The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-09 00:00:00

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THE LIVERPOOL STANDAR&

THE SIBTHORP ALMSHOUSES.—The range of Bede
houses erected at the expense of the Reverend Richard
Waldo Sibthorp, near Lincoln, is now completed, and
ready for the reception of 14 inmates, who, it is stated,
will have £2 each given them on entrance, and afterwards
ss. per week, with two tons of coal and a new cloak every
year.
T- Si EGG: TRADE. —Consid, :hl tore thal

_'HE LiCOTCII . - terahly
3,500 dozen, or 42,000,egg5. were shipped here on Tues-
day per steamer. It is now an undoubted fact that more
money is at present annually brought into this country by
the exportation of eggs than the entire rental of the coun-
try amounted to considerably less than 100 years ago.—
John 0' Groat's Journal.
Trade in Barnard Castle is deplorable, and there is no
sign of improvement. To meet the emergency the Poor-
law Commissioners have granted the guardians of the
Teesdale Union an out-door labour order. Already up-
wards of seventy able-bodied men, many of them with
large families, have applied for employment under the
order, and several have been set to work.
On Saturday :the roof of a thrashing mill on the farm of
Rodenlaw, near Edinburgh. was discovered to be on fire,
and before the flames could be extinguished a considerable
portion of the farm buildings was destroyed. The confla-
gration is thought to have been caused by a spark from a
locomotive engine on the Edinburgh and Glasgow railway,
being carried by the wind to the roof, which was thatched
with straw.

A dreadful accident has lately occurred at Hever, Kent.
A person of the name of Dawes, who was in a barn with a
gun, where a person was thrashing, was told to shoot at
a rat ; and it appears, that in pulling the gun over the
back, or rack, by the muzzle, the piece :1y some means
went off, and the whole contents of the charge were
lodged in his body. The poor sufferer expired in about an
hour after the accident.

On Monday week, an unfortunate man, who was well
known to the metropolitan police as an amateur thief-
taker, was brought up before Mr. Hall for assaulting his
wife, and fined 405., or in default committed for a month.
The unfortunate man, who had only a few days before
been sworn in a special constable, committed suicide in
his cell by fastening his handkerchief through the air en-
trance over the door. He was, after a very short time,
discovered by Mr. Tyrrell, the gaoler, quite dead.
Some London thieves have lately profitably practised a
novel fraud, by dressing themselves in leathern aprons,
calling at the houses of gentlemen whom they have seen
leave home, and saying that they have been ordered to
fetch a pair'of boots to be stretched. The unsuspecting
servants choose the newest boots, as the most likely to
need stretching; and the masters find, on their return
home that during their absence their best boots have
vanished for ever. _ _

ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—A young man, 20 years of age,
attempted to destroy himself by firing a loaded pistol at
his breast, in the Portugal Hotel Tap, Fleet-street, Lon-
don. He had had a quarrel with his brother, who had
requested an officer to take him into custody, for using
threats towards him. The moment he observed the officers
he discharged a pistol at his left side, but the bullet had
passed throught his waistcoat and shirt, and only grazed
his skin. He was taken before a magistrate and com-
mitted to prison.
A gentleman, from Sunderland, on a piscatory visit to
the Coquet, commenced fishing, a few days ago. a little
below the Thrum Mill, Rothbury, and, in one hour and
forty-one minutes, killed, with fly, twelve dozen and
seven trouts, and three salmon trouts, averaging in weight
one pound eleven ounces each, and twelve of the trouts
weighed twenty-one pounds three ounces. Angling in
the northern streams has been excellent during the whole
of the past month, large quantities of fish, in most ex-
cellent condition, having been taken daily.
£6,000 BANK ROBBERY AT BRlGG.—lnformation has
been received of the absconding of Mr. Thomas Silvester,
the manager of the Brigg Branch of the Lincoln and Lind-
sey Bank, taking with him upwards of £6,000 in gold,
Bank of England notes, and country bank notes payable
in London. On leaving Brigg be stated that he was go-
ing to see a friend in a neighboaring village of Thoresway,
but he is suspected to have gone direct to one of the
principal shipping ports, and to have left the country.
The bank holds security for the greater part of the
mount abstracted.—Hull Herald.
SHOWING TEMPER TOO SOON.—A couple who intended
to be married went to a church not a hundred miles from
Spalding, and the clergyman not arriving quite so early as
they expected, the intended bride asked her loving spouse
" what o'clock it was ?" when he roughly and loudly an-
swered, " What is that to you ?" "Oh ! indeed, sir !"
said she, " is it so ? what will it be by-and-by ?" and im-
mediately left him. At the door she met the clergyman,
and told him "he need not give himself any further
trouble, for she would not be married."—Cheltenham
Chronicle.

