The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-31 00:00:00

TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 31, 1849. The indecent haste with which the business of legislation is conducted, and the practice of smug gling important bills through Parliament at the latter end of the session, when the majority of both Houses, wearied out, have returned to the country, were never more signally shown than in the case of the Pilotage Bill. This measure, which inter feres with long-established interests and rights in every port of the empire, including the two im portant boards of the Cinque Ports and the Trinity House, and which has also a most serious bearing upon the future safety of the country itself, has been barely a fortnight before the public, having been introduced in the House of Commons on the 12th instant. It has already passed the Committee of the House of Lords, and only waits a third reading, which it very probably would receive yes terday. So rapid, indeed, was its course in the Commons that, as we are informed by Lord Stanley, a petition which was prepared at Hull, intended to be presented against it in that House, by persons connected with the port of Hull, only reached town on the morning of the day when the bill stood for a second reading in the House of Lords. A depu tation, with a memorial against it, from this port was, we believe, similarly out-manoeuvred. The parties whose interests it affects, throughout the country, have not been allowed time even to examine its provisions ; and we do not believe that one in ten of the majority, by which it has been forced through Parliament, understand the effect of its provisions themselves. It is sufficient for the hangers-on of the Government that it is a Minis terial bill; and, to secure the co-operation of the Manchester school, that it strikes a blow at some body. _ _ _ We have little expectation that any thing which can be said, or done, out of doors will have the slightest effect in delaying the passing of the mea sure, should it even not have passed already. But we must, nevertheless, take this last opportunity of expressing again our conviction of its unjust and mischievous nature ; and that its provisions can never be carried out in this port. Nothing, indeed. would be more ruinous to the whole of our mercan tile marine than its being brought extensively into operation here. We shall endeavour to prove this. by explaining the operation of our present most effective system, and the mode in which it would be interfered with. We have at present always stationed outside our river, for the protection of inward-bound vessels from its•dangerous banks and shoals, six well-manned pilot-boats. Th 3 first and second of these cruize off the point of Lynas to the northward and eastward ; the third cruizes to the eastward of Point Lynas, to board any vessels which may pass the first and second. The fourth cruizes in and to the northward of Beaumaris Bay, and eastward until the church of St. Asaph and Rhyd land appear in the same line of bearing. The duty of this boat is to give assistance to vessels which may have missed two and three. The fifth, or first Hoylake boat's station is to the westward, within sight of the N.W. light ship. The sixth, or second Hoylake station, is to assist all vessels which are found eastward of a line drawn from the point of Ayr, and N.W. light ship, as well as all vessels northward, when the first boat is not in sight. By a glance at any good chart of the approaches to our port, it will be seen that these vessels occupy every point, to which danger to an inward-bound vessel can arise. They form, in fact, finger-posts, by which, with the aid of the buoys, our coasters and other vessels of light draught may, in ordinary weather, enter the river with safety ; and, more than this, they are finger-posts, which not only point out the way to such vessels, but advise them how it is to be reached. Nothing is more usual than for our coasters though commanded in some cases by men who have sailed once or twice a week in and out of the port for many years, to hail them at night, or in thick weather, to ascertain both their position and their proper course; and it is creditable to the pilots of Liverpool that in no instance has either such information, or even active assistance, been withheld when required. Now, suppose that, as the effect of this bill, the large coasters and steamers, which now pay half pilotage, and any considerable number of oversea vessels shohld be enabled to get licences for their own masters or mates, and thus evade the pilot dues, what must be the result ? There is no public body or individual compelled, by this or any other act of parliament, to supply boats to guard these dangerous channels. The pilots' committee of the port, it is true, can, under their existing bye-laws, appoint the stations of the boats licensed for the service ; and, so long as they are so licensed, en force attention to those bye-laws. But they cannot compel any owner of a boat to retain it in the service ; neither can they compel any pilot to renew his annual licence or to remain in the trade, •which will have ceased to he profitable in proportion to its danger. The result will be that, when we have cut down the remunerative character of the service, we shall find that we have cut down, at the same time, its efficiency. We may probably have three or four boats to guard the channels, imper fectly, instead of our present perfect guard of six ; and the casualties will be increased in a far greater ratio than this decrease of the means for their pre vention. We shall also have continually that portion of our inward-bound shipping, which has not availed itself, or cannot avail itself, of the pro visions of this bill, compelled, in adverse weather, to anchor outside the banks, at serious risk and expense, for want of a sufficient supply of those very men whom, in our rage for economy, and through the ignorance of the legislature, we have driven into other employments. It has been one of the arguments urged in favor of this bill that, since the introduction of the prac tice of towing by steam, the services of a pilot are less required than formerly. We deny, in a great measure, the tenability of this position, without, however, impeaching the advantages of steam towing. The tug-boat has now become a necessity, in many cases, especially with adverse winds, and, in most cases, desirable on the score of economy ; and, for this reason, viz., that we have of late so enormously increased the size and tonnage of our seagoing ships. Vessels of 500 to 600 tons, such as were our largest ten or twenty . years ago, were perfectly manageable, even with ordinary ad verse winds, by a pilot alone in our narrowest channels. But we have now vessels coming to our port of 1500 to 2,000 tons, so enormously increased in size, that any other than so direct a course in our channels as that, which a steamer only can give them, is impracticable. A pilot, however, is not at all the less required for such vessels ; and we may remark, by the bye, that having only had given to them increased size, and not increased draught of water, the pilotage of these large vessels is little above that of the old and smaller class. The same, if not more, nicety, is required at the wheel in the case of a vessel of large burthen swinging by a cable astern of a steamer, as in that of a vessel sailing unassisted; and the same intricate know ledge of the banks and channels is required in both cases. Besides, the question remains to be asked, if we rely upon the assistance of our tug-boats, can we have it when it is wanted ? These boats will not cruise outside of our banks in stormy weather. They could not, profitably, even if they were will ing, and otherwise capable. We have seen our Pilot Boats put out to sea, when not a sea-going steamer in port durst stir from its moorings. And we have seen, too, these boats remain outside at their stations, when any other less perfectly formed and fearlessly manned craft, would have run for safety, and left hundreds of our gallant seamen, with valuable shipping and cargoes, to strew our banks with wreck. Could we depend upon, or would underwriters depend upon, the efficiency as pilots