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

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

MEETING. OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE 1 A FEW FACTS ON THE STATE OF THE
EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. COTTON MANUFACTURE
The annual general meeting of the Company. of Pro-
prietors of the Liverpool Exchange was held in the Cotton
Sales Room yesterday, and as the business was of ordinary
routine, required by act of Parliament, the attendance
was limited

In the present state of the cotton trade, with prices, as,
some think, extravagantly enhanced by speculation, or,
as others think, only so much so as the short crop war-
rants, is is important to ascertain how far the spinners and
manufacturers are able, from the existing prices of yarn
and goods to pay the prices at present demanded for cot-
ton. We shall endeavour to throw some light upon this
question by an examination of the data furnished us by
Mr. Burn, in his last Commercial Glance.
In the last week of Dec. 1845, the price of Upland cot-
ton was 3rd. to 41d. ; and in the corresponding week of
1846 the price of the same staple was. 6d. to lid. The
advance was thus nd. to 3d. per lb. in the latter year.
In. comparing the price of yarn for the two years, we select
No. 40 as affording the best and most regular criterion.
In 1845 the price of this number was, for " common
seconds," water twist, 121 d. and in 1846, 14d. ; for " best
seconds" 13d. in 1845 and 15d. in 1846. The advance
is therefore only 10. upon " common seconds" and

MArrnEw GLFNTON, Esq., was called to the chair,
and stated that the committee had to report a gradual
progressive increase of revenue, which would admit of a
larger dividend to the.shareholders than they had been in
the habit of paying for some years past. The sources
from which this was derivable were—first, the increased
rental obtained for the offices, &c., in their buildings
(amounting to about 25 per cent., while, at the same time,
great liberality had been observed to the tenantry) ; and,
secondly, to the increased subscriptions to the rooms.
The committee had to announce that they were enabled to
pay to each shareholder this year a dividend of seven
guineas per share, and besides that an additional sum of
three gmneas to those who did not attend the rooms—
that difference arising from the subscription not being
.•

ms, the advance o
material in 1846 is ad. to lid. more than that of common
seconds water twist, and Id. to lid more than that of best
seconds. .In 1846 the advance was id. on common seconds
mule and. lad. on best seconds, the advance of the raw
material being thus 11d. to lid. more than that of common
seconds, and lid. to lid. more than that of best seconds.
t. that_ with th.cp rplative rwirPc.

seconds

due by the latter.
The TREASURER then read the accounts, from which
't appeared that, after appropriating a sum of £167 as a
-erved fund, there was a balance of £5BBO, out of which
the dividends would be paid.
The CHAIRMAN said that the committee had given
facility and information to le News-room below,

he raw

reserves

which had undergone extensive improvements. New
furniture had been provided, and new maps. He had also
to state that the Lords of the Admiralty had announced
their intention of presenting them with all their valuable
maps (or charts) from time to time, an instance of
liberality for which they could not but express their best

the spinner's loss must be ahaost ruinous. The perfect
fairness of the calculation is obvious, from the fact that
the price of cotton in 1844 and 1845 being nearly the same,
the price of this number of yarn► shewed no variation.

Assuming, therefore, a fact which, indeed, is known, that
in both these years a fair or even a good profit, over and
above remuneration for capital and wear and tear of ma-

posed and unanimouslk passed. Five gentlemen were
separately elected as members of the committee, in place

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an article costing in the latter year Ind, a loss of lid. to•
lid., or /22 per cent., can be spared out of profit alone;
unless the trade be a far more remunerative one than the
world. imagines.
In comparing the relative prices of goods in the two
yearsove shall select the staple article of iths power-loom
printers, 72 reed. On the Ist of January,. 1846, the price
of this article was ss. 3d. to ss. 41d. per piece of 29 yards,
and on the Ist of January instant, 6s. ld. to 6s. lOid.
As there is at greater difference between the first and
second quality in one year than in the other, we will take
the ordinary cloth as our guide. The advance is therefore
between ss. 3d. and 6s. 10., or 100. per piece. Assuming
the price of labour to be the same at the two periods, this
sum on a 51b. cloth gives an advance of 2-14. per lb., the
advance on the yarn being lid, only, and the advance on
cotton 2d. to 3d.

of the five who retire by. rotation

Thanks being voted to the officers and to the chairman`
(who had been most active for the interests of the com-
pany) the meeting separated.

