The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-05-27 00:00:00

/ilaY 21, T 1851. • H E _ „,,,,iiieaviasLximaint SAO . ~__.., __ ,-- -..-..------ - oral prb3o. FREE TRADE—CURRENCY—PROTECTION. obtain that definite weight. He de , principle of barter values, while we I ______,„•________ MR. DUNCAN'S LECTURES AT THE CONCERT-HALL. ourselves on the principle of taxation' 6nlstrt:teno.srtgtee Mnfaxwell, Esq., of this town, has purchased the But how will this affect our manufat Glenlee, Kirkcudbright. for £3-9,000. On Tuesday and Thursday evening last, Mr. Jonathan trade ? In our proposed paper me poat..aCharles Mott, the auditor for the South Lancashire Duncan delivered lectures on Free Trade, Currency, and and therefore prices will rise. Wi In ,1 ... in district, expired on Monday last.hanced cost of production drive our the markets of the world ? By no was a 1t6 , ,,l the total population for the parish of Wallasey Protection, at the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street, " ,40 / ; 1851 it is 8,349, so'that the increase is 2,088. which we never saw filled with more attentive, intelligent, will be a nominal rise expressed in to of titnhe sessions on Friday, three men were acquitted of fele.and respectable audiences. On the first evening, Mr. will depreciate exactly in the prop g from to bribe the prosecutor in a case John Smith was in the ch a ir ; and a lthou g h, as a free imposed. Take a case. Our manuf ny, giving his evidence, worth £30,000 in our paper money ir'l' John ehLatcashire Huzzars, under the command of Major trader, guarding himself against being supposed to agree • . money is excised or depreciated by o n 1 'Gerard, Bart., assemble for eight days' duty an pr _about the 13th or 14th of June. with the whole of Mr. Duncan's views, enforced upon the fetch in the markets of the world 7 audience the great importance of the monetary question, but only 5,000 ounces. This is true sa l t rne d t e i ta me chme n t of the Hungarian refugees, who landed which Mr. Duncan was about to explain. Previously to nufacturer brings his 5,000 ounces of ,_ ago at Liverpool, have arrived in Newcastle, Mr. Duncan's opening the lecture, the audience was they will purchase X 30,000 of our na and leave Coat r ib .'een holding meetings for the purpose of levying briefly addressed by Mr. Robert Jones, an operative, who he can still compete abroad with f n , e talons on the public. declared that he, and the working classes generally, had competes, selling at the cheap barter tra l n a. n weather is now all that could be desired for the been disappointed in their anticipations of the effects of greatly benefitted- for under the pie fr airt„ g craps The wheat plant looks well; and the free trade; that they had had less work, less wages, and sell cheap both at 'home and abroad crop. es, in this neighbourhood, give promise of a large had found themselves less able to procure bread, notwith- tern proposed, he would sell cheat standing its cheapness. He was convinced that the erro- home. This would ensure high prof week T he t Cunard line of steamers are to sail, in fixture, every neous monetary system of the country was 'the cause. and high wages to the employed. I h m ughout the year, without any interruption. On Thursday, Mr. Brodribb presided; and at the close of i Duncan then explained the differei Hitherto , etri c t on t during the winter, the despatches were re- the lecture expressed himself strongly in favour of Mr. and PRICE. Value expressed simply O ° o once a f or t n i g h t. D uncan ' s currency. B ot h l ectures were most successful, or embodied in commodities; price paper Tuesday f our l a d s p i c k e d up i n Copperas- bill a £s and have created a great sensation amongst the people of government or of society which adde lel " silver, belonging to Mr. Gilmour, butcher, to Liverpool. duction without adding to the va 174°111 th eY forthwith carried it, and who rewarded their Mr. DuNCAN commenced by stating that his object in Thus if x represented value and y I 4311 .. e 5iY with half-crown. addressing the merchants, shipowners, tradesmen, and then xen y was the expression of lanatnntew iron steamer, named the Falkland, has been operatives of Liverpool was to reconcile the antagonism four pounds and ;p denoted two you Indus, at Bombay, intended for the navigation of the that now exists between the conflicting principles of Free- was the price that the commodity oe Birkenhead This vessel was constructed by Mr. Laird, of trade and Protection; that in his humble judgment both 'market; for if the producer could Bent on . „ a d , and was put together in India, by artificers of these rival parties were in error; and that the error this level, he could not recover the 0.. E for that purpose. mainly arose from overlooking the true principles of to the government, in the shape of e '-nrione,ol) \Aoh a , . EATll.—Ayoung man, eighteen years of age, Money, for it must be obvious, on the least reflection, and if he is disabled from doing so, t buil t n-lust come from Ireland to be engaged as ajourney- that Money forms one-half of every bargain. Freetrade, rest permanently on the labour of th lio nse T l 9r here, died suddenly onSaturday, at a lodging- as a principle of commercial action, was partly sound and propertied classes would be exemp t er. 'in - Lower Harrington. 'His name was Fos- partly vicious. It was sound in reference to the-several dens. Lents apply this principle to 0 re counties into which Great Britain was divided, since 'the foreigner is wholly untaxed, he can ceed a in euesday as a gardener from Birkenhead was pro. inhabitants of Lancashire were'under the same laws and that is, for four pounds; what then n o _ i nn through a small plantation near'Exmouth-street, general circumstances as the 'inhabitants of Middlesex; ducers, who require six pounds, sine I,‘oscovered wrapped in an old Piece of flannel, the but the extension of this principle to independent !unions, pounds of taxation ? If they conth 'eTY °I a fine male child. It appeared to have been governed by laws peculiar to themselves, and whose gene- must lose two pounds on all they sell on ti h recently born. 'raleircumstances differed from those of surrounding king- this would make them bankrupts; I he engines to be planed in the' Greaeßritain are to be doms, was vicious. (Hear, hear.) There were three-special compete, then they must abandon 'hi by l ',:.e oscillating principle, and are now being constructed reasons why international Freetrade might proveinjarious: give employment to our labourers. nO r Tssrs. Penn and co., of London. They are of 500- let, where there was a difference of soil and climate; 2dly, the foreigner does pay some tax - to I 'loo e power. The engines last placed in this vessel were where there was a difference in the standard of living ; the answer is, if he pays two pot w or i! i arse power, but it was not supposed that they ever Brdly, where there was a -difference of taxation. In regard whose condensed value is four pou 'heli nin eat more than:soo.horse. The new engines, it is to the firstkof these reasons, it was notorious that the vir- compete in our market, in whieli can Twanilitvill do more execution. gin soils of Russia and 'America possessed more natural import becomes a nullity.; but if hi ° f the A . ,, t , , V PASSAGE OF THE : l'aciFic.—The owners fertility than the soil orEngland, which had been worked two pounds. than he has an advantag a sil ver an'neat i li ne of steamers some time ago promised for centuries ; and this difference was admitted by the taxed producers, and his advantage i first pert ,e to the engineers of Whichever of their boats Preetraders, who, conscious of the disparity-stated, urged hear.) Why does government pi This f ea Maled the passage either way under ten dam our farmers to study aericultural chemistry, and expend Because if he can sell without r Rine ers .;avin g been performed ley the Pacific, the en- large 'capitals on artificial manure. Now a free trade itijures the fair trader -who does . th e pass„wao were highly complimented by Capt. Nye and should also be a fair trade ; but to he fair, the competi- Government affixes pains'and perish', titpnaigets for their exertions, will be the recipienesof tors ought to be in parity of relation and circumstances, this unjust competition'may not injui 'soothe . which is not the case when the earth, the raw material on man ; yet in utter violation of the . i rain w.,-,-ICAL GARDENS. — A new ballet, and M. Desa- - which they labour, is endowed with different degrees of involved, the . ports are' . thrown ope at st io I "' ilis wonderful performing dogs, are announced fertility. In reference to the standard of living, the Rus- kreigner, who is actually invited, nay oth e r gardens - for the present week, in addition to the - Sian serf and Polish peasant were fed oil the coarsest food, ' our fair traders who 'contribute to c ease numerous and varied attractions. A dramatic li- meanly clad, and-squalidly housed. Therefore their ge- state ; while the British smuggler, w Prod as been obtained, and it is intended shortly to neral subsistence cost their employers very much less. verely punished. This freetrade cl vatl en ?,,i n a The Hall of All'Nations a series of short than the farmers of England were in the habit of paying incomes of the 'idle aich go further, / 1 1nie n 1 “" and farces, in which talented artistes will to their labourers. (Hear.) Are we then prepared to nragour 1 purchasing power of fixed incomes r On Alond people down tonthe low level of Russian serfs and Polish sent legislation appreciates wealth, an °Pen , a'.7 the prize fora poem on a sacred subject, 'bondsmen ? (N0,n0.) Orought we notratherasa Christian it augments the dividends of the fund was awayi B.A.s and M.A.s of the University of Oxford, community to.seek to elevate those oppressed people up to the wages of industry. (Cheers.) Fello w a e n to the Rev. John G. Sheppard, M.A., late the higher standard of Englishmen ? In reference to taxa- pointed out several of the contradic at n th or wadham College. The subject was "St. Paul Mon, our national debt equals in amount the whole na- of what is called' " Free Trade." Pam , e ns." The value of - the prize is £5O. Mr. 