The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-02-05 00:00:00

ON THE PEOPLE.

THE EDITOR OP THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
la, -I have been reading the above treatise by Mr. Booth:
i,
appears___ to be very ably written, forcible, and perspicuous,
.`4l ingenious, and, so' far, highly creditable to the author;
litkid, although he has, throughout, assumed a bold tone of au-
trrity and dictation, as if his statements would not admit of
',tier doubt or appeal, I mean to take the liberty of questioning
tilltnY of the presumed facts on which he founds his assertions.
differing, as I dos from Mr. Booth in the views he takes, and
4e. conclusions he draws upon the very important subjects
'uch he has discussed, I might, as a matter of speculative in-
,L.ltlitY alone, have been induced to question his statements; but
`414 desire is. much increased by the apprehension I entertain,
lhat the very plausible and fascinating prospects which he holds
tit), keeping in the back ground, or wholly omitting to state,
Weevils with which I consider them to be pregnant, may in-
4ee many readers, who take only a superficial view, to agree
• his conclusions, to expect they may be realised, that they
41eit• ist and sound in principle, founded on facts, and of prat-
"able application, which I must dissent from and deny, though
Z 4 without the hope that others more able and competent may
found combating his views.
His axioms I pass by as abstract principles, important, or
kt, according to the nature of the propositions to which they
tllaY be applied. In my view of the subject, Ido not find it ne-
,,,ssary to notice them further, my intention being to address
''Yself to the common sense and practical experience of your
esders, and not to attempt to lead them into labyrinths of ab-
e„tttise or complicated reasoning, drawn from.the fine spun
'lloories of political economists.
If I rightly understood Mr. Booth, he requires us to
protection
41301 agriculture, trade, and manufacture, and to adopt a free
411 d unfettered intercourse with the rest of the world, purchas-
ing Only where we could buy best and cheapest, without pre-
'erence or partiality for the productions or industry of our
country and our colonies,-this, he flatters himself, would not
°nip be hailed with delight by those (of course, our fellow-citi-
4-as of the world) to whom we should thus open our arms, and
ettrrender our resources, but that we should lead them by our
e-lample to adopt a similar course of conduct towards us ; for
46 Purpose he deprecates the preference given to the timber
of our North American Colonies, and the sugar and coffee of
1:14r tropical possessions, the protection afforded to our fisheries,
to the aniCultural interest of the united kingdom, to the work-
jug of our iron mines and other minerals, and to our various
manufactures, as being, in his mind, not only impolitic and un-
tecessary, but as peculiarly prejudicial to-the interests of "The
`-eople,' and finally assures us, (no doubt, the fruits of his
qt'ep reading and experience,) that if his advice is followed,
the evils which now press, more or less, upon the country,
111°111d' ere long, be dispersed and disappear,-that they would
"e succeeded by sources for ample employment, with sufficient
kniuneration to all classes, producing general prosperity, at-
411ded by, and productive of increased intelligence, comfort,
411 l contentment ; in short, that we possibly might, ere long,
and our country converted into something like another Utopia!
To prove the practical correctness of these doctrines, he be-
-1t1413 by attacking the timber duties, and tells us, that he has
mlsco vered what those statesmen who made this subject one of
long
and patient inquiry, faired to ascertain ; and who, after
mulch consideration, determined, as they thought, on national
ftUtids, to prefer, and therefore, to a certain extent, to pro-
t' et the timber trade of our colonies before that of foreign
c°Lintries ;-that such a course of policy was unwise and illibe-
rq, and that, in adopting it, they had sacrificed the interest of
'4lle People ;"-in order to mark this opinion more strongly,
Id to aid him in' exciting a similar prejudice on the minds of
41er5, he stigmatises the duty to which foreign timber is sub-
ikeet" and denounces it as a penalty on that extensive branch of
:reign. trade from which a large revenue is drawn. Let us
-",raine the facts.
For the timber obtained from our colonies about one-fourth
1140 of the price it produces here is paid to the shippers, not in
uey to be withdrawn from us, but in the manufactures and
