The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-11 00:00:00

tation would undoubtedly have taken place at this The length of our assize reports, together with an unusual mass very crisis. What the free traders and Sir Robert of other important news, has compelled us to postpone Peel are chargeable with is their having, in antici several reviews and other articles until next week. nation of such large importations, not only du r in g , We are desired to st a t e th at t h e Patr i ck Magee, whose name • has been mentioned in connection wit the abstraction of periods of scarcity, but in ordinary years, esta cotton from Me") es: Alutrii and Co.'s w house, is not re. fii Wished a system of everency which must, during tecl te., - ,aor in.ntry vay 'connected with, rr. Patrick Magee, , .the ISem of 3,Gte and Corcoran, ;few Quay. .Y. asks ris Why the price of bread is not reduced . in pro- I rtion to the reduction ill that of flour; and adds, that he an discern no alteration in the size of the threepenny or ' process of impor ion, and the ' ta . the consequent temporary export of gold in payment, lead to a contraction of the paper currency of the country, Sixpenny loaf since the low prices. We presume that in most and to monetary suffering amongst all classes of respectable shops the price has been reauced; and it is the the community. It is this tendency of the basis purchaser's fault if he submits to pal more than the article of our circulatinz medium to leave the country as worth. The finest bread at prese n t, w e ar e a s sur ed, ought to be sold at lid. per lb., and good ho u seh o ld b rea d at lid. which at this moment at the root of the disincli- As to the threepenny and sixpenny loaves, the law does not nation of bankers and capitalists to extend facilities recognise any such things. Every loaf ought to be weighed in the presence of the buyer, and sold by weight. to the trading world : • TO CORRESPONDENTS, Eiberpooi &tanZiarb. They see," remarks tile writer in Blackwood, " the importations of food going on without intermission, in the face of exceedingly low prices, at the rate of fifteen millions of quarters a year, being nearly quadruple that of 1839, which was four million quarters. They know that the grain countries will take our gold to any amount, THE present month's number of Blackwood but not our t manufactures, v because th c e i y th do not k want them, p are l o t o t 0 poor paid them inw ; a contains an article, a long extract from which we is all this hat is all Ls a to ' end w) have given elsewhere, entitled, " Free Trade at its How are the bills drawn to pay for these exports to be Zenith," which, together with the work, " Sophisms met ?So general is this feeling of dread, from the effects of Free Trade," from which we have previously of a drain on our metallic resources to pay for the vast quoted largely, deserves the attentive study of all importations of grain going forward, that . when the autumn, said to the chief classes of politicians. We say all classes, for we author, e 0 notnhee of beginning e o a t b f an i k s i t n establishments in Bri scarcely know whether the truths which it enforces tain, that " three weeks' rain in August would render are better calculated to enlighten the protectionists half the merchants in England bankrupt," he replied,— with respect to the causes of the present condi- Sir, three weeks' rain in August will make half the mer tion of the national industry, or to point out to chants in Europe bankrupt." the free traders the real error of their policy, and The sum expended upon the importations re the reason why it has thus far falsified every pre- quired to fill up the vacuum in the supply of food, diction put forth in its behalf. The views of the caused by the loss of the potato crop, has been writer, that the present condition of the nation is estimated at about £15,000,000 sterling—a mere not so much to be attributed to the operation of trifle compared with the amount of the accumu free trade as to the attempt to carry it out under a lated property of the nation. Call it even twenty restricted currency, are not altogether novel. We millions, and it is then only a fifteenth part of the have ourselves all along insisted upon the fact that value of the agricultural produce of the kingdom, our existing monetary laws are totally inconsistent which is estimated at £300,000,000 sterling per with a great permanent enlargement of the imports annum. Such a loss might be felt accurately by of the country, to be paid for, as they must conti- those—the growers —upon whom it immediately nually be, by the abstraction of the basis of our fell ; but it could never bring about a general currency. The excellence of Blackwood's article is monetary crisis were it not for the drain created the searching manner in which the writer anato- through it upon a restricted currency. The writer raises the whole subject, leaving no loophole for before us justly remarks—" There is no more rea cavil at, his conclusions, and the array of facts son, had it not been for the currency laws, why the which he brings forward to prove them. We pur- failure of the potato crop in Ireland should have pose here to give a sketch of the views embodied produced a monetary crisis in Great Britain than a in the article. failure of the potato crop in Norway." The first position taken up is based upon the Equally futile is the plea of the free traders that fact that we did not experience any great amount the continental revolutions of 1848 caused the of industrial or commercial suffering from the first monetary sufferings of that year. Our total exports steps made in 1842 in the direction of free trade, to the countries in Europe affected by revolution great as they were. This very fact was remarked ary movements only amount to about thirteen upon, rather complacently,' by Sir Robert Peel, in millions sterling per annum, or a fourth of our his apology for the recent policy of the legislature, entire exports. Half of this sum of thirteen mil delivered in the House of Commons last session, lions was probably the utmost falling off ; and in which he pointed with infinite satisfaction to the this is certainly a mere fraction of the t o t a l year l y _ . - th the amount of our manufactures, which a re es ti ma t e d -- ...cutler it was fair that at aheut 200 millions sterling. It is preposterous ...Nance made to complete free trade in that this trifling deficit can have had any great i should be made to bear the blame of the share in bringing about the disastrous events of by adventitious causes, such 1848 and 1849. On the contrary, it is not impro- Ireland, in 1846, and the bable that the flow of specie to Great Britain But Sir Robert during the troubles of Europe, estimated to amount ,n the acts of 1842 and to about nine millions sterling, contributed very fiction bills were passed. materially to restore our currency, and to shorten a semi free trade, with- the period during which we should have been sof 1844-5, and coexist- plunged in the difficulties resulting from monetary speculation, and inflation scarcity. terce and industry. It The conclusion, then, to which the writer brings had any experience of us, and which is an obvious one, is that, whilst a trade, along with a portion of the sufferings which we have recently listincfion between the had to endure—for example, those of the agricul considers most impor- tural community—are the direct result of importa :-* narty, " who, tions of food, marketable bet hat ' TUESDAY MORNING, DEC. 11, 1849 tariff of 1 the fu as the po lurof From 1 y of the th , and asked ion cause ;c:i fail 0 1845 we h ie new monetary law h enormous railwa every branch c the operation of two epo tant. ear with a the