The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-04-23 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. TO CORRESPONDENTS, A correspondent at Rhyl says that, the discussion about the quality of the water in this town has brought to his recollec tion the fact that "the water in the Talargoch lead mine, about three miles from .Rhyl and the same distance from the sea, is as salt as that of the sea itself." large amount of foreign capital is in the country; and this circumstance, independently of the fact that it may be withdrawn in specie at any moment, and will be withdrawn, should an adverse state of trade occur, tends still further to increase the per lexity of our position. Surely the people of this great commercial country will after a while shake off the lethargy with which they have so long regarded the danger which me naced them. We are drifting rapidly towards rocks ahead, which will shatter many a goodly vessel; yet there is no voice of warning raised—no pilot to take the helm and guide us into smooth waters. An incapable .faction, into whose hands the destinies of the nation have unfortunately fallen, chatter glibly enough of returns, and parade their infallible statistics; mock us with stories of prosperity, and befool us with flattering pictures of industrial and commercial progress in store for us, whilst nine out of ten amongst the community feel painfully that they are sinking day by day, and that the whole social fabric is diseased and rotten. the community. Beyond the trifling relief afforded by the repeal of the brick duty, there is absolutely nothing to shew for the million and a half of sur- The former of these bills, rea d a secon d t i me on the 13th plus which h e h a d t o d eal with ; and the reply to of February, a n d th e l a tt er rea d a second time on the 12th all demand s f or th e rem i ss i on of something more of the sam e mon th, came on Th ursday before the select which would b e felt b y t h e community is met by committee, in group 17, room 8, cons i st i ng o f the follow stereotyped complaint s o f " no e ff ects, " and of professions o f f ear l es t t h e h onor and solvency of ing members, viz., E ar l J erm y n , M essrs. Parke, Rice, the country sh ou ld b e sacr ifi ce d b y any further use cannot Fellows, and Hobhouse (Li nco l n ) ; w i t h w h om were as of the pruni ng k n if e. Si r C harles sociated Sir Thomas Bir c h, M r . C ar d we ll , Mr. Tolle repeal all the impost s w hi c h h e i s as k e d to remit; macho, and Sir P. E ger t on . Th ere was a great number Wood of legal and oth er gentlemen connected with each s i de o f , the Mersey in the room, and several members of parka_ and he flies to the absurd extreme of refusing to ment, in additio n t o th ose a l rea d y ment i oned. The chair proved to he in thei r.o p era ti on upon t h e public. was taken by E ar l J ermyn . N o agent appearing against remit any, ho wever o bj ect i ona bl e t h ey may be the Liverpool Docks Bill, th e p e titi on aga i nst the Birken- We should certainly n o t b e di spose d to press head Trustees Bill were ca ll e d on, v i z., those of the Messrs. upon this, or any g overnmen t , suc h a remission of Pollard and B arr ( so we caug h t the latter name). Mr. Hope (with whom were Messrs. Macauley and taxation as would endanger the national credit, or Goldsmith), on behalf of the promoters, proceeded at con siderable length to detail the history of the several bills reduce the revenue below the level of the ordinary obtained for Birkenhead since 1844. On the estimate of expenditure of the country. But there are at the Mr. Rendell, the sum of £390,000 was deemed sufficient same time taxes whose removal or reduction might for all the purposes then required ; and indeed their cons be effected without any great danger of injuring pletion was con t rac t e d f or at £ 338,000; which, however, the productivenes s o f our fi sca l system,—taxes the did not includ e t,he sea wall within the basin. Such was injustice and i mpo li cy o f wh i ch are acknowledged, . the confid ence en t erta i ne d of the success of the project, and which, with ou t b r i ng i ng i n to government a YESTERDAY'S POLICE. that £400,000 were ra i se d a l most i mmediately; but such wte fluction of public feelig, hat when, large amount o f revenue, press i n a harassing man- DISTRESSING S ITUATION OF A M OTHER.—A respect- on the as ver h y same uat security of tolls, ' an t additional ner upon individuals and narticular classes. Many able female, named Mulholland, appeared to prefer a £600,000 was sought to be raised the year after, only such have been permitted to remain in existence, charge against her own son, a youth of about 15 years of £22,900 could be raised, or ever has been raised since. whilst imposts of a far less objectionable character, age, of stealing from her £3. She said the lad had ot It was stipulated, in the first instance, that if the works for the repeal of which no one was asking, have intotb/dstcompar, mind. She bBvhehisdisoundtuct wish to put her e to e should not be completed by 1854, the land of the crown h e o re p u r e es w s e t u t; d should i th r e e n ve s r ta t t t e o andt w iT a c t r e o v w er n ihat all hth be. e works i a s s fs ea : A si ? t oneena a pat n msoeit si e eegei early snb l pr y itbsl ei ae,e ela. stage igentlemen e: grehhanitencat o hpgkw f eremeem t rse h l i :en,: might t apwr s. proceedings rivheretanwtthtteeeut hnuv y edi e et s nwht t eh e ece r oe d tfssr a seu y ci vtsoe a ytmr ae c eoi o l snf n gp v aar e nnet r ydo. - was ter. el! ' been taken off merely, it would seem to us, because g e a a rge, so re f s a s r a o s to rni h a ave him sent to o gac l i v i i , s w t " ANsDELL AND HADDOCK, Solicitors " _..- the amounts which they brought is precisely tallied have to mingle with bad characters, and might become tainly a very stringent clause ; b u t t it was thought no with the surplus which government had at the time worse than he was ; she was anxious, if she could, to get hardship at the time, for it was taken for granted that the In his publication of yesterday the Albion gives him into some penitentiary for a short time, and after- scheme would be fully completed within three years. to spare. With the exception of the sweeping the following observations in his article from the wards to put him on board of a man-of-war, so that he Unfortunately such had not been the case. Of the changes of Sir Robert Peel's government, the same writer : financial operations of our governments have been would be under discipline that might possibly reclaim £400,000, all but £55,000 had been spent, without one htshoaAemst.dellgentleman named Jackson, who represented a him. Mr. Rushton said that the youth•was bad enough half f tle requisite works being completed. In 1847, "There has seldom been a period in which the laws of this petty character from the celebrated shop- now, and could scarcely become worse by going to gaol, a further sum of £400,000 was attempted. to be raised, that usually govern commercial men in their operations give promise of more happy results than at the present herd's dog budget of Lord Althorp to the present if the complainant agreed to that course. He advised her but not a ahilling of it had been raised. Under these Friendly Society which had a considerable amount of moment. As, however, this is a year in which so far they time. to send him for trial; and, under the anticipated new circumstances, the only course that seemed likely to keep money deposited in the bank, strongly urged that the have failed to exercise their legitimate influence, our pre- Amongst the impolitic taxes which might be re- regulation, with respect to juvenile offenders, he would the thing afloat was, to create a new commission, by the trustees ought to be held accountable for any deficiency. afterwards do his best to meet her wishes for his reels- issue of preferential mortgages to the amount of £50,000, Mr. ASPINALL. barrister, of this town, who appeared sent position is determined by causes as yet by no means pealed or modified with advantage to the country, logically understood, and until we can unravel their .. !nation. The prisoner was then remanded. and by the combination of local interests with the bond- for the trustees and managers would not admit ne t si r are those referred to in the motion of Mr. Milner ROBBERY OF A WATCH.