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The merchants {chiefly of Liverpool) who trade with Bri- tish North America are complaining ofthe Serious effects occasioned b the absence of any bankrupt law in New Brunswick. be British creditor has, of course, in suclra state of things, 'no chance of receiving any satisfaction for his claim on an insolvent house in America, if there be cre- ditors on the spot, who can at once take possession of all the goodsfto satisfy their'own demands, without being compel- led to a division. In this complaint the English merchants a're‘ ioined by several respectable parties in’ the colony itsell; who feel that the'disadvautageofthe Euclish creditor reacts to the injury of the bettersort of ‘ ' le in New Brunswick, as it tends to destroy credit alto ,r.; A letter written by one of thesehas been published in a New Brunswick paper, and has been read with great interest by the merchant's here who correspond with that colony. This letter exhibits a most melancholy condition of the state even of internal credit for the want of a bankrupt law. The merchants and their country customersare described as being afraid to trust each other; every man, when dealing with his'cus- tomers, appears, itisj'said, to be “treading on a charged tnine ;” and indeed 'br‘edit sunk to such a ma that the heavy dealiérs will not‘fiell any article ' except Vor ready money,‘which is very sc " ce on account ofa pressure by the

countries is described as still inoreserious. Both foreigners

loaneonfiden‘ce in the colony to such a degree, that if a man comes to En land with a, letter of credit to purchase goods,he is refused on the plea that the credit of the place is gone. ' , ' '

Twines. Dc'rms.——'On Friday, the 22d ult., a public meet- mg of the merchants, shipowners, lu'okcrs, .buildcrs, and 0t iers connected with the timber trade, was held in the Cotton Suleroom, Exchange, Liverpool, for'thc purpose of considering the propriety of memorialisiug her M tjesty’s government to allow the proposed change in the timber du- ties to come into immediate operation. The meeting was most respectably attended. The lollowing resolutions were V passed_:—“ That the prices now current for North American ‘tim Jane below the rates at which it can be remuneratcly

imported for sale, even under the propOscd new scale ol'du- _ties. That thcconsequence of any protracted delay would tend to injure "all parties, without benefiting or alleviating any one interest, inasmuch, as postponement will at once check consumption, and cause a Comparative cessation of all'general contemplated operations,nnd thus, in effect, pn- ralyze the trade both at home and abroad for 1842. That whatever the result may be with regard to the proposed al- teration of the timber duties, it is highly expedient, as re- gards the linure welfare.of the merchants and colonists 'abroad, and also the merchant, shipowner, and manufactu- rer at home, that that alteration should come into imme- diigte speration, and not be delayed until the 10th of Oc- . to or. ‘

Pc'rl'rioxs.—VVe are glad that Sir Robert Peel has given way on the question, as to the presentation of Petitionsl against taxes. The practice of 150 years was not indecd' lightly to be broken through, but something must be con- cede to the spirit pf the times, and we believe that the door ofthe House of Commune should be thrown open as wit ly as possible to the reception of the Petitions of the p . If no other good result from the change, it willat least' 0- rate can safety-valve, and take away from the popular agita-

rtors the opportunity of alleging that taxes are imposed by representatives who refuse to hear what is the opinion ofthe country as to their ‘wisdotn.-....In addition to the unpopularin ‘of refusing to receive these Petitions, it was quite obvious that persons who chose to act in the manner adopted by Mr. Thomas Duncombe and Mr. Cowper, could easily interrupt ‘the business of the house,'a ’u a far more effectual way than it” they had been allowc to present Petitions without molestation.

Tn: ROYAL ALBERT, 120 GunsT—The Lords Commis- sioners of the Admiralty have ordered that a first-rate ship- of-war, of 1'20 guns, be built in the Woolwich Dockyard, and, in compliment to her Majesty’s illustrious consort, to be named the Royal Albert. This splendid vessel will be built on a plan submitted to their lonlships by Mr. Oliver Lang, master-shipwright ofthe yard, and will be construct- ed under his own iinlnediate superintendence on the slip from which the 'l‘rafalgar, of 1.20 guns, was launched on‘the 21st June, 1841. It was originally inte ed to build n90- ‘Igun ship on the slip where the Ta '7 I was built, to be named the Hannibal, and nearly the" . the keel was

