The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-05-07 00:00:00

8 ._ ~ . , . TO CORRESPONDENTS. We quite agree with " A Protectionist Churchman," that the constitutional Association is stepping beyond their proper limits if a petition is now lying there for signature, praying for a meeting of convocation "to make a decree setting forth the Catholic doctrine of hol baptism." We always imagined that the high boast of the Tractarians was, that they were perfectl) , content with the prayer-book as it is; but it now appears incontrovertible (as we always contended), that this satisfaction is characteristic of the evange►ical clergy alone. ebt Zibrypoot 'tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING. MAY 7, 1850. WE have before us another communication from -is correspondent, whose letter on the subject of a time currency, as available to enable us to carry out the Pike scheme, we inserted in our publication of the 16th ult. ; and we take the liberty of giving its substance here, in order to found upon his plaii a few remarks of our own. The letter in question, we may state, has been elicited from our cones - pondent by the requests of several friends who are interested in the subject ; and we attach to it our selves the more importance because we know the writer to he correct upon the question of the cur • :rency generally, and to have had experience of the working, in Canada, of the system which he advo cates. Moreover, since the publication of his letter in our columns, we have not observed a single ob jection raised against his views. The bullionists are, just now, wonderfully silent. Their strong holds have been attacked rather effectively, and 'there is no reply. Possibly they feel that late ex perience has left them with little ground to stand upon. In his last letter our correspondent traced a - twenty shilling.note of twelve months date, drawn upon corporation security, from its first issue to its maturity. In the letter before us he is more dis tinct upon this part of the question, and gives his experience in a very lucid manner : " Supposing," he says " as an experimental trial of the working of the ' time currency srtem,' the corpora tion would undertake the completion of the Sailors' Home.' which. in its present state, loudly proclaims a want of funds, or want of financial arrangement; and it really would be wiser to borrow money at 10 per cent. to finish it, than suffer it to remain in its present condition. lam wrongly informed if there are not respectable parties in Liverpool, who would supply ull the requisite furnishings, after the building was completed, and take 12 months -after date corporation notes as payment of their accounts. " Such being the case, the Sailors' Home may be in active, and it is to he honed beneficial, operation in a very few months. Froze► what I have seen accomplished, I am convinced of the y of the due completion of this magnificent undertaking, through the means I have endeavoured to lay before the public. For argument sake, say the Sailors' Home will requi.'• to.finish it 1000 work men, sixteen week , , at 20s. each per week. I will endea vour to show, in a tabular torm, the financial transactions as they will probably occur, and thus illustrate the work ing of the system of issuing notes at 12 months after date, and also of the manner of their being withdrawn from •circulation. Although I may not be quite correct, I shall be suffieiontly so to explain my system, or to make myself understood. " On 14 of May 1000 men are employed ; and on the '7th £lOOO will be nue to them for wages, and thus the system commences : Notes Wages Notesrecd. Total issued pan! back weekly Weekly amt. Date. weekly weekly. forborough addi- of notes rates, &c. tion. out. W'kly 7th May.. 1000 1000 nil. nil. 1000 Ist. 14th 900 1000 100 900 1900 2nd. 21st „.. 800 1000 200 800 2700 3rd. 28th „ .. 700 1000 300 700 3400 4th. 4th June .. 600 1000 400 600 4000 sth. 11th „ 500 P'oo 500 500 4500 6th. 18th „.. 400 1000 600 ,480 4900 7th. .25th 300 1000 700 300 5200 Bth. 2nd July.. 200 1000 800 200 5400 9th. 9th .. 100 1000 900 100 5500 10th. 16th „ nil. 1000 1000 nil. 5500 11th. Thus far, then, wages to the amount of £5500 would have been paid, and work to that extent completed, without the Corporation of Liverpool having been called upon to expend a shilling in hard cash. Mr. Wyberg's signature, as treasurer, and the cost of paper and printing the notes, would have been all that was required. By this time the validity of the currency proposed would have been •established, and in all probability not more than the weekly issue of Elobo for wages would he brought in to be cancelled up to the completion of the work. Say that this requires a period from the Ist of May to the 20',h of August, there will be at the latter date £5500 of the notes in circula tion, having, however, ten months to run. This amount, of course, would be reduced gradually, .and our correspondent anticipates, from his expe rience, that about the 22nd October £lOOO would remain to be brought in, which would probably be entirely liquidated by the end of February, 1851. The interest upon the cost of the building . has been saved up to this date. A valuable establish - ment for the seamen frequenting this port has been opened. Labourers have been employed, and con sumers have been found for our imported produce, ' and for British manufactures. But the Corpora tion have to redeem these twelve months' notes, and it will be said that this cannot he done out of ordinary income. Be it so. There is still a re source, as our correspondent suggests, by which the repayment of any outlay may be extended over a series of years. What is to prevent the Corpo ration from paying the wages of our police in these , twenty shilling time notes ? What is to prevent their paying contractors for clothing of the police, and other similar expenses ? No tradesman would refuse such a currency, and thousands would be glad to exchange their stocks in hand for a security so undoubted. The selection by our correspondent of the Sailors' Home as his example of the working of time cur rency, is made without considering that the Cor horation—the proposed issuers of such a currency — ave nothing to do with the building in question. St. George's Hail might have been mentioned ; yet still the difficulty would arise that the Corpo ration can expend nothing except surplus income. To such an objection, however, we may reply that, practically, there would be no income expended. The Corporation of Liverpool might easily, on its own credit, and without the payment of a farthing of interest, raise money sufficient to carry out any undertaking which would be ultimately remune rative. And here we venture to take a course a little bolder than that of our correspondent, and yet corroborative of our sanction of his system. An act of parliament would, of course, be required to enable the Corporation to carry out the system. Why not, then, go for a greater good than either the economical construction of the Rivington Pike works or the Sailors' Home. Our town is acknow ledged to be deficient in sanatory condition. A large portion of the area upon which it stands has been built over without any comprehensive plan. Unsightly and unventilated courts and narrow streets, shut out our working population from the light and the fresh breeze of heaven ; and it has been proposed to remedy these defects by opening out in selected parts of the town wide thorough fares, to serve as lungs or air passages. The out lay, however, required to effect this important object would be large, and our inability to expend more than the surplus of our income stands in the way. An improvement act would therefore be required ; and say that we propose for the purpose to raise a sum of £500,000. The amount may seem startling ; but we venture to prophecy that, by means of such a system of local