The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-12-05 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS. We do not think that the letter relative to Sir Thomas r gives any additional information. xt week dO something to er is too long. .e handed over M aunton's letter to ti orm Association. to be elected by tt .mbly is elected by that ing as President of the others are in the field, will be between hini rday, the i and Car and cheerf ling a living by and more than 00l &tantiarb. 5, 1848 UNDEI g of "A new Budget," the i gives us notice of some onourable member iat the I for the \' and intends to st of Yorkshire has prepared, t to an early public meeting finance, by the adop 4, is to be enabled to Manchester, a scheme of tion of which he Gov save _I Je effected by a reduction of Tiv and navy and we r erfecti thus e 1 acquiescence clrcu er, which strikes us Richard Cob- den's of volunteer Chan- tion of the man Dmulgatina his grand s Two' or three have treated the sa national expenditure a a mer was to Dave been s creased eater wing interest v to buy UP the pr to con - str 'e know not wha• How little of all this 1 h ins tes instead of being ( and to endure tion of his nos• :obden «•ou: achester too rapidly into fixed which D-econo'T the ex he next at twelve worth gates of the union nor I the ( Econom in the national e it its d r. Cobden, as it and cabba s and on to the novelist that the like his al g; converting floating ort he in a rec .ed to ? To pFr ty, paying an assured r to clay )1e to o are 1 Ind "I f exist to he observed at maniehr ) ask a f Ts which daily witnessing, are the westments ; that we have of words, with al philosophers s e of tli( regious failure but can he skew us of ten millions per annum in taxation Can he t us from the conse- one day at one 1 only procurable of railway and other Lte of interest, being chase one day, and only ten owners of for- n being in the f doled out at the It will do no such knows well the diture it is most rableness is put own "Fin-an- , nly to divert us from an enquiry e is at the best h one idea—a par , e of one set of .e of commer- a checking the with - Market A. whilst the e verge of sinking hand, with its ]S of the family Joyous circle, ar by the hard It is not nts that we wish to I the writer of fiction; lerry Christmas" this earts and sad nas boc and less pleasant one )f our readers, witt ;pects ; and we an intelligible To the tradesman ar t year they I And yet, relgn enem their rich violentl 'es, or o t their le agency of the lawyer, or 5 so ? Has some ted half of )orne no 1 ceased to re- is can scarcely ilredOlT ~/_ h P➢'l nexion with g the of iillions in or ~11e, compared with t luced i. our commerce and ki lls favourite free trade ed by that policy be caus ich that taxat Id scarcely be ion to even an in- The mann to have been rendered able the landed aristocracy; and to have effected ,erty c lways, ;ent things besides e has thus far ) one knows bet- .. d propounding new l fund in his pocket, elled to print and s 1 c-alicoe, mous pre owed so cl sure in commercial _ upon the adop and crushed to the earth so his presun ld no d( the disas working brethren to ponder deeply upon this state of things; to ask themselves how it is brought lbout, and whether it is in accordance with the ure and•of God. 'F laws of essence of a so- anothe bour. The rich man wants the poor man's la- The poor man wants a portion of the rich - Both are willing and anxious the exchange; and why are they not able Dan's superhuit to make that exchange ? We ; and it is precisely that, to a ke with respect to which our present difficul t) a great measure, attributed. We nal communications of give a cas - 1 to improve >ur cot 3ut wl to 121 I and the We map ry; and railways we find the most nomical and rapid of transit We have the mate- rials at our command We have stone, iron tools, food, and skilled labour ; and the )g to devote them to the on our ; and )hers and statesmen cannot arrange _ le land remains untouched, the stone re- s in the quarry, he iron in the mine, and rouse or the shop, and the le food in t smith, and the -navvy walk about our streets without the value of a meal in their pockets. We are told that we are suffering because we have invested too much of our floating capital in . _ useful object, and one by which the march of civili zation is promoted, too much iron, stone, timber, and human labour. How can this, be the case ? We have never yet felt a scarcity of any of these commodities. We have never experienced a want of iron, stone, timber, or labour to devote to other and ordinary purposes. Into whatever part of the country our railway works have been carried they have borne with them employment to the labourer and prosperity to all classes ; and yet the labourer, we are told, is suffering from too much railway making! taken place in the price of sere we approach to the key )me of us have mis- . -day by half his fortune than he was but B. will have got the property of A. s a nation we are no The railway is of the same public e. But it will not sell for so much entative of value, money depreciation of the mystery be poorer t yesterday ; for half .isrha than before is the pinching point of our difficulties, so far as railways are concerned. A., having in vested a temporary surplus of, say £lOOO, in a railmav rpriiiirPq it hark a cm; n fnr hie nr.rlinnro and 11P erful I business n the meantime, however, we have hail a monetary panic ; and as the result, his £lOOO is only worth £5OO in the same conventional article, money, and, to some extent, in commodities. Hence A. cannot pay his Christmas bills so readily; and, perhaps, may have to discharge a servant, or to limit his business operations, which in the ordinary nature of things would lead to the increase of a neighbour's, who has been more fortunate. But, what was the cause of the mom _ is the question. What is the nature of the myste rious operation by which half of A.'s £lOOO has tary panic ? peen lost vv e tout enaeavour to give an ex planation, which shall be intelligtble ; and, if in doing so, it may appear to any of our readers that we are stating matters which are well known to them, we must remind them that we are appealing to parties who are not so well informed. When A., then, invested his £lOOO in, say London and North at £2OO per share, and paying ten dividends, the return which he could have laced at call in his banker's the discount market, was western St lad for that moneN 200 per share, his best investment. PROPOSED INCREASE OF LANDING ACCOM MODATION FOR THE SEACOMBE, EGRE MOM, AND NEW BRIGHTON, AND THE LARGE STEAMERS. The want of a convenient landing for the large and other steamers has long been a subject of complaint ; and we pointed attention last week to the danger which results from their coming to the steps and landing stage at present used by the