The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-17 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE UNITED STATES. By the Columbia steam-ship, which left Boston on the afternoon of the Ist, and Halifax on the evening of the 3d instant, we have received New York papers to the 31st ult., and Boston and Halifax journals to the Ist and 3d instant. The Columbia arrived here on Tuesday night. The intelli gence received is important in a commercial point of view. The President, as was anticipated, had vetoed the Bank Bill. The Bankrupt Law had, however, passed the senate. The President's extreme exercise of his power produced an ex traordinary sensation. The party who desired the passing of the bill was furious, and the most unmitigated abuse ha d been heaped upon the President for what was considered a great stretch of his prerogative. A mob surrounded his re sidence, and offered every species of insult that the most vindictive malice could devise. The opponents of the mea sure were not less extravagant. The President was lauded as the Saviour of the country, and the protector of the rights and interests of the inhabitants. Mr. Tyler, in giving his reasons for the rejection of the measure, states that, with the opinions he has invariably held on the subject, having hi therto always steadily opposed the bill, he could not sanction it without a surrender of religious obligation and self-respect. He conceives that the only legitimate - purposes to which any fiscal agent of the government can be turned, are the collect ing, sale keeping, and disbursement of the public revenue. For these purposes alone, he believes, has Congress any right to provide, and to such practices should the fiscal agent be confined. To a bank of discount he objects, as being unne cessary ; and he believes the power of discount possessed by the United States Bank to have been useless and mischiev. ous, though its power to deal in exchange was beneficial. He seems opposed to conferring on a government bank any decided power to regulate commerce. He would confine it to what he deems its own specific duty, in the performance of which it should be made to operate as advantageously as possible on those interests of the community most intimately connected with it—the commerce and exchange of the coun try. He dislikes the proposition construing the silence of a state into an assent for the establishment of a branch, and considers that part of the measure but a subterfuge. He seems opposed to the system of branches, and points out the conflicts which the probably disputed power would create between the states and the federal government. He does not state whether any particular scheme for a national bank would meet his approbation, but lie is evidently opposed to any fiscal agent possessing a greater extent of faculties than those which would constitute it a sort of national treasurer. The Land Bill, in a greatly modified form, had passed both houses. A new Bank Bill had, however, been brought for ward ; and though much had been conceded in deference to the opinions of the President, this second measure retained so much of the objectionable features of the former bill, that it was anticipated with the greatest confidence that Mr. Tyler would veto this on the same principles that induced him to reject the first bill. Mr. Edward Everitt was nominated as ambassador to our court, but a warm opposition was raised against him, and it was expected he would be rejected on account of his opinions respecting slavery. At New Brunswick a very destructive fire had taken place on the 23d ult. About one o'clock in the morning, a large ship of 900 tons burthen, which was on the stocks in the building-yard of Messrs. Owens and Duncan, Portland Vil lage, was discovered to be on fire. The tide was low, and no water could be procured. The flames, having once got head, raged with uncontrollable fury, and immediately com municated to the buildings in the vicinity, which were soon one mass of blazing materials. The fire extended rapidly, and soon a whole street was in flames. At length two houses were pulled down, and their further progress was arrested. Thirty-eight dwelling-houses, a number of small houses, and a Methodist chapel, were consumed. None of the houses were insured, and great distress was likely to result from the disaster. The yellow fever had made its appearance in New Orleans. A shocking accident had occurred at Syracuse. A fire broke out in a store in which there was gunpowder. The kegs containing the powder exploded, and killed 25 men who were assisting to extinguish the flames. From Canada we learn that the municipal bill had passed the House of Assembly by a majority of 12. Mr. Baldwin had previously moved, as an amendment, " That it be read a third time that day six months," but the amendment was lost by 41 to 31.. The governor-general had sent to the house a message, recommending for the consideration of the house divers works of internal improvement. The total cost of the works enumerated in the message would involve an expenditure of about £1,470,000 provincial sterling, to be spread over a period of five years necessary for their com pletion. As Canada has no funds in hand wherewith to de fray the expense, the governor-general proposes that the money be borrowed, and the provincial parliament make provision for the interest, between £BO,OOO and £90,000 per annum, which his lordship proposes to accomplish in part by the establishment of a government bank. Money was still plentiful. The demand continued limited, and many negotiations on prime securities were effected with ease. A good business was done in foreign bills for the packet. The rates had somewhat advanced since the preced ing departure. Exchange on London stood at 9 to 9 1 . Stocks had been depressed, but had rallied slightly on the 30th ultimo. United States Bank Shares were greatly reduced, having gone down to 10-i in a few days. The United States loan for one million of dollars has been nego tiated at 8 4 per cent. The inhabitants of Nova Scotia were about to petition her Majesty for a union of Nova Scotia with New Brunswick. The account* from England taken out by the Colombia had depresssd the cotton, and raised the flour market. Cot ton had fallen half a cent per pound, whilst flour had ad vanced in price throughout the country. THIRD EDITION. Standard Office, Three o'clock LIVERPOOL. CORN EXCHANGE,-THIS DAY (From Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular. The arrivals into this port from the close of Tuesday's market until to-day are in general only moderate, but there are several cargoes of foreign Grain fresh up this morning, particulars of which are not yet ascertained. Upon foreign Wheat the duty is reduced to ls,. on Barley to 6s 4d, on Oats to lOs 9d, on Rye to 12s 6d, on Beans to 5s per quarter, on Flour to 7d per barrel ; remaining on Peas, and all sorts of British colonial produce the same as last week.—By this operation about 170,000 quarters o foreign Wheat, and 140,000 barrels of Flour, in Liverpool alone, are now free from bond and available for consumption ; releasing at the same time the large stocks of these articles in London and all the other maritime ,ports of the United Kingdom. This heavy surplus coming at once upon the market, in the face of fine summer weather and a slender attendance of country buyers at our Corn Exchange to-day. appeared to preclude any speculative demand, and beyond a few transac tions in Wheat for Irish account, with a moderate sale to our local millers, little business was done : the best descrip tions of this Grain, therefore, were somewhat depressed in value, and all other kinds decidedly 2d to 3d per 70 lbs cheaper ; the best new white from the neighbouring farmers not exceeding 9s 3d to 9s :and _damp, inferior parcels 8s 6d to 9s. Upon a limited inquiry. for Flour, Statesand Canadian must be noted Is - per barrel, and English as well as Irish Is. per sack under Tuesday's rates. Barley, Malt, Beans, and Peas were in very slow request, without any material change in prices. Oats seemed to meet rather more attention, but from the limited supply fresh in, and hollers remaining firm, no ex tensive sales were effected.—Oa;meal, moving off very spa ringly, was the turn cheaper. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 7th to the lath September, 1831, inelusi DESCRIPTION COAST- ,CANADAI PO- WISE. i& U.STSI REIGN Wheat Qrs Barley Qrs. Malt Oats Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. Oct j 1604 Pease. Qrs.i 587 i 587 Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn Rapeseed Oatmeal .... Loads 430 430 Flour. - Sacks 150 j 658 600 Ditto 201 ► 454 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Oats, qrs. Oatmeal, ids.; Flour, sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Oats, 18 qrs. ; Oatmeal, ; Flour, 4 brls. Ireland. Wheat, 76 qrs.; Flour, 59 sacks.—Coastwise. Wheat, 512 qrs.; Barley, 5 qrs.; Oatmeal, 35 Ids. ; Flour, 155 sacks, 2054 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Sept. 10, 1841. Wheat.. 71s. 2d. ; Barley 395.10 d. 1 Oats.. 235. 6d. I Rye ..395. ld. Beans.. 445. Bd. 1 Pease.. 44, Bd. Aggregate average of the six weeks. • Wheat.. 735. 2d:lßir ley 375. 81. I Oats.. 245. Od. ! Rye.. 38s. 3d Beans.. 43.5. SC. Pease.. 455. sd. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week Wheat 5.0 d. I Barley 6s. 4d. Oats .10s. 9d. Rye.. 12s. tid I Beans ss. od. Pease .. 2s. Od. Ind. Corn Os. Od. Flour Os. 7d Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat s. 6d. I Barley.. Os. 6d. I Oats .. 2s. od. I Rye.... 3s. od Beans.. 6d. I Pease.. 6d. I Indian Corn.. Os. Od. I Flour.. aid. Liverpool Averages, week ending Sept. 10, 1841. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease. Qrs 827 537 182 Prices 6ss. d. Os. d. 235. ed. l 465. Od. os. od. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL th i eder the Management of . Mr:..CLARKE, Sole "'wee. THE PERFORMANCES DURING THE SUMMER SEASON WILL COMMENCE AT HALF-PAST SEVEN.-DOORS TO RE UPENED AT SEVEN MACREADY POSITIVELY NIGHT ONLY. