The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

TO ADVERTISERS. We beg respectfully to call the attention of Merchaz Brokers tioneers, and others, 'ant _fact that the LIVERPOOL ON ICY IS NOW THH NEWSPAPER STANDARD iLY ON TUESDAY, day by the thousands PUBLISHED NV which zd on th of Manufacturers and others attending THE TUESDAY'S MARKET IN The S MANCHESTER 2 at all the Inns in that town and the inq district üblished at Half-past Mails, containing the s of importance that of the morning and 7 surrounding OND .EDITIO MARKS ‘,.totrtmoi otanbarb Elg 3- i IPRIL 18, 1848 IN the I as in every other country Of the put likely to be mind, and the -extent to which it is cted upon by any great event, is to be gather occasic . ,ice of the uneasy and, _ j masses, than from the more ms expressed by the, thinking portion The constraints of authority the minds, as upon the actions, of An population; and, although in s intellect and authority assume their ['nue e over such a population, in periods of men that influence is but a seeming, and 1 d .cting power is in the passions of the ie. Hence we are led to look for an indi ' t probable operation of passing Euro pean events upon the minds of the people of the United States, rather to the opinions mooted with respect to them by their democratic press than to the ligh* ' 'heir are regarded by their states- rational of of the community, sit lightly upon ordina: excitement, t the real dire ' cation of th and diploma rst sensation created in America by The news of the revolution in France was one of the most exuberant joy, will not surprise any one ler of the American people. displayed at New York in hanging out flags, speeches and con nd, which it was fully ex ughout the union. All armless and natural. That t We are I that it celebratio gratulations . of every pected this, of course, The most impo perfect A inquiry to be made, however, pect to the mode in which Brother to demean himself, politically, r struggle or national collision Europe ; and an answer to this inquiry, which may not be far wide of the mark, -.T remarks of the New - is witti Jonatha: we IIDU York.lL .en in the followi ina Herald : Diaring the old wars growing out of the French revo- 1 ution, the p United States was to keep aloof in entanglements, and to maintain a nen the great fight between liberty and ;ood policy for that age of the mntry was then poor, thinly y of tt use thi cal or moral de with thil The case is now changed united, animated, powerful, belli- Lre nearly twenty-five millions of tacity and intelligence sufficient to h fifty millions of the old world. ias just terminated most brilliantly treaty of peace has been made with le American army, according to all turning to their own country. ratters in the world, at HIT advantages, our military _ During the recent war oval energies were in abeyance ; but n for believing that the naval capa- getent and rich th, can, mople Is to cop ny;th MA, and decisive appearances We no thi ss one of the highest ment, for we have the best is equal to our military capacity ; and this is an arm of power which may be wielded with the coming contest between the new and the old deapotisms of Europe By d enlargement of our naval elements, n navy, and the full equip- city of this countr immense effect in ,f France inent of our fleets, we can prevent, in some degree, that great coalition of the despotic and monarchical powers of Europe from overwhelming the Preach republic, as they of the last'Century. If England action, of the French people, I et it the n and to assume such a positon e American people re- ►tentions of t' zland. Pe anticipate, when Canadi apsqlde moment is nearer ;, Cuba, and all the West to ruin, or _fall into our hands. Who A the great movement in Paris of England, Ireland or Scotland, Who can stop the revolutionary thinly not very modest—our trans er, indeed, is not accounted at any but it is probably, for all r reflex of his inclinations. He has xico, and what is still more to cing off and appropriating ry time a very modest man bis taste He is enraptured by tion of his military achievements, ect to have an opportunity of of his naval arm, which, he his recent efforts, " been in ludence of his proposed assump r of Dictator over the nations and would no tr no th complain abeyance of Europe icite a ► smile tomed ont ust now It may appear to familiar with the interna- hood ha' d nations, 'a mo preposterous pretty we et been even* pas tch of m But of such a character has cy, which our step of that po is adonted for the purpose of evidence to show. THE WEATHER, &c.—During the past week we had much more rain, and cold winds principally from the S.EJ, than was agreeable to agriculturists, or indeed to the general community. Saturday was wet and raw through out a great part of the day. Sunday was particularly gloomy, the sun being obscured by thick clouds, and the wind being still from the south-east, there was little abate ment of the previous cold. The sky strongly threatened rain during the greater part of the day, and about ten o'clock at night a heavy downfal, accompanied by a whist ling wintry wind took place, and continued in squalls for r some hours. Notwithstanding the humidity so general to European over the last three weeks, the farmers in this neighbour _ 11, and in som 'ome of the wheats ar ring corn seed into theegroUnd fields it already shows verdure. a little discoloured from the fre ts ; but d week or two of fine vng•etation is advancing gra- quent wet and the cold wir mild redeem it. Yest was bile] The day •er fell as rather milder, nd sunny. The wind had .ds became dull, and within the last fort- n very pre trost at times e ery ses it misunder- any trumped-up stor dignity of an A lencan citizen, r of half an rea kn ob. e will rant the an- nati ihit ti ,ne, or a dozen [t to .attract her to rhaps, In cites al craT no inclination at presen the a n by the 'hen Canada rzto ruin - 1 American W. B: igned the The spl rout Livc Lewis Lew • A new I the power confern ds fo On Frid 'ere with the ere is a pos 33pe will be nu! office ver, if s upon our fleeter' It mit union ; and &IS h the securities f its population, ng resistance Yall, of Liscard, Chesl thecaries' Hall. hey were c which the: of paintings will about the Ist Mac clee, the late R 6, dsh, and not n, dun Yesterday weep most it Chapel, has re- made 0- knv in seventeen ►se relative to bill of ladinz, Trim and the last Le fields erpool District the number of ark, tife School, year was :amination (who has ting 'gift ; and e for• her Unvariec seal in the welfare and initiuctiou of LikOdc COWilliti.Z.Z/ to her char, evening wa sion a man s for a time ntem p A DANGEROUS KIND OF PIKE.—The Mercury says that pike-making is going on very actively in Liverpool. The only pike, however, from the effects of which the Liverpool people expect they will have to. bleed, is the Ririligton The members of the Roscoe Club intended to present Mr Bonit, the secretary, with a testimonial for his exer tions in promoting the success of the club, but Mr. Boult has declined the honour, as he does not consider the club to be yet permanently established. JESUITS FROM ITALY.