The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-08 00:00:00

CAMBRIDGE INSTALLATION

The dawn of Sunday might be almost said to have been the
commencement of a scarcely interrupted series of religious
services in the churches and chapels of the university and the
town; nor did the thousands of visitors fail eagerly to avail
themselves of the opportunities thus afforded either of enjoy-
ing " the pealing anthem and the solemn chant," or of par-
ticipating in the high intellectual gratification of hearing
preachers such as the Master of Trinity and the Bishop of
London. Every sacred edifice was crowded.

The rush to St. Mary's was prodigious to hear Mr. Whe-
well in the morning, about half the church being filled with
university men, and all parts densely, nearly dangerously
crowded, for about a couple of hours ere the university au-
thorities and their distinguished guests arrived. At eleven
o'clock his Grace the Chancellor, accompanied by the Vice-
Chancellor, the High Steward, the Duke of Cambridge, the
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of Armagh, the
Bishops of London and Winchester, several peers, the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, Sir R. Inglis, the heads of houses,
&c., took their seats in the " Throne" (1. e., the lofty front
gallery), and surely never did an audience assemble more
eminent for learning, for talent, and for dignity.
At the close of his sermon the preacher read the customary
commemoration of benefactors to the University, corn mencing
with " Sigebert" and the Saxons; and comprising the long
roll of regal founders or donors, from Alfred downwards,
including also many of the most celebrated men ever produced
in this country, such as Cecil, Lord Burghleigh, Lord Bacon,
and Lord Hardwicke.

In the afternoon, when the same eminent personages were
present, and the audience was, if possible, more densely
crowded, the Bishop of London preached.
On Monday morning hundreds of horsemen and numerous
carriages went out " two miles " towards _ Lord Delawares
seat, to meet and escort the Duke, who on his arrival was
greeted with the most deafening demonstrations of affectionate
veneration, which were continued along the whole line of
road (presenting as it did one mass of delighted spectators),
passing in the rear of the lovely college grounds, while can-
non salutes were fired, and music played, and bells rung
cheerfully ; thus, amidst the waving of unnumbered laurel
branches,and of handkerchiefs from fair hands at every
window,
passed—thus did the venerable veteran enter Cam-
bridge;e
and the enthusiasm of his reception was continued
h
during the whole period of his stay. There seemed a general
feeling, to which many gave utterance, that at his advanced
age, healthy as he yet appears, it may be that this would
prove the last of his visits (at least on so distinguished an
occasion) to the university; and no bounds were given to the
enthusiastic admiration of all classes, from the highest to
the lowest.

When the Chancellor had taken the chair, on his right
being the Duke of Cambridge, and on his left being the
Chancellor of Oxford and the Chancellor of England, there
ensued a tedious interval of a couple of hours, which was
occupied by unintelligible academical formalities connected
with the conferring of honorary degrees.
The Duke of Cambridge at length went out, and returned
in the scarlet robes of D.C.L., resuming his seat amidst very
cordial cheering.

-
The public orator pronounced an elaborate complimentary
composition in Latin, the elegance of which was exceedingly
applauded, particularly the parts referring to the Duke and
Lord Lyndhurst. _ _

Through the remainder of the day the congregated thou-
sands were enjoying the luxury of walking through the noble
College grounds, forming together as they do, at the back
of the buildings, a beautiful succession of pleasing prome-
nades ; nor could the company easily be wearied of surveying
those magnificent masses of architecture, half palatial, half
cathedral in appearance, environed by the most enchanting
scenes that ever linked the loveliness of nature with the -at-
tractions of art.
__ _

The Vice-chancellor, in the evening, gave a grand enter.
taitiment at Emmanuel Lodge, but the banquet was a private
one. During the evening, thousands were again enjoying
the calm summer evening in the delightful college grounds ;
the more select attending a grand concert in the Senate.
house, which presented a very brilliant appearance, and in
which a high musical treat was provided by Professor
Walnisley.