I;llntions of the mother country, and her other possessions.
117..411 the exception of duty paid here, landing charges, and or-
marY profit of the importer, the remainder, being the chief
7, is paid for freight to British vessels that are built, fitted,
8 Provided with stores by British subjects, and navigated by
EUROPE. ,41 seaman; thus the whole fruits of the trade are distributed
/id Paid to our tradesmen and manufacturers, or, in other
Lisbon, with 122 chats 156 hf chats oranges,
to, 3 do, E Rae-30 do, 60 do, P Itigbv-51 do, to " The People ;"-this commercial navy, at the same
-61 hf chats do, 6 hf chats lemons, j Collie -
Yeoward-S Dk 144e4 forming one of the most important nurseries for seamen
fin St Michael's, with 71 large and 617. small tolt4tan our wooden walls when dangers assail from without!
and co-K Dk
Marseilles, with 29 csks madder, I Pryee and 11
6ttilese are not British Vects of great national interest, I know
alder roots, J W Smith and co-127 do, L B „4:` What are, or where capital can be more usefully, honourably,
3 brls Ibx wine, C L Bahr-abt 40 t rough 1-411; beneficially employed for the good of "The People !" I
rs-1 hx soap, 3 bxs perfumery, 20 bags almcn,ii 4.lte
les 2 bxs conts unkn, '7O csks madder, order-G (t this on its merits and separate British interests, without
fm Bourdeaux, with 40 bales corkwood, J ell a reference to the immediate interests and natural claims
3randy, W Shotten-6 tea do, T Crowther-4 Po Of the
lhetwode-2 do, J Lund-1 do, R Langton-1 AL colonies, as branches of the national family, to whom
brane, Knowles-10 cs wine, P Hope-3 do 6, 74-' Booth loudly complains " The People" are sacrificed'
ndy, B Bretherton-16 hds wine, 1 cs lique%
gapers, J G Oughterson--.3 hds Wine, Dufr-1 or, t 'lit the British timber trade is only one branch of the whole,
on-to csks verdigris, 10 csks argol, 6 tea vine 1; th •
cs pictures, 15 csks 3-ellow ochre, 40 bales cc, ot . ere is also, it is well known, a great annual importation
W A and G Maxwell-12 es brandy, 1 ,11) kuber and deals from forei,zu countries, for which higher
riaTrkIIIII,-(64bVecsa cionrankwdoyo.d,2 JesVlinguZeeul .
414,
r: Nee are paid to the shippers than those our colonists receive ;
hds wine, 1 cs brandy, Ewart, Myers and c°-: 44 iMportations, particularly from Norway and Sweden, are
'an and Smith-7 hds wine, Alanson and Brant;
dnson and Townley-40 do, 3 tea 9 brls vineog:ei froi,,,st wholly made in their ships, to the exclusion of British;
. 13 hds 8 cs wine, 1 es brandy, 2 bales corkw rrussia, by much the larger proportion, is brought in the
at Dublin), 150 bales corkwood, 100 csks ape'.
qr csks prunes,. 2cs perfumery, 1 bale liquor!, ot manner
I 41141 roan and it. is from Russia alone that a greater number,
war water, 14 -es 12 csks brandy, 3 bls almona'
to . -4811 than foreign vessels are employed in the trade. The.
2 csks Ics liqueurs, 4cs maccaroni, csk cape,
the shippers of this timber draw bills on the importers for
where and as they please; we
Moore
and
co-37 , fin Ostend,
3Didocks,
uftnaxte'r-111 oe e°3t, and expend the money
Dk ship,. that most of their vessels leave our ports in ballast,-their
ilawburgh, with 29 hales tow, J Hadwen-43 c!". are built, fitted, and stored in their own Torts,-they are
prrall-1 csk hams, W Simmons-I cs qui?. "444n..1
Dickson
Ron, 7ps smoked beef, Ihf hx cigars, cs woo., iilto-,r-Q by their seamen, to be,. perhaps, hereafter. converted
-14 brls beef, 2 brls pork, order-(landed at Doi t hostile crews in the service of our enemies, and their
ri
olnap
vinegar, kess,
ela7ups se t 1 of', Ph
d rCiolob4r, ,3 I cfisrks Se,!'; fltq,L'', after payment of port charges, are transmitted to their
heat, 120 bags barley, 120 mats, 148 pine planlY r -es- I ask, what advantages does " The People" of these
Neste, with loose abt 25 t brimstone, H Pad an 418 reap from this trade ? and, why we ought to place it on
Eastee-I bx wine, Seller and co-I pckge chid
a, 95 mats, Castellain and co-I bx maresclnn -4 told .
12'1114 footing with that of our colonies? But Mr Booth
Nair and Dutton-I bale silk waste, J Bibby ter, • us, that the timber which our colonies supply is all of
n, 0 Hepworth and co-68 bales hemp, II en - inferiorUt in ualit ,•-let us inquire how the facts bear him
Ibx rWes ,
bps tom.xse leaves,iel2clolntbsgsunskinumoarejef assertion.
oh 4,4 '°re the present scale of duties was settled, many compe-
,fm Ostend, with 194 bales flax, Tennaa,,, t wit„ .
W Jackson-53 do, Parry and Crosbie-437 eo -.eases were examined by a committee of the House of
8 Dk
11.,t441°1t5, when it was ascertained, from their evidence, that
irs the -010-
S ENTERED FOR LOADING.

