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

Jan, 30, 18-19, TIIF, LIVE ,POOL STANDIRD. .... ~.. , . . . - / swiLlammoirsaeclarsso • E 0 I.)fti, Insttratirt gotirecS. 'Mal an. was to think, and then there was no knowing what he would be able to accomplish. (Cheers.) He could enter 13 ....—.---- Ciro o f TO BE SOLD. WANTED, £5OOO to £7OOO, on Mortgage of Free- necessary. If these fiscal obstructions were removed they Ny -if" TEI INDIGENT BLIND, LIVERPOOL. r erson LAND s desirous of PURCHASING the M of peb, A Or the er v an d BUILDINGS ANCHESTER FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 98, KING-STREET, MANCHESTER. ESTABLISHED A.D. 1824. CAPITAL, ONE MILLION STERLING. hold Property, in Liverpool, of ample value. Interest would increase iu wealth more than ever, and every man at £5 per cent. Apply to Messrs. FISHER and STONE, Solicitors, 20, Temple- would only have to pay his fair share of taxation. (Cheers.) the Treasurerß --- D, are now occupied by the SCHOOL court, Liverpool. But the collection of the seven millions cost the country THom requinSted to send SEALED TENDERS to IMPORTANT REDUCTION IN THE RATES FOR IN it a v ,81.ehe did not know how many millions. An able calculator had Th e V r Y . , next. As MILLS, Esq., on or before the 14th day SURING COTTON MILLS.—The Board of Directors heve the . reckoned the amount, and if he (the speaker) could obtain klare Yard" is Freehold pleasure to announce, that the Rates for Insuring Cotton Mills WANTED, a respectable YOUTH, fifteen or the document and permission it should be published. Now The etta , and contains about 3450 superficial are materially Reduced, of the particulars of which due notice sixteen years old, to serve four or five years in an T., erY little ufidings to the front of London-road may, will be given. Office, at a small progressive Salary. what they had to do was to teach the public. They did o u r n a li n a. H Ti e xpense, be converted into . Four or Five Large Ist Class Mills, Normal Rate of 12s. per cent., reduced to 9s. Apply in own writing to N. G., STANDARD-OIECe.. not intend to go to the government to propose any lir e n otei, and ti ge to the Railway Station is well adapted 2d Do. Ditto 14s. do., do. Ils. particular budget. and tell them this or that department ...c.pusually le conveniences for Cellbrage and Stabling 3d Do. Ditto les. do., do. 14s. PARTNER WANTED. should be reduced but they said, whether it was for the 0 4 0 / fn ,great. -- ---___ '"? 'he Blind, Jan. binu,---------__ 29 , 1849. The RETURN BONUS now payalle by this Company on alt WAN Ge T n E tle t an as wi a th efg a e pit o al r a s f leeping to a maintenance tie c ountry of social are read d e y r t o o r p t a o y p o r u o r t &it s tl l i a e , e pTp a p n e e lt o ya v f —ING ii Insurances for the last year is-20 per cent. on all Cotton Y from .rI P OO A t R o T I'I -2 000 1t, carry out a branch of a good respectable Retail Trade. let every man when he goes into the House of Commons a tack eate ua 8.: aIATERIALS on SALE, at the late o lT e l r ls e , d rd .El t e he i . e&cent. n on all other risks—an advantage Apply by letter to B. S. U., STANDARD-Office. know that he is putting his hand into his own pocket as Pie e ::.lat es _ e •2,,Of n pe Gas Co., in Newington, consistinge of New orders well as his neighbours, nd we shall be satisfied. (Cheers.) n 0 00 will be received may' at the Reduced Rates by any of or ae n ufeiraao o , Timber, Marble, and other Chimney the Com an - 's Agents, or at the Head Office, as above. AIGBURTH. l ent n uKsh oos ,I!idows, many of which are suitable for Offices WANTED, in a Month, a Genteel HOUS, with This would make men d political . economists. Then there !Qtch e "le POtijuceoing glazed with rough Plate Glass. An excel-Byp order, HERBERT 20th January, 1849 not less than Three Chambers, besides Attics. The in lia ana aof White Stone, a quantity of Iron Railing, Manchester, --- -- ' excel( b eetre nt a' n 'A i k i i i r o a n tes, eze.,neighbourhood of Aigburth would be preferred, or a pleasant would no longer be sons of peers appointed to this or that office, but their ladswould haveto work like the rest of the &c. All of the best quality and NIANCHESTER FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, situation not exceeding that distance from Town. world. They might depend upon it all their efforts LAS tb a e a n VY erect , the greater part of the buildings having 98, KING-STREET, MANCHESTER. . WANTED, to PURCHASE, a Licensed SPIRIT VAULT. would end in nothing unless they could convince men that a ßa e ini sli`.,creetdolie immediately removed, Parties wantinghey were spending their own money as well as their neigh- ESTABLISHED A.D... 1824. CAPITAL, ONE MILLION STERLING. Freehold will be preferred. Apply to Mr. J. BACH, House and Land Agent and Auc- hours, (Hear, hear.) There were, however, some who objected si at u l, Offi a 7 I make an early application on the Premises, orßasuett-street Liverpool, or Birkenhead. to an income tax because it was inquisitorial, anu because w x-bra va " D ueirworteaa and SON Arch' itects, &c., 73, IMPORTANT REDUCTIONS IN THE RATES FOR MA- tioneer, 8, some, for the sake of showing a small income, would not hesi ------ NUFACTURERS' WAREHOUSES,. in . Manchester, London, tate to swear falsely. If a man chose to perjure himself before -----_ Glasgow, and Paisley, of which due notice will be given. AATANTED to RENT, a DETACHED HOUSE, his CREATOR, all he could say was Gon forgive him ! But to bt Aquila or Ztt: The RETURN BONUS now payable by this Company on all V V with GARDEN. The House to contain One Parlour and they aid not adopt any such principle. They said that every Dining-room, with Kitchen and Scullery on the seine floor, and man - should lere Insurances for the last year is—.e2o per cent. on all Cottonwhat td his s e incomesit be taxed incomeceraln Four Bed-rooms above. To be entered upon not later than the should be capitalised, T ° be Ist of May.. Rent from Forty to Fifty Pounds, and distant per centage upon that capital. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) I) HO ,-. L ET or SO a LD, near to F pr l ince:s I P v a i rk a , a er i‘ e .e d w b r n d o er e s ther Company. •Aillda /14', s uitable forwill he received at the Reduced Rates by any of i eh o o n u a t a t y h three where tofi: o - e a r t re o e f s t fr e lt a l r i the London-road - o w l Tri" o E urf;,!.'gper'efesr i i t •'eTi. of He 17 0 1 c a l he e g a i r n wll' e a I t , h .a e ul lr sa d y mei a nl l r iin Sa l o ,. L p e r N o v p i with property s i income may tak en :,FiXtures complete.respectab l e Part of iy, w ith the FURNITURE ow the Combian c lTlA r gents, or allhar r Office, abov SPRING, e. etaky. Any person About leaving a Residence of this description, be- twenty years' ' purchase, that is, .t'6ooo. Now there was about al' od :_ ora and aluation, or remain as Fixtures, as may be Manchelter, 23'd January, 1849. tween now and the time stated, will have a good opportunity of six thousand millions worth of property in the country, and re e. ti '' , . l ) or without Coach-house and Stable. Rent , 4 On M ort cold ' two-thirds of the Purchase-money may SPECIAL NOTICE. Apply to T. F. ASHE, Wine and Spirit Merchant, 47, South millions a-year, an ample revenue for the necessities of the T o ily t o ./ eage. TOT SECURE THE ADVANTAGE OF THIS YEAR'S EN- Castle-street. country, if all Customs' and Excise laws were abolished. If, eh- ParaP' WARD, on the Premiees, 7, South-street, RY, PROPOSALS MUST BE LODGED AT THE HEAD- iverpool. OFFICE, OR AT ANY OF THE SOCIETY'S AGENCIES, • PARISH OF LIVERPOOL. he could not complain, because he would have everything else -----easse. ON OR BEFORE IsT MARCH. riIHE SELECT VESTRY of this PARISH have duty free. Next, he would take the professional man ; acl t he SCOTTISH EQUITABLE (MUTUAL) LIFE I decided to APPOINT, for One Year, by way of trial, asked whether it was fair to tax him at the same rate as he ___)_be krt. ASSUARANCE SOCIETY.. EIGHT COLLECTORS, especially for the COLLECTION of man who would leave his property behind . him. Take one with the PARISH RATES upon COTTAGE HOUSES assessed at £2OOO a-year, which he hoped his friend the doctor made, and T°te tp-p , , VINEGAR WORKS. - Incorporated by Special Act of Parliament. EDINBURGH 26, ST. ANDREW-SQUARE. £l2 and under. The remuneration of each Collector is fixed what was the proportion he ought to pay ? It was not worth D u ke tineC t a to close a partnership account, all those LONDON 61, MOORGATE-STREET. at 7,1 per Cent. upon the amount of his Collections, and he will be required to provide two sureties in the sum of £2OO. above two years' purchase, and therefore he ought not to be called upon for more than £75. (Cheers.) Then he would ve n i e ,,Tee t ana.rad valuable VINEGAR WORKS, situated 100, Letters of application, with Testimonials, to he left at the take the shopkeeper, manufacturer, and farmer, and they could , LOCAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR LIVERPOOL. veil, ,",'Y fitt ed ', He nry -street, Liverpool, being well and con- Office of the undersigned, on or before THURSDAY. the Ist of arrive at a pretty accurate estimate of that, and tax nem 2 per Cha , rman. Roil er "Derio r • a ?P at a great exense for the Manufacture of a February next, and the Candidates to be therein attendance on cent. upon their rent. Then take the labouring man, for ‘i , aciaa to eParatus, m Att '‘' Slid a„' 'negar. The Vats, Machinery, Steam-engine, bl THOMAS CH ILToN, Esq., Merchant. - none shou'd be exempt. He held that it was as necessary for the following day, at Eleven o'clock. Directors. y be ( r ) i. r A c e e a s s reasonable ia e rs v a and l value. CHARLES HART, Vestry Clerk. the labouring man to have his labour protected as the richest e e a t jelioe so f t4 e Works are a good business THOMAS M ARTIN, Merchant. Pariah-office, Lime-street, 23d January, 1849. in the coaritry—(hear, hear)—and as fair play was their motto, hav i e en t 444 rr.the stowage of goods, together wthi a e ", era: con- DAVID CANNON, Esq., E sq., they mast not let him escape. The average time when a work- Appe a e a r t l i t on f . ! Premises very him . aipirr,.:e D welling -house. The incoming tenant may WILLIAM OXLEY, Esq., Merchant. CONTRACTS. ing man worked was twenty years, but take half that and say Connexion in the Vinegar Trade handed over to HILTON HALHEAD, ESq., Merchant. TO BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, AND OTHERS. it was worth ten years purchase, and estimating that at 15s. per Medical Adviser. moderate. Dr. PETRIE. THE DIRECTORS of the LIVERPOOL UNITED week it was worth e. 45, which at 2 per cent, would be £3 per °(0 be sent to 100, Duke-street, Liverpool. year.' How far would his .-e37 go under these circumstances ? The EXISTING ASSURANCES amount to upwards of THREE GAS-LIGHT COMPANY are prepared to receive TEN- (Hear, bear, hear.) Why as far as £5O now, for they must MILLIONS Sterling. DERS for the ERECTION of their intended OFFICES and • • bear in mind that the difference between the rich and the i/t — aaa _ to uliratins. . The ANNUAL REVENUE amounts to ONE HUNDRED WORKSHOPS in Newington. The Plans and Specifications AND TWELVE THOUSAND POUNDS. may be seen on and after. TO -MORROW, the 31st instant, at poor was this—that the richcouldplease himselfwhether he putchased exciseable articles or not; whereas, the poor man 4 °ll ' 11, -.- The ACCUMULATED FUND to FOUR HUNDRED AND the Office of Mr. Cuasnaw, ArehatectandSurveyor, 11, Rum- was ronmellpil to sttpttri nlmitt in tier yorsole nn r!,...,, /ch...., a new Edition, being the Tenth, much M ° 1 4,1/N enlar g ed, price 165., e tnea-: l4 4Tt- bOMESTIC MEDICINE : A POPULAR Pr e o i v S T ie E > exhibiting the Symptoms, Causes, and most ....,- SIXTY THOUSAND POUNDS. The WHOLE Profits are Allocated amongst the POLICT HOLDERS every THREE YEARS. ford-place, Liverpool, where sealed and endorsedtendeis must be delivered, free of expense, on or before MONDAY, the 12th day of February next. ivas compelled to spend about 10s. per'week on them. (Cheel's.) He could go on illustrating the system; but it was not neces sary, as hey were so fully laid down in the tracts already pub lished by the society. There was honesty in it—there was soundness in it; and if they could only make others think so, a change would be brought about in this country such as would raise it from the degradation it was now almost sunk into to the quantities, taken by a competent Surveyor, may be bad The following ADDITIONS have been made to Policies ,IJCUJC, j %ULU it ,UL:CLLIUU IJI Up. lei`;' 6, ,,,e - T o P , ti csna7 Management of Children, Doses 4 dril",',.'alaili o . ": 4l ing a comprehensive Medical Guide for . the " It :' Invalids, in theribsence of their Medical rien oe 's evi c i en :,. • GRAHAM, M. 1)., &c. Iltio u tand j a 4LY the result a great professional talent, exp tete 1 - 4 1 ca'oMent ; the author everywhere appears comp tieod Nre t o 1 1 ) 1(141 - One object is prominently evident—a sin k p ro ' Wo r k bane his sufTering fellow-creatures. To recom -1843.Per ra g "ke the present to our readers, is only to manifest rd for their welfare."