The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-18 00:00:00

THE POST-OFFIOE

•
We tid, in ourtimmicitv, imagined that nothing could be
added to the facts and reasonings already adduced in illustra-
tion of the anomalies and absurdities inherent in the existing
system of :Post-office -charges.' But we were mistaken. We
find that "in the lowest depth there is a deeper still," affording
pr„ocimitibitahle of the proltindity of that wisdom which has so
long directed the most powerful instrument of civilization and
commerce. We have received two letters ; one consisting of
art.enormuus sheet of paper,
and ,weighing. all measuring 35 inches by 23 inches,
but an. ounce ; ;the Other consisting of a most
dithintitive sheet, not exceetlinot
similar size 4 inches- by 91-, in a raver of
, vreig,hing together but ikeven grains, or under the
Sixtieth part of an ounce. A: greater disparity in size-and'
,weight could scarcely be produced; and seine cnncid,,Able .dis-
pirity, if not a prap.rtimtate one, should doubtless exist in the
)respglitive postage charges for conveyinx the letters thus made
up.-.:'There is this considerable disparity it, charge, the one
being,fixed at twice the amount of the other. But on which
tiide.dtilour readers suppose the advantage lies ? All pot initi-
ated in Jost-office mysteries will, doubtless, answer, with One
aceord—liiat the advantage is in favour of the Liliputian letter.
But in this they would he mach mistaken. The seven grains
is charged as a double letter, while the ounce weight is charged
as a single one! The latter comes from Newcastle to London at
the •charge of one- shilling, while the former will not he trans-
initted. from the
_tame plaCe under the cost of two ! Surely, the
force of folly could .110 further go -Yet; Enttlatul is the only
eountry -in whieh -stiCh an alisnrctity is permitted to exist !
Shipping Gazette. •

Paganini will be in town this week. It is reported that he is
engapd at Drury:lane Theatre.—Standard.
Tagh•oni, the Sulphide,. will win 7 her flight to the metropolis
next week. Mr. Bunn has written to accept her own let ms.
The exportation of the precious metals from the port of London
for tbyeek ending Saturday last, according to the Official re-
turns,consisted
of- 15,000 minces of. gold and 6939 ounces of
RilVgr coin, the whole of which was shipped to New York.
The indisposition of the Duke of Wellington arises merely
Irmo a cold, which has had the very inconvenient effect of MI-
Pairing, for the moment,. the sense of hearing. We rejoice to
say that bis Grace was much better yesterday than on the pre-
ceding day.---Morning Post.
Y" couriers, in the service of Prince Esterhazy, arrived at
"149d0s House- on Saturday. in charge of the magnificent
e"roH'ation dresses to he worn by the prince at the approaching
august ceremony. -The diamonds in charge of the couriers were
of !Ike value,. it is said, of £130,000.
• The Princess of •Capua was safely delivered -4)1 a daaghter
Yesterday roorniog-,- at her apartments at Mivart's Hotel. Her
t."Yal highness is said to be g'oin'g on favourably. We under-
"4'o that the inf,4nt princess will, when baptised, receive the
"ale of Penelope Bourbon de Capua.—Standard.
ile Rev. W, Hodgson, 8.D., Fellow and.Tritor of St. Peter's
college,i Cambrith:e, has been appointed to the Mastership of
'at Society, vacant by the death of the Hey. Dr. Barfies.
George Wentworth Fitzwilliam. second snn
rl Pitzwilliam, attained his majority on Wednesday. He is
fil6"l ready to stand for t he c.ty. ( Petetborouglo should a vacancy
urt t'r. either of the counties of Huntingdon' or North-
, ampton. la infird Mercury. Sir
no bert Peel purchased last Satordav, in the sate of Lord
-LA trthwides pictures by modern artists.- the portrait of the
celebrated whig, Sir Robert Walpole, first Earl of Orford,
k`a:nted by Vanderbatik, fOr 31 guineas. Vanderbank has always
eon considered as one of the most eminent portrait painters of
is day. .