of the par ties urged to be appointed as such, after undergoing an examination, under this bili ? We have already, in a previous publication, referred to the qualifica tions, training, and experience required for a Liver pool pilot, previous to his receiving his license. Let us see what more is necessary. In the first place, the bye-laws of the Pilots' Committee insist that "every pilot boat in the service shall once in each year make an accurate examination and survey of the following ports and places, viz. :—Lancaster, Pile of Foudre, River Wyre, and all ports in the Isle of Man, Beaumaris, and Chester." Again : "The master shall keep an exact and accurate journal of their proceedings, which shall con tain all such remarks and information as he shall make or obtain relative to the lighthouses buoys, perches, and other sea-marks, as well as all rocks, sand banks, and other dangers, and the depth of water within the limits of the survey." This is to he done by the boats in turn, so that any change which may have taken place is known monthly to the whole body. Now, can any seagoing master or mate, who may have been licensed as a pilot, he in possession of the informa tion thus acquired, and acknowiedged by the com mittee's bye-law to be necessary ? Obviously not ; neither can it be the interest of such parties to devote annnally, as we presume they will be re quired to do, the necessary time and expense for its acquirement. Besides, in nine cases out of ten, the knowledge necessary to enable such parties to pass an examination will be acquired from a study of their charts, and not from such practical, daily familiarity with landmarks, buoys, and bearings as that in the possession of the regular pilot. What man, for instance, without such experience could tell with anything like certainty the depth of water at the bar outside, at particular periods of the tide and certain weather, when we know that even Liverpool pilots often feel this a difficulty? We know not any portion of our shipping interest by whom this measure can be conceived to have been demanded, with the exception of the owners of our coasting steamers, upon whom certainly the bureen of pilotage for services, of which they sel dom avail themselves, does seem to bear hard. But even these parties would regret to see the efficiency of the Liverpool body of pilots decreased, and the opportunity of insisting upon the aid of a pilot in season of difficulty denied them. A compromise with them could easily have been effected, without this most-uncalled for measure, which we feel con fident will prove a botch, most damaging to the interests of a most usefui and not overpaid body of men, and injurious also to the whole commercial mrrine of the country. The Free Traders are discovering some rather singular arguments in defence of their Free Trade policy. The first of these to which we shall draw attention arises out of the unanswerable position of Mr. Herries, that a small duty for revenue would be paid by the foreign grower of grain, and is put forth by the London Times. In the course of his speech, Mr, Herries made the following striking remarks : " Upon the best computation he (Mr. Herries) could make, the cost of corn imported into this country in 1848 had been about £12,000,000; and in the first five months of the present year the value of corn imported had amounted to about the same sum. He had made the best calculation in his power, but he believed this was below the real amount, because much of the grain lately im ported bad been of very fine quality, and had consequently obtained high prices. If, then, it were true that the foreign importer realised a profit of 25 per cent. upon corn brought into this country, they had been paying last year £3,000,000 of English money, and in the first five months of the pre sent year about the same sum, as profit to the foreign grower or importer." The Times, in a great measure, admits the fact that we are thus overpaying the foreigner; and, strange to say, defends such over-payment as most desirable, and even necessary to the national safety. Taking the case of the United States, he says that we derive one-fourth of our supply from them ; and that their share of the enhancement of the price of grain, caused by our withdrawal of protec tion from tl.e British grower, will be about £750,000 per annum. But, he argues, there are three grounds on which we must make up our minds to pay this subsidy. We will give our contemporary's views in his own language : " As it is a question of investment—that is, of recipro. cal benefits—we will ask at once what are the chief wants of this country ? We have three very good wants. We want a regular supply of food for the increasing population of Great Britain. We want an increasing demand for our manufactures. We want an easy and a comfortable re fuge for the myriads starved out of these islands. Here are three wants of incalculable importance and overwhelm ing difficulty. We could not possibly get on without some means of providing for them. Leave any one of them unsatisfied, and in a few years we should have myriads starving in England as well as Ireland, and, what some people will think worse, cannon in the streets of London and Manchester. They are objects as imperious as the defence of our soil from invasion, for any failure to supply them would entail greater losses than defeat the greater disgrace than capitulation." With respect to the first plea—" we want a regu lar supply of food for the increasing population of Great Britain,"—we certainly cannot think that, in order to ensure that, it is necessary to give a pre mium of 25 per cent. to the American cultivator. One would imagine that the best plan would be to foster, as much as in our power, cultivation in our own country, and in our fertile colonial dependen cies. Systematically raising the foreign market against us, and enabling the foreigner to exact from our necessities whatever terms he pleases to impose upon us, is a curious mode of insuring for this country the benefit of a cheap and regular supply ! As for the " cannon in the streets of Manchester and London," we can only conceive the existence of such a state of things on some occasion when a disruption of our pacific relations with some of our principal foreign markets of supply shall occur, after we have become—by the discouragement offered to native agriculturists—as dependent upon them for our daily bread, as a parish pauper upon the overseer for his daily or weekly dole. " We want an increasing demand for our manu factures," and, according to our contemporary's logic, we must give to the grower of the United States more money for his produce than it is worth, to enable him to buy from us. The Times, no doubt, if we believe his own absurd doctrine, pays fivepence extra for every pair of boots he buys, to enable his bootmaker to buy a paper ! We want, too, a country which will receive and employ our emigrating population ; and America, our contemporary asserts, will not receive and em ploy them unless we give her a bonus upon her produce in our markets. He remarks— " We say, then, that without this free trade, which Mr. Herries has represented, in a mythical form, as a gift of £750,000 to the citizens of the United States, they neither would nor could receive, year by year, a quarter of a mil lion fugitives from this country. Whether as a question of temper, or as a question of resources, it is equally im probable that they would do what they are doing, but for free trade. For these thirty years the annual influx of a tithe of that crowd has provoked the bitterest feelings in the whole seaboard of the Union. The working classes have combined under the name of " native " Americans, for the discouragement and even the exclusion of strangers, who were supposed to import the degradation of our lower classes, and by consequence the tyranny of the higher. Statesmen have been compelled to recognise this feeling, while philosophers have clothed it with the forms of en lightened patriotism and public necessity. What has ag gravated the evil, and given it local intensity, is the fact that for many years there has not been sufficient induce ment to transfer capital, in whose wake population ever follows, into