The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-13 00:00:00

eiy mcreas
dutiable a

;fore, have

xin imports have partially
+hat our

s, and to produce the- e

Ling
pat the Chin
echa '
Shipping Gaztte. revenue thus shown. Our -
remainine is esti- contributed to this result ; but

year, I

_ sent flittering financial positic
SIONERS OF CusroMs.—The first sitti

likelytot;eexhaustE

it ii . probabl

peen very active

Lan, fbat-i;n:iion which is ht ror L.., ...___,,
Int or
„ nine years.
fm —.43t-SIIIP LIISITINIA.—The, following is an extract the open court of the Commissioners of Customs, uncier
Unin, letter from a
hangerpasser by the Lusitania, dated the powers contained in the 40th section of the Customs
ether
Nov. 29 :—" We d head winds and heavy Consolidation Act, 1853, for the purpose of investfo--• •
Ireel,ther very bad. The second night she behaved very complaints and disputes between merchant"
1,41!, and steam has done it all, say 10, 11, 114 knots, and the officers of Customs, took place on Fr,
11'.1.1,0ut canvass. Our voyage has occupied four-and-a- Custom-house, London, Sir Thomas Freemantle, the chief
i:e41„1 daYe, having been detained three hours last night to commissioner, presiding. The court is situate at the
ho up up something in the machinery and more than an eastern end of the building, on the ground floor, and is
a:'?-,r
,this
for a pilot, or we should have been at anchor open to the public. One commissioner will sit, at eleven
..". "Thee this morning. I hope she will leave again this o clock, on Tuesdays and Fridays. For the purposes of
cveaing.,,
inquiry, it will be sufficient for the party requiring it to
at SjitPerrLDlNG.—A new principle is about to be tegtm apply to the Board_ In-1.++,,..
ts ,ile New York, the most I,
e stribed by the Journal of Comme, cation
, of the curve to every part of the mode
`sg-like and biw-

narket in chief source of our pr
I

ground of his corn

ed to h

.aid it will be he

'e a summons, requirir

..,uoyant shape is imparted, and the centre of witnesses. The same rules are 4plicalle to the outports,
rravi
tY made invariably to fall precisely amhips?, A the collector, controller, or other officer deputed for that
iiiner called the Eclipse had just been constructed to , impose, presiding at the inquiry instead of a commissioner.
ra e th. • _• • • • • . • •• • I Tha ..... -1 'a.- CI r
t •

ti van, .aall V V111../11, alai lid ,11t
-sized vessel on the same plan.
41,
b_ LARGE STEAMER.—The Persia, to be
I*rt Napier of Glasgow, for the Cunard Company, to
.1313, between Liverpool and New York, will be about 45
feet broad in the beam, and extend in length to 360 feet ;
the tonnage will be 3,060. The engines will have hun-
gred-ineh cylinders, with a ten-feot stroke. Although no Part of this immense vessel has yet been set up, the frame-
11,v,:rk is in rapid progress, and it is believed that she will
readY twelve months hence.—Glasgow Sentinel.
LA trwcrc.--On Tuesday, Messrs. John Reid and Co., of
Greenock launched an on ship, of about 400 tons
burthen, named the Trojan, for the firm of Messrs. John
CaniPbenz sen., and Co., Glasgow. A peculiarity in her
construction is the adoption of tanks_ in her hold, so that
should any of
into
tents willgive way the con-
out
e barrels of molasses
run intolhem, and from them may be pumps
cmt ou her arrival—thus very considerably reclucine-
lees which frequently arises from leakage h
t,Tlris WIIPG OE' /Iva WIND.--On the 11
North was launched from the yard of Mr. John -'l'at
Shore, 3fontwearmouth. She is classed '
"Ii eilars, and the 'following are her dimensirs-
:nacy.

built by Mr

ca.o uearu was an appeal /rem Mr. -Nolman, a
dealer in harmonicons, as to whether he should be charged
duty for a five-stop instrument, £1 4s. Much evidence
was heard on both sides. Sir Thomas Fremantle, at its
close, said that it was his duty to refer to the board what
had taken 'place, and he would give his decision on Sa-
turday. The creation of the court seems to have given
considerable satisfaction amongst merchants and those
connected with the shipping interest, tending, as it will, to
afford prompt inquiry into complaints and disputes.

