The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-18 00:00:00

LOSS OF THE WILLIAM BROWN

The following account of the loss of the ship William
Brown, is given by the crew saved in the boat and taken on
board the ship Crescent, and it supplies a few painfully in-
teresting particulars in addition to what appeared in the
Standard, of Friday. It is dated April 28, 1841 :
" The passage was very rough, accompanied by squalls and
loss of sails. On the 19th of April, in lat 43 30 N., and 49
39 W long., making all sail in open, sea, and running ten
knots an hour, the larboard side of the vessel struck upon an
iceberg, which stove her in. At ten minutes past nine at
night we struck upon another. I then proposed to the cap-
tain to take in sail as quickly as possible, which we did ; and
sounding the pump, found two feet water in the hold. On
going below I found that the vessel wz
ter. All hands set to work to disen

eleven o'clock they were alongside. I 'descended
longboat, with eight of the crew and thirty. three of
sengers ; the captain, lieutenant, a lady, and fly
embarked in the jollyboat, and we fastened the
gether. At midnight the vessel sunk, carrying

thirty -three persOiis

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and petitions were

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HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY.
of petitions were presented for and against
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pon to proceed with his motion
le Earl of Cardigan, as lieutenant-

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Mr. MuNrz

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non. member would postpone

he debate on the

sugar duties was con-

I he could not assent to the request of the
had no wish that his resolution should be
lution of parliament. The hon. gentleman
declare that he was actuated by no per-
inst the Earl of Cardigan, for he did not
ver seen him. He was unconnected with
the case to rest entirely upon its merits.
as the ground of his motion for an address

logging inflicted after divine
t he relied on that as the

conduct on the part of the

fhe was in other respects a
m to command any body of
ber concluded by moving an

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,g that an inquiry might be in-

if ford Cardigan

otion on the ground that

•efore ought not to be listened

Without, therefore, attempting a defence
who had the misfortune of being the most
.he present day, he must give his decided
m. gentleman's proposition, which was
aiostituting a new court of inquiry, without
:r investigation, instead of the legitimate

said this case ought not to have been
LI, after it had once been disposed of sa-
ides of the house. if blame was to be
in these transactions, it should not be

for his conduct had been ap-
Horse Guards, and it was with the Horse
he responsibility rested.
Irew attention to the unhappy situa-
ifluence, who might happen to be
d of a man of ungovernable temper,
vowed his intention of sup-

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he could not defend the infliction
Sabbath ; but Lord Cardigan had
to the house his regret that he

ch an error of judgment

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r said he had not heard such a defence from
at War as tended to convince him that this in-

say no more on the_sub-

, after what had been stated by the Mas-
Ordnance ; but, in his opinion, that was
cf which the noble lord had been guilty.
e of the regiment was affected by the con-
anding officer, it was right that inquiry

Lcitake place.
with the Secretary at War, that the
nstitute inquiry in such cases, was one
ingly used, and only in very extreme
d not think exactly one of that des-
Lll the opinions he had on a former
nained unchanged, yet he could not
motion of the hon. member for Bir-

r.lr supported the motion, on the ground
f Lord Cardigan was calculated to excite
y. The nuble lord appeared to him to have
nor judgment, and was therefore unfitted

night such an interference as was pro-
airs of a Tegiment, was not becoming

aid he had moved for no uncon-
for he had not said that he did
He only moved that an address
fled, leaving it to her Majesty,
ative, to decide as to what the

court of inq.

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motion was negatived by a majority

paid mu

e was then resumed by
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ported

..de propositions of the govern-
+ his conviction that they would not tend
►avery. He believed that this coun-

he monopolists than to the state, and it
labouring classes should be relieved from

..uLarittistamling, oppeso the propositions of the
government, believing, as he did, that they were calculated
to promote the slave-trade.
Mr. H. F. BERKELEY feared that it is yet too soon to
expose free labour in the West Indies to the competition of
slave labour, though lie had no doubt but that at no very
distant time those colonies would be equal to any cornpeti-
tit from any quarter.
parties who elective portion

J. PARKER, on the part of the non-eL—_
of the population of this country, was determined to obtain
for them, if poesible, cheap bread, cheap sugar, and every
other necessary of life, on the cheapest pcssible terms con
sistently with the exigencies of the revenue. Be believed
that the real humanity of the case as regarded sugar Was
entirely on the side of the government, and this opinion, he
believed, was rapidly gaining ground amongst the people.
Mr. D'ISRAELI contended that the commerce of Brazi
had been greatly over-rated, and was of opinion that more
attention should have been shown to Mexico and the other
colonies which formerly belonged to Spain, and in which
slavery had been abolished. So far from thinking the com-
merce of the country on the decline, it was his firm belief
that it had not yet reached its meridian splendour.

