The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-09 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. are not able to answer the q Has W. M." seen our paper of Tuesday last? We have • done all in our power to rouse the Protestants from their apathy. Our readers are in full possession of the melancholy features of Mr. Watson's bill. We'cannot insert the letter of "L. M. C." on anonymous au thority. hn Operative" wishes us to express his thanks to the Rev. 3. B!iylee for the information furnished during the late dis- Our correspondent has had all his lingering doubts eussion removal. The benevolent scheme of " A Subscriber" does credit to his Oodlntentions, but we fear it is not likely to be carried out. It is perhaps unnecessary to remark further on the subject al luded to by "One that was present." The insertion of our correspondent's letter would only occasion anothei shuffling, jesuitical reply. The - anecdote, furnished by " A Constant Reader," is forcible and appropriate; and we may find room for it next week. We beg to call the serious attention of all our readers to the lamentable details contained in a well-written letter, in another column, from Mr. James Quayle, one of the redeving officers. The effects . of• fever and destitution, in this town, at present, are appallitm ; and, whilst we ask the Health Committee to increase their efforts to afford -ibe necessary reuiedy, we call upon our readers to remember the peculiar claims, at this time, of the various Societies established for the relief of the poor. The letter, for which we have received some additions, we in tend to insert next week. Our correspondent will no doubt appreciate our motive for not giving publicity to-day to his signature. aCb Zantpoof ,tatibartt. Yearly Sulmeription : Athance, 13$. On Credit, 15s. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9, 1847 IT is now pretty generally understood that the Report of the Commission, sent down by Govern ment to investigate the merits of the several schemes for_ supplying the - town of Liverpool with water, is favourable to the case made out by the existing Water Companies. The Town Conncil, however, haVe, notwithstanding, determined to go on with their Bill for procuring such supply from Rivington Pike ; and, in this conflicting state of opinions upon the subject, we do not think that we are stepping out of our proper sphere in offering a few remarks upon the evidence _on both sides._ In doing so, however, we must distinctly stat leanings, either towards the Water Companies, or either Of the two projects for bringing our supply from a distance.' We wish solely that the Corporation and the town, in order to preserve themselves from the disastrous consequence of a false st e p, sh ou ld pause and weigh leisurely their position; and, at le*, that they should, before going to Parliammt, possess themselves of more sound data in support of their favourite scheme than they appear at pre serit to possess. that we have no It cannot hay scaped the notice of any one, who haS read the report of the last Council proceedings, that there is something in the result of the steps taken by the Health Committee with respect to the Pike scheme, which is reserved from the public eye. In the report which they have just published, we have, of engineering evidence, the opinion of Mr. Hawkesley. Has no other Engineer examined the Country-, with a view to give an opinion as to the cost and feasibility of Mr. Hawkesley's work ? We have Professor Ansted's report as to the geolo gical fitness of the country. Mr. Cunningham, however, was selected by the Committee them selves but his report cannot be squeezed out of the Committee. We have Pro the water; but at least as competent an authority— Dr: Brett—also made an analysis. This is neither given in the report, nor produced to the Council. There is something very unsatisfactory in all this. It may be the part of an acute lawyer to afford as little clue as possible to his opponent, with respect to the weak point of his case. This, however, i not a matter for legal subtlety to h 's analysis of - 47 '" xercised upon. It is a public question—almost a national question. The public require the best procurable supply of water,—not a victory merely of the promoters of the Rivington scheme over Water Companies, —and they demand the opportunity of forming a judgment with the whole case before them. We have adverted to the refusal of the Health Committee to furnish Mr. Cunningham's report; and, although we have not such report authorita tive)y before us, we have no I in giving, from other sources of inform views. Mr. Cunnin ion, that gentleman ham, we understand, went over the district, and first inspected the locality of the lower reservoir in the Horwich valley, where the filtering tanks are to be constructed. The strata he found to belong to the lower division of the ,coal formation, and the upper beds of the mill stone grit. The latter is, throughout, extremely fissured ; and even allowing that, possibly at con siderable expense of puddling, the shale foundation may be made impermeable as a "reservoir, the mill stone grit, from over which the water will have to be collected, will, Mr. Cunningham thinks, permit )1e bo( In th before reaching heme of the Rivington that 'th !sark I Jost ( .1. K. 1).," but he .t the office of the a very consic such 're Pike range the f strata resemble basaltic ( The locality around the A u pon tho mill-stone grit formation, which is seri ously fractured and very ill calculated to retain k portion of the Reservoir itself is upon the coal measures ; but it is doubtful how far they partake of the dislocated character of the neighbour k. Reservoir, in such a local water. ing strat must bepliddled at a large expense, to ensure its safety - the depository of the large body of water proposed to be collected in them. The extent and expensive character of this puddling may be judged of, when we see from the section, that one, the Rivington Reservoir, is to contain a column of water of 52 feet at its lowest point, which gives a pressure of 24 lbs. to the square inch; and that the Anglesark Reservoir is at its lowest point 32 feet deep; which gives a pressure of 151135. to the inch. And this too upon a bed, a part of which is known to be naturally unfavourable forthe retention of water, and the rest suspected of being greatly fissured. In the Rudi]lesworth Reservoirs, similarly situated as to the bad strata upon which they are to be formed, the column of water is to be, in the IN in the East 88 feet. II t 81 feet, and it is certain, that a very expensive process must be resorted to for the pur- pose of securing their retentive power, if indeed such a result can be achieved at all. The strata upon their banks, moreover, are very bad. Upon the whole the opinion of Mr. Cunningham, with respect to all these Reservoi ith the exception lie lower one, is, we are informed, unequivo- The lower Reservoir may be Hy, unfavourabl secured ; but .it around can supply . _ not certain t with the body oA ountry %ter which it is calculated to contain ;hat the Ir. Hawksley calculates in his report of the 30th ry, contained in the pamphlet just published the Health Committee, that from 10,400 acres of mountainous water . shed, he shall derive, at a million of gallons per diem, moderate estimate, 23:1 I which will allow for 800 persons twenty gallons 'llions of ga applicable for °the fention of our readers to th P the above n =pitted it about 17 to 18 square miles Mr. Hav .hoot i containing in round numbers n yearl ,IthoUgh this tained, and is. Tr been satisfactoi by no means well asce caggerated. Now, it h pon excellent ithority, by many 3 that upo w n in question t a third of to / inches I give 15 mil hick - Mr. Cunt 'or Live' report, he invalidates the - whole of the conclusion 3 rived from these analyses. Addressing the 'Awn-clerk, he