The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-22 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS, THE LION QUEEN.—A correspondent at Windsor, writing to us on the frightful death of this unfortunate female, says, —" I saw the same performance, with my children, when a woman of the name of Miss Chapman went into the den of the lion and tiger. The caravans were afterwards drawn up in the quadrangle of the Castle, and her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the young Princes and Princesses, walked from the private entrance to the central tent. I saw them, and heard afterwards with much pleasure a fact which I wish you to record, viz., that her Majesty commanded that Miss Chapman should not go into the den during that exhibition. The correct judgment and humanity of our Sovereign are a remarkable contrast to the manners and feelings of Spanish queens." We have received several suggestions on the subject of the locality of tie proposed new Corn Exchange, which is excit ing considerable interest in the town. It is asked—why not extend the present building . from Ilrunswick-street to James street? A more feasible proposition, however, appears to us to be made by another correspondent,—viz., to take the waste land adjoining the Railway Station in James-street, anti extending to Redcross-street, which, it is believed, would be sold by the company at a considerable sacrifice on the price originally paid for it. A fine building in that locality would be a great ornament to a great thoroughfare, and would open out to profitable use a considerable amount of back property, at present yielding a very small return. Elie Etbrrpool AlanbarD. TUESDAY MORNING, JAN. 22, 1850. MR. ROBERT STEPHENSON very justly reminded us, on Tuesday last, that we had been for full five years discussing the question of water supply; and he left it as the unmistakeable inference that the advocates of a home source ought to have been prepared with some evidence, in support of their case, to offer:before the tribunal which themselves had invited. We perfectly agree with him ; and, in common with nine-tenths of the community, we were both amazed and disappointed by the abortive proceedings on the occasion. In conducting such an enquiry, a gentleman of practical business habits, like Mr. Stephenson, must have expected that a Parochial Committee, appointed to express the views of a majority of their fellow-townsmen, and possessed of ample funds to carry out its object, would have been placed above the necessity of re sorting to such an appeal ad misericordiam as that put forward on the occasion; and been able at once to lay before him a case with facts both oral and documentary in its support. The Committee, however, appeared altogether at sea, unprovided either with a plan of proceeding, or a tittle of evidence. And it is greatly to be feared that a most unfavourable impression must have been left upon the mind of the arbitrator. There ought surely to be no difficulty in com plying with the very simple requirements, which Mr. Stephenson has laid down for his guidance. He asks for facts to be placed before him, unvar nished by professional advocacy; and he is willing to receive them either in a written or in an oral form. The parochial committee have a *large store of such facts within their reach. The reports of Messrs. Simpson and Newlands, the recent offer of Mr. Houseley, and the evidence of Mr. Macdonald, might readily have been produced. The commit tee inform us that they are inundated with commu nications upon the subject. Why not then have laid the most important of these before Mr. Ste phenson ? There have been doubts thrown upon the correctness of Mr. Hawksley's estimates which require to be cleared up; and we certainly cannot see upon what grounds the Parochial Committee need to fear that gentleman's presence in the court to solve those doubts. From the very announce ment of Tuesday's proceedings, it was manifest that party bitterness was about to be introduced into the discussion. We trust that this kind of spirit will be laid aside to-day; and that the advocates of local supply and their opponents will agree upon a mode of pro eeeding such as will lead to a practical result. There ought to be no serious difficulty in arrang ing such facts as are required, whatever there may be in forming a satisfactory judgment upon them. An important portion of the inquiry —the boring of the strata around the town—will have to be con ducted under the superintendence of Mr. Stephen son himself. Other circumstances bearing upon the capabilities of the district may very readily be Placed before him. It would be well if both the friends and the op ponents of the Rivington scheme would take into consideration during this inquiry the very respon sible position which Mr. Stephenson occupies. In deciding the question submitted to him, he very justly reminds us that he has a well-established re putation to maintain; and no other consideration, we feel assured, would be permitted by him to warp his judgment on either side. His is no trial of professional gladiatorship. He sits to decide the question at issue strictly as a judge of facts and, a scientific man. No skill of pleading—no cunning of fence will be allowed to influence him. Such instrumentalities might influence a jury or a par liamentary committee ; but Mr. Stephenson has seen sufficient of such contests of engineering plausibility and forensic skill to know that the best arranged case is not always that which deserves best to be successful, WE are glad to observe that the harassing in terference of the Poor-law Commissioners with the local affairs of the large towns and cities of the empire is beginning to stir up an amount of public indignation, which may ultimately lead to the breaking up of that system of tyranny; and it is not unworthy of remark, that the case of our own town, which, in defiance of the protestation of nine-tenths of its inhabitants, was forced under the Somerset-house dictation, is operating as a beacon to warn other towns from submitting to the same fate. The Commissioners are just now calling upon the Corporation of the poor of Bristol to sub mit their accounts to a Poor-law audit ; and a public meeting, called by the Mayor of that city, was held on Wednesday week upon the subject. Before that meeting the Governor of the Corpora tion of the poor brought the experience of Liver pool, as shown in the statements which we gave from the last published report of our Select Vestry ; and triumphantly carried a resolution, authorising the local authorities to resist the Commissioners even before a court of law. The facts, by which the Governor, Mr. J. G. Shaw, and other speakers substantiated the denial of any necessity existing for the interference of the Commissioners with the management of the local affairs of Bristol, are so striking, and are so closely on all fours with those which existed in this town before we were brought under subjection to them, that we cannot resist giving their substance. Under a local body, for a century and a half, " the Cor poration of the poor carried on, uninterruptedly, the important trust committed to its charge without any expression of desire on the part of the rate-payers for a change." Such was their liberal conduct to wards their poor fellow-beings, who were brought down to the condition of pauperism, that we are told that it was considered a privilege to belong to the city. The Corporation possessed the power of re laxing, in emergencies, the iron rigidity of the law. If temporary misfortune befel the working man, they granted him temporary outdoor relief, rather than degrade and convert him into a confirmed pauper, by the application of the workhouse test. They gave