The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-08-13 00:00:00

A I:GUT 13, 1853, SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Three o'clock. CORN EXCHANGE. TUESDAY, ,Two .O'CLOCK. To -day we have had a steady, but not a brisk Market. A moderate business was done in Wheats at fully the prices of this day se'nnight, chiefly in the better descriptions of Red Irish, at 7s. 3d. to 7s. 6d.; in Red Cala,da, at Ss.; and in White Canada, at 9s. Oats were in limited request, and barely sup ported former rates; and Oatmeal had rather a heavy sale, at 21 '. 91. to 225. 3d. for the best kinds. Irish flour went off more freely at a small decline. Some New Irish Oats were disposed of at 2s. Ild. to 35.; and New Oatmeal at 275. There was no s peculative business reported. .COTTON . MARKET. - TUESDAY, Two o'Cr.ocK. There is a good demand to-day, and at the full prices of yes terday 3,000 to 4,000 bags are sold, consisting chiefly of Ame rican, of which 1,200 to 1,500 bags are taken by speculators. No arrivals. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. Wind, N.N.W.—Fair, ARRIVED. fanny Connell, Joy, from Lisbon. Wanderer, from Messina. Agenonia. Whiteway, from Newfoundland. OFF PORT. Bradshaw, -, from St. John's, N.B. Bland SAILED. , Callan, for Calcutta. Off Point Lynas, at 8 a.m., Mary from Mohile. William from Africa. K►ngston, from Miramichi. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. CARISLE, AUG. 7. -.4N11 V. THE PROPRIETOR OF THE WHITEHAVEN HERALD. This was an adion for libel brought on a criminal informa ' lion on the prosecution of the Earl of Lonsdale. The libel Charged consisted of a publication in the Whiteharen Herald, relative to his lordship's connexion with the St. Bee's School charity. The case was only partly opened, when Mr. Pollock, eti the part of the prosecution, consented to receive an apology ,-from the defendant. TUE KING v. STEELE AND JOLLIE. This was also a criminal information at the prosecution of the Earl of Lonsciale, for a libel which appeared in a paper gilled the Carlisle Chronicle, and which was of a similar de scription to the last. _ Mr. Cowling opened the pl eadings and Mr. Pollock pro ceeded t o state the case to the juryin terms similar to those Which he had adopted in the previous case. He also alluded to the nature of the libel, which imputed to the noble earl the s jog having surreptitiously obtained a lease of certain coal-mines •—. • ,, elon g to St. Bee t s charity school, and of which he was a trustee, at the trifling rent of £3 10s., and that he had drawn the t rnense sum of £lO,OOO. a year for a period of 27 years from ose mines, a n d b y t h ese means h a d d e f rau d e d th e c h ar ity o f about one-third of a million of money, having in that time raised 6 71,800 tons of the coal, which at Whitehaven were Woith Bs. 6d. per ton. The libel continued—" That all this is clear profit I do not s a but I do say that the pour have been defrauded of a s um amounting to about £261,380, for which he (the, prosecut or ) i s accountable to the peop.e of England, and t hat, until restitution should be made, the reputation of hav ! (Vi ,, dplundere these charitable fundsouattach to s nae." e learned counsel commented upon the Vileness of hi a cha m rge ! this kind, and said it was imposible for any man to live in e country un d er suc h accus ations who did not make use of the Means which the law allowed him to wipe off the imputa- Vdn with which it was attempted to stain his character. The learned counsel then put in copies of the libels, and, at the I nstance of Mr. Cresswell, who appeared for Mrs. Jollie, the entired of the publication embracing the letter of the correspon "4,novas read by th e officer of the court. The learned judge previously intimated that there was an er r in the record relative to the defendant Steele, which he h uo ught would be fatal to it as regarded him. It appeared that a v,?las called Willi am i n th e i n f orma ti ons in s t e ad o f James, after au argument of some length, the proceedings against Steele were quashed. The case then proceeded against Jollie, and after one or two witnesses had been examined, Mr. Cresswell rose to address the jury,.and argued that with out reference at all to the truth or falsehood of the article, with wh ich, as counsel, he had nothing to do, the publication com- Plained of was fairly warranted, by the character of those to which it referred, and to which it must be taken as a reply. It 1141 a publication arising out of the excitement of an election, and ought to be judged of charitably, and with many allowances accordingly. There was a disposition to applaud on Mr. Cresswell having concluded a forcible appeal to the jury, which was instantly sup pressed. , The learned judge summed up, and the jury having been out half an hour, returned with a verdict of Guilty, but at the same Mme strongly recommending Mrs. Jollie to mercy. THE HARVEST. Wheat, it is now evident, will be found deficient in bulk, When compared with last year, but it is full eared, and, should the.prelimAt dry, weather continue, an average crop may be con fidently expected. Barley looks remarkably well; it is not only thickly planted, but presents a heavy well filled ear, and will, generally speaking, prove an excellent crop. Oats, when cursorily viewed, look well, both in regard to the length of stalk and feather, but upon a most minute examination, prove to be thin in the ground, and upon wet and inferior soils are very deficient. Beans promise to be a very luxuriant crop, and Pease, in consequence of the dry weather, have experienced a very decided improvement, and may yet turn out aproductive crop. Hay has proved i a very unequ a l crop , and is upon the whole rattier deficient. It is selling at from 5d to 6d. off the rick,—but this , low rate is to be attributed to the quantity of old hay in the country. Turnips, in the district which our report comprehends, present a rather singular appearance. In Ber wickhire they have seldom been so backward, while in 11,, x _ - burghshire they are more than usually advanced. This may be accounted for from the different nature of the soils in these two cou„aties. Potatoes will undoubtedly prove a very deficient crop ; in many cases, indeed, they have entirely failed, and the farmer has been compelled to plough them down and sow tur nip in their lace.—Kelso Mail. The splendid weather towards the close of the last month has ripened the _corn with great rapidity, and the harvest in Yol k shire is nearly at hand. On Thursday last, Mr. Benjamin B riggs, of Thornes, near Wakefield, commenced cutting a field o f wheat; an d we h ave t h e prom i se of an ear l y h arves t , an d ab undant crops. In the southern counties some corn has al ready been gathered.—Leeds Intelligencer. , Prom various sources we leain that the crops in general will riie very abundant. Wheat is said to be rather short in the le ad, but on the whole will be a good crop. Oats very good; i l nd potatoes are greatly recovered and promise well. Barley w arrest has commenced in various districts. If the present bairn" weather continues, harvest will soon employ all hands.