'Steep- tional debt of Europe. There aref22o millions of people taken off raw cotton because it was i . l econn wh° is a Liverpool man, is at the present time on the continent of Europe; in these islends there are manufacture, but when the refuse eoeiv e tp , a !ter of the Grammar Schools, at Repton, and but 30 millions. The taxation pressure on each of us is cotton-mills is converted into paper, ultios i — "'a education in this town, at the Royal nnsti. therefore sevenfold as great as it'is on each inhabitant of a tax of 300 per cent. Our graziers 1,,n Shool. the Continent. Under such circumstances, Freetrade extract the saccharine properties of b, 4a8 0 ,1 13 "-waionic Sontarno—The fifth concert of the competition is unjust because it is unfair. As, in a race, process to •enable them to fatten their Lo i n % pieces place this evening. The debit of Miss any cab horse in Liverpool could distance the Flying compelled to 'compete with the fore ta ns t t i la kaY4teugs at these concerts — an event long promised Dutchman -were the latter compelled to carry a ton weight malt his barley. We tax soap 100 I i 3 of the' Philharmonic—is yet once more on his back, so the foreigner, who bears a feather weight vast SUMS to promote sanitary reforn nea r r e ned. her majesty having " commanded" her ao. offiscalburdens,caneasilyconquerorunderselltheEnglish- the poor the-means of cleansing the den k " .. ? that evening at - the Palace. To atone for the man, whose back is bent to the ground by imperiaband fess a desire to promote trade., and ki ss ;.,' .. 1 ,ai1, the committee have secured the services of local imposts. (Cheers.) If youinsist on free and fair trade, tisements which are the best meant cl ine nseherine Hayes. 'The programme of Tuesday-will make the weights equal between the competitors. In the We pretend' to be anxious far popule '''' I ? r gelv on two favourite works, " M a s a nien o " an d three cases stated, Freetrade -is the grossest injustice to the paper .on which books are prints „" es oiranicd o ~ st i s . - our productive classes, and Protection becomes the sacred professions- and our practice are dire Ye ars t gratlfying to notice-the improvement which of late duty of a paternal government. The principle of Free- thusiastic -applause.) The lecturer k aeln u t ias taken place in the Public vehicles of this town. trade, thus modified in its practical action by the three question 'of direct taxation, which-h k r. Fedit is undoubtedly due to the liberal example of special circumstances referred to, leads to this rule : together impracticable. With the e Of vr es a ltne,r, the spirited - omnibus and coach 'proprietor Admit duty-free what we cannot produce; exclude what require a srevenue of 60 millions.: t Ilers es ; DerhY. who in the beauty of his vehicleaend we can produce. For instance; we cannot pr . odnce tea, and income-tax at three per cent. Is seen: excels anything hitherto seen in this locality. and vet our free trade legislators impose on its inferior thereforerto raise 60 millions, -the ta it.heixibliebtit proper that such regard for the comforts of qualities-a tax of 300 per cent.;' but on hats, shoengloves, 36 per cent. But if trades and ,profe -at should be publicly acknowledged. An hotel .. &c., that we can produce, no duty is levied. If we re- and the whole revenue were raisedno to o , ~ present being added tolislr. Bulmer's establishment ; versed this policy, the consumption of tea would bedou- the tax- must be raised to 70 per 0 1 1 :' 1 ., 4 0.1d to his prosperity. bled ; and far from displacing native industry, it •would amount - to confiscation. (Hear, h 11. /0:!-Ir01(lay. evening, in St-John's Church, the Rev. J. double employment, in paying for the increased :quantity then pointed out the danger to the I kat o ii_ delivered to a densely crowded congregation the in a proportionate increase -of British commodities, present :commercial policy.. It was the su b course of lectures on the errors of Romanisro,— Freights would be doubled, and all the complicatectthy , our agriculture, our maritime sups vi rgiti natet oaring the " Immaculate Conception of the sions of industry to carry on this fair and free trade would commerce; and when our productive 144 1. 11 , 4 ' 1 W' There were hundreds is the church- be stimulated into productive activity, and receive a cor- down to a bare subsistence by cheer hea t, • able to gain admittance. On Friday evening responding reward. (Hear, bear. , But if you admit articles ploying classes reduced to a bare r ePly t in , t lle same church, , the Rev. Dr. M 4 Neile mill thatwecan produce,thenforeignindustry consesinto conflict paying the dividends would vanish; I Ike t 0 Cahill's lecture on " Penance," w hi c h was with na tive industry, and deeply aggravates the ruinous now profiting by the general distress meliv erne w n in short-hand;; - and the third lecture will he competition which is already grindinglabour into the.dust, be punished for his shortsightedoelfi , In nt S by the Rev. S. Minton on " Intention. -- P - Freetrade is not a practical measure, because it does not of a national bankruptcy. (Hear, I e n °art i n i u L D GESHIP crF THECOrNTT COURT.—TheDuchy depend- exclusively on the will of the Parliament. We He concluded by repeating that th iparc an onion has served notices on the offinernof the must secure the assent of foreign governments, acid-these hinged on the doctrine of employme se "tneel e , Society, to the 'effect that they must 'hold have refused to meet us on terms of reciprocity. They to be solved was this :—Can trade n '`Dnert nf s ,l n n readiness to g ive evidence, if required, 'in are eager to sell in our markets, but they will not allow us money is always limited, and periodi hl'on Af r 7 Petition; and' a notice has also been served to sell in 'their markets. The palpable truth is that we act of Parliament ? Can free import deearj.,,, stare Jn ai rnshan. 'T3II of June isfixed fo - r -the are now mistaking free imports for free trade. The theory ment to our . working classes than Goa.: int erest i Parties. The public of Liverpool have a of the Manchester school is to destroy the plough in market'? Mr. Duncan resumed his I t t o ~ .n the result of this important inquiry, and England, an d th e l o o m i n E uro p e and the United States, continued applause of the meeting. gsror a : . o, li s O n i tat bY large subscriptions the efforts of 'elle It -is proposed that Cobden and Co. ;sand hall become the At the conclusion of each lecture, Lio n ,„ 14 1 to substantiate the truth of their elle- Moses and Son of the habitable globe --T hi ~ ,S En v. vilege they offer to surrender to foreigners our bread and able lecture ; and so effectually had tho u 8 ellarn.• r t'kut-nas' ANNtrAL SOIREE AND Fon:. beet markets. M r . Duncan quo t e d sow , striking passages objections to his system, that no qt Sim 'ullig s n. to which so many from the evidence of Mr. J. D. Hume. in answer to Aloes- any of the several parties present w old .... , ...3 of ~,,,,_ . . tb. iu . o f l , :i nar tri . :n rn ds m a e n r dt r _h e e un p i a o bl . ic look forward astoan dons 1361,1364, and 11393, shewing that the object of the coincide with some of Mr. Duncan's ....vp ii .,. ....liar f rien d, .replete with innocent mirth, and Freetraders was to cut down the wages and reduce th e hit._ '42 h.....-. 1—.- .1-.. _.......-1.. -.,, ;,--...,,,i .A..-tr‘,.Q wilt dietary of the working men of this country to the canti- .........anseascaansmarma 6:rt. ;vIirt;OVNTV CoußT.—Th. s.o __ 21;.".0 London ha , served notices on the officer t f . th "tonl.`'lan Societ t the 'effect that thry mus ist., see _elves in readine o ss to -rive evidence, if required, , 4 14 r a t i of the petition ; and a notice has also 11 • r ' Jmonashay. 'The 3d of Ju.. .. i-ed for -tt . Parties.. deep; ter theresul t T a h f e thta publicimportant of Lir i a T a l i ; .y have ought to 4, assist by large subscriptions the effort_ s . o r f a r . t . i. t t. ic . a s• tl S°l etlr to -substantiate the truth of thei lie. ..4 , oßsis .... T his ch a r •Vie ll'aldi..nits' Armtlai, S 0 I It h E . iC h A •C so DFLTT y . thOtitabri,,a7Pling summer reunion. to old and f 0 our --.' r fendsend forward titeuipyujbitlii,eil,emetwcenict mirth, es t o n a n. n d_ throw_ anliliar friend , • to e :,', , Z broadcast nr t e seeds r - eP tap st place promising d the close of the next mont e h y , o u r n_ n d oot g auspices. His. worship . the M tsoll? e xtends his patronage,. but has kindly consented t P t ' oe ,.the chair at the soiree, supported by Mr. Alderman vice Lealfr,Who has very handsomely consented to take the Ti i „ i , 4 r.n . pon the oci7asion : h sailed from New York etl2 01 e t. , ; Ratite steam...ship, w ata..; a on the 10th instant,.was telegraphed off Holvhead 2C-u. t o on Tuesday morning. She passed theßockabout iiiosatiltnutes to 2 o'clock, and our mails — reached us at 20 la r, IP to 3. She brings 2 21. Passengers, and 43175,000 It I' l l "' and4;3so in silver. As will be seen, she has made ThoPlendid passage, being the shortest on record .. tail 41. ate passage , Europa arrived out• on the Bth instant. a t t . 