mo ngth of t that we 1, or t to be allevia ous exception, on in its true light, ee trade ; and,—by- ,h voluntarily relinquished _ ierewitti to shake the and failed in instruct- the real causes of ans by which they are od harvests in 18 y to cause the great prosperity of those years. We had also an extended foreign trade, ample employment for our labouring classes, and a good home market. The effect of the monetary change of the latter year hurried on the community to a pitch of speculative madness. The writer remarks upon this point : • It is now perfectly apparent, and_ is generally under siooa, that tha fatal bank ohartow aof wax' tiva main amen of the ruinous railway mania which has since spread dis 'ough the country. The reason ancipated the bank directors -cept that of making the most, • capital ; and subjected them , the vast quantity of specie I to keep in their vaults, as rendered a their business in every direction effect of these concurring .ent. Interest was lowered, .12 of the bank charter act, to is bills, or still lower, as urnished by Messrs. Gurney and it bill brokers in the world." The ;ounts increased beyond all prece le banks. Those of the Bank of ►OO,OOO ; and of all country bankers i. The total notes in circulation, in ~.aed X 28,000,900 ; in Great Britain exceeded X 39,000,000. It was this of notes which gave, for the time at least, -- -nlodation for the immense under on foot ; which, beyond all doubt, .nd nurtured the infancy of that vast which so soon overspread the coup , while it was in course of formation, diffused such general prosperity over the land." It at once em from every cons they were of bankers, of ti a Matter of necessity - . 'I y after t wo per cent. for first-cli nd rose LO Jar propor alone, re )us issue ly sufficient acco But here, in 1846, another feature of this law came into operation, crushing all the enterprise which had been called into existence, and strewing the face of society with wreck and disaster. The construction of railways was an undoubted good They employed the people during their ; and, when finished, promised to open up vast facilities for the development of the power and the wealth of the country. The nation's was sufficient for the purpose, as is proved in itself construction by the fact _ iat two-thirds of the railways for which acts were obtained during this period, are now com_ pleted, and the remaining third is in _ " But," our writer remarks : at, a price below tip. which the home-grower can sell at and live by his industry, the cause of the violent disturbance of the _.zial and commercial fabric, and of the astounding depreciation in the value of every de scription of property, which has attended these importations, scattering havoc and insolvency over the land, is to be found in a system of currency which is violently contracted when it ought to ex pand ; which arrests the industry of the country, when it ought to be increasedly active in producing the means of payment for that food of which a dispensation of providence has deprived us ; and which, independently of any such dispensation of providence, or of any misfortune of our own, ope rates to plunge this great and industrious people in all the evils of monetary scarcity whenever, by the necessities of foreign nations, or our own, its basis— gold —may be withdrawn from us. The vital ques tion, then, for otatcornen to grapple with, mid for the people of all classes to press upon their atten tion, is not composed of such comparatively trifling matters as financial reform, equalisation of the bur thens which press upon the various sections of the community, and other similar specifics which are being put forward at the present moment—some of them well enough in their place—but the establish ment of a sound monetary system, capable of adapting itself to the increased wants of the com munity, and enabling us to realise, in practice, the axiom laid down by the sound portion of the political economists, that " production creates de- course of ormation —apital alone is not sufficient for carrying on under takings. Currency also is requisite ; and if that be defi cient, the most boundless overflow of capital will not avert a monetary crash, or save the nation from the most dreadful calamities. Here, too, the event has thrown a broad and decisive light on this vital question, and the cause of our calamities. Interest was fixed by govern ment, after the crash, for advances by the Bank of Eng land, in October, 1847, at eight per cent. ; it rose, in ,e transactions, to twelve and fifteen per cent. Why was that ? Not because capital was awanting, but be cause the bankers, from the drain of specie to buy foreign grain, and the operation of the bank charter acts of 1844 and 1845, could not venture to issue notes to their cus tomers. The nation resembled a great army, in which vast stores of provisions existed in the magazines at its disposal, but a series of absurd regulations affecting the - , issariat prevented the grain they contained being Accordingly, when the absurd restrictions were removed, things soon began to amend. When the bank charter act was pro tempore repealed, by Lord John Russell's famous letter of October, 1847, the effect was instantaneous in allaying the panic, and inte rest gradually fell, until now money has become over flowing, and it is to be had at two per cent., although the years since that time have been the most disastrous to capital ever known in the British annals, so that no sub sequent increase has been possible." Such a state of things could never have occurred had government, alter the example of Wm. Pitt, ,aneously with the extension of the on's engagements, an expansive domestic cur that which enabled us to bear up, and to progress in every branch of industry and commerce, under the burthens of a war extending over upwards of twenty years, during which we expended from 8,000 to 120 millions yearly, a large portion of it in subsidising foreign nations. But the legislature of the present day pursued a com pletely opposite course. It not only did not pro vide an expansive system of currency, to meet the extended undertakings of the nation, which itself had encouraged, but took the most effectual mea sures to contract the circulation both in gold and paper, directly in proportion to the necessity for its expansion. As the result, the community were brought to the verge of despair ; the Bank of England itself was, in October, 1847, possessed of only £564,000 sterling in its banking department, which, if allowed to have been drawn out, must, by the admission of its governor, have led to sus pension of payments ; and yet, this same bank, in consequence of the requirements of the currency restriction act of 1844, had at the time £8,500,000 in gold in the cellars of the issue department But it is contended that this state of things was the result of the vast importation of grain which took place in 1847. In part, of course, it was ; and if the object of the repeal of the corn laws was not to facilitate such large importations in periods of unusual scarcity we don't know what was its object. Under the old corn law the name impor- issued to the • sold entire induct inand." WE have often remarked that our financial re formers would, when a convenient time arrived, make an attack on the rights of the church, and we have frequently advised our friends to be pre pared for such an assault. Let churchmen read the following extract from a speech delivered at a financial reform meeting at Norwich, on Thursday, by a Mr. Tillett, and observe the " app!ause " and " immense cheering " with which the sentiments of the speaker were received, and then say if it is not time to put a stop to what is at present mere sense less raving, but what will shortly—if not checked — prove something more formidable : simult such as " He considered that they were perfectly justified in asking themselves on what authority this question rested, and what good reason there was that, whilst they were at liberty to choose their own lawyer, and surgeon, and tradesman, and professional man, and adviser, they were not at liberty to choose their own parson.