The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-06-28 00:00:00

.11:NE 2,8, 1833 To CORRESPONDENTS. : I '6 letter of a Stranger l;)61:s very mach like an _advertise e h -.Jet t . "le received an extremely long but 'very interesting - 41 1 1 addressed to some noble lord, whose , name not given, , e subject of the West India . question. In its present state b 4 . 4411 3'' know what to do with it. At's rhyme s are not quite piquant enough for his subject. but IVe nnot make room for J. F. of Oldham's communication,. R ' 6 shall be glad to hear from him again when he can favour us anythinr, exclusivel . 0 - y . ''fu tibtrpool ran lard. PILIDAY MORNING, JUNE 23, 1833. 4150 11 t the war in Portugal, the acts of piracy on its %ho t t es , and the feats of murder and robbery in Oporto, ;Or st. 15_ th e sake of constitutional principles and one Dos p it 0 , formerly of Brazil, we have nothing to commu- Z ate but what may b e f oun d i n t h e f o ll ow i ng l e tt er f rom TPlymouth correspondent : te:PtymorTH, 24th J UNE , 1833:—Th e G e o rg e IV. steamer, eli tlY purchased for the service of Don Miguel, arrived here mla •torn Bristol, with men to join the Portuguese fleet in toe Tabus, and to take in about fifty others waiting her arrival dat l' age to Lisbon, also, to join the fleet. Our correspon aat inaptly o b serves t h at t hi s i s turn i ng th e t a bl es ,' and ) 13. - e aa easily imagine that now the 'field is open Miguel will Li y u e , the means of a ddi ng as man y mercenar i es t o his f o rces as other h as d one, thus by foreign a i d neutral i z i ng the e ff orts o,tr 4e Pedroite faction. The Plymouthians it appears are not t little X e amused at the reaction,—some of these gallant sons of ii t „ Pt ' a tte having tried their fortunes under the emperor with but le taste of reward and too much of the cat! It is, however, ttr zg elsi ng to perceive to what unuatuFal extremes this fraternal ire is tending, and we cannot but feel ashamed of a cause T h e briogs B r iti s h sp i r i ts i n mor t a l con fli c t o n f ore i g n sh or e s . stat e `atest arrivals f rom Op or t o m erely confirm the most recent le u ellie nts made in the journals, but up to the time of the post ti to ,L II R Plymouth, n o thi ng o f a ny moment had transpired, NI arrivals from the coast were hourly expected." e have received New York papers to the9thi nstant. The t rial of the Reverend Mr. AVERY (of the Methodist c oiexion) for murder, which lasted sixteen days,. was tiriNglit a termination on Sunday, the 2d instant, by thejlqrn bringin g i n a ver dict of " Not Guilty." The At °te - c ontinued to rage in some of the southern states. heeling, eeling, during the last three days of May, thirty. new cases had been reportdd, of which fourteen '4l,ended fatally. p ers h : Atayoville Eagle, of the 31st ult. states that " ten 4 1i QS:were interred within the • preceding forty-eight t eh . ll : l and that " nine were lying dead and to be n ila the next morning." The next day the same paper th: t ` li e following 'observations :—" We are happy to state th e disease appears to be more manageable and tver I t this morning. Business of all kinds has ceased." sitedts s ingular enough that about the time we were . °1 the late severe storm, America also had her hur -41. • The Philadelphia Gazette says-,, , visit^tter thr ee wee k s o f a l mos t i ncessan t ra i n , we have been thisell itawi_itb the most destructive hurricane ever witnessed in thebourhood. 'lt commenced yesterday afternoon, near iel uti s'u scluehan na h river, in this township, accompanied with bab (lllu ally heavy rain, and passing eastwardly. It was about tai k l.ki le in width, a nd l eve lled in its course dwelling-hduses, 115siss. o rchards, fences, &c. Ten barns and five dwelling -114;" have been thrown down in its course through this town 4any orchards have been entirely destroyed. I am py tiff gate, that so far as I have heard, no lives are lost, ' 1 4 1 , a 7 se veral persons have been seriously injured. lam not tsisk s - O t ed with the- complete extent of its ravages beyond this fire to P; but sofa as r hive heard,:it "his been alike destruc an.„ Case Papers lil Papers also furaish us with the following from " a pe de Verd islands :;- s de Y the brig Selina and Jane, which arrived at Salem accounts have been received from the Cape liitti e ‘ l islands to the 4th . of May. The famine still continues, It hei e etLatl Y in the island of St. Antonio and St. Nicholas, tto k -,,llatabers are daily perishing. Many had been preserved • I , ll q e sat . h . b y • • sent from this country." the supplies 9f previsions . ktt et , Citizens of the republic are beginning to turn their al kr -Li ° 4 to the slave question with something like c N t . ll ' and look forward with much anxiety to the pro- I gs of the B r itish Parliament. What follows will be U nacceptable to our readers : Lie following is an extract of a- letter from an old and intel . • sh Pmaster, who has been in every quarter of the globe li e 1 - I. l e la much of men and manners, to a gentleman in this city. been long a resident and trader in the West Indies, and kt 4 : 44 is better acquainted with the character of that commu- A k It may be proper to add, that he is a genuine philan- A',7 4 l3 ti a gentleman of u na ff ecte d p i ety and moral worth.— ' i a sen Herald. " S t: ' Kitts,. May 14, 1833. Gie s ` . ' ll request me, if 'I have leisure, to state my views of the isi,: ti ti t situation and future prospects of the Briti s h West India k hob 3; and how the proposition of the British Parliament t o 1 , 1 4 411 slavery is viewed; and what will be the effect upon the a c re,l and upon the slaves.' t4 es e t ; W reqUire a volume, my dear sir, to answer fully l'(41 ` ll quiries; I mus t co nfine myself to a few brief remarks. t he 1;: a ware that many years of my life have been spent in t hat 81 Indies—and from all that I have seen, and from all Tou t ; e an reasonably anticipate, I would reply to the last of , tth at . . ll cluiries—' Wh at w ill b e t h e e ff ec t on pl an t ers and slaves?' tii k k 111nediate emancipation will impoverish the planter, and the slave miserable. very few in this part of the British West- Indies are 'Nat e ,() object to the abolition of slavery, provided that ade tO 1): 111111 1erati on is made to slave holders, and allow slavery t,46 -"la extinct by a gradual process—a process that will Pep slave the slave t o k now t h e va l ue o f f ree d om —to b e able to s e ° , ll his own re sources , an d p rov id e f or hi m self. Such a s, beli eve, is not only practicable, but attended with Na ti j ess difficulty than immediate emancipation. Immediate ~ it h e t -Pati °n has a th ousan d con fli c ti n g interests to contend 1 311 1;; ° the sla ve i t would be inevita b le ruin—and a few years t4 sle 14 , 14 be necessary to annihilate half the race. Should I, 4l : l t itt cl e t i t Z l e ,m_a r neipation take place, Great Britain will have hers e lf a blow, from which she can never recover : "etz, Calercial greatness and prosperity will have departed ' and she mus t s i n k f rom th e hi g h stat i on s h e now o r ' 4 ' a lower place in the scale of nations. Britain has been pursuing a mad course, reckless of .M 4c e ,?ees, which, if persisted in, must hasten her fall, and th. e . , es slave liti vaq tti Istate Population of her colonies to the same de- OPoverty and crime that exists among so large a ti th of her subjects at home. e t c) : PS You will think this strange language for an Ame. • ; but I have been in both countries. Ilere, slavery dare, BtB but in name —there, is seen and felt its dire effects. th e , h. slav e is ti l „ Jr of the furnished with every necessaiy, and with 0. '44 a , s ,' comforts and even luxuries of life. If sick, he is 'rstelma attended by a physician,—if well, he labours mo :hiy4l ab out nine h ours i n the day—he h as muc h ti me t o wor k ti:• 4 'tt a i l e d if . --s ' a le of them possess a little property of their th e a ppear at ch urc h on Sun d ay d ecen tly a tti re d. Is 11 4 `l b itt 4 0 t ale with th e l a b ouring classes of England? i• ep not, my dear sir, suppose that I am an advocate for 1 4 k t i tti, 3 ;;•- n rciarfrom it. Slavery in the abstract I abhor; but it the question i s h ow to get out of it. In doing this, t i ,, 4 414 a c !!