The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-24 00:00:00

Ebt iLtberpool &tanbarb. ING, FEB. 9 ' TUESDAY commence the eighth year of our proprietorship of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD; and it is with feelings of a pleasura ble nature that we i.ddress ourselves to the duty of acknowledging our sense of obligation and grati tude to that kind public, by whose support and confidence, bestowed upon us in an increased and A, 1846 cation we ve have been cheered in our labours during the past twelve months. Our suc cess during the past year has been all that we could have wished—far more than we could have antici at this moment a higher her with our local contem mporaries of the provin- position, 13' CS OC w in circulation, in advertising resources, than_at any previous period of our 11. We have struggled erve this position; we are more than re- a in influence ion with this J In our future labours we can only now pledge that course of honesty and po y has earned for us so large With the expedi • cy policy of the present day we have nothing to . We took no our grounds originally from con viction ; and we have seen nothing to justify us in ourselves to purs litical consistenc eed of public approbation _ turning our backs upon them. Upon one point in particular, with respect to which we regret to see some wavering, with whom it has hitherto been our pride and privilege to act in concert, we can make We cannot afford to swerve from the maintenance of the Pi otestant principles of the British constitution, as established by our blessed Reformation, to buy a hollow truce with disaf- compromis fection In conclusion, we can only repeat our poor but heartfelt acknowledgments to our friends and to the public. If the past is any guarantee of the future, our connexion will be cemented by the best endea vours on our part and by continuing kindness on theirs. To the public, whether commercial or ag ricultural, 4nd to families especially, we are making arra getnents which will enable us, we trust, to offer increased information and instruction ; and by which advertisers will find in our columns in creased publicity for any favors with which their liberality may reward our endeavours. The news from India in our present publication, brought by extraordinary express, in anticipation of the Overland Mail, will be read with intense feelings of mingled pride in the triumph of British valour, and regret at the cost of human life by which that triumph has been achieved. At present, we fear, the full extent of our loss in these splendid affairs is not before us. That it is unprecedentedly great however is certain ; and especially it is great in the most important portion of an Indian army. Amongst the killed will be seen, with regret, the honoured name of the gallant Major-General Sir Robert Sale, so recently an honoured guest in our town. Like a true soldier he " died in his harness," having only escaped the murderous and cowardly assassins of Affghanistan to return to a nobler fate, wreaked by the hands of a nobler foe, upon the plains of Lahore. With him died Major Broadfoot, agent to the Go -General, Major-General Sir John M`Caskill, and a number of valuable officers. Amongst the wounded we notice a host of distinguished names, whose prominence in the engagement shews it to have been a deadly and arduous struggle. Our gallant Governor-General, Sir Henry Hardinge, who commanded the centre, had a very narrow and Sir Hugh Cough, commander-in-chief, horse shot under him. escape had a )11 - kers killed, as far as From several regiments they could be asc tainPrl there are no returns, and in each regiment there are a number of officers wounded, but we have only given those who are represented as not expected to live, or wounded in a dangerous manner Political office Major Broadfoot, Madras N.W.F. ; Captain P. Nic- 'nt dove CI, 28th Ifengal Irfantr his asFistant Staff, general and brigade, killed t—Major General Sir Rcbt. Sale. K. C. 8., Quartermaster General her Majesty's Forces ; Major General Sir John M`Gaskill, K.C.8., K. H., her Majesty's 9th Foot; Captain W. Hore, 18th Bengal Infantry, Deputy Secretary to Government Mili- J. B. Wood, her Majesty's Governor General; Captain r M 4 sty's 3d Light Dragoons, Aide de Camp to Governor General ; Lieut. Col. A. B. Taylor, • ;adier), her Majesty's 9th Foot ; Lieut. J. C. liar _ her Majesty's 39th, Aide de Camp; Major F. Som erset, Military Secretary to Governor General; Lieut. Colonel N. Wallace, (Brigadier,) 73 British Infantry Artillet t. cui D'Arcy Todd, H.A., 2d troop Ist brigade; Captain Dashwood,A.H., Ist troop Ist brigade; Captain J. Trower, F.A., Lieut. P. Lambert,H.A. Lieut. R. H. Pollock, 3d troop let brigade, ILA. Her 'Majesty's 3d Light Dragoons.—Killed, Capt. J, E. Coda, Cart iin G. Newton, Cornet Edw. Worley,Cor net G.W, K.Bruce, Cornet Henry Ellis, Maj , sty's 9th Foot.—Killed, Captain J. Dunne, Captain J. F. Field Her Majes tv's 22nd Foot ptain George M ed, Captain John Owen , Lieut. Octavious Carey, Her Majesty's 31st Foot.—Killed, Major Baldwin, Capt. W.G: Wiles, Lieut. R. W. Hart, Lieut. J. Brench ley, Lieut. Vm. Bernard, Lieut. J. L. R. Pollard. Wounded, Col. Sam. Bolton, C. B.(not expected to live). Major Baldwin (in a very dangerous manner). Her Alajesty's 50th Fout.—Killed, Dr. Graydon, Lt. Charles Edward Young. Her Majesty's 62d Foot.—Killed, Capt. G. H. Clarke, Lieut. H. Wells, Lieut. and Adjt. George Simms, Lieut. W. M'Nair, Lieut. Robert Gubbins, Lieut. Michael Kelly, Lieut. T. Knox Scott. Wounded, six officers. Her Majesty's 80th Foot.—Killed, Capt. Best, Capt. a, Lieut. Boyle Warren, Go yernor-G Adjutant W. F ral's Body Guard.—Killed, Lieut. and Light Cavalry. •ht lnfaniry.—Killed, Capt. Thomas _„,on. Wounded, six officers. Grenadiers.—Killed : Ensign George A. )x, Litut: 2d Regime Armstrong. 12th Regime 16th Grenadi Colonel Bruce. N. Hull, and Captain J tjor L H. Burr 24th Regiment N.I Killed : Major J. Griffin, and 3 : Lieut. Augustus C. Eat- well, I Light Infantry Lieut. Jas. Good : Lieutenant J. Spence, 18th Regiment N.l.—Killed : Captain Henry D. Van Wounded : Lieut. Colonel H. M. Wheeler, 0 loss in officers ; 50 sepoys Homri C.B. 63d Regiment N.l.—Killed : Lieutenant John S. Raw- 731 R ABSTRAC —Killed : Capt. Robert M. Hunter lery, 6 t .00PS SUPPOSED TO BE ENGAGED .nies, say 3 Regiments of Na 1;t, European I camp, say Balance engaged, say at say 750 1,000 200 450 4,500 1,600 2,450 900 13,000 24,000 20,000 Cavalry, at say 400 1Y 700 valry, a y, at say 800 ; in Ferozepore, Sappers and Regiments, supposed with The debate on Monday night, upon Lord Beau mont's motion for a select committee " to inquire into the burdens on real property, and the impedi ments to agricultural transactions, caused by the present system of excise duties, poor laws, and local taxation," has brought before us facts which place in a very strDng light the unfavourable circumstances under which the British agriculturist is called upon to enter into a competition with the foreigner, as compared with those under which the manufacturer is prepared to submit to the same ordeal. We have never gone the whole length of those who maintained that the landowner and the farmer were unduly burdened, even taking into account the protection which the corn law gave, as a set-off against such burdens But it is clear that the withdrawal of all protection will render it im peratively necessary that a fresh and more equal dis tribution of taxation should be made, and the pres sure upon the cultivator and the owner of the soil should be materially lightened, to enable them with any fair chance to sustain the competition to which they are about