The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-20 00:00:00

HEBREW PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETY.-011 Wednesday last,

a numerous and respectable body of the Hebrew community of
th'is ttnli Met at the George Inn, Dale-streret, to- eelebrate the
22d anniversary of their Philanthropic Society, founded by
Moses Samuel, Esq., for the
.purpose of affording additional
re!ief to their resident poor during the inclemency of the winter
season. The president, Ellis S. Yates, Esq., gave a very
satisfactory account of the progressive increase in the number
of subscribers to the institution, and of -the very prosperous
state of the funds. The King, Queen, Mayor and Corporation,
and many other loyal and appropriate toasts, were drunk, and
several handsome donations were received in aid of the funds
of the institution, the object of which is meritorious, and cha-
racteristic•of the charitable disposition of the Hebrew nation,
not only to their own, but to every other description of poor.
The hilarity of the evening was kept up to a late hour, when
the company separated, highly gratified with the entertain-
ment they had received, and the excellency of Miss Hampson's
dinner and wines.
BURGLARY.—The premises of Mr. Miller, 6, Boundary-place,
were entered on Tuesday night last, or early the following
morning, by some thieves who packed up a considerable quan-
tity of valuable dresses, &c., which were ready to carry away,
but being disturbed they eft the' bundles behind them; they,
however, contrived to conceal soca° silver plate with which they
got clear off.
CORONER'S INQUESTS.—Yesterday an inquisition was taken
before JaMeS Crosbie, Esq., one of the coroner's for the borough,
on view of the body of John Halliday, a prisoner confined for
j debt in the borough ail. From the evidence of Mr. Neighbour,
the governor of the jail, it appeared that the prisoner was
placed in his custody on the 16th of last August, on two execu-
tions from the borough court: he became ill shortly afterwards,
and every attention was paid him by the medical men of the
gaol, and Mr. Roberts, the surgeon. Mr. Forshaw, the sur-
geon of the prison, in his evidence, stated that he believed the
deceased died of consumption, brought on by intemperance. Ver-
dict—Natural death.
PICKPOCKETS--The number of those juvenile delinquents
who live by picking pockets is much on the increase, especially
in the neighbourhood of Tithebarn-street and Dale-street, where
these locusts swarm. Few persons with pocket handkerchiefs
can carry them safely through those streets.' The principal
hives"'for the young pickpockets are the penny shows, or
theatres, of which there are several in Dale-street and Tithe-
barn-street, and from which the thieves pounce upon all the
moving bandannoes. It is high time that the police put a stop
to these exhibitions, which are as great a nuisance as the houses
in Williamson-square.
• RECOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY.—In July last, a man
named Martin was robbed of his watch, which was pawned at
the shop of Mrs. Shewell, in Pool-lane. The thief was appre-
hended but not convicted, notwithstanding which, it was disco-
vered -to be iu the hands of Mrs. Shewell, who immediately
restored it to the owner, although not compelled to do so by law.
Mrs. Shewell, we understand, acts in a very praiseworthy manner
when suspicious property comes into her hands, by always
giving information to the police before the money is lent.
ROYAL INSTITUTION.—Yesterday, being_" the breaking up,"
or the commencement of the vacation at the school of this insti-
tution, the scholars, amounting in number to between sixty and
seventy, assembled to recite thir annual Christmas pieces, and
exhibit their themes, &c. There was a numerous attendance of
the parents of the children, the parents of the Institution, and
its friends on the occasion. The scene, altogether, we under-
stand, was highly gratifying, and the acuteness and ability dis-
played by the scholars during the examination, elicited the
general `applause 'of. those present, '(amounting in number ,to
upwards of five hundred,) which regected much honour and
Credit upon. their talented instructor, Mr. Peil.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR,—As the Harbour-master has been to Formby, t.
omitted into the conduct of the crew of the Life-boat, al

told expressed his conviction that they had done their di
as it would appear that other individuals, besides Mr. Stu.
had rendered great service on the late melanCholy occasion,
would it nut be well that there should be a meeting of the sub-
scribers, the sense of the meeting taken as to the merits of
each, and to be rewarded in proportion to their exertions ? The
public are evidently not satisfied that all should be given to one
individual, and others, equally deserving, overlooked:— Yours &c
Liverpool, Dec. 18,k1833. A. B.

