The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-04 00:00:00

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TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, a very desirable
ESTATE, adjoining the Railway Station in Huyton, com-
prising an excellent Dwelling,-house, called " Belle-Vue," fitted
up with every convenience, and well adapted for the residence of
a respectable family. Capital Pleasure and Kitchen Gardens,
Hot-houses, Coach-house, Stables, and Two Closes of Land, con-
taining upwards of Three Acres, in the possession of Mr. Thomas
Rigby; also, Two respectable DWELLING-HOUSES, with Gar-
dens, fronting the village of Huyton, and now in the occupation
of Mr. William Barker and Mr. Morton Sparke, as yearly tenants.
The above forms a very desirable Property either for Investment
or Residence, and a considerable portion of the Land may be dis-
posed of for building purposes, without detriment to the present
Dwelling-houses.
The Premises may be viewed by leave of the respective Tenants ;
and for price and further particulars, apply to the Proprietor, Mr.
JAMES SCOTT, Hendham-Vale, Manchester; or to Mr. EDMUND
WARD, Solicitor, Prescot.

TO be SOLD, by PRIVATE TREATY, a splendid
modern-built MANSION, with 1,800 acres of LAND, in
Ayrshire, and near Newton-Stewart. Three beautiful Lochs are
in sight of the Mansion, one of which is 2i miles long, and of the
Land 85 Acres consist of thriving Plantations. The Estate
abounds in Black Game, Grouse, Partridge, Hares, and Wild
Fowl, Pheasants, &c. There is also excellent Salmon and Trout
Fishing. Also. an excellent FAMILY HOUSE, near Parkgate,
with Three Entertaining and Six Bed-rooms, Bath, and Water-
closet, &c., with Three Acres of Land. Th 2re may also be had
Seventy-three Acres of LAND in the same neighbourhood. Also,
a very commodious country RESIDENCE, with extensive Garden,
&c., near Walton; and several Lots of BUILDING LAND, in
various localities.

TO be LET, a splendid HOLTSE, Abereronaby-
square ; One DITTO, Everton ; One DITTO, top of Alfred-
street ; also, a splendid SHOP, in Castle-street ; One DITTO,
Elliott-street; One DITTO, Great George-street; Double OFFICE,
Drury-lane ; One DITTO, Castle-street ; One DITTO, Hackin's-
hey ; a few splendid FURNISHED HOUSES.
Apply to Mr. WM. WILLIAMS, Estate-agent, and Agent to the
Royal Insurance Company, 47, Ranelagh-street, and 3, Hacl:in's-
hey, Liverpool, where applications are to be made for HOPE-
STREET-HALL, and the HALL in HACKIN'S•HEY.
P.S.—A Plan of the Ayrshire Estate may be seen at the Office.

[SEPTEMBER 4, 1856.

farmers to incline to the unfavourable view, as 1 heio
t,„ d
to keep up market prices, and as the recent suprik
home-grown corn show that the stock of old whea
by no means exhausted, consumers have some
to calculate on a relief from the high
prices "

achl,atntiags
eatlmo
tohset
have so long prevailed.
coiumnptroys-s
titularly at this juncture, when we are engage° to
arduous and costly contest. It will not only
industry as far as agriculture is concerned, he oi
give a considerable impetus to home manufacturc4'o
to the consumption of commodities generally k
war has shut us out from supplies from the Bl9e.
ficlefi"
and the Russian ports in the Baltic, but the de 41$
oibflea
ptrooduocvteirv-eesbtarviroae_itsetinpo:
in this respect will be compensated by an ine
our own production, and thereby augment thewet
of the country at the very time when the Of
demands are made on its resources. All class:PO'
be in some degree partakers of the bounty ero
vidence, and not less perhaps in the iroPrTre-tasiisi
commerce and manufactures, than in the chew 01
01
of the most important article of food. 1-11
it must prove beneficial, and demands an exPre—dol
national gratitude to the Almighty for Os In
mercies.

