The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-02 00:00:00

A NEW YORK EDITOR.

The following exculpatory and rhapsodical remarks ap-
pear in the shape of a leading article in the New York
Herald of the .6th of July :
•

The Herald was in pi on Saturday. I myself am in pi to- '
day. I have been dissipating—partaking and committing sin. '
Yet I did not commit half so much sin as I had intended. The
Herald readers must therefore expect nothing extraordinary—
nothing amusing—nothing severe—nothing lively—nothing cut-
ting to-day. I was frolickiug on the 4rh of July like any Irish-
man, and 1 have got a wretched headache. There is one com-
fort in the thought that lam not alone in my glory—l was not
the only man who had a headache on waking up on yesterday
morning. Nine-tenths of all the Irish natives in New York
—men and women—have been blessed with the like headaches,
with this difference—whisky caused it in them—but Rhenish
produced it in me.
The principal consolation I have under the agonies of a 4th
of July headache, is smelling a very pretty rose a young lady
gave me, just as re sun was going down the hills of New Jer-
sey. It won't do for editors to be democrats and drink whisky, •
or aristocrats and drink Rhenish—that's flat. They must not
enter into' temptation. I have been a great sinner for the last
week, but I shall join the Universalist Church, and get rid of
all chancery proceedings hereafter.
This Fourth of July has surpassed any one I ever saw in the
United Sates, and I have seen fifteen at least. New .York was
never so crowded—and yet two thirds were Irish, Swiss, Ger-
man, English, and a few Scotch; the latter generally'care more
for pot luck than for patriotism, among whom I rank as one of,
the biggest hypocrites, though like Mr. Van Buren or any other
politician, I can be a vociferous patriot when any thing can be
made by it. More booths—more eating—more drinking—more
quarrelling—more sinning—more foolery last Monday than any
such day since 1815.
I went to Broadway in an omnibus, and was caught in Wash-
ington-square, by an an old Tammany leader, while I was sur-
veying the beautiful praportions of the University, and counting
over my fingers the long list of Professors, happily nut plagued
with pupils or students. The big black clouds began to rain.
He invited me into his house till the shower passed over. There
we discussed public affairs—elected Van Buren—sent Harrison
Lome—knocked up Clay, Calhoun and Webster—fired into the
whigs and acknowledged the independence of Texas. The
shower continued. The thunder rolled. King Louis Pbillipe's
splendid frigate fired a salute, when lo and behold! not a fort
or ship in New York could return the compliment. All the sol-
diers, marines, every thing in shape of a U.S. bailee is drafted
for the Seminole campaign, and no one could return a gun.
However we were not left altogether in the lurch. About the
roper hour the dark clouds came careering from New Jersey.
en directly over the magnificent Hudson, they poured. forth
a lley of splendid thunder and lightning. " God Almighty,"
sa a good man, " came to our aid, and actually sent his artil-
lery from Heaven to return the salute of the French King's
Frwate." Really it would appear as if it had been so.
I never heard thunder that I liked so well, or saw lightning
that glanced so magnificently. But, when the rain came, alas !
for the poor Irish girls, how they ran into every entry for
shelter! Some flung their kerchiefs over their light 'hair,
others run into omnibusses, others squatted down under the
trees. There is something quite amusing to see flocks of girls
caught in the rain. So it is if you throw a cracker among
them. It is rather a wicked taste, but I like to see the girls,
especially if they are pretty, get into a dilemma. "Oh !" said
a country fellow, "I likes to pee the gals well scared." The
