The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-12 00:00:00

E ittra t u rr. NOTICES. upon others which are akin to it. At the same time, 1 need hardly point out to your lordship, that there are I mailers into which considerations immediately connected I with the supply of food for the people of this country, I and with the employment of its population must be para- _ Our Free Trade Policy Examined. By a Liverpool ! mount.' Merchant. London : Whittaker and Co.; Liverpool : ' " The employment of the colonial population, or the Lace and Addison, and W. Grape!. i maintenance of those great interests which the past acces We resume our extracts from this well-timed pamphlet; of that population to the British markets has established and first quote the views of the writer with respect to the in the colonies, is secondary to the gratification of the cry condition of the labouring masses under the operation of of the manufacturer at home for a cheap loaf or cheap stimulated manufactures and depressed agriculture : 1 timber !_ In the face of this broad declaration on the part "A reduction of the reward of Conceive to be the natural, tl table result of the minist which tend to d -,anntacturing labour I of the Home Government, that the Canadian people are immediate, and the inevi- henceforth to be treated, in its legislation towards them ,urea, or of any Inca- with respect to the two great stapes of their production, sures, . from other branches as foreign countries rather than as dependencies, whose of employment, and to direct it towards manufacturing welfare that Government is bound by as strong ties as the pursuits. The immediate connexion of the price of labour popu!ation of Great Britain herself, there can be little hope with the price of food Ido not choose at present to dis- that the Canadas can be brought to feel any great longing cuss. I could even afford to throw it overboard alto- to retain the existing connexion. gather; and kave Sir Robert Peel and his ministerial and " I need not enter at aoy great length into the examine whig-radical allies to make the most of their elaborately tion of the grounds on which Mr. Gladstone endeavours and cunningly selected figurer, and data. There is a natu- to soothe the fear of injury being inflicted upon Canadian ral tendency towards decline in the wages paid in all ma- interests by the Government measures, and to show that nufacturiog pursuits. The experience of the last twenty- I that country is in a position to sustain the competition to five years in nearly every branch of mannfacttres has which she is called upon to submit the industry of her borne witness to the fact. In all cases it may not be pi pulation. With respect to her corn, Mr. Gladstone strikingly apparent from the money amount paid to each says: — operative for his week's labour ; hut where this is so it I " I have much satisfaction in reflecting, that if Canada must be borne in mind that the same operative now per- will have to enter into competition with the western states forms three and even four times the work which he did of America, and engage in this rivalry when no longer for the same remuneration 20 years ego. Where the cat- covered by any protective duty, at least she will not be ton spinner formerly attended to 690 only, he at- called on to make the effort without some advantage on tends now to 2100. Where the power-loom weaver was her side. Among them I reckon light taxation ; the assis only able to attend one loom, he attends now to two and tance she has received from British credit and funds in even three, and these working at increased speed. In the construction and improvement of her internal commu every branch of manufactures. human labour we find is nications; her more regular and steady course of trade being year by year more economized, and the productive with this country; her low tariff, so favourable to impor power of the mere m: chine enormously increased. tation, and, on that account, so powerfully tending to en " The obvious result of this feature in our tnatiufactur- courage her reciprocal commerce outwards ; some advan ing system is to diminish its power of providing for the Cage in point of proximity, as compared with the most employ:nrnt of the people in proportion to the increased westerly states of the Union, which are also her most for iamount of manufactures produced. For instance, we , midable rivals in cheapness of production; and, lastly, mported from the United Sta'ee., to be worked up into I the means of carriage, without transhipment, by the St. yarn and goods, in 1822, cotton to the extent of 329.906 Lawrence, which cannot be had by the Erie Canal. She bales. In 1845 we imported upwards of four times that will likewise have this in her favour, that her corn trade amount, or 1,499,600 bales. Now, will any matt assert will have become a settled one of some standing, with all that in the latter year the cotton trade of the kingdom its arrangements made and in full operation, while any afforded profitable employment to four times the number regular commerce in that article with the United States of operatives, or paid four times the wages that it did in must be a new creation, and must go through the pro the former? Certainly no man would be so hardy. But ceases attending its self adjustment to processes as yet if this cannot be said of the gross amount of the cotton untried. erial me t indust manufacture, including of course that most valuable por tion of it. c.%nsisting of the finest and fully perfected fab rics consumed in the home market, far less can it be said of the coarse and low-priced fabrics which principally compose our foreign trade. In 1841 we exported 366,946,152 yards of plain calicoes. In 1812 we exported 366,040,519, whilst in 1843 our exports of the same tabric sprung up to 520,011,635 lards, and last year they were 613,138,645 yards. Did our hand-loom and power. loom weavers increase in the ratio of 61 to 36 between 1845 and 180, or did they increase in the ratio of 52 to 36 between 1842 and 1843? They did no such thing. We heard of no extensive migration from the agricultural to the manu facturing districts in those year. There was a sudden expansion of the demand ; hut the manufacturing districts were able to meet it without any material addition to their existing stock of labour. Such a further increase of exports as is predicted as the result of Free Trade I admit- may produce such an in creased demand for labour as may for a while check the downward tendency of wages. Hut mark the chane-d circumstances into which the nation will have fallen ! We shall have have redtp.leal the reward of agricultural indus try. We shall have •liinirtished the temptation to in creased agricultural en , erprise, for 1 hold with Sir Howard Douglas that it seems a stringe proposition, and one eontrary to all experience, flat the way to encourage the production of articles of any kind is to expose that branch of industry to unequal competition." By the same pro cess we shall have checked emigration to our colonies; and thni thrown an additional number of bands upon the home labour market, These must of necessity press into the manufacturing districts for et economists tell us that it is the oyrnent ; and political 'portion of the supply to the demand for any eorumo. , -ty which regulate price. We know what was the c •ct of the irruption of the pauper population of the sc hern counties into the smarnafacturin.g districts, which took place in 1835 and 1836. We know, from the letters of Mr. Greg and Mr. Ashworth to the Secretary of the Poor Lw Corn - tnission- era, for what it was intended---viz., to reduce wag s. The wages of the weavers of Bolton--proved by a wirliamen tary commis,i to have been stihs'sting upon 20. per head per day I—had been edvanced 10 per cent.; and the tatter eminent Leaguer regard;ql this addition of a potato to the poor ;waver's daily meal as a symptom of approach. jog ruin to m4oufacturinz prospe-iti, which the .mactli new ofSomeret House was to be - nut in operation t We know how su, ward off. vias the effort made —the extensiv. reduction of wages which followed and the wide spread suff••ring and wretchedness which were created, when at len,th a period cf manufacturing pros- tration succeeded to the ft w years of active prosperity which had ;minced the effort to • equalise.' as the phrase was, manufacturing with agricultural prices of labour. We have never yet heard trout official sources how many of the ten thousand of the ,grieulthral pauper population reached the homes which they bad been seduced to leave, or how many sunk, amid the fever and pestilence of the then almost depopulated manufactural towns and villages, into untimely graves. The same struggl, between the agricultural and the ma nufacturing labourer, but upon a more extensive scale, and more fearfully earn-at, mu-t; inevitably follow the