Seacombe and Egremont boats. Since we wrote another accident has occurred, from the same cause as those previously noticed, by which the life of a cler gyman was nearly sacrificed, the particulars of which will be found in another column. We are happy to find, that at length the attention of the public is being directed to the want in question, and that it is about to be urged upon our local authorities ; for, independent of the ad mitted fact, that our northern ferries, to the most delight- us portion of -the hundreds of Wirral, are ed tor, here oug h ;o be some deference paid to the claims of such companies as the Dublin, the Glasgow, and the owners of other large Irish We have been favoured during the week with a private view of a model, constructed by Mr. John Grantham, C.E., of a proposed new landing stage, to be laid down at the Prince's Pier, by which the want referred to will be supplied. The model in question is to be brought be fore a meeting of the Polytechnic Society, on Thursday !s worship has consen present. In the meantime, a brief description of it may not be uninteresting to our readers. It is proposed by Mr. Grantham to lay down a stage four hundred feet in length, and a little narrower than the large stage, and built as a neatly flat bottomed ship, at the south end of the Princ er, one extremity of which will be placed nearly opposite to the southern corner of the present Egremont basin. The mooring propo'sed consists of spring cables, or transverse chains from both ends crossing each other within its own length, and thus not interfering with the navigation of the river, except as preventing vessels running between the stage and the pier. It will be further kept off by iron booms. The ferry steamers will be accommodated at the southern end ; and at the north end, iron stauncheons, fourteen feet high, will be placed for the accommodation of the large steamers. The height of the deck will be the same as that of the present small stage, which is found to be most convenient for the ferry boats ; and for the large steamers moveable gangways will be provided of the various heights required. i The stare will be approached by a bridffe of a vpry the Egrernent basin and the present Seacombe steps, transversely to the centre of the stage, by which a greater length of way will be secured, and a less incline than that of the bridges at the George's landing stage. The ap- VIIE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. n at £ fore, e marl per cent. interest in the discount which only returned 10 per cent. -^mPthing less than the curity then would produce £lO per But how did it occur that a mere vehicle for transferring commodities from one man's hand to another—had ;h 12.-?;- instead of 2 - 1 per cent ? Be vstem, the essential annum in that market money cause we have a monetary feature of which is, that when the Bank of Eng land parts with a few millions of gold, she is corn yelled to withdraw from circulation the same f millions in paper, thus withholding from numb pity the vet 'old lr I commoeities fc currency year to pay for our heavy imports of 3, and a the consequent contraction of our and the effect is before us, in the stagnation which we have been experiencing in the commerce and industry of the country, and in the decline in the marketable value of every description of securities and tangible property, estimated to amount to at least five hundred millions sterling. 'e ask of our fellow-townsmen to reflect upon this strange state of things, existing in a nation ich boa s of i tent in civiliza The question is not the difficult one which it is said to be. It is a plain matter of fact affair, which req If any grew tig or a p y common sense to unuerstana. of our readers had a pair of boots which filter every additional mile he bad to walk, h - went out of the way every time the fire wanted stirring, and compelled him to break up his tables or chairs to perform that operation, he would speedily arrive at ect notions of this very complicated stion. ome con OF.CURRENCY. NOT WANT OF CAPITAL, THE CAUSE OF LOW PRICES. presenting to his readers a tabular statement he fluctuation which has taken place in the price of ;01s and railway shares during the month of the I and the r 6o far, ion Times rer le influence of an abundance of money" (currency) ruction of the rate of discount by the Bank which on is a welcome one Le abundance , ncy, not of capital, determines prices to of interest d mines t the 7 . sof money, nearly every dvanced in marketable value ; and portion of the labour of the country Seen placed in active employment difficulties then, has not be( ' — ays or anything ( capital into )1c could riot aCcomic The cause of our re n the conversion of our [se, but simply the fact late with currency at a .neral want of confidence at all, ex- ate of interest !. Un- •keel in railway property has in- PA CKET-S nnrnrtlatinn amot learn that there is nd CO., of She will be larger than even " The N burthen bein led with the the most ruinous Conso SPLENI es spl frorii the pier is most convenient; s and the turn, by which carriages will run from the bridge to the north end of the stage is equally easy. Each end will be at- with hinges, thus accommodating the bridge to the rise and fall of the tide. It is conceived by experienced authorities, that the stage, thus constructed, will afford .uggage Lion possib. the most complete accommoc or from Cheshire, or elsewhere One very material advantage to be derived from the adoption of the plan will be the removal of the present Egremont stage, which is felt to be a dangerous obstruc tion to vessels coming into or going out of the George's Basin. It may be found necessary to fill up entirely the present Egremont Basin, which will no longer be required, except for fishing and other boats, and thus to secure an uninterrupted line of pier from Prince's Basin. This proposal, however, is entirely distinct from that of the landing stage. THE ASSIZES The special winter assize for the southern division of this county will be opened at Liverpool, on Monday next, before Mr. Boron Alderson and Mr. Justice Erle. The calendar, in a numerical point of view is very heavy, there being already not less than 154 prisoners for trial, 62 of whom, however, are charged with political offences. There are charged with the capital offence of murder 7, (six of these being for murdering policeman Bright, at Ashton-under-Lyne,) manslaughter 5, rape 3, burglary 17, stabbing 13, bigamy 7, forgery 6, robbery from person 8, horse-stealing 1, sheep-stealing 5, night poaching 5, mint cases 11, concealing birth 1, stealing post letter 1, making a false register 1; (Mr. Chubb, the registrar, who has continued in custody since his committal,) " conspi racy",—such is the general charge against the whole of the political offenders,-62. In one murder case a young man, named