The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-05-31 00:00:00

MAI' 31. 1833 TO OUR READERS. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD is presented to its patrons and the public in a new form, under improved ar rangements., and with an increased size. Why this has been done will be easily explained in a few words. The support which we have received in so short a period as six months has been, we are proud to say, quite un precedented in the history of any provincial journal. The circulation of the STANDARD has steadily in creased, far beyond our expectations, ever since it-was established ; and our advertisements, although of the . very highest order, and untainted by the empirical drugs and impositions of the day, are also increasing in a similar ratio. Encouraged by this success, for which we beg to express our grateful acknoWledgments, we have resolved to render our paper still more gene rally useful, and a more convenient medium of convey ing our political opinions to those who entertain similar sentiments, or are liberal enough to countenance disk passionate discussion on the part of a political op ponent. The form which we have adopted we flatter ourselves offers many facilities for these objects. It . contains considerably more matter than formerly, better arranged, more easily referred to, and much more con veniently and expeditiously printed. We have made, moreover,. a valuable addition to our commercial, mer cantile, and agricultural tables, and we have established so many agencies in all the Large towns throughout the three kingdoms, as well as in the colonies, and in fo reign countries, as will enable us to supply a larger quantity of early and correct information than any other paper. The peculiar advantages derived from the central posi tion of Liverpool, with reference to all other parts of England, Scotland, and Ireland, and our numerous agencies, have induced us to publish a SECOND EDITION, every Tuesday and Friday afternoon, containing the most important intelligence, political, commercial, and agricultural, received bythe mails of those days from every division of the empire, and by the numerous arrivals at this port from all quarters of the world, together with the state of the General Produce, Cot ton, and Corn Markets, brought down to a late hour, which intelligence will be conveyed to all parts of the three kingdoms by the mails of the same evening, and to the whole of the British colonies, the United States of America, and other foreign countries, by the nu merous packet-ships, and other vessels whose frequent and systematic departure on fixed days is peculiar to the port of Liverpool. Each publication of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD, there fore, will be equal to one morning and one evening Paper; and, in consequence of the universal circula tion which it enjoys, it presents advantages, both in Promptness of information and for advertisements, unequalled by any other newspaper. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are obliged to our friend Ein Fischer for his very sensible, but too critical observations ; but should be still more obliged jf he would favour us with his own translation, e regret that we have not room for the communication of Veri Amtaor. Ebe Libel:pool 'tanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1833. Letters and papers from the Mauritius to the 27th February have arrived, in which we are informed that that colony is in a state of calm, but fearful apprehension. An address by Sir WILLIAM NICOLAY, the governor, who h ad arrived on the 31st January, and who had been landed upon the island in rather a clandestine manner, somewhat after the manner of a bale of contraband g °l3 f l s, will be found under the proper head. His Ex cellency does not seem to relish his situation overmuch. 41 e is anxious to conciliate the inhabitants, by removing their suspicions, and preparing them for the reception of a much more important personage, whom the Govern. merit at home have taken under their special protection, e ither from a desire to raise him as a favourite, or sacri fice him as a martyr, but his Excellency is greatly at a l oss how to gain their confidence or their esteem. The planters meanwhile are quietly waiting the event of Mr. JEREMIE'S return. That something like resistance mean passive resistance—is determined on, may b e gathered from the compulsory silence of a newspaper ti nder the influence of the Government. This journal is called the Balance, which we suspect is anything but a just balance, seeing that it is conducted upon Whig P ri nciple; and advocates a line of policy inimical to the interests of the planters. The conductors of this news paper have put forth the following advertisement :_.. hi con sequence o f certa i n reports, as we ll as o f f r i en dl y in t. "'nations, that menaces of vengeance on the part of some Intnans whom the Cerneen has not hesitated to let loose against the Balance (by reiterating the charge of anti-colonial sentiments, the publication of which might have caused the greatest of crimes), the editors of this journal have but too muchmuch reason to apprehend that poinards are at this moment destined to be, with regard to them, a substitute for the cen snr's scissors. They have therefore the honour to inform their subscribers, that henceforth, until a new order of things, they will not publish any article relating to local politics." T his of course - is their statement, and being theirs, a nd moreover an ex-parte one, it can only be taken sub ject to a pretty considerable discount. It is quite pos- Si ble that the love of gain may actuate the editors as as the fear of death ; for in such a community, where th e whole mass of the population is united against the Gov ernment, such a paper can hav e f e w rea d ers , a n d n 0 profit but wh a t are d er i ve d f rom t h e off i c i a l adver tisements, from the con t r ib u ti ons o f Ald erman b ury, or t he secret service money of the colonial office. This indication of feeling, however, is pretty conclu sive as to the sort of reception that awaits Mr. JEREMIE, b acked as h e i s w i t h the 9th regiment of infantry! I-l ave the Government no other employment for the troops, that they send an armament like this to escort a nd protect an odious functionary, who can hardly be considered as holding a higher situation than that of a Custom House officer ? We Wait the next arrivals with much anxiety. O n Wednesday the ratification of the preliminary treaty between Holland and the Conventional Powers of England and France was received by his MAJESTY'S mi nisters. It was expecte d t h a t t h e or d er i n counc il re rnoving _ the embar go , an d re l eas i ng th e d e t a i ne d s hip s and c argoes, would a ppear in an Extraordinary Gazette of that evening. Thus there is an end, for the present, to the idle and con temptible n egoc i ations of Lord PALMERSTON. Holland has only consented to do that which she offered to do pre vious to the march of the French troops and the storming of th e c i tadel of Antwerp. Are we then to , consider that t he matter s in dispute, or the question of the recognition 0131 LEOPO LD by the Dutch King, is nearer adjustment? S . Yno means. W ILLIAM of HOLLAND has not yielded one ITgle point. Necessity, or awakening fear, or a sense to co n sci ous wron g , h as i n d uced the m i n i sters of England de to the wishes of the London merchants; but ` i all other respects the negociations are as far from be 'nog concluded as ever. Th e new, from Oporto is to th e 21st of the present factor l "nth, but i t is of so desultory, und ec id e d, an d unsatis . ty Our a In th e inter re s ties. If we were to believe the papers of Don PEDRO, the rebels and o th er adven rers would be in Li s b on to - morrow ; if we h ad be lieved them, they would have been in that city six months ago. We have received t he sub , from an intelligent correspondent, Joined letter from the Cape