The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-09-19 00:00:00

THE NORTHERN TIMES.--LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

thing direct for France. In the first year named above (1849)
there was no exports of flour to French ports, and only 108
bushels of wheat ; in 1852 the total includes 2,700 barrels of
flour, and in 1853 only 8,784 barrels; but in the year ending
June 30, 1854, there were shipped direct to France 1,041.098
bushels of wheat, 728,270 barrels of flour, and 39.400 bushels
following fiscal year (1854.5) the
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AFFAIRS

TkIE ROYAL BRITISH BANK

e rumours with regard to the statemeL
ities to be presented on Saturday to the shareholders
Royal British Bank do not encourage the slightest
' a result less disastrous than has hitherto been
.ed. Neither do the various communications
ed from shareholders and others in relation to the
al conduct of the directors from the date of the for-
sablishnient doWn to the present time
4 that the principal persons said to

hope o

anticip

is of flour to t

ed down to

8,5 57 bar► e

of wheat, but the

n of the o

of corn

I,to 312,740 bt

Paring the year

Itib6 the Pa

be crops on the continent of Europe

permit an expedtatio.
be compromised will be able to exonerate themselves evert
so far as to show that the deceptions and misappropria-
tions which have taken place were the result rather of
momentary sacrifices to expediency than of any deliberate
departure from good faith. It is asserted that the delin-
quencies which have ended in the ruin of the bank dated
_ s- and that if the provision
'lution upon one-fourth

.s, and the total exports to France

r 1855

ly Pompiled, have

been larger
As soon as

an ever

rnmenced in the west and north

a 1855, its bad quality and 1

ht created a

its commencement

ices continued to advance op to the

'ge receipts f

La other sources of supply, caused

s worthy of

of the capital being lost, had been tread,...
the smallest attention, the concern would scarcely have
passed into a second year of existence. Such losses, how-
ever, although involving deep culpability, might have re-
sulted from
as irre

61110 CLILILIGry,
downward tendency in prices throughout January, 1856, and
everything was promising for the next harvest until the inun-
dations in May. These checked the decline without wholly
arresting it ; but, as the harvest approached, the hopes of
an average crop became less innguine, and it is now generally
admitted that the supply will be deficient from 5,000,000
to 10,000,000 hectolitres—that is, from 14,000,000 to
28,000,000 bushels. The quantity of arable land in France

tatiO; to regard them

The h

nediate

Omit to a

verable, and thus i
winding up, may also be
since the regulation for the forfeiture of the oharttr, nice
' •

.ted if it cannot be excused,

all
_governme

precautions of

similar charac

gat a temptation, to c

vicious in

t part of the affair- will,

lt IS

310,000 acres, of which 14,000
acres, are d
ge anuual produ

4,580,0(

evoted to the cultu
495,000,000 bt

) hectares.

prove to consist of a s(
exc

of acts such as no persons
tro:n a studied determination
t of their own speculations
to individual direc•

ye aao

Leis of whe

❑ake the bank t

pegoa

one-fourth arc

Thus, ti

advances

198,000,000 t

aro wheat

tors, as well as to the general manager, and the securities
taken against them, are said to be of a nature and to have
been carried on for periods which can leave no doubt as
to the aspect of the transactions. One correspondent
expresses suspicions that even after the bank had become
embarrassed by its connection with the coal and iron
works in Wales, the chief efforts employed were with an
intention to extract some personal profits from them
instead of to retrieve, as far as possible, the interests of
the shareholders. ." It should be asked," he says, "at the

With an average crop, France has heretofore been able not
only to supply her own wants, but to furnish about
5,500,000 bushels of wheat (or its equivalent in flour) for
e consumption of Great Britain. It is evident that this
ereatly reduced during the
wants of her

be cut off or

own peop'e. Indeed, the total exports to Great Britain from
all French ports for the year 1355 amounted to an equivalent
of only 880,000 bushels, or about 15 per cent. of the usual