James Kelly, stands charged with having cut the throat of his sweetheart, at Heaton Norris, in Sep tember last. The sad details will be yet fresh in the me mory of our readers. The following are the names of the parties charged with the murder of Bright :—Joseph Rat cliff, Joseph Constantine, Thomas Kenworthy, Jonathan Walker, Wm. Winterbottom, and James Stott. A second and minor count in the indictment charges these prisoners, in case of acquittal on the capital charge, with conspiracy. It is arranged that the trials of the political offenders shall be taken first. Of the sixty-two charged with conspiracy ten are Liverpool Confederates, twenty-eight are Chartists frem Manchester. and the twenty-four others are from Ashton. It is thought that the trial of the ten Liverpool Young Irelanders will take place on Tuesday, the 12th instant, and many interesting facts, showing the designs of the leagued Confederates here, will doubtlessly be elicited. The names of those in custody are, Joseph Cuddy, cabinet-maker; Matthew Somers, (formerly a provision-dealer, in Hurst-street ;) Francis O'Donnell, surgeon; Edward Murphy, clerk; Robert Hopper, joiner, Birkent xe four ou hant's offie on bail ; Peter Martin Boshill, cashier in a men lerbert Delamere, coal-agent ; Jas and Richard Smyth A STAPLE TRADE LEAVING US The following paragraph, which we copy from the Sheffield Times, discloses to us a rather alarming feature in the position of the nation : "WHAT IS TO BECOME OF SHEFFIELD? is a question of no inconsiderable moment, and ought to be the grand subject of reflection in the minds of all who really, as they profess. feel an interest in the welfare of their town. Independently of the temporary stagnation of commerce, the staple trade is fast leaving Sheffield. There is a sad want of capital in the town, which arises, in a great measure, from the fact that any man with a few pounds in his pocket can start as manufac turer; and he almost necessarily consumes his capital as fast as he makes it. No efforts are made to restore, increase, or create new branches of trade; there is a total want of spirit and enterprise; and no man will venture a shilling unless he can calculate to a certainty on the return of two. The intro duction of a new trade alone will us." " The staple trade is fast leaving Sheffield !" Where is it going to ? Its cutlers have no capital,—no enterprise. They make no efforts to restore the old or create new branches of trade. How is all this ? We fancy that we can trace it in part to the very policy which Sheffield, above all other towns, by the return to Parliament of her Wards and Parkers, has been most s a few years ago sere in the enjoyment of a large Canadian trade ; but free trade has smitten these colonies, and the woodman's axe is no longer busy in their forests as of old. The West Indies were their customers; and they are ruined. The anxious in promoting Her merchan foreigner, moreover, has been treading on their heels in other markets, and the competition of the hungry artizans of Birmingham has done the rest. We are sorry for the fate of this once enterprising town. The reputation of its cutlery is as old as the Heptarchy, when "a Sheffield whittle" was the sportsman's companion in our primeval woods. Although now furnished with railway communi- few years may Fee it the centre of a mass of pauperism. The She f field Times informs us that "a new trade alone can save it ;" but where, he must tell us, is be found ? •ade to THE WEATHER.—The week ending last night, was on the whole very boisterous, with frequent heavy rains; but some fine intervals were experienced. The wind has pre vailed almost exclusively from the N.W.. with an occa sional breeze from the S. and S.W. The air, for the most part. has been very humid, and at times very cold, but there h- We have nothing new to been no freezing. notice in reference to the crops OUNCIL EETING The usual monthly meet- ing will be held to-morrow. The Finance Committee recommend the purchase of one or two more steam-boats for Birkenhead Ferry. The Dock Committee proceedings comprise the agreement for the purchase from Lord Derby _ _ ;rnents in consequence of the Solomon The committee on local rates will make * report. The Mayor's communications com prise—Resolution of the justices of the borough relative houie of correction Memorial from the operative the Council to take steps to repe porters of Liverpool y Mr. Councillor Thornson—That the C hn Rirkpnhp.i Fprry to ha lint 1-11, annfin he giving satisfacto: al so much of the kh-add LIVERPOOL DECEMBER SESSIONS. The sessions of the peace for the trial of prisoners con fined in the Borough House of Correction, commenced yesterday, before Gilbert Henderson, Esq., the Recorder. The calendar contained the names of 106 prisoners charged with felony, and 12 charged with misdemeanour. Of the whole number (118) it appears 18 can read imperfectly ; 41 can read and write imperfectly ; 52 can neither read nor write ; and 7 only can read and write well. The following gentlemen were sworn to constitute THE GRAND JURY : henry Jenkins, merchant, Goree-piazzas, Foreman, Robert Coleman Crosbie, merchant, Cook-street, Charles Fairclough, cotton broker, Lower Castle-street, John Finch, jun., iron merchant, Rumford-place, Charles Groves, merchant, 8, Goree-piazzas, Wm: Lindsay, merchant, New-quay, Thos. Marshall Myers, accountant, Exchange-alley, East, Vm. Nesiic oroker, Hackin's-hey, Wm. Rotherham, merchant, Exchange-street East, Samuel F. Symonds, wine merchant, Lower Castle-street, —1 Withers. share broker, Royal Bank Buildings, Henry Curry, broker, Rum. L. IL Baily, 21, Exchange Buildings, T. B. Blythe, merchant, Rumford-street, J B. Cooper, broker, Rumford-street, Robert Higgin, merchant, Rumford-place, Wm. Moore, merchant, Chapel-street. D 4 ord-place, . it. A. McFie, sugar re fi ner , Bachelor-street, James Livesey, cotton broker, Rumford-place, J. T. W. Leyland, merchant, Exchange-street East, S. Taylor Hobson, gentleman, Catherine-street. The proclamation against vice and immorality having been read, The RECORDER addressed the Grand Jury. He said that, though six weeks had not quite elapsed since the last sitting of the court, the juries of the borough were called upon again to discharge heavy duties. I find in my calendar (which is more complete than the printed list) the names of 128 prisoners for trial. He remarked that there was an enormous increase in the number of female offenders. Out of 103 names in the present list, 49, or nearly one half, were women, the number being nearly double'the usual average. The evil was increasing in this town, and he found, by a careful examination of the prison returns, that there was no town in the kingdom where the sex was more degraded, and so steeped in crime. This was the more painful, inasmuch as it was an evil to a great extent beyond