says,— _ _ " Museum of Economic Geology, " 9th February, 1847. " As you are aware, I proceeded on the Bth of January to the district from which you propose to take Water for the supply of Liverpool, for the purpose of taking fair specimens to report upon and analyse. I was accompa nied by yourself Mr. Hawksley the engineer, Mr. Thine, one of your Councillors, and Dr. Duncan, the Health Officer to the Corporation. _ _ _ _ _ _ " The weather 'was frosty, and I was informed had been dry for a considerable period. The specimens of Water were taken in all cases from the body of the Brooks, which were remarkably clear and colourless; the only. one upon which I had occasion to make the slightest deviation from this description was in the stream below Anderton Ford, which had a very slight white muddy precipitate in suspension, but not so much as to render it at all objectionable." This would undoubtedly be conclusive as to the quality, although not as to the quantity of the sup ply to be derived, if for a moment it could be sup-, posed that we could obtain such supply from the brooks, or if the weather was always as Professor Playfair found it, " frosty," and " had been dry for a considerable period." But that supply has to be obtained by impounding the annual fall of 60 inches of rain upon 10,400 acres of land, a portion of which is cultivated, and the rest composed of deep peat soil and heather ! Instead of " remarkably clear and colourless water" from the body of the brooks, the reservoirs must depend upon the sweepings of floods, carrying with them the decomposed animal and vegetable matter, accumulated during the dry periods. The high lands are principally composed of peat moss ; and the whole is liable to receive a constant coating of soot from the factories and coal-pits. If Professor Playfair would take advan tage of the first period of heavy rains to procure a. sample of water for analysis, perhaps it would alter his opinion as to its pure character. We have already adverted to the circumstance that the water has been analyzed by Dr. Brett, our townsman, and that with his opinion the public have not been furnished. Perhaps .the reason was that Dr. Brett objected to give a decisive opinion without another sample being furnished him. It is, we believe, the fact that the first sample, upon analysis, produced a deposit of solid matter, which led . him to express himself convinced, without fur ther examination, that the water was peaty. Whether or not such water was taken when the weather was frosty and dry we cannot say, but cer tainly, from Dr. Brett's high ' standing as a chy mical analyst, the publication, in an unreserved form, of 'his opinion, would have been most satis factOry to his fellow-townsmen. With respect to the hardness which Professor Playfair discovers in the water supplied by the companies, we are not sufficiently chemical to give - an opinion. It is fair, however, to remind the pub lic that there has never been a single complaint of the insalubrity of the water from any medical authority. And looking at the startling deficiency of evidence in favour of the Pike scheme, above noticed,—the conflicting engineering testimony with respect to its merits, and the knowledge which we have that the efficiency of the present Company's supply has increased, and is capable of great further increase, we have a fair right to call upon the Council to adopt the course which we have suggested beforatime—to pause before they irretrievably commit themselves to a Parliamentary contest, or to the possibly worse contingency of a victorious result. As an instance of the disposition of one at least of the Compa nies, to perform their duty to the town, and as well of its capability, we may mention that a week ago the Harrington Company were apprised by the Town Clerk, that, in Dr. Duncan's opinion, a daily supply was necessary for a certain district. The re quest was acted upon on the afternoon of the day on which" it was received; has been acted upon ever since ; and no sensible effect has been noticed at the Works upon the supply available for the general consumption of the town. IT is a satisfactory circumstance, which the at tentive observer of the progress of human affairs has continually brought before his observation, that whatever may be the amount of selfishness and . tyranny opposing it, the cause of truth and justice, urged with vigour, however humble may be the. station of those by whose energies it is urged, will ultimately prevail. The history of the Factory Bill is one pregnant with this lesson. A few years ago the cry for a restriction of the hours of labour to ten hours, was set down as the cry merely of a few disaffected operatives, led on by demagogues, anxious only to prey upon them, and to profit by the appropriation of the f which it was sought to be urged forward the honest and indefatigable Richard Oastler, en throned though he was in the hearts of thousands of suffering women and children, and boasting a kingly title, before which that of the King of the Rail Way System is as gaudy dross—even the- King of the Factory Children waq reviled as an in 00Z2 _ and the amiable Michael Thomas Sadler sneered at as a mad enthusiast, by the. hollow and selfish philosophers, whose tyranny they sought to put down. Was the result of even these first efforts in the cause of humanity not an exemplification of the saying, that " the truth is mighty, and will pre vail" Wealth, ignorance, the apathy of the public mind, and the cupidity of the manufac turers, were arrayed against these men. Yet their combined influence was borne down by the cause which they had in their hands and in their hearts. The atrocities of the " billy " roller ceased to be perpetrated. The strap and the scourge_ ceased to afflict, and to stimulate to renewed exertion, the fainting limbs and sinews of infancy. The whole system was ameliorated. Public opinion would not tolerate its cruelties, when once they had been fairly dragged before the light of .day. Since that happy issue was achieved, the pro gresi of the measure at first . demanded—the limi tation of the hours of factory labour to the power of human beings to support them—has never been for a day arrested. Their old leader was impri soned, and pined his days in a cell far removed from the scenes of his labours of love ; but his pen pleaded from those stone walls, although his ton gue was silent. A new and noble advocate appeared in the field. Fresh witnesses and advocates pressed forward ; and at length a portion of the demand of the operatives was conceded. The weight was taken from the shoulders of infancy; and twelve hours per day was made the maximum period of adult labour. It was hoped by the philosophers that the sop thus thrown out would appease the claims of the ten hours advocates. But no. They felt that they had a just, a rightful cause. They had measured the extent of the suffering which they sought to get rid of. They knew, by sad experiem much toil the, human frame was capable; could not be seduced into a compromise Of how and they Last on, their cause was only prevented being vic ?ions by a wretched exhibition of tergiversatior. i his f he part ssion, thus far,. it has triumphed, in spite . _ nverful influences, f a. combination of mos has been-, as if it was a questior into the Wednes• Pushed though it of merely subordinate interest day's morning sitting, it has nevertheless been sup. ported by majorities which have half paralized some of its most resolute opponents. Overwhelming however, as was the maiori !another effort was last to prevent its lA. I in favour of its secon( made on Wednesdai going into committee, by a ger; tt—who, himself a turncoat friends )ost of cad to be ambitious of th reel an course; unsuceessfill s defeated by a si Ihe effort was, o amendment of M majority ; and hen Magna e the opinior lee the force of the saying, itas, et prrevalebit an expv ht to put an end to all tempo rising on the part of tho a( Mr. Beckett Den 1 and others, seek to sut stitut( vink the well informed short time committees, o whom these corn THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. tent ourselves with giving a sample from the speech of the honourable member for Manchester, Mr. Milner Gibson. That gentleman remarked, that : "To him it appeared most unacccountable that all the sympathy of the Legislature should have been reserved for the colliery and the factory operatives—that they could not see any other : for example, there were the hospital nurses ; one portion of them worked during 16 hours of the night, the other 11 hours of the day. An hon. MEMBER.