The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-12 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

ERRATUM.—In the advertisement from the Highway Board,
inserted last week, for Welsh square-set paving-stones,
the length should have been from four to twelve inches,
instead of from four to five inches.

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TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 12, 1840.

By the packet-ship Sheffield, Captain Allen, we have
received New York papers to the 13th ultimo, inclu-
sive, and Canada papers to the 9th. The packet-ship
Eurofe, Captain Marshall, which left the city in com-
pany with the Sheffield, also arrived here on Sunday,
bringing duplicate files of the papers. The latest news
from Liverpool at New York was to the 20th of March.
In consequence pf the advices by that arrival a con-
siderable degree of activity had subsequently prevailed
among the shipping interests, and high rates of freights
to the EngliSh ports were readily obtained.
From the city article of the Daily Express, of April
13, we learn that there was no new feature in the
money market. The amount of deposits and specie-
in the United States Bank was increasing-:—Tr-viro
calculated that as soon as the canal opened, there'
would be much greater activity 'in the market. There.
was a vast amount of produce to be received, though
it was expected that it would only command low

prices.
We learn from the Washington correspondence of
the Daily Express, that a debate of much interest had
arisen in the House of Representatives, on the 9th
ultimo, on the subject of the North-Eastern boundary.
Mr. Hand submitted a resolution, calling on the Secre-
tary-at-War for a statement of the defences necessary
for the frontier. Mr. Wise offered, as a substitute, to
Call for a general system of defence. In supporting
this motion, Mr. Wise observed, " I am no alarmist.
I have no idea that there is to be a war, but I go for
the necessity of fortifications on the most liberal. scale
for a peace establishment." Mr. Adams, whose opinion
is of much importance, said that not only there was no
danger of a war now, but that there would be none
for many years to come. His reasons Were, briefly,
that the President of the United States designed that.
the nation should not go to war, and that a second
arbitration was very probable.
Accounts from Monte Video had been received at
New 'York to the sth of February. It would seem
that the French had raised the blockade of the ports 10
the province of Corrientes, in consequence of the party
opposed to General Rosas having become predominant-
Rosas himself, however, showed no disposition t°'
yield.
The federal movements in Yucatan were assuming,
it seems, a systematic and organised form. A con'
vention of the citizens had been held at Merida, the
capital of the Province, and steps had been taken
to form a provisional government. A compact had
been drafted and agreed to, the articles of which de-
clared that the peninsula of Yucatan should be a free
and independent state, under the constitution of i 834
that the individuals who held office in 1834 should be
restored to place and power—that all ordinances and
decrees of the Central Government, which conflict with
the laws of 1834, should he repealed—and that all
officers and soldiers who might wish to quit the ser-
vice of the Centralists, should be disbanded and
absolved from their obligation of enlistment.
The news from Canada is unimportant. The Mon'
treal Transcript, of April 9, states that a respectable'.
meeting had becn held in that city for 'the purpose of
promoting emigration to the townships, and to open 0'
communicatiort4between Quebec and that part of the'
Province.
The Peterborough Sentinel asserts that the manne:
in which the 50 members for each province are to be
returned to the United Parliament will be as follows
Each province is to be divided into five electoral divi-
sions, each of which is to be again divided into to'
ridings, each riding to return one member.

Since the above remarks were written, we have re-
ceived an advertisement announcing a meeting of the
Conservatives of Liverpool, on this momentous ques"
tion, to be held at the Amphitheatre to-morrow. We

beg to urge upon our Conservative friends, in the tool'
and neighbourhood, the, importance of their early at"
tendance,at the meeting. It is THE VITAL MEASLI
OF THE SESSION. Should this bill pass, the reign of
fraud and perjury in Ireland, so far as elections 31.°
concerned, will be at an end; and a really reforwed
constituency, not the slaves of a factious and turbu-
lent priesthood, will return to Parliament the best
friends of Ireland—the Supporters of free institution
in Church and State, and the enemies of all degrading'
superstitions. Ireland will then be really represented,.
and an English majority in the House of Cornowns
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will have the support of her independent and
shackled representatives. We repeat, Lord Stanley
bill is the "vital measure of the session, and we trosr•
every good Conservative will be at his post before,
twelve o'clock to-morrow. We understand the Ite''
Hugh 111‘Neile will support one of the resolutions.

