The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-19 00:00:00

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THE THREE CARACCI.
UNION GALLERY, SLATER-STREET.

ARRANGEMENTS having been made for the Exhibition
of these Paintings in Glasgow, Mr. BENTLEY begs re-
spectfully to intimate, that they will be REMOVED at the
CLOSE OF THE PRESENT MONTH.
Jan. 18, 1810.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS

DR. BUCK'S DEFENCE

An impression appears to exist that it is intended to publish,
in the form of a pamphlet, the very able defence of the
chaplain of the Borough Gaol, a portion of which appears
in the columns of the STANDARD to-day. No such inten-
tion is formed ' • and the public will not have an opportunity
of perusing this document, except they procure copies of
the variuus papers in which it is inserted ; and we again
urge upon our friends the necessity of applying for the
STANDARD on the days of publication.

The communication forwarded by our Dublin correspondent,
arrived too late for our publication of Friday, and its con-
tents would not now be appreciated. The following
received yesterday from the same quarter is the only in-
telligence we can make room for to-day. " The great
' national demonstration' meeting here on Friday, at
Ilawkins-street Theatre, was, I assure you, both with
regard to attendance and effect, a very poor affair. Very
few of the titled or honourable requisitionists condescended
to appear, and the oratory was even below the ordinary
style of maudlin eloquence usually indulged in by the
party. O'Connell's speech was a compound of the coarsest
brutalities and the lowest buffoonery. The thing was in
its essence a humbug, but humbugs of this kind are too
often made to do a great deal of very real and serious
mischief."

We have been informed that it is the intention of the mayor,
not only to be present at the meetings of the committee
now sitting on the dock warehouse question, but that his
determination is to record his vote at the termination of
the committee's proceedings. We can scarcely credit the
report, but if we find his worship acting so contrary to
the declared wish of the council, and his own implied
assurance, we shall probably have something more to say
on the subject hereafter; our duty, as it respects the chief
magistrate, is quite apart from the question which has
called forth his interf2rence. The desirableness or other-
wise of that measure affects not the propriety of the con-
duct we have thought it right to impugn. Let the mayor
seriously reflect before he calls down any further castiga-
tion ; if the information supplied us be correct, it will be
well merited, however severe.

The " Moral of the Flowers" came too late even for
perusal.

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TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 19, 1841

By the Royal Mail Steam-ship Caledonia, Captain
Clelland, which arrived here on Saturday afternoon,
we received New York and Boston papers to the 2nd,
and Halifax papers to the 4th instant, both dates in-
clusive. The Caledonia sailed from Boston at three
o'clock on the 2d, and from Halifax at eight o'clock
on the night of the 4th. She accomplished the voyage
in 14 days and 2 hours, including a stoppage of
several hours at Halifax. Considering the prevalence
of easterly gales which she had to encounter, this must
be pronounced a remarkably good passage. She has

brought 37 cabin and 12 steerage passengers from
Boston, and 41 passengers from Halifax, one of the
latter number being a steerage passenger. Her total
number of passengers amounted to 90. She also
brought an immense number of letters and newspapers,
the mails for the British possessions in North America
extending over a clear month. The Acadia, Captain
Miller, which sailed from Liverpool on the 4th of
Deember, accomplished the passage to Boston, includ-
ing a stoppage of 113 hours at Haliax, in 16 days and
18 hours, after encountering a succession of tremendous
gales. We have to express our acknowledgments to
Messrs. Harnden and Co., for a very full file of
papers. Our best thanks are also due to Mr. Bennett,
of the New York Herald, for his polite attention in
forwarding to our office copies of his latest publica-
tions.

The papers before us contain very little news of im-
portance. The proceedings in Congress were com-
paratively devoid of interest. The Harrison adminis-
tration was 'in progress of formation, It was under-
stood that Mr. Webster would be appointed Secretary
of State, Mr. Cruttenden, Attorney-General, General
Ewing Postmaster-General, and that Mr. Granger
would take the Navy Department. , Several minor
appointments had also been fixed upon. The census
of the
.United States was nearly completed. It was
computed that the population would amount to about
seventeen millions.

The New York Herald mentions, among the probable
measures of the Harrison administration, the establish-
ment of a national bank, with a capital of 50,000,000
dollars; the creation of a public debt of 30,000,090
dollars; the distribu►.ion of the public lands; a modi-
fication and augmentation of the tariff; and a new
bankrupt system. It was uncertain what definite
shape these measures might assume, that would be
affected by the various cliques of bankers, stock-jobbers,
and manufacturers throughout the country, as well as
by the supporters of Van Buren.
Several fresh steam-boat explosions had recently
taken place in the United States, most of which had
been attended by serious loss of life. •

The state of the money market had been somewhat
dull and heavy for the fortnight'preceding the sailing
of the Caledonia. This is attributed to the general
yearly settlements of the banks. The curtailments

adopted by the banks made money exceedingly scarce
in great demand among all classes of business-
men, and as high as 9 or 10 per cent. had been paid
in short loans, and these with great difficuly obtained.
The resumption about to take place in Philadelphia,
and the large specie draughts made from that quarter
upon the New York banks, had also increased the
pressure. Bills on London were quoted at 1081 to
1081; on Paris, at 5,20 to 5,184; on Amsterdam, at
421 to 40i; and on Bremen at 771 to 78. The packets
would take a moderate amount of specie, probably not
above 150,000 dollars. In domestic exchanges the
transactions had been rather limited. In state stocks

there had been a good deal of agitation during the last

twenty days, in consequence of the many fears as to
the regular payment of the interest falling due upon

The news from Texas is, as usual, conflicting in its
character. No doubt was entertained at Galveston of
a general alliance between the Central and Federaiforces,
for the purpose of invading Texas, and it was stated
that there were 3000 of the enemy, in a body, on the
Texian side of Rio Grande.

The leading men in Mexico, according to the last
accounts, were fighting among themselves, and fresh
revolutions are said to be matters of almost daily