The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

S THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. N0 v. 21, 1848. _ _ .___ _ _... TO CORRESPONDENTS. using them, that he was not precisely in the posi- The water speedily found new channels to percolate • MEETING OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE. MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS LATEST FROM AMERICA.-ARRIVAL OF THE tion of a hero of romance ; that he was not a Lochiel through ; and the water in the private wells - IN THE BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND EUROPA. In a paragraph last week Mr. Mitchel was described as the Yesterday afternoon, a special meeting of the Health butler, instead of the builder, of the Queen's Hotel. or a Charles Edward Stuart, seeking a temporary throughout the neighbourhood is at present in Committee took place .. in the Council Chamber, for the CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, The royal mail steam-ship Europa, Capt. Lott, which THE CURRENCY QLTESTION.-We thank our correspondent, retreat after the disasters of a well-fought field ; such abundance that instances can be found of its purpose of considering a report of the Inspector of YESTERDAY. tlie arrivedrem remarkably bl y yesterday short p e m r i o o r d n Mr. Edmund Taunton, for his kind compliments to ourselves;left New York on the Bth instant and Halifax on the 11th, and for his unwearied exertions in bringing his views on hat he had left no Culloden behind him, but only having to be pumped to waste, to prevent its flood- nuisances, a recommendation of the Sub-committeeeinfg ies a s b t o h n e t n e tw ig e h l t ve o d 'c a l y o s ck fr , o i m n the currency before the public. After quoting from our a handful of police ensconced in an ordinary "brick ing the cellars, or destroying the foundations of thereon, also a resolution passed by the latter-the whole A few days ago, a circular was issued to the shareholders . paper the clause, "To foreign exchanges, the dlanerester re_ernng to nuisances. There were present, Messrs. of the above company, stating that at a special meeting th e f ormer the d 11 . W t . t o that, not- f i and slate house ;" that, in short, he and his friends, we trigs. e may men ion o port. She has brought fifty-seven passenger', Guardian attaches too much importance," he says, " Drive - Tinne, (in the chair.) the Mayor, Bennett, Harbord, of the company, to be held at the offices in Birkenhead, a list of whom we subjoin .- this nail home, Mr. Standard! Drive. it home! Two bun- the leaders of the abortive rebellion, were showing withstanding the deep sinking of the Bootle well, 0 , miner, , b Parker, and on Saturdaynext, the 25th instant, the following pro- • ' • • For HaVax.-Messrs. Ritchie, J. L. Hendebourck, dred millions of Foreign Exchanges, yearly, to rule three no disposition to sink with the ship, but rather a the whole shore in that locality is flooded with Hod sn R . Hindle Neill, Horn y, i'' ' k d • Iwould be b •tt d • Henry Boggs, Donald, and Chas. Foster. For Liverpool. hundred millions of Houle Exchanges yearly, is indeed a Ferg g uson ; also the 1 own-cler an the medical officer, pose s - mi e .- r. Duncan. The first report read was to the effect that "That the existing 45,000 Cheshire Junction shares of .e3l -Mr. and Mrs. Beswick, child, and nurse, Mr. and Mrs. wonderful, wonderful, surprising. incredible act of lunacy !" disposition to launch themselves on the nearest springs of beautiful water, which ooze out, or are m The University of Durham has power to grant degrees in dive- hencoop. Another passage, however, in reply to a collected in wells, only a few yards above high water on the banks of the canal, Mr. Rose, the contractor for each should be forfeited. That in consideration of the £lO Hume, Capt. and Mrs. Walker, Lieut.-Col. and Mrs. nity . as well as those of Oxford and Cambridge. The Londonthe removal of night soil, &c., from the houses and streets paid on the .t3l shares, and of the loss that may be sustained further remonstance by the same rev. gentleman, mark at the spring tides. by the Chester and Birkenhead shareholders, by reason of the Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Burstall, University confers degrees in arts, law, and medicine, but of the town, had deposited an immense quantity• of ma-Mr. Wallerstein, Mr. Venecie, Mr. Joseph Evans, Dr. not in divinity. King's College, London, was opened in 1831, that " the people would be better pleased to hear postponement of the works, it shall be understood and agreed nure the gases arising from which were detrimental to pai d s uch share. Th at Domvill and for the purpose of receiving pupils in law, medicine. general that he had got free of the Government," is still OUR last remarks, in reply to Mr. Webster,- hat 2" per share has been on one new Daniel Reynolds, Mr. James Moriow, , the ' • resolution ofthe 38* science, laneuages, &c., and is patronised by the dignitaries public health. A , Of the church, because instruction in the Christian religion more magniloquent :- the was-to-have-been paid chairman of the Birken- a l so propose d th at n i g ht- so il, & c ., s h ou ld b e remove d i n which .4"10 has been paid; that every holder of a £3l share M r . M ews , M r . Von Groping, M r. A. T. Smith Mr. and daily worship are added. We do notbelieye there is any " Perhaps so, ' Mr. Meagher continued, " but it would h e ad D oc k s ,-ha ve e li c it e d, so f ar , no reply from c l ose or wa t er -ti g ht car t s , so as t o preven t d roppage i n t h e upon which .'lO has been paid, who may decline to accept such Mariam Martinez, Mr. Ed w in P erev i a Mr. Pat. Ander shch institutinn as that mentioned by Amiens. be for a time only. I see this, as clearly as I see that share, shall be paid in money 255. per share, and cease to son, Mr, J. B. Elkin, Mr. J. Moore, Mr. C. Ruinert, Mr. { - s --- - - - .._ - ----- - - stream there, that were Ito escape, men bidding for that gentleman. We do not wonder at this, after street as much as possible, and it was also recommended l'' that the . soil or matter should be conveyed from the cess- ha v e e :any further interest in the concern ; that the residue of Cwvrell, Mr. John C. Meyer, Mr. Dyneaux, Mr. W. J. it.' t.tbrrpoot tailoaro. popularity against our memory would hereafter say,- the gross blundering which we exposed. We have • b •thrown into the such new s h ares not taken up by the holders of •'3l shares, _ pools into the tight carts without being .---= - --- -- -- - ----- - ' those leaders incited the people to a certain point- now still less expectation of hearing from him street, and thence lifted into the carts,-a mode which Birkenhead shares of the nominal value of £27 10s. and .€22; Ramsay, Dr. J. W. Bradshaw, Mr. Taube and son, Mr. TUESDAY MORNING, NOV. 21, 1848. disaster met them there-many of the poorer classes be- further. The statement (which we give elsewhere) , left the street in a very dirty condition. - A long discus- that interest a t th e ra t e of five per cent. per annum be paid to Draper, Mr. D. P. Brown, Mr. Stonebridge, Mr. R. G. Russell, Mr. G. H. Phipps, Mr. Howard, Mr. A. Duvault, came involved-they were arrested, imprisoned, tried, in Mr. Brarnley-Moores recent letter, resigning sion ensued, in which various opinions were expressed. It the Chester an . d Birkenpeag a s t harelpoldrs, _litil the Cheshire ____ THE news by the mail steamer, Europa, which and punished, whilst the leaders, availing the meat Jnnuo for n line io w e i r s t o o pe re n v e lse the c sh a re r a l s o on i l o e v m e a d o e to s !) ,L tr 1 ii t i o - Mr. A. Boeckeler, Mr. and Mrs. Roberts, Mr. Steenfaldt, arrived yesterday morning in our river, contain lit- their superior facilities, made off, and left these poor =elves of his Dock Chairmanship on his election to the appeared that the contractor had already had many water-tight carts constructed at considerable expense, and li m i t the works from Warrington or Moore to Birkenhead and Mr. Grablie, Mr. VT. Atkinson, Mr. Westholme, and Mr. tie of importance, beyond the announcement that fellows-their honest and devoted followers, to bear the office of Mayor of Liver 001, that the Estate-said out of that they saved much of the slopping in the streets which Chester,-and to make such arrangements with other compa- Smith. From Halifax.