—In the early part of the present week four Catholic priests, from America, members of the Society of Jesus, who were in Rome at the time of their rrived at Liverpool, and immedi he United States expulsion from Italy, ately afterwards left for L- Chronicle. R OYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL, CotatrixT- Mr. Thomas Barber from this school, was on last elected to the open_Sizarship at Clare Hall, ( —Preston Wednesday The examination consisted of 0r.,, tion and translations from Livy, Plato, and other authors There were 6 candidates from different Grammar Schools The lath- teachers in St. Barnabas's Sunday .School cal compost- der: ille mediate charge of Mrs. Carpenter, unitedly presented that lady with a very beautiful work-table, on Monday ,tion of her removal to England, as a 1, in anti token of their gratitude fo ter services. On Tuesday, a meeting of the Jews' Society was held in the Rotunda, Dublin, the Dean of St. Patrick's in the chair. The Rev. Thomas Nolan was one of the principal speakers, and delivered a most effective address on the practical lesson derivable to ourselves from the past history of Israel, and on the obligations of present duty which we 'e them in return, in a r ionary point of THE WATER IN4UIRY he health committee have ppointed two competent gentlemen—Mr. Macgregor, of Vauxhall Foundry, and Mr. Kennedy, of the Clarence Foundry—to decide between Mr. Hawksley and Mr. M`Donald, respecting the quantity of _water which the :ton works are capable of heard that the quantity . exceeds th . at stated :by Mr M`Donald.—Journal. - _ OPPOSITION TO BANKRUPTS. — In the Court of Bank ruptcy, on Monday, John Perry Platt and Henry White Lake, on applying for their certificates, were opposed on the ground of their having obtained advances of money upon incorrect representation of the arrival of goods and general merchandise on their account, upon their having traded almost without capital, and become mixed up in bill transactions to the extent of £60,000. Mr Commis sioner Perry suspended Lake's certificate for 18 months, and Platt's for two years. SHIPWRECK, AND Loss OF LlFE. — lntelligence has reached the underwriters that the Agnes, Smallnian, mas ter, bound from Dublin to New York, with emigrants, had, on the night of the sth instant when off the Tuskar Rock, come into collision with the brig Watkins, Varty, master, bound from Matanzas to Liverpool, with mo lasses ; the latter vessel sinking with the captain, crew, and passengers, excepting two seamen, who contrived to get on board the Agnes, eight persons being thus instantly hurried into eternity. The Agnes has put back to Mil ford Haven. At Chester Assizes, Joseph Clayton and Ralph Webster, were convicted of wilfully setting fire to the dwelling house of the former, an hotel called the Egerton Arms, at Birkenhead, for the purpose of defrauding the Sun and West of England Fire Offices. Three times the same t discovered to be on fire—on the last occa- v through a window Webster set fire to'some shavings and put them under the staircase. He ran into the house and seized hold of him, but the prisoner escaped the interference of Clayton. It was proved, also, that the latter had removed alibis furniture, which he had insured for 1,0001., to a house in Liverpool. Both prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced to be trans ported for fifteen years. IMPORTANT CLAIM.—The corporation of Liverpool have given formal notice to the commissioners of woods and forests, of their intention to take such steps as they may be advised, in order to claim the foreshore in Bir kenhead against the crown, as to such portions of the purchases of the corporation there from Mr. Price and his assigns, in which all the rights of Mr. Price are con veyed to them ; also that they will claim the foreshow and creeks on the north side of Wallasey Pool, under a different title. A most important trial will, therefore, take place as soon as the parties are prepared ; anti the intricacy of the case will be in no wise diminished by the first, second, and seventh clause in the minutes of arrange ment between the Birkenhead Dock commissioners and the crown, which were agreed to in November last. THE PROPOSED HEALTH OF TOWNS BILL.--A peti tion to Parliament against the Health of Towns bill being permitted to extend to Liverpool is now in course Of sig nature in the Exchange News-room and other places in that town. Amongst other things, the petition alleges that they view with alarm those provisions of the act which subject the municipal and local authorities to the control of Government inspectors and central commis sioners ; that they are not encouraged by the poor-law to desire any further extension of the system of centraliza, tion ; that they regard the present manner of influencing the proceedings of town councillors by an appeal to their elective constituency, the burgesses of the town, as a better, safer, and more constitutional ckeck than any ap peal to the irresponsible commissioners in London. We strongly urge on our readers to sign this petition, as the sanitory arrangements of the town cannot be in better hands than in those of our Health Committee. DEATH FROM ALLEGED VIOLENCE.—On Monday after noon, a man named William Hesketh, . who resided in Lodge-lane, went, with several other fiersons, to a Sliot - - ing match at Windsor, and called, when it was over, at the Tunnel Hotel tap, and other places, where they got some liquor. Late in the evening, the deceased, who was a little in drink, was being assisted home by two persons named. Webster, when, it is alleged, he fell in Lodge-lane, and received a blow on the back of the head, which ren dered him insensible. .At the inquest, facts transpired which led to the supposition that the deceased bad met with violence in a quarrel, and the inquiry was adjourned until Saturday. On resuming the ir.quest, it appeared that the beadle bad made every inquiry to ascertain if any one saw the deceased either struck or ill-used in any way, but could not find any information on the ,subject. The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the deceased died from fracture of the skull, but how received there was no We find tl ast cou speCted, even than u as will can tell w spirit Thi. sibilitv. to, )led to ais int ics by t by the auth( which This v but slowly and the morni shifted to SAV Mr. Com miss, a rather singular ca Villain Davi, or mesr It - ended with both :les, on Wednesday and Thurs• a was heard. Mr. Edwin Thos ierism _ and phrenology linendraper, of Berry-street, , tions performed upon the z weeks. ated upon a period of thre for deafness, and that he had -tures, and stated that he had benefit from the treatment. The defend neriod named, ceased to attend as usual, ant, after t usual f , st fee he had evE 'fie defendant lenefit from th If to be operated on and exhi- Mr. Hicks returned iveti t nmissioUer thought tt tment to which he had been subjected. ifficient reason Mr divided. directing t each appearanc ms. Lor he suit and all tl tween th ?.s. W. being de and half of the BIRXENHEAD.—In the House of ;ortant documents which hav .ernment, ti ock commissioners, and the "led by order of corporation of Liverpool have been publis aid obtained aissioners , of tma nill the assed - be- government,The we hear, had sent down M Steppe n. the eminent civil engineer, to examine Ind his report is to the effect that the )rk has been the best 1 that more lone in the time which has elapsed since their ban he had e instruct etion without that - of Mr. Rendel, and is a estimate And that they have han any works of a shni- any previous knowledge c hin Z 3,000 of the calcula are for the extreme cost. Lord led from Mr. John Stewart his .ne, on the north or Seacombe ide of the doc s, and though the contents of his report have not yet transpired, so much has oozed out as to show that the land is more than sufficient to secure the money necessary to ,finish the works. Mr. Stephenson reports that Mr. Rendel's plans are most perfect and most com- prehensive for mercantile purposes . . We hope that they will prove efficient in restoring the prosperity of Birken head, as it would be lamentable that the property invested there should be lost, and that the grandeur of tbe contem plated improiements should be converted into a monu ment of mistaken rather than successful enterprise.—Mail. EXTRAORDINARY EFFECT ON LIVER AND STOMACH COMPLAINTS BY HOLLOWAY'S PlLLS.