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

TO CORRESPONDENTS Notwithstanding th. nes of J. H. we must r nnrit tanbatt. TUESDAI 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 article 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 corn and whose probable progress has been va- The circular of an extensive Li- spoken of yerpou " A reference of the tible 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 The American cure has quite superseded Irish, and attention in shipping a well-selected article is now only required to gained it no period duringthe past likely to go off at about presmt rates. The new has found purchasers for so far, ex ship, at full prices where tine ; iea will now increase, lower rates way be but as the sur 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 quotati , ns are nearly nominal, as Irish cure are taken by ships in preference, though at several shil ling; per barrel higher. Cheese has continued to show a very decided improve ment in qualify. Increased imports have met a steady, regular demand, at 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 be 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'ed ; 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 by 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 cargr:ws 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 the 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. CHURCH EXTENSION MEETING IN TOXTETH PAIiK, LAST NIGHT. A. meeting of the Operatives of Toxteth-park, was held last night, in St. Bride's School-room, Grey-street, con vened for the purpose 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, Incumbentof 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. STEWALtT 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, 1841, & 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, 1843.. 2624 109... 760,056 448,999 Do. 1844.. 2956 1028 .. 869 , 359 391,734 Do. 1845.. 2860 1232 .. 895,198 469,387 There has thus been an 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 • Vessels. Tons. British. Foreign. British. Foreign. 93 9 .. 25,431 967 Africa Boston. Brazil 6 76 8 1 2,355 43,140 1,903 238 Charleston Constantinople .... 59 2 .. 10,598 571 Demerara ........ 42 none 12,266 none Guano Ports ...... 49 none .. 13,611 none Halifax ....... 56 none .. 23,088 none Italy and Sicily.... 115 20 17,709 3,983 Janiaica 51 none .. 13,898 none Maranbam .. Miramichi .. Mobile ..... 19 none .. 7,839 none 23 none .. 10,860 none 39 23 .. 31.018 13,529 New Brunswick lO6 1 .. 55,927 1,010 Newfoundland 63 1 .. 9,099 165 New Orleans 74 106 .. 51,169 66,765 New York Nova Scotia Pernambuco Philadelphia Quebec Rio River Plate.... St. Petersburgb 7B 12 .. 17,287 3,105 West Coast of 100 3 32,307 585 South America S .. E.lndies,China,B;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. EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE 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 hound 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 Socit,ian, 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. ..er. BUILDING STATISTICS TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. beg to forward for insertion in your paper the particulars of the number of Houses erected in each year since 1838, within the bnrough of Liverpool,— 1838. 1 1839. 1 1840. 11841. 1 1842. 11843. I 1844. Il ai I Totro Hs. 1 Hs. 1 Hs. 1 Hs . 1 Hs. I Its. Hs. I Its. 1032 1 997 1 1577 1 1761 1 2027 1390 1 2450 1 3728 1 14,912 I am, Sir, yours truly, WILLIAM RISHTON, Surveyor of Buildings. District Building Surveyor's Office, Liverpool, Jan. 5. 1846. y.tu~i~r~ MORMNG, 6, 1816 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 tF e past year, wit h determination Pound to no party, but to do our duty t 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 snccessful 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 jects, which 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 he 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 aivertizer, 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. We had no personal obj 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 prospects of the year upon which we have just entered. As the chief in importance, we turn first to the year's history of the great staple trade of the port—the cotton trade. Messrs. Wrigley and Son, in their circular, thus 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 steadiness 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 ld. per lb. The A new year has just opened upon us, pregnant year opened under very favourable auspices; cotton was with more important problems to be solved, and low in price, all descriptions of food moderate, and as a difficulties to be surmounted, than ever before pre consequence of these two important elem en t s , trade was sented themselves, in any one year, throughout the in a healthy and improving condition. As spinners found hi story o f B r i t i s legislation. And brief, more opportunities of making contracts for yarn, they supplied over, has been the warning given to us of their ap themselves freely with cotton, so that the progressive im provement in trade during the first three quarters of the proach, and short the period which is left for states