The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-11 00:00:00

In concluding these remarks, let me advise this Elector to
cast from him that seducer of shallow brains, the grey-goose
quill, and again to return to his farmer occupations, or perhaps
he may remain until

" Othello's occupation's gone ;"
or, if he still remain anxious to be the champion of the body of
which he now professes himself to be the organ, let him be
more cautious ere he ventures to insult any party, before he is
aware how far those epithets he applies to others, may be ap-
plicable to himself.

I am, Sir, your's, &c.

SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS.

E. A.

We make no apology for copying the following from an able
contemporary, the Saturday's Advertiser:—

The friends d the worthy Baronet, so lately before the public
of Liverpool, under peculiar circumstances of interest, will be
gratified by the following proof of the esteem in which his
character and services have been held by those who have had
the best opportunity Of appreciating them.
A friend of Sir Howard Douglas put into our hands, this
week,. the Courier, of St. John's, New-Brunswick, of the date
of November, last year, in.which we find the following docu-
ments. It is not unworthy of remark, that Sir Howard Douglas
never brought this gratifying circumstance Linder the notice of
his friends, while in Liverpool, though its publication at the
time his pretensions were before us might have been turned
to advantage :
" Courier, St. Jan's, New Brunswick,
Saturday. N0v.24, 1832.
_ .

" It is well knotvn that the people of this Province in the early part
of last year, made a subscription for the purpose of purchasing a
piece of plate, to be presented to our late highly esteemed Governor,
Sir Howard Douglas, as a tribute of
.gratitude for his prompt, disin-
terested, and powerful interference in behalf of our commercial in-
terests, at the time when they were in danger of being sacrificed by
the great influence and specious arguments of interested parties, who
were making the greatest exertions to carry, in the Imperial Parlia-
ment, commercial measures which, if they had been adopted, would
have proved most injurious to the trade of the British North American
Colonies in general, and especially to that of New Brunswick.
" The committee appointed at St. John's to carry in'to effect the
wishes of the people, at the request of the committees at Fredericton,
Miramichi, and St. Andrews, remitted the amount subscribed to the
agents for this Province in London, who, accordingly, presented the
piece of plate, and an address, of which the following is a copy :
' To .Major-Gerieral Sir Howard Douglas, Baronet, K.S.C., C. 8.,

F.R.S.,
The undersigned, on behalf of the people of the province of New
Brunswick, request your acceptance of a piece of plate, in testimony
of the sense they entertain of your disinterested, timely,•and effectual
exertions in protecting the trade of the North American colonies,
against attempts recently made to alter commercial regulations, on the
stability of which their present and future interests so greatly depend.
Desirous to record their opinion of the measure, your prompt and
seasonable opposition to which has called forth this demonstration of
the feelings and sentiments of the inhabitants of this colony ; and
equally desirous to avoid anything that would detract from the impor-
tance they attach to that particular act, they have not, in the inscrip-
tion, made any allusion to your public and private virtues, of which,
however, they would now briefly assure you the people of this pro-
vince are by no means insensible. •
` That you may reap the reward due to those virtues, is doubtlessly
the wish of all to whom you are best known, and of none more sin-
cerely than of those who now address you in behalf of the loyal inha-
bitants of the province of New Brunswick.
(Signed) CHARLES SixoNns, Chairinan,
JAMES T. HANFORD.
ANGUS APKENZIE. •
E. DE W. RATCHFORD.
•
JAMES KIRK.
ISAAC WOODWARD, Junior.
GEORGE D. ROBINSON.,
JOHN ROBERTSON, Secretary.'

" To this address Sir Howard made the following reply:—'
To Charles Simoricts, Esq.., Chc,rman, and the
..?ther gen Holten of the

committee acting on behalf of the people of New Bt?unswick.
GENTLE3IEN,—I receive with great satisfaction this Memorial, and
these assurances of the sense entertained by the people of New Brims-
wick of my general attention to the commercial affairs of the province,
and especially of the exertions used by me on a recent occasion, in
which the interests of the British North American provinees, and of
New Brunswick in particular, were deeply concerned.
On my departure from the province, I assured the commercial
body of tit. John' in reply to their address, that I would not fail to
make use of the knowledge I had acquired of the interests and trade
of New Brunswick, and the other North American proVinees, to do all
in my power to represent and protect thole interests, in the event of
anything occurring during my residence in London, which might ap-
pear to require any such explanation Or representation. ' Neither con-
sulted upon, nor aware of, the propbsed alteration in the duties on
timber and deals, 1 had no alternative, consistent with my well-known
opinion and the assurance which I had pledged, but to trtkea course
which should effectually prove my adherence to those opinions, my
faithful observance of the promise ,I had made, and which might.
moreover, protect me from any suspicion of having given au equivocal
opinion upon a matter so vital to your interests, and upon which,
therefore, it was very generally surmised, that, being in London, f
must have been consulted. _ _ _