» lard, but fpl' several ’weeks past no workmen have been em- plgyed”;uppn her, and 'the keel will be removed to make :wuy for the Royal Albert of 120 guns. '

lard’stgnley is of opinion that all the colonies are nearly

. oyerdotie‘ with labour, and that unless capital emigrate as

‘ .as_ or there can be but little immediate employment

had In them. '

It was statcdhy Lord Arthur Lennox, in the House of Commons during the late discussion on the Mutiny Bill, that there are at the present time in the British army four colonels who suffered corporal punishments while they were In the ranks, from which they had subsequently risen by their own merits. . . _

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flit-rmonnmanr Psaroanascs or DIVINE ‘VORSIHP.—— On .Sunday morning, divine service was performed at the Institution of the Refuge for the Adult, Destitute, Deaf and Dumb, in Bartlett‘s-buildings, Ilolboru. The congregation was composed chiefly ol'deafaud dumb persons, and this is the first attempt atginstructing in scriptural doctrines, by Egblrc worship, that class of the suffering community In- . urlng under the deprivation ofthe senses of hearing and speaking ever made. The service has conducted in the followmg manner, and presented a most interesting scene: -—-Mr. Rosser, a deafand dumb gentleman, performed, if it may be so termed, selections from the morning service, which was done by making signs with his fingers, and the rapidity with which he did it was wonderliil. The Lord’s Prayer was delivered entirelyby pautomimicnl gestures, and was a beautiful specimen ofexpressive silence. After (the morning service, Mr. J. G. Simpson delivered a short but eloquent discourse from Isaiah xxxv., and it was con- veyed to his audience through the medium .of signs, as he

itel‘l' t- little girl, only eight years of age, who, although neifi deafnor dumb, is as conversant with the signs ‘as the o eét ofthe adult deafand dumb members of the Insti- tution. The rapidity of the child’s ,motions, by which she conveyed the discourse delivered by Mr. Simpson, was aston- Nishlng. At the conclusion of the discodrse, the deaf and dumb Were asked by the same medium of signs, whether they per- fectly understoodwhat had been delivered, to which they assented. The Singular spectacle ofthe Holy Scriptures be- ing expounded by signs, wasaltogether of a most impressive nature. ..,The service will be continued for the present, at theJnstitutIon In Bartlett’s-buildings, exerySunday morn- mg. .It is In contemplation to'ihav‘e a regular place of wor- shlp'in connection with this Society for the deaf and dumb ‘ornou of the community, of whom it is estimated there are

, in London alone, several thousands, who will thus be en-

abled to participate in the benefits of the publishing of the

vigoael, from Which they have, up to this time, been debarred. . ‘. —, ndon Times ‘ ' ‘

' Du. CitALMeas AND‘AMI-BAMONAGE in was German or Scorpanm—Ata large non-intrusion meeting, recently held -at Glasgow, the foliowiug letter was read from Dr. Chal-

~“ . . - “Edinburgh, April 9. .1842-

_ pear Sly—l regret that I cannot attend a meeting, of the spmtnntld objects of which I so thoroughly uppl‘OVe-

. ‘y eermg to observe the progress ot'our great cans!" i r .,- _hde, on the one hand, the ministers oliour Church, ‘ _ of every‘efi‘ort. to shake or seduce them, remain an '..'.{‘lllyl{lng and unduniuished majority in defence of her . ad liberties; on the other hand, the public are becom- . 1re ahve every day to a sense ofher wrongs; so that ;;n\n resolved clergy, and an attached and confidiug

‘tives ofconscicnce, and'the deference I have ever held due

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people, let us hope, with the '1 and greatest of our national institutes wi||.yet stand its ground against all the attempts which have been made, and are still making, whether to vitiate or destroy it. . »

“I feel that] cannot estimate too highly the labours 0f your important Assooiation ; and do hope that, under your influence, and within the sphere of your operations, many others will arise in your own likeness,'and he" instruments in the hand of Providence, for the dfifusion of sound information and right views of our question, both in the west and through- out the whole of Scotland.

