The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-03 00:00:00

FORE, The principal" f Tuesday is the acts army which would rons on Monda whose term of st ',LIGENCI. the Paris . journal of that portion of the French d its term of service on the ilea in Paris and its envi .eported that the soldiers on the 31st of December next year, will be provisionally 'discharged the moment when the conscripts of the present year shall have passed through their first drills. Each of those contingents may be estima ted at 60,000 men. The weather continued to he brilliant and very warm in Paris. The thermometer (FAnßgNuErr,) marked on Mon day and Tuesday 84 degrees. . , The three Belgian Commissioners for conducting the commercial negociations between France and Belgium are now assembled in Paris. The speech of Sir Robert Peel continued on Tuesday to be the great object of discussion with the Paris press. MEXICO AND BRAZILS Her majesty's packet Linnet, Lieut. James, acting com mander, arrived at Falmouth, on Wednesday, from the Brazils. She left Rio Janeiro July 8, Bahia 18, Pernambuco 24. Her freight was a trifling one of two boxes of diamonds. Passengers—Mr. Harrison and Mr. and Mrs. Roscrow. It was confidently anticipated that the emperor's coronation would be consummated on the day fixed, July 18; it was at first intended to detain the Linnet to convey to England despatches thereto. The preparations for the interesting event are represented in our advices as of a magnificent de scription, nothing being wanted to add splendour to the joyous ceremony. The debates in the senate were princi pally on the project of creating a council of state. Commu nications had been received from Rio Grande of a late date ; wherein the province is stated to be in the same state as at the date of previous intelligence. General Conde de Rio Pardo was still at Porto Alegre, without any prospect of im mediately assuming the effective command of the army. The reinforcement of troops that had been sent from Rio de Janeiro had not arrived. A further addition of 200 men were to leave Rio on July 8. Her Majesty's ships Southampton, Partridge, Arrow, Cockatrice, Sparrow, and Crescent, were at Rio; the Grecian and Rose employed on the coast cruizing. Exchange at Rio, 30.1 ; stock, 71. At Pernambuco, ex change 31. De cafe forao as vendas diminutas aos precos anteriores Embarcarao no consulado .. Pt no trapiche da Ordem.... 1,237 2,520 10,522 2,979 E desde o primeiro do mez Despacharao-se 0 thesouro descontara bilbetes da aifandega no dia 8 do correntc The Tyrian packet, Lieut ;Crocker, from the West Indies, was reported as coming in sight when the despatch left Fal mouth, at half-past six p.m., on Tuesday. The Ilope, Lieutenant Cresen, also arrived at Falmouth, on Wednesday. The dates of sailing of the Mexican packet are—Tampico the 3d, Vera Cruz the 10th, and the Havannah the 27th of July ; there appears nothing at all interesting by this arrival. Another commissioner had been sent by the Texans to effect, if possible, a favourable arrangement with the Mexican government, but so hostile was the feeling of the latter, that he was neither suffered to land nor to obtain even a hearing. Early in July a conducta had arrived at Vera Cruz from the interior with 700,000 dollars, but the Hope has only brought to this country 175,000 dollars. The Alert packet arrived at the Havannah on the 24th ult. from this port, and proceeded two days after for Belize. NEW SOUTH WALES : The Cicely, Captain M`Leod, which sailed from Sydney, New South Wales, on the 2.5 th of April, arrived at Liverpool yesterday morning. The papers brought by this vessel do not contain any intelligence of general interest. The private accounts contain unfavourable news as to the state of trade, which had not shown any tendency towards improvement in the interval betwee,n the date of the previous advises and the sailing of the Cicely. CHINA The India mail arrived at Marseilles the 31st of August, and at Malta the 27th, at two in the afternoon. The Great Liverpool arrived at Malta on the 26th, in the morning, with the Indian mail. Left Bombay on the 19th of July. The intelligence from China is down to the 20th of May. Everything remained as before. The Emperor was still determined to resist, and was concentrating a large force, which was to be commanded by his brother in person. Ad miral Parker and Sir Henry Pottinger sailed from Bombay for China, on the 7th July, in the Sesostris. Letters from Athens state that Admiral Lasusse arrived there on the 20th of August with the Inflexible and Santi Petri. mai Varitaninit. HOUSE OF LORDS -MONDAY RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS Viscount MELBOURNE rose and said—My lords, in con sequence of the vote come to by the other house of parlia ment early on Saturday morning last, and which was pre cisely the same in terms to the vote which your lordships had come to early in the week, I. on the part of my col leagues and myself, waited on her Majesty, and tendered to her Majesty the resignation of the offices which we hold, which resignation her Majesty has been graciously pleased to accept ; and we now continue to hold those offices only until our successors are appointed. The noble viscount then re- aimed his seat. On the motion of the Lord CHANCELLOR the bill for Amending the Administration of Justice in the Courts of Chancery was read a second time bill was also presented by the Lord CHANCELLOR, and read a first time, for the purpose of getting a noble peer out of a dilemma, into which he had inadvertantly fallen. He had taken the oaths, but having exercised the right of vot ing without having signed the toll, he was subjected to some penalties from which he could be released only by an act of parliament. Their lordships then adjourned until Monday next. HOUSE OF COMMON'S.-MONDAY The house, to-night, presenfed a scene of great animation, the benches on either side being fully occupied in the expec tation of hearing the announcement of the resignation of ministers. HER MAJESTY'S ANSWER TO THE ADDRESS Lord MARCUS HILL appeared at the bar, and stated that her Majesty had been waited upon, pursuant to the resolu tion of that house, and he was desired by her Majesty to read to the house the following most gracious answer to the address of her faithful Commons : " It is with the greatest satisfaction that I hear that the House of Commons is deeply sensible of the importance of the considerations to which I directed their attention to the commerce and the revenue of the country ; and that, in de ciding upon the course it is desirable to pursue, they will consult the interests of all classes of her subjects, and the laws regulating the trade in corn. Her majesty assured the house that she was ever anxious to listen to the advice of her parliament, and that she would take immediate measures to form a new administration." RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS Lord J. RUSSELL said, her Majesty's answer to the ad dress having been read, it now became his duty to state to the house, that after the division on Saturday morning mi nisters considered it their duty to advise the terms of the answer just communicated. (Hear.) They had advised her Majesty to form a new administration, and consequently he and his colleagues had tendered their resignations, which her Majesty had most graciously been pleased to accept, and `they now only held office until such time as their successors were appointed. He then said he trusted the house would allow him to state one or two matters in connection with the subject now before the house. The government deemed it right to propose measures which they deemed essential to the prosperity, to the trade, and commerce of the country. (Hear.) On bein g defeated on one of those measures, they had advised her Majesty to dissolve the late parliament ; that dissolution having taken place, and a new parliament having assembled, they had again advised her Majesty to submit the same measures to the consideration of the house. (Hear.) This was done, and it having been the pleasure of the House of Commons to declare their hostility to them, and want of confidence in ministers; they bad no other part to act than tender their resignations to her Majesty. (Hear.) He would not use any arguments to show why they had for such a length of time prolonged the struggle. (Hear, hear.) But possess ing the confidence of the Sovereign, and from a persuasion of the justness and propriety of the policy they had propounded, together with the belief that their continuance in office was calculated to promote the people'sinterest ; all these matters combined, tended to induce them to prolong the struggle in the manner they had done. (Hear.) He had already on previous occasions justified the course they had adopted, and he should be ready to justify them on all future occasions. It had been the fate of their government to hold power for a number of years, and they had resigned at this period because holding office without power was not calculated to give satis faction to the country, as it was impossible for them to carry measures beneficial to the country. (Hear.) He did not speak of this or that particular measure, but he might be allowed to say that the government to which he belonged began their official career by introducing and carrying the Reform Act, and indeed by proposing measures calculated to prove eminently advantageous to the trade and commerce of the country. The first was a large and important measure as regarded the franchise and privileges of the people : the last was a large and important measure connected with the trade and commerce of the country. At the government to which he had the honour to belong, Lord Grey and Lord Melbourne presided. Lord Grey enjoyed during the period of the discussion of the Reform Bill the most unbounded popularity. Lord Melbourne, having been minister at the period of the demise of William IV., became the adviser of the Crown : neither of these noblemen had abused the confi dence that had been placed in them either by the sovereign or the people; both had shown the greatest desire to preserve the constitution in all its forms. ( Hear.) Having said so much, in reference to the two ministers at the head of the new go vernment, he trusted he might be allowed