—Literary Journal, Feb., " It Lt hclo n - Vetog et h e otm, eeki o r . deserving of permanent popularity."— ca~listx an ., , ierie le , Y; a: , T. 4 CO., Paternoster-row ; HATCHARDS, 187, Pic ' an G• 73, Cheapside ; Sold by all Booksellers. or any ( At Ist March, 1844, being THREE additional Years.. 83,210 At Ist March, 1847, being for other THREE Years... 129,919 happiness and prOiperity. (Loud and c When every man paid his fair share of tax merce and trade were unshackled, they Would go on increasing to an extent it was impossible to calculate. If this were the case, what country in the world could compete with this; if the timber duties were abolished, what nation could compete with it in the building of shirs. We should then have no need __.., tinued cheers.) NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDITORS. ALL Persons who stand INDEBTED to WILLIAM WIN N, Esq., late of Marsh-lane, Bootle, deceased, are requPsted to pay the amount of their respective Debts to Mr. £288,368 RICHARD HOLDEN accountant, No. 2, Royal Bank-build dS upon the said Estate must be for warded for examination and payment. of treaties of reciprocity. They would then not be what Napo leon called us—a nation of shopkeepers, but the great store house of the world. We should supply all the continent of Europe, because the general d Wit of the world, and have the whole of the carrying trade in our own ships, There would not be a creek in the whole world where the flag of a Liverpool -......_ gELL I , e , )300,:, PRACTICAL BUILDER'S PRICE kri-,6 of A— lov 1 E49; or, Safe Guide to the Valuation . of__ all _srvg, an:itillcer's Work ; with the_ModertnfoPrltlcetgici234.l",ll - °f i lb.s l tr . act of tli , N_ 4 d e‘ a Y nci c Corrected by 'New 14t an at' " 5 upon tti l i i_e. d P in r g e s sent il N e " % a l l s u e e c of Materials and Labour. D erie e ' l by an A w c t r o v e f IlltviAlien•ed U easur i i c n int , e o m rs inen x e, m assisted b several ex . E e plified b y Steel En- Loat i n 1 W oodgits. Royalcloth, lettered. .„,kekt,,,sPublished b THOMAS KELLY, Paternoster-row ; 'vder -'" AIARewA y d Co.and may be had of all Book the ro l i o f whom also may an ~ be had New Editions in Quarto, of Tfib,.°ZißP Arc hitectural may Works Works: 44,1 111 0 ''''W AND IMPROVED PRACTICAL BUILDER by T . o rb, e 1 1 ~ -gan's Companion. By PETER NICHoLSoN, revised fell • ',.IISOGOLD and Assistants; exhibiting the w9st re ;o all th e skllfal methods pursued b Architects and_Artificers, L'ol. 1"0 various Departments of Building . In 3 Volumes.— n4Tains ometr Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabi9et "o„. titi,7,;,„C,01 2, Masonry, Bricklaying, Plastering, Slatmg, F the p? )10 zing, and Plumbing.--Vol. 3, Theory and Practice 10 ti, p lle Orders, Gothic Architecture, Perspective, Projec ttilo ractions, Decimal Arithmetic, Ste., cnmprehending a ttiiiParY of the Art of Building; Descriptive Acconnts of 1 4 . 11 , t lap x ~ 4ate 'I S th f Tiirber Cements, &c. Mus s, eq by some s, treng o . , . i Steel B P from 1 e Vv,..ome hundreds of Diagrams ant . .... bound in 1,4 ettered. 401bip„It NICHOLSON'S PRACTICAL . CARPENTRY, 0 - •44•Y i , KING. Revised by Thar,- ,01. b ~.., and CABINET-MA r 0 '''.ing a New and Complete SYSTE . M O LINES for , -1.1 ,.. tj' "° , VVorkmen • founded on Geometrical and Mechanical k Drawings `ucl t' i l ei '''' , ; Plates, from the NN or ing _ '4,llo"lerous Diagrams Bound in clot:. and lettered, 30s. 1 L0n,1,4001 the two following Works are published separately 1 ~,."le ~ the --r NATIONAL CONFEDERATION. A T the ANNUAL MEETING of the MEMBERS of this ASSOCIATION, held in the Music-HALL, Liver lotion emigrating by thousands, there would be room and pork enough for every one. (Hear, hear, and continued cheers.) The bon. member then eloquently impressed upon his bearers the necessity of enforcing these principles upon others, and pool, on the 29th instant, WILLIAM JACKSON, Esq., M.P., in the Chair the following Resolutions were unanimously agreed to : . . promised, if re-elected president, to use his endeavoUrs to extend them both in parliament and out of doors. lie next combatted the notion of Mr. Cobden and others, that the time Mr. COUTICiiiOr.HARBORD, That the Report now read be adopted. 2d,—Moved by Mr. JEFFREY, seconded by Mr. SMETHURST, was never out of time to do right. (cheers) He pronounced it to be his opinion that no officer either of the excise or cus toms should lose his office without compensation, and observed . that it would not surprise him if the Peelites, bidding for office, did not adopt the principle. He relied, however, mainly on the middle classes for the succ:ss of the measure, and if taken up in earnestness by them, that success could not long That the beSt thanks of the Members of the Confederation are due to Wm. Jackson, Esq., M.P., President, and to Wm. F.wart, Esg., M.P., Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., M.P., Charles Presidents, 6i the aid and countenance they givet; to the Confederation since their election; that they be again appointed to fill the offices now held by them ; and that the Right Hon. the Earl of Radnor be one of the Vice-Presidents of the Con federation. member concluded by 'remarking, iliat as seeking to obtain justice to all, so should they give it; and he trusted none present would refuse to grant to all, who paid their just and fair share of taxes, full political privileges. Let him vho could produce the tax-collector's receipt claim a right to he registered as a voter, which would put an end to household, 3d,—Moved by Mr. KELLY, seconded by Dr. COLLINS, That Mr. H. G. Harbord, Mr. Daniel Baugh, Mr. W. Brown, Shakeshaft 7 be appointed Members of the Council. 4th,—Moved by the CHAIRMAN, ar d carried byacclamation; The CHAIRMAN then read the following letter from Heyworth, Esq., M. P.:— That the besethanks of ti e Members of the 'Confederation are due to the Council for their valuable services since their "Yewtree, near Liverpool, January 29th, 1849. s, with me, cause of much regret, that a previous ,tion of the Association to Mi. Jackson for it vresiding the cause he presen occasion, and for bis pas J. M. MACDONALD, t services in Secretary. "The object contemplated by the Association is, the diffusion of correct information on the vital subject of fiscal legislation ; _ _ MEETING OF THE NATIONAL CONFEDERA TION-LAST NIGHT. and by the exposure of the present vicious system, to create a powerful publ►c opinion in favor of direct taxat►on. Combined w►th this laudable object, you hope to obtain a large reduction in order Huildi pp. h tky N:At N ICHOLSON'S PRACI 5 4 ,7. 