— ..et/4st News Letter. t fi The l ate prevalence of warm weather has had a surpassing e et for the better upon the corn crops in this neighbourhood - . a this district, the crops, particularly of wheat and lilendcorn, thresent generally a remarkably beautiful appearance; and the ou' s of the field, alreadypartially commenced, will speedily be m full operation ; and, if the weather con ti nues t o b e f a vourable, ust be also speedily terminated. As to the certainty of an av erage crop throughout the country, it is erroneous to form a V. ° Prient from the promising appearance of a particular dis . n . On the B e df or d l eve l, th e var i ous crops, we un d erstan d , Nok remarkably well, and promise an a b un d ant supp l y. W e ;re not received any intelligence as t o th e var i ous crops i n ~orfolk, or in Essex. But from Hertfordshire, we learn that are generally good. Upon the heavy lands particularly, th e; are describea as abundant as ever known, and remarkably eared. Barley betokens a good crop; and oats aro con& wj!tl3, expected to - yield well, and to be of good quality; and 11:11e beans appear to be unproductive, peas are in the main a p av Y crop. 'turnips also look remarkably well.—Wakefield P LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, AUGUST 9. 3 " i IIIBANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Collier, Manchester and Salford, calico-printer. BANKRUPTS. &n, * Murp hy, Liverpool, builder, Aug. 23, Sept. 20, at twelv e the " Clarendon -buildings, Liverpool. Solicitor, Mr. Row rt°nPo. Liverppo0 0 1. ge 11 1 , ,, t t Piccadill . u ree , gillrtain Pal l mer, London -wall, stationer. y, hotel-keeper. j" 'mitts Birks, sen., M ar lb oroug h- roa d , Ch e l sea, me lt er o f t a ll ow. j c ( rePh Durban, Bristol , cheese-factor. ristopher Welman, Bridport, Dorsetshire, linen-draper. am es Garnett Lockett and John Lockett, Harpurhey and Man "tere.alico.:print.ers. i r j: avis. Birmingham. victualler. • "Ln Dance, Redditch, Worcestershire, maltater. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. • Th T. and C. Bolton, Hish-shTet, Shorediteh, ronfeetioners.—J. Far is:l;l"d J. Thorpe, Barton-in-the-Beans and Minton, Leicestersh a ire : ehe - rnts.—R. P ar ki nson and J. Makin, Bolton-le-Moors and Mn 11 l'. er • 1% cott on - manufacturers.—R. W. Conib et re , B. P err y, an d E. tig fa r .., Jkin.,_ Birmingham, manufacturers of fiorentine-buttons : as Suss: regar d s B. Perry. —J. Lashmar and T. Winch, Lamberhurs s t, ker , ' l %. ,br andy-merchants.—G. Yonge and Son, Strand, Il k i,' "odd and Frankum. Great Dunmow, Essex, ehemtsts.—W: lock-m... Pr ikt l, and G. Edwards, Cheltenham, brick-makers.—W. and T. 'Li. Walsall, Staffordshire, leather-euryiers. An DIVIDENDS. lir.R• 3 0. P. G. Banner Cripplegate buildings, plumber.—A us. 30, ..., irsett, Dean street , , Soho, builder.—Aug. 31, W. and G. Boum:, tr'oliLltn-street and Regent-street, woollen-drapers.—Sept. 3, _‘‘ . ti n, 7 ner. San's-buildings, Islington, apothecarv.—Aug. 31, R. Mor ted4zrence-lane, wholesale-linen-draper.—Sept. 2, J. Jackson, Plate.. -r ° l4 '. 1 a e , 30, S. F. Lettsom, Cannon-street, tin !nierehr=ufacturer.—Si. 4, J. and J. Foster, Selby, Yorkshire, P2l, 611"„ e• 3 0, Spencer, Manchester, tavern-keeper.— ', w. Tu • "' L ''wis. Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, clothier.—Sept. Met% Whitchurch, Shropshire, architect. m it. Longh th .„, b C „ E RTIFICATES, Arorsr 30. e::( . 1, ji.tt:litige-row Watling-street. box-maker.—F. Wiley, Penner er.--M. J . W 11 rd Union-street. Shadwell, sugar_ I;,Y"Te._ Bee • i tt n, ' Pen P ny a Bentley, Derbyshire, cheese_-fac s t t o o r. st'''' e fiale dru...,: r , r "Ilk Devonshire, refiner.—J. Loftus. Bri 1, . 4 oad-str ee . CRl te a l..,J. Scott, Bimin 7harn, merchank—J. Morland, '"e•C7OB4, corn-dealer. woes', -, 4 tit OF GOVERNMENT VICFc.— In a recent Governmen t savertisement for the sale of a quantity of old ordnance s t or es,. ik it rn P g t shovels, pickaxes,' files , 84c &c. we met with certa!ri ,r9cles denominated "old standin . vices." We can hardly °nog ourselves to b elieve that this ca g n be the fact. It .is , 1 '"" ever mos “ • h, r s h ave 4, t ' . t important, if true," to hear that the IA -1.. ~ ermln,d. ~ .„ at last, to get rid, in a lot, of all their "old standing for • neaven knows they h ave h ad a large quantity on hand so me time past; but who will becom e the purchasers ? vvThe fashionables are departing from town in droves. The rke of Devonshire has , eft for Chatsworth; the Dukes of the Mar Rutland, and Cleveland, for their respective seats; :'fine Marquis of Ahercorn for Ireland; the Marchioness or Lens ,,ll for I3owood: indeed a list of members of the haut ton, :-: 11 would exceed our limits to enumerate, have quitted town, - VI" w e may fairly conclude "the season is dead and buried." ---4,,,0ud0n Paper. OArd High Chancellor receives, on his appointment, a t rt 9f 1 13 13s. The origin of the the go • ~ t or Ili t TO CORRESPONDENTS. The criticisms with respect to the "three witnesses," in one of , yesterday's papers, are below contempt. e thank B. for his letter. Such an application is worthy of • the men. • If . G. B. I. will take the trouble to read the concluding portion • of an article in this day's STANDARD on the trade of Liver pool, he.will discover that the vexatious proceedings to which he refers are not overlooked by us. IN Dui may satisfy himself by the same course. Tat liberpool unbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1833. By the ship Thomas, Captain Jones, which arrived here yesterday, we have received a file of the Charleston Courier to the 7th ultimo. These papers give deplorable accounts of the wheat crops, from rust, rain, and storms. The weather had been extremely changeable, so much so that in the end of June complaints were made of heavy showers of hail in the interior and extreme cold in Charles ton itself. On the 4th July the citizens met together to celebrate the anniversary of American independence.— Upwar& of a hundred toasts redolent of sentiment and patriotism are enumerated as given, but the papers do not inform us whether the whole or part were honoured with bumpers. The usual flags and wreaths of laurel were sported on the occasion. , We are still without any advices from Oporto, an I therefore we may presume that the war is not entirely ended in that quarter. The Dutch papers contain lamentable accounts of the ravages of the cholera at Rotterdam, upwards of a thou sand persons having died within the month of July. The King of SPAIN is reported to be seriously indis posed. His malady is of such a nature that his consti tution must speedily sink under it. The accounts of the Spanish troops having entered Portugal have not been confirmed.' ZCA - BERMUDEZ, the Prime Minister, is if man of sound judgment and sterling integrity, and has long been desirous to put an end to the intestine strug gles in that kingdom—struggles the effects of which must sooner or later be felt in Spain itself. But he has opposing parties and conflicting interests to contend with, the QUEEN'S party being of the liberal order, while that of Don CARLOS embraces the nobility and the church men, and these parties at present divide Spain. A sanguinary convulsion has taken place in Switzer land, and the town of Basle having been assailed, a mur derous conflict having previously occurred without its walls between the country party and the town guards. The schism seems to be, in the present instance, between the two Diets of Zurich and Sarnen. The whole country appears to be in a