to say a few words in reference to himself. He would not say some other person could not be found to fill his situation in a more effec tive manner, but this he could say, no consideration of enjoyment or amusement ever prevented him from attending to his public duties, either as a member of that government or a member of that house. (Cheers.) After a few other observations, the noble lord said in any position he might hereafter occupy in that house, his desire would be to advance the honour of the house, support the institutions of the Country, and promote the advantage and benefit of the peo ple. The noble lord concluded by moving that the house, at its rising, d o a dj ourn until Monday next. Lose STANLEY bore testimony to the talent and ability of the noble lord just sat down, and he felt confident that no one en t erta i ned any feeling of personal animosity or bitterness however,towards that noble lord. (Cheers.) He could not,colleagues, of the policy suggested by the noble lord and his a policy which had lost them the confidence of thatlao and the country at large. (Hear.) The noble lord p i r ts o e c l e f e u d t s o ed to state that the house last session had not pledged lord. The Address was supportedhl7l measures of the noble those gentlemen who usually gave their support to ministers carried' ; it was also supported by those members who were commonsl opposed to ministers; so that the Address bein g not, in itself, that the ministers had the confide o i n d o c t e of the house, --f-ary. that ministers W er ( e uear ju h stified in pro (Hear, hear,) which they had. ) He did o revive any topics of discussionto excite f eelings, seeing the noble lord had paid likelyat ,ich was due to the house and to the peopl e , every , f , e u e l i tg: not and offer is a of hostility to the noble lord had given way to the feelings ' a personal respect, and to give th_et,hnooyblwe would d d that col leagues credit for believing the ur ,, Lree , s of measures which factious opposition to . may redound to the honour of the parties proposing them, and to the credit and influence of the country. (Hear.) L or d .1. Russell intimated that the speech from the Throne was ad vised by the ministers, and that th e y were responsible for it. Mr. S. WonTLEY took the opportunity of exonerating himself from the charge of having ma de an unfair use .. of the Poor-law amendment bill during the rec ent election for the but on the cot West Riding of Yorkshire. Lord J. RUSSELL said he had only to complain that the hon. - gentleman had given strong opinions on the Poor -law bill in his addresses .to his constituents, though he did not think it of such importance as to make it worth referring to in his speech proposing the amendment to the address. The house soon after adjourned until Monday next. THE RESIGNATION (From the Times of Tuesday.) It being generally known yesterday that it was the intention of Lord John Russell to intimate to Parliament the resigna tion of himself and Lord Melbourne, the House of Commons, at an early hour, was nearly filled with hon. members. Great excitement prevailed both in and out of the house. Before five o'clock nearly every seat was occupied. The Conserva tives mustered in great strength. On the opposition side of the house we saw seated together, Lord Stanley, Sir J. Gra ham, Sir Edward Sugden, the Hon. S. Wortley, Mr. Goul burn, Lord G. Somerset, Mr. Shaw, Sir R. Inglis, Sir F. Pollock, &e. The benches usually occupied by the Whigs were also nearly crammed. Sir J. C. Hobhouse was the first member of the government who made his appearance. He sat for some time alone on the Treasury bench, apparently in deep contemplation. Shortly afterwards Sir G. Grey entered the house, and seated himself by the right hon. member for Nottingham with whom he entered into conversation. In vain did Sir , G. Grey endeavour, good naturedly, to disperse Sir J. C. Hobhouse's sad reflections on the mutability of all official honours. To all that his friend urged he (Sir J. C. Hobhouse) appeared to exclaim, in the language of Lord J. Russell's well-known quotation,— " Go ! you may call it madness, folly,— You shall not chase my gloom away ; There's such a charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gay." - About five o'clock Lord John Russell and Mr. T. B. Macaulay came into the House of Commons. His lordship was clearly much dejected in spirits, and looked pale: Mr. Macaulay appeared to suffer much. He advanced with a trembling step and quivering lips to his seat on the Treasury bench. Lord J. Russell was nervously agitated as he walked up the house. The following members of the ministry oc cupied their usual places :—Sir T. Wilde, Mr. Macaulay, Mr. Labouchere, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. C. Buller, Mr. V. Smith, Mr. Shell, Lord Palmerston, and Lord John Russell. They looked a melancholy group. When Lord J. Russell communicated to the House the fact that the ministry had resigned, he was painfully excited. We never heard his lordship speak with greater hesitation. He was, however, listened to with profound attention. After a short, but effective speech from Lord Stanley, and a few ob servations from Lord John Russell in reply, the House ad journed until Monday next. When Lord John Russell en tered his carriage he was cheered by a number of respectable persons who had assembled in the neighbourhood of the- Houses of Commons and Lords. Lady Russell was in the carriage with his lordship. The Duke of Wellington, as he entere the House of Lords, was most vehemently cheered. Lord Melbourne's reception was not so flattering ; he was well hissed when he left the house. Sir R. Peel did not, of course, make his appearance. In fact, it was not until seven o'clock that the right hon. baronet reached town on his re turn from Windsor. THE NEW MINISTRY (From the London Standard of Monday evening.) Last night, shortly after eight o'clock, a special messenger arrived at the residence of Sir Robert Peel, in Whitehall Gardens, with directions from her Majesty requiring the at tendance of the right hon. hart. at Windsor Castle to-day. This morning, - precisely at half past-twelve o'clock, Sir Robert left Whitehall Gardens, in an open travelling-carriage and post-horses, for Windsor. The right hon. baronet passed through St. James's Park and up Constitution-hill. He was attended by only one servant. No one accompanied him in in his carriage. Until the return of the right hon. baronet nothing positive can be known of the new administration; and as only a few hours (in all probability) will elapse before we are able to announce the formation of a new government with certainty, it would be idle to enter into any speculations. In the course of the morning the Earl of Haddington, Lord Eliot, Sir Thomas Fremantle, Mr. Goulbourn, Lord Stanley, and several other leading conservatives, visited the right hon. baronet in Whitehall Gardens. The resignation of the present ministers will, no doubt, be announced in both houses at five o'clock. Lord Melbourne arrived in town this morning from Wind sor Castle. It is expected a Privy Council will be held at Windsor on Wednesday next, when the ministers will resign their seals of office to their successors. (From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.) At an early hour yesterday morning treasury messengers were despatched with communications from the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel to the Duke of Buckingham, at Stowe-park, near Buckingham, and to the Earl of Liverpool, at Buxted park, near Uckfield. Sussex. The Duke of Buckingham arrived at Buckingham-house, Pall-mall, late in the afternoon, and immediately proceeded to Sir Robert's residence in Whitehall-gardens, to have an interview. The Earl of Liverpool arrived at Fife-house, Whitehall, last evening; the noble earl is now positively named as Lord Steward of the Queen's household. Yesterday the right hon. baronet was busily engaged from an early hour in completing the ministerial arrangements, but there was not a conference yesterday at Sir Robert's mansion, as erroneously stated in an evening paper. The Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Ellenborough had audi ences of Sir Robert Peel yesterday morning, and the follow ing noblemen and gentlemen had interviews with the right hon. baronet by appointment :—The Earl of Haddington, Earl Ripon, Viscount Castlereagh, Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Francis Egerton, Lord Wharncliffe, the Right Hon. Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Thos. Freemantle, Sir Frederick Pol lock, Sir 'William Follett, the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Sir George Cockburn, Mr. Gladstone, Lord Lyndhurst, the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, Right Hon. Sir Edward Knatchbull, &c. Shortly before five Mr. E. H. Anson, treasurer to his Royal Highness Prince Albert, arrived from Windsor Castle, and had an audience of Sir Robert Peel, and, we understand, was the bearer of a letter frOua her majesty to the right hon. baronet. The Duke of Wellington received the chief members of the future administration to dinner, last evening, at Apsley - house. It was a select circle, and confined to the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Ripon, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Stanley, Lord Ellenborough, the Right. Hon. Sir James Graham, Bart., and the ltight Hon. Charles Arbuthnot. On retiring from the dinner-table the noble duke and his colleagues held a conference, which lasted several hours. The meeting at Sir R. Peel's, on Monday night, did not break up until nearly one o'clock. We are informed that the right hon. Chas. Arbuthnot will be commissioner of the woods and forests. We have heard, upon what we believe undoubted autho rity, that the Duke of Wellington will be Lord President of the Council. The Duke of Beaufort and the Earl of Jersey are both mentioned as likely to fill the high appointment of master of the horse to her majesty, but it has reached us through a channel deserving implicit reliance, that the Earl of Jersey will, in all probability, be the successor of the Earl of Albe marle. _ _ _ We learned at a late hour last night, from an authentic source, that the right hon. Sir R. Peel will leave town this morning for Windsor Cgstle, when the right hon. baronet will submit to his sovereign the list of his ministerial ap pointments,—appointments, we are confident, that cannot do other than give her majesty the highest satisfaction. It is not in our power to give thus early the list of the new cabinet ; but we can positively assert, that in addition to the Duke of Wellington and Sir R. Peel, the Earl of Aberdeen, Earl of Ripon, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Ellenborough, Lord Stanley, the right hon. Henry Goulburn, will form the chief members of the cabinet. _ --.