The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-09-28 00:00:00

TO THE PRINTERS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

For the -information of letter press printers who may be
desirous of emigrating to New South Wales, we hereby
snake it known, that there are seven printing establishments,
and fourteen newspapers published in Sydney alone, weekly;
there are several printing offices at Hobart Town, Launces-
ton, Pert Philip. South Australia, Swan River, Sce., the
proprietors of which are desirous of engaging steady sonEit
PttassmEN, there being but few expert pressmen in the above
named places. We should be ready to engage two pressmen,
far a period, at Fifty Shillings per week, and if six more were
to arrive- in Sydney, they would be sure of constant employ-
naesit itt •the carious offices. Parties proceeding hither may
*Main a free passage for themselves and families, by apply-
ing to Mr. Marshall, Emigration Agent, London.
Herald-office, Sydney, Neu; South Wales.
cs,b We beg, as a favour, that all our contemporaries here,
and 4ngland, who feel interested in our welfare, will make
this as publicly known as possible.
A-

„1,„,-t tb• suggestion of our contemporary we insert the
b--;ll,',lan.' hope it will have the desired effect. We shall
"J avail ourselves of the assistance of several more
A -;•'",e.n. as our circulation is increasing so rapally."—
Nl•rogian Arittripapen

we at present feel much inconvenienced from the want
/40 Daly of pressmen, but of compositors also. Several
men of this description would obtain aood and perma-
*aat employment in Sydney just now."—Sydney Gazette.
Though the wages mentioned in the preceding ex-
trait appear to be extremely liberal, yet, in reality,
they are not more so than in most parts of this king-
done, especially in our large towns. The price of pro-
visions being so very high, the journeyman printer
cannot command a greater amount of the comforts or
Necessaries of life in Sydney than he can in Liverpool.
The same remark applies to other• trades, and affords a
corroborative proof of the correctness of our oft-re-
peated assertion, that the reward of labour ►►ill always
be- regulated by the price of provisions, and, vice
?ova, that when labourers are scarce, and a large
14nount of wages is consequently offered for their ser•
vices, the price of provisions will necessarily advance
in proportion.
Respecting the scarcity of labourers in New South
Waleiive find the following remarks from the same
journal:—

LABOUR.
W* feel it a positive duty. again and again to press upon
tae serious attention of the Colonists, the alarming state of
the country, for want of an adequate supply of labour to
to meet the wants of the settlers. Every suggestion on this
!11-important subject is of value, and ought not to pass un-
heeded. A gentleman of great colonial exprience has sug-
gested to as, that the colouists would do well to obtain la-
bourers from the South Sea, and other Islands; whence they
tolltld be procured at little expense. It is well known that
natives of those islands are employed as shepherds,
anitare remarkable for their sobriety, and for the care which
they take of their sheep. Now, if a number of these men
Wire imported immediately, the settlers would at once obtain
valuable addition to their stock of labour; and be enabled,
It all events, to go on, until other sources had been rendered
available. As we have repeatedly urged, however, labour
44. settlers mast have, let it come from where it will; or the
e"lllititteices of its dearth will be felt over the whole length
44 breadth of the colony.
:The certainty of meeting with constant employment
ftt•sta to be the strongest motive for emigrating to
Ihilat prosperous colonies.
• The resolution of government to discontinue the
lYstets of transportation to Van Dieman's Land and
ICerf South Woks will, we have no doubt, tend very
greatly to increase the number of emigrants.

THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA.—lntelligence
448 been received from New York to the Ist instant.
The news is comparatively unimportant. We sub-
ioiti the following particulars, which are communi-
eitted by the correspondent of the Morning; Herald :
4 The Short-hill's rebels were to be hung at Niagara yester-
ey. August 31. Considerable mirth has been elicited at
'N'Durhatn's expense, in consequence of his indiscrirni-
It44te attention to Americans arriving at Quebec and Mon-
treal, One of our militia generals was invited to a review of
nt• troops; under the apprehension that he was an officer in
112,11 regular army. Another person, in placing his name on
4a hotel register, tacked unwittingly U.S.A. to his name,
Zuending to convey the idea that he was from the United
Vides of America. He was invited to a review, but con-
'meted himself so sillily that his real character was soon dis-
AZ"ered. A brother Jonathan colonel (by appellation) was
'tiled to a dinner given on a certain occasion. He grew
44rwi with wine, and swore that 120 of his militia could whip
whole regiment of Britishers. Next morning he was
at bled 'wean explanation and apology. Americans are
W beginning to be looked on with an indifferent eye by our
Ito
iithhours. How they could have made such a mistake as
dhi ",
_lanar my countrymen indisvriwinately, is strange in-
; for a Yankee is ever ready to abuse the confidence
aced
in him. 'There are very few exceptions to this rule.
keee N. P. Willis, to show you that our first and educated
*lt are not exempt from this hated failing. Theller has
11.!!!1 transported for life; and Sutherland banished to the
n4tLed.States!
inquiry as to who wrote the attacks on our navy., o9b.
Kivu the Gloi.e continues with unabated curiosity.
secretor'. 'of war, has the credit of it. Others,
TZ.esimewd, swear 3
that Cooper. the novelist, wrote them.
te„., say that the style is his without a doubt. Paulding,
ilci'etary of the navy, is, however, still ofdacce of thie bar
sill:,!4"twithstanding the disclaimer for him the a( lim-
it t:1"4 journal, ycleped the Richmond Inquirer. One thing
ik,,"thin—the administration is resolved to break up the
44Y, as it has done the army. The motive for these acts
tiro "113, be found in the character of men who wantonly de-
-...d,Yed our currency, commerce, and credit. That motive is
fa !'r to uproot our institutions, and to build up another
.;;f Ifoyernment.
1.:21 ingtelligence from the cod fisheries, and those in St.
7,rence, is gloomy. Prices will.be up this season.
t•Freisch frigate Dkdon-, drawing 22)4 feet water, was

carried through the new Gednev channel, leading from this
port to the sea. Through this passage, vessels drawing 30
feet, can be brought with ease.
The Austrian Ambassador, the chargt!., d'affaires from Bel-
gium and the Prussian Consul, Uave all arrived at this port,
from Il acre.
The rise of water in lakes Superior, Huron, &c. continues.
Lake Erie is now four feet higher than in 1825, and Lake
Ontario six feet and a half higher. Niagara falls increase
in sublimity and magnificence.
The late steam-boat law passed by the congress is producing
an excellent effect in the western waters. Upwards of 40
steamers are undergoing repair at Cincinnatti. Most of them
are getting new boilers. Inspectors of boats have been ap-
pointed in every town where they are owned.
It is feared that the Cherokees, urged on by the Mexitans,
have it in contemplation to commence a war upon our western
border. They intend to raise volunteer companies in the
western states, to be ready in case of a call. General Gaines
writes that he shall want 10,000 men to attend the Cherokee
grand council in December next.
A report is current here that the Governor of Porto Rico
has been assassinated by the Carlists. There have been sent
from Havannah to this island 600 troops.
At the last dates from the Mexican coast it was stated that
15 ships of war were expected .from Brest to coerce the Mex-
cans into submission.

