The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-02 00:00:00

"THE EX-STIPE DR. PALMER'S DAUGHTER.

" Our readers no doubt remember that we sometime since
published a letter from Eleanor Palmer, to her inhuman father,
the notorious ex-Stipe.; and also a confirmatory statement from
1-1. L. Garrigues, Esq.

"'Phis poor creature, Eleanor Palmer, died in the Hospital
of this city on Sa,:irday the 18th instant, and was interred the
succeeding day in b parish coffin, without benefit of clergy,'
the service being actually read by the sexton.
" We have these facts from the brother of the deceased, who
further states, that prior to her father's departure from Jamaica,
she was starving—and Wandered about in almost a state of
nudity ; 'that upon her applying to her father for assistance to-
wards her support, the inhuman 'wretch refused the smallest
trifle to save his child from starvation, to prolong her existence.
Until within the last two months, (during which period the de
ceased has been an inmate of the hospital) she was supported
by the generosity of a few charitable individuals in St. Andrew
and Kingston; and while the father has been traducing and
libelling the character of the inhabitants of Jamaica; while he
has proclaimed them to be monsters in the human form, void
of generosity, or any of the better feeling of our nature,'—his
offspring has been supported by their charity and kindness.
"-Need we add a single line of comment to convince our fel-
low subjects in Britain how little reliance ought to be placed
upon the statements of a maim—a wreich we should have said—
who, though possessed of ample means, would have suffered his
child to have, died of starvation, rather then have afforded her
the slightest relief. There are things on earth,.and Dr. Palmer
is one of them, who are beneath contempt."

Here is a fine sample of philanthropy ! :We say nothing
of the morality of Dr. Palmer's conduct : but sorely if
sock statements be true, (we only profess to give them
as we find thew,) Mr. Smith.may 'well have appealed to
the humanity of, the wives and daughters of Great
Britain. j,

We have several important doctiments on the subject
of the charges.trought by Mr. Sturge and his associates,
for which we cannot find room at present. We hope
they Will serve to open. the eyes of the public as to the
real value of the evidence offered by these gentlemen,
and operate as a sedative to that mawkish sensibility
Which would tempt people, to he unjust while they are
generous.

TnE Docx -.St,r.acuroasair..--As might have been ex-
pected, thexadical section of the Dock Committee have
duly installed Air. Vandentioff in the office of solicitor
to their body, in the room
,of Mx. Harvey, who had re-
signed. NiVe candidly confess that.we .tid mit for a mo-
rm-nt expect any other result. The election is in per-
fect keeping with all the appoiutrnemts made by the libe-
ral factitin, ever since their reign.in the Town Council
'commenced. One after another of 'their electioneering
agents have been comfortably provided for in precisely
the same manner. There are a few mole for whom snug
berths a're in store, as soon as opportunities arise for
transferring them from the Reform Assoeiatiou commit-
tee-room to the different municipal offices. Mr. Samuel
.Knipe will soon obtain his reward for his indefatigable
exertions in endeaVotiring to
.disfrauchise the freemen.
'Mr. Tinsel Atkinson is likewise looking forward, with
keen anticipation for a share in the loaves and fishes :
and if little .liOok-nosed Phillips, and the other under-
lings of the grasping crew, are ultipatelY to receive no
valuable appointments, it will be owing only to sheer in-
tellectual

The more reckless and unprincipled a radical agent
proves in futtliming the interests of, his inky, the more
secure he is of being rewarded. Professional merit or
peisonal qualifications are ...the. voy last things to be
considered in filling 'offices of trust under a radical cors-
pOration. The more abjectly a man surrenders himself
into the hands Of a parcel of vulgar demagogues, to
work opt their nefaiiOus political designs, and to assist
in rubbing' their fellow-subjects of their undoubted pri-
vilege., the More strenuously are his claims supported.
The dirtier the work in which he may have been en-
gaged, the more eagerly is he welcoined as an object de-
serving of patronage. .

We niake‘these remarkS generally, and not in refer-
ence to' Mr Vancienhotr in prnticular. He may bean
estimable nifin for: aught we know to the C9ntrary. We
know nothing of his qualifications for the office_to which
he has been elected ; and .we believe it would puzzle
those who voted for him, if asked, to pointihttn

The Journal insinuates that this gentleman obtained
the preference on account of his eminent "public ser-
vices," which it Professes- to regard as " the most legi-
timate title to public offices." The language of the ra-
dical organs has undergone a surprising change of late in
reference to the exercise of corporate patronage. For-
merly the theme of constant declamation used to be the
exclusive and monopolising character of the old corpora-
tion. Long and vehemently (lid the Mercury, the Al-
bion, and the Chronicle, and their party, inveigh against
the bigotted preference which their political opponents
gave to men who laboured under the stigma of being
called tories. Those days have long since gone by. The
times are now altered. The radicals are in power, and
take a pride in making radical appointments. A tory,
whatever his merits or recommendations may be, has no
chance whatever of promotion. The radiCal press is si-
lent, or, if it speaks, is it is only in praise of the domi-
nant faction for rewarding the " public services" of the
pettifogging agents of the Reform Associatinn.
There is one very singular circumstance connected
with the election of Mr. Vandenhoff to which we must
allude before we have done. It appears that every one
of the eleven votes which he obtained were those of the
self-elected clique of Common Councilmen sitting on
the Dock Committee ; whilst, on the contrary, the nine
votes given for Mr. North were (we believe with only
one exception) those of gentlemen who have been elected
by the rate. payers.

This is deference to public opinion with a vengeance!
We venture to say that if the election of Mr. North had
rested with the rate payers alone, lie would have been
chosen by a majority of three to one. Thus it is that
the consistent radicals appreciate the principle of repre-
sentation.

-We may as well apprise the public of another circum-
stance in connection with this appointment. As usual,
a preliminary meeting of the radical town councillors on
Dock Committee took place, for concerting the arrange-
ments for choosing a solicitor. The, comparative claims
of Mr. Robinson and Mr. Vandenhoff were canvassed,
and a division took place, when there appeared for the
former 5, and for the latter 7. Mr. Lathom was not pre-'
sent on the occasion, having given a promise of his vote
to Mr. North. Mr. Henry Holmes nominated Mr. Ro-
binson, and was opposed by Mr. Eyre Evans, and Mr.
Walmsley. The fiery Alderman and Joshua carried
their point. But • after deciding in favour of Mr. Van-
denhoff, it occurred to these sages, that it would be as
well to inquire whether Mr. Vandenhoff was duly quali-
fied as a solicitor. We presume their doubts on this
subject were satisfied : but it would have been as well to
have ascertained the fact previously to their decision.