By the New York, Captain Barstow, which arrived
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been received from New York to the 20th ultimo, ins
elusive, seven days later than the preceding. We pro-
ceed to give as complete a summary of the news as we
can collect from an imperfect file. We understand
that only one copy of the paper of the 20th reached
Liverpool, and that it was forwarded to London. We
are, therefore, unable to give the latest news.
The papers before us are chiefly occupied with spe-
culations and discussions on the municipal elections
in various parts of the Union. The Whigs appear to
have been defeated in New York, but they are said to
have been victorious in the majority of other places.
Another debate took place in the Senate, on the 14th
ult., on the subject of the North-Eastern Boundary.
It originated in the presentation of a report of a pacific
nature from the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Mr.
Ruggles, of Maine, denounced the report, which he
said was not strong enough. Mr. Buchanan defended
the report, and said that " it reasserted the right of
Maine to the territory in dispute. It contemplated
no abandonment of that right ; but, in view of the
news from England, and the peculiar state of things, it
contemplated a postponement of action until an answer
was received to the recent- correspondence." Mr. Clay
'remarked that " the opinion of the country was against
war," and that " no party but a' criminal party could
be found to defend war." The general tone of the de-
bate was pacific, and in favour of negotiation.
With respect to the money market, the Daily Express
of April 16, states, that a very small amount of notes
were being offered to the banks for discount. Very
little business paper was afloat. Southern exchanges
in the extreme south were getting worse and worse.
Stocks remained tolerably firm ; a slight decline, how-
ever, was experienced in some descriptions.
The Richmond Compiler furnishes an account of an
enormous robbery committed on the Bank of Virginia,
by the first teller of the hank, who had absconded. The
ascertained deficit in his accounts is said to be upwards
of 500,000 dollars. The name of the defaulter is W. B.
Dabney.

A terrible disaster had occurred in Rhode Island,
owing to a tremendous fall of rain on the 13th ul-
timo. The Providence Herald says that the flood on
The Pochasset river had risen to an enormous height,
striking the buildings on its banks about eleven feet
from the surface of the ground, and sweeping many
of Ahem away sixty feet into the channel. Several
houses, stores, a grist mill, and a factory, were carried
away by the impetuosity of the torrent. Upwards of
twenty persons had been drowned. The damage to
property was estimated at 12,000 dollars.
The St. Louis Republican gives some accounts of
fresh disturbances on the part of the Indians on the
North West border.

As on the occasion of every other election in the
United States, the New York papers are filled with ac-
counts of the trickery, bribery, intimidation, and per-
sonation of voters at the recent municipal elections,
thus affording an edifying commentary on the beauti-
ful working of the ballot in that country. The Daily
Express states that a woman voted in one of the wards
of the city. She was dressed up in a bottle green
jacket and light pantaloons. It is added that there
"cannot be a doubt that many other like votes had
been given on the occasion, by the largest liberty peo-
ple.' " Such instances of personation of voters can
scarcely be said to have ever taken place in " merry
England." The ballot humbug is utterly scouted in
New York, as a cloak for every species of fraud.
News from Montevideo to the 26th of February had
been received. It is said that the civil war had termi-
nated. Admiral Dupotet was soon to leave Montevideo
ftir Buenos Ayres, probably to try the effect of a
nearer approach upon the obstinacy of Rosas. Nothing
further had been heard from the several military expe:
ditions, except that Echague and his routed followers
had got back as well as they could to Buenos Ayres.
The French squadron continued to blockade Buenos
Ayres with rigour. The prospect of any accommoda-
tion was as distant as ever.

The Federalists in Yucatan were prosecuting with
vigour their operations against Campeachy. They had
surrounded the town by sea and land, and were push-
ing forward the siege with determined resolution. An
application had been sent for help from the Texian
navy, of which a few vessels were said to be cruising
in the vicinity. The fleet of the Federalists only con-
sisted of three vessels.