most distracted state. Some of the Polish exiles have joined the malcontents, and wherever these men go, a curse goes with them. The electors of London having hunted every corner for a Whig candidate in opposition to Mr. KEMBLE, have at length lighted upon a Mr. CRAWFORD, who has con sented to be put in nomination ; but this worthy gentle man having a presentiment of his failure, and not quite sure but that his friends mean to pluck him, in return for the honour they do him, has very wisely buttoned up his pockets. Not one penny will he subscribe, and the puri tans of the metropolis are beginning to be apprehensive that the present will be a dry, and consequently a very dull and disagreeable contest. The nomination was to have taken place yesterday. There is no doubt whatever of the return of Mr. KEMBLE. Sir JOHN KEY has brought his party into complete contempt. The faction have at length seen their danger, and are making preparations for the re-action and its consequen ces. They would, even at this time of day, have the pub lic believe that Mr. EWART is not only a profound but also an impartial statesman, and that he has taken no part whatever in the scandalous and iniquitous attempts made to disfranchise the burgesses of Liverpool. A letter which is inserted in another place will explain our mean ing. Mr. RATLIBONE informs Mr. JOHN EWART, who in forms the public, that Mr. Wm. EWART, although the friend of the parties, did not aid or abet them in their endeavours to degrade his own constituents. This is an ingenious way of counteracting the effects of Mr. EWART'S policy, but it will not succeed. He must be an obtuse person indeed who cannot see the drift of the ruse, for it is as obvious as it is paltry and jesuitical. Mr. RATHBONE volunteers to do that which the honour• able member is either afraid or ashamed to do himself.— He does not come forward in a manly manner to deny that he used his influence against the. burgesses, but he advises his brother to employ Mr. RATHBONE to be his proxy in the matter. Little does tile honourable member know that Mr. RATHBONE'S word does not stand quite so high as it once did, or that he has enough to do to defend his own integrity. Mr. EWART, therefore, cannot expect to gain much from such a voucher. But would it not have been quite as dignified, and much more respectful, had Mr. EWART taken the pains to address his constituents himself. We should like above all things to see his name attached to a declaration of this nature. It is admitted that he did not vote in favour of the freemen. It is also admitted that he made no exer tions to palliate the offences in which he and his friends were the greatest sinners. It is admitted that he and his agents bribed the voters, and did more to tempt, corrupt, and debase them than any other Man ; and it is not de nied, that if he had kept his gold to himself there would have been no grounds whatever for any sweeping charge against the burgesses. Under these circumstances, Mr. EWART was bound to stand up in defence of those privi leges which he had placed in peril, and in vindication of those poor voters whom he had corrupted. He that is not for us is against us ! He who stood aloof, and saw his friends active in convicting the men whom he had bribed, as a receiver stands by and witnesses the conviction of his less guilty dupes, is not a man for whom the burgesses of Liverpool can entertain any respect, or in whom they can place any confidence. The charge would be sufficiently strong against Mr. EWART, even supposing that he had taken no part against the freemen. But we have good reasons for believing that he was as much their enemy as Mr. RATunoNE him self. • An individual calling himself JOHN LANDER, we be lieve a landing waiter in his MAJESTY'S Customs at-this port, has taken upon himself to insult a large body of most respectable gentlemen in this town, by a letter ad dressed to the editor of the Literary Gazette, in which is the following passage on the subject of the recent mer cantile expedition to Africa under the command of his brother RICHARD LANDER : " I cannot close this letter without apprising you of a fact, which will appear incredible to you. Can you believe me when I assert, on the most unquestionable authority, that there are merchants here so heartless and inhuman as to instruct the masters of their vessels who trade to the African coast, to refuse any assistance to the expedition, of which it may stand in need; to reject all letters that may be sent from the parties connected with it; and, in fine, to hold no communication whatever with the steamers or the brig ?' Does it not startle you, that jealousy and selfishness can go so far? Believe me, I blush at the reflection of a crime so hideous and un-English as this.—l am, &c., JooN LANDER. " N.B.—The fact of the merchants' instructions to the mas ters of their vessels may be safely depended on. Nothing can be more true. They nave gone even farther than I have ven tured to hint. They have taken measures to prejudice the minds of the natives against the expedition." When we mention the names of the leading merchants in that trade, Sir JOHN TOBIN, Messrs. HORSFALL, To- BIN, MAXWELLS, BOLD, and RoTnEnAm,---when we place the character of these gentlemen against the assertion of JOHN LANDER, we feel sure that we have done all that is necessary ; but we happen to know that the above gentlemen have given the statement of JOIIN LANDER 1110 most unqualified contradiction, not by assertion, but by their acts. We know that the merchants in the African trade, as a body, have done every thing in their power to render the expedition such assistance as one merchant would feel bound to render to another,--we know that hardly a vessel belonging to any of the above houses has sailed without taking letters or parcels for the expedition. We ieve we know of one vessel which actually gave them assistance of which they stood in need, by. furnishing Columbine. with a quantity of cabin . stoma,' We trust that those gentlemen who have the manage ment of the expedition will come forward and substan tiate what we have stated, and what they must know to be correct,—we trust they will come forward to defend the characters of those' who they know have shewn every disposition to aid the undertaking in every way which would not be injurious to their own interests. If any individual trader choose to give unfeeling in structions to the captain of his vessel, are a whole body of merchants to be insulted on that account ? We do not even believe, much less do we know, that such instruc tions have been given by any single individual, and we do not believe that there lives a merchant in this town so heartless as to refuse assistance to any of his country men, in a foreign land, who might stand in need. . We are aware that a vast deal has been said about this patriotic African expedition ; we are aware that every pains has been taken to enlist the feelings and the sympathies of the British public in behalf of the expe dition ; and that the influence of the press has not been wanting to extol the spirited and enterprising gentlemen with whom the undertaking originated ; but it is high time that the public should know, that the expedition is like the expedition of any other body of merchants, for the purpose of trade and profit to the proprietors -the only difference