of Good Hope, rela tive to a vessel which has already attracted some notice 11 the journals. We insert it without comment : " CAPE TOWN, 26 NlAacn, 1833. —W e are at last ena bl e d to Z t ' a Port the arrival of the long expected Jane and Henry. She . Z.Me to anchor yesterday, we understand, in a deplorable con bti°ll, but th e particulars have not yet transpired. She was 1 11.. rll .ht fr om the west coast of this country by an officer of taken taqk s ervice. B o th murder and mutiny are reported to have ~ -e A r place on b oar d . An investigation is taking ( ‘lls place before tot n - house ' The vessel is not y e t entered at the ; the ney-General. moment she is, we shall look after your pro tve.ttY, if on 11 4 ed particula rs board, " h and write you again wen we h ave ascer 4. It will be remembered by most of our readers, that when the scheme of Irish national education was under the consideration of Parliament last summer, and the object of which nefarious and abominable scheme was to deprive the protestant children of Ireland of the blessing of scriptural education in . the schools, the assembly of the church of Scotland were seduced into an approval of the plan by what has since been considered a fraud. At that time the assembly had prepared a petition against the project, which was not persisted in on account of the interference of the Solicitor General, who read a letter in the assembly, purporting to be of an official nature, and in which it was stated that Hi,s MAJESTY'S ministers had no intention to discountenance the free reading of the bible in the schools. This letter, it afterwards turned out, was either a ficti tious document, or it, at best, did not speak the senti ments of the government. The assembly of the Scottish Kirk were, therefore, in a most unwarrantable manner, seduced into an approval of that which they collectively and individually abhorred. The truth, however, has come out, and they now, indignant at the imposition, re cord their sentiments in fearless and uncompromising terms : The following three resolutions were carried in the General Assembly, on Tuesday, the 22d, by a majority of 157 to 58 : " Resolved,-Ist. That the General Assembly, being con vinced that the only sure foundation of sound morality and useful knowledge is to be found in the revealed Word of God, is of opinion that no countenance from the government of this realm ought to be bestowed on any system of national educa tion of which instruction in the Holy Scriptures does not form an essential part. " 2d. That they have observed with much regret and disap pointment that a system of national education is still maintained in Ireland, in which no adequate provision is made for the daily reading of the entire Word of God, in the authorised ver sion, without note or comment. " 3d. That they therefore feel it incumbent upon them, as representing a branch of the Protestant church, to petition Parliament against any further countenance being given to such a system." We have only to add that we have the highest possible gratification in recording these opinions of our sister church against the debasing and irreligious notions of His MAJESTY'S ministers, and the insidious faction of Popish priests by whom they are influenced. I n spite of all the vulgar insinuations in which the ministerial press both of England and France have in_ dulged at the expense of the Duchess de BERRI, and in spite of the brutal aspersions which these hirelings have heaped upon her character, it appears that the statement of that unfortunate lady, relative to her marriage, has been, within the last few days, completely and most satis factorily verified, by the appearance of her husband in Paris. The Count de LUCCHESI PALLI has had an inter view with the Ambassadors of Russia, Austria, and Prus sia resident at the French capital, and also a " long and animated conversation" with LOUIS PHILIPPE. He has, it is further stated, obtained permission to visit his wife, and for that purpose has set out for the prison of the Cas• tle of Blaye. From this we are bound to infer that the French go vernment have been compelled to recognise the marital claims of the Count; in which case they formally stamp falsehood and slander upon the unmanly statements and unwarrantable assumptions put forth by their organs of the press. This is what we, from the outset, believed would be the result. An unhappy Princess, contending on her na tive soil for the rights of her legitimate son, the lawful King of France, had, as too often happens, been plunged into misfortune—betrayed by those in whom she reposed confidence—borne down by the force of the reigning fa mily—confined to a dungeon without being In ought to trial—condemned unheard—punished without being con victed—denied the advice or assistance of her friends— and while in this state of helplessness she is loaded with infamy, stigmatised as the most worthless of women, held up to public odium as a violater of public morals, — and why ? Because she was the treasurer of heruwn secret,—because she did not—could not as a woman of honour—expose her husband to any peril by a pre mature disclosure of his name and her own condition.— Her unhappy situation was ferociously and cruelly taken advantage of by her uncle, Louis PHILIPPE, and his ministers. They kept her in close confinement—they carefully eluded the justice of bringing her to trial—they surrounded her by spies—they instigated their base and revolutionary instruments to vilify and calumniate her all over Europe, in the detestable hope that she would die dishonoured—perish on the sick-bed where they had placed her—and that with her death would perish also the record of the oppressions and the concerted infamies they had directed against her. Truly, the House of Orleans, blood-stained as its his• tory is, must be content, in addition to the wealth of the murdered Prince of CONDE, to inherit a large share of everlasting obloquy from this .transaction. It stands black in the roll of past enormities; and we venture to say, when the whole truth comes out, as come it must, provided the Duchess escapes being poisoned, and is al lowed to leave France alive, that disclosures will be made, and acts of base perfidy and injustice proved, as shall add another wreath of immortal sable leaves to the coronal of the son of Egalite. We say that all doubt as to the Count LUCCHESI PALLI being the lawful husband of the Duchess de BERRI is removed; first, by his appearance and reception in Paris in that capacity; and, secondly, by his having obtained permission, which, questionless, he did through the in. terference of the foreign ambassadors, to visit the prin cess at Blaye. Had there been " a loop to hang a doubt on," as Othello jealously expresses it,—had there been any flaw in the marriage contract, had there been any legal bar, no matter how frivolous, to the Count's claim, or his marital jurisdiction, we may depend upon it that the " citizen king" would most readily have availed himself of the objection, and retained his niece in her present abode, under a renewed tempest of insult and calumny. What has occurred, however, is so far for tunate, inasmuch as it will lead, unless some new intrigue is set on foot, which would not surprise us, to the libera tion of the Duchess, and a history of the machinations under which she has been so much reviled. If ministers do not stop in their reckless career of confis cation and ruin—if the people of this country do notsee the perilous situation in which they are placed, after reading the speeches delivered at the great London meeting, on Monday last,' then, say we, that not even an angel from heaven could stop the one or save the other I As a nation, we are placed amid more tremendous dif ficulties than we have ever hitherto been called upon to en counter. The fate of a mighty empire is in the hands of a few wretched men, too ignorant to descry the danger, and too impotent to resist the pressure of a faction of fanatics