The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-11-26 00:00:00

MONEY MARKET, Nov. 7.

Stocks, yesterday, sustained a very great falling oft from
the closing rates of the previous day, almost every descrip-
tion sold having declined : the sales were to a very large

amount. United States Bank receded full 10 per cent. on
the last sales of Tuesday. The closing sale was at 6 dollars,
seller seventeen days. The cause assigned for so great a fall
in one day is that the One allotted for receiving the stock of
the bank in payment for debts due the old institution expired
on Tuesday. American Exchange Bank declined 3, North
American Trust Company 2, Dry Dock 2, Bank of Com-
merce 1, Farmers' Trust 6, Delaware Hudson and Mecha-
nics' Banking Association 1, Ohio Life and Trust Company
and Franklin Bank, Cincinnati, 11. Harlem Rail R. ad. 1,
Patterson 2, Mohawk 11, New Jersey 11, Boston and Provi-
dence and Boston and Worcester 1, and Uttica and Schenec-
tady per cant. At the second board the sales were trifling,
but at a slight improvement on the morning prices.

TgEASUILY NOTES.—The sales at the board, yesterday,
were 10,000 dollars at 99.
EXCIIANGE—on England is dull : on Philadelphia the
rates are from 12 to 12k. The sales at the board, yesterday,
were 3,000 dollars at 88. On Baltimore, the same, dull ;on
Charleston from 5 to 10 ; on Georgia from 12 to 15 ; on Mo-
bile from 16 to 17 ; on New Orleans from 8 to 8k per cent.
discount. Mississippi Union Bank Post Notes are from 30
31 per cent. discount.

STATE OF TRADE, NEW Yoix, Nov. 7.

There is a fair supply of bread stuffs daily arriving. The
demand has, however, been a good deal checked, and the
sales have been very limited. Prices for western ranged to-
day from 5 dollars 56 cents to 5 dollars 75 cents. In freights
we learn of no improvement.
CorroN.—There has been no improvement in the activity
of this article, and prices are still tending downwards, although
in the .absence of any extensive transaction, without marked
change, sales extend to about 2,300 bales at 10 to 124 for
Upland, 104 to 114.f0r Mobile, 10 to 13 for New Orleans.
The arrivals have been 1200 bales at Charleston, during the
week ending on the 2d inst. There was a decline of 4c. on
the rates of the present week, and purchasers demanded
further concessions. The sales reached 3,610 bags at extremes
of 94 to 121..

NEW ORLEANS MARKET, OCT. 20.

The arrival of strangers and the return of many.of our citi-
zens, together with the landing and reshipping of produce
and merchandise, have already given to our streets and busi-
ness-marts an air of life and animation which is pleasing to
observe, though a close inquiry discovers to us, that there is
not yet much improvement in the various departments of
of trade. The weather has been cloudy and threatening
rain for the greater part of the week. It is now clear and

warm.

CorroN.—Received, since the 18th Oct., 19,581 bales,
making the total receipts :rince the Ist Oct. 52,394 bales.
Exported this week 4,641, leaving a balance on hand, inclu-
ding all on-shipboard not cleared, of 56,675 bales. After the
receipt of the advices brought by the Liverpool, our own
market remained quiet until Tuesday, when it opened with
sales to the amount of 4,500 bales at a decline of +. to cent
on qualities below good fair, and there has since bean a large
business at rates conforming to this reduction. Our receipts
of cotton greatly exceeded those of any former year up to
this period, and our market, consequently, is well supplied.
The sales of the week amount to 13,000 bales.

We have received a copy of the St. John's (N. B,)
Chronicle of the 4th of October. It does not contain
any political news of consequence. The preceding
week, it says, had been chiefly employed with military
exercises, in which Artillery, Sea Fencibles, and In-
fantry had been more or less engaged.

In the last government Gazette for the island of Ja-
maica there is a comparative statistical statement of the
crops produced on 55 of the principal estates in the
parish of St. Mary, which is one of the largest sugar-
growing parishes in the island, for each of the last four,
years. We may confidently appeal to this document
as an unimpeachable detail of facts. The authority on
which it is put forth cannot be doubted for a moment.
Emanating as it does from an official source, even our
liberal contemporaries must admit its authenticity, even
though it gives the " lie direct" to Messrs. Knibb,
Scoble, and Co. The statement which we are about
to submit to the notice of our readers affords a most
striking contrast to the inflated accounts which the
soi-disant " friends of the Negroes" have published
respecting the " prosperity of Jamaica" and the " in-
dustrious and orderly habits" of the emancipated ap-
prentices; while, at the same time, it furnishes a re-
markable corroboration of the predictions in which we
ventured to indulge, at the period when the planters
consented to anticipate the termination of the appren-
ticeship system.
In the year 1835, the crops on 55 estates in the pa-
rish of St. Mary were as follows :—Sugar, 7,835 hogs-
heads; Rum, 3,567 puncheons; Molasses, 85 pun-
cheons. In 1836—Sugar, 7,508 hogsheads ; Rum,
2,932 puncheons; Molasses, 48 puncheons. In 1837
—Sugar, 7,134 hogsheads ; Rum, 8,458 puncheons ;
Molasses, 30 puncheons. In 1838—Sugar, 5,063 hogs-
heads ; Rum, 2,617 puncheons ; Molasses, 25 pun-
cheons. The following is a statement of the-annual
decrease, for three years successively, as compared with
the amount of crops produced in 1835 :—ln 1836—
Sugar, 327 hogsheads; Rum, 635 pnncheons ; Mo-
lasses, 37 puncheons. In 1837—Sugar, 701 hogs-
heads; Rum, 109 puncheons; Molasses, 55 puncheons.
In 1838;—emancipation having taken place on the Ist
of August—the falling off in the crop was—Sugar,
2,071 hogsheads; and Rum, 841 puncheons, making
the excess of decrease in 1838 over 1837, in the article
of Sugar, nearly fourfold; and in that of Ruin, fully
ninefold ! But this is not all that is remarkable in this
return. The parish of St. Mary is described as one of
those parishes in which " the apprenticeship system
was worked out without the interruptions of sectarian
agitation, official intermeddling, or stipendiary mis-
rule." Owing to these favourable circumstances the
return shows an amount of produce far greater than the
average produce of the island. In addition to this,
it must also be stated, that the deficiency would have
been much greater if the produce of several of the
finest and largest estates had not been forced up to
their former average by the payment of the most exor-
bitant wages for the work performed.
Such is the result of the free labour system under
the most favourable circumstances. 'ls it likely that
the planters, with absolute ruin thus staring them in
the face, can remain quiescent ? Is it not high time
for them to appeal to the sympathies of their fellow-
subjects in Great Britain ? Is not this the opinion of
even the Morning Herald, when it exclaims "it ap-
pears high time that the social condition of the Negroes,
as well as the state of the laws of the island, should be
rigidly inquired into ?"

