The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-31 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS

We are obliged to our Bolton correspondent for the intima-
tion that " whilst the Liverpool papers in the radical inte-
rest real h,that town in a morning, thoseon thenonservative
side are not received until half after five in the evening."
His note has given us an opportunity of stating to our
subscribers generally, that the STANDARD is almost in-
variably delivered at the post in time for the first departure
of the mail.; the occasional meetings on the eve of publica-
tion are the only periods when we are induced to postpone
the appearance of the STANDARD.

Vie Zibrrpool &,tanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1840.

We did think that the friends of his Grace the Duke
of Sussex would have allowed his querulous remarks
in the House of Lords on the regency bill to pass as
800 n as possible into oblivion. Such, however, is not
the case. His royal highness has adherents amongst
the ministerial press, as indiscreet as himself, who
challenge us to a scrutiny of the claim which he has
indirectly put forward to a share in the guardianship
of the future heir of Great Britain, should Providence
decree the unfortunate contingency which will render
such guardianship necessary.

His royal highness, we are now told, has been some-
what overlooked in the arrangements made by minis-
ters, His friends argue that at least he ought to have
been consulted ; and more than hint that his " long
devotion to the cause of civil and religious liberty"
entitled him to anticipate having &share in the regency.
That the non-fulfilment of this anticipation has been
severely felt by the Duke of Sussex we can well be-
lieve, and we are as perfectly convinced that his royal
highness's disappointment °is a subject of gratification
to ninety-nine in a hundred of the reflecting portion of
the people of England.

The Duke of Sussex is very far from occupying that
position in the estimation of society which would justify
his having even the slightest participation in the
guardianship and education of the expected heir to the
British crown. The criminal apathy with which he has
allowed his own offspring to be bastardized, and the
memory of their mother to be covered in her grave
with infamy, which a word of his could wipe away for
ever, is a strong bar to his claim to the custody of a
royal orphan. His own flesh and blood have sued to
him in vain for justice. The image of their sainted
parent—the loved of his boy-hood—she to whom his
young vows were pledged—has mingled in his dreams
by night and haunted his waking hours, imploring him
in vain to withdraw the blighting shadow from her
earthly resting place. The wise and the virtuous of his
• fellow-subjects have joined in their prayer ; and yet
this cold and selfish sensualist continues to shut his
heart alike to the pleading of the living and the dead !

his now beyond dispute that a disinclination exists
on the part of the Duke of Sussex to recognize the
rightful claims of Sir Augustus d'Est9 and his amiable
sister. to their proper station in society. There is no
party and no power in the state, or in the law, which
would interpose the slightest obstacle to this measure
of justice and decency; and yet he upon whom alone,
and above all other men, it devolves to assert the purity
of the wife who has lain in his bosom,—immersed in
the luxurious shades of Kensington, lavishes the affec-
tions of his dotage upon a scheming and ambitious
woman, whose only claim to be tolerated in society is
a tarnished title,—whilst he hardens his heart against
any intrusion of the feelings of a parent, and presents
to the world a forehead impervious alike to the blush of
shame and callous to the loudest manifestation of the
contempt of his fellow-countrymen.
With respect to the nature of the connexion which
exists between the Duke and his present wife—the
Lady Cecilia Buggins Underwood—we have on previous
occasions expressed our opinion, with sufficient dis-
tinctness. It is in the power of his royal highness, if
he chooses, to legalize the tie which binds him to this
low-bred woman, and to withdraw the scandal which
her intrusion has brought upon the court of his niece
and sovereign. Let him do at once, what any other
man would be required to do before being allowed to

introduce a female similarly situated into decent society.
Let the " social contract"—for legally it is no more—
which unites the Duchess of Sutherland to the Duke
of Sussex, be confirmed by a marriage in conformity
with the constitution and the laws of England ; and
we shall then be disposed to estimate the claims of his
royal highness to the consideration of his fellow-country-
men as entitled to much greater respect than we can
do at present.

