The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-28 00:00:00

Awhile ago the Times was the thick and thin supporter of Conservative principles and of a Conservative administration. With what unction did be then lash the back of Whig-Radical inca pability ! Anon, we saw him smiting the head of that very Conservative administration, and revel r, mai. ling in the fun of the D'lsraeli Razzias against ...- ---..n ridiculous, , him. Once more the Times has found a new in - ...-. to Get us the 'lieu", ._ 1 spiration ; he has " got rid of an old love and got on - " l with a new." The wretchedly incapable government of Lord John Russell has become the god of his idolatry; and Sir Charles Wood, Earl Grey, and Co. are pattern statesmen. An article in his publication of Saturday last affords the most striking proof of the "assurance" of our contem porary that we ever remember meeting with in his columns. After attempting to ridicule the idea that any ministry can he formed, which is likely to be an improvement upon the present, and referring to the reports which have been current of an approaching change of men, our contemporary proceeds to ask— " What public reason can be assigned for a change ? The ministry still commands a ma j or ity i n p ar li amen t. cum of Generral Taylor as president of England has escaped a re vo l u ti on . I re l an d surv i ves a sited States, confirmed by the advises per rebellion. Trade and confidence are reviving. The funds 'teamer Hibernia, which arrived yesterday are still on the rise. The revenue is recovering itself. No ig, and the further certainty of the return to considerable alterations of policy are desired, except some impossible e demands by one or two insignificant cliques. ess of a majority of his supporters, are cir tithe churchisonfoa iosodclscurnte,rsFtarened-.trade Stances of deep interest to the British people. fiedpliTs'ithatolust :;hose events the democratic, or violent progress over-confidence it may at least be said . th l a n t g ; here is no ifs, are rendered powerless for at least the four political case for a change. When ministers meet par ars' duration of the present presidentship ; and, liament next February they will probably have as good a 'uld no untoward mistake mar their prospects, hearing as this time last ye ar ." Whigs may possibly he enabled to cond uc t the The political reasons which can be urged for a 2ific spirit towards change are to be found in the existence of a gener al prostration of the enterprise and industry of the ...0, and to devote their energies to pro country, and a conviction, prevailing in the minds he internal progress of the co tutu for a of nine-tenths of the community, that the present )f years to come. never easy to form a judgment of the precise men, notwithstanding their fondn e ss f o r mis c hief, to be pursued by any new administration are perfectly powerless in designing or carrying out any remedial measures. With respect to the the heats and excitements whi c h occur " which they are likely to have next " good hearing their struggle for power. Ca n did a t es , I session, which may be "as good a hearing as this er for the presidential chair, or fo r l ess di s - ished posts of honour, at s uc h a p er i o d, ma time last year," we can only say that it may be all his and be no great things after all. Our con temporary to express their opinions somewhat ". proceeds— iy, and to go further in their professions than i t ai h s e e r o n r e n ra e l g o l Li te n l e o nt the e f gtuhaesciortariyortihar power they are likely to act up to, when they have leisure have e t i l t s b n er o a t nature reflection. We think, - however, that with which they were then freely invested. Their aility n already form a fair sketch of General has neither been untried nor found wanting." or's future policy, so little has he seemed If he can find any six sane people in Great led during the contest to hide his convictions, Britain, Ireland, and the colonies, not including bold out extravagant expectations t o hi s I placemen and expectants of place, entertaining the 1r the public. opinion that their ability has not b een "found .r customs and excise duties, itch in the back ground. ❑t of America - in a r folloviing sketch of that policy, which we e from the Herald for Europe, Awn our contemporary says is in accordance le views expressed in his Various letters and ..ommunications, it is conceived, from his ltness of character, he will he prepared to in substanc se communications, it he first place, be will abstain from wantonly wing with the subordinate officials of the us - government, whilst he will re-organize I departments, which have become unsuitable unequal to, the requirements of the present He will next proceed to a reform of the I arrangements of the government, and an ration of the tariff, in which latter step, how be will be directed rather by a desire to the schedule of duties provided in the act so as to enable the nation to pay off its , than to restore the There can be little as rapidly as possible e restrictive tariff of 184; however, that he will be prepared to go even that length if he sees thit such a mea is required to protect the interests of the ry from injurious competition. In connexion ;his measure, the present treasury system—an ion of our own monetary bill of 1844—will allowing government to " create a t circulation of paper money, guaranteed to the amount of twenty or thirty mil t dollars in the form of treasury notes." " our contemporary remarks, Vould benefit the country, and relieve the govern depositories of the necessity of hoarding up specie -considerable amount ; and thereby prevent pres in the money market, and trouble in the foreign list upon t s part of our subject, we may that in the very same week, in which the from the above is abstracted, the able writers Banker's Circular were drawing precisely the 1, from the previous expression of )pinion in the Republic, and laying down one course as that which General Taylor mrsue. We extract one passage from the :n que _...dpable of producing one hundreth d oppression and misery which they have, by gravated pressure, produced in England. In a system of currency and such a relaxed tariff as ured aoair-' i the United States would neither c 11 of in England. Yet d form (which may possibly ad. -ctification), Mr. Webster thus of October, concerning the -inev law and the relaxed s the two evils of an ill-regulated port duties are at work, but in form as to be i njuriousti nor b mild and mitiga omplaine loston, on the 24t ht is the r sent state f money, great depression wanting," our contemporary will be clever. We shall only offer a few words of comment upon the following remarks, which conclude the article : " It is true they have been indulged with an extraordi nary concurrence and almost competition of support, so much so that we have just had what may almost be called an unanimous session. it may, indeed, be said that their strength was external rather than their own; and that they were more fortunate than successful. But a sus picion which exists in spite of contradictory facts is no ground for censure. Ministers have .succeeded, and are therefore uncondemned. Such is the case of the Govern ment as a whole. Whether it might be improved by a few judicious changes is a question which involves mere personal considerations. Nay, it involves also individual convenience and acquiescence. As yet we have not heard that any member of the Government is likely to quit either willingly or otherwise. These are not days when men of note and position prefer peerages to power. The House of Commons is still the chief battle-field of the