the interior. Boston, New York, Philadel phia, and the other great maritime cities, have been crowded with immigrants who could not move off fast enough to leave room for new corners. Such was the case when the annual arrivals might be 30,000 or 40,000. Can we imagine, for a moment, that these jealous citizens, ever ready for protective organization, and taught from their birth to hate the name of England, would allow nearly ten times that number to arrive every season but for this annual " gratuity"—but for the knowledge that England, under the pressure of a terrible calamity, was making every possible sacrifice, was doing this in spite of her aristocracy ? Without the least hesitation, and with out intending the least reproof to those jealous but gene rous citizens, we will answer for them that they would not have received those £250,000 diseased and destitute wretches year by year. They would have told our go vernment to feed them at home, and not to create an arti ficial famine by excluding foreign supplies." A more astounding piece of fatuity than this we never remember being uttered. We are first to create a necessity for: the emigration of our agri cultural and industrial population, and then to pay by a bonus for their being kept in another country! We are asked to make cultivation in America more profitable than cultivation at home ; to throw the farming land of Great Britain and Ireland into jungle, in order that American citizens may have " sufficient inducement to transfer capital into the interior." This is, from our contemporary's own showing, what we are actually doing. He says of American agriculture that— " It can only prosper in the . market of the w or ld b y re ceiving encourcgement, that custom , in that mar k e t. The opening of our ports has given it just that encourage ment ; it has driven capital westward, through a thou sand channels. to clear forests, to till the virgin soil, t o snake roads, bridges, railways, and cities. It is planting Lincolnshires and Norfolks on the banks of the Missouri and the shores of the Michigan. To these vast operations the daily thousands that arrive at New York flow in a continuous stream. It is the repeal of our corn laws, — this gratuity of £750,000 per annum,—that has given that mighty impulse to agricultural enterprise, and supplied work for the exiles of famine." Of course. We are " planting Lincolnshires and Norfolks on the banks of the Missouri, and the shores of the Michigan ;" but by the same process we are destroying Lincolnshires and Nor folks at home. We thank our contemporary for disclosing to us the nature of this very profitable operation. But, our contemporary insists that the result of our persisting in a protective policy would have been to tempt America to close her seaboard alike against our emigrant population and our manu factures. Fortunately, however, the former evil would not have been of a very formidable nature. We have " Western wilds" and " Virgin soil" in Canada. We have sites for planting Lmcolnshires and Norfolks on the banks of the St. Lawrence, and on the shores of our Canadian lakes, quite as advantageous as those on the banks of the Mis souri and the shores of Michigan. We have fellow-subjects in the former localities, and in the latter only a people, whom our contempyrary says " are taught to hate the very name of England." Strange doctrine that we are to reject the affections of our own fellow-countrymen to appease the hatred of American citizens ! With respect to the United States government refusing to receive our manufactures, she will do no such thing, for the very reason mentioned by the Times himself, that " manufactured articles, whether textile or hard ware, she can procure cheaper from this country." The second instance which we have to adduce of the shifts to which the free traders have to resort to reconcile the community to their favourite system is contained in an article in the last number of the Edinburgh Review. The writer has entered upon the rather difficult task of convincing the farmer himself that he is benefited by a decreased remu neration of his industry. It is contended, in the first place, that low prices are advantageous to the farmer, because the farm produce consumed by his own family will he acquired at a low price. A single moment's consideration will serve to show the absurdity of such a position. A farmer's pro duce, supplied to his own family, costs him simply a certain portion of labour, rent, seed, manure, &c. It absorbs the same quantity of these ingredients, whether wheat is at ss. a bushel or at 20s. It is a less money amount abstracted from the yield of his farm, in the former case, than in the latter ; but it is a greater proportionate amount when prioes are low. Take an example. A farmer occupies a farm, for which he pays £lOO a year rent, which, with wheat at 40s. per quarter, gives a gross pro duce of £4OO per annum, or, deducting rent, which is an unvarying sum, £3OO nett : of this he requires 25 quarters, or £5O worth, per annum for his family's use. This £5O will thus hear a relation to the nett produce of one-sixth. With grain at 80s. per quarter, his produce, deducting rent, will be £700; anal as he will still require 25 quarters for his family, which is now raised to the value of £lOO, this sup ply will be one-seventh only of the nett:yield of his arm. The second position of the reviewer is equally fallacious. He contends that the farmer must be greatly benefited by the prosperity which free trade is to confer upon all around him. He completely forgets, however, that the very object of free trade is to enable all around him to carry their custom to the foreigner. It is no benefit to us that our neighbours are getting rich, if we find them spend ing the whole of their increased incomes with the foreigner. Such instances of fatuitous reasoning show indis putably that our philosophers feel themselves in a corner. They impose upon nobody. THE APBPOACHING FETE IN THE PRINCE'S PARK. The arrangements for this grand fete are now nearly concluded; and a 3 will be seen from the advertised pro gramme in our first page, will present gratifications of the highest order, and calculated to suit the fancy of all tastes. All that is now to be desired is propitious weather. to render the result of the philanthropic efforts of the vari ous committees an epoch in Liverpool's annals. In the maritime contributions of every description are pouring in with a lavishness which makes it quite impossible for us to detail them. The following donations in money have not yet been announced. Mr. John Bent, £5 ; Mr. James Bent, £5 ; Mr. R. H. Frank, £2 2s. ; Mrs. R. H. Frank, £1 ls. ; Mr. John Eden, £5 : Mr. Allan Pot ter, £5 ; Mrs. Garston, High Pastures, £5 ; Mrs. Rector Campbell, £lO ; Major Oxford, £5. The attractive character of the Fete is, we learn, being recognised beyond our own town and neighbourhood ; and we may expect to have present during the week a large amount of the rank and fashion of the surrounding districts. In addition to such visitors, we shall be visited by a large number of the middle classes, from the neigh bouring manufacturing towns, cheap trips being put on for their accommodation by tae various railway compa nies. We have been favoured with a view of one of the medals struck to commemorate the occasion. It is beau tifully executed work of art, very appropriate in its design, and will be worthy of preservation. THE COTTON TRADE. EXCHANGE NEWS-ROOM. In the early part of the past week our Cotton market was much excited, the accounts by the steamer from America continuing highly favourable to holders, arising frome disease amongst the negroes and every appearance of a late and short crop. As we stated in our last publica tion, spinners had secured an accession to their stocks of a fortnight's consumption, and the accounts subsequently received from India not being quite so favourable, though of a temporary nature, arising from the lowness of the rivers preventing the natives from bringing their produce to market, and exchanging them for manufactured goods, caused a slight lull in the Manchester market. Manufac turers availed themselves of this temporary check and kept out of this market, hoping that their doing