A HINT FOR THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE.—The
British Banner, a " most respectable " organ of Dissent,
lately established, in commenting on the recent refusal of
the Vestry of St. Luke's parish to continue the payment
of the organist and other " Church allowances," thus ex-
presses the " fraternal " feelings of Dissenters towards the
Church :—" There is something in the system of Church-
manship that blinds the mind and sears the conscience,
rendering its subjects alike indifferent to justice, and in-
sensible to shame ! Happy they who have not partaken
of its sins and are not stricken with its plagues !
" LIVE AND LET LlVE."—Last week, a lady in Hull,
not a mile from Christ Church, sent for a painter to paint
the inside of her room window. In doing this he con-
trived to break the window cord. A joiner was then sent
for to replace it, but the said joiner, during the operation,
broke two squares of glass. The glazier was then sent for,
and while he was putting in the squares actually broke the
window frame.' 'Orcourse the joiner's services were again
required, who then made a finish of the JOB. Now,
although this may appear at first sight like a string of
coincidences, still, when we call to mind the events of the
late French revolution, it strikes us forcibly that the work-
men in England, as well as in France, must be imbibing
the principles of fraternity.—. Hull Packet.
SINGULAR CASE OF SWALLOWING A NEEDLE.—SOMO
time in September last, Mr, James Harker, of Kendal,
upon a visit to London, while partaking of some boiled
chicken at dinner, felt a pricking sensation in his throat,
which he could only account for by supposing that he had
just swallowed a small bone of some kind, or a fragment
of one. The obstruction appeared at first to remain where
it had fixed, and for some time Mr. Harker felt inconve-
nienced by it, but at length the matter was forgotten.
About a week or two ago, however, the circumstance was
recalled in a very singular manner, by a needle, nearly
two inches long, making its way out of the flesh of his
thigh, whither it had worked itself during the eight months
that had elapsed since the accident above related, when,
of course, the dangerous little implement had been uncon-
sciously swallowed by Mr. Harker.—Westmoreland Gaz.
THE " PIKE" TRADE IN BRADFORD.—The pike trade
is brisker than the worsted trade with us in Bradford. A.
specimen of what Mr. Mitchell calls the " queen of wea-
pons " was brought to our office the other day, the work-
manship of one Isaac Jevison, of Adelaide-street, Man-
chester-road, who. it seems, drives a roaring trade in this
line at present. Jevison at first took to the trade stealth-
ily, as if he had been engaged in some contraband trade,
but now he is less guarded, and has two men constantly
employed in the manufacture. He suits all sorts of cus-
tomers,—he has pikes for the lower, middle, and upper
classes of pike-fanciers, serving them out respectively at
6d., 12d., and 18d. each, according to quality. Pretty ex-
tensive consignments have been made from his armoury
within the last few weeks, to various parts of the town
and neighbourhood. So it would appear that the demand
for this offensive weapon is pretty extensive, among cer-
tain portions of the working classes.—Bradford Observer.
THE TRIAL OF THE GLASGOW RIOTERS.-011 Wednes-
day the exculpatory proofs were proceeded with, after which
Lord Medwyn summed up the evidence at great length.
The jury then retired, and after an absence of about three
quarters of an hour returned a verdict finding all the
panels guilty of mobbing and rioting as libelled. Lord
