The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-09-17 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

" DLCUS" is received, as he will perceive at the close of a long
article on abuses in the department of the Customs. We
needed not either his information or his prompting on the
only point in his communication which we have thought
worth notice; the remainder of his letter is altogether be-
neath it.

frbt ilibtrpool Astanbarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17,1831

We are in hourly expectation of important intelligence
from Portugal, but at a late hour last night nothing had
arrived, the substance of which we have not already com-
municated. It is clear, however, even in the absence oS,
confirmatory facts, that his MAJESTY'S ministers have re-
solved to divert the public with a game of war. Having
acquitted themselves so admirably at court and in Parlia-
ment, they are anxious to try their talents in the tented
field, by engaging in the contest now raging between
the rival princes of the House of Braganza. The young
QUEEN, it is said, is to be escorted to Lisbon by British
troops, and transports are already in waiting at Cork for
that purpose.
If it were not a serious subject we should certainly re-
joice to see the Whigs engaged in a hot war. They are
just the heroes to make a dash in military and naval war-
fare, and if they do no mortal damage they ale quite
sure to keep the world in good humour, bursting out now
and then into uproarious shouts of laughter. They have
only to send an armament of five or six thousand men to
attack BOURMONT in the lines of Torres Vedras, and then
will begin a struggle compared with which that of the
last twelve months has been but child's play. The mo-
ney is wanting we know,—the sinews of war are in ad-
mirable disorder—but they have only to begin, and no
doubt the reformed Parliament will grant them supplies
commensurate with their gallantry.
The only difficulty is, that if they once.comMenen; there
is no living man can tell where or when they will end.
The conference between the allied sovereigns of Austria,
Russia, and Prussia at the present moment is rather omi-
nous, and calculated, perhaps, to damp their ardour. It
is obvious enough that the state of affairs all over Europe
cannot be tolerated much longer without producing some
terrible explosion, and this it is the interest and the duty
of these monarchs to prevent. Civil war rages in Por-
tugal, Spain is divided by two powerful parties, Louts
PHILIPPE has a very fragile hold of the Bourbon crown,
the differences between Holland and Belgium are as far
from being adjusted as ever, the Swiss cantons are in a
state of revolt, and England that once took the lead in
upholding monarchical institutions, and in the pacifica,
tion of other states, is now reduced to the dimensions of
a third-rate power, feeble at home, discontented in her
colonies, struggling with debt, faction, and revolution.
In this alarming position of affairs it is natural that the
northern powers should feel uneasy and anxious to settle
what we have disarranged, and to stay the march of re-
volution, which is the march of blood. Any interference on
our part in the Portuguese struggle may prevent an ami-
cable adjustment. We may conquer Portugal, but the
people of that country will never again be reconciled to
English dominion, or to the adventurer who has thus
thrust himself upon them by means of foreign bayonets.

The paltry cunning evinced by Ministers at the close
of the session, in perpetrating some of their vile jobs,
would do discredit to a Jew pedlar, and must, if any thing
will, open the eyes of the people. The prebendal stall
of Westminster, vacant by the death of Dr. TOURNAY,
was permitted to be vacant for several months, in fact
during the greater portion of the session, in order that
it might quietly and without discussion or parliamentary
inquiry be conferred upon the Prime Minister's brother,
Dr. GREY, Bishop of Hereford. The first Lord of the
Treasury seems determined that no patronage worth
using, no living worth taking, shall go out of the family ;

SEPTEMgER.

