, very sharp, and was
supposed from striking against the ribs of
bent in the blade, -
in has been committed to prison. Both the
wounded men are a very precarious state.