Medwyn intimated that the Court would delay sentence
until a later period of the assizes. On Thursday the
Court resumed its sittings, when James Campbell, John
Gallater, John Lafferty, David Dears Muir, and John
Docherty were brought up on a similar charge as in the
preceding case. They pleaded " Not Guilty." The evi-
dence against the accused was of the stone character as in
the former indictment; the exculpatory evidence was to
the generally good character of the accused. Lord Mac-
kenzie summed up at great length ; and the jury, after
having retired for an hour and a half, returned a unanim-
ous verdict, finding Campbell, Gallater, and Rafferty
guilty of mobbing and rioting ; Muir and Docherty guilty
in terms of their own confession, but recommending Muir
to the mercy of the court. Sentence was delayed. Dur-
ing the sitting of the Court on Friday, the rioters received
their sentences—one to 18 years' transportation, 3 to ten
years, and 5 to two years' imprisonment.
GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION.—The fifth
anniversary festival was held on Wednesday evening at
the London Tavern. The society had been founded in
1843. Its objects are to provide temporary assistance to
governesses in distress; to afford annuities to aged go-
vernesses, by election, out of a fund provided. for that
purpose; the establishment of a provident fund, for the
purchase of annuities upon government security ; the pro-
vision of a home for governesses in the intervals between
their engagements; the establishment of a system of re-
gistration free of expense, and of a college for governesses
with classes and certificates of qualification ; and lastly. to
afford them the benefits of the asylum. It was stated
that the ladies' committee had during the past year inves-
tigated 1,719 applications for temporary relief, and had
made grants to the amount of £2,245. The amount of
stock invested for the purchase of election annuities was
upwards of £14.000, securing annuities for ever for twenty
governesses. Nearly four hundred ladies had contracted
for provident annuities, and had thus been enabled to in-
vest safely upwards of £33,000. A house had been pur-
chased and furnished in Harley-street, where in the last
two years 200 go ernesses had found a temporary home.
About 2,500 governesses bad been registered there since
the branch had been commenced in 1845, and 1,250 pro-
vided with situations without any charge. The asylum
was to be erected immediately. The college bore Her
Majesty's name, and enrolled amongst its professors some
of the most distinguished men in the literary world.
Many certificates had already been given after examina-
tion, and classes would shortly be commenced on all the
subjects of female education. It was announced that a
fancy fair would be held on the 6th and 7th of June next,
on behalf of the building and endowment fund of the aged
asylum, in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
A SEVERE ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM CURED BY HOL-
LOWAY'S PILLS AND OINTMENT.—MrS. Baillie, a vinter,
at Oban, had suffered during the last two years with fre-
quent attacks of rheumatism, which left her in a state of
great debility ; in April last the pains were nlost excruciat-
ing, neither medicine or medical aid afforded any relief
until she used Holloway's Pills and Ointment, when these
valuable remedies in a short time restored her to perfect
health and strength. Holloway's Ointment and Pills are
efficacious in cases of goat, contracted or stiffjoints,glan-
dular swellings, tumours and unnatural enlargements ;
they by perseverance may be always used with the most
complete success..