We have dates this morning from Jamaica to the 13th of
August. The papers from Kingston are full of reports rela-
tive to the free blacks. They are generally unfavourable,
but allowances must be made for the prejudice of proprietors.
The baptist missionaries were causing the most trouble, by
insisting on conditions like these :—TII2 discharge of the
overseers, attorneys, drivers, &c., before the negroes should
commence work again. Troubles were apprehended by
some, but the hope of the philanthropist was that the negroes
would gradually fall into their old habits of work, now stimu-
lated by the prospect of wages.
Dates from Panama to the 23d of July report her Majes-
ty's ships Imogen and Harrier at Callao. The President,
Commodore Ross, had arrived at Valparaiso. The blockade
by Chili had not been carried into effect against Peru.
The following extract reflects very little credit upon
he character of Lord Melbourne for honour and vera-
Our readers will remember with what vehe-

mence the premier denied the participation of the mi-
nistry in the appointment of Mr. Turton. His disa-
vowal of all connexion with this strange affair turns
out to be an unqualified untruth), not to use a harsher
We leave the extract to speak for itself:—

•
(Extract of a private letter, dated Montreal, Aug. 28.)
What the Standard, has advanced in regard to Mr. Turton's
appointment to office in this country being the work of the
English ministry is strictly true. It might be very well for
Lord Melbourne, on finding himself placed between the
horns of a dilemma, to pretend ignorance, surprise, and even
dismay, at an appointment originating in, and suggested by,
ministers themselves; but his lordship ought to have antici-
pated the arrival, sooner or later, of a day of explanation,
and might not feel it absolutely imperative on him to saddle
all the acts of that ministry, particularly those they had open-
ly repudiated, upon his own shoulders Lord Melbourne's
conduct, however. may not inaptly be likened to that of a
needy man, who draws a bill at a distant date, trusting to
chance for effects to meet it when due, and throwing himself
upon the good feeling of the party on whom it is drawn to
save him from exposure in the event of a failure of his means.
In his eagerness to surmount a momentary difficulty, he drew
a bill upon Lord Durham which he must have been perfectly
aware was not good, and which nothing short of the good
feeling of the latter and disinclination to expose his (Lord
Melbourne's) share in the transaction could prevent being
publicly protested. Again, I would ask, have ministers,
s►nce the discussion of this subject in parliament, ever
intimated to Lord Durham that it would relieve them

from much embarrassment were his lordship to take the re-
sponsibility of Mr. Turton's appointment wholly upon him-
self ? Ido not positively state this to be the case; I simply
ask the question, and let ministers reply to it if they
Certain I am that if they have done so it will soon be known.
In the meantime, notwithstanding all the outcry that has
been raised against the appointment of Mr Turton, it is not
the intention of Lord Durham to deprive himself of that
gentleman's services. True it is, that the moment Mr.
Turton found his appointment had been made matter of
charge against Lord Durham, he at once tendered his resig-
nation. This, however, was refused.
The session of the Court of King's Bench, holdingcriminal
jurisdiction in the district of Montreal was opened this day
by the charge from Chief Justice Reid to the grand jury,
Which, beyond a few slight allusions to the recent troubles,
contained nothing worthy of remark. The parties charged
with the murder of Mr. Weir are three in number—Francois
Talbert, Jean Baptiste PH ussier, and Francois Mignault.
Beamer, who was engaged in the Short Hills affair, was
tried at Niagara on the 16th, and condemned to be executed
on the 31st. Chandler, Waite, and M'Leod have been res-
pited until then, when they will also suffer the extreme
penalty of the law. Buck and M'Faddon are to be imprison-
ed in the penitentiary for three years. The remainder are to
be transported to a penal settlement for life. Interest is
being made in the way of petition to Sir George Arthur, by
the family and friends of the young American, Miller, re-
cently condemned, to have the sentence of death recorded
against him annulled.

Sir Colin Campbell and Sir Charles Fitzroy left Quebec,
in the Medea steam-packet, on their return to their respec-
tive governments. It is strongly rumoured here, that the
Earl of Munster will relieve Sir Colin Campbell, who, in his
turn is reported resume his. command of the troops in
Canada, on the departure of Sir John Colborne, which will
take place shortly after the return of the Inconstant frigate
from Bermuda, whither she sailed with Sir Charles Paget's
flag on board, on Friday last.