1. 3 e 7 :l ‘ 71-' ) accommodate the ! n n anir Students in' their various departments of A numerous meeting- of t association, (the object of most desirable object It will enable every one to know is r9llPrl nnnn to nsw trawnrsta the. CAL RIASO PLASTERINd, both Plair asic Hall, in Bold-strc ien) ;"' ,I,Rp)CIOLD. Containing, a New and Complete e . krn eu . ES for STONE CUTTING, for the Use oi outiL?pd Vett„lleyormation of Mortars, Cements, Concrete, Wm. Jackson, Esq., M.P., was on the platform we observed Mess lied to the chair ; and . H. G. Harbord, A. retrenchment, and most vigilant for the strictest economy in the expenditure of the public fun Your association seeks to en se taxation on principl 10 1549. -1° n . , . : . ; • -s: 5 ARTICLIPI at Two o'eloc lil rhitechapol , ins, Tea P i " :offee Pots, La, Glass, Dv— 'E AND EFFSC' at One o'clo c1) mth John-strecl to be then P ND, with it th ere on ere Li ve rpool at; y, called Liters yards, or tb Y ards or the re he b ene fit of t; On the north A )f Messrs. 'S'i fre . ehouse and ;, lJohn Madcloc 'on to Cifil!l'g ioficliors; C ~y)0 [Es & JRS, BLAc ived positl 7, To-At ar t i i , [le o'clock 10 'ay between rb. and Birkenoo* eomprisin,, a Fib Y Six tons en, l Guards, Eig gels, adaPte d ,, t e j Naggon, iron arms, et,, lar and NV't,, e, iber, New t °s and Fra!lc,it ESTA RING FES 'IRE SHOW )OL, DiVID ions to o fe 6th day of v' 1, situate it head If three terr 0 ent roads fr° . afforded 1))• p t Ist it is WO , r the eon ile:lie every reou es, it conta P j ; Stone, ,tiae r be had on aP ', near Chest e ' e ; uruaToN, AuJ BARRETT INA, GL: 15 ,,,1 t CHLILV PAINTINv' A s PE RS, Siliv , !WEBS Ir KS, SHEIy, STOI C ,, OUBLE :ARRLIGV HARNE,'V LF-CHES :S OF BAR WOOLLE TR PAW: :DS, COlt'? CHLIISF S P , :XCHA' ?.dnesday), t 5; rY, at El e y e 39, Paradise' entre, Pini; ptions of s, Sofa J 3 )f fashion, and Fenders, Fi re ' r Cloths, fiat SidebOrt2 Total Retrospective Additions to Policies up to Ist March, 18-17 This is altogether exclusive of A Policy of ..elOOO effected on Ist March, 1832, and becoming a claim before Ist March, 1849, will have increased by these additions to FOURTEEN HUNDRED and TWO POUNDS, and other Policies in proportion. ROBERT CHRISTIE, Manager. ROBERT GIBSON, Secretary. LIVERPOOL.. WILLIAM OXLEY, 3, Rumford-place. Manchester.. A ndersons and Thorburn, Merchants Leeds. Bolton ftrr, Lofthouse, and Nelson, Solicitors. ohn Gordon, Solicitor. Bury .. Chorley William M`Lean, Draper. Alexander Bannerman, Laid Apnt, NIEDICAL, INVALID, AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, ALL-MALL, LONDON DIVISION OF PROFITS. AL MEETING, held on the 30th Novem own that the business of this Society had during the past year; 503 new policies in annual premiums .e 7609 12s. .clared, by which nearly 2 per ci All the participating policies. 'I At the last ANNU ber, 1848, it was sl materially incre were issued yielding A bonus was also annum was added to .entum per Che follow- ing abstract will shc and on one of the in Bonus to Policies )W the effect of 'biius on hea ,ost numerous class of diseased li ; issued on Healthy Lives at the and 60 r- althy lives, lives : E F.' I Bonus added. ;Pm now' 5 payable. I Bonus I added. Sum now payable. 1000 114 15 1900 65 11 1000 16 12 1114 15 9 1000; 195 19 4 1000: 11l 19 7 1195 19 4 1111 19 7 1027 6 5 Lied on Consumptive Live regard to the misery suffered by the men who toil to produce the means. The soil of the country is protected at the expense of its industry, and so is all the rest of its accumulated wealth. In the midst of peace we are incurring a war expense, on the plea of being in a state of preparation ; and the millions are compelled to work and pay, under the specious pretence that they are preserving the real and accumulated property of the country for their own special advantage, the proprietors and owners, in the meantime deriv ing the whole benefit. And all this is accomplished through the agency of indirect taxation, which subjects the labouring man to the payment of one-half his earnings, the middle class man to one-fourth of his, while the possessors of large means do not pay above one-twentieth part. But were direct taxation substituted for the present invidious and unjust mode of raising the necessary revenue, a most bene fi cial change over the whole surface of society would at once take place- Every man would pay precisely according to his means. Only one tax would be ; levied, and all existing taxes :And duties would as a necessary consequence, the necessaries of life would be so much more easily obtained, and the demand for labour would be so great, that men with moderate means would be enabled to live in absolute comfort ; while few, if any, but the cripple or maimed poor, would remain to be publicly supported. The temptation to commit crime, too, would be greatly lessened, as well from the greater abundance which would prevail, as from the humanizing effects of education, which every man would then have it in his power to give to his children. En g land would then become the land of th e annu it an t an d those retired from the active walks of life, instead of being, as at present, ,st of livi the dearest country in t 'd be the cheat - LOCAL TA CATION of the name of th to hay their duty to themsel ,ntative lesrrien hay ?xerciee of their power should vation ; and the fact of so in een returned at the lateeection Town Council as t them the more effectually to carr3 Through the firmness of Mr. Henderson, the chairman of the Dock Committee, to whom the best thanks of the public are due, they were defeated in that portion of their object ; and if they appear in parliament against the bill, they must do so in their individual characters alone, when their opposition must necessarily resolve itself int) a case of individual interest." On the water question, the Council say that " The late election has changed the Town Council and changed the time, and empowering, the borough engineer Is the wat :om mit te -.1% le am n alluded to the alleged mandamus n• to call a meeti nct on the tion to the IIE d as foil that a continuo, would really, and not nominall adverse inter, st in the Dock C( The thirteen members appoint( bers of the Dock Committee. ,e docks. The docks shall be The next hcut real r tniary point of view, municipal government. The formation of the Confederation has been the means