The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS, Peter Marro mbeau Gre and had be( surveyor al well written, but the object of ned. What information is it afforded to strangers arriving nistake in the wording of a sen to the Bank of Liverpool having yal Bank. The former establish never ceased for a moment to , ointedf ,d to be a society to si Litended to be why th associa• at corn• result at which t , n to learn from "A Con isfactory results in the of All Saints. The tern. vady found too small fo numbers remain outsid, We are Lew church, but this thoritative wa Ebt Eibtrpoot &tanDatt. TUESDAY MORNING, FEB. 8, 1848 interview of the deputation Lord John Russell, on Wed- t of a large reduction of n scarcely so satisfactory a 1. The extent of the social a derived from such a admits. But a doubt to the financial results. The novement for cheapening the . . . lv of t British people, as one upon all ings upon social and moral im as in a financial view, with the liform penny rate of postage, of fulfilled, so far as financial the expectations of its advo- L conviction before him as r of the two measures, he h he a Nnd with sue similar _ in the present critical state of the public revenue, any prospect of a speedy adoption ended to them, by which, he a be created in the na have to he made up for other form. fare not hold out, taxation in som all the length of the advocates of existing duty upon tea, as to the nancial difficulty, although we posterous and unequal character ire prepared to contend that the and moral character which must to those which will be reaped by of the nation, fully warrant the expe ired upon. \Te agree, corn ertson Gladstone, whose able r of the measure, as one of the deputation, 'atitude of all classes of his fellow t, even supposing a trifling loss of t in the first instance, the measure protection merely, to be con of a commercial people. Gladstone showed, al details last week, is We have to deal in pletely, with M s one of ceded the o Our tract and as w pping from china with a pecul ►le, who, notwithstanding ny increased personal in have shown themselves their pre.iudi nge of commodities le tariff rates which in the first instance, to levy unon with u reason ey propose tion, however, is accoin- _ ) experienced, with a tion that we should take, as a its to China, the produce of recious metals of that country ; r Ave have not shown a dispo !responding spirit. The enter he produce of China, to this and we tax that article at the rate We cannot therefore Mr. Robertson Glad na has retaliated upon )sition of a duty of from 25 to 30 f our commodities as are or of their country, which is already having the effect )f partially closing the Chinese market against us. d, as x nplied con( sition to aet in a c , importable article, froni 100 t wonder that, as stone, the us, by th 'ernment of ( nsumed in the in measure of retalia lative to the declining rt trade of our own port with that country, is, to be depended upon as authentic, by the aggregate returns of The following a ;atement, out as it is POOL TO CHINA Yards Plain Ctn 5,434,082 Yds. Printed & Coloured Pounds Ctn. Yarn 1,930,097 e demand for ou creased largely in nel tton and woollen m ly every art )een those But we are prepared to think that we el ler piece of plain c n our exports in part, the Chi- _ . s suppled. The ex country during the last year have cle both of the inufacture ; and more parti- descriptions, ants of China. Mr. fectly right when he iat our heavy imports China had to send us ie markets of that countr land VV s lord ds the the importance of a pon other grounds 1 character. We demonstrate that br - art - w ,uungunity, retcnision of Jur present impost upon Tea, far more than we could possibly lose of Revenue by the adoption of a low Duty. Take, for example, the industrial loss, by the falling off of the China Trade, sus - •--- east year, in the decrease of the neri ires alone We ex- yards of 72 yards, and in his article of plain would be the , g Mr. Burn's 6 23,5/ relative values of the ti calculation that t average of weight of each piece, on an ds length, was 51b. 12oz. In 1845 cotton exports to China were 4,437,094 pieces, led at 6s. 6d. per piece ; which would give a d value of the plain colicoes, shipped to China, In 1846 the number of yards, lation, will represent 2,945,161 lued by Mr. Burn at 6s. 9d. nt of £994,142. In 019 yards value at 's. 4d. per piec ?ort of 2,251,1", a gross ex- ill give us amount £847,288. We have, therefore, a falling off, in this one article of plain cottons, of £994,142 from 1845 to 1846; and also a further decline of £96,850 in 1847. In other words had the trade continued as in 1845 China would have taken of our goods, up to the end of 1847, £4,326,165. Yet, notwith standing an advance in the price of cotton and yarn, and consequently of manufacture, our ex ports to China in „ 1845-6 and 7 amount e d t o only £243,405, or 'o millions sterfinej Now taking these plain Calicoes to average five pounds twelve ounces each piece in weight; allowing also 1. oz. per lb for loss in spinning— in all each piece containing 621bs. of cotton,—we have the following result. A piece of plain cotton in the average of the three years was thus made up, as to its value, viz Cotton for the three years Overage cost of Upland slbs. at sd. per lb.; waste in spinning, 16z. per lb., or goz, per piece. The outlay therefore would be about 61d. per lb. for the raw material of our plain cottons exported to India and China, the remainder of the price being composed of profits of machinery, wages, &c. ; or, the cost would be 2s. Md. per piece for the raw material, the remainder of the price being labour, 4-c.; and as we have shipped during the year 1847 in 1" 2,251,126 pieces against -z, ).945,161 pieces 3, and 4,437,094 pieces in 1845, the loss to the manufacturer and the operative will stand in something like this proportion: _ _ Am - ount of labour and profit lost on de- ed shipments ai piece on in round numbers, 4s. per *difference of 1,472,933 y& £294,586 from the profits of British industry during the past two years, in this one item of our manufactured exports to China, in addition to what has been already lost of this trade by the of our Indian Markets. And it is little wonder that a sei .uinous decline itive people like the Chinese refuse to take our goods, and even prefer buying them at second-hand from the American shippers, as has been the case during the past year, when we find our own imports from China retrograding during the past year, as the following statement will chew. Liverpo PORTS FROM CHIN 1847. Lb All other English ports Glasgow All other Scotch ports Dublin Belfast Cork All other Irish ports 26,094,190 712,181 243,153 2,744,855 1,562,347 2,014,118 923,704 3,461,985 26,094,769 5,793,490 776,275 244,030 2,442,030 1,465,370 2,037,893 801,640 3,777,002 896,400 1,122,926 630,376 633,002 1,382,204 1,366,150 On all grounds, it appears perfectly clear to us that this question of a reduction of the duty on Tea is one, with respect to which a wise ministry would yield, and submit to follow the popular will. •We know not, however, whether we can expect any such graceful concession from the administration of Lord John Russell. He has on many past occa sions only proposed such concessions when politi cally in extremis ; or when he has stood upon his order, or upon his previously-declared opinions, he has only done so to see a political opponent come forward to pass the identical measures from which he has himself recoiled. His lordship ought not to make such a mistake on this great tea-drinking questio n we remarked last week upon the state ment of the accounts of the working of the Albert Dock warehouses, as given by Mr. Henderson in the Council, our object was to elicit some informa tion more satisfactory thpn the conflicting opinions which appeared to prevail, as to the profitable character of that establishment. We had only Mr. Henderson's figures, and his remarks respecting them, to go upon ; and we do not see how, from those figures, any other conclusion could be come to than that which we formed, viz.