The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-06-04 00:00:00

TIIIIATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. . - The new Play of TIE WIFE continuing to be received on each representation with the most rapturous applause, will be reheated To-morrow Evening. TFirst night of th e new Farce of MR. and MRS. PRINGLE. HIS present TUESDAY, th e 4 t h i nstant, w ill b e per formed Shakspeare's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Richard, Duke of Glo'ster Mr. Vandenhoff. Queen Elizabeth Miss Huddart. Atter which, for the first time here, a new Farce, as produced this se ason at the Theatre-Royal Drury-lane, with distinguished success, called MR. and MRS. PRINGLE. John Brush M r. B rowne . -Mr. Peter Pringle..Mr. Baker—Mrs Pringle..Mrs. Clarke. To conclude with a Comic Drama, (in one Act) called MANCEUVRING. Finesse Mr. Browne. fount de Villa e Mayor Mr. Cooke . Costanza. . . . Miss Eyre I Zauetta....Mrs. Clarke. On WEDNESDAY under the patronage of Colonel, Egerton, and the Officers of the Cheshire eomanr avalry, • The popular New Pla Julian St. Pi erre.. Mr. Vand enhoff WlVE Mariana.. Miss Huddart. After which, the favourite New Farce of SECND , wh ich continues to be t e ceived w THOUGHTS th e universal approbation. Mr. Jabber.. Mr. Browne I Mr. Sudden.. Mr. Baker. Mrs. Trapper Mrs. Clarke. The new and int erest i ng b rama of EL L EN WAREHAM , with arm been rece i ved on the first and second representations distinguished approbation, will be shortly repeated. Places in the Boxes may be taken of Mr. Parker, at the Box office, from Ten till Three. Lower Boxes 45.; Upper . Boxes 3s. 6(1 ; Pit 2s. 6(1. • Gallery is. Doors t o be opened at Half-past Six, the Performance to commence at Seven precisely. Vie liibcrpoot Atanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1833. We have received Montreal papers to the 2Sth April, but they contain little or nothing worth extracting. We observe that- Captain B ACK an d hi s p ar ty l e ft th a t place for the northern regions on the 27th of April. We have also New York papers to the 9th May, but th ey are equally barren of intelligence. The New York Qazette makes the following sensible remarks upon that crazy old eccentric, ex-sheriff PARKINS : The Montreal Vindicator publishes the trial of Ex-Sheriff Parkins,for Slander, as recently decided b2fore Judge Betts °I. N. Y . ., and adds respecting the sheriff, We know this man personally --he is. h a i r -b ra i ne d, nex t t o a con fi rme d ma d m an ` l5 is, in other words, a madman unchained. We consider it persecution of the most positivelind to be hunting this poor 'creature from court to court, as he is hunted in the States, b merely b ecause he has, property. We have been talking with apparently in a s t a t e o f tranqu illit y, in the streets of New ork, and he has suddenly begun to curse the president, the government of the United States, and the whole of the people Mto th e b argain, and brought about both tall-er and talkee a ‘' olo mob o f b oys and women. Th i s man oug h t to b e put i nto 11,11 hands of guardians. It would he more creditable than to e stripping tripping him of the last shilling in this way." hiin of his last shilling, indeed ! Our friends 43 , ve r the water know the wav too well. to rd ALTRORP'S reduction of five-sixteenths of a penny ict e d nn ttoa wool h as p ro d u ced the result which we pre " would do at the time. Yesterday the first sale took b a Place sin ce th e re d uc tion, and upwards of 8,000 khl 'es were so ld at a r i se o f one - e i g h t h per lb. Th e re - T eti eN therefore, is clearly' a boon to the Americans. The manehester spinners, who persuaded Mr. POULETT th inl tscrs into this paltry trick, and who have formally thanked Lord A LTIIORP f or ma king it an item of his s ll ,l et, have gai ne d nothing, for the loss of revenue only : us the profits of the American cotton growers. And th c an tell th ese h onest gent l emen muc h more th an a ll b u l d s.. The speculation to which the reduction of the to get gave rise w ill m a k e th em pay more for their cot d:it • t han they would have done had . they allowed the thj !° reraain as it was. The quantity of cotton is less ri a !t Was at the same period last year, and it is in fewer 11 ' , so that a farther rise is confidently expected. 'e provisions of the monetary or currency reform bill tare th announced by Lord ALTRORP in the House of Com --°43 en Friday last, and they will be found in another b Co, b "It• It will be sewn that this curious measure has eea i ntroduced jay what is called a side-wind, or, in other AO s, has been smuggled into the house under the gar '4 euts sof the Old L a d y o f Th rea d nee dl e - stree t. Th e rea der must give his undivided attention to the project, it le one of first-rate importance, and of ten times more --sport ance than it appears to be at the first blush. 9c'lt is not many days since Lord ALTHORP, i n the most . e t l , 1 1 te nns, deprecated every proposition which should ? h"' ' o r its obje c t th e a lt era ti on o f th e c urrency. He had ,• - ,, e11 s uch an in s ti nct i ve a bh orrence o f p a p er money, and j 'co a strong relish for the auri sacra fames, that the very ta mper d epreciatio n a l mos t th rew hi m into a fever. To ` 4 ruPer wi t h th e whole the currency, he contended, was to throw mercantile world into new convulsions, unsettle Public credit, bring on a panic, and reduce' the nation once mere to a state bordering upon bankruptcy. the 0 1 were th e sent i ments o f L or d A LTIIOBP a t or a b o ut 1 ; ° 1' ti me whe n th e present now f u ll moon s h owe d h er first t 11 1; but -0 miseras hominum mentes !—here we find t ge same Lord ALTBORP coming forward with a measure ° u nsettle t h at whi C h he deemed it treason to touch, an d sacrile ge to talk about—to change the currency of the ;untry—to set aside the final settlement of 1819—to fling EE L 's bill i nto th e fi re — an d place t h e w h o l e o f our cir ,tu'lating mediu m upon a new b as i s! D eny i t w h o may , t e Pronounce the present measure to be a positive repeal, I ° l a ll pra c ti ca l in tents and purposes, of the bill of 1819. O w ittomAs ATTWOOD, and old COBBETT, and all the c ep of them, must laugh! is W e shall pass over the minor details very quickly. It B o f littl e or no consequence to the country whether the til t of England i s p a id £248 , 000 , or only £128,000 per is u m' for th e m a nagement o f t h e national debt ; and it equally unimportant whether its monopoly continues e,. ." 1. e leven or twenty-one years. It is also of trifling con `htntnent whether some ten or a dozen joint stock banks s t . -°lll d be established in different parts of the kingdom, e 6 n r th ey cannot issue more money than is required, or ~- , n cl eet their business more admirably, or more benefici -"Y, for themselves and the public, than the present pro vincial bank ers. th tut it is a sweeping change—we mean that proposed by e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—tO make the notes t o r the b ank of England a legal tender all over the coun vrY ; and it i s rtb a perilous project to make these notes con needii le into e=street,"but gold, not only when presented in Thread the king, au, at all its branch establishments in of L ord l two propositions embrace the marrow ALTIIORP.4ese refor m in the currency. Let us, th ere f ore u ;examine them more narrowly. Is it meant that the Bank of E n gl an d s h a ll b e li a bl e t o pay all ,70 th'lutes, at its several b ranc h es, i n gold On the face e prop os i t i on this is clearly indicated, but we are boun d to c onc l ude that it not mean what it expresses. 