The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-02-27 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS We reeeived the letter of " A Poor Member of St. Jude's" too late for insertion. We will represent he complaint of "A Townsman" in a quarter likely to affol (.1 him redress. br aibtrpool TUESDAY 310TiNING, FEB. 27, 1844. Our contemporary, the Man•chtster Guardian, affects on all occasions a propriety of manner and of language to which plain men of the world of litera ture or commerce must not aspire. He never uses bad language : oh, no! He never imputes unwor thy motives to a political opponent. He never de nounces deliberate " falsehood" on the part of such opponent by any more violent appellative than the words " fib" or " erroneous statement." Look through his columns from January to December; and the unthinking world, who know not the hol low pretension of the man, would imagine it impos sible to find a sentiment which a Cowper might not have dictated, or a line which a Chesterfield might not have penned. With this refined spirit animating him, our con temporary on Wednesday last approached the consi deration of a letter, which appeared in our last week's paper, addressed by our townsman, Joseph Sandars, Esq., to Lord Talbot, and which, from the fact that it has drawn upon the writer the yelping of the whole pack of the League's scribes, must have some what galled that august body. Of course it was impossible to deal with the letter in question with out a preliminary flourish of the Guardian's exceed ing gentility of style and language ; and accordingly Mr. Sandars is accused of " abusing the Anti-Corn• law League, in that choice and elegant style which seems to have lately found so much favour with more aristocratic advocates of monopoly," and which is so unappropriate, when applied to a body sogentle f speech and irreproachable in manners as are the League an . l its itinerant spouters ! We ourselves cannot discover any portion of the letter which de serves our contemporary's reproach. We can find no expression throughout which is not quite good enough for the parties to whom it is applied. His perception of the genteel, however, is more acute than ours ; and we are informed that Mr. Sandars, on the ground of this same " abuse," would have been deprived of all the advantage and honour of a reply in the columns of the Guardian, had his letter not contained " some statements re garding the average cost of bringing foreign grain to this country," which this great authority esteems calculated to " mislead the publ c" from their blind devotion to the oracles of the Anti-Corn-law League. Let us see, then, what are these statements which our contemporary proposes to controvert. Mr. Sandars had remarked upon the falsehood of the statements made by Mr. Cobden and others, that "the average cost of freight of foreign wheat to this country was 10s. 6d. per quarter," and that such charge was a sufficient protection to the native agriculturist. We will, however, for the satisfaction of our readers, and the more clear elucidation of the question at issue between Mr. Sandars and the Guardian, give the precise words of the former gen tleman. " I have stated that the League have been guilty of falsehood ; perhaps misrepresentation would be a less of fensive term. I will proceed to the proof. In the Times newspaper of the 30th December last, Mr. Cobden is reported to have said at Derby, that the average for carriage, &c., of bringing foreign wheat to this country, was 10s. Gd. per quarter. Take the cost at 40s. per qr., if they liked, and that was 25 per cent. carriage to be paid before the corn could he landed here.' " Upon this (to the precise wording of which we call the attention of our readers) Mr. Sandars went on to say— " It is astonishing, after the repeated contradictions which similar statements have received, that any man can be found daring enough to repeat them. I now beg to state, from my own intimate knowledge of the toreign corn trail tb.r the Aeight from llawburg has lon g ~. ,anged at is. 3d. to 2s. per quarter ; and that foreign wheat, so imported, is subject to no charge to which English, moved from one port to another, is not subject likewise : and, moreover, I state, without the fear of con tradiction, that the rate of freight on such English wheat, moved coastwise, is as often above 2s. as it is below it. He is a bad calculator, who thinks that the merchant in Yarmouth who buys wheat, and the factor in Wakefield who sells it, work without a commission. The charge for commission, porterage, metage,' and the ' imaginary profits' of Mr. Macculloch, are common to all wheat, wherever bought or sold. Freights from the Danish ports vary from 2s. 3d. to 2s. 9d. per quarter, and from the Baltic ports from 3s. to 4s. per quarter, to which must be added 6d. per quarter Sound dues." . _ -- In reply to the above statements made upon the faith and the extensive experience of an honourable British merchant, our contemporary quibbles most wofully. Mr. Sandars, he says, has not made " the slightest attempt to prove that the statement (of Mr. Cobden) is erroneous." The question at issue, he says, " was not as to what the mere freight is from one foreign port only, and that the nearest to Great Britain, but as to what the average cost of carriage is from the various ports of the Continent and the United States." But Ir. Sandars has not given the mere freight from one foreign port only. He had given it as well from the Danish ports and the Bal tic—from the ports, in fact, from which we derive the bulk of our foreign supply ; and the Guardian's assertion, therefore, is a little more than a quibble. It is decidedly and desperately dishonest. But with respect to the freight from Hamburg, as given by Mr. Sandars, the Guardian is not satis fied, and quotes the following estimate of Mr. Meek, the government commissioner, in favour of his own and the League's views. " A fair average rate of freight would be 3s. 6d. per quarter. Exportation would b- subject to other charges, amounting, on the whole, to from 2s. to 3s. per quarter." - - This, the Guardian states, would be the average rate of charge " if the trade were permanently ex tended." We have always been told, however, by the League and its organs, that, under our present system of Corn-laws we were paying higher freights than we should do under a free trade, when an ad ditional and regular supply of vessels Allliad be driven into that branch of the carrying trade. View the question, however, as it stands at present, upon practical evidence of the past. We have a specula tive opinion of Mr. Meek, against the bond-fide ex perience of one extensively engaged in importation. The former fixes the rate of freight at 3s. 6d., and the latter states that it has long ranged at Is. 3d. to 2s. We believe the latter, . _ With respect to the " other charges," which the Guardian, on the authority of Mr. Meek, puts down at 2s. to 3s. per quarter, we must tell our contem porary that they are quite foreign to the present question. Mr. Cobden's statement, to which Mr. Sanders addressed himself, was, that the average of " freight, &e.," of foreign wheat was 10s. 6d.; and the object of that statement was to show that such freight, &c., was an ample protection to the British fanner. This object is clear from the passage quoted above, viz., " take the cost at 40s. per quar ter and that was 25 per cent. carriage, to be paid before the corn could be landed here." Those charges, therefore (landing charges, brokerages, &c.), to which British wheat, borne coastwise, is equally subject with foreign wheat, cannot be brought into the calculation ; and as to any similar charges in foreign ports, we beg to inform our contemporary that the quoted prices abroad are all "free on board." There is no foreign corn upon which there is any charge, beyond mere freight, from its ship ment abroad to its arrival in a Bt itish port, except Danzig and Baltic cargoes, which have to pay Sound dues of 6d. per quartet. And now let us see how this very gentlemanly journalist, who so loudly deprecates the use of bad language, proceeds, at the conclusion of his remarks, to insult his opponent. We give the passage as a specimen of insolence, and of ignorance as well :- 1 " Some people may be disposed to say, Why should Mr. Saedars have any strong feeling on this subject? What interest can be have in the maintenance of the sliding scale ?' We believe that Mr. Sandars - has good reasons for pieferrine a tax which causes great fluctua tions in the mice of corn. He is a man of good judgment in his business, taking great pains to procure information. and, if we mistake not, has been a bold and most success ful speculator in corn. His preference of the sliding scale is as natural as we believe it to be sincere : it rests upon the same grounds as the preference of Demetrius, the Ephesian, for idolatry—' SIRS, YE KNOW THAT BY THIS CRAFT WE HAVE OUP. WEALTH.' " We beg to inform our contemporary—and he stands occasionally in great need of information— that neither Mr. Sanders, nor any other Liverpool corn-merchant or broker, is " interested in the maintenance of the sliding scale." That scale works injuriously for the corn-merchants of Liverpool, whether as speculators or in their legitimate busi ness; and for this simple reason, which every prac tical man will acknowledge to be just. At a time when great fluctuations are taking place in the price of corn, the object of the importer will always be to get his cargo to a British port as soon as possible, in order to be able to avail himself of the most fa vourable time for entry, at the lowest duty payable. On this account, purchases made on speculation at such times, in any port in the North of Europe, will be shipped for the east coast of England (Hull or London), which can he reached in a few days; whereas the average voyage to Liverpool is at least three weeks. The operation, therefore, of a sliding scale is to divert consignments from merchants and brokers in Liverpool to other more accessible ports; and, if personal and pecuniary interests were alone to be considered, those gentlemen would be infinitely advantaged by a free trade or a small fixed duty. In reply to the insolence which the Guardian di rects against Mr. Sanders, in this charge of interested motives, we need say little to those who know our contemporary's own venal na ture. Has he no interest in his advocacy of corn law repeal, and his slavish couching to the League? We remember an occasion on which the Guardian openly denounced that body and its crotchets; and, assuredly, it is not for nothing that he has been for four years past so busily engaged in eating his own words. . So much of the preceding article applies to the observations of the Mercury, as well as to those of the Manchester Guardian, that we Might easily have spared ourselves the trouble of noticing our Liver pool contemporary. We cannot, however, refrain from remarking upon some figures with which the Mercury has furnished us, as bearing upon the sub ject, which we conceive to be as outrageously ab surd, or as glaringly dishonest, as any statement of the kind which has come under our notice as jour nalists. The object of the Mercury (crammed, no doubt, for the purpose by some eminent League authority) was to show a high average rate of freight, as pay able upon foreign corn imported into this country. And how does he set about his task ? Does he first inquire, as any man acquainted with arithme- tic and desirous of arriving at a fair average would, from what foreign ports the bulk of our supplies are procured ? No : That would not hava served the purpose of the writer ; for the reply to such an inquiry would have been that the bulk of our imports are from the near ports of the North of Europe. He leaves this part of the question therefore, and strings his figures together after the following fashion. The ordinary rates are, he says, s. d. s. d. 2 oto 2 6 s. d. s. d. From Hamburgh „ LosTcr — Baltic ports 3 0 5 3 6 Danzig,Elbing, &c. 3 6to 4 0 S 6 10 o—average 210 to 3 4 From Italy 4 6to 6 0 Odessa 8 oto 9 0 12 6 15 o—average 6 3to 7 6 From United States 5 oto 6 0 Canada 6 oto 8 0 11 0 14 o—average 5 6to 7 0 14 7 17 10 General average.. 4 10 to 5 11 A queer kind of calculation this, Mr. Mercury, as we shall endeavour to show you anon. In the first instance you state, as you say, " upon high authority," the freight from every port higher (by Is. per quarter) than it really is; and in the next you introduce a shuffle into your calculation, which stamps it as fraudulent. For what reason, pray, do you specify separately the rates from Italy and Odes,a, the United States and Canada, whilst so many of the ports of the North of Europe are com prised in a convenient " Sze." ? Simply to raise average. The bulk of the freight paid on foreign corn—three-fourths of it—is paid at something less than the rates in the three first lines of the state ment; and yet, by this Jesuitical juggle of figures, we are to be made to believe that the average freight paid is between five and six shillings. Average in deed ! A speculator would have a nice bargain who should undertake to pay the freight of this, or any other year's importations, according to such an average But leaving this question of figures, with a re commendation to our contemporary to rub up his arithmetic, we come to the use which the Mercury makes of it. The lowest average freight is 4s. 10d. Our contemporary then goes on to enume- rate other charges to which the wheat is subject, viz., Insurance Expenses of delivery Dock and Town Dues Commission, 4 per cent. .... ...... Ri-k of damage not covered by insurance . 