The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-05-16 00:00:00

SCARFS, MANTLES, AND VISITES. MR.-ROGERSON informs the Ladies of Liverpool and Vicinity, that MRS. JONES, who has the conducting of the above Department in his Esta blishment, has returned from London and Paris, with a Selec tion of every Novelty, in Material and Make, suited to the ensuing Season. 13 .5- 15, CHURCH-STREET. FASHIONABLE STOCK OF SILKS. JOHN ROGERS, CLEVELAND HOUSE, 141 AND 143, ST. JAMES'S-STRRET, p ESPECTFULLY invites the especial atten tion of the Ladies of Liverpool and its Vicinity to his superior Stock of New SILKS, comprising every Novelty intrenced this Season, both in Foreign and British Manufacture. J. R. can with confidence state that Purchasers will find it to their advantage to make an early inspection of his Silks, being assured that (from his extensive business and the small rate of profit) the Prices will be found unapproachnhle. His Stock of LINEN DRAPERY GOODS s rcry extensive. and of the most approved Manufacturers. 141 and 143, St. James's-street, Liverpool,2sth April, 1818. VISITORS AND STRANGERS are respectfully invited to inspect tke Stock of SUPERIOR JEWELLERY, SILVER PLATE. SHEFFIELD PLATE, LONDON AND GENEVA MADE WATCHES. A List of the Weights and Prices of SILVER SPOONS, FORKS, &c., will be given on opplication. THOMAS DISMORE, SILVERSMITH AND JEWELLER TO THE QUEEN, 35, BOLD-STREET, LIVERPOOL. EVERLASTING PENS, Made of Gold, tipped with a Metallic alloy of so indestructable a nature, that ten years constant use has not in the least im paired its quality. They are as flexible as the quill, perfectly anti-corrosive, and adapted to any hand writing. tiOLD BY JOSEPH MATER, GOLDSMITH AND JEWELLER, 68 AND 70, LOT?D-STREET. PRICE SIX SHILLINGS EACH. J. M., in offering these Pens to the notice of his Patrons and the Public, does so with great confidence in their meriting the high encomiums passed upon them. ALL Persons who have any CLAIMS on the Estate of the late JOHN WELLSTOOD, of Liverpool, Merchant, are requested to send their Accounts; and any Persons who may be INDEBTED to the said JOHN WELL STOOD are requested to pay their Accounts to GEORGE MARSDEN, 5, Old Churchyard. FREEMASONRY. COUNTY OF LANCASTER—TVRSTERN DIVISION. BY Command of the Right Worshipful Deputy Provincial Grand Master, JOHN DR I NKWATER, I HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT. FREE, AND ACCEPTED MASONS will be held at the A DELPHI HOTEL, Liverpool, on WEDNES DAY, the 17th instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, for the Transaction of the Annual P.nsinees of the Province. There will be a BANQUET in the Evening, at Four o'clock precisely, of which it is expected all the Brethren will partake, as the Provincial Grand Stewards have made their arrange ments accordingly. J. NV., Provincial Grand Secretary. BOROUGH OF LIT'RRPOOL, to wit. GILBERT HENDERSON. ESQ., RECORDER. THE COURT of QUARTER SESSIONS of the PEACE for the BOROUGH will be held, in the Crown Court, in the Sessions-house, in Chapel-street, on MONDAY, the 22d of May instant, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon. - No Traverse will be tried unless entered on the first day of the Sessions, or previously, at the Office of the Clerk of the Peace, No. 6, Brunswick-street. All Indictments for Misdemeanours found at these Ses sions, against persons admitted to Bail, must be entered for Trial before Twelve o'clock on the day after the discharge of the Grand Jury, or the Trial will stand over. WRIGHT, Clerk of the Peace. Clerk of the Peace's Office, Bth May, 1848. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The space required for advertisements has prevented the in sertion of many articles which would otherwise have appeared. We are not able to give all the information required by " A Tradesman in Birkenhead." The opponents of the new Dock Bills are, we believe, the Liverpool Dock Trustees, who object to the proposed powers of rating, the bond-holders of the Birkenhead Docks, and owners of property there who appear to prefer an equitable amalgamation with the Liver pool Dock Estate, the owners of coasting vessels, and the Cheshire Junction Railway Company, who oppose the rating powers as being inconsistent with the first act oflB-14, on the faith of which the railway company executed works of an expensive character. There seems to be now some doubt of the bills passing. We have no room for any further correspondence between Mr. Fowler and Mrs. Maury. There is no prospect of convincing a lady who says, " My sentiments are those of every human being who has common sense," and who has no further regard for accuracy of judgment than to hazard the assertion that "The Republic of the United States is the one only stable government existing at this moment in the world." A cor respondent expresses his surprise why i` Mrs. Maury be of a stable opinion she does not fix her permanent abode in that " one only stable government." Ely: Etherpoot gptanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 16, 1848. THE proceedings, thus far, before the committee on the Birkenhead Dock Bills have disclosed fea tures and pretensions on the part of the promoters of a most unreasonable nature. To enable the reader to form a just estimate of their character, we shall briefly recall to his memory the circum stances under which this attempted encroachment on neighbouring interests has been prompted. The original scheme for the erection of docks on the site of Wallasey Pool was heralded before the public with great acclamation in 1843, as calculated to afford a large and cheap acquisition to the ex isting accommodation of the trade of the Mersey. The plans consisted of an outer basin, and a small interior dock, with graving docks, &c.; but their most important feature was a large inner float, giving two hundred acres of water space, which was to be maintained at a depth of thirteen feet. On the faith of this stipulation being kept, the frontage land upon the margin of the float was eagerly bought up, at most extravagant rates, for wharfs, building yards, &c. A line to these pro posed works was laid out, and is in the course of completion, by the Chester and Birkenhead Rail way Company; and an expensive junction line with Manchester the Birkenhead, Lancashire, wid Cheshire Railway—was also projected, and subse quently amalgamated with the existing Chester and Birkenhead, the encouragement being the absence of any other charges except a moderate tonnage rate upon vessels, and the opportunity thus afforded for the transport of goods to Manchester and the• interior free of cost. An act of parliament author ising the project was passed in 1844. Another act was also obtained by a private company for the erection of warehouses on the site of the proposed inner dock, which have since been completed. The progress made thus far, or rather the want of progress, is known to most of our readers. A considerable portion of the sea wall has been exe cuted ; and last year an inner dock, constructed, however, without the authority of the original plans, was opened with great pomp by her Majesty's Commissioner of Woods and Forests. To meet the expenditure required, the borrowing powers of the act were. put in requisition, and between three and four hundred thousand pounds drawn from the pockets of private parties in search of investments. A hitch occurred, however. Confidence in the scheme gave way, and money was no longer to be had. The works were suspended ; and the Com missioners had to go to the Woods and Forests in the attitude of suitors for aid, and also as peti tioners for pardon for deviation from the original plan, and the result was the bill of last year. By it the land to he made on the north side of the Pool was handed unconditionally over to the Crown, and although the original draft of the bill in ques tion contained the clause requiring the depth of water in the inner float to be maintained at a per manent level of thirteen feet above the Liverpool Old Dock sill, the clause in question was thrown out in the House of Lords, on the objection of Captain Evans, conservator of the river, The loan ing part of the question was left over for further consideration, and has at length been settled, one of the conditions being the re-constitution of the trust and the surrender to the Crown of a control ling power over the acts of the trustees, by the nomination of a chairman. The legalising of this arrangement is the object of