The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

TO CORRESPO DENTS tter of a Operat A Plumper for Sir Digby y of to port: I 78 eithei d, as it oerfectly right, but rm Bristol election i< in our d that it he woul, ith which our con tatever weight the s stater' 1 BirCli'. - If Mr. Blundell .ed a plumper for Sir Digby Ivneux. or M npany, and that if Manners' tter. Mr. 1-1 11 our war Lon to Lord John are Qrbz Etbapoot ,et,tzibarb. "early In Advance, 15s. 4 :SDAY MORNING pt Eon : On Credit, 17., U. 10, IN our last, whilst noticing the pamphlets of Mr. Alison, we traced the downward prog►ess of British industry since the passing of Sir Robert Peel's Cur- rency Bill of 1819 and ance with our pror to I and the Bank Cha producing the Art n in acc ngs remarked upon abject have been al, our own opinions upon this ready made known to the public, and as we are not addressing a half-informed community, we shall deal more with Mr. Alison's statistical proofs than with his arguments. The latter, however, we shall have to give in brief, in order to enable our readers to apply the former. Mr. Alison objects to an arbitrary price of gold, as the basis of our circulating medium, because, in the first instance, we cannot - insure a steady price of gold as a commodity. " The supply of the precious metals," he says, " coined and uncoined, from the rich mines of Mexico and Potosi, was tolerably steady through the whole of the 18th cen tury, and from the years 1800 to 1810, amounted, ac cording to Humboldt, to about 10 millions sterling a year. About half of this treasure was coined into dollars, and remitted in bullion and bars to Europe. occurrence of the revolution which broke of Spain, and which terminated, after il, bloodshed,.and revolution, in the inde- S. American States in 1825, this supply xtraordinary diminution. It fell OR an in several years to a fifth part, of its and such has been the destruction of .n conse of the incessant civil war, and successive overthrow ltnents which have ever since taken place in those s ions, that the supply continues at a very low rate." It will be enough to state from Mr. Alison's tables that in 1792 the money raised and coined in South merica amounted to £5,264,672 ; and that, al zh fluctuating, it exceeded that amount up to after which it rapidly declined, not :aging in the years from 1823 to 1833 above he year 1810 £2,500,000, or onel of the previous amount It is easy to tell what must uch a dim' inutio be the operation of 1 in the pply of t he precious by its aetals in a country whose government, aetals out of the cate- aws. places t Jut throughout Mies, by insis the world g upon a yet here we insist that it is only worth £3. 18s. 101 d. per ounce. Of se it is taken from us by countries who are ket value ; and we have ulti- willing to pay its ma y to pureha , by giving manufactures and British labour at a commensurately reduced To what extent we have been pursuing that uinous operation, may' be seen by tracing the dif ference between the official and the declared value of our exports, previously to and after the measu of 1819. We may premis +hat the official value of declared sports re y to quantity, ar In 1793, the c lons a ue (or remuneration to the national indus try) a fins exc in 1802 to declined until 1810, during which year the celebrated bullion committee sat, and when the measure of 1819 was foreshadowed, the excess was £12,939,025. From that time it still further reduced in amount until in 1819 the excess of de-. eared over official value of exports was reduced to £718,075. Since that period we have a growing decrease ; and in 1844. the excess of official value the official (or industrial) value being £131,564,504, and the declared (or money) value being only of course, applies only to the value of exported goods ; but the same re sult is perceivablp in the value of native produce. Thus, the price of wheat in 1819 was 765. per Win chester bushel; and in 1844, 465. Sd. The amount of the national debt in quarters of wheat at annual prices was in 1818, 161,605,574 qrs. and in 1819, ,J 41,148 qrs. _, it was 335,247,764 qrs. natural deduction from these figures is, that the increase which has taken place in our exports is composed of an increased amount of British la bour and industry, remunerated by a decreased proportionate amount of imported commodities; and that in the meanwhile every British product has been decreasing in value, whilst the indebted- ness of individuals has been increasing in the same ratio. There is no alternative here. We are grind ing down lower, by our currency measures, the ma nufacturing operative, the landowner, the shop . Ler, and, in fill , rt, every man whose income is either fixed or derivable from profits in trade. There are few of our readers who are not perfectly aware of the mode in which the present laws have crippled us during the last 12 months. Granted that of late we have been subjected to the operation We have bad an )ort of foreign corn to s of extraordinary cireun- ally large i ;an ces also have induced larger in f foreign produce, which, as yet, are n cures of 1842 Iditional exports of our manufacture to of 'I however, exi ) time 11 is not calCul Leh hence ings to We must )rnes upon us must ley famine, Every de- )emen - t of the power of our population to import and consume forelp panied b systein ti .3 to blame for pr commoditie .n for money Lufactur 1 be driven into the iree tin ten thousand acccom- ours to conduct y representative sure our own le severe pressure unc .oducin count I too great a portion to the extension of )f internal improveme 'Om the ordinal' niv millions st works which is cra ig into d e coon sorder t tisfactorily, dap( rrency - . We With On the cont profus ative, We quote our _ Great Britain was about 20.000,000. The Income 1814 ; thirds of the r this immense the close of t for rail an equally el But Ba scount is 4 In fact, ti public - funds for ca ears' du t 1.14 11 f. )r money in the provim £33.00( q• Cent: compet per cent.: but the Money c Simply this, that the e country, but on Czerrenc when no to d ws inciu e, of £30,000,000 a-pear borrowed by Governmer three last years of the war, 1813, 1814, and• 181 ) the enor- he Loan for .Id then produce littl have passed the legis- is. tier cent. can be got in th. Bonds on lands or other heri and in London the rate of capital holder is glad if he tier will not ad- not on the ►dvvances for the purpose of