The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-09-18 00:00:00

(Ur kiberpool &tanbari). TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 18, 1849. WE suspect that Mr. Disraeli is scarcely the leader into whose bands the agriculturists of Great Britain can safely commit their fortunes. Indeed, we should be convinced of the fact, if we could bring ourselves to believe that his plan of a new agricultural agitation, put forward last week at Aylesbury, was one adopted after serious delibera tion. There was solid ground for his movement of last session, against the excessive taxation levied upon the real property of the country. We con tended at the time that he had triumphantly proved his case. There is truth also in the position which be has now taken up that the land tax presses une qually upon different portions of the kingdom. But further than this admission we cannot go with the honourable member. Let us briefly examine his proposition. Mr. Disraeli states that the tax in the county of Buckingham is Is. sd. in the pound, whereas in Lancashire it is only 2d., and in Liverpool only Id. in the pound. As thus levied it produces about a million per annum ; whereas if the rest of England were made to pay the same rate as Buckingham, a sum of five millions per annum would be raised from this source. We give Mr. Disraeli's disposal of the amount, as stated by himself. He says : " Now, gentlemen, if we carry out these ideas, and if the land tax be fairly levied throughout the counties of England, we shall have, instead of £1,000,000 of capital, £5,009.000 in hand. . Well, then, what shall we do with it ? Why, in the old days we should have bad some one coming forward and proposing the abolition of a single and paltry tax, which, while it would be a great blow to the revenue, would individually give you scarcely any relief. Is that the means by which to regenerate the imperilled agriculture of England ? Certainly not. What I propose as a remedy is this—that the five millions should form a sinking fund, which, safely in hand, would, in less than ten months raise consols above par, and thus enable landlords to borrow money to apply to their land at 3 per cent., instead of paying, as they now do, 4 and 4i per cent. Then the farmer could go to his banker or neigh bour, and obtain from him at a reasormble rate the capital he required for the improvement of the soil. (Hear, hear.) There, gentlemen, is your remedy for equal tax ation and cheap capital. Mind, when I say cheap capital, I am not recommending you to depreciate your coin, or adopt a paper currency, which could not easily be con verted into gold. If my recommendation was adopted, the public credit would be maintained—it would give to the farmer independence, and remove from their present state of depression the landlords of the country who could then obtain all the capital they required for the improve ment of their estates at a light rate of interest. (Hear, hear.) And, gentlemen, if you do not obtain that relief which the country has a right to grant you, then we must consider what we ought to do next." There are two considerations which irresistibly strike us here. In the first place we cannot see bow the agricultural interest generally could be benefitted by the other counties of England being racked up to the excessive rates of Buckingham shire. Imposing an additional tax of four millions per annum upon the real property of the country is a singular mode of relieving the sufferings of its owners. Neither can we see the justice of thus imposing the burthen of paying off the national debt, through the medium of a sinking fund, upon landed interest exclusively. We think these objec tions to Mr. Disraeli's proposition will be admitted. His views, as to the effect to be produced by the adoption of his proposition, are based upon an utter apparent unacquaintance with monetary science, which is almost inconceivable in a gentleman of his great talent, who must, in the course of his politi cal studies, have devoted some portion of his atten tion to this subject. The hon. member assumes that the establish ment of his sinking fund would have the effect, in less than a year, of raising the price of consols above par, and thus enabling landlords to borrow money at three per cent. for the improvement of their land, instead of 4to 4,4 as at present. Un doubtedly, the fact of a surplus revenue would give a buoyancy to the stock market, and perhaps to some extent raise the price of consols, other circum stances being favourable. But the price of money— the rate of interest—does not depend upon the price of the national securities, but upon the supply of money. At present, with consols at 93, if their price were the regulator of the market for money the rate of interest. ought to be 31 per cent. Yet no landowner can borrow below from 41 to 5 per cent. In October, 1847, consols could not have been bought to pay much above 4 per cent.; yet in that month from 15 to 20 per cent. was paid for the discount of good commercial paper, whilst loans on mortgage were not procurable at all. An important element in monetary transactions, under our present currency laws, is the facility, or otherwise, with which the securities offered can be reconverted into money to meet emergencies, created by those very laws. Thus, money "at call" is often to be had at 2 to 21 per cent., whilst the interest on loans for fixed periods is as igh as 4to 41. In any position of the nation's credit, the commercial interest, who borrow at short dates, upon securities (bills of exchange) which can themselves be used as currency, will always be able to secure the prefer ence in the market over the landowner, whose securities are not readily convertible. We have not the slightest expectation, under any circumstanccs, coincident with the maintenance of our present system, that landowners will be able to borrow at even 4 per cent. What capitalist will fasten up his money at a low rate, when the occurrence of a deficient harvest, or a drain of gold from the coun try, may in ,a few months raise the current rate of interest to 10 or 12 per cent. The Jones Lloyds of the world at all events know better. For one important admission we have to thank Mr. DiSraeli. It is at least a step in the right path: The honourable member says, "There gen tle Men, you have your remedy—equal taxation and cheap capital." Of course, the expression " cheap capital," is an error in language. There is no such thing ; and Mr. Disraeli obviously means cheap money. Its cheapness, too, he measures by the rate of interest, which is a further step in the right path. Cheap money thus measured implies aban doned money—sufficient to serve for the ordinary commerce and exchanges of the country, and little to spare. But there must be more than this cheap ness, in order to effect what he contemplates. There must be an absence of the violent fluctua tion to which money is subject under our present system; or the landowner will get little of it by way of loan. We must not have money one month at 21, and the next at 71 or 12 per cent.; and such freedom from fluctuation Mr. Disraeli's plan does nothing to effect. The honourable gentleman apparently has never considered the important fact that such a plethora of money, as he imagines would result from the establishment of his sinking fund, is in reality caused solely by an abundance of the precious metals, giving increased expansion to the circula tion of the country, which is based upon gold. So long as that gold is liable to be drawn from us, to pay for suddenly increased imports of grain or any other commodity, to furnish the means of warlike operations, to be invested in • foreign stock and otherwise in employment in foreign markets, so long will every class of every interest in the coun try, the agriculturist as well as the man of com merce, be subject to ruinous alternations of pros perity and suffering ; to over speculation and its reverse—a crisis; to cheap money with reckless in vestment, and dear money with ruinous sacrifice. Until this wretched system is destroyed, we shall never have a prosperous agriculture or a safe com merce. Mr. Disraeli may