-Commander Hall, R.N., Mr. whole irunt.' So far as lam concerned, this shall not Webster to be by Mr. was almost red to a certainty. So far, in a the Government comes to wreak its vengeance on our expenditure of £35,000, after placing the interest the discussion ; and the last named expressed strong opi- traordinary propositions ; and the same has been the Bth instant, after a splendid run of eleven and a half days national point of view, and as assuring us of the failure, the people shall still see we are at their head- on th e en ti re b on d e d d e bt, i nc l u di ng the new North nions on the insufficiency of. the present system. as af- opinion of the shareholders, as shewn at a meeting held from this port, including the usual detention at Halifax. continuance of pacific relations between the two standing in the front rank -breaking the fire they would Docks and the Wapping purchases on the debtor fecting the public health. He proposed that carts resem- yesterday, called almost extempore, in South Castle-st. The'Hibernia, Capt. Shannon, hence and Halifax, arrived countries they are satisfactory. General Taylor is otherwise receive-breaking it, by receiving it in our own • s tiling floats, but covered, should be provided, so . that the After the chair had been taken by Mr. WILLS, the meet- at Boston on the 3rd instant, in thirteen days. The hearts." side of the account, ought to place Mr. Webster, oil might be transferred from barrows, &c., into them, ing was addressed by Mr. GODI3ER, of Chester, who de- Washington arrived at New York on the sth, after a pas pledged to base his policy upon industrial progress „, Ihe passage which we have marked in italics is and, by the by, Mr. Eyre Evans as well, corn- without intermediate deposits in the streets. tailed the result of several interviews. It was urged by sage of fifteen days from Southampton. within his own country; General Cass would be Just what the public were likely to say, and have pletely hors de combat, and, 'we are glad to hear, Mr. HODSON said the contractor had done all he could several speakers as reasonable enough, that in the first Almost the only feature of political interest by this ar for progress in the acquisition of territory. Corn- it has given entire satisfaction to the bondholders. do to keep the town clean, but there were obstacles. instance the 45,000 original shares should be forfeited, or rival is the confident belief that General Taylor has been said, and have been fully justified in saying; for mercially, however, theforiner is the advocate ofThe CHAIRMAN said that to carry out the recommends- rather cancelled, regard being had to a reconstruction of elected President. This intelligence gave confidence to ever one of them, who could get away, did get The increase of tonnage from the 24th of June up tion_ of the sub-committee-in having low carts, &c.- the total capital, upon a scale proportioned to the limit the mercantile community of New York. The sale::! the maintenance protection bya restrictive tariff awas Y and Mr. Mea her and his friends, ' no doubt, to Mr. Brumley-Moore's letter, was 26,371 tons; would t the town . X 15,000 of the reduced views of . the company, and existing rote- stock on the . day of the steamer sailing were large, _ . d -a policy adverse to the British manufacturer, but s'' • were trying their best. As to rallying the country and this increase will he made more striking after Mr. HARBORD said the removal of the night soil cost rests being fairly recognised. But that the shareholde r s, generally at improving rates. Exchange on London &- much less so in its permanent consequences, than by skulking in disguises on the Keeper mountain, a few days more of the favourable winds for in- the town a vast sum, and about 15,000 tons were col- w h o h ave p a id £lO p er s h are a l rea dy, s h ou ld b e as k e d t o rect was ion to 109. one which might lead to a collision between the week to 40,000 tons. hiding in coal-pits, and sleeping in ditches, the idea coming shipping; it will probably amount this lected in a depot in the outskirts, the effluvium from take a£7 share, of which only .£1 ss. was to be consi- Two trains came into collision on the Lynn and Marble two countries. The occurrence of the elections is preposterous. But we come to another portion which was productive of disease. d ere d as pa id, or , i n th e even t o f th e i r re f us i ng suc h s h are, h ea d ra il wa y on th e 2 n d i ns t., an d s i x persons were killed during the week previously to the sailing of the _ It was finally agraed that the contractor should receive that they should only receive £1 55., as the condition of and ten or twelve wounded. of the narrative, which, indeed, was that which most ---- - --- - packet had led to a dearth of market intelligence, • notice to remove the soil at the depot alluded to within their retiring from the undertaking, appeared to the meet- Buenos Ayres accounts to the 13th September, state particularly attracted our attention. It is that in WE gave, a few weeks ago-as we remarked at two months, ing as a demand upon them which ought not to be sub- that Roses had taken offence at the conduct of the Sardi and mercantile activity generally. The news of which we discover that Mr. Meagher, on the follow- the time, rather prematurely-Tract, No. 1, of the Mr. PARKER ridiculed the complaints made of intoler- mitted to. And this feeling was made stronger when it nian Charge d'Affaires, and ordered him to leave the this description, however, which we have received, Mee day to that on which he had made the above Liverpool Currency Reform Association. • We do able smells o ver th e t own ;h e considered this to be hum- was shown that these £7 shares would only rank as one- country within thirty days. They also state that after the will be found under the usual head. The belief of bug to a great extent. Their forefathers, who had many fourth of a £27 10s. share in the Birkenhead and Chester capture of Colonic. the intrusive government and the fo rofessions, consented to entertain terms of sur.. not at all regret having done this, inasmuch as, of them lived to a good old age, were not so sensitive in Company, with which the Cheshire Junction is amalga- reign armed rabble in Monte Video, appear to have be- General Taylor's election had given great con- P that 1 " dall the fidenee to the mercantile community of New York. render, provided le an - thus .. far, not one position or principle of the asso laid down by the their nasal organs ; and he believed Mr. Harbord's sense mated, and whose shares at present market price are only come seriously alarmed lest President Oribe should storm cerned in the movement were permitted to leave elation, however imperfectly of smell was so fine that he could scent a fox in any cover worth about £l3 10s• It was asked at the meeting what the town. They have accordingly applied to the French The views of the American journalists, as to the has been satisfactorily, or at all, confuted by in England, at 100 yards distant. the country." In this transaction, we must ac- tract, had become of the £lO per share paid, and what portion for assistance, and Admiral Le Predour, complying with effect of the disturbances in Europe upon the posi- knowledge, that both Mr. Meagher and his friends the advocates of bullionism.. On the contrary, the Mr. Rose was then called in, and his opinion solicited of the works had been proceeded with ; and the result of their request, has caused several of his vessels to take up tion and stability of British institutions, are some- as to avoiding the nuisance of depositing soil in the streets, the information given was, that nothing had been ex- positions nearer shore, so as to be able to fire upon the exhibited a nobilit of mind, which we should not association has more than held its ground against what curious; and, as usual, incorrect in many He stated that it would be impossible to avoid much of pended except upon the works which were likely to be besiegers in the event of an attack ; and has, besides, have expected from Y the previous absurdity of their every opponent. It was our intention, in the