The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-02-26 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. Le rectors were e meeting at the re on Wednesd on Sunday, by pi g of the curresnonctent says that " the railviai from Liverpool to Waterloo and its vicinity is of the greatest service to the in habitants. The property has much increased in value, and houses are in great demand. The delightful marine view will no doubt render this locality one of the most pleasant never heard of any such agency as that referred to by W.D.', We have handed to a member of th about the Industrial Schools. Select Vestry the letter Ely Zthrrpoot :Otantatt. TUESDAY MORNING 26, 1850 THE Agriculturists of this country will read the following passage from the Times of Saturday last with some surprise " We can only say that, on t aggregate of the last lt of free trade, the four years since the commenceme agrimiltural i been by far the most prosperous of all the inter the empire ' • and if landowners and not enjoyed better profits and saved either their own ban all otherclassep, it h some other cause independent of agri- play a little too palpably their entire innocence of any knowledge of highway management. The various townships throughout the kingdom must be stirring to oppose this bill, or they will have its iniquitous provisions fastened firmly around their necks, when they will find its presence intol erable, especially under their already accumulated burdens. We were enabled last weeu, by the aid and en terprise of parties belonging to our own establish ment, and connected with the transition of news between this port and the United States, to lay before our readers an important despatch, conveyed by telegraph from New York, to meet the mail steamer at Halifax, and bringing two days later news. The effort was one unprecedented in the history of newspaper enterprise, whether provincial or metropolitan; and we did not wonder that, at the first blush, the news thus brought, especially as they conveyed reports of a decline in an important staple, at the time the object of a large amount of speculation, should have been received with a little distrust. Two days later than the news brought by a fast sailing steamer does seem an instance of despatch beyond the reach of possibility ; but when it is borne in mind that the steamer in question had to call at a port on the same continent, to which the wires of the telegraph are capable of conveying messages with the speed of thought, the difficulty is solved at once. It is enough for us now to as sure our readers that they may regard the intelii gence as coming from a source on which we place reliance. Had we not been able to do so, it should not have appeared in our columns. We may state, by the bye, that an error in the heading of the des patch, easily accounted for, however, by parties connected with journalism, contributed materially to create doubts as to its authenticity. The des patch was headed " Telegraph-office, Feb. Bth," such being the date of the sailing of the steamer. The body of the document, however, gave the date of the news from New York as ' 6 5 p.m. this even ing." As the mail, however, sailed from Halifax only at 4h. 15m. a.m. of the the Bth, the evening of the 7th, upon which the letter itself containing the despatch was written, was obviously that on w hi c h the news were forwarded.o We were a little amused by a paragraph in our contemporary, the Courier of 'Wednesday, noticing the news in question. Our contemporrry had it on Wednesday, in his Second Edition !—it was the first article in the leader page of our own first edi tion on the day preceding—and quoting it as from the London Sun of Tuesday evening, premising it with his own opinion that, " from its mysterious history and purport," it was entitled to little cre dence. 'What the meaning of these terms " mys terious history and purport" is, is a mystery to ourselves. All that we can see surprising in the history of the despatch in question, is the fact that the Courier could have kept himself ignorant dur ing the whole of the day preceding the publication of his paper of the existence of a document, whose publication brought to a stand still operations in the market for the most important staples of our manufacture, and which employed during the day the wires of the telegraph, to convey it through the length and breadth of Great Britain. tenant farm more more fault or thrc cultural prices ~ient authority also attributes a large portion of the farmer's present difficulties to the fact of his having—speculated in Railways ! This is really a sad declension in the great talent which, whether directed to express the truth or to pervert it, the Times in general displays. On what rule. 9uld the agricultural -ars he " by far the of the empire ?" ame e vh.t machinery, c four interest during the pa most prosperous of all the interest They had tolerabl 1847; but tl yield of grain. tl prices, certainly, in 1845 and e prices were caused by deficient rot, and the mortality amongst -cattle They have since had prices low enough to astonish the Times himself. They had to submit, like their neighbours, to the monetary pressure of 1847, which took from them some por tion of the increased price which they ought to have received for their deficient crops; but not a single favouring feature in their position is to he discovered. If these men have " saved money," as our contemporary intimates, they are in an enviable plight. All the world believes the saving to be mainly in the trouble of counting it. If the savings of the free traders are upon the same scale, the trouble of disposing of them will be slight indeed. ONE of the most striking features of Whig legislation is its steady march towards centraliza tion of all authority in Government Boards and Secretaries of State. The public resident upon the spot, the payers of rates—and the best judges, one would imagine, of their own requirements —seem to be regarded as infants, too simple to he trusted to perform any of the ordinary affairs of life, without being controlled by some jack in office domiciled in the pleasant region of Whitehall or Somerset House, and picking his nails at the moderate cost of some thousand or two of the money earned by an industrious people. Bye and bye, not a kitten will mew in any corner of the empire, whose plain tive note will not be duly reported to London, the seat of all official and administrative wisdom, and recorded in blue books, as statistics for the ingeni- The result of the division on Thursday night, ous speculations of the James Wilsons and other upon Mr. D'lsraeli's motion, must be regarded by waiters upon treasury pickings. every candid man as affording unequivocal evidence We have before us, at this mome n t, a bill, j us t that the land e d i n t eres t, even i n the present House introduced by Government into Parliament, for the of Commons, possesses an amount of vitality very extension of this centralization system, and styled different from that which has of late been attributed •"A Bill to amend the Laws rel a ti ve t o th e M anage - to it by the M anc h es t er sc h oo l of politicians. ment of the Highways in E ng l an d an d W a l es ." Twelve months a go , th e id ea t h at a proposal of re- Its promoters are Mr. Corn wa ll L ew i s an d Si r lief to the ag r i cu lt ura l b o d y o f this country was George Grey—a new Poor Law Commissioner and likely to receive the supp or t o f t wo h undred and a Home Secr e t ar y seeking patronage ! The natur e fifty-two me m b ers o f th a t h ouse, i ndependent of of the amendment of the law to be effected by it pairs, would have been scouted with derision. will be readily guessed at. The gist of the bill is a Practical suffering, however, brings hom e t o men ' s transfer of the powers of th e p u bli c t o manage t h e i r minds conv i c ti ons which, though based upon suffi cient reasoning, are tr ea t e d li g htl y i n t h e hour of own highways to Boards of Guardi ans ac ti ng un d er the control of the Somerset