The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-06-07 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

We beg to assure Ein Fischer that nothing would give us
greater pleasure than to peruse, and, by his permission, publish
his translation.
been
lost m
at cmunica tion respecting certain ships which have lately
Verified b sea, " undeame andr
addre suspiciousss of the writer. circumstances," must be
y the n
There is no music in B. D. B. • Peter the Hermit," we suspect is a Greek.

Zbt Eiberpoot
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lanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1833.

The Pacific, Captain Weate, arrived here yesterday
ft•ont New York, having accomplished the voyage In 18
'lays; She has brought us a copy of the New York Com-
mercial Advertiser of Friday evening, the 17th of May,
and a file of Atnerican journals filling up the interval
from our previous dates. These papers contain no news
QiallY political interest. Great damage has been caused
by
floods, and nearly as much by fires in various parts of
the union. S'onie 'dreadful murders had been committed
In the vicinity of New York. .We also observe three
suicides
Brdinary catastrophe" had also happened to a high per-
11age, no leskthan the pulling of the nose' of General
s'AcilsoN. 'This enormity was perpetrated by a Lieute-
nant RANDOLPH, an ex-officer of the navy. The occasion
°elected was that of laying the foundation stone of a mo-
nottient to tile mother of WASHINGTON. The President,
it is said, after his 'nasal organ. had been wrung in this
most uncongressional manner, showed fight, but was car-
ried off in a boat before" he had time to strip his coat, and
exterminate his assailant. It is not expected that RAN-
LPII Will be hanged—as he ought to be. Mrs. TROL-
.LOPE was right !
i The following, respecting cotton, is perhaps of more
:Portance. Our republican friends, we see, are bent
Pon snaking a few re dollars, at our expense, if pos-
lib mo
le
_e4l Great Britain last year took 6-10,000-bales, and besides
-above,
the old stock: It appears by the Liverpool circulars
e, that there may be an increased consumption of upwards
brati i
l°O,ooo bales,
and making tl 7-10,000:re nired. The factories
ce are n full employ, night and day, and will consume, i t
believedzo,Yo3 bales, and in thelLStates 22,0,00 J, the usual
vply for Trieste, Belgium, Holland, Hamburg, Russia and
e
th en GO 000 to 80,0J3—making 1,270,000 bales—allowing
'
li:
,_uu (most for our crops, 1100,000, and some decrease occa-
,tild by advance in
price,
,eit appearslikelv, andindeed certain,
the consumption, or demand, is greater than the supply."

• pa
We have received Jamaicapers to the 26th April,
11 of L.
41,21 Witlb. are expressive of much uneasiness being pre-
eht in the island. The planters little know what
34waits them ! Lord MULORAVE appears to enjoy the plea-
pet. of °ffice with as much sprightliness as might be ex-
.zineted from a person who sleeps in a gunpowder Maga-
He travels from one part of the country to the
thLuer,
unect by the respectable colonists, and courting
snliles of the lowest castes, a sorrowful emblem_ of a
4,aecrov ,
v,, a snroud. Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, the new
el)thmander, had arrived in the Vernon, on which
.v,,731°11, says the Jamaica Courant, " the guns of Fort
Atu4arles vomited forth their saltpetre aCcording to his
It3EBTV s regulations."
bef I'laB generally rumoured and believed, on the day
tie°re the packet sailed, that Lord MULGRAVE had been
Thealled, and that he would speedily leave the island
the e foil
°lving letter, which we take from the Courant of
,
Carr
tu of April, will show that the slave trade is still
ie d
IA on by some of our loving allies of Brazil, or else-
ere' in Whose favour, and for whose benefit, Lard
BROU7IGRAIt is anxious to sacrifice the West Indies :
lks;the Collector and Comptroller of H. 111. Cmstoms, Kingston.
,iNTLEmILN,---1 beg leave to report to you that on Saturday
°lle o'clock, p.m., information reached me that a vessel,
0:11 a great number of negroes on board, was wrecked off
arbour, near Rocky Key.
boa„insl no time in engaging a sloop, then lying at. Old
was' proceed to their assistance; unfortunately, as the sloop
that under repair, she had no ballast in her. I gave directions.
t ri ste should be got ready as soon as possible, and in the in-
informed the magistrates of the circumstance, and of my
visienilti" to bring the negroes on shore, in order that some pro-
-n, as well as protection, might be afforded to them.
"o'clock ea
went off in a canoe, and arrived on the key at nine
fire4",.where found' the. negroes lying in groupes around the
Iterevluch they had made. The master and crew of the vessel
fialso ou the key, having been brought from the wreck in
310
in' canoes,.. At, six o'clock the following morning, the
Ca
.atrived
with two boats belonging to the ship Clifton,
Pia
Old-garb when they were placed on board, and sent to
bour.
leh6Tont vessel is a complete wreck. She is a Portuguese
the
African —the Heroina, Sabin, master, from St. Thomas's, on
Whe, coast, out forty days. She had 303 slaves on board
the ahe sailed, and 232 were safely landed at Old-Harbour
.c On
having died on the passage or in the wreck.
the
a n InY arrival on the key, my first enquiry was, ' Are
hej ll lamed ?" and on being informed that three were left
teed"' as past recovery, I gave orders for the canoes to pro-
alive again at day-light, and use every effort to bring all
as th°en share, which, to the satisfaction of all present, as well
ta;„Ts negroes, was accomplished ; and three more human
bwere rescued from destruction. Six were reported to
e„cleacl on board, and four only drowned in the wreck.
I. have the honour to be, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
" RICHARD B. BERRY,
Cld
" Waiter and Searcher."
"arbour, 21st April, 1833.