—Extract of a latter dated 30, Princess-street , . Glasgow, Feb. IS, 1847. — Professor Holloway, Sir, 1 have taken your pills for a dis ease of the Liver and stomach, from which I had long suffered.- When I commenced the nse of them I.Vms in a most wretched condition, and humanly speaking, they have aye to no purpose ; I am nc restored to health, to ws , ed the stzte to which I hitd Signed--Charlis Wilson liver and stonlAch THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. CHARTIST DEMONSTRATION.—On Friday, another de monstration of the chartists, fraternizers, repealers, and others, took place at the Music-hall, Bold-street; a Mr. M'Clean in the chair. The meeting was not so well atten ded as some of the others, but as much sedition, &c., was talked as on any former occasion. One of the speakers (Dr. Reynolds) stated that a government reporter was present, and another speaker, one Mr. Doyle, aroused an uncommon quantity of lauhter by reading something which, in the plenitude of Ida Irish wisdom, he mistook for poetry. The Mercury and the Journal came in for the compliments of their " friends." Gas.—The surveying officers appointed by Government to report on the Liverpool Gas Companies Amalgama tion Bill have strongly recommended a general adoption of gas for domestic uses, as leading to cleanliness, warmth, and comfort. They also state that a clause referring to gas in the Health of Towns Bill, similar to the water clause, might with advantage be introduced. They con chide " by submitting that facilities should be afforded whereby gas companies may be enabled to contract with the landlord both as to the fittings and the supply of gas, and whereby the landlord on his side may be enabled to oblige them to contract with such supply on reasonable terms." SIGNIFICANT FACT.—On Friday night last, between ten and eleven o'clock, a gentleman of our acquaintance met a number of Irishmen in Manchester-street, pro ceeding towards the docks. As the street named is on the direct route from Lime-street to the quays, he natu rally inferred from this fact that they had just arrived in town by railway, and were making their way to the north wall station, whence the steamers for Ireland for the most part put off. This opinion was confirmed by their con versation, which he overheard. They carried with them several muskets, and one of them was heard to say that he had purchased his weapon in Birmingham for five shillings. Our informant observed that the muskets were shorter than those usually made—being probably cut down so as to be more portable, and more easily con cealed. The men were of the usual ragged class who generally come to this country in droves in harvest time. As there can be no doubt hut that fire-arms and other de structive instruments find their way to Ireland, and fall into the hands of mischievous parties there, would it not be well that the Government, or the authorities here, if authorised, should search all luggage or packages likely to contain arms, and detain them. We feel assured that the respectable steam-packet companies have no interest in exporting hence any such articles, and would do their best, if they were called upon, to aid in preventing so perilous a traffic. • ASTRONOMICAL LECTURE IN SUPPORT OF CHF IST CHURCH Scfloots.—We are glad to state that W. M. Fisher, Esq., purposes to give a lecture in behalf of these schools, on the interesting science of astronomy, on Tues day next, at the Concert-hall. Lord Nelson-street. We know of no educational establishment in the town more worthy of the encouragement of a benevolent public, whether as regards its admirable management, or its great success and utility in a crowded district of the town. No fewer than 600 children are there usefully and religiously instructed on week days, and 700 attend the Sunday school attached to it. The government inspector, who was recently in the town, and examined the pupils of the schools attached to the Church of England, with a view to select from them those best qualified, from their in telligence to become teachers, found that out of those who challenged the inquiry out of four schools, seven out of fourteen boys who were eligible belonged to this school. What is still more, he passed nine of them ; but two of them were too young—one of whom being but nine years of age. The schools (the cost of working which is about £4OO per annum,) were two years ago enlarged and improved, in order to meet the increased attendance, at a cost of £l5O, £5O of which remains as a debt ; and it is with a view to liquidate this outstanding amount that Mr. Fisher has liberally come forward to devote his well known talents as a lecturer. He will ilustrate the various branches of his subject by his beautiful series of diagrams, and will also exhibit his beautiful dissolving views of scrip tural scenes and subjects ; and as the whole will be highly instructive and amusing to both young and old, we trust the members of the congregation, and others, wilt second the generous effort by atteding with their families or friends. LOCAL MEETINGS, An adjourned meeting of the ratepayers of Birkenhead was held. on Tuesday, for the purpose of receiving the re port of a committee appointed to consider the nature of the duties of the assistant overseer, and the amount of emolument he ought to be paid. The chair was taken by the Rev. A. Knox, the incumbent of St. Mary's Church, where the meeting was held. After some discussion, a motion by Mr. Craven, "That in the opinion of this meeting it is inexpedient to interfere at all with the salary of the assistant overseer, and that the meeting do now adjourn," was carried. DOCK COMMITTEE, THURSDAY. — The Secretary read a presentment which had been made by the Grand Jury at the sessions; it stated that cases had been brouzht before them in which three men, represented as respectable, and holding responsible situations as mates of vessels, were charged_ with selling grain forming part of a ship's They (the GrandJiiiy) consideririgthat a most erroneous opinion prevailed, that sweepings might be disposed of by the officers of ships without the consent of the owners, su g gested that a notice to that effect should be , added to the list of dock regulations, and a caution to the 'officers on board ships against lending themselves to such practi ces, which the laws of the country considered felonious. The matter was referred to the Harbour-masters' Corn- THE NORTHERN TEXAN LAND COMPANY. — On Thurs day a meeting was held in the Music-hall, Bold-street, for the purpose of explaining the advantages held out by the above land company. Mr. Thomas Wilson, the agent for the company in this town, was called to the chair. Ile said that the company had established, in the year 1839, an , English colony on the Trinity River, in Texas ; the principal founder was W. S. Peters, Esq., who was at present in this country, but who was unable to attend, owing to his numerous engagement's. The terms upon which the land was granted free to emigrants was, to every married man and his family 320 acres; to every young man seventeen years of age and upwards, 160 ; to every widow, or widower, with two or more children, 323 - The emigrants would have to pay their own pas- Age out, and also a small sum for the surveying of the estate. Part of this money would have to be paid in this country, and the remainder when they arrived out. Mr. Batchelor delivered a long address on Texas, its salubrity and fertility. A gentleman in the room hoped before persons parted with their money that they would see a proper title was given to the land. TOWN MISSION SOCIETY.—The annual meeting of this society was held on Tuesday, in the 'Concert-hall. The chair was taken by John Cropper, Esq. Mr. Davies read the report, from whic:r it appeared that 80 persons nad been united to Christian churches during the year. 66,276 visits were paid by the mission, more than 20,000 of which were to the sick and dying. Upwards of 100,000 rOgious tracts were distributed. The agents had also maa'd an ex tensive circulation of the Sacred Scriptures, chiefly by way of loan, and they have lent other books of a religious cha racter, which appear to have produced salutary effects. 