—(Tumultuous applause.) Now several burdens had arisen out of this state of things, and it was for them to consider the ques tion and to:see whether they could not possibly be re moved, without injury to any living individual. He would suggest that when gentlemen talked to them about "vested rights," they should ask whether these tithes were not intended for the repairs of the churches and support of the poor, and whether for centuries the clergy had not been putting the entire amount into their own pockets. Talk of " vested rights,"—for his part he considered that there was no " statute of limitation,' against conscientious right, and that the longer the wrong had been perpetrated the quicker the parsons ought to be in making restoration. (Great cheering.) He was walking up a street in Nor wich the other day, when he was met by a farmer, who told him that he had just had a good brush with one of the M.P.'s of the county. He said to me,' repeated the farmer, ' what do you think of free trade ?" We hav'n't got it" said I. Hav'n't got it ! Why you have free trade in corn now ; there can be no doubt of that.' Ah, but we hav'n't got free trade,' said I, we hav'n't got it.' Why, what do you mean ?' said he, ' what do you mean ?" Why,' replied I, ' we an't got free trade in par sons yet.'—(lmmense cheering.)" WE trust that our agricultural friends will not allow themselves to be gulled with the recipe for their present distress, which is being put forth in some quarters, viz., the conclusion of an agree ment by the farmer with his landlord to pay a corn rent, or in other words, an annual amount in money, determined by the price which he receives for his grain crops. The proposal seems a reasonable one. If grain is low, it is argued, the rent will be also low : if high prices are realized, the farmer can afford to pay an increased amount. He has, in fact, to set aside merely a certain num ber of quarters for his landlord; and it is urged that it is immaterial to him what money amount this quantity of grain produces. Let us, however, test, by an example or two, the fairness of such an argument. The Liverpool Times, we observe, speaks strongly in favour of a corn rent; and we shall take the liberty, first, of trying the experi ment upon himself. Our contemporary now pub lishes his paper at sd. per copy. Suppose, then, that he were to make an arrangement with his landlord to pay, as the rent of his premises, one. fifth of this, or a penny for each paper sold. Com petition, however, arises; and the Times is com pelled by it to reduce his price to threepence. Three-fifths of a penny from every paper printed becomes, therefore, his rent; and, according to his principle, it ought to be as easily paid as before the reduction in the price of the article. Our, contemporary, however, has tried the threepenny experiment ; and knows that, with that price, rent could not be paid at all. Threepence barely covers the labour and materials employed in the produc tion: of the article to be sold ; and these have undergone no diminution in cost. Take, as the second principle, the case of an individual farmer, with, say 100 acres of arable land in cultivation, for which he pays £l5O a year rent. His farm produces, in average years, say 200 quarters; and having agreed to the principle of corn rent, when prices were at 60s. a quarter, he has annually to set aside for his landlord 50 quarters. Assume, then, the following to be his position : Produce, 200 quarters, at 60s. .. Seed, manure, horse kqep, &c £250 Corn rent, 50 quarters, at 6os. Farmer's income .. 200 . £6OO • £6OO £6OO Examine the position of the same farmer with grain at 40s. a quarter as at present, assuming his produce to be the same in quantity as heretofore:— Produce, 200 quarters, at 405.. , Seed, manure, wages, &c Corn rent, 50 quarters, at 40s Farmer's income, £4OQ £4OO In this case, as the man's family must live, the landlord's reserved corn rent would most probably be infringed upon. _ _ _ But, in — ark what would be the effect of a defi cient yield, say by a fourth, under the tenure! Estimating the advance in price which would take place at 10s. per quarter, which, with the foreign supply always ready to be poured in upon us, is beyond the mark, the following wou!d be the result : Produce, 150 quarters. at 50s Rent, 50 quarters, at 50s. Seed, manure, wages, &c. Subsistence of farmer's family, nihi/, £375 £125 250 The rent, if paid at all, must, of course, be paid out of capital, for the fanner, we repeat, must live. But it may be said the same result would occur, in the event of a bad harvest, under a fixed rent and protected agriculture. It would not, however, for the farmer would then be able to secure a price for his crop, enhanced by more than ten shillings per quarter. We are within bounds when we fix that price at 70s. This, then, would be his posi- tion : Produce, 150 quarters, at 70s Seed, manure, wages, &c. .. Rent (fixed) Farmer's income £250 150 125 It is in its effect upon the farmer in years of fail ing harvests that the operation of free trade in corn is the most injurious. With the agriculture of Europe and America stimulated by the opening of our markets to the foreign grower, the loss of a portion of the home crop will be so much swept from the pocket of the farmer, with no sensible compensation afforded him by any advance in the price of his deficient produce. Such devices as that which we have been remarking upon, viz., the con version of his fixed payments to the landlord into a corn rent, are mere gags, invented to lead the agri cultural community away from the contemplation of their true position ; and we are sorry to say that in effect, though not in design, some of the specifics recommended by a section of the protectionist party - - little better. The real question is, not in what ent can be paid ; not as to the comparative advantages of high farming or low farming, liquid manures or other manures, deep draining and sub soil ploughing—all these are interesting subjects in their way, and furnish excellent topics for the after dinner talk of a farmers' ordinary;—but the real and vital question, which is rapidly coming to every man's lips, is the broad and direct one—can the soil of Great Britain be cultivated, and the agriculturist and labourer be fed with grain at free ? The ans% given by nine-tenths of the practical farmers of the country, we feel con vinced, will be—No ! ALARMING INCREASE OF PAUPERISM UNDE R FREE TRADE A ND A FETTERED CURRENCY. We have said emphatically that practical farmers will say that they cannot grow at, these prices, because we are aware that there is a section of the agricultural community who still maintain the con trary. These are principally either your experimen talists—gentlemen who are not farmers by profes sion, but cultivate the soil for amusement—or land owners, who can afford a large expenditure upon their hobby, and when they dilate to us upon the success which has attended their new processes, have probably not been at any great pains to balance their profit and loss accounts. We have not the slightest wish to undervalue the labours or the skill of these parties, or to quarrel with the direction which they have given to their enterprise. On the contrary, we regard them as a most useful class, acting as pioneers in the path to agricultural im