of concentrating and directing the trading power to elevate and protect itself; and, as a consequence, there is no member of large community who will not 'benefit by its labours. le are weary of party politics, and must now attend to more solid interests. When men have made up their ill be every gm As this is to nd every ra [(;x in Liverpool should at once avail himself - of the power which the Confede ration offers for his protection, by becoming a member. The past success of the Confederation is the best evidence which on the ratepayers and other inhabitants of - Liveipail, to support the Confederation in its labours both national and local. The charge of five shillings per annum is a small sacri- t a pyrpo to those who may - cho - ose to contribu II give strength; and , re than that amount, and layin; of a lay7,e economic. voting yourselves, change which will relieve you .1 burthens, and ensure good and nent ; while, nationally, the value of by your coon protectin, ion of the cost c consequent about half their present value; the inct he loin the abo'litio: other taxes ; of the st )p duties, and as! y with the obstacles the Customs and Excise occasion to trad t rable, each individual thu land now is, it woi On this subject the report referred to the rating of the Corporate and Dock Estates, and to the successful issue in of the late agitation, though the Dock Com- the former( measure in pa ed to make use •ustees, to enable , u 1; their purpose. ly on th ZWILIZMWIT //gf=MSMOMIII religious or political questions to bias them. [Mr. Jackson nodded assent.] The Financial Reform Association and the National Confederation were both going on in the right way. Taxation was like the upas-tree—it destroyed everything it touched ; and they (the Confederation) were hacking at its root, while the Financial Reform Association were chipping the bark. Mr. Harbord, amidst rapturous applause, concluded a highly humorous address by seconding the adoption of the report. The CHAIRMAN explair, remarks of Mr. Harbord, ak. _,,,essed his satisfaction religious differences were not permitted to interfere with the exertions of the Association. Mr. JEFFERY said that after t chairman, Dr. Harbord had sr 'ay and t 3, with r talented Lid that was left for him to _ . nd after the (Mr. J.) was left still les mended the good no Jackson to 1 upon which to c of the associati heir pre him for having acce thought by a few oft questionable, this and on ti had acted wisely in of whether he belonged to Bi and object_ They wot ) Liverpool, their Mtn tion, but they wozild here as for them to show ruitable estab:ishmc reality, before the! y some that what the money out of one but their efforts had alr for they had obtained f to 14d. in the pound, a. ing the ikely to rating hill, he remark( ensue would be less ex from Mr. liendei'son happening to occur told that -sor. lived ar local ihey owed to themselv he doubted not, ext ,se of what Ice would, tringent l it was a fault of t y,) he would, naturally and By the system which th w place and contented. He . 1 direct for indirect t country. 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Finc and in the body of the room a great majority of the trades. men of Liverpool, and many others of our most respecta- Rev ble and influential townsmen of all denominations in politics, The hall was well tilled, and the whole proceed ings were marked by much unanimity and enthusiasm. The Hon. CHAIRMAN then came forward to address the meeting, and was received with renewed cheering, which continued some time. He commenced by observ- him, since 'tat it had been a m they did him the honour of appointing him as their presi dent, that he had not had an opportunity of meeting the society before, and he owned that he should have come forward with considerable doubt in his own mind to grap ple with the great question the National Confederation had in view, were he not convinced that if they could only became united Success must attend their efforts. (Loud cheers.) They did him the honour of electing him their president, and he felt it a high compliment, because itcame from men to whom he might say he belonged—men of his own class of society, who were well capable of estimating what a man was really worth, and therefore he esteemed the compliment the more highly. (Hear, hear.) He saw men step forward to proclaim that they, the middle classes, were determined they would no longer submit to the vile system now carried on in_ raising the taxes of thd country ; and instead of having the present unequal and unfiiii system, they would adopt the old golden rule of doing to others as they would wish to be done to, and take care that every one should pay hip fair share and no more. (Applause.) Before, however, he proceeded further, be considered it due to them, as well as to himself, to say that when he consented to become their president, he did it with the distinct understanding that lie should 'onlv be called upon to grapple with the great . question of local taxation, situated as he was with respect to matters on the other side of the water. And, if they did him the honour to re-elect him their president, with go on in his endeavours to convince the people, both in the House of Commons and out of it—(and they only wanted convincing to bring about a change)—that the mode in which the taxes were raised was based upon the worst principles, and therefore that it was necessary a better plan ought to be introduced. (Hear, hear.) When he entered the House of Commons he did not go there for the purpose of making a figure before the public, but more as a schoolboy for the purpose of being taught, and what did he find ? Why, that there was a system in existence of robbing the poor man for the purpose of supporting a lot of lazy drones. (Loud cheers.) He quietly made an analysis of the composition of the house; but in making the statements he was about to do, he begged it to be understood that he did not mean to take any poli tical view of matters. He was quite aware that the National Confederation had determined to sink all poli tical and religious differences; and therefore, if it became necessary for him to diverge from the course marked out, he did not do so for the purpose of supporting one party and condemning the other, but for the purpose of exposing the existence of a system detrimental to the true interests of the country. (Cheers.) Well, having time upon his hands, what did he behold in the House of Commons ? He counted one hundred and forty-tl_ members who were receiving pay