The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

ROMANISM AND THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—We
look with considerable apprehension to the objects'
which the Alliance may be disposed to take up. Such an We take the following proceedings of a " great meeting
organization must Le too vast, and must be constituted of at the Tabernacle, New York, for selecting an indepen-
elements much too diverse, to be competent to much nent ticket out of the three nominated as delegates for the
practical action. There will be sharp war during the state convention," from the New York Herald of the 30th
present century, between Romanism and Protestantism ; ult. The secretary having stated the object of the meet-
and a still hotter conflict, so far as regards the educated ing, a tall, athletic looking personage rose, and in a strong
classes, between Revealed Religion and the Literary Pan- nasal accent, moved that Mr. Burns be appointed to act
theism which is now everywhere taking hold on the liter- as one of the committee, on the part of the natives.
ature of Europe. But the Evangelical Alliance will not Mr. Burns.—No sir—no, sir—l have come here, sir, as
be the power to grapple with these evils. Church- a looker•on—as a spectator—and Ido not mean to take
men and dissenters are not agreed as to the true grounds part in the proceedings. (Loud cries of " Oh, don't hinch
of controversy with the Church of Rome. In both con- Burns," amid much confusion.) Here there were cries
nexiong, also, the difference between the educated and the for Tale, Bloss, Burns, Sammons, and much confusion,
uneducated is such as must prevent their seeing alike as when _ _ _

YANKEE ORATORY.

to what should be conceded, and what. should be denied,
n respect to the infidel, or the semi-infidel theories of the
age. Such labours may be better left to smaller and less
responsible organizations, and best of ail to that spirit of
private enterprise which, on questions of this nature,
rarely fails of being equal to the demand. On such sub-
jects as we have mentioned, even the speech-making of
the Alliance would be likely, we fear, to do more harm
than good ; and to its publications, in relation to such to-
pics, we should look with a most painful distrust.—Bri-
tisla Quarterly Review.
THE MAHOGANY TRADE OF HONDURAS.—The quan-
tity of unshipped mahogany of last season's cutting at
present in this settlement is said to be less than at the
same period last year. whilst the average demand in Eng-
land is greater, and the stock in hand less than in the
month of December, 1841 These facts induce us to in-

Mr. Cozzens was called for, and ascended the platform
near the chairman.
Chairman.—You know, Mr. Cozzens, the gentlemen
belonging to the native party who are in attendance; do
oblige us by pointing them out to us.
A simultaneous shout from the parties named proclaimed
their determination not to act. After some considerable
parley and ludicrous merriment occasioned by the objec-
tions of several to act on the committee, eight persons
were nominated, amid considerable confusion, some ob-
jecting to the names, others hissing, and others laughing,
amid repeated cries of " no, no—hear, hear." After this
scene, some retired to the small room attached to the
building, immediately adjoining the vicinity of the chair.
Mr. Clinton Roosevelt here rose and said : I think, Mr.
Chairman, it would be well if resolutions were drawn up
expressive of the sense of the meeting.

quire into the prospects of the present season, and ascer-
tain, as far us practicable, what results may be produced.
At no former period have so many gangs (120 to 122)
been engaged; but we doubt their proving as effective as
when lager gangs, composed of these same men, were
employed. The high rate of wages (21 to 24 dollars a
month) may have induced some few additional hands to
join the mahogany works this season; yet there is no de-
nying the fact, that the great majority of the gangs are
but scantily manned. As an offset to this disadvantage,
however, it is said that the gangs are well supplied with

Cries of " Hear, hear—oh, oh." -
Mr. Matthew L. Davis considered it would be an im-
possibility to get up such a resolution, in such a meeting
as this, composed of such discordant elements. Here
were natives, whigs, democrats, and national reformers;
and among such a body it would be impossible to adopt
resolutions such as would satisfy the meeting.
Mr. RoosEvnLT was of opinion, that in such a state of
things such a meeting was a ridiculous farce ; if they were
not disposed to unite and compromise upon a ticket and
resolutions, the meeting would end in mere farce.

