The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-04-17 00:00:00

PUBLICATION

By His Excellency Major William Nesbitt Orange, Command-
ing Her Majesty's Troops, Acting Governor; and the Ho-

nourable the Court of Policy of British Guiana.
Unto all to whom these presents may or shall concern, Greeting !

be it known :

Whereas, by the lamented death of His Excellency the late
Major-General Sir James Carmichael Smyth, Baronet, the
Administration of the Government of British Guiana hath de-
volved upon Major William Nesbitt Orange, of the 67th Regt.
of loot; who did this day take the usual Oaths of Office; we
have thought fit to issue this our Publication, in order that the
said event may be promulgated for general information.

Thus done at our Extraordinary Assembly, held at the Hall
of the Honourable the Court or Policy, at Guiana Public
Buildings, this 7th day of March, 1838, and published the
same day.

By Command of the Court,
U. E. F. YOUNG, Secretary.
The following extract records the death, by accident,
of two most estimable young gentlemen :

(From the Guiana Chronicle, March 7th.)

One of those melancholy and appalling accidents which ever
and anon take place, reminding us of the insecure tenure of our
mortal existence, occurred last evening.

The Hampton Court Schooner, iu coming up to town, was
upset by a sudden squall when nearly opposite the red buoy, at
about 9 o'clock last evening, whereby the lives of two highly
respectable members of this community were lost—Joseph
Wilson and J. G. Brand, Esqrs., thus met with violent and
untimely deaths.

It is stated that the squall struck the vessel su suddenly, that
she went down bows foremost and almost instantaneously, all
hands being on deck except a little boy, who also perished.
The unfortunate gentlemen clung on to the vessel till 1 o'clock
this morning, iu vain and desperate efforts to save those lives
which it had been mysteriously willed by the Divine Power
should'then and for ever close.

Amid a large circle of relatives and friends, the deaths of
Messrs. Wilson and Brand will cause deep and deserved regrets;
while society in general has to deplore the loss of two young
gentlemen of unimpeachable character, moral rectitude, and
industrious habits, so suddenly and so awfully taken fro►n
among its ranks, where their blameless and honourable career
afforded fitting examples for others to imitate.

THE CORONATION.-It appears that the superlatively
shabby set, who now constitute what is called " the mi-
nistry," have determined upon celebrating the corona-
tion of Queen Victoria without any of the accustomed
splendour. Whatever objection might exist to a young
lady in private life assuming the presidency over a public
dinner, we are sure that such an objection can never
hold good in the case of so distinguished a personage as
the Queen of these realms. Indeed, the circumstance
of her Majesty's having dined at the splendid banquet
given by the Lord Mayor of London, at Guildhall, af-
fordi a strong presumptive proof that she, at least, has
had nothing to do with the arrangements prescribed for
the approaching coronation. The whole business smacks
strongly of the characteristic meanness of the Whig-
Radical Ministry.

A contemporary, the Sussex Express, in reference to
this subject, observes,—
" Her Majesty dined with the Lord Mayor in Guildhall
which she reached in public procession, and her matchless
grace and unruffled composure of manner o❑ that day was the
theme of universal admiration ; why should she not then dine
in the noblest hall in Europe, in be: own Palace, where so
many of her royal progenitors, Kings, aye and Queens too,
have banquetted before her, in the sight of their happy sub-
jects and in company with all that is most noble, and most
venerable, and most chivalrous in the laud? Alas, because of
spinning jennies that land mourneth, the age of chivalry is
gone, and we are tauntingly asked of what use is the repetition
of the childish display of a crested champion throwing down a
gauntlet .on the pavement in defiance of imaginary foes ? In
an utilitarian point of view no doubt a steam gun under the
guidance of not more skill than directs the passage of a train
along a rail-road would afford ampler protection to Queen
Victoria and deal wider 'destruction among her enemies, than
Bayard and his steel clad charger ; but are all old associations
to be broken, all time honoured institutions to be despised, is
life—royal life, to be divested of all its pomp and garniture, to
be stripped rudely bare, to be weighed in the scales or guaged
by the rule of a cold economy ? Forbid it, gallant men, forbid
it, cavaliers."— -

It may, perhaps, occur to some of our readers that,
there must be a stronger motive than that arising from
considerations of mere economy to urge our present mi-
nisters to denude the coronation of its wonted splendour.
There is, undoubtedly. We are told that after the co-
ronation it is the intention of Lord Melbourne and his
associates to have a " royal progress" through her Ma-
jesty's dominions, with a view of courting that popula-
rity which they are conscious of having forfeited. The
money spared in the ceremony of the coronation is to be
laid out for this selfish purpose. But we tell Lord Mel-
bourne that it will not answer his ends.

THE NEW PEERS.—We learn from the London papers
that in the batch of projected coronation peerages the
following will be included:—

Peers to be raised to dukedoms.
Marquis of Lansdowne,
Marquis of Westminster,
Marquis of
In addition to these, several promotions will take
place in the present peerage.

Commons to be raised to the peerage.
Sir John Wrottesley,
Sir Jacob Astley,
Sir John Hobhouse,
Mr. Paul Methuen,
Mr. Hanbury _Tracy, •
Mr. Spring Rice,
Sir F. Lawley,
Sir C. Lemon,
And about eight others.

We only find three members of the House of Commons
enumerated in this list, viz., Mr. Spring Rice, Sir John
Hobhouse, and Sir Chat les Lemon. How many of the
remaining eight are members, we, of course, cannot pre-
tend to say. But whatever vacancies may take place
among the representatives of the people, we have ho

doubt that the conservat►ves of the several ,constituencies
will hold themselves iu readiness to use their best exer-
tions to provide successors of constitutional principles.
Five or six vacancies in England may seal the fate of
the ministry.

It is said that the whole number of:British and Irish
creations which are expected to take place will be about
twenty six. These will be exclusive of proMetions from
one rank to another within the peerage. Of course, all
the Irish peerages are to be placed at the disposal of
Daniel O'Connell. We learn that one Irish dukedom
is to be created in favour of the Marquis of Sligo. How
will " Ireland's solitary Duke," his Grace of*Leinster,
like this promotion ?

The daughter of the Earl of Liverpool is to be created
a peeress in her own right.

Manage matters as lie will, we feel confident that
Lord Melbourne will lose by the approaching creations.
The honours'he has to confer are not adequate to tile
demands of his expectant adherents.

