The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-12-18 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

PERMISSION TO USE FIRES AND LIGHTS ON

Let us have light as well as air in our rooms, in
our closets, in our staircases and passages. We
live already too artificial a life. We neglect already
too many of the laws of nature. If the legislature
is sincere in its professions of regard for the health
of the public, let it allow us to construct our habi-
tations upon a common sense principle, so that we
may be enabled to welcome the glorious sun when
it rises, or watch it when it sets, and breathe as
we go about our household tasks the pure air
freely and without stint. A poor revenue of about
a million and a half sterling is derived from the
window tax. It is paid doubly in the loss of health,
cheerfulness, and comfort, by the entire community.

£16,639,315; and it has increased week after week,
and shows no signs of decrease. The bank has re-
others duced its rate of interest to 21 per cent.; yet, that A numerous meeting of Shipowners, and
has been inoperative to stay the accumulation ofinterested in the welfare of the port, was Shipmasters, held
this dead weight; for the simple reason that she yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of adopting such
has in her coffers .an available amount of some measures as might be calculated to induce the Liverpool
millions, which she can employ in discounting, alto- Dock Committee to relax their present stringent resole-
gethertions with regard. to the use of fires and lights on board
independent of her gold. Moreover, since
May, 1848, we have had not an ounce of gold from vesselsl;lie NC'healirinwas dock.occupied by Mr. William Rathbone,
Russia, the export having been prohibitel. Only Secretary to the East India Association.
last month the produce of the Ural mountains were The Rev. W. MAYNARD opened the proceedings with
opened to us; too late for any sensible effect being suitable devotional exercises.—After which
The CHAIRMAN said that lie had great pleasure in
produced, because the navigation is already closed
by frost. England, however, is still the best tcloiantsetraingratoatsaitkieenthehiclhiairasonto thatl
oo rue t h e"e felt
market for the commodity; for we are told that it ing was one of importancewc tow the commercee of the port of
THAT a purely agricultural country, such as Ire- meet-
swil pay, if sent from Russia overland to a port not Liverpool. (Hear, hear.) It was also important as re-
land, should be more ruinously affected than our closed up by ice. The price of gold in Paris is garded what he hoped was not an inferior consideration
own by the operation of free trade and competition lower than in England ; and in Hamburob, it is with them, namely, the duty which they owed to the
seamen wo fruented the The
with the foreigner, was to be expected by every upwards of half per cent. cheaper than in Eng-
h d some littleeq difficulties toport ear
contend withear before they thinking man. Ireland had for years maintained land.
matter could be brought to a satisfactory issue. These
her population almost exclusively from the advan- We shall, most undoubtedly, have a large influx difficulties were small, however; and he thought that the
tages offered her by proximity to the large masses i of gold into this country for some time to come; good sense of the people of Liverpool would prove that
engaged in manufacturing pursuits in this country. ' and the question will be, what can the Bank of there was but little cause for the apprehensions which
She formed the granary from which we drew a England, which is bound to receive it, do with the greatsonee pLorprloerenotferfitraeisnedbunptonteis subject.fi TheT.hiaid allb a
large portion of our supplies of beef, pork, butter, supply. Russia has been producing nearly four all appeared to apprehend Wouultd onseeverreosccwurne if they
millions per annum; and she has now, pro.l.iably, proper steps for their prevention were taken. He believed
and grain of all descriptions, reserving only for
her own people the humble fare afforded by the that amount to send us, the export of which has that if this plan was acceded to, it would be the means of
potato. The following were the imports from been suspended since May, 1848. California has giving the docks a greater protection than they at present
teed
Ireland into this port alone during the seven years 100,000 inhabitants digging for gold ; and their
—and the
en as toil the morals of the sailors themselves
from 1838 to 1844, as given by Mr. M'Culloch in Produce must inevitably reach the best market. that the effectsailorwluillo community umnot a t
0 to large—wasr:bo ita likelyhad
the
.._ All this must come into the vaults of the Bank of same feeling in
the last edition of his Commercial Dictionary
his bosom that gother men had, and
1838, £5,559,047 ; 1839, £5,073,830 ; 1840, England ; and, before many months are over, we who by their present stringent laws was forced to become