1 6 Making a total of Now to every one of these additional charges Bri tish wheat is equally subject with foreign ; and it is quite beside the question at issue between Mr. San dars and the League—which is one as to the amount of protection afforded to the British grower by the cost of conveying foreign corn to this coun try—to introduce them at all. We may remark, that the quantity of British corn moved coastways and by canals, in England an d Ireland, and the amount th us paid by the British farmer, are not generally known or reflected upon. The port of London receives annually by sea be tween two and three millions of quarters (foreign excluded). Upwards of a million quarters enter the Aire and Calder navigation ; Liverpool and Glou cester receive another million; and there are also Glasgow, Newcastle, Leith, Plymouth, and Bristol, to be supplied. Besides this, a quantity, greatly exceeding the whole of the corn moved coastways, is borne on canals and rivers for distances varying from 20 to 100 miles. Yarmouth itself, one of the greatest corn shipping ports in the world, receives nearly a million quarters per annum down the Yare ; and there is scarcely a town in either Eng land, Ireland, or Scotland, which does not contain two or three, and sometimes twenty corn-dealers, whose principal business it is thus to move corn from one place to another. In fact, our internal trade in the single article of corn greatly exceeds that of our genera l t ra d e w i t h t h e whole world ; and it must be borne in mind, that the cost of that trade, and of the transit of the article, must princi pally, and with foreign competition always, be borne by the British grower. At length, after nine nights' debate, and the delivery of no less than SIXTY-THREE SPEECHES, the motion of Lord John Russell has received its deserved doom, by a majority of ninety-nine votes in a house of five hundred and fifty-three members. And, strange as his lordship may consider the fact, we believe we may assure him that, defeated though he is,—decisively and shamefully defeated—there is scarcely a Conservative throughout her Majesty's dominions, and certainly not one of her Majesty's ministers, who does not from their inmost souls thank him for the effort which he has made. The sting of a gnat has been known to rouse a lethargic man to exertion beneficial to his health; and the peevish spitefulness of this human representative of I the gnat species has afforded an opportunity, to the members of Sir Robert Peel's Government, of laying before Parliament and the public an explanation and vindication of their proceedings, in the recent trials in Ireland, the most signal and triumphant ever offered by any ministry within recollection. The whole of the film of viisrepresentation studiously thrown round those proceedings by the organs of the Whig-Radical party, is now scattered to the winds; and all the effect which it has left behind is the indignation of thousands of honourable men, who, though opposed in principle to a Conservative IGovernment, would not stoop to a resort for its overthrow to deception and . falsehood. And has his lordship, in this hour of his defeat and shame, the poor consolation of reflecting that he has earned from that man,. at whose feet he has abjectly licked the ground, one feeling of respect, or one even of pity, for his abjectness and self sacri fice. He has not. At this moment Lord John Russell knows that the convicted conspirator despises alike him and his party with a depth of contempt almost unfathomable. And his lordship knows, moreover, that Daniel O'Connell is not the man to confine his opinions and his feelings within his own breast. By this time, in all probability, the foul tongue which affixed the epithets " base, bloody, and brutal " to the Whig Ministry of Earl Grey, has declared to his fellow-countrymen the grovelling meanness of the Whig opposition, and heaped his obloquy with an unsparing hand upon Lord John Russell, its leader. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE POOR LAW AMENDMENT BILL. The following are the heads of the clauses of this bill now before parliament, as introduced by Sir J. Graham, who, we are given to understa n d, conc ei ves they will re move every ojection to the New Poor Law Bill. The clauses refer to that portion of the present act which re lates to bastardy, vicious and unjust as it stand , . but which, our readers will perhaps concur with us. would be rendered doubly unjust to unfortunate mothers and to parishes by this would-be " amendment." We invite the public, however,—and the question is a most important one,—first to read, and then to judge for themselves : " Repeal of existing remedy of Parish against the puta tive Father, and enactment of remerlyfor the Mother of a Bastard against the putative Father. " Clause I.—All powers 01 making order on putative father shall cease, except in pursuance of this act. " 2, The mother of a bastard may apply for a summons to be served on the alleged father, for the next petty ses sion. " 3. The justices in petty session may, after hearing proper evidence, make an order on the putative father to pay to the mother a weekly sum, not exceeding 4s. and costs, and may enforce such order by distress and impri sonment. " 4. The hearing in petty session may be adjourned, but every application must be determined within forty days from the service of the original summons. The pu tative father may, on giving security, appeal to the quarter sessions. • " Money payable under the order shall be paid to the mother, or, if she be incapacitated, to a person to be appointed by the justices to have the custody of the child. The child must not be chargeable, and the order is to cease when the child reaches the age of thirteen, or at the marriage' of the mother. 6. " The mother of a bastard neglecting to maintain it, or deserting it, is to be punishable tinder the Vagrant Act, (5 Geo. 4, c. 83.) 7. " No officer of any parish or union is to receive the money from the putative father, or to interfere in making the application to the justices. If the mother is dead, or incapacitated, the guardians or overseers may apply to enforce the order. 8. " Any person conspiring to cause false evidence to be given, shall be guilty of perjury. Any parish or union officer endeavouring to promote marriage by threat or promise, relating to an order in bastardy, shall be guilty of misdemeanour. Any person having the custody of a bastard misapplying the money for its support, or ill treating it, may be fined ten pounds. 9. " Orders already made, and proceedings pending, not to be affected by this act; but no order made before the 14th August, 1834, shall be in force after the Ist of January, 1849. .10. " The clerk to the justices in petty sessions to-trans mit to the clerk of the peace a list of orders made, &c. Copies of these lists are to be forwarded to the Secretary of State for the Home Department." Now, we venture to state, even on these naked premises-, that such " amendments" (!) or anything like them, will not only reduce the existing inadequate remedy which parishes now have against the father, but in almost all cases', cruelly and unjustifiably deprive mothers of all re medy whatever. We have Hera now, but these propo sitions, if carried, will out-Herod Herod. The mother may apply for a summons (at her own cost,) to beserved on the father for the next petty sessions, at which the justices, on hearing " properevidence," (brought up also at the cost of the generally poor woman, and, generally the deceived and aggrieved party,) may make an order on the father for a considerable weekly payment,— it might be 4e. What the " proper e7idence may be, we are left to infer, but the chances are - that the father