—A veteran sailor, belonging holders, who had, of course, the greatest anxiety for the trustees ought to be held liable. He promised, on their mystery we must be content to suffer more or less from their influence. Money, usually considered one of the Gibson on Tuesday evening last—the excise duty to the ship Palatine, lying in the Salthouse Dock, ap- completion of the undertaking. With the .£50,000 ,so behalf, that every exertion should be made to ensure the Feared against a woman, named Bridget Loftus, for rob- raised, the temporary dam was proceeded with ; and the full amount being paid to every depositor. chief regulators of our eommeTce, continues abundant in upon paper, and the duty upon advertisements. bing him of his watchjon Sunday morning, as he was trustees were now confident that, wi t h th e ra pidl y i ncreass Some further general conversation having taken place the extreme, the rates of interest are correspondingly low, The stamp duty, which he included as desirable to passing through ha are. She snatched it from ing trade of Birkenhead, they should be able to raise with the view of coming to some arrangement as between food is unprecedentedly cheap, and the weather every- have removed, itswe do not ourselves object against, him and broke the chain that was round his neck. The sufficient money for their original purpose, provided there the trustees and the depositors. thing we could desire for the season ; yet, various and inasmuch as repeal would to some extent extensive as the importation of foreign produce into Liver watch was found son s her, when she was taken to Bride- was a relaxation of the clause of forfeiture on the part of Mr. GASKELL TAYLOR, solicitor, complained of the pool has been during the last fortnight, there is scarcely a damage the utility of newspapers by obstructing well.—Trial at theesions. the crown, by the extension of time for ten years, from manner in which the press and the public had treated Mr. single article which exhibits a profit, not because the ship- their free circulation through the post-office. It is Sum' ROBBERY. — Henry Johnson, a young man, was the passing of the present act. John Johnson, who, he contended, was guilty of no merits have been at high prices, but because there is a well known how frequently the transmission of a charged by Mr. William Dickens, draper, 29, Mill-street, Three witnesses were then examined to show the sups_ felony , with . stealing a piece of silk (seven handkerchiefs) from riority, in a nautical sense, on the score of dock entrance Mr. Coos, one of the depositors expressed an opinio n deadness, a uNnt of heart, in the commercial depart- newspaper to distant friends is, as it were, an inti ments. The consumption of everything must be large, • his shop, on Saturday. Prisoner went in on pretence of and exit, of Birkenhead, as compared with Liverpool. that the Johnsons ought to have 'been tried for felony; mation that all is well with us, and serves to cheer buying a silk handkerchief, but demurred t patterns, The first was Captain Knight, in the New York trade ; and that since the trial the depositors had lost that confi. and an extensive business must be transacting, for the 4 n thse t pru h r a: they they previously had endeavoured to railway tra ffi c, as shown by the weekly receipts of the up the fainting heart, and to bring us for the mo- saying silk ha call next week, when so othe new goods the second was Captain Sherman, in the same trade for dente in them which they previously had, under th e im_ different companies, proves this most decidedly; yet, ment into the remembrance of those we love. A of the kind were expected. & Some suspicion arose from fourteen years ; the third was Mr. Hookey, harbour- s p e r rik e e si n i . o ALL did not very much wonder at the feel importers are losing mon e y, and the three great branches piece, which we know will interest, is thus readily the bulk of one of his pocket's, and on being taken into master of Birkenhead. The committee having heard the of domestic industry are in an unsatisfactory state. We conveyed, whereas the trouble of affixing a penny the back shop, the piece was found upon him, value 30s. evidence of these witnesses, and all the members having allude to agriculture, the manufacture of cotton, and the —Trial at the sessions. personally examined Capt. Knight at some length relative ing which had been displayed in consequence of the light stamp would cause, in numberless cases, the disuse to interesting data he gave respecting the emigration need of the sentence which had been passed upon the iron trade, each suffering from circumstances peculiar to _____ of the practice. Serious inconvenience would also THEATRE ROYAL—L'OPERA COMIQUE. system as pursued in Liverpool, the further proceedi ngs Johnsons, at the late Liverpool assizes ; but he must say itself, and with which our readers are too well acquainted to require any explanation here. All acknowledge the be felt by every newspaper publisher in the preps- were adjourned. that not the slightest blanae attached to the trustees of the evil, and at the same time deplore it ; but the remedy ration for the post of the large portion of his circu- We do not wish to be uncomplimentary to the repre- Captain Hookey was again examined on Friday ; his bank as regarded that. As one of the counsel, really re appears remote." lation which is thus forwarded to his subscribers. sentatives of the dram a connect e d with the British stage, evidence went to prove the advantages presented, es- sponsible i7ntttwrhuaesstmemeastatkderen,.ehweleci)oltuhlidngsaaybtohuattinhoeoanrerawnagsemmeonret We cannot but think that there is something of The repeal of the other two imposts, however—the but we must in justice stat e that the re is a corr ec t ness — pecially with reference to the timber trade, by Birkenhead. annoyed at the course that waasnsstia;reerrainnntggheaibttylihtrereusjwutdeegreees 1848 studied obscurity here, and that our able friend duties upon paper and advertisements —would be an independence of the prompter—in _French actors ge- Idleeuhtiedwle,edtwteheaut the Wel and rests tradef there of w the ue p e o u rt fer h e a e d u w n e trl • aft T er h could speak out upon the subject if he chose. productive of unmitigated good, and is called for have w h c been o led r t u e n t t z e m s ee remarks c i l a y the tasteful a at n e d ment of the Woods and Forests' proviso, respecting respecting the - and the learned counsel, who, co by considerations of sound policy and justice. We accurate manner in which the French opera comique has closing of the existing entrance to the docks in July next, certain technical obstacles in the way of sust a i n i ng a all. Money is abundant, it is true ; but what does do not base ourtlemand for their remission upon the been presented to a Liverpool audience. On Wednesday the trade would necessarily go on rapidly increasing. In- charge of felony, agreed to withdraw that charge, and pro- monetary abundance mean, in the proper sense of fact that they are taxes upon k now l e d ge, although Boildeau's beautiful opera, "La D ame Bl ane h e , ,, was depende n t of the advantages to be derived by Birken- secute only the charge of misdemeanour. It was one of produced with powerful effect. ,and thi n k t h e a d ap t at i on h ea d, h e conside re d a continuance of the accommodations those cases which was di ffi cult to explain to a general Lord Brougham was expected to arriv e° the term ? It means active circulation amongst such they are to some extent. We object to them - Gr D a frt.onc-usltireeue,t,t the e s u t e n w ig ht , primate from uhfisicrhetn.l the industrial and consuming public, not a plethora;3 t f a ti l l i e rt f e ie s T o m rt ight d be t i ) mproved sho l uld l l i l lc , to have 1 h e it r h t e g r e to ne a r ff a y y ded would be productive of benefit to the only, p e r h aps, which, from teeucuhunsiecrities around it, was as direct taxes upon commerce and industry, and, of gold and notes in the banks. A healthy frame as such, utterly incompatible with a free-trade treat of the performance, without entering c i a nto e a u c p r o i a tica a l 1 P Mr. Slater, of the firm of Slater, Crook, and Co., ma- Mr ' . 