The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-12-17 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

LONDON POLICE REPORT.

MANSION HOUSE-FRIDAY.

INDEPENDENT I'AUPERS.—Several paupers who had been
sent to work at the grounds of Mr. Waddington, at Syttenham,
in Kent, having returned to their parishes and complained of
the fare and treatment there, the Lord Mayor sent for the gentle-
man who was to have given them etreployment, and entered upon
an investigation into the merits of the complaint. A number
of the paupers, who have been,for a series of years living upon
the parochial funds, were in attendance, and the scene was al-
together a most extraordinary one. One of the paupers said,
Please you, my Lord, the beer is very queer, for Mr. Wadding-
ton gives it so heavy a dash of Adam's ale, that, saving your
presence, it isn't worth a tinker's d—n. The Lord Mayor:
How is the bread ?—Pauper : No great shakes ; but it would
be better if there was more of it. But my Lord, the place we
sleeps in was an old stable, and there's ever so many rats about,
aye and mice too. The Lord Mayor: But it is easy to get rid
of companions of that kind. Pauper : Not at all, my Lord,
they won't go; they gets up into the ticken of our beds, and
they kicks up such a rumpus that none of us can sleep a wink.
I'm blessed if ever there was anything like it. (Great laugh-
ter.) Another pauper : Please you, my Lord, a body might
sleep in spite of the rats, but we Inent got nothing over us bar-
ring a bit of a rug, when we shoves our bodies into bed. (Laugh-
ter.) Please you, my Lord, the fleas is so hungry, in country
places, that they tear the flesh off your back. (Great laughter.)
But that a'nt all, fur I'm blowed if the other warmint don't
make us tear ourselves. (Laughter.) A third pauper: My
Lord, there's no wirtue at all in the place. One of the boys
robbed me of my loaf the first day I went. The Lord Mayor:
How do you like the work? Pauper: It's too hard, please you,
my Lord. You're expected to dig half a mile afore you gets
your wittles. Mr. Booker, one of the Bishopsgate officers, said
that the persons who had just complained were the most idle
fellows iu the whole parish. They came home from Sydenham at
four o'clock in the morning, half drunk, with pipes in their
mouths, and knocked him up, and, when he refused to give them
money, they threatened to go and rattle up the Lord Mayor, to
give them justice. Mr. Waddington produced several wit-
nesses, who declared that the establishment was most admira-
bly conducted, that the food was good and plentiful, and that
the labour was by no means hard. One of these residents
stated that he had a parish within a mile and a half, which, if
he pleased, would relieve him; but he greatly preferred the
agricultural institution of Mr. Waddington. \Vhen asked
whether there was any truth in the assertions of the complain-
ants, he declared that the whole meaning of the business was
that they didn't like work. Mr. Waddington handed the fol-
lowing list of regulations to the Lord Mayor:—Food : The men
who are admitted, into this institution are allowed the following
rations of food, viz., coffee and bread in the morning, one quar-
ter of a pound of bacon to dinner or an equivalent in beef or
mutton, with broth, bread, and potatotes; one pint of good beer,
or coffee and bread at night. The allowance of bread is two
pounds per day. Labour: Each person who can labour well
on land or at some useful trade, is required to work six hours
per day, and those who have not been accustomed to such la-
bour arc required to work seven hours per day, until they can
perform sufficient work in less time. Additional rewards : Per-
sons working over time are rewarded for the time with addi-
tional articles of food, after the rate of two pennyworth per
hour. No person is allowed overtime who does not perform a
reasonable portion of work in his appointed time, and persons
continuing to neglect their work or behaving improperly will
be dismissed. Location on Land: Persons of good character,
and industrious habits, will ultimately be presented with an
opportunity of being located on land on their own account, and
possess the means of becoming independent of public charity
or parochial aid. The Lord Mayor, after having made the most
scrupulous inquiries into the nature and conduct of the institu-
tion, expressed his decided approbation of the plan, and said
that he should recommend it to general adoption.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

HUDDERSFIELD ELECTION.

(From the Ifalifitx Guardian.)

The two candidates whom we mentioned last week as proba-
ble to contest this borough, Messrs. Sadler and Blackburne,
are now fairly in the field.
The latter arrived in Huddersfield about noon, on Monday
last ; and after consulting his committee, at the Rose and
Crown, and taking refreshments, proceeded to Duighton and
the neighbourhood to see the electors there, whom he addressed
at a place called Muck limn. This somewhat awkwardly named
place he then left, to spend the remainder of the day in consul-
tation with some of his friends, by whose sage counsel and
elevating libations he was probably powerfully refreshed after
his labours.