• done to the s l ave as well as his master; and no man 4 11 46 rejoice to s ee i t b an i shed from the world, and par , 'rem our OWTI country." hi5__........--- Nri,sl 11°11 as clear as d ay that the Tories have the Whigs i R i''etely at their mercy in the House of Lords, and le i! 414:lually clear that the people, and the whole peop me \VIZ t ° a man, have the greatest aversion to thes! n sa the 110:8 atirl. their packed and pliant majorities totida 4:lCoannorrs. The hour therefore _of their ' final innation is drawing near ; - " And when theyiall, they fall like Lucifer, • Th,„ _ Wever.toilope again:"- . 1/4:l'tto r .., l'turn of the Conservatives to power is almost l-an a eettainty.. -The. Whigs have had a fair tria , .nd tokh,t:roved to d emonstration that they are totally hasl 141triillit. .egovern this country. 1-1 2 1 Peril'Y a_ :14 all i professions, ignorance - all their . m il e ich 4 4 ') 4nd, a'fter.nearly three years' experience, in m k lil 4" .itleee'eded blunder, )4, Powerless', indomita more by the force they .are laid prostrate . of their own ki 4 44 Pidity thi n ene by the assaults of their political . i re .8 , 11. ' lt trqu'r was right when he said that the Whigs th e i r (311',.' capable of building a wall ag a inst which to.run f 1 44. °l 'll head s a thereby t h e i r paucity o 1 43. • . . an expose 'iV e tN e 're 110 of those who are most anxious to see the 4 11 % t t l s t oiinisters expelled from office. Their folly, it is hag been rendered manifest to the nation at large k 'et t : °° ller tha n we calculated upon; but still we should °l li . 4e ! i ng them remain where they are to do that l'')t • I'vb'cit must make them far more odious, if that be fp., 4 'bl e 1 . 1 -41. t , , lan they are at the present moment. But we ' , , fi ' l at the wish for this consummation is unreasonable', t Y b e Nqy cause it is impossible. Lord ALTLIORP has al 4ttot tal 'en flioht from the House o f C ommons,.and has di • b titlY r emoved from the Treasury bench one of the ornaments dedicated tO dullness in that bright assem bly. leaves, the tribune to Mr. STANLEY, either from a consciousness that he had committed himself on the church robbery .bill, or because he disapproves of the concessions which Ministers have been compelled to make. But be this as it may, the noble Lord has ab sented himself from the house in an extraordinary and suspicious manner, and left-the youngest member of the Cabinet to fight single-handed the desperate battle of the ministry. We take for granted, therefore, that this re tirement from his parliamentary is only preliminary to his retirement from his official duties, and the final swamp , of the incapable administration. The way being consequently open to the Conserva tives whenever they feel-disposed to apply the spur, we may as well devote a second or two in inquiring how their return to office would be relished by the great. mass of the population. The times, we admit, are deplorably out of joint, and although the late political tempest only rages in our recollections—although the torrent has ceased to roar, and the sound of the anvil is at present louder in Birmingham than the sweet voices of her un washed tinkers—still what has been may again come to pass, and the bludgeon 'and the brickbat be once more the offensive and defensive weapons of apopular adminis tration. All this is within the range of possibility ; and, as the reformers of Bristol sang the praises of GREY and BROUGHAM amid the burning ruins of that !city, the re formers of London may reflect the same honour on HUME and O'CONNELL from the blazing. turrets of St. James's Palace and Westminster Abbey. hbullitions of political madness are now as common as . instances of fraud or violated pledges; and, in making way for the Conser vatives, it is proper to guard ourselves against the im prudence of asking from them too much or too little in favour of public opinion. Whether it be for good or for evil, the time has gone by when we respected the ancient and simple landmarks of the constitution—when we would allow no man to question the utility of a system which no man understood, 'and when we were so fasti dious and so intensely jealous- •as -to cling to admitted blemishes and obvious defects, rather than put to hazard the sound parts by cutting away or repairing the rotten. The error here certainly was on the safe side ; but still we - were overweeningly conservative ; everything was undergoing a change except our judicial code and our political principlei; and While for more than twenty years we seemed to have no 'other employment than to devise new modes of taxation, and impose fresh burthens on the people, we never for an instant conceived that it was the duty of a statesman. to remove, during a period of peace, grievances which had been cheerfully sub mitted to in a period of war. Reader l be pleased to recollect that these are the sen timents of an OLD TORY Who, carefully watching the signs of the times, deems it to he his duty to place them upon record, at a crisis when the return to office of the only men fit to rule England is by no means improbable. The Tories have nothing to apprehend from the people— . nothing from- even the most ultra-Radicals—and if they would condescend to yield on two or three points, involv ing grievances repeatedly urged, and legal reforms impe riously required, their return to power would be hailed as a blessing by every man in the three kingdoms, who is not a Whig, or a kinsman of the GREYS. Colonel EVANS, the member for Westminster, and the successor of Sir Jowl HOBHOUSE, favoured the Conservatives with a hint,' the other night, which they would do well to act upon. The gallant Colonel stated that if the Tories were again admitted to pOwer and " would repeal some of the taxes 'most odious to the people, they would have no difficulty in carrying on the Government." This is precisely our own opinion. They would experience no difficulty whatever. The nation would rejoice to witness any change which would remove the present incapables, and avert ,the calamities which impend over the nation. How easy would it be to find a substitute. tax for the house - and window ditties,for the receipt stamps,— and a few other vexatious imposts which yield little, and only keep in employment a legion of clerks, collectors and comissioners, who areas iniPOflunate as mendicants, and as arbitrary as despots. •If the Conservatives would but prove to the people that they are alive to the in justice of these *obnoxious and unpopular taxes, and determined to repeal them, they would do more.to silence Opposition and satisfy the country, than all the church robbery and West India robbery schemes of the present administration. There is another subject on which the Tories might acquire much popularity and do at the same time an im portant service to the state, both as regards public morals and universal benevolence.: We allude to the Solicitor- General's bill for the abolition of imprisonment for debt. An excellent article on this subject, taken from the Li terary Gazette, will be found in another page. The num ber of poor persons hunted to death by swindlers and sharking attorneys in England is a great reproach to the schoolmaster and the country. The number of unfortu nate wretches shut up in these dens of vice and sinks of infamy, for small sums, where they in too many instances starve and die, is almost incredible, and the tolerance of it is a national sin. It is true that many debtors richly de serve punishment; but it is a merciless and an unjust law which confers the power and degree of punishment upon the injured party. The greater proportion so imprisoned by unrelenting creditors are far more sinned against than sinning —are the dupe's of. professional villains—are im prisoned sometimes to'gratify an unworthy revenge, and sometimes for the purpose of extorting money from the relatives or friends of the debtor. If imprisonment for debt were abolished there would be less employment for dishonest lawyers—fewer cases of extortion—less litigation—and far more prudence and integrity in the ordinary dealings between man and man. No tradesman • or shopkeeper is compelled to sell his goods upon credit; and in many instances be is only tempted to do so because he knows that the law gives him a hold upon the person, and that the fear of a gaol extorts an