The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-11-15 00:00:00

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" Davis, one of the ush
elldured by the. poor people at the east end of the metropolis,

s of the court, said, the miseries

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Who were obliged to work for the slop-dealers, were infinitely
greater than they had been represented, or the public could
fwral any conception of. The fact was, that a number of
Persons, principally Jews, had, within the last few years, got
Into the wholesale slop trade, and the competition in the
business was so great, particularly in supplying shipping and
foreignorders, that the persons who made up the articles
were ground down to the last half-farthing, and the
the persons the more miserable their remuneration
12tesent
system, he (Davis) said, in Wb--'

poorer

.le houses, was to

ao might be called

fact a security from a cia
, _
i middlemen," to cover the amount of materials they gave
Mit for manufacture, and those persons made a living by
getting persons who were too poor and friendless themselves
t° obtain security, to make up the articles at a still lower

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rate• A few days before, a woman whom he (Davis) had
ierraerly known in comfortable circumstance called on him,
and after apologising for troubling him, requested the loan
°f a penny to buy thread with. She then told him she had
!tot a dozen of shirts to make (from one of the middlemen
he had before represented), at five farthings a piece, and to
find thread, and that she and her husband should go without
food until she had made them up and taken them home."

F•"'E FARTHINGS FOR MAKING A SHIRT ! Worse
and worse. And it must be borne in mind, that the
bulk of the poor unfortunates reduced to the necessity
°I Working for this wretched pittance are females
brought up to comparative ease, educated, no doubt,
and perhaps at some former period of their life as high
in Station as the ignorant beings to whom they are
daily compelled to crouch for employment, or for a
Penny to buy thread with! They are now " competing
in the open labour market"
of capital! They are experiencing th-
(Ale of the leading "principles
Philosophy!

with the " tender mercies'

blessings of

!) of the free trade

Would-that those ladies of Liverpool, who are just
now busy in aiding the exactions of the League, would
glance round amongst their wretched fellow-beings,
and see how many, even in this town, are thus toiling
to fill the griping hand of the slop-seller, and to whom
"a penny" given " to buy thread " would be infinitely
more acceptable in the sight of the giver of all good,
than pounds squandered upon the hired itinerants, the
lying pamphleteers, or the selfish philosophers of the
Anti-corn-law League I

We give elsewhere the particulars of a dreadful
Occurrence which has recently transpired—the loss of
two British vessels containing troops and convicts,
attended with the sacrifice of the lives of nearly two
hundred and fifty human beings,—and we cannot
refrain from remarking here upon the fatality which
has recently attended the vessels employed in the

transport and convict services of this country

Surely

there is some looseness in the system of

for both these services, which ought to have' the

Prompt attention of the legi

Times of yesterday

The City article of the London
has the following remarks upon this occurrence

"By her Majesty's ship Hyacinth, arrived from China,
and which touched at the Cape, we have papers from the
litter port to the 9th of September. These record the
blelancholy intelligence of the stranding in Table-bay of two

vessels, one the Abercrombie Robinson, for the eastern pro-
vince of that colony, with troops, the other the Waterloo,
with convicts, bound for Van Dieman's Land. The disaster

occurred on the 30th August, and the sacrifice of human life

ie estimated at upwards of 200 souls, the greater number
being convicts. A. doubt is expressed whether that speedy
assistance was afforded to the sufferers which under the cir-

camitances should have been rt.
Waterloo was stationary
before she struck, which, according to the Cape journals,
allowed sufficient time for more effectual preparations than
than those made for the deliverance of the unfortunates on
board. The supposition that the vessel, from her being sta-
tionary for some time, would ride out the gale, is alleged to

It is stated that the
nearly three hours

,in the " riff,

be no, excuse whatever that no precautionary measures were
adopted. A small boat appears to have been in the first in-
stance the only craft sent out to afford a passage for the per-
sons who survived the wreck, but, she being found insufficient
for the task, was superseded by another craft of larger dimen-
sions. The absence of public authority on this truly distres-

