The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-01-20 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL SLkIiDARD.

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the stream and he went down. These are -not times to
look one way and row another. The principles of con-
servatism are inherent inthe national character; but they
must not be watered down to what is called moderate
whiggism, which is only another. term for deceit and
fraud. We have no fears that Scotland will not yet re-
deem itself, but it will take some time, and it must be
the result of renewed energy and 'more perfect combina-
We regret the discomfiture only on private
groUnds. There is nothing to fear on the score of prin-
ciple. England will supply men to fill the" places which
ought to have been filled by Sir GEORGE MURRAY, Lord
RAMSAY, and Mr. EWING.
As to Ireland, the reaction has been to an extent be-
yond our most sanguine expe'etations. O'CONNELL and
RUTHVEN have been returned, the neWspapers say, by a
majority of about two hundred. This. return we have
every reason to believe will be set aside. The grossest
perjury, and that to a frightful extent, has been commit.
ted in fatrour of the agitators. No less than from three
to four hundred bad votes have been tendered and re-
ceived on their side. All these•will be cut ant, and the
two conservatives declared the sitting members. O'CON-
NELL knows this, and in order to avoid the consequences,
he has, although nominally returned for Duldin,declaced
himself a candidate for Westmeath. Cork has returned
two conservatives. In short, the state of the elections
in Ireland is most gratifying. We refer the reader to an
analysis which will be found in another place, and may
be depended upon.

The Manchester papers contain a mournful address,
replete with tears, consequent on the loss of office and
the disappointment of hopes, delivered by Colonel TOR-
RENS to the electors of Bolton, who have discarded him
at the present " alarming crisis.' The weeping colonel
says :

" If the gentleman who had succeeded in removing hitn from
the
_representation of Bolton could argue die great commercial
monetargluestions in a more sat isfaclorg manner than: him-
self, he, in conjunction with the electors of Button,ntit4d re-
joice in being satisfied. Although out of parliament, he.attonid
not he idle ; he should be studiously endeavouring during his
retirment to advance British interests, to extend British civi-
lization, British liberty, and British religion to those climes
where the sound of.a church-going bell was never heard: lie
should he rocking the infant cradle y. great empires, and extend-
ing civilization to an infinity that would make him participate
in the joy of God in seeing a happy world." (Cheers..) .

The above is very poetic and very affecting. Of course
no one can argue the "great commercial and monetary
questions" like. Colonel Toanv,Ns, but that, unhappily, is
one of the reasons why the electors rejected him. The
colonel is by far too learned in the mysteries of political
economy for people of ordinary intellect to comprehend
hint. The wise shake their beads at his rhapsodies, and
the foolish laugh, while between both the colonel is un-
horsed.

It is certainly peat kindness on the part of the late
member for Bolton to take the world under his charge in
the mariner he professes to do, without fee, reward, or
the hope of preferment. But what does he mean by
rocking the infant cradle of great empires ?" Rocking
the cradle is a very gentle employment, but any old wo-
man can do that, butter toast, and sing " Alice Grey," at
the same time; with this difference, that she rocks in-
fants, not empires. The poor colonel, we suspect, is not
quite right in the upper story. The loss of his election
has thriven him crazy; and we would advise him to pour
.4is regrets into the ear of Colonel WILLIAMS, who, in
this cold weather, must require all the fraternity and con-
solation which one sufferer can bestow upon another. We
do not see the Globe newspaper, but we hope it has ap-
peared in a proper suit of weeds. We pity the colonel

The nomination for the southern division of this
county took place on Saturday last. A full report of the
proceedings will be found in another place. It will be
seen that the show of Lands was decidedly in favour of
Lord FRANCIS EGERTON and the Hon. Mr. WILBRAHAM.

. .
But we are . most of all anxious that the speeches 'of
Mr. WOOD and Lord MOLYNEUX should be placed in
contrast with the animated address, the noble sentiments,
tiao indop4m4ieswanti-vonoetvalive-eono-of Lord FRANOIO
EGERTON. Lancashire will do itself immortal honour
by returning such a candidate to Parliament—a gentle-
Man whose interest is interwoven witlithat of every elec-
tor—one whose high attainments are creditable to him-
self, and rould reflect merit upon the county—who has.
the energy to make his opinions respected, and the
power to command respect for the wishes and wants of
the humblest elector.

