The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-12 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS

" A Teetotaller " may he perfectly right. It is very probable
that he may personally not be advancing the interests of
popery, hut we will not say so much of the body to which
he has attached himself.

We quite agree with our correspondent " Paddle," that a
steam-boat excursion would be by far the most rational
mode of the members of the various benefit societies en-
joying their anniversary days, and think it would be well if
some large steamer could constantly be had for such pur-
pose. But then comes the question, where are they to go?
In mentioning the Isle of Man, our correspondent forgets
that it is very seldom that the beat can go anti return in
the same day, and he equally forgets that at Runcorn it is
not always high Water, so that a trip there would only ad-
mit-of a few hours stroll. Where are the many beautiful
watering places mentioned by our correspondent?

Etbrrpoot &tattbarb.

7'UESDAY MORNING, JULY 12, 1842.

By the arrival of her Majesty's mail steamer, the
Isis, we have received advices from Jamaica to the
Bth June and from British Guiana to the Ist .June.
The Isis sailed from Barbadoes on the 246, Santa
Cruz the 26th, St. Thomas the 27th, and Turk's Island
the 30th of May ; flavannah the 15th, Nassau the
18th, Bermuda the 24th June ; and Fayal the 2d of
July. The steamer Forth arrived at Nassau, on her
outward passage, on the 18th.
The news brought by the Isis is not of material im-
portance. From British Guiana we learn that distress
amongst the colonists continues, and that the combined
courts have come to the unanimous determination that

unless the assistance of an extensive measure of immi-
gration is afforded them by the home government, they
must next year, of necessity, withhold the supplies or-
dinarily granted for the support of the civil list. The
following are a portion of the resolutions in which this

determination is conveyed :-
1. Resolved,—That the distress to which the proprietors
of sugar plantations, the produce of such estates being the
only exportable product from this colony of any magnitude,
have been and are reduced, has been so clearly shown by the
published statement of the working of sixty sugar estates in
this colony as to demand an efficient and immediate remedy.
2. Resolved,—That the quantity of exported produce in
the year 1841, contrasted with the exported produce of the
previous year, shows a decrease of 6410 hogsheads sugar,
3900 puncheons of rum, 2,268,630 pounds of coffee, and 161
bales of cotton.

3. Resolved,--That it is apparent to this court, that the
exports of the year 1841, contrasted with those of the year
1837, prove the following alarming decrease :
Bhds. Puns. Puns. Llbs. Bales
Sugar. Rum. Molasses. Coffee. Cotton.
1837-62,461.... 17,602.... 31,429.... 3,966,200.. 2510
1841-34,199.... 11,119.... 16,169.... 1,088,670.. 170
4. Resolved,—That this court, taking into consideration
the depressed state of the colony, and referring to its repeated
declarations that the civil list was only granted in perfect
reliance upon a scheme of extensive immigration being pro-
moted by her Majesty's government; and that it would be
impossible for the colony, without such relief, to bear the
burden of taxation imposed upon it, finds that the result
justifies those declarations, and that the country is now un-
able to bear the burden of the present civil list, as well as
other heavy charges for religious and charitable purposes.
5. Resolved,—That notwithstanding the distressed state of
the financial concerns of the colony, this court, in order to
keep faith as far as possible, and to show its earnest desire to
maintain the dignity of the officers of her Majesty's civil
government here, and its anxiety to avoid any act tending to
embarrass the Secretary of State for the Colonies, will pro-
ceed with the estimate for 1842; but that unless a large and
comprehensive measure of relief be afforded to the colony in
the course of the current year, by immigration, or otherwise,
it will be utterly out of the power of this court, consistently
with a due regard to the interests of the colony, thereafter to
vote the civil list on its present scale.
6. Resolved,—That the remedies which appear to this
court necessary to be applied, are :—First, a reduction in
every department of the local government, which can be ef-
fected with propriety and justice to the claims of individuals,
and a due regard to the efficiency of the public service ; Se-
condly, the encouragement of immigration on an extensive
scale, under the immediate control of her Majesty's govern-
ment.

With respect to the civil expenses of the colony we
may state that whilst in 1837, a year of comparative
prosperity, as may be seen from the resolutions above,
they amounted to 505,000 dollars, the estimate for
1841, a year of unparalleled distress, was 1,145,870
dollars ; thus exhibiting the extraordinary and ruinous
increase of 637,570 dollars, or about 125 per cent !
whilst the resources of the colony are diminished in an
inverse ratio to the extent of upwards of 50 per
cent !

The advices from Jamaica are scarcely of a more
encouraging character. The internal affairs of the co-
lony continue in the same adverse condition as at the
date of our last arrivals, with the addition, however, of
some of the estates in Clarendon being abandoned for
want of labourers to cultivate them. When services
are offered, the high rate of wages demanded preclude
the possibility of engaging them ; the consequence is,
that not being able to obtain money by extortion, the
negroes do so by theft; and, by the public advertise-
ments in the newspapers, we observe that scarcely a
night passes without burglary and destruction of goods
being committed. The season, however, is grateful;
and there can be no doubt that if the idleness and dis-
order prevailing amongst the negro population could
be repressed, something approaching to a prosperous
year might be realized.

The trade in British goods with South America had
revived a little, and some remittances had been re-
ceived. The sales, however, appear to have been
forced, to make room for the new goods, which would
probably supplant entirely those in the warehouses,
and have been made at long credits.

Matters are quite quiet about the seat of govern-
ment. Mr. Panton, the Speaker of the House of As-
sembly, has been appointed "Vice-Chancellor, and taken

his seat

The troops, we learn, are healthy throughout the
island; and we hear no more of the " scarletina."
Produce is at a very low price in this market; busi-
ness dull ; and the banks very limited in their transac-
The numerous failures in 1840 are still felt, as
appears by frequent bankruptcies; nor will anything
like confidence be restored for years.

tions.

We learn from the Jamaica Standard that, in addi-
tion to a war of plunder which is raging in the repub-
lic of Hayti, consequent upon the death of Mr. Chris-
topher, the late president, and the scramble for his pro-
perty, the distress occasioned by the calamity which
had visited the island bad been aggravated by a fire
which had consumed the whole of the remaining pro-
perty at the Cape. The condition of the people, we
need hardly remark, is most desolate and wretched,
unprovided as they are with shelter, and suffering all
the privations of want, of food, and raiment.

The iniquities of the late government are becoming
every day more and more apparent. The following,
which we copy from the Morning Herald, affords us a
gross, though not an uncommon specimen, of that
species of misrule which they for so long a period in.
flitted upon this country. Colonel Torrens, long an
able and zealous supporter of the late government, has
allowed the high-minded spirit of the British soldier to
soar above the grovelling attachment to party politics.
He has thrown down the gauntlet ; and we feel as-
sured, when he takes his stand on the high and ho-
nourable ground which he has now assumed,—the de-
fence of " the high-minded soldier who led the storm-
ing party at Badajos, and commanded the flank com-
pany which charged the Imperial Guard at Water-
loo,"—when he takes his stand upon such a ground as
this, he will not find himself, as he has too often been,
in small minorities of the House of Commons ; but
lie will find himself self-supported by the unanimous
voice of the British nation. The laurels of Waterloo
will not be soon forgotten. The brave heroes who
there fought and bled are dear to the people of this
country ; and it will be a dark day indeed for Eng-
land, when the base spirit of party politics or private
interest is permitted, unexposed, to enkindle or spread
abroad a principle of ingratitude towards those to
whom, under God, the people of this country are in-
debted for the peace, the happiness, and the liberty
they now enjoy. The Morning Herald well observes,—