The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-10-01 00:00:00

CONTEMPORARY PRESS.

THE ANTI-CORN-LAW AGITATION.
(From the Morning Herald.)
The corn-law repealers are busied, at this moment,
in preparing for another assault on the corn laws.—
These men rejoice in the prospect of an unfavourable
harvest—rejoice in the chance ;t the money market
may be deranged to a ruinous extant. Scarcity—fa-
mine itself—would be welcome to these patriotic gen-
tlemen, providing only the corn laws could be got rid
of.

The anti-corn-law league—which .would seem to be
only another name for the Manchester Chamber of
Commerce—has not been idle, during the last six
months. The league has hired several lecturers to de-
claim in all the large towns, and throughout certain ru-
ral districts, upon the " atrocities of landed monopoly."
Cheap publications inculcating free-trade opinions have
been sold and given away by tens of thousands. The
enemies of native industry are prepared to take the
field, in short, with many advantages for the ensuing
campaign.
In certain respects, however, the case of the anti-
corn-law party has not been strengthened during the
interval that has elapsed since their diiastrous defeat in
parliament They have not been able to impart co-
gency to their reasonings. They have not acquired
courage to grapple with the arguments by which they
have always hitherto been overthroivn. No. The corn-
law repeaters are still fain to trust to the miserable arts
of misrepresentation to which they have trusted in
times past. They are still fain to pass by, without no-
tice, thosc, economical propositions by which the value
of the corn laws to all the industrial arrangements of
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trade in corn pursue a very simple course—a course,
however, not especially creditable to "philosophers,"
and lovers of truth—as, of course, all free traders must
be pre•-umed to be. These ingenuous gentlemen, in
make a point of never seeming to be aware of
the existence of arguments with which they are unable
to cope They continue, on the contrary, to repeat,
day by day, and week by week, the stupid and disho-
nest fallacies on which their miserable system rests—
just as if those fallacies had not been, on a thousand
occasions. scattered to the winds.
In addition to their own feebleness as logicians, and
dishonesty as controversialists, there exists another
drawback on the free traders' chances of success. All
their arts of flattery and of misrepresentation have
failed to win the labourers to their side. The labour-
ers know their tempters—they know the character of
the men—they know the objects of the men ; and they
are intelligent enough to keep aloof from a system of
agitation, which, if successful, would inflict upon the
order of labourers at least as much injury as it would
upon the orders of landowners and of farmers.

THE MONEY MARKET.
(From Me Morning Herald of Friday)
CITY, TAIURSDAY EVENING.—The monetary and
commerciar affairs of this country are so near a crisis,
that we cannot wonder at the anxiety exhibited in all
the various departments interested in the stability of
our commercial and also that of our money markets.
Throughout the day rumours of the most gloomy
aspect have been circulated, in some of which only we
can place reliance. It was at one time confidently re-
ported that, during the Bank direction sitting to-day,
the policy of raising the rate of interest to 7 per cent.
per annum, or the. alternative of immediately issuing
£1 and £2 notes, under the sanction of the council,
was freely discussed ; but we have reason to believe
that no positive decision on either question was arrived
at.

It is, however, confidently stated that the chief object
of discussion in the Bank parlour referred to an ap-
plication from M. Jaudon to the Bank for temporary
assistance ! but the result had not transpired at a late
hour this afternoon. We have no reason, however,
to believe that the result amounted to anything more
than the postponement of the final decision of the
Bank conclave. These circumstances, coupled with
the other rumours, and the statement that a large
colonial house has been compelled to throw up their
government contract for rum, in consequence of the
advanced prices of that spirit and the high rate of dis-
counts, have thrown a gloom upon every branch of
commerce, whilst its influence has extended itself to all
our public securities. Thus it appears that our com-
merce at home and abroad, backed by an unfavourable
harvest, holds out no pleasant prospects ; and we are
also likely to suffer again for the bolstering up of the
United States commercial debtors by the Bank of Eng-
land in 1837. The Bank were deeply interested in that
year, and whilst we admit that the errors of our cur-
rency system has thrown that rnrporation into a most
difficult position, still it can *.ie denied that their
support that year to large 4gel.:y houses and their con-
nections, whilst smaller concerns were allowed to drop
to the ground, has been the real cause of the present
state of affairs. _ _

In the autumn of 1837 ws pointed out the fallibility
of the Bank arrangements with the United States
Bank ; our prophecy, we regret to remark, has proved
correct, and it is becoming pretty evident that the di-
rection of the first bank of the first community of the
world have been made the tools of Mr. Biddle and his
co-agents of the United States Bank.
Money is much more in demand for commercial pur-
poses to-day. The official returns of the exports of
bullion- from the 19th to the 25th September are, gold
coin 2,000 oz.; bars 3,526 oz.; and silver bars 8,320
oz.