£4,334,864; 1841, £4,499,188 ; 1842, £3,649,428 ; may probably have twenty millions stored up in a wanderer on the public streets, could resist the tempta-
-1843, £4.534,578; 1844, £4,618,957. the legal receptacle, the interest upon which thetion of entering the dram-shop, and from thence to the
The falling off was in nearly every article; but
proprietors of bank stock must pay, before makingbrothel? them to remain on board were provided, he had no doubt
la dividend. How they will like it we cannot tell; but that the men would be more moral ; and that they
principally in those affected by the tariff of 1842.
We have not at hand any later return. We know,
but we conceive that they are not much gratified at would afford less exercise for the magisterial functions of
,
however, how fearfully Ireland was smitten by the ' the prospect in store for them. The stock of gold Mr. Rushton, and the various officers connected with the
potato rot of 1846 and 1847, during which years I.is undoubtedly a dead weight, unrepresented as it police. He would now be glad to hear any gentleman
is at this moment by an increased issue of notes. who had to address the meeting.
she was driven to import foreign food for her 1 •
w Mr. KNIGHT, master of the New World, then
-rmosaestteor
In 1840, it was only £4,311,000; it now approaches address the mee'tine H e said, thwat bein
people; and, although during the last two years
she has been enabled to forward us a portion of 1 £17,000,000, and will shortly, we expect, he twenty from this port, he ;as desirous of makingga few pobserva-
her growth, it is easy to estimate the ruinous result , millions. The interest upon fifteen millions will tions on this subject. He found that their officers and
of the extremely low prices which the British
be rather a serious infliction upon proprietors of seamen were deprived of a privilege (by this regulation)
;
which no people in the world, who were not so unfortu-
are rapidly leaving the country,
bank stock, who are already underbid in the dis-market now affords her. Her industrious farmers
, nate as to be attached to a ship, were deprived of. As a
fleeing from peso- count market. And what is to stop the present ' captain he found that in these' northern latitudes day-
accumulation of gold in its best market? Europe
lence and poverty; and her labourers are crowding light, at this time of the year, did not come until about
time the men got their
for food and shelter within the walls of the union evidently does not want it. America has it pour-
8 in the morning. Aboutthat
workhouses. ing upon her from her western territory. So long breakfast ;at 12 o'clock they got dinner ;at 4 o'clock
Such a state of things cannot possibly continue ;offer for it a fixed price, and that price is the tea, after which time no work could be done. Now in his
; as we
opinion, it required a man of an extraordinary constitu
tion to sleep in a cold, damp, perhapswet, cabin
-
and we are glad to observe that her landowners, criterion of its value in the world ,it will come ,as
gentry, and farmers are beginning to assume an a matter of course, to this country. or forecastle, till eight of the following morning, without
attitude of protest. A most important and info- ' Here then, in its effect upon the Bank of Eng- the least light or fire. He then was not able to do so;
1 and when a young man he was not able to do so. (Ap-
land, will be the first demonstration of a change in
ential meeting was held last week in Cork—ruined
the marketable value of gold. We can readily be- ! rlaiu.se.)o Then how was the seaman to do ? He was to go
Cork—which has had the honour of being the first
to burst asunder the ties of liberalism, and to elect, lieve that overtures are already being made to were
riei sfebd atillemygw-heoreuseelbowhee:ie as soon.daestoone
,set of
for
release the bank from its present liability to receive another. Did the mereslviantosuoofn F Liverpool
make
by a triumphant majority, a Conservative member.
sautcpup rousuemthat
old at its fixed price. That very liability will ruin seamen would go down to the forecastle and sit there in
The Earl of Bandon, lord lieutenant of the g
county, was in the chair upon the occasion ; and the establishment, and probably bring about a the dark, till it was time to retire for the night ? Would
the meeting comprised most of the leading nobility, change in our monetary system, which the com- any of the gentlemen of Liverpool take such a class of
clergy, and gentry in the district. We shall not munity have sought for in vain. There may be been
to their parlours
such a
arloul-sand entertain them ? He had not
here attempt a report of the proceedings, which
sympathy with this great corporation, although able although that town seta of aLs
.i vie3ruptolol
el ,
11:noeswp i tao-f
there is none shown towards the sufferings of the two classes of people—about equaly i
in their respective line
were marked by practical good sense and temper
