The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-05 00:00:00

FOREIGN NEWS.

FRANCE.—Vice-Admiral Hamelin is appointed com-
mander-in-chief of the Mediterranean squadron, in place
Vice-Admiral de la Su sse, who enters on the reserved list.
It is intended to celebrate the fele of the Emperor of
the French on the 15th of August with great eclat.
It is asserted that Admiral Hamelin has been ordered
to pass through the Dardanelles.
The levy of seamen in the port of Havre has caused
such a scarcity in the merchant service, that wages have
risen twenty per cent.
_ . .

SPAIN.L-it is said that the Ministers are agreed on
several important questions, and that they have deter-
mined on the convention of the cortes for October.

ITALY.—The eighth anniversary of the accession of
Pius IX. to the Papal throne was celebrated at Rome on
the lith ult., with firing of cannon and other marks of
rejoicing. On the occasion there was a capella palpale

in the Sistine chapel

AUSTHIA.—Vienna is the court where Count Nessel-
rode's Circular seems to be most favourably considered.
The effect of both documents on Austrian politicians is
described as " tranquillising."

PRUSSIA.—The anniversary of the battle of Waterloo
was celebrated with great solemnity in several parts of
Prussia. The principal je'te was given at the Parta West-
phalia, under the presidentship of the Prince of Hohen-
zollen, and in the presence of the Prince of Prussia, to
the veterans of the surrounding districts.
The Queen of Greece, accompanied b y the Archduke
Stephen of Austria and Prince Wasa, arrived at Berlin
on Sunday en route to Athens, via' Vienna and Trieste.
Their Bavarian Majesties are expected at the Prussian
court during the first week in July. Princess Frederick
of the Netherlands and her daughter, the Princess Mary,
arrived on Saturday, and, after passing a few days with
their royal relatives, were to continue their journey to
Stockholm, on a visit to the Crown Princess of Sweden.

SWEDEN.—The Swedish government has taken a
step of some interest to our shipbuilders. It has allowed
during the rest of this year and the %hole of next year,
the importation into Sweden of ready-built ♦essels of 100
tons and upwards, on payment of the reduced duty of 10
per cent. on the actual purchase money, and a small sum
on the tacklage and sailcloth. The Swedish merchants
have repeatedly demanded the abrogation of all duty on
the above articles.

RUSSIA.—The Russian Government steadily follows
up its policy of declaring " pacific intentions," and as
steadily continues its preparation for war. Thus, in a
despatch communicated by the Russian Consul to Prince
Ghika, the Czar is said to be most anxious, while oc-
cupying the Principalities, to prevent his troops being
the slightest burden to the people. The Imperial deter-
mination, however, is very clear. The Principalities are
to be occupied, and the inhabitants appeased.
By intelligence from St. Petersburgh, dated the 25th
ult., it appears that on the previous day a courier had
arrived, bringing the reply of Redschid Pacha to Count
Nesselrode, notifying the rejection of the Russian ultima-
tum. This reply, couched in the most civil terms, gives
the Government of St. Petersburgh plainly to understand
that it is, and always will be, " impossible" for the Porte
to accede to any such demand as that preferred by the
Czar. In consequence of this, a council was at once
summoned at Peterhoff, a Palace of the Emperor's, near
St. Petersburgh, and the consequence was, that a special
courier was at once sent off to Prince Gortchakoff with
despatches. Of the tenor of these there was no doubt.
It was understood that General Danenberg is to cross
the Prnth at once at the head of 40,000 men, to occupy
the Principalities. The whole force under Prince Gort-
chakoff amounts to 120,000.

For the last three weeks letters from Constantinople and
Galatz have brought energetic complaints of the injurydone
to British interests and British lives by the working of the
Russian scheme for shutting up the Danube. The last
reports from the embouchure of that river state that there
were, on the 10th instant, scores of vessels laden with
corn stuck fast in the mud for want of water, their crews
imprisoned amid the poisonous exhalations which at this
season of the year steam up from the ooze of the river
bed. A large portion of the vessels are British.
The Queen Dowager of Holland has arrived at St. Pe-
tersburgh, on a visit to her brother the Emperor of
Russia.

TURKEY.—M. Balabine, a residuary member of the
Russian Legation, left Constantinople on, the 17th ult.
for Odessa, taking with him the archives of the embassy,
and bearing the answer of the Porte to Russia's last and
slightly modified demands. The Porte offers to recognise
a moral engagement with respect to all the Christian
powers, but asserts that it is precluded by existing obli-
gations from signing a, treaty with Russia. Baron Bruck,
it is said, has had some hand in drawing up•this conces-
sive reply. However that may be, it seems quite con-
sistent with every act and expression of Turkey since
Menschikoff's departure. The Sultan is- said to attach
great importance to the advice of Austria..