to be exposed. Lord Beaumont does not Complain of the pres sure of strictly local taxation, such as the rating of the land for draining, for sewerage, or for a rural police. Where the benefit of such rating, sewer age, or police, is confined to parti cu l ar l oca li t i es, he concedes the justice of such localities being made to bear the cost. But taxation for the maintenance .of the poor, he contends, presses very unequally, and much to the injury of the agriculturist, as compared with other classes of the community. The original mode of raising this tax, as contem plated by the act of Elizabeth, by which every man was made to pay according to his means, whether those means were derived from the land or from profits in trade, was fair and equitable. But since the practice of rating profits in trade, or other in comes not tangible, has fallen into disuse, the burden of maintaining the poor, he considers, and we think justly, has fallen too heavily and in a most undue proportion upon real property. The follow ing is the comparison which he draws between the position of the landowner and the manufacturer. " Suppose a large sum of money were invested in the working of a mill ; the calculation which the mill-owner would have to pay to the poor-rate would be in proportion to the rateable value of the mill —that not being at the rack-rent as was sometimes the case with land; but often at two-thirds (Sr one-half of the rent, as he believed was the case in Westmorland. That was all which such a person contributed. He started his mill with an immense sum of money—he collected all the healthy. able agricul tural labourers from the surrounding neighbourhood— when he had accumulated sufficient money, and wished to retire from business, he might close his mill—it was no longer an occupied building—it paid no rates, and the hun dreds, or it might be thousands, of work-people that he had employed were thrown back in their age upon agricul tural districts, which had to support them. Let them contrast that case with the way in which it operated on the farmer. The farmer had no choice whatever, but must either employ the men or increase the rates ; and he knew that many farmers in his own part of the country em ployed many more labourers in consequence than the bare economical working of his farm required." (Hear, hear.) With perfect fairness he might have gone further than this. He might have taken the cases of a man who invests his capital of ten thousand pounds in land or real property of any description, and one who embarks it in trade or in the public securities. The former pays poor rates upon four or five hun dred pounds, his entire income, whilst the latter is only called upon to pay rates upon forty or fifty pounds, the rent of the shop in which he carries on his business or of the house in which he enjoys his dividends. Another oppressive feature in the operation of the poor laws upon the agriculturist is occasioned by the working of the present law of settlement by birth. The manufacturer can have his labour when and for what period he chooses ; and when it ceases to be profitable, can throw upon parishes the neces sity of supporting the labourer until he is again in request. He is unfettered and irresponsible. The landowner, on the contrary, is rigidly bound, and cannot evade his bond. The labourer can say to him— " I know there is work at Norwich or Manchester, but here I am (in the north of Northumberland, perhaps,) arid how can I get there ? I have been removed here by the law of settlement, and I must remain a charge upon the parish, because I have no money to get back to the market where labour is in demand." The law is therefore an injury both to the agri cultural body and to their labouring poor. It in creases the rates of the former, and it chains the lat ter to poverty and compulsory idleness. The highway rates, he contends, press unequally upon the land, whilst the towns, which are thereby connected and benefitted, escape. We cannot, how ever, go the length of admitting with him that the agriculturist derives an inconsiderable benefit from the maintenance of good roads ; and do not think, therefore, that his lordship's argument that the pre sent contribution of the farmer to the mainte nance of good roads is a grievance, has been made out. And, again, we differ from him upon the subject of the peculiar pressure of tithe upon the land, which he maintains has ceased to be a burden since its being commuted. In its present state it no longer operates as a discour agement to improved cultivation, but it is none the less a burden for having become a fixed one. Its amount is part of the extra weight which the British agriculturist Las to carry in the race of competition with the foreign grower of corn. Upon this sub ject we may quote the forcible illustration of Lord Stanley— " When it was said that the imposition of tithe did not add to the expense of producing corn, he (Lord Stanley) would assume that a mill should be built in a certain town, and a condition was imposed upon the owner of that mill, that the one-tenth part of every piece of cotton pro duced in that mill (or, his Lordship might have added a fixed yearly sum in commutation) should go as a payment to the state—the question was, did not that burden add to the cost of producing the article in the mill ? (Hear, hear.) If, for instance, another mill were established in the same town, and the owner of it was exempt from the tax of one tenth, how could the man who paid the tax give the article produced at the same price, or realise the same profit ? (Hear, hear.) He would apply the same argument to corn. How was it possible that the corn which was raised on land subject to the burden of tithe could stand in compe tition with the foreign article? (Hear.) It was said that tithe was no longer a burden since the commutation ; but he contended that it was, for a certain composition was agreed to be paid for it, and it was as much a burden as ever." The excise duty on malt, Lord Beaumont con tended, was an impost which pressed more heavily against the agriculturists than upon other consum ing classes, inasmuch as, besides increasing the price of beer, it discouraged the growth of barley, the most profitable crop of the farmer. They were sufferers, too, from not being allowed to malt, or even to steep their grain for feeding purposes, with out the interference of the excise. The excise duty on bricks, too, his lordship thought might be re moved with advantage to the landowner, whose clay would thus come into extended consumption. The hop duty was also one which pressed peculiarly upon the land. Another serious grievance felt by the owner of land and other real property was the stamp duty, which rendered the transfer of such property most expensive, and raising money upon it for temporary purposes almost ruinous. He admitted that the legacy duty upon personal property was to some extent a set off ; but he wished that duty to he re moved. There were, also, on the other side of the scale, a few exemptions, amongst which was the in surance duty on certain articles of an agricultural nature, which were however justified, he contended, by their necessary exposure to danger from the acts of incendiaries, and to accident. Lord Brougham, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Richmond, and Lord Dacre entirely concurred in the propriety of the motion, and, generally, in the correctness of the statements of the noble mover. The latter noble lord contributed the following figures, which clearly show that to the poor-rates, at least, the agriculturist contributes very much be yond his legitimate proportion : _ _ " There had been