country. The mind of the age loves that warm hearth, and envies not the chill grandeur of the Lords. Our readers may depend upon it, that neither the love of a title, nor fear, nor idleness, nor diffidence, nor the voice of the country, is likely at present to withdraw any of her Majesty's present advisers from their envied position." The laudation meted out here is rather of a questionable character. The strength of the ministry has been " rather external than their own." They have been "more fortunate than successful!' They "have succeeded" (in what?) "and are, therefore, uncondemned." A cold sort of backing his friends is this, on the part of our contemporary. The denial which follows, "that any member of the" (Whig) "government is likely to quit willingly," was quite unnecessary. We never knew a Whig quit any good thing willingly. But the " envied position" of her Majesty's present advisers beats every thing. Our contemporary must have been indulging his satirical vein. iediced deniand for and uncertainty of its reward. In my judgment, ole year the rich have been growing richer, and id will continue to do so, as long as exist. I look upon the s, one of the greatest I .ast plausible mea- asury and Our valued contemporary, the Dublin Evening Mail, devoted a long article last week to the re cent appointment, by his Grace the Lord Primate of Ireland, of the Rev. W. H. Guillemard, M. A., Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge, to the Head Mastership of the Royal School of Armagh. Our contemporary complains, that, inasmuch as Irishmen are systematically excluded from corre sponding situations in England, and since such posts of honour and emolument are so very rare in Ireland, an injury and slight is offered to the Church and University by passing over men of equal, if not superior, attainments, to make way for the introduction of stranger for the respons ible post in question. In arguing out the case he writes as follows " Let us inquire what can have been the reasons which have caused the claims of the University to be neglected. " Perhaps we are more backward in our mode of edu cation in Dublin than in Oxford or Cambridge. Let us see whether this be the case. Cambridge bas been much praised for the alacrity which she has manifested to ex tend and improve her course of instruction. In every re -Bpect Dublin showed her the example. . . " In the year 1843 she instituted a voluntary theologi cal examination for candidates for orders : such an exami- thing as to lock up its money. This removal of the deposits, and banks, was a recommenda antry tried it, and it over what sum does the English se an overwhelming -treasury act and compel the Go t or nine millions ster- nation has am; Link wn ient to Not e somewhat a as caso here in the -twentieth part of that ' ,Leading as an argument ury law that when the pressure be nerican executive was forced virtually ion. ' The truth is,' he says. ' when ably or li. Webit, fore that date. Perhaps, however it will be said thai this is intended only for candidates for prizes. We answer, two examinations, compulsory on all divinity students. Lave existed since 1837, in Trinity College, Dublin. " Another of the improvements just adopted in Cam ire is, that students are to be required to attend two es of divinity lectures during one term, before they are admitted to this examination ; in 1837 Dublin adopted a more stringent rule, which requires six terms attend ance at divinity lectures, previous to the final examina tion. " A third of the Cambridge improvements of 1848 is the institution of a moral tripos at the degree examina- ;o nea: TO CORRESPONDENTS, simondent says, that in V h - was ably compiled 4e Club on 1 e Park, tlie lecturer adverted to ed missionaries and philosophers Orpheus and others—having ap- their genius to the acquisition of musi their persuasive accents won upon the rude ii.arous people, and made them amenable to seed his surprise at this -important result _ the notice of the Principals of Missionary ho would do well to render both vocal and instru sic essential in the preparatory education of mis- kilt, and sere of a aid last week, to imply that the altogether iegareile 'ourse of a lecture on music, d admirably delivered, at the minx last, by Mr. W. H. Buck, se seem to be kept Ve quite agree, however, Cour._ association fs making themselyei their fellow-townsmen ridiculous, by dwelling only on t we have to pay, instead of trying to get us the means to ce the suggestion of " Z " ne reason for the cause of kNNE-S rnEET.—A correspondent says the ministry of Dr. Buck at this church has led to a rease of congregation, from the unaffected simpli the depth of scriptural research evinced id the easy and persuasive style of his nday morning last, the Rev. Doctor brought uses of the present of his readir s preaching, auditory his v ition of a large and most inn have laid gas on the 1, which NI rht Eibtmool Rptanbarb. 'UESDAY MORNING, NOV. 28, 1848 saw ;" and to-morrow be may be found running before a nor-nor-westerly gale, with all his sails set, and steering for a port, with whose cruizers he was yesterday exchanging broadsides. Nothing exceeds his Protean talents, except the " modest assurance" and total absence of a blush, with which he stands up to display, or to defend, his shamelessness. of 1834 " Again, we have the adoption of the tripos of natural sciences, which is only another form of our engineering school, our natural history, anatomical and medical " Another of the much-lauded Cambridge reforms is one to secure a correspondence between the Mathema tical Professor's Lectures and the Mathematical Examin ations of the University.' Every one acquainted with the . . system in Dublin knows that this correspondence accomplished here long since, both in the gr undergraduate classes. `• Again, in the year 1846, a grace pa uate and sed the senate of hat. at the nub- tV, students hould r Lary exarr cation in an course, from which they should be recommended to be come candidates for honours ; this is identical with a re gulation published in the Dublin University Calendar of " If, then, Cambridge be keepinc , up with the age, surely we must allow that Dublin has been taking the lead in this march of reform." We have alluded to the matter for the purpose of laying before our readers, on such competent authority, the course insisted upon in the Dublin University School of Divinity. It has, somehow, become fashionable in Liverpool to decry the attainments and information of the Irish clergy located amongst us. One of our contemporaries is frequent in the use of the word 'literate,' as applied to them, intimating, as the word is understood, that they are men without any regular university degree. Now, it happens that no Irish bishop admits to holy orders any hut a graduate of his university. The very exception proves the rule. It is the case, some years ago, of a gentleman of piety and qualifications in other respects, an Eng lish►man also by the way, admitted to deacon's orders without having even matriculated in any university. It was generally believed that the Primate remonstrated at the time with the ordain ing bishop, and, at all events, no such case has oc curred since. And the extract we have quoted ex hibits the course through which the Irish clergy must pass to entitle them to the degree of A. 8., with a Divinity Testimonium, in the University of Dublin. But why, we ask, are these questions mooted in Liverpool with respect to Irishmen alone ? Wales and Scotland, as well as Ireland, supply their con tingent to our clergy, and men from every quarter of the globe mingle upon equal terms with their brother merchants upon our 