Sing occasion is adverted to in terms of just indignation.
verytbing depended on the voluntary interference of private
individuals, who, it. is asserted, did not, when they communi-
cated information with the pure feeling of assisting the ship-
wrecked crews and passangers, meet with due courtesy. The
exertions of Messrs. Moltino and Still are spoken of with
Much satisfaction. A subscription list had been opened for
the survivors, and promised in a slight degree to relieve their
temporary wants. Dr. Helsall, of the emigrant ship., was
among the number saved. The weather on the coast had
been most severe for the shipping. At Algoa Bay, the
Sabina, a Spanish vessel, with a cargo valued at £120,000,
Of which £90,000 was insured, was lost, and 21 of the crew
and passengers drowned. The ship, which was bound from
Mann]. to Cadiz, in trying to make for Algoa Bay, struck on
Cape Recief. The wreck had sold for £500."

LOCAL NEWS.

Ti BRITANNIA.-At the time we went to press no in-
telligence had been received respecting this steam-ship, which
would leave Boston on the Ist instant, and may consequently
be expected every tide.
The Rev. Mr. Cave, incumbent of Flixton, near Man-
chester, has been appointed to the incumbency of St. Philip's
Church, iu this town, vacant by the promotion of the Rev.
T. S. Bowstead to the rectory of Tarvin, Cheshire.
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THE WATERLOO COURSING MEETING.—This event is
fixed to take place on Tuesday, the 28th of February, and
Thursday, March the 2d, 1843. The grand steeple chase
will come off on Wednesday, March the Ist.

The Lord Bishop of Chester has been pleased to appoint
the Rev. Rob. Davies, M.A., minister of St. David's Church,
to be one of the ministers of St. Paul's Church, in this town,
to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of the late
Rev. Roger liesketh Formby, M.A.
PRICES OF BUTCHERS' MEAT.—In our markets, on Sa-
turday, the prices of butchers' meat were lower than on the
Preceding Saturday. Prime beef was 6d. to 6id. per lb. ;
mutton (Welsh) 4id. ; and pork 6d. Corned beef, of the
best quality, was selling at sd. per lb. Prices of provisions
generally, which have been very high, are gradually falling.

THEATRE ROYAL.—Mr. Hammond is strengthening his
company by adding to it the fascinating Mrs. Seymour, Mr.
Leonard, the new Irishman, Mr. Wallack, and other stars.
A. capital bill is put 'forth for to night ; Mrs. Seymour's
Clari is equal to anything on the stage, for expression, taste,
and feeling

PUBLICANS FINED.—On Friday, eighteen publicans and
Deerhouse-keepers appeared to summonses, at the Police-
court, chiefly for selling liquors out of doors, or entertaining
co, ropany at hours on Sunday, when they were forbidden by
1". One was fined £5 and costs ; seven £3; seven 405.;
one acquitted ; one case postponed; and the other to be
again summoned, the information being wrongly laid.

MISS WHITNALL'S CONCERT.—This accomplished song-
stress will give her farewell concert on Thursday next. She
is about settling in the metropolis. As one of those possessing
Considerable talent, and having at all times endeavoured to
Please her hearers, Miss Whituall has some little cl
upon the kindness and patrons
this town. We should be sorr
Peal is not handsomely I

ae musical amateurs in
) find that her farewell up-

SWINDLING.-At the Police-court, on Wednesday last,
the accomplice of Thomas Rule, who was tried, convicted,
and sentenced to eighteen months' iniprisonmt.nt, at the last
quarter sessions, for swindling Mark Foggett, of Manches-
ter, out of the sum of sixty-one sovereigns, at cards, was
brought up. His name is William Humphreys, and he had
Tlea apprehended at Manchester by one of the officers there.
Ve was clearly identified by the parties, and committed to
take his trial.
NEw -UNIFORM FOR THE SUPERINTENDENTS OF POLICE.
.;....1408t of our readers are probably aware, that besides the
inspectors of police in the borough, there are seven super-
-It,endents, who have the general management, under Mr.
~v
et "ittY, of the force. These individuals, like the head con-
, bl, have generally made their appearance in plain clothes,
vela it is now the intention of the Watch Committee to pro-
ide them with a handsome uniform, so that they may be
more readily distinguished, especially on public occasions,
r When their assistance may be of essential service.