present points, although conveying a few useful monitions. this in Liverpool, or . to place the soil in carts, as proposed, carried on, under the limited scheme, namely, the line to landed all his disposable marines in order to reinforce the conduct. The proposition was made, and the fol- number, to :have published a controversy between without great additional cost. Several plans were sag- Kekewick,-and that there must be in hand a consider- lines. Notwithstanding these precautions, the alarm, at We give a few of the views in question, contained the association and Mr. James Wilson, of the gested to him, of discharging it from covered barrows into able sum over what would pay £1 ss. per shat e. The the date of the last advices, had not subsided. in lowing was the result :- the commercial articles of the New York Morn- ~ On the Saturday morning of their arrest, a letter from Economist-a gentleman reputed to be one of , the the carts, by Mr. Bennett (who produced a plan) and company, however, wished to retain a further portion of A violent storm, accompanied with a rise of tide, oc jug Herald, the most cleverly written, if not the the Rev. Mr. -, enclosing one from Mr. Redington to grea t gu n s o f th e bullionist party-in which we others; but he said the bar to the idea was, that in this the line, never expected to be carried out, or to pay any curred at Bermuda on the 15th, proving a source of great only valuable portion of that paper. Under date the reverend gentleman, was handed to Mr. Meagher, feel confident that ever reader upon the y impartial town, the night manure was so saturated with water, revenue, for what purpose the shareholders present seemed alarm to the inhabitants, and the cause of much damage of Nov. 6th, our contemporary . , after remarking who, with his companions, were at the time in a place of from the cess-pools being flooded from want of drainage, unable to comprehend. to property. concealment, close to the Waterford and Limerick Rail- subject will admit that the Peel-Russell advocate that it could not be accomplished. He had done his It was argued that a much more fair arrangement might NEW YORK, Nov. 7-6 P.M. upon the commercial pre-eminence of Great way. Mr. Redington's letter mentioned that the under- has very, very much the worst of the argument. utmost to keep the town as clean as it could be kept be come to-something like that proposed in a pamphlet This being election day, Change was less crowded with Britain, says :- secretary was authorized to state, that the Lord Lieutenant We are compelled, however, to withdraw the letters under the circumstances, and had exerted himself night by . Mr. Wills, by which, the capital being reduced, and a business men, and the market for produce was conse - "These things have passed away. The times have, would guarantee the life of Mr. Meagher, and those of which thus far have passed between the parties ; and day to see that his men did their duty in sweeping, portion of the line abandoned, ib would require only £3 quently inactive. Moderate sales of Flour were made at within the past year, been thoroughly revolutionized, his three companions, on condition that they would sur- &c. the deposits in the streets. He should remove the per share, in addition to the £lO paid, to complete it. yesterday's prices. 'Wheat remained about the same. The and England finds her supremacy on the decline.-Other render and plead guilty to high treason. A further con- and are only consoled in so doing by the hope that - - ' hthe manure from the depot, but there must be still a con- This view of the subject was ably advocated by Mr. God- demand for Corn was steady, at about yesterday's prices, nations are awaking from their lethargy, and in the United dition was required-that the arms of the insurgents in next week we shall be able to publish centre- siderable quantity left there, from daily accumulations, tier of Chester, who was willing even to submit to a rea- with the exception of common low mixed, of which sales States she finds a rival difficult to cope with, even in its the sout h- t h e arms i n a ll the disturbed districts, should versy as finished. which could not be taken away until it had been deposited son a ble loss upon the £lO paid. After a desult or y con - were m a d e ra th er i n f avour o f b uyers . Th ere was no infancy. Great Britain never has had, until within the b e del i vere d up w i t h out d elay. The moment Mr. Meagher W e g i ve t hi s d ay the " manifesto" of the asso- 24 hours, owing to its being in so liquid a state. It ap- versation from which it was elicited that on the arrang- change in Meal. Sales of Rye were pretty freely made at past ten or fifteen years, a competitor in the same read this letter, he wrote to the Rev. Mr. -, who was ciation-a carefully digested document, upon which geared he was a loser by the contract, as the manure was ment proposed being carried out, the line w as a l rea dy, yesterday's ra t es . Th ere was no c h ange i n P rov i s i ons . branches of industry which have given her so much wealth still in Dublin-' that his proposal-viz., a surrender, on they not easily saleable. It was agreed that any nuisances with the Birkenhead and Chester line, under offer of sale There was some better feeling in molasses, with sales. and power owed l and s our ability to compete with her in the condition that permission were granted to him and all the prepared are to stand-and beg to request the that might hereafter arise should be reported to him. It to the London and North Western, the meeting came to Moderate sales of Cotton were made at previous rates. markets of the world is daily becoming more apparent. . parties concerned,toleavethe country, having been re attention of every member of our mercantile com- was further agreed that 24 of the police should be ap- the unanimous determination that the scheme proposed to I ASHES.-Sales of 75 to 100 bbls. both sorts, were made If we have thus far been able to draw away from England jected, he would make no other. The one he had made munity to the principles which it lays down. The pointed by the sub-committee to act under the Inspector the shareholders should be resisted. I at £6 25. any of her customers, what must be our success when our was the only honourable one he could m a ke. As to the question, we may add with some little pride, baying of Nuisances, and (in conjunction with the whole of the The following resolution, moved by Mr. HAYLOOK, I BREADSTDEFS.-Flour.-The sales about 5,000 to capital and population, our industry and our facilities, government proposal, he rejected it without hesitation urged it upon public attention for some years, is at police force) to report upon all nuisances, or practices seconded by Mr. GODBER, of Chester, and carried i 6,000 bbls., including this State Western brands, Michi have reached a point which will compare more favourably and with the deepest scorn. In this his friends fully and leng t hregarded th e question of the as great - , gan, this State, Oswego, &c., at S's 25 to ere 374, with straight and pure brands Genessee, at S's 371 to £'s 44. an additional number of the handbills, containing pre- " That in the event of the details given by the Directors on with those of Great Britain ? It has thus far been more proudly concurred."' like a pigmy struggling with a giant for a prize.LIVERPOOL CURRENCY REFORM We have already given Mr. Meagher and his cautions against cholera, should be printed and distributed Saturday next not being satisfactory, this meeting pledges itself There was no change in Ohio or in Southern. Wheat.- 't When we consider the relative resources of the two ASSOCIATION. friends credit for their conduct in this matter, as amongst the inhabitants. The meeting then separated, to support a motion for the adjournment of the meeting, and Sales of 18,000 bushels Ohio were made at *1 11; and countries-Great Britain and the United States-it is by apparently somewhat tired out by a subject not altogether the appointment of a committee consisting of an equal number 2,000 to 3,000 do. common Chicago, slightly under 41. honourable, although we think it was a little obsti- " A Currency Lased-not on Gold, which is barter-but on pleasant. no means strange that their relative positions should be of Chester and Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction shareholders, undergoing such a rapid change. As a manufacturing nate and foolish. But what shall we say of the National Property." • to investigate the accounts and report as to the equity of the . . . Corn.