The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-07-19 00:00:00

CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM COMPANY.

We have already congratulated this Companyon their success
in obtaining their act. The opposition was, directed against the_
exclusive advantage this Company enjoys in its members not
being liable for any obligations of the Coiipany. This was
considered an unfair advantaje conferred on this,icompany.-.
We concur, however, with the Vice-President of the Boiled of"
Trade, in saying, that this Copipuny bad made out a peculian-
case' and from the great benefit it had conferred, was entitled
to the peculiar protection of Parliament. In corroboration of
our opinion of the services this establishment has conferred,-
we find the Corporation of Liverpool, certainly one of the
most spirited of the day, have marked their sense of those
services, by conferring the freedom of that borough on Mr. •
Williams, the enterprising founder of the first trading Steans
Company which ever crossed the Channel. We notice it more-
on account of the terms in which they have conveyed the com-
pliment to Mr. Williams, it being " in testimony of the senst.-
which the Council entertains of the spirited manner in which
he has conducted the concerns of the City of Dublin Steam.
linylgation Company, and of the important. benefits derived by
this rort from so extensive and useful a means of communica-
tion with Ireland."
'rills is not only highly complimentary to Mr. Williams, bus
an extremely flattering estimate of the services of the Com-
pany, and comes at a practically favourable moment, when an
unworthy jealous feeling has been expressed by many members
of Parliament, and lush members too, against the peculiar
advantages conferred on this Company.
We agree with a Liverpool contemporary in saying—there
never was a company which has been more actuated by a spirit
of liberality, and a desire to promote public convenience, than
this company—Dublin Evening Post.

Baron Ralamb died on the 27th ult. on his patsage to Gotten- r
burg. He was well known in this country, where he had beers
for many years Secretary of Legation, and frequently Marge-
d'Affaires from Sweden. He had enjoyed till recently Strang%
and perfect health, and was only 35 years of age. He expired.
it appears, owing to the breaking of a blood-vessel, within sight -
of the Swedish coast.

NEWLY-DISCOVERED SUDSTANCE.—Mr. J. NI. Corbet, of Sa-
lop, in a letter to the editor of the Mechanics' Magazine, gives
the following particulars of a newly-discovered substance, to.
.which he peoposed te.give the uamenf !lningeo.—" I enclosed
some sulphur in a ~,lass tube of two feet long-by one inch in.
diameter. I passed a very fine spiral wire through the sulphur,
and then fixed the whole in a metallic lighting conductor, which
was insulated above the sulphur apparatus. -The glass tube was
so contrived that any air coming from it would pass into a re-
ceiver placed for its reception. I now waited for the lightuiPg
to pass down the rod, and had in only two months to witness
the effects of it on the sulphur, as a violent shock of lightning
passed down my conductor. On visiting the spot,l found the
spiral wire fused, and the lower 'part of the sulphur changed
into a powder as white as snow, and my receiver Lull of hydro-
gen. I have named this new substance Thiogen its specific
gravity is 1,707. It has a greet affinity for hydrogen, and, con-
verts muriatic acid in chlorine. It converts oil and fat into car-
bon in quite a new state, the carbon being white, soft, and
nearly transparent, after having lost its hydrogen. Thiogeo-
decomposes phosphorus by 'depriving it of :hydrogen ; the re-
maining part is a new and very inflammable gas, the colour of
chlorine."

TYNEMOUTII LIFE BOAT.-L-OnsTuesda.v, the sth instant, thei
wind blowing fresh from the north-east, and a considerable
swell being on the Bar, the opportunity was embraced. to mak°
trial of the small Life Boat stationed in Tynemouth Haven, by
the Shipwreck Society. The boat was first tried under canwas,
without ballast, and answered every expectation that had beer'
formed of her powers. It being determined to prove the boat
under circumstances as disadvantageous as possible, she sca,!
then filled with water and again put to sea under canvas, alt'
the intention of trying her properties in broken water.whan
this state. The crew consisted of four persons, viz. Mr. Ed'ic''
Robson, one of the committee, and 'Wm. Fry, jun., and .tw°:
men belonging to Tynemouth, who volunteered to man the boas
on this occasion. The possibility of an accident happening wag
anticipated, and the men were provided with Lieut. -I(enned7
Life Preserving Jackets ready inflated. The boat went o?,'
bowing the sea in gallant style, waves breaking completes,
over her, and performed well in every respect, but in retul;
ing into the haven through the breakers, and running bt:fq,,,
the sea, a heavy sea struck the boat right astern, broke 'll
the sail, and capsized her. The men depended rico upon tut'
Jackets, which were put to a severe test, and faithfullY et-
Jackets,
formed their duty; they soon gained the bottom of the b C_loat;
and although washed off twice by the sea, aided by the Jacke a
and the coolness and presence of mind of Mr. Robson, atia
Wm. Fry, jun., the whole were kept afloat, until relieved bY4
coble which put off from the haven immediately on the aceide.iir
being observed. Great credit is due:to those pilots, who, tea,
a 'promptitude and alacrity peculiar to this class of men, mall`yo
the coble and pulled off to the assistance of the Life Bo
tbe:
crew, as well as to several of their brethren who beheld
accident from the Law at South Shields,
crossed the river, launched the Northumberland Life Boat, a_.`
if
ua few minutes were down at the Bar to render assistance
equired.—Newcastle Journal. and inimediatem