4._e are bound i n c h arity to presume that the terms used 4`riec i P u rely of th e Al t h orpian order, expressing one thing n et si gnifying anothe r . I t cannot sure l y b e i nten d e d , ta_ witith stan ding the provision to this eff e ct, that any great r° the B ah st of E ngland shall have it i n hi s p ower t o com p e l br aticu ank a England t o c l ose i ts several or any one of its "es C hit an a gainst the d eman d f or go ld , an d v i rtua l ly com - tible act of insolvency ? If i ts notes b e ma d e conver pi 111 to gold at these branches, what would prevent any talist of London or Liverpool, in a moment of false es r93. or P'que. or otherwise, from carrying into one of 4 4terel branch banks far more paper than it is possible for n, tto have gold to ~e very converse of what he contemplates. is 11 .rn ere, th en, ; ,epossible that the Ls a dilemma at the very starting post. It Paper which is to be a legal ten beingr an . be converted into gold except in London. This t„. the case, the "'ssaril v d r i r i nconvertibility of paper must ne it t o L. e all the gold out of the provinces and send ent_,;: g uu n un.. What then is to constitute our small cir ttleasttiethe medium ? Liverpool is differently situated from r towns, and therefore we shall not argue upon 44 plyoa l e a d case; but let us take Exeter, Bristol, Hull, .tou, Notwich, Birmingham, York, Durham, h 41 )aven, N ewoastle-upon-Tyne, and Carlisle. 'Sup " S in t ha t - try g in either of these places a man takes a coun ,ptinaok-note for £5 and demands sovereigns, is it not bo und with the banker to refuse him ? He is not to PayP.llabl hi s note in sovereigns. He is only corn ' to pay i n t h e legal tender, and that is Bank of England paper. He may tender a Bank note in payment of his own note, and this is all which the proposed law would oblige him to do. Whence, then, can we procure our small money ? In the absence of sovereigns wee must have one pound notes; and if these are denied, why, by Lord ALTHORP'S measure, we must invent some thing in their place, or pay a premium for gold and sil ver, or carry on our business without having any legal tender under five pounds ! Stich is the most nonsensical and absurd measure which the noble CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER has pro mulgated under the wing of the Bank charter renewal bill. It is perfecly inoperative. It is as glaring a blun der as any of the nine hundred and ninety-nine which the noble lord has committed since in an evil hour he took upon himself the managernent of the finances of an unfortunate country. It is true that the convertibility of bank notes may be limited to the notes of the particular branch at which they had been issued. This, however, is not expressed in the provisions of the plan; but even if it were so, the matter would not be mended. The Bank of England is not boUnd to issue notes at its branch establishments, and as prudent men, should this plan be carried into effect, they would take care either to issue as few as possible, or none at all. Here, then, is a new ob stacle. The provinces, in the first instance, are placed at the mercy of the Bank for their necessary convertible currency ; and in the next place the whole country is placed at the mercy of the Bank, should any untoward events create a run upon London, and push the Bank beyond its resources. For we can easily imagine such a state of things under this new financial and monetary arrangement. It is ob viously the object of Lord ALTHORP to make the paper money of the Bank of England the universal and the only ciiculating medium out of London. We are to have paper in abundance, hut no gold—five pound notes, but no sovereigns—drafts upon London, convertible in to gold and silver, but no means of obtaining this smaller description of money any where else but in Thread needle-street. We do not deny that if the provincial bankers should feel disposed, and no panic should arise, little or no inconvenience would result from the proposed restrictions. But he is only a fool who legislates for the present mo ment. To meet the necessities of the country, and bank notes being made a legal tender, the issues of the Bank of England must be greatly increased. Instead of twenty millions, the bank must send forth from thirty to thirty five millions of paper. This paper must eventually raise prices and drive the sovereigns beyond seas. No diffi culty will be experienced by the country bankers. They can only be compelled to pay in paper of the Bank. But what is the Bank to do in case of a run ? We are not supposing a case of insolvency—we are not questioning their means—we are not doubting their credit; we are only assuming that a panic might come, and that country bankers, as well as the public generally, might press their notes upon the Bank and demand hard cash. Is there any man so rabid as to believe that the directors of that concern would be prepared to meet such an emergency ? In 1825 they were nearly swept clean of their last guinea; and if the public had known, as Lord ALTnoRP propdses they shall know, in all time coming, the miser able plight they were in, the. Bank would have been com pelled to stop payment. In short, without wasting any more ink on the subject, the proposed measure of the noble lord is a crude absurdity which we defy him to carry into execution without at the same time sowing the seeds of a convulsion which will sweep him and his plan into oblivion. The discussion on the West India question in the House of Commons was, for the second time, adjourned on Friday till last night. Yesterday we understand some of the deputies now in London were to have another in terview with Mr. STANLEY, for the purpose of ascertain_ ing what other modifications be is willing to concede, or whether the last proposition relative to an advance in the sugar duties is finally arranged to form part of the mi nisterial plan. Some of the deputies, we learn, are of opinion that the government will be induced to convert the proposed loan into a gift, and to increase the su m from fifteen to twenty millions.. Such are the rumours which have reached us as pre vailing in the best informed circles. For our own part, the more we consider the details of the scheme the more are we convince d of the difficulty, we might say the im possibility of carrying it into practice. The system of indentureship , and protracted and therefore indefinit emancipation, is decidedly objectionable. It imposese upon the planter and proprietor the onus of educating their slaves for a state of freedom, and the odium of con tinuing slavery after the House of Commons has recog nised the principle of emancipation. The better way would.be for the government to declare the slaves flee at once and for ever, so far as any ownership appertains to their present masters. Let a fair compensation be made to the owner 5 and, whatever that is, let it be paid forth with. The slaves then would be transferred from the planters to the government, who would have the power of hiring them out at fixed wages, and restricted time and compelling them to lab our for a given number of years, until they had in whole or in part redeemed the price of their manumission. This would at once put the slave under the protection of the magistrate, and release the owner from the vexatious duty of enforcing tasks upon slaves in a state of quasi freedom. Those thus hired out could be fed and clothed as at present, so long as they are able to work ; and the fixed wages, over and above the value of their food and clothing, could be paid to officers appointed for the purpose, and made applica ble to the redemption of the purchase money. Or if it were deemed more el igible, a rate of wages proportion ate to the labour of the individual might be fixed, one portion of which should be allotted to the labourer and the other to the government. By this system the hard working, negro would be well paid, and enabled to work out his freedom in a much shorter space of time than twelve years, and more speedily than the less useful or more indolent negro. By this plan, too, none but the really industrious would be rewarded. The government would take upon itself the maintenance of the young, the aged, and the infirm. The planter would be released from the expense of medicines and medical attendance. Between him and his labourer there would be no jea lousies, no contentipns—no abuse of power on the one hand, or sense of degradation