The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-10 00:00:00

" TO THE EDITOR OF THE SALOPIAN JOURNAL,

" Sir,—l have the painful and melancholy task to announce
to you that it hath pleased Almighty God suddenly to de-
prive us of our beloved and much-lamented master, Sir
Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. Sir Watkin, the good, hath
breathed his last. Welshmen, mourn, for your chieftain is
no more!

" The morning of the sth of January closed the mortal ca-
reer of this great and good gentleman, in the 68th year of.
his age. • In him the widow hath lost a husband, the orphan'
a father, and hundreds the kindest and best of masters. Let
every eye be
.dirn with the tears of grateful and'atfectionate
sorrow.
" His goodness is at too, great a height, and too universally
known and appreciated, to be affected by my humble pane.-:
gyric • and, I shall now leave his memory to the gratitude
and admiration of posterity, Lavin;; a melancholy satisfaction
in test4in.g.timt at4:ction nod respect tir his memory, which,
whilst: he lived, it, .was no less our inclination than our con-
stant study and duty, tci sew him."

WRECK 01' THE EItIG CERES, OF LONDON, ON

BIRD ISLAND.

The brig, Ceres, Randels, of London, from Ramonski,
River St: Lawrence, 'on het' homeward voyage, was totally
lost on the 13th of September, whilst lying to in'a heavy gale
of *hid, on Bird. Island. This island is a perpendicular rock
the height of 'any royalmast-head, and' covered with Millions
of fowls, called gannets, as large as any of our English geese.
Ten minutes after the vessel struck she filled and broke up,
and the master mate, and ten seamen perished. The car-
penter, James Irving, of the Orkneys, and George Wood,
seaman, of London,' saved themselves by gaining the rook
from the forema§t. When they had gained the summit of
this rock, a scene was presented which filled them with fear.
and astonishment, of being devoured by the millions 'of large
birds which inhabited it.' Quaritities 'of heads, bones 'and'
parts of fish in a state of putrefactiOn, with thousatithrofeggir
and millions of young fowls in theitriestS;' were foinith',,The.
eggs were their first attempt, in 'ordOr
_to' 'satisfy the cravings.:l
of nature, but they co :id not find one to feed unon;-as•they
were all rotten ; and the young fowls wen:: their only resort.
In this situation- the two unfortunate n-en remained for nearly;
three days, when a schooner came so 'near that they could-,
observe the men b'd 'thck ;as soon they sow licr, the car- •
penter pulled off his shirt and' hoisted it'as a ggtiAl; 1-11111();,'
notice was taken of it: AftdiWards two brigs. paSsba but,
neither of them appeared to-see their signal of distrO,'•
On the third day the brig Dykes, Sharp, of Maeyport,,out-
ward,bonykd for QuebsO. appeared: The eaptainthonicht
saw sorinthir* otitha r(Tek;.tii.al shiel
ever hear. of any
14e a'glaas att&dia*l.l
tine*, saw a.siinal, which' he'tiaide' out -Whe, a 'blue shirt
and two men moving' to and fro. He imitiediately lowered'
•
his steering.sad, stood towards the and caineas-near
as he could with safety,.and then manned his boat. As scion
as the two Unfortunate- men got on board they returned
thanks to Captain Sharp, as their deliverer. At this time
Captain Shiup had onboard six men belonging to the Onon.
da o, which had been abandoned a few days previous. About
three years ag6 Captain. Sharp took from the Rexford thirty-
five men, which vessel had been run foul of at sea.
From a letter which appeared in the Quebec Gazette .of
Nov' 2, it seems that public attention had been called for the
purpose of raising a subscription in order to present Captain
Sharp with a gold medal for his exertions in the cause of
humanity.

IMMIGRATION OF THE NEGRO RACE INTO
THE BRITISH WEST INDIES.

• (From the Colonial Gazette.)
The negro race is one the whose immigration to the
West Indies would be most advantageous both to the pre-
sent inhabitants and the new comers. That, is already the
predominant race, and is the only one, except Europeans
(whose immigration as labourers is out of the question),
that would be received on a footing of brotherhood by the
staple population. That, too, is th only race to which the
'climate of tho West Indiesis known to be entirely congenial.
It is also of essential importance, with a view to serving
the African negro, that 'his race should be preferred to all
others.
_ _ _

