The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-05-22 00:00:00

THE LIV ERP OOL STANDARD.

n arson and in property in defence of their king, on behalf of
t i eir country, sod in.the maintenance of the British connexion,
now- lafiguish in'.'penury at home, unnoticed or unrewarded, or
hue been obliged.to seek in foreig.a lands the protection for
life, libel ty, and fortune which an ungrateful policy denies to
them in the cotkntrl saved by their exertions!
How strange is the reverse ! Traitors, and the sons of trai-
tors, (or those who were so when high treason was high treason,)
are cherished, 9,nd sit in the high places of - the land; whilst
nothing but agitation and resistance to the lawful authorities
seems required as a qualification for honour and preferment.
But, supposing either treason to be no crime, or the overt.
acts of 98 to be no treason, how shall the state now answer to
the children and relatives of those who, at that fatal period, laid
down their lives for their country by an unjust decree of the
laws ? Spit of Jackson ! and ye shades of the murdered
Sheares !—hear it not in your limbo of martyrdom that. your
crime was venial, and, had ye lived in later days, might have
earned you the civic crown of ministerial patronage ! Let the
atanes of the unfortunate Robert Emmett be appeased; for the
days are come when a congenial spirit may do justice to his
memory, and inscribe upon his tomb the honours due to. an
unsuccessful patriot!
What may we next expect?

to be adopted; and of th6,fiats alreol'y occupied, Trimpoi-e'bld

That Jack Lawless, who, by this time, is nearly qualified for
the office, be raised to the judicial bench? And that Arthur
Condorcet O'Connor be recalled from exile, and appointed lord
lieutenant of the county of Roscommon?
As strange things have come to pass.
Since the foregoing was written, we have heard.tbat Sir 'Wil-
liam Gossett is certainly to be sacrificed to the faction, and Mr.
Sheil ! to be appointed Under Secretary in his place!
This is "going the whole hog ! ! 1"

The electors of Strolid have favoured the world with
their construction of the uses and advantages of the re-
(Orin bill in giving the franchise to a constituency which
never possessed it before, and it is a curious oile. Had
Stroud been an old borough it might have been excused
on the ground that old habits of corruption and Venality,
-bred in the bone and consecrated by ages, are not to be
removed in a single day. Stroud, however, .is ,a new 7
made borough, anti its electors, never having touched
base bribes, might have been presumedto be' as pure as
new-born infants. But; truth to tell, the electors are
for the most part Weavers, fullers, clippers; dyers, and
other artisans, and, as if intuitively, they are as servile
and corrupt as if they had served an apprenticeship to
•
bribery for fifty years. _
They have returned Lord Joini RUSSELL at the bid-
ding of Colonel Fox, the latter being just as little
known to them as the former. A certain junto rule the
town, and the ten pound householders have no more
will of their own than the shuttle in their looms, or the
tongs by their firesides.

CAVALRY BARRACKS,IN LIVERPOOL.

We think the hotel and tavern.keepers, as well as the licensed
victuallers generally, of Liverpool, have reason to complain
that there is no cavalry barracks in this town. This is almost
the only large town in England where there is no accommoda-
tion for that description of force, and the consequence is that
the tavern-keepers and publicans are exposed to considerable
trouble and not a lit* expense in providing lodgings and sta-
bling for the numerous squadrons and detachments which are
constantly passing through Liverpool on their way to and from
Ireland. But it is not the inhabitants of the town alone who
are exposed to these annoyances. The soldiers themselves have
to endure various vexatious in procuring proper billets. It is a
great hardship on a soldier, who, after dismounting from a long
march, or landing from a tempestuous voyage, is obliged to
wander through the streets of an extensive town in severe wea-
ther, hunting out the place where he is to be located for the
night. It is not always convenient to provide with a bed,
and the consequence is, he enters into a comprumise.with his
landlord, and proceeds in search of other-quarters. While thus
,walking from place to place, he injures hio clothing and accou-
trements, incurs expense, and is exposed to, all the temptations
of inebriety.
Surely it would be a great improvement it these men, on en-
tering the town, could be conducted at once and directly to a
comfortable barraCks, which might be kept in good order at a
very triflin,g expense. 'Such an arrangement would be advan-
tageous to both parties. It would relieve hotel and tavern-
keepers and all publicans of a vexatious tax, and a very trou-
blesome duty, and it would spare the soldier much vexation and
unnecessary as well as unprofitable labour.
We hope the authorities will give some attention to this Sub-
eject. There is no reason why' Liverpool should not be provided
, with cavalry barracks as well as other tuwus. .