The supporters of Mr. Sadler had sent off a numerous depu-
tation to Leeds in the morning of Monday ; and about half-
past eight in the evening that gentleman arrived, and proceeded
to address a largo assemblage of electors and others from the
George Inn. llis speech on this occasion was of a general
nature, and was not intended as a detail of his political creed,
but enough to show the people that he was actually in the field.
The principal topics he alluded to were, Poor Laws in Ireland,
Freedom of Election, the Factory Bill, and Free Trade. On
the last subject he said, I am an advocate for Free Trade, in
the proper acceptation of the word, that is Reciprocity. Ido
not object to the rich wines of France, which sparkle on our
boards, and impart pleasure and vivacity to our feelings, but I
would have an advantageous exchange for them. I would have
the Yorkshire clothier encouraged by France to exchange the
fabrics of his skill and industry for them. He was repeatedly
and loudly cheered, both by the crowd of gentlemen who
thronged the long room from which he spoke, and also by the
multitude in the market-place below; and was very little inter-
rupted except by an ultra-Whig, who had collected a small
band to support his laudable efforts to prevent Mr. Sadler hav-
ing a fair hearing. The man in question is well known for his
violent conduct in political matters connected with the town of
Huddersfield, though he is not an elector, or even a resident in
the borough, and yet one whose station in life ought to induce
him to pursue a more decorous line of conduct. Happily his
strenuous endeavours to introduce discord were futile, as the im-
pression in Mr. Sadler's favour was decided. We are happy
to add that every day since has increased the esteem, we would
almost say affection, of the electors towards him; nor, indeed,
could it be otherwise towards a man whose every word and
action speaks kindness and benevolence to his fellow-creatures.
Well would it be for this country and the world at large if men
so talented and philanthropic were more abundant.
On Tuesday, each of the candidates addressed the electors
and inhabitants of this place.
We are unable to transcribe into the columns of THE LIVER-
-POOL STANDARD any very lengthened extracts from the
speeches of the honourable candidates. That of Mr. Blackburn
has the merit of parrying with extraordinary adroitness all the
awkward questions put to him by the electors, and of procuring
somethin,g like a hearing, which they were at first indisposed to
Towards the close of his address, a person in the crowd
asked what he meant by the people ? "Every person who lives
witkfn the realm, be he native or stranger, is one of the people;
an for his happiness—nay, for the happiness of the whole-
globe, do 1 wish. And my endeavours shall be to improve
and promote the happiness of the whole people, from the king
to the lowest in the realm. (Cheers—" Whiggery.") And if
that be Whiggery, Whiggery, Whiggery, then I am a Whig.
(Laughter.) [Here something was said about the charges
against Mr. B.] Read not all the trashy libels on the walls,
and do not assume that a man of whom you never knew a dis-
honest thing is now going to be a treacherous knave. Mr.
Blackburn's concluding remarks were much interrupted by
hissing and other noises. He thanked the friends around for
the kindness with which they had heard him; and also Mr.
Pitkethley for the questions which that gentleman had put to
him.