Capital is redundant, but nt state of the Money The nation has ample itch annual expenditure on such merit, by adhering to the metallic ossibility of making the requisite s National Currency. Everything For want of an adequate )cked up in its existing ing. We has et tne and other woz required annually f ins t ithor's remarks upon Capita/ of t sons strained are not those but those needing temporary carrying on undertakings. he diff Currency system, precludes the pc additions in time, to the therefore is brought to I and. ncy the national capital is the streams which flow from their fetters, which admit neither of enlargement r in timeibr, or in proport a to, its necessities That the present commercial difficulties could be removed by an issue of one pound notes, guaran teed by the government, to supply temporarily the place of the gold abstracted from the country, is tolerably certain ; but the community are stud;.Dusly driven from the consideration of such a course, by predictions of evil and danger, of rash speculations, and, its issue, a money crisis to arise from the re coil of the system. - But is the present system with out serious and disastrous consequences ? Mr. Alison points out a few such consequences which have already been experienced : " The evils which have been experienced from the la vish issue of notes, and frequent failure of private banks in England, are not a tithe of what have been endured in this year alone, by the contraction of the currency, con sequent on the export of our gold to buy food. Only think of what they are. The 3 per cents in August, 1845, public funds had sunk in the same proportion. There was a loss of nearly twenty per cent., or a fifth, on the public securities, which on £785,000,000, their present amount, is £160,000,000. Taking into view the simulta neous and still greater decline in the value of railway, bank, and other stock, great part of which has fallen 20 and 30 ner cent., it may sa _ y be affirmed that the des truction of property, experienced by the nation in the last eighteen months has been two hundred and fifty millions sterling. This is ten times greater than the loss which would have ensued if all the bank notes in the kingdom had become worthless. And the whole of this loss, it will be immediately shown, is to be set down to the mo- netary laws ; no part of it, or at least a most inconsider able part, is to be considered as arising from the visitation of Providence, or causes over which we had no control." r, that it is utterly impossible that free trade can be carried on under the present laws, without continually recurring distress and He spews commercial stagnation " Herein, then, lies the great error and ruinous effects of Sir R. Peel's free trade and monetary system, combined h the nation is nos- so severely la- the legislature interposes ree trade may acietv, be a 'very good thing at least for some classes of but then it requires an expansive currency. As it imme diately occasions an enlarged importation of food, which foreigners can raise cheaper than us, because they are poorgr, it absolutely requires an expansive currency to Pp mercantile transactions afloat, when the precious are withdrawn to pay for their increased importa 'ry moment that the measures in pre tion, and which have now received their, full accom thus rendering indispensable a great currency, the laws enacted suddenly 3ased on the principle that gold is to be But at the ve plishn sion of tk acted it. ion beyond a certain limit of file exchange: Ld man, the law of 1844 compels the bank in their note nportation of subsist- ;old, than another set, at the very same instant, contracts the paper also. Credit is shaken, accommodation is stopped, distrust is sown at the very time w hen eug !merits heaviest, loans most re.: mitred, labour most - largely embarked in undertakings. With the right hand government gives the greatest pos sible encouragement to domestic railways, and does every thing in its power to extend foreign trade, while with the left it fetters the hands by which these undertakings are to be carried on, and renders the very causes which re- quire any augmentation of the currency, the certain means of ruinously contracting it. Sir R. Peel's measures of ' Free Trade and a Fettered Currency,' acting together, not only ruin credit at the very time when its establish ment is most required, but, by a perverse ingenuity in „ . mischief, establish a machinery which permanently renders the one the cause of the other. Is it surprising that un der such a system, a monetary crisis follows the first ex nanginn of forpivn and domestic industry. and that hank- ;uptcy to thousands, ruin to millions, Invariably succeed the first symptoms of a delusive prosperity ?" With another important quotation, in which it is shewn that instead of our present laws operating to discourage undue speculation, they have infinitely increased it, and imparted to all commercial trans actions the character of gambling, we must close our observations for the present : " So far has the system of basing our currency exclu sively upon gold been from providing, as it was prophesied it would, a check on improvident speculation and over production, that it has greatly aggravated both these evils. Never has absurd and extravagant speculation been more general in society, and more ruinous in its effects, than since the gold si'stem was introduced. The enor: mous folly of the South American mania in 1825, of the Joint Stock mania of 1835, of the Railway undertaking in 1845, all took place under the boasted system of golden checks against such absurdities. Nothing of the kind had been experienced before for above a century, when the Mississippi Scheme in England, and Law's still more ruinous undertaking in France, shook society in both countries to its foundation. Nay, as if to place it beyond anuht that the bullion system, so far from being an an- tidote to the evil, is its greatest aggravation, absurd and ruinous speculation has been much more pravalent in England of late years, where one-pound notes were pro hibited, than in Scotland, where they still exist under re strictions, and till 1844 were wholly unrestrained, except by the obligation to pay in Bank of England notes or specie. For one irrational and ridiculous railway specu lation which has been hatched in Glasgow with Scottish notes, ten have been pre pool with English sover( Scottish birth, more .ster and