being generally by far the richer of the two morally offending parties, may readily smother up all " proper evidence" by superior - force of money, if, indeed, the woman can muster enough to come into court at all• Then the hearing in petty sessions may be "adjourned," and every application must be made within forty days, while the putative father may appeal tattle quarter sessions. How is a poor and dishonoured female to be supported while these protracted proceeedings are going on ? Can she ever appear against the seducer at all ? The sth clause appears to us to be most nefarious, un just, and immoral in its tendency. The money payable under an order is to be paid only to the mother by the father, thus bringing the two parties into contact weekly, and the child' must not be chargeable. We need scarcely say that this- will beget a sort of compulsory meeting, which is not likely to improve the habits•of either, but the contrary.. The mother, as a natural consequence, may forgive a portion of the debt, for no witness of the pay ment need be- by ; and a new intimacy may beget a new progeny. The 6th clause renders the mother liable to punishment as a vagrant if she neglect or desert the child'; yet this new law throws so- many barriers in the way of her ob taining a maintenance for it from the man who ought to support it, that in nine cases out of ten she must be con signed to gaol. No parish officer is- to receive money from the father, or to interfere in assisting the mother in the application to the justices.' She is thrown upon her own resources. No parish officer is to endeavour to promote marriage between the parties• by threat or promise relating to an order. Such endeavour would certainly be wrong ; but, so far as relates to promise of marriage given by the fa ther, the animus of the clause is, that no father of an illegitimate child ever wronged the mother; that she is the sole offender, and ought alone to be punished. The proposedmmendments would operate-as hardly on parishes as on mothers. Nineteen out of twenty of the latter could never dance attendance first at petty sessions and then (in case of appeal) at quarter sessions, to take proceedings against the man, who may fee—counsel, pay witnesses, &e., against her. The application, too, in the fi m r a s y t n s c o e n , ot must se b q e o made euw w , oh i t t eh h re in er, f ai o lna r ds t y nt d ho a es y nu s m . mo T or h end e s r m ecsa a sn n be served upon- him. The nor the parish either ; and the aggressor mar glory in his impunity. There are other portions of the " amend ments" equally reprehensible; but we must now con clude by expressing an opinion that the proposed bill would be a further carte blanche to libertines, and could not be carried out in a town such as this. We are glad to learn that the magistrates have already had a meeting on the subject, and have sent a strong representation against it to Sir James Graham. We will just, in con clusion, suppose that a mother obtains an order for 4s. a week (the maximum), and goes on Saturday night tore ceive it from the father. He is most p robabl y intoxica ted, having just received his wages, and in all probability knocks the poor creature down, or persuades her i to re ceive a smaller sum, and, by promises or threats, induces her to another relapse from virtue. Here we have a chance of a double evil : constant assaults and batteries, and a probable increase of population (i-f not of vice) any thing but Malthusian. The whole thing is, we have no hesitation in saying, not only unjust, but grossly absurd. LECTURE. ON ENGLISH POETRY, FOR. THE BENEFIT OF MR. MACKRILL'S WIDOW.—Mr. Parker, of the Cus tom-house, . a gentleman every way qualified for the task by education and talent, has handsomely consented to deliver a lecture on English poetry, at the Town-hall of Birkenhead, to-morrow evening, for the benefit of the widow of Mr. Mackrill, who lost his life a week or two back, at the George's Pier landing-steps. John Dean Case, Esq., and Wm. Jackson, Esq., wall preside on the occasion. The latter gentleman has gene rously contributed ten guineas to the fund. We hope the attendance will be numerous. FANCY BALL AT THE TOWN-HALL.—The ladies and gentlemen who love gorgeous and quaint array,and " mirth and antique pageantry", may prepare their bonnets, and plumes, and spangled attire as soon as they please, for, lo !. it is decided that the fancy ball, in aid of the public charities, will take place, at the Town-ball, at the close of next month. The brilliant bachelor's fele, which took place a short time ago, will have prepared numbers for this new festivity ; and hundreds of others, whose hearts and hands are ever open at Charity's call, will no sooner learn the fact than ready invention will be followed by " jauntie tailor and the sempstresse trim", and chaos after chaos of cloth, stuff, satin. velvet, and calico will be formed into robes, vests, tunics, trunks, mantles, boddi ees, petticoats, and all sorts of babilliments of all desig- nations. An advertisement, announcing particulars, will appear in our next publication. NEW CUSTOMS REGULATIONS REGARDING. SPIRITS FOR SHIP'S STORES.—The following general order has been received at our Custom House here, from the ho,. nourable Board of Commissioners in London :—On an application of Mr. John Driver, requesting that masters of temperance vessels may be relieved from the general regulations in force, on the shipment of stores, by being allowed to take such small quantities of Brandy only, as they may require for Medicinal purposes, without any other spirit, and- also be allowed to ship such spirits as they require in stone jars. We are of opinion that the masters of Temperance ships, provided they waive their right to any allowance of spirits, as stores, may be allowed to ship from warehouse, for Medicinal purposes, upon their application and certificate to the above effect, Brandy in the proportion of one tenth part, to the whole aggregate quantity of Brandy, and other spirits to which they would be entitled for stores, according to the complement of the crew, and the duration of the voyage, also that there is na objection to the shipment of spirits for stores in stonejars, provided the whole quantity of each descrip tion of spirits is contained in one jar,and you are to apprise the applicant." ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STRANGERS' FRIEND SOCIETY.