year, induced them to hold far larger stocks of cotton manship to devise and to act in the emergency, than they were ever known to possess at any former which circumstances ha' e partly hurried on, and period ; indeed, they may be said to have bought during which it has partly created for itself. A few months the first nine months more than sufficient for their annual consumption. I ago, the political horizon was without a cloud, save That the general prosperity of trade should not have that small one in the "far west" which was seized enhanced the value of the raw material in a greater degree, upon as the pretext of sending " a message of may be accounted for by the heavy crop of 1844, and the peace" to disaffected popery in Ireland. A minis his country; more- mati conseq uent accumulation of stock in t try, stronger than ever, held the helm of the state, whici over, the desire to secure the handsome profit on importa tions, was an inducement to bring the cotton freely on the sate secure and confident in office. Prosperity al- with 'g r a le in ss s market, so that the periods of extensive speculation, of most unbounded, extended through every branch which there were some duric; the year, passed away of industry and commerce. We had a full exche• without giving any material impulse to prices." quer, full garners, and unexampled credit, amidst The same influential firm account, in part, for which, the national enterprise put forth all its ener- THE CORPORATION SCHOOLS.—An evening school for adults is about being opened by the Education Commit this feature in the trade in the same way as we have gies for the developement of the country's resources done several times, when remarking in the columns and the people's social am elioration and comfort. tee of Corporation T ion o; c ri llo C a uncil, in connection with the South of the Liverpool Standard upon the inordinate spe- Yet this vast and imposing fabric of power and At the meetine of the council to-morrow, Mr. Alder culations in railway shares, which we viewed as prosperity, the caprice of one man—its chief ar- man Bramley Moore will bring forward a motion for the a timely safety valve, provided to check, and, chitect — has been suffic ient to destroy, and without gran tin g o f five hundred g uineas, for the Dis p enoaries, at the worst, more harmless in its results than even a glimmering of the r e ason which can have out of the surplus fund. We sincerely hope it will be would have been the application :of the surplus ca- brought about so total a chang e in his p olitical con- TITHEti . c OMMUTATION.—It appears from an official pital of the manufacturing community to an enor- victions and purposes, the country has, within the statement of the averages for the seven years to Christmas mous extension of their means of producing manu- last three weeks, seen the helm put down. and the last, which have been published in the London Gazette, factured fabrics. vessel of the state directed upon a new course, l viz.:—Wheat 7s. 4d., Barley 4s. 111, Oats 2s. 9d. per "It is fortunate," they say, " for those engaged in the which its steersman, throughout his past public imperial bushel ;—that each £lOO or rent-charge will, for cotton trade that the abundance of unemployed capital life, has declared to be full of dangerous shoals, and the year 1846, amount to £lO2 I7s. M e or about one per obtained vent in the multitude of new schemes to which to lead to assured destruction of its most valued in- cent. less than last year. the difficulty of finding profitable investment gave rise; stitutions, and the comfort, the liberties, and the NOTICE.—At the police-court, yesterday , a man was had this new channel not been opened, there is little charged with stealing a sack of oats , which was found in his cellar, in Simpson-street. The property was identi doubt that all sorts of produce would have become the happiness of the people. fied, and he would have been committed forthwith for objects of speculation , and more disastrous results have At the instigation , and as the ac t, we re p eat, of onewws berriesstated by v i n o a tt l e e r v e t 2 r ( ;a l l b ; but o asl yellow ensued, by causing distress amongst the labouring com- man, the legislature, in the approaching session, is munity, than is likely to follow the unprecedented extra- about to venture upon the momentous experiment of reign cigars, ye were also found a a in the place, and for o w f hic ° l; vagance of the recent railway bubbles, the failure of remodeling the entire social fabric, and reversing owners had not yet been found, he was remanded, to give which is more immediate)y felt by the middle classes." completely that policy which has characterised the le- i time for enquiry. Another circumstance which checked an advance gislation of Great Britain for centuries; under which IMPORTANT TO VOTERS FOR COUNTIES.