~,.,,.,..!..9_JuLl7 , 1833.

TO CORRESPONDENTS'.
mend ----
~,, d who Writes us froth Ormskirk should not allow him;
,"011,0 be disconcerted or annoyed by any thing that appears
r e vacking columns of one of our trunerY el:lirthe
CI 'the stuff which it contains from week to wee , . a
cont.
71ehke_tion, of a poor old woman, who contrives -to obtain
. lidea;", by a sort of illicit trade. She steals the smallwaere.
oad vtinch she sells. In the shape of news she vends ging,. r_.
and her policy is puff, puffing, and
.puffery.,
o,i,i_eer'
. klifie„"l."ting-tbs, tuud-duckinc,2__top-spinning,. ant Li'
__
8 '7, is the vilest trade going. 'We cannot notice he per
w°ll further.
eat
pr,etilleeotpresprn. e upon our very humble knowledge of legaln
the e_ toadisE., our correspondents "near Lancaster"
wayi
5,,, 90aibn affair to which they refer. Their best
t ' nsult some intelligent and experienced attorney.
~......,.................._ltbably in our next.

Ebt liattpoot 'tanbartl

111 DAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1833.
Advi
ees from Algiers state that considerable discon-
ex„,
Vels '7(l among the troops in that quarter. The -
tB4 and dysenteries continued to commit considerable
lio4ages, but particularly among the soldiers of the batal-
villa Placed as advanced posts. The Fort de l'Eau, the
g of
koste C°/lba, and the Maison Carree were the places
48ti Posed, and where these diseases raged most viru-
relieY; in consequence of this it had been resolved to
4,d !liese posts every eight days. The hospitals were
leve,Wilth Sick, and the health of the officers had suffered
174 Y. The French force at Algiers consisted of
'regular troops, and 6,000 national guards.
h,
fciliowi 'ye a file of Washington papers which contain the
ng commercial intelligence :
" DUTIES ON WINES.
ffNT " Comptroller' s-Office, June 4, 1833.
1441 e LEmt xi—The Secretary of the. Treasury has referred
roizther letter to him of the 27th ult., in which you submit
"k„ We
questions for the decision of the department .
`!le duties on wines to be reduced on the 4th March,
letv,,,i."44te half their present rates, and a return duty to he al-
„
81181,ive these then on hand; or, instead thereof, will the pro-
-4PPIy t: .ti
ettetiolt contemplated by the_ tariff act of 2d March
Ith a- In the latter case will the wines in bond on the
1834, be entitled to the first reduction of duty?
ttre4o,7ll I have to observe, that the duties on such wines as
„Abe} bead, and shall remain so until after the 31st e-
'44(6) and on such wines as may be imported before
411c1 shall at the time of importation be deposited un-
sipb:4`.°l. the proper officers of the customs, and shall rie-
ttoviiio"4tD after that day, will have to be regulated by t
4444,4,80 f the first section of the act of 2d March, 1833,. to
~dGell4s act of 14th July, 1832, and all other acts imposing
,4110:141:111P°41 ; and accordingly, if such duties exceed an
;,; t the r-Itty of 20 per cent., a reductimi thereon will be made
;the Of Withdrawing the wines from the public stores
fent
elti°t)ll part of such excess.'JOS. ANDERSON."
I'4
Ftt °1:(47 obtained bv a British officer, at the ex-
+t hB-v"ritish blood, over the fleet of Don MIGUEL,
114% the effect of much more embarrassing the
1414;and protracting the struggle in Portugal. It
11 3aid, and 'we believe truly, that the money re.
teliati hiring steamers, and paying the British mer-
has been furnished by Louis PHILIPPE of France.
"Itepitithell MAJESTY has, we suspect, all along, been a
g Partner in the speculation, the motives of that
tilte, 111,4'1 and paltry king being purely of a selfish na-
Would not surprise us if he were intriguing to
4411 g Hee of his sons on the Portuguese people as the
4c15,. Consort of Donna MARIA, just as he has imposed
d
4hter
•gaiellm ,upon that shadow of a prince, the pauper an
this 140POLD of Belgium.
l't'ithiplisB as
it lity,' and bright as the laurels confessedly
4440C1 decorate the brow of-Captain NAPIER, still we
ttAkkhreirain from thinking that this victory is a deep
11."111t tritish honour and integrity, and will
44am indelible stain upon ministerial neutrality. It
• t lY be believed that on the very day after the re-
!Ned the intelligence, an official notification was
104tellt Ll
°Yd's, declaring all the ports of Portugal
in
of
mo
blockade. Talk of neutrality indeed! It is
et bare-faced hypocrisi, and the most glaring fraud
‘ltAi
ova""ilibited or perpetrated by public men. It is as