-Tle sales reached about 30,000 to 40,000 bushels, including chiefly common mixed at 621 c. to 67c. The nation we have advantages immeasurably superior to Eng- conduct of Government in thus treating with rebels proposed financial change." latter figure was also paid for some lots high mixed. "It is surprising that our mercantile men have not long since PROSPECTS OF OUR AMERICAN COMMERCE, land, or any other country on the surface of the globe. in arms? This Rev. Mr. - was clearly indictable arrived at conclusions, respecting a system of currency, which AND EFFECT OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE _ Several lots round yellow were sold at 73c. Meal was As an agricultural nation, our resources are unlimited, HURRICANE IN THE CHINA SEAS. firm, at S 3 25. Rye.-Sales of 5,000 to 6,000 bushels under the recent act for concealin the lof g p ace can be recognized as correct by all parties, and which would EUROPA. and we can produce enough to feed the population of thelead to the adoption of principles and practice, by means of were made at 661 c. in the slip, at 67c. delivered. There retreat of such rebels, of which he acknowledged At the period of the sailing of the Europa from New - world. We raise the raw material for all manufacturing which the ruinous alternations, now constantly recurring, . York, we learn from the . first sources that the general SERIOUS DISASTERS TO SHIPPING. was no change in Oats. purposes; our mines of gold, silver, copper, iron, coal, himself to be cognizant. Why was not the same would be rendered impossible." By the Overland Mail we have received advices from We have again to notice a decline in the prices of Cot andPorter's Progress of the Nataon, p. 426. feeling amongst commercial men was one of great confi lead, are inexhaustible ; our climates are suitable for measure of justice dealt out to him which was dealt dence in approaching prosperity throughout the country. China!to the 28th September, containing accounts of a ton, in the qualities from middling and upwards, whilst ____ the growth of all the luxuries and necessaries of life; our out to many poor Irishmen, who, probably from the MANIFESTO. Th e resu lt o f th e e l ec ti ons , affirniing the return of a eace very severe typhoon which was experienced in the free the lower grades remain without any material variation ports are numerous, and afford the safest ingress and " " orts:on the 31st of Au egress ; our magnificent rivers drain every portion of our ties of relationship, or the fear of the wild revenge The Committee of the Liverpool Currency Ref p orm advocate (Gen. Taylor) for the Presidency, had contri- pgu st and Ist September, which from our last quotations of the 24th ult. Uplands, very of the people, were induced to commit no worse an Association have been led, by their consideration of the bated greatly to this result. The dry-goods houses had had done serious damage to the shipping. Fortunately, ordinary to middling, sc. to sfc. per lb,; fair to good fair territories, and are navigable for our splendid steamers commercial phenomenon of periodical excitement and been doing an excellent trade ; and, as a proof, the orders the loss of life among the Europeans has, as far as yet as- and good, 64 c. to 61e., and 64c. Tennessees and Ala ? Any one these, we have thousands upon thousands of miles into the uninhabited offence . of said months depression, to inquire whether this extreme oscillation, per the Europa for manufactured goods of all descriptions certained, been most trifling considering the strength of bamas, sc. to sfc. Mobiles, Louisiana, &c., ordinary to and uncultivated portion of the country ; our people are ago, if they had attempted to open such a negoti- productive of so much evil, be the necessary consequence were on an extensive scale. This feeling in America, the gale, but amongst the Chinese the casualties and loss I middling, 51c. to 54c.; fair to good fair, 6fc. to 7 c.; enterprising, industrious, well fed, well clothed, well ation with the Irish Government, and refused to of extensive commerce; and, if so, within what limit of together with the news generally by the Europa, has had of property have been extensive. i good and fine nominal. The exports from the United housed, contented and happy, untaxed, untrammelled I betray the parties in whose behalf it was opened, productive enterprise ought a commercial people to be a vivifying effect upon our Cotton market, in which a At Hong Kong several vessels were dismasted, others States since Ist September, 1848, amounted to 164,767: by any restrictions of the government, and in the enjoy large business has been done at dearer prices. With were driven on shore, and while the whole beach was : same time last year, /38,364 bales. Pent of the largest liberty. What is, then, to arrest or I would have been rewarded with instantincarceration restrained ; for if the calamities that have been ex strewed with the wrecks of junks, numerous bodies Boated I The sales since the 24th ult. are estimated at 12,500 check the progress of such a country ?-what to prevent ' and, probably, as the sequel of his fate, expatriation' perienced by this nation within the last twenty years be a respect to Breadstuffs, a fair, but not an immoderate necessary e f fect of extended trade, behovesthe Legis- it * its being the wealthiest and must powerful nation in i for life from his friends and country. lature immediately to impose restraining measures that should already have been here, but for the recent preys- less. The gale commenced at sunset on the 31st of Aug., 1 The rates of freight are, to Liverpool, for cotton in . creation ?" , shall prevent such frightful ruin and devastation in our lence of adverse winds, which has delayed arrivals. With from N.N.W. : about ten o'clock, p.m., it shifted round ; square bales Id. per lb. ; flour, 2s. to 2s. 3d. per barrel , There is unquestionably much truth in these re- IN our last publication we asked of the Illanches- domestic trade, as well as relieve from so cruel a scourge the present winds, however, many of these are coming to N.N.E., and increased in violence till two, a.m., on grain in bulk 7d. to Bd. per bushel, for corn and wheat marks, and as unquestionably much error. There ter Guardian to apply hi mse lf t o th e cons id erat i on the commerce o f t h e w h o l e wor ld , w hi c h, f rom t h e magn i - i nto port ; hut , hav i ng b een previously advised, they t h e I st , w h en i t veere d to S.E. F rom t hi s time the storm respectively. To London, 2s. 6d. to 2s. 9d. per barrel for tin flour, and other articles in proportion. To Havre, cotton is no question as to the fact that America has been of the point, as to whether it would not he possibl e lade of our transactions, becomes involved in our mis- are not likely to produce any large depression in the mar- gradual l y abated, and ( ! .i t l d s a t ylet t i h s e as r: s theragair e i se I Id, per lb. treading upon our heels as a manufacturing nation; Ito obtain a steady value for money by a definite fortunes. ket. We learn that the few samples of Indian Corn . of . d beautifully fine.amongst British may b men- I Erpertg and Receipts of Cotton at the ports ao far this ISM. .. and as sidle question that she possesses many fact- 1 rate of interest ; and then inform us under what In pursuing their inquiry, they have carefully examined the new crop which have now come up are of superior bone thefollowingvessels :- The barque Hermes, from Liverpool, went on shore at son, and to the corresponding time in former seasons. the evidence brought under the consideration of the corn- quality to those of last season, as is the new Bacon re lities which we do not. The same facts have been 1 circumstances-except in the case of a political Circular-buildings, but was got of with the loss of fore (In thousand bales.) I mittees of both Houses of Parliament, appointed to in- ceived. urged by ourselves frequently, as sheaving the commotion---" such currency could' vary in value." quire into "the cause of the present national distress." and main masts; the barque Helen Stewart, from London, 1 suicidal policy, recently adopted by us in our fiscal A fear that such variation would occur was pre- After the most deliberate consideration of the evidence A MISARRANGEMENT OF TOPICS. drove on shore at Green Island, and slight hopes were en- ' Great Britain. France. Other. Total. Recpts. relations with America and other nations. We eisely the point, to which our contemporary himself therein stated, and the uniform agreement of all other A contemporary, in his report of the proceedings of tertained of saving her. The iron barque John Laird 1848.... 