The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-07-15 00:00:00

CORRESPONDENCE.

ENGLISH MERCHANTS AND AMERICAN DEBTS

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

SlR,—Lord Palmerston says (amidst loud cheers)—" Our
merchants' books were full of bad (American) debts; the
American merchants' storehouses were full of good corn.
They would pay us with that corn, but we would not accept
that corn in payment. (Renewed cheers.)"—See Times of
7th July, 1842.

Granting his lordship his alleged facts, what an opinion
he must entertain of the folly of the English merchants, not
to take the corn in payment of their bad debts ! If his lord-
ship would ask the principal English creditors, he would be
informed that they would jump and snap at the proposition
of receiving payment in corn delivered in New York at the
market price on the day of delivery ; and thus his lordship's
mighty argument would vanish into smoke.

It is true his lordship thinks the difficulty would vanish,
if the duty on corn were fixed at Bs. per quarter.; but the
same creditors would inform his lordship, that, even after
the imposition of the fixed fluty, they would still be wil-
ling to receive the corn at the market price, and delighted
at having their bad debts thus liquidated. Lord Palmerston
may be a deep statesman, but he is a shallow merchant.
The American debtor does not pay his English creditor,
because he is either poor or DISHONEST, and not because
the duty on corn in England varies instead of being fixed at
Bs. C.

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THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

SIR,—As the great fault committed in placing the Col-
legiate Instittition in a line with the street is now very gene-
rally admitted, it may not be amiss to suggest some mode
in which so capital a defect may be remedied. Many plans,
no doubt, may be proposed, having a better claim to consi-
deration than mine ; but as a means of directing attention to
the subject, you may perhaps think it worth wile to insert
it in your paper. It is this : to make a crescent on the op-
posite side of Shaw-street, having a wide passage leading
from its middle point to Salisbury-street. The fine effect
which the Institution would have at the extremity of such
an avenue may be judged of by any one who takes the trouble
to walk into Salisbury-street, and view the building from
that point.—l am, Sir, &c.
Liverpool, July 10. AMATEUR.

[We believe our correspondent's suggestion has been
already before the committee, but we are not aware of their
decision on the subject.]

At the recent audit of the Nev. Archer Clive, M.A.; rec-
tor of Solihull, Warwickshire, last week, the rev. gentleman
was pleased to make a reduction in the rents of his nume-
rous tenantry to the amount of 20 per cent., in considera-
tion of the prevalent distress.

CRICKET.— NGLAND.—This match was
decided at Lords on Tuesday, by the players of Kent, with
H selected from the variouscounties of England, and after
two days' play the former were proclaimed the victors by a
majority of no less than 50 runs.

KENT V. ALL E

GREAT TAKE OF SALMON.—The salmon fishery in this
neighbourhood has been more successful this season than for
many years past. On Monday last, no fewer than 1000 fish
were taken out of the Dee, while the daily average take has
been about 500.—Aberdeen Herald.
RAPID TRANSATLANTIC COMMUNICATION.—A gentle-
man connected with this town sailed from Liverpool, by the
Columbia steamer, and his brother, Mr. W. Morley, who
resides in Sunderland, received a letter from him, advising
his arrival in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 20 days from the date of
his leaving England.--Sunderland Times.

Sir H. Hardinge has obtained leave to bring in two bills,
one for the establishment of savings banks in the army, and
the other to empower the Secretary at War to pay the out-
pensioners of Chelsea Hospital monthly, instead of quarterly,
as at present.

The large revenue of Greenwich Hospital is principally
derived from the estates of the extinct Earldom of Derwent-
water, in the north, which, under the management of the
commissioners, produces £25,000 per annum, and the freight
or treasure brought from abroad, which realises on the
average £lO,OOO per annum.

NEW WAR STEAMER ON LAKE ERIE.—The English are
building at Kingston a splendid war steamer to be called the
Chippewa. Her burthen is 700 tons, and she will carry two
long 82's and four 32-pounders. It tints appears that the
British continue to arm their frontier.—New York Herald.

MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.—The nuptials of the Hon
Capt. F. W. Child Villiers, third son of the Earl of Jersey.,
and Lady Elizabeth De Rede Ginkle, daugher of the late
and sister to the present Earl of Athlone, were celebrated at
St. George's Church, Hanover-square, on Tuesday. Mar-
ried, at St. Mary's, Brvanston-square, on Tuesday, the 12th
instant, by the Lord Bishop of Derry, Sir Henry Harvey
Bruce, Bart., of Down Hill, Londonderry, to Mary Ann,
only daughter of Sir Juckes Granville Juckes Clifton, Bart.,
of Clifton Hall, Nottingham, and Trelydon Hall, Montgo-
meryshire.

Mr. Thomas Banks, engineer, of Manchester, has lately
obtained a patent which bids fair to enhance the safety of
the travelling public, and also to effect a considerable eco-
nomy in the expenditure of railway companies. Thisinven-
tion consists in a simple and effectual method of manufac-
turing or renewing the working surface of that most impor-
tant article in railway transit, the tire of the running or
travelling wheel, and is accomplished by the application of
steel to the peripheries of either old or new wheels, in such
a manner that Increased durability is insured at an inconsi-
derable cost in the first production, and a permanent eco-
nomy in the ultimate result.