returns printed for the purpose of ascertaining the rateable value of property prior to the imposition of the income-tax in 1812. The valuation for the poor-rates amounted to £48,400,000, while the pro - perty-tax had been paid on one hundred and eighty odd millions, exclusive of the incomes below £l5O a year, which were not charged, though the poor-rates were levied on the poorest cottiers. (Hear, hear.) He felt, therefore, justified in saying that the value of property in this coun try was not lower than £200,000,000, including the in comes under £l5O, and that fully three-fourths of this amount was not suljected to the poor rates, which thus fell most heavily on the landed interest." And what has Sir Robert Peel held out to the agricultural classes, thus burdened, to enable them to compete with the comparatively untaxed foreign grower ? A few reductions of the duty upon articles, the bulk of which are only apparent reductions, and three-fourths of which are never likely to affect the farmer at all. If justice is to be done to every class—if the home grower of corn is to be allowed a fair chance of success in the struggle to compete with the foreign grower, and to maintain his relative position amongst the great interests of the country —he should bear no more than his fair proportion of the public burdens. A great minister, whilst de vising such great changes in the fiscal system of the country, .as those which have been making from 1842 to the present period, should surely have ex tended his views of amelioration beyond the mere revision of a tariff, and not have left untouched and uninquired into, every - other mode of taxation. If the commerce of the country is to be advanced by the application to it of the new principles of the po litical philosophy of modern days—if the pressure of indirect taxation is to be lightened—why should the direct taxation, which bears so heavily upon the owners and cultivators of the soil, whom we are about to embark in a fearful and perhaps a fatal ex periment, be permitted to groan beneath a system, erected to meet very different circumstances than the present, and when those upon whom it was imposed were in a very different position to endure its weight ? We trust that the motion of Lord Beaumont, and the facts which his committee must elicit, will not be without their results. In one respect it is clear that a change must be made. An alteration of the law of settlement mita be made, by which all classes will have to contribute their fair share towards the support of the poor ; or, perhaps better still, the maintenance of the poor must be taken into the na tional charge. The gentlemen of the Anti-corn Law League ap pear to be endowed with so universal a genius, that it is matter of great difficulty to determine what is their peculiar forte. They can discourse learnedly on every subject, from cotton and corn to kite solun tion of a problem in Euclid. They Qv?, lay, aside their ledgers or their cash-books, step. put of their counting-houses, and proceed forthwith to enlighten even practical men in the science of the cultivation of the soil. Yet, to look at their innocent faces, and to contemplate their past lives, spent in adding loom to loom or spindle to spindle, you would not imagine they would know a plough from a flail, or a field of wheat from a field of turnips. Their learning has either come by intuition, or they have been born philosophers. One of these omniscient gentlemen is the quaker member for Durham city—Mr. John Bright. The world has imagined that, for the last twenty years, during which this precocious youth has been im mersed in the cares of cotton-spinning and weaving, in the sweet-smelling and most enlightened town of Rochdale, he has not had an hour's leisure to direct his mind to the subject of farming. Yet we find him, on a sudden, so perfectly au fait to it in all its details, that, amongst his fellow-townsmen who are acquainted with the extent of his opportunities of learning, we need not he surprised if— " Still the wonder grows T:iat one broadbrim can cover all he knows." Draining, hedging, ditching, manures, crops—all are as familiar to John as cotton or Cocker. He detects faulty cultivation of the soil as unerringly as he can detect a broken warp in a piece of his own calicoes, or a hole in one of his own stockings. Towards the opinions of such a man it is a sad proof of human blindness that the world is not dis posed to extend implicit deference. An instance of such recusancy is before us at this moment. A few nights ago, in his speech in the House upon Mr. Miles's amendment to the ministerial propositions, the hon. member took occasion to enlarge upon the bad farming to be met with throughout the county of Chester—a county which, in our school days, we were taught to style, we always presumed from its superior cultivation and fertility, as " the Vale Royal of England." According to Mr. Bright, however, nothing can be much worse than the cultivation of this pattern county. Its farming is slovenly. Its land is not made the most of. Under the manage ment of such an agricultural genius as Mr. Bright it would doubtless assume a totally different aspect —deluge Liverpool and Manchester with milk, and glut every market at home and abroad with " prime old Cheshire." It is a pity, we repeat, that the facts and the opinions of such a man are not implicitly swallowed, and there are people in the world so behind the present age as to prefer actual observation and practical knowledge of agricultural pursuits to the intuitive knowledge of cows and sheep, pasture and arable, ploughs and harrows, which can now be picked up in the counting-house of a Rochdale cot ton factory. One of the representatives of Cheshire —Mr. John Tollemache—is afflicted with such old world notions, and has been hardy enough to deli ver himself of the following denial of Mr. Bright's assertion, and vindicate the ability and enterprise of the Cheshire farmers. Mr. Tollemache remarked that— " As the hon. member for Durham, after whom he had risen to speak, but in vain, the last night of the debate, gave vent pretty freely to the expression of his opinion on the subject of farming in Cheshire, perhaps he might be allowed, as one of the members for that county, to express his belief that if the hon. gentleman had had the same ex perience in the cultivation of the soil that he had in the manufacture of cotton goods, not only would he have ar rived at a very different conclusion with respect to the state of farming in the county of Chester, but he would also have been thoroughly satisfied that, so pressed down was the landed interest by local and general taxation as to make it utterly impossible for the British farmer to com pete with the foreign farmer ; and, therefore, the ho nourable gentleman, instead of being, as he then was, a thorough-going and an ultra free-trader, would, at this moment, have been a most determined and rigid protectionist. It was not to an agriculturist that the honourable gentleman would go for an opinion when carrying on manufacturing operations, consequently he must excuse him (Mr Tollemache) for declining, as he did decline, to acknowledge him as any great authority, or, indeed as any authority at all, on matters relating to agri culture. However, as the hon. gentleman had favoured them with his observations, he should state that, although he had the honour of being one of the members for South Cheshire. he was connected, both as a landed proprietor and as a resident, with another county, which was acknowledged to be one of the best cultivated in the kingdom; and, from all he had seen in that and other counties he did not