—What ! 27 hours ? Mr. M. GIBSON.—One set of nurses did not begin duty at the exact time when the others left off ; but there could be no doubt that they endured great privations and laboured very hard, therefore he would say that the case of the hospital nurses presented an excellent field for legis lation—they worked longer.than the factory operatives— they worked in a worse atmosphere—their duties were often laborious—and he could by no means comprehend why their case should be neglected, while that of the cot ton spinners was thus taken up by the members of that house. Their labours were excessive, and their situation was calculated to excite the utmost compassion—why then were they not included in the present bill ? He thought that the hon member for Newark' need not give up the melancholy case of the washerwOmen. If the principle of the bill before them were a sound principle, they were bound by every law of justice and humanity to give the full bene fit of that principle to every class of Her Majesty's sub jects. The workers in cotton, flax, and silk, were not en titled to its exclusive enjoyment. A society had been formed for the protection of the needlewomen, but the washerwomen worked a greater number of hours, and it was a remarkable fact that those washerwomen formed a large proportion of the out-patients of all the hospitals. Owing to the great number of hours that they remained standing, the washerwomen became subject to varicose reins and ulcerated legs, and th ere f ore he could repeat that they ought to be as carefully protected from the temptation of excessive labour as the factory operatives." It is melancholy to think that from a mi nister of the crown, and a member for one of the largest constituencies in the empire, such rubbish should 'flow as the above. What earthly similarity can there he between the factory worker of tender years, who must toil as long as the engine toils, and the hospital nurse or the washerwoman, who with the fear of " varicose veins and ulcerated legs" before her eyes, can make her own bargain as to the time she washes or works ? Perhaps, how ever, this allusion to two such ill-used classes of womankind as hospital nurses and washerwomen is only intended by the' honourable member as a display of wit. If so, the judgment which prompted it is very bad. So sloppy a politician ought neither to sneer at the Sairey Gamps, nor at the varicose veins and ulcerated legs with which other respectable and hard-working women are oc casionally afflicted. Despite of Mr. Milner Gibson, or . Sir Robert Peel and his allies, we expect to see this ten hours bill passed by a considerable majority. Even Lord John Russell must by this time perceive that the public mind, like that of the factory workers, is set upon its triumph. IN our publication of the 25th of August last, we presented to our readers, accompanied with a few comments of our own, a letter from Dr. Har bord, urging the authorities of the town to flush the sewers, and to afford a continuous supply of water in certain districts of the town, in which fever and dysentery had commenced their ravages. So excellent a suggestion, coming from a gentle man whose efforts to bring about a proper sanitory condition of our town, and to alleviate the condi tion of our ill-housed, and ill-cared for, poor, was worthy the serious consideration of those to whom it was offered ; and would that it had been listened to, as it ought to have been !—many a valuable life would have been saveiL-many a struggling widow have at this moment by her side the partner of her former days of comfort —many a houseless orphan have a home, of which neglect of the great duty of their more fortunately circumstanced fellow crea tures have deprived them. We mention the subject at present because we perceive that the Health Committee are, on the re commendation of Dr. Duncan, about to adopt the very steps so long since recommended by Dr. Har bord ; and which, if then carried out, would, no doubt, have been attended with more beneficial re sults than are likely to be derived from the present rather tardy efforts. SOUP INTERDICTED BY ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN LENT. (From the Dublin Evening Packet.) CONNEMAILA—ROUNDSTONE RELIEF' COMMITTEE, FEB. 11.—A subject of a sectarian nature was introduced this day in committee by the Roman Catholic priests of this district. These rev. gentlemen insisted that soup should not have been dispensed on this day week to the poor, it being the first week of Lent', and imputed base ' and dishonourable motives to the Protestant clergymen Y who issued tickets for that purpose. The sul , ' it was in- troduced by Mr. O'Malley, C.C., who was immediately opposed by the Rev. IV. Crotty, Presbyterian minister, who deprecated the introduction of such irrelevant and sectarian matters in committee. It being ruled, however, by the chairman that Mr. O'Malley should be heard, the following scene took place : Rev. Mr. O'MALLEY Mr. Chairman, it is a fact that soup has boon given this asy by members of this commit tee, for the purpose of casting a stigma on our holy reli gion, they taking advantage of the poverty of the people. Mr. DALTON, treasurer and superintendent of the soup kitchen.—lf these remarks are intended to apply to me, I must exonerate myself. I believe the soup was dispensed at the request of the Rev. Mr. Crotty. Mr. Ciio - rTv.—Rather say at the're quest of the poor, who are starving, and who were exceedingly anxious to get it. Mr. O'MALLEy, addressing. Mr. Crotty.—Did you not know it was Ash Wednesday, and that the Roman Ca tholics are not permitted to partake of flesh meat ? and, then, what could your object in giving it be but to insult us? Mr. Cnorm—Really I must again protest against this discussion as altogether irregular; it will serve no purpose to fight here about your laws and customs. What urn I to know, as a Presbyterian clergyman, of your Ash Wed nesdays or Good Fridays ? My duty, as a member of this committee, is to relieve the poor, as far as is in my power, without reference to sect or party. Mr. DUANg.—You ought to know the laws of our church, for you once kept them yourself. Rev. Mr: CURRAN; P.P,, 'and CHAIRMAN.-Mr. O'Malley is right. The object was to insult our religion ; it should not be tolerated. The Rev. M. O'Malley we are informed, addressed his people on the evening of the above day, in the chapel, and denounced the soupers, as he termed them, also the Protestant clergymen, as enemies to his religion. Does not the conduct of this priest prove the wisdom of the government regulation, excluding Roman Catholic curates from relief committees ? The collections at St. Bride's Church, after sermons by the Rev. W. W. Ewbank, and the Rev. Hugh M`Neile, in aid of the schools, amounted to £7B. The weather here is extremely mild, but seasonable. Yesterday was a lovely spring day. We have plenty of March dust. ' BEISINGTON Cuuncn.