The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-03-23 00:00:00

• Ma rot agitur, Neskins ems wits ardet'

" Between ourselves, Patrick, Joust BULL is, not unnaturally,
desirous of having rather mo►e than his own share in managing the
great national coach-and-six. Ho will drive four-In.hand ; and
though he has hitherto allowed you a postilion of your own, yet if
you set an example of aiding the gross infringement of the Scottish
Union—if you aid England, in her destroying for mere humour—
I beg pardon, for mere uniformity's sake,'—eve►y little mark of
independence which is left us—if you countenance the obvious
desire which exhibits itself to break down all peculiar privileges
due to the separate nations of the Union, to engross the whole ma-
nagement in Boards, which, sitting in Loudon, and begirt by Lag.
lishmen, are to dispense the patronage._ snd direct the improve.
menu, of IRELAND and SCOTLAND, you will accelerate your
own then anpitied degradation. What Is our case to-day will be
yours the Instant you have got a little tranquillity—are caught
napping—and are in condition to have the aforesaid ceremony prac-
tised upon you without danger—l mean danger to the operator,
fur peril to the creature itself is of no consequence. I see you
grasp your 'lintels at the very thought ! Enough; we understand
each outer let us he friends. PATRICK aids SeuNDEIS to-day;
SALINDERS pays back PATRICK to-morrow, or I will throw away
my thistle, burn my St.Antirew's cross, end disclaim my country !"
—(Second Leiter of Molcserl Molagrowther, pp. 22-21)

There was a time when this attempt to generate feelings
of disaffection in the siatcr kingdom would have called forth
something very different from the smile, which—thanks to
the enlightened policy of our rulers—is all that will
follow it.

By the way, we think the writer must mistake his pedi-
gree, when he professes to have little doubt but that MA•
Lacitt, who wore the collar of gold, must have been his
ancestor. The precious metals could hare made no part
of the ornamet.ta of his order. Either the decoration must
have been a PA PE a chain, or there must have been a radi-
cal change in the family ; otherwise we should never behold
one of its hereditary standard-bearers carrying a bundle of

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Scotch notes before him in triumph, and making all Ca:e.
donia resound with "In hoc signo vincer."
It is a great mistake to suppose that the capital matti
by means of paper currency, is, in Scotland, any more than
elsewhere, an accession to the general wealth of the king.
dom. It is oftentimes quite the reverse, inasmuch as the
trade of the substantial dealers is, in many cases, reduced
in the same proportion as theirs is increased who carry en
their concerns with this borrowed capital. But Sir Ilret.
T 2 a raises as loud an outcry against the prohibiting the
issue of notes below fire pounds as if the issue of all notes
above that amount were in like manna r restricted, and as
absolute interdict passed against all paper currency in Scot.
land. " Can anything," he asks, "short of the utmost
necessity, justify an experiment which threaten, to depore,.
late a part of the empire, and destroy the happinew, of
thousands?" This exaggeration is truly ludicmus. What
is there to impede the operation of mercantile dealing in
the extinction of these minor notes ; or what effect will it
have in limiting the rational and prudent extent of
commercial speculation ? Will not the same trans,
action, for example, which before was ne:ociat,i with
fifty-four one-pound notes, be now nego•iaud with
ten five-pound notes and four as, Ve'reitini 13 oui
payment of money, whether in the issue of Bank paper or
in ordinary dealings, it is only the fractional diff2rence be.
low five pounds that need be paid in gotd. And is there
wherewithal in this to threaten the depopulation of Scotland!
The sons of the thistle are very easily exterminated if this
is the case. But MALACHI, we suspect, is filled with alarm
without knowing exactly to what to ascribe it. He re'
minds us of the perplexity of the Monarch in Ton
'cm e at a—

" I feel a sudden pain across my breast,
Nor know I whether it proceeds trim kre
Or the wind-,hotie--hut time will show."

CITY, .: it EDNESDAY EVEMING.

Consols advanced from 77 to 81, in const (pore of its
being understood that Russia had amicably arranged all
her complicated political affairs with the other Eutoptan
powers ; but towards the dose of' the day the Market retro-
graded to 'is buyers, at which price it closed. Exch..Tic...
Bills were ss. 4s. pr. ; and India Bonds 3s. pr.; but
the business was so limited all day that no interest was
excited amongst speculators.
The following circular has been issued by the house of
Green and Bartley :
" London, March 20. 1516..
"S 11 tis mar psinfal duty to acquaint you that we hove heel
under the necessity of suspending our payments. This measure,
after every effort to avert it, has been forced upon LIFt from the
heavy advances which we have made upon manufactured goods
consigned to our houses in America, and from the difficulties which
our friends have experienced, during the extraordinary pressure of
the times, in keeping their engagements with us.
" As the losses which we ha re sustained, in conducting an even.
sire business through a period of unexampled peril, are very ircoc.
siderable, and as the inconvenience to which we have been mond
is but temporary, so we trust that a very short interval will enable
us to resume, and to continue our payments, with their forma
regularity.
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" Our property is smply sufficient to discharge all our engage.
meow, and to permit us. when realised, to pursue our business on
its usual footing, and with resources nearly undiminished.
" The pain we feel in making this commur 'cation will be gentle
alleviated, if, continuing to us a portion of that confidence sib
which you have hitherto honoured us, you should deem it unncces.
sary to withdraw from the hands of our establishments abroad, Lb,
Property you have been phased to entrust to them ; and while suds
an act of forbearance would expose you to no injurious sense.
quences, we need not add the, it would be highly apple fated by
us. We remain with respect, Sir, your most obedient servants,
GIICEN and HARTLEY."