1' Coo P ic ' hae always understood y that counsel said t o D u bli n, f rom R ome ; l etters f rom 1 10.- Of body exists when the blood circulates freely system. The paper duty is a tax upon every- mer- analysis of the piece itself, we m a y s a y with truth th a t we 1 hogany and timber measurers, Birkenhead and Liverpool, nothing but what they were instructed to say. arrival there last week en route were never more highly gratified than on the occasion of deposed to the advant ages w hi c h i n d uce d th em t o carry Air. AsetetAmer— Oh, —arl,t yiosucaleraermthuacht amicshtaakrgeen.—of The man who accused himself at LP through the arteries and veins, not when it is chant and tradesman's hooks of account, upon HQ e u murdered appears to t girl a t v w e e n e t h y a y r congested on the brain or in the heart ; and a every manufacturer's goods, and every sliopkeeper's its . presentation. The sustentation ;:itf character of the enA. r br; 7 l . ch ti of s t i h o eir business t at Birkenhead, tt Dock (Lgghter.) healthy state of commerce exists when money per- daily transactions. The cost of this article for principal perfor . mers, l although no t t calm ) for any attention.ardous Warehouse Company, the mope m n , statedsecre a that o he Birkenhead amount- felo r• GASKEoLtL have e b • sus t aine d . bee . of drink, and a disordered imazinati°n'ai forms its functions- as a circulating medium, not wrapping forms a heavy item in the charges of ma- exertions t s i e o e n a s e , f a e q r u h i e re s e a t h iaergeehaama;ue chamber h o e f tw a eeu riv eurges,(M. ing to a million stng, for the warehouse!: was sub- iv it r y . could i d N n ALL. In my opinion there was moral guilt Q ..ir. ANDREW'S CHURCH. On SlDl— when it is hoarded in the banks, or in the hands of nufacturers and exporters, and in some retail trades Lac), and Anna, gothic C . harton), was a gem ; and the scribed on the faith of the Commissioners' undertaking in all the counts. the R el. capitalists. Discounts may be low—funds may be ita reduction would constitute a profit. ease with which this lady carr i es on th e do u bl e impe rso _ being carried out, and that five hundred and fifty-five Mr. PRATT said he was not there to enter into dicus y go . ne through thheutahcceofuntthse, i t tr v : r ve l li d ri a me:si ve sermon by t sum of 446 was collet gh readily had at call or at shorter dates for specula- The advertisement duty is of a similar character, nation, and keeps the wondering rustics in the . maze of thoal t f l ounds havp alreadylee n expe n d e d w ithi n th e si on of th is n a t ure ; but he was there as arbitrat or in the drew's very handsome in aid of the Infants' PC" tive purposes ; but there will assuredly be " a dead- and is quite inconsistent with a policy which pro- Ri l ysLe a r ( y is n o d n t ly appro fi a d ch n e t d Er stahnetrdebwointriziawtriedrhnenreerferonf wor ks derived a largee commissioners. s e i v o e n u e r f s r . o ea the ver limited lia(i a already e o f several de d de e p ar o e si f t u o l r, and on the liability of the the Church. able II state E NGL AND that . thisge l ae i N . dr n s s s s T t i himself n r u c u t e T i ' o I h n o a :: o e unde r , / ii.e ness, a want of heart in the commercial depart- fosses to have for its object the removal of all every Lac, mo a ions at present available. Thi s ie showed some an it was c ear to im tat either one or difficulty to solution epen of La y Dame Blanche. dt' 1 y in n 3. d • l b• h be C t merits," whenever we cease to experience an absence restrictions upon the extension of trade and corn- On Friday evening Auber's opera "Le Domino Noir" elaborate calculations, chiefly with reference to the tini. Johnsons had committed a robbery upon the bank of A a a ' a of elasticity in the consuming powers of the people. merce. Why should the importer, the manufac- was produced again ; and was very finely played. The ben trade. It was of most vital importance to his corn- from £12,000 to £13,000. That was a sum over and mecmoreirdsesriablee the addition has been in:avere t ier' Produce may pour in upon us as abundantly as it turer, or the shopkeeper be deprived of the facility Horace of M. Lac, and M. Soyer s Juliano, we re fine pang that th e fl oa t s h ou ld b e opene d i n J u l y next, as a b ove th a t i n th e hands of the commissioners. for the ble names sta n ife members., opei n , I T c w l r d L f3t i li or a has done for the past fortnight ; the sun may shine afforded by an advertisement of making known to t e ee: tt o r f e acetingiihrd Mdexet e ltt a P n e c r e ef u vas rich :i con templa ted , ile earintdratuhcee c;;Tmisaslllareers'izolrtrpurinelectigsel r o e i d e u s c i t t ltl o i f e natal and, with two exceptions, the town are already on its list ' s ' , whose l' i di brightly upon our fields, and be the harbinger of the public the description of goods which he has to Mille. Ch m arton's An g g e e n ie, in which p that lady diswp a v y e e r d was (. r h Morpeth and Egerton Docks were closed y it would in his which had been abstracmted. llr Johnson . y . p t e i rt ie se n d a t i e every t sum th doubt, greatly aid the committee in exteeesci abundant crops to the tiller of the soil ; but so sell ? Why drive the owner of property to more excellently cultivated voice to perfection, a n d d rew d ow n opinion destroy the trade of Birkenhead, whereas if that details of the cases on which he had been can t ed up:n t: rss. An important lecture is anne& n eu ess long as the consumption of that produce fails to expensive modes of announcing that he has a hearty rounds of applause. We observe that this most entrance were retained as now, and continued open, in arbitrate, and referring to the illegal deposits which had yithOev. David Jinies, whose vveHis o : ne e: lecturer must ensure a large sad l' 04, keep pace with importation, and the prospect of an house or a farm to let or to sell ? Sound polic„ efficient company are about to give a series of operas in additioa to the proposed permanent entrance, there could been made, he said there was one case of a woman who . 7 Manchester. be no question of the rapid progressive prosperity of the had paid into the bank £4OO, a book being given to her IA GAINST A BUTCHER ant. i r l : i q p,, ° abundant harvest is also one of decreased prices of dictates that there should be fiscal no restriction place. Mr. Sloman explained, by means of a plan he had daughter for £lOO and another book to herself for £lOO. ante. A on Saturday, and by adjournment Yest e eee ' grain, and of the profits of cultivation, importers upon trading and other transactions; and justice LIMITS OF THE OF LIVERPOOL.—The Gazette, prepared, the actual condition' of the warehouse. docks, This was an illegal de p osit , and it would will lose money, and cotnmercial operations will both to the trader and consumer demands that of Tuesday, contains a Treasury-order, dated the 12th &c., and his evidence in this form occupied a considerable could not rec over - it. No d o ubt s h e co ul d l b e e hard i if she the b . ody of a new-born male infant. !