House Commissioners. prosperity. Declining incomes tell a plainer tale There is no suggestion of any material difference than volumes of political economy. Farms thrown in the mode of managing highways through ou t th e up into the h an d s o f th e i r owners ; rents falling thirty-six clauses of the bill. The graspi ng o f new into arrea r , an d l a b ourers c l amouring for employ -sources of patronage by the P o or La w Bo ar d an d ment and food, are conv i nc i ng f acts, which all the her Majesty's pri nc ip a l S ecre t ar i es of St a t e i s, h ow - statistics of the boa r d o f t ra d e are insufficient to ever, very palpable. B oar d s o f G uar di ans, f or overthrow. example, "may employ for th e p ur p oses o f thi s ac t We are not amongst th e num b er o f t h ose who their treasurer and clerk, and such other paid believe that much of permanent value would accrue to the agriculturi s t s f rom th e a d opt i on of such a officers of their union as they ma y thi n k fit so to employ, and may, with the consent of the Poor Law measure as that proposed by the protectionist Board, pay increa se d or a dditi ona l sa l ar i es to suc h leader. Two milli ons , i n ra t es, transferred to the treasurer, clerk, and officers." Th e P oor L aw consolidated fund, i s a m i sera bl e compensation for Board may "regulate the amount of such increased the large amount swept away from the produce of ,or additional s a l ar i es ;" i n p l ace o f t h e consent and the soil by for e i gn compe ti t i on. T he admission, authority of the justices b e i ng requ i re d f or th e di s- however, involved i n th e amoun t o f support which posal of any property h e r e t o f ore ves t e d i n surveyors i it received, that so me f res h mo d e o f i mposing taxa of highways, the consent a n d au th or it y o f th e P oor tion must be resor t e d t o , i n or d er to meet the c Law Board is henceforth t o b e requ i re d—i n a wor d , changed position o f th e owners an d cultivators of t the powers of the magisterial b enc h, an d th e w ill o f the soil, is all i m p or t an t. It i s s i gn i f i cant of more the ratepayers, are to be pl ace d i n a bj ec t su b m i ss i on than meets the eye at a fi rs t g l ance, an d some of the incidents o f th e d e b a t e are worthy of serious to the Somerset House officials. They are t o au dit all charges, pass or di sa ll ow j us t w h atever seems to attention. The w h o l e t one o f t h e discussion, in them fitting and right ; to rai se th e sa l ary o f t hi s fact, betrays a d ec id e d c h ange i n the relative posi or that pet official ; and the rat e p a yi ng commun i ty tion of parti es . Th e protect i on i sts, although ac have only the pleasin g d u ty t o p er f orm o f pay i ng -- knowledging their pr esen t i na bili ty to return to the I system of former years, h a d th roug h out an admit and asking no questions. We presume that th e pl ea o f th e promoters of ted basis of truth t o en titl e th em to t h e sympathy this Bill will be that it will economise expenditure and consideration of the public; whilst the free upon highways. In s ma ll or thi n l y popu l ated trade party, for the first ti me s i nce th e enactment parishes there can b e no reason w h y t h e same col- of their boasted sy s t em , s p o k e " w ith b ate d b reath, " lectors would not suffice b o th f or poor ' s rates an d and evidently felt th emse l ves compe ll e d to assume highway rates, and s a l ar i es b e th us save d . B ut a deprecatory and d e f ens i ve a ttit u d e. the very framing of th e ac t i s ca l cu l ate d to unde- Amongst the m os t significant feat ures were th e ceive any one, who might otherwise hay s l oo k e d speeches of Sir Jam es Graham and M r . W. E . to a reductio n o f expen dit ure as t h e result of its Gladstone. The f o ll ow i ng remar k s b y the Right H adoption. In th e fi rs t p l ace we fi n d i t most con- Hon. Baronet ar e es p ec i a ll y i mportant. Speaking siderately laid down in clause 15 of the act,—that as a member of the agricultural interest, he said, — the guardians shall not demand more from the "As a country gentleman, I have always urged upon overseers or collector s th an "t enpence i n the pound the class to whi c h I b e l ong t h e great impolicy of pursuing t ( h c e h i e r e inte ) res i ts h as a class apart frota the entire community. of the rateable value of the property rateable to alwaysa the community told t them, a a n t d o t the relief of the poor in any parish, at any one that, a r s s. a class w ith r te b ll ac th k em now, of equity,tc.e are time." But the very same clause allows them to irresistible, and that there is no int, either levy two and sixpence in the po un d i n any one I justice, or poli c y, w hi c h we cannot force upon any year, care only being taken that th ere s h a ll b e an Government; but that, o n th e o th er h an d , i f we as a class Pursue exclusive r o e u s r th t e co interests t at the expense of the gene interval of two months between the periods at e ar ( l ,ou altogether eeri n p o v)rerl which each instalment is paid. Power, too, is less, and our overthrow y i w retained for the levying of an additional rate, with will illustrate this. I s have always contended, an g d the the consent of four-fifths of the parish assembled hon. member for Warwickshire will agree with me, that the most improvident bargain that could have been made in Vestry, in the same way as it is authorized un by any great class was that which the landlords made in der the act of 6th Wm. 4th. The most formida ble harbinger, however, of increased annoyance w lB h l i 9 c , h w h a ei v a e , I t 'n he7 c n on t s h i e de s r o a ie tion o of ess a io n flex; thel usi h e corn law, is to be found in the clauses, 18, 19, and 20, in- up to 80s. per quarter, they s consented to the ° restorationme-maret sisting upon particular modes of keeping books, of a depreciated standard of value--a standard which &e. Instead of simplifying matters by amalga-- had been depreciated for a quarter of a cen t ury . Th at mating poor rate and hi g h way rate, we are to have that was an improvident bargain I tho ug ht th en , an d I "separate and distinct accounts of all sums of thinklo te n r o o w s t . a 1 ( ) C h a e a e i r d s o . ) 0. f T or h a e y are money received and expend e d f or th e purposes of laws, in the vain y hope oradvanci r o e g - i t m h p e o v s a i t l o m e n o o f f t :ohier pro-corn 'this act ;" such books shall b e o p en a t a ll t i mes for perty at the expense of, and in opposition to, the entire inspection ; all the formalities of a new poor law community. Let them be on their guard. (Hear, hear.)" audit are to he gone through, at the expense, of We accept most fully both the passages which course, to the country, of auditor's mileage and we have marked with italics. The agricultural body, travelling charges; and, finally, "an abstract of with justice on their side, and the sympathies of the receipts and expenditure in respect to the high- the majority of the nation to support them, are ways in each union, with whatever particulars may irresistible ; and the free-traders and the demo _ „, cracy of the manufacturing towns are learning the . .... „,, (MC or her Majesty's p r i nc i- fact from the res u lt o f thi s d e b ate. Th ey d i d make ° state, who is to draw out and an improvident bargain, too, when they agreed to • i'. he will have it made. sustain a pressure, increased by one-third, of the -”ments may be whole of the amount of general and local taxation, ..rie.land mortgages, annuities, and debts, as the condition of their receiving 80s. a quarter for their wheat. But the bargain has not been kept ! They are sustaining this increased load of taxation, with wheat reduced to less than half the price they stipulated for. Here is the screwing point ; and r .arusal, we leave .. ~.. __ in this direction, or a return to a protective system, nuch, hor ' the remedy for their present suffering will have to be sought. The