11 foreign produce, shipped from

approaching meeting, first, whether two or more of the
former directors did not enter into an arrangement with
the bank for carrying on the works on their own
account? Secondly, whether the .advances made by
the bank to the said directors have been repaid, or
transferred, as the speculation failed, to the debt of the
Welsh property in the books of the bank ? And, thirdly,
whether in fact the position of affairs was not. pretty
nearly to the effect, If the coal and iron works thrive
they belong to the said directors, but, if otherwise, they
revert to the bank—advances and all ? " This may be a
misapprehension, but the prevalence of such assertions
shows the necessity not only on behalf of the public, but
also for the reputation of all concerned, that every step
in the history of the establishment should be investigated
with a view to the confirmation or disproval of them.
Another correspondent has transmitted somo documents
with respect to which there cannot be much mistake.
They are dated within a week of the stoppage of the
bank, and contain an urgent invitation to the person to
whom they were addressed, to join the direction " con-
sisting of gentlemen of undoubted means and position,"
the manager being meanwhile prepared to afford him " the
fullest information." Thus, from beginning to end every
proceeding, as far as it is possible to_ judge at present,
appears to have been discreditable. It is to be hoped
that on Saturday those among the present directors who
deny complicity in the misdeeds to be exposed will give
the best proof of their sincerity by unfolding everything
that may serve to bring forward the real offenders, and to
fix upon them the opprobrium they deserve.—Times.

In Great BriLain a

crop this year is very good, but it
wants of the people. The
to the United Kingdom for the

i 3 never sufficient to supply the
total imports of breadstuff

three years (reckoning flour, &c., at its equivalent in

) are as folio

Calendar year.

Equal to bu.hels of wheat,

1854
1855

84,419.632
63,267,240
50,227,608

The high prices have contributed to reduce the imports into
the United Kingdom during the last two years to the lowest
possible point ; but for the first six months of the current
year the total imports amounted to 1,859,000 quarters, show-
ing an increase of 161,000 quarters, or 1,248,000 bushels, and
must continue at about this rate throughout the remainder of
the year. Even with a good harvest, the kingdom must need
at least 40,000,000 bushels of grain, or its equivalent in flour
for its own consumption. Of this amount, Russia, (Northern
and Southern ports), whose supplies were cut off during the
war, can now furnish 10,000,000 bushels ; Prussia (whose
harvest is this year below the average) 10,000,000 bushels;
all other countries, 5,000,000 ; leaving 15,000 to come from
the United States. If prices rule at a comparatively low rate,

the consumption' will be increased, and the quota from this
country may reach 20,000,000 or 25,000,000 of bushels.
Spain and Portugal have hitherto exported to both France and

England, the shipments to the latter last year being upwards
of 4 000,000 bushels. This year, the harvests are there so
poor, that the export is prohibited, and supplies for consump•
tion in the Peninsula are going forward from this port.
We see, therefore, that in addition to the demand for the
breadstuffs from regular customers, we arc likely to have an
increased export trade to Europe, making the aggregate
probably more than 40,000,000 bushels of wheat and corn,
or its equivalent in flour. It is difficult to ascertain the
exact production of the United States. The total arable land

