The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-08 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS,

We acknowledge the receipt of £l. for the " Case of Dig'
tress" recently advertised in the STANDARD.
" A Member of the Church of England" will see in a letter
from a correspondent, one of the reasons why we decline
interfering further in the matter which has brought the
Pastoral Aid Society so prominently before the public..
Were we to assign any further reasons, they would onll
renew the controversy.
" Q. Q." asks whether Mr. William Rathbone was not Or:
merly opposed to the warehouse scheme, and whether ins
advocacy of that scheme did not commence after he ha
sold his Cornhill property ? We cannot say.
" An Impartial Observer" in our next.
The letter of " J. Williams" is unavoidably postponed.

Elie Eibtrpool &tattbarb.

TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8, 1840.

By the arrival here, yesterday, of the packet-sl'ir
North America, Captain A. B. Lowber, we have re-
ceived New York papers to the 19th ultimo, inclusive
The North America has had an excellent run, having
accomplished the voyage in about 18 days. The
steam-ship British Queen had not arrived at New. York
when the North America sailed. We have to acknow-
ledge our obligations to Mr. Bennett, of the New York
Herald, for his polite attention in forwarding to vg
copies of his journal to the latest dates.
The news from the United States is not of much int'
portance. The transactions in the money market, 00
the 18th ult., were, to the usual extent, presenting
nearly the same features as they had done for saale
time previously. United States bank shares bad
proved per cent. An improvement was also notice'
in several other descriptions of stock. The resume'
tion of specie payments was confidently looked foilvar •
to in several of the States.

The New York Herald mentions that tbere was a Ill'
niour that Cunard's line of steamers would, during the
winter, run into Portsmouth, N. H., on account of th e
difficulty of making Boston in foul weather. The rail"

road would take the news to Boston without delay.
The latest returns from the various States confirm
the assertion that General Harrison is the President
elect of the United States. The majorities, in almost
every instance, have been unprecedentedly large, indi-
cating a very great reaction in the state of public
. .

opinion.
The following are the only extracts of any import-
ance from the New York papers :
NEW YORK MONEY MARKET.—Noy. 18.
(From the New York Morning Herald)
The three steamers now due, or nearly due from England,
are anxiously expected. To-morrow's mail will, in all pro-
bability, bring the Columbia's dates to the 4th via Boston.
The news by these vessels will, probably, have a great effect
upon this market, as the state of things at the last dates was
was far from satisfactory ; and the turn affairs may have
taken will determine the continuance or otherwise of the pre-
sent demand for specie. If the prices of the precious metals
shall have fallen on the continent, and the discount market
have assumed a more favourable aspect in England, the de-
mand for sterling bills, as a means of remittance, will in-
crease. It is, in a great measure, owing to this posture of
affairs, that the negotiation with the Philadelphia Banks has
not been finally closed. If the state of affairs in Europe is
to be such, that specie will continue to be the favourite means
of remittance, the proposed assistance will be of little avail,
as, in the event of the banks here, or at the east being pushed
to any extent, the Philadelphia obligations may be disposed
of in that market, and the avails drawn in specie. On the
contrary, if affairs should have taken a favourable turn, the
operation will have a beneficial influence temporarily on the
market.
At the stock board, this morning, the transactions were to
the usual extent, presenting nearly the same features as for
a few days back.. United States Bank improved per cent;
Vicksburg per cent; Harlem 1; Long Island s; North
American Trust and Banking Company declined per cent.;
Stonington per cent. The following sales of state stocks
were made :-
5,000 dollars Ohio sixes
6,000 „ Indiana fives
6,000 „ do. do .... b next week 764
5,080 , do. do b69 days 76
The Howard Insurance Company have declared a divi-
dend of four per cent on their capital, payable on the ith
Decmber.
• The Wa2rren Insurance Company,. of Boston, a dividend
of six per cent, payable on demand.
A Mississippi paper has the •folloWing. in regard to the
Union Bank of that State :
Considerable speculation has lately been going on in the
Union Bank money. The brokers of New Orleans, and
other place., have combined-to raise the Trite-of it, with the
view of shiftinc, off' upon the ignorant and unwary the lerge
amounts which they hold. We warn the public against the
trick. The paper of the bank is totally worthlss. The
Federal court, which will meet in this city on the first of
next month, will completely use up the concern. All the
property which the bank holds, including the nine millions
of bills receivable, will not pay the judgments that must go
against it, and which they can never bond.
As fast as the legislatures of the several states assemble,
the subject of the currency appears to be the first touched.
In the Georgia legislature, many movements have been made
to compel resumption at an early day. The legislature of
the State of Georgia last year has been the chief means of
nearly ruining both the currency and the credit of that State.
The first thing to be done is to undo the work of last session;
and then to provide ways and means for the prompt payment
of the States creditors in specie. Having done this, the
State government may, with some face, demand of the banks
to pay their debts in specie. A law now compelling the
banks to resume, would be to place them and their resources
at the mercy of the Central Bank, which institution has
been in the hands of the legislature, the instrument of ruin.
The people of Georgia have suffered intensely during the past
year, in consequence of their deranged currency, and seem
now pretty well convinced of the redundancy as well as the
mal-administration of their banking capital.

