The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-05-19 00:00:00

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financially and morally,—as they were unexpected by iiparties, with perhaps the exception of the illustrious author;—
of the bill itself. I wish to make this remark, in relation t;
a view which I have taken of the practical working of h.
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Income Tax. I contend, then, that the act is practicallyt-
useful in the discovery of fraud upon the revenue, by coming
at the ill-gotten gains of certain influential parties, and,
the first place, of enforcing therefrom a contribution of in
mean amount, to the exigencies of the state. In the nen-
place, it has afforded a cue for Sir Frederick Pollock ;
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so dexterously has it been handled by that right hon. gentle_
man, that scarcely a day passes but we have the report of 3
game having been played in the Court of Exchequer, wherein
" highly respectable individuals" come off second heat
dropping, as a consequence, (some £5,000 or £lO,OOO into
the public purse. Again, the tax has been formed tu touch
the tender „ conscience" of some retired old smuggler, wise,
has all his lifetime luxuriated on cheapside ; and forthwith,
the Chancellor of the Exehequer receives a remittance of
£14,000! with which, however, Mr. Goulburn does not at
all seem satisfied, as he appears to be using great exertions
to discover the whereabouts of his liberal correspondent, in
order that thefirst instalment (possibly of one shilling in the
pound) may be dutifully acknowledged. I am, however,
rather apprehensive that it will be the fall of the leaf ere
that whereabout be discovered. Itthe has clearly shown that
the tramping organs of the league; represented etns
of ruined manufacturers, a
re at this moment
(}torn what.
ever source derived) in possession of a yearly income of from
£lO,OOO to £30,000!! !i
And bow s this? Is it possible that
not only is • there a league compacted for the purpose of
causing a repeal of the corn laws in this country, but that
there is also a league with certain foreign government subor-
dinates, who facilitate the exclusive ingrus of our patriot's
manufactured Productions on the Contineut as the Price of
their labours in the cause of their peculiar agitation ? I
pause for a reply, and shall again address you.
'lours, trni -,
H. I,T. H.

Myrik-street,lBM May, 1843,

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WOODSIDE FERRY.
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIrERPOOL STANDARD.
SlR,—After the account given by you of the new screw
boat, in your paper of the 10th instant, the directors of nee
Woodside Ferry would do well to pause before the
new vessel with paddle wheels. If they are afraid of adopt_
ing any new plan, though with so many proofs of the glace;
of that little vessel, and the means before them of obtaini:s
more, they exhibit great inconsistency in building one to try
to steer both ways, which your correspondent A. B. informs
ns is their intention, and seems to consider as one of the
reasons for their not making use of the screw. Surely the,
will never attempt anything so ;absurd—so thoroughly at'
like those
variance with practice. In a river such as ours, what will
become of the large broad rudder at the head of the vessel,
when she is running at ten knots, and a sea strikes the
.vessel
on the beam; or svhen her steer comes against the pier j
dark nights? If broken limbs, as well as frequent dams in
to the boat, are not the consequence, I shall be greatly nal
taken. They must contrive some new form of vessel to meet
this ; and if it fails, they will justly be laughed at. The
concluding part of your description of the new principle ex_
prefer
plains the objection of your correspondent respecting hish.
pressure steam. I cannot see why the same engines may ilet
be adopted to low-pressure steam, as they are very
used on the Thames, which, I believe, are not bleb.Pres
sure. With respect to steering both ways, this is thought
desirable, I suppose only at the Woodside slip ; but the 811%;
object may be accomplished by winding the boat, instead of
steering back, by means of a capstan or winch : there is
passengr again; and it is, I think,
always plenty of time toes etween the arrival there and
the taking in of
able to reversing. I hope, therefore, the directors will D.;
Without due consideration, deprive the ferry of the adva-"
tales of the new principle of propulsion, which, compared
with clumsy paddle-wheels, offers a great increase of comfort
and accommodation to passengers.
I am, Sir, Sm.
A FRIEND TO IMPROVEMENT.
ISth May, 15131.....................-------

