The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-01 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS , r subscribers in tt and the paper sli7htly altered 7 are now extremely nume in the post at midnight, w gement of the matter iu th STANDARD Of this day ; and as the change will not inconve nience our readers, we shall probably frequently adopt it. We are not aware that any candidate except Mr. Dod, who is represented as a true Protestant, has come forward to suc ceed Lord Clive in the representation of North Shropshire. The name of Lord John 'Manners has been mentioned in connection with the county, but we have not heard of any step having been taken to bring the noble lord forward._ he second reading in the Hou'ge of Commons of the Jews' Disabilities Bill is fixed for the 7th instant, and we think will most probably he carried by a large majority, as the mem bers of that house are not likely to be made acquainted with ❑g in the country a, inst such t yes betimef. less those who oppose it stir themse of the .1( leading leg,isl Lord John R tinck and M counters^. powerfully supported by the majority of our 3rs—Lord Melbourne and Lord Lyndhurst— sell and Sir Robert Peel—Lord George Ben. "Tiers—Lord Bexley and the Archbishop of some adequate mee ures ara adopted to used to speed the pro rtainly—may we not say !ss. NI 11 , 1 , , in 1833, a petitiontras 't, _and this fact is prominently ,vocatei of the J ish claims, as an argument that the country generally is either indifferent about those claims, or desirous of seeing them conceded. The clergy—with a few honourable exceptions— Not customary Ebt Eibtrpool 'tanliart. TUESDAY MORNING FEB. 1, 1848 THE Liverpool Dock Bill—which, by the bye, appears to possess a very extraordinary 'amount of vitality—is again to be brought before the judg ment of the Council, in an altered shape. To morrow that body are to be invited to sanction an application to Parliament for an Act, authoris ing the Dock Committee to grant powers for the erection of Warehouses upon all, or any, of the Dock Quays, the further powers, sought in the Bills previously presented, for confirming the North Shore purchase, &c., being waived for the pre sent Session. We shall not anticipate the decision of the Council upon this new application. Con taining, like its predecessors, no rating clause, and believing firmly that, having already passed the Standing Orders Committee without such a clause, this Bill will be viewed by the Council with even greater dislike than the former, we scarcely think it worth while to speculate upon its fate. To enable our local legislature to arrive at a correct conclu sion upon the subject, thus again to be brought. )eforethem, and 'beior sanctioning . any further extension of the principle of dock warehouses, there is one question which demands a more satis factory and clear solution than it has as yet re ceived, viz., the all-important question raised by Mr. Henderson and Mr. David Hodgson at the last Council meeting—do the present Dock Ware houses pay a fair interest upon their cost. We are aware that there are conflicting opinions upon this point. Mr. Mann stated at the meeting in question that the Albert Warehouses are, or will be, a paying property. In reply to this statement, however, Mr. Henderson—who is one of the ware house sub-committee—furnished the Council with the following facts and figures. The latest account handed to the Committee was for the half-year commencing 25th June, and ending 24th December. From this account, the total Rea received, and outstanding, amounted to £13,664. Against this there was a balance of loss on the working or wages department of the warehouses,—i.e., the charges for discharging, deliveries, lumping, por terage, coopering, materials, &c.,—were less than the salaries and wages paid and the materials found, 1. This if correct would leave year, or £24,550 for the year, earnings of the Warehouses, to be set against the interest of the amount expended in their construction. But Mr. Henderson had dis covered an important error in the mode in which the account was made up. The gross sum of £13,644, set down as received and outstanding, included an outstanding balance of £6618, which. of course had either been received during the sub emained as a portion of the The true and just statement of the half-year's earnings from 25th June to 24th December, would be as follows : by the sum of £l3l £12,275 for the hal is the ,equent half outstandir Received and outstanding .. £13,644 Loss on working account £1,369 Outstanding from previous half 6,61 ti Balance being nett earnings from 25th June to 24th Dec..... £13,644 £13,644 This sum therefore of £5657 is what has really to be placed against the interest of money expended in the formation of the warehouses, which is in round numbers £460,000. Taking this interest at the lowest average at which it has been borrowed, viz., 4 per cent., the charge for the year will he £18,400, and for the half-year From this deduct the amount earned and we have a loss on the half-year of .... £3,543 But Mr. Henderson informs us that in the ac count furnished, no payment towards the local rates was included. As the Warehouses, we believe, are rated at £20,000 rental, and the rates amount to 25 per cent., the amount for the year will be £5OOO or £2500 for the half-year. Add this liability therefore, as properly belonging to the past half year; and we have a total loss upon the half-year of £6043, or £12,086 per annum. It will be urged, no doubt, that, during a portion of the half-year in question, the whole of the ware houses were not yet opened. We believe, in fact, that the last two of the warehouses were not opened until September or October. We can well affird the committee a thousand pounds or two on this score. Indeed, we observe that, by a resolution of the Dock Committee, on Thursday last, a return has been ordered, which is to embrace the period be tween the 25th September and the 24th December; and again, from the 24th December to the 24th January. It will, doubtless, be attempted to be shewn that the return for this period, during which all the warehouses were in working, affords the only fair criterion of the revenue, which they are likely in future to produce. We must, however, remind our readers that we have already included in Mr, Henderson's statement, the months between Sep. tember and the end of December; and we may re call to their recollection a few of the circumstances attending that period From — September to December the commercial world was in a state of utter confusion; and the consignees of a great number of ♦essels, having valuable produce on board, were induced by a mis apprehension of the law, and without the sanction of the owners of such cargoes, to discharge them into the Albert Warehouses, in order to secure their freight ; and, at the same time, to expedite their clearance. Hence a large amount of business was brought to the Albert Dock which, under other would never have come there at all. the prospects of their early removal, room for other circumstances What may 1 nerehandize, we are not in: lly thought the bulk of it formed is likeli zenen to come. It may What of that rl thpv earn Rt. If the ova houses rem so ; but, in the meantime, what will the expensive staff of clerks, porters, lumpers, &c., be earning —the salaries and wages of whom are re ported at £lO,OOO per annum ? If there was a loss in this department of £1369 in the half-year ended 