chap has taste. " I likes it too," to use his own ianguage.
In the afternoon, I went down to New Brighton. It is the
most quiet, gentlemanlike, elegant, charming, retreat in the
neighbourhood of New York. It was here that I committed
sin over some delicious Rhenish and Hock, whose excellence
would, in a warm day, have led astray St. John the Baptist, or
any other Nazarine of the tribe of Judah.
The trip to New Brighton is performed in half an hour. We
passed the French frigate. ;What a splendid appearance this
vessel made! She was decorated with the flags of all nations,
rued, if lam not mistaken, the Texian star was there. Several
steam boats, crowded with people, were coursing round 'the
frigate, firing off guns, and cheering to the top of their lungs.
On landing at New Brighton, I passed through the saloon,
up the stairway to Belmount House. This is a beautiful hotel,
fitted up by Milford, who hung out the national banner of
twenty-six stripes from his house in Broadway, while Boyden,
our favourite of the Astor, did not hang out a rag, either red or
blue, not even a petticoat or chemise as is his wont, from his
tipper windows to dry. On this very account, his cooks, boots,
and porters were ashamed of him; for it is said, when the grand
national salute was fired, they mustered an old pair of red
breeches, tied them to a spit, which they hung out in honour of
the day, till it was soaked with rain.
This is a digression. Now for the dinner at the Belmont
House. 'Twas admirable, but good dinners and excellent
wines cannot be written about. You can only eat, drink, and
swear at the headache all next day. If I were not catering for
the Herald, I should be a heavy sinner. The Herald, like a
guardian angel, keeps me out of" harm's way. The world, the
flesh, the devil, have no chance with it.
The piazza of the Belmont House is a charming place to
smoke a good cigar, but he who chews ought to be kicked out of
it. Standing tip there—feeling big, as a man always does after
dinner—you can cast your eyes around you and see the ocean,
the river, the steamers, the vessels, and the tall spires of New
York mixing as it were with the shadowy confines of eternity.
The man who designed the retreats of New Brighton must
have had a poetic mind. He will also make money out of the
conception. Pennies and poetry always go together now-a-
days. A genius for any thing is as good as a patrimony of
100,000 dollars. I would not sell my power of paragraphing
for all the Courier and Enquirer can make or ever will make—
not even his seventy-eight shares in the Colorado (Texas) Land
Company to boot.
The sea shore around New Brighton is delicious—the hills
and hollows equally so. Col. Webb, James Campbell the sur-
rogate, the grandfather of the party, and a few other distinguish-
ed personages, go'about saying " Bennett is a d—d scoundrel"
" Bennett is a d—d scoundrel," but I can assure them and all
the Van Buren men that this " d—d scoundrel" run about the
I" burn and braes," the sea shore, and hill sides of New
Brighton, last Monday afternoon, just as wild, as innocent, as
playful as a schoobo_y. I was no " d—d scoundrel" on that day
I felt pretty sure. I had only a little Ithentsh and fun about
New Brighton is a most delicious place. Before I went
there I expected a mere blank.' It was just the reverse—all
pleasure, fun, frolic, good companionship—sweet roses, purling
streamlets, excellent cookery, fine skies, delicious wines, and
no blackguards.
Such was my last 4th of July; I have seen fifteen, and have
fifty more to see—for I mean to be a patriot, and die-if possible
on the 4th of July, 188 G.
N.B.—General Jackson had a presentment of dying on last
Monday. The old hero says—" The end of June never comes
but I feel as if I was going to die on the 4th of July," and die
be will on the 4th, but not till the seminoles are settled.