two of the bills now before the Cominittee. That the price thus to be paid by the unfortu nate bondholders for the completion of the docks is an unfortunate one for themselves and all concerned it would not be difficult to show. In its capacity of creditor the Crown steps in, of course, with a prior demannd for so much of the dues which may be raised as will cover the interest on its advance, if the docks ever earn so much : and it must be borne in mind that land, the sale of which was to have paid a great portion of the cost of constructing the docks, has already been handed over to the Crown, and with it, moreover, every chance of the Commissioners being able to fulfil their engage rnents with the coasting trade, as to the providing of a beaching ground on the Seacombe side of the pool. We might perhaps question the right of the Go vernment to embark the money of the public in such an undertaking, and upon such security as is offered by the Birkenhead Docks. We have no doubt, however, that they will secure themselves I tolerably well. We might condole with a portion of the bondholders upon the "silly bargain," as Mr. Duncan Gibb justly termed the bargain with the Crown, which certain parties otherwise inte rested have-rnade for them. We might—but we will not—express our sym pathy with the railway proprietors, whose scheme is rendered partially worthless by the withdrawal of the clause insuring a thirteen feet depth of water in the inner float, on the boundary of which they have laid out £BO,OOO in the purchase of wharfage land. Our object is mainly to direct attention to the impudent bill, brought in by certain of the large bondholders, by which, contrary to all the past professions of the original projectors, it is at length proposed to levy a tonnage upon goods, for the advantage of these very bondholders, and to pro tect them from the consequences of their improvident speculations—at the expense of all parties interested ! The result of such a measure will he to the railway proprietors a heavy blow; and we cannot say they do not deserve it. The Manchester projectors of this railway sought, through the cheap dock of Birkenhead, to gratify an ancient grudge against the Liverpool Dock Trust and the Liverpool community ; and if they fail it is their loss. But such a power of rating goods entering the Birkenhead Docks would se riously injure Liverpool, if conceded ; for there would be nothing then to prevent inward bound vessels, discharging on the Cheshire side, giving to Birkenhead the dock dues on their cargoes ; and then crossing over here, to be perhaps three or four months in our docks, paying only the outward dues, which would barely serve to pay our dock gatemen and the cost of our necessary staff. The statement of Mr. Bramley Moore, which we report in another column, will prove this abundantly. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) FRANCE On Saturday night much agitation prevailed in Paris. The members of clubs, who bad in the course of the day made an abortive demonstration in favour of the Poles, remained in groups in the quarter of the Made leine, delivering exciting harangues, and advising the obtaining of arms that they may assist the Poles. The rappel was beaten to have the assemblies dispersed, but the matter passed off without violence. The greatest discontent exists amongst many classes of workmen. A placard addressed to the workmen. stating that in refusing to form a ministry of labour, the Government had for feited its promise at the barricades, had caused much excitement, and the workmen on the Northern Railway had struck work, and the troops were required to prevent them injuring the line. The proclamation to the workmen had been the cause of the postponement of the fete on Sunday, and multi tudes who had come up from the country to be present were compelled to return disappointed. It was strongly rumoured that the French army was about to enter Italy; but none of the numerous reports of war seemed well-founded, with the exception of the statement that 100,000 stand of new arms had been or dered to be made at the factory of of Chatellerault. There is no mention in the London Standard of last night of a declaration of war by France against Austria and Russia ; and the rumour circulated here yesterday to that effect we presume is, therefore, groundless. THE DANISH DUCHIES. . _ The Danish Government have resolved-- 0 1. That for the present neither the mouths of the Elbe, nor the Weser, nor any other port on the North Sea shall be block aded by Danish vessels of war; "2. That the blockades of the following ports—Pillau, Dant zic, Stralsund, Rostock, and Wismar, shall be raised from the 16th instant, and that only the Bay of Kiel, with the entrance to the Schleswig Canal shall be blockaded ; but that ou the above-named day the blockade shall be extended to the three mouths of the Oder, viz. ;—those at Wolgast, Swinnemunde, and Cammin." Letters from Athens, under date of the 30th ult., an nounce outbreaks in the north of Greece, led by certain persons, lately political prisoners, liberated under an amnesty. Troops had marched to quell the outbreak, but the result had not transpired We have Madrid journals of the Bth and 9th. All trace of the late insurrection had entirely disappeared. Several soldiers and citizens had been shot in presence of the whole garrison, who were afterwards marched past the dead bodies. MONEY MARKET-YESTERDAY. Consols have only alternated from buyers to sellers at S3k the price for money end account being the same. The Three per Cent Reduced have been done from 812 to t, the Three-and a-quarter per Cents. from 822 to h, Bank Stock 1821, India 232, Exchequer-bilis ass. to 416., and India Bonds 235. to 21s. pm. LONDON CORN MARKET.—YEsTEnnAy. The weather continues most splendid for the growing Wheat, but spring Corn would be henefitted by rain. At this day's market, although the supply of English Wheat was short, it met a dull sale at barely the currency of this day week. In foreign only a retail business was transacted, and the turn in price in favour of buyers. Indian Corn is., barrel 6d. to is. deare. , and in good request. Malting and distilling Barley without change. Grinding rather higher. Malt, Peas, and Beans sell steadily at former rates. Our arrivals of Oats being so limited, buyers had to pay an advance of 6d. to Is. per quarter. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTEUDAY. Beef trade steady, at an advance of quite 2d. per 8 lbs. over Monday. Sheep moved off at an advance of 2d. per 8 lbs. • Calves at late rates. Little w•as doing in pigs. A CHANCE FOR ASPIRANTS TO LITERARY RENOWN. The London Times contains the following announce ment, addressed to literary gentlemen, lecturers, &c. : " A reviewer and classical scholar, of considerable experience, the author of well reputed and successful works, on the parent age of which the seal of secresy is imposed but whose acknow ledged productions will furnish incontestible evidence of his competence, undertakes the CRITICAL REVISION and COL LECTION of MANUSCRIPTS or will make the reputation of a literary aspirant in any branch of the belles lettr e s, by wholly executing the contemplated work" After this revelation, as to the mode in which people become authors by purchase, who would give a button for a Literary Reputation ? For anything that the world knows to the contrary, this very literary hack, whose address is to his bootmaker, and who is perhaps at this moment starving in some miserable attic, is the author of works, on the credit of which noble lords and bon. gentle men are listened to with deference in the Senate, and countesses and untitled blue-stockings are lionized in their various corteries ? Verily the world is full of decep tion and false pretences. On Saturday afternoon, the soldier, Michael Stokes, was executed at York, for the murder of Mary Garrad, wife of one of his comrades in Leeds barracks. All our readers who have not seen the Antiphonel, should lose no time in paying a visit to our enterprising friend Mr. Jas. Smith, of Lord-street, where they will have an opportunity of witnessing the extraordinary perform ances of this wonderful piece of mechanism. COMMITMENTS AT THE POLICE COURT YESTERDAY.