The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-24 00:00:00

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.

THE Public is respectfully informed, that this Theatre *till
OPEN for the SEASON on THURSDAY next, t"
26th instant, on which occasion THREE NEW PIECES Will be
performed. d
For the first time in Liverpool, an entire new Drama, as acte.
at several of the Metropolitan Theatres with distinguished
success, called the WRECKERS; or, Hospitality Hall. 'l.°b6
followed by a new laughable Interlude, in one Act, entitled the
WIDOWED WIFE. And a new Farce, written expresslY f°r
this Theatre, which was received with such universal alp'
tion on the last night of the last season, and never acted but
on that occasion, called MRS. FLINN and the BOLL)
DRAGOON. _

Previous to the Entertainments, the National Anthem 1;1'
"GOD SAVE THE KING."
A new and beautiful ACT DROP, painted by Mr. Parker!
of Liverpool, will be exhibited at the termination of the first
„
Act, representing a View of the CITY of CONSTANTIN,u,-
PLE, from Pera, the Mosque of St. Sophia and the Sere"(1
forming its most conspicuous features.
The BAND, which has hitherto afforded so much gratifica-
tion to the Visitors of this Theatre, will be found as complete
and efficient as on all former occasions, and in the course of the
Evening will perform, in addition to severisl favourite Airs, Two
popular 0 VRRT U RES.
The Entertainments of the Ev mg will commence with!'
new and interesting Drama, never before acted in Liverpool?
called THE WRECKERS;
OR, HOSPITALITY HALL. be
Previous to the Interlude, Miss. LANCASTER, from t„I
Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, being engaged fot•the season, 11.7.4
appear, for the first time these two years, in a new and elega'
PAS SEUL.
After which, a new and laughable Burletta, in one Act, never
before performed in Liverpool, entitled
THE WIDOWED WIFE.
The Evening's Entertainments to conclude with the new
Farce of
MRS. FLINN AND THE BOLD DRAGOON.
Tickets and Places for the Boxes may be had of Mr. Carm3r
from Eleven till Three o'clock.
Boxes, 35.; Pit, 2s ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price et Half"
past Eiglt o'clock. Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. No Second Price to
the Gallery.
A limited number of Season Tickets to be disposed of on ap-
plication at the Box-office.
Doors to open at Half-past Six. Performance to begin at
Seven precisely.

Tbe Liintpool ,41anbarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 24, 1831

We have received by the John Jay packet-ship, Call.
taro GLOVER, which arrived on Saturday night, files!,
American papers to the 25th Nov.; and by the Bo"
America packet-ship, Captain MACEY, which arrived res
terday, accounts to the Ist instant from New Yea, and-
from New Orleans to the 16th Nov. The intelligence
which they bring is of little importance generally. inlet
meeting of Congress is fixed for the 2d of the presen
month, and many subjects of interest were likely to oc-
cupy their attention. The settlement of the Alabenla
question—the appointment of the new Secretary a the
Treasury—the removal of the government deposits
the United States' Bank—and many other questions oil
f
which the public attention is fixed, promise a sessi°l2
some agitation. Whether the nullifiers of the
states will again take the field, will depend in a greft
measure on the turn that affairs take with reference ~,
the points standing for discussion in which these states
take a peculiar interest. The boon granted as a pacifier
to them during the last Congress, was of little; mewl
as applicable to those commodities in the tariff upon
the duties bore heavily on the inhabitants. In cettO
goods, for instance, of which a larger amount than of any
other description of British manufacture is imported, the
gradual diminution of a per centage upon an arbitrary
scale of valuation, exceeding, in some articles, trel-IW
actual cost, will operate but in a trifling degree to roue",
the evil which was the ground of complaint with the
southern states.
The rapid decline in cotton which took place in this
market has not been met by a corresponding depression
on the other side. The
_holders seem disposed to with-
stand any reduction t 6 a value which will correspond
with the late prices here.
For further information we refer to extracts from the
American papers, in another part of our paper.

