The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-01-30 00:00:00

SDAI receni that t the co ?ROSPECTS OF tons a place r 1 by t he wor 'or the t tiatively cl. The total des, and f 3 these a ;hem, foi to be pre ioulti soon cease flowing to our large fi receipts were withir ay 962,890; and wha earlier than in th !ontinu - ed 3 turned each year Ritti Di avy till rs have 11 )ods per railway 1 In all Excess of balance of trade against the island in 1818 over that in 1847 .... £309,093 " We leave these facts to speak for themselves in the • session of parliament, merely premising that it `ban we did, and that it is _.,,e to export more t ely improbable that e did c ill 1848, w .t so much as le the law of 1846 stains the tish C: must, year by statute boob Our readers will agree with us that it is perfectly obvious that this state of things cannot go on; s, the cultivation of ich circumst t i hat, uncle teriai. He saTys irily hasty, and haCrc lute man's aica with a view to export—and our other t Indian colonies are similarly situated—most business ti re is at an t to sec these and in a few years we may e.x n abanclone to the fol- )N CROP a benighted continent the mock philanthrot In the follov when the crop was 2.030,000 ame period were 777,000, and I and '45, when the crop was 2,394,000 bales— . Regarding the supply likely to come forward the next few months—though the receipts for the fortnight had been 209,640 bales, we find the shipments were only 33,000, and prices had advanced one cent per lb. (equal to a halfpenny) with a very large business doing on speculation, and no doubt when brother Jonathan hears of the further rise in this market, and with the healthy appearance of trade generally, he will be rampant, Ind so throw up prices that we who have orders out there ovill be entirely prevented from getting them executed. ese circumstances, a pause will unavoidably take place in shipments from the " States," and prices will most assuredly rebound here, aided by parties who will have been disappointed in their orders remaining un executed. In addition to the shortness of the supply, which we will hope will be comparatively temporary, we shall have an extensive demand for twist and manufac- Won of causes, viz.,—the mitinent, symptoms of which we _ eived ; of India and our Colonies gene from the late advance in the price of coffee and r; and also of the United States and South ed by the gold mania in C - ' pwards of silt arising from a con ,te of the already per kin erica, have sailed ere now for this s, not mentioning the number shores, loaded with gcods of all £6,000 prociuctive, appendages of the Bri to the indol icle at such a having been - withdrawn, relapse into their native not clear to us ignorance and lawlessn ess . Y e t w h o can f orge Istifiable under the glorious mi ss i on w hi c h, a t one t - Fer the Courier e fomised us that these colonies were to accomplish ? Here was to be solved the great problem, whose difficulty had for centuries handed over a portion e can assure of the human race to the lash and the branding dof the most iron. Here was to be proved the practicability of experience in raising the products of the tropics, by means of free labour protected by British institutions. )] From our West India colonies was to go forth the OF ( JTTON voice of mercy, which was t o proc l a i m to t h e slave dealer that his accursed trade was at an end; and ,t Cotton, ad- here was to be established the fountain, whose waters --tmer from were to carry the blessings of freedom, civilisation, - I here, and Christianity through the. ienm-h Can the free traders—can of Great Britain —can e snoutu collect all the vizuse wno nave sonned and wept over the pictures )ject of such permanent of sable woes, painted by the Thompons and other Intry—for without our speakers of the same calibre, contemplate this dis to witness the produc- graceful result—this sacrifice of principle and feel shores. In the first • mg at the shrine of their devil-id o l, Cheapness— ni, that it by no means mat that the crop mustwithout a blush o f s h ame mant li ng t h e i r cheeks ? la though the receipts ____ a11M1501NC11......1 I •,e e red with late years, cotton WE return to the subject of the levying and a. a length of time ;—and, disposal of the county rate ; and, in so doing, we e and extensive demand must confess that we have little new information to Lst considerably advance, lay before our readers, so far, at least, as regards ptions of American,which 11 ere long become very the retails of the expenditure ; but we may direct the last steamer were attention to a few of the heads under which we find 125,000. the largest increase. The first of these is the item irs 1523 (the first large but you must not bof " prosecutions ," un d er w hi c h we expen d e d , last 20,000 bales at the same year, £18,282, an amo un t cons id era bl y excee di ng is more striking, a fort- the average of the preceding twelve years ; a little season, the receipts for under that for the years 1831 to 1836 ; and above mber were 125,000 bales, the average from 1824 to 1831. This increase has e last week in February, been going on under circumstances which ought ),000 bales per week, and to have contribut e d ma t er i a ll y t o l essen i ts pressure. 78.875 bales. We must as been an unusu- Manchester, Liverpool, and the other large boroughs een very full; and of the country, under their several municipal acts, )n and consequent traffic pay for their own sessions prosecutions. Making en greatly extended in allowance for this, it would appear that the present increase of expenditure is almost solely to be set down to prosecutions from the rural districts. It is perfectly notorious that many of these pro secutions are for crimes of a very trivial character, which might easily be dealt with by the magistrates at petty sessions. For a theft to the amount of a penny or twopence, for picking up a cob of coal on the banks of a colliery, or any similar offence, our rural magistracy forthwith commit to Kirkdale prison, at a cost to the county of fifteen or sixteen pounds, when, if they had the requisite powers, or a little more discretion, substantial justice might be administered at one-tenth the cost. Here, then, we submit is one department in which a large saving might be effected, if the rate-payers had any control over the expenditure of their own money. The increase from £4,895, in 1847, to £15,386, under the head of " Preston House of Correction"; and from £8,745 to £23,401, under the head of "Kirkdale House of Correction," is attributed in a great measure to the alterations required to carry out our new system of prison discipline, and at Kirkdale to the erection of a new chapel for the prisoners. It is more than hinted, however, that more economy might have been shown in these works. The chapel at Kirkdale, for instance, might he required, but its ornamental tower might easily have been dispensed with. The work, too, done by the prisoners at both these places, appears to have been of a most unremunerative desoriptiou. A little infusion of popular influence and practical business views into their management, would, we venture to say, produce a much more satisfactory state of things. The increase shewn under the head of "coroners' taking inquisitions," from £1,806, in 1824, to £3,307, in 1848, appears to us a little unaccount able, when we bear in mind that, since the first mentioned year, the large municipal boroughs have taken upon themselves the burthen of this branch of expenditure. Considering the