so would frighten speculators, but yesterday and to-day there has been a better feeling, and prices close at the currency of this day se'nnight. Should the trade persist in this line of action, and starve themselves of an ample supply of the raw material, they will commit an act of suicide to their own interests which they will most assuredly rue. The accounts from the Continent are daily more assuring of our having. at all events, a few months of peace and in dustry. The blockade of the Elbe will be raised in a few days, and the differences between Austria and Sardinia are in a likely train of being amicably settled, if not already accomplished. The import of cotton will decrease weekly, and, with the unparalleled consumption, not only in this country, but in other consuming countries of this article, a considerable diminution in the stocks must inevitably take place, and nothing but a very considerable falling off in ,the consumption, which is highly improbable, from present appearances, can check an advance in prices. The late rain, though heavy in some localities, has done no harm to the prospects of an abundant harvest ; but, on the contrary, has been highly beneficial. The money market continues easy, with every prospect of its remain ing so, and there is every prospect of our having a good autumn trade. The steamer Canada, from America, has arrived, after an unprecedented short run, and brings a week later accounts. The receipts had again declined, and the crop will most undoubtedly be under our estimate of 2,700,000 bales. Prices had advanced another half-cent, and the general impression was, that under the most favourable circumstances the coming crop must be a moderate one. The stock of cotton in the States was much reduced, being only 173,000 bales, against 239,000, not taking into account the balance of the crop in the interior, probably some 20,000 bales, and the shipments to England were very small, being only 9000 bales for the week, so that the season may be considered closed for some months to come, and the question of a supply from America set at rest. The shipments were comparatively large to the continent, being 5000 bales, and it is a re markable fact that exporters took out of this market last week 7000, thus showing the great requirements for the manufactories of Europe, notwithstanding the trouble some times. Further, this is the cheapest market for American Cotton. Fair Boweds are worth 5d., and fair Orleans 51d., whilst by the present advices from America they will stand 51d. and 51d. lb. On the Continent prices are advancing weekly, and rule above our quotations. P.S.—The overland mail is just telegraphed, and the accounts, as we anticipated, for our manufactures, are decidedly more encouraging, both from Bombay and Calcutta. APPROACHING CELEBRATION OF THE OPEN ING OF THE NEW CONCERT HALL. The arrangements for the opening of this fine building are now complete;, and include a list of the most splendid classical works of our best musicians, to be produced by the most distinguished vocal and Instrumental artistes of of the present day. Amongst the vocalists we number Mesdames Grisi, Alboni, Catherine Hayes, Jetty de Treffz, A. Williams, M. Williams, and Viardot Garcia; Signori Mario, Lablache, Bartolini, Tagliafico, and Polo nini ; Messrs. Sims Reeves, Lockey, Benson, Whitworth, and Herr Carl Formes; and, amongst the instrumen talists,—Piano, Messrs. Halle and Benedict : Herr Ernst : Violincello,—Si gnor Piatti : Double Bass, —Signor Bollesini : and French Horn,—Mons. Vivier. The band has been selected from the opera house of Covent-garden and her Majesty's Theatre, and will num ber, with local talent, 90 performers. The chorus will number 220 performers. Messrs. Benedict and J. L. Herrman will conduct, and Mr. W. J. Best preside at the organ. The week's entertainment will conclude on Friday evening with a grand fancy ball. The pieces selected for each day are—on Monday even ing, a grand miscellaneous concert, introduciug the whole of the leading artistes. On Tuesday morning, Mendelsohn's Elijah, and in the evening a grand miscellaneous concert. On Wednesday evening a grand miscellaneous concert, in which will be introduced some of the music of the new opera "Le Prophete." On Tuesday morning, the Messiah; and on Friday mornings, Rossini's Stabat Mater, Mendelsohn's Land of Sion, and selections from Israel in Egypt, Solomon, &c. A more splendid selection of music and of talent was never before offered to the Liverpool public. THE CHOLERA.—M. Majendie, the distinguished phy siologist and president of the Academy of Medicine in Paris, has just arrived in this country on a mission of en quiry from the French Government as to the progress and treatment of cholera in England. M. Majendie has had interviews with the General Board of Health on the sub. ject of his enquiry. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We are reluctantly compelled to postpone several Notices of New Works this week. "The Epochs," by Mr. Thom, is one of these. We shall, however, do full justice to its great merit and beauty in our next. Ett Ztherpool gPtanbarb. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. STATF OF FEELING IN CANADA. We give insertion to the following letter, from our private correspondent in Canada, distinctly repudiating however, any participation in the very strong language he uses. When we say that the writer does not belong to the usual class of correspondents of the press, and that he mingles extensively with the most respectable British inhabitants of both provinces, the tone of his letter may serve, to some extent, as an exponent of the excited state of feeling prevailing amongst them, which is very imper fectly made known by the press to the British public. FRELIGHBURG, CANADA EAST, JULY 13TH. The policy of England towards this country seems to be characterised by fatality, at least it is so if a policy which has the direct tendency of alleviating the affections of the loyal inhabitants, and pandering to those who have all their lives tried to sever the connexion with the mother country may be called such. Nothing can exceed the feelings of indignation with which the debate in parlia ment on the " affairs of Canada," as the phrase now goes, has been read in this country ; and nothing can exceed the insults to the loyal inhabitants of this country, that are contained in the letter of Mr. Hawes to Sir Allan Mac Nab, in answer to the petitions signed by hundreds of thousands, of which Sir Allan was the bearer to the Queen. It is needless to enter at any length into discussion of either the debate or the letter of Mr. Hawes, as like the Times,—" ohe jam salis,"—we have had enough. The main argument of the majority in the former was, that it was impossible, either to " frame a bill to exclude rebels" from compensation, or to disbelieve the word of Lord Elgin, that it was never the intention of his ministry to pay rebels. It is enough of answer to the first argument to say, that in Upper Canada five or six acts have been both " framed" and passed, which have excluded rebels, and compensated the losses of the loyal alone. And as regards disbelieving the word of Lord Elgin, it is needless to be namby pamby in choosing words with which to characterize his veracity, at a time like the present, when for the furtherance of his owu selfish ends, and those of a party which have always hated British connexion, as its chief hatred, he has so far debased the high station of the representative of the men of England, and his own character as a nobleman and a gentlemen, as to lie. It, is a hard word, but not more hard than is the proof clear, and as one of the Montreal morning papers observes, " it would be a lie to call it by any other name." Up to the passing of the bill, none ever attempted to deny in this country that rebels were going to be paid ; the ministry, I have heard again and again say, on the floor of the assembly, that it was impossible to exclude rebels. Seeing the storm they had raised in the country, they changed their cry—said they did not mean to pay rebels, and Lord Elgin has more than once uttered their falsehood. This brings me to Mr. Hawes's letter. Mr. Hawes points Sir Allan M`Nab to Lord Elgin's reply to the