Who Colonel Fox is they can only know by report.
That he is the son of Lard HOLLAND is generally credit-
ed; that he calls himself a reformer is not denied; that,
he is married to one of the King's daughters is believed;
but beyond this Colonel Fox is as much unknown to the
inhabitants of Stroud as is that particular spot in Felix
Boothia, where Captain Ross's nephew discovered the
domicile of the magnetic influence. Colonel Fox, as a
public man, a senator, a soldier, or as an orator or pub-
licist, is utterly unknown. He can know nothing of
broad or narrow cloth beyond what is told him by his
Bond-street tailor. As to weaving, he never heard of it
except. in the Fives Court. That such a man should be
selected by a new-made borough to represent a manufac-
turing community is the severest satire which could be
passed upon the reform bill. They might with as much
consistency and equal utility have sent a golden fleece to
the House of Commons, and called that thing of wool or
wood their honourable representative.
All this is bad enough, and reflects indelible disgrace
.upon the electors of Stroud. But worse than this re-
mains to be told. They elect Colonel Fox; but where
did Colonel Fox come from? From Tavistock, from the
Duke of BEDFORD'S nomination borough. Here, then,
is proof of a connexion between Fox and Lord JOHN—
Arcades Anzbo!—sweet brothers both in the cause of
reform and corruption. Lord JOHN is beaten in Devon-
shire, and Colonel Fox retires to make way for him in
Stroud. A question here arises—Was Colonel; Fox, as
nominee, merely „Lord JOHN'S warming-pan ?or was
Lord JOHN simply the protege of Colonel Fox ? We
care not what answer is returned; for one or other of
these questions must be anvipred in th.o
Here, then, we have a beautiful illustration of the
working of the reform bill. Here .is a representative
virtually. without a constituency; for the electors, it
would appear;either returii a-man whom they know no-
thing at all &iota, or they return him at the personal
solicitation of Lord JOHN, neither caring what' he is,
,where he.coilles from, or what he does!

But let us assume that Colonel Fox was returned upon
his own merits,. that he had gained friends, and was
highly esteemed in the borough of Stroud. So far well.
But if so, and supposing him to be an independent man,
and not under certain obligations to Lord'JoHN RUSSELL,
how ate. we.lo account for his retirement in favour of
Lord JouN at a moment's notice ? Colonel Fox could
not transfer his popularity to the noble lord. He could
not, on a short notice, compel the electors to respect him
as they did their retiring member. No,
,there is some-
thing beyond this which requires to be explained. It
remains to be seen what is the nature of the bonu..v.Which
the colonel is to receive for the transfer. We shall watch
this gentleman closely. He is a Colonel who, we will
venture to'say, never *smelt powder burnt behind a ball
in the whole course of his life. No doubt he expects
preferment. He took Stroud, no matter by what means ;
lie delivered it over to his Majesty for the benefit of the
whips; and he placed Lord JOHN RUSSELL in it as go-
vernor fur the time being. For this the gallant colonel
is entitled to some reward, and itis Lord JOHN'S duty to
take care that he does receive it.

As for Lord JOHN RUSSELL, he has fallen quite as far
as we, without malice, could wish him to fall. He sits
for Stroud, either as the representative of himself, or the
representative of Colonel Fox, which is as bad. The
author of the reform bill, the would-be spoliator of the
Irish protestant church, the obedient slave of O'CONNELL,
dared not show himself in any respectable town or county
in England. It would have been quite as manly had he
entered the house through Ta%:§toek at once. His as-
sertion that Stroud is an independent town is only ludi-
crous. An independent town represented by Colonel
Fox ! What next?

