The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-17 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Sul,—You would oblige me much if you would allow
me to contradict, through the medium of your paper, a
statement which has appeared in the Mercury of Friday,
and the Albion of this day. Never having been a radical,
nor likely to become one, I am not going to oppose Mr.
Birkett in Rodney-street Ward at the approaching muni-
cipal election.—Yours, truly,
161 h Oclober, 1843. D. NEILSON.

THE PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF NON-
INTRUSION PRINCIPLES. BY DR. CHAL-
MERS & HIS COLLEAGUES, CONSIDERED.

NEW TARIFF AND REGULATIONS OF OUR
COMMERCE WITH CHINA.

The result of the settlement of our differences with the
Celestial Empire has given unqualified satisfaction to the
whole trading world, and will, we entertain not a doubt,
contribute vastly to enlarge, and render profitable, our
commerce with that country. We have given elsewhere,
fur the information of the shipping trade, the most impor-
tant of these regulations, and the schedule of the duties
in the new tariff. To enable our readers, however, better
to form a judgment a, to the important be•nefi..s conferred
by them upon our commerce with China, we give here a
brief comparison of the old regulations and duties with
those in future to be in operation.
The reduction in the charges levied upon shipping, and
also the removal of the absurd and harassing regulations
to which vessels in the Chinese waters were formerly sub-
jected, will be sensibly felt. Prior to the passing of these
new regulations, several most oppressive exacti ns were
in existence. By one exaction, termed " the present,"
a sum of 2,300 dollars was levied upon all descriptions of
craft, great and small ; whilst the entire duties upon a
ship of 500 or 600 tons were little short of 41000 sterling.
The whole of these are now abolished, and a duty of
3s. 6d. per ton substituted for them ; and thus the total.
charges upon a ship of 600 tons will be only 4105 sterling,
or one-tenth of the charges under the old system, those
upon smaller vessels sustaining, of course, a reduction in
a still greater increased ratio. _

The change in the duties to be levied upon manufac-
tured goods is exhibited in the foil wing statement:—
Cotton Yarn.—The dutty on cotton yarn, formerly
about two dollars per pecul of 13341 b., is now reduced to
1 dollar 40 cents, or about five.eights of a penny per lb.
Collou Goods.—The duty on bleached shirtings, for-
merly about 92 cents, is now reduced to 21 cents, or .a
shilling per piece. The duty on unbleached shirtings
(which were formerly arranged in two classes, chargeable
with a duty of 42 cents and 10 cents respectively, and
subject to the caprice or corruption of the Mandarines or
Custom-house officers, as to the class in which they
should be placed) is now fixed for all qualities at 14 cents,
or about Bd. per piece of 28 to 40 inches wide, and 30 to
40 yards in length. The duty on printed goods, formerly
about 2 to 21 dollars per piece, is now fixed at 28 cents
per piece of 24 to 30 yards long, and 26 to 31 inches wide.

Woollens.—The duty on woollens, such as Spinish
stripes, habit cloth, and middle and superfine cloths, for-
merly 25 cents per yard, is now reduced to 6 cents, or 3d.
per yard.—The duty on long ells, formerly about 2 dollars
10 cents, is now reduced to 70 cents per piece.—The duty
on camlets and bombazetts, formerly about 12 to 13 dol-
lars per piece, is now reduced to 70 cents.

