The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-04-20 00:00:00

le Estab' 1 oman,( Duey are made. The Co TO CORRESPONDENTS, thorities Church " will find that the as been rejected by the House of his - letter is the :o receive at present any i version of the scriptures ► which grants of the public :ee of Privy Council have, how e right of making such alter hereafter seem advisable, ant at some fitting onoOrttl- Cations must b ted, and t than th WE h and o DARD STAIN ournal in Li M, of any . The high been aCkr, nearly c dred per cen iliberpoot tanbarb. eas•ly .bscription t r.!., 136. On Credit, 15s. ZIL 20, 1847 lore than o 1 clispt ports of man ured by the F: and we now I ARD is now greater provincial that our ex- not destined factured authority than the mrnal on i in question, with Great Britain but pect to be sub- Ler fact fence upon A the writer says ices from the variou ghtest degree the if an extr of an ,send_ supply of J this side, it would had rer an iin- J to within a day or two ver, it appeared that the 03, and the sudden -e arisen only from had been . Under t was made for all lay or two bi .1t of which is e are many Purchasers by one nart And a itinues in writing a i, " who cannot ability to £lO,OOO to , and t .11 ex -20.000 visions." . It is c ;orrect agents And he adds, " I never ge (not of regular drawers) I to the probability of the demand for nn steady pace for the future with our :d for c to believe U of famir can be no question y parties from engage ?wise enter. The total .d up under this law in the hands measurer. on the Ist of last month, thei 23,000,000 at a consideration so ace that it is against larnand for our goods, many can grow up as I which, under the ain that these anticipations are most and that the calculations of our theorists supply of our wants from the United )st easily d ICtS, I' to ti ter of the proceeds of n of America can never of the Western ,ly the larties who our manufactured ,tive manufacture 'oollens and cottons of n nply sufficient for them. Our own fine mus nu printed goods and our broad cloths are hich would neither accord with their no or enjoyment. Our gold is the ct at which they will ever aim_; and that gold ons of co: I be expended in the improved cultivation of )il, in the exchange of the log hut for more 1 erections, in the perfecting of agricul resources developed, lei bstantit lements, until all th iral in shall find the ,t they will be in a position to swamp with the produce of their fertile prairies the agriculture of every country burthened like our selves, and with the disadvantages of worn-out and artificial soils. m this point the writer in the Times is very 1 - le says that tt a stat announced than ever, conl a demand for France has become activ which must tend to produce a rate of exchange again country which it is ill-prepared to meet, and thus to ;e the uneasiness felt here during the last three or maths regarding her monetary prospects. That ies to Europe will not speedily terminate is 1 certain by calculations as to the fall which i the price of produce and rate of profit to stimulate exoorta- 1 'still leav tance is foreseen by American mn by the fact that not only and planting intended during aii it is calculated that from t season's crop, both of wheat remains in the , the prospects of ex- In Philadelphia, _ swing to the recent opening of the Pennsylvania canals, :he receipts of produce have been beyond any existing T 1 eans of removing them ; while in several large corn ;rowing states, such as Tennessee, no hope is entertained if carrying away more than a limited portion of the sur plu3, ' except in the shape of pork.' Our prospects of ..ontinued importations have, therefore, it will be seen, in io way diminished ; and the only questions, consequently, ire, how far will the gold already sent out pay for what ye have received up to the present time ? and what are he probabilities of the demand for our manufactures .eping the I the British farm ias a prospect before him of competition, ;ent of which it is not very consolatory to le. Those who have formed their .conclusions the effect of Free Trade measures from their ope ion upon prices durini a period of famine, and th their rivals in production unprepared to entE on the contest, will, it is , - -JO ceitain, be doomed to timt that they have miscalculated their position, and have an ordeal to pass through, far more trying OF coil it is not to be expected that a body, ,rous duties to discharge which are g upon the Health Committee, can be at once to attain complete effectiveness. There iisadvantage, under which they labour at the No allowance is math provement upon tnc pas much from them at first .• -for for i nexperienc€ a staff of officers, or the opportunities requisite to enable those officers to arrive at a knowledge of the difficulties with which they have to grapple, and the evils which they have to remove. .Making a large and very charitable allowance, however, for all these circumstances, we are com pelled to express the opinion of a large body of our fellow townsmen that the new machinery of ee is disappointing public .eady to give that committee the Health expectation We are ing the health of our population, and the wiiole- someness of the town. In their efforts to provide an ample supply of water, in particular, we believe them to be sincere, although, as we have hinted in previous publications, eve convin ed that mistaken in tb-e I the mnrp IMM/11P COLITSE leterinined t is that we principally complain of their ; and it is precisely to that portion of such like ptyina of a iciency with which t} 1 when ,o approach, in tin, of neglect in of prompt y pressed upon the )pears that the staff which bt to have been p expected the fatality of ison aclvr, We have I attention has been ent authorities ; and it certainly public are no lon 3, must be - r llo;wed to int n too limitec Niggardliness. in a m prompt removal of refuse matter from the dwell- ential as the mix population i health of that popnl I of the money of the c as well ng out of view the loss of ;he higher and middle ranks, valuable members of t poor would amply pay fora double exe rtion, and even for a double expense, in this department of the Health Committee's duties. Another point we must refer to, in which, al though the Select Vestry arc the parties offending, the Health Committee it have put in trough their medical officers, a w ord of salutary advicc We refer to hospitals ton of our temporary fever The top of Mount, ;-pleasant nav be a of the neighbourhood choose to tolerate the dan- But, for the North end, gerous nuisance created the. selection is most Horsley's shed (the Ireposterous importations quantity of on. n• which we had AND ALLOWING THE BANK 0' OTHER BANKS TO ISSt the town at largt [ye mon into custody I particularly desire to guard you against being deceived, by the stuff now being written by some of the London newspapers. into the idea that Free-trade has little or nothing to do with our present degraded state in this )perty, we believe of Mr. I country. You will observe that I have been cautious in not charging Free-trade with getting us into this state (though I believe Sir R. Peel's 1842 measures have much to do with it), and that my charge against Free-trade is, that under it no elasticity or confidence exists to get us out of the scrape. I may, however, state my firm conviction, that the evils arising from the potatoe rot are nothing compared with those