comparatively small number of rural casualties occurring, a county inquest must be a rather costly affair. It would be well if some patriotic member of the bench would move for an enquiry as to the expenditure under this head. The giant item, however, to be grappled with is the expenditure of £42,666 upon the maintenance of the constabulary force. There can be no satis factory reason,:we should think, why the expense of maintaining a policeman in Lancashire should be ten or twelve pounds more, per head, than in other similar counties, or very materially greater than in boroughs. We are afraid that some of these gentlemen have rather too gOod situations ; and that there are more inspectors and superinten dents amongst them than is absolutely necessary. We gave, in our last, a statement of the amount levied, under the head of " county rates," upon the rural townships in the West Derby union, omitting those portions of Kirkdale, West Derby, and other parishes, which are comprised within the borough of Liverpool, and for which the C pounds. We have now before us the accounts for the two years 1846 and 1848, which will shew our readers the extent to which we are affected by the increase of this rate. In 1846 the total amount levied upon the rate-payers of West Derby was £4,001 ; in 1847 there was a considerable increase, but we have not the full accounts before us. In 1848 the amount had increased to £7,942, or nearly doubled itself. The amount paid by the Corpora tion of Liverpool for that portion of the union which is within the limits of the municipal boun dary, was, in 1846, £4,526, or, for the whole of the union, £8,527 ; in 1848 it has been, we believe— for the accounts of the municipal year are only made up to July last—something over £6,700, or, in all, £14,642, being an increase of upwards of It is really hard that we should be poration corn- to our immensely large poor rates, when we con sider that, with the exception of the cost of assize prosecutions, there is scarcely an item in the county expenditure from which we derive the smallest possible advantage, having most of them to pay for our own locality. It is clearly the duty of the rate-payers of Liver pool, and indeed of the community at large, to take peremptory steps to procure for themselves a proper supervision over this important branch of our local expenditure; and we cannot see a more fitting ground than it affords for the exertions of such bodies as our national confederation. Indeed, if the magnificent body, which calls itself the Financial Association of Liverpool, would devote itself to the work, more practical usefulness would result than is likely to attend its labours, as at present directed to the cheese-paring savings to he achieved in the salaries and perquisites of royal kitchen maids and ladies of the bedchamber. We have no wish to insinuate that the magistracy, who have at present the control of the county rate, are wilfully extravagant, or are addi c t e d t o j o bbi ng. But the fact is notorious that all of them are not men of business, and that they are too much led away by surveyors and other officials. It is only reasonable that they should be relieved from their present position ; and we should thi n k t h a t t h ey would not themselves object to share their respon sibility with some other constitutionally appointed body, such as that proposed at the Newton meet ing. A board, composed of guardians from the various unions throughout the county, would bring to the task of superintendence an amount of prac tical information, as to the necessities of their various districts, which would be most valuable to the community. THE Chancellor of the Exchequer ought cer tainly not to labour under great difficulty in framing his budget for the coining session. At all events, he will have suggestions enough from se veral quarters, First, he has the luminous tracts le, and o from the Sta. which have left our o, descriptions, which must have reduced the stocks of manufactures in the different ports very considerably, and it is not unreasonable to suppose that the Americans will have to resort to this country to replenish. We must further bear in mind that present prices for fair Boweds descriptions are ver being quoted at 4 crop are bpi all nrob.' generally, particularly from N in previous years, arising from t tb—that th that 2_400. stimates "! the baleS tv ill, in Isaify, t that the bales 'ew Orleans, are lighter than he peculiarity of the izzy, short of staple, and :yen taking the crop at of very middling 2,500,000 bales, and to come forward vance, for the crop 346,244, of which ),000 in the previous er on the Ist of this month ? le Of an , particularly e year, our stock of all ?,s in excess of the pre ,ooo,-439,000 in 1847, There will, in all supply from other though the import of Surat cotton will also be lescrip 393,000 n the lE ry 1846 be no gre You will not find it to your advantage in the end to 'otton so low as to be unremunerative to the pro -was the case last year, for, at the present time, Issed in the States, whether they ruction to two million bales, to heir own prices. Good prices listant colonies, Bombay and and without mut 1 higher rates are obtainable have been current, 'e may rely upon it that our =lends will turn t attention and capital to a ducer, as ,bould not limit the pr, enable them to demand th ire essential for our own c le inve I that so much indifference ernments of th ufacturers them d also on t'r elves, as well as the Public generally, respecting the ;rowth of cotton in India. It is a national question, and lught to be so treated. It is not alone the hundreds of dependent on a supply of t ring towns, who are ery exist. May , nce as a commercial count depends uT,on it 'e awakened to the Your obedi, HINDOO precisely with who India colonies, ht by the r Ist arrived at Southampton, will be reet, or b our authorities ;pester school of in Downing political ( obability, however, 11 be treated with that levity with which every piece of evidence is re ceived that impeaches the wisdom of their favorite I )igotted disciple of Free Trade can policy see no of half a - dozen colonie nothing in the bankr planters, or the aba of their merchants an barbarism of their Negro population, for whose freedom the country, with a praiseworthy willing ness, paid down twenty millions sterling, and whom our philanthropy has sought to civilise and elevated in the scale of humanity, to compare at all with the saving of a penny in a pound of sugar, or a farthing in the concocting of a pudding. The loud profes sions of humanity which rang from every con venticle and platform throughout the land, and eekly some thousand yards of cambric porated amidst the delights of and the pictorial moist with tears, have cheapened preserves jam; appeal of the manacled African, which graced so many a parlour wall with its "Am I not a man and a brother ?" is consigned to the lumber-room. Philanthropy is at a discount. It does'nt pay. It is impossible, however, for the real friend of his species to peruse such a statement as the fol lowing, and to contemplate its results, without serious concern : " KINGSTON, JAMAICA, DEC. 22. " In our last we stated that the balance of trade against this island, or, in other words, the excess of nur imports over our exports, amounted to £200,000. We have since found by the official return that we have, unfortunately, very much understated the fact. It appears, by the do cument alluded to, that whereas we exported from the 10th of October, 1847, to the 10th of October, 