unreasonable demand which be never would have dared to make if he had not sold his goods to a doubtful or tardy payer. In this way the really honest and creditable are taxed by their tradesmen to make good the losses in curred under the et edit system. Thousands of young men are ruined by it at the universities at the very dawn of life. Gaols seem built merely that attorneys may thrive. Rogues of every feather live by the system The young are imposed upon, and the simple are duped Many a poor man is sent to prison for a debt under 205., where he remains perhaps 'for months, while his wife and children are thrown •upon the parish; thus the debt is paid ten times over in the shape of poor rates, and the prisoner is deprived of wages which would have enabled him not only to discharge the debt but to prevent the odium of pauperism cast upon his family, where it fixes itself like a brand for ever. If the Conservatives would take the advice of a very humble but zealous and sincere ally they would come for ward in a boldinanner, and by giving their support to the Solicitor-General, wash away this dark spot in our civil code; and deprive the shopocracy of an iron rod which they have long wielded with unsparing ..and even malignant severity. We suspect the public are now a little enlightened on the subject of trade unions; and if we are not mistaken, many of the working clasSeS are a little wiser than they were when the impudent_ letters to their masters were dictated, a few weeks ago, and if these letters do not rouse tha public to assist the masters in overthrowing this abominable coMbination, •we shall think their som nambulism deep indeed. _ _ _ . Having a sincere regard for the working classes gene rally, and acknowledging our impression that very great numbers of them have been induced to join these unions through false representations or by fear, we would in treat them to begin and think for themselves, and not suffer their families to be brought to want and misery through stubbornness and foolishness. Do they suppose that gentlemen will ever permit their tradesmen to send their private engagements to a club room, to be examined by a knot : of drunken blackguards, Who have been discarded by every respectable master in town, but who form themselves into a committee forsooth —clothe themselves in gowns and turbans; a la Turc, and place a sentry, sword in hand, .at the door of their club room, and dictate lawS "like those of the Medes and Persians, which alter not ?" Are they really comps am.. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. mends, that they are to dictate the number of apprentices to each employer in this thickly populated country, tak ing care, of course, " that the sons of club members are to have- the preference ?" Are they to tell a fellow workman the exact price at which he is to sell his labour, so that it may be tithed to support the dignity of the chair ? And are they to forbid the hard-working me chanic to earn a little extra money in the summer, to maintain with greater comfort his family in the winter ? Are they to suspend the master who refuses to crouch to their audacious mandates, "at their pleasure." And are they to dictate to the public, generally, the terms on which they are to make a contract with their tradesmen? We have stated, previously, that these unions have some thing else in view than the prevention of contracts. In , Oldham and Manchester a curtailment of time and an advanCe . of wages have been contended for, and in some instances obtained; and there is no doubt but the two great objects of a . general rise of wages, and an assump tion of all power and authority, are kept steadily in view by the great body of the unions. Now, as it is our firm opinion that this is not a dispute essentially confined to masters and workmen, but is one which materially affects property generally, we propose to look at it in that light. That the employment of capital by those who possess a superabundance, and the return made for that capital in the labour of the artizan, in such an equitable proportion as will yield a fair interest to the employer, and a fair re muneration to the employee, are advantageous to both parties, is too evident to require a comment. Bat, if the employer were to demand an exorbitant return for the capital he embarks, or the artizan were to refuse the proportion of labour requisite to give a fair and adequate compensation for the wages paid him,—in either case the equilibrium necessary to the well-being of both would be destroyed, and confusion and discord must ensue. It is unfortunately the case, that the artizan is too often taught to look upon the capitalist as his oppressor—as his enemy. The reverse is the case. The artizan has no thing to dispose of but his labour, and it is of no use to him to take it to a market where there is no money to pay him. If . the wealthy employer, exacts nothing from him but a fair return for his money, he is his friend, and his best friend too. The working classes cannot employ each other, because they have no funds to pay each other must therefore look to those for employment who possess surplus funds, and they must offer some in ducement to the Capitalist before he will venture to em bark that surplus. Now if, by a combination which is legal and unobjectionable, the operatives in a certain department were to resolve upon raising the price of la bour, and demand that which is inconsistent with the value of clothing, food, and the other necessaries of life, the thing in a short time would cure itself. Men cease to embark capital in those speculations which do not yield a fair return, or upon which foolish restrictions are laid. The demand for labour ceases ac cordingly, and the operative soon finds himself the dupe of his own folly when lack bf employment and consequent starvation have overtaken him. But, •if combinations, like the insane unions lately established, become general, and if by the argument of force a man will neither work himself nor suffer others to work who are willing, unless 'a fixed rate of wages be paid, and demands be acceded to which outrage common sense and propriety, then the effect will he speedy; society itself will cry it down, and .starvation and contempt will be the fate of those who established it. Rail-roads and public worki which have been estimated at a certain sum (taking the present price of labour as the standard of calculation) must cost much more than the estimate, if combinations are to force up wages, because the free exercise of labour is impeded,, and men dictate the, terms not only of their own but of other men's labour. We think the holders of shares un der such circumstances must become sufferers, for we have reason to know, upon the best authority, that had not the firmness of some,of the masters given a check to these unions, an addition of 20 per cent. would have been laid upon the price of-labour. Labour must, therefore, be left unshackled and disenthralled, and railway direc tors must let their works by public competition. If . not so, what must our dock trustees and corporate 6ody do in future ? Why, they must send for a-deputation of the great unwashed to be sure, who will, by . trieir president, or by a placard on the walls, inform the said corporate body, or dock trustees, whether they will be permitted to let their future works by contracts or not, and whe ther to one man or to several, or to the club ! And should the said trustees not choose to obey their com mands, and send their contracts to be inspected by the unwashed president of this unwashed union, a strike is to be the punishment, and the works are to be suspended until their contumacy abates, and till they succumb to those commands which the operatives are.resolved upon having strictly obeyed. And what effect is all this likely to have upon private work? What, but that the spirited and independent merchant must spurn with indignation such infamous demands—must reject with contempt the dictation of those, who so impertinently seek to pry into their concerns, who forget that the hands can never be come the head, and who step aside from the paths of honesty and industry to meddle in matters which do not concern them. We ask again—ls the whole of society to be disorga nised by a junto of idle vagabonds who entrap the indus trious mechanic into their net—who