The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-07 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS ' offers a few hints on the ich, if carried out, would, .ccidents which are of too He says The present form of boiler luld perhaps be improved bl . . is cavity into several chambers, each of which might ted by proper tubes to the steam-pipe supplying the The risk of explosion would thus be diminished, npossible that more than one compartment would le give way; and in case of an accident to any of ms, (they being shut off from each other by a valve ones would continue to. nearly as much power as versed on the subject to opinion, but are often consfructe th suflicieat strengtl .t would states t he has Company hli chmont I i to the Corpo tants. We can are inclined to nployed on the works, by the employers, who of A tanbarT). ription : On Credit, 17s. 1, SEPT. 7, 1847 .egard the Dublin Evening .gan _of that portion of eland, whose self shness n of support g a popu-: tioni and .r own e 3 shoulders of n the the in- of England. For months past r has been urging the right of his eir hands into our pockets for the 3 dip t y want, real or imaginary ; and besides, for not giving fast enough. eland, according to this oracle, should I only as gifts ; the sponge should be cords of all the past i pie to this country pon ourse . the burthen of feed- ant peasantry, 1 extravagance Of minal proprietors of inked chain of middle- n the n to the paltry, er at fairs or at I Saxon, upon .ents of the paid with ould b s of the industrious a operatives in that our the , her beggars should c' burthen thrust halt, and her )ur in our nto the dwell Our country physic and ose to aeptut,' of wre Pon th to teed upon tt sume to send a upon ipport, rid op- )at upon us with a to show h, hac used. It appear .ther of last week lgers, chiefly of lish harvest—each, money in his pocket, to pay to or middleman the amount due and ch, but for the have served to do for the atmosphere of Conciliation Hall, for the favour of whose patriots our contemporary appa rently is bidding ; but we can assure him that here they only serve to detach British sympathy from his unfortunate fellow countrymen. English men detest ingratitude in individuals or in a nation. EVEN a Controversialist—a man anxious to make the wrong appear the better reason —would find it difficult to wring out of any letter of the Rev. Dr. M`Neile expressions upon which to f oun d a c h arge , or from which to claim a triumph over his opponent, so coolly and so clearly stated is every position which that reverend gentleman advances. A tem- porary advantage may, however gained over the by d rting or misrepre- ,enting I flguage ; and we were most sincerely sorry Co find the Rev. Edward Hull, a clergyman of the Church of England, unwittingly, perhaps, re sorting to this species of tactics towards the reverend doctor. Mr. Hull finds fault with the letter ad dressed by the Rev. Dr. M`Neile to his fellow townsmen upon the subject of the election; and states that the general impression is that Mr. M`Neile intended to represent "all persons who voted in favour of those candidates who defend the grant to Maynooth, and the grant which is con templated to aid the Roman Catholics in the edu cation of the poor, without calling on them to forego, in their schools, the use of their own version of the Scriptures, as persons who repudiate religion." In the portion of the letter referred to, which Dr. M`Neile has quoted at length in his most able reply (which we give in another column), the party for whose gratification Mr. Hull appears to have written, will perhaps be astonished to find that there is not a passage or an expression which gives the slightest warrant to the interpretation which is said to have been put upon it. There is not a word as to persons voting for pro-Maynooth candidates being " persons who repudiated religion." The only the word repudiation is levelled against the state, and is contained in the following passage, against which we should really imagine that even r. Hull himself cannot put in any objection all the acts of an assembly so consti iful acts." o repudiate r .eligion are We feel thankful, nevertheless, to Mr. Hull for his letter, unadvised as we think it was. It has given to Dr. M`Neile an opportunity of further enunciating his opinion upon the whole subject with that admirable perspicuity and force which characterize all his literary productions. IT is extremely cred able to our Sanitary Com- mittee. that they are straining every nerve to improve the defective condition of the sewerage in this town. We give in another column the particulars of a case and immediately caused by the want of a The details of the case, as furnished at the stable in the extreme, and though we are not aware that any death has taken place in Liverpool, which has been brought home so directly to the deadly influence of a fetid atmosphere, yet that desolating cause is deplorably at. work in too 3 of the town and its removal cannot brought about too speedily. Thanks to the pains taking and persevering labours of Dr. Duncan, Mr. Harbord, and Dr. Watson—and such as they—the public are now more alive than formerly to the disease and the remedy. The London Times of as the foil est, are lar many district turday s on the melan- rifice to which we have called att tardly credible that in a inm. tion:— E,ondon. where labour command, hu ,nt of a drain las died of fever in a place called tial vapo d several of the to what e Many deE ed the or ht, and the 1 things happening in s that came from that fhat:was the subject of t five is not yet complete ill wits inhale, h fever in the poise Ireland., after reading ti sible there could ex ) have the inquest describe would stand by with apatl st the horror We did not think that people , or at least inactively, while death was seizing its victims one after the other through a cause which a little energy might have removed. If there is no authorised body that could I matter of duty to m compel] THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. unanimous movement practicable ? We suspect that it is not so. In the first place it is scarcely the truth that all spinners are working without profit. In the next place others have orders on hand, which must be executed. Some have stocks -of cotton to work up; and not a few, we fear, there are whom circumstances compel to keep on their business, in the hope of prospective improve ment in the times, but meanwhile at a sacrifice of means. If these difficulties could be got over, a most beneficial-movement might be effected; and as it seems that the working classes are fully dis posed to bear their share of the loss which must accrue, we