The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-08 00:00:00

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t the country

We must complain of Lord Stanley and the
Protectionist party generally, that they do not give
stiffilient prominence to this question. A reform
of our currency laws is the only measure which can
effectually check the tyranny of capital over labour,
and which can enable the community to sustain
the enormous burthen of taxation imposed upon it.
This is the first step also of protection to the native
agriculturist ; the rest will follow. Whatever
statesman will resolutely grapple with the money
monopoly, and liberate us from the grinding
tyranny of a (Told standard, will enable the world
to witness in this country such a putting forth of
industry, energy, and enterprise, as was net er
equalled in the history of nations. Let the Pro-
tectionists tell us that they are prepared to strike
here a Mow against the selfish politicians of the
day, and the Times and his faction will no longer
dare to taunt them that they have not a policy to
propound.

IF the case to be urged by the American
Chamber of Commerce in favour of their bill for
effecting an alteration in the constitution of the
Dock Trust were no stronger than it appears as
developed in the proceedings before the Commons
on Thursday and Friday, we should have little fear
of its success. Testimony more far fetched and
trivial was, probably, never before produced in
behalf of a Bill so ambitious. There is one porticn
of the proceedings, however, which is a little mys-
terious to ourselves, and, we have no doubt, will be
so to most of the public of Liverpool. We refer to
the comment of the Chairman of the Committee
upon a passage in the report of the Sub-committee
of the Dock Trust, denying that either he, or any
member of the Commons Committee, bad ever
suggested any negotiation for the purchase of the
Birkenhead Dock Estate, or even for any negocia-
tion with the parties interested in that property,
who were not, in fact, before the committee in any

way. An explanation, we observe, was given by
Mr. Cardwell and Mr grown,

" That such a suggestion had been made, though not
to the committee, because it was very desirable that con-
flicting local interests should be reconciled ; and that the
statement in question appeared to be founded upon a mis-
apprehension, inasmuch as the committee had nothing to
do with Birkenhead."

If the committee offered no suggestion upon the
subject, it must have emanated from some of the
promoters of the Bill ; and it is fair to infer that
had the Dock Committee consented to saddle the
estate of the burgesses with the ruinous specula-
tions of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid and his friends,
to the tune of some two millions sterling, the
obnoxious proposal of the American Chamber of
Commerce would have been quietly withdrawn.
Thanks, however, to the judgment and firmness of
Mr. Littledale and Mr. Brown ; and to the extra-
ordinarily develot;ed greed of the Cheshire Dock
people. who would have nothing less than their
bond, the attempt was defeated.
It is no slight sign of weakness that the pro-
moters of the bill place so prominently before the
committee the necessity of providing an Emigrants'
Home. Thus, on Friday, we had the Rev. Mr.
Welsh, chaplain to emigrants in Liverpool. called
for this precise purpose; and are told that :

.
" The rev. gentleman entered into a description of the
lodging. houses usually resorted to by emigrants, their
want of proper comfort and accommodation, their high
prices and occasional extortion, and of the class of persons
called " runners," in their own parlance, but " man-
catchers" in popular phraseology. It was desirable, there-
fore, for the benefit of the emigrants that a home should
be established in order to prevent these evils. The home
should, in his opinion, be established at the expense and
be under the control of the dock committee."

Unfortunately for the effect of the rev. gentle-
man's evidence it was elicited that " there were
some good and clean lodging-houses for those who
could afford to pay for superior accommodation.
For such as could pay only 4d. or sd. a-night" he
continued, " there was not a sufficient number of
good, clean, and well ventilated lodging-houses."
We can assure the rev. gentleman that such parties
would neither thank us for the cleanliness nor the
ventilation of their lodgings. A single night would
Efface the firmer ; and a pair of old brcgues, or a
hat, stuffed into the chimney, or other ventilating
aperture, would effectually get rid of the latter.
Then Mr. Welsh is uninformed with respect to a
portion of his subject : . _ _

" Ht. was not aware that every lodging-house for emi-
grants was obliged to be licensed by the health committee,
or that a copy of the rules, regulations, and bye-laws
made under the local act was bound to be hung up in
every dwelling; hut he believed the police looked atter
them, not perhaps every day, but to the extent of their

no ers."
The Rev, gentleman is of opinion that "the Home
should be established at the expense of the Dock
Committee." Pray why? We can see no more reason
why the Committee should build an Emigrant's
Home than a Sailor's Home or a Pauper's Home.
" It should he under the control of the Dock
Committee." In other words—that Committee,
as they are already exercising the trades of porters,
coopers, warehousemen, weighers. samplers and
others, should add to their numerous avocations
those of lodging-house keepers, slopsellers, old
clothesmen, and dealers in beef, pork, butter,
bacon, tea, coffee, tobacco, and the om ni um gatherum
of commodities which occupy the shelves of a
chandler's shop. Will any of the promoters of the
bill tell us how, in such a case, the rents and rates
of the numerous parties, at present deriving an
honest livelihood from these trades are to he paid ?
The Government Emigration Agent, however,
settles this Emigrant's Home affair. Mr. Welsh