and yet so conscious is he of the grossness of this parti-",
lity, and the meanness of this avarice, and the greedy and
grasping propensities. of himself and his connections,
he is compelled to resort to every sort of paltry shifttlo
order to elude public censure. This is the rninilr o
who boasted that he would govern without patronagei:c
that all his measures should stand or fall by public OP
nion ! He took credit to himself for acting upon Prirke,c
"
pies widely different from those acted upon by former au
ministrations. The Tories were represented as corrupt
and profligate—as having founded their governments
upon patronage, lavish expenditure, sinecures, and P 911:
sions ; but the Whigs were to be immaculate—apt OP
economical, but impartial—not only pure, but also ab°`e
suspicion, distributing with perfect equity and fairnes3
_,
the gifts of office to the ablest and most meritorious "*
our public men.
This was the boast—these the pretensions of
thth:
Whigs ! We were not su;prised by either the one or
other; for such professions, delivered with their tol*
swagger, are quite characteristic of the most dishonest,
party in England. We were, however, surprised to - sevo
that so large a portion of our fellow-countrymen 'We id
credulous enough to repose confidence in them—so still)
as. to imagine that the Whigs were sincere, or had BO'
even the most remote intention, to fulfil their pled
But the overweening credulity of the people is their Co,
cern—not ours. If they have been imposed upon, 9
every act of the present administration proves that the!
have, it was not from lack of forewarning and 21101;
tion. They have lived to see every profession of
Whigs falsified or deliberately violated by the present° •
nisters. They have seen more jobbing, more corruPti9;
and more abuse of patronage and the emoluments of
fice, within the last three years, than ever took • P 196:
under any Tory administration. From Lord Baounoo 9'
legal reforms, down to Mr. SPRING RICE'S fiscidrt7
lotions, every thing has been. a job, a rank job, and ""„1
thing but a job. From the officers of the Anal houSehe",
down to a trumpery clerkship in the stationery eirTee'
every change, every appointthent, has been.a job. 111119:
the Archbishop of Dublin down to the humble
of a Scotch kirk the taint of favouritism and faction
passed over all. One family alone monopolises more-a.l
crative offices in the church and under the crown, 113. 1 giCr
reign embassies and treasury appointments, than any tell
of the oldest Tory families in the country. Talk of tb
MELVILLES, the BERESFORDS, the BATHURSTS, indeed
the name. GREY swamps them all There is more pub°
money received by that family than by the whole oft
established clergy of Scotland, or by two thirds of w",
working clergy of England.
It is h re
true that these offices must be filled; but wr.°•••
goes the boasted purity and impartiality of the Vinis-
when one or two families hold the majority of them, 95
if no talent, nopurity, no merit, no sense, no experience'
no knowledge of business, could be found beyond thelrf
pale ? Is this a just, or honest, or liberal distribution '
patronage ? Does a minister receive his appointment
merely to enable him to provide for his family? VT°
have heard such a charge brought against Tory minis:,
ters; but we have never yet seen anything likea ter
cation of it except in the conduct of the Whigs—of-411.:
very men who during their whole lives have declaitnr
in the most unmeasured terms against the abuses of Pr
tronage !
. It is equally true that the ministers do not confer '
their patronage upon the members of their own families
for this would be impossible. Nor do we complain •
their placing their own political friends and dependents,
in responsible and lucrative offices, provided they
severally competent to discharge the duties. All this, it:
perfectly fait. The steady hack must have his corn'
The thick and thin supporter must be provided 1.(4:-
The old scavenger must have his broth as well as I'!s
broom. The horn-blower must have his malt. All th's
We admit is reasonable enough ; but what we do
plain of is, that old and efficient officers, in the prime °I.
life, are unnecessarily pensioned off to make toot.lf
some six-and-eightpenny lawyer who has made him°
useful to a minister by playing the part of Caliban in t',
Ie
tempest of an election. This we say, is a most profligat:
abuse of patronage. It is moreover a most insultine
mode of meeting the demands of the people for a reclue-
tion of the public burthens. It is a sort of econoli
which pays forty shillings for what might be obtain
elsewhere for twenty.
But the Whigs are not content with-the abuse of „al
patronage as naturally falls to their share as Ministers °
the Crown. They actually create patronage in nrclert7
make it subservient to their purposes. What are ni
those roving commissions and bands of political tinkers
who are ttsrersing the country in every direction but 19",
many new-made jobs, giving bread to quacks at the 0.
tiontl expense ? What in the name of all that is Graf
or Whiggish can PARKES the Birmingham attorad
know of the charters, privileges, immunities or other,
municipal rights of the corporations of England ?
can our own towering patriot, the unbribedand unbough
Mr. RUSHTON, know of law, to entitle him to elan:tie'
ancient records or unravel complicated enactments ?
question if he can read black letter. We doubt if heaver
drew up a contract of greater importance than that wW, •
authorises a cordwainer to strap his apprentice: .°‘.l".
have no disposition to speak disrespectfully of Mr. RIO'
.TON, but common decency should have induced him 1°
refuse such an appointment after the part lie played be,
fore the committee on the Liverpool election. If
ters had had any sense of shame they would .have -omitte
his. name at least from the commission. But ex 011°'
disce onmes—as Mr. RUSHTON is so are they all. Tileji
are qualified to do the work of ministers by their veryill:
competency. The_ gentlemen who are nominated to forla
the new code of laws for this " beast of a natien,"
code rurale of the Whigs we suppose, the
Il °he,
BROUGHAM, the Code PARKES, the code ArtmEn,
code KEY, and the code IKEY SOLOMONS—who eCer.
t,
heard of them? They may be immense lawyers,.
their fame has not got beyond the back seats at the .I'9 6
or the attics of some Inns of Court. In short these
all jobs—tubs to the unions—sops to the reformer'
walking advertisements in favour of the future intenti°9
of a now despiseiand unpopular administration.