'Change. It is not to be denied that Ireland has in some respects suffered by the union with England, though we believe it to be equally past question, that she has been on the whole vastly the gainer, and would he so to a considerably greater extent but for herself—this, " To continue under Peel's crushing act of 1844 cannot be right ; and, as we have inferred, the Birmingham ex treme inconvertible doctrines may be right. But surely, in case of the latter meeting opposition, it might be well to try the limited or, as it ismore correctly termed, the equi table mode of convertibility propounded in the book on the national distress,' &c., recommended by our con temporary, ' (which was referred to iri terms of praise by ourselves, in a recent article, addressed to the Manchester Guardian,)' the expense of which must at any rate prove less than the present. And even, if not so abstract, or economical a theory as that of inconvertibility,- it com bines many of the latter's advantages, all the vaunted but wanting perfections of the " Peel-Loyd," purely moneyed interest Bill of 1844 ; and will commend itself to many practical, hard-headed, useful, and sensible men of business, who are unwilling, and cannot be expected to find leisure, to dive into the hidden merits of a theory, however beautiful in the abstract, but who- have been again and again cheated by practical ideas—as in the case of Free Trade—of cheapness—and in that of our fearfully pervadinv evil, the currency—of convertibility into some= thing valuable, viz., gold—in other words, of summat for your money ; " and who forget that bullion is only useful and necessary for the lividation of international balances, a mere representative of value in internal ex changes." Our correspondent, in a word, wishes the Cur— rency Reform Association to concede a point, not so much to the bullionists, or rather to the advo— cates of the present system ; but to satisfy the doubts, as to convertibility of the paper-pound, of that " hard-headed" class of people, who conceive that the possession of gold is the summum bonum of human happiness, by enabling the proposed national bank at all times to redeem their engage ments in that " commodity." At the same time he reminds the class in question that, under the Association's system. gold will only be required for the adjustment of our international balances, our domestic currency being sufficiently provided for. It is not at all likely that the association should forget that gold would, from time to time, be re quired for the purpose of adjusting, temporarily, our adverse balances with other countries, caused, for instance, by an unforeseen failure in our do mestic supplies of food. In such an event they , proposed to purchase such gold, for foreign pay ment, at its market rate, which would be its rela tive value as a commodity to consols returning three per cent. per annum. Of the details of this portion of their plan,—whether they would compel the Bank to keep in stock a supply of coined gold, and at what rate they would issue it to the public, or receive it back into their coffers,—we do not assume the possession of sufficient information to speak. For ourselves, however, we should not at all object to keeping at least as much of that rather expensive currency in the Bank as would give to it quite as large a redeeming power of its notes as is given under our present system ; and should be disposed to agree to some such plan as that laid down in the able work, to which our cor respondent refers, and which we shall briefly ex plain. It is proposed by the writer that the weight in gold of the present pound shall be.considered at par with the paper pound, or with three per cent. consols, whenever the Bank shall be possessed of a certain supply of bullion, to be fixed upon by the Legislature, say eleven millions and not exceeding fifteen millions; and that, for every million which shall be withdrawn from the country, a small ad vance, to be definitely fixed, shall take place in the amount of paper money payable for a given amount of goleen pounds. For example, when the stock of bullion falls to ten millions sterling, £lOl in paper shall be worth £lOO in gold ; and, as the supply still further decreases, the amount payable in paper pounds shall increase in a cumulative ratio, according to a sliding scale to,be agreed upon. The effect of such a plan, it is urged, would be to attract back the gold exported, so soon as ever it ivas materially at a premium over our domestic and to promote reinvestment of the amount in manufactures and other commodities, which the equable supply of domestic currency provided by the paper pound, based upon consols, will have kept in their usual relation to the value of each other, and that of labour, and all other commodities, except gold itself, and the particular article which is temporarily in deficient supply. Such a plan could not possibly produce the same fluctuations, even in the value of the precious metals themselves, as compared with a paper currency, or with commodities, as that to which consols and every other description of property and security are periodically liable under our present monetary system. We would make a concession of this nature, currency it to relax it the sut the 4.A 3 plenty, the sub-treasury is bungling, but harm t when specie leaves the country and money is nes a means of torture and destruction to month, lately, in New York, the sub million and a quarter from the banks, in it up. This occasioned a great scarcity of only led banks to contract, but to be how ma s will it take t illion of specie, an( ker set free upso many t nry keeps moneyec and there is ;0 worse, ing 13111 lout a qu d and let loose for circula peachment of the system of bandonment." Contemporary contends, justly, that, with state of things before them, as the result of sent system, General Taylor is not the man, the Americans the people, to hesitate about to. their policy. Unlike our own obstinate crotchet tatesmen of the led to confess an error lanced at embrace a reduct in the strength of the a reduction the steam department rm charge of 2 pening of negoci- D neutral rights of ized, in order to the Sta. he recurrence of hosti- I Great Britain, or any act is concerned. - 3y will be regarded pacific rely it will be regarded lings. It is clear that the I States Government will not consent kets for the products of their indus deluged with the cheap fabrics of )f Great Britain ; that the delusive allied in Ulan( inqacturin Ferent fi o us and to them, of the Cobdens and about to be cast to the winds ; and igland may shortly be called upon to ask the question whether it is common justice Is her overburthened industry to pers slicy towards Atnerica, or any other nation, it is clear is never intended to be reciprocated Its. are London Times is well known to possess a rse power of boxing the political compass. Te v where you have him, or what is sailing upon. It may be sou-sou-east when he "knows .a hawk from a hand- r knov TAB 1,111114014 STANDARD. by the way, however. Our concern is only with the folly and unreasonableness that would debar any member of the united kingdom from that post to which he was otherwise suited, and thereby pre vent the cordial amalgamation of the entire empire into one body of symmetry and strength. It is only with reference to Ireland, or rather to the Irish Church, that this feeling at all exhibits itself. And it is here especially that the injustice and im policy of such feeling is most demonstrable. For all purposes of good or evil, Ireland may now be regarded as near to us as Wales or Scotland. We can't help it if we would. It is of the first impor