throughout ; but proceed to cull a few of the most commercial public. lof business—who were always ready in the most . philan-
striking facts adduced by the speakers. , — --- --
I The annual ball of the Aintree thropic and generous manner, to open their doors to the
,
One of the most practical of the speakers, Mr. Charity is expected to stranger. He had been long enough n Liverpool to know
of Sefton
nao-inth.sutritaldbrilliancy on Thursday. The Countess
the
othere cwlaasss
aledretthte directl way "downto the
and
Beamish, after showing the fallacy of the calcula-
wheayeamoe
te precipice.
r steamert patroness. Commodore, The pretty
vyoysaglpepethyat
tions by which Mr. M'Culloch undertook to ,
Captain Little, the pioneer (Applause.)
convince the agriculturists that, with a ss. duty, the of Mr. M`lver's new line, sailedfor Havre on Salirda he knew how lie \Vas situated : he came once, but he did
price of best foreign wheat would range from She is intended to leave Havre on her return on Friday. y" not come again for fifteen years, till he was captain of a
525. to 565. per qr. in this country, he stated that— ART UNION OF LIVERPOOL.--The beautiful print,
CtooutrtisehipL,i'r' is about being delivered to the sub- tiaps,narnedinhad somef money in his packet. He felt great
,I,Tant,Cohir•st,riiapntltoyn
ande humanityo w i re s olution :
" Offers were now in Cork to deliver here, in April, s c "Irishri ers l'" Resolvedm, alike demand
Liver Art Union, acid will, we are
Rostock wheat,
,which bore the same value in London, as
the moderate use of fires and lights on board of vessels
sure give great ,
c,
c„,Safi,_sfaction to all patrons of the fine arts.
Danzic, at 365. per quarter, cost, freight, and insurance,while in the Liverpool Docks,that the
and
to ON HOARD A STEAIIa ER. 011 Saturday
night, 1.
which would have the effect of depreciating Cork wheat ACCIDENT .
• p lance with this demand would be both safe and politic."
g the passage of the steamer Victory from Dubin for
to about 17s. per barrel of 20 stone, so that low as the' That Christianity demanded that this privilege should be
this port, a young man named Thomas S
prices were the tendency was still down. (Hear, hear.)and
drowned.
twas granted to the seamen of the port, he would appeal to the
washed overboard from thequarter deck
On the 17th November last, 500 qrs. of wheat were ship- The Liverpool Association for the
. Reduction of the circumstance of the meeting being attended by the four
ped from British ports at a freight from 3s. to 3s. 6cl. per Duties on Tea, havelvery wisely resolved to recommence clergymen who were in the habit of attending upon the
qr., the price of wheat at Danzic being 345. to 355. per o erations Probably
a town's meeting will shortly be seamen. This resolution went to say to the world that
qr., 601bs. to 611bs. per bushel; and on the 10th Deem- heldp on the' s • übiect. the allowance of lights and fires in the docks would be
bet, instant, the price in London was 425. to 455. per qr., Lieut. G. S. Parsons, R N late Admiralty agent perfectly safe. The position of Liverpool should be differ-
Dublin on the ent from that of any city in the world. She should not
while Essex and Kent red was from 375. to 425. per qr." Dublin and Liverpool ail.station,' has had conferred on follow in the wake of any other town—s7le should lead
Mr. Beamish remarked that, owing to the him the good service p • ension, granted to fifty officers of them rather than follow. She should not be like "the
influence of climate in not permitting grain grown his grade out of three thousand candidates.
wounded snake," as somebody says, "dragging her slow
in Ireland to be ripened in the sun, the produce of The cotton and share brokers have resolved upon length along." She should o had. (Hear, hear, and
Danzic is worth from 20 to 25 per cent. more to ' i makingth osloonntoy,letalvie
town
innstibea holiday, thereby ena- applause.) It ought not to matterg-a- to Liverpool what has
the miller than Irish wheat. With reference to the viougs, on a visit to theeirosiUmonde, to r'eturrnaytoeiviennsiinngespsr
on
been done in London New York, or any other port; she
capababilities of the continental countries he stated Wednesday morning ; and we have no doubt other parties ought to take the lead' in doing that which all acknowledge
that— will follow this example. I to be right. (Applause.) Then if it be an impossibility
in an affair of this kind, with all the surveillance of the
On Saturday, James Carr, the man wl o was injured a
" The river Vistula, which flowed to the Baltic sea at f • r, police, to keep some 800 emigrant Irish from the use of
Danzic, was 550 miles in length, running through a level koeintgaldit ago at Foster 's soapery, Cleveland-street, Bir- the lucifer match, when between decks, how hard must it
country, and navigable throughout the greater part of its that the decee'ee dt Dispensary. It will be recollected
ofeee with another man were employed in the not be upon 24 honest seamen to be precluded the enjoy-
extent ; and various improved modes of conveyance from rebuilding