the controul of the court ; auld be hoped for in such cha- )y imprisonment in a gaol in which there was no means of separate confinement. And what amendment could be hoped for in the punishment of such persons, when it was known that their places were filled up bynew corners from Ireland ? This , was an evil which would, he feared, continue in the town, until as was probable, some experiment were made to arrest it. He thought some controul should be put upon that class of women; that they should be so restrained that their number would be reduced ; and that some degree of punishment should be inflicted upon those who harboured them. With regard to the other cases in the calendar—he might remark that the offences of picking pockets, stealing lead, &c., from warehouses, carters carting away stolen property—he had latterly punished such offenders with severity, including corporal punishment. The Grand Jury would find, by the calendar, that the severity of the court had been followed by good results, as there were few or any of these classes of crime. It was certainly something, if they could not reduce the number of crimes, that they could decerase their atrocity. The cases were generally of a light de scription ; but there was one case of oitaining money from a burial society, on pretence of the death of a child. On reading the depositions, he was struck with the great facilities with which the names of children could be en tered in such societies' books ; and knowing, as he did, what had recently transpired in a court of justice, and what had taken place elsewhere, he did hope that parlia ment would interfere, and would take such measures as would prevent the strong temptations offered to parents by these societies, which gave them a pecuniary interest in the death of their children. The system had, in some instances, led to the greatest crimes. He thought that it would be well if some plan were adopted by which the parents would receive no share of the money, or by which the societies only would attend to the burial of the chil dren. He made these remarks generally, without in the slightest degree impugning the conduct of those whom he brought before them in the case alluded to. He con eluded by saying that the Grand Jury were perfectly competent to the law affecting the cases that would be laid before them, and also to judge of the facts. With these sentiments he dismissed them to the discharge of their duties. Several true bills having been found, the trials pro- ceeded A PEW MORE NUTS FOR THE BULLIONISTS TO CRACK. " The _Construction of Railways has been the cause of the present national yeering.". Yet, we have in reality been increasing the national ca pital by creating a mass of property, which will pay, on the average, from five to ten per cent. annual interest, whilst it contributes incalculably to the developement of the resources of the country and to the convenience and cheapness of locomotion, both for passengers, merchan- . . dise, and produce. This plea is urged against railway investments, whilst we have been converting land, much of which is scarcely worth the cost of cultivation, into highly remunerative lines of road; have been extracted fro he bowels of the earth, from five to ten per cent. interest on the cost of the labour employed in getting it, and converting it into rails, &c:. No. 2.—" The conversion, by means of the railways, of floating into fixed capital, is the cause of the present national distress." What is " floating capital" but money currency ; which is either deposited at your bankers, bringing in a small per centage of interest, locked up in your till, or employed in your ordinary business? You don't bury this "floating capital," in the shape of bank notes or gold, in tunnels or embankments. It is not abstracted from circulation ; but pays the navvy" to-day, goes to the' baker, or the beer shop keeper to-morrow, and into the bank at the end of the week. It is " floating capital" all the while. The same sort of conversion of floating into fixed capi. tal takes place when a man buys a house, a mill, an es . tate,. a horse, or a new hat ; but we never heard of any amount gf such conversions creating national distress ! No. 3.—Anomalous results of the causes of national distress above pleaded. .ed agricultural labourers earn- From three to five hund ing 9s. per week, or supported, union workhouses, converted into "navvies" earning 20s a week, spending that sum with the butcher, the baker the grocer, &c., and yet causing national distress! Miners, smiths, artizans, &c., receiving a similar ac cession to the amount of their employment and its pay, and yet causing national distress.!. • Money in more active circulation, and a large portion of the community with increased means of consuming ; and yet the manufacturer and the merchant selling their produce at ruinous prices, and bankruptcy impending over their heads ! A an East India merchant, B a grocer, who has had the increased custom of the well-paid navvies ; and C. the landowner, who has got a hundred pounds an acre from the railway proprietors for a slip of land intrinsically worth only one pound,—none of whom ever held a share in any line, suffering because 1), E, and F have been en- , gaged in converting capital at their bankers, paving only 21 per cent., or consols paying 3 per cent., into railway property, which will pay ten per cent. !___ _ _ in temporary want of currency telling the ten thou- sand pound;, which he has way company at 4 per cent. interest, to Samuel Jones Loyd, or some other bullionist, for seven thousand five hundred pounds! A depreciation of ten per cent i property of the nation, estiicate• sterling, because £30,000,000 in to a so vent rai the value of the entire L 1!; F:IN £5,000,000,000 Cs • • • within t he year in the shape of railway calls, which 'will be expended in labour and commodities, to create addi tional property, and returned to the banker within a week after it has been so paid ! No. 4.