NE W_DEGATE ON OUR COM-
MERCIAL POLICY.

AT a dinner which was given on Wednesday, at Rugby
presentatives of North Warwickshire. Mr. New

remarks

made the following

in the course of his address,
:—He said that the last session was eventfu
now a matter of history. It would be nee
lour battles over again. Inancially, the session
-tent ; the t---!‘r • -

such a turn

k •1, ten
—Register

;diess to fi

bleni7i;ooTonsTiengthOf keel and rake, 180 feet ,
but?
breadth, '32 feet 7 inches ; depth of hold, 19 feet
Zght between decks, 6 feet 10 inches length of cabin
.`it feet. Hertimbers are English +,Ol-
- the tipper decks, water-ways, and the
,Icle planks, are joined East India teak. The upper
tlelour are firmly fastened with iron clumps, andlle hand-
ar streaks are chain-bolted; the-upper decksand water-
tha.YB are also formed of teak. She is extra -capper-fastened
~,,...roughoirt, and is intended for the China' trade.
rtßnrffiE MOATALI TY AT SE-A.—The arrivals at this
Yesterday report further melancholy additions to the
ohLble accounts of disease and death on 'bnard emigrant
Ps that have lately so often saddeneilthe columns of
fi;LPayer. The packet-ship Constellation. Captain Allen,
the, iiiverpool, lost no less than 100 passengers during
K.,- tnge. There were also 20 sick when she arrived,
in... 7 were taken on shore to the hospital. The number of
4t.7,5t,„,..gers who embarked in the Constrilation amounted
1,67 The ship Hibernia, also arrived yesterday from
t;v1I1)001, lost on the passage 33 cont of 380 passengers.
Alien,re, Were also six deaths on 'board the ship Michael
tlava7,lo, and three on board the .lava, both arrived yester-
-shr 1-„r°111 Europe.—New York "Ilsrald, Nov. 26.—The
.413 iilanche arrived at New Orleans-on the 25th ult. with
" migrants. There were ten •deaths from cholera
Vi e g
the passage.
AUSTIt ALIA N PA CZET.433IIIE MERLIN.—It will be
Ir'Ying to the friends of emigrants, who embarked
tie:ee for Sydne owned e favourite packet of the "Fox"
itp, the Merlin, by Messrs. 'Magee and Levingston,
4.1°1 Sailed at the close of September, and had scarcely
outside the banks before-she was overtaken by those
,tirainoctials which sent some ships to the bottom, and
fraewed our coasts with other wrecks --to learn that letters
Tel Passengers in her readied Liverpool last Monday.
Passengers concur in speaking in the highest terms
fe,'u of the noble ship and her commander. One of the
tn'''.who had escaped sea sickness, and so had an oppor-
ti-osity of assisting sufferers, arid of better taking observa-
ftliaftenvards, thus writes -On board the Merlin, 21st
- 'Lher, 9 38 N, 20.52 W. had very dirty weather
Ale Channel, and were heartily glad to get dear of it. The
talla, behaved like a %ifish tar and a gentleman
d is ahiP like only the-Meffra can behave
iintick of a vessel, as dry as can be. We came in for anoth
ezer in the Bay of Biscay" It would seem that sl
(1,7 !nade very fair way, and WM.% then within four or fist
.18. sail of the Line, 'having been about twenty-five days
:nieluding several days nearly becalmed off the. CanE.ify
;I_,e.,a• The letters concur in expressing hearty satisfaction 64-7 the vessel's arrangements, equipments, and victual-

port, .arih oeen revised, in accordance Walt
modern notions of political economy ; we have .seen the
Chancellor of the E-lchequer make a present of some

the kelson is of

on supplements, for vilich no one can say that Times
has been ungrateful ; we have seen the right hon. gentle-
man purchase a renewal of the income-tax for seven years
by gratifying the Radical party, to whose prejudices he
conceded the imposition of a succession-tax 'upon real
-roperty alr 'dy btudenea -ith £14;000,000 Of local and

