The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-05-16 00:00:00

ROYAL BENZ VOLE

[From the Glow Pattern.]
We anticipate much good from the munificent donations
of his Majesty (mentioned below), for the relief of the dis-
tressed workmen in this city and Paisley. We estimate
this not so much by the amount of pounds to be bestowed,
se by the amount of influence which it will have upon all
classes. There is a pleasure in being identified with the
great in any undertaking, and this plea Sure is greatly en-
hanced when the object is to relieve the wants of suffering
fellow-creatures. We expect then to see our wealthy fel-
low-citizens, who are to meet on Tuesday, rallying around
the standard of benevolence, which the Sovereign has
planted, and sending forth to the distressed working classes
a sum worthy of that public spirit, by which Glasgow has
hitherto been characterized. In makin., these remarks,
however, we should never forget that subscription money
may alleviate the distress at the moment, without at all
affecting the grand source of the evil. We hope Ministers
will yet be able to remove those restrictive laws which
shackle the free intercourse of trade, and by setting the
currency of the country upon a proper basis, give to trade
that stability which it has lost.

" Whitehall, 31ay 9, 1826.
"ly Lonn—l am commanded by the King to acquaint your
Lordship, that it has not escaped his Majesty's observation that the
manufacturing poor of Glasgow snd its vicinity have hitherto borne
with exemplary patience the severe distress to which they have
been exposed through the want of employment.
" In the firm confidence that they will continue to evince that
peaceable demeanour and submission to the :aw, which give them
PO strong a claim on the benevolent exertions that have been made,
and will no doubt still be made, for their relief, the King desires
that his name may be added to the list of subscriptions at Glasgow
fur the sum of One Thousand Pounds.
" I have the honour to be, my Lord,
" Your Lordship 'a most obedient servant,
" ROBERT PEEL.
" The lion. the Lord Provost, &c. &c., Glasgow."

His Majesty has also, says the abisgoto Courier, trans-
mitted Five Hundred Pounds to Paisley, for the same be-
nevolent purpose. We regret to find, by the accounts from
that quarter, that there exists but too much cause fur the
interposition of charitable offieei.

The Glasgow courier of May 12, says the following is
an extract of a letter received in Glasgow from a highly
respectable merchant in London:—
" 1 have seen a very intelligent man from France, who informs
me that the manufacturers in that country are in a state of the
greatest suffering, very little better than they arc here, only they
make less noise about it. They have no demand at all, in propor-
tion to the quantity produced, and they are turning off' their work-
men without any ceremony. lle tells me also, that the mercantile
clan have been sustaining heavy losses. Nome most extensive and
dontstrotts shipments have been made to St. Domingo, which they
have completely glottal. When the treaty with that island was
pronotigated, the people thought they had nothing to do but to
ship as fast as they could, and that those wko were first would reap
the greatest share of the golden harvest! Their operations to
mmy parts of South America, &c have equally disappointed them.
lle knew of two large cargoes sent to Colombia in 1824, from which
not a single return had yet been made."
Letters from Cronstadt, dated the 28th, and from St.
Petersburgh, dated 29th ult. state that the navigation had
commenced, the weather had been mild, and the ice had
g.:ner,illy disappeared from the cast.

LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL, INTELLIGENCE

ISarttatiar, Mar 13. 1028.
Prices for British Plantation Sneer having given err/ye/tole, the
grocery!, and also refiners, have purchased more freely, and about
1000 !tittle. have been sold ; the lower (welkin were down Ir. pr
cwt. In addition to which, about 1,400 bags of White Bengal
Sugar have been sold at 70s. Pal., to 720. &I. per ewt. About
3.000 puncheons of Sl:dawea have been cold, Dbmerara at 21s. ed.
to 25.. ; Antigua, 23.. per eat. The demand for Coffee is very It.
mired, and the sales:mail ; a few tierces to she grocers (Jamaica),
at 62.. for tine ordinary; 70.. for middling, and goo. a oh for
' line middling. In Pimento, COCOA, or (linger, nothing dam.
In Dyewooda the sales are very small, consisting only of 20 tons
Campeachv Leawood at di. 10s.; 60 tons NiCalligUil Wood, at
9/. for small, and 204 for solid ; 2 tons Camirood at /ft, and 1W
tons Brazeletto Wood at 0/. In Allies the demand is steady, but
vet we have to notice a reduction in price; the axles are 300 barrels
Montreal Pot, as 19s. a 20e. 9d. for Old, and 22e. 6d. a 230. for
New; 400 brie. Pearl at 22e. 3d. a 245., and 300 barrels old imported
States Pearl Ashes at 225. 6d. a 235. lid. per cwt. A parcel of Te.
neriffe liartita. about 30 tons, have been sold at 131. 10e. Some
inquiry for Querritron Bark, but the holden willnor take what ',or-
chestra offer. 700 barrels American Tar have been sold at 12a.,
and 100 barrels Stockholm at 15e., with 900 barrels of
middling Turpentine at 8.. per cwt. In Rice, 150 tierces of
Carolina have been sold at 175. a 18p. fld. chiefly by auction. Ito
Hides the sales have been limited, 1,600 'Buenos Alter Horse at
4s. 4d. each ; 11:0 Salted Cow and Ox,at 44d.; 350 NorthAmericau
Salted a,. 30., and 201 Dry Salted Brazil, at 9•1. per lb. 50 casks
American Flax Seed at 4fri., and 1,040 bags Verona Shuntse.tia. 64.
a is. per cwt. Saltpetre continues steady , 150 bags sold at 26. od.
a 275. Valonia, 30 tuns sold at for inferior. and 171. 3v. a 18:.
for prime Smyrna. In Madder Roots or Safflower nothing doing.
Solite fine American !Seen. Was has been sold at in per cwt. A
small parcel of Turkey Blue Gall. sold at 7g.. per 'met.
The sales in Tobacco, about 120 hhds., chiefly to ,the trade, at
former price.. The stock of Coetineal is about 30 saran:, but
noting done in the article.
In Cotton the demand has been very steady from the trade, and
last week's advance fully maintained ; the motet amount to about
10,000 bags (of which shout 2,000 Americus, have been taken en
speculation), viz. 5.500 Upland Georgia, at Sjrl to 7id. ; 1,709
New Orleans, at 0 a 80.; 900 Alabama, at Nil. to 7d. t 200
Sea Islands, at Is. 111. a Is. 3itl. ; 409. Bahia, at Red. to 9 d.;
369 Pernambuco. at 10d. to mid.; 610 Mermluim at foie. soft d.;
1.0 Demerara at Hid. to lied. ; 70 Peruvian, at ; 300
at 7d. 004.: 100 La Guayra, at old.; a small lot of Carthagene,art
; 109 Bengal, at sd. a 41d.; and 250 Surat*, at aid. a &i. pee
lb. Wheat in bend is held at an advancer:4le. 3d. per bushel,
but not any sales as yet have been effeesed, neither has any thing
been done in Ameriean Flour. Clover seed ii'very dull, old and
inferior unealesble; 50 Casks of very fine American sold at 58s. .