The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-17 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

In answer to a correspondent, who dates his letter from Ply-
mouth, we must refer him to the police. They will have no
difficulty on the subject.

Zbe Eiberpool *tanbarti.

TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17, 1831

The foreign journals are unusually dull, for it is diffi-
cult to cull a single extract tempting enough to present
to our readers. In Portugal, the mercenaries who
escaped from our gaols, in order to place. Donna MARIA
on the throne, and who allowed themselves to be shot at
for fourpence a day, are, now that the real war is over,
shooting one another, which, by the way, is not such
unchristian pastime as it looks, seeing that those who
are shot escape the horrors of being starved. The he-
roes who have survived the contest are treated as they
richly deserve, by the Portuguese government; for as
there is little honour among thieves, despite the adage
to the contrary, the strong are robbing the weak, the
promises made are violated, they are not paid their ar-
rears, there is no allotment of land—no wages—no wine
—no rations: The English adventurers were promised
a certain portion of land in case of the successful termi-
•nation of the war, and a sufficiency of payilrreanwhile,
to prevent them from plundering the hen roosts. The
war is over—the infant princess is crowned—she is
wedded, and the contest has terminated most auspi-
ciously for the Brazil family. What then ? Where is
'the land ? It may consist of castles and baronies in
Spain, but certainly there are no fertile fields in Portu-
gal fcr the conquerors. They are glad to beg their tran-
sit home in steam boats—jaded and disappointed—poor
and exhausted—without a feather in their caps, or a
milrea in their pockets. Such is the reward of patriot-
ism on the banks of the Tagus. Upon the whole, we
think those of the warriors the most fortunate whom the
bullets of Don MIGUEL removed from a life of misery.
It is, we admit, hard on the living ones to fight for no-
thing, and come back to gaol again !

In the affairs of Spain there is nothing of a decisive
character, which we attribute to the winter season. The
Queen Regent is most unfortunate in the choice of her
favourites and her ministers. The latter seldom are in
power longer than a month. In Madrid the troops, a
few days ago, were murdering each other. The provinces
are distracted, labour being much interrupted, credit
utterly destroyed, and trade declining to a lamentable
extent. If DON CARLOS should not succeed in regaining
the supreme power before the month of May next, we
hope the courts of Europe will interpose and put an end
to so sanguinary a conflict, a conflict which would dis-
grace swages, in which no quarter is given on either
side-

In France ..matters are languid enough. The only
interest in the newspapers is excited by the war to the
knife which Louis PHILIPPE is carrying on against the
conductors of the revolutionary press who placed him on
the throne. Old. LAPITTE the banker, who was silly
nough to be a patriot, is now a beggar, walking the

FEBRUARY 17, 1835

streets, and loudly comp'aining that he has been cheated
by somebody—he does not say by whom—it would be
dangerous to name hirn—but everybody knows to whom
the poor old body points. He is the greatest and richest
rogue in all France !

Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON has not a chance—
the tories are doomed to annihilation—for, oh, cruel
fortune ! Mr. DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY has entered the
lists against them ! The late member for- Colchester has
written a letter to some anonymous person, in which he

