The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-15 00:00:00

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Ltd-'4oll,vel ? It needed not the naive admission of
urns to have e to confirm this obvious truth, and he
',tad,. blushed for very shame when he made
lit74i.ledginent in the House of Lords. Look at
eralties
I'.ety and look at the clergy, the upper ranks of
faet
Periodical press : all bear witness to the
•.`'9 pit
to be well educated is almost synony-
lk" being
;4`)ed ge a Conservative. But the possession
differs from every other species of ac-
,, 11,
this
) that it causes no feeling of selfishness
'4k.,.,!5t of the possessor. Wealth may render
~ ' PririlN and
T avaricious ; power, cruel and tyran-
ea•
• Ntlm .es, haughty and exclusive : hut in pro-
be degree in which a mind is enlightened
`11,,. anxious that the blessings of instruction
Shared by others. Like Mercy,

41)less " it is twice blessed :
es him that gives and him that takes."
feelingsdal
fate then ignorance. He rejoices at every effort to
of empire of knowledge, and roll away the
"%up, Prejudice and error from the minds of his
teantry
,Ntrvu. 'men. The charge, therefore, that the
the are opposed to education, carries absur-
e fa .
t its ce of it. But the word has two meanings,
,tap ,Lisisiest advocates studiously confound. The
'4k
ttoprille_s to a mere knOwledge of facts, laid up in
~eacise of the memory, and produceable on
like dry goods from a warehouse : the other,
%.4,,ral culture and training of the individual, by
m i
the lie the head is filled, the heart is purified,
Nevil .
tr Passions of our nature are subjected to
orjp04,11:1:1it:ral discipline.
the grand difference between us and
0 netts
•treoi • They put faith in the first process,
Pet it forth as the panacea for human wretch-
kid
14e. folly They hold that secular knowledge
leat t • •
0 mitigate, if not eradicate, the corruption
,114titfir
gaature, and would have us believe that clever-
t-pr2Yn. synonym for virtue. Now, in the first place,
reasoning would lead us to this conclusion ;
the
4, A next, history and experience disprove its
I:r.erlith'ieertitVeiatYw:ifi intellect has no necessary connec-
;:k NATIeSS of heart, and, under the guidance
becomes a tremendous instrument
t'?% ildeed, the acquisition of mere secular know-
%r, cu
Which the discursive faculties of the under-
Pitt2°lelY are employed, may minister to vice by
▪ s'ig facilities for crime. And this mournful
attest.
f Led by the page of History. From many
ore
'''st names there, we turn with loathing
. ,gust
• And why ? 'Because their hearts were
they prostituted the glorious gift of reason
W. 4es...9fArrou
g'
;,:take e ore, the question of National Education
the Schoolmaster."
may well feel alarmed at the doctrines
:JltierL'elloolniaster." We object not to impart
•
'.:eofie, for we can have no interest in the continu-
at ign
, orance But we would build on a sound
It
kkk.Olit t, We believe not that the brain alone can
„ktt, cure of corrupt propensities, and we have
N ee a Intellectual when divorced from moral ex-
ai illjherefore it is that we insist on moral train-
tiativisPensable. But can we separate moral from
We would not as reasoning men : we dare
klie
coChristians. Hence the opposition on the part
48erratiVes to the scheme of Ministers, which
tlithe-Pl.uves that they are the enemies of Education
ktl threfillial of a physician to prescribe poison
clattlat he desires the sickness of his patient.
4. ''e exert
the ns
•,4 ioalready made by the Conserva-
-I.latit cause of Education. Look at the munifi-
‘l.l4rae,se
_and annual subscriptions in support of the
LPteftBiun their part, and contrast them, not with
fr:irlts, but the deeds of the pseudo Liberals.
8 Ye shall know them. We feel that we
'anced at this momentous subject, but our
..04,
kltlier, P. 118 to reserve our further remarks for
article,
ly
g• liarter
N . Returns of the Revenue have just
Nor A
Z't end They exhibit an increase on the
%rt ing October 10, 1839, as compared with
1,1%735
.011.1 ding quarter in 1838, in the customs of
Nu: in the excise of £19;200.; and in the mis-
47tcle„ estimates of £9,278. The total increase in
ber:drt4rnents on the quarter is £337,213, to which