Liver se which are of been supported by and the English ,nd of ti listrict bullion system has aggravated instead of lesseni very apparent matter of The time was port to success Imre in eonsequen nf 1 become ne possible .itions which the n of the winds and the wa g the evils of improvident speculation i It has introduced suc is of every sort, that trade I uncertainty into become a mer end regularity of habit and But these dered mercan- specu- !atest and most dangeroui as invented. So perilous become, so nu- merchant of the currency, and ave made to the ordi- the most cau- tumn—a bli considerat . _ w millions of sovereigns, to blast n the wisest n on the part of the merchant or t ruard arainst the effects of th ,n exportatior I milli° he exp I lions of sovereigns in exch me when the Bank has £10,000,000 of Lis, too, take place at 8 rain in au- n—such an importation 1 refusal of accommodation, which ruinous finds itself reduced THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ~--._~- aeffi===W=UaNt= 2 mwmgre existing evil ? We answer, Extend the currency, and I provide one which shall be ready to expand when the g This n British . :159,000 tons is 12,725 0 0 Them in gold or silver, at ' the current price of those it 175,000 3 when presented ; or by government issuing notes, ound, to the extent of the sum The inward dock dues on their cargoes, judging from my own payments, I find embracing those for o' functionari 3tion saver to Sir R. Peel's celebrated ques the paper system, is a pound sterlingy Oen' amount we reply by The year 1842, owing to change in duties, previous heavy stock, and general depression in trade, can form That of 1843 corresponds with the above I cannot doubt but that the )mmodity in the I next five years may show an increase of ton of iron ht of pure f it b at is it worth ? we an- average, averag( ,t it will brim ,e use of a coinage? a guarantee to the s use is, in Locke's wor6, to aford d. £ 1. tiling on these - points What need is there British colonial timber ships.. 170,000.. 1 From United States ditto .. 4,000. 1 From Baltic ditto . 21,000.. 1 6..12,75Q 0 0 6.. 300 0 0 1,050 0 0 and silver coin. 195,000 £14,100 0 0 balance of trade mit=immamwm The average of timber vessels into Liverpool for the GRAND DEMONSTRATION IN BIRKENHEAD, years 1838, 1839,-1840, aqd 1841, were— YESTERDAY, IN BEHALF OF WILLIAM JACKSON, ESQUIRE, M.P. Jackson, Esq., to Birkenhead, a public procession of the inhabitants took place to escort him home in triumph, on occasion of his election as a member of Parliament ; and as one of the 3 town. tude for his long'and indefatigable' service, founders and promoters of the prosperity of Eearly in the day, a great show of rejoicing was evince( throughout the town—many peals of bells N. gay flags and banners were displayed from window, 10 per cent., I even chimney tops ; and here and there the streets through which the pia Ision was to y umphal arches of evergreens -ere ru' annea by ti Seveial of iropriate devicE The pier-heads, ti steamers at the n terries, and many heights, were also enlivened by flag of the surrounding As Mr. Jackson travelled by rail . from the south, the procession formed at three o'clock in the .market square, and nv4-1 sr I,n-f . '5.... .1 A treet, toward turnpike-gatE 'here the hon. member was expected The concourse in the streets and k the ports will ifavourable to this IN the able speed it Council meetint la his pix Bootle, of the Dock Chairman, at the n bringing before that body the construction of Timber Docks at ,entleman remarked that : " A good deal of misapprehension existed as to the charges in Liverpool, and great pains had been taken to make out that Liverpool was a dear port. He would just call attention to the charges at present existing for a ship of 700 tons coming into Liverpool, discharging a cargo of timber, and going away again in ballast, and he would contrast the charges here with the charges in Birkenhead, Lancaster. London, Bristol, Gloucester, Hull, and the Clyde. At present, a ship of 700 tons going into Birken head with timber, and storing it for twelve months, would in Liverpool ; consequently, there was not much induce ment for him to go there. (Hear.) At Lancaster it would cost him £143 less than in Liverpool ; at London, £145 more ; at Bristol, £25 more ; at Gloucester, £lll more ; at Hull, £135 more; and in the Clyde, £162 less than in Liverpool. When they got possession of the land at the North Shore, he should be greatly mistaken if they were not able to reduce their charges at Liverpool by a great This statement has been excepted against by Mr. M‘Gregor Laird, on behalf of the Birkenhead Dock Company, who has just addressed a letter to the press, containing a comparative statement, which he says shows a saving of £5O ss. 6d. on the cargo of a ship of 700 tons (say 900 loads of pine timber) in favour of Birkenhead. As it is important that we should be able to get at the truth in a matter where authorities are conflicting, and in which the public is so materially interested, we give here Mr. Laird's statement : " CHARGES ON TIMBER LIVERPOOL Per 1,000 F, or 20 Loads, ON CARGO, IF LANDED 178 15 0 BIRKENHEAD Landed Dock & town dues, 1 0 0 Town clues, Team discharging, 0 14 0 Landing, piling, Porterage &turn- 1 0 4 0 and deliver y , on ing to measure, 20 loads, at 2s. Loading on quay, 1 t 0 14 0 9d. per load .. . & piling inyard, J Rent: 3d. per load 1 1 0 0 Cartage to yard, 017 0 per quarter, 0 10 0 2 15 0 Attending delivery, Rent : 12 months, at sd. per load} 1 13 4 per quarter, .. £5 7 41 £4 5 0 Estimating the cargo landed from a ship of 700 tons to be 900 loads, a clear gain ensues at Birkenhead of _ £5O 5 0" In the first instance, it will be seen that Mr. Laird does not meet fully the substance or the details of Mr. Bramley-Moore's statement. It was that "the charges at present existing for a ship of 700 tons coming into Liverpool, discharging a cargo of timber, and going away again in ballast, and storing the cargo for twelve months, would cost the importer £4B 28. 