ORDERS IN COUNCIL FOR THE REGULATION
OF THE TRADE TO CHINA.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND4RD.

SIR,-I beg leave to call the attention of merchants who,
like myself, may intend to avail themselves of the opening of
the China Trade, to the orders in council which have just been
passed for the regulation of it.

One of those orders imposes a duty of 2s. a ton upon all
vessels entering the port of Canton ; and a further duty, in
respect of goods imported and exported, except bullion, after
the rate of 7s. for every £lOO of the value of the same.

Now, on the average of the three, last years, of; which there is
any official account, the tonnage of vessels engaged in the
trade to China amounted to 59,535. We have been told to ex-
pect a great increase of this tonnage, in consequence of the
opening of the trade; but if it should be only maintained at
the average amount above stated, the duty of 2s. a ton will
produce £5,953 10s. The value of the imports and exports of
British subjects at the port of Canton amounted, on the average
of the same three years, to 7,405,637, upon which the duty of
7s. upon imports, and the same sum upon exports, would pro-
duce 51,835, so that the total new charge upon the trade with
China will, by this order in council, amount to £57,788.
I find, on referring to the East India Magazine of September
last, that Lord Auckland is represented to have stated, on the
12th of August, that the expense of the Superintendents of the
China Trade would amount to £27,000 or £30,000 a-year.
Here, then, we have a duty imposed amounting to twice the
charge to be provided for, according to the estimate of the Pre-
sident of the Board of Trade.

I thought, Sir, this had been a Government which abhorred
patronage, and repudiated jobs. Even it •on this score, the
ministers had not revolted against the imposition of so heavy a
tax, of which the proceeds lace to be employed id the remuner-
ation of officers to be appointed by themselves—even if they
had not seen objections to transferring from Leadenhall-street
to Downing-street the China patronage of the East India Com-
pany, one might have expected that men who proclaim so
loudly their regard for the interests of trade, would have been
unwilling to impose upon a trade, commenced under circum-
stances of such peculiar difficulty, a new charge of so consider-
able an amount.

Sir, you know well the perilous nature of the enterprise-of
those who now engage in the trade with China, with the cer-
tainty of meeting in the market from 60 to 9J millions of pounds
of tea already in the possession of the East ;India CoMpany.
Can a trade so commenced bear any new charge? The charge
now imposed is one which was never borne •by the East India
Company. The commission they paid to their servants in
China covered all the charges of regulation and police which
this new duty is to meet; but we are to pay this' new duty, and

le charges of commission too.

Sir, I forbear from touching upon the other provisions of the
orders in council, objectionable as they are,. and founded in
ignorance of the real circumstances under which the power of
the Supra Cargoes at Canton has hitherto been exercised, while
they, at the same time, display a contemptuous disregard for
the personal liberty of British subjects.
I only now call the attention of my brother merchants to the
new and heavy charge about to be impesed upon them, and I
venture to suggest the expediency of memorialising his Majesty
in council upon the subject.—l am, &c.,
Liverpool, Dec. 16th, 1833.

MERCATOR.

JUSTICE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SIR,—I took up a paper to-day, called the Liverpool Journal,
of the 30th Nov. last. This paper, our people, Mr. Editor,
I should tell you, always resort to for every convenient purpose,
suiting their designs, and I mostly read it on that account, of
course; and as I was running over the columns, my eye was
arrested by an article therein, signed a " Parishioner," and
headed " Parish doings at Sefton." Now, Mr. Editor, I
should also tell you that I am a parishioner of Sefton, and a
Catholic, and was present at the identical vestry meeting in
question, and that I. am as anxious to promote the welfare of
my own church as any man can be with justice to all; but when
I read the article in the Journal alluded to, I really was stagger-
ed, feeling and knowing, as I do, the mischievous objects it
meant to convey to the public and some of our ignorant and
superstitious people; the latter, I auk sort' to add, as a Catholic,
are at all times too much addicted to vindictive feeling, and
ready to issue it forth on all occasions against any thing con-
nected with the Established Church and its venerable officers
and ministers, and this, too, very often, with not more than
about a tithe of the truth for their foundation as with our " Pa-
rishioner." I will give you, Mr. Editor, the article verbatim
from the Journal:—