The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-02 00:00:00

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

A memorial is in town from Jamaica, signed by almost every
resident merchant of any note in Kingston, against the. mea-
sures which have been introduced into the Legislature of that
colony for imposing a tax on foreign imports. This memorial
is addressed to the Colonial-oftice, and has been presentA, it is
understood, to Lord'Glenelg.
Montreal Paper's to the 28th of July have been received here.
They confietn the triumph of the Conservatives over the Radi-
cals in• thp Tippez—province, as .46 Conservatives had been re..
,
turned against 15 Radicals. The desire of the faction to add
the Caoadas to the federal Union of the United States will now
be frustrated; that such was the intention Of that restless crew,
we are certain of. At Quebec, several public dinners were
about to be given to Sir F. B. Head. The ltioht Honourable
Edward Ellice reached Montreal on the 19th 0? July.
.The Montreal Herald remarks upon Mr. Carter's arrival out
very justly, in the followiag terms :
" We understand that Mr. Carter, agent for the New Colo-
nial Bank, reached New York by the London packet of Ist
Jane, and that he will soon arrive
at Montreal, and subsequently
visit the other commercial stwions in British America.
" We have no doubt. that Mr. Carter's arrival will be gladly
hailed by the mercantile body of these provinces, as the com-
mencement cf. a new era, bosh in discounting promissory notes
and in negotiating bills of exchange.
"Mr. Carter will, most probably, attempt to form local
boards of management in the principal towns; and, in doing
this, he must cautiously avoid every individual, whose interest
in any other bank 'might naturally and inevitably render him
lukewarm in the cause."

The Exchange at Montreal on London was 11 per cent. on
Bunk Paper, and 10 a 2 on Private; Sovereigns were 245. 3d.
to 245. 4d.; Montreal Bank Shares were 29 per cent.; the City
and the Commercial 10 per cent.—Morning Herald.
We have accounts from Antigua to the end of June. The
whole of the Assembly of Montserrat are stated to have resigned,
and the Council had resolved to pray that his Majesty would
appoint a Lieutenant-Governor and Council to rule the island.
By accounts from Bermuda we learn that the following taxes
are to be levied in that colony until the sth of July, 1837, to
cover the supply (£5,835) granted for 1836-7:-2z per cent. on
sales at auction, 6s. Bd. on horses, and 6s. Bd. per wheel on
wheel carriages. On importations—Whale, seal, and fish oil
6d. per gallon, rum 9d., brandy Is. 3d., gin and whisky Is. 6d.,
cordials 35., French wine 10 per cent. ad valorem; all other
!vines 5 per cent.; Arrow root and starch Is. Id.. per lb.; 33
1-. per cent. on hats, bonnets of straw, or chip; and £5 each
oto
,hurses. On other merchandise generally 24 per cent., ex-
et.t malt liquors and Indian corn.
._:We have a Hobart Town Paper of May 3, which complains
ontluncurah
Plevoausesdoutrages committed by the convicts, but which is
a Compon„tioak f£1,700 having been given to a Mr. Lewis, as
proceedings or injury
he had suffered by the unconstitu-
tionallDas of the Supreme Court.—Morning Herald.

• On Friday last an alvf,------'n".."..".di
. A
mats who of Providence occurred
in the parish of Iver
was employed as an excava-
tor on a portion of the line of the Great Western Railway,
while swearing in the most revoltingmanner was suddenly and
he
is walthough in the full
instantly deprived of his speech: and
,although
ruing.-- l'irtdsor Ex-
possessiun of i2tll his other faculties,
wholly, unable to con,
mupie- ato his
.ideas otherwise than by w •
vress. ,•