slat is a

ACt
general taxation,lo which other property does'-nt contri-
bute ; we have seen the Chancellor of the Exchequer
attempt the .conversion of part of the national debt by a
measure which has proved no less a failure than my hon.
colleague predicted. The recess n=sohas notlY)en without
its subjects cif public interest. Not Withstanding the
Russo-mania-of Lord Aberdeen, and the Russian writing
of The 'l'im'es, public opinion has manifesteibhself strongly
in favour of England's maintaining what is called the
balance of 'power in Europe—not permittin,.z the Mediter-
ranean to become a Russian, as in former,days she would
not allow 4t to become a French lake. "4 * The cow-
ardly ad'iice of Mr. Cobden, who no 'longer talks of
crumpling up Russia, but, now that the Czar is faink7
intent 'npon aggression, 'would rather se Constantinople
in his hands than make an effort to save.our only European
allv,,who seems his only disciple, and has turned Free-
trider in earnest, from aggression, has fallen flat upon the
ear of -the people of England, who have not forgotten Mr.
-Cohden's thousand-times reiterated promises of perpetual
'cheapness when the corn 'laws were repealed. Twice
within six years of the repeal of the corn laws have the
prices of wheat risen to'7os. per quarter. Alas, for the
vanity of the Anti-Corn Law League prophecies I 'Verily
they are being discredited in Manchester itself, of which
pus' give you a fair indication. A friend of one has
sent me a placard width has been extensively posted up in
Manchester. The placard declared that the League's big
loaf was lost, and ridiculed the failure of the `League's
prophecies of plenty. 'Now, this document did not
emanate from No. 17, Old Bond-street, or from the South-
sea House ; they are doted. It is a Manchester produc-
tion. The decision of the corn law question •ffil not rest
•with those who agreed. with film. It was not for them to
re-open it : but he thought they might pOkat to this
placard of Manchester manufacture, and ask their neigh-
bours of the working. classes, who were tutored in the
-belief that we desired to starve them for our own benefit,
whether they might nOf have given them credit for some-
thing besides mere selfiihness when they warned them
that the repeal of the, corn laws would entail oscillations

cc Nvi- Loci:an, one of Messrs. Pilkm* gton and Wilsoik
Dassa: Star" line of packets, has made a 'veil' Tall, to her allti a complimentary address has been presentee
al=der,follovvi,?3a!Tn signed b. 246 adult passengers.
Comm:ngdeirs l'°l)3 of- it:—A-To Captain, Thomas Rogers,
,Passengers in the
the Ship 14144,1—We, the undersigned
the shi lod - 'from Liverpool to IV
bourne, Australia, t- P ' -iici
Ilaatimous thanks
telleiLnlacV at your I

most respectfullY to
the tniiform kindn

In toe price of wheat—at one time reediting in the
ruinous depression Of' the agriculturists, at another bring-
ing all the severity cif unforeseen scarcity to bear on the
poorer classes of tlre!cocntry. If it were mot too serious
a subject, I could laukh at the rage of the economists, who
see in the extensive system of strikes a proof, from which
they cannot escape; That now, when they have told the
working classes that the law neither protects their industry
nor concerns itself to secure them a -steady supply of
food, the operatives-are determined to protect themselves.
These Manchester economists are fairly :brought face ti
face with the operatives, and can no longer palm upot
them the delusion that the dearness of food, and their a
attempts to lower wages, are the come(

- 4 eamnes.,44s• (luring the past voyage, and for
Nett, spm home dhown-lek adopting every measurebear
,_ted to promote our • comfort. • -f‘re would espamally
it lestirnony to the ability at; zeal you have manifested
4ilevig.ating the ship during the whole of the voyage,
tf Particularly your untiring &forts during a continuanef
134:4). Ins and baffling winds, notwithstanding which you
%ix Laccomplished the Tovageiitille short space of eizhtv-

nee of, or are

or the loutish farmers of England. y are, indeed,
attempting to peremade the working classes that their
present difficulties sire the consequences ,of war —a war
which England hasrendeavoured to prevent, and in which
England has not at present engaged—a-u-ar in which, if
England does engage, it will mainly be for the purpose of
• I• sa . . .