(From the Morning Herald of Saturday)
CITY, FRIDAY EVENING.—Money has been much
more in demand to-day for commercial purposes as
well as upon the Stock Exchange ; higher rates of in-
terest have been submitted to, and it is now evident
that the question of discount rates depends very much
upon the character of the paper presented.
The agitation of the Money Market at present is far
from being an unimportant question; in fact, coupled
with the future prospects of the country, politically
speaking, the welfare of the commercial and agricul-
tural communities, and the prosperity of a great por-
tion of our foreign commerce, depend much upon the
result of the present crisis.
Here we have a proved instance of one foreign na-
tional, or so presumed national bank, appealing to ano-
ther presumed national bank for assistance, when both
establishments are suffering under a false currency sys-
tem, and the whole of our monetary interests quite de-
ranged by the difficulties which an undue preference to
a false system of trade has brought about. The for-
mer necessity of bolstering up the American houses
has thrown an onus upon the Bank of England, from
which it will not soon release itself; it has created a
false and vicious system of trade, the effects of which
will undoubtedly be felt in this country, though the ex-
ample may be eventually a wholesome one.
The rumours relating to Mr. Jaudon's application
for assistance to the bank have so much varied that we
are not dispooed to treat the matter in positive terms.

It would appear that the celebrated house of Hope and
Co., of Amsterdam, are also of the protesting parties,
and that, under the security of the endorsers, the Bank
of England had consented to advance to Mr. Jaudon
the sum of £300,000 consols, for a month, which time
would enable him to meet by the arrival of the Liver-
pool or Great Western. We have since heard that the
securities were not forthcoming, and, again, that the
stock had been sold for the account of the endorsers,
which is said to be one cause of the heaviness in con-
sols. We desire only to be explicit; but there is a
feeling amongst all the commercial circles that the state
of affairs between the Bank of England and that of
the United States, had a more open course been taken,
would have prevented much idle comment and more
anxiety.
There has not been any material alteration in the
continental exchanges to-day, business has been dull,
and on Amsterdam the rates are rather lower. On
Paris they are quoted at 25f 60c a 624 c; on Amster-
dam 12 31 a ;on Rotterdam 12 31 a 4; on Ant-
werp 12 31 a 4; on Hamburg 13 101 a 1; and on
Frankfort 1501 a 1501.

A VENTRILOQUIST AT A PUBLIC MFETING.

(From Valentine Vox the Ventriloquist.)
Valentine's first grand display, however, in public, was at
a meeting convened at Guildhall, for the purpose of electing
a fit and proper person to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
lamentable death of Mr. Paving Commissioner Cobb. Party
feeling on that occasion ran high ; and the ball at the ap-
pointed hour was crowded to excess by the friends of the
candidates, who looked at each other as if the laws only pre-
vented the perpetration of cannibalism on the spot.
As the mayor was about to open the important business of
day, with the expression of a lively hope that all parties would
have a fair and impartial hearing, Valentine entered the hall,
and having by virtue of perseverance, reached the steps of
the rostrum from which the electors were to be addressed,
prepared at once to commence operations.
The first speaker was Mr. Creedale, an extremely thin gen-
tleman, with an elaborately chisselled nose, who came for-
ward on the liberal side to nominate Mr. John Stone.
' Gentlemen !' said Mr. Creedale. _

' Nonsense !' cried Valentine, in an assumed voice, of
course, which appeared to proceed from a remote part of the
hall.

Gentlemen !' repeated Mr. Creedale, with some additional
emphasis.
' Pooh, pooh !' exchanged Valentine, changing his tone.
It may,' said Mr. Creedale, be nonsense, or it may be'
pooh, pooh ! but gentlemen, I address you as gentlemen,
and I beg that I may not be interrupted.
0 don' mind Mr. Tibbs •, go on ! cried Valentine.
Oh ! Tibbs ; indeed !' observed Mr. Creedale with a con-
temptuous curl of the lip. It's Mr. Tibbs, is it ?'
' No, no!' cried the accused individual, who was a highly
respectable grocer and remarkable for his quiet and unassu-
ming dem aanour.
I am surprised at Mr. Tibbs,' said Mr. Creedale in con-
tinuation—' I have until now regarded him as an individual'—
' No, no !' again vociferated Tibbs. It arn't me, I arn't
spoken a synnable.'
'lf Mr. Tibbs,' observed the mayor, or any other gen-
tleman be desirous of addressing the meeting, he will have
an opportunity of doing so soon.
Upon my honour,' exclaimed Tibbs, I've—'
Here there were general cries of ' Order, order, chair!
when Mr. Creedale continued :