„10 0 60 g y recover married young woman, residing with ix' 0 flag and disappoint their authors. every publicity should he allowed to be given to instant„ which declares Runcorn no longer a port after ti me stl; • stert an d that after the date the limits f * it from the Johnsons, but in justice to the other depositors 11 , 1 Y # north-end of the town. On Wednes or , This is the lamentable state of things described their respective wants at the smallest possible cost. the ortmof instant. '' shaHcomm sa e m nc e e at the teminaa- M r . W m . Hadfield, the Secretary to the Dock Trustees, he could not allow her claim on the bank to be more than was sent by the inmates . of th e house ef es ,`,. for us by a Whig and a free-trader, as existing in There is another class upon whom this duty presses tion p of the port o p t . Chester, being a place called the Red ill s tr i i s t s e i d u u t e h r a s t in the le absence du t rice o d f F a o h r e y s Forests u w ara eu n i t d e u e, ut tll u e te C r t t i e rn re - t he t act of parliament allowed. The learned barrister then Great Homer -street (where she had a''' et i e the very first year after that vaunted system has most severely, viz., domestic servants, clerks, and Stones, in Hoylake, on the Point Wirral and so along t o c l ose the present entrance. It was in vain to hope for Latc r l ue e h a d amicable that for the perposes of corning buy a small piece of beef. She we nt to L o d been allowed a fair trial. Turn, as a contrast, to others seeking for employment. It is cruel to tax the coast of Cheshire into the river Mersey, and all over those favourable results which otherwise would assuredly should br r : p ; oi : tedt arrangement, ll eetac a committee ite of depositors Robert Davies, butcher, in that street, 3 f. of the trustees, pound and-a-half to two pounds of bee. ? his description of the very different state of things the three or four lines, by which these • .. persons tnight the rivers Mersey,: Irwell, and Weaver, :and thence accrue to the Cheshire side of the Mersey and he had reasons to hope that under such an arrange- out the piece from which she wanted 1 •,0 i returning along the coast of Lancashire till it meets the Mr Ellis, Ch • the Trustees, • f to be met with in protected America : make known their wants through the medium of termination of the port of Fleetwood, at a place called that it would b:;7.711, de opinion m erit the whole of the deposits would eventually be paid. large in the familyway Mr Davies cut "hr, "The advises from America report . that vast and in- a newspaper, as highly as we tax the more lengthy the Hundred-end Water." h d looked upon the case as one of bankruptcy, and a piece saying it way. • She sai d 4 ri if government were either to stop the existing entrance awarded that the legal deposits should be paid in full first, and that th d was 1 • eee ts oertto creasing country as continuing to enjoy the fruits of . a she a not enough of mo ne y , a ter isements of the d ' t . wealthy. By doi ng s o we holders MIDLAND RAILWAY.—A meeting of the £5O share- to the docks in next July, or to confiscate the general and that the illegal deposits and general creditors should peaceful industry. Her agriculture is rapidly increas- Davies told her to pay what she had, 'e d i ing, her manufactures are fl ourishing, and her commerce drive hundreds daily to he fleeced by the exactions of this radw d ay was held in the ClaFendon-rooms, works in July, 1854. It was essential, therefore, that come in afterwards. bring the difference of the money. see er ; 1 is constantly augmenting : industry has no difficulty in of the register-offices, which abound in our large Yesterday, A. t. Hen Henderson Esq., .in the chtp i r, for the pur- means to raise money, to complete the concern, be The suegestion was agreed to and the court broke up. wished to get a bt D • trained PS finding employment, or labour in obtaining remune- towns, and whose proprietors fatten upon the gains l P iMer ° s, consis ting elm aofdzettsio,,:ilratugsmiz.hz7,-. Ch anted which could not be done without the repeal of Th e official accountant submitted his report and state- from her th ke v y ay ef I t i he street rostra a 'tribe , ration." wrung from their fellow-creatures' necessities. f feiture clauses, by an extension of the powers of ment of accounts. The report stated- 'b 1 , that the a ance After some discussion it was recommend e d by the meet- the Trustees for ten years from the passing of the act sheet and abstracts showed that the defalc a tionsha d -to .f, house—which she had taken with her ~,i e ~,4 Happy, fortunate America !No Cobden or Peel Another objection to this tax is a purely per- ing that, as the Glasgow shareholders had, in some met- now sought. He (Mr. Ellis) was also of opinion that it on continual) from t :. gone and took her rather roughly round the s " r t he it l i b bas ' permitted and sas yet been to befool thy people, sonal one, and is caused by its unjust mode of sure, the same obje c ts i n v i ew as me. A. H. Wylie, of would be ridiculous to attempt to raise money under the ce tion whatever , t Y e f rom, year the o year , without any inter- her from going —saying, she must pay rq g''' ~,t a e y v ea r r , l. at latest, 1833, down to the she went. On Davies's wife remonstrat iu sees to prostrate in the dust their industry and enter- collection. At present the duty is charged upon Liverpool, the deputation should communicate with that present circumstances affecting the Dock Estate •; but c l ose of the help ir eventually got away; but premature la ,o,„ e prise. newspaper advertisements by the stamp-office in gentleman and, if possible, co-operate with him in .en- that were the clauses repealed, ample funds would flow The accounts showed that the total invested ' deavourirg to obtaininjunctionto restrain the di_ ' in. with the she was delivered of a seven-months' C ,,• e 5 5 r,d Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, lived one day The char It is strange, by-the-bye, that our liberal friends London—and charged most arbitrarily. The rtf •- k an t. s I the £5O ah 1- ge against P',. - the •O' should write with such astonishment about the newspaper proprietor can never tell what the ecv ,A r :: manz ußn li s r: l ! l D RATHBONE PRIZ E th i.n adjournmen t was p . rayed f or by th e counsel for on the 20th January, 1850, was 12,938 3s. 5., and the first, of the very gravest character, latn (e e i 4 existing state of things, when they were warned so authorities at head-quarters may choose to consider ESSAYS.—There was an unusual attraction on Saturday arra x g r e o m m e o n te t r w s, it r t t w h n a nf vg e w t e o tit n n cl e e r a n y n ou n r in t s o t tefif:)tillan de falcations ,. t £ t 13,1 0 13 6s. 10d. The total due to the Mr. 'Woods, and Mr. M'Bride, surgeon s 'ees: i c), repeatedly that such would inevitably be the result an advertisement, or how many duties they may evening last, at the Concert Hall. In consequence of the namely, Messrs. Pollard, whose p counsel also joined in the ev h s e i e o u r u s r o t n wa h s e m 2 u t e h h J e a ru n w ua d r e y d , vsas 25,051 . 10s. 3d. the body), reduced this to an uncertaintle,, se I u . i during the investigation, no marks or appearances upon the deceas e of our recent legislative policy, put upon particular descriptions of advertisements. t saying that the parties had already approached so by depositors and others interested in the matter. offered by Messrs. Curtis and Rathbone for competition - prove that its death was caused by vi i , "„oce,,ii' A notice of a new work, or a description of a new by ar ti zans, would be awarded, the hall ' was crowd e d to nearcoubtoeuaulisubteuaelulstrersraatiinsetadcteofr yanunadererestaneuditntetinhat coma The result of this melancholy affair will, probably, turn course of th e investigati on , an d the d e s ' - er'st tS t , THE people .. ___ invention, has been frequently adjudged to be an excess. The vocal entertainment was also of a recherche to very speedily. The case narrow g ed i rtself then g into a whoseoutverynearly as antici pated by the Manchester Courier, which was conducted by Mr. Simmons; s ,e c asee e ' statement we give in another column. - , r attempts to magnify tne ',ti e s__ advertisement; and a broker's, auctioneer's, or a description, that exquisite cantatrice, Mrs. Sunderland, point for the exclusive judgment of the Woods and of law were mooted ; which were alt e • s sl "„ t!„ -of their Dock Works; and not a little land agent's announcement, is frequently charged being in the role, as well as Mr. H. Lawson, a violinist of Forests. upon by the Coroner, under whose gen e li e t tvel *-- their attacks upon Liverpool in- with as many eighteen-pennies as there are lots of rising popularity. 