ARCHBISHOP WHALE ON THE WAR

With the permission, it is to be presumed, of the Pope's
delegate in Ireland, Archbishop M'Hale has been permitted
to break the mysterious silence which he has preserved
for nearly two years past. The lion of Judah, it seems,
has, among others, been solicited for pecuniary support by
the secretaries of the Crimean banquet, and, by way of a
response to the appeal, Dr. APHale favours, the said secre-
taries with a homily which trenches upon two columns of
the Freeman's Journal. Abstinence from public writing,
whether compulsory or otherwise, has not effected any
improvement in the style or matter of those once familiar
espistles from St. Jarlath's, and consequently ,there is
little of attraction or novell y in the long letter just
ushered into print. Nevertheless, as the subject which
has elicited it happens to be the almost solitary topic of
the day, an extract or two from this tediously elaborate
communication may be excused upon this occasion. Hav-
ing expressed his full concurrence with the mark of
national gratitude about to be conferred upon the Irish
soldiers of the Crimea, the rev. prelate proceeds :
" On the gallant achievements of the troops from Great
Britain and Ireland who warred in the Crimea there
cannot be, I am sure, any discrepancy of opinion. As
those services are so highly and generally appreciated,
there should be, in all justice, a corresponding manifesta-
tion of the gratitude to which they are entitled. The
active valour of the united army has been considerably
enhanced by the unexampled sufferings they had in com-
mon to endure, and the Irish portion of the forces, whom
it' is particularly meant to honour had, in addition to
those physical sufferings, spiritual privations to
encounter, compared to which they set at nought all the
horrors of the campaign. To appreciate such devoted ser-
vices, and adequately to reward them, would be creditable
to the feelings of any nation, and no nation should be
deemed worthy of their continuance that would not labour
fortheir just remuneration. That the coming banquet.
or any such transient display of convivial hilarity, is the
only sort of a reward that a faithful army should expect
from a great people as a compensation for all their gal-
lant feats and terrible sufferings but few will venture to
maintain. Such a manifestation of gratitude might be
well suited to the services of distinguished individuals,
who never felt the religious as well as physical hardships
of the Irish Catholic soldier, nor apprehended their recur-
rence, and who, therefore, cannot sufficiently estimate the
permanent value which he sets on being freed from those
privations: To men so circumstanced—for example, the
faithful representatives of the people—such a manifesta-
tion as that now contemplated is always encouraging, fur-
nishing a valuable testimony to their fidelity, an incen-
tive to perseverance, and a reproof to such others as
have sacrified to their selfish views the public interests
that were confided to their tutelage. But such demonstra-
tions have, as they should have, but little influence on the
courage of the masses of military citizens, as they may be
called, of which an army is composed. They aspire to
more solid comforts and to more sacred and lofy rewards.
It was for their altars and for their hearths—pro aria et
focis—for all the endearing interests and sacred hopes and
engagements that are for ever associated with those two
words of such pregnant signification—and it was for them,
and not for any less holy objects, that the most brilliant
feats recorded in sacred, or profane, or ecclesiastical
history were achieved. Free altars and secure firesides
formed the most imposing theme by which the Roman
generals kindled the courage of their soldiers. Never was
the valour of the Hebrew people so signally. displayed as
when they fought to protect their temple and its worship-
pers from profanation. It was the consciousness that
they were engaged in the defence of their holy religion,
and supplied with all its consolations, that strung to such
a high pitch the heroism of the champions of the cross as
to perform prodigies of prowess exceeding all belief if not
so well authenticated. A similar feeling has sustained,
under the most disastrous circumstances, the intrepidity
of the soldiers of every Christian country, who knew that
with victory were sure to be associated the secure tenure
of the home and the free practice of the faith for which
they gladly risked the danger of life itself. The noblemen
and gentlemen who compose the committee for the Cri-
mean banquet are well aware that such is not the lot of
the Irish Catholic soldiers, who have won their just
admiration; and as they are anxious to prove their grati-
tude for their protectors, I trust they will labour in all
earnestness to procure for those brave men the only
benefits they prize, and the only remuneration that can be
adequate to their services.:'
• Then follows a prolix and extraordinary disquisition
upon all the State grievances which have been' dished up
and relished any and every day withing the last ten years
or more—the absence of security , for the tenant the
refusal of Lord Aberdeen to provide spiritual assistance
for the Roman Catholic soldier, and' such like standard
subjects of former epistles. Having thus spun out the cata-
logue, the writer takes breath, and asks :
" What is it, if we are to believe the encomiasts of
British soldiers, that has signalised their valour through.
out the world but the proud consciousness they feel that
while fighting at home or abroad they are fighting for
their country, for its freedom, for its commerce, for its
institutions, and, in short, for the aggregate of all those
things belonging to their civilisation? It is this, they
tell us, whether the facts be exaggerated or not, that
exalts English prowess so much above the mere material
force of the serfs of Russia, who cannot feel the same
zeal in defending the despotic power that consigns them
to such abject slavery. If this reasoning be right, and
no doubt it has its force, why not give all its benefits in
favour of our country and its Sovereign to the Irish
Catholics, who form so large a portion of our army ?
Surely the English possess no monopoly of the domestic
virtues. Their hearths and their homes, and the holy
affections by which they are consecrated, were never
dearer to them than his cottage to the Irish soldier. Why,
then, endeavour to:assimilate him to the Russian serf in
leaving him and his nearest kindred to the mercy
of a landlord, rendered, however benevolent by nature,
as arbitrary by law as the Russian Czar, and depriving
him of all heart and courage, having no home to defend ?
Though the Englishman may boast of his Protestantism,
he, is not so much attached to his faith as the Irish Catho-
lics are to theirs ; and why, then, favour the enemy, to
the injury of the country, by taking from the Irish soldier
the aid of religion in the battle field and la the camp—the
true clement of heroism, without which the courage of the
great Turenne himself would have languished ? When
they are eulogised as the defenders of their country the
compliment will, it is to be hoped, be a reality, not a
mockery. It will not mean the country of one class to
the exclusion of another, but their common country, with
its impartial protection of all its children. Without this
your banquet will not lay hold of the feelings or enlist
the co-operation,' as far as I know them, of the clergy
or of the people. What a bitter disappointment
and mortifying result would it be to consign on
the following morrow to the chilling influence of
oppression or neglect that valour and fidelity which, but
the evening before, you have been warming with hospi-
tality and praise ! The committee will, however, receive
brave men they crown it with another,
which it will not be their fashion to forget or disregard,
health a
tsytiemp
the pledge of never relaxing their efforts until they suc-
ceed in achieving for that portion yet bereft of their
enjoymentt hy and support to a large amount if when pledging
o free
those f
and
easy access to their alters during war,
and the quiet shelter of their native :roof after their
triumphant return."