11d. more in Birkenhead than in Liverpool." Mr. Laird omits the charges upon the ship altogether, and merely gives us the charges upon the cargo landed. ' Why this is done we do not presume to say ; but when we observe that the tonnage rate and outwards, is 3irkenliead ls. 6d. per ton against ls. 3d. in Liverpool, a suspicion, at least, is created, that such a statement as is required to overthrow the Dock Chairman's figures would be inconvenient. Besides this, however, Mr. Laird has omitted some of the Birkenhead expenses, whilst he has given those of Liverpool very fully. For instance, he has omitted altogether in the Birkenhead statement the item " turning to measure," the charge for which is 4d. per load, whilst he charges Liverpool with 4s. per 20 loads under the same head. For the information of our readers, we give here parative statement from which the Z read at the meeting, and with nwarc the correct corn which, on application, we have been kindlyfavoured. The statement in question has been drawn up by one Of our most esteemed shipowners and timber im porters ; and we have ourselves verified the portion relating to Birkenhead by the Commissioners' printed table of rates : Expenses upon a Ship of 700 tons, nevemeasurement, and upon her cargo of Square Pine Timber, supposed to be 39,000 feet, string measure ; and 45,000 feet, customs measure, discharged at the Birkenhead Docks, in the Port of Liverpool : the ship departing in ballast. ON SHIP. S. D. Tonnage in and out, Is. 6d. per ton.. 52 10 0 Harbour and channel lights, in and out 23 6 8 Dues for buoying and maintaining .. _3 12 11 Pilotage in and Out Ballasting cr - w rt% do z cn o ,' 0 t•D e cirrZ " ce) et, CD CD El Or P i Et , © CD CD CD CD 0 0 0 0 , 0 0 5 -4 5 cr) . ,_, Frr 5 to =7l, c.n° cn° oo ,2 u,2 cp.?, 8 co CD CD o•—• o— , i•—• 1-- , i•—• I—. c 7, CA RD a.. CA 14. f+= iND c.T. cr, co c„,,,, (x) * ~.., ~' 5 5 5 ~.., 5 8- t0r a ,r90.9. , ,5 , i,..5c.,1 top ". CD CD CD CD i--. CD I— , Cr) C C) = CD 1.... , F. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—As I find some misunderstanding and consequent misrepresentation existing, with reference to the part which I am supposed to have taken in the recent election for Liverpool, and the fact that 1 was not present to give my own vote, I request you to do me the favor to publish this letter. To the best of my ability, and in accordance with my conscientious convictions, I give instruction, not on the eve of an election only, but at all times, in those great principles of revealed truth, on which, as it appears to me, every duty—the exercise of the elective franchise in cluded—ought to be performed. Those principles do not fluctuate. They are unchangeable in themselves and in their eternal sanctions, whatever differences of opinion concern ing them, or the application of them ,may arise among men. They cannot be affected by elections, or by Parliaments, or by nations. If, for example, all mankind were to declare themselves in favour of image or creature worship, and image or creature worshippers ; it would not in the' slightest degree affect the great eternal truths that such worship- is idolatry, and that all idolaters shall be cast into the lake of fire. If all mankind were to declare themselves in favour of the convenient distinction between religion in private life, and no religion in public life, it would not affect the great truth that whatsoever is not of faith, whatsoever is without religion, is sin, and that, consequently, all the acts of an assembly so constituted as to repudiate religion, are sinful acts. If all mankind, under favour of Divine forbearance, which does not execute judgment speedily, were to avow their conviction that no danger is incurred by a nation in eon- sequence of the irreligious acts of its rulers, it would not at all affect the unalterable truth, that the nation or king dom which refuses to serve God shall perish. To be distinct and determined in such expositions of truth, appears to me to be no more than an honest result of believing the Holy Scriptures to be the word of the living and true God. But when it comes to the matter of candidates and canvassing at an election, I do nothing. I deprecate in a clergyman the excitement of personal partizanship. I took no part whatever in the late con test. I asked no vote for any one. And now, for the sake of many who professed to be influenced by the principles which I inculcate, I rejoice to be able to say that so far as I have been made acquainted with the particulars of the polling, no man in Liverpool has disappointed me by his vote. I did not vote myself, for the simplest of all reasons, that having neither residence nor any other qualifying property within the precincts of the borough, I had no vote. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, HUGH M`NEILE Aigburth, 9th August CUSTOMS REVENUE OF LIVERPOOL The quarter's revenue of this port, up to the sth July last, we learn amounted to £785,175, against £944,498,. the receipts of the corresponding quarter in 1846. The decrease may be accounted for by the fact that in the quarter of 1847 we had no corn duties to assist us, the falling off from this source having been, in the month of June to July sth, £140,000. The receipts to the sth current were £234,222, against £ 254,336 in the same period in 11 0 0 15 0 0 22 10 0 Town dues Breaking out and pointing to ship's port, 6d. per registered ton l7 10 0 Consolidated rate for landing, sorting, piling, and delivery, 23.9 d. iv- load 123 15 0 Turning to measure for sale, 4d.p load 15 0 0 And if kept a year the additional ex penses will be—Rent, 3d. old. -+? qr. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT BETWEEN Liverpool and Birkenhead. .. . £93 18 1 On Ship £lO5 9 7 0.... 103 0 0 Cargo .... 178 15 0 On Ship Carg £296 1 8 I Total . 329 4 7 --I Total Liverpool 296 1 8 Difference in favour of Liverp001............ £l3 2 11 The Birkenhead charges upon a similar cargo, rafted and floated, will be, on Ship, as above, £lO5 9s. ld. ON CARGO, IF RAFTED OR FLOATED. 