The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-19 00:00:00

IMPORTS

1836. 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840.
West India . 11sds. 225850 204150 228300 179800 137600
East India „ 19850 23650 29200 38000 36000
Mauritius „ 35600 37750 44600 44300 38200

281300 265550 302100

262100 211800

DELIVERIES

West India „ 212500 229950 212300 182300 158600
East India „ 16700 21150 31450 32900 39000
Mauritius „ 38000 37200 44100 43800 40300

267200 238300 287850 259000 237900

STOCKS

West India „ 63300 37500 53500 MOOO 30000
East India „ 5450 7400 4850 10000 7000
Mauritius „ 4150 5200 6050 6500 4400

72900 50150 64460 67500 41400

Total Import „ 281300 265550 302100 262100 211800
Stocks „ 58800 72900 50150 64400 67500

3401041 338150 352250 326500 279300
Total Deliveries „ 267200 288300 287850 259000 237900

TctalStocksleft „ 72900 50150 64400 67500 41400

Gazette Average,
335.6.1. 395.1 lid. 355.10 d. 37s.ad. 49s.nd
31st Dee

We have not heretofore interfered in the controversy
between the ministerial press and certain of our con-
temporaries, with respect to the indulgences bestowed
by the Colonial Government upon the convicted char-
tists, although we were quite certain that the alleged
favouritism so indignantly and peremptorily denied by
the organs of Government would turn out to be per-
fectly in accordance with facts. The public have now
before them the admission of no less a personage than
John Frost himself that such favouritism has been ex-
ercised. " Williams," writes that worthy ex-magis-
trate, in a letter to his wife, " is a superintendent at
the coal mines, Jones fills a situation at the Juvenile
Establishment, and I am in the office of the Command-
ant—that is, the Governor of Port Arthur. I am act-
ing here as a clerk, and hitherto the labour has not
been heavy." * e "Our situation is one of comfort
compared with that of many prisoners here—yes, my
dear, and with many well-educated and talented men."
No doubt of it ! The cowardly agitator, the fomenter
of. rebellion and outrage, we are well aware, is much
more likely to be the object of " liberal" sympathy
than the unfortunate being whose more venial errors
have resulted from the ordinary failings of human na-

ire; and we have little hesitation in asserting our
onviction that the production of the Colonial Secre-

cry's correnpondenc

with the Governor of Port Ar-

icir will prove the latter to have been expressly au-
lorised in his bestowal of the "comforts" in question
pon these quondam allies of the Whig-Radical party.

With all due deference to some of our conservative

!onternporaries, we cannot but think that had the

reatment of these men been of a harsher nature—had
hey been placed on a level with common felons—with

nen who have pilfered a silver', spoon or picked a
iocket—the head of the. Colonial-office would have
nanifested a feeling bordering upon ingratitude, and
;hown an extreme want of regard to the "fitness of
;hings." What ! subject to the laborious and degiad-
ng occupations to which " well-educated and talented

men" must submit, who have, perhaps, committed a
vulgar forgery or passed a counterfeit sovereign—a pa-
triot whose only crime was leading some thousands of
his fellow-countrymen to be butchered by the soldiery
at Newport—whose only error was that he agitated for
the charter instead of the reform bill, repeal of the
union, repeal of the corn laws, or any other of the fa-
voured outcries of Whig-Radicalism ! With what
justice could Lord John Russell condemn the Welsh
traitors to work in a chain gang, whilst the Irish trai-
tor, O'Connell, is free to agitate the dismemberment of
the empire, and to thrive and grow fat upon the pro-
duce of his turbulent mendicancy ? These men did
hut carry a little further than was legal a course of agi-
tation which Lord John Russell himself, in an after-
dinner speech, delivered in 'this good old town, de-
clared to be justifiable and safe ; and we cannot con-
ceive how his lordship could bear the reflection that for
an "error in degree" they should be so severely dealt
with.