hesitate to declare that, in many parts of Cheshire, agricultural improvement was progressing as rapidly as in any other part of the country." We may perhaps be exposing ourselves to some little derision by the avowal which we are about to make ; but we must candidly acknowledge that, upon such a subject, we would regard the opinion of Mr. Tollemache as one entitled to much greater weight than that of the hon. member for Durham city. We should readily defer to the judgment of the latter gentleman with respect to the quality or the value of a piece of calico, a pound of cotton yarn, or a yard of flannel—commodities more im mediately in his own line. But, when he talks so glibly about the slovenly farming and the absence of improvement in Cheshire, we are inclined to sus pect that he cannot have carried his observations much beyond the building land in the outskirts of the large manufacturing towns, whose population he has enlightened from time to time with his won derful discoveries in political economy. It may, perhaps, be a shock to the vanity of such a remark ably sagacious personage as himself, if we were to remind him of the moral of the old fable—" Ne sutor ultra crepidam." The third report of the Select Committee ap pointed for the classification of Railway Bills has just been published, and must have materially con duced to remove the alarm with which its resolutions, based upon instructions supposed to have been offered by Government as the guide of its conduct, were looked for. It was feared that we were to have seen a clear sweep made of all those schemes which did not partake of the character of necessary extensions or branches of existing lines ; that no merely competing lines were to be permitted to occupy the attention of Parliament; and the old companies were in extacies with the thought that they were to be permitted to enjoy their monopolies and to dictate terms to the public for some more years to come. The report before us, however, warrants no such conclusion. It plainly admits that the committee "have not deemed it advisable to recommend the house to make any selection from, or to place any limitation on, the number of rail way schemes to be submitted to Parliament this session ;" that the whole of the railways which shall succeed in passing the standing orders are to be in vestigated upon their merits ; and intimates the opinion of the Select Committee that, with such alterations in the modes of procedure which it re commends, and the saving of time, and talk, which it advises the committees to enforce, the entire rail way business of the session may be got through without seriously inconveniencing the members of either house. Taking the whole number of Bills for which peti tions have been presented this session at 562—viz., 395 for Railways in England and Wales, 120 for Railways in Scotland, and 47 for Railways in Ire land—many of which they consider must fail in standing orders, the Committee conceive that the number for England and Wales may be conveniently formed into 51 groups, and those for Scotland into 10. For the whole, therefore, only 61 Select Com mittees would be required, the Irish Bills, with a certain class of English Bills, having already been ordered to be taken up in the first instance in the House of Lords. The number of Committees last year was 52 ; but, owing to peculiar circumstances, only 45 appear to have sate. Wh en th e t e di ous pro ceedings which took place b e f ore th ese C omm i ttees are considered, it is not wonderful that they did not succeed in getting through the entire business before them. Months were taken up in hearing conflicting statements of traffic, which were calculated only to leave the Tribunals before which they were made in a happy state of confusion. The Committee recom mend that with respect to these enquiries the practice laid down by the present standing orders should be altered ; that it should no longer be imperative upon the Select Committees to report upon the traffic, or probable profit to the projectors of the schemes sub mitted to them ; but nevertheless they may " make such enquiries as they may judge proper with regard to population and to the extent of accommodation that would be afforded to the public." Any unop posed Railway Bill, they suggest, may be " referred to the Chairman of Ways and Means, and the Mem bers ordered to bring in the bill, to be dealt with as other unopposed bills." By this judicious course the time of Parliament and a vast amount of unneces sary expenditure by the Companies will be saved. With such opinions, coming from a committee, one object of whose appointment was assumed to be to ward off a supposed danger to the country from excessive investment of its capital in railway speculations, adway speculations, we cannot think that the public, in terested in railway property, is warranted in enter taining the fear of any unnecessary severity or rigidity being extended to really sound schemes by the committees who will shortly have to sit upon their merits. By this time, we think, the absiad. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. fears put forth, of the country not being able to sustain the drain upon its capital for any consider able number of new railways, must have pretty well subsided ; and the extraordinary result of the half-yearly meetings of the companies in operation which are now holding, leave no doubt of the profi table character of railway investments, or of the fact that railways create traffic for themsel ves , through however unpromising districts they may be formed. It must, however, strike all reflecting men, that the present results have been arrived at without the system having ever been fairly tested. They have been arrived at in spite of the obstinacy and the exactions of boards of directors. It has been proved to the satisfaction of most men—nay, the success of the system itself thus far proves— that with cheap fares come increase of locomotion in an inverse ratio to the reduction, and increased dividends for the proprietors. Yet where have we seen any adequate attempt made, to afford to the public all the benefit and accommodation to which they are entitled, and to railway companies the cer tain results of the full working out of these truly valuable undertakings ? There are exceptions, we admit, but they are not as numerous as they should be. Such a consideration alone, a care for the public interests, which is manifest can be served without the infliction of injury upon individuals or their property, must influence the decisions of parliamen tary committees, and induce them to give full scope to the enterprise of those who are willing to afford the necessary amount of accommodation to all classes at the lowest remunerating rate. By-the-bye, it has never yet been practically shewn what is the lowest remunerating rate of travelling on railways. Thus far we are not aware of an instance in which in crease of profit has not followed reduction of charge for locomotion. The great increase of juvenile crime in the metro polis and the large towns of Great Britain—in the former especially—has long been a subject of serious and painful consideration with all thinking and good men. Many have been the causes assigned for it, and many the remedies proposed. The pressure of the evil in London has however at length become so great, and its existence so obvious, as to call for more vigorous measures ; and at a meeting of noble men and gentlemen, held at the Mansion House on the 14th instant, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair, some valuable statistics, accompanied by suggestions for checking the growth of juvenile crime, and providing