The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-02-13 00:00:00

8 • THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Feb. 13,184 L --- -,,,,-,--:.------- --------„,. • ._____..............___ . _ ... - -TO CORRESPONDENTS. see preparations being made for the change, in the character of the gentlemen ally/I - is on , these last three mouths, 43,473,203. The average can- fia ANNUAL MEETING OF SILBSCRIREBUTO The attention of the trade being principally d . irec_te c 2 THE LIVERPOOL DISTRICT PROVIDENT the London transactions. and our market being 0 ' clearances which are going on throughout the works, and in the stake which they ntla'..a m their sumption of cotton per week has also increased the .. o We were surprised on readinc , the report of the proceedings at SOCIETY. the meeting of the District Society, yesterd a y, t o country. The small holdings are being rapidly success, that they will be treated henceforth as pan from 21,610 bags, in the first three months, to perceive that one or two of the speakers expressed their fears absorbed ; improvident tenants, the men who have and parcel of the dock accommodation to be 29,127 in the third quarter, and 26,451 bags in the The subscribers to this benevolent society held their freer ask ed ld ready y, for, and won meet a sale at that the society was little known. Is it possible that this can the 21st, be the case? Can a society which confers such wide spread contributed m os t to swell the torrent of agitation, afforded, not to Birkenhead alone, not to the Birk- last. On the whole, therefore, the prospect of this annual meeting yesterday, at the Savings Bank, B ol d- price:. Th ere are sa l es advertised here for A r c starerodooohf doing; h d e e r s e c i r t i t p p ti r o e n se s n m t most] p tl e y ru in vi d a e n m s a h n o d w , evei, blessings, be coldly regarded by a benevolent town like Liver- are being summarily ejected, to make room for a ennead and Chester, or to any other railway, but branch of our manufactures is an improved and street,—the WorshiPful the Mayor in the chair. The 1050 kasi I n di a , whi c h it ig anticipated will. go '4 4 pool? Let our readers inquire into the objects et the insti meeting, though not numerously attended, included some well, speaking from the aspert of the pending Ai. - better and more useful class. There will be no to the commerce of the Mersey—we may say, in- an improving one. tution and the means—the painstaking practical and perse of the most prominent supporters of the charity. We sales. may name the Revds. Rector Campbell, Frederick Parry, The trifling advance . realize d . an o . ur OR vexing means—which are used to accomplish them and we room shortly for the griping middleman, or the deed, to the commerce of the western world. ....... C N Ble bs ' are persuaded that the charity bill not continue in its pre- roystering •squireen, the leading joints of the We must congratulate our neighbours of the WE have not been careless, albeit silent obgervera C. H. Burton, R. F. Bishop, T. B o ld, T. L. Pain, for Wheat and Flour, immediately subsequent to flash sent langoisliing condition. G. W. Warr, R. C. Greer, Headl am , and R. Appleton ; duction of the duty, has evidently been a mere na;, priest's tail. The only hope of successful cultiva- opposite shore, upon this auspicious movement, of the course pursued by the government and the Theodore Rathhone, Richard Rathbone, and R. A. Payne, the pan, caused by the 4 , pressure from without . a tion now in Ireland is the occupation of the soil by which is calculated to effect so beneficial a change post-office authorities with reference to the postal Ei: Ribm,t)cot &tanbatt. men Of adequate capital, who will devote to the in their prospects. We congratulate, especially, arrangements between this town and Dublin, since Esqrs. Several ladies connected with the society were millers and dealers on the first succeeding market task indomitable industry, and bring to bear upon the humbler classes of the bondholders, and those the openina• of the railway to Holyhead, and the That they had worked their stocks as low as possitdel., OORE, Esq... the Mayor, commenced were necessitated to purchase, is a fact ; and rat ?VEST) 4Y MORYLVG, FEB. 13, 1849. it all the advantages of practical science and skill. who have invested their hardly-earned savings in h re a t n u ce r return also j resen t . isy.m., P e of packets established on the:, station. Ad- the proceedings by observing that he had been invited to WE cannot point to a time in which the astute Amongst such a class of men, showing an ex- property in the neighbourhood, on the faith of the mitting the paramount importance of securing the preside on the occasion of the annual meeting, and that genius, which ordinarily directs the temporal policy ample of peaceable energy and enterprise to the magnificent promises which were at one time held most rapid transit between London and Dublin, he had great pleasure in accepting the invitation, though - p b ri an ce d . ed, u t u h t ey the su e r hietmteedraitonaatutrreivioafl ti rise is now abundantly proved by the simulraneot!si e e n m t p t i n y of Popery, has been more completely wanting than peasantry around them, the Romish priesthood, if out to them. We cannot assure either that they we cannot close our eyes to the scarcely secondary lz re= he attributed the iterze t ,—a r being better dine which has taken place here and elsewhere d a uf during the past few years. We shall not point to not absolutely cyphers, will, at all events, find will be enabled to realise the full extent of their importance of maintaining, at least, on its former ;. 'mown w He was convinced that were Y it known to ever y fl n ie s i t -J a a t s u t week, leaving the trade A t resent a n t Rome itself in the hands of a bloodthirsty' mob, themselves almost powerless for evil. Their original expectations; that dock bonds will at once footing, the facility of intercourse between Dublin inhabitant that there is a way to get rid of the vagrancy ence in or to its reforming Pope a fugitive —a victim to domination, which has been the curse of the land, be redeemable at par, or property made worth its and Liverpool. We made every allowance for the with which this town is infested by the purchase of relief I) g er u s o pectiv o e, v U e t , the Lt market was a deli? , i one, and there is now a very dull inquiry for most aro' his own liberal (!) principles. We do not refer will be at an end. first cost. All we can assure them is—and that is irregularities inseparable from the first working of tickets, and that all cases of distress coming under the of the trade. TO-DAY Brunswick-street is exceediN quiet, and we have not heard of any sales, either to the policy of Popery throughout the much—that, so far as both are concerned in the any new system, and so complained not of the cognisance of this society were inquired into, and, if deservin , ultimate] relieved it would be more success. • o f Indian ception • ttl world ; for in no two countries is it ever to be WE publish in another column a very important honest and economical, and, we may add, the pru- positive injury arising to Liverpool by the removal ful than g it is at y ' ' present. He had found from personal day's rates, for export to I re l an d , where the pria 0 ~; found exhibiting the same features. In one, we letter from Mr. Hawkesley, on the supply of water dent and gradtial carrying out of the docks of of the day mail-packet altogether, and the incon- experience that numbers of persons were ignorant of the article is , i mprov i ng. Thisda 's London market ("` find it flattering the passions of democracy; in to the town. At noon, to-day, the towns meeting Birkenhead, they are now in the hands of a body veniently early departure from Dublin of the City fact that they could purchase relief tickets from the does not arrive until this artic le is in type) an d to-lot another, lending itself to strengthen the hands of on this subject will take place, and, as it is ver! . of gentlemen of first standing in society, possessed of Dublin Company's contract packet ever since. society. His Worship conc l u d e d his brief remarks by row's Liverpool market may be looked upon as fair 0 despotic authority. It is uniform neither in time likely that the proceedings will not be altogether of ample resources, deeply