LIVA!ilIIPOOL

been blown up, an&Lasul,,tjiaigeassee, Bheemsir, Kruttcatot, ' , . ----, . • ' -.. •
Tyna, Muraesir, and some others were to be immediately de- rs 's
(asetore Sit eHQUAS etasNcE"
KR an Mr. Alderman.Caan.)
stroved, the sappers being on their way to level them. There
E CriAttGF of SratiattsG.—The young man whopßell, v
were in all nine forts iu the country large and strong, and many broughtTii befao the liagistrates on Mead yI. .1 ' .as
charge of stabbing Mr Greer tit 'the paarticauslaoisa, utfa:hsie:haetuyes
°filthier magnitude.
gave in the STANDARD. of -retires% ' '
It appears that Mr. Gordon, who had been sent to China to
day,t when the magistrates held hilairiowrailighaiiinas:lVinaqll.l7 to-
procure tea seed and labourers to, attempt the cultivation of teaof £3O each, to answer the charge at the sessions.
in in India, had been successful in peocuriug bobea tea seed, but 'li'veoaSiiiifliti-eiSI sbuutreereinutly.caine forward with. the intention
none from the green tea districts, in consequence of the recent of offering bail;als seriouss nature ,of the of-
fence, they declined. The hearing the
consequently put back,
disagreement between Lord Napier and the Chinese govern- .
YESTERDAY.—(Before SiiTuLiasl
went. He intended, in 'March, when the manufacturing pro-
witGhtioassfAssa ULT.—A poor woman named Williams a)
cess began, to penetrate, if possible into the Bubea country, and :
insane
eauheorraibly mutilated, to complain against a- young
even as far as the green tea districts, and in this he had been man of iine having dreadfully beaten her
about three o'clock the morning. The complainant stated,
much encouraged by a recent journey a short distance into the
that a few days ago the prisoner, who was a gentleman's ser-
iiterior. A number of Chinese labourers had also been en- vent out of place, was brought to her house by an acquaintance,
.
1 who asked her to give him lodgings until he could procure a
gaged by him.
! place. Commiserating his situation,tvee
It was understood the arrangements for opening the naviga-consentedd to do so.
That morning he got upg about ii o'clock, c
ilti complainant
tion of the Indus had been completed. Instead of a complex
psaviidsetuoeht him, ' You are up early this morning," oncamwtPlica
system of ad valorem duties, the simple principle of a toll badtahnedrfalike a tiger, and commenced beating her
been adopted as the basis of a new treaty for collecting duties ' about the fleweal
the noise brought some would have been killed had not
on the river. The amount settled was moderate, when the iin- e.othSehrloae
rsto
shaeirdasslsieisitaaaedee., In
i
an-
swer to the magistrate, the complainant
mense extent of navigation it is - intended to secure is consi- provocationlf whatever, and he had before gtiliiiiesacotne-
tiered. About two-fifths were to go to the Atneers, and the rest !I:.sti4ettlettlillrlioms properly. li3atcheldor, the Bridewell-keeper,
was to be divided between the- British government, Runjeet said that he himself
er7 lilttkerule:llliitmo Whou otuf the prisoner had
been servant, and he cotes
Singh, and Bohowul Khan. Merchandise, during its passage shimulin.d.— [lnder
have circumstances, the magistrates remandedtli lu order tQ
only, was to be covered by the toll.: When landed goods would p the opinion of a surgeon as to'his sanity.
be subject to the regtrlations of the port entered.- It was also • HEAD TRIcKING.—An Irish lad, about 18, supposed to
