The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

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TH E LIVER P 0 0 L STANDARD, original avocations? is the important question which MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE A FEW FACTS ON THE STATE OF THE
PRICE THREEPENCE. - suggests itself for our serious consideration. EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. COTTON MANUFACTURE.
There are many reasons why we conclude this to The annual general meeting of the Company of Pro- In the present state of the cotton trade, with prices, as
YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION, ON CREDIT, 155.; be a highly improbable event. In the first place it prietors of the Liverpool Exchange was held in the Cotton some think, extravagantly enhanced by speculation, or,
Sales Room yesterday, and as the business was of ordinary as others think, only so much so as the short crop war-
tous state of Ireland as a warnin to tolerate an
IF. PAID IN ADVANCE, 138. would be sheer madness, with the present calami-
routine, required by act of Parliament, the attendance rants, is is important to ascertain how far the spinners and
g, y was limited,
manufacturers are able, from the existing prices of yarn
Although we bear the above upon our imprint, longer the growth of the class, to which these men MATTHEW GLENTON, Esq., was called to the chair, and goods to pay the prices at present demanded for cot-
we are not about to attempt making up for the re- belong. A cottier tenantry, depending for subsis- and stated that the committee had to report a gradual ton. We shall endeavour to throw some light upon this
duction in our price by parsimonious management. tense sole"pon the potato root, cannot consis- progressive increase of revenue, which would admit of a question by an examination of the data furnished us by
ltrogeLtivtidoeti.id to the shareholders than the
Of the quality of matter in our recent numbers it tently with the permanent amelioration of the socialthey had
been
sources in Mr. Burn,
tl in his last Commercial Glance.
payinga
tonnwas
3as.t
to 44d.
Danecd. 1845, the
rrperisceonodfiUngplawnedekcoot-f
becomes not us to speak. We have already stated condition of that country; or even with safety to from which this derivablete ose s were—first, enescrrcs. , fir si past.
it to be our wish that the talent and energy em- the institutions of the empire, be alloWed to continue rental obtained fors thietbire ibnueilrdeninsegds 1846 the price of the" same staple was 6d. to 7.1-d. The
ployed upon the journal shall not be deteriorated ; in the occupation' of the soil. A new and better (amounting to about 25 per cent.,' while, at the same time, advance was thus 2id. to 3d. per lb. in the latter year.
and we trust that it shall even be improved to mode of cultivation must be adopted, and a dif- great liberality had been observed to the tenantry) ; and, In comparing the price of yarn for the two years, we select
secondly, to the increased subscriptions to the rooms. No. 40 as affording the best and most regular criterion.
enable us to meet the competition to which we are ferent description of crops substituted for those at The committee had to announce that they were enabled to In 1845 the price of this number was, for "common
now exposed. present raised. Capital and science must be
in 1846, 14d. ; for best
pay to each shareholder this year a dividend of seven seconds," water twist, 121 d. and
We purpose, of the opening of the Parliamentary brought in aid of the natural resources of the land, guineas per share, and besides that an additional sum of seconds" Ind in 18 and 15+d. in 1846. The
.
Session, to introduce several new and valuable if Ireland is ever to become a self-sustaining coun- three guineas to those who did not attend the rooms— is therefore only lid. upon " common seconds" and lid.
features in the columns of the STANDARD ; and, try, and to be able to bear the burthen of its own that difference arising from the subscription not being upon "best seconds." Thus, the advance of the raw
that we may not be out-done by any of our con- poor. To effect this, an extensive depopulation due by the latter. material in 1846 is lfd. to lid. more than that of common
The TREASURER then read the accounts, from which seconds watertwist, and Id. to lid more than that of best
temporaries, the most liberal arrangements are must take place; and when we withdraw from the appearedappropriating£l67
it that, after a sum of as a seconds. In 1846 the advance was
onid. on common seconds
being made. For the gratification of those rea- country the employment which we are at present reserved fund, there was a balance of £5BBO, out of which mule and
Pd. best seconds,of the raw
Pd.
ders, whom the dry details of politics, or party providing for its • peasantry, upon public or repro- the dividends would be paid. material being thus 11d. to 2kd. more than that of common