By the Caledonia, which arrived here yesterdays fr°
Bombay, we have received advices from that presider,
to the 15th May, three weeks later than the previe„.
arrivals. Our private correspondence from thence brioV4
r,
us the state of the markets to the date of the dee'l_fe
tore of the Caledonia, and the arrivals •and
tures of the early part of May ; which, as far as• re
this country, are very limited. We give the particalle
at fpot. The markets were in a variable state at tro
date of our letters. in Cotton, the market was
and purchases made at the hiahest_ quotations, for beo,
lots. The exports of this article from Bombay were
follows:
Prom 4th to Previously Total'
11th May. this year, 360
To Liverpool.
To London
To Greenock
To France
To China 1,16S 7,936 9,1 •
Total 23.769 279_6,1'
These quantities are given in Surat Candys 0'
pounds, English, which will be equal to about dout',
the number of bales. The expected exportation fa ,sed h,
remainder of the season it was thought would not exevhs
12 to 15,000 Candys, or from 24 to 30,000 Baba.. 140 •
Bengal sales of Opium had closed, and the results
communicated to us.

Of Patna opium there was disposed of:—
t j 4
Chests. Sicea Amou „ a •
Rupees. Rupsrio 5
At the Ist Sale 2,416, averaging 1133 7 8-27,35,4,4 11 0
2nd Do . 1,918 ditto 1277 10 0-24,50,4' 0
'2.50 9ti
3rd Do. 1,500 ditto 1E75 0 0-17,!3,-;
4th Do 1,500 ditto 1189 7 9-17,w,"9
1.5
Total 7,334 86,60,6
Average per Chest 1180 14 4
Of Benares Opium there were disposed of to
Chests. Sicca AmOues • 0
110 1° 0
Rupees.
At the Ist 5a1e....1,112, averaging 1099 3 9-12,22,,,,,,i6
2nd Do 982 ditto 1229 7 2-12,wq0
3rd Do 5OO ditto 1142 80— 5,„„71,,...0
4th Do 5OO ditto 1101 72 S,DvS,
639
T0ta1.... 3094

Average per Cheat 11'.7 11 7

:SEPTENIRER 17, 1833.

, .
Abstract of the foregoing. •
c7l:334____ts. '
866:.60cPer:t609a5 Rupees. 8
P a t n a
Benares 3094-35,51'639 G 4

10,428 1,22,12,336 6 0

Stock on hand in China, ltith March, 'S 841

11,272 Chests.

MALIVA oPlum.--.--The number of Chests for which
Passes have been taken out in Bombay to this date, 4749
Thelnumber May, 18330
of Do. at Maiwa to the 24th April

Total Chests.

7927

01 which 4306 chests have arrived in Bombay, and
215% chests have been exported to the eastward.
By advices from China to the 16th March, it will be
seen, as above stated, that only 844 chests of old Patna
and Benares Opium remained on hand, and that the
whole of the Malwa of last season ,had been disposed of.
Assuming, therefore, that the quantity which will find
Its way, this season, from Bombay and llumaun will not
exceed 11,500 chests, the supply to the China market
for the present season will be 22,774 chests, of the value
of about Two Crores and Forty Lacs of Rupees ; (nearly
two and a half millions sterling.)
Of Cassia Lignea, the stock did not exceed 1000
chests; the price, 4to 4i anas per lb. Of Silk, the
'applies for the coming season. are likely to be large, in
"nsequence of the high prices. Persia, first, stood at
.12 Rupees, the Pucca Seer, (about 15-28ths of a pound
4voirdupoise,) and the second at. 10 to.ll Rupees the
Seer. Spices were in moderate demand. Sugar of all
'eseriPtions on the decline. lmports generally were
11'4 in a favourable state, though the state of some arti-
'cies, ensured good prices. and steady sales. Iron was in
tolerable demand. Freights for England stood at about
10 0 per ton of 50 cubic feet., for Cotton. Exchange
on. London, *ix months sight, Is. 9id. to Is. 91d. per
Rupee.

