The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-06 00:00:00

TO CORRESPONDENTS it command, in con- s of J. H. we must respectfully decline, Ebt tiberpoot &tanbarb. TUESDAY MORNING, JA:;. 6, 1846 We have a pleasant duty to perform to our readers and the public, before issuing to them the first publication of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD for the year 1846. It is to return to them our thanks for their favours in the year which has gone, and for the proud position in which they have placed us amongst the contemporary press of our town. We entered upon our labours, at the com mencement of the past year, with a determination to do our duty. We were bound to no party, but to our country, and to her hest interests. We had no J personal object to serve, strong enough to sway us from the path of rectitude and of truth. Convictions we had, which we were unwilling to barter for temporary popularity, or for the pecuniary reward which it brings. We have boldly expressed these ' - we may, in so doing, have offended some friends; but the increased support which we have received throughout the year satisfies us that to be honest and candid is to earn the approbation of the friends, of whom we are proud, because they are, emphatically the friends of honesty. Upon one particular feature of the year's expe rience,—and successful experience it has been—we must remark. We have sustained a pressure—a rich pressure—of advertising favours, for which We are most grateful, and which, we fear, has often caused us to disappoint our readers of that ample mass of information on generally interesting sub hich is looked for in a newspaper. Such -disappointments, however, we have taken means which, unless inordinate prosperity sets in upon us will not recur again. Our publication of this day, appears printed from a new fount of type, provided at a considerable expense, and which will give us more than an additional page to be devoted to news. Our paper is now, by this aid, inferior to none in _ size and contents and the mode in which we have all along conducted it, we trust, will allow us to be believed, when we say that it shall be our study, in the present year, and in years to come, to render it one of the best, if not the best, papers in the loca lity for the commercial man, the a.ivertizer, the poor man, and, above all, essentially a family paper, which we pledge ourselves shall not contain a line, at which modesty itself can blush, or of which reli- gion can be ashamed The conclusion of the business here, and the publication, by our leading brokers, of their annual circulars, enable us to bring before our readers a digest of the leading features, which have charac terized the operations of 1845, and the opinions of well-informed men, as to the prospecs of the year In which we have just entered. As the chief in bye turn first to the year's history of the t staple trade of tile port—the cotton trade. and Son, in their circular, thus importa Wrigley speak of it "In the annals of the cotton trade we believe no single year can be pointed out in which the market has exhibited such an uniform teadiness of prices as the one now nearly closing. The fluctuations in American and Surat cotton, from the lowest to the highest point, have not exceeded a id. per lb., and in Brazil and Egyptian Id. per lb, The year opened under very favourable auspices ; cotton was low in price, all descriptions of food moderate, and as a consequence of these two important elements, trade was in a healthy and improving condition. As spinners found opportunities of making contracts for yarn, they supplied . - themselvesfreely with Cotton, so that the progressive im provement in trade during the first three quarters of the year, induced them to hold far larger stocks of cotton than they were ever known to possess at any former period ; indeed, they may be said to have bought during the first nine months more than sufficient for their annual consumption That the general prosperity of trade should not have enhanced the value of the raw material in a greater degree, may be accounted for by the heavy crop of 1844, and the consequent accumulation of stock in this country; more over, the desire to secure the handsome profit on importa . t to bring the cotton freely on the iods of extensive speculation, of luring the year, passed away iinpu!se to prices." tions, was an indue:.nae market, so that the p: h there WE The same influential firm account, in part, for this feature in the trade in the same way as we have done several times, when remarking in the columns of the Liverpool Standard upon the inordinate spe culations in railway shares, which we viewed as a timely safety valve, provided to check, and, at the worst, more harmless in its results than would have been the application :of the surplus ca pital of the manufacturing community to an enor mous extension of their means of producing manu factured fabrics. " It is fortunate," they say, " for those engaged in the cotton trade that the abundance of unemployed capital obtained vent in the multitude of new schemes to which the difficulty of finding profitable investment gave rise; had this new channel not been opened, there is little doubt that all sorts of produce would have become the objects of speculation. and more disastrous results have ensued, by causing distress amongst the labouring com munity, than is likely to follow the unprecedented extra vagance of the recent railway bubb!es, the failure of which is more immediately felt by the middle classes." Another circumstance which checked an advance in the raw material was the fact of the crop ex ceeding in amount the general anticipations. The American crop, variously estimated at the com mencement of the year 2,100,000 and 2,200,000 bales, is now found to be (we take the figures from the circular of Messrs. Heywood and Mac- Viccar) 2,394,500 bales, exclusive of 25,900 bales from Texas. The same firm, from whose cir cular we first quoted, thus wind up their account of the year, and state their opinions of the prospects of the present " The partial failure of the harvest and the injurious effects of the railway mania in deranging the operations of the money market, having given a severe check during the last two or three months to the prosperity of the cotton trade, consumers, during that period, have been working up their stocks of cotton, and it is now calculated that the quantity on hand in the country does not exceed that held at the same period last year. Almost all the old mills, which had been for some time standing, being at work again, several new ones erected, and the con suming power still extending, there is a considerable in crease in the consumption for the year ; it is estimated at 157,781 bales, or 3,034 per week. The weekly consump tion of 1844, was 27,326 bales ; during the present year it has reached 30,36 U bales. Although the new year may be ushered in with pros pects somewhat less encouraging perhaps than the last, still we see no cause for despondency. Our unusually heavy stock of cotton, and the certainty of a good crop having been again secured in AS erica, are sufficient guarantee for moderate prices daring the next twelve months ; the clouds too, in the political horizon seem to be gradually dispersing, and although we may have to contend against the effect of a scarcity of agricultural pro duce, it is to be hoped that this will in some degree be neutralized by liberal and enlightened measures about to be introduced during the ensuing parliamentary session." , The profits reaped by the spinners during the year may be estimated by the fact mentioned in Messrs. Heywood and MacViccar's circular, that at one time of the year they were realizing from 2d. to 3d. per lb ! Another rapidly rising trade in Liverpool, whose prosperity may fairly be stated to form a fair index of that of important masses of the community is the wool trade. We give the state of this trade from Messrs. Gartside and Co.'s annual circular : " From the commencement of the