011 NI%ERS IT Y . -ai&EijK CHAIR eve .--S
• GI Asc - raldistingui, shed
el lars have announced themselves candidates for the high and
I*9llo •
Othersnswilile office vacant bydearth of the Sir D. Sandford. Among
e have heard the followinv • —Mr.Lushington, of Lon-
telhnatoni ltev. IL Maclure, of Queetc,Aune-street, Lonr.lon ;(.
of Alva ; Mr.j.Johnston, of Greenock, Lm•
ver Sunderland. Talfuur last were students at the Uni-
sitY---coi Times.
'erL" n I „Li
111 •,,,?,t'—tAit•—Lieutenant. Carter, 'the commander of
revenue cutter the Chanie, reports in a letter
Fit^Rr at 'ea'.• May the following intelligence :--" The
thc, )g"Ild from Valparaiso to London, which was spoken
4nie. communicated tri tenantLieuen Carter, that on
tq Ma; in lat. 42 40, long: 24 h former vessel
"rketlsh, Hastin,s, the frigate in which Lord Durham had em-
.
Ttr
'
Pitil'i",cotn's tnr..F: RrvivEo.—At- the. Mayor's Office,
a,",st week, Marv, wife of Thos. Careless, of the Broad
'8
termagant,. was ordered to pay Is. penalty and
."rotteLsts, for an unprovoked assault on Mary, the wife of Lewis
vßtit • 1,37' During the investigation her garrulity so
R th
-ekd•-, , mayor was under the peces"sity 'of se.nding fo_t ihe
Lan iron' instrument 4.very antique construe-
-0.1'0; '" In olden times' was occasionally ciilled tufo use. It
the I,:riod of an eltiptical how of iron, enclosing„ the head from,
''xtretnitv of one ear to the otHer, with a transverse
.thM exten'ding from the nape of the neck to the mouth,
Projects a flat bit, which enters the mouth, and
'he head r'Y covers the tonirue preventing movement,.and
head. °"' machinery when "adjusted s locked at the back ot the
it F Ttss. in iicll, is to he putof
in thaintigii re'pair, and hung
f`trrkreil in the 'navies office, and used as occasion may call

- .
- ,
ic:%,:11,,e "f the ever active and inventive.
at-lane and Rag-
dealers in artificial
ry, who haunt the ptirlieus of I ewe?
,c
_v_pnsed of a
tarve `ive lal"lY manufactured awl extensivei ' '
which. 1e nf thick and massive rings cut nut
spoon,
w,,,h",, lig they retain the hall stamp of the
nine and costly
ilivtertresrpin,eninnsa,
g,id er:' with vt)ld, have all then ppearance of gen
that several
of ti,,,:""'7. The articles are fabricated so skilfully
have
Ite,r, 'in '.Yrix-eyed judges of property,* the pawnbrokers,d upon them
1in,,,.1,-tnnoserl upon by them, and have advance
is under a
shillint," to 203 each, although their intrinsic value
d I2s upon
, ne of" 1, A - Pawnbroker of Bethaall-zreen advance
l a Pawn"
rirt,tre —.Pm a few clays ago, and another was offerer . .
ms..
tit,, r"f kingsland:road, who, however; detected the itn_a(ts,
ri,,, :i and introduced the party who possessed it to Mr;
the hail lal-l'istrhte ;. but as it was satisfactorily shown that tnh.
was tliich:r" taken in Ity 11 Jew. to whom he gave 20a for it, e .
ged•-..---I,amtnt paper.
tatcit 13_
ri,,,0. lb '012.T. AW BILL—The country will, we ennftlentl Nieh,,fi. " vet! the infliction of the poor-law )1 1 'II of Mr.
intend-
ell- N,,, " Icast in the stripe in whirrs it was originally . _
i.,,a
ift'' 1,,,,, ii,,tried, fl,,m a sourer on which we think we
IL,. , ''''li••itk- r,..,!t, that the Doke of Wellington. in the
thar,P,:'f r-',(:4. ~...i'll-mni, ,-,/- cooport an amendment similar to
the i,,, ' l7?r. -,a'W'l,i the ermrnoi)g. limiting the relief to
Pot.-.!r ~,,,1,.-pd •: 1 • , w'l he idnpfed ~t the in-
!lance orni ' '- : """"e ," ''
most deeply
I
n
t
e
r
e„ ,
.'' {,,t1,,,,,,!,-. pi.ino9r,, woo OM the mnir
'Rvin " ''' tSe''vroil-iii,rlAocr‘asore. At. preFPnt we. for lea
Pi,:or 14. n'nr.' ifii,4 i'RANAitlYrirtc.."The coin tt v intio ni,,, ho -
1..,1; teninitiVti?..olo4f,!7 l'i;"ilrtr, ;Tit-Lien of the IriA lienll'n,
1.„„ e expresseil7t4flireW6iigli-11;„ bill 1,,,,0r ~,,,11,1 have p;184(1
til. ,inr.ntnnng; ir tilitt:',iPitlinn hP rEitc•rutcql it never v-iill pass
... rgs•---Protextittil Greald,a3.