—We are confidently informed that a bill is in preparation, and will in the raw material was the fact of the crop ex- she has grown up to be first in arts, in arms, in m be e b nt rour e t o f i ?..r e w ct ar o d f e w ar h lr c l i n i t s he t ensuing session of parlia. ceeding in amount the general anticipations. The commerce, and territorial greatnes4, amongst the op o r f ev v e o n ti t ng th f e or s n a o m un e house American American crop, variously estimated at the corn- nations of the world, Who can look forward to or other property j giving the right mencement of the year 2,100,000 and 2,200,000 the issue of that experiment without a feeling of more titan two persons at the same time. We do not bales, is now found to be (we take the figures trepidation and of doubt ? The repeal of the ex- know whether the bill will have a retrospective effect or from the circular of Messrs. Heywood and Mac- isting system of protection to the native producer w not ; if it should, the labours of the Anti-corn-law League Viccar) 2,394,500 bales, exclusive of 25,900 bales o f f oo d, is virtually a revolution which must °lie• ill have been almost in vain. from Texas. The same firm, from whose cir- Q t UALlF f ir fu ! 1 QUALIFY !! QUALIFY !!!—VOtes are the rate upon the fortunes and the social position of cular we first quoted, thus wind up their account of "'ve be of arguments; and if the Protection Som. every man, woman, and child, throughout the Bri- eties rnos would useful bodies, they will immediately take the year, and state their opinions of the prospects tish every and ultimately change and re-distribute steps to multiply votes! If they would compel a govern of the present : the elements of which our social fabric itself is 1 merit by a gentle restraint to adopt, or would support it " The partial failure of the harvest and the injurious composed. Nor can it stop here. It deals not lin the . pursuit of, a particular line of policy, let the Con effects of the railway mania in deranging the operations of ' servatives make their opinions known through the number only with financial considerations ' and the re-ar- and the unmistakeable tone of their votes. The electors the money market, having given a severe check during the last two or three months to the prosperity of the rangement of the relative positions and privileges , rule representatives, and the representatives guide the cotton trade, consumers, during that period, have been of the various classes into which the community is minister. There is no time.to be lost. A general elec working up their stocks of cotton, and it is now calculated divided, but will effect also an entire change in those tion is at hand ; and unless qualifications are secured by the 31st instant, the effort will be too late. that the quantity on hand in the country does not exceed feelin s and associations—prejudices if you will— ALGERlA.—Despatche3 have been received from this that held at the same period last year. Almost all the of the national heart, upon which the institutions of quarter to the 25th ult. They announce that on the 18th old mills, which had been for some time standing, being the country have been based, and by which, for General Bedeau had a warm engagement on the left bank at work again, several new ones erected, and the con suming power still extending, there is a considerable in- centuries, they have been secured. Upon wealth of the Iser, with Ben Salem, who had advanced within sight of Algiers. The Arabs were completely routed, crease in the consumption for the year ;it is estimated at embarked in the ownership of the soil is founded with the loss of 40 killed, and in their flight abandoned a 157,781 bales, or 3,031 per week. The weekly consume- those feelings of traditional respect with which we q uantity of arms and ammunition. In the province of lion of 1844, was 27,326 bales ; during the present year it look upon that order in whose hands we have placed Oran General Korte accomplished some successful razzias. has reached 30,360 bales. a third share in the administration of the national which were fo l l owed b y the submission of numerous Although the new year may be ushered in with pros- tribes. Marshal Bugeaud was at Ain Paskeira, eight pects somewhat less encouragine perhaps than the last, affairs, and with whom , p rinci p all y , we have sur still we see no cause for despondency. Our unusually rounded the person of the sovereign—amongst leagues from Teniet-el-Had, where he had proceeded to procure a supply of provisions with the intention of form heavy stock of cotton, and the certainty of a good crop whom have we been accustomed to look for our ing a junction with General Joussouf, who was still in having been again secured in A 3 clic , are sufficient most em i nen t s t a tesmen an d th e l e aders of our army pursu it o f Abd-el.Kader in the south. g uarantee for moderate prices during die next twelve and our fleets. Concedethat months; the clouds too, in the political horizon seem to be gradually dispersing, and although we may have to .severe. will be struck at the landed aristocracy of well-dressed young man, named John Martin Kelsh, was contend against the effect of a scarcity of agricultural pro- the country, by the repeal of the corn laws, and yesterday charged before Mr. Rushton with this offence. It appeared that he had gone to Mr. Joseph Blain, sta duce, it is to be hoped that this will in some decree be you concede the wakening of the power of the neutralized by liberal and enlightened measures about to house o: peers to withstand the aggression of de- Li l o tr, n South are o of C r t I e st i