The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-12-30 00:00:00

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THE ANTI.CORN-LAW LEAGUE

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Mr. Cobden,

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and that there

Ir. Cobden

p6iitical object of

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;elieve, severalother's hay
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into parliament and po

ion merits and pretences Doc
t the world does not thoroughl
!limps not one other man in tht
Mr. O'Connell—who has a,‘-'
tical olject by mere
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itation

there has hitherto been no instance of an agitator who has
not been stimulated by some personal interest; but he must
have reckoned largely on the ignorance and credulity of the
Huddersfield auditory when he offered himself as an ex-
ception to the general rule.

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sents itself a most grave considera

indeed the pith and marrow of the whole case—but even if
Mr. Cobden could persuade us that his zeal was not strongly
imbued with political ambition, can he deny, though he seems
inclined to conceal, that he and his associates were first
prompted, and are still stimulated, in their warfare against
interest—mere mercantile

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secret bead of
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current agitation. This is the
his muddy and inundating Nile. Revolu-
,nd projects have mixed and will continue h
mix themselves up with it; but the first and great object
the lea
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RING OF WAGES

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.ud their intentions as

tow that no theory

of political economy—no abstract benevolence for suffering
humanity—ever did or ever could create and sustain such ar
intense and persevering activity as the unappeasing 9reedines4

of gain has

1-to these

ARSOLUTTON AT A TURNPIKE GATE.—On a Sunday
evening, last autumn, a lady of the Roman Catholic religion,
visiting
_Harrogate, hired a carriage to convey her to the

her way had to

s through

attended by a collector well known
as " Joe," and who,- in his blunt
a " Leeds loiner." On her arrival

demanded his toll, on which, supposing her
'hen on her way to a place of worship, she said

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" I am going to absolution," which latter word sorely puzzled
poor Joe, who replied he did not " know sike a place here-
abouts," and believing that the little demur in paying the
toll arose from the lady having no change, he civilly con-

•
sented to allow her to pass, if she wouid pay on her return.
This caused her to explain that she claimed exemption, and
Joe having been partially enlightened that absolution was •
some ceremony at the priest's house which he did not under-
stand, brought all his knowledge into play to contest the
claim. In vain the lady asserted she was going for absolu-
tion to the nearest place of worship, for Joe smartly replied,
`• Absolushun! absolushun !! it woant do for me,--abso-
lushun woant pay t' bar." She then attempted to reason
with Joe on the unreasonableness, if not illegality, of de-
manding toll under the circumstances; but Joe continued
inflexible, and showed " absolution stuck in his gizzard," as
he often repeated the word in a low grumbling tone. The
lady, notwithstanding, persisted in her claim to exemption,
until poor Joe waxed warm, and delivered himself as fol-
lows :—" Marm, I've been a bar tenter these foive and
twenty year, and I ne'er heerd o' absolushun afore." The
claimant became annoyed at Joe's pertinacity, and proceeded
to lecture him pretty freely ; but he answered, " I care nout
abawt the noise ye mak i'th hoile—l must have t' toll; there's
nout abawt absolushun on my board, and I ne'er seed it int'
genral or loocal act." Baffled by Joe's law and eloquence,
the lady paid the toll, and threatened to summon him, to
which he answered, " I'll go afore my betters when yo' loike,
and it woan't be t' first time' by monny a won." Joe, how-
ever, did not feel quite assured that he had settled this, to
him, new point correctly, and he essayed to consult a rev.
trustee of the road on the following day, but not succeeding
in meeting with the gentleman, he took much trouble to find
the law clerk, whom he addressed thus :—" Mr.—, can yo'
please to tell me what absolushun is? there's a wooman fro'
Harrygate says it clears her t' bar ; but I tould her my boord
said nout abawt it, and I made her pay,• and shu says shu'll
fotch me up." The clerk enjoyed Joe's amusing account of
the scene. The lady did not summon him, and poor Joe
was much gratified with his further acquisition of turnpike
law as regarded "absolution."—Leeds Intelligencer.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27.—Wind W.N.W

A artivsn.— Hibernia, Bunting, from Charleston—Howard, Hill,
from New Orleans—Grenada, Hammond, from Savannah—and
George the Fourth, Cornelius, from Messina.
SAlLED.—Esquimaux, M'Farlane, for Trinidad—Andrew Scott,
Emery, for Charleston—Patrick Henry, Delano, for New York—
and Mary, Bonetick, for Rio Janeiro.

does, at Nassau

LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET,

DECEMBER 29, 1842

There is a large arrival of Potatoes into this port duriug the last
week, which have met with slow sale, both to our town retail trade,
and dealers from the interior, at fully 2d per bushel decline below
our last quotations. The best description of -Manx and Scotch
Cups are very difficult sale at is, and some cargoes of very choice
quality have been sold below this figure for transhipment. Irish
is almost totally negleted, and the few sales made have been at 10d
to lld per golb. There is nothing occurred worthy of remark in
our local markets for agricultural produce. _ .

Potatoes gA. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Short Tops 1 1 1 3 Old Hay .... 41 B@u 10 ¶ 20/
Cups 1 3i 1 4i New Hay.... 0 6 0 10 -
Pink-eyes and } ~ Clover Hay.. 0 6 0 9
1 6 1 ' Clover & Grass 0 0 0 0
Straw, Wheat 0 3tl 0 4
Straw, Oat.. 0 22 0 3 .-
Straw, Barley 0 2 0 2i -

Cattle
Turnips, 1. ton
Carrots 30 0 33 0

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, DECEMBER 27.
The receipts into this port since Tuesday last include a fair
quantity of Wheat, with a liberal supply of Oats, Flour, and
Oatmeal from Ireland, but of other articles thence or of any-
thing Coastwise we have still little to notice; and except a
few parcels of Wheat and Pease, with 6.600 barrels of Flour
from Canada, no fresh arrivals worth naming have appeared
from abroad.

The pre-existing dulness, the absence of any extensive
buyers, and the holidays as usual at this season of the year,
contributing to render the market exceedingly uninteresting,
we have to report a very languid sale this morning for every
article of the trade. Importers of Wheat, however, remained
firm, and at an early hour of the day, in some instances, re-
quired rather higher prices; but no advance being obtain-
able, and the transactions very unimportant, the sale of all
descriptions of this Grain closed heavily at the rates of last
week. Flour also continued in slow request, and in general
barely sustained its former value.