The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-09-24 00:00:00

TO THE PUBLIC.

WE call attention for one moment to an advertisement enti-
tled "Another Festival," which has appeared in the Liver-
pool newspapers, in which there is exhibited as great a profusion
of bare-faced puffing as ever was subscribed by Warien, of Jet
Blacking notoriety, or formed part of the less delicate effusions
of the Venders of Lotions, Drops, or Pills.
We cannot discover wherein the title "Another Festival" has
any connection with the subject of the advertisement—PATENT
BRANDY : and we are equally• at a loss to account for the igno-
rance which dictated the appeal to "the Patriot, the Connoisseur,
the Agriculturist, the Economist, the Invalid, and the Prejudiced,"
where it is attempted to make these parties belWe that all their
happiness in this world depends upon their se of the Com-
pound in question.
The Advertisers favour the public with eight wondrous reasons
why their commodity is used : and these are followed by ."cer-
tificates " of quality, (how obtained is best known to themselves.)
As regards the former, we could, in half the number of para-
raphs, show more clearly a very different conclusion, and the
latter savours too much of quackery to require any serious re-
marks. Indeed, it would exhaust file patience of the commu-
nity to follow this tissue of absurdity throughout,—a specimen
will be found in the following extracts. They form a tolerable
collection of the hackneyed phrases generally found in puffing
advertisements, viz.—" 77w irresistible march V science,"—
"trill not bear the slightest comparison,"—"patrunage as distin-
guished as it is extensive,"—"unprecedented extent of sale and
admitted superiority,"—"wholly dissipated the prejudices,"—"un-
rivalled production,"—"the Public rather than themselves are
interested,"—"is the only known pure spirit in the world,"—" re-
peatedly challenged by comparison or otherwise,"—"possesses all
the valuable properties of the first class Cognac,"—"it is found
congenial to the most delicate constitutions,"—" the superiority is
established by the unanimous opinions of the most celebrated
chemists,"—" important discovery, '—"caution to the trade," 4-c.,
fudge, fudge, fudge!
The whole concludes with a common-place Caution regarding
"imitations," which conies apropos from a party who profess to
be only imitators themselves, and who seem displeased that any
one should succeed in what they have so long unsuccessfully
attempted.
In contrast to the system pursued by the parties referred to
above, the PATENT BRANDY manufactured by E. H. DES-
VIGNES and Co., London, has been introduced into this Mar-
ket without the aid of long-winded advertisements or equally
unmeaning certificates. It has by its quality been at all times
preferred to that which is now recommended to " the Patriot,"
Sze. &c. and while the Patentees despise the placard or puffing
system to speak its merits, they confidently solicit comparison
with any other Spirit with whatever degree of effrontery the
same may be attempted to be foisted on a discerning Public.—
Sold only by JAMES NORVAL, Agent, Exchange-alley
North, Liverpool.

THE MANCHESTER ASSURANCE. COMPANY.
-IVOR ASSURANCE against FIRE, and on LIVES and
I_l SURVIVORSHIPS, PURCHVE of ANNUITIES,
REVERSIONS, &c. &c. OFFIC :33, KING-STREET,
MANCHESTER. CAPITAL—TN 0 MILLIONS. Esta-
blished, March, 1824. •
FIRE DEPARTMENT. _ .

The Assured are entitled to one-third of the profits, without any
liability on their part to the losses.
Parties intending to continue their Policies, falling due at
Michaelmas, must renew them within fifteen days from that time,
or they will become void.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.

The Assured are entitled to two-thirds of the profits, without
any liability on their part to the losses.
The Premiums charged are lower than those of the majority
of other Offices.
The business of the Life Department is kept quite distinct
from that of Fire, and its accumulations are not liable to make
good any losses arising therefrom.
The Rates of Premium, and all other particulars, may be ob-
tained on application to any of the Company's Agents, or to
JOSEPH MO ETON, Secfetary.
N.B.—Agents have already been appointed in most of the
principal towns in the kingdom; but applications for Agencies
in places where appointments have not yet been made, are re-
quested to be addressed to the Secretary.
RICHARD DAWSON, Agent,
Exchange-alley. Liverpool.