Lockett,t, and merchant,obta i obtained e d K a tn l o oa s n tre of e t 2 s . we . be introduced during the ensuing parliamentary session." rnocracy, and thus destroy the nicely adjusted ba- had also obtained 2s. from Mr. Isaac Jones Drill;nore, The profits reaped by the spinners during the lance and counter-check of the three branches of watchmaker, Hanover-street, in the name of Mr. Smith, year may be estimated by the fact mentioned in the constitution. That the strikinX of a sudden wine-merchant. The representations made were, in Messrs. Heywood and MacViccar's circular, that blow is the object contetnplated as the result of each case, that he was in the employ of the parties named, and that it was wanted for an immediate imtnergency or at one time of the year they were realizing from 2d. the removal of protection from agriculture is noto- I convenience to save time. Neither of the parties whom to 3d. per lb ! rious. It is evident, from the tone in which the ad- he said he represented had authorised the request, nor. Another rapidly rising trade in Liverpool, whose vocates of free trade launch their philippics against indeed, knew aught of the prisoner. The prisoner, who prosperity may fairly be stated to form a fair index the, landlords, rather than at the law which protects attempted an impudent and improbable defence, was com of that of important masses of the community is the'in. . Ostensibly, the triumphs of the league is , milted for trial at the sessions. the wool trade. We give the state of this trade one which is to• secure a better and a cheaper sup- it At a meeting iv s cr thofatthe Londo f n li)o t ck o ro h m e pa d n l y last w . ee o t from Messrs. Gartside and Co.'s annual circular : ply of food for the people :in reality, it is one whose be w p a r s es r entea to the c a h p arr e m e a o n ort a he e cou t rt of i di a re e c o to f rs 43 the " From the commencement of the year until the month result is to unable:democracy to plant its heel upon deputy chairman, and treasurer ; and that to each of the of October we experienced a good demand for all de- the prostrate form of aristocracy and obtain a pre- directors a piece of plate of the value of £lOO be presented, scriptions of wool ; since that period very little has been ponderating inquence over the direction of national as . a testimony of the high approbation of the court of pro done. The extent of railway speculation during the prietors. [We should be proud to see some movement earlier part of the year and its subsequent effects, the affairs. made for presenting similar testimonials to the chairman, supposed failure in the potato crop, the changes in the This is the movement, at the head of which Sir deputy chairman, and other mumbers of our owu dock ministry, and the probabilities of an American war, have Robert Peel has so unaccountably placed himself. committee. Their comprehensive views and practical de all tended to destroy confidence, and have caused the This—the reduction of the proud and honoured termination to meet, and even anticipate, the wantapf woollen manufacturers to reduce their consumption of - the port are beyond all praise, and ought not to be for= the raw material, and they are in many cases working aristocracy of Great Britain—of the descendants of gotten. The effective services of the secretary, treasurer, short time. the warriors of Cressy and Agincourt—to a level, and surveyor, are also deserving of suitable acknowledge- Our imports this year into Liverpool exceed by 24,318 in political power, with the mushroom millionaires ment. The directors and officers of the London dock bales the quantity received in 1844 ; the present stock also of the spinning jenny and the power loom, is the 1 company cannot have been more efficient than the gentle shows a considerable increase upon that on hand at the Price which he is prepared to bid for a new lease of ' men to whom we have taken the liberty thus publicly to end of last year, though not in so great a proportion, and ' power and a triumph over men by whom, in consi that increase is principally in Alpaca and Peruvian. THE FATALITY BY THE BURSTING OF THE HUGE aeration only of his political cleverness, his claims TANK w w The quantity of wool imported into England from the IN ATER-STREET.— e regret to say that Australian and South African colonies reaches about to rank with :them is grudgingly tolerated. That another has been added to the list of those who have lost fll,OOO bales, of which only 6060 b a l es have come to this he will be successful in carrying out his measures is their lives by the tank catastrophe,—Ann Devaney. wife market; this is to be the more regretted, when we con- as yet an unsolved problem. We may assume, of Joseph Devaney, who inhabited a house hone Rock eider that a larger quantity was received here eight yearsthat he has confidence in however, ago, and the growth in the meanwhile has more than doubled. sufficient warrant from the past, for the required (as we stated ) entertained, at the Southern Hospital where she then lay, that she would recover, but she afterwards We are now receiving considerable supplies of fine amount of suicidal infatuation. to enable him to lure sank, and died on Saturday. The event involved, of wool from