year until the month of October we experienced a good demand for all de scriptions of wool ; since that period very little has been done. The extent of railway speculation during the earlier part of the year and its subsequent effects, the supposed failure in the potato crop, the changes in the ministry, and the probabilities of an American war, have all tended to destroy confidence, and have caused the woollen manufacturers to reduce their consumption of the raw material, and they are in many cases working short time. Our imports this year into Liverpool exceed by 24,318 bales the quantity received in 1844 ; the present stock also shows a considerable increase upon that on hand. at the end of last year, thou g h n ot in so great a proportion, and thatincrease is principally in Alpaca and Peruvian. The quantity of wool imported into England from the Australian and South African colonies reaches about fd,ooo bales, of which on l y 6060 b a l es h ave come t o thi s market; this is to be the more regretted, when we con sider that a larger quantity was received here eight years ago, and the growth in the meanwhile has more than doubled. We are now receiving considerable supplies of fine wool from the United States. As we stated in our cir cular of the 28th ultimo, the quality and working pro perties of these descriptions are not yet known, and buyers only take them to a limited extent, consequently what has hitherto been done in them cannot be taken as a fair criterion of value when they become properly known. Should the Government of the United States reduce their import duties on woollen manufactures, we may look for an improved business with that country next year. On comparing the list of prices with that of th is period as year, we find on the whole very little alteration. although the rates obtained in the highest poi nt of the market during the spring and summer have not in general been quite maintained, the reduction has not been to a greater extent than might have been expected, all things being considered. We are of opinion that prices have now seen their lowest point, and trust that the prepara tion for the spring trade will give an impetus to our staple artic'e such as we experienced last year. English and Scotch have partaken of the late depres sion, and must be quoted 10 per cent. below the highest prices of the year. It may be interesting to mark the progress of the trade in American provisions, as being one only re cently introduced amongst our great staples of com merce, and whose probable progress has been va riously spoken of. The circular of an extensive Li verpool house states : " A reference of the table of imports and stocks will show a steady increase in the ccnsumption of beef. The American cure has quite superseded Irish, and attention in shipping a well-selected article is now only required to hold the position gained. At no period during the past year was the stock in excess ; hence the variati•ui in price has been very trifling. The little old that remains is likely to go off at about present rates. The new has found purchasers for so far, ex ship, at full prices where fine ; but as the supplies will now increase, lower rates may be anticipated. . _ . In pork there has not been a satisfactory trade. The improvement noted at the commencement of last year in a few parcels then received was not general in the suc ceeding imports ; hence a dull, dragging sale has resulted. The present quotations are nearly nominal, as Irish cure are taken by ships in preference, thougb at several shil lings per barrel higher. Cheese has continued to show a very decided improve ment in qualify. Increased imports have met a steady, regular demand, ht profitable prices. The stock at pre sent is larger than at the close of last year, the sales for December, owing to the general mercantile distrust, having been limited; but the dealers' stocks being low, a good business is expected this month. Our present prices are likely to b,! supported. In the first eight months of the year the import of lard was very trifling. Prices were, in consequence, well supported, in October reaching the highest point this ar ticle has yet touc'led ; since, supplies have been more liberal, and prices have receded 4s. to ss. per cwt„ the market ending dull at the quotations. Tallow has presented little of novelty : the character of the best brands of North American continues to stand high, as shown be the prices obtained, being little, if at all, under the best Russian. The market is firm at the quotations." . . . . With respect to the timber trade—another im portant branch of our commerce, whose prosperity is an index of the increased activity of industry, and of the increasing comforts of our population as well,—we find the following remarks in the last circular of an extensive firm : The arrivals from British America last month amounted to forty vesels, 19,277 tons, the total import so far, being 433 vessels, 231,337 tons. Several Quebec cargoes in tended for this market have been lost, and there are still a few to arrive, which, at the end of the import, (usually made up to the 31st instant,) will cause the import last year to fall short of 240,000 tons of shipping, the largest previous import not exceeding 188,000 tons. We might heap evidence upon evidence of a si milar character, tending to show that in nearly every branch of commerce, the past has been a year of great prosperity; and although the closing a few months had a temporary gloom thrown over them by casual and temporary circumstances, we have abundant reason as a nation to be thankful for the position in which we are placed. And in ap proaching another year, not certainly under such flattering circumstances as we did the last, we can do so nevertheless with the hope that a fair and re munerative business is before us for the twelve months to come, if uncalled-for political change is not allowed to unsettle men's minds, and to di minish that confidence in the mercantile body which is ever the leading source of a nation's prosperity. A new year has just opened upon us, pregnant with more important problems to be solved, and difficulties to be surmounted, than ever before pre sented themselves, in any one year, throughout the history of British legislation. And brief, more over, has been the warning given to us of their ap proach, and short the period which is left for states manship to devise and to act in the emergency, which circumstances ha• e partly hurried on, and which it has partly created for itself. A few months ago, the political horizon was without a cloud, save that small one in the " far west" which was seized upon as the pretext of sending " a message of peace" to disaffected popery in Ireland. A minis try, stronger than ever, held the helm of the state, sate secure and confident in office. Prosperity al most unbounded, extended through every branch of industry and commerce. We had a full exche quer, full garners, and unexampled credit, amidst which, the national enterprise put forth all its ener gies for the developement of the country's resources and the people's social amelioration and comfort. Yet this vast and imposing fabric of power and prosperity, the caprice of one man—its chief ar chitect—has been sufficient to destroy, and without even a glimmering of the reason which can have brought about so total a change in his political con victions and purposes, the country has, within the last three weeks, seen the helm put down, and the vessel of the state directed upon a new course, which its steersman, throughout his past public life, has declared to be full of dangerous shoals, and to lead to assured destruction of its most valued in stitutions, and the comfort, the liberties, and the happiness of the people. At the instigation, and as the act, we repeat, of one man, the legislature, in the approaching session, is about to venture upon the momentous experiment of remodeling the entire social fabric, and reversing completely that policy which has characterised the le gislation