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good•conditioned cattle, and that, in consequence, the
deficiency of hands will not be of material importance.
We are of the opinion, founded on information derived
from various sources, that the cuttings of the present sea-
son will not exceed those of the past—say 10,000,000
superficial feet.—Simmonds's Colonial Magazine.
THE CHURCH AND THE CHURCHES.—Under the Old

A tall and meagre looking personage, resembling
Irving's " Ichabod Crane," with his veritable birch, that
might have descended as an heirloom from this re-
nowned peuonage, here rose and asked if it would not be
in order to move that each party support their ovvn ticket?
Here there were loud peals of laughter, amid cries of
" hear him—go it"—and much confusion.

Testament, " all were not Israel who were of Israel."
'I here were two Israels. The one—national and visible,
including subdivisions of Pharisees and Sadducees, who dif-
fered in many things one from another, but were identical
in this, that they were all separated openly and avowedly
from the Gentiles by the ordinance of circumcision. The
other—individual and spiritual, not certainly distinguish-
able by men, but seen and known of God, who had in
special grace ci►cumcised their hearts, as well as their
flesh. Under the New Testament, all are not Christ's
who are of Christendom. There are two Churches The
one—Collective and visible, including many sub-divisions,
who differ In many things one from another, but are iden-
tical in this ; that they are all separated openly and avow-
edly from all the rest of mankind, by the ordinance of
baptism. These are the Churches of Christ visible and
militant here on earth, and the aggregate of them all, at
any one time, is the visible Church Catholic. The other
—lndividual and spiritual, scattered among the baptized
communities, not certainly distinguishable by men, but
seen and known of God, who has, in spiritual grace bap-
tized their hearts, making them ' new creatures' in Christ
Jesus. This is the Church of God in Christ ; and the
true idea of its catholicity ranges not only throughout the
aggregate of visible Churches at any time, but also
throughout the history of them all, at all times, from the
distinction between Abel and Cain, till the separation be-
tween believer and unbeliever, at the second coming of
the Son of Man. In the spiritual sense here referred to,
which I hope has been satisfactorily shown to be one—not
the only one, but I think undeniably one—of its true
scriptural senses, the Church signifies the especial elec-
tion of God out of the Churches ; including in one aggre-
gate, all the men, women, and children, from among all
mankind, who have been and who shalt be saved. These

Chairman.—Gentlemen, let us preserve order.
Ichabod Crane.—l wish to know if there be any national
reformers put upon the ticket? (Laughter—heor, hear—
and confusion.)
Mr. Strahan rose abruptly, and in an exeited tone of
voice cried out—Yes, sir—yes, sir ; I did not come here
to take part in the proceedings at all, sir; I cannot sit
silent, sir, and hear, sir, the industrious working classes,
sir, maligned. No, sir.
Mr. Fesaenden rose amid much confusion and cries of
order. He said he had not maligned the working men—
the mechanics ; he denied it.
Mr. Strahan.—Yes, sir, I protest. (Confusion and
cries of " question, order, order.") I did not come here,
sir, to take part in these proceedings ; I was, sir, one of
the committee who had been at Tammany Hall, and made
the nominations there ; but I did not come here—(cries of
" order, order, question," and immense confusion.)
Old Gentlemen in specs.—l move, sir, that we take the
question on the ticket generally.
Ichabod Crane.—l object. sir; there should have been
some of the national reformers nominated thereon. (Ques-
tion, question.)
Mr. Strahan.—l was once a mechanic myself, sir, and
I am now nothing but a poor lawyer. (Roars of laughter
and cheers from the democratic benches, intermingled
with hisses, groans, and cries of "go it, go it.") Yes,
sir, I am proud of being a mechanic, and the attack was
unjust and uncalled for upon them.
Mr. Fessenden.—l deny, Mr. Chairman, that I have
in any way attacked the mechanic. I deny it, sir, and I
call the gentleman to order. He must not fasten it upon
me in this way. I said—(cries of " Question" renewed,
amid much hissing and cheers.)
Mr. Strahan.—l do, sir, consider the attack unjustifi-

were all chosen of God in Christ before the foundation of
the wcrld, or as Ignatius expressed it predestinated be-
fore the words to glory.—The Church and the Churches
by the Rev. H. M'Neile.