currency as that advocated by our correspondent, all that we require could be effected without entailing any material burthen upon our future resources. The expenditure might be spread over a period of, say ten years. No interest need accrue meanwhile ; and by the improved value which would be given to the property required to be purchased, which the Corporation should be bound to sell after construct ing upon the sites good houses and shops, the debt might be in the end entirely, or very nearly, extin guished. We committed a folly in not availing ourselves of the power of carrying out a measure of this description years ago. We ought never, for instance, to have allowed Cook-street to be blocked up by the erection of the Branch Bank of England in its present site, and thus lost the opportunity of forming a splendid approach to St. George's Hall. Burlington-street, again, ought to have formed an opening from the river direct up to Everton ; and from the south end an approach should have been formed direct to Edge-hill. By such means we should have promoted the health of the town, and removed from it the stigma under which it has so long laboured. THE following observations, contained in the able monthly circular of Messrs. T. and H. Little dale and Co., published for Saturday last, upon the subject of the present famine in cotton, are worthy of very serious consideration : " By the steamer which arrived from New York on Monday last, the fact of a short crop for the present sea ion is placed beyond all doubt, and a probability from the cold backward spring that the following one will not be abundant. Should this prove to be the case. what greater misfortune could befall our manufacturing dis tricts ! But it is not the shortness of the crop, so much as the relatively small proportion that Great Britain is likely to receive, which claims attention. "By the annexed tables it will be seen that, at this date 1849, our shipments were 1,041,000 bales, and Ame rica had taken 443,000. This year our shipments are only 624,000, while the American manufacturers have taken 401,000, showing that our supply is simply their surplus : and yet no effort is made to provide a substi tute from our own Colonies or elsewhere to render us in some degree less dependant on the United States for the means of employment for our vast manufacturing _ _ " Much has been said pro and con upon the growth of cotton in the East Indies, - but the climate and character of the natives appear formidable obstacles. Many other parts of our vast dependencies would no doubt grow cotton in abundance—Australia, New Zealand, the Cape, and Port Natal—but, probably, none are so well adapted for the purpose, from their locality, climate, and population as the West Indies, which are known to be capable of producing cotton quite equal and even superior to Ameri can. On this point we give an extract from the letter of an intelligent and highly-respectable estate manager in Demerara, received by a large proprietor in Liverpool by the last mail. In answer to some queries on the subject, he xrites I note what you say regarding the cultiva tion of cotton in this country. There is no country under the sun more favourable for growing all sorts of it, from Sea Island to Upland cotton, and, besides the immense tract of coast from the Courentyne River to the Essequibo, there is a tract of land to the northward of nearly one hundred miles square (having large rivers and creeks) of the finest descriptio n in the world for producing cotton, and will produce two crops per annum for an unlimited time, and a great deal of this land is perfectly well adapted for producing two crops per annum of cocoa and coffee; I say this advisedly, having served my time to cotton, coffee, and cocoa planting, as to cane planting, and having many years ago visited the above-named tract of land. If the British government would only give us fair play, i. e. unlimited emigration from all parts, especially from India, China, and Africa for some years, this colony would pro duce as much cotton as would clothe every individual on the face of the globe with cotton garments, and also pro duce an abundance of sugar, rice, coffee, cocoa, indigo, &c.; all we require is plenty of labour and fair play." " Surely this is a subject worthy the attention of Go vernment ; for if we are to be the manufacturers for the world, the very first essential must be a large and cheap supply of the raw material. If the three branches of po litical economy are to be blended into one—if agriculture and the shipping interest are to be made subservient to the single object of adding facilities to manufactures, and thus stimulating their increase to the greatest possible ex tent, is it not in the highest degree impolitic to leave so large a mass of our population dependent on one source of supply, and that from a country our most formidable rival and most precarious friend, which, should a change of policy be adopted, or any hostile movement occur be tween us. could, by the imposition of a high protecting duty or a prohibition of export, inflict ruin on our manu facturing classes. We cannot suppose that Government is indifferent to this vital question ; but their total supine ness in action would certainly justify the accusation." Long ago we predicted the occurrence of this state of things—that the United States, if privileged by our free trade policy to become the grain growers of this country, would be enabled, whilst affording us vast supplies of food, to inflict us periodically with a deficient yield of the raw ma terial cotton, upon the supply of which we have staked the very existence of a large portion of the industrious classes of this country. The planters of the Southern States, whether with or without the inducement of a short crop, are enabled now, by the returns for other products, combined with the supply of precious metals from California, giving to the population of the union the advan tages of a full currency, to hold back for high rates that particular raw material without which our ma nufacturing population must starve in idleness ; and, at the same time, the pattern republic is sti mulating its own manufactures, and not only de priving us of the opportunity of supplying its demand for cotton fabrics, but competing with us successfully in the neutral markets of the world. How far this policy has been successful is patent to the world from Messrs. Littledale's statement. Up to this date last year the manufacturers of the United States had secured for their own consump tion 443,000 bales against 1,041,000 bales forwarded to Great Britain. This year they have secured 401,000 bales against our 624,000. By the last advices we were told that 600,000 bales would be the lowest limit of their requirements for the present year. Let us endeavour from these statis tics to ascertain what is likely to be our position during the present year. On the 3rd instant we had stock in Liverpool 531,000. The stock same time last year was 600.600 bales, and the crop of last year amounted to 2,700,000 bales, We have on the voyage to this country, on the most extravagant estimate, 100,000 bales more. Probably half the amount would be nearer the mark. The stock in America is set down at 600,000 bales, at the ports, with 250,000 more to arrive—an extravagant esti mate. We thus arrive at a total possible supply of 850.000 bales. Of this, however, 150,000 will be retained in the United States for the consump tion of their own manufacturerrs. Indeed, accord ing to recent advices, we should be disposed to double this quantity. The Continent of Europe will require 200,000 bales, and the balance left for us, on the most liberal scale of computation, will he 500,000 bales of American. From India we may expect, at the utmost, 100,000 bales, and from Egypt, South America, &c., 119,000 bales. The total supply up to the Ist of November will