6,511 library books have been lent during the year. The selection of books is most valuable. 3,636 meetings have been held in dwelling-houses, with an average attendance of 20 persons.' Some of the congregations have amounted to 120 persons. Several of the people benefitted by the have entered into penny subscriptions for the . The agents have now upwards of under instruction in daily and Sun -f 400 persons have been brought nisslonaries upport of the mission lAny bUILIJUID. V 11%Ni:tan-so va z y --- - by the agency of the society to attend public worship in churches. The treasurer read his accounts, from which it appeared that the payments exceeded the income by £147 4s. Sd. The society is £lB3 17s. 2d. in debt to the trea- surer. CHESTER DIOCESAN CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY. — The annual meeting of this society was held on Thursday, at tite Savings' Bank, Bold-street. The Rev. Rector Brooks presided. Chancellor Raikes read the report, in which reference was made to the separation of the diocese )f Chester and Lancashire. The committee had ulti- the two sees, and had made angements for the ft , ralrl lt In al Y to the heavy loss which the society had sustained by the appointment of the president to the see of Canterbury, society Since the 41 - had beer ablished ninety A, which coUltl no than £200.000 ; £40,000 had be society statement of the accounts shoiied the - folk sults :—Balance to the society at the close of last year, £10,133 14s. 7d.; received. £1,678 Os. 9d.'; interest, £338 17s. 3d. ; total, £12,151 ls. 7d.; grants paid, £3,850; expenditure, £4345. sd. ; balance, .-C8,257175. 2d ; out-standing grants, £6,500; annual subscriptions, £l, 757 17s. 2d. Several resolutions of a formal character were passed, and one, conveying the thanks of the meet ing to the most Rev. the Archbishop of Canterbury, for the important benefits which had been derived from his POLICE INTELLIGENCE. A number of women, chiefly from Pownall-square mar ket, were summoned at the Police-court, on Tuesday, for exposing unwholesome fish for sale. They were fined ten shillings and costs each. On Tuesday, two seamen, named Joseph Parrin and Peter Petrie, belonging to the Maranham, from New Or leans, were fined twenty shillings and costs for smuggling four pounds of tobacco, or to be imprisoned seven days. JUVENILE DEPREDATORS.—SeveraI boys were brought before the magistrates, on Tuesday, charged with thieving at the Clarence Dock. They we r e sent o prison for seven days. The boys were in the habit of loitering about the Irish steamers, and helping themselves to potatoes, eggs, and other eatables, on part of which they lived about the docks, and part they sold to persons outside. CAUTION TO BUILDERS.—On Thursday, Mr. John Jones, one of the surveyors, appeared to prefer a charge against Mr. John Sc'nolfield, for neglecting to build the privies and ashpits belonging to seven new houses in Severs-street, Everton, according to the recommendation of the Health Committee.—Mr. Johnson, surveyor, ap peared to prefer a similar charge against Mr. John Ro berts, for neglecting to finish the privies and ashpits of ten houses, built by him in Whitfield-street. Mr. Rush ton said the full penalty (£l2 10s.) would be inflicted in each case if not completed within twenty-one days. EMBEZZLEMENT.—On Saturday Edward Jones was charged with having embezzled various sums of money, the property of the London and Northwestern Railway He had, it appeared, been employed by the company to look after the houses which had been shattered by the formation of the railway tunnel, as also to gather the rents of many of the cottages ; and his duty was to pay , Monday the amount which he had gathered into the :ace of the estate-agents, Messrs. Williams and Jones. He had received and not acceunted for various sums. For the last three weeks he had not handed in any account at all, and was arrested, on Friday night, in a public-house in London-road. He was sent for trial. COMMITMENTS AT THE POLICE-COURT YESTERDAY.— Margaret Burns, a woman of the town, for stealing a watch from a ship-owner of Dundee, but at present resid ing here, was sent for trial. The watch was recovered.— Laura James, charged by John Lupton with stealing bacon in St. James's market, was sent to gaol for three months. John M`Hale, for stealing canvas at the Queen's Dock,—two months.—Malachi Shields, for rob bing his brother William Shields, in Cavendish-street, of some wearing apparel, and 15s. in silver,—three months.— Martin Clarke, for stealing a rope fender from a vessel at the King's Dock pier, —two months.—Mary Montgomery, for stealing a shawl in Ormond-street,—one month. TRICKS OF THE JERRY BUILDERS.—On Wednesday, a case of a curious description was brought before the ma gistrates, by Mr. Johnston, building surveyor. On the 3d of January last, a builder, named Thomas, gave notice at the surveyor's office of his intention to build six houses in Essex-street, four of which are now in course of erec tion. The joists had been laid in three of the houses, but several of them were afterwards abstracted and laid in the fourth house, thereby causing the space between the re maining ones to be more than eleven inches apart, con trary to the Building Act. The defendant stated that he had let the building of the fourth house to another per son, who expected a "draw " when the first floor of the joists was laid ; that person not being able to provide the joists, he (the defendant) had lent him some of his to en title him to the " draw," and when this " draw " was ob tained, the joists would be returned. Mr. Rushton said the defendant should enter into his recognizance, in the sum of £lOO, to make the necessary alterations, to the satisfaction of the surveyor, within three days. THE JEALOUSIES OF TRADE.—On Tuesday, Benjamin Cook appeared at the police-court to prefer a charge of assault against Henry Hollis. According to the statement of the complainant, Mr. Hollis had met him in Dale street, struck him in the face, and ran off. Mr. Hollis said that he was in his brother's shop when the complain ant said to him, "We have brought you down at last." He replied that the complainant had to thank him for being in his present position. He had brought him from the plough tail, and raised him by perseverance : but if he said such things to him he would knock his head off, and his master's too. The complainant, when questioned by Mr. Rushton, denied that he had insulted Mr. Hollis by look or word. In answer to a further question, the com plainant said that he left Mr. Hollis two and a half years ago, and was now traveller to Mr. Fell, of Ranelagh street, as a tea dealer. Mr. Rushton said that, if it had not been for the defendant's business misfortunes, he would have been fined severely. He had committed an unprovoked assault, and must pay 20s. and costs. The money was paid, and the defendant left the court. Company 13i5tritt Rt lus. A terrible fire broke out at Mrs. Hardman's foundry, Bolton, on Thursday, when £5OOO worth of property was destroyed. The Manchester " specials," designated the Volunteers, or Town-hall Guard," 600 in number, are attaining great perfection at drill. Each company of fifty is officered by an elective captain and two lieutenants. A Mr. Richard Shaw, law clerk to the Burnley Improve ment Commissioners, has inserted an advertisement in the Preston Guardian, which states "that thefortnight/y cattle fair heretofore held on Mondays, will in future be held weekly on Thursdays !" The North Lancashire Agricultural Protective Asso ciation, formed during the anti-corn-law agitation, was formally dissolved, at a meeting of its members at Pres ton, a few days since. The League itself is still virtually in existence. CHRISTENING.