those premises, when a gable wall fell and ment of a properly masked light to guide them to their
the upper country were being made by the Russian
berth ? If the seamen were allowed lights he should say
crushed them very severely.
government, by railways, canals, &c., to bring down theE
, that they should be under similar restrictions as are
XAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At meet- of this and other parts. Grain arrived in London i observed at sea. They should be locked up and kept
of the Board of Examiners, held on Friday and
in the week ending 24th November, from fifty-four diffe- Saturday, Capt. John Robertson so that no man could get at them. There sever was,
rent ports, of twenty of the names of which there was no salaci
Liverpool, pt. Brown,. master of the in hies recollection an instance of She occurring on board
a, of
fi was found duly qualified for a first- • '
mention in the Geographical Dictionary, which made class' a ship owing to the use of fire in the galley, the forecastle,
mention of isu,l,. ouiall places as Middleton and even Elizahe masters eerti certificate. Mr. John Rowlands, mate of or the cabin. He wondered, if no lights were on board
Carolss°, of Beaumaris, and Thomas Williams,
Ballinacurra. (Hear, hear.) Then there were two hun-
how the recent fire took place in the Albert Dock ? He
late second mate of the William Russell, of Liverpool, for
dred and forty rivers running into the Baltic, all of which
had traded to London, to the St Katherine's Dock, for
second-class mate's certificates.
probably were now beginning to furnish corn. (Hear, -...,
four. years, arid lie never heard of a fire occurring there
' A INEW ARTICLE OF IMPORT.—The farmers of Eng-
hear.)"
during that time. In every part of the United States the
land have, during the past few years, been subject to
The following is a most significant fact : every conceivable kind of competition, but the most seamen were allowed the same privilege with regard to
" Last week, the captain and part owner of an American recent is the introduction of American partridges. One the use of b firesca.ntd lights on board of ships which were
e ans large
the States, veerson new
shin sold a cargo of corn in this port. Though he got consignment to Mr. Waters, of St. John's Market, by the
teluijaotyN.ew York had as as
that there they
hipping E
tradry as as anyk port
£3,000 for it, it was estimated that lie did not spend 30s. last steamer, comprised 500 brace, which can be sold,
in the world, (not excepting Liverpool,)
in the port of Cork. On getting the cheque from the during the ensuing Christmas, at such prices as would, in
cotton and other combustible materials, and yet
merchant, he immediately went to the bank, and drew Eneland, barely provide powder and shot. loaded
(to his knowledge) a fire, from the use of lights on ship-
out three thousand sovereigns, and sailed direct. (Hear, Our paper to-day, in an advertisement, announces the board, had never occurred. He contended that it for
present was
hear.) This was the trade at present carrying on in a first of a course of lectures on Egypt, the Wilderness of the interest of Liverpool
. to make her port the cheapest
country wanting capital. (Hear, hear.)" Sinai, and Jerusalem, by the Rev. H. H. Higgins, at •
This in the kingdom. If this boon was granted it would not
St. James' School, St. James'-road, this evening. This
Yet honourable representatives of the sister course was delivered on a former occasion at the* Colle- only warm them (the foreigners) to the people of Liver-
country, by whose venal votes free trade was car- giate Institution, and afforded much instruction and uni-
pool, but it would save them a great deal of money. (Hear,
ried, can babble about the evils of absenteeism ! versal satisfaction. We recommend it to all who desire tlehear,erdNleaug4o
laughter.) He paid for boarding the men of
£34 a week, when it was well known
The speaker's description of the present condition fuller information, and who now have the advantage of shipthem in the ship for £2O a week.
of Cork may, we are afraid, be found at no distant illustrations by diagrams. that he p could board
(Hear, hear.) That would be a saving of £l4 a week for
1 TESTIMONIAL OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.-011 -
date to apply to Liverpool itself:—
' Friday evening last, on the occasion of a meeting held at three times in the year. He was going to sail in a day or
"In carrying this free-trade measure, Sir Robert Peel the schools in connexion with St. Bartholomew's Church two, and therefore he must leave the matter in the hands
, 1 of his brother ship-masters, believing as he did that they
said lie was aware it would injure Ireland—if he said it Naylor-street, the Rev. G. Dover was presented with a would be successful in their efforts. He had no doubt
would ruin Ireland he would have been nearer the mark. ' full suit of canonicals, and a handsomely chased silver
but that if the dock committee were once convinced of
