The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-14 00:00:00

WM. WILLIAMS, HOUSE and LAND AGENT, 57, RANELAGH-STREET, grateful for the very liberal en couragement already received, begs leave to inform those gentlemen who may have Property for Sale or to Let in Bootle, Seaforth, Crosby, or Neighbourhood, that he has OPENED an OFFICE, in BOOTLE-ROAD, opposite the Postoffice, where every attention will be given to those who may favour him with their orders. To be SOLD, by PRIVATE CONTRACT, very extensive Range of OFFICES, near the Custom-house ; a splendid MANSION. with Coach-house , Stables, extensive Gardens and Land, Holt-bill, Cheshire : extensive Freehold Pro perty, Dale-street; Four Houses and Shops, St. James's- Freehold Property, Bold-street ; Nine ~, with Gardens, &c., near Kirkdale ; Three detached Houses, about two miles from the Ex ..ge ; Two Houses, Oxford-street ; Two Ditto, Soho square ; One, 'Mount-Pleasant ; Three Houses and Shops, Scotland-road ; with several large Lots of BUILDING LAND ; 27,000 Yards of Land, Crosby, near Waterloo ; 12,000 Yards Ditto, Linacre-lane, Bootle ; Three well-built Houses, Bootle-road ; also, various Lots of COTTAGE PROPERTY. The following to be LET Very eligible Warehouse and Offices, Chapel-street; Ditto, near the Custom-house; a splendid HOUSE, with Coach- Stables, Gardens, &C., Holt-hill, Cheshire ; an ex- cellent Ditto, near Waterloo; One Ditto, Bootle Marsh, facing the River; One Ditto, near Hamilton-square; One Ditto, Peel-street, Toxteth-park ; One Ditto, Mile-street ; One Ditto, Bedford-street ; One Ditto, Rodney-street ; One Ditto, Edge-hill; One Ditto, Falkner-terrace, Parliament- street ; One Ditto, Waterloo-road ; One Hotise and Shop, Great George -street ; One Ditto, Ranelagh-street ; One Ditto, with Bakehouse, St. Anne-street ; One Ditto, Pitt street ; One Ditto, Byrom-street ; an excellent Spirit Vault, Cleveland-square ; an excellent Pew, in St. Mark's Church. The sum of SIX THOUSAND POUNDS to be Lent on Mortgage, on good security. Apply to W. M. WILLIAMS, Estate Agent, 57, Rane lagh-street, and Bootle-road, opposite the Postoffice. SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Five o'Clock, a.m UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE ACADIA The mail steam-ship Acadia, Captain Ryrie, from Boston and Halifax, was signalled as being off Holyhead at half-past y evening, and arrived opposite the Rock x o'clock his port) at at ut one o'clock this morning. The news caterers were on the qui vine to obtain their files of papers, and took advantage of a Rock Ferry steam-boat, provided by Messrs. M'lver, the agents of the company, and which was lying in waiting at George's Pier, to put off and bring the mails o .. shore. A few minutes after one o'clock the ex pected steam-ship came up the river in gallant style, firing guns when she got opposite to Seacombe, and as she pro ceeded past Wallasey Pool. She kept well on the Cheshire shore, and the small steamer having put off to her, was soon within hail of her—all on board anxious to get on board. The commander of the Acadia, however, as soon as he saw her hailed her to go stern to the assistance of a steamer, which he conceived was in a sinking state, and his request was immediately complied with. There was a good deal of fog on the water at the Cheshire side at the time, and it appeared that the Acadia bad, in taking a wide berth, clear of the vessels on this side the river, run foul of a Woodside steamer, the Cleveland, lying at anchor a little to the south of Woodside Ferry, and done her some damage, —and hence the alarm of Captain Ryrie. The small steamer, on reaching the damaged vessel, found that her condition was by no means so perilous as had been supposed, she being all afloat, having had only some of her bulwarks forward carried away by the concussion, and the crew (some in their shirts) roused from their berths, and in considerable alarm from the concussion. No one was hurt ; and another river steamer having come up, the vessel was left to be towed by her into a place of safety, should that have happened to be necessary. The Rock Ferry boat then steamed along side the Acadia, and the passengers getting on board, the usual scramble for abstracts of the log, &c. and newspapers took place, and the mails were transferred to the small steamer. Very few papers were, however, ob tained on board, the greater part being sent on shore, to gether with the mail bags. We are indebted to Mr. Thomp son, a gentleman belonging to Messrs. M'lvor's office for an early delivery of our own files, and several additional papers, of which we had more of the same date. The Acadia sailed from Boston at 5 p.m. on the Ist, and arrived off the Floating Light at a quarter before 12 o'clock : , ht. thus making the passage to this port in about 12 -she having arrived opposite the town at 1 this morning. She left Halifax on the evening of the 3d, accomplishing the passagethence in 10 days 71 honrs—a rate of steaming fully maintaining the previous speed and cer ainty of the fine ships of this line. She met the Columbia days and S hours— at midnight, on the Ist, off Boston, and the latter vessel would probably reach that port by two o'clock next morning. It was reported at the time of her sailing from Halifax that a large steamer (supposed to be the Great Western) was seen passing of that place on the 2d, on her way to New York. The general news brought by the Acadia appear to be of a better character, although they present nothing of a very striking character. The progress of Lord Ashburton's mis sion appears enveloped in strict diplomatic secrecy, but it is fully to be calculated upon from the little that has transpired, as being of a favourable description. The principal news will be found under the several heads. The following is an ABSTRACT OF THE LOG. June 1.-5 p.m., started from Boston. 2.—Wind N.B. Running along the coast ; moderate breeze and fine weather. 3.-10 a.m. arrived in Halifax - 5 15 p.m. left Halifax ; 7 p.m. Sambro Light bore W.N.W. 4.—Wind S.; distance 170 miles ; lat. 44 42, long. 59 51. Moderate breeze and fine weather. s.—Wind S.W. ' • distance 228 miles ; let. 45 4, long. 54 23. Steady breeze and foggy weather. Wind S.W. ; distance, 225 miles ; lat. 46 8, long Steady breeze and foggy weather. 7.—Wind S. ; distance 249 miles ; lat. 46 31, long. 4318, Steady breeze, and foggy weather; saw several icebergs. Wind S.S.W. ; distance 264 miles; lat. 47 40, long. Steady breeze, and foggy weather. 9.—Wind S. ; distance 270 miles; lat. 49 16, long. 30 22. Fresh breeze, and cloudy. Passed American ship Neva. 10.—Wind S.S.E. ; distance 230 miles; lat. 49 59, long. 24 47. Fresh breeze, and clear 11 -Wind S.E. ; distance 235 miles ; lat. 50 40, long. 1837. Fresh breeze, and cloudy. Passed B. brig Lady Alice Lambton. 12.—Wind S.E. ; distance 250 miles; lat. 50 50, long. 11 50. Moderate breeze, and cloudy. Passed the William and Jane, 44 days from Gibraltar. 930 p.m. Cape Clear bore N.E. 13.—Wind East. Moderate winds and fine weather ; passed the Coeur de Lion. At 630 p.m., off Holyhead ; and off the Floating Light at 11 45 p.m. LIST OF PASSENGERS BY THE ACADIA. FROM BOSTON.—R.ev. H. Gasset, Geo. W. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. Sampson, J. Lawton, E. F. Newhall, L. J. Wyeth, James Gibsean, Hermon Hagedon, Fred. Browne, Charles F. Will, J. M`Marich, Alex. Wood, Mrs. Davidson, F. W. Coolidge, E. Lyman, W. S. Jones, —. Scotland, Mrs. M. Smith, Alex. C raw f or d , Chas. Barnes, Robt. Morris, Jas. Robertson, Win. Whitewright, J. F. Bigge, Alfred Cossel, Julian Varques, Viscount Cranbourne, J. B. Hyde, Mr. Faithful and servant, Captain Galt. FROM HALIFAX.—Mrs. Smith and child, Capt. Thorns, J. Fraser. NEW YORK MONEY MARKET. At the date of the last mail from New York, the money market was quite easy. Money in fact was quite abundant, because nobody knew how to employ it, and could be readily had for all business purposes, if any such were offering, at very favourable rates on good securities. Paper of the first class was scarce, and inferior unsaleable at anything like current rates of interest. Foreign Exchange was plentiful, and not in demand. On London the rate was 71 to 8 ; and some good bills not indorsed here were offered at lower rates. Domestic Exchange slowly but steadily improving as the re sumption of specie payments are fast becoming imperative in all parts of the union. The Secretary of the Treasury has succeeded in raising in New York about two millions of dollars of the three million and a-half advertised for. The stock, it is known, was sold under par, and probably with some agreement that the go vernment should not appear again in the market before July or September, as it now finds purchasers in moderate amounts for investment at par. The interest is 6 per cent. The State of New York has obtained to the amount of its wants, at 7 per cent. Another issue of 7 per cent. stock is about to be made by the State to the banks of this city, at 7 Per cent. to cover temporary loans to that amount to the State,l government. ,_ market for stock has fluctuated a good deal since the departure of the last steamer, principally, however, in the enced-'of those of our local stocks, which are solely infiu and ) a w aPeculation. The large amount of United States capitalists, Y ork stock, offering a favourable investment to whi c h art Probably caused suck of the local stocks quently the considered sound, to be neglected, and conse transactions have been small. Congress 1 4a *. THE TARIFF. chequer pima fo r touch e ed the Tariff or either of the Ex of romise AA w llr mow 0 0n the 30th of June the duties of 20 bye into peration, and a horizontal line legislation will be :2,1' 't 4 valorem is to be the rule. But laws and usages; I ,7 a ,cy Congress should adapt that rule to existing , before as tu t it 1a,,, now out of the question will bill so full of details, an n ti nts se a n ge e V y tg i r i Fe upon a bill that will bill must be, recourse something toix sixty as any Tariff some comprehensive resolu t ti o l t i ha th l l a ii r th s . s e se l d as , t resource, to or ninety days levied. the present rate of duties sh a ll In the mean time, until determined respecting it, merchants-"ng of a tions of which the result may be cannot definite nature is more or less of duties that may reft iterially varied , by opera cargoes ; manufacturers, for the aponu,by the their re turnedther venture to revive old, nor give e like cause, factories, nor undertake new lines of busin ess, extension to exis ting, factories, continues about the tariff ; and th eftn wh ile un i c n e g r' great mass, are both by the low prices of agric ultu ra l erg , the and the want of a general circulating medium, prevented produce, any purchases beyond those of instant necessity, from RESUMPTION OFOSFPE.