24th December, when the whol. of the functionaries stion were fully employed, and produce enter ' mt daily, the loss is likely to be e business of the Dock does -- - - ng and passu corisidera - b1 a - e upon o and especially upon those ciples of dock warehouses. admiring the prin: cess as investments furnished ; and to xposition of the ri treated their sue- o be an establisl 'led fact, to giving their of which yes to be hurried into sanction to measure may be irremediable. the consequences FOR the last two years the questions have been ,nd more canvassed amongst the - tradesmen, shopkeepers and others, whose avoca tions bind them to a residence within the parochial limits of Liverpool,—" by whom ought the heavy burthens, to which they are at present subjected, to be.borne ? " and " what course should be pur sued to prevent those burthens becoming absolutely insupportable ? " During the past ten or fifteen years,the wealthy portion of the residents of the town have ' been gradually withdrawing themselves to the surrounding outskirts. The streets once occupied by our commercial magnates are so occu pied no longer; but have been abandoned to the more humble lodging-house keepers, and, at re duced rents, to professional men, artists and others. Paltry courts and cottage houses have been erected upon sites which once formed the gardens, or upon which were built the out offices of our town mansions; and their occupants contribute more pauperism to the parish than rates. A steady ad vance in the imposts to be borne by the shopkeeper and the tradesman has been the result; and the amount of those imposts threatens to be increased year, as the railway system, and other con veniences for conveying the wealthy classes beyond the reach of our poverty and our smoky, unwhole some and badly-cleansed thoroughfares progress. In the mean time the growth of our vast dock estate has been from time to time decreasing the area of the most valuable and productive rateable pro perty of the borough. The docks north of Prince's swept away a large quantity of buildings and other property—ship-building yards, block-makers shops, &c.—and the area which they covered thenceforth ceased to be visited by the overseer, or noted in the parish books. The Albert Dock removed nearly the whole of Nova Scotia, with its valuable ware houses and building yards. A further extension of the docks northward removed a vast additional mass of rateable property. We have now about to be removed, in the neighbourhood of Wapping. a mass of warehouses, shops, and dwellings which are rated at the yearly value of above .£50,000, thus reducing further the area of the property which is at present liable to taxation, and of course enhancing the burthens to be borne by the pro perty which remains. Where, men are asking themselves, is this to stop ? What is to be the re duced area of the town after a few years of conti nued encroachments, and what is to be the amount of the rates to be levied upon the few solvent occu piers of property, whose avocations compel them to remain within its limits ? We have said that the excitement created by these natural questions have been growing in inten sity for some years past. But it has recently been stirred up to the boiling pitch by two concurrent circumstances. The first of these was the recent invasion of Irish immigrant pauperism, by which our local burthens have been fearfully augmented ; and the second has been the proposal of the Dock Committee to carry out an extensive warehousing business, in erections to be built upon the dock quays, and which they have declined to take the initiative in rendering subject to local burthens, by the insertion into their bill of a rating clause. At the present moment the warehouse property be longing to private individuals, in various parts of the town, form one-fourth in value of its rateable property; and already the operation of the existing warehouses erected by the Dock Committee, has emptied many of these, from which, of course, the parish will cease to derive funds for the support of the poor, whom the increase of commerce brings in its train, as a set-off against the wealth which it creates ; and those which are not empty are greatly deteriorated in value. Any further increase in dock warehouses, without stringent powers in the parish authorities to tax them to our local burthens, must inevitably bring about one or other of these alter natives, which we have, at present, no space to do more than merely point out for consideration. The first is the extension, by parliament, of the rateable limits of the town, by incorporating with it outlying parishes. The second is the concession of powers to the parish authorities, to rate not only the dock warehouses but the docks themselves, and the Corporate estate. There is a third mode of relief, which, however, is not at present much mooted, viz.—a general measure for the payment of the poor throughout the kingdom, out of the consolidated fund. One or other of these measures we must inevitably have; for it is impossible, as long as Liverpool remains the port of entrance for the poor of Irelandto the manufacturing districts of England, that we can sustain the burthens which are being increasingly forced upon us. THE LATE EARL POWIS At the Chester Cathedral, on Sunday evening last, Mr. Gunton introduced the anthem by playing, in his own style, " The Dead March in Saul," in honour of the memory of the late Earl Powis, and selected the following anthem out of Handel, founded on Job xxix. 11— " When the ear heard him, then it blessed him ; and when the eye saw him, it gave witness of him. "He delivered the pc,' that cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. " Kindness, meekness, and comfort were in his tongue: if there was any virtue, and if there was any praise, he thought on those things." All who knew and could appreciate the excellent quali ties of the lamented earl, considered Mr. Gunton peculiarly happy in his selection of a suitable anthem, the perform ance of which was such as to be equally gratifying to the music of the ear, and the devotion of the heart, and will not soon be effaced from the memories of those present. LOCAL CHARITIES-SEASONARLF4 OFFER TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Sir,—lt is painful to be hourly addressed by persons in apparently deep distress, while unable sufficiently to help them, or to refer the applicants to the worthy managers of our local charities, seeing that their funds—as the press informs us—are nearly exhausted. In such times, .4., ~ " England expects every man to do his The writer is perhaps " Vox et preterea nihil," but what he possesses he cheerfully tenders. If two or three evening's exertion in the form of " Hours of Shakspeare," or selections from other authors, be likely to find ouch support as would benefit the institutions, I am at the service of the authorities. Enclosed is ;;;OgramMe of readings given at Bath — for suggestion, though it is likely that dramatic pieces would be more generally attractive.—l am, sir, your obedient servant, JOHN READ. 57, Chatham-street, Jan. 31st. [The enclosure to which Mr. Read alludes, contains several selections from Milton, Cowper, and other English c lassic authors. We have no doubt that Mr. Read's benevolent offer will be promptly responded to.] The Hon. E. H. Stanley, eldest son of Lord Stanley, received his degree of 8.A., at Cambridge, on Saturday. THROWING STONES.