The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-12-21 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE,

TO THE TWENTY-TWO MEMBERS OF THE
COUNCIL WHO VOTED IN THE MINORITY
AGAINST THE AMENDMENT ON THE BUILD-
ING OF DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES.

GENTLEMEN,—It is impossible but that every burgess
of this great town must be interested in the important
business brought before the Council on Wednesday last,
viz., " The increase of docks and warehouses, and their
liability for poors rates." On these subjects permit me
to remark. in the first place, that the building of ware-
houses round the docks is a great violation of justice to-
wards the owners and occupiers of private property of that
description, and against honest principle towards the mer-
cantile and general inhabitants of the town.

it cannot be right that the local public body should
endeavour to have a monopoly of the warehouse interest,
because, they being elected for the interest of the bur-
gesses at large, are taking from them those profits which
should be theirs, as also bringing to ruin that property
already built, and which is the support of so many thou-
sands of industrious people ; and if warehouses are to be
built, let it only be when they are wanted, for at present
two-thirds are unoccupied.
The principle is also bad for the mercantile interest ;
for by goods being taken into the dock warehouses, and
placed in pawn for freight and charges, tends to overtrad-
ing, and takes away that independence of every man upon
his own exertioniland proper means, and by which Liver-
pool has been brought to be one of the most extensive
ports of commerce in the kingdom ; in addition to which,
the enormous charges to which the importer is liable, and
the taking away of all power over his own property, must
in time damp the energies of the most enterprising.
Independence is the very soul of every man who expects
to prosper by his own exertions, and the merchants that
for many years worked on this principle, and vied with
each other, are now to have their business taken out of
their hands, and to submit to the rules of that old lady—
London ;--a system which will never answer the striving
people of this great town.

It appears, therefore, to me, that neither increase of
docks or warehouses will be wanted for several years, and
especially at the present time, when all is to be done to
an enormous amount upon the loan or bankruptcy prin-
ciple, and when the capital of the country is already swal-
lowed up to a very great extent, leaving very little for the
support of commerce, and which now too late is found to
be so much wanted.

As to poor-rates on the dock warehouses, surely not one
of the Town Council could ever think in his conscience to
do such great injustice to the inhabitants, even those very
persons who elect them to see justice done to all, as not to
have the warehouses fully rated equal to private property
of that description ; and whatever may be the secret inten-
tions of the Dock Committee to benefit commerce, the
whole mass of inhabitants must be looked at, and justice
done to all.

I have the honour to remain

Liverpool, 18th Dec. 1847

A BURGESS,

[Our correspondent, who has very properly fnrnished us
with his name, is well qualified to speak on the subject of
his letter, having been for many years intimately con-
nected with the commerce of the port. There are few
persons who have conferred more benefit on the town than
the warehouse owners ; the amounts paid by them in the
shape of local rates are enormous, and their immense con-
tributions in this way have spared the shoulders of every
ratepayer to an extent which is little dreamed of. We
know of one warehouse owner who, within the last week,
has paid for local taxation £3,000, and surely the represen
tations of such gentlemen are worthy of the very gravest
attention. Their interests are the interests of the town.]

IMPORTANT CAUTION

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,—I consider it my duty, through your valuable
paper, to call public attention to the deception practised
by several parties, who are going about this neighbour-
hood, and elsewhere, levying contributions on the strength
of my name, and presenting forged letters purporting to
come, as recommendations, from me. I know threein-
stances where such characters have so acted, and with
success. - _ . .

Nor is mine the only name with which such a liberty is
taken. I know that the names of other clergymen are
used for a similar purpose ; and it seems high time that
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the benevolent should be put upon their guard, and cau-
tioned against contributing, in any case, without having
previously a personal interview with the recommending
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party.
—Your
18,W

THREATENING LETTERS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

beg leave briefly to call attention to a para-
graph of the Irish Intelligence, in your Tuesday's edition,
purporting to be an abridgement of a letter addressed to
the Dublin Evening. Mail, by tho_Dean of Ardagh, com-
plaining of being threatened with the fate of Major
Mahon.

The error in this statement is so apparent, that it will
not, I sincerely hope, excite the same degree of alarm in
the minds of the Dean's English friends as it otherwise
might.
I.—The Dean of Ardagh is styled "an ultra Whig," and
those who know him will find it rather difficult to recog-
nise him under such colour,

2.—The localities named " Sligo and Tubbercurry" are
far distant from Ardagh Deanery.
It is plain that you have been led into an error as far aS
regards the name, as in a letter received this day from
Ardagh, I am assured that though several of the clergy
and gentry, of the county Longford are reported to be
" marked, yet the Dean and family cannot yet learn that
his name is on the list of those doomed. Let not, how-
ever, his friends be confident, but fear and pray that he
may be kept in this evil day : and let us also be ready,
since even we in our security know neither the day nor the
hour. Your faithful servant,
DAVID T, BERRY,
St. Helen's, Dec. 18th, 1847. Incumbent of Parr.
[Our information was obtained from the Irish papers,
which we have not now before us, or we might probably
give some explanation of the apparent inaccuracy.]

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE.---HiS fate furnishes a remark-
able instance of the instability of human greatness, and
there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine remotely
caused his early dissolution ; for rather than take some
simple remedy, he allowed disease to gain the ascendancy
over his constitution, and death was the result. Thus it
is that persons cannot be too watchful of their state of
health, and being always provided with a safe and efficient
medicine, such as Frampton's Pill of Health, enjoy, the
two greatest blessings of this world, health and long life.
The mortality of London, and indeed, of England ge-
nerally, shows a gradual annual decrease, whilst it is well
known the population increases considerably. The rates
of premium for Life Insurance have been greatly reduced
during the last few years, yet the offices continue as pros-
perous as formerly. These facts clearly demonstrate that
some cause, either unknown or unheeded, must have
produced such favourable results. Amongst these causes,
the increased knowledge of anatomy and the many very
valuable discoveries in medicine will stand most prominent.
The small-pox, that annually carried off thousands, has
been successfully combatted by vaccination ; and Gout,
that used to claim its numerous victims, has bees tho-
roughly vanquished by Blair's Gout and hewnatie