provement, dissipating old prejudices, and often teaching by their example most valuable lessons. But we much doubt the alleged fact of the success ful result of their experiments. A considerable acquaintance with purely agricultural districts has left upon our mind the impression that the class, called " gentlemen farmers," have not heretofore been remarkable for the large profits which they have earned. If the saying is true that the man who conducts his own law case has a fool for his client, it is equally so that the man who farms his own land has a diminished rent roll. But, assum ing it to be the case that high farming can achieve all that is said of it, where are we to find our high farmers ? Where are we to find the men possessed of the requisite means to deep-drain, to use subsoil ploughs and artificial or liquid manures, to build model farm houses, model shippons, model farm yards, and model threshing machines, with steam engines to economise the labour of horses and human beings ? Where are we to find men ready to run the risk of making the large outlay, necessary to convert the bumble farmstead, with its alleged clumsy and ineffective implements, into the more modern and improved patterns ? We are at a loss to find out these men, unless they are to be found amongst our manufacturing savans, the Cobdens and Brights of the day, who so glibly discourse about had farming, and the ignorance, or obstinate stupidity of our existing race of farmers. Yet we do not see as yet any sign of the factory being abandoned for thefields ; of John Bright being seated in his best drab at the head of a table full of happy rustics, teaching their young ideas how to sing " Harvest Home," or " Jockey and Jenny;" of friend Edmund Ashworth, of Bolton, essaying to fatten his own swine upon the economic principle; or of Richard Cobden taking his stand upon the flags in Brunswick-street or Hanging ditch, sample in hand after the orthodox agricultural fashion. None of these gentry are to be seen rushing in pursuit of the mines of wealth which they have told us are to be reaped from the soil, under a free trade system? and why ? They know better. They prefer sticking to cotton as the safer side of the hedge. The agriculture of England is doomed to rapid decay, unless some prompt relief is afforded; and these gentlemen are perfectly cognizant of the fact. St. ANNE'S DISPENSARY.—We are glad to hear that a Tea-party, in aid of this excellent institution, will take place on the 3rd January next, at which the Mayor and several influential gentlemen are expected to be present. The Rev. J. C. Richmond, of Rhode Island, U.S., delivered an eloquent and impressive discourse in St. Jude's Church, on Sunday last.. This evening he is to lecture at the Collegiate Institution, on the North Ame rican Indians, and on Friday on the Anglo-Saxons in England and America. He will also preach in St. John the Evangelists Church, on Sunday evening next, in aid of the Female Orphan Asylum. PROPOSED REDUCTION OF THE DUTY ON TEA.-- We perceive by recent articles in the organ of Sir Robert Peel (The Morning Chronicle), that it is the intention of the Ex-premier to propose a considerable reduction of the duty on tea. The duty is at present about 300 per cent., and if with so heavy an impost upon that article, we have such advertising competition as our columns to-day present, what may we not expect if two-thirds of the duty be taken off? Int England, according to a recent report on pauperism, by Mr. Commissiour Symms, the popr rate had in 1848, become heavier than it IV as trefoto tBB5, when the nett poor law was introduced. It was in 1834 £7,373,807; and in 1848 £7,817,459. *Wry ninth person in England is, now a pauper ! In Ireland 2,000,000 persons are paupers' and the poor rate since 1846 has risen from £260,000 a year to £1,900,000. In Scotland the poor rate has nearly tripled in the last three years, having risen from £185,000 a year to £560,000. In Glasgow, previously to 1846 the rates were under £30,000 a year for the city and suburbs. In 1849 they amounted to £200,000; and for 1849-50 they are stated at £138,000. Yet Glasgow is one of the great commercial emporiums, which were to have been benefitted by cheap bread and free trade ! The growth of pauperism in this Scottish manufacturing metropolis, since the establishment of our boasted new commercial system, has been astounding. The following is the in crease in the city of Glasgow parish, being about half of the city and suburbs, during the last three years :- 1845-6, total paupers .... 7,451 1846-7, 7f .. 15,911 1847-8, .... 51,852 The total number relieve'd in the city and suburbs in 1848-9 was 122,000; being exactly a third of the popula lion receiving parochial relief. LOW PRICES CAUSED BY ABUNDANT HAR VESTS, AND LOW PRICES CAUSED BY FREE TRADE. FINANCIAL REFORM MEETING, LAST NIGIIT.—This affair, which has been profusely placarded for many days past, and at which William Ewart, Esq., was to have at tended, took place last night at the Concert-hall, and went off miserably. Mr. Ewart was not there, owing to illness; and the greatest (!) of the speakers on the occa sion were Mr. J. Boult and Mr. Tindal Atkinson, the former of whom tired the audience so much, that he was at length stopped by cries of " rime," whilst the latter flashed out with his usual brilliancy. Mr. J. Mather was in the chair; and the only parties we noticed on the platform were Messrs. John Finch and R. V. Yates. The room was thinly attended, and the speeches were not worth the trouble of reporting. This financial reform humbug seems to have worn itself out. GovErixEssEs' INSTITUTION.—We are gratified to find that this useful benevolent institution is progressing very satisfactorily towards maturity, and we believe the committee have wisely made arrangements for the occu pancy of a large house in Rodney-street, with a view fully to carry out effectually their beneficent objects. They will here afford in reality a home to many a wearied and anxious heart, and will, in addition, remove a burden from the minds of others among a class in society who exercise inconceivable influence over the rising generation. Whilst upon the subject we cannot refrain from suggest ing, whether, as this institution embraces among its designs ail the objects contemplated by a somewhat kindred society previously in existence, it would not be desirable for the latter to become merged in the wider operations of the younger institution. This we presume could be easily done, and thus the objects aimed at by both would be effectually and permanently Hound. It is not at all unusual to hear superficial persons re mark, in reply to the complaints of the f ers of the ruinous results to him of the present low prices of grain, that prices have been lower, and yet the farmer made a living. The low price, however, does not tell so much upon the farmers as the circumstai caused. Thus from 1842 to 1846, the average prices of wheat in London were-1842, 495. per quarter ; 1843, 475. 