adoption of the present measure , . It is intended to fol low them. .1\ Innufn^uret s are to .bsorb the dispossessed labour of the country ; and, measuring their capability by the data laid down above, there can remain little doubt that the supply of labour will very soon become out of all id for it. I have no doubt that he ordeal through which " ' And if it be true that New York offers some advan tages as compared with Montreal, particularly in regald to the rate of insurance, on the other bond, 1 consider that the shipping of British North America has wily advantages sv -r that of the United States in the comp6ti lion for freights, as it is conducted at less expense, and is, I must assume, navigated with equal vigour and equal efficiency.' " I think it would not be difficult to show that a por tion, at least, of the advantages which Canada is here said to enjoy over the western states of America no longer exists; and that, at all events, when protection is taken away altogether from her agriculturi-ts, a great many of the existing arrangements of her commerce will also be diverted into an Cher channel. The following statements and figures prepared for a Montreal journal by a gentle man in New York, intimately connected with the trade, very materially weaken the force of the Colonial Secre tary's fond anticipations : EXPORTATION OF FLOUR TO LIVERPOOL VIA MON TREAL AND NEW YORK, UNDER PRESENT CORN LAWS OF GREAT BRITAIN. s. d. Duty on United States IA heat, floured in Canada, per barrel Extra freight from Montreal to Liverpool, over New York charges ...... Average excess of insurance . . Cost of importation and grinding in Canada, over the expense of shipping direct to Montral from Cleveland Differential duty in savour of Canadian produce, for the next three years, per brl Probable differenee in height from the West to Mon treal, via New York Balance in favour of New York as the shipping port `• This balance in favor of this city, will hold good during the three years fixe,l upon fur the continuance of the remaining protection under the corn laws of Great Britain, and the continuance of the present rate of tolls on our public works.' " " after the expiration of three years, the present production in the corn laws of England should be abo lished, there will be an increased exportation of bread stuffs from this port, as we should draw that trade from Canada, to a greater extent than yet realized. The reduc tion of tolls on our public works is likely to proceed more rapidly than on those of Canada, and we shalt, therefore, be better able to control th , s trade in a few years hence, than we are now. Under the contemplated equalization of duties in Great Britain upon Canadian and American flour, shipments can be miide as annexed : EXPORTATION OF FLOUR TO LIVERPOOL, VIA NEW YORK AND MONTREAL Freight, per barrel, from Toronto to Oswego.... Do. do. Oswego to New York.. Do. do. New York to Liverpool Average rate of insurance, (1 per cent.)......... Cost of transport from Toronto to Liverpool, via New York 8. d, 0 6 2 0 2 6 0 3 Freight, per barrel, from Toronto, to Kingston.... 0 6 Do. do. Kingston to Montreal.... 1 9 Do. do. Montreal to Liverpool.... 4 6 Average rate of insurance, (2 per cent.) ..... ..... 0 6 " Thia leaves a balance in favour of that city of two shillings per barrel. So tar as the trade in breadstuffs between Great Britain and North America is concerned, under the present formation of the corn laws, and tinder an equalization of duties of Canadian and American flour, it is pretty evident that the bulk of it must be carried on between this city ::nd Liverpool. but to what extent it will be carried, is a matter of much uncertainty and doubt.'" " With reFpect to the alleged ' many advantages' which the shipping of British North America enjoys over that of the United States, upon which Mr. Gladstone depends to prevent this diversion of uur commerce from the St. Lavrret.ce to New York, and from British bottoms to those of the Republic, I cannot see where those advan tages lie. It is true that the shipping of British Ame rica is constructed at less expense; but then it can only be said to have paying cargoes one way. A vessel, which has brought to New York a valuab!e cargo of dry goods, can afford to ratan, corn laden, to Great Britain at less rates than even a cheaper ship, which has come out al most in ballast, can sail from Montreal or Quebec with a cargo. Mr. Gladstone, I suspect. will find this delusive argument slip from beneath his feet; and especially so when, by the present measures, the British Government has withdrawn the temptation to emig. ants to settle in Canada. and directed the surplus population of this coun try to the western states of the American union, as af fording them equal, if not superior, fields for their enter- prise and industry. It is well known that a large portion of our shipping employed in the trade with British Ame- rica goes out kith emigrants to those settlements ; and, when ac take away this remunerating employment for the outward voyage, the site homewards must be a seriously With respect to the timber trade of Canada, the same despatch says 1 " Not only are they (the government) free from the ap prehension that the proposed remission of 10s. per load orelgn cause a contraction of the trade from British North America, but they are sanguine in the anticipation that that trade will continue, notwithstanding the proposed change, to extend itself. "' " A differential duty of 155., proposed, as ' upon the average nearly covering the difference between freights from the Bahic and those from British North America to Great Britain,' he apprehends will preserve to us this trade; and he aigues, that as importation to Canadian Timber has increased under the m-asure of 1842, so it will continue to increase when a further amount of pro tection shall have been withdrawn. Candour, however, ought to have induced him, before holding out this unsta ble argument to the colonist, to have reminded him of the fact, that very special circumstances, most favourable to _ . the developein, - tit of the timber consumption of Great Britain. have been in operation since 1843. The pro gress of railway construction, the increased general pros perity of the country. and other concurrent causes (amongst the rest the fact of the Baltic grower having himself appropriated the remitted duty, and rendered his timber comparatively dearer thrin Canadian) have sup ported the Briti sh grower in the competition to which the measure of 1842 submitted him. Let these special cir cumstances cease to operate, and it is by no means a cer tainty that, even with his present protection, the Canadian may not have a period of suffering befure him. Reduce that protection, however, to 15s. from 245., its present amoun', and the ruin of this branch of colonial industry Brtiish manufactures. Under the proposed duty "(the freight from the Baltic being about 17,.. per load against 38s. from British America) the Baltic grower will have a protecting duty of six shillings per load (or the difference of freight ( f 21s. less the duty of 155,) over the 9 Canadian ; and thug, if the quality of the aro tor nished ua by the latter were as good and its cost as little at Quebec as that of the former at Memel or Dantzic, the trade must be a los'ng one and be abandoned. The Colonist obviously cannot support himself with less than 21s. as the differential duty. even at the relative prices of the different descriptions of timber in the _British market. A HINT TO ALLoTTEss.—A well-known jonrneyman tailor in Leicester (who, it is said, " mocks one" exceed ingly well), having been served with a writ by a bubble company, whose "directors" had forgotten to reply to his letter of application till their sharee were at d scount, quietly packed up his sole worldly possessions—his goose, needle, and thimble—and forwarded them by Pickford to the secretary ! He also wrote a note, begging that the "goose" might serve as the centre-dish at the next com mittee dinner, and that he might be invited to the feast, to " see the last of his old friend."