able and uncalled for.
The cries of question were here renewed, and a scene of
shouting ensued which 13,filts description, when some four
or five in the crowd sprang upon their legs, and demanded

INSTINCT OF NEWFOUNDLAND DOGS.—One of them,
belonging to a grocer, had observed one of the porters

that the question on each name be taken separately, and
then put to the meeting. _ _ _ _ . __ __.. .

of the house, and who was often in the shop, frequently
take money from the till, and which the man was in the
habit of concealing in the stable. The dog, having wit-
nessed these thefts, became restless, pulling persons by
the skirts of their coats, and apparently wishing them to
follow him. At length, an apprentice had occasion to go
to the stable, the dog followed him, and having drawn his
attention to the heap of rubbish under which the money
was buried. began to scratch till he had brought the booty
to view. The apprentice brought it to his master, who
marked the money, and restored it to the place where it
had been hidden. Some of the marked money was soon
afterwards found on the porter, who was taken before a
magistrate, and convicted of the theft.—Jesse's Anecdotes
of Dogs.
KING JAMES AND THE AUTHORISED VERSION.-The
only revision of any importan,e in the time of Elizabeth
was undertaken by Archbishop Parker, assisted by his
brother prelates, whence it derived the name of the
Bishop's Bible. But evidently it was his own affair, and
quite independent of his royal mistress. It is true, that
in his letter to Lord Burleigh, Oct. 15th, 1568, he requests

Old Gentleman in specks.—I think, Mr. Chairman, at
this late hour. that if we proceed to vote on each name,
seriatim, that we will be kept here until three o'clock in
the morning. I think the better course would be to take
the question on the names generally, and get out of this
as soon as we can. (Cries of " no, no—separately, sepa-
rately.")
Mr. Strahan.—l am in possession of the floor, sir, and
I shall not yield, sir. I could not sit silent and bear the
mechanics maligned : but the attack from such a source
does not surprise me, sir. The man who in cold blood
would not hesitate to slander Andrew Jackson ere he was
cold in his grave, was just the sort of person to malign
the mechanics.
Mr. Fessenden.—l call the gentleman to order again,
sir. I deny it. I did not malign the mechanics. I
said—(rene wed cries of " Order—question, question.")
The Chairman here rose, and said it was repeatedly de-
nied by the gentleman, Mr. Fessenden, that he had at-
tacked the mechanics ; and when this was done, it could
not be supposed that an attack was intended by the gen-
tleman.

that the book may be licensed and commended for public
reading in the church ; but it appears that the request was
never granted: and the version was left to stand on its
own merits. Parker's Bible never obtained a wide circu-
lation : though used by, the clergy in public worship, it
rarely found its way into private families, with whom the
Genevan version was the decided favourite, and remained

Old Gentleman in specks.—l have reason to expect,
from what I have seen, that there are too many lawyers
on the ticket. (Laughter.) I wish to know how the
ticket now stands. How many whigs, natives, and demo-
crats upon it ?
The Chairman here announced that there were six de-
mocrats. four whigs, and six natives. .

so for a considerable period after the publiCation of King
James's Bible. Of the history of that version, we shall

Old Gentleman in specks.—How many lawyers on it?
(Laughter.) _ _ .. .

say but little, as most of our readers, no doubt, are ac-

CCairmaiL—l believe six

quainted with it. Though it bears the royal name, it ori-
ginated in the suggestion of a puritan at the Hampton
Court Conference, and was executed at the expense of the
Company of Stationers. All that the pedantic monarch
did was to approve of the undertaking. and to write a
letter to Bancroft, suggesting the general plan of its exe-
cution, which, in justice to its royal author, must be ac-
knowledged to be sound and judicious. It is well, per-
haps that he did not meddle with the matter any further,

