Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-02-10
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LATEST FROM LIVERPOOL


Captain Smith, arrived yesterday having sailed on the
Goth Dec, by which the editors of the n Y Daily Elk
press put possession of cnpous files OF Liverpool
papers the 26h Dec together with the latest London
papers and Shipping and Commercial Lists. She sailed
ON the same day with The Philadelphia Capt Morgan,
which arrived a few DAYS since from Portsmouth, Her
London and Continental dates consequently no la!eT
The Liverpool advices Two Gays later.
Our Pilot Boat boarded Inc Pennsylva at sra, and
brought up all her Letter Bags The public there
fore indebted to her n- The early rece pt of letters
The Of the market is most interesting. Cotton,
il will be closed Saturday the 23d at an advance
The two subsequent days viz ih and % being Sun.
day and Christmas business done. OF the stock
of Cotton it appears there were o American but $4,000
against 5000 las! year; Of all sorts l42lo0 against
2UO. $50 bales last year deere 5oG GOO bales This is
4 favorable fact in sustaining the recent advance. We
have also late Havre Price Current ey which it will
be seen Cotton had advanced there.
The independence arrived out in lG 2 days. with the
Presidents message. which is extensively copied, but is
not extnied. ii had not reached London. The Liver.
pool Times :-"1his packet also brings the Pres
dents Message, which is unusually lengthy aud unn
teresng
The Liverpool papers are filed with accounts from
Canada
The state Of trade quite active. The Leeds Mer
curry says We notice with the greatest pleasure that
che commercial reports furnished by our correspondents
and Others represent general 10 be taking
place in the Woullen Woisled Cotton, Linen. Hosiery
and Lace trades in the tcwns Of Lreds. ludderseld
Bradford Halifax, RochIale, Wakefield, Manchester,
Liverpool, BarnSey and Nottingham decided i'm.
provemsnt Just at this period, which is usually the dull
in the whole year, very cheering symptom Of re
turning prosperity and affords good hopes of increased
comfort TO the working classes Moreover, the appear
ances cannot be ewing 10 an excessive circulation AS
both the Bank If England and the Country Banks have
largely reduced their issues and increased the stock Of
bullion in their Golfers According to the latest return
of the Bank of England, It's stock of bullion now
amounts E3l72 600, ani its circulation 10 only Ell.
500 OO0-the former being increased s74u,OV0, and the
latter decreased 200, within the last month"
The recent storm in England had been very severe.
large, meeting had been held in Liverpool in favor
Of the immediate emancipation OF the Slaves In the
West India Islands
(From tic n. Y Ec. Posl(
The following letter, in addition to other matters OF
interest," contains passages relative 10 the Bank OF
England which worthy Of the attention o. pulitl
cal readers Men begin he impatient of lie dcsro,isn
which that great institution wedS the money
ket and 10 wonder how they have consented long
con6de power absolute to The hands which hare al
ways welded it with view 10 private interest and often
mischevouSly. The project OF taking from tie Bank OF
England the power OF issuing notes Is not TOW for the
first time enter tanned. We published in the Evening
Post about year since, essay. IN which the policy
of securing in this manner the currency OF Great Britain
against the funous fluctuations which occur from Tie
management Of the Bank OF England strongly urged
LONDON, Dec "a 1881
Every body hese is talking about the disturbances
which have broken out in Lower Canada. There is
G:uch speculation uneasGess, aud gre impotence
for further intelligence cannot pretend 10 say how
the government regards the matter, but knowing poIt
cinns, with whom sometimes consort, affirm that the
result will be unfavorabe to the dissatisfied party in Ia
nada-that government will make the revolt occasion
to pursue rigid line OF poicy and that despair
ing Of cancellation it will address itself 10 the
rying out Of those which it deems necessary
maintain its authority in the colony aud to protect
the British settlers against the French inhabitants.
Who will now say that the English are not gallant
people, You have heard with what prodigalIty the
ton has poured its treasures at the feet o. the young
fr1,,
empty his pockets into the lap OF his Poll with H..
berality than John Bull hiss emptied his into the lap Of
the fair Victoria. You aware doubtless, how much
the simple habits and economical education OF this young
lady have been commended The fruit of these simple
habits and this economical education is that she is TO
spend thousand pounds yearly than either
George the Fourth, her predecessor William Yes
the Wings, the pfaers about economy, have assigned
for the maintenance of the household of their econon
cal Queen which exceeds the Civil List of the
preceding monsrchs by nearly fifty thousand dollars
twice the salary Of President Of the United States-
They hsye surpassed in extravaganza the boroughmun
gering Tories.
William the Fourth a seaman, and like most sea.
men was Jolly. He had his banquets and carousas
which cost money-conviVality you know is expensive
He had also rather unsailorke tondness for horses
He expended for horses in six years. more than
enough to deay the cost Of remuneraling the British
army for two years. Yet with all his joly and his
jockeying, he contrved to 100000 yearly which
carried 10 the account OF his prvy purse and finally
went W NLS"IehCtS, W NIe. 1otuo".
AS of the weekly papers says, she anxious to
get every thing to rap rend Tor the Ftzclarences ell
Their in meal or malt
Queen Victoria has no such expensive habits-she has
no family provide forget she is to receive ten thou
sand pounds yearly more than William than George
the Fourth. Yet this ten thousand pounds is not the
whole difference, when compared with what The Tories
assigned for the maintenance of the fourth George
Since the one pound notes have been withdrawn from
circulation, and the smallest denomination of paper
ney we have is FIVE pound note the prices Of every
thing have been much reduced IT, therefore, these eco
nomical Wings had contenled themselves with assign
ing for the maintenance Of the Queens household the
same nomina provision which the harsh Tories assigned
for that of George the Fourth they would still have been
guilty of extravaganza.
But this is not ALL few days after the Civil List is