(Hear, hear, and cheers.) They were told at that time, , snuff-box, as a slight token of the respect and esteem the utility of the measure they would readily grant it, for
that all other nations would reciprocate with them. What entertained for him by his late congregation, for his min- hitherto fit was well known that they had merely done
was the fact ? So far from doing so, they actually in- isterial services in that hitherto neglected district. The
creased their prohibitory duties on manufactures, giving rev. gentleman, evidently much overcome, acknowledged their duty in administering the laws. With these fewobservations he would respectfully move the adoption of
England a salutary rebuff for her folly. (Cheers.) Cork the compliment in most feeling and suitable terms.
the resolution.
had become, to some extent, a shipping port under former ROBERTSON'S SMOKE CONSUMER. —We have on
laws—heretofore the busy hum of the shipwright was several occasions commended to the favourable notice of The Rev. Mr. MAYNARD, in seconding the resolution,
heard at the docks of Mr. Knight, Mr. Wheeler, and the public this excellent invention. We are now glad to
said that he cordially agreed with Mr. Knight in his obaer-
Mr. Browne, but since the operation of free-trade, the perceive that the public are beginning to appreciate its vations ; but, before entering into the subject, he would
hammer was silent, and those excellent artisans employed merits, as it hes been adopted, after every other system ask Mr. Knight if he could offer any security with regardto the use of fires in the docks ?
in these establishments who spent their earnings in this had failed in London, Chester, Macclesfield, and Kilmer-
country, had to emigrate to distant lands, while many, nook. We understand that the people of Glasgow and Mr. KNIGHT observed that, if the meeting wished it,
for ought we know, had found refuge in the Union Work- Paisley are alive to its importance ;—then why should not there were 20 masters present, who could bear testimony
house. (Hrar, hear.) the Health Committee of Liverpool give the inventor a to the safety of the system.
The Rev. Mr. MAYNARD advocated. the adoption of the
One of the leading objects of the meeting was trial, to abate a nuisance which every friend of sanatory
resolution for the sake of humanity, and for the sake of
announced to be the formation of a committee reform calls out so loudly against ?
- r the souls of the poor seamen. How was the poor seaman
FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM nSunday l
under the name of a protectionist society, by whomndthaestß.eva".7. situated ?He had a heart like every other man—prone to
two sermons by the Rev. H. H. ) the necessity of a protective system should be C. Richmond, the sum f £44. Higginslls.2l. wasa collected in evil, and, if he was not led and guided to good, no doubt
insisted upon, and steps taken to procure the St. John the Evangelist's Church, Hope-street, in aid of he would embrace the evil. No comfort whatever was
return to parliament of honest and independent I the funds of this excellent institution. In the evening
oporonvlVLdnfvorttiaimt
tibnerheiswsehrieptiwnoLsievtesroprimL,
uwshosil ti no person
representatives of the interests of native agricul- the church was densely crowded, and Mr. Richmond's
to receive-him—the gin palace and the brothel. w person
os
faropen
s
ture. From the feeling of earnestness and resolve seernintloennl;'arsinlisttned to with great attention. The rev.
he had been humbly able, he had endeavoured to rescue
which pervaded the meeting, we cannot but augur gpressed on 'his hearersco theul;s course
importance of h
ato stronglynce roi,i
diimn im-
e them from these places. He had provided a school and
reading-room for them, where they might receive instruc-
tions,beneficial results from the movement. Requisi- " a boys' orphan asylum.' He believed if the providing
lion, for he knew that no seaman would sit during a
we observe, have been got up, addressed to steps were taken the institution would be erected at once
win-
the high sheriffs of the counties of Dublin, the through the well known liberality of the people of Liver-
tdearrilac, w nightlieni more t
alluring forecastle,
temptations chattering
wheirse teeth
held inota thet
to
north riding of Tipperary, and Limerick, requesting .Pool.therev.
building
"eLenettltehmean, atid be r completedoni
obny
that ct o •t.e r, " saidca n
him elsewhere. If they gave him a light—if they gave
them to convene meetings of the landowners and find no one to do it better, II will crossy the Atlantic and and him a fire to cook his victuals, and if they did something
landholders upon the subject of agricultural pro- preach the inauguration sermon." We hope Mr. Rich- towards making his ship comfortable—then they might in
tection. A great meeting of Irish peers, members of mond's anticipations will be fully realised. reality make a good and reasonable effort to reform his