—Several boys were yesterday brought before'Mr. Rushton for this offence, which has become very frequent, especially on Sundays in the out skirts of the town- They were each fined half-a-crown. MR. TATHAM'S PORTRAIT OF THE REV. DR. WNEILE. We have been much delighted by a sight of the beautiful print of Dr. M` Neile, taken from Mr. Tatham's portrait, which attracted so much admiration during the period of its exhibition at Mr. Burland's Gallery of Art, Church.: street. We can unhesitatingly assert, that no portrait of the Rev. Doctor has ever yet been produced, in which all the characteristics of his countenance and general bearing have been so faithfully pourtrayed, and we can strongly recommend all admirers to make an early application foi good impressions. We hear that it is to be obtained t Mr. Tatham's studio, 5, C -I— "tt-street " Mr. Burland, Church-street THE SEASON.—In dearth of political intelligence of pe culiar interest during the past week, we have had consi derable novelty and variety in atmospheric impressions on the human frame. The frost which had set in about a fortnight ago, became towards the middle of last week extremely keen and piercing, the wind prevailing from, generally, the S.E. A sprinling of snow that had fallen at its commencement remained on the uplands throughout, with little diminution from the slightly increased power riday, ar turday were su: the latter being fairly chilled hair There was no downfall during th the barometrical or atmospheric pressure was so great that though the sky was murky, and a haze prevailed, indica ting on ordinary occasions, an almost immediate downfall e rain or snow, nothing could come down. On Friday, also on f}' • ‘ie trom their vocation lese three days. In fact oaturday mormn, ,ne rich cream in th, plendid dairy of H. Littledal€ Esq., at Liscard, con ained in glass vessels, was frozen to the thickness of an rich. It should be ided, however, that although the iouse is well covered in and beautifully fitted up, with narble tables, &c., the ventilating openings opposite to tnner, nULIII4I,CI.I UJe ireezirig east wina so neeiy as to produce the extraordinary effect. We are indebted to Mr. Abraham, optician, Lord-street, in this town (who registers the st a t e o f the atmosphere for the government reports on health, &c.) for the following facts :—The point that week on Wean the average height being29cig's7Thye' ';hermometer, on Friday night, was down to 18 dgs.,—an extreme degree of cold in this latitude—on Thursday it had fallen to 20 dgs., which was much too cold for the comfort of the lieges. A change took place on Saturday afternoon. The barometer fell to 29 dgs. 69-100ths ; and a thaw set in, but only gradually, the hard frost having taken strong hold of` the ground, and being reluctant to give way. Sunday was, on the whole, a fine day, with a S.S.W. wind, and the snow, before perceptible, nearly all disap peared. Some slight rain fell during the day, and the roads and fields became soft. Yesterday morning, shortly after midnight, the wind again veered to the S.E., and a short but temporary revisitation of the frost was the consequence. The day afterwards turned out fine, with occasional slight rain. Last night, the sky became clear and the air rather chilly, so that it is not improbable but we shall again (we date from Monday night) have a slight touch of. frost before the morning of our present date. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE ,NEW DOCK BILL MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF LIME-STREET WARD Yesterday evening, a large meeting of the electors of Lime -street Ward took place at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, in consequence of an advertisement posted and published by Mr. Henry Danson, one of the council lors of the ward, requesting their attendance, when they would have an opportunity of expressing their opi nions on the New Dock Bill, which the Dock Committee appeared to be disposed to prosecute in parliament, con trary to the opinions of a majority of the Council." Mr. Danson,' in his announcement expressed his sense of so novel a movement on his own part, and stated that, though Mr. J. B. Lloyd, his colleague in the ward, con curred with him in relation to the question, he did not agree in the propriety of the representatives of the ward summoning a meeting. Mr. Lloyd, nevertheless, gave his sanction to the meeting by appearing on the platform, and he, his colleague, and their friends, were enthusiastically received by the meeting. Mr. JEFFERY, of Church-street, was called to the chair, and explained the business before the meeting in a spirited manner, expressing his opposition to the bill if the rating clause were not introduced. Mr. DANSON being_ called up, eloquently explained his views at considerable length. Desperate diseases, he said, required desperate remedies; and as the ward had fought manfully on former occasions when their rights were threatened with invasion, he trusted that they would again show their determination not to be overcome. The fight on the New Dock Bill was to come on for the fourth time in the Council on Wednesday next, and he hoped the spirited constituency of Lime-street Ward would come forward and show that neither the Dock Committee (nor any other body) should be permitted to injure their in terests. He went on to explain the different phases of the New Dock Bill since its introduction,—in all cases avoiding a rating clause, by insidious means, and stated that by the bill regulating the Albert Dock Warehouses the goods of merchants were in a manner put into the hands of the pawnbroker—the rates and charges being locked up. He related the whole history of the present bill from the 15th September to the pre sent time, showing that the Dock Committee had step by step endeavoured to carry their point—keeping the public, by ambiguous verbiage in each new amendment or alteration of their bill, as much in the dark as possible as to their final intentions—all of which were, however, to evade the rating clause. He also read the following letter from Mr. S. Holme, which was received by the meeting with marked approbation : " Hohnestead, 31st January, 1848 " DEAR SIR,—I write this note from my boll, where I have been confined for some days by a severe attack of rheumatism. My brother tells me that, in consequence of the last decision of the Dock Committee, you have most properly called a meeting of your constituents on the subject. " I regret that I am unable to attend the meeting, and which, as a member of the Council,. I would have done had I been out ; and I, therefore, take the liberty of saying that anything mortdestructive of the independence of the Council than this, the fourth attempt to coerce or live out that body, I never knew; and I trust that after so many days' discussion, the Mayor will not again allow the, subject to be mooted. a I s e e clearly that if the Dock Committee are permitted to go to Parliament, both the owners of warehouses and the parishioners at large will be sacrificed, and the ulti mate result of these proceedings will be an absorption of many occupations by the Dock Committee on the one hand, and a separation of the interests of the merchants and the tradesmen on the other—an event which every one will deeply deplore. " I am in such pain that I cannot write much; but I warn the inhabitants of the consequences to themselves, if the Dock Committee should succeed in their attempt. " Let proper notices be given, and proper