We have received a copy of the Halifax (N.S.)
Journal of the 13th of April. It contains very little
ne‘vb, with she exception of-the following extract of a
private letter from Frederickton, dated April 9:—
" Four companies of American artillery arrived at
Holton last week. These companies complete a regi-
ment, a part of which are to march to Fort Fairfield,
and some are expected to move to Lake Tamisquota."
It appears that the conduct of his Excellency the
Governor of Nova Scotia was viewed with the greatest
satisfaction by all classes of the inhabitants. Strong
disapprobation was generally expressed with respect
to the recent vote of censure passed on him by the
House of Assembly.
The Legislature of St. John (N. 8.) had passed the
bill authorising the granting of 300,000 acres of land
to the Colonial Association, under certain conditions of
settlement, to be laid out in blocks of 30,000 acres,
they paying three shillings per acre for the same. It
is stated that a bill had also been passed, imposing a
duty of five shillings and tenpence currency per barrel
on all foreign flour imported from Nova Scotia. This
was considered necessary to counteract a drawback
proposed in the legislature of that province, and power
was given to the Lieut.-Governor to suspend the ope-
ration of the law, in case the measure contemplated in
Nova Scotia should not be adopted.
The House of Assembly of Nova Scotia had adopted
a petition to the Queen, praying for the exemption of
that province from the operations of the act " to pre-
vent ships, clearing out from a British North American
port, loading any part of their cargo of timber upon
deck." The provisions of this act would put an end
to a lucrative portion of the trade of Ninra Scotia—
that of conveying deck loads of light lumber to the
West Indies. It is alleged that this practice is not at-
tended with any danger, as that part of the cargo on
deck can be easily removed in heavy gales. The rigid
enforcement of the act, it is said, would compel the
merchants of Nova Scotia to abandon a great propor-
tion of their vessels, and thus involve them in general
ruin.

Our Whig contemporaries never let an opportunity
pass by of having a fling against the interests of the
Church. A set of empty-headed coxcombs in the
good town of Leicester, desirous, no doubt, of emu-
lating the conduct and achieving the fame of the in-
carcerated cobbler, John Thorogood, have, it appears,
allowed their goods and chattels to be distrained for
non-payment of a church-rate; and the glee of the
anti-church party is mightily raised by the fact, that
the sale was prevented by the riotous and disgraceful
conduct of the pious people of Leicester.
We are not ourselves at all disposed to find fault
with our contemporaries for giving every possible
publicity to the proceedings of the Leicester Liberals,
which are a fair sample of the doings and sayings of
the anti-church party generally on such occasions.
The public will have an opportunity of forming an es-
timate of the character, respectability, and feelings of
that class of persons whose tender consciences prompt
them to exhibit themselves before the world as common
ruffians, rather than pay a legal demand, the application
of which happens to be distasteful to them. The re-
fusal of voluntary obedience to the law is most appro-
priately followed by an attempt to impede its execution;
and we dare say that if any of the very respectable per-
sons who figured in the demonstration at Leicester
should hereafter be made to display their energies
upon a treadmill—which would be only the proper re-
ward for their violent conduct—he or they would im-
mediately be raised by the faction to. a distinguished
position amongst the persecuted martyrs of sec-
tarianism.

We quote from the Leicestershire Mercury—a Whig-.
Radical journal—the following graphic description of
the proceedings to which we have alluded, and upon.
which our contemporaries are so highly elated. An.
individual present at the auction had bought, it appears,
a tea-kettle, and the ire of the assembled saints was so
awfully manifested, that " the police-superintendent,
perceiving that Coltman"—the individual in question
was in imminent danger of the vengeance of those
around him, attempted to pull him on the table on
Which he himself was standing; but Coltman was
forcibly held back. in this position, while clinging

almost convulsively to the hand of the superintendent,
the expression of his countenance was ludicrously wo-
ful. The attempt to save him, however, was in vain,
for a rush was made to the place, and amidst the storm
of hisses and yells, cries of take him out,' and the
cracking of the table, this myrthidon of the high church
faction was dragged away, arid would doubtless have
had summary punishment inflicted upon him, but for
the immediate aid of five policeman, who rescued him,
though not without considerable resistance, and got
him out of the ball; the hind part of a long coat which
he had on having been torn off just below the shoulders.
The loss of the culprit, however, did not quiet the
meeting, which was now one scene of general con-
fusion, varied by exclamations of Adjourn to Martin's
Church;' Robert Owen is coming;' the Church is in
danger ;" the Bishop's himself again;' Jack, give us
a comic song;' Jump Jim Crow;' The Church will
tumble ;" Hold your noise ; he's going to pay his
poor-rates;' Where's the mitre for Bishop Bonner ?'
6 The tea-kettle will do to boil the sacramental wine in ;'
&c."