the United States. As we stated in our cir- on the credulous believers in his pre-eminent con- course, another coroner's inquisition, which was to take cular of the 28th ultimo, the quality and working pro- ning, to their own destruction. place yesterday ; but in consequence of the verdict given perties of these descriptions are not yet known, and buyers Admitting, then, the successful achievement of in the former cases, arising from the same cause, havin g only take them to a limited extent, consequently what has this first and great step towards the establishment been rmewhat . severely commented . upon publicly,. and hitherto been done in them cannot be taken as a fair the witnesses in this case not being conveniently got criterion of value when they become properly known, of pure democractical institutions, are the difficul- together in time, (with such other additional evidence as Should the Government of the United States reduce their ties of his position as a minister surmounted? By may be deemed necessary to satisfy all parties interested) import duties on woollen manufactures, we may look for no means. The cry for cheap bread is not the only the inquiry was postponed until this day. We have beard an improved business with that country next year. but by mere rumour only, that the coroner himself has cry of the party into whose hands he has thrown On comparing the list of prices with that of this period been put into a false position by his charge to the jury himself. The rinci le of protection once given up est year, we find•on the whole very little alteration. ' not having been reported, Some additional evidence as obtained in the highest point of the upon what plea P can P he defend the continuance o f to the efficiency of the tank, and on other points will, we although the rates market during the spring and summer have not in general the differential duties upon foreign and colonial learn, be adduced. We thank Earl Grey, therefore, for averting from the country the infliction of so dangerous a diplo- 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 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 CUSTOMS REVENUE OF THE PORT OF LIVER POOL FOR TH E YEAR ENDED STH JAN., 1846. 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,-133,112, against £4,487,664, 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 standing 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 extending 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. 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, except 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 agg;essive 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. 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 tor 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 he 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 England 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 unprecedentedly 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 circums'ances :—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. He immediately returned, and saw the prisoner come out of the shop and walk down the passage; the deceased fol lowed, crying 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 perfectly 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 be 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 had 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 money; 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 prisoner 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, 89,173. 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 It will be seen that a sermon by the Rev. J. H. Stew are now, for Peruvian, £lO • best Ichaboe, £7 15 ; and art is in the press on the impor tant sub j ect of brotherl y for the inferior qualities of Saldanah Bay, Ac., £4 10 to love. £6 per ton. COMMITTMENTS, YESTERDAY, AT THE POLICE CHESTER CATHEDRAL.—This venerable structure, COURT.—A female, named Ann Welsh, who had obtained, which has for a considerable period been undergoing an under false pretences, a quantity of bread, beef, groceries, almost complete renovation, will be re-opened for divine &c., at different shops, in the name of Mrs. Murgrove, of worship this day. The alterations and repairs have been 51, Elizabeth-street. She was sent for trial at the ses made under the superintendence of Messrs. Furniss and sions.—A. girl, named Mary Barrington, and a man, Wm. Kilpin, of this town, to whom the Dock Committee ren- M`Donald , were sent to the House of Correction, for dered much assistance by allowing the use of some of their three months, for stealL g two table-el. tis from a public largest stoves for the steaming of their heavy timber. The house, in Bath-street.—Wm. Powell, for stealing a piece re-opening will be marked by many circumstances of of beef from a shop in Burlington-street, was sent for interest. Most of the leading families in Cheshire will be trial at the sessions. present. The choir will perform a full service, and the INQUESTS BEFORE Ma. CURRY, rHE BOROUGH Co- Lord Bishop of the diocese will preach. His lordship, we I BONER, YESTERDAY.