The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-04-23 00:00:00

STATE OF TRADE.

LEEDS.—The markets since our last have been more than
usually heavy, and the sales of goods in the Cloth Halls have
consequently been limited. The dullness is attributed to the
state of the money market, which has been for some time
under a degree of pressure. It is said that one of the mas-
ters has attempted to reduce the men's wages, but that the
reduction has not been generally submitted to by his work-
men ; indeed it would be rather surprising if the attempt
should succeed, with the present price of provisions and the
existing demand for labour, most of the mills being full work,
notwithstanding the late deadness of the market.
BRADFORD MARKET.—We had another dull market here
on Thursday, the merchants refusing to purchase except upon
the lowest terms—terms quite inconsistent with a reasonable
profit to the manufacturer, who of course was frequently
obliged to refuse to make sales. The yarn market was
tolerably firm, and a fair business was done at former rates.
The wool market was rather brisker than of late and a full
average quantity of wool was sold at former rates.
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, APRIL 16.—There is little or
no change to notice this week ; the demand being much the
same as for some weeks past. In some description of fancy
goods there is a sight falling off ; but tweeds, doeskins, and
other fancy woollens of new styles, are still in great request.
Coarse woollens for exportation are purchased pretty freely.
Broad and narrow plains do not realize good prices, and the
demand is very limited. Light fancy goods, such as waist-
coatings, move freely at good prices. Wools of the finer
sorts remain firm; whilst lower qualities are a shad higher,
and rather scarce. The warehouses are doing an average
trade. On the whole a satisfactory business is doing.
WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, APRIL 19.—We have again
to report a dull week for the sale of all wools ; prices remain
nominally the same, but would require a little submission in
price to effect sales to any extent.
HECKMONDWIKE.—The business transacted in the Blanket
Hall, continues to be of a very limited nature, few merchants
attending on the market days, and the manufacturers suffer-
ing from the small demand for goods, and the continued high
price of wool.
DEWSBUR Y.—The demand for goods at the Blanket Hall,
on Monday, was not so extensive as for some previous weeks,
but no alterations in prices can be noted.
BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE.—Little or no alteration has
taken place in the linen trade during the past week, weavers
continue to be moderately employed.

LAY CLERICAL ANECDOTE.—Not long since a meeting
was held not far from the north-western extremity of the me-
tropolis, of persons supposed to consist of the clergy of the
neighbourhood. In so large a district of the metropolis, the
parties, as might naturally he expected, were not personally
known to each other, but one of the parties calling a few
days afterward at a shop to pay his -bill, was not a
little surprised to see one of his brother clergymen come for•
ward, take his money; and give liim a receipt. ^

• LADY FLORA HASTINGS.

(Front the Standard.)
We continue, at the request of the Hastings family, the
correspondence upon the subject of the late disgraceful (at-
rocious would not be too strong a word) intrigue at Bucking-
ham Palace—an intrigue, the victim of which was to be a pure
and high-minded a being as breathes, and the purpose of
which was to mortify the mother of the Queen in order to
inflame dissension of the Royal Family, and to impair that
maternal influence which never has been excercised but for
securing the happiness and honour of her daughter, and
promoting the welfare of the Duchess of Kent s adopted
country.
We continue the publication of this correspondence, as we
say, at the request of the Hastings family ; but, if left to our
choice, which, in such a case, we do not feel ourselves to be,
we should have stopped wfth the letter that appeared in yes-
terday's paper. The part acted by the Dowager Marchion-
ess is every way honourable to her ; but her letters carry the
matter no further than it was carried in her son's noble ap-
peal, and the letters of the Marchioness may wound the feel-
ings of one whom we are all bound to love and to reverence,
and whom, as far as reference will permit the feeling, we all
compassionate.
Lord MELBOURNE must answer to the country for a
course of proceedings, which, beside that it was urgent and
cruel, was notoriously directed to political ends.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STANDARD.

Sir,—Being unable to reach the original calumniator or
calumniators of my daughter, Lady Flora Hastings, and
having received no mark of public reparation from her Majes-
ty's responsible advisers, I consider it due to my personal and
family honour to show that I have sought it. lam reluc-
tantly obliged to have recourse tolthe:publication of the fol-
lowing letters.
The first letter in this correspondence, addressed to her
Majesty, would have been very incorrectly placed here, had it
not been for its official answer, and the report which is in
circulation, that I had been guilty of writing an improper
letter, called "an impertinent letter to the Queen." With
whom such an imputation originated (as no copy of it has
been given beyond my own family) may appear extraordinary,
but to me it is quite immaterial ; not so the refutation of a
charge so serious.
Some other letters received from and addressed to her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent are not inserted, al-
though connected with the same dreadful subject, from a wish
to withhold, as far as possible, everything that would un-
necessarily associate her Royal Highness's name with these
occurrences ; except the expression of my unalterable respect
and gratitude for her Royal Highness's conduct towards my
daughter, and her feeling towards myself.
F. HASTINGS (MuRE) LOUDON.
Loudoun Castle, April 8, 1839.