'Nes t t 4"et -supply of coin and gold: dust had a A0 1e ... elk on the 9th instant, by the. steam-shiP rr n N t ort was h 451,,Pa5, fro treL4o al Chagres, via Kingston. The amou t4 tl -- "'i qL ic, lot • —On Sunday morning the ti e r c Ti i ts eo ‘-roa SAE —LIND. ter, r :Zia,:tlexion with the new school for the blind, in. , The Veet, was consecrated by the :;Bishop of Ches e4r-f)ratio-aYor, accompanied by several emb A ers re of the hd „,e)11 Br ook s ' ll the Recorder, and tee Venerable a se ttililL' Were present, and a numerous congregation ~,.. selp,,,._• The-.sermon was preached lay the Bishop, rth mad e rhis ''''° -- ‘ -d f o text the 7th verse of the2 , lth_Psa .t lm I a 1.4 d a n effective appeal in behalf of -the chari y. 11 - 71 44-7,37;,11_ aloress, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. R. H. Bay h"4 th e "Iss Brooks received contributions.at the door; (4-style, ineollection ameunted to £125. There was also a -a ted. .." t ile evening, at which the Rev. Mr. Bull offi lgtp,, re c u11et,..., •,,, , - , ,,e s „,. ,-,-. ROBBERY IN AN OnixteKs.—A, lady, w.,1 1 . 0 . . e Door" `ne Old Swan, on Wednesday last cameto The tua oo 4. to w some money from one of the banks. aed 11' Wage4lo, which, after placing in her . purse, the ° Patti ng i, her pocket, she took her seat in one of 4tetilllniboses to return, home. A man of gent!emaly Ivith „at' shortly took his seat beside her. He . behaved ° O qtilach courtesy during his stay in the vehicle, :and, t0 e:40. 1 . 4 . 4 )g i t at Edge-lane, :politely took leave of his t fa t i e r Natirrn, wi,o, as he was getting out, was not ali I . f!tat. r -P, ed to see her own purse entwined around hid f l k i n er )ttiajoioaeashock thus produced was such as e tood ,eoaillartn until the, gentleman and l o ie P r XAO.were 0 0 trell AT P On the 16th instant, Q 4., et b . ..ORF-GLASGOW,— f lidiri eauttful screw steam-ship was launched from the tt ha Lg - Yard of Messrs. John 'Reid and Co. .here . , an b Ilil l• ?i t b eaut . f 1 p ance, seems to bid fair that she tiaerlir4 ti l y th er i s u ust a air a th r e high character which the part ell. ii els firm have deservedly earned for turning ot o tkiledatipcies specimens of naval architecture nowhere surfl,tlll i s , ven equalled, in any.qualification. This steamer, ita,l 4 la a 4,!loned the Frankiort, is about 750 tons register, trii.,‘-'o ' a .. the well-known firm of Messrs. Vianna , . Jones, Ap" e, titi.4erpool, and is intended forthe Mediterranean th,, ° Pell er `te. r the command of Capt. Corbett. The screw in; obj ect: l a fixed aft of the redder, on a new principle, , i)l a - °f the of which is to cause less tremor from the worl - q 4137 cornioept "7shaft' which willmaterially in these elegant 4, 4l ers. ts tor passengers l providedterlalirf_ add to the s '. 7 , T , e engines are in course of formation by_ °)•th b .hrnpson, Clyde Bank Foundry, Glasgow. -- Nit" Mai/. Ni t " Pap e , A ssAGE OF A LIVERPOOL SHIP.—A new Zea the i elt i2er.' ° f December 31, says :—Or! Saturday last. P t ustk "s were startled by an extraordinary `.Novelty,' o a ,_aei aco °f. that name having arrived in port . from San n af1;10t, news to the short space of 29 days, to .q0h,,....0f the'2d, and New York new a s n t d o e t a b . . k e ra k I t h t Li ony N tt ille tha'nr tyre is another and remarkable _ _ it. tl k a 14 t ein °ur geographical position which the X _ !gi ti e,ire e i,..? Is certain eventually to effect, since, with a a ll . 1iit: 1 1 ,914, laud delays of American and qalifortuan tran an i lsy s let ic ' e ve. have been put in possession of Europe Th rs • ..r,,,„1n the hitherto unprecedented space of 87 tie"tsPsn',4'lo Novelty belongs to Messrs. Millers and tg li a ellihW ( ,)f this town. She left Liverpool on the 25th . de eis o, p t V 8 49, and arrived at Rio Janeiro in 34 da . ys eia,l'i,lY 14,1ehern.arnbueo in 9 days; thence to Valparaiso, t e,,4 ) 2 1 014.12 v ,1th sugar, in 41 days; thence to San Fran '4% with s "'So (during which passage she had to con tiesg dis Pr anci _ filing winds and calm, in 52 day . s . ; and from thaftlln ee ~,0,..t0 Auckland, New Zea l and (sailing at least to 16 1- 1.0.00 miles), in 29 days. The Novelty has Nt h at th e a sa ;lthg days counting from port to port (in. l e gotd• delays of • . .* ina t „. ~... entering and leavieg them), run the Dr e l 0nne....! .istanco of o fully 20,000 mdes, which result P. 3 afloL. e . lifor NUM long period, surpassed by few I' r e , t Aag -t. i „,, -er -- Or A DUTCH SOLDIER WHO FOUGHT PAL% %.0, 3 111, .`",,, I , , CURED By HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT AND a or 4 litt J. de Swart publicly state hat Holloway's Pe wh' intment have' cured NY l eh had tl •several ulcerous ead ed h i „ len- - origin i ' perfectly healed wounds 41 0 i Wa s _o'ne battle erloo. The pain was infinite, trstiehe. i leave t 1 44 elth nave v bed always during the harvest J h,' Ole for two years been enjoying the best -et' a to p _ll consequence of using Holloway's Pills a t o l t ta n d or ,rstich cured me in a very short time ; in .1044.`ar.441, Which I publish this testimony."—Signed, NI 0 .of Len+. pn ' e t• 4 1849." - tile- Vossepeial - , near Nymegen, vilege they offer to surrender to .foreigners our bread and beef markets. Mr. Duncan quoted some striking passages from the evidence of Mr. J. D. &Rne. in answer to ques tions 13642364, and 1393, shewing that the object of the Freetraders was to cut down the wages and reduce the dietary of the working men of this country to the conti nental level; and he also cited from Mr. Macgregor, in an swer to question 332, that he would admit Prussian stock " whether that would destroy the trade of Leicester or not." He then gave two definitions of Tuch labour for little money was a form of cheapness, winch made the rich richer, by depreciating wages, and .necessitating long hours of toil but much money for little labour was the form of cheapness for which the industrious classes ought to struggle. , It was popularly said that food was the pri mary object of life ' and so it was to the rich who never laboured ; but for the great body of the working classea, the primary object of life was employment, for employ ment was the mother of wages, without possessing which the working man could neither command food, clothing, or, lodging. Cobbett had long since shown that if the .quartern loaf were reduced to one penny, it would be of no advantage to thelabourer unless he had employment by which he could earn the penny. (Hear.) The League had deluded the people by promising them that when free trade was established, three masters would be runninc , after one .workman. Experience had practically refuted this prediction. But common sense should have taught the deluded, that if three masters ran after .one man, wages must rise, and, with such rise, the doctrine of cheapness was demolished. For why are wages paid_ at all ? Evi dently to create products. But if the products are to be sold cheap, how can the.employer pay dear for their cre ation? ;How can he continue to give much money for what he must sell for little money ? The League had also promised that free trade would lead to more trade. But how can you have more trade, unless you have more monied instruments by which alone more trade can be carried on ? Now Cobden voted with Peel to limit the amount of money ; so that while he promised the end, he withheld the. means. What would be thought of the con duct of a body of railway directors, who retused to add to the number of their carriages, while the number.of pas sengers was daily increasing ? . Yet this was the, exact kind of folly that Cobden committed, when he promised more trade, andiimited the quantity of money. Peel had asked, " Why should not money fetch its price in the market equally with every other commodity ? " the answer is, because.money does NW/ resemble any other commodity. Legislation puts, an arbitrary limit on the amount of money,; but it does notput any limit on the production of commodities. When bankers charge a high rate of interest for money, the charge is not made for its legitimate mercantilemse, but for its artificial scarcity—a scarcity deliberately caused by an ignorant and cruel act of Parliament. It is not money that calls out trade; but trade that calls out money. The writing of letters calls out postage stamps; but the creation of „postage stamps does not cause letters to be written. Suppose Parliament were arbitrarily to limit the number of postage stamps ; then it is clear that the transmission of letters must be limited, however much the ; population might increase, or however much the desire or necessity of writing more letters might increase. In sueh.a,ease, people might have to pay -sixpence or a shilling .for a single stamp. This would be a form of usury, just as,mitch as a grinding rate of interest ; and in both cases people would have to pay, not for the fair use, but for the legislative scarcity of the instruments they required. Mr. Duncan then explained the systems& money that he recommended for adoption. This we reported in the last number .of the . when describing the meeting of the merchants held at.the Cotton Sales-room.