COTTON.-Our stock is rarely reduced so low as it is at
present. But little has reached us from the South. The
sales, however, are confined to the spinning; very little taken
for export. Sales since Saturday about 800 bales ; Uplands
8 to 10; New Orleans 91 to Mi.

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FLOUR.—The market is uniformly dull ; 4 24 to 5 dollars
are the selling prices for Western common brands, and 5 25
to 5 374 for Southern.
CROPS IN FLORIDA.—The Apalachicola Advertiser of the
4th inst. says :—ln various parts of the territory there have
been several frosty nights, but none so severe as to do any
damage to the outstanding crop.

CONFLAGRATION AT NATCHEZ.—A conflagration took
place at Natchez (under the Hill) on the morning of the 4th,
which destroyed property to a large amount.
BaallAlt IN BOSTON.—The visit of Braham to this city
has arrested the attention of the whole musical community.
We have never known such a general interest taken in the
appearance of an artist in this line, nor any thing approach-
ing it, since the times of Incledon and Phil:ips. Braham has
been at the head of his profession so many years, that his
name and fame are as well established in America as in
Europe. His forte is said to be in the performance of the
vocal compositions of Handel and Haydn, and he gives Uo
sacred music the highest dramatic effect. We regret to beer
that he appears but in two concerts during his stay in Bos-
ton. It is reported that a large proportion of the tickets are
already taken, so that it is probable a large portion of those
desirous of hearing him may not have an opportunity at the
present time.—Boston Courier.

Our venerable contemporary of the Mercury devotes
this week a column of her enlightened publication to
record the pros and cons of our late controversy with
contemporaries. Worthy old lady ! It would really
be a pity to deny her the only consolation left to her—
the privilege of chuckling over mischief. But has she
no "affair" of her own with us at this moment? Is
there no little quirk or quibble upon which she may
hatch a quarrel with us on her own account ?"
Poorotear old Mercury ! Thy glory haS gone by,
surely, when, instead of entering into the arena in
thine own person, thy ambition is sufficiently gratified
by the indulgence of a little safe crow outside. Yet art
thou not singular in this mode of evincing pugnacious
predilections, when the power of indulging in them has
passed away. An old poster, battered, spavined, blind,
and windgalled, has often been seen to attempt a gam-
bol when the rattle of ,the wheels has approached his
paddock; a cur, old and' wothless—unfit for any more
useful or honourable purs?iit than to lie upon the kit-
chen mat and bark at beggars and old bonemen—may
often be seen to display symptoms of perfect delight
when the-greyhound and the pointer have a tussle to-
gether. The same worn-out animal will even occa-
sionally attempt to do that for which he has not the re-
quisite organs—viz., teeth; but the threatened bite is
only a harmless mumbling effort. It has the spite and
mischief, but has lost the " punishing power" of its

lusty youth.
Stick to thy charades and riddles, good Mercury, or
some of these days we shall be compelled to witness—
what we should be sorry to witness—thy venerable and
frail wits scattered incurably, in the attempt to solve
some weighty question which requires something
stronger for its solution than the milk and water, mis-
called tea, upon which old ladies support their failing
powers of scandal.