—What ought to have been the e f fect of the ex- tension of our railway syste power of consumption given to A. large increase of the realized capital of the country, by the conversion of capital producing only from two to three per cent. into rai ;ray property—; till capita; pay- Rye to ten per cent real cause on, no descri, ration of proprert induct- suse, precisely at the time when, from the increased by of the industry and the enterprise of the country, an increases amount q LATEST FROM AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP AMERICA The Royal Mail Steam-ship America, Captain Leitch, arrived here yesterday about noon, from New York and Halifax. She left the former port on the 22nd ult., and. Halifax on the 24th. She has brought fifty-four passen gers, amongst whom is Mr. J. L. Clarke, who is a bearer of despatches. The Steam-ship Acadia arrived at Boston on the 18th ult. The demand for exchange for remittance by the stea mer was not very active. The best bills on London were done at 84 to A severe snow storm visited Boston and the neighbour hood on the 20th. The trains on the railroads were much detained, and the snow was two feet deep on a level. The official returns of the Presidential election had not yet been received from all the States, but of course there is no doubt of General Taylor's return. The following is the official vote for the state of New York, as compared with the election of 1844. Taylor Cass Van Buren 218,551 1 Clay 114,592 I Polk.. 120,519 I Birney 232,482 237,588 15,812 On the 21st ult. there was celebrated by a splendid din ner, at Irving House, New York, thetriumphant election of General Taylor to the Presidency. The affair was at tended by over two hundred gentlemen, with several vi sitors from other States, all composed principally of those persons who have aided more or less zealously in General Taylor's election. The new propeller steam-tug-boat Dragon was burnt to the water's edge at Philadelphia, on the 19th ult. The loss is SlB,OOO. The fire originated in the furnace-room, the door of the furnace having been forced open by the blower. We learn from Yucatan that Yaxcaba has been reco vered by the government troops from the Indians with little fighting. The place had been totally destroyed by the Indians while in their possession. A letter dated Boston, Nov. 21st, says, "the schooner Olive, Capt. Oliver. from New Brunswick, bound for Boston, went ashore during a gate yesterday. on Nantucket beach, and all hands perished. Two of the bodies were washed ashore this morning. The British brig Anglo- , American, from Nova Scotia, is ashore on " Outer Brenster." Her rudder has come ashore, but nothing is known of the fate of the crew. The steamer Bay Sate was disabled off New Haven last night. Her passengers List of passengers :—From- New York—Colonel Tho mas, lady, two children, and nurse, Mrs. Featherston haugh and daughter, Mr. H. S. Taylor and lady, Mr. George Wright and lady, Mrs. Myers, Madame L. de Gonzaga, Lieut. Tyssen, R.N.,. and servant, Lieut. Har per, R.N. General A. Dapny, Dr. Tobin, Don Francisco Castillon, Mr. G. T. Woodrooffe, Mr. J.A. Woodrooffe, Mr. James G. Warts, Mr. John. Foster, Mr. Richard Patrick, Mr. M. Connaly, Mr. Grant, Mr. Hawksworth, Mr. J. B. Mearris, jun., Mr. Mearris, Mr. F. Focke, Mr. T. Kumff, Mr. March, Mr. Samuel Haskill, Mr. P. L. Ronalds, Mr. Hitchcock, Mr. Charles F. Shaw. Mr. Curtis, Mr. M. Blain, Mr. Paterson, Mr. Alex. J. Ha milton. Mr. H. Brown, Mr. William Smith, Mr. Coghill, Mr. B. Adaimian, Mr. J. Le Clark, bearer of despatches, Mr. J. H. Phipps, Mr. Barry, Mr. William Campbell, Mr. Lewis Mansergh, Mr. M‘Farlane, Mr. G-eo.ffaylor, Captain Jobn N. Gittins, Rev. Martin P: Parks. From lifax—Mr. Lewis Bliss. NEW 'YORK, Nov. 22, The flour market was somewhat less firm to-day, with mode rate sales of this state. Oswego, and Michigan, at a slight de cline, in some cases, on yesterday's rates. A sale of fancy Genessee was made on terms stated below. There was no change in Southern. Wheat was hardly so firm. Sales of Genessee and Western were made on terms stated below. Corn was lower by about one cent per bushel, with moderate sales. Meal remained the same. There was no change in rye or oats-. The weather was more moderate, which lessened the fears of a speedy closing of the canal. Prime pork firm, with further sales at yesterday r s prices; mess remained the same. Beef continued firm. Sales of lard were made on terms stated below. Groceries continued quiet, and sales light. For a re port of the cotton market we refer to the article below. COTTON.—The demand to-day from sninntrs, joined to a moderate inquiry from shippers. took off 1000 bales from the already very reduced stock. Prices are fully ic. up on the steamer's news, and repeated parcels sold establish an advance of iths on good grades, especially Gulph Cotton. We now quote— Uplands. N Orleans-.• 5-1 a 6 6fr a 63 61 a 63 63 a 6/ Fully Fair Good Fair Stock, 16,000 bales ; on sale, 3000 ditto. The following are the movements of cotton for t compared with last:— Middling Good Middling Middling Fair Fair 63 a6* 61 a 0- 64 a Gi 7 a 74 74 a 74 73 a 8 S season, _ Fxports to Stock 8- on Receipts. Gt. Britain. For. Ports. Sh)o.boord 1848 397,546 160,990 231,796 1847 235,9r,0 92,743 171,217 Increase 141,586 _ 70,247 60,579 FREIGHTS.-1,000 barrels flour•were engaged for Liverpool, in an American ship, at 2/3. Beef in tierces at 4/, and 40 to 50 tons cheese at'3o/. BUFFALO, Nov. 21, 1848. Receipts within the past 24 hours.—Flour, 2,000 bbls. •, wheat, 27,000 bushels. The flour market continues firm, with a fair demand. We notice sales of 7,000 bbls. at 84 56 a 62a. In wheat there were sales of 10,000 bushels, including Chicago, at 77c., and good Ohio at 91c. In freights there is an active business doing, without change in rates. ALBANY, Nov 21, 1848 Receipts within the past 24 hours.—Fkiur, 18,80 . 0 bbls. ; wheat, 4,500 bushels ; corn, 13,000 do. ; barley, 8,300.-. The market for flour is without change. WEST INDIA MAILS. ip Clyde arrived at Southampton day with the usual West India mails. She left Jamaica November 7th, St. Thomas, 14th, and Fayal, 27th. She arrived here nearly four days oefore her mails were due. The Jamaica House of Legislature was opened on the 27th October by Sir Charles Grey, with the usual formalities. In the speech delivered on that occasion by his Excellency, it was intimatectto the House that the recent measures in England for the alterations of the import duties on sugar and rum, with the reductions effected in the wages of la bourers in Jamaica, would have justified the supposition that the prospects of the sugar planters for the next twelve months would be improved. were it not for the increased difficulties in obtaining advances, which has necessarily operated as an immediate and worse blow upon resident proprietors than even the competition of foreign produce. His Excellency then recommended the adoption of a sound system of mutual credit and exchange, by which the culti. vators should receive, on moderate and beneficial tering, the pecuniary assistance absolutely necessary for produc tion and manufacture. To effect this desirable object his Excellency recommended peace amongst the inhabitants and the cultivation of kindly feelings, and the cessation of the struggle going on with the higher powers of the em pire. The Governor further advised the House to observe and foster any disposition of the mother country to afford assistance, and to accept of loans from Great Britain, at moderate interest, in the way provided for by act 11th and 12th Victoria, chap, 130. - - The general proceedings of the Legislature and Assembly were not of much importance. An address, in reply to the Governor's speech, was voted. The Jamaica Despatch gives the expenditure and ex ports of the colony, for 1848, from which it appears that the former amounts.to £103,000, and the export 3 are 35,000 hogsheads only, besides the coffee and pimento; that is, the grand staple of the island is worth only £350,000, or £50,000 less than the expenditure; or, in other words, for every hogshead worth £lO, they have to pay £ll in taxes.. - The Demerara crop was estimated at 40,000 hogsheads against £2OlOOO expenses.