interested in the success The Dublin letters that, under the old regime, calling on Mr. Carr to read the report. terions of the tendency of Corn values generallf, as ner in place; but, plastic as its own superstitions, harmonious, it behoves all the advocates of a local of these works, and full of determination to pur- would have reached time enough for the first or It appeared that that was the nineteenth annual meetin The funds he . have not only been equal to the expenditur g. do not consider the real position of any trade c an be' until after a few days' settling down. ill The imports t • itselfreadily to change of •eu supply to he at their adapts second delivery, come hand until the during the past year, but ...here remained in the hands of Liverpool, from Tuesday to Saturday inclusive, tor t stance. It is to its policy in our own country, and evening, and sometimes not until the next day , the treasurer at the expiration of the year a balance of to 6934 qrs. Wheat, 1003 qrs. Barley, 3025 qrs. I especially in Ireland, that we refer; and here we THE proceedings of the first annual meeting of The Commercial Glance, published by Mr. Burn, And a similar delay occurs in the delivery of Liver- £7ll 12s. 9d. The amount derived from annual 10,412 qrs. Oats, 4668 qrs. Beans, 90 qrs. Pease, 1 9-, shall skew that it has been fatuitous and suicidal. the Constitutional Association, held on Thursday of Manchester, for 1849, contains some striking pool letters in Dublin : for, while there is an subscriptions during the year was . I .E9Bl . l3s. 6 f o ro . m to d t o a r- qrs. Indian Corn, 7774 Ids. Oatmeal, and 1772 sacks Up to a certain point the Romish Church in last, are calculated to teach an important lesson at results, illustrative - of our position as a manufac- especial delivery of London letters there, on the £ 1 165'5 15s. 6d. ' The sale sale of r t o ic m ket e s g l a i c aT s p'roduced £4 16. 4 2770 brls dla F ts lou 4 r. o E s xporhs ea :— s Wlgat, 206 qrs.; 4 1 ii qr , Ireland maintained a consistent and intelligible the present crisis; and especially to bring back taring people. We shall give a brief summary of arrival of the mail from Holyhead, the Liverpool The number of applicants relieved was 18,756, of which In q d r i s a . n . Corn, 8577qrs . • ; Indian Co g r rs n • lklea e l ase l'3B2 course. We can perfectly understand its motives valuable reminiscences to the loyal people of this the principal items of this able publication, letters must take than of the next delivery that 7,807 were English ; 9,499 Irish ; 795 Scotch ; 579 Welsh l Flour, 298 sacks and 41 . 64 brls. in keeping the population in a constant fever of town and district. It was in South Lancashire Of the article of cotton yarn the exports last takes place after their arrival—all this being, of and 76 were unknown. The smallest nnmber was in the with the THIS DAY'S quotations for IRISH Butter are the st!' excitement, and directing their attention to objects that the first effective stand was made against that year were, 127,121,446 lbs., against 116,512,874 lbs. course to the manifest injury of both places, and quarter ir i e ri nd i t: the rt 3r S d e i p i ter:r il z i , )e 2o4 ; b and the as last Monday, although we have had a depressed fee; and remedies quite foreign to the real and tangible Whig-Radical domination which, after the passing in 1847, and 157,130,025 'Cs. in 1846. Of plain to the detriment of the trade maintained between 2,f4 The Report heZet4 g rs the gradZ e li n ec e r r els v e i; MI the ts lilt? few e days, owing t i i ) : , , the . disposition evils, und er which they were labouring. An igno- of the Reform Bill, threatened to ride rough-shod calicoes the export was, in 1848, 556,199,538 yards, them. We felt and saw this all along, but still we the number of the visitors, causing a corresponding dimi- and the to diminution Letsteoridroalos, doubtless ked rant peasantry, into whose ears it had been un- over the institutions of the country. It was the against 488,044,682 yards in 1847, and 618,839,181 waited and hoped, not unreasonably, that all would nution in the amount of deposits, and the consequent the market from falling. There has been no change in the value of AMERICA teasingly dinned that the legislation of a British Conservative Association of South Lancashire which yards in 1846. Of printed and dyed calicoes the speedily he adjusted—that while the intercourse restriction of the objects of the Institution. To remedy Parliament, and the existence of an established first proved, practically, the wisdom of the dictum export was, in 1848, 301,515,780 yards, against between the two capitals was facilitated, the rote- this it had been proposed to offer premiums under certain PROVISIONS since the close of the brokers' week, 0 Protestant Church, were the causes of their un- of Sir Robert Peel, that "the battle of the consti- 287,384,903 yards in 1847, and 267,084,797 yards rests of such a port as this would by no means be trial, circumstances nsto abandoned depositors, asdei,q. bat e the T il plan, e oo after mer a o f shortvisi the trade has been quiet TO-DAY, Tuesday's sales' prosperous condition ; who were taught that the tution was to be fought in the registration courts." in 1846. In the first two articles there has thus compromised. But now, we are informed, that it tors had decreased duriu - he year from 23 to 96. The - _ ,, ,i A nt o a t x, l l s n oo the i i; arre lr im:l ;s t . ntr ot f t i ta s yl d business itt slack. i The c ir to culsE, very fact of England bfing Ireland's best customer The first triumph of that association—the return of been an increase in 1848 over the preceding year, is in contemplation not to renew the contract with sum deposited during the same period was £5,058 Is. s and Baxter, states as iollows : was a proof of England's tyranny over them, and Lord Francis Egerton and the late W. Bootle but a considerable decrease as compared with 1846, the City of Dublin Company for conveying the and that returned to depositors, £5,119 10s. 81d.—the T,,,,d i i .,,,, b„,,,,, ~.1.4 .1..-:-- -1---: --. . . .411 into whose ears were poured a constant flood of Wilbraham as members for the southern division In the article of nrintpri And elna/I ~,,1;,.,....,.. 43.-- :- ____, • . . . .. • .... “.-..-.--I, - --. ..• exasp e: „ into whose ears it had been un inned that the legislation of a British and the existence of an established ,hurch, were the causes of their un condition ; who were taught that the 'ncr Ireland's best customer granny over them, and were poured a constant flood of - -gentation of England's feel echoed and imitated throughout the land, finally shattered the strength of the anti-English faction, These aggregate results, however, do not convey which had usurped the reins of power, and con- to us a fair view of our position ; for we find that, trihuted to build up the great Conservative party whereas the quantity exported of these three lead which, for awhile, obstructed the destructive efforts ing staples has increased to all countries, there are of Whig-Radicalism, and ultimately wrested the some countries the exports of which have greatly, helm of the State from their incompetent and and some to which they have singularly declined. reckless hands. Th e greatest falOng off we find in the trade to the How that Conservative party and its leader, Brazils, as will be seen from the following statement : Sir Robert Peel, ultimately fell away from their 1846. 1847. 