on the other. This, after the fullest consideration of the subject, is, in our opinion, the only way to get rid of the mischievous clamour at home relative to slavery and slaves in the West Indies, and quackery and quacks in Aldermanbury. For more than twenty years have we been bored in this country by a species of spurious philanthropy, which has in fact been nothing more than an electioneering ma noeuvre, by which he who canted most loudly had the best chance of being returned to Parliament, and the best opportunity of dipping his fingers into the pockets of sen sitive maidens in the yellow leaf, and other foolish per sons equally credulous. The money .collected in this country, and spent upon meddling zealots, itinerant spouters, innumerable secretaries and subs —upon print ing circulars, petitions, and reports—upon postages, mis sions, and commissions of inquiry—within the period above mentioned—would have purchased th e f ree d om , twice over, of all the blacks in the West Indies. Our plan, if carried into operation, would effectually put an end to at least this species of quackery. No more ma nifestoes would issue from Peter Pringle and Matthew Mawworm." Am I not a man and a brodder ?" would no longer resound in Exeter Hall. The Whigs would have all their dear brethren in their own holy keeping, and the government would become, pro tempore, the only slave-owners in his Majesty's dominions. we imagine, to It has been a matter of much surprise, all who give •themselves the trouble of thinking upon our foreign relations, that, even on the part of those whose duty it is to watch the proceedings of Government, there should have been so marked a silence on the contest in Portugal for several successive months. The question has, at length, been taken up; and by that individual who, of all men in the country, best understands it in its several bearings. On Thursday last the Duke of WEL LINGTON asked Lord GREY "if he knew that armed ships with troops on board had left England, under the command of a Captain of the Navy, for the purpose of aiding the belligerent parties in Portugal ? " To which Lord GREY replied, "that he had seen such accounts in the public papers, but that was all he knew on the sub ject " The rejoinder on the part of the Duke was befitting the man; and last night he was to move an address to his MAJESTY on the subject, which we think may proba bly not only bring a somewhat different answer to that of Thursday on the general fact, but even a confession, on the part of the noble premier, that, in the interval, he has discovered that an act was passed in the 59th year of the Reign of GEO. 111., cap. 69—commonly known as the "Foreign Enlistment Bill"—professing to be "An Act to prevent the enlisting or engagement of his MA JESTY'S subjects to serve in foreign service, and the fitting out or equipping, in his MAJESTY'S dominions, vessels for warlike purposes, without his MAJESTY'S license; " —but that the existence of such an act had quite es caped the recollection of Government. There is some thing tin the preamble to the effect that such practices " may be prejudicial to, and tend to endanger the peace and welfare of this kingdom:" but that is not material, because Portugal has only two or three millions of popu lation, and therefore cannot conveniently declare war against us, however overt the acts of hostility on the part of this Government. We should very much like to know what would be the course pursued by Lords GREY and PALMERSTON if some upstart pretender were to land at Riga, and declare himself a rival autocrat to NI CHOLAS of Russia—or one of the BuoNApARTE family were to get possession of Brest with similar designs upon the Government of the Citizen King of the French. Would they consent to the purchase and equip ment of vessels of war, to constitute a navy, and the hiring of steam-boats and, transports for the conveyance of troops and military stores from Portsmouth and Fal mouth to Riga or Brest, to aid the invading party in their designs ? Would they tolerate the opening of re cruiting-houses in every part of the three kingdoms, for the purpose of enlisting men to be sent out in those ves sels, to rendezvous, without let or hindrance, in the dif ferent ports of England, avowing, in the most ostenta tious manner, their object and intent? Would they allow men holding commissions in the naval and mili tary service of England to take the command of these herds .of ragamuffins, these hired bravoes, and to become chiefs in a system of land piracy ? We think, foolish as they are, his MAJESTY'S Ministers would pause before they went so, far. We think, to use a parliamentary simile, that the preamble of the bill would be admitted as proved, and that such a course might "be prejudicial to and tend to endanger the peace and welfare of the king dom :"—in other words, that either Russia or France would instantly declare war against this country. But, then, Russia and France have each from 30 to 40 mil lions of population, with fleets, armies, and resources proportioned. Portugal has only two or three millions of population, with a small army, a still smaller navy, and a revenue on the same scale ; therefore Portugal cannot declare war against England. Besides, from time immemorial Portugal has been in a state of stead fast" alliance and friendship with England—and if we cannot take liberties with our friends with whom can we do so ? This is the regard for alliances, for treaties, for the law of nations generally, and for the national honour of England especially, which is entertained by the Whig Government of England, under the enlightened direc tion of Lords GREY and PALMERSTON ! We will indulge ourselves with another supposi tious case. We will imagine that there- still remained (which, in the present situation of the country, we may thank God there is not,) a descendant of the STUARTS in existence, and that he had assembled an army on the continent, and had got possession of Ports mouth or Chatham, claiming the crown of England, and that our worthy ally LOUIS PHILIPPE allowed ships of war, transports, steamers, soldiers, sailors, Grand-crosses of the Legion of Honour, or of the order of the glorious revolution of the three days, with arms, ammunition, and stores, to be sent. from Calais, Boulogne; Havre, and half a score other places, month after month, for a year or two, to. Chatham or Portsmouth, for the support of the pretender . ; supposing this were done, is there a man in England whose blood would not boil with indignation at the attempt ? What would be the feelings of any man deserving the name of Briton, if, upon expostulation at Paris, in such a case, the first minister of the King were to give for answer, " that he had seen such accounts in the public papers, but that was all he knew on the subject" ? Why, every honest man, from John o'Groat's house to the Land's End, would say the minister of th e King of the French was either a fool or a rogue, or b o th ; and every man would cry, " To war !" to avenge the in sult and perfidy. This would be the first feeling if the case were our own. Then is the British Government so lost to all sense of honour—to all just regard for the na tional faith and character, that it will tolerate a course in its own subjects towards an ancient ally which, if it were practised towards ourselves, would rouse the spirit of every man in the country to war and vengeance ? Is it thus that the once honourable and honest Government of England treats its allies ? But it would seem useless to pursue the subject. Whether the question be the maintenance of the national honour and faith towards our foreign allies, or the protection of the properties and lives of our fellow subjects, there is the same reckless in difference—the same utter disregard of the laws of the land and acts of Parliament in the one case that there is of the laws of nations and the stipulations of treaties in the other. Many and severe will be the struggles of the world hereafter upon the almostvvorse than Machiavelian policy which has hitherto marked