tance, then, that the two countries be drawn more closely together, and held together in the bonds of mutual benefit, dependence, and sympathy. The United Church, as by law established, is the great bond of union : and as the high places have not been hitherto dispensed in a manner to conciliate the sympathies of the Irish portion of it, it is really little short of adding insult to injury whenever an outcry is raised against the Irish clergymen in England, who, with hardly an exception, occupy nothing else than posts of ill-requited toil. The dawn of better things, we think, has over• taken us. Let each man, irrespective of country, be judged of according to his own merits. The man who would keep alive a smouldering jealousy and prolong a party feud is not the friend of either country, but the enemy of both. IN directing our attention to a series of articles, in recent numbers of the Manchester Courier, in refutation of the Bullionist Dogmas,—the second of which, in part, appears in our columns this day,—a correspondent, whose opinions, both from his commercial experience and thorough knowledge of the subject, are regarded by us as most valuable, offers a few remarks, which may serve us now as a text for an exposition of our views as to oee branch of the currency question, upon which we have not as yet entered in detail. Our correspondent says : " Now it may be that our Liverpool Currency Reform Association is quite right in sailing so nearly under the same colours as the Birmingham extreme incontrover tibles."— which, by the bye, is scarcely a correct description of the Association's principles; and he proceeds : THE DOCK TRUST AND THE DOCK CHAIR- MANSHIP. A fortnight ago we remarked upon the Parliamentary notice which appeared in our columns the same day, pro posing to apply for power to remodel our present Dock Trust, and to take away from the Council all control over its affairs. Since then the project has been actively can vassed out of doors, and various opinions expressed as to its object and propriety, and the parties from whom it emanated. With respect to the latter question, we are credibly informed its originators were the Committee of the Shipowners' Society. Nine members, out of twelve, it is said, met together, whether for ordinary business or specially called together we know not, on the 11th inst., when the proposition in question was submitted to them. Five voted in favour of it; two were neutral, and two voted against. On the authority of this decision the no tices were at once issued. So we are informed. It has been observed that~an effort was made by the shipowners ten years ago, to secure to the dock ratepayers the power of electing to the Trust a number of members equal to those nominated by the Council, the proportion being then, as now, eight by the ratepayers and thirteen by the Council, including the chairman. The attempt, however, was a failure ; and from the apparent hopeless ness of an attempt to secure the nomination of the whole body, after failing so recently to secure that of half of it only, a strong opinion has gained ground out of doors that the present proposition is only a demonstration, and that its object is to deter the Council from proceeding to effect the rating of the Dock Estate. Acting upon this opinion, the pro-rating party in the Council, which body has, by existing law, the privilege• of appointing the Dock Chair man, have come to the conclnsion that it is imperative for the success of their cause that such chairman should be a pro-rater; and we believe we may state that Mr. Hender son has been fixed upon as a candidate, and will receive their undivided support. Of the perfect fitness of this gentleman for the office there cannot be a doubt, especially in the minds of those who, like ourselves, have had the opportunity of observ ing his indefatigable exertions, and the acumen which he has displayed t s a member of one of the most im3ortant sub-committees of the Trust—that of the Albert 'Ware houses,. It is most important that the public should be early and constantly put into possession' of the paying capa bilities^ of this expensive property, before permitting the Trust to• be further committed to its principles, and from Mr. Henderson we need fear no reserve on this point. Independently of the split between this- Committee and the Council on the rating question, and the hostile de monstration•of the shipowners, it is highly probable that the unanimous- voice of the Council would have nominated to the vacant chair Mr. Alderman Nicol, the present deputy-chairman•, and the able coadjutor of the late Chairman, the present Mayor, in his most successful efforts to extend the efficiency of the Estate ;= and that gentleman will 'to doubt be influentially supported: But we feel, with the friends of Mr. Henderson, that the great question of relieving the oppressed Burgesses of the town from the fearful burthens which they have to•bear, by calling upon this great Property to contribute its• fair share, cannot be allowed to be compromised on the score of private friendships, or individual fitness for the office. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-YESTERDAY LATEST FROM AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE HIBERNIA. The royal mail steam-ship Hibernia, Captain Stone, arrived here yesterday morning at ten o'clock, having made the passage from Boston in eleven days and a half. She left Boston on the 15th inst., and Halifax on the 17th, and has brought seventeen passengers. The West India steamer Forth arrived at New York, from Bermuda, on the 12th instant. and sailed again on the 14th. The Great Western was at Cat Island. We have advices from New York to the 14th instant. There is now no doubt of the election of General Taylor as president. The whole number of electoral votes is 290. Necessary to a choice 146. General Taylor has 154, which secures his election, with eight votes to spare. He will probably receive, in addition, the vote of Florida, 3, and that of Louisiana, 6, .to say nothing of other states. The states in which General Taylor received the greatest number of votes were New York, Pennsylvania, Ken tucky, Massachusetts, and Tennessee. General Cass re ceived 97 votes, and his strongholds were Ohio, Virginia, and Indiana. A hundred and twenty-six members of the thirty-first congress have been already elected, the result of which shows a Whig gain. In the last congress in the states from which returns have been received, there were 65 Whigs and 60 Democrats. The same states have this year returned 72 Whigs and 53 , Democrats. The returns of the congress show a net Whig gain of seven members. The house, when full, comprises 130 members. If the remaining members should correspond with the same delegations in the present congresg, there would be a Whig majority of 15 or . 20. The senate is strongly democratic. On the 14th New York stocks fell f and left off with every prospect of a further depreciation. The demand for sterling exchange, for remittance by the packet, waa only' to a moderate extent. We quote best bills on Lon don at 9 to 94- per cent. pm. • on Paris, sf. 20 to sf. 211. The Washington correspondent of the New York Jour nal of Commerce informs us, that the basis of an adjust ment of the postal difficulties between Great Britain and the United States had been arranged between Mr. Ban croft and the British government. There are' some points of great importance' which are yet the subject of negotiation. The preliminaries arranged extend only to , a reciprocity of sea rates and port charges and rates for interior transportation. No arrangement has yet been agreed upon for recipro city in regard to the transit of mails and for the transport ation of the mails• in bulk through the United States to Canada as heretofore, which the American government is said to demur to, without a similar privilege for their own mailsthrough_Great'Britain to France and Germany. Nor. 28, 1848, active, and sales of sugars light, Without change in prices There was more doing in cotton, and more firmness in tbe market prevailed. FREIGHTS.