says:—
" I am hurt that even one of my friends can harbour the no-
tion of its being possible for me to give my vote in
_favour of any
person or any measure which can condi uctircly yield the slightest
countenance to toryism. I had hoped that my political conduct
would have afforded an instant and indignant reply to the
imputation."
There is the cut direct ! Mr. HARVEY would have the
1 world to be informed that it is not possible for him,
DANIEL the Second, to give his vote " in favour of any
person or any measure which can constructively yield the
slightest countenance to toryism !"
How very unfortunate! It is bad enough to have
DANIEL O'CONNELL against us; but to have DANIEL
WHITTLE HARVEY too is a combination of unparalleled
calamities. The strength of the former is in his tail, which,
though docked lately, is still of considerable length ; but
the power of the latter is, as recent events have proved.
in his teeth and fingers, and a little in his tongue.
However, the odds against the tories are terrific. The
liberator commands the centre, Lord JOHN RUSSELL has
the right flank, DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY the left, and
Sir WM. WALLACE, of Greenock, has the honour to lead
the rear. We regret to say that Colonel WILLIAMS will
not have an opportunity of distinguishing himself on the
present " momentous occasion," he having, like Lord
MOLYNEUX, Mr. G. W. WOOD, and others, recently
declined the honour of a seat in parliament. Lord PAL-
MERSTON will not be present, for reasons of too delicate a
nature to be mentioned publicly. Mr. Tnos. DuNcomßE,
the representative of the independent dissenters of Fins-
bury, will be at his post ; but it will not be convenient
for Col. TORRENS to attend. The tape, bobbinet, and
pin interests will, we fear, suffer from the unexpected ab-
sence of Mr. JAMES MORRISON and Mr. WYNN Ellis,
the former having retired from Ipswich, and the latter
from Leicester. The worthy Mr. FAITHFUL will not,
we are assured, take part on either side, as, owing to a
slight accident, he does not happen to represent Brighton
in the present parliament ; but his place will be supplied
by Mr. JOHN GULLY.
Against these heroes, each man being in himself a
host, we confess with deep sorrow that we have no cham-
pions to match withal. We do not know a single tory
whom we should like to name in the same sentence with
either of the DANIELS, or Lord JOHN, or Mr. TnomAs
DUNCOMBE, and the rest. They must, however, defend
themselves in the best way they can; but it is a hard
case, after being declared defunct more than eighteen
months ago, that they should be revived at this "eventful
crisis," only to be annihilated on Thursday next, at
twelve o'clock precisely.
We, therefore, turn from the tories to take a parting
farewell with Mr. DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY. He is
a gem of the finest green, and of the rarest purity. The
Morning Post has immortalized him; but that we have
nothing to do with. Mr. HARVEY says that he will not
vote for any person or measure which has the slightest
connexion with toryism. Will the honourable member
do us the favour to explain what he means by toryism.
Perhaps not; but we apprehend that it means principles
which are exactly the converse of those professed by Mr.
DANIEL WHITTLE HARVEY. In this case a tory 43 a
conserver and preserver-of the institutions of the country,
of the laws, of the rights of property, and of the liberty
of the subject. The modern liberal, however,—and Mr.
HARVEY is a pattern one—is a leveller, who has no
regard for any existing institutions, who cherishes a
strong but natural hatred of the laws, who has no re-
spect for the property of others, who would, on prin-
ciple, dip his cup in another man's sack, and, like cer-
tain active persons at Bartholomew fair, would provoke
a riot, a sham one, or otherwise, in order that he and
his worthy confederates might pick up something in the
scramble-
We are, therefore, right glad that Mr. DANIEL WHIT-
TLE HARVEY has the candour to abjure .toryism. We
should feel degraded, if we had such a character in our
camp. We are content that he should remain, to the
latest hour of his life, the unflinching enemy of toryism.
Mr. HARVEY would be an unknown cypher in society if
lie did not profess patriotism. We never knew a man of
his particular class who did not wrap himself up in a tri-
colour flag, sleep upon ROUSEAU'S confessions, drink deep
potations in honour of liberty, and stand before the mob
as a towering patriot. On our side, even if he could be
endured, which we take to be impossible, he could gain
no laurels; he would acquire no renown; he would not
be cheered by the plaudits of political scamps; he would
not be able to plunge his hand into the coffers of the trea-
sury; in short, lie would not receive £5OO from•a gentle-
man " disreputably known in the city."
So much for one of the DANIELS; but we hope we shall
be enabled to give a still better account of the other in a
few days. O'CONNELL is on his way to London. Good! •
How long will it be before lie will be on his travels to
Ireland again ? We give him a month.

In the Manchester Chronicle of Saturday last there is
an article on the bonding system which humorously
enough displays the "ruling passion" of our worthy friends
who live at the other end of the railway. We have no-
thing to complain of in the tone of our contemporary,
who, we are glad to perceive, is now a good and zealous
conservative ; but there is something in his argumentti
of so whimsical a nature that we are apprehensive, if
not quite confident, he has not examined his subject
with due consideration. He says :
" It is now more than a century since it was proposed by the
minister of the (lay, Sir Robert Walpole, and insttwo and thirty'
years since it came into operation; but such operation has been
very nearly confined to the commercial, in exclusion to mauu..
facturing interests, all the acts of parliament from the 43d of
George the Third to the 3d and 4th of William the Fourth, li-
miting its benefits to sea and other ports, such as Liverpool.
Bristol, and Hull, London, Gloucester, Carlisle, Chester, and
Exeter.

" With regard to our right honourable representative, Mr.
l'oulett Thomson, giving him full credit for the benefits he con-
ferred upon our trade by the repeal of the duty upon cotton
prints, and by lowering the taxation upon many articles of con-
sumption in our manufactuies, still it does appear strange that,
holding the responsible and effective situation he did-at the
Board of Trade, nothing more was attempted by him than is
glanced at in the quota,ion we have made.

" The immense advantage of a railway communication .must
be obvious to the most casual observer. That between Liver-
pool and Manchester has, however, afforded to the farmer muclt,
more advantage than ought to have fallen to its share. That
town has gathered to itself vast stores of the produce of the
industry of Manchester and its neighbouring• towns, thus•ab-
stracting from this borough a great portion of its trade. Tb•,
monopoly, too, in every article of foreign import enjoyed hyt
Liverpool, has been consolidated by the opening of the railway.
whilst it still continues to have the privileges of the bonding,
system in exclusion to our town,"

Our contemporary does not seem to be aware of the
important objects which Mr. PITT had in view, and which'
he fully accomplished, by the "bonded system." The
primary object was to secure as large a portion as possi-
ble of the carrying trade of the seas to British cons-
merce. By admitting to the King's warehouses goods
subject to high duties, if released for home consumption,
but exportable, duty free, if released for a foreign mar-
ket, the merchants and shipowners of England obtained

a preference in the carrying trade of the world, were en-
abled to compete with neutrals, and in fact had at one
time nearly the whole carrying trade in their hands.
Thus, at the outports, wine, brandy, sugar, corn, rice.,
timber, tobacco, and all commodities subject to duties,
could be landed and reshipped when required, without
trouble or expense. By means of this system England
became the entrepot of Europe, and she was besides en-
abled thereby to keep alarger number of ships constantly
on the ocean, and enlarge the nursery for her seamen.
The idea of making inland towns the depositories of
foreign produee, to be exported duty free, when required,
'never could have entered the head of any other man
than a Manchester philosopher. Who would dream of