being that one is owned by a company of merchants, the other by private individuals-- that the one trade up the river—the other at the mouth of the river. An individual, we believe, has been sent out with the expedition, with a view of furthering the ends of Sci ence ; but even this we are informed is done at the ex pense of the Government, and not at the expense of the expedition. In a recent number of our paper we made a few extracts from the finance accounts of the United Kingdom, brought down to the sth January last; exhibiting the gratifying; fact, that the net receipts at the Custom-house, Liverpool, after deducting drawbacks and repayments, amounted last year to a sum exceeding by above one million ster ling the amount collected in all Ireland and all Scotland . This fact has led us to the investigation of other branches of the question ; and, whichever way we turn, the rapid increase of population, commerce, internal in dustry, and, necessarily, of wealth, meets us in a manner that must afford the highest gratification to the inhabitants of this hive of industry. Let us take shipping for in stance. The registered amount of shipping in the British Em pire, at the conclusion of the last three years, was as follows : PERIODS. VESSELS. TONS. MEN. 31st December, 1830 23,721 2,531,819 154,812 31st December, 18.31 21,212 2,581,964 158,122 31st December, 18.32 21,435 2,618,068 161,63-1 We will next take the amount of Shipping entered in wards and cleared outwards in the United Kingdom, from and to foreign parts, (including their repeated voyages,) during the last three years : 1830. IXIVARDS. tet.rd -et—huei.fritet or the grant cannot be tra,ed.— bet! tip ( wiiiiare the Third, of this allowance is a war- the _ itectung the issue of £2 • 000 W ite"Pgr tlie Greet Seas. the OUT IF4RDS. VESSELS. TONS. VESSELS. TONS. British Vessels.... 13,548 2,180,042 12,747 2,10'2,147 ForeiguVessels .... 5,359 758,828 5,158 758,368 Totals 18,907 2,938,870 17,905 2,860,515 British Vessels.... 14,488 2,367,322 13,791 2,300,731 Foreign Vessels.... 6.085 874,605 5,927 896,051 Totals 20,573 3,211,927 19.718 3,19G,782 British Vessels.... 13,372 2,185,980 13,292 2,229,269 Foreign Vessels.... 4,546 639,979 4,391 651,223 Totals 17,918 2,825,959 17,683 2,880,492 Total Amounts for the Three Years, British Vessels.... 41,408 6,733,314 39,830 6,632,147 Foreign Vessels.— 15,990 2,273,412 15,476 2,305,642 Grand Tntals.. 57,398 9,006,756 55,306 8,937,789 Average Amoants for the Three Years. British Vessels.... 13,803 2,241,418 13,277 2,210,716 Foreign Vessels.... 5,330 757,804 5,159 768,547 Totals 19,133 3,002,252 18,433 2,979,263 Of these several numbers there entered into and sailed from the port of Liverpool, the following proportions : LVIVARDS. EIR I 41V E POQI. STA N { NET RECEIPTS. 18.30. E. Great Britain 17,97 i .500 Ireland . Totals for the U. Kingdom 19,527,101 Liverpool 3,421.551 Foreign Parts .. 2,517 , 625,021 Irelaud Coastwise - • 4,856 349,693 Total 10,662 1,361,412 Total Amounts in three Years-30,774 4,071,651 Average per Annum. 10,258 1,357,217 The tables thus given are c.Anpil3d from official docu ments; but they by no means comprise the whole of the arrivals in the port; as there are numerous vessels con stantly coming from Ireland and coastwise in ballast, or with articles which require no Custom-house papers, and of which no official account is kept in that department. The deficiency of information on this head is well sup plied by the municipal accounts relating to the Docks, which are annually published by the Trustees. These accounts being made up to the 24th of June in each year, the particular items will not correspond with the official accounts above given, even if the latter exhibited the hole number of vessels arriving; as they are brought down to the close of each year, or, according to official practice, and the old style, to the sth January. Never theless, the aggregates in each case will be sufficiently in accordance to spew the general results. We shall, there fore, give the actual whole number of vessels, with their tonnage, which have entered the port for the three years ending the 24th of June of the present year, extracted from the accounts of the Trustees of the Docks : TEAR ENDING AT MIDSUMMER, VESSELS. TONS. 1831 12,537 1,592,436 1832 12,928 1,510,057 1833 12,964 1,590,161 Total Amount in three Year5...38,429 4,722,954 Average per Annum. 12,810 1,571318 It will be seen by this statement, that, (without regard ing the difference in the periods of the year at which the Dock and Custom-house accounts are respectively made up,) the numbers of vessels which arrive from Ireland and coastwise, either in ballast or ,with cargoes exempt from the control of the Custom-house, and of which, therefore, that department takes no cognizance, have amounted, in the last three years, to VESSELS. 7,655 TONS. 651,303 Being an Average per Ann. 0f...2,552 217,101 Before we discuss the subject of the revenue derived from this accumulated mass of navigation, and point to the inferences to which a view of the whole question na turally leads, we will so far extend this branch of it as to give the numbers of vessels, with their tonnage, which have entered the port from all parts every third year from 1800 down to the 24th June last; in which will be re marked an invariable progression, with the solitary ex ception of 1812, one of the years of the American war. It is a progression, in fact, that haS only one parallel in the history of the world ; and that is the city of New York ; which, in all the essentials of commercial enter prise, most assimilates with Liverpool. This position we will take an early opportunity of establishing, by a condensed view of the commerce of the United States, in the manner of the present statement. _ . We find, then, by the accounts of the trustees, that the dock dues were paid on the following amounts of tonnage in the several years specified : Years endniy at essels. Midsummer. 1800 4 1803 4,791 , 494,521 1806 4 . 676. - 507,825 1809 6 1812 4 1815 6 1818 6 1821 1821 ~ 1827 18.1) . 11,214 . - 1,411.961 18:33 Tonnage. Thus exhibiting the extraordinary fact that, in the short space of thirty-three years, the trade of the port has nearly quadrupled ; being in the ratio of more than seven to two in 1833 as compared with 1800. Let us next look at the general amount of the duties of Customs derived from the commerce of the united king dom for the last three years, and how much of it was yielded by the port of Liverpool within each year. It stands thus, taking, throughout, the net receipts, after deducting repayments, drawbacks, 16,810,174 1,456,900 18,267,074 3,473,279 16,960,632 1,507,2-19 18,467,881 3,8.32,033 In treating this part of the question it must not be lost sight of, that reductions and changes of various kinds have taken place in the duties of customs; and that, in despite of the increased consumption calculated upon in such cases, the net revenue of the united kingdom, de rived from this branch, has fallen off to the extent of £1,059,220 within the three years. But this isolated fact does not bear upon the discussion otherwise than as corroborative of our views, since the diminution of duties applies to all places equally ; and it will be seen that, whilst the general revenue of the united kingdom has fallen off to the extent last mentioned, the port of