The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-10-04 00:00:00

TRADE, AGRICULTURE, AND SHIPPING

The number of vessels arrived at the colony from the United
Kingdom this season, and their amount of tiiunage, were up'to
the date of the latest accounts, about the same as last .year.—
There were fears as to the commercial value of the Welland
and Rideau Canals. Iu the former the locks were in the course
of rapid decay. The latter does not
,answer as well as antici-
pated. The improvements in the navigation of the St. Law.;
rence are a matter of much importance. The capitalists of
London were to be applied to for advance's, and the interest and
security offered, it was expected would lead to investments.
Considerable excitement has prevailed iu the colony, among
the mercantile and shipping interests, by the tariff, and the
procee lingo of the Admiralty Court. Some recent cases of
salvage have occasioned alarm. In a late instance an end
grant ship struck on the ice, and was saved by the skill and
decision of the master. The passengers on botird, whose lives
were savedhy the skill of the captain, actually sued the owner
Lthe master) for salvage services, auff,.4 has_ had to pay.some
£1.4 tAU kl 6 each. Loud complaints were made of the present
ate of"the law. . . .

""frade was active, but money rather in demand. There had
been much rain, but in the upper province the crops were both
good and large. On the government and other public works
there was constant employment to be obtained by industrious
settlers.

The Governor, Lord Aylmer, had been through the town-
ships, to satisfy himself of their capabilities for settlement under
the auspices of the Land Company, and had expressed himself
in favour of the plan. His lordship was about commencing a
tour of inspection throughout both provinces.
The North American Colonial Association, and the merchants,
have resolved to present a valuable piece of plate to Captain R.
S. Piper, of the Royal Engineers, expressive of their feelings
for the skilful, laborious, and gratuitous discharge of his duties
as one of the Commissioners for the improvement of the harbour
of Montreal.

The mercantile community were in a state of great excitement
in consequence of the expressed intention of government to in-
terfere•with the banks. A numerous meeting had been held at
the Court-house of Kingston, at which resolutions were passed
expressive of the opinion of the merchants, traders, &c., in fa-
vour of the security of the Canadian banks, and the mode in
which they had conducted their business. •
The following address to his Majesty had been numerously
signed in pursuance of resolutions passed at the meeting just
referred to :

" To the King's most Excellent Majesty.
" The petition of the merchants and others, at Upper Canada,
"Showeth,—That your petitioners have learned with deep
regret that it is the intention of your Majesty's ministers to re-
commend to the Colo nial Legislature, at its next session, the
alteration of the charters of the two banks of this province.
"'That your Majesty's petitioners place the utmost confidence
in the stability of the two banks, as by law established, in
Upper Canada.
• That your Majesty's petitioners received every assistance
compatible with the safety and good government of the banks
during the last calamitous year when, in consequence of the
dreadful scourge with which Upper Canada was afflicted, a
general stagnation of every description of business ensued, the
banks retrained from exacting payment due to those institutions
which, according to established usage, they had a right to de-
mand.
" That the forbearance of the banks towards your Majesty's
petitioners during the last year, claims their lasting esteem and
gratitude.
•" That your Majesty's petitioners being satisfied with the
stability of the principles on which the banks are established,
are not desirous that any alterations in the charters should take
place.
" Your Majesty's petitioners, therefore, most humbly pray
that your Majesty will be most graciously pleased to confirm
the charters of the two banks now established in your Majesty's
province of Upper Canada.
" And, as in duty bound, your Majesty's petitioners will ever
pray."
LITERATURE AND THE FINE ARTS.
The Museum of Natural History of Montreal is increasing
rapidly, and the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec is
rising into notice; and hopes are entertained that, when the
existence of these institutions is known in • England, books,
tracts, and MSS., &c., will be sent from the mother country.