NEWFOUNDLAND.—The state of this colony demands
e instantaneous interference of the government at

home. The strange and anomalous proceedings of
the Popish House of Assembly have assumed so serious
an aspect, that we do not hesitate to affirm, that there

is, as much cause for assembling Parliament at an early
period this year, for the purpose of taking the state of
the colony into consideration, as there was last year

for the purpose of crushing the rebellion in Canada.
Already have the merchants of this town drawn the
attention of the Secretary of State to the deplorable
consequences which have resulted from the political
dissensions which have been suffered, for so long a
period, to distract the island. There can be no doubt
whatever that the origin of the evils, so justly com-
plained of in their memorial to the somnolent per-
sonage who neglects the business of the colonial de-
partment, is to be found in the nature of the elective
franchise in Newfoundland, which is, in fact, nothing
short of universal suffrage. This colony, therefore,
affords us an instructive specimen of the sort of benefit
which may be anticipated from the adoption of this
radical principle. The same results would, undoubt-
edly, follow from the extension of the franchise to all
classes in this country ; and we would direct the atten-
tion of those infatuated men, who have been deluded
into the belief that universal suffrage would be pro•
ductive of good to the community, to the lamentable
condition of Newfoundland. There we find justice
openly insulted and set at defiance—religion converted
into an engine of persecution and oppression—pro-
perty rendered insecure—commerce paralysed—and
the personal liberty of the subject infringed with im-
punity. How, indeed, could it be otherwise, when

those who are most interested in the welfare and pros-
perity of the colony are deprived of all share in the
management of its internal affairs, and when the raf-
fish and ignorant Popish mob reign triumphant and
uncontrolled? God forbid that we should ever see

the day when such scenes as have been recently
enacted in Newfoundland shall be witnessed in happy
England ! But as certainly as cause follows effect, so
surely will the same flagrant violations of " law and
justice, religion and humanity," spring from the suc-
cessful agitation of the principle of universal suffrage
in Great Britain.

On the subject of the present disturbances in New-
'oundland, we have the following judicious remarks in

the Public Ledger of August 31st, to which we refer
our readers for some information respecting the part
which the Popish priests of that colony have taken :
(From the Neufoundland Public Ledger of August 31.)
Some of our readers may recollect, that early in the winter
we adverted to the state of Newfoundland. in illustration of
the folly of pampering Popish ambition, and the folly, almost
as gross, of thrusting popular institutions upon particular
states of society, for which they are unsuitable, and which do
not want any change. The state of Newfoundland is pecu-
liar: the mass of the population are not in any sense colo-
nists: they neither owe their birth to the country, till the
soil, nor calculate upon making the island their permanent
residence : they are adventurers woo proceed from the United
Kingdom, chiefly from the south of Ireland (in many in-
tances fugitives for crimes committed in That fertile garden
of lawless outrage, the O'Connell province) : hey take their
passage to Newfoundland in order to find a year or two's
employment in the fishery, and its concomitant labours of
salting, drying, coopering, &c.; and as soon as they have in
this way earned a few pounds, they push forward to the
United States. The country of Newfoundland is wild, and
almost wholly uncultivated, and, as such, suits well enough
with the half, or more than half savage habits which the emi-
grants in question carry. So long as the settlement enjoyed
the advantages of a rational and strong government, com-
posed of a governor and a council selected from the respect-
able permanent inhabitants—men whose station gave a hos-
tage of respect for the laws, zeal for the goon of the colony,
and attachment to England—its affairs proceeded well. The
emigrants found employment. earned money, disappeared—
were replaced by other emigrants, and allowed the settle-
ment to accumulate capital and to extend commerce. But
five or six years ago, " some demons whispered" to the
Whigs, " Give Newfoundland a parliament," and a parlia-
rnent was given—a parliament to be elected by the transition
semi-savages of whom we have spoken—men who had pro-
spectively renounced the British dominion, while earning the
means of withdrawing from it, and already considered them-
selves in the light of American citizens, Instantly the priests
assumed the sovereignty of the colony; the permanent set-
tlers were marked for persecution, not only as rivals of the
priestly power, but as general Protestants, or as Roman Ca-
tholics humanized awl rendered liberal by a long intercourse
with Protestants; murders, assaults, and mutilations became
frequent; in short, the depraving process of concession, and
its correlative, arrogant pretension, which has occupied Ire-
land for ,15 years, was, in Newfoundland, completed in less
than the same number of months, and Newfoundland is al-
ready a transatlantic Tipperary. Such are the consequences
of prodigal liberalism and promiscuous reform. Already the
more wealthy and respectable permanent settlers are with-
thawing from the place, and nothing can save it from be-
coming a desert but a recurrence to some more reasonable
and less liberal system. We believe that Newfoundland is
included in Lord Durham's commission, one of the points as
to which Lord Aberdeen asked information; and this seems
to be the opinion of Lord Glenelg.
If Newfoundland is really included in Lord Dur-
ham's commission, so much the worse for its future
prospects, as his recurrence to "a less liberal system"
is as hopeless as his recurrence to a sense of decency
in his official appointments : nor would a man of such
cosmopolitan views in religion be at all likely to in-
terfere with the proceedings of the " surpliced ruffians"
who are now bellowing forth their anathemas against
the unoffending Protestants of the island.