—that the ware houses were not remunerative to the Dock Estate. We have now another statement before us, furnished in accordance with a motion of the Dock Commit tee, apparently with a view to remove the im pression conveyed by Mr. Henderson's statement; and intended to shew, whether satisfactorily or not our readers must determine, that the warehouses in question are paying a per tentage of eight per cent. upon the cost of their construction. We give the document in full : TEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS ON COUNT OF RENT Dr.—Cash. —To amount received on account of rent on goods, from 25th September, inclusive To amount outstanding Septembei accrued Total amount out _ standing . 4,608 1 6 4,742 1 £6,968 12 4 roportion of con solidated and ma nagement rates.. 1,859 18 1 £8,828 10 —To amount received on account )f rent on goods, from 25th 1,567 December, 1847 To amount outstanding, accrued 25th December. 2,218 16 7 £3,785 18 11 Total amount out- standing £7,658 2 10 Contra.— Cr ,—By interest on bonded debt, £471,754 2s. 3d., for 3 months, at 41 per cent By premium on policy of instil.- 3 months. )r rates, water, gas, & •eceivable 102 18 0 1,126 9 6,536 12 1 2,813 10 10 350 2 11 24th.—By interest on bonded debt, at ion of premium on r ,nsuran ce 34 6 0 By portion of poor rate s, water, 375 9 9 £3,785 18 11 Memorandum mated rent on goods remaining DecemberJB4l6Bsl6s - , week, amounts to Yearly rentO;rums. £35,663 11 0 ann . 273 9 -4 Annual rent 235,937 0 4 R. P. AUSTIN, Principal General Officer. Albert Dock Warehouses, 31st January, 1848. We must express our wish that the account now furnished had been more explanatory and less liable to the same objection as that which we com mented upon last week. Moreover, it is a pity that the account, as furnished by the committee for the half year, is, in our minds, quite irreconcileable with the account now furnished for the last three months of that half year. In the first item it will he seen that the account gives, as the " amount received on account of rent on goods from 25th September inclusive " to 24th December, the sum of £4,608 ls. 6d. ; and as " outstanding, ac crued since 24th Dec."—(the italics are not our own) —a further sum of £4,742 is. 5d.; spewing the total earnings for the quarter to have been £9,350 2s. 11d. Now, it will be remembered, that, in the account against which we last week objected, it was stated by Mr. Henderson, and not denied, that the amount set down as "received and outstanding" on the 25th December, included the receipts in part of the outstanding debt and the remaining portion of that debt itself. The present account, undoubtedly, gives us the outstanding only as " accrued since the 35th September "—as strictly earned in the quarter. But with respect to the amounts " received," there is nothing in the face of the document to satisfy us that it does not in clude all payments during the quarter, whether of previously outstanding debts, or of rent earned during the quarter. Should it he the case that of this £9,350, set down as the rent for the quarter, any portion consists of monies paid for rent pre viously earned and left outstanding, it will make a very material difference in the estimated balance of profit. The same remarks apply to the statement of accounts from 24th December to 24th January. We are not assured that the sum of £1,567 2s. 4d., received during the month, does not include pay ments on account of debts left outstanding on the 24th December. Signed When we examine the details of the accounts closely, we cannot but feel convinced that such a mistake has been committed ; and that the sum set down as received does include payments so made. Thus we find that on the 24th December there was a total amount for rent outstanding of £6968 12s. 4d., and a further amount accrued in January of £2,218 16s. 7d., making together £9,187 Bs. 11d. Yet we have the total amount outstanding given us on the 24th January, as only £7,658 25, 10d, There must, therefore, evidently t, we a THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. have been a liquidation during the month of Jan uary to the extent of £1,529 6s. ld.—the difference between the two amounts. If the committee's ac countant had assured us that this sum had been separated from the receipts, there would have been no ground for observation. But there is a further circumstance which calls for remark. The account for the half year, it will be remembered, gave the earnings and out standing on rent account at £13,600; and of this it has been understood that a sum of upwards of £3,000 of previously outstanding rent had -been erroneously included, leaving the actual rent for the half year somewhere' about £lO,OOO. Now, it is a little singular, and only accounted for on the supposition of a similar error having been com mitted; that the rent for the last three months should be £9,350, or within a few hundred pounds as great as the total rent of the half year. The one or two additional warehouses open in the last three months could not make the difference; and, if it is urged that the business of the docks had sustained so rapid an increase as to produce such a result, we can only hope that so gratifying a business will continue permanent. The estimate given in the memorandum at the foot of the statement, we must submit, appears to us extremely fallacious in its principle, as shewing not what the warehouses are, on the average, likely to pay, but what they would pay if they continued full as at present. The committee tell us that the rent on the goods which they held on the 24th of December last would amount to £685 16s. gd. per week, and multiplying that sum by 52, and adding an item for yearly rent on rums, they assume the probable annual rent to be £35,937 Os. 4d., which would pay, it must be acknowledged, a very hand some interest upon the capital embarked. But what was the pcculiar feature with respect to these warehouses on the 24th of December? We know that they were unusually filled—inconveniently so for working. The very quays, which were to have been oden for carts to approach the vessels dis charging, were in many parts filled with produce. We have the reason for their being so unusually occupied from the Dock Chairman himself. On Wednesday last, he stated, in his place in the Council, that " there is merchandise lying in the Albert Dock at the present time on which actually £107,000 remains unpaid; and unless the trustees go to Parliament to amend that act, that amount must remain unpaid so long as the owners of this mer chandise desire to let it remain there." Now, take this £107,000 tohave accrued upon an average freight of £5 per ton, which is perhaps beyond the mark, it represents merchandise to the extent of 21,400 tons, the bulk of which would probably never have come there had the existing system not afforded facilities for their placing it in pawn, and spared the importers the necessity of making prompt pay ment to the shipowner. The chairman evidently contemplates seeking for powers to compel removal and payment; and, when such powers are obtained, a large portion of this produce will no doubt