of Great Britain for centuries; under which she has grown up to be first in arts, in arms, in commerce,• and territorial greatness, amongst the nations of the world, Who can look forward to the issue of that experiment without a feeling of trepidation and of doubt ? The repeal of the ex isting system of protection to the native producer of food, is virtually a revolution which must ope• rate upon the fortunes and the social position of every man, woman, and child, throughout the Bri tish empire, and ultimately change and re-distribute the elements of which our social fabric itself is composed. Nor can it stop here. It deals not only with financial considerations and the re-ar rangement of the relative positions and privileges of the various classes into which the community is divided, but will effect also an entire change in those feelings and associations—prejudices if you will — of the national heart, upon which the institutions of the country have been based, and by which, for centuries, they have been secured. Upon wealth embarked 'in the ownership of the soil is founded those feelings of traditional respect with which we look upon that order in whose hands we have placed a third share in the administration of the national affairs, and with whom, principally, we have sur rounded the person of the sovereign—amongst whom have we been accustomed to look for our most eminent statesmen and the leaders of our army and our fleets. Concede that a blow, more or less severe, will be struck at the landed aristocracy of the country, by the repeal of the corn laws, and you concede the weakening of the power of the house of peers to withstand the aggression of de mocracy, and thus destroy the nicely adjusted ba lance and counter-check of the three branches of the constitution. That the striking of a sudden blow is the object contemplated as the result of the removal of protection from agriculture is noto rious. It is evident, from the tone in which the ad vocates of free trade launch their philippics against the, landlords, rather than at the law which protects thetas. Ostensibly, the triumphs of the league is one which is to 'secure a better and a cheaper sup ply of food for the people : in reality, it is one whose result is to unable: democracy to plant its heel upon the prostrate form of aristocracy, and obtain a pre ponderating influence over the direction of national affairs. _ This is the movement, at the head of which Sir Robert Peal has so unaccountably placed himself. This—the reduction of the proud and honoured aristocracy of Great Britain—of the descendants of the warriors of Cressy and Agincourt—to a level, in political power, with the mushroom millionaires of the spinning jenny and the power loom, is the price which he is prepared to bid for a new lease of power and a triumph over men by whom, in consi deration only of his political cleverness, his claims to rank with :them is grudgingly tolerated. That he will be successful in carrying out his measures is as yet an unsolved problem. We may assume, however, that he has confidence in his strength, and sufficient warrant from the past, for the required amount of suicidal infatuation. to enable him to lure on the credulous believers in his pre-eminent cun ning, to their own destruction. Admitting, then, the successful achievement of this first and great step towards the establishment of pure democractical institutions, are the difficul ties of his position as a minister surmounted ? By no means. The cry for cheap bread is not the only cry of the party into whose hands he has thrown himself. Thelprinciple of protection once given up, upon what plea can he defend the continuance of the differential duties upon foreign and colonial THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. sugar ? How defend the differential duties upon foreign and 'colonial timber ? These, and other si milar duties, devised for the protection of British industry from foreign competition, must be swept away; and then will come the question of the re venue. How are the five or six millions extracted from the Customs to be replaced ? By an increased tax upon income property, we presume ; for we can see no other source to which we can look with any degree of confidence. That the nation, at large, will cheerfully submit to this imposition, as the price of their cheap loaf, or cheap sugar, is doubtful. It has winced unmistakably at the tax, as at present fixed, as oppressive and inquisitorial ; and that dou bling it will take away or mitigate these, its unpo pular features, is scarcely consistent with probabi lity or common sense. It will require all Sir Ro bert's cleverness and plausibility to persuade us that we are not paying too dear for our whistle, when we give it for the permanence and increase of the tax in question. Along with these difficulties of the position, into which Sir Robert Peel has brought his ministry, are several which are by no means to be lightly re garded. The settlement of the Oregon question will require delicate handling ; and Ireland is far from offering an object of pleasant contemplation to a minister. View the position of Sir Robert Peel, as we will, indeed ; and it is one which any but a bold man, or one reckless of consequences, would regard with dismay and shrinking.! We gave, in our last, a letter from Mr. Macau ley, M.P. for the city of Edinburgh, which very satisfactorily accounted for the failure of Lord John Russell's recent efforts to form an administration. It was from no misgivings as to his own abilities that his Lordship retired from the tempting prospect before him of place and pay. The Rev. Sidney Smith's estimate of his character is equally just, now as at the time when it was first delivered. Lord John would repeal the corn laws, or any other laws; but Lord Grey upset the coach. The driver was ready to mount the box, and drive to any place ; but his leaders and his wheelers would not pull amicably together. Unhappy-tempered Howick re fused to budge if Palmerston was allowed to carry the seals of the Foreign-office; and the whole team was obliged to be unyoked, and consigned, grum bling, to their empty stalls, to await another chance of getting ingress to the more comfortable quarters and plentiful provender of Downing-street. There are few men, we believe, extent those im mediately interested, who are disposed to grieve at the break-down. There are fewer still, perhaps, who can see in the conduct of Earl Grey more than an ebullition of his unfortunate temperament. For ourselves, however, we are disposed to give his lord ship credit on this occasion for one of the only deeds for which his country, in after years, will have to thank him. His objection, we are informed, was not to Lord Palmer-ton's being in the minis try, but to his occupying the foreign department. It was not against Lord Palmerston, but against Lord Palmerston's foreign policy. The world at large coincides with him in opinion that, the acces sion to power at this juncture of a minister, so haughty and aggravating in his treatment of the representatives of foreign powers, would have been an event to be deplored—a national calamity. It would most certainly, have provoked a rupture of our present friendly relations with France, and overthrown the only ministry which has proved itself capable of restraining the warlike propensities of that unruly people. It would materially have in creased the difficulties of our position with respect to the United States. In South America it would most probably have interrupted the joint efforts making by Great Britain and France, for the ter mination of the aggressive and devastating war waged by Rosas against the people of Monte Video; and throughout the world, wherever we have at present friendly relations and mutually beneficial intercourse, the evil genius of Lord Palmerston would have introduced - exasperation, bickering, and ultimate alienation. We thank Earl Grey, therefore, for averting from the country the infliction of so dangerous a diplo matist. It is a deed—whether intended or not — which will weigh with the present generation, and with generations to come, as a powerful set-off against his lordship's unpleasant politics, and scarce ly less unpleasant manners. THE CORPORATION SCHOOLS.