‘.‘ Ships, Colonies, and Commerce" shall continue
to be our rallying cry, until the people of Great Britain
are more generally awakened to the great and para-
mount importance of our colonial possessions, as one
of the principal sources of our national prosperity, as
presenting one of *the most safe and profitable invest-
ments of British capital, and as furnishing one of the
most powerful stimuli to British industry.
We had recently occasion to observe that the impor-
tance of the Colonies of Great Britain is not so uni-
versally appreciated as it ought to be. We then
traced, upon the authority of unimpeachable statistical
returns, the rapid declension of British commerce with
foreign states, and contrasted that declension with the
progressive increase which has taken place in the trade
of the Colonies with Great Britain. We proved that
the so-called .reciprocity system has operated most
banefully and injuriously to the commercial interests
of this kingdom. This proof we rested upon the
enormous decrease which has taken place during the
last 36 years, in the tonnage of our foreign commerce;
while,, at the same time, we accounted for the average
increase of our commerce by attributing to the colonial
possessions of Great Britain a counter-balancing influ-
ence upon our export trade. To make this matter
more intelligible, we submit to the notice of our readers
the following general result :—The trade of Great
Britain with all Europe has declined, from 1802 to
1836, from G 5 to 48 per cent. Thus, if our trade,
during this period, had been confined to Europe, the
declension would have been fearfully ruinous : but, as
we have already intimated, there has been an actual
increase, dtiring the same time, in our general trade.
How is this increase to be accounted for ? We shall
proceed to show. In the following cases there has
been an increase in the trade of Great Britain :
With Brit. Colonies in America from 18 to 26 per ct.
With the United States of America 6 to 9 "
With India

This statement, which only includes two departments
of our colonial possessions, goes far to account for the
general increase of our trade, or, rather, its aggregate
increase. Other detttils, which we shall presently sub-
mit, will still more clearly elucidate the subject.
But it may perhaps be objected, and the advocates of
the free trade principle have frequently had recourse
to the objection, that, though the amount of British
tonnage employed in the continental trade has de-
creased, the export of British manufactured goods to

the different European States, has more than counter-
balanced the decay of British tonnage employed in our
commercial intercourse with them. We find a satis-
factory answer to this oft-repeated objection in Mr.
Porter's admirable work on the " Progress of the
Nation." From this work it appears that our total
export to Europe, which, in the year 1815, amounted
to £20,635,244, had sunk, in the year 1836, to
£19,021,066; and our exports to Northern Europe,
which, in the former year, amounted to £11,971,692,
in the latter year, notwithstanding its extraordinary
commercial activity, had sunk to £9,999,861. The
general result of 30 years preceding 1830 is thus sum-
med up by Mr. Porter :—" The. average. annual exports
of British produce and manufactures in the decennary
period from 1801 to 1810, amounted to £40,737,970.
In the next ten years, from 1811 to 1820, the annual
average was £41,484,461. From IS2I to 1830, the
annual average fell to £36,597,623." Sheriff Alison,
in his admirable speech at Glasgow, remarks with great
emphasis—" if we turn to the amount of our trade to
the principal countries of Continental Europe, we
shall see at once how very inconsiderable is that traffic,
and how miserable the interest of the trade in con-
nexion with those countries for which we have so long
sacrificed our own colonies." In support of these
views, he refers to the smallness of our exports to
those countries, even in the year 1836, which was a
a year of unparalleled commercial activity. The real
valite of our exports for that year were as follows :
To Russia £1,742,433
Sweden 113,308
Norway 79,469
Denmark
Prussia
France
Portugal
Spain 470,076
Germany
Belgium

From this statement it appears that France, with a
population of thirty two thillione, takes off only
£1,590,000, that Prussia, with a population of fourteen
millions, takes off only £160,000 worth, and that Russia
with a population of sixty millions, takes off only
£1,7013,000 of our produce ! We shall not here stop
to examine the bearing of this statement upon the ques-
tion of the corn laws. Our present object is to contrast
our continental trade with our colonial trade. It is
quite evident that our trade to the Northern States of
Europe is a mere bagatelle. It is a trade which, con-
sidering the relative position of the European States—
their political rivalry—their progress in the arts and
sciences—and the comparatively light burden of taxation
imposed upon them, can never be a lucrative one as
far as Great Britain is concerned. But, as Mr. Alison
exclaims, "however gloomy the prospects of our re-
lations with such states may be, there is not only hope
but confidence to he derived from another quarter;
and if we turn to the colonies we shall see whence it is
that England is now deriving its heart's blood, and
from what commercial intercourse our wealth and great-
ness in future times is to be derived." The same
gentleman then proceeds to specify the returns of our
trade with the United States and the British Colonies,
for the year 1836. The magnitude of these returns
affords a srriking contrast with the details of our trade
to Europe. In the year 1836 it appears that the real
value of our exports
To the United States of America, was £12,425,605
British North American Colonies 2,732,291
British West Indies
Australian Colonies
East Indies 4,285,829

The magnitude of these exports will appear still more
astonishing if we take into consideration the population
of our several colonies. Canada,' with a population
scarcely reaching a million and a half, takes off nearly
twice as much of our produce as Russia, with its po-
pulation of sixty millions. The British West India
Islands, with a population of less than one million,
consumed in 1836 no less than £3,i00,000 worth, or
considerably twice as much as France, with its popu-
lation of thirty-two millions. Again, the Australian
colonies consumed £1,180,000 worth of British produce,
with a population of only one hundred thousand, or
more than seven times as much as Prussia, with its
population of fourteen millions !
Such is the cheering contrast presented by our Co-
lonies when compared with the continent. The influ-
ence of our colonial trade upon the shipping interests
of this kingdom will form the next subject of inquiry.
We have already satisfactorily established our position,
that the Colonies of Great Britain have proved her sal-
vation from utter ruin. This fact must be reiterated
until the people of England are more fully awake to
the real value of these noble appendages to the British
Crown. We shall again and again revert to those in-
exhaustible sources of our national greatness and pros-
perity, " Ships, Colonies, and Commerce."