thus be 1,350,000 bales. Taking 25,000 bales per week as the present consumption—and it will have reached this amount when we remember that some 40,000 to 50,000 bales have been worked up this year out of spin ners stocks—we should have on hand on the let of November 700,000 bales. Adding 3000 bales extra per week, the stock would be on the let November 544,000 bales, or about the same that we bad at the same time last year, after a season of abundant yield, but with one f deficient yield before us. We have said nothing, however, of the exports from this country; and further, we believe that 200,000 bales direct from the United States to the Continent is a very insufficient computation. Our present view of the position of the British manufacturer is based, however, upon the very improbable supposition that the planters and own ers of cotton in the United States, and elsewhere, will forward us the whole of their available supply. They will do no such thing. On the contrary, they will withhold from us every bale of cotton they can afford to keep, unless we pay them prices proportionate to our necessities. To keep ourselves out of a positive dilemma, we must work not an ounce more than 15,000 or 16,000 bales per week. Drawing largely upon a stock so low, and with present prospects of another deficient crop, would be madness ; and only lead to ruinous loss, and an almost universal insolvency of the manufacturing community. By the Board of Trade returns for the last month, just published, it will be seen that the export of cotton goods is an exception to the general progress of the country. All the reports from the manufacturing districts concur in repre senting the fact that prices of yarn and goods are not overtaking those of the raw material. Under these circumstances it is tolerably clear that our cottonocracy are about to be flogged rather exten sively. Who will pity them we are at a loss to know. ONE of the most striking characteristics of modern legislation is the continual effort to cen tralize, and to deprive individuals, as well as com munities, of all control over their own affairs. Nearly every suggested improvement in the moral or social condition of the people results in the for mation of a Government Commission or a Central Board ; and the country is threatened with being overrun with an army of paid officials and inspec tors, appointed to manage not only our well being as a community, but our private business as well. Boards of H ealth dictate to us how we shall build our houses, and form our streets and sewers, what water we shall drink, and how much we shall con sume. Our prison discipline is regulated for us upon a pattern laid down by central authority ; and, as a climax of official cleverness, Government now proposes to extend its care of our bodies in life to that of our remains when dead. We are to be coffined, shrouded, and buried by contract, at so much per head according to our station. The origin of this proposal, which has emanated from the Board of Health, is the very proper ob jection made against the practice of intramural burial. Against such practice, especially in large and populous towns, no one protests more strongly than ourselves as most injurious to public health. We should wish also to see 'our large cemeteries better regulated, and burying in large public graves put an end to. In our own town this practice is carried to a fearful extent, an d th e l aw prov id e d t o regulate it is in some instances completely evaded. In his evidence before the committee appointed to enquire into the subject, Dr. Sutherland, the go vernment medical officer, says : " The law requires that graves shall have two and a half feet of earth over all; and an attempt has been made in Liverpool to limit the prdelieeof burying in common graves and pits by compelling the covering of coffins with this depth of the soil. -The law is evaded in two instances in an ingenious manner. At St. Anthony's chapel, Liver pool, a large box, capable of containing the requisite depth of earth is suspended from a windlass over the mouth of the pit, and this box is lowered till the surface of the earth which it contains is on a level with the soil in the church yard. In another instance, a scaffolding is placed in the grave at the depth of two and a half feet from the surface, and the space is filled in with earth, which, however, is removed for the next interments, and thrown on the sur face, The scaffolding is then lifted out, and the bodies lowered, after which it is replaced and the earth filled in. In some instances it is customary to allow the grave to remain open till the whole day's burials have taken place, and then a layer of earth is strewn over the coffins." And again " ST. PATR/CH'S CEMETERY, PARK-ROAD.—There are two public graves open in this burial-ground, which are covered on the top with planks. One of these graves is a new one, the excavation of which is just completed ; its depth is 26 feet 4 inches, its length 8 feet, and its breadth 10 feet 10 inches : it is estimated that this grave will hold from 90 to 100 coffins, large and small. There is one side of this grave cemented, in order to prevent any offensive matter oozing into it from the adjoining pits, which are filled with bodies, and which are only separated from it by a narrow wall of rock about 9 inches thick." The effect of these open graves upon the health of the population in the neighbourhoods where they exist is well known to be most injurious, and the practice, one would imagine, might readily be put down. But the Board of Health go much further than for a removal of this and other admitted evils of our present system, and propose a comprehen sive scheme certainly, but one which will be most costly to the community, and press seriously upon existing institutions and property, and upon public feeling. The project may be briefly described as follows :—ln London all interments in churches and existing grave-yards are to be forbidden, except under special license from a metropolitan interment commission. A large cemetery is to be formed in the eastern end of the town in the immediate neigh bourhood of the river, the existing cemetery at Kensal-green being enlarged for the western end. Reception houses are to be provided adjoining the River Thames—five on the Middlesex side, and three on the Surrey side, to which corpses are to be brought, to be forwarded at regular stated periods for interment. In the case of the poor it would seem that this is to he made compulsory ; permis sion, however, being given to the friends and re latives of the dead to visit the reception house so long as the body remains. The price of funerals is to be " regulated according to a series of scales or classes" (!) Thus, it is calculated that "a first class tradesman will be charged £l6 105.," "second class tradesmen £9 95.," " artizans £2 10s." A gentle mania to beburied more respectably, we presume, for £3B 10s. Of course shrouds and coffins, plumes and phlls, will be provided by Government, who will thus become undertakers upon the most gigantic scale. It is to be rendered unlawful to inter in any burial ground more than one corpse in a grave. Of course a wife cannot be laid beside her deceased husband. The same system is to be extended to the country ; and here we begin to have an idea of its cost, and the army of officials which its working will require. In the first place it is proposed that " all public burial grounds, and the whole arrangement for burial, be entrusted by commission to a small body, not exceeding five, of whom not less than one shall be paid, specially qualified and responsible." Again, it is proposed that " inasmuch as the fees and vo luntary offerings paid to the clergy constitute one of the least of the charges incident to interment, and, at the same time, form, in some instances, almost the whole, and, in many instances, the greater