Liverpool, in stead ofexhibiting its share ofsuch defalcation, shows an in crease of no less than £410,482 within the three years; or, it may rather be said, within the two years from the sth January 1831 to the sth January 1833 ; and if the account were taken back to the sth January 1830, the excess in Liverpool, from that period to the same day in the present year, would be nearly £600,000. It will be seen, by these accounts, that this port, which, dire... years ago, paid customs duties to the extent of about one-sixth of the aggregate amount paid by the three kingdoms, contributed, during the last year, one fourth of the amount paid by England, and considerably more than one-fifth of the whole of those duties raised in the united kingdom ; showing that, whilst the customs duties,of the united kingdom have• fallen off nearlj , six 'per cent., those of Liverpool have increased twelve per cent. Their amount exceeds, as has already been stated, the whole revenue of Scotland and Ireland from the same ou rces by above a million sterling per annum ; and its . aggregate reaches the spin derived from the nine principal ports of the three kingdoms—(London, of course, ex cepted)—namelv, Bristol, Hull, Newcastle, Leith, Glas gow, Greenock, Dublin, Belfast, and Cork. If we revert to the statements relative to vessels and tonnage entering this port, we shall discover equal mat ter for congratulation. Looking at this branch, we find that more than one-third of all the foreign tonnage, anti above one fifth of all the British and foreign tonnage united, of every description, which enters the ports of the United Kingdom from foreign parts, arrives at Liver pool. In Irish shipping, the proportion destined here is still larger. Of the whole number of vessels entered in the custom-houses of Ireland for every part of Great Britain, Liverpool receives nearly two-fifths; and if al loWance be made for the great numbers which, for the reasons before stated, are not entered at our custom house, there is little doubt that one-half of the entire tonnage of Ireland destined for Great Britain, enters this port. We have no means of ascertaining, in the same manner, the proportion of coasting, trade enjoyed by Liverpool; but we have shewn that five or six thou sand coasting vessels annually enter the river Mersey. Thus, the whole number of vessels and amount of ton nage, annually seen in Liverpool, exceeds considerably one-half of the whole registered shipping of the British empire, European and Colonial. There is one, and only one point in which the port of Liverpool does not keep up its preponderance in matters relating to shipping. It does not build ships at all in numbers proportioned to the immense'extent of its corn-, mercial operations. • The registers of shipping belong ing to the port of Liverpool . fall f4r . shOrt. of 1000 ves sels,. and 200,000 tons, which is but a small part . of its. entire navigation. It, however, compensates the other ports of the country, especially those engaggdin ship building, for its almost monopoly in many 'branches Of trade, by giving constant employment to great numbers of their vessels: Liverpool stands only third in the .re gistry of ships. London and Newcastle being both be fore it in that respect. The evidence we have thus adduced—so incontroverti ble in itself, and presenting, apart from extraneous con siderations, so fair a prospect for the future—borne out, as it is, by that single, but most important fact, that, (with the exception of 1812 before referred to), no period of our commercial history exhibits any retrogression; but that, on the contrary, each succeeding year presents to view a progressive increase in commercial transactions, and in the private benefits and public revenue derived from them ;—such an evidence, we say, is naturally calculated to draw forth, in a spirit of great sincerity, our warmest congratulations to our fellow-townsmen upon the growing consequence of this port. In all sincerity we •do offer those congratulations. And if, by the blessing of that Providence which has hitherto guarded this favoured island, the injurious consequences which have threatened our commercial prosperity, through recent public mea• sures, should be averted, we . may fairly expect to see this, the second commercial port of the world, not only main tain its position, but make the same advances in succeed ing years which have marked those gone by ; especially favoured, as it is, in all its localities, both for internal and external communication. • Let us hope, then, that the Government of the country will, at all times henceforward, do for the port of Liver pool what its increasing consequence entitles it to expect. It may reasonably demand every facility, as regards the transaction of its commercial business, that is consistent with the security of the revenue. Whether it has, of late, experienced all those facilities—or whether, on the contrary, many new and vexatious regulations have not been introduced and enforced in the revenue depart ments, which are alike unknown in other places—parti a l in their operation—pr e judi c i a l in themselves to the commercial interests =- and unnecessary, ,as measures of precaution, for the protection of the revenue—we leave to the consideration of some of those exercising authority in that department. We have certainly had many and not unimportant representations made to us on that head. It would be with much unwillingness that we should go into details on points of that nature. We should greatly prefer being justified in avoiding such a course. But, if the causes of complaint to which we now refer, and which will thus be rendered intelligible to the proper authorities, be not speedily abated, our duty as journalists, watching especially over the commercial interests of the town, will induce us to speak out distinctly, and without reserve, upon the measures which have been brought immediate ly, and most intelligibly, under our notice. Another evil, also, will be matter for the future serious consideration of the higher authorities; and our attention is drawn, at the moment, to this particular fact, through the very sensitive medium of our pockets. In drawing up the tables which are given in the course of the present article, being deficient in documents upon one or two points, and desirous of placing our accuracy beyond ques tion, we applied to certain authorities for some trifling information. For the required information (which it may probably have cost a clerk half an hour to prepare) three guineas were demanded by the parties in question and paid by us. This was done under the authority of what is called a "patent right," granted in "years long past," by and to certain parties, and for considerations to which we will not here more particularly refer. The fact, however, proves the 'existence of an imperium in imperio, which, in these times of the correction of abuses, it would be well to see removed. We will, at our lei sure, make a little more inquiry into this subject. OUTIV.IRDS. VESSELS. TONS. VESSELS. TONS. British Vessels.... 1,655 368,268 1,828 389,276 Foreign Vessels.... 1,655 2;2,463 1,011 268,839 Totals 2,710 6-10,731 2 , 869 658,115 British Vessels.... 1,862 413,928 2,006 4 40,418 Foreign Vessels.... 978 265,037 1,031 278,569 Totals 2,810 678,965 3,037 718,98 7 British Vessels.... 