on the one side, and revolutionists on the other. For reasons only known to an inscrutable Providence, they are placed at the head of affairs—the master-spirits of reform—to ride in a tempest over which they have no control—to be driven about they know not where, with out a compass or a helm. They are suffered, for the same inscrutable reasons, to level to the ground the in stitutions of the kingdom, to play at football with our re ligious establishment's, and, as Pierre says, " To cheat the people with a show of liberty," _ _ while in their hands the whole fabric of the monarchy, the peace of society, the bases of national credit, the sources of wealth, and the stimulants of industry, are doomed to destruction. Let us consider for a moment the contrast which the meeting of Monday last exhibits when, compared with those meetings which have lately overawed his Majesty's ministers. Let us first take those over which such men as Colonel JONES, Mr. HETHERINGTON, Mr. WAKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, and others, presided in the metropolis. Is there a man of real intelligence in the country who could, under any possible circumstances, have any regard for the character, public or private, or the principles, concealed or avowed, of these obscure but poPUlar re= formers? Of all the leaders of the mob there is not an orator amongst them one tithe so respectable, in point of talents or otherwise, as Mr. T. Arrwoon, of Birmingham. In the large towns, numbers alone have given an im posing force to the argunients of these demagogues, and THE LIVERPOOL - STAN I) RII His MAJESTY'S ministers are so blind, or so stupid, or so wilful, as to see nothing in an argument which is not supported by a howl of applause, and threatened to be enforced with a bludgeon or a brickbat. Reason, and sound sense, and justice, are all lost sight of. Clamour is the only weapon which King William's imbeciles can not resist. A drunken riot, or the yell of a band of ruf fians in the act of demolishing a private house or burning a town, convey more terror to ministers than any protest of the great and good against their policy, or any solemn warning of the desolation and bloodshed to which that policy must inevitably lead. Such has been the compo sition of the meetings which have lately dictated to the Government, and such their means of intimidation. Now let us turn to the London meeting on the West India question. There was no ruffianism, such as that over which the Times and other treasury journals lately gloated. There was no threat to refuse payment of the taxes, as Lord FITZWILLIAM and the LORD CHANCELLOR'S brother recommended. There was no attempt made to intimidate the government by threatening to stop the exports, or dishonour bills drawn in favour of the West Indies. All this might have been done, and the whole mercantile world thrown at once into confusion. It was a meeting composed of very different materials from the staple of a reform meeting-:--of men of the highest cha racter, of the noblest principles, of great experience, prac tically acquainted with the subj ect they had met to dis cuss, and deeply concerned in the welfare and happiness of their fellow-countrymen. Their sentiments, although pronounced under feelings approaching to despair, were delivered calmly, dispassionately, firmly, and respectfully. They were met to meet misfortune, to reason against in justice, to declare their wrongs, to complain of robbery and oppression, and claim the sympathy of their fellow subjects in a matter pregnant with awful consequences to us all. They met to deliberate and protest in a con stitutional manner, and invite public attention to a series of measures, now under consideration, and calculated to involve all ranks and classes of men, from the merchant to the artizan, from the landowner to the labourer, from the rich fundholder to the poorest pensioner on a public charity, in one mingled mass of insolvency and desti tution. But how are such men treated by the hackneyed scribes of the ministerial press ? The vulgar sneer, the indeco rous laugh, the petty snarl, the insidious misstatement, the open and premeditated lie ! These form the mini sterial reply. A smoke-dried critic reared in the stews of London, and who never lived a week beyond the sound of Bow bell, and who knows as little of the West Indies as we do of the most distant planet in the universe, ven tures, with dapper impertinence, to question the motives of Lord HAREWOOD, to doubt the sincerity of Lord CoL VILLE, to suspect the veracity of Lord ST. VINCENT, to undervalue the experience of Sir BYAM MARTIN and Admiral STOPFORD, and to throw discredit upon the evi dence of Lord COMBERMERE, Lord W. POWLETT, Sir JOHN REID, Mr. HORSLEY PALMER, Mr. YOUNG, and others. What despicable pecking is this! It is worthy of the characterless blockheads of the Times newspaper, but it is a disgrace to his Majesty's ministers, whose hire lings these blockheads are. It has been asserted, and evidently for the purpose of throwing discredit upon the meeting, that the majority of those who took an active part in it were, by property or otherwise, directly interested in the West Indies, and induced by motives of a purely selfish nature to oppose the projected scheme of his Majesty's ministers. Even if this were true, which it is not, it would be no admis sible argument against their opposition. Do we find fault with the society of bankers forming an association to de tect and convict forgers ? Do we impugn householders passing resolutions for the apprehension of burglars ? Do we condemn a captain of a ship when he gives orders con trary to the judgment of his passengers, and who is s sup posed to give these orders from as strong a feeling of self- preservation as the hapless victims on his deck ? No, no. Why, then, should we censure men for boldly stand ing forward in defence of their own interests, and the in terests of those connected with them, by beating down the prejudices of morbid sentimentality, exposing the sophistries of conceit, and the ignorance of inex perience, and combating the whole array, regardless of envious attacks, or factious reprehension ? If the West Indians stood merely " upon their bond"—if they had no argument to offer save that of their several char ters—if they had no right, human or divine, save that which they derive from Acts of Parliament, they would nevertheless stand in this position, namely, that so long as there are law and justice in England—so long as there is an executive government to enforce that law —so long as there is a King upon the throne, and a court to hold the rightful balance between contending claimants, so long also would the rights of these parties be respected, and the last penny awarded them by a jury of their country. This, for the honour of the British name, we contend, would be the fair verdict, if none but West India plan ters and proprietors were the plaintiffs. But in this case it fortunately happens that the most distinguished advo cates of the planters, and the opponents of the ministerial scheme, have neither property nor direct interests in the welfare of the Colonies. Of these are Lord Com- BERMERE, and Admirals MARTIN and STOPFORD. They condemn the plan on the grounds of expediency ; and they fortify their arguments against it by facts which have come under their own observation, after a long residence on the several West India stations. Mr. HORSLEY PALMER, however, (the late Govenor of the Bank of England) is a still more unexceptionable wit ness. His reasons of dissent are founded upon the most legitimate of all bases. He considers the question as a purely national question. He disencumbers it of all selfish and personal. considerations. He justly grapples with it as one purely British—as one of universal policy —as applicable to the lowly investments of the poor as it is to the larger hazards of the affluent. Now, deeming him an impartial and disinterested witness, we:take leave to call him into court. What, then, does Mr. HORSLEY PALMER say ? We take an extract from his speech as reported in the Morning Chronicle. "Ministers have brought forward a measure which if it were possible to be carried (bravo, hear, hear), endangers the property of every man in this kingdom or its dependencies. (Loud and long continued cheering). What, my lord, do the West India planters rest their confidence in ?