— Bridget Sweeny, charged by E. Spencer with stealing wearing apparel, was committed for two months. William Harper, charged by William Smith with breaking into his stable a fortnight ago, and abstracting several articles, —three months. ASSAULTS ON POLICE-OFFICERS. — At the police-court yesterday, a respectably-dressed man, named Birtenshaw, (who was out on bail) and a rough youth, named Peter Armstrong, who was in the dock, were charged by two police-officers, the first with his obstructing them in the performance of their duty in taking some parties into custody, during a street row, and the other for violent conduct and assault upon the complainants. The first prisoner, who was also charged with being drunk, denied both charges, and said he had done nothing but endeavour to induce the officers from violently maltreating the other prisoner. The evidence, however, was too strong on the other side, and it appeared that the boy had severely assaulted the officers. The elder prisoner was required to pay a fine of 20s. and costs, or ten days, and the youth to pay a fine of £5, or be imprisoned for two months. — Another prisoner was sent for trial at the Sessions, for a violent attack, on Saturday night, on a police-officer.— Four men, John Jones, Robert Jones, James Warburton, and James Gudgeon, were each fined £5 for a violent street disturbance in Warwick-street, and throwing bricks and stones at the officers who were endeavouring to ap prehend some of the aggressors. One of the officers was so severely hurt that he had since been unable to attend to his duties.—Another man, named Daniel Peacock, was remanded for violence to the officers in the streets, and for having nearly bitten off the end of the thumb of police-officer 443. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. — The mercantile articles in the daily press usually commence with—" We have re ceived papers from Paris." Since the suspension of cash payments, it is useless to expect anything else.—Punch. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A PARIS PENNY-A-LINER. — In a budget of small news forwarded to us by a Parisian " penny-a-liner," the " liner" gives the following curious account of himself:—" This day (26th April) 16 years ago I commenced the profession of news collector. Dur ing all this period I have never been unwell a single day, and, except on the four great yearly fgles,l have never failed to write and distribute my correspondence to the journals of Paris and the departments, The working year leaving for me 360 days, I have, up to this date, laboured 5760 days for the daily press, and have made 5760 collec tions of news. On an average, each collection contained 20 facts or miscellaneous pieces of news. I have thus made the world acquainted with 115,200 different pieces of information. Every day, in order to collect and distri bute this news, I have walked 10 leagues on an average. This amounts in a year to 3600 leagues, and in 16 years to 57,600 leagues. The circumference of the globe being nearly 9000 leagues, it results that I have walked in 16 years, in order to collect my 115,200 pieces of news, a dis tance equal to 6- times the circumference of the globe. I declare, on my honour, that I have never had the least touch of the gout, from which I conclude that the citizens who should, like me, walk ten leagues a day, would not suffer from it either. Lastly, my quintuple occupation of traveller, observer, news-writer, printer, and distributor, has brought me, on an average, 1 800 f. (X 7 2) per annum, without ever doing injury to any one, if not to the late government, which I opposed to the utmost of my small ability during 16 years all but two months, without truce or relaxation. The editors of newspapers have thus been the means of my gaining 28,800 f., of which sum there only remains to me to-day 12f. 503. (103.), which will servo me, I hope, to the end of the month."—The London Telegraph. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE RATEPAYERS OF WEST DERBY LAST NIGHT. Yesterday evening a special meeting of the ratepayers of West Derby was held in the Everton National School, Mill-lane, for the purpose of receiving a report from the committee appointed in March last to investigate the alle gations respecting certain paid officers of the township. The meeting was numerously attended, and throughout much local party feeling was exhibited. Mr. Joseph King was moved to the chair. The proceedings having been opened, a long communi cation (in the shape of a declaration made in Lancaster Castle before a Master in Chancery) was read from the late collector. Griffiths, containing a detail of his transac tions, and of his charges of complicity against Mr. Shaw ; and a similar statement by Mr. Shaw of the proceedings during Griffiths' service as collector under him, and giv ing a very different version of the transactions in question. A correspondence between Mr. Griffith and Mr. Shaw was afterwards read, from which nothing very material could be elicited ; and subsequently a report of the committee, appointed to investigate the accounts, which condemned Mr. Shaw for having continued in office the man Griffith for years after he knew that he was behindhand in his payments of Government taxes received, for which be had given no security ; and fixing upon Mr. Shaw a large por tion of the responsibility of Griffith's defalcations. Mr. Owen, solicitor, appeared for Mr. Shaw, and the township solicitor was also present. Mr. Strawn, clerk to Mr. Shaw, was called forward and examined, especially as regarded a payment of 0150, by Mr. Shaw to Griffith . , and entered in the books, but, as appeared by the reoort, originally put down as a balance due of the mutual ac counts between them ; but it appeared, as stated in the report, that the word due had been erased, and the word paid substituted. Mr. Strewn (Mr. Shaw's clerk), to questions put on this point said, that the sum when put down in the balance sheet was due, but was not paid until subsequently, when he saw it paid in notes and gold ; and though he did not recollect the exact amount or the precise date, he was sure it was the sum stated in the account which was in his own hand writing.—The meeting was rather stormy at times, and Mr. Owen had for some time difficulty in being heard. Amongst other matters, which had been referred to in the report, it appeared that those who drew it up were at a great loss on account of a government assessed tax book having disappeared. Mr. Strawn admitted that a number of these books of an old date had been burnt in presence or by the privity of Mr. Shaw, being considered useless, as they were merely duplicates of those retained by the government ; and the committee complained of the conduct of Mr. Shaw in doing so, as they were deprived of the book in particular, (alluded to) which had left them in the dark as to that item in the enquiry. Mr. Eyre Evans strongly protested against the burning "of such documents. Another declaration was read from Mr. Griffith, to the effect that he had left the documents in question in the possession of Mr. Shaw at his office.—Mr. Walker proposed that the report be re ceived.—Mr. Ledger said perhaps the business would be shortened by his stating that a letter had been received that morning from the Poor Law Commissioners to the effect that they would send down in the beginning of June a commissioner to investigate the whole charge as affecting the parish.—There was a general feeling ex pressed by the speakers they they had nothing to do with the government rates.