The Vorte, it is said,. has resolved upon not meeting
the invasion of the Danubian provinces with armed re-
sistance, but would protest against such violation, and
refuse, while Russia continued to occupy, the territories,
to enter on negociations. Daily conferences take place
between the English and French Ambassadors and the
Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Government
has given strict orders that Russian travellers and resi-
dents, particularly merchants, shall be treated with the
utmost consideration.

The Dardanelles and the forts of the Black Sea and
Bosphorus have beenzgreatly strengthened. Six camps,
of 15,000 men each, are now being formed, viz., one at
Constantinople, one at Adrianople, one at Rustchuk, one
at Shumla, one at Erzeroom, and one at Konieh. The
Seraskier, Mehmet Ali Pacha, will command the first,.
Mebmet Pacha the second, Omer Pacha the third and
fourth, and Vassuf Pacha the fifth and sixth. The artillery
is placed under the command of Kerim Pacha, and Ahmet
Pacha and Mussa Pacha, two generals of distinction, with
a numerous staff of officers and engineers, will take charge
of Varna and the other strongholds on the Rumelian
coast of the Black Sea. Halil Pacha went off about the
14th ult. to visit the various ports capable of defence.
The whole Turkish fleet will be ready to sail for the Black.
Sea immediately. The news that the combined English
and French fleets bad arrived in Besika Bay, spread like
wildfire on the 16th ult., and caused indescribable enthu-
siasm among the Turkish population.
The Russian vessels of war are continually coming out:
of Sebastopol for the purpose of keeping a strict watch
all along the short. _ _

On the 20th a Russian frigate, the Kalumna, advanced
on a reconnoitering expedition, and proceeded to within
three miles of the entrance of the Bosphorus.

PERSIA.—We have sad news from Erzeroum, stating
that there have been inundations and cholera at Teheran,
locusts at Ispahan, and a terrible earthquake at Shiraz
and Cashan :—" At the former place 12,000 to irooo
persons are said to have been killed, as the disaster oc-
curred during the night, and the stench arising from the
dead bodies was such as to produce an epidemic very much
resembling the plague. From Teheran we hear that the
cholera has diminished. The British mission had, how-
ever, moved higher up the hills, as a matter of precaution."

NEW Zt'EA:LAND.—The Bishop of New Zealand re-
turned in good health to S. John's College, in his dio-
cese, on the 19th of October, after a voyage of about four
months among the Solomon Islands and the New He-
brides. He was received exerywhere gladly, and. treated
with the utmost kindness. He has brought home with
him to St. John's College, for education, twenty-two
boys and two girls, and might have brought hundreds, if
he bad had the means. of conveyance. The deo: seems to
be opening more widely every year to the reception of
Christianity by the South Sea Islanders, through the
judicious means adopted by Bishop Selwyn..

INDlA.—Advices have been received from Madras to
the 21st and from Calcutta to the 16th of May. There is
no, intelligence from Bombay, nor any definite news from
Rangoon, but it was confidently hoped,, at the departure
of the mail, that the next steamer would, bring the treaty,
duly signed, and that peace would be again established in
British India. The entire Aeng Pass was.in our possession
and the Burmese had withdrawn altogether from its,
vicinity. The- Arracan battalion had returned to Sando-
way, leaving a sufficient force for the protection of the
pass during the coming rains. Sickness is greatly on the
increase. Severe cases of fever were principally confined
to those men who had been absent in detachments. An
epidemic diease, resembling the plague in its symp,
toms, first made its appearance in the Eusofzye country,.
and appears to be spreading along the north-western
frontier. The frontier tribes are at present tranquil.

CHlNA.—Advices are to the 12th of April. . report
was current at Hongkong that an overland express had
arrived at Canton, stating that the insurgents had defeated.
the imperial troops, and were proceeding northwards to-
wards Pekin. Confirmation or denial of this rumour was
hourly expected.