plans be digested, and it will then lie time enough to go to Parlia ment, to carry them out. We must have a few more tradesmen in the Council next November. " I am, Dear Sir, Fir Timber Deals and Battens Deck Planks Wainscot Logs Lathwood Staves "'Yours faithfully, " SAMUEL HOLME " Henry Denson, Esq." ________. Mr. Danson said, in conclusion, that no evil could arise from a postponement of the bill. The bill would be again discussed in Council on Wednesday next. He read the notice on the paper to that effect, in order to show that it was vague, and in fact, as he conceived, a mere quibble, undeserving the confidence of the Council or the consti tuency. He considered the-whole proceeding an insult to the electors and to himself, and urged that they-should so give expression to their opinions as to achieve justice to the rate-payers by obtaining a rating clause. (Cheers.) Mr. JOHN BUCK LLOYD = said that he felt as deeply as his colleague on this important subject. The parochial rates were limited to the parish, and sites for new struc tures near the docks were scarcely to be found. They ought, therefore, since a large quantity of now rateable property was proposed to be taken away, to look with a jea lous eye upon anything that would take away the amount of parochial income. He considered that no warehouse should be erected without its being' subjected to rating. Double caution ought to be used to prevent the present bill from passing without a rating clause, and the bur gesses of the ward should have his support in opposing it at every stage until that disuse was introduced. The Town Council were the representatives of the burgesses, and many of the Dock Committee were elected by the payers of dock =Les %clime Interet3 were appmucutly muiticvvliaL aL variance, but, as a warehouse owner, he was himself ready to waive any individual feeling to promote a general good. By commerce we lived, and by commerce we paid our rates, and that which would advance the interests of the port would be alike beneficial to all. He urged the neces sity of cheap warehouses in order to maintain a market for the goods stored in them. If warehouses round the docks would be advantageous, it was the duty of the ratepayers to support the bill, but it was also their duty to watch carefully that such warehouses bore a proportionate share of the burthens requisite to support our local liabilites. Mr. PARKINSON then moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Danson for having called the meeting, and to Mr. Dan son and to Mr. Lloyd for their able and united advocacy in the Council Chamber of the interests of the rate-payers. Mr, PICTON, the late candidate for Li me - s t ree t W ar d, in a somewhat lengthy address seconded the motion. He congratulated the burgesses on their good fortune in securing the energies of such able and energetic repre sentatives. Mr. G. HAIGH then submitted a memorial for the adoption of the meeting. It prayed the Council not to pass the bill without the introduction of the rating clause. Mr. JOHNSON seconded the adoption of the memorial, and Mr. J. SMITH spoke at some length in its favour. A vote of thanks to the chairman, Mr. Jeffrey, :was then moved by Mr. Lloyd, and seconded by Mr. Danson, which was carried by acclamation. SCOTLAND WARD.—We understand that Mr. Poole, one of the most intelligent members of the Select Vestry, is to be brought forward as the Conservative candidate for Scotland Ward, to supply the vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. William Thornhill. EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES. — At a meeting of the board, held on Friday, the 28th ultimo, Mr. Thomas Downward, first officer of the Berhampore, of Hull, was found duly qualified for a first4class master's certificate that he had applied for. Mr. Hicks, whose lectures on phrenology and mesmerism have excited so much attention, will deliver a course of four lectures on the same subjects during the present week. The lectures on phrenology will be illustrated by busts and diagrams of known characters, and those of mesmerism will be accompanied by a series of experiments on several individuals. CURIOUS (BEING PURELY ACCIDENTAL) CONNEXIONS. —On the slate of our Exchange news room in yesterday's foreign arrivals the following names of ships were to be seen :—" Sir Robert Peel" followed by "Free Trade;" then " Lady of the Lake" followed by "Marmion ;" then came "Anglo-American" followed by "Columbus,"—all brought up by the same tide. THEFT FROM A DWELLING-HOUSE.—At the Police court, yesterday, a man named Henry Glover was charged with having stolen a quantity of coats, trousers, and other articles of " masculine " apparel from a house near St. John's Market. It appeared that the prisoner had been seen by a "police-officer while he was making his " game " with a gambling table. The officer had some difficulty in arresting him, as he made off on being detected. On being apprehended there was found in his possess ion a large bundle containing the articles wrapped in a woollen knitted shawl, which, it further appeared, he had pur loined from a trunk in an upper room of a house in St. John's-lane.----He was committed for trial. THE CHURCH, THE DISSENTERS, AND THE JEWS.— We are told that but " five or six Jews" at most will find their way into the House of Commons. Must it not be remembered that we were told exactly the same thing in 1829 ? And now the calculation is, that between those of the Romish religion and those who vote with them, the party number. s seventy in the house. There can be no doubt, that if the door be thrown open to one Jew, fifty will follow. We know too well the nature of popular elections to doubt on what species of candidates the hustings will first fix its affections. We already see, too, with what sudden sensibility the whole body of Secta rianism has awoke to the " merits" of the Jew—with what quick foresight they are all measuring the prospec tive strength of this addition to dissent—with what open arms they are already rushing to welcome the opulent recruit who is to head such a supply to their ranks. The Romanists cancel at once the remembrance of the Ghetto. The Dissenter erases the brand once burned in upon the forehead by the bitterest hand of dissent—all is oblivion, recantation, and " gratitude for favours to come." What is the evident source of this sudden union ? With prin ciples wide as the poles asunder, their appetites converge ! The subject is boundless. But I must make one remark more. lam not about to be the panegyrist of the Established Church. But this I say, on the fullest con- viction, that if the Established Church be suffered to perish, with it will perish Christianity in England. I speak of this as matter of demonstration. Sweep away the Church, and you will instantly have the ground co vered with every monstrous birth of the human mind ; the land will teem with every extravagant, fierce, grotesque, and frantic shape of fanaticism. Religion will instantly become a trade, and a trade for every one. The present disciplined and decorous sects will be the very first to be hurried clown the popular torrent, and mingled fraud and fury will usurp the land. Then will come Popery, slow, perhaps, but sure; contrasting its pomps with the squa lidness. its tissues with the nakedness, its stately antiquity with the vulgar newness, and its soothing applications to the conscience with the savage severities and mad denun ciations of rabble Sectarianism. Popery, with wealth in its hand, power on its brow, and the might of Rome and vassal Europe behind, will crush its wild antagonist ; while true Protestantism will perish in the dungeon, or live only to lament its tardiness or its timidity in hopeless exile,—,Speech of Pr. Croly. THE TlMali TRADE OF LIVERPOOL , Messrs. A., F., and a Mackay'; of Liverpool, have just published their annual circular; containing a history of this trade, from the Ist of Februark, 1847, to the Ist of February, 1848, from which we glean the following facts. Generally, these gentlemen coincide in the repre sentation made in other circulars, that the trade this year has been very unprofitable both to the shipper and the importer; and they hold out little prospect of an early improvement. The import of British American timber has been considerably less than that of the preceding year. We give the quantities for the two years in juxta position :- 1847. 