The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-02-20 00:00:00

THE NAVIGATION LAWS

(From the Morning Herald.)
keilts v"111 and conclusive as are M. Lindsay's argu-
fronmWith respect to the ruinous effects to he expected
we" Proposed repeal of the Navigation Laws, they
Perha
nt ps, not be weakened by a matter-of-fact state-
kerit„'lo an individual intimately conversant with the
.1111(1 Chcli the question of the maintenance of those laws,
biter? result upon the ship-building and ship-owning
'
~their-118 in this country which are sure to follow from
turngation. The gentleman in question, writing to
•
letter) Li rogation.
says (we have the name of the writer of the
•
tAe tr,Y,clear Sir,—A relative of mine at Newcastle will under-
,'el}elki;,',4ild a ship at Bremen (when the Navigation Laws are
O" L'unk
It. 600 tons, fitted out completely for sea, for
.e3,5C0
-I it mst to wait result of ques-
tsyte2w before the o
Ho use ofadvisable the
Commons, after which thel
will do
the
io derland pi.
easure of seeing you respecting the ship for saleA
to
, can live at Bremen or Hamburgh, and send his
-mvt -alcutta. and realise a good profit at 43 10s..per ton,
eta he We to compete with his foreign-built ship, which only
I tiPlf of one of ours, and sales at half the expense?.
Kit take the foreigner, or rather Englishman living abroad,
0:111 the ataY nearly alethe India and colonial carrying tra
suiPowners of this country. I know two large ship-
'.the who will at once take their residence up at Hamburgh,
rep al of the laws is carried.

"Yours, very truly

1517,1;;1°Im Reynolds, M.P„ is a candidate for the office.
e,,,r,Mayor of the city of Dublin.
,othi:ets are at present freighting at Hamburgh for Cali-
tite:ftalsh, Bishop of Cambysopolis, and Vicar Apes-
-1118- the residence London district, expired on Sunday evening,
11 in Golden-square, London. _
141113. e *Ming Herald says that the other day Arch-
el,Cep.Croly (Roman Catholic) walked off with Lady
/4411; "11, at Dublin Castle, in precedence of the Duke
~TBl'aster, by the Lord Lieutenant's desire.
- ACCIDENT ON THE CALEDONIAN RAlL-
"4llini:" the coroner's inquest on the sufferers by this sad
of b ill is
still sitting, but the cause of the accident
other
11410%1 elicited. The government engineer and
s have yet to be examined.
440•14,„ktraITY AMERICAN SHEEP.—The vessel Vicar of Bray,
141);:_10 the docks from Hunnelaaco, Iquique, and Islay,
ilttipa`ubught from the place last mentioned (pa!t of Are-
(24ree,, Per, South America) 24 sheep as a portion of her
in i.
itn,„--,agistrates at Bristol, on Saturday were engaged
h'°bb;sl2gating a dreadful attempt of a woman, names
I,d murder her husband, by stabbing him the
L'4l a c arving-knife. The woman was into29cated,
-"t•
Diilve -led to turn her husband out of doors, and in c9n-
`e °f his resisting her, she resorted to the diabolical
OU,
L'4l4,,Ceoutit from Madrid are of the 10th inst. The
L'oo",),,°ad pressented General Narvaez with a sum of
All v",`"" real (.£BO 000) as a recompense for his loyal
tae'llab!e sservices 'and a mark of her personal esteem.
f'ere Ministers assisted at the ball given the night
AN,,,,,,uY Queen Maria Christina.
.„Isttv.e-0„ta• SECESSION TO DISSENT.—The Rev. N.
43. A., late of Lincoln College, Oxford, and In-
tro 0,1 the district of Pennington Hants, has seceded
h tin Church of England. According to a public
h.?tla an-
ti.m'ent, he is to state his reasons, at the meeting-
ce;,4olvn by the name of Finsbury Chapel, London,
44,,,‘..—"rae of lectures.
•. ah-I,I3IDDING.—At the late sale at Stowe, two sup-
-0.4-6,149ue candlesticks were put up at five guineas, but
ok,'‘Du...--°IIY Rothschild outbid all competitors, and the
tlmiett) roofte.ll to his bidding at £4B 16s. 6d; ; whereupon a
%,Iltrved4lng personage under the auctioneer's rostrum
iItYIPI I made arid sold them for less than half the
ltt. its
io„---uNMING SYSTEM IN MANCHESTER.—The de-
k,"l 6: which has proceeded from this city to London
Cveree 'an interview with members of her Majesty's
tNe,,,ll.'erit on the subject of the bonding warehousing
Ire to 11` this city with the view of inducing the exectl-
ttltht:l2etrasi)Tniediate steps for the removal from the
gxpense"'. the present oppressive burden of defraying
b, 114,A BOf the custom-house.—Manchester Courier.
t)°tlßht ~sch.rutLY AccIDENT.--Last evening sad news was
;'l,l4Ylin by one of the northern colliers, comrnu-
ot,l'llyin,a total los! of the schooner Hope, Captain
thi,'ael,;°T,er, belonging to Shoreham., which foundered
.'e 'gut Th• -day last off the .eoast of Lincoln.-
iellit with urs board. The Hope, it
th
a. most of the hands on .
%: taast freighted for Leith, having on board, besides
tied r, a crew of six or seven hands, and a passenger
th,;',ote ~earY Hardham, from Littlehampton.
ScoTL - mav not be k
nit% dI3 AND.
418 ere(' i.,
'0 be found—It
in Scotland. Gold generally
stnown du was
Ito reiol u the rivers, near Crawford, in Lanarkshire, in
Ntn„ Of Queen Elizabeth • and since, by the Earl of
tillie3ath':4't at Leadhills, to hale profit.. It was also dug
tot),.l'Partne LinlithgowshirePerthshire and
of th' of the country. It is still to be found on the
seatZ rocks and also mixed with other metals but
for it is rather a matter of amusement than
th;,,"xltiru,caPation,
,tti4„,l ''TATisTics.—The Catholic Directory for 1849 f
111.,"1,,hrtis,'nerease of energy and activity on the part 9
tv4.'ted page 99, they give a statement of. six
LIA-4t.-nu seventy- four churches and chapels, besides
thitltc=aqii-° stations where Divine service is performed Y.e has 128 Yorkshire, sixty-two ; Staffordshire,
1t4,,11t1"-tilet" Middlesex, twelat-seven ar,
rat,'stt :twee Northumberland twenty-two. A question
't:a Zus-Whence comes 'the money ? This gives
t-''a:-,llds-Can they who multiply such costly struc-
lq:taet;"apY are--require £30,000 a-year from the
,t 1
to
this country to educate Roman Catholics
'44 ',,-atho';'. College ? At page 100, it is stated there are
%tip 4Qllll.,„tie Colleges" in England, and one in Scotland,
eats religious houses of men." Forty-one
ts it; til'iht hundred and ninety-seven missionary
Of tat.
th af k• gland, Wales, and Scotland, being a total
i`ii4 ;se o.,l';tY-five r. st; as compared with last year.
'Pet 41,41dredpained ei hty-nine are in the Lanca-
ell4l4ll4ll.lo-1:2Ile hundred andg sixty in the Central dis-
D.Ne• , naudred and in the London
".4tis Itomish ecclesiastics in the British
kdvi,Postessions, as archbishops, bishops, suffra-
-42."1.19§tolic.—Protestant Magazine.