We published on Friday, in our report of the Coun-
cil Proceedings, a Communication from Mr. Thomas
Harvey, to which we think it worth while to draw the
attention of our readers.

With exquisite self-complacency this learned and
most punctilious individual gravely informs the world
that "his conduct has been such as to satisfy his own
mind"—an announcement which will probably be more
surprising from its naivete than from any other of its
features. "Judges," cries out the arraigned in Court,
"my conduct has satisfies myself !" Pro-di-gi-ous
will be the answer of the Bench, and every angle of the
Court will re-echo the self-acquittal. For ourselves we
profess that we are not in the least degree surprised.
IVe think it perfectly right and natural that the man
who thinks it reasonable to be first Assessor and then
Candidate, should think it reasonable to be in every
circumstance judge in his own cause, and should ima-
gine his own self-acquittal a perfect refutation of every
charge.

We beg to acquaint Mr. T. Harvey that such is not
the prevailing opinion of the world ; and although
there may have been "no attempt to impeach his con-
duct"—i. c. no unworthy imputations cast upon his
conduct as Assessor—the mere fact of his having been
first Assessor and then Candidate has always been re-
garded by the people of Liverpool as it now is by the
Judges in Westminster Hall. We can allow of no
certiorari to remove the trial of Mr. Harvey's conduct
from the Queen's Bench to the Court of his own con-
science.

He has been " advised by a very high authority that
in pcint of law his eligibility was undoubted." We
dare say that in the aforesaid Court of Mr. Thomas
Harvey's Conscience this learned council will still be
regarded as a very high authority ; but we should ima-
gine that in Westminster Hall he will no longer be
considered quite " UNDOUBTED."
"The Court of Queen's Bench has given an intimation
(for it is no more !) of its opinion that I was wrong in
the course that I pursued;" and Mr. Thos. Harvey goes
on to say, that, as a practising attorney, he is an officer
of the said Court. He certainly makes a great merit
of a very stern necessity ; for when he remembers the
obligation to plead within the same term, the judgment
of ouster, and the consequent summary jurisdiction of
the Court in case of rebellion or contempt, we have no
doubt but the practising attorney thinks the intimation
is very like Sir Andrew's celebrated hint to his unwel-
come guest : " I jist tauld him if he didna gang oot by
the door I'd gar him gang oot by the window."
We have only to say in conclusion to Mr. Thomas
Harvey, as the Archbishop of Santillane said to Gil
Blas when he turned him away, " Farewell, Farewell !
I wish you all manner of prosperity, and a little more
taste."

The marriage of the Queen is no longer doubtful.
A Privy Council was summoned at Buckingham pa-
lace last Saturday afternoon for the express purpose
that this important announcement might be made
known ; and it is now matter of public notoriety that
Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg is the betrothed hus-
band of Queen Victoria. This young Prince, destined
soon to occupy so illustrious a station, is the first cou-
sin of her Majesty, being the second son of the reign-
ing Duke of Saxe Coburg, who is the eldest brother of
the Duchess of Kent. His appearance is prepossess-
ing, and report speaks favourably of his mental quali-
fications. Three years ago he was, with his brother,
resident at Brussels, where they were both under the
care of the English clergyman, Mr. Drung, in order
that they might become thoroughly acquainted with the
English language, and conversant with the history,
laws, and constitution of Great Britain : so that even
'at that time it would seem that " coming events cast

their shadows before," and the improbability was not
considered very great that her Majesty might hereafter
select one of the two Princes as the partner of her
Throne. While at Brussels Prince Albert was .a regu-
lar attendant at the English Protestant Church, and
the story that went the round of the papers a few
weeks ago, that he and his brother went to mass in a
Roman Catholic Chapel while they were staying at
Windsor, is utterly false, and invente,d for a very dis-
creditable purpose.
Prince Albert is descended from a strictly Protestant
ancestry, and numbers among his progenitors that elec-
tor of Saxony who sheltered in one of his castles, for
many months, Luther, on his return from the Diet of
Worms. So far the most jealous advocate of the prin-
ciples of the Reformation may be satisfied with the
choice which her Majesty has made. Whether he will
be disposed as King Consort to give undue encourage-
ment to Papal usurpation—to which Protestant Ger-
many has been always signally opposed—remains to be
seen. We willingly believe that without either intole-
rance or bigotry he is firmly persuaded of the bless-
ings of that great moral revolution, the first beams of
which dawned upon the land from which he derives
his birth, and that while he feels himself called upon to
act with justice towards all the subjects of that Crown
which he is to share, he will never distinguish by pa-
tronage or encouragement that Religion whose heavy
yoke was thrown off by England as soon as Luther in
Germany had burst the fetters which enthralled the
human mind.

One happy circumstance connected with the Royal
Marriage will be, that Cabinet Ministers will no longer
be fixtures at the dinner table and in the drawing-
room. The pococurante gossip of Lord Melbourne
and fashionable frivolity of Lord Normanby must be
turned to please another ear, even if by any miracle
they remain Ministrs until April; but we have pretty
strong grounds for believing that before that time they
Nvill be eating " the bitter bread of banishment" from
office, and casting a mournful look of melancholy re-
miniscence towards portals which will then be closed
against them for ever.