4d. per quarter; 1844, 465. Bd. per quarter; and in 1845, 50s. 10d. per quarter. These prices were caused by the return of fine seasons after five successive bad har vests ; and as the result, we had agricultural prosperity, and an excellent home demand for the manufacturer. In 1846 and 1847 we had a serious loss of the potato crop, accompanied with deficient yield of grain ; in 1848 the potato again partially failed, and grain was below an ave rage yield. This year both crops have been good ; but the new element of free trade has been introduced, to prevent the farmer from recovering in an abundant year ces by which it is his losses in previous bad seasons: Wheat is now little above 40s. per quarter, although the average of the three years since 1846 would be much more ; yet the farmer is fast progressing to ruin, and his condithin'recoils upon the manufacturer and every other interest, for he has lost his ability to consume. Wherefore this result ? Obviously it does not arise from the mere fact of farm produce being low in price, hut because that low price is the result of foreign importation, not abundant harvests. And this fact tells strongly against those who assert that the farmer can still enable himself to live by the resort to high farm ing and similar specifics. Probably he might advantage himself by such a course provided he were assured of reap ing the full benefit of his increased growth in years of plenty, and was afforded a moderately increased price in years of failing crops. But free trade and increasing fo reign importations allow him neither of these conditions. His increased yield would drive down prices much below those of the present period, under which it is certain that he cannot produce with profit, for the foreigner would still meet him in every market, and in years of deficient crop, no sufficiently remunerating elasticity in prices could be realized. The foreigner would fill up the vacuum in the supply, and rule the market as he pleased. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. Monday Night. The daily improvements taking place in the position of the commercial affairs of this country, overtopping all the previous altitudes attained by British entt., must be vastly encouraging in those circles more imme diately interested in the progress of these events. The returns of the Board of Trade, the latest intelligence from India, the still further advance in the price of Con sols—all tending one way, and steadily strengthening the confidence of all parties—banishes every misgiving, and the universal feeling expressed _on 'Change to-dav that of congratulation. Consols have reached the -maxi mum since their re-ascension in the scale, and although, owing to the statement that differences between Russia and Turkey still remain to be be adjusted, they opened on Saturday at a reaction from the high prices of Friday, some large purchases both of Consols and Reduced throughout the day tended to a restoration. The first quotation of Consols for money was 964- toe, whence they speedily advanced to 96i, closing, after a few slight fluc tuations, at 961 to 1. For the opening, January 16, they left off at 96 ; but after: the regular hours of busi ness, transactions took place at 961 for money and 961 for the opening. Bank Stock closed 201 to 203. Holders of grain throughout England displayed an anxious desire at the close of last week to steady the mar kets in their respective localities; and although they pretty generally succeeded in effecting this object, very little in clination was evinced by purchasers to reciprocate the feeling, and transactions generally have been limited in extent. Up to the time of our advices leaving Ireland, the markets in that country, still feeling the pressure of previous intelligence from England, had given way a little, without producing anything like an active trade. We have no change to notice in Liverpool, to-day, in the general currency of Friday, and very little business passing in any article of the Corn trade beyond a few retail sales, except as regards Oats, of which several par cels of Irish have been taken by country buyers. The Cotton market took a slightly reactionary course on Saturday, and the decline of the week not only received a check, but prices were rather better than on the previous day. The sales amounted to 5000 bales (including 1000 on speculation.) To-day also a very healthy feeling pre vailed, and a large number of purchasers for consumption being present, prices of American advanced fully id. per lb. on the currency of Friday. The amount of business transacted, although good, was not excessive, as, with a decidedly active demand, no one buyer ventured very largely ; the sales, however, reached about 8000 hales, 2000 of which were taken by speculators. The arrivals of timber from the Ist instant from British America consist of nine vessels, 4,474 tons, the greater portion of which are being yarded. Importers are standing out for higher prices than the dealers are inclined to give. This applies more particularly to St. John's timber. Of Quebec the prices for pine are 13d. to 131 d. per foot ; elm and red pine, 16d. ; oak, 21d. ; standard staves (with cargo) £4O; puncheon, in like manner, £l5; apart, £47 to £5O, and £l7 to £l9 respectively. Lathwood meets with ready sale at good prices. —Mahogany and otherfur niture woods : Baywood of good dimensions meets with ready sale, and the transactions have been considerable, by private bargain ; the same applies also to rosewood. LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY The arrivals of Wheat from the adjacent counties were mode rate, and there being a fair attendance of purchasers, a steady business resulted at last Monday's prices. Previous rates were also obtained for Flour and Malt. Although a large quan tity of Barley was again brought to market, h was met by a fair demand; prices, however, of all but the best English, de clined Is. per qr. Beans and Pease sold freely at a reduction of Is. per qr. Oats supported former quotations, with a mode rate inquiry. In Indian Corn little transpired. English Red Wheat 38s. to 445. ; White, 425. to 495. MONSTER IRON WAREHOUSE We had yesterday the pleasure of inspecting a most commodious iron warehouse, now in the course of con struction by Messrs. Cato, Miller, and Co., Brunswick Dock. It is intended for exportation to California, and has been built for Messrs. J. and J. Starkie. To look upon a work so gigantic, would lead to the conclusion that it would almost be impossible that it could be built in so short a period as has been occupied in its erection — three weeks. The whole building, which is sixty feet in length, by forty feet in width, is constructed on a framework of wood and iron, and entirely sheeted, side as well as roof, with Moorewood and Roger's patent corrugated galvanized iron. The extreme height of the warehouse, by internal measurement is 36 feet at the gables, and about 26 feet 4 inches at the eaves, and is divided into three stories; the first of which is 11 feet in height, the second nine feet, and the third eight feet. Two rows of columns of iron are run down the first and second floors, to support the weight that may be stored on the several floors. Round the bottom of the building there is a wainscoatiug (on which the corrugated iron rests) of cast metal, and the whole is lighted with about 60 windows, all of which have iron mullions. Though every due atten tion has been paid to strength, it i js somewhat remarkable that the weight of the whole will little exceed 30 tons —and while from general idea, we :should not expect a warehouse to present anything pleasing in appearance ; this not only looks light, but presents the prospect of splendid dwellings. In point of workmanship or expe dition, nothing has been wanting on the part of the builders—for, within one month of the time of ordering, it will be disjointed, and shipped to its destination—Cali fornia. THEATRE ROYAL. ITALIAN OPERA.—The excellent company of Italian Vocalists who have been playing at this theatre during the last fortnight, have succeeded in securing a firm hold of the admiration of the lovers of music in our town. Madame Montenegro especially, has won golden opinions, whilst amongst us, and is certainly a very first-class artiste. Our readers will be glad to observe that they have been re-engaged this week for three nights, the first of which was yesterday, after which they proceed to fill other engagements. ALL SAINTS' PARISH CHURCH, GREAT NELSON STREET NORTH.