—An evening school for adults is-about being opened by the Education Commit tee of the Town Council, in connection with the South Corporation School. At the meeting of the councti to-morrow, Mr. Alder man Bramley Moore will bring forward a motion for the granting of five hundred guineas, for the Dispenoaries, out of the surplus fund. We sincerely hope it will be carried. TITHE COMMITTATION.—It appears from an official statement of the averages for the seven years to Christmas last, which have been published in the London Gazette, viz . : —Wheat 7s. 4d., Barley 4s. 11d., Oats 2s. 9d. per imperial bushel ;—that each £lOO of rent-charge will, for the year 1816, amount to £lO2 17s. W., or about one per cent. less than last year. NOTICE.—At the police-court, yesterdsy, a man was charged with stealing a sack of oats, which was found in his cellar, in Simpson-street. The property was identi fied, and he would have been committed forthwith for trial ; but as it was stated by other witnesses that about 20 lb. of yellow berries (a valuable dye), and 7 lb. of fo reign cigars, were also found in the place, and for which owners had not yet been found, he was remanded, to give time for enquiry. IMPORTANT TO VOTERS FOR COUNTIES.—We are confidently informed that a bill is in preparation, and will be brought forward early in the ensuing session of parlia ment, the object of which is to prevent the same house or other property giving the right of voting for counties to more than two persons at the same time. We do not know whether the bill will have a retrospective effect or not ; if it should, the labours of the Anti-corn-law League will have been almost in vain. QUALIFY ! QUALIFY !! QUALIFY ! ! !—Votes are the most powerful of arguments ; and if the Protection Soci eties would be useful bodies, they will immediately take steps to multiply votes ! If they would compel a govern ment by a gentle restraint to adopt, or would support it in the pursuit of, a particular line of policy, let the Con servatives make their opinions known through the number and the unmistakeable tone of their votes. The electors rule representatives, and the representatives guide the minister. There is no time to be lost. A general elec tion is at hand ; and unless qualifications are secured by the 31st instant, the effort will be too late. ALGERlA.—Despatches have been received from this quarter to the 25th ult. They announce that on the 18th General Bedeau had a warm engagement on the left bank of the Iser, with Ben Salem, who had advanced within sight of Algiers. The Arabs were completely routed, with the loss of 40 killed, and in their flight abandoned a quantity of arms and ammunition. In the province of Oran General Korte accomplished some successful razzias, which were followed by the submission of numerous tribes. Marshal Bugeaud was at Ain Paskeira, eight leagues from Teniet-el-Had, where he had proceeded to procure a supply of provisions with the intention of form ing a junction with General Joussouf, who was still in pursuit of Abd-el-Kader in the south. OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PDETENCES.—A. well-dressed young man, named John Martin Kelsh, was yesterday charged before Mr. Rushton with this offence. It appeared that he had gone to Mr. Joseph Blain, sta tioner, South Castle-street, and obtained a loan of 2s. 63. in the name of Mr. Lockett, merchant, King-street, He had also obtained 2s. from Mr. Isaac Jones Drillmore, watchmaker, Hanover-street, in the name of Mr. Smith, wine-merchant. The representations made were, in each case, that he was in the employ of the parties named, and that it was wanted for an immediate immergency or convenience to save time. Neither of the parties whom he said he represented had authorised the request, nor, indeed, knew aught of the prisoner. The prisoner, who attempted an impudent and improbable defence, was com mitted for trial at the sessions. At a meeting of the London Dock Company last week it was resolved that a piece of plate of the value of £3OO be presented to the chairman of the court of directors, the deputy chairman, and treasurer; and that to each of the directors a piece of plate of the value of £lOO be presented, as a testimony of the high approbation of the court of pro prietors. [We should be proud to see some movement made for presenting similar testimonials to the chairman, deputy chairman, and other mumbers of our owu dock committee. Their comprehensive views and practical de termination to meet, and even anticipate, the wants,of the port are beyond all praise, and ought not to be fof= gotten. The effective services of the secretary, treasurer, and surveyor, are also deserving of suitable acknowledge ment. The directors and officers of the London decl. company cannot have been more efficient than the gentle men to whom we have taken the liberty thus publiclY to allude.—ED. L. s.: l , THE FATALITY BY THE BURSTING OF THE HUGE TANK IN WATER-STREET.—We regret to say that another has been added to the list of those who have lost their lives by the tank catastrophe,—Ann Devaney, wie of Joseph Devaney, who inhabited a house in Rock street. At the time of our last publication, hopes were (as we stated) entertained, at the Southern Hospital where she then lay, that she would recover, but she afterwards sank, and died on Saturday. The event involved, of course, another coroner's inquisition, which was to takeplace yesterday ; but in consequence of the verdict given in the former cases, arising from the same cause, having been somewhat severely commented upon publicly, and the witnesses in this case not being conveniently got together in time, (with such other additional evidence as may be deemed necessary to satisfy all parties interested) the inquiry was postponed until this day. We have heard but by mere rumour only, that the coroner himself has jury not put into a false position by his charge to the not having been reported, Some additional evidence as to the efficiency of the tank, and on other points will, we learn, be adduced. CUSTOMS REVENUE OF THE PORT OF LIVER POOL FOR THE YEAR ENDED STH JAN.,1816. The Customs Revenue of this port, for the year ended yesterday, we are enabled to state, has produced, as nearly as can at present be made out, the sum of £3,433,112, against -£4,487,661, the amount received last year, thus shewing a deficiency during the past year of £1,054,552. This would be a disheartening fact, as leading to the con clusion that the commerce of the port has declined in proportion to the customs revenue, were it not capable of being fully explained ; and to prevent any such misunder standine arising we proceed to shew how the deficiency in question has arisen. On the Bth of May, 1845, a bill received the Royal sssent repealing the duties upon a variety of raw materials, including the important item of cotton wool, a quantity of dyes and minerals furniture woods, &c. It came into operation, however, by an order in council on the 20th March, and the act has, therefore, had upwards of nine months' effect upon our customs. The article of cotton wool alone produced last year to, the customers of this port about £600,000. From this source, therefore, we may safely set down a loss of nearly £500,000 during the nine months, or little short of half the deficiency. The other articles upon which the duties were repealed, about 200 in number, will make up a considerable portion of the balance, though probably not the whole. For the re maining deficiency, therefore, we look to the alteration in the sugar duties, which, with several others provided for by the tariff act of the previous year. only came into full effect during the past twelve months. The loss of the revenue from these will more than make up the entire deficiency. In addition, however, it is