go at once into consumption, and cease to be tributary to the warehouses revenue. It is not, therefore, very fair to take the condition of the warehouses on the 24th December as the foundation of an estimate for a year. Put out of the estimate two thirds of this 21,400 tons, thus, as is admitted, oppressively pledged by the importer to evade the payment of his just debts, and we shall probably arrive at something approaching to what ought to have been our prospect of remuneration from these warehouses. Or if it is presumed that they are likely to remain nearly filled up as at present, we ought to have an account on the debit side of the balance sheet of the salaries and wages going on whilst the various employees,—warehouse-keepers, clerks, porters, Jumpers, coopers, &c.,—will have little else to do than to look at each other. We must repeat that our only reason for recur ing to this subject, and, as it may seem, question ing the accuracy of the principle upon which the statement above furnished has been drawn up, is to elicit some explanation which shall be satisfactory to the public. For ourselves, we shall be most happy to be convinced, if we have been starting imaginary objections. We understand that the Lord Bishop of Chester will consecrate St. Paul's Church, Prince's Park, on Thursday, the 2d March. EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet ing of the board, held on the 4th instant, Mr. David Rowland, jun., third officer of the Britannia, royal mail vva couuti for a first-class mate's certificate; and Captain Thomas Hawkins, the Penang, of Liverpool, was found duly qualified to re ceive a first-class extra master's certificate. LONDON PROVISION WAREHOUSE.—The advertisement of Hamilton and Co., who have openei a provision ware house in Elliot-street, in the London Style, appears in our first page. The superiority of the Wiltshire ham and bacon, and other southern cured provisions, is acknow ledged, and the means of obtaining them retail will be ad vantageous to the public. THE LATE FIRE IN UNION-COURT.-The following gratifying letter, which sufficiently explains itself, has been received by the parties to whom it is addressed : " Liverpool, llth January, 1848. " GENTLEMEN,—We are desirous of conveying to you our best thanks, for the assistance afforded by you, and the men under your charge, on the occasion of the late fire in Union court, and for the order which you then ably maintained, thereby enabling the fire police the more efficiently to perform —We are, Gentlemen, your obedient servants, " GLADSTONE and CO. " To Messrs. Quick, Brown, Redin, Anders, Clough, Super intendents ; Messrs. Bibby, Chew, Rimmer, Inspectors Borough Police." their duty Isussi BEGGARS. — Yesterday, no fewer than 15 to 20 natives of Ireland, of both sexes and of all ages, were brought before Mr. Rushton, being found begging in the streets. Mr. Gray attended for the parish. Most of them refused to be passed to Ireland, where there is now a poor-law provision for them, and were committed for a month, or, in some cases, a minor time to gaol. A few, who were real objects of parochial care, from long_ resi ,nee, ill -or 00 ocher causes, it was agreed should be re ceived into the Workhouse. Some of the cases were re ally pitiable and affecting ; and Mr. Rushton affectionately recommended them to Mr. Gray, but he expressed his determination to put down the systematic pursuit of street begging. LIVERPOOL COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.— The upper school of the institution resumed its duties on Tuesday last, on which day we were much delighted by the mime rous attendance at morning prayer in the lecture-hall of the college. The service was conducted by the Rev. W. J. Conybeare, the principal who, in point of health, has evidently derived much benefit from the Christmas recess and its accompanying cessation from duty. The part of the service chanted was done in a steady and reverential manner, one of the pupils presiding at the organ. It may not be generally known that the public have free admission to the lower gallery during daily morning prayer at nine o'clock. Upon enquiry at the secretary's office, we were informed that each of the three schools has an increase of numbers this half-year; a gratifying proof that the advantages of this valuable institution are deservedly appreciated. ROBBERY FROM AN OFFICE.—A young man, named Richard Chadwick, was yesterday charged, before Mr. Rushton, with having (with others not in custody) got into the warehouse of Mr. Adams, early on Friday morn ing, or late on Thursday, and robbing the counting-house of from £25 to £2B. It appeared that the parties had got within the premises, and secreted themselves. Some noise was heard, but no one could be found, and the par ties. no doubt to their own wish, were locked in. They had escaped by the jigger loft. Five drawers were found to have been forced. The prisoner had been employed on the premises, and was a regular hand at the employ at the time. It was proved that he had, after the robbery, deposited money for safety with persons in different parts of the town, in large amounts for a man in his circum stances. As further evidence was expected, on inquiries being made, the prisoner was remanded. ELECTION FOR SCOTLAND WARD. —Yesterday was the day fixed for the election of a gentleman to serve in the Council to the Ist of November next, in the room of the. late Mr. Thornhill. The candidates were Messrs. Henderson (brother to the member for St. Peter's Ward), and Mr. Thomson, of Benson-street. Owin m g ay to in th a e growing desire in the town that " tradesmen' should become the representatives of the burgesses, great degree be traced the defeat which Mr. Arthur Hen derson has. on this occasion, experienced. For several hours after the polling commenced, the contest was both sharp and animated; the respective aspirants for corporate honours being within a few votes of each other, but towards the close of the day it became evident that the reform candidate—Mr. James Thomson—would be re turned ; as the sequel proved, he being elected by a majority of 59. At the close of the poll, the burgesses were addressed by the successful candidate, Mr. Smethers, and Mr. Danson ; after which the assemblage dispersed quietly, as if no political display had taken place. CLOSING OF PUBLIC HOUSES ON SUNDAY.—A public meeting was held last night, in the Wesleyan School room, Jordan-street, for the purpose of adopting a peti tion to Parliament, for closing public houses on the Lord's Day. The Rev.W. Elton, of Altrincham, A. Dun lop, Esq., and other gentlemen addressed the meeting. The Rev. P. M'Owan occupied the chair. The petition prayed that public houses might be closed from eleven on Satur day night until six on Monday morning. The prayer of the petition was grounded on the facts, that the sale of liquors on the Lord's Day exercises an injurious influence on the morals of the nation ; that several persons in the trade have desired to be relieved from business on that day ; that the servants employed in the traffic are deprived of the blessings of the Sabbath, whilst no class needs salemo r more of its t l s i u s a o n r s c t i o f n y i s n o g n idnaflyuences; prepare t a ht r a es o t r h t e fo p r l places e s d fo l e r a t n h d e worthless, who are allured thereby to crime, and that they form one great reason why working men are generally unable to provide education for their children, who are not sent to the Sunday-school, but are taught evil and injurious habits. UNPROFITABLE RESULT OF THE COTTON MANUFACTURE IN 1847, AS COMPARED WITH PREVIOUS