The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-26 00:00:00

THE BASE WHIGS.

Our readers, we are sure, will relish the following
morsel of bitter vituperation. In a letter to the Ho-
nourable H. Finch, afterwards fifth Lord Winchelsea,
Mr. George Plaxton, in 1711, thus oddly, though cor-
rectly, describes the Whig party, to which he was as
much opposed theni- -as we and all other sound-thinking
men happen to be at this moment :

"Now, as for Whigs, I have traced them out, and found them
out, and ind them predominant in all ranks and orders of crea-
tures : every part of the creation is troubled with them, awl you
find no set of animals but there are Whigsters among them.
"At sea and land, in salt water and fresh, you have them.
Thus, among the Quadrupeds, you have tigers, wolves, badgers,
bears, foxes, jackalls, rats, wild cats, foomards, weasels, with
many others.
"Amongst Birds, we have vultures, kites, screech owls, buz-
zards, rooks, daws, carrion crows, hawks, jays, cormorants,
magpies.

"Amongst Fishes, alligators, crocodiles, sharks, porpoises,
pikes, eels, sword-fish, and congors.
"Amongst Serpents, vipers, snakes, adders, scorpions, rat-
tlesnakes.

" Amongst Insects, hornets, wasps, bugs, maggots, lice,
spiders.
" In the kingdom of Plants, there are nettles, thistles, hem-
locks, tans, quirks, cockles.
"But amongst Men, they abound under the names of knaves,
fools, haughty, hypocrites, discontented, discarded, sour, ambi-
tious, proud, ill-natured, silly, malicious, intriguers, wheedlers,
covetous, cheats, fitz-rebels. liars, atheists, deists, and nullifi-
dians. In short, every man that is not loyal, orthodox, and
honest, is a Whig."—Glavow Courier.

SUGAR TRADE.

TO THE. EDITOR OP THE GLASGOW. COURIER.

SlR—Permit me, through your columns, shortly to advert to
the proceedings of the Sugar Refiners of the Tower Hamlets
in London, as contained in your paper of Tuesday last. At
that meetino. Mr. Farrie is, according to the report of his
speech, made to state that the West India Interest had most
obstinately refused to accede to Lord Althorp's wish, to allow
the introduction of foreign sugars to be refined in this country.
This statement is wholly untrue. I was present at a private
meeting in London, where Lord Althorp's note, expressing a
wish to have the matter settled to the satisfaction of both par-
ties, was submitted to the meeting by the noble lord who brought
it. The answer returned was, that the West India Interest
were most anxious and willing to have the matter settled and
placed on a fair and equitable footing; but that they could not
commit the West India Interest, by giving their assent to a
plan from Lord Althorp, until they knew specifically what that
plan was; and that, as soon as his Lordship would' send them
the plan he had in view, they would discuss it with him in the
most amicable and liberal manner.

It is lamentable and distressing to see every thing that con-
cerns the West India interest taken up on the most partial
grounds, and made an Anti-Colonial weapon to assail them..
This is always the case in ever proceeding on the part of the
Tower Hamlets of London. the whole of that part of the
metropolis was raised to si•lendour, and supported by the West
India docks and West India trade of London; yet the inhabi-
tants thereof have always been the most bitter foes of the
Colonies. Their folly, h;wever, like that of their countrymen,
is now returning upon their own heads with the most destruc-
tive effects. By aiding in distressing and despising the British
West India Colonists, they have raised up the Colonies of
foreign powers to a prodigious degree of wealth and splendour.
The result of this is, that the growth of foreign sugar has so
increased that it is imported into every port of Europe and
America, at a cheaper rate than the British Colonial Agricul-
turist can afford it; while other countries, but more especially
France, Austria, Prussia, Russia, and the United States, are
each and all of them, by their laws and regulations, giving en-
couragement to the establishment of Sugar Refineries in their
respective countries. This is the great and true cause of the
present stagnation and distress which prevail in the British
Sugar Refining Trade, and which, I greatly fear, nothing that
the British nation can now do will be able to remove.--I am,
&c. JAMES M`QCEEN.

Glasgow, 19th July, 1833.

INVERNESS SHEEP AND WOOL FAIR.

Our great annual market for the sale of sheep and wool-the
staple products of the Highlands-took place here last week.-
It was advertised for Thursday and Friday; but the parties hung
back as usual to the last moment, and it was not till late on Sa-
turday that several of the most extensive sales were effected.-
The result has, we are happy to say, been highly favourable,
and will prove of great advantage to the north. From a calcu-
lation which we made, assisted by some of the gentlemen at-
tending the market, it appears that the transactions in sheep
amounted to about £100,000; and those in wool to £70,060 or
£BO,OOO. The prices were high. In wool there is a great ad-
vance, patticufarly of the common black-faced description,
which brought 21s. and 21s. 6d. per stone of 48 lbs., being a rise
of from ss. 6d. to 6s. 6d. per stone over last year's prices. The
highest price obtained for Cheviot wool was 20s. 9d. per stone of
24 lbs., deliverable in the Clyde, being an advance over last
years prices of about 4s. 6d. This lot, consisting of 1800 stones,
was purchased by a Glasgow Company, who never bought before
in the north; and we hope it is only the commencement of a
long series of extensive dealings with our spirited countrymen
in the west Various circumstances have occurred to enhance
the value of the black-faced wool. In the first place, it is gra-
dually becoming scarcer, as Cheviot stock is more generally
reared. A great quantity is also used by the manufacturer in
combing, to which it was formerly not applied, and the demand
for coarse goods to supply the American trade has rapidly in-
creased since the reduction of the Tariff. It is thought also,
that the prospect of a free trade with China has had a considera-
ble tendency to raise the value of wool. These various sources,
added to the national prosperity at home, have contributed to
employ the manufacturer ; and, as with English artisans, good
living generally accompanies good employment, the carcase of the
sheep as well as its fleece, has risen with the additional demand.
One fine and very extensive lot of Cheviot wedders was pur-
chased by a Cumberland dealer, at 31s. each, with 20s. each for
the ewes; [last year the same stock was sold for 265. 3d. for the
wedders, and 16s. the ewes.] The next best lot at the market
fetched 30s. 6d. for wedders, and 20s. ewes. Another lot of
Cheviot wedders (above 1000) fetched 28s. each ; ewes 19s. A
large lot of ditto (perhaps 20(10) brought 275. for wedders; ewes
18s. Two lots of fine wedders sold at 275. 6d.; and various ex-
tensive lots ran at 255., 255. 6d., and 265. each. Lambs were
greatly in demand, as the bad weather in some districts during
the lambing season, reduced the stocks. One lot brought 11s.
3d.; another, lls. ; another 10s. 9d. ; and various lots sold
at Ios. and 9s. The following may be considered a fair state-
ment of the prices:-