ii:k.4l4„td £13,002 from imprest and other m0'9,52i
'9,52i from repayments of advances. The
it'4l7
ado .
the quarter is as follows :—in the stamps,
000'. 11 the taxes, £16,762; in the post-office,
-Nt3-,41-14 in the crown lands, £25,000. The total
,1,`74 44:96,514, leaving a net increase on the
I,lticreo 493,222. As the net increase is less than
in the customs alone, it is but reasonable
iqr lite th
act• of apparent improvement on the presen
Ztt. thee revenue to the payment of the corn-
t
emere
a Et tease on the year ending October 10, 1839,
Pared
tt;,3713, with the year ending October 10, 1838,
`"(111g :„'d 1 ; but we must not consider this as any
,9tl.ll,i.tistration of the prosperity of the country
g..,,trianagement. In 1836 the October re-
(, ; in 1837 it was £11,489,933 ;
'‘2.l„ It u,
N 8 -as £12,052,751 ; and in 1839 it is
3163
• From this statement it appears that the
• lgar"enlent is more apparent than real, as the
t4ttiliee.wtas one of confessedly great commercial
tkretl, "na the effects of which the country had
ere(' even in 1838. A comparison of the
quarteriCt 41 1 just ended with the corresponding
i„'teaee '36, shews a very considerable decrease—
'4 only
11:: taxes. Partially accounted for by the remis-
-4414 rettirti
0(4 that however, must be considered as an evi-
toa it" " industrial energies of England" can-
Vlitie-ier he destroyed, even by the miserable
kitto,t th°,; Whig Chancellor of the Exchequer.
lorige;.inese favourable indications will not last
rtiti,lll' onset o The present state of the money-market
'lettittutita ed• The occurrence of a commercial
44 revee Ilec'usly with the defalcation in the post-
treo-11,e and an expenditure greatly exceeding
"1): 4rleoine, would, we apprehend, produce
tracts. ggarly account" in the ensuing quarterly
\\*,
(10, - have
"?i received e to the St. John's (N. B.)
,Weekly
1)44 the 14th of September. These papers
CY littleh news that has not been alread
g'► y anti-
/Ix daily e arrivals from New York. It seems that
ktid:it Of 114 Per, with the bombastical title of the
tl/414 the
qite6 had made its appearance in Detroit,
414; eolivi management of no less a personage
'qtfletiltspeake rial
ed and refugee pirate Theller. This
150, h 4°llolvin 8 of the " persecuted patriot" WlCenzie
'ltitt no g Strain He is still confined in pri-
ttitt,lllreBth'ewe are confident, for any length of time.
tileit to ha most effectual have been, and are being,
:er the sovereign people's will laid before
vant the Executive"of the United States."
t4i til4ve
ykiiciarredeeived files of the Jamaica Royal Gazette
1):1104e ehieto the 14th of September, inclusive.
liqh papers Y occupied with extracts from the
Indies' especially in relation to the affairs of
Net cc dan • They comment with great severity
`rY,', ger°os and distracted state of the Mother
4 t riti Which
kekt sguided they unhesitatingly attribute to the
4 Policy adopted in the government of
t
t4k4a4/
lie ozette animadverts in very strong
ion, the
scandalous conduct of the Baptist
`•
tor 4,0, it appears, had appealed' to Sir Lionel
licre the
_ui etion. It is very evident that these
NI Place .aggressors in every act of violence which
te"lie„ll:.°Prie4tytilecicsland. The Gazette demands.
.with
q •
th • ''e Where are all the other religious
tl'at 14,. hear nothing of their defenceless state—
VON 'll3g
°II of protection from the laws—or of
• '-cted , the
community from whom our juries
:qteß IS even for the least part, their relent-
k, if • IN,
ikio the . murmur is heard on their part, and
tf„ate
bogie tninisters f 1. •
o religion were persecuted, or
.1 'it ofrequire
tt t, the d protection, there would be
qic,e, ease
intllnber who would complain. But
4 "141,Pitliane The whole of the religious bodies,
mkt a: rreshyterians Wesleyan Methodists.
klqrtri'4ll )Cci ABsoeiation Methodists, Catholics, and
o
oft! gnietly
miaeon._ Pursuing their course, and
‘lii‘Att h Is heard amongst them. Surely
at, 'ust lie .•
e I with the Baptists themselves,
,t wit the
_":.esitation in saying that any one who
1% svre it . address
t
rI 18 to Sir Lionel will not fail to de-
he
(Inc.,.ttneliehiLe found." The address here alluded
-Noos go. cllnjudicious production. Amongst
'who_ ,
Ile propounds, he asks " where