agriculturist is paying two bushels of wheat in taxation, and for the satisfaction of debts, where he only undertook to pay one. The working man is giving to the state and to his cre ditor two days' labour, where he only undertook to give one. We have here the solution of the mystery of our present anomalous position as a nation. We have an explanation of the reason why the rich are growing richer, and the poor are sinking deeper into the abyss. Let Mr. D'lsraeli grapple with this question, and then, indeed, he will have in his hands " a gigantic cause" worthy of a great statesman. Or let Sir James Graham, who tells us that his opinions as to the " improvi dent bargain" are changed, take it up with a reso lution to do justice. Anything short of this is mere trifling—skimming over the sore, not healing it. By such a policy the nation might be saved. As it is, we are approaching rapidly a social convulsion. Mr. Gladstone's speech, in support of the propo sition, certainly contained no reference to this view of the question at issue ; but it admitted the justice of dealing with the inequality of the taxa. tion complained of, notwithstanding the fact that the proposition before the Hon* was but the be ginning of an end, such end being a total reversal of our fiscal 13yetozo, required . to bolder up, or to _.,ianned, has to be transmitted on the 25th of March in each year to one of her Majesty's princi pal secretaries of state, who is to draw out and dictate the form in which he will have it made. How many of these interesting documents may be furnished from the thousands of parties in England and Wales, setting forth that three or four tons t upon this lane, or that, and that Richard Adams received 575. per ton for breaking them, before one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state soils his fingers in an attempt at their 1 , we leave to our readers to say. Th;- is certain that whenever a n nclant of one of her John Timms or pal secreta Majesty's princi wishes to get a snug place for a ernumary scribe in the office of the friend, as a s parish in which he lives, patron to sear e has only to move his mrn a demand for some statistics . and render the engagement of an to consume time extra hand decent It would not have been in accordance with the character of the Whig Government if such a bill as this had not contained on the face of it some thing cowardly and shabby. Accordingly we find that it is not proposed to bring it into operation in parishes where the population is over five thou. sand, and Highway Boards have been formed by the inhabitants in vestry assembled. It is also provided that " nothing in this act contained shall affect the city of London, or the liberties thereof, or the rights, interests, privileges, franchises, or authorities of the Mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of London, or their successors, or the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the said city. or the Lord Mayor of the said city for the time being." Of course Lord John Russell durst no more touch Londo n by a measure of the kind than face an exasperated wild cat. Moreover, prophets are not respected in their own country; and the Poor-law Board, interfering so near to their official location ae the city of London, might dis. 11E* LIVERPOOL STANIiARD. under tolerable our free-trade policy. Mr. Glad stone is opposed to going bac kto protection. He regards, indeed, concession to the demands of the agricultural party as the best guarantee of the con tinued operation of those free-trade measures, of which, with a sort of paternal fondness, he may say, " quorum pars magna fui." But he admits fully the fact that real property has for a century and a half been descending by inheritance, with ' peculiar burthens attached to it, undertaken upon ' the faith of a strictly protective Corn Law ; and, ' he might have added, that they were contracted under a monetary system, the change in which has doubled their pressure. He admits also the pecu liar pressure upon the land of some of the imposts enumerated by Sir James Graham—the duty on bricks, malt, hops, &c.—although he does not see at present how they can be repealed, keeping sup plied the necessities of the state, and the require ments of the public creditor. But, it may be asked, why are the owners of lands and houses alone to be thus conscientious in the preservation of the national faith ? Has the millionaire, who, paying to-day little more than the taxes of an humble tradesman, may to-morrow be enshrined in the hall of some ancestral family, whose mortgages modern statesmanship has succeeded in doubling in pressure, no right to pay taxes in proportion to his means ? These questions will have to be answered. A system of taxation is symbolled by Mr. D'lsraeli's proposition which will strike more di rectly at the pockets of these classes ; and the day of reckoning is more nearly at hand than they are aware of. We must, however, bestow a few remarks upon the speech of one of the most eminent quacks of the day—Mr. James Wilson, the editor of the Economist newspaper, and one of her Majesty's ministers. This gentleman has taken some pains to furnish us with statistical tables of prices in different foreign markets, intended to prove to us that the present low rates of grain are exceptional ones, and that the British farmer has no need to fear their being permanent. The gentleman, indeed, is only afraid " on account of a sudden reaction from these ex tremely low prices to correspondingly high prices!" We have certainly very little fear on this head, and just as little confidence in Mr. Wilson's facts. It may be true that, in the average of a succession of years, prices on the continent of Europe and in America, with the British market closed against their produce, have been somewhat above that which the British farmer used to fear; but it is equally true that, with that market always open, production in the corn-growing countries of the world will steadily increase, and afford a surplus beyond the wants of their own population. More over, we repudiate averages of prices of grain, im ported into this country to supply deficiency, as the exponents of the cost of its growth. Mr. Wil son gives us, for example, the prices of wheat im ported from Holland from 1839 to 1848 as 545. 9d.; and in doing so he proves too much. He over throws, in the first place, the argument of the free trader, that protection raised the prices of this country very greatly in excess of those current in other countries ; and, in the next place, he shows unmistakeably that the foreign grower is enabled to put in his own pocket the largest portion of the difference between the actual cost and the market value here. Such statisticians as Mr. Wilson ought to be careful of making such mistakes The London and North-Western railway board intends to subscribe £5OO towards the exhibition in 1851. A return of Bs. 6d. per share is to be divided among the shareholders in the Liverpool and Leeds direct line. The bill for rating small tenements has been read a secend time in the Commons, with scarcely any opposition. CiThe Liverpool Dock Bill is now waiting to go into committee, as are the Childwall Water Works Bill, the Liverpool Cattle Market Bill, the Birkenhead Dock and Improvement Bills, and the Southport Railway Bill. The second reading of the Liverpool Water Works Bill has been postponed until the 10th April, and Mr. Stephenson's report is expected to be delivered before the end of - March. The Town Council of Warrington have resolved that, in future, any officer of the corporation making application for an increase of salary, shall accompany such application with a resignation of his office. We perceive that the members of the Cambrian Society intend to celebrate their forty-third anniversary at the Brunswick Hotel on St. David's Day. From the well known and tried taste of Mr. Whiteman, and the respec tability of the society, we doubt not that those who may attend will be highly gratified. We understand that the worthy treasurer, Mr. E. P. Jones', services have not been overlooked by the members, and that he is to be presented with his portrait, painted by Huggins. ST. DAVID'S DAY.