The only intelligence from Lisbon of a late date ig
contained in a letter published by our able London e°ll..
temporary, the Standard, on Saturday evening, and 15
as follows :

" LISBON, 7 Decr.—About three hours ago an event tae
place which may tend to upset the present Ministry here'
Count de Taipa, who has written some strong letters to tb!
Emperor, pointed out the impropriety of his conduct, was this
day arrested by order of the government. He was huraediatell
rescued by the Marquis Loule and Count Ficalhao,
on board the Asia, and then the Duke of Palmella and other.
noblemen assembled, and wrote to Don Pedro to protest against
this treatment of one of their order. The affair is Makil a
great sensation. Depend on it Miguel will gain ground, Unlessthere be a great change in the manner of managing affair'
Don Pedro." and taken

With respect to the of airs in the East, the mirlistrl4.,
England are unfortunately in this position, viz., tile
must either consent to surrender their rights of trade
and navigation in the Black Sea to the Russians-64u;
be content to be excluded from the Euxine—be content
never to pass the Dardanelles except with the aPPr°ba:
tion of, or bearing a passport from, the Emperev—°'
they must go to war !
This last is the only alternative. The Black Sea is °f
inestimable value to the Russians. It is in itself a saitsee
harbour, and one of the most splendid in the world. 19
shores are covered with timber fit for naval purpos,e
and Odessa, on its northern side, is already famous
its stores of corn. Poss,essing that sea, and being olas-
ters of the frowning batteries which command its 111.r1/4-1
row passage, the Russians would be enabled to build
ships of war to the full extent of their resources, and t°
start forth, as if by sudden enchantment, one of the first;
rate maritime powers in Europe. Without the Blac,
Sea in their uncontrolled possession, the Russians nes'
can be a maritime power.
Here, then, We have the-temptation on the orie'hart
and now let us turn to the fear of resistance, or t":
means of coercion on the other. Russia is already .
possession. She has concluded a treaty with the °t f
man Porte, by which her supremacy in that quarter i
's
the world is recognised ; and in return, Russia cove°n
to protect the SULTAN against all his enemies, andforeigli
domestic. When the power of his SUBLIME Atjgs;6_
was all but prostrate before the victorious arms 01..1 of
HEMET ALI, of Egypt,—when he had implored the at``
England in vainr-when Lord PALaTERSTON was 03014
Dutch fishing-boats—when Louis PHILIPPE was bit
barding the citadel of Antwerp—at that critical rec'ullio
the SULTAN had no choice between surrendering t° or
vassal and accepting the aid proffered by the EmP6ll.o_
NicnotAs. He preferred the latter, and from that Lo.i,
ment, the trade, the honour, the security of Great 131

tain received a mortal blow.
acts
The interposition of Russia prevented any furtheria
of aggression on the part of the Viceroy of Egypt. '7;
lIEMET retreated, the SULTAN saved his ignominious, Iv
for a few moons longer, but the Black Sea and thq Ma
danelles became,the reward of the northern autocrat-0
The question theft comes, can England, even if WI 01
supported by France, unsettle this arrangement, 416'1,4
the objects of this treaty, and place Russia and T.urcie
in their former independent and separate positions ? • 0
ev
doubt it. Th Russians, :et it .be borne in mind, 111 i,
possession of a 'ze worth contending for. The arl'ut t,,
tious dream of CATIIERIZ.;E is now a magnificent real
1iltl;,.
The eagle soars above the crescent. The hopes 0 "
proud nobles of the north are gratified. Constantin
ell
is virtually in the hands of the Emperor—the i,
haven formed by nature is annexed to the imperial d'fijod
nions—the cradling place of a marine is provided,: 0
the high way to the eastern territories of Engle'

DECEISIBEit 24, 1833

Opened up. 'rilis is no dream now ; it is a matter of fact
and history.