YEARS. We gave in our last the statistics of the cotton manu facture for the past year, so far as regards the amount of goods imported, in comparison with the exports of the preceding year. These statistics exhibited a falling off most considerable in its extent, and significant when viewed in connetion with the policy in which the country has re cently embarked. In the important article of cotton yarn, in which shape 116,512,874 lbs. were exported, or one third of the total manufacture, which is calculated by Mr. Burn in his Commercial Glance, to have been 336,512,637 lbs., we had a large decrease in the exports to no less than 24 of our chief markets, amounting in the gross to 41,288,944 lbs. ; and a small increase to only six markets, amounting in the gross to the inconsiderable quantity of 671,793 lbs. The return of our exports of more perfected manufacture shews a similar result, ; those to the United States exhibiting the only increase worth noting. It must be borne in mind, too, that, with respect to the monetary result of our shipments to America, a large por tion of which must have gone out on consignment, at the risk of the British manufucturer or merchant, we have been compelled to accept of remittances at a rate of ex change extravagantly high, and which will sweep away a large portion of the margin of profit, which might other wise have been secured, if not the whole of it, An ex change of three or four per cent above the ordinary rate is a heavy drawback against the reasonable mercantile profit, which alone we can expect to derive from a near market, in which we have to compete both with the fo reigner and the native manufacturer. Bad, however, as has been the condition of the manu facturer, as shewn in the decrease of exports, and the compulsory resort to short time of working, it has been even worse considering the low prices to which all classes, but the spinner in particular, have been compelled to submit, as compared with those of the raw material. In proof of this fact, we give a few data from the Glance. The prices of Upland, Orleans, And East Indian cotton, in the last week of December of the two years 1846 and 1847, were as follows : _ 1846. Upland Orleans Madras and Surat 41d. 6d. 1847. 3d. @ sd. 3d. 7d, 2d. od Thus we have a decline of 21d. per pound in Uplands ; in Orleans, the decline was 28d. to lad; and in Madras, of lid. per pound. The prices of water twist at the same dates were— 1846. 1847 Nos. 6. to 12 common seconds .. Bd. 6d. „ best ditto .. 91d. 6 2 d. „ 40 common seconds .. 14d. 11d. ~ best ditto Mid. 124 d. Mule twist. 1846. 1847. ~ 6 to 12 common seconds If ~ best ditto 9Bd. 6 3 d. „ 40 common seconds best ditto ll/d. 9d. ~ 80 common seconds best ditto.. At tliese comparative prices of the raw material and the manufactured article, it is well understood that the trade cannot be profitably carried on ; and a glance over the figures will show that the spinner's position at the end of the past year, with cotton nearly at its lowest point, had not been materially improved. It must be borne in mind, too, as against the spinner, that during the early portion of the year the price of the raw material was maintained without any corresponding advance in the price of yarns, and that at its close the yarn market exhibited a firmness, arising from more hopeful views of things entertained by shippers, whilst the cotton market was weighed down by extreme commercial pressure. A comparison of the circumstances of the trade of 1847 with that of 1844 will, perhaps, better show the extent to which profit has disappeared. In the last week of De cember, 1844, Upland cotton was id. to ad. per lb., Or leans, id. to ad., and other American sorts id. to Id. lower than at the corresponding period of 1847. At the same time the price of No. 40 s common seconds water twist was ld. per lb., and of best seconds id. higher in 1844 than in 1847. The price of No. 40's mule was 14d. higher for common seconds and ld. per lb. for best seconds. The spinner, therefore, in December, 1847, was working with cotton from an eighth of a penny to a penny farthing per lb. higher than in 1844, and at the same time receiving from five-eighths of a penny to a penny three farthings less for his goods. The manufacturer of some description of cloths seems to have fared better than the spinner ; but the majority must have suffered severely. Thus a i 27 in. 72 reed printed cloth was worth, on the Ist January, ss. 9d. to 6s. 3d. per piece, and on the 31st December 4s. 101 d. to ss. 3d. ; 9-Bths in same proportion. In shirtings, and especially those calculated for the China markets, the depression has been most severe. _ _ _ _ _ . MY, n.• UN., • V. V. It is most earnestly to be desired that a revival of in dustry should visit the manufacturing community ; but we fear much that no very early prospect of such revival is before them. The complete disorganization of our colo nial trade, and especially of the East Indian trade, must take time to pass away ; and, in the meantime, those countries for whose trade wthave bid so largely in our recent commercial policy, must exhibit a greater inclina tion for reciprocity in sacrifice than we have hitherto wit nessed in their conduct towards us. Moreover, we must be released, by a remodification of our currency system, from the constant liability to which we are now subjected, of seeing the fruits of the best directed enterprise swept away by monetary panics, which no one can foresee or provide themselves against when they come, before pru dent men will enter upon operations in which their means will be removed very rar from their ready gruap. h 6 ..atia improvement is all that we can at present look for. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (nY EXPRESS.) THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.—No bulletin was is sued yesterday, but his Grace passed a quiet night on Sunday. LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY Our market was but moderately supplied with Wheat this morning, by land carriage samples from the near counties, and the. condition of a large portion of the supply was very indif ferent. Although prices are not generally quoted lower, the trade was without animation, with a tendency downwards. Very few transactions took place in foreign Wheat, but previous rates were about maintained. There was an increased quan tity of Barley on sale this morning, the inquiry for the article was far from brisk and much of the supply remained unsold, though offered at a reduction of Is. per qr. In addition to the arrivals of Oats noted, several vessels have since come to hand from Ireland and our own coast, making a good show of SAM pies, but little progress could be made in sales, at a decline of fully 6d. per qr. upon last Monday's quotations. Beans were s., and white Peas 2s. cheaper. Grey and Maple Peas sup ported last week's prices. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The supply of Beasts was large, and of tolerably good qua lity. The weather being very mild, trade was exceedingly slow. with no improvement on Friday's quotations. The number of Sheep was unusually small ; the demand was also very limited. Some of the choicest Downs were readily sold at rather more money ; but other kinds cannot be quoted dearer. English. Calves were very scarce, but it was difficult to obtain any ad vance. Trade was dull for Pigs, owing to the mild weather; but, the supply being short, prices were not much lower. MONEY MARKET — YESTERDAY. The French rentes come rather lower from Paris. The fact, however, in the absence of any particular event which should influence prices, has produced no effect on the funds here, which are in a dull and passive state, dealers and speculators evidently waiting the promised demonstration of the financial situation which the Prime Minister has undertaken to afford March 3o s. Exchequer shortly. We have Consols now at 80* to f o r money and time, which are a fraction lower for the ac count than the s opening cale. R q e u d o u t c a e t d io T n s h . r e e T s h w e e t r g a t u to s t a e c s t transactions s are upon the smallest Bills, 255. to 30s. premium ; the June t2osl.to PRODUCE.