—We are very sorry to find that the Welsh Schools are in such a state for the want of -funds that they must be finally closed in a short time if no kind friends can be prevailed on to come to their rescue. We sincerely trust that the appeals which are about to be made on their behalf on St. David's Day and the Sunday following will be well responded to. The Rev. J. C. Richmond, whose name is now well known in this town, and an eminent clergyman from North Wales, are to preach in their aid. APPEAL TO LIVERPOOL.—In two most eloquent ser mons, at St. Anne's Church, on Sunday, the Rev. J. C. Richmond, from the United States, called attention to the appalling fact, that in the district assigned to St. Anne's by the Lord Bishop, and south-west of the church, there is a " population of 10,000 souls without a school of any kind, either during the week, or on Sundays ;" and if there be possibly some slight, unknown exception in appearance, there is none in reality, to that general remark. There is really no school for the poor in that populous scene of ignorance, neglect, and spiritual deso lation. He begged that so " foul a blot might be re moved from the fair brow of Liverpool ;" that the schools, which had not been established during the four score years since St. Anne's had been the parish church of that intellectual and moral wilderness, might be founded at once, that he might be able to tell, on his return to his native land, not of the neglect, but of the liberality of this renowned and wealthy borough. He told his hearers that, though there was no room for a school for the poor, a splendid Dancing Academy had been erected long ago, when this part of Liverpool had been the chosen abode of the rich ; and that any one who should look upon the Custom-house, the Exchange, St. George's o r th e Philh armon i c H alls, would not complain that too little had been done for music and mammon. The text in the evening, Psalms, cxix, v. 18, " Open thou mine eyes, that I may b e h o ld wondrous things oat of thy l aw ," was powerfully and scripturally illustrated, by showing the impotence of man, with all intellectual helps, and even with an earnest study of God's Word, to understand this law without the illu mination and aid of " the blessed Trinity of light, and ' life, and love ;" and that the spirit of God alone, brood ing over this created mass of 10,000 souls, could effectually say, " Let there be light." He a l one cou ld warm the mass with life ; and fill the whole body with the divine and wholesome influence of Love. But a greater part of the festering corruption amongst the poor and outcast in this region were " so perfect in their misery," that they did not once perceive their lost estate : and it was necessary for the servants of Him who went about doing good, to follow His example, and go out into the highways and lanes and compel them to come in. Instead of one Church there should be ten. Instead of no school, there should be at least a beginning —an effort to found one. Liverpool pays annually over £lOO,OOO to keep the peo ple in order. It would cost her infinitely less to teach the people to keep themselves in order. Let us respond to the appeal ! The collections amounted to about £24. A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST AT THE NIGHT ASYLUM. —The Albion of yesterday tells a curious story of the admission of two persons at the Night Asylum, who, he says, some people fancy came to lodge there to " protect" their own followers from the preaching of missionaries. We will allow our contemporary to tell his own story, and, like him, will leave our readers to come to a con clusion on the subject :—lt appears:that, on the evening. of the 24th ultimo, two ministers in connexion with the Town Mission visited the asylum, and an Irish inmate, named George Harris, in company with another man, complained to Mr. Holgate, the superintendent, respect ing them, and threatened to leave the place if they were allowed to preach. The men were told that they could not be allowed to go out that night, but, if they had an objection to the preaching of the ministers, they might go into another room. Harris had a long disputation with one of the missionaries, and displayed an amount of intelligence and cleverness far superior to his dress ; and those who heard him came to the conclusion that he was a Jesuit. But this circumstance might have passed off almost unnoticed had it not happened that, the same night, about half-past twelve o'clock, a man dressed as a priest applied for admission to the sheds. He had on a blue cloak, which covered a decent suit of black, and he carried about with him no fewer than fourteen volumes of Catholic books, amongst which were the " Garden of the Soul," the " Sinner's Confession," and such like. He stated that his name was Jerome Daley, and that he was a priest from the Convent of St. Ignatius, Cork •, and the writing in the books bore testimony to the truth of this statement. He also represented that he had that day crossed from Ireland, and that on the road he had lost 355., which was all the money he had. His object in coming into this country, he said, was to enter into a con vent inLincolnshire, and all he requested was the favour of shelter for the night. This was readily granted by the superintendent, who was only surprised that a man appa rently so respectable should make the application.. In the morning Mr. Holgate, on going into the yard, was still more astonished to find the priest on one knee break ing stones along with the other men; and, feeling com passion for his position, he told him that he might leave off. Daley expressed much gratitude to the superintendent for his kind treatment ; but, before leaving, he requested as a great favour that Harris, the men before alluded to, might be permitted to go out with him. Thi s , consi dering what had passed, appeared somewhat singular; but, as there could be no objection to the man leaving the house, Mr. Holgate readily granted the request, and the two men departed together. Whether Harris was a priest or not it is impossible to say, the circumstances we bay related being AU that could lead to that conclusion. IMPORTANT MEETING. OF THE TIMBER TRADE YESTERDAY. A highly important and very numerously attended meeting of the shipowners, importers, brokers, ship builders, carriers, and others interested in the timber trade of the port, was held yesterday afternoon, at the Clarenden Rooms, for the puapose of appointing a com mittee whose duty it would be to take into consideration the best means of obtaining increased accommodation for the timber trade of Liverpool. The meeting was con vened by the following circular, which clearly conveys its object : "39, Sefton-street, Liverpool, 18th February, 1850. am desired to inform you, that at a large me e ti ng i of the Timber Trade, h e ld • thi s d a y, t was unanimously re solved to invite the co-operation of the Timber Importers, Ship Builders, Carriers, and Saw Mill Proprietors, in securing the most economical and efficient accommodation for the whole of the trade. "In pursuance thereof, a preliminary meeting will be held at the Clarendon-rooms, South John-street, on Monday, the 25th instant, at two o'clock p.m., when you are respectfully re quested to attend..