—Mr. Owen made a long speech in behalf of Mr. Shaw, contending that the committee in drawing up the report had taken erroneous views of the case ; and that Mr. Shaw had done nothing that was wrong. He deprecated adopting the report, to be pub lished if adopted throughout the country, to the dis paragement of the character of a gentlemsn who had become gray in their service, and thought Mr. Shaw should have every opportunity of explaining himself on the transactions in question. Mr. Owen was heard with much impatience, and frequent calls were made upon Mr. Shaw himself. After a desultory conversation, with respect to some payments•of government taxes, received by Griffiths and others, and said to have been paid over to Mr. Shaw, that gentleman was permitted to go into an explanation of the whole matter. _ . . Mr. SHAW said that had he known that the statement which had been read from him were intended to have been read, he would have entered more into details. He pro ceeded to explain the circumstances of the transactions between himself and Griffiths. He had himself been for the last thirteen years merely an honorary collector, which had led him into his present difficulty. He would have been better able to have combated the allegations of the report had he been permitted previously to see that document. Not only had he been deprived of such an opportunity, but every book and voucher had been re moved out of his reach. Upon this point a difference of statements took place between Mr. Ledger and Mr. Shaw. Mr. Joni WALKER moved that this report be received and approved, and copies of accounts and all documents forwarded to the Commissioners of Stampsand Taxes, which was seconded by a ratepayer. Mr. WALKER, Custom House officer, moved an amend ment, on the ground that fair play ought to be the cha racteristic of every meeting of Englishmen ; and remarked that thismeeting had throughout showed an evident dis position to prejudge the question before it. Mr. Shaw bad not had any opportunity of preparing a defence. It was unfair to send a gentleman to the trial, which he would have to meet on the first of June "aefore a govern ment commissioner, with the stigma upon his character which would be attached by the adoption, by the meeting. of the resolution before them. (in attempt was made to stop Mr. Walker, by the Chairman and another gentle man asking him whether he was a ratepayer, which was satisfactorily answered.) The word "approved" in the original motion was then agreed to be withdrawn. Mr. CARSON would not have voted for the motion pro posed if the word " approves" had remained. He had a great respect for Mr. Shaw, from his high character for integrity ; but he thought that the friends of Mr. Shaw would act injudiciously if they opposed a full investigation of matters, which certainly appeared to have been con ducted with some degree of irregularity. Mr. SHAW, son of Mr. W. Shaw, brought before the meeting the fact, that one of the resolutionsin the mi nute-book had been entered in different terms from the original resolution passed; and also shewed the circumL stances under which one of the witnesses, Strachan, had been appointed ratebook clerk, on the recommendation of Mr. Ledger and the overseers. Mr. Shaw went on to name several facts, showing a bias on the part of the committee which had entered into an investigation on this subject. The CHAIRMAN was proceeding to put the amend ment, when Mr. OWEN begged to save the meeting the trouble of dividing; Mr. Shaw had nothing to conceal, and he should advise him to follow the course pointed out by Mr. Carson, now that the condemnatory portion of the resolution had been withdrawn.. On the same grounds Mr. WALXER withdrew the amendment he had moved. The original motion, as amended, was then passed unanimously. RATING OF THE DOCK ESTATE.-PUBLIC MEETING OF THE RATEPAYERS OF TOX- TETH-PARK. Last evening a public meeting of the ratepayers of the above township was held in the Parish-office, for the purpop of taking into consideration the propriety of making the Dock Estate chargeable to the parochial and other rates. The meeting was convened by placard, signed by the overseers of the township. There was a numerous attendance. John Sheppard, Esq., was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, in his opening address, strongly ad vocated the rating of the entire Dock Estate, the principle having been conceded in the rating of the Albert Dock warehouses. Mr. JOHN FISHER moved, and Mr. OWEN WILLIAMS seconded the following resolution, arguing at some length in reply to the objections urged against rating the Dock Estate :—" That inasmuch as it is our conviction that the time has arrived when dock property should become chargeable to the support of those local burthens which now press exclusively and injuriously on individuals, this meeting pledges itself to the adoption of means necessary to render the dock estate rateable to its just proportion of the poor and other rates." The resolution, after having been warmly supported by several speakers, was carried unanimously. Mr. JOHN SMITH rose to propose the appointment of a committee to co-operate with the committee already appointed for the promotion of the same object in the parish of Liverpool. Mr. Councillor HAISBORD seconded the motion, and in the course of his observations, said, that it had been ad mitted within the last few days by the chairman of the Dock Committee, that the sum of £1,400,000 had been saved to dock ratepayers by recent reductions, and he therefore thought that those magnates should contribute something out of such a saving to the parochial rates. The resolution was then passed, after considerable dis cussion, and a committee having been appointed, the meeting broke up. ROBBERY. -Yesterday, at the Police court, a woman, named Catherine Poole, was charged by a seaman With robbing him of his handkerchief and other articles. She had before been in gaol, and latterly for three months, for robberies. She was sentenced to three months' im prisonment. BODY OF A CHILD FOUND.—On Saturday last, as a female was passing some vacant ground near Blackstone street, she observed a bundle, and on opening it, found it contained the body of a full-grown female child. It was wrapped in an old sheet. Mr. Woods, surgeon, decided that it had been still-born. We have a pleasure in referring to Mr. Bennett's ad vertisement, whose numerous testimonials of ability we have carefully revised. The study he has devoted to the removal of deafness is fully demonstrated by the many cures he has already made in this locality— many of which had previously defied the ordinary practitioner. THEFT OF PLATE.—At the Police-court, yesterday, a boy, named James Murphy, was charged by a female servant of a family, living in Grove-street, with having entered the house, and stolen several articles of plate, bottle-holders, &c. He was observed soon after loitering about in the neighbourhood, and a police-officer found one of the pieces of plate in an ash-pit, into which he had dropped it. He was an old offender, and was sent for trial at the sessions. STEALING A WATCH, &c.—A young woman, named Elizabeth Kinsley, was charged before Mr. Rushton with having stolen from a captain of a ship his watch, and a purse, with which she made off. Complainant and she had on Saturday night gone into the Queen's Legs eating house, in Whitechapel, to get some refreshment, which was served to them. The captain fell asleep, and on awaking missed his property. The prisoner had gone out on pretence of buying some ale, as none was sold in the house. She returned, but afterwards left again. The watch was offered by her in pledge to a pawnbroker, for 505., and he suspecting all not right had her apprehended. She was committed for trial at the sessions. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. Monday Evening. The contagion of war is fast spreading on the Conti nent, and the intricacies into which the various powers are plunging themielves get more entangled; but Eng land is still free, and keeping so, may yet be greater than ever. The Albion of yesterday says : "The belief entertained that an European war in which England took no part would promote her commercial interests to a greater extent than universal peace is a fallacy, and the present state of the continent proves ►t. We are as much injured by the blockade of the German ports as the Germans themselves." Now we cannot acree with our contemporary in this opinion. Doubtless inconveniences must arise from time to time in a disorganised state of commercial relationships, of which this blockade is a specimen; hut, however little our philanthropy may allow us to wish for such a con summatian as a continental war for our especial benefit, it is nevertheless a palpable fact that proportioned to the withdrawal of competition from any department of com mercial enterprise, the tendency to monopoly must in crease ; and history affords us numerous instances where the most prosperous trading communities have risen and flourished in the midst of nations too busily engaged in warlike occupations to devote their attention to the mild-. vation of the arts of peace. A telegraphic despatch an nounces the declaration of war by France against Austria and Russia. A rumour got afloat this afternoon that the embargo had been partially removed from vessels enter ing the Sound : this originated in another telegraphic de spatch to the effect that the intended blockade of the Elbe bad not commenced. The English funds attained on Thursday a higher price than for months past, 842. hav ing been obtained for Consols; but they have since