such a man a chance of redeeming him self in the world, and becoming once more an in dustrious and self-supporting person, instead of a burthen upon his industrious neighbours. This was precisely the system upon which the affairs of this parish were conducted prior to our being sub mitted to the caprices of a Poor•law auditor, and the dictation of the Board and its officers in Lon don. Our parochial body was composed of men possessed of an intimate acquaintance with local circumstances, and the ebb and flow of employment in the port ; yet they were deeply and personally interested in studying a just economy. Like the Corporation of Bristol, they were enabled to do this, because they could act independently of an arbitrary Board, who were glaringly ignorant of the wants and dispositions of our population, and insist upon submitting the worthy and the un worthy alike to the operation of the same unbend- ing law. Let us see what has been the result of the past few years upon the relative positions of the two places. Nearly ten years ago Liverpool was placed under the rule of the Commissioners. The poor's rate at that time was Is, 7d. in the pound ; it is now 3s. 2d. Bristol has as yet maintained its in dependence; and in 1819 the total cost of main taining its Poor was £20,108. The population has more than doubled since that time, and pauperism increased. The city is like our own town, exposed to invasions from Ireland ; y e t i n 1848 the total cost of maintaining its poor had only increased to £21,500 odd, or about one-eighteenth, while the general expenditure in England and Wales had in creased from £5,000,000 to - £8,000,000,. or three fifths Fortunate Bristol, to have been thus far so favoured ! And wbat is it that the Poor•law Commissioners wish to achieve by the introduction of an auditor to pass the accounts of the Corporation of the poor of Bristol ? Precisely the same which they have achieved in doing so here. They seek to be enabled to overthrow the powers of the Corporation by a sidewind, and to place that body, as the Vestry of Liverpool has been placed—under the dictation of its own officers. This was admirably explained by Mr. Herapath " There were circumstances connected with the Cor poration of the Poor of Bristol quite separate and distinct from any other part of the kingdom. In the first place there were two honorary and unpaid officers at the head of the body, mild they had a master whom they did pay ; but if they admitted a government auditor, what would be the effect of it ? Why substantially to put the master at the head of the body. The Committee of Relief would perhaps order certain relief to he given ; the master would reply, I cannot give it.' Why not ?" Because the auditor will not permit it.' The consequence would be that the Committee of Relief would be a nullity—not of the least use, and the master would be put at the head of the governor, deputy-governor, and the whole corpora- tion. in point of fact the whole system must be broken up. (Cheers.) There was another consideration—under the present system, the workhouse and lunatic asylum were together, and under the same management; when the government auditor came to audit the accounts, he would perhaps disallow items connected with the lunatic asylum, and the consequence would be that the conatris sinners of lunacy would immediately interfere, and a new building, at the cost of £40,000 or £50,000, would have to be erected, because they would not allow them to remain together. (Hear, and cheers)." Precisely so ; and the rate-payers of Bristol would have to pay, as we are paying, for this harassing in terfsrence of an auditor, who may be nobody knows who; but if any portion of the Corporation should propose to establish a pet hobby of that worthy official's superiors—an Industrial School like our own, for instance—there will be no demur to pass any of the various items of its cost, or even to swallow bandmasters, drillmasters, model ships and all. By the by, whilst upon the subject of this establish ment, the accounts of which the Poor-law auditor is probably engaged upon whilst we write, our own fellow-townsmen will understand the extravagant scale upon which it is carried on when we state, that, at as near an estimate as we can form, every scholar within its walls costs the parish for educa tion from £l4 to £l6, whilst our Blue Coat scholars cost only £l2, and our Orphan Asylum children only £9 per head ! The quality of the training in the two latter establishments, we need not say, is of the best description. We trust that our Bristol friends will persevere to the last in their resistance to the encroachments of the Board. They may depend upon it that, with the exception of a few captious spirits amongst themselves, the feeling of the country is with them; and that when they submit to the interference of an auditor of the Commissioners, they will find few independent gentlemen very anxious to remain on the Board. THE amendment, shown to be required in the provisions of the Sanitary Bill, affords a striking instance of the haity and loose manner in which modern legislation is conducted. Amongst the objects, for which the existing Act of Parliament was obtained, was one to put down the practice off` inhabiting badly-ventilated cellars, to which was attributed a large share in producing the great mortality in this town. Immediately cn the pass ing of the act, the Health Committee set vigour ously to work to clear out these dens.-ef filth and pestilence ; but it was soon discovered that their efforts were neutralized by the imperfect nature of the powers given. The active inspector of nuisan ces, Mr. Fresh, explained very clearly at the meet ing of the sub-committee, last week, the nature of the obstacle to its proper working. A ten days' notice to the. occupant of a condemned cellar is required to be served upon the tenant; and when, at the expiry of such notice, the officers proceed to see that it is vacated, they find, in the majority of cases, a new party in occupation ; that the John Jones, or Paddy Murphy, who had been served with notice, had given place to some Thomas Jones or Dennis Murphy, who, of course, must be pro ceeded against de novo. To add to the difficulty of carrying out the objects of the act, no penalty was enacted upon parties offending against its pro visions. The same was the case as respects parties not complying with the provisions of the Building Act : there was no penalty imposed upon parties offending. Another grievous oversight was committed in dealing with common lodging-houses. The exist ing law interferes only with those houses in which parties shelter merely for a night. Its provisions were evaded by the occupants of such houses re sorting to similar habitations as weekly lodgers, in which they are crowded together in filth and vice, as many as fifty in a single small house. Another mode in which the act is invaded is by the occu pants of cellars not having on the premises proper bedding to impart to them the character of a per manent habitation. The officers of the Health Committee find themselves utterly unable, under their present act, to put down the nuisance. The means provided for the regulation of marine stores are equally inoperative. We have no security, be- I yond the fact of parties keeping such establish ments not having previously been convicted for an offence against the law, to guard the public from the licensing of thorough scoundrels; and it is a well known fact that in very many cases these places offer a direct premium upon crime. The Health Committee we trust will take powers to , exact from all parties engaged in the business a security, by bond or otherwise. With respect to the most important portion of the bill—the clause imposing liability for the local rates upon owners of all descriptions of property— there will, no doubt, be conflicting opinions; and the owners of cottages especially, who conceive that it has been expressly framed to catch them selves, will, no doubt, oppose it strongly. We can, however, see no very valid reason why these parties should be permitted to offer their tenants an immu- , nity from the burthens, which should be borne by all. It may be perfectly true, as urged, that the rents of a large portion of the cottage buildings throughout the town are very difficult to collect, and that many of the tenants are very little removed from pauperism. But in what condition, as to repairs, &c., is the bulk of such property ? It is a disgraceful one, notwithstanding all the efforts made to effect an improvement. If men will endea vour to extort rents for such hovels as are to be found in the streets and courts between Vauxhall road and Marybone, for example, which are not fit for human beings to live in, they may expect to get tenants of the lowest grade both as to means and morals. 