Another act of piracy and murder, arising out of the
Coolie traffic, was committed on the 7th of April, on
board the Rosa lElias from Canton for South America
and the Havanas. The ship sailed under Peruvian co-
lours, but was officered, and in great part manned, by
Englishmen. Most of the Coolies on board had been
entrapped by false statements, or violently kidnapped ;
many being boys under twelve years- of age. A sudden
attack on the officers and crew was made by a strong
party of these Coolies, and the captain with the chief
mate retiring to their cabins, were ejected by the assailants
pouring in boiling water. The wretched men escaped
through the ports into the sea,, where they were followed
in boats and mercilessly butchered. The carpenter suc-
ceeded in swimming ashore to Batavia, a distance of three
or four miles. The Coolies compelled one of the crew to
steer, as they wished, to China, but the man navigated
the vessel to Singapore. It being then dreaded by the
crew that the Coolies, an discovering the deception, would
murder them, they escaped during the night. Most of
the Coolies abandoned the ship. but ten of the ringleaders
are in custody, and awaiting orders from the Pertaian
consul at Canton.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE CANADA,

By the British anti North American Royal Mail Steam.
ship Canada, Captain Stone, which arrived early on Sun-
day, we have advices from New York to the 21st, and
Boston to the 22d ult.

The Canada sailed at 0. 5. p.m. on the 22d, and at 0.
40. a.m. on the 24th, arrived at Halifax, where she was
detained two hours and thirty-five minutes. On the 26th,
at 0. 35. a.m., passed a steamer, supposed to be the Africa,
hence for New York ; on the Ist instant passed the ship
Conqueror, bound east ; on the 2d, at 2. 3U. a.m., was
abreast Cape Clear ; seine day, off Kinsale, passed the
ships America, Continent, and Argyle ; and at 11, p.m.,
passed the steamer Arabia. She arrived in the Mersey at
5. 40. a.m., on Sunday, having made the run in 10 days 8
hours and 15 minutes.

The Canada has brought 170 passengers, and .8°544,000
in specie on freight.

The steamer Humboldt, from Havre and Cowes, arrived
at New York on the 21st ult.

At New Orleans upwards ofir2,ooo had been subscribed
for the relief of the destitute passengers of the 'William
and Mary, emigrant ship. At Boston a fire had destroyed
property valued at about £'30,000. Several cases of Asiatic
cholera were reported to have occurred at Alexandria.

CANADA.-wThe Canadian Legislature was proroguidOLl

MEETING OF ROPEMAKERS.-LAST
NIGHT..'

A numerous meeting of the ropemakers of this town
was held last night at their club-room, Low-hill, for the
purpose of receiving the report of the deputation appointed
to confer with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the
subject of the proposed reduction of duty on foreign
cordage.