ord
Wed GREY and BROUGHAM proceeded to Windsor on
ii,riesdaY morning to make known the disabled state
tio `"e Cabinet, or as some say to tender their resigna-
th 113
t° his MAJESTY. Another version of the story is
.toa e t Lord BROUGHAM has determined to entreat the king
flease him from the cares of office. It is certain that
Thess `u° same day the Duke of WELLINGTON received a
ilisge from his--MAJE,ITY, but whether this -is to induce
tai-
~',race to relax in his oOsition, or merely ascer-
e:b.nis opinions on general pp lice, is not known. A
'net Council was to be held late on Wednesday even,
Iv' when the result of the interview with their sovereign
48 to be communicated to their colleagues by Lords
and BROUGHAM; but at the latest hour nothing
transpired.
resolveilere were also various reports that Lord GREY had
7,lis dto demand permission to make more new peers.
b„1.1. rumour is circulated by the friends of Ministers ;
1; most unwisely, for if it have any foundation, the de•
agd is sure to haiie been refused, and they must be
tooasidered as already out of office. The KING refused
not
peers ori more pressing emergency, and he is
tkel y to be alarmed into so unconstitutional a mea-
sure at the present moment.

Mr. BENNETT'S motion relative to the Liverpool elec-
t'un did not come on on Tuesday last. The RoßtNs"
People are, consequently, very much disconcerted. Th ey
Pre not to understand why it was not brought for-
itard• We could tell them the reason in a whisper, but
is useless to waste even breath, fur we told it a month
ago.
:ti M 4, inisters, in order to prevent • a disagreeable discus-
and suppress facts which they did not wish to meet,
11 moreover get rid of the subject in a way the least
°elrensive to their tiiends, gave orders that no House of
eneir serviles
t, nylons should sit on Tuesday evening. They and
triPloyed staid away, and Mr. POULETT TitomsoN
his friend Mr. Sheriff HUMPHERY to count the
Be,when forty members not being present, the Speaker
puth, en his hat in the most gentlemanlike manner possi-
ie. and walked off
Su much for Mr. BENETT and his motion; and the me-
es of Messrs. EWART,
WASON, RiTHBONE and Co,
„i 4 we not tell our readers that this would b
40 fe_
ace the evidence, affair
Even e the end of
Lord JOHN RUSSELL himself was afraid
or support the motion, and as the
latter had to be got rid of, the shabbiest way was the
(let characteristic..

--,...„..
41‘linisters were defeated in the House of Lords on
b"'clay last, by a majority of twelve. The Duke of
tiv RLLINGTON moved that an humble address be presented
t° his MAJESTY, praying his MAJESTY to give directions
4 enfurce a strict neutrality upon the part:of his MA-
-01 subjects in the affairs of Portugal. Th terms
this 'notion were considered by Lord GREY
toe cast a
tliellsure upon the government, and Lord BROUGHAM, in
ti e znost pathetic tone, implored the house not
to sane-
°ll a proceeding which would degrade the adminiitration,