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

'WM, WILLIAMS, Muss and LARD AUNT, !+7► RANILLAGH.MTIMItT, grateful for the very liberal en eouragement 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 Postoliice, 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 I Land, Holt-hill, Cheshire : extensive Freehold Pro ale-street; Four Houses and Shops, St. James's extensive Freehold Property, Bold-street ; Nine ood Houses, with Gardens, &c., near Kirkdale ; Three xcellent detached Houses, about two miles from the Ex :hange ; 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, ar the Custom-house; a splendid HOUSE, with Coach- Stables, Gardens, &c., Holt-hill, Cheshire ; an ex- 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 t; One Ditto, Waterloo-road; One House and Shop, 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 NV. M. WILLIAMS, Estate Agent, 57, Rane lagh-street, and Bootle-road, opposite the Postoffice. SECOND EDITION. Standard Qffice, Five o' Clock, a.m -..410..--_ 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 six o'clock yesterday evening, and arrived opposite the Rock (in this port) at about one o'clock this morning. The news caterers were on the qui vive 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 on 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 had, 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 last night, thus making the passage to this port in about 12 days and 8 hours—she having arrived opposite the town at 1 this morning. She left Halifax on the evening of the 3d, accomplishing the passage thence in 10 days 7i hours—a rate of steaming fully maintaining the previous speed and cer tainty of the fine ships of this line. She met the Columbia 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 diplomatio secrecy, but it is fully to be calculated upon from the little that has transpired, as being of a favourable description. The principal news 11 bp couna 'inapt- the several heads. The following is an ABSTRACT Or IHE LOS. 5 p.m., started from Boston. ;.E. Running along the coast ; moderate ne I.—. —Wind ,nd fine weather 3.-10 a.m. arrived in Ilalifax ; 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 ; lat. 45 4, long. 5423. Steady breeze and foggy weather. 6.—Wind S.W. ; distance, 225 miles ; lat. 46 8, long. 49 16. Steady breeze and foggy weather. 7.—Wind S. ; distance 249 miles ; lat. 46 31, long. 4315. Steady breeze, and foggy weather ; saw several icebergs. B.—Wind S.S.W. ; distance 264 miles; lat. 47 40, long. 36 38. 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. 18 37. 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 BosTox.—Rev, H. Gasset, Geo. W. Allen , M r. 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. Crawford, Chas. Barnes, Robt. Morris, Jas. Robertson, Wm. Whitewright, J. F. Bigge, Alfred Cossel, Julian Varques, Viscount Cranbourne, J. B. Hyde, Mr. Faithful and servant, Captain Galt. FROM H ALIVAX.—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 like te k class was scarce, and inferior unsaleable at anything 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 a s the re sumption of specie payments are fast becoming i in all parts of the union. i m perative 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 p er cent. stock is about to be ma d e by the State to the banks of this cit y , at State cent. to cover temporary loans to that amount to the 7;government. marketfor stock has fluctuated a good deal since the prices of 43 . f the last steamer, principally, however, in the en eed b T_those of our local stocks, which are solely int-W -and N4 w ne,culation. The large amount of United States capit a li sts :Zic. stock, offering a favourable investment to which are a oo ninder!d sound, probably caused such of the local stocks quently th e to be neglected, and conse nt; have been small. Congress haul sot THE TARIFF. chequer plans for months . the Tariff or either of the Ex promise Act wil er - Z p us• On the 30th of June the Cora of duties of 20 1 per ; en " t alto operation, and a horizontal line .ad valorem is to be the rule. But legislation will be n adapt that rule to existing laws and usages; Eul e r sa as l to out of the Congress should, before that I tt now question that be so full of details, an d BO ,_me, agree upon a bill that will the last resource, to bill must be, recourse must Lag i LlY discussed, as any Tariff , that sixty or ninety days some comprehensive resolution be levied. merchants cLui the present rate of duties shall continue definite nature is In the mean time, until somethinntfoout mater. _enter into varied,opera iauy determined respecting opera tions of which the result may be _upon their re turnedmore or less of duties that may be imposed manufacturers, for the like by the cargoes ; consumers, th nei ther venture to revive old, nor . give extension to existing factories, nor undertake new lines of business :leca-n uncer tainty continues about ae tariff ; . and the -t m ass, are both by the low prices of agricultural produce, e -t . of a general circulating medium, prevented from beyond those of instant necessity. :nd the wan any purchases --- RESUMPTION OF SPECIE PAYMENTS BY THE ... BANKS OF NEW ORLEANS. The most important occurrence since the last arrival from he States is the resumptio n of specie ks held payments by all the yanks in New Orleans. A t first, three of the ban back, the Consolidate d, the Citizens ' an d the State, Bank ; but the depreciation to which their notes were immediately exposed, n combined, we may presume, with the very strong I th d e m e ations of public opinion adverse to their course, and did , ,as regarded the other banks, that resumption a v o i t dence and New to any run for specie, induced them to come in ; '''' Orleans