warfare delight not, we are likewise preparing a ductive works, we shall do so, with almost the cer- The CHAIRMAN said that the committee had given seconds, and lid. to lid. more than that of best seconds.
store of amusement, which we trust will be received tainty before our eyes, that a great portion of the every facility and information to ihe News-room below, There can be no doubt that, with these relative prices,
with favor. To the family circle generally, we labourers, who have at length been taught to live whichfurniture
. heal
du;)iedeenrg ornoev:ixe tdenasinvg improvements.new
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maps. He had alsow Lhierosepsisnnonielosesslmczattioabei
is obvious,
rusi,rious. The perfect
pledge ourselves that nothing shall ever induce us upon wages, will never be either able, or inclined, to state that the Lordsp of the Admiralty had announced the price of cotton in 1844 and 1875oteintgronmeatrly fact
the samesanre,
to admit into our columns a line at which the to return to their former precarious dependence their intention of presenting them with all their valuable the price of this number of yarn shewed no variation.
cheek of virtue can blush, or from which the right- upon the produce of a patch of land, and the habits maps (or charts) from time to time, an instance of Assuming, therefore, a fact which, indeed, is known, that
minded searcher after truth may • not derive in- of indolence which that dependence creates. We liberality for which they could not but express their best in both these years a fair or even a good profit, over and
thanks .'above remuneration for capital and. wear and tear of ma-
struction. shall then doubtless see the present tide of immi- The 'monetary and other resolutions were then pro- chinery, was derived, it can scarcely be supposed that upon
To our Advertising Friends we must first return gration into Great Brit sin increased, rather than posed and unanimously passed. Five gentlemen were an article costing in the latter year 121 d, a loss of lid. to
thanks
,fir their past kind patronage. The witness any reflux of the peasantry to their native separately elected as members of the committee, in place lid., or 121 per cent., can be spared out of profit alone;
STANDARD has, since the alteration in its price, soil. of the five who retire by rotation. unless the trade be a far more remunerative one than the
CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN DOUBLED ITS The effect which must thus be produced upon Thanks being voted to the officers and to the chairman world imagines.
CIRCULATION, and is nouebecoming,
(who had been most active for the interests of the com- In comparing the relative prices of goods in the two
the number, what it has long beemas regards as regards the condition of the labouring masses in the coun-
D
Daily) the meeting separated. years, we shall select the staple article of kths power-loom
__ __ the try it is not difficult to foresee. For years past, in - printers, 72 reed. On the Ist. of January, 1846, the price
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respectability of its readers—DECIDEDLY all our seats of industry and commerce, the im- PROPOSED ALTERATION OF THE BIRKEN- of this article was ss. 3d. to ss. i4l d,. per piece of 29 yards,
THE BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN ported labour of Ireland bas been pressing upon HEAD DOCK PLANS. and on the Ist of January instant, 6s. 11d. to 6s. 104 d.
LIVERPOOL. the comforts and reducing the wages of the British It will be remembered by our readers that the original As there is a greater difference• between the first. and
of second quality in one year than in the other, we will take
plans of this great scheme comprised a
• coasting dock,
artisan and operative. Already Irishmen fill all
the ordinary cloth as our guide. The advance is therefore
TO CORRESPONDENTS. the subordinate situations in our industrial fabric. 16 acres, which was offered to the coasters frequenting
between ss. 3d. and 65. l Id , 0r.1041 per piece. Assuming They work for less, because they can live for less, our river as a compensation for the
.enclosure of the
the price of labour to be de same at the two periods, this
beaching ground in Wallasey Pool, which has been used
We have received .e 2. from Miss Falcon, Workington, for the Englishmen. They rush with avidity into the sum on a 51b. cloth gives an advance of 21a. per lb., the
distressed Irish and Scotch. .el we have banded over to than by those vessels from time immemorial. A clause in the
Mr. H. J. Webster, treasurer to the St. Jude's Relief Fund ; worse paid employments, are content with the Act of Parliament provided that no vessel of more than advance on the yarn being lid, only, and the advance on
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and ..t1 to Messrs. Tennants, Clow, and Co. worst description of habitations. and infect with 200 tons harden was to enter this prnmul We ATP raflior cotton 2id to 3d.
The list of proprietors in inint-Rtnek h..L. is iv.a a 14 Pri ;rt .11.

