Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-20 00:00:00

it is true, be dui

improved, they might exert themselves m!re to

resist those influences of dirt by which they are
so often overwhelmed. E•at the root of the evil

is to be found in the circumstances in which they

are unhappily placed:: the situations in which
they are obliged to live,—the dwellings they are

under the necessity of occupying,—the associations
to which they are committed,—all this must be

changed before we can have any effectual refor-

mation in the Topography of Dirt that prevails

amongst us ; and such improvements the
poor generally find themselves very powerless
to effect. Certainly, too many of them—

the women, we mean, more especially—may
be so inveterately addicted to the habits of

Mrs. APCLARTY, and " canna be fished" to be

cleanly and tidy, that it would matter little to
them, without some greater effort than they will
be themselves disposed to make, where they
reside, what is the character of the locality, or
what are the conveniences of their cottages.
Still the case of even such is not altogether

irremediable. As a rule, those who are doomed
to live amidst dirt and stench are, we repeat,
under the circumstances in which they are placed,
not very able to help themselves ; and on this
account it is, that the benevolent are called upon
to do more than has probably yet been attempted—
in Liverpool at least—to improve' the condition
of the working classes, and 'the poor, as respects
their habitations, and their habits of life ; ever
remembering the homely, yet incontrovertible
truth, which is so important in every considera-.
ation of their case, on the highest grounds, that
with them, as with us all, " cleanliness is next to

" godliness.

A RETURN recently published by the Board of
Trade of the number of vessels and their tonnage
entered inwards and outwards, at each of the
twelve principal Ports of the United Kingdom,
from. 1847 to 1858 inclusive, shows some interest-
ing results. When, for instance, one contrasts the

year 1858 with the previous year 1857, it is seen
that in the latter year the number of vessels

entered inwards was 28,259, the total tonnage

was 7,829,613, and the clearances were 25,550,

with 7,481,321 tons ; while in the former year

27,755 vessels entered inwards, and 26,307 out-
wards, with a tonnage respectively of 7,893,057
and 7,632,024. The total amount of our ship-

ments in 1858, from the twelve ports, was

£104,695,864, against £110,504,960 in 1857.
These figures, it must be observed, do not include
our Coasting Trade. In further examining the
return, we shall find that the whole exports
declined last year about five per cent., which is

not surprising when we take into consideration
the depressed state of commerce abroad. But
about one-half of the ports show a small increase,

as compared with_ the previous year. The fol-

lowing is the declared value of the exports last
year from these twelve ports :

London

Liverpool
Hull ..

Bristol

Neweastl€

Southampton
Leith ..

Glasgow

Greenock

Dublin
Cork

Belfast

£28,886,8.39

50,899,668

• .. 13,449,733

538,418

1,863,976

2,242,907

825,836

5,193,164

545,985

59,722

180,268

The Board of Trade has enabled us, by such a
return as this we here allude to, to trace, with
considerable accuracy, the progress _of the Ship-
ping Interest daring the last decade. In 1847
the" arnomif of British tonnage was 4,942,094 en-
tered inwards, and that cleared outwards was

4,770,370 tons, inclusive of steam -vessels. Of

foreign vessels, the tonnage inwards was 2,253,939,

outwards 2,312,793, inclusive of steam vessels.-

In 1858, the inward tonnage of British ships was

5,233,311, outwards 6,743,986 ; and of foreign,
4;582,822, and 4,462,719, respectively,—also in-

elusive of steam. By a table which appeared is
our impression of yesterday, it would be per-
ceived, that while British Shipping has increased
only thirty per cent., Foreign has increased one
hundred per cent. and upwards ; so that it is
obvious our Commercial Marine has not had its

just and equitable proportion of the carrying

trade created by an augmentation in commerce

of upwards ninety per cent., in the last ten years.
In the same period, it would be found, that while

there has been a larger proportion of increase in
British steam tonnage over Foreign, there has
been a lamentable diminution in British sailing

tonnage. A very fallacious argument might be
deduced from that fact,—namely, that under the
Repeal of the Navigation Laws, there has been
an augmentation of British tonnage ; which would.
be true as applied to steamers, but false when

stated of the gross amount. Now, the great
importance of the Shipping Interest to this town
cannot be exaggerated, when we cast our eyes

over the immense sum which the exports from

Liverpool have reached, viz., upwards of fifty

millions sterling per annum, or nearly a million
per week. This fact warrants our recurrence to
the very disadvantageous position into which an.

Interest of such magnitude has been thrown by

-the indiscriminate and injudicious application of
the principles of Free Trade, which has ignored
the necessity of placing British Shipping upon
equal terms -of competition with that of those

countries to which we have so rashly thrown

open our ports. The prosperity of our own com-

munity is, of course, most intimately

concerned

with the welfare of the Shipping Interest. If

steamers are likely to supplant, in a great mea-
sure, sailing vessels, as carriers, we ought surely

in the meantime to give every encouragement o.
t
our commercial marine ; else we shall extinguish-

our sea-faring population, which must be neees

sarily diminished in number as steamers supersede

sailing vessels, requiring for their management
fewer hands, and those generally

ineffi-

cient seamen

This, however, is but one of

many reasons for taking care of such an Interest

There are other reasons; almost without number;

and the more the subject is examined the more

indispensable will it appear, that British Shipping;
must be encouraged, and placed upon equal terms'
with Foreign Shipping, if British prosperity is

to be maintained,

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permit' society to be troubled by cul-

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1 during the

yesterditN

Only a few cases were entered for hearing
none of which possessed any public interest. , . •
APT FOUND DROWNED.— esterday, the body Of
man was discovered floating in the small , basin at
Prince's Dock, by officer James Quick. The body was.
taken to the dead-house, and an inquest will be held Ripon
it to-day. ,
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ODD FELLOWS' HALL.
the first of a miles of weekly concerts took place in thE
above hall, under the patronage of the Worshipful the
Mayor. The chair was filled by Mr, Atterman Parker
and on_the_ platform there were also Mr. T. L. Hodson,
11 1.. Pnwral !Th

councillor for the *tad; Mr. T. Log; lur. roweti anti
Mr. Duckworth, tlm G.M. and D.G.M. of the Liverpool
District ; Messrs. Kirkham and zones, Chairman of the
Hall and of tht CoraMittce. The vocalists
were assisted 'by the members of the St. Cecilia Glee
Union, and vere, under the direction of Mr. E. Stott.
Thpir irnve sett satisfaction, and several

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races were-encored. 3tr, L. Hodson, Who Was, in a
few commentary remarks, introduced to the ate fence
15v theL:tiiairman, stated that he was delighted at wit-

asseriAled is that spleitaid hall, which vas 'a Credit to
the.4ddfellows of Literpool, and to the ottizans of
*hid' the society cilia), consisted. He Was happy to
lehtn that Saturday:evening concerts Are to be con-
ti tined there, and Istlieyed they would be :-,f essential

r-vice in promoting the welfare of the people. It was
lannounced that M. Councillor Kitchen 'mould take the
next Sate-rdtty evening ; and., after. singing the
'national anthem, tand _passing a vote .ei thanks to the
chairman, tit +company separated.

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PRESS IN FRANCE

I The Presse of yesterday
.evening contains the
a following sharp remarks :
t The Moniteur has spoken : there is to be no new de-
'eree with respect to the Press : the legislation of 1852
will remain as it is : the journals have sufficient
to discuss the acts of the government and to enlie.

ithre algreater liberty of the

CORRESPQ.NDENCE

!o not hold ott.

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