—l am, Sir, your obvdient Servant, "Thos. RosiNsoN, Junior, Secretary." On the motion of Mr. THOMAS ROYDIN, H. C. CHAPMAN, Esq., was called upon to preside, The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings of the meeting, observed that he should not have taken the chair on that occasion had he not felt that really the duties were so simple, that he thought it might expedite their busi ness if he did not object to doing so. The object of the meeting had already been explained to all of them in the circular, which all had received, and which he would now read. The Chairman then read the circular before no tined. The object of the meeting, therefore, would be to hear the sentiments of the gentlemen present who were interested as shipowners, importers and consumers of timber, in the welfare Qf that trade. They were not only met for that purpose, but for the purpose of obtain ing that accommodation which had been so long sought for, and for which acts of parliament had been obtained, on what there appeared clear evidence, by competent par ties moving that the south end of the town was the only place suited for the timber trade. There were gentlemen in that room more deeply interested in this matter than himself, and therefore he hoped that these gentlemen would have the kindness to state to the meeting the views which they entertained upon this subject. If any such ad dsessed the meeting, he was certain that all wonld be glad to hear them. The secretary, Mr. ROBINSON, begged leave to put the meeting in possession of all the facts which up to this period had occurred in reference to this matter. The facts were brief. It has long been a matter of considerable anxiety with the timber trade of this port how to obtain a better and cheaper system, both for storing and shipping off timber, partly induced by the fact that distant ports have for some time successfully competed with Liverpool in supplying wood goods to towns and districts, which, from their positions, it is only reasonable to expect ought to be supplied from this market. During the last two or three months several meetings have been held by the timber merchants, whereat:committees were appointed to obtain interviews with the dock committee of Liverpool, in order to ascertain whether that body had the power and were disposed to possess themselves of sufficient land at the south end of the town, whereby they would be enabled to afford to the trade an uniform and cheap accommodation. The result of this portion of the enquiry is, that the Dock Committee of Liverpool do not feel themselves justified in going into any extensive purchase which would embrace all the objects sought to be obtained. The committee in question have likewise endeavoured to examine the capabilities of the north end of the town, and also of Wallasey Pool, and they are of opinion the time has arrived when it is highly necessary that a committee should be appointed by a general meeting constituted like the present, which committee shall direct its immediate attention to the careful estimate and relative advantages of the two places named, it being imperative that the matter ought, as soon as convenient to be decided, in order to afford sufficient time to every party interested to make the needful arrangements. It may likewise be considered desirable that the committee to be formed should also, for the satisfaction of the general meeting, go into the capa bilities of the south end, in addition to the other two places named, so as to produce more general satisfaction. Now, gentlemen, I think the matter is fairly before the meeting. Mr. HALLHEAD observed that when the original com mittee was formed it was objected that the whole of the timber trade was not represented; and that the interest of the dealers and importers were in opposition one to the other. Now he thought differently, for the interest of one was the interest of both ; and, in his opinion, the timber trade should pull together for what all required— namely, increased accommodation. It was to them a matter of great importance that they should be accom modated—whether the facility for managing their business was offered at the south or the north end of the town. The CHAIRMAN suagested that some gentleman con. nected with the trade should state the views of the trade generally, or name a committee. Mr. LORD said that it was currently reported that a deputation, consisting of some of the importers of tim ber, had an interview with the members of the sub-com mittee of the Dock Committee, on Saturday last; (hear) —and, therefore, as they, (the timber trade) had held so many meetings, and had heard so very much upon the subject, it might be well if these gentlemen would give the meeting some information relative to that interview Mr. GREAVES said that a deputation of importers were requested on Saturday last to meet the sub-committee of the Dock Committee on this subject. They did so but ho felt constrainad to say that they received no informa tion which could at all guide them in forming an opinion as to what would be the best site for the trade, or what amount of accommodation would be afforded. Neither were they informed as to what dock space it was intended to devote to the ships employed in the timber trade. He could not say, after the long interview which they had with the sub-committee, that they had received the slight est information which could guide them in the least de gree in coming to a cenclusion. They were politely shewn the plan, and told that it was the intention of the com mittee to provide accommodation ; but were left unin formed whether it was to be provided at the north or the south end. No doubt, one of their first objects should be accommodation for the shipping, and also to see that they had sufficient draught of water to enable the heavy ships now employed to get safe into dock. So tar as locality was concerned, both ends of the town offered the same disadvantages and advantages in that respect. The next object of the shipowner was despatch in getting his ships docked and discharged. It was well known that for the last two or three years the trade had laboured under serious disadvantages in that respect. The Dock Com mittee proposed to find increased facilities in that respect; but then the next question was as to the amount of quay space they would be inclined to allow. It would require, at least, as the meeting were aware, twice the amount now given at the Brunswick Dock. As regarded not only the timber trade, but the welfare of the town, this was a serious matter, indeed. How did their present scanty accommodation operate ? Why they had frequently to allow their ships to remain ten or twelve days in the river, these ships being manned in the fall of the year with men at from £lO to £l5 per month for the voyage home. There were many reasons why they should desire a change from their prssent system ; and when that change was made he trusted that a site would be selected which would be suitable for all parties. It had been said that the inte rest of the dealer and the interest of the importer were at variance, but he believed that they went hand and hand ; and believing so he hoped that the meeting, in all its pro ceedings, would allow them to go still hand and hand together. (Hear, hear.) The delay in docking their ships, combined with the disadvantages of their present discharg ing ground, made the rates on timber so high that it was a question whether they should sacrifice their timber on the quay, or yard it at a cost which it never would realize. Let them go where they would for accommodation, one object they have in view—cheap storing for their cargoes. (Hear, hear.) In any course that might be adopted for remedying the hardships und er w hi c h th e t ra d e a t p resen t laboured, he would be most willing to co-operate ; and he had no doubt but that the desire of the Timber Trade Committee was to do that only which would be for the benefit of all. (Applause.) Mr. HOLDEN, in a further explanation of the interview before referred to, said that they had met the Dock Com mittee's sub-Committee as members of the timber trade as well as ship-owners; but they had been received prin cipally as supporters of timber. What they were wishful to know . was the position they were to be placed in for the future. What they wanted to know was whether they would get cheap storage for their timber after the cargo had been removed from the ships ? but on these points they could get no information. They wanted to know particularly if the Dock Committee would retain on their hands sufficient quay space, and storage places to accom modate the wants of the