THE MARCHIONESS OF HASTINGS, COUNTESS OF LOUDOUN,

TO HER MAJESTY.

Madam,—lt is hardly to be imagined that your Majesty
should feel any surprise at receiving the present letter. The
anguish of a mother's heart under circumstances such as
mine can only be understood by a mother. But no one can
be at a loss to know that loyalty to your Majesty, and justice
to my innocent child, demanded from me an explicit refer- .
ence to your Majesty on the atrocious calumnies and unblush-
ing falsehoods against my daughter's reputation, which the
perpetrators have dared to circulate even in the palace of the
Sovereign. I have had the honour of remembering your
Majesty in childhood. lam deeply and gratefully attached
to your amiable mother; and I have cherished in distance,
absence, bad health, and many sorrows, a deep interest in the
real honour and glory of your reign. My husband served
his country honourably and with devoted zeal, and was par-
ticularly known to your royal race ; and my own family,
during a long line, have been distinguished as faithful
servants to their kings. My grandfather lost his life
in the service of his sovereign. With so many claims
on my feelings of old—although now unfashionable—
aristocracy, it is impossible to suppose me capable of
disrespect or want of loyalty towards your Majesty—a feel-
ling, Madam, not less unbecoming towards you than repug-
nant to what I feel suitable in myself. But, I trust, a sense
of morality is not yet so callous a thing as not to be held in
some due respect even in the sight of a thoughtless world,
and to justify my appealing directly to your Majesty to refute,
by some act, calculated to mark your indignant sense of the
slanders which some person or persons have ventured to cast
in your Majesty's presence upon my daughter, and betrayed
your Majesty to follow up by a course of proceeding such as
was, no doubt, done on their part with a wish to try to de-
grade the victim of their persecution. It is my duty respect-
fully to call your Majesty's attention to its being not more
important for my daughter than essentially consonant to your
Majesty's honour and justice not to suffer the criminal inven-
tor of such falsehoods to remain without discovery. To a
female Sovereign especially, women of all ranks in Britain
look with confidence for protection, and (notwithstanding the
difference of their rank) for sympathy. To such honest feel-
ings of respect (for they take their origin in that) I ought not
to suppose your Majesty indifferent; far less can I imagine,
that as your Majesty increases in years, you will not feel,
Madam, More and more, the valde of that estimate of your
high place, which would make no one doubt your command-
ing reparation (as far as reparation can be made) for an in-
famous calumny, as not less incumbent as an act of necessary
morality in the case of the public as it assuredly is to the in-
dividual who so severely suffers from such defamation. This
is not a matter that can or will be hushed up, and it is all-
important that no time should be lost in calling the culpable
to account. With this appeal to your Majesty's upright
feelings,
I have the honour to be, Madam,
Your Majesty's dutiful subject and servant,
F. HASTINGS AND (MuRE) LOUDON.

Loudoun Castle, March 8.

My Lord,—l trouble your Lordship with the enclosed let
ter, in order to insure its immediate and safe delivery, and
have to request you will present it yourself to Her Majesty.
I have"the honour to be, &c.,
_ F. HASTINGS AND (MURE) LOUDOUN.
To Viscount'Melbourrie. &c.

South-street, March H.
Madam,—l bavc tl»s morning received your Ladyship's
letter of the Bth instant, together with a letter addressed to
the Queen, which letter I will lose no time in' laying before
Her Majesty ; and I remain, Madam, your Ladyship's faith-
ful and-obedient servant, MELBOURNE.
The Marchioness of Hastings, &c.

Downing-street, March 12.
Madam,—According to your Ladyship's desire, I have de-
liverd to Her Majesty your letter of the 7th instant.
The allowance which Her Majesty is anxious to make for
the natural feelings of a mother upon such an occasion tended
to diminish that surprise which could not be otherwise than
excited by the tone and substance of your 'Ladyship's letter.
Her Majesty commands me to convey to your Ladyship
the expression of her deep concern at the unfortunate circum-
stances which have recently taken place. Her Majesty hast-
ened to seize the first opportunity of testifying to Lady Flora
Hastings her conviction of the error of the impression which
had prevailed ' • and Her Majesty is still most desirous to do
everything in her power to soothe the feelings of Lady Flora
and her family, which must have been painfully affected by
the events which have occurred.

have the honour to remain, Madam,
Your Ladyship's obedient servant,
MELBOURNE.
The Marchioness Dowager of Hastings, &c.

