The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-17 00:00:00

LIVER THEATRE, CHURCH-STREET.

FOR TIIE BENEFIT OF MR. HOSKINS.
rriHIS pre-sent FRIDAY EVENING, the 17th instant,
will be produced a Romantic Burletta, in three short
Acts,, from the French Opera of Le Lac des Fees, called .
THE MAGIC VEIL;
OH THE FAIRY LAKE.
Issacher.... Mr. Tilbury. 'Lela.... Mrs. Waylett.

A Variety of Dancing and Singing.
In the course of the Evening, a Comic Duet, entitled
JOEY AND MARY ANNE,
By Messrs. J. Hatton and Hoskins, accompanied by the
former on the Violin.
By particular desire, the very laughable interlude of
THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.
Skirts
To conclude with a new version of the celebrated Historical
Drama of
JACK SHEPPARD,
OR THE HOUSEBREAKER OF 1703.
Owen Wood Mr. Tilbury.
Joe Blueskin.. Mr. J. L. Hatton.

Jack Sheppard
Boxes, 3s. ; Pit, 2s. ; Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Half-
past Eight—Boxes. 2s. ; Pit, Is. No Second Price to the
Gallery. Private Boxes, to contain seven persons, to be had
nightly, price LI Is,
Tickets and places to be had of Mr. BREZE, at the Box-
office, from Eleven till Three.
Doors to be open at Half-past Six, performance to com-
mence at Seven precisely.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Our correspondents must exercise patience. The press of
American and other intelligence precludes us from availing
ourselves, in the present publication, of several favours.

ebt tibtrpoot &tanbayb.

FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1840•

By the packet-ship Siddons, Captain Palmer, which
arrived here on 'Wednesday, after a fine passage of
seventeen days, we have received New York papers to
the 28th of December, inclusive. The Siddons was
detained three days beyond the period advertised for
her departure, for the purpose of carrying to England
that long-expected document, the President's message.
The Siddons has brought thirty-five passengers, inclu-
ding Mr, Featherstonhaugh, Lieut. Col. Mudge, and
Tancred, M.P. Shp has also brought forty thou-
sand dollars in specie.

The monetary intelligence from the United States
does not present any novel feature. On the day pre-
vious to the departure of the Siddons sales of stocks
were made to a moderate extent, but at a reduction on
the rates. Very little was done in foreign exchanges.
A few good bills on London were sold at S Domes-
tic exchanges u ere rather dull, and, in some instances,
a shade lower. United States Bank shares were
quoted at New York at 77, and at Philadelphia at 82
cash. Money was very scarce at New York, and the
brokersdeclined to buy excepting at an advanced rate
of discount. In merchandise every thing was dull,
owing, probably, to the combined effect of inclement
weather and the holydays. Cotton was the only article
which a tolerable business was effected. The quo-
tations at New York ranged from 9:1- to.lo cents. At
Mobile cotton was firm, owing to the small stock on
hand, and prices ranged from s to 9 cents.

It is stated that the banks in Boston had united in
offering to the Philadelphia banks such indulgencies
in the time and manner of paying the balances due by
the latter, as would greatly facilitate the resumption of
specie payments in Philadelphia, providing the banks
in that city are otherwise in a condition to redeem their
promises.
Freights to France were brisk at New York. To
• England freights were not quite so good. There was
an unusual scarcity of seamen, and good hands could
command almost any price. At New York men were
shipped at 15, 18, and even 20 dollars per month, with
small stores, and masters found a difficulty in manning
their vessels even at these rates.
The. 'Morning Herald of December 27, states that
intelligence had been received at New York of another
enormous fraud,•equal nearly to ten millions of dol-
lars, having been discovered in one of the Philadelphia-
. banks.' It is said that this fraud was discovered through
fainOus note system. It does not state positively
in what bank this fraud was committed; but mentions
the Girard or the United States as those upon which
tumour had
..fixed. Subsequent 'accounts, however,
throw discredit upon this report.
• ThefeinintrY from New York southward to Norfolk,
• and eastward to Boston, had been subjected to a very
-.heavy snow storm. Between New York and Washing-
.. ton tliefanowlelllo a very great 'depth. In the east,
several losses of lives and vessels had occurred. A
fire had taken place at Utica, which destroyed pro-