Tuesday commenced with the same eager rushing to the
Senate-house. So early as soon as soon after 8 o'clock. la-
dies were going thitherwards ; immense crowds were assem-
bled round the doors an hour before opening, and very soon
after that the vast edifice was completely crowded, there
being, at least, 500 ladies on the raised side-seats; the gra-
duates thronging the area below, the undergraduates the
gallery above, and the " dons," doctors, heads of houses,
noblemen, and ladies of rank giving a very picturesque ap-
pearance to the platform.
His Grace the Chancellor entered the ball amidst the most
enthusiastic cheering, attended by all the distinguishedd• day
guests of the university who had attended the
(except the Duke and Lord Lyndhurst).
" doctor-making" then took lace; after
expectancy were
sufferers of feur or five hours intolerablc.:':*E.
Sumner
rewarded by the recitation of the prizes. I‘.l
carried away no less
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CONSOLATION FOR LITTLE FOLES.—When we look at a
field of corn we find that those stalks which raise their heads
the highest are the eraptiest.

passing of the last corn law, and contended That the con-
stant rise in the price of corn proved that that law had not
done one atom of good. Its only effect was to illustrate the
fact that the former duty was more than necessarily high,
even as a prohibition to the admission of foreign corn at all.
valuable commerce this The tariff would, he believed, do a great deal of good, but
to know bow the House of
the one before them to still it was a fact that the duties were not reduced upon those
.ow that it did not articles which entered most largely into the consumption of
,entry—that it repre-
the labouring classes—such as corn, butter, cheese, and
-
n. their interests, nor had sugar.

and yet

gued that
This bill

our ports wit

luce, which would re-

les-troy our commerce with

must kn

nt members to

I to neglect the inter-

e result would- be, that a cry
ngth and breadth of the land

Ty in favour of univer-

luded by moving an amend-
a second time that day six

rted the amendment, con-

f capital from agriculture,
ould be productive of great
:pect to the importation of
ent brought forward a pro-
? Why, if they consulted

they not taken off the

continuing it on fat cattle ?
pared to go so far in follow-
for, taxed as the English
sat they could corn-
aould oppose the bill
Id pass, he did not
* the farmers, al-

m amo

flanges wer

lot to stop with

supported the bill, and
the first step to further
ter. He complained that
!ntial duties, but actually

i did not previously exist;
greatest defect of the bill in

regretted that measures for-
supported by noble lords on
;y ou Baltic timber had been,
)roportion than on Canadian,

e bill, although the speech
to prove that the bill was

th respect to Canada, he
to complain, for the duty
aenceforth nominal. Be

duty for

compelling the peOpl

the use of
He

bad, becaus
of our colonies

'eel as reported in the

ls laying down the
xtensive sense, and

tsvely applied

ut bill. He doubted the po-
on of coal, which would not

ies to a more enlarged and
Great Britain. They had
corkcutters, &c. to a more
ng them the eauivalent of
the wrong end in carrying

Lord COLCHESTER,

led, and the second read-

)MMO

S.-TUESDAY

re was any truth in the reports
enry Dundas had spoken dis-
d whether the official authori-

t from it

asure, which

tbour, on the authority of a
careless if not questionable

tguments urged against the

.nat the bill would pass into a
be the case if the Government
the House of Lords.
-d time and passed.
were then disposed of, and the

DNESDAY

of the Sudbury

to the effect that, in_
Sudbury, the franchise
ownships. He further

had been

Captain LAYARD supported the mbtion of Mr. Wallace.
Mr. SCHOLEFIELD said he never knew a period in which
the distress was so great, so extensive, and so hopeless as it
was at the present moment.
Mr.
_S. CRAWFORD denied that the country was over-

peopled, and contended that the workman and the capitalist
would be in a state of continual collision as long as the pre-
sent system was maintained.
Lord PALM EASTON regretted that, owing to the manner
in which Mr. Wallace's motion was framed, he could not
vote in favour of it ; but, at the same time, he must say that
the Government, instead of sitting by with apathetic indiffer-
ence, expecting a miraculous interposition of Providence,
should once turn its attention to finding some practical mode
of alleviating the sufferings of the people. The remedy for
the distress of the country might, he contended, be found at
once in a reduction of the duty on corn, and in a reduction
of the duty on sugar. The late Government were charged
with preventing an ad vantageiip commercial intercourse with
France in consequence of theWacting upon an enlarged view
of European policy ; hut those who made that charge were
little cognisant of the commercial jealousy entertained not
only by the people but by the leading political characters in
France—a jealousy which had operated in defeating the
efforts of the present Government in concluding such a
treaty. The noble lord subsequently alluded to Affghan-
istan, and took credit to the late Government for placing the
present Government in such a position as to enable it to
open Central Asia to the commerce of Great Britain. The
course pursued by the late Government with respect to
China would also ultimately lead to a great extension of our
commerce.

