The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-11 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE SHIPWRIGHTS.

A meeting of the shipwrights took place; it their Club-room,
in Bond-street,, on Monday night, the 3d instant. The, room
Was Crowded' to excess. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS with Mr. Al-
derman Wright, Mr. Bibby, Mr. Irlam, Mr. Gibb, and a nu-
merous party of most respectable merchants, visited the club.
Sir IlOwarddeclared his principles, as already before the pub-
lic in his address to the electors, avowed himself the steady and
uncompromising friend. of "Ships, colonies, and commerce."
He was most enthusiastically received, .and little doubt can be
entertained of the great bulk of the ship Wrights voting for him.
Mr. Alderman Wright 'made an excellent speech to his
"Friends and brother chips"'on introducing Sir Howard, and
a very interesting statement was made by Captain Stott, of the
greatikindness and humanity which 'he experienced from Sir
Howard when Governor of St. John's, of which the following
is a brief outline :

" About four years ago, Captain Stott, of the Highlander
brig, sailed from Rio de Janeiro with 180 men, 37 of whom were
wounded, and no doctor on board, 30 women, and 15 children,
being part of the persons who sailed from Ireland ith.Colonel
Cotter, under the persuasion of their going to Rio as settlers;
brit, to their sorrow, they found, on arrival, they were destined
for the service of Don Pedro's army, being thus deceived they
revolted, and during the disturbance a number of these poor
creatures were killed and wounded, and the remainder impri-,
soned. But, on application of the British ambassador, a num-
ber of ships were chartered by the Brazilian government, and
these people shipped for Ireland and St. John's, N.B. The
Highlander was taken up and consigned for' St. John's with
the above number on board,—arrived there after a passage of
45 dayi, all well, with the exception of one man. On Captain
Stott's arrival a doctor came from the Medical Board, and de-
clared the vessel healthy, and gave permission for Captain Stott
to appear before the Mayor for leave to land the passengers,
with whom the following conservation occurred Captain
Stott, I cannot allow you to land the passengers, owing to your
having sickness on board.'—' Mr. Mayor, 1, have no sickness
whatever, but soon shall have, as the poor fellows have only the
wet and bare decks to lie upon.' Captain Stott then returned
on board, and found the passengers almost iu a state of great
excitement, fully expecting they. were to be relieved from their
suffering; by being allowed an immediate debarkation. After
this the captain succeeded in pacifying them with a• promise,
that he would see the Governor when he returned to St. John's.
Four days afterwards the Governor returned, and Captain Stott
had an interview with him. • He expressed himself sorry for the
detention his absence had occasioned, and declared that there
was not any law in existence that would prevent the landing of
the passengers at a British settlement, they being British sub-
jects, and he under Stood they. were in very great distress, they
had already been much deceived and persecuted, and that they
must be protected;. he desired Captain. Stott to advise the con-
signee to set on foot a subscription amongst the inhabitants in
aid of the sufferers, and that whatever sum was subscribed by
them he would double. The consequence of this was, that a
sufficient sum was raised to clothe, feed, and to pay the passage
of those that left the colony,—and that Governor was SIR
HOWARD DOUGLAS." •

We never saw a larger meeting of this club, or a meeting
more, determinedly favourable to the return of Sir Howard
Douglas as one of the representatives of this borough, of which
we believe there is now no doubt.

THE EAST INDIA CHARTER.--The important fact is.stated
by Mr. Crawford, who, from his personal connexions, is likely
to be accurately informed upon the subject, that government
have determined to throw open the East India trade, with the
exception only of the tea, and that even that is tinder consi-
deration, with the view of removing the fiscal difficulties which
have' alone delayed a decision. This is the first intimation
which has transpired of the intentions of ministers upon the
subject.--Brighton Gazette.
IMPORTANCE OF HUMILITY.-Dr. Franklin once receiv-
ed a very useful lesson from the excellent Dr. Cotton Mather,
which he thus relates, in a letter to his son.—" The last time
I saw your father was in 1724. On taking my leave, he show-
ed me a shorter way out of the house, by a narrow passage,
which was crossed by a beam over-head. We were still talk-
ing, as I withdrew, he accompanying me behind. and I turning
towards him, when he said hastily, Stoop, stoop !' I did not
understand him, till I felt my head hit-against the beam. He
was a man who ,never missed an opportunity of giving instruc-
tion ; and upon this he said to me, You are young, and have
the world before you, learn to stoop as you go througn it, and you
will' miss many hard thumps.' rhis advice, thus beat into my
head, has fiLquently been of use to me; andl often think of it,
when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes biought upon peo-
ple by their carrying their heads too-bigh.a