for the mental, moral, religious, and industrial training of the destitute youth in the metropolis, and other large cities and towns, were submitted for consideration by the City Solicitor, a portion of which, as equally applicable to the cir cumstances of this town, we shall take the liberty of quoting. _ _ Mr. - Pearson deduces, from parliamentary returns and other authentic documents, that whereas in a period of 40 years the population of England and Wales, ten years old, has increased 65 per cent., the proportionate commitments for crime have increased 494 per cent., and the convictions 625 per cent. The precise increase in juvenile crime, however, can be better estimated from the following paragraph of the Report : " (Jail within the last ten years the returns do not spe cify the ages of the prisoners ; but, as appears by these la ter documents, the number of juvenile criminals, annually convicted in England and Wales, has increased in a greater degree than even the mass of criminals at large. Thus the number of criminals, under twenty years of age, committed to prison in the year 1835, was 6803, or one in 449 of the population, between ten and twenty years of age ; while in 1844 they amounted to 11,348 or 1 in 304 upon the population of the same age. The le . arned gentleman does not consider that such increase is attributable to the absence of edu cation, for he reminds us, that " during the whole of the intervening period most strenuous exertions have been made to afford to the masses of the people increased education—intellectual, moral, and religious—and to supply them with the appetite for knowledge, which elementary instruction was cal culated to inspire." Now, here we may remark, that it was never contended that education, how ever good, could do all, whilst it has ever been the strongest argument against mere " elementary instruction," that it gave an appetite for knowledge, without a standard to direct to the proper food with which it should be gratified. Mr. Pearson has, no doubt, discovered by this time how great an aid to the acquisition of proficiency in the juve nile criminal has been the ability to peruse the lives and ape the achievements of the gaol birds of other days—the Jack Shepherds, and other worthies of the same stamp. Another very important fact the City Solicitor brings before us, viz., that although it is true, as we were informed by Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham, that, during the last three years of pros perity, as compared with the previous three years, crime, in the aggregate, had decreased ; yet this was not the case with juvenile crime, which had increased in the latter three years upwards of seven per cent. The only gratifying feature which we can find in these statistics of the condition of our population is the fact that, whilst the number of committals and convictions has increased, the offences generally have been of a less aggravated character. The increase of juvenile crime Mr. Pearson attri butes to the recent multiplication of petty offences, punishable by fine, or, failing payment, by impri sonment in gaol : " Upon summary convictions, short imprisonments are awarded for the smallest offence, and it is no uncommon thing to read in the newspapers of young urchins found, in a state of destitution, or in the commission of some petty delinquency ; commiserated by the magistrate, who expresses his pity for their unfortunate condition, and laments that he has no other place than a criminal's gaol, to which be may consign them." " The mind of the child thus becomes familiarised with a gaol —a prison is at once disarmed of its terrors and its shame. In a gaol the novice in crime gets acquainted .with the hardened in guilt; he finds himself the object of commiseration ; he finds that he is better clothed, better fed, better housed, and better cared for, within its walls than in the habitation of his parents or the workhouse of his parish ; hence petty delinquencies become the preclude to the gravest crimes, and the child acclimated to the atmo sphere of a gaol grows up to manhood, disabled from gain ing an honest living, by having had the brand of crime stamped upon his forehead, and he so remains, perhaps for years, a con ti nua l b ur d en to the State, until his educa tion is finish e d i n th e M o d e l P r i son, at an expense of some thirty or forty pounds, preparatory to his transportation from his native land at a further cost of the like sum." As the remedy for this state of things, Mr. Pear son recommends the committal of juvenile offenders, for first offences, or, when found destitute, to refor matory establishments, in which, by judicious, moral, religious, and industrial training, they may be useful members of society, either at home or in our colonies. These establishments, he insists, should be national asylums, erected at the national cost, reserving to them, h owever t h e r i g h t to pro tect the nation against the risk of poor children be ing thrown upon its care by the wanton neglect of parishes to provide for and direct them in honest courses. There is much in the suggestions of Mr. Pearson which is well worthy of attention and which the claims upon our space will not now allow us either to quote or to comment upon. We may, however, take up the subject again. The subject of this evening's lecture at St. Andrew's Church, being the last of the series, is " The Ministry of Angels." The Railway Standard says that influential persons in this town are buying up the Liverpool, Bolton, and Wigan stock, to prevent the amalgamation with the Manchester and Leeds. It will be seen, from an appeal from the Committee ap pointed by the owners of property required for the new docks at Wapping, that the " sinews of war" are wanted for the purpose of being heard before a parliamentary committee. ST. DAVID'S DAY.—We beg to draw the attention of the Welsh inhabitants of this town, and others friendly to the education of the children of the poor, to an advertise ment in this day's paper, announcing the annual examina tion of the children taught at those old and excellent institutions, the Welsh Charity Schools in Russell-street. We understand that, in consequence of the Town-ball undergoing some necessary repairs, the Welsh Charity Ball is postponed until next year. The second of the course of lectures, on Tuesday even ings, in the Concert Hall, Lord Nelson-street, by clergy men of the Church of England, on the Errors of the Church of Rome, will be delivered this evening, by the Rev. David James, the subject being, " The Bible the only Rule of Faith,"—a great and important truth, and one which it is now more than ever necessary to press on the attention of the public ; and we know of no one better able to enforce it with the cogency of powerful and conti nuous argument than the reverend gentleman appointed. A. naval officer arrived at Cork, on board a merchant vessel from the coast of Africa, reports the safe return of Mr. Jamieson's steamer Ethiope to Fernando Po, after a successful expedition up the Niger. Dr. King and the master were in perfect health, as were all the others on board as far as can yet be learned. The Spectator, which has given an intimation of the arrival of the steamer, is incorrect in one or two particulars. In addition to the Commander and the doctor, the two officers and the engi neer were all white men, and though no details have been received, it is understood they have all returned in good health. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.