PROPOSED ALTERATION OF THE BIRKEN-

HEAD DOCK PLANS

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-1n learn that in the Donle

The Manufacturer, therefore, seems to be doing rather
Defter than the spinner : but we must deduct a little from

... auvance in the prim %.,. _
shirtings in the year is from Bs. 6d. on Ist January, 1846,
to 9s. on Ist January instant, or 1 in 7; the advance on
No. 40 water twist has been 1 in 17 ; and on millyarn
somewhat less. This is not so favourable for the manu-
facturer, although it is, perhaps, the most correct test, as TO THE RATEPAYERS or BIRKENHEAD.
printing cloths, being required for the spring patterns, GENTLEMEN,—As a bill for regulating the sanitary
usually rule highest at the commencement of the year, condition of Birkenhead is 'about being obtained from
and fluctuate more than other descriptions of cloth, being parliament, I take the liberty of calling the attention of
dependent upon the demand for printed fabrics. In his the ratepayers to the propriety of introducing a clause,
table of the average prices of goods exported during the empowering the commissioners of the township to levy a
year, Mr. Burn says, 'lt will be perceived that I have• limited rate on its property, for the purpose of adequately
only taken the advance on goods for the year at 21 per sustaining the requisite hospitals and dispensaries that
cent. ; they rose in December about 20 per cent. ; brit` are, or may be required for the public health.
the average price of the year previously was 5 per cent. lt is obviously the interest of the owners of property,
lower than in 1845." . and of the ratepayers generally, to look to the health of
It is clear, from these calculations, that, whatever may their locality, as a matter of first-rate importance. The
be the result of the expectations entertained with respect difficulties of doing this by private and voluntary sub-
to the cotton crop, speculation, with a view to a further scriptions, have been felt by almost every town in Eng-
advance upon present prices, must be a losing game to the land, not excepting munificent Liverpool. It has been
spinner and manufacturer, until the latter can be 'placed feared, by some, that such an act would be injurious, by
in a position, by some great stimulus to demand for their the limitation it, would fix on the exercise of private cha-
fabrics, to command proportionate prices. That any such rity ; buf, he who thinks so, must take a confined view of
stimulus is at hand, we do not think ; and, unless pru- the thousands of Opportunities which hourly arise for its
dence on both sides is exhibited, the present short time exercise ; besides it is as consistent to a. community to.
On Saturday, the drawing of the prizes of the Liverpool movement may result in a great majority of the consumers meet together and agree to a col:anion act of charity in
Art Union took place at the Exhibition Rooms, Post closing altogether, as a more profitable, or rather, as a proportion to the means of each individual, as it 'is for
Office place. The chair was taken by- Mr. Thomas Todd, less ruinous course than spinning for a loss both of profit them to give a private subscription.
who delivered an excellent address on the occasion. He and capital. Birkenhead, I believe, is the only place in the world
said the sales at the exhibition amounted to £2,000. Du-
where the governors have gone much a-head of their con-
ring the eighteen weeks that the exhibition was open, MISS WHITNALL'S CONCERT LAST NIGHT. stituents. I trust it will keep this pre-eminence as re-
-24,700
.persons visited it. Of these, 11,240 paid' the is. This spirited and popular caterer for the lovers of song admission, of whom a considerable portion purchased the provided yesterday an excellent treat in the Theatre- spects the health of its inhabitants. I have long been
persuaded that matters of such importance should be re-
6d. catalogue, and 13,460 persons availed themselves of to ai, R•villiams n._ _hid,
the reduced cost of ld, and 2d. admission, and were pur- introduced,Y for thec Williamson-square,
o?ntoN' the occasionelatedwe werevocalist ought to be called upon beyond his fair proportion of the
chasers of the penny catalogue, of which no less than Aiaaame Anna Bishop, ofi time,
grand theatrese Rome and expense. lam convinced that such is the general sense
3,000 were sold. The subscriptions for the Art Unionof justice on this point at Birkenhead, that nothing more
amounted to £545--a much smaller amount than was Palermo, and prima donnap of teh. Theatre San Carlo, at
- . Wh" 11 herself, is necessary than to call a public meeting of the rate-
subscribed in former years, owing, the chairman con- Naples. The other singers were Miss itna
ceived, to their not then being a constituted, body and to (who, we regretted to observe, was indisposed, and, in- payers to obtain their sanction.
At the late annual
the recent vrevailino, 41;e1-...... appeared • contrary to the advice of her medical

' enabling vessels of any. dimensions to pass,. through this
coasting dock,' in order to enter a gut whit 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-
war& a body as powerfUl as themselves. The Admiralty
will however, we believe, interfere in the matter.
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 ?