address of the county of Has tings. In that reply Lord Elgin says, " that he did not believe that it was the intention of the Canadian parlia ment to compensate the losses of those guilty of the heinous crime of treason." Every circumstance connected with this measure—the measure itself as interpreted by the Attorney-general of England—the words of the minis try here, and Lord Elgin's own despatches, all go to prove that when he penned the phrase cited above he uttered a felsehood. The bill, as first introduced, did not even ex clude convicted rebels, and only did so after the adoption of the amendment of the Hon. Mr. Boulton, of Norfolk, to that effect. The act excludes none now, but convicted rebels : and in face of facts of this kind, the loyal inhabi tants of Canada are to be referred to the lie contained in the reply to the Hastings' address. It is more than the loyal have been able to bear, and after due consideration of all the facts which I have observed, and the tone of all the newspapers which were once loyal par excellence, I am led to the conclusion that loyalty is one of the things which were in this country. Those who were once loyal advocate either annexation or independence, and those who were once rebels, and are so still in their hearts, advo cate loyalty. The letter of instructions to the commissioners has been pnblished. It contains nothing new, and is of a piece with the rest. The weather has been for some time past hot and dry, to the injury of the grass crops. There have been some cases of cholera, but it bas not been very bad. CONSUMPTION OF SMOKE. We have long contended that the dense volumes of opaque smoke which taint and destroy the purity of our atmosphere, might with a little attention and care be greatly obviated ; but over and over again, both before the magistrates and at public meetings, we have been assured by respectable manufacturers that it was impossible to do so. This excuse, however, will hold good no longer, for during the course of the past week we had the satisfoction of seeing an apparatus, the invention of Mr. Robertson (the principal features of which we explained in a recent number) put to the test. There were present on the oc casion, as will be seen from the names attached to the anneved testimonial, a fair average of the medical talent of Liverpool, and therefore we should say that the document in question should have great weight with the authorities in settling the question—" is it practicable to consume the smoke of a furnace ?" That this can be done we now have no doubt, neither have we any that it can be done with profit and advantage to the consumer. Mr. Robertson states that he can not only consume the unignited particles of carbon which now escape from the tops of factory chimnies, but that his apparatus increases the heat of the furnace, and owing to the arrangement of his flues, he can apply very nearly the whole of the heat so generated to his boiler—consequently there is an evi dent saving of fuel. He is also enabled to dispense with a considerable portion of his fire bars. Here is another item of saving. By the perfect application of the action of heat to this boiler, we have no doubt but that boilers under which his invention is placed will be less exposed to wear and tear, being as they are less exposed to the action of the atmosphere. We hope now soon to see the authorities alive to the necessity of enforcing the provisions of the sanatory act, with respect to smoke prevention: and to bring about such a desideratum would strongly advise Mr. Robertson to invite his worship the Mayor and that body to inspect the workings of his invention. The following is the testi monial referred to : The undersigned, after Mr. Robertson having submitted to trial, this day, in their presence, his plan for the consumption of smoke, are enabled to testify that, upon a careful investiga tion of the nature of his apparatus applied in the furnace under a steam boiler, and also in a small furnace applicable to bakers' ovens, stoves, and other similar purposes, and after having witnessed the introduction repeatedly of the ordinary quanti ties' of common coal into the fires, the smoke was consumed, as none issued from the chimneys ; whilst, at the same time, there was apparently a full production of heat, which was in dicated by an ample generation of steam in the boiler, and the temperature at the top of the smaller chimney being equal to the combustion of wood shavings or chips. RICHARD FORMBY, M.D., Cantab. R. BICKERSTETH, Surgeon. DAVID MACRORIE, M.D., Edin. W. H. DUNCAN, M.D., Medical Officer of Health. J. PETRIE, M.D., Edin. WM. WRIGHT MANIFOLD, Surgeon. KING ELLISON, Surgeon. FRANCIS ARCIIER, Surgeon. ALFRED HIGGINSON, Surgeon. THOMAS INMAN, M.D., Lond. T. S. MINSHULL, Surgeon. JOSEPH ANDERSON, M.D.,'Edin. JOHN MACNAUGHT, M.D. A. M'LELLAN, Surgeon. DAVID WALDIE, Chemist, Liverpool Apothecaries' Company. A. B. STEELE, M.R.C.S. THOMAS DUNCAN, Engineer. E. Du KE, Governor of the Borough Gaol. T. FRESH, Inspector of Nuisances. Liverpool, July 25, 1849.: The Commissigns of Assize for the county of Northum berland and the town and county of Newcastle-upon- Tyne have been opened by Mr. Justice Patteson and Mr. Justice Wightman. ZOOLOGI,CAL GARDENS.—The performances during this week have gone off most successfully, Mdlle. Lucie Duval's beautiful delineations of Statuary being still the leading attraction. On Friday night this lady took her benefit, on which occasion she produced a new programme, consisting of groupes and individual impersonations, entirely designed by herself. Amongst the most beauti ful of these were, in the first part, " Proserpine surprised by Pluto while gathering flowers on the plains of Sicily ;" " Manlius ordering the execution of his Son," (in three tableaux); and the " Messenger Dove"—a most graceful effort by Mdlle. L. Duval alone. In the second part we were most struck with " Myrtha, Queen of the Wilis, raising Giselle from the Tomb," in three tableaux)—all most effective ; " Euridiee come back to the Infernal Regions," (Madlle. Duval), a most striking performance; and " Acis and Galatea." Owing to the enthusiastic ap plause with which the programme was received, it will be repeated during the week, which, we may remind our readers, is positively the last of the stay in Liverpool of this unrivalled rrtiste. It will be seen that another Ju venile Performance is announced for Friday morning. THE MISSISSIPI STEAMERS.-1 have beard much of the dangers of the Mississippi, and even before I left New England, some of my friends, partly in jest and partly for the sake of inspiring me with due caution in the choice of vessels and captains, had told me endless stories of the risks we should run. One of them presented to me a newspaper, containing a formidable array of last year's casualties. Fifty vessels had been snagged, twenty-seven sunk, sixteen had burst their boilers, fifteen had been run into by other vessels, thirteen destroyed by fire, ten wrecked, and seven cut through by ice. This enumeration was followed by an account of the number of persons drowned or injured. Another friend called my attention to a form of advertisement, not uncommon in the St. Louis papers, headed thus, "A fine opportunity of going below." This, he explained, "does not mean going to the bottom, as you might naturally conclude, (although this is by no means an improbable result of your voyage,) but it merely signifies going down the river.' " Another offered this piece of advice: " when you are racing with an opposition steam-boat, or chasing her, and the other passengers are cheering the captain, who is sitting on the safety-valve to keep it down with his weight, go as far as you can from the engine, and lose no time, especially if you hear the captain exclaim. Fire up, boys, put on the resin !' Should a servant call out, Those gentlemen who have not paid their passage will alease go to the ladies' cabin,' obey the summons without a moment's delay, for then an explosion may be apprehended." " Why to the ladies' cabin ?" said I. " Because it is the safe end of the boat, and they are anxious for the personal security of those who have not yet paid their dollars, being, of course, indifferent about the rest. Therefore, never pay in advance, for should you fall overboard during the race, and the watch cries out to the captain, " A passenger overboard,' he will ask, ' Has he paid his pas-. sage ?' and if he receives an answer in the affirmative, he will call out, Go a-head "—Lyell's Visit to the United States. POLICE v COURT. _ ESTERDAY. THE POLICE.