Is it, then, reasonable to suppose that Russia will res-
tore these territorial acquisitions without a struggle, far
less give up to a threat, perhaps an empty threat, what her
nobles have so long been eager to accomplish—what her
statesmen have anxiously cherished—what her very poets
have chaunted- in prophetic. song ? No, no ! It would
be more than the head of the Emperor is worth. Russia
Will not surrender the rights and advantages she has ac-
quired by diplomacy or farce of arms !
The English Whigs seem to be awake to this. The
treasure is gone, and they storm most furiously, but they
are perplexed as to how they should act. There is
only one way, and that way is to go to war ; but
have they courage—have they reasonable grounds—
have they the means As to the grounds of war we shall
not speak at present; the means, however, demand some
consideration.

On this head his MAJESTY'S ministers have their mis-
givings, for if we can understand this policy, from the
obscure hints given in their own journals, they intend to
call in the aid of MEHEMET .Au, and induce him to make
another descent upon the southern shores of the Bospho-
rus, in .order to open up the passage of the Dardanelles.
This is one way certainly of making war upon economical
principles; but a cheap war, like a cheap pair of boots,
will, we suspect, be found a dear bargain in the end.—
There is much folly, if not madness, in the attempt—par-
simony and baseness united—but let the attempt be made
at their peril.

We will assume that the Viceroy of Egypt falls into the
views of the cabinets of :London and Paris, and that he is
induced to violate his last treaty, the ink of which is
hardly yet dry, and march upon the devoted lines. What
then! Why Russia would, the next day, order an hun-
dred thousand men to pass the Balkan, and take posses-
sion of Constantinople. England and France would
be so much identified with the hostile movements of ME-
HEMET, that the moment their fleets and armaments ap-
peared in any part of the Mediterranean, WILLIAM of
Holland perhaps would be tempted to settle his unsettled
quarrel with. King tEoPoLD and the " brave Beiges." The
first act of aggression—the first cannon-shot that should
be fired—would be a signal for a general war in Europe.
Russia would tolerate no revolutionary marauders within
her borders—the Prussians are ready to espouse the cause
of the Netherlands at a moment's notice—Austria can
have no sympathy with the Whigs and reformers of Eng-
land—the exemplary Louts PHILIPPE would be hurled
from his throne before the expiration of three months—
MEHESIET would be easily bought off, and England left
to fight the battle single-handed, which she is no more
able to do with the present crippled state of her finances,
and with the present imbecile ministers in power, than
she is able to pull the sun from the firmament.

For these reasons we are by no means convinced that
the Whigs have any serious intentions of declaring
war against Russia. They can talk, and swagger, and
bluster; but that will be the extent of their war. They
will try uegociation, which, of course, will fail; they will
fire away with protocols, which Russia will laugh at; they
will, perhaps, send a few crazy ships badly manned and
ill provided to the Mediterranean, merely for the sake
of appearances ; but in the end they will sit down dog-
gedly and pocket the affront. Better have a quid in the
mouth, as uncle Ben says, than a kick—no matter
where!

Lord REIN RUSSELL has, within the last few days, been
making a speech among certain of his admirers and sup-
porters in the south of Devon, in which, of course, after
taking great praise to himself for the measures of the li-
beral and enlightened government under which he holds
office and receives pay, he is pleased to bestow a niggard-
ly modicum of his eulogy upon his MAJESTY'S ministers.
The only subject upcn which he is silent and hermetically
sealed is that of the corn laws.; and upon this, the only one
for which his hearers cared a single rush, he is amazing-
ly condescending to say nothing. Cunning ISAAC Ta-
vistock Abbey and Covent-garden market are both in
-jeopardy