“On the subject of patronage,l had long been in the habit of regarding it as practicable to harmonize her initiative voicH in the appointment ofa, minister, with the sacred preroga-

to the Collective voice of every honest and religious, however lunnble, a congregation. The experience of so many li‘uit- less and fat' ‘ pg negotiations, has now wearied me out, and forced myse‘l and many others to desrst from this as a Vain and hopeless enterprise; The repeated attempts of patrons to", mper with the principles ofour young licentiates on tit r entrance into the ministry, and so instil a deadly 1301- son into the very feuntain-heads of the nation’s morality, have now completed my antipathy to the whole system, and led me to the conviction, that it were best both for the Church and the country of Scotland, ifit Were conclusively put an end to. ‘ ‘ “.I have the honour to be. dear Sir, “Yours most 'truly, '

“Tnomas CHALMERS.

.“To Wm. Lamont, Esq., jnn., Secretary.”

A . , . . UNITED STATES.

Rnons ISLAND, May 11.-—The legal Legislature of Rhode Island re-assembles this day, at Newport, to receive the re- ply'of the President ofthe United States to the requisition sent to him by special messages last week.

The Providence Express, the organ oer. Dorr’s party, speaks thus in reference to this subject ;-.- » ,

Tm: PRESIDENT or run UNITED Snares—Should this Republican functionary issue his proclamation to overawe the people of Rhode Island and its legal government, under the people’s constitution, it will then“he )he duty ofthe State Committee, or of the Executive Committee of tho ( Rhode Island Salli-age Association, to callnllIass Conven- tion of the People, to assemble at Providence, as‘s‘oon as may be, to enter their Solemn Protest against such a pro- ceeding on the part’ofthc National Executive, and to take such other steps deemed necessary to “ selllprcservation.”

The Provulence Journal confirms the report of yesterday, that the speaker of‘the spurious Legislature had been arrest- ed, and subsequently rescued. by a mob of his followers at \Voonsocket. It was not, however,a positive rescue vi et armis. It appears that after his arrest,

“Mr. Sayles requested to go to Mr. VVhite’s office, about three quarters ofa mile distant, to consult with him. The request was granted ’and after half an hour’s, delav, Mr. Cooke proceeded to the office of Mr. White, where Mr. Say- Ies was. A large crowd had assembled and declared their determination to rescue Mr. Suyles. ; The officer being alone and ,opposed by so large a number, be deemed it imprudent to attempt to enforce his authority. , ‘

The Express boasts of the achievement, and states the circumstances somewhat stronger.” This aper also re- marks the names ofcertain leading individuqu who are ex- erting themselves for the preservation of aw and. order, giving also the numbers of their cadences, evidently for the purpose of designating them Bethe first objects of vio— lence in the event ot'a collision. ”

The fact of the arrest of Mr. Arnold, and his committal to prison, is confirmed. A military guard of'two companies has charge of the prison. In relation to this arrest, the Ex- press makes'the following appeal to arms ;— -

Psoru: or RHODE IsLan,’ APPEAL 'ro Anus !!—-Mr. Benjamin Arnold, jr., one ol your most poaceable citizens, a professing and practical Christiang'a man wit‘ha family ‘de- pendent on him for support and comfort, has been malici- ously and wantonly arrested and dragged to-an iguominious prison, under-the most arbitrin'y‘aud despotic law that ever disgraced the history of the civilized world. Shall such conduct go unrevenged; shall such a proceeding be tolerat- ed in a Christian land; shall such tyrants go unrequited of summaryjustice;'shall‘Britishtories in the shape of men he suffered thus tortantalize your hast and most exemplary citizens; shall the land of Roger Williamsbethus disgraced by barbarism in the age and day in which we live; shall such men as Curry from Nova Sdotia,and emigrants from London and other foreign places, he suffered unmolested, and unscathed, to rejoice over the affliction ofthe wife and children of such men, and such Christians as Benjamin Ar- nold, Jr.? No,' you never will suffer-such a proceeding to go without a sufficient exemplary rebuke. Then People of Rhode Island we say, to arms] !—Arm yourselves. Be ready to strike at a moment’s notice for your liberty, and strike the tyrants down. Be prepared, and ‘when the bell stn'lces thrice that hour you are emancipated —-JUNtcs Bno'rcs.