—The collection for the destitute poor of Scotland and Ireland, in this church, on the 28th February, amounted to £4l 15s. • The Rev. Benjamin Strettell Clarke, curate of Christ's Church, was presented yesterday, with a pocket commu nion seryice of plate, by a member of the congregation, as a birth-day gift. The two Gas Companies, in this town have amalgama ted, but the Guardian Gas Company refuse to be in fluenced by this movement, and have resolved to persevere with their bill. • TESTIMONIAL —There is now on view in Mr. Doke window, in Lord-street, . splendid engraved silver tea service, which is to be . presented to Captain finish, the manager of the London and North Western Railway, by his brother officers in the company, on the occasion of the gallant captain's removal to London. The service, which is in the Elizabethan. style, consists of coffee-pot, tea-pot,. sugar-basin, and creani-jug, together with a dozen tea spoons and sour-tongs, of the king's pattern. FEVER.—We have already stated that thtee officers of the parish, viz : Rowlands, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Robinson, had died Of. fever caught in .the discharge of their duty. On Saturday, one of the twenty-four police men employed to distribute relief in the twelve districts of the town—William Higgins, No. 619—died of small pox communicated to hilt while discharging his duties. Within the last week there has been a marked increase in in the lower districts of the town are very numerous. THE GREAT MADRAS RAILWAY COMPANY. — Under this title, a prospectus of a project appears in our columns, designed to open out h communication between the lead ins dictrirta lint] Mama . rif khn Mnriract nresideriCV. which appears to us to be singularly deserving of the attention of capitalists. The length of the line projected is 270 milesby the present Winaink ronte, and by this project it will be reduced to 200 miles, the construction of which is estimated at the cost= of £5,000 per mile. The popula tion of the presidency-of Madras, for which this must be the main trunk line is set down at 14,0 certain `rom its ex FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY , return. ' Hitherto the railway enterprise of us country has not fairly reaclie,d Our Indian possessions. We have left , the develo The money market during the past week has been in a tloomy state, caused in part by the drain apprehended to arise from the Government Loan for Ireland ; and consols. are quoted at lower rates. The advertisement of the North Western Railway for Loans on Debentures at three years date, at 5 per cent., and the announcement of the shipment of £300,000 specie by the Boston steamer, con tributed to produce this effect. On Saturday an addi tional depression was produced, by the draughts of the North of England Joint Stock Company being refused payment by their agents. Our Cotton market has partaken of the dulness which extends unfortunately through nearly every branch of commerce. The following is from the circular of Messrs. George Holt and-Co., dated Friday last : " Another dull week has passed over our cotton market. This state of depression does not appear peculiar to our staple, but seems also to extend, in a greater or less de gree, to nearly every article of merchandise and manufac ture. Iu the absence of any further news from America regarding the extent of the crop and probable supply, we are almost entirely governed by the state of the manufac turing districts and the Manchester market. The short time' still continues ; nor is there, on a comparison of the present cost of the raw material with the manufactured article, any inducement for the trade to change their course in that respect. , There can be no reasonable doubt, however, that the very greatly reduced supply of yarns, &c., for so long a period, is preparing the way, by the ex haustion of stocks in the hands of all retailers and foreign markets (just as the spinners have worked up their own stocks of raw cotton,) for another of those periods of ex cessive demand which produce a disturbance to the gene ral commerce of the country almost as injurious as the present depreision ; but such are the fluctuations to which our cotton trade has 'always been subjected—alternating periods of prosperity and depression, mutually bearing upon and producing- each other. " We need hardly advert again to that which is in the mind of every one—namely, how closely this depressed state of the cotton market is connected with the great question of food and finance. This appears to be under stood and felt by all. " In the meantime, and under such testing circum stances, our market remains wonderfully steady and firm in price. We are no lower this week, and although we are very dull for the most part, there are occasional pur chases on speculation, which relieve in some degree the general monotony of our proceedings. Our quotations of prices will, therefore, remain as before." The circular of Messrs. Trueman and Cook, of London, dated March Ist, gives us the following with respect to the colonial and produce markets for the past month : " The sugar brought forward at the public sales in the early part of the month met with a brisk demand, and sold at an advance of 6d. to Is. per cwt. ; subsequently, however, very heavy supplies of East India and Mauritius came in, and importers being anxious to take advantage of the existing demand, large sales were pressed upon the market, which brought about a decline equal to 3s. per cwt. on the prices current at the end of last month." The deliveries for the month give a total consumption in Great Britain of 42,100, against 30,600 in tne corre sponding month of last year. In coffee no change of importance has taken place during the past month ; for although at one time, there was a slackness in the demand, and prices of Ceylon reached about Is. per cwt., this has latterly been fully recovered, and they are now on a par with those ruling on the Ist. ult. Ihe transactions for home consumption have been consi— derable, the trade buying with great confidence at the existing prices, and altogether the market is in a healthy and satisfactory condition. "The sales .. of indigo, which terminated on the 19th ult., contained 9,494 chests, viz., 6,350 chests Bengal, Benares, &c., and 3,140 Madras, Kurpah, &c. Of this quantity 8,000 chests found buyers, being the largest amount ever sold at this early season of the year. The prices obtained ranged from 2d. to 6d. per lb. higher than the October rates for Bengal, &c., and 2d. to 3d. for Ma dras and Kurpah. Since the close of the sale there has been a fair extent of business going on, and from 200 to 300 chests have been sold, mostly of the better descrip tions of Bengal, and the low and middling qualities of Madras, at prices quite upon a par with the sale rates. The reduced supply in importers' hands for the May sale will, probably, have some influence upon prices, and pre sent rates will, no doubt, be firmly maintained. " The imports for the two months have been 2,263 chests, against 2,3'30; the deliveries 3,859 chests, against 4,126; and the stock is now 31.581 chests, against 31,711 in 1846. " The tea market has presented no new feature during the past month ; the trade have taken freely of the new teas offered on arrival, but there has been no improve ment in rates. The stock of tea in this port on the pith ult. was very nearly the same as that at the same date - ast year, being 29,905,0001 b.. azainst 29,295,0001 b.; while the deliveries to the same'period were 4,63,0001 b against 4,142,0001b..in 1846 ; and the imports 2,759.0001 b only, agaiiist 3,695,0001 b. " In rice, with a comparatively limited demand, prices during the early part of the month continurd to recede, until a decline of 3s. per cwt. from the highest point was established ; a reaction then took place, consequent on a renewed demand for shipment to Ireland, and the quota tions are now only about 6d. below those of the Ist ult. " The market for silk throughout the month has been exceedingly dull, and the arrivals both of Bengal and China have been unusually