-5,000 bbls flour were engaged for Liverpool, on Saturday, at 2s. 40. Today few engagements were reported, while rates remained about the same. For flour, 2s. 6d. was asked; Sd. for corn, in bulk; and id. for cotton. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14. The market for Flour is firm with a moderate export inquiry and further sales of 500 bbls. fair brands 85 314, and 1000 bbls., a good straight brand at 85 37, are reported ; stocks continue light. Corn Meal firm at kr 3 per bbl.; 700 bbls. Brandywine sold at 83 12i. Rye Flour—No sales. Wheat quiet, with sales of 3,000 bush good red at 113 c. Corn is scarce and wanted at 68 a 70c for prime old parcels of flat and round yellow; new Corn sells at 56 a 57c. Oats—Further sales of Southern are making at 30c. Cotton--130 bales sold at private sales. Noth ing doing in Groceries or Provisions worthy of notice. Whis key steady at 23ic. however, as one offered to appease a prejudice, and not at all as giving up the principles for which, - along with the association, we have . contended, than its interest,—bearing, or accumulative power; and that it should be strictly a measure to determine relative values in commodities. We admit that the concession involves considerable, and in every other respect than its tendency to put at ease the minds of a section of the community, a useless expense to the country. We do not at all believe that, our present system abolished, and a currency established which Will be regulated by a fixed rate of interest, and based upon an ascertained amount of the accumulated labour of the country, any con siderable drain of gold, and consequent depreciation of the pound in its relation to gold, can ever occur. It is our settled conviction that, under such a system as we have laid down, the Bank might at once convert ten millions of her bullion into a golden calf, or a golden goose, or a family group of Samuel Jones Lloyd, Sir Robert Peel, and other worshippers of this precious metal, and proclaim yearly to the British people that the interest upon this bauble—£3oo,ooo per annum—is the cost of what politico-economical philosophers term " con vertibility." CHURCH PASTORAL-AID SOCIETY. - At a meeting of the Bath Auxiliary to this society last week, the Rev. W. Pollock seconded a resolution, and expressed his satisfac tion that that city stood at the very head of the associa tions connected with the society. Mr. Pollock spoke of the exertions of the Romanists, and expressed his belief that they were alarmingly successful in many of our large towns. There were also, be said, many corrupt and me lancholy forms of religious dissent. He had found in his own district, containing a population of about 12,000 souls, that the Latter-day Saints, the believers in the Book of Mormon, were exceedingly busy. A thousand forms of dissent, of the most unhappy cast, prevailed— dissent, for the most part, meaning mere hatred to the Church of England. He was bound to state the truth, that, after labouring for eleven years amongst a crowded population in the north of England, he bad never in one solitary instance come across the track of any dissenting minister among the pauper population, and he had never come upon any species of a dissenting visit paid to the wretched, and the lost, and the sick, with the exception of those occasionally of the local preacher OP:mast the Methodist 1, IN RE JOHN STOCHHALE.-IMPORTANT DECISION Mr. RIGGE, of the firm of Messrs. Laces and Co:, made two applications to-the court, on behalf of the Bo rough Bank, the directors , of which, as the court was aware, held certain houses, lands, and tenements belonging to the bankrupt, (valued at £17,500,) as security to them for a debt of £16,400. His-applications were, first, that the declaration of the dividend be postponed, in order to allow the creditors to hand. over the property to the as signees, by whom it would 'be-disposed of for the benefit of the estate ; and secondly, , that the creditors be allowed to prove on the estate, and thatno dividend be given until they had so proved. He might state that an application to that effect had been made to the court above, an answer to which could not be received hefore the sth of Decem ber, therefore he wished the postponement to extend to that date. Mr. BLAIR appeared for the assignees and opposed the applications. - Mr. Commissioner PERRY, in passing judgment, said that he saw no ground for admitting either of the applica tions. The creditors had ample time to have disposed of the security if the market had been favourable for that purpose ; and if not, they had also ample time to have surrendered previously. The fiat was now out 8 months, and it was rather strange that all that time they could not make up their minds as to the course they would adopt. fie would, therefore, dismiss both applications until the court above had pronounced its judgment. MISS WHITNALL'S GRAND ANNUAL CONCERT. T`•he annual concert of this deserving favourite of the public was held last evening, when a distinguished and most fashionable audience attended, amongst whom we observed the Earl of Sefton, with a large party. We have already given the programme of the pieces and the singers engaged. Part Ist opened with the Grand March from Sonnanibula, which was well played by the military band' of the garrison, whose presence was given by the permission of the commanding officer of the garrison, Captain Greig. In the first part the songs principally ap plauded and encored were those in which Miss Whitnall herself, Mr. Harrison, and Mr. Machin were engaged. The first was in fine voice, and Mr. Machin was equally excellent. Mr. Harrison we did not think was in such good voice,. yet most of his favourite ballads and other pieces4n which he appeared were encored, as were most deservedly those of Miss Whitnall. Mrs. Moore is a pretty , singer, but a little short of power. The concert, as a whole,. went off most satisfactorily. The receipts at Preston for the Church Missionary Jubilee were £574. LANCASHIRE HUSSARS.—The Gazette► , of Tuesday an nounces the appointment of T. S. Gerard, Esq., as lieu tenant of this corps. An effort is now making in Toxteth•park to increase the number of magistrates. The gentlemen selected to be recommended to the Chancellor of the Duchy are R. Harhord, Esq., Harmood Banner, Esq., and E. Cropper, Esq, EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet ing of the Board of Examiners, held the 21st inst., Mr. William Draper, first officer of the " Digby," of Liverpool, was examined and found duly qualified fora a second-class certificate as master. On Friday evening, about eight o'clock, Robert Tom kinson was found dead in a brook near to .Aughton, in the neighbourhood of Aintree. He was a skinner, but had been much , depressed in mind, owing to want of employ .. ment. He had left his own house only half-an-boUr be fore the discovery. Sermons, in behalf of the Liverpool Church of England School Society, were preached by the Rbv. H. H. Hig gins, on Sunday week last, at St. Bride's Church, when . ihe amount collected somewhat exceeded £lB ; and on Sunday last., at St. Silas's Church, tba amount collected being £9 9s. 6d. Fuaious DRIVING.