The effect which must thus be produced upon
the condition of the labouring masses in the coun-
try it is not difficult to foresee. For years past, in
all our seats of industry and commerce, the im-
ported labour of Ireland has been pressing upon
the comforts and reducing the wages of the British
artisan and operative. Already Irishmen fill all
the subordinate situations in our industrial fabric.
They work for less, because they can live for less,
than Englishmen. They rush with avidity into the
worse paid employments, are content with the
-Worst description of habitations, and infect with
their filthy and squalid habits every locality in
which they settle themselves. The new importa-
tions, however, which are now arriving amongst us
daily, and spreading themselves over the manufac-
turing districts, are even of a worse class than any
which have preceded them. Many are confirmed
and habitual mendicants, and all are in a state of
pauperism. We cannot support them either as
beggars or as paupers. Gradually they must be
compelled to take up the same practices of industry
which they witness amongst our own population ;
and it is creditable to the national character
that, as a class, the Irish labourer or operative has
always, shown himself in this country second to
none in the readiness with which he takes up new
pursuits, and the persevering industry with which
he is ready to toil. A further and a greater dete-
rioration of the condition of the English labourer
and operative must inevitably follow the increased
pressure which must thus be created upon the
labour market.
Are we now, or have we the prospect of being, in
a position to absorb this increased supply of hands
in any branch of our domestic industry ? We are
not. The cotton manufacture, it is clear, cannot
employ those already dependent upon it. Had we
even a large addition to our customers for manu-
factures, we have not; and cannot procure, the raw
material to supply them. Indeed, as we chewed
last week, we are in danger of not having a
sufficient stock to meet even a diminished con-
sumption. Most other branches of industry are
depressed by various causes ; and even railway en-
terprise is insufficient to provide work for all the
labour which is pressing upon us for employment.
A plentiful harvest or two, an increased cultivation
of cotton, and a revival of the demand from foreign
markets, may, however, restore the industry of the
country to a state of greater activity; but, in the
meantime, the constant bidding of the new appli-
cants for employment will have succeeded in bring-
ing down the price of labour to the minimum upon
which existence can be supported ; and the contact
with the masses of wretchedness introduced into
our manufacturing towns and villages will too
probably have produced a sad deterioration in the
character and habits of our labouring classes.
The remark, that Ireland is the chief difficulty of
the statesman, was never more strikingly correct
than at the present moment. The poverty and de-
gradation of that unhappy land is the millstone
which England seems for ever destined to have
hung round her neck.

It will be remembered by our readers that the original
plans of this great scheme comprised a coasting dock, of
16 acres, which was offered to the coasters frequenting
our river as a compensation for the enclosure of the
beaching ground in Wallasey Pool, which has been used
by those vessels from time immemorial. A clause in the
Act of Parliament provided that no vessel of more than
200 tons burden was to enter this ground. We are rather
surprised—and perhaps the public as well will be sur-
prised—to learn that in the Dock Amendment Bill, now
before Parliament, powers are sought to be obtained for'
enabling vessels of any dimensions to pass through this
coasting dock, in order to enter a giit which forms a pas-
sage into one of the commissioners' docks, which, we
believe, was not contemplated at the time of passing their
last act. This proceeding will, we conceive, leave the
coasting trade, by which the Pool was formerly occupied,
virtually without any beaching ground whatever. This
sort of tactics ought really not to be practised by a pow-
erful company to the oppression of a class at present un-
fortunately reduced to helplessness. The coasting trade
is in this state—thanks to• the railways and steam ; and we '
are afraid, in the present instance, they are likely to fall
victims of their own poverty. Would the Birkenhead
Dock Commissioners venture to act in this manner to-
wards a body as powerful as themselves. The Admiralty,
will however, we believe, interfere in the matter.