Here there were renewed cries of " Question, question,"
and considerable confusion, when
Stephen Sammons, who was located near a small clique
of the native party, {ose and denounced the ticket. He
considered the meeting was a perfect farce—a humbug got
up for some ulterior object, and the ticket, with such
names as these, would not meet with the sanction of the
native party. (Cries of " Question, question," and re-
newed cheering.) _

as he might have marred it ; but as it was, some consider-
able abatement should be made from the debt of obliga-
tion so extravagantly expressed by the translators, in the
servile dedication prefixed to our bible, where the High
and Mighty James is blazoned forth as the champion of
Protestantism and the Word of God, appearing like the
sun shining in his strength on the setting of that bright
occidental star, Queen Elizabeth. Not one farthing ever
came from the royal treasury to defray the expense of the
work, nor are there any other proofs of his Majesty's zeal
in relation to it than the words he dropped at the Hamp-
ton Court Conference, and the letter be wrote to Ban-
croft. It may be added, in the words of Dr. Symmonds,
what probably is not known to our readers in general,
that the present version appears to have made its way
without the interpositon of any authority whatever, for it
is not easy to discover any traces of a proclamation, canon,
or statute published to enforce the use of it.'—British
Quarterly Review.
INVENTION AND USE OF THE BOWIE KNIFE.—TO
the best of my knowledge, this instrument was devised by
Colonel James Bowie, an American, and a man of despe-
rate valour. He considered, and apparently with justice

The Chairm-an here rose again to call order.
Old Gentleman in specs.—l move, sir, that the ques-
tion be taken generally on the ticket. I move a resolu-
tion to that effect.
Here there were further cries to take the question sepa-
rately.
Chairman.—l shall take the question first on the gentle-
man's motion. As many as are of opinion that the ques-
tion be taken generally, let them say " Aye." (Vocife-
rous cries of " Aye, aye," with loud shouting ; from the
opposition, " No, no.")
Chairman.—The motion is carried. I now put the
question on the ticket generally—As many as are of opi-
nion that the names here presented shall pass this meet-
ing, let them say " Aye." (Immense cries of " Aye,
aye.") As many as are of the contrary opinion will say
" No." (Immense cries of " No, no.") I think, gentle-
men, the question is carried.
Here there were several dissentient voices, when, amid
much confusion, the meeting separated.