THE " GRAB ALL" MlNlSTRY.—Evidence of the
grasping and monopolising character of Lord Melbourne
and his associates multiplies upon us in all directions.
Nothing, in fact, is safe from their clutches. It is all
one to them whether the revenues of the church or -any
other tangible property be concerned. To please their
needy followers they will lay violent hands upon any
thing and every thing that comes within their reach:'
We have been led to these remarks by a circumstance
which has recently transpired. It appears that the
Whig-Radical ministry have laid claim " to all the un-
inclosed lands in the Principality of Wales." A meet-
ing of the Welsh members of Parliament and others in-
terested in resisting this measure was lately held in Lon-
don. Respecting the object of this meeting we find the
following judicious remarks in the Chester Gazette ;--
" The meeting was attended by numbers of the first noble
men and gentry connected with the Principality, and the spirit
and temper in which the business was conducted-the profound
legal knowledge displayed by, some of the speakers in reference
to the question in hand—and the firmly-expressed determination
of all to make a stand against the merciless demands of the
government—portends every thing that could be wished as to
the ultimate success of their good cause. The busy functionaries
of the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, it appears, are not
content with merely laying claim to lands which anciently be-
longed to the Crown, but are actually making a general crab
at almost all the common lands in the Principality, though it
is evident, from the opinions given by the highest legal.authori-
ties, that the Crown had no feudal rights in parts of Wales, and
that there is not in the Principality any property which cannot
be explained without having recourse to the feudal laws. In
the very face of these facts, however, what is the vexatious
course pursued by the agents of the Crown ? Why, they have
not only laid claim to all uninclosed lands; but haVe asserted
their determination to appoint gamekeepers, to lease minerals,
and to exercise all other manorial rights. Though these evils,
so far as we have noticed, are great, as it respects the trespasses
that are designed to be carried into effect, in rending from the
rich lands which for centuries have been in their or their eines-
tors' possession, yet the blow will he far more tremendous as it
regards the poor; for, as the lion. chaii man of the meeting just-
ly said, alluding to what had taken place, "rhe vexatious and
ruinous treatment that had been inflicted by the agents of the
Crown upon a number of poor industrious cottagets, who, after
many years' laborious cultivation and uninterrupted enjoyment,
had either been expelled from their homes, or forced, through
expensive litigation, to purchase at exorbitant rates what they
or their predecessors had saved from extreme barrenness by the
sweat of their brow at, times which their health and strength re-,
quired for relaxation. Another subject of complaint was the
distressing and unjust wanner in which the Crown rents had
been demanded and exacted. In many cases, after a series of
years had been permitted to go by without inquiry, the agents
made a demand in the aggregate for the entire period. This
course involved a double calamity, for the amount, besides tie-
ing overwhelming, was frequently demanded from an occupier
who had recently come into possession in the well-founded hope
of proceeding in the same unmolested career of his predecessors.'
This picture of the misery inflicted upon the hard-striving poor
by men drest iu a little brief authority,' is enough to harrow
up the soul of every feeling individual; and we trust it Wilt
have its due effect in arousing every person possessing the least
influence, from lethargy, and engaging him, heart awl hand, in
this common cause—the cause of justice to all who hold com-
mon lands and other property,. which is now so unjustly at-
tempted to be wrested from them. The first men connected
with the Principality are doing their duty with noble disiuter-
estedness,—iet the whole population follow their example, end
then the nefarious attempts to deprive them of their rights will
be defeated."

We sincerely trust that this iniquitous and oppressive
measure will be successfully resisted, and that the poor
cottagers in the wilds of Cambria may yet have no oc-
casion to know by experience the tyranny of a Whig..
Radical administration.

THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.-It is scarcely necessary
to remind our readers that, after the most praiseworthy
exertions in building additional places of worship, the
clergy of the Church of Scotland had recourse to the
expedient of applying to the government for a small en-
dowment, by which they might be able permanently to
support the ministers appointed to such churches, and
thereby provide suitable accommodation for those whose
circumstances did not permit them to pay for sittings.
As the towns were chiefly in want of such extraneous aid,
the attention of the clergy was principally directed to the
necessity of making some efficient provision for the spiri-
tual wants of the more populous districts. In apparent
compliance with the expressed wishes of the clergy, Lord
Melbourne issued a commission—the usual resource or
our present temporising ministry—for the purpose of in-
stituting the necessary inquiries into the claims made on
behalf of the Scottish population. Of course, the real
motive for appointing the commissioners was, to meet
the craving demands of certain hungry hangers-on of
the Whig-Radical ministry, to whom such a job as the
Scottish Church Commission might afford the means of
temporary subsistence. These commissioners, after
spending nearly as much money in fruitless inquiries--
inquiries having relation to other objects than those •
urged upon the attention of government by the Scottish •
clergy—drew up a scut of report, in which they recom-
mended that some sort of assistance should be extended •
to the Highlands, in aid of church extension, but that
none whatever should be given to the populous towns, in
Which the spiritual destitution was greatest. The rea-
son which determined the Whig-Radical commissioners, •
acting in obedience to instructions from head quarters,
to close their labours with such an extraordinary recom-
mendation may be readily conceived. in the Highlands
there are few Dissenters, whereas, in the large towns
they constitute a considerable proportion of the popula-
tion. Now, it is scarcely necessary for us to remind our
readers that the Dissenters have, both in Scotland as.
well as in England, rendered themselves conspicuous by
their active interference as political partizans of the pre-
sent government. It would have been, therefore, obvi"
ously impolitic on the part of the ministry and their sub-
servient creatures, the commissioners, to give any cause-- •
of offence to their dissenting allies. In order to avoid 5G
disagreeable an alternative it was deemed best to o.ot
overboard the interests of the Scottish Church, involvf
ing as those interests do the spiritual benefit of the poof4r
classes throughout Scotland. We are by no MeaDs...sur-, -
prised to find our present ministers thus acting. Tbeif
conduct in reference to the Church of England, mad tnOr•e• -
particularly with regard to the Church of Ireland,
been characterised by the same deference to the 4040'
of the political Dissenters of the day, and the-sarae,in''.
difference, or, rather, hostility to the interests attic.
tablished Church.

