The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-12 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Will," W. S. R." favour us with a call ? On reperusing his
c:o►nmunication, it will require, prior to printing, some
little alteration, which we are unwilling to make without
consulting him.
A " Friend to Improvement" is desirous that the Woodside
Ferry Company should avail themselves of the most recent
improvements in accepting a tender for their new steam-
boat, and recommends strongly the adoption of the screw
propeller.

ebr Etherpool at tanDarti.

tai irliposoti upon entintrY 01"114
with poverty, and so turbulent as is that
un
happy country. We can scarcely regret, howevern
that this measure was resorted to rpther thi
a tax upon income in Ireland raised in any other man-
ner than as a tax upon absenteeism ; for we rather
imagine that it is, to a certain extent, to this circurn-
stance—their immunity, when at home, from the pro.:
visions of the tai to which other portions of the peoPie
of Great Britain are subject—that we owe the with-
drawal, from amongst us, of not a few of the choice
specimens of human kind from that country, who hay
!
for years past been in the habit of favouring us with
their presence, in the British parliament and elsewhere.
We would gladly accede to Ireland immunity from the
income and some other taxes, provided we could keep
her legion of spendthrift adventurers in their proper
locality—at home.
The most poignant cause for reret that we are no,:
as yet, in the possession of any! surplus
find in the circumstance that it is not in the power!):
government at present to relieve the industry of
country from the pressure of two very injurious n'''
most importani:
posts upon the raw materials of our
manufactures—cotton and wool. The duty of 3-16! _
manufacturing of a penny per lb. on the former is, at the present pile;
income, we
of the article, becoming a most serious impediment
flow from its repeal. The manufacturing body their
selves, however, immersed in a factious agitation, di-
selves,
rected to the ruin of other interests rather than W
Prosperity ; and the best results you
anything_
permanent advantage of their own, withhold
beyond a whispered protest against this
heavy impost upon them; and, if they are satisfied, w
suppose we must remain so too ! impolitic one

That incendiary agitation which, for the past
Le
six years, has been carried on in Ireland, to fill
tu
pockets of a heartless beggar, and to give to a raPe-
cious priesthood a hold upon the passions, which theY
have not virtue sufficient to acquire upon the °Pell
or talent to command upon the respect, of a mob
people, is at length, we thank God, about tobe I);
down. We have the assurance of this deterrninatic);
on the part of the government, from the lips ef
op n
upon whose decision and promptitude in the exec
twee
of whatever he deems necessary for the public wet
we can fully rely. The denunciation of the reP;
treason, from the lips of THE DUKE OF WELLING" os
will, we are assured, prove no brulem fain:en-I°llw
et prateria nihil—no artful demonstration to eleasame
in the case of the Whig denunciation of the
treason) a projected alliance with the arch-traitor
al
self ; and from Sir Robert Peel we have the additierint
assurance that, if the powers of the law be insuffieleio
to reach one who so artfully shelters himself lonierlist
cover of technical evasions of its spirit, they f
once be rendered sufficient by an appeal to the will
the legislature. to the
If there could ever have existed any doubt as ry
position of O'Connell with respect to the late eleept
ment, the conduct of that worthy during the Pirrebego
session must surely have removed it for ever. Naitsf
the Melbourne administration held rule by 3 13 pa
anti-English majority in the House of Commnae' • 0
could feed him with inspectorships,
and other Whig-invented sorts of public Plua;
could insult the throne with its fawning subse:4,loo
whilst busily engaged in undermining its founuaca-0014
which are in the respect and love of the people,, heed
propitiate the voracity of rampant Rome by out
blows and great discouragement" levelled again:toot
commissioner:lntl);
National Church,—where was to be found se 'e Apo
an ally, and so assiduous a sitter, as him of Derry'' to
and Dublin ? 'Who "hovered, like birds of PreY'ooo
use the expression of an eminent patriot of their od of
country—" to give their venal votes" at the s°° with
the division bell, or the ministerial whiPPer-in.o'ioted
such perseverance as the members of his fort); 3,0 the
tail ? Three years ago the very gales wafted fro the
neighbourhood of palace-yard were redolent ° 1.00
brogue of Munster, Leinster, and Connaught.eot °f
might have imagined yourself in the Pselloliont
College-green,
some year or two before the f toe'
listening to the squabble of a congregatlea di% bollY,
legged vultures, for the picking of a bone °; the
of poor Ireland in her day of native misrule' hiliocePS
being,
as you expected to have found yonoeif' %gel
ip
a body of British gentlemen and noblemen too°,
debating—as
.welfare
debate some In° d- 00°
uestion affecting the elfare of a greatsnihnittive
But with the fall of the Melh
,ration, and the breaking up of the -Vie" e
compact, how changed is the scene ! A the ,b;
Upon every recent debate on Irish subje—:broarig.
Bence of the Irish members has been Inc* been his
And the great mendicant himself—what has
so orny
course ? Why has not his burly person bee° she or
mental, or at least a conspicuous, object 1113° lifieos°s6
position benches during the present session ? he gere,
we have no longer a government which, t support•
bourne administration, will truckle to objecthim fo
The /
hope of achieving his known traitorous rostrr
the dismemberment of the kingdom, and the
tion of the Established Church in Ireland'in
of his influence in the British Parliament, fivioacoid
remains; and he has, therefore, thrown men the
tio
professedly peaceful and parliamentary 14491 hi's osve
devoted himself to the task of precipitating i° of of
country, as only available means left bilizetion,
summating his pet measures, a repeal insurrethat Veal
In this effort we are happy to observe na
about to be arrested. The peace of a greatitidehe"'
nation, and the progressive development of, theact this
0
lion resources of Ireland herself, are n° of i
endangered by the factious and selfish anbitvt bet
" bold bEd man," without at least an attelst; of PiA
made by,the government to assert the 01,s:ie.:I:To doo e
law, and to prevent impending convulsion• ewe bo
not that the effort will be successful, beea°sooll
assured that the authors of it will act Ocala am
are in earnest ; and as its result—aided 13Y °
'1 revet7o
r 'orating measures, and especially if aided 1160°14 et
of that suicidal policy which has of late .00,
pacify the agitation in Ireland by 0110°10000 ho
than to strengthen the allegiance of thatfctioo d :110
protection afforded to the well-disposed P°.)eriodl so
people—wef look for the approach of a I
enable" to
first for years past—in which she will be. opti
IT 100 P
reap the full benefits of the act of L'aai pottl°°olo
assume her rightful position as an Integra
a great and flourishing empire. In the Itlieie couriebo
interesting question arises—what will be t
Coto t°o
proceeding, under this " great discouragenlwe ofiree,
traitorus projects, of the man himself •? dice
to
coop 00
we shall have a few lachrymose aPPeale
ditary bondsmen ;" and but for the innaLe_ot
of their utterer, we might have matter
diverting, and infinitely more dangerous.