'Wherever good cottage property has been erected and kept in good condition, we believe that it pays a very fair interest to the owner ; very much more than is returned by property in streets which used to constitute the best portion of the town. There will, of course, be cases, as suggested by Mr. James Holme, in which houseowners will expe rience difficulty in getting from their tenants a rent increased in proportion to the amount of taxes paid. It is only natural that it should be so. The ten dency of all descriptions of property is downwards; and houseowners will not be allowed to claim an immunity which owners of other property do not enjoy. The case put by Mr. Holme himself, that " he could go on the Bury Railway, and buy land for a tenth of the price in Liverpool, yet be as near the Exchange as if he was at Edge-hill," points at one striking cause of the deterioration. Another is our enormous parochial and other local expenditure. If the heavy ratepayers of Liverpool—and Mr. Holme is one—would exert themselves to keep down such expenditure, their property would be infinitely benefitted by the result of their exertions. WE have been authoritatively told by the leading members of the Free Trade party that a return to a protective policy is an impossibility; that the Corn Laws once repealed, the agriculturist must submit even to ruin, without an effort being made by the legislature to save him. In the present state of parties perhaps this is so. A direct return to pro tection is not just now likely ; but it may be worth while enquiring whether some modification of the existing laws affecting native industry may not be made with advantage, and in accordance with strict justice. Few statesmen can arrogate for themselves legislative infallibility; and we think if it can be shewn that the policy of the last few years has operated to confer a direct advantage upon the foreigner in the race of competition with British industry, a case will have been established in favor of the interposition of Parliament. We have not fai4o go in order to discover anomalies in many tiir our recent measures. Take first the Navigation Laws' Repeal Bill of last session. Is it just to the British shipbuilder that he should pay duty on the timber which he uses, whilst the foreigner imports his ships without paying a farthing of duty upon either his timber or materials; Surely not, The most bigoted tidy°. cate of Free Trade cannot maintain this to be just, or to have been the deliberate intention of Parlia ment; and unless some modification of the law is submitted to, its effect must he to drive ship building from this country to the shores of the Baltic, or to other timber-growing countries._ A similar anomaly is to be foUnd in Sir Robert Peel's Bill for the Repeal of the Corn-laws. It was intended by that bill only to attack the posi tion of the owners and cultivators of the soil ; but what is its present operation? A large increasing 'portion of the imports comes here in the manufac tured state, thus depriving some thousands of mil lers of their occupation. It is brought over in sacks, which pay no duty, whilst the British grower is subjected to a heavy impost ; and in barrels also duty free, depriving the cooper of this country of a large amount of employment. A good American barrel can now be bought for sixpence ; and is used in nearly every dwelling in the kingdom, instead of the vessels which the native artizan has hitherto supplied. Turn to the effect of the same measure in destroying the chief source of prosperity in our colonies. It was surely never intended to place the Canadas. as corn-growing countries, in a position less favourable than the United States; yet such is the result. The Canadian farmer receives thirty per cent. less for his produce than the American farmer. He ships his produce in American ships from American ports ; and uses American canals, instead of his own, for its transfer to the seaboard, whilst the very country thus benefitted refuses to admit a single article of his for consumption with out exacting an enormous duty. Surely it would have been but just to have given our own fellow countrymen in these colonies a protection sufficient to have enabled him to meet on equal terms his non reciprocating neighbour. We have done this in favor of other branches of our native industry, We tax highly every description of manufactured foreign produce. The tailor, the shoemaker, the tobacco manufacturer, the machine maker, and numerous other trades, are strictly protected ; and why not the miller, the sackmaker and the cooper? Even more hard is the case of the West Indian sugar grower. We told him a few years ago that free labour was cheaper than slave labour ; that he would be enabled to compete successfully with Brazil and Cuba ; and that our navy would prevent these countries importing Africans to carry on their cultivation. Every one of these promises has been broken. Free labour is now admitted to be dear labour; Brazil and Cuba have doubled their pro duction, and are enabled to exact double prices for their produce ; and the slave trade has trebled in its extent, Our colonies are ruined ; and we are about to abandon our blockade of the African coast as utterly abortive. Is a policy thus ad mitted to be founded on error to be regarded as incapable of being retraced or modified. We venture to.._ assure Sir Robert Peel and his supporters that - the country is not disposed to re gard any one of their measures as settled beyond recal. It cannot be denied that their whole policy has been based upon lying promises. The labourer was to have a large loaf and better wages ; the 'landowner was to have his usual rents, and the farmer increased profits on his cultivation. Yet Sir Robert Peel himself is compelled to lop away 20 per cent. from his rent roll ; and that, without the certainty that his tenant will be enabled to live. Fifty-six shillings were to have been the price of the quarter of wheat; yet, with the first year of a good harvest we have it down at 40s. Universal prosperity was to have been diffused amongst our consuming classes ; we have instead almost univer sal prostration ; money stored up in our banks, because it cannot be profitably put into circulation, and one half of the community driven to resort to every available means of reducing expenditure and employing labour. What matter, however, exclaim our philosophers ! Manchester is flourishing, and the West Riding in full activity. Every shuttle and spindle is in motion ; and all must therefore do well. Perish aristocracy ! Perish industry ! Let ships and colonies go ! Manchester and the West Riding must govern the country. But how