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. ANDERSON, On which occasion Mr. Macready has, in the kindest man ner, volunteered the aid of his valuable services, and will, tor the first time here, perform the character of Lord Townly, in the Comedy of The Provoked Husband; in which Miss ELLEN TREE will sustain the character of Lady Townly. Miss Ellen Tree and Mr. Anderson will appear on the s a me Evening in the characters of Violante and Don Felix, in the Comedy of The Wonder. THIS present FRIDAY, Sept. 17, Mil, will be performed the Comedy of FOR THIS THE PROVOKED HUSBAND ; Or, A Journey to London. Lord Townly Mr. Macready. Lady Townly Miss Ellen Tree. Squire Richard.. Mr. Baker. Lady Grace.. Miss Cleaver. Lady Wronghead Mrs. Clarke. Miss Jenny Miss E. Honner. At the end of the Play, a PAS STYRIENNE, by Master and Miss C. Webster. To conclude with the Comedy of THE WONDER, A WOMAN KEEPS A SECRET. Donna Violante Miss Ellen Tree. Don Felix Mr. Anderson. Colonel Briton.. Mr. H. Holl. Lissardo .... Mr. Baker. Donna Isabella.. Miss Cleaver. Flora.. Mrs. Clarke. On MONDAY, September 20th, Miss ELLEN TREE and Mr. ANDERSON will appear in their highly popular characters of Rosalind and Jacques, being the Last Night but Four of their Engagement. Mr. FRAZER, of the Theatres-Royal, Covent Garden and Drury-lane, and formerly of this Theatre, is engaged for a Fortnight, and will make his first appearance here since his London Engagement, on the same occasion. Mr. MACKAY, of the Theatre-Royal,Edinburgh, is also engaged for a Fortnight, and will make his first appearance this season, in his celebrated character of Bailie Nicol Jarvie, in the Drama of ROB ROY. Mr. PAUL BEDFORD, of the Drury-lane, Covent Garden, and Adelphi Theatres, who is engaged for a limited number of Nights, will perform the character of Major Galbraith. On MONDAY next will be repeated Shakspeare's Play of AS YOU LIKE IT. Rosalind, Miss Ellen Tree ; Jacques, Mr. Anderson, (the last night but four of their ap pearance); Amiens, (with Songs,) Mr. Frazer, (his first ap pearance here since his London Engagement) ; Orlando, Mr. H. Holl; Touchstone, Mr. Baker; Celia, Miss Cleaver; Audrey, Mrs. Clarke. To conclude with the Musical Drama of ROB ROY. Rob Roy, Mr. Anderson ; Francis Osbal diston, Mr. Frazer ; Bailie Nicol Jarvie, Mr. Mackay ; Major Galbraith, Mr. Paul Bedford. LIST OF PASSENGERS BY THE COLUMBIA From Boston.—R. Semple and friend, Mr. Sheling, C. W. Schroeder, F. Fettrell, Gerard Ralston, Mr. Thorn and lady, B. Parsons, L. Mdriatagni, Sebor, John L. Lincoln, Rev. H. B. Hackett, P. Godett, Henry.J. Wel, Samuel Jandon, E. Lyons, Dr. Altman, Mr. H. Delessert, —. Clark, James L. Walker, N. Chandler Isaac Higgins, Mr. Campbell, Miss Charlotte Smith, Joseph de Betzens, L. Dutremes, James Wilson, William Pegg, John M‘Main, Lieutenant Law, W. Munroe, jun., R. S. Palmer, Sampson Fresh, J. B. Hawkes, John Barwick, lady, and child, Frederick Grininger, Henry Nash, Mr. Dawson, (B. army,) Heuty S. Chambers, Mr. Bridges, William Grundy, J. Day, J. C. Kemkelman. From Halifax. Mr. Broad, Mr. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. Kimear and three children, Miss Mair and servant, G. H. Munroe, Dr. Foguety. From Boston to Halifax.—lVlrs. Stacy, Mrs. G. 0. Stewart Mr. P. Grant, Mr. P. Churchill, Miss Thockmorton, A. F am, Jar Fleming ABSTRACT OF THE LOG Sept. 1. Sailed fro;: 13oston at 30w. past one o'clock, p.m. 2. Running for Halifax, N.S. 3. Arrived at Halifax, N.S., 6 o'clock, a.m. ; sailed again a 7 o'clock, p.m. ; and at 9 o'clock, p.m. Sambro Light, bore W.N.W. 4 miles, from which we took our departure. 4. Lat. 44 52, long. 59 59, course N. 81 E., wind W., distance 146. Up to ❑oon light airs and tine weather. 5. Lat. 45 49, long. 51 -10, course N. 78 E., wind N. E., distance 233. Strong breezes and cloudy weather 6. Lat • 46 35, long 50 6, course N. 78 E., wind E. S. E., distance 222. Strong winds and cloudy weather, with a heavy sea. Passed the brig Casaza (No. 1,583 Nlarriat's). Spoke the brig Faiden, of Poole, out 37 days for Quebac. 7. Lat. 47 10, long. 44 54, course N. 81 E.. wind N. E., distance 224. Fresh breezes, with a heavy N.E. swell. 8. Lat. 47 .18, long. 38 50, course N. 81 E., wind N., distance 214. Fresh gales, with hard squalls and a high sea. 9. Lat. 48 29, long• 33 3, course N. SO E., wind N.N.E., distance 239. Strong gales, with heavy sualls and a high sea. 10. Lat. 49 12, long. 3652, course N. SO E., wind N.N.E., distance 250. Fresh breezes, with rain at times. Passed the barque Napoleon. Spoke the barque Cato, of Lynn, out 15 days, and the brig lodine, from Quebec to Glasgow, 35 days out. 11. Lat. 49 59, long. 20 14, course N. 80 E., wind S.E., distance 259. Strong breezes and cloudy weather. 12. Lat. 51 8, long. 14 30, course N. 72 E., wind S.S.E., distance 221. Fresh gales and cloudy weather, with a heavy cross sea. 13. At two o'clock p. m. Cape Clear bore N.E. by N.AN. six miles. 14 Running up Channel. At four o'clock a.m. Tuskar Rock bore six miles. Arrived in the river Mersey at six o'clock p.m. FOREIGN MOVEMENTS OF THE NEW MINISTRY (From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.) We have reason to know that one of the first acts of the new conservative ministry has been to come to a good un derstanding with the French government, for the purpose of securing, not only a friendly intelligence between both coun tries for the future, but continued peace and good-will be tween all the great powers of Europe. We have also reason to believe that the ministry of M. Guizot has met Sir R. Peel's administration in the same friendly spirit. Steps are already taken to bring the affair of Tunis, which is the most pressing difficulty, to a satisfactory conclusion ; on the one hand maintaining the rights of the Porte over its vassal, and, on the other, relieving France from the appre hension of any immediate interference with its African con quests. Steps are also taken to lay down the basis of a commercial treaty, which may he brought to a conclusion contempora neously with that now under discussion between France and Belgium. We have likewise to add, that, at the pressing request of Lord Aberdeen to have an ambassador charged with full powers from the French court now present in London, orders have been given for the immediate departure of M. de St. Aulaire. Our correspondent, in sending us this information, inti mates however his apprehension that the state of public feeling in Paris, which resents every concession made to England as a humiliation to France, may have some effect in retarding the happy issue of these negotiations. ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE DUKE D'AUMALE PARIS, MONDAY. — An attempt has been made to assassi • nate the Duke d'Aumale to-day. He was at the head of his regiment, proceeding along the faubourg St. Antoine to Neuillv, where a grand banquet was prepared by the King and Queen for him and his comrades in arms, when a man dressed in a blouse started from a cabaret and discharged a pistol shot at him. It is said that the shot was directed at the Duke d'Auniale, because he was a little in advance of his royal brothers ; but the Dukes of Orleans, Nemours, and Montpensier were with him, and the assassin might have aimed at the Duke of Orleans as the heir to the throne. For tunately the shot did not take effect, but the horse of a Gene ral Valliant was killed, and it is said that the general was slightly wounded in the knee. The assassin was about 30 years of age, and no doubt a member of the secret societies that have lately been creating disturbances in Paris, but as yet no particulars have transpired respecting him. After a few minutes' delay the march of the regiment was resumed, and it passed along the Boulevards, the Princes still maintaining their places at its head, and cheered by the people. It proceeded to Neuilly, and, up to the hour of writing, no account of any other disagreeable occurrence has arrived here. ...._ _ Very disagreeable events have taken place . at Clermont, in Auvergne. The people resisted the m ottrers in the taking of the recensement, and fired on the who supported them, killing and wounding seventeen i so lt l a die y rs.. .At one mo ment the thing looked very serious, but w h n ut additional troops were called in, and the riot was Chatelet Groups of low characters paraded the' O a r i cries,. on and several streets of old Paris, utterin,FAsei!istcieoLuo-se. Saturday and. Sunday night. Cries of we must . have blood," were heard. \lO a bas Guizot, 5e ., ,.. 0 other force was employed against those people but the • .koir aid alone the mob were dif•persed)%evltnhsoduet vili, and by th a riot taking F Public opiui very uneasy, and a serious dis expected to take place this evening, h ilt vitt be Iniiy prepared, and consequently consequences are feared. h „hiit•Et has 1,0 en orde red to proceed to Lon_ no dout no serious Count de S don immediately assassin is Papart The name of t' MURDER AT BANGOR. A man has been killed in a street quarrel at Bangor, and two persons have been committed for .---- --- 7" - -.., ial on a charge of having beaten and kic ked him to death. 0 AT name of the victim is Thomas Thomas, a farm lo bourer, :1 —4 h..\ . igeN tonallywofking in the quarry, residing at Pant-y-CYLL **4l -- ffiiiticT %tether to Mrs. Thomas, - of the Waterloo Inn. The nr.r ielaharged with the crime are Hugh Davies and Joseph ... ...., er,: the former boot-boy at the Albion, the other car - ' it the Penrhyn Arms, hotels. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—A very melancholy acci dent occurred in the neighbourhood of Inverness on Monday, which has carried distress into a wide circle of friends and relatives, and caused a deep and mournful feeling among all classes of the community. About six o'clock in the after noon, Dr. Basil Tytler, son of the late Alexander Fraser Tytler, Esq., of the Hon. East India Company's Service (who had been on a visit to his uncle, the sheriff of this county), was in a boat in the river Ness, in company with a young gentleman, Mr. William Fraser, son of Mr. Fraser of Culduthel. They were opposite Lady Saltoun's cottage where the river is deep and strong, besides being at present much swollen by the late rains. The boat had got into a strong current, and the younger of the party, feeling that he could not hold on, called on Dr. Tytler to come to his assist ance. On the latter repairing to the same part of the boat, his additional weight brought it to the level of the water, and when they began to pull it immediately filled. Mr. William Fraser contrived to swim or scramble ashore, but Dr. Tytl er . struggled to regain his place in the boat , being encumbered with a large and heavy pair of water boots, used in angling. On making a third attempt the boat upset, and the unfortu nate gentleman lost his hold, whilst the frail vessel floated with great rapidity down the stream. An alarm was given, and the boat was found, keel uppermost, a little lower down the river. At the Woollen mill the body of Dr. Tytler was seen in the midst of the water, turning round near the sur face, and a man put out in a boat to recover it, but the strength and rapidity of the stream frustrated every effort. Intelligence of the fatal accident soon reached Inverness, and hundreds of the people repaired to the old bridge, w hil e seve ral expert swimmers entered the river in various directions in their anxiety to recover the body. All attempts proved unavailing. and there is every reason to suppose that the body was carried out to the sea. The scene on the banks of the iver was strikingly impressive. Crowds of anxious specta tors watched the progress of the stream, while the swimmers braved its deep and rapid current, and several men in a boat dragged the waters in fruitless expectation. The deceased was about twenty-six years of age, of accomplished tale n t s and amiable disposition. He had studied medicine ander Sir Charles Bell, and wai distinguished for his knowledge and proficiency. He was the last of his family, th e h ope o f hi s widowed mother, and many anxious eyes were turned towards his future career, which had opened under su c h b r i g h t an d favourable auspices, and promised a long life of honour and usefulness. The sad reality . has quenched tho se an ti c i pat i ons, and is well calculated to remind us of the uncertain tenure by ' which all human hopes and happiness must ever be possessed. —lnverness Courier. An accident of a distressing nature occurred on the 28th ult., in Sturminster Marshall, by which two respectable families have been plunged into great distress. It appears that Frederick Joseph Belcher, Esq., a fine young man 20 years of age, an ensign of her Majesty's 60th regiment of foot, who was staying for a short time on a visit at the house of his uncle, Charles Parke, Esq., of Lower Henbury, was induced by the fineness of the weather, on the day above mentioned, to bathe, in company with Frederick Fane, Esq., a relative of the late General Fane, in the ricer Stonr. After being in the water some time he was observed to sink, No assistance could be immediately rendered him, and a consi derable time elapsed before the body was taken out of the water, when notwithstanding every exertion was made by the medical gentlemen of Winaborne, who were quickly on the spot, life was found to be quite extinct. An inquest was held on the following Monday before Henry Castleman, Esq., coroner, when a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned.—Sherborne Journal. MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—Our recent letters from Malta mention an affair of honour which had just taken place in that island, and which appears to have excited a great sensation in Valetta. The brother of a noble Duke Lord Sussex Lennox) arrived in the Great Liverpool, under an assumed name, at Malta, and having immediately waited on Major S. H., of the 19th Regiment, and all preliminaries having been arranged, proceeded to fight a duel with another military gentlemen, holding a situation in the staff of that garrison, (Captain Norcote, of the Rifle Brigade, Military Secretary.) Lord Sussex Lennox fired without effect, and his adversary having discharged his pistol in the air, his lordship was, with difficulty, induced to listen to an accom modation, the terms of which are said to be of a somewhat singular description. This done, Lord Sussex Lennox left the next day for England. During the time the parties were on the ground they did not exchange a syllable. The cir cumstances in which the dispute originated, together with the correspondence, will, it is further affirmed, in all proba bility, be published. The affair was the one topic of con versation at Malta when the mail came away.—Uniled Ser vice Gazette. SUSPENSION OF PAYMENT BY A JOINT-STOCK BANK.— Intellivence of a❑ unsatisfactory character transpired yester day, (Monday,) regarding the position of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Joint Stock Banking Company, whose drafts on Messrs. Barclay, Tritton, and Co., their London agents, were refused on Saturday. The head quarters of this establishment are in the town of Nottingham, and their branches and places of issue are at Newark, Mansfield, Worksop, East Redford, Tuxford, and Loughborough. The nominal capital is £500,000, and the paid-up capital some thing about one fifth of the amonnt. The shareholders are about 350 in number ; several of them said to be wealthy. A committee of the directors and managers, however, have ar rived in town, with the view of making arrangements to carry on the business of the concern.—Chronicle. Trr night ll a r s o t was T A TAT.—A roused — u s e A d g f e r n o t m l e m s an eep o f b y S t a o ckto n, thunder on i W ing k e d n n o c e s k d a a y t • the door, and on poppin g his night-capped head out of . the window, to enq u i re th e na t ure o f h is untime l y visitor's business, w as i nformed thet Mr. R. had sent an "objection." "Indeed!" said the gentleman, and looked at his watch. He found t h at it 'wantd a few minutes to twelve o'clock ; and, therefore, preparing an " objection" to Mr. R.'s vote, he despatcheda messen ger to hi s house, and had i t served before the expiration of the time allowed by the act of par liament. Mr. R., when aroused in his turn, and rewarded in his own coin, was not nearly so grateful a ' s might have been anticipated: But his friend Mr. P. will have the approbatio, n ot his own heart, in having acted upon the good o ld principle that " oneeart , good turn deserves another." I Gateshead Observer. Ebr ittbrrpool attanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1841 From a private letter, received yesterday by one of the principal firms in this town, from Valparaiso, we learn that, on the 3d June last, the Chili steamer, which belongs to the Pacific Steam Navigation Com pany, of London, and runs between Callao and Valpa raiso, with passengers only, ran on a reef of rocks, about 30 miles south of Valparaiso, and, during the confusion that took place in consequence, three of the passengers (natives) lowered a boat, without the know ledge of the captain, and were drowned by its upset ting. The Chili was afterwards got off', and arrived at Valparaiso, where a survey took place, and she would have to be hove down and repaired. Every thing was quiet. The revolution in Peru, under Viranco, had been put down, and that chief had fled. It was reported that Santa Cruz had entered Peri at the head of 200 men. Freight 3 dollars 10 cents to 3 dollars 15 cents Your free-trade manufacturer is a personage of amazing!, ingenuity, and has usually a method for effect ing any given object totally different fro m th a t w hi c h would be practised by ordinary individuals. Just now it is notorious that the stocks of ma nu f actured goo d s in the cotton districts are ruinously Leavy ; and for some time past, in order to prevent f urther accumula tion, the large spinners and power.loom manufactu rers have resorted to the common-sense step of work ing their machinery only three or four days in the week. Such a process, however, it is well known to all who are practically conversant with these matters, whilst it limits production , at the same time enh ances a little the cost of the product. whilstlhe iron machine, un likenot the human machine, eats it sl eeps. Mill machinery, when not working , is still deteriorati ng . t l o nt b e e res i t la o id f . cap r i h ta e l i s s p a in c n cr in u g in - g m a ui lt e ho o u r gh tiie wages have power-loom cannot be turned off, in slack times, with the same fa cility as the bread-eating spinner or weaver; and hence it is that the millowner is so fidgetty when he cannot get full work out of his iron men, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, 3 P.M The demand for Cotton continues very fair, yet there ap pears to be little doing. The quantity sold to-day is about 4000 bales, at yesterday's prices. The Sales of the week are 30110 bales, of which exporters have taken 2450, and speculators 4750 bales. As regards prices we close on a par with those of last Friday, the market having quite lost what it gained by the increased demand:of Monday and Tuesday last. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 .Wind S.W., fair. ARRlVEn.—lndian Chief, M'Lean, from Montreal—Joseph P. Dobree, Watkins, from Rio de la Hache—Boykett, Braddon, from Bordeaux—Fenella, —, from the Mediterranean—Anna Lucea, Pete, and Petrus Tanlus, De Jonge, from Rotterdam—Carl Frede rick, Baker, from Hamburg—Freundschaft, Plath ; Carl Christian, Birr ; and Frederick Wilhelm IV., , from Danzig—Phcenix, from Antwerp—Pauline, , and Harriet„ from _ Ostend—Sophia, Gustavus, from Newstadt—Prince, Sarsfield, from Dublin—Jane, M'Arthur, from London—Duchess of Kent, Jones, from Dublin, SAlLED.