part of the funds ►upon which they have been accustomed to rely, provision be made for compen sation to the benefice on account of the receipt of fees for interments on the average of three years before the passing of the act." Compensation is also to he made to the proprietors of private burial grounds and public cemeteries, and, as well, to owners of private graves. What all this will amount to the report gives us no idea. The exist ing race of parish clerks and sextons is to be re tained as " intramural officers to receive orders (.9 to give instructions, to collect accounts," &c., in order " to avoid the unnecessary creation of new offices." The Board of Health is very considerate in this particular. We shall not speculate as to the degree of favor with which this project will be received by the pub lic. To us, however, it appears the most outrageous proposition by which a Christian people was ever insulted. Admitting all the evils which flow from the practice of intramural interment, to ask that we should hand over our dead to the callous hands of hired officials, as so much carrion that we had ceased to love or to care for, is a little beyond ordi nary temper to submit to. A Whig Government alone would have dared to entertain such a project. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH COMPANY VERSUS WILLMER AND SMITH. Yesterday, the Attorney-General moved the Court of Queen's Bench to make absolute the rule against the de fendants charged with a libel on Mr. Ricardo, the chair man of the Electric Telegraph:Company. Sir F. Thesiger showed cause against the rule, and the Court ordered it to be discharged. The libel complained of insinuated that the plaintiff had used the information obtained by the Company for stock-jobbing purposes. LATEST BETTING IN LIVERPOOL.-PROPHE CIES ON THE CHESTER CUP. The betting on this popular race may now be considered as brought to a conclusion, the only remaining influence being the actual arrivals at the course. We have now only the task left us of giving the prophecies as to the winner, as furnished by the various well-intormed parties contributing to the London sporting journals. First, we place Bell's Life, in which we find " Pegasus" stating that it would be prudent to keep on the winning side Peep o'Day Boy, John Cosser, Ellerdale, Glauca, Miss Anne, Fugleman, Westow, Roland, and Chantrey. Esse darius and Costerly are also in Day's lot; and Pegasus considers them dangerous customers. Essidarius he places first, and Fugleman or Glauca in the second rank. We never, however, remember a race from whichit seemed more difficult to pick out a winner. The Era .chooses Essedarius'as the winner, and is rather absolute upon the question, giving nothing else much chance. The Sunday Times selects John Cosser and Miss Anne as first and second. Where doctors thus differ we shall not attempt to decide ; but our own information is, that Miss Anne will be first, and Glauca or Ellerdale second. Of course we do not ask any of our readers to believe our prediction of the result of a race so difficult to judge of. 'tiVgliPOOL STANDAifi. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. • • The monthly meeting of the Council was held yester• day in the offices No. 4, Exchange-buildings, lately occu pied by the Marine Assurance Company, where spacious accommodation is afforded for the rapidly increasing library of books and valuable documents presented to the chamber, all of which are open daily to the examination and reading of the members at large. After the usual routine business had been disposed of, the report of the committee appointed to consider the Customs' practice with regard to goods in transit, under bond, through this country to other coun tries, was read. It pointed out the injury inflicted upon our trade by the present Customs' regulations, whereby , entries are required to be passed with minute and unne cessary particulars, involving great labour and loss of time, sometimes causing shipments to miss the vessel and the market for which they are intended ; and subjecting goods to examinations, in many cases so objectionable, especially with delicate manufactures, that the tendency is to deprive us of a large portion of the forwarding trade that would otherwise pass through the country, to the advantage of our warehouseowners, shipowners, and other classes. And whilst we thus discourage foreign goods being sent through England, in British steamers and ships, we encourage foreign nations to open up direct communication for and between themselves. It was determined therefore that a memorial, embody ing the leading points of the report, should be drawn up and forwarded to the treasury. The report of the com mittee appointed to draw up regulations for enabling the council to undertake the settlement of commercial ques tions and disputes, was brought forward and received, when it was determined that a special meeting of the council should be called to confirm the same. A propo sition, originating with the committee, on the County Courts Bill; and referred to the foregoing committee, viz., that the opportunity afforded by the extension of the jurisdiction of the county courts, should be availed of for obtaining the introduction of arbitration powers into their constitution, was also reported on, and its consider ation recommended to be renewed at a future period. Read—A letter from Mr. L. Levi, requesting an inter view with the council, on the subject of arbitration. Resolved, that the committee on this subject comply with Mr. Levi's desire. A letter from Messrs. Campbell, Arnott and Co., on the cultivation of cotton in the West Indies, with a sample of cotton recently grown in the neighbourhood of Kingston, Jamaica. Also, a letter from Messrs. Thompson, Anderson and Co., with a pamphlet on the " Black Acts" of India. The committee on the matter complained of in Mr. George Cram's letter of the 15th ultimo, reported that they had brought the subject before the Shipowners' Association, who would give it early consideration, and communicate thereon to the Chamber. A present of parliamentary reports and returns was announced from William Brown, Esq. M. P. YESTERDAY'S POLICE. STEALING FolvLs.—An able-bodied man, named Geo. Birchall, was charged with stealing several domestic fowls. Benjamin Berry, a labourer, living at the top of Great Mersey-street, Kirkdale, between one and two o'clock on Sunday morning, was disturbed while in bed. He went out to a hen-house, where he kept twenty-one fowls. In a short time prisoner bolted out of the hen-house, and complainant, though in his shirt only, pursued him a considerable way, and ultimately caught him. A police officer coming up, the prisoner was taken to the house, and afterwards to bridewell. The officer found in the hen-house a bag, and in it two hens, one dead and the other alive. It appeared the prisoner endeavoured or in tended to knock the whole covey dead from their perches. The prisoner, who bad last year undergone four months' imprisonment for a like offence, was committed for trial, and he continued to smile, laugh, and jeer at the wit nesses, and to make impertinent remarks during the time the depositions were being taken. THEFTS FROM SHOPS.—A little boy, named Thomas Branaghan, an old offender, was charged by Mr. Smith, shopkeeper, Whitechapel, with having, on Saturday night, stolen, in the shop, three pairs of stockings, which he hid in his trousers, but, on being detected, pulled out. He was sent for trial.--A young man, John Powell, was charged by Mr. James Kelly, of 76. London-road, with having run off from his shop, on Saturday night, with three pairs of boots. The prisoner was committed for trial. THEFT FROM A PASSENGER'S TRUNK.