7,III'II:YDANC.E IN LIVERPOOL AND if AdvuliEs
.bit
DAILY;

MINERAL SUCCEDANEUMI,
FOR FILLING DECAYED TEETH WITHOUT PAIN, HEAT, OR
PRESSURE, AND
INCORIIODIBLE MINERAL TEETH,
Without Wires, Springs, or any other Ligatures,
Patronized by the Royal Families of England and France.
TONS. J. M. and A. MALLAN, No. 46, BOLD-STREET,
Liverpool, and 82, KING-STREET, Malloll6StCr, SURGEON
DENTISTS, ((of the Firm of Mallon and Oons, Great Russell
street, Bloomsbury, and Half-moon-street Piccadilly, London,
where they may be consulted daily,) ardently thank their
Friends and the Public, for the distinguished support which
they continue to receive.
Monsieur J. M. and A. M. continue to restore decayed Teeth,
however large or small the cavity, with their celebrated MINE-
RAL SITCCEDANEUM, so universally 'recommended by the
Faculty of England, France, and other Continental cities; the
operation of stopping decayed Teeth is performed in a few
seconds; the Mineral is put into the cavity in an almost liquid
state, without pain, heat, or pressure, hardens into Enamel,
allays the most excruciating pain, making a stump into a whole
Tooth, and lasts for many years, preventing the necessity of
extraction.
Messrs. M. during their course of study have adopted a mode
of fastening Loose Teeth, particularly of aged persons, whether
arising from neglect, or the use of Calomel, or disease of the
Gums.
Incorrodible Mineral Teeth placed, from one to a complete
set, which are incapable of discolouration ,or corrosion, fixed
without wires or ligatures, :renders it impossible to distinguish
the Artificial Teeth from the natural ones, and warranted to
answer every purpose of articulation and mastication, and will
be found in every respect amply competent to supply the place
of their predecessors. Natural Teeth fixed on the above im-
proved principle.
The Faculty are constantly welcome to witness the applica-
tion of the MINERAL SUCCEDANEUI.I, which they so universally
recommend.
Messrs. M. recommend to
.parents, and others having the care
of children, to be particular in having the Teeth examined pre-
vious to their second growth, as various diseases of the mouth
have arisen from.that neglect. Charges as in Paris.
CAUTION.—Messrs. MALLAN conceive it necessary to caution
the Public against imposition—they are the only Preprieto'rs
and Discoverers of the Mineral Suceedaneum.

THEATIN-ROAAI„ LIVERPOOL. 4,
For the BENEFIT of Mr. BEDFORD, and the last night
but three of his Engagement.
Second appearance of Mr. Kean, (Son of the late eminent
Tragedian,) of the Theatres-Royal, Covent-garden and DrurY-
lane, who is engaged for five nights.
Miss E. Romer's last night but one.
ripHIS present TUESDAY, the 24tli instant, will be per-
-1 formed the Tragedy of
VENICE PRESEIINED.
Jaffier, Mr. Kean Pierre, Mr. Vandenhoff.
Belvidera, Miss Huddart.
After which, a variety of Songs, &c.
To conclude with Auber's Opera of.'
MASANIELLO.
Masaniello, Mr. Frazer Pietro, Mr. Bedford.
Don Alphonso, Mr. Homy Medford.
Fenella, Miss Huddart Elvira, Miss George. ,„
To-MORROW (Wednesday) for the BEIsIEFIT of hiss E•
ROMER, and the last night-of her entagement, will be per-
formed Shakspeare's Play of the MEIMIANT OF' VENI"'.

Shilock, Mr. Kiati.
Portia, Miss Huddart..Jessica, Miss E. Romer.
• After which, the Operetta of NO!
Frederick, Mr. Frazer Maria, Miss George. -
To conclude with the Burletta of MIDAS.
Apollo, Miss E. Romer....Jupiter, Mr. Bedford.
Midas, Mr. Baker..Dapline, Miss George.
On THURSDAY, A NEW WAI TO TAY OLD DEBTS•
Sir Giles Overreach, Mr. Kean.. Lady Alworth, Miss Iluddari
To conclude with a Musical Drama.
On FRIDAY, for the BENEFIT of Mr. BEAN, and the last
night of his engagement; RICHARD 111.
Duke of Glo'ster, Mr. Kean. •
.. After which, a Musical Drama.