which (in the absence of a potatoe rot) would have flown from the price of wheat being lowered one-half. by an increase , ' A-4- - —l.ll. but 1. by foreign Our home 'trade would now be going through the ordeal of a general bankruptcy, unconsoled even by the prospect that, after thus getting white-washsd, they can live under the undue and cruel competition of untaxed foreign labour. I pray you to rest satisfied that the present sufferings of this 'conniry are in no degree caused - by the con the Bank of England, but entirely by the want of con:A: dence-caused by Sir Robert Peel's Free-trade measures. This is incontrovertibly a bullion, and not a Bank of England, panic ; and one which will convulse the mo netary affairs of the whole empire, and not only those of Lombard-strest. To . be sure we have not as yet got a bullion panic in bank's innocence of the cause of the suction of gold ; but we have a bullion panic in the higher and less equivocal sense of a run on the country for gold, and from the en during cause that it is the most profitable and disposable, property foreigners can take abroad. I have said that Sir Robert Peel's Free-trace measures will render a depreciation of the currency inevitable. I do not believe that the Bank of. England will be able to sell Government securities, so as to prepare for the payment of the July dividends, unless PailiaMent, before it rises, passes a no less sweeping measure than MAKING SILVER SHILLINGS A LEGAL TENDER TO ANY AMOUNT, ENGLAND AND ALI pert Pee regulations) ONE POUND NOTES. This would, by raising gold to a market price, place the draws no gold, but has its prices - inflated to the amouit arrency It will soon become evident that gold cannot be had except at a premium, and then will come the run on the Bank of England, not from shippers only, but also by parties to hoard for the premium. Such are the direct and legitimate consequences of Sir Robert Peel's departure from the principle of protection to British labour at home and abroad. I believe that he has undermined the prosperity, and struck a fatal blow at the integrity of the empire. Even the National debt of England will be fonnd to be only so much waste paper if we persist in our present suicidal course, for it is secured only by the industry of the empire, from which we have tak€n away the ability to perform peculiar duties and bear peculiar burdens, by the removal of all its peculiar privileges. One shudders to think of the individual will be inflicted on the population here, if we persist in viewing the currency and Free-trade as two questions in stead of one, as in reality they are—a fact that you know well, from the cruel experience of Canadian industry, when the Legislature of the State of New York stopped specie payments in 1837. And begging you not to suppose for a moment that I am less the irreconcileable opponent of class interests than you knew me when I had the honour to represent the metropolis in the first parliament of United Canada, I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, ISAAC BUCHANAN. CAUTION TO CAR DRlVERS.—Yesterday, at the Police court, Birkenhead, a car driver named James Darbyshire, was fined 205., or in default to be imprisoned 7 days, for being drunk while driving his car. LAUNCH.—On Saturday last, was launched from the building-yard of Peter Cato and Co., a beautiful yacht, of 34 tons, 0.M., and 25 tons N.M. She is called the Echo, and was christened by the first and amiable daugh ter of John Miller, Esq., of Everton. We believe the yacht is on sale. NG-IN HOSPITAL.-On Sunday last, after a sermon bliWe Rev. W. M. Falloon, the sum of £25 6s. 3d. was collected in St. John's Church, in aid of the funds of this excellent charity ; and, on the same day, the sum of £42 18s. 9d. was collected at St. Mary's Church, Edge-- hill, after a sermon for the same charity by the Rev. W. H. M'Grath. DEATH FROM SCALDING.—On Tuesday, John Jones, aged three-and-a-half years, and who resided with his parents in Plasterer's Court, Ray-street, ran out of the yard into the house, and accidentally upset a pan of hot water that had just been lifted from the fire. He fell down, and was so severely scalded that he died on Satur- day morning. LARGE DEPARTURE OF VESSELS FROM OUR PORT. — On Tuesday last, a sight was witnessed in our river which is rarely to he seen. In one tide no less than 128 ves sels, of which 45 were coasters, and the remainder bound to foreign ports ' 'went out to sea, a few towed beyond the rock point, but the bulk with alicanvas set and a splendid wind. The scene was one of lively interest—indeed of great beauty. Many of the vessels were American, and others of large class. EXTINGUISHING FIRES.—The method of extinguish ing fires which was introduced some time ago into Liver pool by Mr. M'Donald, of the Harrington Water Works, appears likely to be adopted in all the large towns throughout the country. Experiments have been tried in Manchester and Glasgow which have clearly demonstrated the superiority of this method over the old system. In Liverpool the insurance rates are about to be lowered considerably .4 lely in consequence of the gr No greater boon could be conferred on this great commercial community than the certainty of an almost total exemption from those calamitous conflagrations ?roductive.of so much to rid injury to Mr. M'Donald gives it as his Opiiiion ue encrg ;iced, arrangements may be completed which will render le whole of the mercantile portion of the town virtually ire-proof. When this is accomplished, we have no doubt and Liverpool, instead of being considered as the most combustible town in the world, will be famed only for her scientific methods of conquering the devouring element. SMUGGLING AT BIRKENHEAD.-011 Saturday last, the first case of this offence since the opening of the Birken head Docks, came before Wm. Jackson, Esq., at the Police-court, in that township. It appeared that police officer Jackson, No. 5, saw the prisoner, George Watson, proceeding along the quay, with a jar in his liand. upon questioning him concerning its contents, lie (the prisoner) stated that he was-mate of. the Lord Warden, which had just arrived from Kingston, Ireland, and that the jar con --• • , -- ---,him, the nolice-officer took him of The jar contained a little short of a gallon of very strong liquor, worth about 16s. per gallon ; for which he no permit. The magistrate told the prisoner that he had made himself liable .to a penalty of £lOO. The prisoner stated that he was a perfect stranger in Bir kenhead, and was never in Ireland previously •, he did not know there was any duty on the article, and begged to have the case remanded till Monday, in order that the captain of the vessel should come forward to speak as to his character and station on board. This was granted on the condition that he would find bail, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £25 each. No bail appearing, he was on Monday brought before the magistrates, when he was discharged. Mr. Jackson reprimanded him very severely, telling him that he was a disgrace to the ship; and that he (the magistrate) was determined to clear the town of Birkenhead of smuggling, and make it as pure as the other side of the water. (10 hi MI T E NTs.—At the Police-court yesterday, a girl, named limmeratte Brown, was committed for trial at the Sessions, for at t earing from her employers, Messrs. Whithorn and Baker, of Oxford-street, an empty tin cash-box. It ap peared that she was in a state of intoxication when she com mitted Elie act.