are the injuries against properties ?" Sir Lionel must
be absolutely unconscious of what is daily passing
around him to make such a silly inquiry. Is it not
sufficient that the sugar estates are in a state of abso-
lute ruin—and that the whole island is in a state of
devastation and waste. Is no injury sustained, where
neither money, extra allowances, and no charge for
rent, can induce the peasantry to take off the canes
upon the ground—where, to have some chance of a
crop next year, in the hope that by that time the people
will be more settled, whole fields have been burnt
down, rather than let the canes rot upon the ground,
which would equally have destroyed the present as well
as the future prospects of the estate ? Are these not
injuries against properties ? But there is more than
even this to complain of. It is next to impossible, on
many plantations to carry on the cultivation. Watch-
men are found deserting their posts, and, in conse-
quence, whole fields of sprouts are destroyed. Again,
in many instances the people will not plant the canes,
even after having dug the trenches. This indisposition
to labour on the part of " the people" (we suppose we
must no longer call them Negroes) has been stimulated,
fostered, and encouraged by the Baptist missionaries—
the very men who claim Sir Lionel Smith's protection
and who obtain his sympathy. Such are the beautiful
effects of a liberal and conciliating line of policy !
There is every reason to believe that the labourers
are now having recourse to the cowardly expedient of
incendiarism as an act of vengeance against those
masters who dare to assert their just rights. Several
fires had recently taken place in the island, the origin
of which remained wrapped in obscurity. A trash
house, in particular, had been destroyed in the parish
of St. Mary, which, it was strongly suspected, had
been set on fire by a labourer on the property, who, in
consequence of improper conduct, had received a
notice to quit. If these suspicions are correct the in-
juries of the planters are thus most fearfully aggravated.
As an evidence of the state of crime in Jamaica, we
find that the Court of Quarter Sessions at Kingston
was occupied for six days at its last sitting in trying
the prisoners, of whom there were forty-four in a po-
pulation of only 35,000. Out of the forty-four, twenty-
seven were tried for theft, a crime for which the Ne-
groes have a very strong propensity. The truth is,
that the people are rapidly degenerating. African
customs and superstitions are again usurping the
place of the religious sentiments which were expected
to have made some impression on their minds gene-
rally. In some parishes Myalism has made rapid
strides. This is a fearful fact, for such is the influence
of the Myal man over those who are impressed with
his supernatural powers, that the most horrid deeds
are committed under the excitement.

Sir Charles Metcalfe was looked for most anxiously
in the island. It was sincerely hoped that the govern-
ment of the island would be altered. Unless some
improvement takes place in the Executive, it will be
useless for the planters to attempt to carry on the cul-
tivation. Sir Lionel Smith has entirely lost the confi-
dence of the respectable part of the community.
As an illustration of the benefits likely to be derived
by this country from the abolition of the apprentice-
ship, the Jamaica Standard furnishes us with a com-
parative statement of the importations into that island
during the last eight years. We shall only take the
three last as necessary to our purpose. The imports
for 1836 were £1,756,504 ; for 1837, £1,504,223; and
for 1838, £1,442,570. From this it appears that the
falling-off since 1836 has been £310,000 in round
numbers. The defalcation in 1839 is likely to be con-
siderably greater. Does not this simple statement
furnish a conclusive answer to those individuals who,
like Mr. Sturge, are constantly prating about the
" prosperity" of Jamaica ?
The " Planters' Bank " had already commenced
operations in Jamaica under very favourable auspices.
Its prospects are described as most flattering.
The Royal Gazette contains an account of a dread-
ful conflagration which had taken place at Quibdo,
the capital city of the provincp of Choco, in New Gre-
nada, which was nearly destroyed on the sth of August.
The city, which was chiefly composed of wooden
houses, continued burning for four hours. Thousands
of people were reduced by this calamity to a state of
utter destitution. A public subscription for the suf-
ferers was talked of and recommended in Jamaica.

Files of the Guiana Chronicle to September the 2nd
have reached us. The accounts which these papers
give of the state of the colony of British Guiana are
gloomy in the extreme.
Much satisfaction was expressed in the colony that
at length the doors of the Town Council-hall were
thrown open to the public, and therefore a free publi-
cation of what transpired there might be expected in
future. The consequence had already been, that a
certain ambition was excited to obtain seats in the civic
assembly, whilst the members evinced an anxiety to
figure creditably in the eyes of their fellow-citizens.
The perpetuity of the protection hitherto given .to
the sugar of the British West Indies is strongly in-
sisted upon in the Guiana Chronicle, which states that
upon its continuance depends the prosperity of the
colonies. In this opinion, it is almost needless to say,
we cordially concur.

The accounts from the island of Barbadoes,
brought by the West India mail, are by no means
favourable. The labourers had been sadly negligent
in the cultivation of articles of food, and a great
portion of the country had been in a deplorable con-
dition from the continuance of dry weather and the
scorching heat of the sun. The crop had been an
average one, and 25,600 hogsheads had been shipped
up to the 7th of September.
The accounts from Trinidad reach to the 3d of Sep-
tember. One of the papers gives the following re-
specting the crop of sugar :—" The following state-
ment of the quantities of sugar shipped up to the end
of June, 1838 and 1839, shows a deficiency upon last
year of 1,798 hogsheads; and looking at the quantity
shipped in 1838, after 30th June—viz., 5,888, and
taking, as we believe we fairly may, the quantity now
made, but not shipped, from the scarcity of shipping,
at least at 4,000 hogsheads, the difference (minus) be-
tween the crop of this and of last year, will scarcely
exceed 2,000 hogsheads, it will, however, fall short of
an average crop (taken from an average of the last 16
years) of 8,000 hogsheads or something less than one-
third." Respecting the conduct of the labourers we
have but unfavourable accounts. The exports.were
estimated at about £450,000. and the imports at
f 400,000.