—On Wednesday, the infant son of Sir T. G. Hesketh, Bart., was christened at Rufford Church. The ceremony was attended by, among others, the Right Hon. Lord Skelmersdale, and the Hon. Mrs. Bootle Wilbraham, &c., &c. The day previous, the children of the boys' and girls' schools were treated to a liberal allowance of buns and tea, &c., in honour of the event. The directors of the Manchester Athenaeum have de clined to comply with a requption from five hundred of its members, that it should-engage Mr. George Daw son for a series of lectures, on the ground of having received a contrary requisition, stating that, if persevered in, the lecturer's engagement would lead to the break up of the institution. It will be remembered that the Bishop , of Oxford declin7r attending the last soiree, in conse quence of Mr. Dawson having lectured for the institu tion. . - DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT.—A number of colliers, em ployed at Standish, recently turned out, and some of them went to an engineer, named Stopforth, who had not turned owt; and threatened him if lie continued working. On Thursday morning, at one o'clock, he and his wife were roused by the sound of footsteps near the house, and soon after a terrific explosion took place in the house, which was shaken to its foundation. It was afterwards disco vered that a ginger beer bottle, filled with gunpowder, had been introduced through a window, and ignited in the very room in which Stopforth and his wife lay. The fur niture, &c., in the house was broken to pieces. A reward of £2O has been offered for the discovery of the offenders, who are supposed to be the turnouts. EMPLOYMENT AT MANCHESTER.—A comparison of last weeks return with that of the previous week gives the following results :—Of the cotton mills, three are now working full time (with a portion of their hands) which were previously working short time. Of the total num ber of hands in the cotton mills, 53 more are employed on full time ; and 259, previously working short time, are now thrown out of employment altogether. Of the total works included in the table, there are two more working full time, one of which was previously working short time, and the other was stopped altogether. There are 81 more hands employed ployment alto I time, and 184 more hands out of em. Upon the whole, the return is of NEW CHARTIST ARMOUR—RECOMMENDED FOR GENE• RAI. USE.-At a Chartist meeting held nt Fox-hill Bank near Blackburn, on Sunday, a speaker named John Gray_ which we can safely recomniend not only to demagogues and sedition-mongers, but to all loyal and peaceably-dis- posed subjcts, young anc. nouncia - the Gov ASSOCIATION FOR FOUNDING THE SETTLE MENT OF CANTERBURY, IN NEW ZEALAND. In our paper of last week, we stated the pleasing fact that an association had been formed. under the auspices of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, and other members of our church, lay as well as clerical, to found a settlement or colony in New Zealand, in which proper provision will be made for the moral and religious welfare of the settlers—an object, almost to the culpable neglect of the Christian community, too long neglected. It is hoped that such a settlement will not only greatly improve the natives and settlers, but remove the chief obstacle that now deters the higher classes of this country from taking part in the work of colonization, and further, that the example to be shewn through the New Zealand Association will eventually lead to a redeeming and inva luable moral and religious reform in all our other colonies. The announcement of this commencement of the good work has already excited much interest in the public mind, and caused inquiry from many parties, who are anxious to obtain details. We have ourselves received a number of communications from different gentlemen on the subject, and, in reply to their inquiries, may refer them to H. M. Lefroy, Esq., at the office of the associa tion, 41, Charing-cross, London. 'We may add, that a London contemporary thus approvingly refers to the in tended new settlement :—" The Association is composed of some of the most eminent members of the Church of England, lay and clerical, with the Archbishop of Can terbury at their head ; and their object is to contribute towards making colonization what it ought to be—the business and profession of persons belonging to all classes of the parent state. It is very hopeful and satisfactory, particularly at such a time as this, to see a subject of such great and pressing importance taken up in this spirit by men of weight and influence. %leads us to hope that we may not remain subject to the disgrace which now justly attaches to the management of our colonies, and that they may be made, at no distant period, fully availa ble, not only as fields of employment for our population, but also as the means (which they are not now) of per petuating the habits and institutions of Englishmen over regions yet unpeopled, and, among nations yet unborn." Among the pramoters of the Association, we find the Earls of Ellesmere and Lincoln, the Bishops of London, Winchester, Ripon, &c., Lords Lyttelton, Ashley, and J. Manners, H. Goulburn, M.P., Ven. Archdeacon Hare, Dr. Hook, &c., &c. The following is the published prospectus of the So- April 18, 1848. THE SECRET PORTFOLIOS OF LOUIS PHILIP. Some documents have been published in the second number of the Revue Rlt'ospe c ti ve , w hich were found, in two portfolios, left by Louis-Philip a t the Tuileries, were said to he lost, but which are now deposited in the office of the Attorney-General of the Court of Appeal of Paris. A letter from the ex-King to his daughter the Queen of the Belgians, is the most important. It is dated September 14, 1846, and contains the King's O i l account of the Spanish marria ges , i n tended to be lo ll ' before the Queen of England. The letter is far too IA; for insertion, though that is not its only objection, but as the interest in such intri g u es i s muc h gone by, we in . 4 , the opening paragraphs more t o s h ow th e tone of 14+ writing, than for any information they convey : " Neuilly, September 14, 1846. "My dearest Louise,—The queen has just received letter, or railer a reply, from Queen Victoria, to the one you know she had written to her, and that reply grea grieves me. lam inclined to belie ve th a t our good little l Queen was as sorry to write su c h a l e tt er as I was to rea d it. But she now only sees things through the spectacle of. Lord Palmerston, and those spectacles distort and dis figure them too often. This is qu it e na t ura l. The gre at difference between the spectacles of the excellent Aber deen and those of Lord Palmerston proceeds from WI difference of their dispositions. L or d Ab er d e en wishe d ' to be well with his friends ; Lord Palmerston, I fear' wishes to quarrel with them. This is, my dear Louise, that which caused my alarm respecting the maintenance of our cordial understanding, when Lord Palmerst on a resumed theori direction of the Office. Our gn n ed Queen Victoria sought to dispel those alarms, and assu red me that there would only - .)e a change of men. But re,./ old experience induced me to apprehend that, through ta i l influence of the disposition of Lord P a l mers ton, mu more perhaps than his intentions, the p o liti ca l systen: England would undergo a modification, gradual or su n i den, and, unfortunately, the affairs o f Sp a i n h a ve afforde u an opportunity. let ‘ ter of Queen In the u fi e r e s n t ymiocroerniat,tlhawtafsolltoewmepdtetd to hepe w ru ri s t a e l t o o f he al : directly, and even began a letter to appe a l to her hear& and recollections. and