In a postcript- to last evening’s Providence Chronicle, We find the following extract from a letter written yesterday morning at Woonsocket Village. '

I have just opened my letter, to inform you that. at the Suffrage meeting last evening, resolutions were passed, to the effect that they (the Suffrage people) would prevent, at all hazards, the arrest of any of their men in this region. It was resolved that they send Mr. Savles to \Vashington. He Will go this day. . ‘

NEW YORK, May 12.

_ Vesscm IN Poa'r.——There were one hundred and twenty eight ships and barques, one hundred and five brigs, three men-of-war and two English steamships in this port yester- day morning. These are exclusive of schooners, sloops and American steamers. Of the above, tlurty ships and barques and thirty three brigs, are laid up, and ninety eight ships and barques, and seventy two brigs taking in cargoes and dischar - mgr-A”. Y. Herald. -

BAPTISTS IN Ros-rom—Six hundred and three members have been added to the several Baptist Churches, eight in numbcrum Boston, during the mouths of March and April.

_A Tariff Bill for raising a sufficient revenue for the wants of Government, anrl to relieve the labouring and mechanic classes of the country from the general depression under which their interests are suffering, has been introduced into Congress.

A large portion ofthe seventeen liberatedCreole slaves have been taken to Jamaica.

, NEW BRUNSWICK.

Goon Broom—The Saint John Mechanics’ Whale Fish- ing Company have just declared the handsome dividend of 205. a Share, (equal to about 14 per cent. on £7 45. paid up Capital.). Last May, the same company declared a dividend of20 per cent. Those dividends prove the Company to he in a presperous condition, and must be highlv encouraginur to the’ Stockholder.—St. John Herald. ' °

AWFUL—‘Ve understand, that, according to a calculation made, upwards of five thousand persons have left this city since the beginning of April.——llundretls of houses entirely tennntless! St. John is- certainly in‘ state; on every countenance we perceive " ~picted as if the city was afflicted with the choler .. us keep our hearts up; it is no use making wry faces—St. John New.

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an]: Qtotoutst instant. SATURD$ MAY 23, [842. Tuesday last being thel‘uflniversary of Her Majesty’s

birth day, the same was observed here with the usual de- monstrations of respect and loyalty.

The following paragra )h has a car in . Halifax papers, under the Ihead of ‘rlgxtrzgts frfihelaltleolgillé lish papers :” 1% g

“The John Macadam, a steamship chartered for carryin the mail between Pictou and Miramichi, was to leave Li? vcrpool for CharlottemWn, P. E. Island, on the 16th May.”

As the Liverpool European‘ol the 4th inst. takes no notice of the circumstance, and as no letters received by any per-

or God, that the best I son stea _ _ _ _ the correctness ofthe information contented

graph we have quoted; on her way hither, ' tion on the part was sent from t _' ‘ ment. Mr. Longworth IS now on the purpose of purchasing a steam vcsse vigation Company 0 played in between Pictou, M

planatory Address in t . _ in; ofpcrsonalities and vulgar insult havmg bv'A NATIVE ELEC'ron, Herald ofthe 7th inst., an for the respectability of that paper; hension for that 0 alitics and abuse by wholesale,‘ attac lives as vile “agitators and demagogues,” dupes, to dupe you. . tempting to contmvert the truths contame

and displaying a greater degree 0

he was intrusted with a Petition against

allusion to the fitting out 0ft! we are inclined to doubt ’ in, the pars- ’At any rate, if any such vessel Is I must be merely as a private specula- ofthose who have sent her, as no authorlty his Island to enter into any such engage- his way. to England for l for the Steam Na- fthis Island, and which is to be em- the conveyance of the mails and passengers iramichi and this port.