hold him in a sort of mystic bondage—plate to him about injuries and wrongs, and then inflict a thousand times as many upon him by the- tyranny with which they encircle him, by robbing him of that pittance which belongs to his wife and children, and by causing him to identify his interest with theirs, to the prejudice of his moral character, and the loss of his constant employment. We repeat, that great numbers of honest well-meaning men are now walking about in a state of starvation, who would gladly quit the union of they were sure if personal safety. Government, therefore, ought and must interfere, and the representatives for large towns must speak out and trifle no longer. Of this we are quite sure, that if such is to be the practical working of mechanics' institutes, the sooner the respectable classes cease to support them the better. Perhaps it is worth while to consider how the opera tives themselves will be affected by these unions. We do not stop to inquire whether contracts are injurious to the workmen or not. We think they are not injurious, -because we cannot see how a workman can be a loser by a contract so long as his wages are punctually paid him, and as be is only engaged by the week, if his money is not then forthcoming, the remedy is in his own hands. Me can refuse to work any longer for such a master, and the recovery of a week's wages is simple and summary. If master builders are such fools as to take contracts too low, they, and not the men, are the sufferers, so long as the men receive a fair rate of wages. Trade must not be restricted; there must not be unnecessary trammels imposed. Water may be forced out of . its level, but it must be kept at an elevation by force, and force alone. And if the free exercise : of trade be impeded, either by an unwise act of the legislature or by an absurd combina tion of workmen, it must be an unhealthy state of things, and cannot remain in such state without the exercise of force, and, in returning to its natural level, it involves numbers in misery. Now, these unions, we perceive by the Manchester and Preston newspapers, have caused numbers of persons to abandon buildings in contempla tion rather than countenance these proceedings. We know this to be the case in many instances here, and it is the determination of the public bodies to suspend their works whilst the union is in existence. The buildings at present on hand will be finished by strangers, and few, if any, for a time will succeed them ; for the independent wifi not build--the 'timid dare not, and' the public bodies are not justified in going on under the circumstances. There is not one portion of the press in this or any other town who attempts to justify the conduct of these unions;. they are a public nuisance, and ought to he dealt with accordingly. , Now comes the important question. What are the workmen of the building department to do next winter?' We leave them and their sbpient committees tq digest an answer, being sure that it will be the only thing they f. will have to, digest before long. It is currently reported that one or two of the masters, from some unaccountable cause or other, keep a number of these unionists in constant employment, and these are subsidising the discharged men. We really hope the report is not true, for there can be but one opinion on such conduct. Should it unfortunately happen to be so, we are compelled, in justice to the other masters, as well as to the public at large, to say that such pugnacity would be ridiculous if it were not dangerous, and that it is highly reprehensible, more especially as the parties spoken of are highly respectable in their profession. The Duke of CUMBERLAND has at length had an op portunity of vindicating himself in the face of the world, and exposing the foul and malignant calumnies, invented for party purposes by the base traducers of the Royal Family, and actively circulated by the Times, and other unprincipled newspapers. His Royal Highness having been enabled to fix upon a distinct charge, fearlessly went into court as would the humblest subject of the KING, and appealed to Sir THOMAS DENMAN and a jury of Lon don citizens, and he established his innocence by a body of evidence, arid by witnesses of such unimpeachable character, that not a loop remains to hang a doubt on. In short it is a most decisive and triumphant vindication of a proud, too generous, too forgiving, but deeply injured man, whose greatest offence is that he is the son of GEORGE the third, the brother of WILLIAM the fourth, and a consistent Tory. For .the particulars of the trial we refer to the report under the proper head. LONDON LATEST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. We have had two reports current to-day, neither of which we can trace to any . authentic source. The one is, that despatches have been received from Don Pedro, announcing that, on the 12th instant, his fleet, accompanied by transports with troops, sailed from Oporto, to make an attempt on Lisbon. Ihe second report was, that an overland despatch had arrived ,from India. With these exceptions, there has been a more than usual dearth, even of rumour, both yesterday and to-day. In the meantime the savage tone adopted by the ministerial press is not unworthy of notice ; but that of the Times far out runs its contemporaries, and, in its fury, does not even spare the party it purports to support. From all this it may be in ferred that there is "something rotten in the state of Denmark," and the administration may be considered as merely dragging on in more senses than one a merely weekly existence. The consul market has been rather flat, and the quotation for the account has closed this afternoon at 893 to 90. The various foreign bonds afford little to notice; Brazilian, in consequence of the -recent intelligence of the revolt at Bahia, have been as low as 66, and are now at 66,-1- to 674 ; Belgian bonds are 911, 92, and Dutch at 491; Russian are 104;} a ; Spanish 19i; and Portuguese scrip at 24 2 discount. We have accounts from Quebec to -day to the 28th ult. They announce the arrival of the following slips from Liverpool:— Champlin, Havelock, Elizabeth Ogilvy, Sion Hill, Richards, and Adelaide, Pentleget. LATEST PARLIAMENTARY INTELLIGENCE. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26. SUGAR. Mr. EWART gave notice oli;. --- enotion for the 18th July, res pecting the equalization of the duty on sugar produced by free and slave labour. Mr. EMERSON TENNANT presented petitions from the county of Antrim, against the Irish Grand Jury Bill; and from the chamber of commerce of Belfast, respecting the duties on timber. Sir J. MAXWELL presented a petition from the heritors, burgessses, &c., against the Scotch Itoyal Burgh Bill. 'I he further consideration in committee on the Imprisonment for Debt Bill was postponed ; and likewise the Trial of OlTences (Ireland) and Grand Jury (Ireland) Bills. ROMAN CATHOLIC MARRIAGES. On this bill being called in its place amongst the oril.?rs o the day, Serjeant PERRIN said he hoped he should not be requested to postpone the second reading of it. • - Colonel PERCEVAL said it was certainly to be wished that a lighter penalty than the one now imposed on the'iuterferace of. Catholic priests should be inflicted. Howevera.he hoped the hon. and learned member would not persevere in moving the second reading of the bill to-night, for the reason that he confessed he (Colonel Torrens) was not prepared to meet the question, as he had not perused the bill itself. LOCAL NEWS. LANCASHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY.—This recriment will as semble in the county town on the 2Jth of July for undergoing the usual training, and during their sojourn they will be review ed by Major Barton, of the 12th Lancers. LIVERPOOL ItActis.—The second Liverpool meeting for this year will commence on Tuesday next, at Aintree. From the number and quality of the horses that are expected to be en tered, an unusually full meeting is expected. Wednesday being the anniversary of the accession of his Majesty King William the Fourth to the throne, the royal standard :of -England was hoisted on the Town-hall of this ancient , and lova'. borough. In compliment to the day, the ships in.the do6lis presented a gay appearance; flags were also displayed from the steeples and churches, whose bells were not permitted tote" silent, for many a merry peal was rung on them. Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Dug,dale voted in the majority on Friday night, for striking out the 147th clause of the Irish Temporalities bill; and Mr. Bish, whose name appeared in the list of the majority, was nut there. BODY FOUND.—Wednesday morning, about five o'clock as the steam boat Hercules was towing some fiats up the river, when she hail arrived opposite the Garston Salt Works, the people on board observed something floating on the water; they immediately made towards it, When it was discovered to be the body of a man. They forthwith hauled it on board.— On their return to Liverpool they placed it in the dead-house, where it was soon afterwards identified by a woman named Pape, as the body of Johu Blackie, a plasterer, who had for some time resided in Bell-street. CORONER'S INQUEST.—A CHILD DROWNED.-011 Tuesday last, an. inquest was held before James Aspinall, Esq., coroner, touching. the death of Mary Williamson, who was drowned in the canal on the preceding evening. Edward Darnley deposed that he was a shipwriirht in the employ of Mr. Forshaw, Char ters-street. On Monday evening, about half-past seven, heard screams at a short distance, and upon running to the canal bank, which is adjacent, he saw a man getting a child out of the water. He was told that there was another child still in the water; he immediately stripped of his coat and waistcoat and enterd the water, when by feeling with his feet he soon dis covered where the child was. He then dragged her out quite dead and covered with mud. She was immediately conveyed home. Walter Williamson said deceased was histaughter.— He resided in Ford's-place, Charters-street. On Monday.even ing deceased went out, but did not say where she was going to. He went out a few minutes after, and did not return till ten o'clock, when he heard of the melancholy event. Deceased was about eight wears and six months old.—Verdict, accidental. VIOLENT ASSAULT ON A WORKMAN BY A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE UN lON s.—One of the consequences which every lover of social order apprehended would be the result of the combina tions which have lately been formed in this town and elsewhere, under the denomination of " Operative Unions," took place on Tuesday last. It appears that Mr. Leathain, plasterer, had in his employ a man named Howard, who was the first among Lis workmen who avowed himself a member of one of those associations which were so annoying to the masters by the dictatorial tone which they had assumed. Howard avowed his determination not to quit the Union, in consequence of which expressed resolution he was discharged, and a man named Shaw was taken in his place, who still continues to work for 141 r . Leathain. On Tuesday last, between twelve and one o'clock; as Shaw was passing alone Green-laue, where Howard resides, the latter suddenly issued from his house, and struck him violently, at the same time calling him " a black shee p." Not satisfied with this, he knocked him down and kicked him severely. In consequence of this treatment, Shaw applied for a warrant, and had Howard taken• before the magistrates on Wednesday. The latter being determined, to the utmost extent of their power, to check outrages• of this nature, ordered Howard to find bail for his appearance at the quarter sessions, when there is no doubt he will be made a proper example of. THE BEDFORD MISSAL.—The celebrated _Bedford Missal, executed for John Duke of Bedford, Regent of France, was sold late on Friday by Mr. Evans, to Sir J - ohn Tobin, of Liver pool, for eleven hundred pounds ! This splendid work contained fifty-nine miniature paintings, and above a thousand small miniatures, with brilliant borders of golden foliage. It con tained the only known portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Bedford—also portraits of Henry V. of England, and Cathe rine of France, and was presented by the Duchess to King Henry Vl., when he went to be crowned in France. It would appear to have passed from the royal family to the second Duke of Somerset, who was appointed governor to the Prince by Charles I. It was afterwards purchased of Lady Worsley, the great grand-daughter of the duke, by the minister Harley, from whoni it descended to his daughter, the Duchess of Port land, and was purchased at her sale in 1786, by Mr. Edwards. At his sale in 1815, it was bought by the present Duke of Marlborough, for £687 155., from whom the present proprietor obtained it. Sir John also purchased the almost equally mag nificent Missal illuminated for the Queen Isabella of 'Spain, for which be gave £520. Bit isrot. AM) LIVERPOOL MAIL OVERTURNED.—On Tuesday night, on the Bristol and Liverpool mail leaving Monmouth for Hereford, the coachman (Williams) had the misfortune, owing to a combination of circumstances, to strike the left hand post of the turnpike gate with the box of the near hind-wheel; and the coach, which had its full complement of passengers, and more luggage than ought to have been allowed on the roof, was almost instantly overturned into the middle of the road. It ap pears that the near wheeler was a fresh horse, and that the team was somewhat awkward and unmanageable at starting. in going down the pitch leading to Dixton gate, the coach being heavily "loaded, and the horses not under sufficient control, as well as from the inclination of the road in the direction of the post, the driver was unable to prevent coming in contact with it, which checked the near side horses and drew the others with the coach into such an angle that the leaders turning on the inbtant towards the middle of the highway, upset the coach, broke the pole and traces, and fortunately disengaged the horses, who galloped for ward for nearly a mire before they were stopped. The coach man, and a gentleman on the box with him, escaped unhurt; but a Shropshire gentleman, of the name of Drinkwater, who sat behind the coachman, received considerable contusions, and had his shoulder dislocated, but is doing well; a lady and her daughter, from Exeter, who were also travelling outside, were more fortunate, the latter being unhurt; but we are sorry to say that the elder lady was bruised, and her font sprained, but not, it is hoped, more than she will soon recover from. The guard, poor fellow! fared much worse, being a good deal cut about the head, and having one of his arms badly fractured. Fortunately Mr. Thompson, surgeon, was near at hand, and rendered every necessary professional aid to all who had met with injury, and his attentions and skill are favourably spoken of. The four inside passengers, gentlemen, (two of them youngsters from Bristol, going home for the holidays,) were not hurt. The mail bags were forwarded by the post-master in a chaise tinder proper charge. The guard, though suffering, as maybe imagined, great pain, manifested the greatest anxiety for the safety of the letter bags, and deserves praise. One circumstance should be men tioned as an admonition to turnpike men. The lamp at the toll house was not lighted, although a dull night, and this at half i vast nine, the usual time of the coach passing through the gate. The coach is very much shattered, and wants considerable repair before it•tae be agaiu used: No blame attaches to the coachman. STEAII NAVIGATION. It is but few years since steam navigation was brought to the perfection that would admit of its being relied upon as the established and systematic mode of convey ance which it has now become. Between this port and the various ports of the sister kingdom the steamers are constantly and regularly plying, and frequently, scarce an hour elapses through the day, or during the hours that the state of the tide admits of their entrance or exit, that the long line of smoke is not seen approach ing and receding in various directions at the mouth of the river. From Belfast, alonc , the whole line of coast to Cork, every port has its line of''' packets connected with the trade of this, their most natural market. Again, from hence to the Clyde, and by the western and southern course round to the metropolis, we are in constant in tercourse by means of coals and paddle-wheels. In like manner, taking Glasgow, Leith, and Bristol, as so many points from whence are incessantly radiating the