known that the amended corn law has not this year produced so much as last year. Taking all these concurrent circumstances, therefore, into considerrtion, it is satisfactory to be able to assure ourselves that so far from any decrease in the commerce having taken place it has increased, and shows every sign of extendinc , itself still further. That this is the opinion of men better able to judge than ourselves, the efforts now making to provide increased dock and other accommodation for our shipping abundantly proves. CHURCH EXTENSION MEETING IN TOXTETH PARK, LAST NIGHT. A. meeting of the Operatives of Toxteth-park, was held last night, in St. 13tide's School-room, Grey-street, con vened for the purpoie of promoting the movement for Church Extension in the districts of St. James's, and St. Thomas's. Although the circulars were addressed to the operatives particularly, we were glad to observe a fair sprinkling of the leading tradesmen and gentry of the neighbourhood present. On the motion of Mr. Chilton, the Chair was taken by Mr. Glazebrook, one of the Councillors of Toxteth; who called upon the Rev. D. D. Stewart to ask a blessing, after which he opened the business of the evening in an appropriate speech, and then called upon the Rev. H. Hampton, incumbent of St. James's, to address the meeting. The Rev. Gentleman, in a most eloquent speech, to which, in the crowded state of our columns, we regret that we cannot do justice, laid before his hearers the im possibility of the clergy of the district performing their duty to their own satisfaction, or to the advantage of reli gion, from the impossibility of their visiting flocks so dis proportionately 1 arge compared with the number of pas tors. He referred to the zeal which members of the League and other parties displayed for the accomplish ment of political objects ; and called upon the merchants of Liverpool to make similar efforts for the advancement of religion and morality amongst the people. After an energetic appeal to the operatives to put their shoulder to the wheel and to help themselves—for the cause he told them was their own. He concluded by advising them to make an effort in the first instance to erect a church in Harrington, the worst and most destitute neighbourhood in the district. The Rev. WALTER BUTLER, Incumbent of St. Thomas's, after an able and feeling appeal, gave some most startling evidences, derived from his own experience and observa tion, as to the gross ignorance and irreligion which pre vailed in his district. _ _ The meeting was subsequently addressed by Mr. Keates (Newton, Lyon, and Co.), and by Mr. J. Torr, the treasurer, who laid down, for the guidance of the operations present, the best mode in which they might advance the good work. The Rev. D. D. STEWART fol lowed in a most eloquent speech, in which he showed that the Gospel is not preached until every man is provided with a seat in the house of God, which he can call his own, and with a paster to advise with him and to be his friend in all the difficulties of life. Mr. Stewart gave a most in teresting account of his own exertions in the neighbour hood, and concluded by paying a deserved compliment to the operations who had met at the Toxteth Hall. and had since volunteered so excellent a canvas of part of the district as to take half the labour off their hands. Thanks were then voted to the chairman, and the meeting separated. AMOUNT OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN TON NAGE SAILED OUTWARDS FROM LIVER POOL DURING THE YEARS 1843, 1844, & 1845. From a valuable compilation, made by Mr. Court, Se cretary to the Underwriters' Association of Liverpool, we gather the following Vessels British. Foreign. British. Foreign. Sailed outwards, 1813.. 2624 1092 .. 760,056 448,999 Do. 1844.. 2956 1028 .. 869,359 391,734 Do. 1845.. 2860 1232 .. 895,198 469,387 There has thus been a❑ increase in the number of British vessels, from 1843 to 1845, of 236, and of foreign vessels in the same period of 140. The increase of British ton nage has been 134,142 tons, or upwards of one-sixth in the two years; the increase in foreign tonnage 20,388 tons, or less than one-twentieth. We give, as likely to be of interest to our readers, the clearances outwards to the following places for the past year:-- British. Foreign. 25,431 967 2,355 43,140 1,903 238 8,055 14,857 10,598 571 12,266 none 13,611 none 23,088 none 17,709 3,983 13,898 none Vessels British. Foreign Africa . Boston. . . Brazil Charleston ...... 16 30 Constantinople Demerara Guano Ports . Halifax Italy and Sicily ll5 20 Jamaica .... 51 none Maranham Miramichi 23 none Mobile New Brunswick Newfoundland New Orleans 74 106 New York .. 30 192 Nova Scotia Pernambuco ..~ Philadelphia Quebec Rio . River Plate ....... St. Petersburgh... West Coast of 100 3 South America E.lndies, China, &c. 328 4 .. 132,390 2,298 The merest glance at the above will show how all-im portant to our shipping interests are those British colo nies, and those ancient allies of this country, whose con nection with us it is the fashion of our modern political economists to treat as worthless. 45 1 78 12 7,839 none 10,860 none 31,018 13,529 55,927 1,010 9,099 165 51,169 66,765 17,783 146,469 5,323 none 5,175 268 155 26,053 185,145 11,467 10,290 17,287 32,307 EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE none 5,973 213 3,105 TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, have just heard a fact which is so remarkably illustrative of Mr. M'Neile's sensible and practical argu ments against the "Alliance," that I think you will be doing good service to the cause of ecclesiastical good order defended by that reverend gentleman, if you will give insertion to it in your valuable journal. It is this : A dissenting minister of some note in this town, who was present at the late meeting of the alliance at the amphi theatre. has since refused to pay his quota of church-rate. When remonstrated with upon the subject and pressed by the apostle's injunction to give tribute to whom tribute is due, he defended himself on the plea that though bound by the scripture to pay tribute for secular matters, he could not, with a safe conscience, submit to this ecclesias tical impost. Yet, doubtless, he is ready to join the forth coming meetings of the alliance, and to speak honied words to churchmen. How can members of the estab lished church be so deluded as to imagine that a so-called alliance with such men can have any other result than to add to our unhappy divisions by separating churchmen from churchmen? Is not this the resuit really desired by many, that in the end, the church of England may be more and more weakened ? If we had a general election month, would not a large majority of the dissenting mem bers of the alliance support Romanist, or Soci Lian, or in fidel candidates, if they were voluntaries and free-traders, in opposition to really Christian men, if they were con scientious and zealous churchmen? _ No doubt of it.—l am, sir, with awakened jealousy for our venerable establishment, yours, &c., SPECTATOR. . BUILDING STATISTICS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD SIR,—I beg to forward for insertion in your paper the particulars of the number of Houses erected in each year since 1838, within the borough of Liverpool,— 1838. I 1839. I 1840. I 1841. 11842. I 1843. 118 1 1. I lov; I Tmol Hs. I Hs. Hs.l Hs . I Hs. I I Hs. Hs. I Hs. Hous,s I 1052 997 1577 I 1761 I 2027 I 1390 2450 I 3728 I 14,912 I am, Sir, yours truly, WILLIAM RISIITON, Surveyor of Buildings District Building Surveyor's Office, Liverpool, Jan. 5, 1846. It will be seen that a sermon by the Rev. 3. H. Stew art is in the press on the important subject of brotherly love. COMMITTMENTS, YESTERDAY, AT THE POLICE COURT.—A female, named Ann Welsh, who had obtained, under false pretences, a quantity of bread, beef, groceries, &c., at different shops, in the name of Mrs. Murgrove, of 51, Elizabeth-street. She was sent for trial at the ses sions.