Ain as any thing can be that ministers must have
ireet communication With NAPIER and his fel-
-114
Il enturers,- and when all the truth transpires we
tttwr°t be astonished to find that the Captain and his
114°Ilght under English colours. The consternation
tt ,Pervaded MIGUEL'S; fleet indicates as much.
ll teVerthek 'Ede to Calculile the result.
ss, nnpossi
People of Lisbon beas favouiuble to PEDRO as has
kiNstt° been alleged, we see nothing to prevent Captain
W from sailing up the. Tagus and taking possession
ke,ki.:4lPital. If any number of the people be so dis-
,thtir ,„11°Ty is the time to show it, and take advantage of
Nvie 'tePossessions. Hitherto. all the demonstrations
tilLe :ten on the other side. The nobles; the Hidalgoes,
ttliZgY, and the peasantry, have taken the side ofd
Abt have liberally contributed to his assistance, an
14% 4-17 the most strenuous and united endeavours in
eve If this victory should so far change the tide
Aorta'eats
as to change public opinion, then the people of
t4rti%cti are the most craven-wretches on the face of the
%eh. But We cannot on such vague grounds give ear
‘°4l)ed a ti sweeping slanders against an. injured people,
'g
fled Plunderedlas they have been by pirates, and
41 governMents,- and the mercenaries of the
eolkt eats, of England and France. It is time en ough
a erneaMe t
, tit when the charge of perfidy is proved.
Zthe aime we are bound to admit, that much
‘rat:ss, and inactivity, almost amounting to a want of
Port have been evinced by the besieging army before
trft,e
-ups We have the best authority for stating that the
umer
the command of MIGUEL'S officers were, nu-
oq Qie ' of sufficient force to take the city by storm.
3',Were not led to the attack remains to be ex-
"itiart is alleged, in excuse, that a dread of the san-
v t
e°llsequences, and the exterminating effects of a
~ 'AN t, sank, accomplished by an incensed soldiery,
that hesitation which preferred the starving pro-
'ettl :lauEL has, no doubt, been well advised, if he has
Ziler 4_4 tEL
advice of the
.Duke de CADOVAL and the
°414 by whom he is surrounded ;. but still it
likoilt,Cave betokened a more resolute mind, even al-
• shoUld himself have perished in the lines, or in
1 the attack, and would have shown that he was
41e1"3 sacrifice his life in the service of that people who
I:rer,„e‘vated him to the throne, and who have suffered so
Y in his cause. Better end the contest in one con-
:ttlele 'flatter who or how many should fall, than allow
:(1w,,1)ill to wave its banners with impunity, the peace
tl ~...44re of his subjects to be destroyed, and a cruel
sat
echt
4.. to be perpetuated.
ttliniSters on Tuesday evening, like the sun on
r*kil)o de.sdaY morning, were under an eclipse, and their
headed by Mr. SPRING RICE,. suffered
.a de-
'the qe house of Commons. The victory was achieved
it ti.!4 Party and the -Irish tail. Lord ALTHORP
'4ltra S true, but it was principally for the purpose of
4)(heting himself and his friends. One Mr. RUTH-
-4e vs °vett that all sinecure
_places be abolished," and
, "". Was carried by a majority of 88 to 79.
t4'" silppPoill*Port of the motion is not very clear, and that
s,PPort ore Was one of the reasons why it received the
t4tiao. s° many members from the other side of the
`4ll. If by this motion it be intended that no man
Itrvi:4 future be rewarded for his own services or the
4cl " or his f
14, the amily, then the object is plain enough,
.ort only exceptions we have to take to it are on the
ti,olf_ipiiistice. There are hundreds of sinecure places
ii,rll(l, some of them more honourable and less lu-
-1114 and 8o
aome more lucrative and less honourable than
'butll%3
stki theholders of these offices are as much intitled
Lkot,.`"),4lord GREY is to the coat on his back, or Lord
"L, t 5 4,k to the wig on his head, or his lordship's bar-
Ztbolock in
.his shop,•or the sign over his dour.
tis
°reMath be deprived of these places and the emolu-
iriteeirleigofi,blielteEgitish, a
nntlemots
motion would be rendered into
eQDseBelved, follows
4cl, that the holders of all sinecure places BE Eon-
, ttkisARLIAMENT...
vt WOUI
411 d be straightforward villany, against which
k) %hi
kNt. not raise our voice so loudly as against the
ite181:g: l!ettty
tr
theirnuia.n -larceny way of committing fraud. Up
them, at once, in fair fight ; but do not
alll4l. the' en' or pillage their ben-roosts in the dark!
tila. other hand, it be the Intention of the mover
J°rity that these places be abolished at the

