Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-11-11

Hamburger were shade lower than last post whIe
Paris remained about the same. The house OF 1sahs'
Fo,ter and Isngion the failure Of which has been an
uouucad on Change, one ct Respectable stnhohe'
and vas connected with Manchester and the inoian
trade. Their sioppage has, II is UNDERSTOOD 'hVo'veu
t' itm Of Hemsiey, Brothers, concern OF MINOR IN
portance -
and account this morning at 93s and exchequer hs al
b, 30 pm The tone Of the MARKETS hrn,, ana 'he'e IS
scarcely any stock the hands Of the jobbers supply
the defnnnd for Investment by the public nfSicah
bonds have been done at s, Portuguese hive per cents
n, 80 the Converted bonds at 3a' and Spanish actVes
at I6i Brighton Railway shares al 363, and Nlanches'
ter and birmingham with Eio paid have been done al
iGf. o,,
Quarter before thrse.-Consols for account, 93a {.
Lospos Cons ExcHAsGE-Frday There has been
but little English wheat fresh up to this morning mar
ket The few runs of kentish that were held over were
disposed Of al rather prices The miiefs nave
shown more anxiety to purchase foreign the reduced
rates of Monday but there no longer parcels press
ing for sale such low terms and the market Is more
steady although the transactions have been I'D retaii
Malt, beans and peas without alteration Darcy
dull SALE although not large supply the turn cheaper.
We had but little addition to The arrivals OF oas
since last market day. The dealers continue 10 Duy
most sparngly what under our previous currency
MANY samples of Scotch of inferior quality ana the
ne Irish moi so good as the first arrivals
| LIVERPOOL CoTros MARKEr, Oct. 2O.-Our market
is still, very fiat, though no change IN prices can DC
noticed The sales to-day amount 10 $500 bales, all 10
the trade and consist of Americans, and 3oo Surals'
SD to Id ,., .oa,
6P.M Oct. 2l.-The demand this week has been
much upon par with that Of the preceding al" Tue
market continues equally languid. Frees may oe
quoted the same as Friday last; but they are not OBJ
tanned readily Spectators have taken l2oo bales OF
Su,st ITO replace cotton burnD and 400 bales oil Anne
rcun, and exporters 300 American and 2oo Surat-
There rather more inquiry today and the sales may
hal, IF l,ndS ms
on speculation Sea Island, 90, Il IA; Std do ~,
a y; Upland, $3.50, 81; New Orleans, Gl3O 81 y
Alabama and Mobile, 2c2O, IA 81, American, $50
| From the y. Y. Sun
The Great Western, from Bristol 22d ut arrived at
six o'clock last evening, bringing London and Liver
pool papers her DAY Of sung together with large
number Of passengers and Dictens new book entitled
"No,es on America for copy If which We are IN
deb;ed attentive and enterprisg Liverpool cor
RESPONDENTS Messrs. Wilmer and Smith.
we find no political Of interest in OUR ample
files Mr. Dickens book is largely extracted from by
the London Press, and from cursory glance over those
extracts, Judge that he has mace out Work whcn
the Americans will have little 10 find uult
with.
His observations upon The public and charitable IN.
s,itu,ions of Boston, including the lunatc uns and
gao, matter not only of absorbing interest to
the phanthroPst, but OF the very highest importance
10 the legislator und economist.
II fe has pointed and stringent remarks upon Inc
| American Representatives, TO which we can now do
more than simply refer our readers, and with an nc
count of his presentation the President Mr. Dickens
concludes his first volume.
/ The London Chronicle thus closes summary view
Of the general character of the work
ave have here, we believe, impartial look on
America so far it proiessedIy extends, and for so
much as it professedy comprises. The author praises
when he il pleased and blames when he annoyed or
dsqused but his praise and blame alike reerable
to broad principles Of right and wrong and are not the
:, ndscrimnate outpourlngs Of personal peluance or
national prejudice.
alike man of common sense, when he visited ano-
Their country, he expected 10 find things different to
those a, home and prepared 10 accommodate him.
self TO the change He presents to US vivid pictures
and racy descriptions oil the scenes he viewed at one
time throwing his readers into convusons oil laughter
and ut another drawing from them tears OF sympathy,
even rs the occasion demands, or hs own hul hum"ur
suggests.
| sHe has not committed the presumptuous imper-
tinence of jong down datribe against the gravest
institutions Of great people al the window Of his ira
yelling carriage The fppsn insult Of pronouncIng
upon their domestic manners and socin worth from
bird seye view taken at The easement of his inn
"He has not conceived il his bounden duty to abuse
every thing in ratio to the extent OF lts difference
from the "Engish fashion, nor, because he IS an ar
dent lover of liberty, has he imagined necessary per
fiction every thing American, because It IS Republi-
can.
! Nils volumes have no; the air Of being manuiac.
lured 10 publishers order, because former books by
the hand have "tuken the town, but are fresh,
stirring and vigorous fle twaddles- indeed, 10
Dickens that would be impossble-but, which better
praise, he never Trou0piseS
! Now have not the remoest idea what, IN the es.
timalion Of the Chronicle, entitled 10 this Italcsrd
epithet bu, ii Mrs Trolopc ever perpetrated any Iro
ipry which surpassed the following traddiing, truck
ling to the British press, the expense Of sacrifice of
aHthe pirtue, OF the mercan press we have never
come across it. Witness his diatbe upon the American
newspaper press:
10 tho har1
of journals which are published in the States there
some the reader need scarcely be told of character
and credit. From personal intercourse with accom-.
psted gentlemen connected with publications. oil this
class have derived both pleasure aud Rsoht but the
name of these Few, and Of the others Legion and
The influence of the good is poaeress to counleract the
moral poison ofthe bad Among the gentry OF America
amongst the well informed and mode the learned
professons-at the bar and the bench, there 49, as
there be- but opinion IN reference TO the VICIOUS
character of these infamous journals 1t IS sometimes
con,ended will say strangely, for it is natural TO
seek excuses for such Ding that their influence is not
so great as vsi!er would suppose. must be Pardoned
for saving there warrant for this plea, and that
every fact and circumstance tends directly TO the opPo'
site conclusion When any of any grade of descent,
in intellect or character climb TO any public dstlnc
ton no matter what in America, without first groveng
down upon the EARTH and bending the knee before this
monster of de pravy-whc any private excellence ,s
ga e from its attcks-when any social confidence s left
unbroken by any tie Of social decency and honor is
held in the easregard; when any in that free coun
try has freedom OF opinion, and presumes to think for
himself without humble reference TO censorship, winch
for its rampant ignorance and base dishonesty, he Ut
ery loathes and despses in his heart-when those who
mos, acu,ey feel its iniamy and the eproach it casts
. upon the nation and who most denounce il to each
other dare to sci their heels upon it, and crush openly
in the sight of all men, then will believe lis influence
, | is lessennr, and returning 10 their manly
senses But while the press has lis evil eye in every
. house, and it's Lck hand in every appointment in the
State from Preside n, to postman-whe, with rbad
sIa nder only stock trade il the standard lite
nature of class who must find their reading
in a newspaper, Or they Will not read at also long
must it's odium be upon the counrys head and long
mus. the evil works be plainly visible in the republic
To those WHO accustomed to the Lending Englis h
journals the respectable journals of the Continent
OF Europe-to those who are accustomed TO anything
else in print and paper, would be impossible, without