Mr. POULETT THOMSON has been amusing himself in
the same way at Manchester. Reader, have you ever
seen an old cork, which had done its duty like a good ma-
rine in a wine bottle—or a piece of deal board, or any
other lumber—thrown overboard, in order to ascertain
how the current runs ? If so, you can be at no loss to
guess the purport of Lord JOHN'S orations at Plymouth,
or Mr. POULETT THOMSON'S fructifying speeches in Man-
chester. MACAULAY, of the ten thousand a-year, began
this sort of bagman canvass at Leeds,—but that was before
he bad received tile ten thousand. He was sent forth to
try the feeling of the people in favour of the Whigs, and
although he did his best he found the adverse stream so
strong, and the Whigs so universally despised and hated,
that upon the rule of discretion being the better part of
valour he was glad to ensconce his patriotism under an
Indian sinecure, which he had honestly and frugally and
Presciently contrived for himself. His mission was a de-
cided failure ; the Leeds radicals did not spare him, al-
though one of their leaders had been purposely sent to
gaol to be out of his way; they smoked and dried him in
a most masterly manner, and none felt this more keenly,
or shuffled off more adroitly in consequence, than Mr.
THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY himself. His " teeming
eloquence" is in consequence entered " outwards ;" the
talents of this rising young man, the Demosthenes of
Yorkshire, are lost to the ministry ; and in pure despair
the Whigs propose that his mantle shall fall upon one
BAINES, the printer of the Leeds Mercury, whose fame as
an historian is said to rival that of HUME and GIBBON,
but who might, in imitation of the two kings of Brentford,
who smelt at the same rose, whip the same top with our
own erudite and ingenious friend of the Liverpool Mer-
cury. In the sea of politics there is not a borrowed cork-
jacket between them; in a horse-pond the struggle would
be mortal to both.
Mr. POULETT TuomsoN has been sent to Manchester
to do that which Mr. MACAULAY failed to do in Leeds,
and his inferior talents have exposed him to greater dif-
ficulties. It must be poor consolation to the ministry to
know that only in three towns of the kingdom have they
been able to _muster. a - respectable party to cheer the
speeches of their emissaries under the influence of port
wine and gin twist. In Plymouth, Leeds, and Man-
chester alone have they dared to make the attempt.
Leeds, as we have said, was a failure ; in Plymouth a
silly and dependent corporation packed an audience, and
►st Manchester not more than a dozen of the respectable
inhabitants of the town graced the political festival.
Three towns out of five hundred is a fine specimen of
popularity ! Why do they not order Mr. EWART to try
his popularity in Liverpool, merely for the sake of a joke?
There are three towns in which their popularity is about
to be tried in sober earnest—in Leeds, Huddersfield, and
Berwick, and in these places the ministerial candidates,
like a doubtful bill negoeiated by JOHN MINTER HART,
are sadly at a discount.

The exhibition, however, of poor POULETT THOMSON,
was distressingly painful and melo-dramatic. He was
•confronted with his colleague, Mr. MARK PHILIPS, who
for every fifty pounds which THOMSON gets from the
Ministry has been guilty of recording a vote against
em. Mr. THOMSON felt this, but being a subordinate
of the -government, he took proportionately higher
gmund in the absence of a more responsible representa-
tive. After talking' about the corn, currency, and poor
laws, ',Nell clearly showed he dissented from the opi-
nions of Lord GREY and the majority of the cabinet, he
.soaped over the reciprocity treats? with France, and de-
clined saying a word upon that subject, from which his
'constituent
stitent uents eleet much, and upon the satisfactory ad-
just of which they, induced thereto .by his former
representations, Placed so much hope and confidence.
However, he said nothing of the reciprocity treaty.
tie did not assign an 3„ r
should
eason why we consume
111, •
, wines and silksot Vrance, while the amiable Louis
yin
upoPPE interdicts our cottons, woollens, and cutlery.
n these interesting points THOMSON was silent, and
doubt he had his reasons. The weavers, spinners,
d dyers gaped, but they most disaaree-
certainly were b
ably disappointed.
From the whole tenour of • M P
his speecl ), , r. OULETT
THOY
SON, it
" would appear, felt himself aggrieved and

annoyed by the presence of Mr. MARK PHILIPS. He
actually, to use a local phrase, turned his engines against
him. The right honourable gentleman alluded to cer-
tain persons who, in the last session of Parliament, had
crowded the lists with notices of motions for the ensuing
session. He said that these notices were of the most
trumpery description—alike senseless and absurd—and
that it was impossible to peruse the list without laugh-
ing, or, to use the more fustian phraseology of the
speaker, without their "exciting risibility!"
The unhappy and ill-used Mr. MARK PHILIPS sat in
silence, and bore these personal affronts with a sour look.
The attack was galling—it was malicious—it was un-
pardonable ! It was as inconsiderate as it was invidious!

