The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-09-26 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

Mr. P. O'Connor has been " re-elected " by the rat
electors of Nottingham, at a Chartist meeting; called t&
himself, and consisting of men, women, and children, iym
were unanimous in support of their honourable represell•
tative..
THE SLAVE-TRADE.—We have heard, from very
authority, that Lord Palmerston is at the present moment
negotiating another treaty with the Brazilian governnie,'„
for the more effectual suppression of the slave-010'';
His lordship has proposed that the Brazilian subje;a
captured in the act of conveying African neg rocs, for t.ho.
purposes of slavery, shall be delivered up to the Brarila't
authorities, to be tried by their own national tribun
and punished accordingly if found guilty.—United Ser-
vice Gazette.
of,
SIR R. PEEL AND THE CIIRRENCY.—Mr. Taunton,
Birmingham, has received the following letter fromkitt
R. Peel :—" Sir,—Each post, I believe, for the last eigls
or ten days has brought me a letter from you. If,,i.t„og,
any satisfaction to you, to continue these communiaa""to
I am unwilling to deprive you of it, but it is but faitriere
tell you that, after having ascertained that your if of
related to the currency question, I have not read a
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them. You may possibly think this so un
turn for your daily labours as to suspend them, sc) far ur
they are intended for my instruction.—l am, Sir,. rt.
obedient servant, ROBERT PEEL. Drayton Manor,.4)
8, 1848." grateful a r;i's

THE CELESTIALS AFTER A DRUBBING.---We Seryr
from the commencement to have acted most unadvit,ere
in reference to Canton alone ; for when our troops were
on the walls, and the city was all but taken, they
ordered to retire. Again, since the treaty, we'hav„,ehe:in..
availed ourselves of our right to enter the city. 17.01-
habitants, who are more bitter in their feelings 0' -art
mosity towards the English than those in any othergeat
of China, ascribe the whole to our pusilanimity, an on'
us—and, indeed, all foreigners—with ridicule anu
tempt. The mob of Canton is the most lawless in Chn
frioyagi.
The European residents refrain, in conSCQUenee'—ight
visiting the city, knowing their appearance there Alted,
raise a mob, whose violence and outrage, if once e:_.rtic-
tmioignhtoflenaidl ttonetihre
property.firingo A
fthefaEcutorroipeosnnanidnatyhe a n.OO-
amour- ot,
fine herself to the gardens of the factories. She Irtion
with any degree of safety, venture into the small erot-
of the town in which Europeans are allowed t° Pboea
bulate. When she ventures on such an enterpris_ee
up in a sedan-chair, and surrounded with friends, th Z 4: to
lace mob her, and will even pull off the top of the 5;05
insult her, crying " Farqui," and using other OPPT,,wpOf
epithets. * * * After the taking efo-100;0 of
the mandarin sent a very respectful deputation t r. 13, be
our officers, requesting to be informed how reeirocer
would be pleased to require for our soldiers. "Ail
finite Ora
replied that he wanted no fans, but that an inde„
looty" o-
ber of coolies were required to carry away the ,rbe coolie
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treasure which had been collected in thy' own.
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were furnished with the same alacrity h wh. n tnions
of honour would have been presented
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of our troops required protection from the eu
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" loocy" was marched off without delay will always
Thus the Chinese, when soundly beaten, wli! ailed that
the rod that chastens them. It should be opse_ri.iderea
the presentation of a fan amongst the Chinese israegt7 of at
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