EDE Eibtrpool Efttanbarrl.

TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER :24, 1833'

The Hibernia packet ship from New York has brought
us a file of papers from that city to the Ist instant. They
contain no political news whatever.

The conduct of Lord PALMERSTON (if his lordship
allowed to act for himself) in keeping the public in abli"
ous ignorance with respect to the present state of affairs
in Portugal, is like all the other collusive acts of his MA'"
JESTY's Ministers. We have no direct news from Lisbr
of a later date than the sth instant. At that time Afar"
shal BOURMONT had gained possession of Belem, and
Don MIGUEL was lodged in the palace of Ajuda, within
a few miles of the capital. On the sth a severe conflict
took place, hundreds of men fell on both sides, but it °
stated to have terminated favourably for the Pedroite.*
BOURMONT being repulsed.
These accounts are furnished by the ministerial jour-
nals and the agents of Don PEDRO, none of the Mi.-
guelites having the means of corresponding with
land except by the way of Spain and France. How #t
they are to be relied upon remains to be explained.
It is true that a government steamer, the Echo,lo
arrived at Plymouth, bringing advices to the 12th inst''
but the intelligence she brings is carefully concealed 111
Lord PALMERSTON. All that has transpired has conic
from some of the subordinate officers and crew of the
Echo, and we publish it as we find it. The following °
from the Exeter Gazette of Saturday :

" Gazette-ogice, Saturday, 4 o'clock'
"We stop the press for the purpose of announcing inforniatiO
we have just been favoured with by a gentleman direct fry
Plymouth, who obtained it from the officers on board theEcbe:
He states that General Bourmont and Don Miguel had 1110
propositions to Don Pedro and Lord William Russell, wine'
nipotentiary at Lisbon, for an amicable termination of the ea'
test. Lord Russell did not consider himself at liberty to cons°
to these propositions without the authority of the English co(/'
vernment, and on that account the Echo steamer was iraule"
diately despatched to this country, that a statement of the term
proposed by Don Miguel might be laid. before the British Cs'
binet; and therefore, until an answer is returned to our Anibsv
sador, there will be a cessation of hostilities. Immediately en
the arrival of the Echo at Plymouth, an express was despatcho
to London. Don Miguel is understood to have made six pro'
positions—that his estates shall be reserved' to him; that the
past shall be forgotten, and his adherents protected, &c. To
French General, Clouet, one of the commanders in the Migtl
el-
ite army, was killed in the battle. of the sth instant. As, the
Echo passed Oporto, the water was quite discoloured with tb°
port wine which had flowed into the sea in streams ; thirteen
thousand pipes were said to have been destroyed. Our inforte'
ant, who is a most respectable merchant connected with Oporto,
states that the truth of this intelligence may be relied on."

If we are to believe all this, the present contest mil
be considered at an end—MionEL discomfited—and FE"
DRO in full possession of the throne of Portugal. Our
contemporary states that his informant is a "respects'
ble merchant," and that the " truth of this intelligete
may be relied on." Unquestionably it may; the .tno
may be relied upon, but what is truth ? This " respect'
able merchant" states that when the Echo passed
Oporto, the " water was quite discoloured with the
port wine which had flowed into the sea in streams." NO'
do not stop to inquire how far the Echo was off tb°
shore when this portly discolouration was observed II
this " most respectable merchant," for if we recollect
rightly it is upwards of a month since the thirteen thou'
sand pipes were emptied into the Douro. It must be
bad joke altogether.