—. ...- The household of his royal highness Prince Albert will undergo but a very trifling change, and we have reason to believe Mr. E. Anson will continue treasurer to his royal highness. (From the third edition of the Times of Wednesday.) In confirmation of the announcement we venture to lay be fore the public this morning, we are now enabled to give the following authentic list of the new Ministry which Sir R. Peel has probably by this time submitted for her Majesty's approbation. It will be observed that in assigning to the Duke of Wel lington the Presidency of the Council we w ere m i s i n f orme d . The noble Duke would not, indeed, withhold f rom hi s f r i en d s the aid of his great name , but with that absence of self-in terest for which he has always been rema r k a bl e , h e w ill on l y occupy a seat in the Cabinet, without office, and of course without emolument. Sir Robert Peel, First Lord of the Treasury. Right Hon. H. Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Wharncliffe, President of the Council. Lord Lyndhurst, Lord High Chancellor. Duke of Buckingham, Privy Seal. Earl of Aberdeen, Foreign Secretary. Lord Stanley, Colonial Secretary. Sir James Graham, Home Secretary. The Duke of Wellington, in the Cabinet without Office. Lord Ellenborough, President of the Board of Control. The Earl of Haddington, First Lord of the Admiralty. The Earl of Ripon, President of the Board of Trade. Sir F. Pollock, Attorney-General. Sir W. Follett, Solicitor-General. Lord Lowther, Postmaster-General. Sir H. Hardinge, Secretary at War. Sir E. Knatchbull, Paymaster-General. Earl de Grey, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Lord Eliot, Secretary for Ireland. W. E. Gladstone, Vice-President of the Board of Trade. The remaining appointments are not yet finally arranged, but there is no doubt that the following noblemen and gen tlemen will hold office in the Ministry :—Lord Mahon, Lord Liverpool, Lord G. Somerset, Earl of Chesterfield, Lord F. Egerton, Sir G. Clerk, Sir W. Rae, Sir E. Sugden. &c. It affords us much gratification to hear that his Royal Highness Prince Albert, in conjunction with her Majesty, manifested an earnest desire to act iu strict accordance with the spirit of the constitution, and to afford to Sir Robert Peel every facility in the formation of his government. The reception which the right hon. baronet met with from her Majesty was most gracious and kind. Her Majesty ex pressed her determination to extend to Sir R. Peel's govern ment her most implicit confidence and support, under the firm belief that no measures would be proposed to parliament that would not tend to maintain the dignity of the Crown, to conserve the institutions of the country, and promote the happiness and prosperity of the people. (From the Times of Thursday.) We have little to add to the list of the new Ministry which we were enabled to lay before the public yesterday, in a third edition, except the appointment of the Earl of Jersey to the Mastership of the Household, and that of Lord Liverpool to the post of Lord Steward. The office of Lord-Chamberlain still remains vacant, but it will probably, indeed almost certain, devolve upon the Duke of Rutland. _ . . The Master-Generalship of the Ordnance, the Mastership of the Mint; and the Chief-Commissionership of Woods and Forests also remain as yet unappropriated, nor has a successor been appointed to Lord Campbell as Lord-Chan cellor of Ireland. _ _ . The list of those members of the Administration who form the Cabinet, together with all those whose appointments had been actually decided upon, was submitted to Her Majesty at Windsor yesterday, and was honoured with her gracious and cordial approbation. The Premier himself was admitted to kiss hands upon his elevation to power, but Lord Melbourne and his colleagues will remain in formal possession of their offices until to morrow, when a council will be held at Claremont, at which their resignations will be accepted, and the new Ministers will receive the seals of office. MURDER AT BRlSTOL. — Another appalling instance of the fatal effects of stabbing occurred at Bristol at the close of last week. A young man of the name of Hopper, who is respectably connected, and a carpenter by trade, having had a quarrel with an Irishman, of the name of M`Carthy, the latter immediately took out a knife and stabbed Hopper in the belly. The wound penetrated the abdomen and trans fixed one of the small intestines. This took place on Thurs day night, and on Saturday morning the unfortunate man died. ‘ A. verdict of " wilful murder' was returned against M earthy at the coroner's inquest. o,eiTocusZarnA.Tueß.—On Sunday morning last, at about three hood, the lighting the whole of r il awful thunder-storm visited this neighbour-' killed by the etecetr lightning being vividly brilliant, and horizon. We understand two cows were no other accident ifluidnear the village of Llangendeirne ; occurred that we have heard of. By a strange freak of natu re fell on Monday morttin , a Ixail-shower, though very trifling, very close and sultry, with The weather is now, how everCarmarthax Journal. with occasional drizzling rains.— THE CABINET. (Feonz the Morning Herald of yesterday) MitAisterial Leader of the house of•-Lords, without office Duke of WELLINGTON. Lord Chancellor Lord LYNDHURST. President of the Council Duke of BUCKINGHAM First Lord of the Treasury Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Secretary of State for the Colo nies Lord STANLEY. Secretary of State for the Home Department Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Bart. First Lord of the Admiralty Privy Seal Duke of RICHMOND. President of Board of Trade Earl of RIPON. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lan caster Lord WHARNCLIFFE. Little doubt is entertained as to the three last-mentioned offices being filled by the three peers we have named, but there is some descrepancy in the statemeits we have heard as to the specific distribution. The stronger current of in formation seems to be in favour of the arrangement as we have given it. Chancellor of the Exchequer Secretary of War NOT IN THE CABINET. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Irish Secretary Master-General of the Ordnance, Sir GEORGE MURRAY. Sir ROBERT PEEL, Premier. Right Hon. H. GOOLBURN, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord LYNDHURST, Lord High Chancellor. Duke of WELLINGTON, President of the Council. The Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Lord Privy Seal. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Secretary of State for the Home Department. Lord STANLEY, Secretary of State for the Colonies. Earl of ABERDEEN. Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, Attorney-General. Sir W. FOLLETT ' Solicitor-General. Earl DE GREY, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Sir ROBERT PEEL, First Lord of the Treasury. Right Hon. H. GOULBURN, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord WHARNCLIFEE ' President of the Council. Lord LYNDHURST, Lord High Chancellor. Duke of BUCKINGHAM, Privy. Seal. Earl of ABERDEEN, Foreign Secretary. Lord STANLEY, Colonial Secretary. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, Home Secretary. The Duke of WELLINGTON, in the Cabinet without office. Lord ELLEN BOROUGH, President of the Board of Control. The Earl of HADDINGTON, First Lord of the Admiralty. The Earl of RIPON, President of the Board of Trade. Sir F. POLLOCK, Attorney-General. Sir W. FOLLET'r, Solicitor-General. Lord LOWTIIER, Postmaster-General. Sir H. HARDINGE, Secretary at War. Sir E. KNATCHBULL, Paymaster-General. Earl de GREY, Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland. Lord ELIOT, Seeretary for Ireland. W. E. GLADSTONE, Vice-President of the Board of Trade. The remaining appointments are not yet finally arranged, but there is no doubt that the following noblemen and gen tlemen will hold office in the Ministry :—Lord MARoN, Lord LIVERPOOL, Lord G. SOMERSET, Earl of CHESTER. FIELD, Lord F. EGERTON, Sir G. CLERK, Sir W. RAE, Sir E. SUGDEN, &C. COURT CIRCULAR.-TUESDAY Sir Robert Peel left his residence in Whitehall-gardens, at half-past twelve o'clock yesterday, for Windsor Castle, to have an audience of the Queen. Before leaving town, the right honourable gentleman visited the Duke of Wellington, at Apsley House, and had a long interview with the noble duke. Sir Robert arrived at 'Windsor Castle in an open car riage, shortly before four o'clock, and had an audience of her Majesty. The right honourable baronet remained at the castle until five o'clock, and then took his departure for town, arriving in Whitehall-gardens at seven o'clock last evening. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, accompanied by his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal and suite, left town for Sudbury Hall. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge returned to his residence at Kew, yesterday, from a visit to the Duchess of Gloucester at Bagshot Park. Viscount Melbourne arrived at his residence in South street, yesterday afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, from a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. WiNnsou.