dem a nd e d t o h e j u d ge d by he r equitably, and, above all, more affectionately • b u t the fear of embarrassing he r s t o pp e d me , an d I prefer writ; ing to you, to whom I can say everything, to give you all the explanations necessary to replace the things in their true light,' and to preserve us from the odious suspicion' which, I may say, with the utmo s t s i ncer ity, s h o uld not be visited on us." The writer then begins the history, and goes back the origin of the Spanish marriages. _ The following paragraph is at once curious and Orli ning :—" I will now speak to you o f th e ma rriage ° Montpensier with the Infanta. There was not the slight" est reference to it, either when Queen Victoria came : 7 En, in 1843, or when I was at Wi n ds or i n 1844. It 1 only in the year 1845 that Lord m ° Aberdeen spoke to G and me with regard to it for the first time. Our I'Bl was the same. I told Lord Aberdeen th a t I muc h wishe d that Montpensier should marry the Infanta Louisa Fe r ,: dinanda, but I no more desired th a t h e s h ou ld we d Que. e n Louisa than Queen Isabella, and th a t h e m i g ht even o assured that my son should not espouse the Infanta un ti l the Queen was married. Lord Abe r d een added, an i when she shall have borne a child." Be it so,' I repli ed I do not desire better; for if the Queen we r e to rotor sterile the Infanta would b ecome th e necessary or table heiress, and that would not suit m e an y more than Yn u 'l; but, however, there must be some reciprocity in t '. o affair, and if I give you your securities it is just that t return you should give me mine. Now mine are, 10 you will do all in your power that Queen Isabella all f choose her husband from amongst the descendants 0f Philip V., and that Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg set aside." Be it so,' replied Lord Aberdeen. ' of the same opinion with you, that the best which can done is that the Queen should sel ec t h er h us b a nd fro ; amongst the descendants of Louis V. We cannot the initiative on this question as we have done, bilt, l / 4 will suffer you to act ; we shall merely follow you, and all events we will not act in opposition to you. - 5 - 6 sis Prince Leopold, you may be tranquil with respect to P et pretensions. I answer for it that he shall be nei th bs acknowledged nor supported by England, and that se shall not interfere with you.' Guizot, to whom I h ° ,:s just read this recital, admits its accuracy, and I am eert l s of the same testimony on the part of Lord Aberdeen if 0 could read it to him. Nevertheless, however ansi° o Lord Aberdeen might be that his agents should ac t a t honourably as he has done, their proceedi n gs did no answer his or our expectations. They had recourse to expedients to malign Count Trapani, because they We 0 e aware that he had the best chance of success with Qu' s ii o s i Christiana and the Queen her da ug ht er , w ho repeat constantly to her ministers Quiero Trapani.' (I 1/ a have Trapani.) This young prince was represented ag s a dwarf, which he is not, for h e i s o f a l o fty s tature 8 ; handsome f ea t ures . H e r id es a d m i ra bl y , an d he has"l 0 ~ gained several prizes in the tournaments of Naples. s, then objected to his having been born in Italy, in ortni p obliterate the recollection that he is grandson of Pin V. and Charles 111., and to his having been educated .0 a convent of Jesuits at Rome, in orde to represent 4,5 as bigoted superstitions, and fanatic. These isanoltha directed by the journals of the Progressist party, . f i s h unfortunately have ever enjoyed the favour of the 13 r' ith agents in Spain, succeeded in covering poor Trepan' . 01 1 real unpopularity. It was th en th a t by an ex traora ti l the manoeuvre, which origin a t e d,, it was imagineds,L, of Palace of Madrid in order to cove r th e trans l ""fsbe Queen Christiana in favour of th e p re t en sions of Prince of Coburg—to cast on me the unpopular! and Trapani's pretensions, by making the journals re s who with the astonishing absurdity that I, Louis w ho wished to impose Trapani on the Queen of Spain -1 _ for had not, nor could not, have any other predilectip i Ahe him than that which resulted from my knowledge ti s l ` e t wo was one of the descendants of Philip V. to whom bre Queens accorded their preference—l, well known bat roY say for the constant care with which I watched go v i as in in toehredni internalo i l i e s ti h t o ah u f re l a d : abstainministry noi fs totherry o fr f o M. 1 countries—inni e t e rs rf en l sse e va}n n finer 3i. Belgium, as in Switzerland, as everywhere— , 9 17, pre' w 6 vent the imminent invasion by the French armies of sr g ,y It is truly surprising that in the presence of so facts, of so many proofs of my respect for the incleS u e es a ence of all states and of all govern men t s , I have sr exposed to see this accusation dir ec t e d aga i ns t me Pee s, nally, in the article recently publi s h e d i n th e the 7- tv t lsa under the title (in large ch arac t ers ) of French Dicta in Spaikingn.' " from the The admits that he did m a k e a deviation. fn` understanding, and says, " it (th e deviatlaii) cone of sists in my arranging and bringing about the M ar o f the the Duke of Montpensier, not before the inarriak sa k e of Queen of Spain, for she will be married to the h ot be" Cadiz at the same time as my son to the Infanta , . t i o a--* fore the Queen has a child. This is my only devia,houlit nothing more or nothing less. This fact I desire h ick be appreciated as it merits by entering into details ` , Ely you will lay before Queen Victoria, as best Yon, ra s c oal' able ; for I really consider them as essential to tu' o i e c ter plete elucidation of the affair, and it is no petty e°,• k rap ations ought to be a hindrance, after a whole life a j ob own, when for the first time one is exposed to a sun' or even an accusation, of having broken one's word.. so pre' , d s t heranc es The document concludes as follows :—" Under t' q ue en the steps they intend to take, and the line of condt lu e Victoriasentci mean to pursue. On our side this double marriag e son' effect to us no other change, than such as we rnaY ministersm y weegh Louise,the co i t n is se g fo u r e n 7 ctetsv ol strained to adopt by the new line which the Engli sh a soal vernment may think fit to take up. There is 110 %,,i5s ° fear any interference on our part in the internal tr sf e e Spain. We have no interest i n i n t e rf e rence; and Al e most decidedly determined t o a b s t a i n from ani s i o to e shall continue to resp ec t it s i n d epen d en ce, and care, as far as depends upon ourselves, that it is e?,. i teres r s respected by the other powers. We can see n° 1 ' and no motive either on the part of England or on , tl e t , for a rupture of our entente cordiale; and we ,se e ,:i 1 . / . 