depend upon it, that it is not " cheap money" so much which the landowner and the community at large require, as an ample supply of money. that ; iqt:.r,zst, as little as possible subject to fluctuations. IT is impossible to read, attentively, the charges of the Central Board of Health against the Select Vestry of Liverpool, without detecting throughout the evidences of a settled purpose to damage that body. It is palpable that the very existence of a system of parochial management, possessing the slightest show of independent action, is annoying to these admirers of the principle of centralization. The Chadwick Tribunal is but an off-shoot of the Somerset-house despotism,—an ambitious off-shoot however, which would gladly inflate itself to the bulk of the parent stem—and, hence, we see it directing all the venom of its censures, against that body, the Select Vestry, over whose proceedings its officers hold the least control ; and seeking for fresh powers to render itself supreme, although every step taken must have been resolved upon with the ull knowledge that the body in question is not answerable for more than a share in the faults at tributed to it. For example :—when complaining that no steps had been made for the removal of the causes of cholera, preparatory to its approaching visit to the town, the Vestry is the body arraigned for the offence. Yet Doctor Duncan and Dr. Grainger, by one of whom the facts, upon which the charges of the Board must have been grounded, cannot have been ignorant that there were two dis tinct bodies in the town charged with this duty. Last year. through the Central Board attempting to make the Vestry accountable for the cleansing of certain streets, the subject, as to the respon sibility of each, was first mooted. It appeared to the Vestry that the Health Committee, under our local act, having a medical officer and inspector of nuisances, a proper staff of surveyors, &c., with funds and powers to carry out such sanatory measures as were thought necessary, was the pro per body to be charged with any default in street cleansing and other precautionary measures. It was arranged that such precautionary measures should be the particular charge of the Health Com mittee; and that the Medical Relief Committee should be answerable only for the carrying out of such remedial measures as might be called for upon the actual appearance of cholera in the town. This arrangement was expressly approved by the Central Board, and to insure its proper working, a joint committee composed of members of both bodies was appointed, which, however, seems to have been tolerably- well satisfied with the manner in which matters were progressing to arrest disease; for we find that it only met once between the 12th December, 1848, and the 17th of May in this year. The same anxiety to criminate the Vestry is shewn in the representations made with respect to the selection and locality of a house of refuge. On the 9th of February premises were secured for the purpose, which were subsequently converted into an hospital, on the representation of one of the medi cal officers that its usefulness would thus be in creased. When exceptions were taken against its distance from the district in which cholera was most rife, the Vestry set themselves at once to the task of procuring more central premises. They were unsuccessful for some time. There were few suit able buildings in the district; and owners of such buildings were almost universally opposed to their appropriation for hospital purposes. Yet we find the Central Board in the beginning of April charging the Vestry that cholera was still ad vancing, without any steps being taken to provide a house of refuge. Such steps were daily and per severingly taken. Again on the 30th of the same month the Board remarks :—" Cholera still ad vancing and nothing having as yet been done," &c. Let us see what were the facts. First, with respect to the extent of cholera, represented to be rapidly advancing. We had seventeen deaths in March ; we had eighteen in April—an advance of one case. In the preceding months the cases had been trivial. With respect to the precautionary measures adopted, we shelved last week that they had been very extensive and costly. Three new dispensaries had been estab lished, to be kept open night and day for the supply of medicine gratis to the poor, attacked with premonitary symptoms. Handbills had been extensively circulated, cautioning all parties to avoid the causes of disease. Prompt interment, in cases of deaths from cholera, had been ordered. The house of refuge in Queen Anne-street had been opened ; and the medical officers directed to report all cases of destitution, and the names of parties requiring to be removed there. Bedding, blankets, hot water, and other remedial appliances had been provided and were kept in readiness at all the soup depots and district dispensaries, to be conveyed to the houses of the poor, when applied for. Cars were also engaged, to he available at all hours for the conveyance of the sick to the various hospitals throughout the town. So far the Vestry, through the Medical Relief Committee, had per formed their part. We must not omit referring, however, to what our local Health Committee had done. A more:strict surveillance had been carried out over nuisances of every description. The cess pools throughout the town had been more fre quently emptied. Street cleansing had been actively carried on. Courts had been directed to he washed out from the pipes of the Waterworks three times a week : and every effort bad been made to give a more copious and unintermittent supply of water. Yet, in the face of all this, we find the Central ' Board, in their criminatory report, asserting that, " By this time the increase of cholera being very alarming, and finding none (!) of the measures re commended by him were adopted, the medical officer of health next (on the 30th of May) addressed the joint committee, &e," the principal object of his letter being to urge the necessity of opening houses of refuge. Instead of " none" of the re commendations of the medical officer having been adopted, the establishment of another house of refuge was the only recommendation which had not been carried out. Nurses had already been provided, to be ready as soon as a suitable house was found ; and the non-establishment of a system of house to house visitation was attributable to the representations of the medical officer of the Health Committee. Dr. Sutherland, an official of the Board, and well known and valued in Liverpool, had stated that visitation of the dwellings of the poor would only become desirable after the disease be came epidemic, and was preceded with the usual pro monitary symptoms, diarrrhcea, &c.; and Dr. Duncan had already advised the board that the cholera in this town - was of the more virulent de scription, unattended with premonitary symptoms. When at length such visitation was ordered, it was promptly attended to by the Medical Relief Com mittee, who directed that the duty should be done by the parochial staff, reinforced in numbers for the purpose. This regulation, adopted instead of the course first suggested by the Central Board—the appointment of a new and distinct visiting staff— furnished, no doubt, the ground of that body's complaint on the subject of visiting. We,cannot, of course, divine what will be the verdict of the corijnittee of the Council, at present sitting to inquire Tilt° the subject. We feel well assured, however, that it ought to be a complete acquittal of the Vestry from the charges levelled against it by the Central Board, accompanied by a strong condemnation of the not over scrupulous assertions of that body. No expenditure of time or money has been begrudged in the effort to protect this community from the ravages of disease. No body was less likely to be apathetic in such a crisis, than the representatives of the ratepayers of this parish ; for none could be more vitally interested in the prevention of fatal disease, and its conse quent increase of orphanage amongst the popula tion. By such a committee we trust that the object of the Central Board will be readily under