The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-03-09 00:00:00

Islington

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be purposes to supply accurate VERBATIM REPORTS of
the Trials in the Nisi Prius Court at the ensuing Assizes, on

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THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED PAPER HANGING
WAREHOUSE IN LIVERPOOL,
17, BOLD-STREET,

THREE DOORS FRO:

MARY DODD, Widow, begs respectfully to inform ber
kind friends and the Public that she has now ready for
inspection her immense STOCK of PAPER HANGINGS,
for the ensuing Season, which, for splendour and elegance,
far surpasses anything of the sort ever produced in Liverpool.
N.B.—M. D. also wishes the Public to take notice that
her son, HENRY DODD, who superintends her business, has
no connection with any other House in Town.

STEINKELLER'S PATENT SQUARE
DIAMOND ZINK SIAM
TO cover 100 square
with the above will
To cover the same surface With best Welsh Slate

et of Robfin

la cwt. qrs. lb.
... 1 0 22

•equire

will require

9 0 0

Saving in weight, per 100 square feet, by use

of Zink

SHEATHING ZINK. for Ship
SHEET ZINK, for Roofing, Verandahs
Press Plates.
PLATE ZINK
Apparatus, &c.
ZINK SASH BARS, for Window Frames, Hothouses,
Fanlights, Garden Frames, &c.
ZINK NAILS, TACKS, and SPRIGS, for
and Outside Work.
ZINK RAIN WATER PIPING, GUTTERING,
BELL TUBING, MOULDINGS, LAMP BARS, &c.,
all drawn by Machinery.
PERFORATED ZINK, for Window Blinds,
Safes, Dairies, Strainers, for Ventilation, &c.
W. LAIRD, JUN., 1, MOOR-STREET

Flats, Paper

for En,

vers, Lithographers, Galvanic

Ships' Use

SHADDOCKS AND FORBIEDEN FRUIT.
MIDDLEWOOD begs respectfully to recommend the
0 • FRUIT lately arrived, per The Sisters, from Nassau.
It is unquestionably the best that has been imported. For
Invalids it is the most grateful, and for Desserts it is not
equalled. It is held in high estimation at the Royal Table,
and approved of by her Majesty ; and though a few years
ago it was scarcely known, it is now had in preference to
every other.—J. M. has also American Apples, the finest
fruit imported this season ; Black and Green Grapes ; Por-
tugal Plums ; French Ditto, Raisins, Almonds ; Turkey and
Faro Figs; Spanish Chesnuts, Walnuts, &c. ;—and now
landing, Seville Oranges, for Marmalade, Preserving, Wine,
&c., by the chest, hundred, or dozen; also, St. Michael's
Oranges of the first quality ; Bottled Fruits, for Tarts, &c. ;
Shaddock Marmalade. Preserved Ginger, Limes, Tamarinds,
large Tafilat Dates.—The extensive Stock of the above, and
every other choice Fruit, will enable J. M. to sell from 10 to
15 per cent. under any other establishment in town.
Shaddocks and Forbidden Fruit forwarded to any part of
the Kingdom, selected of the same quality as those so highly
approved of by her Majesty, in packages 40s. each.
•
Family Fruit Warehouse,
No. 6, Parker-street, Church-street.

RESOLUTIONS adopted at a PUBLIC MEETING of
GAS CONSUMERS, held at the Adelphi Hotel, on
MONDAY Evg,NING, the Bth instant,
1, Moved by Mr. RADLEY, seconded by Mr. JEFFREY,
That this meeting deems it important that the article of
gas should be supplied to the consumers at as moderate a rate
as possible, and that the bill now before Parliament, intro-
duced by the Liverpool Gas Company, by means of which
they seek to obtain additional powers, should be carefully
watched in its progress. This meeting, therefore, conceives
it to be absolutely necessary that the Gas Company should
be required, in the fist instance, to prove before the Com-
mittee of the House of Commons the actual value of their
present stock or capital ; and, that as to a capital beyond
the original £50,000, raised by authority of Parliament, the
shares should be openly submitted to public competiticn, and
advertised in the various Liverpool papers at least fourteen
days before such sale.
2. Moved by Mr. FERGUSON, seconded by Mr. PILCHER,
That it is the opinion of this Meeting that the Company's
operations should be confined to the town of Liverpool,
Everton, Kirkdale, West Derby, and Toxteth-park, which
includes the village of Harrington, and that their raising a
Capital for extending their Mains beyond that is injurious
and prejudicial to the Gas Consumers within the places
above mentioned. _ _ _ _

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It was hoped that the outrage was perpetrated by a party
in a sudden heat and excitement, upon their own responsi-
bility. But the British Minister now avows that " the act
was the public act of persons obeying the constituted autho-
rities of her Majesty's service, obeying the orders of their