We have received a from Miss Falcon, Workington, for the
distressed Irish and Scotch. we have handed over to
Mr. H. J. Wet ter, treasurer to the St. Jude's Relief Fund;
..t1 to Me •s. Tennants, Clow, and Co.
'^:n*-stock banks is inserted in the

various
TI

will come into operation immediately;
who bring actions under ~e2O in the
have to pay the costs of the same.
in our circulation has caused one or two
section with our country subscribers, but
ments for their effectual remedy are now

The Manufacturer, therefore, seems to be doing rather
better than the spinner ; but we must deduct a little from
the apparent amount of his advance for• the extra cost of
finishing materials. The advance in the•price of 40 inch
shirtings in the year is from Bs. 6d. on Ist January, 1846,
to 98. on Ist January instant, or 1 in 7 ; the advance on
No. 40 water twist has been 1 in 17 ; and on mill yarn
somewhat less. This is not so favourable for the manu-
facturer, although it is, perhaps, the most correct test, as
printing cloths, being required for the wring patterns,
usually rule highest at the commencement of the year,
and fluctuate more than other descriptions of cloth, being
dependent upon the demand for printed fabrics. In his
table of the average prices of goods exported during the
year, Mr. Burn says, It will be perceived that I have
only taken the advance on goods for the year at 21 per
cent. ; they rose in December about 20 per cent. ; but
the average price of the year previously was 5 per cent.
lower than in 1845,"

we hope oil

complete

Ibt Zthrrpool ,tallbarb.

MORNING, JANUARY 26, 1847

By the bye, we cannot see what can,be their object in
seeking to have their schemes newly christened, and their
docks to figure as the Liverpool and Birkenhead Docks.
Is the new nomenclature expected to facilitate financial
operations ?

It is clear, from these calculations, that, whatever may
be the result of the expectations entertained with respect
to the cotton crop, speculation, with a view to a further
advance upon present prices, must be a losing game•to the
spinner and manufacturer, until the latter can be placed
in a position, by some great stimulus to demand for their
fabrics, to command proportionate prices. That any such
stimulus is at hand, we do not think; and, unless pru-
dence on both sides is exhibited, the present short time
movement may result in a great majority of the consumers
closing altogether, as a more profitable, or rather, as a
less ruinous course than spinning for a loss both of profit
and capital.

LIVERPOOL ART UNION.-DRAWING OF

PRIZES

On Saturday, the drawing of the prizes of the Liverpool
Art Union took place at the Exhibition Rooms, Post
Office place. The chair was taken by Mr. Thomas Todd,
who delivered an excellent address on the occasion. He
said the sales at the exhibition amounted to £2,000. Du-
ring the eighteen weeks that the exhibition was open,
24,700 persons visited it. Of these, 11,240 paid the Is.
admission, of whom a considerable portion purchased the
6d. catalogue, and 13,460 persons availed themselves of
the reduced cost of Id. and 2d. admission, and were pur-
chasers of the penny catalogue, of which no less than
3,000 were sold. The subscriptions for the Art Union
amounted to '£s4s—a much smaller amount than was
subscribed in former years, owing, the chairman con-
ceived, to their not then being a constituted, body and to
the recent prevailing distress.
Mr. W. G. Herbert read the report, which, after al-
luding to the influence of art unions in creating an ex-
tended feeling for art, stated, that during the twelve years
of the existence of the Liver of Art Union, a sum of
£11,284 had been subscribed, (exclusive of this year,) to
which £2BOO was added by prizeholders. The report then
mentioned the establishment of the Union by the Privy
Council.