We are glad, however, that the clergy of the Cbt"a6.
of Scotland have been, at length, convinced, of the, utter
hopelessness of expecting any assistance from Lola Aleli
bourne, and that they have come tc. Me resolution of
making a general appeal to the sympathy of the public.
With this view we understand that a deputation, con-.
sisting of the Rev. Dr. Alton, of Dolphinton, the Res''
Dr. Anderson, of Newburgh, the Rev. Dr. Murray, of
Abbotshall, and the Rev. Mr. Christison, of Biggar'
have arrived in Liverpool, for the purpose of advocating
the General Assembly's church extension scheme, and
of obtaining subscriptions in aid of that object. `re
believe that it is in contemplation to visit most of the
large towns in England with the same view, and that
public meeting will be held in this town on the return of
the deputation from London, whither they proceed to
promote the objects of their mission.
We need not enlarge on the fact that great spiritual
destitution exists in various parts. of Scotland, In t"

APRIL 17 JS 8

large towns especially the want of church accommoc:

tion is very far indeed from being adequ'ate to the wants
i,f 11), population. Facts of this nature will be brought

forward by the deputation when they come forth to
urge their claims upon public notice. To supply these
wants the sum of £200,000 has been raised in Scotland,
and about 170 new churches have been erected in the
more destitute localities within the last two or three

years. Sub-committees have been appointed in those
places where new churches are required, which act under
the general committee in Edinburgh. Fur every.bun-
dred pounds raised by local committees the general com-
mittee advance £25. It is thus obvious that whatever
may be contributed to the funds of the general commit-
tee, an amount of Money thrice as large'niust be col-
lected in the various districts from which applications
are made for relief ; and yet, under these circumstances,
the general committee are unable to meet but a very
small proportion of the demands made upon them for
assistance.
We feel convinced that the appeal of the. deputation

will not be made in vain in Liverpool. Our Scottish
friends will feel called upon by the strongest motives
to render their efficient aid in carrying forward so glori•
ous and praiseworthy an object. We have also reason
to believe that the members of the Church.Of England
will evince their readiness to neutralise the evil effects
Which the apathy of the government is calculated to pro•,
'duce. At tlie present crisis we are hippy to find that the
minor differences between the tWo' established churches
of Crieat Britain have been placed in abeyance, and that
the recognised authorities of both have united in main-
tenance' of the firintiple of a national chureh, in opposi-
tion to they voluntary" ag,ltators of the day. In illus-
tration of the feeling of amity which has been engen-
dered by the peculiar position of both churches, and of
the mutual sympathy excited between the clergy of both
—a sympathy arising from :a sense of common danger---
we may niention that several of the principal clergy. of
the Church of Scotland recently dined with the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury and several other dignitarieS of
tire Church of England.- --We hope that the identity of
feeling which has -thus contributed to draw together more
closely in the bonds of 'Christian fellowship the clergy of
koth churches,will also be followed by a reciprocity of
action which shall issue in the furtherance of the spirit-
ual interests.,, of the inhabitants of both England and
Scotland. •

PARISH AFFAIRS.--THE VESTRY MEETING.—This
day the annual vestry meeting will take place, for the
Purpose of passing the accounts, and appointing officers
for the ensuing year. Although the radical papers
• maintain a profound silence upon the subject, we have
reason to believe, as we have already on various occa-
sions intimated, that the liberals intend mustering in
great force upon the occasion. in order, if possible, to
carry every thing before them. Once more, therefore,
and for the last time, 'we would urge our conservative
friends to be on their guard, and beseech them to show
by their punctual attendance that they are not prepared
to sut render, into the hands. of the radical faction the en-
tire management of our parochial affairs. Nothing short
of a complete monopoly of all the offices connected with
the parish will 'satisfy ourlibetal opponents.' They have
: shown -their grasping disposition sufficiently in reference
4/ to the control of our municipal affairs. The conserva-
tives know, therefore,. what may be expected from the
ascendancy of the-same monopolising party in the select

vestry.
The silence and secrecy with which the emissaries of
the Reform Association haVe.been at work, making their
Preparations for the grand attack upon the parish offices,
ought to he an additional motive to rouse the conserva-
tives to action.. The radicals have- been quietly calcu-
lating upon stealing.a march on the conservatives : but
We very much mktake 11:e character of our friends if
they will suffer the machinations of their-opportents to
lre successflit. ft is-in the power of the friends of the
Church to resist efFectually any: attempt which may be
Made to bring ibis large community under the petty-
fogging domination of die liberal faction. We therefore
call upon time format: -to make- such a demonstration on
the present occasion as will deter the radicals front any
future attempt of the like nature. , The recent example
of Salford, where the faction was completely beaten on a
tirnil'ar trial, ouglit to encourage our friends to make a
determined- stand against the attacks of the liberal mo•
nopolists. . -

We suppose that it is intended,frat the meeting this
day, to moot the substitution o: Sir John Cain Hob
house's act for that of Sturges Bourne, by which our
parochial affairs are at present regulated. Should a mo-
tion to that effect be submitted to the meeting, of course,
some of our friend,: • will resist its intrOduction ; and

should a poll be demanded, let it be kept open until the
latest hour permitted, in order that the faction may re-
ceive a convincing proof of the determination of the re-
spectable inhabitants of Liverpool to entrust the manage-
ment of the affairs to men who have some stake in the
property of the parish, and some interest in the due ad-

ministration of • its affairs. If a poll should take place
,we would urge the conservatives to be indefatigable in
exertions, that the result may prove. a permanent

'triumph.
Again, let the conservatives reflect how Muth of the
local •influence and patronage is already in the hands of
the radicals, and let this consideration be coupled with
the consequences which would inevitably result from the-
control of so unprincipled a faction over our-parish affairs

