Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-10-23 00:00:00

-LIVERPOOL, FRIDAN, OCTOBER 23, 1857.

THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDresE AND SIR HARRY
SMITH Ali STAFFIELD.

ShTheffieelDdukone ofw Cedanmetsday,b
;tags and Sir Harry Smith were at
upon the occeoion of laying
the first stone of a raonament, in honour of those fellow-
townsmen who fPil in the Russian war. The day was
observed as a pr_d3lic holiday The Duke and the General
expressed the,ir convictions concerning the rebellion in
India. Tbe address of his Royal Highness was popular
and discreet. He came to Sheffield, he said, because the
feeling of the town towards the al•my was so ht.ndsome. so
laudable, and so satisfactory. He expressed a hope that
its example in furnishing recruits for the army would be
followed by other towns. The only subject which of late
had given him anxiety was the recruiting of the army. He
would, however, tell them that the ordinary recruiting for
the army was progressing in a manner perfectly incredible.
The ordinary means of recruiting have, in two days alone,
produced 800 men. That is a result which was never
obtained during the Bussian war ; a. result which was
never equaled in the military history of the country.
Adverting t 3 India, his Royal Highness spoke with con-
fidence of the efforts of England to put down the revolt.
I trust, he steel, that no undue leniency will bs adopted
That appears a very harsh and unfeeling remark. That
is nothing of the kind. What does it mean ? We have
an army of 70;010 men who have mutinied—noboay knows
why. Are these 70,000 men to be allowed to go broad-
cast over the country, massacring men, womenf and
children, without receiving the punishment due to such
crimes? Just so, gentlemen,aherefore let us have justice,
and stern justice. In noticing the military condition of
England, the duke said he had always urged the need of
being prepared for every emergency, but our principle of
action has been to cut down our establishment until we
had nothing for an emergency. Now we, have had two
important lessons, one after the other. We have had the
Crimean war which found us unprepared, and we have had
the la. e disaster in India. Well, gentlemen, two succasive
warnings should be a lesson for all times.

THE PAPFR DUTY DfIiWBAOK ON
ENVELOPE cuTroas.

We have already mentioned that the Government have
consented to grant a drawback on the duty of that portion
of paper which is wasted by envelope cuttings. A copy
of the eorrespindenee on the subjset has been sent to us
by the Associa'ion for the Repeal of the Taxes on Know-
ledge, a portion of which may be interesting to the trade.
ft began by a Memorial to the Lords • Commissioners of
Treasury, from Mr. J•ihn Scott. of Charlotte-street,
Blackfriar's-road, envelope maker. The memorialist
represented :

That In the process of rutting envelopes there is a considerable
waste of paper; that this waste is cf view only for the pnrpere of
being re-made into paper, for which pa-pose year memortili,t sells it
at £l9 per ton, and that the duty on th's sum is .€l4 14s, a duty
from which the envelope maker, who is also a mill owner, is exempt,
as it's paper 13 not charged till it is made into envelopes, and the waste
is thns returned to the mill without the payment of duty.
A mem-aria' was also sent to the Beard of Inland
Revenue which recited the prec Ain; statement, and
added that pasteboard makers aro allows(' to escape the
duty.on the paste, that Florentine buttons are exempted
from duty, and that a drawback is given on cards used
for the Jacquard loom. In reply to which the Board of
Inland Revenue say, they
Have carefullr cons! hrel 'ha ms mortal, and they desire to say
that they see so much diffl3ulty as well as danger to the revenue in
the way • of an extension of the indn'gence refereng to envelope
makers who are n t p•+per makers, that they cannot consent to give
effect to wishes In this respszt. .
• •
Another appeal was made to the Board, which said:—
I confess I do tilt see the dielen'ty of making such ar -anTements
as would prevent f and on the revenue. I sell my waste to a paper
mss, and it would bs very easy for me to arrange that I should
deliver it in the presence of ihe supervi or, who might either give
me an order for the drawback, or deduct the am)unt from the mill -
owner's ace cunt, with whom I could mike my arrangements.
The Board replied—

After a careful re-consideration of the whole subje t the Board are
unable #o satisfy themselves that the concession in question could be
granted with safety to the revenne.

The memorialist then wrote to the Treasnry, saying—
Your msmorialst whilst acknowledginl the courtesy or the
Board, complains that their refusal is not acooms.anied by any
specific reason. The principle of giving drawbusks not authorised
by the Act of Parrament, having ',een once admittel, it becomes the
duty of those who have the power to grant them, to examine every
case presented to them and not to reuse any claim which is foundsd
on a grievance eqn-1 to any which has been previously redressed,
unless it can be shown that such previously redressed grievance can
be reireand with less danger of fraud on the revenue than would
accrue from the entertainment cf the subseinent

Your memorialist therefore priys that your Lordships will grant
him a drawback on the waste of his enve'o vs, or, falling this, that
rol will call upon the Board of inland Revenue to explain why such
drawback woull lead to a fraud on- the revenue, so that your
memorialist may have the opoortanity of stating to your Lordships
the reasons why he thinks sue a I osition nntera'ole.
Tile Treasury replied :

The law has made no provi.lon for a return of duty in ouch cases,
and my Loris do not thi.ik it wo ;Id be expedintt to com?ly with
your application with refdrence to tho case of envelope mak-re. who
are el.o mil owners ; their envelopes are mad • from piper befo e the.
duty has bees cherged ppm it, and under the supervis'on of the
surveying officers cf Exese. No claim, therefore, arises wi h respect
to the cuttings; as they areremanu'acturel without leaving the
premises the revenue is not exposed to risk.