—A :commercial letter from Demerera says, " The fatal effecfs of the stoppage of the supplies' is already making itself felt and understood. Within 10 days after the expiry of the Tariff of Duties there had been, a loss of 565,000 upon. imports thrown petted from the 25 per cent reduction of the civil list. This loss has been transferred from the consumers of im ports to the producers of exports—the planters; at the same time Barbadoes is pouring in her dry goods and pro- duty-paid goods of the merchants, and lit the market." ise overstock The weath the crop re—Calcutta, Oc qovember 2. s thus received as, Oct. 24 ; and Bombay, ThPre is no news yet of any E ;etive movement as re raids the operations - on the n-orth-. ;t frontier of India hat we shall hear of anythi Dec. 5, 1843. of strength in the Punjaub, and it serves to explain the fact, which otherwise we should have to regret, that General Which had not at once been supplied, as regards the northern line of frontier, with any considerable rein forcement. Our authorities in Western India, on their part, we are told, had determined for some time past that only a gene ral and combined movement should be made by the troops of the Western Presidency, and the effective division then on the march might be expected at the seat of war coinci dentally with the arrival of the main body under Lord Gough. There were advices that the head-quarters of the Bombay division had arrived at Sukkur. One detachment, with some artillery, had already left Roree. The Rifle Brigade, under Brigadier Dundas, whose movements up wards from Kurrachee had been so long spoken of, was in motion on the Indus, and, with the European regiments of the division, might be expected to reach Upper Sands at the end of October. It was expected that Jacob's Scinde Horse would cross the frontier immediately on the arrival of the first detachment from Roree above alluded to. and they would proceed together to the camp of Gene ral Whish. Shere Singh slipped away with his force from Mooltan the night of the 9th of October. An attack was at ody, but first contemplated by General Whish on thi was desisted from on sufficient grounds as it appears, TRADE AND COMMERCE The monthly Accounts relating to Trade and Naviga tion continue to tell awkward tales. What a pity that the Manchester Chamber of Commerce cannot suppress them, as "inconvenient and unnecessary."—ss they have dons the " weekly return of unemployed hands in the borough of Manchester." The general character of the facts revealed in these ac counts, is that of increasing imports, and decreasing ex ports. We will give a few samples, being the results of the first ten months of 1848, compared with the first ten months of 1846. To begin with some of the Imports :- 1846. 13,124 116 Oxen Sheen Bacon, cwts L 668 199,231 1848. 19,642 Butter, cwts Cheese, cwts Wheat, quarters .. Barley, quarters .. Oats, quarters .... Beans, quarters.... Gloves, pairs Pork, salt, cwt. Silks or satin, broad 242,452 6A;396 195,216 2a9,802 1,219,178 319,519 202,453 640,961 206,666 2;029,642 1,846:377 732,392 43,565 111,418 203,592 Gauze ribbons .... 46,90 r Velvet ribbons Wines, French, gall.. Now, let us turn to the other side, and see what have been some of the Exports. 1846. 1848. Cotton Manufactures £14,808,324 £13,466,746 Cotton Yarn Earthenware 678;897 694.606 Glass Cutlery and Hardware 1,828,87- 1,524,682 Leather, wrought & unwrot. 286,387 223,318 Linen Manufactures ..... . 2,276,518 2,242,291 387,87 2 466,254 4,718,317 736,864 411,878 2,652,649 232,783- 260,632. 29,109 12.441 Linen Yarn Silk Manufactures ... Woollen Manufactures 687,679- 724,902 5,436,650 THE LATE IBRA HI M PASHA. Ibrahim. Pasha has left only three sons living—Ahmed Bey, born in 1825 ; Ishmael Bey, born in 1830, both pur suing their studies in Paris ; and Mustapha.Bey, born in 1832, at present in Cairo. Ibrahim Pasha was buried with military honours, but with little ceremony, on the day of his death, in Mehemet Ali's family tomb, in the vicinity of Cairo. Selim Pasha has gone to the Upper Country to see that order and tran quillity are maintained there, and during the temporary absence of Abbas, Said Pasha assumed the authority in Cairo. Abbas Pasha, who succeeds Ibrahim in thegovernnaent of the country, was born in Arabia, in 1813. He is the son of Toussoon. Pasha, Mehemet Ali's second'son, who died of the plague in the year 1816, and his right to the succession arises from his being at present the eldest living male member of Mehemet Ali's family. CHARITY BALL AT AINTREE.—The charity ball at the Grand Stand, Aintree, under the patronage of the Earl and Countess of Sefton, will take place in the Large Room, on Wednesday, the 13th instant. It is fully expected that the attendance will be numerous, and that the affair will be at once brilliant and delightful. STREET ACCIDENT.—On the night of the 25th of last month, a man named John Moony, aged 54, was crossing Parliament-street, when a cart coming down, went over him. Whether he had f a ll en d own b e f ore th e cart came up or was knocked down there is no proof. He died on Saturday. RAPHAEL'S ALMANAC. This prophetic messenger, which last year contained such a singular prediction—since verified—of the revolution in France, is now published for next year. It contains many new predictions as to the weather, political commotions, &c., which are interesting to the curious. There is also much valuable information in addition of a miscellaneous kind. BITING A MAN'S EAR OFF.—At the Police-court' yes terday, an elderly man, named Robert Rushton, who had his_head bandaged up, preferred a charge against a rough- looking young - man,' named Robert Beggs, for having: violently assaulted him. The prisoner is a carter, and was employed by the complainant in that capacity. He was at work on Saturday, and complainant paid his wages to his wife. Prisoner next day came to his masters, and on his refusing him money, he struck complainant, and in a scuffle which ensued, actually bit off a great part of the wound, said that about half the ear was to off. The prisoner was committed for trial. CHARGE OF STEALING WEARING APPAREL.