also fact in itselfWbich speaks volumes.
mound the ship, in-our opinion, to be first-class,
Ceg qualities, and tomfortable en heavy weather.
ly 14 it right here also to testify to the efficiency displayed
1, oar officers and -crew in -the execution of tlt:irdzltift
ir
t f4urther beg to bear testimony-to the e,eil 4. ,

;smission of those

rried by ti

economist. hay done much to render necessaiy

J
s idle to pretend-that the present short- supply of wheat
the consequence of our bad harvest. The bad
did not dissipate the supplies ,*'Lich used to lie
stored in the bondiflg warehouses. Sir ..Tames Graham
and the economists have preached and- practised in vainif
as wide a breadth of wheat was sown in the autumn Of
1851, to say nothing of 1852, as had been sown before.
They told the farmer to apply his land to the cultivation
of green crops and flax—to lay down in grass the inferior
seas, for that the people of England needed not that he'
Should strive to, grow wheat ; and to his own knowledge,

harve.s

1)1411"17 provishins, and to notiee;rue regular and liberal
felt in which they have been distributed. With heart.-
tioh "'sites for your future welfare, we bid you an affec-
.4a4-
ue
STEAM-SIIIP WLLLIAIIE WCORMIER.—TILiS beau-
atkitjl`r;vessel, contracted for by Messrs. Randolph, Elder,
}kit "., was launched last Saturday afternoon from the
1141,51g-Yard of Messrs. Stephen 'and Sons, at
tqe, She is the property of the Londonderry Steam-
kll4 T' Company, and is intended to ply between Liverpool
tei,"?ndonderry. She is named the4"William M'Cormick,
,t‘e hethe celebrated railway contractor. The following
r Principal dimensions :—Length, 230 feet ; hreadth
tleptheeh Paddle-boxes, 27k; breadth :ever sponsings, 34;
19.
,44seie ,4 length of poop-deck, 60; ;diameter of phddle-
-,N 47; and breadth of ditto, '9 ffeet. She will be
th two engines, by Messrs. Randolph, Elder, and
eYiltitl a collective power of 4430 horses, having 70-inch
ors and 6 feet 6 inches stroke. The boilers are
ttlit4s • Five water-tight bulk-heads,divide the vessel T'irE-LADY
hke4l,,%,compartments, besides which .there are other ball forthe season on. Wednesday.
st ~Pk-heads, forming the divisions, bur coals, which THE ',HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the Royal
41";04,:i"d materially to her strength. She. Isisrery strongly total Society of Ireland was held on Wednesday.
qb.itle-T, and plated, the frames being of angle-iron, sby receipts were £519, and the expenditure £204 Ss.
`*B3 ,and only 18 inches apart ,throughout. The THR'COEN TRADE.—The provincial markets.-are still
t„teiijniell has an unusually lofty ceiling, is being drooping, and prices of all -kinds of grain are _gradually
lined with bird's-eye n3ali.ewood. There will be approaching the legitimate standard.
`4444}e4canmodation for 60 passengers, besides 12 second- THE N*2S.ONAL ANTirEbt.—At the Dublin pollee-court,
rths forward, and an ample steerage. The plan of Mr. Carey, za dentist, summoned a sergeant of the 11th
'104!, from the hurricane-deck, which halrheen found Hussars for-tin assault. The only assault was a tap on the
,4141`4",..in fver navigation, has been adopted in the shoulder because complainant refused to takeoff hiahat at
Vet c,s4ireormick:—Glasgow Citizen. the theatre during the time ",'Clod save the Queen" ;was
13.4.1,Eit, Captain Cunningham, one of the " Fox" being played. The magistrate -said that when a person
usko Packets sailed on Wednesday, with a valuable went into a theatre, and formed one of the audience, .I.le
t"(1441-yatirindeav fuit,eomplement of passengers, for Melbourne was bound to, conform to the usages rr 4:4-,4- I e-

Kelvin-

tLeir practice in repealing the corn laws, if not• their
preaching, induced the farmers tq act in accordance with
their advice ; while the agricultural statistics of Irelan
;sheeted by the police, proved the immense.diminu
the growth of wheat in Ireland since the year 1846 ___
)oEticians of Manchester told their people to look abroad
or --food, and that every wave would bear them tons of
They have sown the ocean, and they ;-have reaped
ikes.