cannot see that those difficulties ought to be regarded as insurmountable. A few spin ners and manufacturers, whose circumstances will not permit of their suspending work entirely, might be permitted to be exceptions to the general rule. OUR readers, and the inhabitants of Liverpool generally have, we believe, gone with us in our past advocacy of the exercise of energy and activity, on the part of the Health Committee in the perform ance of the important task committed to their charge—the improvement of the sanatory condition of this town. Some of them have gone even fur ther than ourselves ; and accused the committee of being slow. The accumulated evils of years have not been removed in a season. The time required for the formation of machinery and the selection of a working staff has been set down as so much time wasted; and men have jumped at once to the con clusion that, because all that ought to be done, and all that the Act gives powers to do, have not been done at once nothing has been done. Another feature, however, in the tone of the public mind, has just presented itself. The opinion seems to have pretty generally prevailed that an act of parliament, with its necessary powers, would achieve everything ; that the cost of improvement was only to fall upon those whose property was to be affected, or upon the funds of the Council. It has been said—" Flag, pave, drain, close up cellars, and courts; but do not tax those who are to the advantage of these sanatory operatic now, when it has been made apparent by the pro ceedings of the Health Committee that these opera tions cannot be carried out for nothing; that a central depot is required for the materials used, and for the offices necessary ; we find people opening their eyes and exclaiming against the cost as enor mous and uncalled for, or wondering that there is any cost at all. Such has been the case in the opposition offered, no doubt with the most sincere regard for the pub lic good, to the proposition' to purchase the pre mises of Mr. Tomkinson, in Duke-street, for a central depot. We are not sufficient judges to de termine whether the site in question is the best which might have been selected. We presume, however, that it is as good and cheap as could be found. What we remark upon, however, is the erroneous idea with which some gentlemen run away, that improvement in our sanatory state can be effected without some cost to the community. We wish to prepare that community to meet a con siderable expenditure, if they wish that any good should be effected. Men may whine over the con templation of the sum total of mortality caused by defective sanatory regulations ; but if sincere in their lamentations, they must prepare themselves to pay for the cure. The next rates laid will doubt- less satisfy the public forcibly of this fact. An important consideration ought to be pre in the minds of those parties wliO just now seem alarmed at the probable expense of sanatory im provement. It is not only possible, but highly probable, that if local bodies, fortified by acts of parliament, set themselves to the counting of the costs (and for that reason do little or nothing), they may shortly have imposed upon them, by the enactment of a general bill, an over-riding power, against which they will find no remonstrances will and which ;ill tax them to its own full be and without consideration of circum We have before us, whilst we write, an article :in Fraser's Magazine of the present month, the tone of which abundantly convinces us that the influen tial organs of public opinion are not disposed to wink at half measures ; and that, if we - ;tir not ourselves, we shall speedily have the power of con rs, in the matter of sanatory of our hands. We certainly dO - not coincide with the opinions and positions of the writer of the article in question, which appear to us to be more especially directed to the authorities of the city of London, than to the authorities of places who, like those of our town, have voluntarily in the matter but legislation does not usu- ting our own affa-i: FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY The announcement by the Bank of its ability to ad vance upon stock and securities at £5 per cent. gave a firmer tone to the money market in London on Thursday, and prices of Consols advanced slightly. A further ground for confidence was the fact of the bills of Messrs. Prime, Ward, and Co., previously refused acceptance by Messrs. Overend, Gurney, and Co., upon whom they were drawn, Laving been honoured through the mediation of friends of the former firm. As a proof, however, that something more is required to restore confidence, on Friday prices declined, a sale of £lOO,OOO at 884- being sufficient to damp the feeling of the dealers. The uneasiness created by the threatening aspect of our foreign relations, and a demand for money to meet the seventh instalment of the Irish loan, contributed to the effect noticed. Bank Stock left off on Friday at 1951 to 1971 ; Reduced Three per Cents., 88; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 891 to I ; Long Annuities, 9 to 1-16th ; India Bonds, ss. dis. to par ; and Exchequer Bills, 3s. to 6s. pm. Foreign Secu rities closed less buoyant than at the beginning of the day. On Saturday the Stock Market was firm. Consols for Transfer on Tuesday were up to 87a to -a, and for October 88 to ; the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were 894 to 4-; Bank Stock was 197, and India Stock 241; the Unfunded Debt was 3s. to 6s. prem. The Foreign Secu rities were merely nominal ; and, although the accounts from the Peninsula seemed to be more satisfactory, they did not stimulate business. Portuguese Four per Cents. might be called 241 to 251, and Spanish New Three per Cents. 291 to 301. Mexican Stock was marked 181 to 194. Brazil Bonds were at 83 to 85. Dutch Four per Cents. were 894. In Railway Shares the transactions were moderate in amount. Further failures amongst commercial men continue to occur, amongst the latest of which are two firms of this town, and Mr. A. Roux of London, an extensive shipper of manufactured goods to Valparaiso, whose liabilities are put down at £lOO,OOO. Some Continental failures have also been announced one in Paris to a considerable amount. A failure has also taken place in Greenock— that of Messrs. Gray, Roxburgh, and C0.,--which, how ever, is not extensive ; and one in the north of Ireland, names not announced. It is anticipated that, owing to the great reduction which has taken place in the prices of breadstuffs since the shipments coming forward from the United States were made, many of the bills drawn against them will exceed the value of the article shipped, in all which cases, where the houses drawing them are not of undoubted credit, the bills will no doubt be sent back dishonoured. Many of these are remitted to cover orders arther Inc ase the depression felt amongst the manufac- turing body As connected intimately with the present state of com mercial affairs, the following statement, shewing the pre sent position of the currency, as compared with its posi tion at the same period last year, will be of interest : . . Aug. 15, 1 Aug. 14, I Incr. Decr 1846. 