The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-11-21 00:00:00

vhich a different rate is to be

e head of

yarn, for instance, we
`vat," " double skip,"
ipon each of which different

hhough we have an idea of

ind might know the distinction be-
le and a double one, if we had both

not ti

[iost remote idea in what

or, what is a

brewer's vat. Of course

Town D

hese matters ti

es Office are more

ourselves ; but, in the

left quite open for the clerk of any
rchant of Liverpool to make such a
in his entry as would save his em-
ce, and render them liable to be held

guilty of the atrocious
)" for a " double skip,"

surely here some ground for a careful
y some competent authority, of these
we trust that such a revision will be

committee appointed yester-

such revision, or a

nt of the exact nature of these
)ned terms, a bonus is held out

)ectable parties who imagine
g their concerns respectably,
every day becoming liable to be visited with the
recently been directed
We must say, how-

same imputations which I

against our chief magistrate

.er, that the committee in question would for all

purposes— for the investigation into the charge

gainst Mr. Sand

t- any recommendation to
ject of the existing scale
mproved by the infusion

incil upon th

ood. The case at issue,

.ally, is one which is

terest ;

and it is scarcely

to which it may come

satisfactory to the town at large, when it is

,hat the committee, a

pointed to decide it, is

miposed entirely of men extensively engaged in
iercantile affairs, and large payers of town dues,
ithout one representative of purely local interests.

The proceedings against O'Connell and his confe-

.ag thei:

it slow length along" at a pace
s not afford us any prospect of

,ch certainly do

Obstruction after obstruc-

of the crown lawyers;
ith which this policy is attended

thrown in the w

ippEars to be fast creating in the minds of a great
)ortion of the Irish people an impression that the
vell-known cunning of their worshipped idol will
~nable him to triumph over the law, whilst loyal

men throughout the empire are inclined to entertain
r that the government of Sir Robert Peel is
' - g with the traitors, and will ultimately

,nly plavir.

mit, b

a compromise, or upon some omitted
)nn, their escape from the penalties which

ttach to their crimes

We cannot ourselves think that her Majesty's ad-

risers are weak enough—we might say base enough
—thus to betray the confidence, and to risk the

of an entire people. And
ge, which on Wednesday

?eared in the London Standard, the:recog-

almost warrants the

abandonment of their present posi-
ated. The Standard says—

Another passage in these communications relates
to the particulars of an interview which took place
at the town dues office between the receiver and Mr.
James Parker, the member for St. Anne's Ward,--
not Mr. C. S. Parker, as erroneously reported by
several of our contemporaries. Mr. Corrie informed
the Council that Mr. Parker had called upon him
and gave the conversation which passed, in some•
thing like the following amusing and dramatic
) the burgesses of the town, as I shape :

Mr. Parker asked to see a book of rates, and after
several evasive answers, he said, I want to know the
' Mr. Corrie asked him whether he was a mem-
ber of the Town Council, and he replied in the affirma-
tive, adding, Neither the Mayor nor the Town-clerk
has any right to interfere with me. (Laughter.) lam
independent of the Council and of them both.' Mr.
Corrie asked, Do you wish to have a copy of the rates
to take away ?' Mr. Parker—' Yes.' Mr. Corrie—
' Then I must state that all the copies are in use.' Mr.
Parker—' But let me see it ; I have a right to see it.'
Mr. Corrie called for a copy, and Mr. Parker began
reading, commencing at A, and going half through. He
then put it down without saying anything, and, making a
long bow, left the room. (Great laughter.)"

Now we would suggest to Mr. Corrie that, in a
communication of a strictly official nature, it was
not necessary to say whether a gentleman with whom
he has had an interview on official business, " made
a low bow" before leaving the room, or whether he
commenced reading at Aor B. Mr. Corrie's duty
was simply to state facts, and as many of them as
he thought proper; but he was not required to be
at all funny at the expense of Mr. Parker or any
other member of the Council.

ROBBERY FROM A FLAT.—A youth named James Ed-
wards, alias Williams, was yesterday charged at the Police
Court with having stolen from the cabin of the flat
Mary Jane, lying near the Queen's Dock, a cap, a waist-
coat, a shirt, and other articles of wearing apparel. It
appeared that the master of the flat had left her about 3
o'clock on Friday afternoon, and the articles were then
safe and locked in the drawers. It was afterwards found
that the locks had all been forced, the drawers upset, and
the goods abstracted. About half-past five the same night,
police-constable Marks observed the prisoner on the west
side Queen's Dock, with a pilot-coat on, and asked him
what vessel he belonged to—to which he replied " the
Rapid." Suspecting all was not right he apprehended
him, and enquiry being made, the owner was discovered
and identified all the articles, which, with exception- of
the coat, were found concealed about his person. The
rtes committed. He was