'Mr. George Holden presided at the Mr. Webster, on behalf of Messrs. Firth arid Dale, COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT. rather opinion, the jury returned a ver se tb e e e . (in accordance with the opinion of hon' ot tits"; piano-forte, and Mr. Ryalls and his sister, Miss Ryalls, owners of some property at Seacornbe, having likewise would have been no little produce to sell, or of property to he let. No re- took prominent parts in here formances. Prior to the consented to the postponement, the chairman, Earl Monday Night • "That the direct cause of death did.f li 11 , ,T l , they, from the first, cul- dress or explanation is allowed ; and the newspaper commencement of the cot, Mr. W. Rathbone, Mr. Jermyn, declared the committee adjourned till Thursday Matters on the Continent continue unsettled. The ; from violence, and could not be definn e e Per Bu ‘ t l. for their con- proprietor has not even the satisfaction of knowing N. Cain, Miss Curtis, and party, took their seats on the next, the 25th instant, at 12 o'clock. state of France is the cause of serious apprehension; and This is what is called an open verdict; %el)/ f r/t r ; kenhead over to which of his customers he has a right to charge platform. In the course of the evening, Mr. N. Cain the Danes do not seem to have settled their differences. still answerable to a charge of gross as i sila o ' " , nth, week the excess for which he has to pay. took occasion to state that the successful competitors for Our Markets, with very few exceptions, are gradually prosecutor; and Mr. Curry said he w , i iityr 4 -bich It map be that the Chancellor of the Exchequer the Curtis and Rathbone prizes would be called to the The fall of rain for last year, which is nearly an averaee giving way and we are sorry to add that the los se s platform, when the prizes assigned to them would be is about 14 inches less at Liverpool, and 14 less at Man.: imports ge nerally are becom ing a larming We hear that afford the father of the child every lac of e t s e o u n that charge. o o rolyr cannot afford at present to remit the whole of these awarded. He stated that the competitors were all anti- Chester than what fell the previous year. a fied duty on corn, of so m me S ic l 6s. e• p . per quarter, has t FEARFUL STORM. —The most terrineibiov o l o impolitic duties, That upon advertisements, how- zans. The subject of the essay was, " The influence o f On Wednesday last 300 tons of soft pig -lead were been seriously talked of in political circles in London, the and hail experienced in this country w i beas,sfes ever, which yields, we believe, not more than about cleanliness, temperance, and frugality, on the working offered for sale at the Clarendon-rooms ; but, as the high- revenue from which it is proposed to take for the ameli o _ of the present generation passed over t _ tl e , o oitv . ) I 'o classes." The best production was from the pen of a stone- est bid made was £l7 . 12s. 6d. for the first lot of fifty ration of the poor rates throughout the country, whi c h afternoon, and inflicted an incalculable ner o ,o:l £150,000, he might without difficulty remit mason named Syme ; but he was really disqualified from the tons, the whole was withdrawn. have of late pressed so heavily on all classes. Some such by the destruction of glass and other Pi 4 eye at once; and we trust that some independent circumstance of residing without the boundaries of the The fine well-known Greenock-built steamer Orion is measure would indeed be a national benefit, . and is d e had been extremely fine, and unusuatetlisA member will ask for this trifling boon, which we borough—he believed at Woolton. It had, however, been supplying the service between Havre and Liverpool, con- mended by the general prostration • and we hope Lord .1.- season. the wind being a little south i u r esiog) think cain scarcely be refused. Or if even the small decided that he should receive the prize, and another of veying to the latter port chiefly French goods intended Russell will have moral courage enough to propose it: suddenly, about three o'clock, the clona s c ot ° o's amount of £150,000 cannot be spared, p er h a p s th e the same value should be awarded for the essay the next for shipment to North America. Were the subject brought forward hy the Government it liarly lowering aspect, the wind shifted T r0 .0_ 5 . 4/ Chancellor of the Exchequer may be induced to in degree. A young man named Woodward, an appren- The Liverp . ool Corporation haye taken out licenses from would meet with an overwhelming majority in both houses and t an extraordinary fall of the niere'V e ier, c iO Lice to a carver and gilder, carried off this prize ; the third Mr. John Laird for the use of his patent mode of fitting of Parliament. A a few minutes before four the stern', w an dr/ try the experiment of a reduction of the duty to was given to a journeyman printer named Carter. The rudders to two-ended boats, for the steam-pack is Ver- In the share market, during thep ast week, there has peals of thunder, accompanied by hig. l ,; c , 6 , 11 tbifi sixpence each advertisement. By the extra con- value of the two first prizes was two euineas ; inst ea d o f non, Cato, and Fanny. There are now nine boats on the been much more life. A continuance of the purc hase s on each other with scarcely any interruPt i " be ay; ot sumption of paper and stamps consumed, and the money, however, the value in books was given, selected Mersey alone constructed with Mr. Laird's patent. the part of the public, induced by the plethora of money with a tremendous crash over the el s o be !I pl increase of advertising which this remission would by the parties themselves e and it is due to them to state The 62nd regiment arrived here on Thursday last • the and some slight return of confidence, alarmed the bears veering round fully half the compasse i c ses e t, et e s cause, the revenue, we feel assured, would not lose that their selections proved that they had already made Ist, 3rd. and Bth companies from head-quarters, liurY ; into closing some of their accounts, which, added t o th e of a hurricane from the north, and all i t ' 1 0 , f l considerable acquaintan c e with books. Mr. Rathbone and the 2nd, sth, 6th, and 7th from Bolton. The former real buying, brought about a decided reaction. Lond ons , with such violence as to shatter sinless_ torl e r a shilling by the change. successively shook the young men by the hand, and de- have taken possession of the quarters at Birchfield, and which had declined to 994, rallied to We ; th e Se s f rom 21. the line exposed to its fury. Trees vse,r s 'esre e livered to them each literally a little library, comprising the latter of those at Everton. This regiment was at the die. toll- die. Midlands from 304 to 33+ ; the halv es f rom roots in the College Park, the Botrq',, o f : t "tb° such works as Milton' s " Paradise Lost," Shakspeare, Peninsula; and in an action in India, in 1845-6, it lost no 11 to 34; and other stocks in proporti on , A n d thi s a d. mount, and other places in the vielm r i t e eeteee I Chambers' " Information for the People," Family Bible, less than 257 men; it serve d 18 y ears in India. The vance has not been quite so evanescent as some of the late venerable elms at the Mansion being t sre sl, e rr &c. Mr. Curtis was not present, but an admirable Colonel, Reed, C. 8., was also at Waterloo. ones. It has been steady and gradual for a whole week, Some houses in the south suburb! were greet lette r fro m him, on the advantages likely to accrue to the EXHIBITION OF 1851.—Our local committee have set prices this morning opening at the highe s t sin ce our l as t, almost all the glass was shivered le i' e P il ot) working classes from a practical acquaintance with the on foot extensive operations for carrying out the views of We may add the following figures to show the unaccount- Dublin Society, the Round Room of t he po l principles of cleanliness, temperance, &c., &c., was read. the royal commissioners in London. Circulars desceiP- able depression to which this description of property is the Rotunda, the conservatories of e lO l be e t, Mr. Rathbone delivered an elaborate address to a similar tive of the mode of exhibiting manufactures, &c., are being subject:— and other places similarly exposed. f tbss purport, which was enthusiastically received. He spoke most extensively issued, and these are to be followed up Aug. 1845. Dec. 1849. Apr. ]B5O. of enormous size, the greater number ° be ing, in laudatory terms of the successful compositions, and by several gentlemen, to collect subscriptions throughout Eastern Counties 214 .. pi .. 