—not on one, but on,loo acts of parliament—all confirmatory of their rights. (Cheers.) Any minister who presumes to tamper with such security as this-- the highest and the best the state can give—endangers the fa bric of society by striking at the very foundation on which it stands—the security of property. (Cheering, and loud clapping of hands.) I am not so young but that I know a good deal of what took place in 1825—that year of consternation and dis tress; but that distress will be as nothing compared to what will take place if this shameful measure be persevered in. (Cheers.) I say, my lord, those ministers who have concocted this dis graceful piece of legislation have no notion whatever of the character of credit, and of confidence in this country. (Hear, hear.) The moment this proposition is agreed to, there is no secu rity for the funded property of the country. (Cheers.) What is that property secured and maintained by ? One act - of parlia ment. (Cheers.) What was the property of the West Indians seeured by ? One hundred acts of parliament. (Cheers.) I say there will be no security whatever for any property—in houses, land, or money, if this first act of gross violation and spoliation is permitted." Such a speech, homely in its terms, eloquent in its bursts of truth, and righteous in its condemnation of un merited injuries—such a speech, we venture to say, is unequalled for its force and justice in the English lan guage. We care not who the man is—we care not who the minister is—we care not what power of eloquence is brought to bear against it, for we defy the most able, or learned, or ingenious of the members of the cabinet, or the members of Aldermanbury-street, or all the other lay hirelings of the Government to confront Mr. PAL MER with a reasonable answer. He is not defending the colonies—he is standing up for the menaced property of his countrymen at the last hour of their peril. He, the most experienced of capitalists and fundholders, tells the national creditors that if they consent, to this spoliation scheme, their property is not worth a farthing. He tells them that should this plan be carried into execution in 1834, the panic of 1835 will exceed that of 1825 by at least an hundred degrees. In fact he hesitates not to declare that the initiation of this rapacious and unjust measure will lead to a general bankruptcy, and to uni versal plunder. Such is- and ever has been our own opinion. The inroad upon property began with the reform bill ; it is pushed for ward by the church-robbery bill ; it is recognized by the West India confiscation bill; and it, Will lead to. the sponging and obliteration of the national debt ! When that day comes, and it will follow with death-like certainty upon the footsteps of the colonial robbery, there will be a wail in London, and loud lamentation from one end of the kingdom to the other. It will not be the planter's widow, or the planter's orphan, who will alone raise this sound of woe. The sleepy annuitant and the oblivious fundholder, the confiding dotard and- the unconscious in fant will in one day be beggared. He that.dreamt over his five hundred a year, as he stole from Exeter-hall, proud of his philanthropy, making a religious robbery a . palliative for past errors, will on the next day, as he enters the Bank to receive his dividends, be told that there are no assets, no interest, no funds. Well, this will be cruel ; but it is justice based upon expediency and necessity, the uniform argument offered us by the anti-slavery party and the reformers of the West Indies. It is by no means an ineffectual way of bringing home to the understandings of men the importance of a ques tion, to show how that question affects their particular interests. Our last publication gave a general sketch of the enormous amounts of imports, exports, duties, and general expenditure, which have attached to our West India trade for the last 50 years. We will here show in detail what hove been the amounts of our exports only, in a few of the branches of manufacture and of agricultural productions which those calumniated possessions have taken from us as a part of the 190 millions sterling, which has been the aggregate of those exports within the period referred to. These, we say, are but a few ;—there are innumerable other ar ticles, of which it is as needless as it would be difficult for us to furnish similar details. We recommend the following list to the perusal of those who take any inte rest in this important question in the manufacturing dis tricts. Among the exports to the West Indies, in the last fifty years, are — Cotton Goods lOOO millions of yards. Linen Ditto Woollen Ditto Leather 2O millions of lbs. weight. Hats l2 millions. Iron and Steel . 300,000 tons. Hardware and Cutlery 700,000 cwts. Brass and Copper 500,000 cwts. Millwork and Machinery.... £2,000,000 sterling. Plate and Jewellery £1,000,000 sterling. Glass BO millions of pounds. Earthenware Soap and Candles 2OO millions of lbs. weight. Coals 2 millions of tons. Beer 500,000 casks. Butter and Cheese lOO millions of pounds. Beef and Pork . 500 millions of pounds. Herrings 900,000 barrels. LONDON LATEST NEWS. Wednesday Evening, Half:past Seven o'clock. The long talked of ratification of the " preliminary " treaty was received from Holland by ministers this morning, and we understand that an extraordinary Gazette will forthwith be is sued taking off the embargo on Dutch vessels, &c. Our leading 'people here treat this preliminary treaty as a mere humbug, and state that our Government is exactly in the situation it was at the outset of the dispute, and that the recognition of King Leopold by Holland is as far off as ever. The Fundholders seem to think the same, for Consols actuallyy declined instead of advancing, falling for the account from 8934 % to 89% 36, and although they finally closed at the former, the market was heavy. The effect on the Northern Stock is very slight, Dutch is 493 3(, Belgian 90 to 903, Brazilian closed at 68)4, and Greek at 38 to 40. We have commercial accounts from Calcutta to the 18th January : In European imports business was flat, the market not having recovered from the late shocks. In piece goods there has been some variety of sorts sold, but in small quanti ties, to suit immediate wants. There was, however, an advance in the price and demand of book muslins, and, as the last ar rivals from Liverpool and the Clyde had brought comparatively small stocks, an improved state of things ere long was looked for. Woollens had met no inquiry; and the sales of metals small and without alteration. There had been a great demand for government bills, and the rates were tending upwards. Freielit to London was £5 to £5 10s. for dead weight, and £5 to £6 10s. for light. The indigo market continued very active, and prices were well supported. There was also a fair demand for Saltpetre, but Sugar continued neglected. The Rice Mar ket was rather active in consequence of several orders from Europe. The advices from Paris state that Don Miguel's agents were very active there, and that it was intended to apply the g,reater part of the Miguel Loan to the enrolment of the soldiers of the En Garde Royal and to forward them to Lisbon. It is said the object was to raise a force of several thousand soldiers both infantry and cavalry. Advices have been received from Senegal to the 18th March. which are not so unfavourable as the preceding accounts. The Moors had not committed any fresh act of hostility. Gum it was expected would be very abundant this year. The Perth Gazette (Swan