—MONDAY. This morning her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert took their accustomed walking exercise. The Princess Royal has taken an airing. Lord Alfred Paget, Lord Marcus Hill. Lord Robert Gros venor, and the Hon. James Howard have taken their depar ture. This afternoon, at twenty minutes before two o'clock, Lord Melbourne left the castle, in his travelling carriage and four, for town ; and for the last time, let us hope, in the character of Premier. His lordship, as he rode through the town, looked exceed ingly sedate, and apparently resigned to the fate which has so long awaited him. Lord Melbourne's carriage was in waiting at the castle for upwards of an hour before his lordship took his departure, which was delayed during that period by an unusually lengthened audience of her Majesty. Sir Robert Peel arrived at the - castle, from town, in an open barouche and pair, at half-past three o'clock, and im mediately afterwards had an interview with her Majesty, which lasted nearly an hour. It is stated, that the right honourable baronet was most graciously and kindly received by his Sovereign. He took his departure for London shortly before five o'clock. Sir Robert was cordially recognised and greeted by several of the inhabitants as he proceeded through the town to and from the castle. A curious " meeting" took place at about half-past two o'clock this afternoon, on Hounslow Heath, between two no less important personages than the premier dismissed (or resigned, if it " sounds better") and the premier (then) in prospective. The parties recognised and saluted - each other as the carriages passed on. The royal carriages were ordered to he in waiting at the castle at five o'clock, for the purpose of her Majesty taking an airing ; but they were countermanded for an hour, and at six o'clock the Queen and the Prince, attended by several of the household, took an airing, proceeding towards Adelaide Lodge, and returning iu about an hour. Her Majesty appeared in excellent health, and better spirits than usual. Wednesday next was the last day fixed upon for the court to proceed, for a week or ten days, to Claremont, in order that Prince Albert might enjoy some " sport with his dog and gun" during that period ; but it is now uncertain if her Majesty will proceed herself to Claremont, in consequence of late political events. Should the Queen, however, abandon her original intention for a time, it is more than probable that his Royal Highness will not forego his long•anticipated amusements in the field. THE NEW PARLIAMENT. The following brief analysis exhibits the strange variety of character contained in the newly-elected Parliament of the United Kingdom. It is as great a curiosity in its kind as Noah's Ark, or the Tower of Babel. We find in it— MEN OF DIFFERENT COLOURS, ViZ :-1 Green, 1 Grey, 1 Scarlett, 2 Browne, 1 White, and 1 Sombre. BIRDS AND BEASTS, as will be presently seen, and TAYLORS AND BODKINS &C. &C. a _ _ The disposition of the electors seems to have been as strangely various : for example, those of Barnstaple, Sligo, New Ross, and North Salop, were most sanguinary, all of them crying out successfully for Gore, while those of Shore ham were for Goring. On the other hand, the voice of the Tories for Middlesex and Brecknockshire, and of the Liber als of London, Southwark, Halifax, and Kendal, is peacea hly echoed through the Woods. The wishes of the Dorset shire people repose quietly on Bankes ; those of the Ferma nagh Burghers float upon a Brook ; those of the Wick Burghers are reflected in a Lock ; and the inhabitants of Evesham and North Salop look pleasantly towards the Hills. The Elgin Burghers are delighted to have got in their Hay this season, as they had lost it for several years. The elec tors of Frome are very appropriately under the guidance of a Sheppard. The good citizens of Waterford trust some to a Reade, whilst others look confidently to Christmas for the accom plishment of their wishes. The people of West Norfolk have put their interests in a Bagye—those of Stamford trust them to their Clerk—those of Bridgewater to their Forman—those of Cirencester to their Master. The votes of Newark and North Leicester were caught by winning Manners. The electorOißadnor have their Price. Hertfordshire employs a Ryder, Bury a Walker, and West Surrey a Trotter. The Member for Cashel remains Stock still. North and West Worcester return really Knights of the shire. Winchester looks vigilantly to the East, Dublin to the West, and South Durham watches the Vane. Cambridge refers its matters to Law. Carrickfergus confides in its KIRK. The Tories of South Northumberland were summoned by a Bell, and have agreed to concentrate their voice in its clapper. Yorke sends forth its new member, Mr. l'orke, with the premonitory counsel, " Remember, I am York too. North Devon, Bath, and Newcastle, are respectively re presented by a Buck, a Roebuck, and a Hinde. A Bear (Bruen) dances in front of Carlow, a Hogg bristles up for Beverley, and a Fox has stolen into the Tower Ham lets. Tewkesbury, Galway, and Newport have chosen Marlins to twitter in their behalf. The electors of Dudley have sent up Hatokes to pounce upon their opponents. Peterborough has chosen from its swamps a long-necked Heron, and the amphibious folks of Dartmouth a Seale. The sportsmen of South Leicestershire let loose again their Pack in the Purlieus of St. Stephen. Tipperary has shut up her interest in a Cave, and the tem perance men of Kilkenny have not yet discharged their Butler. Foreign influence would seem to have intrigued itself into some parts of the empire ; else, why should a Fleming sit for Hants—why should Roscommon throw herself under French protection, or Hastings under that of Holland ? The men of Carnarvonshire have raised their Pennant, Westminster has chose a Leader, and Wexford, though weak in numbers, displays Power. _ Scarborough has guarded itself with a Trench. Gateshead takes shelter beneath a Hall, Guildford beneath a Wall. Linlitligowshire, Maidstone, and Weymouth each trust; to a Hope. North Wilts (of green-cheese celebrity) and I%Taldon have been guided in their choice by the dimensions of their repre sentatives, quality being of minor consideration, so they have selected one Long, the other Round. Christchurch is proud of having sent the only flower to parliament—a blushing Rose. The imprudent constituents of Wigan, Bradford, and Wor cester must have a care to the disposition of their members. The first is Crosse, the second Hardy, and the third Wilde. None of these qualities are suitable to the steady purpose of The Lord Chancellor, on Monday night, just before the House of Peers adjourned, presented a bill to relieve " a noble lord " (the name was not mentioned at the time) from the disabilities and penalties he had incurred in consequence of having taken his seat and voted before taking the oaths and going through the other prescribed and requisite forms. It now appears that the noble lord then alluded to was the Earl of Scarborough, and the bill in question bears this title; —" A bill to relieve the right honourable John Savile Lumley Savile, Earl of Scarborough, from certain disabilities, in con sequence of his having sat and voted in the House of Peers without being duly qualified by taking the oaths and making the declaration prescribed by law, and subscribing the same respectively." I t w as presented by the Lord Chancellor, by her majesty's command, and read the first time. The stand ing orders, Nos. 26 and 155, (that bills should not be rea d twice in a day, &c.,) are to be taken into con s id erat i on on Monday next, with a view to this bill going through all its stages on that day ; and the lords have been s ummoned to attend on that occasion. The disabilities incurred (according to the 30th Charles H., stat. 2 , cap. 1 ) are very num erous and serious; and the accidental omission to comply with that statute in the present case has brought the noble earl into a curious position in relation to the severe enactments of that act. LONDON COMMERCIAL REPORT. WEDNESDAY Ev The continuance of the demand for money has the effect of keeping the funds rather fiat, but without alteration in prices. Consols were 89a to + for money, and 90+ sellers for the Account.. Bank Stock 1681 to 91. India Stock 2.161 to 71. Exchequer Bills 14s. to 16s. premium. In the Foreign house Spanish Active with the Coupons were pushed up to nearly 22, but the why or wherefore did not appear, and it would seem to be a flash of speculation consequent on the late improvement in the home funds. At the close of business the Active Bonds had receded to 214 to +:. Portuguese Five per Cents. were 301 to 1, the Three per Cents. 18+ to 4. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 51+ to 2, the Five per Cents. 102 to 1. Belgian 102 to 3. Bra zilian 661 to 71. Mexican 26+ to 8. Colombian 21+ to ft. The express, published early in the day, giving the con tents of the telegraphic despatch, in anticipation of the overland mail, caused some excitement in the tea market.; but parties were generally indisposed to operate until further details shall be received, and prices did not vary much. Company's Congou was 2s. 31d. per lb. cash, closing at that rate on 'Change, sellers. There was not a single auction of colonial produce. It is said that the rapid progress made within the last few days in the growth of the Hop bines has not been equalled since the year 1818. Three pockets of new Hops have arrived, the first grown by Timothy Standen, Tenterden, Kent; have been sold at £9 per cwt., and one at Burling, also in Kent, at £9 2s. The estimated duty for Kent is £104,000; Sussex, £43,000; Worcester, £20,000 ; Farnham, £9,000 ; the Kingdom, £5,000, —total, £lBl,OOO. It was backed yesterday by one individual for £lO 10s. at .£185,000. The market is heavy. _ In the Amsterdam market, during the week ending Tues day, the general business in Coffee had been very trivial, and prices were almost nominal. Tea was in brisk demand, for exportation. and dearer. There had been sales to a fair extent in Tobacco. Cotton was firm, but not a great deal doing ; Surinam had realised 43Ac. Raw Sugar was not flat, but the transactions were somewhat limited ; Surinam brought 20 to 241. Rice was in less demand ; split Java at 9 4 to and Carolina at 13 to M. American Pot Ashes still sold well. Hides were very calm. I n di go was ra th er scarce, and went off readily when offered. Geneva, Amster dam proof, was at 204 to 181, and American at 214 to 1841. THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE The contract of Messrs. Webb, for the foundation of the hew Royal Exchange, was finished on Thursday evening, and the Gresham committee met yesterday, at one o'clock, to receive tenders for the second contract, which is for the com pletion of-the whole of the edifice. Fourteen of the principal builders of London had, as we formerly stated, been applied to, and it was also determined that each tender should contain two prices ; the one being for executing the mason's work with the best Portland stone; the other the additional price for using magnesian limestone, similar to that introduced at the Houses of Lords and Com mons. The amounts of the several tenders were as follow : September, 1841. Tenders. Portland. Mag. Limest Thomas Jackson. Baker and Sons Henry and John Lee Samuel Grimsdall Grissell and Peto Piper and Co John Jay.. John and Joseph Little Webb and Co. Joseph Bennett Bridger and Co 131,519 138,660 William Cubitt Nicholas Winsland H. Ward and Co. The tender of Mr. Thomas Jackson was, of course, ac cepted. The whole of the works are to be completed by Midsummer, 18-14.