Lord STANLEY said that in the causes which had led to
the present distress there was much that was beyond human
legislation. (Loud cries of " no, no," and " the corn law.")
Be would not be tempted to enter into the corn law, but no
man could deny that much of the distress was to be attributed
to three or four consecutive deficient harvests. The govern-
ment did look forward to considerable relief to the distress
from an early and an abundant harvest; but he must add
that to whatever quarter of the globe he might turn his eyes,
he there beheld British skill and industry paralysed and de-
feated by the course of policy adopted by the late govern-
ment. 'With respect to China he thought the war with that
country unnecessarily brought on, and very doubtful in its
results, and therefore the last place NN hick he could suppose
the noble lord would have alluded to as a proof of the triumph
of his commercial policy, unless indeed it were Central Asia,
where the lives of our soldiers were unprofitably wasted in
petty, idle, and disastrous wars, arising out of his spirit of
meddling, from which no part of the world was able to es-
cape, and which it would require the utmost care and atten-
tion of the government to rectify.
Mr. O'CONNELL moved the adjournment of the debate
until this day.

Sir R. PEEL expressed a hope that they would close the
debate that night.
Mr. O'CoNNELL.—Sir, the people are starving, and no
point of courtesy is involved in pressing the adjournment.
Mr. HUME said there were 20 gentlemen on his side of
the house who wished to speak.
An animated discussion took place on the question of ad-
journment, in the course of which Mr. FERRAND called the
opposition a set of humbugs, and some disclosures took place
respecting the non•making of a house on Monday, which
would appear to be the result of finesse on the part of the
opposition than of accident.
Sir R. PEEL said that the members of the government
were engaged in the investigation into the recent attack on
her Majesty, and they deeply regretted the non-making of a
house when they heard it. They thought that there were
committees enough sitting to make a house.

The house at length (aided on the question of adjourn-
ment, which was defeated by a majority of 173 to 84.
Mr. HOME then moved the adjournment of the house.
Sir R. PEEL said he would not waste the time of the house
in unprofitable divisions ' • but he hoped hon. gentlemen
would not persevere in these adjournments, with a view to
the defeat of the poor-law, which would not be a proper
course of procedure. He suggested that the debate should
be postponed until yesterday.
Mr. HOME'S motion was withdrawn, and
Mr. O'CONNELL again moved the adjournment of the de-
bate, which accordingly took place.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned.

WIRE ROPE FOR SHIPS' STANDING RIGGING.

(From the Hampshire Telegraph.)
Having on several occasions within the last few years no-
ticed the advantages which might accrue to our Naval and
Mercantile Marine, by the substitution of wire rope for
hemp and chain for standing rigging, we feel pleasure in
being able to lay before our readers the result of a test which
took place a few days since in her Majesty's dock-yard at
Portsmouth, with the permission of the Hon. D. P. Bou-
verie, the admiral superintendent, and in the presence of se-
veral distinguished and scientific officers.
Three pieces of wire rope were put to the test of the ma-
chinery at the rigging-house, and the following was the
result :—Two fathoms of hawser-laid wire rope, of 2 inches
circumference, stretched 16 inches, and broke at a strain of
9 tons, 3 cwt. 2 qrs. and 191b5., was placed again and further
tested (having three wires broken), and broke this time at a
strain of 9 tons, 0 cwt. 3 qrs. and Nibs. It was spliced
again, the ends being only once turned in, and bore a further
strain of 7 tons, 5 cwt. 3 qrs. and 191bs.
A piece of selvagee wire rope of 11 inch circumference,
was next tested and broken at a strain of 3 tons, 11 cwt. 2
qr.. and 6lbs., having stretched only three inches.
Another piece of selvagee wire rope, measuring only three
inches circumference, was afterwards tested, and broke at a
strain of 15 tons, 12 cwt. 1 qr. and 191bs. Several pieces of
wire rope were afterwards knotted and spliced in various
to show that there could be no objection raised on
that ground. The rope is almost as easily cut away or re-
paired, in case of need, as hemp of equal strength. Many of
our largest Oriental steamers and other mercantile ships
have been already fitted by the patentee, and had considera-
ble trial in all climes, which have resulted most satisfactorily.
The flag ship at this port, the St. Vincent, is now being par-
tially fitted with wire rope, at the special request of Captain
Codrington.

This invention, like most others, has had great prejudices
to contend with ; but the result of the before-mentioned
trials must convince all practical men of its real merits.

ollowing table, fOunded on careful and repeated tests,

Woolwich, will slim sc

ock-yard at
)roe of its most important advantages

from voting for any

ived by a ma_

passed

nendment to the

over hemp and chain n

s of the country,

Tradually

I excel

we were

:er in Lan-

?larming symp-

until Christmas

would also post-
corn laws.

parish of Mary-

fell in proportion to

ed the
T classes purchased from the
e fast disappearing. All tiiji

Low in general use

Breaking Equal
each.
Strain ot Strength

!Wire Rope
8 Tons (Hemp do.
:Chain ....