the reign of three years of Whig principles in England in the 19th century. Many will be the black pages in the history of those years, which nothing can efface, and which will bring blushes upon the face of every honest Englishman when they are brought to his recollection. We cannot go through the different sections of the foreign enlistment bill, twelve in number, and several of them of consider. able length, but we will take the liberty of calling the attention of officers in his Majesty's navy, and of the customs and excise, to the 6th and 7th sections of the act, by the first of which every master of a vessel engaged in such transactions is made liable to a penalty of fifty pounds for every person enlisted for foreign service who may be on board his vessel ; and, by the second, every person concerned is " guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall, upon conviction thereof, upon any information or indictment, be punished by fine and imprisonment, or either .of them, at the discretion of the court in which such offenders shall be convicted ; and every such ship and ves s el, with the tackle, apparel, and furniture, together with all the materials, arms, ammunition, and stores, which may bAong to, or be on hoard any such ship or vessel, shall be forfeited; and it shall be lawful for any such officer of his Majesty's customs or excise, or any officer of his Majesty's navy, who is by law empowered to make seizures for any forfeiture incurred under any of the laws of customs or excise, or of the laws of trade and naviga tion, to seize such ships and vessels aforesaid, &c. ;" and it then goes on to declare that the whole may be condemned in the usual form and courts. We recommend the officers of his MAJESTY'S cruisers, and of the revenue, to detain such ships wherever they may be found; and to proceed under the recited sections for the penalties, and the condemnation of the ships and everything on board ; and we should like to see if any Member of the go'vernment would interfere to stop the proceedings. This would be a praiseworthy course com pared with the proceedings against the Dutch. The lat ter was little short of piracy, threatening to involve us in war. The former would be calculated, as provided by act of Parliament, to .prevent the peace . and welfare of the kingdom from being endangered. - What will be the defence - of the ministers against the accusation (for such it undoubtedly is) of the Duke of WELLINGTON, we shall learn before our next publication. Nothing, we are sure, can be advanced that shall excuse the gross breach of neutrality which, if net. actually par ticipated in, or directly encouraged by the government — of which we have strong suspicions —has, at all events, been connived at by thein to an extent alike dangerous and criminal. We perceive by the reports that a Mr. OnDE, the ho nourable rPpresentalive for Newport, in the Isle of Wight, has moved for a return of the number of. stamps issued to the provincial newspapers during the year ended the Ist April, 1833. We also gather from the ob-, servations of the Newcastle Journal that this honourable gentleman has had some unfortunate connexion with the press, and that his motives for this enquiry are not ex actly so pure as " unsunned snow." Be this as it may—be it curiosity, or petulance, or vanity, or professional pique, which has given rise to the motion—certain it is that in prying into matters with which he has no concern he has only followed the exam ple of Lord ALTHORP. The latter statesman has pro posed, in one of the clauses of the currency reform bill, that all private country bankers shall make a confidential return to him, Lord ALTHORP, of the amount of notes they have in circulation, and the value of their assets. In other words, the noble Lord is anxious to become ac quainted with the private affairs of private bankers. They are asked to make a return to him of the notes they issue, the bills and bonds they hold, the cash they. have in their boxes, the salaries they give or owe to their clerks, the number of desks at which, and the three-legged stools upon which the said clerks sit and write. The Whigs we are told, are liberal persons who abhor what are called inquisitorial proceedings, and this, we presume, is a proof of the fact. The Mr. ORDE alluded to, pointer-like, smells hard after Lord ALTHORP. He is charitable enough to take us of the provincial press under his special protection. He requires to know how many papers we and others sell — whether Tims beats Muggins—whether the demand is more in favour of whiggery or toryism—and whether one half of the puffers of quack medicines, who all belong to his order, are earning anything like salt to_their broth. So far as we of the STANDARD are concerned, we have not the slightest objection that Mr. ORDE should receive full and perfect information ; but if he were not a very dull person indeed, he would know that this is impossible. Every man acquainted with the business could tell him that the stamps for the provincial papers are obtained in such a variety of ways—from Edinburgh and from Lon don—from other news-offices—from London papers, &c. &c., that to make up a correct return is impracticable. An incorrect return must be injurious to the parties con cerned; and the member who does an injury in this way infringes the liberty of the subject under the shelter of his parliamentary privileges, which, we are sure, no gen tleman of honour or character would do with this fact be fore his eyes. The House of Commons, however, is not now what that house once was. It is, we admit, the "people's own' house," but it nevertheless takes strange, we were half tempted to say impertinent liberties with the people. — After this it would not surprise us if Mr. ORDE, or some other liberal member, were to move for a return of the number of eggs eaten during Lent by the readers of the True Sun, or the Liverpool Journal—distinguishing French eggs from English, hen from duck, and stale from moderately fresh. Why dots he not move for a return of the number of glasses of gin consumed during each session of parliament, by his friends of the fourth estate — distinguishing neat from mixed, and the warm with from the cold without It might be as well, too, if he had a parliamentary return of the number of looking glasses pawned since the passing of the reform bill—the begging boxes sent round by honourable members—the quantity of rump steaks consumed, but not paid for, at BELLAMY'S —and the number of halfpennies collected by O'CONNELL during the last three years. But stop a bit, Mr. ORDE. If you take such liberties with the people, or rather if the house should continue to sanction such unjustifiable inquiries, what is to prevent the people, whose servants you and the houSe are, from' making similar inquiries concerning yonrselves. What 7.::41:_51d the Etta. r 7; mber say if we were to petition to know how many debts have been levanted, how many tradesmen cheate., many tailors' bills zit: paid by the re presentatives of the nation ? We have as good a right to be officially informed on this subject as Mr. ORDE has in the matter of stamps, and as Lord ALTIIORP has with respect to bankers' assets. And we have a better claim to this information than the above illustrious statesmen have to that which they seek. They are responsible per sons ;we are the irresponsible electors. We have a right to know how often Lord ALTHORP goes to church, and what property Mr. JAMES SILK BUCKINGHAM and others have in this or any other country. After-this it will be our duty to keep an eye on. Mr. ORDE. Within a very short period, we had alMost said a " little month," the legislature, in obedience to " the ' sovereign will and pleasure of the people," abrogated the Game Laws as one of the few remaining vestiges of manorial rights, that modern eyes could not bear to look upon. Supposing that this, one of the thousand and one sacrifices to public opinion of the Monarchical cha racter of our laws, was at least satisfactory to the party from whom it emanated, we were not a little