PRESENTATION OF PLATE TO JOHN PEILE, ESQ.—The
subscription lately entered into in Whitehaven by the
friends of John Peile, Esq., for the purpose of presenting
that highly respectable gentleman with a piece of plate, as
a testimony of respect and esteem, on his retiring from
the important office of chief colliery agent to the Earl of
Lonsdale, was closed some time ago, since which the
amount has been expended by the committee, agreeably
to the original intention of the promoters of the measure,
in the purchase of a splendid service of plate. Upon the
occasion of presenting this testimonial of respect, a few
days ago, Mr. Peile was invited to meet the subscribers at
dinner, at the Black Lion Hotel, Whitehaven. The
company assembled was very numerous and respectable ;
the Rev. John Jenkins acting as chairman on the occa-
sion, and Richard Armitstead, Esq., officiating as vice.
The Rev. Chairman, at the close of an excellent address,
presented the plate (value £350) to Mr. Pale, a compli-
ment which that gentleman acknowledged in appropriate
terms. The Rev. Dr. Peile, master of Repton School
(and formerly of the Royal Institution, in this town), the
highly accomplished son of Mr. Peile, and other gentle-
men, addressed the company in the course of the after-
dinner proceedings, which were agreeably prolonged until
a somewhat late hour.
FEARGUS O'CONNOR AND THE CHARTIST LEADERS.—
We perceive by a report of the proceedings of the
National Convention that some of the delegates are
falling foul of Mr. O'Connor. The latter had, however,
first fallen very foul of some of them. In the Northern
Star of the 22nd ult., he warned the Chartists that their
National Assembly was illegal, adding,—" I bore, and
without a murmur, the indiscretion and the folly of some
members of the late convention, and my reward was the
payment of £l5O towards the payment of their expenses.
Will you just imagine men getting up at public meetings
in London, and announcing that they were prepared for
battle ! You remember how Parson Stevens was pre-
pared ; how Peter Bussey was prepared; and you know
what has become of these valiant heroes."—ln the Star
of the 29th ult. Mr. O'Connor defended the use of this
language, declaring,—" I hold the man in utter contempt
who was capable of holding one language in the convec-
tion, and another language out of the convention ; and
what will you say to a delegate of that convention, after
having elicited the boundless cheers of an excited audi-
ence by an exciting speech, saying to another delegate of
that convention, on their way home,—` DID YOU HEAR
THE D—D FOOLS HOW THEY CHEERED ME ?' " The
capitals are Mr. O'Connor's. We place these extracts
before our readers as explanatory of the cause for which,
as one of the speakers at the convention said, Mr. O'Con-
nor is to be " hurled to death, so that he should never be
able to show his face among the people again." The
quarrel is " a very pretty quarrel " as it stands.
BILL SWINDLING.—An application was made at Lam-
beth, on Wednesday, by the Superintendent of the
Camberwell division of police. to Mr. Ellis, for his advice
as to the best means of bringing to justice a set of bill
swindlers residing in Villa-street, Albany-road, in his
district. The first application made to the Superintend-
ent was by a tradesman in Greenock, who was in want of
£2OO, and to whom the sharpers under the name of
" J. H. Taylor and C 0.," had, after the receipt of a post-
office order for £lO commission, sent two bills of ex-
change, the one for £l2l 165., and the other for £B3'4s.
Both bills purported to be drawn by J. H. Keith, Brigh-
ton, and accepted by Thomas Butcher, commission-agent,
Camberwell New-road, and made payable at the Com-
mercial Bank of London. The bills were discounted by
the Western Banking Company, and some days before
they became due, the tradesman at Greenock forwarded
to the firm four notes for £5O each, and one for £5. A
receipt for the money came to hand, but. a post or two
after brought another letter from Messrs. J. and H. Tay-
lor expressing their regret, owing to a gross mistake by
one of their clerks, his money had been taken for another
person's bill, but declaring that as soon as they were in
funds they should release his bills, which at that time
remained protested in the hands of the banker. The
Western Banking Company became urgent for the
payment of the bills, and the Greenock tradesman was
compelled to settle with the firm. The next communica-
tion which the Superintendent mentioned was from a
tradesman in Newry, who, being more cautious, escaped
unhurt. The inspector produced a lithographic circular
from the parties, signed J. C. Hall and Co., offering to
remit for a commission of 5 per cent. bills to the amount
of £5OO and upwards, drawn and endorsed by one or two
respectable parties, and to take saleable goods at a fair
market price for a commission when bills to the amount
of £5OO were requested. Several most respectable bills,
in amount from £5O to £550, at three, four, and six
months' date, accepted by merchants and endorsed by
several parties, were stated to be on hand ready for. nego-
elation. The Superintendent had found out a house in
Villa-street, Albany-road, Camberwell, to which a num-
ber of letters were directed through the Post-office, to
Taylor and Co. Anderson and Co., Hill and Co., Mackay
and Co., and D. D. and Co., and taken in there. The
door was always attended by a female, who said they
resided there, but were from home at the time ; and to a
person calling fifty times a day she gave the same answer.
He had also ascertained that latterly the letters addressed
to this house were taken to No. 3, Wilmot-place, Old
Kent-road, which was occupied by a Capt. Rutledge, who
was well known in the neighbourhood as a bill discounter.
Mr. Elliott directed the officer not to lose sight of the
matter, but to follow up his inquiries ; and in the mean-
time, the publicity which the disclosure now made would
obtain, would have the good effect of placing the public
upon their guard.