long, we ask, can this game be kept up ? With one-fifth of the rental of the entire empire swept away, with the nett income of every cultivator of the soil reduced one-half, how is im ported produce to be consumed, or the manufac turing interest itself to be supported ? Common sense would say that they cannot. Every man's experience will tell him that with a diminished in come he must diminish his expenditure. Servants must he decreased in number, and become non consumers. Luxuries must be cut down, and even ordinary comforts more sparingly enjoyed. If we cannot import as usual, what becomes of our ex ports ? We shall be placed in the same position with respect to the other markets of the world as that which we at present occupy with respect to China, the trade with which, as stated by the de putation to the Premier on Wednesday last, is declining rapidly, from our inability to consume sufficient of her only article of export—Tea. The result is inevitable; and whenever it arrives we may probably have our free traders themselves stepping forward to reconstruct the domestic mar ket, which they are now madly destroying. THE present posture of parties in the Council Chamber becomes, at every meeting, more difficult to understand. The questions of water supply, dock rating, and sanatory measures, have dislo cated all previous arrangements ; and we see gen tlemen, working hand in hand upon one of these, become bitter and almost personal opponents so soon as another is brought upon the carpet. Of course we can have no wish to see a perfect unani mity of opinion prevail amongst any body of gen tlemen upon questions affecting so differently va rious interests, and capable of being regarded in so many different lights. It is perfectly natural that there may be perfect agreement as to the object to be attained, and as complete difference of opinion as to the mode of proceeding towards its attain ment. Still one would imagine that such differ ences could be so treated as to cause nothing like bickering, and so displayed as to lead neither to ill feeling nor to apparently violent inconsistencies. The proceedings of Saturday's special meeting exhibit a remarkable exemplification of:this state of things, First comes the appointment of an alder man ; and when a gentleman, in every respect de serving of the honour from his public services, was proposed, another, the successful candidate, equally eligible, and holding the same opinions on most subjects, is proposed by a member of the same party. A third, proposed by a Conservative, is a Roman Catholic in religion, and a Whig-Radical in politics; and a fourth is a Conservative, pro posed also by a Conservative. The voting takes place only between them, and is ultimately decided in favour of the second gentleman on the list, partly in consequence of whispered hints spread through the chamber that his only real opponent would adopt a certain course upon the next question to be decided. A similar appearance of disunited councils was displayed in the election of Dock Chairman. We See gentlemen, usually acting together upon main questions, at issue—for in reality the election of Mr. Harbord as a member of the Dock Com mittee was carried with a view to Mr. Horsfall's exclusion from the chair. The whole proceedings were, in fact, of a most extraordinary character, and displayed a want of unanimity amongst the members of the Council, the consequences of which, as influencing their success in carrying out the ohj ects which they have in view, are greatly to be feared. We should explain, however, that we do not at all impugn the correctness of the selections made for the appointments to be filled up. We only regret the spirit in which the proceedings were conducted. ANOTHER CASE OF TOO STRINGENT DOCK INGULA TIONS.—A striking instance of the want of a relaxing power in our dock regulations occurred on Tuesday night last, on the occasion of hauling the Guy Mannering from her position upon the Prince's Dock sill. It was found that although the ship's keel had never touched the ground, owing to her having been held by the sides, she had taken in water, and had to be pumped out. For this purpose application was made for the use of the fire engine, which is kept in the dock ; but it was found that neither the harbour-master nor any of the police had power to order it out. The result was that a party had to proceed to the Central Fire-office, to get permission from Mr. Hewitt ; and a delay was created which, had the engine been wanted to suppress a fire, might have been attended with very serious consequences. When the ma chine was at length got out it took nearly two hours before it could be rigged out for effective work. If an engine is stationed at all in our docks, certainly some authority likely to be found on the spot in a case of emergency, ought to be enabled to afford access to it ; and its capacity ought to:be of the best description. Considerable difficulty was also experienced in getting men to work it, although numbers of labourers were upon the spot. They manage these matters very differently in foreign ports. In New York, we are told, a powerful engine could have been had in full working order within five minutes. TIE LIVERPOOt STANDARD. THE DOCK POLICE OF LIVERPOOL AND THE REVENUE It is a well-known fact that, of late, a large increase has taken place in the number of the police force stationed in our docks ; but it is not quite so well known what is the precise nature of their avocations. These do not ap pear to us to be strictly in the nature of the duties, for which such a force is ordinarily required : viz., to repress pilfering and outrage, but rather to act as aids to the re pression of smuggling, and the infliction of fines upon merchants, captains, and others connected with the ship ping trade of the port. From the corporation accounts of the past year we find that £14,732 16s. Id. was paid for the salaries of the dock police, and £4,242 10s. ld. for clothing, printing, stationery, and other expences, in all a gross amount of £18,732 16s. Ild., being a large in crease upon the amount paid in previous years. And where are these additional men located ? In our closed docks principally, where a single officer at each gate ought to be sufficient to prevent any very extensive peculation. Let our readers go into any of these docks, and what will they see ? Gangs of ragged boys parading the quays, satchel in hand, ready to pick up any inconsiderable trifle lying about, to buy old ropes and rags from ship-keepers, mates, and others; and naturally the suggestion will pre sent itself, how it is that such parties are peimitted to enter the gates. What is the meaning of a walled dock, if it is not to keep them out, and to protect the preperty of the shipowner and merchant from such peculation ? But the real occupation of our police, we repeat, is to aid the customs' officers in detecting smuggling, and to lay informations against poor ship-keepers, for seeking shelter in inclement weather. Surely the customs ought to provide a staff of their own, if they desire the revenue to be protected • and the police might put an end easily to peculation, iithey would prevent parties, not having legitimate business there, from entering the docks at all. One half the force would be all that would be required, if their services were used only in their legitimate occu pation. It is a fact, that one of the heaviest inflictions levied upon the shipping frequenting this port is that caused by the officious interference of the police with ship-keepers. These parties are required by our dock regulations, in all weathers, and whether the crew of a vessel are on board or not, to walk the decks from m e hour before to two hours after high water. Obviously the only object of such a regulation is to prevent robbery both of the cus toms and the ship ; yet what robbery could take place in a dock, walled round, and with every gate well guarded. Another of their vocations—laying informations against timber merchants and others for allowing goods to lie a few hours too long on the quays—is carried to a ridicu lously absurd and extravagant length. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, Mr. EDITOR.—I perceive there is an advertisement in our local papers, emanating from the Committee of the District Provident Society, intimating that they are in want of funds. It is to be hoped that this appeal from the committee of one of the most admirable of all our admirable institutions will not be made in vain ; for although, at this inclement season of the year, distress is pretty general, yet a degree of caution is necessary, to prevent imposition, and it is well•kvn that the District Provident Society visits every applicant ; indeed, the motto of the society will best speak for it.—" Let the attention bestowed on another be the genuine emanation of good will, and there is only one thing more to make it irresistible. The readiest way of finding access to a man's heart is to go into his house and there perform the deed of kindness." Now, whilst we have such an insti tution as this, for conveying the bounties of the rich to the wants of the poor, and as we know that vast numbers of our fellow creatures are at present not only bordering upon, but actually enduring the worst effects of starva tion, surely this itp,peal will not be made in vain. It ever has been sufficient , ,to state the fact to stimulate the wealthy of our town, to whom Providence has been lavish in its bounties, to a prompt signal and resolved exertion on behalf of their suffering fellow creatures. Let our merchant princes and leviathan tradesmen avail them selves of the holy unction, and in such a crisis have illustrated and exercised the choicest attribute of Heaven, the favourite cherub Mercy, that spiritual quality which "Is not strained, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven. Upon the place beneath, it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gave, and him that takes. 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown." I am, Mr. Editor, yours respectfully, Liverpool, 20th January, 1850 POSTULATA, THE BIRKENHEAD Docks.—A letter has just been published, addressed to the Earl of Carlisle, on the line of conduct pursued by the Board of Woods, in relation to the Birkenhead Docks. The writer calls attention to a statement his lordship made at the festival held on the opening of the docks in 1847, " That he had ever felt the greatest interest in the rising fortunes of Birkenhead, and it was obvious the proportions in which the undertaking could become profitable to the Crown, must he according to the degree in which they were made available for the accommodation of commerce and the public good." After a review of the history of the Birkenhead Docks, and the negotiations between the projectors and the Board of Woods, the present fallen condition of Birkenhead is traced to the policy pursued by that Board, of which his lordship is the chief. The last negotiations resulted in a sum of £50,000 being raised to pen up the waters of the Pool, so as to adapt it for the timber trade ; and when these works are completed, the position of the docks will, in the opinion of the writer, be as follows ,—On the 22d of July next, all vessels above the burthen of 200 tons will be excluded from the Morpeth Dock; ane on the 19th of July, 1855, the whole of the works will revert to the Crown absolutely ; the object which the Board of Woods seem to have had in view for several years past. The attention of his lordship is directed to a review of the past proceedings of the Board of Woods, an examination of the present condition of the works, and a considera tion of their future prospects, the result of which, says the writer, will be a conviction in his lordship's mind, that the only way of restoring the suspended vitality of the docks, and the public confidence necessary to secure their progression, is by endeavouring to carry out, as nearly as circumstances will now permit, the original scheme propounded by its projectors. SOUTHERN AND TOXTETH HOSPITAL. The annual meeting of the committee and officers of this institution was held yesterday morning in the board room of the hospital. Among the gentlemen present were J. B. Yates, Esq. (the president), the Revds. J. Hampton, G. Dover, and Robberds ; Councillors Watson, and Fisher ; Messrs. H.Banner,andJ. Aikin. Mr. Challinor,thehono rary secretary, read the financial statement, from which it appeared that the institution is still in debt about £BOO, but the greater part of this has been incurred on account of the new building. The accounts having been passed, Mr. Yates, the chairman, observed that the next business was to read the report which he had drawn up. The first important feature in this report was the statement, that during the past year 2722 patients had been relieved, 2133 of which were out, and 589 in-patients ; of the entire number 370 were severe surgical cases, 1510 acci dents, and simple fractures; the remainder embraced medical and surgical cases of various character. There were in the hospital in December, 1848, 55 patients, ad mitted from Ist January, 1849, to Ist Jan. 1850, 589; of which 436 were discharged cured. At the commence ment of the past year the house contained the same number of inmates as at the same period in the previous year. The addition of one storey to the premises has greatly increased the accommodation, permitting of the addition of 70 beds to those formerly available ; besides two separate wards; several other commodious apart ments have been added ; the ventilation has been planned on an improved system, and altogether the new portion of the premises reflects much credit on the architect, Mr. Arthur Holme. The institution now is capable of afford ing room for 120 beds. The proportion of the fund arising from the proceeds of the Fancy Fair allotted to to the Southern and Toxteth Hospital is £3197, being one-third of the entire sum. Two thousand pounds of this sum have been permanently secured as in come to the charity, and are invested in dock bonds, drawn in favour of J. B. Moore. -- Yates, and Cropper, Esqrs. A legacy of £5OO has also accrued to the hospital. This bequest was left by the late Mr. Matthew Heyes, and was received through the preL.int Mayor. Notwithstanding these large donations, the debt amounts to £BOO, principally on account of the new building.—Mr. W. Fisher (town councillor) moved the adoption of the report. He considered that the institu tion, notwithstanding the heavy debt, would go on in creasing in usefulness ; and congratulated the committee upon the fact of there being £2OOO secured to the finances. The Rev. Mr. Hampton seconded the resolution ; and in alluding to the fact of there having been no church col lection during the year in aid of the hospital, referred to the events of the past year. The visitation of the cholera had drained the sources that would otherwise have been available for that purpose. The rev. gentleman then moved another resolution,—a vote of thanks:to the presi dent, who, he said, had taken a prominent part in estab lishing the institution nearly nine years ago ; and who not only gave his valuable time and talents to the carry ing out of the charity, but also contributed by his liberality to its support. He went on to state the circum stances under which they (the committee) bad pressed Mr. Yates to retain his position another year, contrary to his expressed desire.—Mr. Fisher seconded this resolu tton.