The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-13 00:00:00

May 13,156-

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

A cabinet council was held on Friday, at the Foreign'
office, Downine-street.
Mr. Cardwell, Sir T. B. Birch, Mr. Brown and gr•
Henry voted against the repeal of the malt tax, on Thurs-
day.
A great Protectionist demonstration, in the shape of a
banquet to G. F. Young, Esq., was riven at 'Worcester,
on Wednesday, in the large vestibule of the County
Courts.
ISLE OF WIG-HT.—Captain Hammond, a firm Protes-
tant ; Mr. C. C. Clifford, a free trader ; and Edward
Dawes, Esq., a practical agriculturist as well as a landau
proprietor and free trader, are candidates.
Mr. Cardwell and the Lancashire free-trade members.
along with Mr. Cobden, voted with Government on Lora
Naas' motion. Sir J. Walmsley, however, voted for the
motion, as did Lord John Manners, J. Tollemache, &c.
It is reported that, at the general election, the present
independent representative of a constituency in the south
of Leinater will be requested to retire, and that the con.:
stituency will invite Sir James Graham to offer himself
for the representation.
The Earl of Bective, son-in-law of that staunch Pro-
testant and Protectionist, Mr. Alderman Thompson,
M.P., will present himself to the electors of Dublin, at
the next electior., as a candidate for the representation.
His lordship is- well suited to become the colleague of Mr'
Grogan.
Lord Stanley has announced to his political friends his
entire preparedness to undertake, at any moment he map
be called upon to do so, the formation of a cabinet. The
noble lord has made this announcement to his supporters,
in that formal manner which leaves no doubt as to it 9
deliberativeness and its authenticity.
The Globe says that the Master of the Rolls intends to
propose a bill for the continuance of the Encumbered
Estates Bill ; and the- Herald states that the opposition
party intend to introduce a measure for the total abolition
of that court, and to transfer all necessary powers to the
Court of Chancery for the management of encumbered
estates.

THE HARWICH ELECTION COMMITTEE.—The Cora-
mittee have decided that Mr. Prinsep does not posse°
property in this country amounting to a clear yearly
come of £3OO, consequently he is disqualified to sit as 9
member of Parliament. Mit. Prinsep's income is, we be-
here, chiefly derived from investments in India and the
East India Company.
PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX BILL.—The Chancellor
of the Exchequer proposed, on Friday, a clause conferring
the right of appeal upon tenant farmers who might feet
themselves aggrieved, and if they were able to prove for
the commissioners that their profits were not equal to'
half of their rent, the commissioners would be authorised'
to make a corresponding reduction. Carried.
Chartism has returned to town after three years' ah-'
sence, and is reintroduced to the public by the Times.
Chartism, which appeared to have committed suicide ie
1848, like an Indian devotee at the feast of Juggernaut,-
by a voluntary prostration under the feet of the special-
constable, suddenly arises in the midst of us, propounding
a general reorganisation of society, -universal suffrage?
right of labour, nationalisation of land, and what not.
The Times says it may be interesting to parties trading
to Brazil and Buenos Ayres, who are anxious as to the
possibility of war between these two countries, to mention
that the two Powers are bound by an article of the treaty
of peace concluded under British mediation in 1828, not
to commence hostilities unless each shall have been gives
six months' notice, with the knowledge of the mediating
power, and that no such notification has been made to our
government, either by Brazil or Buenos Ayres.
THE NAVIGATION LAWS.—The shipping returns, we told by the free-trade journals, "exhibit very satis-
factory results." The relative tonnage entered inwards
for the month ending sth April, 1851, we find to be-
-1850. 1851.
British... . 231,755 ..
Foreign
So that, as the Times would say, whilst the British ton'
nage has increased 80,415 tons, the Foreign has only in"
creased by 84,074. But, if we take the bigotted test of
per.centage, we find the increase of the British tonnage
34 per cent., and that of the Foreign 69 per cent.
ST. ALBANS ELECTION.—A royal proclamation, offer°
ing a reward of £5O each, payable by the Treasury, wils
issued on Tuesday, and posted in various public places
the metropolis, for the discovery, apprehension, an
delivery over to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arras 0'
the abducted witnesses, Waggett, Hayward, Birchrnore,
and Skeggs. The proclamation attracted large crowds
of readers at the Mansion-house. The witness Edwards+
who was committed on the ground of having been con-
cerned in the abduction of Waggett, has now been is
Newgate nearly a month. It is proposed to bring in a
bill for the appointment of a commission to inquire into
the whole affair at St. Alban's.
bloom
one. H
Mr. . Deisia
rlaes noli's oneposition
is
capable
of
striking i nsosmekri
nesg an pectsanawkwar
effective blo
on his behalf. It is all very well when he has the last
word,' but that is an advantage not always to be corn;
manded. Letus givean illustration. Mr. Disraeli and Lora
John Russell almost invariably reply',' to each other.
Well, Disraeli makes his attack, Lord John Russell give
his reply, and there is an end of the slashing.' Under
such circumstances, Lord George Bentinek used to come
to the rescue,. raised Mr. Disraeli, poured balm into his
wounds, and aimed fatal thrusts at his adversaries. Sup.
pose Lord John Russell now to commence the assault,
Mr. Disraeli makes play in return, and pitches Lord Jolla,
out of the ring. In that case, S r George Grey dashesin;
avenges his chief, and places Mr. Disraeli hors de combo'
Sir George Grey makes all the difference. Without hiol
Lord John would be nearly as destitute of a second sword
as Mr. Disraeli.—Fraser.

