The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-30 00:00:00

BUENOS AYRES.

By the latest accounts from Buenos Ayres, we have con.
firmation of the intervention of the American Commodore
Nicholson to arrange the differences between France and
Buenos Ayres, and, that there was every probability of his
interference being successful.

BATAVIA.
Letters from Batavia, to the 21st March, mention that no
Java coffee remained in the market. About 600 piculs of
Padang coffee, which had arrived from Sumatra, had been
disposed of, at the price of 24 fl per picul. Three parts of
the coming crop of coffee from the free plantations had been
contracted for by the factory, but the price was not known.
There would not remain more than 10,000 to 12,000 piculs
for foreign commerce. The exports for France during 1837-8
had amounted to 37,039 piculs, but during the season 1838-9
they were only 20,567 piculs, being a decrease of 16,532
piculs. The demand for rice continued brisk, and the holders
still demanded high prices. For cargo of rice for Holland
15511 per koyang of 27 piculs had been paid. Several small
lots of pepper had been sold at 1911 the picul entrepdt.

NEW GRENADA.
By accounts from New Grenada we learn that the republic
had granted to a company the privilege of making a canal,
railroad, or Macadamised road over the Isthmus of Panama.
In 1836 this privilege was accorded to Colonel Biddle ; but
the conditions of the privilege not having been fulfilled, it
has been granted to a company associated with a mercantile
firm at Guadaloupe. The conditions of the contract are as
follow :-Ist. The intermarine communication must terrninae
at one end in the town of Panama. 2d. If a canal be made,
the duties of transportation to accrue to the government,
shall be 1 per cent. 3d. The navigation of the river Chagres
in canoes, shall not be interrupted. 4th. Vessels under the
New Grenada flag shall pay 10 per cent. less toll than those
of other nations ; that is, 10 per cent. off the toll. sth. This
privilege shall continue 50 years, from the completion of the
work, for which six years are allowed. 6th. The company
shall begin their operations in three years from the date of
the contract. Failing to comply with this condition they
shall pay 2,000 dollars to the state. fith. At the end of the
term of this privilege (50 years) the canal shall become the
property of the republic.

COLONIAL INTEL.

VENCE.

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. o) z,tiur,7
We have received papers from the Cape of Good Hope to
the 9th May. The depredations of the Caffres still continde,
much to the injury of the colonists on the north-eastern
frontier. It is hoped that the local government will im-
mediately take some steps for the preservation of property
in that district, or the consequence will be evacuation of that
part of the country by the resident boors.

PRINCE EDWARD'S ISLAND.
Our letters from Prince Edward's Island state that no less
than fifty American vessels had arrived at one time in
Georgetown Bay, all full laden with herrings from the
Magdalen Island. The number was estimated at 20,000
barrels.

ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY
INTELLLIGENCE.

(From the Oxford Herald)
On Thursday last, the Rev. William Hancock, B.D, Pro-
bationary Fellow of Magdalen College, was admitted Actual
Fellow of that Society; and at the same time the following
gentlemen were admitted Probationary Fellows and Demies—
Probationary Fellows—The Rev. Francis Minden Knolleys
B.A. and William Robert Emeris, B.A.
Demies.—Robert Drummond Burrell Rawnsley, (Com 7
moner of Brasenose,) and Frederick Pretyman, Commoner
of Balliol,) both being of the diocese of Lincciln.
Yesterday, Mr. John Coker, from Winchester :College,
was admitted an Actual Fellow, as of kin to the Founder,'of
New College.
_ _

On Tuesday, the 16th instant, the Rev. Wm. Maskelyne,
M.A., of Pembroke College, Domestic Chaplain to the Right
Hon. Earl de Grey, was instituted, by the Lord Bishop of
Gloucester and Bristol, to.the Vicarage of Hankerton, on
his own petition, as Rector of Crudwell.

