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

iL tteratart. NOTICES. Cur Free Trade Policy Examined. By a Livetriool itlerelant. London : Wh:ttoker and Co.; Liverpool : Lacy and Adoison, a,,d W. Grapcl. . mune our extrac . s from tli;s welldimed pamphlet; .st quote the views of the writer with respect to the i r i„„ of t he labouring masses under the operation of Jta , ed manufactures and depressed agriculture : ` A reduction of the reward of manufacturing labour I /twelve to the natural, the immediate, and the inevi slile result of the ministerial measures, or of any mea sues, which tend to divert industry from other branches a eatploymrnt. and to direct it towards manufacturing Trarssits. The immediate connexion of the price of labour will the pric? of food I do not choose at present to dis cuss. I could even aff trd to throw it overboard alto gether; and le4V• Sir Robert Peel and his ministerial and stAircolical will. a to make the most of their elaborately 'lnd cunningly selected figures and data. There is a natu tn:vafris decline in the wages paid in all ma 'l lie exvrience of the last twenty .B in neatly every hortirch of manufactures has witness to the fact. 1n all cases it may not be rgly Yatparent from the money amount paid to each ..five for his week's labour ; tut where this is so it t be borne in mind that the same operative now per .ns three sod even Jour linos the work which be did tsame remuneration 21) years ago. Where the cot on spinoff formerly attended to 690 spindles only, be at- AthWs vow to 2400. Where th power-loom weaver was arty able to attend one loom, he attends now to two anti 'even three, and the-e working at increased speed. In every branch of manufat tures. human labour we find is being-year by year more cconom z-d, and the productive power of the mere machine enormously increased. "The obvious result of this feature in our manufactur ing system is to diminish its power of providing for the enrol .vm-nt of the people in proportion to the increased ismount of manufactures produced. For instance, we , uported trout the United Sta es, to be worked up into 't ant gunsla, it. 1822, cotton to the extent of 329,906 In 1845 we imported onwards of four times that saloon?, or 1,499,600 bales. Now, will any man assert lesat in the latter year •he cotton trade of the kingdom anwded profitable employment to four times the number qE operatives, nr paid four times the wages that it did in the tormer ? Certainly no man would be so hardy.' But if this cannot be said of the gross amount of the cotton manufacture, includine of course that most valuable por tion of it. c nsisting of the fin-st and fully perfected fab lies consumed in the home market, far less can it be said -e the coarse and low-priced fabrics which principally rman - 7se our foreign trade. In 1841 we exported 166 94ii.452 yarns of pl.io calicoes. I n 1842 we exported y 4.040,519, whil-t in 1843 our exports of the same fabric sprung op to 520,011.635 t nrds, and last year they were 613,138,645 yard-. Dot our hand-loom arid power-loom weavers Licrease in the ratio of 61 to 36 between 1845 and 1144 I or dril they increase in the ratio of 52 to 36 between 1.842 and 1843? Th. y did no such thing. We heard of me exten sive migration from the agricultural to the manu facturing districts in those year.. There was a sudden expaosion of the demand ; but the manufacturing districts -were able to mm--t it without any material addition to their futurLig pursuits g stock of labour a a far her increase of exports as is predicted as the result of Fr,'e 'f rade I admit may nroduce such an in aessed demand for labour as may for a while check the 4ownward tendency of wages. But mark the changed Circumstances into which the nation will have fallen ! We shall have have redut: , cl the reward of agricultural indus try. We shall have diminished the temptation to in yeased agricultural enterprise. for I hold with Sir Howard Douglas that tt seems a strange proposition, and one ermairary to all experience, toto the way to encourage the produeti , n of artmi• s of any kind is to exeose that branch &industry to unequal edmpetit on." By the same pro- Aess we shall have clerked emigr,tion to our colonies; lawd thus thrown an additional number of hands upon the pursue lab )ur market. These must of necessity press into tat" manufacturing districts fur employment; and political ocanotnisls tell us that it is the pruportion of the supply demand tor any commodity which regulates its We know what was the effect of the irruption of tper populaiion of the sou•hern counties into the - districts, which took place in 1835 and , from the I. tt , -rs of Mr. Greg and Mr. Secretary of the I'o ,r Law Commission ed-- thz., to reduce wag-s. The k)Don--nroved by a parliamen been siths'sting upon 21d. per 1 10 per cent, ; and the to addition of a potato symptom of approach . ) rit,nufacturing prose e•ity, which the rnachi- Somer,et House was to bt! put in ol.eration to We know how successful was the effort made 40‘inu , acr uring Wr kno reni, for what it was intr• the Vrt n to ha poor wr a wtile spread ~uff-ring and wretchedness which were 1, when at len,th a period of manufacturing pros eded to the few years of active prosperity duc-ri the effort to 'equalise,' as the phrase ctu ring with agricultural prices of • labour. e never yet heard from offieial sources how many en thousand of the agricultural pauper population d the hom->s which they had been seduced to leave, aurd the f-ver and pestilence of the cturul towns and villages, Wait on linost depopWa mely graves ....ren the attecultural and the ma uling I tbuurtr, but upon a noire extensive scale, ,ore earnest, roost inevitably follow the of tie piesetit nit asure, it is intended to fol- Manufpetur , is are to absorb the dispossessed the coo -t ; and, me,sitring their capability by a laid down above, there can remain little doubt labour will very soon become out of all a the demand fur it. I have no doubt that adrrs contemp!ate the ordeal tbrough which ring community is thus to pess with consider %oily. They calculate that they will have a -anvil.