116 23 27 166 289 facts and information they have been able to collect, they the Dock Committee, informs us that drifted foul of the Eliza Stewart, and lost mizenrnast 1847.... 73 39 19 131 186 give up to America everything; and she gives us said that his objections were narrowed; and we 22 18 13 53 155 back nothing. We give her all that she requires- fully expected that he would have responded to our are of opinion, that the cause of periodical exc • • itement and "A letter was next read from Mr. Cubitt, announcing that he and bulwarks; while the Eliza Stewart, which was loaded 1846.... had fully drawn out the plans for the permanent mooring of with sug . ar, was driven against the Hos Hermanos. and so 1845.... 84 27 14 125 265 our capital-and she taunts us with the above invitation, and favoured us with the ground of his depression is not necessarily involved in extensive COM merce, but that the sole cause of our commercial crises is th e e av ne, landing-stage, and certifying the correctness of a h y bill submztted." much injured that she had to discharge her cargo. The 1844 . •• • barque Salopian drifted out beyond Green Island, totally 79 44 40 163 243 - glance at the prospective consequences of our folly. fear. We were the more warranted in doing so, to be found in the absence of a steady measure of value The latter portion of Mr. Cubitt's communication was, dismasted but was afterwards towed into the harbour by St - ilaagi f i ,. , 1848 1847 1846 1845 1844 But we doubt whether Great Britain is likely to inasmuch as we had already disposed of every and of an insufficient medium of exchange, or, in other we should think, like the postscript of a lady's letter, the Cainese hints. The schooner Island Queen's masts wcre ersevere in her give-all and receive-nothing policy. argument which he had urged in behalf of his words, in the inefficiency of our prmt u r a n d o e ne u t a a c ry styostrsil most personally interesting to himself, and might with cutaway to save her going on shore; and the Daniel Watson j 211 186 143 182 165 an . inefficiency further proved by propriety have been the leading subject. We question, We doubt, especially, whether "the giant," in his views, as to the probable variability of our proposed the (iY tam a system of credit, so necessary to development However, whether the Dock Committee view it in the drifted out to the mouth of the Cum-sing-moon Passage At Augusta and and lost topmasts. The barque Constant, for London, Hamburg on 30 20 20 13 29 struggle with " a pigmy," is likely to hug much basis. Two publications, however, have now ap- of the productive energies of this country. same light ; and, with respect to the " permanent moor- put back wit se cral feet water in her held, and a Ist November. longer his present fetters. Give him fair play; un- eared without his having noticed us ; and we beg From the evidence above referred to, two all-important ing '' of the monster stage spoken of, we ourselves should g ta t ::: in ea7 e rs rr t u h p a t t ed th a er p e ic la in s g f , ro th st e ionceuCarrroelinncea is snrad rather r or o gi n a e --- his arms ; lop away the " swaddling clothes," in the very best spirit, and acknowledging the facts are established beyond question :-First-that there iike to be assured upon the subject. considerable part of her cargo damaged. The ship Hin binddostan, which sailed for Shanghae on the 30th, was dis- 241 206 163 195. 194 Mtn with which Samuel Jones Loyd once represented courteous tone in which the controversy with us was at one period a superabundance of the present medium masted and driven down to St John's Island, sixty miles him as fettered,-andalthoughthatastutegentleman has, thus far, been conducted by the Guardian, to of exchange, and .. at another not a for the on the Ist instant ; but at so late a period and after so ordinary necessities of trade. Secondly-t at the measure 1 ' . long h sufficiency A FEW NUTS FOR THE EULLIONISTS TO to the westward of Macao, and was subsequently towed CRACK. into Hongkong by the steamer Corsair ; her cargo is told us that those swaddling clothes were " protec- redirect his notice to the point which is between us. of value has, within the last three years, fluctuated from li tion," none knew better than himself what th e y W e re p ea t, w h a t we prev i ous l y s t a t e d, th a t we to 12 per cen t. What is our present System of Currency ?-A contri- expected to be badly damaged, and she must discharge. of m ere record than of any importance to the present crop. were-and we fear not the American pigmy, or a care nothing, in this matter, for any triumph as Here we have under the gold standard, an enormous vance by which the capitalist and the foreigner are conti- The brig Calder, from Whampoa for London, was also __________ b inciting nosily enabled to appropriate the fruits of British labour towed back, after having cut away her masts, near Macao, full-grown man of any other nation. controversialists. We disdain, on a question so alternation in the value of money, which, Y . MEETING OF THE TRADES -Last ni • - night a numerous and damaged about 400 chests of tea. A,, rsl-1-, revs .....4-......1. 4 . .......... 4.1..... ....-...... .! --- -1 _/ 1 Jl__ _ • __ k_ _l_ , _ is ce at th • • e s - ~, sneculation at one time. and nrostratinr credit at another, their own price. ae.....1'...- -4' 4-1,,. 4.....1.-,,, ~-,-.. 1,,,1.1 ~e 1-I,n 0.,..__ .•• ii 1'...... There is unquestionably much truth in these re marks, and as unquestionably much error. There is no question as to the fact that America has been treading upon our heels as a manufacturing nation; and as Attie question that she possesses many faci lities which we do not. The same facts have been urged by ourselves frequently, as shewing the suicidal policy, recently adopted by us in our fiscal relations with America and other nations. We give up to America everything; and she gives us back nothing. We give her all that she requires— our capital—and she taunts us with the above glance at the prospective consequences of our folly. But we doubt whether Great Britain is likely to persevere in her give-all and receive-nothing policy. We doubt, especially, whether "the giant," in his struggle with " a pigmy," is likely to hug much longer his present fetters. Give him fair play; un bind his arms; lop away the " swaddling clothes," with which Samuel Jones Loyd once represented him as fettered,—and although that astute gentleman told us that those swaddling clothes were " protec tion," none knew better than himself what they were—and we fear not the American pigmy, or a full-grown man of any other nation. Another extract from the same journal, of the 7th inst., enlarges upon our dangerous position, and points out its source. After remarking upon our decreased exports to Europe, he says : " In the event of a general war in Europe, there will be a drain of specie from England, that will affect her financial system more than an export of bullion in pay ment for bread-stu f fs, or by any ordinary derangement in commercial a f fairs. The scarcity of gold and silver which would be experienced soon after the commencement of a general war on the Continent, would tend very much, not only to a further depreciation in prices for manu factures and products of all kinds, but to a further re duction in the demandfor consumption, and consequently in the exports from Great Britain." Such would undoubtedly be the case. We could not ourselves better state our danger, in the event of a European war, under our present monetary