is now, with all its ten banks, a specie pay- lug city. The effect of restoring the and of that necessarily to depreciate all irredeemable. paper,supposed to nearly . character of bank paper was character were notes amounting, it is one million of dollar's issued in sums under five two of the three . s municipalities into which the city is the divid ed, and which had been the favourite currency during . dollars,. by suspension, because. the pledged for . their redemption. But as they were not credit and property of the city were re deemable in specie, they ceased to circulate the moment spec i e payments . w ere resumed ; an d t h e h o ld ers , m ostly am ong the labouring classes, became clamorous, and com mitted some outrages. These, however, were speedily checked by the police; and arrangements bein immediately entered into to fund or redeem, this floating paper, order was restored, and all will work smoothly. RESUMPTION IN. KENTUCKY. R From the annexed paragraph it will be seen that Kentucky tog has joined the ranks of specie-paying States : LOUNVILLE, MAY 23, P.M,—We have rico alteration to note in the money market, except se to the New Orleans hanks. All of these but the Citizens' having resumed on the 11th, their paper has much improved, though we aro 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 bad 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. 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 bound 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 6117 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, 0 a ; Middling Fair, 8 1 a 8 1; Fair, 0 a 10; Good Fair, 10 a 11 ; Good and Fine, 12 a 13c. Tennessee and Alabama — A vera g e Lists, 51 a fic Selected Crops, 61 a 71c. 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 4tosi as extremes of the market—we quote as the going rates as follows :—Ordinary, 4 to 41 ; middling, 54 to 61; fair, 7 to ; good fair to choice, 81 to 81. 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 80 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 St. Louis Republican of the 19th ult. has the follow ing : " The Mormon Prophet, Joseph Smith, was reported to have been killed in a recent affray in the vicinity of Nauvoo. We are without particulars." REPRESENTATION OF BELFAST.—The Ulster Times an nounces that it is the intention of Lord Hamilton Chichester to offer himself as one of the candidates at the ensuing election. The property tax will be deducted from all dividends paid by the bank down to £166 13s. 4d., but not from incomes below that sum. _ . Th. tolinle of Lord Ashburton's homestead, situate at Clapham, a romantic village about two miies distant from Bedford, together with twelve houses in the village, were recently totally destroyed by fire. • - - ATTORNEYS. — Last Easter Term 162 gentlemen gave no tice of their intention of applying to be admitted attorneys of the Court of Queen's Bench, and there were also 11 notices of readmission to practise. During the present (Trinity) term 128 notices of application for admission to practise have been given, and 17 notices of re-admission. In the last four terms between 600 to 700 gentlemen have been added to the list of attorneys practising in the Queen's Bench. THE TouNte FLY.—A corresponden t suggests the follow ing preventive of the ravages of this insect :—Wet the seed before sowing with train oil ; if the seed remains wet with the oil an hour the better ; afterwards dry it for sowing by adding flour of brimstone, precisely after the manner of brining and liming wheat. The seed thus prepared is said to come up sooner, to grow faster, and the plant, whilst in the seed leaf (which is the only time the fly attacks it), is effec tually preserved. On the Ist instant, the Rev. Daniel M`Gelligan, a Roman Catholic priest, was committed to bridewell for refusing to disclose the circumstances which took place at a meeting be tween himself and two persons who had a dispute about a horse. The priest alleged that, though the facts did not transpire in the confessional, he nevertheless thought he ought not to disclose them. - - - - - A rumour is very prevalent, and is believed in well-in formed quarters, that six sail-of-the-line are to be immedi ately commissioned. We are quite aware that it is usual, and very advisable, to have ships put into commission to wards the fall of the year, when seamen are returning from the timber voyages, and ships for the India trade are not fitting out; but there does not appear in the political hori zon to be any cause for this addition to the naval force ; however, we understand the armament for the Vengeance and Collingwood, of 84 guns each, has been got ready in our gun wharf.—Hampshire Telegraph. LIGHT GOLD COIN.—In 1837 £8,322,902 of gold coin was tendered in London, of which 1,105,375 was rejected as light, while the same year, at the branches of the Bank of England, £6,450,559 was tendered, and £631,003 was rejected on the same occount. In Town and Country. In 1838 was tendered £13,431,065 Rejected £2,223,230 In 1839 ditto 16,329,252 ditto 2,762,416 In 1840 ditto 17,627,499 ditto 3,798,635 It is calculated that our gold circulation amounts to about .£12,000,000, and it is pretty certain that about one-half is iight, which will be a loss to the public of 21 per cent. upon the amount of £6,000,000 or upwards of £150,000. In 128 years, from 1681 to 1816, the gold coinage was one hundred millions and a half. The gold coined in England from 1790 to 1833 was £75,000,000. In 1821 the gold coined was £9,500,000 sterling ; and in 1834 £1,292,000. PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO THE BISHOP OF CHI CHESTER.