1848. professions, it boots not here to tell. Perhaps -we Cotton yarn 30,522 48,038 4.544 lbs. are not far wrong in sayin g th a t some s h are i n t h e Plain calicoes shame of that fatal d ec l ens i on i s t o b e attr ib ute d Printed & dyed d o 40,56 3 ,344 44 ,498,163 27,843,549 yds. to a neglect of their duty by the association itself, The same result is to be found with respect to by which the controlling power was lost over the every other manufactured article exported to this party whom it had elevated to power. We had market. In part we believe this is attributable won the fortress ; and having done so, lost sight of to a limitation, by the Brazilian importers, of the necessity of maintaining our discipline and the credit formerly given to the native buyers. In organisation. By the apostacy of the Conservative addition to the operation of this cause of decline, leader himself, and the divisions which that apostacy however, is to be noted the fact, that manufacturers created amongst its followers, the association be- generally over-estimated the ability, or the willing came a rope of sand, and the very name under ness, of the Brazilian people to consume their which it bad rallied a host of strength beneath its fabrics ; and over-stocked the market in 1846, for banner, became a byeword. getting the fact that, however extensively we might We have strong hopes that the kindred body, take the produce of Brazil, a population in a state which has just passed through its first year of ex- of slavery never require the same quantity of the ertion, will avoid, alike, the errors and the fate of decencies and comforts of life as a free population, its predecessor. The report of its proceedings, more civilised, although consisting, like the popu read on Tuesday to the general meeting, is a manly lation of our own colonies, of the negro race. and uncompromising document, enunciating sound Our exports to the United States exhibit also a principles of legislation, both national and local. remarkable decrease. In 1847 the export of plain The association have only to pursue vigorously cottons was 41,519,244 yards, against 10,640,215 the course which they have laid down for them- in 1846. In part this large increase was attributable to the reduction of the t ar iff ; an d i n par t , per h aps, selves ; to look up t o p r i nc ipl es a l one, an d no t to men, and thus to maintain an altitude which will the result of our own large imports of bread-stuffs from America. N e ith er o f th ese causes can b e sa i d protect them from the chance of betray a l. L e t them keep this policy in view, and, remembering to have ceased to operate during the past year, yet that success is the result of practical efforts, attend we find the exports of plain cottons to America sedulously to the re g i s t ra ti on, an d we may once reduced to 16,968,637 y ar d s. Th e exports o f pr i nted again see the destinies of this great empire decided, and dyed calicoes to this market spew, however, a and its best interests protected, by the honest votes rather more favourable result, and were as follows of the honest yeoman r y an d th e e l ec t ors o f S out h in the three years :-1846, 13.556,509 yards; 1847, Lancashire and of Liverpool. 44,425,017 yards ; 1848, 39,600,996 yards. The One feature, indeed, we miss in the proceedings conclusion which we draw from these figures is of the meeting of Tuesday. We miss, amongst that, whilst under a favourable tariff, and as a the speakers the presence of most of the known remittance for our imports of grain, we may for a leaders of the party —names which are associated few years supply America with an increased qnan in our memory with many a hard contest nobly tity of the more perfected fabrics, such as printed fought and won. We scarcely regret this circurr- and dyed goods, we shall not be able to supply her stance, however, when we observe how ably their permanently with any considerable quantity of place was filled on the occasion by younger and plain cottons, which she can manufacture for herself. more vigourous blood, and know that the hearts of There is, on the other hand, a marked increase those absent in the body are still in the good old in our exports to some countries from which we cause. The speeches of Mr. William Fisher, Mr. scarcely looked for such a result, as will be seen Peter Bourne Drinkwater, Mr. Lafone, and Mr. from the following tabular statement : _ Kelpin, are full of talent, and what is still better, COTTON YARN to of sound constitutional views, manfully put for- Gibraltar .. ward, and which, we feel assured, will he as tin- Malta n a a n n d d l s o i n c ir Isles flinchingly maintained. We need surely not to Portu e g s al, Made ' Tra, &c. ~ urge upon our readers of constitutional opinions Sardinia, Tuscany, &c... the necessity of at once giving their active support Trieste, Austrian Ports, & to this body. The time is fast coming when the Turkey and Levant. _ good ship will stand in need of all her hands to ings towards them, naturally threw themselves, with all the deeply•seated passions of their nature, into the hands of their infallible spiritual advisers, who had thus wrought upon them. The Irish priesthood were enabled to strengthen themselves as the main pillars of the social edifice. Through their influence with the masses, elections were de cided and concession after concession wrung from unwilling Governments. They formed a power in Ireland paramount over the law, and greater than the Throne itself. Yet, all along, whil building up this power, r the undoubted aggrandisement iese men were in the meshes of —of a man who never had a ect in life which he regarded as . aing-stone to his own selfish and )n. The priesthood of Ireland, le astuteness for which the world satellites of Rome, submitted to be used as mere puppets in the hands of their temporal chief, the arch-mendicant of Derrynane. They trusted him too implicitly. They knew not the man. They had not fathomed the depth of his dissimulation and his unprincipled rapacity. They could not or would not see that every step that he led them in the pursuit of the ignis fatuus, Repeal. was a step dictated by a greed for the elee- and w iina it f of their Chii-reb, their evil geniu thought o. othei than mercena notwiths . incling mosynary pe Perhaps had lived on unt which he hai might have their present amuse( College project: pect, a the but world, and to t mental promis practic dition years thy that t their c nolicN laboured vernmen have led them on in tb a drearr the pur pen d t wonder spread u wretch of his hou with hitt( courts, of des when . he ei hope shit a beggar exactior him ? of his ignorant dupes. y genius of imposture .nd control the storm the Irish priesthood in very different from :in might have still and a Parliament in idiary and iniquitous led a thing in pros of Hibernian igno- ;, left to their own hands, !e, and exposed to the whole I people of Ireland in parti- Jailing one; most cletri enee of the priesthood implicit trust in their dictate a wise and ition of the con- For ten, is gone, its miserable people to he the work of ils under which they hem by English go n self-inflicted. They chase of a phantom- 1 withdrawn them from taught them to de ilarity. Is it to be , in the midst of the widely which pervades The land, the ng the sad results of !e in the desolation . leeted fields, looks men whose evil his present slough is it wonderful if now, s taught to he his last :s, he is ready to rush, any land which will re where he will be free snny and the temporal we misled and betrayed of this county—was the first decisive blow which re- The Commercial Glance, published by Mr. Burn, of Manchester, for 1849, contains some striking results, illustrative of our position as a manufac turing people. We shall give a brief summary of the principal items of this able publication. Of the article of cotton yarn the exports last year were, 127,121,446 lbs., against 116,512,874 lbs. in 1847, and 157,130,025 lbs. in 1846. Of plain calicoes the export was, in 1848, 556,199,538 yards, against 488,044,682 yards in 1847, and 618,839,181 yards in 1846. Of printed and dyed calicoes the export was, in 1848, 301,515,780 yards, against 287,384,903 yards in 1847, and 267,084,797 yards in 1846. In the first two articles there has thus been an increase in 1848 over the preceding year, but a considerable decrease as compared with 1846. In the article of printed and dyed calicoes there is an increase over the whole of a period commencing at 1844. f their advocacy of priesthood committed in permitting their anoth( leader, protect her from the rocks upon which a treacher- ous faction are rapidly hurrying her i for the advance ets and alliances. repeal members to Lion of the O'Con- 1847. 91,081 lbs THE public has been amused by so many reports of the resumption of the construction of the Birk enhead docks, and been led, by past experience, to place so little confidence in notifications from that locality, that a paragraph on this subject, which appeared in a contemporary of Saturday, might probably have been received by us with an incredu lous smile, had we not been in possession of the 1848. 