On the motion of Mr. Henry Lawrence, seconded by
Mr. Barber, the report was adopted, and the drawing of
the prizes was then proceeded with, which was performed,
as usual, by :two boys from the Blue-coat Hospital, and
occupied about an hour. The following are the names of
the successful candidates, together with the value of their
respective prizes.
Successful Candidates

Value of Prizes.
X s. d.
.. 50 0 0
.. 40 0 0
.. 30 0 0
.. 30 0 0
.. 25 0 0
.. 25 0 0
.. 20 0 0
.. 20 0 0
20 0 0
. 20 0 0
.. 20 0 0
.. 20 0 0
.. 15 0 0
.. 15 0 0
.. 15 0 0
15 0 0
.. 10 0 0
.. 10 0 0
~ 10 0 0
. 10 0 0
. 10 0 0
.. 10 0 0
. 10 0.0
. 10 0 0
.. 5 0 0
~.. 5 0 0
.5 0 0
5 0 D
5 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0
.. 5 0 0

Mr. Eaton
William Maury
Arthur Thompson
John Marriot
Mrs. V. Higgins..
James Price
Jessie Miller
Miss S. J. Robekts
R. J.
M. Wotherspoon
William Hall
William Taylor
Miss G. Swift
A. Shand
J. R. Warden
R. C. Gasdener
Samuel Blackburn
Rev. F. Kent
Mrs. W. F. Robinson
Mrs. Lynn
Miss M. A. Abercrombie
James Pendlebury
William L. Clare
H. Lawrence
Arthur Henderson
B. C. Rawland .....
Miss Yates....
John Clow
F. Percival
James Bland
Mr. Owens
Arthur Thompson

We are informed, on authority upon, which we
can place implicit reliance, that the very obnoxious
Bill, with whin the ports of Great Britain were
threatened,—the Tidal Harbours' Bill, =has been
withdrawn by its promoters. Thanks, in a great
measure, to the press for this triumph of truth and
justice over attempted tyranny. But for the warn-
ing note sounded, and the spirited protests for-
warded to the Government by the various local
bodies throughout the kingdom, Whig-Radicalism
would ere long have had the most sumptuous feast
of jobbery and patronage upon which it has ever
yet fattened and fed its hungry dependants.

OUR readers are, no doubt, aware of the spirited
efforts made last year by the Guardian Gas Com-
pany to procure an Act of Incorporation, for the
purpose of supplying to the public of this town a
cheaper supply of gas. The application in question
was, it will also be remembered, rejected, on the
condition exacted by the, Parliamentary Committee
from the existing companies, that the price of gas
should be reduced from its then present price of
6s. per 1000 cubic feet to 4s. 6d. Thus far the
company succeeded in realizing a saving to the
consumers, equal to one-fourth of their consump-
tion, for which we ought to be most grateful.
From_ an advertisement in another column it
will be seen that the same parties are again about
to apply to Parliament for an Act ; and we trust
that such application will not, on this occasion, be
permitted to be staved off in the same way as last
year. The promoters of this company are in a
position to prove that an excellent gas can be pro-
duced and supplied to c rnsumers at 3s. Bd. per
1000 feet ; and it is a well-ascertained fact, that
the facilities for its manufacture are about to sus-
tain an immense increase. Science, applicable to
the manufacture' of gas, is progressing day by day ;
and, we feel assured that there will be ample room
and encouragement for this, or any other company
which is disposed to give to the public a fair share
of the advantage which those increased facilities
and advanced science afford them. In urging the
claims of this company upon the support of the
public, we may correct a notion which we suspect
prevails, that the object sought by them is cheap
gas, and not a return for capital invested. Such is
not the case. Their object is a supply of this in-
dispensible article at the lowest possible rate to the
consumer, with at the same time a fair profit for
shareholders.