The following is from a Falmouth paper—the Chu"
bian:—

" Cornubian Qffice, Saturday, at Noon.
"We have just been favoured with the following extract of e
letter, received by a gentleman in this town from his correct'
pendent at Plymouth, and dated last evening The officers
of the Echo report that the battle of the sth was very severe'
but the Miguelites wore repulsed, and on the 11th Bottrniont
sent in fifteen articles of capitulation, which Pedro rejecteu'
stating he would promise only that his brother's life should be/
spared—that Lord Wm. Russell interfered, and soon after tb°
Echo was despatched, and the officers have no doubt that tile
capitulation had been signed, as flags and other marks of 119-
joicings were manifested as they were leaving the Tagus.'"
The Falmouth Packet has a similar statement, derive('
from the same source, namely, the officers of the Sche'
It may, in substance, be true ; but it does, nevertheless,
seem strange that so important an event as the cessation
of hostilities and the capitulation of Don MtonEL, under
which he begs for his life and that of his adherents'
should be known to Lord PALMERSTON for more tha°
twenty-four hours, and not a syllable of it be allowed t°
transpire through the London ministerial journals'
What ! is the servile Globe not to be trusted ? js 116
favour to be conferred upon the treasury scribes, itytile
shape of news, for their laboured and heavy advocacy
during the last three years ? Are they treated with 91)
much contumely that their whole duty consists in keern°,
silence, when valuable information is to be bottled °P;
or, in denying facts, when hardy assertion and glaring,
falsehoods are useful to the minister ?
We do not say that the intelligence communicated -bY
the people of the Echo is fabricated, nor do we mean te
assert that it is untrue, or even exaggerated. All we
mean to advance is, that it is scarcely credible that advice '
of such importance should remain undivulged solongintbte
pockets of Lord PALMERSTON. We judge by their Pelt
conduct, and, therefore, do not hesitate to affirm tli*f
this is the first instance on record, since the accession 0
the'present men to power, that they did not avail thellYs
selves of the first opportunity to trumpet forth occurrence_
connected with their foreign policy. But it is fruitless::
indulge in speculations, for a few hours mutt clear r
the matter.

• The London papers of last week contain the folloo'
ing paragraph :
" On Thursday a very numerous meeting of the inhabit
ant°
of St. Giles's and St. George's, Bloomsbury, was held at the
Angel Inn, Bloomsbury, when an association was formed t°
procure the abolition of the new police and the assessed 009'
each of which were said to be equally oppressive." 'hie
After reading this attentively, it is hardly poss'
to come to any other conclusion than that it was
meeting of thieves. Not knowing to whom the na'ijr,
belong which are attached to the document, we can f°.r
no conjecture as to their status in society ; but judging
from the avowed object of the meeting, we cannot Ow
inferring, that these persons are desirous of ,abolisil_Al•er
the police, in order that wholesale robbery and pliZio
might be a more safe and profitable. speculation• j
stated that it was a " numerous meeting." This sod
can readily enough believe, seeing that St. Giles's,ijor
Bloomsbury poured forth their patriots, Whichthe
could easily do at any hour of the day or. night to
jog
number of from twenty to fifty thousand; but Ile a
"numerous" is no 'proof that they were respectah deo'or
quality, by the way, of which they have the can
and the good sense not to boast in their advertisetne;.s,
That the small tradesmen, the people who let lodgis
and the inhabitant householders of London Oiler
the
are greatly reduced in their circumstances witltin

SEPTEMLIER 24, 1833.