—Leicester Pa, THE MODERN PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. THE FRAGMENT OF A DREAM. (From Blackwood's Magazine for May ) CHAPTER H. How SCAPEGRACE, losing sight of PREMIUM, was mocked at Vanity Fair. And as they journeyed, methought the two men had much conversation together. " Now, neighbour Sc rpegrace," said Stagman, " if thou wouldst sell this scrip of thine to advantage, we must be take ourselves to the great market at Vanity Fair, where all the fools in the world be gathered together, and not a few knaves besides. But the fair is a perfect maze, full of blind alleys, courts, and winding passages, among the which thou wouldst assuredly lose thy way if thou didst enter them without a guide; and with such confusion of wares in the shops and windows, that thou mights walk about from morning to eventide without finding what thou wert in search of. I remember me well, that when I first resorted thither, 1 more than once went into the wrong show, and bought many articles which turned out naught. Therefore must we get Interpreter to go along with us." " Who is this same Interpreter ?" asked Scapegrace. "Interpreter," answered Stagman, " is a stockbroker, who knoweth all the ups and downs of the place, the abodes of sellers and customers, and the booths where the best bargains are to be had. He bath his living by di recting travellers through the Fair, and showing them where to buy and sell to good purpose. For a small con sideration he will go along with us, and help us in this bu-iness." But Scapegrace, who bad waxed foolhardy, replied— " Not so, friend Stagman. I fear not I shall find my way easily enough through the Fair, and bring my hogs to a good market without him, and save my money at the same time. Already, methinks, I feel the burden at my back lighter. Let us push on, I beseech thee, to our journey's end." " Neighbour Scapegrace," said Stagman, " thou art somewhat rash in this matter, for Interpreter's fee is but a trifle; and I can tell thee, that if by mischance thou shouldst come to lose thy way in the Fair, thou mayst chance to be very roughly handled. There is always a scum of villains there on the outlook to decoy strangers, and, if they will not consent to be cheated, to flout and mock them with jibes and scurril jests. 'Twas but the other day they put Truepenny into the STOCKS, and kept him there till he thought he should never get out again ; and he only did get out by parting with all the ready money he had. I pray thee, neighbour, take warning, and be advised." As he spake, behold a third man came towards them from behind, and shortly overtouk them. " Whither ao fast, neighbours ?" said he. " Nay, Mr. Littlefaith," we be all journeying, as I take it, the same road. We are bound for Vanity Fair, and !rota that little bundle which I see in thy hand, it should seem thou art on the same errand. Is it not so ?" " It is even so," said Littlefaith. " I would fain turn a penny, like other men. Men say, in our village of Lovegain, that my neighbours, Plausible, and Saveall, and Worldly-wiseman, by their dealings at the fair have made a mint of money ; and so would Obstinate, too, for that matter, if be had nut asked too much for his wares, and so lost his market, and retuned as he went. More fool he ! I shall take the first good offer I get, I promise you." " Well, now," said Scapegrace, joining in their talk, " since Littlefaith is going along with us to the Fair, surely we can do without Interpreter. Come, pluck up a good heart, and let us be jogging." Then Stagman shook his bead, and said nothing; but the three continued to walk on. After a time said Stagman—" Since thou will not take Interpreter with thee, there is but one further advice which I can give. Not far from Vanity Fair, dwelleth a certain man called PREMIUM ; but his house is not easily found, for he liketh next door to Discount, and many strangers, thinking to find the one, have landed at the door of the other. In truth, it is said there is a passage between their dwellings, and that the two play into each other's hands; for oftentimes, when Premium see'th visi tors earning, and liketh not their look—for he is a shy man, and easily frightened—he will disappear of a sudden, and send Discount to (pen the door to them, and to say he has gone out, and won't be home for a fortnight. This man Premium is almost always to be found hankering about the Fair; and so long as thou calla keep close upon him, thou art sure to go right. Follow in the direction he goeth : he will guide thee to a good customer ; but having made thy market, bestir thytelf, and go thy way quickly, lest evil overtake thee. But take care thou lose not sight of the man, for he often vanis'neth when least expected ; and shouldst thou fall into the hands of his neighbour, who is ever close behind him, then wert thou utterly undone." And about mid-day, as they journeyed, they came in sight of the Fair, which was of goodly extent, with many lanes and alleys, through which great crowds were ever moving, and the din and hubbub of their voices, as they called out the names of their wares, was such, that at first the pilgrims were mightily confused. Littlefaith spake of turning back, but being encouraged of Stagman, he took heart again, and went on. And as they gazed about them, and marvelled at the multitudes that were wandering up and down the rows, Cheapening the wares, " Now we are in good luck," cried Stagman ; " for yonder, on the outskirts of the market, if I mistake not, is Mr. Premium. Let us step up boldly to him at once and take his arm—for if we approach him timidly, he will disappear under one of the booths incon tinently." " But do you think we may venture?" said Littlefaith. " Yea. verily," said Stagman ; so, hurrying up to him, they laid hold of him gently, but with a firm grasp, and saluted him. He was a portly person, attired in a gold coloured suit, and put on a smiling countenance when the pilgrims laid hold of him ; but methought he looked about him on every side to see whether he could dodge away, and escape. Finding, however, that they clung to him tightly, he made as if he were much pleased to meet them, and returning their salutation— " How now, old friend," said he to Stagman; what wouldst thou have me to do ?" " Only to show us through the Fair," said Stagman. "These, my friends, are new to the place, and they would fain know how to sell their wares to the best bidder. I pray thee, go with us, for thou knowest all the outs and ins of this Babel." So, keeping fast hold of Mr. Premium's arm, they en tered the Fair ; and if at a distance they were confused with the clamour and din of the crowd, they were beyond measure astonished when they got into the thick of it. Here was French row, Dutch row, Belgian row, Irish row, English row, and Scotch row ; the chief crowd, how ever, was in the English row, which was so choked up at times with buyers and sellers, that it was not possible to move on at all. But as most people were glad to make way for Premium, who was well known there and much respected. the pilgrims got along the rows better than they thought. '• What will you buy, worthy gentlemen—what will you buy ? exclaimed many voices as they passed." Buy any Pensylvanians, gents ?" said a man in the raj.. merit of a Quaker. " Heavy stock, heavy stock, Jonathan 1" cried an other. " Buy my Mexicans—best Mexicans !" said a third. " Would nut take a present of them gratis," cried a fourth. " Spanish three's reduced—who'll buy ?" said a fifth. " Reduced to nothing," said a sixth. " Portuguese deferred annuities ?" said a seventh. " Deferred to the day of judgment," answered an eighth. " Glenmutchkins—guaranteed stock, 5 premium, ex d;v. ' " said a mall. "Won't do, Sauley, said a tenth— ," won't do at any price." And so on it went, all the dealers bawling and squab bling together, and trying to depreciate one another's wares. _ But, in the meantime, a certain one came up to Little faith in the crow& and seeing him in company with Pre mium, he asked him if he were inclined to sell his scrip. Whereupon Littlefaith, turning round, saw that it was his old neighbour, Plausible, and answering, said, " 01 a truth such was my errand hither, but what with the din and bustle about we, I doubt I shall never pluck up heart to find a purcbaser." " I fear, neighbour Littlefaith," said Plausible, " thou art in the right, and let me tell thee that same scrip of thine is little in favour here ; howbeit, for the sake of old acquaintance. I would not have thee return empty—l will buy thy wares of thee. Thou canst not expect me much profit, but here are twenty crowns, which will defray thy travelling charges—and leave thee a something over be side. Mayhap I may be able some time or other to find a purchaser. There is the money. Give me the scrip quickly; for I see a certain friend of mine, Mr. By-ends, who beckoneth to me, and cannot wait." Then did Littlefaith take the crowns, and give unto Plausible the scrip, which when he had put into his bosom. he smiled and hastened away. When Littlefaith came back to Stagman, he told him what he had done. "Thou faint-hearted fool!" said Stagman, " knowest thou not thy wares were well worth a hundred crowns, which, I warrant thee, Plausible will make of th4m before the market is over. Out upon thee for a crazed cox comb! get thee gone, and trouble us no more in this matter." _ . . " Better is a bird in the hand than two in the bush," said Littlefaith ; and so saying he departed. But while Stagman was thus gibing Littlefaith for throwing away his wares, suddenly Scapegrace uttered a cry, and said— " Mercy on us, what hath become of Mr. Premium ! I only turned my head for a moment