—The yearly meeting of this useful society was held yesterday in their room in Slater-street, the Rev. 3. Hargreaves in the chair. The treasurer, Mr. M. Ashton, read a list of the donations to the society during the past year, amounting to £607 18s. 6d., which, added to the balance of £64 16s. 3d. left over last year, made up an amount of £672 14s. 9d., which they had received to meet the demands of the present year. They had expended o; this sum £593 3s. 10d.. and had, on the 30th December, to which date the accounts were made up, a balance in hand of £7B 10s. lid. The secretary then read the report, from which it appeared that, with the limited means at their disposal, the visitors and officers of the society had relieved 1922 cases of destitution, comprising 4576 per sons. 472 were cases of widows and their families. In addition to the affliction of poverty, they had met du ring the year much sickness; and had the gratification of reflecting, that through their agency 'many unfortunates had been snatched from death. They had to remark upon a most satisfactory change in the temper with which their bounty was received by the poor. They met now with n - inch gratitude and thankfulness, and their lessons and admonitions were listened to in many cases with eagerness, where formerly they had only noticed impa tience and almost insult. After a few remarks by the Treasurer upon the extreme value of the society, Mr. Freme moved a vote of thanks to the officers of the society for their valuable services, and particularly referred to those of Mr. Eden, the secretary, who had been indefa tigable in his exertions for the benefit of the society and the alleviation of the condition of his suffering fellow t creatures, The meeting then broke up, C. 4 OD 4. ./«.• nD C,J yiL nD C.O 4a. 6 - 0 .4 0 0 0 0 CA Co M . . - 6:.• U:) t•-• CLr , r, 0 G 4 CO CA C. 4 A. - Et 9 cn •rs 0 IsZ CC ND CO, ISD 14; OP ▪ 14 1, -1 0 . . CTM 7 ir 0 , ) t•Z W... eZ, • •A• tom. 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We may, however, as well remark in explanation that, although our foreman has sworn that his mistake (occasioned by a provoking misapprehension of our instructions) has not extended to the use of more than 100 penny stamps, we by no means admit that anything approaching that num ber has been erroneously consumed ; and, had it been so, that, in ITmonths, during a portion of which time•we were publishing twice a week, we had got rid of the full number mentioned, our weekly circulation would not thereby have been raised a single copy. Our readers, however, will bear in mind that the slanders of the in this instance as inlitiearly all others, have not been elicited by any allusion of ours to that paper : " I. Jona* IloaaTto HALL, overseer in the Liverpool Standard newspaper minting-office, having seen a state ment in the Liverpool Mail of the 24th instant, to the effect that ' the numbers of the Liverpool Standard have apparently been increased by•the printing of second edi tions on penny stamps,' do solemnly and sincerely de clare, that during the whole period of which I have held my present situation, (a period embracing more than 17 months,) nut more than one hundred penny stamps have been used for printing second or third editions, or for any purpose other than the issuing of the regular publication of the Standard; and that those stamps were used con trary to the proprietors' intentions, and that I was imme diately remonstrated with by them when the mistake was discovered, many months since. "The above declaration was solemnly made and sub scribed by the said John Horatio Hall, this 26th day of February, 1844. Before me, " THOS. SANDS, Mayor." REVIEW OF THE COTTON MARKET. Since our last, the market has been exceedingly tame and reduced. The sales of the week were only 07,530 bales, of which the trade only got about 13,000 bales; thus skewing that they are not alarmed at the cry of short crops—which induced speculators to rush on furiously into the staple article. The daily progress has been as follows : —on Wednesday, the 21st, 4000 bales; Thursday, 3500; Friday. 4000 ; Saturday. 4000 ; and Monday (yesterday), 6000; without the slightest change in prices. We may remark that on Saturday and yesterday there was evidently a firmer tone about the market, and holders withstood any attempt to gain a slight decline, which several of the buyers attempted to do—with this feeling the market has really gained what it lost during the early part of last week—no arrivals from the States to affect it. THE SWAN RIVER NEWS AND WESTERN AUSTRA LIAN CHRONICLE.—We have before us the two first numbers (for January and February) of a new publication under the above title, which has been got up for the pur pose of conveying information, to parties interested in this colony, of its progress and improvement. It is the joint offspring of a party of gentlemen in Australia, and the editor and a few friends at home; and promises to be great interest, and to be especially useful to parties wish ing to settle in this quarter of the globe. It is in a large octavo form, containing eight pages, and is to be published at ss. per annum, or Os. 6d. post free. THE FUNDS: SATURDAY NlGHT.—Adthough business has been very limited to-day at the Stock Exchange, the appearance of the market was rather better , and viruses closed the shade firmer. Consols for money and the ac count left off 97i; Bank Stock, 194 to 51 ; Exchequer bills, 68s. to 70s. premium ; India Stock, 277 to 279 ; Three per Cents. Reduced, 98 to 4; Three-and-a-Half per Cents. Reduced, 1034 to I ; Long Annuities, ig and New Three-and-a-Half per Cents, 1024 to 4. The foreign securities were, generally speaking, steady, but there was not much doing among the speculators. Belgian closed 106 to 107; Brazilian, 79 to SO ; Buenos Ayres, 35. to 37 ; Chilian, 103 to 105: Colombian, 134 to 4 ; Da nish, 87 to 88; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, 541 to 55 ; the Flee per Cents. 102 to ; Mexican, 34 to 4- ; the Deferred, 124 to ; Peruvian, 301 31 ; Portumese, 444 to 454; Spanish Actives, 231 to 4; and the Three per Cents., 334 to 4. ARCRDEACONRY OF MANCHESTER.—Our readers are probably aware, that, in accordance with the provisions of a recent Act of Parliament, two new Archdeaconries have been founded for this county. One of these, the Archdeaconry of Manchester, which includes also the town of Liverpool, has been conferred on the Rev. John Rushton. This gentleman has very greatly distinguished himself in the cause of Church Extension and National Education. And there are probably but few clergymen so well qualified, in every respect, for the duties of this important office. We hear also that the degree of " Doctor of Divinity" has been conferred on the Arch deacon ; and it must be gratifying to his friends to know this mark of honorary distinction was unsought for by himself, and that the expenses necessarily attending it have been paid by a few persons, who were glad of the opportunity of testifying their respect for him. EDINBURGH, LEITH AND NEWHAVEN . RAILWAY.