Raw Colton.—The duty on raw cotton, which was
about 9 mace per peen!, is now 4 mace, about Id. per lb.
Unenumera'ed Articles.—The duty on unenumerated
articles of import is fixed at 5 per cent. ad valorem. At
the present low value of cotton goods, the duty may be
called about 71 per cent, on the value in this country.
On grey shirtings, about 74 per cent.
On white shirtings, about 10 per cent.
On woollens (Spanish stripes, &c.), 6 to 8 per cent.
On long ells, about 10 per cent.
On camlets, about 4 per cent.
On printed cottons, about 10 per cent (on the class of
goods suited to the markets of China).
Export Duties.--The duty on the export of tea,-though
nominally fixed by the new tariff at two taels and five
mace per pecul, will, it is supposed, amount (with the
various charges formerly included in the duty) to about
four taels and eight mace, or nearly 3d. per lb. This-is
about Id. per lb. more than the amount of duty levied
during the last six or eight months. The duty on the
exportation of raw silk is fixed at 13 dollars 89 cents_per
pecul, or about 3/ per cent. on the average value.
The new system was notified to commence at Canton
en the 27th of July ; but the other four ports secured to
us by the treaty—viz., Amoy, Fuchosvfoo, Ningpo, and
Shanghai—could not be declared open until an imperial
edict should be received from the Cabinet of Pekin, which
was expected in September. In the meantime, however,
consular officers would be appointed, and every necessary
arrangement made, so that no unnecessary delay in the
commencement of business should occur.

On the whole, therefore, whatever may have been the
justice of our quarrel with China, the result is an impor-
tant benefit to the commerce of Great Britain ; and we
trust, in return for the conciliating disposition displayed
towards them by the Chinese, that ou► fellow-countrymen
in the eastern world will act in their commercial dealings
as becomes the character of Englishmen, and respect the
laws and the people of China, as the subjects of a consti-
tutional monarchy are bound to do. Indeed, we perceive
that Sir Henry Pottinger has expressed, in most decided
terms, his determination to exercise a strict control over
the proceedings of every British and other trader carrying
on business within the limits of his command.

MOVEMENT OF TROOPS.—The constant movement of
troops, occasioned by the proceedings of the repealers in
Ireland, the Rebeccaites in %Vales, and the Free Church
' rioters in the Highlands of Scotland, if it does no other
good, will help to improve railway dividends. On the
Grand Junction line, soldiers are carried from Birming-
ham to Liverpool at the rate of from 9s. to 10s. a-head,
so that the bending down a regiment of 800 men, such as
the 34th, which arrived here on Friday, must have cost
little less than £4OO from Birmingham, and perhaps half
as much from Weldon to that place.
FATAL ACCIDENT AT BROMBORO' POOL.—OD the sth
instant, an inquisition was taken at the New Ferry Hotel,
Bebbington, on view of the body of Samuel Ashley, who
was drowned under circumstances particularly painful.-It
appeared in evidence that deceased was shrimping in
Bromboro' I'ool, when unfortunately he got into deep
water and became quite fixed in the mud. At this time
• the tide was rapidly coming in, and before assistance
could be rendered the poor fellow was drowned. De-
ceased has left a wife and five children unprovided for.

COUNTY RevisioN.—On Tuesday last the barristers
for the revision of the list of voters for the southern di-
vision of this county. H. Lawrence and T. Mathews,
Esquires, held courts respectively in the Sessions house
and grand jury-room. The Reformers objected to 160,
out of which number 123 were struck off. There were
no frivolous objections made, and the parties whose names
were allowed to remain on the list were such as had
chanced their re.y.idences, and of course would have been
disqualified bad not the Reform party given them an op-
portunity of substantiating their votes. The Tories made
no objections. _