—Herald of' Thursday. THE MURDER NEAR STOKESLEY, IN 1830. Thomas Grundy, the man committed as an accessory with Goldsbrough, charged as the principal in this revolting crime, terminated his existence by strangling himself soon after his being received at York Castle. A coroner's inquest was held on, the following day (Thursday week), when the jury returned a verdict that the deceased feloniously and wilfully destroyed himself, being at the time in a sound state of mind. The coroner then issued his warrant for the interment of the body between the hours of nine and twelve o'clock at night, within twenty-four hours after the finding of the ver dict, in some churchyard or usual place, without Christian burial. The deceased was interred the same night, about ten o'clock, in the cemetery. The murdered man, whose bones were found as before detailed, was a weaver, named Huntley, and resided at Eagle cliff, near Yarm ; in June, 1830, he received about £6O or £7O, bequeated to him, and which lie was known to have on his person the day of his mysterious disappearance. The discovery of the remains, and the circumstance of some but tons being found with them, which were recognised as simi lar to those worn by Huntley at the time of his disappear ance, renewed the suspicions formerly entertained of his be ing murdered, and the magistrates in the division immedi ately took measures for unravelling.the mystery. Bills were put out, offering a reward of £lOO, with her majesty's free pardon to any person concerned in the murder, except the actual perpetrator, who should give evidence. The police officers used great vigilance in collecting all the facts that were at this distant period to be ascertained, and ultimately, the suicide, Grundy, then living at Hutton Rudby, made some important disclosures, which induced them to appre hend the prisoner, Robert Goldsbrough, who formerly re sided in the neighbourhood, but left about 1832, when he went to Barnsley, at which place he has been located up to the present time. The substance of the disclosure made by Grundy is under stood to be, that Goldsbrough employed him to go to a wood near Craythorne, where they found a sack containing a hu man body, which Goldsbrough told him was the body of Huntley, whom he had shot on the precedink day. Grundy became agitated and alarmed at this discovery, and, accord ing to his own account, he ran away, leaving Goldsbrough with the body, within about a yard of the spot where it has so recently been found underground. That Huntley was murdered, and that the skeleton which is found is the remains of the unfortunate man, there can be no doubt; but the sui cide of Grundy has, if possible, rendered the affair still more mysterious. The prisoner Goldsbrough has made a statement, in which he asserts that on the Thursday previous to the Friday spoken of, Huntley came to him, and they went and sat down in Wearbank Wood. Huntley took out his money, and asked prisoner what was the reason Mr. Garbutt, of N arm, had not given him the whole of the money which he had belonging to him. Huntley was no scholar, and prisoner told him the reason : he then pressed witness to go to America with him, which he declined doing, as he had two children, whom lie thought it was his duty to support. He saw him again on Saturday, and he went to Stokesley with him. On the Thursday following he saw Huntley again : he pressed pri soner to go to America with him ; but he would not. Hunt ley sold his weaver's loom to George Garneby, and that night prisoner shook hands with Huntley, and never saw him more. The prisoner then declared his innocence, and had nothing more to say than that his life was sold. WHAT'S IN A NAME ? — The New York papers talk of the 'auccesss of a Dr. Feuchtwanger in destroying vermin, an art which they call scolicotozzleology. A piece of Egyptian antiquity has recently been brought to light. It is a grand tableau, or picture, discovered in the tombs of Beni Hassan, near Cairo, representing the arrival of Joseph's brethren in Egypt. Joseph, in the costume of an officer of State, appears in the act of presenting his brethren to a viceroy of the reigning sovereign, in whose tombs the tableau was found. THE GREAT ENGLISH MANUFACTURERS.--The present Arkwright is the son of Sir Richard. He has an income de rivable from estates worth, perhaps, £400,000, which he manages himself without any steward or agent. Mr. Strut, the also is the son of Sir Richard's old partner, who is, I believe, still alive, and of a very advanced age. The good fortune of this gentleman, who was originally brought up in Sir Richard's family, is narrated thus :—The thread wound round the bobbin after its being spun, used to ride over the end of the bobbin or reel and break. It slipt or slided over, and Mr. A. could not readily remedy the defect. Strut was walking one day with him when the latter said to Strut, " If you could but find ou t th e way to make this con cern work batter, I would make a man of you. Y ou shall in stantly inquired a share in the bu s i ness ." " H ow muc h ?" inquired Strut of his master. The amount was immediately mentioned, and Strut being satisfied, at the same time rely ing most implicitly u p on A r k wr i g h t ' s h onour , took out of his pocket a piece of chalk, and proceeded to chalk over first one bobbin and the n another, and so on to twenty bobbins, so that the thre a d cou ld not pass or slide over the surface so treated, and kept th ere f ore i n i ts proper p l ace . Arkwright law this, and admired its simplicity, and desired Strut to do the whole ; which being accomplished, Arkwright completed his bargain by giving him a share in the concern, and treating him thenceforward as his partner. On another occasion Strut was asked to remedy another defect in the machinery, connected with the ravelling of the thread or webb. Strut asked for a pair of scissors, cut off a bit of the flap of his own coat, made a small round washer with a hole in the centre, placed it under the wheel, and thus prevented its vibration, by which the ravelli ng o f th e th rea d was occasi oned—a glaring and injurious defect in every species of cot ton manufacture. The old gentleman, who is in possession of his faculties, is said to be anxious to dispose of the whole of his prodigious concern, which affords employment to nearly all the hands in Belper and Milford. He, lam told, will be satisfied with a moderate sum, and leave, as a bonus, £lOO,OOO of the purchase-money to be for use in the con cern for some years, at the smallest rate of interest for it, and without interference on his part. Such are the men who rise from nothing by dint of genius of some sort or another, coupled with skill, assiduity, industry, mechanism, ability, and above all, " honesty."— Granville's Spas of England. IMPROVEMENT IN THE DAGUEREOTYPE. — The urgency with which the artists of Paris have demanded from M. Daguerre information respecting his discovery, announced by us some months ago, appears to have forced a communica tion from him earlier than he would, himself, have chosen to make it—his experiments not being complete. M. Arrago, at the sitting of the 28th ult., explained to the academy the new principle of which the discovery consists. The history and description of the discovery is as follows :—Abandoning the search in which so .many have been engaged, after some fresh substance more sensitive to the action of light than those hitherto employed, M. Daguerre submitted his plate, merely washed with iodine, in the ordinary manner, to the influence of electricity ; and found that it had attained such an excessive degree of sensibility, that no mechanism exists sufficiently rapid in its action to expose it uniformly to the impression of light—that is, a plate so electrified and placed in the camera obscura undergoes, during the one unappre ciated moment occupied in opening and shutting the dia phragm which covers the objective glass, such varied degrees of impression, that the portion first brought into contact with the light is already too profoundly marked ere it can touch the latter portions. The result is a confused and a clouded image. To meet the difficulty, M. Daguerre states that he has employed a substance (which, however, he does not name) less sensitive than the ordinary combination of iodine with silver; aud, in the next, instead of subjecting his plate to the continued action of the electric fluid, he admits the intervention of this mysterious agent for a single instant only. In more precise terms, the plate so prepared and dis posed in the camera, may be exposed, without injury, to the action of the light for a certain time; and to communicate to it the exquisite sensibility in question, a single electric spark suffices, after-which, the plate resuming its inertness, time is afforded to withdraw it from the influence of the light, and the operation is complete. It is not easy to imagine the artistic effects which will result from this remarkable disco very ; from the rapid action of the electric spark, vast as assemblages of men, in the moment of animation and impulse may be caught for eternity, with the gesture of the moment in the limbs, and its expression on the lips of each. ' History may be written, by picture, even while its deeds are acting; and nature, in h er su btl es t movement, be painted b y herself. M. Daguerre, however, is not satisfied with such results as he has yet obtained ; an d in yielding to the demand for hi s secret, has de c li ne d con fi r ming it by his specimens, he has succeeded in making them perfect. Meantime, the im portant part of his communication is the scientific phenome non itself—this wonderful effect of electricity on the chemical combination, exposed to the action of the rays of light.