Our advertising columns of this day furnish a fresh
instance of radical arrogance and self-srufficiency which
is particularly amusing, and which can scarcely fail to
afford our readers a hearty laugh. We allude to the
extraordinary advertisement which is subscribed by
"Thos. Bolton, Mayor," embodying the magnanimous
resolutions of their worships, the radical magistrates of
the borough of Liverpool.
It appears that Alexander Smith, jun., Esq., the re-
cntly elected member for North Toxteth ward, at a
meeting of the electors, which took place so far hack
as the 13th ultimo, is said to haVe made these remarks :
—" Here, then, this municipal bill created a monopoly
of magistrates, and these magistrates have been prosti-
tuted, for they have been granting licenses to the detri-
ment of the-publican, for nothing else than to uphold
the political power of the Town Council." These re-
marks, which he is reported to have made to the elec-
tors of North Tosteth ward, who possibly recognised
their truth, very naturally excited the bile of our radi-
cal Solons ; and a meeting was specially convened for
the purpose of deliberating upon the charge which Mr.
Smith so honestly and manfully brought forward
against our corporate justices. At the meeting thus
convened it was first resolved that the clerks to the
magistrates should be directed to address a letter to
Mr. Smith, requesting him to state whether the words
which we have quoted, or words having the like im-
port, were used by him on the occasion referred to.
Messrs. Ellis and Shuttleworth, the magistrates' clerks,
accordingly wrote to Mr. Smith on the subject. Mr.
Smith placed the letter in the hands of Mr. Carson,
who immediately waited upon Mr. Ellis, and stated
that " no answer would be returned" to the letter.
This being intimated to the mayor, another meeting
was summoned on Fiiday last to deliberate upon the
above remarkably terse and appropriate " communica-
tion." A list of the magistrates in attendance will be
found in the advertisement. It will be seen that the
only conservative present was David Hodgson, Esq.,
and that he dissented from, the proceedings of the meet-
ing. After gravely considering the important " coin-
munication" to which we have alluded, their worships
most magnanimously resolved " that Mr. Alexander
Smith, jun., having refused to answer the application
made to him, and having thereby declined to explain,
to retract, or to avow the offensive expressions reported
to have been uttered by him, the magistrates, each of
them for himself, deem it to be their duty to declare
that the charge made against them, in the language attri-
buted to Mr. Smith, is false and calumnious."
Risum teneatis, amici p Who can help laughing at
these magniloquent resolutions of the "reverend, grave,
and potent" occupants of the magisterial bench in Li-
verpool ? Who can help being impressed with the
ineffable modesty displayed by these incorruptible spe-
cimens of Whig justices of the peace ? Who can avoid
admiring the wonderful obliviousness of the indignant
remonstrances of the licensed victuallers which these

Salons have displayed-? Who is there that ie not
struck with astonishment at the easy self-complacency
with which these gentlemen have undertaken to white-
wash themselves ? They have been sitting in judgment
upon their own actions and proceedings—they have
gravely and deliberately examined the heavy charges
brought against them—they have magnanimously come
to the conclusion that they are the most pure, virtuous,
just, conscientious, impartial, truth-loving, honest, and,
in short, immaculate batch of magistrates that the ma-

gic wand of Lord John Russell ever called into exist-
ence—and they have solemnly resolved that their nota-
ble self-exculpatory verdict in their own favour shall
be " published once in each of the Liverpool news-

papers." If this be not the very climax of impudence

and absurdity, we do not know what can be so called.
We certainly do accord our meed of praise to these ra-
dical dispensers of " even-handed justice" for resolving
that the public of Liverpool should not be deprived of

an opportunity of laughing at them and their preposte-

roux proceedings. It would, indeed, have been a
grievous disappointment if the resolutions which we
this day publish had been consigned to oblivion. We
;lad that they have been exhibited to the public
They will henceforth be referred to as a lasting

memento of radical folly and infatuation.
Mr. David Hodgson has done honour to himself by
publicly recording his dissent from the ridiculous reso-
lutions of the borough magistrates. His dissent is tan-
tamount to a significant hint that Mr. Alexander Smith
would
.been right in charging the magistrates
with " prostituting their authority by granting licenses
to the detriment of the publican, for nothing else than
to uphold 'the political power of the Town Council."
It is quite clear that Mr. David Hodgson, himself a
magistrate, and cognisant of all the proceedings of the
magisterial clique, does not believe that his radical co•
adjutors have cleared themselves from the serious
charges brought against them. As a man of high ho-
nour and strict rectitude of principle he could not con-
scientiously come to the resolution that the charge of
Mr. Smith was "false and calumnious." We feel jus-
tified, therefore, in avowing our belief that Mr. Hodg-
son's dissent must be construed into a tacit acknow-
ledgment that Mr. Smith had spoken the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth, respecting the
electioneering tricks of the radical justices. For this
manly and straightforward course Mr. Hodgson de-
serves the thanks of the innkeepers and licensed vic-
tuallers of Liverpool, whose interests have been so
flagrantly disregarded by those who ought to have pro-
tected them.

We may here ask why the radical magistrates have
pounced upon the speech of Mr. Alexander Sfnith for
the purpose of repudiating the charges against them ?
Why did they not take notice of that speech prior to
the election for North Toxteth ward? There was am-
ple time for them to do so, and it would have had a
much better appearance if they had taken up the matter
somewhat more promptly. Is it possible that a certain
disappointed individual has had anything to do with
this commotion among them ? Has this stir originated
in mere spleen and revenge ? We challenge an answer
to these questions.