PROMOTIONS.
Rev. John Peat, M.A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge,
Curate of Lambeth, to be the Officiating Minister of Trinity
Church, Carlisle-street, Lambeth.
Rev.-Luke, of Nueaton, has been appointed, by the
Trustees of St. Luke's Church, Cheetham, to the Incum-
bency of that place of worship.
Rev. Mr. Ware, to the living of Claham, Kerry.
Rev. Edward Jor_es, M.A. of Corpus Christi College,
Cambridge, to the Vicarage of West Peckham, Kent ; pa
trons, the Dean and Chapter of Rochester.
Rev. William Atthiil, B.A. of Caius College, Cambridge,
to be Minister Residentiary in the Collegiate Church, at
Middleham ' • patron the Dean of Middleham.
Rev. T. S. Norgate, to the Curacies of Banningham and
Swanton Abbotts, Norfolk, vacant by [the promotion of the
Rev. William Atthill.
Rev. C. W. Leslie, to the Incumbency of St. Leonard's-
on-Sea, Sussex, vacant by the resignation of the 4ev2Sidney
H. Widdrington.

COURT OF CHANCERY.

SEWELL, ESQUIRE, V. WALKER (ATTORNEY) AND WIFE.
This suit was commenced during the last year by Mr,
Sewell, of Holt-hill, to recover £l5O from the defendants;'
money lent to them many years, upon the wife's promissory
note, together with an arrear of four years' interest. The
defendants had regularly paid the latter, until within the
past few years, and during that period they had been yegti-
larly applied to for the amount, as well as to discharge the
principal sum, but they. as often disregarded such applica- •
tions. The money being advanced on the wife's separate
security (Mr. Sewell refusing at the time to permit the de-
fendant MTalker to appear at all in the transaction), the
plaintiff was obliged to sue both defendants in this court,
the wife having, or being supposed to have, a separate estate
when the loan was contracted, which gave a court of equity
jurisdiction. The plaintiff's bill, amongst other things, also
prayed that the defendants should produce the will of the
late Rev. William Sewell (Mrs. Walker's father), which has
never yet been proved, and of course no duty received by
the Crown upon the testator's personal estate (which was
very considerable), although he died in 1829. When the
period arrived for defendants to file their answer, the hus-
band swore to an affidavit filed in the suit, " that
lie was confined to his bed of a broken leg, and unable to sit
up or give directions to prepare his answer." The contents
of this affidavit having somehow escaped, it was met before
the Master by another on the part of the plaintiff, that the
defendant (Walker) actually walked into his sitting-room
without assistance to swear to, and did thereupon swear to,
such affidavit, which stated him so to be confined, &c. to his
bed. The Master, upon the hearing, very summarily ordered
the defendants to put in their answer " within a week."
That time, however, again escaped, and the defendants still
found it inconvenient to file their answer, but sought refuge
in a ruse of a rather extraordinary yet equally desperate cha-
racter, by an attempt to arrest the further progress of the
suit in toto, and fix the plaintiff with the costs of it. The
defendants pleaded, and supported that plea by the solemn
oath of the defendant (H. B. Walker), that, so far from
their being indebted to the plaintiff, the latter was indebted
to them beyond the amount of his present claim.
The argument upon the defendants' demurrer and pleas
to the plaintiff's bill came before the Vice-Chancellor for
discussion on Wednesday last, and, after its occupying the
court a considerable time, his Honour expressed, in strong
terms of reprobation, the attempt made by the defendants to
purge themselves of the plaintiff's demand by means -of
their own oath, unsupported by a tittle of other evidence,
with a view to defeat the plaintiff's demand, and ordered
the demurrer and pleas to be dismissed with costs on both
sides against the defendants, and that they should forthwith
answer the plaintiff's bill, which in its consequences,•l4
understand, is highly momentous.
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From the Montreal Herald of the 12th ult. we perceive, •
that the ship Robertson, of Greenock, has been in conside-
rable danger in the St. Lawrence, and that her
safety was A
owing to the gallantry of her cominander, Captain Neill, of
this town, The cargo was valued at upwar4ll,4l ,N100,(4)0, • •
--premix* dtivertiier.

Imperial farliamtnt.

HOUSE 'OF LORDS.-THURSDAY.
IRISH MUNICIPAL ,CORPORATIONS.