— Athenaton. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Under the Management of Mr. CLARKE, Sole Lessee THE PERFORMANCES DURING THE SUMMER WILL COMMENCE AT HALF-PAST SEVEN.-DOORS TO SEASON PE uPENED AT SEVEN THE FAREWELL BENEFIT OF MR W. H. BLAND, Previous to their engagement at the Theatre-Royal, • Covent-Garden, London. AND MRS. THIS present FRIDAY, the 3d instant, the entertain '. ments will commence with, for the second time here, the last new Play, written by Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer, Bart., and performed with unprecedented attraction eighty-one successive nights at the Theatre-Royal, Haymarket, called _ . Lord Gloss M inor O e NE 1.1,11... H. 11 011. Sir F. Blount Stout.... Mr. G. Horncastle. Evelyn.. Graves Mr. Baker. Captain Dudley Smooth Mr. Chaplin Lady Franklin Mrs. Clarke. Georgina - Mrs. Barton. Clara A FAREWELL ADDRESS Will be spoken by Mrs. W. H. BLAND, written for the oc- casion by Mr. STUART. SONG—HAPPY LAND—Miss E. HONKER. A PAS DE DEUX, by Master and Mias C. WEBSTER. To conclude with, not acted here for six years, the Scotch Drama of THE FALLS OF CLYDE. Kenmure Mr. Barton Enfield Mr. Lynne. Edward Enfield.. Mr. W. H. Bland, j DOnald—Mr. Slaiter Malcolm.. Mr. Gray. Ellen Enfield.... Mrs. W. H. Bland Miss ELLEN TREE, of the Theatres-Royal, Drury- Lane, Covent-Garden, and the Haymarket, is engaged for Ten Nights, and will make her appearance on MONDAY next, September 6. Mr. ANDERSON, of the Theatre- Royal, Covent-Garden, is also engaged for a limited period, and will appear the same evening, when will be performed Mr. Knowles' Play of LOVE, in which Miss Ellen Tree and Mr. Anderson will sustain their original characters of The Countess and Huon. To conclude with the Nautical Drama of BLACK-EYED SUSAN. TO CORRESPONDENTS If Mr. R. Arrowsmith, Gloucester-street, Loudon, has any intention of paying for his advertisements he can have them inserted in the STANDARD by communicating with any of our London agents; but without such a step he will not find the provincial press to be gulled by his orders, however ingenious be may be in the wording of them. LIP Eibrrpoot &tanbatt. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTET BER 3, 1841. The official career of the Whigs being now at an end, we are under small temptation to say anything of them but what truth and justice may require at our hands. We can speak of them as of the departed ; and the maxim in this case is not de mortuis nil nisi bonum, but nil nisi VERUM. This is the more incum bent upon us, as Lord John Russell declared on Friday night, that they died the " victims of misrepresenta tion !" Of no crime had they been guilty ; no faults had they ever committed ; on the contrary, they had done nothing but good in their day and generation ; and they were then about to depart unsung, unwept, the purest patriots, the wisest, best, most virtuous of men, victimised,—aye, the victims of misrepresentation alone. Lord John Russell is a bold man ; and, in deed, to utter such a speech as this, in the presence of the assembled representatives of the people, must pos sess a power of face beyond the lot of ordinary mor tals. This misrepresentation he prudently charged, not upon the leaders of the opposition, who were in the House to defend themselves —no, he exonerated them from any such imputation—but upon those who were absent, and could have no opportunity of replying in the quarter where the attack was made. " 'While the " conduct of the leaders in this house," said his lord• ship, " has been such as became an opposition in Par " liament, their followers in the country AND IN THE " PRESS had resorted to misrepresentations and calum " nies never before equalled. Such means (said the " noble lord) have been the principal causes of the suc " cess of the party opposite. (Cries of Oh, oh !' from " the opposition, and cheers from the ministerial " benches.)". No wonder that a noble lord who can keep his face clean, (as they say in China,) after this fashion, is a man of great importance to his party. But quis tulerit Gracchos—who can endure a Whig complaining of. misrepresentation ? It is a fact ac knowledged by one well acquainted with the secrets of the party, that the Catholic Emancipation Act—a mea sure which, notwithstanding the decisive turn given to the affair by the Duke and Sir Robert Peel, the Whigs claim as their own—that that great act, we say, which opened the door to all that important series of changes which followed, was carried by "enormous lying"—by the unceasing figments of Whig journals, Whig agi tators, and Whiggery at large, both in high and low situations, in town and country. Such misrepresenta tion, we can truly say, in the words of my Lord John Russell, was " never before equalled." Now we do not presume to say that so vile an example would afford any excuse for a similar practice, or anything at all re sembling it, by Conservatives ; but as the fact itself is perfectly notorious, we should like just to know when the Whigs began to leave off a habit which they found on Many occasions so helpful to them ? With regard to the victimising misrepresentation now charged on the Conservative press, we would observe that whether the attack be well or ill founded, the Whigs have been thrust out of office by no misrepresentation at all, but by truths, broad, open, and acknowledged. The Lich field-House compact was the sorest of all the Whig decayers and destroyers. It infected their government with dry rot in every department ; it was a plague -spot, a leprosy, which tainted them from head to foot. Well ; was this connection a mere fiction—a misrepre sentation--a calumny ;or was it a reality and a truth ? Had the " victims" no tongue in their heads—were they such dumb dogs that they could neither deny nor disprove the charge if it were unfounded ? Only to think of that silent sufferer—that injured innocence, Mr. Daniel O'Connell, dying the death of a criminal, and losing his enormous patronage through misrepre sentation—misrepresentation, too, which he was .too meek and modest to stand up and refute, while justice and truth were altogether at his side ! That Daniel O'Connell should lose his cause through modesty ! Oh, it is incredible ! Is Whig mismanagement of the public revenue also, we would ask, a misrepresentation ? Surely the two millions-and-half minus in the present year, and the accumulated deficiencies of former years—constantly increasing under the financeering of Whig Chancel lors—cannot be all a mere romance. It has not been known till lately that the ex-Premier acted in the double capacity of first lord of the treasury and private tutor to her Majesty, and that her Majesty conceives herself under great obligations to the noble lord for the pains he took in instructing her; and on this head there was certainly neither representation nor misrepresentation by the Conservative press ; but something was known of his lordship's facility of temper—of his constant visits to the palace, and his everlasting presence at the royal table, and there was no mistake as to his having particularly introduced to the royal presence the founder of that obscene and abominable sect—the Socialists ; there was no misrepresentation here ; and the ex-Pre mier is condemned so far as concerns this matter—not for a false accusation, but for a true and admitted one. We believe it is a perfectly pure invention that the Whig budget was ever thought of, until after the party were beaten on their Irish Registration bill ; but the budget itself had surely an existence—had arrived at least at an embryo state—and no misrepresentation or calumny did or could exist with regard to it ; but we cannot go through all the counts of the indictment. SutfiCe it to say that we are satisfied to abandon everything that is in the slightest degree apocryphal, and do rest our general charge against the discharged upon positive, certain, and definite allegations, which can be proved by the most unexceptionable testimony. But it is too ridiculous to talk seriously of the bluster ing Whigs, with all their stage orators, partisan agita tors, and cheap information for the people—being the victims of misrepresentation or calumny. The thing, in its literal sense, is too absurd to be gravely dis cussed ; but there is a sense in which we can perfectly understand the ex-Colonial Secretary, and in which we quite agree with him. His lordship perhaps only meant to say that the Conservative press did great da mage to the Whig cause, and particularly that portion of it, which, like ourselves, labours obscurely in the provinces. If this were his meaning, his lordship was perfectly right ; there can be no doubt that the pro vincial Conservative press has played upon Whiggery with tremendous effect, and th a t it h as b een a princi pal cause of that splendid success with which Conser vatism is at length crowned. But the weapons made use of were not misrepresentation and calumny," but simple unsophisticated truth. What need of the former when truth itself supplied an infinitely more powerful armoury ? Let Conservatives, then, remem ber the saying of this noble 'Ord in the sense in which we interpret it, and learn to bet a proper value on a press which has rendered them such essential service. True, it is our own common cause; but it is for the interest of that cause we speak much more than for any advantage we expect to derive to ourselves from adverting to the subject. It has been remarked a thousand times, but it will bear r•e-marking again, that the tendencies of Liberal ism are any thing but patriotic ; that there is no heart in the system, and that it never does, and never can generate any thing resembling a warm, or generous emotion. Under the affectation of caring for a great many, it really cares for nobody ; under the pretence of making the whole human family the objects of its expansive solicitude, it only finds a greater facility of applying with undivided attention to the definite and limited concerns of " number one." A Conservative prides