LIVERPOOL

ART UNION
PRIZES.

-DRAWING OF

Mr. W. G. Herbert read the report, which, after al
hiding to the influence' of art unions in creating an. ex.

deed, .aeeting of the subscribers to the
attendants;) Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam, Mr. D. W. King, Birkenhead Hospital, I ventured to suggest " a rate,"
of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane, and Mr. Corri, of the for the support of such institutions. I have since been
--
Nobility's Concerts; Dublin. highly gratified .to hear that Mr. W. Jackson has adopted
The first pait comprised Wallace's Ario " Turn on Old end publicly proposed the sameidea. T 4--- "
Time," which was effectively sung by Miss Whitnall and
Messrs. King and Corri, although it was evident that, in
addition to Miss Whitnall's indisposition, Mr. King was
labouring under a severe cold. Madame Anna Bishop
appeared next, and gave a Recitative and Cavatina from
Ugo, arranged by Donizetti, with thrilling effect. Her
-‘xt piece, in this part, a Recitative and Cavatina from

tended feeling for art, stated, that during the twelve years
of the existence of the Liverpool 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.

tiring ins weighty influence to bear in accomplishing so
noble an object, and venture to say that, in five years after
its success has been proved at Birkenhead, it will become
the general plan of the country. It would not be wise in
the inhabitants of Birkenhead to look out for precedents
—their CITY is one of the last of the world's erection, and

On the motion of Mr. Henry Lawrence, seconded by
Mr. Barber, the report was adopted. and the drawing• of

. c, --
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

Meyerbeer, was however a morepleasing,—indeed a splen-
did effort, wonderful in execution' and faultless in taste.
The tones were throughout clear and bell-like ; and in
her subdued notes more sweet than those of any vocalist
we remember to have heard. But for the compassion of
the audience this piece would have been encored.

should sustain its character for avoiding the errors, adopt-
ing the wisdom, and' advancing upon the intelligence of
past ages.

- I congratulate Mr. W. Jackspn on the view he has
taken of this subject, and feel no doubt that the inhabit-
ants of Birkenhead would, if called together, triumphantly
carry it into effect. Gentlemen,
I am your fellow rate-payer,
EDW. WELCH, Architect.
P.S. I propose that the tenants of property,. as in the
property tax, should deduct the hospital rate from the
rents payable to their landlords, so that the institution
should be sustained strictly by property.

respective prizes.
Successful Candidates

Value of Prize*
X s. d.
.. 50 0 0
.. 40 0 0'
.. 30 0 0
.. 30 0, 0
.. 25 0 0

Mr. Eaton
William Maury
Arthur Thompson
John Marriot
Mrs. V. Higgins

Mr. D. W. King gave " Forth I wander," from
Beethoven, with great judgment, We have already men-
tioned that he seemed to be suffering from cold, which
evinced itself strongly in this piece.. His voice—a tenor—
is evidently a fine organ, well• trained ; and, when in
better health, we expect to find in him a fine singer.

James Price
Jessie Miller
Miss S. E. Roberts

20 0 0
20 0 0
911 n fl

and afterwards volunteered an I
of a duett in which Miss Whit]

:risk ballad, in th=e room—
nail moe 4." hnvres

HEALTH CommrrrEE.7We understand that the paving

M. Wotherspoon
William Hall
William Taylor
Miss G. swift
A. Shand

20 0 0
20 0 0
20 0 0

he receive(

an encore

- Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam was encored most heartily
is " Barge of the Bonny Sea." This talented young
lady is rapidly becoming a favourite.

Committee have amalgamated under the chairmanship of
Mr. Tinne. It is said that the committee have entered
into a contract for three years with Mr. Rose, of Man-
chester, to remove the nightsoil, &c., of the borough, for
which we believe he is to pay £7,900 per annum.
THE REV. JOHN PARE, OF GLENCAIRN.—We under-
stand-that this gentleman will preach in St. Andrew's
Scotch Church, Rodney-street, on Sunday next, and the
two following Sundays. We have no doubt it will be very
pleasink'to many of Mr. Park's former flock to have this
opportunity of hearing a minister who laboured salong in
this place, and who was so generally beloved.
The Aigburth Relief Committee have, we are glad to
hear: received for the destitute Irish, up to this time, very

Anderson
encored,)