22 10 0 Town dues lirealung out ana pointing to snip s port, 6d. 13) , registered ton Discharging from ship's port and raft- 17 10 0 ing, fid. per load 67 10 0 Turning to measure for sale,4d. v• load 15 0 0 Delivery, afloat, 4d. load Or making up 14ts,foi canal or landed for rail, 9d. Ig' load, £lB 15s. in addition 18 15 0 137 10 0 And if kept a year, the additional expenses will be, rent, per quarter, Gd. '#), load, and ld. load for second and every subsequent quarters commenced, for repairing and attention to rafts The following is the statement of the comparative expenses of Port Glasgow and Liverpool, by which it will be seen how much room there is for the cheapening of accommodation for the timber trade, .contemplated to be effected by the Bootle sc (COPY.) Comparative Expenses upon a Ship of 700 tons new mea surement, and upon her Cargo of Square Timber, sup posed to be 39,000 feet String measure, and 45,000 feet the ship in both cases departing in ON SHIP At Liverpool. £E. d.I At Port Ulan Tonnage in and 0ut.43 15 011-larbour due! our & Chan- 1 nel Lights, in }23 6 81-t1 and out ' in 30 12 6 its in and ' out ..15 6 3 tape in and 0ut.12 10 0 and out.ll 0 o;Ballaitin 15 0 0 £73 8 r ON CARGO Lumpers dischar- (Discharging into gingtotheship's I dock, and con- 23 0 port, and teams 38 0 0 veying thence removing to I to the pond 7 0 ( Town Due Measuring To the quay £lO3 0 O,To the pond Outward dock dues Our position with respect to othe r from the general statement bell appea 112 co La • Fp P. 0 CP 0 THE ALBERT DOCKS AND WAREHOUSES The business at the Albert Dock exhibits a steady and continued increase. In the past month, the cargoes of 51 ships, with a total register exceeding 24,000 tons, were discharged, and the total time occupied gives an average of 281 hours for a vessel of 400 tons register During the last week, the " Montezuma " (982 tons), from New York, was discharged in 30 working hours ; and the " Ocean Monarch " .(1300 tons), from Boston, was also discharged in 35 hours. The warehouses are rapidly filling up, and we are in formed that upwards of 136,000 tons of goods have been landed at the dock up to the present time, this year. We are glad to hear that the management of the dock and war uses continues to give the.very greatest satis e whole staff, from the highest to the lowest, being indefatigable in the punctual and persevering dis- charge of their arduous duties The Rev. Edward Roberts has been presented by the ngregation, on his retirement from the curacy of St. Lrnabas, with a handsome set of robes, pocket com mion, &c. The same gentleman received, a few weeks o. a munificent present of books from the Sunday-school teachers. The reverend gentleman has been appointed to the incumbency of the new church at Seacombe. 3PATCII.—The St. Vincent, of London, in Dock, consigned to Messrs. Collman and ischarged of a cargo of flour, comprising AITICK Lich was weig , by one gang of men with one winch. o call attention to the advertisement in our -.r Cl -orking The interior of the church has under gone a thorough repair, and its appearance reflects high credit on the wardens. Collections will be made in aid of Sunday next lan nan hree months, for stealing from a vessel in the Graving )ock, 15 lbs. weight of copper nails.—Two girls, Rad e and Hoy, were charged with stealing a quantity of from the house of Thomas Clenning, he case being proved, they were com- weanni Mann- ,doned woman, was committed for trial at the se: charge of robbing a man named Kirk of 17s. —The following gratifying copy from a .New tar " Government Emig ration Office, St. John's, of His EXc'ellency the Lieutenant-Governor to communi cate to you the high sense which His Excellency enter hoine of vn..n 'lntl n+ hilwaraQ IlnqaPno•Prs by the ship .c CA L-9 I VA ` ,l l. rA rrg q 5 t P cs', and through Chester- on the Clieste at four o'clock highway outside was very considerable, and included all The order of March wa Police. Stubb's Royal Harmonic Colours. Tradesmen, Four Abreast Drums and Fifes. Colours Tradesmen A printing-press at work, on a large cart, drawn by horses decorated with blue ribbons. From this papers of the order of the procession, &c., were printed and dis- tributed amongst the people. This order was no tained throughout. Four grey horses harnc two postilions to guide them headed the procession in going out. These were intended to pull Mr. Jackson's carriage into the town, and to the hotel. The procession at this point was but small, comparatively; few persons accompanying it out of the town, the greater part con tenting themselvss with awaiting its return on the open spaces in front of the Tranmere hotel. The procession which had met Mr. Jackson and his friends, about a mile out of the town, presented a rather imposing appearance as it returned with flags flying and ssed, with sunny and the crowds gathered as it approached Tranmere Hotel. From a yard at the top of the pool, some pieces of canon were fired. In proceeding up Chester-street the crowds accumu tated, and the shouts were frequent. After the trades, which were preceded by a bouquet of flowers, followed gentlemen three abreast. The coach in which Mr. Jackson rode was drawn by four grey horses as leaders and his own pair. Several other carriages followed. The shouts were frequent as the procession went straight to Gough's Hotel. Mr. Jackson was seated in his own open carriage, accompanied by his brother Mr. J. S. Jackson. He bowed frequently to those who welcomed him. Arrived at the hotel, the shouts were loud and long, and the enthusiasm was increased by the band and the singing of the triumphal song, written for the occasion by Mr. Stubbs, and sung by the band. Immediately after the arrival of the procession, at the hotel, which was thronged outside and within by the friends of the cause, _ _ Mr. JACKSON appeared on the roof of the adjoining watch-maker's shop, and on presenting himself to the multitude in front, was hailed by repeated cheers. Our reporter being in the crowd, and taken unawares after he had commenced, can supply only a few of the heads of his remarks. He thanked them for the high and unexpected honour which they had confered upon him that day, on the occasion of his return from Newcastle. He had re ferred the electors there to Birkenhead for his character, add they replied that they knew it. He felt that he stood in a proud position, for he was not only representative for Newcastle, but for the kingdom at large ; and he trusted he should so discharge his duties, that they who heard him would never have cause to regret having given him that day the unlooked-for honours of a warm reception. (Cheers.) He could assure them, indeed, that to the latest hour of his life he should endeavour to deserve them. He feared it impossible to express what he felt, but he should never forget their kindness. He had always acted as an honest man, and he had fearlessly come back amongst them. (Great cheers.) He believed he had ever been a true and a just friend to Birkenhead. (Loud cheers.) Nearly all' he possessed in this world was with them, and their interests should always have his best care and attention. As he had stated at Newcastle, if the support of unshackled commerce ; the freedom and en couragement of industry, and the general comfort and well-being of the people, met their views, of them was he advocate. (Cheers.) His constituents of. Newcastle had told him that to support those views for the people at large, was better than his nestling down amongst them, and merely spending his money. He then thanked them for his family—his-hopes in life were amongst them. He also thanked Newcastle, and if they wanted another cha racter of him, he should again refer them to Birkenhead. (He retired amidst loud and prolonged cheers, after which the band played, introducing the words by way of song, in occasional bars, "Jackson for ever.") Aug. 10, 1847. selves they would overcome all their difficulties. They had but to act rightly and honestly, aside all personal animosity and petty malii ridiculous that they could not come to a (Cheers.] tid to put It was John. [Hear, hear, and laughter.] He hoped the time was coming when the matters would be amicably arranged. He then conjured those who were cognizant of the mom! farthing, but that all of the parties should come off un scathed. Let them but act as honest men, and they bad the power within themselves, and without other aid, to do this. The gra- - ' 4 - and if they were unanimous let process was in hose who now attempted to dictate, to them d to relinquish their opposition and join them• ember then entered into an explanation of the principles he should maintain in parliament. He would not pull down what he believed to be g ood in the political fabric, but he should not spare the pruning knife in what he conceived to be bad. ICheer3.l He wished the poor to The hon.-t we equal justice with - the rich'. 110 was for increasing their social and domestic comforts in the first instance, and after that their spiritual wants could be more adequately attended to, and with more effect. He yet hoped to see civilization, the result of extended commerce, spreading itself in every direction, for the general good of mankind • and be was proud to reflect that from England this great lesson would be promulgated over the globe. He concluded by proposing, in compli mentary terms, the health of the Commiesioners of Bir- Mr. C. BENTHAM replied, and stated that as their chairman, he had been requested to do so. He had on a former accasion performed a similar task with joyful alacrity, but now he felt diffident. On a former occasion he could point to the proceedings of the commissioners with pride, the honourable position of the township furnishing him with subject matter of gratification. tb^t time, +b- since aa, tne state or things had materially changed. Disunion had crept into their bdard, motves had been misrepresented, and characters maligned. No won der that some gentlemen had retired from the dishonour able conflict. The parties who had introduced disunion had tried to carry on the business of the township thew' selves, and what had been the results He referred them to the issue of the last elections for a reply. Mr. Ben tham next referred to the difficult state of financial affairs as having retarded, though it could not defeat the pr°,; gress of the locality. [Hear, hear. hear.] He regaraeu" the present occasion as an auspi c i ous one , and believed that their friend Mr. Jackson, in his new station in Par . liament, would be able to effect ,for them great benefits. The speaker concluded with a high eulogium upon the personal character of the hon. member, remarking that it was after all not his new station they were met to com pliment him upon, but his merits as a man. They should remember that whilst " Rank is but the guinea's stamp, A Man's the gold for a' that. ' _ _ _ Sang. by Mr Stranger." Ryalls,— 7 On the cold shores of the Mr: TOWNSEND gave the next toast—" Prosperity to the ancient Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyne,"—and congratulated the constituency upon having selected Mr. Jackson as its representative. Mr. JACKSON replied in a brief but very neat speech. Mr. SWINTON BOULT proposed the next toast—" Pros perity to the Birkenhead Docks"—and, in the course of 3 very able speech, expressed his opinion that, in no brief space of time, the measures recently passed would bring into play both sides of the Mersey, and that Liverpool and Birkenhead would flourish together as twin sisters. He, deprecated the efforts of little men to cast the name of Jackson into the shade—a name which was identified with the name of Birkenhead. Glee—"'Haste ye, Boy." The CHAIRMAN replied. He concurred with Mr. Boult in the belief that both banks of the Mersey would be found too little for the trade of the river. He felt no jealousy at the efforts of other parties to extend the facili ties on the other side of the water, or to stifle their infant port. Those efforts, by promoting the increase of com merce to the estuary, would ultimately bring sufficient shipping to enable Birkenhead to participate in the be nefit. They would receive a.portion of the surplus flock ing to Liverpool, not only in their docks but in their dwellings;: and although at present they were under a cloud, they should yet see the full effulgence of their anticipated prosperity. Mr. EDWARD WILLOTJGHBY proposed the health of Mr. John Jackson and the magistrates of the county. Mr. JACKSON replied in most feeling terms, remarking upon the pride which he felt in the compliment paid to his brother. Mr. W. JACKSON proposed the health of Mr. 'Wallaby , which he said every one who knew how intimately he had been connected with the growth of Birkenhead, would drink with pleasure ; and in a very complimentary speech, interspersed with passages of much humour, eulogised the prudence, the energy, and the foresight with which ye had guided them in promoting: the advancement of Dr' kenhead. The CnAIRMAN replied and,in the course of his speech► referred , to the discussions which had taken place amongs t the promoters of the interests of Birkenhead, expressing a hope that before long those discussions would pi g away, and they would once more be found progressing I P ' prosparity. Duet, " Love and War,"—Mr Ryalls and Signor Sapio' Mr. REID proposed "The Lady of the Manor," in ! very neat and humourous speech, in the course of which he spoke in terms of high eulogium and great feeling and► indeed, eloquence of the character of Mrs. Jackson. Glee—" Lady of Beauty." JACKSON replied hi a humorous strain. —%'` " " Mr. Hughes, an Mr. Watson severally replied. 