That such is the opinion which. Frost himself enter-
tains of the kindly feelings and amiable disposition of
the Colonial Secretary is evident froni.one portion of
his letter, in which he apologises to his wife for not
expressing himself with such freedom as he could have
wished, owing to the circumstance of his correspond-
ence being subject to the usual inspection by the au-
thorities ; and adds, •" I am of opinion that my letters
will be perused by others besides the gentleman who
rules here. I suppose Ike Colonial Secretary would be

glad to have a peep at the letters of his old correspond-
ent" ! ! We can picture to ourselves the sensation
which Lord John gust have experienced at this allu-
sion on the part of " his old correspondent" to their
past friendship and brotherhood. We can linagine the
yearnings of his heart when busy memory traced be-
fore the eye of the, minister the progress towards ruin
of his betrayed and abandoned tool. Lord John found
this witless and hapless wretch a brawling, speechify-

ing, reform-mad draper, whose mischievous propensi-
ties might have been cured by a ducking at the town
pump or a month at the treadmill; but instead of such
a wholesome infliction, the petty demagogue was se-
lected for promotion to the magistracy. The favour of
Government and the factitious importance which it
conferred'alone enabled the poor inflated being to per-
petrate the crime for which a felon's doom has been
justly awarded ; and it is but natural that the exile,
laying his misfortunes at the door of the minister,
should expect and receive at the least his affectionate
remembrance if not his active sympathy.
With respect to the effect which this leniency to-
wards crime of so deep a dye as that committed by
Frost and his fellow-traitors is calculated to produce
upon society, we will not now remark. Our only ob-
ject is to impress upon our readers the fact that a mi-
nistry which fosters incipient treason and rewards its
abettors cannot be expected to deal severely with those
of their allies or creatures whose mistaken zeal has
led them to embrace the monster in its maturity.

LOCAL NEWS

AMPHITHEATRE.—On Friday evening the Earl of Sefton
visited the Amphitheatre, in company with*several families
of distinction.

PILLAR OF SNOW.—We were much pleased on Tuesday
afternoon in witnessing the completion of a snow pillar in
imitation of a rock in the Castle-yard, It was commenced
on Thursday evening by several of the debtors for the want
of better employment. They took great interest in the erec-
tion and worked in right good earnest, although little accus-
tomed to the use of the line or spade. It measured 21 feet
in height, and 57 feet at the base, and contains many tons of
snow. The master builder and his assistants drank a bottle
of brown Et6ut 'on the summit, wishing those who had been
present at the-finishing- might not witness its fall.—Lancas-
/Dr GIIZPii,

ITALIAN LANGUAGE AND LITURATURE.—In directing
the attention of our readers to the advertisemeut inserted by
Signor Zandotti, in our columns, we would also remind them
of the riches which are to be dug from the vast mines of Itali-
an literature. In poetry and the drama it is scarcely to be ri-
valled, whilst in history, there is no country in the world
which can vie with it. We need not here enter into the causes
—it is sufficient to announce the fact. Signor Zandotti in
his youth, received the best education his country could give,
and afterwards matured his knowledge by travelling ; he is,
therefore, admirably fitted to accompany students into a do-
main, over which many of the master spirits of the present
age rejoice to linger. The signor's plan of elementary in-
struction is one that ensures the steady progress of the
learner.

TOKEN OF RESPECT.—A subscription having been entered
into for the purpose of presenting the Rev. S. Birley with a
gown, a cassock, and
.portable Communion service, a com-
mittee, deputed from his congregation, waited upon the rev.
gentleman, at his house, Monday last, for the purpose of
presenting the articles. Mr. Stephen Blair, Mr. John Sla-
ter, Mr. Sharpies, and Mr. Thompson, constituted the de-
putation, and were commissioned to express to the reverend
gentleman, the high estimation in which he is held by all
classes of his hearers. The following inscription was en-
graved on the Altar Cup :—" To the Rev. John Sheppard
Birley, M.A., Incumbent of All Saints', Bolton, this small
Token of Respect is presented, by his grateful Congregation.
January, 18-II."—Bolton Chronicle.