—Two excellent sermons were preached in this Church, on Sunday last, by the Rev. James Currie, M.A., incumbent of Trinity Church, Rush holme, Manchester ; after which, collections were made, amounting to £l6 2s. 6d. towards defraying the expenses of lighting, heating, &c. We are rejoiced to see the Rev. James Currie once more in his native town,—his name must call up many pleasing associations connected with Liverpool. His brother, our readers will remember, was the first mayor under the reformed corporation act, and his father, of whom Liverpool has always been proud, was the admired author of " The Life of Burns." THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. OUR "FIXED'! STANDARD OF VALUE.• • The thinking portion of the commercial world are just now watching with interest, not unmingled with dread, the rapidly progressing accumulation of gold in the coffers of the Bank of England, and speculating upon the course to which that body must be driven, in order to render produotive their pre,sent latige amount of unemployed capital. We quote the following remarks upon the sub ject by the able writer of the commercial intelligence in the Liverpool Albion—of course a liberal and a free trader "The bank returns this week show a further accession of bullion and an increase in the reserve. While this continues, merely to report that money is abundant and easy, would by no means give a correct idea of the position of the market. We are arriving at that point when the holders of bills will be sought after, and will confer, rather than receive, an obligation by submitting their paper for discount; and bankers will then be found anxious to encourage customers to make their ac counts more active. The result may easily be conceived, and is equally certain: the only question is that of time. It is now proved beyond a doubt, by the events of the last four years, that a Gold Currency will produce as great, if not greater, fluctuations in the value of money and prices of commodities, than any other currency whatever. A "fixed standard" does not, nor can it, mean anything else but a definition of that which cancels all obligations between debtor and creditor, for a fixed standard of gold has no more the power of preventing fluctuations either in prices or in the value of booked debts, than that of the African standard, cowries, or even that of an inconvertible paper currency. We have seen the evils pro duced by a gold currency in 1847, and if we live another year, results the most opposite will be witnessed from the same cause." - Such views are gaining ground, and will make them selves prominently known and felt in the coming session of parliament. POLICE COURT.-YESTERDAY. COMMITMENTS TO GAOL.—A girl, named Agnes King, was proved to have robbed a sailor of his purse and two shillings, and was committed for three months.—James Kelly and James Vernon, youths, were charge ing made several attempts to pick pockets. _ watched by a detective. Committed for three mon_ _ Mary Crow, for stealing a turkey in St. John's Market on Saturday. Committed for two months.—Wm. Napier. stealing a till drawer, and 4s. in Park-lane. Committed for two months with ha They v CHARGE OF CONCEALING THE BIRTH OF A CHILD.— It will be remembered that a woman who had arrived at this port as a passenger from Ireland, was charged before the coroner with having thrown an infant—of which she had been delivered on board—down into the hold. The child lived until the following evening, and the jury ac quitted the mother of any felonious intent. The same woman was brought before Mr. Rushton yesterday, on a charge of concealment of the birth ; but as this is not a statutable offence—though concealment of pregnancy is— Mr. Rushton, as she had been acquitted by the coroner, dismissed the case. A CAR DRIVER AT FAULT.—A car driver, named John Jones, was charged by a gentleman of the Jewish persuasion with abusive and shameful conduct towards him. Complainant wanted to go with some small luggage to the railway station at Edge-hill, and hired the car for ls. 6d., which was the fare. The driver, however, extorted a glass of rum from the gentleman by the way, and stopping the car before reaching the place appointed, demanded more money. This being refused, he closed the car door, uttered gross language to the complainant, truck him with his whip, and detained his luggage. len came up and sent for a police officer, ded the prisoner, and released the goods. aid the prisoner's conduct had been dis st appeared that he intended a rob- Some gontl who apprel Mr. Rushta He fined him £5; Or in default to be imprisoned for two months BASE Cori.—Two boys, James Kelley and Bernard Cross, were charged with uttering two pieces of base coin in Chisenhale-street, on Saturday night. In the house where they lived were found pieces of white metal, a crucible. &c. They were remanded for further inquiry. The annual ball of the Ladies' Charity will take place on the 27th instant, under distinguished patronage. A gentleman in this town has invented a machine ca pable of folding three thousand newspaper sheets per hour. The cost is said to be comparatively small. On Saturday John Cockcroft was sent to gaol for two months for a burglary at the house of Miss Hudson, Everton-crescent, from which he stole some beef and veal. RAILWAY AUDIT.—The Chancellor of the Exchequer has replied to the Liverpool shareholders on this subject, merely to the effect that their representations shall receive his best at ;tention On Saturday James Rhodes, formerly a publican in Chapel• street, was sent to gaol for twenty-one days for On Friday, two men employed in re-erecting the soapery of Messrs. Foster and Co., at Birkenhead, recently destroyed by fire, were so seriously injured by the fall of one of the gable walls, that they lie in a very precarious state. On Friday a labourer named Kief was hoisting coals from a flat at the Egremont wharf, when the crane em ployed in the operation gave way and fell upon him. He died in about five minutes after the occurrence. The de ceased, who lived at Egremont, was an unmarried man. On Thursday RoberiEttrick, a boy, aged thirteen years, who lived with his parents in Oak-street, Birkenhead, left 'his house and did not return. Every inquiry was made, hut no trace of hi was discovered until Saturday, when his body was found in walia.m r ao.aaaad had been employed about the dock works. ACCIDENT FROM CARELESS DRIVING.—On Saturday . Sarah Clarke, a poor woman, appeared before the magis trates to claim compensation from John Frampton, a car driver. It appeared that a few days ago the defendant, being drunk,, drove his vehicle against the woman and inflicted a severe injury upon her, from which she did not recover for some time afterwards. .She claimed 10s. as compensation. Mr. Rushton directed the defendant to make an arrangement with her duectly, intimating that she deserved £5. The concluding portion of the official report of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland relates chiefly to areview of the Dolly's-brew conflict, the government investiga tion thereon, and the conduct of the government. Lord Clarendon adopted Mr. Berwick's extraordinary and original view of the law touching Orange processions, notwithstanding that on a former occasion the Irish Go vernment, because probably it was suitable to the time, held very different legal opinions. _ _ THE WEATHER.