A Special Commission, composed, we believe, of the
three following Judges—Chief Justice Tindal, Mr. Ba-
ron Parke, and Mr. Justice Williams—one from each of
the three common law courts—is about to issue for the
trial of the prisoners now in the Monmouth gaol on
the charge of high treason and sedition. It is under-
stood that they will proceed to Newport or Monmouth
in about three weeks, and then the wretched Chartists
will have an awful lesson how surely punishment awaits
those who offend against the Majesty of the Law.
But the melancholy reflection in all these cases is,
that the most criminal escape, whilst those who are
comparatively innocent suffer the penalty due to guilt.
The deluded miners and colliers of SOuth Wales, who
were insane enough to fancy that they had a chance of
erecting a Chartist kingdom, in which every man
might help himself to what he liked, and yet all be
happiness, order, and prosperity, will—or at least as
many of them as are convicted of having taken part
in the late insurrection—suffer condign punishment :
but seditious writers and inflammatory speakers, who
have instigated these poor men to the late act of out-
rage, will see the victims of their iniquity sacrificed,
and laugh at their own impunity. We speak not now
of such men as Feargus O'Connor and O'Brien, and
firebrands of that stamp, whose feelings—if they have
any—Must be such as a fiend would pity, when they
see the effect of their speeches on their miserable fol-
lowers : but we have an eye to offenders of a higher
rank, who perhaps think that their former doctrines
and the recent insurrection will not be connected, by
all honest thinkers, by the relation of cause and effect.
But if we knew a Minister who called the voice of the
House of Lords "the whisper of a faction"—who
complimented the tumultuous mobs of Birmingham
as the " men who carried the Reform Bill"—who,
when the danger of Chartist assemblages was pointed
out to him, publicly declared that such meetings were
" constitutional and proper"—and who selected for
offices of dignity and trust, Chartist leaders and un-
principled demagogues,—then we should say, that if
the Chartists did assume a position of audacity and
power which at last emboldened them to attempt a
revolution, that Minister would be deeply responsible
for such a catastrophe. We put the case as an hypo-
thesis : let Lord John Russell answer, if it be possible.

Our readers will have doubtlessly noticed the shuf-
fling manner in which Mr. Thomas Coglan, the Coun-
cillor for St. Ann's Ward, attempts to evade the charge
of having uttered an untruth in the Council Chamber,
in reference to Mr. Robert Jones being in the polling-
booth at the time the personation of Mr. Bond by a
voter took place. As usual in such cases, Mr. Coglan
attempts to make it appear that he was misrepresented;
but, unhappily for himself, there were too many re-
porters present for any doubt upon that point ; and
each of the papefs which those reporters represented
makes Mr. Coglan say that Mr. Robert Jones was in
the booth at the time when the fraudulent vote was
tendered. Mr. Coglan may talk as long as he likes
about what lie meant to say, but there is no doubt of
what he did say. Literce scriptw manent.

THE NEW STEAM BOAT ALICE.-NEW PLA N

OF A MARINE STEAM ENGINE.

A fine new iron steam boat, the property of Lord Francis
Egerton, (or in other words of the Bridgewater Trust,) was
recently launched from the yard of Messrs. Page and Gran-
tham, who have become so celebrated in the building of iron
vessels, that they have lately taken large premises at the
south end of the town for the building of ships of large bur-
then of that material. She was named the Alice, after Lord
Francis Egerton's eldest daughter, is about 170 tons burthen,
old measurement, is neatly fitted up, and is a handsome and
lively-looking boat on the water. With the whole of her ma-
chinery, fuel, &c., on board, her draft of water is only four
feet six inches.

She has two engines of thirty horse-power each, made by
Messrs. Davenport and Grindrod, of the Caledonian
Foundry, in this town ,upon a novel and improved construction.
Their peculiarity consists in the fixing of the cylinders on
an angle of 45 degrees in the form of a rectangle with the
hypothcnuse at the base, so that they act as a stay and support
to each other. No side levers or counterbalances are requi-
red ; and the working parts being fewer than in ordinary
engines they are less liable to derangement, and not so much
exposed to wear and tear. These engines are exceedingly
compact, and have realized all that was contemplated by the
ingenious makers,—ample power, ease in working, and great
strength combinediwith unusucl lightness. At twelve o'clock
on Saturday last several gentlemen proceeded in the vessel
from the Clarence Dock on a short experimental trip on the
river. New Ingines are necessarily stiff, and it requires some
time to ascertain their proper adjustment. With all dis-
advantages however, the engines of the Alice performed their
work admirably, from the moment she left the dock. A very
short trip only was intended on this first occasion, but the
speed of the vessel was so satisfactory, and the gratification
of all on board consequently so great, that she proceeded up
the river, a distance of twelve or fourteen miles and back—
accomplishing the trip " out and home" in about two hours.
On her way up she beat several very powerful steamers, and
on coming down successively hended two of the Runcorn
packets in gallant style. The strokes of the engines ave-
raged 32 per minute, but when at her full power, they will
make 35. We doubt not but that, when the vessel is finally
trimmed, and every thing is put into working order, the
Alice will be one of the swiftest boats on the Mersey. She
is intended for the towing of the yessels employed in the
inland navigation of the Bridgewater Trust, and also of
coasting vessels, to and from Runcorn, of a larger size than
have generally visited that port—for which purpose, from
her superior power, she is peculiarly well adapted.

An escaped convict from Sidney, who after undergoing a
variety of hardships, arrived in Liverpool on Thursday night,
has been apprehended in Manchester.

Mr. Atkins, the spirited proprietor of the Liverpool
Zoological Gardens, has just added to his collection two fine
Polar bears. They were brought from Greenland by Captain
Dring, of the Swan, lately arrived at Hull.
On Wednesday evening last, a young man of the name of
Maybrick, undertook, for a wager of £5, to pick up 50 stones,
a yard apart, in 12 minutes ; and he completed the task in
11 minutes and 17 seconds. The ground chosen was the
walk leading to-St. Jude's Church, out of London-road.
ARRIVALS AT THE ADELPIII HOTEL.—EarI and Countess
Belmore, Earl Kelnmore and Suite, Lord Longford, Sir
Charles Des Veoux, Sir Richard Kean, Lord Cochrane, Mr.
Cochrane, The Hon. Mr. Powis. the Rev. Archdeacon
Clarke, Captain Eden, The Rev. Mr. Armstead, Major
Poole, Major Erwin, Mr. Gower and Family, Mr. Green of
London, Mr. Moore and Party, Mr. Taylor of London, Mr.
Van Ham, Mr. Felix Gatayez, &c.
THE BARQUE CORNWALL.—Serious apprehensions were
lately entertained in Liverpool for the safety of this vessel
and her gallant captain and crew, it having been known
that they had left Cuba about the 22d of September. We
are happy to announce their safe arrival ; though they appear
to have had a tremendously rough time of it, according to a
copy of a letter from the captain, posted in the Undewriter's
Room.