—Mr. Rushton fined the constables In no less than four cases for nonattendance: this neglect on the part of the officers is a means of defeating the ends of justice, the prisoners in such cases being discharged. ASSAULTING THE POLICE.—TWO desperate looking fellows, named Michael Connolly and James Leach, were brought up on the above charge. Constables 877 and 898 stated that they were attracted to North-street, about one o'clock on Sunday morning, in consequence of hear ing a great tumult. They found the two prisoners, with other men, taking part in the disturbance, and upon in terfering to preserve the peace, the fellows attacked them, one of whom hurled a brick at the officers, by which the hand of one of them was disabled. They were fined 40s each, with costs, and in default of payment were com mitted for forty-two days. IRISH MENDICITY.—An Trish woman was put into the dock, when police serjeant 50 stated that the woman had applied on Sunday to St. Anne-street for relief, and that subsequently she was found in Scotland-road, with an in fant, which she allowed, at intervals, to fall from her arms to the ground, seizing it on each occasion by the neck. The poor child was so seriously injured by this treatment as to render it necessary it should be taken from its un natural mother and conveyed to the workhonse. The latter was taken to bridewell and booked for safety. Mr. Rushton remanded the woman, observing that she was a very improper object for out door relief, and directed that Mr. Grey, of the Parish-office, should be informed of the case. A great number of other beggars were brought up, some of which were imprisoned for short terms. ROBBERY BY A SEAMAN.—George Taylor, a black sailor, was charged with having stolen a quantity of wear ing apparel from a boarding-house in Pleasant Hill-street. The clothes belonged to a shipmate of the prisoner, named Robert Pearson. When taken Taylor was on his way to his ship, in a boat, to the man in charge of which he had given the stolen property in lieu of his fare. The case was remanded for the evidence of the boatman, who could not be found yesterday. EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COLLECTING CLERIC.—A man of respectable exterior, named Williams, was placed in the dock on the charge of having embezzled different sums of money belonging to his employers, Messrs. Garnett and Moore, engineers, North Foundry, William street. Constable Sullivan stated that he apprehended the prisoner at one o'clock on Sunday morning, on the charge above given, as preferred by Mr. Garnett, the principal in the firm by which prisoner had been employed. Mr. Garnett identified the prisoner; and stated that he had been empowered to collect the moneys for their firm, and that he had collecfed several sums of which he had given no account. Some of thete sums were obtained by the prisoner after he ceased to be in their employment, his services having been dispensed with in April. Mr. Brownbill, of the firm of Murray and Co., railway con tractors, Great Howard-street, proved having paid to the prisoner on the 19th of May, on account of that firm, £34 10s. 6d. He was satisfied that the prisoner had applied for the money in the name of Garnett and Moore, and he remembered his settling the account. This docu ment was handed to the magistrate, when he remarked that it was an act of folly in persons to pay money with out requiring the legal stamp ; the consequence in that case was, that that document could not be given in evi dence. Mr. Garnett observed that Williams was not in their service at the time, and Mr. Rushton, on re-consi deration, being of opinion that the evidence could stand, the case resolved itself into one of " obtaining under the false pretence." .Another case, the circumstances of which admitted of no doubt, was then gone into. The The prisoner received 16s. 9d. from a Mr. Hector Mawdes ley, previous to leaving the employment of the prosecutor. The settled account was produced, and Mr. Garnett iden tified the handwriting as that of Williams. The person who paid it over appeared, and recognised in the prisoner the person to whom he had so given the money. Wil liams put a few questions to this person relative to th date when the money was paid, which he could noe answer, as the receipt was not dated, but he was surt that it was very shortly after the manure (the article sold e had been sent in ; this was in March. Mr. Garnett stated further, that the prisoner had also received the sum o £lO, on the 2d of December last, from Messrs. Ashton and Co., and another sum of £5 18s. 6d. in February from another firm. Neither of these sums had been accounted for by him. The prisoner was committed for trial on two indictments. CAUTION TO MAnKET-PEOPLE.—An urchin was put up on the following charge :—A poor woman, who vends fruit in St. John's Market, stated that she delivered a basket of strawberries to the prisoner on Wednesday last, directing him to carry them to the Brunswick Hotel. The lad, however, made off with his charge, and the unfortunate woman had to pay for the fruit which she had thus been robbed •of. The boy had not been seen since until yesterday morning, when he was given into the custody of one of the market constables. He was put back, to allow time for further inquiries to be made. Mr. George Thompson, contractor. was fined 20s. and costs, on Tuesday, for obstructing Leeds-street by the materials in use for the construction of the new railway. Povell Postlund. an Italian seaman, was fined 40s. and costs, on Wednesday, for attempting to stab a man named Flynn, during a quarrel in a public-house, in Liver-street, on the previous evening. EMIIE7.ZLEMENT.—WiIIiam Rotheray Aitkin, a young man of gentlemanly appearance, was committed for trial, on Wednesday, charged with embezzling various sums of money, the property of the borough gaol, in which esta blishment he was engaged as a collecting clerk. Two omnibus-conductors were each fined 40s. and costs, on Friday, for driving at a furious rate in Park-road. Thomas Langley, a butcher, was fined 40s. and costs, on Friday, for having in his possession 5281b5. of meat unfit for human food, in a slaughter-house in Scotland road. About thirty or forty persons were each fined in sums varying - from 51. to 20s. and costs, on Friday, for allowing their dogs to go at large, contrary to the local regulations. Thomas Devine was, on Saturday, committed for trial at the sessions, charged by Mr. Evan Ellis with embez zlement. Martha Clayton, for having illegally pledged a watch was ordered to refund the amount, and pay a fine of £5 ; two months imprisonment in default. Catherine Mack, convicted of having stolen XI, in Eaton-street, was sent to gaol for three months. George Penlington and Jos. Hughes, charged by Thomas Scott with having stolen a number of pies in Tenterden-street, were committed for trial. Patrick Duff, charged with having stolen some pigeons in the Park-road, was sent to prison for two months ; and Mary Ann Crewe was committed for trial for having stolen a watch. EXCHANGE NEWS-ROOM, 4 O'CLOCK P.M. We have not had so much animation in our expert trade as was anticipated, which may in a great measure be accounted for by the lumbering manner in which the Da nish blockade is being removed. But as the necessary formularies must be pretty nearly gone through, we can not be far from something like amicable adjustment. There has been no new feature in the Share market this week, it remains in the same inactive state. To-day has been occupied in the preparations for the settlement. The closing prices at which business has been done is as fol lows :—Old Birkenheads, 131 ; Greenock preference. 7: 1 ; Great Northern preference, 1,4 d. • ' Leeds fiths, 3 3/9 d. ; Liverpool and Bury, 9,1 d. ; West Ridings, 4t d. ; Liver pool and Crosby, 4d. ' • London quarters, 3 p. ; London Stock, 132 ; Midland halfs. 