Wire Rope
24 Tons :Hemp do.
Chain

iWire Rope,
54 Tons !Hemp dn. ,
(Chain ,

Inches Weight Price
i❑ per per
Circumference. , Fathom. Fathom

lbs. oz. s. d.
2 inches. 2 10 1 6
5 inches. 6 0 2 74
4 in. diarn. 16 0 4 0

4 inches.

10 inches

25 0 I 10 111.

31-32 in. diam.l 53 0 I 11 10i

6 inches

15 inches

31 0 1 18 6

47 8 20 9-i

I in. 7-16th d: 115 0 I 24 0

This table, it should be observed, applies only to what is
called selvagee rope. intended for ships' standing rigging,
which is one-fourth stronger than hawser-laid rope of equal
size, the latter being manufactured of a different and softer
kind of wire, making it almost as pliable as hemp of equal
strength. The latter quality of rope is more chiefly recom-
mended for railways and mining purposes.

The conservatives have a gross majority of 21 on the last
registry in Belfast, which concluded on Monday.

ANN
, IVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE.
•
circular letter addressed to the magistrates of Ulster b—Th y
his e
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant has had the beneficial effects
it was intended to
attempt
ace. Up to this date there has been
no account of any • empt being made to infringe the law by
processions intended t oeommemorate the anniversary of the
battle of the Boyne. On
fxcellency has
n the contrary, the advice tendered
by his I
honour and credit o beenreciprocated in a spirit which there-
flects Protestants of the north. The
the
first meeting at which
Kii3ifficial circular was taken into
conideration was held at
, in the county of Down,
on Saturday last, Captain Jackson Lloyd in the chair, when
the two following resolutions were° carried with acclamation
hbayvae
lehighlyarile
learned
e:iptehestaabtilsefeaestsieenmballaur " Resolved, That we
t'hantkfulness the decision
place confidence in
of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant
influenced by
aonfdthtehsjuaret, tigs on the
feelings
proclamationi
the Protestants of Ireland, and not to ?s
forbidding certain demonstrations;
approaching 12th of the month
respect for his Excellency's wishes, as well as by a sense of
what is due to our own principles, we determine to manifest
our loyalty in the strict obedience we will pay to the laws of
our country.—Resolved, That acting upon this determina-
tion, we will not celebrate the approaching anniversary of the
battle of the Boyne by a public procession, or in any manner
forbidden by the laws, and that, to the utmost of our power,
we will dissuade all whom we can influence from any such
illegal celebration."—lt should be borne in mind, that al-
though the Ist of July is the anniversary of the battle of the
Boyne, it was customary to celebrate it on the 12th.

Le had will;

Mr. Emden could not see upon what principle of justice
the poor people of this country should be called upon by mis-
taken legislation to eat food at twice the price of anv other
country in the world. Independent, however, of the price
of food, much of the distress was the result of our having at
various periods most injudiciously tampered with the cur-
rency. He objected to a currency placed at the discretion
of the Bank rather than of the Government, and feared that
occasional issues of paper by the Bank of England to a large
extent, followed by restriction, would produce such a state
of affairs as could scarcely prove otherwise than fatal to the
country. Believing that a further alteration of the corn law
would be productive of good, and believing that an inquiry
should take place, be would support the motion of Mr. Wal-
lace, though he feared that his vote would not lead to any
practical result.
A .• • .1