281.7041bs 904.259 „ 2,045,135 „ 5,519,198 ~ 7,617,833 ~ 816,438 „ 1.399.720 „ 2,591,539 „ 5.367.817 ~ 2,576,285 „ 3.042,897 ~ 8,015,674 „ 12,171,045 the Fi nell b surance of its substantial truth. We can congratulate our readers, however, upon the fact that, at length, there is every certainty of these important works being carried on, with a reasonable prospect of their ultimate successful completion : indeed, an actual commencement was made yes ied, which, whe- I terday. that measure Englar, the int manufacturing Total to these countries The following are the exports to the same coun tries of must inevitably be detrimental to 7,ricultural Ireland. This certain iy Irish farmers of lences daily before rich it is producing I industrial fabric is no longer the every t 20,514,474 31,926,1511bs our eyes c PLAIN COTTONS throug - ht Gibraltar . Malta and lonian Isles ... Naples and SiCily Portugal, Madeira, &c Sardinia, Tuscany, &c Trieste, Austrian Ports, & Turkey and Levant.... squall 1847. 1848. 7,221,097 20,343,510 yd: 4,461,583 12,491,830 ~ 4.811.590 8.074.466 ~ 21,798,707 38.882,213 ~ 8,299,493 17,872,035 ~ 5,221,870 9,642,697 ~ 50,865,085 58,935,380 „ and we I rued cottier whom 'he following, we believe, is as nearly as may he home to in the U WE have not been careless, albeit silent obgerVel% of the course pursued by the government and the post-office authorities with reference to the postal arrangements between this town and Dublin, since the opening of the railway to Holyhead, and the line of packets established on that station. Ad mitting the paramount importance of securing the most rapid transit between London and Dublin, we cannot close our eyes to the scarcely secondary importance of maintaining, at least, on its former footing, the facility of intercourse between Dublin and Liverpool. We made every allowance for the irregularities inseparable from the first working of any new system, and so complained not of the positive injury arising to Liverpool by the removal of the day mail-packet altogether, and the incon veniently early departure from Dublin of the City of Dublin Company's contract packet ever since. The Dublin letters that, under the old regime, would have reached time enough for the first or second delivery, do not come to hand until the evening, and sometimes not until the next day. And a similar delay occurs in the delivery of Liver pool letters in Dublin : for, while there is an especial delivery of London letters there, on the arrival of the mail from Holyhead, the Liverpool letters must take chance of the next delivery that takes place after their arrival—all this being, of course, to the manifest injury of both places, and to the detriment of the trade maintained between them. We felt and saw this all along, but still we waited and hoped, not unreasonably, that all would speedily he adjusted—that while the intercourse between the two capitals was facilitated, the inte rests of such a port as this would by no means be compromised. But now, we are informed, that it is in contemplation not to renew the contract with the City of Dublin Company for conveying the mails direct between this and Dublin, which ex pires in June next, after which the entire commu nication both of letters and passengers must of necessity be directed through Holyhead. We think it becomes the duty of our Liverpool Corpo ration to take care that no such slight or injury be inflicted upon our town and trade. One single firm remonstrance will be sufficient to secure for Liverpool that accommodation to which she is largely entitled. The abettors of the Holyhead scheme would not be over desirous to have a com parison instituted between the two ports as steam boat stations, nor to have public attention directed too minutely to the result of the experiment even of the fast boats, since they have been in operation. We will return to the subject; meanwhile hoping that some of our influential Town Councillors will take notice of the matter in his place in the Town h all. y and starvation at e, presented to him sh America, but the earth the priest has ]e, and from whose tne state or attairs. By an act of last session of parliament, power was given to borrow a sum of money--£50,000 or £55,000—0n preference bonds. to be applied to the carrying on of the works, as far as such a sum would go. By the same act the constitution of the company was materially altered, by the admission to the board of a certain number of Wallasey commissioners, and a number of re presentatives of the bondholders, the estate being thus rescued from the effect of the original predo minance on the board, of Birkenhead commissioners and land speculators. The money, authorised to be borrowed under the act, has been raised, we believe, by some of the leading bondholders, amongst whom are several gentlemen of most undoubted wealth, and equally undoubted honesty of purpose. By the new board, constituted as we have stated, a plan of operations has been decided ~onvincea . ,it only required 52/6 for Gartsherrie, f.o.b. at GlasgoW. Bars are in g° 4 that their necessities were made known to ensure contri- demand at £6 5/ f.o.b. here ; Hoops, £8 ; Sheets, .E 8 1 0,1 ' Mining Journal states that busiaess in the raill butions. It was their misfortune that the society was so —The little known, that persons would persist in giving pence to ing share-market has been generally satisfactory. TU B beggars in the streets, instead of bccoming members of 1..... t;- ; • ._. . ____ he increa sec ever four purse he come. I lortion of his in- iurdens they oc liQPnan and rinef Total to these countries.. 102,679,425 164,243,131 yds. We find a similar increase in. the exports to these countries of Ire rapidly be- coming c off the PRINTED & DYED COTTON'S. 1847. 1848. Gibraltar 3,892,046 8.919,689 yds Malta and lonian Isles .... 2,880,211 3.797,8 , 8,, Naples and Sicily - 1,„1,A..., iz,,„ '0,551,385 14,505,564 ~ 6,657,461 9,230,201 „ i his fields, hi A a pE ge towns, to add and their worst themselves stocked Ist And ( markets o irthen of pauperism, silence, or throwing )on the already over land and Scotland. of the country where a and to meet the d foreign grov 3,262.973 „ 32,195,805 42,383,765 „ is still kept up ; ndred are strong 66,813,604 86,453,483 yd . hope of success in the lust certainly fail of I and overworked soil, abundance, and at the virgin soil of new upon, of which, although we do not pledge ourselves to every detail, we believe the following, as given by the contemporary, to whose account we refer, to be about correct, The bridges, gates, &c. of the Morpeth and Egerton Docks are to be completed; and the entrance through the Woodside basin deepened. A dock of 18 acres within the dam is to be completed, with walled wharfs, and having a minimum depth of water of 22 feet. As the most important work, the great float of 150 acres is to be temporarily penned up, until the completion of the outer works, affording space for the discharge and floating of the timber trade, and also render ing the land, which has a frontage of four miles, available for building yards, foundries, and other purposes. The works at present resolved upon are let to a most enterprising contractor, Mr. M'Cor mack ; and nothing will be attempted which it is not perfectly within the means of the parties now at the head of affairs to complete, whilst the most strict discrimination has been used in selecting ;or completion such portions of the entire scheme as are most likely to be at once beneficial and pro fitable in their operation. their train, fostering typhus by crowding in large number Up to the present time it is notorious that these works have been most grossly mismanaged ; that the board has been most injudiciously constituted of parties having interests totally separate from the dock proprietary and bondholders ; and hence, in some measure, the bad odour, into which a project, calculated to serve equally both sides of the river, has fallen. From the first we objected to these docks and our own being treated as antagonistic interests. Unfortunately our warnings were nothstened to, and bad feeli ng on b ot h s id es, accompan i e d by i n j ur i ous litigation, followed. Most sincerely we trust that, on the part of the inhabitants of both sides of the Mersey, this ab sur d j ea l ousy o f eac h o th er w ill b e permitted to die away. Liverpool may well afford to say to Birkenhead, with Uncle Toby to the poor fly, that he was urged to tread upon, " There is room enough for both thee and me !" We, on this side of the Mersey have now a guarantee, in the The attention of the trade being principally direc ted oet; i the London transactions, and our market be_n . g,,„ n re il cleared of those descriptions mostly in demand , nr` a re 1 - 161 much doing here at present; Peruvians, li nw e es lg'o - od. The subscribers to this benevolent society held their freelf asked for, and would meet a ready sa le eisti ° I annual meeting yesterday, at the Savings Bank, Bold- peices.le There are sales advertised here for t h e _ i f red street.