U. (last
Samuel Blackburn
Rev. F. Kent ...1

15 0 0
10 0 0
10 0 0

ana tin the Banks of Guadalquiver," by the same lady.
Both were delightfully and wonderfully sung, arid encored
of course. The latter songs of this part we could not
stay to hear.
The house was thinly attended.. Amongst the visitors,

Miss M. A. Abercrombie
James Pendlebury
William L. Clare •
H. Lawrence
Arthur Henderson
B. C. Rawland ....
Miss Yates

however, we noticed his worship the A
Leigh, Esq., and other influentialparties

10 0 0
10 0 0

ayor, J

hn Shaw

10 0 0
5 0* 0
5, 0 0

MEETING OF IRISHMEN IN BEHALF OF THEIR FA-
MISHING COUNTRYMEN.—Yesterday evening, a mime-
rous meeting, consisting chiefly of natives of Ireland, was
-r•

as a considerable por

. ,
been already disbursed; the minister and churchwardens
(Rev. Wm. Purdon, and Edward Moon and Wm. J.
Tomlinson; Esqrs.) will, we
.understand, take chaige of

John Clow
F. Percival
James Bland
Mr. Owens
Arthur Thompson

5 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0
5 0 0

letting subscriptions for the'relief of the famishing Irish,
by means of collections to be made by natives of Ireland,
working men, voluntary workers in the charitable cause.
There were present on the platform—the Rev. Dr. Raf-
fleton, the Rev. Dr. Moriarty, Dr. Murphy, M.D., Dr.
Rogerson, M.D., M. Harnett;_ Esq., C. Lynch, Esq.,
Richard Shiel, Esq., John Yates, junior, Esq., and
others. Daniel Powell, Esquire, was called to the
chair, and ably opened the business of the meeting.
The principal speaker was the Rev. Dr. Moriarty, who
spoke at great length on the present distress of Ireland,
and her wrongs, which he attributed, not to the British

any farther sums that may be entrusted to'their hands, in
aid of the destitute Irish.

COMMITMENTS FOR TRIAL AT THE SESSIONS, AT THE
POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY.---JOhll Mason and John
Smith, seamen of the ship' Anglo Salton, for stealing their
fellow tars' clothing, which they sold or pledged. Alice
Quick and Mary Mathews, for robbing John Chesters of
265., in St. James's-place, on Saturday. charles.O'Neill,
for robbing Felix McGee of eleven half-crowns, on Satur-
day : the prisoner ran off with the money, which the
complainant had laid down on the bar-table of a public
house, but was pursued and soon after apprehended.

• 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 ; Henshcw's
painting of Old Forest Hall, No. 272, was taken at 100
-'neas by the drawer of the £4O prize, who paid the

difference. £3O prize, Boddington; 272 ;
Girl, by J. F. Paxmore, 781, paying difference of
a £25 prize took Marshall's Sir Roger de Coverley
the Spectator at the Gipsies' Encampment, No_

ditto, Flower

Government, the British people, or the Scotch, but the
Irish aristocracy alone. His address was truly eloquent
and enthusiastic, and was received with loud plaudits.
Several other speakers, includine a Protestant. WPTP 111.1

on, a lioy, for stealing 141bs. of lead from a
room in the warehouse of Messrs. Walker and Co., on
Saturday. Elizabeth Murphy;for stealing a sheet from
the house of Elizabeth Taylor, Bannaster-place, where
she had gone on Saturday night to lodge for the night.

25 took a

Ingtoll, 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. Hassan, £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. 11. Taylor. No.

happy in their remarks, and all of them appealed to the
benevolent feelings of Christians to forward the subscrip-
tion without regard to creed or sect. Resolutions were
passed in accordance with the obiects of the meetino.—