system. Fortunately, however, for us, the very fit st movement towards a general war in Europe, in which we were likely to be involved, would release us from the golden and silver fetters, in which we have madly bound ourselves. We accept, however, the testimony of our well-informed contemporary that a drain of the commodities, gold and silver, would tend very much "to a depreciation in prices for manufactures and products of all kinds." Our transatlantic friends have experience of the fact — to us a bitter experience. IRISH patriotism is certainly one of the most incomprehensible things in the universe ; and Mr. Meagher, one of the convicted of the Young Ireland rebellion, is certainly one of its brightest embodi ments. The world at large—out of England—no doubt imagined that this young hero of "the shining sword" was very much in earnest in his denuncia tions of the hated Saxon, and his vows to found a Republic in " the first gem of the sea." We all remember, however, how all the world was disap pointed—how the bright sword was sheathed after the encounter with a few police at the Widow M'Cormack's house, and its owner betook himself to that very appropriately named refuge for gentle men, whose valour is all in their tongue—the "keeper" mountain. A narrative of the adventures of him and some of his companions there—of their sufferings "by flood and field,"—their "sleeping in haylofts and bundles of straw," "in miserable cabins," and " once or twice by the ditch side," — has just appeared in some of the Irish papers, and contains some of the richest specimens of rhodo montade and shameless braggadocio we ever re member meeting with. One or two extracts are most characteristic of the species to which the gen tleman belongs. After describing the adventures referred to, the narrative proceeds : " Late in the evening, the Rev. Mr. having heard that Mr. Meagher and his friends were in the neighbourhood, came over and visited them. His words and manner, upon meeting them, were most affectionate. Ile begged and entreated of them to think no longer of rallying the country : that it was a wild and giddy dream. The country was too poor, too weak, too hungry, to do anything. Mr. Meagher replied that he would never leave the country—that he felt bound in honour to remain and see the matter out, to the last act, whatever that might be.' The Rev. Mr. argued with him upon the folly of thinking that his honour would be compro mised by flight, now that everything looked so hopeless. What do you gain ?" I may gain nothing'— Mr. Meagher replied—' gain nothing for myself or for the cause ; but I shall save myself from suspicion—from any and every accusation of treachery. of desertion, of fear; thus I may still serve the country, by proving that the leaders were faithful to it, even to its fall—that when the ship struck, and the sea was rushing in, they stood to it, and preferred to sink with it, rather than abandon it.' " Fine words these ! Most beautifully melodra matic and sentimentally patriotic! It is singular, however, that Mr. Meagher never reflected, whilst IN our last publication we asked of the Manches ter Guardian to apply himself to the consideration of the point, as to whether it would not be possible to obtain a steady value for money by a definite rate of interest ; and then inform us under what circumstances—except in the case of a political commotion—" such currency could vary in value." A fear that such variation would occur was pre cisely the point, to which our contemporary himself said that his objections were narrowed; and we fully expected that he would have responded to our invitation, and favoured us with the ground of his fear. We were the more warranted in doing so, inasmuch as we had already disposed of every argument which he had urged in behalf of his views, as to the probable variability of our proposed basis. Two publications, however, have now ap peared without his having noticed us ; and we beg in the very best spirit, and acknowledging the courteous tone in which the controversy with us has, thus far, been conducted by the Guardian, to redirect his notice to the point which is between us. We repeat, what we previously stated, that we care nothing, in this matter, for any triumph as controversialists. We disdain, on a question so important, the use of any " cunning of fence." To elicit the truth is our first and only object; and we feel assured that, by guaging accurately the pro gress of public opinion, the Guardian will find that the views of the Liverpool Currency Association have already taken a great hold upon the minds of the reflecting portion of the community. If our contemporary can shew us that we are wrong, he will do good service by protecting that community from running into error. IT is at length an understood fact that a full enquiry is to be instituted, by the newly appointed Water Committee, into the correctness of the state ments made, with respect to the existence of a suf ficient supply of water in the sandstone foundation under our town; and, incidentally, into the mode in which previous enquiries have been conducted. The step comes rather late, after the large expendi ture which has been already incurred in prosecuting what may be discovered to be an unnecessary pro ject ; and we learn that there are some amongst the members of the committee who entertain the idea that, whatever be the result of such enquiry, we are on account of the expense in question, and of our further liabilities, too much committed to allow of our receding from the Pike. Perhaps we are not so committed. There is one consideration, bearing upon the en quiry, which it will be most important for the gen tlemen conducting it to bestow their particular at tention upon, in estimating their prospects of revenue in the event of deciding upon the Riving ton scheme. We refer to the possibility —nay the great probability of the ratepayers, and especially the great water consumers, resorting themselves to the supply to be found upon the spot. Already this has been done to a considerable extent, even although the private wells have to be sunk deeper than they would require to be, were the supply in the upper strata not diminished by the pumping in the Corporation wells. In some neighbourhoods in the town we have information of water having been found by the owners of private houses, at very moderate depths, which can be economically dis tributed, for the purpose of supplying baths, &c., by an ordinary force pump. Let the Water Com mittee ask themselves whether the providing of their own wells will not be the rule, rather than the exception, with owners of property when, by the abandonment, or partial working of the deep wells Of the Corporation, the whole area, upon which the town stands, shall have become, as inevitably it will, full of water, procurable by sinking five or ten yards below the surface. What dwelling-house of £2O or £3O rent, or what row of half a dozen cot tages of £lO a-year, will in that event be without its separate pump and an abundant supply of pure, naturally filtered, spring water? We are satisfied that by sinking deeper the ex isting wells, and adding to their number, an inex haustible supply may be secured; and we may refer to the recent instance of the well at Gorton, near Manchester, in proof of our assertion. But it has been urged against deeper borings that they tend to drain existing and less deep sources of sup ply. In reply, we beg to direct the attention of the Water Committee—and the members of the late Board of Highway Commissioners will remem ber the circumstance—that such a thing actually did occur during the sinking of the Green-lane well. It was said that the bulk of the private wells in the neighbourhood of the new suburbs of Fair field and Stanley were either dried, or ceased to produce their usual supply. Existing facts, how. ever, prove that this was only a temporary result. In pursuing their inquiry, they have carefully examined the evidence brought under the consideration of the com mittees of both Houses of Parliament, appointed to in quire into "the cause of the present national distress." After the most deliberate consideration of the evidence therein stated, and the uniform agreement of all other facts and information they have been