OUR EXPORT TRAPS'
'O"
Fnoir a return which has just been Pub
gi
the Board of Trade, of the declared value c'f ij
arjßei
produce and manufactures exported in the Se 40
it appears that of the whole amount £909,slse ut°
less than £33,898,313, or above one-third, I; be
British possessions. No better answerc°llooe.
forded to the absurdities of some of our
formers, who, a few years since, would haveAA
r;r<
the legislature that our Colonies were
might be thrown off as useless incumbranee'er
constitute our best customers, and will d'ifelegilt
wars or revolutions may have deprived as °0414,,
markets, or hostile tariffs may have praetie 0)04,1'
us out from any advantage in trade. cep
which we refer also affords some useful eviue cor,
reference to the effect of the present war °p`
trade. We were told by those who would aaior
at any price, that Russian trade was of tanremde
us than that of Turkey. In the table referr';"
exports to Russia amount to only £54,301' 00
to Turkey the amount is no less than Ll'advf
A great part of this discrepancy is of f°, vw
tributable to the war itself, but not all, jc:i.toP,A
year 1853, the exports to Russia amonate7,fee.
£1,228,404, or less than half the value of °l'loo7,
trade to Turkey ; so that the amount of ntirotif)
comparatively very little, notwithstanding all of
been said of the vastness of the Russian
its capabilities of consumption. The greaediO"
ruption to trade which the war has uee'asl°ali
001
the imports from Russia of hemp, flax, an 00111;
but these are commodities which may beeopc
elsewhere; and as necessity will compel r.pePtji;
of new sources of supply, which, once in
it t
may no doubt be maintained indefinitelP jtfrelit
found that Russia has permanently destrofoii,
market for her produce by the provocatioo the
with Great Britain.
When the Manchester party was 'ro 4co y
country for the repeal of the Corn-laws, the; be
fident predictions were made of the gre°, 006
which would be derived from that system n'aeecllF,
city which was sure to be established. InbF
was the strongest, if not the sole argument Nleo
relied upon to justify the measure ; and we re ,
wards it was found that our
increasing year by year, the P the
content to admit that the predictions Ad?
verified, without any further inquiry into
less to insist that the alleged success of oaf
}lna nothing. whatever to do with the l'‘p gold
exports
atwelarrge
titular causes which led to the increase. 11,,, ff!tle,
Corn-laws, but was altogether owing to wbo
coveries in California and Australia : th°se, raPifijid;
looked on the surface of things saw t'to go c.
augmenting exports, and were content helot°
further. If, however, we take the account 064
we shall find that, so far from the freetl°9ltrailey
tation of corn having led to reciprocity nf 10ci
tendency has been in a contrary direetilipOix
year 1845, our total exports were £6o'l pies Iv
which to the several corn-growing COwl
respective amounts were—
-7 999 Prussia IR7 dr, tr
Denmark
Russia 2,163,4 w.,
„ CgOeir
Being a total of
In the year 1854, after at least eight / or
importation of corn, and therefore with abi ifit
opportunities to develope those foreign 139:eablist
our manufactlfres which were to be stin3o fefr
purchases of agricultural produce, tile
amounts of exports, out of a total of R97,29er yr
Prussia £9lO 4:
69e of
Denmark
64,3°i
Russia
Being a total of only g.----11,72100011)(
or a falling off of £1,263,421. It may be sal t ifid
decrease with Russia is owing to the war; burg' rt.
year 1853, when there was no war, the exP°.oo
only L 1,228,404, and the increase to POSlsp
V 1,
doubt owing to the overland transit trade.
00#4/
By the same table we learn that the eirA ki(
Australia last year reached £11,931,352, an"
46
United States, including California, 01,,' coo.
while the East Indies took £10,025,969, gn" el; 'll
£5,980,876, being a total of 249,348,566, tbeo3,6Siof
ponding total in the year 1845 being only R18,:01:10 ry
so that here we have almost sufficient to nevt
the large increase of our export trade, withtlipto'clty
gained in any way from that promised 1100/
Augmented consumption has no doubt er,beak '
necessity for increased importations, but all
ee' leo
tages which we have gained in this resPoo jto
have been equally acquired had the free vebry
made conditional, so that we should not 00'10,,
contend, as has been the case, with hostileifore re
which our export trade to the north of otAlek 4
been restricted instead of promoted. ItllierlAt.
membered that, as far as the customer is P'
price is the great element in the quest6Alle the
tle-cry was cheap bread against dear hfrt do n price
loaf was the object to be gained, and se,Agher ch
last two years bread has been at a much he 91
than it was during the fifteen years vil'esd,
abused sliding-scale was the law of the lari