But let us do justice between the contending parties.
Mr. PHILIPS, when his turn came, and when the yarn of
the other was out, replied as his own cards would have
done, had they had the gift of oratory, with the Vice-
President of the Board of Trade under their teeth. He
answered, in bold Lancashire dialect, that HE (PHILIPS)
was no tool of the ministry—that he scorned giving them
a vote for the sake of office—that as he had nothing to
fear he had nothing to conceal—that he had opposed the
ministry—that he thought them wrong on many points
—that he considered they had violated their pledges--
that they had deceived the country—that they had pro-
fessed patriotism and had perpetrated tyranny—that their
intentions were good, but that their acts had betrayed
consummate ignorance—that he had opposed them on

the malt tax and the house tax—on the Irish bill—on the
bank note bill—and on many other measures which, to
the wisdom of Mr. MARK PHILIPs, seemed to be cruel,
inexpedient, arbitrary., oppressive, and inconsistent with
the pledged performance of their duties.,
The audience at this feast were of a very accommo-
dating disposition. They cheered THOMSON, and they
equally cheered PHILIPS! They gave their laudations
to the minister, and they were alike liberal and profuse
to the
..unsparing castigator of the ministry ! This i75-,7ve
suppose, what is called hearing both sides of the case,
butit has been reserved to the Solons of Manchester to
carry impartiality to an unprecedented pitch of refine-
ment, for they return a verdict for the plaintiff and de-
fendant at the same time.

Fire away, Gentlemen of the Press! Four upon one,
led on by a " teacher and preacher," are gallant odds in
favour of Whig principles, and highly creditable to WThig
courage. Fire away!—

Cannister and grape shot,
Iron spoon and stench pot,—
they fall on us harmless; your missiles do no mischief;
our flag waves proudly beyond your reach ; your heavi-
est pellets are to us refreshing and invigorating like a
hail shower, and so secure are we in our position, that
we shall take time to consider whether there be any ne-
cessity for opening a broadside in return.

But on second thoughts, we are hardly doing justice
to our local contemporaries. They have assisted Mr.
SHEPHERD in flinging his unsparing scurrilities upon
the STANDARD, but none of them were disposed to be-
come the voluntary champions, or paid hirelings of that
person, until he pressed into his service the proprietors
of the Mercury. The others, we are bound to confess
have treated us fairly enough upon this occasion. The
proprietors of the Mercury, however, we hold respon-
sible for the abuse of their editor, who is utterly beneath
our notice, and when the proper time comes we shall have
a word to say to them. Mr. SHEPHERD began the war
in this way, and we intend to profit by the example; but
while we have Mr. SHEPHERD in hand we have no time
to inflict the knout upon the subalterns and drummers of
the faction.

We perceive that this reverend "teacher and preacher"
has worked himself up into a most irreverent passion.
This is a sure sign that the quarry has been struck, and
that the shaft has sped home. He says he has not denied
that he is the author of the Bridgewater Treatises,
which to our sober apprehension seems something like
an affirmative. We forgive him, for we suspect that
neither he nor the luminary of the Mercury knows any
thing about them. The highly classical and ingenious
author of the history of Dick Liver certainly did not
write the Paradise Lost.

