The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-09-07 00:00:00

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TO CORRESPONDENTS. do for the atmosphere of Conciliation Hall, for the unanimous movement practicable ? We suspect FINANCIAL AND COMMERC
--- favour of whose patriots our contemporary apps- that it is not so. In the first place it is scarcely
The announcement by the Bank
A correspondent signing. -;-,eptnm," offers a few hints on the
construction of steam-boilers. which, if carried out, would, rently is bidding ; but we can assure him that the truth that all spinners are working without
he thinks, prevent those frightful accidents which are of too here they only serve to detach British sympathy profit. In the next place others have orders on vance upon. stock and securities at
firmertone to the money market in
frequent r occurrence. He says—" The present form of boiler,
from his unfortunate fellow countrymen. English- hand, which must be executed. Some have stocks and prices of Consols advanced sligh
though good in many respects, would perhapi be improved by
dividing its cavity into several chambers, each of which might men detest ingratitude in individuals or in a of cotton to work up ; and not a few, we fear, for confidence was the fact of the bil
be connected by proper tubes to the steam-pipe supplyingthe nation. there are whom circumstances compel to keep on Ward, and Co., previously refused a
cylinder. The risk of explosion would thus be diminished, 0.M.MM........1•1111MM1M.......... Overend, Gurney, and Co., upon wl
for it is impossible that more than one compartment would their business, in the hope of prospective improve-
Laving been honoured through the
at any time give way ; and in case of an accident to any of EVEN a Controversialist—a man anxious to make ment in the times, but meanwhile at a sacrifice of of the former firm. As a proof, hov
. the divisions, (they being shut off from each other by a valve the wrong appear the better reason—would find it means. If these difficulties could be got over, a more is required to restore confides
opening outwards), the remaining ones would continue to •
difficult to wring out of any letter of the Rev. Dr.
work the engine with as much, or nearly es much power as most beneficial movement might be effected; and declined, a sale of £lOO,OOO at fiE
before." We are not sufficiently versed on the subject to M`Neile expressions upon which to found a charge, as it seems that the working classes are fully dis- damp the feeling of the dealers. T
. offer an opinion, but we believe boilers are often constructed or from which to claim a triumph over his opponent, by the threatening aspect of our foi
in coin-nrtments, angular or tubular, with sufficient strength, posed to bear their share of the loss which must
demand. for money to
and adaptation for the more rapid generation of steam— so coolly and so clearly stated is every position accrue, we cannot see that those difficulties ought meet the sever
Irish contributed 'to the effect
thou not cut off from each other by sepwate valves. The which that reverend gentleman advances. A tern- to be regarded as insurmountable. A few spin- leftoff loan,
Friday
plan stiv4ested might perhaps be effective; but it would in- on at 1951 to 1971
volve r;reat additiol,a: (~:st. porary advantage may, however, be gained over the ners and manufacturers, whose circumstances will Cents., 88 ; Three-and-a-Quarter 1
A Correspondent res id in:: near Castle-street, states that he has most cautious writer, by distorting or misrepre- not permit of their suspending work entire)}?, Long Annuities, 9to 1-16th •, Inc
found the supply of water by the Bootle Company, to his presenting his language ; and we were most sincerely Par; and Exchequer Bills, 3s. to 6s
_mises, to be latterly very late and irregular, and that, on ap-
sorry to find the Rev. Edward Hull, a clergyman of might be permitted to be exceptions to the genera
plicatien, he has been told that it could not be accounted for. reties closed less buoyant than at
He is under the impression that the Company being now se- the Church of England,. u 'tt. l - nwi ing N, perhaps, re- rule. day.