—A girl, named Mary Barrington, and a man, Wm. M`Donald, were sent to the House of Correction, for three months, for stealing two table-eh tls from a public house, in Bath-street.—Wm. Powell, for stealing a piece of beef from a shop in Burlington-street, was sent for trial at the sessions. _ _ INQUESTS BEFORE MR. CURRY, I'HE BOROUGH CO RONER, YESTERDAY.-011 the body of John Read, aged 21 years, who lived in Fllen-grove, Smithdown-lane. On Thursday the clothes of the deceased took fire, and he died from the injuries on Saturday. The deceased was in a room by himself at the time, and a fire was on. Verdict—Death by fire, but how it arose no evidence. — On Elizabeth Roberts, an infant, Beresford-street, Ever ton, who was found dead in bed on Saturday morning; and on Agnes Fisher, an infant, Rice-place, Rice-street, found dead in a similar way. Verdict—ln both cises, from the evidence of the surgeons who, made post-mortem examinations, " died from convulsions."—On Margaret Chadwick, an infant, who had been some time ill. Ver dict—Died from consumption.—On Luke Cluskey, aged 56, who resided in New Milk-street. He had been com plaining of his chest, and had been in bad health for some time. On Saturday morning he complained of pain in his left arm, which increased until he died in four hours afterwards. Verdict, after examination of the body— " Natural death." James Rowland, Esq., of May-gate, Oldham, has been appointed a magistrate of the county of Lancaster. On Saturday, a female, named Margaret Lunt, aged 54, drowned herself in the canal, near Burlington-bridge. A verdict of felo de se was returned at the inquest. The ship Emperor, built by Messrs. Humble and Mil crest, of this port, arrived in the Downs on the 25th ult., having completed the voyage to Bombay and back, in cluding a month's detention at Bombay, in the short space of two hundred and twenty days. ADDITIONAL MAILS TO SOUTH AMERICA. - The vessels of war proceeding to South America, we are glad to learn, by a letter from the Admiralty to Alderman J. B. Moore, chairman of the Liverpool and Brazilian As ciation, are to be in future made available for the convey ance of letters, which will be a great eccommodation to merchants and others having connexions with the ports in that portion of the globe. THE LEAGUE FUND.—This subscription has now reached £74,000. Amongst the subscriptions is one of £lOOO from Messrs. Richard, John, and Alfred Penning ton, of Hindley, gentlemen of Conservative political opi nions, but as their liberal subscription sufficiently indi cates, thorough free-traders. Mr. Wm. Brown, of Li verpool." one of the future representatives of South Lan cashire," as he bag been called by Mr. Cobden, 11 , ..a also given £lOOO. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1846 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING, JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53, Grove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street. At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERTOOL. Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. Newton not Co , Warwick-square ; Barker and White, Fleet-street Deacon, Walbrook ; Reynell, Chancery-lane; Charles Barker. Birchin-lane ; Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornbill; den Hammond. L'7, Lombard-street; Mitchell, 8, Red Mon' court, Fleet-street ; Lewis and Lowe, 3, Castle-court, Corn hill; at the London Commercial Cofiee-house, Mincing-lane) at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, C orn hill ; Ch ap t e r COP fee-house, Paternoster-row; North and South American Coffee.house, Threadneedle-street; Parsons, g, Ave-Marla' lane, London; Johnston and Co., Eden Quay, Dublillf. Wheeler, Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewis, Market-stlce_ Manchester; Haddock, a n d J. and W. B oo th, Bookseller...l Warrington; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston ; and Wright S P- Damn, Herald-office, Birmingham, . _ . Terms of Subscription for this paper :—On creel' one year, £1 3s. ; half-year, 111. 64.—1 f paid 0 advance—one year, fl Is.; half-year, 101. 64. ANTIDOTE TO THE FAMINE-CRY OF THE LEAGUE. We have again and again repeated our conviction, de rived from the best sources of information, and even vouched for by the state for weeks past of our leading corn-markets, that the cry of scarcity, with which the hirelings of the League have been attempting to fright the country from its calm senses, is utterly without foudation. We are glad to be enabled to adduce, in proof of our posi tion, the following paragraph from the annual circular of a leading provision firm in this town—Messrs. Adams and Banks :—" Nothing," remark these gentlemen, " can be said at present about the corn trade, except that it is a great hardship for all classes connected with it, to have a momentous business like it virtually suspended either by want of confidence, or defection in legislative enectments. The quantity of bread stuff coming from the United States is great, so that with the bonded grain now in the kingdom and that on the way, the granaries in En.oland are likely to be sufficiently stored for the consumption of the country until the next harvest. We may add, from good authority, that the quantity of unthrashed corn in farmers' hands throughout the coun try is imprecedentedly large. MURDER AT ST. HELEN'S On Saturday last an inquest was held at St. Helen's, on the body of John Cunliffe, who came to his death under the following appalling circumeances :—The de ceased was a shoemaker, about thirty years of age, in the employ of Mr. Sims, and was a cripple wearing a wooden leg. Thomas Wilkinson, a man in the same employ, de posed that on Thursday last, about half-past one.o'clock, John Fairclough (the prisoner present) went to Mr. Sims' shop and asked the deceased if he had three half pence to give or lend him ; he said he had not ; the prisoner then asked deceased, " dost thou remember the time when I had to pay ss. for thee ?" deceased replied, " aye, and if thou does not mind thine eye I will make thee pay another 55." After that witness heard a blow struck, and on looking round both men were on the floor, the prisoner uppermost; the deceased had the prisoner's thumb in his mouth : Mr. Sims' brother, who was pre sent, took up a piece of wood, and threatened to strike the deceased unless he let go the prisoner's thumb; he did let go the thumb. Witness then went into the house adjoining to inform the master. On his return in a few seconds he met the deceased staggering across the yard ; on asking him what was the matter, deceased replied that he was stabbed ; witness went after the prisoner and had him apprehended. Mr. Samuel Sims corroborated the evidence of the last witness, and stated that after the prisoner and deceased got up witness left them both stand ing in the shop, and went into the house to tell his brother. lie immediately returned, and saw the prisoner come out of the shop and walk down the passage; the deceased fol lowed, cryins out, "oh, I'm stabbed ;" he staggered and fell down ; blood was coming from his mouth ; both wit ness and his brother ran for a surgeon, and Mr. Gas kell's son was in attendance in about half a minute. The other witness, Wilkinson, came shortly afterwards with a police-officer, and on searching witness found the knife (which he produced) under the seat where the deceased had sat ; it was witness' own knife, which he left on his seat on going into the house; it was bloody, and the edge snipt ; the knife was pe , fectiv smooth not five minutes before, when witness used it; witness' seat was ab,,ut three yards from the place where he found the knife. Mr. Gaskell, surgeon, deposed that he found the deceased bleeding profusely from a large wound in the back. be tween the left shoulder blade and the backbone. Witness probed the wound, and found that it had passed into the cavity of the chest, between the seventh and eighth ribs ; witness bandaged the wound, but the deceased never spoke ; shortly after he became nearly pulseless, and was gradually sinking until half-past eleven