The following letter from the correspondent of the
London Standard brings down the Newfoundland
news seven days later than former accounts. The
state of the colony is becoming hourly more alarm-
ing :

BRISTOL, SEPT. 25.—The Albion has arrived at this port
from Newfoundland in the short space of 15 days, and brings
impels to the 7th instant, being seven days later than the En-
terprise into Liverpool. The Public Ledger of the 7th oh-
serves —" the leadership in the House of Assembly, since the
arrival of Mr. Morris from his grievance mission in England,
appears to have changed hands, how much for the en dit or
for the discredit of the house is not for us to say; suffice it to
record of so sage and deliberative an assemblage, that the
dictatorship has passed from the Hon. Mr. Kent to his very
worthy relative, the Hon. Mr. Morris, in whose keeping the
dignified office will in all probability remain until the arrival
of the hon. and learned Mr. Nugent. This same gentleman
has given notice of motion for an address to his Excellency
the Governor, praying that his Excellency would direct a
criminal prosecution to be entered against the printer of the
Times for a foul libel, charging the members of the house
with disloyalty to their Sovereign!' a motion which sooner
or later will end in smoke, as most of the vapourings of the
hon. gentleman commonly do. We do not mean to deny the
right of the house to prosecute for libel, because we are per-
fectly satisfied that it possesses that right, as every other cor-
porate body does, nor are we surprised at any motion of the
sort. If we are surprised at all about the matter, it is that
the house has at length discovered something like the right
method of going to work in order to vindicate its privileges;
but, in adopting this latter process, the house does virtually
acknowledge its error in all the violence and outrage it has
committed in order to obtain a similar result." The loyal
and peaceably disposed portion of the people of Newfoundland
seem to have entertained hopes of Lord Glenelg's retiring
from office; the report on which they found the idea origina-
ted with the Caledonian Mercury, which hinted this with other
changes as likely to take place. A letter I have seen says,
"God grant this to be the case, as it will be impossible for the
management of colonial affairs to fall into worse hands. We
are left in a state of the greatest doubt and uncertainty. The
administration of justice has been suspended, and a constant
terror from evil doers is- before our eves. I cannot describe
our present state as being much better: than one of open rebel-
lion, which, if not actually the case, is not far short of the real
state to which we are reduced. The House of Assemby, in
stead of being a benefit, is the greatest curse (as at present
constituted) that has ever befallen the island. his disgrace-
ful to the laud, and the scenes which occur during what is
called its deliberations surpass description." The Public
Ledger of the 4th instant, in mentioning this report of Lord
Glenelg's expected retirement says—" We are happy to find
that his lordship is not likely to preside over the admistration
of the affairs of this colony much longer. We have had
enough of his drowsy lordship, and we earnestly hope and
trust that he will speedily be succeeded by some one possess-
ing sufficient ability and willingness to redeem the orderly