THE DIVISION OF FRIDAY NIGHT. We earnestly...di-
rect attention to the division of last night on 113:_rj
Urquhart's furtive amendment. It was brought forwar'
evidentlyeas a surprise, intended and calculated to con'
found all parties: with what precise practical object, el'
cept the avowed one of directly defeating the very little,
bill before the house, we know not. What is the result
The proposition before the house was simply, that the he,:
prudent assault of the Pope had been invited by °I;
conduct and declarations of the government. Who coulee,
who can, honestly negative that proposition ? Yet hest
been jormalty negatived, by a majority of 79, in a boas:
of 481--a result exceedingly striking and insignificant'
Owing to fears, that even the trifling bill before the
house might be jeopardized, many of our staunchest
friends, headed by Sir Robert Inglis, voted ostensibly ia
the negative of the proposition ' • and the result thus 0b;
thine& is hailed, according to this -morning's Herald.' ~,"
" tremendous cheering" on the ministerial side ! Stiff
pidly- insane are the government and their supporters,
they. imagined the result of the division to have clew,
the. government from the charges which Mr. Disrsoci;:
with consummate tact and destructive effect, ate° a
seriatim, immediately before the division, and without
oats
attempt at answer. The friendsof Protestantism eneiirs
Monday insist on incorporating with the bill Mr. vlbe
pole's amendments, which will infuse vitality into
ricketty bantling which last night it was once more
tempted to strangle in its very birth.—John Bull.
400'
FREE - TRADE PROPHETS. CONTRADICTING ;rfree-
OTHER.—The farther we advance in the polemics eit but,
trade the more the perplexity gathers : not a result
het~
has its separate free-trading prophet, and not a prop"„.
that does not belie his brother.. " Will rents fall ?"vroall'•_.
murs the timid landowner. "Fall ? of co:rseeoYemu
l of the farmer ever
since " Certainly they will fall," says Mr.
since the peace.
Villiers, with polite indifference to so small a calamity
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these deeeafrrn:
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saryisselZ. W.
W. Whitmore,
iCilotmloenerel, Twohrorevin:
a very popular prophet in his day. " Pooh ! don't believo
" my object in removing
increase the value of your land !" The farmer Pets l
question, " Will these horrible prices last for ever ;
how many quarters of grain are 1 kely to be imported
And straight, therewith, arises such a discord of contra:
tradictions, that poor Chawbacon, if he have any animal
desire still to have bacon to chaw, thinks it best to evil
from the hubbub, and stick to his old motto, " Live I'o
let live, in the land we live by." Now, my dear free,:
traders, own that the honestest vampire who ever set ot,'
on his travels in search of an understanding, has had very
little chance to fled it amongst you! Shall, he be °Li
lightened with Mr. Villiers ? then he can't be anlightel?‘:
with Mr. Wilson. How can he get rid of his fallacte7
when every opinion he picks up in exchange from op
free-trader is remorselessly condemned as a fallac94,
the rhetoric of another ?—Bulwer's Letters to John .13"
NATION/al INTERESTS AND PROTECTIVE Dterfee:s;
Political economy furnishes us only with abstract trutt'ic
it is the proper science of government rightly to aPP
them. "It is," says Mr. Mill, " the interest of too
nations to exchange with one another two sorts of ell;
modities, as often as the relative cost is different in Zot
two countries." The general proposition is granted ; "to
it often happens that a stronger interest would deprecate
the interchange of particular commodities. For install":r
Athens manufactures admirable weapons at a chesPeg
cost than Bceatia; Beeotia produces corn, which Aths:
very, much needs, at a much cheaper cost than Atheilie
Is it to the interest of Athens to exchange her weaPati
for the corn ? Not if she has cause to dread the hostihis
of Beeotia, and believes that the weapons she thus selltia
out will he used with advantage against her freedom aith,
existence. There is an interest to effect exchange 'vela
two sorts of commodities, the relative cost of erode .ha
them being very different in the two countries, upon
abstract general principle; but, in the special ease;te.
much stronger interest not to furnish Beeotia with leje
pons. Take another case :—Suppose Germany bas le,too
instituted a cotton manufacture, but produces
goods with greater labour (that is, more cost) than -nt
land ; and England, on the other hand, produces eer;ler.
more cost than Germany : Is it for the interest of ds?t
many to exchange her corn for the English cotton goo,
No ; for, as it has been seen, we have Mr. Porter's as the
rance that nothing but protective duties can preserve the
German cotton manufacture from ruin, as egatash, ea
English competition. Therefore here, again, ehoug (lee
the abstract general principle, it is the interest of voce.
many to exchange with England two sorts of cello 0
ties, of which the relative cost is different, yet she toll
stronger interest, in the special case, to guard the CO
....,och
manufactures, which may ultimately enrich her oe
more than the price she receives for the corn that dig•
sends to England. So, finally, without in the least 9>i
puting the abstract proposition of Mr. Mill, a states,aoa
may well consider, that, seeing the importance to Eag,`,oo.
of a thriving and prosperous agriculture, and all the_rieep
ger to the state that may be incurred by the imPe",etir
ment and disaffection of many millions of his countrY,r tee
there is a greater interest, in the special case, to linetist,
exchange, which may be as injurious, for a time.B!'siooo,
to the British husbandman, as Germany holds it 0)400
to the German cotton manufacturer. For the 1.),(e.0101
economist deals with the dead principle—the start/.
with the living tneu.---23ultcer's Letters to Jan 104.
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