o'clock the same night, when he died. Witness made a post mortem exa mination, and on opening the chest found a wound in the inferior lobe of the left lung ; there was also between thirty and forty ounces of blood in the cavity of the chest, which bad flowed from the wound in the lung; this was the cause of death ; the wound was about five inches in depth and two inches in breadth externally ; no human aid could have saved the deceased. Mr. Storey. super intendent of police, stated that on Friday morning the prisoner was informed that Cunliffe was dead, when he began to make a statement, but was cautioned ; the prisoner, however, persisted in making it, and he said he went with the intention of buying a last at Sims' shop, although he did not mention it there; he asked Samuel Sims to lend him three half-pence, who said he had got no motley; a strange man was in the shop at the time whom he did not know; he then asked Cunliffe to lend him three half-pence ; that they had some angry words, and Cun liffe and he got to quarreling ; that Cunliffe struck him (the prisoner) and they both went down together; at that time Sims and the other man went out of the shop ; that they then both stood up in the attitude of fighting, and the deceased struck at him with a knife, which prisoner afterward took from him ; that Cunliffe bit his thumb when they were both down together, and after he had taken the knife from Cunliffe he was stooping down for something else to strike prisoner with, when he struck the deceased on the back with the knife which he had pre viously taken from deceased ; that he threw the knife away but did not know where ; the prisoner also stated that the deceased threatened to kill him, The jury returned a ver dict of wilful murder, and the pri s o n er was committed to take his trial at the assizes. THE GUANO TRADE.—From the annual circular of Messrs. Connell and Company, of Glasgow, we find that the stock of this valuable fertilizer, in the ports of Scot land, at the close of the year, was as follows, viz.:— Peruvian. 337 tons; lchaboe, 41,171 tons; other sorts, 13,437 tons; total, 57,173 tons. The stock in Liverpool is, Peruvian, 14,000 tons ; Ichaboe, 48,068 ; other sorts, 18,105 ; total, 80,173. The exhaustion of the stock at Ichaboe, and the small chance which there appears to ex ist of any further valuable deposits in the African seas, have given an upward impulse to the market : and prices are now, for Peruvian, £lO ; best Ichaboe, £7 15 ; and for the inferior qualities of Saldanah Bay, Ac., £4 10 to £6 per ton. CHESTER CATHEDRAL—This venerable structure, which has for a considerable period been undergoing an almost complete renovation, will be re-opened for divine worship this day. The alterations and repairs have been made under the superintendence of Messrs. Furniss and Kilpin, of this town, to whom the Dock Committee ren dered much assistance by allowing the use of some of their largest stoves for the steamin g of their heavy timber. The re-opening will be marked by many circumstances of interest. Most of the leading families in Cheshire will be present. The choir will perform a full service, and the Lord Bishop of the diocese will preach. His lordship, we understand, has requested all the canons of the cathedral to be present on the occasion ; and, indeed, all the officers, clerical and lay, of this venerable foundation will give their attendance. We ought to add that a considerable portion of the funds bave been contributed by subscription. LAUNCH OF THE " BIRKENHEAD" FRIGATE.—This splendid vessel, of which an original description was given in the STANDARD last week, was launched from Mr. Laird's yard. in the presence of an immense assem blage of spectators, of the most distinguished rank, amongst whom were Marquis and Marchioness of West minster, Lord Gilbert Grosvenor, Lady Grosvenor, Earl of Sefton, Earl of Wilton, Lord Delamere, Lord Gordon, Hon. E. J. Stanley, Sir W. M. Stanley, Hon. Mr. Chol mondely, Hon. C. Forrester, Sir P. Egerton, M.P., W. Tattoo Egerton, Esq., M.P., Lady Grey Egerton. Lady Charlotte Egerton, Sir E Cust, Lady Cust, John Stan ley, Esq., and lady. J. R. Shaw, of Arrowe ; R. Leicester, Esq., of Tott : J. Dixon, Esq., of Arthe ; W. Mainfzar ne, Esq., Mrs. Davenport, of Caperthorne, Master I) ivenport, James Loch, Esq.. M.P.: Lord Francis Egerton's sons, and J. Ireland Blackburn, Esq., M.P. Shcirtly after eleven o'clock the Marchioness of West minster having christened the vessel the " Birkenhead" with a bottle of wine, the noble craft slowly glided, in the most majestic manner, into the water, amid the cheers of the assembled thousands, the band playing " Rule Britannia." The distinguished party afterwards ad- ..... _ . journed to one of the work-rooms, neatly fitted up, where a sumptuous repast, prepared by Mr. Hilliar, of the Monks' Ferry Hotel, was laid out, after partaking of which, the Chairman (John Laird, Esq..) proposed the health of the Queen, which having been duly honoured, the chairman proposed the health of the noble lady who had christened the ship, and alluded to the fact of the ap pointment of her son to a distinguished post in the yes el. The Marquis of Westminster, in returning thanks, rejoiced that the Admiralty had thought it right to pay the compliment so justly due to the rising enterprise of the town of Birkenhead, by giving to their vessel the same name; and, he was sure, all around him would con cur in the hope that that vessel, now first swimming o:1 the waters, would, hereafter, be, in all her voyages, auc ebasful in peace and prosperous in war. His lordship then proposed the health of Mr. Laird, for which that gentle man returned thanks in feeling terms. Jan. 6, 1846. LAST NIGHT'S MAIL. The address to her Majesty by the Macor and Corpo ration of Dublin, on the subject of the food-laws, is the theme of general comment in the city, and it appears to be the prevalent opinion that it will materially strengthen Sir Robert Peel's hands in repealing the duty on corn, should he be so inclined. Martha Browning and Samuel Quennell were executed yesterday morning. MARK LANE CORN MARKET-YESTERDAY At this day's market there was a short supply of English Wheat, which enabled factors to realise a further advance of Is per quarter ouer the currency of this day week. Free foreign goes off in retail at late rates. Bonded held firmly, but few transactions were reported. There was no change in the value of barley, malt, beans, or pease, all steadily maintain our previous currency. . _ Our arrivals of oats are small this week. Necessitous buyers, in partial cases, had to pay 6(.1 per quarter more money; but all buyers act so completely on the reserve that the advance can hardly be quoted as general. SMITHFIELD MARKET-YESTERDAY. Since this day se'nnight the imports of live stock into Lon don have been moderately good, they having amounted to 40 oxen and cows, together with 114 sheep from Rotterdam ; while from Schiedam, per the Attwood, we have received 47 oxen, 30 cows, 1 bull, 300 sheep, and two pigs, in for the most part fair average condition. To-day we had on sale 40 foreign beasts and 190 sheep. The former found buyers at from .t - 16 to .22, the latter 35s to 34s per head. At the o u tp or t s 70 b eas t s an d 100 sheep have been received from Holland. From Our own grain districts, the arrivals of beasts fresh up this morning were moderate. The beef trade was somewhat inactive, at about stationary prices. The bullock drtiVes from the northern counties comprised 1000 short horns; from the eastern districts 300 Scots, short horns, &c. ; from the western and midland 900 Herefords, De vons, runts, &c. ; from other parts of England, 400 of various breeds ; and from Ireland 120 beasts. The numbers of sheep were again limited, owing to which the mutton trade was firm ; the best old Downs producing 5s 2d per lib. . Calves were in short supply, and steady demand, at very full The pork trade ruled steady, but no improvement can be noticed in the value. PRICES OF STOCKS, &c.