1848, produce amounting to £894,621, the imports into the island reached the now enormous sum of £1,289,914, thus leaving a balance of trade against us of no less than £395,293, or nearly £400,000. To this cause, coupled with the fact that for some years past the sa me unfortu nate disadvantage has steadily increased upon us, are to be attributed the scarcity of bills of exchange, and the continued drain of specie which takes place by every packet. These facts offer subjects for most melancholy consideration ; but when the prospect of the future is taken into reflection, contemplation becomes most pain ful. The sm a ll amoun t o f s pe c ie remaining in the island is being steadily diminished ; and we cannot make or produce anything th a t w ill r e ca l it ; when, therefore, it is all expended, how shall we go on ? " We have said that a disproportion between our exports and imports h as ex i s t e d f or some time ; but it is worthy of note, that the falling off in 1848, as compared with that in 1847, has been immense. TO CORM SPONDENTS. ap more of our tleman has Eibtrpool &tanbarb. VG, JAN. r of Saturday ained at any pub- I The imports in 1847 were The exports were ,wing a balance of trad land in 1847 of £1,298.911 1,212,741 THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. of our Liverpool Reform Association ; next, th sweeping changes, with a sop to throw to each important interest in the community, proposed by Mr. Richard Cobden ; thirdly, he has the more practical and moderate plan of Mr. McGregor, and he has just been put into possession of a fourth— "A budget for the million, in a letter to the inha bitants of the borough of Ipswich from Rigby Wason, Esq." We shall proceed to lay the substance of Mr. Wason's views before our readers. The honourable gentleman contends that it is impossible to provide any sensible relief for the country from its great hurthen of taxation, unless we are prepared to operate upon the national debt; and shows that, could we even adopt the extreme views of Mr. Cobden, "The unjust income tax woula be left in all its hideous deformity. The assessed taxes, depriving of employment -- any an industrious artisan, would still remain ; tobacco meeting it freely at the extreme rates current on Friday, which, in some instances, are rather difficult to obtain ; in American sorts from 41. d. upwards. About 4000 bales are reported on speculation and for export. The failure of Messrs. Robert Eglinton and Co., a highly-respectable East India firm, is announced in The Times of this day. LIVERPOOL GOVERNESSES' BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION. The annual meeting of the members and friends of this laudable institution took place yesterday afternoon, at the Charitable Institution House, Slater-street. The meeting was principally composed of ladies, whose de meanour indicated the extreme interest they took in the proceedings. JNO. CROPPER, Esq., was called to the chair. He said every one present would be aware that that was the third annual meeting of the Gove r nes ses ' i ns tit u ti on . Th e __. • . the luxury if not the necessary of the poor man, loaded with an impost enormously greater than on wine, the luxury of the rich ; then the stamp duties, only too noto rious for their unjust inequality : these, and many. many report winch would be read presently would give the de tails of the transactions for the past year. He went on to say that it was matter of congratulation that, although the applications for relief had not been numerous, at the same time the funds were found equal to the require ments of the it .4 ution_ T-Ir iYe onjects also to one of the most important of reductions, viz., that of the army and navy, the expenditure upon which he would economise, and popularise its constitution ; but he argues, "as few think of economising the powerful, so a well appointed force is, I believe, the best possible guarantee for peace." He is prepared to adopt the scale of Mr. M`Gregor, in place of that of Mr. Cobden, and will allow £14,250,000 for the army and ordnance, and about £7,000,000 for civil expenses—in all £21,250,000. The following are the sources from which he would derive this amount : . He regretted that some appli cants, apparently in great distress, had been excluded from the benefits of the institution, in consequence of their cases being such as did not come within the scope of the intentions of the institution. The SECRETARY read the report, from which it appeared that the primary objects of the institution were the establishment of a benevolent fund, and the registration, without fee, of the qualification and testimonials of governesses requiring situa tions. The amount exp en d e d d ur i ng t h e course of the year just expired in conferring timely relief in many cases of urgent and extreme difficulty, was £59 18s. The advantages afforded by registration were made aprarent by the fact of 98 governesses having entered their names and specific qualifications, during the past year, in the boo' - " _Ks of registration; and during that period 27 - governesses have met with engagements through the medium of the institution. The contributions subscribed for the elective annuity for a governess, at present amounts to £42 10s., but at least .4500 more will be required to attain this desirable object. From the treasurer's account it appeared that the balance in hand last year was .4360 Ss. 7d., hut at the close of 1848, it amounted to .4404 16s. 3d. The Rev. Mr. PARRY moved the passing of the report and the treasurer's account, and in doing so observed that he performed a pleasing task. The report, he considered, was a curious one ; it sounded like the accents of an un known tongue, inasmuch as it told of such an extra ordinary balance in favour of the institution, contrary to the usual tenor of such documents. Adverting to the objects of the institution, he said, all must be agreed that no class of persons could be more fully entitled to the consideration of the benevolent than the large class who were objects of the solicitude of that institution. Many of these had been nurtured in ease and affluence, and when misfortune overtook them they were ill prepared to rebut its consequences, and were, therefore, the more de serving of the sympathy of the benevolent. Mr. TORY seconded the resolution, and the Rev. Dr. CARPENTER rose to propose the next, which was to the effect " that the thanks of the meeting be awarded to the ladies' committee, the directors and offi cers of the institution, for their valuable services ; also to Miss Herrington for the use of her room for the purposes of the meetings of the ladies' committee." The rev. gentleman said he agreed with Mr. Parry that such an in £24,700,000 stitution was very much want e d, an d th a t it s o bj ects d e- This restricted pl an o f t axa ti on wou ld o f course mended the sympathy a n d su p por t o f a ll t h e b enevo l ent. Dr. Carpenter, in ill us t ra ti on o f th e o b servat i on made b y leave unsatisfied the interest o f th e na ti ona l debt. Mr. Parry, relative t o th e un f or t unate f requency o f young protests against the dis- Mr. Wason, however, ladies who had been brought up in affluence having, by honesty of such a course ; and maintains-Ist, that adverse fortune, to seek a maintenance, and also to show the debt ought to he paid off; 2 ndly, that it would the good which the institution might work,—gave a few be very easy to pay it off; and 3rdly, that it would instances first which s t t h o a l d t fallen under te his o p w ro n fes