de clined, owing to the belligerent tenor of the intelligence from abroad, and the closing prices on Saturday were 831 buyers. The SHARE Market continued in the same animated state in which we described it to be fast week, until Thursday evening. Prices advanced daily,. London Stock touched 138, and Midland 108, and both were strong at 7. Money was much more plentiful than shares, but on Friday morning a slight reaction downwards commenced, which has continued until this day. The principal stocks dealt in have been Easterns, Midlands, London and North Western, York and Berwick, and York and North Mid land—in all of these the advance was very considerable, but they have all participated in the decline. The cause to which this unfavourable change is attributed is the order of the French Government to have their coast put into war order, and also the more unsettled political state of Italy. Some of our wiser men do not think much of the decree of the French Government, and think that the rumours from Italy have been exaggerated into undue importance, and they look for a return of the good prices and active purchases of last Thursday within a very few days. We are not to-day without several good buyers at low prices, notwithstanding the telegraphic dispatch re ceived, that France has declared war against Russia and Austria. There is no change to note in the price of Wheat since Friday, and all kinds of spring corn are held with more firmness. Indian Corn and Meal is still in active demand, at rather advancing prices, altogether for IreTand. The markets both in this country and Ireland are fluctuating, those in the latter having rather an upward tendency. Not one of the circulars which come under our notice speak of any failure in the potato crop in Ireland ; in fact, the winter crop is only now beir , put into the ground, and it is somewhat absurd to condemn it by anticipation. COLONIAL MARKETS.—Very little doing in Sugar, in consequence of merchants asking higher prices. The business since Thursday last is very limited. Rum is more in demand, and an advance of Id. per gallon has taken place. Molasses are in good request ; a parcel of Demerara has fetched 18s. per cwt., from the quay.— In the London markets the most important feature during the week has been the quarterly sales of indigo, which, owing to the severe check to the export demand, pro ceeded throughout under continual depression, holders having given way 6d. to 91 per lb for Bengal. With re spect to sugar the firmness exhibited last week has been fully maintained. Coffee and tea firm. Tgengal rice will only now sell at 10s. for good white quality, and saltpetre has changed hands at as low as 31s. per cwt. on the spot, against 355. per cwt. at one period, for 12Th p ct. refraction. The imports of COTTON this week have been larger than usual, whilst the demand has been moderate; giving buy ers in some instances a slight advantage over previous prices. We have‘had a much better feeling, however, TO DAY ; the chief lots offering last week being cleared off, prices are rallying again. The sales are about s,6oothales, including 500 American for export. We have had rather more demand for Foreign WOOL this week. Several parcels of Buenos Ayres have been sold at previous rates. Scotch is still dull. In Alpaca there is nothing doing. Imports for the week—Foreign : From West Coast, 5,311 ; Bombay, 275 ; Monte Video, 647; Oporto, I 70; Total, 6,4o3—previously, 22,621. — Scotch : 62—previously, 5,491. Little business has been done this week in Scotch Pig IRON, but prices are firm at 445. 6d. to 455. for mixed numbers at Glasgow. The demand for AMERICAN Lard keeps pace with the import : a large quantity was sold by auction on Tuesday, and a fair business has been done by private. Importers show an inclination to be firmer. Beef remains unaltered in value. The prices of Prime Mess Pork, parcels of which continue to be taken ex ship, range according to quality, which varies much. At the public sale of Bacon on Tuesday the transactions were limited, but a better business has been done since. Hams in dry salt are much inquired for, and fine quality, if there was any in the market, would realise the highest quotations.. In other articles we have no remarks to offer. Prices are:— Cheese—(dllN paid)—Fine, 48s to 52s per cwt. ; middling, 43s to 465; ordinary, 37s to 425. Beef—U.S., (free)—Prime mess, per tree. 3041 b., 85s to 92s 6d ; ordinary, "76s to 83s, old 60s to 68s; extra, India, family, &c., 97s to 105 s; ditto, per half-barrel, 30s to 35s ;—mess, per barrel, 2001 b., 50s to 565; ordinary, 40s to 465, old 36s to 40s ; prime, 34s to 3Cs. Pork— U.S., (free)—Prime mess, per barrel, 200 lb, 55s to 70s, old 48s. to 5Cs ; prime, 40s to 455, old 35s to 40s ; mess, family mess, &c, 555. to 60s, old 485 to 525. Bacon (free)—Eastern, 50s to 54s ; Western, 37s to 525; Shoulders, per cwt, 25s to 28s, old 22s to 265. Hams—dried, per cwt. (duty-paid), old 20s to 50s ; in salt (free) 38s to 465; old 268 to 325. Lard (free)—Fine, in kegs and barrels, per cwt, 42s to 45s ; good, in ditto ditto, 39s to 41s ; ordinary to middling, Vs 6d to 38s; inferior,. and grease, 30s. to 355. Butter—Grease (free) 40s to 455. Pilot Biscuit, per cwt. (duty paid), 15s to 20s. With a limited demand the prices of IRISH Butter have again receded, some of the previous arrivals remain ing unsold ; and on Saturday only a trivial business was transacted, although the best brands- of Waterford and Carrick were offered at 965. landed;. and 925. free on board, for next week's shipments. Bacon is in fair de mand, and Lard sells freely. Bank returns for the week ending the 6th of May : The amount of notes in circulation is £18,621,800, being an increase of £18,725 ; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £12,826,108, showing a decrease of £52,558 when compared with the preceding return. Although the total amount of coin and bullion shows a further decrease, yet the stock of gold presents an increase of about £56,000 and the coin an increase of £33:000; the total deficiency in the aggregate arising from a diminution of upwards of £140,000 in the stock of silver. The Asphalte of Seyssel Company, established in 1838, have just declared a dividend of 72 per cent., and added zi per cent. to the working capital. A statement has just been issued of the affairs of Messrs. Cockerel], Larpent, and Co., made up to the present month, which, as the public will have anticipated. shows very different results from those held out at the date of suspension in September last. At that period the direct liabilities were stated at £619,393, while the nominal assets were £809,254. Now the liabililities are found to be £853,492, and the assets £184,856. The dividend thus anticipated will amount to about 4s. 4d. At the half-yearly meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Company, held on Friday, a loss of £5,300 was re ported on the six months' workings, A call of 10s. per share was authorised, as it was not considered advisable to trench further upon the reserve fund of £30,500. The Di rectors anticipate a good result from the Bananal adventure. A meeting of the shareholders in the Continental Flax Company took place on Thursday, at Capecure, near Bou logne, when it was determined to dissolve the company. The discontinuance of the works has occasioned great dis tress, 1700 persons having been employed in them, of whom 600 were English and Scotch, and the remainder French. The number of Gorman vessels laid under embargo up to the latest dates was about 100. BREAKING INTO A VESSEL.—At the Police-court, yesterday, two young men, William Alwood and Thomas Roberts, were charged by one of the crew of a Belgian vessel, the Amphitrite, with breaking into the forecastle, and there forcing open the seamen's chests, and plun dering them of clothing, &c. They had both been often committed for trial before, and the case being proved, they were sent to gaol for three months. THE WEATHER, 84e .