‘ICEINITE O PA R Y L M E NN S T . S BY THE BANKS i 'nee the last arrival from The most important occ.urareonfe :p s e i cie payments by all the the States is the resumpt io n first, three of the banks held banks in New Orleans. i State mm e d ß i a a n te k l y ; back, the Consolidated, the At Citizens n ' o ' t a e n s d w t e h r e e but the depreciation to which their exposed, combined, we may presduvmeres,ewtiothotheier vcoeruyrsset,raonndg indications of public opinion a the evidence, as regarded the other banks, them tha t t r o es c t o im m p e t i i n on ; did not l ea d to any run for specie, in duced and New O r l eans i s now , w ith all its ten banks , a specie pay ing city. The effect of restoring the character of bank of that necessarily to depreciate all irredeemable paper, a ndpaper was character were notes, amounting, it is supposed t o nearly one million of dollars, issued in sums under five dollars, . l 9: two of the three municipalities into which the city is divid ed, ed, and which had been the favourite currency during th e suspension, because the credit and property of the city were pledged for their redemption. But as they were not re deemable in specie, they ceased to circulate the moment specie payments were resumed; and the holders, mostly among labourin g I ._ the ciites, became clamorous, and com mitted some outrages. These checked by the pollee; and , however were speedily arrangements being immediately entered into to fund or redeem this floating paper, order was restored, and all will work smoothly. RESUMPTION IN KENTUCKY. Pro From the annexed paragraph it will he seen that Kentuck too has joined the ranks of awn-pum a states 9 LOUISVILLE, MAY 23, P.M.—We have no alteration to note in the money market, except as to the New Orleans banks. All of these but the Citizens' having resumed on the 14th, their paper has much improved, though we are not able to give a quotation. Some have supposed on the autho rity of letters, that two or three other banks declined re sumption; but the truth is, that all resolved to resume but the Citizens' Bank. One of the banks in this city commenced paying specie to-day in full, and the others, though they do not announce it, are, we believe, paying all demands actually made upon them.—Louisville Journal. The banks of Virginia will resume specie payments on the Ist of August. THE BOUNDARY QUESTION. The States of Massachusetts and Maine have appointed Commissioners, with full powers to arrange with the General Government the question of the North Eastern Boundary ; so that, it is to be presumed, this point in difference between the United States and Great Britain will be satisfactorily ad justed—as it is not to be supposed the two States named would have been invited to take the step they have unless some basis of arrangement consequent upon their acqui escence had been previously established. In other matters in discussion, the papers leave us entirely in the dark as to what is doing, though the settled sentiment of the country, it is understood as well as of Congress, is that all will be harmonized. To such an extent indeed is the House of Representatives pushing its confidence in uninter rupted peace, that it is busily engaged in cutting down army and navy to the minimum of a peace establishment. The plea is economy—but the wisdom of such an exercise of it just now is said by some American authorities to be ques tionable. cx:l4; "s. - ATTEMPTED INSURRECTION IN RHODE ISLAND. A menacing insurrection in one of the States. (Rhode Island,) has quietly evaporated without bloodshed, and the respect for law and authority, instead of receiving attaint, has rather derived strength, from this attempt to overthrow both. The firm countenance and conduct of the sound people and magistrates of the State, sufficed of themselves, to dishearten the revolters ; and the certainty, that the Fe deral Government, as boun by the Constitution, would, if necessary, interpose to uphold the government de facto, nipped rebellion in the bud. COTTON MARKETS. We have advices from New Orleans to the 21st ultimo. The demand for Cotton had become all at once, owing to the resumption of specie payments, exceedingly active, and in the week ending the 21st, amounted to about 14,800 bales. Arrived this week 6417 bales. Cleared 19,772 bales. Stock in warehouses and on board 96,575 bales. The latest prices were for Liverpool Classifications :—Louisiana and Mississippi.— Ordinary, 41 a 6 ; Middling, 61 a 7 ; Middling Fair, 8} a 81- • Fair, 91 a 10; Good Fair, 101 a 11 ; Go o d and Fine, 12 a 13c. Tennessee and Alabama—Average Lists, 5k a dc; Selected Crops, 61 a 74c. AUGUSTA, MAY 25.—We again have to report an active demand in our cotton-market, and sales to a considerable extent have been made, in most instances, at a slight advance. The receipts have been very light, and our stock is now much reduced. Several large lots are on the market, awaiting the next steamer accounts from Liverpool. We quote 4t084 as extremes of the market—we quote as the going rates as follows :—Ordinary, 4 to 41 ; middling, 51 to 61 ; fair, 7 to 8 ; good fair to choice, 8} to Bi. THE NEW MEXICAN TARIFF The committee of merchants, appointed by Santa Anna to revise and alter the tariff laws of the country, have reported, and all the alterations recommended by them have been ac ceded to. The new law does not go into effect until six months have elapsed from the 20th of April last. By the new tariff, brandy will pay 200 dollars arroba (25 lbs.) instead of 400 dollars, as by the old. . . Gin, 200 dols. per arroba, instead of 400 dols. Rum, which was before prohibited, will now pay 400 dols per arroba. - _ _ Wines (white) will pay 150 dols. per arroba, and red 125 dols. It may be recollected, that by the old tariff, white wines pay 250 dols. and red 225 dols., we speak of those im ported in casks. A proportionate reduction is to be made in all classes imported in bottles. Olive Oil will pay 4 dols. per quintal instead of 5 dols. Sperm Candles, 15 dols. per 100 lbs. instead of 25 dols. Codfish, 4 dols. per quintal instead of 5 dols. Steel 2 dollars per 1001bs. instead of 4 dollars. Raw Iron, 1 dollar per 1001bs. instead of 2 dollars. Wrought Iron, 2 dollars, instead of 4 dollars. Black Tea will pay 50 cents per lb. instead of 1 dollar. Green, 75 cents, instead of 1 dollar. Hams, which have always been prohibited, will now be ad mitted by paying 30 per cent. on amount of invoice, with 25 per cent. augmentation. Cloth, of all classes, will pay SO cents. per vara, instead of 1 dollar. Cotton prints, coloured, 9 cents per vara—they can now come in as coarse as 26 threads to the square inch—before prohibited under 30. This alteration will have the tendency to bring many English goods into the Mexican market, which were before as good as prohibited. Cotton handkerchiefs, coloured, will now pay 6 cents, the square vara, instead of 121. Cotton thread is prohibited, as formerly. REPORTED MURDER OF JOE SMITH, THE MORMON PROPHET. The Sl. Louis Republican of the 19th ult. has the follow- u " The Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith, was reported to have been killed in a recent affray in the vicinity of Nauvoo. We are without particulars." THIRD EDITION. Standard-office, Twelve o'clock -•.--- AWFUL DESTRUCTION OF LIFE. TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKE IN THE ISLAND OF ST. DOMINGO. (From Le Patriote of Port au Prince of 11th May.) On Saturday, the 7th inst., at twenty minutes past seven, in the evening, we experienced some severe shocks of an earthquake, which put the whole town in commotion. At mid-day a large meteor was perceived passing to the east. The heat was excessive, and thick clouds hung over the neighbouring monutains, going in a direction from southeast to the northeast. The seamen who were in the roads report that they felt the shock before they saw the houses shake, which would indicate that the shock came from the east. Many persons, however, think they observed that the os cillations came from the north and went south. There were two very decided shocks, the first was not as long as the second ; the latter was the most violent, and lasted about three minutes. All abandoned their houses, and the streets were filled with the affrighted population. But a little more, and Port au Prince would have been the scene of a disaster similar to that of 1770, a fatal year, which oc curred to the minds of every one. There is scarcely a single brick or stone house which has not suffered damage, they are all more or less damaged. Some, it is said, are scarcely habitable. The façade of the Senate House, on which is sculptured the arms of the Re public, surmounted by the tree of liberty, were detached from the edifice and broken into pieces by the fall. The in terior of the building has also received some damage. In the night between Saturday and Sunday, two shocks were again felt, but not as violent as the first, one at 10 o'clock and the other at 12. At 11 o'clock in the morning of Sunday came another shock, mass at church was inter rupted, and those officiating at it ran away, and many females fainted. Monday, at 11 o'clock in the morning, another shock, The weather during these three days bad a lowering and at times a threatening appearance. Monday evening, a little rain, with excessive heat before and afterwards ; night cool. Tuesday, a change of weather, return of the breeze and ap pearance of rain. In the evening at eight o'clock, the weather was stormy and every thing seemed to indicate an abundance of rain. The hopes entertained yesterday have not been realised. On Wednesday we were awoke at a few minutes before five in the morning by another earthquake. During these latter days it appears to us as if the earth on which we were walking was constantly quaking. SAINT MARC.