Sir H. VERNEY supported the government propositions,
as calculated to open new markets to the commerce of the
country.
Mr. KEMBLE supported the motion of Lord Sandon, and
contended that the reduction of the duties on sugar, as pro-
posed, would be nothing less than an undoing of all that had
been done by the Emancipation Act. Looking at the pro-
positions of the government, which were brought forward at
the most ill-judged time, he could not help saying that after
being eleven years in office they rendered when about to re-
tire but a sorry account of their financial administration.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that many of
the arguments advanced by gentlemen opposed to the pro-
posed reduction on sugar were entirely inconsistent with
each other. It was contended by some that no revenue
would be derived from foreign sugar, for none would be im-
ported, while others insisted that the country would be s 6
inundated with slave-grown sugar from Cuba that the West
Indies would be ruined. Now if foreign sugar should be im-
ported to any extent, he must derive from it an increased
revenue, while, on the other hand, if none was imported, it
was clear that no injury could accrue to the West India
planter. The right hon. gentleman then contended that, in
giving a protecting duty of 50 per cent. to the West Indian
sugar grower he gave him all that he was entitled to, and
quite sufficient to preserve his interests from any injury. be-
cause by the proposed duty he fixed a price in effect below
which foreign sugar could not be imported, and the West
India grower would be therefore insured a fair and reasonable
price. On the other hand, by admitting foreign sugar when
the price reached the maximum, they insured a supply of
sugar to an extent which could be only limited by the power
of the people to consume. With respect to the time he had
taken to make these alterations the right hon. gentleman
contended that he had selected the time with a cautious di-
rection, in order that the period chosen might be that in
which the least possible injury could be done to the West
Indies. This was absolutely proved by many hon. gentlemen
opposed to the government, who had contended that the sup-
ply of colonial sugar would be this year so great that the
alteration, if made, would be a dead letter. The right hon.
gentleman concluded by expresssing his belief that, whatever
might be the decision of the house on that occasion, the
measures he proposed must be eventually cirried.,
When the right hon. gentleman concluded, the debate was
adjourned until Monday.

THE EXECUTION AT CROSSHILL

(From the Glasgow

Mail of Saturday.)

Since the revolting crime which brought Burke to the
scaffold, we are not aware of any similar circumstance that
has excited so much interest in Scoi land as the sanguinary
transaction at Bishopbridge, the result of which it is to-day
our painful duty to record. The premeditated murder of a
man, from the combination of those over whom he had
charge, is, thank God, rare or without a precedent in this
country ; and notwithstanding that crime may reasonably be
expected to sexist where such a mass of population is gathered
together, still the report of the slaughter at Bishopbridge
was received with the horror and indignation of every man
who had a heart and conscience about him. The circum-
stances of the tragedy are now well known. The victim
was a person of the name of Green, and his murderers were
Doolan, Redding, and Hickie. The latter man has been
respited, but the extreme sentence of the law has been carried
into effect on the two former.

Dear Sir,—Permit me to address to you a fewwords before
the season of conservative principles is passed over, on the
last and only one subject which involves the existence of
those protestant persecutors—the whigs. They try to flatter
the country with the cry of cheap bread. Please to view this
last of their scheming shuffles as the very stumbling stone on
which they are to fall for ever, if the point is properly man-
aged by us. Their cry of cheap bread will do for the pau-
pers begging in the street, or for the tradesmen who do n't
meddle in agricultural labour, and with the latter only in
case the labouring classes of the empire are not driven Into
the tradesmen's shops for employment, but when these or
their children are crowding in thousands to reduce the wages
of tradespeople, then the tradespeople likewise will find the
overwhelming destruction brought by the repeal of those
laws. And what will the whole nation say to it, who are en-
tirely depending on the production of their land. If they em-
ploy labourers, they lose by doing so ; their crops of wheat
and oats are not worth carriage to market. They will cease
to sow their land, and they must cease to pay their rents.
But will their landlords remedy this for them by letting them
have their land at lOs an acre. 4f so, then the ruin falls on
the landlords and landed proprietors of the empire—on all
who are in any way interested in land—and on all who are in-
terested in trade or business, by the increase of their number
from amongst the families of the labouring classes. And
worse than all this it will cause the prosperity of other coun-
tries, in spite of all our competition in other respects. The
labouring classes and tradespeople in other countries will
find encouraging prospects by this means, and the British
will be constantly sending their money to a foreign market,
and therefore perpetually draining the English purse.
If proper means be not adopted immediately, through the
stupidity of our friends, ministers may be permitted to make
a trial of this repeal, and thus prolong their stay in govern-
ment, to the final ruin of England. The scheme is uncon-
stitutional—un-English, and totally un-Irish too. For the
40s freeholders—Dan's own—are every one depending on the
corn market. And so it has only to be properly managed,
and Dan's own children will be found to kick against it. And
what must England say to it ? To destroy our corn trade,
and the whole value of every sod of our English ground, and
give the profits of our corn trade to the traders of other coun-
tries. The plot leads to a reduction of our country to a re-
publican state, or anything except a strong protestant nation.
The above will rise the country—or ought to rise it—against
these destructives. ALL must and will oppose them.—l re-
main, a supporter of the corn laws, and consumer of
ENGLISH BREAD.