and well affected portion of the inhabitants from the condi-
tion in which they are unhappily placed." According to the
same paper, Mr. Morris's motion fur bringing the proprietor
of the Neujimudlander to the bar of the House of Assembly
for a violation of its privileges in having published the judg-
ment of Judge Lilly upon the last writ of habeas corpus, has
been rescinded upon an admission drawn from the editor of
that paper, that be had no intention of violating the privile-
ges of the house. There appears to be no prospect of the
Southern Circuit Court being held, no funds having been
voted to defray the necessary expenses attendant thereon.
With reference to the withholding the supply for this pur-
pose, private advices seem to hint at the probability of all the
other Courts being closed from the like cause.
In alluding to the fact of Dr. Fleming, Mr. Fenwick, and
Captain Hunn having had interviews with Lord Glenelg at
the Colonial-office, the Public Ledger of September 4 ob-
serves—" We are not aware that we have the slightest in-
terest in any of the movements of either Mr. Fenwick or
Captain Hunn ; but with those of Dr. Fleming (who rejoices
in the high-sounding title of Bishop of Carpasia and Vicar
Apostolic of Newfoundland) we are not altogether so indif-
ferent. Is it true that this political * * *- now that the
case of the late Chief Justice Boulton has been decided, is
had up to answer for his • * * and * * * representations at
the Colonial-office last year? If so, it is an act of tardy
justice towards the colony for which we were scarcely pre-
pared to give my Lord Glenelg full credit. By a course of
temporising policy on the part of Lord Glenelg in the first
instance, by a negative encouragement to brawling grievance-
mongers, the friends and sympathisers with the Canadian
rebels—one of the best judges which this country ever be-
held has been removed, although the judicial committee of
the Privy Council before whom he was compelled to appear,
highly approved the wisdom and justice of all his decisions.
Only let the same measure of justice be dealt out to Fleming
as that of injustice to Mr. Boultop, and we shall have some
little return of confidence in the litoceedings of the colonial
department—but not until then. As a politician, being in-
vested, as his adherents believe, with the keys of hell and
of death,' for the admission of all his political opponents.
Dr. Fleming has been a * * * * * * to this commu-
nity, the respectable portion of which, both protestant and
catholic, sincerely deprecate his return."
The various private letters, &c., which I have had an op-
portunity of seeing, all represent the present state of New-
foundland to be that of confusion and anarchy, and fully
justify the opinion that unless something he done to weaken
the influence of the catholic priesthood the country will ere
lung be plunged into open rebellion

In the prayer of the Public Ledger for the dismis-
sal of the present blundering and incorilpetent Colo-
nial Secretary we most cordially concur; but we ex-
tend our wishes a little further : we wish the whole of
his associates, " neck and crop," to be turned out.
We•believe the country is disposed to join with us in

this desire. There never has existed a set of men in
office who have done more mischief than Lord Mel-
bourne's ministry. They have earned the hearty con-
tempt of every true lover of his country. Out with
the vermin !

