The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-01 00:00:00

NEW ASSIZE COUVS, &c.
THE Committee of the New Coupe's of Law have, with the
approbation of the Town Cou Gil, directed the PLANS,
ELEVATIONS, &c., of the itended COURTS, which
combine ST. GEORGE'S HA to he placed iii the Grand
Jury Room, in the Sessio ouse, for PUBLIC VIEW,
from Ten until Four, each d , until June the sth.—Entrance
from Chapel-street.

LIVERPOOL REGISTRY-BOOK OF SMITING.
AT a MEETING of the COMMITTEE eld on the
1-1- 28th ultimo, in the Underwriters' C mittee-room,
Mr. JABEZ BAYLEY was appointed S ye • for the Society,
and authorised to commence Surveys e Liverpool Book.
N.B.—Shipowners wishing to have their vessels surveyed
are requested to apply to Mr. COURT, Honorary Secretary,
Underwriters' Rooms.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a MEETING will
..L be held, at the TOWN-HALL, in ST ELEN'S on
WEDNESDAY, the 9th day of June next, Eleven o'clock
in the Forenoon, of Persons interests the Establishment
of a Court for the Recovery of Smal ebts in and near the
Town of St. Helen's, to take into consideration a Bill now
depending in Parliament for the more easy and speedy Re-
covery of Small Debts, within the Towns of St. Helen's and
Prescot, and places adjacent, in the county palatine of Lan-
caster. Dated this Sth day of May, 1841.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.
IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SEECIAL
J- GENERAL MEETING of the Proprie •s of this
Company will be held on TUESDAY, the Bt. lay of June
next, at One o'clock precisely, at the Co .any 's Station,
High-street, Shoreditch, Loudon, to aut .s. ise the Directors
of the Company to raise by Loan th urn of £lOO,OOO,
under the powers of an Act passed in the present Session of
Parliament, enabling the Company to raise that Sum ; and
to authorise the Directors to issue such Debentures, Bonds,
or other securities for the Monies so to be raised, as they
shall think fit.—Dated this 25th day of May, 1841.
HENRY BOSANQUET, Chairman.
THEODORE W. RATHBONE,
Deputy Chairman.

FOREIGN INT.ELLIGENCE.

UNITED STATES.

By the Si. James, Captain Tebor, which arrived at Ply-
mouth on Friday, we have received accounts from New
York, to the 4th instant, being two days later than those

previously received.
The New York papers state that the money market is in
an improved condition, the banks being more willing to dis-
count, while their deposits were increasing. Exchange upon
England was heavy at 74 per cent. With respect to the
United States Bank, it was stated in some quarters that the
documents appointing the trusteeship were being prepared at
Philadelphia. One, it is said, was intended to secure the
Philadelphia city banks, that hold 5,000,000 dollars in post
notes ; the other notes were designed for the benefit of the
circulation and the deposits. The real estate stocks, &c.,
were expected to be made over to the trustees, who would
proceed to liquidate the circulation and the deposits as soon
as possible. At New York the shares were quoted 17 dol-
lars. M`Leod had been removed from Lockport by habeas
corpus, and was expected to arrive in New York on the
evening of the 3d, where he would remain in confinement
till his case had passed before the Supreme Court of the
State. If his discharge was not then made, an early trial
would take place, but it appeared: to be thought that he
would be liberated when brought before the Supreme Court.
By the Cornelia, transient ship. Capt. French, arrived
at a late hour last night, we have received New York papers
to the 7th instant, for which we are indebted to the indefa-
tigable correspondent of the London Shipping and Mei,
cantile Gazette. The papers do not contain much informa-
tion of general interest. A meeting of the shareholders in
the United States Bank was held on the 4th instant, when it
was determined that the bank, and its agencies in the country,
should no longer be maintained than was necessary for the
interest of the institution. It being understood that a por-
tion of the assets had been assigned to trustees for the ulti-
mate security of the liabilities of the bank, it was resolved
that such an assignment was in derogation of the authority
of the stockholders, and therefore not !approved by them.
The directors were also instructed to apply to the legislature
to alter the name, and reduce the capital of the hank.
Money was becoming more abundant in the city. The
banks find it difficult to get as much paper under ninety days
as they want, and it was not difficult to negociate good paper

at 7 per cent.
At Philadelphia there wa4no greatichange in the market
or in business generally.
The only other article of interest, is the following fi om the
New York Commercial Advertiser of the 4th instant.
REMOVAL or I\l`LEOD.—The arrival of this gentleman in
our city—this teterrima causa belli—yesterday, took us all
somewhat by surprise, and even now the exact purpose, the
absolute how and why of the matter, are not very clearly
ascertained. There is to be a motion for habeas corpus
argued before the Supreme Court on Thursday, bnt by
whom it is applied for, and with what object, we are not as
yet informed. On Thursday, perhaps, we shall know all
about it. Our wonder in the matter is that the application
was not made long ago to the Supreme Court of the United.
States, where the whole question could be argued and settled
at once.
The Rochester Democrat gives the annexed account of the
remaval .—On Thursday evening the Lockport coach brought
to this city the famous Alexander M`Leod, in custody of the
sheriff of Niagara county, on his way to the city of New
York, on a writ of habeas corpus, issued by the Supreme
Court, to bring him before it during its May term in that
city. He was lodged in jail until the time for the packet to
leave for the east next morning. when he was brought on
board and took his departure.
We suppose an attempt will be made by his counsel to
have him discharged, on the ground that if guilty of partici-
pating in the destruction of human life and American pro-
perty on board the Caroline, he was acting under the orders
of his superior officers. If that fails, they will probably en-
deavour to have his trial take place in some part of the
state where it can be got along with in the absence of as
many witnesses as possible, under the absurd plea that there
is too strong a prejudice or too much excitement against him
in western New York to give him a fair trial.
The New York Herald, of the sth, states that it was ru-
moured and credited that M`Leod had been liberated from
Lockport jail, at the instance of a state officer.
The Cornelia is consigned to Messrs. Waddington, Holt,
and Co., and is the finest specimen of American naval archi-
tecture afloat.