-0a the body of John Read, aged understand, has requested all the canons of the cathedral 21 years, who lived in Filen-grove, Smithdown-lane. On to be present on the occasion ; and, indeed, all the officers, Thursday the clothes of the deceased took fire, and he clerical and lay, of this venerable foundation will give died from the injuries on Saturday. The deceased was their attendance. We ought to add that a considerable in a room by himself' at the time,and a fire was on. portion of the funds have been contributed by subscription. Verdict—Death by fire, but how it arose no evidence. — LAUNCH OF THE " BIRKENHEAD" FRIGATE. — This On Elizabeth Roberts, an infant, Beresford-street, Ever splendid vessel, of which an original description was ton, who was found dead in bed on Saturday morning; given in the STANDARD last week, was launched from and on Agnes Fisher, an infant, Rice-place, Rice-street, Mr. Laird's yard. in the presence of an immense assent- found dead in a similar way. Verdict—ln both cases, blage of spectators, of the most distinguished rank, from the evidence of the surgeons who made post-mortem amongst whom were Marquis and Marchioness of West- examinations, " died from convulsions."—On Margaret minster, Lord Gilbert Grosvenor, Lady Grosvenor, Earl Chadwick, an infant, who had been some time ill. Ver of Sefton. Earl of Wilton, Lord Delamere, Lord Gordon, diet—Died from consumption.—On Luke Cluskey, aged Hon. E. J. Stanley, Sir W. M. Stanley, Hon. Mr. Chol- 56, who resided in New Milk-street. He had been corn mondely, Hon. C. Forrester, Sir P. Egerton, M.P., W. plaining of his chest, and had been in bad health for some Tatton Egerton, Esq., M.P., Lady Grey Egerton. Lady time. On Saturday morning be complained of pain in Charlotte Egerton, Sir E Cust, Lady Cust, Johu Stan- his left arm, which increased until he died in four hours ley, Esq., and lady. J. R. Shaw, of Arrowe ; It. Leicester, I afterwards. Verdict, after examination of the body— Esq., of Tott :J. Dixon, Esq., of Arne; W. Mainsar- "Natural death." l og , Esq., Mrs. Davenport, of Caperthorne, Master James Rowland, Esq., of May-gate, Oldham, has been I) ~- ,n port, James Loch. Esq.. M.P. : Lord Francis appointed a magistrate of the county of Lancaster. Egertoe's sons, and J. Ireland Blackburn, Esq., M.P. On Saturday, a female, named Margaret Ludt, aged 54, Shortly after eleven o'clock the Marchioness of West- drowned herself in the canal, near Burlington-bridge. A minster having christened the vessel the " Birkenhead" verdict of felo de se was returned at the inquest. with a bottle of wine, the noble craft slowly glided, in The ship Emperor, built by Messrs. Humble and Mil the most majestic manner, into the water, amid the cheers crest, of this part, arrived in the Downs on the 25th ult., of the assembled thousands, the band playing " Rule having completed the voyage to Bombay and back, in- Britannia." The distinguished party afterwards ad- eluding a month's detention at Bombay, in the short journed to one of the work-rooms, neatly fitted up, where apace of two hundred and twenty days. a sumptuous repast, prepared by Mr. Hillier, of the ADDITIONAL MAILS TO SOUTH. AMERICA. The Monks' Ferry Hotel, was laid out, after partaking of vessels of war proceeding ta South America, we are glad which, the Chairman (John Laird, Esq..) proposed the to learn, by a letter from the Admiralty to Al,lerman J. health of the Queen, which having been duly honoured, B. Moore, chairman of the Liverpool and Brazilian As the chairman proposed the health of the noble lady who ciation, are to be in future made available for the convey had christened the ship, and alluded to the fact of the ap- ance of letters, which will be a great eccommodation to pointment of her son to a distinguished post in the yes- merchants and others having connexions with the ports in el. The Marquis of Westminster, in returning thanks, that portion of the globe. rejoiced that the Admiralty had thought it right to pay THE LEAGus FUND.—This subscription has now the compliment so justly due to the rising enterprise of reached £74,000. Amongst the subscriptions is one of the town of Birkenhead, by giving to their vessel the £lOOO from Messrs. Richard, John, and Alfred Penning same name ; and, he was sure, all around him would con- ton, of Hindley, gentlemen of Conservative political opi cur in the hope that that vessel, now first swimming 00 nions, but as their liberal subscription sufficiently indi the waters, would, hereafter, be, in all her voyages, sue- cater, thorough free-traders. Mr. Wm. Brown, of Li cessful in peace and prosperous in war. His lordship then verpool," one of the future representatives of South Lan proposed the health of Mr. Laird, for which that gentle- cashire," as he has been oalled by Mr. Cobden, hPs also man returned thanks in feeling terms. given £lOOO. 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 at 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.—These three natives of Get , 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 performanceg in a highly cie litable 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 as extremely agreeable one. Some of out contemporaries have stated that I%lr. Raymond pays theta £2,000 a year. RAILWAY PROPERTY.