The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-27 00:00:00

13,416,199 3,439,035 3,572;632
8811,2861 1,479,058 1,136,231

2:375,1491 2 791.2381 2.401

~/ /1,956
1,188,144 1,058,825 1,118,389
450,124' 718,908 926,75.1:
1,111.176 768,973 188,141.

Ita'y, Malta. &c.....- 2,916,08;1 2,b91,588 3,850,989
Turkey, Greece, 1,387,4161 2,878,486 3,315,906

21,357,061'25,924,197 26,410,620
21.357,061 25,924,197

tnereaserlast 5 years of Prmge•rroN. 4",567,1361
Increase last 5 years of FREE TRADE..

486,423

So that, in five years of Frotection, from 1840 to
I'B-46, our exports to Europe gone increased
£40567,13g4, whilst in the Rye years-of Free Trade,
from 1846. to 1850, we only increased £485,620 ;
yet in the same periods, the value of Grain imported
imtn.the united kingdom was-as -follows-:

1840

1845 1850

Wheat,, Wheat Meal,

and Elour
Barley+, &c.
Oats--
Beans-
Indian Corn

X 11 X
8,073,921! 2,1305-.678,17,787,237
1,139,642 584,148. 1,331.388
692,423; 605,031. 956,989
281,489 360,765, 598,462
336.783 157;193 249,450
33.031 83,976 11,929,394

10,557,292: 47596,79/1'16852,920

Thue„witli•a. very great decrease' in the quantity
of grain imported in 1845, our exports increased
enormously; while,. with FOUR Ties the value im-
ported in 1850; our exports only increased
£486,42T! Nowcwill you honestlY and candidly
tell me, if youlhinks-this a proof of! the beneficial
effects of Free Trade, and whether this shows that
EUROPE' has taken c•-et corresponaiig 4iierease- of
our mamefietures ?"' Further, I find ftorn the re-
turns of the-Bank of England, that thn notes and'
bullion, in the banking• department, in the second
week in March, 1850'a1 1852, were ::

. _
Bullion in Notes idle in banking
the bank. department.
£17,2731285 X1r,477;695
1832........... 19;674,174 12:912,410
So that there -was about 1.1;500,000 more notes idle;.
in the banking_department, in 1852 thasPlBso,'
there was only about S2:500,000 more in gold, not-
withstanding the enormous amount that, Iths come
into this country within the last two. years !IT
Will you be so kind as to inform me what has be-
come of it ?'

You further say, " tharlabour was cwiriyerli at
home, and ages were paitk"-* I beg to refer-you to
the following statement,. extracted from the-Man-
chester Coturier, February- 14, 1352 :

Jer offkintilies that 'received OuT-D Gem Relief
in Manchester, gyeeirs :
Average weekly number of families
relieved out-door.
3,515
1844 ..... 3,499} Average 3.Years.... —3,390
1845......3,157
1849 6,158
1850......4,621 I Average3.years
1851.-- 4,116
Increase Free Trade years

...4;565

The atoce returns were-furnished by Mr..Harrop,,
clerk to the guardians, amPread byhim at a- meeting
of the board, on the nth.. February, 1852..
Here we have an increase of pauperism of
" ONE-riALF AS MUCH AGAIN,' in the great em-
porium:of manufactures, ME GREAT 3350 ME, OF'
THE LiA.BOURER, in the-nee Trade, as compared
with the Protection years !I !' Is this "- TuiR:LA,
BOUK. WHICH WAS EMRLGYED," of which you
speak.; so glowingly !! ! Is the door of the work-
housa,- the place were HIS WAGE'&4 WERE:
PAII1111" Does this show the real benefits you.
told us-of when passing the=act of 1846 Why,, it
was-asserted in the House-of Commons thatit -would
almost he:a rarity to see a-pauper. We have daily
proofs of such fallacies; and the sooner we -have- a
reversal; ,the better.

You will no doubt notice that I have left,out the
Milted States from the first table, though, it is a
largegrain-exporting country. This I did adtisedly,
as,from peculiar circumstances, which I will explain
below, I'eould not consistently include it with Eu-
rope, hut: here give it,, separately, for a long series
of years :

Exports, of British and, Irish Produce and' Manu-
factures to the United States
1832 £5,468;272
1833.. 7,579;699
1834
1&35 10,568,455
1336........ 12,425,6051 United States-Tariff cons'.
1837........ 4,695,225 .1 aiderabLy, increased.
1838.. 7,585,760
1839 8;839,204
1840 5,283.020
1841 7;098,642
1842..
1843........ 5,013,514
1844.
1845
1846 6,830,460 dorably reduced.
1847
IE4B 9.564,909 Average of four free-trade
1849.......... 11,971,028 years, 411,850,514
1850.. 14,891,961

Thus from 1:832 to 1836 we made a great advance-
ment in our exports to the States; but just about
this period they raised their tariff very considerably,
and in the following year our exports fell to only
R,4,500000,,, or two-thirds less than the former one,
and westill continued considerably below 1836, until
they reduced the tariff in 1846, when it rose to
£14)&9'1,961 in 1850. But do not for one moment
suppose that this was the effects of Free Trade, but
a natural increased consumption, from an increased
population, and their trading with Canada; for by
referring to the last four free-trade years, they only
average £11,850,514, while that of 1836 was
£12,425,605, shewing a decrease on average of 1847-
8-9-50, of £575,091, as compared with the Protec-
tion year of 1836 ! ! I. Does this prove the benefits of
that policy.

And as regards Ireland, what has caused so much
land to go out of cultivation, and that it should
become an importing instead of an exporting coun-
try? From the following table you will perceive
the great falling off :

Grain and Wheat, and Meal Flour imported from
Ireland into Great Britain.

