The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-06-09 00:00:00

THE EN4LISti IN HAMBURGH.

(From the Morning Herald.)
A .. • . I Hamburgh; May 25.
My DEAR HERALD,—The effects of the new Prussian com-
mercial system. are beginning to be seriously felt by some of
the great commission houses of this place; though it has probe-
, lily lig icapoitant influence upon the gross amount of the busi-
ness transacted, it has, however, an unfavourable 'effect, inasmuch
as it takes the trade out of the hands of the regular and respect-
able merchant, and transfers it to the contraband dealer. : One
Of the chief branches of manufacture here in further times was
the refining of sugar; but the.refiners are rapidly disappearing,
and in a few years they will probably have bectiine matter of.
history. The commercial system of Prussia is p. •-tly the cause
of this decay Of
.an important branch of local in tstry; .but of
late yearsa co-operating cause has Veen broil bt into plair;
and f)ids fair to exclude the itamburgh refiner e'en from the
home market: I allude to the high bounties paid by the French
royerament in the exportation of French relined sugars. - These
bounties tempt the merchants of Havre to send large enantities
Of the article hither, where they undersell the • home manufac-
turer, and lurnish the usual supply for such of the German
states as are not yet
.included within the custom-house line
of Prusiia. ' .

. , .
be no small trial to the fortitude of the men intrusted
witlithe government. of the city to. see their. most important
manufacture ruined by the political blunders of other states;
but hitherto the senate of Hanaburgh have had the .good sense
to resist all the demands made _upon..them for protective duties, ,
and I trust they will continue faithful to that system of free
trade to which the city owes all its prosperity, and without
which it would sink in a few years into a state .6f complete poli-
tical insignificance. There is;however, little ;danger of their
reSolntilin,lbt the beneficial effects of the systeM hitherto acted
do have been too evident not to, carry Conviction with them to
any but the iimsf.prejinliced nand. ~ • .
the-systenvat preSent acted upon'in Hamburgh is to adraili,
every article of foreign prodnee, raw or unmanufactured, at an
ad ontorem'cluty of one-half per dent: A few years ago this duty
*As 'one' and a' half per cent.; but it is.generally said that the
reduction of the duty has not, had the effect of .lessening the.
amount of the revenue deriVed from it; I tty generally said, for
I ern'Serry to add the good senators Of Haniburgh have nut vet
deemed it expedient tOlay before the public,a statement of their,
revenue and expenditure..
The natural consequence of the free importation of every ar-
ticle' or foreign -prOdnee at little more than a nominal duty is,
that there is not probably. a place on the whole 'continent—
certainly none within the same distance of England—where a
,greater number of the wants and luxuries cif life can be enjoyed
by the owneeof a small fortune: It is melancholy to think of
!the number of English families scattered over different' parts Of.
:Prance vegetating- in some 'dull provinCial bole Upon meanies,
!enabling them to make a highly respectable appearance' hcre,;
Iheiides affording' theM the adVantages eicellentSOciety and
;facilities fur the education of their childien such a's no part of,
:France could afford them.; Public schools in England r believe
.to be superior to those of France; but certainly thieie "of:Ger-.
;many are superior to both. I would earnestly advise every
family removing to the continent from motives of economy to.
'think twice before they fly to the «sunny regions" of France,
tparticularlyif they have a family Of children to bring up, Ger,'
Man education' harmonizingiuuch better with English manners
than the very superfidial instruction' which passes. in France.
under the "Mine.' But the subject of education is One to Which,
mean to devote a future letter exclusively, and I shall, there-
(tire; return for the present to the
.sUbject of general fainify
expenses.
'There are a humber•of our half-pay officers living with their
families here, and to one of these I was lately applying
,for
formation On the subject. He 'held' the' rank of lieutenant in
our army and'has been a resident here for the last 'l5 yeari.