Until these measures of justice and decency are sub-
mitted to by the Duke of Sussex, can any man, who
is not a bigotted partizan or a lunatic, contend that it
is fitting or safe that the infant heir to the throne of
Great Britain should be entrusted into such keeping ?
As the recipient of such a trust we are fairly entitled
to'look, not to his royal highness alone, but to those
as well who composed his household—his family circle ;
and- who and what we ask is this widow of an attorney
knight, that from her hands and under her direction
the-tender years of royalty should be permitted to draw
succour and strength ?
But we may go further than this. It will be the
duty of the regent not only to watch over the groWth
and life of his charge during childhood, bUt-also to su-
perintend and direct that course of education -and train-
ing, moral and religious, which the people of England
recognize as alone fitting to be infused into' the mind
of youthful royalty. We are very far froth „thinking
that the Duke of Sussex,—unless he is more belied.
than we believe him to be—is at all a proper party even
to have a voice in such a matter. His royal highness's
religious opinions are more than suspected of ]being
anything but Trinitarian ; and the habits of his, paSt
life have, not been such as to endear those opinions to
a moral, religious, and protestant community, even if
embodied in the person of the sovereign. These -are
not times in which men, who are lovers of their coun-
try and het sacred institutions, can bear to eonern-
plate the infusion of
,loose and unsettled opinions on
the subject of religion into the minds of their youth ;
and still less will they endure that the mind of their
future sovereign should he defiled by the heterodox,
notions of liberalism in religious opinions and socialism
in practice.

When the bill for improving the navigation of the
Shannon was passed last session, it was pretty well un-
derstood that it was in substance a direct job, in favour
of Mr. Spring Rice (the present Lord Nlonteagle), and
other owners of property on the banks of that river.
In the committee of supply on Friday last, a vote was
submitted for £11,300 for law expenses incurred during
the present year, in carrying this job into effect ; and
although strongly opposed by the conservative mem-
bers, and very faintly justified by the ministerial party,
it was nevertheless carried on a division, by a majority
of 32 members out of 104 present.
This large amount it appears is to be paid Lord
Monteagle's solicitor, who has received the appoint-
ment of law agent to the commission formed under the,
act (of course at his lordship's recommendation)—for
conveying, by the short form given in the schedule, pro-
perty to the amount, with compensation, of only
£27,000 ! All the preliminary expenses of inquiry,
and estimates, plans, &c. have been long since paid for,
and no stamp duty is payable upon the conveyances ;
so that this immense sum is merely for work done, and
is a nett gain—with the exception of £250 of costs
out of pocket—to the worthy attorney.
Verily Mr. Spring Rice, his peerage, his postoffice
reform, and his numerous blunders and jobs, have been
rather expensive affairs to poor John Bull. The last
few weeks of the session, during which frauds like the
above are quietly smuggled through the reformed (!)
House of Commons, are to our place and plunder-
loving Whigs, like the postscript of a lady's letter—the
cream of the whole !

Our radical contemporaries are in the highest glee
at the result of the efforts made by the Protector As-
sociation to swell out the number of Popish electors in
Liverpool. Already do they prophesy, in great swag-
gering terms, the approaching " downfall" of the
conservative influence over the representation of the
good old town. Already do they contemplate the
possibility of adding the greatly coveted initials
" M.P." to the " blushing honours" of our recently
knighted Mayor. We are almost sorry to dash the
hopes of these jubilant worthies. We must, however,
do so. They have begun to " hollow. before they are
out of the wood." They have neglected the sage ad-
vice of Mrs. Glasse--" First catch your hare, and
then—" Their rejoicings have proved as premature,
as their magniloquent threats will prove to be empty
braggadocios.

The radicals boast of having placed about 1,200 ad-
ditional names upon the lists, which will be shortly
submitted to the notice of the revising barrister... We
shall take it for granted that• the estimate is correct,
though, from the well known propensity of our oppo-
nents to exaggerate and postpone the truth, we might
well call in question an assertion so sweeping in its
character, and bearing upon its face such strong
features of improbability.
With these 1,200 Popish ragamuffins evoked from
the purlieu• of North-street and similar delectable
localities, our radical contemporaries anticipate that
they will be able to turn the scale against the conser-
vatives at the next general election. Let them not be
too sure of the game before they make a few more
moves. They may yet be checkmated. Are they
certain that all the names of these 1,200 mushroom
voters will be retained on the list after a scrutinising
revision ? Are they certain that the approaching pur-
gation of the registry will nor result in the elision of
many hundreds of names which are now to be found
among the number of voters ?

Weconcede that it is possible that 1,200 precursors
and ribbonmen have paid their taxes within the last
few weeks. Is it not equally possible that a vast num-
ber of conservatives, whose names are not on the
existing register, have done the same ? We believe
that we are not guilty of any exaggeration when we
state that the conservatives have made a clear addition
of about 500 to the list of voters. Is this nothing as
a sett-off against the " awkward squad" of twelve
hundred breekless hodmen ?