—A gentleman in the audience asked whether the Americans would take our taxation money in payment of debts due to them ?—Mr. Duncan answered in the negative, and showed that was one of the greatest advantages of his system ; for the evil now was that fo reigners took away our gold coin, which to them was .a merchantable commodity ; and when that happened, the Act of Parliament compelled the Bank of England to con tract the issue of its motes, on which the rate of interest was raised, discounts became alrcost impossible, trade was -suspended , the factories closed , and the operatives dismissed. (Cheers.) But if we had a paper money of national -cha racter, having no intrinsic value as a commodity, but de. riving all its conventional value from the authority of the Crown, such money would never be sent out of the coun try, since no gain could be derived from its exportation, but it would permanently remain among us, performing all the legitimate functions for which it was issued. (Hear, hear.) This led to an explanation,of the theory of the foreign exchanges. It was contended by Mr. Duncan that foreigners only dealt with us on the princi ple of barter, and that it was a matter. of perfect indif ference to them what denomination we placed on our monetary instruments. If our paper pound would only exchange for 21 dwts. of gold, instead of 5 dwts., its pre sent value, the foreigner would draw a bill on England for two hundred of our pounds instead of a bill for one hundred of our pounds. What the foreigner in this case would require would be 25 ounces of gold, and provided he got that quantity of metal he would be satisfied. Now we coin our ounce of gold into four pounds, so that one hundred pounds represent 25 ounces of gold ; but if we coined an ounce of gold into eight national pounds, then two hundred pounds would represent 25 ounces of gold. It is a matter of utter indifference to the fbreigner what value we put on our coins or our paper ; he demands a dennito of gold, and makes hit calculation so as to Notting& THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. obtain that definite weight. He deals with us on the principle of barter values, while we ought to deal among ourselves on the principle of taxation values. (Hear. hear.) But how will this affect our manufacturers in their export trade ? In our proposed p a p er m o ne y w ages will rise, and therefore prices w ill r i se . Will no t then this en hanced cost of production drive our manufacturers out of the markets of the world ? By no means ; for the price will be a nominal rise expressed in taxation money, which will depreciate exactly in the proportion that taxes are imposed. Take a case. Our manufacturers create goods worth X 30,000 in our paper money ; but if that paper money is excised or depreciated by our taxes, it will not fetch in the markets of the world 7,500 ounces of gold, but only 5,000 ounces. This is true ! but when the ma nufacturer brings his 5,000 ounces of gold to this country, they will purchase £30,000 of our national money, so that he can still compete abroad with foreigners, as he now competes, selling at the cheap barter level. He is indeed greatly benefitted; for under the present system he must sell cheap both at home and abroad ; but under the sys tem proposed, he would sell cheap abroad and dear at home. This would ensure high profits to the employer, and high wages to the employed. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Duncan then explained the difference between 'VALUE and PRICE. Value expressed simply the labourcondensed or embodied in commodities; price denoted any act of government or of society which added to the cost of pro duction without adding to the value of the product. Thus if .v represented value and y represented taxation, then ar -;- y was the expression of price. If „v denoted four pounds and-si denoted two pounds, then six pounds was the price that the commodity ought to sell for in our 'market ; for if the producer could not raise his price to this level, he could not recover the tax he had advanced to the government, in the shape of customs and excise; and if he is disabled from doing so, then ail taxation must rest permanently on the labour of the country, while the propertied classes would be exempt from all fiscal bur- dens. Let'ns apply this principle to free imports. If th e foreigner is wholly untaxed, he can sell for simple value, that is, for four pounds ; what then becomes of our pro ducers, who require six pounds, since they have paid two pounds of taxation ? If they continue to compete, they must lose two pounds on all they sell, and to persevere'in this would make them bankrupts; but if they ceased - to compete, then they must abandon 'business, and cease 'to give employment to our labourers. if ft be objected 'that the foreigner does pay aente tax to his own government, the answer is, if he pays two pounds on a commodity whose condensed value is four pounds, then he will not compete in our market, in which case free trade and free impart becomes a nullity.; but if he pay a less tax than two pounds. thin he has an advantage over more heavily taxed producers, and his advantage is our loss. (Hear. hear.) Why does government punish a smuggler ? Because if he can sell without paying the tax, he injures the fair trader 'who does pay the tax ; and Government affixes pains'and penalties to smuggling that this unjust competition -may not injure the holiest trades. man ; yet in utter violation of the moral principle here involved, the ports are' thrown open to the untaxed fo reigner, who is actually invited, nay encouraged, to ruin our fair traders who 'contribute to the burdens of the state ; while the British smuggler, when detected, is se verely punished. This freetrade cheapness makes the incomes of the idle rich go further, for as prices fall, the purchasing power of fixed incomes rises. Thus our pre sent legislation appreciates wealth, and depreciates labour: it augments the dividends of the fundholders, and reduces the wages of industry. (Cheers.) Mr. Duncan then pointed out several of the contradictions-and absurdities of what is called " Free Trade." Thus, the duty was taken off raw cotton because it was the raw material of manufacture, but when the refuse or -sweepings of the cotton-mills is converted into paper, the paper is liable to a tax of 300 per cent. Our graziers are not allowed to extract the saccharine properties of barley by any malting process to enable them to fatten their-cattle, but they are compelled to `compete with the foreign grazier who mey malt his barley. We tax . soap 100 per ce n t., an d spend vast mines to promote sanitary reform, withholding from the poor the-means of cleansing their' bodies. We pro fess a desire to promote trade, and put a tax on adver tisements which are the best means of attracting trade. We pretend to be anxious for popular education, and tax the paper -on which books are printed. In a word, our professions and our practice are directly opposed. (En thusiastic -applause.) The lecturer then examined the question of direct taxation, which'he contended was al together impracticable. With the cost of collection, we require a srevenue of 60 millions:: the present property_ and income-tax at three per cent. yields five milli ons . ; thereforato raise 60 millions, the tax must be raised to 36 per cent. But if trades and professions are exempted, ' and the whole revenue were raiseclfrom realised property, the tax- must be raised to 70 per cent., which would amount to confiscation. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Duncan then pointed out the danger to the fundholder from the °resent 7commercial policy. It was ruining our oclonies sur - b _.cure, our maritime supremacy, our general commerce ; and when our productive classes were brought down to a bare subsistence by cheap wages, and the em ploying classes reduced to a bare profit, the means of paying the dividends would vanish; and the fundholder, :g by the general distress of industry, would hed for his shortsighted-selfishness by the advent a. national bankruptcy. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Ac- concluded by repeating that the whole controversy hinged on the doctrine of employment, and the problem to be solved was this :—Can trade be expanded, while money is- always limited, awl periodically withdrawn, by act of Parliament ? Can free imports give more employ ment to our working classes than a protected labour market-? Mr. Duncan resumed his seat amidst the long continued applause of the meeting. At the conclusion of each lecture, a vote of thanks was enthusiastically carried to the eloquent lecturer for his able lecture ; and so efCectual•ly had he anticipated all the objections to his system, that no question was asked by any of the several parties present who evidently did not coincide with some of Mr. Duncan's views. DR.