If this bad been the first and only point of collision with
Great Britain it might not have excited interest. but there is
an assumption in most of our intercourse with that great
power revolting to the pride and spirit of independence in a
free people. If it be her desire to preserve peace, her true
policy would be to do justice, and show that courtesy to
equals which she has always demanded from others. The
committee do not desire to press views on this part of the
subject, particularly as a demand has been made by our go-
vernment upon the government of Great Britain for explana-
tion as to the outrage committed, the answer to which it is

hoped will prove satisfactory.
As to the other points presented in the demand made by
the British Minister for the " liberation" of Alexander
M`Leod, the committee believe the facts of the case to be,
that the, steamboat was seized and burnt as stated before, and
that a citizen or citizens of New York were murdered in the
affray. And there were reasons to induce a belief that M`Leod
was particeps criminis. He was at first arrested, and upon
various testimony being taken, was then discharged. He
was afterwards arrested a second time. Upon the evidence
then presented, he was imprisoned to await his trial. There
was no invasian of British territory to seize or take him.
But upon his being voluntarily within our territory, he was
arrested as any citizen of the United States, charged with a
similar offence, might have been. We know of no law of
nations that would exempt a man from arrest and imprison-
ment for offences charged to be committed against the
" peace and dignity" of a state, because he is a subject of
Great Britain, or because he committed the crime at the in-
stigation or under the authority of British provincial officers;
much less do we know of any law that would justify the
President to deliver him up without trial, at the demand and
upon the assertion as to facts, of any agent of the British

If we had been at open war with Great Britain, and M`Leod
offences charged, then he might have
i and regulations of war, and had been
of the United States government, and
,en subject to the laws of nations in war. But
criminal acts, in which M‘Leod is charged to

tted in profound peace, it is a
crime, as far as he may be concerned, solely against the
" peace and dignity" of the state of New York, and her cri-
minal jurisdiction is complete and exclusive. If the crimes
committed be such as to make a man hostis humani genus—
an outlaw—a pirate, in the legal acceptation of the term, then
under the law of'nations, the United States courts and tribu-

nals would have jurisdiction. But the offence charged in
this case, committed as it was in time of peace, as far as this
individual was concerned, was one purely against the lex
loci, and coming exclusively within the criminal jurisdiction
of the tribunals of New 'Y oirk.

The minister, in his letter of the 13th of December, 1840,
says—" It is quite notorious that Mr. M`Leod was not one
of the party engaged in the destruction of the steam-boat
Caroline ; and that the pretended charge upon which he has
been imprisoned rests only upon the perjured testimony of
certain Canadians, outlaws and their abettors," &c. This
may, perchance, all be so—but it would be asking a great
deal to require an American court to yield jurisdiction and
surrender up a prisoner charged with offences against the law,
upon the mere ipse dixit of any man, no matter how high in
Whether M`Leod be guilty or not guilty, is the
Ant upon which an American jury alone have a right
Jurisdiction in state of tribunals over criminal
and trial by the jury of the venue, are essential points
.n American jurisprudence. And it is a total misapprehen-
sion as to the nature of our system to suppose that there is
any right in the Federal Executive to arrest the verdict of the
one, or thwart the jurisdiction of the other. If such a power
existed, and were exercised, it would effectually overthrow,
and upon a vital point, the separate sovereignty and inde-