—Mr. Yates expressed his regret that no member of the committee would allow himself to be nominated to the seat he had so long occupied ; and went on to state that preparations had been made to instal Mr. Cropper, the vice-president abut that owing to the illness of Lady Denman, the mother of Mrs. Cropper, that arrangement had fallen through; indeed Mr. Cropper had been com pelled to resign the post he had hitherto filled. The president expressed his conviction that if the usefulness of the institution were to be maintained, the most t e o ne in rg e e r t ea ic so m t e h a e su f r u e n s d w s o ; u i l t d w h as av e e ss t e o nt b i e al re ti s l o a r t te t d he to do in na o t r io d n e s r should be increased, and the annual subscriptions would have to be swelled some £3OO or £4OO more, in order to insure this. He believed there were many hundreds of t p h e e r s propero ns who m c o o d u e I sd ofb e a r p e p a e d ai l y i r e n s o d r u t c e e d d t t o o . r n h t r e i bu Rev.te G w e e o r e . Dover moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Cropper, who was not present. During the course of the proceedings the rev. gentleman's name being spoken of as the successor to the Rev. T. Nolan, as honorary chaplain to the hospital, he expressed his determination to administer to the necessities of the sufferers in the manner peculiar to his calling to the utmost of his capabilities.—Mr. Coun cillor Watson seconded the motion of a vote of thanks to Mr. Cropper.--The subsequent proceedings consisted in the proposing and seconding resolutions complimentary to the various gentlemen connected with the institution not before named.—Kr. Nolan's services were spoken of as having immensely contributed to the usefulness and efficiency of the charity. The resolutions in extensi will be found in our advertisi ng columns. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. Monday Night. In the absence of excitement during the past week, a regular, healthy business has continued to be transacted in most departments of trade ; and with the exception of the Overland Mail, our intelligence from foreign markets is rather scanty. From India the accounts are fair, but from China still discouraging; and the latter must doubt less continue so unless the tea duty is modified to such an extent as to encourage a further consumption of that article in England. The tea plantations are evidently the Chinese California, and unless we consent to take that which we cannot grow for ourselves, in exchange for our manufactures, we must submit to restrict the production of fabrics suitable for the Chinese market. in the same proportion that we lay an embargo on this invaluable item in the comforts of temperate Englishmen. With the present favourable condition of the revenue there can be no better method of applying the surplus than in giving an impetus to this important branch of our Eastern trade. There has been a buoyant tone in our markets gene rally ; our prices are on the advance. Since the circular of Friday last a cargo of good Mauritius Sugar has been taken by the refiners at 395., and 4000 bags Bengal at full prices. Coffee has rallied again, and the market for tea is exceedingly firm, though with less doing. The sales in cotton have been 12,000 bales each day since Thursday, when the sales were made up, and prices to-day are an eighth dearer. Of the Saturday's sales 1,000 bales were taken for export, and 5,000 on speculation, much of which latter was again in new uplands, at 6d. and 61d. to 7d. The aggregate amount comprised about 9000 American, 400 Pernams at sid. to 7d., 400 Bahias at 6-0., 400 Maranhams at Qcl. to Zd., 200 Egyptians at Bd., 1,500 Surats at 4kd. to sd. T o -d ay the - majority of the returns which have com e t o h an d e s ti ma t e the sales at about 10,000 bales, of which about 2,500 are Brazils, 1,000 Surats, and the rest chiefly Americans at 6:1. to 7d. per lb.: 500 Americans were taken for export, and 2,500 Americans, Surats (500), and Maranhams (500), on spe culation. Much anxiety is experienced at further ac counts from America now looked for, and if the previous accounts, reducing the estimates, be confirmed, higher prices will all at once be established. Spinners hold light stocks, and are buying with more confidence. There is little of importance to communicate respecting the wool trade, excepting that a sale of East India will take place this day (Tuesday), and as many buyers are in town from the manufacturing districts, and this is a class of wool which always sells well, it is expected that prices will rule rather high. The imports for the week ending the 21st instant comprise :—Foreign 2,506, and Irish 181. Notwithstanding the frost, our English Corn markets have been dull this week, which, in those districts de pendent upon river navigation, has necessarily contracted the supply ; and, with the exception of Newcastle-upon- Tyne,—where English Wheat obtained an advance at Saturday's market of is. per quarter, and Foreign also participated in the improvement,—the general tendency of the trade has been to lower prices. The London Flour market is much depressed, in consequence of importations from France, and large supplies from the millers; and, although wheat is rising at the present moment in Paris, the difference between the prices there and in London, enables the French dealer to send his flour to this country and sell it at a profit. In Ireland, farmers have supplied the trade on a liberal scale. The weather there, as in England, has been harsh, with severe frost, which, having checked sowing and out-door occu pations, has caused farmers in most districts to bring an increased supply of wheat to market, which although still small in some localities for the time of year, has in many instances produced a slight decline in the quotations. Belfast is the only market which is repotted the turn dearer. Indian corn still remains in abeyance ; the amount which may be required for this year's con sumption being still rather problematical, both buyers and sellers are playing a very cautious game, although we have no doubt a large business might be transacted if holders would relax a little in their demands. In our local market there is a more general inquiry for Indian Corn, at the full prices of Friday, .2.pd some is held for rather higher terms. In other articles nothing has transpired worthy of notice. A slight depression has taken place in the iron trade since our last; and it will be seen from the subjoined quotations that prices are a shade lower to-day :—Mixed numbers 475. 6d. to 48s. ; 495. No. 1 ; 50s. No. 1 Garts herrie, f. o. b. at Glasgow. Bars are selling at £5 2s. 6d. to £5 ss. The arrivals of Irish Butter are still on the decrease, but the trade has not yet derived animation from this cause, and although stocks are now light, we cannot alter previous quotations. The top price to-day is 665. to ids. for Waterfords (landed in Liverpool.) The following letter from a correspondent, writing from Londonderry, will be interesting to parties in the trade ;--.` Butter has become very scarce, but the quality of what is coming in is unusually fine for this time of the season. We never remember really fine seconds to preponderate so much in lots still appearing at our weekly market; but this may be accounted for by buyers for London in the inland markets having been inactive, and the quality of the article, on the average, being intrinsically superior to late years." New Irish Bacon continues in fair request on the terms given last week. American Lard manifests a tendency upwards; the quotations to-day are 335. to 345. The Share-market continues very animated : a large business has been done daily throughout the week ; and there has been a gradual, steady, and healthy advance. At the close of the Exchange this evening, the tone is ex ceedingly firm. We annex the prices of business done daring the day : East Lancashire quarters, 3 01/3 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 60 ; Leeds fifths, 7 1/3c d. ; London stock, 117 17c 17 ; Do. new quarters, 38/9 1i 18/9 41/3 2 2c 2A 41/3 p.; Do. Antis, 2/ 3 p.; Do. C quarters, 11 , 16/3 ., / ip. ; Midland stock, 45 5c s}_; Do; halves:22i ; NOrili British new s 5 pref., No. 2, In d.; I)utch Rhenish, 6 d. ; I,'nool Gas, 180. 