In this, as in every case where the aim is to increase the
population of a colony by means of immigration, the first
step would be to render the colony as attractive as possible to
the class of immigrants. In order to attract any great num-
ber of the negro race to the West Indies, it is absolutely ne-
cessary that the principles of emancipation should be followed
out to the end—that that race should there be placed on a
footing of perfect social and political equality with the whites.
If any white object to this, we should say that this foolish
pride deserves the beggary which the triumph of his objection •
would entail on his class. For while the utter.ruin of the:
planters must occur without a great increase of labouring
hands, it is equally sure that no ineasure.of negro immigra,
tion will be adopted by parliament that does not repudiate all
distinctions of colour.. Nor if adopted by parliainent would
any measure of the kind prove sufficient for its:purpose, un-.
less it made the British colonies a land of refuge ;
..a happy
home for the persecuted negro of- the western world. This
we address to such planters as forget that emancipation lkas
taken place: To those whose object.it is to give the negro
race, for once in the world, a fair chance of rising from their
universal degradation, we need scarcely say that it is a sine
qua non of success to banish every diStinction of colour.
Supposing the British West Indies to stand out frOm. the
rest of America by the repudiation of every distinction of co-
lour, there would be sources in plenty from WliiCh to draw
immigrants of the negro race. The governifient of Trinidad
has settled this point as respects the free-coloured people of
the United States. Its mission to the States for the purpose,
of setting on foot a system of negro immigration to that
colony, has been completely successful. Equal rights under
a sympathising governinent was the attraction which it held
out to these unhappy people. After much'. communication
with the free negroes of the United States, the government
of Trinidad is satisfied of their disposition.. to. settle in the
British West Indies, provided .they-be therelsecured against
falling into the same political and social . degradation from
which they now wished to escape. But- where .in.that part
of the world is that race admitted to areal eqUality with the
whites ? Wherever that race exists in Africa; they would be
well disposed
.to emigrate to a eounti'y of suitable climate,
which offered the attraction of good wag:..-; and equal rights.
From 50 points- between Rio ..de Janeiro and Boston, they
would flock to, the British colonies,' if invited by :the call of
justice to the negro.
In all probability, however, the increase of population' in
our colonists would still be inadequate to the demand for
labour: The more intelligent of the emigrants from vari-
ous parts of America would soon • lay :by a' capital, and
would themselves require labouring hands, Li . order to
supply the utmost possible. 'demandf4r lab Our, recourse
must be had to the fatherland of the race... The abject here
would be to -substitute,for.. ..the exportation of slaves a
system of free emigration. This is. the suggestion of Sir
Edward Cust. It may startle the friends of the negro, but
should engage their most 'serious ,attention. What is the
objection to the emigration of labourers from Africa to the
West Indies, any more than from Kent to Australia ? The
sole objection is, that AfriCari emigration • might become the
disguise of a slaVe trade. That might happen without fitting
precautions ; but the objection ceases supposingohe pre-
cautions to be sufficient. One precaittion would suffice: a
law should preclude individuals from speculating in the con•
duct of emigration froth Africa, .to , the WeSt. Indies ; the
whole process from
.beginning- to end=from the first
invi-
tation to emigrate down to the emigrant's comfortable-settle-
ment in the colony—should be confided to a special and re-
sponsible . public authority. The same law • might provide
-specific securities for the negro's free consent.tobis removal,.
for just such care 'of him during the passage as is bestowed
on British emigrants . who proceed to Australidimder the:
superintendence of a government commission, and .for
i'Su
arp Free
support in the colony until engaged as a labourer for hire. It
Were Well if the law further entitled the immigrant negrO to
)ilbe
'passage hack
ver
to Africa. and-Th
These
towbot obtain, upon
demand,i pro-
visions,
supposing the cost of their execution to be thrown
on the lando,vnersof , • . the West 'lndies would prevent the
labour markeApf the icolouies from 'being overstocked, either
thrukga tte`sign.'er
.uel;ligertee,:and yet. Would realty • be-no
hiircleu to the hdo uiwiors, sine they'would be merely in
operative liithiiities if the labour market were never over-
' stocked.' j The conditional:liability would be no more than a
1016,0,1-e• perialty its terrorem. An essential condition of
the success of
.the plan—the economical, like the social
attractiveness of'.the colonies—would thus be continually
maintained,. Nothing more would be requisite to produce,
ere long, an amount of free. emigration from Africa sufficient
the African slave trade.-
to destroy the very root of

C.A4C,Par.3IIM

We are authorised to say that there is not the slightest
foundation for the- statements which have appeared in the
French papers, that Lord Ponsonby is about to be recalled
from his post as ambassador at Constatiti`ople. Lord Pon7
s° 9.nbis G
Y ,woev
Government
ern7,saonnd to believe,
b y his enjoys
able
conductf ul 1 cnotnhfiedetc
of
per-
formance of arduous duties in difficult circumstance, earned
its entire approbation. Ministerial paper.