feiv- -
Years, and at the present moment are struggling
hard to obtain a subsistence, is a melancholy truth ad-
mitted on all hand's; but this is no reason why they
should be mad as well as poor. We can understand
why the assessed taxes are considered a grievous bur-
• then; simply because we know that these persons haying
high rents,to pay, which they can ill afford, find the de-
mands of the tax-gatherer tobe beyond their reduced pro-
fits and diminished means. But their reasons for falling
foul of the police who guard their shops and stalls, who
Protect their persims and property, are beyond our com-
prehension. If the honourable fraternity of smugglers
of London, who have, within the last few years, real-
ized fortunes by the illicit importation of foreign silks,
were to call for the abolition of the coast blockade and
'the preYentive service, their demand would not be one
whit more unreasonable than that of the inferior shop-
keepers calling for the suppression of the police. In the
otre case the object of the parties would- be to smuggle with
perfect impunity; in the other case, we cannot divine
'any other object than the one we have already alluded to,
viz., universal plunder, a general levy of goods and
chattels by the mob, a war of the poor against the rich,
.an abolition of all contracts and engagements, a suspen-
sion of payments, a murderous conflict, a terrible con-
flagration, terminating in scenes of misery far beyond
what pen can describe or imagination conceive.
The assessed taxes are a burthen to the shopkeepers of
London, but they are less so in London than they are in
Liverpool, Manchester, or Glasgow, for this simple rea-
son, that in the metropolis these taxes are generally paid
by lodgers, mostly strangers, who are not the plaintiffs
in this suit; whereas in the other towns the payers of
'these taxes are the bona fide and only occupiers of the
houses so assessed. Still we are inclined to think that
these taxes should be abolished, not from any tenderness
'towards the shopocracy of London, who richly deserve all
that they suffer, and ten times more than they suffer, and
are likely to suffer, before the end cones ; but we advocate
their abolition on the ground of their inequality of pres-
sure, and because we deem it the very worst policy possi-
ble to bring the payer into personal contact with the tax-
, gatherer. A man with a book and a bag going his rounds
collecting hard cash for the KING is naturally a hate-
'ill object. His knock at the door has a dismal sound.
It conjures up SATAN, and a lawyer, and an iron bed, and
bushy-whiskered gaoler with a bunch of keys, all at
°nee; and the poor wretch who is perhaps rocking his
child, or sitting by the bedside of a dying wife,
Must answer his knock and pay his last demand, or all
these dreadful imaginings are sure to be realized. It is
not so with the indirect taxes. A man cannot buy wine
°r brandy without money. He is not compelled to buy
'them against his will. He can of course in a period of
'embarrassment cease consuming taxed luxuries ; but he
cannot evade, by. any starving process, the demands of
the tax-gatherer. If by misfortune, or any temporary
accident he be unable to pay, and is distrained upon for
The. ICING's taxes, he becomes a hater of the Government
and of all taxes from that hour, sinks down into a soured
and cynical malignant, a puling and carping Whig, or a
reckless and desperate leveller.
For these reasons we desire most sincerely to see the
repeal of the assessed taxes. In fact, the time is come
when they must be repealed. The IVhigs have clung
,
. them till the last extremity; and now they must either
the them up, or make war upon their worthy friends
tac liberals of St. Giles's, and St. George's, Blooms-
bury.