- r
under actual cultivation is given in the census of 1850 at
113,032,614 acres, of which 51,700,000 acres were producing.
breadstuff& The following was the total production of grain as
a in tho census returns for 1840 and 1850 :-
1840. 1850.
84,823,272 100,485,944
18 645,567 14,188,813
123,071,341 146 584,179
377,531,875 592,071,104
1,161,504 5,167,015
7,291543 8,956,912

Wheat, bushels

Buckwhea

Total bu,

ids- 615,525,302 867,453,967
mount of arable land has been brought
ince 1850, and those most conversant

A very la:

with the West and its increased resources think that the
product of wheat has increased at least 50 per cent since
the date last given, while other grain has increased 23 to
25 per cent. The total yield of wheat being computed
at 150,000,000 bushels, it is easy to see that the export
demand can be filled without creating any extraordinary
excitement throughout the country. Last year the farmers
anticipated such high rates that many of them refused to sell
in time, and thus, to their great chagrin, were obliged to dis-
pose of their stock at the close of the season far below the
year
to b the
Da earlyli
msailtesbeplroow which foreign
promise to be the
beet,at r a2be et
ere
h any home accumulation, At

would r

We scarcely expect

o rates during the current season,

ut within that range an a,

ion business may be

expected, Tho prospects for Indian corn cannot be given
.until nesrer the close of the harvest. Floor will fluctuate
more that wheat in price ; sales have been made to arrive in
England at a price which would net here about 5 dols.
for standard superfine, but this is generally thought to be
an inside price. We have compiled from the official

records a statement of the average export price of
flour in each year since 3 800.. The highest was 14 dole. 75c.

per barrel, at, which all the shipments averaged in the
year 1817. The lowest was 4 dols. 24c., which was the
average of 1852. Yearly average price of the exports of wheat
flour from the —United States to foreign ports from 1836 to
1855 :

Year. Price. Year. Price. Year. Price. Year. Price.
Dols. Dols. Doll. Dols.
1836 .. 7,50 1841 .. 520 1846 .. 5,18 1851 .. 4,77
1837 10 25 1812 6,00 1847 .. 5,95 1852 .. 424
1838 .. 9,50 1.343 .. 4,50 1818 .. 6,22 1853 .. 5,61
1839 6.75 1844 .. 475 1849 .. 5.35 1855 „„ 7,88
1819 .. 5,37 1845 .. 4,51 1850 .. 5,00 1855 .. 10,10
The periods above noted are the Government fact! years,
ending the 30th June. The average for 1856 is not yet made
up, but will be considerably below that of 1855.—New York
Journal of Commerce.