THE REGISTRATIONS.—From the various metropo-
litan and provincial journals which have reached us,
we are gratified to learn that the registrations are pro-
ceeding most favourably for the conservative cause.
The triumph achieved in the rejection of Hume from
the representation of Middlesex, at the last election,
will be consummated in the return of two conservative
candidates at the next, and that with an overwhelming
majority. From the advantages already obtained, this
glorious event may be confidently predicted, even
without allowing anything for the silent progress of
conservative reaction. In the other counties round
the metropolis, the radicals have been defeated in like
manner before the revising barristers. We do not
even despair of carrying the process of expurgation
into the very den of radicalism—the metropolis itself.
In the west of England the triumphs of the conserva-
tives are equally conspicuous, and afford a striking il-
lustration of the wisdom and foresight evinced by the
first statesman of the age, when he said that " the
battle of the constitution was to be fought in the re-
gistration courts." In Ireland also, the registrations,
since the last election, have proceeded most favour-
ably, and we may now indulge, on reasonable and
satisfactory grounds, in the hope that Dublin will here-
after return two staunch friends of the constitution as

its representatives. O'Connell will no longer obtain
a majority in the metropolis of the sister island. He
will be under the necessity of seeking refuge once
more in Kilkenny. Independently of the advantages
obtained by the conservatives on the registry, the
" trades" are against him, and his popularity, even
with the very rabble, is evidently on the wane. In
Scotland too—" cannie Scotland"—the conservatives

have nobly and successfully struggled for the ascend-
ancy. Thanks to the spirited exertions of the con-
servatives of Midlothian, and the searching exposures
of the Edinburgh Evening Post, and its contempora•
ries, that county has been purged of its rotten faggot-
voters, and the radicals of the " modern Athens"
walk about chop-fallen and disconsolate. Glasgow
has also done its duty nobly. The star of radicalism
has set in that great commercial emporium. Ecce

signum !

RESULT OF THE REGISTRATATION AT GLASGOW.
Conservatives Admitted, .... 652
Radicals do. .... 553

- Majority.... 99
Radicals struck off,.. B9O
Conservatives d 0,.. 564

Maj ori t y . 326

Total Conservative Majority. 425

Here again, without any allowance for the reaction
in favour of constitutional principles, the conserva-
tives have gained a complete ascendancy. In short,
every day brings with it fresh intelligence respecting
the success of the conservatives before the revising
barristers. • But our sanguine hopes for the future are
not based exclusively upon these numerical results.
There is a deep, though silent current of conserva-
tive reaction gradually setting in, like an irresistible

tide, in all directions. Our imbecile, truckling, time-
serving, monopolising, selfish, and Popery-patronising
ministry are regarded with feelings of all but univer-
sal disgust. Their days are numbered. They have
but a brief period allotted to them to bask in the sun-
shine of royal favour.

CORONER'S INQUESTS.--Many complaints have
reached us respecting the irregular manner in which

le business of the coroner's court is conducted in this

borough. Formerly there used to be a certain hour
fixed—three o'clock, we believe—when the jury were
summoned to attend at the proper office in the Ses•
sion's-house, whence they adjourned to view the bodies,
and whither they returned to attest the depositions.
At present, thanks to the wisdom of our reformed
town-councillors, and to the innovations which they

have effected in the management of our local affairs,
there is no particular time fixed for opening the coro-
ner's court, and the functionary upon whom this duty
devolves consults his own convenience by summoning
the jury to meet at one of his own offices in Lord-
street, to which they are also dragged, frequently to

their own great inconvenience, to hear the depositions
read after viewing the bodies. Thus public business
is forced to give way to considerations of personal
convenience, and those individuals who are called
upon to discharge the necessary and onerous duties
of jurors, are compelled to neglect their own affairs,
and often to trench upon important engagements, in
order to gratify the caprice of a Whig-appointed sti-
pendiary. We say nothing about the difficulty of

supplying reports of inquests under the present sys-
tem. However, those parties who complain against
these whimsical proceedings have the remedy in their
own hands. Let them turn all the whigs out of the
Council, and—we shall soon see a reform.