himself on being an Englishman; a Liberal can see no just reason for his entertaining any such feel ing. A Conservative looks to the interest and advan tage of his own country in preference to those of any other; a Liberal takes the world at large for his coun try, and regards any more circumscribed patriotism as a prejudice. The Duke of "Wellington, in his speech on the Ad dress, piqued himself on belonging to a country in which the way to wealth was open to every man—and it was, we think, a legitimate subject of self-congratu lation ; for it proves two things in a very striking manner; first, the perfect liberty enjoyed by the people, and secondly, the prodigious advantage which they may and practically do derive from it. His Grace's words are worth remembering, and we repeat them here':— " He had in the course of his life," he said, " been in various countries in different parts of the world, and had op • portunities of knowing the circumstances of the various classes of their inhabitants, but in his whole experience England was the only country in which he ever found that the poor man, if possessed of honesty and industry, would be quite certain of acquiring a competence. Instances of the truth of this offered themselves every day to everybody's ob servation, and it was only last week that a signal illustration occurred. In the very lowest ranks of life, not only could a competence be acquired, but immense riches might be accu mulated. This was a state of things which he had never seen in any other country, and it was a fact which he would entreat of their lordships never to lose sight of. He had seen the happy results which followed from giving encouragement to the cultivation of the soil, and he hoped every measure would be cautiously avoided which would tend to decrease that cultivation. (Cheers.)" Many will think his grace rather a respectable witness to the fact he speaks of, and will agree with him in saying, that although every industrious man does not turn out a Jamie Wood of Gloucester, yet that, so far as the laws and constitution of the country are con cerned, there is nothing absolutely to prevent him. In other countries the possession of wealth is either un attainable or insecure—insecure from the despotism of their government, or the mutability of their institutions, and unattainable perhaps as well from the latter cause as from their general circumstances. His Grace states what is a mere fact scarcely to be questioned; but he states it as une who felt that it speaks volumes for Old England, her free institutions, and peculiar blessings, and he mentions it evidently with the view to enforce the lesson that we should be slow to make changes in a case where so much and so rare practical good, is al ready experienced. This is the Conservative mode of looking at things ; but it only excites the indignation of your Liberal, who has no notion of any man survey ing his own country with so much complacency. Mr. COBDEN, it appears, was suite enraged by the Duke's observation, and extremely smart upon his Grace for making it. His commentary, in the speech which he made on the 25th ult., ran thus : " If he (Mr. Cobden) turned to a declaration made else where—in a place which, in conformity with the rules of the house, he would not particularize, whe❑ he found an illus trious duke stating that the condition of the labouring popu lation in this country was enviable compared with that of any other population in Europe, and that every labouring man in this country, who had industry and sobriety to re- commend him, could attain to a competence—what, he asked. ~,)ould be the feelings of the country at large upon hearing such a declaration! Were hon. gentlemen disposed to re spond to that sentiment and accept it as their own ? Let them remember that about ten years since the same illustrious individual stated that the old boroughmongering parliament under which we then suffered was the perfection of human wisdom. (Loud cheers from the ministerial benches.) Yes, and he should not be surprised if this doctrine of yesterday, meeting a similar and still more remarkable fate, might be the forerunner of a far greater change than that contemplated by her Majesty's ministers. (Renewed cheering from the same quarter.)" This was rather sharp on the part of the oracle of rnillocracy ; but, though it may seem a little paradoxi cal to say so, we are of opinion that the sharpness of the language was owing in a great degree to the ob tuseness of the man. Cobby did not take--did not catch the spirit of his Grace's observation : indeed we fear, with his desperately bad education, it was quite above his comprehension. Cobby could think only of all the misery that the factory system has introduced into the country ; of the undone handloom weavers— of the pallid, half-fed, or perhaps drunken operatives, whom half-work has reduced to a miserable emblem of mortality ;—his mind, familiar with the reality, re flected only such pictures ; and when a noble peer spoke of England's free institutions, and of the opu lence to which an honest and industrious man might attain under them, poor Cobby rubbed his eyes, and said, "Do I dream ? How is this ? " and for a while the current of his ideas was altogether choked up; hut at length he bethought him of his favourite schemes, and the monomania of free trade set him once more at liberty. Thus Liberalism cannot enter into the luxury of love of country; but it is quite as callous and insensi ble in other respects. Your " feelosophers," econo mists, and doctrinaires of the free-trade school will sacrifice anything not their own, or anybody not of their immediate clan, to the favourite theory. Speak to them of the ruin which the withdrawal of protection must produce to the protected classes, and they only laugh. They tell you that the political economist, like the surgeon about to amputate a limb, must be stern ; and as he cuts away to save the patient, so they must use strong medicine for the good of trade. For land owners and farmers they have no . more sympathy than if they were a species of hear, or ourang-outang. What matter about them ? say they ; we shall have the more manufactures ;—down with them ! But the ruling passion goes even beyond this : your genuine free-trader has no more consideration for the suffering he may inflict in any case, than Majendie the anatomist when dissecting a live rabbit for the ad vancement of science. Take as an example the answer of Mr. John M‘Gregor, one of the joint secretaries of the Board of Trade, to a question asked him by Mr. Williams, which the reader will find in the evidence before the Committee on Import Duties : " Mr. Williams.—Take the case of a stocking manufac turer, a branch of manufacture in which the Saxons have particularly excelled, and in which they have taken pretty nearly all the foreign markets from us ; would you say that the principle was a correct one, to admit the importation of stockings manufactured in Saxony into this country free of duty, which would as a matter of course supersede the trade entirely at Leicester, Nottingham, and other parts of Eng land, where stockings are made ? ".Mr. M'Greyor.—.l certainly would admit them at 10 per cent duty, whether that would DESTROY THE TRADE AT LEICESTER OR NOTINGHAM, OR. NOT ! ! It would be better to subscribe and support the people, than to continue a higher duty on the article !" Such is the tenderness—the amiable ferocity, we might call it—of your genuine free-trader. He would rather reduce the people to beggary, and then sub scribe for their support in an alinshouse, than give up his speculative beau ideal of " free trade." Happily for us, the ministry which so much favoured and en couraged the breed is now displaced, and we trust their heartless, headless, and unpatriotic system along with them. The school has had its day, and a most abominable school it was. May Conservatism never imbibe the taint of its execrable philosophy. THE CONSERVATIVE AND RADICAL PRESS When we consider how short the period is since Liverpool first aroused itself to dispute the pass with Liberalism, and to vindicate to itself a good conservative name, we are much more surprised at what has been accomplished within the time, than what has not. That much remains to be done we do not deny, and we admit that it is a strong and legitimate proof of the position, that, as stated by a contemporary, the Liberal press is, on the whole, better circumstanced than the Conservative. He mentions, that in the last three years the Conservative papers circulated, in the aggregate, 1,191,997 copies, and paid advertisement duty £4,123, whilst the libe rals have circulated 2,484,541 copies, and paid advertisment duty £8,192. From this it appears, that however influential and respectable the classes are by whom the Conservative journals are supported, there is a large mass, even of the reading population, who are whigs, or liberals, or altogether indifferent about any political parties or principles what soever. There are Papists and Dissenters hostile—but there is a multitude utterly careless about every thing but what relates to their own immediate pursuits and business. These will not support Conservative journals, the one party from hating whatever does not fall in with their own views, and the other from that via inertire which invariably leads men of no particular opinions of their own to go with what they be lieve to be " the stream." Our contemporary attributes too much blame to the Conservative party ; the state of things to which he alludes is, in our opinion, not altogether their fault; but we admit they are open to:censure. 