— We observe that the petition for the branch lines to Gran ton and Leith, in connection with the above undertaking, was presented to the House of Commons, on Friday, the 23d inst., by Mr. Gibson Craig, member for Edinburgh, and that the bill would be brought in by same gentleman, in conjunction with his colleague, Mr. Macauley, and Mr. Rutherford, member for Leith. By the carrying out of these branches, and the completion of the tunnel con structing to bring the Edinburgh and Newhaven line into the heart of the city, important benefits may be confi dently looked for to Edinburgh and to Leith, as well as to Granton, which is shortly destined to become, by means of a low water pier at Burntisland, the principal point of ferry communication between the North and South of Scotland. To the agriculturists of the adjacent localities, to the proprietors of the great mineral districts and the mercantile and shippi ng i n t er e s ts, this undertaking must he voafstpu a y ;e infinitebliu utility, and, we may safely infer from thatits hold e it r n i n t t likelyilhe seen, by an to be an unpro- s. fitahle one to it s ad vertisementsh in oar columns this day, that a special gene ral meeting of the Edi n b urg h, L e ith and Newhaven Com pany will be held on the 14th proximo, when the heads of a proposed , greernent with the Edinburgh and Glasgow Company, with r , spect to the rates to he mutually charge able, will be brought forward for cowideration • TRADE AND NAVIGATION. We have been favoured with a perusal of the official accounts raw log to trade and navigation, customs dues, and tonnage of vessels, as recently presented to parlia ment by her ILI , jesty's command, and ordered by the House of Commons, on the 15th instant, to he printed. The accounts are divided into six heads, and are arraneed in tabular form ; but they are on so large a scale (ens bracitn: numerous articles of import, export, &c., in de tail) that we can only supply a comparatively few of the principal statistical facts. The first and longest a'Tount gives the imports of the principal articles of merchandise, of the quantities en tered for home consumption, and of the customs dues re. ceived thereon, in the year ending sth January, 1844, compared with the same in the previous year. Below are a few of the main items:— g%-,.: ,-3 :7,3 g) u? z - , -1 :7: ...-, no --4. 4 ;-w7.7Q=2"a' ,4 —r c t. , 1-_ , :., ~, -a,-- ~ .., 'T . '. a; -Z4 , v,- n ';';' ,_rp ~ . c ., '-' n -.. P .- n ^ -a; .' a '' -. 7 .... F-,? a'4 -v- = c r C a . '" MI ^1 0 ' --s R .E"; ?-.' a , ' F 4 :2. . 'G o 0 2 - e - 4 „„ =0...,,T ,-,,-•- 4 , = • 0. -• , p: z= -- a. g - 0 : 2) - --, - ig s' 7 , " . 0 . sec -n. -, 1,- mfg 2 = "2 'ig 9 : = "il ra. = 0 • ...... Ls. : :7-'4 • • ...5 •`;';,;* ~._ ..—::: , Ts . .. t ,-‘..0 : n 1:. ._ z n ~, : - ~. oc O+ Cw ~. w O- 5 e. Y co ~ O ~ • A A. Gr> C.rb C kb- , 0 00 7, 1•010 0 0 0 00:1= C.OCO co A. A 5.4 AA. ICJ OtJND 00 0 CPI CSC 7—• - C2 - :l=> C, C, 00 00 t . .. 0 CO 0,0, b—. t.D g•-• IND up. a 3 oc towcoc.— 0- 4 t.D ckl az. 41, -, ND al Tr— c, oc or 3 Cre cb 14,- i 5,) P, fi a - t: 1 c_ i•P -,r••• 0 CM W. C7O C-4: N., IV 0 0 cD C 7 CP CX, C. 4 00 CI, 1-4 •••• -•—• "iz . 14 a 7, 3 tz Ical 4 , C v 14.• v CO CIC , E , 4> 00 . t•Z The imports of some articles were rather - more than in in the previous year (1842), and in some few considerably less; and the duty received on the whole shows rather an improvement, the gross receipts for 1842' being £22,596,263, and those of the past year £22,636,659. The import of spirits was nearly alike. It is worthy of passing remark, that from the import of eels in from 711 to 80 vessels, the government received in gross amount of duty in 1842, £985, and in 1813, £1,106. Nee: 2.—Exports of Foreign and Colonial Merchandise shows a decrease in the export of cocoa, corn, unmanu factured tobacco, and cotton and 'sheeps' wool, metals, &c. ; but an increase in that of coffee, spirits, sugar, &c. The Exports of British Prodace and Manufactures (No. 3) in cotton goods, earthenware, glass, hardware, linen, metals, salt, silk goods, woollens, &c., on the whole exceeded the previous year, the declared value of those exported in the year ending sth January, 1843, being £40,785,350 ; and that of th e succee di ng year £4 4, 7 29;563 ' . The Net Receipts of Customs Duties, (No. 4) after payment of bounties, drawbacks, &v. was, in the farmer year, £22,465,839; and in the latter, £22,574,103. The number of vessels employed in the foreign trade of' the kingdom, with their tonnage, is next given. From this it appears that in the year ending as above in Je. , nuary, 1843, 19,647 ships, with a total tonnage of 3,655,230 as entered inwards; and in the year following (last year) 19,564 ships—tonnage 3,925,422, In the former year 21,402 (tonnage 3,691,574) cleared outwards; and in the latter year 21,980 ships —tonnage 3,755,369. Of the last number upwards of 15,030 were British ves sels, and about 600', of the United States of America — the rest being of the European states. The final table shows the number of vessels employed in the coasting trade : total during 1342, 127,800, with a tonnage' as entered inwards of 10,785,450; in 1843.,- 131.461—tonnage 10,842.176 as entered inwards. In 1842 cleared outwards 141,010—tonnage 11,302,657 ; and in 1843, 141,697'—tonnage 11,321,138-. Of these last clearances 16,760 were of vesssls employed in the inter course between Great Britain and Ireland. The years stated end on the sth January of the next year. These accounts (which are made up from the custom house returns of the different parts of the kingdom) fur rush a gratifying proof of a very considerable increase in our trade and navigation, notwithstanding all that has been asserted of a general depression in the commerce of the country, COURT OF EXCHEQUER, SATURDAY, Feb. 24. (Before Lord Abinger and a Special Jury.) PICKFORD V. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Mr. Martin and Mr. Cardwell appeared for the plain tiffs ; and the Solicitor-General with Mr. Crompton, for the defendants. This was-an action brought to recover compensation from the defendants fora breach of their duty as carriers, the declaration alleging that on two occasions large quan tities of pork had been delivered by the agents of the plaintiffs to the defendants at Liverpool, to be carried by them on the same night to Birmingham, whence they were to be carried by the plaintffs to London. Instead, how ever, of so doing, the defendants detained the goods till the next following night, by reason whereof the London markets were lost, and the plaintiffs deprived of the cus tom of the parties to whom the pork belonged. The defendants denied that the goods had been received on the. ,terms set forth in the declaration, and it was now shown by the plaintiffs in each case that the pork had been deliv ered at the " goods station " of the defendants, between five and six o'clock in the afternoons of two days in Jan uary, 1842, but that in neither case did the pork arrive in Birmingham until Saturday morning, and only reached London on Saturday night, whereby the plaintiff missed.: the market and lost nearly £6O. The. Solicitor-General having, in the cross-examination of one of the pork-dealers, elicited the fact that there always had been, and now was, a large board at the defen dants' station on which it was notified in large characters that all goods delivered after 4 o'clock p.m. would be for warded on the following day, and also that on several occasions special application had been made to the super intendent when perishable goods were delivered after that hour to insure their being forwarded on the same evening, went to the jury upon the cassas proved by the plaintiffs' witnesses,. contending that th e contract d ec l are d on had not been proved. The defendants had a right to, make what terms they pleased in the performance of their busi ness. Lord Abinger was clearly of opinion that the defendants were entitled to the verdict on the plaintiffs' own showing, and where he the party to deeide,should say so without hesi tation ; but it was a question for the jury, to whom he would submit it, rather than nonsuit the plaintiffs - , in order to avoid further litigation. The jury, however, did not at first seem to..be unani mous with the learned judge, and begged to retire. Leave having been granted to that effect, they were absent for about one hour, at the end of whi3h time they returned with a verdict for the defendants. DEATH FROM BURNING.