from the Government either in connexion with the army, navy, or ordnance. (Hear, hear.) He found 150 more who were connected either by blood or marriage with the 143, thus making one-half. of the House of Commons directly interested in the present vicious system of taxation, and if it was con tinued they must expect more to be sent there. (Hear.) What was to be done to counteract this? Why to agree upon a great principle, and that was upon the principle of doing to their neighbour as they would wish their neigh bour to do unto them—(applause)—to act upon the prin ciple propounded by Mr. Smith, that every man should contribute to the exigences of the State according to the means which it has pleased the Almighty to place within his reach. (Hear, hear.) Now, what did the poor man pay according to the present system ? Instead of paying one shilling out of every ten, he was compelled to pay— nay, he was robbed, of three shillings and sixpence. The same system prevailed among the middle classes, but to go on to the wealthiest classes, they would find that nearly the whole burden of taxation was thrown upon the industry of the country at large. (Hear, and cheers.) This must be altered, and it could only be altered by opening the eyes of the country at large, and that could only be done by disseminating knowledge as they pro ceeded. How was the trade and commerce of the coun try crippled by our revenue and excise laws ! Not less than six or seven millions a-year were wasted in the maintenance of those laws. (Hear, hear.) During the last session, Dr. Bowring had succeeded in obtaining, by a majority of one, a return showing the amount of re venue which did not go directly into the exchequer; but now he had gone to Hong Kong, and they would hear no more on the subject, unless some other member had pub lic spirit enough to take up the question. If no other member did so, he (the hon. member) pledged himself to do so. (Applause.) But look at the effect of these fiscal regulations on our trade and commerce. First of all, they were bound to prove that they were honest men. Ask a saner manufacturer, and he would tell them that it cost hiin ten per cent upon the manufactured article, in order to show that he had not been a rogue. (Hear, hear.) Take the merchant. He was subject to all the fiscal laws which shackled commerce, and prevented its expansion. But remove those laws, and what would be the effect ? Why, they would make a man as free to act as be 'stern 0 and ilxcise duties, now mainly ielied upon for raising the revenue. This indirect taxation increases the price of every commodity on which it is levied, is delusively and insidiously !lasses; and tt It exacts from tons on every other clasi le working people ~. of their means to purchase home and foreign productions. This large abstraction from their bard-earned means, limits, to an almost incredible amount, what would otherwise have been the consumption and sale of every article of trade. The Customs and Excise duties are collected at an extravagant cost, and necessitate we expense of keeping an army and navy of revenue guards. "Tlie customs and excise duties also grievously fetter and and : unnecessary cost to every trading transaction, which they And let it be remembered, that economy of time encumber " Thus trade, commerce, production, and the employment of labour, which are the true and only sources of wealth to every class in the kingdom, are all paralysed by this most im politic system. The wealthy are kept less affluent, and labou rers are, by it, thrust down to abject poverty. The number of paupers, through its effects, are daily on the increase, through out the length and breadth of the land. The field of commerce and trade does not extend proportionably to the increase of population, in the rising generation ; and young men, of every class, find from this cause every department of trade sur charged with competitors. " It is high time that the nation should he roused to a sense of the impending ruin into which indirect taxation must, if _ _ persisted . in, inevitably engulph all classes of society. The work, therefore, that your Association has so well and so exten sively commenced, is one of paramount importance. It is philanthrof is as well as p,litic. It seeks the welfare of all, and it will accomplish a great beneficial revolution in the fiscal policy, not only of this, but of every country. Our foreign neighbours and customers, will sce the success, prosperity,and wealth which will accrue to our country by the emancipation •ce from customs ant policy and hasten t. follow in our wake with which you are pursuing the noble work you are engaged in, and to express my ardent hope for, and belief in, your final success yours truly, " LAWRENCE HEYWORTH " Mr. John Ferguson. Chairman of the " National Confederation." The report of the council referred first to NATIONAL TAXATION, and stated that at the period of the formation of the con federation, in December, 1847, the public mind had not been directed to the subject, and that the confederation were conscious, from long experience, that indirect tax ation was at the root of the national poverty and distress. The opposition offered by the confederation to the attempt of the present government to increase the income tax, gave the first impetus to the demand for a change in the system of taxation, and for economy and retrenchment, and from that time to this the movement has made rapid progress. The report then goes on as follows : Mit it must be quite evident to all who reflect for a moment on the subject, that a mere reduction of expenditure, and say ing of the national means by that expedient, good as that mea sure may be, is no remedy for the wrongs which the industrial population of this countryhat:eto endure under the present system. It will not repair the injustice inflicted on the people by indirect taxation. It will not alter the relative positions of industry and wealth, as they are now affected. It will not pre vent the labouring millions paying more than their just share e I of the national obligations. It will not compel the possessors of realised property to pay their just share. it will not enforce the payment by each man according to his means, and his stake in the country, but it will leave the present vicious system to . Sum now 1 payable. 