'We will do the :leaders of the 'Whig party, and the agitators of the Liberals the justice to say that they have ever shown a more correct appreciation of the importance of the public press, and have been more careful to give their best support to that portion of it which supported them and their views. The Conservatives, on the other hand, have been too much in the habit of allowing the press which reflects their sentiments, to shift for itself till the moment arrives when they find them selves in urgent need of its services ; and then they are per haps surprised to find that the journals of the other side have been making much more way than they had any conception of. Conservatives take in Radical prints, and advertise freely i❑ them ; the Liberals rarely, we might almost say never, confer a similar favour on Conservatives. The Liber als never pass by their ow❑ journals for the purpose of giving publicity to any article, advertisement, or communi cation that could be of the least use to them ; the Conserva tives a contrario are far from being so scrupulous in provi ding for their own. We take the liberty of speaking thus candidly of our friends ; but our serious and deliberate opi nion is, that the more favourable state of the Radical press as to circulation and advertisements, is owing mainly, not to the laches of Conservatives, but to the mass of Radicalism which exists in the town, and which must be invaded, stirred up, and leavened, before the statistics of Conservative jour nalism can present a due superiority over, or an equality with, those of Liberalism. We must act upon a system of aggression, and carry off our supporters from the enemy, and not rest satisfied merely with what may be done from our own resources. If Conservatives generally become impressed with the importance of these views, and act energetically upon them, their journals, we doubt not, will soon partici pate in the resulting advantages. AN ANALYSIS OF OUR EXPORTS OF COTTON GOODS, VIEWED IN RELATION TO THE PRO POSED FREE-TRADE MEASURES OF LORD MELBOURNE'S GOVERNMENT.—No. I. It is unfortunate that few of those public documents, which are usually quoted by statesmen and politicians, are to be depended upon, as furnishing accurate data for legis lating upon commercial questions. This is especially the case at the present moment, when the question before the public is, essentially, " How are the working classes of Great Britain to be employed ?" We are not concerned to know now what foreign markets consume the greatest " de clared" or " official" value of our manufactures. We do not wish to inquire to what country we export the greatest quantity of manufactured cottons, woollens ; or hardwares : but, emphatically, we require to know what markets they are, whose consumption of British goods furnishes profitable employment to the greatest number of British artizans. In this information all official documents are (perhaps of neces sity) deficient ; and hence it is that the most flourishing statements of exports and imports are quite compatible with the existence of distress amongst the operative manufactu ring classes, and therefore do not afford a correct index of the true worth, to the country, of its existing commerce. We have before us just now a table of this description, (which appeared at length in our publication of the 10th August,) professing to be a table of the exports of manufac tured cotton during the year 18-10. We shall not remark at present upon any of its details, because we are fully con vinced that no correct conclusion can be drawn from them, bearing upon the important question which is now before the legislature, viz., the employment of the working classes ; but we must for a moment invite the attention of our readers to their general result, which is given as follows : TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED COTTON White or plain cottons 133,114,375 yards.. £7,803,772 Printed or dyed cottons 357,517,624 do. .. 8,498,448 Hosiery and swallwares •1,265,090 Twist and yarn .. £24,668,618 To the unreflecting reader, we have no doubt that it would afford ground of considerable gratulation if this total of 24 millions and upwards should next year be increased b 3 a couple of millions ; yet that increase would be far from being, in itself, a proof of such an improvement of our ex- port trade as would benefit materially the condition of the working classes or of the country. Nearly one-third of the money amount of our cotton manufacture, it will be seen from the above statement, is at present exported as " twist and yarn," having sustained the smallest possible quantum of labour, and being in fact but a grade removed from the state of raw material. An increase, therefore, of our yearly exports—if that increase was principally in this article of cotton yarn—would benefit only a mere fraction of the ma- nufacturing community, and would be anything rather than an evidence of increased manufacturing prosperity. Already it is a eirenmstance which excites considerable uneasiness in the twitds.uf those, who wish to see, in the development of our manufacturing system, the sources of permanent sup port and comfort to the masses of population which it is drawing together into the large towns, that so great a por tion—in fact considerably above one-half--of the cotton ex ported from this country receives from us only the small amount of labour required to convert it into yarn for the purposes of the foreign manufacturer ; and yet it is an es tablished fact—established by the statements published by government, and admitted by manufacturers themselves — that it is in this very article of cotton yarn that the increase of our exports, of late years, has principally consisted. Undoubtedly, to the legislator or to the political econo mist, the leading object of interest must be to encourage the export of those more finished descriptions of cotton goods, which require for their production the greatest amount of labour and skill to be applied to them; and those foreign markets are of the greatest value to us, as a manufacturing people, which consume the largest quantity of those goods, or possess the means of so doing. Hence the superior value to us of the trade with our North American colonies—of the East and West India trades—of our Mediterranean and South American trades—which afford us a profitable demand for the finished productions of the manufacturer, when com pared with the trade which we at present carry on with some of the nations of Northern Europe, bordering upon the Bal tic. With the former, which consume our calicoes and cam brics, our printed and dyed goods, the trade is second only in importance and value to the home trade, as furnishing a large source of employment to the artizan of every grade. With the latter, which take chiefly cotton yarn to supply their own manufacturers, the trade is comparatively value less to the labourer and to the country :—to the labourer, as furnishing employment chiefly for machinery, or, where it does employ human labour for its production, requiring principally the labour of children ; whilst, so far as the country at large is concerned, it is much if its extension ought not to be regarded rather as a calamity than as a be nefit. Let us examine, then, how the measures recently pro pounded by Lord Melbourne's ministry—the opening of the trade in timber and corn, and the reduction of the sugar duties in favour of the Brazilian cultivator 7 -are calculated to operate upon our export trade in cotton goods. We-are told by the advocates of these measures, that it is the pro tective system of Great Britain, in favour of her colonists and the home producers, which is at the root of all the em• barrassments now experienced by the mercantile, the manu facting, and especially the working classes ; that it is the existence of this system alone which places bounds to the extension of our export trade ; and that upon its removal markets will be found at once to draw off the stocks of goods which now lie unsaleable in our warehouses. We are told, by the organs of the manufacturing body in parliament and throughout the country—and the assertion is eagerly repeat ed by the hired itinerants of that body, with every inflam matory comment that the most ingenious mendacity can supply, to mislead the reason and excite the passions of the suffering operative—that millions of the people of the corn and timber-producing countries are now praying us to allow them to exchange their surplus produce for our manufac tured goods. Admit, then, for the sake of argument, that such is the case ; yet still, before we conclude that the ex change proposed is one which we ought to accept, we are bound to inquire, " What are the goods which these millions propose to take from us, if we accede to the sacrifice of our colonial and native industry in their favour ?" The countries which urge us to take their timber, and vir tually to discourage the timber trade with our North Ameri can colonies, are exclusively those situated upon the borders of the Baltic. The countries which offer us their corn in ex change for our yoods—(or are said so to do, which is not the same thing)—are also the countries of Northern Europe, with the addition perhaps of the United States. With these coun tries our trade is at present comparatively insignificant in amount, and valueless in its character. Russia, we find from the document to which we have referred, takes from us ma nufactured cotton to the amount of £1,151,798 annually; Sweden £66,350 ; Norway £28,000 ; Denmark only £6,338 ; and nearly the whole of these amounts consist of the article of cotton yarn. Yet the trade with these countries chiefly it is, which is to be increased by the opening of our markets for their timber and their grain. For the increase of this trade in cotton yarn we are to inflict a heavy discouragement upon our own colonies, which supply us with timber, and consume large quantities of our goods fully manufactured; for the increase of this trade, which is carried on almost w h o lly In foreign bottoms, we are to inflict a heavy blow upon one carried on exclusively by British shipping, and em ploying thousands of British sailors ; and, more than all, for this worthless and unprofitable trade we are to throw out of cultivation thousands of acres of British corn lands, and to limit the means of millions of our best customers—who are our own f el low - countrymen. We are not about to give the labour of our industrious population, or• a commodity of which the principal ingredient is labour, for the timber and corn of the foreigner ; but only the raw material of cotton — a foreign product—combined with a minimum portion of la bour ; and that, even, not the labour of • the, suffering manu facturing operative, who is assumed to be benefittcd thereby, but of the machinery of the large millowner; who is the only real party to b e a d vantage d - b y the change. Whatever may be the value of our export trade—however