astounded at reading the report of the proceedings of the House of Lords on Friday night, under the head of GAME LAWS, where we find the Duke of WELLINGTON pre senting a petition from the operative Gun-makers of London and - Birmingham against the present Game Laws, in which the petitioners state " that since the passing of the late act, their business had very much de creased, and that poaching had enormous* increased." We do not recollect whether the " operative Gun-ma kers" took an active part in passing this bill, but we well remember that the usual number of petitions preceded its introduction and adoption. On Thurs day last, Mr. STANLEY • when presenting to the world (for speeches in the House of Commons are now ad dressed to the people) the details of his nego slavery abolition scheme, said that " no Parliament, no govern ment ought to resist, or could resist the weight of public opinion ;" which we interpret into an admission t hat the vox popiai is the vox del, unerring, infallible, and un changeable. The right honourable gentleman may by this declaration gain a little popularity, the most fleeting and precarious of all earthly possessions. As a young statesman of great promise, we take leave to tell him, that popular applause is a draught so sweet, and yet so intoxicating,—so powerful, and yet so evanescent, that he who drinks of it soon becomes incapable of maintain ing that steadiness; that discretion, that high, cool di , - nity, so necessary to the support of all government and governors. ONE-COLOURED HUMANITY.—An acquaintance of ours happened, the other day, to meet a member of the So ciety of Friends who has been a most zealous promoter of Mr. BUXTON and Mr. STANLEY'S emancipation schemes, or rather, who Would go much further than anything yet propounded, from WILBERFORCE to STANLEY inclusive. Our friend interrogated him as to hiS sentiments on the factory question; presuming that his philanthropy was coextensive with his zeal, regardless of colour. The an swer was, that he had not interfered in it, and thought it was impolitic to meddle between the master and the work man. Our friend expostulated with this consis tent advocate of humanity, and pressed him for his reasons for with holding his services from the children of his white neigh bour, whilst he was so urgent in his demands on behalf of the negro. His reply was in these words. "Thou seest our society has no property in the colonies, but we are largely concerned in spinning establishments at home. Therefore, if we were to interfere to shorten the hours of labour in factories, we should injure our own in terests, and no man Is called upon to do that. But we can work for the relief of the poor negroes at a very cheap rate; it costs us nothing !" Is this an isolated case ? WHITEII ELVEN PIERS.--The first stone of the new North Pier, Whitehaven, w as laid last week, by John Peile, Esq. , amidst a vast assemblage of people. The stone, which was a block of enormous weight, having been lowered to its station , below the foundation of the present wall, and finally fixed, Mr. Peile with the usual masonic ceremonies. gave the finishing bloW, and then addressed the company as follows :—" Gentle men.—Nine years have elapsed, this month, since I had the honour of laying the first stone of the West Pier—that hand some structure which has proved alike ornamental to the town, and beneficial to its inhabitants; which is the admiration of eve!) , stranger, and which ought to be the.pride of every resi dent. That Pier, Gentlemen, has already proved of immense advantage to the port ; and it is peculiarly gratifying to me that I have been selected to lay the first stone of this wall, the completion of which, I believe, will secure every advantage we have contemplated, and under the able management o? Mr. Logan, the superintendent, I have no doubt it will be finished in a style which will do credit to his taste, and to the liberality of the builders. Having said thus much, Gentlemen, it would be needless for me to enlarge upon the manifold advantages which must ensue from this work, and therefore let us give tlitee cheers to show our desire for the success of the Northern Pier.". The audience made the welkin ring with three times three, and one cheer more, in honour of the undertaking, and then o g f r a u d i e u a p l r d i i s s p i e n r t s e e n d d t c o d their t orun u respective o h t 1e sea in a ( I ,nies. Phis p r i north western direction, verging towards the' pbint Of the West Pier, so as to narrow thet en trance to the habour — a plan that has become necessary from the :accumulation of sand deposited by the tide in different parts of the harbour, which threatens to become, in time, if 'not obviated, a very serious inconvenience. The work is now proceeding rapidly, and gives employment to an irnmense number of men.—Carlisle Patriot. • LONDON LATEST NEWS. Saturday Evening, Half-past Seven o'clock. The Consol Market was exceedingly heavy on Thursday, but was a shade better on Friday; an this day it has been very buoyant, and 894 was the closing quotation for the Account this afternoon. The proceedings at the Bank meeting, and in the House of Commons, last night, respecting a renewal of the charter, have caused Bank- Stock to be an Object of consider *able speculation. It was done early in the week at 198, from which it fell, on Thursday, to 192 191 ; and at the latter price some transactions were done this morning. During the day, however, great animation has been displayed, and 199 was the closing price this afternoon. Exchequer Bills are 50 to 52, and India Bonds 27 to 29 premium. Brazilian Bonds, in con sequence of a revolt at Para, fell to 641, a decline of 8 per cent in ten days. Greek Stock has risen to 40 42. Dutch are 491. By accounts from China, we learn that an Imperial decree had been received at Canton, ordering an inquiry as to an English ship which is said to have appeared in November last on the shores of Mantchou Tartary, in about lat. 41 N. It is supposed to have been the Sylph, and orders were issued to drive her off to her own country, in case of re-appearance on any part of the coast. The rebellion in the island of Formosa is said to have assumed a very formidable appearance, and all the military force from the province of Fokien at the disposal of the governor was about to be sent against the rebels. The Viceroy Of Canton had issued an edict prohibiting the receipt of all fees on vessels bringing to Whampoa. 'ln consequence of some recent discoveries concerning an illegal sect or asso ciation which has existed at Pekin for about forty years, sen tence of disgrace, or dismissal, or degradation, in serious de grees, had been recorded against the local officers where the sect originated, the Governors of Pekin durini , that period, and the Ministers of State who failed to detect the authors and abettors of the heresy. The President of Peih-chang informs the Emperor of an attempt at rebellion in that city, and that two Mohammedon Begs, who had received " buttons and fea thers," had fallen by the hands of the conspirators. The Pre sident had, however, brought 'Fa-wa-kih, the leader, and twenty six of his followers, to a slow and ignominious death, and sent their heads round the Ko-ten territory, " to illustrate the laws of the land." The advices from Bombay give the particulars of an attack by the 14th regiment of native infantry upon one of the forts of the state of Serwunt Warree, situated to the southward of the territories of the Rajah of Sattarah. This little principality had been for a long time in a disturbed state, owing to the mis conduct and oppression of the rajah, and his subjects had gene rally risen against him, and a body of them, headed by Bhon Serwunt, had seized the fort of Mahadooghur and openly re sisted his authority. In this state of things he applied for aid to our government, who are bound by treaty to secure him the possession of his dominions against this individual who laid claim to them. The 14th regiment was in consequence ordered to proceed against Mahadooghur. A sharp attack took place, which ended in the fort being carried, with a loss to the govern ment troops of a lieutenant, an ensign, and 17 rank and file wounded, and Ensign Wilhnott killed, who fell while leading the attack. LOCAL NEWS. On Saturday last the 15th regiment of foot arrived here from Ireland. On Wednesday last, Mr. Williams, of the Woodside Hotel, gave the boys of the Blue School his annual excursion, in one of his steam-boats, round the Floating-light. Several ladies and gentlemen, friends of that admirable institution, accompanied the children on their excursion. The boys were delighted with Mr. Williams's hospitality as well as his liberality, CHESHIRE YEOMANRY.