Loudoun Castle, March 10, 1839.
My Lord,—When I observe that no steps are taken to
repair, as far as reparation is possible, the indignity offered,
three weeks ago, to my daughter, within the precincts of her
Majesty's Palace, your lordship cannot be surprised at
receiving this letter from me. lam told that, as the respon-
sible adviser of the Sovereign, your lordship considers it as
your constitutional right to appoint and to dismiss her
Majesty's household. As it is known to be your lordship's
principle, I address myself to you, on whom the sacred trust
and heavy responsibility rest, of marking respect for good
order, and punishing abuse. The nature and the manner of
the course pursued in this atrocious conspiracy (for it admits
of no other name) were unexampled, and yet Sir James
Clark remains her Majesty's physician. I claim at your
hands, my lord, as a mark of public justice, the removal of
Sir James Clark.

I am, my Lord,'
Your Lordship's most humble servant,
F. HASTINGS and (MURE) LOUDOUN.
To the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Melbourne.

South-street, March 17, 1839.
Madam,—Late yesterday evening, the 16th inst, I had the
honour of receiving your Ladyship's letter of the 10th inst.
from Loudoun Castle. I mark these dates in order to acquit
myself of any delay or neglect in replying to your ladyship's
communication.

The demand which your Ladyship's letter makes upon me
is so unprecedented and objectionable, that even the respect
due to your Ladyship's sex, rank, family, and character,
would not justify me in more, if, indeed, it authorises so
much, than acknowledging that -letter for the sole purpose
of acquainting your Ladyship that I have received it.
I have the honour to remain, Madam, with the highest
respect, your Ladyship's obedient and humble servant,

_ _
MELBOURNE.
The Marchioness DoArager of Hastings, &c.

Loudoun Castle, March 15, 1839.
My Lord,—An expression of Her Majesty's sorrow for
late occurrences is consolatory to me.
If the Queen wishes any explanation of any part of my
letter, which, from dubious expressions in your lordship's,
am uncertain of, I am quite ready to give it.
If her Majesty had been thoroughly aware of all the cir-
cumstances of the case, `the tone and substance' of my letter
could not have, excited any surprise. Although a woman,
the oaths of allegiance which I have taken to her Majesty is
as dear to me as to any man ; and to that, and the true cir-
cumstances of the late transactions, I refer your lordship.
I am, my, lord, your lordship's most humble servant,
F. HASTINGS AND (MURE) LOUDOUN.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Melbourne, &c.

South-street, March 18, 1839.
Madam,—l have the honour of acknowledging your lady-
ship's letter of the 15th instant, which I received yesterday
morning.
I neither had, nor have, it in command to express a wish
for any explanation of your ladyship's letter addressed to
her Majesty, nor of any part of it.
1 have the honour to remain, madam, with high respect,
Your ladyship's humble and obedient servant,

MELBOURNE.

The Most Noble the Marchioness
Dowager of Hastings.

CONFESSION.—What " base uses" the confessional doth
sometimes come to ! On Holy Thursday, while a woman,
the wife of a decent tradesman, waited in a nook of the North
Friary Chapel, that she might escape the rush of the crowd
outward, she was accosted by another, having the appearance
of a servant, and who prayed the accommodation of her
cloak while she relieved her soul of the sins that burdened it.
" The Lord bless you," said the supplicant, " lend me Your
cloak until I go into the box and say my confession, for I'm
ashamed to go before the priest in the state I'm in." The
woman hesitated. " You can be standing there, in the cor-
ner," added the other, in order to assure her—" I have not
much to say." The woman consented, and, arrayed in her
cloak, the penitent presented herself to the priest. Her
friend, to prevent mistake," kept close to the confes-
sional, but, three or four others pressing forward, she was
pushed from her place, and when she regained it, the peni-
tent was gone ! Search has since been made for her without
success. The cloak, we suppose, will furnish the first item
in the next " tally" of the thief.—Cork Constitution.
MARCH OF INTELLECT, AND MARCH OF LIBERTY.—Not
one hundred miles from Castleisland, a Roman Catholic lives,
who, from the difficulty of obtaining a license to marry his
cousin, (being without money or interest,) resided with her
in such a manner as to attract the notice of the Priest, who
held out to him the usual terms of public exposure, &c., and
would neither marry the parties or allow them any longer to
rei de in the same house. Under those circumstances, the
poor man was compelled to apply to the Protestant Minister
of the parish—and, after having the bans regularly published
in Church, was married ; and now, from week to week, men,
women, and children, his neighbours, some living with him,
may be seen, walking to Tralee, a distance of ten miles,
for tickets from the Priest there, as a penance—and for what ?
The mighty offence of having spoken to one who dared
have recourse, to a Protestant Clergyman to perform the
marriage ceremony. When will the poor obtain Catholic
Emancipation? Not until they see, by the light of Scripture,
-that their Clergy- " teach for -dootrines the commandments
otkagi.7—KerritPot, _ -