substi tute for the sail, the intercourse between the several parts of the 'United K ingdom, and from England especially with various foreign countries, may be almost said to be limited to .steam navigation. Bv this wonderful agency countries are brought together which once were remote; and by the same means, by a little license or speech, we may say that the mail coaches cross the sea, as easily as 'the land. The question formerly was, how Many mails are due from this or that place ? Now, if dui deliveries of letters from Ireland or the Continent are an hour or two behind the regular time, it leads to an exclamation of surprise, and sets people wondering as to the cause of delay. Our attention was more immediately led to this ques tion, by glancing the eye over three several announce ments in the London papers, in the course of 24 hours of the arrival of the General Steani Navigation Com pany's vessels, thus : "The General Steam Navigation Coiupany's packet the Lord Melville, from Calais, arrived off the Custom-house, at four o'clock, p.m., yesterday." (Monday.) "The General Steam Navigation Company's mail-packet the Mountaineer, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom-house at eight o'clock a.m. yesterday." (Monday.) " Yesterday (Tuesday) arrived in the General Steam Navi gation Company's mail-packet the William Jolliffe, from Ham burgh; Count Paplin, with despatches from St. Petersburgh." Here are arrivals froth' the three principal points of communication between England and the continent of Europe, bringing intelligence from some of the principal capital cities and commercial depots with which we are in communication even in northern Europe, within the same space of time that was but a very few years ago re quired to convey the correspondence from hence to Lon don; and with a system and punctuality equal to that of the mail coach. The same company have their packets also at fixed hours to Ostend, Boulogne, and other parts of France, as well as coastwise ; conducted in all its de partments with a system equal to that of the Postoffice itself. So from Dover to the French coast—from South ampton and Brighton to various parts of France, and to the British islands in the channel—and daily from Mil ford to Waterford—from Holyhead to Dublin—and, not less punctually than any of them, .the Postoffice packets from hence to Dublin, which may be seen .under weigh, if that expression may be used, daily, within five minutes of the same time. Steam navigation has, in short, effected a commercial revolution—and will, hereafter, in all pro bability, make naval warfare a matter to be determined in a given number of days, or even hours. Such are the powers of this agent of human skill. THE APOLLO VOCAL CONCERTS. The first of these concerts was given last night, at the con cert-room in the Adeiphi Hotel, conducted by Mr. G. Holden, who exhibited a 'refined taste in the selection of pieces for the performances of use evening. Miss Potts was very happy in her execution of Rossini's cavatina, " Una Voce 'Poe° Fa." She possesses a rich and powerful voice, and her style of sing ing is at once chaste and graceful. Mr. Caird, in the Scena ",Coeur de Lion," exhibited the powers of music in giving ex pre.ision to the language of his author. In the passage " I saw him 'mid the battling hosts, Like a bright and leading star ; Where banner, helm, and falchion gleam'd, And flew the bolts of war ; When in his plenitude of pow'r He trod the holy land, I saw the routed Saracens Flee from his blood dark brand," he was loud and energetic, and presented a beautiful contrast to the concluding verse of the same piece:— " It was the hour of deep midnight. In the dim and quiet sky, , When with sable cloak, and 'broidered pall. A funeral train swept by. Dull and sad fell the torches' glare On many a stately crest, ' They bore the noble warrior king To his last dark home of rest." The last line was beautifully executed. The glee " Blest Pair of Sirens," was sang by Miss Johnson, Miss Potts, Messrs. ntwistle, Caird, Pemberton, and Aubrey, in fine style, and rapturously encored. Mr. Aubrey's voice is well adapted to Italian music, and he was loudly applauded in an Aria from "La Cenerentola," by Rossini. While we congratulate our musical friends on the treat in store for them, for these per formances are to be continued, we cannot but regret that a more commodious room was not to be obtained: At the com mencement of the performances there was not. a seat vacant, and the ante-room was on our arrival quite full. LANCASTER ASSIZES. A circular has been issuedfroin the prothonotary's office, containing the following information respecting the arrange ments for the next assizes:— v VV Prothonotary's Office, June 21, 1833- The Lancaster Assizes are fixed for Monday the 12th August next. Rule day before the assizes, Thursday the 18th July.—Rule day after the assizes, Thursday the 19th September. Records to be ordered:—On writs returnable in July, on Saturday the :3d August.—And on all other returns, on Satur day the 27th July, on which day the issues must be made up, if not already done.—The August return will not be iu time for the assizes. The ballot for the order in which the jury process shall be issued from the Prothonotary's Office will take place at Lan caster, immediately after the opening of the commission, on the evening of the first day of the assizes, as usual. Declarations against defendants in gaol on mesue process must be filed on or before Wednesday, 14th August. In pursuance of the general rule of court of September assize, 1824, the causes at the next assizes will be entered and tried in the following order:-Ist List, for Lonsdale, Amounderness, Blackburn, and Leyland hundreds.-2d, Salford hundred.- 3d, West Derby hundred, and places out of the county. Witnesses in all causes in the first list must be ready to go into court at the opening of the court on Tuesday morning, 13th August; in all causes in the second list at the opening of the court on Thursday the 15th August; and in all causes in the third list at the opening of the court on Saturday the 17th Aug. LivEaPoot Docxs.—ln the second Edition of our last num ber we gave, under the head of "The TRADE of LivEarooL," an abstract of the Dock accounts, which we now have great pleasure in publishing in au entire form. • - - - A Comparative Statement of the Rates and Duties received in the Year ending on the 24th of June, 1832 and 183 3 . In the Year 1833, the Duties on Tonnage were £19,558 3s. Ild. ; Duties on Goods £103,422 I Is. 50. • Lighthouse Duties £8,903 6s. 20. Floating Light Duties .0,989 14s. lid. ; Graving Dock Duties £2,574 15s. Od. ; Graving Bloek Duties £1,216 10s. 00. ; Extra Dock Rent £B3 15s. 2d. ; Total £199,748 16s. 7d. In the Year 1832, the Duties on Tonnage were £74,530 4s. Ild. ; Duties on Goods £95,517 2s. Od. ; Lighthouse Duties £8,491 4s. Id. ; Floating Light Duties £3,799 Bs. 6d. ; Graving Dock Duties £2,773 19s. Od. ; Graving Block Duties £l,lOl. ls. Od. ; Extra Dock Rent £202 ills. 3d. ; Total £186,415 9s. 9d. Increase on Duties on Tonnage £5,027 19s. Od. • Duties on Goods £7,905 9s. sd. ; Lighthouse Duties .C 412 2s. ld. ; Floating Light Du ties £l9O 6s. 50. ; Graving Black Duties .Cll5 9s. Od. ; Total £13,3;33 Gs. 100. Decrease on Graving Dock Duties £199 4s. Od. ; Extra Dock Rent £llB 15s. Id. In the Year 1833, the number of Vessels were 12,954. —Tonnage 1,590,461. In 1832, the number of Vessels were 12,928.—Tonnage 1,540,057. Increase in Vessels 36.—Tonnage 50,101. IMPORTANT CASE.