observation. gen he profitahle to p a y it o ff. Th e course w hi c h Mr. Leman, whose means appeared ample, not only to educate Wason proposes is the following :—He says superiorly, but to establish in - life with comfort, his child " I will take Mr. M'Gregor's estimate—as good an ren. Suddenly he was deprived of health, and from authority as any—of the annual value of the realised pro- wealth he was plunged into a state of poverty. In this perty in the United Kingdom, at £220,000,000,—it may emergency his daughter stepped forward, and by her exer or may not be exaggerated ;—I have an ample revenue, tions as a governess supported her father and brought up and could throw off many millions, and yet attain my some younger brothers. It had pleased God to reward object of paying off the debt. the efforts of this dutiful child, and she was now comfort " This property is wor th f rom t en t o t hi rty years ' pur- ably settled in life enjoying the reward of her labours, chase, and therefore 1 will take an average of twenty but had jt pleased God to ordain it otherwise, and to have years. The two hundred and twenty millions, at twenty visited the declining years of her life with sickness and years' purchase, would produce four billions four hundred poverty, who could be a more fitting object of the regard and forty millions. Many of you will ask, what is a of the institution than this lady would have been ? Other billion ?—it is a million millions : look at the figures : instances of a similar character, showing the calls all over £220,000,000 annual revenue from realised property. the kingdom for such assistance as the institution pro -20 years' purchase. posed to afford, were adduced. Dr. NOTTINGHAM seconded the resolution. £4,400,000,000 value of realised property. The Rev. Mr. PARRY begged to propose Dr. Car " Now, only five per cent. on this sum would produce penter as one of the committee. Another gentleman pre more than sufficient to pay off the National Debt. Five sent proposed Mrs. Cropper as a member of the ladies' per cent. only; and I would give the parties liberty to committee, upon which Mr. P arr y b egge d th a t M rs . Car pay it either at once or by annua l i ns t a l ments sprea d over penter might be also added to that committee, observing ten years, with interest in th e mean ti me a t 4 per cent. " that in such a good work he saw no reason why the It will be seen from a perusal of the foregoing husband and wife should be divorced. The names of the extract, that Mr. Wason has written and made his gentlemen composing the committee were read over, and calculations in rather a hasty manner. For instance, the thanks of the meeting having been voted to the he makes thousands o f m illi ons i nto billi ons; and chairman, the busi ness concluded. It may forward the objects of the benevolent persons perhaps from this source of error it is that, in an who support this charity, to state that the book of regis explanatory postscript, he has to raise his proposal tration is kept by Miss Gregson, at No. 126, Mount of a five per cent. contribution to ten per cent.; pleasant, where ladies or governesses requiring informa and even after doing this, it is a little under the tion respecting the institution will receive immediate ' at mark. These miscalculations, however, do not tention. • affect Mr. Wason's pri nc ipl e . His proposal is an honest one. He shirks none of the obligations WRECK AND SALVAGE ACT, 9TH AND 10TH due to the national cre dit or; an d w h et h er ten per VICTORIA. CAP. 99. IMPORTANT AS RE cent. be enough or not, th ere are a b un d ant means GARDS WRECKED VESSELS AND WRECKED by which it mi g ht b e ma d e t o serve the purpose in GOODS. view. We see, however, great difficulties in the A case was heard at the Police-court, yesterday, before way of arranging such a contribution of capital at Mr. Rushton, which involves an important caution to all all. To some parties a contribution of a tenth of parties who may pick up or save any wreck, or part of a their property mi g ht b e easy , an d i nvo l ve on l y a wreck, of a vessel, or an y goo d s or property whatever, trown or straned upon our hores and sandbanks, temporary privation ;t o o th ers it wou ld b e f raug h t or up found floating within the tidal water-rise of our river with ruin. Mr. Wason, however, may perhaps or outward channel. furnish us with some i n f orma ti on, to shew us the A u boatman, named Richard Williams, who has been practical and detailed working of his scheme. accustomed for years to recover wrecked property, and to claim a salvage for the same from the owners, if they were found, or from the receivers of the droits of admiralty here, if the owners were not found, appeared in court to answer a summons preferred against him for having lifted and brought to Liverpool an anchor and chain cable from the bed of the river, which had been there left, and de manding £3 of salvage from the owners, without having first given notice of his having found the same to Messrs. Chapman, Bowman, and Co., who are the receivers of the said droits, which default constituted the gravamen of the charge. The defendant and his men had raised the an chor and a heavy length of chain, and had demanded from the owners £3 as salvage, which was considered too much, and a sum of £2 was tendered, which was refused. The charge in the summons was for an infringement of the Wreck and Salvage Act. Mr. Rushton read to the defendant those portions of the act more especially applying to the case. By that act, it is provided that all persons finding any wreck of the sea, anchors, cables, tackle, apparel, stores, goods, wares, or merchandise, shall forthwith send to the receiver of the droits of admiralty nearest to the place where such articles are found, a report in writing containing a de scription of the same, and, at the same time, place them at the disposal of the receiver of droits. The anchor and chain were picked up in the river on the 23rd instant, and belonged to the schooner Douglas. Captain Corkhill, her commander, was informed, and found both in possession of the defendant. He made in quiry at the office of Messrs. Chapman and Co. whether the articles had been reported as found, and a gentleman from their office proved, that no report had been made. The defendant said that he had not reported the cir cumstance on account of his having been told, on one oc casion, by Mr. Bowman, that there was no occasion to do so, if the owner or owners of the property were found. Mr. Bowman, who was sent for, denied that he had ever given any such latitude of control over wrecked property. The defendant then said that he had been authorised (or told) by Captain Garniss, the south harbour-master, not to deliver up any property he had saved until he was paid a fair amount of salvage from the proprietors, and that he thought he had acted properly in retaining it until the money was paid. Mr. Rushton stated that the case was of great impor tance to merchants and shipowners, and that it was high time that boatmen should learn that they were not at liberty to do what they liked with wrecked or stranded property found by them. They were bound by law to re port, in all cases, to the receivers of the druits forthwith, and, in default of doing so, the defendant had ren d ere d himself liable to a penalty of one hundred pounds, and also to forfeit all claim to salvage ; and, moreover, to be fined in double the value of the articles. In the present case, he would fine Williams in the mitigated penalty of £5, and debar