- the labourer 'o hit reduced amount labour of the court , r car atil ttb ear loaf to r e made, and the induce- intros which rt have held out to hini . during this con test. Tue overatives of *tit coot n:anutacturing districts do plate a luerd scmle "f remuneration for thri; Industry, coricurri with a reduction in the remuneration been taught that, in the tnanufactur free trade is to create, they are to at once, m-re Prod and the present, or an increased, *mount of meto , s to pay for it. IX ill it be safe, I ask, thus practically to tell the working man that he has been the eof impo,ture—that, wi ii-t professing to seek only, left him precisely where ..coe . mtm be vi Sv _ _ k at the temper of the manufacturing and ice industrial classes at the present moment. Au able writer in the Church of England Quarterly Review, just dished, thu. remarks upon i Ennio opecolations upon hu- _ . snail labour, in which the manufacturers here and the where fo►.dly indulge, can b esti- ed out to completion, remains to be mm.ulted—that is. the will 1 here is a mind whose secret communing.. with itself the world does I.b .urn mot Pcem to I,e,d; there is a voice whore fearful accents in idl their rtrolugth and p. , wer the world has not yet d—the mind and the voice of the working population u:hou• Chiimenriom, bu• &nett beyond the power of nd asking on every hand, where the If governments his mind and voice will one day give take 11 ttnee to the sense of wr.ng uojusly infl;cted in si7ays and forms that will aliak from itirir foundations all the e;ciatim inariiutrons or the The doctrine that the ►a.t hunt of the minds of the amasses: — The etsim of the workmen to eat the fruits of the earth—to psrtake of the g' te. of God—to be warm and to be ebmied—to be fed wilt n he is hungry, and to be sheltered Iron. the st ,, rm, to fair return for the toil of his arm and the sweat or his brow, is daily waking it-elf heard in accents that et.nnot be miAskett. A cornmunisme of j .tiatiiin at tt,r 11,11 etion of past wrongs— o resist fresh op' ssions, is binding the t a b our i ng v i,,, es of all lands ii,to one powerful fraternity. To meet this g owing cont- d racy is by far the most diffi cult task 01 the .iaTeNteati iu it:e u•esent day; for it is by far the most le •r.til srid catigerous clement with which he £ac 'bail yet to de4l lrt•ts (17:trike a., t,n7st the n anyfacturing work-people fill:ow:lig a measure which St TeeU, e the ver I re ,, tletloll almost hide. ‘etv diff, rt-ta ,ff , ir to those strikes— iiich hate taktn place in ILgie on the part of the rr po.i+ion in the social fabric. We f-,rful enough in t• e r rant be a finht Win !Maurer f.a• his fo• Lave no further m bis4ve 41rearos 4 , f mitigation of his suf ferings, by the stint , / of oh, at et- turans of supporting ex- Loence, to hold up IN fore los r yrs. Lie will say nctv— ' I must have a sucurity that I ca,, live by my labour, or rnu-t expt-titnent as I please upon those_ institutions which practicalh p are me in the position of a machine, snd nt , t of a hu, att brim. w•th waits which eat into the life. and tacertue t oth tte b dv the soul.' The cha. Tarter of rush txpertments, from such a source, I need &c - 4 dilate upon." The follovving examiration of Mr. Gladstone's des ratcheg, in the Goverour• G-neral Canada, may he use ful to tho e who ao.sert that these is no danger of our pre- Itcy it fl cticht injtu y upon c ur colonies, endanger ir t il•tto , n-lpp to the n.utl eo countly, or damaging ri-:41, of the liritiA merchant and shipowner "That 0 e population of Brit sh America is already se riously alarmed at the psit On in wh;ch the proposed treasures of Go n ‘erment thre, ute to lace them, is c l ear from the athiee, ond journals r,ce ved by the Ilalifax small steamer, a few (la% a a:go d ; and the f ee li ng i s viden , ly shared r.y the ( I ;. , vetrwr General of Canada him- Aclf. In his slit evil at the operiii.g of the Canadian par- Itaperit, ou . 11 , e 20+h ult.. Lord Cathcart thus indicated Ibis first impressions. at 1 ,st, r,pon the subject : " • Toe last in'el tr m , lre Mother Country indi -Cates a most important chaor.:e iu the commercial policy of the Empire. I had previously t ,ken occasion to press viron tier Nlaj st)'s Government a due consideration of tt,e effect that a +y ranter) , pl •t , d alterat+on might have on the interest, of Co ada. But until we have a fuller expo ititir of the yr( j e'td , cht mi., it w'ould be premature to ,nricipa►e th.t the c aims of thix province to a just mea sure of protection had been o%erlo .ked.' _ _ rain not at rdi inclined to belteve that the despatch of Gatistone, in reply to the r ,unication of the Go vernor General, has alt red his previous views, or is cal cciated to allay the aggr,ica , ed feelings of the Canadian The Colonel Secretary, in the despatch in clues which is dated from Downing-street, on the 3d ,nrch, and went out to Caned., b the packet of the 4th, otnewbat too plainly indicates that the policy of Great Britain is henceforth to be doe, mined upon irrespective interests._ if says ! _ _ people IbAL 4 "The interes.s of Canada 11.,ve occupied the place to vihieh they a►e ju.tly entitled in the deliberations of Her Pajesty's Governthent upon this imp9rtapt subject, and upon others which are akin to it. At the same time, I need hardly point out to your lordship, that there are matters into which considerations immediately connected with the supply of food for the people of this country, and with the employment of its population must be par•a mount.' "The employment of the colonial poptilatiort, Or the maintenance of those great interests which the past access of that population to the British markets has established in the colonies, is secondary to the gratification of the cry of the manufacturer at home for a cheap loaf or cheap timber ! In the face of this broad declaration on the part of the Home Government, that the Canadian people are henceforth to be treated, in its legislation toward.; them with respect to the two great staples of their production, as foreign countries rather than as dependencies, whose welfare that Government is bound by as strong ties as the population of Grear Britain herself, there can be little hope that the Canadas can be brought to feel any great longing to retain the existing conn , xion. " I need not enter at any great length into the examina tion of the grounds on which Mr. Gladstone endeavours to soothe the fear of injury being inflicted upon Canadian interests by the Government measures, and to show that that country is in a position to sustain the competition to which she is called upon to submit the industry or her population. With res,,ect to her corn, Mr. Gladstone says : `" I have much satisfaction in reflecting, that if Canada will have to enter into competition with the western states of America, and engage in this rivalry when no longer covered by any protective duty, at least she will not be called on to make the effort without some advantage on her side. Among them I reckon light taxation; the assis tance she has received from British credit and funds in the construction and improvement of her internal commu nications; her more regular and steady course of trade with this country; her low tariff, so favourable to impor tation, and, on that account, so powerfully tending to en courage her reciprocal commerce outwards ; some advan tage in point of proximity, as compared with the most westerly stales of the Union, which are also her most for midable rivals in cheapness of production; and, lastly, the means of carriage, without transhipment, by the St. Lawrence, which cannot be had by the Erie Canal. She will likewise have this in her favour, that her corn trade will have become a settled one of some standing, with all its arrangements made and in full operation, while any regular commerce in that article with the United States must be a new creation, and must go through the pro cesses attending its