—lteiiance, Dunley, for Ceara—Water Witch, Crowley, for Bilboa—Kate and Ann, Proom, for Dordt—Eugene, Schreyberg, for Ostend. Joseph P. Dobree, from Rio de la Hache at this port, sailed Ist August. On the 12th instant, off Cape Clear, spoke the Emma, from Sydney. N.S.W., for this port Sumna. from Calcutta, Success. from Demerara, and Henry Bliss, from Quebec; off Holyhead William Harris, from Naples at Antwerp Hebe, Sharland, hence at Genoa Invoice, Broadfoot, sailed from Odessa for this port 23d August Glanmalier, Wheeler, sailed from Hobart Town for Sydney 23d Commodore, Wortley, from Jamaica for this port, was spoken 18th August, going into Key West, having struck on a reef Caledonia Brander, hence for Virginia, was spoken 18th August, in lat 44, long 51 ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE, GREAT ql-lARLOTTE. STREET, LIVERPOOL THE HE PUBLIC are respectfully informq, that this splen. did Establishment will be OPENED! the Race Week and for a short Season, TINDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MR. EGERTON, DESSEE Duriug the Season a succession of the ihost splendid Specta• cies, Serious and Comic Pantomimes, Ballets, and brilliant Equestrian Performances, will be produced, represented b 3 the first London Talent, aided by that accomplished Artist Mr. BEVERLY. On TUESDAY, the 21st instant, and during the Week, The Entertainments will commence with a grand nautical Spectacle, with entirely new Scenery, Machinery, Dresses, Properties, and Decorations ; the Scenery by Messrs. Lenox, from the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, and Mathews, and As sistants ; the Machinery by Mr. Atkins and Assistants ; the Dresses by Mr. Job Taylor and Assistants ; the Properties by Mr. Lightfoot and Assistants, entitled BLACK BEARD; Oft THE PIRATE OF THE SPANISH MAIN! Black Beard Mr. Howell from the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane Black Caesar Mr. T. Mathews from the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden. Black Beard's Wife .. from the Theatre-Royal, Covent-garden SCENES IN THE ARENA AND ON THE STAGE Amongst the numerous Artistes that are engaged, the following will appear the first night Mr. Pablo Fanque, Equestrian, Rope Vaulter, and Leaper, Master Pablo Fanque, Monsieur Nicholi, the Young Hiber nian, and the Brothers Le Sage, Le 'Trois Acrebats, and the unrivalled Clown in the Ring, Mr. WALLET. An exact representation of the CARNIVAL OF VENICE, embracing the whole extent of the stage, painted expressly for the occasion, by the celebrated Artist, Mr. W. BEVERLY. The realization of this magnificent scene will be accomplished by Posturing, Singing, Rope Dancing, Masquing, &c., by Artists of the first celebrity. _ . The wholeto conclude with A COMIC PANTOMIME, In which will appear Mr. Mathews, Mr. Howell, and Miss Gilbert. Acting and Stage Manager, Mr. H. BEVERLEY, from the Theatre-Royal, Adelphi, London. Doors to be opened at Seven, and the curtain to rise pre cisely at Half-past. The Box Office open daily from Eleven till Three, when places may be secured on application to Mr. F. CARMAN. Centre Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Side Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. Second price at Nine o'clock, Centre Dress Boxes, 2s. ; Side Boxes, Is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. ; no second price to the Gallery. Private Boxes for Families may be obtained nightly. A limited number of Season Tickets. LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET, IS' NIGHTLY CROWDED TO THE CEILING I 'THE GREAT WIZARD OF THE NORTH IS MORE 1 THAN MORTAL l He now waves invisiblyy , his Mystic Wand over the " good old Town", and•Thottiands of Sci ence, Literature, and Beauty rush to behold/ the incredible feats of this supposed supernatural being. His wonders are truly astounding, and he will continue THIS EVENING, (Friday,) and TO-MORROW EVENING, (Saturday,) to delight and enchant all who may appear within his MYSTIC TEMPLE Mr. J. H. ANDERSON begs to announce to the Musical Public, and the Inhabitants generally, that he has engaged THE CELEBRATED BELL RINGERS ! From the Concerts d'Ete, and the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. They will make their Second Appearance Tins EVENING, the 17th instant, and pour forth their " merrie peals" in the Costume of the Ancient Lancashire Bell Ringers. Remember that the Wizard commences every Evening at Eight o'clock, concluding at Half-past Ten or Eleven. The Second Price commences at the conclusion of the first part of the Wizard's Feats " a la Magique". Prices—Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Gallery, 6d. Half-price—Boxes, is. 6d. ; Pit, Is. No half. price to the Gallery. *** A Programme and Pamphlet (comprising opinions of the London Press, with humourous illustrations, price 2d.) may be had at the Doors. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS POSITIVELY THE LAST TWO FETES THIS SEASON. THIS DAY, (Friday,) the 17th, and MOND/Y next, the 20th instant, at Five o'clock. ____ ON THE LAKE, Colonel Pasley's celebrated Experiroel of the . BLOWING UP of the WRECK of the ROYAL GEORGE by Voltaic Electricity, will be performed. The Professor, during the Evening, will give several Ex hibitions of the BISCENASCOPE, or. DISSOLVING SHADOWS, Illuminated by the Kou;OPitAsTie LIGHT, giving a complete change of Splendid Views. 'Each Exhibition to conclude with THE STORMING OF ST. JEAN D'ACRE, TERRIFIC' EXPLOSION OF THE MAGAZINE, GRAND TABLEAU OF VICTORY. The excellent BRASS BAND will perform during the Evening several Select Pieces. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING. The DISSOLVING BISCENAS . COPE commences at Six o'clock FIRING at Half-past Seven. TO CORRESPONDENTS, We are compelled to defer our notice of the Postoffice Gallery till Tuesday next. In reply to " Justus's" last very silly and impertinent letter we beg to state, that two gentlemen of our establishment were present on the occasion of the " Legend of Florence" being played. We prefer relying on their opinion and evi dence to the assertions of an anonymous scribbler, who does not advance the cause of those he tries to battle for, by wishing to keep the matter before the public. It is a tact, believe, that vorking short time beg increase in game degree the post of the article ma- nufactured ; and it is not, therefor, surprising that we find Lancashire cotton-spinners anxiously looking about for some means of remedying, in their eyes, so vast an evil. The public; howeVer, may he a little surprised, considering the profession of regard for the condition of the working classes which have of late emanated from the cottonocracy of the manufacturing districts, that the remedy is to be effected at the expense of the working man. ". Reduction of wages l" the reader ex claims ; " can such a thing be possible ?" No. A re- action of wages would be a clumsy expedient, and one which it would he peCuliarly unadvisable for the " li beral" manufacturer at the present moment to be de tected practising. But if one operative spinner could be made to do the work of two, and by this plan the same quantity of work could be procured at half the cost in' wages, the reader will at once perceive that a great portion of the difficulty will be got over. " Work ing short hours ";will, by this ingenious process, be come a profitable operation, and the spinner who adopts it will be able to give our languid markets another im pulse downwards by the production of goods "cheaper ;an ever Such a scheme, we find, has, during the past week, been in active progress in the neighbourhood of Bol ton. The spinners of that enlightened locality, we learn, have discovered that one operative can manage two mules at once; that instead of attending to twelve hundred spindles, he can attend to twice twelve hundred at one time; that, in short, he can do two men's work for one man's wages ! and, as a matter of course, one half of the operative cotton-spinners of Bolton are to be forthwith unemployed. This is no mere supposi tion, reader, as to what manufacturers will do under certain circumstances, but it is what they actually are doing at this moment. The adult cotton-spinner is leaving his mule, not because it is unworked—not be- cause its twelve hundred spindles have ceased to re volve—but because the reckless cupidity of his em ployer insists that one eye and not a pair shall in future be paid for watching its revolutions ! And these are the men who clamour for cheap food— for the poor man's sake ! Out upon the hypocrites ! The French society of assassins would seem to have changed their object of attack ; having tried their wea pons so often in vain against the father, they now turn them against the sons ; but the charm, or rather that Providence which has hitherto protected the one, ex tends to the others, and they escape unhurt. Such crimes evince a deplorable state of things. Arrest and punishment appear to produce no effect in restraining them. Fresh victims are ready to offer themselves the next moment, as if they felt that dying by the hands of the executioner for such an offence were a glorious sa crifice for the good of their country. Well may Louis Philippe commit himself and his descendants to the care of a merciful Providence; for when so perverted a state of opinion prevails—when men think that their destruction would be virtue, and only long for an op portunity of performing the act—and when rivals for the distinction are so numerous, it must be manifestly vain for him to suppose that by any prudence or cir cumspection on their own part, they can preserve their lives. What compensation can the honours of a throne offer for such a threatened and worried existence as the royal family of France at present enjoy, or rather suf fer ? There is but one solid consolation for them, and that is, that they are in the path of duty, and living rather for others than for their own sakes. If Louis Philippe be what we would willingly suppose, he may derive much satisfaction from this reflection ; for, we would ask, if he cannot govern the French, who can ? —or if the system on which he acts fail to keep the state machinery together, what will be able to do so ? The attempted assassination of last Monday we at tribute