I assure you, gentlemen, that it was with much regret I found my-
self under the necessity of making sacrifice of my official connection
with the people of New Brunswick, and I shall ever feel a deep inte-
rest in their welfare, and sincerely wish them all manner of prosperity.
(Signed) ' HOWARD DOUGLAS.'
" The inscription upon the piece of plate is as follows :
TO
MAJOR-GENERAL- SIR HOWARD DOUGLAS,
Baronet; K.S.C. , C. 8., F.R.S., &c. &c.,
FROM

THE PEOPLE OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK,
As a memorial of the grateful sense they entertain of the disinterested
and persevering zeal and distinguished ability, with which he often
• advocated the Commercial Interests of the Province, and especially
on the late occasion of an attempt to alter the existing scale of Dutirst
on Colonial and Foreign Timber and Dea)s,—an attempt..which, had
it proved successful, must 'have produced serious injury-to Ms
Majesty's subjects in British North America, and to the Maritime
prosperity of Great Britain.
1831.'

" We are happy to have it in our power to give publicity to the fore-
going documents, creditable as they are to the feelings of the people
of this province, and to the distinguished individual' whose great
i
talents
_mere so opportunely exerted n protecting our commerce from
'ruin. We shall not dwell upon the sacrifice which Sir Howard so
nobly made of his own interests to those of the North American
Colonies; but we cannot forbear remarking, that no person ever
within the boundaries of New Brunswick could be more devoted to
the interests of the province than was our late excellent Governor, Sir
Howard Douglas,—who, whilst assiduously attending to all the inter-
nal affairs of the province, watched with constant and deep solicitude
the progress of measures from time to time agitated in the parent
state, by which the prosperity of this colony might be affected; and,
with the eye of a statesman, he was as quick to perceive the tendency
of those measures, as he was prompt to oppose such of them as were
ill-judged or inexpedient.
" Some estimate may be formed of the value of Sir Howard's able
and convincing paraphlet, from the circumstance of its having been
most eagerly sought for by members of parliament, at the time the
subject of the duties on timber and deals was under discussion, and
from the faet that the best-informed friends of the colonies, in Great
Britain, are most desirous that a new edition of it should be published,
as the most effectual expedient to defeat the designs of those who, it
is apprehended, will endeavour, at the next session of parliament, to
effect such alteration in the duties on timber and deals as would almost,
if not entirely, annihilate our trade in those articles."

The Duke of Wellington and a select party, including seve-
ral military commanders, have been staying on a visit to V is-
count Coinbermere, at Combermere Abbey, Cheshire.

The Rev. J. Gunning, A. M. son of Sir R. Gunning, Bart.,
of Horton,_ Northamptonshire, has been appointed rector of
Wigan. The living is in the gift of the Earl of Bradford.
On Tuesday lasi, was launched from the Building Yard of
Messrs. K. Wood and Sons, Maryport, a remarkably handsome
vessel called the Mary, 306 tons register; built for John
Bolton, Esq. of this town, and intended for the Demerara
trade.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held on Wednesday,
before Robertson Gladstone, Esq. one of the bailiffs and coro-
ners for this borough, on view of the body of Jane Robinson.
The deceased was a maiden lady, who had reached the advanced
age of eighty years. On the evening of Tuesday last,'shortly
after the servant had left her, a scream was heard, and when
the apartment was entered she was found enveloped in flames.
Every assistance 'was accorded to her, but she was burned
so dreadfully as to preclude any hope of recovery. She lin-
gered until one o'clock the following morning, when she ex-
pired. Verdict, accidental death.

We again call the attention of parties in this town and neigh-
bourhood, who, having occasion, of business or otherwise, to
proceed to London, also desire to visit the most remarkable and
interesting parts of the most beautiful district of England—
Devonshire and Cornwall—to the most desirable opportunity
of achieving both objects, with comfort, in one trip, by the voy-
age of the beautiful new steam-packet Zephyr, which leaves
this port on Sunday next, for Topsham, Exeter, and London,
calling at Falmouth and Plymouth.. The rates for freight and
passage, we understand, are extremely cheap.—See adv.
THE CHEVALIER NEUKOMM.—Few composers have so ra-
pidly obtained the decided approbation of the musical World as
this gentleman; the sale of "The Sea" has been almost un
preccdented. The chevalier has just composed a song called.
"The Sea Rover," which bids fair to become as great a favour
ite. Also a song called "Constancy," which has been repeat
edly sung at the Pavilion; before their Majesties, with drstin
guished approbation,.—See adv.