River) states the arrival of two natives from King George's Sound, named Manyat and Gyal lipert. They had been taken to obtain an interview with their fellow-aborigines of Swan River, who had assembled in consi derable numbers at Mongar's Lake, at the back of Perth, in order to ascertain the feelings and understanding that would ensue between them. The Swan River natives betrayed con siderable diffidence at the approach of the Europeans, but eagerly entered into conversation with anat and Galliert. The two dialects were, however, so differe M y nt as to be understood by the . .party only sufficiently for the interchange of the nam es of their respective districts and those of mine of the adjoining tribes. It was supposed the arrival of these natives would lead to the ultimate establishment of an amicable intercourse with the original possessors of the country throughout the Colony, a result much desired. The accounts from the Cape of Good Hope contain a very melancholy statement of the sufferings of the tribe called Baba rutsi situated beyond the colony, who had been driven from their country by the advance of that warlike tribe, the Zoolas, and although they had tied full six days' journey, they te woeref . still pursued by their implacable foe. They were in a sta absolute starvation. Numbers of them driven by despair ha d resolved to return back and rather perish by the spears of the Zoolas, than die the lingering death of famine. In attemp tin g this hundreds had been stabbed on the way. The missio naries on the frontier, with most praiseworthy humanity, had sent out two of their body with necessary attendants, and some ca ttle to conduct the remnant of the tribe to Grigna town, amount in g to about 800 persons, all left of many thousands. Such, how ever, were the sufferings endured on the road, that after tra velling during two days the sufferers refused to proceed further, with the exception of about fifty, who had proceeded to Molito, which they safely reached. It seems the Zoolas, who had been compelled to retire before Dingaan had rushed like a torrent upon the Barutsi country, and had entirely swept away the old inhabitants, the whole country being covered with skulls and human bones. One tribe, the Bahetti, had been entirely cut off, and another, the Barolongs, had been attacked in the night with such indiscriminate slaugh ter, that men, women, and children, had alike perished, not more than 300 of the tribe escaping, and those entirely of the male sex. At the last, accounts the Zoolas had attacked the tribe of Wankets, and had surrounded their town. LOCAL NEWS. KING'S BIRTH-DAL—While the noblest and the fairest in the land were engaged on Tuesday in offering their respectful con gratulations to the Majesty of England," on the return of the day set apart for the celebration of his birth , t he g ood town of Liverpool was not forgetful of the event. At an early hour, many a merry peal and royal standard, " wantoning in the breeze," according to the good old English custom, reminded us of this event, and we were not a little delighted at the spon taneity and universality of this feeling which induced allelasses to join in " honouring the king." All the ships in the several docks were decked out in their gayest attire, and even our ex cellent friends of the American republic, on this occasion, paid their deroirs to loyalty. During the day, the bells continued ring ing at intervals, and their inspiring music was re-echoed from the steeples of the adjacent neighbourhood. The effect from the heights was very pleasing, whether regarded merely through the sense of hearing or the more grateful sensation that loyalty, in spite of radicalism, is still the predominating characteristic of Britons. In the evening, a grand dinner was given at the Town-hall, by his Worship the Mayor. - On Wednesday night week, the offices of Messrs. Fitchett and Wagstaff, solicitors, in Warrington, were entered by thieves, who committed extensive havoc among the locks and bolts of the establishment. '1 he entire premises were ransacked, —drawers, desks, and doors were forced, and booty to the amount, we believe, of about was carried away. - The iron safe was the only depository which baffled the skill of the scoun drels. WORK HOUSE E LECT ios.—The contest between Mr. Hamm and Mr. Shipp was terminated on Tuesday morning, by the resignation of Mr. Harani, when Mr. and Mrs. Shipp were de clared duly elected governor and matron of the Liverpool Workhouse. CURIOUS OCCURSENCE.—On Sunday afternoon last, between five and six o'clock, several individuals who were standing on the shore beneath the cliffs opposite to New Brighton, observed a singular appearance on the water near the mouth of the river. On looking more intently, they discovered that the surface, as far as the organs of vision could extend, was literally alive with an immense shoal of porpoises, which were rolling forward with the most voracjous rapidity in pursuit of an apparently not less numerous flock of salmon. the latter, in their terror, and to avoid their assailants, kept continually . leaping from the water, and their dripping scales glittering in the bright rays of the sun, added an indescribable interest to a scene at once so cu rious and uncommon. The chase was continued up the river, until distance hid both the salmon and their pursuers from the ken of the spectators. A DIFFICULT LANGUAGE.—The pronunciation of some of the Polish words seems as nearly unapp roachable to En g lish b organs as anything short of impossibility can he. It has ecn said of the cognomen of one of the Polish generals, (a great man, but one of those "whose n ames, " as Lord Byron said, "want nothingbut pronunciation,") that in order to give it utterance one must sneeze twice, and add the . syllable sky. AN INDEPENDENT MINISTER.—The minister of an Inde pendent chapel at East Cowes has been (say the newspapers) deserted by his congregation, because he would be independent in the choice of a wife, and would not marry one chosen for him by his independent hearers. This might be an indepen dent chapel, but it does not seem to have been a chapel of case; and marriage, it is probable, will not tend to make it so. SECOND - EDITION. Standard Office, Three &clock. CORN EXCHANGE. • FRIDAY, 31st MAY, Two o'cLock. To-day our Market was thinly attended, and only bS , town dealers, whose inluiries for Wheats were confined to picked lots of Cumberland and Scotch white at Bs. Sd. to 95., and of the best north of Ireland red at 7s. 3d. to 7s. 5d., all other kinds were neglected. Micklane Oats were sold at 2s. 7d., and all descriptions held with increased confidence. Some speculative business was done in prime Oatmeal at 21s. 6d. to 225., which prices were only got in retail on Tuesday. All other articles are nominally without alteration in value, but no buyers. COTTON MARKET, FRIDAY, NooN. • The demand to-day is good, and 3,000 to 4,000 bags sold at full prices, of which 800 are Alaranham, 9id. to id. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY, 31st May.—Noon, ARRIVED :—Vrow Catherine, Trantes, from Flushing ; Charles, Pe ters, Ostend ; Francis and Henry, Dodgson, Cardiff; Cleveland, Wil liams, and Dilligence, Griffiths, Newport; Charlotte and Caroline, Bangor, Memel:- Shannon, Racket. hence, at Limerick. Two Brothers, Dillon, hence, at Dublin. Grand Turk; —, hence for Boston, was spoken with ou the 12th instant, in lat. 40, long. 37. SAALErh—Lapwing, Osborne, for Lisbon; Swallow, M`Kean, Bar celona ; Evergreen, Corkhill, Beunos Ayres ; Triton, Moller, Elsi neur ; Lord Stanley, Hall, Quebec ; Twee Getroders, Folkerts, Os tend. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, 31st MAY. •Passed Great Ormshead, inward bound. No. 52, Porter, 8.8., from Lima. 636, Stealingshire, 8.8., from London. MANCHESTER MEETING. WEDNLSDAY, MAY 29. The Produce Stakes of 50 sovs. each, was won by Mr. Houlds worth's b c by Buzzard, beating Lord Westminster's br c by Filho da Puta and Ur f Honeymoon.