The soreness of Mr. SIIEPIIERD has been caused by a
blister applied by himself. He complains that he was
on two occasions unjustly aspersed in the STANDARD
at the period of its commencement. With that we
have nothing to do. He might as well complain of the
castigations he received from his schoolmaster, who is
dead, and hold his successor responsible. All that we
know is that from the month of March to the month of
November Mr. SHEPHERD'S name never appeared in the
columns of this journal. He was not content to remain
in his obscerity, from which he never should have been
dragged by us. The municipal commissioners, however,
were about to open their proceedings, and he then com-
menced, in a series of letters addressed to the Journal,
which he no doubt considered of too much importance to
appear in the Mercury, and in these he falsely and wil-
fully assumed a well-known professional gentleman to
be one of the responsible proprietors of this journal. Al-
though publicly assured that his assumption was as in-
vidious as it was false, he continued up to almost the
present hour to address these letters to that gentleman,
and in them he levelled the most scurrilous abuse upon
the writers of the STANDARD. We were called hacks
and scribes and mercenaries—he called upon the gentle-
man he impudently addressed to order us to do this and
that—and every sort of vulgar invective was heaped
upon men, humble enough we admit, but as respectable
as himself, and who associate with gentlemen as honour-
able and of as high station as any he ever met.
Were we to endure this in silence ? Were we to
stand by and consider this " preacher" the only " teacher"
in Israel ? Was the Whig press of Liverpool so inof-
fensive in its compliments to us that it needed the aid or
the impetus. of Mr. SHEPHERD'S drivel and mendacity ?
We thought not—he, perhaps, was of a different opinion,
which, by the way, is not very flattering to his friends.
At any rate Mr. SHEPHERD began the warfare which
has been carried on, if not ended, so little to his satisfac-
tion. He forgot that he who plays at bowls must expect
rubbers, and that he who invades is not always the con-
queror.

We shall not be dragged into any controversy about
the article in a London paper, for reasons sufficiently
plain. He whom the cap does not fit need not put it on.
There are more PINTOS than one in Spain.
Ourureverend•antagonist states that •he is not certain

whether or not Mr. Commissioner HOGG was cognizan
_ _

with the contents of the introductory letter, but he con-
fesses that he corresponded with that gentleman with re-
spect to its contents. This confession admits more than
Mr. SHEPHERD seems to be aware of. It is a maxim of

great and solemn regard by the judges of the land that
they have no eye or ear except in court. Lord
BROUGHAM, on a late occasion, in imitation of his illus-
trious predecessor, threatened to commit some imperti-
nent fellow who had been writing letters to his lordship
relative to matters in Chancery and under judicial inves-
tigation. Neither Commissioner HOGG, nor Commis-
sioner WILKINSON, is the Lord Chancellor BROUGHAM;
and Mr. SHEPHERD, therefore, imagined he could take any
liberties with the judicial ear, through the medium of his
footman or the penny post. This shows that these com-
missioners had nothing judicial in their character, and
that they are hardly qualified to fill one of the minor
judgeships in contemplation by the great head of the law.
If Mr. SHEPHERD had any information to give or seek, the
court, as it is called, was open to him, and he ought to
have,gone there to ask his questions and offer his opinions.
He chose another way ; and if the commissioners, sup-
posing them to have bad the power, when they received
a private communication from Mr. SHEPHERD, had issued
their warrant, and committed him to prison, they would
have done nothing more than their duty. Upon this
point we are willing to leave our view of it to the decision
of the Lord High Chancellor.
i
Mr. SHEPHERD proceeds to say th t Mr. Commissioner
WILKINSON did not deliver an intr ductory letter to Mr.
BOLTON. On this point Mr. SUE HERD is not a compe-
tent witness. JOHN says that br tiler WILLIAM told him
that sister SUSAN did not see th ,boy steal the goose.—
Shade of-JEREMY BENTHAM 1 is Allis evidence after the
passing of the Reform Bill ? Ike mean no offence, but

we cannot take Mr. SHEPHERD'S word in this matter.—
When Mr. BOLTON speaks for himself we shall do him
strict justice. But -will Mr. BOLTON answer this ques-

tion—Ldid not Mr. Commissioner WILKINSON pay him a
visit before he had been many hours in Liverpool ?
Mr. SHEPHERD, who makes a free use of his friends'
names, threatens us with Mr. Commissioner HoGG's
" civility." Bah ! Mr. HOGG knows us, and we know
him, and he will not thank the " teacher" for the hint!
The following we give in Mr. SHEPHERD'S own words,
and it is worth a Jew's eye :