—Two men, Thomas Roydon and James Mason, wese.also committed for trial, on a charge of having carried off e sample of cotton from a warehouse near the quays, Kit out leave of the owners. Earle) is teries in the town— passer of the great arr t Howard n the 1\; Every th end of the town and its centre, must pass close to its windows, from which fever will be streaming instead of the guano, which is being removed to make room for the human masses of decaying matt( and the hospital sedan will jostle with the cotton lorry and the coal. waggon bhe crowded omnibus and the chaise, the cab, and the whitechapel. The newly landed vagrant from the sister country can step up from the Clarence Dock ; and the dingy trappings of a pau per funeral will sadly and solemnly intimate to him The hearse beautifully ,te which is in store for him in the locality, to he has resorted in search of the solid food and the health wl ich he has found it vain to seek in his own desolate land We trust the Heal trey sanction t h Committee will think of the nposed upon them before .ity, as a permanent Hospital or the cure of fever. It may do for its spread: It nay do to strike alarm into the hearts of visitors d to drive respectable householders from the neighbourhood of a Skibbereen ; but it will not do as a proper and satisfactory sanitory to our town arrange WE have been so long accustomed to look upon our Police Force as the most efficient of its kind which the country could boast of, for the important ends for which such bodies are organized, namely, the prevention of crime and the detection of crimi nals, that we can hardly persuade ourselves that for these purposes it has latterly become sadly deficient. Yet with the fact staring us in the face that numerous assaults and robberies of the most aggravated kind have recently been committed in our streets with impunity, we regret that we can come to no other conclusion than this ; that there is something wrong ; something in the system of police management which calls for amendment in the government of the force. We are not disposed to place implicit reliance on all the information which has been communicated to us on this most important subject, but if a tithe of what we have heard is correct, it is high time that the Watch Committee instituted an investigation as to the present working of the force. Many of the oldest trustworthy officers by no ) efficient as it ought to be The worthy Recorder in a charge which he re cently made to the Grand Jury, declared himself altogether unable to account for the great increase of crime which had taken place since August 1845. Had that gentleman been aware that at that period great changes were effected in the government and organization of the police force (of the nature of which we are not fully cognizant, but we are given to understand that they have produced a had effect on the efficiency of the force), the mystery would, it is said, have been solved. We trust we have said enough to stimulate enquiry on this subject, and if the committee find that injudicious changes have been made in the performance of the police duties, we feel well assured that these will be promptly remedied THE REV. W. WITHERS EwnANK.--This eloquent mi nister of the Gospel preached a sermon, on Sunday last, to his congregation, at St. George's Church, Everton, on behalf of the Liverpool Dispensaries, taking his text from the Bth chapter of St. Matthew, and the latter part of the 17th verse : " Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." He drew an affecting picture of the poor, struggling with sickness and disease; and appealed to his wealthy auditors to bestow their aid, liberally, in support of an institution which had exhausted its funds in giving assistance to the largely-increased number of sick and destitute inhabitants of the town. The collection amounted to the handsome sum of £4O. We perceive tl f eight lectures, on prophetic Ajiburt is now being delivered - in St. Anne's Church, , each Friday evening. The first of the course g last, by the Rev. Andrew Knox, on - and importance of Prophecy." The -1 - will be delivered by the Rev. David Stewart, on - -nnd Advent of our Lord." Then comes " The 3tion," on which occasion the Rev. Wm. preach. The Rev. Andrew M'Conkey takes that on the 7th May, on " The Millennial Kingdom." The Rev. Fielding Ould takes " The future Restoration and Conversion of the Jews," on May 14. " The General , Resurrection and General Judgment ' is to be the sub ject for the 21st May, by the Rev. Joseph Baylee. The Rev. Hugh M`Neile will preach that on the 28th May, having for his subject "The Object of the present Dis pensation. The Rev. Wm. Falloon closes the course on the 4th June, on the " Duty of Christians in the prospect delivered on Friday evenhi The us First Resurr 'MOD minz." We have noticed elsewhere k of the packet-ship Rochester, on Blackwater Ind the arrival of the crew and passengers at Wex- )rd. YestE ire brot to Liverpool by the Toviii of IN steamer, arid by the scare arrival came a letter, addressed by the mayor of Wexford, Mr. Robert Cardiff, to the mayor of Liverpool, in which the former functionary in formed his brother of the Mersey that he had sent over the cargo hoping that he " would please to have justice and charity extended to these wretched people." Her( of course, th ;e, money, and provisions, and we presume the mayor of - `Wexford thinks that the ratepayers of Liverpool are bound, in " justice and charity,' to find them in every thing needful, and send them forward to the new country which they were seeking! It is really singular what powers of face these Irish people have. We are already keeping as many of their poor as they can get sent over to our port, and we are now coolly told, that, as a matter of "justice," 'tor we must pay the cost of their expatriation. orMu.WALNIGHTINGA LE, OF THE CHRONICLE We deeply regret to announce the death of Mr. William Nig nol C/a-on-tele . - ;ale, one of the proprietors of the Liver- Be expired, at his residence, iu Sydney about midnight, on Friday last, in his 42nd year, after a patient endurance of an asthmatic com plaint, under which he had laboured for many months. The deceased had been connected -with the press during nearly the whole of his existence ; and his demise, at so early a period of life, is sincerely lamented by all his brethren of the " broad-sheet," by whom (of all parties in politics) he was well known, from his amiable and obliging disposition, and his modest demeanour, and singleness of purpose. His uncle, Mr. Harrop (we find), was the pro prietor of the first newspaper published in Manchester, the Volunteer, which was given up some years ago. Mr. Nightingale was not what may be properly termed a " literary" man ' • but. he was possessed of considerable na tural talent, and a spirit of great perseverance in prose cuting out-door business—a quality, perhaps, equally as valuable, in the working of a provincial paper at least, as attainments. We believe that Mr. Nightingale, `-• " Whiff caner. was a sincere friend of the Established Church. in the deserved eulogy of a contemporary, he was—" as a companion, cordial, frank, and gentlemanly; as a friend, sincere, warm-hearted, and generous. He was the architect of his own fortune, and his guileless nature left him without an enemy in the world." -He has left behind him a son of active habits and pleasing address, who will, we trust, supply to his surviving partner, so far as possible, the loss which he has sustained, and which he will undoubtedly feel fur a long time to come. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD PROTECTION TO THE CURRENCY Glasgow, 17th April, 1847 TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT GENTLEMEN.—The most headstrong Free-trader must now feel, and begin to see, that the untaxed import of fo reign labour is detrimental, not only to the agricultural body in England and the colonists (and, indirectly through them, to all other classes), but also directly to e v ery inte rest f the empire, through causing a vast diminution of the currency by the removal to other countries of our pre- cious metals. It is true that famine in Ireland is the ostensible cause of part of the evils this country now labours under, but it is equally true that to our (under Sir Robert Peel) having taken the suicidal course of deni-essinv home pmninvment. and encour fidence whici .ng foreign, is the cause of that want of con will prevent England rising superior to the .ss without a most serious interference with urrency is better situated to tTw=' A RUN THROUGH THE COTTON MANUFAC. TURING DISTRICTS. - It is seldom that a visitor entering Manchester, or" any of the Cotton Manufacturing towns and villages in the district, feels inclined to complain of the absence of the dense mantle of smoke, which ordinarily envelopes them. Yet such is the feeling now created by the sight of tall chimneys, from which no smoke issues, and of the many windowefffactories, within which there is no sound of the shuttle and the spinning frame. Sad tales they suggest to the mind of the poverty and suffering, which this sus pension of the operations of industry is causing—of the cottages once the abode of decent competence, which are now being denuded of their scanty furniture, the saving of years—of the blanket, or the Sunday coat stripped off and transmuted into bread for the mother's or the child aecessities. The very stillness of the streets as you along them is depressing. No crush—no crowd thronging from the factory gate to their meals or their rest. Here and there, only you meet some half-famished opera tive, or a group of them, with want staring out of their nd cheeks, creeping feebly to the soup kit :hub rooms, from which the bulk of the once busy population draw the trifle upon which they contrive to keep body and soul together, the few hands that are working —many of them on short time —contributing to sunken eye- the support of those totally stopped. In Manchester itself, the central magazine for the industry of the entire district, you cannot fail to be struck with the'almost total want of that bustling activity—the jostling of printers" . and bleachers' carts in its streets—the throng of vans loading and unloading—which used to pervade its market days, and indeed its other days. The manufacturers and spinners who frequent its exchange wear anxiety in their very faces ' • and well they may, for upon their mingled feeling and prudence in the present crisis hang the for tunes and the very existence of thousands. From what we have been enabled to learn in the course of a somewhat hurried run through the district, last week, we do not find any strong grounds for hope, that an early return to active operations can be looked for. The state of the Market for the raw material, the prospect of high prices and short supply, confirmed by the accounts by the last mail steamer, together with the absence of foreign demand, and the inability of the manufacturing population themselves to consume threatens, indeed, to make the working of short time more extensively resorted to, and to bring about in many cases a total stoppage, as more profitable to the manufacturer than partial working. Already many establishments are contemplating the adoption of such a course ; and are only prevented by the consciousness of the sufferings which it must involve to the working classes, and the danger to the public peace and to property, which must arise from additional thou- sands being thrown altogether out of employment Stockport, where since October last the working has two days a week, a meeting of the Masters was held on Friday, at which the question was discussed whether the time should be further reduced to three days a week, or the mills should stop altogether for a month. No conclu sion however was come to, an adjournment to Wednesday next, (to-morrow,) being carried, in order to allow the hands time to choose between the two evils. The condi tion of 16,000 workers is involved in that town alone ; and, whatever be the result, increased suffering is inevi table. In Ashton and Staleybridge a further suspension is in prospect ; and here the working classes are already sunk to the lowest State of want and weakness. many of them scarcely having strength sufficient to get through their reduced weekly labour, and to crawl at the close of the day to their miserable homes. Bolton, Blackburn, Preston, and other towns, are in like case, both employers on theirconcerns at a loss of capital, and the latter w;rk - - ing for wages barely sufficient to pay the rent of their cottages and get half bread. It is needless to say that there tail tradesman shares largely in the suffering thus created. In those districts (principally the manufacturing vil lages and isolated works) where the practice too much tenant of a cottage owned by his employer, the wages received in many cases barely cover the rent, which is deducted from his earnings. Complaints of the stern exaction of rent in these localities are too common. As an additional tax, the operative, although working only half time, and deprived of the food requisite to enable him to support nature, is expected to contribute, and does contribute, a portion of his earnings towards the of the latter may be judged of w Lien we state tha and sixpence a week is the extent 0 . each family from this source. As a natural result of the severe deprivation to be found in the manufacturing districts, fever is becoming rife amongst the working population. In Manchester it has been found necessary to hire a factory in Long Millgate, formerly worked by Messrs. Clegg and Norris, for the reception or patients. 'A more unrorrum to locality could scarcely have been mad IRISH IMMIGRATION INTO LIVERPOOL AND EMIGRATION FROM OUR PORT, As the immigration into Liverpool of the population of Ireland is becoming increasingly interesting to those rate payers who are burthened with their support, and to the country at large, whose charity is taxed with their habits of mendicity, we have considered it our duty to endeavour to arrive at as correct statistical details as is possible of the number which have reached our shores during the pre sent year, and the proportion, of which we have been re lieved by their subsequent emigration to the United States and Canada. By the kind assistance of the head consta ble of Liverpool, Mr. Dowling, by whom a correct return has been kept since the 13th of January last, when the evil became pressingly apparent, we are enabled to give the following statement ; Arrivals. Total. From 13th to end of January 16,686 Estimate from commencement to 13th Jan. 8,000 February _ _ March April 1 Women. Children 14,517 8,783 868 423 2,313 841 638 2,797 485 361 • 1,858 449 . 