—Yester day, at the police-court, a female named Ann Smith, and her daughter, a young girl, were committed on a charge of havinc , stolen a quantity of clothes, &c., the property of several parties. In the elder prisoner's house there were found a box or case, containing, amongst other things, a kettle-holder, eight pairs of socks, a muffler, It was proved that the kettle-holder was eirthur Littlejohn, of Bold-street, some tea, &c. the property of taggart, draper, and Mr.. Sillitoe, tea dealer. LIVERPOOL iNDUSTRIA.L. SCHOOL SOCIETY.—We are glad to find that a strong effort is now making to extend the number of ragged schools in this town, to which the half-clothed and ill-fed children of our struggling poor can resort for mental cultivation ; and which will attempt to reclaim the hundreds of those children who, steeped in ignorance, and with vice and improvidence daily before their eyes in their cwn wretched homes, are cast upon our streets, and almost thrust into crime. We have before us a prospectus of a society for the promotion of this object, of which we observe that his Worship, the- Mayor, is chairman, ex-officio, supported by an influential commit tee, and with a very active secretary in Mr. J. Hubback ; the meantime, we invite 'every friend of order and of religion to give the society the benefit of his aid in the furtherance °fan object so beneficial. Amongst the com mittee are Chas. Cotesworth, Esq., and T. B. Horsfall, Esq. ; T. D. Anderson, Esq., is the treasurer. CURIOUS SEAMAN'S CASE.—Two seamen, who had belonged to the ship Hero, of this port, and also the com mander of the ship, Capt. Grant, appeared before Mr. Rushton yesterday, with a view to clear up a circumstance of, we believe, rare occurrence, the shipping of foreign for British seamen. Capt. Grant said that the ship sailed from Liverpool for Bonny on the 17th July last. Two seamen were shipped on board the vessel by Mr. Hodson, jun., as British seamen, and they produced register tickets. After the ship had been out a few days, the captain found that both the men were foreigners, and that one of them could not speak a word of English. He had, however, no fault to find with them, and had no objection to pay them their wages. The tickets were produced : Messrs. said he knew Williams and son (father and son) were sent for (who had acted as second mate) seamen who• called themselves Collins„who speaks some Engli Hodson told them that they mu and he v sent for and told t which, M ome 113 istak, Mr. H here m ;fi +b.+ e two ollins. were two men lodging at t seamen, whose names ry is and was probable that the tickets had been Etushton itil this day have been recollected with these hams. and olen from METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER, ,lie. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STREET Pressure at Ishade-I;vsel 3E - itheiinomei DailylDire tion 1 e Wet and Dryi Rain.lNoor would have ensues d. Half of every y men on the encing thesarr I alfthese cal s income, and matched from ss and tire ,Et from the port to lONABLE CC P., to tt tion to the general rule, by which the present pointments —At the COuncil meeting to submit a motion for the Council the whole of m ly into it, food in }gas been g manufacturing - operative and the hearths. The shopkee his deserted counter. driven to __.....,i,ue; and yet hunger " Mr. 13a, wing at the vitals of hundreds of merit. and .• __a AA— buted to po fPPIc tt. has waited in vain by I government is guid, tradesman has been SALT-WATER B. unulation of past I morrow Mr. Parker will _ a rier, in years; and the dun has knocked in vain at many a to ootain pubben , ... u. Lue uut, appropriated t"etedlyeogre stept h e benefit can a door, which his footsteps never previously invaded, order that the same "may be a The screw has been upon us all, from the highest of all classes of the community." r e enwithout . i t njn i f l y b to the present respected occupier of to the lowest; and the fruits of labour and of themovee inthe right direction, and increase have been as effectually placed be- Mr. premises, Parker will l it reach as if one of God's severest juda- the cleanliness, and therefore the health of the inhabitants inents had passed over the land. judg- of the town. THE DOCKS OF LIVERPOOL UNABLE TO CONTAIN ITS To our-humbler, working, fellow-countrymen we SHIPPING. - A visitor to our port, acquainted with the address ourselves also; and ask them why, at this req - u - s q l - e e me n nts of shipping, would certainly not say that we genial season, they are comfortless and almost had w ack a a ny ae g e re a a s t ri l l l shn e e d s in A peonstruction of addi hopeless.a ols there no man in want of a house, a tional d cavillers at the space, of e the y late r. Dock )7Eyre Evans and other shoes, of a coat, of a shirt, or of a bed ?e Chairman. For There are many ; yet the hands which are skilled the last three days the flag, intimating that they are full, has been hoisted at every dock in our port, except to fashion these articles are unemployed, and the Albert Dock, and including the new north docks; and materials which enter into their composition are a c e v ve er n the Albert Dock is inconveniently crowded, and drug in the hands of their producers or importers. it tons a ve a li engaged. aii In addi t t ti i iti on ee , r w iv e et h r av a e t How do they explain this anamoly—this hunger, at least Y 20,000 with food in abundance around them ; this idleness,' anchor, and large vessels comingipping lying g er in not one of which, until we have a change u o p f wind, and whilst so many are willing to work and so many number go to sea, can get into dock. We could do just rge anxious to possess the products of their labour, now with an increase of accommodation at least equa to and to give their own in return ? We ask of our . that provided by the four north clocks recently opened. - - Governorship of British Guiana, in ;,,,nnnanflly paninrta • the present govern therefore, be attri- appointment car, .al :favouritism." Our contemporary evi- . . . forward, the Corporation cease to work the ferry ; that the steamer " Fanny" be sold by auction to the highest bidder ; that the ferry be thrown open to all steam or other employing one row boat to go over once aday. By Mr. Councillor Harbord—That it be an instruction to the Watch Committee to furnish a return of all cases of nui sances, and other matters connected with the S Act, reported by the police to the borough engineer, medical officer, building surveyor, and inspector of nui sances, from the first January last to the present time. By Mr. Councillor Harbord—To rescind so much of the resolution of the Council of the 16th of August last as directs the Water Committee to take immediate measures for proceeding with the construction of the new works, authorized by the act called "The Liverpool Corporation Water Works Act, 1847," and to move that it be an in struction to the Water Committee to stay all proceedings with reference to such new works until a report on the special matters of income and expenditure, now