1,719 397,933 1,954 4 32,544 Foreign Vessels.... 828 227,087 8 65 237,815 Totals 2.547 625,020 2,819 670,389 Total Amounts for the Three Years, British Vessels.... 5,236 1,180,129 5,788 1,262,238 Foreign Vessels 2,861 761,587 2,937 785,253 Grand Totals.. 8,097 1,944,716 8,725 2,047,401 Average Amounts for the Ihree Years: British Vessels.... 1,745 393,376 1,929 420,746 Foreign Vessels.... 954 254,862 979 261,751 Totals 2,699 618,238 2,908 682,497 We next come to the Shipping entered into Great Britain from Irish ports, which stands thus : YEAR. VESSELS. 1830.. . 8,455 880,965 . 9,029 921,128 1832.. . 9,374 970,481 Total in three Years. 26,858 2,772,574 Average per Annum 8,953 9'/1,191 Of these there arrived in the port of Liverpool, as fol- lows : YEAR. VESSELS. 1830.. 2,609 340,899 1831 2,931 363,303 1832 3,259 386,699 Total in three Years..... 8,802 1,090,901 Average per Annum 2,934 363,634 We then naturally look at the coasting trade, as dis tinguished from that of Ireland ; and find that the coast ing vessels which entered the port of Liverpool within the same three years were : TEAR. VESSELS. TONS. 1830 4,309 337,431 1831 4,710 348,910 1832 4,856 349,693 Total in three Years. ... .13,885 1,036,034 Average per Annum 4,628 345,345 The aggregate amount of the shipping entering this port will, then, stand thus : VELSEI.S. TONS. Foreign Pal ts 2,710 640,731 Ireland 2,609 310,599 Coastwise Total 9,628 1.319,061 15,31. • Foreign Parts. 2,810 678,96.5 Ireland. Coastwise 4,710 342,910 Total 10.484 1,391,178 LONDON LATEST NEWS. Saturday Evening, Half:past Seven o'clock. The books at Loyd's this afternbon announce the arrival of the Grecian, Young, and the George and Catherine, Blacklock, at St. Petershurgh. We regret to state that the cholera is on the increase here, and several fatal cases have occurred. It is said to be of increased malignity, even than of last year's, and considerable alarm prevaiis. It does not appear either that those precautions which last year tended so much to check this dreadful disease are to be adopted, a supineness not to be ac counted for. Our money market, so far as respects English securities, has evinced very great apathy since our last, and the quotation for the 'account is ssi - 69. Consols for money are 86i 89. It is generally understood thataccounts are in tows announcing the recapture of St. Mies, and other places in its vicinity, by the troops of Don Miguel. This caused a decline in the scrip and bonds of 1 per cent. yesterday, and, although nothing confirmatory has reached us yet, the scrip left off heavy at 24. and the-bon - cis at 891. In the northern bonds the market is tolerably Jinn, Dutch closing this afternoon at 51i i; Danish at 711 5, Belgian at 961, and Russian at 1051 61. Spanish stock has been an object of some speculation, and has been as high as 24. It closed this afternoon at 231 1. Bra zilian bonds, after having been as high as 75, have fallen to 711 72; but we have no news from this quarter. It is still strongly current in our political circles that an expedition is on the eve of being sent out to Lisbon, notwithstanding the con tradiction put forth by the ministerial press. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. (Written exclusively for the Standard.) The great attraction in "the sporting world" during the week, and the only turf matter of much interest was the York Meeting, which concluded on Smurday last, with that animating spirit which invariably characterises it. We think it unneces sary to give more of the meeting than the result of each race,. with the exception of a few comments acceptable to sportsmen, for in the first place we have not space for a column of matter, which a full return would occupy; and iii the second, all parties interested, from the publicity given to the return bills, will have seen those partieuars ; suffice it then to say, that for the Great Yorkshire Stakes, for which the third favourite for the St. Leger, Rockingham, was the favoured one, at 6 to 4 on, for some cause or other did not go, although-the field against him was rather of an insignificant character. As soon as it became known that Rockingham was not intended to run, Charmer, an outside L eger h orse b ecame th e f a v o urit e an d 6 to 4 was laid on her against the field —the prize ' however, was taken by Mr. Houldswoith' s D espot b y a b o ut three-.quarters of a length, and that gentleman also proved fortunate in taking the Produce Stakes with Trident, and walking over for the next race, thus winning three races in one day. His Majesty's Plate was won .by Physician, beating Tomboy, Ostrich, and President; 2 to 1 against Tomboy, and 5 to 4 againsCrhysician, seven drawn-- won by half a length. The Two Year Old Stakes were taken by Emigrant, beating the filly by Lottery, Warlaby Barloch, Lincroft, Mr. Powlett's two colts by Lottery, Col. Cradock's b. c., Mr. Wynne's b. f., the Duke of Leeds' two colts by Black lock, Maid of Lorne, b. f. by Whisker, and Miss Margaret; betting 2 to 1 against b. f. by Lottery, 3 to 1 against Warlabv Barloch. and sto 1 against the rest. The One-third of the Sub scription of '25 Sovs. was won by Voluna, beating Trustee. The Corporation Plate was won by Allegro beating live others. The Thursday's Produce was wo n by} - the Duke of - Leed's b. c. Lot, beating b. c. by Lottery, and Frankenstein, fifteen paid; 5t04 ou Frankenstein, 2to 1 against Lot. Mr. Stapleton's match was off. The One-third of the Great Subscription of 25 Soya. with 20 added, was walked over for by l: 25 The Fridays Subscription was won by Voluna, beating 'I rident and b. c. by Roiss. The Hornby Stakes were wou by Veloci pede, beatin g , Velocity, Forrester, and b. c. by Blacklock ; 6 to 4 against Velocipede, 5 to 2 against b. c. by Blacklock, 3 to 1 against Velocity, and 3 to 1 against Forrester; won by a length easy. The Thirty Guineas' Stake, which excited the grehtest interest of the whole meeting, in consequence of Rockingham and Belshazzar being entered, one of whom was expected to run, was won by the latter, the former did not run, Boscobel came in a gooa second, Despot third, and b. f. by Lottery fourth. Belshazzer was ridden by flay, and took the lead at starting, but near the graVel holes was headed by Boscobel, who continued in that situation for a few minutes, when Bel shazzer again took the l ea d an d won easy'. The Tureen Stakes were won - by Physician, ridden by Darling, Nitocris second, Emancipation third; Emancipation was the favourite at evens. 'The Renewed Subscription was won by Voluna, beating Trus tee. There was considerable betting upon the course upon the Great St. Leger, and much business has been done since our last upon that event, both in Manchester and other betting cir cles in the county, but in consequence of the principal men being at York, very little was effected at Tattersall's on Thurs day. Belshazzer remains second favourite, but it does not ap pear that he has risen a point since winning the York Stake, as the field was very common-place. The Wolverhampton races commenced yesterday (Monday), but little business was done upon them. The following is the state of the odds in Manchester this day (Monday), NVolverhampton Stakes, 3 to 1 against Sir John, 5 to 1 against Her Highness. Cleveland Cup, 2 to 1 against Lady Stafford, 3 to 1 against Independence. Hoivoake Stakes, 2 to 1 against Independence , 3 to 1 against Manchester. Great St. Leger, sto 1 against Muley Moloch, 7 to 1 against Belshazzar (freely taken), Bto 1 against Rock ingham, 12 to 1 against Marpesse, 1 3 to 1 against the Mole, 14 to 1 against the Connoisseur, 100 to . 