338 1,787 _ 50,102 1,088 2,070 860 3,804 620 2,220 1,484 1,671 2,155 2,720 2,062 1,088 1,622 1,418 1,012 1,000 _9(IQ 554 3;704 Grand total, from January 15t..... 138,528 The emigration duting the same period has been as follows, viz 29,201 peisous, Total since commencement of year 43,149 , of which we may set down 40,400 as natives of Ireland, leaving 3149 as the emigration from this country and Scotland, and 98,528 persons as the number remaining in Liverpool in a state of pauperism or mendicancy, wait ing for vessels to emigrate, or gone into the interior of the country. Undoubtedly a large portion of the last quoted number (98,528) are intending to emigrate, and are only k e pt here by the scarcity shipping. As a large number of emigrant vessels went out On Tuesday and the following days, up to yesterday, and nearly the whole of those load- that the naniiber thus waiting is about equal to the arrivars since the 11th, or 17,500 persons, This will still leave the large number f 80,000 persons to be otherwise ac counted for. It is remarked that the class of persons recently arriv ing have been principally composed of the middle and substantial farmer class ; 'and we have quoted the propor tion of the sexes and of children for the last seven days, to shew the valuable sort of population which we are losing, and America and Canada gaining. Thus the men arrived from the 11th to the 18th were 9326 ; the women, 5171; and the children, 3003—the first outnumbering the two latter. Such emigrants must be generally the young and the able, not the mere outscourings of a famishing country. It would be an interesting object of inquiry, if it could amount of bullion is withdrawn from the country by such parties. Of course, we can only be allowed a guess ; and we shall, perhaps, not be far wrong if we set down as the lowest average sum for each male emigrant at £lO. In many cases it must be much higher. Taking five-eighths of the whole number gone to be males, we have thus £250,000 in gold to be added to the exports, which constitute the Bank of England's ascer- tathed deficiency. How much more is hoarded by the wealthy mendicants who swarm in our streets, it would be hard to say. POSITION OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND We have already called attention to an admission by a very eminent authority on Free Trade—the London Times—that United States are lik .ly to be paid for in manufactures. There was little need, however, for such an admission, with the fact staring us in the face that specie is rapidly leaving the country; that the coffers of the Bank of England are rapidly being drained'of bullion, notwithstanding the efforts made to repress speculation by the rise of the rate of interest to five per cent., and the caution—even at that price—with which the Bank is dealing with the commercial world in its selection of paper for discount. The Times of yesterday, remarking upon the position of that establishment, says; " Although an unfavourable statement was expected, the re turns of the Bank of England published to-day took most parties by surprise, in the fact of the notes and bullion now held in the banking department having diminished to £3,463,628 (being a reduction during the week of .t 927,842), while their liabilities in the shape of deposits have increased --6738,081, making the total deposits £16,242,119. This is to be at tributed to large advances made by the bank upon deficiency bills at ihe very moment when a contraction of its became imperative, and hence the effect of the sudden with holding of accommodation from the public has been far more than counteracted by advances to the Government." The question, however, with us is not whether the Bank of England has acted prudently, but whether that establishment, under the existing state of affairs, possesses any power to pro tect either its own shareholders or the public. Our imports must be paid for in something valuable—in fact, in the precious metals. There is no alternative between that course and an action upon the currency, which some parties will regard as almost equvalent to a declaration of insolvency. We know not 110 w loin; the drain upon us for bullion may continue; but we know well the small amount of our power to meet that drain. And it will be wise in Government, the bank, and the com mercial world at once to look their difficulties fairly in the face. We beg to direct attention to a letter from an esteemed and well-informed correspondent, Mr. Isaac Buchanan, the late Vice-president of the Board of Trade, in Canada, in which some most valuable hints will be found. Mr. Buchanan, we may re- be remembered that, in our own paper and in other public& tions, he pointed distinctly, when the Free-trade measures o: we are now labouring s 'no doubt that England Free-trade than any coun if other countries would iprocate, the advantage wonld Jo ours IN EVERY CAS even the ciremnsi the natives of Hindostan w be lowered by British competition not so degraded as not to Englishmen would what is about to be shown to be even England'sexpe rience of free imports without reciprocity, which, in bitter irony, is called Free-trade, (" in me convertite fer rum !") viz.—that it matters not whether the cause of imports into England, disproportioned to our exports, be famine or Free-trade, the direful effects are the same. Ist. We have a reduction of employment to the people of England to very nearly the whole amount we pay for foreign labour 2nd. A reduction of England's ability to manufacture, through the superstructure of our currency being brought down by the removal of gold, its basis. 3rd. We suffer from tke gain to our rivals in manufac tures being exactly equivalent to our lass, a better stock of the precious metals giving an increased power to manu facture to foreign countries (so that in fact the less gold England has to part with the better.) To these general effect; might be added the particular one as regards the United States, that our new laws will turn a proportion of the cotton land into wheat and In dian corn, thus, by diminishing its quantity, raising the price of cotton to the English millowner. Such being the experience of England, what would the Canadas be under Free-trade ? So that, whether this reaches you convened at Montreal for your first session under Lord Elgin, or finds you sent back to ask the renewed confidence of your constituents in what we used to call British or protective principles at a general election. I feel it equally important by the pre sent steamer to let you know the exact position of things in this country. the situation being lovV, in the heart of a dense population, am upon the filthy waters of the river Irk. As the summe of disease and Mortality will result, not only here, but throughout the manufacturing districts. To add to the misery of the population, the tide of immigration of beggars and paUpers from Ireland continues to increase, and suffering. Altogether the picture presented in these once hives of industry is most distressing; and the most sanguine dare not flatter himself with the prospect of any speedy im provement. The question appears to be, not how soon business may be expected to take a turn for the better, but how long the manufacturer and the spinner will be enabled, without ruin to themselves, to give work at all to the population who look up to them for bread. TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT, We last week made a passing allusion to the handsome testimonial presented to the Rev. Mr. Crump, by the parishioners