referred to and under the consideration of the Financial sub-Com mittee of the Water Committee, and also a report on the charges contained in the Liverpool Mercury, and now under investigation, shall be received by the Council. By Mr. Councillor Woodruff—That it be an instruction to the chairman of every committee to report to each monthly meeting of the Council, the names of members •of the committee of which he is chairman who have been absent at any meeting of the committee, or any sub-committee thereof, during the preceding month ; and also to report to the Council at the first meeting in October, in each year, a summary of the attendance of members during the preceding twelve months. By Mr. Councillor Parker — That it be an instruction to the Finance Committee to give the regular notice to the tenant of St. George's Baths, with a view to obtaining possession thereof as soon as practicable, in order that the same may be placed under the management of the Health Committee, and be appro. priated for the benefit of all classes of the community. of exci '—Was withdrawn, in accordance with the provisions of the act of 1844, because the corn ty, Gold, had gone out of the country temporarily to measure 1000 yards of cloth per hour with a less number of yard sticks than we usually require to measure 100 yards ; to weigh in a given time 10001bs. of tea with the same pair of scales with which we usually weigh 1001bs. ; and, as the natural result, every body bidding against his neighbour for the loan of the yard stick and the scales, the holder of either could exact his own terms. And the mischief was increased by the anomalous provision of the act in question, which makes the yard stick and the scales —or the pound of gold—themselves actual values, as compared with those of commodities, instead of being, what they ought to be, only measures of value. We believe that Mr. Councillor Poole will be proposed at the Council meeting to-morrow as a member of the Dock Committee in the room of Mr. J. Bramley Moore. TOMB OF THE REV. J. H. FORSYTH.—Over the grave in which, in the month of July last, were deposited the remains of the Rev. John Hamilton Forsyth, in the north-west corner of the parish churchyard of this town, an altar-tomb has just been raised. It bears the follow ing inscription :—" Sacred to the memory of the Rev. John Hamilton Forsyth, second son of Thomas Forsyth, Esq., of Liverpool, for six years curate of this parish. He fell asleep in Jesus, June 25, 1848, aged 32 years." He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord, for be was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith."—Acts xi., 23, 24. The style is a gothic of chaste design, and every part of the work is strictly in keeping. The material of the tomb is Painswick stone. It rests on a moulded plinth, having a base of freestone. The four sides of the tomb are ornamented with sculptured paneling of proportionate dimensions, containing effectively disposed quatrefoils, Bristol paper, a lack of the necessary cavalry force to insw Orders have appeared, dated " Simla, October 13th, from the Commander-in-Chief of India, constitutie force of some 30,000 men, to be designated 'the Ar the Punjaub," and of which Lord Gough intended imme diately to take the command in person. The intelligence, as rpos-A- •' s the state of the Punjaub ;enerally, shows but too clearly, that ately acquired 4- Lte of rebellion itory is virtua and that the machinations of the various against our authority are at present, and have been for some time past, directed on a combined plan of operations, the results of which are likely vet to develope themselves to a greater extent, although happily the checks the Sikhs have received, and our vigilance round Lahore, have much marred their plans. A rumour which had been prevalent for some time, that Chuttur Singh and Shore Singh were playing a game ultimately to result in a combined move ment and attack on the capital, would appear by the latest advices to have been well founded, intelligence having reached Lahore that Chuttur Singh's forces were approach mg in the vicinity of Wuzeerbad ; and we are told that Sir F. Currie considered the intelligence sufficiently au thentic to induce him to call for reinforcements from Fe rozepore, consisting of Colonel Godby's Brigade ( o f one European and two Native regiments), with the Ferozepore Brigade of five regiments of cavalry, with horse artillery, which had crossed the river in readiness for operations, and at the same time to recall, with similar instructions, Brigadier Eckford's Brigade, (of two Native regiments and two companies of artillery) then on the march to reinforce the camp:of General Whish. At that time Shere Si ng h h a d advanced on the other sidd to Sirdarpore, som e 30 m il es from Mooltan. The probability that a coup might be made on the capital from some direction by the Sikhs in arms appears to have been entertained throughout by the Resi dent at Lahore, whose chief object it has been to secure the safe occupation of that and the two other chief points, in arms 28 29'9# 29i 29'91 T,.. 145137 Lys 43 38 ight, light a.m., fine; light rain aln.-29th : a.m., fine ; p.m., heavy rain .m., showers and squalls.—Dec. Ist : ight, clear.-2nd: showers of hail, with squa.— louded ; p.m., rain.-4th: a.m., light rain; p.m., fair. REGISTER OF LAST MONTH.—Pressure max. 311.54; min., 9.05 ; average, 29.71.24.—Temperature : max., 53 ; min., 38 ; verage, 45.40.—Humidity : max. difference, 4; min. 1; aver se, 2 deg.—Rain during the month, 2 in, 45. Temperature at ,verton, max., 55 ; min., 39 ; avera SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. MONDAY, DECEMBER 4.—Wind S .W A: a.m., ED.—America, (steamer,) Leitch, from New York; id Nov.—Constantine, from New Orleans—Keepsake ! d Constance, fr,m Montreal—E Z, Hartshorn, and Skiddy, Luce, from New York Emily, Anderson, for ( Johii R SAILED le of Good Hope Creamore, Kemp, from Paraiba at this port; sailed slat Oct. Left the Proteus loading for this port. Saw the Runny mede going* in, from Pernambuco, to load. Euphemia, Kendall, hence at Montreal. Ocean, Huddart, hence at Quebec. Cambria, (steamer,) Harrison, hence at Halifax 22nd Nov. Acadia, (steamer,) Stone, hence at Boston 19th Nov. . , HALIFAX, 25th Nov.—The Favourite, Wylie, from Montreal and Quebec to Liverpool, put into Sydney, C.B. 14th Nov., considerably strained, and with part of her cargo thrown over board, having been on her beam ends, and must discharge. OFF HOLYHEAD, at 3 P.M., Sarah Sands, (screw-steamer.) LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, DEC. 5, 1848 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, 13 5 , JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE of 53, Grove street, sat LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4, By. Gauttes's CaSSCANT, LITRIMCIU De ris till Tv Si(