Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-08 00:00:00

growth,

• its
shall
but

lave civilisation, not in our dependencies alone
ughout the length, and breadth of the world. (Rear
. . . _
Lord

therefore, tha

t in the bands of

Stanley this mighty question—for mighty it is to the
'esls, not only of India, but to Great Britain—will
lowed to sleep. Lord Stanley has told .us that

zlreadv the

governmeni has come nuclei: guarantees to the
=mount of something like .37 millions, in relation to the
prosecution of railroads and other public works. He has
told us that 'there are 5,000 miles of railway already
projected, and that 3,000 miles of railway arc actually in
ioonrse Of execution. He has told us that guarantees to

some extent have been given in relation to irrigation;
and he has also told ous that the attention of. the govern-
anent wiil be earnestly directed to the laws which relate

e.-,servatious which were made in the House of Commons
the other day, all the other means would be almost use-
less. (Hear.) Gentlemen,_ it has been a source of. deep

eaton supply, question With such apathy. I do think'
that is a blot upon our intelligence. I believe it is not
a manufacturers question. I believe that it is, as I said
before, a question of progress and a question of civili-
sation. 1 believe that it is the great question of India,
and believe that it is the great question of Africa.
(Hear, hear.) I believe it is a question which not only
tone' rns our manufacturers, but which concerns our
agriculturists, which concerns our shipowners, . our
merchants, our artizans, and our labourers, and every
interea which is bound up in this great empire of ours.
1 am persuaded that I address men— you will excuse me
if I for a moment say a few words upon this subject,
I persuaded it is a subject which ought to
ttention—l am persuaded that I address
o see, if they live the natural period
e the present cotton crop, and 1 believe

lsidered as not
sof the world. (H

I 'travelled to Lo. day or two ago, with Mt
Aspinall Turner, di member for Manchester, and h
told me that the c' t 4 . cro
this lear is evc- v bole of it

p-
which Ns'

have to reeeiv

propriated. lie consid'

nr 3

that, vsnining the crop to b
one. bole of cotton will be in excess

millions, not
shall

That we

I do not mean to say

-0-
bat the wants of the world will absorb the whole of

it. I trust, therefore, that we shall never cease to

'elite the qucsticn of• au increased supply of cotton,
berie-:ing that the prosperity of Great Britain, the pro-
tress cf her comnvrce, the strenghtening of her national
rition, the in,dutenance of that supremacy which she
over th, other notions of the world, and the con-
tilmance of her. peace at home, are all alike ,
dependant
T:0,4 ful ample and abundant supply of cotton • (Hear,
tc,..,i.?. If youare to avail yourselves of the
'wheb. have b• ea made with - China: with
Japan, and with
czga so a;ail th lZu,sia, it is impossible you
yourselves unless you increase your
I therefore venture to prophecy that
/nen in this reoln,oiN.vlei,o,twill live to regard a ten
of bales supply
as not one bale too
' - only somalung like te
three-quarters of a century
bale of cotton was iniinto England,
_...a,t it in the Custom-14 Tel
being and now we
wiliLti.verpool, not
tnowlig. what to call it, or what to do
suic)ltself.
Igard the importation of the article as
i
* to our prosperity and our progress a. 3 food impor-
hear.) Gentlemen, there is one other
winch I will touch briefly, but which I feel ' 3 on
- , . it wood

Dly of cotton

t a

nuch. I

late the firs
audthey haoke

be impovsible to pass over without saying one Iv
gatcling it, and particularly upon a day like this°lll r-e
-
we arc looking with the deepest anxiety to the when
-
Words
which shall be uttered in Paris—(hear, hear)
word may be permitted to us in relation to the subject
of
peace. (Hear, hear.' lam no going to expfess an opi-
nion upon any 41ications Which are purely political, but
will lenture to say this, and I am sere I shall meet
with sympathy in your feelings, and in the feelings of
ery right-minded man in England, when I say that
.1141and's hearty desire is for peace. (Hear, hear.) I
believe that from the Queen upon her throne, the
taini4er in his cabinet, the manufacturer in his mill and
w2rehouse, the merchant in his counting-house, the
artisan at his loom, and the labourer in the field—aye,
too, and the wives and daughters of England in their
bme' —I believe that one universal aspiration would
burst forth, and could it be embodied in one single word,
the word of England
at this moment would be Peace."
Eld- applause) One. word more upon this important