' Gentlemen, without adverting to any extraneous matter,
it gives me unspeakable pleasure to propose'—
' A revolutionist !' growled Valentine in a heavy bass
voice. _ _

`That's me, I s'pose !' exultingly cried Tibbs, shaking
his head and giving a triumphant wink.
I know whose voice that is,' said Mr. Creedale. That's
the voice of the Conservative bully. Yes, that's Mr. Brown-
rigg.'
What!' shouted Brownrigg, in a voice of indignant
thunder.
' What!' echoed Mr. Creedale.

Say it s me again,' shouted Brownrigg; just only so
much as say it's me again.'
' Mr. Brownrigg,' observed the mayor, ' will be pleased
to conduct himself here with propriety.'
' What do you mean ?' exclaimed Brownrigg. Why fix
upon me ?'
' That is not the first time,' observed Mr. Creedale, ' that
Mr. Brownrigg has been here with the view of blustering for
the Conservatives ; but it won't'—
'As true as life V exclaimed Brownrigg, I never opened
my lips. If I did '—
Loud cries of ' Order, order ! Question! Chair, chair!
drowned the conclusion of the sentence, however interesting
it might have been, and Mr. Creedale resumed
:
As I was about to observe, gentlemen, when disgracefully
interrupted, it gives me great pleasure to propose Mr. Stone

' A Dickey!' screamed Valentine, assuming the shrill voice
of a female—' Don't have him—he's a dickey !'
Here the entire meeting cried ' Shame!' and the candi-
date rose to repel the insinuation.
Officers !' shouted the mayor, instantly turn that de-
praved woman out!'
Hereupon a corps of corporate constables entered with
their staves, and rushed to the spot from which the sound
appeared to proceed ; but no woman was discoverable.
Whoop !' cried Valentine, throwing his voice to another
part of the hall ; and the officers rushed to that part with
the most praiseworthy precipitation, legally assaulting every
elector who stood in their way, but no sooner had they
reached the spot proposed than the depraved woman' ap-
peared to be laughing outright in the very body of the meet-
ing. Away went the constables, following the sound, and
enraged beyond measure at their inability to catch her, when
in an instant another Whoop !' was heard to proceed from
the spot they had just quitted. Back went the constables,
knocking aside every man whom they came near, and thus
creating a scene of indescribable confusion.
Turn her out !' cried the mayor in loud tones of insulted
dignity. Turn her out !'
' Blarm me!' cried the fattest of the constables, foaming
with rage, We can't find her !'
Again loud laughter was heard, in which at length the
entire meetmE, juz—a id.uanie *rum, .ich
which the constables kept up the chase.
You abandoned creature,' cried the mayor, why don't
you leave the hull ?'
Let me alone ! let me alone !' cried the creature, ' and I'll
be quiet'—and inunedietely a scream was heard, succeeded by
sounds indicative of the creature' being just on the point of
fainting. The constables fancied that they were sure of her
then, and therefore made another rush, but without more
success. At length the mayor exclaimed Let her be : leave
her to her own conscience ;' when the constables with the
greatest reluctance withdrew, and Mr. Creedale then re-
sumed ?—` A weak invention of the enemy—[No, no ! and
loud cheers.]—l repeat'—
` You're a fool,' cried Valentine in a singularly gruff tone ;
on which there were again loud cries of Shame!' and
Order !'

' I'll commit the first man,' cried the mayor with a swell
of indignation' who again interrupts these important proceed-
ings, be he whomsoever he may.
' You can't, old boy !' cried Valentine.
' Who, who is that?' said the mayor—' I demand to know
instantly who it is that dares thus to'—

` Dares !' exclaimed Valentine.
' Dares ! aye, dares !' cried the mayor. I'll give five pounds
to any man who will point out to me that atrocious indivi-
vidual.'

The electors at this moment stared at each other, and all
appeared lost in amazement.
The mayor again rose, and assuming a more tranquil tone
said,—' Really, gentlemen, this conduct is perfectly disgrace-
ful. In the course of my experience I never met with any-
thing remotely comparable to'—
' Jonathan Sprawl,' cried Valentine, ` he's the man.'
' If,' said the mayor, I thought that—but no, no, lam
certain, Mr. Sprawl'—
' I assure you, said Jonathan, the interruption did not
proceed from me, on honour. He who said that it did is a
slanderer and no gentleman ; and I tell him so openly to his
teeth."