, Skips Arrieed. • from. sailed.
ap Gth..Mount.Stuart Elphinstotte Liverpool..l2 Dec.
" Bth..dipsey D0.....24 Dec.

Ships Sailed. for.
-May 7th.. King • William, Carr, Liverpool.
" Bth..Mary, Nemeth London.
Liverpool.
" Bth ..Linnaeus, Smith

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

Saturday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock.
vITI!e advices from Pernambuco to the 30th July state, that the
'tr
The
Thomson, from Liverpool to Bahia, which had put iuto
oika, was about to be solcr.
,e es from the Mauritius to the 6th June inform us, that
Sir Francis Barton, Reid, from Bombay to Liverpool, had
311asiellarged her cargo in good order, with the exception of fifty
,-!s of cotton. Her leak could not be found.
4,.uur consul market has been rather heavy during the last few
soya' the speculators viewing the approaching congress with
r_ me alarm. If any faith is to be put in advices we have seen
....r u_4l Russia, the Emperor Nicholas has ordered military equip-
;en t 0 a- considerable extent, and it is thought the Dutch
el question will vet lead to some collision. Consols for account
Ticl'esed this afternoon at 88i Exchequer Bills are 45 to 46.
butZrthern bonds are heavy at 1022 for Russian ; 481 for
flat; 931 94 for Belgian. Portuguese. scrip has been very
Ma, the holders and speculators being somewhat alarmed at
closedl.4'4 Bourmont's demonstrations against Lisbon aft the scrip
sat 19; 201, and the bonds at 751 76 this rnoon.
ziroish stock is heavy at 2li 221, and the quotation for Bra-
is 68i. The last accounts Mexico contained advices
t the insurrection had gainedgrand—that the troops of the
president had been defeated, and that Santa Anna had left the
tear,Pito. Ito take the command of the army. This has caused a
b-eltsiderable fall in the bonds here, the quotation this afternoon
ag at 34 to 35.
„lire have advices from Campeachy to the beginning of July
;here'
state, that on the 23d of Jne e chke out
• -eh ' and on the 28th the burialsu wereth fifty.olera It was chiefly
441011 g the poorer classes.
tLetters fromw Orleans to the 9th of August state, that the
rt"Pect of the drops both for cotton and sugar, had not been
heeateltbr
yf.or several years, and that the place was extremely
of eenunts from Ancona, of the 30th ult., announce the receipt
intelligence from Corfu, that a revolution had broken out in
Turkish Albania,-but no.particulars are given.
ad
Intelligence from Valparaiso conveys the information that
Marra, the President of Peru, had been deposed. All, how-
remained tranquil. Gamarra had been exceedingly un-
popular, and prior to his deposition he had been fired at by an
assassin, who, however, was detected And shot.
The'last accounts- from Para report that place to be in a very
unsettled state, and the European Portuguese were in constant
t?prehension of attack. Articles of export were extremely
'Eh and scarce, very little Of any kind being in the market,
~!d the currency of the country was in an alarming 'state, ow-
tig to the immense quantity of spurious copper which had been
~.,4trodueed into the country from the United States and obtained
wenlation,, which caused a want of confidence -in trade and
Ittollev; persons having refused to dispose of their goods even
' at heavy advances for such payment, and had threatened to
-.loat'. their warehouses rather than-do business at so great a
• ,it being frequently the case that copper received in pay znent one day was refused the next. The President, together
' with some of the ni-Hchants, was about creating a fund, by sub-
seription, for the purpose of rewarding those who should give
information of the introduction of the copper coin into the -pirvoe_
*ince, and prosecuting the offenders to the utmost extent of the