—On Saturday an inquest was held before the Borough Coroner, to inquire into the cir cumstances touching the death of Isaac Appleton, a child two years of age. It appeared that the deceased lined with his parents at 38, Tenterden-street ; and that, while left alone in a.room, in which was a lighted candle, he was so severely burned on the left arm and side that he died shortly after. A verdict to this effect was returned. THE N,ww YORK PACKET-SHIP YORKSHIRE. —'We recently noticed this fine new vessel, commanded by Cap tain Bailey, and on a second visit were much gratified by a visit to her accommodations for steerage passengers be tween decks. The berths are not, as is usual ranged along the sides, intercepting the light from the small ports, and exposing the luggage, and frequently the bedding to damp and water. They are fixed amidships, or, in other words, ranging with the masts in a double tier ; and are roomy, commodious, and dry at all times. The whole space on the lower deck is thus left free open and well ventilated and lighted for the purposes of exercise or recreation. The Yorkshire is, in fine, a superb passenger vessel in every respect, and her appointments in every respect su perior. Her fore and main masts are in one piece and splendid sticks, being 32 inches in diameter below, and 56 feet in height. She will sail, we understand, on Friday next, and we wish her and her polite and gallant com mander every success. - - REVIVED P R OSPERITY OF THE MANUFA CTURING D I STRICTS. — Our readers will no doubt remembe r th e unction d we ll upon the ruinous state of the borough of Stockport --its em ployed factories and untena n t e d s h ops and dwellings. This borough was their chose n examp l e of the injury inflicted by the corn - laws upon manufacturing in teresis—distress even yet they are slo w t o ac k nowledge as passe d away. Even Stockport, howe ver , now g i ves the lie to their false prophecies and unprincipled st a t emen t s , u with which the members of the league used t o n as the following extract from a local paper—the Stock port Advertiser—will show : " Our borough begins to assume a character more inviting to the stranger and more pleasing to the resident th an it h as assumed for some years back. The busy hum of our now fully occupied factories, and the habits of our industrious and wholly employed operatives, added to the eager occupatirm of shops and dwellings long closed, and the brightened faces of the inhabitants long depressed, give to our streets and to our population unequivocal signs of commercial vitality, banishing from amongst us that mournful appearance whirl! untenanted houses and " shops to let" in onr m - in. eipal streets and thoroughfares. were wont to convey to every well-wisher of this town," Peb. 27 , 1844. THE TRUTH-TELLING MERCURY AND T 1 ANTIMONOPOLY ASSOCIATION• having Priday's contemporary is wrathful against ° disclosed to the world the fact that, on E ' eler recent occasions, an d more part i cular l y on t h e o ccatoo_ r _ . o of au atlrmpt to gu ll a public ast:emblv, held at L assel room about ten days ago, " the young men w ho coralrO` the „c urers of the A n ti monopoly A s soeonion" ' b een outvoted by their o pp onents. We enlist cerlaialy ideaug - sve to the charge, if gu il t i t can b e to have oltl the tru th. have inturmed oar readers of the result of these apPe' to the public, an d s h a ll cont i nue to do so. We have Ilf t, d however, to introduce our reade rs t o a gentleman, the " young men," doubtless, who has the modest ass ante t ram m ee c er e tei I,t4itgr)yri,enfleth)rrarmet dw t ti ii a e its w ,,,s o eo l! th d tai , lve t et h r r ru o et u ph g o. h r t ei t ( h ,ih e eo f c ., o lumos shall tell his o wn s t ory. tyhoeunpgartmicanuiT "TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MEREt Ti/S : d e Gentlemen,—All ow tie to call your attention to s d ,T remarks in Tuesday's Stodard, oil a lecture deliver ed, rne. as a member of the r.nti-monopoly Association, dP, Thursday evening, at Lassdl's-room. Great Richmon d street. "The report of th e St an d a - d is, as usual, utieriyi s a -e. _,, From what I h ave seen b e f ore 4 the doings of the 51 dard to end eavour t o serve party, irrespective of r ill d. pie, on this ques ti on , I was not s, rpr i se d . O ur procee ings were, as on f ormer occasion., interrupted by seas , score or two of DIRTY BO YS, whoseonly argument plentiful use of their `most sweet voi9.'—Yours, 4 4'f f The vanity of lectu res hi H. Dmcsos. p is strong inMr. H. Datil, whoever he be. B u t " young men shoqd be 020"," however high an opi n i on th ey may entertain i thelasel We must take leave t o assure M r. H. Thum" that °, : f report is not false in an y one i mportant particult,.; Mr. H. Danson, on perusing it, discovers that `e made a blockhead of himself, that is his affair, not Kr 2 Despite his eloquent lecture, himself and his party outvoted outvoted on this, a s on many o th er , occas i ons; a nd defeat was acknowledoed by the chairman of the ineel, They were not " di r ty b oys " w h o rep li ed to Mr• Danson's shallow sophistries, but bearded men—ape, as , r f grey-haired men—men equal to Mr. H. Danson in eXiff particular except, p er h aps , t h at more cotton was on imo. have And backs envd e t nn b ot a uw n 7 l sd i inrteona offerowro r b tdo r o io a n d u e rss l e o er t ii h voe s. So far, then, Mr' Danson, we gi ve y ou b ac k t h e compliments wh i c h Y or your whig-radical ally, the Mfreznzery",.indHuolgwediralrae4i at the working men w h o composed a large portion of t he meetings? Is this your "liberalism "—your toleratiol The honest operatives, forsooth —the "dirty boy9';' not to come "between the wind and your gentilitlie The greasy artisan is not to raise his " most sweet voLee cit in your neighbourhood! C ons i s t en t eentlemen ! 3 H prate to the world your anxious solicitude for the intett of the poor man ; and if he ventures to express an 0pi.... 1 /7 of his own, as to the e ff ec t o f th e nostrums you o ff er he is straightway a dirty fellow—part and parcel O 1 "unruly rabble "— unfit to possess th e r i g h ts of _ ilf Englishman, or to br ea th e i n a l an d o f lib erty. A rrffl set of despots, i n t ru th, wou ld b e these same " Yon men who compose the lecturers of the Anti-moaoP v * Association," if Mr. H. Danson is an average sample- WATERLOO COURSING MEETINGS 1 THIS DAY AND TH URSDAY . I MR. M'GEORGE, of STAINDROP, JUDGE. The Dogs , to be in the Slips at Ten o'clock. The following is the Drawing for the first Dar. - WATERLOO CUP. Mr. Bake's Birdlime against Mr. Pollok's Lancer Gale's Ajax .. Hughes's Munro Park' J. Robinson's Roc .. Harper names Hostess' Robinson's Ariel .. Wynne's Briton Swans Sparks of rice .. Bagge's Traveller Garven ns Knock - nava:in .. Barton's Slater's Speculation .. Barker's Hector Ball ns Young Priam .. Watt's Slaughterixtan Standish's Stteamer - .. Mare's Al ounseer Fletcher's Freeman .. Eglinton's Blue Banner Sharpe's Skylark .. M 'Guire's Garland's • Clark's Dressmaker .. Dr. Brown's Cantrip Deakin's Wing .. Jebb's Titania Craven's Canto G. Barge ns Ty ran t SIAcrreA,R72R.