A VOICE FROM THE CELLAR

too, that in close fighting, a much' shorter weapon than (Prom Punch.)
the sword ordinarily in use, but still heavy enough to give
The subjoined correspondence has been handed to us.
it sufficient force, and, at the same time, contrived to cut
With our customary urbanity—has it not become a pro-
and thrust, would be far preferable, and more advantage-
verb?—we print it. The first letter is from the Martyr
ous to
sword, tor knife, he wearerwhich has since
He accord in
gone under his name. It invented the short
of the Cellar, Mr. Smith O'Brien, to Madame Tussaud.
is made of various sizes ; but the best, I may say, is about The second is that distinguished lady's answer.
the length of a carving-knife—cast perfectly straight in the " The Cellar, May 11, 1846.
first instance, but greatly rounded at the end on the edge " Dearest Madam,—At the present moment, when Ire-
side : the upper edge at the end, for the length of about land is wringing with my wrongs ; when millions of
two inches, is ground into the small segment of a circle hearts, the property of the finest peasantry of the earth,
and rendered sharp ; thus leaving an apparent curve of the are beating with sympathy towards their martyr; when,
knife, although in reality the upturned point is not higher at least, the same number of swords are ready (on being
than the line of the back. The back itself gradually in- drawn) to flash from their scabbards for my liberation,—
creases in weight of metal as it approaches the hilt, on it bas been suggested to me by, possibly a partial friend,
which a small guard is placed. The bowie-knife, there- that the figure of Smith O'Brien, the martyr, would
fore, has a curved, keen point ; is double-edged for the make a most attractive addition to your collection of dis-
space of about a couple of inches of its length ; and, tinguisbed characters. I am not particular where you
when in use, falls with the weight of a billhook. I have put me, so I get in. You've had O'Connell for some
heard it stated, that a blow from one well wielded is suf- time, and (but quite between ourselves) the people have
ficient to break a man's arm. Certain it is, that I have had enough of him. All Ireland (including myself) look
myself seen skulls of Mexicans brought from the battle- up to me as the sort of Prince of Wales to King Dan.
ground of San Jacinto, on which Texas gained her incle- You may, therefore (if you are over-crowded) turn him
pendence, that were cleft nearly through the thickest part out to make room for me.
of the bone behind, evidently at one blow, and with suf- " Yours, Dearest Madam, with every feeling of
ficient force to throw out extensive cracks, like those of a respect, " SMITH O'BRIEN."
starred glass. This is more more true to fact, than com- " P.S. I shall be happy to give you the earliest day for
Alimentary to Mexican valour. At the same time, it sitting; and that the thing may be more complete, propose
proves that old adages may occasionally be mistaken. to present you with the identical suit of clothes worn by
"He that fights and runs away," does not always " live me when taken to the cellar."
to fight another day." Bowie went to Texas during the
troubles which preceded theindependence of that country," Baker-street, Portman-square, May 11.
and was lying sick in bed at the fortress of the Alamo, "Sir,—Permit me to thank you for your very polite
when, on the 6th of March, 184 G, it was stormed by Santa offer; but as I contemplate the immediate addition of
T
Anna and taken. Bowie was murdered there upon his Torn Thumb to my collection, 1 fear I shall be too much
f .pillcw. The hand that formed the dreadful knife could crowded to give you even a corner. Besides, Martyrs
Ino longer wield it. Although the act of carrying arms in are, at the best, heavy subjects. I don't think people
secret is held to be illegal, yet it is quite general, I be- would lay out sixpence upon 'em. O'Connell has done
heve ; unless, perhaps, with the immediate inhabitants of pretty well for me, but I should hardly like to risk an
a tolerably well populated town. They are generally at O'Brien ;in the like way that people are very fond of
band in the majority of stores; in liquor-shops, either mushrooms, are most particular to avoid toadstools.
placed under the counter, or, more usually, behind the " I remain, your obedient servant,
" M. TASSACID.?'
bar upon the wall, within reach of the individual attend-
ing, and immediately before the eyes of the customer. " P.S. I know a man who travels with a van of wax-
When openly carried, the knife is in a sheath attached to work. Perhaps he may accept your offer. Shall I send
a body-belt; when secretly, either in a narrow pocket, him to the Cellar ?"
purposely---ese—
made, down the straight part of the trousers'
thigh, so that the bending of the body is not incommoded The gardener at Kew Palace complained to George 11.,
nor the weapon discovered ; or in a similar casing down that the people admitted to the gardens during Sundays
the back, between the shoulders. It is hence considered constantly plucked the flowers. " They are fond of
flowers, then?" replied the king. " Don't let them want
by some individuals as sufficiently indicative of evil inten-
tions on the part of an opponent, if, in the event of a warm them. Plant them !"
THE APPEARANCE OF BUREE.—Burke then rose.
dispute, or of presumed offence given, you see him pre- Strong interest was directed to him. not merely from his
tend to scratch the back of his head, or make any other
eminent name, but from the public curiosity to hear his
equally genteel and polite attempt to conduce to his own explanation of that estrangement which had been for some
personal comfort and private satisfaction in that significant
time spreading, under his auspices, through the leading
and'suspicious region of a loafer's earthly tenement of
personages of the Opposition. Like most men who have
clay. The ruder orders of people farther south—for
made themselves familiar with the works of a great writer,
there, no more than in England, are the " ruder" orders
"lower" I bad formed a portraiture of him L y anticipation. I
to be considered as merely synonymous with the
never was more disappointed. Instead of the expressive
orders—have a custom, I am informed, of occasionally
countenance and commanding figure, which I had ima-
deciding desperate wagers of battle by hooking themselves ors,
to enshrine the soul of the most splendid of all ora-
together by the bands they wear, and thus fighting with tors, I saw a form of the middle size and of a homely ap.
the knife. since neither can get away, until one falls or pearance, a heavy physionomy. and the whole finished by
both are killed.—Hoolon's Sketches in Texas.
two appurtenances, which would have been fatal to the
Why is a beehive like a bad potatoe ? Because one's divinity of the Apollo Belvidere, spectacles, and a wig.
a bee-holder and the other a spec-tator. His voice and manner were scarcely less prepossessing;
A FRENCH LEGEND.—A French theatre is being built the one was as abrupt and clamorous as the other war
at Algiers. The first piece will be a popular story, which rustic and ungraceful. He had the general look of a far-
has been making a great noise for years in the French mer of the better order, and seemed, at best, made to
papers, called "La Prise d'Abd-el-Kader." Rumour at- figure on a grand jury.—Dr. Croly's Soldier and Stales-
tributes the invention to Marshal Bugeaud.—Punch. man.