7 as large as . grapes, and many of then:l ee gal cordially congratulated the writers, who also were hailed the whole town. The money thus collected will first be Great Western London & North Western, 254 .. 110 . • 100 on the whole, all the characteristics o f 6 " cl D with the unanimous acclamations of the audience. applied to cover all local expenses, and the remainder to Midland in the tropics, and will be lon remenlh reti ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHIEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— the general objects of the exhibition. South Eastern - 14 .. 124 g the J , OO The usual fortnightly meeting of this society was held at FATAL ACCIDENT. —An inquest was held yesterday at York & North Midland lll ___._. 14 . 14 tants of Dublin. • During the storm, Ther t the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, on Wednesday Parry's Hotel, Seacombe, on view of the body of Edmund Our Market opened strong. We have h • ad a lar e , and vice-regal party had to fly for shelter , the f t ~ J evening last, M. J. A. Picton in the chair. There was a Walsh, a labourer residing in that neighbourhood, before busi ness done, the prices of the morning, however, have exhibition of the Horticultural Socieq_e t hu_ r ir numerous attendance, several ladies being prese n t. with Mr. Churton. The deceased, who was somewhat subject not been maintained throughout the day, a slight retro- of the Rotunda ; and at the same tlT, e ds °, regard to the students' designs, the ch a i rman announce d to fits, was crossing the river to Seacombe by the half- gression having taken place towards afternoon. The committing s ty 's ravages among the su r d C l that the successful competitors were, M r . Rimmer f or th e past ten o'clock boat on Friday night, and whilst walking quotations are as follow :—Caledonian preference • 54 ; Dublin Society's Cattle Show, wh ere feting first prize, and Mr. Bradley for the second. H e ca ll e d up the landing -stage at the Seacombe Ferry he tumbled Great Western, 524, £l7, 8 die ,• Leeds 114 • a party of his friends were observed e_ fo ol the attention of the meeting to a model of a bridge, de_ over into the water, then only about two feet deep. He West Ridings, 9 1 3 dis. ; London stock, 103-+, preference, 24' most laudably to rescue some person' i s li t 1 ge' r ,4o signed to supersede the great tubular bridges, which was was discovered by John Pemberton, the engineer of the h--shares 14- 8/9 3/8 6/3 3/8 8/9 4 11/3 5 / 8 dis. ; sths ditto' fallen structures. Fortunately, tbe re .„, hul 'let' regarded as exceedingly ingenious, but did no t se em t o boat, almost immediately after, and every attention was 11/3 dis. ; Midland Stock, 334, 1 -shares, 261 5 / 8 1 1 / 3 5/8 any loss of life occasioned by the sten' • a n JO possess any very great advantage over the lattice mode of bestowed upon him by the Messrs. Parry, but without 7/8 274 i dis.; Old Dovers, 131, No. 3,13 e, N o 4 sons are said to have received hurr!S r ters:• construction. The principal event of the evening was a effect. 4113,4 6 3 i ; Newcastle preference, 7, 73 9 No, fright, and cars and carriages were o e sl e f th , v . , lecture, upon the manufacture and application of g l ass t o JUVENILE OFFENDERS.—The adjourned meeting of A report from the Great Western Company has been is- • directions. Some idea may be form. t, i0 0 5 -, building purposes, delivered by Mr. Frank Howard, R.A. the united committees upon juvenile delinquency, was sued to-day, in which £3,500,000 more capital is stated of window glass by the following set . t u ' lo . ; Mr. T. C. Archer , of the Liverpool Standard, and Mr. held in the council room of the Town-hall yesterday. The to be required. This has injured the market, and closes Southern and Western Railway terarso, V i e); s; J. Forest, of the Old Haymarket. Mr. Forest illustr a t e d Rev. Augustus Campbell was in the chair. Moved by the decidedly flatter. the Drogheda 300. the Mullinear t i ' l l t i (Stli s h .05, 1 the staining and manufacture of the various kinds of glass, venerable Archdeacon Brooks, seconded b Adam Hod g- Since Thursday last there has been experienced an racks 1000, St. Vincent's 110 41 1 00 , vnl. ev io til especially stained glass, with a splendid series of speci_ son, Esq. , and unanimously resolved, " T hat from the improvement in the demand for all kinds of Sugar, and 500. The Newmarket police divis_l t be_ er i o t . , mess and designs in the material, got up with immense estimate submitted by a sub-committee appointed for the there are not now sellers at previou s rat es the few salsa the Coome, Meath -street, and sq, l l l b e a ' c al' by/ labour, and no small expense. M r . F ran k Ho war d, i n purpose, it is the opinion of this meeting that the experi- that have been made showing a slight advance. They liberty, lost 5,854 panes. This will „ f the pego the most pleasing style, traced the rise and progress of the ment of the contemplated instit u ti on f or th e reformation consist of 70 hhds. Barbadoes; 130 labds. Antigua ; and the poor of that distressed quartS' ,2 3o rbe c itl;l art of designing in glass, and illustrated it with a series of of juvenile offenders may be tried at an expense of £l2OO 200 hhds. Demerara ; and 40 hhds. Porto Rico. A few D division of police there were ff of , 0, t be .l l; designs, in his well-known masterly style. He pointed per annum, and an outfit of £500; and the committee Bengals have also been purchased at full prices, and offers Several stacks of chimneys and ru so atia_, gre' bi A i out the errors which had been committed in windo w de. earnestly recommend the subject to the Town Council for made for other parcels, but importers declined ' selling.— demolished. The market-gardens. ee e verl a erd signing in this country and others, especially in the Ger- their consideration." No sales made in Molasses. 14s. bid and refused for two orchards and nurseries, have sustain:7 es infiosl ;4 man school. He, in the clearest manner, detailed the CHILD BURNED TO DEATTL—On Saturday an inquest cargoes of clayed Cubas.—Rum without alteration.— The Castle Chapel has lost several P;r th les' t o o /, ' true principles of t in art, and showed its progress as far was held on the body of a child named Jane Ann wit- Bengal Rice has improv e d a littl e i n value the last few Castle, on the whole, has escaped t ber e t r e cl i as the material was concerned, by the beautiful series of Hams, two years and nine months old, who died from days; broken and low white is 3d. to 6d. clearer.—Dye- same extent of buildings in anY ° won° illustrative specimens furnished by Mr. Forest. Mr. T. burns received whilst left by the mother, together with a woods are not mu c h i n d e m and. St. Domingo Logwood The panes broken in the g a s -lamps ___.....---' C. Archer explained the chemical action of light throu g h twin sister, in a lodging-house in Gerard-street. The has been sold at £4 2s. d. ; and 100 tons Lima Wood glass, and the evils which result to hothouse plants, hy children were both entered in a burial-club, to which one £l4. —Cotton market steady. the employment of bad glass. He detailed the progress penny a-week was paid. As it appeared that the mother The " sliding scale" continues to operate upon the Corn of horticultural architecture in 1619, when glass was first had been i n th e h a bit o f l eav i ng the children in the room markets throughout this country and Ireland, and the used for the purpose, by Frederick, the Prince Palatinate, without protection, notwithstanding a caution she had unvarying tendency is downwards, forming an inclined in his gardens at Heidelberg Castle, up to the great disco- received that they were in danger of being burned, the plane, the angle of which it is impossible at present to "tries in the actinism of light, which h as l e d to i mportant j ury , un d er th e di rec ti on o f the coroner, returned an open determine. We have received into the port of Liverpool discoveries respecting the scorching of plants under glass. verdict. since Monday a moderate quantity of Wheat, Oats, and He illustrated this part of the subject by sp ec im ens o f Tesee moNtae .