4 against Tim, ltX) to 6 against Revenge, 1000 to 25 against New Fashion, 2000 to 66 against Giaucus, 1000 to 25 against Charmer, 1000 to 30 against Futer. _ _ BETTING AT YORK ON SATURDAY.-5 to 1 against Muley Moloch (taken), 8 to 1 against Rockinghatn, 8 to 1 against lielshazzer (taken), 25 to 2 against Niussulman, 13 to 1 against Connosseur, 14 to 1 against Marpessa, 16 to 1 a o iminst he Mole, 18 to 1 against. Anne, 3.1 to 1 against De s p o t (taken). ANOTHER COUNTY SW AMFED.---We have more good news for the .Whigs in the electioneering way. From Perthshire we hear there is no doubt of the Conservatives- having succeeded in obtaining • a majority in that county. Upwards of 300 new claims have been lodged, and of these three-fourths are favour able to the Conservative cause. In no county of Scotland, per haps has the revulsion of public feeling been more decistre than in Perthshire, The Whigs are, generally speaking, in very bad odour; and we have the best grounds for believing that it a new election were now to take place, Lord Ormelie would be opposed by the.greater number of his quondam sup porters. But, independently of this, the Conservatives have so largely added to their numbers, that they would be sure to tri umph.—Edinburgh Evening l'aq. CHARGE OF POISONING,—Mr. Hull, a respectable farmer, of Clackton, Essex, a widower with tour children, has been corn mitted: for trial ou a charge. of having.atteuipted to poison Mr. Pyman, landlord of the 'Queen's-head, Clackton. The parties were drinking porter, together, at; the Queen's-head, and Mr. Pyman discovered that . something bad .lteen put into. the mug, •which on FillainatiOU we prOY# t ! , l:: to corro,ive sublimate l u l u arsenic; Hull 'denied flip charge, and said it was likely. that Mr. - Pyinau bad put tlie, poison into the beer from a feeling of • e:alousy.—Suplk Chrefticle. 95 THE STANDARD_ANJWIP3-CONTEMPOITARIES. The Liverpool journals have, duriri4. the past week, had their full awing in persotialities, and as . ninch 'as possible at our expense. Unable to defend the conduct of Ms. EwART, or whitewash the character of Mr. Wm. Itarnapxft, they have honoured us with theinabuse, and have descended to the mean ness of attacking a - gentleman by name, who 'is. siipPosed to be connected with this paper, but who is not inthe' slightest de gree mixed up with our provincial politics. They must be des perate indeed, and sore beyond expreSsiOn, when they have re course to such gratuitous malice as this,:the . gratification of which neither trenches upon our arginneuts, nor invalidates the accusations we have brought against their patrons, and have fully substantiated by evidence. They are, however, quite welcome to indulge to their hearts' content in such spite. Dr. JOHNSON used to say, "that the ball must have struck with force or it would not rebound," and so say we. The party trust be hard pressed ar they' would not leave Mr. RATHBONE sprawling in the mire, and utterly help less, in order to peck at other game. We have never waged war upon any of our Contemporaries, simply because we have had higher duties to perform. We are not aware that we have named any one of them more than once or twice, and that only when it was impossible to, avoid it. They may"take our word for it, that if we felt diAposed to recriminate —and who knows how soon it will be necessary to do so —we could exhibit the con duct of the parties connected with the Whig press of Liverpool in such a light, whether as tradesmen, as• empiries, as the collectors of charitable donations dishonestly misapplied, as literary impostors, or as the publishers of periodical rubbish stolen from books, and palmed upon the world as original— in fact we could make them the ridicule and the scorn of that very public whom they pretend to in s t ruc t. W e h ave no de sire to use our weapons unmercifully, and an attack upon a private individual is a sort of warfare in which we trust we shall never be compelled to engage. If, however, we hear any more of these personalities, it may for once be our duty to depart from the strict rule we have laid down, and apply the knout to our adversaries in a way which they would recollect during the remainder of their lives. By the way, we are reminded that a serious offence has been committed against an elderly hack of the faction, by the in sertion in the STAN9 . ARD of a few lines relative to th e "plea sures of the bath." . How dull, and yet how thin-skinned mutt the dotard be! Ile is the most literal scribe we ever encour tered. He has taken some two or three mortal columns to vindicate himself against a joke! Our story about the "float ing tub," and the "red eyes," and, the "bladders," and all that, was merely a bit of fun; and yet he has, in spite of his daily ablutions, been in a fever about it for the last fortnight. All that was intended was meant as a satire upon his own unmea sured, inimitable, bnt at the same time insufferable puffs. We were desirous of patronising the "splendid ornament," but could not, for the soul of us, swallow such vile praise and execrable puffing. If the concern be in the hands of respect able persons, all we say is, God defend them from their friends! The bad taste of eternally extolling its merits, of toasting and watering it on all occasions, was enough to convince the world that the puffer was the proprietor, and that be was drawing largely upon public opinion for his own narrow purposes. If he be not the proprietor, the sooner he is induced to remain silent the better for the owner or owners. Such puffing would sink a seventy-four, far less the sort of barge to which we allude. We say this in perfect sincerity, and from the best of motives; no gentleman can be expected to patronise such a place so long as Mercury is master of the ceremonies on board, and its town-crier in the streets. W. EWART, ESQ. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL JOUR-VAL. Sta,—Mr. Rathbone has requested me to deny the insinua tions made by Mr. S. Holmes and Mr. 'l'. B. Hors%ll, as to my brother's communications with the parties who were active in the Liverpool disfranchising committee in Lonelon. I+l3 brother was always glad to see several of them as his friends, but he did not co-operate with them as parties in this business. I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN EWART. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAVD4RD. SlR,—The above letter appeared in the Journal of Saturday. Mr. John Ewart, befbre he undertook, at the request of Mr. Rathbone, to deny anythi:lg which he represents as having oc curred at a meeting where neither Mr. Rathbone nor himself was present, might have taken the t rou bl e to ascerta i n h ow far theinformation he had received was correct. It is not true that I made any insinuation on the subject to which Mr. Ewart's letter refers. What I stated was a fact; a fact which he has not denied, and which I now repeat—" That when the rights, the privileges, and the very existence of the freemen, as free men, were endangered, Mr. Ewart, instead of standing forward to defend them, was in constant communication with Mr. Har vey, Mr. Rathbone, and Mr. O'Connell." From this fact, which took place during the debate in the house, the freemen are quite capable of drawing their own con clusions, without the help of either Mr. Rathbone or Mr. Ew art.