" You are pleased to say that I have been one of the 'inces-
sant revilers of the Corporation.' rhis is an. addition to your
series•of falsehoods. In my politicarexertions my efforts have
been directed to higher matters than municipal disputes; and
in no speech or writing of mine will there be found any reviling
of the Liverpool Common Council. If you allude to the history
of Dick Liver, which, hardened sinner as -I am, I think of con-
tinuing, that little book contains hardly anything but an alle-
gorical narrative of by-gone transactions."
We did not know that Mr. SHEPHERD had so greatly
distinguished himself. Instead of being the author of
the Bridgewater Treatises, we should have classed him
with the immortal writer of Jack the Giant Killer; with
this difference, that the latter is a vastly superior produc-

tion. The " little book," Dick Liver, is a low satire
upon the Liverpool Corporation, calculated fur the meri-
dian of a pothouse frequented by cobblers' apprentices.—
Its attempts at wit consist of profane swearing, which
abounds in almost every page ; its irony is despicable ;
and its historical allusions are, mere falsehoods. The
" little book" is worthy the small mind of a very ordinary
man inflated with vanity. It is vended along with quack
medicines and other trash, by a person whom its reverend
author deems too violent in his anti-corporation politic s
Mr. SHEPHERD is pleased to say that our attacks upon
him have originated in our envy of his Successful career
as a reformer. Stop a bit here, Sir TEACHER. Our at-
tacks originated in his own wilful and insolent
_attacks
upon us. As to being a reformer, we happen to be one
too, as good, if not more honest than himself. But the
truth peeps out. Mr. SHEPHERD and his literal and
thin-skinned party cannot endure or tolerate the tri-
umphant success of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD. They
writhe under the unfortunate conviction that they cannot
have the game all their own way, as hitherto. He says
that the STANDARD, and other new Tory journals, were
started in a fit of Tory desperation. Poor man ! Let
him look around him, and see things exactly as they are.
More. Tory papers have started within the last two years
in England than had started for any ten years previously,
and all of them have been crowned with the most emi-
nent success. Why ? Because whiggery has been
found out—because the people generally are disgusted
with the grasping selfishness, the disgraceful jobs, the
venomous party spirit, the illiberal treatment of the
press, and the astounding ignorance and tyranny of the
Whigs. Mr. SHEPHERD would like to make a monopoly
of the Whig press in Liverpool. This we tell him he
cannot do. His party and personal influence, although
exerted as it has been in the meanest way, cannot stay
our career. lie and his party have too long had the
Liverpool press, such as it was, under their control.
We have to fight our battle single-handed. We have
no ally—we receive no assistance from the press in this
quarter—but being engaged in the cause of truth,
loyalty, and independence, we have proved that that
cause 'has for its supporters the best, the purest, and the
noblest of our countrymen.
About Mr. SHEPHERD'S suppressed letter we have
only a word to say. What appeared in the Journal
appeared three days afterwards in a new dress in the
Times. The interpolations jostled out the only valuable
parts of his first letter. Perhaps lie found them to be at
variance with the sentiments lie had written to an " inti-
mate friend" of Lcrd BROUGHAN.S,—bat such conduct
can hardly be called honest.

The worthy " teacher and preacher," after puffing the
"little book," which is beautifully interspersed with
profane swearing, concludes his angry letter with a
paragraph, not only recommending, but threatening an
appeal to pistols and fourteen paces. This is bold in a
professed minister of the gospel, and a Whig champion ;
but what will Lord BROUGHAM say, who abhors such ap-
peals ? JEFFREY, the Lord Advocate, in defending
STUART, once of Duncarn, defended the justice. and
sound policy of duelling. Mr. SHEPHERD alludes to
this affair; but he is either entirely ignorant, or, what

is more probable, he studiously misrepreswts the facts ;
but we put him upon his guard, when wg- tell him that
the guilty party in that affair has only dared, since the

Whigs came into office, to show his face in England, and
that he is at this moment a stanch ally and mercenary

scribe of his MAJESTY'S ministers. Verbum Sat. The
trail of the red herring (we use the " preacher's" own
words) will not mislead any old and thorough-bred
dog in the pack.