trade ? They (the ship-owners) believed that these were considerations which should first occupy the attention of the Dock Committee ; but he could assure the meeting that it was on these very grounds that the deputation were left at sea. The depu tation, as he believed aiso the meeting, could have only one object,—that was to endeavour to make the trade a little more profitable than it had hitherto been. (Hear, hear.) The CHAIRMAN asked if Mr. Greaves would have the kindness to put his views into the shape of a resolution. What he (the chairman) understood from the tenor of his remarks was that the timber trade wanted additional ac commodation somewhere, leaving the locality an open question. Mr. GREAVES would not arrogate to himself the res ponsibility of pointing out where the trade should be accommodated. Mr. FISHER understood that Mr. Grcaves was desirous to move a committee of enquiry, whose object would be to get increased accommodation rather than to point out Mr. GWEAVES would have much pleasure in moving a resolutiou of the kind refe rre d to. Mr. JAMES SMITH said that, as be had been a good deal mixed up in this matter, ho might be allowed to say a few words. They bad bad a great many meetings amongst themselves on the subject. At these meetings some were of opinion that the trade could no longer be accommodated at the south end, and some were of opinion that it could, and ultimately it was resolved that the committee of the trade should meet the sub-committee of the Dock Committee, with the view of ascertaining whether they were disposed, and had the power, to accom modate the trade at the south end of the town. Everybody was agreed that the present system was bad ; that a change of some kind must take place. As an instance of the in jurious working of the present system, he might mention that a ship belonging to his house was eight days from the day of her arrival to the time of her discharge. They bad now ascertained from the dock committee that they could not go into such a purchase of land as would grog permanent accommodation at the south end of the town. Finding that all parties with whom they had come in con tact were unanimous upon the one point namely, that greater accomaedeti,Wl WU required, they ka cousidered Feb. ---: ci Te ° it their duty to call this meeting of a ll torrderned in the - £5,000. ' This report may be con% e ~ bee trade. He believed that the general im'p'ression of all the much as a much better dividend ro!ki s o trade was, that a committee should be formed at this the line in future. The She ffi eld aIV4O-`,OO, meeting which would fairly represent all parties ; that is not good ; there will be no d . le . 1 1 that committee should go and examine both the north sufficient to meet the preference sha re i s pg ,s , end and the south end, then go and see the dock corn- to-day there has been rather more boi _„,e4, mittee, and soe what they were willing to do ; also see seems to have reached a stand for thl i ; I the borough dock trustees ;go into the whole matter, tations of business done are as f01i, e 05 16. and then come back to a general meeting and let that 7 16/3 dis ; 7/ dis ; London Stock, 40,11 meeting and the trade hear what, in their opinion, had Ditto quarters, * 3/9 1p • Ditto C nil.k 162;} best be done.—(Hear, hear, and applause.) He thought, 50's, 24f dis. 16/3 f; North Union - ',5 ; to therefore, that their next step should be to support the 6 ; York, Newcastle. and Berwick,A, , cemmittee. He did not himself rise with the intention of old, 2 8/9 pm. 21 ; Newcastle pfce. a better i doing so •he merely rose to give them as near as he could In the Produce market there is a ;i 0 1 1 ! a detail of what had been already done. Mr. GREAVES then moved and Mr. SMITH seconded a resolution to the effect that a committee of shipowners, have been refused. The grocers are filer importers, dealers, and consumers of timber, together stock, and, if holders continue firm te e" with shipwrights and saw-mill proprietors should be ap- come into the market. 600 bales of,; . li l d pointed to enquire into the best means of affording proper to-day at rather higher prices —, ' , 9 ,, tot andl)a g s large o f Bengal nffers S b u n g v a e r werebeen sold rn ad on ntoS.acitsuiri.::;, accommodations to the timber trade of the port. This middling, 16s. for fine, and as high as h i nio i O . resolution having been put from the chair, was carried o f 10 b a l es of a superior quality. We v i e l e unanimously. in other arti c l es s i nce th e c ircular. ,b 1 Mr. S. HOLME then rose and sa id th a t th ere was one nues for the middling d escr i p tions 01 suggestion which he wished t o ma k e . H e h a d read i n the higher rates are required. ' der. co • printed proceedings that the plans for the north docks The Cotton market has displayed c r erlic`,,' were not 3et completed ; and as a consumer of timber and since the circular, and despite the il t he one who had an interest in the trade to a considerable Economist, who as determinedly write ri p, 1 , degree, he confessed that he should like to find the plans on Saturday last as he formerly of the dock committee laid in some public place of the arguments on a stretch of the estial . a. d town,—such as the Town-ba ll or the Dock.office,—so that convenience, the market closes to ua go oi the public and all interested in the trade might see them. turn dearer, having opened with a ve r Y6,oo . (Hear, hear.) wand from the trade. The sales wer e _ ori,i Mr. JAMES HOLME explained that the primary object 800 of which were taken on speculation f of the dock committee was to build the frontage wall, and On Saturday prices were very firm ,e, 0 when that was complete to call upon the timber trade and tions, and the sales were estimated at 1. all interested in it to see if such a plan could not be which were on speculationand for exPor ' adopted as would be satisfactory to all parties. On reference to the o ffi cial accounts, , Mr. ROBINSON then proposed, and Mr. HDLHEAD end of the year, we find that the ' I . seconded, a list of gentlemen to serve on the committee. Grain and Flour which paid duty during j o Mr. JOHN LAIRD observed that as Birkenhead was a 11,882,900 qrs., against 6,327,244 cgs' place that they were going to enquire about, it might be rs. viz.:— desirable that they would have a name connected with 1849-4,509,626 qrs. Wheat ; 1554,860 Ors' the timber trade from that side of the water. Mr. Slater, qrs. Oats • 256,308 qrs. Rye ; 285,47 qrs' of the firm of Slater and Crook, would be able to give Beans ; 2,249,571 rs. Indian Cofp,,; j, them some very valuable information, and, therefore, he 184 3 ' 94 1 48169" cwt. Flour; 7 167,888 cwt . . ... 3 . 3 5. nal 8— , 0,294 qrs. Wheat; 9 899, oy '_ -I . s. F., proposed that his name be added to the committee. Oats; 48.721 qrs. Rye ,• 167,083 ( 1` 30, Agreed to. Beans; 1,582,755 qrs. Indian Corn; On the motion of Mr. DE WOLFF, it was resolved that 1,227,754 cwt. Flour; 270,969 cwt. Meal. ts Mr. Laird, as a ship-builder of Birkenhead, should also Of these large importations little is s i be added to the committee ; and after a few more amend. granary at present ; and it is also state ments, wrote 1 : 1 0; ments, the following list was agreed to :—Messrs. R. now held are much lighter than at a 'l e ' Rankin, S. Bright, Saunders, D. Cannon, D. Gibb, year ;—from which it is contended We Holderness, D. R. Graves, D. Campbell, W. T. Tomlin- present prices are not j us tifi e d by . our P son, Engel, Carmi c h ae l, W . Fi s h er, j un., Jno. Miller, that they are only to be attributable to Thos. Wilson, S. Holme, W. Slater, John Laird, 0. that exists as to how trade may wor k , ti c e Jones, Halhead, A n th ony , S m i t h , Farnworth, changes of the law ; and that, if confide,', M`Murdo, R. L. Jones, Jas. Bland, G. W. Ewing, stored, agricultural produce would nec i ' ti v t J.Houghton, Tho mas R oy d en , M. G regson , W . Bell- present unnaturally depressed value. .11 haven, B. Poole, Thos. Robinson, jun., secretary. remembered that the same