demise of the present occupants; this, of course, would he
a mitigation of the offence, and a lesser evil. But
would the public gain by the change ? If the Govern-
ment be deprived of the means of remunerating public
services in one way, they must have recourse to another
way. Would the public be gainers by this ? We think
not. The Whigs never make a change for the better.
The motion would hardly have been worth our notice
had it not been coupled with the defeat of ministers. It
is pitiful to see the King's servants badgered and buffeted
in the reformed house on matters of money that would
not excite the cupidity of a tavern-waiter. They richly
deserve it, we admit ; but it is pitiful, nevertheless.
The sooner, therefore, they retire, the better for them-
selves and the country. The fear of a dissolution has
already begun to operate, and desertions from the
ministerial ranks are innumerable. The absentees from
the house are more numerous still. Oh, rare reformed
Parliament !

The view which we have recently taken of the West
India question seems to coincide, in a great degree, with
that entertained by the majority of practical men con-
nected with the colonies. It required no great share of
penetration, and even less acquaintance with the prin-
ciples of equity and justice, to arrive at the conclusion,
that common sense as well as vested rights are equally
and grossly violated by the bill brought into parliament
by Mr. STANLEY. It is, as we expected ; with or with-
out sufficient cause, from the state of business, the second
reading was, on Monday night, " disposed of among the
other orders of the day ;" and that part of the ceremony
has yet to be performed. Meanwhile, it is curious to see
the verification of our opinions in the floundering of the
minister, when he is brought in contact with men of ex-
perience. Conference upon conference have taken place
between the different agents and Mr..STANLEY ; and each
succeeding one has plunged him into greater bewilder-
ment and confusion than before.

On Friday last, the committee appointed on the, pre-
ceding Wednesday, waited' On the- Secretary;---a long,
discussion, bueno conclusion, and adjourned to the next
day. Saturday, another long discussion, but no satis-
factory arrangement. At this interview the question
was argued in the spirit of that view which we took of it
in our last number : that the degradation so unjustly, as
well as unwisely, inflicted upon the legislatures of the
colonies,—and that of Jamaica was the more immediate
subject of discussion—was calculated to bring about one
of those " collisions" which it has been so much the
fashion, of late, to talk about nearer home. In other
words, that the violation of their charter, and the attempt
to coerce and even annihilate them in their legislative
capacity, would induce them to reject the bill, and thus
demonstrate the existence of those rights, and their de-
termination to support them. The deputation maintained,
apart from the consideration of right, that the change
effected by the bill, if passed in its present form, "would
produce great excitement in the Island of Jamaica, and
no preparation had been made to meet it. There was
no magisterial authority imposed in case of a refusal to
work." To which Mr. STANLEY replied, " that special
magistrates would proceed to the West Indies imme-
diately after the passing of the bill." We know that the
whole machinery, as far as regards filling up the places
to be created, has been in a forward state of advancement
for some time ; and many a poor devil of the lowest grade
of hangers-on has been rubbing his hands at the chance
of, at length, being able to buy a dinner out of the public
purse. But, even now, they may be disappointed. For,
since the demolition of that piece of legal humbug, the
so-called " Poor Man's Bill,"—that gross lump of com-
pounded Whig patronage and tyranny, the " Local
Courts' Bill"—the five or six score of briefless Whig
barristers, who were ready to take their seats and dis-
pense "cheap justice" to the people, having lost their
chance in England, affect to have preferable claims for
the new magistracy of the tropics. Supposing their
claims to precedence worth anything, some half-dozen of
these are to be got ready to ship off, with as many mis-
sionaries, to displace five or six hundred existing magis-
trates and clergy of the church, and to explain, in turn,
the mysteries of the bill, and the mysteries of the gospel,
to the willing workers and listeners of the Island of Ja-
maica ;—and a corresponding number will, of course, be
sent to each of the other colonies.—Oh I Mr. STANLEY