•.L.:OOESA Eglinton ns Bu g l e against Scott Gowtrtaat Rill ;en n;Esp sa Graham's tG,g BrocadeiSeeri nrog Eden's Exqui s i te t : E sm d t A ll A. Graham's sr i .. Sharpe's Star Dr. Brown ns Sportsman .. Bake's Kake Bagge's Tramp .. Slater's Sandy Etwall's Billy-go-by• Deakin's Driver y e ss , • • Swan's Sovereign Queen. .. Jebb's Criftin s. Clarke's Drainer .. Wynne's Baroness-. Eden's Rowena .. Pollok's Loudoun. THE CHASE. Sir W. M. Stanley' allounds will meet „ a 4 Saturday, March 2d, at .................. Hooto3 at eleven o'clock. The Cheshire Hounds will meet h ull This day, the 27th inst., a t ... ...... Church Mio 6 .) Thursday, the 29th, at Saturday, March 2d,. at at half-past ten o'clock. Sir W. W. Ti r ynn's•Hotnads will meet This day, the 27th instant. at ...... Thursday, the 29th, at. ... at half-past ten o'clock. a% FASHIONABLE VISITORS TO' Tura STEEPL! --A ihe AND COURSING MEETING.—We understand that •, 1 following distinguished visitors are the guests of the Ear of Sefton, this week, at Croxteth :—The Earl and Coun; of Eglingtoun, the Earl and Countess of Craven, Dowager Countess of Craven, Lady Caroline Tovini°A Lady Louisa Johnstone, Lord Curzon, Sir Frede% Bathurst, Sir Richard Brownrizg, Miss Brooke, Ca,,,,Ptui l , Sunderland, Mr. Applethwaite, Miss Grenfeli, Frederick Craven, Mr. Payne, Mr. Smith Owen, Brooke, and Mr. Charles Townley. t2hoTrsettoevEms coiles ohT:ohaN fxir . h ß aun s n - d S t io T nn E gi E vc r so L ui E fn - td e re ll y: A l a : r. E ietd s h . : — nB, T tee h .: cse iwniiti d ue :: :o ll :; ing events are fixed to "come off" on Friday teat; ° Ol Hooton Park. The first race will be a sweeostak L es oll added by Sir W. BC Stanley, Bart., for horses* of denominations, carrying 12st each a inner of the Lee k ington, &c., to carry 10Ib. extra; the horses to be property of members of. White's, &c., and ridden by in e c e o bers of the same . Th e second race will he a swerps tB , of 10 sovs. ea c h, w i t h 50 a dd e d b y S i r W. M. Stain e d Bart., 12st. each ; horses which have been regularly 1104 with Sir W. M. S tan l ey ' s h oun d s to b e allowed 101 of The horses to be ridden by their owners, or larmers o , gentlemen who hunt regularly with the Hooton bona Both the above stakes close to-day. r' Lord Sandon, Sir H. Dou g l as , Si r S. Gly nne , and t y E. Cardwell, were-amongst the company present 5 ,' 0 ,91 third parliamentary di n ne r o f th e S pea k er o f t h e Li ° of Commons on Saturday. The electors of Pontefract haw addressed a retooo,lo strance to Mr. Monckton Milnes disseazing front " t i sentiments expressed in his late speech in referenefo the measures to be taken for the benefit of the BO' Catholic population of Ireland. CO I ISLE OF MAN,BANK.—At the Court of General of Delivery on Friday the court took into consideration ii matter of " Duff and Kelly against the Trustees The Directors of the Isle of Man Joint Stock Bank.' r tb' judgment of the Court was, that " Injunction be I° oo with granted ;"- but no receiver is yet appoi n t e d—tbe . , part of the prayer of the complainants being sti;l consideration." —Manx Liberal. THE TARIrF.—The practical working of the tart t o o it respects the import a tio n o f li ve an i ma l s , certa i n ly no ground for alarm on the part of the agricultural at of producers. The oxen and bulls imported last did` amounted , to only 1,114, against. 3,156 in the preCelo; year ; cows 367, against 1,0364- calves 40, a ga inst •p 0 sheep 210, against 634 ; lamb s 7, aga i nst 10 ; and 5-thi 359, against 410. This exhibit s th e whole extent o f f, ito importation during the second year of the operation 0 tariff.—Berkshire Chronicle.. 4 0 11 Tn 3 WI LLS' FORGERIES.—We learn from a sou r '', which we place reliance, that Mrs, Dorey, one of til e ;g4 ties charged with being an active age n t i n the ext e ., l o o `. conspiracy by which large sums were obt a i ne d by Ine'dell these forgeries and fraudulent personations, has . 1 _ 0 :4, 0 1 fall confession ; and that the document is in the Ircol; the authorities. We presume that the f ac t of 5 11 no tCY fession having been made was the cause of Mrs. Y the solicitor taking no part in the last examination 0 ' t l 3 O parties before the Lord Mayor, beyond requesting i 0 tns the unfortunate woman should b ocaowaa e nsi rpdensets es:d a ras;san 31. 1 neftcno v i y heo. Aeapotfii_glidtioaedrcvslGn.,ieecrentinorniogi moved iiyoint r toehb e ;.var t I, s;:op ° ;:nie i ' - elireut it poi sr; w t oswpso huuffraheofibtsi his che C eeci rieslecoi o tntsbm i oeagoodrpd p rpt. e t ehoca e uheshhu r e: lds u sons naostgnntosceai publisher cks l omsu t eft re h leo or h. e k ewwi d e pshe v arfli i e rco,nohharo i ntef f tpuhdhuenit t ear h hnells e efo, MELANCHOLY REVERSE OF FORTLINE.—ArC in commercial credit and wordly comfort are fret& tb. Tuesday last in the Peckham Workhouse, of wh iv had been for a considerable time an iinnate.—G/obee LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 184-1• PRINTED AND PUBLISHED •sC , EVERY TUESDAY MORNI.' BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-street,ayd LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-stre et ' p At N 0.4, ST. GEORGE'S CasscENT,LivErtrotOisTe#4;„ Oders and Advertisements are received by Messr s ' and Co., Warwick-square; Barker, - Fleet-street/ A $P , 01 1 ; Walbrock; Reynell, Chancery-lane; Lawson avucca' o o .o 4 e ; Joseph. Thomas, 1, Finch-lane , 0, u Mmlen Hammond. 22, Lombard-street; Mitclie'"Cr o o , Lion-court, Fleet-street; Clarke and Lewis, , 4 „; Y 0 ;1E 0 court, Threadneedle-street ; Garraway's; at to' ra tef' Commercial Coffee-house, Minctn,-lane • a t the t r e i p o 6 d Coffee-house, Cornhill; Chapter &. fie -1 - iti ose, r a row; North and South American Conec-hous et itie,,,P; needle-street; and Messrs. William Fren,l, 1 0 ,4 CO', Co., Sise-lane, London; by Messrs. sl'ohristr , 4ice, their Newspaper and Advertisement Agency " i.ee ler'oo , :, Quay, Dublin; Mr.M'Phun, Glasgow; Mr. W i .eet', 4 o‘ thank-street, and Mr. C. H. Levis, Market -s ' o o, Ep chester • M:. Haddock, and Messrs. J an d W. , sellers, Warrmglon; Mr. Clarke, Pilot-officc, rt- et JP Mr. Coolie, 33, Union-street, Birmingtain. C. .0 Tcrras of Su!scription for thiF, 'rapt :" --(1 - 11, 1 11.(1 I 3 •, —It [ A d, one year, £1 3s. ; ,s. , _ 9O . advauce—one year 1 Is, ; half-year, u 1/ UN] Ti % ea ko/ this b Itt .400/ tert a Tb Tell i A I?, Ti c Th, kent bi g 1 H OC Seo, 13a_lla 'fr, trien, -____ 1 ill t S ch i o I : ter and Incur Past • J 4 104 of. • b li 4' en°c kr tryi E. NV. I tl, ll , 3. eLlx JOt TH I I nca; As shi ps 4. , , B tat , res i , fty b a sent sr