—On the elevation of Dr. Gilbert, Principal of Brasenose College, to the See of Chichester early in this year, and on his announcing his intention of resigning the Headship before the long vacation, a strong wish was ex pressed that he should not retire without receiving some lasting token of the esteem and affection of the Society. A subscription therefore was entered into by the Fellows, which it was thought right to extend to other members of the College, who might from personal considerations be not un willing to join in this desirable object. This suggestion was most promptly and liberally met. The subscription amounted to six hundred guineas. Messrs. Rundell and Bridge were accordingly intrusted with the execution of a service of table plate to that amount, consisting of the following articles : eight corner dishes and four covers, four oval dishes and two covers, a rich tureen, and one large handsome salver, on which are engraved the arms of the College, the arms of the See of Chichester, and the Bishop's private arms. THE BUDS LIGHT.—The following description of the Bude light, of the principle of which perhaps little is gene rally known, appears in the Polytechnic Journal. The Bude light originally consisted of an oil argand flame, having a stream of oxygen thrown over its internal surface, which pro duced a very vivid illumnination. It was found, however, after having been used for some time in lighting the House of Commons, that oil lamps, thus fed with vital air, were ex pensive and difficult to regulate. Mr. Gurney then tried to illuminate the house with naphthalised coal gas in argand burners, similarly supplied with oxygen ; and though this produced a light of sufficient intensity, he encountered a for midable obstacle to its continuance from the deposition of liquid naphtha in the tubes of distribution. He next, hap pily, devised a method of obtaining from ordinary coal gas, purified in a simple apparatus of his own, and burned with oxygen derived from the atmosphere, an effulgence adequate to every purpose of internal and external illumination, which is now used in the House of Commons with perfect success, and at a cost of I2s. per night, whereas that of ;the candles previously used there amounted to £6 lls per night. FIRE IN ELY CATHEDRAL.—At eleven o'clock on Wed nesday morning the city of Ely was thrown into the greatest of the' i consternation by the ringing of the fire-bells, and a cry and had e that the cathedral was on fire. With an alacrity beyond all MI " •h' wit in ten minutes after the announcement the whole was conve yed habitants, women as well as men, had a ssembled, the ver y removed, formed themselves into double lines from the neigh bouringwith tat trifling wells, by which means a most ample supply of water y g y re e a d t to the engines ; and within half an hour, from from a temporifr exertions of the people, all danger was en tirelyheating the irons for the fire was completely extinguished, roof at the time, and was damage.fl The fire originated in some sparks place, carried up for the purpose of in terior by the verger on w r plumbers who were at work on the performance of divine servic e. first seen flaming through the in yie, it having happened during the v. ALLEYNE.—This was an COURT OF QUEEN'S BENeciT, THURSD AY.—THE QUEEN message to a Mr. Power, of in dictment for sending a hostile Warwick. The provocation whitelt rstone in the county of to send the challenge, consisted in Ithd induced Mr. Alleyne fact that Mr. Power :Yfztand a lady, whom had circulated a report that Mr. , A i l i l i be represented as his sister, were , the court broth e r and sister, but husband and wife. The case hisa t been b before the public in several shapes, and the defendant ,_,!; judgment in this . court in the course for of the last term. After a long discussion upon the former occasion directed the case to stand over. In the course of thi3 morn ing, Mr. Sergeant Goulburn, upon being called u pon to move, informed the court that the defendant was ready to receive judgment if the prosecutor thought proper to pray for it. Lord Denman, observing that the prosecutor's counsel did not think proper to act upon this suggestion, proceeded to call upon another gentleman to move, and the case, therefore, has for the present gone off. fmprrial Varlfaintnt. HOUSE OF LORDS.—FitinAv. Viscount MELeoertNt: suggested that the income tax bill should be read a second time sub silentio, and that the dis cussion should be taken on goinz 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, be 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 Toaquestion Fox MAULE, Sir J. Ga.AnAm 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 co'intry 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 consideiations 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 p roc eeded to examine the Hon. J ohn Parnell, nobleman'sh s lordship m n ' s d e . lid,eoset witnesss n, as stated t t e h d e t state i n o Lthe earlyde ceased 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. Bolton desired that every instrument with which be 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 days 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 tlzsodoooncorl tc. loft 1, 1.1 - tam - led. Up to that period. 