—MINCING-LANE. —The refined Sugar market has opened heavily to-day, and prices are with difficulty sup ported.—Cotton is very firm, and wears an improved appear laonnc,e.whTichhe s e p x e i s c t u e l d a t i t v h e e dl last a t n w d o fo d r a ) 11 . s a t at eisr 3 3 g 5 0 . 0 d 6 d o . r , d b i a n s a rY c auCseed holders of this description to be very firm ; and there appear to be but few sellers. COUNTY COURT OF CHESHIRE, Holden at Birkenhead Insolvency Court, before J. W HARDEN, Es 4. This court was held on Saturday last, when seven peti tioners for protection came up for their first hearing. They were Richard Hale, John Robinson, James Thomp son, John Shakeshaft, senior, John Parr, William Thomas, and John Griffiths. In re Hale, Mr. Hilliar applied for an adjournment. for the purpose of enabling the petitioner to amend his schedule. His honour granted the application ,_ and renesvad -tha protection until the 7th March. His honour also renewed the protections in all the other cases until the 7th March, which day he fixed for granting the final orders, unless cause be shown to the contrary._ _ Re Kent. In the matter of this petition, Mr. Greene, the insolvent's attorney, applied to his honour to fix a day for the final hearing. He stated that since the first hearing the insolvent had satisfied creditors to the amount of £3OO, including two who had obtained judgment against him in the Birkenhead County Court. His honour granted the application, and named the 7th March. Attorneys in court. Mr. Dunstan, Mr. Hilliar, Mr. Greene, and Messrs. Reade and Searle. The Rev. A. Boyd, incumbent of Christ Church, Chel tenham, will, it is said, be presented to the rectory of Coleraine. On Thursday a man, stationed in Rose-hill, was obtain ing the signatures of boys of any and all ages, if they could write at all, to a petition in favour of the admission of Jews into parliament. So much for the expression of " public opiniOn." ST. BARNABAS ScHooLs.—On Sunday last two ser mons were preached in St. Barnabas church, by the Rev. T. Nolan, after which collections were made towards liquidating the debt yet standing against the schools, when the sum of £35 was contributed. We have been much gratified by learning that the congregation of St. Barnabas have generously subscribed the whole amount (X 3000) required for the erection of their s c h ools , and that ne ar l y 700 c hild ren are receiving there a useful and bt hyescripturalatni time, advertisement) ea nd education. which The portion of the debt s till remaining co ns i s t s o f w a wa n s. 31 amount gyii n Fisher, Ih r e leyr q , ui xE2 r e soci d o: f h o ba r ust t h cho e anss fittingsesni since consented up and oth er ar ti c l es which could not be calculated on at been reduced. We are glad to find that (as may b e seen to deliver a popular lecture. on the 3rd March, on astro nomy ; the proceeds of . which will be devoted to the (we hope) complete liquidation of the remaining debt. The lecture will be illustrated by splendid diagrams, and a series of dissolving views ot scriptural subjects will be introduced for the first time. We sincerely hope that this effort will be abundantly successful, for the schools have conferred the very greatest benefits on the crowded district in which they are placed, and th e n ever-ceasing and affectionate exertions of Mr. Nolan deserve to be rewarded by the entire removal of the balance of debt. LIVERPOOL FEBRUARY SESSIONS These sessions, for the trial of prisoners in the Borough Gaol, commenced yesterday, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the recorder. The calendar contained the names of 88 priso ners charged with felony and 13 for misdemeanour. Of the whole number, it is noted that, 32 can read and write imper fectly ; 18 can read imperfectly ; 43 can neither read nor write, and only 8 can read and write well. The offences charged are of the usual character, and few of them of a very grave charac ter. The following gentlemen were sworn in to constitute - THE GRAND JURY. Thos Crichlow Molyneux, iron merchant, New Quay, foreman, William Armstrong, merchant, South Castle-street, Gavin Brackenridge, corn merchant, Bedford-street South, Samuel Marshall Bulley, cotton broker, South Chapel-street, Thos. Duckworth Headlam, insurance broker, Dale-street, Robt. Hutchinson, merchant, Old Churchyard Timothy Bristow Hughes, broker, Royal Bank Buildings, James Howell, cottoribriiker, -street, John Harnett, corn broker, Fenwick-street, William Imrie, merchant, Rumford-street, Robt. Mason, cotton broker, Rumford-place, James Stringer, merchant, Old Churchyard, Chas. Robt. Simpson, merchant, Exchange-alley North, Horatio John Webster, cotton broker, Rumford-street, Harmood Walcot Banner, accountant, North John-street, George Brown, rectifier, ireinon-street, David Taylor, broker, Royal Bank Buildings, James Houlbrook Smith, merchant, Rodney-street, William Reynolds, broker, Clare-terrace, Edgehili, William Mathew, lead and copper merchant, Goree, Chas. Moore, merchant, Rumford-street. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been read by the Clerk of the Peace, The RECORDER addressed the Grand Jury at same length. He said in effect that he found from the returns before him that there were no fewer than about one hundred prisoners for trial on this occasion. These cases had all been sent for trial within the short space of the forty-five days which had elapsed since the last sitting of the court. Large, however, as was the number of prisoners, it was not perhaps larger than might be expected, from the severity of the season, the want of work. and the distress that had prevailed amongst large portions of the working and poorer classes of the community. The cha racter of the offences generally with which the prisoners were charged was not very aggravated. He found but very few artisans or mechanics amongst those to be tried; and from this fact it appeared to him that many of the unemployed workpeople had borne with exemplary patience and forbearance many sufferings and privations. Still, from the nature of the offences committed by those now in custody, it became natural to inquire how those on whom devolved the administration of the law for the prevaition of crime had executed their trust ; and he thought that all those who watched the proceedings of that court, would admit that every case that was brought be fore it underwent the fullest investigation, and that the offences proved were visited with adequate punishment. But it should be remembered that offences were committed which the law could not suppress, or even sometimes reach. The law could not of itself implant those true principles of morality and feeling. which were the principal safeguard of society against vice and aggression. These could alone be disseminated by religious and moral instruction. He had lately seen a statistical table, show ing the deplorable condition of a large proportion of the in habitants in Vauxhall Ward, and he..had himself seen such a want of instruction in religious and moral princi • pies, amongst the