—A letter from this town, which has been communicated to us, informs us thatthere too the earthquake of Saturday last was felt with the greatest violence ; many houses have been so much shaken that they threaten every instant to fall down. On some plantations in the neighbour hood of the town very great damage bas been done. GONAIVIES, Bth May.—Yesterday afternoon an earthquake was felt in this city, which was so violent that most of the houses in it were thrown down. At the same time, in con sequence of the shock, a fire broke out in the apothecary's shop of Mr. Invernezzes, and consumed in a few moments an entire block. The flames destroyed every think that came in their way ; there was not a drop of water in the town. All the houses which have not been burnt down have been injured by the earthquake, and this morning the shocks oc cur every quarter of an hour. The shops of Madame John Joufferts and M. Dupuy have fallen a prey to the flames. The shops of M. Richard Dauphin and M. Oster, built of stone and brick, have fallen down. Houses and shops are inaccessible, and we write these hurried lines in the street. — The whoie population has passed the night in the middle of the streets. Of the merchandise, which the merchants had been obliged to pile up in the public square, a great part has been stolen. It is impossible at present to estimate the ex tent of the loss. The church, the prison the national pa lace, the treasury, the arsenal, and the house which was get ting ready for the colonel commanding this district, are now nothing more than a heap of ruins. In short, no one has escaped the calamity. Now, while we are writing, the fire is entirely extinguished, but the sky looks threatening, and we are afraid of more shocks. if un fortunately our fears should be realized, there will be an end of the few houses remaining standing, and Gonaives will be no more. The first and principal shock lasted about five minutes, and was followed during the night by more than twenty others, which though not so violent, were equally fearful. It is now 8 o'clock in the morning. Not half an hour has passed since we had another violent shock. The number of persons killed and wounded is not yet known. All the pri soners who were not buried under the ruins have escaped. God grant that the capital may. not have been afflicted with a similar misfortune. CAPE HASTEN, Wednesday, 6 o'Clock in the Evening. — Most deplorable news is spreading throughout the city. It has been brought by Mr. Obas, son of the general command ing the District of Plaisance. In consequence of the earth quakeas which was felt here on Saturday evening Cape town clothes, o A entirely disappeared, and with it two-thirds of the po pulation. taken refu The families which escaped this disaster have ge at La Fosette, where they are without shelter, will not be Such .sr perovisions. It is said that the in its full extent. unfortu nately probably aiews circulating in town, and which unfortu the physicians and mu le too true. It is to be hoped, however, it to set off this evening President of Hayti has given orders to tunate victims of a r disaster. officers of health attached to the hospital, Capt. Morris (of the give their assistance to the unfor account), states in additiorZ departure, a courier arrived Wtn. Nelson, which brings the that a few hours previous to his Haytien a fire succeeded thewith information that at Cape ma ining houses, the powder earthquake, destroying the re :gazine, and the remnant of the inhabitants. St. Nicholas Port Pais are said to be in ruins, and in fact all the towns on the the north side of the island. According to a letter in e r Journal of Commerce, Fearful, f earful indeed, are or Cape Francois but one inhabitant of the Cape, a rie ll i P b u y y, th w e as see, saved, whi a e l h l the rest being either crushed or drow rose and submerged the city. is the capital of the republic, Q aform ' er o l n y the particulars of n aw a f s ul T v h i e si c ta a t p io e n ; the C ape north t i tion variously estimated at from 10,000 to 20,000 . popula tion some 900 stone and brick houses, w i th a Zo l a y st e , s tiro • It is situated o n a Cape, at the edge of a plain between the sea and the mountains. The plain is exceedingly fertile, broad paved roads, lined with lemon and and intersected by lime trees. It is in let. 19 46 N. and ion. 72 16 W. Ellll3trial Varliamtnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAY. Viscount MELBOURNE suggested that the income tax bill should be read a second time sub silenlio, and that the dis cussion should be taken on goin: into committee. He pro posed this in consequence of the sudden illness of the Mar quis of Lansdowne, who had given notice of an amendment on the subject. The Earl of RIPON assented to the suggestion, and the bill was therefore read a second time, and ordered to be commit ted on Tuesday. The Bishop of EXETER asked if it was intended to proceed with the bill for the improvement of the ecclesiastical courts this session. Notice was given of it in her Majesty's speech; but, at so late a period of the session, it was impossible that right rev. prelates, whose interests it so nearly affected, could be present at the discussion. The LORD CHANCELLOR said. that if the right rev. pre late would repeat the question on Monday, he should be pre pared to give him an answer. The Bishop of EXETER said he should be obliged to leave town upon his visitation. The LORD CHANCELLOR. said he could hardly think that a misfortune. Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-'FRIDAY In reply to a question from Mr. Fox MAULE, Sir J. GRAHAM said that it was not the intention of the government this session to introduce any measure to settle the differences which had taken place in the Church of Scot land. Sir R. INGLIS moved a new writ for the borough of Not tingham. Mr. G. KNIGHT, in seconding the motion, designated Mr. Roebuck as the Simon Pure of the house. Mr. ROEBUCK denied that he had anything to do with the suspension of the Nottingham writ, nor did he affect any peculiar degree of purity ; but he was certainly desirous that the constituencies throughout the country should not be bought or sold like sheep in the market. Sir R. PEEL was of opinion, even though the retirement of Sir G. Larpent immediately after his election was declared to be valid might have been owing to illness, that still there were grounds for suspicion and inquiry. He would, there fore, oppose the issue of the writ for Nottingham. After a short discussion the issue of the writ was negatived on a division by a majority of 136 to 41. Mr. ROEBUCK moved the third reading of the Witnesses' Indemnity Bill. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL was of opinion that the bill was too general, but if the hon. and learned member would consent to expunge the second clause, which he thought gave superfluous powers to the committee, he would not oppose the bill. After some discussion Mr. ROEBUCK assented to the pro position of the Attorney -General, and the bill thus altered was read a third time and passed, the borough of Bridport having been inserted in the preamble on the motion of Mr. C. Buller. In reply to a question from Mr. HUME, Sir R. PEEL said that considerations of revenue compelled the government to retain the duties on cotton and woollen raw material. The house then went into committee on the new tariff. In schedule 14, Mr. GRIMSDITCH moved that the existing duties on thrown silk should be retained. On a division, however, the amendment was negatived by a majority of 240 to 22. . Considerable progress was made in the tariff, after which the Chairman reported progress, and asked leave to sit again. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. SUICIDE OF LORD CONGLETON It is our painful duty to announce the suicide of Baron Congleton, better known as Sir Henry Parnell. The parti culars attending this melancholy event are given in the de positions at the inquest. The deceased Henry Brooke Parnell, Lord Congleton, who was raised to the peerage by the Melbourne ministry in 1841, was the second son of Sir John Parnell, Bart., by the second daughter and co-heir of the Right Hon. Sir Arthur Brooke, Bart. He was born in 1776, and was consequently 66 years of age. He married, in 1801, the eldest daughter of the Earl of Portarlington, by whom he has left a son, the Hon. John Parnell (now Lord Congleton), and five other children. His late :lordship succeded his eldest brother to the baronetcy in 1812. He was chairman of the finance com mittee in 1828. In 1833 he was appointed a member of the excise inquiry commission, and filled the post of secretary-at war in 1831. In April, 1835, he was appointed paymaster general of the forces and treasurer of the Ordnance and navy, which offices he continued to hold till June, 1841. He re presented Queen's County in parliament from 1803 to 1832, and Dundee from the latter period till 1841. His lordship was author of a well-known work on financial reform, and of a great number of pamphlets on currency and banking ; also of a work upon roads and road -making. THE INQUEST. The coroner, having taken evidence of the deceased noble man being found suspended to the bed-post in his sleeping chamber at half-past nine o'clock on Wednesday night by his valet, Manning, and of prompt medical assistance hav ing been called in, he proceeded to examine the Hon. John Parnell, his lordship's eldest son, as to the state of the de ceased nobleman's mind. The witness stated that in the early part of the month of April last, his father had a severe attack of fever, which brought on delirium, and from that period his lordship had been attended by Mr. Bolton, a surgeon, and occasionally by Dr. Chambers. Witness arrived from the country, and found that it was necessary that a watch should be kept over his father, and Mr. Boltondesired that every instrument with which he might injure himself should be removed from the room. This arrangement was entered into between Mr. Bolton and the witness's brother before he reached town, and after the lapse of a few day s he found his father had got considerably better, and left his room. This was in accordance with his father's expressed wish ; but Mr. Bolton, upon learning that he had done so, said he could not allow the deceased to be left unattended. Up to that p eriod, witness did not know the exact circumstances of the case, but imagined that the reason his father was watched was in consequence of his having had a fit Mr. Bolton gave direc tions that the decased nobleman's razors should be removed, which was done. After that he appeared to have got quite over his attack, but not having recovered his sleep, the me dical gentleman continued to attend him. His father had de sired that the instruments of self-destruction should be re moved from his reach ; but about a week or ten days after his attack, he inquired the reason he was being watched, and told his medical attendants that he had ceased to have those im pulses to self-destruction, and he wished to regain his for mer habits as soon as he could. The witness added that his father was very unreserved to him in the statements of his bodily health and mental feelings ; and he knew, as a fact, that the deceased had been, out of the last thirty-six days, nineteen days in a low and desponding state. By the Coroner.