of Prescot, on the reverend gentleman's re- rev. gentleman's reply, the substance of which we now give as nearly as we could report it : " My dear Sir,—Let me offer you and the many kind friends around me, my sincere, grateful, and_ warmest he very have JUS, offered to my acceptance, and for the (too partial, I am afraid) opinion you have expressed of my ministry among you. It is no easy matter to clot. i language the very simplest emotions of the heart, when those emotions are the offspring of gratitude and affection. At some period or other, no doubt, you have all experienced this difficulty ; and therefore, if I should fail to convey to you' in words the impressions which your kindness has made upon me, I am relieved by the cheering conviction, that you can well conceive what I would express if the heart left the tongue at liberty. As it is, I can only thank you for your liberality and kindness. Believe me, the value of your gifts is not a little enhanced by the recollection that I haves nn nnssihin claim noon you for such a demon- stration of your esteem and generous feeling towards me. I did, indeed, humbly endeavour to fulfil the sacred obli gations incumbent upon me, as one of those-to whom the oversight of you in the Lord was committed ; but I am conscious that I might have risen to a higher standard—l might with greater diligence and faithfulness have sought the present and eternal welfare of yourselves and your fellow-parishioners. Many things, I am sure, I have left add, there were doubtless some things done which. had been better left undone ; and at the utmost, taking tltt most favourable review of my ministry among you, I can only say of it, I have simp y done duty to'do. Still, though there is much in the review of my residence among you which demands personal humi liation on my part, there is. on the other hand, much that is cheering and delightful to me in the retrospect. Our connection has been one of uninterrupted harmony. An unkind word from any individual in the parish I do not recollect ever having received. I have had a cordial welcome in your houses. I have proved your readiness to co-operate in whatever designs were considered benefi cial for the inhabitants of the town, and this is not the first nor the second occasion on which I have had to acknowledge your kindness and liberality towards me. It is not, indeed, the good opinion of his people that is the primary object of the Christian minister's solicitude ; —no, that is ever the smile of his own conscience, the approbation of the Master whom he serves,—his reward is in his work ;—but still it is no unlawful, no unworthy regard it has been my happy lot to possess in no scanty measure, and I assure you it has often cheered me and dispelled many a rising cloud of anxiety and sorrow. Much of the comfort of a minister's residence among you, I attribute to the firm and abiding attachment I have witnessed in Prescot, to our beloved church and her services. Often have I been struck, and I hope bene fitted, by the order, decorum, and solemnity that I have observed in your noble sanctuary - . Long may you be distinguished for this becoming attention to the service sions ; but there is one fact which proclaims indisputably your love for our national Zion, and that is, that amid all the convulsions w:iich have recently shaken our church, amid all the defections of false brethren you haves. her : indeed, the theological strifes and controversies which have agitated the minds of our countrymen with so baneful an effect, have never reached you : there was no element of attraction to draw them hither : we have dwelt in unity, peace, and concord. I should, however, be wanting in candour, and forgetful of that command which bids us render honour to whom honour is due, if I did not avow what is my conscientious conviction, that your stability and enlightened preference for the church of your fathers has been strengthened and confirmed by the faithful preaching of those doctrines, so lucidly and plainly set forth in her articles, liturgy, and homilies, for so long a period by your esteemed Vicar. To illy suc- cessors in the pastoral oversight of you, I especially com mend the recollection of your zeal for, and attachment to, the church of which they are ministers. They will find in it an clement of much encouragement in the pro secution of their work of faith and labour of love ; and may God speed them, and give them to see of the fruit of their work, as I have seen. And what shall I say more ? From my heart I thank you for all your sympathy, kind ness, and generosity. It is impossible that the remem brance of them should ever be effaced. May God bless you all, your families, your ministers, and your fellow townsmen ! And now, brethren, let me commend you to God, and to the word of his grace; which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. Fare ye well ! " We are glad to hear that arrangements are being made to enlarge Bootle Church, so as to afford increased ac commodation for 500 persons (350 of which. will be free and unappropriated). The building at present is so un sightly, that the trustees will doubtless improve the exte rior appearance, and we cordially congratulate the residents of this rising place on the prospect of a change which we trust may end in a spire or steeple, as well as to give a much increased accommodation, now happily so much needed. coming of the very crisis unc One part of the le' from quoting, here ,ter in question we cannot restrain ourselves " I do not believe that the Bank of England will be able to sell Government securities so as to prepare for the payment of the J uly uiviuenus, unless rarnament, before it rises, passes a no less sweeping measure than MAKING SILVER SHILLINGS A LEGAL TENDER TO ANY AMOUNT, AND ALLOWING THE BANK OF ENGLAND, AND ALL OTHER BANKS, TO ISSUE (confined by Sir Robert Peel's regulations) ONE POUND NOTES. _ "This would, by - raising gold to a market price, place the foreign trade on the same footing as the home trade, which h d r l e t c w i s n o o o' n f tecosiml evidentveeri rren c y no . t gold cannot be had except at a premium, and then will come the run on the Bank of Eng land, not from shippers only, but also by parties to hoard for the premium. _ _ "Such are the direct and legitimate consequences of Sir Robert Peel's departure from the principle of protection to In confirmation of Mr. Buchanan's views, as to the difficulty in which the Bank of England feels itself, we may state that a report was rife on 'Change yesterday, communicated from Lon don, which even more strongly stated the same views than he has done in the quotation aboVe. Jenny The Ca arrive( in London on Saturday of Mozley v. Alston—the broad and narrow gauge case—was before the Lord Chancellor on Wednesday, being an appeal from an order of the Vice-Chancellor. _ Wapping railway tunnel, was by some Means run over by a train which he was taking down. The waggons were thrown off the line, in the opinion of the witnesses, by passing over the deceased. SMUGGLING SPIRITS.-At the Police-court, yesterday, a man, named Joseph Bowman, was charged with removing one rallon and three pints of whiskey, from an Irish steam vessel. committed to gaol for three inontlis, FlRE.