The PRESIDENT of the Association briefly introduced.the
objects of the meeting, and called upon Mr. Rowett to
move the first resolution, and to explain his mission to the
government on behalf of the association.
Mr. Was. Rowx•rr• was warmly greeted on rising,. and.
proceeded to address the meeting at considerable length,
calling to their recollection the election of Messrs. Turner
and Mackenzie last year;. in which he took with them,
considerable interest, and for which he had been held up
to the public as a briber and corrupter of the honest free-
men and voters of the borough. He had been for many.
months dragged before the public by slanders only to be
conceived by Radicals, who were themselves guilty cf
the foul and disgraceful conduct of which they charged,
him. And at the inquiry before the Committee of the
House of Commons,. they had elicited from two or three
of the men he was then addressing. the full amount of the,
crime (if it could be so called) . that had been so shame-
fully magnified ;—for all that this--tribunal could, by. the
utmost ingenuity,, wring out of these men was, that he
had paid them a day's pay. for a hard day's work ; and he
challenged the meeting_ to say. whether he had ever done
more than to direct that such rope-makers as were
out of employment (without reference to their being
voters) should be employed in carrying flags. These,.and
these men only, did he pay ;:and he grieved to find radical
morals had fallen so low as to believe it corrupt, dis-
honourable, and dishonest to-pay a poor man for his hard
day's work. Out of. his own.mouth (they had published
to the world) they would convict him ; and, after keeping
him three weeks at the door,'of the committee-room, they
dare not place him before the committee, though he from
daylto day begged to be examined, that he might, on his
oath, wipe off the foul calumnies they had heaped upon
him. But the result of this inquiry required us-to fight
the battle over again--to the disgrace of a parliamentary
committee,,it must be stated ; and he was sure the rope-
makers would do their. duty. He had been entrusted
with their petition to parliament, and had taken,an active
part in the deputation they had sent to confer with the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the result of which, would
show how necessary it is-for the interests of their class to
be represented in the House of Commons. By the cor-
respondence he would read to them they would see how
unfairl7., and unjustly they had been treated by the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The following correspondence was then read :7--
2, Manchester Buildings, Westminsteraal May, 1853.
Sin,—The deputation of ropemakers from Liverpool enter-
tain strong opinions on the subject of the repeal of the duty
on foreign rope and. rope yarn, and, according, VI sour re-
quest, beg now to state some of the reasons for their alarm.
The. present duty, of Cs. per cwt. on foreign yarn secures to
the.ropemakers of this country i
the labour of spinning rope
yarn, the repeal which will, in their humble opinion, nevi-
tably transfer that. labour to the serfs.of Russia, who can on
the spot—where.the raw material is grown,-spin. the best yarn
for,
about eightpence per cwt., and in that form can land it in
this country at one-third less cost of freight than the raw ma-
terial. Now, a very small portion of rope yarn consumed in
this country, is-made by spinning machinery, and even that at
and
ttlre cost than
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best. The Btitish ropemaker gets from.2s. A. to 3s. 6d. per
cwt. for spinning yarn, which now at full work is barely a
living price;, but, on the average,, the ropemakers are not over
two-thirds of their time employed. Therefore, the deputation
humbly submits that, if the legislature repeals the present
import duty on yarn, putting this class of labour in competi-
tion with, the serfs of Russia—utter destruction to their class,
must inevitably be the consequence, they and their families;
driven to. pauperism, and the country deprived of that class of
artisans in times of need and danger. They are now in a con-
siderable degree contributing to the exchequer, which Russian,
labour cannot do ; and, though It must be admitted that the
shipping interest would reap. a, partial and brief advantage
from the reduction in price, it must be admitted also that they
have never sought from Parliament such remission of duty,
knowing as they do, that so soon as the rope yarn spinners of,
this country are annihilated,---as they most certainly would be,
—the prices would be as. high as at the present moment ; and
it would then be found that we had been legislating, for the
serfs of Russia, to the destruction of our own people, without
a corresponding advantage that now superficially appears.
The same arguments may be used with reference to the duty
on cordage, which would, if repealed, destroy a large portion
of the capital now, invested in machinery and rope-making
establishments, which contribute largely to bier, Majesty's
Exchequer both from, or as property and income ; fur it is
admitted on all hands,—yea, it is the avowed object—to obtain
rope from foreign countries, because it can be done cheaper ;
and, seeing the threatened danger both to their families and
the state, the ropemakers feel it a paramount duty to wait
upon you with the hope of averting the danger, assured that
it will have your best consideration.

1 au),,, Sir, your most obedient servant,
WILLIAM ROWRTTA
e the Depu
To the Right Hon. W. E. GladstonOne, Her Majesty's tation.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Doznin9-street, 4th June, 1853.
Six,—The Chancellor of the Lxchequer desires me to inform
you, that he has carefully perused your letter of the 31st ult.,
but he regrets to say that he does not think the reasons therein
stated would justify Her Majesty's Government in making any
alteration in, or withdrawing the proposal which has been sub-
mitted to Parliament, respecting the duty upon cordage and
Foreign rope. 1 am, Sir.
Your obedient Servant,
William Rowett, Esq. R. W. WILEIRAHAM.

2, Manchester Buildings, June 6, 1533.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
SI have only now received your secretary's note of the
4th inst., and cannot but regret the deputation was not per-
mitted an interview with you prior to the question of the re-
peal of duty on foreign rope and • hemp yarn being settled—
as it was on Friday night last,—l may add to the great disap-
pointment of the deputation, who had waited several days
expecting your appointment to meet them, relying on the
fullest consideration of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on
a question involving the entire living of one important class
in the country.

➢iy statement, to which your secretary refers, was a mere in-
troduction to the objections to the repeal of this duty, which
the deputation was prepared to lay before you. lam sorry a
better result of a petition to the House of Commons, and a de-
putation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, cannot he reported
to the Ropemakers of Liverpool, and I am, Sir,

. .
Your most obedient humble servant,
Wm. ROWETT.
Downing-street, June 7, 1553.
Slit,—l have received and read with much regret your letter
of the 6th.