— YFSI FR DAY. Public securities have been firmer this morning, and the price of Consols has partially . recovered from the depression of last week. The opening price was 94i since which they have been done at 94k, and are now 944 buyers. Reduced Thre-and-a-Quarter New at 27i, Exchequer-bills 26 21, and In (ha Bonds 38 pm. The movement in foreign bonds has been but partial. Mexican have been done at 31Z the Deferred 17i, Peruvian 41i, Spanish Passive 6/, Austrian 112, and Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., 60k. LONDON SHARE MARKET-YESTERDAY. The condition of the Share market continues more healthy, and there is to-day a rally in some of the quotations. Eastern Counties are up to 23 and 234, Edinburgh and Glasgow to SO, Caledonian to 15k, Aberdeen to 64, Scotch Midland to 61, Brighton to 69, South Eastern to 40 and 404, Ceylon I* to 14 4 Boulogne andAmiens l2i to 13, and Orleans and Bourdeaux 12. MEMORIAL RELATIVE TO THE NIGHTLY CLOSING OF THE MARKETS.—Yesterday, a memorial, (which has for a short time been before the public) urging the earlier closing of the public markets, was presented to our worthy Mayor by Mr. Flower. It was signed by 627 shop-keepers, besides medical men and others, including many of the market people themselves, and suggested that the closing hour should be seven o'clock every night, excepting Saturday, when these marts might be kept open until nine o'clock. Mr. Flower was most graciously re ceived by his worship, who expressed himself strongly in favour of earlier hours of closing, and promised his best endeavours; but as it appeared that many of the market people, though they fully agreed to the proposed closing at 7 o'clock on the first five nights of the business week, considered that they should be open until eleven on Sa turday night—the probability is that a compromise will be come to, to divide the difference,—so that the finishing hour on that night will be ten o'clock. We should strongly urge upon the members of the council the propriety of assenting to the prayer of this memorial, modifiified perhaps as to Saturday nights. There are, it is well known difficulties with respect to the mode of payment of working men on this night which, as human nature is constituted, are not easily got over ; and we should be only too glad to get the best terms practicable, without stickling for perfection in our social arrangements. Nearly a hundred of the distressed emigrants alluded to in our last sailed for New York, in the Fidelia, on Saturday. Twenty have returned to their homes, and thirteen are still detained at Southampton by illness. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION.-Our readers will perceive that Dr. Rimbault will open the lecture season next Fri day, with a course of musical lectures, in which he will be assisted by Miss Thornton, of London, one of the most charming ballad-singers of the day, Mr. Barnett, the cele. brated Manchester tenor, and the highest local talent. In deed' the array of lecturing talent advertised to appear a this institution has never been previously surpassed, and deserves, as we are sure from former experience it will re• ceive, the most extended support. THE GERMAN DWARFS. - T hese three natives of Ger many, and members of one family, who have been in this country about twelve months, made their appearance at the Concert-hall, Lord Nelson-street, on Wednesday evening last, before a numerous and respectable audience. The curious little people went through their performances in a highly creditable manner. Mr. Malone Raymond's sketches of Irish character, together with the illustrations of Mrs. Raymond and daughter, make the evening spent at the hall an extremely agreeable one. Some of our contemporaries have stated that Mr. Raymond pays them £2,000 a year. RAILWAY PROPERTY.—The gradnal development of railway property is best shown by the increase in its re tnrns, and the year 1845 has been marked by extraor dinary success in that respect. Taking the present lines as 50 in number, and only 1800 miles in length, their weekly receipts averaged during the summer m on th s a b ou t £BO,OOO for passengers, nearly £30.000 for goods, and above £60,000 for " goods and passengers" combined (some of the companies keeping their accounts so imper fectly as to defy the statistician, but this sum being on "goods" lines rather than "passengers lines," the greater e o df above to be for s a ) o ; d t a he w se ee m m a y k i e n a total . c p r a e r a t s e m o a f y weekly be 3 o receipt,aososOur n oyer the corresponding week of 1844. In the winter months the passenger receipts are less, but the weekly receipts exhibit a l arge i ncrease over 1841 ;-- thus, in December last, our week's receipts were ; for passengers, £58,000 • for goods, £30,000 ; and f or goo d s and passengers, £30,000, making a total weekly receipt of about £llB,OOO, and an increase over the corresponding week of last year of above £lB,OOO. Taking then for 1800 miles of railway £130,000, as a mean total receipt week, we have a total yearly receipt of about .£6,750,000 for passengers and goods, and taking only £20,000 as a mean weekly increase over 1844, we have a yearly increase of above £1,000,000. As to the goods, taking a mean weekly receipt £30,000, and only a moiety of the other £60,000 ( amalgamated for " passengers and goods"), together making as a mean weekly receipt for goods £60,000 at least, the total yearly receipt for goods would be about £3,000,000 sterling, of an average of Id. per mile per ton. W hen the 3600 miles already sanctioned, and not less than 5000 to be sanctioned in the next session, are completed, wills the increase consequent on increased trade, who can doubt but that this species of property will fast supersede other investments, and that the subject will, if it does not now, interest every one?—Railway Carryiug and Carriers' Law. COLLEGIATE BAZAAR.—We are glad to find this Ba zaar announced to take place in Easter-week. I. will be upon a greater scale than anything of the kind previously held in Liverpool, end, from the high patronage which it enjoys, will, in all probability, be very productive, and thus enable the directors to procure for the members the benefit of a good and extensive lending library. The af fair has our warmest wishes, and we commend it accord ingly to the attention of our fair friends, feeling conscious how much of its success it must owe to the operation of their delicate fingers. TWELFTH NIGHT CAKES.—Mr. Horsfall, of Church street, has this year manufactured a number of these de licious cakes. In consequence of the immense demand of last year he has speculated more largely, and we may venture to anticipate, from their general reputation, a great sale. They will be displayed this evening, (Twelfth Night). MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. JANUARY. HOUR• 6, William Guy Taylor and Co. (2nd) District Court, 1 2 6. John Lea an , Co. (special) Ditto, 12 9, William Neilson (special) 13, William Occleston, 2nd District Court, 1 1 13. George Atkins Ditto, 11 16, Frederick Corduroy, 2nd 16, Robert Headlington, Ist 17, Benjamin Baldwin, 2nd. Court of Bankruptcy, London, 12 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKE l', JAN. 5. The demand for Cotton continues to be good,anci,prices are well supported. Since stock-taking a partial advance has takers place. The sales to-day reach 6010 bales, all to the trade. The quantity offered is only just sufficient to give the purchasers e fair choice. The import is coming in freely, and several vesselg are daily reported from Cotton ports. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JAN. 5. Our Butter trade still continues in a state of great depressiofr and prices nominally as last quoted. Beef without alteration• Pork is in demand, and prices rather look up. ,-,,,,mcfs==ra LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 5. We have had a fair supply of Beasts at market to-day, with a small supply of Sheep ; the whole sold at high prices. Wit' ton 74 to 7/d per lb. Beef 64 to 6id.