TRADE, COMMERCE, &c.

RUSSIAN IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.—ST. PETERSBURG, AUG.
10.—In the course of the year 1835 the value of goods imported
inta,,Russia was 244,857,044 rubles, being 5,01`2,217 rubles less
thatfin 1834. The value of the exports in the same year was
237,640,246 rubles, being 4,777,827 rubles less than in 1834.
The receipt of the customs was 79,000,000 rubles being 2,000,000
less than in 1831.—Journal de St. Petersburg, Aug. 11.
We call the attention of our commercio-maritime readers to
the following extract from a Quebec paper. It is disgraceful
to the shipowners of Great Britain that they should labour un-
derthe slur of not properly providing for their emigrant pas-
sengers; and more, that the official transactions of our colonies
should be enable to record this disgrace. It is hard enough
that Englishmen should .be compelled to seek a refuge from
misfortune and poverty in-our distant colonies, without being
subjected to unnecessary privations by the misconduct of an
avaricious shipowner:—
" The Inspecting Physician at Grosse Isle has. reported the
following instances .of gross neglect on board the ships Celia
and Kingston, passenger vessels, from Liverpool:—
" "rhe water casks of each were of so bad a quality,. having.,
pine heads and being otherwise insufficient, that a great, portion
of the water leaked out, and the passengers suffered the greatest
inconvenience. In the first-named vessel, with three months'
water on board for the crew, but five days' water remained
when the vessel anchored at Grosse Isle, and on the tenth day
atter sailing, in a slight gale, the whole of the passengers'
berths, except four, fell down, when two lives were in conse-
quence lost. In the Kingston, so much of the water was wasted,
from the cause above stated, that, though she was but 39 days
on her voyage, the passengers were fur six days on half allow-
ance of water: and in this vessel also, half of the berths fell,
from having been insufficiently put up. These are abuses
which require a close investigation; and it is scarcely credible
they could have occurred if the agent at the port whence the
vessels sailed had not been most negligent in the diicharge of
his duty-.
'‘ The frequent infraction of the Act of the Imperial Parlia-
ment, sth and 6th Win. IV., cap. 53, which is now in force for
re7:waling passenger vessels to the colonies, has compelled the
officer at the head of the Department of his Majesty's Customs
at this port, to institute progecutions against the masters of
several vessels which have brought a greater number of passen-
ers than the law permits. In every instance the masters have
beet touvicted and fined in different amounts, according to the
nature of the case, and the discretion left with the Court by the
statute above cited.'"—Meiiisg Herald.
TRADE OP THE Sourin.:—Tiie navigation of the Sound has
been much snore considerable this year than in those immediately
preceding. If the number of the ships that have passed is not
so large as in 1832. the total value of the cargoes is by no means
inferior. It is not an uncommon circumstance for two or three
hundred ships to pass the Castle of Cronenburg in one day,
which affords an extremely fine sight from the coast. The steam-
boat stationed at the entrance of the Sotind to be employed in
towing merchantmen, which had a new machine put into it last
year, and is now in excellent condition, has not been much
used this year ; but will be found of extraordinary use to ships
on some occasions. In the year 1834, before the steam-boat re-
ceived its present destination, a great number of large ships,
which could not bear up against the strong current, were obli-
ged to remain at anchor for six weeks to the north of the fortress
of Cronenburg, while small vessels, which were able to pass
round Cronenburg, went to the inner harbour of the Baltic,
landed their cargoes, took in others, and passed the Sound again
en their return.
Accounts had also been received at New York from Buenos
Ayres to the 4th of June, which state that during the month of
April 159 passengers arrived at the port of Buenos Ayres, and
182 departed during the same time. The amount of Exchequer
Bills in circulation on the Ist of May was 4,445,500 dollars.
The packet of the 14th of May gives an interesting account of
the departure of the British minister, Mr. Hamilton, whose re-
call had been previously announced. The exchange on Lon-
don was 6%c1.

By the same arrival we have commercial advices from Rio
Jautero to the 18th of June, which state that commerce was
very steady. Business in the exchanges on England had been
done to a very considerable amount the previous day, at 391 at
dol. had advanced 35 a 45 rs, and Spanish doubloons declined
BOG to 400 rs each. The minister of finance having applied for
a loan of 2000 con tos of stock, a decline in that article has taken
Vac; and sales are reported at 88.
AA R 07 ENGLAND.—QCARTERLY AVERAGE OF THE WEEKLY
LIABILITIES AND ASSETS, FROM MAY 31 To AUGUST 23,
iNet.ustve :
LIABILITIES.ruItio .ASSETS.
Deposits ...... £18,061,000 Securities £29,345,000
...... 14,796,000 Bullion
6,325.000

E 3.2,857,000

£35,670,000

From Valparaiso, 1-°thret2Stmlaof March, we learn that Genera,
Obre,,oso, President of
in.i.T,njunetion with his ally, Ge-
neral°§anta Cruz, Presideo=
reotganize Peru ; and thattitwvilsa°livia' was endeavouring to
under three
jevolotionary cha-
exeit all- his influence to rid the ~,:lutuht'rught Santa Cruz would
teeters, and unite Bolivia with Peru,
Yorksh '...
THE Caops.—From all parts of the isiandi--feroreindla"viesrtnaete:.
z:hie,
shire, Perthshire, East Lnthiati. Lanarkshire,
byshire, Leicestershire. Sussex, Essex, Dorsetshire u ire' Der-
Somersetshire, and Hampshire, and also from 'thee
Ireland, there are most cheering accounts of the wheat Ch °I
and of the harvest, whereit has been commenced. tops,