EWART.—Wc are enabled to state, although not on
the althority of Mr. Ewart, that he intends to become a can-
didate for the honour of representing the Dumfries District
of B trglis, in the event of a dissolution and the retirement
of C-",..neral Sharpe, of Hoddam Castle. Mr. Ewart's talents
and ;.rinciples are well known, and most liberals will congra-
tulat a themselves on the prospect of securing his services.—
Dulr:fries Courier.

ATRE ROYAL.—We have not had time to pay a visit
to the theatre since the engagement of Miss Romer and Mr.
Templeton ; but we understand they have been giving great
satisfaction to tolerably large auditories. We perceive that
Mr. Baker, that old established public favourite, intends to
take his benefit on Monday next. We hope his friends will
crowd to his support, as in addition to paying a grateful tri-
bute to a very worthy private character, they will derive great
amusement from the efforts of Mr. Hoskins, who gives his
aid to Mr. Baker on this occasion.

Much more might be advanced in detail on the good policy
of taking measures for the construction of-docks on the Che- •
shire side of the river, but as my remarks have already ex-
tended to a considerable length, I shall conclude by enume-
rating sonic of the more obvious advantages to the port of
which the proposition gives promise.
Ist,—The pro"osed docks being situated at the terminus of
the Chester Railway, which will ere long be united to the
Grand Junction, will present great advantages for the recep-
tion of goods from the manufacturing districts, the potteries,
and the whole line of country as far as the metropolis. The
railway would also be advantageous for the transit of goods
landed and destined for the southern districts.

2d,—There being a great depth of water opposite Tran-
mere Pool and in the Moyne, close to the sea wall of the
proposed docks, (and now the best sheltered anchoring ground
in the river), vessels running up the river in heavy weather,
when they cannot enter a Liverpool dock, might rind easy
access to these docks, which would be sheltered from the
westerly or prevailing gales, by the high land of Holt Hill,
Orton and Bidston Moors, &c. The gates of the Cheshire
docks, too,—such would be the depth of water, and its smooth-
ness,—might be opened during a longer period before and
after high water ; and this would be a valuable advantue.
When a strong westerly wind prevails, it is with difficulty
that even a steamer can now enter the Clarence dock, and
sailing vessels cannot safely attempt it. A dock further to the
north on this side, nearer to the mouth of the.river, would,
from the sea being, in stormy weather, necessarily heavier
at that more exposed point, present increased obstacles to the
entrance of shipping. I may add that the shelter from the
prevailing gales afforded by the high lands to the westward of
Birkenhead, gives the site, I propose, a decided advantage
over Wallassey Pool.
3rd,—One of the proposed docks might be made available
for the transatlantic and other large steam ships, when
the Brunswick half-tide basin becomes inadequate to their
accommodation--which it soon will. It might also be avail-
able for the government mail steam ships, and other govern.;
ment vessels arriving at the port ; or a separate dock might
be constructed for them, so that they might be kept apart
from the mercantile marine of the port.
Such are a few of the advantages held out, but I must leave
the subject in the hands of an intelligent commercial com-
munity. For, myself, the more I reflect upon it, the
more 1 am convinced that we must ere long have docks erected
on the Cheshire shore, and the site I have pointed out is
worthy of serious consideration of those concerned in the ex-
tension of our harbour accommodation. I have myself no
individual interest in the question : but I feel deeply inter-
ested in the prosperity of the town, and anxious to see the
Corporation bestir themselves betimes, to provide (economi-
cally while they can) that accommodation which her increa.:ed
shipping, and her future prospects, as the second port in the
kingdom, so imperatively demand.—l am, &c.
MERCATOR.
Liverpool, 25th Much, 1839. •

TO A MERCHANT AND A TORY.

TO THE EDITOR Oh:. IF, iiIKERP,OOL ST4NDARD

, -
:Sir,—My attention having, been arrested by a letter signed
as above in the Chronicle of -Saturday last; I take,upon
myself to apply to him—Who must be 'but a very sorry re-
presentative of so respectable and loyal a class of beings; my
reason for suspecting the genuineness of this pretended
loyalist is, first, that a conservative would never dream of

patronising a journal of such well-knbwn ultra-radical senti-
ments ; and secondly, that a man signing himself " ATory,"
would never rail against Mr. APlNieile, however he may differ
with him on doctrinal points, seeing that he has aug-
mented the numbers of conservatives greatly in this town, or
added greatly to the support of the church.
But to the confutation of the argument advanced by this
Laorliciom Tory. He insinuates that the description given
by our orator (at the Sheffield meeting) is anything but true,
nay, he even says that the feeling exhibited against O'Connell
in the newsroom was not by the respectable portions of its
member, alias merchants. For the benefit of all, I will
transcribe that part of Mr.; M`Neile's speech, which in my
opinion cannot be confuted, and which the lovers of truth,
sarcasm, and eloquence will gladly_ peruse as being one of
the richest specimens of satire and good humoured wit, that
ever fell from the lips of that highly gifted critic-. After
facetiously patroling Mr. O'Connell arm in arm with our
late Unitarian Mayor through the windings of Liverpool, he
ushers him into the newsroom, when " All was silence.
There was no time for consideration amongst the assembled
gentlemen. They looked at one another. It was enough.
With a simultaneous rush, they formed a compact semicircle
around the door, the mayor, and the member : and one voice,
catching by sympathy the feelings of many. minds, .exclaiMed
Turn out the beggar I"rhe member turned pale. The
mayor is always pale. And the member said to the mayor,
tire are not mighty welcome here.' The door was open,
and both the mayor and member were at what the schoolboys
call the right side to run away. Then the room rang with
hearty hurrahs, groans for the popish faction; cheers for the
Church and Queen, three cheers for Sir Robert Peel, rind
three times three for the great cantain, the hero of -a. thousand
battles, the Duke of Wellington." •
_ _