him from all salvage—the anchor and chain to be given up to the owners. Shortly after this decision, the defendant still remaining in court, Mr. Rushton said that he had since learned from Capt. Garniss that the practice with boatmen had been as stated by the defendant (from, it might be, an ignorance of the law), and that he should therefore re m it th e fi ne; b u t t h e anchor, &c., must be given up, without demand for sal vage. It is but justice to add that the defendant is repu ted to be a respectable and industrious man in his voca tion Spirits, both Customs and Excise (produced last year) .. .. • . • . £7,500,000 Tobacco, one quarter the present duty (which produced last year £4,253,762) Tea, at ls. the pound (Mr. M'Gregor's esti- 1,500,000 3,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,500,000 1,200,000 3,000,000 GENERAL TRADE REPORT. MONDAY EVENING. A healthy action continues to push everything forward. The Parisian news tended merely to check the advance of Consols on Saturday ; they opened at an advance of more than a quarter per cent, which was nearly main tained at the close of business. The last quotation was 9li to I for money and account. The SHARE market has been good all week, with a very large business done daily. Our Stock-Exchange is now open all day, from half-past nine in the morning to three in the afternoon, to afford greater facilities for the increased amount of business. The market of this day has been damped a little by unsatisfactory accounts from Paris, but buyers take the stock offered at the lower prices greedily. Before our next publication the CORN trade, not only in Liverpool, but throughout th e coun t ry , w ill, doubtless, have experienced the busiest market-days ever placed on record. We should like to be able to give our readers an idea of the total amount of breadstuffs in bond in the United Kingdom ; but as the data, except that supplied by our Liverpool authorities, seems to us imperfect, and in some cases palpably erroneous, we decline giving them at all, lest we should lead the public astray ; for instance, the Economist of the 27th instant states that the total amount of flour in bond, on the 10th, amounted to 495,015 cwts. Now, as the amount of flour in bond in Liverpool, on the 29th December, amounted to 592,727 cwt., and the imports at any date since have been consi derably more than the sales, the return of the Economist is not sufficient to cover the stock of Liverpool alone. The stocks in bond in Liverpool, on the 29th December, 1848, were, Wheat, 119,780 qrs. ; Beans, 3,348 qrs. ; Pease, 1,988 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 15,726 qrs. ; Indian Corn Meal, 69 brls. ; Oatmeal, 72 brls. ; Flour, 5,785 sacks, 338,701 bib. ; in addition to which, the imports up to the 22d instant amounted to, Wheat, 65,750 qrs. ; Barley, 1,630 qrs. ; Oats, 280 qrs. ; Beans, 6,150 qrs. ; Pease, 5,800 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 89,150 qrs. ; Indian Corn Meal, 18,470 brls. ; Oatmeal, 1,000 brls. ; Flour, 330 sacks, 145,840 brls. The sales of Sugar were large on Saturday, amounting to 150 hhds. Barbadoes, 1,000 bags Bengal, and 4,000 bags Pernam, at full prices. Molasses are also in good demand, and the stock being in few hands, higher prices are asked for what is here, but we h ave no t heard of any , sales. Rum is quiet ; and nothing h as b een d one i n T ea ' since f he publication of the circular, by which it will be een a large business was transacted last week. Coffee is in fair request : 355. has been offered for 1,000 bags Native Ceylon, but refused. These are higher rates than any quoted previously this year. The arrivals of Rice are considerable, i.e., about 30,000 bags during the week, and as these are now landing there is little doing in the mean time ; some small broken were sold to-day at 95., which is fully the previous price. There is no change in Salt peter. We have some heavy arrivals of Nitrate of Soda; a cargo, per the Countess of Sefton, will be offered on Wednesday, and the trade are waiting. The prices of IrersH Butter are a little easier this week. Bacon and Keg Lard are both unaltered in value. There has been a better demand for AMERICAN Lard, and a fair quantity sold at 33/ @ 34/9 per cwt. New Ba con has receded 3/@ 4/. A small lot New Hams. in or dinary condition, brought 36/6 @ 41/ cwt. Cheese is held firmly for an advance. Beef is expected to be lower. Pork is firm. ANNUAL MEI vTING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE EXCHANGE , Our market for Scotch Pig IRON is firm, and is more active ; sales have :)een made at 48s. cash, and 48s. 6a. mixed numbers, 49. @ 50s. No. 1, and prices are expected to go still higher. Bar Iron is worth £5 ss. to £5 10s. in Wales ; £5 15s. to £6 here, with a good demand. The mere receipts of COTTON at so early a period as at our latest dates from America not being considered a safe criterion, their large amount has had no effect on our mar ket; on the contrary, the combination of causes noticed under this head last week, added to the improved feeling in Manchester consequent on the favourable intelligence re ceived from India, has produced an unusually brisk de mand from the trade and speculators ; and with the large amount of business resulting, although the recent large imports have been placed upon the market as soon as landed, American descriptions have advanced id. per lb. At the close of Friday the business was variously esti mated at from 15 to 20,000 bales, nearly 10,000, it is said, having changed hands (chiefly on speculation) after two o'clock, and altogether American, but without any very marked advance in prices, beyond parcels being more easily disposed of, which were considered tight early in the morning. We have to report a good demand again on Saturday, but without any bustle in the market, and the sales upwards of 14,000 bales, mostly American, at extreme prices, but not more, as holders continue to meet the demand very fairly. About 6000 bales were for export and speculation. There has been rather a numerous at tendance of spinners down TO -DAY, with a good general demand : and, although the sales amounted to upwards of 11,000 bales, yet the market continues, on the whole, void of anything like excitement or animation, holders The annual general meeting of the company of pro prietors of the Liverpool Exchange was held yesterday in the Cotton Sales Room, Mr. Harmood Banner, the chairman of the proprietary committee, in the chair. Mr. Carson, the solicitor, and Mr. Younghusband, the secre tary, were present. _ The CHAIRMAN said the usual course on such occasions as the one that had brought them together was to pass the accounts of the Exchange Buildings for the year. He regretted that some of those might require explanation. He then proceeded to read the items, from which it ap peared that a loss had occurred to the proprietors of £2,900, from causes connected with the irregular manner in which the affairs of the Exchange were managed prior to the appointment of the present treasurer and secretary, Mr. Younghusband, whose mode of discharging the im portant functions devolving on his office were spoken of in the highest terms of approbation. He (the chairman) had the pleasure to announce a balance of £6,981 Bs. Bd. in favour of the proprietors ; and, notwithstanding the loss alluded to, this balance would afford a dividend of little less amount than on former years. On the motion of Mr. J. NELSON WooD, the accounts were unanimously passed. The second resolution, proposed by Mr. JACKSON, and seconded by Mr. HENDERSON, was to the effect that a dividend of £8 10s. upon each share be paid to the pro prietors on and after Monday next, and also that the fur ther sum of £3 3s. upon each share be paid to non attending proprietors, in lieu of their right of nomination to the news-room for the current rear. Resolutions were then passed for printing the accounts, and appointing the auditors. Mr. Richard Houghton .and Mr. John Nelson Wood were elected.auditors for the present year, and the follow ing gentlemen were named of the committee,—Messrs. Robt. Gilt, Thos. Stewart Gladstone, Geo. Holt, John Nelson Wood, and James Harrison. Mr. GLADSTONE, in.proposing the thanks of the ,meet ing to the late auditors, referred especially to one of them, (the chairman, Mr. Banner) to whose exertions he attributed the present favourable position, as contrasted with the transactions of the past year, in which the pro prietors found themselves. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—Will you oblige the Students of the Liverpool School of Medicine, by allowing space in your valuable columns for the following, in repudiation of a statement which appeared in the Mercury of last Tuesday, headed, " Dr. Muspratt and the Apothecaries Society of London." We have no occasion to cavil with Dr. Muspratt's own communication, inasmuch as we fully coincide with him as to the arduous and essential requirements of chemical knowledge as connected with medical education, but feel indignant with the appendage to that letter, containing Dr. Scott's (of the Mechanics' Institution) reason for so few of the students signing a petitiqn, emanating entirely from himself. We aver that no such remark as the one stated was offered to him when requesting our signatures; and feel much surprised and annoyed by his misrepresen tation, for he well knew that our objection proceeded from a very different motive : the answers he received merely showed him the high esteem in which our present chemi cal lecturer was held. True it is, that after listening to his laudatory commendation of Dr. Muspratt, we replied, that the officials of the College of Surgeons and Apothe caries Hall had already decided as to the efficiency of those now engaged in aiding our studies, and had amply provided the requisite assistance for the obtainment of needful knowledge. As medical students, we do not pre tend to discuss with Dr. Scott the chemical abilities of the gentleman he was so anxious to introduce to us; but, that he should assign as a reason for our not giving him the preference, that we undervalued chemical knowledge, is indeed futile and absurd. We are, sir, yours obediently, WILLIAM N. KEMPSTER, WALTER A. BRIDGE, JAMES DOUGLAS KELLY, JOHN FREDERICK VIVIAN, R. C. BUTCHER, JOHN ROBINSON PALIN, --- _ IV-- ILLIAM 'RYER, STEPHEN HUGHES GAMES, HUGH LEWIS PUGH, NV ILLIAM STEVENSON, _ _ Liverpool School of Medicine, January 29, 1849. Sugar, half present amount (produced last year £1,404,837) • • • • • • - - owest duty compatible with highest revenue (Mr. M'Gregor's estimate) .. Legacy duty, or personal property (produced last year) egacy duty. extended to all other property (Mr. Cobden's estimate) .. Unredeemed land tax Stamps,—striking off, as Mr. M'Gregor pro poses, from the sum produced last year, those on Marine and Fire Insurances and on Stage Carriages, £1,587,668,—w0u1d leave £6,083.755 ; but these should be equalised and reduced one-half, or Post Office,—not a proper subject for revenue; its revenue should be expended in increasing accommodation at home and abroad, instead of narrowing it, which is now often the case. JOHN BARNES, WILLIAM HEWITT, STEPHEN WALMSLETI The collection for the relief of the distressed poor of St. James's District, made on Sunday in that church, amounted to £24, including a donation of £5 from a wealthy neighbour. COMMITMENT AT THE POLICE -COURT, YESTERDAY. George Dogherty, Ellen Holland, James O'Kitts, and Margaret O'Kitts, were sent for trial for robbing Fred. Wilton of a hat. There were some other charges against the prisoners which were not yesterday gone into. MANSLAUGHTER.—A man named Cook has been com mitted to take his trial on the coroner's warrant, for having caused the death of an elderly person named Ward by so furiously driving his gig as to upset the veMcle in which deceased and a friend were journeying, near Sudbury. STATISTICS OF CALIFORNIA.—Mr. J. R. Isaac, of this town, who has been appointed agent here for Mr. Wyld, the celebrated map-seller, has on sale a most accurate map of California, which is accompanied by an elaborate description of the climate and mineral resources of that important district. It also affords every informa tion about the manners and customs of the people. ROYAL INSTITUTION SCHOOL, COLQUITT-STREET.— Mr. Thomas Barber, formerly head boy of this school, was, on the 27th instant, elected to a vacant scholarship at Clare-hall, Cambridge. This is the sixth university honour gained by pupils of this institution which we have had the pleasure of announcing since the election of the present head master to his post, a space of little more than two years. POLICEMAN FOUND DEAD.—On Saturday morning, at t an early hour, James Brogden, police-constable 559, was - c _ found lying dead on some cellar steps in Arley-street, Vauxhall-road. The inquest was held yesterday, and a verdict was returned to the effect that death was caused by disease, the effect of natural caus e s. D ecease d, w h o resided in Great Crosshall-street, was an excellent officer. He has left a wife and two children to lament his loss. NATIONAL FRANCHISE UNION.—We received yester day "an address of the National Franchise Union of The following are the prices at the date of this i t ri circular, and on the Ist of February, 1848. We 0 1 Great Britain and Ireland, originated in Liverpool on the them from the circular of Messrs. James Houghtol 22nd January 1849, to accomplish the enfranchisement of Co., which, with a few slight differences in some arts the whole people, nothing less and nothing more." The tallies generally with th a t o f M essrs. D unca n address publishes the reasons w hi c h, as th e soc i ety thinks, Ewing : prove the necessity for carr yi ng ou t thi s propos i t i on, and calls on all classes to join the league. It adds that " a national franchise bill is in preparation, framed so as to Pine, Quebec, yellow, le , ft. be passed into an Act of Parliament, and that donations „ red, „ Will be received by William Walthew, Esq., treasurer, St. John's yellow, „ Liverpool." Oak, QUEbec, Birch ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. — During the past week, Mr. Dea's; Quebec, ellow, James Anderson, the tragedian, has been performing at this theatre several of Shakspeare's finest characters and Planks, St. John's, &c., 1r it affords to us much pleasure in bearing testimony to the ft. 2 in. very high excellence of this gentleman. He ran'zs, and Staves, Quebec stand , very deservedly so, as one of our best actors ; he possesses punch., W.O. „ Da m n i lic lin fi x r, common and ft. power many of those rare qualities requisite for a first-rate tra gedian. He has a good figure, a voice of the highest Deals, St. 'Petersburgb, Ist 918 0 power and capable of much modulation. His action is quality - Staves, Dantzic crown pipe, let is a fine personification of the master-piece of Shaks- M Mahogany, St. Domingo, aq ft. I in. Do., Cuba ... Do., Honduras. Cedar, Havana.. Rosewood, Ri0.... Teakwood, African C-4 M. CS 6 g tee co c e.O g a.o oo 0 tz 8 0 p l/3} Is 2d to ls 3d is lid .! S 1 5 16* 1 7 ; 6 1 4 1 10 201 6* 1 3i 4 2 2 6 ; 121 6 1 0 15s Rll Si 1 1 40 121 2d 9( •W 52 108 O. 14 0 19 o •10 0 a pa ,s 45 15 115 0 120 0 I 120 0 1300 speare. OBTAINING MONEY BY MEANS OF FORGED SEAMEN'S SHIPPING-NOTES.