to the social disorganization of the country. All the attempts of this nature have sprung, directly or indirectly, from the same cause, and they are doubly alarming as the indices of a deep-rooted political dis ease. It is very unlikely that the crime originated in any mere feeling of jealousy towards the 17th regiment of Light Infantry, of which the Duke d'Aumale is colonel, as conjectured by the correspondent of a Lon don journal;. it is unlikely, we say, that Nicholas Pa pard, the sawyer, of Paris, would have devoted himself as a national victim merely for the sake of gratifying a jealous or revengeful feeling of this sort; it is much more probable that he was the member of some secret political society—of which there are many at the pre sent moment, and all in a high state of excitement and activity—and that like others who have gone before him, he was possessed with the enthusiasm or mono mania of serving his country by destroying the off spring, as they had attempted to destroy the person, of him who is esteemed a tyrant by all the rebellious. France is described as ripe for movement in all her de partments, and as prevented from breaking forth into open rebellion and anarchy solely by that effective military despotism which her prudent Sovereign has established in the country. Emeutes are of frequent occurrence, and usually attended with serious loss of life; her present dynasty has little root in the affections of the people--and, as a popular commotion created, a popular commotion would very quickly, and without the least remorse, overturn it. We ought to wish for the stability of the Orleans branch of the Bourbons on the throne of France, for we can hope for nothing better to succeed them ; they ought to have the sympathy of the other royal families of Europe. Meanwhile, with what lively feeling of satisfaction and gratitude may we not compare our own beloved country in every conceivable relation with that of our restless and ambitious neighbours. With the cry of liberty, liberty, ever on thei r lips, and, after having sought it through bloody revolutions and changes without number, they have never found it; it has ever eluded their grasp—ranishing from before them like a phantom—whilst we have been long familiar with the practical perception of its blessings—the most ample and universal enjoyment of its fruits. On the throne we have a Sovereign who needs no army to protect her ; she has a willing soldiery for that purpose in all her subjects. Nor is devotion to her hereditary rights less strongly implanted in the mind of all her people, than a tender and sympathising regard for her personal happiness. We enjoy the blessing of a settled monarchy, and of a Sovereign worthy of our attach ment, and now surrounded by advisers chosen from the wisest, gravest, most experienced, and best among her people. Nor is this all ; the nation is sensible of these great blessings, and, consequently, tranquil, peaceable, contented. We are not without our diffi culties, true; but how light, how trifling, how insigni ficant are they compared with those which agitate the French, and shake their country to its very centre ? Under any other government, under an administration of a different order, we might feel even alarm ; but under a ministry composed as the present is, we can look forward to nothing but the removal of difficulties, the disentanglement of embarrassing circumstances, and the increase of the nation in every incident and accompaniment, as well as essential of prosperity and good. Nor do we forget what the foundation of this happiness is ; if we were disposed to forget it, we are happy to perceive that there are other and more influ ential journals ready to remind the nation of it ;—it is CHRlSTlANlTY—Christianity nationally received, adopted, taught, promulgated. This is the foundation of all our liberty, happiness, and prosperity. It is the want of it—a want for which nothing of human in vention can compensate = that renders France what she is ; possessed, as it were, with a troubled spirit, vexed, tossed, tormented ; seeking rest perpetually, and find- mg none Mr. Acland, the anti-corn law agitator, has not been elected for Tamworth. This will be a serious disap pointment to the Manchestrians, and Tamworth will, of course, be entered in their books as a stupid, bigoted, intolerant, and intolerable monopolist rotten borough. But Tamworth does not stand alone in this re-electing process. There have been nearly thirty seats vacated by members both in and out of the cabi. net, and Mr. Acland is likely to stand alone in his glory as the opponent of ministers at the hustings; prodigious honour is this Mr. Ac— or Lack-land likely to acquire for himself. The Tories will all be re-elected without any further opposition. Thus far fortune favours them out of doors ; but what shall we say if the Irish demagogue's story be true, that there will be no opposition within-:—none at least, save that exclusively Irish Repeal party, of which he has consti tuted himsolf the head ? As to the Chartists he de. npunces them ; and., as to Lord John tWAsell, he will not recognise him as Jesder of the opposition in Par liament—unless he declare himself a Repealer, so that the late ministerial party, held together by nothing but a common attachment to place, is now shivered to atoms, and will present no mark to the enemy, But there is another circumstance favourable to the longevity of Sir Robert Peel's administration; the dif ficulty of governing Ireland, which appeared so terri ble, when seen only through the mist of Repeal agi tation, begins to look much less formidable on a nearer approach ; it is now thought not only that Ireland may be governed without the Repealer's assistance, but that it may be much better, and More effectually . governed independently of it. Sir Robert Peel seems determined to give to that country an honest, impar tial, constitutional government—such as it has long wanted—and with such a government what may we not hope for that splendid country, and its lively, sensitive people ? There are thousands, and tens of thousands of Roman Catholics who long to see the tyranny of O'Connellism, of Priestism, and Ribbon ism completely put down; and the Protestants ask for nothing more than a government that will really give the people the benefit of British law—promote those only who are entitled to reward, and bear not the sword in vain towards the seditious, the turbulent, and evil-doers. We are persuaded that the Conservative cabinet Of Sir Robert Peel will act strictly and thoroughly on these views; their legal appointments give an especial earnest to this effect. Sir Edward Sugden is already most favourably known in Ireland, and his appointment as Lord Chandellor affords the utmost satisfaction. The new Attorney and Solicitor- General—Mr. Blackburn and Mr. Pennefather—have both also given proofs of their ability in their previous discharge of the duties of their respective important offices—esneP;ally important in such a country ns Ireland. With such a market as England for all her agricul tural produce, or so much, at least, as she chooses to . sell, and a splendid navy of steamers ready at all times to transport it speedily, Ireland has nothing to com plain of, if she is not rich and flourishing, but the faults of her own children. We should not be drawing on the continent so largely as we are at this moment for our supplies of corn if Ireland had but done com mon justice to herself. Her resources are not half developed. Why will she free us from our sliding scale and give a triumph to the league, when she might, with a common spade, " her own quietus make" ? Let her remember that she has a Conserva tive government now, and that there will be no more excuse for her. It may answer the purpose of the Manchester Guar dian to evade a reply to our arguments, by asserting that there is no novelty in the facts which we adduced on Tuesday, relative to the enormous increase of the consumption of raw cotton since 1831 ; but such a sneer only tells against himself. We have established, by the most irrefragable statements, that Lord Sandon was fully borne out in the declaration that the con sumption of cotton has sustained the enormous, in crease of 82 per cent, within the last ten years. If our contemporary thinks he can disprove this, let him make the attempt. The London Times of yesterday reiterates what we have repeatedly brought forward, and says, " Lord Sandon recently sheaved in the House of Commons, that the quantity of raw 'cotton wrought up in our factories in 1831 was nearly doubled in the year 1840." If the Guardian consider the Liverpool Standard an opponent of too insignificant a calibre, we recommend him to measure weapons with our metropolitan con temporary. OUR PORTFOLIO.