—This place has been enlivened, since Saturday last, by the presence of that fine body of men, the Cheshire Yeomanry, under the command of Col. Egerton. The regiment musters about eight hundred strong, and is mounted and equipped in a manner that is highly creditable to the loyalty and spirit of the county. The officers have bespoke; at the Theatre-Royal, Knowles's play of " The Wife, a tale of Mantua," for to-morrow night. On Friday they will be re viewed at Bootle,. by Major Parton, of the Pzth Lancers. The period fixed for their service is ten days'. permanent duty. ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—On Sunday afternoon, a young man, supposed to, be from Manchester, in crossing the river front Cheshire in one of the steam passage boats, was drowned. He had incautiously - aseelided one of the paddle-boxes, from which he dropt into the river, and it is supposed received a blow from the paddle-wheel, as he sunk immediately. We have not heard that his body has been found. List of cabin passengers per ship Ajax, them, for New York, sailed on Thursday:—R. Ryan, Mrs. Ryan, and J. Ryan, Esq.. of Wa ssa il ; J. C ass id y, E sq., Mrs. Cassidy and Servant, Miss Catherine Cassidy, and Jas. Cassidy, Esq., jun. ; T. Griffith, Esq., and Mrs. Gritlieh; J. Kind, Esq.; C. Crookshank, Esq., Mrs. Crookshank, and C. Crookshank, Esq., jun,; and Mrs. Devereaux and Miss Brenan, all of Ireland Mrs. Fisher, of New York; Mrs. Major, of England; H. Boiseau, Esq., of Charleston ; H. Tooker, Esq., of New York; and R. Par tridge, Es q ., o f Canada. Tne Roscoe, Captain Rogers, a packet-ship from New York, arrived her e on Sunday night, bringing the following passen gers:—Dr. Burrows and Mrs. Burrows; Mr. Anson; Mr. G. Phelps, Mrs. Phelps, Son and Daughter; Mr. John E. Hyde, Mrs. Hyde, and two sons; Mr. Knowles Taylor and son; Mrs. Milner, Miss Rogers, Miss Izart, Miss Kelly, Sir James Wright, E. 'E. Grothe, Esq., Rev. Hugh 'l'. Har rison, Mr. James A. Dickson, Mr. C. W. Dayton, Mr. Sam. L. W h itney, Mr. Edmund A. Brown, Dr. Rush -Nutt, Mr. John C. Morris, Mr. Robert Means, Mr. John D. Lawrence, Mr. Felix A. Huntington, Lieut. Henry E. Ousten, Lieut. F.l S. Hutchinson, 'Lieut. Stephen S. Steele, Lieut. Alexander S. Riley, Lieut. James Dwyer,.Lieut. James M‘Fee, Lieut. John Wood, Mr. Samuel. Brooks, Mr. John Nicholson, Mr. Henry Scadding, Mr. C. Scadding. Y°ItKSHIRE WEDDING.—A gentleman of this town, a few weeks ago, who happened to be one of the congregation in the church at. a village called Haworth, in Yorkshire, was witness to the following singular marriage :—The party (who had pre viotaly been regaling themselves at an inn near the church gates), imm e di ate l y after - the communion service, were ushered into the ch urc h b y t h e sexton, an d wa lk e d very leisurely down the aisle to the altar. The ceremony went on tolerably well till that essential part the ring was wanted ; .when lo and be hold ! no rin g was forthcoming , . The bride and bridegroom eye ing each otn er •as they . both emptied the contents of their pockets in search of the ring, presented a singular contrast to that of the congregation—as to all appearance it appeared to be afaise start. After a fruitless attempt to borrow a ring from some of the ladies in the neighbouring pews, the clergyman at last hit on a n expedient. He pulled out his watch, kept it in his hand, and• giving the bridegroom the ring from which the key was suspend e d, went through the remainder of the cere mony. After the marriage, none of the party, (ten in number,) a ppeared willing to leave their signatures as witness. Some delay again occurred ; when after repeated enquiries from the clergyman, they one and all declared they could not write. As the bride had to leave the church without a ring, it would not do to let the marriage be without witnesses; therefore, two persons from a pew Opposite gave their signatures, and the party imme diately left the church. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL ST.4NDARD. • Sin,—The question now before the House of Commons in volves the happiness or misery of a million of our fellow crea tures, and the property of British subjects amounting to one hundred and fifty millions sterling! ! It has been reserved for the 'Whig Administration of 1833 to legislate upon this subject in a reformed House of Parlia ment; which House does not contain' one direct representative from the West Indies to raise up his feeble voice and protest against measures which must consign the people to misery, the property to ruin!! Is not this an anomaly in the history of our country ? Aye, and those who are the chief actors in the drama will live to rue the day when th ey bowed the knee to the shrine of fanaticism. If the probable results of the proposed measure be examined through the medium of philanthropy alone, they will be pro nounced' by all practical men as likely to change the present condition of the negro to a worse one. Examine the mass of evidence which has been furnished to the House of Lords by as intelligent and humane men as any this country can boast of, and you will find that the time has not arrived when the beneficial restraints to which the negroes have been subjected can be removed with benefit to themselves, and that there is every likelihood of their telapsing into a state of barbarism. The great error committted by th6se (and they are many in number,) who are really lovers of the human race, is—that they view th e negroes as if they were as far advanced in civili zation as the peasantry of this country, and theywould legis late accordingly; they conjure up . a state of society, such - as they would mush it to be, not as it is: and the opinions ofprac tical men, if Opposed t o th e i r beautiful theory, arc set at nought. Such view s may be tolerated if offered at a dinner-table or in a conventicle, but when entertained by the great council of the nation, and gravely submitted to it by a minister of the Crown, we may be pardoned if we beegin - to tremble for the safety of a nation go verned by such councilors. Let us now examine the question as one' of law and justice. The property in slaves has been guaranteed, as the late governor of the Bank of England said, by one hundred acts of the Parlia men t of ' Great Britain; and if the Parliament of Great Britain makes any change upon this property which may have the effect of even diminishing its value without first com pensating the prop r i e t or s, th en th e very f oun d a ti on o all law is destroyed. Then may the fund, land, and , house holders of England tremble for their safety. The people—the majesty of the people, will come forward in a mass and demand an equal sacrifice—an equal share of the acres of that earth and its products which ought to be common to all; and they will quote Mr. Stan ley, too, a minister of' the crown, and say, " He it was who set us the example of spoliation; we follow but in his footsteps—he it was who applied the first torch of revolution to the pile of the con stitution !" And whotan blame them? What man, conversant with history, can expect that the act of robbery of the West Indians will be the only act ? Experience, common sense, and the signs of the present times, forbid the conclusion. What then is to be done ? An appeal to the house of Lords? No: they have ceased to be a branch of our legislature! The majesty of the people has already, in effect, silenced therm—t r petition to the 'lcing ? No for I have too much reverence f that august personage and his high office to allow me torecom mend such a course. I would call upon all lovers of social order— nreally a phi lanthropist,whoreverences the laws, who respects justice, r l 'o is ur to save his 9 every man to unite, and, by petitioning, sce., A. B country from the first step to a re volution- -1 • MARCH OF INTELLECT.