-FIVE PER SONS POISONED FROM DRINKING WATER FROM A WELL IN WEST DERBY. Yesterday, an inquest was held at the Hare and Hounds, in the village of West Derby, before Mr. Heyes, county coroner, on view of the bodies of Jane Gilton, aged 17 ; her sister, Margaret Gilton, aged 16 ; and their brother, John Gilton, aged 12 years, who resided at a villa house in a lane called Town Row, leading from West Derby to Knotty Ash. Two others of the same family had died previously to the three deceased, namely, on the 15th of the present month the youngest son, Edward Gilton, aged seven years, and on the 17th, Mrs. Gilton, the mo ther, widow of the late Mr. Gilton, printing-ink and colour manufacturer, formerly of this town. The business had for some years past been carried on on the pre mises in West Derby. No suspicion was, however, en tertained at first that either of the two had received any poisonous substance into the stomach, and their death was attributed to natural causes. On the following day, however, circumstances arose which led to the suspicion that the water used for culinary purposes and for drinking, was of a poisonous nature. The whole of the inmates of the house had been more or less ill for about three weeks ; the eldest and yet surviving son (aged about 20) being the least affected, he not having lbeen so constantly at home as the other members of the family. The female servant and a nurse were also taken ill. The eldest son de posed to these facts, and stated that about three weeks ago he was employed in making green verditer, an article used by paper stainers, and in colouring walls. In this preparation he employed blue verditer, and had to use along with it a large quantity of arsenic in order to make it into green verditer. He put the ingredients into a boiler in a shed at some distance behind and detached from the house. Between this shed and the house there is a long building which appears to have been formerly a conservatory or greenhouse, but had been converted into what is now called " the colour-house." In one division or compartment of the colour-house—that nearest to the shed—there was a well with a pump on one side of it. The well is about four yards deep, and contains about two yards in depth of water. This well has also a pipe com municating with a pump in the back kitchen, from which the water is taken for domestic purposes. It appeared that after the eldest son had made that part of the pre paration containing the arsenic,• it had to be ladled into a bucket, carried into the colour-house, and there put into a tub to cool. This was carefully done by a labourer who was employed on the premises. After being cooled, and the other ingredients added, the liquid on the top re quired to be drawn off, which was done by a syphen-pipe, letting it into a wooden spout which discharged its con tents into, or near to, a sewer which is between the colour house and the boiler shed. The deposit from the liquid was all that was required in the trade. There was no evi dence that any of the liquor had been spilt in its transit, but it is not improbable but some of it has either found its way into the well by the top, which was only covered with a wooden lid level with the floor ; or, it may be, that some of the poisonous liquor had oozed from the sough into the well, between which there is a distance of six or eight yards. The eldest son did not see the arsenic preparation removed. He saw that the colour required was produced, and did not afterwards observe any defi ciency in the respective quantities of the ingredients. The three deceased (on whom the inquest was held) were similarly affected during their illness—with nausea and vomiting, and the mother had also a severe cough. They were first attended by a professional man from Walton, and afterwards by Dr. Garton, of Prescot, who treated them as for malignant fever ; but eventually thinking thers was something strange in the case, Dr. Bickersteth was, at his request, called in. On the second visit of these gentlemen together, both became convinced that the disease was caused by mineral poison, and they did not till then find that there were colour works on the premises. Neither of the three deceased were confined to their beds on Tuesday last, the day on which their uncle arrived. John died on Saturday afternoon, at six o'clock, Jane about three hours afterwards, and Margaret at half-past eleven on Sunday night. The Rev. Mr. Gilton, of Sheffield, brother-in-law to the deceased Mrs. Gilton, stated that on Tuesday last he came from Sheffield to West Derby, in consequence of having learned that his nephew (Edward) was dead, and that his sister-in-law was in the last agonies of death. After his arrival at the house, he took tea, and previous to his going to bed he (hank (as was his custom) two or three tumblers of water. He also, at breakfast, next morning, drank tea, made from the water used by the family. On the same morning, shortly afterwards, he felt a distressing nausea of the stomach, and a giddi ness, which he soon after mentioned to Dr. Bickersteth, who was attending the other afflicted members of the family. This witness said, as the circumstances were doubtful as to bow the arsenic had got into the water, that he hoped the jury would institute the most rigid inquiry into the circumstances. He added, that he heard of a case in Wales, in which water had been poisoned in a similar manner, and no arsenic could be found in the water of the well ; but a bag, containing that substance, had after wards been discovered within the pump. A post mortem examination of one of the bodies was made by Mr. Garton. He found all the internal inflam mation and appearances such as led him to the decided opinion that the deceased had died from the effects of poison. He had analyzed the water from the well, and found a result nearly similar to that which is stated :in the following certificate of Dr. Brett, who had also ana lyzed the water, and which was handed in by Mr, Gilton : Laboratory, Royal Institution, Feb.2l, 1845. REPORT OF THE CHEMICAL EXAMINATION OF TwO SPECIMENS OF WATER OBTAINED FROM THE PREMISES OF THE LATE MRSI. GILTON, OF WEST DERBY, One specimen marked water in the house. The other speci men marked water in colour-house. The first of these specimens was clear, and deposited no sedi. ment. It was first examined to ascertain whether lead was present; upon the application of the usual tests for that sub stance no evidence of its presence could be obtained. It was then examined for arsenic, and unequivocal proof of the pres ence of arsenic in the arsenious acid obtained. The second specimen gave also decided proof of the presence of arsenic in somewhat larger portion than the first. By the plan of analysis adopted, the arsenic was reduced to the metalic state, afterwards converted into arsenicous acid or white arsenic, and the liquid tests applied to the latter. Specimens of the metal and of the acid were preserved. Equal quantities of the two specimens were mixed and analysed to ascertain the proportion of arsenic, it amounted to about 4-10ths of a grain to the Imperial pint. (Signed,) R. H. BRETT, Lecturer on Chemistry and Medical Jurisprudenco of the Liverpool School of Medicine. The CORONER suggested that the inquiry should be adjourned until Wednesday, in order that the well, the sewer, and the pipe should be taken up, and every means used to discover in what manner the poison had got into the water. The Rev. Mr. Gilton said that nothing short of such an investigation would satisfy him, and, he believed, the public, as it would probably reach the facts, and remove suspicion where it might be unjustly attached. A plumber was appointed to superintend the taking up and examination of the well, &c., so that he might give evidence as to the result. The CORONER