At Bermuda, St. Christopher's, and St. Lucia, the
accounts were altogether favourable.

By the packet-ship Sheridan, Captain De Peyster,
which arrived here yesterday, we have received New
York papers to the 26th of September, inclusive. The
Sheridan made the passage in nineteen days.
These papers furnish us with accounts of a disas-
trous fire which took place at New York on the after-
noon of the 23d ult., the particulars of which we have
given elsewhere, in an article from the N. Y. Morning
Herald.
The accounts from the Southern States continue to
be very -gloomy. The yellow fever was increasing ra-
pidly. The Morning Herald of September 23 states
that the. deaths in Mobile averaged twenty-five a day.
The disease had made its appearance at Black Creek,
Florida. In New Orleans, on Sept. 13, there were
twenty cases of the fever and six deaths. The inter-
ments numbered eleven. From the Ist to the 14th of
September, the deaths in Mobile reached 209, and the
sickness continued at the last accounts very malignant.
There were four cases of the fever in Natchez on the
10th of September. In Augusta the deaths on the
18th were seven.
The case of the African slaves at Hartford had been
decided by the refusal of Judge Thompson to sustain
the habeas corpus, and thus discharge the slaves from
the custody of the Marshal. This had caused a very
strong excitement, not only among the abolitionists,
but among many humane men, who supposed that
they were not slaves according to the laws of Spain.
A new expedient for their liberation had been dis-
cussed. It was proposed to sue out another writ of
habeas corpus, and to bring the blacks before one of
the judges of the State, in the expectation that he
might be so operated upon by the popular manifesta-
tions of feeling, as to order their immediate release.
This project was, however, abandoned. Their trial
has been deferred until November.

The pressure on the Money-market at New York
had not been, greater since the swing of 1837, than, it

was on the 25th ultimo. Several failures had already
taken place. The intelligence from Philadelphia and
Baltimore was equally unfavourable. The specie at
New York and Philadelphia is stated to be nearly as
little, if not less, in amount, than it was in April 1837,
while the engagements continue as pressing, if not as
large.

Accounts from various sources in Mississippi speak
of the bad prospects of the cotton crops. It is said
that the room was doing great mischief. The wheat
crops in the New England States were extremely
abundant.

The relations of Texas and Mexico with regard to
each other remained the same as they did a year ago.
Bustamente and others refuse to acknowledge the in-
dependence of Texas. Immigration into the latter
country continued to be on the increase.
Accounts had been received from the city of Mexico
to the Bth of August. All remained tranquil. A
census of the population of Mexico had been taken,
and it was found to amount to 7,014,140. In the year
1793 the population amounted to 5,200,000.
The Morning Herald states that as yet no account
had been received from the Commissioners who were
surveying the disputed territory between Maine and
New Brunswick. Permits to cut timber were still
granted by the States of Massachusetts and Maine.
This is a truly Irish mode of observing a strict neutra-
lity. The American government have evidently no
intention of giving the disputed territory to England,
as post-offices have been established by the States in
almost every part of that district.
All was quiet along the border. General Scott, Mr.
Van Buren, and the Secretary of War, had been along
the frontier with a view to make such arrangements as
would preserve peace throughout the winter.

Great dissatisfaction prevailed in Canada at the ap-
pointment of Mr. Poulett Thomson. The political
prisoners were to be shipped on the 21st of Septem-
ber from Montreal to Botany Bay, via Quebec.
Bill Johnston, who was conveyed with so much
parade from New York to Watertown, and from whom
so large an amount of bail was. required, has taken
possession of Grindstone island again. This is another
instance of the vigilance of the American authorities

In our next publication we hope to be able to an-
nounce some further particulars relative to the pro-
posed " Liverpool Collegiate Institution." We know
of nothing more likely than such an establishment to
regenerate the social condition of this town, and to
unite in a close bond all who stand up for the funda-
mental principle of Scriptural Education. At th. s
eventful period, the most strenuous exertions and
decided unanimity are required in defence of our con-
stitution in church and state ; and we trust that the
churchman and orthodox dissenter, sinking their mi-
nor differences, and mutually conceding such points as
involve no religious principle, will combine hand and
heart to carry out the great object in view, and thus
render the " Liverpool Collegiate Institution," emi-
nently useful to Liverpool and the county at large.