1254 15 3 1150 15 3 1039 4 9 a posal, &c Actuary, !9, 1849. Mr. Council the able moor FERGUSON rose to move the reception of t of the proceedings of the Council of the ssociation for the past period of its existence; and in to thank him for the very valuable information which he had supplied. He agreed that that of the Chairman regarded local affairs. They ought to be proud of :ing such a man amongst them, who was so wellquali- wealth association had in view oojec opinion. for they hat They all knew the for dev trusted they would see it nationally locality thought fit to sneer and scoff at public opinion, but we should soon see the time when its impression throughout the land (through the branching out of this association to other towns) would be felt far and wide. The way to gain success was to stand firmly and unitedly by the principles which they had adopted. They had but to go on and prosper. The report contained everything, so that there was no need for him to detain them. lie moved the adoption of the report. Mr. Councillor HARBORD was called on to second the adoption of the report, and commenced his address, by saying that he had just risen from the feet of Gamaliel, (turning to the chairman,) whom he had listened to with great pleasure. From what he had heard that gentleman enunciate that night, he considered the Confeieration )arliament He had to apologise for the im an ally in of his remarks, as he was not well, and, moreover, he had been called on to second the resolution since he assigned to him the proposal of another motion, and the fact was, he had nothing to say. (Cries o f "Go on.") In the first place, then, their great teacher had said so much, that he had made it almost unnecessary to read the report; and then the report was so ample, that it left nothing for him to add, though he had certainly taken a few notes as the'repert was being read. It was an old saying that there was as much fish in the sea as ever was caught ; this might be true, but they swam so deep that they would not be caught. It was so in his case ; for after the reading of the r' 114'. —who was churchwarden, town - councillor , rind indeci of almost everything, and master of most—came al away the only little shell he (Mr. H.) had hoped to nd too this town. He (Mr. H.) did not scruple to say he meant the Financial Reform Association. Now, with all due defer ence to their twin brother, he really thought the two associations should not have been spoken of together. The great difference between the two was, that the one was born a great talker and the other a great worker. (Hear, and laughter.) No sooner was the precocious infant whom he first referred to born, than he took to writing most furiously; and indeed he had been writing ever since he was born. Now, their political Hercules had set to, as soon as be was born, to pitch into every one who lie thought :Rinsed him. (near, bedr.) Ile would - liken the mother of the babe before spoken of to Juno, and call her Envy, who had like Juno sent two snakes to destroy their strangled 'both the reptiles: But . Herciiiei had a number of feats to perform. The first trial set him was to slay the Nemsean lion, which their Hercules had done by destroying the lion Apathy. The next labour was to slay the creature called the hydra, having seven beads. He (Air. H.) thought they would discover in class-legislation the modern hydra which exist in all its deformity ; and it will leave the door open to a renewal of lavish expenditure as soon as the excitement of agitation dies away. There is little doubt that even the present government will make a parade of concession to the wirmi- „ remonstrance ; they know there is a limit to human patience their Hercules had attacked, cutting at the peculiar privileges and to human power of endurance ; they will propose some of a favoured class, and making it level with ourselves. (Loud reductions, and ask credit for good intentions. It is an old cheers.) The young gentleman then took into his head to policy, which must no longer be allowed to deceive the people, hunt down a hind belonging to Diana, having feet and Let it not be forgot that, since the year 1 835, these very men, horns of gold ; no doubt it was very hard run. He and the classes they represent, have been instrumental in in- (Mr. H.) really thought the history of Hercules was written in creasing the annual expenditure to the extent of one-fifth, or anticipation of the National Confederation. (Laughter.) Well, upwards of ten millions, and bad shown every desire to pro- if they believed what he told them, (renewed laughter,) they ceed in the same spirit of reckless extravagance. until they would say it was all very fine, Mr. Ferguson_ I . , .„.......... ~ found that the attention of the country was roused. The people and applause.) The speaker completed the figure by likening cannot always be on the watch ; their occupations will not per- the last-named denisen of the forest to placemen, who he mit them ; but let them place fellow-sufferers in charge of the thought were provided with a cornucopia. Hercules, in the pro public purse, and they will have some guarantee for economy. secution of his labours, had to perform the task of dispersing a Let each member of the government and of the legislature pay bevy of improvident females called Amazons, the queen of his own just proportion of the national burthen, according to whom was called Hippolite, who was not at all polite. flow the interest he possesses in the country. Let the rent rolls ever, Hercules took her captive. He (Mr. IL) wool ' " ' - and other sources of income of such men be affects by the I !R public expenditure, and there may be some hope, looking to bug to the consideration of the Confederation. But to continue, the care they have hitherto taken to save t h emselves, that t h e the l as t f ea t wa s to cle ar out the Au gean stable, which contained same saving policy will guide them under the altered condition 30,000 oxen, and had not been cleaned for thirty years. of circumstances. It might be imagined that - this receptacle was rat her The Council then urge strongly on the members to be firm in their determination to promote the principle of them, in clearing impure, but h . e (Mr. H.) harderdid not hesitate to say, that the Confederation had a task before direct taxation, until realized property shall bear its just Hercules in cleansing these foul stables. Mr. Ilarbord said away the amount of moral torpitude in the countr than had share of the national obligation, and industry the same he would refrain from carrying his similes further, though he of the society's objects. The fol-and no more. The prizes offered by the Confederation doubted not he could adduce other abuses having t