What has Lord MOLYNEUX done for the county ? He
has had a seat and sometimes a sleeping bench in the
House of Commons; but will any man say that he has
attended to our local interests, advocated any measure of
sound policy, or given a vote on any subject, the whole
..bearings and effect of which he is competent to under-
stand ? If there were no other objections to Lord Mo-
-I,yNEuX we should say that he is unqualified to represent
so important a section of Lancashire on the ground of
ignorance, and a total blindness as to its wants, its rights,
and its interests. If the house of SEFTON are to be per-
mitted to nominate members for, the county, and such
members as the noble lord in question, that is a question
to be decided by the electors. If the county be desirous
of occupying that station in parliamenA to which they are
entitled they must commit their trust to better hands.
AS for Mr. GEORGE WILLIAM WOOD we have only to
say, that if there be any English spirit, any truly reli-
gious spirit left- in the elective body, they will cashier
him on the ground that he is a wild infidel, the enemy of
the established church, and ttNally unfit to represent the
opinions of those who love their King, the church, and
the constitution of England. Manchester, such was the
fairness and the liberality of the authors of the reform
bill, is allowed to return three members to parliament,
while Liverpool returns only two ; but if Mr. WOOD ist
again returned, will it not be open to the charge, that
Manchester returns four members? This must not be
endured, and we feel perfectly confident that it. will not
be endured if the electors do their duty. To-day the
contest begins—to-morrow it must end— eVery man,
therefore, who has a vote, and who has a stake in the
country, whether it rest on.preperty acquired b‘oltherit-
"ance or derived
,from industry, is bound to hasten to the
pill in surport of Lord FRANCIS EGERTON and Afr..WIL-
BRAHAAL In the latter candidate they have an honour-
able, amiable, and conscientious conservative—one who
cherishes the noblest sentiments—who is the friend of
the poor and the advocate of British interestsone who
is desirous to cement the connexion between the farmer
and the artizan by promoting the prosperity of both.

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

City, Saturday Evening, half-pall Sejen o'clock.

The political Joseph, who, rather than endure the Potiphar
embraces of place or• profit, would (according to his own story)
prefer to leave the tail of his coat behind him, has again, by aid
of the Tower Hamlets, contrived to scramble into parliament
as r 4 re,.enta:ive (God save the mark I) of the county of Middle-
sex ! Referring to the minute record of the votes polled it will
be found that the Tower Hamlets' constituency (freeholders of
Middlesex) have furnished Mr. Hume with his majority, con-
ceiving, wilt great consistency of character, that the ex-holder
of Greek scrip is fitted and worthy to sit in the Commons' House,
cheek by jowl, with that eminent ecclesiastical functionary Dr.
Isushington. There is no accounting for the tastes of some per-
' sons, and we might as well look for the return of a member of
the Temperance Society to represem. a bacchanalian constitu-
ency, as to expect that the "gentlemen electors" of tho dingy
district of Tosver Hamlets would consider any one as a suitable
representative of them, who did nut, like them, possess a perfect
knowledge of the vulgar tongue, unalloyed by any of the refine•
went of good manners, and unradicaled by any association wi:h
good society. Joseph, however, does not appear, by any means,
to enjoy his triumph, for which several reasons can be adduced.
First, th4ontest is supposed to have cost him upwards of four
pounds four shillings and Nurpence out of his own actual
funds, which has already led to the discharge of a diminutive
cook, whose yearly stipend exceeded that sum by sixteen 6161-
hogs; secondly, the honourable (by courtesy) gentleman has
polled a th:usand vbtes less than he (lid last election; and,
thirdly,..as the electors expect that the worthy member will,
when another shall arise, bear all his expenses, Mr. Joseph
Huote considers himself only tenaporary representative of the
county. These are the damps upon the triumph of the some-
tune patriotic friend of Greece, wim, since his return, has done
little else than illustrate with a strunz uotthern accent the cele-

brated exclamation of Phyrrui—" Sach auother 'victory and I
Hun undone,"
Our money market has been rather flat since our last, but
without any material change in value. The current quotation
of the Consols for Account has been 9li 92, and the closing
price this afternoon was 91i 92. Exchequer Bills remain at
41 to 43 prem., and India BOnds arc looking up, being now 22
to 23 prem. •

All our Foreign Bonds. are firm, particularly the Northern
Bonds, Russian being at 107,1.1081 ; Belgian at 991, and Dutch
5 per cent. at 100 i to 101 h. There has been great speculation
in the Spanish Bonds during the week, and they have been as.
high as 56,1, but closed at 561. Portuguese Bonds have .been
881, and closed at SS f.
There has been considerable buoyancy in the Brazilian Bonds,
and they have risen to 81 I. Columbian Bonds are also better,
being at 321 33, and Chiliau are 34 to 35. The new Spanish
loan, it is expected, will be brought out on Wednesday next
at 60.