nation.

subject of theay
That an last the discussion of the • Pl°
On Tuesd Wilk
notwithstanding inter 000
On
of Corn-laws was commenced in the , duolr
mover, that
Commons
by Mr. Villiers, in one of his us ro ito
being harangues; and we may very safely calculate iiileost•
the
prolongedanything
through the present Week at t tiloject
will be elicitedy
mg very new or startling ten the'. oubt'
working we are, however, son' Bono
Illitralile
as a discoveries will cotztinue to be imacieteoptil
the declaration of the boos, hog
thatcorn-law exists as the fertile promoter of
.bers °
Already the imaginative theal
Cori'
ingenuity.
law Leaguewould
d have discovered that a repeal of lio, 0311
and hi produce cheap bread for the worlos 7or tilt'
prices for the farmer ; high leage _.,,,101e(;
urist by the transfer of that
more employment
agriculturist ealploY , tor
man and cheaper labour for the
theelv lorin6l`j
and more prosperity Or gent as
t,
eprosperity to the foreign agriculturist (!)_.: to fe
pros
duce') his
to the landowner, by compelling. laiTori, IV4
withdrils, income ; improvements in coltivaft retilli
equaycwing their reward ; with a varietY corisiSttli
with eacha stounding, and no doubt equallY aciiieVie:
ments. other ! Viewing the extent of the lto avii;o
in
this line thus far, it is only ratiolla 00 ti.
public whether
much further progress can be made ;coon iii;
c will therefore peruse. with no great tilt. otr° .
variouspouring
facts, theories, and opinions, which areio.llo oft:
who
atg in a continuous stream froin the viartheiseli.o
present happily for the world and
t the I`
occupy in
the House of Commons the s ,or
hand of 1 the Speaker. Otis 0
With this „e the .4 1,11
conviction before us, we have sore ', od
tion of believing that our readers will, I'o Woo
tedious task of nauseating ourselves and t for 0 lot
comment
debate
is
new has gone, we are in possession of
,sl'bip vetib
; and, with respect to the stale rt'v

14464 the 1414cipla of Datil corntiawa, by
the crotchetty member for Wolverhampton, we are
quite content to leave it where it has been left by the
unanswerable speech of the Vice-President of the
hoard of Trade. For the present, therefore, we wash
our hands of the subject, predicting only for the mo-
tion the CaineY fate which bcfel its predecessor of last
ear, with perhaps an O'Cobdenite outbreak, by way
Of episode, to enliven the tedium of its last moments.

e inserted in the STANDARD of Tuesday a letter
front a correspondent who wished to ascertain if the
London offices had refused to insure the proposed
Albert Dock Warehouses, if built on the verge of the
dock, We have made some enquiries on the subject,n4 find that a deputation was sent from this town to
Londo a fete days since to confer with the metropoli-
tan otli n
ces on the subject of the high differential rates
,t 4 Premium on warehouses in " B" district, and we
°.efieve the following determination, which was a por-
tl°n of the information obtained by the deputation,
will be a sufficient reply to our correspondent's
question
The London offices do not object to warehouses on
theofnse dock quay's, but only to warehouses on the verge
, "" quays ; as, for instance, those of the St.
"
and s Dock, as distinguished from the London
est India Dock warehouses : the latter risks
_leY take freely, whilst they will not now take any
re of Q..
n:
A 'Katharine's; and for these reasons, " that
alo"tle night," they say, "the
whole may be destroyed,
thereby with the shim
r,bY.
an There and the offices totally ruined
tio
is, it is asserted, no possibility of
cum3Part, if once fairly on fire, from the cir-
is to-alleeY of there being no means of access, as there
wareli 4'"e left to place a fire-engine, between the
At :44
n)and the docks."
deenutationeeting of the London offices, to receive the
Your doci-c' the 'chairman said, distinctly, that "if
rifle's, warehouses are erected, as the St. Katlia-
teia,to," 14e urge of the dock, the London offices
14e urge
at isk any price whatever."