OF THE SECOND ELECTORAL PRINCE COUNTY; I

‘here make the slightest

~ 5 mer for the purpose referred, to,

TO THE ELECTORS ‘ DISTRICT Ol‘ GENTLEMEN;

I observe that Mr. Swabey has again appeared in an ex-

hc Gazette of the v19th inst. complain- beenoffcred him in a'letter 'which appeared in the d seems to be under much concern but is under no apprf- fthe Gazette, in Which he deals out person- king your Representa- and you as their whilst he himself is using every triennsdn his power He has carefullv avoided replymg to 0" a“ ' d in the letter to but goes on askin: a number of questions, l'egotism than is to be met l'the some length which has ever come under my notice. It ishnot my intention to answer his questions in the order in WlllCll he has put them, or to tell him whether [think it was lgllm'ance’ 90W“"‘l'”.‘*= "we 0' oppression or u‘mlignity, winch induced [run to reject (those measures which he says he hast-ejected m the Legislative Council—but with respect to the Lunatic Asylum Bill,I.be~ have it was ignorance which caused bun to support it. How- ever, with all his persuasive pOWL’I'S, know “0‘ one l’el‘s‘m '” the Assembly who would have submitted to have been “gond- ed” into that or any measure by him, or those who acted with him, With regard. to the tax upon domestlc distillation, ignorance is not the worst feature in the part he has. taken; for he states what is not the fact, that the very mention of it had the effect of reducng the price ol'gralu III the market. Was it this that caused a reduction in the price of pork, &c. in the market? No: but it was owing to the want of a de- mand in markets out ofthe Island, and the difficulties which took place in money matters at the time, which Mr. .5. very well knows. He appears to lay much stress on the fact that thc'tax alluded to. I wonder he forgot to tell you how that spirited document Was got up; that it was concocted at one of the drunkeries in Charlottetown, and signed by but a few, the frequenters ofSuch dens; and [question if they would have got an- other in the Legislative Council who would have offered to. present such a petition, or who would have availedihlmself of such an opportunity of gaining the Confidence" of the pe- titioners. A further attempt is made to grill you, by trying to make you believe that were it not for Mr. S.’s exertions the establishment of a Steam Company would have proved a failure, and that his sole motive was to open new markets for Agricultural produce. But where are those new mar- kets? Not, I believe, in any of those ports to which the Company intend running"their Boat; but if it even were as he says, he is quite unwilling that the House of Assembly should have any credit in the enterprize, for he tells you that “as far as it was concerned,the measure was stoutly oppos- ed by two of its members.” ‘

. And now, Gentlemen, you may notice the consistency of

this prudent legislator. If you'credit his first address, he belongs to no connection, party, or influence Whatever; but in his last famOUS epistle hesafys, “ I am one of a party who are willing to see whether measures of a character which have never yet engaged the thoughts of the legisla- ture cannot do good‘to the Colony.”' 'Not being a Free-ma- son, Iam unable to account why that which is goodshould be kept secret; however, send him to represent you, with a‘majo‘rity of his party in the [louse of Assembly, and you will find out the secret to your cost. But 1 would congratu- late him upon being relieved from the expense in which he has been formerly involved as an English Magistrate, and hope that his valuable services in this country will be better rewarded. . . He wishes you to believe thatI am some fellow from Halifax, and not a “Native Elector ;” but he may'yet disco- ver his mistake, and in time to have my assistance in getting Charlottetown established as a Free Warehousing Port. He next acknowledges, what was pretty well known before, that he had a hand in circulating a Petition, the object of'which was to do away with tl’ie.pay_,of"the members of the Assem- 'bly_. Itliink that some among you have seen that pretty document, and believc,'as I 'do,'that it had aware treacherous object In,.view, which was to do away with the Assembly altogether, and to induce you to abandon your friends, and submit tothe domination of the secret party to which our Candidate belongs. He carefully cautions you against the ndvrce of “the pretended Native Elector,” as he is pleased to style me, and refers you to‘his own deeds, many of which, he says, are registered; and that he will take an early op- portunity of'explaiuing llimselfto you. [In is now going li‘oui house tolrouse in the District, and no doubt he ismaking such explanations as he thinks will best suit_ltis purpose. “I again assert (says he), in spite of this blockhead, (whether or not he means his own ‘Iietltl, I know not) that prudent Legislation )5 capable of extending very much the trade and prosperity of this Island.” Now, Gentlemen. whilst our Candidate was writing his own panegyric, and lawshlug his compliments on the [louse of Assembly, also cndeavourimr to show you what a blessing he has been to the LegislativebCouncil dur-' mg the past Session, lam sorry that he should have for? gotten any of the worthy deeds which might have recom- mended him to your notice.