THE "GREAT RADICAL DEMONSTRATION."—We
have this day devoted a very considerable space to the
report of the proceedings at the Radical meetings on
Tuesday last. We feel that some apology is owing
to our readers for giving so much prominence to the
silly and contemptible vapourings of the consummate
noodles who sought to disturb the peace of the town,
and succeeded to admiration in rendering themselves
ridiculous in the eyes of the public. The speeches de-
livered to the few hundreds of idlers who were attracted
by curiosity to see the lions in the Infirmary yard are
absolutely beneath criticism. Their very absurdity ren-
ders them innocuous. •

INFIDEL PUBLICATIONS.—A correspondent has
drawn our attention to the infamous and blasphemous
publications circulated among the Sunday frequenters
of the large room at the York Hotel. We believe
that these wretched individuals sty le themselves Owen-
ites or Socialists. Their principal objects seem to be
the entire remodelling of society—the abolition of all
acts of worship, which they term " superstition"—the
abrogation of the marriage compact, and the introduc-
tion of a community of wives—and to establish an
equality of rights, privileges, and property. It is
really a matter of surprise that these Utopian views
meet with any degree of encouragement in this "en-
lightened" country; and it reflects little credit on this
" march of intellect" age that these extraordinary doc-
trines are chiefly entertained—not in the agricultural
districts—but in the midst of the polished and refined
society of our large towns.

CORRESPONDENCE.

THE IMPRISONMENT FUR DEBT BILL.

TO THE EDITOR OF TILE LIVERPOOL STAND4RD.

von allow me, through your medium, to call
the attention of my fellow townsmen to the imprisonment for
debt bill, which comes into operation on Monday next. I
have carefully perused the bill, and find some strange clauses
in it, and therefore recommend all persons in business imme-
diately to read it for themselves. The Bth section, as to an
act of bankruptcy, is mast oppressive ; because if a debtor is
compelled by A. to commit an act of bankruptcy, and after
the 21 days, prevents A. from issuing a fiat; by compromising
with him, or giving him security, yet the debtor is liable to
be made a bankrupt against his knowledge, by any other
creditor whose debt is large enough, within the next two
months.

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out of prison, and the creditor has no hold either of his pro-
or his person. True, the creditor can get hold of both
property and person when he obtains judgment and execu-
tion against him; but when and how can this be done ? Why,
I am told it can be accomplished next March, after the assizes,
at an expence of between £2O and £3O, if the debtor (as, no
doubt, he will) only incur the expence of £2 or £3 in paying
an attorney to plead to the action—(and I understand this
expence and delay will apply to all cases which may hereafter
occur, except where the debt is small, and the preceedings
are in our Borough Court);—and when March comes, both
the debtor and his property will have vanished, if it suit his
convenience.
I arrested a debtor lately for £27, due two years, and ob-
tained both debt and costs at once, and have no doubt the
trouble, as well as disgrace, of seeking bail, compelled him
to pay me. The recovery of it was doubtful, and I should
not have liked to have risked more than £3 or £4 after it :
but under this new and very merciful law, I would not have
about this bill, as their charges will
attempted the
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face. Surely
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gnviebrribnegfionrge a debt can be recovered. But they
be
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much
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shall have very little of my money. I have purchased the
act of parliament, with notes by a barrister, wherein I find
such sentences as these : —" It can scarcely be doubted that
the interest of the general body of creditors, in an equal divi-
sion of their debtor's effects, when he is insolvent, is impaired
by this act of parliament."—" The debtor having no longer
the same motives to offer a timely composition, it may confi-
dently be anticipated that the present act will greatly dimi-
nish the number of compositions."—And in reasoning upon
the 6th section. (which is applicable to the defendant's dis-
charge) the same writer says:—" I shall not, however, at-
tempt to anticipate the thousand questions which are sure to
arise under this clause of the act."—As soon as I read this
latter clause, I came to the conclusion that such questions
il find
should not be debated at my cost; for if I do make up my
ess particularly very
mind to proceed against any of my debtors, it shall not be
yet awhile.
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confidencenew officers to be appointed, (with fees of course) namely,
"examiners," in every county. Your's, &c.
A TRADESMAN.
Liverpool, Sept. 25, 18.38.
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