—Four paid. The Wilton Stakes of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added, by Mr. Houldsworth's b h Contest, beating Lord Derby's gr c Falcon bridge and Mr. Beardsworth's br c Wolv e rh am pton. A Free Handicap Stakes of 40 sovs. e a c h, with 30 sovs added, by Sir. R. W. Budireley's hl f Jemima, beating Mr. Loy's br c Lelevo; Mr. Ridehalgh b f Sally Barlow, and two others. • . His Majesty's Plate of 100 s., by Mr. Wheeldon's - br Giovanni ; beating Mr. Houldsworth's b h Contest ; Mr. Williamson's br h The Earl.—Eight drawn. THURSDAY. The St. Leger Stakes, of 25 sovs. each, by Mr. Houldsworth's b c Ostrich, beating Sir T. Stanley's ch f La Grace, Mr. S. L. Fox's b c Larkspur, and three others. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, with 50 sovs. added, by Lord Derby's eh c Magus, beating Mr. Cock's hl c Inheritor, Mr. Houldsworth's b I Partridge, and three others. A Piece of Plate or Gold Cup, value 100 guineas, by Mr. Leicester's b c Physician; beating Lord Derby's gr h Specula tsr ; and M r . B uc kl ey ' s b f Sally B arlow. A Plate of £6O, by Mr. Oates's b f Venus; beating Mr. Griffin's b f Mignionette; and Mr. Robinson's b c by Lottery. DUTCH EMBARGO TAKEN OFF. (From the London Gazette Extraordinary of May 29.) At the Court at St. James's, the 29th of May, 11333. PRESENT, THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY IN COUNCIL. It is this day ordered by his Majesty in Council, that his Majesty's Order in Council of the 6th of November last, direct ing that no ships or vessels belonging to any of his Majesty's subjects be permitted to clear out for any of the ports within the dominions of the King of the Netherlands, until further orders, and that an embargo be laid upon all s hip s an d vesse l s belonging to the subjects of the King of the Nethelands, which then were, or which should thereafter come, into any of the ports harbours, or roads, within any part of his Majesty's dominions, and that the commanders of his Majesty's ships of war should detain and bring into port all merchant ships and vessels bearing the flag of the Netherlands be revoked, and the same is hereby revoked accordingly. And it is hereby further ordered, that the said embargo be taken oft; and that all such ships and vessels be permitted to depart with their cargoes to their respective ports of destination; and the Right Hon. the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, are to give the necessary directions therein, as to them may respectively appertain. WM. L. BATHURST. THE FLORAL AND HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. The second floral exhibition for the season took place at the Corn Exchange on Wednesday last, and a finer display of ex quisite flowers we never beheld. The company was numerous and fashionable, and the ladies, taking a hint from the lilies of Solomon, appeared there in all their splendOur. Let no man who sets any value upon his heart, or his peace of mind, go rashly among the tulips! Those that were ticketed were not the most estimable. Talk of £5OO, indeed, for a brace reared under the care of William Konnig himself!—we saw some, at our exhibition, worth from £50,000 to any sum not exceeding the national debt! The exotics were splendid and numerous; but commend to us the indigenous plants of our own soil—the fucias in perennial bloom—the lustrous roses that have hailed the morning and the evening sun in undying beauty and fra grance for the last thirty years—the geraniums that have stood all weathers, ever rich, and bright, and young, not forgetting those lovely tribes of the blue and yellow that hang their flowing , ringlets in the eye of day, and throw their tendrils, with a rare ness of affe c ti on , an d i n th e sp i r it o f universal benevolence, over all the y meet. Beauteous innocents! But a word about turnips and carrots, green pease and pine apples, cauliflowers and cucumbers. Alf these were exceed ingly fine ; but we could not help thinking that most of them would hav e l oo k e d b etter had they been dressed—not dressed like the tulips—mercy forbid !—but by the hands of Peggy our sober cookinaid. Wfiere should a turnip rest but by the side of a leg of mutton boiled ? And what beauty can ther e b e dis cerned in a dish of green pease unless they a young duck, smoking f rom the fire, and sending up his incense to those who delight to honour it after the custom of our forefathers. As to the pines, it is cruelty to exhibit them except in the presence of a decanter of royal claret or imperial burgundy. Cauliflowers are au a bomination when lying upon a table by themselves. We sincerely hope that these hints will be attended to in fu ture. The prizes were awarded as follows : PREMIER, PRIZES. —lst Pan, Unknown Washington, Si am, I ncomparable, Triumph Royal, and Dolittle, Mr. W. Turner, £3 3 s . ; 2cl Pan, Polyphemus, Catafalque, Queen Charlotte, Washington, Rose Domingo, and Lady Crew, Mr. T. PYke, £2 2s. PREMIER STOVE PLANTS.—Ist, Denderobium Secun dum, Mr. R. Harrison, £3 35.; 2d, Cactus Jenkinsonia, Mr. G. Cu nningham, £2 2s. PREMIER GREENHOUSE PLANTS.—Ist, Elichrysum Hurnii' P. Ellam es , E sq . £2 2 5 . ; 2d, L ac h ena lti a Formosa, Ditto, £1 Is. FEATHERED BIZARRE.—Ist Prize, Trafalgar, Mr. T. Roby, 10s. ; 2d, Page's George IV, Mr. John Pulford, Bs. ; 3d, Unknown, Mr. W. Turner, 65.; 4th, Sidney Smith, Mr. di PYke, 4s. ; :. Savoy, M r . T. P sth, Catafalque, Mr. T. Roby, 35.; 6th. Due , 7th, 1e 2s. • Surpass C)ptimus, Ditto, FEATHERED BYBLCEMEN.—Ist Prize, Bagott, Mr. T. Roby, los. ; Maitre par Tout, Mr. W. Turner, Bs.; 3d, Seedling, Ditto, 65.; 4th Washington, Ditto, 4 5.; sth, Row bottom's Incomparable , 'Ditto, 35.; 6th, Reine de Amber, Ditto,2s._; 7th Nice and Tight, Mr. T. Harrison, ls. FEATtiERED 'ROSE.—lst Prize, Hero of the Nile, Mr. T. Roby, 105 • 2d, Heroine, Mr. T. Pyke, Bs.; 3d, Wallvmrth, Mr. J. Pdford, 65.; 4th, Holden's Rose, Mr. W. Turner, 45. ; s th, Gloria Alborum, Mr. 'F. Pyke, 3s. ; 6th, Rose few Valeurs,, Mr. W. Turner, 2s• •• 7th Due de Bronte, Mr. T. Pyke, i s , FLAMED BIZARRE.-Ist Prize, Phcenix, Mr. R. Woods, 10s.; 2d, Farrandes Liberty, Mr. W. Turner, 8s• ; 3 d, Sur pass Lacantique, ditto, 6s. ; 4th, Grand Cairo, Ditto, 45.; sth, Sir Sidney Smith, Mr. T. Pyke, 3s. ; 6th, Lustre, Mr. W. Turner, 25.; 7th, Charbon Noir, Mr. T. I'vke, Is. FLAMED BYBLCEMEN.-Ist Prize, Atlas, - Mr. T. Pyke, TAM 2D Tri ump h d e Li s l e, M r. W. Turner, Bs.; 3d, Violet Wailers, Mr. T. Roby, 65.; 4th, Alexander Magnus, Mr. T. Pyke,.4s.• sth, Diada Brune, Mr. W. Turner, 35.; 6th, Un known, Ditto, 25.; 7th, Violet fond Noir, Mr. R. Woods, is. FLAMED ROSE: Ist Prize, Vesta, Mr. W. Turner, 10s.; 2d, Uni que, Ditto, Bs.; ad, Rio de Cerise, Mr. T. Pyke, 65.; 4th, Triumph Royal, Mr. R. 'Woods, 45.; sth, Rose Cornelia, Mr. W. Turner, 35.; 6th, Lord Hill, Mr. T. Pyke, 25.; 7th, Rose Grande, Mr. W. Turner, Is. DOUBLE.-I s t Priz e , M arr i age de ma fille Mr. R. Woods, 6s. SELFS.-Ist P r i ze, M r. T. Pyke, 65.; 2d, Mr. T. Harrison, 55.,- 3d, Mr. T. R o b v , 45.; -101, Mr. W. Turner 3s. STOVE.—lst P r i ze , Pancratium Amanchus, Mr. R. Harrison, £1 Is.; 2d, Ixora Cocciuea, C. Horsfall, Esq. 155.• 3d, Cactus Specioissi mus, P . Ell ames, E sq. 10 s.; 4th, Oncidium Cuppe mum, Mr. R. llarrison, 7s. 6d.; sth, Erythrrna Crista Galli, C. Horsfall, Esq. 55.; 6th, Besleria Pulehella Ditto, 35.; 7th, Sinninga Guttata, Ditt o , 2 s . Gd. ; B t h, C ac t us gpecissa, Ditto, 2s GREENHOUSE.--I s t Prize, Elichyrsum Profiferum, H. Wil son, Esq. 155.; 2d, Salpaglosum InteeTifolium, Mr. G. Cun ningham, 12.; 3d, Fuschia Globosa, Ditto, 10s.; 4th, Mela leuca Fulgins, Mr. W. Skirving, 75.; sth, Calceolaria Picta, Ditto, 55.; 6th, Eutaxia Pungens, Mr. G. Cunningham ' 35.; 7th,. Morandia B arc l avana , Nl r . C ro pp er , 2 s . 6d. ; Bth,Epa chns Grandiflora, Mr. - Booth, 2s. ERICAS.