SPIRIT OF FRIDAY NIGHT'S DEBATE

POPKINS, NOT SIR ROBERT PEEL, THE AUTHOR OF

THE MINISTERIAL MEASURE

" The right hon. gentleman tells us that he does not feel
humiliated. It is impossible for any one to know what are
the feelings of another ; feeling depends in a great mea-
sure upon temperament ; it depends upon the idiosyn-
cracy of the individual ; it depends upon the organization
of the animal that reels. (Laughter.) But I tell the right
hon. gentleman, that although he may not feel humiliated,
the country ought to feel humiliated. (Loud cheers.) In
place of the self-complacency of a great nation—in place
of the justifiable pride of Englishmen in one who from
his position has contrived to occupy the highest rank
amongst his fellow-citizens, it is felt, as Dean Swift said
of another Minister, that he is a gentleman who has the
perpetual misfortune to be mistaken ; and even now in
this, the last scene of the drama, when the party whom
he unintentionally betrayed and unintentionally annihi-
lated—even now at the last scene, the right lion. gentle
man, faithful to the law of his being, is going to pass a
project which I believe it is matter of notoriety is not of
his own invention ; one which may have been somewhat
modified, but which, I believe, was in substance offered
to another Government, and by that Government wisely
rejected. (Hear, hear.) The first day after the right hon.
gentleman made his exposition to this house, a gentleman
well known to the house. and learned in all the political
secrets behind the scenes. met me, and said, "What do
you think of your chief's plan ?" I said I did not exactly
know what to say about it, but, to use the phrase of the
hour, I supposed it was a great and comprehensive plan.
(Laughter.) " Oh," he replied, "we know all about it ;
it is not his plan at all, it is Popkins's plan." (Roars of
laughter.) And, Sir, is England to be governed and con-
vulsed for Popkins's plan ? Will he go to the country
with it ? Will he appeal to the people upon such a plan ?
Will he appeal to that ancient and famous England which
was once governed by statesmen such as Burleigh and
Walsingham, Bolingbroke and Walpole, Chatham and
Canning,—will he appeal to England on a fantastic
scheme of some presumptuous pedant ? I will not believe
it. (Cheers.) I have that confidence in the common
sense and common spirit of my countrymen to believe
that they will no longer endure the huckstering tyranny of
the Treasury bench, or of the political pedlar who bought
his party in the cheapest market and sold them in the
dearest. (Laughter and cheers.) I know that there are
men who tell me that the time is gone by when we may
appeal to the high and honourable impulses that were once
the mainstay and main element of the English character.
I know that we appeal to a people who have been de-
bauched by public gambling, and who have been stimu-
lated and encouraged by an inefficient and shortsighted
Ministry. 1 know that the public mind has been filled to
intoxication with schemes by which the people might be-
come rich, without the interference of industry and toil.
I know, too, that all confidence in public men is lost.
( Hear, hear.),:-But I:have faititri;the primitive enduring
element of English character. (Cheers.) It may be that
now, in the midnight of their intoxication, they will not
heed me, but I tell them that there will be an awakening,
and in the spring-tide of their frenzy I warn them of the
end of trouble. That dark and inevitable hour will ar-
rive, and perhaps they will then recur to those principles
which made England great, and which, in my opinion,
alone can keep England great ; and it may chance that
they will remember, not with unkindness those who, be-
trayed and deserted themselves, were neither ashamed nor
afraid to struggle for the good old cause ; the cause asso-
ciated with principles the most pannier, sentiments the
most entirely national ; the cause of labour, the cause of
the people, the cause of England. (The hon. member re-
sumed his seat amidst applause which lasted fully two
minutes.)"—.Mr. D'lsraeli's speech.