Kamen

Ha obsery

ri with

liberty

Unity Bill

y of the
3ill. A

Dill; a]
yet th

and to

Ziiigdoirt
Lss this

Unit —1 -

the J-udzments'

to the

rshins -Regis
generally

ie principle was
me difference With retard' to

it was .not likely to pass this session. As .to the law
relating to foreiom debtors, he did not think, until the
commercial bodies had more unanimity among .them-
selves, there was any use in attemptin...to introduce a

weights on the d

old wei

mse of C6in'r

oiether. would oyez
. weight being
slbs. The ques

too nea

)anion refeiTed

he leza

allow t

and the 281bs. t

Zai;e of Mr. -Doherty, but the. council-Emil as

;vith the Coin Ass(

for tliY_.cpplii.n9t, qui.te avec

tion in thiiikir.

preference7were giVen to the first num
obviate the dangers. The othninitt(

report upon the state of the law of I
the transfer of goods upon purchase; a

Enrtish shipowners of the important 'judo.

th4t- the Mere

in the case. of t

would much
mid'

deliver(
Mr. Forwood being c

e,Tuscarora,

etted upon
nt recently

KI upon, as chairman of •the

dock arrangements ,-committee, observed, _that—Before

1 tne presulent, upon the
d to. the Chamber, upon
sure, that the'
itiments, and
so. inas-

111 G ZUUJtiI, V 1 pca,c I.IG 51.40 tjuaLv
mercantile community would echo those

much as tra

as commerce are 'always

flourish most in times of- peace, he` was sure that the,
merchants of Liverpool might refer to the patriotic attitude
they assumed , during the Rnssian war, as a proof that
they,would not be found wanting when the honour or
welfare of - The Cart question

he- nation was involved
was ono which this council . had. had ut
sideration, and_ it might appear a _sir

but in rehlit

rider its eon-
question,

y was not so

ght

at from two points, first it was known that the street:
near the docks were narrow, and some of them, where

many warehouses were situated. were so much so, that
two carts conid scarcely stand abreast; this no doubt
had induced the council to order the narrowing of carts
to seven feet- six inches, by the act lately passed, frOm
eight feet six inches, the width at present. Now it was
feared, on the other hand, that the narrowin,c; of tl
cart

night necessitate the lessening the size of the loads,
and, by so doing, the rates of cartage (now said to be as
ble) would be raised,% and trade
abject was in the hands of the

much reduced as poi

injured. However, t
Town Council, to whom

I no doubt it would

subject of working ti

31e.i.sey board, in November 1857, "kit which
though then only. formally acknowledged was, he was happy
to say; now receiving every attention, the dock engineer,
the harbour-master, and the dock's and quays com-
mittee of the dock board, having reported , upon the
memorial, and it was . still having attention. , The
'subject of bills of lading was noticed in the report, and
though the notic

hid reference only to- the minor
question of putting a serial number upon bills of lading,
still it occupied much time in the Council, and was yet
reserved for further discussion. A more important
branch of that subject was the present serious multiplica-
tions taking place in Liverpool of the forms of ,bills -of
lading. Those who were in business fifteen or twenty
years ago, would remember that only one form of bill of
lading was then called lot.' to. cover shipments to any
quarter, but now the forms are multifarious. He held
in his hand thirteen different forms, and there were many
others. Nor was this all. ' lie bad with him the form of
bill of lading used in America, to* pass the vast amounts
of • cotton and property shipped there, and this
simple but effective bill of lading contained
only _ 181 printed words, whereas, in'some of the new
bills of lading, adopted in. Liverpool, there were 465
words. The clauses introduced were so various and ex-
tremely conflicting, that a merchant, after he had read
over his bills of lading, was at a loss to know whether the
ship's
lo sjife es
tte
clausesdelivery of the goods. He believed, however,
that
o'Nf.eErengland most
owfouthldemholdthe useless,t .owners to
the common
proper and llabili
efficient ' "
ty ; but their friend, Mr.
Denson, would sPeak o ' •
n that point. Mr. Forwood con-
cluded by statinc, that there was no other tribunal to
take up the question
by the vessels which
, asln'inanT
cases shippers must ship
called for such bills of lading, or
not ship their goods.
: Mr. Denson said, he hop
bills of lading on sea withouct they would not consider
e
those on shore. The shipping bodies their survey to
fol-
lowing the very bad example set by the appearedr to be
He, therefore; hoped that the whole railway companies.
considered together. subject would be

Mr. Hutchison explained the reasons which led to the