—Daniel Cul lens, an elderly man, was charged by a respectable lady with robbing her trunk. The complainant had arrived here by one of the steamers with a view to emigrate to America. She entrusted one of her trunks with the pri soner who was directed to carry it to a l o d g i ng -h ouse . He did so, but when he got there (b e f ore th e l a dy), h o represented himself as the owner, and borrowed some keys, with one of which he opened the package, and took out of it a dress, which he went and pledged for 7s. The sum of 6s. 11d. was found upon him when he was appre hended. The prisoner was fined 75., and xa for the of fence, and three months' imprisonment in default. QUARTERLY RETURN OF THE MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS, IN ENGLAND. We have just received the above return issued by the Registrar-General of births, &c., registered in England during the quarter ending the 31st March last. This do cument states that " While the returns of the exports, imports, and re venue furnish good indications of the production, con sumption, and commerceof great classes in the country,— the marriages, births, and deaths supply a surer test of the condition of the whole population. It is gratifying to find that the general results of both classes of returns are-favourable. The marriages, which in 1847 were so much depressed, and increased almost imperceptibly in 1848, rose to 141,599 in the year 1849 ; and in the autumn quarter were 43,632; which is a higher number than has ever before been celebrated, except in the autumn quarter of 1845. The deaths have also declined ; they were 98,607. The country, which, after the failure of the potato crop in 1846, was covered with funerals—in the train of a multitude of diseases and of two great epidemics, the fatal influenza of 1847-8, and the more deadly cholera of 1849—is now in health again. The deaths in the first quarter of 1850 were less by 21,065, and 21,414 than the deaths in the corresponding quarters of 1847 and 1848. Fewer children have been left fatherless ; fewer parents have been bereaved of their children. Sickness and suf fering—though perhaps not precisely in the same ratio as the mortality—have diminished. The skilled and active industry of the kingdom has been less interrupted by the illness of workmen and the incapacity of masters; the parishes have had fewer poor to relieve; the friendly so cieties fewer sick members to support ; insurance societies less to pay on policies ; everything dependent on the duration of human life has been relieved of pressure; the minds of the people have not been irritated by hunger, fever, and discontent." _ The Registrar-General must, it appears, have his "say" on the all-important subject of the price of wheat. He states . " No attempt has been made to procure returns of the breadth of land or the produce in England ; and the Irish returns of 1849 have not yet been made up ; but there can be little doubt that all over Europe the breadth of land under potatoes, wheat, and the other cereals, in that year, was sufficient to yield, on average crops, enough food to supply the markets. The crops were ge nerally above the average ; the potato did not fail ; and the supply of wheat was consequently superabundant, so that prices fell lower than they have been since 1835. The general advantages of abundance are unequivocal ; but whether the part of the population which is engaged in producing food for sale procure as much money for the good crops of 1849 as they procured for the scanty bad food with which the markets of many counties were sup plied in 1848, or for average crops, is uncertain, and must always remain uncertain, until a comprehensive system of agricultural statistics is organized. No one can imagine, however, for a moment, because wheat was at 51s. a quarter in 1848, and 445. a quarter in 1849, that the value of the produce was in that ratio ; for, if 10 million quarters of wheat at 51s. are worth 251 million pounds, evidently 11590000 quarters at 445. will be worth the same sum. This relation must hold if prices are in the inverse ratio of the quantities in the market ; and if the price va ries more than the quantity, it is, nevertheless, clear that the value of the produce will vary within a narrower limit than the price. The returns from the agricultural dis tricts exhibit an improved state in the health of the great body of the inhabitants : and there is nothing in the facts which can justify us in refusing to ascribe a part of the improvement to the comparatively abundant supply of the necessaries of life." The following are the returns published for the districts mentioned, in this town :- - St. George.—Births 155 ; Deaths 97. The deaths in this district have been only 97—less by 32 than in the corresponding quarter of 1849. The diseases affecting the respiratory organs have been the most fatal ; those from phthisis being 14 ; from bronchitis 11 • from pneumonia 22 ; but from cholera and diarrhoea only one each. St. Thomas.—Births 305 ; deaths 238. The deaths are below the average. The district has been very healthy. Mount Pleasant.—Births 361; deaths 390. The deaths include 160 at the Workhouse and 29 at the Infirmary, and are 31 more than in the last quarter. Bronchitis has been very prevalent and fatal both in the Workhouse and the district. Islington.—Births 325 ; deaths 232. In the correspond ing quarter of 1849 the deaths were 270: in that of 1848 402. The district is particularly healthy. A few cases of cholera have occurred during the quarter, and amongst other places in the district of St. George, Liverpool. 13 persons died of the disease at Bishop- Auckland, Durham. The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society has awarded a silver medal, of the first class, and £3O in money to Captain Purdy, of the Infanta, who so nobly rescued 169 persons from the Cushla Macree. They also awarded £5 to the mate and £3 to the boatswain, the officers in command of the Infanta's boats, and £l2 for distribution among the rest of the crew. SUICIDE.—On Sunday afternoon, a married woman, named Eleanor Spinks, 35 years of age, residing with her husband in Bolton-street, was found by her husband, a publican, hanging by a cord in the tap-room of the house, the cord being fixed to a nail in the wall. She was quite dead. It appears that the deceased had been in the habit of taking much intoxicating drink from period to period of two or three weeks, when she would keep sober for about a like time, and then resume her potations. After recovering from one of these " bouts' , she always ap peared to be ashamed of her conduct, and expressed her determination to desist. There generally followed a great lowness of spirits ; but she was not heard at any time to threaten her own life. Three weeks ago she began to drink again, and was drunk on Friday. She was better on Saturday, and on Sunday seemed to have recovered ; but declined to take any dinner. There was nothing strange in her manner, and her husband left her at three o'clock, and on his return, at half.past six, found her as stated., LATEST BETTIVG AT THE ALBION HOTEL. 11 to 1 agst Miss Anne (tkn) ; 11 to 1 agst Roland (tkn); 11 to 1 agst Glauca (tkn) ; 12 to 1 agst Chantrey (tkn) ; 8 to 1 agst Essadarius (tkn) ; 20 to I agst Fdlerdale (off.d); 25 to 1 agst Priestess• (offrd) ; 13 to 1 agst Osterley (tkn( ; 20 to 1 agst John Cesser (offrd); 200 to 3 agst Westow (offrd) ; 100 to 3 agst St. George (offrd) ; 100 fo 7 agst Fugleinan (offrd) : 9 to 1 agst Peep-o'-Day Boy (offrd, no takers); 1000 to 10 agst Vesta (offrn). Prizes in the Art Union of London have been won by Mr. Edward Lichfield, of this town, who gained a paint ing valued at £l5O, and by Miss Swift, who received a similar prize valued at £lO. Captain Austin's expvdition, consisting of the Pioneer, the Resolute, the Assistance, and the Intrepid, which has been fully equipped and provisioned for three years, at an expense of £9OOO, sailed on Saturday morning at day break from Greenhithe to prosecute a rigorous search for the missing ships of Sir John Franklin. SOIREE AT BIRKENHEAD.