CONSERVATIVES- OF LIVERPOOL ! GIVE YOUR ATTEND-

ANCE THIS MQRNING AT THE VESTRY MEETING, AND IF

A POLL SHOULD BE DEMANDED, SHOW BY YOUR VOTES

'THAT YOU WILL Nur BE TRAMPLED UPON BY TUE MO-

NOPOLISING FACTION

TILE aAMMON" 'AND SIR FRANCIS BURDETT.—OUr
contemporary of yesterday has devoted nearly a column
and a half in reply to the arguments of the Courier and
ourselves in favour of the consistency of Sir Francis Bur-
dett. Fur our lives we cannot discover in the reply of
the Albion, a single statement which rebuts any of our
assertions in our article of Friday last. As to the in-
sinuation that the article in the STANDARD was written

after the writer had enjoyed the benefit of perusing
that of his TOry brother," we have only to declare that
We have not yet read the article in the Courier—not be-
cause we do not appreciate the talent and admire the prin-
=ciples of our worthy senior, but we have purposely ab-
stained from reading the article in question lest the " ge-
• neral coincidence of thought ind occasional similarity of
expresSion" should be so "striking" as to lead to the in-
ference that we were fond of plagiarism. As to the re-
marks of the Albion in reply to the Courier, we may
~,;:iery safely leave the matter in the hands of our neigh-
rbta,-, who will no doubt inflict upon the Albion a suitable
,-,castigation. As to ourselves, we have little cause to
• find fatslll. with ' the Albion. The - whole burden of our
contemporaty's article amounts to this—" What right have
die• Tories Cu- entertain Sir Francis Burdett as a friend,

"after denouncing him as an enemy ?" In answer to this
iwe would merely say, (without adverting to any modifi-
.cation which may have taken place in the political opin-
jogs , of Tories,or Whigs,) that Sir Francis Burdett never
'as an enemy to the Church or to the Cutistitution ; but
4.1•. be was, unfortunately, fur some time acting in concert
with those who.were sworn foes to both. The moment,
however, tbat ,the worthy baronet (:iscovered that the,
sentiments of those with whom he had co-operated fur the,
attainment of in object which did not imply either injury
'l.O the Church, or destruction to the institutions of the
country, were not identical with lig own, that moment
,he denounced their conduct as hypocritical, and prepared
'to join himself to the ranks of the Conservatives, among
,vvhorn he recognised several sincere reformers who had
Joade the same discovery as himself..

Where, then, is the inconsistency of the Conservatives
giving an invitation to Sir Francis Burdett? if they
Alenouneed him in former times, they did so in the same
sense that they deelaitned against the Duke of Welling-

. ton, when he brought forward the measure of Catholic.
emancipation—not beeluse the Duke was an enemy to
the Church, but becauSe he unwittingly co-operated with
Abuse who secretly wished its destruction.
The red cause of all the bitteiness which has been
PhY,ljl,l,),y ,the Radical press toyvards Sir FraneiS Burdett,

the conviction that his manl3 honesty of purpose, and
unsullied integrity of character, are no longer capable c.f
being rendeted subservient to the wily schemes or those
who pretend to the character, of reforme►s, but whose real
object is destruction.

THE TIMBER TRADE.—As' some very extensive and
important sales of mahogany are about to take place in
this town, it may prove interesting to some of our readers
to learn the following particulars respeCting the asto-
nishing increase which has taken place, within the last
few years, in this branch of trade. From a pamphlet
written by Mr. Chaloner we find that within seven
years, say. from January, 1831, the annual import has
increased fourfold, and the consumption nearly in the
same propot tion, namely,—

Import. Consumption.
1831..260,000 feet —280,000 feet.
1832.-384.0(X) „ ..419,000 „
1833-428 Am , ..523,0()()
• 1834..475,000 „ —492,000 „
1835..561,0(X) „ ..551,000 „
1136-608.000 „ —582.000 „
3-4ths of the year. 1837..824,600 „ —818,900 „
" From the Customs' returns it appeared that of 15,860 logs
—the amount of Spanish and Honduras mahogany imported
into Great 13titain during four months of this year—Liverpool
had received 7068 logs. Notwithstanding the increased im-
port, the stock now remaining over is only 213,000 feet, against
211,000 feet, the average quantity which remained over at the
close of each of the past six years. As a matt, Liverpool, and
its system of business, is now preferred to every other port, and
is resorted to by the chief buyers and consumers of the United
Kingdom, and this 'becomes more manifest every successive
sale: France, GerroanY,'HusSia, the Mediterrinean, and In-
dia, drawing, of late, supplies from thismarket."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MONEY
MARKET.

(From the Swiday Times.)

CITY, SATuttuA v.—The intelligence received from the
United States to the 20th' nit. is, we regret to state, not very
satisfactory. The uncertainty which. continued to
.prevail, as
to whether the banks would resiltile specie payments in the mid-
dle of May, kept all mercantile operations in a most uncertain
state. The orders . which have come to hand for British goods
are consequently very stnall—intieed, much more so than was
calculated. upon. The advices state that the consignments
which had been received out were principally upon neW account: •
Many of the manufacturers in England have shipped goodsupon
their own risk; and upon which serious losses would take place
unless a marked change in the aspect of things soon arose.
The receipts of the public revenue of America were declining
tepidly, and the President Would 'have greatly to increase the
amount of hills issued front the 1 reasury to Meet the defficiency.•
The receipts in duties at the Custom-houses of New York, Bal-
timore, Philadelphia, and New Orleans, in the first three
months of the present year would not be more than about one
halles'great as in the same period of 1837. The issues of notes
by the Treasury department have already been to the extent of
5;000,000 dollars, and it was estimated that several millions
more would be put into circulation before the end of the year.
The value of specie was on the decline at New York. The
Americans continued to look forward for large supplies of gold
front England and France. To realize the current prices iu
England the planters and merchants were shipping off their
produce with eagerness. It appears by the latest letters re-
ceived front New Yolk that, up to the 16th ult., there had been
exported front the United States 663,000 bales, whereas at the
same date of 1837 only 572,000 bales were sent off, and but
580.000 bales in .1836.