poor in that quarter, as would be scarcely credible were it not known. Other parts of the town were no doubt nearly or perhaps as much debased. Again, they had had a constant and great influx from Ireland of per sons in a state of destitution and ignorance which rendered them quite unfit to mix with civilized society. He would ad vert to an instance in point. A young girl, whose name was in the calendar, had left Ireland in quest of employment here ; her parents had died of fever; her uncle had paid for her pas sage, and she arrived in this town with but one shilling and sixpence in her pocket. On telling her story, she was fortu nate enough to get a place as a servant ; she was but a few days there when she robbed her master. It was then found that she was lamentably ignorant of all religious or moral principle. She had never been to school, or at any church or chapel. It was a difficult consideration how to deal with such culprits. The law, however wielded, could not do all; neither could courts of justice, orgaols. Punishment must of course be in flicted, but much was wanting beside in cases so deplorable,. in order, if possible (as we understood him to imply), to bring such offenders to a sense of rectitude of conduct, so that so ciety might not be affected by a continuance of their reckless conduct. With regard to the manner in which the grand jury should perform their duty, it would be superfluous in him to offer any remark to so intelligent a body, and he should there fore dismiss them to consider the bills that would be laid be fore them. _ _ The grand jury then retired, and in a short time- several true bills were found. The trials were then proceeded with, but none of the details were of peculiar interest. The following was the result of the principal cases yesterday : Richard Colefield, 17, for stealing wearing apparel from Win. Williams, in Liverpool, ten years transportation ; Ann Mack, 15, Wm. Handley, 16, for stealing boots from R. Davies, and John Jones, for repeated thefts, ten years transportation. COURT OF PASSAGE.—YESTERDAY. (Before C. CROMPTON, ESQ., Assessor.) There were ninety-three issues, and in addition, three writs of trial. RYAN V. STOREY The plaintiff in this case was a cooper, and the defendant an ironfounder, both resident in Liverpool. The action was brought to recover a balance of .£27 12s. 6d., for casks sup plied to the defendant, for which the latter contended he had paid, except a balance of .el 6 14s. 4d. paid into. court. Ver dict for defendant. GARDNER V. PENSON. This action was brought for an alleged breach of contract. t T n h t o e d c o a u m ). t a t s h w e e a r m e l o a t i t d n t a t aoadl in . t twe T dh h ot e d ,00 e nb f e et nh due had n a 3 n oo t ttho otfipt the plaintiff. i e d p '4los. t iff The plaintiff was a young mSeptember last entered into the service of the defendant, a grocer, in Great Homer-street, at a salary of -t'3o per annum, with board and lodgings. On the 12th of November, the plaintiff gave the de fendant notice to leave in a month, and on the 22d of Novem ber the plaintiff left his master's service for three hours, having previously received, as was averred, the defendant's permission. The morning afterwards the defendant, in the presence of a police-officer, tendered him his wages up to that date, and requested him at once to leave his service. The plaintiff refused the tender, stating that he was willing to re main in defendant's service until the expiration of the notice, on which the defendant stated that if he did not leave he would compel him to do so, and the plaintiff then left the premises. Two master grocers were placed in the box, who stated that a month's notice on either side was the custom of the trade. Mr. BLAIR, for the defence, contended that the plaintiff, without permission. absented himself from the defendant's service on the 22nd November. and that, in conecggencc,-hc at liberty at once to discharge him. The jury found a verdict for the defendant. • HUBERT V. WELLS. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a teacher of French, to recover the sum of £22145. 6d. from the defendant, a schoolmaster, at Bootle. Verdict for the plaintiff. THE NEW GAS BILL The surveying officers appointed by her Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues (G. H. Walley, Esq., barrister, and Samuel Clegg, Esq., civil engineer), to make preliminary en quiries with reference to the bill now before the House of Commons, having for its object the amalgamation of the two gas companies, attended yesterday in the parish-office, Fen wick-street. _ . Air. Carson and Mr. .1. B. Lloyd, solicitors, appeared as pro moters of the bill. The Town-Clerk appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf of the Town Council of the borough. Mr. Reay appeared on behalf of the gas consumers of Liverpool, as a consumer himself, and alsO on the part of the Liverpool Guardian Society for the protection of trade. Mr. CARSON then read a statement of the objects of the bill. A long discussion then took place as to the mode of pro ceeding; after which, Mr. CARSON pro cee d e d t o open t h e cas e on behalf of the promoters. He entered i n t o a con cise and luminous history of the progress of the com p an i es , the nature of the opposition they had met with, an d the reasons which had induced the two companies to seek the present amalgama ti o n— a suggestion Which had emanated from theTown - Counc il—in deed, he might add that it was in accordance with their re q u est; for they were tohf eOpinion st s y re stem ets that of w the eff e t , of h one c companyw much o would sewerage, e enableer a thewhiCorporation to eyffect having mains in a more com pleterequiredonly on sanatory grounds, and also prevent the too frequent breaking up of the s t ree ts. He added, that in addition to the advantages to be d er ived to the public, the proposed system wo aid have the effect of placing gas property on a more secure foundation, as it was only reasonable to suppose that the Town-Council would stre nuously oppose the establishment of a third company. After a short address from Mr. Lloyd, The Engineering Barrister proceeded to propound the first requirement : . . A A block plan, on a scale of not less than thirty to the mile, showing the site of the gas works, th e mains and branch pipes, the positi on o f each public lamp or burner, the oil lamps distingui s h e d by the letter 0, and the gas lights by the letter G." inches Mr. Carson, Mr. Lloyd, Mr. King, and the Town.c l e rk, al? replied that there was no such plan in existence; and Mr. Carson said such a plan would cost several thousand pounds, and would take at least twelve months to make it. • In answer to several of the other requirements, Mr. Carson handed in a report of the last year's commissioners, and also a printed copy of the evidence then taken ; but this did not seem entirely to satisfy the commissioners, who proceeded to examine several witnesses on the subject; but as their evidence did not exhibit any facts beyond those so fully reported at the last en quiry, we do not think it necessary to repeat it. At four o'clock the enquiry was adjourned until this day. The commissioners propose to survey the works in the course of the morning, and to resume the enquiry at two o'clock. COTTON MARKET. — YESTERDAY. We really regret to have occasion to report a gradually ad vancing cotton market, knowing, as we well do, that the posi tion of the trade is such that it cannot be responded to in the manufacturing districts. Low and ordinary American is selling at 4i(l.