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.
Mr. Sharman Crawford has announced his adhesion to
the repeal cause " to the extent of a local parliament."
Rear-Admiral Dundas and Mr. Ward arrived at the
Admiralty on Monday night, from their official tour to
Birkenhead, Dublin, Waterford, Cork, and Holyhead.
MR. SANDARS A ROYAL FORESTER.—On Saturday,
Mr. Sandars, the member for Wakefield, was initiated
into the mysteries of Royal Foresterism, at the Forester's
lodge-room, at Wakefield.
It is stated that the whole of the names of the inhabi-
tants of Newport, were appended to the Charter-petition
from that town. They were copied indiscriminately from
one of Kelly's Directories.—The same course, adds the
Cardiff Advertiser, was adopted in that town.
POLITICAL CHANGES.—The Earl of Shannon, whose
family for many years were identified with the Whig party,
has joined the CaHton Club. Sir Lucius O'Brien, Bart.,
brother to Mr. Smith O'Brien, has also become a member
of the same club. Sir Lucius entered parliament as a
supposed n epealer at the East Clare election. •
THE MINISTRY.—There is, just now, a remarkable
unanimity of opinion as to the position and prospects of
her Majesty's Ministers. Times, Herald, Chronicle, and
Post all join in the cry that Lord John Russell and his
colleagues are, literally speaking, doing nothing—that
they are permitting the country to govern itself.
THE DANISH DUCHIES.—In the House of Commons
on Thursday, in reply to a question by Mr. Urquhart,
Lord Palmerston said her Majesty's government were in
negociation with the contending parties, and it was to
be hoped that an amicable arrangement would be effected.
The papers relating to the subject were now in pre-
paration, and would shortly be laid before the house.
INSOLVENT MEMBERS.—A bill brought in by Messrs.
Moffat and Brotherton proposes to enact that no person
shall be qualified to serve as a member of the House of
Commons if he shall be proved to have suffered any
judgment for the payment of money, to remain unsatis-
fied, or not sufficiently secured, for the space of six
months, unless such judgment shall affect him solely as a
trustee.
JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL.—In the majority for the
third reading of this bill in the Commons, on Thursday,
we find the names of Sir T. B. Birch, E. Cardwell, J.
Heywood, W. Brown, A. Henry, R. Cobden, W. Jack-
son, Sir J. Walmsley, T. Thornley, and B. Disraeli. In
the minority are Lord H. Bentinck, Sir P. Egerton, W.
T. Egerton. J. W. Patten, J. Tollemache, Col. Peel, Sir
F. Thesiger, and Sir R. H. Inglis.
WHERE IS THE BUDGET ?—What has become of the
budget ? Everybody knows that in the " Merry Wives of
Windsor," Master Slender arranges his assignation with
" sweet Ann Page" by a very simple contrivance—" When
I cry mum, she is to answer budget !" Sir Charles Wood
and his colleagues reverse this arrangement; for when the
country cries out budget. they answer mum—preserving a
most mysterious silence in regard to the nature and extent
of their financial plans.—John Bull.
INTERVENTION IN SPAIN.—One reason fdr the "no
House," on Tuesday, is said to have been the desire of
ministers to escape a debate on the recent " intervention"
of Lord Palmerston in Spain. However, persevering Mr.
Urquhart renewed the subject on Thursday night ; and the
adroit Foreign Secretary not being in his " place," Lord
John Russell answered the interrogator. But the Prime
Minister dropt one or two significant expressions, implying
that Lord Palmerston had been somewhat rather free in
his mode of dictation to the ministers of an independent
government. May the lesson be a profitable one !
M. Guizot was in the House of Lords on Friday even-
ing during the debate upon Lord Stanley's motion relating
to the correspondence between Lord Palmerston, Mr.
Bulwer, and the Duke de Sotomayor. The ex-minister
stood the entire time by the great candelabrum adjoining
the bishops' bench, between it and the Prince of Wales's
chair, and seemed deeply interested in the debate. Many
noble lords from time to time went up, shook hands, and
conversed with him. The Earl of Aberdeen held a long,
and apparently earnest, conversation with him towards
the close of the proceedings.
CONFLICT OF PARTIES AT CHELTENHAM.—A public
meeting was held at Cheltenham, on Saturday week, for
the purpose of adopting a loyal address to Her Majesty.
The provisional committee had selected as chairman the
High Bailiff of the manor, a bookseller, and a Roman
Catholic. The Rev. F. Close moved an amendment to
the address, first, because there was no sufficiently distinct
recognition of the hand of God; and, secondly, because
the political dogma, Progressive Reform, was introduced.
The original address was supported by Mr. Browne, an
Independent minister. Upon a division, the chairman
declared his inability to decide, and ultimately dissolved
the meeting amidst much confusion. It was announced
that two addresses would go up—one, that originally
proposed, and the other with Mr. Close's amendment.
APPOINTMENTS.—Mr. Arthur Buller is to have the
vacant judgeship in India. Mr. Henry Southern, Secre-
tary of Legation to the British Embassy, is appointed her
Majesty's Minister to the Government of Buenos Ayres.
Sir Dennis Le Marchant, the under Homo Secretary,
succeeds Mr. J. S. Lefevre as principal Secretary to the
Board, of Trade. and the worthy baronet is succeeded in
the former office by Mr. G. C. Lewis, M.P., now one of
the secretaries of the Board of Control, which place will
in future be filled by Mr. J. Wilson. M.P. for Westbury.
It is said that the Right Hon. E. J. Stanley, M.P. for
Cheshire, will be called to the upper house in the lifetime
of his father, Lord Stanley, of Alderley. The Earl of
Granville has been appointed Paymaster-General, the sa-
lary of which office will be reduced to £2OOO per annum.
Lord Granville will fulfil at the same time the duties of
Vice - President of the Board of Trade, without salary.