We cannot yet quote any revival of consequence in the prin-
cipal articles of domestic or foreign produce. The export trade
of the country is, however, very gradually increasing in activity.
The consignments of manufactures to the United States are
confined to supplies merely sufficient to meet the more pressing
wants of parties on the other side of the Atlantic. The public
Sales of colonial and foreign produce which have been in pro-
gress this week, have, generally gone . off at very (lull prices.
The public sales of Tea have occupied the attention of the mer-
chants; brokers, and others interested, during the whole of the
present week. Of the 174,400 packages which were originally
declared for public competition, only 88,000 have yet passed;
and of these, probably not more than 31.000 packages have
been actually sold. The prices have. on the average, declined
(the various quantities considered) from twopence to threepence
per pound. . .
The prices of English Funds have advanced again this week
to the extent of to 2 per cent. The Beat's or speculators for
a fall, were caught on setting, day (Tuesday last,) and had not
stock to deliver to the amount they had before sold. The mar-
ket was in consequence raised upon them, thus increasing their
previous losses. Ott the following day the differences were
paid promptly. Tu the abundance ofcapital is the rise we have
already quoted to be•attributed. The highest price of Consols
obtained this week was 931, both for Money and Account; but
on Thursday afternoon there were sellers at 631. The Stock-
markets were closed yesterday, it being Good Friday. The ad-
vances in the other public securities have not exceeded to %
per cent. this week. The demand for stock has not been to any
great meow. The premium of Exchequer Bills has been up
to 69, and of India Bonds to 74 ; but on Thursday, a slight fall
took place. East India Stock has been sold at 2695, and Bank
' of England Stack at 2051 to 206.
The prospect of a contract of a new loan for the Spanish go,
vernment, as communicated in the udvices received the day be-
fore yesterday, has not produced any beneficial effect upon the
prices of the stock,• which have fallen from 214 to 201. Por-
tuguese Three per Cents have been on the decline; the Five
per Cents were sold on Thursday at 255; and Three per Cents
at 205; these rates being 4to per cent. lower than Monday
last. The French funds have been heavy this week; the Five
per Cents have fallen front 109 to 107-25; the Three per Cents
to 80.50; and the Four per Cents to 101-75; Exchange 25f. 50c.
The Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents have rallied a trifle,
,having fetched 541 on Thursday ; and The Five per Cents were
saleable at 1001. There is nut anything et known upon
which reliance may be placed, relative to the Progress of the
negociatiou respecting Belgium and Holland. Belgium bonds
have been steady. at about 10314. The prices of the South
American, Securities have-been on the decline; Mexican
-Stork hat fallen to 28;' Columbian, to 274; and Peruvian,,
to 205. r
There does not appear to be much dis Position at present to
-engage in any fresh speculations. The Asphalte Shares have,
however, reached 17 or 15 prem. A new company is about to
be formed under favourable prospects. British Iron Shares
are still heavy at -my to 15; -or 355 to 35 discount. The Bail-
-way Shares have
.been in a -heavy state all this week. The
latest prices of the London, and Birmingham are 179, or 89
prem. ;• of 'the-Great Western 934 or. 284 prem.; of the
Brighton 144 or, 25 prem..; of the Greenwich 16%, or 3 dis-
cOunt; and of the Southampton 46 or 4 discount. An im-
povetrent may he noticed in the Joint Stock Banking Shares.
British North American Bank Shares advanced 211, or 11
prem.: the London and 'Westminster to 21, or 1 prem.; and
the Colonial Bank to 264, or.ll prem.
TweLvE o'CLock.—Consols have advanced to 93,, both for
money and account: -Exchequer Bills are at 67, and India
Bonds at 7 premium. New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, are
at 101 X.
Spanish Consols are worth 204 ; Portuguese Three per Cents
.20=3; Brazil Stock, 76; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents
-54 t.
Shares'ate without alteration.

CORRESPOND E NCE.

LORD MULGRAVE'S IRISH TRANQUILLITY.--
MURDER OF MR. COOPER.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

. .
Slit,-The assassination of the late truly amiable and respect,
able Mr. Cooper, by the iron-hearted miscreants of Tipperary
.is a crime of so blody. and merciless a nature, as to excite m
the minds of all who do not entertain ,sentiments with and
kindred with the barbarians themselves, ,feelings of deep eke,
cratton and horror. And ibis impression on the public mind
must be associated with another of an equally solemn character.
While we execrate the fiends in human shape who have perpe,
trated the atrocious deed, let us also feel a manly and high-
toned indignation against those, be they the vassal placemen
of Irish dentagotgue, or the literary flacks of the Irish press,
who have been seeking to bolster up a bad cause and a worse
government, by fictitious narratives of returning tranquillity
and peace, for the purpose of palming on the credulity of an
honest English public, a representation of an improved and
improving state of Ireland, under the new radical regime, which
is as false and as corrupt as its authors are designing and un-
principled.
But I would beg leave to ask these Elohenlhes of ,modern
legislation, how they will be pleased to reconcile this late act of
savage authority with the vaunted miracles of amelioration
elected by my Lord MulgraVe ? Why, the echoes of his own
pompous and self-gratulatory address, iu reply to Earl Roden,
have scarce passed away; the ink has scarcely dried upon the
emphatic declaration of eertain itinerant Irish judges, and that
all wits Morality and absence of outrage; and that the calendars
were light, though the jails were crowded; above all, the cry—
the triumphant announcement is yet ringing through the three
kin gdonts —4'. NOT ONE CACITAt. CONVICTION tist IRELAND ;"
and yet, ere we have. had leisure to ponder over statements so.
-novel and extraordinary, after the turbulence and disaffection
of centuries, the startling, the horrifying intelligence reaches
us of a -mina deliberate and cold-blooded murder, openly perpe-
trated by a band of armed ruffians; and, further, that when the
tidings were telegraphed to a neighbouring, fair, the gratifying
news was pasSed front lip to lip with a smile of savage curt.
ferocious ekultatiou.
- When we have such fadts as these fully and undeniably
before us, is it any wonder. that the feeling 'of horror' which
revolts and Shrinks back from the tale of blood, should be in—
stantly succeeded, by the throb of hitter execration against the
political miscreants, literary and official, who have been this long
time'past, truMpetting forth their reiterated forgeries about the
present happy condition of Ireland, under the united auspices
of the whig,-radical radical-triumvirate O'Mulgrave, Morpeth,
and O'Connell'. But theSe feelings of horror and indignation,
however commendable and natural, would. be•of vet}, little use,
unless they were productive of strong and permanent effect. •
Englishmen ! let the Melancholy fate of the good but the un-
fortunate Mr. Cooper, Prove a salutary lesson, as well as la
wholesome warning, to you in your connection with Irish politics.
Let it-convince you how thoroughly the caitiffs lie in their baSe
bad hearts, who would tell you that the reckless propensity to
sacrifice human life, on their own wild principles of false expe-
diency or lawlesS vengeance, is at length eradicated from
amongst the Irish peasantry; or that they have vet become so
humanised in 'feeling as to forget the tiger-instiuct that revels
in the shedding of blood for its own sake. Let it satisfy you
that it is nothing better than a system of the grossest cajolery
and deception to represent to you that the wide-spread and
secretly-banded conspiracy,. which has so long and so securely
existed against the ribli,a!iiin of all law and the observance of
all authority, and which is ever to break forth into open and
contemptuous combination against the ordinances of both, un-
less backed by an armed soldiery and police, and enforced by
the bakonet, is at length crushed in Ireland. In a word, En-
glishmen, that it is utterly and, foriti object, most perfidiously
false to assert that the covert disaffection, the broad disloyalty,
the guilt, the treachery, and the violence, which have entailed
poverty, misery, and perennial fathine, as the hereditary curses
of the Irish people, had even for a fleeting moment, in reaiitg,
ceased to pollute the soil and blast the prosperity of a country,
which Providence in its charity seems to have graciously dent iced
for a paradise, but. which its own people, in their perverseness;
have successfully laboured to mar into a hell. Believe it not
people of England ! Such statements.are but political artifices
invented for y'onr deception, and practised for others gain.
Credit one who knows the condition of his wretched country
well ; that, however speciously fabricated the cloak may be

