The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-02 00:00:00

• SPORTING INTELLIGENCE•

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THE Two THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES—run for at
the Newmarket first spring meeting, on Tuesday, was w"):
by Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher, beating Glendower, )31°
Fern, and Sunnyside.

THE STATE OF JAMAICA.

[Often as we have called attention to our West Indian
possessions, we have never done so at a more critical:e*
Hod than the present. Unless something is done insteaern
their complete ruin is inevitably sealed. Let any Prsto •
who hesitates to believe this read the following, article
from the Jamaica Despatch of the 23rd ultimo, n con-
nexion with the important resolutions of the Jamaica
Chamber of Commerce :—]
" The sentiments expressed in the following resolutions
passed by the Chamber of Commerce, and to which we
cannot assign a too prominent position in our columns'
will, we are convinced, meet with the hearty concurrence
of every one possessing a genuine interest in the prosperiti
of Jamaica.

The period which we have long anticipated as the ne-
cessary result of the infamous measure of 1846, has nor/
arrived. Ruin Surrounds us on all sides—property is
valueless—commerce has deserted us, and rapid ban-
valueless—commerce
donment of all that remains of cultivation must hnelecui
ately ensue. To maintain in Me midst of this fear'
condition of things a public expenditure of £400,000 Per
annum, is palpably impossible. It becomes, therefore,
duty in common fairness, not only to the public, but t:
the recipients of the public bounty, at once to declare the
inability of the colony to maintain its existing institutions-
And this notification cannot be made too soon.
" In a crisis such as that which the affairs of the colonl,
have now attained, it is most essential that the sense °'
the legislature should be taken with as little delay as Pe...„6"
sible upon this Subject. The taxes warranted by the The • ,
passed during the late Session cannot be raised. --11
very crop which a heavy outlay has placed on the grouse
will not in numerous instances be taken off, because th;
unrighteous declaration of Ministers has destroyed Wba
little confidence remained, and capital will thus be unat-
tainable at any sacrifice.
" We trust, therefore, that the appeal of the Chamber
of Commerce will be responded to throughout the P
and that the promised memorial to the Executive, for all
early convening of the LegiSlature, will be backed 131
similar applications from every parish in the Island. .

RESOLUTIONS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
At a meeting of the Chamber, held on Wednesday, the
twenty-second of March, 1848, it was proposed by Jame'
Porteous, esq., and unanimously rs
"Resolved I.—That the announcement by herMajestt
ministers of their fixed determination to adhere to !CO
sugar duty act of 1846, without modification, has set
seal to the ruin of this colony.
" Resolved 2.—That it is the opinion of this chamber;
that with a moderate differential duty of 10s. per cwt; led
a limited period of ten years, against slave produce, Tyco,
during that interval by liberal immigration from A-I'l,
the vigorous suppression of the slave trade being enforc.,:,
the energy and enterprise of our planters, assisted .07,.
capital, which confidence would again place at their et? to
mand, would place Jamaica in a position to enter In%
unfettered competition with all other sugar pro
countries,—for this chamber feels convinced that to
properly equal terms the British Jamaica planters fear
competition.
" Resolved 3.—That unaccompanied by a fair ne'
disti p
tive duty, as against slave produce, the palliatives 131.1:e,
fered by her Majesty's Government are purely delusi
and only calculated to lead on those planters
happen to have any capital left, to exhaust it by coati°
ing a ruinous and hopeless cultivation. ,100-
" Resolved 4.—That feeling assured that the aban-
ment of sugar estates throughout this colony must 110
become general, and, as a consequence, the Pectin of
affairs of its inhabitants be thrown into a conditionoi,
fearful embarrassment, accompanied by wide-spread ino,s
vency, this chamber deems it advisable at once to the
memorial before the Governor, and recommends °tog
different parishes a similar course for adoption, regill
who 010„
his Excellency to call together the Legislature witaitioo
least possible delay, that the appalling financial con
of the island may be considered. raber
"Resolved s.—That it is the opinion of this c- fit rtbet
that in our present situation and prospects, all in all
progress in the erection of new public Institutions oho
be at once arrested.
" Resolved 6.—That the people of this island area
in a situation to continue to pay existing taxes. an dto
chamber, therefore, strongly urge upon the Iresi."‘. for;
tur:rt
curtail their estimates of contemplated expend;
the ensuing year to the lowest possible limits, slt"
abandoning entirely the Parochial Institutions. or
" Resolved 7.—That it is an admitted maxim arn todi'
all civilized nations, that whenever the state invades
vidual rights for the public good, full indemnity is I,ot. the
ably awarded; if, therefore, the British nation, la 119
sake of cheap sugar, destroys her colonies by wt. ofe;
unrighteous crusade against her own subjects. 'x too 0'
invested their capital upon the faith and guarnii..,io
their Country's laws, they, as British subjects, this der
their claim for full and ample compensation for l'ce
struction of their property,—a claim which the :las
the British nation cannot refuse to recognize. " ptdr
" Resolved B.—That the foregoing Resolutions.o
lished once in each of the city papers ; and that tiri
be forwarded for insertion in the Times, Morning Herald?t

and Morning Post."
By order

WILLIAM GIRO% S.gc•