—Th e passengers by the packet-ship Flour, with a fair amount of Oatmeal, from Ireland. but various kinds of glass, amongst which were some unique Cambridge, on her last outward passage, presented to Dr. ve r y littl e coastwise. Of Wheat, however, from Europe an manufactures of Messrs. Forest and Co., calculated on the Davis, the ship's surgeon, a very gratifying address, con. po r t s , th e arrivals are large. with upwards of 24,000 g m , most philosophical principles, to obvi a t e the evils gra t u i a ti ng hi m o n the few cases 9f . mortality that had of Indian Corn from the United States, and nearly 1900 scorching, and the expense of shading. The thanks of occurred on board, which, under divine providence, they sacks of Flour from France, which, with a fair quantity the society were voted to Messrs. Howard, Forest, and a tt r ib u t e d to his skilful exertions, and to his unremitting of Beans from Egypt, form the principal receipts into this Archer, for their interesting contributions, upon which a attentions by night and by day, to those requiring medi- port since Monday last. We have a continued demand short discussion took place, and the p rocee di ngs were ca l ass i s t ance . They express their great praise and for Indian Corn from Ireland, and to-day the full prices of brou g ht to a close at ten o'clock. This meeting was the marked admiration of the lelicac)? of his treatment to. Friday are current, but with no . quotable advan ce , e n most numerous the society has yet had ; there was a large wards the females , and d eclare him to be a gentleman other , articles vie have nothing of moment t o rep or t. and highly respectable attendance of ladies and gentlemen, endowed with more than ordinary talent. The captain The sales of Cotton, on Saturday, amounted to about and everything bespeaks the state of the society as most endorses the testimonial, and adds an assurance that the 7.000 bales, including 2,000 Brazils, 200 Egyptian, and prosperous. j surgeon gave general satisfaction. 804 Bursts. The deseekusl fog Arsaricaa was very mo- LIVERPOOL DOCKS AND lIIRKENHEAD DOCKS TRUSTEES BILLS. Qrfjt Eibr.pool gnanbarb. THE ST. HELEN'S SAVING'S BANK.-INVESTI GATION INTO THE LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES AND THE CLAIMS OF DEPOSITORS. Yesterday J. Tidd Pratt, Esq., Barrister-at -law, held a public court in the Town-hall at St. Helens, for the pur pose of taking into consideration the liability of the trus tees of the bank, to make good any deficiencies which might still remain after the resources available from the estate of the Messrs. Johnson had been realised. As will be seen from a notice in another part of our paper, Mr. Pratt sat from Thursday to Saturday last, investigating the books in order to ascertain the extent of legal and illegal claims. In the course of his enquiry he found that in many instances as much as £7O to £BO in one year, had been paid into the bank by several depositors, but having also discovered that an equally large amount had been drawn out, the existing claims of these parties were allowed. in those cases where more than £3O had been paid into the bank in one year, and nothing drawn out, Mr. Pratt held that according to the act of parliament the claims were illegal. At the close of his enquiry on Saturday Mr. Pratt recommended the trustees to declare a dividend of 6s. Bd. in the pound, and yesterday the following placard was extensively posted : " ST HELENS SAVINGS' BANK. " NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the trustees and ma nagers of the St. Helens Savings' Bank, will pay a First Divi dend of Cs. Sd. in the pound, out of the funds of the bank, to those depositors whose claims have not been objected to, as well ae upon the amount awarded to those depositors whose claims have been objected to. The dividend will be paid at the Town hail, on Monday, 13th day of May next, and on tue three fol lowing days, between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon, and two o'clock in the afternoon. By order of the trustees and managers. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1850, FOR many weeks past we have observed remarks upon the state of trade of the reverse of a sanguine character in many of our Whig, contemporaries, and especially in the monetary article of our con temporary, the Albion, to the latter of which we have attached considerable importance, as ema nating from a writer known to possess sound views upon commercial matters, as well as abundant opportunities of testing the feeling existing amongst our leading mercantile people. The writer in question is obviously impressed with the conviction that the heart of the commercial system in this country is unsound, and that an under-current and sinister influences are at work, which mar the ac complishment of the best concerted business opera tions, and the dread of whose evil working depresses all mercantile energy and enterprise. Thus w:th a healthy external surface the tide of commercial - affairs flows languidly ; and the most promising olossoms from time to time put forth, bear no sub stantial fruit, and lead only to bitter disappoint- E people of Birkenhead are truly indefatigable in their attempts to magnify the importance and advantages of their Dock Works; and not a little unscrupulous in their attacks upon Liverpool in terests. Possibly it would have been no little advantageous to them had they, from the first, cul tivated the virtue of modesty. But for their con stant iteration of the superiority of Birkenhead over Liverpool, and the large promises put forth, week after week, in their chosen organs —promises which stand now in ludicrous contrast with the reality fulfilled by them—we do not believe that there are a dozen people on this side of the Mersey who would not have wished them a hearty " God speed ;" and welcomed the completion of their plans and works as a valuable accession to the commerce of the Mersey. These remarks are drawn from us by the con tents and tone of a letter, signed "Alpha," which appeared in the Courier of Wednesday last, im pugning, as inaccurate, some statements upon the subject of the accommodation proposed for the Timber Trade of the port, which have recently ap peared in our columns. We need only say of those statements, that the figures upon which they are based were given in evidence before the Committee of the House of Commons on the Dock Bill of 1848, the promoters of the Birkenhead Docks being present, and failing to shake their credit in the slightest particular. Moreover, they stand unim pugned up to the present moment, except upon such anonymous authority as that of " Alpha," not one gentleman connected with the Birkenhead pro ject having had the hardihood as yet to stand for ward openly and attempt to overthrow them. The party, " Alpha," who now takes up the cudgels to thrash us and exalt Birkenhead, like many tyros and enthusiasts, rather spoils his case by proving oo much. For example, in contrast with a state ment of the cost of a cargo of 700 tons of timber, oated at the North Docks, as given before Parlia ment by Mr. J. Brumley Moore, at £138.105., this writer says that the expenses of the same cargo at Birkenhead would be only £53 10s., being a saving in favour of Birkenhead of £B5, or 160 per cent. Pity that this vast saving was not duly proved be fore Parliament 1 We should have been saved the expense of the North Shore Works altogether. " Alpha" has something to answer for in not hav ing enlightened us before now. We shall not trouble ourselves to analyze the calculations of this writer, or to examine the mode in which he arrives at his conclusions. We observe, however, that he calculates the yard rent of timber at the North Shore at £1 Bs. per thousand feet, whilst he puts down the charge at Birkenhead at El per thousand feet. We rem em b er, h owever, that - a considerable portion of the quay land at Birkenhead cost the owners from 20s. to 255. per yard, and that the land at the North Docks will be formed for