54 ; -Dover INQUEST YESTERDAY.--On view of the body of Oliver Rylands, cook to Messrs. Fisk and Son, confectioners, Castle-street. On Friday deceased incautiously swallowed, from a bottle on the premises, a quantity of a compound used in small quantities in the trade, and which he mis took for bitter almonds. It appeared that he had no right to meddle with it at all; and the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." AUDITING OF RAILWAY ACCOUNTS.-Much interest continues to be felt by proprietors of railway property relative to the question of auditing their accounts : a pre liminary meeting of the principal shareholders in the Lon don and North Western line was held here yesterday morning, when it was unanimously resolved to call a meeting of the proprietors generally, in the course of, probably, a week, to discuss the point of the aflvisableness of going to Parliament for powers to vest the appoint ment in the proprietors. The meeting were unanimous in their disapproval of the appointment being made by Government. ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S DISTRICT, BIRMINGHAM.—WO beg to refer our readers to a very important and carefully compiled ecclesiastical table in another column, showing the population, education, religion, and morals of this hitherto immoral district. The reverend gentleman who has framed the table was formerly minister of St. Matthew's Church, in this town, where many of our readers may remember him as a devoted and laborious pastor. The appeal which he now makes deserves to meet with a liberal response, and though there are innumerable calls at present on our friends, still the case before us seems to offer peculiar features of extreme im portance which well deserve to be met by an ex tended exercise of Christian charity. CASE AFFECTING LANDLORDS.—Two bailiffs, Benbow and Shannon,were charged, on Saturday, with taking ille gally a quantity of furniture and clothes, from the ho use o f a lady named Johnson , in Hutchison-street. It appeared the lady had left her home a few weeks ago to visit some friends in Scotland, and left the premises locked up. On her return she found the furniture, &c. all removed—at the instance of the landlord, to whom a quar t er ' s rent -was due. He, however, distrained for half a year's rent, and part of the goods were found in possession of the prisoners.—Mr. Rushton said, that in entering the house, and distraining for half a year's rent in place of a quarter, the prisoners had committed a felony. He committed them both for trial, and advised Mrs. Johnson to consult an attorney with a view to punishing the landlord for his share in the transaction. THE WEATHER.—Since our last the weather has been unusually rigourous even for this season of the year. After about a fortnight's almost incessant hard frost, with a gloomy sky, we had a heavy downfall of snow and sleet on Friday, which was succeeded by a rapid thaw, win, however, a cold damp wind. Great part of the snow had disapp - ared by Saturday night, but the frost again set in shortly after midnight with increased intensity, accom panied by a keen E.S.E. wind. On Sunday and yester day the roads and streets were flinty hard, and the cutting easterly wind continued with great and searching severity, blowing rather fresh: Skating was resumed yesterday at Wallasey. Pool and other places, but the intense cold rendered the sport rather uninviting. Even the sturdiest pedestrians could not keep themselves warm. Th e wh eat being generally covered with a little snow, has received little or no injury from this severe visitation. BRUTAL OUTRAGE. — The particulars of a most brutal assault were made known to us last evening : owing to the lateness of the hour when we gained the i n f orma ti on it was impossible to ascertain the names of the parties concerned. The occurrence took place in Mason-street, Edge-hill, on Saturday. About th e m iddl e o f t h e d ay a gentleman, residing in the street, observed from his par lour window four men rush into the street from one of the narrow courts leading out of it ; directly afterwards he saw two of the men prostrate and the other two assail ing them ; one of the latter violently knocked one of the fallen men in the face ; he then set upon the second vic tim, whom he struck over the head, with all his force, with a spade which he had in his hand; he repeated the blow twice, and was about delivering a third blow when the gentleman before alluded to left his house with the intention of capturing him; seeing the gentleman's ob ject, the ruffian made off, and succeeded for a time in se creting himself, o w i ng t o his pursuer falling down in his injured man to arrive at the scene of the outrage. The man was taken to the Infirmary, where his wounds were dressed : it was found that he had sustained fracture of the skull, having been wounded in three different places on the head. At first his life was despaired of, and at present he is in a precarious condition, but hopes are en tertained of his ultimate recovery. The aid of the police was sought to capture the cowardly villain, in which tlidisco veredeycourtsThe They leading someinon one of difficulty. the from Mason-street, and when they entered his house he was in the act of escaping from the roof, armed with a poker; with this weapon he made a desperate resistance, s t u h c a c t ee th de e d iel b lo u w t w 'h i v t e h d but was finally captured, and ultimately locked up. The time which elapsed between the commission of the act and the capture of the reprobate was very brief, yet it had suf ficed for the fellow to change his clothes, with a view to prevent his identification ; in this, however, he failed. Upon inquiries being made from the injured man as to the origin of the quarrel, he said it began in an attack of snowballing; the parties are unknown to each Other; the injured man is a carter. Jan. 22, !t,5/ WEST INDIA MAIL. ter The Royal Mail steam-ship Great Western eg t Southampton on S un d a y o morning with On W mails. She sail e d f rom Bermuda on the /t., t lies consequently made a ver y ra pid run from t"'" f ol (3,013 miles) in 124 days. Her outward passg!4 formed in 141 day s , b o th voyages b e ing the , (Itr it , record. She brin g s 23 p assengers a nd £53112 in specie. 2.30 1111° We have received Jamaica papers to the tb The House of Assembly had been occupied VIII! ing means for paying the interest of the island at l , that purpos e a sma ll a ddi t i ona l i mpor t d u ty ou rte d general consumpti on was propose d an d suPP° sel country party, but opposed by the go vernmeuo who wished t o fi x an a ddi t i onal acreage duty n the purpose. The former proposition was adocd. The publication in the island papers of th e ,o l , proposed for the Royal Mail steamers had etr e f/ public attention in a marked manner, from f t`_„,joi i the communication now existing between J 4 ;ti the Spanish main, by means of the packet ;0, be cut off by the new arrangement, to the a i Jamaica and the advantage of the Danish ish ili p e oli Thomas. A public m ee ti ng was t o b e held on 26th for the purpose of remonstrating against the_Peiif measure, and to that effect resolutions on the ol er , passed the Council Board on the 21st of Deal ° tse" Jacob Mitchell, Esq., Mosquitian consul fo&od arrived from England in the Royal Mail_ l oo l steam ship Severn, and has resumed his offiol 4 ' 11 Then!. has been an abundance of rain late_Al whole county of Cornwall, and we are glad to le' t i l t! our agricultural friends entertain strong h°P es d i A crops will be large. We sincerely trust that so ...of the case, and that the produce will realise teen, prices in the British markets. It is necessary thing should be done by the planters of Jelol i fil purpose of meetin g th e i r a lt er ed con di t i on when on British and f ore i gn sugar become eq°lled. ; should begin to " p u t th e i r h ouses i n order" on, by well-arranged pla ns en d eavour to aver t the' . which they are threatened. W l° At Demerara the sugar crop is expected t° 10,000 hogshe a ds s h or t o f th e usual supp l y . 