heavy, consisting of about 1,500 bales of the former, and upwards of 5,000 bales of the latter, exclusive of 3,300 bales into Liverpool. Public sales are to he held on the 24th inst., and as the quantity to be then offered will no doubt be large, prices for the present are almost nominal. At a public sale held at Liverpool on the 21th ult., consisting of 761 bales of China, 700 bales soid.at a reduction of (id. to is. on pre- vious quotations The advices by the Indian mail, received on Thursday, are not of a character calculated to raise the drooping spirits of the manufacturer. The Calcutta market was difficulty obtained. ihTiemanTf;;;;;liiteMTil twistwas not very brisk. Still, a fair business was doing ' • and for some counts, the tende nc y was upwar d s . Th ere has been more animation in the market for metals. Copper—Tile has been in demand, and sales to some extent are reported at about 34 4 sa. rs. per maund ; sheathing has also been placed at Co.'s rs. 37 4, and brazier's at Co.'s rs. 37 4 to 37 12. Iron—Several sales have been effected in common bar, at from 2rs. 14a. to 3rs. per maund, the latter being for fresh arrivals. Spelter has been gradually advancing in price, more, however, from the firmness of holders, than f. om any extensive sales or increased inquiry. Exchange on England has been steady, 2s. 04d. to 2s. Old. per rupee at ten months' date having been the extent of the fluctuation on good paper. Freights are stationary, and little alteration expected. A Bombay circular, dated Feb. 1, contains the follow ing : Cotton Manufactures.—The foregoing general observa tions are meant to apply particularly to those, and little additional falls to be added. Gray domestics, which lately were in"demand for the Arab market, have, since last issue, been sold at 8s to lOs below former prices. Turkey red cloths, both twilled and plain, have also been disposed of at a reduction. The holders of gray long el toths and gray 'domestics, seem fully more desirous of selling than parties are of purchasing. Sales in conse quence can only be effected at a reduction of price. Fine White shirtings'and 45-inch gray ditto are , also in some request, but there is no improvement to notice in their value. 7-1 and 8-4 cambrics are scarce, and would com mand good . prices if now in the market in moderate amount. Cotton Yarns.—Sales of twist have not been made to the usual extent, and a slight decline on several of the numbers,. both mule and water is quoted thus : Metals have been in fair demand without alteration in prides. Cotton.—There is still considerable activity in cotton shipments for England, but prices have a tendency down wards, partly attributable to the inferior article on hand, and to the scarcity of available tonnage in the harbour, - and consequent advance in the rate of freights. Shippers of this staple for China are doing nothing, preferring ap parently to wait the arrivals of new cotton to operating on what remains-of the old. Of the new, some trifling par cels of Oomrawutty have been received, and for which 88r; per candy is asked. Vreiglits..:---To Great : Britain continue firm at £5 55., with an upward tendency, owing to the small amount of available tonnage in the harbour. To China freight is nominally 14 rs. Exchange is slightly advancing, being now quoted at 2s. Old. to 2s. 04d. Th ere seem to :b • more drawers than buyers, the sales of English goods not having am ou n tett. tO much, and the purchases of raw cotton 'being considerable. The rate of exchange on Calcutta, at sixty days'is now stated t 6 be at above 08-15-6 rs. ; on sight, 11fidras - and China no quotations. Price of bullion--, sovereigns, each, 10-14 rs. ; Bank of England notes, per:X, 10-12-Ors. BOARD OF EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES At a Board of Examiners, held on Tuesday last, Capt Ilk 'qualified for - a first-class master's certificate. Mr. liomas W. Asbridge, late chief-mate of the Rajah Bassa, Whitehaven, was likewise examined and found duly qualified for a first-class master's certificate. .SERIOUS ASSAULT.-A female, named Ann Grove, was yesterday charged with committing an assault upon an kaaayaauia 4111: parries naa a quarrel, when the prisoner sti the complainant on the head with a bar of iron. The jured party -was unable to attend and give evidence's - 4G1i.16 Ul/11111 chatge of murder, and ordered her to in default of payment be committed fo'r two months. Sktr.LETON FOUND.—On Saturday, at noon, the.skele ton.of a man," — suPposed to have been about twenty-five years of age, veal' found by the men engaged in digehiz The bodi'wo; n underground ,ne •foundtion fpr the Sallors' Honu, found in what is presuMed to have been A. passage, and, according to the medical testimony, the marl i 4 suspected to have fallen a victim to foul play, iossessions • Ond of his.tpoth-... hmitp. ANNUAL SHIPPING STATEMENT, BY MESSRS. AYLWIN & CO., FOR THE INDIAN COMMER CIAL YEAR, 1845-6. In introducing these most important Tables to their friends, Messrs. Aylwin congratulate the commercial world upon the increased imports into Bengal of salt during the present year, amounting to 502,616 bazar maunds, or nearly 18,50dtons, which is one-fifth of the total manu facture of the East India Company. We have on previ ous occasions noticed the valuable services of Mr. A. C. Aylwin in this country to get rid of the enormous im post upon this article in our Indian territories. His views are here fully confirmed by the firm, who state that if the trade were fairly thrown open. England might safely cal culate upon supplying from 150,000 to 200,000 tons, even should freights be raised to 40s. instead of 205., the rate at which the past import has been effected. It is difficult, they say, to estimate the vast benefit which would accrue to our shipping interest and our manufacturers if the peasantry of India were relieved from the pressure of a monopoly which compels them to surrender three and sometimes four months of their annual labour to procure a - necessary which could be immensely cheapened, thus giving them a large portion of the fruit of that labour to expend upon our manufactures. The bearing of the tax upon the articles of sugar and hides has the effect of re pressing exportation. In the former article they calculate that its abolition would enable us to procure from India a further supply of 80,000 tons annually; and that from the general stimulation of commerce India might be expected to be able to take from us cotton cloths to the extent of £2,000,000. beyond her present consumption, and to em ploy 225,000 tons extra of outward and 100,000 tons extra of homeward shipping. Of the tables furnished by Messrs. Aylwin, we must necessarily give only a mere outline. Table A gives, for instance, the entrance and clearances of British vessels in each year since 1820. We can only give the two extremes. In 1821 the British shipping " entered inwards" at ports of the United Kingdom from British colonial ports, was 2532 ships, 656,213 tons. The clearances were 2698 ships, 663.145 tons. In 1845 the entries were 5685 ships, 1,895,529 tons. In 1821 the entries of British vessels from foreign ports were 6669 ships, 863,891 tons. The clear ances were 5766 ships, 757,295 tons. In 1845 the entries were 13,817 ships, 2,289,744 tons. The clearances were 14,008 ships, 2.427,552 tons. Messrs. - AYlwin remark that the abolition of the salt monopoly would tend to equalize outward and homeward freights, thus cheapening sugars, rice, and other commo dities, to the British consumer; whilst it would remove the necessity of shipowners selling the consignment of their vessels in Calcutta to those agency houses which can supply the greatest amount of homeward cargo to ensure dispatch. They remark, too, that although the greater part of the supply of salt will go from Liverpool, eleven vessels arrived during the last year with whole or part cargoes of salt from London, the major portion of which, to their own knowledge, paid the shipping a nett profit of upwards of 40 per cent. ! ! ! Table B.