pendence of these states.
The federal executive might be clothed with power to de-
liver up fugitives from justice for offences committed against
a foreign state, but even then it might not be obligatory to
do so, unless it were made matter of treaty speculation. This
duty and right in an executive has generally been considered
as dormant, until made binding by treaty arrangement. But
when the matter is reversed, and demand is made, not of fu-
gitives from justise for offences against a foreign power, but
for the liberation of a man charged with offences against the
peace and dignity of one of our own states, then it is that the
demand becomes preposterous in the extreme. The fact
that the offences were committed under the sanction of pro-
vincial authorities does not alter the case, unless we were in
a state of war. In such cases as the present, the power to
deliver up could not be conferred upon the federal executive
by:treaty stipulation. Over all cases except those defined in
the constitution, and those coming clearly under the law of
nations, the states have exclusive jurisdiction, and the trial
and punishment of offences against them, are incident to
their separate sovereignty. It is not pretended in this case
that there is anytreaty stipulation under which the demand is
made ; and the federal executive, under our system, has no
power but-what is conferred by the `constitution, or' by the
special law ofcongress. In the former ,it is declared that
" the executive power is vested in a President of the United
," and the power is then to be pointed out and defined
by special laws passed from time to time, imposing such du-
ties as are thought proper and expedient by congress.
Your committee deem it dangerous for the executive to ex-
ercise any power over a subject-matter not conferred by
treaty or by law ; and to exercise in any case in conflict with
state jurisdiction, would be worse than dangerous ; it would
be usurpation.
But your committee forbear to press these points further
at present, and they would not have said as mush on such
clear questions of international law, but that in this case, thr
demand for liberation has been made by the accredited
of a great power, and under circumstances of peculiar aggi
vation and excitement.
"We have other points of difference with Great Britain
which add interest to every question that arises between us
at present. Neither our Northeastern or Northwestern
Boundaries are yet settled with her, and the subject is not
entirely free from difficulty. She has recently seized our
vessels and exercised a power involving,the right of search,
under the pretext of suppressing the foreign slave trade,
which, if persevered in, will sweep our commerce from the
coast of Africa, and which is incompatible with our rights as
a maritime power. She has recently, in her intercourse with
us, refused indemnity and denied our rights to property, on
a subject matter vital to near one half the States of this Con-
federacy, and which, considering her military position at
Bermuda and her growing power in the West Indies, is of
the last importance to our national inde,jendence.
" All these subjects make every question betwee,-
this particular juncture, of the deepest interest.
" Besides this, we are both permanently destined to have,
perhaps, the most extensive commerce of modern nations.
Our flags float, side by side, over every sea, and bay, and
inlet of the known globe.
She moves steadily upon her objects with an ambition that
knows no bounds. And, wherever she has had a conflict of
interest, she has rarely yielded to any power.
"At this moment, she presents to the civilized world the
spectacle of the greatest military and commercial power in
combination, ever known.
" From her vast possessions in every quarter of the globe,
and her peculiar commercial system, she has been made the
reservoir of the wealth of nations.
" Her internal resources, skill, labour, and machinery,
with her capital, are beyond calculation. Her naturaPposi-
tion, being about midway the coast of Europe
control over the outlets and currents of commerce.
" Her military occupation of Gibraltar, Malta, the lonian
Islands, end recently St. Jean d'Acre, give her ascendancy
on the Mediterranean and the Levant, while St. Helena
and the Cape of Good Hope give her possession over the
currents of trade along those extensive coasts. Then Bom-
bay, Calcutta, and her immense possessions in the East In-
dies, together with her recent movements in the China seas
and islands, enable her to extend her power over those vast
regions that have slumbered for ages in solitary and enervated
magnificence. She possesses Falkland Island but to control
the commerce that passes around Cape Horn, while Trinidad
gives her all she desires in the Caribbean sea. Halifax at
one point, and Bermuda at another, stand out in great force
over our own coast, from one extremity to the other.
" Her positions all over the world are, at this moment, in
a military point of view, equal to a million of men under
arms. Her continual conflicts in the mighty regions of the
east only enable her officers to become skilful and to improve
in the art of war, while her great armies and extensive fleets

a us, at

gives her great

draw their support from the immense countries seized and
occupied. In the present juncture of affairs, no statesman
can overlook these things, Steam -power has recently brought
us so near together that, in the event of any future conflict,
war, with its effects, will be precipitated upon us with much
more rapidity than formerly.
" Avarice and ambition are the ruling passions of modern
times, and it is in vain to shut our eyes to the state of things
around us. It remains to be seen what effect steam-power
is to have upon changing and modifying the whole art of
defence and war. It may be a great engine for again levelling
Mankind, and reducing every thing to contest of mere phy-
sical force. In that event it might be difficult to conjecture
whet system of national defence will stand the test of time

eve a deep stake in peace, and fondly hope the re-
pose of the world will not be disturbed. We have certainly
no: the least desire for any rupture. Firmness, and a wise
preparation, will long preserve us from such a catastrophe.
But while no temptation should ever prompt us to do injus-
tice, on the one hand, so no consideration, on the other hand,
should ever induce us to submit to permanent wrong from

any power on earth, no matter what the consequences may be.
Your committee would conclude by expressing a firm
belief, that all our points of difficulty may be honourably and
amicably adjusted, and that harmony may long be preserved
by both governments pursuing a liberal and generous policy,
congenial to the -osts and feelings of both people, and
ompa'--.ius of an enlightened age.'.'
W can only find room for the following commercial ex-

NEW YORK, FEB. 14.—Cotton is dull sale at Saturday's
rates ; we have not heard of any sales worth reporting. Mo-
derate sales of Genesee Flour were made at 4 dols. 75 cents
of choice brands, in sip all quantities, at 5 dols.
r barrel ;

2.5 Ct
-- --
1-street 5 dols. ; Rye Flour 3 dols
Corn Meal 2 dob
r Bar 1(

i 5 cts. to 2
Corn
inactive at 30 cts.

200 tierces rough FlaxseedN;eVe-soTd
at 10 dots. 2 and a small quantity of clean at 11 dols.
Cloverseed sells, in small parcels, at 8 dols. to 8 dols. 4 ct.
Holders of Ashes are firm at l dols. for both descriptions :
5 dols. 87i cts. is offered for Pears and refused.
There was a positive sale of a large quantity of dry goods,
to-day, by auction, testing the market rather more thoroughly
than before. Seasonable goods brought just about the cost
and charges of importation : but unseasonable goods, such as
Mouselin de Lains, of which there were a great quantity, sold
at two-thirds of last Fall's prices, say 12 to 25 cts. for goods
which, last Fall, brought 18 to 33 cts.

Mystom. MADNEss.---A man was arrested the other day
in the church of Saint Sulplice, in Paris, who pretended that
he was a pipe of the organ blown out by the wind. He ear-
nestly requested that he might be restored to his place, or the
music would be stopped.