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so also did the British in the more ponderous manufactures.
Their pre-eminence was admitted, and most of our
countrymen learned with astonishment, through the
columns of the Times, that, since 1851, our prestige in
these particulars has failed. Through the instrumentality
of this Briarian jack-of-all-trades, the British were
astounded with the information that in machinery,
in the application of iron to such purposes, for instance, as
building, we are "lamentably behind.both the French and the
Prussians." In reference to such matters the reports of the
jurors show a conclusion different; for they say that the iron
from the west of Scotland was superior to that of all foreign
exhibitors, whether French "or German. What does all that
signify, however? Has not the Times got a friend, conve-
niently named " Amens," who tells a different tale? And
does not the Times vouch for "Amens," as "Amens"
kindly vouches for the Times? As for machinery, what, it
may be asked, was ROBERT NAPIER decorated with the
cordon of the Legion of Honour for, if it were not for
the glorious machinery which he there exhibited ? Are we
to suppose that inferiority in the application of iron-work to
ship-building, to steam-engines, and to other machinery, pro-
cured the award of medals to Messrs. CAM]) and BOURNE, of
Greenock, to SIDIPSON, and to Messrs. HARVEY, of Glasgow ?
If so, the jurors must have been as cunning as the French
government and people were stupid ; for the " slotting ma-
chine" exhibited by the last-named gentlemen was coveted for
purchase by more than one house in Marseilles, and is now the
property of the French Government, who purchased it for use in
one of their national workshops ; but in all probability neither
the jurors nor the government, nor the intending purchasers of
HARVEY'S "slotting machine" consulted with the Times nor
its there "Anucus," and hence the snares into which they
were deluded ! Is it a friendly spirit which thus induces the
Times to decry the manufactures for which its country and
its countrymen are alike proverbially famous ? One is almost
tempted to think that such a question and its answer were
contemplated in the annexed passage from an essay on the
political future of England, just published by M. DE MONTA-
LEMBERT. "The insupportable arrogance," says he, "of
English diplomacy (query journalism) towards the weak, and
of the English press against all the world, has excited the in-
dignation of every honest man. Whilst all the time England
has not cared continually to vary its own attitude, passin
from the excess of invective to the extreme of adulation

has forgotten so much, dissembled so much, has sacrificed so
much of the cause of freedom, to its ambition, its interests, or
its favour." Revenons a nos moutons, our manufacturers of
every grade must feel infinitely obliged to the Times and its
ingenuous friend "Amiens" for the flattering terms in which
their want of enterprise and disregard of improvement are
chronicled. As wise men, however, and as they are believed
to have done before, they will not rest satisfied with past suc-
cess, but go on daring opposition, aiming at perfection, and:in
its pursuit, nothing daunted by difficulty, will continue their
successful career along the path of improvement.

THE REV. W. W. EWBANK'S LECTURE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlB,—Allow me, through the medium of your columns, to
inform your correspondent, " One of the Public," that he is in
error when he says "It is a pity that the Rev. W. W.
Ewbank's lecture on `Common Sense' has not been published."
It is published; and an admirable lecture it is, well worth
any one's reading.
lam not sure whether copies of it can now be purchased
from any of the booksellers in town, but if your eorrespondent
will apply to Mr. Richard Wright, master of the Everton and
Birkdale Boys' School, at bis residence adjoining the school
in Everton Valley, he can be supplied with copies of the lecture
sufficient in number for his purpose.—l am, Sir, yours truly,
AN ADMIRER OF COMMON SENSE.
Liverpool, December 4th, 1855.

THE MISSING £lOO NOTE,

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

Srit,—With respect to the case in. the Police-court reported
in the Liverpool papers of to-day, we beg to state that a
friendly inquiry has sines. taken place between the parties,
and that sgveral matters which appeared in the reports- have
been on both sides explained, and satisfactorily cleared up.
It has amongst other things been found that Mr. Dmnsfield's
statement, that he made the alteration in his book on the day
of the transaction, was correct ; and that the contradiction of
that fact by Mr.. Fawkes was a mistake on his part.
The misunderstanding seems to have- mainly arisen from
Mr. Kelly's error, in assuming and adhering to the statement,
that he had reeeived and lost a £lOO note,and in not mention-
ing that he had £2O in excess in his cash. Had this been
mentioned to Mr. Dransfield in the first instance, it would
have afforded a elue to the whole matter, and any mistake
might have been rectified at once.—We are, Sir, your obedient'
servants. JOHN YATES; Jun.,
Solicitor for Mr. James Kelly.
JAMES ROWE,
Solicitor for Mr. Peter Thomson.-
Liverpool, December 10, 1855. •