The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-03 00:00:00

THE ABERCROMBY SPEAKER JOB.

The following estimate of the expences to the country cau.ed
by the recent vote on the speakership, will illustrate will► all the
force of figures the patr►otism and economy of the whip. A
more perfect job we never witnessed or heard of. The state of
th'e "job" lies in a nut-shell, thus:—
, The Speaker's salary £sooo
Sir C. .M. Sutton's pension 14000
Here we have a positive and immediate charge upon the
country of £4OOO per annum; and receive in return the services
of an inexperienced imbecile ,in the chair of the commons at a
period when we require a man of more than common energy,
and possessing knowledge of the forms and business of parlia-
ment, of which Mr. Aebrcroinhy is .coulessedly ignorant. But
this is not all; Mr. Abercrowby is,an . old man, with a very
impaired constitution ;. and as it is notorious that he only hold's
the office fur a short period, ..we shall .have ere long a fresh
speaker, when the items of charge will be thus increased :
The new Speaker's salary • £sof )
Sir C. M. SUtton's pension ' 14000
Mr„Abercroinby's-pen.sion . .f.:4000 •

£13,000
If to this we add the items for a service of plate to each
speOter, thg state-ca:riage, and other appointments, &c., we
may safety say that the late factious vote of a worn-out old
Seach.depentrent of the Whigs into the chair of the House of
Commons, at present involves an expense of .i.:10,000 per,
annum to the eotintry,.with every prospect of that sum being
shortly augmented to £13,000. ‘l, ell indeed may Lord John.
Russell cry out, "We have triumphed." it was a pure whig
triumph L-the triumph of job!—Aye. ,1

tADVEHTISLMENT.I
LOSS OF THE HENRY. CAPT. SPEAR, FROM
NEW YORK..

We, the undersigned passengers, on board the Henry, of
Hull, winch vessel, bound hence to :New York, round.,red at
sea 15th December last, having had our attention drawn to thp,
report or a case at the Thames Police,. London, which appeared
iu the morning and evening Loudon papers of th th
and 28th January, ( Public Ledger,) and which was of wards
published in thelivEtteout. STANDARD of the folio ' g week,
Hereby certify—
That throtighout the passage, until the loss of the ,nry, Capt.
Spear acted with the greatest propriety, and". t perfect so-
briety and steadiness, and.that.every Attenoo as paid by him
to the sailing aiurnavigation of the ship, i • at his conduct
ot
towards ourselves and the rest of the pass is was that of uni-
form kindness and htmanity, and that, t . to best of our judg•
went, the loss of the Henry is to be att timed entirely to the
effect of the.tempeituous weather which she experienced.
We also certify, that the conduct of the crew. was, latterly,
very disorderly, and that their disohedieuce and improper con-
duct was encouraged by some of the steerage passengers, espe-
cially after the hiss of the masts, and eventually Captain Spear
was obliged to stove the liquor casks to prevent several .of -the
crew and passengers becoming so intoxicated as would have
most probably caused the loss of their lives during their removal
to the Sarah, Captain Cormack, when the. Henry was left in a
sinking state.
Liverpool, Feb, 21, 1835.

JOHN Fantscv: Dublin General Postoffice.
DUNCAN CAMPBELL, Liverpool.
his
ROBERT ELSTAUP.
mark
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RICHARD >O., ELSTAUP.
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'WILLIAM DODP.
JOSEPH CHIPPENDALE, Liverpool.
JOHN HALL, cabin passenger.
JOHN CAWS and Family, ten in number.
JOHN' CROOKS, York.

AMERICAN PAPERS.

At the Supreme court in Boston, on Wednesday, Feb. 4th,
Mr. Dana, lessee of Tremont theatre, recovered the sum of
two thousand live hundred and sixty dollars, by judgment, of
Charles Kemble, tragedian, ounded on his engagement with
the former gentleman. -
In consequence of a rash and undignified expression said to
have been used by General Jackson shortly after Lawrence
made the attack on him, namely—" it wus.that d-----d rascal
Poindexter that hired him,". it is said that Governor P. ha.sl
written to the president on the subject. I have not heard what
has been the result, but I have no doubt, that there has been ,!
a communication on the subject.. I have heard several say,
that the president did use the language attributed to him, very I
shortly after the affray. But for the benour of this country—
for the dignity olhuman nature I would hope, that it is not so.
—Philadelphia Gagette.
SLAVE THAns.—The British brig of war Cruiser arrived at
Havana on the 13th January with a prize schooner, having 340
slaves. Four vesse:s irons Mika had arrived there in twelve
days previotts,:having landed their cargoes, consisting of 2,300
human beings, on the coast, who were trotted up to the city.
The legislature of North Carolina has decided, by a vote of 50
to 33, that a free man of colour shall not be permitted to edu-
cate his own children, cause them to be educated.
The idea appears to prevail pretty extensively that a conven-
tion will be held at Baltimore in the course of the ensuing
spring, fur the purpose of selecting and nominating a successor
to General Jackson, as President of the United States. If the
friends of Mr. Van Buren have come to this conclusion, it is
probably owing to movements of an alarming character in va-
roots ruts of the union, particularly at the si.uth-west and south.
As they always keep a good look-out, for the purpose of ascer-
taining what is going on, it is not unreasonable to suppose that
some things have recently occurred which must give them un-
easiness ; and under the n;fluenee of growing apprehensions, it
would be very natural for such adreit and experienced managers
as they are to take their ground in season, and forestal as lunch
of the calamity with which they are threatelied, as the nature of
things will admit.