Our radical contemporaries very prudently leave out
all mention of the freemen in their calculations. The
Times of Tuesday last has, however, had the candour
to acknowledge that there has been an addition to
the freemen's roll within the last month. According
to that journal there has been an increase of about 380
in the number of freemen. Three hundred, at least,
of these are staunch conservatives, who will not be
found wanting when the day of battle arrives. If we
add these to the conservative householders who have
lately qualified, we shall see that the 1200 precursors
are not so formidable body as the radical journalists
would have us believe. We are not afraid of them,
though every name should be retained on the register.
It would appear, from the tone assumed by the pro-
Popish journalists, that there had been no such thing
as an addition to the registry last year; at least we
find no reference made to the last revision. We would
just whisper in the ears of our antagonists, that the
conservatives, last year, after the wholesale manufacture
of voters by the Protector Society, stood in a better
position on the registry than the radicals. If they
want any evidence in favour of this assertion, let them
look to the result of the last municipal election. But
of this more anon.

Before we can form any correct estimate of the re-
lative strength of parties in Liverpool, it is necessary
that we should take into consideration the actual result
of the last general election, in 1837. The qualifications
of the constituency in 1836 and 1837 were as follows :
Householders
Freemen 3,197

Total
In the years 1837 and. 183 S the following was the
state of the registry :
Householders ..
Freemen

• Total
This shows an increase of 463 householders, and a
decrease of 22 freemen. Now under the former of
these registries the following was the state of the poll
at the general election

Sandon. Cresswell. Ewart. Elphinstone
Householders 2950 2861 3620 3480
Freemen 1836 1791 761 726

4786 4652

4381 4206

This statement show' that Mr. Ewart polled 670
more householders than Lord Sandon. Notwithstand-

ing this majority of householders, Mr. Ewart was left
in a minority on the gross poll of 405.
With the result of the general election we shall next
contrast that of the last municipal election, which will
throw a glare of light upon the subject that cannot but
be most unpleasant to the eyes of our pur-blind con-
temporaries. It must be borne in mind that the
municipal election affords a test of the state of feel•
ing among the household constituency alone. On the
Ist of November last the conservatives polled 3342
votes, and the radicals 3148—the former having a
clear majority on the gross poll of 194.

The conclusion that we draw from these statements
is, that the conservatives possess on the present regis-
ter a clear majority of householders. Mr. Ewart's
majority of 670 householders has vanished. To make
up for, this loss, it is requisite that the radicals should
place upon the register at least 1340 additional names,
and then they will be only in the same position as they
were in 1837, when they were so signally beaten.
We have already shown that a reference to figures
is calculated to afford but a sorry crumb of comfort to
our radical opponents. But what shall we say of the
REACTION which has been notoriously in progress
amongst all classes of the inhabitants during the past
year ? What shall we say of the feeling of intolerable
disgust which has been excited by the shameless pro-
ceedings of the radicals and their ribbonite allies ?
What are 1,200 additional voters when thrown in
the scale-against even a thousand conversions ?
Let our conservative friends take courage. Their
cause is still triumphant. We care- not, when the
struggle may arrive. But let us conjure the conser.
vatives of Liverpool to be unrelaxing in their efforts
to increase their forces. They have wily and unprin-
cipled enemies to deal with, whom they must only
expect to conquer by vigilance and perseverance.

NOW EXHIBITING, AT THE MECHANICS':
INSTITUTION,
ALPACA. (LLANEA,,Tunsiz.)

ONE HUNDRED POUNDS PREMIUM, (HY Mit. ATKIN,
ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, LIVERPOOL.) TO CAPTAINS OF
VESSELS AND OTHERS ENGAGED IN THE TRADE TO
THE WEST COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA (PERU, ARICA,
CHILI, &c.)

The Alpaca (Llama tribe) is not the common Llama,
though generally so called. - The Llama has a shortish, coarse
wool—the Alpaca has a very long wool, finer than silk ; most
of the animals are black as jet, similar to the one now
exhibiting, and which belongs to the Royal Institution. A
full account of the Alpaca wool will be found in " The
Yearly Journal of Trade for 1840, published by Charles Pope,
Esq., and of the animal in the Penny Magazine for 30th
September, 1839. Samples of the wool and specimens manu-
factured were exhibited at the Ninth Meeting of the British
Association, held at Birmingham, in 1839, and are now to
be seen at the Mechanics' Institution, (black as jet, without
dge.) Sonic of the animals are white, others brown, grey,
and mottled. They ought to be propagated in the North of
England, Devonshire, Scotland, and Wales; to the two latter
places the Alpaca is well suited, beine an inhabitant of the
Cordellerre, or mountain district of Peru. Imports have
already taken place to the extent of 3,000,000 lbs. and Are
likely to increase. There are five species of Llama, of which
the Alpaca has a very fine wool, six to twelve inches long, (as
shown by the specimen). The Llama is described above.
The Vicuna has a very short, down-kind of wool, more of
the Beaver caste.