1 1847. Bank of England. 20,603,010 18,784,890 Private banks . 4,363,076 4,258,380 Joint-stock banks 3,061,279 2,991,351 1,818,120 104,696 69,928 Total in England. 28,027,365 26,034,621 5c0t1and........ 3,371,906 3,455,657 83,745 Ireland. 1,992,744 United Kingdom] 37,879,7881 34,587,4871 3,292301 Thus showing a decrease of £1,992,744 in the circula tion of notes in England, and a decrease of £3,292,301 in the circulation of the United Kingdom, as compared with the corresponding period last year. The average stock of bullion held by the Bank of Eng land in both departments during the month ending the 14th of August was £9,410,311, being a decrease of £821,740 as compared with the preceding month, and a decrease of £6,525,185 as compared with the same period last year. _ _ The stock of specie held by the Scotch and Irish banks during the month ending the 14th of August was £2,710,229, being a decrease of £6( with the return of the previous month, a We have had another dull week in our Cotton Market, and prices of American have receded another id. per lb. below those of last week. Surats and Maranhams also have declined. The sales of the week were 20,710 bales, of which 1680 were for export, and 1900 on speculation. tal imports have been 38,4 tock on 1y hand does not perceptibly increase, being still scarcc_ half of that of the corresponding period of last year. Th imports from India, however, promise this year a consi derably increased supply; and a good crop in the United .tes, aided by the diminished consumption by our ma would speedily set matters right, so far as ant staple, and bring its price down to the manufactured article. nufacturer The manufacturing districts are, if possible, in a worse condition than last week; and it is seriously mooted to suspend working altogether, if the trade can be brought to a united course of action. The accounts from the In dian markets have contributed to increase the depression ; and it is argued that suspension is the only course which .blespinners and manufacturers to bring the price of the raw material to a point at which it can be worked with profit. We have referred to this subject elsewhere. can ena The following circular of Messrs. M'lsTair, Greenhow, & Irvine, contains a review of the month ended the 31st of Auguit " A month of extreme depression, apprehension, and gloom, is about to pass away, to be succeeded by one, we would fain hope, of a more satisfactory character. The improved feeling, which at the end of July hid begun to manifest itself, became soon dissipated by an announcement from the Bank of England Sept. 7, 1847. THEATRE ROYAL.-MISS JENNY LIND Last evening was appointed for the first appearance at our Theatre of this gifted child of song ; and at an early hour all the avenues to the Theatre were crowded by par ties anxious to see her as she approached the place of her triumph, or to see the jostle of parties eager to see the Divinity which had led our musical people so fixedly in her train. By half-past six a dense crowd occu pied Murray-street, the usual entrance to the gallery of the Theatre, which on this occasion was dignified by the term of Amphitheatre ; and from the time of the opening of the doors for the more aristocratic portion of the au dience, the Square in front of the Theatre was occupied by dense masses of people ; amongst whom, the carriages of the visiters had to pass. At an earlier hour than usual, the Theatre began to fill ; and we must say that every thing was arranged with great tact on the part of those who had the management of this department. The house was not what we should be disposed to call crowded ; but, considering the prices, and that the pit and lower boxes were let at 31s. 6d. a seat, the upper circle at 215., and the gallery and slips at 10s. 6d., such a house could only have been assembled by an attraction of the first order, such as we may regard the attraction of Jenny Lind and the distinguished artistes by whom she is accompanied. Moreover, the arrangement by which it was provided that no money should be taken at the door, assured every party taking tickets that room sufficient for comfort would be afforded. To the Liverpool play-goer the coup d' ceuil of the gallery —on this occasion dignified by the title of the amphitheatre —was a little startling, being filled with well-dressed people, quite equal in re spectability of appearance to the ordinary lower box audiences, instead of the usual complement of seamen and other similar play-goers by whom it is usually filled. We must say that the queen of modern cantatrices did not, in the opening scenes of the first act, electrify us, as many doubtless expected. Her style is the reverse of that which aims at catching the applause of an audience in the opening scenes as a sort of guarantee of subsequent plau dits. In the first portion of the piece she was pleasing and exquisitely natural. Not a passion was torn to tatters in music ; no effect sought where effect was not intended ; no ornaments superadded either to the score of the com poser, or the sense of the writer of the libretto. The songstress warmed only with the interest of the situ ation in which she was placed ; but even in her tamer mo ments her power was manifest. You could see thatit only needed to be called upon to be there. In scene third, in " Sovra it sen," she gave an intimation of the quality of her voice for the first time ; and in the duet "Ale Virrei" with Gardoni, she was most felicitous. In the ninth scene, her "tua son io" was thrilling beyond that of any 'ess we ever heard in the part ; liut her triumph was scene 11th, which concluded the first act. No one who saw the unaffected, simple, and cheerful being who por trayed the first two or three acts, could have imagined that the same actress could be capable of portraying so much passion, and that so exquisitely. We must not omit to state that in Madame Solari, Signor Gardoni, and Signor Solari, Mademoiselle Lind had accessories of the first order, who ought not indeed to be paised over, and should not be, but for the fact that just now we are writing, and all the world are thinking, of Jenny Lind. In scene the 2nd of the second act, the dialogue between Arabia and Teresa