These are the pious and saintly people whose
consciences and principles are so delicate upon the sub-
ject of church-rates ! From this class of orderly and
well-behaved persons are selected your anti-church-rate
martyrs ! We do know how easily the world is gulled
and misled; yet we cannot but think that if our con-
temporaries will be at sufficient pains to herald to the
public, whenever they take place, such proceedings as
the above, we shall arrive in time at a just notion of
the motives and respectability of the party whose con-
duct presents such a contrast to their disgusting pre-
tences.

We have endeavoured, and we trust with success, to
expose to our readers the factious spirit which actuates
the ministerial party in their opposition to the passing
of Lord Stanley's Registration Bill. The usual wea-
pons of that party, " enormous lying" and misrepre-
sentations of every kind, have been brought freely into
requisition ; but we have never been met with an at-
tempt to discuss the question upon its merits. We
have had declamation, abuse, and threats, but not one
word directed against the leading principles upon which
the bill is founded. _ _ _

It has never, until of late, been ascertained that there
was anything very excellent in the present system. We
know that in 1835 it was broadly denounced by the
whig ministry, and by O'Connell himself, as corrupt
and injurious. From whence has the new light sprung
which renders the contemplation of its reform a thing
so dreaded by Whig-radicalism ? We ask in vain for
an answer. The frothy declaimers who rant in public,
and the venal pack who spurt their venom against its
author and supporters in the columns of the press, will
not or cannot frame a satisfactory reason for the shift-
ing of the thimbles. The bill of Lord Stanley pleases
not the tyrant ruler of Lord Melbourne's ministry, and
that, in the opinion of these gentlemen, is conclusive.

We must, however, remind our readers of the fact,
that the principles of the measure so furiously de-
nounced are precisely those which were contained in the
measure of the Irish government of 1835, and further,
that a great portion of the machinery of the measure is
the same. There is scarcely a clause in Lord Stanley's
bill which is not adopted word for word from some of
those sham attempts at a reform of 'the system which
have been from time to time made and abandoned by
the members, of the present Whig administration.
With what decency, then, can a House of Commons
or a government refuse to commit a bill the preamble
and the principle of which they have already admitted ?
On what ground but that of reckless and unprincipled
faction can parliament refuse to consider the details of
such a measure ? We will endeavour to unravel this
strange web of trickery, and lay bare the real motives
which induce the desperate opposition of ministers and
their cormorant hangers-on to the passing of the

produce it; but we are really under no fear that a man
possessed of a bona fide right to vote will not find per-
sons ready and willing to assist him in establishing
such a right. We are told, however, that the furnishing
of these little particulars will be excessively troublesome,
and that the infliction of a penalty for making and
failing to establish an unfounded claim is perfectly
shocking. To the former objection we reply, that any-
thing of mere detail, which this is, can be amended in
committee, and to the latter, that the infliction of the
penalty is optionaj, and that the power is only intended
to be used in cases of gross, imposition. We wonder
that it has never entered into the heids of those who
have brought this feature of the bill so prominently
forward, to inform the public that the same penalty is
provided for those who make a groundless objection to
the right of a voter. Perhaps that would be a delicate
point for some of our liberal reforming gentlemen to
touch upon.

It may for a time suit the purposes of faction to en-
deavour, by clamour out of doors, by misrepresentation
and scurrility, to defeat a measure which its opponents
cannot meet with argument and with the truth. It
may raise a little temporary excitement to declaim
against such a measure as one intended to limit the
franchise and destroy the liberties of Ireland; but the
impression will he short-lived, and the public mind will
at length be disabused. The position of the ministerial
party is a false one, destructive of the little reputation
which is left to them; and the greater the success with
which they may be able for a time to maintain it the
more decisive will be their final and certain fall. The
people of England are not deceived, and will not be de-
ceived, upon this question. Misrepresentation, slander,
and scurrility may answer for a while, but "THE
TRUTH IS GREAT AND WILL PREVAIL."

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

CHELTENHAM AND GREAT WESTERN UNION

RAILWAY.