—The young men who con stitute the Literary Society connected with the Presby terian congregation who assemble at the chapel in Grange lane, had a literary and social reunion in the school-room, under the chapel, on Thursday evening last. The soiree was well conducted, and the refreshment department was on a scale of elegance and liberality which gave the highest satisfaction to the partakers of the feast, while it reflected crediton those on whom the duty of catering moreespecially devolved. Besides other entertainments, a portion of the evening was taken up by the delivery of short addresses or lectures. The following are some of the subjects se lected :—" On the Anglo-Saxon Race," " On Old Pro verbs," " A few Sketches about Town ;" even the diffi cult subject " Love" had its exponent. The persons present were extremely gratified with the various addresses. TRADE RETURNS.—The Board of Trade returns for the month ending the sth of April were issued on Saturday. They show an increase in the declared value of exporta tions of £418,089 as compared with the corresponding month of last year, and of £1,371,457 as compared with April, 1848. Notwithstanding the rise in the price of the staple, cotton manufactures furnish scarcely any part of the increase, and in cotton yarn, owing to the depressed state of industry on the Continent, there is a heavy falling off. The total augmentation, therefore, large as it is, has been caused by the healthful condition of all other general branches of trade. Amongst the".articlee which show the most striking improvement are haberdashery and milli nery. In the present month the increase on these items has been not less than £53,610, and for the quarter it has been nearly .£loo,ooo—a feet which augurs well for some of the most depressed classes of the work ing population. With regard to imports, the only point calling for notice is the continued economy that they indicate, on the part of the general population, the consumption of articles of luxury, such as spirits, wines, tobacco, fruits, and spices, being nearly sta tionary, and in each case rather below that of April last year. Tea shows an increase, and sugar also, but only to a slight extent. In the use of coffee the diminution is ex tremely great, but this, owing to unjust legislation, must be regarded as an exceptional article. COUNTY COURT. Mr. Ramshicy f the newly appointed judge of the Liver pool County Court, took his seat on the bench for the first time yesterday-. For some cause or other, consider able delay occurred in proceeding to business. At length, Mr. ILmshay, accompattied by Mr. Harden, judge of the Birkenhead County Court, emerged from the judge's room. The parties assembled in the court rose to their feet, and the judge having bowed to the professional gen tlemen present, proceeded to address them. He craved the indulgence of the bar and the professional gentlemen present, as well es that of the public, on his assuming a position somewhat novel to him, and hoped that if he required assistance be would receive it from his profes sional brethren. There was a matter personal to himself that he wished to mention : He had had a very severe illness, and though it had not left any permanent injury, it had rendered him very weak for the present, and, in deed, had incapacitated him for any muscular effort ; he had, therefore, solicited the assistance of Mr. Harden, who would sit by him and communicate with him if it were necessary. He had not been out of bed for ten days, but he was happy to say the head could work, though it was all that could. Mr. J. A. Aspinall rose to reply on behalf of both branches of the profession. He was the only member of the bar present, and he wished to congratulate the learned judge very sincerely on his appointment. On behalf of his professional brethren he expressed the high satisfac tion he felt at the appointment, and was sure that a better one could not have been made ; he had the permission of the other branch of the profession for re-echoing this opinion on its behalf. He assured his honor that the co-operation and assistance of the bar would always be at his command whenever any circumstance should arise out of the arduous duties assigned to his honor calling for such co-operation. The following attornies were in attendance :—Mr. Woodburne, Mr. Yates, jun. Mr. Almond, Mr. Daven port, Mr. Dewhurst, Mr. Pemberton, Mr. Evans, &c., &c. Soon after the commencement of the business, Mr. Huh ton, the %judge of the Preston county court, entered, and after cordially shaking hands with Mr. Ramshay, took a seat by his side on the beneh. The new judge is marked by a courteous and gentle manly bearing, which no doubt will be fully appreciated by the professional gentlemen practising in our county court, no less than by suitors and defendants who appear there; he was evidently suffering from physical prostra tion to no slight extent, indeed he does not appear to possess naturally that amount of strength which is required for incessant application to an arduous profession. The cases which came before the court were generally of a trivial character. Hugh Jones, Wm. Smith, and John Cooper, insolvents, were unopposed and obtained their final order. The case of John Hankinson, insolvent, was adjourned- Joseph Evans, also an insolvent, came up for his final order. Mr. Evans, attorney, appeared for him. The insolvent was opposed by Mr. Geo. Spurr, to whom he owed £5 for .goodwill of premises. The creditor, who was a simple-looking rustic, could not comprehend what the clerk of the court meant by his enquiry as to what was the ground of opposition, his constant reply was, " Whoy he owed me that £5." The learned judge informed him that the defendant's final order must be granted; it could not be helped ; such losses would occur, &c. • "THE SISTERS AT THE HOLY WELL." Engraved by FRANCIS Hom., from a miniature drawing by F. W. POPHAM. The original drawing, and an engraving by Francis Holl, of this interesting subject are now on view at Mr. Gregg's gallery, 52. Bold-street, and will amply repay those of our lovers of art who will inspect them. The scene is one of a very picturesque character; a moun tainous landscape at early dawn, with the misty haze slowly rising in the distance, and revealing the outlines of the distant hills. The indistinctness thus caused is finely brought out, and serves to concentrate the attention to the figures at the well in the foreground, which are charming specimens of the Irish female peasantry. The devotional expression in the features of the sisters is very nicely given ; and the few other figures introduced in the picture are cleverly grouped. Mr. Holl, the engraver, has done great justice to the work, and produced a very pleasing specimen of the art, which we have no doubt will be favourably received by the public. We may mention that Mr. Gregg has just now in his establishment a portrait of a very well-known character in this town—Mr. John Smith, late of the Liverpool Mercury, which is well worthy of inspection, from the novelty of its execution. It is the production of an artist who has recently settled in this town—Mr. Dalton, 131, Upper Islington—and is drawn in crayons. Yet it has all the effect of an oil painting; and will be taken for oil by all except the closest observer. The degree of finish and smoothness which Mr. Dalton succeeds in giving is wonderful, and as a likeness. the picture, which is Kit Cat size, is perfect. Two white pigeons are at present building their nest under ihe pediment of the Town-hall. A memorial to the Lords of the Treasury against the threatened veto of the Woods and Forests on the Bir kenhead Dock Bill ay for signature, during the past week, in the Exchange-rooms, and received a fair number of signatures. The screw-steamer Levantine, ten days from Liverpool, arrived at Gibraltar on the 21st, and sailed for Genoa. The Hellespont, fifteen days from Constantinople, ar rived on the 23d, and sailed for Liverpool. The Bos phorus, six-and-a-half days from Liverpool, arrived on the 25th, and sailed on the 26th for Constantinople. Mr. H. S. Johnson, of this town, was on Friday ad mitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. We recently congratulated this young gentleman on his ho nourable admission at Apothecaries' Hall. Since that period he has had conferred on him the title of M.D. The three honours have all been awarded to him during the present year. We have pleasure to refer our readers to Mr. Percival's advertisement, wherein it will be seen he is going to give a series of flute soirees. We feel convinced that, from the novelty of the entertainment, and the acknowledged talent of Mr. Percival, he will be successful. He has en gaged Mr. John Robinson, who will sing " The Adelaide" of Beethoven. THE BRUNSWICK CLUB.