-At the Police-court, yesterday, a car-driver, John Kelly, was fined 40s, for having, while intoxicated, run over and injured a !ittle sailor boy, and 40R. fer his subsequent misconduct,. and told that if he did' not make some compensation to the poor lad his license to drive would be withdrawn and withheld. Fina.—On Saturday morning, a Ere took place at the rice mill of Messrs. Hill and Smith,..in Edmund-street, which at one time threatened considerable destruction to the neighbouring property. The premises were gutted, ondthe whole loss is estimated at .Cl,OOO, which is covered by: insurances in the Royal and Yorkshire offices. Sr.. CLEMENT'S DISTRICT.—On Sunday next we per- ceive that two sermons will be preached in St. Clement's church in aid of the funds for providing a scripture reader for the di Strict. As the greatest, benefit has been con ferred on the neighbourhood by the labours of such an assistant, we hope that the appeals will be liberally respon - derl to. GeV T:NT RATES. - The decision of the magistrates at Hull. Em tl;at new parishes under Sir Robert Peel's act are exempt from the payment of rates to the mother Church, has the effect of relieving the inhabitants of the new parishes about to be constituted, from the payment of Church rates to the parish of Liverpool. The body of a female child unknown was, on Saturday afternoon, found in the channel of an entry, out of N 0.12 Court, Rose-place. A frock was over its head, and it was dressed. but without shoes or stockings. The face was warm, and the body pliable when it was warm, but life was extinct. Mr. Woods, surgeon, who made a, post mortem examination, said death was caused by congestion of the lungs, possibly accelerated by exposure. ROBBERY OF ABOUT £4o.—Yesterday, two women, Eliza Butler and Esther. Webster, were charged with rob bing a young man, a stranger, of about this amount, in foreign gold pieces and English coin. It appeared that he had gone with them to some of their haunts, and after wards missed his money. The evidence was not, how ever, sufficiently strong for their committal (though some of the coin was found), and they were remanded. TIIE BRAZILIAN STEAM-FRIGATE AFFONZO.—On Saturday morning this beautiful war steamer, after having completed the repair of her starbord cylinder, steamed out of the Coburg Dock, and proceeded on a trial trip round the Northwest Lightship. Her machinery worked admirably, and her speed was found to be of a first-rate order, having ran a distance of twenty-one miles from the Rock in one hour and three-quarters. At the Bell buoy the Affonzo met the North American mail steam ship Canada, outward bound, and Captain Lisboa, being desirous of trying the speed of his vessel with that of the former, ordered the Affonzo to be put about. They pro ceeded together one hour, accomplishing nearly thirteen miles, and during that time the Canada beat her opponent only half-a-mile. The Canada continued her course, and the Affonzo returned to port and anchored in the Sloyne. The Affonzo will leave the Mersey to-morrow for Rio Janeiro. DEATH FROM AN EXPLOSION OF GAS.—An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Statham, on the body of Thomas Peart, a workman who had been employed at the works of the new United Gas Company. It appeared that on the 14th instant, deceased and others were em ployed between Park-place and Mill-street, in laying down and connecting some gas mains in a trench formed for their reception in the street. Two of the pipes to be con nected were about nine feet apart, and before joining them a plug had to be withdrawn from the end of the main. The gas escaping from this by some unknown accident ignited, and the result was an explosion, the flames from which burnt the deceased so severely about the arms and face, that notwithstanding all attention at the Southern Hospital, he died on Saturday. A rumour had gone abroad that some children had been burning shavings near the spot, and that the workmen ought to have observed more caution. Nothing, however, appeared in the evi dence proving this, and the jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death," It is agreed that the sea-rate of letters should be the same both in American and British packets, and that the rate of postage shalt be ten-pence—twenty cents. The inland postage in bath countries will conform with their respective postage rates. For example, a letter from Lon don to Washington, whether by a British or American steamer, will pay twenty-nine cents ; to wit, from Lon.- don to Liverpool, a penny ; from Liverpool to New York, ten-pence ; port charge in New York, two cents ; postage to Washington, five cents ;—total, twenty-nine cents. From Washington to London the postage would be the same, and in both cases prepaid. This will be a reduction of four cents from our previous charge. _ _ There were rumours . at St. Thom7ts that Paez had en tered Caraccas at the head of 2000 men, and that Monagas had fled. We learn from Havana that , the transactions in sugar had been restricted, as the quantity in the market was quite small. The stock did not exceed 10,000 boxes, and there was a mere trifle at Matanzas. Exchange on Lon don was 16 pm. No charters for Europe had been made. At Matanzas exchange on London, was 151 to 16 pm. Freights none. TRUE AS.—By two or three arrivals-from Texas we learn that six companies of the 3rd infantry were encamped near Lavacea : The Galveston Nerter says that the re- ports at Port Lavacca were that twenty-six persons in all had been killed by the Indians. The publisher of the Lavacca Herald had, for the time being, left his paper and joined a scouting party, who went in pursuit of the Indians: The greatest trepidation prevailed amongst the people, and fears were entertained that the Indians would attack and fire the town ; but the arrival of Government troops contributed greatly towards quieting their appre hensions. CHARGE OF MURDER ON THE HIGH SEAS.—A case of this kind occurred in August last, on board the American ship Alhambra, on the voyage from New. Orleans to New York. It seems a dispute took place between the mate and a seaman, after the vessel had been-four days out. The consequence was, the captain had him tied up, and a dozen lashes given to him with a nine-thread ratline rope He received the punishment, and, in about half an hou after, was put in his bunk. in the f same evening WRECK OF%A SCHOONER, WITH LOSS-01-NINE LIVES. —The Kingston (Canada) Whig, of the 4th instant, states that the schooner Ellen, belonging .to E. Brown and Co., which left Kingston in ballast the week previous, was driven into Wellington on Wednesday, dismasted, and all hands missing. The unfortunate -vessel had been landing fish on the beach of Prince Edward, and in attempting to claw off shore she was lost,. with all on board, nine in number. THE PACIFIC MAIL STEAMERS.—At length the much desired and useful project of connecting the Pacific with the Atlantic Ocean, by steam, is about to be consum mated. The-contract given to Mr. George Law, some time since, for the transportation of the United States mails to the Pacific, is to go into operator on the first of December. For this purpose, the fine steamer Falcon has been tak e service, and will run in connexion with another, not yet named, once a month between New York and Chagres, until the two large steamers, the Ohio and the Georgia, now fitting out, are ready to enter the business for which they were originally intended. These steamers are also to touch at Charleston, Havana, and New Orleans,.and the mails going by thisline to Chagres, are to go by overland despatch to Panama, where they will be transferred to the steamers belonging to Mr. W. Aspinwall, about to be employed in the mail and passenger service along the coast on the Pacific side. The mails which go by the Falcon will reach Panama , in time to con nect with the steamer California. Mr. Aspinwall is pro prietor of the Pacific line from Panama, by San Francisco, to Astoria, in:Oregon. These two lines. from New York to Chagres, and thence to Astoria, extend over a distance of 7,520 miles. The voyage will be performed once a a into t `a Chagres has 2,800 miles. month. The distance fromi New Ycrk been pretty accutately estimated to be at leas LIST OF - PASSENGERS.