The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-09 00:00:00

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Lyra packet, which reached Falmouth on Saturday, with
th' Leeward Islands' mail, has brought advices from St. Tho-
mas's to the 7th ult., and from the other islands to correspond-
ing dates. Scarcely an arrival occurs from the West Indies
without conveying additional proof of the irregular manner in
which Lord Glenelg exercises his functions as secretary for the
colonies. At Tobago, it appears, Lord Glenelg had endea-
voured to appoint the clerk of the House of Assembly, against
the wish of that body, and without any precedent for such a step
on the part of the colonial secretary. One of the members, on
alluding to this subject, said that the colonial legislature in re-
pelling such competency were not assuming powers higher than
those possessed by the English parliament. "It would he a
stretch of despotism," continued the member, " that the crown
would scarcely hazard, were it to attempt either forcing a
speaker, clerk, or other functionary, on the House of Commons
at home." The Tobago Chronicle, of the 6th of July, says—
" The pedestal on which this most original and most unprece-
dently acting administration have taken their stand is not so
firmly fOunded as that indications of its tottering do not reach
above the roar of waters' of the Atlantic. This interfer-
ence by referring to a judicial decision,' as is expressed,
whether the House of Assembly can, consistently with its own
dignity, and the suffrages of its constituency, appoint (by ma-
jority) a clerk for recording their own proceedings, is really,
calmly and considerately speaking, one of the most gratuitous
interventions which the unprecedented system has furnished us
with since whig accession." Mr. Henry Light, the newly ap-
pointed Lieutenant-Governor of Antigua, who arrived there in
the beginning of July, opened the legislative session of the
island on the 29th of July. His speech, as well as the replies
of the Council and House of Assembly, are only remarkable
for the reciprocity of feeling which they sbow to exist between
the different branches of the legislature. The reply of the
House of Assembly of Barbadoes to the speech from the gover-
nor on opening the session contains the following paragraph,
and which is the only one worth extracting ;—" The very heavy
duty of 41 per cent. levied by the mother country on the gross
produce of the exhausted lands of this old colony renders fur-
ther taxation a grievous burden to the people. '1 he changes in
our institutions, however, require sacrifices which have not been
Unwillingly made, and your excellency may be assured that the
expenses of the current year will be regulated by a strict re-
gard to economy."
Our private letters from Jamaica draw attention to a bill in-
troduced into the House of Assembly, by order of the Gover-
nor, laying an indiscriminate duty of 2i per cent. on every
description of manufactures from Great Britain or her,posses-
sions, foreign goods in bond alone being exempt from its. opera-
tion. As no drawback is allowed on the re;exportation of goods,
such a duty will be most onerous and oppressive to British im-
porters and manufacturers. A committee had been appointed,
and representations forwarded to the Treasury and the. Board
of Trade. 'Our attention has been drawn to the Crown duties
on wines and other articles as imported, under the 4th of Geo.
111., into the provinces of British North America. But for the
impolicy of the present duties there is no doubt but an impor-
tant trade would arise with the Mediterranean in low wines,
fruits, corn, oil, &c. As it is, the carrying trade is thrown into
the hands of the United States, where an alteration of the duties
on wines to merely a nominal amount is already contemplated,
A pipe of 120 gallons, costing £5 steeling in the Mediterranean,
shipped to the United States, brought into these colonies, pays
only 71 per cent. ad valorem being 7s. 6d.; whilst, if the same
was imported direct by a iritish vessel, it would have to pay
£3 10s. It is high time, therefore, that representations should
be made to our do-nothing Government in the way of utility to
the effect of this ill-judged measure.—Morning Herald.

By the arrival of two ships, the Vaniittart and -Thomas
Lowry, we have received papers and private letters from Can-
ton to the 15th April inclusive. At that period there were three
British and five American ships at Canton; at Lintin there
were 15 British, eight American, one Danish, one Dutch, and
one Spanish Vessel. The Rosalind, Crouch. was leaving for
British North America. This vessel had made an unusual quick
passage from London against the monsoon, having takers out
letters of nearly two months' later date than the Thomas Lowry.
The Governor Findlay had arrived at Canton frism Bombay,
with letters to the 21st of December, and 908 chests of Malwa
opium.—lbid.
Black teas had fallen in consequence of the last advices from
London. Twankays were scarce and dear; the great demand
for blackish leaf Cougous would occasion a large supply for the
new arrivals, though a great proportion was expected to be of
inferior quality. Superior souchongs were neglected, The 'lea
Hongi'were unwilling to dispose of the few congous, and other
teas remaining in their hands at any great sacrifice of price, and
the trade was
The following is a statement of the quantities of teas exported
from Canton to Great Britain since the expiration of the East
India Company's charter, on the 22d of April, 1834, to the Ist
of April, 1836:—
Blacks 77,870,060 lbs.
Greens 16,246,727

Total 94,116,787

_ .
The recent sales of cotton had placed the principal remaining
stock, consisting of 43,000 bates, in the hands of the Chinese.
The deliveries, during the week, have been slack. Long ells
have experienced a slight improvement in demand and price,
with the exception of the starlets, of which there is too great a
proportion in the market. Opium—The market has been very
dull. With the exception of a few transactions in Malwa, little
has been dune since our last. Deliveries to the Bth instant :
new, 2. 111alwa,
old; Patna,27l old,ne4w9, ;30n4e. w ,11,06t1a.
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The cholera excites much alarm in the North of Italy, es-
pecially in Parma.
THE NAssccK DIA AIOND.—The trustees of the Deccan booty
have at length resolved on the disposal of that superb jewel, the
Nassuck diamond, which was captured by the combined tunnies
under the command of the Marquis of Hastings. lts weight is
3571 grains. The determination of the trustees has been sig-
nified to Messrs. Rundell and Bridge, in whose keeping this
jewel has remained for. these last 10 years, by the Duke of
Wellington, who has spared no pains to secure the interests of
the various claimants. Descriptions of this celebrated diamond
have been forwarded to India, Turkey, and all parts of the
globe.' The sale is announced to take place in London, in the
latter end of July, in the ensuing year.