0 P All the West India islands are represente d healthy, particularly in the mountain districts. Business, for the season of the year, was Ss was possible to be, an d b u t li tt l e appearan ce" provement. The frequent arrival of the American ON Kingston, having on boa r d a t ti mes h un d r eds c u , s d nians on their wa y t o or f rom Chagres, c reated r i i#, ally a little stir among th e shopkeepers. Ne art tsb! depot rather an ext ens i ve t avern h as b ee n ; , 41r, called the " U n it e d St a t es H ote l . " The '`l`, House," the " Am er i can H ouse, " t h e .r.,,5 such like, have become fashionable on the sigol o o various establishments in Kingston, and one its name decorated with the " stars." . o .te j The Hon. Mr. St an l e y, w h o h as b een on 1 r island, had paid several visits to the Assembly public places. He was present in the house on '"? December From Belize, te Hpuornsedrur of Her on which the lengthy debate, referred to above, sing an additional tax on land, took place. Jbd khbbiiSapphooonva had struck teerduaTe a npohk r udff r er i :s v tener e hour d asindte o tdmah n selaahr t ntert h ude a ntewe t i srifahe d hs: a pa4f y ipad6n H l w e w sagnide ee i ko, t r i hl learneisn south-west uit Majesty'shti gh a e t nv r o c ee l s it : l b : i t on her way to alma, State of Honduras. It " -- „ 0 11 0 A itan k nhg e de e rt l twih o noe f toguf t ed h enee e ts pot o btir s ro l 7ol_4i 'dr ; some hopes were entertained of saving the schooner was instantly despatched from Belie assistance. Th e crew o f t h e Sappho had su ffered from sickness. 0 .1 PROVISION FOR T HE POOR . —W e are g.'lo, ceive that the s oup s h ops at the north and so"„ j the town are now in efficient operation. ,1 We SPRING SESSION OF THE MECHANICS' , INS+„ro We observe that this institution opens to-morrl e y first of a c o urse o f l ectures on the History of t.„O/ Ages, by Dr. G. H. Jackson, of B ur y St. rob? which will b e f o ll owe d up by others on differa' by eminent lecturers. On Sunday morn i ng a fire broke out in t he r, Church, London, by which a great part of the 7,0 1 chorister's room w a s burned, but the buildinge jury. two ( A skating mat c h t oo k p l ace lately in W O5- the seat of Sir John Palling ton, on which °cool" ol d Curtler, Esq., p rove d t h e successful competitory presented by L a dy Diana Pakington w ith a 1 11111. . 0 t some skates, as an acknowledgment of his super' e The Inverne ss C our i er g i ves the history °fl bagpipes which have been played in that town u i e le' d Christmas holid a y s . Th ey were manuf actureuol), hundred year s ago f or t h e Duke of Gordon,. Or been since in thirty-two military engagements 111 Egypt, and the continent. PROTECTIONIST MEETINGS.—On Satur.. , stiO meeting was held at Croydon, at which Lora ke ,) Mr. Drummond, M r . G. F . Y oung, &c., 5P,° s resolutions in favou r o f P ro t ect i on were carrictoPi standing the free-traders mustered all their strnni,' l tried to cre a t e a di s t ur b ance. — On the same ev en lar crowded and enthusiastic meetings wer e Worcester, Petworth, and Yeovil. A gentleman of Streatham, in Cambridge lost twenty-five guinea and gnma sometimes fatal to human beings. The bir in a close room, in which there was an ovei` ei f t baking, the embe rs o f green woo d were rale the grate on to the hearth, and at to expires if door was closed on the roosting fowls ; carbonic,he was generated from the s mou ld er i ng woo d , and , dropt down dead from their perch. or n'' APPLICATION FOR " INF ORMATION " 1, ri , Just before the ri s i ng o f th e C ourt o f Quee l L, Dublin, on Friday evening, a tall solemn.looliq man, said to be a m em b er o f th e l egal professlt:,efo his legs, and after a p re p ara t ory " h em, , put t', ing question:to the Chief Judge (Blaekburne) st Lord,—T have been deputed by some of the me able citizens of Dublin to inquire from r ur t iol what time the Court will deliver judgment f ou'j Wauchob v. Reynolds.' "—Wi t h a gravity 000: nance four times as i m p er t ur b a b le as that d i , i pfi tioner, the Chief Justice replied as follows bs kindness to inform the respectable citizens v l° 6lo l you here, that yo u h ave put that question to and that the Court gave you no reply." t he i r Brwra - ..:—On the 20th inst., at Birkenhead' ARTHUR DOBSON, Esq., of a son. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• MONDAY, JAN. 21.—Wind r gb ARRTREll.—Pirate (s.), Ha r dy, f rom Smyrna—"' combe, from Patras—Alzella, Brown, from Paler ' dore (s.), Little, from Havre. le O f e# l SAILED - ,—Arnelia, Jordan, and Niobe, Sou ,4 it o leans—Empire Queen, Porter, Mobile—Selma, ua o ,is e nidad—Siren, Lawson, Triest—Express, Andersooee —James Legget, St. Thomas and Antigtlarvilti' Curtis, Cuba—Eclipse, Kerkhove, Ostend—Pear , 4I —Tipula, Mortirnore, Galatz—Jenny Jones, A%,.c1i1• stantinople—Mount Charles, Hanson, Chita " cess Alice, Winter, Beirout. A. The Old England, from Antwerp to this port, 1 1 ) 711 , Abergele, got off yesterday afterno on , w i t hout aP mage, and proceeded for this port. Orleans, Henry, hence at Bombay 16th Dec, L, e ol General Sale, White, sailed f rom B om b a y 7th v Bth Dec.; Ontario, Watson, 13th Dec., and Panth e "' Dec., all for this port. Electric; sailed from Calcutta for this port 7th . ec ri/OO P Jno. Dalton sailed from Saugor 19th Nov. ; G ° ,cler 7 r Robert Bradford, and Zuleika, 21st ; Anna „,! Mary Imrie, 23rd ; Velore, 25th Nov. ;. and Gui s tli Dec., all for this port; and Emperor of China, 44 f , London. Grindley, sailed from Sincapore for lo.rracan 14th S° Ripley, sailed from Manilla for Cork 13th N ° ,,. 1 )(0 14 0 Wm. Parker, Wilson, from Shanghae at H0n,,,. tt0 5 Duke of Lancaster, Wakeham, sailed from i d td and Albert Edward, 18th Nov., both for this port , Neill, 16th Nov., for Cowes. Eliza Killick, Norman, from Hong Kong at Ai n° ill baying been towed up by a steamer. , „ n d Larpent, Gibson, from Manilla at Shanghai , "ditt ° ,oo. Cork 22nd Nov.—Emily, Valentine, sailed front oltiAl port 9th Nov.—Esther, Sanderson, and Crisist A Oe' (4ctober, for London, and He rmes , Corkhill, 2`. l ° - Belfast ,onfucins, Scott, 19th Nov., and John Dug' Nov., hence at IVoosunz. Tdate, 01' Calder, Fitzsimons, from London Hobart g r t :ii, Navigator Lefeuvre; Heath, Whitmay, an d chie, hence at Buenos Ayres. A Dusty Miller, from Patras at Falmouth :_~ LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET.- - f t We have been well supplied with all kinds ? ioti 0.0 Beef trade was not quite so brisk. and a reduc'he l l lb. from our last quotations was. submitted to. „ to P a o good demand, at an advance of id. per lb. ov er s'oo stNiciNo 'oil. Sid. to scl. 4}d.5c1., 4d. ff 410' 4d. ff s r. 54d. ff_ 4i. 0 Prime first-class Heifers Second-class Heifers ... Prime first-class Oxen... 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