The house, on the motion of Lord MELBOURNE, went into
committee on this bill. _ _

Lord LYNDHURST said he should best consult the conve-
nience of their lordships by stating, in the first instance, the
general nature and scope of the amendments which it was his
intention to bring under the attention of the house. If this
bill passed in its present state, he would take upon himself to
say, that, except in the northern province of Ireland, there
would be in every town a radical and Roman catholic town-
council—(hear. hear)—radical and Roman catholic magis-
trates—(hear, hear)—and he asked the house, when they con-
sidered that every day the police of the country was become-
ing more and more Roman catholic—(hear, hear)—and when
they looked at the state of the populace of the large towns of
Ireland, what would be the effect of any excitement which
might take place ? (Hear, hear.) He contended that the
effect of the bill would be by degrees to root out the Protes-
tant interest in the greater part of Ireland. He referred to
the election for the guardians of the poor in Ireland, which,
in many districts, he said, had been conducted under the di-
rect influence of the Roman catholic priesthood. What had
taken p:ace only a few days ago, in a town in the very centre
of the island, would not induce him to look with great confi-
dence to a radical corporation in Ireland, consisting of a ra-
dical town-council and radical ministers of justice. The
noble and learned lord then proceeded to state his amend-
ments. The first, which was the most material of all, was,
that the qualification should be the occupation of a house of
the yearly value of £lo—he meant a bona fide value of £lO.
If the party were rated for his house and property at £lO,
according to the value which was fixed by the commissioners,
and paid rates accordingly, he was then to be enrolled. On
the 19th of April, thirty-four new clauses had been intro-
duced into the bill, several of which transferred from the
grand jury to the town-council the power of raising assess-
ments. To these clauses he objected, as there was not time
in the present session to enter into a minute examination of
them. If a change were desirable, a bill might be brought
in next session. With respect to the grant of charters, he
proposed that it should be declared that the grant was to be
made on the application of a majority of the inhabitant
householders, rated at such a rate as would entitle them to
vote as burgesses if the corporation were granted. Some of
the corporate towns were included in schedule B, and might
not apply for a corporation; and, whenpossessed of property,
provision must be made for the management of it. The pre-
sent bill said that the property was to be managed by com-
missioners, elected under the act 9 George IV. The qualifi-
cation for a vote for the commissioners would only amount
in value to £5, and he thought the right ought to be confined
to the inhabitants of houses of £lO. He proposed that the
appointment of sheriffs in the counties of cities and counties
of towns, should take place in the same manner as in the
counties of Ireland generally.
On Lord LYNDHURST moving the amendment for making
the qualification £lO,
Lord INIELBounNe contended that, to make the qualifica-
tion in the poorer boroughs and cities of Ireland the same as
in the boroughs and cities of England, was equally absurd
and unjust. It would have been much better for noble lords
opposite to have openly opposed the bill on general grounds.
To attempt to defeat it in this manner was most unwise ; and
of this he was sure, that if they wisher' t‘ settle this question
they were acting in a most imprudent n. saner, to raise up in
this manner obstacles to their ownsuc •
The Duke of WELLINGTON protest , against the language
of the noble viscount, and stated that the principle he had
always in the view was, that, in making these new arrange-
ments, they should not make a revolution in all the towns in
which they were adopted. He wished to establish corpora-
tions which should adminster the government of these towns
impartially ; protect with impartiality persons and property ;
and, above all, take care property should not be plundered
for the purpose of patronage, or any other such purpose. The
noble duke seemed to be under considerable excitement, on
account of the imputation that the amendments were pro-
posed with a view to defeat the bill.
Lord Lyndhurst's amendment was, of course, carried.
The majority was, 93 to 50. The other amendments, intro-
duced by Lord Lyndhurst, were also carried.
Lord 'LY:inituusT suggested that the bill should be re-
printed, with the various amendments which he had proposed
inserted in it, as they might meet amendments of nearly a si-
milar nature proposed by other noble lords.
The bill was ordered to be reprinted, and the report to be
received on Tuesday.