Mr. SHEPHERD, in his postcript, says that he is going

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or gone off, but that, like S:r PETER TEAZLE, he leaves
" his character behind him." Exactly as we expected !
This is the way in which, we presume, he has been
accustomed to travel. What he leaves behind him he
cannot well be said to take with him ; and therefore
being, like the schoolmaster, abroad without a character,
we heartily wish him a safe deliverance !
To conclude—we have only to say, that if Mr. SHEP-
HERD or any body else has any charges to bring against
the STANDARD, if they are properly brought, they will be

honourably and fairly met; but if, in future, lie chooses
in his attacks upon us to address himself to third and
irresponsible parties, as he has hitherto done, our reply
will be addressed to him through Lord BROUGHAM I

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

Saturday Evening, half-past Seven o'clock.

The extreme boisterous weather experienced of late has
caused the letters received from the coast to teem with records
of wreck and damage. We have, however, had few arrivals;
and, to-day, in consequence of the continuance of the high
winds, we are without our continental arrivals. We have seen
a few letters by the Lisbon mail to-day, and it appears that Don
Pedro continues to act the despot in the pure Brazilian style,
and it seems evident, at least, that if the Portuguese have not
got rid of a King Log, they have, at least, acquired a King
Stork. Count Taipa, a liberal, who has ventured to tell the
emperor his mind, and appears to have uttered certain very un-
comfortable truths, had been ordered under arrest, but had
evaded the liberal tyrant by flight.
We have accounts from Syria to the Bth September. The
governor had demanded of the customs' authorities of Beyrout
a statement of the importations of coffee from Yemen and
America during the last three years, from which it was suspected
that thti viceroy intended tp make a monopoly of this article, as
he had already done of silk. Great discontent appears to exist
throughout Syria at the exactions of the new government.
Our Consol Market has, at length, given some indications of
improvement, and the quotation for the account has been as
high to-day as 891 Bank Stock has risen, being 211 to 212.
India Bonds are 20 to 22, and Exchequer Bills 40 to 42, heavy.
The Foreign Bonds are also better, the northern in particular
being buoyant. Russian Bonds are 1031. Dutch 21 per Cents.
50a 3, and the 5 per Cents. 9la . Belgian Bonds are 95196 x,
and Danish 7311. Portuguese Bonds of both descriptions are
571 1. Brazilian Bonds are 661 67, and Spanish 23i 1. Up to
the moment of closing this the French mail has not arrived.

LONDON LATEST SHIPPING NEWS.

Lloyd's, Fire o'clock, p.m., Saturday.

Very few arrivals have been posted on Lloyd's books to-day,
but the present month has been a very disastrous one for our
underwriters, who, indeed, have suffered severely of late. The
Hotspur, Hewitt, from Liverpool, has arrived at Pernambuco,
and the Catherine, Bibby, from the same port, had arrived at
Demerara. _ _ _

Thetis,The from London to Liverpool, was on shore near
Yarmouth yesterday, but was expected to be got off.

THE DUTCH EMBARGO.—An official notice, sent by order of
the Treasury to the .Commissioners of Customs, relative to the
payment of the extraordinary expenses incurred by the Dutch
vessels, in consequence of tfie recent embargo, has just been
published, from which it appears that, contrary to the expecta-
tions of the owners of the Dutch vessels detained, the English
government are determined to enforce payment of the money
advanced to.the owners during the embargo.--Nasal and .Mili-
tars, Gazette.—[Tiris is a fine specimen of Whig justice. These
Dutch mariners, pursuing their peaceful career in a period of
profound peace, were detained on the "great highway of na-
tions" by the strong arm of power, in accordance, we suppose,
with the Vs reading or translation of "the law of nations,"
which, of.course, directs that reparation for a violation of their
letter and spirit shall be made by the injured party to the
wrong doer, instead of the opposite course which common sense
would seem to prescribe. Suppose an individual mariner, of
either of these crews, had been detained from his lawful occu-
pations on shore, and redress were sought for in a court of jus-
tice for the wrong, would either of the judges direct the jury to
mulct the plaintiff in a sum sufficient to reimburse the defend-
ant for the cost and charges which he had been put to in the
course of his proceedings ?"-

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.