The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-01-01 00:00:00

and the explanations and apology demanded by the

'ormer.

In carefully reading the message, we detect in it a
spirit, not Conveyed in the formality of the langtiage ad-
dressed to the Court of France, but a sPirit of indirect but
sufficiently intelligible insult that, whether intended or
no, must rouse the indignation of the proud and chival-
rous people of France. To be plain we never read a
political speech in which insult was convey ed,to .a foreign
power in more marked or more supercilious terms.
The President speaking of another power uses the fol-i
lowing language :—" The instalments due under the
convention with the King of the two Sicilies have been
paid with that scrupulous fidelity by which his whole
conduct has been characterised." This is evidently
pointed at France as a compliment which shines by corn-
parison. In entering upon the explanations relative to
France, Mr. JAcKsoiv talks of the "utterly untenable
grounds" upon which France refuses to pay the dollars.
He then alludes to the questionable honour of France—
of the "faith and word of a King"—of his rightful
claim—of.solemn assurances which have been violated—
be sneers at the justice of France in several paragraphs,
and in regard to the whole questiOn at issue the Presi-
dent states that the people: of the United States will
" never submit to be interrogated upon the subject, as a
matter of right, by any FOREIGN POWER"—that he will
make no apology whatever, and that come what may he
is determined to exact his just rights by all the means
which are consistent with the dignity of the free and en-
lightened people over whom be presides.
These are some of the words, and this the tenor of
General JACKSON'S message. What the people of
France will say to it remains to be seen. The ministers
of LOUIS PHILIPPE and the chambers are certainly
placed by it in no enviable position. The deprecated
menpce.is. as intelligible as anything can be. The threat
is,plain and unequivocal, and must be galling-; and if
they pay the dollars with such a message, its sneers, its
vulgar inuendos, and its bombastic but insolent appeals
staring them in the face, they will write coward on the
,i-coloured flag,.and yield to fear what they have denied

to justice.
We perceive that the Moniteur of Paris announces
that the French minister for foreign affairs has consent-
ed to accept the " mediation of the government of his
Britannic Majesty on occasion of the differences which
have arisen between France and the United States of
North America." This certainly looks like striking
the ensign and pulling the cap of liberty over the eyes.
If it speak peace, it also speaks humiliation ; but we
must wait, before we ,decide,, until we hear the effect
which the President's message shall have produced
amongst the politicians of the French capital.

We have hardly left ourselves any room to offer our
congratulations to the sixteen honourable aldermen who
were voted into office yesterday, with closed doors, the
dear public, and the " beloved fellow-burgesses," not
being permitted to witness the interesting ceremony.
We rejoice to say that not a single conservative has
been elected an alderman. The farce is now so complete,
and the characters so perfect, that as the children say at
the Christmas pantomines, " hang Jane Shore, and let
the fun begin !"
Part of the joke is this. The present liberal councillors
profess to entertain a high respect for, the opinions of the
people, and have all their life time asserted the supremacy
of the public voice in deciding upon the merits of public
and local functionaries. But to show that these honest
liberals do not practice what they preach, the very first
thing they have done in their inchoate corporate capacity
is to elect four men as aldermen, whom the people had re-
jected as councillors ! !
Burgesses of Liverpool ± What say you to this? You
rejected Mr. JOSEPH HORNBY in the Everton ward, and
because you could not trust him, or did not choose to
trust him, he is elected an alderman.
You repulsed Mr. WM. STUART in St. Paul's ward,
and because you had the daring and audacity to do so—
because you acted with a spirit of independence—this
Mr. WM. STUART is voted an alderman ! !
In West Derby ward, you, the burgesses of Liverpool,
'refused in return-Mr. 13LAts, a Qual:br,-anTel-a-Mr.Tartmiti
and fOr this unpardonable insolence on your part, the
Quaker and FREME are elected aldermen ! ! !
So much for public opinion and the popular voice as
they are recognised by the new councillors t
To-day the Mayor is to be elected; but how the elec-
tive body are to proceed according to the provisions of
the municipal bill must perplex. them sadly. Mr. Ser-
geant STE!nENs, of London,.a very able chamber bar-
rister, has given it as his opinion that no Mayor can be
appointed, and that “-no corporation can ever be legally'
created under this act." In consequence of this opinion
we understand that protests will be taken to-day against
Whoever is elected, andrthe Court of King's Bench will
have to decide upon the legality of the election. If no
corporation can be created under the act, it follows as a
matter of course, THAT NO RENTS OR TOWN
DUES NEED BE PAID. This will be exceedingly
pleasant. If the Mayor cannot be legally elected all his
acts will be illegal, so that if he issues a writ, or signs a
committal, he will be liable to be prosecuted in. an action
'or damages. The fun therefore is going to begin !
" Then came the grinning tacklers in,
And carols brayed with horrid din;
If unmelodious was the song
It was a ROARING NOTE and strong," &c. &c..