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which the trill cure attaf pAvvf-r of a revolutionary autocrat,
secon,ting die corruptions of self-ag•raantising placenta!), miry
have flung over Cite prostrate awl diseased slate of Ireland, the
u corruptions and tie plate spots are still festering itenet,lii,j,itlitl
when ifie• covering of the hypocrite,. is torn aside it will lit' fowl('
that it was the outward. manifestat mos which were veiled trout
public view, not the inward causes which were eradicated.
is worse, criminal, to assert that Irelaud presents
any other-aspect at this moment. Why, let any man of coin-
mou sense reflect upon the matter for an. instant, and he will
see the glaring absurdity•of the thing. A country for centuries
racked ny intestine commotions-I;er population the prey of
every violent passion that can goad on to Alm most reckless
deeds—her past history but a catalogue of murder, incendiarisin,
midnight maraudings—aggregate gatherings of the peasantry
in ..open day in avowed and armed resistance to the constituted j
authorities—desperate and sanguinary conflicts between daring
bodies of insurgents and the .civil forces, in which whole troops.:
of the' atter have been cruelly.kunnolated. Well, iu such a
state of thing,s, (and every one must admit the foregoing in the
picture of Ireland as she /it“:beett,) growing ;Ind maturing for
ages, is it to he believed that any single individual, conting to
the head of a vice-regal administration, could be enabled at
once to heal the wounds of the past, reconcile the enmities and
jealousies of parties, restore confidence anti harmony to all
classes, and, filially, se reform and redeem a lawless and turbu-
lent population, that whereas a few years ago the gibbet reeked
with the number of its victims, there is now not a single tenant
for the gallows. And all this effected Without the production of
, a single wholesome measure.—without one real political benefit.
being conferred on the great bulk of the people; nay, without
an effort being made to free them from ,the very grievances
about which they are clamouring ! Why, it is monstrous to
think upon it; and yet it is what every ministerial and radical
journalist in the kingdom has been prating about since the
accession of land Mulgrave to power.•
But there are • other considerations connected with-both the
assumed and the,pretended tranquillity. of Ireland, which the
murder of Mr. Cooper suggests to one intimately acquainted
with the state of his country, and which may be of some impor-
tance in the present- crisis of political events, to lay before the
English public. •I mean the causes of the late shunt of :quiet—
the means adopted to produce .the external calm—the agents
employed in the work of deception—the seciets of the machi-
.nery,by which-the latelizrce,of the ."no CA PLTAL comvieTtoN"-
was got up, and some other details which may not be found
uninteresting. But I have already. trespassed too much on
your kindness in the present letter; should you, however deem
the subject of sufficient value as to give rue space•for future
communications, I shall devote my- best attention to its con--
lideration.—l remain, your obedient servant, - •
A TIPPERARY MAN.
Liverpool, 12th, April, 1838:

THE SHIPPING GAZETTE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDIRD.

Limctun, 9th April; 1838.

Ste —lll r. SVilliatn. Cole. of Crane Court, Fleet-street, with
wh,",m I was associated in the property of the Shipping Gazette
and Commercial Advertiser„ whilst I was in Scotland ,with his
concurrence promoting, the interests of that paper, and without
my Privity or.consent, intermitted.the publication on Saturday,
the lbtb of March, and changed its .t itle on the Monday follow-
ing to that of the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette, which he
declares to be his sole, property. This has placed us in opposing
positions, the relative value of which will have to be determined
by legal process.
To this unpleasant, and to me unexpected affair, I should
never have dreaMt of iitaking public reference until its merits
had been decided by a'dtsintei•ested tiihuna.l. if Mr. Cole had
abstained from.using the Gazette as a means of personal annoy-
ance and injury to me, and had not,.most unfairly, left my re-
ply unheeded. .
With this I send copies of the notice of which I complain,
and of my letter thereon; and I beg leave respectfully to solicit
the insertion of the latter, and of this communication, in your
journal.—l am, Sc ,

COPY OF LETTER REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING.
London, Thursday, 29th March, 1337.
Stu,—My attention has been directed to a notice which ap-
peared in the Shipping and Mercantile Gazette on Friday, the
23d instant, and following days, wherein my name is unneces-
sarily paraded. and from which the readerA would infer that I
ant sinisterly desirous of receiving monies intended for the pa-
per, and of interfering improperly in the settlement of its ac-
counts.
On my return from Scotland, finding what, without my sanc-
tion or privity, you had cine with the property in my absence,
and that there appeared no probability of a friendly adjustment
of our differences; I expressly declared to you that, without
other notice, I should not interfere' with the credits or debits of
the paper, but should hold you accountable in 'every Point of
view, both prospectively as well as retrospectively. Bv that
declaration I have so strictly abided, that you cannot adduce
single instance of any application for money made since then
by me.
The questhins .if accounts. of considerations respectively
given, or of the ce;,satiou or otherwise of our connection as co-
proprietors, •are suiijects for determination elsewhere.
I have to request that you will give this letter the same pub-
licity as that nest iwed MI the repeated notice to which I have
referred.—l• am. & • • • • .1. L. STEV ENS.
William Cole, aL'sq., 3, Crane...court, Fleet-street.