The Foreign Market wee also is;;stateof—ioa:t;nty;
but the prices for the most part were maintained. Colom-
bian Bonds were .50; Mexican 6 per Cents. 66; Russian
Bonds 784 ; Greek Ditto 1H ; and Spanish 101 d. Por-
tuguese Bonds receded ; they were done at 72 3.
Shares were not noticed.

A very extraordinary report was circulated in the City
this morning—that a body-guard for the Regent of Portu-
gal, of 2,000 men, will immediately be sent by the English
Ministers to the Tagus.

The Ilamburgh papers which arrived yesterday bring
accounts from Russia, Sweden, and other countries, by
which we regret to perceive that the financial panic has
found its way to Sweden, and that it is prcducing terrible
eff.!cts among the merchants in that country.
Advices from Corfu, dated February Ir, state that
Nikitas had recently interrupts,', in the detile o the pro-
vince of Leondari, a corps of hEiyptians on their rout to
l'ripolizza, escorting 700 mules laden with provisions and
ammunition. Many of the Egyptians were killed, and
the provisions taken.
Private letters by the mail from Buenos Ayres, persist
in the statement that Bolivar will assist' with his forces
the cense of Buenos Ayres against the Emperor of Brazil.
They add that General Miller, of the Colombian army,
was expected at the former place on the 6th of January.
LANDED PROPERTY IN FRANCE.—Before the Revolution
the value of the landed property in France was estimated
at about 16,000,000,000/. From a comparison of the sales
of estates before and since the Revolution, it is judged to
have increased one-third in value, which makes the present
amount about 21,300,000,000/. ; and this increase is attri-
buted entirely to the alteration in the laws of succession,
which took place at the Revolution. It is calculated that
the system of primogeniture and entails would destroy one'
third of that value, by diminishing the activity of the cul-
tivators of the soil. The loss in this respect is calculated
at 7,100,000,000/. The annual amount of rent in France
before the Revolution was estimates' at 160,000,000/. and iN
present amount is supposed to be 213,000,0001. French
taxes amount to one-fifth of these rents, consequently the
loss of the revenue by the droll d'ainesse will amount to
one-third of the whole revenue, on about 10,000.00 a
Supposing the income of the poorest families to be about
201. a year, a diminution of even 20,000,0001. of thy esti-
mated rents of land. would thus deprive a million of such
families of the means of subsistence, and would sliminidi
the population by five millions of industrious inhabitants.
who would be sacrificed for the sake of eighty thousand
idle noblemen. The French papers sum up the whole, by
observing, that the right of primogeniture will cest France
240,000,0001. of productive capital, 20,000,0001. of terri-
torial income, and 4,000,0001. of public income.
Although several parts of the country are still suffering
under very severe distress, and although the markets are
much depressed, yet there appear at length to be solos
slight signs of returning prosperity. The cotton and
woollen trade seem to be recovering in some degree from
the state of depression in which they have been for seine
time sunk, and we have no doubt that the other branches
of trade will shortly participate in the improvement. The
general want of confidence, and the attendant fluctuation
in prices, which were among the principal causes of the
stagnation of trade, have, in part, ceased. The weak hay,•
indeed been overthrown, but the strong have acquired ad-
ditional stability, and the demand for goods must therefore!
revive. Business will no doubt, for some time at least, be
conducted on a safer footing—speculation will be checked—
and if less is done, it will be done with greater advantage.
Liverpoq Advertiser.
CHARTER. SCHOOLS.—On Friday last three C 55•,
in which the Crown Counsel prosecuted, were tried at
Maryborough, before the Chief Baron. They ten rt
ic-
dictments against Thomas Eustace, late usher at St-.a'.-holly Charter School, for cruelty to the three boys ef
the
names of Penrose, Fox, and Foster, who were inmates of
that school in the year 1824, when it was visited to the
Commisssioners of Education Inquiry ; were foIll"It'd
chiefly on the report of Mr. Leslie Foster, one of those
Comtnissioners, and are important, as being the ti:st
in-
stituted since the report. The traverser was
acquitted.
The defence was conducted by Mr. Wallace, K,('., and
M lm*C
MP. Cruise. r. Ke K.., and the Recorder pro-
secuted.

The celebrated Rabbi of Brody,
braced the Catholic faith, and now. performs duty as parish
priest in the church of Sr. Stanislaus.in Galicia, has em-
braced