stood; and that by its report we shall be saved from the arbitrary interference with which we are threatened by its officials. We surely possess amongst this community sufficient intellect and honesty to qualify us for governing ourselves ; and we cannot admit that the sanatory improvement of Liverpool within the past few years has progressed at all less satisfactorily than that of the metropolis, which is happy in being placed under the personal surveillance of Mr. Chadwick and his colleagues. WHEN Mr. Lahouchere, in introducing his pilotage bill, informed the shipping interest that the Trinity Board had been induced to remodel its management of the coast lights, with a view to li effect a reduction of clues to the extent of some £lOO,OOO per annum,7a very general feeling of satis faction was evinced at the tardy concession. The shipping interest, deprived of all protection, im peratively required the utmost possible economiza tion of every charge which pressed upon it; and an assault against this irresponsible body, with its vast patronage and its extravagant management, was a fair beginning. It was, however, but a beginning. It was well known that many other similar bodies existed, on a minor scale it is true, whose exactions upon our shipping, and especially upon the coast ing trade, were most severely felt; and it was almost universally believed that government would shortly be called upon to interfere, not solely with a view to bring the lights of the whole kingdom under some comprehensive and more economical management—by purchase and extinction of ex isting rights—but to afford relief, eepecially to the coasting trade of the united kingdom, upon which, since the extensive introduction of steam vessels, the dues pressed most injuriously, and unfairly. This important subject has just been brought before the public in two able letters, published in the Morning Herald, and written by Mr. Andrew Taylor, of Dublin, secretary to the Dublin, Glas gow, and Cork Steam-packet Company. That company, next to the City of Dublin Company, carries on the most extensive traffic between Great Britain and Lela ul ; and hence Mr. Taylor's state ments are entitled to implicit credit, as based upon a large experience. Amongst those bodies, by whom, along with the Trinity Board, our coasting trade is taxed, is the Ballast Board of Dublin ; a corporation for preserving and improving that port, incorporated by the 26, Geo. 3rd, chapter 19. It is composed of the Lord Mayor and Sheriff for the time being, with twenty members, three of whom are aldermen, elected by the Lord Mayor and Town Council. Mr. Taylor informs us that, of these twenty, nine are merchants and bankers, one is a linen factor, one an admiral, one a captain in the royal navy, and one Mr. Hamilton, the member for Dublin University. Practically, however, he thinks that it is managed by officials, styled the ballast master, the clerk of the check, the examiner of light dues, the inspector of works and lighthouses, and the law agent. Where its large revenues are spent appears to he a mystery. They are certainly not expended in providing accommodation for the trade of the port; for it is stated that Dublin is at present without a single slip capable of accom modating one of the existing large steamers. I , lr. Taylor remarks in his second letter:— " my letter of the 6th inst., respecting the grievances under which our coasting trade labours, I gave a statement of the amount payable for light dues on one of our steam-vessels, the Viceroy, for one voyage per week to and from Glasgow, being £617 18s. Bd. per annum. " I now beg to call your attention to the port charges and pilotage, still more oppressive on our trade. The amount levied by the corporation for preserving and im proving the Port of Dublin for the same ves el, for tonnage duty, quay wall duty, and pilotage, averages £l3 6s. 10i. per voyage, or £693 15s. 4d. British currency per annum, for one voyage per week. " These charges are collected under an act of parlia ment, passed before the introduction of steam-vessels, when the trade between Dublin and Glasgow was carried on by a few trading sloops of about 70 tons register each. At present there are two steam-vessels per week, register ing collectively 724 tons, paying upwards of fifteen times the amount of dues formerly paid by all the regular traders between the two ports before the introduction of steam. " The exessive taxation, always oppressive and much too high on steam-vessels, sailing, full or not full, on stated days, bears much more heavily on the trade at present than a few years since. The class of vessels then em ployed were much inferior to those of the present day. Increased speed and accommodation were demanded by the public, and, keeping pace with the spirit of the age, the smaller and inferior vessels were discarded, and larger and more powerful ones substituted. The register ton na-e being much more than doubled, the light cues end port charges are of course increased in proportion, and have become so oppressive now that the general trade of the country is so depressed, and all freights and passage monies have been so much reduced by the competition of railways and oth' r causes, that unless some remedial measures are shortly introduced it will be impossible to continue sailing large and powerful steam-vessels, and the trade between the two countries must be seriously injured by the substitution of an inferior class of vessels. " The following is a summary of the amount of light dues, pilotage, and port charges, payable by the Viceroy : Lights to and from Glasgow, as specified in my first letter _... Tc linage dues, pilotage, and quay wall dues, in Dublin, levied by the Dublin Ballast. Board 693 15 4 Corporation dues, levied by the City Corpo ration Scotch harbour dues £1746 13 6 per annum on one ship, making one voyage only per week. " Notwithstanding the enormous amount of dues levied by the Ballast Board for many years, with, it is believed, a large surplus fund on hand, when the Viceroy, or other vessel, of much smaller tonnage, requires her bottom ex amined or painted, she must be sent to Liverpool or some other port, at an actual outlay of from £lOO to £l5O, be sides probably double that amount in loss of ship's time, in consequence of there being neither slip nor dock in Dublin capable of receiving her." There can, we think, be little doubt that the management of this Ballast Board of Dublin pre sents a fair field for inquiry ; but we are afraid there will be found a few more so in other ports. The whole subject, however, must be gone into, and some large modifications made in the charges upon our coasting trade,—•carried on as it now is, upon so much more extensive a scale than it was a few years ago, and furnishing employment as it does, to what has now become the most important branch of our mercantile marine. MAYORALTY.—We understand that as Mr. Alder man John Holmes has expressed his willingness to accept the civic chair for the ensuing municipal year, Mr. Alder man Proctor will propose that gentleman as mayor in November next. Several of the clergy of this town have signified to their congregations their intention to hold a special serviceduring the present week, as an occasion of humiliation before Almighty God under the afflictive dispensation with which the country is at this time visited. The Rev. Mr. Lon gueville, incumbent of Hoylake, has issued a solemn and instructive address to his congregation on the subject. We understand that Mr. Hatfield, of the late firm of McTear. Hatfield, and Co., has been appointed secretary to the Birkenhead Do°lc Commissioners. There were above a hundred applicants for the situation. who, after one or two selections, were reduced to two, Mr. Hatfield and Mr. R. N. Dale (of the late firm of Prichard and Dale), and of these two the choice finally fell on the for mer gentleman. LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.