-From Besion : right; Miss Wheelright ; Master Wheelright ; Steil ; Mr. F. Drosti ; Mr. Grainzer ; Mr Cogswell; Major Esten ; Major Wyse, U. S., . E. T. Stetrelin ; Mr. J. H. Waugh ; 0. A . Wheel fr. J. H. r. J. G. . • Halifax : Major O. Niel ;: Capt. Urquhart ; Mr. Pascoe, R.N. ; Mr. Webber ; Private R. Knight, Royal Marines. YORK COTTON TRADE, Nov. H more active tnan. usual. Prices, however., are gradually set tling down; and will probably, before the close of the season, rule lower than at any previous period in the history of its growth. The annexed statement exhibits the receipts, exports, &c., up to the latest dates this year, eompared with the previ ous tw,3.4- = MOVEMENTS OF COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES. Receipts at ports since Sept. 1, 1848 Corresponding dates last year 334,857 bale 217,492 ~ ft yC2LI Ltelttl C . ....... Exports from United Slates since Sept. 1, 1848 Corresponding dates last year 210,684 201.917 146,213 2 , 68,784 „ year before Exports to Great Britain since Sept. I, 1848 Corresponding dates last year 139 - ,713 -,,_ year Stockjn shippingp . orls of recei Corresponding dates last year.. 243,918 ~, 201,197. it 6 a - 6i a 61, :o favour t Juyer has continued f the market is now a quarter cent in eighth on fairGulfa, and an eighth on SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. 17. ESTERDAY. Our supply of Beasts is well kept up. The number is rather larger than on Monday last, and the quality pretty good. Trade is cheerful, but no higher prices.. There is a great fall ine off in the supply of Sheep, nor is the- quality of those on offer very good; consequently, trade is mcre lively for the best qualities, but very slow for inferior. There are but very few good Calves on sale; they are readily sold , at an advance of about 4tl. per 81b. Bristol is in future to have her hides. brought from Monte Video direct to that port. The first cargo arrived on Wednesday. During the six months 'ending the Stir instant, 347 foreign vessels entered the port of Bristol,-being an in crease of fifty-nine on the corresponding period of last year. During the last week alone, no fewer than 187 foreign vessels arrived at the port of Liverpool. The -American ship Newton, of Boston, -arrived at Bristol on Wednesday, being the first vessel; from the new world that had entered since the reduction of the dock dues. She was laden with 4998 barrels a &nu., to order, belonging to a London house. On Fzliday evening,. Mr. Bainbrigge delivere&the first of a series of four lectures, at the Collegiate institution, on the constitution of man, which was' listened to throughout with great interest by a numerous and highly respectable auditory. The second of the courseiwill be delivered this evening: Trim AMALGAMAYRD RAILWAYS.—The three- great • railway companies are pushing for an amalgamation, the r aim of which is " a permanent and absolute identity of the "ci corm- - • interests among _ ,Liareholders of the three _ under the sanction of the legislature." New branches, the resumption of suspended lines, stations, trains, ex penditure, and every other detail of management, are to be subjected to " a joint board of control," representing the three boards of directors. Each board contribute* seven members to this body. PERFORMANCE or AtiTIVONE.—Our readers will , per ceive that the Directors of the Mechanics' Institution have made arrangements-for the performance of Sophociee . tragedy of "'Antigone," at the Mechanics' Institution, on the 20th December. The readings will be by Mr. and Miss Vandenhoff, and the music will be performed by, an efficient chorus of forty..eight voices, under the direction of Mr. Hermann. All' who know this gentleman will be certain that the performance will be one creditable alike to the town and the Institution. We have learned that all the seats in the lecture-room will be numbered• and ballotted for. FESTIVITIES AT HOOTON HALL.—On Friday last the birth-day of Sir W. Stanley, Bart., was celebrated in the neighbourhood of Hooton, in a manner which showed the high respect in which the head of the house is still held. The whole inhabitants appeared determined - that none -of the enthusiasm which has hitherto distinguished fie return of the day, should be lost. At Eastham and= Thornton large and respectable dinner parties were held. The humbler classes, and their wives and families, mere• regaled with the choicest substantials, and their hearts were made merry, as wellas those of their more fortunate neighbours. At Eastham, after the accustomed- loyal toasts had been drank, the Rev. Tho 3. Eaton, prebendary of Chester and rector of the parish, proposed, in eloquent terms, " the health of Sir Wm. Stanley, and the house of Hooton," which was rece i ved with an enthusiasm at once evincing the respect and admiration the worthy baronet is held in. Then followed the healths of Lady Stanley, Mr. John Stanley and his amiable lady, of whom it was truly said that their unbounded benevolence and condes cension towards their poorer neighbours, had won for them the hearty goodswishes and blessings of all. In the evening a ball wound up the proceedings. STEALING LETTERS , FROM THE GENERAL POST-OF ICE.—At the Police-court yesterday, Mr. Bales, Inspec tor of letter-carriers at the General Post-office, appeared against a letter-carrier, named James Crooks, and charged nim witn purtoming- two letters, apparently containing money, The prisoner had been employed on Saturday in removing a number of letters froM the inland office to the room where they are marked. He (Mr. Bales) sus pected the prisoner from noticing him fingering several letters, as if to ertain if they contained money ; and on watching him he found him putting two letters into his pocket. He took steps to bring him to , account, when the two letters were produced. One was addressed to Mr. Tomkin 63, Mill-street ; an d th e o th er t o M rs . Blyth, Oxford-street; neither of which streets are in the prisoner's district for delivery. One of them ,(the first mentioned) was opened in court by the party to whom it was addressed, And contained Is. only The other,. more bulky, was not opened, the lady not being present. Other disclosures came out affecting the prisoner and his wife. A portrait, sent from Sligo, was missed and 1 been enquired about; and the wife had attempted to pledge a valuable gold ring, in Soho-street,—perhaps taken out of a letter. The prisoner will probably be sent for trial at the assizes. EXTRAOILD-INARY C OF EIGHT C )REN BEING POISONED.