—The week just past has been remarkably fine, and pleasant throughout in this quarter, and the country presents a rich and delightful appearance. The crops generally look well, with the exception of some of the wheets, oats, and grasses, all of which, however, would be greatly improved in healthy growth by a day or a night's soft feeding rain. Yesterday morning presented the appearance of a downfal, but a brisk breeze from the S.S.W. west dashed off the thickness of the atmosphere, and the day became clear almost throughout. The dews during the night have done much good ; but stiff lands have cracked by the long drought, and the ardent rays of the sun. The potatoes so far look forward and healthy, and the fruit trees present a luxuriant show of blossom. On Friday night, an infant named James W. Denton, deceased, living with his parents in Gt. George-street, was taken to bed by his mother, and placed next to her self. About seven o'clock next morning she found he was dead,—caused by being overlain. DURHAM CATHEDRAL. —Last week, whilst levelling the eastern end of the choir, the workmen uncovered the tombstone of Bishop Beaumont—two massive stones weighing about ten tons. This monument was prepared in the Bishop's lifetime, and is recorded to have been inlaid with brass. The design is yet visible, though the brasswork has altogether disappeared. EMIGRANTS' TRAVELLING GUIDE.—A most useful little pamphlet, intended for gratuitous circulation, has been published under this title by Messrs. Tapscott and Co., with a view of showing more accurately the distances and time occupied in transit from New York to all the prin cipal towns in the United States and Canada. The danger of overcharging and liability of emigrants to fraud are fully expounded by extracts from the evidence of government and other officers. The instructions are arranged under the several heads—" The time to Emigrate," " The pre paratory Steps." " How to procure a Passage," "On board the Ship," " Termination of the Voyage,' &c., &c. ; and on each subject the most ample and explicit informa tion is divulged. The conclusion of the pamphlet is occu pied by tables showing the expense of passage to almost every part of the United States—not only in the currency of this emire, but of that growingly-important state. We have already stated that the pamphlet can be procured on application ; and we would strenuously advise those about to emigrate to at once possess a copy—which may be had even in the country for the cost of postage. THE HARES OF KILKENNY. "The boys of Kilkenny," the old song tells us, " are neat roaring blades ;" but this must have been, as another song says, "a long time ago," somewhere about the time ," when we went out a gypsying." Any how, the present boys of Kilkenny are not very much in earnest in roaring " pikes," as proved by a little incident which occurred at a recent confederation meeting, held in that city of blwk coal and smokeless fires. The redoubtable Mr. Meagher —be of the sword—was addressing the boys in question upon the necessity of arming themselves, and they had responded with vehement and applauding cries of " hear, bear," and " pikes," when, says the report : " He was interrupted by a great confusion and outcry amongst the people beneath. The crowd was swaying to and fro, and cries of 'the police,' 'the soldiers,' were raised, which seemed to create a general panic, and some who were carrying pikes, and who had stationed themselves at the upper end of the street, most gallantly took to their heels, and tied up Meeting house-lane, knocking down several women who lay in their way, while others ran in the opposite direction, and did not stop till they reached the Coal-market. Several people were tram pled on and many hurt, and the shrieks of the women and chil dren were loudly heard." Alas, for the" roaring " prestige of the boys of Kilkenny ! We should be sorry, however to hint a word of any want of courage on their part. Their pikemen, doubtless, rushed, not " fled," as the naughty reporter has it, "up Meetinghouse-lane," only to meet and make mincemeat of the peelers and soldiers ; knocked down the women and children only in their eagerness to be at the foe, and only stopped in the Coal Market because they had lost their way. Mr. Duffey of the Nation, however, appears, from his remarks upon the sad subject, to have taken a very different view of the cause of the running. We quote the oracle of the Nation : ' "lie heard acommotion there that night,and had heard cries of 'the police are coming,' and a panic seemed to pervade the meeting at the words. What meant this panic? The people should grow in strength and security, and become conscious of their own dignity. Those present would never do for an army of the people if they were to act in this pusillanimous manner. That was not the way men calculated to form the people's army should act; they should stand their ground, and say to the po lice, 'We are doing no illegal act, and we will continue where we are.' Perhaps the panic was only momentary; perhaps it would have occurred anywhere as well as there; but let them not fall into it ever again. 'A Voice.—lt was women and children. " Mr. Duffy.—Was it women? In Waterford he had heard the women ask When will the time come?' and look as reso lutely.and fearlessly for their country's right as any man. Why should not the women here do the same? Well, they were wo men after all, and he would say no more about it." " Well. they were women after all, and he would say no more about it." We hope there was no sarcasm in tended in the admission, although we are afraid there was. We should recommend the patriot, however, to trust no more to the women of Waterford, who " look as reso lutely and as fearlessly for their country's rights as any man," and to trust as little as possible to looks in either Waterford women or "Kilkenny boys," as possible. There are very fierce looking people, both male and female, who are very hares ; people who can took as well as " speak daggers," and pikes as well, but whose last thought it is to " use them." After all, it would disappoint few people to find that a tolerably fair proportion of the confederate pikemen, as well as of their spouters, are made of this Kilkenny stuff. FIRST DAY'S SALE OF MESSRS. OFFLEYS, WEBBER, FORRESTER, AND CRAMPS'S PORT WINES. The first day's sale of port wines of the above extensive Oporto firm took place yesterday, in the Portico, New ington, and was numerously attended by the trade and by private purchasers. It consisted of 304 lots of pipes, hogsheads and quarter casks of the finest vintages, and all first growths, from 1820 to 1846. The wines, which are stored in the Albert Dock Warehouses, had been on view during three days last week, and had been tasted by numbers of our first connoiseurs. Mr. Forrester, of Oporto, one of the firm, was in attendance; and before proceeding to the sale, Mr. Medland, the auctioneer, in troduced that gentleman to the company for the purpose of making a few observations. Mr. FORRESTER. on presenting himself, said that he appeared before them as the representative of one of the largest houses, as growers and producers of port or any other wine, in Europe—a house whose production amounted to the large quantity of 2000 pipes a year. His object in appearing there was to explain the reasons which had led to the present sale. He was induced to make a few remarks to them by two circumstances ; first, be had to explain that they had adopted the present course because they did not conceive it safe to hold so large a Ftock in the present disturbed state of Europe—and, secondly, by reason of an existing combination against them by competitors, who complained of their offering to the public pure wine instead of compounds. For four consecutive years they had been exposed to an extra ordinary contention by the advocates of adulteration versus purity; and every assertion of his house as to the superiority of the latter during those four years years re mained uncontroverted. He should make no further remarks ; but there was one calumny used against them which he felt bound to contradict. It was said that, be cause they did not throw in the enormous quantity of brandy used by some houses, their wines would turn sour. His reply was, that every pipe which they produced they took care should be thoroughly fermented ; and he had found that, when wines had been thus fermented, they contained of themselves sufficient alcohol to pre serve them. The present. he added, was a bona fide sale, and they.intended during the present state of affairs to limit their transactions to the disposal of the stock annually grown by themselves. For the purity and keeping quality of the stock now offered he pledged the honor of his house. Tne Auctioneer, having explained that every pipe would be guaranteed to consist of 115 gallons, anything over to be to the benefit of the buyer, proceeded to offer the various lots. The first lot, marked double