Applications have been received by Messrs. Ricardo and Co.
both yesterday and to-day. It) our Share Market the only
change has been in the lituperialßritzilian Mine Shares, which
have risen to 39 10 to 40 10.

By accounts from Panama we learn 'that the Congress had
passed a law reducing the duty on flour to 3 dollars per barrel,
and that on onions, garlic, and minestros to 1 3, being one-
fourth less than the rate of duly heretofore levied. An im-
portant alteration had also been made in the tonnage duty,
which, on English and American vessels, was fixed at 4 seals
per ton, which on vessels bearing the flag of other nations it was
one dollar per ton. It was also ordered that whale ships may
enter the ports of the Republic without paying any port charges.
This law went into operation on the Ist of August last. The
markets were one and all completely glutted in the foreign 'dry
goods of every description, and trade was entirely stagtiant.

The general idea here is that there %ILL a war between
France and the United States. The American ambassador has
received his passport at Paris, and, we believe, is now in
England, andthe French ambassad r at 'Washington has been
recalled by the French government. We find by. our New
York letters to-day, reaching to the 20th ult., that the French
ambassador had refused. to attend as one of the party at the
President's dinner, and everything appears to portend an open
and direct collision.

We learn by letters from Matanzas that the crop of coffee
was generally short. but of good quality. Tye- price wa5.105.)
lOi• On some or the ebtates grinding had colitinertce,l,,a4d
early in last month all would be in activity. sugars would,
however, be late. The exchange on London was 11 to 12 per
ccnt.

In consequence of the teather we aro without our usua
French wail to-day.

NEGRO ,S LAVE R Y.

TO Till? EDITOR OF hilt: LIVERPOOL ST,IND.IRD.

beg to annex you an extract from a letter received
by and by the last Jamaica packet, under date thd'3oth of
November.. I do not intend it as a matter of party politics,'
fur • 1 always thought that if the claims of the West Indians
could not stand on their own merits, they were likely to re_
ceive nothing beyond hard knocks between whip and tory bat-
tledores

I ❑merely wish the people of England to know the fact, that
the African slave trade has received a fresh impetus, and is at
this moment carried on in its most aggravated hot rors. I put
it, then, to those whose philanthropy has induced them to make
and to exact such immense sacrifices (in. the case of our own
colonies) for the benefit of their fellow-creatures, whether they
can conscientiously consider that their labours are. at an end?
And I put it to any man, who is actuated by no higbei motive
than a love of his own country, whether her prosperity is con-
sulted by tacitly permitting foreign ❑ations to resort to an
illegal and cheaper mode of production? .
Should the British government be unable or unwilling to
insist on the slave trade being declared Piracy, it is certainly
competent to order that the captured Africans be carried to our
own colonies, from which a two-told advantage would result—
an accession of labourers to the islands, and the delivery of the
negroes from future bondage in Cuba. The quackery of ap-
prenticing these pour creatures, under the authority of the
mixed commission in Havana, is too well known to require
exposure here; but I atn at all times ready to show how the
bounty of the British government is made subservient to the
interests of the Cuba planter.
A WEST INDIAN MERCHANT.

The following is the extract referred to:—

"The island continues quiet; but the negmes continuo to
refuse working for wages (generally speaking)'during their
own time, in consequence of which a very great falling off is
expected in the ensuing crops, but particularly of sugar, which
requires at least sixteen hours' continuous labour, during crop
time, every day. The importation of slaves from the coast q.
Africa to the island of Cuba has received a great impulse in
consequence of the emancipation scheme. In the months of
June and July alone upwards. of fifty ye seels: left-the port of
Havana for the coast of Guinea. The I.llynx and the Speed-
well, formerly schooners of war on this station, have both been
purchased by the Cuba Spaniards for slaves. They sailed from
this (Kingston) on the 20th instant, and it is rather singular,
that when the Speedwell was in commission, she was noted for
the number of slaves she had captured and carried to Havana.
Some persons apprehend that there will be some disturbances
here about Christmas; but Lord Sligo is of a diffareut opinion."

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