The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-09-22 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD

LONDON LAW REPORT.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.-PRIDAY.

John Brothi. a boatswain in the navy, was opposed in perso❑
by a Quaker named Wilton, the keeper of a " Tom and Jerry"
shop at Stepney.
The Quaker had arrested the insolvent for upwards of £2O,
which he alleged to be due for rent, &c. The insolvent, on the
other hand, solemnly denied that the debt amounted to that sum;
he only owed him £l5 lOs. •
The Quaker was severely examined by Mr. Woodroffe, who
supported the insolvent. He stated that he had been secretary
to Boatswain Smith in a society, but hadsnot been discharged
on account of drunkenness; he was always sober and industri-
ous.
Mr. Woodroffe.—Pray may I ask what is the sign of your
Toni and Jerry shrip?
Quaker.—Yes: it is " The Honest Lawyer." (Laughter.)
Mr. Woodroffe--And is he not drawn holding his head under
his arms? (Roars of Laughter.)
Quaker.—Yes. he is; but he is not like thee, for he has got
no whiskers. (Continued laughter.)
Mr. Woodroffe.—Don't you think you had better put up an
honest Quaker ?

Quaker.-1 will do that if thou wilt pay for it.
The Quaker swore to his debt, and was examined to the items.
The insolvent stated that he only owed him £l5 10s.
The Chief Commissioner,(inditmantly.)—How this man has
screwed up his sanctity to In,ake his solemn aflirrnatioU that the
insolvent owes him £2O I 'aont know. It is clear from his
papers he does not, arid the court will not assist.
The Quaker said he could prove it.
Chief Commissioner.—Stand down, sir, the court will not
assist you.
The Quaker departed, and the insolvent was discharged.
George Gray, a saint-like looking personage, who described
himself as a schoolmaster and the minister of Providence
Chapel, Vincent-square, Vauxhall-road, was brought up on his
petition to be discharged. The insolvent was unopposed.
From the statement of the insolvent it appeared that himself
and three other persons, being religiously inclined, entered into
an agreement with a persO% named Outhwaite to rent the
chapel iu question at £6O- a-year, each undertaking for the
other to pay a quarter of the rent. Notwithstanding the elo-
quence of the insolvent, the chapel turned out to be a losing
concern, to the tune of upwards of £2O a-year. One of the per-
sons who had joined him in this religious undertaking bad al-
ready passed through the court; the second had a writ out
against him, and the third was a prisoner', and would be brought
before the court iu a few days.
The insolvent, Who appeared to.think no little of himself and
his calling, on being asked by. the chief commissioner the pro-
fession of his partners, in a dignified manner said one was a
shoe-maker, (laughter,) another was a butler, (increased
laughter,) and a third was in the horse-flesh line. (Great
laughter.) For himself, independent of the arduous duties he
had to perform in the chapel, he " taught," assisted by his wife,
" the young idea how to shoot."
Among the debts of the insolvent was one to the Horsferry
Gas Company, for throwing additional light upon the chapel.
I. The insolvent was ordered to be discharged.

A BALLOON EXCURSION OF TWELVE HOURS,

O'CONNELL'S CHARACTER, BY GRATTAV.

Examine their leader, Mr. O'Connell. He assumes a right.
to direct the catholics of Ireland; he advises, he harangues,
and he excites; he dues not attempt to allay the passions of a
warm and mercurial people. Full of inflammatory matter, his
declamations breathed everything but harmony,—venting
against Great Britain the most disgusting calumny, false-
hood, and nonsense, equalled only by its excessive impudence
—describing Great Britain as the most stupid, the most dis-
honest, and the most besotted nation that ever existed! That
Ireland could nut confide in the
,promises of England, &C.
Without discrimination he pronounced Protestants "bigots."
When he enumerated the grievances of the catholic body, he
omitted the greatest grievance—him;elf! A man who could
make the speeches that he has made, utter the sentiments that
be has uttered, abuse the characters that he has abused, and
praise the characters that he has praised, violate the promises
that lie has violated, propose such votes of thanks, and such
votes of censure, shows that he has little regard for private
honour or public character; that he does not comprehend the
spirit of liberty, and is not fitted to receive it. Ile betrays
such a scattered anderstandieg and barbaric mind, that if be
got liberty he would lose it; almost unsuited for the British
constitution, and almost ignorant of the bonds of civil society,
of such a mould and such a disposition as to be incapable of
accomplishing any
rational object. His declamations to the
lower orders are full of extravagance, unreality, and ambiguity;
he sets afloat the bad passions of the people, makes them rest-
less in disposition, and impotent in action; he leaves a vacuum
in the meaning of his harangue, to be tilled by the heated ima-
ginations of a warm-hearted and sensible people. He is well
aware that it is the part of a bad Man to make use of a griev-
ance as an instrument of power, and render it the- means of
discontent, without a single honest attempt at redress. He
knows, or at least ought to know, that this conduct is of such a
nature as must also tend to confirm bad ministers and strengthen
stern authority; it seduces people into unmeant mischief, and
after exciting them to folly, it abandons them through fear; it
may lead them to rise against au exciseman or a tithe-man, to
burn a hay-stack, or murder a farmer, but will never teach
them to redress a grievance, or to bring an offending minister
to the scaffold. This leader in spirit is poor: his courage is of
a hesitating quality. His political imprudence is prodigious;
his martial prudence prodigious also. In debate he is more
than a hero—in every sentence there is a challenge. In the
field he is a diplomatist. He was insulted and did not fight;
again insulted, he was goaded to the "round, where his anta-
gonist (Roderigo) fell; be then offered an insult, was noticed
by the condescending spirit of an imprudent minister, was
challenged, travelled -400 miles (incog.), was arrested through
an unforeseen accident, and did not go to the ground, being
prevented by unavoidable necessity. His speaking is extra-
vagant diction, a vulgar boast, a swaggering sentence, affected
bombast, and ludicrous composition; his liberty is not liberal,
his politics are not reason, his reading. is not learning, his
learning is not knowletrge, his rhetoric is a gaudy hyperbole,
garnished with faded flowers, such as a drabbled girl would
pick up in Covent-garden, stuck on with the taste of a kitchen-
maid. He makes politics, a trade to serve his desperate views
and interested purposes. This man can bring about nothing
good; in abortions he is most fertile; the womb of his mind is
of such sinful mould that it can never produce anything that is
not deformed; he never succeeded in any project, except the
loss of your question ; he barks and barks, and even when the
filthy slaver has exhausted its poison, and retires to its kennel,
there still barks and howls within unseen. No administration
would injure their reputation by advanciag such a character, Stc.