cure of a profitable sale of their establishment to the Corpo-On Saturday the Stock Market a
ration, are careless of the wants of the inhabitants. We can- sorting to this species of tactics towards the reverend OUR readers, and the inhabitants of Liver Transfer on Tuesday were up to 87l
not concur with him in Ibis supposition, and are inclined to doctor. Mr. Hull finds fault with the letter ad- generally have, we believe, gone with us in our past 88 to 4 ; the New Three-and-a-Qua
attribute the fault to the servants employed on the works, dressed by the Rev. Dr. M'Neile to his fellow- advocacy of the exercise of energy and activity, on 894 to 1 • Bank Stock was 197, and
'who ought to be strictly looked after by the employers, who
may not be cognizant of the fact stated. townsmen upon the subject of the election •; and the part of the Health Committee in the perform- Unfunded' Debt 3s. to
was 6s. prem
reties
the Peninsula
nom
states that the general impression is that Mr. ante of the important task committed to their nominal and, a
El): Eiberpoot k,tanbarl3. M`Neile intended to represent "all persons who charge—the imrovement of the sanatory condition did not s nsula seemed to be a
stimulate business. Portui
voted in favour of those candidates who defend the of this town. Some . era .
of them have gone even fur- might be called 241 to 251, and Sp
Yearly subscription : grant to Maynooth, and the grant which is con- ther than ourselves ; and accused the committee of Cents. 294 to 30k. Mexican Stocl
In Advance, 15s. On Credit, 17s. templated to aid the Roman Catholics in the edu- being slow. The accumulated evils of years have 191. Brazil Bonds were at 83 to
- - ------= cation of the poor, without calling on them to not been removed in a season. The time required Cents. were 891. In Railway Sh
were moderate in amount
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPT. 7, 1847. forego, in their schools, the use of their own version for the formation of machinery and the selection of Further failures amongst' comm
of the Scriptures, as persons who repudiate religion." a working staff has been set down as so much time
WE presume we may regard the Dublin Evening occur, amongst the latest of whirl
In the portion of the letter referred to, which wasted; and men have jumped at once to the con- town, and Mr. A. Roux of London
Mail as the especial organ of that portion of
the landlord party in Ireland, whose selfishness Dr. M`Neile has quoted at length in his most able elusion that, because all that ought to be done, of manufactured goods to Valparais
reply (which we give in another column), the party and all that the Act gives powers to do, have not put down at £lOO,OOO. Some COT
would throw the burthen of supporting a popu-
for whose gratification Mr. Hull appears to have been done at once nothing has been done. also been announced— one in Pr.
lation, pauperized by their own exactions and amount. A failure has also taker
written, will perhaps be astonished to find that Another feature, however, in the tone of the that of Messrs. Gray, Roxburgh. a
mss-management, upon the shoulders of the in-
there is not a passage or an expression which gives public mind, has just presented itself. The opinion ever, is not extensive ; and one in
dustrious people of England. For months past names not announced. It is antic
the slightest warrant to the interpretation which is seems to have pretty generally prevailed that an
our contemporary has been urging the right of his
said to have been put upon it. There is not a word act of parliament, with its necessary powers, would the great reduction which has takes
patrons to dip their hands into our pockets for the
as
.to persons voting for pro-Maynooth candidates achieve everything; that the cost of improvement ljneiatdersfftstsince the shipments con
supply of every want, real or imaginary ; and
being "persons who repudiated religion." The was only to fall upon those whose property was to them will aexecsee7rtehe avaelu'emao7 the
abusing us, besides, for not giving fast enough.
only use of the word repudiation is levelled against be affected, or upon the funds of the Council. It which cases, where the houses dri
Loans to Ireland, according to this oracle, should undoubted credit, the bills will n
the state, and is contained in the following passage, has been said—" Flag, pave, drain, close up cellars,
be considered only as gifts ; the sponge should be
against which we should really imagine that even and courts ; but do not tax those who are to reap dishonoured. Many of these are r
forthwith applied to the records of all the past in- for manufactured goods • and thei
Mr. Hull himself cannot put in any objection : the advantage of these sanatory operations !" And further increase the depression felt
debtedness of the Irish people to this country; '
"Whatsoever is without religion is sin ; and, con- now, when it has been made apparent by the pro- turing body.