Mr. Gladstone's bill to substitute flour and biscuit for
bonded corn is exciting Much attention among corn-factors,
millers, and bakers, who have learned with satisfaction that
it has been adopted by the government. The quantities of
biscuit and flour to be exchanged for every hundred pounds
of wheat taken out of bond, have been arranged, we under-
stand, as follows :•—•
Flour
** •• • • 781bs.
Cabin biscuit .
Navy biscuit
..... 80Ibs.
Commonest ship biscuit ........ 1181bs.
There is also to be a power• of requiring a certificate of the
deposit, and of using it for the taking out of the corn at any
port of the kingdom, for the space of six weeks.
A great improvement has taken place in flowers for head
dress—which are no longer made of silk or cambric, but of
velvet. The feuillage de velours nuance resembles nature
much more than its predecessors. Her Majesty had given
the example a short time since, when an imitation of the
leaves of that domestic but useful esculent, the potato, were
adopted in the young sovereign's dress, these leaves having,
besides the advantage of their colour, that of the grace with
which the stems connect the shoots together. The foliage is
made in velvets of different shades of colour, and when dia-
monds are placed amidst them the effect is beautiful and
highly becoming.

DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT.—Friday morning, whilst a man
named William Evans was lying asleep on the bank of a
burning lime-kiln, near Rugeley, two drunken navigators,
who had been working in that neighbourhood, came up, one
of them placed his foot under the body of the sleeping man,
and threw him on the burning lime, and they both immedi-
ately ran away. Providentially another man was sleeping on
the bank, and being awakened py the cries of the poor
fellow, assisted in rescuing him from his perilous situation.
He was conveyed to the Stafford General Infirmary ; and al-
though dreadfully burnt, hopes are entertained of his reco-
very. Had the lime been in a calcined state, his death would
have been inevitable.—Slafford Advertiser.

TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH BRAZIL.—The following
is the article of our commercial treaty with Brazil, to which
Mr. M, Forster, the hon. member for Berwick, referred on
Friday night, in his question to Sir R. Peel (Article
XXVIII.):—" The high contracting parties agree that the
stipulations contained in the present treaty shall continue in
force for the term of fifteen years, to be reckoned from the
date of the ratifications of the treaty ; and further, until
one or other of the high contracting parties shall give notice
of its termination. In which case this treaty shall terminate
at the end of two years from the date of such notice."
Brazil gave notice two years ago that she would terminate
the treaty at the end of 15 years, but we say it was not com-
petent for her to give notice till after the expiration of the
15 years, and on this point hinges the dispute.

EMIGRANTS, &c.—Over 3,000 people landed in the city of
New York in the last two days, including agriculturists and
all kinds of mechanics. In the city they cannot remain.
We have 4,000 persons of our own already out of employ, and
the number lately thrown adrift by the navy orders has added
to the calamity. To the country then they must go, and
there is room enough for all if they will but follow good ad-
vice. The counties of Delaware and Ulster, 50 to 100 miles
west of Catskill, on the North River, offer the best pros-
pect to the settler—good land and fine health on the moun-
tains. To these people we say, go to the mountainous parts
of Delaware and Ulster, and see the Scotch and Welch set-
tlement in the vicinity of Delhi. The lands recommended
may be reached in two days. It is folly to go to the far west,
away from all kindred, friends, and connexions.—New York
Herald.

LORD AUCKLAND.—A great deal is made by two whig
papers of the historical fact, proclaimed to the world with
sound of trumpet by Lord Palmerston, that Lord Auckland
was asked to continue at his post in India for some time
longer, by the tory government. Mr. Escott's perhaps
random denial elicited from Lord Palmerston a more mea-
sured account of the matter ; and it now seems that his
" authority " is a gossiping family letter, and that the re-
quest of the government is nothing more than a friendly wish
of Lord Ellenborough's. ' But even allowing the largest con-
struction to Lord Palmerston's exclusive information, what
does the fact amount to? The new ministers found Lord
Auckland engaged in a war: they may not approve of that
war, either in its origin or object, but once begun it must be
prosecuted to an issue ; and unless Lord Auckland's manage-
ment had been thought bad indeed, it might naturally have
been considered better to let him finish the job, without
bringing in another workman, who would have to learn his
business in the midst of an emergency.—Spectator.

" Ab ! Mr. Hogg—happy to see you—how are the little
piggies?" " Quite well, thank'ee, Mr. Colt ; •how do you
do and how's the old mare ?"

Humility is the great ornament and jewel of the Christian
religion. Let the face, like that of Moses, shine to others,
but make no looking-glasses for thyself.

ANECDOTE OF GEORGE lll.—At a recent public dinner
of the governors of St. Luke's Hospital, Mr. Layard, one of
the governors, stated a curious and interesting fact most
creditable to King George-111. In the list of benefactions
for the year 1793 is the following insertion .—" A benevolent
gentleman, who desired his name might be concealed during
his life, gave £5,000. Four per Cents, by Robert Drummond,
Esq." The " benevolent gentleman," Mr. Layard stated
he had been assured by most respectable parties, was no
other than his late Majesty King George 111.
PROGRESS OF PARTS.--44 Pa, do they plough the prisoners
up at Sing Sing ? " (the Penitentiary) " No, my son;"
what made you ask that question ?"' " 'Cause it says here
that one of their faces was furrowed."

Ornament is only valuable when it does not interfere with
what is useful. The frost which congeals water adds much
to its brilliancy, but destroys its utility. Children may
admire how it sparkles in the sun, but men will reflect that
it slakes no thirst ; it revives no fainting heart.
ORIGIN OF THE HALO OVER SAINTS' HEADS.—The
Pagan fashion of protecting the heads of deities—often, even
in Temples, exposed to the outer air—from the insults of
birds, each by a metal dicus, had by degrees so associated
with that head-piece an idea of dignity, that the Christiansi,g' the
character the form in order to mark, even in Pa
character of saintship. Thence the nimbus, introsadinucctsie,n so far
introduced over
saints in the more ancient paintings
from being intended to represent a mere.and-inl: or glory of
intangible rays emanating from the wearer himself, is only
the representation of a solid platter.
aof silver or gold, often
e
adorned with scrolls, foliage, gems, ~ fitting the skull.—
Hope's Historp of Architecture.