—Ist Prize, Odorata, H. Wilson, Esq. 155.; 2d, Pat tersonie, Mr. It. Preston 125.; 3d, Ventricosa Carnes, Mr. G. Cunningham, 10s.; Hybrida, Mr. T. Davis, Bs.; sth, Mutabilis, Messrs. Whalley, 75.; 6th, Linnea Supdrba, Mr. R. Preston, Gs.; 7th, Vestila Coccinea, Mr. Cunningham, 55.; Bth, Translusius, P. Ellames, Esq. 4s. PELARGONIUMS.-Ist Prize, Seedling, Mr. Walker, 12s; 2d, Willinurianum, Mrs. Cropper, W ' s• 3d, Glorianum, Mr. Dobs on , 7s. 6d ; 4th, Humie, 111 r. T. A ke . r r, 6 „.5.; Yarborou g h, C. Tavleur, Esq., ss; 6th, Victory, . T. Walker, 4s; 7th, D. - O'Connelly, Ditto, 3° HERBACEOUS.-Ist Prize, S e hizanthus s Hookeria Mr. G Cunningham, 12s; 2d, Lupines 1114. J. RI Freme, 10s; d, Gladiolus Cardinales, Mr. W. Smith, 7s. 6d; 4th, Verbena Charnedrifolia, Mrs ; Cropper,_ n 6.; sth, Goum Esq.,s; 6 c. t i l A theneum Liliastrun Coccinea, C. Horsfall, cyprir Pubescens, Ditto, 3s; l Mr. W. Smith, 4s; 7th, B th, Antopogons Dalichampit Mr. w 2s. HARDY SHRUBS.—Ist Prize, Azalia, Coccinea Speciosa, Mr. G. Cunningham, 10s. 6d ;. 2d, .Priesentissina, Ditto, 8s; 3d, Lutia Crocia, Messr . s. Whalley, 7s; . 4th, Esealonia Flori bunda, Mrs. Cropper, Messrs sth, Hellantheinum Marifolium, Ditto, ss. ORANGE TREE.-Ist Prize, Mr. W. S m i t h , F u ll woo d , 10 s. 6d; 2d, Mr. John Lee, es. 6d. CUT FLOWERS, Messrs. Whalley, 10s. 6d; 2d, Mrs. J. R. Freme, 7s. 6d; 3 d, Mr. Ellar nes , ss; 4th, Mrs. Cropper, 3s. 6d. BASKET OF PLANTS. -Ist Prize, Mrs. Cropper, 15s; 24, Mr. R. Preston, 10s. 6d; 3d, T. Davis, 7s. 6d; 4th, C. Tay leur, Esq., ss, DOUBLE DAHLIAS.-Ist Prize, Countess of Liverpool, Mr. W. Skirving, 7s. (id; 24, Donna Maria, Mr. West, ss; 3d, Crim son Gl o b e, Mr. W. Skirving, 4s; 4th, Alexander, Mr. We s t, 3 s; s t h , D uc h ess of Kent, - Mr. Topham, 2s; 6th, Black Turban, P. Ellames, Esq., is. PEONEY.—Ist Prize, Papavaracea, Mrs. Cropper, 7s. 6d.; 2d, Arborea, M rs . J. lt. F rem e, 6d ; 3d, Officinalis Plena. Mr. Whittingham, ss; 4th, Albicans, Mr. West, 4s; sth, Lobata, Messrs. Whalley, 3s; 6th, Albiflora, Mrs. Cropper, 2s, PlNE.—lst Prize, Mr. John Lee, 15s; 2d, Ditto, 10s. Gd; 3d, Mr. S. Woodhouse, 7s. 6d. BLACK GRA PES.—lst Prize, Mr. T. Davis, 15s; 2d, Mr. Henry, 10s. 6d ; 3d, Mr. Topham, 7s. 6d. WHITE GRAPES.—Ist and '2d Prizes, Mr. Thomas Davis; 3d, Mr, J, Roberts, Chester. 11 TO THE EDITOR OF THE Ll "ER.POOI, STSNDARD. Sin,—As the crisis is npproachi would seem, the existence of the I r vjci V l hrr i:i c . V s 6t. l4:e —ri l. briF- Tlll „ i e n ) l44e :., i-1 .. its inteoTity, the opponents of th i t - ft6oqt- cpAlk s '‘7 . ; f 4., anxiety to its reception in the House ó IMI3-,- - ;.p4t 1 4-644 11 Y to the conduct of the. bishops thereupon. 1.0/1141eaittOile per sous who think, or affect to think, that the tide is setting in too strongly against the established church to admit of its being successfully stayed by any human efforts, and that the episco pal body should not, from a sense of prudence, offer any vehe ineut opposition to the proposal of Lord Althorp, if they wish, not to accelerate their own downfall. The tiger which has once slaked his thirst with human blood is said to prefer it after wards to every other banquet; and they who shall have rioted in the plunder of the Irish church will not be .prevailed upon, by any concession or supineness on the part of the natural de fenders of our venerable establishment, to withold their hands . from further sacrilege. If the Irish branch of the national church be doomed to fall, the English will not long remain un assailed ; indeed the tocsin has been already sounded, but some am so deaf that they will not hear. lam therefore tempted to transcribe souse remarks of Thomas s Becket, an extraordinary man, whose character, it would appear from documents lately published in the British Review, has been hitherto strangely misunderstood or misrepresented; these remarks form part of his address to certain c on t emporary bi shops, who were advising him to yield to the demands of the second Henry. Would that they could be read by every bishop, nay, by every public man of the present day, and particularly by one whose conduct has caused him, whether justly or not I will not determine, to be suspected by all consistent friends of the established church—l mean the Bishop of London. "But, say your lordships, we must make concessions to the temper of the times.' Granted ; but not vi c io u s concessions to v icious tempers. Know, my lords, that this temper of the times is the very thing which ' constitutes your trial. When is it, I pray you, that a Bishop is called upon to expose himself to dan ger ? Think ye that it is in tranquil times, or in disturbed times ? Your lordships will surely blush to answer • in tranquil times.' Remember, therefore, that when the Church is troubled, then it is that the Shepherd of the Church must expose himself. Think not, that if the Bishops of old times were called on to found the Church of Christ on their blood, we in these times are less called on to shed ours in its defence." ---- filese:Mr. Editor, are the burning words of one who. did nut shrink from practising the lesson which he taught. It is true the temper of the times may be so far altered, that the present hierarchy may not be called on to shed their blood, though a frantic mob has but lately . shown itself not too scrupulous in this matter. An English minister, however, the one who even now directs the councils of his too gracious master, has already warned them to set their houses in order; this may be uo idle threat, and the Bishops may be compelled to forego the rights and privileges of their order. Let them, in God's name, do so with dignity and an approving:conscience, rather than purchase a brief security to themselves, by a base surrender of that Church which they have sworn to defend.—Yours, 23tc. E. LONDON POLICE. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday Thomas Gilson, senior, a bummeree, or retailer of fish in Billingsgate, was brought before the Lord Mayor, for having followed Mr. Goldham, the clerk of the market, from place to place, with a loaded stick, a blow of which, inflicted by a man of moderate strength, would fell an ox. It was proved that the defendant had been, in consequence of repeated arts of misconduct., interdicted the run of the market by Mr. Goldharn; that he threatened Mr. Goldham, who found it necessary to wrest the dangerous instrument from his hands, and that the stick had been made heavy within the last few days for the purpose of real mischief. The Lord Mayor.—What is the general character of the old man ? Mr. Goldham, to the surprise and amusement of the crowd in the justice-room, gave the following account of Gilson :—" I have had a great deal of trouble, my Lord, with the defendant, who is constantly in the habit of imposing on the public by the tricks of his trade. He puts the gills of fresh fish into the bodies of fish that have been long dead, and he also supplies the heads of stinking fish with fresh eves. Sometimes he throws a little blood amongst the pale old gills of a fish, and the old ladies are deceived by the freshness of the appearance; the cod or meek erel actually looking as if it had just passed the agonies of death, and they throw down their money with pleasure for a prize which, when they get it home, turns out to be as bad as a three week's old milt." (Great laughter.) The Lord Mayor.—l have often heard of giving new feathers to birds, and of making a " wonderful crocodile" of the'skin of a buffalo lined with block tin (laughter), but I never heard of making up food iu the market before. Mr. Goldham.—lt was only the other day that he imposed a Dutch plaice upon an old lady for what he called a turbot, (Laughter). She said "Oh dear, a turbot! a young under grown turbot, I suppose?" "yes Ma'am (says he), just like a paraquet, what's like a parrot, but younger and. more tender." So the lady took home her turbot, and' it was more tender sure enouh. (Great laughter.) The lady came down the next day, but rom was too a good a judge to be there. She had paid 3s. for the turbot, and he had sold its fellows, when good at 4d. a-piece. The Lord Mayor.