The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-02-03 00:00:00

TIDE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

THE TEA TRADE.

The merchants and others engaged in the trade to China have.'
had much of- their attention drawn to the proceedings which
took place at the interview which has just been had by a depu-
tation from the tea trade with Sir Robert Peel. The gentle-
men who composed the deputation were Mr. Travers, Mr.
'raining, Mr. Antrobus; and at the interview they laid before
the Premier statements to show the inipolicy of adhering to the
present scale for collecting the duties on teas, pointing out at
the same time thee advantages to the trade and the revenue by
he imposititon of a single duty.
.Sir Robert Peel, after haying heard the statements made by
the deputation, assured them that he was fully aware of the im-
portance of the subject, and that he was ready to go into a full
investigation of the matter, in- order if possible to remove the
objections eutertained by the trade to the present mode of col-
lecting the duties. Ile wished the deputation, however, to
understand that he did not consider himself bound by Ii s pre-
vious opinions upon thisjmportant subject. Ile had now the
means of inspecting official documents awl. obtaining other in-
formation, and should he be induced to alter that opinion he
would give the trade an opportunity of stating any further facts
theyanight prefer in support of a change of the scale of duties.
lle wished to. have the opinion of the deputation on the subject
of the working of the new system.
Mr. Travel's said it Yetis the almost universal opinion of the
tea trade that the new system worked extremely bad; that it
was likely to prove iujurious not only to the trade but to the
revenue. Tlie experience the trade had now had of the work-
ing of the new system led to the conclusion that the opinion
originally formed by the trade as to it was correct.
Sir Robert Peel said he should like to know the opinion of
the trade generally, and how the community would be affected
by a change in the scale of duties to a fixed duty.
Mr. Antrobus said there were but few exceptions indeed in
.which an alteration to a fixed rate of duty would not be desira-
ble. An ad valorem duty was not supported by any parties of
importance.
Sir Robert Peel said 4wished to have the opinion of the de-
putation relative to the imposition of an ad valorem duty.
Mr. Travers considered it would be almost impracticable to
levy an ad valorem duty;, the revenue might be liable to great
losses under such a duty. The duty could be levied where there
was only one importer,' as in th'e ease of the monopoly of the
Last India Company; but now that free trade bad brought for-
ward such a number of importers the plan would be impractica-
ble. It would not be diffitult under such a duty for several
large importers, by throwing a (neater quantity et teas on the
market than were required, so Co depress prices as to occasion
great losses to the revenue, and to injure the interests of .the
community.
Sir R. Peel asked what would be the proper dime for making
any alteration in the scale of duties, should the result of his
investigation be to recononencbsuch a course to the Legislature?
The deputation stated that the trade ought to have sufficient
time to arrange their purchases for the ensuing year, -and that
the earliest period that could be fixed for the change would be
the beginning of next year. In October and November the,
purchases in China were made, and if a change was resolved
upon sufficient notice should be given of the periodfixed upon for
the alteration.
Sir Robert Peel inqUiredif it was not usual for advances to
be made in China beforesithe purchases of teas were made in
October and November? . .
Mr. Twining said that such was the practice, but that would
uot at alt prevent any change being made, as the advances did
not in any manner direct the prices at which teas were bought.
Spume observations having been made, Sir Robert Peel as-
sured the deputation that he should enter upon the investigation
with the utmost desire to come to a sound conclusion, without
reference to any previous opinion entertained by him, and if he
should alter such opinion ho would afford the trade another iu-
:eryiew.
The deputation then took its leave.

THEATUE-ROYAL

Under the Patronage of the MAYOR and BAILIFFS.

Q"?. The Manager begs to inform the Public that in conse-
quence of the increased popularity of Rossini's Opera of
"Cenerentola," and in compliance with the request of several
of the Patrons of the, Opera, it will again be -repeated on
Wednesday EVelling, and, on this occasion, the Marquis de
Muti Papazurri will lead the Orchestra, Mr. Herrmann
being unavoidably absent on this night.

rpHE Nobility, Gentry, and Public of Liverpool and its
Vicinity are respeetfutly informed that TO-MORROW,
(Wednesday.) the 4:n instant, will be represented Rossini's
Grand Cowie Opera

LA CENERENTOLA.
Cenerentola Nladame yntherland.
Don Ramiro Signor e val.
Dandini Sig r 13oisragon.
Don Magnifico ..... .,Signor Marani.
Clurinda M ame Castelli.
Thisbe Si ora Canipi.
Alidoro 4
After the Opera, (which will end with the Sextetto,) will be
performed (first time in Liverpool) the third act of Douizutti's
celebrated Opera of

ANNA BOLENN,
Which will commeuco with the favourite Aria " Vivi su."
Anna Madame Kyutherland.
Percy Signor Deval.
Rochgfora Signor Boisragon.
Smeaton Madame Castelli.
. - Chorus of the Princes, Attendants, &c.