ainderstood that a native agent, of the British government was be employed by the Birmingham swindlers or "duffers". who
I pierheads and other public )claaL:leistotothtrake in the un-
to reside at Seta. to superintend the due observance of the
wary sailors and others who have loosel
treaty, that in case of necessity a European agent was to pro-
il placedcienat at the bar charged with having done (a orwathe'ra)n'oiiv.aest
) one of his owe rOUl2l7‘
it
it out of six shillings, under
teed there. But the most important stipulation of the treat},
was, that merchandise' of every description was to pass free the following circumstance's : ' ansdinNe.ec
isiae raid he cow plaip an t,
'that came over to this blessed isliia.
from examination and detention. The only objectionable pot- "that
it. as soon as possible fora merry ay, ) on
,porc,
s(dion tiii dry
and
lion of the treaty appeared to be, that no allowance was made
would
have
wiiitifotti
chap,
by the pear'head they call St. George'l., r Meaets
hi • who says, 'Phelan my lad, I knowed you in
for boats of different burthens, a skiff accordingly
to pay as much as a vessel of a hundred tons. It appears, how- Drogheda.' Devil a 'hit did you do that for
the best raison, that 1 uicir wes thereat 716cflriiefanidt4,8'4. Ys'tstyls, he,
ever, that this was adopted to prevent that detention and annoy- ' bothering fellow that I be, sure it's Newry. Newry Newry it is, says I.
ance that must have arisen from, the Ameers measuring the 'That's right,' says he, ' I likes the Newry boys.' Thin,' yer
vessels, and that of two evils the last had been chosen. worships, we ente.-taius otirs 1 y. coratsing on various
matters till he pulls out thise rsere
The Cashmere accounts in, these papers are favourable. Un-tuteeLhvai !alit, (showing ~a
wat....liguard,) ' And,' says he; 'this is aw
der the auspicious rule of the new gdyeraor, Muhun Singh, stioliantebdywhat wanted to make money in foreiggn parts.') anyhow tar
peace and plenty had again visited the valley. The emigrants says I, I am kviug. to*a merry kay. 'lf that's the case,'
isaanine,oit'shwalilrtilii £3; but as its had all returned, and otherafrOur the surrounding countt:.;s had says he, 'you had better buy. the
smuggled, and you're a couitryn
flocked in to fill op the vacuum occasioned by the famine "of last I'll give you 65., says I. 'Done,' says' you
shall
we struck the i ibt.'
year. A charitable society which the compassionate Nazim axiinnlteaendauld.aifutestremdesfdiAivered that the chain'b not worth
had formed had given five thousand blankets to the most indi- sg: silver, it's nought but brass."
Why didn't you inqUire thbeeviliaLeb
gent of the inhabitants, and rations of flour were also daily
:Cheerio Braneker ? " Because heeaa°7l Yit°waabstisaughtiilstli'd Sir
distributed among them. To effect the improvement of the '
Fillia.idtehe complainant. ~ Sir. Thomas Biancker complainanttolddie' re-
agricultural classes, the old custom of advance called "tukatsee" I was wrong in purchasiug this article. iie had evidently
had
seems, by these accounts, to have been highly judicious. been resorted to. The whole System adopted by Mohun done so supposing it to b •and all hough it was a fraud
Singh
he must take the consequences.smuggled,-'he prisonerthen tats- wad d' •
'eliari.,,aed. •
- i
The business of the policecourthasbeen generally uninterest- I
ing during the week.