1 ; contrary, the strongest for its maintenance. Sit t 'S desire, such is that of my government. That sc' n i s quest you to express on my behalf to Queen Vict or t heir Prince Albert is, that they should preserve me i n : Ls be en heart that friendship and c onfide nce to which it ° l .st r e ; ever so agreeable to me to respond with the sinc e - ii efe .d which I have the anxious convict ioa .sed to merit on their part." reel ° I of .possible to read, without disgust, the sott o S the inquiries which Louis Philippe adMits he pit o sa s w h to make a , to the condition of the unhappy pair' jo g t' _gether for the sole purpose of ope n " gailt . crown of Spain to the more probable issue of the pensier marriage. ciprocity, an to have CE It is im brought t 11 , 0 11' D'AUBIGNE' S I MPRESSIONS OP LoNno----ry i c v , ei proaching the capital, (on the Dover Railway , ) dering eyes looked down' from the carriage intgi e ral l 'jecl rable narrow streets of small houses, all of 01 broll' e o mean appearance, blackened with coal-dust and 5 oe o .o by a smoky atmosphere. Such is the g loorn 3r o tis, / 5 , which leads to the delightful parks ,of the noetrol3 superb squares, magnificent bazaars, and rielitPherrYto" What crowds in the streets. what bustle, w hit woe ll ei These carriages, public and private a l mos t as l' o f cs", e o t as the foot-passengers; that dazzling di'l 497 ,, A t production of British industry and of the in lands; those forests of ships,inotionless ia their, old. docks; the steam-boats, which, like a svea ge ; r n s P ee ; incessantly ply up and down the Thames with rbe' ble rapidity, taking up and setting down a eve you 0 , h f u r lo e el s r( h ic it c ae a r ri , o o yro o l u( f l t b h r al e tf a t yt h oh l u e e s aresc pe now in ar thman e es . u v p e o r yn capitalt b t h i o r ji tas p ea e ayi e; tbri i ti e ; practical is the characteristic of Great Britain; poicsl4 tain, because most of what I say of Englan d t‘ is s lf*l fe li to Scotland also. Rcality, action, business , :r e i sv ilk e te a• the politics, the industry, the commerce, nn"' dies' iolit say, in the religion of the England yet this pr:l , it$ 11 1,1)1 6 dency which characterises is not selfi c ; t he have been expected. The large scale on vvlii:l;, int 4 io l43 work gives a certain scope and grandeur to " ro ing f itV tion. The habit which the English have of l i ° s °pt.' parties, and of looking constantly at themsdll el ore rt io ll firm, is opposed to a narrow. selfishness ; a n a rg e e v e • vated sentiment struggles with this vice ill 3 , l i la t Stql of the people. Perhaps one of the things e , energy, their . quickness, their skill, their. e „. ' the ir,. g e, stranger the most on his arrival in London above all, their calmness and silence durt at , the e nobility; but the common. people : their strf_ in ifi t t i sr t' f 5 1 .5 : ceasing activity. They are all alive 1 0 9 „.% this I be about, and they are clever at it : you call earriage3, the ships, and especially the r _ ‘ , O O t s ti Tlrea as h . re s Nit skill with which an English coachman? drLiejes! the streets'of London, among thousands 0 1 . v out over jostling you, is inconcei."o.WS, nd so forth, got to a dim ernment an un- " he had come to a determination. >termination, and he hoped the young men — o those he addressed himself in particular— Ginn a tney were aeterminea to ad come to the determination to with—(here the speaker caught'sight of a police superin tendent taking notes)—with a firm resolve !" Now this is a coat of mail in any cause, and seeing how entirely effectual it has just been when put on by the Government and the people of London, we think we are perfectly jus- r ESTRY.-011 Tuesday, the usual fortnightly i stung year. .1 _. meeting of the Select Vestry was held at the office, Lime- close on the heels of the spring corn sowing, and farmer The Rev. Rector Campbell presiaed. The Fi_ 1 will, during the next three weeks, have a most busy time nance Committee reported that the Magistrates' Clerks of it. However, the stirring times we live in have, we had sent in a bill amounting to £794 55., which was or- perceive, their effect on this class o f men, who formerly dered to be paid. The same committee further reported were considered somewhat apathetic in character. Strange that there was a sum of £7153 owing to the bank, and to say, we find by a letter lately received from the north, that rates to the amount of £11,034 were still owing, in j that even in East Lothian the farmers had nearly finished consequence of the necessary warrants and summonses their spring corn sowing, although so much farther north. not having been completed.—There were reported to be Our northern neighbours are, however, very keen agricul -164 fever cases in the Workhouse.—Mr. Steains resigned turists : they are, moreover, not tied by a dairy system. his office as a member of the Select Vestry ; and it was We are glad to perceive that the steaming of food for understood that his successor would be appointed at the cattle is gradually gaining ground, even where strong general Easter Vestry.—Mr. Riding gave notice, that he prejudices existed. This, when generally established, +hn unnnintment of n will no doubt be highly beneficial to cattle, and produc- tilled in recommending it for general adoption. - - THE CROPS IN CHESHIRE.—We perceive some efforts are again being made to get the oat sowing completed ; but a vast extent of the thin clays are so saturated, that we fear it will take many days to dry them. Some such lands will probably pass into fallow for wheat in the en ... SELECT Would at, cut; ...... collector, in the room of Mr. Wade , deceased.---Mr. I tive of much economy. Riding moved, pursuant to notice. that the resolution I EXTENSIVE RAILWAY 'ROBBERIES.—On Thursday, at adopted at a former meeting, relative to the medical staff I Preston, a man named John lietterick was brought before at the Workhouse, berescinded, and that in future on e the magistrates, on suspicion of being concerned in nu ..,,bh.rips. The prisoner had been em. in-door medical man and two out-door medical men be merous rauway ronue..• .....- appointed. Mr. Avison seconded the motion. Mr. Earle ployed two years as assistant superintendent at the North thought there ought to be two medical men always in a Union Railway station, Preston. Mr. Ashcroft stated house which contained 1700 inmates. A letter was read the case, and said that the prisoner had been lately dis from the in-door medical officers of the house, advising charged from his situation, and suspicion being aroused, that, whatever be the reduction in the number of the his lodgings were searched, and a considerable quantity medical staff generally, there should be two resident sur. of articles found. Much property from time to time had goons in the house, to have the entire charge and respon. been lost at the station, and it was suspected that many sibility of the medical duties there, in ordinary times ; of the articles had been stolen. On some of the articles and that the number should be increased, as may be re- the names had been taken out, but on one dressing-case quired, in times of extraordinary disease; they also sug_ the name was very legible. Under the circumstances ha gested that some of the most experienced medical men i n should apply for a remand to that day week. Thep risoner the town be requested to form a consulting staff in cases was accerdingly remanded. In order to kee correct of difficulty. The board divided upon the question of list of all property found in the railway carriages, and on rescinding the former resolution of the Vestry, passed the station, each superintendent at the station was fur upon the motion of Mr. Johnson, that two resident me- nished with a book in which to enter every article so decal officers only be appointed. • There were—For re _ found, and to makeout dii from it a list f o tJ articles scinding it, 14 ; against, 6 . An ame ndment to Mr. Ri- which was sent to the clear n ly g- house in London. is a ding's motion was afterwards carried. It was to the effect singular fact that since this plan was adopted the other that one non-resident and. two resident medi . cal officers be superintendent (Mr. Byrnes) has made from 200 to 300 appointed ;on which Dr. Burger ?, as senior out-door entries ef property found, while the prisoner, dui in : the officer, was retained. i samc time I li ti way made 22 eutricf:i—Prcston Chi e :isle, ciety : "The object of this Association is to found a settlement in which real provision will be made for the moral and religious welfare of the settlers, and thus to remove the chief obstacle which tends to deter the gentry of England from taking part in the work of colonization. " With - tfiis view care will be taken to provide the settlement from the first, and to an adequate