LIVERPOOL GAS ENQUIRY-METERS

BANGOR REGATTA, 18:56

PATRONS

Sir it WiMarina 13alkeley, Rut., M.P., Lord Lieutenant of

Carnarvonsiiire

Col. the Hon. E. G. Dou

of Carnarvon

:las-Pennant, M.P., for the County

Wm. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq , M.P., for the Carnarvonshire
Boroughs.
Colonel MacDonald, High Sheriff of Carnarvonshire.
Tbos. Asshcton Smith, Esq., Commodore of the Royal Welsh

Yacht Chita.
S. D. Darbyshire, tsq., late Flivh Sheriff of Carnarvonshire.
Sir John Hay Williams, Bait., lillianfa.
This annual acqnatic fete came oft on Monday last, and
was most numerously and fashionably attended. The weather
was delightfully fine, and the congregation of visitors was greater

than we remember on any similar occasion in Bangor.
At two o'clock, prompt, the proceedings commenced with the
race for gentlemen's yachts under eight tons—the prize being
an elegantly chased and engraved silver claret jug, manufac-
tured expressly for the purpose by Mr. J. W. Benson, of 33,
Ludgate Hill, London. Five yachts were entered, two belong-
ing to the Straits, and three to the Birkenhead Model Yacht
Club. They were the
Glide, 74 tons, Thos. Wilkinson, Esq., Birkenhead.
Spray, 7 tons, Alfred Bower, Esq., Birkenhead.
Giraffe, 51 tons, Alfred Ewer, Esq , Birkenhead.
Razor Bill, 5 tons, Hugh Thomas Davies Griffith,
Esq., Craig yr halen, Menai Bridge.
Nautilus, 8 tone, Rev. L. Slater, Belmont, Bailor.
These were ranged in a lino opposite the Slate-yard, and at
a given signal the first four were started, with an exceedingly
light breeze. It was soon seen that the contest would lie
altogether between the two first-named, and the others
returned to their moorings; but the wind shifting, and
subsequently dying away, the interest felt in the race at the
commencement completely evapourated. The crews did not
land till after dark, when each party claimed the prize, and
there being some difficulty on the part of the committee in
coming to a decision, through the race partaking more of the
character of a drifting match than a sailing contest, and both
parties having committed some irregularities, the representa-
tives of the owners of the Glide offered to run the course over
again on the ensuing day, which was accepted by the owner of
the Spray, conditionally that his vessel should be found in a
fit state—she having received some damage by touching the
ground. On the following day the Spray was reported all
right, and the committee made the requisite preparations ; but
a new representative of the owner of the Glide refused to fulfil
the engagement entered into on, his principal's behalf on the
previous night, alleging that his brother was not authorised to
make or consent to any such proposition. The Spray, there-
fore, ran over the prescribed course, and claims the cup, which
at present remains in the hands of the committee. The course
was from Garth, round a boat off Beaumaris, and round a boat
off Rh'anfa, twice, and thence to the startinc, point.
The next race was for sailing boats unier twenty-two feet
keel :—First boat, Five Pounds ; second boat, Two Pounds;
third boat, Ono Pound. For this there came forward eight

boats, viz :
Emily, Beaumaris, William Jones ..1
Rover, Beaumaris, Henry Hughes ..2
Llewelyn, Holyhead, Robert Lewis 3
Vulcan, Penmaennoawr, Thomas Griffith 0
Industry, Beaumaris, John Williams 0
Menai, Bangor, Robert Williams.. 0
Fairy, Bangor, James Donaldson
St. Tudno, Llandudno, Hugh Jones.... 0
The more exciting portion of the afternoon's sport com-
menced in the boat races, there being great rivalry just now
in the building of boats and the assertion of prowess amongst
the watermen of the Straits, especially in Bangor. The first
was for four-oared boats, rowed and steered by watermen.
(Under twenty-five feet keel.) Heats. First boat, Four
Pounds ; second boat, Two Pounds ; third boat, One
Pound. Course—From Garth Point to a boat moored off
Rhianfa and back to the starting point. The only two entered
were, the..