—Last night. about half_unq' mis Vt. V Ult/U a ure oroxe out in the prees occupied by Mr. Kennedy, ii linen draper, Crown-chambers, Redcross-street. The fire-engines were soon in the vicinity of the spot, but were withdrawn, their services not being required. In this case it was extremely fortunate that Mr. Baty, wine and spirit merchant, to whom the greatest praise is due, was detained somewhat later than usual, other wise the premises on fire, which are far from the street, might not have been discover e d ; — a ll hi s servants renderedinvalua ble aid. :ONCERT. —lt will be seen by an advertise- . , takes a Concert on Tuesday evening next. We have had on more than one occasion reason to commend highly the singing of Mrs. Hiles. She has a power of voice which for compass and execution is barely surpassed by the first vocalists of the. land, while at the same time she introduc.es a discretion of feeling, a pleasing and powerful emphasis that gives to the piece an effect that is truly desirable. The worshipful the ,„rri,f. we trust that a talented townswoman will receive that patronage that is usually e nueu Lu Luieuieu 1..111.18C. IRIS!! BEGGARS. — The practice of Irishmen begging in our ;,though personally possessed of property, has recently 'oing on to considerable extent. _Yesterday, a well-dressed reen fourid begging, orougin velure iur. lucre were Tonna upon him three one-pound notes, and two pounds, fifteen shillings, and some small change in silver, Sze. It appears that he purposed to emigrate to America; and it may be some slight palliation to as government hay ri%tricted.the - conveyanCe of ships, the amount of the passage-money is now higher than usual; and that those who come from Ireland to take ship, and are provided with only a moderate sum, may find it necessary not to eat in upon their little capital. Still it is decidedly wrong that our over-burthened town should be taxed so heavily by extra-parochical mendicants. CASE OF COLLISION.—THE GIPSEY KING.—Dr. Lushington delivered judgment in this case (which was argued in February last), in the Admiralty Court, on Friday last. The suit was brought by the owners of a vessel called the Highlander, against the owners of the Gipsey King, for damages in conse quence of collision. The Trinity Masters having heard the case, were of opinion that the Gipsey King was to blame, and in that opinion the court concurred. It was said that she had an authorised pilot on board, and that he was responsible, and not the owners. The accident happened in the Clyde, between Glasgow and Greenock, three vessels, including the Gipsey King, being in tow of a steamer together at the time. The learned doctor I,* a 'F. of opinion that the collision was occasioned by the fault or default of the pilot ; that the Gipsey King was obliged to employ such licensed pilot, and that the owners were not liable. He said he should take the same cours•~ that he did in the cases of the Agricola and the Fame, but shwald make MURDERS AT NORWOOD, STTRREY.—On Sunday morning, the inhabitants of the quiet village of Lower Norwood were thrown into consternation, in consequence of a frightful mur der committed by a young man, named John Young, aged 21 years, an artificial flower maker, who destroyed his young wife and infant, and afterwards committed suicide. Some of the police constables hearing cries of murder from the house where he and his family lived, went up, and saw Young at the April 20, t 847. PIANO-FORTE, HARP; & MUSIC WAREHOUSE, ' 57, CHURCH-STREET. IIIESSRS. RIME and SON have the pleasure of _ll_ throwing open to . their Friends and the Pubiic, a NEW, SPACIOUS, AND ELEGANT PIANO-FORTE SALOON, Filled with Instruments of the finest Makers, of all forms and sizes, from FULL GRAND to thq PICCOLO C TTAGE, By JOHN BROADWOOD and SONS, COLLARD and COLLARD, ALLISON and ALLISON, TOMKISON, mrti OTHER CELEBRATE!) MAKERS. MUSIC received Twice a Week from London. PIANO-FORTES AND HARPS LENT OUT TO HIRE, TUNED, REPAIRED, OR TAKEN IN EXCHANGE. BOOK-KEEPING, ARITHMETIC, MENTAL CALCULATION. SHORT-HAND, ENGLISH GRAMMAR, READING, SPELLING, & HOUSEKEEPING ACCOUNTS, BY MR. AND MRS. THOMPSON, AT PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT, No. 8, CLAYTON-SQUARE. MR. THOMPSON, who h as •b een es t a bli s h e d at No. 8, Clayton-square, upwards of seventeen years, sole Inventor and Head Teacher of a new and superior system of Writing, enables bad writers to acquire a free, expeditious; and commanding style of Penmanship, i n a f ew easy Lessons, rof one hou each, private, or in class. MR. THOMPSON teaches the useful - nrt-of Book-keeping by Double Entry. His Lessons contain the principles and par ticular rules now used in the mercantile houses in Liverpool. Commercial Arithmetic. Mental Calculation_ and Sllmpt_h.nri LESSONS GIVEN IN WRITING taught in a few Lessons. For Cards of Terms apply as ahoy( PRIVATE INSTRUCTION AND BOARD. LADIES residinn . at a distance from Liverpool have an op portunity of acqniring Mr. THOMPSON'S fashionable style of . - _ _ _ Ladies with her own: family. For additional Branches of the Quarter. alculation in tiro or Education Lad tired Lessons on the Piano-forte by the first Master in Liverpool For Terms address, post--paid, to Mrs. THOMPSON, as abov SIL VER PLATING ESTABLISHMENT 6, CASES-STREET, CLAYTON-SQUARE, Opposirs Victoria Baths. •• • WORN-OUT PLATED ARTICLES OF EVE DESCRIPTION PLATED.RQUAL TO NEW AT ABOUT ONE-FOURTH TITEIR ORIGINAL COST 1./so New Articles, in Arg,. Solid White Metals. Evt, Tea-spoons from 4s: 6d d Albata Plate and Nickle article warranted to keep ; Table Ditta,l2B. ; Ditto its colour. Forks, 12s 5 ja ?ik THE ABOVE ES, MANUFACTURED GILBERT AND CO STAND T EST OF. AQUAFORTIS. Tea-spoons frown's. ; Table-fork N.B.—RoKrences to Hotels and Fami have been several years in us tion. GILBERT and CO. are prepared large - contracts for Hoteli, Trade, on the shortest notice If Prices also of Re-plating, up to our 31es were d -LAST NIGHT. held last night is was performed, chiefly instrumental, in which was included Beethoven's Pastoral Svm phony. This was the first piece, and was really very finely I very prettily the Rondo from Miss Stott next gave ioilizetti's Don Pasquale, wine] The overture to Don Giovann he first part the second part, and was very effective. Miss Parsons nest gave a Cavatina from Mercandante very sweetly, and was re warded with an encore. This young lady, with her fine voice al excellence an Aria from the Marriage Stott and Parsons excelled in a l)uet from Mercandante's "Andronico." The overture "Il Tau credi " completed a very delightful evening's entertainment. The theatre of the institution was tilled with a most respectable audience. On Friday, Mr. Brassey, the principal contractor for the Trent Valley Railway, traversed the line from Rugby to Stafford with a party of friends. MARRIED, On the 2nd instant, at Pembroke Chapel, by the Rev. Dr• Crichton, Mr. JAMES SOUTER, baker, Toxteth-park, to Miss BARBARA KINI.OOK MARTIN, second daughter of the late Mr. Matthew Martin, farmer, Dumfriesshire. LIVERPOOL TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1847. .PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, and At No. 4, ST. GROn.OE;S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. Terms of Subscription for this paper :—Con credit one year, 15s, ; if paid in advance, 13s. Orders for Advertisements received by Messrs. Newton 8 1. c! Co., Warwick-square ; Barker and White, Fleet-stre et Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell, Chancery-lane ; Charles Joseph Thordal, 1, Fini:ll-lan!C, Cdrubill ,A.A, zr, winoinu-street ; mircaell, 8, nen .I , court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe, 