were given with great effect, and showed the powers of Mademoiselle Lind to great advan tage. Her acting in the third scene was most effective as indeed was her acting in both this and the fourth scene. In the latter scene the close was most beautiful. Scene sth is the celebrated scene in which Lisa is about to be wedded to the betrothed of Amina; and scenes six and seven, as given in the libretto of the piece, carry the tale on to- the approach of the denouement. In all these Mademoiselle Jenny Lind is exquisite; but it is in the closing scenes—those in which depth of feeling has to be portrayed—she is most successful. In the fine melodies which concluded the piece she was vociferously applauded. At the close of the performances the Square was crowded,- and most inconvenient for those who had to walk a few yards to meet their conveyance ; and Mademoiselle Jenny Lind was almost carr I I multitude, in their enthusiasm, tb her can riage, which tiousani the streets ANALYSIS OF THE NEW HOUSE OF C )MMONS The following analysis of the new House of Comma seems to have been carefully compiled English countie, Welch counties Scotch counti, Orkneys (re suit not both being knas - vn, but Irish counties Scotch boroughs Irish bon hs and These figures show a return of 654 members of the th political parties. If to this number- three members doubtful politics be added, and two be . allowed for d fan cod Sn rl LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (By •EXPRESS.) LONDON CORN MARKET.-YESTERDAY A good supply of English Wheat from E ssex and — Kent met a slow demand at a decline of 3s. to 4s. per quarter. The finer sorts of foreign Wheat cannot be quoted more than Is. to 2s. lower, but inferior descriptions are forced off at veil irregular prices, and, in some instances, the decline was fully as great as upon English. Barley in limited request, at a decline of Is. per qr. Oats, of which the arrivals are again large, must be noted 6d. to Is. cheaper. New Beans in better supply, and price gave way ss. per qr. Old Beans, 25. lower. Peas, without alteration. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. We have an extraordinary supply of Beasts; the demand also is very considerable. On the average, trade is scarcely so good as on Friday, yet we cannot quote the choicest qualities at less money. Large as the number is, the whole is likely to be cleared off at very little reduction in the second-rate Flescnptions- We have about 2,200 from Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, and Warwickshire ; 400 from Lincolnshi re , 600 from Holland and Germany, 100 from Ireland, and the remainder from vari ous parts of the country. The number of Sheep is about the same as last week; rather a short supply ; trade brisk at about the same prices. Calves are not so plentiful ; trade hardly so brisk as on Fri day, but good quality are quite as dear. Scarcely any inquiry for Lambs. Pigs continue as dear. From Holland and Germany there are 3250 Sheep and 216 Calves. MONEY MAR YESTERDAY The English funds opened heavily this morning, the quota , tions being lower by / per cent. than at the close on Saturday. Uneasiness is still felt at what to many seems a doubtful, if not even a dangerous, state of affairs between Austria and the Pope, but otherwise there has been no fresh circum stance to favour the position of parties operating for the rise. There has, up to the present hour, been very little doing. Consols 87f to / for money, and 87j to 8 for account. Exche quer Bills 4s. to 7s. premium. The Observer says that a proclamation, by order of the Queen in council, will be issued at the proper time, direct ing a general thanksgiving for the blessings of the present bountiful harvest but that nothing official will be an nounced prior to her Majesty's return from Scetland. The Emperor of Russia, on receiving the news of the late fire at Archangel, immediately remitted a sum equal to 200,000 f. for the relief of the sufferers, and ordered 50,000 pieces of timber, belonging to the government, to be sent towards the rebuilding of the houses burnt down. FURTHER FAILURES Another failure was announced to-day in the corn trade, the firm being that of Thomas Booker, Sons, and Co. The amount of liabilities has not been stated, but it is considered probable it will be found to range between £30,000 and £50,000. We have also to jusiness chiefly con: sted in the expor Un., a firm tationnf coal steam navi- to the various depOts'connected with for gation. It is supposed that the liabilitie insignificant. —Times of Yesterday. s in this case are REFUSAL OF AN ALDERMAN TO OBEY AN ACT or PARLIAMENT.—At the City police committee, on Satur day, Mr. Gill, the pass-master to the city of London, at tended with several Irish families before Mr. Alderman Farebrother, for the purpose of passing them home. One of the persons, a woman with five children, informed the alderman that she was to be sent home against her will, for she had no person in Ireland living to whom she wag related. The family had, like many others, come to Eng land through want, and were landed at Liverpool, from whence,. although they were ill, they were sent to London, where the husband died the next day. They had since been in the City of London Union, but the guardians had now determined to pass them back to Ireland. Mr. Al derman Farebrother said he should certainly not sign the order of removal, and directed Mr. Russell, the clerk to the board of guardians, to be sent for. That officer sub sequently attended, and said it was the wish of the woman to go back ; besides it was necessary to send back the casual paupers. Mr. Alderman Farebrother said she had j ► with tears in her e y es , t o ld hi m a very different story, although it was necessary to send some of them baCk, certainly should not sign a pass to send back a poor wo man who declares that she has not a single relative left, and thus force her and her five children to die from want of food. He certairl by the ac an act of parliament that, for aug the poor creatures to die fron rived in Ireland, or on their p yesterday. at festivities, on the ( such pro :ompelled but the carry out w, might Cause I soon as they ar- Martzing Herald of Lrk, the seat ek the swag of the marriage of ter of the noble F Portarlington. bled to do honour to the lexandrina Vane, second daugt Marquis, with the youthful Earl o he company interesting occasion were the 1 Duchess of Cleve-. lice of Devonshire, Lord land, the I e of Rutlar .nd 'Lady .Combermere countess Hardinge, Sir R• ishop of Durham, &c. The of the opportunity to cele !ahem for North Durham• noble marquis availed him brats the return of Lord marriage Lt, and was )le lace. HE ! pro' *, to view the it there was a grand n the neighbour' The marriage The bride d n dress, trimm ed _ othe orange choicest blossomßrussels and a bougli r e ; l o 'va f idt t yli h s e hdi s ep a e rn wp : fir ; eo a uan r w i ce r sea ß ot r hf ussels veil completing the co s tlig,7„,. The following were the attendant bridesmaids :--1." - Lady Jane Darner, the Lady Caroline Darner, the Las- 1 Y Louisa Darner, the Lady Adelaide Vane, the x... Airi .