diamond and two grapes, went off at £27 to £2B per pipe; £l4 and £l4 10s. for hogsheads, and £6los. to £7 15s. for quar ters—all sold. The next br nd, three grapes, and U. S. went off, five pipes at £3O, and five at £29 10s. The hogsheads were passed, there being no bidders ; and the quarter casks went off at £7, one lot only bringing £7 ss. The next, the feathers mark was sold, half at £4O and the remainder at £39. Three hogsheads of the same were sold at £l9 and the remainder passed. The quarters were sold at £9 and £8 10s. Of the next brand, four grapes, 1834 vintage, described as very superior, one pipe was sold at £37 10s., and the remainder, with the hhds., at the rate of £36105. The quarters were sold at .Z 8 10s. to £9. Several other parcels of the same four brands, out of other importations, were subsequently offered. The lots sold, however, brought in general lower prices. and a large quantity was withdrawn. Many of the quarter casks appeared to be purchased by private consumers. The Court of Exchequer has refused a rule for a new trial in the case of Mr. Grote v. the Holyhead Railway Company. THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—We regret to state that the case of Mr. Arthur Augustus Lea, who had one of his thighs frac tured and the other leg broken below the knee, terminated fatally on Saturday. The deceased was a young man of great promise, having taken a double second degree at the classical examination at College, and was only de prived of the highest honour by a long and serious illness previously. Captain Blair has rallied considerably. ARREST OF MR. MITCHEL.—The Irish Executive have at length made a bold and determined attempt to put down the treasonable designs of the Irish Confederates. Mr. Mitchell has been arrested and committed to New gate on a charge of treason, under the new act for the secu rity of the Crown and Government. Mr. Mitchel was very calm and collected. He cannot be let out on bail, and will have to remain in prison until his trial on the 20th May. There has been little or no excitement in Dublin in consequence. St. Peter's Parish Savings Bank, Dublin, has stopped payment in consequence of the war panic. It appears in 1831 the then trustees discovered that a large deficiency in the funds of this bank had been caused by the defalca tion of a Mr. Dunne, the then officer of the bank, who absconded ; the law officer of the Crown recommended that the bank should be kept open with the view of making good the deficiency out of the annual surplus, when such should arise. This plan was proceeding pros perously when the run to buy arms upset it. The repeal rent on Monday was £2B. CRIME AND IRELAND.—From an official return of crime and misdemeanours in the city of Toronto, from the Ist February to the 31st of December 1847, it appears that out of 1,361 persons apprehended during that period, no less than 934 were Irish, or more than double the number from all other countries, European and American put together. The contrast is still more striking under the head of females. Out of the 1381 there were 340 females, and of these 287 were from Ireland, being more than five times as many as from any other part of the world. THE FARMERS OF ULSTER. A general meeting of " the tenant farmers, cottier tenants, and working classes of all professions," is announced for Saturday, the 20th of May, to be held at Shane Hill, near Lurgan. The following are the purposes of the ;meeting :—To make a declaration of loyalty to the Throne; to merge all political differences; to require a general reduction of rents ; to have the land revalued ; to institute branch tenant-right associations in connexion with the present association in Derry. The placard concludes with the following appeal : Men of Ulster, your existence is at stake. Under the laws of God, who created this earth and all things thereon, you are fairly and justly entitled to a living on the land that bore you. Assemble then, and assert that right. Be brothers, be determined, be courageous, be loyal, and, above all things, be peaceable." DEATH OF LORD ASHBURTON.—This nobleman who is so well known as the head of the eminent house of Baring Brothers and Co. has ceased to live. His lordship was in the 74th year of his age. He married in 1798 the eldest daughter of Mr. Bingham, of Philadelphia. Though best known as an enterprising, opulent, and most success ful merchant, Lord Ashburton's services as a legislator have been most valuable. He represented Taunton in several parliaments, and was a firm supporter of Sir Robert Peel, until the latter proposed the repeal of the corn laws, which Lord Ashburton opposed, and with that vote it may be said that his political life was closed. In 1834 Lord Ashburton was called by Sir Robert Peel to preside over the Board of Trade. On commercial affairs, on manufactures, on matters of trade, finance and politi cal economy, he was regarded as an oracle. His lordship spent many of his earlier years in America, and at the close of 1841, when the dispute between this country and the United States, with respect to the Oregon territory, began to assume a very serious aspect, Lord Ashburton was selected as a special embassy to Washington, and although he had nearly reached the age of 70, yet in the year 1842 he consented once more to cross the Atlantic, and endeavour to effect an accommodation of the existing differences, and by this step he laid the foundation of the eventual settlement. May 16, MS. US AND T S E E R R L I Y O URSE FALLING B o R F I F T&S 0 H u C R O E M x lkl p EA Ts ' OF MANUFACTURED GOODS. W exhibiting The quarterly the e t e te return, ef t j h u e s t commerceissued bytheef the Boardeeole tTrade,ry. the first quarter of th e p resen t y ea r, gives a sonie unsatisfactory result, a lth oug h it p r esents a few item's 17 a gratifying character. l T lie h g e imports vi o n fri upon foreign supply th an a t th e s a me period last y e t The quantities impo r t e d i n th e fi rs t quarter this year were, of grain 783,485 quar t ers aga i ns t 1,333,824 in first quarter of 1847. Flo ur an d m eal this year 330,1° ' cwts. against 1,270,523 l as t y ear . I n provisions (baegn.o. proving thata n o w f e all er e descriptions cr present iption s less exhibit d ep a gr a. e e e_ a t: falling pork, &e.) the fallin g o ff i s on ly t r ifli n c, There is an 1 crease of about 4600 cw t. i n b u tt er ancec . heese, and a fall ing off of about 2590 head of cattle. The imports 0 t eggs during this quarter were 17,243,141, against 11.527.970 last year, and of cocoa 723,317 lbs. against 129,636 lbs. last year. There has been a decrease in - 11 tish coffee from 2,117,537 lbs. in 1847, to 1,65049 this,o quarter, and an increase of foreign from 1,533,67 9 1133 _,• 1847, to 1,997,477 this quarter. The imports of 5 1 , 16- 0 , from all countries had decreased from 1,333,93 5 CS"' 1847, to 1,132,463 this quarter. There is an increase in the import of tea from 12,425,262 lbs. last year t s 16,500,80.1 this year; of spirits, f rom 1,233,470 gall ° to 1,570,776, •, of opium, from 44,661 lbs. to 50, 514 110.1 and of rice, from 215,214 cwt. to 290,301. There i 5 nd decrease in wines from 1,140,204 gallons to 862,705, of tobacco from 7,793,893 lbs. to 5,531,828 lbs. the The entries for home consumption are generally b uter same ratio with the i m p or t s . Th e excep ti on s are l and cheese, of which th ere i s a fallingoff of 17 5 01 0• J. ~e r e against an increase of i m p or t s an d cocoa , i n which 1 " • is a decrease from 1,002,382 lbs. last year to 177,692 this quarter. The consumption of coffee - , British and Foreign; has been 9,997,504 lbs. this year against 10,554,7 84 13 . 