DESERTION Or VESSELS 1w SEAMEN IN BRITISH
AMERICA.-At the Police-court, on Friday, several impor-
tant cases relating to the desertion of their vessels by sea-
men, were heard of by Mr. Rushton. James Brian, a
seaman, appeared to a surnmoup to answer an information
against him, of having deserted-the ship Naparina at Qubec,
and run away, so that his plade had been supplied by a
gubstitute, at a heavy expense to the owners of the ship. Capt.
White, of the Naparina, said he had engaged the defendant
to perform the voyage out and home at the rate of £2 15s.
a month, and he had signed articles to that effect. The ship
left Dublin in August last ; and when at Quebec, on the 25th
of November, the defendant and three others of the crew
deserted, when the ship was ready for sea, so that in order
to bring her home, he had to find a substitute for him, to
whom he had to pay.tlB for the run home. It was admitted
that the defendant had been committed to gaol by a magis-
trate at Quebec, where he remained 29 days. He returned on
board, and afterwards deserted in the absence of the captain.
The signing of the articles were proved, and the requisite
entries in the day book were shown. Mr. Rushton, strongly
condemned the too frequent practice of seamen deserting
their vessels in this manner, thus taking advantage of owners
and captains, and even seriously endangering life and property.
The defendant, he said, must, under the statute, lose all his
wages and all his clothes, and moreover pay the difference
between what he would receive had he served and the sum
paid for a substitute. The amount was £l-1 10. and he must
also pay costs, or in default be sent to prison. Thomas
Regan, another seaman of the same ship, was charged with
the same offence, and dealt with in like manner.

MEETING AT THE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.-011 Friday,
the annual meeting of the directors of this excellent institu-
tion, was held in the Board-room, London-road, J. H. Tur-
ner, Esq., in the chair. The treasurer, Raymond W.
Houghton, Esq., read the accounts connected with the school,
and R. L. Carr the accounts relative to the church nttached to
the, school. In the school there are now 107 pupils. During
1840, 18 pupils left the school, and 18 had been admitted.
There are now 27 male candidates for admission, and 10 fe-
males. Mr. Houghton stated, that during the last year not
a single musical instruir.ent had been presented to the insti-
tution. This was to be regretted, as musical instruments
were very serviceable in the school, and any which had beeh
thrown aside by the parties using them would be very ac-
ceptable. S. Turner, Esq-..; mded-a. vote of thanks to the
Bishop of Chester, to the late vice-presidents, to Mr. Hough-
ton, the treasurer of the institution, and to the chaplain, Mr.
Hull, for their services during the past year, in the course of
which he complimented those gentlemen for their exertions
in behalf of the school for the blind. James Aspinall moved
the appointment of Cresswell Cresswell, Esq., as the presi-
dent for the present year, and R. L. Carr, E. G. Deane,
Aikin, and William Jackson, Esqrs., as vice-presidents,
which was carried unanimously. Some conversation occur-
red respecting the appointment of the officers, the gentlemen
present being anxious that persons odly should be selected who
would take an active part in the management of the institu-
tion. The names of the gentlemen selected will be found in
our advertising columns. Thanks were voted to the chair-
man, and the meeting separated. •

EMBEZZLEMENT OF PICTURE FRAMES.-At the police-
court, on Friday, an elderly man named Peter Malley, (whose
case had been remanded from the previous day for further
evidence,) was placed at the bar on a charge of obtaining and
disposing of two picture frames on false pretences. A wit-
ness stated that on Thursday week, the prisoner came to
him and ordered two picture frames, which he said were for
Mr. Crisp, of Church-street. He gave the dimensions of
them, and was told that they would be done on Saturday
night. He called for them then, and wished to take them,
referring for payment to Mr. Crisp ; but as he was a stranger
to the witness, they were not delivered. He called again on
Monday, and induced the witness' to accompany him with
the frames to Mr. Crisp's, who, he said, would pay for them.
The witness went with the prisoner, and when they got to
the door of Mr. Crisp's premises, prisoner said he would
take in the frames and get the money, requesting witness to
wait, which he did for three-qnarters of an hour in vain,
for the prisoner did not return, he having escaped by a tho-
roughfare into Brookes-alley behind. Mr. Ramsdell, a
teacher, said the prisonei had for some time been in gaol,
where he conducted himself well. He therefore endeavoured
to get him into work at his trade as a cabinet-maker, but
did not succeed. He afterwards had given him small sums
of money from time to time, and finally, on his representa-
tions of distress, employed him to make a number of pie-
ture-frames for him, giving him drafts of the different sizes,
&c. he wanted. The prisoner brought home the two frames
produced, as two of those ordered, and represented that
they were made by himself. He wanted 7s for them, but
Mr. it., thinking the price exorbitant, gave him 65., and
withdrew his order for the others. The frames were iden-
tified as the property of the first witness. Mr. Crisp stated
that he had no knowledge whatever of the prisoner, having
never to his knowledge seen lan before. The prisoner was
committed for trial at the sessions. He was formerly, we
learn, in creditable business as a master-cabinet maker in
Lancaster.