The other most celebrates t and favourite Operas which wil
be performed during the season are La Gazza Ladra, 11 Corra
dino, II Tancredi, La Giulietta e Romeo, and La Seiniramide
which Operas will be produced under the immediate superin
tendence of the Marquis de Men PAPAZURRI.
Nights of Performance, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Prices of Admislion:—Lower Boxes, 45.; Upper Boxes an I
Pit, 2s. 6d.; Gallery, is.
Books, with the words of the Opera, in Italian and English,
may be had at the Theatre, price ls. 6d.
Subscription Ticket (transferrable) for a Season of Two
Months, 12 Representations each month, £4 4s.
The Box-office is open daily from Eleven o'clock till Four,
where the Subscribers are respectfully requested to secure their
places, and receive their Subscription rickets, from Signor
Box-sffice Keeper.
Doors will be opened at Seven o'clock, and the Performance
will commence at Eight precisely.

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.

ADDITIONAL ATTRACTION.
FIFTH WEEK OF LIFE IN. LIVERPOOL.

THIS present-TUESDAY, the 3(1 instant, and every Even-
ing during the week, will be presented
LIFE IN LIVElte L.
Principal characters by Messrs. Ha mond, Raymond, Mel-
ville, Simpson, Shaw, &c.; Mrs. It mond, Mrs. 'Herbert, &c.
Second appearance ooMiss E. I miltun, from the Nobility's
Concerts and. Theatre-Royal, D lin.
Mademoiselle Juliette, from e King's Theatre.
The three brothers Jackson, rem the Theatre, Sheffield.

To conclude with the popular Ballet called
LISSETTE.

Principal Performer,r, Mr. Leclercq, Mrs. Leclercq, Miss P.
Leclercq, Mademoiselles Juliette and Eloise, &c.
Tickets and Places tq be had at the Box-office, each day, from
Eleven till Three o'clock.

We copy the following from a late edition of the Times of
Saturday. Some such result as that which has occurred was
expected by every one who had any knowledge of the state of
affairs in China:—
By the Mangles, Captain Carr. which arrived at Cowes, Isle
of Wight, on the 29th, a file of Canton papers to the 19th in-
clusive has been r.tceiVed, by sliich it appears that the tea
track, has been suspended in consequence of Lord Napier hav-
ing gone immediately to Canton instead of remaining at Ma-
cau, and asking permission to proceed further. The Hong
merchants had consequently sent a notification to the English
merchants, of which the following is an extract:---
"Now the refusal to receive the governmental orders is dis-
obedience to the laws of the celestial empire. We are official
merchants, and in all public affairs must entirely and implicitly
obey and act up to the established laws. Since now your ho-
nourable officer will not act in obedience to the established laws,
we dare nut hold commercial intercourse with the gentlemen of
your hon6urable nation, and can only detail the pircuinstances
in a full report to The great officers, that they may put a stop to
buying and selling.
Fur this special purpose we write, we pray you to return an
answer. This is what we have to impose on you. With cool-
, pliments &c."
(T
henames of eleven Hong merchants are subscribed.)
The following was the answer:—
"To THE HONG MERCHANTS.

"Gentlemen,---We have received Your letter of the 15th inst.
and as it contains official matter over which we have nu control,
the communication cannot be noticed beyond a mere acknow-
ledgment thereof.
"Canton, August 16."
A meeting of the merchants had been summoned by Lord
Napier, at which be laid before them the particulars of the
transaction, and declared his intention not to comply with the
order of the governor of Macao, and expressed his full convic-
tion that matters would soon be amicably arranged. "The An-
dromache and Imogene, which I had ordered to sail on a short
cruise," continued Lord Napier, " with a view of feeling the
pulse of the Chinese, and that object has been attained, for they
have since become more absolute, will soon return, and will
operate, no doubt, upon the Viceroy; and when the merchants
form themselves into a committee of commerce, they will ex-
hibit a more imposing attitude, and show I.he Chinese the ad-
vantages were not altogether on their side. If, however, it was
thought necessary, his Majesty's ships should come up to
Whampoa; and, if their presence there was not sufficient pro-
tection, they should anchor under the walls of the town." file
meeting then adopted resolutions for the formation of a Com-
mittee of CommerCe. _ . .