1846. Pine, feet 4,172,700 7,429,431 Red pine, „ Quebec oak, „ Quebec elm, „ Quebec ash, ~ Hard wood, „ Quebec deals. standard 2,180 3,462 Planks, N.B. & N.S., ft. 17,976,500 20,367,600 Boards & scantling, „ 546,300 615,793 Lathwood, fathoms Staves, per M l2O 279 The import of railway sleepers has been double that of last year, the importation being 431,370 pieces, against 240,587 pieces last year. The consumption of most descriptions has decreased considerably. That of pine has been less than last year by 1,531,640 feet, and less than the average of the past five years by 680,100 feet. There has been an increase in the consumption of red pine, the quantity taken being4s6,ooo feet, against 192,000 feet last year. The consumption of Quebec oak has been 323,700 feet, against 378,400. The consumption of Quebec elm, 178,600 feet, against 155,100 feet. Quebec ash has been 38,300, against 24,000 feet. The consumption of hardwood has been 311,500 feet, against 360,400 ft. last year. On hand of all kinds 3,359,000 ft. against 4,705,000 ft. last year ; red pine equal to 7 5-12 months' consumption ; Quebec oak, 231,000 feet, against 192,000 ; Quebec elm, 84,000 feet against 103,000 ; Que bec ash, equal to 3 5-12 months' consumption ; hardwood equal to 3 4-12 months' consumption ; Quebec deals equal to 6 5-12 months' consumption. The following were the prices at, the commencement and the close of the year :- February, 1847.-Quebec Yellow Pine, 151 d. ; Red Ditto, 23d. ; Oak, 2s. 6d. ;• Elm, 21d. ; Yellow Pine Masts, 3s. 14d. per foot ; Deals, with cargo, £8 per standard ; St. John Yellow Pine, 191 inches average, 171 d. ; Birch, 15d. per foot ; Deals, with cargo, at 2d. per foot of 2 inches. Lathwood, £2 per fathom ; Deals, separate, 21d. to 21d. per foot of 2 inches ; Spruce Boards, 21d. to 2jd. per foot of 2 inches ; Hackmatac Sleepers, 9, 10, 5, and 9,9, 41, at 3s. 6d. each ; and blocks at 7s. each. January, 1848.-Quebec Yellow Pine, 14d. to 14d. ; Red Pine, 19d. ; Oak, 29. 2d. ; Elm, 17d. to 19d. • Ash, 13d. to 15d. per foot ; Deals, with cargo , £8 t o is 10s. per standard ; Deals, separate, at £9 ss. per standard ; St. John Yellow Pine, 181 in ches average, at 154. d. ;18 inches, at 154-d. per foot ; Deals, with cargo, at 2d.. per foot of 2 inches. The imports from the North of Europe this year exceed those of last. The following are the quantities for the two years : 1847. 1846. 1,091,000 feet 819,500 feet. 1,758 „ 2,700 „ 2,177 ~ 953 „ 350 pieces 1,141 pieces. 689 fathoms. 612 fathoms. 9M. 19 M. Sleepers ..... 11,620 The consumption, however, has not kept pace with the import, that of the fir timber having been 1,024,000 feet against 1,157,000 feet. That of other descriptions has also been on a reduced scale, with the exception of deck planks,.of which, although the import of this year was double that of last year, the consumption exceeded the import.. The stocks on hand on the Ist February of the two years are as follows : 1848 Fir timber, feet.... .. 412,000 Deals and battens, standard 1,259 Deck planks, pieces 1,223 Wainscot logs „ 327 Lathwood, fathoms Staves, per Sleepers 1847 345,000 The latest sales made were of Riga 211 d. ; common Dantzig 19d. to 190., from the quay. In staves the transactions are retail at £llO to £l2O per M. In other sorts there are no recent sales to report. For the current prices of the various descriptions we must refer the reader to the trade circular. The import of timber, the produce of other countries, has also fallen off in the past year. We give the quan tities of the two years : 1847. 1846. MAHOGANY, St. Domingo.... feet 879,000.. 1;085,563 „ Cuba .. f t Honduras . Havannah Cedar 234,000.. 299,610 Pencil Cedar 6,600... 62,673 Rosewood, Rio and Bahia... planks 3,352.. 4,779 Pitch Pine feet 110,000 .. 432,435 Teak Wood . Lancewood Spars pieces 4,645... 10,060 Greenheart feet 46,250 .. 39,400 The consumption, has very largely decreased, and the stock in hand has increased correspondingly. The trade between British North America employed, last year, 314 ships, with a tonnage of 172,427 tons, against 460 ships, and 244,958 tons in the preceding year. The trade between Liverpool and the North of Europe em ployed last year 84 vessels of 26,564 tons, against 137 ves sels of 33,762 tons in the preceding year. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—The answer to inquiries at Lambeth Palace yesterday (Monday), we regret to say, was that his Grace is seriously ill, but no immediate danger is anticipated. The Standard of last night gives a letter from Lord Palmerston's secretary to the chairman of the Shipowners' Association, who enquired whether a paragraph, in the New York Herald, stating that his lordship had promised the annihilation of the navigation laws, was true. His lordship, in reply, does not deny it, but merely refers the chairman to " the paragraph in the Queen's speech on the subject of those laws." LONDON CORN MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The weather has undergone a complete change since our last report, and the frost and snow have entirely disappeared. There was a good supply of English Wheat from Kent at this day's market, but from Essex and Suffolk only a limited quantity. The samples being in better condition, a quick sale was effected at fully the currency of this day week, and on fine selected samples an advance of Is. per quarter was realised. Portorico Foreign met a fair consumptive demand at our previous Cuba quotations. HP . . . Barrel Four retains its price. Doavana mi lb ngo lb Floating cargoes of Indian Corn are held for Is. per qr. more Laguayra it money, and a corresponding advance is generally demanded B raz i l : lb here. Manilla and Java% Maple Peas Is. to 2s. per qr. higher. United States lb Beans and Malt ruled dull without any change in the value. European ports lb Fine Malting Barley is Is. dearer and scarce; other descrip tions in improved request at former rates. Although the arrivals of Oats are very trifling, no advance could be maintained, and buyers purchased without difficulty Stock in hand Ist at about the rates of last Monday. January if Total.. lb, SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The Beef trade was in a sluggish state, at a decline of 2d. per 814 : _ Total..lb l Sold in bond.... tbl The Mutton trade was heavy, at a fall in value of quite 2d per 81b. The top figure for the best old Downs was ss. per 81b Heavy demand for Calves, at 2d. to 4d. per 81b. less money Little business in Pigs; prices stationery. Stock 31st Dec... 11 MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY The Consol market has been rather heavy this morning, and a reaction has taken place of about g per cent. For the Ac count the first transaction was 89g, after which they were done at *, and are now g g. The Three per Cents. Reduced have been done from 891 89-4 ; Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. 