The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-21 00:00:00

PART FIRST

Overture, .... "Der kceis.chutz, .. C. M. Von Weber,
With Solo on the Clavicor (a new instrument) performed

by Mons. JULLIEN.
Quadrille, (by desire).. " Le Cent Suise".. Musard,
(With Solo on the Trombone by ;Vlore. FAIVRE.)
SOlO, Flute, " Souvenir D'ltalie, . Frisch.
Waltz, " Echo Eliza,".... Jullien.
This Waltz has made the greatest success in Paris & London.
Solo, Violin,
Performed by Mr. CASE, First Violin Solo, from the
Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.
" Cornet-a-Piston," performed by Laurent,

ENTITLED
" Le Depart du jeune Marin,"
BY PARTICULAR DESIRE,
THE NIGHTINGALE WALTZ,
Composed and performed by Jullien.

Laurent

PART SECOND.
Andante, Allegro, and Finale of Beethoven's Symphony
in C Minor.
Solo, 0b0e.... " Souvenir de 8ade,".... Delabarre.
Overture.. " Fra Diavolo".. Auber,
(With Solo on the Trumpetta by Herr Muller.)
For the last time at these Concerts,
A SOLO, ON THE CONCERTINA, BY MR. CASE,
(Which was received on Wednesday and Thursday last with
the most enthusiastic applause.)
QUADRILLE PARISIEN,
(With Eight Variations,) composed and performed on the

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Picolo, by Jullien.
The whole of the Performances to conclude with
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN,
With Solos on the Cornet-a-Piston, Oboe, Violin, and
Clavicor,) performed by
Messrs. Laurent, Delabarre, Case, and Jullien.

PRICES OF ADMISSION.—Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Side Boxes,
2s. 6d. ; Pit, ls. 6d. ' • Gallery, Is. ; Second Ditto, 6d.
Tickets can be had at the Box-office, from II till 3, and at
the Music Sellers.
Doors to be open at Seven, and the Performances to
commence at Light precisely.

Etbrrpoot tttanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, MAY

21, 1841

We referred, last week, to an article of our contem-

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porary the Liverpool Times, in which it was argued
that Lord Sandon was taking a course in Parliament
highly injurious to the interests of Liverpool ; and we
endeavoured to show that our contemporary was mis-

,aken in his hypothesis. He, however, returns as fresh

as ever to his old position, and reiterates the same in

every varietj, of form and phrase. The noble lord, he
alleges, "has thought proper, at the present crisis, to

" sacrifice the interests of the manufactures and com-
" coerce of the country, and those of the majority of
" his constitutents, to gain the favour and promote the

" interests of a small body of monopolists."
That is the dogma, the theme, the test,—and it is
enlarged upon with no ordinary degree of skill, energy,
and point. Our quiet commentary seems only to have
animated our contemporary to a further display of his
powers. He takes up our objections, pronounces them
to be "nonsense," does battle valorously for the Brazi-

lians, and again and again reiterates the charge, that
the cause of Lord Sandon is ruin to the interests o

Liverpool.
Our objection on this head was, that Liverpool has
no interest, and can have no interest, separate from
and independent of the country at large; and we ob-
served, as we do now repeat, that all our contempo-
rary's declamation is founded on a partial and one-
sided view of the case. He says we should find it
" hard to persuade the Brazilian merchants that it is
no injury to them to exclude the sugars of Brazil from
the markets of England." Very likely ; but there are
other merchants in Liverpool besides Brazilian merch-
ants ; and perhaps our contemporary might find it as
difficult to convince them that the removal of the re-
striction would not be injurious to them. It is not,
however, by the effect which a measure may have upon
any one class that we are to decide upon the true cha-
racter of that measure; but by the effect which it is
calculated to produce on the greatest number. It is
on this principle that the prosperity of the country is
based, and it is upon this principle alone that Liver-
pool must rise or fall, flourish or decay. She stands
aloof from all petty interests, and has, in truth, no in-
terest but that which is identified with a just determi-
nation of the various questions at issue for the com-

mon advantage of all classes.
Our contemporary avers that " the creating of a re-
gular trade in foreign corn would he productive of the
greatest possible benefits to the shipowners and mer-
chants." We say so too, if it were attainable ; but we
deny that it is. This is the bait which the free-traders
and factory-men would throw out to Liverpool ; but
Liverpool will not swallow it ; no, nor even snap at it.
The lure certainly looks tempting; but a moment's
examination shows its true character.
In the first place, we are promised a " regular "
trade in foreign corn—not a sudden glut and then a
famine—but a regular trade. Well, that is very good
and very desirable; but how are we to get it? By re-
pealing the present duties, it is said, and having re-
course simply to a fixed duty of Bs. the quarter on wheat.
Thatwill make all things square and regular. Well, that
is very easily said ; but will it do the needful, or how
long ? The factory-men at first are quite merry, we
may suppose. They have got the low-priced loaf, and
lower wages, of course ; but we will not dispute upon
that point just now. Let us suppose them feasted to
the utmost of their desires ; but, then„ the gentry and
the agriculturalists, the farmers and their labourers,
begin to feel the effects. This sport to the factories is
death to them. They cease to be good customers to
the manufacturers and shopkeepers; they cease alto-
gether to buy ; and then the factory people, in their
turn, begin to feel the shock. And now it comes to
Liverpool and her " regular trade in foreign corn ;"
and we ask, when the matter has taken this course—
when consumption and decay and ruin have overtaken
agriculturist and manufacturer together, will the trade
of Liverpool remain unaffected ? Impossible. Her
" regular" trade, not only in foreign corn, but in cot-
ton, sugar, and various other articles, will then, we
fear become extremely irregular—overtaken by paraly-
sis or some other fatal malady—a good case for the
doctors ; and, highly as we appreciate that admirable
medicine, almost beyond the sanative efficacy of "brandy
and salt."

But our contemporary will not enter into this view
of the case, because, in his opinion, the farmer would
have, at Bs. the quarter fixed duty on Wheat, protec-
tion enough. Well, he must certainly submit to a
great fall in prices, otherwise how should all this fo-
reign corn come in, or what advantage would the fac-
tory people derive from repealing the corn laws ? This
is a certain thing. The average price of wheat last
week, in the Dublin market, was 335. 3d. the barrel.
Now we have seen a calculation from which it would
appear, that if foreign Wheat were admissible at a duty
of Bs. a quarter, the price of home would have to be