then adjourned the inquest until to morrow, (Wednesday.) He afterwards, accompanied by the Rev. Mr. Gilton and his nephew, (the surviving son,) drove, with the appointed superintendent, to the premises, and gave him instructions how to proceed. The unfortunate family, who had long resided in West Derby, were much respected, and the younger branches were highly promising. It seldom falls to the lot of a journalist to record a more heart-rending instance of do mestic desolation. LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY The first full dress concert of this society was held last evening, at the Collegiate Institution, and was, we need scarcely observe, very numerously and fashionably at tended. The principal vocal performers were Miss Birch, Miss Messent, Mr. Gratton Cooke, and Signor Marras. The instrumental performers were Mr. Vincent Wallace, piano-forte ; Mr. Gratton Cooke, obeo ; and Master Day, violin. The orchestra was, as usual, numerous and effec tive, under the excellent leadership of Mr. Z. Herrmann. The Overture to Part 1 was Weber's Jubilee, which was excellently played, after which Rossini's beautiful Chorus—William Tell—was sung with a fullness of effect which we are seldom able to listen to. Mr. Grattan Cooke next gave a sweet song—" Arise, bright golden star of day"—very prettily, but we thought with not that confi dence which a singer of his pretensions and fine voice might be fairly expected to possess. This was followed by a solo on the violin, by Master Day, (De Beriot,) which we should perhaps not err in terming one of the gems of the evening. Master Day is already a fine player, with great execution, and excellent tone and precision, and is destined, we hope, to take a very high stand in his profession, He was repeatedly and heartily cheered during his performance. Miss Messent, we regret, was not very effective with her audience in the first song set down for her, though it deserved an ample meed of applause. We attribute this to the song in question being printed in English, whilst the singer gave an Italian version, which, unless the air is one well known, embarrasses many hearers. She made np for it amply, however, in the trio and ballad from Mari tano, both of which were encoured. The ballad especi ally was given with exquisite feeling and effect. Of Miss Birch's singing we need say nothing more than that it was worthy of her. The " Syren's Invitation," by J. L. Hatton, was delightfully sung by Miss Birch, and encored, after which she gave " Bout awa' wi' Jamie," very sweetly. Signor Marras, whom we never heard before, we must notice as an acquisition. Several of the songs were most effectively sung. We must not either pass over Mr. Wallace, whose fantasia was very brilliant, and was warmly applauded. Her Majesty's steam-frigate arrived here on Sunday for the purpose of having her engines put on board. TESTIMONIAL OF ESTEEM.—The Rev. J. Richardson, curate of St. Paul's Church, Warrington, has been pre sented with a very beautiful pocket communion service of silver, and a copy of the folio edition of Bagster's Poly glot Bible, elegantly bound, with massive silver clasps and corners, and a silver shield bearing an appropriate in scription. ACClDENT. — Yesterday afternoon, a cart was sent by Mr. Lace, of Bath-street, with a load of potatoes for the American ship " Hope," lying in the Waterloo Dock. The cart was placed by the carter opposite to the stage, but the second mate removed it towards the bow of the ship, to be more convenient for unloading, in doing which he unfortunately backed the horse and cart into the dock, and the horse was drowned before it could be got out. - - ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, KEY-STREET.INVe have much pleasure in calling the attention of our readers to the advertisement in our paper relative to three sermons to be preached at St. Matthew's Church, Key-street, on Sunday next. The clergymen expected are eminent for their faithful preaching of the truth as it is in Jesus. We are also happy to find that the congregation is increasing ; and we are authorised to state there is no truth in the re port that the church isabout to be closed. Feb. 24 , 1g44. LATEST INTELLIGENCE (BY EXPRESS.) The Railway Sub-Commit decided yesterday O a th : Boston, Newark and Sheti ' line, that as dit as ~„A Spalding branch was co nc e rn , d t h e s t an di ng orders b 7 not been complied with. An objection was taken another branch of the line, but it wa., overruled. , 6 Sub-Committee N o . 2, y es t er d ay d ec id e d th a t in " • Lancashire and North Y or k s hi re , th e standing order had not been complied with. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE.—YESTERDAY. es , The supply of Wheat from Essex, Kent, and Suffolk, W ag d ity tremely small this morning; fine dry samples were taken res 4 d at the prices of this day se'nni g ht, b u t o th ers rema i n ed ultd, late in the day; old and fine free foreign are much Wan w it In bonded, with the exception of hest Dantzic, which is after by the millers at previous rates, there did not appear tof, anything doing. Finest malting Barley maintains our qu_tl., tions, but inferior is difficult to dispose of at is per qr. 1 0 ,. 0 Beans are fully as dear ; the value o f P eas i s unaltered. Oa are a dull sale at a decline of 6d t o I s per quar t er , excePinZ fine English Corn, which is scarce. The top price of Float' reduced to 53s per sack. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MA RKET.—YE,rsanAv. The arrivals of beasts from our own grazing districts fort i? ,, o i morning's market were seasonably good, and of very Super qual ty ; indeed, we have seldo m seen a b e tt er co l ec ti on description of stock. The weather being unfavourable for slaughtering, the beef trade was very d u ll, a t a d ec li n e io, t t P quotations of quite 2d. per albs.—th e hi g h es t fi gure f or the .' Scots being only 4s. 2d. per Sibs. From Norfolk. Suffolk, Essex, and Cambridgeshire, we rem . ceived 1200 Scots, homeb r ed s , and shorthorns ; front northern counties, 400 short-horns; from the western and 0 1 7, • land districts, 600 Hereford s , run t s , Devons, Ric.; from ° th parts of England, 250 of var i ous b ree d s; an d f rom Scotland, 8 . .) Scots. The numbers of sheep were again very small, yet the ranttell trade was excessively dull, at barely, but at nothing quota ° beneath, last week's prices. Prime small lambs were steady at 7s. per Slbs. In calves scarcely any business was transacted, at the decline in value. The pork trade was firm, and prices were well supported SHARE MARKET.—YESTERDAY. The share market is steady, but in a somewhat languid colldi tion. Prices do not show m uc h var i a ti on ; b ut Trent Valicr , ~ and Direct Northerns are rather i n r eques t ; t h e f orme r base been done at 26f , and the latter at 2/ to 2Zpm. Brightons, 65 , Do. Consolidated Eighths, 55 ; L on d on an d S out h W es t ern , 77 ' Do. Consolidated Ei g hth s , 42k ; H u ll and Selby, 106; S O U t s Eastern and Dover, 384; Eastern Counties, 211; Do. 61; kl eCi castle and Berwick, 22. PRICES OF STOCKS, B:c.