The private accounts do not refer to the above eircuitstance
as of serious import, but, on the contrary, state that the con-
duct •of the governor had proceeded snore from a desire to vin-
dicate the honour of the country from "so great an infringement
of the laws," than any hostility to the new arrangement, or the
object of Lord Napier's mission.

Doors to be open at Half-past Six o'clock, Performance to
commence at Seven.
Boxes, 3s.—Pit, 2s.—Gallery, 6d.
Second Price—Boxes, 25.—Pit, la.—No Second Price to the
Gallery. Second Price at Half-past Eight.

HOLLOWAY'S SANS PAR
GREAT CHARLOTTE-STREET,

Frans piesent TUESDAY, the 3.1, a'
the 4th instant, 6, I

THE CRY OF LI
CI'MION BU3

4 TO-MORROW,

'RTY.

Cymion Bump Mr. Thompson.
YAROMEER THE YAGER.
Lysander and Yaromeer by Mr. Cartlitch.
On THURSDAY, FRIDAY', and SATURDAY, the btb, 6th, and
7th instant,

THE SEA. THE SEA I
Jack Neptune.... Mr. Cartlitch I Mary Mrs. Campbell,
Being her first apperance since her indisposition.
With the INNKEEPER'S BRIDE and other bntertainments,

7be Eiberpool

FEBRUARY 3, !535.

ates, some of whom inflicted no less than seventy cattings du sited station, and who would feel the burning blush of
ng the month, I am credibly informed; yet the rerurn of ONE
shame if we were to report his animated words. 'But
magistrate only is given; and the return of only ONE SPECIES
Op PUNISHMENT. -Had his excellency really and sincerely de- still we are t Ipted to inquire what are the claims "which
sired the public to know the real state of the country, he would vr.
ILBERCRON I can set up against those of Sir
have called for and given the total number of CONVICTIONS by
ALL the magistrates in each district, without any regard what- : CHARLES SUTTO . Is it a recommendation in his fa-
ever to the kind of punishment awarded."' your, that he received his sinecure appointment in Edin-

We have New York journals to the 9th January. They
do not contain any important news. The Bank of the
United States does not appear. to have suffered much
from the attacks of General JACKSON, inasmuch. as the
directors had announced a half yearly dividend of 31 per
cent. The papers also contain a long report from the
senate in favour of the bank and in opposition to the
views of the President of the United States. The follow-
ing is from a journal of the 7th January :
" Fors MARdcA,lßo.—Captain Champion, of the brig Cham-
pion, arrived at this port.from Maracaibo, informs that a revo-
lution had taken place in that town between two parties called
Camcons and Teinplequei ; the latter were discomfited and
driven from the city. Many were killed on both sides, and the
governor imprisoned. Martial law was proclaimed, and in force
at the time the Champion sailed; business at a stand, and mat-
kets dull for all kinds of produce."
The winter hat set in with unusual severity at New
York. The Daily Advertiser of the Bth January says :

Pr burgh from the tories who then professed—alas, a day I

" We very much doubt whether there has been such a degree
of cold experienced in this country within the last fifty years.
At Albany, it is stated, the thermometer was as low as 32 below
Zero on Sunday last, at New Haven it was at '22. at Hartford it
was at 27, in this city accounts vary, and perhaps iu such a
crowded place as.a large city necessarily is, it may be difficult
to ascertain the precise temperature, but it is said to have been
several degrees colder yesterday moraing than it was on Sunday
or Monday. In Newark, New Jersey, it has been as low as 16,
at Baltimore 6, atarashington 16, and at Alexandria 15. It is
not improbable tharthe cold in the winter of 1779-80 was as ex-
cessive as this; but the severe weather at that time lasted for a
number of weeks without intermission, and the snow was in many
parts of the "country five feet deep. This year we have had a
comparatively moderate season until last Saturday, when the
weather changed and became excessively cold, and has continued
ever since to increase in severity. It is stated in the New Haven
Herald that, according to a note of President Stiles, in the
winter of 1779-80 the mercury, at the lowest, was at 19."

is a singular fact that the quantity of cotton, coffee,

tides, lead, and tobacco imported into New York during
834 was considerably less than that of 1833. The fol-

owing are the particulars :--
IMPORTS INTO THE tORT OF NEW YORK MIRING THU YEARS
1833 AND 1831.
1833 —Coffee-237.718 bags, 716 casks, 2937 barrels.
1834 .. 203,240 .. 862 .. 2066
183.3—Cottoa-177,164 bales.
1834 .. 166,137 ..