self• adjustment to processes. as yet untried. " And if it be true that New 'York offers some advan tages as compared with Montreal, particularly in regard to the rate of insurance, on the other hind, I consider that the shipping of British North America has many advantages over that of the United States in the competi tion for freights, as it is conducted at less expense, and is, E 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 tigriculturi•t., a great many of the existing arrangements of her commerce will also be diverted into an - Aber 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. a. d. Duty on United States N 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 favour of Canadian produce, for the next three years. per brl.. ......... Probable difference in freight 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 fixed 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.' " " lf, after the expiration of three years, the present production in the corn laws of Eisgland 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 real•zed. The reduc tion of tolls on our public works is likely to proceed more rapidly than on those of Canada, and we shall, 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 made as annexed : EXPORTATION OF FLOUR TO LIVERPOOL, VIA NEW YORK AND MONTREAL Freight, per barrel, from Toronto to Osvvego... Do. do. Obweeo to New York Do. - ••* do. New York to Liverpool .-. 2 6 Average rate of insurance, (1 per cent.) st of transport from Toronto to Liverpool, via New York 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.) " This leaves a balance in favour of that city of two shillings per barrel. So far as the trade in breadstuffs between Great Britain and North America is concerned, under the present formation of the corn laws, and under 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 and Liverpool, but to what extent it will be carried, is a matter of much uncertainty and doubt.'" " With respect 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 our commerce from the St. Lawrence 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 valuable cargo of dry goods, can afford to return, 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 emigrants 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, field, for their enter prise and industry. It is well known that a large portion of our shipping employed in the trade with . British Arne- rica goes out with emigrants to those settlements; and, when we take away this remunerating employment for the outward voyage, the site homewards must be a seriously increased one." With respect to the timber trade of Canada, the same despatch says " Not only are they (the government) free from the ap prehension that the proposed remission of 10s. per load on foreign timber and 12s. on Cireigo deals will cause a contraction of the trade from British North America, but they are f a ngu i rie in the anticipation that that trade will continue. notwithstanding the proposed change, to extend itself."' " A differential duly of 155., proposed, as upon the average nearly covering the difference bttween freights from the Baltic and (hi-se from British North America to Great Britaln,' he apprehends will preserve to us this trade; and he agues, that as import;-tion to Canadian Timber has increased under the m asu'e 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 our this unsta ble argument to the colonist, to have reminded him of the fact, that very special circumstances, most favourable to the developemt-nt 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 than Canadian) have suits perttd the British grower in the conirmition to which the treasure 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 before him. Reduce that .protection, however, to Iss. from 24s , its present amount, and the ruin of this branch of colonial industry is certain. The lumberers of that colony will nor, like the serfs of. the northern European counties, work tiir a minimum amount of remuneration. Render their em ployment unprofitable and they betake themselves at once to their farina; their timber ceases to employ our ship ping, our sailors, and their own saw-mills, and to pay for British manufactures. Under the proposed duty (the freight from the Baltic being about 17s. per load against 38s. from British America) the Baltic gri , wer will hive a protecting duty of six shillings par load (or the difference of freight f 21s. less the duty of 155,) over the Canadian ; and thus. if the quslity of the article fur nished us by the latter were as good and its cost as little at Qurbec as that of ti.e former at Meno-1 or Dantzic, the trade must be a losing one and be ab,ndoned. The Colonist obviously cannot supra rt Ipmsell with less than 21s. as the differential duty, even at the re l at i ve pr i ces o f the different descriptions of timber in the ziritish market. A HINT TO ALLOTTEES.—A well-known journeyman tailor in Leicester (who. it is said, " mocks one" exceed ingly well), having bee 9 served with a writ by a bubble company, whose `'directors" had forgotten to reply t o his letter of app lication till their share were at d scount, qnietly packed up bis sole worldly possessions —his goose, needle, and thimble—and forwarded them by Ptckford 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 irvited to the feast, to " see the teat of his old friend."—Leicester Paper. THE MODERN PILGRIk'S PROGRESS. THE FRAGMENT OF A DREAM. (From Blackwood's Magazine for May) CHAPTER 11. How SCAPEGRACK, losing sight of Pram !um, was mocked at Vanity Fair, And as they journeyed, tn‘ ethought the two men had much conversation together. _ " Now, neighbour Scapegrace," said Stagrtisti, " if thou wouldat 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 wort in search of. I remember me well, that when I first resorted thither, I more than once went into the wrong shop, 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. lie 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 had 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 shoultist 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 muck 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 so fast, neighbours ?" said he. "Nay, Mr. Littlefaitb," we be all journeying, as I take it, the same road. We are hound for Vanity Fair, and from 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 he had not asked too much for his wares, and so lost his market, and returned 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 Littletaith 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 head, 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 fir from Vanity Fair, dwelleth a certain man called PREMIUM ; but his house is not easily found, for he liveth 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 seo'th visi. tors coining, and liketh not their look—for he is a shy man, and easily frightt ned—he will disappear of a sudden, and send Discount to open the door to them, and to say he has gone out, and won't be home for a fortnight. This roan