npson, fm Ktngston, Jamaica, with 454 Ws 162 11
ee, 69 hds 35 tcs I csk 51 brls sugar, 18 csks 2 ~,b1
oimento, abt 7 t II c logwood, 19 t 13 c fustic, I AY,
1 Port wine, I hd I qr esk rum, T Holt—l bale
un—ll tcs coffee, abt 10 t Nicaragua wood, J ._,c"
IO brls coffee, W Ker, Imrie and co—loo do,
-G Dksarsaparilla, D Grant—l pn rum, 2 brls sugar.

UNITED STATES.
nen, fin New Orleans, with 1084 bla cotton, G Gib

!.e, fm Charleston, with 28 bales cotton, W ArtW
jun and co-93 do, J Frv-32 do, W Stuart.334'"
ad co-254 do, order—K bk
ison, fm Philadelphia, with abt 120 t logwood,
bees' wax, Cardwell Brothers-5 csks gum co?
bales wool, Rathbone, Brothers and co-489 b
les, abt 2 t horns, Leech and Harrison-21 bags
ivies-10 brls coal, J Pollock-4 bxs plants, 1110
lay, Jones and co-1 do, and seeds, W Skirringd
11, J Hobson and Sons-1 brl apples, E FrodshasT
T Hodgson-1 brl maps, Duckworth and Marsden
a steam engine, Glendenning-93 t camwood,
T—K Dk

Lmmond, fm New Orleans, with 906 bales col
and co—IC Dk

French, fm Savannah, with 1966 bales cotton, C
l co-100 retd shooks, 6 oak planks, said Masi

lover, fm New Orleans, with 165 bales cotton, IC
-34 do, Peck and Phelps-71 do, G Green and SO
1

iigersole fm Savannah, with 151 bales cotton, Ss
-20, do, Isaac Low and co-65 do, Bolton, Ogden
,r-P Dk

s, fm New York, with 462 brls turpentine, Cearnij
les and Evans-200 hides, T Birnas-450 brls
ar and co-25 csks flaxseed, W Rose and co-296l
Ogden and co-564 tcs flaxseed, G 111`Bride-53 P
nd Trokes-50 brls apples, W and J Brown and

Dyer, fm New Orleans, with 1328 bales cotton, 1
co-17 do, Ewalt, Myers and co-2 do, T any
E 6 do, Roskell, Ogden and co-5 do, J Hobson

BRITISH AMERICA.
mette, fin Halifax, with 25 hds sugar, 32i c 25 Pt
iy-65 c staves, abt 4 fms lathwood, 9f c 24 IS
sen-48 hds 21 tcs 18 brls sugar, W Fairclough-'
ibb-1 c 18 oars, 7 spruce knees, said blaster--8
Stevenson, fm St Andrew's, N B, 256 pspine td
i and deal ends, 12 spars or rickers, 12 Tickers!,
apples, Ips maple, abt fms lathwood, Cambil

aye, fm St John's, NB, with 670 p pine and l
c 26 deals, 73 c 10 staves, abt 10 fns lathwood,
bxs smoked herrings, 36 oar rafters. W FairekA

kn er, fin St Andrews, N B, with 462 ps pine ti
[ deal ends, abt 10 fins lathwood, 12 handspikes,
rs, Cambridge and Gray—Q Dk
ry Cumming, Fore, fin St Andrew's, N B, with
8 ps pine wood, 331 c 6 deals, abt 10 fins lathwod
cers, 11 c deal ends, W Sharples—B Dk
, fm Halifax, N S, with 35 csks oil, Cropper, 04
Willis and Swainson-1 csk 1 bx copper coin, ,
.134 ps birch timber, 21 c 1 birch
.planks, 33t.
1, I pn furs, 14 hds sugar, 50 bgs pimento-, W
ews, 1 grate, 12 ps cast iron, 2 pckgs apparel, 00