cause which Pt . Mr. GREGSON suggested th a t one p o i n t o f the coat- larger an amo un t o f i mports i n 1849 W oo mittee's inquiry should be as to the possibility of con- likely to preponderate in an increased."' veying timber up the river ; for as he understood, in regard we find that, as new supplies of foreig n to that rnattcr, the north d oc k s wou ld b e o f no use unt i l expected at the eastern po r ts, in son 3 e l eo i: could be ascertained whether the timber could be freely are becoming more anxious to realize, e c „ t and safely conv e y e d u p th e r i ver f rom the north end. in price. The English markets haven w, 0 Mr. RANKIN su gges t e d, th a t as M r. Gregson was him- the slightly improving f ee li ng manifestevaiont self on the com m itt ee , thi s matter would more properly week ; the general tenor i s , that Pre si i come under their consid era ti on , i n t h e prosecution of barely supported, and in some instance I their inquiry, than at a public meeting of this kind. meet has been submitted to. In o ur ' The CHAIRMA N a gree d w ith M r . R ANKIN, and said morning we find one exception, '•"„ A ili that it was desirable th a t a ll gen tl emen, i n the i r inquiry, although Oats, Oatmeal, and Bran are - 1 , should divest thems e l ves o f f oregone conc l us i ons, and pro- English and Irish Wheats have obtained • el ceed to investigate th e ma tt er w i t h out bi as. Of the Irish markets, we have again eec w, Thanks were then voted to the chairmen, and the tory accounts from Cork ;we should th le l tide meeting separated. prices are rather firmer there for all er'.,,,i including Indian Corn. Waterford in , reverse. At Belfast, Wheat and Oatrne e ., jo 3d. per cwt. on Friday. Th e N rearil o improved during the week, and field-13.1 A public meeting was held in the Music-hall, Bold- hitherto been much retarded by the sev,e p ri o street, yesterday morning, for the purpose of proposing will now progress rapidly. Some Par' i o - 5 ,, , resolutions and adopting a petition to both houses of par- as farmers' supplies may slacken , in O r, liament in favour of Mr. Stuart Wortley's bill, for legaliz- movement in value may be looked fe s ,,, ing marriage with a deceased wife's sister. If the noise We fear it is only catching at a s tra to made in parliament relative to this measure were any ell- lower at Limerick. This root a ppears teo l tenon to judge from, a full attendance might have been better than was expected; and the gra 0 looked for, but at twelve o'clock—the hour at which the made to increase the growth this year' ; 06 0 proceedings were announced to commence —there were that the acreable extent of this crop ° io ls o not more than a score of persons present, a few idlers that of last year. The principal impor ts ore dropped in afterwards, and among them two females, from Tuesday to Saturday, inclusive' fjoii, r ) whose presence was supported ultimately by two other. Indian Corn from the States, 7,242 brie ..., f ', ladies. Notwithstanding a delay of more than twenty 4,200 qrs. of Foreign Wheat, (there be , minutes in opening the business, the number present did either English or Irish,) and a good -11 ii not increase very materially, an d never exceeded sixty. f rom I reland. There have been very ff te of /, Mr. W. Rathbone was present, as were M r. J. Aspinall, Brunswick-street to-day, and those 0100 (barrister,) Mr. B. C. Aspi na ll, R ev. R . Spence, Rev. D. racter ; prices remain unaltered, ever' Loxton, Mr. W. Perry, and a f ew ot h er local promoters w hi c h i s rather easier to purchase. A w eb ° A of the measure. Lette r s o f apo l ogy were received from T he arrivals of timber from British b t il'; the Rev. James M ar ti neau , R ev. C. Hibbert, Rev. Dr. report of 26th Janu ar y, cons i s t of eie q on s , Raffles, and Rev. Dr. Th om . tons, compared w ith fif teen vessels, 7, s u`nds 4 On the motion of Mr. J. ASPINALL, the Rev. R. Spence month of last year. The country de m l o g l° : , was called to the c h a i r . M r. A sp i nall continued to address i s seldom very animated, nor does this 3 , 0 s o' the meeting on th e su bj ect of the small attendance in the cept i on, the recurrence to the higher rth eo , 4 room. He did not a tt r ib ute t hi s to any lack of interest in r i age assisting to increase the usual dt roo l r , the town in the ques ti on now b efore parliament, but to a We have been rather quiet in the a of'St variety of circu ms t ances , one of which was that owing to t hi s week. Our publie s a l es commence 0,, the short time that had elapsed between the origination will consist of 350 bales Australian, i cl p, f . of the idea of holding such a meeting and the day fixed for 2,000 Turkey, Buenos Ayres, Cordova, c 70 0 , it, the placard calling the meeting had not been suffici- &c. The sales in London closed on °pec e :A ently seen, having been posted late on Saturday evening. prices paid [were about 14d. to 2d. above,. lr% This haste had been rendered necessary in order to anti- Imports for the week ending 25th inst.' A i' cipate the reading of the bill on W e d nes d ay evening. 116 I r i sh. tir f i, Another reason might be suppli e d i n t h e f act, that the T he market for manufactured Iron CO 9 o pd Baptists had arranged to hold a meeting on the same sub- inactive state, with a very limited de o ) ject, to-morrow (this day.) Mr. Aspinall expressed him- have a downward tendency. In Scotall,7,, self confident that a very inadequate opinion as to the to note a further- decline, octaelutieti .',, 1 0 ; interest taken in the town in relation to the question of the absence of demand on the part of to r ‘ ,. . 0 ,, 1 legalizing marriages with the sisters of deceased wives have been effected at prices from 455. ' ; I V would be come to if it were formed from the number pre- numbers, and this is still the quotati° o , l 4 sent, but that a lively interest did exist was evident from herrie has been sold at 545. f. o. b. b e 'this' fl P the manner in which a movement made some time ago, offered at 535. 6d. ; No. 1 at 525. 6d., t heU, i having for its object the repeal of the law as it now stood, tendency. In Lead there has been a_l'l r d itr e ) PrT T ovb h ie e si l of r nn is lil h n.rw P ai r dn o eg v , is pw io ner n tgi m eun a ol r ate k rs et remains 'li t '," t l ) was met and supported. Uuder the circumstances he would propose that the reverend gentlemen present, with Mr. W. Rathbone and Mr. W. Perry be appointed a com mittee to organize the preliminaries for a general meeting Black, Whittingham, and Co.:— to 9 9 to be held on to-morrow (Tuesday) week, in that place. paeo a n f : . Very fine Eastern brings 36s,i ov e i 01 The Rev. R. SPENCE proposed the resolution adjourn- pric esnew Wae'srtearmno a u r n e ta er ll n usinr 3 s has be 4 en . "olci t ',s: ing the meeting, and in doing so followed Mr. Aspinall to. 28s. has been paid for g o a rdin l a q. ry to , 3 an s d , 3 14. iro r m alat t i h n e g ei c_ c or s,i,, in expressing the conviction that there was no want of vourite cure ; the sales of all descriptions '°itoodo interest in the town in relation to the obnoxious law. about 500 boxes. Beef has been in fair ",, 10V ~ The Rev. D. LOXTON, Independent minister, seconded amounting to nearly 500 tcs., at full P ric ifiA the motion. stances at a slight advance. P."-' The tie MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER extrfaa.ireasa.ncL a 4 m Os i : to ol ls z;r f e or f rod has for been extensive ; the sales ' a r re 20; 1 1;6 Mr. W. RATHBONE came forward to state that it would; N e wa2l b • to oy r be inconvenient to him to be placed on the committee, proposed to be formed, but he should be very glad to at- doing ; New are without inquiry. °eing Alusull i Et ers plr f f tend the meeting, because he felt that the question was has been' good ; the sales are nearly 400 hln t isi o , one of great importance. He considered the present state low, and 12s. to 20s. for fine. Cheese : Tl i f t oti ng been large, but on fine qualities a sfiVosti, of the law in relation to the subject was the cause of great n e e n d a . bl .. d ar t d o having been in good r e ,. (1 002 demoralisation among the poor, and of great discomfort been ran advance ; tpe ~ r d i, among the rich. He had no idea of submitting to restric- 335. to 335 . 