90j # ; and India Stock - 241. - 'Exchequer-bills are 34 37 pm. particular reason is assigned for the heaviness of the market EXCHANGE BUILDINGS The annual meeting of the proprietors was held yester day, in the Cotton Sales-room, There was but a thin at tendance of proprietors on the oceasion. The chair was taken by Harmood Banner, Esq. The secretary, JOHN SUDLOW, Esq., read the report, from which it appeared that, after paying all expenses, there remained a balance in hand to the credit of the pro prietors of £9,396. The report also stated that the insti tution was progressing in usefulness and efficacy to the commercial public every year of its existence. The dividend, &c., declared, will be found announced in an advertisement. COMMITMENTS YESTERDAY AT THE POLICE-COURT. —Elizabeth Quick, Margaret Glover, Elizabeth Walker, and Catherine Doyle, charged by Adam Dewhurst with " seizing him in the street," on Saturday night, and robbing him of his purse containing lls., were committed to gaol for three months.—John Fletcher, for stealing a brace of rabbits and a " finnan haddie," from St. John's Market, three months.—Thomas Roberts, for stealing 31bs. of bacon from a shop, (he had before been eleven times committed and three times discharged,) same period. CHARGE OF THEFT—THE VALUE OF A FRIEND.—A young and somewhat prepossessing young girl named Eliza Jones was yesterday placed at the bar of the police court, and charged by her master, John Bowes, with stealing two silver spoons. It appears that the case was partially examined into on Saturday, when there being an insufficiency of evidence to warrant a committal for trial, the prisoner was remanded till yesterday morning. On being again brought up, Mr. Rushton inquired if any fresh evidence had been procured ? Whereupon John Roberts rose and stated to the court that the girl had been for a considerable time in the service of his sister, and that she bore while there a most excellent and trust worthy character. Officer 588, however, stated that on Sunday morning he called on Mr. Roberts to make some inquiry respecting the girl, and that that gentleman had given her anything but a flattering recommendation. Mr. Rushton observed that he did not care about Mr. Roberts's conflicting statements as to the girl's character ; what he wanted was the facts, and as there was not suffi cient evidence to convict her of the felony, whatever /night be his own belief on the point, of course she mot he discharged, - - 1 1846. 1184;. 11846. 11847. Havana, white.. boxes 7006 4041 6480 '4530 596 ~ yellow „ 31157 29012 28741 24960 6400 Brazil, white „ 402 2051 392 215 10 Mus'6ovaao Alan'illa Divers sorts DW ~ 1057 701 1044 714 13 . —Mids. 1803 2271 4363 1945 .. qrs. 257 221 448 221 .. .baskets 1291 15091 1291 11825 .. mutt,.. ma ass lans 4 qrs. 2780 16620 3005 16645 25 T0ta1.... million lb.l 18. I 181 [l9 2-5 [ 169-101 2 2-5 The intelligence from America by the Caledonia steam ship—Markets, both for bread stuffs and cotton, had slightly given way in New York ; and there was more activity in the shipments of the latter to this country by parties anxious to have their flour, &c. here before the Ist of March, when they will again be subject to duty. The money market was somewhat tighter. Freights were very low, being only Is. 6d. per barrel for flour, and ex change was higher than ever, 1101 and 111 being the rates for first-class paper. The steamer brings about £37,000 in specie ; and the shipments to this country during the month of January were expected to reach altogether about £220,000. After January they will, in all, probability, cease. The estimates of the crop are generally reduced by the Caledonia, and few now expect a large one ; 2,000,000 to 2,250,000 are about the figures generally believed in. The Hibernia's intelligence was received in New Orleans, by telegraph, on the 3d instant, and, being reported favourable, the cotton market at once rose I. cent. per pound, " middling" reaching 7 cents, but on the delivery of the letters the following day, the telegraphic report being found incorrect, the advance was lost. Several vessels had arrived, and freights, consequently, ruled low, 7-16ths to 15-32ds of a penny being the rates of cotton to Liverpool. Two ves sels had sailed for this port with entire cargoes of oak timber, (no doubt white oak), which is a new article of commerce between the two ports. There are now about 36,000 bales of cotton on their way to this port from the principal cotton ports of America. The following are given as the movements of the pre sent and two preceding cotton crops, as made up in New York, January 12th, being the seventeenth week of the season:— 1848. 1847. 1846. Receipts 577,880 666,010 718,414 bales Exports to Gt. Britain 161,315 160,924 311,212 . „ Stocks.. Loading for Gt. Britain 296,142 366,898 266,648 ~ 53 113 63 vessels The following statistics are given in the liarnburgh Borsen-Halle, as shewing the immense fluctuation which has taken place in the prices of grain in the Bro:anen mar ket during the past year Jan. and Feb. Florins Best wheat May and June. -Florins per last. 850 „ 670 „ 790 ~ Good rye Peas 1, 184 THE LIVERPOOL GOVERNESSES DENBY°. LENT SOCIETY The annual meeting of the members and friends of till' society took place at the Institution House, Slater-street' yesterday afternoon. The attendance of ladies and gen' tletnen was rather numerous, and Mr. EDWARD CROPII was called to the chair. The society had not, he said' , much increased in funds since the last meeting, owing to the distressed state of the times, but it had already done much good, and he trusted that hereafter, when its bene' volent objects be came k nown, and the public were better prepared to assist it, it would not lack that generon 9 support which it so well deserved. Mr. REID, the secretary, read the report. That docu' ment stated the society had now been in active operation for twenty-one months, and during that period the dire' tors had steadily carried on the two leading objects of the institution, viz.,—the benevolent fund and the registra; tion of governesses. The advantages of the system 01 free registration in a book, in which all the ladies can describe their specific qualifications, with such further particulars as they desire, appears to have been fully aP' preciated by those for whom it was intended, as upwards of seventy-five have already inscribed their names. The directors have been fortunate enough to obtain situation } suited to the talents and capabilities of several of the sP' plicants, and they have respectively given the highest satisfaction. The number of ladies applying for go' vernesses has been comparatively small, which is attributed to the unfortunate character of the times, and the infant state of the institution, but the first cause will soon cease', and the second will disappear when the useful objects 0 ' the society become better known. The directors acknovr; ledge in the report the valuable services of the medical officers. Through the benevolent fund relief had been conferred in several cases of extreme difficulty, and the amount expended was £B4 Bs. No person as yet had entered for the governess' annuity, though several inqu'' ries had been made. Five ladies have made deposits i 0 the savings bank. The balance at the end of 1846 wa s £365, at the end of 1847 it wa5 , .