—On the 7th instant, a boy named Charles Geddes, aged 131 years, was with some ether boys in South Hill-road. He had some gunpowder in his pocket, and a small quantity in his hand. He lighted a match and ignited the gunpowder in his hand. He afterwards unwittingly put a piece of paper, which had ignites, into his pocket, and the consequence was an ex plosion, from the effects of which he died on the 16th instant, at the Southern Hospital. INTERESTING PRESEN'IATION.—The Rev. Wm. Pol lock, M.A., incumbent of St. Mark's Church, received on Tuesday evening a present from the confirmation class, consisting of Milton's Poetical Works (illustrated), 1 vol. , Kitto's Biblical EncyclopEedia, 2 vols. ; Parkhurst's Greek and Latin Lexicon, 1 vol. After a short address on be half of the class, the respected clergyman spoke in his usual touching manner, when lie said the writing desk which he daily used, and the silver pencil-case included in it, which he always made use of, were presented to him on a similar occasion. THE CHOLERA.—We are glad to perceive that the deaths from this fearful disease are decidedly on the de crease. In London, last week, the deaths were as follow :—Monday, 454 ; Tuesday, 314 ; Wednesday, 213 ; Thursday, 217 ; Friday, 234. In this and other towns, there has also been a very sensible decrease in the fatality during the past few days. This, however, is not the case in every locality. In Bolton, the epidemic is extending itself. In two days last week, there were 14 cases of cholera, and 8 deaths ; and in Manchester, there has been a great increase within the last two or three days. THE BUTTER TRICK AGAIN. Although the public have been so recently cautioned, the butter fraud has been again successfully practised on several parties. On Friday last, a tall, thin, clean-looking Irishwoman, who was hawking butter for sale, called upon a shopkeeper in Cable-street, with what appeared to be some good solid butter, for which she asked 10d. per lb., but afterwards came down to 7d. The shopkeeper purchased a lump which weighed 5 lbs., and paid the cheat 3s. It was then put upon a dish in the shop window, and, to her surprise, in about ten minutes the dish was full of water. It may not be amiss to mention that the seller, to show that it was good and solid, actually cut it through, with a string rather stronger than a thread, which, as it passed through, nearly filled up the cavities that enclosed the water, and accounted for it not immediately running out. After being pressed, by which means upwards of a quart of water was brought from it, the butter, which now proved to be of very inferior quality, only weighed 5 lbs. The cheat, however, had taken care to be far away before the trick was discovered. THE EXHIBITION OF THE LIVERPOOL ACADEMY.—A more deliberate examination of the works comprised in the present exhibition, enables us to confirm the opinion which we expressed in our last, after the very hasty glance through the rooms which had then been allowed us. It contains a less number than usual of very great pictures, or of ambitious efforts in pursuit of greatness ; but its average merit is very high. There is an unusual number of good paintings, and very few, indeed, which can be styled bad ones. The hanging seems, except in a few— perhaps unavoidable—instances, to have been impartially performed. Of course, however, we expect to hear com plaints :—when were there not such ? But it can scarcely be conceived possible that, in the classification of 648 paintings, of all sizes, and with little space to throw away, there should not occur some defaults of judgment, and occasional injustice. We had prepared the outlines of a lengthened notice for this day's paper, but from a rather unusual press of engagements, the arrival of the mail steamer Canada yesterday evening, and the length of the proceedings of the Gospel Propagation Society last night, and the Select Vestry meeting yesterday, we are compel led to request the forbearance of our friends until next week's publication. UNIVERSITY OF BiaxxxitEAn.—Many of our readers wiil probably be surprised to read such a title as this, but if all we hear be true, ir, will not be long ere our neigh bours on the opposite shore will be privileged to attach to their dwelling place a term so dignified and honoured. It is, we believe, in contemplation to erect at Birkenhead, with the highest sanction in church and state, an exten sive range of buildings as a collegiate establishment, — similar in character to—possessed of the same amount of talent in literature, theology, &c., and devoted to the same high and holy purposes as the time-honoured uni versities of Oxford and Cambridge. It is stated that the want of such an institution in the north of England has long been felt, and that the heads of the church consider this locality peculiarly adapted to promote the success of the project. It is further stated that the Rev. Joseph Baylee is the originator or furtherer, or both, of the excellent design. Rumour informs us, in addition, that the precise locus in quo will be a tract of land, about ten acres in extent, situate between the new park and Mr. Jackson's mansion, the property of Mr. Brassey, and which it is hoped that enterprising and benevolent gen tleman will present for the purpose. It is added that the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Westminster, and Lord Robert Grosvenor, have each contributed £lOOO for this magnificent scheme. TO CORR ES PONDENTS. We have endeavoured to give as good a report as time would allow cf the important meeting last night, but the accommo dation for the reporters was wretched in the extreme. It is only afLr repeated expostuNtion that we can ever obtain suitably Convenience on such occasions at the Collegiate Institution. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE CHARGES LAID AGAINST THE VESTRY BY THE BOARD OF HEALTH. A Vestry meeting was held yesterday, with the object of receiving the report of the committee appointed to ex amine into the truth of the charges recently made against that body by the Board of Health. The members present were Mr. Churchwarden Harbord, Mr. Molyneux, Mr. Abraham, Mr. Hodson, Mr. Brown, Mr. Ireland, Mr. Hand, Mr. C. Willmer, Mr. Woodruffe, Mr. Johnson, (new member) and Mr. Cairns: Owing to the circum stance of the Bishop having arranged to preach a sermon for a charitable purpose, in St. Peter's Church, yesterday morning, both the Archdeacon and Rector Campbell were absent from their places at the board. Mr. Church warden HARBORD was called to the chair, and briefly re lated the purport of the meeting, and stated that it was .for them to determine whether the report furnished by the Medical Relief Committee, be read and adopted. He also referred to a written document which had been placed in his hands by the Rev. Rector Campbell, which was also a report on the same subject, but in a more con densed form than that emanating from the committee. It might be a question whether this should also be taken into consideration. Mr. ABRAHAM said the Rector entirely approved of the committee's report, but considered it too lengthy for pub lication. He (Mr. A.) would move that the report be read, and afterwards, before its adoption, the written documents furnished by the Rector, be also considered. It appeared from a conversation, that the Rector's re port was furnished to the committee with a view to its making use of it at a period when the committee's own report had been drawn up, and that the Rector had seen the report, which he approved of, but doubted the advisa bility of its being extended to the length the committee had thought proper to allow it. All the gentlemen en gaged in drawing it up concurred in the opinion that it could not be further condensed, and Mr. Abraham's motion, to hear the report read, was carried. Mr. WOODRUFFE expressed his opinion that it was it was probable that the report, written by Mr. Campbell, contained facts of value in the consideration of the ques tion, and therefore ought to become the property of the public, Mr. Hart read the report, which was very lengthy, but the principal features of which we have condensed in a leading article. The report having been read, Mr. ABRAHAM moved the adoption of the report. He expressed himself sorry it had been necessary to trouble them with so long a report, but he felt convinced it could not have been condensed