CAUTION TO Fisnwrves.—On Tuesday last, Mrs.
Earle, who keeps a fish standing in St. John's Fish
Market, was summoned for exposing for sale 60 pounds
weight of unwholesome soles. Defendant declared stoutly
that the soles were good, but Mr. Rushton credited the
evidence of the market inspector, who had summoned a
jury to decide as to the condition of 'the fish, and ordered
her to pay IN. and costs. Mrs. Earle, on learning the
decision, said, "There is no justice in this town." Mr.
Rushton—" You will find that there is prompt justice for
you if you disturb this court." Mary Welsh was the
next defendant, and she was charged with exposing 16
pounds weight of stinking soles. She was fined ss. and
costs. On hearing the decision, she protested they were
good, and added, ' I declare to my God they were fit for
the Queen." Mr. Rushton—" Now, be quiet, you are
always very impertinent when you come here." Both the
defendants left the front of the court, swearing vengeance
against the inspector, and one of them at last called out,
" He's not fit to be an inspector of fish." Mr. Rushton
ordered both of them to be brought back, and said,
" Both of you, in spite of my remonstrance, have dis-
turbed the court, and you must each pay a tine of 10s.,
and if you do not pay it forthwith, you must be taken
into custody."
THE WEATHER.—For the last twelve or fourteen days
(with the exception of the last three) the weather in this
neighbourhood has been rather more unsettled, cold, and
stormy, with heavy downfalls, than is usually experienced
at this period of the year—portending, indeed, the rapid
advent of a rigorous winter. The wind has generally
blown fresh from the north, and north•north-west, with
a lowness of temperature exceedingly trying to weak con-
stitutionst particularly when so immediately succeeding a
prolongation of what might be termed summer heat. We
had, towards the close of last week, successive and heavy
showers of rain intermixed with hail and sleet, and on
Friday night, in the town and vicinity, an electric storm,
in which the lightning was extremely vivid, followed by
loud explosions of thunder. No accident has, however,
come to our knowledge. In the interior of the county,
too, and northward, the weather has been wet and incle-
ment, with a considerable fall of snow and hail, particu-
larly on the hills. Yesterday was comparatively fine, but
stilt chilly for the season, the wind being yet northerly.
We have heard of no damage to the crops yet in the earth,
though it is feared the potatoes in low grounds may have
suffered from the accumulation of water. Yesterday
morning the whole country,. from ,the effect of a hoar
frost, appeared to be invested in a thin mantle of snow,
and a slight coating of ice was observed ononds, &c., in
exposed situations. We hope, however, weishall yet have
a few weeks of mild dry weather to enable the farmers to
gather in their potatoes.

DOCK CommtrraE.—At the meeting on Thursday there
were present, Messrs. Sands, Barclay, Holt, Holmes,
Middleton, Smith, Molyneux, Nicol, Aikin, Royden,
Tobin, Bold, Sandbach, Evans, Shand, Moore, Moon,
Chilton, and Ripley.—A letter was read from Mr. Hart-
ley complaining of the inefficient attendance of the police
at the decks. A copy of it had been sent to the Watch
Committee, who had the matter under consideration.
Mr. Moore said the complaint was too well founded. •A
passenger by one of the Glasgow boats had complained to
him of the want of protection to parties landing by the
steamers, and contrasted that with the excellent arrange-
ments in Glasgow.—lt was ordered that the superanumed
allowance of Iss. per week should he allowed to John
Frobert, who had been twenty-five years in the service OT
stihxe tultuosnt, th;sincilowli.gaesrt.tw incapable
Atlapplica of
tion doingwasre;amdy thing,'
fromsomfoer
importers of coffee requestity, per mission to land it in bulk
in the transit sheds, and s::rtcit there ; after which it would
be weighed by the Customs, and taken away. Mr. Moly-
nr,_:x said, if the coffee could all be sorted before .the
etutools ATlghed it, it might remain in the sheds for any
time. Goods were only allowed to remain in the shrde
twenty.feur hours after they had been weighed by the
Costnms, but they might be there any length of time be-
fore that.—Some mversation ensued as to the crowded
state of the docks, upon which Mr. Evans remarked that
he heard, first en one side of him, and then on the other,
of the ressets king in the river not being able to get into
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t we're mm.ths, the flag, indicating that there was no room
in
Rctahne dock,
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surveyor
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direct:
the do uk
il to submit
the Committee of Works, plans for double gates, which
would obviate the ineonvenience at present attending.tbzi.h
!ruing of the southern docks dry, and 4I lo otiintitektt.
the cost, and the length of time necessar,l3umt thErfill.P44.....jk
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