party to the amount of 10,000 dollars. Part of the
eiling of St. Joseph's Church, New York, had fallen
in while divine service was going on. The building
was much crowded, and the audience thought that the
whole place was tumbling down. In the general rush
to the door which ensued several were thrown down,
trampled upon, and much injured. Two were not ex-
pected. to survive, the injuries they received having
been:jot a very serious character.
The news from Canada is comparatively unimpor-
tant. The resolutions founded on the propositions

contained in the message of the Governor-General, re-
lative to the union of the provinces, had been brought
before. both houses of the Legislature and passed.
The majority in favour of the union, in the House of
Assembly, was thirteen, and in the Legislative Council,

Oght._

By these resolutions the equal representations

. _
in both provinces, a permanent civil list, and the joint
assumption of the public debt, are severally agreed to

Both provinces appear to be in a state of tranquillity.

In another column we have given an abstract of the
long-expected Message of the President to the Con-
gress of the United States. The document itself is
unusually long, prosy, and dull ; and expatiates with
great prolixity on almost every topic that possesses the
least-interest in the Union. The principal part of the
Message is devoted to the currency and sub-treasury
system. The President denounces the late suspension
Of .specie payments, and is very severe in his animad-
versions on the conduct of the 'banks. He looks to
the' several state legislatures for the correction of the
evil -of inundating the country with the depreciated
paper of the state banks. He very strongly urges the
citizens to cease running into debt, as the only means
of
.avoiding embarrassment and a bad name in future. '
He.says very little about the runaway sub-treasurers,
thatiwing -considered a very delicate subject, especially
when viewed in connexion with his positive declaration
that he will not allow the public money to be kept in
anyl)ank. whatever. He considers it, we presume, to
be' much safer for a private individual to trade with the
money, than for it to be deposited in the banks. He
seems determined to carry out a system of rigid eco-
nomy in the public expenditure. Through Mr. Woo-
dbury's excellent financial arrangements, he says, the
expenditure for the past year has only amounted to
26,000,000 dollars, or about 6,000,000 less than the
year before ; and he only asks for 20,000,000 dollars
for the next year.

The New York Morning Herald says that the Presi-
dent's expressed determination to put down the slave
tri4, and the whole of " his gingerly remarks upon
the subject, form about the most consummate piece
of hypocrisy" that was ever read. This is but a sorry
compliment to the first officer in the executive : but
we guess that Mr. Bennett is in the right.
. . .

The allusions in the Message to the foreign relations
of;lhe United States afford Mr. President much scope
for self-glorification. He says that Texas is on the
most friendly terms, and that he expects Mexico will
pay up her debts in a very short time. The Grand
Turk is anxious to cultivate Mr. President's friendship,
and the King of Holland has paid up an old debt of
thirty-nine years' standing. With all the other states,
empires, kingdoms, principalities, and republics of the
Old and New World, the most perfect amity has been
preserved.
On the Maine boundary question, the President
speaks with .considerable. sophistry. He plainly inti-
mates that the exploration ostensibly agreed to by the
United States will be a fruitless affair, and that no
agreement will be come to on the subject of the dis-
puted territory unless America is permitted to dictate
the terms. His remarks on the Canadian troubles
betraY his sympathy with the brigands and robbers of
the border.

'The whole tendency of the Message, according to
the Morning Herald, will be to continue the great cri-
sis in the currency of the country, which is gradually
r4/4cing the value of everything to a low specie stan-
diird, ,This'policy, it is said, " will, in time, lead to a
de'ci4ed political revolution; but whether it will be
ripe-enough--to defeat Mr. Van Buren's re-election
next year, is questionable."