—About a week since, one of the bell ropes had fallen down, and his father seemed very desirous to know what it was lying there for, and of what use it could be, and begged that it might be taken away, and put into its place. On Tuesday last he appeared to be in a low state, and witness offered to sit with him in the room, but he de clined the offer, and said he would rather remain alone. The windows of his rooms were never fastened down, nor did he (witness) believe that the scissors ever were removed — such articles it was not thought necessary to remove, unless he himself suggested it, and expressed his alarm. About three weeks ago, he gave witness a large packing-needle, and told him to remove it, Mr. Bolton did not suggest that a person who had experience in the care of insane persons should be employed to attend upon the deceased. Latterly, he used to find that his faculties were, in some respects, gone. He endeavored to read the newspapers, the Edinburgh Re view and Blackwood's Magazine, but could not. He did not request that anybody should read to him, but preferred being alone. He usually occupied his time by taking walk. ing exercise. He never recovered his sleep, and was con sequently growing more debilitated and weak. He never complained to witness of any ailment of the head. On one occasion he was at Richmond, when he swooned away. He thought that was a fit, and described that the feeling came on at the heart, and ran up to his head. He sometimes complained of giddiness in the head, and a rolling sensation from ear to ear. Latterly he had the whole management of the house and servants, witness having some time ago made up his accounts, and delivered everything up to his father. The coroner asked the jury if he should adjourn the inquest for the attendance of Mr. Bolton, or if they would like to have the second son of the deceased nobleman examined ? But as they made no reply, he briefly summed up, and observed that it was their duty to inquire, in all cases where a person was found hanging, whether it was the act of himself or not, and after some further observations, the jury returned a verdict of "Temporary insanity." THE GOLD COINAGE The great interest which the proclamation respecting the light sovereigns has excited is illustrated by the number of letters which have been received on the subject from parties connected with various branches of trade, all of whom are complaining of the inconvenience to which they are sub jected. Some seem to be at a loss how to dispose of their sovereigns at all; so completely have they been used to con sider them merely as coin, that they do not seem to have thought of the Mint, or of the bullion-merchant. Others complain of the difficulties they have met at the Custom house, from the receivers exercising a vigilance which . had not been known heretofore. The chi ef misfortune is, that the hardship falls to the greatest degree on those who are engaged in retail business, and consequently on many who are not in the most opulent circumstances and have nume rous difficulties to contend with. Formerly the loss fell upon the bankers, but since the proclamation these have re fused to take such sovereigns as have not the full weight, and consequently the tradespeople are left with them on their hands. The average loss on the light sovereigns seems to be, if we compare different accounts, about 6d. in the pound. knowing he fearing sao how o t o sw o alarm which s f inotdhse shape aep oe fo f has th arisen their e bullion-broker's ullio from sovereigns, n -b ro k oe persons re sf from ao n fi their heo o i rr t the delay they would be subjected to if they took them; to the Mint to be coined, will be now in a measure dispelled by a notice issued to-day from the Bank of England, and which is as follows : " Bank of England, June 9, 1842. " At the request of the right ho n . th e L or d s Commis sioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, and for the relief of those who have in their possession the gold coin of this kingdom below the legal current rate. " Notice is hereby given, that from and after this day any quantity of such gold coin in amounts of not less than £5O will be taken in at the Bank of England at £3 17s. 100. per ounce, from the hours of nine o'clock in the morning till three o'clock in the afternoon, until further notice." By this it will be seen that those who take sovereigns to the requisite amount to the Bank of England will incur no further loss than the difference between the nominal and bullion value of their coin. It is to be feared, however, that some of the small tradesmen and others of the humbler classes, who rarely have the amount of £5O by them, will still be subjected to some inco n venience , either in the shape of a delay at the Mint, or the profit of the bullion broker.— Times. EXTRAORDINARY VETERINARY OPERATION. —The rare and very difficult operation of extracting a stone from on Wednesday laste d at the Veterinary College the bladder of a horse was perfor by Professor Dick m o aged pony, here, in the presence of a great many of the most distinguished medical gentlemen of the city. This is the first time that this operation has been performed in Scotland on this animal, the disease being, as we believe, vary rare. The stone was of a very large size, and weighed eight ounces after its ex traction, although a con siderable portion of it had been broken off during several attempts at its removal, which was rendered difficult from the depth of the wound, the rough ness of the surface of the stone, and the presence of a large tumour which was found to occupy the passage through which it had to be extracted. Several pairs of extracting forceps having failed to accomplish this, it was ultimately effected safely by Dr. Mercer passing his hand into the cavity of the bladder; and the depth and size of the wound may be conceived, when it is understood that the whole of his hand and arm nearly to the elbow had to be introduced before the stone could be properly laid hold of. The animal bore the ope ra tion well, and on being untied walked into its l l o o se b o xu x Courant, suffered much p Without apparently having COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE WEST INDIES _ In the Jamaica papers received by the Dee royal mail steamer, the protection which Sir Robert Peel extended in his financial review to our sugar-producing colonies is alluded to as an incentive for the population, both planters and la bourers, to renew their endeavours to raise the character of the island, which. it is stated had drooped under the injustice which it was supposed would, by the admission of slave grown produce, have been dealt out against all our West possessions by the whig administration. The West India interest are, naturally enough, strong supporters of the po licy of the new administration in this respect, and it is not, therefore, to be wondered at that a great portion of the lead ing columns of the various papers are devoted to panegyrics on the plan laid down by the government to regulate the su gar duties. One of the topics arising out of this discussion is the wasteful expenditure of the funds raised by loan to en courage the project of general emigration : and, in the midst of this, the improvements of the age at home appear to be regarded with a watchful eye. Had these funds, which according to all accounts have been most extravagantly used, been directed to the forming of good roads, the opening of a canal, or the construction of a railroad, the impoverished Jamaica proprietors, it is stated, might have found some re . - lief from their heavy encumbrances. A railroad or canal, successfully opened, with improved machinery for the manufacture of sugar and rum, would, it is contended, do wonders towards restoring the condition and credit of the island. It appears that the Assembly are not disinclined to appropriate votes for the encouragement of local improvements, but the great fault appears to lie in the want of practical skill to carry them out, in the absence of which theoretical attempts are made ending in the total expenditure of the money without any real benefit to the community. To obviate this continued disbursement of the public funds to the prejudice of sound and wholesome pro jects when they are brought forward, is the sole desire of the Jamaica editors, who predict from the mighty and en ergetic strides which the present Ministry is making to re vive confidence at home and abroad, a new era in Colonial prosperity, which they say is sure to bring with it, in the course of time, if not immediately, those much desired fa cilities for the profitable and less expensive production of the West India estates. A preliminary report as to the practi cability of draining the great lagoons between Kingston and Spanish Town was before the public, the suggestions in which go to show that it can, with some expense, be accom plished, and that the channel of general drainage is adapted for the line of a navigable canal upon which lighters and droggliers may