—the Worshipful the Mayor in the chair. The 1050 East India, which it ia anticipated will g o , 4 , li d o ll meeting, though not numerously attended, included some well, speaking from the aspect of the most prominent supporters of the charity. We s a l es . of the pending - 1-4 ' har'g d may name the Revds. Rect or C am pb e ll , F re d er i c k P arry, The trifling advance realized on our CoRN Exc, _ re . C. H. Burton, R. F. Bishop, T. Bold, T. L. Pain, for Wheat and Flour, immediately G. W. Warr, R. C. Greer, Headlam, and R. Appleton ; duction of the duty, has evidently been a mere n ~, Theodore Rathbone, Richard Rathbone, and R. A. Payne, the pan, caused by the 4, pressure from witho ut dal subsequent to t a pe, 0 Esqrs. Several ladies connected with the society were millers and dealers on the first succeeding mar . t' s t a id also present. That they had worked their stocks as low as poss!nlelo J. BRAMLEY-MOORE, Esq... the Mayor, commence d were necessitated to purchase, is a fact ; and reeler. ed. the proceedings by observing that e t ad been invited to return empty-handed, they submitted to a trivia l preside on the occasion of the annual meeting, and that hance_ment in price. But the ephemeral nature et ' a ,„ he had great pleasure in accepting the invitation, though rise is now abundantly proved by the simultaneot?, 4 he regretted to see so small an attendance,—a circum- dine which has taken place here and elsewhere au,_`'4 stance which he attributed t o th e soc i e t y no t b e i ng better the past week, leaving the trade at the present timenYer, known. He was convinced that were it known to every in statu quo as to value, but with this important c , i !'i l l inhabitant that there is a way t o ge t r id o f th e vagrancy ence in perspective, that the last market was a deen with which this town is infested by the purchase of relief one, and there is now a very dull inquiry for most ar tic les gi., tickets, and that all cases of distress coming under the of the trade. TO-DAY Brunswick-street is exceedio i l , cognisance of this society were inquired into, and, if quiet, and we have not heard of any sales, with the t e , r l, deserving, ultimately relieved, it would be more success- ception of Indian Corn, which continues to go off a t ' t , tbi s ful than it is at present. He had found from personal day's rates, for export to Ireland, where the pre °-, jei experience that numbers of persons were ignorant of the article is improving. This day's London market rr'',,,„ fact that they could pu rc h as e reli e f tickets from the does not arrive until this article is in type) an d to-la' ri , society. His Worship concl u ded his brief remarks by row's Liverpool market may be looked upon as fair e so calling on Mr. Carr to read the report. terions of the tendency of Corn values generallY, a s e e e It appeared that that was the nineteenth annual meeting. do not consider the real position of any trade can bel le The funds have not only been equal to the expenditure until after a few days' settling down. The imports a' nt during the past year, but zhere remained in the hands of Liverpool, from Tuesday to Saturday inclusive, ai na ,e, the treasurer at the expiration of the year a balance of to 6934 qrs. Wheat, 1003 qrs. Barley, 3025 qrs. - £711 12s. 9d. The amount derived from annual 10,412 qrs. Oats, 4668 qrs. Beans, 90 qrs. Pease, Myra subscriptions during the year was £9Bl 13s. ; from done- qrs. Indian Corn, 7774 Ids. Oatmeal, and 1772 sacks r ` ' tions, £613 15s. 6d. ; an d f rom l egac i es, £6O • total — 2770 brls. Flour. Exp or t s : —Wh eat, 206 9 qrs.; Bade '' £1655 15s. 6d. The sal e o f ti c k e t s h a d pro d uce d £4 16. 4 qrs. ; Oats, 40 qrs. ; Beans, 65 qrs. ; Pease, 47 qr s', The number of appli can t s re li eve d was 18 , 756 , o f w hi c h Indian Corn, 8570 qrs.; Indian Corn Meal, 1382 bri,.' 7,807 were English ; 9,499 Irish ; 795 Scotch ; 579 Welsh ; Flour, 298 sacks and 4164 brls. and 76 were unknown. The smallest nnmber was in the THIS DAY'S quotations for IRISH Butter are the san e quarter ending the 30th September. viz., 204 • and the as last Monday, although we have had a depressed feeh' o f largest in the quarter ending the 31st December, viz., during the last few days, owing to the disposition .., 2,813. The Report here deplores the gradual decrease in holders to sell • the smallness of the arrivals, h o w e ver. the number of the visitors, causing a corresponding dimi- and the gradual diminution of the stock, doubtless ke e l' nution in the amount of deposits, and the consequent the market from There h as falling. restriction of the obj ec t s o f th e I nst it ut i on. T o reme d y Ica" been no change in the value of Ames. this it had been prop ose d t o o ff er prem i ums un d er certa i n PROVISIONS since the close of the b ro k ers ' we ek, ar a circumstances t o d epos it ors , b ut t h e p l an, after a short the trade has been quiet TO-DAY, Tuesday's sales, I, trial, was abando n ed as d e f ec ti ve. Th e num b er of v i si- usual, making Monday's business slack. The circular I, tors had decreased duriu(the year from 253 to 196. Th e Messrs. Black, Barnes. and Whittingham, hitherto Ng/ sum deposited durin g th e same per i o d was £5 , 058 I s. 61 d, and Baxter, states as follows :—" About 1500 barrels of and that returned to depositors, £5,119 10s. Blcl.—the Lard have been sold during during the week, at 3 6 /;a balance to the credit of depositors was £1,197 Bs. 7d. 37/6, being an advance of 1/ le• cwt. Only a litni , The paucity of visitors was not the only cause assigned business has been done in Bacon, and at rather 100 4 for the deficiency in the deposits, the depressed state of rates. No sales in Hams or Shoulders worth notice; trade being another prominent cause. The Report set Holders of Cheese are firm, at present prices. We note forth that the balance in the treasurer's hands, last year, had large imports of Beef, with few sales. N e w pork b' was twice the amount of the present. It referred to the held firmly for higher prices." d impending scourge, the cholera, and expressed a hope that On Saturday and TO-DAY there has been a very g° the visitation might be as lightly felt as when it formerly demand for low Sugars, suitable for refining purposesi came upon us in 14,32. To anticipate its threatenings the 1 bags of Khaur have been sold at 31/6 @ 31/9, r he municipal authorities were doing everything in their 2 000 lds. of Demerara and Jamaica at 37/ @ 40/. l 'a power, it therefore behoved the members of that society inquiry continues limited for good and fine Bengals, the to aid in the duty.