See Hervey's Book of Christmas for the remainder o'
the ditty.
.1•IMMI

LONDON LATEST NEWS.

City, Wednesday Evening, Doff-pass Seven o'clock.
The message of the American president is considered here as
not likely to lead to any collision, and, in consequence, our
funds have been on the advance, consols for the account touch-
ing on "92, and closing at Exchequer bills are 14 to 16.
India bonds 2 to 4 pm.
There has been great speculation during the last few days in
SpaniSh stock, which reached at the close of business 50i. This
afternoon Portuguese bonds also rallied from 82 to 831 for the
5 per cents. In the Republican bonds there is nothing to notice,
the prices being within a fraction of our former quotations.
Colombian bonds are 321, Chilian 44 to 45, and Mexican 384.
We have had a variety of Colonial intelligence to-day.
From Antigua we learn that the epidemic which had so sud-
denly and fatally attacked the parties lately arrived there from
northern countries, and which was so severely felt even by the
aclimatized English, although it but slightly .affected-the creoles,
was considered as having disappeared. The professional men
are said to have considered it the true yellow fever.
The Demerara advices announce the arrival out there of the
Marquis of Chandos, Captain Gaylor, from London, having on
board 20,000 ounces of silver coin, sent out for the accommo-
dation of the' colonists, and to..facilitate the payment of the ap-

prenticed labourers.
The St. Kitt's accounts state that a committee of the House
of Legislature had presented a report, by which it appears that
an undue and inconvenient proportion. of British copper coins
were in circulation in that island, where they had passed for a
value exceeding that for which they were current-in the neigh-
bouring colonies, and that the difference of vain; combined
with the profit. on the export of the silver shilling, had been
sufficient to create an inter-colonial traffic, to which was mainly
attributed the excess of the copper coin, which had thus been
substituted for a large portion of-the British silver previously in
circulation: The report states that the current value of 121 per
cent. beyond the standard rate of exchange at which the copper
coins pass, had been found sufficiently remunerating to induce
private importation thereof from Great Britain, a system which,
if not checked, would tend to introduce the penny and its frac-
tional parts to the entire exclusion of British silver. The com-
mittee state that this evil can only be remedied by a reduction
of the current value of the Copper coin to the standard rate of
exchange of 100 per cent. advance on sterling, or, in other
words, the penny sterling to pass for twopence currency, the
halfpenny and farthing in proportion.
The house had also resolved that His Honour the President
administering the government should be requested to extend
the period for the ports being open for the importation of lum-
ber, provisions, &c., for three mouths longer than that fixed by
his former proclamation.
We have also had late accounts from Venezula. The Co-
rnelia letters state that, on the 19th October, that place was
abandoned by Marina and hiS troopi, to the number of 240
men, and that on the following day it was taken possession of
by General Gorrez, with a force of 600 of the constitutional
troops... The insurgents had proceeded to Bouclore to join their
confederates there, 'amounting; to about 400 men, when the
whole would proceed to Puerto Cabello. it was not expected,
however, that they would do anything there if they reached the
place, as it was closely blockaded by 1,500 men, and the coast
was protected by six schooners and several flechei as, all well
manned .and,arrned.
iz waft very near the city of BouclOra, with 3,001) men, while
General Morcg-os had been comfielled• to return to El Robles.
His troops,had heeu.reduced to a very small body, consisting.
principally,. of Carib Llanceros, ivith Lows and lances, with a
few cavalrv,„all,,that remained to 1-irn ,cf the 3,000 men with
which.tie,:firstjook the field. and thest Zn'i; in a.most deployable
conclj~~.nnt i. BouClora, hld been deserted by time roreignert,, mid
that it w be. pilaged uvthe
ottlSCitt in a miierable state.