Premium is almost always to be found hankering about the Fair; and so long as thou canst 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 vanisneth when least expected ; and shouldst thou fall into the bands 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 contused. Littlefaith spoke of turning back, but being encouraged of Staginao, he took heart again, and went on. . And as they gazed about them, and marvelled at the multitudes that were wandering up and clown the rows, cheapening the wares, " Now we are in good luck," cried Sta2man ; " for yonder, on the outskirts of the market, it 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." " 13ut do you think we may venture ?" said Littlefaith. "Yea, verily, " said Stagman ; so, hurrying up they laid hold o f him gently, but with a Ilium grasp. and saluted him. He was a portly person, attired in a golo coloured snit, 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 be to Stagman ;• what wouldst thou have me to do?" " Only to sh .w us thr•iugh 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 ours and ins of this Babel." So, keeping fast hold of Mr. Premiums arm, they en tered the Fair; and if at a dis•ance they were contused 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, BrLian row, Irish row, English row, and Scotch row ; the chief crowd, htiw ever, was in the English row, which was so choked up at times with buytrs and sellers, that it was not possible to move on at all. But as most neople were glad to make way for Premium, who sc; , s well known tht.re and much respected. the pilgrims got along the rows better than they thought. '• What will you buy, worthy gentlemen—what will yon buv ? exclaimed many voices as they passed." . . _ Buy any Pensylvanians, gents?" said a man in the rai went of a Quaker. . . " Heavy stock, heavy stock, Jonathan !" cried an other. . . " Buy my Mexicans—best Mexicans l" said a third. " Would not 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—guarauteed stuck, 5 premium, ex div.," said a ninth "Won't do, Sauley, said a tenth— price." And so on it went, all the dealers bawling and squab bling together, and trying to depreciate one another's •" won't do at any wares. But, in the meantime, a certain one came up to Little faith in the crowd ; and seting him in c. !orally with Pre mium, he asked him if he were inclined to sell his scrip. Whereupon Littlefaith, turning round, saw teat it was his old neighbour, Plausible, and answering. said, " t ►f' a truth such was my errand hither. b ,t what v,ith the din and bustle about me. I doubt I shall never pluck up heart to find a purchaser." " I fear, neighbour Littlefaith," sail Plau•ih'e. " thou art in the right, and let roe slit thee that saute sc.ip of thine is little in favour here ; howbtit, for the sake of ohs , cquaintatico, I would not have thee return eng.ty-1 will buy thy wares of thee. Thou cans' m t expert toe much profit, hut here are twenty crowns, which will defray thy travellin4 charges—and leave thee a eotnetiiiiig over be side. Mayhap I may he able some time or other to find a purchaser. There is th- money. Give me the e•ei ip quickly; for I see a cettain f iend of mine, Mr. By•eods, who beckoneth to me, and cannot wait." Then did Litilefaiih take the croA ns, and give unto Plausible the scrip, which when he had pu , i.sto his boson►. he smiled and hastened away. When bitletaitn carve back to Stagman, he told him what he had done. "Thou faint-hearted fool said Stagmaii, " knowest thou not thy wares were well worth a t‘undr, d crowns, which, I warrant thee, Plawdhle Rill make of t. em before the market is over. Out upon thee for a crazed cox comb! get thee gone, and trouble us uo mote in this matter." " Better is a bird in the hand than two in the bush," said Litthcfaith ; and so saying he departed. But %,hile Stagn3an was thus gibing Littlefaith for throwi,,g away his %vans, budderdy Scapegrace uttered a cry. aid said— " Mt,cy on lig, vi bat bath become of Mr. Pretnitno ! only turned my head for a moment to look at yonder Yr spectus of the Grand Equatoral and Tropical Junc tion, and lo ! he sltpt hts aim nom mine. and 1 saw him no more." " Oh, woe is me!" crerl Stegman ; " what I foretold has come to pass, and now 1 tear a worse thing will yt t befall us." And, as he spoke, behold there drew near a lean and ill.favoured person clad in rigged end sad-coloured at. tire, ‘..ht,be doublet wk., much out :it tt.e elbows, and who looked ever towa.ds the ground ; and no soon. r oid Stag man see him drawing nigh. than he threw his scrip on the ground, and, hurrying t+ ri ugh the crowd, he was seen no more. Then I knew that the 111311 ' 14 outne wHs DiscouNT. And when the men of ti e FHir saw that I rem , uo. was gone, and that Stamen had fled t Di-eount drew ni g h, th-y seized upon Scapegrace, and began to fl ut lcm, at first with fair words and prof-nee:, tint. at last more t IWO), and openly. " So, teieno !" cried t ne. •• )ou will bu) no thing of us, it seems? Mayhap you have sounethii g to sell." " I have in my scrip a few Eldcradns, for which I ex pected a premium." answeit d Sis pegrane. " Don't you wish y. u may get it ?" said the other sym pathetically. `• Does your mother," said a third, with a h•ok of sym. pat by—"' onr venerable mother, know that ycu ate abroad at the Fair ?" " Perfectly well." answered Scapegrace; " it was n airily in consequence of her pecuniary distress th.t I came hither." " Distress, indeea 1" answered the other; "thou ouldst not have us believe that she has sold her wangle yet ?" " I said not that she bad." replied scapegrace ; she would gladly have ported with it if she could." " flow 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 hit knocked over his eyes, and hi: 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, t;11 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 UNION. (From the Knight of Gle.ynne.) 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 rye, and he occupied his place in the ministerial van by %lane 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 parry as men employ a fire-ship, with a st rong 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 bim vociferously at the end of every sentence which contained anything like attack on the opposition, and to this species of backing be was in debted for the courage that made biro assail men incom parably above him in every quality of intellect. Mr. Plunkett 'was now the object of his invective, nor was the toldness 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 end irony, none but the Serjeaot Nicholls could base done so witlniut a strong fear of the consequences. H e, however, vas unconcerned for the result as it affected him-ielf 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 Bustle. from Bushe to Grattan ; no game flaw 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 cmcluston 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. " At." continued the speaker, now carried heynnd all self-restraint by the evident sensation he had taus-d, " there are gentlemen opposite whose confessions would reveal much of tnis kiwi of independence. I have m y eye on some of them, men who will be patriots if they cannot be peer-, ready to put on the cao of liberty for the Mob, if they cannot get the coronet from the Cr , wn. Many, too, are ahsent 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 watt something for thetuselt es.' 