able to collect, they are of opinion, that the cause of periodical excitement and depression is not necessarily involved in extensive com merce, but that the sole cause of our commercial crises is to be found in the absence of a steady measure of value and of an insufficient medium of exchange, or, in other words, in the inefficiency of our present monetary system, an inefficiency further proved by its inadequacy to sus tain a system of credit, so necessary to the development of the productive energies of this country. From the evidence above referred to, two all-important facts are established beyond question :—First—that there was at one period a superabundance of the present medium of exchange, and at another not a sufficiency for the ordinary necessities of trade. Secondly—that the measure of value has, within the last three years, fluctuated from 14 to 12 per cent. Here we have under the gold standard, an enormous alternation in the value of money, which, by inciting speculation at one time, and prostrating credit at another, causes extreme changes in the prices of commodities, and disturbs the relation between debtor and creditor. THE OBJECTS REQUIRED IN A MONETARY SYSTEM ARE A STEADY MEASURE OF VALUE, AND A SUFFICIENT MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE. It is necessary, for the facility of commerce, to adopt some description of property, of admitted value, which shall be used as the standard by which to measure the value of all other property, and it is imperative that the property so used be of a description least liable to variation. The Association therefore propose — THAT THE NATIONAL FUNDS BE TAKEN FOR THIS PURPOSE, AND THAT GOVERN MENT BE EMPOWERED TO ISSUE MONEY ON CONSOLS, which represent a bona fide amount of capital to the ex tent of eight hundred millions, guaranteed by the property of the British nation, whilst the national revenue is pledged to the payment of the interest thereon, so that both the capital and interest are perfectly secured. What better or safer basis, therefore, can there be, whereon to found a national currency ? Thus, by adopting the funded property, we obtain two essentials—a sufficient medium of exchange, and a steady measure of value for the pound in account ' - so that the relation between debtor and creditor will be definitely fixed, that the former may not, at the expiration of his credit, have to refund a greater or a less value than was implied in the pound in account at the time of the con tract. These facts were so forcibly brought before the public by the Memorial of the Merchants of this Town, addressed in October, 1847, to the First Lord of the Treasury, that this Association feel emboldened to offer, for considera tion, a monetary system which they believe will prevent the recurrence of such evils. The plan by which the Association propose to carry their system into political operation is as follows : THE ESTABLISHMENT BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, OF A NATIONAL BANK, AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE BANK NOTES ON THE RECEIPT OF CONSOLS, such notes varying from one to a thousand pounds; to suit the What is our present System of Currency ?—A contri vance by which the capitalist and the foreigner are conti nually enabled to appropriate the fruits of British labour at their own price. convenience of the receiver. THESE NOTES TO BE THE ONLY LEGAL TENDER throughout the United Kingdom, and to be convertible into value ; that is to say, into Consols, on demand, at the National Bank. THE CONSOLS TO DEAR A FIXED RATE OF INTEREST, which will, of course, cease during tLe time they are in the Bank., Another Picture AFTER Samuel Jones Loyd.—A con trivance to regulate commerce and industry, by which we have, first, a year of slow reaction (after a crisis) ; next a year of cautious and steady trade; then a year of good trade; next a year of great prosperity ; after that a year of wild speculation • finally, a year of panic and crisis, accompanied by bankruptcy of the merchant and manu facturer, and suffering to the labourer, in the midst of which the foreigner and the holders of bullion step in, and grasp the accumulations of the years preceding. What is a Pound I—A piece of gold, said to be of the value of twenty shillings, which goes abroad, and has to be bought back with thirty or forty shillings.—A " mea sure of value", which occasionally compels us to give the 'foreigner a yard and a half of our cloth for a yard of his. —A uniform standard," resembling, however, a bushel, which sometimes hold five pecks when we sell with it, and only three when we buy with it. Anomalies for Solution.—No. 1. A cotton manufac turer working short time, and half his operatives and neighbours without shirts. No. 2.—A tailor with a piece of cloth, a shoemaker with a piece of leather, and a baker with a supply of bread, enough for all three ; yet the tailor shoeless, hungry, and idle ; the shoemaker coatless, hungry, and idle ; and the baker with his loaves getting mouldy, and himself in want of a bat. No. 3. America, with an abundant supply of bread stuffs, wanting English cottons and hardware ; England, with an abundance of manufactures and produce of all sorts, aryl wanting corn and flour; and the latter selling her man a lt.t ti r to Russia, at fifty per cent. deprecia tion, to get guL., t• correct her currency;" i.e. to re place the sovereig t.s in the bank coffers, which will be abstracted until the natural interchange of commodities with America is completed. No. 4. Every branch of commerce and industry thrown prostrate, the Gazette filled with lists of bankrupts, and the jails and workhouses with felons and paupers, until the above round-about operation is effected, by the in genuity, and much to the profit, of the dealers in ex change and the bullionists. No. 5. Silver, a precious metal, only worth half its usual relative value to gold.—Twenty shillings legally worth a golden pound ; but a hundred times twenty shillings only saleable as a commodity, probably for fifty golden pounds. No. 6. A nation, which has sustained a loss of £30,000,000, by the failure of a harvest, submitting to a law, which increases the loss tenfold, by the depreciation of all property, resulting from the legal necessity of getting sack a few millions of gold, an d compe l s i ts people to sit idle, instead of working harder to create capital, to replace that which has been lost. By this plan, when money became scarce and exceeded the fixed rate of interest, the consols certificates would flow into the National Bank, and the currency be ex tended to the relief of our commerce ; while in periods of prosperity, when money is abundant, they would be with drawn, and the circulation proportionately contracted; thus securing a principle of self-adjustment, which would preclude the possibility of any great fluctuation in the value of money, leaving the price of commodities subject to the natural law of supply and demand. It may be objected that, under this system, the whole amount of the national funds might be converted into money, and the country be oversupplied. The Associa tion has no such. fears, feeling convinced that, as the de mand for money is necessarily limited by the ability of employing it profitably, the supply of it may be left to adjust itself to the requirements of trade. In conclusion, the advantages offered by the proposed system of currency are these— A SECURE BASIS that cannot be disturbed. A READY CONVERTIBILITY of the legal tender note into value. AN EQUABLE SUPPLY OF MONEY. To which may be added a NATIONAL SAVING of in terest on the Consols while in deposit. In bringing forward this very important subject, the Association would earnestly invite the active support of every individual who may be friendly to their views, whilst they hope to elicit from those who may differ from them a candid expression of their objections to the pro posed system, as they are only wishful for the establish. ment of a self-acting principle that will give steadiness to the value of money. JAMES HARVEY, HON. SEC. Brown's Coffee-house, Clayton-square, Liverpool, 20th Nov., 1848. At Macao the loss of junks was very great, and 100 Chinese were drowned in and about the harbour, including one containing