---The following is a copy, verbatim et literatim, of a written defence put in by a culprit, young in years, but an old offender, for stealing a gold rmingbeth. Te from the ut, Lah shop-window of a pawnbroker in the New -c prisoner was convicted and sente nced to transportation.—"To the Gentlemen of Chowrt of his Majesties Jestis.—For the Pri soner James Fullford—Gentleman on the 29 of Apevil last bean o! Anarrant forr my Granmother into Bishopgait Street for sum Cocko (cocoa) And in my Retern'To The New cut i Saw a Ladd Itunce from the winder of prosecekitor And drop a Pease of Paper which i Unfortunate -Picked up And in the same time The Prosecucitor came up and Collard me And strucker me in the mouth Atd said I had stolonnen a wring i ham in Tinley iunercent of : But, Been convitured . on the 18 of Febry last you may think i. Haan Guilty.of the charggce laid A gainst nice with i ashour you iam not. Therfor i hope by the murcy of the Honinable Court and by sich murcy you will Take the Trubles of unfortunate Boy inconsideration. —The reading of this document puzzled the Clerk of Arraign snot a little. . . REMARKABLE CERCUNISTANCE-Tll6 Wltitoliaveh .Pacquet re latei the following remarkable circumstance :—ln the month of September, 1828. a lady who was in company with a par.ty on a tour to the Lakes, lost a gold ring, seals, and some trin kets, on . the border of Ennerdale Lake : the loss was adver tised, and a handsome reward offered for their recovery, but in vain; they were never seen after until last week, (nearly five years having elapsed from the time of their loss) when they were found on the margin of the lake, most likely on the spot where they were 'lost by 'the . lady. The party were strangers, and took up their abode at" the Black Lion inn, in this town: should this chance to meet the eye of the.loier, she will doubt less recollect the circumstance, and apply. for her property, which, We understand, she seemed to value . at infinitely more than its intrinsic worth. • • • SUICIDE OF A WEST INDIA MERCHANT-7 Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock, an inquest was holden at the Blue Posts TaVern, in Charlotte -street,- Fitzroy-square, be fore Mr. Stirling and a jury of respectable inhabitants, uponview of th e b o d y o f Duncan 'Brown, Esq., a West India mer chant, and recently arrived in this country, who destroyed himself in a very•extraordivary manner on Tuesday morning last. Mr. Cydwellyn Ellis, of 24, Charlotte-street, surgeon, deposed that on Tuesday morning, about half-past seven o'clock, he was called to the deceased at his residence, No. 59;Upper Charlotte street, and found him in bed in a dying state. On examining the deceased, witness found a deep wound in the left arm, about an inch above the elbow. The- bed-clothes were saturated with blood, and a chamber utensil was on the bed; and it appeared to witness that the, deceased had held his arm over it atter in flicting the wound. The utensil contained about, 51b. of blood. Witness tried restoratives, but the deceased was too far gone, and he died in about an hour from loss of blood. He was too much exhausted to speak when witness first saw him. A razor was found on the bed, under the left side of the deceased. William Pitman, of No. 58, Upper Charlotte -street, lodging house keeper, deposed that the deceased engaged apartments at his house on, the 22d'inst. 'Witness had no previous know ledge of him. The deceased brought with him his wife and four children, and two native servants, a man and a woman. In agreeing with witness as to the rent of thd apartinents, the de ceased said that in all probability he should remain in them se veral months. On Tuesday morning, soon after seven o'clock, witness heard a violent screaming in the house, and ran up to Mr. Brown's sleeping apartment, on the first floor, and found him in bed, and the sheets soaked in blood. Mrs. Brown and the children were in a state bordering on distraction. Witness was informed that Mr. Blown slept alone, his wife and chil dren sleeping . in an upper apartment, and that the youngest son, a boy of seven or eight years, went into the room that moruing, as was, his custom, to ask how his papa did, and re ceiving no answer he pulled the clothes aside, and seeing the blood, ran up stairs and said " there was something the matter with his papa, for he was bleeding." Mrs. Brown ran down stairs and found her husband in the state described, and screamed loudly for help. Witness went instantly for a sur geon. Thesleceased appeared to be about 50 years of age. He was not in good health, and I remarked it to him, and he said '° I am not well, but I shall soon get b e tt er now I am come t o England." Mr. John Langley, of No. 36, Tottenham -street, Tottenham court-road, surgeon, stated that he was called in, and found the deceased in a dying state, and while engaged in examining hint recognized him as the same person who had applied to him on the previous Friday for an ounce of laudanum. Witness told him he hoped he would excuse his refusing to supply him with that quantity, for he made it a strict rule never to serve more than what he knew would not produce serious consequences. He replied that witness need not fear his having it, as he was in the habit of taking it every night. Witness, however, still persisted in his refusal to supply an ounce, and gave him one drachm and a half, which was sufficient for three doses, telling him that at the end of three nights h e c o u ld come aga i n an d procure the same quantity. He walked very lame, and witness asked him if he was paralytic, and he said no, but that he had great weakness in his limbs. The Coroner.—Did it seem to you that there was any thing remarkable in the manner of the deceased? Mr. Langley.—lt struck me, Sir, that there was a remark able degree of anxiety and despond enc y i n hi s coun t enance , and I communicated that opinion to my family immediately after he was gone. He requested my card, which I gave him, and I saw no More of him till I was called in on Tuesday morning. Upon mentioning to Mrs. Brown the application of the deceased to me for laudanum, she told me he had never been in the habit of taking it, and the first she knew of that circumstance was from having seen my card; which was found in his pocket. The Coroner.—l am very glad, Sir, to find that some gen tlemen of the medical profession act with such commendable caution. Your conduct is highly praiseworthy. The Jury joined in complimenting Mr. Langley. Mr. Peter Cosgrave, surgeon, of 14, Surrv-street, Strand. deposed, that the deceased Was under his care about 4 or 5 years ago, when he came home from the West Indies in ill health from dropsy. When he returned home this last time he sent for witness to attend him. Witness observed a great difference in his mental faculties from what he had observed formerly. He was labouring und er a very severe f orm o f uni versal dropsy, but such was the state of his mind that witness could scarely fix his.attention to his disease. He was con tinually reverting to the state of his affairs, and spoke almost incessantly upon the West India question. It wilt perhaps be considered merely conjectural on my part (continued Mr. Cosgrave), .but I should say that from his mind being in so agitated a state, and his disease so extensive, he was unable to withstand the shock which suds a letter as the one which was found in hjs desk from his agent at Gl asgow (M r . Tho m p son ), must have produced upon hint. That letter stated that he (Mr. Thompson) had stopped the sailing of one of his ships, and it also contained a refusal to make some remittances, which it appeared were expected by the deceased. Mr. Patrick Cruikshank, of No. 8, Cornwall-terrace, sworn. —I am a West India merchant. The coroner here produced a letter which had been handed to him by Hutchings, the beadle, and which was found in the deceased's pocket, and Mr. Cruishank deposed that it .was in P the haudwriting of the deceased. The letter was then read by the coroner; the following is a copy " Dear Barclay,—l cannot bear the result of your letter.