The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-22 00:00:00

Which had been formed during the past year. These
Societies would be found beneficial in promoting in-
dustry and improved methods of cultivation, and in
drawing out new sources of wealth, as well as in con-
firming a cordial union between the two great classes
of the agricultural community. He then briefly alludes
to the companies which have been formed for the cul-
ture of silk in the island, and expresses a Lope that a
new source of benefit may thus be opened to all the
Inhabitants. He then recommends the culture of the
tea plant, which is already found to flourish there
remarkably well.
The address of the Governor was extremely well re-
ceived by the House of Assembly, who, in their reply,
expressed a hope that his Excellency might be spared
to be amongst them for many years to come.

The Royal Gazette mentions that the quantity of
foreign sugar, refined in England, and consumed in
the West Indies, amounts to 10,567 cwts. The same
Journal furnishes us with very unfavourable accounts
of the crops, which are likely, in consequence of the
drought which had been so long experienced, to show
a greater deficiency than last year.

We have received our files of the Guiana Chronicle
to the 26th of October, inclusive. From the paper of
the above date we learn that his Excellency the Gover-
nor would, on the following day, deliver his farewell
address to the Court of Policy. It is also stated that
it would be then announced, as the unalterable de-
termination of the Home Government, that all future
Governors shall be paid out of the British Treasury,
and that the salaries of the goverment secretary, the
Judges, and all officials, shall be reduced one half.
Further, it is said that henceforth the produce of Bri-
tish Guiana shall be exempt from taxation. This
astounding news will excite no little surprise on this
side of the Atlantic. It is put forth without any sort
of qualification. The only conclusion that we can
draw from these mysterious hints is, that the editor of
the Chronicle has been eggregiously hoaxed, or that
he means to hoax his readers.

The Chronicle of the 23d of October mentions that
it Was rumoured in Georgetown that Governor Light
had been re-called. We should not be at all surprised
if this rumour should prove correct. Few men have
t'llown themselves to be so incapable of governing so
Important a colony as Governor Light. He has done
more to embroil the affairs of the colony than can he
remedied for many years to come. Under any other
than a 'Whig administration he would have been super-
seded the moment his memorable despatches reached
the Home Office.
The Chronicle rebuts, in the strongest terms, the
Charges brought against the planters of British Guiana
by the official authorities of Barbadoes, respecting the
treatment experienced by those emigrants who had
returned to that island from Demerara. The state-
tOents of these discontented individuals are pronounced
to be a tissue of falsehoods from beginning to end.

As an overwhelming refutation of these lies, so in.
titistriously propagated by the Barbadian vagrants and
their abettors, the Chronicle furnishes the following
taphic description of a fancy ball which had just
taken place at Georgetown :

FANCY BALL.
(From the Royal Gazette.)
thwhen the actions and principles of individuals contradict
character given of them by their enemies, and when the
Llßible, and therefore undeniable contentment, ease, plenty,
L4cl even luxuries of a peasantry, flatly refute all the reports
4
:.1,1 fabrications of their misery, poverty, and discontent,
:+rely the credit of the calumniators ought thereby to be de;
Toyed. Of the latter of th ese two circumstances, the pea-
4Otry of this colony are a remarkable instance.
Lastnight, in pursuance of extensive and expensive prepare-
lic'os, came off, at the house which was formerly the Victoria
;41:gel, a splendid fancy ball, got up by labourers, house ser-
,4llts, and others of their rank in the community ; and it was
deoally difficult to know whether to admire most the splen-
,
eor of the , the taste diled in the decorations
ithe apartment,dresses or the boldness apnday grandeur of the whole
sign.
,Ltlad the eople who ground their opposition to immigra-
in to this colony, on the poverty and ill-treatment of our
j7ourers, domestics, &c, been present at this fancy ball
hart night, they would have seen any thing but the signs of
Ilury, oppression, and broken hearts. A more happy, joy-
, light spirited, and independent collection of people of the
kale rank, could not perhaps, be assembled on any part of
toe globe ; and the faithfulness of the designs in the various
etutnes, proves, that they have been far from inattentive to
"e,usages and manners of their betters.
t,the dresses were substantially grand, and consequently
ks,„l'onsive. The cost of the whole being upwards of £5OO,
the decorations and illumination of the ball-room highly
;(litable to the taste of the planner ; the design of the
0)1ole aimed at nothing less than a miniature representation
th the entire British empire. There was a richly decorated
tj'!One ascended by three-steps, on which sat her Majesty
"le Queen, on whose right was seated the Queen Dowager,
tlekl
ts , Prince Albert on te l ; and among the other cha rac-
we had a specimen ofeft alinost all the sections and de-
krtments of the British commonwealth : navy and army
:fohcers, common sailors and privates ; Lords, Squires,
4 tintrentlemen, farmers, and clowns ; clergymen, lawyers,
,tl4l doctors; beggarmen, ballad-singers, and strolling players,
1°,e,11 Paul Pry was there, and we had a North American
:41,1an chief, with all the usual equipments of savage life ;
end to show that our peasantry are not unacquainte with
political position, Mehemet Ali, the Paella of Egypt,
4,8 also there.
the female part of the assembly, there were characters
g4ltable to the above ; and of these there not be less
40 sixty couples. The music was excellent,could and dancing
43 kept up with spirit. The grandeur and novelty of the
;eeoe attracted crowds of ladies and gentlemen of the first
:„4ok and respectability in town to witness it. But the greater
;;Nber of these departed after a short stay, highly amused
ith the somewhat extraordinary entertainment.
We may safely demand,' where can such exhibitions
4 that described above be produced in any part of the
United Kingdom ? What a conclusive answer have
the free labourers of British Guiana given to the
malignant libels of the Aldermanbury agitators ! Let
va hear no more about the misery, suffering, and de-
gradation of the emancipated Negroes of the West
ladies. Let us rather endeavour, by affording every
possible protection to British industry, to raise our
ti labouring and operative classes to an equality with
e Negroes of the 'West Indies. There is much more
atia.
&tering and misery amongst our own population, to
'4lll into active exercise our benevolent feelings, than
ere can be found in any part of our colonial posses-
-1418 across the Atlantic.