—No. 1 Under this head we purpose preserving, for the good of mankind, such stray thoughts and floating notions as might otherwise run the risk of being lost for ever. We shall throw them together as they come, and not feel over and above soli citous as to the order in which they are arranged, or the style in which they may be dressed up ; in short, we shall here keep a sort of undressed levee, and shall receive our visitants, and pass them onward, courteously, indeed, and civilly, but with the least possible amount of form or cere- It was with a view to the construction of this department of our journal that we. the other day, were Induced to medi tate a little on the subject of " style ;" and we were led into the inquiry, whether a man can choose a style, or mode of expressing himself, as he would choose a pen? It has been often remarked, that one man does not differ more completely from another than the same does himself at different sea sons ; and therefore we may infer that there may be a great difference in the style of one and the same individual. Men of great genius are known to excel in the most opposite kinds of writing, and, from " grave to gay, from witty to severe," to be masters alike in all. Some can imitate the style of others so artfully and ingeniously, that the original authors would find a difficulty in knowing themselves. There is no thing which requires a nicer discernment than to discover an author by his style ;--witness all the in-vain attempts to trace out Junius by this process ;—and one reason for it is that every man's style must vary with the subject matter on which he writes. Swift was, we believe, the author of the Tale of a Tub ; but who would undertake positively to say this from his having written the Travels of Gulliver or the Letters to Stelle ? In these and all other such cases, however, it is the artificial style adopted by the author which causes the diffi culty. or perhaps the impossibility of his detection. Had we not good authority, otherwise, for knowing that the same mind and pen produced the Merry Wives of Windsor and Macbeth, the Midsummer Night's Dream and Lear, we should never have been led to suspect the fact from any simi larity we could find in the style of these very different com positions. But in such productions, it is the object and bu siness of the author to forget himself, and to adopt the thoughts and the language of others. The style he uses is artificial, and we are permitted to see but little of hiniself it is, therefore, not that which we are concerned about in our present inquiry. Our question relates to that mode of ex pression, and flow of language, which a man would use who was quietly expressing his own thoughts without constraint, and without artifice—and it asks whether a gentleman of a certain age, whose habits and ways of thinking are pretty well formed, is not so far the creature of education and ha bit, or, we might say, of existence, as to have a certain style peculiar to himself, which belongs to him as part of his own being, and of which he could no more divest himself than he could of his personal identity. We are inclined to think that such is the case, and that the renowned Dogberry was not so much oat when he said, that " to be a well favoured man is the gift of fortune, but to read—and write comes by nature." There are many things to distinguish each individual from all the rest of his species. There is the outward appearance and the voice ; there is what physicians call idiosyncracy of bodily constitution ; there is the hand-writing—and, we may add, style in writing also. We are pretty sure that there is an idiosyncracy in this respect belonging to every individual, and for this reason, in the abstract, that style is so much of the essence of thought, that you can scarcely separate the one from the other ; and, as every man who thinks at all, must think for himself, his language or style must necessa rily be affected by the peculiarity of his modes of thinking. Language is an essential part of thought. We have some times heard that " words are things ", and we do know as suredly that in many instances they possess a marvellous power ; but we add that they are a part even of mind. Locke says that words are the " signs of ideas " ; but though it may be thought presumptous in us to hazard an opinion different from the theory of that great man, we can not help saying that words are, in our poor judgment, something more than the mere signs of ideas. We would put this question—what is an idea or a thought before it is expressed ? We do not speak of our ideas of outward objects, or of those thoughts which come to us by sensation—but rather of thoughts, or trains of thought which enter the mind by reflection ; now with regard to such thoughts we are of opinion that words are an essential part of their being, and that until they are arrested, fixed, and moulded by language, they can scarcely be said to have any definite existence at all. The thought is at first but a shape • less embryo ; it is in the mind confused, imperfect ; the owner scarcly knows what it is, till language has developed, and defined it ; it is exactly as Shakspear has beautifully de scribed it, and the phenomenon is literally true in the case of any ordinary individual, as well as that of the poet— The poet's eye in a fine frenzy rolling, Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven ; And, as imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing A local habitation, and a name. This circumstance affords another and we may say a more profound reason for concluding that every individual who performs that office with the stylus which we are now doing, must have a peculiarity—more or less marked—in his mode of expressing himself. Every man who is not the mere reci pient of the ideas of others, must have his own thoughts, and as language is, according to our theory, necessary to thought, and absolutely a part of it, it follows that every man must have a style, which must be as much his own as his very , thoughts. Having thus solved our problem, we proceed to say that in preparing the materials for this our portfolio, we have de termined to commit ourselves in point of style to the guid ance of Dame Nature, and by no means to do violence to her dictates and in this respect we do in fact only follow the lights and improvements of the age, which has long since voted all stiffness, affectation, and mannerism in writ ing to.be borisb, and padantie. lS stilts of Johnsonianism have been long since stet of use, and remain upon our shelves like the crutches of patients in the hall of the famous sham pooing doctor at Brighton, as memorials of what we have escaped ; not that we are of those who would speak lightly of that great man—far from it; but we would certainly leave the club of Hercules to Hercules himself, and think the age deals prudently in using weapons more easily managed, and more suitable perhaps to its strength. We are in more danger however at the present day of fall ing into the abandon of our transatlantic brother Jonathan, than of encumbering ourselves ambitiously in the armour of giants of the olden time, or of being over-strait-laced in our movements. We have been already not a little infected by his example; but the fashion _ of the thing is not likely to last. John Bull may for a while be amused by the slap-dash, off handed, out-with-it sort of style in which free-going Jona than indulges himself but Mr. Bull is by no means a fami liar personage; modesty and reserve are still our national characteristics, and democratic vulgarism will never harmo nise thoroughly with the genius of our constitution ; there fore in all probability Americanism will continue to be an exotic.. If the style of our public journal, and periodical li terature be susceptible of improveMent, by imitation, we are inclined to think that it is more likely to come from some slight adoption of that which is common in the French capi tal, and which is rarely to be met with in any other quarter —a style free without being familiar, easy without being vul gar—and nit less adapted for the discussion of the most pro found, than of the most trifling inquiries. If modern France retain anything of her ancient politesse, it is to be found in the style of the higher order "of her periodical literature ; but we do not speak with any enthusiasm on the subject, for we are loth to recommend cordially to imitation any thing that is French. AN ANALYSIS OF OUR EXPORTS OF COTTON GOODS, VIEWED IN RELATION TO THE PRO POSED FREE-TRADE MEASURES OF LORD MELBOURNE'S GOVERNMENT.—No. 3. We can discover no way in which the promised benefit to the. .nanufa,tnrer from the reduction of the corn, timber, and sugar duties can arise, if it is not by lowering the wages of the manufacturing operative to the continental standard, and thus cheapening the production of those goods in which he has to compete in foreign markets with the manufacturers of other countries. This course, however, the organs of the free traders distinctly repudiate. They have entirely dis claimed before parliament the wish to cheapen production ; and require only markets for their goods—the markets of the foreign grower of corn and timber, and of the foreign culti vator of sugar by slave labour. Now let the reader mark the consequences of this dis claimer. In the first place, we get rid entirely of the plea that tie British manufacturer cannot compete even-handed with the foreign manufacturer in neutral markets. For year a past we have been accustomed to hear that it was labour which was taxed by these laws ; mid that, until they were repealed, we could not compete with the " untaxed labour" of the foreign artizan. We are now told, however, that it is not untaxed labour—i.e., cheap labour—which the manu facturer requires, but only " markets" ; and if this is the case—if the privilege to trade upon an equal footing with the manufacturers of other countries is all that is wanted — we do possess already that privilege in all the great markets of the world (except as against the native manufacturer in each) ; and, more than that, we possess an advantage in some of those, viz., in our own colonial markets. The re duction of the corn and timber duties will not assist us one iota in competing with the foreign manufacturer in any neu tral market; and if we are undersold at present in these markets by the Swiss, the Belgian, or the French calico printer, the Saxon hosier, the Russian or the German linen manufacturer, we can derive no aid from any legislative measures which do not embrace a reduction of the cost of production, because manifestly our inability to compete with the foreigner can be traced to no other source except to the circumstance of his being in possession of cheap labour. In the next place, the disclaimer of any connection between cheap food and reduction of wages, whilst it limits the de mand of the manufacturer to " markets," defines precisely which those markets are to be. The magnificent dream of a prosperity extending itself over our operations in every market of the globe, is at once dispelled ; and we have left only a miserable figment of just so much prosperity as an increased intercourse with the markets of a few corn and timber-growing countries will afford us—just so