-1 am, sir, your most obedient servant, August 12, 1833. THOMAS B. HORSFALL. LOCAL NEWS. THE LANCASTER ASSIZES.—The Commission for the Summer Assizes for this county was opened yesterda y , by the Lord Chi e f Justice Denman and Mr. Baron Bolland. All the cases of any public interest or importance will be reported in THE STAN D A RD. Lord Sandon, one of the representatives of the borough, has remitted ten pounds to relieve the widows of the poor men who lost their lives at the late fire in Scotland-road. Our other member, Mr. William Ewart, has subscribed the sum of two pounds for the same praiseworthy object! The Liver Theatre is undergoing some alterations and repa rations, and will be opened next week by that emperor of all the fiddlers, the Signor Pagauini. We recommend those who have not heard his almost magical performances to take this opportunity of doing so. - - The trades' unions are already beginning to break up. Some men returned to their work yesterday, having at last plucked up sufficient courage to break the chains imposed upon them by the idle and the worthless. The Effects of these combinations are of a heartrending nature in this town. There are hundreds of famines. who have not a bed to lie upon, and who have been obliged to pawn or sell almost every article of dress or furni ture. Work there is in abundance, and 3.et there are hundreds of workmen walking . the streets. Good wages might be ob tained, and yet their wives and children are either starving or begging. LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTE.—Dr. Murray is about to enter on a course of lectures on geology, at this institution, which, if delivered with the tact and spiiit exhibited in his re cent lectures at other places, will not be undeserving of the time that may be devoted to them. If these lectures are not delivered to mechanics—if this class of persons neither support nor attend them in any . considerable number, it would perhaps be better if these institutions were called by names less iikely to mislead their supporters. STEAM NAVIGATION.—The St. George Steam-packet Com pany have entered into a treaty of alliance with the Netherland Steam-packet Company, for facilitating the communications between this port, Cork, Plymouth, London, and Rotterdam: To effect this object, one of three steamers engaged for this trade, will be despatched for London, via Cork and Plymouth, which place it is expected to make in six days, when the voyage to Holiand will be resumed after a trans-shipment of the cargo, whether bibed or quadruped, living or dead lumber, to one of the Dutch vessels. Any enterprise that has a tendency to increase the intercourse with Liverpool, whether it be with places near to or distant from us, foreign or domestic, bus our best wishes for its success. There has been an unusual influx of strangers into Liverpool during the last ten days, and "mine host" of the Adelphi Hotel, has had the honour ofnumbering among his guests, the Marquis of Granby, Lord and Lady Acheson and family, Lord Brudenell, Lord and Lady 'Vernon and party, Sir Robert and Lady Bateson, the Mayor of Paris, Sir Frederick Trench, Sir Hugs Stewart, General Taylor, General Yves, General Freeman, Rev. Dr. Porter, Rev. D. Hutton, of London, Rev. T. Grove, Colonel Maxwell, Colonel Marshall, Major Lloyd, Major Sweeney, Captain Grindlav, Major Bowver, Captain Taubmau, Sir John Rennie, Rev. M. Ryerson, Count and Countess e Genfield, Mr. ti astin, of New Orleans, Mr. Rothchild, Mr. Palmer, Governor of the Bank of England, Sir Wm. Becher, Mr. Edgeworth, Mr. Bridges, late an M.P. for, and also an ex alderman of, the city of London; Mr.. 7 St:George and fatuity, of Frankfort, Captain 111‘Ginnis, Mr. Ilobhouse, and M r C urt i s. The following is extracted from the /Warning Herald :—" We understand that a civil engineer has been engaged by Sir John Milley Doyle to proceed to Oporto, as it is said to be the inten tion of the gallant officer to establish a sham communication between that place and Lisbon. Sir John, it will be recollected, was the proprietor of a steamer called the Royal George, which he sold to the existing government of Portugal." In common, with the English nation, we are not i , norant of the meaning of that significant word sham ; seeing the universality of its appli cation to all patriots par excellence, from those reformers, Sir John Key and the Reverend Doctor Wade, down to our own pure andexcellent representative, William Ewart, Esq., who is horror-struck at the bare mention of bribeiy or corruption in any shape; but a "sham communication" is among the novel. ties that we are bound to notice. We perfectly well remember the sale of the Royal George, and we have a sort of suspicion that the ga ll an t k n i g ht h as a peculiar aptitude for selling any commodity, and no particular dislike to sell royalty whenever a scrap of it falls iuto his hands. EMIGRANT PASSfiNGERS. —On Saturday one of those die. graceful occurrences of outrage to strangers going to America was heard before the magistrates, upon a warrant, on the com plaint of a poor, illiterate Irishman, against one of the subordi nate ag ents for American passengers, who hail agr ee d t o t a k e the Irishman in the Sylvanus Jenkins to New York for £2 15e.; but, when he came to the office, five shillings mo re was d eman d e d for hospital money, and, upon hi s remons t rat i ng, h e was k n oc k e d down and much 'ill-used. The defendant uas held to bail to answer for the assault at the sessions. The utility and efficiency of the office established here by Government for the protection of emigrants will, no doubt, lead to its being made permanent, and to the establishment of similar offices at those seaports in England and Ireland from whence emigrants are shipped, the active superintendence of which will be attended with very bene ficial results Things in Cockaigne appear to be "in most admired dis order." A radical candidate is not to be found "ter love or money"—nothing goes on as it should do, and the public clocks are no_ more to be depended upon for telling the honest truth than Sir John Key, for.they, too, it appears, are given to Icing. A correspondent of the Herald "expresses his surprise that to such a city as London, and in the very centre of it, the clock of. St. Paul's should be allowed to. deceive and disappoint so ms.p.r. thousands daily " The Herald responds that "the conll'lir'e,;l not without reason," and tells us moreover that " thr , - Hay . charge may be brought against St. Martin's clock, 16 ' 41 ' L'o. 72, its cousin in the city,' has been dumb fur about the satne . ,„. Other churches (St. John's in the Waterloo . road, for in h.s L at i are also in the same predicament." welbirlk, le portentous 1 We are not . philosophers enough. to die and it cause of this sym hpathy ...etween.the clucks nod tlic - ratli . ait. appear to lahwir under souse grievous aiiiiction, recommend Dr. 13itibcck to inquire into the cause o .ease among the clocks. The euiy opinivu that we Cl on the subject is, that the cholera moubus has broken o 4 them ; xt any G;te they du not appear to meditate: 4 4.;n ~~ 1j