—buring the week, ending on Saturday last, we experienced almost a continuous fall of heavy or drizzling rain. The intercessions were very few; and, throughout, the humidity of the atmosphere was so great that our streets and roads were kept in a puddle, notwith standing all efforts of the scavengers and sweepers. Saturday was a little drier. Sunday was a delightful day for the season, the sun shining brightly out. About half past four in the evening of that day, a dense fog set in, especially on and near the Mersey, and continued all night. About half-past nine, the Eliza Price, Monk's Ferry steam-boat, came into collision with the Britannia Tranmere Ferry steam-boat, and cut through her larboard sponson, abaft the paddle-box. The vessel was not dis abled, but has been withdrawn to be properly repaired. VALUABLE PURCHASE.—We understand that the valu able piece of land immediately opposite to Wavertree Coffee-house, and comprising six acres and a half with four frontages, was sold by auction on Friday for less than £9OO. The land formed at one time part of the common waste lands of Wavertree, and was allotted under the Wavertree enclosure act, the restrictions of which have, we believe, tended materially to diminish the value of the land, but if an act of parliament be obtained to repeal them, the site will form a. valuable one for building purposes. REAPPEARANCE OF MADAME SONTAG.—CG readers will learn with pleasure that this distinguished artiste in tends to revisit Liverpool on the 17th instant, on her re turn from the continent. The fair vocalist will sing on the occasion some of her most popular pieces; including " Home, sweet home 1" " The prayer from Der Erie schutz," (in English,) " The clouds by tempests driven," and "The ocean has its pearls," Lied de Lochner. Madame Sontag will be supported by several other dis tinguished artistes, including Signor Piatti, first violincello player of Her Majesty's Theatre. CHURCH OF ENGLAND INSTITUTE.—A meeting of the members of this embryo institution was held at the Cha ritable Institution-house, Slater-street, last evening. The Rev. W. Pollock occupied the chair ; there were also pre sent E. Arnaud, Esq., Rev. J S Howson, the principal of the Collegiate Institution, Rev. Mr. Moss, and the Rev. S. Fenton. Mr. T. E. Hardy, the honorary secretary, hav ing read the proceedings of the previous meeting, the Rev. W. Pollock referred to the report ; he had the plea sure of being present, and he must say he was struck by the generous offer made by Mr. Steains, namely, that if £lOO were collected within a short period he would guarantee £2OO extra ; Mr. Steains had said that hitherto he had not taken a very prominent part in the undertak ing-, but in order to test the experiment, whether it really had the concurrence of the young men of Liverpool or not, he was desirous of leaving it thus to the test. After expressing his high sense of the generosity and decision evinced by Mr. Steains in his offer, the Chairman called upon the Secretary to state the amount of subscriptions already received by him. The result was that the funds held by the secretary amounted to £5l 13s. The Rev. Mr. Moss announced that he held £4O 165., total £93 9s. These sums were exclusive of five guineas promised by the Rev. Archdeacon Brooks, five pounds from another gentleman to the secretary, as well as various other sums promised to gentlemen connected with the undertaking. In this state of things it was thought desirable to wait upon Mr. Steains to redeem his promise. The Rev. J. S. Howson, Principal of the Collegiate I ns tit u ti on , move d th e first resolution, which was t o th e f o ll ow i ng e ff ec t, that a deputation be appointed to wait upon Mr. Steains, in order to inform him of the desire that was felt on the part of the committee to avail itself of his generous offer. The Rev. Principal gave his cordial concurrence with the objects of the meeti ng . E. A rnau d, E sq ., secon d e d th e resolution, and also applauded the designs of the institu tion. The Rev. Mr. Moss, Mr. Doul, and Mr. T. E. Hardy were appointed as the deputation. Until the result of the interview was known, it was not deemed wise to take any further steps. A vote of thanks was then proposed, on the motion of Mr. Doul, seconded by Mr. Perks, to Mr. Steains. Mr. Breckell then proposed a similar compliment to the Chairman, which was unani mously adopted and loudly applauded. Mr. Hudson paid to the York and Berwick Railway Company £75,000 last week, in quittance of all claims on him, except a balance of some £lO,OOO, which it is sup posed the company will either give up or divide between them and Mr. Hudson. This includes his bill for forty odd thousand pounds for the Sunderland Docks.—Hera path's. Journal. On Saturday afternoon, immediately after Mr. Marriott, the extensive ironmonger, of Fleet-street, London, and formerly a common council-man, had stepped into a rail. way carriage, to proceed to his country house, his head was observed to fall, and Iby the time he was carried into a room at the station, life was totally extinct. Dee. 11,1 LIVERPOOL FEMALE PENITENTIARY' It cannot but strike any observer, who has occasic_ll;nt, perambulate the streets of Liverpool, that we a re larp`rsc ably deficient in the appliances for repressing the o p en t on tice of female crime. A certain amount of prostiti regarded as unavoidable in a town like this ; an u 10 6 of our poor fallen human beings are unfortunately sinfal., beyond the reach of earthly redemption. It i 9 P o utift , however, to reflect how numerous are those —the s ne less unseared as yet in heart—not as yet altogethe r sl iris . and abandoned—who require but the kindly hand 01 more tian charity and forgiveness to bring them back naceffci. to the practice of virtue ; and that such band i s not oleo ently stretched forth to aid them. How manY io nce children, as it were, do we see impelled to a co o in the course of evil, to which they have been betr bemired. by the trammels of actual destitution in which till l o s) held, by the fact that no home opens its portals to I n tto ones ; no kindly voice is at hand to cheer them u_.„ ll t herS path of repentance and well doing ! How many r c i r tue who are daily driven, whilst the memory of Pas' to and happiness is still tugging at their heartstrin?-: to lit, plunge more deeply and more frantically into drown their awakened senses of right and puritY wo u l d debauch, or to tempt even the fatal step which plunge them " unhousel'd, unanointed, and unto dos into the presence of an offended God ! But a fe lt 05 ago one such case occurred, in which a poor suffel eo li prepared to rush into an unknown eternity from tke.„,. felt wretchedness here ; and such cases are not *WV ir bo It is believed that a full half of the wretched being s f haunt our thoroughfares, in the bitter cold of these 4 7 i tia winter nights, hide breaking and penitent hearts b m en en• their assumed levity, and sin only that they may ": c orla abled to eat, and to sleep beneath a roof, in a which has cast them off. ten f r tb ig Some years ago, an effort was made to pro ° I , in unhappy class by the establishment of a peniarfeieto which, under beneficent and Christian care, many ° 01:11 were restored to society and to the homes. from . D o s they had strayed in an unguarded hour. The disc iP i nd established in this institution was of an eXcellent _l4 effective character. Habits of industry were sedaka6wof encouraged ; the attendance and appeals of the clere„ a to the town, with a view to build up once more in th e to of the poor sufferers a trust in the goodness of forgive their errors, were most zealous ; and: 5 y ,. 115 :05 "e large measure of success attended the institutiOn_,, "era found that it could be made almost inexpensive. g o not better describe its working than in the languag e by a contemporary : tO the It is not open for the mere purpose of giving b rea d „ c ot. hungry, shelter to the homeless, and refuge to the, ott.noi. True!