—OPEN AIR EXERCISES.— We are glad to find that the projector of this club (in order to give an increased stimulus to the practice of those athletic games and exercises that conduce so much to health), purposes during the ensuing summer to pre sent to the successful competitor at each meeting a prize of not less than half-a-guinea. It will no doubt raise amongst our young men an honourable spirit of competi tion in quoits, bowls, &c., &c. The exercise grounds at Low Hill will be opened on Whitsun Tuesday, the 21st instant. THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—We scarcely re member a colder commencement of the generally delight ful month of May than that which we have experienced during the last six days. The winds have generally been from the N.E., N., and N.N.W.. rather strong, and throughout of a chilling temperature, especially during the nights and mornings, when the air felt fairly frosty. Even during the day, notwithstanding the power of the sun at this time of the year, the air has been inclined to cold. During the night of Friday a heavy shower of rain and hail passed over the district. On Saturday, about midnight, there fell another heavy hail shower, mingled with snow and rain. Sunday was throughout very cold— wind from N. to N. N. W. The early potatoes have suffered much in lower or North Wirrall, but we hope most of them will recover ere long. Some damage has been done to the same crops at Wallasey, but not to so great an extent as in some other neigh bouring localities. That district frequently sends to market potatoes fit for the table in the first week of May; but very few have yet appeared. Such was the demand that a celebrated green-grocer in St. John's Market, could but obtain on Saturday (to supply customers) one hamperful of " kidneys," from a garden near Leasowe Lighthouse, for which the high price was paid, wholesale, of ss. per lb. The usual price at the beginning of the crop is about Is. 6d., which in a week or two falls to 6d. and Bd. ' The fruit trees have suffered also, but the field crops look well. Yesterday was fine and sunny, but cold. Wind east. THE UNION EMIGRATION SHIPPING OFFICE AND HOTEL.—That very extensive and comparatively recently erected building, originally known as " The British Hotel," at the top of Moorfields, is now appropriated, through the enterprise of several foreign gentlemen, to a most useful purpose, the reception and accommodation of emigrants from the continent of Europe, on their way by this port to the various ports of their respective selection in North America. The style or title of the building is "The German, English, and American, Emigration Shipping Office and Hotel." A more appropriate site, in the vicinity of the docks, and close to the common ter minus of the East Lancashire and Bury Railway could not have been chosen, had any of the valuable land in the locality been available ; nor could a structure have been architecturally designed and constructed on an equal area, presenting greater conveniences or greater extent of ac commodation. On Saturday evening, a representative from each of our local papers and others, visited and in spected the establishment, and were hospitably enter tained by the principal and manager, Mr. Sabel, a Ger man gentleman, who communicated every information in good and forcible English. The whole party were as tonished at the extent and admirable adaptation of the premises, the fittings in which have required a large out lay. The entries and lobbies are spacious, and the rooms — many of them very large, and all well lighted and venti lated—so appropriated as to accommodatein distinct apartments, the three respective classes of passengers. About eight hundred beds in all can be made up, if at any time required. A large number of emigrants, Germans, Austrians, &c., of both sexes and various ages, were in the house, and appeared to consider it quite a comfortable " home." Saveral active gentlemen, assis tants of Mr. Sabel, are in attendance, all of them masters of the continental languages, so that no emigrant need be at a loss. The whole pro-tempore family are well pro vided with food, beds, &c. ; their stay in the house de pending on the sailing of the packet-ship by which they are to proceed ; and the very best vessels of the regular lines are selected. The three classes are the first cabin, the second cabin, and the steerage passengers. Mr. Sabel's partner, and his agents in variou s t owns on the continent, contract with the parties th ere , an d i nsure them and their luggage is right through to th e i r fi na l desti nation. From Manheim, for instan c e, an a d u l t steer age passenger conveyed to New Y or k f or t h e sma ll sum of £6 55., including food and lodging here. Some rumours had got abroad that foreign emigrants were not sufficiently protected while in this country ; but they receive the same protection as British subjects ; and the Mayor, Mr. Rushton, and Lieut. Hodder, who have visi ted this excellent establishment, and expressed their high approbation, have certified to the fact, so that it may be known on the continent. We need but add that the house is well furnished and beautifully clean. 1 7,° ' / _:.:...:~.eir ------------- ef I OSO P CONINIERCIAL AN A 11 I IS " there no Aer2t, business done to influence prices. s t oat tl 1 Idleness has been the partial removal of the injunction !Mott,' ket dttring the past weeke,haracteritstle:Lt):l pany, so• as to allow them to pallinharel , dend ; in consequence of this, ta!,n'i c ee a from 10 1 s. fa 155. per share. 111 .`_.; to-day is firm ; where the n003 11 ..1 0 been altered it has been _wet. advance. Those of business (1?,,,,101:% Leeds preference, Hit ters, 1 18/9 2; Midland Halves.,l_!/:?5; sions, 6 12/6 ; Rt. Helen's RadwaY 4 i ; Leeds and Thirsir, 6 al l o ndon Pr 11' 1 1 • priociP 1 0 There is a lull irz some of our _. ica isr!.d which is not at all snrprising, Po- t of tbe r Cotton trade, after the exciteinea „, rtes three steamers being dam' from tb , ": 0 ... sent one, naturally keep Pa rt t iice9. 7 ing to learn the tenor of their a 4 1 011, 4 to arrive at Southampton, is exPe c "010:" Atlantic is due at Liverpool „l i n e prod regular packet next Sunday. ' o ft,l, however, firm, and rather in farcm,r.l_A by i, 1 In the East India circular pul-tt; H. Littledale, after speakthg ° theA , f 3 bad accounts of the weather, 3 4 c ., . 0 e-, from a letter received from Der se f r j a ncli, effect that there is any quantitY 0 _ n t . ot ing Cotton .lying waste there for 11 8 , 0 1 call the attention of government. l e a d lif , l m ab o o re ur p , a i r . t e i . c , u t l o ar b ly ea a ll s oawlletdhtoat importlalo 0 and China. esci ti V There is nothing par ti cu larly w i t h t y from the Continent. The afalr,,tairgy settled, but great hopes are esthis OP °' days we shall hear the last of eau' The election of Eugene Sue has t biriP uneasiness, and rather unsettled ~e pe , do not apprehend any danger to t° from this event. ar sl `%l• l 'et Tee T r n hepea t i sshdteenmowWaeiciindkae: fortgr aaendde Sugar wth worthye i r sa e roset s f • step ii P i e ; - t , i t ilt.p e: sst / 0 7 , provement both in the quantity a'l,cf/LCdf market to become brisk again.