PROBABLE PRICE OF WHEAT UNDER THE OPERATION

OF FREE TRADE

I have had returns sent me of the quantity of grain
grown in Hungary the year before last ; and I may men-
tion that in Croatia there were raised a million and a-half
of quarters. Then, it maybe said, how are we to get corn
from Hungary ? Why. Sir, I received a letter, not long
ago, from one of the greatest corn merchants at Sissek,
the first corn market in I-:' ungary, and he says, that on an
average of the last five years, the price of the finest Hun-
garian corn, which I must remind you, is the finest in the
world, which in the Dantzic market ranks with the finest
Dantzic wheat, was 18s. 6d., and that you may send it
from this town of Sissek to Carlstadt, by the river Save,
at a cost of 4d. the English quarter, and from Carlstadt
to the port of Fiume for ls. Bd. a quarter. The person
who gives me this information is a practical man at Sis-
sek, and he is ready to prove the accuracy of his opinions
by acting upon them. Ile says, " Only give me a regular
trade with England, and I will send you. from Sissek,
500,000 quarters the first year." That is the report of a
merchant of Hungary. But do you mean to say that
that would not exercise the greatest influence on your
market ? When the demand is steady the market is
steady ; but I can show you what the effect would he with
an increased demand and an increased supply. Now, I
would take the markets of the Danube. The corn might be
sent from the two chief ports of the Danube, and here I
might observe that it is a very curious circumstance that
in the year 1842, as appears by a return I hold in my
hand, there were 1,350 vessels laden in those two ports
with the prodace of the Danubian provinces, but only
eight of them were English. It is a remarkable fact that
while commerce was thriving and free trade was advocated.
this, the greatest commercial country in the world, had
only eight vessels laden at those ports. But a gentleman
writing to a house in England,—l will give his name to
the right hon. gentleman, and I think it will astound him,
for it is Mr. Sioders, of Liverpool (hear), says,—" I
will undertake, by my correspondents, to se cure wheat
from Hungary, at the price of 18s. a-quarter, free on
board ; and I will lay down this year, in an English
port, 200,000 quarters, at from 28s. to 30s. : and if you
will secure me a certain, a sure market, I will double
that quantity next year." That same gentleman, that
same Mr. Sanders, who has given in his adhesion to the
right hon. baronet, to-night, in the manuscript letter
which I have read—but which I trust the right hon. baro-
net has not read, because, immediately after he gives in
his adhesion to the agricultural policy of the right hon.
baronet, I find be says that the banking bill of last year
must ruin the country (hear, hear),—that same Mr. San-
ders then offers to enter into a contract to supply 1,000,000
quarters of wheat at 18s. a quarter, and if the measures
of the Government pass, he will undertake at the end of
this year that that 1,000,000 of quarters shall be doubled
and sent to England at reduced prices. (Hear.)—Mr.
D' speech.