11° latter gentleman said that thepresent meeting was n othing to what it would have been had it been possible to get 1 room for all his friends to meet him in. Ti c k e t s were 50 , at li o'clock this morning at 50s. each. Mr. Watson 59", THE DINNED, was given in the large room of Gough's Hotel, a party whom it was not large enough to contain being accommo dated in an anteroom adjoining, until the cloth was drawn. guest of the day, Mr. Jackson, be Christopher Bentham on his left.. at his right, and ➢Zr We noticed also at th same table, Nicholl, &c Mr. J. S, Jac' , The vice Mr. Pike, Mr. Hind, Mr. -chairmen were Mr. C. A. Watson, Mr. Robert Hughes, auu ~....,.. - . __ 100 sat down to an excellent dinner and dessert, previous down, after a few more remarks, amidst much cheering . to commencing which, grace was sung by an excellent Mr. ASPINALL proposed the committee of management glee party, comprising Mr. George Holden, Mr. Ryalls, and secretary, Mr. W. W. Mortimer. Mr. Sapio, Mr. Goodall, and Mr. Boothby. After the Mr. MORTIMER replied, and stated that upwards of 49 cloth was drawn, " Non Nobis Damine " was sung, and gentlemen, including the Greek Consul, had requesteu the Chairman rose to proyose the first toast — " Her Ma - admission , but could not be accommodated. Mr. g°,,, r. jesty, the Queen," which was drunk with three times three timer concluded by calling upon Mr. Tindal Atkinson ''''' and one cheer more.—National Anthem. propose the press. The CHAIRMAN then gave "the health of Prince The learned gentleman, in an eloquent speech, high l f Albert," which was enthusiastically received. eulogistic of Mr. Jackson, in the course of which 13 ! Glee—" What shall he have that kills the deer ?" by stated that the press of England ought to follow in the Bishop, which was beautifully sung. wake of public opinion, concluded by proposing the toast' The next toast was, "The Members of the County." Mr. SHERLOCK responded,. and protested against tl' e Glee—" Breath my Harp,"—Bishop. doctrine that the press should follow public opini° ll ; The CHAIRMAN then called upon the company to fill They should take principleand stick to it. Mr. S. went the bumpers, and proposed the health of their guest, " Wil- to state that he had come there because he saw that tP i Ham Jackson, Esq., M.P.,''' which was received with pro- Vi ce -P res id en t o f th e middle t a ble [M r . Robert lingliesi longed and enthusiastic cheering. After this had sub- was the chairman of Lord John Manners's Committee' sided, the Chairman proceeded to comment upon the ex- [lnterruption and hisses.] The rest of the speech.s'l4l7 ertions which Mr. Jackson had used in promoting composed of references to the Mail, of which Mr. She!: the prosperity of this locality ; and, although opposed to lock stated that he was the• proprietor. He hoped to sT., him, like many of those present, in political opinions,was the community of Birkenhead enjoy a jolly good dinner ili confident that he would be an ornament to that high sta- the Park. tion to which he was called: He proposee his health as Some other toasts were then given, and the evening that of one who had advanced the interests of Birken- concluded, having been most harmonious throughout. head in a manly and straightforward manner, and also as one who had been chosen by the men of Newcastle to LATEST INTELLIGEN CE. iEv I EXPRESS. PR:i:SEs re present the whole kingdom, and they might feel assured that that representative would not forget the immediate interests of Birkenhead, with which he was so intimately LONDON C C O B R Y N connected. He [Mr. Jackson] was a man of enlarged un- Kent, and Suffolk was very lin ca fi r t i el ge hi sain morning, derstanding, and generous heart, and he [the chairman] The supply of Wheat by land • • ie ' s ' t l oin Esseß , could not but congratulate them on his election to the ho nourable position which he now occupied. [Cheers.] He quantity of Barley, Beans, and Peas from ta these counatineds Ni t ' b e e regretted exceedingly that painful differences had arise n short, with few arrivals of Oats from our own coast, Scotlano, amongst some of the parties who were influential in the and Ireland. government of the town, and which had induced his friend The imports of foreign grain have been tolerably good sin ce this day se'nnight, with a large quantity of flour. to withdraw, but though he bad withdrawn from the coun sels of the town, he had still her good at heart, and those the 1 V w i t e h a T h e ti r le n f o l w ast ha fe s W an da i ?r n s s t e h t there have been many showers , sell interests in promoting her prosperity which were con- Farmers being fully occupied with harvest work, could o .qo netted with his own. He trusted to see him in Parlia- send forward their samples for this day's market, and owiniac meat advocating the interests of the whole kingdom at the short supply and unsettled appearance of the weath.er,: t for tgs i vyngab t led i to f obtain le prices of o w f e t r h e is on du ll s e e; r n o n n iN ss e% large, as he had already done those of this place [Birken head]. After expressing his regret at the local differences ant English o fair • which had arisen amongst them, the toast was put and Much. Foreign Wheat has been withdrawn from sale, cannot drunk with, we positively could not tell how many, times by the pressure of the m one y market, and business " t ool. three. forced at any further depression in price, but the buyers nly quantities for immediate use. Gleee—" The Chough and Crow." o The small top price of town-made Flour is considered 565. per st.,ti Mr. JACKSON then rose, and was received with great ship, marks were ls. to 2s. per sack cheaper, and foreign Buv applause, and fors poke evidently much affected. He found it 2s. per barrel lower. impossible a considerable time to be heard. Address- Beans were in slow request without any change in the va lise ing those present as " fellow-townsmen," he said this was of good samples. ew Peas 2s er qas well ho white. „ t a day which by him could never be forgotten. He saw Thee was only declined a mode p rate r s ., ale for Oats g , as principally th r e before him gentlemen different from himself in [politics consumers , an d thi s art i c l e must b e cons id ere d Is ..per (l ag " -e and in religious views, yet all of them uniting in doing cheaper. better what he could not but consider doing him a high honour. Linseed