—On Tuesday week, Benjamin Johnson, John Suthers, James Suthers, Joseph Whitely, Saml. Crossley, William Dean, and Charles Dean, were brought before, the magistrates, John Waterhouse, Esq. and George - Pollard, Esq., charged by Mr. Bernard Hartley, manufacturer, with having, after contracting with him to serve him exclusively us weavers in the weaving of certain woollen goods, absented themselves from their service before the contract was completed. The charge was laid upon the statutes of the 4th and 10th of his late Majesty. Mr. Stocks appeared for the defendants, and con tended, on the authority of the act of 17 Geo. 111., that such a charge could not be brought unless the defendants had absented themselves for eight days. It appeared, however, that the pos. terior statutes above mentioned, on which the charge was laid, contained no such provision; and that the act of Geo. 111. was referred to in the last statute merely for the purpose of describ ing the kinds of workmen to whom it was applicable. The ma gistrates expressed their conviction that the defendants were liable to the statutory punishment of three months' imprisonment; and, as the evil had risen to a height whice threatened the most serious consequences to the manufactures of the country, they declared their determination to inflict the full punishment of the law. In consideration, however; of the defendants having fa milies, the magistrates were induced to commit. them for only two months. We sincerely hope that this example will serve as a warning to those who are deduced or intimidated .by the Trades Unions into an abandonment of their duty.—llistifax Guardian. The Newfoundland papers furnish further particulars of' the loss of the Lady of the Lake, as given by Mr. Wright, one of the passengers. It appears that the number of passengers and crew on board was 231 souls, and that about five o'clock in the morning of the 10th of May, the ship came to the edge of a large held of ice, about 250 miles east from the Cape St. Francis. The captain, expecting to make his way through, held on un til about eight o'clock. when, finding the ice to thicken so as to impede his progress, he put about, and had nearly returned to the edge of the ice, when, about half-past nine, the vessel had three timbers of her starboard bow forced in by a piece of ice, and the water rushed in so violently that in 20 minutes she sunk. 'When the state of the vessel was - nown, the captain is said to have lost all presence of mind and to have made no further ex ertion for her preservation. The mate used every effort to stop. the leak, and finding all fruitless he ordered the boat to be lowered, when the rush was so great that she swamped and righted and swamped again, when numbers peritled. The third time about 30 persons, including the captain, got in and succeeded I •leaving the . vessel. n the mean time the mate and one seaman iuceeded in gettine , some beet' and a com pass into the stern boat, which put off, numbers getting iu, and she had not proceeded far when the vessel turned over in the water. The manner in which those remaining in the boats were picked up is already known, to which we may add, that when the long . boat fell in with the wreck of the Harvest Home, the 18 men lest by her on it, finding a boat, lowered it, and were Ultimately rescued by the Messenger, of Torquay, With the ex ception of five who were drowned in attempting to follow the captain from the wreck. The folloWing is a statement of those saved and lust. • Twelve saved in the long boat, eight in the stern boat, .thirteen iu the boat of the Ilarvest Home, cue picked up by the Lima; total, thirty-four saved, anti one La u:fedand ninety-seven perished. • CLEgGY I'E mioN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4NDJRD. Sitt,—ls it _possible that you can hie been correctly informed respecting the individual alluded to in your-2st, who, if he really has done what is imputed to him, has forfeited'ad — Claidi to professional respect, by intruding hiniseli . into an assembly of his brethren, soiely, as it should seem, to betray their cont.- den ce and bely,their actions' • You might have add e d, that the natural reason for - pacing the petition (Which had only been - engrossed that' morning) in the vestibule at the TownXall was uot, as.has been basely in sinuated in the enemy's paper, to solicit subscriptions, btlt only to save the clergy wh; dined there the trouble - of th'e Blue Coat Hospital to sign it, - as was agreed, 'mi.& following day. Charity still induces me to hope that the anenymons'llheller who furnished the newspaper you quote from, - wiih ,i,ts two editions of falsehood, cannot be IL Clergy:min; and that we have not in the town one of those men who, from disappointed hope or. mortified ambition, wish to cut down the tree which they have not ability to climb, and, despairing of promotion by honourable means, blunder on in awkward Struggles !to' make friends of the mammon orunrigbteousness, but blunder in vain. Both sides will repudiate them. Rats are always loathed as well as hated: renegades .never. prosper: " ill birds" are a proverb of reproach: Judas, it is true, got, his thirty pieces of silver, but he went and hanged himself ; and . the -clerical. Judasses of the present day will not even get' the silver they bargain tor. The priests of their temple will take good care that there shad be no treasury from which they can be sup plied. As for the petition, respecting which the Radical papers have told nothing hut falsehoods, ii happens drolly enough not to be against, but,/or the ministerial measure. Ministers have very wisely decided to fulfil its most important prayer, namely, ii,;t to " apply church property to any -_other than church 'pin poses, and, therefore, any poor man - who abstained from sign ing the petition because he was afiaid of aff ron ti ng m i n i sters , has built his house on sand.—Yours, &c. .A.NGLICANUS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.IND.IRD. Sin,—The presentation, by Mr. Ewart, on Monday week, of a petition to Parliament, stated to be from the merchants. and shipowners of Liverpool, praying for " the removal of all re strictions upon the importation of sugar for the purposes of refining," is a bold challenge indeed of the powers and spirit of the British colonist to defend himself from such unheard-of innovation, and, as if another successive and more fatal blow, added to the many so recently received, was meant to be aimed at his rights and privileges as an English subject, so that he now left only to determine whether he will be a passive specta tor of the threatened spoliation and complete destruction of his rights and fortunes, or he will stand forth manfully to contest and defend the same with his utmost powers. lie ought, with the privileges and liberty of an Englishman, firmly but respect fully to appeal to the King, Lords, and Commons, that with due regard to the inviolable laws over which they preside, and under the assurance whereof be has embarked his money and exerted his every energy in colonial property and trade, they would enforce and unalterably preserve the same to protect hint from injustice and oppression, when, there is no doubt, his voice will be heard, his wrongs considered, and Justice will lift aloft her balance to determine his rights; and, though she be blind fold, will nevertheless perceive the precise moment when to arrest and prevent the attempts and progress of Injustice front overwhelming him. It does not., in my opinion, require great penetration to trace this petition to its prime source. The refiners have evidently been its authors, to whose schemes only a certain class of mer chants and shipowners, interested therein, would be induced. to concur and co-operate to promote. Ministers will not fail to discover that the object of it is very circumscribed, and that, if accomplished, it would mainly and almat exclusively benefit the refiner, to the manifest injury of the British sugar planter, the demand for whose produce would be lessened in the direct proportion to the quantity of foreign sugars which shall be admitted to be imported at an equal rate of duty. Besides, all other considerations apart, the toreign sugar grower has many colonial advantages, so well known that I need not enumerate them here, which enable him to bring his produce to our mar kets at much less cost than the British planter can possibly do; therefore, unless government can place its own subjects on an equal footing with the foreigner in those respects, it would be extremely unjust to allow the latter to import at the same duty, and thus to wage a ruinous competition against our own colo nists. There is something very specious in the statement made by Mr. Esvart, in presenting this petition, that the colonies do not contribute any thing to the revenue of, but are a burthen this kingdom. This assertion, if true, though I believe it would be falsified in every way, by officially financial documents, cannot promote the object of the refiners, would only prove that, like all .our foreign channels for British enterprise and manufacture, it has been the policy (good or