—YESTESDAY. fid Consols for transfer to-morrow h ave rea li ze d 9 6 to 95 Z , o —4, for time g 6 to • Preparations are now maki ng f o r the e tling day, and the cont inua ti on to April is I } to per cent. I ', premium on Exchequer Bills h as b een 3 7 5., an d on I n di a BODE 38s. The New 3e per Cents have been sa i l to 978, and the 3 Pe t Cents 96,i to 96i. Bank Stock is heavy at 268 k. BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS An adjourned meeting of this Board was held last evely ing at the Board-room, H am ilt on - square . Present--)Y,' Jackson, Esq. (in the chai r ), M essrs . J. H. Green, t 0" hertson, Worner, Adamson, D. Appleton, W. Lair d ' W. Cole, Potter, and Pike. The minutes of the last meeting, held on the 15th in' stant, having been read, which were merely to the effec t that the Board be adjourned until the 23d instant, for the purpose of receiving the report of the Health Commit" tee on the subject of certain clauses to be introduced ink the Improvement Bill, respect i ng the construction of fire-proof warehouses, The CHAIRMAN said the meeting was held for the pur' pose they had heard, and be called on Mr. Townsend read the report of the committee. Mr. TOWNSEND then read a brief report, reconv mending a number of clauses being sent to the Ta B , l( Clerk (Mr. Mallaby), t o b e i n t ro d uce d i nto t h e bill . The clauses themselves appe are d ver y l eng th y , b u t wer e read. The CHAIRMAN enquired whether the powers sought for would give the c omm i ss i oners th e contro l o f the warehouses to be erected by the Dock Warehousing COg" Mr. COLE said that matter had been fully discussed i4 committee, and it was perfectly und ers t oo d that the ( WA warehouses would come under the same regulations 0 any private property. The act they sought was to gover li all. The CHAIRMAN said the Dock Warehousing Compaq had power in themselves to pass all these regulations bye-laws. Would it not, therefore, be an undue inter' ference if the Commissioners were to obtain powers which the Company were at liberty; to get for themselves; for they must recoll ec t th a t t h ey were an i ncorpora te body as well as that Board. Mr. PIKE said it was understood in committee that the company had powers to object, but they had no ill • tention of doing so. The CHAIRMAN said that if the Dock warehousl company sought to introduce a clause to exem pt their buildings from the operation of those cl auses , t h ere woull be no alternative before the House of Commons, b u either to admit the clause or to withdraw the bill alto - gether. A long discussion followed as to the ordinary course of Parliamentary business, and as to the probability of aunt a number of clauses bei ng i n t ro d uce d i n t o t h e bill, a_ria_i` was at length agreed to se n d u p th e c l auses t o Mr. No laby, who was in London, in order that he might repot to the next general Board, as to whether they, or al portion of them, could be i n t ro d uce d i n t o the hill; al l if so, the clauses w ere t o b e l a id b e f ore t h e counoissioo o ' , for their approval. _ _ The meeting then broke up. It was incidentally mentioned that the clauses were milar to the Liverpool Fire Prevention Bill. At the nomination for South Nottinghamshire, on Ss' turday, Lord Lincoln had a majority of three to one oe the show of hands. A poll was demanded. Tracey, Thomas Martin Cripplegate, the London, person stabbedon Td by u t e h s e ay type-founder night expired on Saturday night. some We e time learn, an, from un a p I c e o a tseamn unpleasantness" , betweentha t there the has priest b e been s f° .t r . Werburgh's Romish chapel, Bi r ke n h ea d, an d th e coma 3 P • tee of the schools in connection therewith. It has, 11 0 . ever, been stopped by the interference of Dr. Sharplq The schools are stated to have been in a deplorable cond i ' tion when the committee were chosen. NEW STOC K EXCHANGE . —We fi n d we were i n erro r. in announcing a fortnight since, that " the bulk of the members of the Royal St oc k E xc h ange, an d many o f t hose who have seceded from the Association in Bank-building s ' have entered the ne w St oc k E xc h ange. " It appears tbil scarcely one of thoEe ge n tl emen b as done so. We ba not the most remote id ea o f d etracting in any way : fro the respectability of the new institution. We bear that the Rev. David Parry, who is to pree,c, i the anniversary ser mon on S t. D av i d ' s day, at St. Dav is Church, this year, is one of the most talentecrand poPS: lar ministers in the principality. The Welsh inhabitael of Liverpool, we have no doubt, will be glad to sc a t themselves of the opportunity of hearing such an emiee ll preacher. lie is to preach there, likewise, on sonclef' the Bth of March. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23.—Wind South. A RRIVED, — Wanderer, Polk, from Palermo—Betsey, from Ancona—Courier, Varwell, from Zante—Enowanga , binson, from Alexandria—George Glen, Arthur, fm Alexary rl % —Queen of the Tyne, Jame son , f rom Marseilles—Kyle, Alegi ander, from Calcutta—Lady Sale, Lorr, from Rio Grand e , Poramate, Bloomfield, from Valparaisa ; sailed 20th 1 4 _I , Shamingo, Patten, from Savannah—Q ueen o f th e West, '240; house, from New York ; sailed 26th J an. —S an db ac h, from Demerara • sailed 15th Jan.—lnca, Field, f ro m Islet Ann, Wi'liams, from St. Übes. SAILED.—Thomas Hunter, Nicholson, for Africa—Broth er.' Hill, for St. Stephe n ' s —L on d on, Baker, for Philadelphia. Mary Marsden, Carter, hence at Trinidad Eliza, Stabb, from Trieste, at Cove Ne plus ultra, Cro s, from Ancona, ditto Vixen, Yellop, from Salonica, ditto Mars, Le Conteur, from Naples, ditto di tto ßreeze, Pugley, and P. D Dean. Dean, from Marseilles, Laurel, Swilly, from Larache, ditto Buenos Ayrean, from Manilla, off ditto HE S e oi n zL h av o n r a . , A Bpr.o Heywood,w Feb.n , P from2y hence T t. h L e u cßiaua Patagoniaath n Angosturary: Hancock, i pool tißs teLoaF,CAeosarTk7, will eb a b s y. driven Te o hk n e. shorepcor Douro, Nrvo t: morning a t yfrmo from a tt la GI gow, laden with wine and cork, waF t d .h r e i w ve s n o o f n an th d e fo r r o c e l ira Kiernay I oint, near Portaferry, this morning, and it is will become a wreck dip er ' ST. tHOMAS, Jan. Walker, from Philadel 2 p o l, — ia T to heA in distress, and has been condemned. Part of the cargo Liverpool,me ic p ü brig n h G e e r o e rg i 4 e t h Gar o sli a s t: maged. The sound part will be transhipped in another 3. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 9 00 0 The " high money pressure" brought to bear upon the un su re market the latter part of last week, has been in some I ne rfor o relieved, and to-day the business done has been more up pet and regular. Prices paid have in some instances been 4 d un i ; lb. below the quotations ; indeed, the ready cash has ba,,,,Dor versal sway, and bargains have been had in what are l' ie w i t ie' cally termed " soft places." Holders have yielded very re 0 ,1 ; tantly, and buoy themselves up with the hope of a sPe e OP: justment of the circulating medium, to restore confiden ce d 0 give a tone of firmne ss t o l eg iti mate bus i ness. Th e salesii• reach 5 to 5,000 bales, w ith a good and genera l demand bap buyers, who try hard to buy dog cheap with the money 84, thq 4 4 , t1 ,ot i tt tl * h p 1;' 1 ) .141:1] ( t ) 411 1 ' LIVERPOOL : ti ( TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1846. 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Lewis, i"'",,,ol(s`cor Manchester ; Haddock, and J. and W. Booth, 13 , 10 .414. Warrington; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston; and Dain,. Herald-Oka, Birmingham, LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, Fan. °' The supply o f ca ttl e at market to - day has b een larg er t: 00 0 late, which met with dull sale, at little or no a lteratiO gd. our last pri ces . B eef 5d to 64ct per lb. ; Mutton 7id to ' p LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, FE )3 ; Z3 l l l In our Butter mar k e t we h ave nothin new to noti c ' e 'dt demand appears for th e momen t t o be en tirely sy•sP n alitl Prices nominally as l as t quo t e d , v i z., 70s to S B s as I la° Nothing doing in provisions. EVERY