E,1\14:1-0)()()1, STANI)ARI)

. .
No.W M A GISTR ATE. --A t the present quarter sessions for the
hundrect of Salford, Jam,: Taylor, Esq., Vf Todutorden
Pried I, V In king the nitegsi,try oaths.
LioNDON C a 11.--One of these vehicle; termed a vis a
or as the Londoners term it a tri., a we, is on the Castle-street.
hackney-eoach stand. • It is, we believe, the first brought down.
to Liverpool. _
We Understand the induction of the Rev. Irmo Crichton
will take place to-morrow, (We.loesdav4at the Scotch Seces-
sion Church,' Mount Pleasant. The Rev. U avid King. and
other ministers front Glasgow, are expected to assist on the
occasion.

Tne regiment of King's Cheshire Yeomanry will assemble at
Liverpool, for six days' duty, ou the 26th of May, under the
commaud of Lieut. (:',olone! Wilbraham Egerton. The
fereat detachments µ•ill march on Friday, the 25th, to Warring-
ton, Latchford, Wilderspool, and Sankey.

EfiGH CONSTABLE FOB .THE HUN:1)10W OF SALFORD.—II.
Newbery, Esq., of Peuilleton„ awl —John Hargreaves, jun., of
Newport House. Great Bolton, appointed. at the January quar-
ter sessions for the hundred, have been sworn as high constables
at the present sessions.
WRECKERS.—On Saturday, five..men were brought before the
Rev. Milos Formby and Mr. Rawson, magistrates of the county,
charged with having plundered the schooner Tyro, recently
wrecked off Formby, of part of her cargo. They were com-
mitted tp the House of Correction for two months, the magis-
trates expressing their determination to punish allsuch offenders
with the utmost severity.
MAN DHOWNEO.—On Thursday morning a young man was
found drowned on the Bootle shore, in height about five feet five
inches, and of light complexion. He had on a pilot-cloth coat,.
dark valentia vest, and plaid trousers, shoes nearly new, with
some money on his person. The body lies at the Bootle Coffee
House. If not owned shortly after the coroner's inquest, it will
be interred. Mr. Orme, overseer, Bootle-cum-Linacre, can
give further information.
REMOVAL OF THE ACK ALI Wanks.—We understand thit
in consequence of the alkali works of this town being about to
he put down, it is contemplation by a few spirited individuals,
-connected with those works to establish a similar concern in
Runcorn, on-the most extensive scale, for the manufactuie of
British alkali, where at present this business is carried on with-
out the least molestation from the inhabitants or neighbour-
hood—.-Mercury.
• MELANCHOLY SUICIDE.—On Thursday night, about half-past
11 o'clock, a young man, respectably connected, put an end to
his existence at his lodgings in Pilgrim-street. by shooting him-
self through the head with a pistol. He died instantly. The
pistol, it appeared, had burst, and severely wounded his hand
when it went off. Habits of intemperance are said to have
been the nrimary cause of this miserable catastrophe,

PORT 0 P Cmpwrga.—:lt is with great pleasure we notice the
increasing manifestations of a revival of trade in this port. On
Monday-fist no less than sixteen large vessels from London,
Wales, Ireland, &c., besides numerous small craft, were lying
at our wharfs. This looks well, and argues much in favour of
the improvementsof the depth of the Dee, made by the exertions
of the River Dee Company; 1.1,1 d we hope that the time is not
far distant when Chester will present the appearance it once
did, and the flags of all nations will be unfurled in our port.—
Chester Gazette. . .

THE CHEMICAL NUISANCES.—Upon the. principle, we sup
pose, of making hay while the sun shines, the proprietors o
these works are making the greatest possible use of them dur-
ing the brief spat.° that, after the recent verdicts, they will be
allowed to keep them open.: They are working by day and by
night, and emitting the celebrated white vapour in, apparently,
greater quantities than ever. Nor will the works, we hear, be
stopped until towards the middle of summer. The delay in
stopping them arises frOm the impossibility of bringing Mr. ➢lus-
pratt up far judgment next term, an impossibility stated by Mr.
Cresswell, as well as from an implied promise, on the part of
that-gentleman, when certain parties consented to plead guilty
to the indictments against them, that they should be allowed a
reasonable time to abate the nuisance. The, Corpora-
►ion, the prosecutors in these cases, are determined to follow up
the prosecution, and, should the parties hesitate or refuse to
abate the nuisance, to hying them up for judgment.,

GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL IRON STEAMEIG—To expedite
the communicatioo between London and Glasgow, a line of
iron steam-vessels is in progress of being► built fur the Liver-
pool and Glasgow stations, to sail every day at a regular hour
front both stations ; and so perfectly adapted is their construc-
tion to be for the Liverpool and Glasgow trade, that they will
arrive at or depart from, the Broomielaw at any state of the
tide. The peculiarity of the construction introduces a new and
very important improvement in ship-building. The hull of the
vessel is to be divided into five sections, with strong partitions
of iron; so that if by collision with any other vessel or striking
on a rock, or other accident, one or even two of the sections
should be shattered and tilled with water, the vessel would con-
tinue buoyant, the other sections being entire. They will thus
become safety vessels, not only as regards tire, but other acci-
dents at sea. Their speed is guaranteed to be considerably
greater than any steamer at present entering the Clyde; mid it
is calculated that, when established, the communication be-
tween Glasgow and London, via the Birmingham railway, will
Le less than 30 hums.—Journal.