FRIDAY`MORNING. MAY IS, 1833:

rr The Publication of the 4TAN DA It n commenced this morn-
ing at 5 o'clock.

THE UNITED STATES.—The Toronto and the West-
minster New York packets have both arrived at London,
the former with dates to the 10th ult., and the latter to
the 22d Earl Gosford is said to have come home in
the former. The latter brings but little news. The le-
gislature of New York brought its session of 107 days to
a close on the 21st, having passed 333 laws. The rebel
General Sutherland had been sentenced to death, but it
was expected that he would be transported for life. Dr.
Theller and Walter Chase had also been condemned to
die, and would probably be executed. , Lount and Ma-
thews, convicted of high treason, were hung on the 12th.
Three thousand citizens of Toronto petitioned Governor
Arthur for mercy, but their appeal was of no avail. Seven
more were ordered for the like punishment on the 24th,
and four on the 30th.

The following are the most important extracts from the
latest New York papers :
" TREASON TRIALS.—The Cleareland Gazette of the
6th instant gives the following particulars of the fate of several
individuals recently engaged in the '° Patriot race." Suther-
land has been sentenced to be hung, hut in all probability his
sentence will lie commuted to transportation. The other con-
victed prisoners, who have not been guilty of shedding blood,
will likewise be transported. Dr. Theller, of Detroit, and
Walter Chase, of Port Stanley, taken on board the schooner
Anne, have been condemned to suffer death. They will proba-
bly be executed." •

( From the New York Morning Herald, April Is.)
EXECUTION OF MESSRS. LOUNT AND MATHEWS.
" We regret that the new governor, Sir George Arthur, has
deemed it necessary to permit the extreme penalty of the law
to be inflicted in the case of these two unfortunate individuals,
who were the first tried at Toronto for high treason. They were
executed on the 12th. An immense concourse of people were
present, by whom the greatest order was observed."

(Correspondence of the Albany Evening Journal.)

Buffalo Journal-office, Saturday, six p.m.
Dear Sir,—l have, before the mail closes, an opportunity to
convey to you the latest news from Toronto. The cars have
just arrived from the Falls, and from Jacob SeibOld I learn that
he witnessed the execution of Loom and Mathews at that
place, on the morning of the 12th instant, at eight o'clock.
Petitions had been sent to Governor Arthur for mercy, or
even an extension, signed by some 3009 citizens of Toronto and
its vicinity; the Executive Council had been called together,
but naught availed to stay execution. The bodies, notwith-
standing. the earnest application of the wives and friends, were
delivered up for dissection.
I need not tell yo❑ that it has created anew a strong excite-
ment.

Seibold states that four (Theller, Montgomery, Anderson,
and —) are to be executed on the 30th, and seven at Hamil-
ton on the ill h.
The 'British Colonist' declares that it has good authority for
spyinz that Sutherland has made no disclosures whatever.—
New ro, k Commercial Advertiser, April 18.
City, Thursday Evening, April 19.
United States Bank Stock opened to-day at 114, and closed
at 115 cash; over 250 shares changing hands, Other stooks
went off with some animation. Mobile money is 4 per cent.
better, and in demand. Specie continues a drug. American
gold is a to 1 oer cent. premium.

SALES AT TOE STOCK EXCHANGE, APRIL 19.
230 shares U S Bank .... .... II 1 a 115
20 do _ Commercial Bonk - .... • .'... 801 a
118`) • do' Delawat:e and Undson .... 661 a 67
300 do Farmers' Trust oooo' ••• 0 1021 a 16.3
151 do' American Trust Co: ....' :.... 951 a
30 do Kentucky Bank .... .... 80 , a
'23 dn. Mohawk 0000 ..'... ,581 a
40 do Coritri!Attionship .... .... 100 a
75. do Piters-nri „.. .... ..• • 45 a
50 do lie rlem .... .... .... 48 a 49
42 its Boston and Providence Rlt .... 97 a
101) do Now Jci:Qey and Trenton Rlt . . 94 a
160 do Stonington It R

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