without suffering in effect, and, if it met the object for which it was undertaken, he was quite sure neither the vestry nor that committee would drudge their time and labour. Referring to the charges that had been brought against them, he asserted that the true economy in spending the money of the parishioners was to exercise a liberality when that liberality was neces sary to ensure utility ; this course, he was convinced, had ever been pursued by the vestry in regard to the question of the medical provision for the poor. It was the more surprising, under these circumstances, that the Board of Health should have made the charges relative to the spread of the cholera. He impugned the interference of the Board of Health, on the ground that they were incapable of controlling the ravages of cholera in London, where facilities were available to them that could not exist here ; he disputed the hypotheses which they held, and contended generally that they were incompetent to what they professed. They had said cholera was more likely to be prevalent where typhus and diarrhoea pre vailed, but the contrary was the fact, for it was well known that no place was more liable than Liverpool to these diseases, and, therefore, cholera should have been more prevalent here than in London to prove their theory —unless, indeed, they were allowed to have made their arrangements for the visitation so efficient that the exces sive liability was defeated that way. He went on to show that the Board of Health had made themselves obnoxious in every town where they had interfered. If they would co-operate with thoseto whom they dictated it would be ano ther matter; but, he believed, they could not co-operate. Until recently, he had never opposed the Board of Health, on the contrary, he had felt the greatest confidence in them, and approved of the course they had adopted : when Mr. Grainger came down he was still of this opi nion, but regretted their interference was not more judi cious. (Hear, hear.) He did think Mr. Grainger was entitled to their thanks, for he believed he was the first person who discovered that diarrhcera had last year begun to spread through the town, although he knew Mr. Hodson did not think he was right in his conclusions. He (Mr. A.) did not doubt he was right, Mr. Grainger found this by the agency of the druggists, and he did think that gen tleman discovered facts unknown to them and to Dr. Duncan. They (the Vestry) did not receive Mr. Grainger with much deference, and he certainly did regret this ; the Board of Health, in consequence, were offended, and on no other grounds than this circumstance afforded eould he account for their statements, which he would submit, together with the reports, to any candid person. With reference to the assertions relative to the injurious effects consequent on the vicinity of cholera hospitals, theirexperience had contradicted this theory. Mr. Abra ham concluded by moving the adoption of the report. Mr. HODSON before seconding the motion would say a few words relative to a remark which appeared in the Mail of Saturday week, having reference to some obser vations made by him, and which were said to have been rendered in a somewhat different dress by some penny-a liner ; he begged to say that his remarks were correct as appeared in the paper to which the Mail referred. He then approached the subject in discussion by stating that he differed a little from Mr. Abraham with respect to the Board of Health • he contended that it was not entitled to the confidence ofthat board, nor to that of any board in England ; a great many of their statements were totally untrue, and little reliance was to be placed in others. He thought they ought not to grudge their time in defending themselves from charges which, if true, would shew them to be a disgrace to that vestry and to society. He shewed that in consequence of jealousy existing between some of the members of a Joint Committee, only one meeting had been held between December and June, and that really all that was done had been done by the present commit tee. He referred to the report of the Board of Health, where it was stated that diarrhoea was more prevalent in Liverpool in June than it had been for many years. In refutation of this statement he read the following return from the Southern and Northern Dispensaries of diarrhoea cases for the last four or five months:— SOTJTIIERN DISPENSARY. 1845. 1846. 1847. 1848. ' 1849. • . 3 • . 3 • . 3 • ti t : do >. " ,-, 4 .4 4 4 .4 4 4 57 120 169 376 587 427 82 174 187 37 81 77 208 433 236 - Cholera .. Diarrhea 61 107 52 50 198 123 From 6th June to 28th Aug, Total of Bowel Complaints in each of the following Years;— 1 I 851 2,725 845. I 1846. 1854 847. I 1848. 509 NORTHERN DISPENSARY June, 1846 l2B ~ 1847 „ 1848 lO3 1849 ll3. From this it would be seen there was actually a deficiency in 1849. He next objected to the mode in which Mr. Grainger obtained his information. He went to four druggists' shops, and simply asked if they had many cases of diarrhoea. The reply very naturally is in the affirmative. He (Mr. IL) knew that among the lower classes, living on a spare diet, there was a great amount of diarrhoea at all times. He was not going to give Mr. Grainger credit for the information some would allow him ; be would ask what they knew of Mr. Grainger; he was a lecturer on anatomy, but could know nothing in comparison with men in daily practice in this town. All medical men have agreed in what he (Mr. H.) stated, that diarrhoea was less prevalent in the summer of 1849 than in the preceding years. Then they came to the question of the hospitals : At the very time that these injurious statements were being made, the deaths were about 18. From this, Mr. Hodson glanced at the assertion made by Mr. Granger that cholera was always attended by the premonitory symptoms of diarrhoea; but Dr. Sutherland, whom all must admit was a far better authority than his coadjutor, was of opinion that in many instances cholera is not ac companied by diarrhoea at all ;—the patient is swept away without any warning. The truth was, that the disease was one that was not to be judged of by ordinary rules. He (Mr. H.) knew an instance of a case of cholera at Everton. The situation was apparently healthful, and the person attacked was surrounded by all .the comforts of life. The first time that Dr. Duncan saw the hospital in Vauxhall-road, he was of opinion that it was not healthful. A hospital would have been provided long before if one could have been provided. The case which had been adduced of a woman who expired as she was being taken from Henry Edward-street to the St. Anne-street Hospital, he ex plained. The medical man attending her had advised her removal the day before ; but the woman refused to leave her family until all hope of recovery had vanished. The distance was not great, and he contended that it was the greatest possible act of humanity to remove patients from such crowded and infected neighbourhoods as Sawney Pope-street into a purer air. At the time the complaint originated, (29th May,) there were only 16 cases reported for the whole month. They had thirteen medical men, who all concurred in saying they had less to do then than at any other period of the year. Notwithstand ing this, they had taken the precaution to write to solicit the assistance of a number of medical men, if need were. Of this they were assured, and he would ask what more could be done ? Their medical officers assured them they were more than sufficient to the emergency, and were they to dispute the words of such gentlemen ?