much as we can wring from a few of the governments of Europe by ne -just so much, and that of so _valueless a charac ter, as a slight reduction of their duties upon our yarns or our power-loom cloths can give us. By this disclaimer, we virtually abandon all hopes of improving our position i❑ neutral markets—in the great entrepBts of commerce—from the proposed measures of free trade, and restrict thein to what we can derive from reciprocity in the markets of the corn and timber countries alone. . gociation- But a still more important disclosure on the part of the manufacturer is made, when we are told by him that he ad vocates the cheapening of food, by foreign importation, with out the intention of availing titinseit of the racilities which will be thus afforded him of procuring cheaper labour. The most discouraging feature of our existing import trade is the comparatively small portion of it which consists of the export of goods partaking largely of the labour of the artisan. The commodity whose profitable sale in foreign markets legisla tion ought to direct its efforts to effect, is a commodity of which labour is the staple. We want employment for our working classes ; and any increase of our export trade must be comparatively valueless which does not afford this em ployment. Now, why is it, we ask, that the increase in our exports of cotton goods of late has been almost exclusively confined to articles half manufactured—to cotton yarns, to prints and dyed goods of low quality, and to the products of machinery rather than of human skill and labour? The free-trader has told us again and again that it is because we cannot a f ford to sell in foreign markets an article into which. the dear labour of British artisans enters more largely. And when we are assured that, in the reduction of the corn laws, he never contemplates the removal of this alleged ob stacle to a really valuable export trade, the conclusion is ir resistible that the free-trade manufacturer looks not to any material increase in the export of finished goods—of valuable printed and dyed fabrics; not to any largely increased em ployment of the labouring classes, but only to an increased export of those fabrics which he can produce with his exist ing machinery, and into the cost of which the price of food, and consequently of labour, scarcely enters. The conclu sion, we repeat, is irresistible that the millowner, and not the working man, is the object of the free-trader's care; that machinery is to be stimulated by the reduction of the corn-laws, arid not that any greater portion of labour is to be infused into our export trade. _ We are not imposed upon, of course, by this flimsy pre tence that no reduction of wages is contemplated by the manufacturer as inseparable from the adoption of those mea sures for which he is now clamouring, although we might be a little startled at the dishonesty which it manifests. A re duction of wages would follow a reduction in the price of food, by legislative means,—such a reduction, mark, does not ne cessarily, attend upon cheapness, when produced by the dis pensations of a bountiful Providence—as certainly as the night follows the day. It would not perhaps suit the purposes of the manufacturers to declare it ; it would not, either, advance the popularity of the mob—courting faction to obtrude it upon the world—to mingle the cry of " low wages" with that of " cheap bread ;" but the fact is clear as the noonday that cheap labour is the concealed object of nine-tenths of those who know what it really is for which they are contending. The large spinner and manufacturer looks for a reduction of the cost of working his machinery, and for a reduction of the cost of his machinery itself ; the large export merchant looks for a cheaper commodity, and expects beside to be able to assume a more commanding position in the British market, holding in his hand, as he will do under the operation of the free-trade system, the power of coercing to his own terms the industrial interests of the whole community. Cheap labour, cheap goods, and a predominant influence Over the oomnier cial and the social system of the empire are, depend upon it, the true objects sought for by the manufacturing capitalists in their proposed withdrawal of protection from the home and the colonial producer. We are no advocates for a reduction of the price of manu facturing labour. God forbid that we should be ! And yet we regard it as an incontrovertible fact, that no material — no valuable increase in our export trade can be derived from a reduction in the price of food except through the medium of reduced wages; and, more than all, that no signal benefit can result to the working classes themselves from the pro posed measures, which is not accompanied with decreased remuneration for their labour. So far as the export trade is concerned, we are satisfied that it is quite possible, even with reduced wages, to make that trade more profitable to the working men. It is possible that, at a reduced price, the foreigner may be able to employ more of his labour, or, in other words, that he may for a time be more constantly em ployed, and proportionally as well paid, though receiving a less nominal sum for his labour. But how materially does this alter the whole case as between the corn law repealer and the advocate of protection ! What becomes of the vast boon which cheap bread is to confer upon the poor man ? Why, so far as the benefit does accrue to him, in the increased em ployment offered to the export trade, it is at once intercepted by the manufacturer and merchant and swept into " profit ;" and the certainty is before his eyes that, when the slightest check takes place, his wages must be pressed down even lower comparatively than they are at present, whilst an eager multitude, thrown out of employment by the ruin of our native agriculture and by the declining demand in the home markets, are pressing forward to match from his lips the cheap loaf which he has reduced the standard of his labour, and stooped from his present position, to purchase. We have no confidence, however, in the disposition of the manufacturer to direct his attention to the acquisition of a really valuable export trade. We entertain no such opinion of his anxiety to improve the permanent position of the work man by whose industry hit . lives. His object is, primarily, to relieve the glut under the influence of which he now la bours ; to draw off the :stocks which have accumulated in his warehouses, and to =bark anew in the same mad race of over-production which has led to his present embarrass ments. We shall still se manufactured the same deceptive and spurious gOods for which already he possesses a " bad eminence" throughout the world ; and if we can gain at-all by being able to produce cheaper, it will be the reputation of producing the cheapest and at the same time the most worth less fabrics in every market. It is still possible for the Bri tish manufacturer, by wise and prudent steps, to retrieve his name in foreign markets and to provide employment, at re- munerative wages, for the population which circumstances have rendered dependent upon him. The measures, how- ever, for which he now clamours are not the legitimate path towards the achievement of such a result ; and the readiness with which he contemplates the ruin of the home and the colonial markets, which must be the certain consequence of these measures, is sufficient to satisfy us that no such object is in view Let us see, then, the conclusion to which we have arrived. By the reduction of the corn and timber duties, we secure only the consumption of the least valuab!e of our foreign markets, viz., those which take from us almost exclusively cotton yarn. By the proposed equalization of the sugar du ties, we exchange the consumption of our own free colonies for that of the slave colonies of foreign states—a market for valuable fabrics for one requiring only those of the lowest and least valuable quality. We stimulate only the most un profitable portion of our export trade; and where we do sen sibly increase the demand for our finished productions, we only arrive at that result. through a large reduction of the wages of the manufacturing community : We have omitted altogether, in this " analysis," any consideration of the ef fect of the proposed measures—of this much vaunted free trade policy—upon the condition of our large agricultural community, upon the home consumption of our manufac tured goods, upon our colonies, our shipping, or upon the revenue. We have not inquired whether a people, dependent ent►rely upon the bare remuneration derived by the export trade, can afford to consume imported commodities as here tofore—to endure taxation as heretofore ; but, confining our selves to their effect upon the export trade alone, we have shewn that even that trade will not be largely benefitted by the measures in question. Are we then, it behoves us seriously to ask, about to em bark upon an experiment of so vast a nature as the transfer of our agricultural prosperity to foreign shores—an experi ment involving the stability of our entire social fabric, and threatening certain and heavy injury to our internal trade, in order merely to enable the large manufacturer and cotton spinner to deluge the markets of Europe with the produce of his machinery—with his power-loom cloths and his cotton yarn? Is it to increase the profits of a comparatively small class, and to stimulate the most worthless portion of our ex ports, that Great Britain is to cease to be a home-fed nation? —that a valuable home demand 'for her manufactures is to be destroyed, and that the labourer is to be deluded by the prospect before his eyes of a cheap loaf, which he is cut off from the opportunity of purchasing ? We trust not. We trust that the parliament of Great Britain will listen to no such proposition, and that the people of Great Britain will pause before they permit their judgments to be led astray by the seducing terms in which it is offered. The cry for " cheap bread" is not a cry for the poor man, for the shop keeper, or for the middle classes even. It is the cry exclu sively of the millowner, of the capitalist, of the trading ad venturer ; and its true meaning is " cheap labour," a scram- ble for the trade of the world, periodical bankruptcy and ruin, in the midst of which the manufacturing democrat, directing the passions of a hunger-maddened multitude against the institutions of their country, hopes to clinib, with his ill-got gold, into the seats of England's aristo cracy ! LOCAL NEWS Lieutenant Tudor, R.N., has been appointed to the com mand of the Pluto, armed steamer, and sets sail from Ports mouth for China in the course of the ensuing week. ZOOLOGICAL GARDLNS.