' I am satisfied,' said the mayor, ' quite satisfied, and
therefore do trust that we shall be permitted to proceed.'
Mr. Creedale, who was still in possession of the chair,
again resumed :---4 I am not inclined,' said he, ' to indulge on
this occasion in anything which may tend to create feelings of
irritation ; but I must be permitted to say that I am utterly
at a loss as to the conduct of

Mr. Maxill!' said Valentine, imitating the voice of Mr.
Creedale the speaker.
' Demme !' cried Maxill, who was a short stumpy man,
with a remarkably raw-beefy face, ' I begs to rise to order.
Demme ! I claims the protection of the cheer, and if so be
as Mr. Creedale means for to mean as it's me, why, demme,
I repels the insiniwation—(applause)--I repels the insiniwa-
tion, and means for to say this, that all I can say is—(Bravo
MAxili)—all I can say is demme, is this'—
' You're an as: ' ' cried Valentine, throwing his voice im-
mediately behind Mr. Maxill; hold your tongue.'
Within the sphere of the reader's observation, it has in
all probability occurred that a man, being, in nautical phrase-
ology, three sheets in the wind, and writhing under the lash
of some real or imaginary insult, has made desperate efforts
to reach an opponent through the barrier composed of mu-
tual friends; and so, if the reader should have beheld an in-
dividual in that interesting position, foaming, and plunging,
and blustering, and occasionally striking his dearest friend,
in his efforts.to get at the enemy, he is qualified to form some
conception of the scene of which ' little fatty Maxill' was
the hero. He fancied that he had discovered the delinquent.
Nothing could shake his faith in the assumed fact, that an
individual named Abraham Bull, who happened to be stand-
ing at the time in the immediate vicinity, was the person by
whom he had been insulted. He therefore sprang at him
with all the ferocity at his command; but-being checked by
those around, who were conscious of Bull's perfect inno-
cence, he, bent upon vengeance, continued kicking and bul-
lying, and dealing out his blows right and left, with the most
perfect discrimination, until the constables lifted him clean
off his legs, and without any further ceremony rolled him
into the street.

The mayor now fondly imagined that this would have the
effect of restoring perfect order ; he believed that after such
an example as that, no individual, or body of individuals,
would dare to offer the slightest interruption to the proceed-
ings of the day ; and having expressed himself quietly to that
effect, he bowed and waved his hand to Mr. Creedale.

* It will probably be necessary here to observe, that in Suffolk a
dickey' is the short for an ass.

ETYMOLOGY OF THE NAMES OF COUNTRIES.

The following countries were named by the Phoenicians,
the greatest commercial people in the world. These names,
in the Phoenician language, signify something characteristic
of the places which they designate.
Europe signifies a country of white complexion—so named
because the inhabitants there were of a lighter complexion
than those of either Asia or Africa.

Asia signifies between, or in the middle—from the fact that
the geographers placed it between Europe and Africa.
Africa signifies the land of corn, or ears. It was celebrated
for its abundance of corn, and all sorts of grain.
Siberia signifies thirsty or dry—very characteristic of the
country.
Spain, a country of rabbits or conies. This country was
once so infested with these animals that they sued Augustus
for an army to destroy them.
Italy, a country of pitch—from its yielding great quanti-
ties of black pitch.

Calabria also—for the same reason.
Gaul, modern France, signifies yellow-haired, as yellow
hair characterized its first inhabitants. _ _

The English of Caledonia is a high hill. This was a rugged
mountainous province in Scotland.
Hibernia is utmost, or last habitation; for beyond this,
westward, the Phoenicians never extended their voyages.
Britain, the country of tin—as there were great quantities
of lead and tin found on the adjacent islands. The Greeks
called it Albion, which signifies in the Phoenician - tongue,
either white or high mountains, from the whiteness of its
shores, or the high rocks on the western coast.
Corsica, signifies a woody place.
Sardinia signifies the footstep of man which it resembles.
Syracuse signifies bad savor, called so from the unwhole-
some marsh upon which it stood.
Rhodes, serpents or dragons, which it produced in abun-
dance.

Sicily, the country of grapes.
Scylla the whirlpool of destruction.
Charybdis,theholds of destruction.

Etnisignihes furnace, or dark, or smoky.