OPENING OF TILE LONDON AND BIRmINGII.43I RAILWAY.—
The hue float Birmingham to Rugby, pursuant to announce-
ment, was
,opened on Monday morning, at nine o'clock; the
intermediate stages between that place and Denbigh Hall, a
distance of 3t; miles, being performed by coaches engaged for
that purpose, and the remainder by the railway. The general
office in front of the station, is of a magnificent character, and
intended for meetings of the directors, and the offices of their
secretary. About sixty carriages. including first and second
class trains, were arranged in order under the station-house.
At four minutes past nine the first train, consisting of four first
class and five second class carriages, and containing about 130
passengers, the engine No. 12 being attached, slowly moved
from the station yard, amidst the cheers and congratulations of
those assembled: On arriving at the station-house at Rugby..
the passengers alighted, and ample accommodation was prepar-
ed to convey thoSe who intended pursuing their route to London,
to Denbigh Ball, front whence they would go by railway to
town. The' scene here was must animated and delightful, the.
Atitiou-Yard presenting the appearance of an amphitheatre, -
surroanded by equipages and horsemen, and crowded by groups
or traily dressed holyday people, who wetted the passengers
with enthusiastic cheering. Here every eminence, and any
place that could command a sight of, the interesting spectacle,
was occupied. In about ten minutes, nine coaches and omni-
buses drove off in spirited style, conveying about 100 passengers
for the metropolis In half an hour's time, everything being
priverly adjusted, the carriage containing the luggage started
(dr, At Rugby, all was life and animation.. The inhabitants
appeared highly delighted, ;And the day. was
;kept us a general
holiday.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CilASE.—The, next display of the
highly popular diversion of a steeple chase will be more than
usually attractive in . this town, especially when it is made
known that .its promoters, with a laudable desire to keep pace
with other counties more celebrated for this description of
sport, have paid a visit to some of the most renowned fields Of
action, and succeeded in enlisting a glorious baud of stanch
supporters of the " neck-or-nothing" school. The parties al-
luded to, while at-Chelteuhain, made strenuous efforts to ac-
quire auxiliary aid, and were eminently successful,. having ob-
tained the names of the Duke of Beaufort, Lord Segrave, Earl
of Chesterfield, Captain. Lamb (the owner of Vivian), and a
number of other influential sporting gentlemen, not only as
subscribers to the forthconaing steeple chase, but accompanied
by a promise to exert their influence in furtherance of the de-
sign, by making it one of the most splendid affairs of the sort
ever got up here. The list already boasts of 22 subscribers, in-
cluding the noblemen above pained, therefore a very strong
entry may be safely booked. The aristocratic character of the-
muster will not, however, be confined to the bipeds, as the
" nobs" have promised the attendance. of their quadrupeds as
well as of themselves. To sum up the whole of these pro-
mising, things. we arrive at the grand climax, by being enabled
to state that Viscount Molyneux will be the steward for the
occasion; and, we need scarcely add, that his acknowledged
fitness for the post will be a sufficient guarantee for the com-
pleteness of the arrangements that will he necessary on the day
of running. These ‘• means and appliances," if net broken to
the hope, we base little doubt will be the cause of attracting a
a host of fashionables to the "good old town," thus giving
greater eclat to such meetings than has hitherto attended them.

SURVEYORS OF HIGHWAYS Foe WEST DERBY.—On Thurs-
day a petty sessions was held at the Court-house, Kirkdale, at
which Sir Thomas Brauker and Messrs. Aspinall and Rawson
magistrates for the comity, were 'present. After disposing of
some unimpoi taut business, the annual accounts of the survey-
_ms of the highways for the township of West Derby were laid
before them tot the purpose of being passed. It may be recol
lected that at the late Meeting of the ratepayers of the above
township it was resolved, on the 'melon of Mr. Hardy,
that the surveyors' accounts should not pass ; but as the
sanetion of the magistrates in petty sessions was neces-
, nary to cart y the resolution into effect, the parties came for-
ward on this occasion to submit their case to the decision of the
bench. Mr. Sanders, law-clerk for the township, said that, ob-
jections having been made to the surveyors' accounts, an ()ppm.-
tunity was now afforded, agreeably to the provisions of the
highway act. oh stating them before the magistrates. He then
asked if any nersens presentobjected to the surveyors' accounts.
Mr. [lardy-said he did. The books and vouchers of the sur-
veyors being produced. Mr. [lardy slid he was prepared to
prove that, instead of the surveyors having a balance of £l3 13s.
in their favour, they were indebted to the township no less a
sum than £318195. 7 d., and be was convinced the ratepayers
might recover to that amount. He then objected to an item of
£5O odd, the balance of an account, for which, as we under-
Stood him,, no receipt had been given. Mr. H. Sandars, in
explanation, said all the moneys collected had been paid into
the bank; and the reason why the last bank cheque did not
appear in„the book was, that he held the balance of it in his
'hail& alter paying a collector's salary. Some delay having
occprred in consequence of Mr. Hardy's objections, the magis-
trales took the books into their own bands and examined them,
after which Sir Thuinas Braucker told Mr. Hardy that be was
wrong in his estimate of the surveyor's defalcations to the ex-
tent of EIOS 16s. 3d., a sum which he had first included in their
receipts and then aded to another account. Mr. R. Sandars.
—lt is merely a political movement. The Magistrates.—We
can't hear any thing about that. Mr. T. Smith remarked that
Mr. Hardy had reckoned twice. Mr. Hardy.—l admit the
mistake. The Law-clerk said that either party had the power
of appeal. In answer to Sir T. Braucker, Mr. Hardy said he
"took all'his objections from the surveyors' bank-hook. As the
haiik book, it appeared, contained sundry private accounts,
which were blended with those of the township, the magistrates
"said they did not see they had any thing to do with it. The
only question fur their consideration was, were the surveyors
Correct in their accounts of receipts and disbursements. This
was all the ratepayers had to ascertain. If the overseers chose
to carry the money in their pockets, no one could object, so
lung as they were accountable for it. Mr. Hardy attempted to
prove by different statements of figures that there was a great
discrepancy betwixt the amount the surveyors had actually re-
ceived and that with which they had charged themselves. Oue
of the surveyors said they had books and vouchers for every
fasthing of their accounts. Mr. Rawson said, after examiniov
the'books, the magistrates found that £l5 odds were due to the
surveyors from the township. Mr. Hardy was next asked to
point out the charges he objected to. He mentioned three or
four, amounting in the whole to £37 his. The principal one
I was a sum of £22 Ios., which the surveyors had paid to the
assessors, and which, he contended, the magistrates could nut
possibly sanction, it being in direct opposition to the highway
act. The magistrates wished to see the clause he referred to;
but after searching the paces of the act for a considerable time,
he said that he could not find it. A second charge to which he
objected was an account of £9 paid to a pavioiii', of which no
entry had been made in the books, thous ih a voucher was pro-
duced. The Law-clerk recd ati extract from the act, to the
purport that it was discretiouary with the Magistrates whether
they allowed the charge in that form sir not. The magistrates
ever-ruled all the objections. Mr. Hardy nevertheless con-
tended that a balance of £212 would still remain due to the
township, and it was for the surveyors to show how it had been
expended. Sir ThOttois Brancker ended a tedious and, towards
the close,-a personal discussion' by stating that the magistrates
had considered the items iiiijected to by Mr. Hardy, and round
that iheY were satisfactorily accounted for by
.the surveyors;
thilt the charges objected to were reasonable, and that there•
fore the surveyors accounts do pass. Titus " vanistied into thin
air" the party meddlings or this unquiet