The wool of the alpaca would not enter into competition
with the wool of sheep, but rather with silk ; is suited to
the finest manufacture, and especially to the fine shawl trade
of Paisley, Glasgow, &c. The yarn spun from the alpaca has
already been sent to France in large quantities, at from Gs.
to 12s. Gd. per lb., and the raw alpaca wool has been sold in
large lots at 2s. to 2s. Gd. per lb. . . . . .

In order to induce captains of vessels to bring them to
England, two pounds each (as a premium) will be given for
the first fifty alpacas that may be brought into Liverpool for
two years after the first of July, 1841—thus giving twelve
months to make the voyage.
Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological Gardens, who has been a
liberal purchaser of the animals, will give the premium, and
also a first-rate price for all that may arrive from the present
time, and possibly more may be got for them from other
sources.
Care should be taken to keep the animals healthy and
clean, to prevent disease.
The alpaca does not perspire as the sheep do—the wool
exhibits no animal grease ; and owing to the dreadful death
amongst the sheep in Scotland, it is expected that some
attempt will be made to introduce the alpaca there. From
the wetness of the seasons, and other'causes, twenty-five per
cent. of the sheep die annually, but as the alpaca has a silky
coat of wool to protect it from rain and disease, it is expected
they will suit the climate better, and become a great national
benefit.
N.B.—Mr. Atkins will give every information to captains
for their guide in treatment of the animals during the voyage.

LICENSED VICTUALLERS' ASSOCIATION„--The tenth
anniversary meeting of this association was held on Wednes-
day, at the Waterloo Hotel, Crosby. Being desirous that the
proceedings should appear in the columns of the STANDARD
this day, our reporter proceeded to Crosby and applied to the
secretary, a person named Robinson, for a ticket, in order to
enable him to fulfil our intentions. This individual, after
promising to consult the committee, intimated that he could
not advise them to issue a ticket for the STANDARD, as the
representatives of two other papers, the Mail and the Chro-
nicle, had been invited, and no other papers could be admit-
ted.- We are not in a condition, therefore, to give the
speeches that were delivered, or to give any account of the
proceedings. We believe that this association has most
praiseworthy objects in view, and it was on that account we
wished to do it a service, but the individual we have named
contrived to throw himself in the way.

DREADFUL ACCIDENT.—On Monday, afternoon, as one
of the pilot boats was having her mast taken out of her, under
the crane, at the north end of the Queen's Dock, just as it
was clear of the boat, and was about to be lowered on the
quay, the slings gave way, and, awful to relate, fell upon. a
poor Irish labourer, who was passing under at the moment,
and crushed him in so dreadful a manner as to cause instant
death. The poor man, we hear, has left a wife and four small
child' en.