3, Castle-court, Co' ; hill; at the London Commercial Coffee-house, Mincing-ta i __ at the Jerusalem Coffee-house_, Cornhill; Chapter Cotte.,, A oung ; but before they reached him lie drew the knifeaCross his house, Paternoster-row North and South American Core, throat, inflicting a wound' of which he died soon afterwards. house, Threadneedle-street; Parsons, g, Ave.3iaria- , ; J .. In another room they then found the iifeless body of his infant, London ; Johnston and Co., Eden Quay, Dublin; Wh ee lie , on a bed, with its throat cut. The victims were still warm, Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewin, Market-street; Alancra but all medical aid ' was of no avail. Upon enquiry, it turned ter; Haddock, and J. and W. Booth, BooksVers. Wa4 o , out that the perpetrator had previously l a b oured under a b erru , to n ; Clarke, Pilot-office, P reston; an d W rig ht and i- , Lion of mind, and was under the care of his friends at Hack, Herald-office, Birmingham, LA v A: a3 ' /ley. The poor wife had her hands much cut, most probably in endeavouring to saye herself from her husband's grasp, lIIII,KENIIF.AII ,• ToottuNtr.a, Chester-street ; --% rIN KEY, Argyle-street . OSBORNS , Chester-street. iv i ..--, tnresunum, WILLI 11, intim Haut Azi 1110 claim, binearea with gore. On seeing them, he rushed up stairs to the first floor, and when the officers entered they found the lifeless body of Mrs. Young with her 'head almost severed from her body. They pursued , whose articles 1 given the utmost satisfac- take the supply of the Army, or the LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS LONDON CORN MARKET.--/ The arrivals of all kinds of Grain of how market last week, especially those of ,Ne.e utt very iunitea scale ; while those froni Ireland and Scotland were unusually small. However, the imports of Foreign Barley and Oats were scale; those of all other articles being triilins , n, an extensiv cvcu ...wing tor an Importation of 4450 ciitarters of Wheat. The receipts of English Wheat fresh up from Kent were moderate. Those from Essex, Cambrid-- -.11. The .upplied with samples, arising from a effected on Friday last, and the attendance k, at an inr which all the s t; for shipment to France, consisted of n — ea — rly - 27030 quarters, or, at least, a moiety of the supply of that article brought forward. The whole of the reported arrivals offoreign Wheat were taken afloat last week for Has had a very limited quantity on offer to-day sumption amoderate lulsiness was doin France about 3000 quarterswere dispo in value of FOr home con e for export to Of, at an improvement doubtless, have been concluded had the supplies been on a more liberal scale. Notwithstanding the large arrival of fOreign Barley last week, the actual supply on sale this morn in; was by no means good. All kinds, owing to , the dealers being very short of stock, , moved off briskly. at Is. to 2s. above last Monday's prices. • . Wit►, Aalt we were rather scantily sup and was by no means active. In prices we have Although upwards of 30,000 quarters of from abroad last week, the trade was active, and the currencies improved from Is. to 2s. per quarter. The few parcels of English brought forward sold at high rates. The show of Beans`being trifling, there was a decided improvement plied, yet the de no alteration to notice. Oats came in from abroad last we nostly heldat as only a her in the demand, at Is. per quarter more money moderate inquiry for Peas ; yet they were r rates. Indian Corn, for arrival, was Is. to 2s. per qua.. higher. The Flour trade was firm, and some of the millers would not sell except at higher rates, (From Last Night's Sun.) rket A most important feature has prev a il e d i n th e Corn nAtipt this morning. The purcha s e s on F renc h an d Belgiall; er e, in have been immens e ly l arge. - Nearly all the stands ' fact, cleared off. The price of Wheat was fully.6s. /I ra- ri, tirler per in advance of th e rates of last Monday; Oats are ls. t 0 's• s• quarter; and B arley, 2s. per quarter dearer: There was in truth a positive rush to purchase from the mo ment the market opened until a ll was cleared off. Such an active and brisk demand, while it l as t e d, h as not b een seen for many years past. For a season at' le as t thi s ertram , a ations of The steamer which leaves Liverpool to'-1 States takes out some amount of specie a inoi row for the United gain, but there is rea- ...Luau Luc lust, iew uuys, tuere nas neen appiication mane to them by exporters of coin, rather than to the Bank of Eng land. The latter, it is stated, has declined to buy the specie imported by the firms alluded to at a higher price than usual, and this may induce them to ship it to America and foreign parts on their own account. Under any circumstances the receipt of this money must afford present relief, and it would be scarcely 0, any use for the Bank to be a buyer at a premium, when the whole might soon again be withdrawn at par by the holders of its notes. The wisest plan seems to be to let the bullion operators make their own arrangements. unua nave men nigner trim morning, and there has been rather an increased demand for Stock. Consols for transfer to-morrow have realised 86} to 87, and for May 86# to 87#. The Reduced Three per Cent. Annuities have been 85# to 86#, and the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 87i to 871. The value of Exchequer-bills has been Is. premium to 2s. discount. East India Stock is at 245. LATEST FOREIGN AND COLONIAL. THE CIVIL WAR IN PORTUGAL.—We have Lisbon news to the 10th instant. Count Tojal, on the part of the Queen and the Government, had called on Sir Hamilton Seymour and Ad miral Parker, who had placed the British squadron at the Queen's orders, and promised that the men would land imme-_ the demand was the t ar di ness o f t h e Q ueen ' s diately she desired it to protect her. The immediate cause of gen erals on the Alemtejo. Money was no t f or th com i ng , an d the Queen's troops and generals we re ever y w h ere a t a stan d-still. Very little more e . 2 1 ,,ggY,A1” displayed by the insurgents, and it appeared , nearly mie the other. -;- The possibility of a Spanish armed interven tion had been increasing, and the prompt action of our resident authorities was the consequence, as it was probable that Donna Maria might solicit the aid of troopsfrom Spain. The state of the money market was daily worse. The discount on Bank of Lisbon notes had risen to 50 per cent.. The dearth of bread was &many disniritincr . ovwc mc..uies were taKen tor the relief of the poor. The French Chamber of Peers have rejected, by a majority 1 el`f 1." • . n • - • • g a line of steam-s !n Havre and New Yo. The governor of Nova Scotia, in a despatch to Lord Grey, dated the Ist April, shows the futility of many of the hopes held out to emigrants to that colony. He presses earnestly on his lordship the necessity of discouraging all pauper emigra- no demand for unskilled labour in any part of the province, and the means of remunerating agricultural labour of any kind are greatly diminished. Ex treme privation and misery would, therefore, necessarily be the lot of those who skolild come I!!ther without the means of throughout the province, and consequence of the failure of the potato and most lamentable. PHILHARMONIC CONCERT• _ • !owl undress concert of the season w dlegiate , institution:'when a miscel 8k by Ap ant ne SE th fir PR cl:4 bet of 1 feu tabl