ply with advantage and profit. Addresses continued to pour in upon Sir C. Metcalfe, the colonial go vernor, regretting his speedy departure from the govern ment, as, in the opinion of the majority, it is under his hands that Jamaica has been saved from much of the discord and the distress she would, considering the tendency of events, have otherwise experienced. In his answer to the address of the St. George's Agricultural Society, he says, " I sympathise in the feelings you express arising from the want of certain and continuous labour. It is ma- nifest that in many parts of the island this disheartening evil weighs heavily on'the agricultural proprietor, and the more so because the only perceptible remedy may be slow in coming, and cannot be thoroughly realised with the requi site speed. European immigration has been tried, and as a general or immediate relief has proved a failure. The mode has not been discovered, without sacrifices on the part of their employment which few can afford to encounter, of re conciling the Europeans generally to a residence in those parts of the island best suited to their constitutions. They become dissatisfied and flock to the towns in the lowlands, where many die. I hope the day may come when they may he located in numerous villages in proper positions in the interior, where I am sure they would add much to their own comfort and happiness, and to the welfare and prosperity of Jamaica ; but it is difficult to anticipate whence the means will be derived for a plan which will necessarily, in the first instance, be expensive." This is the deliberate and re• quested opinion of an experienced witness of the result of European emigration, who appears to be most de cidedly averse to an attraction of labour from the mother country; but while this is the case he urges the continuance of endeavours to create a free emigration from the shores of Africa, Bahama, and America. " There is," he says, " abundance of space in Jamaica for any number of new labourers that can be obtained, without the slightest injury to those who at present compose the labour ing class in the island, and it is the general want of a constant supply which causes the sluggish progress in the development of its natural resources." These papers bring no important intelligence from Carthagena, but some vague accounts are published of the assassination of Cannona, and the outbreak of another insurrection at Santa Martha. The government troops had, according to the same authority, triumphed, and an order had been issued for their immediate banishment. The other West India papers are quite destitute of news, and beyond the mere mention of minor local events, are quite taken up with the particulars of the new tariff, which are discussed with much earnestness, as proving the capabilities of the leader of the ministry for the post he now occupies. The interests in the several islands appear to be perfectly aware that some reduction of the duties on foreign sugars would be proposed, as has really been the case, by the oppo sition party, but feeling the strength of the government they seemed to have no apprehension for the result. GROWTH OF SUGAR IN INDIA (From the Bombay Times, April 6.) The capabilities of India, the fertility of the soil, the cheapness of food and labour, and the certainty that the best cotton, sugar, &c., can be produced there, has long been ad mitted. Many other articles of extensive consumption in Great Britain and foreign Europe have long been shipped from India; and we are continually adding new staples to our imports from thence, such as tea from Assam, linseed, tallow, &c. Of all East India produce, the article which most decidedly takes the lead in British and European markets, classed with the same article the produce of other countries, is indigo ; and is this to be attributed to mere chance? No; for we find (with a very few exceptions,) that it is only the indigo from factories under European management which may be classed as fine, whilst the quality of that under native mark is generally very inferior, and almost always falsely packed ; the best being placed at the top of the box, whilst the bulk is inferior and rubbishy. In the growth of sugar and cotton, there are only solitary instances as yet of Europeans being concerned. Hitherto the principal consumers of sugar in India have been the Hindoos themselves ; it is impossible to say what is the consumption of 130 millions of people ; all eating more or less, according to their means, from the raw cane of the poor, to the refined sweetmeats of the rich. The quantity of sugar daily eaten by a Hindoo would sicken an Englishman, and rating the exports of Bengal to 60,000 tons, I should say it was a small amount in comparison with the consumption of Indian grown sugar in India. But the high rates ruling in England have been such as to cause very high prices to rule in Calcutta, and, during the time when the bulk of the crop was coming upon the Cal cutta market, in June to September, 1840, Company's ru pees 11 to 15 per maund were the prices current for fine white Benares, which cost the native grower not more than 6 to 7 rupees per maund to lay down at Calcutta. These high rates induced a decrease of native consump tion ; for a greater portion of the year's crop was shipped to Calcutta than was ever known before. When prices rapidly fell in England, there was no corresponding effect in Cal cutta, though prices did not give way, in consequence of less eagerness to purchase for export to Great Britain ; but it af forded the Bombay merchants an opportunity of buying, the native inland bazaars were better supplied ; and even those who were large holders in Calcutta clearly saw that the great accumulation of shipping (requiring sugar for return cargoes), with English crews, officers, and commanders, would take more injury in being exposed to the heat of a tropical sun than their sugar would, stowed away in their godowns or warehouses ; and, even in the face of discouraging advices from Great Britain, the prices which had fallen, in May, 1841, to as low as Company's rupees 11. 8 per maund, ad vanced to 13 rupees, whilst freight declined from £6 10s. to £2 per ton of 20 cwt. There are perhaps nowhere to be found cleverer salesmen or buyers than amongst the native dealers of Calcutta ; and though the grower could afford to sell fine white Benares sugars at Calcutta at from six rupees to seven rupees per maund, it is not likely he would do so as long as he could by any means obtain eleven to fifteen rupees for it. Merely because such rates have been ruling in Cal cutta, it would be an unfair inference to suppose it cannot be produced for less. Indeed, the following statement of the cost of growing sugar at Gazepore will entirely do away with any such idea : Rups. Ten ploughings, at four annas each Watering once, at one rupee per beegalls . Three ploughings, at five annas each Fifteen bundles of cane for seed, at five bundles per _ _ _ one rupee 3 0 Cutting, cleaning, and sowing the above 0 6 Watering for two months, three times Hoeing nine times, at three annas each time . 1 11 Manuring Tyeing the canes, in August Cutting the cane for manufacturing, including carry ing _ _ _ Rent of land Expressing the cane, and reducing it to ghoor (or boiled juice) Expense of manufacturing the ghoor into sugar— Thirty maunds of fire-wood, at 25 rupees per 100 maunds Servants employed Sward grass, used for the purpose of elaying Earthen pan 5............ Hire for boiler 7 8 4 0 1 0 0 8 3 0 Produce:- 7i maunds fine white Benares, at say 5 rupees 3 ditto grey ditto ditto 3 ditto 1" 46 8 3 ditto molasses. ditto dirt, &c. But, to be well within bounds, we will supose fine white Benares sugar to cost the grower seven rupees, laid down at Calcutta, which, with freight at £4, and insurances 205., would stand in 255. 6d. per cwt., landed in bond in England ; but which, at the rates ruling at Calcutta, from 11 to 15 rupees (average 13 rupees), costs 41s. 6d. bonded in England, with the same freight and insurance. The high prices which began to rule in Calcutta in 1840, had t he effect of immedi ately bringing a va s tly i n creased quant it y of land under sugar cultivation ; but the result of that increased cultivation will only appear in the Calcutta market in 1842, and here in the fall of this year, as the cuttings take one year in coming to maturity ; and, as the prices which have been ruling there since May, 1840, up to the date of the latest advices received, have been such as to yield a profit to the native grower of from 25 to 100 per cent., the probability is, that i t t heulture of the sugar - cane is still rapidly increas in g ; for wil .c l con tinue to increase so long as the grower can make even a small profit by it. The culture of the sugar-cane, and the manu facture of it in the native way, by which the finest white Benares sugar is now produced, requ ires very little capital. The poorest farmer, with the smallest portion of land, may grow and manufacture it, and secure to himself . the profit of his labour ; whereas, in the production of silk and indigo, much capital is required, the profits being absorbed by the capitalist, whilst the many employed are oppressed. There is wheat in the ear at Tallington and in some few other situations around Stamford. The appearance of the country is beautiful almost beyond precedent, and tbe pro mise of early and plentiful crops o f both grass and grain never was better.—Stamford Mercury • THE SIX CLERKS' OFFICE.--it appears now, and is gene rally believed among th e l ega l profession , th at a bill will be immediately brought into the House of Lords, by the Lord other officers, Chancellor, to abolish th e Si x Clerks' Office, and to appoi n t a board of taxin g o ffi cers , recor d keepers, and . whereby a c ons id era bl e expense to the suitors will be saved. AN EQUIVOCAL WARRANTY.—" Verbal warranties are not to be d e p en d e d upon , by reason of their being liable t o misrepresentation. For exam ple, in a case of fraud brought some years back before the magistrates of Bow-street, it appeared that a person in the character of a Quaker was asked by a purchaser if his h orse c ould draw ? I Thou wouldst bless thine eyes,' said he, if thou couldst see him draw.' On this implied warranty the bargain was effected ; but, on its being found th e h orse wou ld not draw, the Quaker was remonstrated w i t h , and made this answer -' I told thee, friend, it would delight thine eyes to se e m y horse draw ; I am sure it would delight mine, for I never could make him draw an ounce in his life.' "—The Horse and the Hound, by Nimrod. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL Mr. G. VANDENHOFF and Mrs. WARNER T HIS EVENING (Tuesday), J une 14th, T THE STRANGER. The Stranger Mr. G. Vandenhoff. Mrs. Haller Mrs. \Varner. To conclude with Mr. Selby's New Drama of MAXIMUMS AND SPECIMENTS, Which continues to be received with shouts of laughter and applause, and will be repeated Every Evening this Week. EIGHTH GRAND ROMAN FESTA ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. ON FRIDAY EVENING next, the lith instant, and will be repeated every FRIDAY and MONDAY during the Season, THE PICTORIAL MODEL OF ROME At dusk, this novel exhibition will be seen under the aspect which the scene presents during the rejoicing in cele bration of Il Giorno di San Pietro, when the whole vast Edifice of St. Petes's is Illuminated, and every detail of the glorious Architecture shines forth in lines of resplendent light. It is on such festive occasions that the celebrated Girandola, or great FIREWORKS of ST. ANGELO, are displayed from the summit of the Castle and Bridge. beyond all comparison the grandest display of Pyrotechnic Art ever invented. A fac simile of this GORGEOUS FESTIVAL will be represented. Amidst tremendous FLIGHTS of ROCKETS, and CASCADES of FIRE, FOUNTAINS, and STARS, the whole of the Eternal City will appear as visible as by the broad light of day. Pyrotechnic Artist, SIGNOR SEMONI. A first-rate MILITARY BAND, under the able superin tendance of Mr. STUBBS, will perform during the Season. ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING STAMP RETURNS The quarterly return of the stamps taken out, and the advertisement duty paid by the press of Great Britain, from the Ist of January to the 31st of March, is now before us ; and that influential portion of our fellow townsmen, who support the principles advocated by THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, will, we have no doubt, be pleased to notice the steady improvement in the circulation of this journal. During the past quar ter,—one peculiarly barren of anything striking in the way of news, and marked with much commercial difficulty,—the STANDARD, and one contemporary only, have improved their position, as compared with the circulation of the previous half year; another journal has just maintained its position, whilst SEVEN of our contemporaries have declined, and some of them very materially. The next return, from our sale thus far, we are enabled to state, will show a further in crease ; and for the patronage which thus enables us, advantageously and e f ficiently and, we may add, pro fitably to ourselves, to advocate Conservative inter ests, and to promote the spread of sound principles in this town and district, we must here record our grate ful thanks to a kind and indulgent public. It is a pleasure to us to labour in such a cause; it is doubly a pleasure to find our humble labours appreciated. The LIVERPOOL STANDARD undeniably occupies now a leading position amongst the journals, not only of our own town and neighbourhood, but of the United Kingdom. The respectability and influential charac ter of its circulation, we can say without hesitation, is surpassed by none. To those of our Conservative fellow-countrymen, therefore, who wish to be presented with an honest expression of sound constitutional opinions we point with confidence to its columns, and to the approbation which a large portion of the public have accorded to that expression in time past. No exertion, no attention, no expense, we promise, shall be spared, in time to come, to merit and increase that approbation. To ADVERTISERS this journal now offers increased and increasing advantages, from its advancing circu lation, and its now recognised character, as one of the most influential mediums of communication with the gentry, clergy, merchants, and middle classes of the community. Whilst recording, therefore, our thanks to those of our friends who have so liberally favoured us hitherto, we beg to impress upon their consideration our added and increasing ability to do justice to their favours. We may remark, that we have never been in the habit of making a display of our amount of circulation and advertising. We do not, in fact, regard either as the infallible criterion of the value of a public journal, to the community or to advertisers. Having received, however, the government returns, immediately upon their issue, we have taken the opportunity of bringing them here before the public : Number each Publication 7000 3000 Advertisement Duty Paid. Mercury.... £272 2 0 Albion Courier Chonicle Journal Advertiser.... Times. 1384 87 19 6 STANDARD Mail Mercantile Gazette .. 730 European tit Etberpool gptanbatt. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1842 When the Whig party set about the formation of a new electoral system, there were weak people in the world who anticipated,- from the hands of such un doubted philosophers, the conversion of this empire into a political Arcadia. Corruption, bribery at elec tions, every evil practice which had crept into the con stitution, were to have been put down for ever ; the transfer of the electoral privileges from Gatton and Old Sarum to the pure and enlightened ten-pound house• holders of Bolton and Stockport was to exchange rot tenness for perfection, disease for health, ignorance and utter recklessness of principle for enlightenment and political virtue. "Schedule A" was the grand arca• num—the pivot upon which turned the destinies of the nation ; "the bill, the whole bill, and nothing but the bill" was to bring about the political regeneration of the world ! And yet within ten years from the passing of this measure the astounding discovery has been made that political immorality never was more rife ; that bribery and corruption at elections were never practised to a more scandalous extent, or with more complete impunity than now ! Constituencies—not mere pocket boroughs, but large constituencies—are bartered in open market; bought and sold in the light of day ; jobbed in every variety of way by every variety of men ; all pure patriots, all babblers of their respect for popular rights and freedom of election ! Is a Radical Reformer anxions to hear the sound of his " most sweet voice " in the House of Commons, a seat-broker of the Cop pock school can fit him to a hair. Here is a constitu ency which can be had for a consideration, bestowed upon some knot of local Radicals who dictate to the sensible people (!) upon whom the legislature imagined that it was conferring the franchise. There is one which some worn-out philosopher will hand over, by a kind of hocus-pocus arrangement, still for a conside ration! Here is a large town which can be purchased by a sop to Popery and a few hundred pounds to pro vide bludgeonmen sufficient to beat the principles of the candidate into the obtuse skulls of the opposing party ; there a snug small place which can be had for a few barrels of beer and a few rolls of ribbon. Sud burys and Nottinghams, Ipswiches and Newcastles abound ; whilst the unreal dream of which reform was in such ardent quest,—purity of election,—it would take a year's travelling to discover in the land. And why is this so ? Why is the attempt to secure purity of election by the Reform Bill a failure ? Sim ply because the notion of perfect virtue, in such a world as this, is an utter farce ; because the notion of popular representation, in any other than an imper fect form, is an idle absurdity. There have always been malversations in all electoral systems ; there al ways will be, despite the holy horror with which men profess to view them, and despite of all the severity which the legislature may resort to for their suppres sion. In fact, there is too much reason to believe that this very severity—this excessive touchiness upon the subject of election expenses—is doing more than any other influence to rob the constituencies, throughout the empire, of the privilege which the Reform Bill professed to confer upon them, and is virtually cre ating a mass of boroughs more rotten than the rotten est which that bill disfranchised. Take an instance of this. Enter any large borough, and examine the working of the present system. The Reform Bill declared that candidates for a seat in the House of Commons should not pay any except certain small expenses ; and forthwith every candidate stipu lated for his return free of expense. Yet money is spent, and necessarily and even properly spent. The candidate must make his opinions known ; he must advertise and print and placard ; he must pay coach hire for himself and for his voters ; and these things, in the case of a large constituency, are not done for nothing. Then, who provides the money ?