FALLACY OF GOVERNMENT RETURNS EXPOSED.—In
a letter to the Standard, Mr. George Frederick Young
exposes the fallacious nature of monthly returns laid be-
fore Parliament, of "Accounts relating to Trade and Na-
vigation." In the return for the month ending February
sth, 1848, signed "A. W. Fonblanque, Statistical De-
partment of the Board of Trade," there is a long list of
articles imported, from the most important to the least—
from corn and cotton to divi-divi and oysters : it totally
omits cotton, woollen. and linen manufactures, as if none
had been imported. From the Custom-house returns for
the same month, Mr. Young quotes a long list of articles
actually imported, but omitted from the Whitehall return,
including cotton and woollen manufactures in considerable
quantifies. •

On Monday night, Sir W. Somerville, the Irish Secre-
tary, introduced one of the " remedial measures" for
Ireland so often talked about. It is a bill to settle the
qualification of an elector by official valuation, instead
of, as at present, by rival swearing, and so far may be
good in principle. It also extends the county franchise
to tenant-at-will. In England the amount of qualifica-
tion for a tenant-at-will is £5O; in Ireland it is proposed
to make it £8 ! Our Whig ministers, that is, think an
Irish £8 farmer equal in intelligence and fitness to select
members of the legislature with an English £5O farmer.
A proposition like this may be acceptable to the mere
hack politicians of Ireland, as "a bold approach," in the
words of a Radical journal of yesterday, "to general
suffrage, and likely to satisfy the democratic exigencies."
SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT.—The scheme of the new move-
ment for extending the suffrage as at present contempla-
ted, is something in this nature,—that there shall be six
hundred electoral districts, each containing 50,000 people,
and returning one member ; that all occupiers of houses
of £6 per annum, charged to the poor's rates to that
amount, and all 40s. freeholders shall constitute the elec-
toral body, and that parliaments shall be triennial. This
outline has not yet been definitely propounded as the ba-
sis of the forthcoming agitation ; but it certainly embra-
ces the views of several members who will take a promi-
nent part in the discussion on Mr. Hume's motion. Mr.
Gibson's resignation was sent in, it is said, from conside-
rations exclusively connected with this question ; and he
has since been in constant communication with the parties
most forward in the movement. —Manchester Guardian.
GOOD ADVICE.—The Manchester Guardian whig paper
in noticing the formation of the new reform party makes
the following reflections, after pointing out the commer-
cial crisis through which we are passing, " Now what is
the obvious remedy for these disastrous affairs? Obviously,
we should say, a restoration of commercial confidence, by
means of a re-establishment of political tranquillity.
Every thing should be done to inspire amongst bankers,
and merchants, and manufacturers, a full confidence in
the preservation of order, and the stability of the govern-
ment. But other parties, it seems, contemplate a remedy
of a very different kind. They say, ' Let us have MORE
AGITATION;—Iet us attack the government, and work
upon the legislature, by extensively-organised political
societies. There is one political agicatiou in the country,
which is doing mischief. Let us set up another, better
organised, and more formidable, and try what that will
accomplish '—We must confess we do not see the force of
the reasoning by which this new scheme is supported.
Certain gentlemen, it seems, do not find themselves quite
so well received, or as favourably listened to, in the house
of Commons as they expected or wished to be. Accord-
ing to one of these parties, they are laughed at,—a fate
which we fear, generally attends those who say and do
foolish things, or even pertinaciously urge measures, good
in themselves, but proposed at unseasonable periods.
But how can their ill reception in the house justify an
agitation which must tend to prevent the restoration of
mercantile confidence and the revival of trade ? Surely,
there is no urgent and immediate necessity for a violent
agitation, at a time when the profits of the merchant, the
manufacturer, and the shopkeeper, as well as the wages of
the labourer, depend entirely on political tranquillity."