6d . ;=l: r Lsz ...3% .......v a5ked ........... 0 0 forte tions, in such a matter, imposed by the legislature, which .„0, he found were not imposed in the Bible. (Hear, hear.) At Rochdale the spinners of coarse as"" ,r Mr. J. ASPINALL again advanced to address the meet- all working but three days per week. Ol V Tho Archbishop of Canterbury, Lords we e ing before the motion was put from the chair. At consi and Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor derable length he enlightened his hearers on the origin of p A te' the law, and the circumstances which conduced to bring royal dinner party on Saturday. de it to its present state. Before the Reformati on , and still The Times of y e st er d ay f ears th a t lir o i in Roman Catholic countries, marriage with a d ecease d tiw cotton manufactur e i s a t h an d , f ro m wife's sister was legal, if dispens a tion were obt a i ne d, w hi c h of yarns and cotton goo d s pro d uce d. A l f ' l ). was always granted where the reasons for the a p p li ca ti on MONKS FERRY HOTEL.—Lord Viscg l tir were good ; but owing to the circumstances a tt en di ng t h e and his lady ar r i ve d a t t hi s h ote l o n e re connubial experience of Henry VIII., a good d ea l o f con- proceeded thence to N ew B r i g hton, W 11 , present sojourning. ~,,,k t-,,, i s bl flitting legislation in reference to the laws of marriage RAPID PASSAGE.—The splendid F.— e e ~--- took place. Marriage with a deceased wife's sister, how- Capt. Miercken, left Philadelphia On th i c il 4 , ever, from the time of the Reformation up to the year took a pilot on board in the Liverpaa veri tt4 , 1835, was allowed, and the children of such unions sue 20th, making the passage in less than se sslsl ceeded to any property possessed by the parents in the MEETING OF THE TIMBER TRADE usual way, unless a suit were commenced in the. Ecclesia stical Courts, which tribunal had the power of nullifying the the meeting of the timber trade, he' 61 1 % 00; Clarendon-rooms, we were glad to Pe re f olly , marriages and rendering the children illegitimate. But in bers of the Dock Committee, as wel l a be d, e l f 1835 the present law was passed, which prohibited all men belonging to the Board of Birke n t be 0 0e further marriages, but legalised such as had already taken tees present, each bidding no doubt for, a to it , place. This law had been concocted to serve a certain timber merchants. We were also 0;64, 4 powerful nobleman, who dreaded the possibility of a suit spirit of seclusion characterized the a' e f r ool ie ,,' in the Ecclesiastical Court, having married within the of a committee; and that gentlemen trtil' prohibited degrees of affinity; and a considerable amount were appointed to act in unison with "iticl; ' of property being at stake, the legalising the marriages ding that increased accommodation 0 i already contracted at once secured him. Mr. Aspinall f 6t- ot considered the present state o f th e l aw as worse t h an i ts now reqnired. rs e I 0 ~ state prior to 1835 ;it o p era t e d crue ll y i n t h e case of the ANNUAL TEA PARTY . — Tire tea Che 01S poor man, for even now th e r i c h cou ld eva d e i ts conse- Sunday school s , Wi n d sor,. h e ld their sl o t t quences by repairing to the continent, where such mar- the school room on Friday evenieg te rts's, riages could be contracted. At th e conc l us i on of Mr. beloved p a st or , th e R ev. F . P arr y, e 2 roe, ol a- ort, Aspinall's address the Re v . R. S pence pu t t h e resolution, tea on the occasi on , an d th e u t m ost 0- which was carried unani mous ly. feeling prevailed'. The teachers havi n gd diill afforded, stated the encouragements se dat l i o in their work which occurred to thefaairactl year, and received suitable council an', fest lw v, .-,- future guidance and success. The chic' w ss t )l,'' in the business of the evening, howev er 'dot , t! , g; tion of books to their valued superintea „ e clt/ p, Burdon, by his pastor, brother teacheOl'eticl;: The circumstance of his persevere- 3 5% tla g ef his labours amongst the "lambs of t: 0 - i e bo e li, 4 removal shortly from the scene of the,-do the the Chur c h Mi ss i onary College, 1)(7 1 the!' ,. I them this unconstrained testimonY , e ,,, it iels,,„,„ t 4 love.. The rev. gentleman in an e 7 66; 0 0 I vented him with handsome copies ai.,,,es 7 • ..liriuq prop, "Commentary on the Bible,' r. ot 0' 1 Psalm," " Newton on tue fulfiltnen' e ,'' ro.: M`Neile's " Church and the Churallopetedior4l gratefully acknowledged their effe ct n i r occ e i l ? brief but appropriate reply. The t',. , po d e tli4 evening were prolonged to,a late hae' u p a l t i l ei' i, " in prayer and praise, the party broka str eeg 0 , having the bonds of Cbnistian lovedoyiaej 4.,, energies restrung for futtwe self - oble c et e Y . firmly persuaded o f th e go od results rte iciP sympathy and co-ope ra ti o n their lle.a'ely yep , glowing with w arm th, o f l ove and all / I If the Lord. ,a, COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT. Monday Night. The accounts from the Continent are more satisfactory. Telegraphic despatches from Paris up to 11 o'clock yester day—the anniversary of the revolution —announc e that the city was perfectly tranquil ; and although the Danish question is still open, and there seems to be some little uncertainty as to when it will be closed, the general opinion is that hostilities will not be resumed. The com mercial accounts from India and China are considered favourable, on the whole. The intelligence from Bombay is rather of an obverse tendency, except that the rate of exchange had improved. The English funds did not show much firmness on Saturday, but they opened and closed at an advance of an eighth on the last prices of Friday. Consols for money began at 951 to 4, and they returned to this quotation after having temporarily re ceded to 95. The Bank returns, shewing an increase of £240,000 in the bullion, contributed to counteract the dulness that was otherwise observable. Prices in the Share market during the past week have gradually declined. Londons have receded 5 per cent. since the reduction of the dividend from 7 to 5 per cent., and this has unfavourably influenced prices generally, though many of the reports issued preparatory to the half-yearly meetings are by no, means less satisfactory than was expected. The London meeting was held on Thursday, when Mr. Glyn entered at length into the state and prospects of the line. ila spoke with great confidence as to this being the last reduction of dividend to which the shareholders would have to submit, and promised a very early closing of the capital account. He assured the pro prietors also that they might expect higher dividends and better prices for their stock in days to come, and fortified his assertion by stating that they (the directors) had had a prospective statement of the affairs of the company laid before them, upo.n which his assertion was based. Five and a half per cent. was the dividend recommended by the directors, but an amendment was moved by Mr. Moon, awl. carried, "that it be only five per cent. ;" this will teave a surplus of about £BO,OOO. The Midland statement has been circulated ; this company intend paying 2} per cent. per annum, and carrying over a surplus of about £15,000. The expose, on the whole, is considered satisfactory, and would have advanced the shares, but for the general gloom. The Eastern Counties propose a dividend of 3/ per share, ; the York and North Midland of 10/ per 31A4r9 4 letiTia4 surplus Qf „- LIVERPOOL•. 2 6 , w - TUESDAY, FE l3 ', O Ol/ I ;,i PRINTED AND P" Li' S 0 IV EVERY TUESDAY se oroV e i r BY JOSHIYA. FLETCHER LACE. *f orrof f il l it" t LEONARD ADDISON, et' 14, Gre, ll OF! At N. 4. 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