—for the candidate, especially if - a Whig or a Radical, boasts that he pays nothing. It is raised by a subscription ; it is, in most cases, the contribution of a limited num ber of the most influential or busy of the inhabitants ; it is administered by a committee formed from amongst them ; it may be spent in bribery or in treating ; but the member is a pure roan--a patriot of the first wa ter—and goes into the House of Commons as the cho sen of the people,—the immaculate and spotless choice of an unbought constituency ! And yet what is the fact ? Why, in five cases out of nine the man is no more the choice of that constitu ency than his own horse, if he have such a quadruped ! He is the representative of a small clique only; and may be actually distateful to the great mass of the peo ple whose representative he is assumed to be. We could point to twenty large boroughs, and to some counties even, where the representation is, virtually, completely under the dictation of the few individuals who provide the sinews of war—who pay the election expenses of the needy patriot sent up to do small pri vate jobs at the bidding of his patrons—as that of Gatton or Old Sarum, or any other ditch or heap of stones, was controlled by its proprietors in the old days of corruption, before Whiggery had tried its hand at tinkering the constitution ! We have no wish to witness a return to the system of electioneering practised in days gone by—when an estate was spent upon a single contest. We have no wish to see candidates lavish, their money in treating and bribery ; but we are convinced that an amount of evil, quite as much to be deprecated, is involved in the present system. Let men pay their own expenses at elections, and, as suggested . by Lord Sandon, let the law declare what are to be considered reasonable ex penses. We shall have fewer needy patriots in the House of Commons—fewer political jobbers of the Hume and Bowrink school ; but we shall have more honest men; the people will be better represented, and it will not be in the power of a disappointed faction, in every borough throughout the kingdom, to harass in dividual members and take up the time of parliament with endless inquiries into the existence of practices which no candid man can be found seriously to deny. As a remedy for abuses of our representative system, we have more faith in the efficacy of a return to com mon-sense principles and openness than all that legis lation can do, if it persists in maintaining the shew of consummate morality, which can only lead to secret corruption, aggravated by the disgusting hypocrisy with which it is sought to be cloaked. We are much concerned at the proceedings of the Poor Law Guardians; in reference to the selection of designs for the new Workhouse Schools. When pro fessional men are invited to enter into honourable com petition, the most disinterested justice ought to be awarded; and those who sit in judgment on the de signs ought not to know who is the author of any one plan : but they ought to make the selection without the least bias or partiality. To canvass a gentleman for his vote under such circumstances is to offer him a gross insult, and is as bad as if a defendant in an ac tion were to offer a bribe to the judge of assize who is to try his cause. If Mr. Scott's plan is the best, let him have the prize due to him ; but let strict and im partial justice be administered, that talent may have free scope and merit its just reward. It appears that professional men, such as Mr. Weightman, Mr. Holme, and Mr. Stewart, who are all too independent to be biassed, and who, from their long experience, are com- petent to form an opinion, have declared that Mr. Scott's is not the best design, and that there are others sent in which are much to be preferred. The Poor Law Guardians ought to remember that they have been elected to administer justice indifferently, and not to gratify private or personal predilections; and as the public will have to pay the cost of the building, so the public have a right to expect that the best design will be approved. In the case of other public build ings, the character of the town has been upheld for impartiality ; and we sincerely hope that it will not be injured by the puerile proceedings of the Board of Guardians. The decision come to a fortnight ago, of leaving the matter in the hands of professional men to decide, none of whom or any of their connections are competitors, was undoubtedly a wise decision, and one which would have given satisfaction both to the public and the competing architects themselves; but to an nul such a resolution at a subsequent meeting is really so childish, and places the board in such a ridiculous position, and exhibits them in such a vacillating cha racter, that we hope, for the sake of justice and con- sistency, they will adopt their former resolution, and so end what has been from the beginning something worse than a farce. Unless this be done promptly, no architect of talent and character will for the future be at the trouble of making out designs. The public will be deprived of the benefit of men of ability, and the architecture of the town will suffer • from these pro ceedings. Canvassing for the selection of individuals to fill public situations may be allowed; but it cannot for a moment be admitted that it is either wise or just to canvass one of the individuals so elected for his vote and influence in a case where an impartial opinion is not only desirable, but absolutely demanded, both by justice and reason ; and where the reverse would in flict an injury on a number of honourable men. We have been waited upon by several gentlemen connected with the Timber Trade of North America, by whom we are assured, that the feeling amongst the trade, generally, against any further reduction in the duties upon Baltic timber and deals is much stronger than we were aware of when we alluded, in a recent article, to the course taken by Sir Howard Douglas upon the discussion of this portion of the tariff. It is not, we are informed, one particular Canadian interest whose opinions our respected representative gave ex pression to, and whose petitions he presented to the House, but that of the owners and growers of timber as well as those interested in shipping property through out the colony. We are heartily sorry if we have inadvertently misrepresented the position of our representative with respect to this matter; but it must be acknowledged, that the tone and expressions of Sir Howard, upon the occasion in question, fully warranted us in asking to be enlightened with respect to their origin. Sir Howard had " been pressed" to make the motion which he did ; and when we remembered that the only public meeting called upon the timber duties question in this town was something very much like a failure, and were told that the " twenty-one petitions" which he presented were from people in Canada, we had a perfect right to ask, whether the pressure spoken of had come from this constituency or from the people of some other place. We, of course, took our own opinions with respect to the justice of Sir Robert Peel's proposition, from the best sources within our reach at home, and those opinions were strongly in its favor. We remembered, too, that there were many interests, and, above all, that of a community to be consulted upon the question ; and we thought at the time that that community had been somewhat slighted in the matter. It is, there fore, exceedingly gratifying to us to find, from the evi dence, both documentary and oral, which has been placed before us, that, however individual opinions may differ with respect to the question at issue between the Colonial Timber Trade and the Government, Sir Howard Douglas has acted with perfect consistency and fidelity to his duty as one of the representatives of this great commercial port. We have, we may repeat, as strong a feeling of interest in the welfare of our Canadian trade as Sir Howard himself; and could we have been convinced, as no doubt he was, that the tariff of Sir Robert Peel would injure that trade and the shipping connected with it, we should probably have taken the very course which he pursued. STATE OF TRADE, MANUFACTURES, &c, Our market for cotton during the past week has been less lively, yet has maintained considerable firmness, notwith standing the temporary check which business appears to have sustained in the manufacturing districts, since the arrival of the last India mail. The disposition to stand out for ad vanced prices has subsided, and 26,610 bales have been sold during the week. Of these speculators have taken 2500, and exporters 2010, leaving 22,100 bales taken for consumption. On Saturday we had again a quiet market, the buyers hav ing the advantage, and 3100 bales were sold. Yesterday 4000 bales changed hands, a few hundreds for speculation. Business in the manufacturing districts has relapsed into its former ruinous state, the bad prospects from the East having, confessedly, had the most material influence in para. lizing the improvement which we noticed a fortnight ago. In the country trade, too, little is doing, and a few failures which are mentioned have deepened the feeling of gloom which hangs over the market STATE AND PROSPECTS OF THE CORN MAR KET, AND OPERATION OF THE NEW LAW. We have now had a month's experience of the working of Sir Robert Peel's amended corn law ; and if the intent of such law was to put down that tampering with the averages which alternately withholds supply, until a famine price is attained, and then gluts the market with a large stock at a nominal duty ; if it was designed to secure regular and mo derate prices, and, at the same time, a regular trade—as we • submit was the object of its supporters—the experience which we have so far had must, we think, afford sufficient proof of its entire success. We shall endeavour to collate together a few particulars which will perhaps suffice to afford our rea ders the means of forming a judgment for themselves; and dispel the illusions with which the interested advocates of ultra free•-trade doctrines—and especially our wise contem porary the Liverpool Times and others—have sedulously striven for weeks past to surround the subject. The duties under the amended scale became payable on the 2d of May, at which time we held under bond, in Liver pool, about one-fourth of the entire stock of foreign grain in Great Britain ; viz., 209.032 quarters of wheat, and 165,166 barrels of flour. We had at the same time in the market 25,000 quarters offree wheat, 5,000 barrels and 5,000 sacks of free flour. On the 31st of May, after four weeks' operation, the stock of foreign wheat in bond was estimated at 229,136 quarters, showing an increase of 20,000 quarters, or one-tenth of the entire stock on band. Of flour, how ever, the quantity of bonded was only 111,548 barrels, or a decrease of 53,618,which will render the stock of both descriptions as nearly as possible equal at the two periods. The quantity of free wheat on the 31st of May was 20,00( 1 quarters, and of free flour 30,0'00 barrels and 3,000 sacks, from which we can assure ourselves that, since the operation of the duties commenced, importation and the payment of duty for consumption have gone nearly hand in hand. A few days, however, will perhaps make a considerable altera tion in this balanced state of things. The last average de clared, reduced the duty from 12s. per quarter to lls., and some people were sanguine with respect to a further reduc tion. Some, in fact, went so far as to prognosticate a reduc tion to the lowest point; and, consequently, importers and consumers have deferred releasing their stocks. The excel lent accounts, however, of the approaching harvest, and the prospect of its being some weeks earlier than was anticipated, has caused speculation to flag. Prices are declining instead of rising ; and in all probability our next week's circulars will show large entries for duty at the present rate of eleven shillings per quarter. It must be borne in mind that the stock of wheat in farmers' hands was never lower than at this period, and con sequently that there was never a fairer opportunity presented for speculators to work upon the fears of alarmists. Yet what has speculation bee❑ able to effect upon prices ? On the week previous to the operation of the new law the price per quarter throughout England was 61s. ; on the Gth May it was declared at 60s. Bd.; on the 13th at 595. 