—" Cast thy bread upon the waters: grocery West India. The feeling for Coffee is good; trw for thou shall find it after many days." cargo by the " Vigilant," from Rio, which created soma THEODORE RATHBONE, Esq., next read the statement stir a short time back in the courts of law, is to he put tip of accounts, from which it app e ar e d th a t, a ft er th e ne - for sale to-morrow (Tuesday). Tea and Molasses ar e cessary demands of the charity had been met, there re- quiet. The demand for Rum is limited ; some Denoerata, mained in his hands, for the purposes of the coming year, 33 per cent. overproof, brought 2/2. Fine Rice is scarce , a sum of no mere than £lOO. With s uc h a state of the and commands 11/ 'Ca 11/6 ; lower descriptions, which al l finances, the worthy treasurer observed that it was im- more plentiful, are neglected. There is a good inquirl possible to go on ; they were positively in a state of bank- for clean Bengal, for export. In Saltpetre we haves ruptcy. He hoped something would be done to , increase transactions to report since the circular; the trade_ ne the sale of tickets, Under the present circumstances, the waiting for the sale advertised for next Thursday of 3na" distribution of relief to the Irish would of course have to bags. Nitrate is steady, at 11/. be distress susp eddeeud, ait would be wrong t o re f use a id t o th e Messrs. Chaloner and Fleming, in a circular published native poor. . on the 9th i ns t an t, s t a t e as f ollows :—" Since our printro The Rev. R ec t or CAMPB ELL move d t h e fi rs t o f a ser ies report of last month, the arrivals of TIM BER f r o m Britis h of resolutions, all of which will he sound in the advertis- America consist of 8 vessels, 4051 tons. The followia ing columns of our paper. He regretted that out of ais a report of the sales from the quay:—From Quebec , community comprising a population of between 300,000 one cargo was sold at 14 : 1 'ie foot for the Yellow Pine' and 400,000 persons, and in some respects a charitable 171 Red Pine, 221 Oak, and 15d. Tamar ac . The Deals' community, there should only be found 196 to look after second quality Pine, were sold apart a t £lO 2/6 19. start; the necessities of the poor. This was to be deplored in a dard. Of Spruce Deals, one cargo of St. Johns wa s soil Christian community. Ito regretted ta say, that although at £7 16/6 '. standard ; another parcel at. £7 12/6; an d the clergy had appe a l e d th e i r congrega ti ons , and en- a parcel of Halifax 21 inch Battens, at £7 7/6 per stand' deavoured in this way to induce persons to become visit- ard. A cargo of St. John Pine, 19 inches averages ors in connection with the society, they had failed to add which has arrived, has not yet been sold." to the number. He owned the treasureeßaccount was a Our market for Scotch Pig IRON is firmer, and mixed melan 'holy one, though he did not despair on the clues.: numbers are saleable here at 50/ cash, 51/ for No. 1. 80 ' tie - c funds, as he felt c- - - ' that strugg fiez which c where ti enough .. herculean raising, from an el its produ same cc lands; there must be hard thrift resorted to and desperate cutting away of indulgences, and even comforts, much severe suffering of body and mind, to be followed, alas, by biller disappointment. From the consequences of this sad state of things there can be, for the priesthood of Ireland, no escape. Where the plough is no longer driven, and, with the exception' of a few helpless paupers, the flock has disappeared, the dues and temporalities will be looked for in vain. There is no stocking in the deserted thatch for the priest to draw upon at Easter or a Christmas; no more "stations" held at the house of the "comfortable farmer;" no wore blithe weddings and merry christenings, at which his Reverence, as of old, shall be the most honoured and jovial guest. The . Fssential temporal feature of his position exercise of his spiritual duties andmnadlv thrown away. ty to live by the —he has wantonly Probably there is go;:d for Ireland, so far as her social condition is concerned, in prospect. Her soil will not be permanently abandoned, as the consequence of that policy to which her priesthood have contributed to subject her agricultural popu lation. But it is admitted that cultivation, if carried on at all, must be carried on upon a totally different system, "and by totally different men. Already we of industry Sardinia, Tuscany,' & Trieste, Austrian P Turkey and Levant Total to these countries . . In these European markets, then, notwithstand ing the disturbed state of the Continent, we have had an actual increase of our exports. Nor is this increase balanced by a corresponding decrease to our other large markets. Thus the exports of yarn to the Hanse Towns, &c., were, in 1847, 36,123,631 lbs., and in 1848, 32,910,867 lbs.; to Holland in 1847, 16,206,656 lbs., and in 1848, 18,877,037 lbs. Our exports of plain calicoes were, in 1847, to Hanse Towns, &c., 13,906,756 yards, and in 1848, 15,267,684 yards ; to Holland, in 1847, 10,497,015 yards, and in 1848, 12,097,290 yards. Our exports of printed and dyed calicoes were, in 1847, to Hanse Towns, &c., 23.453,063 yards, and in 1848, 22,319,989 yards; to Holland, in 1847, 11,120,001 yards, and in 1848, 11,388,438 yards. In order, however, to ascertain the actual operation of the disturbances on the Continent, as regards the trade in these staples during the two years, we give the aggregate shipments to the whole of Europe, as follows : 1847. 1848. Yarns to all Europe.. 95.136.174 lbs. 106.622,646 lbs. Plain calicoes „ 131,219.528yd5. 196,746.948yd5. Printed and dyed „ 104,430,679 „ 123.403,095 „ The trade to India, during the past year, has continued unfavourable as compared with previous years. We have exported of yarn 32,910,8671b5., against 36,123,631, in 1847, and 45,041,329, in 1846. There has been, however, a small increase under the head of plain cottons, the export being in 1848, 134.222,419 yards, against 114,228,334 in the preceding year. There is still a falling off of upwards of 30,000,000 yards as compared with the average of the three preceding years. There is also a small increase in the export of printed and dyed calicoes, which, however, is still largely below the average of the three years 1844 to 1846. Our ex ports to China of the three staples a little exceed those of last year, but exhibit a great decline as compared with the three preceding years. To the British West Indies there has been a small increase in yarns and plain cottons, as compared with 1847, but the export is still greatly below that of 1846 and preceding years. In printed and dyed we find a small decrease; but the falling off is to nearly one-half of 1845 and 1846. To British North America there is also a very great diminution under the heads of plain cottons, and printed and dyed. It is probable that the results for the whole year do not afford us a fair criterion by which to judge of the present activity of the trade and of future prospects; for there has been an undoubted in crease in the operations of the last as compared with the first half year. Thus we find that the exports of cotton yarn for the first three months were 24,595,4g11bs ; second three months, 22,179,322; third three months, 36,873,430; and SEMPER EADEM ! Of a truth Popery never changes. She is the same in the year of IB49—the same mercenary panderer to the ignorance and superstition of her dupes —as in the darker ages. Imposture the most flagrant is holiness in her eyes, so long as it fills her coffers. Bear witness to this fact the following paragraph, wh;ch we extract from the letter of a correspondent of the Times, dated Genoa, Jan. 28:— "Sunday last was the annual Testa for blessinz all horses_ uo asses, and mules, being the first Sund .y after the festa of St. Antonio, the patron saint of all animals. There were hundreds of horses and asses. decked not 1.11,1 y, brought to the church of St. Antoni O -to be bl esse d by the priest, who received in return a present from the owners of the animals according to their respective ability and generosity. In some cases it was ve y considerable. Should any accident or misfortune befall any unlucky beast during the year, which had not had the benefit of the priest's blessing, it w attributed to that cause present there 1: a mortal blow." . - into confined lodging-houses; it thereforebecame the ' Mr. J. T. Ingham, of this circuit, is to succeed Mr. duty of the inhabitants of this town to discourage by Ballantine, the stipendiary magistrate at the Thames every possible means in their power, the Irish immi police-office. gration. The reverend gentleman was concluding On Sunday last, after a sermon by the Rev. Robert his Remarks by expressing his conviction that it could not Davies, the sum of £l5 was collected in St. Silas Church i be generally known that relief could be more effectually in aid of the schools attached to that church. administered by the purchase of tickets from the society, BIRKENHEAD HOSPITAL.—On Sunday, after sermons thanhyindiseriminatealms-giving,vvhenMr. Richd. Rath preached by the Rev. A. Knox and the Rev. H. Parr, at bone wished to enquire whether the public could purchase St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead, the sum of £39 was col- I these tickets, as he was not aware they were sold.—The lected in aid of the funds of the above excellent charity. Rector explained, th a t w h a t h e meant b y purc h as i ng was, ALEXANDER'S PREPARE D P EAS .