t l i i o e t i i rtyp have elicited communications from eminent st a t e s m en (Hear, hear.) It had been asked why their astsuactilit originated should- and others approvingli n e called the National Confederation, seeing h Liverpool ? Why, everything lowing paragraph from the report is worth perusing : and hew would like to know what place had a better right d ead pursued baneful effects of the course which has hitherto been had its origin somewhere . the great town of which they were inhabitants to take the lead pursued in national affairs present themselves on every hand, in an association fraught with objects of national good. (Ilear.) The millions who create the wealth are struggling for existence, They would find from one portion of the report that the corn while the produce of their industry passes to other hands made imposed mittee had arranged to open communications with distant free by law of its just liabilities. The toil of the many is for towns, w i th t h e v i ew to mutua l co-operation in the cause i n the benefit of the few ; and in proportion as men are poor are fgovernment on them, as if i n moc k ery o f a ll just. Here are en ormous structures to which they (t what Confederation) were so deeply interested. Now v ictims of class-legislation, w h ose poverty their they hoped to show the different towns hat had been effected in the way of improvement in local grievances by their efforts estate siel tei. obligation sprinciplest h eo in Liverpool, and further, that by a comprehensive combination, fellow-men alone have ordained; there, extensive mural en similar results would ensue with respect to national grievances. closures to confine but too many whose necess i t i es d r i ve t h em from the path of virtue. On this side, barracks filled with excepttieai..) As he was very anxious that nothing should go forth what was intended by the speaker, he would refer to a soldiers, as if the sword offered consolation to a distressed remark which the president made ;—it was, that the Confede people, or as if the whole world were inimical to us ;on that, ration had no religions or political feeling whatever. Now he arsenals and ships of war, replete with materials and men to was sure that was not altogether what Mr. Jackson meant. ward off invasion, as if our soil alone constituted England's , He (Mr. H.) conceived the meaning of the expression to be, wealth. Everywhere extravagance in public outlay, nowhere that the members of the Confederation would not allow entirely depends on the v that the vane of their proy by the change t fitting' that Liverpool should take tl fraught with such important results. Confederation rooms, 'crests of all would be promoted of direct taxation, and it is but ad in a movement Secretary , Liverpool, January 21 a change of ministry power is that of I r, and Emile de Girar- Ledru Rollin has I ited an impeachment of the During- the debate in the A y, on tt interdicting the clubs, Gen s of the Guard Mobile, charging them with ised - the suprior off at, addressed the Gene threatened the Presider ,n . d even sword, nts at the feet H 2 wa around Iracter of the accounts the confidence of the heavy Bull books, 91i. But on the Ilers, and Consols called 01- to 2 only A' more than I per , culators to the dept Westerns, 1 6 ; ➢o. Tot :es. We quote London ands, 94 to 6; Sout:—El North S LONDON CORN MARKI The supply of MTh! riage samples a good demand, at price and in some instances tt Foreign Wheat, whether bonded or t rates. Barley was in fair request, ant tained. Oats were generally held for tlnd it met onday last, were rather exceede well main- n ce, which checked their sale, and last week' Beans and Peas firm, at ate rate •ed in value RDAY. londay last, iarkets a little t 2d. per slb. on in and lispOsed of, at fully 2d. II scarce, and maintain .beep is. SNIITHFIELP CATTLE ATARI ie number of Beasts is rather lan but the morni clearer, trade ad the c: the choicest qualities. The supply in consequence they are more reads per Sib. advance. Good - late quotations, but kinds. There is a at 8 hardly A VILLAGE DESTROYED BY FIRE.—On Friday evening a fearful catastrophe befel the picturesque village of Green-end, near Sawtry,_ in Huntingdon, by the destruc- tion by fire of nearly 40 houses, nearly one-half of the place. About half-past seven o'clock, flames were obser ved issuing from the premises in the occupation of Mr. Flanders, supposed to have originated by a spark - falling from the chimney on the thatched roof. A furious storm existing at the time, scattered the flames to the houses adjacent, which, on account of being thatched, ignited rapidly, and in an incredibly short space of time, no fewer than 12 houses were in tenanted by e bulk of them ing to witness the poor creatures rust of almost distraction ; most of them, with such velocity from house to he aost distress- in; about in a state he flames extending use, were unable to -Two black save any portion of their furniture or property THE BLACKBIRD AND THE GRAY RAa. birds have for some time past taken up their quarters near the avenue leading to Breehin Castle, and have p a id daily visits to the gatekeeper at the hour when he was feeding the poultry. The utmost good feeling was manifested by the poultry to their sable visitors, allowing them freely to partake of the good things daily spread out on the well stored poultry board of his lordship. One day lately, when employed in feeding his feathery tribe, the gate keeper observed a rat of the gray spe' proitching the blackbirds, one of them, the rat mad :s cautiously sp in a few feet of ing and fixed on too strong f LV enemy on cis of titty yards, t rescue of Ilis face rat, no d fter flying cipating what wouhl be its tate were it to remain within reach, relaxed its hold, apparently none the worse of its aerial flight. The poor bird was then received into the hands of /qr. Hunter, much mutilated; but hopes are entertained of its recovery.—Montrose Standard. d threw the medi- ht and ere ou the ni id under from the benlieu wer rons of the Luxembourg. The .1 were literally crammed with sold The government has taken 1 It is feared that a fon the departments by t LONDON M 0 nfavourable,bn menced selling so that Conso!E ;e of minist ise, who in the legislature, the were offered for a tim for money cent. upon Satur Three-and-a-Qua :count, w for March, 435. to 4 LONDO: r per ( " Remember I am surrounded by devoted and that they who disylace the paving -stones of without disorder t the several sta- ts brought in :ourt and envi- is environs