-CAHILL AND THE :REV. J. B. LOWE &arm anli ?orttaitture. TRE PENDULUM EXPERIMENT This interesting experiment has been successfully per formed during the week, at the Sailors' Rome, by the Liverpool Literary and Philosophical Society, not the Royal Society, as was reported. It has been conducted by J. B. Yates, Esq., the president, and Dr. Thompson, secretary of the society. The ball is of turned iron, po lished, and weighs 36 lbs. : the wire, 45 feet in length, is suspended by gimbals to a fixed beam. We forbear mak ing any remarks upon the experiment, as the apparatus is not yet considered complete: it will, however, be open to the public in a few days. Mr. J. B. Lindsay says, in a letter to the Dundee Advertiser :—" I paid no attention to this experi ment till I saw it stated that it was performed in presence of Arago. I made then some experiments, but they did not conduct to the stated result, and no me chanical reason appeared why they should do so. Some weeks passed over. and I saw it affirmed that Arago believed it. A new set of experiments were entered upon. I suspended a pendulum with extreme delicacy, and felt convinced that it would shcw the earth's motion of rotation, if such a method was capable of doing so. It has not shown this, but it has conducted to results no less surprising and interesting. Last week I performed many experiments, but all the results only showed that the vibration of the pendulum tended to a parallelism with the back of a sofa. Various conjectures arose as to the cause of this, and the troublesome sofa was ultimately removed. The pendulum, however, moved in the same direction as before, and a conjecture arose that it might be the magnetic meridian. On trial it was found to be so, and, however much the experiment was varied, the result was the same. While engaged with these experi ments on last Saturday evening, a scientific gentleman called on me and stated that a pendulum which he had tried did not show the motion of the earth, but seemed to have a tendency to move north and south. I showed him my needle, and we found a constant return of the pendu lum to the magnetic meridian. The ball of the pendulum is lead, and the wire is copper, and the only iron about it is the pivot, but the result is the same with a pivot of . brass. It does not seem to affect a magnetic needle, and I am not yet sure that it is affected by a magnet or by a mass of iron in its vicinity, but further experiments on this point are necessary. It seems capable of being used on board ship, and, if "not affected by ^ the iron in theNes sel, it will have immense advantage over the common compass, That the pendulum is capable of showing the earth's rotation I regard as a gross delusion, but that it tends to the magnetic -meridian I have found to be a fact." 3R. , CAHILL .Sta., , -,'As an English clergyman and friend of Mr. Lowe, I beg to state that I was present when Mr. Gardiner gave an ac count of his interview with you. , That -you did virtually send a reply to Mr. Lowe, no one can for a moment doubt. True, it was not a written reply; but every English Protestant would understand a verbal com plimentary message to be a reply. Mr.!Lowe read to me his answer to your message, which I advised him to print forthwith. The letter, in my opinion, and in the opinion of many other English people, is a temper ate and courteous, but very decided r statement of his view of yourproceedings. What is your rejoinder? You affirm that .no reply was sent, but cannot deny that a message was sent. You quarrel with him because he printed his second letter before your intended reply could be. sent ; and yet two days elapse, and no reply is ventured upon by you. You assert that you " preached a doctrine the very opposite of thatle (Mr. Lowe) has published in the Standard," but refuse to let the world know what your real doctrines are. And, lastly, you hold yourself at liberty to refuse any further communication with Mr. Lowe. I write this to assure you that you entirely mistake the En glish character, if you imagine for a moment that these rea sons for breaking off all further communications with Mr. Lowe will satisfy us that you possess any other qualifications as a controversialist than that very equivocal one, the discre tion which is , tbe better part of valour. Unless, indeed, your second letter to Mr. Lowe, ending with the very Christian similitude of the , hs ena, should convince us that in powers of abuse you are not likely to be equalled. Englishmen love-fair play; but there are other qualities in an opponent which-they love as well—truth, courage, and the deportment of a gentleman in one who claims to be a Christian minister. Englishmen hate•the hypocrisy which appeals to their can dour and so forth on English ground, but which finds no epithet too vile for them in Dublin.* Englishmen cannot understand why a preaeher should placard his sermons, invite Protestants to attend, and then refuse to substantiate his statements when called upon to do so by a competent opponent. • Rather, I should say, they . can understand this, more es pecially when one clergyman i s abused for being in such haste to print his letter, while another, the Rev. H. Carpenter, must wait six days for a reply to a letter dated 13th instant. Mr. Lowe has challenged you, and you abuse him, and call him a hyena. Mr. Carpenter :has challenged you, and you compliment him, but decline discussion. What do these things mean? Aik the first Englishman you meet, and he will tell you they look very like shuffling and cowardice. If you can place your conduct in any more favourable light, it greatly concerns your credit to do so.—l am, sir, faithfully yours, FREDERIC BARKER St. Mary':, Edge-hill, May, 20, 1851 *The following extracts from a speech delivered by you in Conciliation-hall, and reported in the Tablet, of April 26, may give your English readers some idea of the.manner in which it,pleases you to represent us to an Irish audience : "The capital that rises from our green fields, and the gold thatilows from our national revenue, feeds the English appe tite and fattens the cherished English artisan, while our poor millions, are starving in naked destitution in their unroofed hovels, or crawling through the putrid poorhouse to a coffin less grave. (Sensation.) The dogs of the English ken n el s are fed with sympathy and care: the wild game have a security, and are protected by law ; the unlawful death of a fox is fol lowed by a penalty, and his lite is protected by the British constitution. (Hear, hear.) But, alas! my beloved country, the poor Irish Catholic, the child of God and man, is left to faed upon briars and thorns—perishes of hunger by the way side—the .coroner's inquest needs not record the case; the handwriting-of England is traced in the protruding bones of Ws. skeleton frame, and publishes in red capital letters— 'Starved to death by English law.' All, all, all, this thrilling °cord of Ireland's deep, unfathomable woes, is, before God, the crime of England's rule ; and the Lord of the universe, who daily hears the heavy moan of oppression poured out froi-1 the broken hearts of the weeping widow and the starving or• phan, will sooner or later take revenge upon the heartless ,nation which banishes the living from the homes of their fathers, and shovelling the destitute poor into a shrondless and coffinless grave, even forges chains for the dead." ANOTHER NEW PLANET, At one o'clock, A. 51., on Monday, the 12th instant, a new planet was discovered at the observatory of Mr. Hinde. Regent's-park. "It is in the constellation - Scorpio, about 9 deg. north of the ecliptic. It is of a pale bluish colour, and its light is about equal to that of a star of the ninth magnitude. The fuchsia, mentioned in our last as being now in flower in Mr. Henderson's Oxton nursery, is syringa flora, not syringaglossa, as it was erroneously spelled. THE LTVERPOOL'FLORAL AND HORTICIIT URAI EXHIBITION SOCIETY The first exhibition of this society was held , on Thurs day, the 22nd instant, very much to the delight of all parties, in the *Botanic Gardens. This •much desired change of locality will, we are sure, benefit the so. ciety- for every person having the slightest pretensions to taste, will prefer seeing a display of flowers in a beau tiful garden, rather than in a dingy market-hall. Fortunately the'day was all that could be desired, and the excellent condition of the gardens, which reflect well deserved credit upon Mr. Shepherd, the curator, all assisted in making this opening of the floral season the greatest triumph the society has yet realized. Edge-lane reminded us of scenes we have witnessed in the neigh bouehood of London, the crowd of carriages and pedes trians formed a continuous stream, and no less than 4200 persons, chiefly of the superior class, passed through the gates. The tent was very large, and well laid out, but not sufficiently capacious for the great influx of visitors. The specimens shown were generally highly creditable to the exhibitors. 'We have but one objection to raise, and that is to the decorations of the building, which were cer tainly-tawdry and ill-chosen, and would have been sud den -death to 'Mr. Owen Jones, had he been present. Pink and blue calico, profusely distributed aver the roof, tended materially to injure the effect of the plants, the colours of which were killed by this arrangement. If colours are to be introduced, green or blue -should be chosen, and even they are better absent, far there is a decided difference between a flower show and a race course booth. The prizes were very judiciously awarded as follow : AZALZAS (Indian). Ist, R. Alison, Esq., (Mr. Hill, gar dener,) for Triumfans, Coronata, Albertit , Roses elegans, Gledstanesii, and Variegata ; 2nd, C. Wilson, Esq., (Mr. Tho mas, gardener); 3rd, Adam Fairrie, Esq., (Mr. Service, gar dener:) _ . . 6 HEATHS.—Ist, Thos. Davies and Co., Wavertree Nursery, rforVentricosa coccinea.vinor, intermedia, Cavendishii, Per spicua natter, Bergiana nana, and mirabilis. These were mag niflcentspecimens, especially Cavendisliii and intermedia ; the formerwas, however, hardly in perfect flower, and the latter rather past it.