—The imports into Calcutta in 1840-41 under British Colours were 545 ships, 202.166 tons. The ex ports were 619 ships, 202.497 tons. The imports in 1845- 46 were 549 ships, 220,031 tons ; the exports 717 ships, 267,698 tons. The imports under Foreign Colours, were, in 1840-41, 66 ships, 21,183 tons; the exports were 80 ships, 29,914 tons. The impo r t s i n 1845-46 under Foreign Colours were 80 ships, 29,914 tons ; the exports were 98 ships, 35,327 tons. Table C. contains a vast mass of statistical matter of great interest, tracing the imports into C a l cu tt a f rom 1793-94, when we find " none' to 1845-46. We shall content ourselves with tracing the progress from 1837-38. In that year the total British imports were 509 ships, 137,143 tons, of which 123 ships, 55,132 tons were from the United Kingdom direct, and via" the Cape, and Madras. The total foreign imports were 87 ships, 26.547 tons. The grand total for the year was 596 ships, 163,690 tons. In 1845-46 the British imports were 1,080 ships, 286,024 tons, of which, 267_ ships, 136,575 tons, The foreign The grand total were from the United Kingdom direst imports were 99 shins, 34,030 tons was 1179 ships, 4320,054 tons Table D. gives the clearances for the same years, viz., 1837-38, of British exports, 444 ships, 146,372 tons, of which 124 ships, 59,289' tons, were for the United King dom direct, or via the Cape and Madras. The foreign ex ports were 86 ships, 25.739 tons, Grand total, 530 ships, 172,111 tons. In 1845-46, the total• clearances, British exports, were 725 ships, 262.620 tons, of which 282 ships, 140,220 tons, were for Great Britain direct, or via the Cape and Madras. The foreign exports were, 114 ships, 38.075 tons. Grand total, 839 ships, 300,695 tons. T" ber of -' he R: the num, snips in ti. ttiver Hoogly, at the close of the commercial year, was 87, of which 9 were loading for Liverpool. term inwarus, anti tatairtai uuiwarus, trom and to places within the limits of the East India Company's charter, from the .Ist of January to the 30th June, in the years 1844, 1815, and 1846. The totals are as follows :—En tries inwards, half year of 1844, 406 ships, 166,382 tons ; 1845, 488 ships, 202,032 tons ; 1846, 503 ships, 208,984 tons. Clearances outwards, same period, 1814, 545 ships, 202,056 tons ; 1845, 475 ships, 194,371 tons ; 1846, 490 ships, 203,386 tons. In this period the entries from Lon don have risen from 116,632 tons, in 1844, to 148,926, in 1816. Liverpool has increased from 37,031 tons, in 1844, to 50,338, in 1846. Bristol and Hull have decreased from 4807 tons, in 1844. to 2374 tons, in 1816. The Clyde and other ports had 7822 tons, in 1844, 4301 in 1845, and 7046 in 1846, sheaving a large decrease in the average of the last two years. The Clearances outwards chew an increase from London, a decrease from Liverpool of 15.500 tons, a decrease of about two-fifths from Bristol and Hull, and a small increase from the Clyde and other ports. Table F gives the number and tonnage of vessels en gaged by the Land and Emigration Commissioners, to convey coolies from India to the West Indies on the 2d and 11th June, 1846. The number of the 'ships was 33, the tonnage 19,902. From Calcutta five of these were destined for Jamaica, seven for British Guiana, and four tor Trinidad. !from Madras, five were for for British Guiana, and four for Trinidad. lamaica, eight Table gives the monthly' and average homeward rates of freight for the last six years, for dead weight and light goods, as follows :-1840-41, for dead weight. say sugar. per ton, from Calcutta to London, monthly aver age, £5 10s. 10d. to £6 Is. 6d. ; 1841-42, £3 4s. id. to £3 10s. Id. ; 1842-43, £3 Os. 7d. to £3 2•L 106. ; 1843-44; £3 14s. 3d. to £3 Pis. 3d. •, 1844-45, £4 15s. sd. to £4 18s. 4d. ; 1845-46, £3 to £5 4q. 2d. For light goods, say shellac, per ton of 50 cubic feet, from Calcutta to Lon don, 1840-41, £4l4s. 2d. to £4 12s. 3d.; 1841-42, £2l2s. to £2l9x. ld • lg-12-43, £2 Os. 9d. to £2l2s . Id. ; 1843-44, £3 7s. 6d. to £3 9s. 7d. ; 1844-45, £4 6s. 7d. to £4 10s. ; 1845-46, £4 Os. 9d. to £4 4s. 9d. From the above tables, Messrs. Aylwin,-adopting the conclusion that the rate of homeward freight is regulated by the available supply of tonnage and the quantity of produce to be shipped home, and considering that the supply of the former will be seriously diminished by the number of vessels taken up for Coolie emigration, whilst few vessels unloaded in other ports and other countries are expected to call at Calcutta, and produce is abundant, -argue that increased rates of freight may be anticipated. The remainder of this highly valuable compilation 'is more immediately interesting to East Indians, and u. r _rties desirous of entering into commerce with that country, than to the public at large. We may , however, gather ;ntortlst to be c0mmnni....4...t on another opportunity,. inventing In the meantime, we cannot and research with which their circular has been got up. If our readers could see its great extent, and the immense mass of figures to be dealt with, they might even think that we had been a little industrious in affording them this abstract of its contents. IMPORT AND CONSUMPTION OF FOREIGN CORN IN THE YEAR ENDED STB JAN., 1847. A. parliamentary return has just been published of the wheat) imported into the United Kingdom in the year ended the sth January, 1847 ; also of the quantity entered for home consumption in the same period ; the results of which we annex. Of foreign wheat we imported 2,001,474 quarters ; of British colonial, 350,433 quarters ; total, 2,351,907 Quarters. ()nr vntrina fnr rnnam mr.+:n n quarters _ . quarters ; total, 2,96'2.832 quarters. The quantity of grain, &c., imported from Ireland in the half year ended sth January, 1847, was—of wheat, 73,865 quarters ; barley, 47,757 quarters; oats, 477,914 quarters; wheat meal or flour, 186,610 cwt. ; and oatmeal , 169,006 cwt. The court of requests in this town will cease its opera tions on Saturday next ; and, on the Monday following, the small debts act will come into operation. Any person after that day bringing an action for debt • in any . other court will have to pay the costs of the same. INQUESTS. — The following inquests were held yester day :—On Edward Hughes, an old man aged 82, residing in Worrall-Court, Naylor-street. O n Tuesday last, the deceased was crossing the south bridge at George's Dock, when the shaft of a cart caught against b: kmckei „um aria _ him down, and the wheel passed over' his right leg ant fractured it. The deceased was taken to the Northerr HOspital, where he died on Friday hist —fin . • a boy eleven years old, of St. M ar ti n - s t ree t, who also died in consequence of being run over by a cart about a month ago. in. Dale-street. It appeared, that in neither of the 'wen. A SILVIBY TIIIET rilson WAR hrnnulit Yesterday, a n named Edwari 'he prisober was a patient in receiving medical aid in the house, but the robbery being dficovered, he was given into custody by Mr. Graham, the house-surgeon. Mr. Rushton commented, in strong receiving the, benefits of .a ri - shlti3vnt nn nrin of t k ;rant'. to be Committed fortiial • iarity, and actually commit a ;s. He ordered the prisoner 'reeson March 9, 1847. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EyernEss LONDON CORN NiAktKET.