—The last gala of the season at these pleasant gardens took place on Monday. Signor Si moni's fireworks went off with great eclat. He has esta blished himself as an artist of great merit, and no doubt will be the means of his being re-engaged in the ensuing season. The Bieenascope is a most diverting and ingenious exhibi tion : it is about to be removed to Chester. The gala on Monday last, under the patronage of the members of the Palatine, was more fashionably attended than any other this season. Two grand fetes are advertised for this evening and Monday. UNUSUAL OCCURRENCE.—During the last two or three days the Cheshire shore, from Seacombe to Hoylake, has been completely covered with the creatures commonly known on this coast by the name of sea -stars, or fallen stars, and in the more northernly districts by the expressive denomina tion of slobs. They are, we believe, of the genus esterias, of the order of vermes nzollusca. They lie upon the shore in countless numbers. SIR JOSHUA WALMSLEY.—We are exceedingly gratified to state, that Sir Joshua Walmsley is gradually recovering from the effects of the accident which betel him when alight ing from one of the railway carriages on Friday week. It was stated in the paragraphs which went the round of the papers, that the accident occurred on Sunday se'nnight. This was an error which we take the present opportunity of correcting. 'With the exception of his lameness, Sir Joshua, we are happy to say, is in excellent health. He is, we are informed, about to become the occupier of Ranton Abbey, near Stafford. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY.—The funds of this institution are, we regret to hear, in a lamentably depressed condition, and we are glad, therefore, to perceive that a sermon will be preached. on Sunday next. a St„ John the Evanzelist's Church, Hope-street, by the Rev. D. James, in aid of such a valuable charity. The eloquence of the advocate, and the pressing necessities of the institution, will, we hope, produce a liberal contribution. THEATRE-ROYAL.—" John of Procida" was played on Tuesday night. Stuart's John of Procida was cleverly acted throughout : we have seldom seen him play to more advan tage. Miss Tree's Isoline was a beautiful piece of acting. Anderson's Fernando we did not like so well as George Vandenhoff's : he is too boisterous. In the afterpiece of " A Roland for an Oliver," Mr. Anderson played Alfred Highflyer most admirably. Miss Ellen Tree's i%laria Dar lington was the most delicious bit of comedy we have seen for a long time. Her Juliet was also exquisite on Wednes day. Mr. Anderson takes his benefit to-night, when Mr. Macready will perform. A good house may be expected. Saturday evening the 4th, was a memorable evening for St. Bees. On it was held the first meeting of the Missionary Association ; an association, conducted by the Rev. and be loved Principal and Theological Lecturer, and as members of which, the large majority of the students have enrolled them selves. The Bishop of Chester has kindly consented to be patron. The meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. R. P. Buddicotn, who afterwards delivered an interesting opening address, in wliich he discussed the motive for mis sionary zeal, and the discouragements and encouragements of the work. He also referred to the labours of that emi nent missionary, Henry Martyn, with whom he had, in early years, the privilege of being acquainted. The rev. gentle man was then followed by several of the students, some of whom, from personal knowledge, gave interesting details of the progress of missions, and the state of Heathen and Mahometan countries. A considerable degree of interest was excited, and the utmost unanimity prevailed. The meeting closed at half-past nine, with singing the Doxology, and the delivery of the blessing by the rev. president of the association. These meetings are. to be continued on the last Saturday evening of each month during term. EMBARKATION OF THE NEW LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.—On Tuesday evening, Earl de Gray, the new Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, arrived in this town, from Lon don, by the seven o'clock mail train, which reached the railway station thirteen minutes before its time. His lord ship and suite immediately drove down to George's Pierhead, where they found the Redwing, government tender, in readi ness alongside the wall. They embarked without a moment's delay, and were received by Commander Bevis, who was in attendance for the purpose of seeing every attention paid to his lordship and his suite. The steamer Medina had been set apart for the purpose of conveying his lordship to the seat of his government, and she had been in readiness moored at the buoy during the whole afternoon. The Red wing having been placed alongside, the Medina received the new Lord Lieutenant and his followers, and immediately set her paddles in motion and proceeded on her voyage to Kings town. She took her departure at half-past nine o'clock, firing a salute and exhibiting blue lights as she went away. A crowd of people had assembled on the pier to witness the departure of his excellency. ALARMING FIRE AT CROXTETH. On Wednesday morning, about five o'clock, a fire was discovered in one •of the lofts of an extensive farm belonging to the Earl of Sefton, in the occupation of Mrs. Polding, about a mile beyond Croxteth. The whole produce of the land had been housed, so that there were, in the loft which was on fire and that adjoining, upwards of a hundred tons of hay, and in the other adjacent buildings a very large quantity of corn. As the fire was amongst the hay, which it is supposed had spon taneously ignited, great apprehensions were entertained that the whole stock and buildings would be destroyed. A horse man was instantly despatched to Liverpool, where, informa tion having been given at the Fire-police Station, M r. Hewitt, with three engines. to each of which four horses were at tached, set oil, full gallop, for the sceiie of the disaster. There was a plentiful supply of water on the spot, and a competent force of firemen having been carried on the engines, such was the expedition used, that in twenty-five minutes from the time when the alarm was given in Liverpool, the engines were in play. We are assured that the residents at the farm and their neighbours were astonished at the expedi tion used, and at the success which attended the efforts of the police. The labours of the latter, however, did not end with the subjugation of the flames : it was necessary that they should leave the buildings in perfect safety. They had, therefore, to remove all the hay, a work of great toil. The damage done was not very great, Mr. Hewitt having suc ceeded in confining the fire to the lofts where it originated. Both the buildings and stock were insured. The firemen exerted themselves with the most praiseworthy zeal and energy. COUNTY REVISION.—On Wednesday Mr. Gray, th e re vising barrister for the southern division of the county, pro ceeded to examine the list of voters in the election of' knights of the shire. Mr. G. F. Fairclough, solicitor, appeared on the part of the conservatives. and Mr. Snowball on that of the radicals. The number of objections lodged by the latter were unusually great, while the number lodged by the con servatives were, comparatively speaking, few in amount. It was manifest, from the c ommencement of thtiroceedings, that the radicals had been trying their hands e present occasion at a trick, against the justice of which they them selves are vehement in their complaints, when it seems to be adopted by their political opponents, namely, that of lodging an overwhelming number of objections against parties duly qualified to have their names upon the register, in the hope that such parties would not be at the trouble of giving their attendance in court, and that, by the mere fact of the notice of objection being proved to have been served upon them, their names would be struck off; and it is much to be re gretted that, in nine ca out o i u n t t o i f ie t v e as n , t t m l n ie a j t o r r i i c t k y s o u f e i c n e s e t d an ed ne t s o , objected ag a i nst di d not appear in court, and the rc tl °l :e le"a c er o rt n y's s a e tc q iov u ne e tse n n ce t w as, that the services of the notices of objection upon them was quickl y proved by the underlings of th e Reform Association, and their names were erased from the list. All the conservative voters objected against in Toxteth-park were struck off by reason of their non-attend ance, and the same may be said of all, or nearly all. those objected against in Childwall, Allerton, Wavertree. Walton on-the-hill, Edge-hill, & c . W e believe, but are - not quite c ertain of the fact, th a t if any of those whose names have been erased, attend previous to the termination of the pre sent sitting, and that there be sufficient spare time for them to establish their right to the franchise, they will be replaced; but, as we have intimated, even this is doubtful, because, though the barrister may be willing to afford them a secOud.. opportunity of having their right sifted and ascertained; the probability is that he will not be able, owing to the formid able list of objections lodged by the radicals, and through which he has to wade.