—A respectably dressed elderly woman, named Mary Ford, was charged at the Police-court with having obtained £2 10s. on a forged shipping -note ; and also a sum upon another similar note some weeks after wards from the same party. The notes purported to be written by a captain of a vessel, and was stated by him to be a forgery. There were four other cases of the same kind against the prisoner, but the evidence being incom plete she was remanded for a week. The case is connected with one of a like nature (in which a coloured man was concerned), some particulars of which we fur nished a fortnight ago. Os 6id is 5d Os 6d - 911 ft. 1 in. 0 5 0 9 osiufl • • ff 0 5 0 8 0 5 ° „ 0 5 0 5.} 0 5 0 0 ::11) , ton .812 Os .WlB Os Os '6 0 • • y, 4s 3d 4s 9d 46d " ALL SAINTS' CHURCH.—On Sunday last, two sern i° ,ll ll ; were preached i n th e a b ove c h urc h , on the occasion 141 4 opening of the new organ. The sermon in the rne r° , o r was preached by th e R ev. J o h n Cordeaux, M.A., hi c ",4 bent of St. Sil as ' s , f rom Hebrews, ii. 3, "How shill.' oi escape, if we n eg l ec t so great salvation." That iri.., evening, by the Rev. Fielding Ould. M.A., of Chr l :o Church, from John v ii. 46 , " Never man spake like ' O , man." There was n ear l y a f ull attendance in the In ° o 4 ing, notwithstanding the unfairness of the weather , s o in the evening the church was crowded, and a large n`loot ber could not obtain admissi on . C o ll ections were 04 after both services towards the expense of the choir, " 0 , THREE MARINE-STORE DEALERS SENT FOR TF'jn on PIINISHED.—A man, named P e t er F agan, was yeste.,':ol charged at the Police-court with h av i ng i n hi s posses',d a quantity of iron axletrees, warehouse pillar capitals, is other massive metal articles, including copper nails, s",,e , were found in the back ce ll ar o f a h ouse of a person na'Ag. Berry, which was rented by the prisoner, for the stoss" (as he said when he took it) of articles for which he e b ° o ll l not find room at his s t ore . The prisoner was seen, t' c .el' the beginning of November, taking articles into the, fof lar—and he had since been in gaol for two montil i d felony. Several of the h eav y i ron art i cles were iden tlt by the parties who dealt in them in this town ; and s ° copper, which had be en s t o l en from the docks, was t owned. The priso ner was d efended by Mr. Yates, 1.'„,1" he could give n o account of how he became possessn:, the articles, he was sent, under the new act affec'r such cases, for trial at the sessions.—Same day, a ina,r9 store dealer, named Christopher Tobin, was charged " having in his possession, in his cellar in Chisenhale-st bo 10 bags of guano , a quant i ty of spades and tools, tl 1 cwt. of copper nails, 30 corn bags, and much °_,,, property, for which h e cou ld no t account. He was cy mitted to gaol, under the new act, for two months t his license w a s w ithd rawn .—A n old man, a marine - !,,i t iV dealer, named O wen Di gnan , was charged with reef i l d; 50 rice bags, whi c h L awrence B ailey and John l ;° carters, were charged with having stolen. Bailey w it Hunt had been employed to cart from Mr. F 3IIO til l in Peter's-lane, 10 bundles of bags of 50 each t°4o l Albert Dock wareh ouses , and they delivered only el 4 i ; bundles, 50 bags b e i ng short. The missing bags or found at Dignan' s , an d h e could not account for th The prisoners were all committed for trial. ~ JENNY Limi.—fhOse people who have had the pleasure of hearing this inimitable vocalist, and wish to possess a memorial of the event, should pay a visit to the esta blishment of Luckyn and Co., 54, Bold-street, who, in addition to a variety of useful and ornamental articles made from Vesuvian lava, have a stock of statuettes of Jenny Lind made from the same singular material. The fair syren is represented exactly as she appears singing the Rataplan, in "The Daughter of the Regiment." The figure and face are remarkably correct representations of the "nightingale," and we can recommend this statuette as a most pleasing ornament for a drawing or music-room of any establishment. APPREHENSION OF A GANG OF THlEVES.—Yesterday, at the Police-court, Samuel Kell, George Shone, Alex ander Pigott, and a female, were charged on suspicion with having broken into a cigar and snuff shop, kept by two ladies, opposite to Dr. Raffles's Ch a p e l, an d w i t h stealing therefrom, between Friday night and Saturday morning, a quantity of cigars, meerchaum pipes, tobacco, &c. They were also charged with other previous offences of a like kind. Some of the detective force having re ceived information, found the prisoners in the house they inhabited in Primrose-hill, out of Fontenoy-street. There they found a quantity of cigars, pipes, and tobacco, some of which was identified by one of the ladies, especially a pipe, a part of the cork of which she recognised as being broken by herself. A watch, inserted in wood as a time piece, was also found, and was proved to be part of a quantity of articles stolen from the house of a Mr. Roberts, which had been broken open on the 9th or 10th of the present month, and a number of watches, &c., abstracted. Under the cushion of a sofa in the house where the prisoners lived, were found a file, a chisel, and other implements suitable for housebreaking. A quantity of tin dish-covers, &c., were also found, and identified as being stolen from another house. The property taken from the two first-noticed premises was valued at upwards of £ 4l ) T' ne male prisoners were committed for trial, and the girl was nut down, for further inquiry, the case not appearing to be strong against her. DEATHS FROM STARVATION: DISTRESSING OCCUR RENCE AT BIRKENHEAD.—It is this week OUT sad duty to record two deaths, resulting, there is every reason to fear, from starvation. On Sunday, in consequence of in formation received, Inspector M'Neill proceeded to an empty house in Oak-street, Birkenhead, where he found a woman lying dead upon the floor, and a child about nine months old, also dead, lying at her feet. Four young children, whose ages average from about four to ten, were huddled round the fireplace. The grate contained some scanty fuel, and the poor creatures were, in the expressive language of the inspector, " attempting to squeeze the he a t out of the bars." Behind the children lay the dead bodies of the mother and child. The house contained no article of furniture whatever, nor was there a morsel of food of any description within the walls. It appears that the de ceased female (who is about forty years of age) was named Ellen Kane. She had come with her children from Ireland only a few days ago, and, forcing open the door, took possession of the unoccupied house where the sad discovery was made. She must have sought subsis tence by begging; but as she never applied to any of the parochial officers for relief, probably from fear of removal, the existence of the family, or their circumstances, were unknown to the authorities of the place. The children stated to the inspector that they had not tasted anything since Saturday morning, when their mother distributed amongst them a little bread. Mr. Downing, surgeon, was promptly called in by the officer when the bodies were discovered, and gave it as his opinion (so far as he could arrive at any conclusion from an external inspection) that both mother and child had perished from starvation. Mr. Churton, the coroner, will hold an inquest on the bodies to-day. The children state that their mother died during the night. Till Sunday forenoon, however, they thought that she was sleeping, and hence it was that they did not sooner take the alarm. Germany is to have an Emperor, and he is to be a reigning Prince. So the Assembly has decreed. The choice is likely to fall on the King of Prussia, but his acceptance of the honour is becoming daily more doubtful. THE NAVVY'S BROTH.