- He contended that they were more capable of providing for the health of the town than four or five gentlemen in London. He went on to detail the preparations made by the committee to meet the calamity, and proved that the most comprehensive measures had been adopted, at an enormous expenditure, and then asked if the statement of the Board of Health, that nothing had been done, were true ? Mr. Hodson concluded a most emphatic speech by indignantly rebuking the charges, and asserting that there could be no doubt but that Mr. Grainger was the author of the report in which they were contained. He entirely acquitted Dr. Sutherland of participation. He was sure, however, that the time would come when Mr. Grainger would find he bad been too rash. When they came before Parliament, it would be one reason why the Board of Health would be abolished. _ _ Mr. BaowN rose to make a few remarks. He wished to ask which of the deputies of the Board of Health they were to believe, for they contradicted each other: if they listened to one, they must disregard the other. He con sidered the present charge had been brought in order that the blame due to the accusers should be transferred to another place, and also to get increased powers conferred on them. He referred to his having been a member of the joint committee, but having attended one of their meetings, and finding that all power was taken out of their hands, he took care to absent himself in future. He stated this in answer to a statement that bad been made by Dr. Harbord. Mr. Grainger had at that meeting in sisted on himself and another turning out at six o'clock at night, for the purpose of engaging a number of extra medical assistants. He thought then it was high time to leave. In order to show the feeling that had dictated Mr. Grainger's report, he alluded to the case at Man chester, where a course similar to the one pursued by them had been followed, but unlike them, the Manchester board had gained the highest encomiums from Mr. Grainger. It was true they had a large hospital in Man chester, but it was no fault of theirs that there was not one in Liverpool ; the circumstances of the two places were different : there were many large buildings to be had at Manchester; on the contrary, they were not provided to this hour with the sort of building they wanted. After a few remarks from other members, in support of the report, it was adopted. Mr. ABRAHAM made a subsequeut motion, to the effect that the document furnished by Mr. Campbell should be considered with the report, with a view to both being incorporated and condensed, in the reply to be furnished to the Board of Health. THE STEAM-SHIP HIBERNIA. As the public mind on this side has been greatly excited by the non-arrival, at her proper time, of the Hibernia, we shall here state the cause, and the proceedings of the vessel, as given in a Halifax paper : The Hibernia. on entering the harbour, struck on the rocks of Chibucto Head, and knocked a hole in her bottom. She was grounded in the dock immediately after her arrival, and the pumps were set to work to keep her free of water. The leak was attempted to be stopped, by building over it ; and they succeeded so far as to enable•her to sail again on Saturday afternoon. From one of the Admiralty agents, Lieut. Raymond, we have received the following report : "The Hibernia was proceeding at slow speed, the weather being foggy ; she had a sea pilot on board, in whose charge the ship was then placed, and she continued to proceed at the same reduced speed. At 6 30 a.m., she struck on Chibucto Head Rocks, and sprung a leak forward. The engines were immediately reversed, and trimmed by the stern. At 6 55, the port anchor and fifteen fathoms of chain cable were dropped under her foot, and she was backed off, and proceeded up the harbour to her station. " After undergoing repairs, she resumed her voyage with her passengers and the mails." Thus far the account in the Halifax paper and that of the Admiralty agent agrees. The aecount is carried on to a later date by the agent, who came home by the Canada: "On the 4th instant she experienced unfavourable weather, which caused her to labour heavily, and the leak to increase to 3 feet an hour by 9 a.m., up to which time her four bilge pumps, with the aid of one injection every hour for eight minutes, kept her free. The leak had now increased 9 inches in 15 minutes upon the four bilge pumps, being at the rate of 3 feet per hour as above stated. These circumstances rendered it necessary to use the injection for ten minutes every quarter of an hour. An attempt was made to place a thrummed fore sail over the leak; but it was unsuccessful. A consultation was then held between the admiralty agent, her commander, and chief engineer, who after maturely considering the im minent risk of continuing her on her course, agreed upon the urgent necessity of bearing up for Halifax, where she arrived at 5 20, a.m., on the 7th. On the Sth, at 3 30, a.m., the Canada arrived from New York, and after having taken on board her own mails and passengers, and those of the Hibernia, pro ceeded on her voyage to England at six o'clock the same morning. Capt. Stone, of the Hibernia, thus writes to the agents : "So far as I am able to form an opinion, I think the injury the ship sustained is entirely confined to the forefront, or, in other words, she only touched the rock forward." The Hibernia proceeds to New York for repairs. At a meeting of the passengers on board the Hibernia, the Hon. Josh. Ballestier in the &air, it was unanimously resolved that Captain Stone was in no way blameable for the grounding of the Hibernia, he having two experienced pilots on board, and being himself on duty ; that he acted properly in returning to Halifax in the then disabled condition of his ship ; and that the lives, mails, and pas sengers, on board would have been put in imminent dan ger had he pursued any other course. A further resolution testified to the great skill, enterprise, and activity, of Captain Stone and his officers throughout. Amongst the passengers who signed these gratifying resolutions were Mr. Geo. H. Horsfall and Mr. Abraham Turner, of this town. LATEST FROM AMERICA. The royal mail steamship Canada. Captain Juakins, arrived here last night, about half.past seven, with 112 passengers. She has brought the mails and passengers of the steamship Hibernia, which, 89 will be seen from a statement elsewhere, weat ashore off Halifax. The Canada hea brought advices from New York to the sth instant, and Halifax e he Bth instant. The news is a fortnight hater than that last received. The Caledonia arrived at Boston on the 3lst Augu3t, the Washington at New York on the 3d September, and the Niagara at Halifax on the sth September. _ _ Money was easy, but active. Foreign exchange conti nued high, and for sterling bills, although a considerable supply was in the market, from 91 to n was obtained. The general character of the stock market at New York was that of depression. Business was very active, and the stocks of goods of all kinds were large. There was little exportation of bread-stuffs to Great Britain ; the prices have fallen, and freights are very low, yet the prospect of the harvest is so good in Europe, that little chance appears for any profit for adventures from that side. During the last fortnight of August the export of flour to Great Britain and Ireland reached about 16,000 barrels, together with about 500 quarters- of Wheat, and 3000 quarters of Indian Corn. A disastrous flood has taken place on the Red River, by which the cotton crop has been destroyed to the value of five millions of dollars.. The New York Courier states that the growing crop of cotton will require a fine open fall and late frost to yield 2,250,000 hales. South Carolina would make a fair ave rage crop if no disaster happened ; and a letter from Cc.. lumbia says that the crop will scarcely exceed 2,000,000 and any of the usual calamities may diminish that. A letter from Columbus, Georgia, states that the prospect of anything other than a very moderate yield is decidedly discouraging. A communication from New Orleans, dated August 25, 1849, has the following—" T. now think that this year's crop must be a very moderate, if not a short one. Frost, rains, inundation, and now worms, have done and are doing their work. The accounts are very bad from Louisiana, South Mississippi, and Alabama. Many estimate the receipts at New Orleans the coming season, at or under 750,000 bales. I think it is yet too early to estimate." The weather at New York had grown cooler, and the cholera was rapidly abating. President Taylor's tour has been interrupted by another serious attack of Cholerine, which has reduced his strength, and avoided him passing