In the first place, I must apologise to you for never having
observed that you were already in London. I wrote to you
under the belief that until an arrangement had been made for
an appointment, you would not quit home.
I must say next, that I did not understand your letter of
May 3lst, as repeating the request for an interview with me;
and when I answered it, perceiving that the arguments used in
it were, all of them, of a ague which the Muse Of GoinLhons

uniformly declines to entertain, and which indeed justice to
the classes already stripped of protection requires them to
reject, I thought the best course I could take was to acquaint
you at once that, upon these arguments, the Government could
neither withdraw nor modify their proposal.
I well remember when, in 1842, the high duty was taken off
cordage, and the rate of 6s. substituted. I received deputations
composedof the most respectable men in London, who assured
me, and who themselves believed, and, as they thought, demon-
strated, that, if the 6s. duty was established, not another yard
of cordage ever w;;uld be made in England—all must come
from Russia. The change took effect. The quantity of
cordage admitted in 1832 was two tots; while the quantity of
hemp and jute admitted in the four months ending May 5,
1853, to be made into British goods, is from six to seven thou-
sand tons,—of which the hemp alone is about one-half.
I am much concerned to find that the answer which I di-
rected to be written to you on the 3d of June, did not reach
you until yesterday. At the same time I should add, that as
Mr. Mitchell, M.P., had said in his place that he meant to dis-
cuss the question of cordage, I inferred that the trade were in
communication with him ; and as he did not oppose the
change, I also inferred that they meant to make no opposition-
Finally, I have only to say that even now the law is not
changed, and that if you think you have reasons to advance
which are likely to indispose Parliament to change it, there
can be no reason why you should not state them. But you
would, I think, only waste your labour in showing the extra
cost of freight on the raw material ; and such points as these,
Sir, if they were to be admitted as valid, we must travel back
over all the ground we have trodden, and re-enact the Corn-
laws. I remain, Sir,
Your obedient servant,
W. E. GLADSTONE.

Mr. W. Rowett,

2, Manchester Buildings, Westminster, Bth June, 1853
The Right Honourable W. E. Gladstone.

have received your favour of yesterday, and deeply
regret that you misunderstood the request first made by Mr.
Turner, NI.P., and then by myself, that the deputation should
have an interview with you.

By your secretary's note of the 30th ult., he distinctly under-
stood the deputation was here ; and after being here a week,
have returned to Liverpool. They would have put the matter
practically before you, which I venture to think would have
had some weight with you, and the House of Commons also, if
it bad been put to the house by yourself.
In the absence of the deputation, I will endeavour to put the
matter in such a shape as will satisfy them, without violating
the principles of the present system of legislation.
Now my last letter went to show, that if the 6s. per cwt.
duty, charged upon rope yarn, be taken off, the labour of spin-
ning yarn would inevitably be given to the serfs of Russia, be-
cause they can make the best hand-spun yarn at about Scl. per
cwt., which cannot be made here under 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per
cwt., (for such is the difference of wages between the large and
small seaports); the 6s. duty, therefore, absolutely precludes
any import of foreign yarn, with profit to the importer. I
pointed out also the public advantage in preserving this class
of artizan for times of need and danger, when the bulwarks of
England may again require their aid—and that they are now
contributing their might to the state, which Russian serfs could
not do—and there could be no public advantage in forcing a
class of men and their families to inevitable pauperism and
misery, or those who can, perchance, afford it, to leave their
native land in disgust to live in a foreign country. I presume
each class have a distinct right to the advantages of legislation,
ar.d not that any class should be sacrificed to what is imagined
to be the great public good.

. _
As you observe, "my arguments were of a nature which the
House of Commons uniformly declines to entertain, and which,
indeed, justice to the classes already stripped of protection re.
quires them to reject."

- -
I am fully sensible of the position the house is unhappily in,
in this respect. I, however,- give the house credit for desiring
to do what is just, and to distribute the burdens of the country
equitably. This is all I ask. But if it should be found, that
as we go on stripping class after class of protection, that we
are unwarrantably giving away our children's bread to foreign-
ers, whose own government should have the responsibility of
caring for them, we are generous before we are just—we are
violating the highest of all principles.
I am aware the popular notion is; that foreign ships are now
sold in this market free of duty, and invited also to do our
carrying business, and therefore to meet such competition we
must have every article connected with shipping at the cheap-
est rater duty free. I shall not trouble you with following tip
the result to which such legislation must carry us ; but you
will permit me to say, the Corn-law, to which your note refers,
is not a specimen, as it is supposed. generally to be, of the
same principle; the ls. duty involves not the principle of total
repeal of any duty, but implies a small ditty to be good, the
machinery for collecting being always ready for being applied
on a larger scale whenever needed. Taking the Corn Law,
then, as the pattern, I may reasonably ash a. reconsideration of
the rope and hemp yarn duty ; for it must be admitted that a
total repeal of that duty is not essential to preserve the principle
of free trade as applied to corn and many other articles I need
not name.