—which is id. per lb. higher than it was six weeks since. Sales to-day 6,000 bales—all trade. Amongst a fleet of foreign arrivals, yesterday and to-day, we have only three vessels cot tonladen. The stock is now in few hands—the bulk of it held for much higher rates than those now current. Consumers -friraid 4....41-4e-ettsalt for st faucwitataks____ _ _ James Ryan, aged 36, who lived near Mr. Muspratt's works, was found drowned in the canal, on Saturday. He had been drinking freely on the day it is supposed he fell into the water. Yesterday, the Assessor in the Court of Passage, in directing the jury in a case which involved the alleged conversion of a winch worth only a few shillings, made some strong remarks as to the impropriety of occupying the court with such a tri fling dispute. Such a case, lie said, should be taken to the County Court, and some compulsory provision with that view should be adopted by the legislature. DEATH IN THE NEW RAILWAY TUNNEL.—Yesterday morn ing, George Allsop, aged 40, and another man (a miner), were working in the new tunnel for the North Western Railway, t Pembroke-street. The forme r was engaged in drilling a hole in a piece of stone, to prepare It for blasting, w h e n his co et panion observed the rock giving way, and called to him to g the hnui‘ett rofck pea t iAk l e way.nvll nt Ephim,on l Deceased be onsvdes t n r ok i dtlßol killed dmE t d rirri j o s s wei o nc , ( Aw b t hL u eEe t d. snbpeenTsfl:dh. ee e ve could, Aeerni enhg to the fair beneficiare herself, the attraction f Miss Eleanor gives her valu ea e t r t t h a i e n tn Royal ne a A m s s e e a m t bl fashionably-room s anda attended e m n daeydbaen reeopee. le n d audpdoint as Ward, who will introduce two brilliant pieces conduct. The pro forte, will appear ; and Miss Emily Grant also able assistance. Mr. Joseph Robinson will co on the piano- ; and that he y d o ar in , ; a rather man n w a e m l l - a d d r e T s shendm, Thomas t m i n • gramme is very rich in its selections.. slender h a a n rg d ed sil b ly y -l a ooking THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. —At the Police-court, yester eor}re good looking and smiling young dame, !lamed Eliza Wallburn, with coming to the lodging-house which she keeps,. on Saturday, and making a disturbance. The defendant said that he had come from Newton on Saturday ; that he had previously lodged had now found that she had a sweetheart. Mr. Rushton in quired what he meant Y b the mention of a sweetheart made him .Defen dant said that complainant had a promise ofmar riage,d a new sweetheart in the house; and now she had a considerable time in the complainant's house and he I looked most ludicrous l y do e f I u when he delivered himself of the (to him) painful fact. Thefairo n e i with a pleasant careless laugh ? denied the soft impeachment But did th e Young man alluded to being a sweetheart. . . you promise the ' marriage?". " Yea ke , said she, still laughing, ep me !" The risoner "I did; but it was provided he could defendant said she had even sent the new sweetheart for the police-offcer who took d him into custody. The lad y admi tted she ha sent her new l o dger. Mr. Rushton said to the prisoner, ~ y u there again: it is evident she won't have o . must not go l a dy, " -You have made him jealous, and henceyou the disturbance." ," and to the The prisoner was then discharged, and h gaiety of the fair one, his pitiable looks con trasted strangely with the nonchalant i w ho left the court smiling and laughi ng It will be seen, on reference to an ad that Mr. alternately. advertisement Reeves has commenced three sweeps o, prin ciple, which is more liberal than that n the metropolitan of the provinces. Feb. 8,1848. THE MASTER PORTERS The following is a copy of the memorial of the master porters to the Town Council : That, by an arrangement of the Dock Committee, yoin' memorialists were encouraged to take out licenses as mag* ter porters, by which they were to be enabled to under take the receiving and delivery of the whole of the cargo of any ship for which they might be engaged. That upon the faith of such understanding, your me' morialists took out such licenses, and made contracts in volving considerable outlay ; that your memorialists, as the condition of their conducting such porterage busines s on the dock quays, are made subject to the penalty of making good any loss in cargo which may occur ; and in every respect by the security which they have to give, the importer is insured against loss, from the bad conduct of the servants engaged under them. That it appears to your memorialists that such guarair tee, given by the master porters, ought to be sufficient for all the purposes of merchants and importers. Yet your memorialists have to complain that they are as a bodsr proscribed, and prohibited from entering the Albert Dock and Warehouses. Your memorialists appeal to the work ing of the other docks, since the licensing system was adopted ; and fearlessly contend they can do the work of the public as cheaply as it can be done by any of the ser vants of the Dock Committee. Your memorialists therefore humbly pray, that until the above allegations are met by proof of their inability to perform the porterage of the port upon as reasonable terms, and as expeditiously, as the porters of the Dock Committee, your honourable council should suspend for the present your approval of any further extension of system, which thus prohibits the master tradesmen of the, town from exercising their f a i r s h are o f th e b us i ness 01 the port. The representations of the master porters are entitled to every consideration, and we should be glad if their grievances could be redressed ; for, all unnecessary inter ference with the business of tradesmen should be avoided, IMPORTS INTO LIVERPOOL FROM THE ENV OF JANUARY TO THE STH FEBRUARY. The imports into Liverpool of the principal articles of roreign produce, from the 31st January to the sth Febru ary, have been, from all ports, Brimstone, 15 tons ; Flax , 760 bales ; Flaxseed and Linseed 2157 qrs. ; Guano, 1340 tons ; Hemp, 2878 bales, &c. ; Ox and Cow Hides, num' ber, 18,503; Indigo, 18 serons and chests; Lard, &c., 6 3 .?„, 1 casks, United States, and 165 Irela n d ; M a dd e r, I 0 casks; Madder Roots, 330 bales, &c. ; Olive Oil, casks ; Palm Oil, 270 casks; Pepper, 1724 packages; Pimento, 90 barrels and bags; Rice, 23,788 bags, Sze.; Safflower 10 bales ; Saltpetre and Nitrate of Sod a , 3849 bags; Sheep Wool, 617 packages ; Shumac, 700 bags , &c. ; Raw Silk, 20 bales; Turpentine, 844 casks ; Va leria, 160 tons. The Paris correspondent of the London Times o f yesterday says, " The Duchess de Montpensier is in 11 condition which promises an heir." The French government are not going to reduce their army in Algeria, although they are in possession of the country On Friday the address relating to the Swiss questio o was carried in the French Chamber of Deputies by a Ws' jority of 206 to 126. Dr. Wiseman, accompanied by the Roman Catholic prefect of Hong Kong had an interview with Earl Grey cal Saturday. The Vice-Provost and a member of the Fellows of th e University of Dublin, have signed a recommendation r" That there be no personal canvas for the candidates within the college, and that there be no speeches at the husting s beyond the simple nomination. Intelligence was received in London on Saturday of the total loss of the barque British Sovereign, a whaling shill' Capt. Jones, on the eastern side of the Sandwich Islands' One of the hands was picked up, and he stated he feared he was the only survivor of the crew, all the others having been murdered by the natives. The Railway Record