extent, with the ministry and ordinances of the English Church, and with educational institutions of a religious character. " Arrangements are in progress for acquiring a large territory in New Zealand to be devoted exclusively to the purposes of this settlement. " - A committee of management, appointed by the As sociation, will dispose of the land so acquired, and will exercise the right of selection among applicants for the purchase of it. _ _ " The Society for the Propagation of Gospel has under taken to manage the trust fund for religious and educa tional purposes in concert with the Association. `• The funds necessary for the objects above mentioned, as well as for the general purposes of founding the settle ment, will be supplied by the price of th e land. " Further information may be obtained by persons desirous of purchasing land in the settlement, or of pro moting the objects of the Association, by applying at the office of the Association as above." CORRESPONDENCE, STATE OF IRELAND , TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Liverpool, 15th April, 1848. Six,—The following is an extract from aletterwilich I received yesterday from my father, in Ireland, showing the position of the Protestants of that unhappy country at the present time. Will you be kind enough to give it a place in your next publication, and oblige your obedient servant, W. 3. " Dear W.—We are in a sad state here ' • we expect a rebellion to break out every moment. The Repealers say they will shortly have the country to themselves, and they have threatened to confiscate our property if we do not join them in their rebellious movements ; but we shall never do so, be the consequence what it may. "We expect to be attacked to-morrow, and the Rev. Mr. C— has sent round W— J— to warn all the Pro testants in the neighbourhood to meet in School house, to receive arms and prepare for the attack. May the Lord prepare us for the event. " Your affectionate father, _ J. J. ,, [The gentleman from whom we received the foregoing is a highly-respectable person in this town.] THE CURRENCY TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR.-It must be gratifying to any one who wishes well to his country to see that THE PRESS, of late, has so fre quently, and so ably, brought forward the subject of THE CURRENCY, which is considered by many as the great question of the day, but one which has been involved by theorists, pro and con., in the utmost perplexity and confusion. The perusal of an article on the subject, signed W. 8., published a week ago in the Albion, gave me much plea sure. It was calculated to clear the mist from the mind as to the real nature and use of money, and to show how easily attainable is that for which men are now, and in past times have been, making one general scramble. That the five pound Bank of England note answers all the purposes of home business as well as could be done by five sovereigns, is in every one's experience ; and this note is only valuable as it is, or should be, based upon some property of intrinsic value. The NOTES proposed by the correspondent of the Albion,- W. 8., would command, and deserve, as much credit as any notes that could be issued, and the circulation being limited to time, would periodically have their validity tested, and could also be made a means of producing a large local or general revenue. They would be efficient in giving full employment to labour, and tend more to remove distress and discontent from our own, and sister country, than all the acts of parliament that have been passed since the conquest. When the babyhood of society is passed, we shall see the utter absurdity of basing our paper currency on a foreign metal that we cannot long together retain ; and how monstrous it is that the trading interest of the king dom, and of half the world also, should be placed at the controul or caprice of ONE PRIVATE JOINT STOCK BANK ING COMPANY, who can change the money value of every man's prospects in England at pleasure, and who may raise or depress railway shares, and stock of all kinds, at will. If, ho wever, we want, by the fear of revolution, speedily to make ministers equalize taxation, let us stick to our present currency : if we aim at fraternization, abide by Peel's bills. Do we desire a speedy and irresistible war of labour against property ? Hurrah then for our present money laws ! ! But. if we wish order, subordination, res pect from man to man, and from governed to governors, then let us unite as one man to destroy the present money laws, which fetter labour, render industry and skill use less, starve alike the labourer and the field, and raise, in menacing attitude, every man's arm against his neighbOur. W. B. suggests at least a principle which is capable of regulation, and would the merchants adopt it, or some thing equivalent to it, they would find a ready market for all their produce, and so enrich the masses of English consumers, that their own warehouses would not hold half enough of produce for their consumers. The present money law is an ingenious device to rob stry of its fruits, to enrich usurers at the expense of to ruin home and foreign trade alternately, and ,1 .te our foreign transactions almost always disadvan tageous. Let the employers of labour decide whether they will alter our money laws, and preseive peace, law, and order, or preserve the money laws, and look out for anarchy and confusion. Yours, &c. E. W. TO MRS. SARAH MYTTON MAURY .MADAM, - --,Under data the 22d, instant, you have been pleased to transmit to the editor of the Chronicle an ex tract of a letter from Lord Shrewsbury, quoting the words made use of by the Pope on the introduction of and to an envoy from the United States of America; viz.—" I shall be extremely happy to enter into treaty with so great a nation ; especially with one in which the church has no thing to fear from the government, nor the government from the church ;" and you ask exultingly, " Would any is English protestant have done so much ?" Without attempting to analyze very exactly how much of policy and courtesy, and how much of real truth the expressions may contain, allow me as an English pro testant to remind you, that our country has held amicable relations with the said United States for upwards of sixty years, allowing. for the time those friendly relations were suspended by the people of the United States, when they thought to do us some grievous bodily harm—all Europe being in array against us. We enjoy amicable relations with them at present, and have frequently suffered and sacrificed to maintain them.. I think f o r one third of the period I have mentioned, that I can bear witness to the great respect shewn to your father-in-law, as American consul at Liverpool, so that it would appear the Pope, in what he has just done, is in point of fact a very late scholar in following our example, and not a pattern to us. Should your object, however, be to disparage England, and to hold up the Church of Rome as more liberal and tolerant than the Church of England, may I beg of you to reflect which of the two, a protestant in Rome, or a papist in London, enjoys the greatest privilege. I have not read much of your writings certainly, but as you call yourself an " English woman," and boast of being " a mother," from what I have read, I must say that I could wish they evinced more of the milk of human kind ness towards your own " Fatlerland," Of a truth,Madam, the friends of peace and order in this country have enough to encounter from revolutionary men, without having to combat the sharper keener satires of antagonists of your class. Can you look at France, and not tremble ? Can you read their motto—" Liberty, equality, and fraternity," without disgust ? Were ever sounds so hollow ? sounds that por tend a storm. 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