-2nd, Adam Fairrie, Esq. These were also well grown •specimens.-3rd, Mr. George Davies, of Green-lane Nursery, for a set of well grown young plants. fi Fucinstas.— Ist, Mr. I. B. Leathe'rbarrow, for Beauty of Leeds, Countess •de Beaulieu, Una, Dr. Jepheon, Elizabeth, and Elegantissimus. 6 PECAitoomums.-ISt,.Robertson Gladstone, Esti„! (Mr. Woolley, gardener,) for Conqueror of the World, Mount , Etna, 'Duke of Cornwall, Marrnion, Magog, and Prince of Wales ; 2nd, Chas. Wilson, Esq. 4 PELARGONIUMS.—Ist, R. Gladstone, Esq. ; 2nd Henry , Harrison, Esq.., (Mr. Hutchins, gardener); 3rd, J. D. Yates, Esq.. (Mr. Webster, gardener>) 6 FAricr PELARGONIums.--qat. Messrs. Thos. Davies & Co., for Reine de Francais, Statuiski, Jenny Lind, Jelin Superb, Anais, and Bouquet tout fait; 2nd, C. Wilson, Esq.; 3rd, J. B. Yates; Esq. 43 ROSES IN POTS.—Ist, Mr. Richd. Griffiths, for well-grown specimens orDuthess of Sutherland, General Allard, Polyclete, William Jesse, Dr. Marx, Aubernen, Madame Laffav, and Ba ronne Prevost; 2nd, Mr. Isaac Davies, of Larkfield Nursery. 4 ROSES IN PoTs.—lst, Mr. Wm. Griffiths; 2nd, Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow, (Charles - Jones, gardener.) 6 VERBENAS.-2nd, W. Bates, Esq., (John Shaw, gardener, 6 PETUNIAS.-114t, C. Wilsol . Fsq. _ _ 6 CALcnoLABiAs.--Ist, C. Wilson, Esq Esq., (Mr. Tyrer, gardener) ; 3rd, M. Ge( 6 GLOXINIAS.—iSt, C. Wilson, Esq. A very perfect set was exhibited by Mr. T. Whalley, nurseryman, but were not in full 2nd, R. Hig flower. 4 SPECIMENS OF EXOTIC ORCHIDAORN.-1 St, Earl of Derby, (Mr. Jennings, gardener,) for Cymbidiurn (Sp. ?), Anguloa Ruckeri, Stanbopea occulata, and Maxiflaria variabilis. S STOVE AND dfIEENHOU;E PLANTS.-.--lEt, C. Wilson, Esq., for Ixora coccinea, Helichrysum purpureum, Polygala Dalma siana, Eriostemon buxifolium, Cyrtoceras refiexa, Erica Ca vendishii, Azalea variegata , and Pimelea Neippergiana; 2nd, A. Fairrie, Esq., for Polygala Dalmasiana, Acacia pulchella, Epacris miniata, Aotus gracillimus, Helichrysum splendens, and Bossitea linophylla. Both sets of plants were very praise- worthy. 4 STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS.--ISt,-C. Wilson, Esq. Ixora coccinea, Boronia ser,rulata, Echites splendens, and Pi melea_Hendersoni ; 2nd, H. Winch, Esq. (Mr, Young, garde trifOlium, and Begonia tulieroaa SINGLE SI..ECIMENS. AZALEA (greenhouse).-Ist, IL Alison, Esq and Co. _ _ .U4l, T. Davie HEATH.-Ist, H. Winch, Esq,; 2nd, Williams, gardener); 3rd, C. Wilson, Esq. FUCHSIA.-ISt, Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow PELARGONIUM.— iSt, R. Gladstone, Esq, Neilson, Esq. (Mr DITTO (Fancy T. Davies and CO. ORCHIDACEOUS PLANT.-ISt, J. if adwen, Esq. ; 2nd, A. Fairrie, Esq.; 3rd, H. Winch, Esq. STovE PLANT.-Ist, J. B. Yates, Esq ; Esq.; 3d, Ditto. GREENHOUSE PLANT.—Iet, Rd. Alison, Ea().; 2nd and 3rd, T. Davies and Co., for Mitraria coccinea and Chironia glutinosa, In this class the most remarkable plants were Mr. Hadwen's beautiful specimen of Burlingtonia venusta (Orchidacsaa), the magnificent specimen Pelargoniums of Mr, Robertson Glad stone, Mr. C. Wilson's Gardena Stanleyana, T. Davies and Co.'s Chironia glutinosa, and Mr. Winch's beautiful Erica !, Ditto; 3rd 2nd, C. Wilson, MISCELLANEOUS GROUPS. Basket of PLANTS, in Pots.—lst, W. Bates, Esq.; 2nd, Mr J. B. Leatherbarrow. DEVICE of FLOWERS.-ISt. H. T. Wilson, Esq. COLLECTION of CUT FLOWERS, 24 Specimens, named.—lst Rd. Alison, Esq ; 2nd, 11. Winch, Esq. BOUQUET, for the hand.-2nd, R, B. Hill, Esq. (Mr. Swee ney, gardener); 3rd, Mr. W. B. Harrison CUT ROSES (all distinct and named varieties), 12 sorts.-Ist and 2nd, R. B. 11111, Esq.; 3rd, Rd. Alison, Esq. TULIPS TO THE REV sels coming to port to opeti the STLitD A ,ents to amed S —The prisone very young HIGH SE , abou wiecig 'ting to 1, named ing stokn ashwl from lawl was ppeared that-the years' •old, was given up to his .ond mate of the .n named s so exces. Mr. Whittiilgharri ; -Ist and 3rd, Mr. Whittinghatr stl), Mr. Yates; 6th, Mr. New. DITTO ROSES.-ISt, 2nd, 3rd, and sth, Mr. NeN Appleton ; 6th, Mr. Whittingham BEST PAN OF BR] BEST 6 TULIPS.— Mr. Whittingbam PINE AM, Ist, C. Wilson, Esq Bunches of Black 'GRA PES.—ist, The Earl of Derby ; 2nd,R. C. Lowndes, Esq. (Mr. Begley, gardener); 3rd, W. Jackson, Esq. Ditto White DITTO gardener). -Ist, W. Jackson, Esq. (Mr. Galloway PEACHES.-Ist, W. Jackson, Esq. The Liverpool an.d Mediterranean Steam-Shipping APPLES (Table) 1 Ist, 2nd, and 3rd, Henry Harrison, Esq 'Company's screw steamer Arno. which left here on th e DITTO (Culinary) J' (Mr. Hutchinson,. gardener). 11th instant, arrived at Gibraltar on the evening of the STRA W BERRIES I i (a Dish).-Ist, H. Winch, Esq. ; 2nd, R. B ; 3rd, T. B. Blackburn, Esq. 16th, after one of the shortest passages on record, having RAS PBERRIES I (a Dish).-Ist, JnO. Mather, Esq. • accomplished the distance in Ave-and-a-half days. Her (Mr. Daniels, gardener). commander received the following gratifying testimonial GOOSEBERRIES (a Dish).-Ist, T. W. Blundell, Esq. from his passengers, amongst whom were several Liver- CURRANTS, Red (a Dish).-2nd, Mr. Peter Wright , pool ladies, and French, Austrian, and Turkish gentlemen : prge,TJnoiaittehar,Assq..— (i) Ist, Mr. Peter Wright. "On board the 4 Arno,' May, 1851. DITTO, ITO Black (a Dish).—Extra prize, ino. Mather, Esq. "Si a,—We the undersigned passengers by the screw -steamer CHERRIES pi Disl)).-ISt, H. Winch, Esq. ' Arno,' under your. command, have much pleasure in express. " VEGETABLES. ing our sense of your kind and gentlemanly attention to the BEST COLLBCTION of VEGETABLES.-Ist and 2d. J. W passengers on board, and of your anxiety for their comfort, for Blundell, Esq. (Mr. Harrison, gardener); 3d, It. B. Hill, Esq. which please accept our best thanks. We have also much CUCUMBERS.-ISt, W. Jackson, Esq. ; 2d, James Stringer ; pleasure in bearing our testimony to the superior accommoda- Esq. (Mr. Liversedge, gardener). tion, comfort in every way, and excellent sailing qualities of CA BRAGES.—Ist and 3d, J. W. Blundell. Esq. ; 2d, Mr. John your beautiful ship. Indeed, we can conceive no trip, at this' Grey season of the year, judging by our own experience, to be more LETTUCE.-ISt and 2d, J. W. Blundell, Esq. I delightful or beautiful than one with you up the Mediterranean POTATOES (A Disn).7-Ist and 3d, J. W. Blundell, Esq.; 2d, and home again ; and would strongly recommend it to all i n R. B. Hill, Esq. (Mr. Sweeney, gardener). quest of health or gratification. We' remain, sir, your most PEAS (A DISH).—Ist, John Mather, Esq. ; 2d, J. W. Bl un d ell, obedient servants, _ Esq ( A Disti).—lst and 3d, Da v id M urray, Esq.; BEANS, FRE VIII 9(1, the Earl of Derby. CURLED PARSLEY (A DISH).—ISt, Mr. J. B. Leatherbarrow; 241 yr. Peter Wright.;. 3d, Mr. John Williams. BUNCH OF. ONIONS.-ISt, 2d, and 3d. J. W. Bleindeft Esq. BUNCH OP. CARROTS.-Ist, Mr. Peter Gore; 2d. and 3d, R. B. Hill, Esq. BUNCH OF. CELERY.-ISt at d gd, John Mather, Esq. ; 3d, Jae, btrinpr l gsq, 2nd, Ditto S. F. WLAUCHLAN, CHARLES THIBAUDIER, JABOB LOWITZ, LOUISA J. STEWART, M. J. B. WLAUCHLAN, ELIZA A. S. P. THOMPSON, HADJ MAHOMED BEN EL SHADKIE, HADJ MOHAMED EL FILALE. "To Copt, G, HARAIw and all interested in th hnnt fonmin, state that such report is utterly wit C. H. E. Yours, &c., Commander of the Asia Liverpool, 21st May, 1851 LOCAL rETINGS WEST DERBY.—At a special vestry meeting, on Thurs day, the Rev. John Stewart, rector, in the chair, a church rate of one half-penny in the pound was carried unani mously. On Tuesday evening an adjourned meeting of the Church Missionary Association, was held in the Collegiate Insti tution, the chair being taken by the Lord Bishop of Ches ter, who delivered an animated and impressive address regard to the objects of the society. The Rev. J. Scott, of Hull, moved the first resolution, which was seconded by the Rev. J. Tucker, who took a general review of the progress of missionary operations throughout the world. The Rev. R. B. Arthy, of Macclesfield, followed in an eloquent and earnest strain, and he was succeeded by thZ Rev. J. East and Dr. M'Neile. HEALTH COMMITTEE.—At the usual meeting, on Thursday, Mr. Alderman Parker presided. The Inspector of Nuisances reported the cleansing of 1201 cesspools and ashpits, the issue of 713 midden-notes to persons whose middens were to be emptied, the inspection of 112 nuisances complained of by the inhabitants, the reference of 62 others to the Borough Engineer for remedy by drainage, the sanatory examination of 1090 court houses in the most crowded and unhealthy districts of the town, and the inspection of 1418 cellars which had been for merly cleared of their inmates. The Building Surveyor also reported as usual. The Medical-officer reported that daring the week 188 deaths had occurred, being the same as the average mortality of the corresponding week of the three preceding years, and three more than occurred in the previous week. 118 of the deaths were in the borough, and 70 in the extra-parochial wards. The Chairman remarked that it was rather surprising the mortality during the past week was not greater than it had been shown by the medical report, since, during the past week, 4,000 Irish emigrants had come into the town, twenty five per cent. of whom were paupers and beggars. A memorial was read from a number of inhabitants of South hill, Dingle-mount, complaining of a serious and dangerous nuisance caused by stagnant water in Bright street. The medical officer was instructed to report upon the nuisance. The other business had no special interest. Dom COMMITTEE.