6.1 t may be taken for granted, as an incontrovertible
44°1-u, that the best testimony to any man's character,
an honest patriot, as a friend of truth and justice,
11 as an enemy to all abuses, and, therefore, a true
t •
'former, is, the abuse of the Radical press. It is on
1143 ground that we congratulate Mr. Daniel Ledson,
,Young gentleman whose firm, unflinching, and un-
-4e.,.
qating advocacy of sound constitutional principles
4a induced the members of the Operative Conserva-
I.AssociatiOn to select him as their President for the
tisuing year. The election of Mr. Ledson to that
o f:ce is alike honourable to himself and the Operative
t
tiservatives of Liverpool; while the yirulent personal
tacks that have been made upon Mr. Ledson, in the
°,llllnns of the Liberal papers, afford the strongest
;:ditional proof that the choice of our operative friends
as wise and judicious.
14,1,tis a singular fact, that the individuals upon whom
Radical portion of the press has been most lavish
heaping its abuse, have gained, in consequence of
4t very abuse, an increased measure of public respect
;141 confidence. We have no doubt that this will
rove the case with Mr. Ledson, who may, therefore,
tell afford to smile at the puny efforts' which have
een made, within the last week, to ridicule his con-
qliet and to disparage his motives.
5 Whilst, however, Mr. Ledson, will best consult his
tIIN, reputation by disdaining to bestow any notice
411°11 the phltry attacks of the Radical press, we shall
tkll'ays consider it our duty to repel such attacks to the
best of our ability. Acting on this feeling we pro-
:(1 to notice a few of the absurdities in which the
1,1,114t1ra/, the' Chronicle, and the Albion have indulged,
remarking upon Mr. Ledson's speech at the
INag of the Operative Conservatives.
1,4t11e Journal takes sad umbrage at the pithy obser-
(l4l°4B which Mr. Ledson made respecting the con-
the et of the magistrates in subscribing to the funds of
.Protector Society. The* charge brought forward
tl44ltist them by Mr. Bushell, as Mr. Ledson truly
114 atked, is left unanswered to the present day. They
tlve
4, called no meeting to take that grave and serious
'ge into consideration. They have not directed
11,,sts. Ellis and Shuttleworth to demand from Mr.
th`lhell any avowal, explanation, or retractation of the
:rge. They have passed no resolution exculpating
thot'lelves from so serious a charge. They have, in
4:1, contented themselves with leaving the public to
04.11' the inevitable inference, that the charge of
atildink those who were violating the law" is undeni-
3'trUe. The Journal, it is true, says " that several
thet k"
Parties declared that the accusation, as respected
444' was false." How many of the magistrates have
e Such a declaration ? Is not the subsequent ad-
IN
.11,4 °n of the Journal that " those who were silent are
11) Prepared to justify their conduct whenever called
oa
uy proper authority," to be construed into an
gym,
that Mr. Bushell proceeded on information