1333—Hides-899,876
1834 .. 736,989 '
1833—Lead--117.793 pigs. •
1831 .. 77,570 ..
1833—Tobacco-8,739 hhds, 9,981 ceroons and bales.
1831 .. 8,228 .. 7,825 .. • •

—to act on whig principles ? Is it an objection to Sir
CHARLES SUTTON that he was elected speaker of the
first reform parlament, with the hearty concurrence •f

Lord GREY and the Whigs ? Is the sin of the tories un-'

pardonable in the case of ABERCROMBIE, and that of the
i.vhigs equally reprehensible in the case of MANNERS

SUTTON ? " Public 'principle" is a crime in the one
case, and a virtue in the other; and yet the motives, of
action, the preferment given, and the sacrifices made,
are precisely the same in bOth cases.

But is character—is ability—is experience nothing in
a question of thislind a Is there a man with a grain of

sense in his head who cannot discriminate between the

superior talents of Sir CHARLES SUTTON, and the dull,
sour, repulsive, and indolent habits of Mr. JAMES
ABERCROMBHI ? Where did he ever distinguish himself?
At the bar or the,-House of Lords, even in Scotch ap-

peals, he and the stuff gown on his back, without any
odds on either side, might have fairly contested the
pahn of intellect. Who remembers a speech he ever de-
livered, an opinion he ever promulgated, or an argu-
ment either of force or originality ? He was a cypher in
his profession, and a stock piece laid upon the dusty
shelves of the House of Commons. In a word, he never
ranged higher than an Edinburgh attorney, whom fa-
mily connections had clothed in the robe of a barrister.
He was for man years the factor and rent collector of a
whig nobleman, and lie was equally efficient in discharg-
ing tenants who could not pay, and in discharging the
pecuniary obligations which he had officially incurred.
In a word, he was a decent clerk, and p steady book-
keeper.

In sugar and molasses the quantity in both years is
nearly the same. On what ground can this decrease of
imports be explained but that which refers to the finan-
cial measures of the government, and the tremendous
shock which trade has received in consequence.

Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBIE has consented to be put in
nomination as Speaker of the new House of Commons!
The correspondence between the candidate,and his pa-
tron, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, is as fine a specimen of the
mock-diffident as we have met with for some time. It is
modesty burlesqued in the magniloquent manner of Tom
Thumb.
It would appear that the whigs have seriously resolved
to oppose the election of Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUT-
TON. It would al•,o appear that a long and diversified ,
correspondence has been kept up on the subject, and that
various obstacles had to be removed before they could
agree as to the fittest member. Lord EBRINGTON Was
once thought of, but he had the uncommon courage to
decline. The stranded bung was thrown into the Ser-
pentine, but PoNTo would not swim. Mr. SPRING RICE
was consulted; but he had the good sense to avow his in-
competence to fill so very arduous and responsible a situ-
ation. Mr. LITTLETON offered himself as a candidate;
but be was told, even by his own friends, that, since the
affair in which he enacted so distinguished a part, and'
which led to the resignation of Lord GREY, his character
has not been held in
.very high estimation, and that the
idea of Mr. LITTLETON aspiring to the'speakership was
absurd. Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBIE was applied to in the
last resort. He at first refused. Lord JOHN RUSSELL
plied him with all the art of an ingenious persuader for
several weeks, but in vain. Mr. ABERCROMBIE was're-
solved to make no sacrifices for the sake of his party, and
Lord JOHN had in consequence to change his tactics.
He found, that if he could only ply the Edinburgh law-
yer with a draught that would at once be palatable to his
selfish and ambitious disposition, he might succeed. He

had, after due deliberation, recourse 'to an expedient
which none but a poet would ever have dreamt of. He
represented to Mr. ABERCROMBIE that if he could but
succeed in obtaining the chair of the House of Com-
mons, his seat for Edinburgh would be secure for life.
The people of the Modern Athens, quoth Lord JOHN,
would deem it a very high honour to return the speaker.
They would for ever be proud of the man who should
confer such lasting renown upon. their city, and they
would return him at all future elections in spite of all op-
position. A