- , TZ umb old , Miss ladies improvements effected there. ball, to which all the leading f Lood fo: any mile was performed by the Bishop of Durhar in a mag; cent white e Hon. A .ucted for cons nto th ;equene , e matte n were passe lest our contemporary Liverpool in the pans e chargeable ; and, if found fit to trav,i, is ched under the care of a parish officer to the Which that officer does not leave until it sails Lis charge. The parish authorites of Liverpool to do in such a 'c 11 filer .e—no power of are laugh at the rred to by our t be true or r npora by d tither the 5 of that able a ,el would. take an rs on board have satisfied ou-rselv that not one such c 4' 4 5e authenticate( the authorities oT tat wn. After all that the people of England have done r their Irish brethren in their recent calamity; 'ter all that Liverpool in particular has done, and which her unfortunate rate-payers and tradesmen ave been suffering for months and have still fur- to suffer, such a passage as the following can excite thoro Our contemporary that in th It canno' vent Ins and early a rigid qua- and that no ntine in the seaports that front our co :ssel leaving Ireland could discharge her passengers (in iverpool, for instance) which could not produce a clean ill of health, certified by medical authority on this side F the channel, and submitted to a similar scrutiny after er voyage, in order that the afflicted, if any, might be sent aboard the hospital - sgps - provided for tile occasion. We do not grumble at this i precaution ; but we do think she should, in return , display towards us a similar consi deration for the benefit d individuals, and in preservation of the public health. This, u m r wever . , is, unfortunately, far from being the case ; and our provident sister—provi dent for herself and indifferent lowly packs Off to our shores the wretched us—duiyerttpu e and in mchnzs of disease, contracted on her own own ser tlless equally of the suffe c r r i e n w gs a o n ' f i d th p e a e :i s m en me e diate f ictims and of the health of the he vessels which her unjust economy has rendered gr so o many pest houses. On such occasions the crew and pas_ enyers, on whom the risk of contagion is "ineposed, h ave deep cause of resentment and comp lairsi. Fortunately for our vindication from his sense less raving, most English readers know that they are not the " victims of disease, contracted on our own soil and in our own service" that we are send ing back to Ireland ; but only a few hundred out of the thousands of the habitual mendicants, the confirmed victims of a visitation of Providence, whom the Irish authorities unblushingly thrust upon our shores, when threatened to be visited with the duty of supporting them, without either the physical ability to work, or a penny when they landed, t o buy a Potatoe, Such §tatQment§ may reg ill wi ole of the ers, we have omitted g a most Averpool he charge We have n ,atched s above 'e explicit hich il and find that the pau by the anti should not vith every ance brought h to which nted as having been " le local authOr )ut on board re said to be Iportant move the op erati is regarded w s in the man amongst the manuf posed, and resolutioi carried by a special de tive cotton s nners of I bourhood, tF at, in state of the trade, arising and the effect produced upon .1 mem- from the scar neigh- city of food of cotton, a take place for a r nth or E should be driven to suet n that the manufacturers ,tions should ill be the case, when more sev in. To promote the will only be advanta .ccess of this object s considered by the delegat hat the consent of the and for this purpose ti have been conveyed to IN J. Brotherton, I M.P., and C. Hii that they would endeavoi hould be obtained utions of the meetinf on Patten, Esq., M.P. M.P., Mark Phillips. Esa t committing T.P., with a . requeg. to obtain the opi-nio 'selves to a concurrence :istence of the present state of things, knowledge that some of them pass ree ; and 3 us to be w course within reach of t ie manufac body to adopt fo rturin ;tion. Two great the way of their prosperity, and indeed of their business being carried on at all without great individual loss. Firstly, the high price of cotton, with the refusal of the holders to adopt the price of that raw material to the level of the rates procurable for t 1 nJ 1 J• 1 'prohibits working r who works a ty of c or at a ed up ,oyWI as if for a time it wz 'M. In the );_ a paying market for good er is there an immediate prospect of such a market, either at home or abroad. And, moreover, presuming that a demand should shortly spring up, that our mills should be driven full time, and our ordinary production take place, we shall immediately find ourselves estopped by the limited stock of cotton in our ports. Since November we have been diminishing our consump tion of cotton, the average weekly consumption having been only 20,960 bales in 1847, whilst in 1846 it realised an average of 27,780 bales. Yet with this diminution of upwards of a quarter of our consumption for a period of ten months , which would make a difference in round numbers of 270,000 bales to be added to the stock on hand, as compared with what would have b - ,en the result of the average consumption of 1846, we have on the 31st of August a stock of cotton on hand amounting to 409,340 bales only, against 764,190 bales at the corresponding period of last year. Nor does there seem any great prospect of this defici ency being made up for a while to come ; for, although such has been the demand for freight for breadstuffs from the United States during the past few months, that we can scarcely believe that all the available supply of American cotton has come forward, the falling off of the crops since 1846 has created a vacuum which will take some filling up ; and the prospects thus far do not warrant any hope of any movement in this direction during the pre sent year. In 1844 the crop was 2,375,000 bales; in 1845, 2,150,000 bales; and for 1846 it is not likely to be more than 1,800,000 bales. Thus sup posing the crop of 1844 to be about the supply required for the consumption of the world—it is perhaps a little more—we have in two years a hiatus in the supply, amounting to 800,000 bales. A total suspension of, say six weeks, would