In the year 1942 to which you allude I was-largely interested
in the cordage trade, but certainly did not participate in any
alarm you say was then entertained by that class in London.
I was confident then as lam now that a duty-of 6e. per cwt. on
yarn is ample protection to the spinner; and as to laying up
the cordage, which is done by steam power and machinery, I
presume, in both, countries, at perhaps no great difference of
cost, except with reference to the mannal. labour required,
which is considerable; but, in addition to. this,. the rent
and taxes alone on the making of rope in, this country in
the large seaports is fully 2s. per cwt., which•in Russia would
amount to about 6d. per cwt. Still there are reasons why the
duty on rope may be reduced to 2s. per cwt.,. and still be a
sufficient protection to that part of the trade.
Ist. The great bulk of cordage is ordered in-certain•lengths
and sizes, so various that it is almost impossible to
keep a stock of foreign cordage ta meet such demand.
2nd. Russian tar is not the best with whioh to tar the yarn.
3rd. Ships' standing rigging is best fittett to its place when
newly made.
Now, these points alone out of many are protection to the trade
so far as they go, but they do not apply to- the poor men who
spin the yarn. The Russians may spin the yarn and send it to
this country untarred, ready for being applied to any desired
shape of rigging, as well as to inland purposes, of which a large
quantity is consumed, and which have nothing whatever to-do
with the shipping interest.
I hope I have made it clear that though 2s,cluty on rope may
be sufficient protection, the same duty on hemp-yarn would•be
no protection whatever. It follows that if the entire duty of
6s. be taken off both rope and yarn, the manufacturer of the
rope is protected by the three reasons I hare given, whilst the
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handed justice from our legislators? Unless distinctions of
this kind, involving a spirit of fair play in the race with our
neighbours, be fairly considered, class after class will be
alienated from their country, and dire must be the effect sooner
or later—whatever may be the form the of eet may take.
Alen who have served a lawful term to a trade. end in good
faith with the laws of their country have•brought their sons to
the same trade, cannot with indifference look on and see their
employers protected in their business by circumstances, if not
by Customs' duty, whilst they and their families are exposed
to utter ruin by the same law, without a shadow of circumstan-
tial protection, or a friend in power who will really and truly
consider their position..
I have shewn, I hope, though very. feebly and imperfectly,
that this is sot so much the master ronemaker's case as it is
the poor labouring spinner; and as the power to serve them is
in your own hand, I sincerely hope and. trust the subject will
have your further consideration, and thetremedy be applied.
1 may lastly add thati.grant the entire effect of the content-
plated repeal of duty may. not be fully. developed at once, or
for a year or two, but the ultimate effect must inevitably follow
the total repeal of theduty, as "have predicted.
Lam, Sir,
Your most obedient humble servant,
WILLIAM ROWMTT.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer,

P.S.—I herewith take the liberty of sending you a specimen
of the food upon which.the Russian serfs live—this, soaked in
water, constitutes their every meal almost without change.
Hence the cost of their labour, and the utter impossibility for
our people to compete with them. W. R.

Downisg-street, June 10,.1853.
S I R,-1 am directed by. the Chancellor of the Exchequer to
acknowledge the favour. of your communication dated lime 8,
and to inform you. that he is so far satisfied to be it possession
of the explanatory details which.your letter contains that they
confirm him in the impression, to which your former commu-
nication had given rise, viz. that the arguments which are em-
ployed against the abolition. of the duty on cordage, are
arguments which, if adopted and.applied to that article, would,
in consistency,, necessitate a return on the part of Her
Majesty's Government to the commercial policy of this,countrY
anterior to the year, 1842..
1 have the honour to be. Sir,
Your faithful servant,
FRA N CIS,I4A.YKLEY.

Mr. Wm. Rowett.

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This, he said, was enough to rouse their determination
to unite their warmest efforts to send Messrs. Horsfall
and Liddell, to parliament by a larger and more trium-
phant majority, than they, had on the last occasion. They
had been grossly insulted and maligned hy. the Radical
section of the reformers, who had brou.ribt so. wantonly
and unnecessarily all the labour of anotherelection upon
them ; and the depth of their disgust and contempt for
such conduct must be shown by their seal. in the good
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Ma..E.v.nitxrr seconded the reqtion,, which was sup
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Thanks were then voted to Mr. ilpwett for his services
in attending to watch their interests in London, and after
a similar compliment to the chairman,, which was dub'
acknowledged, the meeting separated..