This decoction of the Jesuit's bark had a powerful ef•
Fect ; but something more had to be done. Lord JOHN
Followed up the impression he had made with great

adroitness, and with more talent, of a particular kind,
than we have been in the habit of giving him credit for.
Ile surpassed the powers of the alchymist and the idealist.
He gilded refined gold and painted the lily. He con-
verted £2,000 into £6,000 a year—proving to demonstra-
tion that the minimum increase never could be lower dur-
ing his life than £4,000 a year. You have, my dear ABER-
CROMBIE, said Lord JOHN, ohly £2,000 per annum for the
dirty job of being a useless Scotch judge for a few months.
The liberal tories, who appointed you to do little in your
judicial capacity, and the whigs, who permitted you to do
nothing, by making you a complete sinecurist and by dis-
pensing with your eminent services altogether, only gave
you what the writers of Edinburgh call a solatium of some
• £2,000 per annum. Now we, my dear ABERCROMBIE,
continued Lord Jolts, are economists of a purer water,
and we are disposed to give you as speaker £6,000 a
year when in office, and £4,000 a year when, in the
course of time, you may be inclined to do no other
kind of drudgery than • that • of drawing your salary on
quarter-day
This last masterly touch of the argumentum ad homi-
nent settled the matter. Nothing more was wanting but
a concerted duet in order to divert public attention from
the real facts of the negociation. The parties agreed to
two public letters—one from Lord JOHN to Mr. ABER-
CROMBIE, and the other from Mr. ABERCROMBIE to Lord
JOHN. We do not—we must not pretend to have been
in the secret ; but we do venture to assert that a knew,
more than a fortnight ago, that this negociation was go-
ing on, as medical men say, favourably !

The blundering still goes on I Lord NAPIER has ar-
rived at Canton, and the tea trade, which the wings
opened, is stopped !

Mr. ABERCROMBIE is to be supported by the discom-
fited whig faction on the, ground of "public principle."
What is meant by this the parties do not choose to ex-
plain. • But no man can be so blind as not to perceive
that the " public principle" here displayed is a disloyal
and an'inveterate hostility ,to the King's prerogative.
The great Irish incendiary instigates his furious and de.
graded slaves to commit murder on the ground of "pub-
lic
principle." It is "public principle" which carries a
"death's head" and "cross bones" to the door of every
political antagonist. It is the same " principle" which
gave encouragement to the same " death's head" at the
door of a newspaper office in Liverpool during the elec-
tion, the miserable old woman connected with which we
heartily despise, but she has one or two sleeping part-
ners whom we shall call to account ere long. it is the
same " public principle" which induces Sir JOHN CAMP-
BELL to "stop the supplies," O'CoNNELL to collect
the " rent," JOSEPH HOME to deal in Greek scrip and
preside at public dinners, Sir JOHN KEY to deal in paper,
Dr. LUSHINGTON to libel the royal family, Tom DUN-
COMBE to go to 'Chancery and tight Mr. FRAsER, Mr.
ADY to write letters to the country; and Lord BROUGHAM
to write letters from the country to , his " beloved so-
vereign" 1 !

Pray do not imagine that we underrate the pretensions
of Mr. JAMES ABERCROMBIE. We have always enter-
tained a very particular respect for him since the tune
when Lurd ELDON immortalized him from the bench.
He was on that occasion defended by a gentleman, then
a member of the House of Commons, now filling an ex-