—ls it true, defandant, that you act in this way ? Gilson.—Why, my Lord, they do put new gills and eyes into the fish what comes up to the market; but, liowsomdever, the fish an't the worse for having bad eyes and white gills. The fish may be good fish thougli his eyes is sore (laughter), but there's some people as won't have no fish as an't perfect every where, and so we're obligated for to please'em, and we do put in a fresh eye or two what looks bright, and the moment they sees the eyes glisten they says I'll have that un. -(Loud laughter.) Howsomdever, we never beautifies barrin the fish is good fish. The Lord Mayor (to Mr. Goldham).—And is it the fact that people are imposed upon by this sort of dealing? Mr. Goldham.—Not a doubt of it, my Lord. A lady bought a turbot a short time ago from this man , an d as i t h a d been ly ing by on his form for some time, it began to get flabby. To remedy this defect he shored a stick up the - body, which, of course, became quite stiff enough, and lie soon found a cus tomer. Down came the lady next day, to the terror of the de fendant, who,-however, had not much reas on t o b e f r i g h tene d , for she 'says to him, "My good man, I don't blame sou, but we couldn't cat a bit of the poor turbot Yesterday. Do you know that the poor unfortunate fish must I;ave suffered a great deal of agony,, for upon boiling him, we found that he had swal lowed a piece of timber very nearly as long as himself." (Laugh ter.) Gilson.—But the fish was good, please your lordship. This lady did'nt think there was any good in him if he wan't as stiff as a poker; and I thinked it no harm for to ram a bit of clean wood in him, for to make it an out and out caper. (Laughter.) She might have et him if she chuse, for the wittles lie got a'ter the life was out on him thine him no harm. The Lord Mayor.—Wen, you hare acted candidly at any rate, and confessed that you are a practised impostor; but pray what sort of blood dteylgonucolour th e g ill s o f t h e fi s h w i t h ? please you, my l or d ; an y bl oo d as t ' r (to the do you get is Gilson.—ltareracMayor ia d an o yd n o. signify, defendant.)—Howe iis t 0 for d o ctoring fish in thi s manner, to cheat the public with ? ' Gilson.—l'd like to have a little to do in that way, my for, but not for cheating. I takes pride in beautifying the watery hanimals, but they never stinks in my hands.—(Laughter.) The Lord Mayor.—For all that, I'll make you find bail. Here the son of the defendant, also a fish-retailer, but a re spectable young man, offered bail, and it was immediately re ceived. The Lord Mayor said lie found that, although lie was in formed, by what he considered a very high authority, that Cos ter had committed an offence on board the hulks, and had been punished with a flogging, there was no foundation fur the re port. He took that opportunity to correct the impression that must have gone abroad, that that ingenious person, who, his lordship hoped, was about to take his farewell for ever, had been so injudicious as to incur a fresh penalty. SINGULAR LOVE AFFAIR.—A very neatly dressed old maiden lady named Sarah Smales was brought up charged by a young gentleman, an Indigo broker, under the following circumstances, the detail of which caused some laughter. The complainant, who evidently pitied the object of his ac cusation, stated that the defendant had been employed by him to take care of his house in the City some time ago, and was respected by him. She, however, took into her head to look upon him in the light not altogether agreeable to most masters, for she regarded him with an eye of love. The poor old woman fancied too that her love was returned, and she at length be came so complete a bore that he was obliged to dispense with her services altogether, as the only means of getting rid of the painful encumbrance of her affections. She,immediately after her discharge, commenced a paper war, which she soon turned into a series of hostilities against his windows, and as the result of her misplaced and unrequited attachment, began to assume the ap pearance of serious cperations, he thought it was necessary to appeal to the strong power of the law, which had no gallant pre ference of the sex. She had just smashed four panes of glass, and he believed she meant to give him the benefit of the full light and air of Heaven. The Lord Mayor hoped that the complainant had not given any encouragement to the defendant. (Laughter.) The defendant declared that she had reason to believe that he preferred her to all the rest of her sex. She confessed that she had conceived for him a very tender regard, but she now considered him unworthy of her affection, for after he had "thrown a flame over her," and caught hold of her love, he suddenly grew cold and insensible. The Lord Mayor thought that such conduct was extremely disrespectful to a lady who had so much superiority upon the score of years. (A laugh.) His lordship expressed a wish to know the substance of the letters which the defendant had written. The complainant stated that the poor old lady gene rally commenced her epistles in the t en d er way, but her style gradually ran into the violent and the vindictive. She accused him of sorcery, of having cast a charm over her, and of denying her the return of an affection which had become a portion of her existence. But what annoyed him most was the smashing of his windows. — The Ler(k Mayor did not think that a man was at all to blame for not falling in love with his grandmother, and had no idea of censuring the complainant for feeling dissatisfaction at the mischief done to his windows, because he was deaf to the voice of love. !(Laughter.) His lordship said he had no doubt that the defendant would be improved by a day or two's cool visit to Mr. Teague, the Governor of the Compter. The complainant appeared unwilling that any thing like se verity should be exercised towards her, and was assured that she should be treated wirh the greatest kindness. Ile had a respect for her, he said, and could in no way account for her in fatuation. The Lord Mayor--It is indeed infatuation, and it is odd that no age is exempt from it amongst the ladies. I remember a scene which occurred iu the presence of certain parish officers. They were sitting at their wine at the workhouse one day, and they called the matron of the house, who was 96 years of age, before them, to solve a difficulty in which they were placed in the course of their conversation. The churchwarden said to her, " You must not suppose, my dear madam, that we mean any offence to you, but be good enough to inform us at what age a female drops all idea of being in love?" The matron turned her back with ineffable scorn upon the gentlem an , an d mum bled out, through her toothless jaws, " How can I answer such a question? You must ask some one who is longer in the world," (Great laughter.) Now, said his lordship, I think the defendant could have no objection to marry you, after all. Defendant—Oh dear, to be sure, I'd like him of all things. (Laughter.) The defendant was then, for a few days, consigned to the care of Mr. Teague, who had directions to treat her very kindly. Amongst the thousand and one projects for paving off the national debt, one, propounded som e t we l ve mouths ago, called upon the ladies to appropriate a portion of their pin-money to this very laudable object; the ingenious coucoctor of the scheme proving to demonstration that the sums now devoted to articles of the toilet, and to the purchase of superfluous silks and so, tins, would supply, in a given period, ample funds for the pay ment of the whole 1:800,000,000. Lord Althorp, we suppose, is fully convinced of the practicability of the plan, as it is now patronized by government, and books have been opened at the National Debt Office, to receive donations, &c., under the title of "The Ladies Contribution for the Gradual Reduction of a part of the National Debt." ter to t.