parliament, deputy lieutenants, magistrates, and BURGLARY AT BICKERSTAFFE. —On Friday night, moral habits. (Hear, hear.) With these views, he cor-
a
others is about to be held in Dublin. The same between eight and nine o'clock, five or more men, armed dilly seconded the adoption of the motion.
Mr. FAIR supported the resolution on financial grounds,
entered the house
of Mr. Stockley, wheel-
question is to form a subject for discussion at the with pistols,
wright and farmer, near this town, and demanded money. which, on being put to the meeting, was carried unani-
next meeting of the Bandon poor law union; and At the time of their entry four
men were in the house, mously.
throughout the length and breadth of Ireland the and one of them endeavoured to make a show of resist-
following memorial :
Captain BURSLEY, of the Hottinguer, then moved the
agricultural community are preparing vigorously ante. For this purpose he endeavoured to take a gun •
for a struggle in self-defence. from the chimney-piece, when one of the villains seized TO THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE LIVERPOOL
the gun and broke it over his head. It appears that " DOCK COMMITTEE.
GENTLEMEN,—We, the undersigned merchants, owners
whilst the thieves were engaged in ransacking the house master, and others, of vessels trading to the port of Liverpool,' for money, three other men in the service of Mr. Stock- beg respectfully to be allowed the use of Fires and Lights on
ley came in, and an attack was made on the burglars. board our ships, while in dock.
Four shots were fired, two of which took effect on the "In asking this accommodation, we only seek the con-
wall without injuring any person. The burglars made a veniencies permitted in London and other wet docks in this
strict search for money, but were only able to find 4s. 6d., ccooiugarydit iiionud vtvoh
ourere,iin u
knowledge,
i e d instance,cre
arisingha: irhoemr eFl?reeesn
or
Lights,
t ofs
with which they decamped. They also took two single-
either in cabins, galleys, or forecastles.
barrelled
,guns, one of them marked with the name of "The undersigned are prepared to show that the want of the
" Barnes, ' and the other with "Green." The pistols common comforts of Cooking on board ships, tends to make
which the fellows discharged, were, as appeared from sub- Liverpool one of the most expensive ports in the kingdom, and
Sequent examination, loaded with slugs. to demoralise the seamen to a degree scarcely to be credited."
FUNERAL OF THE LATE THOMAS MILNER, ESQ.,— He thought that the adoption of the memorial would be
Yesterday forenoon, the remains of this highly esteemed for the benefit of Liverpool, as he believed that no danger
and amiable man (whose death is elsewhere recorded) need be apprehended from fire. He would instance a case
were deposited in the family burying ground, St. James's in which the stringency of the present regulations affected
Cemetery. The mournful precession, from the deceased's the health of the seamen. He entered the harbour last
house in Erskine-street to that " bourne," was solemn night about midnight, got a steamer, and proceeded to
and affecting, from the extraordinary number of persons dock. The rain was pouring in torrents; he had himself
who assembled to pay a genuine tribute to his worth. It wet three fresh suits of clothes, and as for the men they
was headed by upwards of a hundred of the workmen em. had not a dry tack on their backs. Well, the moment
ployed at the works of the deceased and his son, all attired they entered the dock out went their lights, and after they
in full mourning, and wearing hat-bands. This was a got the .ehip moored, he and men were both obliged to
tribute of the heart on their part, for they had long known scramble their way to their wet berths as best they could
his kindness as a master. The hearse was followed by in he dark. He would move the adoption of the memo-
five mourning coaches, containing about twenty-four rela- vial.
tives, clerks, and intimate friends, and the rear wa
brought up by the foremen and others of the concern.
Vast numbers of persons collected in the streets through
which the funeral passed. The Rev. Dr, M'Neile read
the •
service for the dead in his accustomed impressive man-
ner. The coffin was preceded from the chapel to the
grave by the Rev. Doctor named, and the Rev. Dr. Car-
penter. The ißev. Dr. Hume was also present, as were
all the agents of Messrs. Milner in the vicinity, and many
highly respectable townsmen. A large concourse of spec-
tators also witnessed with silent respect the consignment
of the body to its kindred earth.
GEESE..—It will be seen by an advertisement in our
first page to-day that Mr. Johnson, of Queen-square,
will import from Scotland this year no fewer than 3,000
prime Christmas geese. If they present in appearance
anything like those exhibited last season the display will
be a monster one. As Scotch geese are generally well
fed, we can only fancy such a number hissing in the full
glory of sage and onio3ss