add, say 125,000 bales to our stock on hand ; and another 125,000 bales would probably be added by arrivals—in all 250,000 bales in the six weeks, to be added to our present stock of 409,340 bales, which would almost bring us to the state of things last year, But the question arises,—is such a can be made ou and our firm conviction is t unless this community makes up its mind, liberally and ungrudgingly, to support the efforts of the Health Committee, as appointed under the existing act, we must prepare ourselves to resign everything beyond the mere semblance of local action in this most important matter. SOME years ago, we noticed in a series of articles in this paper the effect of the practice of taking off prints from printed and plain calicoes, the effect of which was, that the foreigner was mulcted in a deficiency of the length marked upon our exported goods, whilst the English retailer was similarly, but not to so great an extent, mulcted. It appeared to us, and to most other men, to be irrational that a piece of printing calico, for instance—the original length of which, When fresh from the loom, was from 31 to 32 yards—should be reduced by the various hands through which it passed to 2 the recognized length of a piece of pr nt, when in the hands of the Manchester warehouseman, and to less than that when it came into the hands of the foreign buyer; and especially it appeared to us ab surd, when we considered that every yard thus dis honestly lopped off had to be sold less than it would have been intrinsically worth had it remained attached to the original piece. The evil has now progressed so far that, having already destroyed our reputation for honesty abroad, the buyer at home has felt it, and is beginning . to stickle for full length; or at all events, for something like a uniform measure. At present, if he buys a cer tain number of so-called yards of any manufactured fabric,but of cotton goods in particular, he is uncertain whether the yard which he buys contains 36 inches and a thumb's breadth—the good Old English measure—or a bare, and too often a short, 36 From one house he may buy one sort of measure, and from another a shorter measure. inches To : day he may have a piece of printed calico wl will Make three women's dr lay have the same article, of the same pattern and quality, from another manufacturer, which will tke a full dress for two women, and leave an unsatisfactory remnant, too little for a woman and too long for a girl. At length we observe that the attention of ware housemen and retailers has been called to the sub ject, and the result is an agitation for a uniform measure. of 37 inches, or 36 inches—the legal yard, with the thumb's-breadth usually given, or affected to he given, for measuring out. The demand is perfectly reasonable, although there is nothing magical about the particular length of 37 inches. 36 inches would do as well. All that the public want is uniformity; and all that the trade want is honest worth for their money and the discontinu ance of those continual demands for abatement to which they are at present liable. We observe that the demand for 37 inches ex tends to silks, ribbons, lace, &c., the bulk of which articles have been usually sold stretched measure, or exactly 36 inches, no thumb's-breadth being al lowed. It matters little whether or not this is conceded, provided all fabrics be brought under one regulation. The English yard is 36 inches ; and certainly nothing ought to be recognised as a yard which is under that standard. Probably the exact standard would be best for all parties and all fabrics, as in that case the vendor of anything which does not reach 36 inches would become amenable to the law equally with the tradesman who uses deficient weights. only -m; The Rev. William Hume Mayston, A. 8., has been appointed to the curacy of St. Simon's in this town, on the nomination of the incumbent. . POLICE COURT,—There was yesterday not a single com mitment at the Police-court for felony, and comparatively few parties charged with being drunk or disorderly, or both. The whole of the business, with the exception of a few trifling cases of assault, was accomplished before one o'clock. EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet ing of the Board of Examiners, held on Tuesday, the 31st inst. 1847, Mr. Andrew Abbott, late mate of the Jamaica, of Liverpool, was found dill/ qualified for a first class master's certificate, which he had applled for; likewise, Captain Robert Broadbelt Trotter, late master of the Argentina, of Liverpool, was found duly qualified for a first-class certificate as Master, which was accordingly granted. ) the re-appearance of disease in the potato crop, which will, to a certain extent, prove to have been too we iad the effect of immediately putting a stop to all stions susceptible of delay. Upon this principle have rs been acting throughout the month ; and notwithstand he difficulties which had to be contended with, it is ph mg to ort that the transactions have neither been so few nimportant as might have been anticipated. On several w occasions, when comparatively free from such depress- causes as those to which'we have alluded, the actual busi s of the month has been to a much smaller extent. , though irregular, have been sustained, under all mstances, remarkably well. A slight decline upon nearly !scriptions of cloth and twist has taken place upon the demanded at the commencement of the month. Stocks, excepting of such as are adapted for India and China, _lt are very heavy, of both cloth and twist, are compara ely light. The absence of improving accounts from the rkets of India and ( rn the character ar cm, continue, as they naturally do, magnitude of operations connected ith them, to tell powerfully, without any other drawback, ;ainst the trade of this district. Until better tidings arrive, oney becomes easier and cheaper,and the continued dispro )rtion between the price of cotton and that of the manufac [red article shall have become adjusted, no general nor per anent amelioration need be expected. " The position of spinners and . manufacturers does not auction s induced several spinners and manufacturers to return again to short hours, or to stop their mills rvest also, w•e h _ rove to this branch of trac , ct any important improvement before the spring of next ling in the market to-day, has been, upon the ole, of a more cheerful character, founded upon an appre .a.ded relaxation in the money market. Very little business, Meyer, has been done. For yarns there was more enquiry, lower rates ; but in cloth, neither as regards price nor de- mand, was there any change." The Corn Markets have again declined throughout the country, Liverpool, however, continuing to feel the de pression least, the in -- for consumption at a the last fe , - rain has f light reduction The weather for was much N Alen, win( e harvest, however, may nc of the grain in t as beyond dange fern counties bein got in A feeling of great ins, Iter prices, under the plea ti t the depression is han is warranted, and in anticipation that iich have gone out to America and the swing countries will have a tendency to stop Buyers, however, will not be persuaded to take this view of things ; and transactions in consequence are only from hand to mouth. pm ent We understand that a sermon will be preached at St. Barnabas' Church, on Sunday evening next, by the Rev. F. T. Mc. Dougal, who is going out immediately as mis sionary to the Island of Borneo; where the career of James Brooke has been so remarkable. SUDDEN DEATH.