Grain
Wheat, Meal, and Flour

1845. 1850.
• qrs. 2,166,300 809.300
cwts. 2,479,000 1,183,300

whereas in ISSO we exported to Ireland, from Great
Britain, 508,859 quarters of grain and 347

33 cwts

of flour, &c., and they received direct from foreign
countries, 1,683,687 quarters of grain, and 220,107
cwts. of flour, &c., making the total imports into
Ireland of grain, 2,192,546 quarters, and of flour,
&e., 567,340 cwts. ; so that, instead of having a sur-
plus of provisions to export, in consequence of the
great numbers who have emigrated from that
country, they actually have to import for their
own necessities !!! Does this

state of this ill-used count
any thing to do with this ?

Has Free-trade
JUSTITIA,

YESTERDAY.
FELONY.—Mary Griffiths and Griffith Griffiths (tee'er
A
and son) were charged with stealing a watch, t.
theTb ohaer property oat Fe rptflryi
prisoner
fnAeArrlarrh.yar,rd
beenof ma
which Williamslr Williams
°is:
o
t
to put the watch in his (the mate's) bed for safety•
erring'er
and, on the 21st instant, the matpelowyeads aseencabbyinG-b;
was subsequently missed, and the absence of the
riatea
from his service excited suspicion. Notices were
and served on pawnbrokers, and it was subsequentil,
covered that the female prisoner had pledged the watch'
Mr. Roscoe's, Scotland-road. Sent for trial. Ali, 9,
STREET ROBBERY.—A. female, named Maria 17-'ll,
was sent to prison for fourteen days, for stealing.:£l.73.
from the pockets of a young man, on Si.turday evening
ATTEMPT TO INCULPATE A POLICE OFFICER.—A Y:— 5
man, named Samuel Phillips, was charged with stealtogq
quantity of brass work, part of the machinery of the 14
mill, in Shaw's-brow, which was burnt on Friday,
18153 t,
The prisoner was met in Scotland-road, on Friday
about half-past nine o'clock, with the stolen PrePePtlot
his possession. The prisoner, in his defence, state" ;tip.
officer 86 (Jones), one of the fire police who had been;ioo
tioned at the tire, had given him the metal about "Ita•
o'clock on Friday night, and called a miller, named trio
mer, to prove the fact. This witness, however, hero.
knowledge of any such transaction, and one of the Poare,
sergeants stated that the officer in question had heen,•tpa
lieved of duty at eight o'clock, an hour before the Iv
the prisoner said he had connived at the robbery. thei
prisoner was remanded for seven days, to procure f0r'...0
evidence, as the identification of the stolen propertY bad
not quite complete, in consequence of the injury it
received from the action of the flames. • trel
BitaGLARY AND ROBBERY.—William 'Martin: mitt
charged with breaking into the house of Mr. Beniar,ote
Johnson, 31, Almond-street, and stealing thertirof
three brooches, one gold pin, one gold key, a P-sall•
.:vtirielteeol:;
bracelets, three silver spoons, and other articles, en g
day, the 11th inst. Mr. Johnson went to church,
,!11-0..
previously bolted and locked the doors. When be
tit
turned, about 10 minutes to 9 o'clock, he fond
the Iv
lobby door open. He procured a light, and, on el4.s:elre
ing his house, he found five chests of drawers aers
boxes had been ransacked. Some of the articles 8' ho.
belong to a lodger,- named William Young, vibe") iltilltifee
gany box was broken open. Soon after, he ga're', tiger
mation to the police. Mr. Davies, who lived n0%401
observed the back door open, and suspected a man ;.;eoB'
he saw on that night, Constable Povey, while 7,4 ot,
versation with Constable Russell, saw the Pris,°7lll.
Sunday, the 18th, in Tipper Hill-street, and soe"roef,
where he was going. He replied, to see Isis sister- isot,
said, " Billy, you would not be here for nothinit,Pfj ifl
detained him. On searchinv him, there were feell.„llhicti
his trowser's pocket fifteen skeleton keys, one 0, the
opens Mr. Johnson's front door, and another o teat the
chests of drawers. Constable• gussell deposedte
prisoner underwent a further search at. bridewell, 7:01,
jemmy, two small picklocks, agd'a knife, were alse7ciftlt
The witness tried the jemmy, and it corresponder.aert
tin:docks on one of the chests of drawers. The correspond
re
whoit well known, was committed! for trial. He
turned convict, having been previbusly sentence° fa
years' transportation, three of which were reteittebite
SC
the-propriety with which he coax:era himself vvu"
Pie penal' settlement. hole
Rounkwir. —J. Smethurst, a carter,. preferred a
against Michael Swift, whom the prosecutor met e"„thef
turday last in Scotland-road. They'liatt been teg,;fleir
in a public-honse, where the prisoner took hie .nl:3 te
which amounted to £8 5R., and said he would gllea:a 0
his (prosecutor's) wife. When applied to, he lettdf'
return it, and Smethurst then gave him into ce'%,,bith
Swift, on his way to prison, dropped .4Sl7:s. 6+,,civeg'
was taken 'up by the policeman in wheat chargeP"
Sentenced'to two months' imprisonment:- gej
Suse-Nrtkir RbstsnaY.—Hannah Wilbcn was gm- tir
AF
with having feloniously taken the sum cr•e50;•"-- -OF
perty of some person unknown. They prisoncestlf
remanded till `Wednesday, when she, witlF Otherg-
in custody, will be bronght up. reseef
VAonArroV.—Catharine Roberts, a surviciout rad to
who was found concealed in a house, was'seutee
.. seven days' iorprisonmerit. 0
ROBBE Collins, charged with" etefirry t?'
watch, 4s. 6d., and w pocket handkerchief, tte'PrePp let`
J. Mitchell, Court, Ilighfield-street, wag-sent le'