-- - A resolution was read from the Finance Committee of the Council agreeing to refer the valuation of the reversionary interest of the corporation in the property required by the Dock Committee in Wapping ,r to arbitratiOn. An arrangement entered into between the committee and the directors of the London and North- Western Railway, relative to the exchange of land at Wap ping, required for the construction of the new docks, was read and agreed to. By thi s arrangemen t th e railway surrender some valuable land in Wapping to the Dock Committee when the committee are in a position to hand over some land less eligible, which they are about to pur chase. The committee will have to pay the difference in value of the lands. The assistant marine surveyor reported that he carefully inspected the West Middle Bank in the life-boat, on Saturday, the 17th instant. This bank has been gradually growing to the northward, and the tail of it now extends itself about half-way into the Victoria Channel. He therefore recommended that the buoy V 3, red, be moved one hundred and thirty fathoms to the N. N.W., into twelve feet at low water, in ordinary spring tides, as the Crosby lighthouse will then appear from this buoy a little at the northward of the Formby lightship,_it in London, deposed that he bad made an analysis of the leaves representing tea then produced, and found that they were those of the plane and birch tree, the former being in the preponderance of 80 or 90 per cent. He had also been shown a substance called catechu which was used for the purpose of giving that peculiar stringent taste com mon to tea. The magistrates inflicted the penalty of £250, on account of the 53 lbs. of leaves found in a com pletely manufactured state. The next information was against D. Pheran, for carrying on an unlicensed manu factory for tobacco, at 21, Jamaica-street. On the 15th of March the excise officers visited the premises, and found a quantity of rhubarb and chesnut leaves, some of which were partially manufactured as tobacco ; also a quantity of snuff-work, consisting principally of oatmeal, sawdust, dock seed, &c. ; and these were in process of being made to resemble snuff. The penalty of £3OO was imposed. THE LATE THEFTS FROM POST LETTER Bomber, the office-boy in the employment of land, merchant, Fenwick-street, who been remanded c taming £6BO, was aw r. Cope! go had Dn a charge The case of the will be necessary for all ye lights well to the northward, when midway between the buoys - V-2 and 3 black ; or when Leasowe lighthouse bears S.W. half W., or the Rock lighthouse S.S.E. quarter E. The assistant marine surveyor also recommended that all vessels for the future, both in coming in and going out, shall pass .to the eastward of the Formby lightship, to avoid the tail of the West Middle Bank, until a survey was made of the channel. The Harbour-master's Sub committee recommended that the general survey be made at once. The secretary stated that the Tribity Board had sanctioned the removal of the buoy recommended. The recommendation was ordered to be carried into effect, and the necessary notice relative to the removal of the buoy given. ror the proceedings of the Hat committee, it appeared that Mr. Bigham, accompanied by Mr. Dover, appeared to substantiate the charge made by the former in Council, that the pier-master and dock gate men were in the habit of charging masters of vessels en. tering the docks, sums varying from half-a-crown to ten shillings. In support of the charge, Mr. Bigham produced Abraham Williams, master of the flat Unity, who under. )our-mas went a long examination by Mr. Bighan • Hams produced his book, in which entries were made of payments to the pier-master of the Prince's pier, the master of the gridiron, Prince's Basin, the dock gatemen of the Prince's Dock and Basin, and also gatemen of the Captain Wil questijned upon this point, but they denied having ever received the sums mentioned. After considering the evidence, it appeared that although from entries made by Captain Williams in his hook. of navmpots of 2a_ Gil_ did, yet the captain declined to affirm that he had so given the money as a bribe, and stated that be was never, on any occasion, asked for money by the pie.• '-masters or dock gatemen. At on the previous day don and Company, a meeting of the sub-cotnmittee, held Mr. Sleddon, of the firm of Sled produced his books, in which. under date of January 2Uth, was an entry—paid dock gatemen 10s. for the Fanny ; and also a similar payment on another vessel. Mr. Sleddon, however, stated that he never had given the pier -masters or dock gatemen any money, nor .... ~..,- , , had he ever been asked for it by them. Mr. Bola said FEATHERED BIZA RRE.—i rsv:auts, an,, Thi, Mr.Wltittingliam; 2nd, Mr. Appleton; sth, Mr. Yates; 6th, 111 r, New. that Mr. Bigham bad some grounds for the charge which Di*o BYncoEmEN:—lst, 3rd, 4th, sth, and 6th, Mr. Apple- had been made, but it was to be regretted that he did not ton; 2nd, Mr. Whittingham. Thos. Roby; take some other means for bringing it forward. The DITTO ROSES.—ISI, Mr. Whittingham; 2nd, captain felt he was placed in an invidious position, and 3rd. Mr. Yates; 4th.sth. and 6th. Mr. Angleton. ... . ... . . . . FLAMED BizAßln . 6th, Mr. Appleton; 5 DITTO B•YSLOEJIEN and 4th, Mr. Appleton Blundell, Esq. ; BUNCH OF ASPARAGUS.---] St and 3d, J. %V 2d, Mr. John Williams. BUNCH OF RHUBARB.-ISt, 2d, and 3d, J. W. Blundell, Esq MUSHROOMS.-Ist, the Earl of Derby; 2d and 3d, William Bates, Esq. EXTRA PRIZES. Mr. Whittingham's Prize, for the 2d best Six Tulips, Mr New. For the best and most correctly written names, T. Davies ,nd Co. SEEDLING PELARGONI UMS. LEEKS,—J. W. Blundell, Esq. BEBINGTON HORTICUL Mr. Isaac Davies TORAL SOCIETY. This society has now been established seven or eight years, and has been the means of accomplishing the main object the promoters bad in view, viz., a spirit of useful and friendly emulation amongst the gardeners and ama teurs, whereby a vastly improved system of management in our gardens and horticultural houses has been the re sult, the fruits of which our merchant princes, and their fair associates, have now the opportunity of luxuriating in, as the operation of such societies, by means of their exhibitions, collects the finest specimens of plants, fruit, and vegetables, under one roof, and thus affords an opportunity not only to the wealthy to see what riches cannot purchase, but the less fortunate (as far as worldly means are concerned) the opportunity of gratifying their taste for the lovely works of nature at an inexpensive cost. This society has been struggling under difficulties for years ; but, by the energy and activity of a few spirited individuals, last year not only did they pay off all liabilities, but had a small balance in hand, which enables the committee this year to offer more tempting prizes, which will doubtless induce great competition at the forthcoming exhibition,on Thurs day fortnight, to be held in the exquisitely maintained pleasure grounds at the Rock Ferry Hotel. We trust the I inhabitariis of the aristocratic vicinity of Rock F, never for the future suffer so excellent a society to lan guish for the very trifling subscription that is requirer annually in order to cater for their enjoyment. This society has peculiar claims upon the of the public, as they are always foremost in pro mot: --tification of their neigh- atronage ing 'novelties tor the grafi.— Jars. This year they intend having a winter exhibition. And will thus encourage the cultivation of that excellent plant, the chrysanthemum : nor do they stop here, for we observe they are calling in the aid of the Lancashire and Cheshire witches, and their fair friends generally, into the service, by offering very handsome prizes for specimens [re steps it sincere hem every success in such a spirited enterprlse TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Sin,—lt being currently reported in Liverpool that I had, previously to leaving New York (or at some other time), been betting upon the passage of my ship, the Asia, against the passage to England of the Pacific, thereby implying that the Asia was purposely racing with or against the Pacific this vnyno, it mat , rnliarn tha minds of the Underwriter ing on the lied Witness saw the man after this go to the attempt to jpmp overboard, saying that officers to prover design into execution work, and was again be was also ask€d t;) co aloft and )- Witness believes 0 . 14 the most. On a Thursdar, eight days before Christ en bccause he r nate beat the ness went on deck, about five minutes aft . of the crew, for Mammally, the second mat can of the name of Walter Smith the purpose of keeping watch was there rope upon his hand as well a: yards from the gangway were at that time below. did not th, Mr.then a read from prisoners, the witness The cap ..4 to say everything ; but, on. the whole, the was pram , charges amounted to nothing. Mr. Tobin said it might he that the captains made charges against th e owners , and to the Britk arrived in Liverpool on the 10th in --- , 7 in their own pockets. The - matter was question put by Mr. Davenport, nd stated that ' consul at also. Macanally ordereu witness and Smith. Pye told th as he had been :pumping duri watch, and wanted to go below. The .sponded by taking up a rope and beating the man to the pump. Pye had a crippled hand, and the mate struck him with the th e body. Pye held laud him to go to the pumt econd mat the first cond mate immediately ran down to the lee of the fore-brace with his left hand, raise( the gangway, and leaped into the s second mate was on the quarter tit he ship:took hold ‘ over time the our or five chief mate nd owing there been one near. No attempt whatever was made to save the man. About an hour afterwards, Macanally asked witness if he had seen Pye go overboard ; to which he _ _ replied in the affirmative. Mi;eanally then asked him what he thought of it, and he replied "it would be a seriousease." Four or rive weeks after this, the ship arrived at New York, and sailed thence to Charleston. At Charleston witness told the consul that the cruelty of the second tie had tile annum. ported the Che Arabia nswer to d for the is not dis 'ye for refusing to go aloft. s) had gone to Pye, the in- .Ilowed to drop.