Olivia, Bangor, Charles. Freeman 1 1
Lady Louisa, Bangor, Thomas Jones 2 2
—These were good races, the men pulling most gallantly, and
not being far apart on coming to the goal.
Four oared Watermen's Boats. (Under 18 feet keel.) Heats.
First boat, Three Pounds ; second boat, Two Pounds ; third
boat, One Pound. Course same as No. 3. The boats entered
were— _ _ _

Alicia, Beaumaris, William Stanley . , 2 1 1
Prince of Wales, Bangor, Jeremiah Griffith ! 2 d
Elizabeth and Grace, Beaumaris, Thos. 0 wen 3 3 d
Mary, Bangor, Solomon Hughes
Margaret, Bangor, Tnomas Roberts
These were the crack races of the day; and elicitecl,Tiarm
expressions of admiration from the spectators.
Four-oared Race Gigs. (Under 25 feet keel.) To be
rowed and steered by Gentlemen Amateurs. Heats. Fret
boat, Five Pounds; second boat, Two Pounds. Course same
as No. 4. Only two crews were entered for these races, but
they competed most strenuously, the superiority of the boat
giving the first prize to the Olivia, rather than any deficiency
of exertion or capability on the part of the losers.
Olivia, Bangor, John Hughes •1 1
Lady Louisa, Bangor, John Sleigh 2 2
Four-oared RX) Gigs. (Any length of keel.) To be rowed
and steered by Gentlemen Amateurs only. Ton Pounds
Course—From Gallows Point to Garth Point. There were no
entries for this prize.
A Punt Race for One Pound. (Pair of Sculls.) Round
a boat moored off Garth Point and back.
The Lizzy, Carnarvon, J. P. Evans
Elizabeth & Grace, Beaumaris, T. Pritchard, 2
--Superior two-handed rowing was never seen to that of
Thomas Pritchard, but his competitor had the advantage of a
lighter boat.
Seuller's Race for Ten Shillings. (Single Scull at the Stern.)
Same course as No 6. This race elicited shouts of laughter
from the shore, and came off very cleverly. There was no less
i number than five boats, whose scullers exerted themselves to
the utmost." The Committee awarded half a crown to each of
the losers.

A Juvenile Boat Rice for Boys under 16 years of age.
Heats. Four little fellows, in two small boats, competed for
this prize, but fouled in both cases, through a want of know-
ledge of the tides. Their endeavours to extricate themselves
and steal a march upon their opponents wore most amusing.
The Committee divided ten shillings between them.
A Juvenile Boat Race (two oars), for Boys above 16 years
of age. Iteats. First Boat, Ten Shillings; Second Boat,
Five Shillings. Four stouter lads in boats of higher pretension
rowed in these races a greater distance.
The Olivia, Bangor, James Jones 1 1
Lady Louisa, Bangor, Peter Jones
The amusements were to have terminated with what is called
"A Duck Hunt," but the men engaged to perform did not
make their appearance.
The Regatta terminated without the slightest accident to
any one, and proved most satisfactory to all concerned—
though some croakers, who delight in spoiling, misrepresenting
and checking every thing, were pleased to anticipate an entire
failure, and with the excellence of the arrangements, the
respectability of the company, the good conduct of the multi-
tude, the liberal collection for the Infirmary, amounting to £5
145., will, no doubt recommend it next year to the continued
and increased support of the distinguished gentlemen who this
year honoured it with their former patronage.
The awards of the Cup and the prizes for the eighteen feet
keel boats, will be announced, and a statement of the accounts
will be published, on the earliest possible opportunity.—
Abridged from the North Wales Chronicle.