met a slow demand, the crushers waiting for nt l. He felt proud to be thought to merit the esteem of so supplies, which are looked for with the first favourable v‘_ e ds• many not only in the room, but out of doors, as had been The few p arcels of Ra p eseed on sale were taken by these evinced that day. He himself could never forget that In T•l k eN a v t lt l y ear e Uo f ?fere e lp t l e enti s full and taken slowly at the 4 13°. day, and hohoped that his son, who conld yet but imper- tations of this day se'nnight. y, tlie fectly speak, and who had witnessed the out-door pro- A few small lots of new Barley were on the market, ra_ , '.din- 'ild never forget that his father had so many coarse in quality, for which prices are scarcely onened. WV" ceL— igs, cott_ -6 , . friends. [Cheers.] He had left the town for the can vas in Newcastle, unknown to the electors 4 accompanied by but one friend, also a strang them. He felt thankful that he had gone; that he had gone away for a time, and equally glad was he old grinding supported price :nanaet a steady isle here, and amongst 'he was glad Upwards of one thousand pounds' worth of plate r.r. Mettirlfve to meet suelia welcome on his return Ie told t tors of Newcastle that he should refer them for his cha racter to Birkenhead ; and they said, " We have heard of you before ; we have heard what even your political ad versaries say, and we'll vote for you." [Cheers.] He had The protectionists of North Warwickshire hair°.,:ii• solved to bring forward Mr. Spooner, the defeated ca n date for Birmingham, and Mr. Dugdale, the late rae ° for Warwickshire,. has retired. SYMPTOMS OF AMENDMENT.—TI Do v ' t _.re were onlY %r° - m Main Bride we ll yesterday 111 ,00 6 mg, usual g, being little more th an h a lf th e number. tbi were but forty odd in the prison on Sunday morns Wig' remainder having h.— given them the whole history of his lire, ar turned him unfettered, unpledged, and witl he was proud to say that he had polled more Conservatives ever ,-,.11,(1 before for that bo- t a tie, and 90 prisoners in all it LUUIL auy cutiumum -- rough. He had used no clap-trap. He admitted, in deed, that he wished to advance himself, but to advance the people along with him. He told them he should not use his influence for what he conceived to be their good n; 4bn nrAl _a picked up on Sunday nigT r g& The greater number was 0, ref only, and the cases of felony we re and involving thefts of but triflinc , :Ins^ - ' yesterday morn with drunkennel .' the wishes of the fet lions ; tnat but consider the wants of the many. [Hear, hear.] He noticed the decorous manner in which the electionhad been conducted, apart from personal acrimony, and said he had entered the town knowing but one man, and had left it with many friends, and without one single foe. He, how ever, attributed his success not to his own merits, but to In, I_ n • ' LIVERPOOL AUG. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED 10, 1847.. .4 0 , EVERY TUESDAY MORN- T 1.• 0 1 By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, . At No. 4, Sr. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERVfIop TUESDAY the Character given to him Cy Birkenhead. If he was ho nouredbeing returned, Birkenhead was also honoured. co-operate with the members for the county in u g bldy out such measures as would enerrmyiwould do good to Birken- Orders for Advertisements received by Messrs. New,.'," 9 tre,` e :n Co., Warwick-square; Barker and White, Flee'par,For Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell, Chancery-lane ; Char lo ,i. 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LUC ucntacaaa ~0 house, Paternoster-row; North and South Ameri c 4 o 4o-wieff house, Threadneedle-street ; Parsons, 9, Ave -3 • 1 Whe e Der London • Johnston and Co Eden Quay Dublin; loac•or NOM The 13 the 16th Tickets THE res give his ILL Price 10s. 6d UNDE AB CHUM on Too the pun making . allowed of the Trains ifercur Railwa) A Poi Mx} .1 Y instant, WETH liver th, GERM, ILLUST The FOUR, Pn SIX on Es( SIX LI FA _ DC SIX q; FOUR SI SIX on dm Ladle Tickets the Bod The I open at Half-pa the Org The] Evenin; Five an Tickets a Q 1 I Remnv T n. - CURS DON truster EN L, "igeno the ponite( in the' raise tl than 3 per cent. it produce it woulc other womb, £19,000,000. It is not going too far to affirm, that both the accumulated capital of the empire, and the annual in crement to that capital, is now double what it was at the close of the war. But during the war, which lasted twenty years, an addition of nearly £600,000,000 was 'ade to the National Debt, being at the rate, on au above fifty mil inre, but the nr- tificial perils with which erron vironed the currency." Inman 1 have en- The following is the practical conclusion to which he arrives : 17;41, It Ii asked, Tr - hat t'c And if kept a year, the additional expense £ a. d.I Team to yard and T 50 - piling .. o l i Pond rer Yard rent 50 0 01 £lOO 0 0 will be— £ s. 20 0 0 £2O 0 0 tams of your COMMEL towarus we pziazungv.a '-'.7 ---- - Exchange-street, anu U. ti= beryl?, market-stree., 0,,,,, John Clark, from Londonderry, whose preservation from ceed as he had done. It was painful to him that he sickness is ascribed to your kindness and great attention could not for some time past take part in councils of that teorn; Preston;HA i dg c o e ck ti a l . o h t d -o J ihc a e ndr. Booth, BooisipFs,and I 4 _ and WrightW or 4% .1 to them during the voyage. I have very great satisfaction place. Time would, however, disclose who were the Herald-office Birmingham. Birminghm. in being authorised to make you this communication, to f r i en d s o f t h e l ocal i ty and w h o were its foes. For himself BIRKENHEAD ; TODHUNTER, Chester-street ; It ; sio ° which you are well entitled. I have the honour_ to__ be,. he wished to see the same unanimity that had prevailed P H. M. Elm- in 1843, when all went well. 'I he time, he believed, had INKNEY, Argyle-street; OSBORNE, Chester-sue jito GRIFFITII, Hamilton-street. --Oil a° sir, your obedient servant, M. H. PEaLEY, Terms of Subscription for this paper : 1 6 1 , gratin' Agent for New Brunswick. To Captain Robert again come when he hoped the same unanimity would Disbrow, .T.-ip J?ha ClarL." produce like re,sulta, If iliey • •-e ."- -11 d th" 114..4. ) r: lied upon .i.a. i one year, 175. ;if paid in fidTilnCes An e to the religio lowing 1 n t Vent SIZLEI GRRy lie; ', a tre ad ha s ti atate. reqiiil the I t ceedi l the .