NEW YORK pAPERO.

( From the Journal of Commerce, August 28th.)

Pam INstiax Ncit. —The Association of Fire Insurance Com-
panies have lately held several meetings to consider the new
/44/it which has been shed upon the condition of their affairs,
and 41ave adopted sundry new regulations, which, if permitted.
to take effect, will prove highly injurious to the owners of real
estate, and, in fact, to all our citizens. The following is a copy
of a new tariff of rates of insurance:—
CLASS A.-25 CENTS PER WO DOL. PER ANNUM.
Buildings not including such as are used exclusively as pri-
vate dwellings.
On streets or lanes.—Not less than 40 feet in width.
Height.—From side walk iu front to the eaves 42 feet or less.
Walls.—Brick or stone, 12 inches or more in thickness, inde-
pendent of the walks of any other building. No opening on
either side except on the street; cables passing through the roof
' and coped.
Roofs.—Tile, slate, copper, or sheet iron.
Window shutters.—Ot solid iron, except below the second
floor in front.
Brick piers.—ln front and rear.
No dorman windows, or skylights, nor ballustra.des of woad or
other external wood work above the windows.
.1*:. No variations in the above class.
CLASS 8.-30 CENTS PER lOU DOL. PER ANNUM.

Buildings not including such as arc used exclusively as pri-
vate dwellings.
On. streets or lanes.—Not less than 40 feet in width.

Height.—From side walk in front to the eaves 42 feet or less,
Walks.—Gables independent, not less than 12 inches thick,
or party wall not less than 16 inches thick, or two adjoin-
ing walls, not less together than 16 inches thick. Passing
through the roof and coped.
Roofs.—Tile, slate, or metal.
Window shutters.—Of solid iron, front and rear, except below
the second floor in front.
Brick piers.—ln front and rear.
ADDITIONAL CHARGES FOR VARIATIONS. - .

1. When on streets less than 40 feet wide, one cent per foot
for the deficiency.
2. When more than 42 feet in height from the side walk to the
eaves, one and a half cents pei foot for the excess.
3. When the single independent gable walls are less than
12 inches thick, or two adjoining walls together are less than 16
inches thick, or the party walls less than 16 inches thick, five
cents,
4. When the window shutters are not of solid iron, four cents.
5. When the iron window shutters arc in front only, or rear
only, two cents.
6. When gutters are not of brick, stone, or metal, in front
only, one cent; in the rear only, one cent.
7. When the cornices are wood, two cents.
8. For wood, granite, or other stone pillars, shall be charged
five cents.
9. Rafters across the building and entering the gable walls,
five cents.
Note.—lron shutters in front not required on buildings front-
ing on streets 50 feet wide and upwards.
When a building fronts on two streets, the charge for the
width of the street shall be made for the widest street and for
the greatest height on either street.
In measuring the height of buildings or the width of streets,
the odd inches shall not he taken into the account.
All existing regulations to continue in force which do not
conflict with those now adopted.
First addition not to he made adjacent to churches, or other
public ground, provided there is no building thereon nearer
than 40 feet. One-third to be added to all special rates for the

present.
The new stores in Cedar-street have been heretofore taxed at
30 cents, and the policies now upon them at that rate. They
were built in all respects in conformity with the views of the
fire gentleman as they existed a year ago. We have taken the
trouble to ascertain how those stores, and others like them, will
be affected by the new rates, and the result is as follows:
Old rate of premium 3O cents.
Ist, add for 5 feet deficient in street 5
2d, „ 16 „ excess in height 24
party walls less than 16 inchel 5
~
Ll 2 inches]
4th, „ want of iron shutters in front ..... . 2 „
Bth, „ granite pillars
9th, ~ roof beams on side walls

Total 76 ,
proceeding as this, the public never will and never

To such a

ought to sufirnit. The rate increase is monstrous, and in
several particulars captious; to say nothing of the most unrea-
sonable fluctuation.
By far the most objectionable feature of the affair is that it is
a trades' union—a turn-out of the most odious kind. Here are
near 30 corporte bodies, owned and managed by the most
wealthy citizens, who have been incorporated for a certain
purpose of general utility, getting together to secure themselves
against the competition of each other, and making a turn-out,
not for an advance of a shilling a day upon the labour of their
hands, but of 150 per cent. upon the immense premiums they
already receive. If any. one of the companies chooses to put
up its rates to a high point, let it do so ; but let not this great
array of corporations skulk behind a combination.
We regret to learn that the fine regular trading ship Eagle
has been lost of Cape Sable. She was bound from Liverpool
to this city with a very valuable cargo. The loss will fall
heavily on the underwriters.—New York Daily Advertiser.