Now, if .every word in the above quotation is not true, his
speech throughout is but a tissue of falsehood. The an-
noyance this " Tory" seems to experience, is the "vulgarity"
which is said to have tainted the manners ofinerchants, in
calling out with every Other honest, high-minded, and pro-
testant person in the room, " Turn out the beggar.;" which
is exactly in my opinion what ought to be done ; if man,
grasping, inconsistent, one who .pauperises thoSe already' too
poor, besides being a domineering, encroaching Rtnhan,
Catholic, does not meet with that relief which ;Al such ought
to meet with, we should soon ha'Ve Our rights.trampleduikre,
and Catholicism in the ascendant. He says also; that Mr. '
M`Nelle could not name' any of the "'merchants" Intient
who joined in this just. expulsion. Mr. :MaNede was not
likely (clever as he is) to do that which was he'yond his
power, he not being in the room at the time. If lie wete•
not, /was, and am ready to testify to numbers of merchants,
(whose respectability and gentility are undoubted,) thataided
on that-occasion tr, groan fox the popish faction, and cheer
for our enlightened church,. He says he is a merchant, and
stood by disgusted with such conduct. • Now he ik•lont an
individual like myself; and Jam a thercharit•alsd, Morcoti-T
joined in the welcome and hearty acclamation - • • - •

In conclusion, he says, (in ords tantamount to these,)
" dont conclude from the past exhibition that we are led
away by what' has fallen from the lips of lir. APNeili3, or
that we countenance his acts." (Heis ;rioW•speakhig-iii the
capacity of- a Tory.) 'The editorial f:re had better -hAvelyeen
erased, inasmuch as if he said so amongst ourselves; in
all likelyhood none would have agreed with him, and I for
one would have oppoged him in lotp. He says I am a
" Tory," and dont coincide with him (Mr. M`Nelle.)
also am a Tory, and thank heaven for it, and consider the
information which is gathered from Mr. M-Neile's discourses
Mid speeches is superior to anything of the kind in Liverpool.
I am proud to have and hear such a defender of all rights,
spiritual, and temporaltand as long, as he lives to propagate
sound doctrine,"andextrlpate Catholicism, and false liberality,
will-he ever find a firm supporter in his willing hearer.
A TRUE PROTESTANT 'AND CONSERVATIVE.

LIVERPOOL GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT.

By an advertisement in another column, it will be seen,
that Four Grand Subscription Concerts are to be given in
Liverpool, on the 30th December, the 14th and 28th of
January, and the 11th of February. It will .be only neces-
sary to call attention to the names of a few of the principal
performers to excite the interest of the lovers of music on
these concerts. They are Miss Clara Novello, Miss Woodyatt,
Mr. Parry,jun., Mr. Blagrove, and Mr. Lindley, sen. Of
Miss Novella, a late number of the Manchester Guardian
thus speaks :—" Miss Novello had a most flattering reception
on her entrance, whichindicated very intelligibly the interest
which the audience felt in .reference to her, and their pleasure
at again seeing her as a visitor to this room. We fully par-
ticipate; in the cordiality of the welcome, and congratulate her
on the advantages she appears to have reaped, since she was
last amongst us, andsincerely hope that the great promise
of future excellence she continues to hold out, may be more

and more fully realized. In addition to the attainments
which belong merely tn education, and which she has always
given ample 'evidence of poSsessing in a supereminent de-
gree, she appears now to have -overcome that coldness of
manner, and a devotion to mere mechanical accuracy, which
has generally been attributed to her by those who are, and
have been foremost in admiration of her talents. Her in-

tonation is, as it always leas been, lultiess;7;;i.she new
combines in her performance, a brilliancy and a grace of ex-
ecution with a force and fervour of style, which we doubt
not, will soon rank her amongst the most celebrated in her
profession. Her choice of pieces for the evening screed to
exhibit her mastery in the three principal Schools of Music ;
the Italian, the German, and the English, or; if not the En-

glish,' the ecclesiastical school of the last century : In each
of these she displayed.her vocal powers with the utmost dis-
erimination-and success; and the Scena of Beethoven's, in
the second part. is perhaps one of the most difficult thatex-
ists, and such as to tai even the powers of a Malibran, she
acquitted herself in it in amanner whicli must haveastonished
even the most sanguine of her admirers. Nor was she less
meritorious in the Cavatina from Mdreadonte, And in
Handel's song ' From Mighty Kings;' "both of Which .were
given with a power and truth of charactertrarelY excelled:
the effect which each produced was evident fimn the enthusi-
astic applause which followed their 'delis-err; and in refer-
ence to her last song, ah encore appeared likely to be the re-
sult, and was'perhaps'withheld, only by the severe exertion
which the demand would impose, and the advanced state of
the evening."
The same paper also spealth in the Tollowingterms of Mr.
Blagrove:—
" Mr. Biagrove's professional merits and reputation, are
83 well establisled, and are so familialy to,all musical people,
if not to the public' generally, that it has become somm`hat
unnecessary for us to refer to them in detait:!srecannot,
however, emit this opportnnity- of recording our humble
opinion of the great excellencies which distingliish- his .per-
formance, and :n reference to these, perhapsthe'first quality
which would be likely to interest one who heiirk 'him for the
first time, will he the complete absence of any desire to ex-
.

hibit merely himself, and excite. a•feeling' 'of, momentary
astonishment at a display of merely meelianical -deiterity,
destitute of sentiment or feeling,' or any nther • quality, be-
yond that of its tendency to ern-id' the pocket : such to us
does not seem to be Mr. Ma grove's objeet ;Are appears to
have a more elevated purpose to obtain-:-that of iriirestifighis
art, with its native attributes ;• its pOWer to excite a• kindred
impulse in those Wh..o are the subjects of its, influents, to ac-
quire this elevated action, the ordinary means must he Tin- -
ployed, and every attainable facility in execution and expres-
sion must he aimed at, but these 'powers' will be • desired by •
the true 'friend of his art, only so far,a4thcv tend to pro-
mote its genuine spirit. In all-the qualificaticons which are
necessary to form an ordinarily' good 'musician; _ there is• in
Mr. Blagrovc nothing to be desired. • His tone for 'equality,.
power, and richness, is such,-as is' rarely equalled, by those
who have attained to a maturity of expeeierree -, his intOnatibn
is perfect, and his execution is altogether 6f the mOst),brilli--
ant and finished character. AS may be SupOsed; `ll'.B two
solos were listened to with the deepest attention, and 'he was
most enthusiastically appl anded' at the close." • = • •
The other performers are so Well known that it would be
superfluous, on this occasion, to enter upon any euloginni of
their merits. We hope the public will liberally patronize•
this spirited undertaking.

CHRISTIANITY AS IT IS, AND SOCIALISM AS IT
IS.-TERMINATION OF THE, DISCUSSION.