It is a matter of notoriety that Mr. Smith, presuming
that he uttered the language imputed to him, only re-
peated a charge which has, over and over again, "gone
the round" of nearly all the papers in Liverpool. It is
perfectly well known that after the municipal reform
act was passed, and the radicals obtained the ascend-
ancy in the Town Council, the Angel clique nominated
a large batch of borough magistrates, and that Lord
John Russell most complaisantly confirmed the nomi-
nation. It is a matter of notoriety that the radical
magistrates thus nominated have played divers and
sundry pranks which have not redounded very much
to their credit. It is well known that a vast number
of new licenses have been granted annually ever since
these gentlemen came into office, to the serious detri-
ment of the licensed victuallers of the town, many of
whom had paid extravagantly large sums for the good-
will of their premises, on the faith of previously existing
regulations. It is well known that these licenses have
been, in almost every instance, given to the political
partisans of the " tyrant majority" in the Town Coun-
cil. It is also notorious that, at the last election in
particular, innumerable promises were held forth that
licenses would be granted to those electors who felt
disposed to throwaway their votiaa_ isposa
candidates. So lavishly, indeed, were these promises
dispensed, that it would be next to impossible that
they should be made good, even under a radical cor-
poration, during the next ten years. These are facts
of which nineteen out of twenty of the electors of Li-
verpool, we feel assured, are perfectly cognisant. We
do not say that the magistrates are implicated in these
matters

It is not, however, difficult to trace the
source whence such serious injuries to the licensed vie-
tuallers have sprung. Our readers will be at no loss
in attributing them to sordid, selfish, political motives.
As we have no wish to have any correspondence with
Messrs. Ellis and Shuttleworth, we, of course, feel
bound to say that we do not attribute such despicable
motives to our pure and immaculate borough magi-
strates. "Whilst, however, we disclaim any intention
of insulting these most magnanimous personages, we
shall never flinch from stating what we know and feel
to be the truth. We defy any one to disprove the
facts which we have recalled to the minds of our
readers.

One word, in conclusion, to the innkeepers and li-
censed victuallers of Liverpool. You need scarcely be
told that under the old Tory system your interests were
adequately protected. New licenses were then very
rarely granted, and then only in new parts of the town,
as they successively sprung up. Your property then
improved from year to year. Since the radicals came
into power the case has been vastly altered. Licenses
have since become as plentiful as blackberries. Your
property has, consequently, deteriorated in value, until
it has become a complete drug in the market. Will
you allow this state of things to continue ? Rouse
yourselves from your apathy, and show that you will no
longer submit to be plundered with impunity. You
will have an opportunity, on the Ist of November next,
of contributing to the expulsion from office of the ty-
rannical faction by whom you have been robbed arid
insulted. Act like men in this matter, and let your
rallying cry be, ‘‘ DOWN WITH THE RADICALS !"

Since the above remarks were written, we have
received a letter (which will be found in another co-
lumn), in which Mr. Smith entirely disclaims having
used the remarks quoted in the resolutions of the ma-
gistrates. It will be perceived that we have merely
referred to them hypothetically.

A meeting of the Chester Diocesan Board of Edu-
cation was held at Newton on Thursday last, which
was attended by many of the clergy and by a few of
the influential laity of the diocese, when much inte-
resting matter was brought forward, and several im-
portant measures were discussed and decided upon.
A report was received from the building committee
conveying the welcome intelligence that the difficulties
which have so repeatedly arisen in procuring a site for
the erection of the Training College at Chester have
at length been happily overcome through the liberality
of the Dean and Chapter, who have munificently of-
fered to the board an acre of Land, in an eligible situa-
tion, as a free gift, together with a lease of five adjoin-
ing acres, upon favourable terms. This offer having
been at once thankfully accepted by the committee, the
foundation has been dug, and there is every prospect
that the Training Institution, which, it will be recol-
lected, is at present in operation in hired premises, will
at no distant day be transferred to a commodious
building, capable of containini: the requisite number
of pupils, and affording every facility for their classifi-
cation and instruction.

The Rev. John Slatter, who has been licensed by
the bishop to visit schools as inspector to the board,
next proceeded to read a report of his first tour of in-
spection. This document, which contained much new
and highly interesting matter, tended to convince the
board more strongly than ever of the manifold and
grievous defects which. exist in. our present systems of
education, as regards the middh and lower classes, and
of the almost total impossibility of any great improve-
ment being made in the absence of an adequate supply
of competent teachers-, and of -other facilities for the
purpose ; thus placid the necessity and utility of our
Diocesan Board in the clearest point of view. Inti-
mation being made- that school-rooms and funds were
offered to the board at Preston and Warrington for the
establishment of model schools, it was further deter-
mined that the otl'ers should be accepted, and that steps

should be taken with as little delay as possible to in-
troduce in both places that system of national educa-
tion which the board is prepared to recommend : thus
the public may look forward to an opportunity of see-
ing the plan of the board in operation, and of, judging
of the fruits which it is likely hereafter to produce.

Upon the whole there is every reason to he encou-
raged by the progress that has been made, and nothing
is wanted but a more active co-operation on the part of
the clergy and laity of the diocese in assisting the'
board, and furnishing further pecuniary support, to
ensure, under God's blessing, the spread of "sound re-
ligion and useful learning" amongst the rising gene-
ration.