But are these 'the talents which should command the
respect of the representatives of Great Britain ? In
Other words, is Mr. ABERCROMBIE to be placed in pre-
ferable juxta-position with Sir CHARLES SUTTON Lord
GREY consideredflie services of the latter gentleman to
be indispensable in the first reformed parliament. He
knew the unruly spirits, the talking charlatans, the po-
pular coxcombs, and the ignorant brawlers whom his
bill had forced into the national assembly, and, therefore,
he sought the aid of the experienced and accomplished
Speaker. If, the'tefore, Sir CHARLES SUTTON was
deemed useful in 1832, can it be said that he is less so
in 1835 ?
Oh I but circumstances are changed, says Lord JOHN
RUSSELL. In 1833 the whigs were in power and they
could afford to be liberal in the ratio of their salaries.
Now they are out of office—the King has dismissed them
—there is a dense cloud between them and the doors of
the treasury on quarter day; and they are determined to
be inconsistent'Ar the sake of "public principle." The
people have been deeply wounded in their pride and in
their hopes by the ill-advised dismissal of the reform TT-li-
nislry—their dutiful affection for the monarch has been
supplanted by some treacherous and invidious eaves-
dropper of the, court—we have been kicked out at an
hour's notice, wlihout the benefit of a character, or the
privilege of making a remonstrance—in. short, we are
injured and defamed servants, says Lord JOHN, and we
are determined to form a servants' union, after the mo-
del of the tailors' union, of London, and oppose the
King, our master, and Sir ROBERT. PEEL, his new mi-
nister, by all the means in our power
Lord Joni.; RUSSELL has perhaps a secret reason for
this opposition, The conservative administration have
resolved to square accounts between the lay impropria-
tors and the clerical tithe owners. This is a blow at the
house of RUSSEI.L. We rejoice that Sir ROBERT PEEL
has the boldness and the sense of justice to make the at-
tempt. A few shit tories will, of course, grumble—we
do not, however, sympathise with them, and we suspect
they will not call new spirits from the deep to do that
which we decline. The great, the sweeping, the just
sacrifice must be made by the aristocratic whigs. The
labourers in the vineyard of the church of England must
be better provided for. The revenues of a bishop must
be ascertained, and regulated to that balance of equality .
which shall put a stop to the impolicy of frequent re-
movals. Tile curates must be elevated to the rank of
merchants' clerks, and have a salary equal to the sales-
man in a cheese warehouse. We must, henceforward,
pay quite as much for our religious instruction as 'we have
paid for the mending bf our boots and shoes. There must be
no tax upon the public at large. The richer bishops must
contribute to the income of the poorer ones, and the rich
lay impropriators, whose property has no claim upon na-
tional justice or expediency, further than that consent
gives power, and that an unchallenged right is an indem-
nity to the robber, must compound for their tithe lands,
make a merit of necessity, give up that which they never
had a good claim to, and surrender voluntarily that
which must be conceded to expediency.
This, as Lord JOHN RUSSELL would say, is " public
principle." Like the noble lord's own vindication of his
conduct, it has little or nothing to do with the subject in
dispute. Sir CHARLES MANNERS SUTTON iS to be op-
posed by Mr. JakrEs ABERCROMBIE. This is a challenge.
A desperate, faction have resolved to try their strength.
What if they should succeed ? Think of that, Dr. Bow-
RING I A new election' would settle the business, and-
we long to try it. But there is nothing to fear, for Sir
CHARLES SUTTON will be elected by a large majority.

We cannot tell whether Lord NAPIER received instruc-
tions from the late ministry to insult the authorities of
Canton, but certain it is that he has done so. lie en-
tered the city without invitation, which is a trespass on
the laws of the celestial empire, and a grave offence on
the part of Lord NAPIER and the so called " English
devils" who attended him. This interruption of the
trade, however, is expected to be amicably arranged.
Dr. Monalsos, the eminent Chinese scholar, died at
Canton on the Ist of August.
That Lord NAPIER has acted imprudently is clear
enough, but we are bound in candour to say that a rup-
ture with the Chinese authorities is almost indispensable
before the important trade carried on in Canton by our
countrymen can he placed on a respectable and indepen-
dent footing. The cringing and mendicant manner in
which the agents of the East India Company transacted
their business was anything but creditable to the British
nation. These people allowed themselves to be insulted
with impunity. In the public manifestoes they were
treated like dogs, and were hooted, scoffed, and kicked
by every button in the empire. This has been endured
too long. The only way to open up the. trade effectually is
by means of a few ships of war. We should compel the
Chinese to respect us, and bear our passports to that
curious land of demoralization and pollution on the
muzzle of our guns.

Elsewhere will be found a report of the speeches
delivered by Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS and the Reverend
Rector CAMPBELL, at a select` but convivial party
attracted together at that truly national and inspiriting
of all ceremonials—a ship, launch, which took place on
Friday last.
The speech of the honourable baronet is characterised
by the devoted fondness for what constitutes the strength
and glory of the country. In our commercial marine
we have a prosperous school of young and hardy sea-
men—men who " dare the elements to strife"—who
carry unfurled the flag of England over the world—who
are known and either feared or respected on every sea
and every harbour of the globe, and who are ready when
their country calls them to man our best bulwarks,
nail our colours to the mast, and shed their best blood in
defence of the Queen of the Ocean.

Sir Howatto, in alluding to the invaluable worth and
loyalty of the British sailor, availed himself of the op-
portunity to point the finger of approbation to those years
in ournational annals when our ❑aval fame was raised to
immortality under a tory administration. And well did
the subject of the day's ceremonial suit the cc ureliment