DISTRICT PROVIDENCE MEETING.

The annual meeting of the friends of the District Providence.
Society was held in the Savings' Bauk, Bold-street, on Tuesday-
last—the Rev. Augustus Campbell in the chair, who bad •con-
seined to fill the office in the absence from town of the mayor,
who intended to have presided. The meeting was most respectably
attended. J. Irving, Esq. in the absence of the treasurer, having
.exhibited the yearly accounts of the society, the Rev. Mr.
Laurence read the report of the committee for ISA being the,
fifth resort of the society, from which it appeared that the deposit
syStem continues to increase in usefulness. The sum deposited
this year amounts to £13,245 6s. 6'd.; that of last year was
£10,396 4s. lid., presenting an increase of £2,849 2s. Ld. The
premiums on aeposits last year amounted to £40(.1 4s. 1-id.; the
preleium this year, at a'reaticed rate, since January last, amounts
to £a3 4s. id. The reduction of the rate of premium was
rendered absolutely necessary by the want of funds, and would
have been expedient, even if necessary, as the object is, to
teach the labouring classes to save, with a view to 1..-take them-
selves independent, and nut with a view to profit by the charitable
contributions of others.
The largest number of depositors. in any month last year was
5481 ; the largest nuniJ;er this year is 6472, presenting an in-
Crease of 901. It is to be regretted that only £132 Bs. bit. has
been paid into the Savings' Bank, and so actually.saved; the
remainder having been repaid in the course of the year. Still,
however, the money was laid by in times of full work, for the
contingencies of rent, winter fuel, aid Clothing: A_ habit of
saving has been commenced in families habituated to spend as
it came. Some must have been rescued from the consequences
of vice and prodigality: 'the friendly communication. between
depositors and visitors has been kept up, and great good has
unquestionably been done.—lu the relief department a dimiuu-
tion is observable; the sum distributed last year amounted to
£791; this to £473 17s. 4d. The number of families received
last year was 2978; this year 3591, whereof 1669 were Irish.
The establishment in -Frederick-street, for affording.the pool'
a room furnished with implements, and provided with materials
for washing clothes and bedding, particularly in cases of in-
fectious disease, continues to meet with the approbation of the
committee. The visitor reports that fever hiss been much less
prevalent in the neighbourhood than formerly; and that not
one case of fever has occurred in the families which have been
in the habit of washing there. The committee are so well satin-
; fed with this establishment, that they very much wish similar
tines could be set up in other districts.
• ,The committee having reported their satisfaction at the bene-
ficial tendencies of the society, niust now proceed to express
their deep regret at the very inadequate support it has received.
The subscriptions- only ~aieuatiat- •£1066 Its., which; in a
wealthy commercial neighbourhood, containing a population
.brobablv of 220,000 souls, they really think, and hope they may
eau, without offence, ig a very inadequate sum, and much less
than might be.etpected (coin such a community. It it is con.;-
sistent with a wise and enlightened policy to suppress mendi-
city and discourage vagabond pauperism, and promote system-
atic charity, it surely must be the wisest and most enlightened
practice to 'abstain resolutely- and systematically from all casual
alms giving to unkown or imperfectly known beggars, and con-
fide the distribution of such.alms to a society whose practice of
vigilant inspection and general knowledge of the frauds of men
dicants, render imposition not impossible certainly, but still very
diffiCult and very rare. The committee earnestly entreat the
public to increase their subscriptions (as such increase will be
absolutely necessary to keep up the premium on deposits), and
to abstain as a point of conscience from every species of alms-
giving to unknown beggars.
Again, the committee have to express their deep regret, mor-
tification, and disappointment at the diminution of visitors,
without a sufficient number of which the society must be,
crippled in its powe.rs of usefulness. The number of visitors'
last year was 4::18, this year only 333, showing a decrease of 105.
The number of subdivisions visited last year was 597, this year
516, showing a decrease of 51. This is much to be lamented,
and the committee, from past experience, beg to express their
opinion, that for the collection of deposits, and all particulars
connected with the househrald troubles and difficulties of the
poor, female visitors arc pecul;arly effective, and that no lady
need be apprehensive of undertaking such a truly amiable and
Chi istian employment. Like the sisters of charity in a foreign
communion, a very little discretion will enable them to walk
uninjured through the dwellings of the poor ; and with that
readiness to minister to the sorrows of their fellow-creatures,
which. may almoSt be called an instinct of their nature, they
may with proper caution bear their part in speeding the inter-
courses of Christian charity through districts seemingly in-
habited by the worst and most miserable of mankind. In all
cases, .wherefetnaleAtive expressed a willingness to visit for
the collection of deposits, -the agent has ii.ceived instructions to
go before them and direct them what parts to visit and what to
avoid..