Yesterday was the day appointed for the successful
drawers to choose their prizes, and the following had
been allotted up to the close of the afternoon, leaving
several tickets yet to be provided for. The £5O prize—
Dutch Fishing Boats—by G. A. Knell ; Henshaw's
painting of Old Forest Hall, No. 272, was taken at 100
guineas by the drawer of the £4O prize, who paid the
difference. £3O prize, Boddington, 272 ; ditto, Flower
Girl, by J. F. Paxmore, 781, paying difference of £5 ;
a £25 prize took Marshall's Sir Roger de Coverley, and
the Spectator at the Gipsies' Encampment, No. 156 ;
another £25 took a Landscape by Boddington, charged
60 guineas ; No. 356—Landscape—by F. W. Watts,
£2O ; No. 376—Scene in Bristol—Herdman, £2O; No.
350—Scene in South Wales—by A. Vickers, £2O ;
No. 685—Malmesbury Cross—by E. Hassell, £l5 ;
686—Scene on the Beach—by T. J. Robins, £l5 ; 41—
Subject from Thomson's Seasons—by T. F. Marshall,
£l5. A £lO prize took a Love Scene by J. Peel, No.
375, at £25 ; a Reaper's Child, by A. H. Taylor, No.
760, £lO ; Oakham Common—by G. Chester, No. 8, a
ten-pound prize and £l5 ; No. 100—Thunder Storm—by
E. Williams, sen., £lO ; No. 23—Welsh Sunshine through
Rain—C. Barber, £lO ; No. 749—Stormy Day—W.
Haven, £10; No. 69—Cattle in Landscape—W. Shayer,
£lO and £l5 paid ; No. 537—Land Scene, £s—price
£6 6s. ; No. 567—Crossing the Ford—by A. D. Fripp,
£5 prize and .£5 ss. ; No. 3—Penmaen Bach—by J.
Weeks, £5 prize, sold at £8 Bs. ; No. 2—Temptation—
by H. Shirley, as last No. ; and No. 127—Swiss Scene—
by W. G. Herdman.

The amount received by Mr. H. J. Webster, as trea-
surer for the St. Jude's subscription fund for the destitute
Irish and Scotch; has now reached the very handsome
sum of £2500.

THE SOUP KITCHENS.—We yesterday morning visited
one of the three establishments (that in Gill-street) for
the supply of cheap and wholesome soup for the destitute
poor, and we cannot but express our entire approbation of
the management, and our conviction of its utility to vast
numbers, young and old, at this inclement and importu-
nate season. We found the premises large and commodi-
ous. There is a large ante-room, in which seats are pro-
vided for those who purchase the soup, and wish to take
it en peasant. These pay for it a halfpenny a quart, and
numbers of them, who were provided with it smoking hot
in cans, were supping it with spoons, also provided.
Much greater numbers brought their own cans or vessels
to take it to their homes, and were supplied with a quart
for a ticket—some with more than one, receiving a pro-
portionate quantity. These tickets are purchasable in
various parts of the town, being sold to the benevolent to
dispense ; and the fund arising from this constitutes the
main support of the establishment. The cooking apart-
ment adjoins, and is well worthy of a visit. There are
five large boilers, each of which will contain 100 gallons,
and the soup is made by steam, introduced into these by
pipes, having valves and handles, so that one or all of
them may be going on with the operation as may be re-
quired. The soup is made from poundedbarley, oatmeal,
and flour, with the addition of seasoning, and is thick,
white, palatable, and strong. When cold it becomes so
stiff that it may be cut, like a strong gelly, into any shape
with a knife. On Wednesday last, 1,100 quarts were
dispensed ; on Thursday and Friday respectively, the same
quantity ; on Saturday, 1000 • and on Sunday, 2QO. Mr.
David Caig is the superintendent, and is permitted to
give daily from 50 to 60 quarts to the necessitous who
may apply, and who appear to be totally destitute. One
police officer attends, but his services are required only
to preserve the order of precedence in serving the appli-
cants. We partook of some of the soup, which we found
excellent, but rather insipid. A few donations of sugar
would enable the manager to make it more tasty, particu-
larly for children. We understand there are two other
similar establishments, one in New Bird-street, and one
in Pickup-street, both also in full work. Donations by
the purchase of tickets, or otherwise, will be thankfully
received by the gentlemen who conduct these humane
establishments.