to look at yonder - the Grand Equatorial and Tropical Junc ipt his arm from mine, and I saw him the serfs of the northern European counties, work for a minimum amount of remuneration. Render their em- no " more." !" " ployment unprofitable and they betake themselves at once Ob, woe is me cried Stagman ; what I foretold to their farms ; their timber ceases to employ our ship has come -q. our sailors, and their own saw-mills, and to pay for befall us."to pass, and now 1 tear a worse t hin g wi ll yet knd, as tion, ak s he spake, behold there drew near a lean and ill favoured person clad in ragged and sad-coloured at tire, wht,se doublet was much out at the elbows, and who looked ever towards the ground ; and no soonur did Stag man see him drawing nigh, than be threw his scrip on the ground, and, hurrying through the crowd, he was se en no more. Then I knew that the man's name was DISCOUNT. And when the men of tl e Fair saw that l'remium was gene, and that Stag wan had fled as Di-count drew nigh, Ih-y seized upon Scapegrace, and began to flout him, at first with fair words and pretences, but at last more rudely and openly. " So, Mend !" cried one, " you will buy no thing of us, it teems? Mayhap you have something to sell." " I have in my scrip a few Eldorador, for which I ex pected a premium," answered Scapegrace. "Don't you wish y - ou may get it ?" said the other sym- pathetically. " Does your mother," said a third, with a look of sym pathy—"} our venerable mother, know that you are abroad at the Fair ?" " Perfectly well," answered Scapegrace ; " it was mainly in consequence of her pecuniary distress that I came hitber." net.. " Distress, indeed 1" answered the other; "thou ouldst not have us believe that she has sold her w angle yet ?" " I said not that she had," replied scapegrace ; " but she would gladly have parted with it if she could." " How are you off for soap?" said another in a com passionate tone. " Very indifferently friend," answered Scapegrace ; " for my lodging has been but poorly supplied of late, and I think of changing it." " Lodging, quotha ! You shan't lodge here, Mr. Fer guson, I promise you." " My name is not Ferguson," said Scapegrace meekly ; " neither have I the least intention of lodging here." " What a shocking bad hat !" cried a voice from be. hind, and in a trice was Scapegrace's hat knocked over his eyes, and hi 4 pockets turned inside out; but finding nothing therein but scrip, they were enraged, and falling upon Scapegrace, they kicked, and cuffed, and hustled him up one row and down another, through this alley and across that court, till at last, being tired of mocking him, they cast him out of the Fair altogether, and shut the gate against him. SCENE IN THE IRISH HOUSE OF COMMONS DURING THE DEBATE ON THE ACT OF (From the Knight of Gwiinne.) The individual whose address this long scene of tumult had interrupted, was now suffered to proceed ; he was a law-sergeant, a man of inferior capacity and small profes sional repute, whose advocacy of the government plan had raised him to an unbecoming and dangerous eminence at the bar. Without the slightest pretensions as a speaker, or one quality that should adorn a statesman, he possessed other gifts scarcely less' valuable at that day ; he was a ready pistol, he came of a fighting family, not one of whom did not owe some advancement in life to a cool hand and a steady eye, and be occupied his place in the ministerial van by virtue of this signal accomplishment. As incapa ble of feeling the keen sarcasm of his opponents as he was of using a similar weapon, he was yet irascible from temperament and overbearing in manner; and was used by his party as men employ a tire-ship, with a strong con viction that it may damage more than the enemy. To cover the deficiencies of his oratory as well as to add poignancy to his personalities, it was the invariable cus tom of his friends to cheer him vociferously at the end of every sentence which contained anything like attack on the opposition, arid to this species of backing he was in debted for the courage that made him assail men incom parably above him in every quality of intellect. Mr. Plunkett was now the object of his invective, nor was the boldness of such a daring its least recommenda tion. Few of the government side of the house would have adventured to cross weapons with this master of sar casm and irony, none but the Serjeant Nickolls could have done so without a strong fear of the consequences. He, however, was unconcerned for the result as it affected himself personally, and as for the withering storm that awaited him, the triple hide of his native dulness was an armour of proof that nothing could penetrate. From Plunkett he passed on to Bushe. from Bushe to Grattan ; no game flew too high for his shafts, nor was any invective coarse enough to level at the great leaders of the opposi tion. If the overbearing insolence of his harangue de lighted his own party, it called down peals of laughter from his opponents, who cheered every figurative absur dity and every illogical conclusion with shouts of ironical admiration. Lord Castlereagh saw the mischief, and would gladly have cut short the oration, but the speaker was revelling in an imaginary victory, and would listen to no sugges tions whatever. Passing from the great names of the Irish party, he launched forth in terms of insult towards the county members, whom he openly accused of holding their opinions under a mistaken hope that they were a marketable commodity ; and that as some staunch adhe rents of the crown had reaped the honours due to " their loyalty," these quasi patriots were only waiting for their price. The allusion was so palpable, that every eye was turned to where Hickman O'Reilly sat, and whose con fusion was now overwhelming. _ " Ay," continued the speaker, now carried beyond all self-restraint by the evident sensation he had cause-d, " there are gentlemen opposite whose confessions would reveal much of this kind of independence. I have my eye on some of them, men who will be patriots if they cannot be peers, ready to put on the cat) of liberty for the Mob, if they cannot get the coronet from the Cr iwn. Many, too, are absent from this debate ; they stand out, perhaps, for high terms ; they have got peerages for their wives, and now, like a hackney coachman, not content with their fare, they want something for themselves.' I heard of two such a while ago, they even came as far as the lobby of this house, there they halted and hesitated, a mitre, or a regiment, a blue ribbon, or a red one, would have turned the scale, perhaps. Why are they not here now, I ask, what has become of them ?" " Name ! name !" screamed the opposition, in a tor rent of mad excitement, while the government party, out. rageous at the blundering folly of the whole harangue, en deavoured to pull the speaker back into his seat. Never was such a scene, one party lashed to madness by sus pected treachery and open insult, the other indignant at the stupidity of a man who, in his attempts at attack, bad raked up every calumny against his own friends. Already more than one hand was laid on his arms to press him down into his seat, when he, with the obstinacy of tho rough dulness, shook himself free, and called out, " I'm ready to name." Again the cries of "Name!" were shouted, mingled with no less vociferous cries of " No, no !" and the strug gle now had every appearance of a personal one, when the speaker, calling to order, asked if it was the sense of the house that the sergeant should give the names he al luded to. _ _ House to place. Daly under arrest, a measure which, how ever dictated by propriety, seemed to call forth a burst of indignation from the Opposition benches. - " I'll soon cut the matter short," called out the ser vant, in a voice that resounded through every corridor of the house : " I mean the Knight of Gwynne and Bagenal Daly." A cry of " Order, order," now arose from all parts of the house, the direct mention of any member by name be ing a liberty unprecedented. I beg to correct myself,'•' said the serjeant ; " I should have said the honourable members for Mayo and Old Cas tle—l ask again why are they not here?" " Better you had never put the question !" said a deep low voice from beneath the gallery, and at the same in stant Bagenal Daly advanced along one of the passages, and took his place, directly in front of the Serjeant. A tremendous cheer now broke from the Opposition benches, which the Ministerial party in rain essayed to return. " 1 perceive, sir," said the Serjeant, with an effort to resume his former ease, " I perceive I have succeeded in conjuring up one at least of those truant spirits, and I cannot do better than leave him to make his explanations to the House." With this lame, disjointed conclusion, the learned Ser jeant sat down, and although the greatest exertions were made by his friends to