through the city of Buffalo, where a great public reception was prepared for him. On the 4th instant the packet-ship Henry Clay, whilst lying in the dock at New York, nearly laden with cotton, rosin, &c., took fire, and was burnt to the waters' edge. She was a splendid ship of 1400 tons burthen, and was to have sailed on the 6th instant. It is expected she will be a total loss. She was scuttled, with a view to sink her, but the water at the Wharf was not deep enough, and the plan failed. She was still burning when the Canada left, and all hopes of putting out the fire had been given up. Heating of the damp cotton was one of the causes assigned for her ignition. . . . In political matters there is little news worthy of trans cribing. Very vigorous measures have been taken to suppress the movement against Cuba. A steam-boat, cleared at New York with arms and ammunition for Curacoa, has been seized cn suspicion, and some arrests it is said have been made of persons connected with the enterprise. The administration at Washington having made a peremp tory demand upon the Governor of Cuba for the surrender of Rey, a Spanish subject, forcibly_ abducted to, or repre senting himself to be, from New Orleans, and carried to Havana—that individual was promptly surrendered to the American Consul, and restored to the Unite' States. The New York Tribune states The expedition from this country is to consist of 1,500 men, who are to land upon a part of Cuba where there are no troops to oppose them. This- will not be difficult, as the whole Spanish force is less than 10, 000 men, who cannot be spared far from Havana and the other cities. Once landed, they will proclaim a provisional government; those among the people and the troops who are favourable to their cause will join them ; with the increase of their numbers they will move forward, and at last, if all goes according to their anticipations, drive the Spanish Government from the Island, proclaim it a free and independent State,, and take the necessary steps to establish a republican constitution and government." The United States ship. Dale arrived at. New York on the 22d ult. She left California on the 14th of March with 300,000 dollars in gold, of which the principal part was left at Valparaiso. We havereports of serious disturbances with the Indians in New Mexico, and the inhabitants of Santa Fe have petitioned the government at Washington to send out further force to quell the hostile demonstration of the savages. A correspondence has taken place between the Mexican Envoy at Washington and the American Secretary of State relative to outrages committed by parties of armed Americans passing through Mexico for California. Mr. Clayton promises that orders to meet the case may be isued by the Secretary of War. The only news we have from Mexico is that the party of Santa Anna are all ready to bring him back, make a revolution, and restore him to the Presidency. The par ticulars of the plot, if plot there be, will of course not be known till after its success or failure. Front Cohlor.iai!;re isl;Or Wev4 whatever, though a steamer is hourly expected. In Venezuela Paez has been finally defeated, his forces dispersed, and himself taken prisoner by Monagas, who may now be regarded as secure in power. It is to be hoped that the country will now have a season of tran quility, and recover from the wounds inflicted upon it by these agitations, in which private ambition and cupidity are not often relieved by the interest which attaches to a conflict in which grent political principles are involved. The state of industry and commerce in Venezuela is so desperate, amid its teeming natural resources, that all who can are adandoning the country. In Canada nothing of importance has happened. After several days rioting at Montreal the citizens came forward to be sworn in as special constables, in sufficient numbers to preserve the peace, and since then there have been no further disturbances. We hear that the Governor- General is about to show himself in the city once more ; he has not been there since last April. At Kingston a new paper has been established to agitate the question of separation from the mother country. The verdict of the coroner's iury on the body of Mason, who was shot in the riot at Montreal, was rendered on the 25th ult. It de clares that Mason came to his death by baying been shot Sept. l_f_!,t by some penrsf La onn fo n n k t n ni o n w e n , s ; i t f h e a a t n s e u such ay property; s a n w d a t i, ra t es tb il e in defence Corporation are to blame for their neglect of the p` cbo . lions which might have arrested the calamity. T ile Era has entirely disappeared from Montreal. or o The weather throughout the States, for Intlian, ere d, and Buckwheat, the only.crops of grain to be g at "b had been most propitious, and the supply would be 0 1 1 , e j dant. Of potatoes, too, a much larger yi.;1(1 Wa g I° , bbd for than for several years past, and no sign of the ea' 0 ,4 appeared. The early potatoes had been housed in order. bee n Advices from Havana to the 27th of Augus t have 111, received. The stock of rice was large, and the sales ertof at 10 rials ; there were four cargoes afloat. Th crcirrets provisions bids fair to be very large this season , an q",i-ises are holding back before making their purchases. remain the same as last quoted. There was not 5, 315' of Muscavado in the whole island. The last salt T r iolg. tarzas was 730 hhds., for shipment to France' t v h - ange Of Coffee, the market was almost entirely bark on London was quoted at 13 to 15, and on New per cent premium. LIST OF PASSENGERS FROM NEW YORK.--31.:, en d 10" Ryan and child, Mr. and Mrs. Andreal, Mr. and 2 a l 'i.jCl lo : l Mr. and Miss Molson, Miss Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. J• dr , an three children, two maids, and one man-servant, coif, Mrs. S. A. Johnson. Dr. Vere, Cot. C a scoyne, M a essrs.t,s..l. jua. Campbell, W. A. Little, J. A, Machad, J. R. SP r r Std Forstall,' H. Forstall, Falconnet, W. L. Winans, Gillapoii, Faber, Geo. Sidney, A. Corona, J. Partiarroya, 31 t en gie ll ' Guillemot, F. P. Smith, S. P. Christy, Purdon, T. Roe; Burger. Teterel, (bearer of despatches,) J. M'ChierY , '4oo o ' Parrish, 0. Castarijeu, W. M. Clarke, W. SherlnTbeosei; bridge, J. L. Hubbard, John Siter, Deify, H. Beccarurt, p. J. Weeckbecker. H. A. Shackelford, Day, R. K. 11":„."0. DV' Chazownes, S. Phipps, W. Munroe, J. P. Kraig''' C. A. Zsobisch, James M`Guire, J. T. Hart, P. T . Bc be rs, Apnole, Foester, H. Creighton, N. Myers, T. „ 13 1 1: Roberts, Douglas, A. M. Ptlmgsthorn, Gail , C. F. Dias Moequi. Front Halifax.—Messrs. J. Keinble, Conper. cisir u rs HIBERNIA'S PASSENGERS FROM HALlFAX. — . — ,:steffr and child, Miss Fitzsimmons, Messrs. G. H. tiorsfau, IRO Simpson, Balstier , Peck, Williams St eer e, Cross, d uis iorf. tniere, Buckley, Salter and Son,' Smith, °) Ma'Pe , " lan ce ' " P!vinpton, Martin, Acenarro, Cormer, Ro bb, it M'Cann, Cameron, and A. Turner. MARKET REPORT. 4. gill NEW YORK, Tuesday Morning, September to,to The operations in Flour and Grain during the last E fe, on r ' have been quite light, owing in a measure to the wany ie bot o _, orders, and the moderate receipts from all quarters. kinds! and eastern demand has continued good for the betterdba Flour, but the unsuspected and common sorts have o'rote" moderate enquiry for the British provinces) been 10 glected. re d t oa. The reports respecting the crop of Wheat just W o _o I d firm the opinion expressed in my last circular, that exception of Ohio and a part of the adjoining States, w will be good, and of fair quality. k r f or The exports from this port to Great Britain and Ire,;:nr100 the fortnight ending on the 28th ult., . was 15,680 bb ' s 5,800 bushels Wheat, 23,792 bushels Indian Corn. , &tang Freights to Liver, - 001, in the absence of an Engilsn r oes, for Breadstuffs, have ranged uncommonly low. Et to 4"" having been made at 6d. to Js. per bbl. on Flour, and „f per bushel on grain —the lowest rates to fill vessels. n og u d Flour—Prices are about 64c. per bbl. than at the s'.. r .v as. the America, on the 22nd ult. ; the lower grades are hee,,, , ar e o but little wanted, whilst for the fresh ground and new t 4 Pij for more activity. The quotations of the day are 84 2 5 a , uninsected and fine • 35 374 a 5 50 for common State e , o sa a 5 621 for straight St ' ate; 85 62a a 5 871 for fancy We, at s .olt pure Genesee ; Baltimore, to A's 622, Georgetown, A,,le•'„ F loo r and Brandywine, range at AZ 372 for old and new. sells at 33 311 a 3 3727 Corn Mal brings 83 373 a 3 ,St,--V:t Grain—Our market is quite deficient of good Whea t. Its Ohl Ohio in store is held at 110 115c_ • the new Genese e ac corw r 125 a 130 c., and the Southern new 100 a 122 c. per 60 110., 0c. ing to quality and condition. Rye is in fair demand 2 1 ; , Ct`i,, 56lbs. Oats are 40 a 42c. per bushel fo r C an al. In"'.. - t h is wanted for home use, and is in good demand, vide' supplies, and since the last steamer h a d a dvanceeLl t fig.; Round yellow is selling at 64 a 65c. ; flat yellow , mixed Western, 62 a 63c., and white, 62 a 63 c . per 5 61 ° s :„ss THE COTTON TRADE.