The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-06 00:00:00

,neral neglect of Scottish public
as compared with those of the other two por-

it complains of the

To remove these grounds
asked by nine-tenths of
Scottish people, demands the- appointment of- a chief
Aary for Scotland, whose business it shall be to attend
ie peculiarities of Scottish affairs ; and it asks for such

tions of ti

Le United Kingdom,

ssociation, 1

'es as shall place her on terms of rela-

dler having ridiculed the

the only view of the case

T the following surly growl:—

_ ) " which may have more form-
have our own orievanceNg to attend to, as well

bjeets, and so must leave them to

If this is

a their own way

?ostor"—the paltry sub-

'—we confess our utt

construed. Why not have

r their business in their own way ?
tort and misrepresent their case,
the contention with all the gruff-

ness of a detected cut-purse? Why quit the arena of its
own selection, with the mien and aspect of a baffled bully ?
ms to note how smaller wits jump in a wrong
greater; the chief disparity between the
''rom the question
of stride. Thus,

ivergm

ive pure

Geavouri

to mystif

has tried, falls into a shallow

Courier, in this mission

hat a c

gentleman, whom tt desig

JOHN STEILI

has perpetrated a ridicu•

hhe advocates a severance of the
t and Scotland. Who our neigh-

RUIN STEILL may be, we know not

possess of a gentleman whose

iven, but his Christian patro-

calibre--a man whose flow of

Isocial glory would warm the cold blood of our torpid
brother, and set its tide dancing in so genial a current,
as would shake his sides and make his ears tingle

I of the 27th

!bleat' a
t. inforr

fiat the Duke and Due

de b r P-revrewv''''ud,

groun(
fift

a a day

.th the•Comt

The cholera, Bair

ea amount taabout

BevAuti.—The Bavarian Climbers were opened on-the
20th ult. by Prince•Luitpold. Ailetter from Munich states
that on the 23d, on-the-occasion: of the anniversary
King's birthday, a new order was created under t]
of the Order of Maximilian. It is intended for
and sciences, and already 30 savants and artists of Ger
many have received it
PORT UGAL.—Disa
ceived from Galicia

IDus news, if true, has been re-
It states that a rising has taken

)orto against=
Ile Clamor Publico-li
dated the 21st inst
infantry had riser

proala.imed Don Ali?,

--Regency of the King-Consort.
besides, a letter from Badßica,
19; • that the 13th Regiment of
-direction:: of the Douro, and
[uubthat Ikliguelites of note had

brought many recruits to t

It may bc

proper to add, that 'although the letter containing th
alleged fact was received in Madrid op.:the 24th ult., the
Madrid journals of the- 25th, and the: telegraphic des.
patches of the 27th, make no-allusion—to the rumour it
question.

SwErcEN.—The following- intelligence. -as to the speech
of the King of Sweden; shows that thsvoncentration of
troops- in. Russian Finland land :the naval squadron sta--

tioned at Helsingfors, hare excited the amieti and appre-
hension of the Swedes :.—Stockhohn,.Nor, 21•. The king
opened the Diet to-day in person. - His: Majesty's speech
contained the following passage-:—"Agreeably to the de-
mands-of my royal duty and-the presentpolitical aspect

of Europe, I-wilf cause to. be laid before yon a statement
of a complete system of defence.. Such a system is impe-
ratively called for in order to place the country in a posi-

CllaziA.—The New York Commercial AcTiertiser gives
the following as a letter from Dr. Parker Secretary to the
United States Legation r---" I hear what am assured is

contained a private letter from Peleak, that Heen
Fung,.the present Emperor, on the 2nd cieli.iwnst fled to
Gehul, in Tartary, and. that Prince Wei_ Chin, fifth
brother of Taou Hwang_ was left iu charge-of the empire,
and that the insurgent troops were withhi six days of
Peking at that date. This news bears marks of probabi-
lity, and the sonrce of information is as nimble as any we