IRI

L A .217 D

of Dublin gave her.fast grand

Agricul-
The

~eogiusec.
She was seen off Point Lynas at six folclock instead of prominently opposing them, and dismissed the
t~ ore
evenin,g,:nt full sail and making capital progress. complaint.
-‘eaving the river, the following gratifying :testi- THE LATE IttaLWAY ACCUMIT.—At the Court of
eats, was signed by the passengers, and presented to the Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Monday, Mrs. I‘.l`Nally, widow
'l.!the vessel:—We, the undersigned, passengerston and administratrix -.of Christopher >Many, solicitor, who
ue ship Salem, of the "Fox" line of packets, and lost his life by the late dreadful accident on the Great
oiin the river, bound for Australia, cannot:miss Southern Railway, brought an action against the cona-
4'iotrrrtti, iity of expressing our gratification and antis- pany. Damages were laid at 220,00 Q. he jury returned
tjtM a', the kindness we have experienced from all con- a verdict for the. plainaff, £3,600 damages and costs. In
khlNl);tgl ttie.vessel, for the civility and attention paid the case of Mohan v. the same defendants, a verdict for
441e1l .tr. Fox and all his officials, and the aluerit with the plaintiff was retunied, £l5O damages and costs.
Ivitrel7 -mquisite information has been given tons, THE DEMAND Poi WMISKY.—Such is the extraordi-
nta "11, the evident desire of the captain that all oar nary demand for whisky in Galway, that its two extensive
tittif,y tBhuotlid be :immediately attended to ; and we can distilleries cannot furnish-the requisites. A local paper,
iii arrangements for the comfort and health while regretting this manifest proof of the progress of

Lie 7:wagers are not surpassed by any emigration I intemperance, finds consolation in the fact, tbat'the' article
ti,ts4B,le port .of Liverpool.—Liverpool, Dec. 7, 1853. Scan ..new compete in strength and flavour with any other
Vrpoc);Z To ryas Slur g. Z.—This ship, which left , made in Ireland. In Cork the price of whisky has been
on the 11th of November, retued to t reduced 3d. er gallon. Drunkennss, nevertheles is not
ti °clllTuesda__.y fast, after experiencing a vrniolentterahe 7 declining in p
the beautiful city "eon; the contrs,
ary. the

. .
tb,:,,k,,,,,staming injuries thereby which for a while at terrible xice is becoming daily more wide-spread.
trkteruled her existence and alien board her. Unfor- THE BuJIBITION BUILDING- A.a A. PHOMENAPE AND
QXlevsthere was considerable loss of life, the particulars WINTER GARDEN.—It having been arranged to ieopen
ttkitic:ll/ill be found in the following statement of the the building an the 15th instant, as a promenade and win-
ka'tor V., The ship E. Z. sailed from Liverpool on the ter garden, -the process of clearing out the interior And
'lovember for New York, with a general cargo, preparing it for that object goes on rapidly, and presents
c%lther• P.issengers on deck. Experienced very light lat present a much more spacious appearance than during
WI the 18th • then it commenced blowing furl- the exhibition season. Some few pieces of statuary and
Vus W. to S. Ar. until the 30th. On the 29th, at the fountains of the centre hall are to remain, besides four
try' While lying to under a close-reefed maintop- or five large beds for plants in the great hall. Arrange-
th,'neudous sea struck the ship on the larboard side, ments will be made for the attendance of bands ; and the
4t11:1 cietea,_ t-head to the main rigging, carrying away the promenade, therefore, promises to be attractive.
VOta.Z. house, main hatch-house, caboose, breaking TRH EXODUE.—The Clonmel Chronicle, referring to
34°th ell°lls bulwarks, washing away all the monkey the drain of the population in that quarter, says—" We
khrt,, `ides one oat, binnacle compass, and everything hear that to such an alarming extent has the mania of
kt'4'l h 61%. thereto; broke the wheel to pieces, lifted the ' emigration, or the exodus of the people, been carried in
1110' th 4,414:, ht, forecastle bulkhead, water-closets, washed ; this county, that in and around the neighbourhood of
V41,,,00e-,,t°re-seuttle, and washedone main-hatch off; split Bansha there is the utmost difficulty experienced in pro-
eci e;nhoard an inch-and-a-half open for 15 feet, and curing labourers ; even the women who had been hereto-
°k4 alkiel'3'thiugoverboard, breaking the pump staun- fore employed by the farmers have disappeared- All have
4a11,8115e„ ars, ; washed 13 of 14 passengers, all one watch gone that could go, and more are actively preparing to
11,k te km k 7 in number,) the carpenter, and cook, over- ' follow, notwithstanding the miseries which must of ne-
k,"e armsßeriously injuring 5 of the other' watch, break- ; cessity; be endured on a long voyage at this inclement
011.3% of .dte
season of the year. difficulty deters, nor no danger
i-* 5 ne, including the secon ma , succeeded
tiekeeamen by throwing them ropes ;6 of the appals them—go they will.'
alth„%it the aria lf.l CCATI MDT.