cover this palpable failure, the cries of derision drowned all other sounds, and before they were silenced, a shout of " Daly, Daly, Bagenal Daly," resounded through the building. Daly arose slowly, and saluted the Speaker with a most deferential courtesy. It was several minutes before the tumult had sufficiently subsided to make his words aud ible. but when silence prevailed, he was heard to regret, in terms of unaffected ease, that any circumstance might occur which should occupy the time of the House by ob servations from one so rude and unlettered as himself, nor would be now venture on the trespass were the occa sion merely a personal one. From this he proceeded to state that great emergencies were always occurring, in which even the humblest opinions should be made known as evidencing the probable impressions upon ott. lowly circumstanced as he who now addressed them. Such is the present one," said he, raising hi• voice, and looking around him with an air of bold defiance. " You are about to take away the right of self-government from a nation, and every man in the land, not only such as sit here, sir, but every man to whose future ambition a seat in this House may form a goal, every man, has a deep interest in your proceedings. It is a ;pave and weighty question, whose conditions impose the conviction that we are unfit to legislate for ourselves, tint we are too weak, or too venal, or too ignorant, or too dishonest. To that conclusion you must come, or no other. Absence from Ireland must suggest enlightenment on her interests; dis tance must lend knowledge as well as enchantment, or an English parliament cannot he better than our own. I have listened attentively, bat unconvinced, to a'l argu ments on this head ; I have heard over and over again, the long catalogue of benefits to accrue to this countly, when the power of realizing them herself has been arrested from her, and I have thought of Lear and his daughters! It would seem to me, however, that the social weltare and hers, as " I hope, sir, said Daly, rising with an alt of most admirably.teigned humility, " I hope, sir, you Will not execute this threat—the inconvenience to me will be very great—l was about to pair off with the honourable and learned member for Newry." The menti:.n of the town for which the Serjeant sat in Parliament renewed the laughter which now prevailed on both sides of the House. " I cannot understand the mirth of the gentlemen op posite," said Daly, with affected simplicity, " without it be from their astonishment that the Government can spare so able and so eloquent an advocate as the honour able and learned gentleman, bat let them reassure them selves and look around, and, believe me, they'll find the Treasury benches filled by gentlemen as like him as pos sible." _ _ . The Speaker reissued the order to the Serjeant-at-Arms, and Daly now came forward to the table and begged in all form to know the reason of such severity. " If, sir," said he, in conclusion, " if I could believe it possible that you anticipate any personal collision between myself and any member of this House, I have only to say, that I am bound over in the sum of two thousand pounds, to keep the peace within the limits of this Kingdom—l take out a license at two pounds fifteen to kill game, it is true, but I'd not pay sixpence for the privilege to shoot a lawyer." The fact of the heavy recognizances to which Daly alluded, was at once confirmed by several members, and after a brief conversation with the Speaker, the matter was dropped. It was, as may be supposed. a considerable time before the Debate could assume its due decorum and solemnity, after an incident like this; for although hostile collisions were neither few nor nnfrequent, an insult of so violent a character had never before been witnessed. At length, however, order was restored, and another speaker addressed the House. All bad resumed its wonted propriety, when a messenger delivered into Daly's hands a small sealed note: he glanced at the contents and rose immediately—Lord Castlereagh's quick eye caught the motion, and he at once called on the Speaker to interfere. " I have myself seen a letter conveyed to the hononrable member's hands," said he ; " it requires no peculiar gift of di , ination to guess the object." " I will satisfy the noble Lord at once," said Daly ; " there is the letter I have received—l pledge my word of honour the subject is purely a private one, having no reference, whatever, to anything that has pissed here. He held out the letter as he spoke, hut Lord Castlereagh declined to peruse it. and expressed his regret at having made the remark. Daly bowed courteously to him and left the House. Mr. Wockhagenikdewegbitnigenstorben fell down stairs the other day, and broke his name in three places.— Boston Post.—And we think it was very cruel in you to put such a name together again. —N. Y. Com. Adv.— We didn't ; it was regularly set and splintered by an emi nent practitioner, who declared it to he a most beautiful case of compound fracture.—Boston Post. MANCHESTER OLD CHURCH.—The parish of Man chester is of very great extent, comprising not only the whole of Manchester and Salford, but stretching for many miles over the surrounding districts; the ecclesiastic ju risdiction of the collegiate church is, consequently. rery considerable. Nor is it a vested power merely that it exercises ; it possesses a vital, a sort of traditionary influ ence in church matters over the people, especially those living in the more remote districts within the extensive boundarii s of its right. Many of the common people would almost consider a marriage solemnized in any other than " th'owd church " invalid ; this feeling is especially predominant among the country people, who, on occasi ons of christenings and marriages frock to its sacred porch. to the total disregard of the numerous new churches, al though the latter be in their own immediate neighbour hood. It is not uncommon to see a country wedding Party in all their finery, trolloping along the thronged and frequently muddy streets of Manchester, headed by a fid dler, industriously plying his catgut, in spite of the fuller but not legs discordant sounds which on every side prevail. WILD- HONEY GATHERING.—WiId honey, or, as the natives call it, " choogar bag," is collected by a small stingless bee, not so large as the common fly. The honey nest is generally found at the gummit of remarkably high trees. When the lynx-eyed native discovers it from below, there he will stand, with his head up, making a dead point at it until it is attained by his gin, who immediately begins with a small tomahawk, and by a rapid action of the wrist, to cut a notch in the hark of the tree, large enough for her great toe to rest upon. Winding her left arm round the body of the tree, she adroitly raises her self to this notch, and rests the ball of the great toe of the right foot. She then cuts a notch above her head, and qytickly ascends to this; so on in like manner until she reaches the dizzy height to which she is directed from below, exhibiting throughout the most astonishing stretch and pliancy of limb, and the most wonderful absence of all fear of danger. She recklessly advances towards the extremity of a fragile bough which appears ready to break. If she can reach the honey, she seizes it, and places it in a sort of calabash slung round her neck, at the same time holding her hatchet in her mouth. Where she finds it impracticable to reach the honey, she cuts off the branch, which, with its mellifluous appendage, falls to the ground of her sable lord, who stand' below. The honey is of de licious flavour, after it has been carefully separated from the comh,fthe cells of which are generally filled with small flies. The natives, however, devour it just as they find it, and are very fond even of the refuse comb, with which they make their favourite beverage called " hull," and of this they drink till they become quite intoxicated.— Brain's New South Wales. ELEPHANT H UNTING : A DILEMMA —Major Roger , had just had capital sport with a herd of elephants; his fr.ur guns had all been discharged. when an elephant made a charge at him from the skirts of the jungle; there was no help for it except to run ; and for forty yards the Major kept just ahead, feeling at every step the animal's trunk trying to insinuate itself round his loins. A turn round a tree gave a momentary advantage, which he made the most of, by springing up into the branches (he was nimble as a cat, and as strong as a lion) ; one foot higher, and he would have been nut of the elephant's reach ; but before he had time to draw up his lees, the elephant bad got him firmly clenched in the coils of his proboscis; still Rogers pulled against him, thinking it better to have his leg wrenched from the socket than to fall hack bodily into the animal's power. The struggle, however, did not last long ; for, to the delight of the pursued and chagrin of the pursuer, the 'Wellington boot which the former wore slipped off. extricated the leg, and saved the life of poor Rogers. The dilemma, however, did not end here ; for the elephant finding himself baulked of his prey. after destroying the boot, took up his quarters beneath the branche'. and kept his anticipated victim in the tree for twenty-four hours, when the tappal, or country postman, happening to pass by, Rogers gave him notice of his po sition ; and on this being intimated to the nearest village, the elephant was frightened away by tom-toms a'.d yelling. Had this occurred in a deserted part of tl e jangle, poor Rogers would indubitably have been starved to death on the tree.