reports that it is the intention of the directors to open the Chester and Holyhead as far 1 15 Bangor, a distance of 61 miles, on the Ist of March. Nn' tice has already been forwarded to the Railway Commis' sioners. The general meeting is to be postponed unto the Bth of March, when the fact of the opening may be announced to the shareholders. _ _ _ The Swiss Diet, in the sitting of January 31, voted 0 decree, which expels, by Federal means, the Jesuits from every part of the Helvetic territory. By a second decreer it decided that the money and securities found in the ches t of the Sonderbund should be handed over to the Paymas ter-General of the Confederation, and appropriated to the payment of the debt which the cantons of the League hav e contracted towards the Confederation as war expenses, _A A wide spread system of ribbonism has been discover, near Coleraine. Seven men have been apprehended 0 " being members, and being concerned in cutting of Of tongue of Patrick Doherty and other outrages. One o f the men has turned approver, and states that 500 or , are connected in the neighbourhood with that ne fariol system. Some thirty or forty persons implicated hal absconded. Most of the parties are comfortable farmer!: The following is the committee which Lord Geog" Bentinck was to move last night, to inquire into the C Ol 3 dition of our East and West Indian possessions :-14, 01 " George Bentinck, Mr. Labouchere, Mr. Goulburn, Milner Gibson, Mr. Cardwell, Sir Thomas Birch, Henry Hope, Mr. Charles Villiers, Mr. Philip Miles, og,: James Wilson, Lord George Manners, Mr. Ewart, °Li John Pakington, Mr. James Matheson, and Sir Edvia Buxton. From official returns it appears that the amount I.offlo for the last week, on upwards of 3,436 miles of na l way, was £148,325, thus accounted for :—£69,365 for the conveyance of passengers only; £41,760 for the carrias of goods; and a remainder of £37,200 for passengers ae goods together, not respectively apportioned; being r e increase of £15,049 over the corresponding week of t former year, when the mileage was 2,680. The average/ earnings per mile for last week were £43, whilst in 1 84 they were £49. s th .— e a T t be ten p ti e o is n e o re f r: h n e g L as e s gi id s u la iti ti i i to the system of priestly denunciations in Ireland, sr l thereby directing against it the full weight of public ill' Lord ATAR Farnham p E N 1 N n dignation, has drawn forth an address to his Lordsh i p upon his arrival in that country. This document bears q effn e et. s iid b y o Av r a o enin u ede g a yhn clergynth named n eod e f stGl Bishophe e y eo , rc g M ooeuf onßicr county s n e o g fei t o ,rce n ra,ev , 5a3 1: 0 4 signatures of the Primate, the Whig Marquis of 1 - le o '„' e d - ra A. w Tt i o n w g fort,wt v hs five, De F Dh i Lords E t o z Ns g t Fitzgerald E a f i l Ag d a Te n near Windsor, one of the inspectors of sweepers, was, 9it i e l e eating his dinner heartily on Sunday, suddenly trken died almost immediately. .. / 019 ROBBERY OF AN EMPLOYER.—A respectably-dressed named Edward Turner, who was in the employ of Messrs. s an e dars and Claxton, corn merchants, and who had the care of i' c i e sacks, bags, &c., was yesterday charged w ith having Ina,„. away with a number of white bags, the property of his a.';l ployers. On the 29th December the prisoner, having procur t - e a cart, sent a bundle of sacks to the railway, stated in the 0, 0 e b to u n b d e feo wasrw- a r r d e e f d u s p e e d r a r t a i t l h t e o r P a e w s a t y o n i n b d y e f E a u d l w t a o r f d t h T e u p r a n y e m r .of freight, and the carter took it back to th e w a re h ouse . The ben 4 die contained 140 white bags. Various suspicious circnmstan„ 4 , arose, which led to the suspicion th a t a l arg e num b er of bai;ji in addition to these, have been abstractedfrom the premise s c. the prisoner, and disposed of in various quarters. He was4d, coroingly remanded, so that further inquiry may be institute THE WEATHER.—We had some occasional frost o 'l, cold winds on th e fi rs t three d a y s o f our e dit or i a l w - eP„ s ! but since then soft weather interposed, with fogs an d rain On Sunday, the atmosphere was so dense with mist that .. .a steamers on the river were obliged to proceed cautiously, e Tig the bell at the Rock Lighthouse was kept tolling even' 4 , he seconds all day to warn vessels that might be at hand. 4ig , lighthouse could not be seen at the distance of a furlong. '4 terday, we had considerable falls of rain. Ploughing for seriv corn has commenced in many neighbouring districts, anti .„ 0 , ground is, after the frost, in prime order for the operati u„ Gardening has also taken a small start, and some of the eal i 7 e potato growers have begun to plant. The young wheats lr e p not sustained much, if any, injury from the past severe west and if we have no cutting frost next month, or in the begin ° of April, will be strong and thick on the ground. METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STREET ATMOSPHERIC 1 Temperature in Dail Y l ee ; al shade by self-re- Humidity at Fall d gistering Noon. of At Thermometer. Nine Six Dry Wet Rain. / 40* a.m. p.m. Max. 1 Min. bulb. I bulb. Pressure at Feb. In. I In. Deg, 1 29'82 29'84 41 2 3014 30'23 45 3 30'20 30'08 45 4 29'93 29'93 53 5- 90'961 29 . 96 54 6 deg. Deg. Deg. In. 33 39 37 40 44 42 39 44 41 0.02 45 51 49 0.02 t 40 54 41 0.20 0.11 . 0 , , 51 50 7 1 29'90 1 29*78 t e, light squalls.-2nd: fine, fi c n l Ow , brisk.-3rd: clouded, squalls, light rain.-4th : day f o iioe n Ts ht, WEATHER. -Ist: light . ra rain.-sth: 5h Mist, with light rain.-7th: continued light rain. TIDE TABLE. MORN. lEVENG.I HGHT. 1 HOLYDATG, _.1,0 Feb. h. in. h. in. ft. in. Tuesday.... 8 8 6 127 19 8 Wednesday. 9 149 211 19 1 Thursday .. 10 235 259 17 10 Friday • .11 324 352 16 3 .' Saturday ..12 423 457 14 9 11 Sunday ....13 5 33 612 13 11 6th Sunday aft riPir Monday. .14 654 736 13 2 LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCO MARKET, FEBRUARY 7, 1848 s. d. °' Hay, old, 2011 0 8 @ 0 9 Potatoes, v 90%. 1 6 6 New C lover .6i Pink Eyes.... 5 2 „ Grass 0 0— 0 0 Cups Straw, Wheat .. 0 3 0 3,1 Cattle 0 0— 0 Oat 0 2 0 3 Man&lewurzel .. 0 0-- ,s , Barley o2— 0 2i Turnips, To ton .16 o—y Carrots, per t0n.22 0 —26 0 Manure 5 0-- ~______________ LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 1 t We have had a very large supply of Beasts at our marice i4 day, which met with duller sale than last week. The suPpiti' Sheep was small, which met with a brisk demand. Bee to bid. ; Mutton, 7d. to Bd. per lb. DIED. 0 On the 29th ultimo, DOROTHY, wife of Mr. ROO S COWLEY, baker, formerly of the Isle of Man. he t oOn the 3rd instant, at Upholland, in the 59th year of CATHERINE PRESCOTT, widow of the late Rev. o f BIRD, incumbent of Upholland. On the 6th instant,in her 30th year, ELIZA, the S e THOMAS HARRISON, Esq., Great George's-square. O ptc; Same day, aged 51, Mr. THOMAS ASPINALL, for ti:f.s.'ete l six years a faithful servant of the Liverpool and Hari__ Waterworks Company, LIVERPOOL TUESDAY, FEB. 8, 1848. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED i j GI EVERY TUESDAY MORNIA',OI By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, o f 53, Grove street, 1 LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orforthatreet, At No. 4, ST. OEOEOE 9 S cIUSGENT,, loIVEltre"" eOntair Used in The 4 nd i Goo d ds Makin ; Ledge r Coy 40N GRE.E R E LIVER u the All StE, Talbot °um ! 1 11 ° 1 11d v t , raediat le tovvr 1 1-0 A 1 con Frid TIC 1:14y iE Chor rt._ Tin ic nran of Sh; LE, Error. False Text,• Ad! Side ( Colleg on pr Coors Schoo Tic] to i St e Sec Sec