The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-14 00:00:00

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Z THE BENEFIT OF MR. PAUL BEDFORD.

The Public is respectfully informed that arrangements have
been made with Mr. YATES, Proprietor and Manager
of the Theatre-Royal, Adelphi, for the production of the
House Tavern, popular Dramas of that Theatre, the principal characters
canisters. You of which will be sustained by the original representatives

;ervant

AFIELD.

or of the

at that Theatre, Mrs. YATOS, Mr. PAUL BEDFORD
Mr. WRIGHT, Mr. WIELAND, Mr. LYON, and Mr

YATES

The new Farce of the FLIP FLAP FOOTMAN, iu which
Mr. WIELAND made his first appearance on Wednes-
day night in his original character of Vaulter Cork, having
been received with the most distinguished approbation, will

be repeated this Evening.
In consequence of the unbounded acclamations with which
the new Farce of DEEDS OF DREADFUL NOTE! was
received on its first and second representations, and the bursts
of applause which followed the Epilogue spoken by Mrs.
YATES, it will be repeated, for the third time, early in the

ensuing-Week.
THIS present FRIDAY, May 14, will be performed the
favourite Drains, written by Mr. Buckstone, for the
Adelphi Theatre, called
VICTORINE;
OR, TLL SLEEP ON IT.
The whole of the Novelties will be produced under the
direction and superintendence of Mr. YATES.
Alexandre.. Mr. Yates.
Michael.. Mr. Lyon. Chanteloupe.. Mr. Paul Bedford.
Blaize

Victorine.. Mrs. Yates.
By a Young Lady,
Her first appearance on, any stage.
To be followed by the
BURLESQUE OF THE BEGGAR'S OPERA.
Polly Peachum.. Mr. Paul Bedford.
Mrs. Peachum Mr. Wright.

Captain Macheath Miss E. Honner.
Peachum.. Madame Simon.
y Mr. 0. Horncastle
To conclude with the Grand Finale of
" NIX MY POLLY."

After which, (for the second time here,) an original piece of
Fun, in one act, written for the purpose of displaying
Mr. Wieland's peculiar talent, called
THE- FLIP-FLAP FOOTMAN.
Vaulter Cork.... (the Flip-Flap Footman).... Mr. Wieland.
Ignatius Livid, Esq Mr. Wright.

On MONDAY NEXT, (May 17th,) will he produced, for
the first time here, the Grand Historical Drama, with' new
Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, as originally performed
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at the- Theatre-Royal, Adelphi, upwards of one hunt
nights, called VALSHA, OR THE SLAVE QUEEN. Valsha,
Mrs. Yates ; Graff, Mr. Lyon ; Bolbec, Mr. Wright.—
After which, THE CELEBRATED BOLENO FAMILY,
(whose performances at the Metropolitan and other Theatres
have been pronounced unrivalled, and must be witnessed to
be believed,) will make their first appearance in Liverpool in
an entertainment peculiar to themselves, called L'ATELIER
DE CANOVA.—To conclude with (for this night only)
Boa's favourite Drama of OLIVER TWIST. Fagan, Mr.
Yates; Sikes, Mr. Paul Bedford ; The Dodger, Mr. Wright.
In consequence of the extensive preparations for the above
novelties, THERE WILL BE No PERFORMANCE ON SA-

TURDAY

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MORNING, MAY 14, 1841

It is argued by'a local Whig contemporary that Lord
Sandon, by opposing the ministerial plan of free-trade

in sugar, is taking a course calculated to do damage to
the mercantile interests of Liverpool; but we differ
from him completely in this opinion. Lord Sandon
has had no other object in view than to protect a trade
in which Liverpool is largely concerned ; and pro-
tecting that trade be doing disservice to Liverpool, we
should like to know what openly attacking it would
be ? '

When moving his amendment on Friday, his lord-
ship called upon the house to recollect " that they
were speaking of a trade that involved the interests of

our manufacturers to the extent in 1839 of £9,000,000.
And what was the value or the trade with Brazil ? In
comparison with that of the East and West Indies it

was. as nothing.

The amount of her exports was

£2,600,000 ; and he might add £300,000 or £400,000
for Cuba, naking it about £3,00,000. The manufac-
turers, therefore, would be prejudicing their own inte-
rests in dealing with the question in such a manner
that, for the sake of one small uncertain import mar-
ket, they risked an extended, a fixed, a permanent mar-
ket in the West Indies."

The question is one between our own colonial trade
and a trade with foreigners ; and if, by endeavouring
to extend our commerce with the latter, we must neces-
sarily do an equal, or greater amount of damage to the
former, in what other light can the noble lord, whose
amendment is designed to thwart this mischievous at-
tempt, be considered, than that in which he appears as
a judicious friend to the commerce and prosperity of
the town which he represents ? Ilis lordship thinks
that we ought not for "one small uncertain import
market to risk an 'extended, a fixed, and permanent
market, in the West Indies ;" and we think, also, at a
respectful distance, that his lordship is quite right in
this opinion, and that. the great majority of our en-
lightened merchants will coincide in his views.

Our contemporary, however, does not rest his as-
sault solely upon the ground of his lordship's baffling
the scheme of free trade in slave sugar, but upon the
consequential injuries that, he conceives, are likely to
arise from his success on that point.

" If Lord Sandon," he argues, " should succeed in per•
suading the House of Commons that it is inexpedient to ad,

mit foreign sugar at a protecting duty of fifty per cent., his
lordship and his allies will certainly have no difficulty in con-
vincing the same parties that the British farmer ought to
have an equal protection. If he is to have it, however, then
farewell to any hope of a repeal of the corn laws. Should
Lord Sandon succeed in defeating ministers o❑ this question
also, he will have succeeded not only in inflicting the greatest_
injury ever inflicted on the port of Liverpool, but in depriv-
ing it of the greatest benefit ever offered to it."
Our contemporary, having gone so far, might as well
have gone a step farther, and capped the climax, by
asking, what if Lord Sandon, by his amendment on
the sugar duties, not only defeats, but unkennels the
Whig ministry altogether—how great in that case will
have been his doing—how tremendous his responsibi-
lities ! His lordship, however, must try to bear up
against such a misfortune as well as he can. For our
part we shall, in that event, thank him most cordially.
We shall look upon it that he has done a deed that
should immortalise him ; and, when next he comes to
solicit the support of the burgesses of Liverpool, that
shall secure him an easy and honourable return.
But what strange people these Whigs are ! Here is
a Whig journalist endeavouring to blow up Lord San-

don for standing in the front of the battle, and doing
such good service to the Conservative cause, and a
Whig orator, Mr. Hugh llornby, whose feats of elo-
quence are recorded in the same paper, threatening Mr.
CRESSWELL with extinction for not joining' in the
battle. Well, there is no pleasing some people, hit

them where you will. had there been occasion for
Mr. Cresswell's services, we have no doubt that he
would have supported his colleague with all that as-
tuteness of argument and fluency of eloquence which
he so easily commands ; and we are far from agreeing

with Mr. Hornby in his inference that, because he did

not speak on the occasion, he " did not take any in-
terest in a question that would vitally affect the pro-
Sperity of the country." But the truth is, the Whigs
have already commenced electioneering; and, as nei-
ther Mr. CreEswell nor Lord Sandon is to their taste,

we must be prepared for all manner of exceptions, ca-
vils, and objections to those two gentlemen who have
both proved themselves so able and effective in their