—Sporting Magazine. THE LATE MR. TEGG, THE PUBLI HER. --We copy _ _ the commercial rrosprrity of a people, are themes too vulgar to the high consideratipn of our times. The real question at iskue is, not whether a Parliament should or should not continue to sit here, but what shall 1 and others like me benefit by voting it away for ever—" Order—order," called out several voices. But Daly resumed, " I ask pardon, it is more parlia mentary to put the case dill- rent ly, and I shall under cor rection do so. Well, sir, we may benefit largely. I trust I am not disorderly lir saying that peerages, bishoprics, regiments, frigates, commissionerships, and !leaven knows what more, will reward us, when our utility to the State has met the approve! of an Imperial Parliament. I can well credit every promise of such gratitude, and have only to ask in turn, are thestt the arguments that should sway us now? is it because we are bungling legislators, that they wi-h for us in London ? is it because we are venal, they seek our company ? because we are inefficient, they ask for our co-operation? Are they so supremely right minded, honourable, and far-seeing, that they need the alloy of our dullness to make them mortal ? And suppose such the case, will it be gratifying to us to become the Helots to this people ? Will our national pride be flat tered, because our eloquence is sneered at, our law de rided, our politick knowledge a scoff, and our very accent a joke. Do not tell me such things are unlikely ; we are far weaker on the point than we like to coat ss. For my self, I can imagine the sense of shame, of deep, heartfelt, sb4sing shame I should feel at seeing some of those I see here. rise in the British House of Commons to address that body, while the rumour should run, he is the mem ber for Aleath or for Wicklow. 1 can picture to myself such a man ; a man of low origin and mean capacity—a roan who carves his path in life, less from his own keen abilities, than that others shirk from his contract, an d leave him unopposed in every struggle, a pettyfogger at 'he bar, a place-hunter at the parliament, half beggar, half bravo, with a petition for the minister, and a pistol for the opposition. Imagine a man like this, and reflect upon the !cellt g of every gentleman, at hearing the ru mour announce, • Ay. that'a a learned Serjeant, a leader at the bar of Ireland.'" Thr last words were delivered in a tine of direct per sonality, as turning towards where Nickolls sat, Daly threw at him a look of defiance. The whole House arose as if one man, with cheers and counter-cheers, and loud yells of insult, mingled with cries of " Order ;" nor was it till after a long and desperate wordy altercation, the demonr was subdued, and decorum at length re stored. Then it was remarked that Nickolls had left the H oats.. The Speaker immediately ordered the Serjeant of the proportion Our Fi ee- traders conter community is thus to pi ss with consider- They calculate that they will have a ‘e the labourer to his reduced amount the labou, able equ,nimitv chear loaf to reconril ber the promises which they have made, and the induce ments which they have held out to him during this con test. The operatives of the manufacturing districts do 'tot contemplate a reduced seele of remuneration for their industry, concurrent w ith a reducti . Jt in the remuneration of food. They have been taught that, in the manufactur ing Elysium which free trade is to create, they are to have, at once, ty I find t present, or an increased amount of means to pay for i% Will it be safe, I ask, thus practically to tell the working man that he has been the dupe of imposture—that, whilst professing to seek only, or mainly, his interes e left him precisely where he as ? Look at the temper of the manufacturing and the industrial classes at the present moment. An able writer in the Church of Enuland Quarterly Review, just published, thus remarks " Before, however, tt eculations upon hu ed else- man labour, in which the m anufacturers her( ed out to completion. ulted—that is, the will something yet remains to be c of the L••bour s a mind whose secret not seem to heed; there is a voice whose fearful accents in all their strength and power the world has not yet heard—the mind and the voice of the working populatton throughout Christendom, burdened beyond the power of further endurance, and caking on every hand, where the region of righteous resistance begins? If governments take no good heed, this mind and voice will one day give utterance to the sense of wrong unjus•ly inflicted in ways and forms that will shak • froin their foundations all the existing institutions of the earth. The doctrine that the only true capital is labour, however specious and unsound in its application, is gaining fast hold of the'minds of the masses. The claim of the workmen to eat the fruits of the earth—to partake of the gilts of God—to be warm and to be clothed—to be fed when he is hungry, and to be sheltered from the storm, in fair return for the toil of his arm and the sweat of his brow, is daily making it , elf heard in accents that cannot be mii,taken. A communisme of 'eterminatiort to res oppressions, labouring classes of all lands into one powerful fraternity. To meet this growing cot& drracy is by far the most diffi cult task of the statesman in the present day ; for it is by far the most fearful and thing , has had yet to deal.' us element with which lie "A strike amongst the manufacturing work-people against reduction of wages, following, a measure which was to po finitely. will be a very different affair to those strikes — fearful enough in their resn►ts—nhich hare taken place in past times. It will be a final strucWe on the part of the labourer for his fixture pn.ition in the social fabric. We have no further delusive dreams of mitigation of his suf ferings, by the supply of cheaper means of supporting ex istence, to bold up before his eyes. He will say now— ' I must have a security that I can live by my labour, or I must experiment as I please upon those institutions which pract , eally Ware me in the position of a machine, and not of a hun'an being, with waits which eat into the racier of such experiments, from such a source, I need not dilate upon The follo r wing examination of Mr. Gladstone's des patches, to the Governor. General of Canada, may he use ful to tho e who assert that there is no danger of our pre sent policy inflicting injury upon our colonies, endanger- rflattonship to the mothet country, or dart' the interests of the British merchant and shipowner . riously alarmed at the position in wh;ch the proposed measures of Government threaten to place them, is clear from the advice,' and journals rece ved by the Halifax mail steamer, a few days ago arrived; and the feeling is evidently shared by the Governor General of Canada him- sett. In his sp(eelt at the opening of the Canadian par liament, on tie 20th ult., Lord Cathcart thus indicated his first impressions. st least, upon the subject " ' : 'lnc last inteligence from the Mother Country indi cates a most important change in the commercial policy of upon tier Majesty's Government a ~ due consideration of the effect that any contempkted alteration might have on the interests of Canada. But until we have a fuller expo sition of the pri k•cted Fc h m , it would be premature to anticipate that the c aims of this province to a just mea sure of protection had been overlm.ked.' " I am not at all inclined to believe that the despatch of Mr. Gladstone, in reply to the communic a ti on o f th e Go vernor General, has alt- red his previous views, or is cal culated to allay the aegravaTed feelings of the Canadian people. The Colonial Secretary, in the despatch i n clues . don, which is dated from Downing-street, on the 3d March, and went out to Canada by the packet of the 9th, somewhat too plainly intimates that the policy of Great Britain iS henceforth to be determined upon irrespective of colonial interests. He says : _ _ _ " 'The Canada have occupied the place to which they -ate justly entitled in the deliberations of Her Maiesta'A tiovernmpnt nnnn this imnortant subject. and THE LIVERPOOL S'T'ANDARD. the following britf sketch of t he life of from a contemporary. Mr. Teeg's early career was one of strug. ling and difficulty, and his life presented a striking illus tration of how much can be accomplished by persevermnce and earnestness of purpose. At h a death he left a large fortune :—" Mr. T Tegg was born in 1776. at Wimble don, in Surrey. Doting h;s boyhood, Horne Tooke was a neighbour of his patents, and frequently noticed him. His father dying, he was left to the care of same friends, who sent him to Galaahiels, in Selkirk hire, where for the extremely moderate sum of ten pounds per annum, he was boarded, lodged, clothed, and educated, by a Mr. Graham, with whom be remained four years. At the end of that time, he set out on a cold .