five young men embarked for pleasure, one of whom was Mr. James Macmurray, and another Mr. Edward Rees. The barque Clio, bound to Penang, was the only British vessel that suffered. She was wrecked in the Typa, and the captain with the greater part of the crew drowned. Sixty houses were destroyed. The governor had a narrow escape, being at the time on a pleasure trip to the Nine Islands. At Cum-sing-moon the storm commenced at ten, p.m., and was at its height at daylight. The receiving-ship Isabella Robertson drove under the bows of the Eagle, carrying away her bowsprit and foremast, and the latter parted from her chains and ran on the beach, on the way coming in contact with the Norfolk and Sylph, and losing her mainmast and bulwarks . The Sylph shared the fate of the Eagle; and both were got off the next morning, and the former brought into Hongkong. The Eagle was condemned. After her collision with the Eagle, the Isabella Robertson gradually sunk; and at daylight the survivors, the gunner and four Lascars were rescued while clinging to the top of the mainmast by the boats of the American frigate Plymouth. Captain Kelly went down with the vessel, which had on board a cargo worth half a million of dollars, in cluding 700 chests of opium. Not more than two-thirds were insured ; but the divers recovered 250 chests. The Norfolk and Sydney were entirely dismasted, and the British brig Arrow, with 560 chests Patna, went on shore. Her cargo and crew were saved. The British barque Emily got on shore, but her cargo, being cotton, received little injury. Eight or nine junks sank, with most of their crews, as did also a smuggling boat with 100 men. Valuable assistance was rendered by the boats of the American ship-of-war named, her crew having risked a tremendous sea. At Whampoa the storm does not seem to have damaged the shipping; but a great many China boats were de stroyed. At Canton the gale commenced at the same time as at Cum-sing-moon, and was at its height about six in the morning following. In the crowded river there was a fearful loss of life and property • some accounts stating the numbers who perished at hundreds, and others at thou sands. The scene on the Ist September was dreadful, the whole river being covered over with frail • Vo c r- moats and small craft, numbers of which w«e cru,ked by large junks, as driven from their moorings, they swept away with the wind and tide. Several China houses were blown down ; and of the beautiful private cutters on the river, not one escaped serious damage. At Hongkong, a vessel started on the morning of the storm day, having on board a number of convalescent police, with the view of seeking health. Having sought shelter in a bay to the westward, a Chinese junk drove against their vessel, and ultimately six only escaped to the shore, while twenty-three perished, including Mr. Smithers, formerly of the London police, and his nephew. At all the ports, in addition to these disasters, many foreign vessels, Dutch, American, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Bremen, were lost or severely damaged ; one Dutch vessel, the Kien Heean, having been lost, with her whole crew. _ _ DEATH OF A CHILD BY BURNING.—About a fortnight ago, a female child, daughter of Mr. Aspinall, Ullet-lane, was accidentally so much burnt, that notwithstanding great medical attention, she died on Friday evening. LECTURES BY THE REV. H. H. HIGGINS.-oWirig tO some unintentional inadvertance we did not receive a ticket to attend the lecture last Thursday. We are glad to find, however, that it was well and fashionably at tended, and afforded great satisfaction. The next lecture will be on Thursday next, the subject being "The Desert." FATAL ACCIDENT.-011 the 14th instant, a woman, named Bridget Sullivan who had intended 0 emigrate by the ship "Speed," went on board, and by some accident, fell from between decks, down into the main hold, upon some water casks below. She was so much injured that she died on Friday night. THE POLICE-COURT.—The business was not marked by any feature of general interest, the cases though (as always on Mondays) numerous, involving little import ance or novelty, with the exception of one noticed in an other paragraph. The following is a summary of the felonies, &c. :—John Johnson and William Parry, for stealing a copper kettle from Elizabeth Brown, — three month's imprisonment.—Wm. Walsh, for stealing meal from Clarence Dock, three months. Joseph Holland, for stealing a 281 b. weight, two months.--William for stealing beef in Richmond-row, one month. Mary Kelly, and Mary Williams, for stealing mutton in St. John's market, three months. Thos. Jones, an old offender, found at untimely hours, and with no good in. tent, in Brunswick-street, on Saturday night, three months.—Winifred Jenkins, for illegally pledging, 10s. and 405., and, in default of payment, one month.—Ellen Clare, for robbing William Oakley, in Parker-street : of half-a-crown, one month. The number of houses destroyed is stated to be-25 Chinese brick houses, 30 Chinese mat and wooden houses, and 12 Chinese dwellings on the river. The gardens have suffered greatly. MEETING OF THE TRADES.—Last night a numerous meeting of the trades was held at the Concert Hall, for She purpose of taking into consideration the best means of securing a fair trial to the twenty-five unionists now in custody in London, some under sentence of transporta tion, but in behalf of whom writs of error have been entered, and the others yet awaiting their trials. The chair was occupied by Mr. Harnett, the secretary of the Trades' Union, who introduced to the meeting Mr. Hawksworth, who entered into details of the treatment of working men in Sheffield, London, &c. It appeared that out of 20 convictions in Sheffield, for conspiracy, &c., seventeen were quashed upon appeal, and that in one instance several men sentenced to be transported for a long term of years had had their punishment commuted by her Majesty, to three year's imprisonment. The speaker, who was most energetic in his address, moved a resolution to the effect that the meeting was of opinion that the four razor-grinders now under sentence of transportation, were illegally convicted ; that the twenty-one stone masons, of London, who are indicted for conspiracy, and now waiting their trials at the Old Bailey Sessions, are unjustly accused; and pledges itself to use all legal efforts to secure for them a fair trial. This was unanimously carried. The second resolution was to the effect that the prosecution of these parties was an attempt to crush the working man's best institution—the Trades' Unions—and pledged the meeting to keep up the agitation until the rights and privileges of the working classes were conceded. A third resolution sought a subscription for this purpose. A MAN WITH THREE WIVES.—A well-dressed young ish man, named Crawley, stated to be captain of a vessel, and whose case (one of bigamy) was before the public about a fortnight ago, was yesterday again brought before Mr. Rushton—evidence having been wanting on the for mer occasion, and which was now supplied. Mr. John Mitchell, a respectable-looking elderly gentleman, wear ing the buttons of the navy, deposed that the prisoner had married his daughter, Mary Ann Mitchell, in Ireland, some years ago ; and he produced a marriage certificate, properly authenticated of the fact. He stated thathe had, before coming from Ireland on this occasion, seen his daughter and her four children on Thursday morning last, at Rothmullen—as we understood him.—The second wife, a good-looking young woman, stated that she had first met the prisoner at Milford-Haven, in July, 1844, and had gone with him to Bristol, where they were mar ried, as she supposed, in the same year. A few weeks afterwards she learned that he had before been married, and finding the form of the former marriage (as she had learned) not correct, she herself provided the necessary funds, and they were marr i e d i n d ue f orm . Sh e rema i ne d with him for some time, but he at length turned her out, and she went to the parish.—The third wife next appeared, also a lady-like wo man , an d sa id s h e h a d b een marr i e d t o him in this town, on the Bth of July last. 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