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GENTLEMANLY AMESSMIINT.—A well-dressed pcesori
accompanied by a boy apparently about fifteen or Sixteen
baonyds nwai
will
tern.
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Dublin Police-office, on Wednesday, and said the boy pre-
sent had been sent out on a message the previous evening,
and on passing through Upper Grosvenor-street, he law-,
rknnedowthne,
crowd of boys, and he observed two gentleen in the drawa
ing-room window of No. 11, in the same street; they were
amongst the rest the ad with him was dread-
throwing halfpence amongst thel boys. After some
spent in this manner, the "ogeacthembuen" commenced throw-
in the nand, and wousld not be able to work for
ing out " red-hot coppers,"
in consequence. 'ummonses were granted
learbu l
long
gent
time
injured
ties who arel
against the copper rog
be punished.—Dublt Evening Packet.
hope,

A steamer runs from Stockholm weekly in summer to
\Vasa, and Turnea
arctic circle gives an o
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opportunity for the
tourist of witnessing the sun above the horison for the four
aeGnnoddiltaews,
eil-ntltelytilitihekorssivir!e,
that the daily sales of flowers and flowering plenty.
It was stated at a late meeting of the Horticultural Societ
ancl bouquets, amount to no less a
at Paris,
at the three markets and the different shops which serve the
sum
rich with garlands
a father and three sons, were arrested in
than 250,000 f., or £lO,OOO sterling.
Paris two days ago, and committed to prison on a charge of
fraudulent bankruptcy. They are said to have belonged to
Four persons,
one of those fictitious firms by which the merchants of Paris
have been lately defrauded to an enormous extent. Not less
than three waggon-loads of merchandise, fraudulently sent
off by some of these wholesale swindlers were seized the
other day, and ,brought back to Paris. It is said that one of
these concerns had obtained credit to the amount of 800,000 t.
MISCHIEVOUS HOAX —A steam-boat coming down the
Hudson on the Jst of April was hailed from the shore, and
the captain observed a man waving a flag, and crying out
" Stearn-boat ashore." He rounded his boat, and finding
she was too heavily laden to land her, he ordered out the
yawl. The mate was nearing the shore, expecting to take in
a passenger, when the man in a very civil manner requested
to beg nformed by what name they called the "cook a the
boat."—American paper.
An old man of the name of Guyot, lived and die.l in Mar-
seilles. He amassed a large fortune by th e most I eboartionuns.
industry and the severest habits of abstinence and perry i
d with
The populace pursued him, whenever he pp
6 thee following
hootings and execration. In his
willwere
that the poor
words :—" Haying observed from my infancyew_jichcan
only
be
of Marseilles are ill supplied with wet: I
h erfully laboured the
procured at a great price, I have cheerfully
great blessing, and
whole of my life to procure for them
be laid out in
I direct that the whole of my progerty shall
building an aqueduct for their use.
' SIAMESE TWINS•—(FrOM the New
AIARRIAGE OF TUE
"ork Sen.)—lt appears, from a letter received
at the Courier
Th
ojffice, that these creatures haVe obtained wiv.es. ey were
married at their residence in North Carolina on thc 13th
imnsntrarnit, by Miele, Colby Sparks, to Misses Sarah and
Adelaide, daughters of David Testes, of Wilkes county, N.C.
Relative to which the editor of the Commercial says, 'fort
ordinary indeed. So much so that, were it not the
evidence daily afforded of what unnatural things men and
pronounce the account incredible.
women will do, we should
What sort of women can they be who have entered into su, h
a marriage? AVliat sort of father to consent What sort
of clergyman he who performed the unnatural ceremony ?
Fe anFue ACCIDENT.— frightful accident happened at
Marseilles on the Ist of May. A grand display of fireworks
had taken place, and the last portion was a representation of
a volcanic eruption. A very large number of persons had
been attracted to the Plain St. Michel by the entertainment.
The. Sud estierates the number at 60,000. After all was
over. the people began to crowd hurriedly through the galas,
which were very narrow, and the consequence was that many-
were knocked down and trodden under foot, and some lost
their lives. Seven, severely wounded, were carried off to the
Hotel Dieu I one of them, a woman, died next t»
The number of those who received bruises and ming.
was reel grog, arid a great many had their el • contusions
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THE LAND OF THE BLEST

' Dear father, I ask for my mother in vain ;
some far country her health to regain ?
r cold climate of frost and of snow,
and, where the soft breezes blow ?"

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Yes. yes, gentle child,

, thy loved mother ha• gone
Ate where sorrow and pain are unknown ;

saint is strengthened, her frame is at rest
there is peace, in the land of the blest."

land, dear father, more lovely than ours
vers more clear, and more lovely the flowers'
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