--FURTHER PARTICULA :her part cie particulars of this el rcum- The case _ ters yes- Df the Rev. J. A. the parents, and ho, we are glad to ou,gh a good deal eTy essential:point his port since.the Ist inst. have been.l4,oo( ,000. Taken by spinners, 10,000. Stock is bales. Exrts city unsold, 28,000. The closing quotations were as annexed LIVERPOOL CLASSIFICATION Valle $. Texas. Upland; Inferior Ordinar Florida. none. Good Middling Middling Fair 51 a 51 5i a The following is fr ara, and the lin fair Upland to which I have adjUsted any quota- On Thursday, the 9th instant, we were- placed in pos ession of the America's advices, and but little was done that day—the total baps not exceeding 500 bales. On Frid_ay there was a more general inquiry both from expel trade, and the sales ran up to nearly Mg 9.. closing with steadiness, and as the prey___„ which had accumulated were disposed of to a eonsiderable ex tent, holders succeeded in making better terms later in the day. On Saturday the sales were 200 bales, with s steadier market. Yesterday, 2500 bales were sold with a steady and rather firm tone, entirely for export.". to home market parcels " We have had several 4 accounis of killing frosts in Georgia and South Carolina the last week, and from some sections are assured it was undoubtedly sufficiently severe to check vegeta , tion ; as.yet we have bad nothing authentic from the great val ley of the Mississippi, although I think it quite probable that we shalL soon hear of its appearance there, but not in season to fix tie date for the average cotton belt for this packet. From the forward state of the plant, however, I do not attach as much importance to the precise date of its appearance as I did last season.—ln my circular under date of 22d August, I_ called your attention to the fact that I was advised by ray corre spondents at the south west, that the weed generally in that important section was not so large, nor better boiled than it was last year,'—the accounts I have continued to receive as the season has advanced have confirmed this important fact, and I felt it my duty to combat the extravagant estimates so freely circulated in September of 2,900,000 and 3,000,000_1)41es as being uncalled for by any unbiassed view of the condition of the plant, and a due consideration of the amount of negro force employed in the culture. Since that date tale ripening and picking season has continued uninterruptedly fine, and has been availed of to the utmost extent, yet, the popular estimates of the crop do not appear to be extended. I can now only re iterate the opinion I advanced in a subsequent circular, under date of the 19th September, that For a crop of 2,80,000 bales, it will be requisite that the picking se - should at least be mat rin+a +s— negro face enough intiiecolinTri j to do 'it by that time isex tremely problematical. And it must be noted, that last seas on the weather was so mild, that under the. stimulant of good prices, many fields were advantageously picked as late as bruaii and the early part of March, which is not aiarliikeTy . to be the case with this crop.' " NEW YORK, Nov. 14. The firmness noted in the flour market on Saturd a y conti nued to-day. The article was held so high as to check pur chases for shipment. The lots disposed of were chiefly effected for home use, and to the eastern trade. Southern brands con tinued quiet at about the quotations of Saturday, holders asking a fraction more. Sales of Wheat were made at about the sates of last week, including both Western and Genesee. Corn con tinued firm, but sales were not very large. Rye was a shade better. There was no change in oats. Provisions remained about the same, with moderate sales of pork. Lard was rather dull, with sales at about last week's rates. There was a better inquiry for beef, witty TO= more doing, Groceries were in- THE BRAZILS , FALMOUTH, Nov. 23.—8 y the Racer, arrived off Pen zance, advices have been received from Buenos Ayres of a recent date, and the following is an extract of a letter from that city, bearing date the ISth September:—" The Sardinian chargé d'affaires, who has lately been dismissed, embarked yesterday. Mr. Southeron, the British minis ter, now on his way out, will not be received here unless he is commissioned to offer satisfaction for past injuries and insults, and to pay damages. We do not think there will be any British or French representative here for some years to come, as the differences can never be easily settled. Freights are still very high. The last English vessels which came in were taken up at 85s. per ton for tallow, and salted hides at 655. or 70s. for England. For the continent freight is £7 10s. per ton for dry hides. We suppose there will be plenty of vessels here before the end of the year, and that freights will fall considerably. Affairs are still going on as usual at Monte Video, but we apprehend it must be given up to Oribe in a few months, for we do not imagine England or France will do any thing to prevent it. Business is completely paralysed there. Exchange on England, 625. per doubloon; doubloons, 0337 currency each." LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) LONDON SrONEY MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The large majority in favour of General Cavaignac, and the contemplated inquiry into the expenditure of various - public departments, has served to impart a firm tone to the funds, which previously, however, had an upward tendency. Consols opened at 873 to 3, receded' to 874 to 3, and are now 873 to 3. The unfunded debt is aisoat fully the high premium of lad week, and perhaps even somewhat better. The new Three and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 861 to 3. Bank Stock it 188 to 189. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The supply of English Wheat at market this morning wag very short, and the bulk of it in'very indifferent condition; to. effect sales a decline of 3s. per quarter had to be submitted to. There was but a very limited demand for foreign Wheats, and' its value again declined Is. to 25.• per quarter. The town millers have reduced the top price of Flour 2s. per sack; country and French marks were a Very heavy sale at a similar reduction. Barley in short supply , and its value was sup ported. With the exception of Iristi'Oats, of which the arrivals are large, our market has been but moderately supplied during the week. The trade this morning.was without animation, and prices must be quoted Is. lower. Beans maintained last Monday's quotations, but white Peas were Is. cheaper. of our paper will be found a contemporary, detailing son stances, correct in nearly eve appeared SO unacco MILIEU VIM WU use 'amity, at the lodge Wilson ;- was most kindly received t saw the whole of the little patients say, are in a fair way of reco shaken,, and some of t iem slightly discoloured in visage )y the,• obnoxious substance, as well as, perhaps, by the effect of the medicine administered to neutralize or Mi. Leach, by a boy thirteen pears old, a cousin of the gardener's children. The aetive symptoms of poison ing soon became apparent, and it was stated to us that some of the sufferers did not know their own parents or friends, being possessed with- a species of delirium for a time. The Spanish juice purchased r taken to Liverpool by Mr. S analysed by, it is said, Dr. Bre lysis has not yet been made pub ther it has yet been perfected. is not, it is said, t o bl ame , f or h e was quite ignorant of its containing any noxious ingredient. He stated that he believed it to have been part of a large stock of Spanish liquorice (or so called)_ purchased at a sale in Liverpool. The children who were all so much affected appear to be, naturally healthy. A, fine little girl, seven years of age, was most severely affected. Her brother, nine years old, was very ill, but partially recovered much sooner. Sa large a quantity of liquorice is used by children, espe cially in country places, that the solution of the problem is one of no inconsiderable interest to the public gene rally. If there were adulteration, it might have been done broad, and not in this country. a` All nest morning urgeon, to be rs. The ana ve know not whe- Leach, the vendor. 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