At three o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Sadler addressed the
electors and others from his committee-room window, at the
George Inn.
After a few words of introduction from John Whitacre, Esq.,
Mr. Sadler spoke to the following purport:—Gentlemen,—
friends,—countrymen, I come before you at the earnest request
of a number of the most respectable inhabitants of this place,
who wish to extend and secure the free representation of Hud-
dersfield. I have no other object; my prospects elsewhere are
brightening every hour; I am assured of success at Leeds.
But, called upon by the earnest entreaties of so many friends of
mine and yours, and having the sanction of him who has al-
ready contended for the independence of Huddersfield, I could
not decline the contest, and I hope for a successful issue.
(Cheers.) It has been remarked that I come here, invited by
an unnatural union. Gentlemen, there is a uniou—l rejoice
in it—l glory in it. Do you suppose that I would venture to
come forward if my object were to represent only one set
of politicians? What I wish to see is a real union of all
classes of society—to see people of all denominations set-
ting their shoulders together, like men and Englishmen,
to secure and advance the happiness and prosperity of all.
I wish to see the people united, not for party views and objects,
but in order that each man may recognise, in every one of his
fellow men, a friend and brother. If I go to Parliament, my
first object will be what a great writer has said ought to be
almost the exclusive object of the legislature—to protect the
unprotected, defend the defenceless, and support the rights of
-the poor. (Loud cheers.) If I represent you, my friends, I
shall hold you as the most sacred part of my constituency,
though a pretended reform bill has wholly disregarded you and
passed you over. I shall hold it my especial duty to attend to
the interests of the class that has been left out of the scheme of
modern reform. I opposed that bill; and you know what has
consequently been said to the disparagement of my character,
both public-and private. I wish that those friends, to whom my
sentiments and motives have always been most open, were ca-
techised ever so strictly respecting my views. It would be
found that I had nothing to conceal, nor any personal object
whatever. (Great applause.) In opposing the reform bill, to
what did I object? 'I o its gross partiality. When our ancient
constitution was taken to pieces for the purpose of being re-
modelled, I hoped that this would be done according to the
same fair principle. But what think you of a pretended cry
against the close borough system ? I tell you again that the re-
form bill is grossly partial; and I appeal to every fair English-
man present if this is not a tangible objection. If the nomina-
tion system is to be done away with, do not you suppose that the
reform should be on principles of equity ? But Peterborouh
and other Whig nomination boroughs have been retained;
and attempts have been made to create others of the same
kind. If Huddersfield do not turn out to be a nomination bo-
rough, it will be through the exertions of Mr. Wood at the last
election, of the humble individual who now stands before
you, and of others who may hereafter come among you.—
If it is otheru ice, your boasted representation will be a mockery,
when contrasted with the high-sounding language of those who,
with reform in their mouths, have corruption in their hearts.
(Great cheering.) Gentlemen, there is another objection to
this scheme of reform. Even the old constitution gave a vote
to every man above the situation of a pauper ;—such was the
case in many places,—Westminster, Preston, 82c. The poorer
classes might not be sufficiently represented, but still they
were represented. But now, every man who does not live in
a ten-pound house is driven entirely out of political existence.
A new race is created, like the helots or slaves of ancient
Greece, whose labour produces the wealth, and whose arms
fight the battles of their country, but who, in a political view,
are not even counted, ten thousand of them having not among
them a single vote. Gentlemen, the great talkers afloat, whose
profession it is (I am not alluding to any individual) to make
the worse appear the better side—who are bred to plead in
behalf of any cause, no matter what, provided they have money
down,—(cheers and laughter)—such as these may recommend
a measure, the object of which is to give perpetuity to a party,
the leaders of which, out of office, have been patriots, in office,
rapacious tyrants. My sentiments, gentlemen, are those of
Sydney and the other martyrs in the cause of English liberty,
who gloried in their efforts and sufferings in support of the
rights of the people."
There seems to be little or no doubt of the return of Mr.
Sadler for this borough. The election is expected to take
place about the 30th instant.

BLACK, WHITE, AND WHITEY-BROWN LIBERTY.

The following pieces of intelligence from two of the shrines
of freedom most frequently referred to by the admirers of
Black, White and Whitey-Brown liberty, are somewharamus-
WurrE.—Washington and Philadelphia papers have been
received up to the 15th ult. We find them complaining that in
Georgia nullification had again shown its cloven foot, inasmuch
as Mr. Cooper, of Putman, on the Clerk of the House of Re-
presentatives reading "At an annual session, &c., in the year
of our Lord, &c., and of the sovereignty and independence of
the United States, &c.," moved to strike out the word " sove-
reignty." This word was in the usual form. "Mr. Cooper's
motion," says the journalist, "was put down by an overwhelm-
ing majority, but had supporters enough to show that the nul-
lifiers are determined that the United States shall not be sove-
reign; that each State is to stand sovereign and supreme upon
her own basis. This motion, and the support that it received,
show clearly the spirit that the nullifiers have brought into the
legislature, and that the utmost vigilance and the most determined
patriotism are required to keep down its turbulent and disor-
ganising eibrts."
BLACK.—Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 4th, 1833.—The
sessions cf the Chambre des Representans of Haiti termi-
nated on the 9th ult. The most remarkable feature in the ses-
sion has been the expulsion of two members of the Chambres
des Representans (named Herard Deunelle and David St.
Preue)firr systematically opposing the measures of the executive,
and more especially for persisting in demanding a statement of
the public expenditure.
WurrEy-BnowN.—Captain Chretin, of the ship Jeune Er-
nest, just. arrived at Havre from Charleston, has addressed a
letter to a French paper, one paragraph in which may be of use
to captains of vessels to the southern ports of the IJnion :
"On my arrival at Charleston," says Captain Chretin, "a free
man of colour, whom 1 had taken on board at Bordeaux, was
arrested by the police. My applications to the authorities for
his release were to no purpose. The American law forbids free
people of colour from entering the southern states, and this law is
as rigorously enforced with respect to foreign as to native ships;
the seaman was therefore detained in prison at my expense up
to the time of our departure. The motive of these severe pre-
cautions against emigrant free blacks is to be found in the fear
of the planters that they may endeavour to exeitu dissatisfaction
and disturbance amongst the slaves.