—A communication to subscribe towards h uputi hue cummitLee I tressed when the captain beat the employment of Mr. Sherlock, If they (the men at the pumt ---- "",--- —— "" --- •"'" '"' ''"°"-n".""u• stant they saw him preparing to throw himself overboard, —Mr. Bold moved that the several off icers , c l er k s , & e ., they might have saved him. of the committee, should have a week's leave of absence Henry Ilopray, another seaman belonging to the Arabia, to visit the Exhibition. The heads o f th e var i ous d e - and at presentliving in Gibraltar-row, d epose d to many o f partments to make the necessary arrangements, &C. the facts sworn to by the preceding witness. Agreed to. From this evidence it transpired that wt..< being beaten with the rope, he cried out " irt asked if there was not anybody to save hit Pye was ler," and During POLICE INTELLIGENCE !se inflictions tho captain wa by, and never On Wednesday three young men were brought up on the interfered to put for stopyr about theotuofit r t sa l t i emefleoodngtgisiie.negeseo.do mate,Tml a re n y m om a f n etrhe w e a es s re charge of abstracting several Dutch and American coins o je C r c so i; p si ee i se s - rey t n h d e deady" captain and some clothes from the chest of the mate, on board the Madeline, Hamburgh vessel, lying in the Queen's Dock. They had also of several watches, stolen from Dock. occasions witness never heard him say anything to the officers vessels. Two of the prisoners, Isaac and John Thomas, on the subject. It appeared the man's sufferings were were committed for trial, aggravated from the fact of his being very ill clad, and the On Thursday an engineer, named William Meadows, season excessively inclement ; his clothing was a cotton was charged by Mr. Norris, chain-cable and anchor maker, slop, an old waistcoat and pair of trousers. Norfolk. street, with wilfully damaging an engine employed Jonas Stanford and George Anderson followed with their in the work carried on at his establishment. Two fans connected with the blowing apparatus were smashed, anything to say in their defence. Both declined to say the damage being caused apparently by a piece of wood or anything. a piece of iron, both which were found in the machinery. DI -...r. Booth commented in strong terins on the conduct The prisoner was remanded. of the prisoners. He said they had been guilty of expes ' WHOLESALE MANUFACTORY OF TEA AND TOBACCO.— sive cruelty ; indeed the offence might turn out to be On Tuesday two important excise informations were . heard murder. By their cruelty they had driven the man to commit suicide. It was too serious a charge for him to j b e . fo Stevens, there carries the first businesscase e was e a p i g e a t i e n r s , te on nn ~in Lower Parliament-street, in this, town ; adjudicate on, even if he had the rower. He should coin extensive scale mit them both for trial at th assi. On being asked if 'and the charge was that of having manufactured, as tea , bail would be accepted, Mr. e Booth zes agreed to take bail to a quantity of the leaves of the plane tree, birch tree, and the following amount :—Recognizances for each £2OO other trees. In December last the excise officers visited with sureties of £lOO each. the premises, and found in a room over the counting-house a - 'of Mr. Stevens, 53 ponds of tea, in a completely finished THE SWEDISH EzdieameTs.—The committee hays state. On proceeding into a higher room, 218 pounds of been able to ship off five of these unfortunate persoks, plane tree and birch tree teems, in various stages of man- an d we • hope the public will respond liberally to the ufacture, were discovered, making in the wh o l e 290 pounds. r,enewed appeal in their behalf which appear - Mr. Phillips, analytical examiner to the Board of Excise Vertising columns. our ad having been p;rfeeted,tl7er on that charge. The next that of havi -., taming a draft conveyance, an endorsement c and a " follower g obtaine Parker, solicitor, Pr( 1, to Me from the regist iunt of Fletcli in the name of Harkness.—'l ,wing o bank post bil Robert Fletcher and Hull, Irocured the parcel and signed for it on ford, to letter was posted in Mane of March, and arrived in when it was delivered to s Ltry-office, and who si ber," which signature N Joule, of Salford, reg but e: the same day Me , ipt of tile I ng upon ere m committed on these char JUVENILE OFFENDER Mary James, was charged her mistress, a female na pledged at Mr. Richard theft had been committer mother, be brow Mr. Boott with stealing BARBAROUS CRUELTY 0 illiam Hamilton Lowrov str former the captain and the latt Arabia, were charged with cruelty towards Michael Pye, which cruelty. it was alleged Messrs sive as to have driven its unfortunate victim to commit suicide by throwing himself emigrant ship on the line bet and is the property of a pers( erboard een this port and America named Dunn, of Galway The captain is a very young man his dyes. give the impression of a person habits, and he is known to be r manner , eling and The physiognomy of M, , nallq is an ;pectably connected sing, and he does not bear a very good character with those under his control. As will be seen by the evidence, the man threw himself overboard during the passage. The fact came to the knowledge of the British consul at Charles ton, who, in consequence, addressed a letter to the late Mr. Rushton on the subject. This communication was placed in the hands of Mr. Superintendent Clough, who directed a look-out to be kept for the Arabia, and as soon as the vessel arrived, which w he 10th instant, Mr. Clough obtained information on the subject from the crew. The Admiralty were made aware of the facts, and ultimately a warrant for the apprehension of the captain and the first and second mates was placed in the hands of Kehoe, one of the inspectors of the detective department, who left for Belfast on Thursday, for the purpose of ap prehending Macanally, the second mate, who had gone to I that Maca- his sister's house in that tow nally had locked himselfin a room in his sister's house, no doubt, in expectation of some such domiciliary visit as that paid to him by the officer. With the assistance of another officer, Kehue chopped the room door literally to pieces On entering, the man was observed to put his hand his coat-pocket. Suspecting danger, Kel out of his oe struck him • [ered the hand a smart blow on the right a,., powerless for the time, and, upon taking ._ pocket, a stiletto was found there. The prisoner was brought to this town, and on Sunday morning Kehoe ap prehended the captain on board the Arabia, at present lying in the Stanley Dock. The first mate, whose name is Morrison, has contrived as yet to elude the - 'lance of the police. Four of the men were examine. Booth and Mr. Bolton. The evidence of the first vv.. differed only in immaterial details from that of the sub- sequent witnesses, and contains 3 before Mr the case I the principal f Frederick Ellerby, a seaman, at present living in Ed mund-street, deposed to having shipped on board the ship Arabia, a British ship at Liverpool, for New York, Charleston, and back to Liverpool. Wm. Hamilton Low rey was the captain ; Morrison was the first ana Thomas M'Anally was the second mate. In addition to the officers there were ten men on board. The vessel left the dock here on the 9th of November lest, and re mained in the river during the night of that day. Two "stowaways" were discovered at that time and were immediately sent on shore. On the eleventh of the same month, when the ship was in the Irish channel another " stowaway" came upon deck. Witness first saw the man in the galley, believes that his name was Michael Pye. The following morning this man was called upon the poop, but witness did not hear what took place ; , bsequently the man was set to work, and in witness's opinion he appeared to dis,”“a b y Luc uut him to the best of his ability ; be was no was put with the chief ma t e ' s watc h. A • - - osed on s witne 1 ortior , earnan,,he was going up the rigging he heard the ,t Pye with a ropesese: not, upon which the captain bet. vcrely that he fell down on the deck to the blows, and while prostrate, the captain con. :at and kick him. The captain struck as hard as he could with imseif from nued tobe when the captain minutes, the first mate repo with the rope. After the men cam.. _ the second mate, Macanally, beat Pye with the_ttii-sail halyard. Pye was all this time ly. beating by both the first and second ma the rope; about ten ;ed the r wn from the ri agway and could not beers ; our o'clock ;ht up for ei , d to 3ner was committed to trial ic against,thc :erect letter, Ler was 4. con-