He contrives to add to his half-pay by:some.becasional literary
publication, and calculates his 'average income since he has
been here at a trifle above £3OO a year, upon which he lives in
great comfort; and associates with many of the best families of
the place. He is married, and'ha4 eight children,sit buysp and
two girls. To the education' of the latter, his:wife chiefly de-
Votes herself; the bOy§either are or have been all at the public
school, where 'the charge 'is only about six guineas a year for
each boy. Yet'for this price they,are educated under the super-
intendence of a director; six professors; several iishers; besides
English, French, drawing, andliiiging masters, the..latter.ac-
Zomplishinent being ecinsldred one of vital importance: The
Masters, it appears, are all paid liberal salaries by the city, and
the school fees are divided among the director, prOfessois..
whose ineornes are consequently very ,geod,, there being never
than from three 'to Rini. hundred' pupils at the school at
once. 'Each profeSsor has,•maVeriVer, a hguse to lire in, is ex,
emptgd 'from all taxes and military duties, and enjo:A.S iomeollier
trilling 'advantages. 'His: 'salary is snialL'atiout 11.'".)0, hut the
aliovendvantages inake'his income equal to about £5OO a year,;
and at that price in Germany the services of men, Q.r real emi-
nence iti may be emnarideil. Brit all this intend to enter upon
rtiore'at large in afiether.lettee Meanwhile let' me return to
My half-pity friend: %List outside thcitylienccupies a heuse
with seven' good' roods and alarge garden, for Which her. pap
about £3O a year;' he is'ealled on for 'no church rates or poor,
rates, and all direct taxes are paid by his landlord_. (The poor
are •maintained by a voluntatf contribution, to which_ every
body pays 'something; and which, assisted by some existing
fUnds, is always Nand SufScient for the relief of the 'really dis- .
tresserl)' French'wines cost him about the same price that they ,
would in' Paris.- He has good table-Bordeaux at abOut eight-
pence a bottle, but inferior-kinds:maY.be had at a lOWer price.
Meats he calculates in general at about two-thirds of the Lon-
don price; and bread at ratiterieeS than halt His garden stip-
ples him with fruit Yeketables: The wages for female
servants-are from E 4 to £5 a yea?, But the great difference is
in groceries. • The best green reit at ss. a petiricl, an inferior
kind at 25., coffee Bd., and segarfid.,a pound. This'difference
in the Pe ide4 of these important articles of 'tiOnSehold.expenill-
tare is 'easily understbod, When. it 'is Igriae in inindlat the
chief part of the price
,paid bY•tlie'constimer in Eng q_nd, is
made up 'of 'ditty; bekides atfOther large share which is cool-
pletelY lost 'both to the coliOrner and the,gker)P neot, in con-
'sequence .of the protection, or rather rn'onri.pin enjoyed by the,
Westiticlia planter. An'EngTish newspaper dropped into the
pos;otfice in anY pin. or England • r4liehes: ,harnburgh• by the
lei lag mail subject only tO a pe4to.ge of 2d.;` hilt the advantage
'which my friend eipatiates most upon is' the 'facility afforded.
by the steam communication With England; through which
he is able to receive cen-stantly 'parcels': Sic.'frorn: England at a
trilling expense, and twice a week he may step on board and be
4411 his friends in Londrin in fortieiglif hours. it iy 'l;rip'ossi-
ble for any one Yh conteiVe hew ininth tiiis'ciVeurnstance elle-
viateri the pangs Of banishMent th the small' English rentier,
whom tithes and tubs force to eke out his limited' means
foreign land. " ' ' s' THWTRAVEI LER..

• ' EFFECTS OF,THE THUNDER: STORM:
- On Wednesday jest, between, two and three o'clock, another
violentstorm of thunder and..lightning passed ;Dyer this town,,
and 'we 'reoret: ,say that Mr: Sliuttleworth,, surveyor
of the turnpikemadhem Manchester to ElYde„ was struck by
the efectric fluia'and killed' on the spot. He was walking along
the 8U:44001-road,' alma one.litindred and fifty yards.beyond
,the •Shaksilereliin, at Ardwi,i,.ki and: was carrying. an um-,
of iiredeseepdeci-from the clouds, and tie-
in", 'no lolibt,• 'attracted by the metal ferule of the umbrella,
struck hinion the shoulder,. and .he fell to the ground. Mr..