£359. The report co o ' eludes by stating that to effect a further extension o f the objects of the society, much greater assistance from sub' scriptions must be given to it, and more personal exertion will be required. The Rev. F. PARRY, in moving, a resolution that the report and account s b e a d op t e d , printed, and distributed among the subscribers, pronounced an eloquent euloginee on the purpose of the society. In order, however; to enable it to carry out its objects, much would require to be done by pecuniary aid, and also by individual exertions. The motion was seconded by Mr. Filcher, and 0 5 carried. Mr. TORY moved a vote of thanks to the officers for the past year, including the ladies who- had given theg best exertions, and also to Mr. Duckworth, for his ser vices as treasurer. This was seconded by Mr. Cotesworcb and carried. The Rev. D. STEWART proposed a list of names to fors; the committees, being with the exception of the additions' name of a lady, a re-election. This was seconded by Mr' Dockery, who dilated feelingly on the benefits of the institution, to females who had seen better days, ha d received a good ed uca ti on , an d b ut for the aid of the society, might be reduced to penury, and exposed to the temptations and miseries to which the unprotected were liable. The motion was carried. Thanks being voted to the chairman, in complimentarr language, that gentleman said that he had but done hi s duty, and that he hoped in a little time to see the society in a yet more flourishing condition. The meeting thee separated. skaters and The Seine has frozen aver at Paris, and sliders are to be seen crossing the river. The Hon. L. J. Papineau has been elected for the count/ of'St. Maurice by acclamation.—Montreal Herald. • Accounts have been received from Naples, stating tho the King had yielded to the popular demand for reform 4 At the Special Commission at Clonmel, on Fridelf Henry Cody and Philip Cody were found guilty. of the murder of a man named Madden, on the 9th July last. THE DUNDRY MURD ER .—O n S a t ur d ay , B en j am i n and James Hazell were committed for trial, charged with the murder of their uncle, W. Hazel'. The Zeitunyshalle of Berlin, of the 26th, announce some cases of cholera in Upper Silesia, especially at Rag' boo Pless, and Leobshitz. Lord and Lady Stanley have arrived at Wimpole liaw Cambridgeshire, on a visit to the Earl and Countess 0 , T , Hardwicke, from visitin g th e M arqu i s and Marchioness Exeter, at Burghley House, and the Duke of Rutland. Belvoir Castle. The last commercial adviees from the 13ritish West DI: dia Islands are dull and discouraging, while at Havanna", and Port Rico all was life and bustle— a s t r iki ng s ou painful contrast with the condition of the English colonY,F possessions. - Dr. Brady, of Gardiner-street, to whom the stomach of the brother of the late Rev. T. M agu i re, as well as Ur stomach of his brother's wife, have been sent up for any, lyzation, swore, on Thursday, before the magistrateo. o ` Dublin, that the stomachs of both Mr. and Mrs.Magalr,f contained a large quantity of arsenic. They had been 10 Dublin for the p urpose o f a d m i n i stering to the will of tuv Rev. T. Maguire, and had only returned to the coal three days b e f ore th e i r di sso l ut i on. The parties suppose to be implicated in the transaction bavo fled. usWELS H music, i n whic h CoN c a T .s—e selection t er:: e r r of Welsh of vocaleh airs, an r d s, m strue adaptedm Welsh and English music, was introduced, took F. l6 _, last evening, at the Concert-hall, Lord TsT e i sQn ,streew Th. - goodi and the - performances fir above mediocrity. The vocalists were Miss Williams' Mr. Rowland, Mr. Watkins ; and the instrumentalists Mr' Elias Roberts, the celebrated harpist, and his pupil, Mr' Reynolds. Each distinguished themselves in the peculiar parts allotted to them. The songs in the Welsh languag e were extremely melodious, an d f u ll y f ree f rom the b ar s ' ness objectionable in English poetry. MR. BAMFORD'S LECTURE.—A very interestig lecture' the first of a series of four, was delivered at the Portico' Newington, last evenin g , by Mr. Bamf or d , l ate of Gh e nt. His remarks on this occasion were in a great measure in. troductory, as they treated mainly of the state of society and civilization towards the close of the middle ages, sae immediately previous to the Norm an conquest. I n the brief but interesting review which he gave, two poling are particularly deserving of notice,—his correct apprecie; tion of the nature and influence o f M o h ammedanism, an his history and examination of the practice of duelling' The lecture was relieved by ae few suitable quotations' very gracefully delivered, and evidently made a very iv vourable impression on a highly respectable audience. INQUESTS YESTERDAY BEFORE MR. CCRRY.-- view of the body o f J o h n Wheelan aged 65. Deceased' who was rather i n fi rm , li ve d in leidly's-place, street. On the 22d ult. he was found with his clothes oe fire in the cellar of the house which he inhabited, and the time he appeared to be in a st a t e o f intoxication. 11, was very severely burnt, an d was t a k en to t h e N ort W . Hospital, where he died on Friday last. A considerale portion of the body of the old man was nearly consume d ' _A Verdict to the effect that h e was f oun d on fi re , and die" from the injuries, but how the fire originated there was e: evidence to chew.—On view of Elizabeth Burns, aced tit,. years, who lived with her parents "it 23, Princes'-stree! The deceased was in a room by herself on the 29th when her clothes took fire, by which she was so muct burnt that she died same day. Verdict accordingly, v" how her apparel caught fire no evidence. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STREET, ATMOSPHERIC Temperature in shade by self-re-,Humidity at gistering I Noon. Thermometer. Daily D t i i r: Fall of Wio of a t Nine Six i Dry Wet I Rain. Noo o ' cI m. p.m. Max. 1 Min. • bulb. bulb.' Pressure at - Jan. In. In. beg. Deg. 1 Deg. Deg. In. 25 30'51 30'55 37 32 37 34 26 30'15 30'12 36 31 36 33 27 30'14 30'10 34 24 34 31 28 29'87 29'83 28 23 I 26 29 29'87 29'72 40 28 33 (-) - 31 129'22 29'39 38 ( 37 1,583 1,337 770 502 'Stock Ist Jan. 18471 Imports. Maryland, hhds, Virginia, „ Kentucky, „ Stengel, „ Imported 524,000 524,000 1,120,000 1,1 2,115,000 2,115,000 2,300,000 2,: 25,000 25,000 1,000,000 1,1 1,490,000 1,660,000 . 1,850,000 2, 1,616,000 1,676,000, 1,750,000 I,' 4,540,000 1,700,000 3,620,000 4,1 500,000 .... 