Thursday se'nnight the half-yearly meeting of this com-
pany was held at Cirencester, W. H. Hyett, Esq., in the
chair. The principal subjects of the report were the agree-
anent of the company with the Birmingham and Gloucester,
relative to the part between Cheltenham and Gloucester.
If the Oheltenham and Great Western Company finish this
part by June 24, the Birmingham and Gloucester may have
half its profits by payment of half the cost and interest. If
the company fail to complete it by the time, the other com-
pany may do it; and a repayment of the half cost and inte-
rest, together with the completion of the entire line between
Swindon and Gloucester by June 1845, will put the Chelten-
ham and Great Western Union Company again in possession
of their rights, as will also the failure of the Birmingham
and Gloucester Company to complete within the same t►me
the line between Birmingham and Cheltenham. The former
company seem to think it best to allow the Birmingham and
Gloucester to take on themselves to finish this part. With
respect to leasing the line between Cirencester and Swindon,
the report recommends the proprietors to accept of the Great
Western proposals, that is £17,000 a-year for seven years,
as it would afford a certain income, and avoid a large outlay
for carriages, locomotives, &c. Both the directors' and
engineer's reports gave great satisfaction, and the meeting
was anything but of the unpleasant character of the last. Mr.
Price attributed their late difficulties to the money market,
and deprecated any interference with the directors' arrange-
ment with the Great Western Company. Mr. James Bowly
had been a dissentient from the course of the directors, but
now admitted they were right. Mr. Brown did not think
the £17,000 a year enough; but to save the outlay, he con-
curred in the proposition. Mr. Warner would not oppose
the leasing, but he expected it would have produced 7 per
cent. instead of 4-i. Mr. Sutton complained of having been
proceeded against for his arrears of calls; but on the expla-
nation of Mr. Cripps and others, the meeting thought he had
no ground of complaint. Mr. Bright proposed the re-elec-
tion of the retiring directors, which was afterwards carried
unanimously, and said the late discussion had done good,
as it had brought to light the excellence of the directors'
management. Mr. Richard Mullings, in seconding the re-
solution, observed, that he was sorry for his warmth against
the directors at the last meeting, and was now qulte willing
to leave the management in their hands.
This meeting was one of a highly gratifying nature ; good
will and harmony prevailed throughout, to which we might
not inaptly apply the old latin adage :--
`• Amantium irae amoris integratio est."

The further opening of the Midland Counties' railway from
Nottingham and Derby to Leicester took place on Tuesday
last. From Leicester to the point of junction with the Lon-
don and Birmingham line at Rugby, the works are proceeding
with great vigour, and will be completed early in the summer.
The stock of the company, which some time ago was greatly
depressed, now approaches par.—Railway Times.

Upon no railway has the progressive increase of traffic been
more noticeable than upon the London and Birmingham line.
It will be seen from our " Returns " thatthe traffic last week
produced upwards of £15,000, which is an increase of nearly
40 per cent. upon the receipts for the corresponding week of
last year. Of course the partial opening of the North Mid-
land line which takes place on Monday, and its opening
throughout, which will not be long delyed, must add mate-
rially to this company's revenue. Oue day this week no
fewer than 86 carriages reached the Euston station in four
successive trains, and such are the admirable arrangements
of the company, that in ten minutes from the coming up of
the heaviest of these, the arrival platform was as clear of pas-
sengers and luggage as if no train had reached the station that
day.—Railway Times.

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Liverp. and Manch.
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Newcast. & Carlisle
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Birmg. & Derby
Manchester &Leeds
Croydon
York & N. Midland
Midland Counties
Glasgow & Ayr..
Eastern Counties

INQUEST.—On Saturday, an inquisition was held before
Mr. Currie, regarding the death of Richard Davies, a joiner,
in the employment of Messrs. Holme, of Seel-street. The de-
ceased and several other workmen were employed in altering the
front part of a house in Great Charlotte-street, on Wednesday
last, in order to make it into a shop. A solid iron pillar
had to he placed upright in the window to support the wooden
cross-beam, and while it was being taken out of a cart by
deceased and others, the deceased slipped and fell, and the
pillar fell upon his chest. He was so much injured that
though be received every possible assistance, he died on the
following morning. Verdict—" Accidental Death."