PoWell, driCrddifek; Who
‘was sitting at dinner, Witnessed the I
k (teellt of the electric fluid, and saw the deceased, fall, upon •
which he inunediately'rati out of the hense to rendef.what assist-
ance he could, and found the deceased lving on the groUndwith
his neckcloth' and the betast or hi, .shirtin•flarnes. INlr. PoWell
called for the aid of his Serfaut; and togetVer tliei conveyed him
:to the Shakspeare, but HO was then'apparenqy lifeless,. A Sur-
gehn was sent for, who atternlite'd'ableed'him;.tuf•all efforts to
restore aniuriation Were Vaal; .the body of the; titiforVinate matt
being quite cold and stiff before he arrived; "The onlY inarkS,'
utki the body were thole of a severe burn upon the breast and
the' right leg, and in addition to the burning of 'the ne4Cloth
and shirt, his stnalfelothes; Which had metal ltutton.at ;the
knees, were split. The deceased ivas• fifty-two
.ye.ors elf' age,
onand;lias.left a widow an'trfamily to lameothiS lo,ss.—'B6ont, the ,
saMe'time the electric fluid 'struck the chicuney.pf a 'cottage, in
Paradise-court, 'cliiplaced some pf, the briCKl,.
.A
wekMan was employed-in 'washing, when the washing mug
was split in two, and• thrown tri'the ground, but she escaped un7
injured. The stormraged with 'uncommon violence !fOrqtearly
an hour, during Which time the rainfell in torrents;, lint,. with.,
the above excelitioni,: We have not heard Of triy' damage being
done by it in this immediat e neighbettrhood.--A gentleman who.
came from Liverpool liv the twelve' o'clock train inrorins us,
that the storm was very liolerit abingt.the'whole line of the rail-
road. ' At' 'lunge, near'Bollon; a fine cow, belonging to Mr.
John Roscow, manufacturer, was struck by the electric fluid,
and in the house of Charlei Stott, a weaver at the same place,
the electric fluid split a door and the doer cheeks, broke a quan-
tity of earthenware in the kitchen, and knoCked. Stott off his
seat-at the loom without-doing him any serious injury: At Old-
ham, the storm was very severe. One of the pinnacles of the
Blue Coat School was struck by the electric fluid and thrown
down,. but no further damage was done' to the building% In
Greengate and Clock-street, near Greenacres Moor, the chim-
neys, of four houses were partially thrown down.fa' two of the
houses the rooms were nearly tilled with the shattered brickk•and
puirtar which fell down the flues,' and in the other houses the
wincloWs and window frames were broken, the cupboards split,
:and various othbr articles damaged'. The Occupant's of these '
houses escaped with no other injury than being stunned by the
shock ; but a Irian 'who tras• near the end of the'street Was
throWn down and slightly injured. At Glodwick, the west end
of the Shakspeare public-heuse was partially thrown &Wu by
the lightning, the roof was shattered, nearly every -sktiare
,of
glasS in atie of the bbd-robutsvastrok'ell, 'arid tte wihdoW frame
was plit. The electric fluid also deseended the ctinin'ey,' and
broke a flag near the kitched *V.:Pa:eel 'lint tiotia'Of the in::
mates of the house were itijuted. ' 'hie 9torin'appear4 to have
s over' a -lar&e. extent Or tob111H:-.3faizehester duart'et• •
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ANOTHER NEW PEER.---We give it only as a rumour which
.prevails, without attaching. any. credenCe or iroportapce to it,
th4t Mr. Niwimin. of Mamhead„ is,about to be geatod peer;
by
.6r.na rob AshCpitib.e„, WC,,simply, state what , IN°
hear: without Prestnning,to StiggeSt.a reason for.tiiis addition to
e peerage.- Weitenf