The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-10 00:00:00

LONDON LATEST SHIPPING NEWS.

Lloy't's, Five o'clock, p.m. Saturday.
By the Rio Janeiro letters to-day, of the 19th October, we
learn that the Government had directed that vessels from Lon-
don and Liverpool should undergo a quarantine of from six to
eight days, those ports being again declared infected with the
cholera morbus.

The Skeene, from Liverpool, has arrived at the Cape of Good
Hope.
The Warders, Arrens, from Liverpool to Herliugen, sunk off
the Texel, 2d instant, crew saved.
The following vessels have sailed from Buenos Ayres for
Liverpool:--August 21, Vanguard, Walker, touching at
Monte Video, which port she finally left on the 15th September;
the Mary Worrall, Smith, which was also to call at Monte
Video, and, on the 16th, the Abeona, Russell, for Liverpool
direct. The Zoe, Dick, was about to sail for Liverpool when
(he account left. On the Bth September, the Alert, Snowdon,
arrived at Buenos Ayres from Liverpool; on the 17th, the,
Helvelln, Boadle, and the Wave, Bellord.
The Jarrow sailed for Liverpool from Monte Video on the
26th August.
The Justinian, the Liverpool, the Fama, (Hargrave,) the
Robert Finnie, the William IV., ( Williamson,) and the Forth,
have arrived from Liverpool at Rio Janeiro.
The John Brooks, from Valparaiso to Liverpool, was spoken
on the 27th ult. in lat. 43.

HOUSE AND COTI'AGE OWNERS' ASSOCIATION.

A public meeting of this society, took place on Thursday
evening, at the Blue Bell Inn, London-road, for the purpose
of memorializing the churchwardens, overseers, and select
vestry for an extension of the time for payment of the rate
chargeable on small tenements, and ou the necessity of a re-
duction of the present assessment.
Mr. Waithew, on being called to the chair, briefly stated the
object of the meeting. By a clause in the Liverpool act; the
churchwardens were empowered to extend to owners of small
tenements the time of payment, and to take a composition, or
part of the rate. The necessity for such an 'extension of time
was evident from the present impoverished state of the tenantry,
owing to the misunderstanding with their employers, the incle-
ment season of the year, and the late awful visitation, which
now particularly visits this class of the community. At the
present period so great was the difficulty in getting in rent, that
of his own cottages, about forty in number, more than one-
half were considerably in arrears; and were he to enforce the
payment of rent, many of his tenants would be obliged to seek
an asylum in the Workhouse. He trusted that when the
parish authorities were fully apprised of these facts, they would
not hesitate to grant the required • extension of time for the
payment of the rates, which, if immediately enforced, would be
attended with utter ruin to many' of the cottage owners. He
also trusted that the seine authorities would lose no time in
applying, as soon as Parliament assembled, for the repeal of
that unjust and oppressive act, agreeably to the unanimous vote
of the last Easter vestry.
Mr. Ellis, on proposing the first resolution, stated that the
society was induced to come to this in consequence of the great
difficulty there was in getting in the rents at this time of the
year, particularly as a great number of the working class had
been out of work for some time past, and were likely to conti-
nue for some time to conic, and the only way they had for pay-
ing it was by distrahaitig upon them, which would tend further
to impoverish them, and cause them and their families to be-
come a burden to the parish.
Mr. Ford showed the fallacy of the very general opinion that
was entertained, that this kind of .property paid-bettcr than any
other; while the fact was directly the contrary. •
Mr. Knapper entered into au able and lengthy examination
of the Liverpool small tenement bill, which he characterized
as unconstiutional and inquisitorial—oppressive in its opera-
tions, impolitic in its provisions, and detrimental not only to the
middling and lower orders,' but also to the true interests of the
richer classes of society.

The Chairman read a letter firma John Itesson, Esq., barris-
ter-at-law, acknowleding a vote of thanks, passed at a recent
meeting of this society, for his gratuitous assistance to the de-
putation recently in London. • • • •
Mr. Ford, Mr. Duckworth, Air. Elliot, and several other
members addressed the meeting, but want of space prevents our
giving more particulars, and we refer our readers to the adver-
tisement in another part of our paper for,the.meirtorial and re-
,-solutions'adbpted.- •

The deputation appointed at the above meeting, waited yes-
terday upon the churchwardens, select vestry, and overseers in
conformity with the resolutions, when they were informed that,
at twelve o'clock to-day, they should receive au answer. From
the best view we can take of this questiOn,, we are disposed to
think favourably of the objects of the association ; and where,
as is.here shown, the effect to be produced by a favourable de-
termination of the authorities, will protect the landlord, and
ameliorate the, condition of the tenant, whilst the rates will
be more likely to be recovered than by a prompt assertion of
the rights of the acting authorities, we cannot but join in the
expression of a wish that the determination of those gentle-
men may be in accordance with ends altogether so desirable.

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