The memorialist again wrote to the Treasury :

I hive submitted a plan w:iich. ai it appears to mg, waul I obviate
any attempt at frau.% and my regnost Wll3 that If yon did not at once
concede the erawback in my me, you would call on the Board of

Inland Revenue to explain the:r reasons for thinking it neee,s try to
deny it. This part of my request you hare ignored. I the..•aore
aTlin call your attention to it, and submit that if you persig in
refusing to grant this portion of my prayer, it wi 1 appear that
the reason for denying my second request is the jaAlce of the first.

Then came the final order from the Treisury, as for

10 A'S-

I an directed by the Lords Commissioners. of 16 Maje,ty's
Tr asury to
tnform yon that since the recelat of your farther appl-
cution of the Ist of August, my Loris hive been 'a commanicalon
with the Board of Inland revenue, for the purpose of seeing whether
regulations might not be framed, under wh'elt the cor.ceision for
which you epply might b 3 made without serious ri.lt to the revenue,
and my Loros have now given authority to the Board of Wand
Revenue to pay draw'aack of duty charged on a aste cuttings of paper
made int) e ivelopes, on proof t) the wilt tion of the commislfotters
that th? cutti igi have teen reduced to pulp at a paper mill, or
otherwise destroyed. (Signed) CHIAALEC TREYS LEAN.

THE SENATOR AT ST. HELENA.

The case of the Senator seems to have excited as roue

interest and sympathy amongst the inhabitants of St.
Helena as it has amongst the mercantile community of
England. The late advices from the island state that a
demonstration of nearly the whole of the inhabitants had
been made to the governor in favour of the captain,and that
the governor had been well disposed to release him or send
him to England, apart from any legal questions as to
the validity of the ti hi, but upon tho merits, and desired
the concurrence of the home authorities. The St. Helena
Herald says:—

About two months ago a 1 etition, praying r the ca, taln's
re'etse or far the mitiga'ioa of his sense ce, was prepared, and we
were gratified oso withou , our advocation, that the petition was
most re,p etably and numerously signed. We believe the sympa.hy
of the inhabitants qte. erally has been al-o em t'd tn behalf of Cap'ain
Lees by the subsecinen• c nduet of the second mate, the prosecutor,
af,r. ing a test of his integrity, who, 'vaunting himself a pugilist,
disc/ ate in his habits, appezing in the pub is stree s with
disfigure-1 face, abasing himse f.o as to render hospital treatment
imreratiye through inebri-ty and his comb ititive ro_,ensities,
manifes ed in c ntinnal broils with oth,rs, we should say w jest
the man who delighted in a quarrel. Be 11,4 surprised the inhabi-
tants, who now have suspicions of his evidence.

This petition, accompanied by strong tesbnonials from le ding
firms in London, Llverpooi, and Bombay, as to Captain Lce's sobrie y,
go d conduct, and humanity, was presented to his excellency by
George Moss, Esq. (con u'), and others. It wits anticipated, frcen the
ci cum.slan-es.set loth in the petition, the number and respectability
of the signatures, and the strong testimorval from such firms as
Gibbs Bright, and co. ; Cassells and Co ,or Bombay; ltathbone
Brothers. Tobin and Co.' sad others, that a favourable result would
ere this have followed. lie era Gibbs, Bright, and Co., says :—"
always considered him an exceedir gly at and energetic officer,
and can speak highly as to his general good char cter and humanity.
paracu'arly shown in his general k:nt n -sa to crews and passengers "
Mes rs. Caisells says : —i• We can with mach p'easure bear testimony
to your excellent conduct. Daring three d:ffrrent periods your ship
was consigned to our firm 3on were always most temperate and
stsady in your habits, attentive to your duties d discipline. You
appeared b art on a high and p oper principle, and gave us the
impr scion of a very effis ent commander." Messrs. Etatlitone, the
tanners, say :--1 Captain Lees has for several yearn been employed
in ships under v luso friends Lamport, and Ho t, cnd ourselves; und
that is the first cmap!ali twe have ever had age' at him. His charac-
ter for sobrir.ty, good condu t, and humanity, were such that none
of tho,e who had known him here could believe him capable of
inten lonely committing the deed chsrged aisinst him."
Here, then, we have evidence of the unmicep,ionahls charadt r of
the captain sustained during the period ho was in command of several
vas'e's. We have the deep interest taken in his beha' fby his owners
and others, and, added, the earnest ler:pest of a respectrale pablic,
the conduct of the second raatrsince the trial ; and it is not to,, much
to say that the publ:c did, reasonably, suatkipate the release of Captain
Lees, •

Being the first petition to the Crown, pablicly at cued, appearng
for mercy and sympathy, where there is so much room for its exercle,
we feel di: appointed at the defy. We think the signatures of the
leading firms, of the heals of departments, of-all the most respectable
inhabitants of the island, claim rome attention and deference. -the
retition was not signal to be forgotton ; the friends have been anxious-
ly waiting the response, and sympathise; week after week, with
his painful and ruinous sti,ponse. The home authorities would, of
course, sanction any steps taken at once, and we trust that it is his
excellency!. intention to comply with this reasonable a.l very Past
request.

BOYS' CLOTHING MADE WIFII GREAT TAITE AT LEWIS and
comPAKrs, ,Itanelagh street.