On Friday evening last- this discussion was brought to. a
close. The .audience was not so numerous as on. the two
preceding evenings.
..
The Rev. Mr. : BAY.L.F.}I proceeded; to expose. the more
diabolical portion of that .system of .debauchery—demou-
strating in the most • satisfactory. manner. the -awful state of
depravity and -infamy to which it must ultimately reduce
those who fall.into its he lisp grasp, He in vary. forcible
terms described the infernal vortex which it had opened: to
enguiph all that remained •of religion, of anorality.,.,of virtue,
chastity, or even decency, and. the pitiable state,of. mental
and moral depravity .into which. mankind must,fall before
that pestilential and desolating system „could be adopted.
He unmasked its hypocrisy., and laid. bare its most filthy parts
in terms calculated to impress his. audience witli its fallacy
and absurdity. After disposing• of a few of. the more glaring
absurdities, advanced, by ,his; infidel adversary, Weft the
subject and entered into the sublime •and • great ~beauties of
Christianity. He defended: the Church...of •England. from
some groundless attacks., in reference to her7aitinlets.and
dis-
cipline, and concludedby 'exprpssing a,hopo ;that, great good
would result from the discussion, : • 7 „
Mr. Faux, then, on the part, •of,,the siftea.n! misnamed
Socialism, ...ainly,:attempte444,extricate,4ianseg from the
unenviable position
.in which formidable antagonist had
placed him. In vain • lie eadletifvoured• to ,apologise for, or
palliate the filthy and untenable. principles propounded by
&Wen; and indeed so. completely disgusted were • the ,audi-
ence become with his. sophi9:.,ns znd.absurdifsigo, that it was
only in consequence of. the:.•rtf.pa,ted..Anteroessions. .of Mr.
13aylee that he was alloWed to occupy allOtted to
him at the Gout:lngo/1...4 1,--• '7,, jf 40- '
The result, as migitt be,expeetect,-uras,in-the highest de-
gree creditable to the talents and _piety of the Rev. Mr.
Baylee, and will, doubtless,. tend to the advancement of the
holy cause in which- 'he is: .so ardenthrs-labhuringi.! On the
other hand, it has done 'ninth towards.exposingeyin;theinaost
effectual manner,. the filthy.and :contaminating debaucheries
of Owenism, and the shame of IlictstwhotipropagatbAutili
indecencies. delfre iitifß Sou bib

d 101771IkazYmu
We are authorised to stately that-the Av.-Aap*. Haldane
Stewart, M.A. incurnbent.of Bride.' s, 11001. appointed,
by the Chancellor of -the'DiOcese, a surrogate for proving
wills and granting marriage licences. •
INNER TEMPLE Nov, :.'2.--7-The following gentlemen
have this day been called to the dcgrc9, of barrister,at-law,
by the Hon. Society of the Inne.r..Tglnpie.,:—WM..Forsyth,
Ed. Platt, Wm. Atherton, John Ed„Planter, Stephen C.
Denison, J. W. Fulton, J. W.,1\11. Donald., W. W. Watson,
Geo. Goodier, Moultin Barrett.,HGeo,Tickell, Geo. Villein,
Richd. Ford, James P. Wilde, Robt. Taorp, Gee. Taylor,
and John Giles. • .

TROTTING MATCHES AT AINTREE.—The trotting matches
announced by us last week continue to excite much attention
in the sporting circles, and there is no doubt but that they
will draw together au immense concourse of people to witness
the sport. Wednesday and:Friday next, the 27th and 29th
inst., are the days fixed for the trialof the respective powers
of each quadruped, and two o'clock prec'sely we are authori-
sed to state as the hour of starting. Three competitors have
arrived for the sweepstakes of 500 sovereigus.en Friday, viz.
the Birmingham and Glasgow mares, and the celebrated Bob
Logic. • Ccnfirlenee was named as a-horse likely to trot:to the
scene of action, but his quality having been ascertained by a
private trial of his powers, his party have given it as their
opinion that they cannot with safety repose confidence in him,
and he consequently trots to the right about. The Birming-
ham mare is the favourite.—Chronicle.
WATERLOO-ROAD DRPREDATIONS.—On Sunday. night
some daring scoundrels broke into the offices of Messrs. Du-
randu and. Luff, by removing the slates from the r00f,.40d
Messrs. Jenkins, Wood and Co., by taking out the sash frame,
when, finding nothing but hooks and papers, they ransacked,
destroyed, and confused everything they found in their way.
This is the fourth time since April the-office of Messrs. Du-
randu and Luff baS been entered. in expectation of finding
money, they being American Exchange Brokers. These
midnight marauders are •now respectfully informed, that no
cash or property of value will ever he left during the night,
and to avoid unnecessary trouble to either party, should they
hereafter pay another visit, they will beware of a dog, and, on
retiring, please replace the slates, to. prevent the rain flood-
ing the office, or shut the door after them should they choose
to depart that way. Their attention to the above, and a little
more vigilance from the poliep, will oblige the occupants of
the several of in Waterloo-road.

rtrp.

THE LAST PLAGUE OF EGYPT

(From the Scottish Christian Herald.)

'Tis midnight, 'tis midnight, o'er Egypt's dark sky,
And in whirlwind and storm the sirocco sweeps by ;
All arid' and hot in its death-breathing blast—
Each sleeper breathes thick, and each bosom beats fast.
And the young mother wakes, and arouses from rest,
And presses more closely her babe to her breast ;
But the heart that she presses is death-like and still,
And the lips that she kisses are breathless and chill.
And the young brother clings to the elder in fear,
As the gust falls so dirge-like and sad on his ear;
But the brother returns not the trembling embrace,—
He speaks Not—he breathes not—Death lies in his place.
And the first-born of Egypt are dying around ;
'Tis a sigh—'tis a moan—and then slumber more sound ;
They but wake from their sleep, and their spirits have fled.
They but wake into life, to repose with the dead.
And there lay the infant, still smiling in death,
That scarce heaved its breast as it yielded its breath !
And there lay the boy, yet in youth's budding bloom,
With the calmness of sleep—but the hue of the tomb.
And there fell the youth in the pride of his prime,
In the morning of life—in the spring-tide of crime ;
And unnerved is that arm, and fast closed is that eye,
And cold is that bosom which once beat so high.
And the fond mother's hope, and the fond father's trust,
And the widow's sole stay, are returning to dust ;
Egypt has not a place where there is not one dead,
From the proud monarchs palace to penury's shed.
And the hearths of that country are desolate now,
And the crown of her glory is thrust from her brow ;
But while proud Egypt trembles, all Israel is free—
Unfettered—unbouud—as the waves of the sea.