But when the London shopkeepers contend not only
for the abolition of these obnoxious taxes, but also for
*the suppreSsion of the only safeguard for person and
Property in the metropolis, it is time to ask—what next ?
Th
e poor-rates in London, previously to the establish-
ment of the new police, were upon an average about
eight-pence in the pound. Now, however, and with the
increase of pauperism, (despite a prodigious increase of
beggars in every street and lane,) they average from one
to one shilling and four pence in the pound. In-
dePendent of this, ten thousand pounds were most unjustly
voted out of "the pOCkets of the people at large, and of
course out of the pockets of the inhabitants of Liver-
Pool among the rest, to assist in defraying the expense
of the London police. This act of barefaced injustice
was done by Lie reformed. Parliament, in its first session !
We admit that the rate is heavy enough; but we do not
admit.tbat it is heavier than it ought to:be j for let it he
coicsidered, that a great portion of it is paid by lodgers
who pay high and exorbitant rents to these inhabitant
householders. London contains more thieves, more
4‘ iudlers, more cheats, more scoundrels of every • des-
cription, than are to be found in all the rest of Europe.
A strict police, therefore, is indispensable. Where vice
abounds there must be the House of Correction. Where
the pickpocket walks at noon-day, attired as a gentle-
tnan,' or as a member of the House of Commons, there
must be the police-officer with a sharp eye, and a blud-
geon or a cutlass under his coat. Where there are' so
many- huge caravans, called omnibuses, carrying live
.4114nals at a low price—cabriolets running over old wo-
Ineni at the rate of twelve miles an hour—lines of card-
,ageB• tarts, waggonS, and drays, of a mile in length—
hundreds of undertakers or resurrection-men carrying
e°ffins on the side pavements--hackney-coaches full of
tqualling
of women breaking down every minute—shoals
newsvenders' deputies running as if they ran for life
(7-er
' death, with large bundles of rubbish on their- shoul-
s---postmen rapping at every door—sallow-faced bank-
ers' clerks seeking payment of bills, one half of which
bank-
ers'
e diSh°nOUred, and bailiffs pursuing debtors as hares
hunted in. the country—where all this is, there must
U:- a Powerful and .vigilant police, or society would break
p' and anarchy and confusion reign. Our impression
is.. that the police force in London-is not yet numerous
I,llll°ligh, nor the expense or it, 'every farthing of which
°llld and must be paid by the inhabitants of London,
eene-half so great as its necessity demands. In such a
tilll'tnunity, having all the advantage of the residence of
cog court, the officers of the crown, the ambassadors, the
ttle-rts
of law, and a large proportion of the fundliolders_
toe' 4 community, living upon the wealth of the aris •
v„herlteY whom they hate—preying upon the wealthy
4. °ln theY despise—levying contributions upon the
Ill'anitaries of the church whom they slander—making
th°lleY by the laws which they abjure,—the charities
mss' abuse;-tlie literature they are unable to appreciate
toLtiell a community cannot pay too dear for these
iiieeB of wealth, or these stimulants of industry. They
thlist" if any thin.. like order is to prevail, be taxed to
!Ito- very marrow—screwed to the last shilling—grind-
ae ned down to passiveness, decorum, humility, and a
i\liTsc of justice.
e concede that the tradesmen of London have re-
-411•
4"Y been compelled to combat with many privations,
14,1_,,are now suffering more than any other class of his
Rtlff-R.STI('S subjects. But, with all respect be it said, this
• tiering is of their own seeking. They are the authors
pelt own Plagues. They have raised the storm which
blQoB,them most unmercifully. They have let loose the
earr`thouncls which have turned upon their keepers, and
real! havoc into the sheds and homesteads of those who
vvitaetd therm *Agitation his already done for London
it has done for Ireland. It was the philosophers of
vert7cn who drove the silk trade from Spitalfields, con-
4nd g five hundred thousand persons from being happy
uhjectontented, industrious and peaceable, into so many
it wa 8 lo,f Pity and compassion. Their reform bill—for
from stileir t-ei"—leas expelled numbers of the aristocracy
fashionable squares, for which the provinces
are bourici
to
t°°.. The be grateful, and foreign countries grateful
the
phualtiotiWiroepsitsltsnodfia bill for which they have to thank
• eft thousands of Freemason's and Exeter Halls, will
In-
dia bill,
duce manyfor which we of Liverpool thank them, will re-
for thousands more to the same condition. Their
and navy, and
will pinch the gentlemen of the army
the 7, and ultimately all sinecurists and fundholders,
euects of i
.L
'Lch they will feel severely. The local
growcourt "I, if it ever pass into a law, will make the grass
tr,tlB,ul. the environs of Westminster-hall and the name-
flilvef Court. Their ultra humane law for the
s
of
capital punishments in eases of forgery will
14eiea
teller• e the business of the LORD Mayort's
court, but
)1(44_
recredit more insecure than ever, and will, if we are
487 e, atly mistaken, make a promissory note or check
I ss as any piece of waste paper, until personal in-

quiry shall confirm its presumed authenticity. All these
evils and plagues—all these* disasters and calamities—
either have occurred or are in store for the people of
London. It is already a doomed city. The wail of the
destroying 'angel reverberates already amid the echoes of
St. Paul's. The howl of the waif is heard where mer-
chants most do congregate. The prance of the hostile
dragoon over its pavements comes already upon the
ear in the unerring presentiment of impending cala-
mity. Abolish the police if you please ; but if you
do, a military police must be the result. You must not
any longer be the prime disturbers of England. You
have your bill—your folly has been indulged—you have
spun your rope—you have reached the meridian of your
arrogance—you have dictated too long—and the long
hereafter will be an inclined plane of misfortune, discon-
tent, and destitution.