9d. ; on the 20th at 60s. 9d. ; on the 27th at Gls. 10d., and on the 3d June at G3s. 6d. It is now, we expect, on the decline, and will continue so until harvest. Again, has foreign importa tion been able materially to swell our stocks? It has not; for although we have had an absolute certainty of the duty this year not rising higher than 13s. per quarter, the rate at which the scale came first into operation, and it has since declined successively to 12s. and now to I ls., yet the stock, as we have shown, remains at the same point as on the 2d of May. The operation of the new law, then, by permitting the introduction of a moderate supply of foreign grain for consumption, when prices were still at a moderate rate, has protected alike the farmer and the revenue from the consequences of an inordinate importation, at a nominal rate of duty, during the present season. At a duty of lls. to 12s. we may now assure ourselves that, except in seasons of extraordinary abundance, a regular trade will take place; and although it may be thought that a favourable harvest this season will act as a prohibition, yet we are scarcely satisfied that such will be the fact. For it must be borne in mind, that from the deteriorated condition of a great portion of the wheats, upon which the average for the regulation of duty is at present being made up, we are paying the present duty of lls. per quarter upon a price nearly 11)8, lower than the market value of sound well-har vested grain. A good harvest therefore, although it may lower the value of good wheats nearly 10s. per quarter, may probably give a merely nominal addition to the existing duty upon foreign importations. We fully anticipate that this will be the case ; that the duty will rarely exceed 125.: that, in fact, as we originally calculated, it will range between 6s. and 12s. ; and that we shall thus always be able to command a timely supply of foreign grain, for mixing purposes, at a moderate price and duty. Surely this is a consummation which few advocates of a fixed duly upon foreign corn, and no one who wishes the na tive agriculturer to receive adequate protection, can except against ! LOCAL NEWS. PORTICO.-Mr. Russell's lecture on Character, at the Portico, is expected to be well attended. A great treat may be anticipated. BODIES FOUND.—On Friday morning two boatmen picked up a body which was floating near the light-ship, and which turned out to be the body of Robert Grierson, aged 30, who had been missing three weeks.—On Saturday morn ing a body was picked up near the Rock light-house, which was identified as that of James Taylor, aged 28, who, five weeks ago, was with another man upset from a boat in a squall while returning from New Brighton. CAUTION TO BATHERS.—On Thursday last a young man named Edward Smith, aged nineteen, was drowned whilst bathing near Beacon's Gutter. He could not swim, and was wading in what he probably supposed to be the level shallow when he suddenly plunged over head, but immediately rose to the surface, and again sank struggling in the water. A man with only one arm went to the rescue of the youth, and endeavoured to push him into the shallow with his feet but could not succeed. The body was taken out of the water in a few minutes, and means were used to restore animation but without effect. An inquest was held on Saturday, before Mr. Curry, and a verdict of " accidental death" returned. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—It iS our painful duty to re cord the death, by drowning, of Master Thomas Cram, son of George Cram, Esq., of Everton-road, and a pupil of the Rev. J. A. Wilson, of May-place, West Derby. It appears that the deceased and two of his companions had separated themselves during play hours, on Saturday afternoon, from Mr. Cadman, the assistant master, and the rest of the young gentlemen, and that the two elder ventured upon two large doors which had been taken a few days previously for a tem porary purpose, and inadvertently lett at the edge of a pit in a field adjoining the premises at May-pl ace , a ll approac h to which Mr. Wilson had specially and recently interdicted to his pupils, except in his own company or that of the assistant master. When they had proceeded a little way the boards began to sink, upon which one of them, who was able to swim a little, made for the bank, which he succeeded in reaching, but Master Cram seems to have gone almost im mediately to the bottom. The survivor lost no time in giv ing the alarm at the house, which was only at a short distance from the fatal spot, and assistance was procured in a very little time, but the body was not recovered until Mr. Cad man, who had been seeking for the missing young gentlemen in another part of the premises, came up, dived into the pond, and, after two or three efforts, found it, and brought it to the bank. As soon as the body, which might have been from ten minutes to a quarter of an hour in the water, was deposited upon the bank of the pit, immediate measures were taken to restore animation. Meanvi bile two medical gentlemen had been sent for, Mr. Latham, from Wavertree, and Mr. Hill, from the Old Swan, and when the body had been conveyed to the house, all the means recommended by the Humane Society for the restoration of suspended animation were per severingly employed for two hours by the surgeons and their attendants, but, we regret to say, without effect. An inquest was held upon the body yesterday (Monday) ; and a verdict of accidental death was returned. CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.-It will be remembered that about twelve months ago, two of the clerks employed by Messrs. John Bibby and Sons, Wapping, absconded from their employment, and immediately afterwards some defal cations were found in the accounts. Notice was given to the police, to whom a description of the parties was handed, and they have since been on the look out for them. Their names were Joseph Webb and Roger Dauber, both about 35 years of age. On Friday morning, about ralf-past one o'clock, inspector Maddocks apprehended Dauber, while ha was walking from this town to Edge-hill, where it appears he re sides, and the prisoner was taken before Mr. Rushton. Mr. Edwards, cashier to Messrs. Bibby, said that the pri soner was shipping clerk, and had to make out the freight notes, &c., and Webb was collector. For some t i me pre vious to heir absconding, he (witness) had frequently ob served them in earnest private conversation, and evincing a desire not to be overheard, and had his suspicions of some thing wrong going on between them. On the Gth and 7th of April some defalcations of monies paid for freights and not accounted for, were discovered, and on the former day Webb absented himself, and has not yet been found. The prisoner left soon afterwards. The witness read a list of amounts paid to the prisoner by Messrs. Samuel and Thos. Ashton, which he had paid over, with the exception of £2 165., to which he had given a receipt. Another sum had been re ceived in December last, and not accounted for. The books had also been falsified. The parties who had paid them to him were not, however, at hand, so that direct evidence of the fact could not be immediately adduced. Other sums were also deficient, but the particulars had not yet been ob tained. Under these circumstances, Mr. Rushton re manded the prisoner until Saturday, advising Mr. Edwards in the meantime, to go over the books, make out a statement of the defalcations, and bring up the necessary witnesses. The prisoner, who was before considered a respectable man, said, on being apprehended, that he had paid over all he had received to the cashier and to Mr. Jones, another clerk in the employ. He was accordingly remanded.—On Saturday he was again brought up, when the following evidence was read against him :—lt was his business, amongst other things, to receive money and pay it over to the cash-keeper, with a statement. On the 6th April, last year, he handed to the cash-keeper a statement setting forth that he had received £56 10s. 2d. from Messrs. Ashton and Co. On the 7th April Mr. Edwards, the cash -keeper, had a conversation with him respecting the other clerk who had absconded. Mr. Edwards went to another part of the office for a few minutes, and on his return, found that the prisoner had departed. On the Bth April, Mr. Edwards received a letter from the prisoner, which set forth that he (Dauber) " had availed himself of the term cutting." Mr. Edwar ds proceeded to M essrs. Ashton ' s office, and there discovered that the amount paid to the pri soner was £59 6 s. 2d., and that he had, consequently, re tained £2 16s. On Friday Inspector Maddox met the pri sonereMmadedtomx a e c , c f o e s r t n ed ew him it , w a i n ll d a h l e l M ile r ; in ,a i nn a i m ng There were other cases a ga i ns t the p r i soner , replied, come out." Canning-street. e yout. but they were not gone into. The prisoner had nothing to wa s, on Saturday, committ e d f or tr i a l . A t t h e c l ose of f y ihie and • hearing, the prisoner's wife, a we ll-d resse d, l a dy-lik e individual , w ho we p t bitte rly and appeared overwhelmed with distress , a pp lied to Mr. Rushton for permission to see h er husband, which was at once granted.