—The Cheltenham Examiner tells of a worthy railway contractor, who had risen from the navvy's barrow into more than competence, visiting London for the first time, and ordering some turtle soup, which he had heard of for the first time. He accounted it excellent broth, an admirable diet for winter, ordered a second basin, and that consumed, asked the waiter what was to pay ? " Yes, Sir, two basins of turtle, 145., Sir." " Whew !" whistled the astonished navvy, "fourteen bob for two bowls o'broth—my eyes ! Well, dang it, it is dear, but it's nation nice ! let's ha' t'other bowl, and there's the guinea." The cholera is disappearing at New Orleans, and b 1 ness is resumin g its accu3tomed channels. A letter from Gaeta of the 15th states that the Pope seriously ill. ;INCREASE OF INSURANCES. In 1831 the va lu e insured property was something above .£526,000,000.00 1841 it amounted to £682,000,000 , b e i ng about an iOO of 30 per cent, in ten years; and since then it b 9 creased in equal proportion. ,4 0 . 1 A CHILD MURDERED BY ITS MOTHER.—mva rJr Beveridge, a blind woman, was convicted of the fo-„or of one of her child ren a t t h e March assizes for WV: shire in 1847, a n d con fi ne d i n the gaol at Winc, ter, on the gro un d o f i nsan i ty. On Saturday last , her discharge from that asylum (by whose authority d i was dischared we h ave not learned), destroyed anot l 7 c ol her children, a b oy fi ve years o f age, by stranguls She immediately made a c on f ess i on of the second tlioi„ at the station-house of th e b oroug h o f P ortsea , tho police she had strangled another child. On the going to her room, with her husband, her story waseti(L;; to be too true. The child was lying dead in the be", pieces of calico being twisted round its neck. An was held in the evening, and a verdict of " Wilful t tef der" returned. The unfortunate woman was con V ol to Winchester gaol. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JAN. 30, 1849. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED ,T EVERY TUESDAY MORNII: s i By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, s ' LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, j At No. 4. ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERP"I'II Orders for. Advertisements received by Messrs. Newt%re‘. Co., Warwick-square; Barker and White, Fleet:L(l.r; Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell, Chancery-lane ; Charles P . Tpv Birchin-lane ; Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Corn/AA pl o, f den Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; Mitchell, 8, urCP court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe, 3 Castle-coup' , ,110, Chapter hill; at the London Co mmerc i a l Coffee-house, Mineinfi r , at the Jerusalem Coff ee -h ouse , Con:hill; Chapter house, Paternoster-row; North and South Amencan. s .l house, Threadneedle-street ; Parsons, 9, Ave-MaX h eel, London; Johnston and Co., Eden Quay, Dublin • 7 s , O.( Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewir, Market-street, ter; Haddock, and J. and W. Booth, Book s ell er s, ton; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston; and Wright &O p , Herald-office, Birmingham ; Harthill and Salmond o Prince's-square, Buchanan-street, Glasgow. BIRKENHEAD ; TODHUNTER, Chester-street ; LA PIN KNEY, Argyle-street; OsnoltNE, Chester-street; GRIFFITH, Hamilton-street. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. IN ADVANCE lBs. I ON CREDIT ~,,,,,,, Jan. 30, 184 THE LIVERPOOL TIMBER TRADE OF 1 We have before us the annual circulars of 31 .1 6 ;fr Chaloner and Fl em i ng , D uncan an d Ewing' lit Houghton and Co., arid Messrs. A. V. and D. )re ro t! showing the trade i n Ti m b er f rom t h e I s t Fe, 104 1848, to 26th Ja n u ar y i ns t an t, w hi c h h ave b een Puy yd a little in anti c ip a ti on o f t h e usual per i od, i n order ri g rt the American mail of S a t ur d ay l ast . A f ew of 0 $ marks and statistics of these gentlemen will interost readers. All the circulars agree in stating the pa have been a year of most unprofitable operation t ee porters generally, but anticipate in the coming Ye,„a r i : e many causes, a he a lthy an d i mprove d tra d e . lowing is the account of Messrs. Chaloner and Flete l tio "The impo r t thi s y ear h as b een more than last, the r e ' o 4 and Colonial Timber Trade having employed 3 97 r re io° 216,349 tons, against 398 vessels, 198, 991 tons in the pr e "$ year. A larg e p r op or ti on of this tonnagewas eng!. r o carrying Spruce Deals, which were imported here 0 4 0 excess as to drive down prices to unprecedentedly lonh';.o as will be more particularly noted under their respeeliv! 010 There were large quantities of Sleepers also, so thal„.„o allowances are made for these, the import of Square 1 , 11 ;0 as shown in the table, will be found to have been Inu cl ' e e of an average of years, although fully equal to our reduc o o quirements. The total import, as above shown, is in 0 4 1 0 last year and of all previous years, (except the two rero%lo years ending February, 1846 an d 184 7 .) The consuraPt i ",. e o not only fallen sho r t o f l as t y ear, b ut i t i s not even a n ak,,o of the five previo us y ears, an d t h e stocks of Colonial :oil with the exception of D ea l s an d Pl an k s, are less than last or an average of y ears ; b ut taken together, howevt,p estimating the stocks of Col on i a l Fir, in Logs and raa 4 they would appear t o b e equa l to 110,000 loads against ';'o2; loads, or Hi per cent, more than last year; and the cons i d tion, estimated in like manner, i s on ly 1 6 9,000 l oa ds I '2,Y 192,000 loads, thus showing, that while the import has extendlast year by 20 per ce n t., th e consumption has fallen o' o o f# cent. —a lamentable p roo f o f th e prostration of trade, n°,l, standing the low prices which were current through ° year. " There has been considerable difference in the ruling of it during the year, while for Quebec Pine they varied but;; say from 14d. to 154 d., with a few cargoes under the rate. St. John Pine, which at the opening 154(1. per foot for 18 inches average, in Al sold at 18d., in June the price for 18 i nc h e 164 d., and this month the last sale was of at 18d. Spruce Deals, which ruled at £t standard, fell during the season to £6 ss. rule at ss. to 15s. per standard. spruce Deals were sold as low as £5 2s. 6d We give the import, consumptior of Messrs. A. F. and D. Mad, [arch, yes s had again 0.„60 a cargo of 151 1 !' ss. to 1 10$ 10s., 0 :00 some .• .andare ti' from to £6I Indeed I. per st n, &c I I P , . ..e `B' - c. - . , m c:IS c . m C ARTICLES, , Tole L,ll 88e° , eY,501 , In e f, 'llsequenc Pected fence IL I T I c a ol , and ente r gel lnent At . ecl i nto, ?Ir. 1 IS s R6A "T ., RIO T(11‘1 berlts GI! R, Al O n n i i ' : URSD 2 F T he „ lb A y the 04eheat t , Thew h i lr o a ie s, and If re 4 o e c e l i " 04 by On w t lel.t ninat e 1) sl with on 7 , wi mea t t' s ? 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