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 m . tre, or a regiment, a blue ribben, or a red one, would have turned the scale, perhaps. Why are they not here now, I ask, what has 1;:-come of them?" " Name ! 1111111' !" screamed the opposition, in a tor rent of mad excitement, while the government party, out. hole harangue, en h:ekint.o Ills seat. Never the blu was such a scene, one party la-heil to madness by sus draegaev?itui s re a d t r i apt a f k i e l I r y "t i. the whole sus pected treachery and oven insult, the other indignant at the stupidity of a roan who, in his attempts at aback, had 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, sho..k himself tree, 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 sung . - 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. " I'll soon cut the matter shPrt," called out the per g-ant, in a voice that resounded through every corridor of the house : a' I mean the Knight of Gwyune and Bagenal Daly." - - A cry of " Order, order," nnw arose from all parts of the house, the direct mention of any member by name be ing a liberty unprecedented. "I beg to I orrect myself," said the serjeant ; " I should have said the honourable members for M ayo 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 patty in vain essayed to return. " I perceive, sir," raid the Srrjeant, with an effort to resume his former ease, " I perceive I have succeeded in conjuring up one at least of those truant spirits, arid I cannot do better than leave him to make his exi.lanations to the House." With this lame, disjointed conclusion, the learned Ser. jeant sat down, and al:hough the greatest exertions were made by his friends to cover this palpable failure, the cries of derision dr. weed all other sound•, 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 he now vedture on the trespass were the occa sion merely a personal one. From this lie proceeded to sate that great emergencies were always occurring, in which even the humblest opinions should be made known as evidencing the probable impressions upon others, as lowly circumstanced as he who now addressed them. " Such is the present one," said he, raising hi , voice, and lookina around him with an air of b..ld defiance " You are about to take away the right o from a nation, and every man in the land, not only such as sit here, sir, out every man to whose future ambri ion a seat in this House may form a goal, every man, has a deep interest in your proceedings. Jr. is a grave and aelghty queston, whose conditions impose the conviction that we are unfit to legislate for ourselves, (hit 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 but unconvinced, to a I argu ments on this head ; I have heard over and over again, the long catalogue of benefits to accrue to this country. when the power of realiziog th.-rn herself has been arresttd from her, and I have thought of Lear and his daughters! It would seem to me, however, that the social welfare and the commercial nrosprrity of a people, are themes too vulgar fir the high corral& ratiLn of our times. The real vestion at is-ue is, trot whether a Parliament should or should not continue to sit here, but what shall I and others like me benefit by voting it away for ever—" " Order—order," called out several voices. But Daly resumed, " 1 ask pardon, it is more parlia mental y to put the case diff-rently, and I shall under cor rection do so. 'Well, sir, we may benefit largely. I trust I am not disorderly in saying that peerages, bishoprics, regiments, frigates, cornmissianerships, and heaven knows what more, will reward us, when our utility to the State has met the approval of an Imperial Parliament. I can well credit every promise of such gratitude, and have only to ask in turn, are these 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 supret - nelv right minded, honourable, and far-seeing, that they need the altiy 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 political 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 cord, s.r. For my self, I can imagine the sense of shame, of deep, heartfelt, b rsing shame I should feel at seeing some of those I see here. rise in the Bti•ish House of Commons to address that body, while the rumour should run, he is the mem ber for Msal hor for Wicklow. 1 can picture to royee If such a man ; a man of low crigin and mean capacity—a man wi‘o carves his path in life, less from his own keen abilities. than that others shirk from his contract, and halve him unopposed in every struggle, a pettyfogeer at the her, a place-hunter at the parliament, half beggar, half bravo, with a petition for the minister, arid a pistol for the opposition. I engine a mars like this, arid reflect upon the feeling of every gentleman, at hearing the ru mour announce, Ay. that's a learned Serjeaot, a leader at the bar of In land.' " The last words were delivered in a tme of direct per s n•ality, is 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 sells of insult, mingled with cries of " O rder ;'' bar was it till after a long and desperate wordy altercation , the clamour was subdued, and decr•rum at length re stored. Then it was remarked that Nickolls had left the 'rho Speaker immediately ordered the Serjeant of tho THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. sire which, how +h a burst of I House to place Daly under arrest, a WA ever dictated by propriety, seemed to dill Rb. indignation from the Opposition benches. " I hope, sir, said Daly, rising with an ail' of fit admirably-feigned humility, " I hope, sir, you will 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 affectrd simplicity, " without it he from their astonishment that the Government can spare so able and so eloquent an advocate as the honour able and learned gentleman, but 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 -1 Bible." 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. "I f , 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, 1 have only to say, that 1 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 unfrequent, an insult of so violent a character bad 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 honourable member's hands," said he ; " it requires no peculiar gift of di. ination to guess the object." " 1 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 passed here. He held out the letter as he spoke, but Lord Castlereagh declined to peruse it. and expressed his regret at having made the remark. Daly bowed courteously to him and left the House. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, 12 o'clock [ADDITIONAL ADVERTISEMENT W. has been reeeive,d, and the next communica lj • tion will be attended to after the 17th instant. DIVIDENDS M'y 28, E. and T. Rolph. shepherd's court, Upper Brook. street. Grosvenor-square, builders—May 29. W. Parsons, Bris tol, brewer—May 20. W. J , nes, Usk, Monmouth,h.re, linen araper—May 20. A. Mathe and S. Moore. Liverpool. merchants —May 26. G. F. Fairclough, Liverpool, money scrivener— ,lay 26,1. H. Pemberton, Liverpool, merchant—Mav 2 i. J. Threitali. Liverp ial, banker bighshire, miller— merchants—May crueher —Way 27, J. Roberts. Piasyn Derwen. Den - May 28. J. Sill and W. Watson, I...verponi, 27, W. H. Bell, Kingston.upon-flull, seed., CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on the day of meeting. May 29. T. Dowglass, Vigo-street, cloth manufacturer_rMal 27 ft. C. Turner, Houndsditch, carpenter—May 27. R. OA „la's Queen An”-street, Cavendi-h-street, tailor— o .ay 26. H. Wa'7., " Widford-mitt and Ludgate-street. paper manufacturer— May R. G. Spedding. Queen-street, Cheapside. and Dmh-lane. Can; don-st•eet, zinc manufacturer—May 26, W. thivin, Watford, Hertfordshire. fellmonger—May 26, J. Roberts, Platy' Derwen' Denbighshire. farmer—May 29, S. Littler, Liverpool, tiraPer„ - i May 27, C. Brady, Astor, nigh Birmingham, commission age' —May 27, M. Smith, Birmingham. ironfouuder. CERTIFICATES To be granted by the C ,, urt of Review, unless cause be 00 0 to the contrary on or hefore MAy 2ti. C. Self, Sun-stye t, Ilishopgate Without. I lumber— Leadenhall-inarket. butcher—H. Arnold, Derby. chee J. Flarrig!, J. alarm. soggier, statrordshire, ropemaker—J. ita , lingderi, Lancashire. joiner —H. J. Berke , . Fliaton, Lanc a shire, logwood and drug grinder—J. Hutchis sou, Halita," Yorkshire, ironfounder. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE OP FRIDAY PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Buchanan and Parlane, Liverpool. timber merchants. —per son and Troughton, shipbuilders—Fox and Banks. LiverP l brokers—J. and A. Wadsworth. Sheffield, joinets—J. Firth to Son, Halifax. Yorkshire. worsted spinners and manufacturer Lawton. Holdroyd. and Co.. Huddersfield. Matill acturel l oi fancy w , istcoatings ; as far as regards B. B. Holdroyd—W! T. D. Phipps and J. Carrington. Bath. carriers; 'as far 89 , 40 1 gards J. Carrington—W. Cheetham and W. Wrigley, Otto, and I reliton, hat manufacturers—W. Dicker and S. E. Cr.ne.court, Fleet street, London, embosser--B. C. Boast C 0.," T. Shillito, Leeds, coachbuilders—Clarke, Kinnn,u• h. and to o, Co., Aldermanbury. warehousemen—Crown CoHit ry. Glocest. rshire—W, Thor as, s. Lepard, and I) 14. lane. London, attorneys; as far as regards W. Thomas":,w, Robson and Co. Durham. plasterers—J. and W. Bennett. c w o or mindiam. stonemasons—T. W. and L. Wild. Walmersler o igr Shuttleworth. cotton spinners —H. L. Gintberr and T Basing lane. London. merchant factors—G. Webb arni . J , . 1 `: 6 ,14 abridge. Kn silversmiths—W. and R. S. Green, saddlers - Young and Lawson, Manbeen, near I.lgin. distille DECLARATIONS OF DIVIDENDS. ...lath G. Graham, T. Adams, and M. B. blacfarlane, Chc a r" calico printers. It. Payne. Hatton-wall, London. br ssfounder. I'. Chapman, Tottenham-coma-road, London, dairyrna n ' G. Barnes, Pottsea, innkeeper. T J. Ashton. Pail-malt. London. tailor. 110 11. F Eothergill.BelPs-elose, NorthumberLind, lampblac k facturer. I \"SOLVENT. •ge Seabrook, Luton, Bedfordshire,,F4— A130111.41“ , ,Via S.• • BANKRUPTS. ;6. 1 1 Cuthbert Parker. Liverpool, linendraper. May 2^, iu", i pte/A 11 o'clock. at the Liverpool District Court of Bal' e ' r . 0 0 " solicitors. Messrs. Grecory and Co., Be ford row, Mr. Green, Liverpool; oilici.l assignee, Mr. Cazenov e. pool. frir i g e Thomas Freeman, Wood-greet, Cheaps.de, London. manufacturer ' Joseph Fearn,by, 1% indsor terrace, City-road, worstc' , manufacturer. NAPOLEON BONAPARME.- His fate furnishes a re- Christopher Clarke, Goswell.road and Cranbourn a b tre e" - markable instance of the instability of human greatness, London. draper. iOt' rlAndr.s.,qT,h,oaorlee.yb-sutirldeeetr,s.Sratthwark, to _ ,, a ,,ii , h ecu P # O 4l Slid there is no doubt that his dislike to medicine re motely caused his early dissolution; for rather than take J,,,. es and Thomas IN Mtelaw. L-chfield.sireet, So so. t j r n ele s d e t s , I' h B e T r t t a l h o y some simule remedy he allowed disease to gain the ascen - S t j j o o , r , e h h - n n t s , dancy over his constitution , and death was the result. Samuel 5h.,,,,:,,,,,, Leeds.,. ei n , . ..J r . , r - n o i r s lc h . e tailor. Thus it is that persons cannot be too watchful of their Samuel Ogden, ‘lanchester, woolli r .r, factor. .• state of health, and being always provid'd with a safe and viii Liam Gill. Warrington, Lancashire corn merchari.• efficient tnedicine, such as Frampton's P.ll of Ilea' h— Ber jamin Clarke. > bond. Glocestershire, grocer. enjoy the two greatest blessings of this world, health and Robert Foale, Kingsli.hige. Devonshire, victualle r • long life. Stephen Kuowies, Exeter. common brewer. DI VI DEN DS 0 4 ' 00 f . ELEPHANT HUNTING.: A DILEMMA.—MaIir Rogers June 4. J, Flaigh. Almo , dbar , Yor kshire,. e lothlrr", /1. 1 , had just had capi•al sport with a herd of elephants; his J. Clough. Huddersfi. , ld. Yorkshire, cnemist - Ju ne , - 11 101e 1,1 , icor guns had all been discharged, when an elephant made Pa teraon and J. M. Malonck. Liverpool, merchall:,',4o. a charge at him from the skirts of the jangle; there was F. T. Walker. Live. - p 01. merchant—June 1, T. `2 ;bog* c'' no help for it except to run ; and for forty yards the verpool, bookseller-June 1, J Ogle. Liverpool. me 0 0 0 0 CE RTI FICAT ES 0 0" M j.ir kept just ahead. feeling at every step the animal's To be granted, .unless cause be shown to the c be g. trunk trying to insinuate itself round his loins. A turn the day of meeting• ,tilte',„ i so tv round a tree gave a momentary advantage, which he made June 1, TK. Rowlaith-on. Huddersfield. Yor - i en - - ,,i s t-' the most of. by springing up into the branches (he was keeper-June 15, R. Pickles. trarnsley, Yor,slae. ',',00 , 7,, Or mnible as a c and as strong as a lion) ; one foot higher, fact urer—June IJ. Clough, it uddelefield. Yorkshir'r..-240"00. and he would have been nut of the elephant's reach ; but May 2, J Flail, Rochdale, Laucashir . sh.re"" co c tto o J. Riding and J. Fielding, Ley.and, Lancashire , before he had time to draw up his legs, the elephant had 0 facturers. 0 0 got him fi , mly clenched in the coils of his proboscis; still CERTIFICATES oar/ Roge:a pulled against him. thinki n g it be , ter to have his ro be granted, unless cause he shown to the coo p tits leg wrenched front tie socket than to tall hack bodily into before the 29th day of May. ~.trOle the atiimal'epower. The struggle, however, did not last G. P. Payne. Liverpool neater i . optical.L., jc- Liuguard, New Elvi t, near Durham, teachoer_ J . '" long ; tor, to the delight of the pursued and chagrin of the pursuer, the Wellingtr.n boot which the former wore .1. R. PrenticeSCEditnChilr ShltQllicEt+le'RdeAalT,,lr.No slipped tff extricated the leg, arid saved the lire of poor J. G. Bankier. , Rogers. The dilemma, however, did not end here ; for J. R. Finlay. Glasgow, stockbroker. the elephant finding himself baulked of his prey, after T. Watson. E inhurgh. builder. destroying the boot, took up his quarte r s beneath t he J. Prt.,van, Glasgow, ilesh,r. 00 1 " branches, and kept his anticipated victim in the tree for .....