The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-28 00:00:00

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Mr. BERNAL said that his hon. friend was altogether mis-
taken if he supposed those colonies were so very expensive
to this country. They in fact mainly contributed to their
own expenditure, as was evidenced by the fact that for his
in maica, like all other proprietors of property
that colon_ he had of late years received nothing. In
recently 'he internal taxation which he paid on his
times greater than the returns he received

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colonies for the purpose

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keep faith with those who had bee❑

reply to a question from the Lord Mayor respecting
e Government as regarded emigration,
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r.N said we did not want fresh treaties with
Brazils, we only wanted to have the duties on sugar reduced
for our own advantage. Mr. Ellis was sent out to repre-
sent, at the Brazils, the monopolists of Great Britain, and to
leavour to make a had and mischievous bargain for the
--gland, in order to serve the West India mono-
Mr. Ellis must have exhibited this country in a
,e point of view to the Brazilians—he must have held
Jeople up as a set 'of slaves to the landed oligarchy, and
timber oligarchy, which were studying their own interest
Ay, and not that of the people. It was not in Portugal,
at in North and South America, that this country could
and a market for its manufactures, but those continents
must be closed against us because the right hon. baronet
could not stand up against the monopolists who were inter-
ested in keeping up these high protecting duties. It was for
this reason he was anxious to take from the Government the
power of amusing the people by attempts at negotiations
which could be productive of no advantage unless concessions
were made to those countries, which concessions the right
hon. baronet would not consent to.

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Mr. RICARDO replied, after which the house divided, and
the motion was negatived by a majority of 135 to 61.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—WEDNESDAY.
Mr. M. GIBSON asked if there was any objection on the
part of the Goverment to state the exact amount of protec-
tion to the West India proprietors which Mr. Ellis was in-
structed to stipulate for in his negotiations with the Govern-
ment of Brazil. The Brazilian minister had offered to assent
to a differential duty of ten per cent. as had been stated, by
the right hon. baronet; but he thought the house ought to
know the amount insisted upon by the West India interests.
Sir R. PEEL regretted he could not reward the persevering
attempts of the hon. member to obtain this information,
which it was not desirable to communicate.
In reply to another question from the same hon. member,
Sir. R. PEEL said that if the treaty had been brought to a
successful conclusion with Portugal, the duty on Port wine
would by reduced, unless treaties were also concluded with
those countries.

Mr;M. GIESO:si wished to ask if the treaty with Brazil
was broken of upon the question of the slave trade, or upon
the question of protection to the West India interests. Was
it in fact broken of upon a question of morals or of finance ?
Sir R. PEEL said it was broken off because Mr. Ellis was
not authorised to agree to a differential duty of not more
than 10 per cent.

Lord J. RUSSELL then moved the second reading of the
Municipal Corporations Bill, which he understood was to be
opposed, though upon what principle he could hardly con-
ceive, unless it was proposed to adopt some other mode of
correcting the abuses in those smaller corporations to which
his bill referred. The noble lord said he proposed to abolish,
or remodel, all those contained in schedule A, while the
government of those in schedule B might be entrusted to
vestries. If any boroughs were considered of sufficient
importance to have a constitution, he proposed that the
governing body should he elected by persons resident three
years in the borough, and paying rates and taxes. If these
corporations were to exist, he thought they should not be
self.elected. Nor could he see, after dealing with the larger
corporations of the kingdom, why they should refuse justice
to the smaller ones.
Mr. W. Wir.i.rAms seconded the motion.

Sir J. GRAHAM said his time was too much occupied to
enter upon a Leform of the corporation of London. lie was
not prepared to be its assailant, or to enter upon its defence,

xas convinced that the notice of a motion to that

SECOND EDITION.

Standard-office, Three o'Clock

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LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—Titis DAY

(From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular.) ,
We have a moderate supply of Oatmeal and Flour since
Tuesday, but, with these exceptions, the fresh supplies of all
articles, both from our own coast and Ireland, are extremely
light, and we are without any foreign imports ; yet the trade,
being still, as for some time past, much confined to our own
immediate locality, with an occasional sale of Wheat for
shipment to Ireland, exhibits no improvement as to extent
of demand, and the general transactions between the date
of our last report and to-day are consequently of a very
limited nature, without, however, any observable change in
the value of any article.
There was a rather firmer tone in the Wheat trade at our
market this morning, and, upon a moderate sale, the prices
of Tuesday have been generally supported. Flour was also
in somewhat better demand at the currency of that day.
Malt, steady in value, with a fair sale.
Barley, Beans, and Pease in very slow request, without
change in the quotations.
Oats have been little enquired for to-day, but the limited
quantity at hand, Particularly of fine samples, has main-
tained full rates in the sales made. We had some country
demand for Oatmeal, and several parcels found buyers at
19s. to 19s. 9d. per 2401b5. according to quality.
No further sales of Wheat in bond are reported, though
some qualities are obtainable quite as low as recently stated.
The duties remain unaltered.

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From the 05th to th

ALS OF CORN',

27th April, 1843, inclusi

COAST-

DESCRIPTION. y LAND

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REIGN.

Wheat Qrs.
Barley Qrs.
Malt
Oats
aye Qrs.
Beans Qrs.
Pease. Qrs.
Shelled Barley . Qrs.
Indian Corn

Rapeseed
Oatmeal
Flout ...
Dittr,

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Loads
SackJ

'oastwise

On Saturday last the mall coach whleh runs between Exeter
nd Southampton was upset about two miles from the latter
own, and the coachman, being undermost, was killed on the
pot, his head being literally split in two.

AIRS. WOOD, ALIAS. LADY WILLIAM LENNOX.—The
York Courant of Thursday contains the following :—" A
paragraph is at present going the round of the London and
provincial papers stating that Mrs. Wood has returned to
her husband's residence at Woolley-moor. This we are en-
abled and authorised to say is not correct. Mrs. Wood has
left the convent near Micklegate-bar' in this city ; but, in-
stead of returning to her husband, she has retired to a small
secluded cottage near Barnsley, where she intends to pass
the remainder of her life, free from the cares and anxieties of
the world, in order that she may have more leisure to devote
herself to the duties of religion. We are also informed, on
the best possible authority, that since Mrs. Wood's conver-
sion to the Roman Catholic tenets, she has not acknowledged,
and cannot recognise or consider Mr. Wood as her husband,
the church to which she has allied herself, not allowing of
any divorce ; and, therefore, that she at the present moment
considers herself in strict equity as Lady William Lennox ;
and under these circumstances, as we have just stated, she
never can again associate with Mr. Wood. She would not
have left our convent, but she could not be allowed to join
the sisterhood so long as her husband survives. What she
may do in the event of Lord William Lennox's death, of
course we are not in a position to say." With reference to
the above the following letter appears in the Wakefield
Journal:—" Sir,—ln answer to a paragraph in the York
Courant of this day, I beg to state that Mrs. Wood is now
at her home at Woolley-moor. In thus troubling you I am
actuated by two motives—first, a desire to bury in silence
the painful circumstances to which that paragraph-alludes ;
and next, to assure my friends that my wife is now. at home,
I hope in the enjoyment of that happiness which. I feel it to
be not less my duty than my pleasure to afford her.—l am,
sir, yours truly, JOSEPH Woon.—Woolley-moor, April 20,
1843."