The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-07 00:00:00

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THE LIVERPOOL STANDA RD.

GENERAL TRADE REPORT.

presume that the complaint meant only that he was sufficient reply to any objection' which could have been
to not permitted to screw down the remuneration of made to an adverse vote, as being prompted by factious
motives. Those classes could not for a moment be sus-
Mr. the officials to a mere pittance. This result, how- . LIVERPOOL EXCIIA.NGE, YESTERDAY.
t. t isual ever, has been pretty well achieved. The hands, Governs of eng wish to leave even a Whi
enttertainin withoute. the
means of satisfying the public Whatever may be the result of the present political
. _ through which 'the vast correspondence of this creditor, and maintaining,thin all their efficiency and dissensions on the continent of Europe, there seems to be
great empire passes, are, for their long hours of la- activeness, the Institutions and Honor of the coon- a pretty general feeling against any interference on our
part in
.the quarrels. .of other nations; and, although the
bour, remunerated with a pittance less than a corn- try. They asked only that the burthen of any measure
of direct taxation, which might be found necessary, should
---- - mon mechanic can earn. With a responsibility
be made to press more equally upon all classes. revolutionary principles acted upon by the Provisional
t greater than that of any other officer under the The amendmenti of the honourable member for Cocker- Government in Paris must be far from consonant with
Crown, the post-office clerk is paid less than a daily mouth—Mr. Ho Iman—would if carried, have fully met the constitutional feelings of the British people, the desire
v - ',non any of our railways, or in any of our all the difficulties of the case ; and from a gentleman so I ' ` ;n evinced other government depart- fully conversant, as Mr. Cardwell undoubtedly is, not on their part to restore, as speedily as possible,
s deserving as to intellectual only with the feelings entertained by our mercantile clas- the peaceful institutions of their country, combined with
t cents, both better paid and ses towards the imposition in its present shape, but as the friendly feelings already expressed towards this nation,
well with its peculiar oppressiveness in the present condi-
r ...ged with the hope of pro- tion of commercial affairs and of commercial men, a tor- warrant us in entertaining a confident belief that the world
E ,sent, as the reward of desert and dial support to such amendment might have been may yet be saved from another reign of terror. Consols,
n reasonably anticipated. Mr. Cardwell might have re- which reached their lowest point of 791 on Monday last,
t! as an example of this inequality of treat- membered that as a Liverpool man, connected with have fluctuated during the week at a marked improve-
' --cloyed in the Post- the commerce of the port, and in the confidence that
went, and closed yesterday at 821 to 821 for money, and
e in him they would find an excellent commercial states-
„se, or, in fact, in eany man rather than a mere party man, the exponent of the 821 to 821 for the account; and, although but little dispo-
..; service, or in private opinions of this or that statesman, it was that he received sition to speculate has been displayed in the different
There is no one who can a large portion of the support which placed him in his branches of commercial enterprise, we may fairly hope
.dility which is imposed upon present distinguished position. We must not now con-
. clerks in the Post-office. It is teal from him the fact that, by his course on Friday night, that the imminence of the danger is past. Yesterday, the
he has forfeited the good opinions of a large majority of SHARE MARKET opened steadily; a limited business was
chat their hours of labour are not the constituencyj which so honoured him. Already, we trnsacted during the day, but prices were firm at the close.
,i. There is not one of these clerks hear of movements making, and in agitation, with the a
i assiduityand attention is not dependent object of conveying to him an assurance of this fact, which As allusion has been made by a contemporary to Mr.
every-nay interests more momentous, and responsi- must be as painful for himself to receive as it will for his John Ridgway's commercial affairs, we may state that his
bility greater, than the Custom-house.clerk has to many personal friends and the admirers of his great talent present difficulties arise, as much from the embarrassment
to feel themselves compelled to join in.
deal with in a twelvemonth. The mere detention • of others as from his own engagements. It is not true
' • —l-4- "•-• norrlpr4 ;.. 4:,.....•. that two-thirds of his assets are in New Zealand; there
In the Jamaica papers which we received last night, we
being only about one-third there, and the surplus on
beingthe
find considerable discussion as to the necessity which
statement submitted instead of £4ooo is upwards of
-,a the remunera-
now exists for a proper representation of the colonies in £lO,OOO.
_.. worked servants of the public in the British parliament. Re have not space now to enter
.Atquieft,cofirm, steady market for Carr v,esltlerday,
. gown? And it is a fair specimen of their into the subject, and the following extract from the en
I Reek'ss cotton
oes.o Qongin, aanyd h
remark sthwalt Ilinotrdeces Lrsn'oatt
position in other places. There are, we believe, in Jamaica Dispatch of the 7th February, must suffice for lust
press sales, or force the market in any way. 5,000 bales
\
the Liverpool Post-office, something like forty ordi-
nary clerks, who must be persons of some educa-
tion, and of good character and conduct. The pay to-day.,,Col o nTi ehse
the empire, will justice
always o f the
b e treatedarguments l
ilike
a np
till they have a voice in her councils.
nooort
rbeeladteionniesd.
of were sold at full prices. The following important infor-
mation relative to the import stock, and prices of Cotton,
we copy from Messrs. T. and H. Littledale and Co.'s sir-
. - - - " The wail of colonial oppression finds no sympathy in cular, published on Saturday :
~ ''' bosom of a colonial secretary, and it is a slow and ex- c‘The import, so far this year, has been 160,000 against
--4-1 a ootiva annul will of the neonle 187,000 bales, ilis.lBS,,,,The...tratlenl,ias,,,takein,i2l6,,ekoo, against

les from the lowest point t

his year, is