- " . " ----- " ....2".."...... - Or 1 ,11r5i. II : i ° twenty-four hours, when the !appal, or country postman, MEETINGS OF CREDITORS yea co-' !, ..i happening to pass by, Rogers gave him notice of his po- May. . Dis , • - r ui ns. 17 SitiOU ;. amid on this bring intimated to the nettrestv dlage, 12, William Tomlinson , jun. proof and dig • "iitt 0. IS the elephant was frightened away by tom-toms and 12. Wi.ln.m 1 wedule. end ..... ............... I pitro . selling. Had this occurred in a deserted pad of the 15, Michael Kelly, 2nd .................. .. .. IWO , ii 15, Owen llughe-, Ist ................... ow, jungle, poor Rogers would indubitably base been starved 15, Goloorne ai:d Dobbs. proof ............ t 4) death on the tree.-Sporting Moraine. 1.5,_ Samuel Mosley Wade, Ist .......... •.. AMERICA, I 'By the packet-ship Liverpool, which arrived here this morning, we have received New York papers to the 22nd ult. Serious riots took place at Brooklyn on the 20th ult., and following days, in consequence of the Irish labourers having struck for an advance of wages. The men assem bled in large numbers, and the military had to be called out, and were, according to the last advices, actively en gaged in quelling the disturbances. About 500 Germans are now engaeed at the dock•works at Brooklyn, and the employment of these persons offended the Irish. One of the Germans has been seriously injured. The Caledonia steamship arrived at Boston on the 20th ult., with the important intelligence of the British victo ries over the Sikhs. The news from this country was con sidered favourable to t,e continuance of peace, and the amicable adjustment of the Oregon question. The news from Washington is to the 20ili ult., and is important. It seems that the House of Representatives has refused to recede from the amendments to the 0 eeon resolutions, by a vote of 89 to 64. The Senate refused to alter the resolutions, and the certainty now is, that the resolutions giving the notice must either pass in the form in which they came from the Senate, or entirely fall through. In either case, the Senate of the United States, acting in an amicable spirit, will have accomplished a most pregnant victory over the President and the House of Representatives. From Nitxico we learn that General Almonte had ar rived at Havana, en route for England. Immediately on landing at Havana he went to Santa Anna, with whom he was closeted for several hours. Mr. Slidell had received his passports, and bad left the country. It is said that the Mexicans were on the eve of another revolution in favour of Santa Anna, who was expected daily at Vera Cruz. A ship arrived at New Orleans, which left Vera Cruz on the 3d April, reports that on that day the Repub lican and Santa Anna party united were to declare against the government, and it was said that Mr. Dimond, the United States Consul, had declared that the government troops were so disposed that they could not act against the insurgents. Further and more complete adviees from this qu,rter will therefore be most anxiously looked for. Two Amrrican soldiers have been seized by the Me • icans, and thoulh their release was demanded, it was declined. A letter from an officer in the United States army on the Mexican frontier says, " Everything betokens the greatest activity on the oppo-ite side of the river; two redoubts were thrown up by them during the night, and two more are constructed to-day. Officers in si lendid uniforms are promenading on the bank, and the gay streamers of the lancers are waving in all directions. Our infor mation is correct in relation to their forces, &c. ; about 2500 regulars and 600 militia are quartered in the town : Gen. Ampudia is some two or three days' march distant. with 3500 or 4000 regulars, and a few militia; besides these, conscripts are daily arriving, which will probably swell their numbers to some 7000 or 8000. We have con siderably less than 3000 e ffective men." . — Exchanges remained inactive : on London, at 109 to 1094 ; and on Paris, at 5 273 to 5 281. NEW YORK Corrow MARKET, APRIL 21.—There was not a sufficient amount of business done to-day after the advises per Caledonia were received to test their full ef fect on the market. Some sales were made at fully de cline, and ethers at previous rates. Our quotations must be considered nominal for the present. The sales for the last three days amount to 130 bales. Upland and Florida. Mobile and New Orleans. 650 Bales. 650 Bales. None. None. 61 ton Inferior, ()rd. to .d.. 64 to 7f Mid. to - c 'good mid. 71 to 74 61 to 71 Mid. fair to fair .. 8 to 84- Full fr. to good fr. 8i to 9 Fine .. 01 - I U UT 94 to 10 Nominal FLOUR. &c.—Nothing of importance has been done in Flour to-d4y—good brands Western Canal are offered at 5 dots. 371 cents to 5 (Hs. 44 cents. Fredericksburg. Petersburg. Alexandria. Baltimor , , Georgetown, &c. may be quoted at 5 dols. to 5 dots. 121 cents. MOBILE COTTON MARKET. APRIL 13.—Cotton—Ar rived 5,136 bales. exports 8.773 bales, leaving on hand 131.593 bales fig •inst 125.793 same time last year. Last two or three days the market has been quite irregular, and in some ins' ances easier terms have been ac - ,•epted for t 1 the lower qualities; on the other hand finer grades have been in good demand and have commanded full rates. Sates of the w , ek, 8 700 bales ; purcha,es have been for Northern and French account. Freights—Foreign very d o ll, n o engagements; Br ships readily accept 7-16 1; a ship for H .vre succeeded in filling up at li,t ; a bark for Providence and a ship and bark for Boston have teen taken at for New York the packets have obtained lc ; Exchange—Not so animated, and the demand only to a moderate extent ; market is better supplied and a fair de mand existing ; rates of all descriptions have been gradu ally advancing, sterling has gone up 14- per cent. since the 4th instant. New ORLEANS, APRIL 11.—Cotton—Arrived 14.035 bales ; cl'd 4612 do ; stock on Land 211,963 do ; prices eighth of a cent higher ; bulk of the business on Northern account ; business of the week 30,300 tile, 15.000 sold during the past three days. Sugar—lle. , and tolerably fair, pdrtly en Northern account ; sa es 1575 iihds ; very 1 'lle stock for sale on the levee_; cannot c! , ang. tionS; a r'd 1183 hhds ; cid for New I ork i9t do. lass , s—traasactions 1800 bhls. from 241 to 25c last rate, top of the market ; arrived 2779 bhle. Freights—upward impulse ; rate for cotton to Liverpool id, very little offer ing; ship tor llavre 1 1 15c, Trieste 1 3 16; coastwise freights have advanced, and are quite unsettled, with an upward tendency. quota. Mo- May 12, IR-46. STATE OF TRADE. MaNrciansTsa.