THE WEATHER.-13th: morning, foggy; bright, clear.-
14th : morning, foggy ; bright.-15th : clouded.-16th : bright,
clear.-17th : bright; clouded.-18th : clouded; squalls .-19th:
clouded; heavy squalls; 5 p.m., light rain.

Accounts from St. Petersburg supply the materials for
an explanation of the mare's nest about the ten millions
of gold on their way from the Russian capital to this city.
It is stated that the Austrian loan, so long talked about,
and for which takers could not be found all at once, has
really, or a large portion of it, been taken on joint account
by the eminent capitalist houses of Streiglitz and Co.,
of St. Petersburg, Sina, of Vienna, and Rothschilds, of
Frankfort. In part fulfilment of the contract, and by
leave of the Russian Government, bullion to the value
of three millions of roubles was allowed to be drawn
out of the imperial deposit fortress of St. Peter and St.
Paul, principally in gold, say less than half a million
sterling, for remittance to Vienna, on account of the
loan ; hence the romance of the ten millions.
Ma. HOLDEN'S CONCERT.—This concert is to take
place, under the distinguished patronage of the Earl of
Sefton, on this evening, and, from the high local
talent enlisted, success is undoubted. The principal
vocal performers are Mrs. G. Holden, Mrs. M'Dougall,
Mr. Ryalls, and Mr. H. Roberts. The Festival Choral
Society, who have kindly offered their services, will ensure
an effective orchestra.

A LITERARY COTERIE IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.
—At a literary coterie in which Mrs. Garrick and some
other ladies were present, the entertainment of the even-
ing was directed to their likening their friends to plants,
fruits, and flowers. Dr. Johnson and Goldsmith were of
the party. The young lady who was most happy at re-
semblances was pressed by Goldsmith for his; and the
lively girl, likened him to the " passion-flower"—of all the
painted garden Flora's pride ! wrapped in a frimpish hood
at " even-tide." The prompt allusion gained her great
applause. Sterne she likened to the " sensitive plant,"
that shrunk into itself with more than earthly feeling.
take the liberty, Sir ?" (said
said''AnGdonldowsmfiotrh.Dr,.,mayl Johnson, Miss, if you will favour us,"
she looking at the wise man). She seemed to stand in
awe, as though it were profane to make the moralist the
subject of her innocent playfulness. "ye likened you,
Sir, then to an ' aloe' (and with a faltering voice added),
a lofty plant, whose glorious head, raised towards heaven,
adorns creation but once in rn hundred years !" Johnson
was silent a-while ; then, bowing to the ladies, gallantly
said—" Ah ! shall we be forgiven for thus banishing the
gentle sex from our lordly presence ? Ladies, we must
henceforth learn to sacrifice at the altar of the Graces,
and become men again, by etuulattng the noble knights
of old,"