THEATRE ROYAL.—Mrs. Honey, the popular actress,
commenced an engagement at the Theatre Royal last even-
ing ; and, from the announcements in the sdvertisements,
we perceive that, during the progress of the season, a host of
the very first talent of the day will appear. This is very cre-
ditable to the spirit and taste of the management, and we
hope the public will not fail to appreciate the efforts thus
made for their amusement.

NEW GLOVES FOR OLD ONES!—Those ladies and gen-
gentlemen who may wish to make such an, advantageous ex-
change, are recommended to call upon Mrs. B. Lomax, the
agent for Messrs. L. Rateau and Co.—See Advt.
MECHANICS' INSTITUTION.—We are informed that the
Earl of Sefton and Sir Robert Peel have most kindly con-
sented to lend some valuable paintings for the exhibition,
which is to be held in this institution during the next Mid-
summer holydays. By the advertisement in another column,
it appeals that tradesmen may send articles on sale to the
exhibition.

CHESTER THEATRE.—We understand that Mr. Alexander
Lee and Mrs. Waylett have taken the theatre at Chester for
a term of three years. They have had overflowing houses
during the race week.
It is not always the clearest looking water that is the
purest. This should be remembered ; and there cannot be a
greater safeguard than the use, in all cases, of one of Robins's
Filters, thus preventing the possibility of any earthy or
metallic deposit.—See advt.
THE WARRINGTON REGATTA.—This event is appointed
to come off on Monday, the first of June, and a prize, con-
sisting of a silver cup, value £lO, is to be contended for, by
gentlemen amateurs of the town of Warrington, in four oar
wherries. To this have been added two prizes for sailing
boats, and four others of a minor description. If the wea-
ther proves fine, a good day's sport and harmless recreation
may be anticipated.
THE WEATHER.—After an unusual length of dry and
warm weather, for the season, a change took place in this
neighbourhood on Saturday, and several showers fell in the
afternoon. On Sunday it rained rather heavily throughout
the day ; but such was the previous drought that all was
welcome. The weather yesterday was cloudy, portending
further downfall, which would still be beneficial. The tem-
perature meantime is cool, and all that can now be desired
is occasional sunshine. The country never presented a
more beautiful or more promising appearance. The flush of
vegetation is altogether unusual at so early a period of the
year ; all is verdure in the fields and woods, and.blossoms
in the gardens. The crops are in a most healthy condition;
the grass luxuriant, and the general promise is that of an
abundant reward to the husbandman and the horticulturist.
The effect of the fine weather has already been felt, it will be
found in our corn market.
CAUTION TO THE BENEVOLENT.—SeveraI of the pa-
thetic family of impostors are " on the town " at present.
One of them is a little ferrety-eyed man, representing him-
self as a navy or African coast surgeon ! He produces as
vouchers a parcel of papers disfigured with dirt. He has
dirty red wiry hair, debauched features, and speaks a Scotch
Cockney dialect. Another fellow disguised as a sailor—blue
jacket, brown trousers, mad cunning-looking black whiskers,
and who looks out of the sides of his eyes—is another " man
about town." He professes to take the rising generation
of cigar-smoking young men in. It is a thousand pities if
some spirited young men whom this fellow accosts do not
purchase something of the knave, and thereafter hand him
over to the moralising influence of the police. Such fellows
trade on the false feeling of gentlemen who virtually encou-
rage swindling, by a disinclination to appear against petty
rascals.
NOVEL SIGN.—The following is a beer-house sign at
Limpley Stoke :—" John Allen, Licensed to sell Beer by
Retail, and Tobacco to be drunk on the premises."
When is a man thinner than a lath ? When he is
a-shaving.
PRINCE ALBERT.—In the lull of political hubbub, it is
pleasant to hear daily proofs of the excellent taste displayed
by the Queen in her choice of a husband. The good heart
and kind disposition of Prince Albert are spoken of by every
body. A late instance has come to my knowledge. The
maid of honour in waiting was engaged lately in reading to
her majesty, after breakfast, according to the established
custom. The young lady, in conformity with the etiquette
of the court, remained standing while she read, and some
time before she bad finished, Prince Albert entered the room.
His royal highness did not take a seat, and on being asked
by the Queen to do so, he replied that he could not think of
sitting while a lady was standing ; and actually declined to
take a chair till the maid of honour had finished her duty and
retired. This sort of amiable and gentlemanlike feeling de-
serves to be made public.—Correspondent of the Glasgow
Constitutional.