12k d. ; Newcastle prefer ence, 4 1/3 k d ; Royal Assurance, 2 p. The demand for cotton to-day has been good, and about 10,000 bales have been sold, 2,000 of which have been taken for export, and 3000 on speculation. The sales consisted chiefly of Americans, at 4/d. to 51d. per lb. Prices were firmer, though not establishing any quotable advance on those of Satnrday. We refer our mercantile readers for detailed particulars to an article specially de voted to the cotton trade, which will be found elsewhere. Since the publication of the Broker's Circular the de mand for Bengal Sugar has been good, and 5000 bags have been sold at 40s to 445. In West India there is not so much doing, and transactions have been limited. There is no change in Coffee. Rum is still in good request, and holders are disinclined to sell at present rates. The Tea market is also very firm, holders refusing to sell except at an advance in prices. The arrivals of Timber from British America during the month consist of 62 vessels 32,509 tons against 44 vessels 22,87&t0ns in same month last year; but the aggregate import since Ist February is nearly on a par, this year showing 102 vessels 52,279 tons against 86 vessels 50,567 tons last year, The operations in cargoes have been con siderable, and for St. John's Yellow Pine prices have been weil sustained ; but for Spruce Deals and Quebec Yellow Pine they have given way, without any age-e•-•• reason for so doing, beyond the disposition of some of the leading importers to sell at declining prices. One great desidera tum has been obtained as regards -the inland carriage, namely, a reduction of rates : the London and North- Western Railway and the Canal now carry to Manchester at 6s. 6d., and the East Lancashire at ss. per ton. We are, however, still without the long-promised facilities of rails to connect the places of deposit with the railways and wharves, and this is required to make effectual and com plete the valuable concession of the carrying companies. Such facilities would be equivalent to a further reduction, and enable this port to sustain, in central markets, its natural pre-eminence for the supply of Colonial Woods, particularly in Deals. We have again experienced a good demand for all descriptions of Foreign Wool. The sales of East India which were held here on the 25th inst. went off at very satisfacfory prices. English, Scotch, and I r ish h ave no t been in such great demand during the week. We have made a diligent survey of Brunswick-street, and find, with Jack Rag, that, "There is nothing stirring but stagnation." The only feature in the Corn Market, which latterly has given any life to the trade, except on market days, is rapidly disappearing. Th e d eman d f or I n di an Corn for Ireland waxes less and less ; and, if the potato crop realize present anticipations, we see no prospect of this article maintaining_auything like the position it has held for some time pas, Our Irish letters, with one excep tion, speak favourably of the potato ; and this, which is dated from Youghal, in the absence of any rumour of disease, tells us that the crop, although healthy, will he scanty in amount, and that consequently there will be little diminution in the demand for Indian Corn. This is bolstering up the market at all hazards, as we are in formed by another correspondent, residing in the same locality, that potatoes are plentiful, and that little Indian Corn will be wanted till the spring of the year. Less business has been doing in American provisions this week than for some time past, and, excepting for hams and beef, the demand has been quite of a retail character. Prices remain without alteration, holders de clining to submit to a further reduction with advices of advancing rates from America, and the impossibility of importing produce profitably while prices are quoted higher in New York than Liverpool. Our Iron Market is rather flat, notwithstanding the arrival of the States' Steamer. Scotch Pigs were improv ing at New York, but the otock very large.. We quote ' 'I li4 455. for mixed numbers, and 475. 6d. for No. lt herrie, f. o. b. at Glasgow. THE TEN GRAINS OF OPIUM PILLS OUTS °:C/ An American doctor, in a letter dated from Satebel i May 28, completely out-Hawthornes our own doctor .% that name, in the extent of the doses which he calls his patients to swallow when afflicted with cholera. 'T give his prescaiption t to M e; " I now proceed to answer the question you P u- s ' What is the best prescriptive or course of pract; case of cholera. Give the patient instantly ser, Hydrargyrum cum creta, 20 grs. best cayenne pgr„,,,, 10 grs. gum camphor, 15 grs. calcined charcoal, 1 M gum Arabic, mixed together in two table spoonsful of ay water, and cram a wet towel iu the mouth to take " the burning taste and prevent vomiting." d M o r se . H of aw m t e h r ° c r u n ry e , s We must say, for ourselves, that we had As to the wet towel to be crammed down the throat' should demur also fo having that experiment tried ourselves. We proceed with our Yankee friend : - S cl x, " The patient should swallow the above dose (u lie eateynengnrea,ingsumof camphor, and aann r d a th t e h il a r r a ,c, e , rl : sc i:/1 3 1 -1 ; and the whole of it without stopping to taste it. should lie down and cover up and keep down!' t, s od He will easily be kept down after this treat _ s t o soon require covering down. Our doctor proceou,4 recommend open windows, hot flannel. and bottlescaolS:a. water externally, and " hot sage, balm, mint, or a t ' es , mile tea, with a table spoonful of cold water, or s t tes. spoonful of pounded ice alternated with the ' l ° sos , Now," he continues, " look out for a persPutses From ten to fifteen minutes after the powder is " t iot perspiration is generally established. If ten, the P a t his is safe." We would undertake, if permitted, to w tsisa,s treatment upon him to make even the flying Datoo very safe for the Leger. But go on : half " If one dose does not sweat, give another, or coo p dose ; if that dose does not do, bleed from the aru l ,a s tio% freely over the epigastrium , and give warm stiraw / teis nally. Suppose the skin gets too hot under r et drinks to force a sweat, and' apply hot applicatio t a b e i : sigh o stimulation outside and inside, wash the patio : " es till with cold water to bring the system down to the 5 1 ° the point if the pulse will not bear bleeding. S u s Prh' e slo extremities are too cold to be compatible with "cup perspiration, warm them by hot applications and "' cu p of Suppose the patient vomits the medicine, Sive, the camomile tea, let him vomit th a t, an d then reee'" „al say . dicine. Suppose he still vom it s , th en g i v e one ;LS - r ots phate of morphine in a d esser t s p oon f u l o f cam?" t a fter or half a grain if the cure is not urgent, and rePe a each stool or vomiting spell. As s o o n as the st°Z ee ls' settled throw in 20 grs. Hydrarg. cum creta, Or s ; u rss l mel. Give coffee if the morphin e be used. S°.„ ch think the dose large, but if opi a t e s b e used at aulporo lera the doses should be four fold. S ma ll doses I ldicis e harm than good. I give nothi ng t o w ork the r a ,, s tice off before the next day or the day after. A 1 " - ;t1s 1 ; before the aqueous parts of blood are restored itself os' r Undero u s this p g io n T n h o e s m e e e o d n i c d i a n r e y g fe e r n e e r r a f l l o y l o w iv o s r . k s t s is e s o t a i: mulants be used after the patient begins to sweat, oest dary pain is sure to occur. Stimulants until the begins are all important — none are t oo s t r ong." s aw e What a desperate fellow ! The n ext prescriall o sr expect to hear of for this disease w ill, n o doubt, b e s lop' what like the following—" Take, first, Priestley s ot hr if that does not m a k e the patient sweat take the A° sse caries' Hall ; and, if b o th these fail, immerse hi l° ,,;pls sulphuric acid bAth. Should the disease resist these antes; bury him." STRANGE DOINGS IN BIRKENHEAD.