--VOTERDAv. The arrivals of English Malt for our market week were somewhat large, while those of Flour were moderate. Of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Beans, and Peas,, of home growth, the receipts were, taken collectively, small. The - re was a slight in crease in the supply of scotch Bar!ey ; but from Ireland only about 900 nuarters came to hand. The imports of foreign Wheat and Flour were trifling, but upwards of 27,000 quarters of Oats, and a fair quantity f Barley, came to hand. From Essex the receipts •of Engiish \heat fresh up this morning were good, hut by no means of very superior quality. The supply from Kent was less than that received on Monday last while from the Essex coast the quantity was barely an average. Although the number of Samples left over from last week wag comparatively small, the stands were tolerably well, but by no means heavily, filled with parcels of red and white English Wheat. There being again several buyers from France in attendance, we have to report a very steady demand for all descriptions. About 1203 quarters of Kentish red were disposed of for imme diate shipment to the French ports, at an advance in the quo tations obtained on Monday last of 3s. per quarter ; while, for home consumption, 35. to 4s. per quarter 'more money was paid for red qualities. In white parcels not quite so much business was doing as in red, nevertheless the currencies im proved 2s. to 3s. per quarter, and at which nearly the whole of the samples were disposed of. Owing to the foreign demand, red Wheat is now bearing a very hiAli relative value to white. The quantity of foreign Wheat brought forward was unusually small, and, no doubt, will continue so for some weeks hence. This article was in good rtquest for France, and about 2000 quarters found purchasers at a rise in value of from is. to, in some few instances, 3s. per quarter. Notwithstanding the show of Barley was but moderate, the Barley trade—arising from the heaviness in that for M a l t — wa s dull, at an abatement in the value of fully Is per qr. Foreign Barleys were a mere drug. 'flue supply of Mait exceeding the wants of the brewers, all kinds mined off heavily at a reduc tion in last week's prices of froni Is to 2a per qr. The market being very heavily supp , ied with foreign Oats, buyers held off, and the prices were Is to 2s per quarter lower than on Monday last, and at which the market closed heavily. In Beans, next to nothing was doing, at an abatement of quite Is per quarter. Peas were in short supply and slow inquiry. at unaltered prices. Flour—both sack and barrelled—was held at Is to 28 more • money. Indian Corn, both on the spot and for arrival, was very firm, but not dearer. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YarrnR nA Y. The weather being somewhat warmer than last week, the butchers evinced but little inclination to purchase largely. The primest arrivals were, however, in fair request at prices about equal to those paid on Monday last ; but the inferior and second-rate ones were heavy, at, in most instances, decline in the quotations, of 2d. per sibs. The highest figure for the best Scots was 4s. 2d. per Blbs. At the close of the market a total clearance had not been effeced. l'be numbers of Sheep were considerably on the increas t e, and of full average quality. Although the Mutton trade was somewhat firmer than on Friday, it was by no means so active as on this day se'nnight, and prices ruled a trifle easier than on the latter day. A few very superior old Downs sold at ss. 2d., but the more general figure did not exceed ss. per sibs. With Calves we were scantily supplied,- yet the Veal trade was in a very s.uggish slate, at t barely stationary prices. In Pigs only a limited business was doing, at last week's currencies. There were a few Lambs in the market, but they sold very irregularly. MONEY MARKET.—YEs-rit It DA Y. The English Stock market opened rather better to-day, bat hes gone worse since. 'I he rise in wt eat again this morning, the continued heart-rending accounts from Ireland, the unfor tunate embarrassment of the North of England Joint Stock Bank at Newcastle, and the high rate of interest afforded by railway companies on debentures, all concur to favor bear operations. Consols were 894 2, but are now SR 8 for transfer to-morrow. Time bargains have bee n ma d e a t 894/ ; and the new scrip le flat at/ # prainium. Exchequer Bi Is have realised 3s. to 6s. premium. The New Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. have 13eeit 92 to 911. The Three per Cents. are shut. Bank Stock is firm at 203. No fewer than 70 persons are said to have perished at the fire in the Carlsruhe theatre, the destruction of which is announced in another column. The celebrated Mrs. Wood, whose appearance hero created' uch a sensation a short time since, is announced to sing at two converts t.r.vt week. The attendance will no doubt be exceedingly great. Lord Howden arrived in London on Saturday from Paris. His lordship had a lengthened interview with Sir R. Peel. We hear that his lordship does not depart for Rio Janeiro until the close of the ensuing week. FATAL ACCIDENT.—On the 2d ult., as James Walsh. of 50, Bispham-street, was working in the hold of a ship ! a carlr of t. 111.11 ili;rmetri ~C Lk °ant/FULL IP. Ul file sung, tell upon ~ injured him so severely that he- died on Thursday. AMERICA.—We have not had any later advices front America since our last. The packet-ship Henry Clay, which was to leave New York on the 6th ult., is fully due, and the steam-ship Cambria will probably arrive in; him, ati, tune for our next publication_ MR. O'CoNNELL's HEALTII.—The reports as to Mr- O'Connell's health are very conflicting. It is said, how ever, that he is alarmingly ill, and is labouring under diarrhoea, in addition to his other complaints. It is added that his mind is affected. FIRE LAST NIGHT.—A fire brake out last night, about ten o'clock. in a joiner's shop and yard, in Cartwright place, between Clayton -street and Byrom-street. An engine was promptly on the spot, and, before going to press, the fire WEI'S subdued. . JENNY LlND. — Jenny Lind has finally arranged to come to London and sing at her Majesty's Theatre, Mr. Lumley giving her an indemnity against all actions for breach of contract with Mr. Bunn. The battle in the courts will therefore be fought, if at all, between the two manage' Pursuant to previous arrangement, a deputation frog" the Irish p ar t y ," consisting of Lo:d Monteagle, the Right Hon. Frederic Shaw, M.P., Mr. George Alexander Hamilton, M.P., Mr. Edward Grogan, M.P., and Ikft: Anthony Lefroy, M.P., waited upon the Prime Minister at his official residence, D owning -street. on Saturday lam' for the purpose of submittin g to his lordship certain r'q . dutions condemnatory Of the proposed new poor 10', 4 . regards the extension of out-door relief to the aostituw . able-bodied labourer; the assessment of urions at large instead of electoral districts ; and the powers intended to• be conterrec on relieving officers RATE OF INTEREST.—An advertisement of tenders for loans to the London and North-Western Railway Com pany, to be paid . nterest for at the advanced rate of 5 per cent. per annum, has excited much attention, and rather taken people by surprise. It was considered, rather super ficially, perhaps, that a powerful, high-dividend-paying and large capital-endowed company like that, should be enabled to borrow money upon easier terms. Its securi ties, in many quarters, are held to be scarcely or little inferior in value and solidity even to those of the govern ment. The fact should, however, rather be taken as sign of the times, and with a regard to accompanying circumstances. For it must be observed, that no sums of lass than five thousand pounds are to be accepted, and that the rate of interest quoted is not gauranteed for more than three years. FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT and SUPPER LOUNGE, 17, CLAYTON-SQUARE. Those who have not yet visited the ORIENTAL DIVAN should not onhit an opportunity; for the arrangements not only surpass those of every similar Hotel, but the viands are of the Choicest kinds. An excellent Steak, cut in the London style,P l charged 9d.; and it may be finished with a half-pint of splendi Amontillado Sherry, or fine-flavoured Port, for One Shilling. The Oriental has been flattered by the following notices from our local Press : The elegance with which it is fitted, the prompti tu de and neatness with whi c h every thi ng is served up, render it the most fashionable restaurant. — Standard. The Restaurant Clayton-square.