—On Sunday morning, Margaret Burns, aged 39 years, who lived in Launcelot's Hey, went into ie yard, apparently well, and was there found in sensible. She died soon after. She was much given to drinking. MADEMOISELLE JENNY LIND.—We are gratified in being enabled to inform our readers, that this distinguished cantatrice will attend the Theatre Royal this evening ; having expressed a wish to be present, a private box is reserved for her. We have no doubt numbers will be glad of the opportunity of seeing an artiste who has made so wonderful a sensation in the musical world. LIVERPOOL CIIVRCH SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS As- SOCIATION. — We perceive that the Rev. Hugh M`Neile will preach a sermon on Thursday evening next in St. Jude's church, to the teachers in the Sunday schools of the Church of England. We have no doubt that all such persons will be glad to have an opportunity of hearing so eloquent and complete an exposition of their duties, re sponsibilities, and privileges, as will doubtless be afforded them by this opportunity. SMUGGLING. — At the Police-court yesterday, a seaman named William Jones, was charged with smuggling 18 lb. of foreign raw tobacco, which he had put into a bag, and was taking away from the Brunswick Dock, in a wheel barrow. He was remanded until the instructions of the Board of Excise Commissioners in London respecting him be received. Another seaman, a German, for concealing 5 lb. of manufactured tobacco, was fined 505., or in de fault, to be imprisoned fourteen days. HISTORICAL PAINTING OF THE LAYING OF THE FOUN DATION STONE OF THE SAILORS' HOME.—We learn that it is projected by an able artist, Mx. Tatham, to paint a large picture, with likenesses of the principal parties pre sent, of the scene presented on the occasion of the founda tion of the Liverpool Sailors' Home being laid by Prince Albert. We have had shewn to us a beautiful lithographed impression of one of the portraits to be introduced — that of the Dock Chairman, Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, which is a striking and spirited likeness ; and if the other portraits in the tableau be at all approaching to it in merit, the pic ture will be a most valuable and interesting one. In ad dition to likenesses of the Prince and his suite, those of most of our local elite will be given in the painting, among whom we may mention—the late Mayor, the TOWII. clerk, the Recorder, Mr. James Ailiinf &c, neral St of violets in the hair, ti 1 in, an ;ed up t Nuis of Londc left. A little furthe bride, magnificently ladyship wor plendia amethyst necklace of great value. On the right of the bridal group stood the beautiful wife of Lord Seaham, richly attired in a green silk dress trim med with the richest lace. Viscount Seaham and Lord Ernest Vane, his youthful brother, occupied positions . The bridal pair having taken. .—e altar, the Lord Bishop of Dur ham performed the ceremony, at the close of which the noble bridegroom, in themost affectionate manner, raised the veil from the face of his fair bride, and kissed her ladyship. The bride then warmly embraced her noble near Lady Lendonilerr in front mother and father, and turning to the attendant brides maids affectionately kissed each of them. The noble then, having first received the congratulatione, any,, signed the usual record ef ister of the adjoining parish of as attested by the Marquis and of Londonderry, as well as by the Duke of Rutland, the Duke of Cleveland, the Duke of Devon shire, the Viscount Combermere, and Si r R o b ert P ee l. The bride and bridegroom then took leave of the as sembled circle, and at eight o'clock left Wynyard in travelling carriage and four for Seaham Hall, where they intend to pass the first few days of their honeymoon. The .banquet in the evening was served in a style of . • • d with a ie well , Bishop Leveland a nd the he In the re The entry w Lord Cot Ty proposed tne neann f mere proposed the Marchiones s ° -----..-.---.... LIVERPOOL CATTLI IKET, SEPT 6, We cannot c T'last statenx and anytlling Lt high prices. .1 AiuttO 3 bid. to 7i, LIVER: HAY A q'D POT 27 3ER 6, 1847 E MARKET, of the past movement, the Repeal me fibers hope till to ther together the elements Of d rAnu• •• • • 4 0 —• 4'6 ;•••• 0 0— 0 0 •••• 0 0— 0 •••• 0 0— 0 0 :el.. 0 0— 0 ton . 0 0 0 •; •• • • 5 D— 6 6 _..sSION OF PROSTITUTION.—The efforts of Mr. Spooner and other gentlemen who, in the last session of Parliament, attempted to introduce a bill for the suppres sion of the above evil, are now likely in some measure to be successful, inasmuch as it having been ascertained that a large number of the houses of a certain description, into which young and inexperienced females are inveigled, are kept by persons of the Jewish nation, the present High Priest, or Chief Rabbi (Mr. Alder) has, within the last week or two, caused it to be intimated that no member of the Jewish persuasion who is the keeper of a brothel, either directly or indirectly, will be permitted to attend the syna- " gogue, nor be acknowledged as one of the people; that s „, O -„, neither their sons nor their daughters shall be allowed to be freshness .._ married according to the Jewish ritual , nor will any of the that has hitherto .. religious rites be performed at the birth of a child ; and public. In size, they au should•the party die at the time of keeping such a house, %a r s e onexee exceed seasonsbest description. il k he will be denied the rite of sepulture; no prayers will be 1 this year sold, owing to the , .ns read, nor will they be interred amongst their forefathers, which I have entered, will ' ~ , zonsi but be buried behind what are termed the boards, the in Barrels for the cop- , iey w , same as if the party had died accursed.