— My health is very bad. .I cannot bear to see my family neg . lected. You are one of my best and oldest friends. I made my will before I left the West Indies. You are one of my ex ecutors, pray act and do the best you can for my family.. God bless you. "DtsitlAN BROWN." The letter was without a superscription ; and had not been folded in the usual form. Mr. Cruikshank.—Mr. Barclay, for whom that letter was in tended, is a merchant in Dublin, and one of the oldest and most valued friends of the deceased. I saw the deceased on Satur day last, and he was then perfectly collected, but very low and desponding when lie touched upon West India matters. My mercantile house in the city have been the London agents Ail the deceased for four or five years. On the'subject of the West India question he was dreadfully depressed, appearing to dread the effects of the impending measures which government had brought forward. In fact, in consequencd of those measures, his agent at Glasgow had suddenly made demands which he was not prepared to meet. In a letter to sue, dated this day week, (the 22d,) lie said the demands from his Glasgow agent were so unexpected that it was impossible for him t o b ear u p aga i ns t them. They were demands, he said, which he had never con templated, and which he was therefore unprepated to meet, and that there could be no doubt that the demands were made by the Glasgow firm in order to save themselves from the general ruin which the measure alluded to would bring down. The evidence terminated here, and the jury, after viewing the body, returned a verdict " That the deceased destroyed him• self whilst in a state of temporary derangement." PRELIMINARY TREATY OF PEACE. The following is the Convention between his Majesty Ki n g of the French, on t h e one part, an d t h e and Kin g the of the Netherlands on the other part; together with an explanatory article thereunto annexed. Signed at London, May 21, 1833 : Their Majestics the King,' of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the King of the French, and the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, being desirous of re-establishing the relations between them, as they existed be fore the month of November ? 1832, have for that purpose re solved to conclude a convention, and have named as their ple nipotentiaries, viz.:— 'Majesty - the King Of 'the - United Kingdom of Great Britain, and Iceland, the Right Hon. Henry John Viscount Palmerston, Baron. Temple,a peer of Ireland, a member of his Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, a mem ber of Parliament, and his Principal' Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs: His Majesty the King of the French, the Sieur Charles Mau rice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Prince Duke de Talleyrand, a Peer of France, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Ple nipotentiary from his said Majesty to his 'Britannic Majesty', Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Knight of the Orderi:if the Golden Fleece, Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen of Hungary, of the Order of St. Andrew, of the Order of the Black Eagle, gcc. : - . And his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the Sieur So lomon Dedel, Commander of the Order of the Lion of the .Ne therlands : Who, after having exchanged their full powers, found to be in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the fol lowing Articles : ARTICLE I. Immediately after the exchange of the ratifica tions of the present convention, their Majesties the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the King of the French, will take off the embargo which they have placed upon the ships, vessels, and goods, belonging to the subjects of his Majesty the King Of the Netherlands; and all the vessels -detained, together with their cargoes, shall be immediatelyre leased, and restored to their respective owners. In like manner, his Majesty the King of the Netherlands will revoke the measures taken in his States with respect to the English and French flags. • 11. At the same period, the Netherland troops, both of the royal navy and army, at present detained in France, shall return to the States of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, with their arms, baggage, carriages, horses, and other effects belong ing either to the corps or to individuals. 111. So long as the relations between Holland and Belgium shall not be settled by a definitive treaty, his Netherland Ma jesty engages not to re-commence hostilities a g ainst B elgium, ' and to leave the navigation of the Scheldt entire/yfree. • IV. Immediately after the exchange of ratitii%lt o f the present Convention, the navigation of the Meuse tillitt.b 4 i ipene d to commerce; and, until a definitive arrang ement/ iu this respect, it shall be subjected to the provisions of the Con vention signed at Alayence fa , r athes3tlhsotsoe pr fl o a v r isin March, 1831, m B3l a , y b fOr e tl a ie pi n d.. ai vigation of the Rhine, so cable to the said river. . . The c ommunications between the fortress of Maestricht and the frontier of North Brabant., an between the said fortress and Germany, shall be free and without impediment. V. The high contracting parties engage to occupy themselves, without delay, 'about the definitive treaty which is to lix the re lations between the States Of his Mnjesty the King of the Ne therlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, and Belgium. They will invite the .CouTts of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, to become parties thereto. . . . . _ VI. The present Ccinvention shall be ratified, and the ratifi cations-shall be exchaticrell at London in ten days, or sooner if possible. In witness whereet-tlini=&st*ctive Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have tiffiXt.d thereto the seals of their arms. Done at London, the 21st of May, in the year of our Lord, 1833. (1. , ..5.) PALMERSTON. S.) TALI-EYE:AND. (L. S.) DEOEL. EXPLANATORY ARTICLE. It is agreed between the high contracting parties, that the sti pulation relative to the complete cessation of hostilities, con tained in Article lIL of the Convention of this day, compre hends the Grand Duc h y of Luxembur g , and that p art of Lim burg which is provisionally occupied by the Belgian troop s , it is moreover understood that until the conclusion of the definitive Treaty, of which mention is itiade.int,he said Article of the: Convention of this day, the navigation of the .;-'Plielde shall thk e place on the same footing as before the Ist of November, 1832. The' present -explanatory article shall haN e the same force and validity as if it were inserted word for word in the Convention of this day. It shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at the same time as those of the Said Convention. AFRICAN ExrEnrrioN.—The 'latest accounts received from this interesting expedition left them in the Nun River; prior to its arrival there we regret to state that Capt. Harris, the com mander of the Quorra, had died of fever. The crews generally were' however healthy, • and• Mr. Laird and Mr. Lauder were in the best possible health and spirits. TEE SCIENCE OF Pozzi di Borgo was asked his opinion of the present ministry, he replied "They are very clever people in one way, with less talent among them than 'I ever encountered in any country—they have the art of mystifying to perfection." "Oh!" said Lord Stiang ford, "that is easily accounted for-Brougham, their rannie Chancellor, covers them with a.Scotch yof ty :00 JUNE 4, 1833. THE LIVERPOOL STA N DA It D.