—We have no doubt the pro mises which Feenv makes to the he will, unlikenacbeth's witches, keen b ot r- to the ear and the hope.—MercurV. The dinners and suppers cannot be excelled for variety, or lowness of charges.—.4iNen. It consolidates the'reputation of the proprietor as a caterer for the public.—Mail. Suitable to all classes; the wine is undeniable. —Times. BILL OF FARE AT THE FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT, For THIS DAY, the 9th, and TO-MORROW. the 10th inst. THIS DAY. —Mock Turtle, Hare, Mutton Broth, and Gravy. FlSH.—Soles, Codfi s h; an d Whiti ng. Saddle of Mutton. Pigeon Pie, veal and Ham, Soups, ITwo o'clock Roast. Pork_ -Boiled Beef, Roast Lamb, Rump Steak Pud ding. —Boiled Fowl and Ham, Shoulder of Mutton. —Roast Beef. -United Rabbit and Bacon. Rabbit Pie. Tarts and Puddings. Three o'clock Four o'clock Five o'clock. — Six o'clock.— TO-MORROW. Sours.---Mutton Broth, Gravy, and Mock Turtle. Ftstf:—Haddock, Soles, and Codfish. —Roast Turkey, Boiled Beef, Haunch of Mut- 'One o'clock ton. Two o'elock.—Rabbit Pie, Roast Beef. Three o'clock.—Roast Pork, Calves' Head and Bacon Four o'clock.—Beet" Steak Pie, Veal and Ham. Five o'clock.-:---Roast Leg of Pork. Six o'clock.—Pigeon Pie. Puddings, Tarts, and Pancakes. Half-pint of Fine Amontillado Sherry, or full-flavoured Port Is. ; Pint, 25.: Quart, 4s. Cup of Coffee, 4d. ; with Toast or Muffin, 6d. Plain Tea or Coffee, is. Ladies will find the Restaurant a most respectable House to call at for Refreshment. London Oysters rec maany ,m Ml• 1,1 L/2111CI, IJI - 15. ...111e following are the opinions of the Press : -•— • CELEBRITY OF THE LONDON OYSTERS. The acknowledged superiority of the London Oysters, and the difficulty of obtaining them regularly even in this great commercial town, 'has induced the Proprietor to arrange with one of •the first Fishmongers of Billingsgate, from whom he daily receives AN A'RUNDANT SUPPLY OF THE NATIVES; but as all the Liverpool journals have eulogised them, Mr. F. sub mits their recommendation rather th an hi s own_ "A, dish of the finest Oysters we ever remember to have seen or tasted ; we can honestly re commend them."—Mercury. " We can safely vouch for their tine condition and excellent 41...••••••• • isakf non •••-•••••••:-.1.- :o pay t Journal,. le Divan a visit. and leliciou's r=•=ms,.,uwever they may be G their opinion on bother subjects, give their testimon) unit nimonsly in favour of Mr.Feeny's excellent London 0 testers.' —Albion. splendid th nueu quality' at -nan can now procure it e Oriental Divan, Clayton -square.". Standard. 2UEAI MISS CUSI T ins P Romeo Juliet Deleval , , Clara 1 ; Pit, r c s ie . lB 6 d i f 7 s~f price t ....The .ri vate B Ikl °rs to to !flee to cm, * a ge Door neatre. PORTR resti Charac JOUR NU NAL )YOLS. I, Price 4s, Gd W Office of _Supplied 1W Zonth John CONCI M RS Admissio served Sean will be issu be had at tl "following ix Double Ticl CONCI MR. L and 1 re sPectfufly DR, On the Eve next, the 17 The Dran auctory Rei It, Twelfth and llachel The Vora Shakspe it rne, Mat Mendel ssot To sive e Focalists al K• Musi '• F. ALT) . . Acftnissio l erved Seat the Series c n i.aY be 'G st ree t ha, • boors , Preciselyo,. CON ei M 0 N gsotera Geerede n acknowled4 For this in order Many whic NOtwiths ,"" the env 'Re Orchesl kenade, Is Further Tickets t LIVE] EMI info] 4-,:iLLEo°II Ine 22d Will A b e ""' the Der rari C ommitti PRESE] SI ODEL Tins p the va do itnmena, As the M to give all I duced to SI STA ORE CL A ~..onden 1 -.las EnGHAD EDG,A atd WEBS' t a s a mover: CITY co V SIT( I cross fr 11 .4 the omission) tr. the ' s Labnd , , Eve e R. c most pi OPI2 flattering .k.to n ienon, 1 I,l r. Claude "In Mr. meanie g fru distorted. Obviated th. With the lid "Mr. 0: and shade t in their nal Position, in of the poss Plate."—At SEA. T• HE I AR Visi tors,L ev , days, o liarch 13 WILL posses, Mers vv K 4 tUtes pa: kets wil Ne, 3d Brie RI " ALTER I CHARI • Gi AT hAMC e Xtraordin t t herefore tl ap urgent-i The foil Treasurer: The Misses The Misses. peter Ewai AG's'i nj s.l: I , lr. John I H enry The Mi.gpQ ions o: parties. We have, therefore, left the result of this expensive and I „. lq Qf 7 And now, water. Profe with respect t I' Lyon Playfa favour of its softness lengthy details of his 11 W . ielius that here, in the o. to th er purposes," and )sorbed by these )r Liverpool, as )er diem ! ivality of th ghly in ere; and these men have found it, by the best of all tests—experience. Ten hours is their ulti matum. Give them less, and agitation will still go on, with all its heartburnings, until their full object is forced upon our millocracy, perhaps by combination and a turn-out, at a period when they will be infinitely more inconvenienced than by the passing of the bill at the present moment. We do not purpose here entering into any ex amination of the laboured and sophistical argu ments used. by Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, and others, in opposition to th e mo ti on on Wed ge o Th. I nesday for going iato committee. W e shall con- to the slow working of the Indian government. 111.0' city article of the Dimes of Friday affords a Stiiking instance of the disadvantageous results of Government under takings, as compared with those of private enterprise, in the . case of the construction of the Ganges canal, which has been for sit years constructing at an enormous outlay, whilst the scheme, if confided to a private company, would steadily have progressed towards completion, since the ca.: pital would have been raised, i rres p ec tive of any political causes that might affect the revenue of the country , or divert the energies of the Government. We trust that this company will, in its own local . ty, prove to the world that the effects of private enterprise need never be de spaired of, and ;be instrumental in developing the resources of 6 country so important as is QM' Bast Indian empire to Great Britain. :ore deaf The premis which covered the ground chai;ic'ters , OBTAINING GOODS UNDER FALSE PRETENCES Yesterday, a miserable-looking girl named Ann Summ lint, was brought before the magistratt above offence. It a charged with the peared, dui Went to a grocer's'.slop kept by Ann Whitley, and said she bad been sent by Mr. Parker, of Boundary-place, for sornd groceries; She added, that she was servant to Mr. Parker:' As the party had Some knoWledge of Mr. Parker, the gocas were sent; Nit, on inquiry, it turned. out the prisoinef had made a .fraudulent representation, and she was accordingly &Nei into custody. The prisoner was retuandtd. found.in his garden, in . .Collingwood-street, unc Sunday morning, he was awakened by hearing a noise in his yard, got up immediately, and went to ascertain the cause of it, when he found the - his business t [lour for a par prisoner, who in re king for a job :o , be seeking work, saii he scot anu gave him into custody. It appeared th e pr i soner was very drunk when brought to Bridewell, and the proba bility was, (as he himself stated) that he had got into tl.e complainant's premises without any intention of com mitting a felony; under those circumstances he was find ss. for being drunk, and discharged. r uesdaY• •• • 9 . - 10 — 334 13 ,Vednes day .10 4 1 431 12 3 Thursday. .11 5 8 548 11 11 26 I 13 5 AYI, ZTC Sanday in Lent, LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 1847, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING , By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street. At N 0.4, ST. ORCOBAIie* CEESCENT, Lxvugran. kr, DismC J. 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