The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-09-02 00:00:00

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THE VALUE OF COLONIES.—A COLONIAL
LEAGUE.
TILE lawfulness of being taught by the tactics of
the enemy was long since declared in the terse
proverb, fps ,est ab hoste doeeri, and in English
politics it is peculiarly visible. Cromwell knew it
when, being charged with keeping spies at foreign
courts, he said, " I know your deceit, and I know
your interest,—these are my spies !" It is there-
fore worth while to see what the enemy says on
the particular subject of Colonies, which we were a
short time since taught to believe were of no value
at all. When the leaguers were assembled on the
boards of Covent Garden Theatre, Colonies were
held up as only sinks for the engulphing of public
money. The example of America was applied to „ Be
every small dependency, and any attempt at good Irish„ Oats Pens
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government compared to the despotism of Lord " Malt 3O
LONDON PRODUCE NIARKM—YasminA
North. Now, however, Colonies have become, in sturar : Foreign market firm, and a fair business doing, but
the eyes of these people, suddenly valuable, and o chiefly‘yo
eex:.oocr,t.
,11'. rt. ifi(itiF;s(l home tirni, and
49 Aiefl".ffien.(llblntileiert.
their cry against the Colonial-office is des firrni, but little doing ; Native Ceylon, 395. to 40—Tea :
p and 11a itet dull, and prices rather lower.—ltice : Fast India dull,
strong, for its many undoubted and undeniable andifree sellers at previous rates.—Cotton : Firm, and demand
misdeeds. But who taught these people the gm
LONDON TALLOW IIEik,RXS.—MONI'AY.
isr fond ,lent::usl. tine new Y.C. hrin_in_
value of Colonies ? Why do we not still hear IssT?9ilry toc3o9nst.i,nlain"d
old Bits, to 345. 3d, on the spot. 'the stork
that they have been an incubus, and that foreign in band is 32.80 G casks, against 23.841 last year, being an in-
crease of 9,025 casks. The deliveries last week amounted to
nations are better customers, and cost us nothing? 1,353 casks, against 1,938 in the correponding week last year,
Is it that even the chosen organs of Free-trade are being. a decrease of 555 casks.
CATI'LE MA REF:T.—YEsmunAY.
beginning to recant, and that we are likely, at last, I The supply of all descriptions is large. Prime qualities sold
briskly,lelasittsin47l7.9i sortscir Slurp
ata ctebs, ot-rent tr.s.i.Of Friday
to see them " make a clean breast of it." What i last. -
ever the reason may be,
ee
the Daily News has chosen fils,,s3tBcsr., Iteats, 130;
Lincoln, and Northampton, beasts
the office of Protector of the Colonies, and whether
for love or for circulation, doses the public daily
with their wrongs. The grievances of the Cape--
grievances serious and worthy of immediate re-
dress, inasmuch as the Whigs broke faith with that SHIPPIN
A ncii.lT, Arti. 13.—The Goojerar, from Liverpool to this
colony, as to the convict system ; the similar I Port, struck upon a ledge of rocks off Jerseytnen lsi,rnd, 4th
grievances of Van-Dieman's Land—the " Consti• Angu t, but
liesenbegen"ry assisted Cis' and brought into this port,
where she has eyed, condemned, arid will be so'd.
tution" of New Zealand that was The Baticola, from Pirgwash to Liverpoo', struck upon the
Cerberus Rocks, oil J m erseyen Island, August, and tilled,
" Like the snow fall', n
in the river, Ina was ItSimtCl oft after remaining en shore for ten hours,
A moment seen, then gone for ever"— . brought into this liatbour, surveyed, and ordered to be eds..
a parchment that would have delighted the eyes of ehargeil.
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the Abbe Sieyes, and charmed the heart of Jeremy ± COI.I.ISIoN ON TIIK River.—Ott Wednesday evening.,
Bentham, swallowed by its parents like Fluellen's
about half past nine relock, kressrs. s
steamer, the " Fanny," was proceeding from the landl!,g_
leek—the interminable distances of British Guiana, stage to Tranmere ferry, she ran athwart the bow of the
—all these have found an assertor in the Daily barque " Kedgeree," lying in the Sloyne. There was a
strong flood tide running at the time, and the night was
News, and yet the same journal will not hesitate to very dark, owing to which the captain of the steamer
advocate in the next column a system that hands
could not discern the ship's light soon enough to prevent
• the accident. The steamer had her funnell knocked down,
over to the foreigner the produce of each and all but it was prevented by her bulwarks from rolling over-
of time dependencies. It is desirable- that tile slightly damaged
board, and one of her bpws was also
Fortmaately no one wag ;Diorcd.

LEEDS STOCK F.XCIIANGI
The following were the closing prices
Eastern Counties, 5i ; North British. 5

—Y,ESTERDA y.
—Slicilatid Stock

LONDON CORN MARKET—TEsrEno AY.
The show• of English Wheat at this morning's market is mo. I
Iwo 4,6 a fair ssynntsrtinrs

3 11 t 0 3 8

4 0 to 5 0

age, ant
servant.

Staffordshire, si ff tbs. ; South Eastern and Dover, 192 20 ; Cale-
donians, 9 103; Eastern Counties, 54 8; East Lancashire, 123
13 ex div.; Edinburgh and Glasgow, 27 9; Fast Anglian. 23 I;
Great Northern, 16 div. ; Great Western, 76 3 ; Lan cashir
and Yorkshire, 473 8; Ambergate, Nottingham, and Pastern Mr. Aspinall :I am resisting the case altogether. lam con
Junction, 43 ex div.; York, Newcastle, and Berwick, lei 17; tending that Mr. Saul is not to blame to the extent alleged.
Do. Extension. 84 8 dis.; Do. Pref., Si dis.; York and North Had Mr. Snowball opened the case in a temperate manner, an
Midland, 164 i 4 ex div.; London, Brighton, and South Coast, arrangement might hive beer. come to.
903 13; North British, 54 ex new; -110. Pref., 54 3ex div.— Mr. Mansfield : There has been some want
There was only a small attendance on P.Ch^- -
prices ruled somewhat higher
much as on Saturday, and c'

w put ner flown at rinfauelpitia witnout stores of any kind.
Mr. Mansfield (after again examining the extract from which
Mr. Aspinall had been reading) t It states here, Mr..A spinoff,
that if one dollar and fifty cents be paid for each passenger,
they can be landed.

o not t

hink there is any impn.

'Ur Account Mr. Aspinall.—lf you say there is no imputation, we are
improved per cent. 'Railway Shares maintained better prices; perfectly willing to do any thing you order.
and some Stocks look strong at quotations, the market closing Mr. Mansfield.—We are both of us of opinion that it would
at about its best. Foreign Stocks dull, and Mexicans lower. be beiter for the parties to arrange ills matter out of the court,
and if this suggestion be taken we will adjourn the case until
MANCHESTER SHARE MARKET. —YEsTEnnA Y to-morrow.
We give the quotations up to the7elose of business :—London Mr. Snowball.—l would rather the magistrates would give
Stock, 113 j • Great Northern Preference, 13i; Lancashire and th, it decision in the case.
Yorkshire, 471 /; South Eastern and Haver, 1Q iD 19 13-16. Mr. Mansfield : I think the offer of a passage to Philadelphia
is as much as could be expected from a person having acted
under a misapprehension. Our order, therefore, will be to
at. return the passage money —..el o for compensation. 4-1 fn r

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inaintenanc and payment of costs.
Mr. Aspinall : I understand you there is no imputation upon
Air. Saul ?
Mr. Mansfield : I do not think there is, in