—The gradual development of railway property is best shown by the increase in its re turns, 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, theil weekly receipts averaged during the summer months about £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 good , sa)n;d a weekly these in m ake a crease of £30,000 over the corresponding week of 1844. t p o a t r a t l weekly may b e receipt of at e () v b e e X f l o 7 r o ow In the winter months the passenger receipts are less, but the weekly receipts exhibit a la rge i ncrease over 1844 ;—' thus, in December last, our week's receipts were ; fof passengers, £58,000 • for goods, £30,000 ; a n d for goodS, and passengers, £30,000, making a total weekly receipt of about £llB,OOO, and an increase over the correspotldinft week of last year of above £lB,OOO. Taking then Of 1800 miles of railway £130,000, as a mean total rrece ipt week, we have a total yearly receipt of about £[;,750,0110£[;,750,0110f0r passengers and goods, and taking only £20,000 as s mean weekly increase over 184-1, 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 othe t £60,000 ( amalgamated for " passengers and goods") , . together making as a mean weekly receipt for good! £60,000 at least, the total yearly receipt for goods would be about £3,000,000 sterling, of an average of ld. per nail per ton. NV hen the 3600 miles already sanctioned, an d not less than 5000 to be sanctioned in the next session; are completed, with the increase consequent on increase?, trade, who can doubt but that this species of property sou, fast supersede other investments, and that the subjeei will, if it does not now, interest every one?—.Railteal Carryiug and Carriers' Lou'. COLLEGIATE BAZAAR.—We are glad to find this Be' zaar announced to take place in Easter-week. It will be upon a greater scale than anything of the kind previous l 1 .1 1 held in Liverpool, and, from the high patronage which .1 enjoys, will, in all probability, be very productive, an/ thus enable the directors to procure for the members to; benefit of a good and extensive lending library. The a!' 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 their delicate fingers. TWELFTH NIGHT CAKES.—Mr. llorsfall, of Caurc street, has this year manufactured a riiimber of these dej licious cakes. In consequence o f the i mm en s e demand last year he has speculated more largely, and we in venture to anticipate, from their general reputation , great sale. They will be displayed this evening, (Twelf u , Night) MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOP, JANUARY. 6, William Guy Taylor and Co. (and) .... District Court, 6, John Lea an Co. (special; Ditto, 9, William Neilson (special 13, William Occleston, 2nd 13, George Atkins 16: Frederick Corduroy, 2nd . W. Bird's, District Court, o Ditto, O Ditto, l. id, Robert Headlingte . n, Ist . Ditto, 17, Benjamin Baldwin, 2nd. Court of Bankruptcy, L0nd00_,..4 LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 5%0 The demand for Cotton continues to be good, and prices_l well supported. Since stock-taking a partial advance has ON place. The sales to-day reach 60,0 bales, all to the trade. quantity offered is only just sufficient to give the purchase s ') fair choice. The import is coming in freely, and several ye are daily reported from Cotton ports LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JAN.II Our Butter trade still continues in a state of great deprew4 and prices nominally as last quoted. B ee f w ith ou t alterat' Pork is in demand, and prices rather look up LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 5.411 We have had a fair supply of Beasts at market to-daYiad a small supply of Sheep ; the whole sold at high prices. ton 7d ton(' per lb. Beef 6d to 64d. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1846. • , PRINTED AND PUBLISHED i a i TUESDAY MORNUI EVERY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 53. Grove-street, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street. At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. Newto!) 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The address to her Majesty by the Mayor 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 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 Bonded held Our arrivals of oats are small this week. Necessitous buyers, in partial cases, had to pay 6d 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 .e 22, the latter 33s to 34s per head. At the outports 70 beasts and 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 droves from the northern counties comprised 1000 short horns; from the eastern districts 300 Scots, short horns, &c. ; from the western and midland 900 Herefords, lle 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 Ilb. 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.— YVST 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 since which they have been done at 94i, and are now 941 buyers. Reduced Thre-and-a-Quarter New at 27k, Exchequer-bills 26 21, and In dia 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 6i, Austrian 112, and Dutch Two-and-a Half per Cents., 60i. 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 23.1, Edinburgh and Glasgow to 80, Caledonian to 15i, Aberdeen to 6i, Scotch Midland to 61, Brighton to 69, South Eastern to 40 and 401, Ceylon 1* to I*, Boulogne and Amiens 12i to 13, and Orleans and Bourdeaux 12.