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 siredm o moved that d fr from the m h instruments s reach but o o f b self-destructionoo about a o statements toot w sa t s watched, eatnra s cemdv l hdg i dee o eaael u di:dtnt l sh d staaohhnfsi botaesdeeft after his ohoh r hml e ri dsss: - apa hisatu tet im pulses attack, ea , wdtb h oi iaetessos self-destruction, v n al aefsqt-rtudsye soon nu r so e dtnn d rarunea t : I st tse e ihrot ve r inl e eac, a dto s a ut o nho n l eddh h h. ed w Tiw a ehn s eie sabitswleheeii ceased witness f im 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 anybcidy 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 difficultie3 they have met at the Custom house, from the receivers exercising a vigilance which had not been known heretofore. The chief 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 sovereins seems to be, if we compare different accounts, about 6d. in the pound. The sort of alarm which has arisen from persons not knowing how to dispose of their sovereigns, or from their fearing a loss in the shape of the bullion-broker's profit, or 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, 1812. " At the request of the right hon. the Lords 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 given,i s sh cl e i r g e o b l y deoin in amounts of not less than £5O that from and after this day any will be kitytaof such in at the Bank of England at £3 17s. WY. 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 th em , w ill still be subjected to some inconvenience, either in th e s h a p e of a delay at the Mint, or the profit of the bullion broker.— Times. EXTRAORDINARY VETERINARY OPERATION Therare and very dif ficult operation of extracting a stone fromthe bladder of a hor se was performed by Professor Dick on an aged pony, on Wednesday last, at the Veterinary College here, in the presence of a great many of the most distingui s h e d medical gentlemen of the city. This is the first time th a t i this operation has be en performed n Scotland on this animal ' the disease being, as we bel i eve, vary rare. The stone was of a very large size, and weighed eight.ouncofes it h after its ex traction, although a considerable portion ad 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 o ccu p y the passage through which it had to be extracted. Several pairs of extracting forceps having failed to accompli s h 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 operation well, and on being untied walked into its loose box without apparently having suffered much pain.—Edinburgh Courant. 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 inj ustice 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 e nough, 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 opetied, 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 com munity. 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 c ourse 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 pu bli c, t h e suggest i ons i n 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 drogghers 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 , rnent, 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 °Tillie 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 Hock to the towns in the lowlands, where many die. I hope the day may come when they may be 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 be en 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 asfine, whilst the quality of that under native mark is generally "Very inferior, and a lmost 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 arc 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; a!! 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 amnt ou in comparison with the consumptio n 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 permaund 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 13enares sugars at Calcutta at from six rupees to seven rupees per maund, it is not likely be 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 : 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 Cutting, cleaning, and sowing the above Watering for two months, three times.. Hoeing nine times, at three annas each time Manuring Tyeing the canes, in August Cutting the cane for manufacturing, including carry -0 12 5 8 Rent of land . Expressing the cane, and reducing it to ghoor (or boiled juice) Expense of m anufacturing 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 pans.. Hire for boiler Produce :- 7/ maunds fine white Benares, at say 5 rupee 3 ditto grey ditto ditto 3 ditto J••• • 48 8 3 ditto molasses. 41 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 th e ra tes ruling at Calcutta, o from 11 to 15 rupees (average 13 rupees), costs 41s. Gd. bonded in England, with the same freight and insur ance. The high prices which began to rule i n Calcutta in 1840, had the effect of immedi ately bringing a vastly increased quantity 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 the culture of the sugar-cane is still rapidly increasing ; for it will con tinue to increase so long a s 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, requires 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 Tallinrgton and in som e f ew other situations a roun d Stamford. The appearance of the country is beautiful almost beyond precedent, and the pro mise of early and plentiful crops of both grass and grain never was better.—Stamford Mercury • THE SIX CLERKS' OFFICE. —It appears now, and is gene rally believed among the legal profession, that a bill will be immediately brought into the House of Lords, by the Lord Chancellor, to abolish the Six Clerks Office, and to appoint a board of taxing officers, record keepers, and other officers ' whereby a co ns id era bl e e xpense to the suitors will be saved. AN EQUIVOCAL WAILRANTY.—" Verbal warranties are not i to be dep en d e d upon , by reason of their bei ng li a bl e to misrepresentation. For example, In a case of fr au d b roug h t some years back before the magistrates of Bow-street, it appeared that a person in the character of a Quaker was asked by a pur c h aser if h i s h or se could draw ? ' Thou wouldst bless thine ey es ,' sa id he, if thou couldst see him d raw .' On this implied warranty the bargain was effected ; but, on its being f oun d t h e horse would not draw, the Quaker was remonstrated with, and made this answer—' I told thee, friend, it would delight thine eyes to see my horse draw ; I am sure it would delight mine, for I never could make him draw an ounce in his life.' "Ti—e Horse and the Hound, by Nimrod. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Mr. G. VANDENHOFF and Mrs. WARNER T HIS EVENING (Tuesday), June 14th, THE STRANGER. The Stranger Mr. G. Vandenhoff. Mrs. Haller Mrs. Warner. To conclude with Mr. Selby's New Drama of MAXIMUMS AND SPECIMENTS, Which continues to he received with shouts of laughter am] applause, and will be repeated Every Evening this Week. EIGHTH" GRAND ROMAN FESTA. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. fiN FRIDAY EVENING next, the 17th instant, an , kfi will be repeated every FRIDAY and MONDAY durin 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 11 Giorno di San Pietro, when the whole vast Edifice of St. Peter'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 SEItIONI. 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 sr V EN 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 efficiently 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.... ... Albion Courier Chonicle Journal Advertiser 1423 Times l38l STANDARD Mail Mercantile Gazette .. 730 European .. Elie Zitnrpoot Mantatti. 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 ! '2 8 1 0 0 15 3 0 0 6 3 0 1 11 0 8 0 5 7 8 4 0 1 0 0 8 3 0 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 man—a patriot of the first wa ter—and goes into the House of Commons as the cho sen of the pcople,—the immaculate and spotless choice of an unbought constituency ! And yet what is the fact? Why, in five cases out 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, as 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 Canton 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 Bowring 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 skew 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 he 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 ; an d cou ld we have been convinced, as no doubt he was, that the tariff of Sir Robert Peel would injure that trade and the shipping conn ected with it, we s h ou ld pro b ably 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 check whi c h b us i ness appears to have s t a nding the temp orary sustained in the manufacturing di str i cts, 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 pari.' lizing, the improvement which we noticed a fortnight ago; In the country trade, too, little is doing, and a few failures of gloom which arc mentioned have deepened tile feeling which hangs over the market, STATE AND PROSPECTS OF TILE CORN MAR KET, AND OPERATION OF TnE NEW LAW. We have now had a mouth's eNperienee of the working of Sir Robert Peel's amended corn law ; and if the intent of such law was to put clown that tampering - with the aver 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 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 ploof 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•tiade 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 of free wheat, 5,000 barrels and 5,000 sacks of 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 hand. 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 20,000 quarters, and of free flour 30,000 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 118., 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 been able to effect upon prices ? On the week previous to the operation of the new law the price per quarter throughout England was Gls. ; on the Gth May it was declared at GOs. Bd. ; on the 13th at 595. 9d. ; on the 20th at GOs. 9d. ; on the 27th at Gls. 10d., and on the 3d June at 635. Gd. 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 Ils., 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 10s. 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 12s. : that, in fact, as we originally calculated, it will range between Gs. and 125.; 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-place, all approach to which Mr. Wilson had specially and recently interdicted to his pupils, except in Isis 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 immediate the water, wa s d epos it e d upon the bank of the pit, measures were taken to restore animation. Meanwhile 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 half-past one o'clock, inspector Maddocks apprehended Dauber, while he 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 w as co ll ector. For some time pre vious to their 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 6th 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 M r . E dwards 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 amongst eep otherer,withthings, a s l he was again brought up , when the followin g evidence waagainst'e r last year, he h an d e d t o the te read aainst him : — lt was bis businessa e am cal t o statement. receive o a thea and 6 p t a h y it April,o cash-keeper a statement setting forth that he had received zf's6 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 c u Mr. Edwards proce e d e d to M essrs . A s ht on ' s office„ g.' an ' d there discovered th a t th e amount pa id t o th e pri soner wa s £59 6s. 2d., and that lie had, consequently, re tained £2 16s. On Friday I nspec t or M a dd o x me t th e pri soner i n Canning-street. M r . M a dd ox accos t e d hi m , an d h e r eplied" 1 am glad you h ave met me , f or now i t w ill a ll come ut." There were oth er cases a g a i ns t th e pri s oner, but were not gone into. 'lire prisoner had nothing to sa y, and was, on Saturday, committed for trial. At the close of the hearing, the prisoner's wife, a well-dressed, lady-like individual, who wept bitterly and appeared overwhelmed with distress, applied to Mr. Rushton for permission to see her husband, which was at once granted.