fin Halifax, with 41 c 26 birch planks, 724 c der
id, 52} c staves, 41 csks oil, W Fairclough—Q
on, fin St John, N B, with 872 ps fir and 155,;
26 deals and deal ends, 26 c 26 staves, abt 11 1!
G Glen—B Dk
ice, fin Newfoundrand, with 3 t old junk, W I.ocl_.
Mad wine, I bx caplin, 395 salted and 13 drs's
Dd fish, 275 csks train oil, Job, Bulley and co--0
SOUTH AMERICA.
)n, fin Maranham, with 1 bale retd goOds, 110101
—lO4 do, T Hesketh-273 do, Moon Brothers _,
-C Dk

, fm Buenos Ayres, with 698 wet c and 0 hide A.
' P 1
if pipes, 1 brl tallow, abt 11 t c and o horns, J
tallow, 16 bales emits unkn, 1 hale Vienna skics,,
nts unkn, 3014 wet c and o hides, W Wilson an',
enn-101 do, R Pairclough—abt 14 c and o
nkn, 0 F:Angus and co-2762 dry c and o lii
4 t e and o horns, 4 bales vacuna skins, 100 1111'
is unkn, order—P 1)k
from Savannah, with 315 bales cotton,• A Taylor
one Brothers and co-154 do, Bolton, Ogden 6
right and Shiels-53 do, J Howard and Brotheil
s and co-50 do, R Orrell—a quantity stone ball,'
said Master-3(X) bales cotton, order—G 1)k
,w, fm Laguna, with 206 t logwood, Buchan'

in, fm La Guayra, Puerto Cabello, and Santa I
L Guayra), 38 serous indigo, W Baxter and Son•
co-47 do, Fort Brothers and co-47 do, J Fix
artholomew and co-15 do, Baxter Brothers ant
hio), loose aht 100 t copper ore, Falkner and c
a), 105 bags cotton, abt-135 t Nicaragua wood,
Red hides, W Cator and Nephew—R
el, fm Mobile, with 79 bales cotton, Roskell,
), Cropper, Benson and c 0—164 Wainwright
ll and Courant—Q Dk

MEDITERRANEAN.
in Smyrna, with 44 bales madder roots, J Prreei
t valonia, abt 5 t boxwood, 2 es gnm tragacanth!„
!s, 1 bx honey, 6 cs pomegranates, 2 clans 11'

Were - with the pine of Nova Scotia, And in that colony,
kr h..._-- equally durable with the fir ships built at Petersburg and
Rie•-4gen_ I; that the red pine, used for the frames of houses in
h '4, and constantly exposed to the weather, had then en-
..ted .
ow .°3l' upwards of forty years without decay; that the yel-
p th1:11111 of Our colonies was much freer from knots than that
our ~....,4tle, and more easily worked, therefore preferred by
tio Yuen for many purposes. and particularly for the in-
atic'drwZ4ing of houses, without reference to relative price;
tvith-rt la still more important, it is found equally durable
i,l "eign as far as experience has yet afforded authority to
-4'ge With regard to our dock-yards, on which so much
14i ht •
pio g is laid by Mr. Booth, I believe pine timber is not much
,tf
inse there ; the deck-plank of Dantzic is preferred on account
lie
greater lengths and superior preparation, but the masts,
~, 's, and red pine balks of Canada are also approved and con-
.
Toe'..e, much for Mr. Booth's accuracy.
hes„,,4 Ysailse the duties on foreign and British timber, as pro-
"" °Y Mr. Booth, or even materially to alter the present

WEST INDIES, &C.
168 Countess of Airlie, P, Port-au-Prince

UNITED STATES.
366 Samuel Wright, P, Boston
, 348 Fama, P, Boston
& co, 259 John Welch, P, Montreal
264 Bowes, B, New York
341 Dryope, P, Montreal
444 Lowell, P, Boston
co, Montgomery, P, New York

SOUTH AMERICA.
Et co, 165 Manley, P,

Santa Martha Sr,
tha
_ _

169 Mediterranean, G, Bahia

EUROPE.
95 Sybil, K, Lisbon
107 R'ope, K, Lisbon
128 Plym, S, Lisbon
Lowe, Q, Riga
iwell, 105 Czar, S, Gibraitar
155 Mary, K, Hamburg,h
124 Leopold First, Q, Ostend