SoiIE of our contemporaries seem to be of the
opinion that the proceeds of the Californian dig-
gings can have no effect upon the standard of value.
The London Times says that it will be years before
any such effect can be produced; and the Man-
chester Guardian babbles about silver having fallen
in price, and argues that, thence, gold cannot have
depreciated. Most freely we give our contempor-
aries all the benefit of their facts—a sovereign is
still equal in exchangeable value to twenty shillings
in silver. The commodity, gold, which we have
adopted as our standard of value, is still saleable at
three pounds seventeen and nine pence an ounce;
and it would be surprising if it were not so. The
law says that it shall be exchangeable for that
amount; that it shall be taken at that price for
taxes, and for government securities ; that the
Bank of England, which issues our money, shall
give notes of five pounds of legal tender for a fixed
quantity of the precious metal. As a consequence
of this law we do not yet feel the effect of the
Californian discoveries upon prices of commodities;
and for this reason, that gold, our standard, is not
treated as a commodity. The Bank of England,
which is the purchaser of the gold of the world,
feels the effect of the excess in the production of
gold ; not the public. The price of cotton would
never fall below the present rate if the bank was
always open to receive it, in any quantity, at that
rate.

SHIPBOARD.

The Rev. Mr. BUCK in an eloquent speech seconded
e adoption of the memorial, which was ably supported
Captain Kitwood, and on being put to the meeting was
rried unanimously
On ti

notion of Mr. H. C. CHAPMAN the Chairman
equested to sign the memorial on behalf of the

meetin

We request of our contemporaries, however, to
look at the present position of the Bank of Eng-
land, as regards this matter of the supply of gold.
For months past the stock in the coffers of the
bank has been increasing. By the last return it
was £16,772,000 sterling—a larger amount than it
was in 1845, when, on Jan. 21st, it reached

banks having been voted to the Chairman, the meet-
separated.

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH SCHOOLS.—On Sunday last, after
sermons by the Rev. Dr. Carpenter and the Rev. W. M.
Fllo?n, the sum of £45 ss. was collected in aid of these

Sunday morning, a fire broke out in a shed used
sugars, at Messrs. M`Fie's sugar refinery,
reet. The shed and its contents, comprising
ugars, were destroyed, and but for the exertions of the
'a more damage would have been done.

Temple

pallet) to