bad) of this coun try to purchase such markets tar the support of our trading in terests; for the employment of the operative, merchant, ship owner, and all that follow in their train, with their various ramifications. For our colonies, and to protect our foreign rights and trade, did not. Nelson fight and die, exhorting and exclaiming to his tars, " England expects every man to do his duty?" and for that end did not Wellington wield his sword and vanquish our foreign foes ? And are we now, in order to foster the interests of .a few sugar refiners, to relinquish all our foreign possessions, whereby the sugar trade has been created, that gave birth to the sugar refiners ? Ay, thus ungratefully would they trample on the authors of the prime source of their wealth, (which, be it. considered, they may be too soon and too rashly spurning from them,) and would suffer them, their pos. ! sessions, and investments, to be ceded to or become the unpro tected prey of America, France, Spain, or some other more powerful and ambitious candidate fier their dominions. Na tional policy forbids it. These petitioners stultify themselves; for whilst they pray that Parliament, in legislating for,,the benefit of the slaves, would also consider the future welfare of the labouring popula tion at home, who are dependent upon foreign commerce for daily bread; they (hypocritical philanthropists !) at the same time insinuate that the foreign commerce of the British colonies is not worth retaining or preserving. The forcible simile you used of the Whigs is very applicable to the said petitioners, " that some persons would" burn down their neighbour's house to roast their own eggs." Ido think that ministers are, by their blind mal-legislation at home for the colonies, kindling a fire to roast all the addled eggs they are hatching.—Yours, &c. Liverpool, June 24, 1833. A JAMAICA PLANTER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST4ND-IRD. Sir.,—One of your Liverpool contemporaries of Friday last, whom it would be too much honour to distinguish by name, acknowledges the receipt of a letter. signed . ti. (quere, 11 7 . A.?) giving an account of some dinners in this parish, and which, in strict accordance with the taste and spirit of these sa pient correspondents, is styled " The last kick of the Tories." In order that the sensible poition of the public may be set right on this point, I wish to state that such of the freeholders of this parish as gave their votes to Sir Thomas Hesketh, at the late county election, were promised a dinner at the expense of the gentlemen of the district, who promoted and conducted the Can vass, similar to the dinners given at Wigan and other places; and Tuesday, the 18th instant, was the day fixed upon for that purpose, when substantial dinners of roast beef and plum-pud ding, &c., with plenty - . of Mr. Harriott's strong ale, were given Mr. Priest's, the Union hotel, and Mr. Ilaifev's, the Bold Arms Hotel, Southport ; at Mr. Carroll's, the Hesketh Arms, Churchtown ; and at Mr. Hugh Gregson's Inn, at Crossens ; when and where upwards of 170 persons regaled themselves, and all passed off in good fellowship, harmony, and conviviality, worthy of Englishmen and the agricultural portion of this pa rish. I dined with the freeholders at Mr. Priest's Union Ho tel, and truth bears me out in stating that nothing of . party feeling existed at that table; on the contrary, the chanmelt deprecated any such intention from his chair. The healths of the King and Queen were drank, as was also the health of Sir Thomas Hesketh : beyond this nothing of a party nature oc curred, if we except a song, composed and sung upon the occa sion, of which I enclose you a copy, and should like to hear if any Englishman is disposed to cavil with a single sentiment. contained in that trite version of the principles of the majority of the parish. But if you, Mr. Editor, will allow me a portion of your co lumns for the purpose, I wish to reason a little with these re forming but intolerant sprigs, who would fain drive older head; into their way of thinking, or rather talking, by clamour, abuse, and vituperation. Admitting, for argument's sake, that these dinners were " Tory" dinners, is it not possible for such Torie 3 to have the welfare, prosperity, and peace of their native land as much at heart as those who assail them with the epithet?. Have they not as much, or more, at stake in the country than those who rail against them? Are they not content in their station—not given to change? To all of these pestionsi will answer for them in the atTirma tive. If it be a mark of Toryism to be neighbourly, social, and peaceable, then are the parishioners of North Meols Tories! They voted for Sir Thomas Hesketh because he was a man of land.ed property, and consequently identified with the agricul tural interests, in contradistinction to Mr. Wood, who was sup.. ported and returned by the subscriptions of the manufacturing and commercial interests ; .end, surely, the agricultural intere s t s have as much right to be represented as the commercial and. manufacturing interests. What would Mr. Wood and his con stituency of Manchester manufacturers du in the . event of Ilia corn laws being abolished •Why, iu proportion as the farm , iug produce of this country became reduced, they would rejnee the wages of their workmen, and thus the farmer and mechanic would Suffer, whilst the free traders were amassing riches. Has not Mr. Wood intimated, in his place in the House of Com mons, that that could not be termed a district of distress where men were earning 10s. per week to support themselves and ? Is not this a foretaste of what they would reduce the labouring population of aid England to ? is it not a fact, that low wages produce want and distress upon both the middling and labouring classes of the community ? I pause fur a replif to these home questions. I am afraid, Mr. Editor, that certain individuals are more in terested in dividing the people of England by idle c lam our , gross m i sre presentations, and wild theories, than is apparent to many. The tanner of the present -day pays the same rent he' has done for years, when his produce was of higher price . ; but he aims at no revolutionary convulsion; he, ill fact, hoped that. the present administration and parliament would lighten his hurthens in taxes, instead of which they are putting a dead weight of .V. 800,000 per annum upon hiin, in taxes,, for the pui pose of emancipating the negioes ; they are setting up the dan gerous proposition of foreign interference in our own affairs, by sanctioning and supporting one tyrant brother's revolt against his brother tyrant—they are setting flue examples of Christian morality, by cabinet consultatious, upon Sabbath-day s, and by Rev. Deans advocating the opening of the Metropolitan Zoo logical Gardens during the whole of Sunday. They are doing all this, and much more, in open defiance of the laws cf bou t God stud man—in direct violation of their prefessed faith, awl, thousand-times repeated pledges to the coati u: y 1 I then auk the people of England, fi otu .such measures; ce' bustu? Yours, &e. Southport, June 24, 18.13. J. S. A NEW SONG, Sung at Mr. Prieafx Union 11914, .S'outhpyrt, Julie lath, IU3. TUNR—"O! AND I 1.1. Cobb TO TR, ("Aline, cheer up, ye Britons, who honor Tru,.. To your country and colour be honest and true : Let the liin4; and the laws he supported by : yeti. Our faith, our country, and rights, too Let no idle schemes of equilitv's gang, Nor mobs rendered mad, by seditious harangue, Nor Cultic's, nor Hunt's idle blisplicinons shtng, Induce you to join such a black clew I United and lOyal, Blues firmly will stand, l u defence of their counlry, their OW n zien-girt land. They will boldly defeat,- - this invincible hand Each wild and rebellious faction The noblest of bonds Ls our country's good, Cemented by justice, by lonux, and blood. The designs of all foes it bath ever withstwd. By union and strent;th when in action. Then join not dissentious of faith, nor of rule, Steer clear of the Idle. and radical sellout, L e t Joni Bull never yoke with au infidel tool, 1n pulling doWn the ;old Constitution : But rally like true ones. and join heart with hand, In support of your freedom, your own native land, And Gnnly, and boldly, for ever withstand Ditordci and uu . silltovlutioal I