SUBTETIR ANEOUS SVEAKING TRUMPET.—Messrs. Johard and
Stieldorff have recently obtained from the Belgian government
a patent for a newiy-invented instrument called a logophore,
(or word-bearer,) by means of which, it is said that a verbal cor-
respondence may be carried on from one place to another, how-
ever distant. A practical application of this ingenious inven-
tion is to be immediately made between Brussels and Antwerp,
by means of subterranean pipes, which will transmit words ut-
tered by the voice from place to place, at the distance of two
miles. -'Thus in less than a quarter of an hour a question may
be asked and answered between the two towns above mentioned.
A loeophore will likewise be established between Brussels . and
the l'idace at Lacken. The expense will not exceed 15,000 or
20,000 francs. We presume that the chances of treachery and
deception by the querist and respondent have been duly weighed
in the application of this invention.

STATF. OF TRADE IN PAISLEY.—We have never had the sa-
tisfaction of noticing the trade of Paisley in a more flourishing
state than at present. During the last four months, the plain-
middled shawls of various descriptions, with sewed-on-borders,
have given place entirely to others of rich and expensive de-
scriptions, figured all over, and finished in the loom. Indeed,
the plain work of almost every description has been on the de-
cline for some time past, and those workinen.who are unwilling
to change from it, are obtaining labour with considerable diffi-
culty; but harness work, in great variety, is readily obtained,
and is gradually extending still farther over the country. This
alteration in the nature of the work has been seriously felt by
those engaged in several departments, though to the great por-
tion of the population it has proved 11;,-;ly beneficial. the
shawl sewers, in particular, have suffer'e'd Severely, and the
greater part of them have been obliged to turn their hand to
something else. In the light silk line the same briskness has
not prevailed that is usual at the season, owing entirely to the
late advance in the price of the material, but even in that branch
trade cannot be considered bad.—Glavott• Chronicle.

TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1833.

It is, we believe, settled that the Marquis of &too is
to succeed Lord MULGRAVE in the governorship of Ja:
maica. This change is to take place forthwith.

By the Mary Bibby we have received advices from
Bombay to the 11th August. The markets had improved
a little for some articles of European import : still much
depression existed in most kinds of British goods,. from
which they can only be expected to recover gradually.

The continued want of rain to the northward is much
complained of; and in many districts, by latest advices,
the seed had not been put into the ground. If this con-
tinues another month, the consequences will be most se-
rious to the cotton as well as grain crops. Many holders
of cotton will not sell at present ; and some descriptions
of grain have risen from 50 to 100 per cent. within the
last ten days in the bazaar. The cotton exported to
Great Britain and China, from the Ist January to the 3d
August of the present year, is as follows :

Whole Bales. Half Bales
To London, Liverpool, and Greenock-60,903 1,7491
To China 118,499 3,354

179,402 5,103}

By the barque Sylph, lately arrived at Calcutta, (after
a tedious though prosperous voyage to the N. E. coast of
China, where it is said she experienced every facility in
disposing of a cargo of opium, getting Sycee silver in re-
turn,) accounts from Canton had been received at Bom-
bay to the 21st May. Patna opium had fallen from 670
to 655 dollars per chest ; which, however, would seem to
have arisen more from want of information as to the ac-
tual quantity going on from Calcutta than to any slack-
ness in the demand for the article. The stock on hand
was from 12 to 1400 chests. Of 'Malwa opium the stock
was exceedingly small—not much beyond 300 chests ; the
price, notwithstanding, had also fallen from 650 to 620
dollars per chest, at which rate it remained firm. The
following is a statement of the quantity, and total value of
Indian opium in Spanish dollars, consumed in China
during the last s

x years :

SEASON. PA
k.;hests
18'27-28 4,006
1883-29 4,831
1829=3(.. 5,561
1830-31 5,085
18.31-32 4,412
1832-33 6,110.

MA LW A

le3tsl Amount.