Arrivals at the Misses Perkins, Duke-street.—James,
Drabble, Esq., Sheffield; Mrs. and Miss Drabble; Mr.
William Drabble ; Captain Micreken and Lady, Philadel-
phia ; Col. Abercromby's Family ; the. Rev. Mr. Tuckness,
Mrs. and Miss Tuckness, and three Mr. Tuckness, Raskelf,
Yorkshire ; Captain Barstow, U. S. ; Captain Winsor, U. S. ;
George Grennell, Esq. Providence, U. S. ; Raeburn,
Esq., St. Bernard's, Edinburgh.
List of passengers by the Patrick Henry.—C. J. Aldis,
Mrs. Aldis, Charles Aldis, J. T. Jones, Win. Hutchinson,
G. H. Calvert. Mrs. Calvert, William Henderson, Mrs.
Henderson, Seth Adams, jun., M. 11. G. Rogers, Mr. Bur-
rell, J. Calderson and Servant, Mr. Kennedy, Mrs. Ken-
nedy, William S. Packer, William Brown, jun., Miss Maury,
Miss Ann Maury, E. Henschen, Charles Brady, Mrs. Brady,
Miss Hughes, Mr. Scholfield, John Hoyes, Mr. A. Lowe,
Mr. Butts, C. A. Parker, Mr. Lawton, and Mrs. M'Gain.
ST. JAMES'S CHURCH ORGAN, WARRINGTON.—This
beautiful instrument, after undergoing a thorough repair and
some very beneficial improvements by Messrs. Bewsher and
Fleetwood, organ-builders, of Liverpool, was re-opened on
Sunday last, on which occasion the Rev. Dr. Byrth, rector
of Wallasey, delivered two excellent discourses. The musi-
cal part of the service was selected with great care, and was
well calculated to display the powers of the instrument. Mr.
Seed, of Manchester, whose name is not unknown to public
fame, presided. His masterly performance was the subject
of much praise. The usual choir attached to the church sang
the services with considerable effect and precision. In the
evening Dr. Whitfield's beautiful anthem, " In Jewry is God
known," was given in a style which would not have disgraced
some of our cathedrals : it proved a rich treat to the lovers
of church music. The collection in aid of the repairs was
upwards of £2l.
A £5O NOTE SUPPOSED TO BE STOLEN.—On Sun-
day, Mr. Superintendent Sawley, of the borough police,
having learned that a man named William Chapman had
been endeavouring to get a £5O note changed, under some-
what suspicious circumstances, proceeded to the Castle Inn,
where he apprehended Chapman. It seems, that the pri-
soner at first told the landlord at the Castle Inn that he had
come from Hull; but afterwards said he had come from Li-
verpool that morning, by the seven o'clock train. He sub-
sequently said lie had left Liverpool by train that afternoon
(which could not be true, as there is no afternoon train on
Sundays). The prisoner was brought up at the borough
court on Monday, when Mr. Sawley stated these circum-
stances, and produced the note. It was a £5O Bank of Eng-
land, endorsed " Holford ;" and a name resembling " S.
Brookshaw" is written across the face of it. There are
other peculiar circumstances about the note, which we pur-
posely omit to specify. Mr. Sawley said, the prisoner had
formerly kept a lodging-house in Manchester, which was a
place of resort for thieves. ln.answer to questions from the
qench, the prisoner said, " 1 believe the note was paid by
Sir John Tobin to the second mate of a ship : I got it of the
second mate, giving him small notes, gold, and silver for it.
I cannot say whether the mate is still in Liverpool. or he has-
gone to sea. I have been a seafaring man myself ; but I
keep a lodging-house in Liverpool now." It was stated, that
the prisoner had stated at first, that he had come to Man-
chester to buy bedding.—Mr. Beswick said, that, when the
prisoner left Manchester, he was in very low circumstances ;
and as to his coming to Manchester to buy bedding, he be-
lieved the prisoner knew well enough that bedding could be
bought as cheap in Liverpool as here. The prisoner, who did
not offer any opposition, was remanded to Thursday (to-
morrow); and, in the meantime, every inquiry is to be made,
here and in Liverpool, as to the owner of the note.—Man-
chester Guardian..

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ington in Dorsetshire, and Stoke Cannon, near Exeter, in
Devonshire. The furniture and working tools of these poor
families were wholly destroyed, and no resource remained for
them but the benevolence of private individuals. Subscrip-
tions were set on foot, in one of which we observed the name
of Lord Ashley, to a donation of £25. The stamp upon a
policy for £56. is the same as for £5OOO. The stamp and
duty together operate as a prohibition in insurance for small
amounts. But for the oppressive character of this tax, the
poor creatures above-mentioned might have had their pro-
perty reinstated, and the neighbouring residents been spared
a heavy call upon their charity. From what we have been
able to learn, the proposition is favourably entertained, and
there is every reason to believe that the duty will be altered
next session. This institution has already conferred a benefit
upon the farmers by causing a reduction in the rate of insur-
ance on farming stock ; it will deserve well of the labourer if
it should be the means of enabling him to avail himself of the
protection of insurance against fire."—London Journal.
The Shropshire Assizes commence on Tuesday next, on
which day the commission will be opened. The judges of
assize are Sir James Parke and Sir J. Williams. The
business of the courts will commence on the following day.
The calendar is light.—Salopian Journal.
A HINT TO MOURNERS AT FUNERALS.—I am convinced
that many attendants at funerals, conducted under such cir-
cumstances, pay a fearful tax in the depreciation of their
health, the almost inevitable result of their exposure to the
exhalations of the dead. If these persons could be tracked
to their homes, very frequently disease would be found the
result of exposure to a " malaria," whose dangerous effects,
in this country at least, seem neither to be understood nor
appreciated.— Gal4erings from Grave Yards.

DESCRIPTION OF THE " PRESIDENT"
STEAM-SHIP.
(To accompany a Portrait of the Velsel, presented to the