But, what comes next? The- new distinction of piw-
dial and non-prdial apprentices, by which, in plain
English, is meant those attached to farms or estates and
those not so attached, does not seem to give satisfaction.
Mr. STANLEY stated, in reply to some objections, urged
by the deputation on this head, "that the labour of the
prmdial slave was limited.-to 45 hours; but the labour of
the non-prtedial slave was not limited. Therefore, the
non-proedial labourer ought to remain in apprenticeship
only half the time; besides, the non-prcvdial class was
better fitted for liberty." Now, we should have very
much liked to see tacked to the bill a schedule A and a
schedule B, in which these two classes were set out in
detail. But, in the absence of such a guide we must
imagine something like a small schedule for ourselves.
We will, then, suppose our Selves at Kingston, and gOing
to repair our house there, and that we have got the
usual number of masons, carpenters, plumbers, and all
such sorts of people at work ; not to say anything about
coopers, and other artizans and labourers of all sorts,
and our domestic servants. These, we take it for
granted, are all non-prredials, and well fitted for liberty—
according to the STANLEY doctrine, we mean. That is,
having the advantages of a town life in all its purity,
they are quite fitted to be gentlemen at large in the year
1840. Well, we go down to our estate in St. Thomas's
in the east, or in St. George's parish, and we there set
about repairing our house, or our sugar mill, or some
other part of the works; for which purpose we employ,
of course, masons, carpenters, plumbers, coopers, and
other sorts of workmen. But know, gentle reader, that
these masons, and carpenters, and plumbers, and coopers,
and such like, are all our own negroes, living upon our
estate, brought up from their youth to their respective
trades, and frequently entitled, from their greater utility,
to some advantages over the mere labourer. We may
err in our opinion, but we take our estate mechanics to
be equal in all respects, perhaps very superior in some,
to men of the same occupation in . Kingston. But we
take it for granted also, that these men are prmdial, and
not "fitted for" or entitled to their freedom until 1845.
Of course, our domestic servants upon our estate are prm-
dial ; those we have advanced to the honour of waiting
upon us at our town house, necessarily non-proedial.
I We leave Mr. STANLEY to settle. the difficulties of this
point, one of fifty series of.clifficulties present to our view
at the moment we write. But we cannot dismiss this
branch of the question without hinting our suspicions that
ministers have taken a leaf out of the factory commission-
ers' ",Big Book" for their guidance on this part of the
business. The przedials have got a7l hours bill—the
?tons are liable to work fifteen hours, and ought, there-
fore, to be at liberty in half the number of years. Just
as children of thirteen years old, minus one day, are only
to work eight hours in a factory—but those who have
entered their fourteenth year—that is, being of the Age
of thirteen years, plus one day, are equal to working
sixteen hours out of the twenty-four. If we understand
any thing of the object of the Factory Commissioners
that is the meaning.
But to the climax. After some discussion upon the com-
pensation clauses, in which nothing could be drawn from
Mr. STANLEY---who, we imagine, was by this time in a
corner, and turned sulky—" the deputation strongly
pressed the honorable Secretary to undertake the whole
legislature of the Colonies, as the proprietors were con-
vinced the Colonial Legislatures would not pass the bill
as it at present stood." Mr. STANLEY replied—and his
answer should be emblazoned in. letters of gold as a
warning to all future ministers—" How is it possible to
legislate for the different Colonies which have so many
different interests Y " Was ever admission so unfortu-
nate for the reputation of the ministers of a once great
country ? "We know that we are legislating in igno-
rance of the circumstances and wants of the colonies,
—we are wantonly destroying property—we are inter-
fering with chartered rights—tampering with the best
interests of the country—incurring the risk of the total
loss of our valuable colonies—but what can we do ?
How is it possible to legislate for the different colonies

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