—We are glad to state that the tone of busi q ness throughout this week has been decidealy better than for the last tew weeks, but although there has been a degree of •skness in the market, it has not been accompanied by any This remark, it must be observed, applies 'act ons in twist for e' port ; and we under mahlty to ntacturers been will;ng to live accepted Istand that, had Mt. a even a small reduction, 0 "- witch greater extent. Wren-;itiess done would have been to a ;r. i s considered, however. that the • of last , ear it is scarcely to be than it :vas in the bad silmmer will be submitted to The expected that any further rrtluctii.:.^ °w ill flat, if we except goods market has, on the whole, bet: a fair demand, at a per pound lower price of twist now is hearty, if t;: . 't 2 , 1• printing cloths, tor which there has bee.. we antielin,, ,e, will be main small improvement in Price. This, sof this de tained. as we hear that .several large manufactirc.._ w i t h a scription of fabric have commenced working short time, . view, no doubt, to check the laige accumulation of stock wins. must otherwise take place. On thit whole, we may say that things are looking up. LtstcesTea.—Although there is not rrinCh' mere doing in the warehouses, there is a more healthy tone giv'en t ,- ; business; and the prevailing opinion is, that the point of depttssi.n: is passe., Manufacturers have produced with caution, and hencO stocks are comparatively light. A fair export trade has been done is fancy hosiery and gloves, though but a limited one for stock ings. Yarns are in fair demand, and spinners hi .t at a rise in prices. There is more doing in wools, and prices rule, if any teing. a shade higher. LEEDS.—A good demand has been experienced this week for woollens, both for the home and foreign trade, aid several or ders have been given to the manufacturers. Hence, as stocker are generally low, and 11, sanguine hopes are entertained that additional impulse will be given to our staple trade by the pass ing of the free-trade measures of the government, ex.)ectations are sanguine that we shall have both a good summer and good winter trade. Prices continue much the same as they have ruled for some time past. HECKNONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET.—We have had two good markets this week, and many goods have change/ hands. There is not much alteration in prices. The orders tor shipping are very trifling compared with last year, and what is doing is in anticipation, for the home trade. BrtADFoan.—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 consamption, which is still of a d minished order. The supply in this market is only hare. and enables the staplers t maintain their prices. Y,:rn.—There is no material alteration in this braneb of the trade since our last report. The stock of Yarns is generally on the decline, and the spinners chiefly working to order. and prices very firm with an upwr.rd tendency.nieces.—There is a steady d..rnand for most kind of autumn goods, and without alteratLai in prices. HUDDERS VI SLD.—Trafe is evidently improving here. A fair amount of goods have changed hands this week ; hut manufac turers and merchants act with- great caution—both taking care not to increase rhea.- stocks. Ha LI VAR.—The staple tr.ide 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. KOCHDALE.—The market was extremely dull on Monday. very few buyers having attended, but there was no change in prices. Qaite as little was done in w of as in flannels, and every thing for the present seems at a stand-still. HOSIISRY AND Lace TRADES.—The condition of the most ex tensive branch of the hosiery trade. the wrought cotton stock ings. continues to grow worse; and in Derbyslt re, where it has in many instances been much better than in this county, it is now in a most depressed state. The cotton g ove trade is still in a pretty fair state, a d the hands in general are tolerably well employed. The silk glove branch has met with a consider able reverse, and many of the ho--iers give out their •‘-aterial with a very sparing hand. The drawer, pantaloon. and shirt branch is. if anything, a shade better. The silk hose trade if 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 is more than counter- balanced by a want of derna.A in other places. The cotton warp - lace trade is still I'. a most depressed condition, very few r.l the hands having more than half work. and even that is very precarious. The silk blond trade, or ra ther the remnant of that once important manufacture, is a little better. arid will probanly remain so during th.' summer months. At Leicester some considerable improvements have h eft made in the construction, as well as in the t roductions of this most extensive (in its powers) of all machines. dt?V:Sti@if LONDON GAZETTE.-TUESDAY, MAY 5. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED S. and A. Glendinning, Iluddersfield.woollerTeloth merchants -Burgess and Leach, Manchester. joiners -Page and Calroilt, Nottingham, lace manut • , cturers-Fothergill and Wall, Man chester, wholesale grocers-Marshall arid Son, Notringhard, partite, s-J. Scholes. J. Smith. and J. Wild, Crompton, Lanca shire, coal proprietors-J Scholes and J. Garside. Knowl Col liery. Sholvermoor, Lancashir,, coil ers-M. Philippa and W. B. Francis. Norwich, surgeons-J. B. Blacka ler arid W. Short, Liverpool, sail makers-Butt and Satcheil, Cambridge, m diners!. -M. Richardson arid Son, Liverpool, coopers - Soffe and stride, Hampshire, millers-ft. and H. Anderson, Liver pool, linen drapers -J. Solomon arid Co., Exeter, tailors-T. Butterworth arid Co., Sh w Clough, Lancashire, wool carders -J. Waites and Co., rakefield, twine manufacturers-Mer chants' •company, Liverpow, Manchester, Rochila'e, and else where. common carriers-Parker and Ilebden, York. tick ma nufacturers-H. A. Johnson and W. Pearson, Louth. Liricnld shire. druggh-ts- A. Oldham and Sons, Kingston-noon-HO. millwr:ghts-J. Hutchinson arid Co., Sutton and Liverpool, glass bottle manufacturers; so far as regards J. Hutcinson--- Spiitnan and Hunter, Gainsborough, carriers. J. Evans DECLARATION OF DIVIDENDS Liverpool, iroumonger. T. Todd, Manchester. neater in cotton goods C. i,tovin, Birmingham, coach croprietor. c.AN Samuel Mosley Wade, Liverpool. cotton dealer. Joseph Taylor. Liverpool, merchant. Joseph Miller. Whittlebury street, tiampstead•road, painter Jules Valle, Manchester and elsewhere, silk printer John William Pitsch, Sackville street. Piccadi Is, tailor. John Dailey and Al red Inskipp, Long-lane, Bermondsey, lea• ther manufacturer. John George Ufford. Holloway, common brewer. Joseph Willis. Bucklerstinry, eating-house Ic..el•er. James Weston, Bistropsgate-street w ithin, hatter. William Thompson, Cooper's-row, Crotched-friars,and F. wise's-buildings. Great Tower-street wine merchant. Henry Walters. Bristol, licens. d victualler. William Brook, Manchester, and Goldsmith-street, stuff mer chant. John Taylor, Huddersfield. commission agent. Eaward Joseph Staples. Bristol, surgeon. tr er oh ! tr 44