\ ovember morning to walk to Daikieth, with nothing in his pockets but a letter of introduct , on to a party in that town, and a sixpence There he obtained a situation. Removing to Edinburgh a short time after, he first saw Robert Burns, Hugh Biter, and Henry Mackenzie, in the shop of Creech, which those worth'es were in the habit of frequenting. From Edinburgh Mr. Tegg found his w.y successively to Ber wick, Alnwick, Newcastle-on-Tyne, and Durham. After many privations and trials, he obtained employment in the last named city. In after years he visited Durham under more gratifying circumstances, having been ho noured with an'invitatinn by Dr. Van Mildert, the Bishop of that see. Prom Durham Mr. Teeg removed to Shef field and worked in Mr. Gale's printing office. His am bition, like that of every aspirant. was, however, turned towards the metropolis. Eventually he set out fur Lon don, where he arrived almost broken in spirit and low in purse. As he did not immediately obtain employment. his sufferings were great: but perseverance overcamq them, and he entered the service of the then well-known publishers, the Messrs. Arch and Co., of Cornhill, with whom he remained nine years. His care and prudence durirg that time placed him in a position to think of commencing business on his own account, and he took a shop iu Alderseate-street, whence he afterwards removed to 111, Cheapside. In the former Mr. Tegg laid the foundation of his fortune;, fe commenced a system of evening book auctions, which he continued for many years. By means of these, and by entering hugely into the publishing trade, either in issuing reprints or copy rights at a low price, he was, there can be little doubt, one of the most active pioneers of the cheap literature of the day. At length Mr. Tegg's trade increased so rapidly that he found extensi/e premises essential, and trans ferred his business to No. 73, Cheapside, known as ' the old Mansion House.' Here his Iran-actions were as large perhaps as those of any single bookseller. In 1813 Mr.Tegg was elected Sheriff of Lyndon. but his declining health prevented him from serving that important office, and he not only paid the fine of £400 . t0 the City of Lon don School, but presented an additional hundred to found a ' Tegg scholarship,' together with a valwahlt collection of books. In November, 1845, Mr. Tegg's health be came so seriously affected as to excite the worst fears of his family and friendi;llnd, - ;(termucli suffering, he ex pired on the 21st April last. He . was buried at Wimble don. his nat've village. Mr. Tegg was a man who com bined powers of endurance under misfortune with deter mination of purpose, in a remarkable degree. To use his own recent word s : Tints I can say that. passing through life, whether rich or poor, my spirit never forsook me so as to prevent me from rallying again. 1 have seen and associated with all ranks and stations in society. I have lodged with beggars, and had the honour of presentation to Royalty. I have been so reduced as to plead for as sistance, and by the goodne's of Providence, I have been able to render it to others. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. — His fate furnishes a re markable instance of the instability of human greatness, and there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine re. motely caused his early dissolution ; for rather than take some simple remedy he allowed disease to gain the ascen psenrdsobnesincgaaninwoatysbeprotovoidgwdawtcihthfual s o a f fe th a e n i d r ascen dancy over his constitution, and death was the result. Thus state h a t u e s i of t h is ea th lt a h t , efficient medicine, such as Frampton's Pill of Heal lt— enjoy the two greatest blessings of this world, health and long life. May 12, 1944. STATE OF TRADE. MANCTIRSTER.—We ate glad to state that the tone of busi ness throughout this week has been decidealy better than for the last few weeks, but although there has been a degree of briskness in the market, it has not been accompanied by any advance in price. This remark, it must be observed, applies mainly to the transact:ons in twist for es port ; and we under stand that, had the manufacturers been willing to hive accepted even a small reduction, the business done would have been to a much greater extent. When it is considered, however, that the price of twist now is nearly, if not fully, 2d, per pound lower than it was in the bad summer of last year, it is scarcely to be expected that any further reduction will be submitted to.. The goods market has, on the whole, been rather flat, if we except printing cloths, for which there has been a fair demand, at a small improvement in price. This, we anticipate, will be main tained, as we hear that several large manufacturers of this de scription of fabric have commenced working short time, with a view, no doubt, to check the large accumulation of stock which must otherwise take place. On the whole, we may say that things are looking* up. LEICESTER.—AIthough there is not much more doing in the warehouses, there is a more healthy tone given t., business; and the prevailing opinion is, that the point of depression is passel. Manufacturers have produced with caution, and hence stocks are comparatively light. A lair export trade has been done in fancy hosiery and gloves, though but a limited one for stock ings. Yarns are in lair demand, and spinners hie at a rise is prices. There is more doing in wools, and prices rule, if any teing, a shade higher. good demand has been experiences this week foe wcollens, both for the home and foreign trade, and several or ders have been given to the manufacturers. Hence, as stocks are generally low, and as sanguine hopes are entertained that additional impulse wili be giveti to our staple trade by the pass ing et the free-trade measures of the government, expectations are sanguine that we shall have both a good summer and good winter trade. Prices coatinue much the same as they Uwe ruled for some time past. BECKMONDWIKK BLANKET MARKET.—We have had Vivo good markets this week, and many goods have change.l hands •There is not much alteration in prices. The orders for shipping are very trifling compared with last year, and what is doing is In anticipation, for the home trade. BRADVORD.-The demand for Combing Wools is on the in crease, which may be attributed to the long absence of the buy ers in taking their supplies for consumption, which is still of as d minished order. The supply in this market is only bare. and enables the staplers t maintain their prices. Y,:rn.—Therels. no material alteration in this braneh of the' trade since our last report. The stock of Yarns is generally on the decline, and the' spinners chiefly working to order, and price 3 very firm with en' upward tendency. I ieces.—There is a steady demand (or most kind of autumn goods, and without alterati..n in prices. HUDDERSPIELD.—Trade is evidently improving here. A fait amount of goods have changed hands this week ; but manufac turers and merchants act with great caution—both-taking care not to increase tt:e:r stocks. VT ALI FAX.—The staple tr. - .de of this town and neighbourhood is rather more active than it was a short time ago. Goods suit able for the summer wear are in good demand, and fair prices are obtained. Wools continue high. which prevents manufac turers reducing prices, and tends to check the demand. ROCHDA LlS.—'l he market was extremely dull on Monday, very few buyers having attended, but there was no change in prices , ‘l , tite as little was done in w-. 01 as iu flannels, and every thing for the present seems at a stand-still. illostsav AND LACE TRADES.