The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-25 00:00:00

Young, and Co.) UNSALE-ABLE.

STOP PRESS !—ERRATUM.—For W. S. Wodin's
"Soirees Contiques," read Charlie Wood's "Minis-

tore Conziquc

MOTTO.

Ex quovis `LIGNO,' non fit Concel-
ALP.

larius (of Exchequer).
MOTTO—for Sir J. Graham—by 111Azzim.-
6, I ()/) manet."—John Bull.

,itera scripta—

LOUIS NAPOLEON'S MARRIAGE is another, and
a very striking, instance of the impenetrable secrecy
and uncontrollable wilfulness with which Louis
Napoleon forms and acts upon his own propensities
and resolutions. No doubt, all the ordinary consi-
derations of policy, decorum, personal dignity, and
usage might be urged, and have been urged, against
this marriage. All the Ministers remonstrated;
several of them resigned in consternation, when
they thought of the ridicule and contempt with
which such an alliance would be spoken of in the
salons of Paris and the Courts of Europe. Louis
Napoleon heard what they had to say, refused to
accept their resignations, and confirmed his deci-
sion by ordering M. Fould to make the formal
demand of the young lady's band. We are not
disposed to take an unfavourable view of this deci-
sion ; but it is impossible not to see that a State in
which such events are possible is governed by
coups de tete, and that any other sudden caprice of
desire, resentment, or ambition, which should get
possession of the Imperial mind, would be gratified
with the same disregard to all existing modes of
opposition. In short, a man who acts thus is not
only absolutely without control, but he takes a
certain pride in demonstrating that neither the
advice of his Ministers nor the motives by which
men are commonly affected have any power at all
over one of his decisions. The course of conduct
to be pursued by such a man is wholly beyond the
reach of foresight and of argument. It is impossi-
ble to affirm with certainty that there is anything
he will not undertake; it is difficult to be prepared
for those things on which he is secretly intent.—
Times.

THE GREAT EMPEROR AND THE LITTLE GOD.
—Napoleon 111. has met with his match at last.
The Eagle has dropped his thunderbolt, and has
been metamorphosed into a turtle-dove. Jilted by
the Princess Vasa,—snubbed, if report speaks true,
by one or two ladies of right royal descent,—the
nen emperor has determined, since he cannot gratify
his ambition, to please at least his fancy. While
our readers are perusing these lines, his Majesty is
making to the Senate, the Legislative body, and the
Council of State, the blushing confessions of a heart
irresistibly smitten. Those bodies, we dare say,
little suspected, when called into existence by the
will of the dictator, that they should ever be sum-
moned to the Tuileries for affaires de cceur. How-
ever, so it is. The gaoler of France is himself the
captive of a Spanish maiden with coal-black eyes,
and Mademoiselle De Montijo is destined to share
the imperial throne. Were it not for the proverbial
caprice of the mischievous little god who has van-
quished the conqueror of the barricades, we should
feel disposed to wonder at the precipitation with
which the illustrious heir of the great Emperor has
determined to condescend to fellowship with mortals
of common flesh and blood. Although his chance
among the princely houses of Europe may have been
but small, the possibilities of contracting a dynastic
alliance were by no means exhausted. The imperial
family of Soulouque might surely have furnished
a princess of suitable years and accomplishments,
and congenial tastes; or, in default of a Haytian
beauty, Queen Pomare might have ,supplied from
among her relatives one of those Otaheitian Houris,
celebrated for their expertness in swimming and in
the art of love; and considering that "L'Empire
c'est la Paix," there would have been a singular
appropriateness in selecting an Empress of "Pacific"
origin. Besides, there was another and a most
brilliant chance open to the fresh-dubbed Majesty
of France. We have not heard that, except on the
boards of New York, the immortal Lola has formed
any fresh engagement; and considering the nature
of the alliance between the Countess of Landsfeldt
and one of the most ancient princely houses of Ger-
many, a more suitable consort could hardly have
been found for a Potentate who is the very imper-
sonation of antagonism to the principle of legitimacy.
—John Bull.

AMERICAN STATISTICS.—During the past year 299,504
aliens arrived at New York, of which number 117,537
were from Ireland, and 118,126 from Germany. In 1851
the excess of Irish over the Germans was 93,373. The
German immigration had increased by 48,248 persons over
the previous year, Whilst the Irish had decreased 45,719.
The German immigrants were of the poorest class. The
immigration from England was 31,275, showing an increase
of upwards of 3,000 on the previous year. The immigra-
tion from France and Switzerland had increased twenty-
five per cent. The number of British vessels which
arrived at New York was, 49 steam-boats, 84 ships, 252
barques, 407 brigs, and 22 schooners. These numbers of
course include vessels belonging to the British possessions.
POPULATION OF THE CANADAS.—The recent Cana-
dian census returns, for 1852, state that the population of
Lower Canada, which, in 1827, was 471,876, has nearly
doubled during the subsequent twenty-five years, and
numbers at the present time 890,261 souls ; while that of
Upper Canada, which, in 1842, was 486,055, has also
nearly doubled, and now amounts to 952,004 ; of these
there are natives of

England and Wales
Scotland

Lower Canada. Upper Canada. Total.
... 11,230 82,699 93,929
14,565 75,811 90,367

Ireland
Canada, French origin 669,528 26,417 695,945
Canada, not of French origin 125,580 526,093 651,673
United States
Other countries

Total 900,260 p 52,004 116421276