Sir C. NAPIER read a return of the averages since the

" In the morning the King, having made his preparations,
and having put on his dress of ceremony, took his scat in
his travelling chair of state (khasah,) and went forth out of
Cabool by the gate towards Shah Shaheed, to make his
march to Secca Sung; but on the road near Shah Shaheed,
Soojahood-Dowlah, the son of Nuwab Zeman Khan, had
placed in ambush fifty Jazalchees. When the King's retinue
reached the spot, these Jazalchees rose and fired on him ;
two balls struck, one in the brain, and one in the breast ;
five of the King's bearers were shot down by the volley ;
seven of the soldiers that formed the King's escort were also
struck, and fell ; the King died almost immediately. Soo-
jah-ood-Dowlah coming up with a body of horse, stood over
the King's corpse. Whatever property in jewels was about
the corpse—the crown, the girdle. and so on. the sword and
dagger—was plundered by them. When Shazadeh Futteh
Jung heard of the catastrophe he made his way back to the
Bala Hissar. The body of horse with Soojao-ood Dowlah
pursued the Prince at a smart pace, hoping to lay hands on
him ; but the Prince, by presence of mind and resolution,
made his way to the Bala ; but, finding the gates
there guarded, and the troopers close behind him, he fled
back to the city, and hid himself in the Fort of Muhmood
Khan Beeyat. Zeman Khan, and the other chiefs, said to
Muhwood Khan Beeyat, 'The King was our enemy, and we
slew him ; now give us over the Prince, as we are agreed to
make him King ;' to which Muhmood Khan answered,' You
Barukzye Sirdars, in swearing a solemn oath to the King,
and afterwards killing him, have committed a heinous crime.
We of the tribes (Ooloos) of Cabool were against the deed.'
Zeman Khan replied, ' My son killed the King without my
wish or consent.' Muhmood Khan at night took Futteh
Jung out of his own fort, and lodged him with his women in
the Bala Hissar, when Armen Ooliah Khaa being in the
Bala Hissar, with nearly two thousand soldiers there assem-
bled, he placed Futteh Jung on the throne, and declared him
his king, writing letters to the Ooloos, his dependents, tel-
ling them to assemble about the Bala Hissar and throw in
supplies, while he himself prepared for action, guarding the
gates with artillery. Khan Sherim Khan, the Muhmood
Khan and the Koozilbash faction form one faction, while the
Barukzye Sirdars, and the Nawabs, and the men of the Ca-
bool tribes, ane the Kohistanees from the other."
It is unnecessary to point out to our readers, that should
the above extracted account of the circumstances which pre-
ceded the assassination of Shah Soojab prove correct, there
will not remain a doubt as to his Majesty's participation in
the insurrectionary proceedings. His crime, however—if he
has committed one—has brought with it its own punish-
ment.

THE REVENUE

The revenue accounts for the quarter ending on Wednes-
day night are more satisfactory than might have been antici-
pated from the prevalence of distress in the manufacturing
districts ; they certainly do not bear out the statements re-
garding commercial and trading depression and difficulties
which the whig radical press has so bountifully and liberally
invented and presented to the public.
For the year ending July 4, 1842, there is an increase of
no less than £665,175 ; and though there is a decrease of
£26,427 on the quarter terminating yesterday, it may be
reasonably inferred that there would have been a very con-
siderable increase had it not been for the intolerable pro-
crastination which has—thanks to whig-radical obstruction—
occurred in the passing of the new tariff. The decrease of
£426,395 in the customs duties for the last quarter, as com-
pared with the quarter ending sth July, 1841, is the price
which the revenue has paid for that delay. Until the settle-
ment of the proposed alteration of import duties, commerce
was almost wholly suspended, and trade was reduced to the
mere demand and supply of passing necessities. The effect
of this commercial paralysis is to be seen in the decrease of
custom duties ; the fact of an universal increase in the other
imposts of the country testifies that there must have been
some particular agency depressing that branch of the revenue;
and the increase in the quarter's excise is an almost unerring
test that in spite of widely-spread distress, there is great
buoyancy of demand in the masses for articles of primary
necessity. The excise, and not the customs, it will be re-
collected, has always been the favourite criterion of the whig
economists, of the condition of the condition of the people.
That the cause we have assigned for the decrease in the
customs is the correct one, is amply confirmed by the state
of the sugar duties, which were excluded from the new tariff.
There has been during the last year a slight augmentation of
those duties, and in the last quarter the revenue derived
from sugar is £1,301,583 as against £1,181,652 for the
quarterterminating sth July, 1841.

The decrease in Particulai•ltems, during the last quarter,
is £467,383, while the increase on others is £440,956. Had,
then, the operation of the tariff discussions not intervened
to produce that decrease, it may be safely estimated that the
increase on the quarter would have been nearly £500,000.
On the customs receipts for the next quarter the public
must he prepared for a considerable reduction, owing to the
lowering of the import duties by the new tariff. The
revenue will suffer somewhat heavily by the alteration in
the timber and coffee duties, but consumption will be
greatly increased thereby. Thus, though the treasury may
feel the loss under this head, the public will receive the
benefit. The introduction into the accounts of the new
source of revenue—in the income tax, will, however, greatly
swell out the gross total of the forthcoming quarter.
The amount of revenue for the year ending yesterday is
£45,337,400, against £44,672,225 for the year expiring the
same day last year. The improvement, small though it be,
in the income derived from the excise, stamps, taxes, post-
office, and miscellaneous imposts, is satisfactory—the more
so, as it occurs during a period when, were distress univer-
sal, those sources of income would have been depressed in
production.

There is nothing in the revenue accounts for the quarter
to beget fear or despondency—on the contrary there is a
little to encourage hope. Were all our national prospects as
bright as those of the treasury, there would indeed be little
to apprehend.