less than ss. per yard. Our nei g hb ours at Birkenhead may promise the timber trade this cheap storage ; but where is the security that that trade once removed to that side of the river, the , Dock Warehouse Company and other proprietors , will riot back out of their present tempting pro- , posals, and demand a fair interest upon their outlay. The accounts received per the last mail steamer from the United States, confirming the predictions given previously of a short crop of cotton, are of rather serious import to the cotton spinners of this district. It is now clear that the Manchester peo ple have made a false move, in turning a deaf ear to the representations from America of deficient receipts of cotton at the ports, and in treating the upward tendency of prices as the result of specula tion only on the part of planters and dealers. As the result of their folly, they now find themselves without stocks; and unless a large decrease is made in the consumption of the next few months, they will have to pay an enhanced price, without any very flattering prospect of such demand for goods as will enable them to manufacture at a profit. Whether or not the actual yield had proved as short as was represented, it would have been more prudent if our spinners had protected themselves by timely purchases against such a dilemma in which they are now placed. The abundance of unemployed money in the country, and the easy state of the money market in America, have during the past few months sufficed to tempt speculators on both sides of the Atlantic, and to enable them to extort advanced prices, whether on justifiable grounds so far as the extent of the crop is con cerned, or not. The manufacturing community might easily have discerned the existence of this element of strength in the hands of holders and growers of their raw material. The course now to be adopted—the only availa ble one, indeed, in the present state of both the home and foreign markets—must obviously be an increased cessation of manufacturing operations, which will of course entail severe suffering upon the operative population. This, however, is not the worst feature in our position. ith imports of every description of foreign produce and food pouring in upon us, and unsaleable at prices which afford remuneration to the importers, the country will feel greatly the want of an active export of manufactured goods to pay for them; and, as in 1847, gold, it is to be feared, will shortly begin to leave the country, and a restriction in the issues of the Bank of England follow in due course. Already the timidity shewn by bankers and capitalists in their dealings with the commercial community, and their backwardness in extending accommodation for any but very short periods, afford evidence that a monetary crisis is feared to be impending. It is known to all conversant with the Subject that a """---.J.--..---..--.........--.•-•••••7"..." O , LIVERPOOL : , sq, la- , C TUESDAY, APRIL 4 !,',, ~l'i EVERY PRINTED AND P UBLIS M II' O ft ' tr ee(' By JOSHUA FLETCIIER LACE, 0- 1 53 o r foro,"pp,0/ LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great L iv° ,04 0 . ;" 4 TuEs D A y - „r0,, , ,re0_,,, At No. 4, ST. GROROE99 CasscsS/;006. tits Irders for Advertisements received bY 2 8 , 1iit5iirllip:, Co., Warwick-square; Barker and ~,,e; Cord ' Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell,Chancerlii!lape, lit 8, 1 04, Birchin-lane; Joseph Thomas, I, ili ci miicil e i r o ' 10 1 den Hammond 27 Lombard-street; 3 c a st o ili er ) court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Low,ej .i i alls e Abor t ol , 1 0 hill; et the London Commercial Corree lii ii; v oe rif, o (o( at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Coll' u o A, , e ..v11 1 /) house, Paternoster-row; North and b a 9, , 1 00 ; ,if ? , house, Threadneedle-street; Ear sn o , " 'y , 13 ,trec, t ' it e t, London; Johnston and Co., Eden Vaarli'el"elleilinit Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewl ,, , 00 000 t, j, ter; Haddock, azid J. and W. 13000 3 /..d isr,b u ier ton ; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston; l' in d 1 ."" Herald-office, Birmingham; Barth aegt, rrirtces-square, Iluchanan-street. vA4P-- 1 THE present position, and the tone of her Ma jesty's ministers, with respect to questions of finance, appear to be strictly obstructive of all efforts of the people to procure any sensible relief from the intolerable pressure of taxation. We Commenced the present session with that novelty in the annals of Whig legislation —a surplus revenue— which our bungling Chancellor of the Exchequer proceeded at one to get rid of, and literally frittered away Without sa ti s f y i ng any one class of 5.4 Ap T REAT] forde quotations.r ea xtteprfaeaoeoacnrirtdaldretpdnin. d I'o-day, 000 bales yab,rakl the ewclosedmarket takenyl i t h open °° ill'r* P d L e roi m oceo a s n o d hfa f l e ,e, o v m ibi iec t eh h n e ew t x r ce a er d ee e d , ion a ng n l d y :h er e meu ss ,: l a e tTi c h t ro : 'l partitabo S txb e ie.4......tr c iheeeni A xi I t i , o 2T n oio s l ehularrvaoeznibl Brazils, r e a2 n r2k fully i s m maintained .Egyptians,ueh adnedp res given way this month fully .C 5 ss. f.o.b. here. Other kinds in Pr° ,o ) 1- kal lay Pigs 425. to 435., f mixed numbers, ' tai te 'tient h ii 10 per cen'•„ ' - eei 11 0 Y, 0t ...... :2 ~. -- - - Cill 4iti Pro, MEETING OF THE POLYTE .11) 400 1 r i ten ea t t it r_ e: 4 9 , Last night the general monthly 1 0 '00! ' Li, 'bl• took place at the Royal Institution , 8 6 Leetp• it :l e . was numerous, the president, g r '..nott€ 4l ant,,,. g chair. Several new members were IN.' 100,I'eace of %IA .-nor elected. ~t o'' oft * , mai Mr. T. M. GLAns•roNa read a ull-'4".... 1 , 'int o Claa, ToNE d ow , f • ywh• "On the Galvanizing of Iron an metals, he said when placed in proxilo I Q q t ‘! § 4 , galvanic action, or electric propedrrtaieswclo,: _1 , tt,rsilLiar, peculiar nature of all the ordinary Anay IF th the i yawi eatl a emoayrca n svoies d liben(adwerxi s ei ynlsa i vse l sdse v ir,iis e lzt e r etgd ) ,l al , ewl vo a miar n t ahro d i ussats t met h vi ,d e aaw i swl r u:alaw r iybe e ahlw s se e rae c o:ff c afa t ed i el n v et e reesdt a t i e ,b , ::: : t b5:0100, 1 0 . 1144: : .e Lt e :llo : rn : c r taii imperishable. The galvanising' of tI " 0 41 I.V t ' Fill accomplished in France, and the operatiobei , /41 4 0 ari l ( °Pera, zinc. He pointed out a variety of WI . , ° 14.14 e ,,,, prepared could be usefully applied ;an ' tiVrai ev "`' wens of iron bolts, pins, &c., wh►ch "00 44 "' e' aagliws o nlisrltne n daedadisannat b cpgtli o eslrr. o a neoaeosf r xdni d tpsti toehwa s ese l ndua i i cns: p eeea , wetfoxt a ogdt n cer ' o d oenherasker w itaovg e stfieai r iaoa e yt perfectly enenas.d7esseseused ladwhichn.yd: P aktsedf t ri t 00.$ 1 01 0: , telegraph wires were of galvanized iresireig mense pressure of water. He then Oro ner of coating iron with oxide, by il" nlsol r Some interesting conversation took rot inverted, je c t prises. A a beautiful aaunradb e trh ebat brass r wheels,a ss p f e a:1 1 0 1. ' bridge, was exhibited by Mr. Robert J ° d v ietet i dh s wicl i eeei o n in the centre 10° great strength. The bridge at the centre, or largest circle,sthef a bba w 3 ai d tr s e.r O ßp r r.o ir ivo o ff n cll r io a ra i A l k if : g mEa o ßn v , er uoffa t et h e wheels. „all to o ec l rp o i r tar m w eteptla s eusrt t serot h a eaw e affdiba s eat r os e rcl o edd g vr a lesie m f d natt e bgs w hhi :e neei t Y ngtew , gbob it which, it ed, on as b o e cc h a a s l i f o o n f mMary. ,C.e.glutuaeelr,keLecciiravb,neriliotc.„,te-ofveoll'81110; p b e o a a r t a , n s c o e as resembles to s ustain a the o ttw o ihi f her l ee i sn i a s hgia w ipli a i ae s , h iat i en n ,d g i to make such use of it. r ed w rd e i a n r a e r r y abc've .1111111 circularwcaipthatbuaiibiriet (it capabilities ea e d a n n o s rodcfci roundnaaat r e bi l , °I : P ephoo dl i t°1 0 01 0 size. The floating powers of the i t ',g - I have been already satisfactorily tes' - ' o f havingon Friday last sailed in one for a considerable time on one of the at head Park. 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