—The circul ar o f Mr. Thow Stewart, dated Sept. 4th. says :—Prices have undergo; of; little change during the past two weeks. consequently 111 , c a, 7 , 4 tations remain the same as on the s a ili ng o f the Arne.,."-e cast; on that day only 600 a 700 b a l es were so ld, in some 5 It , where the parties were anxious to realize a decline of, ic'e the was submitted to. On the 22d th ere was nothing o o g'rele' Canada's advices being fully due ; th ese were re ceived I re ill graph the next day, but although they showed an adv a t i t ' e dal Liverpool of 3-16 d., our prices were not affected, EECII.S,Sth, closed with sats of about 1,200 bales. On Saturday, ' n ` the very low rate of 75 cents per bale freight. to Live Val duced a purchase of 2,000 bales f or th a t mar k e t. 0 11 _,..de ah" and Tuesday, the 27th and 28th, a desire to sell Was parent, still hie market closed with a steady moderate , t ( 1 of for export and for home use, and with sales for the w — o lore 7,500 bales. During the week just passed there has be en „rices,' doing, speculators, however. only appearing as sellers; ris'ea' nevertheless, have been pretty firmly maintained. 0 7,, , bie 1 d nesday, the 29th, 3,000 bales changed hands, one-half 0 ,d, at was tr ken far England. On the 30th 2000 bales were 5 0,,i 1 ial on Friday morning, previous to the receptionof the Calef:oiti advices by telegraph, 1,500 hales were taken, and this was increased to 3,E00: bales later in the d a y, under the I dr anq able tenor of the steamer's new s , i n some cases at an a st. , but of ire. A desire to sell was very apparent on the Ist ' n drsne e tt the sales only amounted to 2,200 b a l es , in which this 0 0 0 e was lost. On the 2nd inst. the market continued Wet l ,: s terMd by holder:, and thebusiness clos e d a t 800. b a les. ; - t aale more confidence was exhibited, and the transactions 5 bare up 1,200 bales. Although the first bales of the new crop of cottoOnot tre appeared as early in the season a s l as t year, it mus t e plat received as evidence of the gen era l maturity of tb od ,„sol , This cotton has been obtained f rom t h e hi g h er en d sa the; almost entirely, and was the product of that Port i( l. ( l ,nste, early Minting which escaped the April frost. The t, beq wet weather during July and the early part of Augn•ded t "i to show upon the yield, which has so greatly retssstoipP maturin g f. of vegetation, that in Louisiana and ,_ 3 : l , t h latit picking has not yet commenced, except on the n'e 4tne e and only from the product of the early planting. 160 last, I have to record a destructive freshet on the or - ace which has destroyed entire crops absolutely, for the Is sty 150 miles in length. Our information from that PI, o f th e too imperfect to enable more than a guess to be Ina r ite "i quantity of cotton destroyed ; 100,000 bales is the favoll noce s timate, and probably approaches correctness. The eb w ho I re the future yield of course continue to favour those tO operating on the belief of a short crop. As et I have c Vits` a no conclusion on the subject, conceivin it too early u etit g months, to do more than guess a t th e result, which sitbseti events may increase or diminish 300 to 50,000 bales. Annexed are the quotations:— - V, LIVERPOOL. CLASSIFICATION. 0" Uplands. Florida. 13 .1 to 0 Inferior Ordinary 9t o 9i 9to 94 o to t lOl Middling 9l to 10 9 2 to 10 t° Good Aliddling 101 to 101 104 to 10 1 Lto • Middling Fair ,o 2 101 to 102 10 1 to 101 tO Fair lO2 to 11 None. 11 ,d inse Nout:. Fully, fair ll to Ilk No ne .. „ Good fair Nominal. None. icon'°" Fine Nominal. None. The following gives the movement in cotton : Bales 16,3 Receipts since Ist August. lO ,OOO Exports „ do. ............................ " 13,1,!" Taken by spinners do. ............................. ' 95,1 1 Taken on speculation since Ist August ............. • • 66,(1) Whole stock in city, in all hands .................. • • • 'lO, Amounton sale .................................... . 1 049,a NEW ORLEANS, Sept t dins 1 , 6 The sales of cotton for the week are 3,000 bales, inc l° • r t of the new crop, at lOic. for good middling, 11c. for ' s os e t 13c. to 14c. for choice lots. The stock o n hand is the arm or for seven years back, it being but 15,080 tales. The ri ce c e3,'" is•buoyant, with an upward tende n cy —th e sa l es embra ce casks fresh Carolina, at -lic. I°. CHARLESTON, Septem--- up ,,. ~d l lf The market for Cotton is ie. better, and the sales )' reached 1,000 bales, at the advance quoted. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (BY EXPRESS.) TATTERSALL'S.--LAsT NIGHT. EPSOM AUTUMN HANDICAP. 3 to 1 agst Snowstorm—taken sto 1 „ Keraun—taken 6 to 1 „ Present 12 to 1 „ Kiss-away BENTINCK STAKES. 1 0° Clincher opened at 6 to 1, but qui e tly recede 10, offered. CASAREWITCH. 15 to 1. agst Glenalvon—taken 20 to 1 „ Bon Mot—taken 20 to 1 „ Glensaddel—taken 20 to 1 „ Raby—taken • No other bets of any moment. LONDON MONEY MARKET.—YssTzun A )for l :; to s bs Consols opened at 921 to for money, and 9 2 3 a il count, at which they remain quoted. Exchequer_p 3 io l : o ' again declined ; they are marked at 375. and 355. I).` .„ T or LONDON CORN MARKET.—YEsTEnnA " . n d a a d- With rather a short supply of Wheat from Essex, 8 . 0 tin io t, derate one from Kent, factors were enabled to o ,„ bt „ a n j dsYed i F t o s r s e a i I g e n . WThheea limited n• as li a l d m f o o u r n a t l o i k f e b i u m s i tr e o s y s er r s e n t , vance of Is. to 2s. per quarter upon the rates of itt - Ole' per quarter above last week's quotations; prime, Inal - , 1 t pe English Barley brought the extreme prices of l‘" a botp Other descriptions of English and foreign sold on „„j r , terms of that day. The arrivals of foreign Oats arean i oal!`be consisting chiefly of the commoner descriptions; u ne oulu oe• were 6d. per quarter dearer, but no improveme nt to realized npon other sorts. Beans and Peas unalter ed c v' t b e d i istisetsol AY• c or SNiITII F I ELD CATTLE MARKET.—Y sT Egp .„d s We have a large increase in the supply of Beast s, ;Till nt - er sequent slow trade. However, the best Scots, Bz,c. , The 4s. ; second rate are lower and cannot all be sola• bet tiiel• her of Sheen is also larger. Lower prices are taken , edo ctl o g is cheerful, and everything is cleared off at a swa n r nly The se-son is nearly over for Lamb, but the suPis exc'" small they make about the same as of late. Trade ingly bad for Calves. t his t ot CAPTAIN HINRICHSON.—We are glad to lean) _ d per: unfortunate gentleman continues convalescent, ac"osio; fectly collected in his mind. On one or t wo °c Ob er allusion has been made to the wretch who Wa s tublis at of his misfortunes, but no expression of reve n g e escaped his hps. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, SEPT. 18, 1 849 ' °' PRINTED AND PUBLISHED 14 I EVERY TUESDAY MOR— By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove str'''_ , ' ,,,d LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-streetL. 6 At No. 4. ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVEM.::ton et; Orders for Advertisements received by 'Messrs. 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