LAUNCH OF THE MARIAN.—This splendid ship, built
for Messrs. C. W. and F. Shand, and intended for the
Eastern trade, was launched on Tuesday last from the
yard of the builders, Messrs. Clarke and Son, Etna-street.
The weather was propitious, and the attendance of spec-
tators most numerous. The Marian is nearly 700 tons
register, n.m., and has in her model combined all those
essential requisites for which Liverpool-built ships are
famed—a clean entrance and a fine run, with a capacity
for storage, and bearings that ensure her carrying her
canvas. She has a full poop, and the saloon and after-
cabins are fitted most splendidly but substantially ; in-
deed, in the whole ship, internally and externally, is dis-
played gbxcellence in workmanship and material. The
. daggers were removed shortly after twelve o'clock, and
having rgceived her title from the fair hand of Mrs. Alex-
ander M.awe,—whose Christian name she bears—she
moved, after a momentary pause, to the bosom of the
Mersey, where her appearance was a theme e of general,anten
splendidom collation y
l
yea, universal admiration. The
re a invited
Castle-street.lle After the wadjourned
tt ob tyh
me
rm. model-room,
Fisk,e }-r 000 r w
re-
moval of the cloth, the chairman proposed the toast,
4, The Queen," which was drunk with enthusiasm. Suc-
cess to the "Marian" was most abIT replied to by Mr.
Shand ; and that of " The Builders' was responded to
by Mr. Clarke, senior, in a most. feeling and telling ad-
, dress. !‘ The Town and Trade of Liverpool," and "The
Town and Trade of-Manchester," were then given, to
thepr anee lattery
sreeip)
alireaodtf.e
d, all r
ar
highly
. numberfeel,d e
llg
delighted. don.tehpehTreht*oe a smo tf sa ,Sr
itfrahne Robert
sco ob me: tr-e
believe, the last ship Mr. Clarke, senior, will build, being
about to retire in favour of his. sons.
THE REv. HUGE! M`NgiLE.—The Coleraine Chronicle
corrects several errors in a sketch of this eminent divine,
contained in a work just published, entitled " Orators of
the Day." As the sketch has appeared in a local contem-
porary, we may as well give the correction of our contem-
porary. It is as follows :—" Mr. M`Neile, we need`hardly
say, is the son of a country clergyman of good estate,
from whom he inherits considerable real property in this
neighbourhood, and who was a deputy-lieutenant, and one
of the oldest magistrates of the county of Antrim, in
which, also, he served the office of High Sheriff, which
has been more recently filled by his son ; by his maternal
relatives Mr. M`Neile is equally well connected, his mo-
ther having been a member of one ofethe oldest and most
respectable families in Antrim—now represented by her
brother, the Chairman of the Ballycastle bench of magis-
trates. We do not believe it derogatory to any gentle-
man to bring up his son to either branch of the legal pro-
fession ; but Mr. M`Neile never was in an attorney's
office, nor was he ever a tutor in the family of the Arch-
bishop or any other—indeed the wealth and position of
his family rendered it improbable he would have accepted
such an office, perfectly respectable though we admit it to
be. In what manner Mr. M`Neile first became ac-
quainted with the family of the late Archbishop of Dub-
lin, we cannot pretend to say ; but as we rather believe
Dr. Magee was Bishop of Raphoe when Mr. M'Neile re-
ceived his first nomination to the Curacy of Stranorlar, in
that diocese, we presume it took place in the usual inter-.
course of society ; for although the position of Mrs.
M`Neile, as daughter of the Primate of Ireland, rendered
her a suitable wife for any gentleman, still it is erroneous
to suppose that Mr. M`Neile thereby attained or now oc-
cupies a higher position in society than he inherited, and
was entitled to fill, or than is occupied at present by the
raprestutative of his family ill Ireland." • •

committee was appointed, and voluntary collectors were
appointed, to whom books were delivered, and who were
to hand over their receipts to the secretaries, to be
transmitted to the general committee in Dublin. The
object was to enlist the sympathies and services of the

,
760, £lO ; Oakham Common—by G. Chester;, No. 8, a
ten-pound prize and £l5 ; No. 100—Thunder Storni—by
E. Williams, sen., £lO ; No. 23—Welsh Sunshine through
Rain—C. Barber, £lO ; No. 749—Stormy Day—W.
Havell, £lO ; No. 69—Cattle in Landscape—NV. Shayer,
£lO and £l5 paid ; No. 537—Laud Scene, XS—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.

working classes, to collect4anid give their own and others
mites towards the relief of the famishing Irish, and se-
veral donations, including sovereigns, were collected in
the room, which has been taken for four successive Sun-
days for the purpose of promoting the same benevolent
object. The meeting was perfectly harmonious through-
out, and concluded with thanks to the chairman and others.
SUSPICION OF AN ATTEMPT AT HOUSE-BREAKING.--
A man named John. Craig, was yesterday brought before
Mr. Rushton, charged with this offence. The testimony
of a servant girl belonging to a public-house in Baker=
street, near the Zoological Gardens, was to the effect that

The amount received bf

Mr. H. J. Webs

!ied the very handsome

sum of 4.2501 X
THE SCUTT, I<

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, ttnd wish to take
it en pcissant. These pay for it a halfpenny a quart, and
. .