—Observer. r Barels for 'l. Or ar • S a c c o t r e e r: O, A s; - the Stall Jontinuance p DEATH IN A WELL ARISING FROM NOXI OUS G A S. — I feel sat An inquisition took place yes terda y before Mr. Curry, on ecil view of the body of Richard Jones. George Campbell, a obedient Sery sugar - boiler, in the employ of Mr. John Crone, Sir - Thomas's Buildings , said that the deceased was en g i ne Asa Divan, which Jose out of 'London tender there. There is a well in the engine house, which d Rooms are attache supplies the water for the engine boilers, and it was about •" 3 E". 70 feet deep. Between eight and nine o'clock yesterday LIVERPOOL ; morning, deceased told witness that the pump connecting TUESDAY, SEPT. 7, 1847. the engine with the well did not act, and asked him to PRINTED AND PUBLISHED send for some men to lower him down to see what was EVERY TUESDAY MORNIII I , the matter. Two men were got for that purpose, By JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove street, and and deceased went down upon what is called a horse, LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, which is a piece of board fa stened to two pieces of rope. At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. 4 4 Before going down, deceased threw some lime into the Orders for Advertisements received by Messrs. Newton ;I A ; well, to take out the foul air. Before he got down, he called to be hoisted up, which was done. He went down Co., Warwick-square; Barker a and White, a F r le e e s t:* c ert Deacon, n a e llr j o o o s k e aNi i n o e ni ll, a C: L Egg h t n e C e b orn l hi 4s . 31 1 a second time, and again requested . to be hauled up. den Hammond, 27, Lombard-street; Mitchell, 8, Red,„V o y While the two men were hoisting up, witness heard a court, Fleet-street; Lewis and Lowe, 3, Castle-court, tr. ii e; splash in the water in the well. On " the horse" reach- hill; at the London Commercial Coffee-house, Mincing-!:if e r at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhill ; hapter ,',', f fee' ing the top, the deceased was missing. The alarm was given, and a man went down with lights. When he had house,ouse Paternoster-row; Threadneedle-streett el•-r mv rr o . rtll ,a a ra nd on S s outji Azita i i . ; .ja 4 Sl got down, the lights went out, and he was hauled up ' London; Johnston and Co., Eden Quay, Dublin;' - Wh ee l l ,er directly. He was insensible. Witness immediately ran for a surgeon. Meantime other parties grappled with Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewin, Market-street, Man.o%. ter; Haddock, .axd J. and W. Booth, Booksellers, Wo r n r a iso l • irons for the deceased ; but an hour elapsed before he ton ; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston ; and Wright and " Herald-office, Birmingham. Lew Al was brought up, and he was found to be quite dead. The BIRKENHEAD ; TODHUNTER, Chester-street • dd. deceased was frequently in the habit of going down into PINKNEY, Argyle-street; OsaoaNa, Chester-street; st ri the well. He was 35 years of age. Verdict, Drowned, GRIFFITH, Hamilton-street. cut, having accidentally fallen into the well by being overcome Terms of Subscription for this paper :—On ore by the gas, oe year, 175.; if paid in Wiliam 1614 SUPPR O 0 Cups O 6 Blacl , O 5 Mangle O 0 Turnip, O 0 Manure Carrots: LONDO . OYST TO THE PATRONS OF THE ORIENTAL DIVAN JSI) CONNOISSE L ?S IN OYSTERS GENTLEMEN, -It is with extreme gratification I inform yolli that during a visit to the Metropolis, I have succeeded to making arrangements with Mr. Bateman, of Billingsgatei market, by which I shalt daily receive, by rail, an abundan supply of the choicest Whitstable Oysters, which for fulnes s ; freshness, and excellence, are promised to exceed any:ol'3 that has hitherto been submitted to the palate of the provincl; public. In size, they are equal to those of the past year, whic was one of the best seasons ever known, while in flavour the' far exceed even description. The prices at which they wi this year sold, owing to the extensive ness o f t h e contract into which I have entered, will be considerably reduced. packf; in Barrels for the country they will be charged 75., or Tkr`:, Barrels for £l. Opened at the Stall, or supplied in the Salo% per Score. A single trial, I feel satisfied, will establish ti l ` character, and ensure a continuance of 'patronage to Your obedient Servant, JOSEPH FEENEY' ' N. 8.--The Oriental Divan, which is splendly fitted, is de „ didly the. best house out of London, for a Chop, a Steak, °' Dinner. Billiard Rooms are attached. ing those of doubtful politics, the relative posit: of the thre in the new will be as follows Liberals returned Peelites ditto..... Protectionists ditto Liberal majority over Protectionists ority - over Protectionists and Peel- Liberal and Peelite majority over Protec- tionist BRITISH AMERICAN SYMPATHY FOR IRELAND. -I Georgia arrived at Dublin on Saturday, from Montreal containing 3000 barrels of flour, a free offering. The go• vernment intend to pay the freightage, which will increase the Value of the offering by something like £l5OO. FATAL ACCIDENT. — A man, named Rederick while employed as a porter on the 23d of July, got hi finger crushed between two casks of coffee. He went ti the Northern Hospital, where part of the finger was cu off. He was at home for several days, when, not gettini better, he went to the Southern Hospital, and there th Welsh s entirely amputated the injury on Sunda TIIE AMATEUR SHAKSPEARI He, however, died from tiNCE IN AID OF THE PUR- IOUSE AT STRATFORD-ON- .—The performance for the above object, under the patronage of his worship the Mayor, promises to be a bril liant affair, and from what we know of the talent of some of the amateurs, will eclipse the achievements of some more practised artistes. The object is undeniably a na tional one—the purchase of the birthplace of our great " -Iramatist, to be preserved as a national property ; that Liverpool will vindicate the sound taste and we trus and reverence, for genius which of of the f as the he wade to hold that is to a Repealer ;ors, I , ederansts, ant._ coo numerous to men rhe practical benefits likely to result from the Itions of this heterogenous body can be readily appreciated by all who recollect the admirable working, during the last session, of the Great United Irish party, whose sole end and aim seemed to be the right to differ by the failure Londonderry worth n , quality. •oom received I fired in a pint a tiara .of sot one of the same o -room the visi und the betrothed ier ladyship at the right-hand of the porting her on the the mother of the - crêpe dress. Her rb diamonds. and a thei rem app exp: LT:, and wee Old 240 th e II A, T _ if , f or t 4ere ( I,ere 1 1 1 t le I itist, Ti Ch oy Of j A ( thi c —o o i Pito St, id St. St. A ~St. A St. A St. j St. G Bt:,,A SE ot. A Melt on