—Thi S i s an excellent i that persons should join the society as members. He went on to allude to the remark.: ~,,,t.;,,,,d ;,, ii,....---,- can be 1 cuisine. relative to the cholera, and trusted that while every pre caution would be made to avoid its approach, he wou ld . remind them that the fears of its devastations might be overrated, in proof of which he gave the mortality of 1832 and that of 1834, when the cholera had left us. The former return was two hundred less than the latter. Typhus and influenza had been more seriously felt with us than cholera ' • and it was these disorders he d r e a d e d f rom the influx of Irish. He would recommend (if he dare in his worship's presence mention the word water, for he was sure he must have had enough of the element to give him the hydrophobia for the remainder of his life) a plentiful supply of water, as one great means of insuring the public health. The Rev. Mr. WA RR seconded the resolution. He was sure much good would result from the clergy taking the matter up, as in his district lady visitors had' been tound for all the vacancies, merely by an appeal made by him self to his congregation. The Rev. F. 'PARRY moved the second resolution. He described the objects of the society as two-fold, em bracing the duties of a mendicant as well as a provident He insisted on the necessity of inculcating habits society bons were the result of improvidence. Referring to the impolicy of indiscriminate relief, he said that in this town imposition was practised to a fearful extent, and in proof adduced an instance in which his name had been forged for the purpose of obtaining relief. He had also been • t• • • informed by Mr. Rushton that an office existed from which forged begging petitions were to be had at any time by the payment of a guinea. He believed the police were on the alert to detect the managers of this place, but as yet they had been unsuccessful. Mr. PAYNE moved the next resolution, and made some complimentary remarks relative to the exertions of a rev. gentleman ofthe same name, in forwarding theobjectsofthe society, in the St. Thomas's district. The Rev. Mr. PAIN followed with a few appropriate remarks. RICHARD RATHBONE, Esq. moved the next resolution. He regretted the falling off in the number of the visitors, which was a few years ago 450; he thought every maens were resorted to to make the society known, and did not know what more could be done, unless the editors of the newspapers would kindly assist the cause, by a few re marks in their columns. The MAYOR, in . returning thanks for the usual compli- but little known, and recommended all connected 1;i. hit to use every means in their power to promote its objects by making them public. GENERAL TRADE REPORT, MONDAY EVENING. There seems to exist a feeling of emulation between the cotton and wool trades as to which shall outstrip the other; the remarks made with regard to both have the same general bearing—that the manufacturers are busy, and there is every prospect of things being much better than they have been. The price of pig iron has gone from 40's to 50's ; and speaking of this article, a joke was perpe trated on 'Change to-day, (the absurdity of which may be excused for the moral it conveys), on the possibility of the products of the English iron mines ultimately buying up the prolific diggings of the Californian and other El Do rados. This would be enough to wake from his slumbers the stout old Greek who introduced iron coins to keep the people from enervation by the luxury of riches. Jok ing apart, the fable may be realised in degree. Consols seem desirous to " keep the pace," reached 934- to ion Saturday, at which they closed for the 13th March, and steadily for money at one point lower. The SHARE market has been dull this week, the ac count being an overbought one. The Great Western and Midland reports not being considered satisfactory, these stocks are considerably lower. London stock is to-day 136 8; Midland, 91 2. There has been a very large business done in COTTON TO-DAY, the sales amounting to 12,000 bales, at an ad vance of id. on Friday's prices. Spinners are taking the proper step, as recommended by " Hindoo " in our last two publications, of coming freely into the market, as the only course left open to them, in order to secure suf ficient stock for their increasing wants, and to avoid the danger of being otherwise left, with diminished resources, at the mercy of speculators. Ihe argument that the advance in Cotton has arrived at the point which may diminish consumption, is proved erroneous by comparison with last year at this period, when the price of fair Cot ton was id. higher, the prospects in the manufacturing districts nothing like so good, and yet the market rallied. We were informed by a commercial gentleman from the States, that he had no doubt prices would rise further there. The gold mines are not without an influence, and if they cannot get advancing prices they will not sell, and will doubtless ship for limits. There is no need of being frightened at this. If Cotton advances here, it must advance all over the world, and they cannot undersell us. Moreover, an enhancement in value will stimulate the production of the article, and bring it from all quarters, and in the end be an advantage rather than otherwise to the manufacturer. The circular of Abram Gartsifle and Co., pub lished on the 3rd, notices an improvement in the Wool. trade generally on the month, quoting an advance of id. lb. on East India, and ld. @ 2d. on Alpacas. Since then things have been much better: the London sales are going very well, at an advance of fully 2d. ip• lb., particu larly for low Wools, which aritlTh,bot9r rMost than fine. ittle doubt that it will find a place in' every We refer our readers to the advertisement in another column THEATRE ROYAL. — After a week of very successful houses, Mr. Buckstone and Mrs. Fitzwilliani are re engaged at this theatre, and will repeat their Court plays. The " Housekeeper" is to be performed on Wednesday. It is the best of Douglas Jerrold's plays, and has been hitherto received with rapturous applause. The Antelope, for San Francisco, is now ready for sea This is the first vessel, we believe, that has left this coun try for California since the discovery of the gold was known. She takes out a cargo valued at £45,000, chiefly consisting of manufactured goods. Mr. J. T. Crooke, the enterprising agent for the vessel, has already laid on another ship for the same port, STEALING A WATCH FROM A SHOP.—Yesterday, at the Police -court, a man named John Craney was charged with having, on Saturday, broker, the shop window of Mr. William Perry, in Tithebarn-street, and stealing from it a gold watch. He was traced to a public-house in Pownall square. Other evidence has yet to be heard, when the the prisoner will be committed for trial. ROBBERY OF A WATCH.—At the Police-court yester- was cl.arged with having robbed a gentleman named John Hanwell, of his watch and gold guard, in Richmond street, on Saturday night. He was also charged with having robbed the same party of £2 odd in tnnnev_ Thp upon the person of th e prisoner, and he was committed for trial. ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—On Wednesday, Auber's celebrated opera of " Fra Diavolo " was presented at this theatre. The chief vocalists were Mr. Harrison, Miss Rainforth, Mr. H. Corti, and Mr. Borrani. We were much gratified with the excellent manner in which the opera was brought forward. This week Mr. R. E. Gra ham appears in Tragedy, after his indisposition, and ap peared in Richard the Third last evening. We also per ceive that Miss Cushman is announced to appear on Fri day evening._ Moilsieu; Jullien's benefit, at the Theatre Royal, on Friday, proved —as it deserved to be—a bumper. The usual extraordinary efficiency, and the harmony main tained in conjunction with them by the band of the 46th regiment was as wonderful as it was creditable. Several of the pieces, especially the solos, were encored and re peated, amidst the great- ' Tt — K . .est enthusiasm. singing of Mad. Anna 'ninon exceeded, if possible, her torruer efforts. ACTION AGAINST THE SERGEANT- AT-MA CE.