That there is nothing 'visionary or enthusiastic in thiS ex:
pectation, actual experience has fully proved:. A lady, who,
from her station in society, was broughtup amidst all the indUl-
gencies and refinements of wealth, sod who receives the con-
tiibutinns of 111 depositors, and visits from 60 to 70 families,,
says, that the time required-seldom exceeds three hours a week,
and that one hour weekly would suffice to visit 20 or 30 neigh-
bouring families. - Among many other interesting observations
contained in her report as to the unquestionabl benefits at-
tending the systetu of visiting, she says, " there can exist but
one opinion as to the moral advantage to the poor, arising ,
from a more enlarged iuterceurSe with the wealthier classes'
The first symptoms are -perceived in a desire to stand well in
the eves of those whom they qmisider as their superiors." "Few
people," she adds, " who. iiave health and some leisure would.
refuse to lend their aid as visitors,•coUld they once he convinced
how little trouble they might. pursue the employment for oue
day in each week." 'The committee feel sure that they need
not add anything to this practical evidence of a tried and ex-
perienced Visitor,•and hope that they need only say to each oue
whom it concerns,. " Go, and do thou likewise."
having thus. freely, but they hone not offensively, expressed
their feelings With regard to those who have not littherto
.sup-
ported, the society, they must eonclude by returninff their most
grateful acknowledgments to all who hare, either by their money
or their inure valuable personal exertions. • To the visitors in.
.particular their wirrinest thanks are, dnet for their pecsevering
co-operation in the thbourollovC., and: hopinfr; for the continuance
of their aid, they Commit the society to-taut kind and super-
intending Provi•;ence, whose merciful care, has favoured it with
the success which has hitherto attended it, and on whom alone
they rely for a continued blessing on its future endeavours. •••
The Rev. Mr. 13ndiliconi, P. J. Rycroft, Esq., J. Tiune, Eq.,
the Rev. Mr. Wickstead, and other gentlemen, subsequently
addressed the meeting, and moved the resolutions winch wilt
be (found in our advertising columns. The thanks of the as-
sembly were then voted to the Rev. Augustus Campbell, and
the meeting separated.

TO THE TEA IMPORTERS OP LIVERPOOL..
GENTLEMEN,—It would go a great way to the forwarding
your interest if a short petition were sent from here to the
Commons House of Parliament, asking for the substitution of
use uniform duty, instead of the present graduated scale of tax
on tea, which works grievously to the merchant, and injuri-
ously to the consumer.
A:unifortu duty would necessarily induce the importation of
.fine teas, to. the exclusion for the future of so much rubbish as
we have seen imported, alike into London or Liverpool, within
the last twelve months. The character of the article tea would
thereby be raised in the consumers estimation, would iiferease
its consumption, and consequently add to the present revenue
from it. . . .

A short petition based nu the commons' report of the 18th
J 1 v., 1831. will do.-1 atnr&e.,
33, Bold-street. WM. BROCKSOPY.

Mr: Hughes Ball, formerly distinguished as the "Oolden
Ball," and who sold Oatlands to Lord Francis Egerton, has re-
froua the Continent. His Lady, we believe, i► residing
iu France.

The celebrated engraver, Giovita CitißViglia, died affloreive
on the 27th ult. He surpassed even Morghen, his master, had
searceli, attained his 45th `ear, and was carried off while en-
gaged in his finest work, the Assumption, by Guido.
On Monday last,
.as the York and Shellierd coach ( the Ebor)
was leaving York, about half-past t o'clock, the.axtetree broke
just without Micklegate Bar, and the coach was thrown on one
side; flat upon the ground. It was dragged by the horses several
yards, but providentially no very severe consequences ensued.
There was not any inside passengers. and but four outside—viz.,
three gentlemen and a lady. The former all escaped unhurt,
but the lady was so severely agitated and bruised, that she had
to be taken into a house, and medical assistance procured. No
blame, however, can be attached to the coaChman, for be was
going very leisurely. at the time.—Shellield Mercury.
INVERNESS ELECTION.—The old triends and former tenants
of the Duke of Gordon at iiingussie, have nobly dune their duty.
They voted exactly as they did when landlords' influence might
have been supposed to have had something to do with their votes.
It must he gratit)ing to the noble duke to learn that his old
friends are still as much his political friends as ever.