The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-28 00:00:00

;SPECT TO EMIGRANTS.
VE ASSF"-

st.—lmposes a fax of 10s. c
sea, irrespective of age.

board, for e'
ay be detaine

an additional rate of 2s. 6d. for each emigrant
ry period of three (lays during which the ship
in quarantine, ithiess for observation by-the
- • ;of the vessel or passengers,
znposed on this account do

or the c

provided
not exceed 20s
3rd.—lncreases the tax to
ing after ICth September, al

hole additional

is. per head on passengers arriv-
further increases it to 30s. per

head on arrivals after 30th September.
4th.—lmposes a penalty of 40s. for every passenger not in-
cluded in the list delivered to the Customs officer at the port
of departure.
sth.—Makes it ii
on arrival, to the

on the masters of ships to report,
customs officer the name and age of all the
ooard, and to designate all such as shall be
in-
deaf and dumb, blind, or infirm, stating also
'e accompanied by relatives likely to be able to
and to designate also all children not members

nperati

pport tiler

„tny emigrant family on board, or widows having families, or
women without their husbands having families, with the names
and ages of their children, under a penalty of .e 5 for every

6th.—Requires the master of a passenger-ship to give a bond,
with two sufficient sureties in the sum of £2O, conditioned to
save the Province from exp use for the apace of one year, on
account of any passenger who, on arrival, may be reported by
the Medical Superintendent at the quarantine station likely to
become permanently a public charge—provided that in lieu "6
giving such bond the master may relieve himself by the pay-
ment to the collector of 20s. currency for each such passenger

Provides for the pays

at of expenses of emigrants out

t.—lmpbses
ute bonds.

—Provides for t:

nopolise any other branch of trade. The house, however,
appeared to have caught a glimpse of the injustice of
granting such powers, and the further consideration of the
bill was put off until last night.

ENLIGHTENED REFORMERS

A correspondent of the London Times, describing the
popular movements in Germany during the past week,
states that " crowds of the country people entered Vienna,
and inquired with the utmost naivete whether the new
constitution was ready." We are not told, of course,
whether the country people in question expected the new
constitution to present itself in the shape of a fresh-
cooked meal, to reward their exertions; an ever-working
Moses and Son, to give to each a gratuitous supply of
blouses and nether garments, shoes and hose, or in what
particular shape it was to come. It is very questionable,
indeed, if any of them had very distinct notions at all
upon the subject. Another correspondent, writing from
Berlin, says :—" The proclamation appears to have been
at first misunderstood. `Freedom of the press' having
been demanded, and the terms in the proclamation being
`abolition of the censorship, and the publication of a law
in reference to the press,' it was necessary to explain to
the populace that the thing demanded and the thing con-
ceded were virtually one and the same. On receiving the
necessary explanation, they joined enthusiastically in the
cry, 'Es lebe der Kaiser,' and gradually dispersed."
This is a sad admission of ignorance, certainly ; yet we
can scarcely assert that some of our own. reformers were
much more enlightened as to the nature of that " freedom
of trade" for which they clamoured so loudly. It is to be
hoped that the results will not be equally disappointing to
both, and that our German friends may find in their " new
constitutions" their national assemblies and their " free-
dom of the press," acquisitions to their happiness and
comfort more substantial than we have as yet derived from
our own " free trade."