— On Saturday, in the Court of Passage, an action was brought by Mr. Thomas Tipper against Mr. Venn, the sergeant at-mace, for loss sustained by the plaintiff in cons( quence of neglect. The real defendant was Mr. Lawton, the sheriff's officer, who had distrained on the goods of a Mr. Dodgson for debt and costs due to the plaintiff for a pre vious action in the above court, and in consequence of a transfer of the property to Mr. Dodgson's nephew, Mr. Lawton returned that there was no property. The jury were of opinion that the transfer was a mere pretence, and returned a verdict for the plaintiff the amount claimed, thirty pounds odd. WEIISH CONCERTS.—We beg to call the attention of our readers to the announcement of two musical enter tainments to be given at the Concert-hall, illustrative of the Welsh music. The programme of each evviii, g's entertainment presents an admirable selection of the best music of Wales,—comprising many of those wild and beautiful melodies which called forth some of the noblest national lyrics of Mrs. Hemans. During the evening, and between the intervals of the concerts, " Talhaiarn," one of the most eminent of living Welsh bards, will deli ver addresses explanatory of the songs and music, and comprising interesting hi.torical records of Welsh music, legends traditionary lore, and mirthful anecdotes. As the bard is distinguished amongst his countrymen for his fervid and animated eloquence, we have no doubt but that this will constitute one of the most interesting and valuable features of the concerts. Mr. Ellis Roberts, the celebrated and talented harpist, aided by a Liverpool gentleman, will accompany the vocalists, who are eminent in the profession, upon the Cambrian harp. As these concerts are to be given in aid of the Welsh Charity Schools, we trust that they will meet with that success which such a benevolent and patriotic effort merits. COMMITMENTS FOR TRIAL OR TO GAOL FROM THE POLICE -COURT, YESTERDAY.—TWO girls, Sarah Davies and Ann Watson, were charged with having been con cerned with a young man in stealing a tub of butter from the shop of a Mrs. Morrison : the youth was pursued, and dropped the butter in the street, and escaped. The whole three were seen together, and the prisoners were sent to gaol for three months.—Two men, Donevan and Davies, were charged with a robbery on the sth of No vember last, at Manchester, and the case being proved they were committed for trial.--Thomas M'Kann (a boy), for picking pockets —an old offender, was committed for three months.—Mary Ann Jones, for picking the pocket of a man, named John Barnett, in Rathbone-street, on Saturday, was committed for three months.—Mary Mul len, an old woman, was charged with having stolen from a stye, at the Collingwood Dock Gates, a small pig. She had cut off its head, and carried it all off in a rag. Com mitted for three months.—Michael Hughes, for stealing a firkin of butter, the property of Michael Doran, from the east side of Clarence Dock, on Saturday night, three months.—Ann MiKenzie, for robbing William Pritchard of his watch, yesterday morning, was also committed for three months. ;entiO?, improvement, with the anticipated advance in and for copper ore, indicates the probability of districts are also gratifying, ... _ advance on the pric e of tin has brou g ht many o f t h ese mines into a profitable position. The tricks of Robert Houdin are not more astounding than the inventions of the day. What would our forefa thers think of a coat convertible from a light summer cos; to a thick, warm, weather-resisting whiter over.coat,-- - in fact, transformed, with a moment's trouble, from a " P 9 .9. samer wrapper" t o a , t D readnought ?" Yet, such is tne Nicoll, of paletot celebrity, has invented a c oat that combines all these advantages—with the additional recom mendations, that it may be made heavier at will—that it may be formed into two coats—or both worn as impercer ^. one. kiss KEALE -"RAND CONCERT lisle has provided for the -This accomplished s of music ii;;;;toirn• wornises to be one of the greatest treats of the season. independently of her own talent ag a performer on the instrument which she professes. and that of her celebrated master, Thabberg, one name alone —that of Lablache, the Lablache—would have been sufficient to attract an overflowing audience. In addition► however, we have announced the preserice of Maclaine Vera, Miss Bassano, Miss Whitnall, and, we presume, young Lablache. Such a host of talent, so spiritedly brought together by a young lady, ought to be repaid br a bumper. FIRE IN BIRKENHEAD.—On Sunday evening, a fire occurred at. the shop of Mrs. Carter, milliner and bonnet - No. 22, Chester street, Woodside, which for some threatened to be of a serious nature, owing to the impossibility of procuring water. This is an evil which the authorities of Birkenhead should immediately look into, and remedy. Endeavours were made to open two plugs, but neither of them were in working order, and it was found impossible to bring either into operation. Being Sunday, the shop was closed, and considerable delay occurred before the police could be got to the spot. aftr which, nearly half an . • maKer arrived. In consequen ce of the — Short;;;;li ii :f e w n a g te in r e, recourse was had to the neighb.uring yards, as the fire was evidently gaining ground very rapidly. Th e house uoor or the shop was forced open, and fortunately suffi dent water was brought in buckets to stop the further progress of the flames, although not until near ly tho whole of the st oc k was destroyed or damaged. SHIPPING TNTELLIGENCI MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12.—Wind W. moderate. ' ARRIVED.—Betsey, Blythe, from Gal ipon—New Commer cial, Shaw, from Girgenti—Liverpool, Starace, Naples—Naisf Granby, from Charente. Martin _ S avannah—Siddons, Cobb, New York—Queen, Gilleaty, Calcutta—Elizabeth Hamilton , Jones. New York—Carlo Mau r n, Mauran ; Calcutta, Cullard, and Rowland, Morcross, New Orleans —Benjamin Boyd, Jen kins, Africa—Rebecca, Halliwell, Genoa—Caroline Alice, Howell, Venice—M os l em. Pottes, and Ashland, Harding , New Orleans—Osceola, Barstow, Charleston—Orphan, Wd" liams, and St. George, Bird, New York—John Matthi e , G ro om, Calcutta — Duke of York, Morfew, Rio Janeiro—Eliza, Thomas , Rio Grande—Ellen, Neille, Oporto—Renown, Cowen, Bahia Jen Wren, Varian, Calcutta—Wave, Kydd, and l'otomac, Clag gett, Alexandria, E.—Crown, Chandler, Hong Kong—Joveo Ricardo, Cadiz—Maranham, Jameson, Virginia—Cygnet, Boyd , Dunkirk—Empire Queen, Porter, Mobile --John Dordt—Lord Seaton, Fitzsimons, and Monmouth. Torrey, Ne"' Orleans—Martha, Williams, Constantinople -1 heodor Beh rend, Hambro'—Emigrant. Kemp, Sydney, N.S.W.—Monte zuma, Deane, St. John, N.B.—Esther, Moyse, Gibraltar—Nor; folk Hero, Holmes, Syra—Tinamara, Heron, Ceara—Queen 01 the Isles, Messina--Urgent, Bassett, Bahia—Lady Ann , Ames, Azores—John Barry, Rehan, Lisbon—Washington, NO kie, Mobile—Pomona, Briggs, Constantinople—Reindeer, King, Galatz—Courser, V arwe ll, M a l ta—Selina, Gibraltar—Scotlan, Hawkins, Mobile—United Kingdom, M`Mullen, Savannah Harmonic, Rotterdam—Ann, Nassau, N.P.—Nicholas Biddle , Caulken, Mobile—Gustave, Durant, and Industrie, Depral+ Cherbourg—Xersegano, Port- an -P r i nce —S ara h and Ann, C u ' len, Naples—Lady Bassett, Hill, Beirout—Pandea, Roman? , Constantinople—Jonge Jacobus, Lisbon—James, Mackenzie , Valencia—Vrow Neeltze, Krusingen, Rotterdam—Annechiaa Jantina, Ostra, Dordt—Catharina, Hansen, Antwerp—Maria• Selin, Cherbourg—Maria, De Jonge, Rotterdam. Tne wroelced on Taylor's Bank, is the Mari , ° i f Workington. Mem.—The Mary, Omith,of Workington, eleare , hence for that port 7th instant, and is supposed to be the un fortunate vessel. No tidings of the crew. BELFAST, 10th Feb.—The hull of the Bertrand was yesterdaY burnt to the water' s e d ge. Th e wreck is now lying off' Carrick fergus, with the cargo still on board. WExvo RD, 10th Peb.—The schooner reported on shore g.s terday, in the South B ay, i s t h e Visiter, from Liverpool to a" terford. She got off last night's tide, and is now in the harbour' without damage. James Hunt, Lemon, hence for Barbadoes, at Kingstown. TELEGRAPH QFFI( YESTERDAY Holyhead, 8 a.m., wind S.S.W.. gentle breeze. Ditto, 12 Noon, wind S.W., moderate breeze. Ditto, 3 p.m., wind W.S.W., ditto. Off Point Lyons, at 9 a.m., No. 5460, Index, schooner, ( 1166 not telegraphed where from.) No vessels off the port at 5 p.m. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, FEB. 13, 1849. 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