WEST INDIAN MAILS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

SIR,—It is with great pleasure that I observe in your va-
luable paper that the Town-council are about to apply to go-
vernment to have Liverpool appointed as the port for the ar-
rival and departure of the West India mails ; this port, being
the most central of any in the kingdom, and within a day or
a day and a half post at most from any of the principal places
trading thither, namely, London, Bristol, Glasgow, or Dub-
lin, is, I think, the most entitled to this privilege, instead of
making the station for these steamers at some port in the
South of England, quite unconnected with that trade, and
distant a post varying from one to three days from the ports
that have the most intercourse with these islands. Allow
me, Mr. Editor, to suggest, that the merchants connected
with this trade petition parliament to have this port as the
station for these mail steamers, and I have no doubt but
they will keep up the intercourse with the West Indian co-
lonies as regularly as the Halifax steamers do with North
America, which have, as to punctuality in their arrivals, fully
realized the most sanguine expectations. Why should not
the West India steamers do the same and cause mercantile
intelligence to be equally dispatched from, and received at,
all parts of the United Kingdon, instead of letting the South
of England have an advantage over the North, Ireland, and
Scotland of one to three days?
Trusting that I have not trespassed too far on your columns.
—I am, respectfully, DICKY SAM.
Liverpool, May 10th, 1841.

DR. BUTLER'S RETREAT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,-It is rather amusing to observe the mode of warfare
adopted by the crafty defenders of modern Rome. How dif-
ferent are the tactics of Rome Pagan and Rome Papal. The
fine old Roman soldier of ancient times, although, according
to the practices of war, he was ever ready to avail himself of
artifice or stratagem when an opportunity offered, still could
boldly face the enemy, and meet them hand to hand on the
battle field. But, alas ! Rome Papal has inherited all the
craft and subtlety of her predecessor, without one particle of
the bravery. _

A corroboration of this fact has just come under our no-
tice, in the conduct or Dr. Butler, " chamberlain to the
Pope." Ensconced within his strong castle of St. Anthony,
from that place of security he launches forth his vaunting
challenges—having, just professed to examine some of the
weapons of his adversaries—those arguments which he thinks
he has answered—and which be tells his hearers are innocent
and harmless, but of the real efficacy and power of which this
" chamberlain of the Pope" is so well satisfied, that he is
afraid to expose himself to their cutting properties. But he
forgets that even stone walls have ears ;—his challenge gets
abroad, and is immediately accepted. What must be done!!
—He becomes alarmed at what he has effected—and no
sooner does he see the enemy's forces drawing up in battle
array, than, fearing lest St. Anthony's Castle should not
prove strong enough, he throws up a mound, and affords
every symptom of being desirous of acting on the defensive
instead of the offensive, as his challenge would have intimated.
And what is this mound, this obstacle which he thtows in the
way of his adversary, lest he should approach too near his
sacred person? Why, Dr. Butler says his lectures must just
be answered before the gates of St. Anthony will be thrown
open, and the mighty challenger will make his appearance,
and make good his word.

And well may these lectures be compared to a mound of
earth—for, indeed, they present every appearance of a heap
of rubbish, as all arguments must which profess to establish
the errors of Popery from the word of the living God. But
Dr. Butler has had recourse to another mode of defence :
the vaunting challenger pronounces his opponent (Mr. Bay-
lee) incompetent to meet him. Now, really, this is the first
tune that we have ever heard of an army superior in disci-
pline and forces, panting after victory and glory, becoming
so lenient and considerate as to refuse to give battle to ano-
ther, simply because it was inferior in strength. This is not
the general line of policy which Popery adopts :—when her
enemies are strong, she wisely leaves them alone ; but when
they are weak, she persecutes them, and holds them in ty-
ranny.
Surely, Dr. Butler, the more incompetent is your oppo-
nent, the more certain will you be of that success which you
so ardently desire. If you want to gain the victory, surely it
is imprudent generalship, on your part, to acquaint your ad-
versary of his weak points, his incompetency, beforehand,
lest either you deter him from meeting you through fear, or
give him an opportunity of remedying his defects.
No, no ; this mode of defence will not answer : it carries
with it the undeniable evidence that the crafty enemy does
not wish to come forth, and is only desirous of covering his

retreat.
In former days there lived another blustering challenger,
in the person of Goliah of Gath ; and it is not a little remark-
able that Dr. Butler, by his mode of warfare, seems to think
this renowned character most worthy of his imitation. He
also despised his youthful antagonist, and considered the
stripling David incompetent for his task. But this boasting
challenger was possessed of more courage than his successor,
and did not allow this supposed incompetency to deter him
from keeping his word.
Let Dr. Butler then make good his word also • let him
further follow out the character which he has selected for
imitation ; and then, with the blessing of God, his arguments
will fall to the ground before the words of eternal truth—
before that spiritual weapon, wielded by human instrumenta-
lity—before that Stone, " on which whosoever shall fall shall
be broken ; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him
to powder." I remain, sir, a member of the true Catholic