FL ROGERS,

THE RADICAL PRESS AND THE QUEEN
DOWAGER.

(From the Morning Herald.)
If the bed-chamber ministers think they will
strengthen their position, or improve their prospects,
by giving instructions to their retainers of the press
to vilify and persecute the royal widow of William IV.,
they only add another to the many great mistakes
which they have already made. The exhibition of
such petty spite, of such unmanly malice, will sink
them lower than ever (though that is very difficult) in
public estimation.

" In the lowest deep
Still threatens."

The malignant and vindictive attacks just now di-
rected against Queen Dowager Adelaide by the morn-
ing organ of the ministry, are quite worthy of a court
that poisoned the mind of our young and inexperi-
enced Sovereign against one of the most amiable of
her sex, and persecuted the virtuous Lady Flora Has-
tings to death. Do the same kind "friends of the
Queen" suppose they will remove the weight of public
odium which has justly fallen upon them by traducing
an illustrious lady, who is an ornament to that rank in
which she moves, and a noble example to her sex of all
the virtues that grace the female character, and com-
mand the respectfully enthusiastic admiration of the
English people ?
There are, it appears, those at COURT,—though no
loyal subject will include among them the Sovereign
herself,—who can no more bear with patience or tem-
per the praises which the public voice bestows upon
the venerated Consort of our late lamented King, than
if they regarded those praises as a reflection on their
own want of those qualities that can ensure the respect
of a moral and enlightened nation—a nation that re-
spects private worth and domestic virtue wherever they
are found, and admires them most when from the most
elevated station they shed upon society the happy in-
fluence of their endearing example.
With an unpopular court and an universally odious
and despised ministry, the Dowager Queen Adelaide
is indeed held in small estimation,—but with them and
their connections alone. They would make her very
virtues

" Sanctified and holy traitors to her."

Like the curious Athenian who could not bear to hear
Aristides called the JUST, these malignant persons are
enraged at finding that the universal voice of the Bri-
tish nation acknowledges the exemplary worth of the
good Queen Adelaide. Nor is this national testimony
of respect to the Dowager Queen unmixed with a grate-
ful recollection of the truly British spirit, the clemency,
and manly virtues of the kindhearted William IV.
Long may she live to receive the spontaneous tribute
of a nation's veneration : it is the honourable reward
and the accompaniment of a life of beneficence. We
wish no more bitter punishment to her malignant per-
secutors than that they may live long also, to witness
and to weep for her well-deserved popularity.

DAVIS' STRAITS FISHERY. - IMPORTANT

INFORMATION.

(From the Aberdeen Herald.)

The intelligent Esquimaux, whom Captain Penny, of'the
Neptune, has brought from Davis' Straits this season, has
disclosed some geographical information which promises to
exercise a most important influence on the future prospects
of the Davis' Straits whale fishery. Under present circum-
stances, the fishery may be said to be at an end. But no
one who is in the smallest degree acquainted with its past
history, and can in any way appreciate its vast advantage,
will hesitate for a moment to aid in the carrying out of any
measures which will seem calculated to restore it, if not to
its original importance, at least to a degree of prosperity
which would he of immense benefit to the nation.
Captain Penny states that, when he got as far west as Cape
Serls, the whales, though plentiful, became exceedingly wild,
and darted up Cumberland Straits with a uniformity of direc-
tion which led him to think that there must be some place of
common resort in that quarter. When lying at Durban har-
bour, by Cape Serle, in lat. 67 1, long. 62 20, he discovered
that the Esquimaux he has now on board possessed very
extensive knowledge of the geography of the country, and
from the willingness he showed to communicate whatever
information was asked, the following facts were elicited.
1. That there is a bay which opens from the east side of
Cumberland Straits, about 60 miles round Cape Easterly, in
64 55, and extends to the NE for about 140 miles, opening up
to a breadth, in some places of 60 miles, and terminating in
a point on the NW side. This frith is bounded on the north
by an extensive range of mountains on the SW by a flat level
country ; and on the NE by bold and jutting headlands. An
arm of the bay penetrates a long way into the land from the
NE extremity, and is separated from Kangrana, an arm of
the ocean on the other side, near Cape Serle, by an isthmus
of about 30 miles in length. This isthmus contains several
lakes, in which are abundance of excellent salmon. There
is a good deal of floating ice in the bay, but the tides are
easy, and, in June and July, the ice breaks up and goes out
to sea. The hay contains abundance of whales of all kinds,
and, on the west side, there are four bights or inlets, measur-
ing about 15 miles in the mainland, by five or six miles broad.
These are full of whales, one of them mostly of white
Whales.

2. Thbusands of Esquimaux are located on the south-west
side, in separate tribes, whose chief subsistence is on whales.
They are particularly fond of young whales, and generally
manage to secure as many in the breeding season as possi-
ble. They kill, or rather catch, the whales during June,
July. and August, and generally provide themselves with a
good supply for the winter months. They are exceedingly
agreeable with each other, and not at all of a quarrelsome
disposition.

S. The climate appears to be more mild than it is in any
other district on the west side ; and no danger is ever appre-
hended from floods-occasioned by the melting of the snow on
the mountains in the warm season.

4. During all the time this Esquimaux, or " Bobbie," as
he is familiarly called, resided among these tribes, he never
saw a vessel in the bay, and is decidedly of opinion that there
never were any British or foreign fishing vessels in that quar-
ter. Some of the tribes go down the Cumberland Straits,
and traffic with the Hudson Bay Company, but it does not
appear that any of the agents of that company have ever
traced out the bay in question. Several tribes have now
found the way across by the isthmus, already noticed, to
Cape Serle. In this way Bobbie came over in 1837, and fell
in with several of the Straits' vessels.
From these facts, then, it is piai that a British settlement
might be adventageously established at Davis' Straits, and
we think enough has already been elicited from this Esqui-
maux to render his education a matter of great importance.
Captain Penny has sketched out a chart of the new fishing
ground, and it is impossible to observe the Esquimaux going
over it along with the captain, and not feel convinced that
his acquaintance with the country is most extensive and mi-
nute, and that his information may be strictly relied on.