Consul,- this evening, he informea me that he heard the
same news two or three days since, which. corresponds
with the time my informant states the intdrag nice reached
this (Ay. Mr. Robertsork seemed to reeeiveitheintelligence

likely to prove true, an' that Prince Weiehiu is the man
of al .others who wonl&be most likely to W-called upon to
take-the reins of government. He is the maul who ,is said
to have written Taou Kwang's answer to, the. President's
letter, delivered in 1844, by Mr. Cushing;!! Dr. Parker's
letter is dated on the 3rd. &September.
Gi.PB OB GOOD Ihm—The South ~3 5.1.761-4 Corninew,.

ciatAdrertiser of the: nth ,of September states that
" The colonial estimates: presented to) the Legislatiwo,
Council exhibit for 1854 a serious p:nbaltie decrease of.
revenue and increase, of expenditure. _ The revenue: `is
estimated at 1:228,811 15s, and thee expenditure at
L'45,091 9s. 6d. Difference against the,revenue, £16,27
1,

Ad_ tL In former years the-revenuweeeived has gene-
rally greatly exceeded the estimated reunite. In 1852,,
the revenue received amounted to ££284,146165. 3d ex-
ceeding the estimates by about a fourth of the whole.
But that year, and some others, broutinto action many
temporary sources of revenue, on which it would be im-
prudent to calculate for 1854. There, therefore, every
chance of a deficient revenue for next year—a deficiency
not likely to short of £40,000. or £50,000. In the
course of the last 20 years the revenue and expenditure
have risen from about £130,000 to £280,000, witheni, any
considerable augmentation of exieang taxes, whilp..som4
have been reduced or abolished. They increase has arisen
mainly from the •growth of the colony, and augmented
consumption of articles taxed. The chief augmentation
was in the Customs in 1847. 1114-,1846 the revenue• from
the Customs villa £100,759 ; in 18•M,it was 4.:143,816; in
1841 it was only £48,058. It is probable, therefore, That
financiers will:look to this sour(*) in the first instance, to
make up the apprehended defic:aney for 1854., With the
exception ot,cofree, sugar, tea, rice, tobacco, and a few
other articles, the present duty is—on British-goods £5,
and on foreign, XL% for every £lO4 in value.. Supposing
the imports that pay duty to be £1,200,000, an average
rise of ift 4 per cent. on the whole woultl,be required
to meet the deficiency."

AraleA.—The African S4eam-ship Company's packet
Charity, Captain Atkins, reached Plymoutkon Thursday.
Her- dates are—Lagos, Oct. 31; Accra, . Nov. 3; Cape
Coast,. 4th ; Liberia, 7th; Sierra Leone,. 9th ; Bathtirst,
15th;
,Goree„ 16th; Teneriffe, 22d ; axal Madeira, 24th.
She.maele the voyage out and some complete in 67 days..
B. the last accounts, the ?Vest Coast squadron was gather!,
iagyound Lagos ; H.lll. frigate Ferret was. off Lagos ; the
Polyphemus was four hours from Lagos, hound in ; the
P.,euelOpe was at Accra, :wand to Lagos.; the Plumper was
off Cape Palmes ; the, Volcano, at Monrovia ; and the
Memel was spoken off Sierra Leone ; the Britoreart,
which had been on a cruise with Governor Kennedy,.for
the .benefit of his health, had returned with his excellency
to Sierra Leone. The outward, mail-packet Forerunner,
Captain Barnwell, was entering Sierra Leone on the 9th
November. The Charity has a large cargo of cochineal;
palm oil, palm ivory teeth,. bees'-wax, ginger, &c.,
and 1500 ounces of gold.dust.—Akatoi, King of Lagos,
died on the 3rd September, and was succeeded kl• his son
Docemo. On hearing of his conusiu's death, Kosaks sent
a message to the chief people of Lagos and the British
Consul, to the effect that he was preparinn, ta.resurne the
throne from which he had been driven. On this the con-
sul claimed thainterferenee of the British Sovereign, and
an expedition,_ in. conjunction with the Docemos peep*
ascended the. river with boats, burnt some deserted
vil-
lages, but could not bring the enemy to effectual. action,
and returned, having sustained a loss of two men and
three wounded. The British squadron were.colleeting off
Lagos, for. the purpose of preparing an, expeditions on a
more formidable scale.