5 ,a year. In spirits and o pi um th ere is a• sma ll increase , °" _.. the entries of tobacco are a b ou t equa l i n t h e two quarte rs In raw materials we have increased our stocks of 11 °1, hemp, tallow, and cotton, and decreased those of raw considerably, and wool slightly. The tallow taken f o r home consumption in 1847 was 152,002 cw t., and this quarter 292,173 cwt. The imports of silk manufactures of Europe in lbs•s v er. 141,132 this quar t er aga i nst 144 , 8 5 6 last year • of I"u".; silks 130,056 lbs. aga i ns t 153,115 l ast year. Th e h° consumption of both shows a decrease. As regards other articles, it may be mentioned that ie dyes and dyeing staffs there is a general decrease, witl; the exception of cochineal and logwood. In almost shde scriptions of hide s likewise there is an enormous fal li n g off. In timber (with th e excep ti on o f ma h ogan y) there _ a slight increase of imports ove r the amoun ts of the two, preceding years, but a large falling off in the quantiti taken for consumption. In metals there is a large in crease in copper ore and in iron, but, a large decrease _ l O quicksilver, lead, an d ti n , a lth oug h t h e exports of thet a latter have in crease d. In spices there is a large incr ease in the import, and a l so i n the export of pepper, the (1 1 1: tity taken for home consumption not la decrease. g increas e 0 Saltpetre shows a considerable decrease. In fruits the/ is a large decline in the import of currants and raisins, but a considerable increase in the consumption. TEE EXPORTS of the produce of the United Kingdote for the three months show a decline of £470,878, as copy pared with those of th e correspon di ng per i o d of 184 ' and of £279,820 as com p are d w ith th ose o f 1847, the di minution being so severe in our woollen and silk matin fa ,fil tures that the tot a l f a lli ng o ff wou ld h ave been s' greater but for a large increase which is observable under the.heads of coals and m e t a l s . At th e same ti m e it ise., be remarked, th a t th e re t urns o f th e tota l exports I °' each of the three m on th s s h ow th a t th e re d uc t i on 11/( exhibited on the quarter has been caused by the Frenc h revolution, the.month ending the sth of April presentingf a decrease as co m p are d w ith th e same month o f 1847 °, not less than £580,583. I n th e th ree pr i nc i pa l ar ticles 0 : manufacture, the quantities were respectively : Cot ton goods first quarter 1847, £1,423,177; this quar, / £4,l94,29B—dec rease £228,879 : s ilk manu f ac t ure s 1 8 ,7 4 ". £258,515 ; tin; qu ar t er £166,951 d ecrease £91,5 0 ' woollen manufacture 1847, £1,587,004 ; this qua rter £l,2s6,333—decrease £330.671. Th ere is a consider able decrease also in the exports of glass, leather, line,g: yarn, machinery (X 38,000), co pp er an d b rass (£134,9 9 c/ lead, salt (X 23,348), wool, and a few other minor artielet The principal increase is in cotton. yarn(£276,899), 0,001 yarn (1&,139), both parti a lly manu f ac t ure d ar ti c les, co a s and culm (£71,389), i ron an d steel (£250,905), tin pl ate (X 30,927), and refined sugar (£15,042). The inhabitants of Southampton have determined O 1 rating the docks of that town. A number of vessels bound for the Baltic ports W e put into Harwich, to wait the issue of the blockade. The Roman Catholics of Templederry have nailed tlr t the doors of the chapel, and declared th a t they will r t ,', allow it to be opened, unless Father Kenyon is restore', his clerical position, he having been s us p en d e d for a / 4 " like letter. 11° - POSEN.—A slight engagement has taken place at R t. galin, where General Pfuel f o u n d th e i nsurgen t s and ,En tacked and dispersed them. The insur g e n t s h a d 3e 0 11 killed, and lost their artillery, consisting of eight I le a. cannon. The Prussians had only four men wou ° The insurrection is now at an end. in There are upwards of 50 daily newspapers publist e- o Paris, 25 commenced since th e revo l ut i on. T o a s t r ap ' entering Paris there would appear to be but one b us ineSSt that of printing and hawking new spapers ; and but one occupation, that of reading them and placards, and going to clubs, . THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 1/4 , SCOTLAND.—At a synod of the clergy of the united diocese of Glasgow and Gallo waya , held on Wednesday, the very Reverend E. B. rti d say, incumbent of St. John's Church at Edinburgh, anw dean of that diocese, was chosen Bishop of the Glasgow and Galloway, in the room of the deceased Dr. Russell. A tailor, of the name of Sanderson, living at Staintonr in Cleveland, a few miles from Stockton, has lately con e into possession of £lOO,OOO, left him by an old uncle, India, upwards of eighteen years since, but o f whose death he was not cognizant till lately. Sanderson is 13 widower with a small family. The Town-clerk of Sunderland has published a not ice to dealers in potatoes, in that town, cautioning 001 against selling potatoes in any other manner than by weight, pursuant to the statute 5 and 6 Wm. IV., ch"„P; 63. The alteration is to come i n t o operat i on in ""- month after the date of the notice, when all parties OS; lating the law will be pro cee d e d aga i ns t f or t h e penalty imposed by the act. An exciting event occurred at Dundry, on Wednesd a y sennight, when the two young Hassells, who were se; quitted at the last assizes, on the charge of murdering their uncle, visited the scene of th t dreadful occurrence' at Dundry, and spent the day with their aunt, Miss lies sell, who provided a dinner for them upon the occasie% Many of the inhabitants having still a st r o ng feeling reference to the murder, and viewing, it is supposed, es late acquittal with jealousy, assembled and b urn t effig' of the two young Hassells, whose portraits they also bl 3 across the road, together with an umbr e ll a . Upon tu t carriage, which contained the visitors, ar r i v i ng a t the sP ° ,. where these preparations had been made, a l arg e concour7 of people greeted them with hooting and with yelling a n several discordant sounds, in which frying-pans and otb,e'i utensils were brought into active requisition.—Bast Mirror: METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STREET ATMOSPHERIC 'A. g Daily Direc- 51,, Temperature' Humidity at tiou , I ; in Pressure at shade by self-, Noon. Wind 3. 1 registering 1 of at 2 9 Nine Six thermometer thermometer Dry I Wet Rain. Noon. a.m.. p.m. Max. 1 Min. bulb. ! bulb. r< • _______ ______ ___ 2.! i—,— Fall of f'l. __...- • - '1 In. : In; Deg. Deg. ! Deg. ' De.. In. 66 49 . 9; 30'24 30'23 65 54 i6B 56 ' s s.w• .2 10!30'31 30'36 70 58 66 58 w.N.w TO'4 111 30 , 34 .7.0'29 73 62 70 •62 or.N.w I? 4 2 12 30'25 30'24 75 61 71 63 o'ol iv byN 7 :, 5 4 13' 30'26 30'20 74 59 72 61 N. L . 50 141 —; NN.W '''' 15" 29'98 29'85 67 61 s sag' THE WEATHER.-9th : a.m. bright; p.m. clouded.- - 1 3 %; bright.-11th : ditto; night light clouds.-12th : briglit.-V..,,es THE WEATH , bright.-11th: di bright; evening electrizity.-1411 occasionally clot :a.-9th: a.m. bright; p.m. clot [no; night light clouds.-12th : clouded, heavy shower, severw is occasionally bright; noon, she ided. ide d.-10 I ight.- --1t e di s clia 3 rg,_ s )vrer._lsto- PRICES OF PROVISIONS IN ST. JOHN'S MARKET, MAY 13. d. s. d. s. d. 1 s. d. °' 0 __. 0 Beef is , lb 06to 0 7 Plums -14 Quart 0 0 0 0 Mutton 0 6 0 74 Filberts 0 8 — 0 6 Veal 0 54i— 0 7 Gooseberries .. 0 4__ 0 0 Lamb, fore grtr 0 8— 0 10 'Black Ditto .. . 0 0 --- 0 0 Do., hind qrtr 0 8— 010 Grapes .... 4;141 6 0 0 Fresh Pork - 0 0 Bacon 0 0— 0 0 Beans 0 0 __ 4 0 Hams 0 0— 0 0 Fowls, lo Couple 3 6 0 0 Salmon Soles Cod Fish 0 — 0 0 Turbot Haddocks 0 0— 0 0 Chickens Whiting 0 0— 0 0 Cucumbers, each 0 6 0 0 Fresh Butter Salt Ditto 0 9 1 0 Strawberries,doz 1 4' ...... 0 0 Eggs .f 120 5 4- 0• 0 Hares each 0 0 0 0 Potatoes, v Peck 1 G— 1 10 ;Pigeons,Vcouple 0 0 — 2 0 New Do., per lb. 0 3— 0 6 'Rabbits I 1G --____:_„_—__------- 5 0 6 6 ---- 0 6 - 10 6- 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0- 7 0 6 ----__--_-- --- ILT URAL PRODIJC :AY 13, 1848. LIVERPOOL AG RIC MARKET, A s.d. s.d. Hay, old, 201 0 6® 0 92 Potatoes, 90tb. New Clover Grass 0 0— 0 0 Cups Straw, Wheat .. 0 4 0 4i Cattle Oat 0 3i— 0 4 Turnips, ton . 0 Barley .. 0 2i— 0 2 Manglewurzel .. 20 5 Carrots, per t0n.24 0 —27 0 Manure SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY MAY 15.—Wind S.E., moderate. wig- SAILED.—BeIIe, Wilbertson, Santa Martha—WM• li r aces ton, Gill, Quebec—Novo Feliz, Trinidade, an d Alarm , c oo Llsbon—Fanny, Playter, Halifax—Wanderer, White, for jot _ Town—General Sale, White, Bombay—Twee Gebroed,erSiandS, vverp—New York Packet, Dring, Africa—Queen , l'l tyv a. Quebec—Mary Bibby, Archibald, Demerara and Hondur James T. Foord. from China off Falmouth • H. M. S. Gorgon, (16,) sailed , from Plymouth for Rio Jan eiro , &c. 13th May. ; .--- LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET , MAY 15 1 ; r icet We have had a fair average supply of Stock at our ll' P r ices to day, with a numerous attendance of customers, an d blotto-' much the same as ofle.lileef, 541. to 6d : per 1b ........ 7id. to 70. -------- LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MAY 16., 1848. 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