—'T h e Court of Birkenhead has lately been troubled sci, s b are rather intricate cases, the sum and substance of wi°4ere about as follow :—The Commissioners of Birkenheas 13)6 indebted to Mr. Brown (a most respectable trade s s loto; small sum. and his bill was passed by the Finan ce 11 .0 ' mittee ; but on his application for payment, 31 r • Sssiog cocks, the treasurer, refused to give the amount , "Vo° to carry it to the credit of rates due, or just leo Mr. Brown. This arrangement was refused 1) , 1 ' b eet Brown, from the fact that other tradesmen's bills ha" For refused to be accepted as a set-off against rates' the some time the matter remained quiescent. bu t ' e seri election of commissioners, Mr. Brown, wishing t ° cise his privilege of voting, and having two silt gr . the rates on one. As this was somewhat ha ails; Brown summoned the representative of the e ° ' - e olir" sioners, Mr. Wilcocks, for the amount. Th e b the decided the commissioners should pay, althous lo st amount had been paid to a daughter of the cornP,lll s ot on the very day the summons was issued : but it u i °r iea end here. The commissio ners i mme di a tely s u ro 0 1; Mr. Brown for the rates; but w h en thi s came in t o vl . c als'" it was proved that no application or demand 10 dill until the day on which the su mmons w as issued , e ej i o o the act allows fourteen days to elapse before racier° can be commenced, the commissione r s w ere again !D -in the full costs. t sa d It is stated that James Morrison, Esq., the enlin e s i ' pro' wealthy haberdasher in London, is likely to bee° - ti t s a prietor of the vast estate of Islay, yielding at pre se annual rental of nearly £20,000, and advertised f or in the course of a few weeks. 0 .111 THE ROYAL PROGRESS.—The Royal squads's° ro• anchor inside the Needles on Wednesday night, and l S De end down Channel next day. If the weather sho a t , be t very fine the Royal yacht will not put in at any Pq r ,, the will stand right on for Cove ; but if stormy or tios ig st, squadron will bring up at Falmouth on ThursdaYAitsd proceed next day, arriving at Cove on FridaK Service Gazette. e tial` s s HL DSONIAN REPARTEE.—Mr. H u ds o n at "" r ef f c gave the following smart instance of his re adiness°4 • A railway director, not on very f r iendly terms w"., for' Hudson, one day angrily said t o hi m , a ll u ding to T hl aico ,r, s , mer business of a linen-d ra pe r , " M r . Hudson, s ij s carry a tape with me to measure y ou w ith." " P ° „' )fr' was the instant reply, " I can eas il y mea sure I°' , without one."—Herapath's Journal." orY The committee for raisin g a t es ti mon i a l to the scil l e oo of Lord George Bentinck, and of perpetuating th e t tsi a which persons of all shades of political principles ente onj of the honesty and talent of that distinguishe d s ad lamented statesman, have reported to the subscrib el lis to the public that ies , have determined upon ere dish" bronze statue of Lord George Bentick in Cap e " f tthe square, London, having obtained the concurrence s° , s s" Duke of Portland and of the inhabitants. Mr. co rd; Campbell has been selected to execute the statue ac.,Sti ing to the model which has been approved by the re al ; of the committee. ars e A very remarkable example of the present co 0 0 , trade is given in our advertising columns this day' a ts", of the great theological productions of the present boo s is the " Commentary on the Bible," by the Rev Scott, late Rector of Aston Sandford. For this " - id,• `", the advertisement states, the public have already Pelog ' England and America, more than half a million ste r o pe, f , It was, until the last few years, sold at eight g ain s o copy ; since 1842, at six guineas. The proprietallsa propose to produce one large edition at the price , t ° Slic' scribers, of three guineas. The book is in six cet s Y s iog;;' quarto volumes, with a variety of maps and eagr sr had A very large quarto volume, full of plates, new, " qa guinea !—John Bull. Mr. WILSON, THE. VOCALIST.—We allI10 1111. 411• ie; death of this popular and highly-talented vocalie t '„tli, occurred at Quebec, on the Bth of the present 1 11 °' d bee{ a most sudden and awful manner. Mr. Wilson ha t` giving his Scottish entertainments, with unpreee,t9v eclat. in different parts of North America, for the i .; til e months, and contemplated a return to EngliSrl u s i p ensuing spring. He wrote to Mr. Alison, of Al fie on the 7th instant, acquainting him that he had asrS s t• ouS, Quebec, and that the cholera, of which he alwg;io o 7 in fear, was making fearful ravages in that city'. s „,-"" s lsa,,"' the last letter the Scottish minstrel ever wrote to End tOl On the Bth, the day after he wrote the letter ai s l u s s - 0 1e ssi Mr. Wilson was seized with a violent attack at ,at and expired in three hours. The melancholy °- plunged his family into the greatest grief. THE MANCHESTER OF THE UNITED STAT.j. statistics have lately been received from Lowell- ---14 1.;r s Chester of the United States—showing the activeLisbit; of manufacturing industry in that locality, and f e ei - o _, the results of considerable interest. It appears 1 7,,b le document, the facts and figures comprised in wirisatt,„s been collected to an early date in the present Yearko s chr o f incorporated companies, including the Loweo ss ` e its;so Shop, are twelve in number, working with a nao,,u' s 12,110,000 dollars, employing forty-eight spindles, 7,614 looms, 7,644 females, and 3,u".' e nte a sji The quantity of manufactures produced by th is 4 2 1, a rO 4 zation of powers is 1,704,996 yards of cotton go o d 40 ot yards of woollen goods, - 6,500 yards of caspetau u s tatei l „o , of rugs The cotton consumed per week is -,. rasS s o 559,000 lbs., and the wool at 46,000 lbs. ()WS () s factures are produced in the city, in addition Ss,sog,,, already specified, valued at 1,500,000 dollars, enir fre capital of 400,000 dollars, and about 1,500 ha n s u s s a . au fa ce e d first company incorporated was the Merrimack "'ipso 0 turing Company, started in 1822, and which ce iie m so ilt° ,o operations in the following year. In 1825 the Manufacturing Company was est a blished, au' e uS' that period and 1845 the other companies hsesole; brought into operation. The average wages Of f' aist e u o i clear of board, per week, is 2 dollars, and those ° A lsob l s s clear of board, per day, 80 cents. The Lowell pa°''o't Shop, included in the number of incorporated cou'iuillo, can furnish, it seems, machinery complete for 1,,,e ca 6,000 spindles in three months, and a mill eall cp , th e `ie strutted in the same period. Lowell Pas s ni s rs; banks—the Lowell, with a capital of 200,000 dollars' App Railroad, with a capital of 600,000 dollars; and ° e la tion ton, with a capital of 100,000 dollars, The PP 1828 was 3,532; it is now estimated at 35,000. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1849 ' PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MO.- - „ ee t, By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of O rford Grove ~e t ., LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great -eir.,ol„ At No. 4. Sr. GEORGE'S CRESCENT. LIVES r_`e'ooo..pet; Orders for Advertisements received by Messrs. . 16 ,,t-st'i c et, Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell, Chancery-lane ; Co., Warwick-square; Barker and Wbite A lea )3 1 .tw0• (f ilar bill; P l , OO . Birchin-lane; Joseph Thomas, I, Finch-lane, Cor, Re d g r a. den Hammond, 27, Lombard-street ; Mitchell , lt, s ot court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe, 3, Castle,..,%,", i iaLfer hill; at the London Commercial Coffee-house, 01 " livoor . c ha pter cao- 6 at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Confirm ; - c an h io house, Paternoster - row; North and South Antengaris-Aeff house, Threadneedle-street • Parsons, 9, A v e. Win," London; Johnston and Co. 'Eden Quay, Dublini maa c ia , Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewis, Market-str.eerli; War i f oo. ter; Haddock, and J. and W. Booth, Boolt,sc l l t ton; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston; and NI , rvi a nd ' Herald-o ffi ce, Birmingham ; Harthill and Saint A sp Prince's-square, Buchanan-street, Glasgow . LA I ' al. BIRKENHEAD: TODHUNTER, Chester-street ; Px NKNEY, Argyle - street ; Osnouriz, Chester-st.`" GRIFFITH, Hamilton-street. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. .00 IN ADVANCE.. ... • e . M. I ON CREDI T .: =' if Of' IREATR TH E LAgi MR . 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