„ ~bt there nt n s s t i o d ßn a see d n T trl ig f e h a o ard e r lse b s ua a h o nt l i a e l l es s f i s n usd s l g i lai , n stpp c a ral et :iirs: : :;oo . t r: 9: 6 :: r .. ,,: il i 1 : : h h h h aao : enx d d ndg u ort s dse s ureo s q . • e: are no t o the gyptia n nm te sar d atsko3 t hnue o pt.oeodptrboip o i.sceslre4B n oy:lsfi l raoeg y soarizßfeet 6o ii,q.rrianseau : se,roze ° B4 i wt i ti: b s hoptr i orsog e iw,b l osbee7 sC oss b tftlpbo s: eparee l tti l b 6u,orot si l: ' ' , Pernams at 16s. Rice is mlll Ol , - ; ,bt 1 1,497 progressing Wet iv t ritr h i e , has been sold at lls. and further sells very freely, and at a fort"; 1•I'i, s a o m o o E unt to about 1,500 hales, at tot mon, to £lB for fine. No den i !A lel 0 0, osoe n oairft C nnen i l tlvgd t 1 0 e d 4ntaeh i 3a dFarTyiedsialaeanym,dlraootlutnoh.oduagyh, witht h em s a t r e kit y el p ar c es o fi v d t3 os4, sal were on speculation. To-day, 4 %cyr t ,' firo', Pigs an advance of ls. per ton 11 " - „ a d 1 " . , A difficulties with the workme°, and °: v tcf f. o. b. at Glasgow. £4 105. is th e ,- 5 We i Bars in Wales, at which some sal e „, brands ;ptu s i The only change in the Provisioteorer..,d, that American Bacon is the turn:ell) ti ll ` 2s. advance. et , Our Wool market is now very ILIIIIOOO trade being absorbed with the v 'the ; t ntfes t lford and Carrie' . Imports for the week er n 'total. ' c; 11 ?" 684 • Irish, 105; Scotch, 16' tra cO ' , April there has been a fair besin es steY in Wools generally, at tolerablYiothisto larly in the middle qualities ou st cL ibe I° o inquiries have been numero th a bra' tinue to be fully employed , v „ l distl it o export. For some time pasta R ill Ptes lower rates than Foreign, an th e tea tp ; o ,4 i turers are now using it largely' t . b e ja: e p •P lower descriptions of Foreign "°'' 9 tk f j" / The advance in price which ba g o ur)* , although further established by 01 . ,tlit)l 1 - 11 04 4 .1. provincial and Irish markets, In h et " IV" i' date, received an important c hest Cp!*.fi; Friday, where the supplies fra„nra gibs 10 4 , .) very liberal scale, (i.e., 17 . s u" if tbe•p• r ii i Barley, and 38,600 qrs. Oats') and 0 ; ' 1 p in the value of Wheat was bar • e ta t bs.l o t i , learn from a competent author' jo t tl be y, quotations from the Baltic h, l n o 01 ,co f 4 import thence, shipments colliilofi T ':',o , r ° o face of apparent loss," The I ,° sa ipa:o 7 tween the value of the different c' A e o f 11 ' 4 and at the corresponding eeri ° ' g':' worthy of notice : VI I i-id' I) 7tlP tPrvd. - st 1 1 , Wheat per imperial quarter.• • • ••' ...11 Barley Oats, , .........: 0 0 ',i 11 1 1 5 f Rye, Pt •• • . .43 V ; . .....: ..:,5 I 011 Beans, :. ••• • ' • .•-• ore f*/ 19 Peas, •••"I;e'ea 1 10 ef e, The trade here • " Friday • h-s --„r ~.,Dt , since ," r tii- n f ' i sii• late, and as holders are ag 1119 , - ;, 3 1 3 , - ,, e , 1 4 , mands for all the leading arr i e,-1/.. , buyers being anxious to get in ac e °_, z) looking upwards. In conseque, ishe'vrefiff Indian Corn had taken in Irelan o 5 5 .„15. r 1 ,4 instances have advanced 2s. 6d ,,', 1 - I c ll9 i iii'd Cork holders are demanding as ; fl ing I li:06 a further advance here this ta ° , a " 0 c fr o t lf." : our previous quotations has `"45 11 ,P`50 11 4, 1 Malt, of which we have bad a gv",i, gybe V arrivals, thence and from Irelg" ea., 4 0 6 11 From the various ports of EuroPeio,9liiriVar to note, up to Saturday night , , g o. 1 ,6 1 `? eluding 1,730 from Egypt,) 4,4Sr oo ossrfie A Oats, 1,027 qrs. Rye, 1,35 6 , 11% sn egg t ir J,S I 800 qrs. Indian Corn, and Itu'"ifros i. A SV of Indian Corn is the only 0° - ••.' WS T OS. O $ 4 , GLORIOUS WORKING It r L A te l J olt, -----", o f )10 fi In the Customs Bill of EntrYnco 1 3 ,0 0 1 of 19 vessels reported from Eur°,,` es to ,1;10/, foreign bottoms, and, with t i. ccl o g t oe , .;,t, lc laden. Several of them tO O ,ueo, sr et III:; than those from which they br'n'•,ll o 6 ,- , frel, .4 ing them cruizers in search 01 5 0 50 1 ,, ,' rilt 44r, a cargo offers itself. One's a ,; , e I ' 7 ol , wheat from Antwerp at little , 6 Or' i iief, ,1 rates; and will no doubt tak e nt ry, b Or colonies, or to some fo r eign c ° l3 iI O i yr/ e r oe . .. shipping hors de combat. eff ects e ;10 1 ' 4 4 length beginning to feel the b0 i11 1 ,0,6' petition to which he has been sal these ',-(oll.isn men of the town will shortly feel t hes°,l o l ,rov custom for their wares. Nn ° 7130: c ne ° while in port farthing which , aboard az, crews and captains living 0 0 . 0 0 train oil, tallow and other aboM l of t of f viej t oitr,' Yesterday (Monday) was a / - "7"" IT Miss Burdett Coutts has giT e i l i i e 0' fr tlP ( t / St. Thomas's Church, Isle 0 . a te , . i). l / 1 The new Roman Catholic Priir e ats .bll O ; AO DP e of Mr. Cullen, of this town )' a- w ith' I Oat r. Another official connected , se a tlt i ario) pri,e 4 o r taken wing. It is now ascerbers es to 1 i who escaped sailed in the Niag s 0000 di The final removal of the re' s ell ri lac e • V i lif tannia Bridge is fixed to take P t o i of June. 0 /1 . 0 ' ola JO 1 The appeal of the bail for L _ n ee l',l till drawn, and we presume the Pr" „ I „ p r Ai , course. the, e P re 4 Our farmers, says the Mar bes t 0, netting 255. per quarter for , t Of part of the country. .0 Lon a s r 40 :,,,, A vessel which has arrived r t t7e, i', s es ofy r has brought 58 barrels ef„. te d 8 4 , 8 ", iv . „,i' :i largo, the produce of the " l o vagl e rocc` fol Cholera and small pox ar e s id te deaths from the former are 8 ire .0 g sets 17F 400 a week. 0 101 0 f hit 0 1 The London ° •t towns in which l o cal corooll,otees 01.00 V promote the great exhibitionit of o tl io The Rev. R. H. Hersc he a D e e f ioacs that a conference of Christian ex h sit t o held in connection with the., up rid, ike subject has been warmly tak i e,", fle tyrl a r,,,. t l ', , Mrs. James Jones, of T o rso wiitt o l`jeo 4 ' Denbigh, has been aPP o in te ., not 1 1 11, : I Y. i i royalty. The coincidence i, i be 0 1 : ‘ ,0 Jil'oe s od Queen Victoria's nurse shoui,, under tlierie4 Messrs. Brown, Hunter an', for e i,oi, liv oun op orp by the far-famed Mr. GI n o .ns t v l ath 0 e erie. ; 0 or one of his many aliasses, the i joi The original may be seen bL io , fog s o yar 0 : , A FORTUNE.--All Old l o ; 001 1 Y 1 bl e p t yJ o ' Broughton, and who hes the bee.itee ...3 by -W i ly II country, and was kno— re ceo Molly,'" (Mary Boyes,) h as fr o P I/ the heir to a fortune of pounds. 1,: 4 - k , --ir it p A p LIS g A 0 0 iti o TUESDAIS F arA l g f el, paiNTED Ai 4 ni t y s 00, , ,, 4 r, EVERY TVESm sof 3 JO' ot; Dit c 2 _,,t pi . 1 By JOSHUA FLETCHIgt f 1 4, LiPirePpoir AO, LEONARD ADDISOi‘ , 1 Call s by' Mi)iter4l) At No. 4. ST. GlCOROS2‘,eived if e; l, , irders for AdvertisementS e ar ' it er ar ry ,ll: l o,Ayo Co., Warwick-square; 11,0003,..,Cecld;tcbc,j ~, Deacon, Walbrook; Refo e e 4 1, r' t ; PPOr 14 11 ;41 ( i dßeinrcHhianin-lamnoel;idJ,os2e7p, hi,ol.olhouVocid.svtretwtre.eAsoti. ors i court, Fleet-street; LeWle arctatee „bit,: A f il, hill; at the London Conaneouse Co,;•01_,,?; at the Jerusalem Colfree'l/ertli e la ,ps, Pr A . , house, Paternoster-row; t . Par'"apstryS 19 house, Threadneed le- 0 ., ~dee . 4 . y, ~, London; Johnston and C94.,''wie,_!: 009 4 Exchange-street, and C. 1‘ v . Door o d a 1 ,1 ter; Haddock. and Jr- anuprestoo.L.ll s li pt; Ali ton ; Clarke, l'ilot-office, , enllpexe or Herald-office, Birmingbein 'street, 0040 Prince's-square, Buchanan-_, cti G I, BIRKENHEAD: TOPIIIINW;01011, PINKNEY, Argyle-Streetllle6. GRIFFITH, Lialniltoll-St llotr. i. 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