1,790,0001 600,000: 2,260,000 I LI 12,600,0001 11,300,000 13,900,000 113, 1,700,0001 2,000,000 15,900,0001 15,900,000 12,300,00 q 144,00,000 2,000,000 1,500,00(1 ' FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY. The upward movement of the public securities, both English and foreign, has continued during the week, and consols at the close may be quoted within a shade of 90. The market NS as slightly influenced on Thursday by the announcement by the bank of a farther reduction of in terest to 4 per cent. The effect, however, of this indica tion of a desire to discount has not been so great as it would have been, owing to the fact that private capitalists have been for some time past doing business at that rate and even less. There is a plethora of money in the mar ket ; and there being no commercial operations going on of magnitude sufficient to employ it, parties are seeking other investments wherever they can be found. The rail way share market has been largely resorted to, and prices of most stocks may be quoted higher. It is remarked, however, that the stocks of some of the old companies are avoided, as the feeling is very general that they have been injured as paying investments, and are likely for some time to come to yield less dividends to their share holders, by the injudicious manner in which, during the late mania, they encumbered themselves with rival pro jects, for which they had to pay extravagant prices, either in the shape of premiums or guaranteed dividends to the projectors. The leading discount-houses in London have reduced their rate for money at call to three per cent. The most extraordinary circumstance is, that whilst the above fact conveys the idea of money being now a perfect drug in the market, not one commercial bill in six drawn for the purpose of carrying on the internal trade, can be discount ed on any terms whatever. On the other hand, the small fraction of paper considered unquestionable, is regularly canvassed for by the bill brokers on behalf of some of the banks and other capitalists. Several commercial failures have been announced during the week; and the Gazette continues to present an un usually long list of bankrupts, On Friday the' failure of Messrs. Bertram and Parkinson of Newcastle, general merchants and brokers, was announced by themselves by circular to their connexions. The liabilities are said to be between £150,000 and £200,000; and the concern will have to be wound up under the Bankruptcy Court. The liquidation will depend upon the amount of the divi dends paid by several large houses in London and else where, with whom they did business, and is not ex pected to be very favourable. An East India house in London also, Messrs. John Brightman and Co., is an nounced as having suspended. Their engagements are not expected to be large, and are almost entirely on ac. count of a sugar factory in India. A small failure has occurred in Manchester; and rumour is diligently pre dicting more, but we are glad to say, without any suffi cient grounds. A slight revival in commercial affairs generally is ob servable both in London and in our own port. The colo nial markets especially have been firm throughout the• week. The sales of sugar in London have been at an advance of Is. to ls. 6d., very little being brought forward at these prices. and buyers willing to operate. There has not been much doing in coffee, but prices are firmly main tained. In Liverpool the improvement is even more marked. We have had a brisk demand for all descriptions of sugar, and ls. 6d. to 2s. advance has been freely paid. A more cheerful tone is generally prevalent. A gratifying: feature, which we have to notice, is the an nouncement of the immediate resumption of business by the North and South Wales Bank,—an announcement which will be hailed with gratification not only by its friends in Liverpool, but in every place throughout the prin cipality, where it has a branch established, and will set to work a large amount of suspended industry. The Liver pool Banking Company does not offer us so flattering a picture, although during the week they have come to an arrangement with their depositors to liquidate their claims at three instalments, the first payment of 6s. Bd. in the pound to be paid in cash on the 10th February, and the remainder, with interest, in bills payable on the 6th Au gust and Ist December, 1848. The conduct of the ma nagement is very freely animadverted upon, and the ar rangement offered has only been accepted as the best which could be secured. The cotton market was rather dull at the commence ment of the week, but improved towards the close, leav ing ofl firm at fully the prices of last week. The sales were 25,570 bales, all of which, except 500 bales, were for consumption. The imports were 21,106 bales. The clos ing prices given by the Brokers' Committee, on Friday, were for fair Bowed, 41d. ; Mobile, 41d. ; and Orleans, We have little improvement to notice in the market for manufactured goods, which continues to be characterized by great inactivity, although the tone of most parties is rather more hopeful. Buyers operate very sparingly both for the foreign and the home markets ; and are generally pressing for a reduction in prices. There has been a little done during the week in yarn and cloths suitable for the Indian market. Our Corn Market, although not overburthened with supplies either from Ireland or foreign ports, has yielded slightly since last week, Wheat on Friday being ld. to 2d. per bushel below last week's prices, and only prevented from going lower by the absence of any prospect of large importations until spring is advanced, together with the oraccorp of Int," 9 r . " c - ---"n•-• were 4,500 qrs. Wheat, 1,011 brls. Flour, 2,709 bags. and 16,000 bushels Indian Corn, and 1,600 qrs. Barley. From Ireland we have had 93 tons, 933 sacks Wheat, 112 tons, 2,585 brls., 652 sacks Oats, 3673 bags Flour, 50 tons, 2,003 loads Oatmeal, 36 tons Barley, 16 sacks Peas, and 20 sacks Beans. The return from the Bank of England for the week ending the 22nd of January gives the following results when compared with the previous week : Public deposits .... £4,082,448 Decrease Other deposits .... 10,774.870 Increase Rest .... 3,726,364 Increase. On the other side of the account,— Govmet. securities, £11,464,665 Increase £261,312 Other securities, 14,510,363 Decrease .. .. 744,573 Notes unemployed, 7,447,385 Increase .... 294,985 The amount of notes in circulation is £19,111,880, being an increase of £17,280; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £13,176,812, showing an increase of £353,210 when compared with the preceding return. The following Table contains the Stocks of American Tobacco held in Bremen at the commencement and the close of the last two years, with the Imports and Sales 41252,232 98,682 Stock, 31st Dec. 1847. 1846 1 184711846.11847. - 1846. - 118474 -. 1846. 1877, i _____- i 5922' , 8919 26785'31743 23788 20681 8919'9981 2155 2085 2386 911 2456 2079 2085 917 3340 2260 5028 3816 6099 5013 2269 1072 1330 2706 6092 6788 4716 8038 2706 1456 Sold. Imported. I Sold, RAW SUGAR, ,050,000 ,300,000 ,000,000 ,100,000 ,750,000 ,000,000 200,000 I s.' 0.02 N•l_ THE WEATHER.-25th: clouded, strong gusts of winu;,s, 26th: bright, with ditto.-27th: bright, heavy squalls; Die, light fall of snow.-28th: light fall of snow; strong breeleAs 30th: light showers.-31st; light rain a.m., p.m., clou breaking. LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET, JAN. 31. f oretgrt wool nub ucr.n in good roqueet during the rj g week, and several parcels have been so ld at former Prinit Holders are meeting the market freely, an d we have no dor., that in a few weeks our Wool market w ill b e i n a healthy cv.. dition. IMPORTS FOR THE WEEK Foreign 2858 9417 Scotch West Coast Previously. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 31. or The supply of stock at our market to-day has been sun than last week, and the whole, or nearly so, sold. Beef, 6„it" 6d. ; Mutton, 60. to 7d. per lb. BIRTH. On the 28th ulti m o, at Tresilian, Glamorganshire, the IV,' of J. W. NICHOL CARNE, Esq., D.C.L., of a daughter. 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