—The condition of the most C% tensive branch of the hosiery trade, the wrought cotton stock ings, continues to grow worse; and in Derbysh re, -where it has in many instances been much better than in this count! , it is now in a most depressed state. The cotton gsove 'trade is still in a pretty fair state, a - d the hands in general are toterabli well employed. The silk glove branch has met with a cchsider able reverse, and many of the ho iers give out their material with a very sparing hand. The drawer, pantaloon, and shirt branch is, if anything, a shade better. The silk hose trade IS still in a very depressed state. The fancy bobbin-net trade is con-idered by most persons engaged as being worse than ever; however, in some few quarters there is a slight stir, which 10 mo:e than counter-balanced by a want of demand in other, places. The cotton warp lace trade is still in a most depresse" candition, very few r.f the hands having more than half work, and even that is very precarious. The silk blond trade, or re' ther the remnant of that once important manufacture, is a little better. arid will probed, - remain so during the summer months-. At Leicester some considerable improvements have tp.en made,. in the construction, as well as in the troductions of this mos t extensive. (in its powers) of all machines. LONDON GAZET7E.-TUESDAY, MAY 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. and A. Glendinning, Iluddersfield.woollen cloth merchant —Burgess and Leach, Manchester. joiners —Page and Cairns'', Nottingham. lace manufacturers—Fothergill and Wall, MO' Chester, wholesale grocers—Marshall and Son, Nottinghsr ° ' painters—J. Scholes. J. Smith, and J. Wild, Crompton, Lance' shire, coal proprietors—J Scholes and J. Garside, Knowl C o ' liery. Sholvermnor. Lancashire, coil ers—M. Philippo and W• 0 ' Francis, Norwich, surgeons—J. B. Blackaler and W. shor t ' Liverpool. sail makers—Butt and Satchel!, C am b r id ge , milline`" , —M. Richardson and Son, Liverpool, coopers—Sore and Stride , Fling-mill, Hampshire, millers—R. and H. Anderson. pool, linen drapers—J. Solomon and Co., Exeter, tailors- - .. Butterworth and Co.. Sh -w Clough, Lancashire, wool earde . ' —J. Waites and Co., Wakefield. twine manufacturers—M e l ' chants' Company, Liverpow, Manchester, Rochdale. and OW where, common carriers—Parker and Heiden. York, tick Ira' nufacturers-11. A. Johnson and W. Pearson, Louth, Uncoil shire. druggists—A. Oldham and Sons, Kingston-upon-Flu l 7 millwr:ghts—J. Hutchinson and Co.. Sutton and Liveipoo! glass bottle manufacturers; so far as regards J. Hutchinson"' Spilman and Hunter, Gainsborough, carriers. DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS, J. Evans. Liverpool. ironmonger, H. Chambers, Ashton and r-Lyme.tailor. T. Todd, Manchester. dealer in cotton goods C. Stovin, Birmingham. coach t roprietor. BANKRUPTS. Samuel Mosley Wade, Liverpool. cotton dealer. Joseph Taylor, Liverpool, merchant. Joseph Miller. Wh.ttlebury street, llampstead-road, painter Jules Valle. Manchester and elsewhere, silk printer John William Pitsch, Sackville street, Piccadi ly, tailor. John Dailey and Al red loskipp, Long-laue, Bermondsey, lei' then manufacturer. John George Ufford, Holloway, common brewer. Joseph Willis. Bucklersbary, eating-house k,eper. James Weston, Bishopsgate-street kV ithtn, ratter. a t Cooper's-row,Towerstreet. winewine merchant , and Henry Walter;. Bristol, licens-d victualler. William Brook, Mau chester, and Goldsmith-street, stuff user' chart. John Taylor, Huddersfield, commission agent Edward Joseph Staples, Bristol, surgeon. DIVIDENDS. olfr M , y 28, E. and T. Rolph shepherd's-court, Upper 0114,.. street. Grosvenor-square, builders—May 29, W. P N rsons, ° :: e o tol, brewer—May 26, W. Jc , nes. Usk. Alonmoathsh.re, lio uraper—May 26. A. Mathe and S. Moore. Liverpool. naerch',l7o, —May 26, G. F. Fairclough, Liverpool, money serivener2,ll, 26, J. H. Pemberton, Liverpool, mt rehant —May 26,J. Thr e es. Liverpool, banker—May 27. J. Roberts, Piasyn Der Wen. bighshire, miller—May 28. J. Sill and W. Watson, Live r Led' merchants—May 27, W. H. Bell, Kingston-upon-Hull, '- crueher. CERTIFICATES o' To be granted, unless cause be shown to the °outran' day of meeting. May 29, T. Dowglass, Vigo-street. cloth manufacture r - 10 27 R. C. Turner, Honneisditch . carpenter—May '27. 8 ,,; ‘"v,'sf d ; Queen Arm-street, Cavendi-h-street, 28. Wiatord-mill and Ludgate-street. paper manufacturer —N`"ol' R. G. Spedding, Queen-street, Cheapside. and Bush-lan e don-street, zinc manufacturer—May 26, W. Urivio, "Son-street, Pertford,hire. fellmonger—May 26, J. Roberts, Plasyn pe r Denbighshire. farmer—May 29, S. Littler, Liverpool, dr ay May 27, C. Brady. Aston nigh Birmingham. commission —May - 27, M. Su.ith, Birmingham. ironfounder. CERTIFICATES . To be granted by the Court of Review, unless cause be sb° to the contrary on or before May 26. C. Self, Sun-stre. t, Bishopgate Without, [:lumber - -•,r0 Leadenhall-market. butcher—H. Arnold, lArby, chee_?.T ,. : o .o.` J. Aldritt, Rugelev. Staffordshire, ropemaker—J. ita. , lingd , n, Lancashire. joiner —H. J. Barker. Flixton,Lie shire, logwood and drug grinder—J. Hutchinson, Yorkshire, ironfounder. PROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OP FRIDAY, PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. eelf' Buchanan and Parlane, Liverpool. timber merchant r ic o6 son and Troughton. shipbuilders—F , x and Banks. 4 ! rt h o :> brokers—J. and A. Wadsworth. Sh,theldi joiners—J• Ft are Son, Halifax. Yorkshire. worsted spinners and manufa c r ery Lawton. Holdroyd. and Co., Huddersfield. mann ac tu vi, o 4 , fancy w , l istcoatinzs; as far as regards B. B. HoldroYdrr T. D. Phipps and J. Carrington. Bath, carriers; as 'Thgrip Bards J. Carrington—W. Cheetham and W. Wriglech, and I reston, hat manufacturers—W. Dicker ands.,,• r ' o ., ne court, Fleet street, London, embosser' — B. C. 'O. T. Shillito, Leeds, coachbuilders— Clarke, Kinmouth• - si•ft ° o , Co., Aldermanbury. warehousemen—Crown CoilierlF. cio F, Glocest rshire—W, Thon. as, S. Lepard, and D. Willionl';go'oir. lane. London, attorneys; as far as regards W. T" e tt. Ronson and Co. Durham. plasterers—J. avid W. Sen n ..,ief `„if , min,hatn. stonemasons—T. W. and L. Wild . WalMei t;r7 c p Siittleworth. cotton spinners —H. 1.. Gintberr and T Basing lane. London. merchant factors—G. Weld , an' •p•l'' e lS' Kruttbridge. silversmiths—W. and R. .S. Green. " c iis o saddlers - Young and Lawson, Manbecn, near F lgin , / or DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS• cbese G. Graham, T. Adams, and M. B. Macfarlane, calienprioters. R. Payne, Hatton-wall, London. br-ssfounder. _ego' T. Chapman, Tottenham-court-road, London, da iry G. Karnes. Pottsea, innkeeper. ,•0 01' T J. Ashton. Pall-mall, London. tailor. c - I‘ F Pothergill, Bell's -elosv, Northumberland, lany blP to i facturer. ...----___ . 4, ' I' SOLVENT. May s.—George Seabrook. Luton, Bedfordsh ire, manufacturer. BANKRUS. C iti : .1 0 r 0r0 Cuthbert Parker. Liverpool, linend PT raper. May 2, 60 11 0 ,!,,, 12 o'clock, at the Liverpool District Court of 1, 0 0 0 0" solicitors, Messrs. Gregory and Co., Be ford-row , Ave , - Mr. Green, Liverpool; oflich.l assignee, Mr. Caz e- pool Thomas Freeman, Wood-street, Cheaps:de, manufacturer. Joseph Fearnby. Windsor-terrace, manufacturer .try ' bOOrfie Christopher Clarke, Goswell-road and Crag' ,ce •0 0 0 '4 „ London. draper. to Do, John Joseph Taylor, Tooley-street, Southwark, tt Ja,, es and Thomas Whitelaw. L'chfield - s ue Store-street, Benford.sqoare, builders. John Dodsworth Al,rahams. York. tailor. Samuel Shann, Leeds, cloth finisher. trt• Samuel Ogden, Manchester, woollen factor. „WI Wiliam Gill, Warrington, Lancashire. corn Benjamin Clarke, oud. Glocestershire , g rg Ler . Robert Fotle, Kingsb.idge, Devonshire, Stephen Knowles, Exeter common brewer. „Jr , 1 , DIVIDENDS. , c lotb ier ;e June 4. J, Haigh, Alm o n dbnry, Yorkshire, wo e jut pi- J. Clough, Iluddersfild, Yorkshire, chemist ci'var,ts Pa teraon and J. M. Malonck, Liverpool. me t 110" sa l " F. T. Walker, Liverp 01. merchant—June I, 1, to re , 0 0 verpool, bookseller—June 1, J Ogle. Liverp oo o trS e CERTIFICATES t ,,„ co to the he Sh.Wavicttl vo: To be granted, unless the day of meetina• yor. - • June I, TK. Rowhothatn. Hudder t Aield. hole,/ 0, keeper—June 18, R. Pickles, narnsiey. Yor'sl;:stiire. facturer—June 4 J. Clough , 'Huddet.field•Y^r"„ro.cr", May 2 , . J Hall, Rochdale. Lancashic. shar. e e &AO .1. Riding and J. Fielding, Leyland, Lancashlf °I) Llnguard, New Elvet, tr Co be granted, unless cause be shown 00 before the 2 9t h day of I,lla, jotritc. G. P. Payne. Liverpool. dealer i "Itiler of mu SCOITH SEQUE.TRA'III,,, dex icr• J. R. Prentice, Edinburgh. picture Dear contrail' j, J. G. Bankier. Greenock. bookseller. J. R. Finlay. Glasgow, stockbroker. T. Watson. E inburgh. builder. J. Provan, Glasgow, Beeler. facturers, _ -------____------------- iv v _ . , MEETINGS or CREDITORS ros 1-• ,„ort , f May. . ict C° ` art, Aiv . pisir in to) , ,0 12, William Tomlinson Jan. proof and " • ',tor ' 12, William 'I weddle. 2nd ' .............. •• " Pi to , II 15, Michael Kelly, 2nd ...................... Poo, i t IS. Owen Hughe4. Ist ~..••• • • • • D4O, 15, Colborne and Dobbs. proof ............ • • D itt o, 15, Samuel Mosley Wade, ISt ....... *.. ' ... ke t r t '4b' 104' G o . ' o l t rorr : Zig 1 0 • 11 t_ 4.