10 Nh:2 antis uanter ana COOK, anu 1.0 passengers,
Vlotnl, disabled; the captain, mate, steward, and
the to 8, andc the only persons not injured; lay to for
4Sa. bore up for Liverpool with only six seamen
'llvm Sine 3' ; cabooses both washed overboard, and to
tjib. at 7
ne_ the 30th Li_
P. urawflior hfic been very g(10(1

HORTICULTURE.

e tt.„. . MAW U...
sOf 1Tc,,,,,.`,"' the Urnishead."
t east, REVENUE AT LIVENPOOI
Et, the th 'IIE4 at the port of Liverpool for
~,),:...jlee,ll:resepocen:rbt,er, 1853, is £279,588

Taff winter having commenced, earnest attention to the

• „armpit curry or
the gardener, but much may be done in the potting shed—
labels may be prepared, old pots cleansed, sticks cut, trel-
lises repaired, and a variety of other matters, which ought
to be arranged in readiness for the demand in more active
nount seasons. S

ainst £281,801

;11,iielev,7"-ung month of last year-. T 1
kanl for ttilionths of 1853 is Z 3,146,3(
Nctotar_ taesame period of 1852, being'

3C.4 Of " Present year, so far as it ha
Qt,
-LA whieh:lz was 3,484,625;
Vor shall , ere enlY27o,sl4lastyear, are even average
It able to return a custom's revenue for the
- - -

;o that if the December

upply water very sparingly to stove and green-
house plants, and keep the air in the houses rather dry.
In the garden the frames will require carefully envorin,

at night ; the best protection is afforded 1-;37i7., ia,;;;-07
straw, with mats over it. Celery requires a slight protec-
tion. Cover the glasses and frames containing caulfflowes

--.....g tne year 1853 very nearly equal to
IN-11011.0f Yciet ti Se .have
had daring the present.ymearra.
~ seili,. A titles upon various articles, the most i Pp 'Ah4l6'a'nr.},,,. Per lb. upon tea, and a forth, r shilling
'„4,,,,,„•,-,,Filt,t3 Aue former came into operation on the Ist
1/441ed coliall(1 'll, consequently, have affected four
c Nat ifsllmPtion of thatarticle : or, if we bear in
"v 4 '4lill f'4lB autici
pupated for many - months previously
hit , o take
15ell 11's^ • 'We rnaYassume that the_e ramie.
84 iliontlas' consumption, n

ith mats,

THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH is now extended to Osborne,
the marine residence of her Majesty, Isle of Wight.
STITCHES IN A COAT.—There are, according to a state-
ment made by a tailor in Boston, 25,243 stitches in a
coat, viz., basting, 782; in the edges of the coat, 4,590;
felling the edges, faces, &e., 7,414; out of sight, in the
pockets, &c., 1,932; in the collar alone, 3,066 ; seams,
6,359 ; holes, 1,450. The coat was made in two days,
journeyman's hours.