` this would be doing much and doing well. But it a_T s plishes much more. Receiving* those only who show tral-line sincere penitence, it at once subjects them to a strict di.sfive to and probation. Free to go and free to stay while subinnosiie the rules, so long as they remain in the house they m ust P o ol a life of continued industry. Their hearts and minds are t wig to virtue and religionby thekind attentions of the clerg%to . the matrons they are taught thosearts by which, when: — ",„esti . o to the world, they may gain a maintenance. All the do add labour of the house is performed by the penitents, and, 1 ,700 tion, a great amount of work is done in sewing and w" jots the profits of which being proportioned between the Pe l f 3 . s oper and the institution, are at once an encouragement to the v and an important pecuniary aid to the latter." Unfortunately, we learn that this beneficent e St3l9 .-A liSil t; ment has of late so far decreased in the funds supP li '; 0 ( it, as to be rendered incompetent to deal with the 1 05 0 , surrounding evil, which falls within its sphere of op__ 0 tions. A renewed effort, however, it will be seen frc' eo Pl o . apvertisement in our columns, is being made by th e of mittee to increase its usefulness. The subscriptt°PBTA, the Christian public are earnestly solicited by thert,ell when it is observed how little is required, and how e , the institution, after a few accessions to its means of ti t e fulness, will be self-supporting, we cannot enterta in idea that the appeal in ita favor 11 be made in Tail) FOREIGN. 'hied the Prussian Leagui 27th ultimo, state that The King of Denmark has Letters from Rome, of ti was Quite uncertain when the Pope would r rn. ° , t ,ed the first Ye"' Yesterday, Louis Napoleo his presidency of the French Republic. Satartis/1 The National' Assembly of France decided, on o o , against the abolition of the punishment of death bTa F of 400 to 183. e grand review which Was to have taken place or!01,, Napoleon's elecutbe 10th initant, the anniversary of Lo has been countermanded. Variou most probable of which is the appre] g iven , turbanics74l A. dignitary of the church r lg in Paris has rec.- 4 the missioa. ° W has for its _ fel? letters from Rome announcing fl General Baraguay d'Hilliers to Por LUC re Will U l bIIC JC t/l/C LU J.WLLIG, WIICEC 44,1 making for the arrival of His Holiness, who, it was h ° r" would celebrate mass in St. Peter's on Christmas-a: A telegraphic despatch has been received at Pari- b o lo Algeria, announcing the capture of Zaatcha. The wutbe of the garrison, to the number of 800 men, was put W 40 sword. The loss on the French side was from 9to killed, and 150 wounded; among them six officers. The Legislature of Nicaragua has ratified the with the American Minister and the Ship Canal C 1,6 pany's agent; and the island of Tigre, commanding rd Bay of Tonsaca, at the mouth of the San Juan river, been ceded to the United States. k AN ENGLISH LADY IN PARIS BURNT TO nv e fe The evening before last cries of " Fire ! Help ! dye heard in the entresol of No. 38, Rue de Rivoli. persons who hastened to the spot round Mrs. gun c e s ford, an English lady, lying on the ground with clothes on fi re. The flames were extinguished, bat s' was so dreadfully injured that she died the next Galignani. A commission de lunatico inquirendo has been issu es against the Right Hon. the Earl of Albermarle. A general combination of the tenant-class is everywh ere visible in Ulster. tert i It is understood that the report of the Great Wes # he wailway Committee appointed some time ago to assist *- directors will be good.—Herapatles Journal rrh to o DEATH OF A BRIDE.— On the Ist instant,to Steel, Esq., of Tuddenham, Cambridge, was marri ed a lady, who took cold on the marriage tour, and die' the 4th instant. Messrs. Napier aro now building a pair of the larg e° : e r, marine engines ever made. They are 800 horse - 1 3° 74 and are intended for the new steamer at present built at Greenock for the Cunard mail line. - dit , Miss Adler, eldest daughter of the Rev. Dr. A n e vi Chief Rabbi, was, on Sunday, bethrothed to ti an d Solomon, Esq., head of the firm of Henry Solomon London.—.Tewish Chronicle. L'ast week, a lady, at Weymouth, gave £4 fora " - tea did boa," which formed a portion of astock of " confi s c s ,o6 goods"—the real value of it was only six shillings• t o lady was served perfectly right, for not encouraging respectable shopkeepers. est!' PRIOR PARK, BATR.—Although this swm.- „ v . blishment is virtually broken up, the property is not 1' licly announced for disposal, from the wish of the to avoid the discredit of such an announcement , 1311 hear that it is in the market for sale. 0 111 ' A cabinet council has been summoned for Wed°reci9s when, among other matters of importance, the bore period for re-assembling parliament will be xed- 0 1)1 6 day, the 29th of January, is mentioned as the Pro commencement of the next political campaign. AO' A soiree was given to Mr. W. J. Fox, M.P.,at O lu ",0 1 on Thursday. Two thousand persons were present,' the Mr. Fox delivered a long oration ; forcibly attacki ng too Whig Ministry. Lord John Russell, lie said, had 'TAO; years contemplated a trifling extension of political r'' eSe et eri but he denounced the lack of boldness and con3P- - displayed in all Whig schemes. bri t° The Inverness Courier tells a curious story of a beer; who ran off with a young rustic, with whom she f he t dancing, on the very evening of the celebration 9, the lawful marriage to a devoted swain. The partY l'aer ball-room, and the bridegroom especially, were th 0 ,13 001 struck at the sudden disappearance of the bride , b 1 ". could no where be found. On Friday night an incendiary fire broke out 0:100 Allen's farm, Great Hendred, Berks, by which O r a i barns, conta;ning a quantity of corn and ag ricultu r so lo plements, two extensive wheat ricks, three ricks ()LIM/ besides other valuable property, including a ren:r ti oset fine boar, intended for a prize exhibition at Chr,s were entirely destroyed. g enes PUSEYISM AND ITS FRUlTS.—Considerabl e has been caused from a report of the Rev. A. I. 13„70et having gone over to the Church ; and, to put the '7 o , beyond question, a circular was sent round to sot:, ioners announcing the fact. The act has create d , prise. as the whole tenor of the rev. gentleman a e„ Dee'' terial life, since his residence in Tiverton, b' Oft tinctured with the Oxford heresy.—Snerbourne! i ief o 1 11 MURDER OF A BAILIFF WHEN DISTRAIx, -1.4 fp m RENT.—On Thursday, a man of the name of ii r c l l ion Kilfinchin, three miles west of Macroom, went t° of 1 1, tenants of the name of Browne for a large a rrear f bo due the last two years to their landlord, Air. lore Perrier, of Cork. Being about to retire with the n ale a mob of between two and three hundred came lope and immediately made an attack on the bailiffs. Dr ur y the mob rushed at Drury with a pike, when This 1 . 1 4 a pistol and presented it in his defence. 1L 4 !7„,, OTA. deter his assailant, who attempted to stab 91 0 ", ( '0 b o r Drury fired, and the ball passed through the fel ali • Immediately Drury was knocked off the car., ad r i ths t t c? of the ruffians beat in his skull, and he expire 0, ing. Several of Drury's assistants were also beal t; of whom are reported to have died of their woun"' 13° On the Bth instant, at Seacombe, aged 53, ARAB f this SON, relict of the late Mr. JOHN PEN INGTON, ° LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, DEC. 11, 1 849 ' PRINTED AND PUBLISHED , /14 EVERY TUESDAY Nlo l " re et, By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove st_,, t LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-streovo'fr At No. 4, ST. 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