and, in addition, we should take upon ourselves as
sequently, all the acts of an assembly so consti- ceedings of the Health Committee that these opera- As connected intimately with the
a duty—and no thanks to us—the burthen of feed- inertial affairs, the following state]
tuted as to repudiate religion are sinful acts." tions cannot be carried out for nothing; that a
tsent position of the currency, as c
ing in perpetuo their idle and mendicant peasantry,
We feel thankful, nevertheless, to Mr. Hull for central depot is required for the materials used, and r
and of upholding the riot and extravagance of ion at the same period last year, vi
his letter, unadvised as we think it was. It has for the offices necessary ; we find people opening
every other class, from the nominal proprietors of
given to Dr. M`Neile an opportunity of further their eyes and exclaiming against the cost as enor-
the soil, through the mangy-linked chain of middle-
enunciating his opinion upon the whole subject mous and uncalled for, or wondering that there is
men, mortgagees, and leaseholders, to the paltry,
with that admirable perspicuity and force which any cost at all. Bank of England. 20,603,010 18,7
out-at-elbow squireens, who swagger at fairs or at
characterize all his literaroductions. . Such has been the case in the opposition offered, Private banks ... 4,363,076 4,2
ry p Joint-stock ban 3,061,279 2,9
sessions, and rail against the hated Saxon, upon no doubt with the most sincere regard for the pub-
the strength of eleemosynary whiskey punch or --
IT is extremely creditable to our Sanitary Com- lie good, to the proposition to purchase the pre- Total in England. 28;027,365 26,0
poteen. It is not sufficient that the rents of the
mittee that they are straining every nerve to improve mises of Mr. Tomkinson, in Duke-street, for a Scotland ...... .. 3,371,906 3,4
judges to de- Ireland. ....... 6,480,517 50
wicked cottiers of Ireland should be paid with
the defective condition of the sewerage in this town. central depot. We are not sufficient
money, snatched from the hands of the industrious
We give in another column the particulars of a case termine whether the site in question is- the best
United Kingdom. 37,879,78 34,5
husbandmen of England; that the operatives in •
in London, where the death of an infant has been which might have been selected. We presume,
our towns should be driven to the wall by con- .
actually and immediately caused by the want of a however, that it is as good and cheap as could be Thus showings decrease of XL,
titival irruptions of Irish pauper labour; that ourtionof ' E notes in England, and a de,
drain. The details of the case, as furnished at the found. What we remark upon, however, is the the circulation of the United King
poor-rates should be swelled by the burthen thrust
iwnquest, are lamentable in the extreme, and though erroneous idea with which some gentlemen run the corresponding period last year.
upon us of supporting her sick, her halt, and her
are not aware that any death has taken place in away, that improvement in our sanatory state can land The average stock of bullion hel
blind ; that her beggars should clamour in our e
,Liverpool, which has been brought home so directly be effected without some cost to the community. 14th ionfbot departments during
d4urin3fl
streets and carry pestilence and filth into the dwell-
to the deadly influence of a fetid atmosphere, yet We wish to prepare that community to meet a con-
ing! of our poor. Our country must serve Ireland£B2l,74o asu comparedswa with the
as a vast fever hospital. We must physic and that desolating cause is deplorably at work in too siderafsle expenditure, if they wish that any good decrease of £6,525,185 as compare
bleed, and blister every consignment of wretched, many districts of the town, and its removal cannot should be effected. en may whine over the con- last year.
famine-stricken beings, whom her landlords or her be brought about too speedily. Thanks to the pains- rem lation of the sum total of mortality caused by The stock of specie held by the
b6ards of guardians choose to send us ; put flesh taking and persevering labours of Dr. Duncan, Mr. defective sanatory regulations ; but if sincere in j.du2ri77o,2t2h9e, montho a eijecloinregasetheof
upon their bones and clothes upon their backs ; Harbord, and Dr. Watson—and such as they—the their lamentations, they must prepare themselves with' the return of the previous m,
and if, instead of allowing them to quarter them- public are now more alive than formerly to the to pay for the cure. The next rates laid will doubt-, £660,424 as compared with the cc
disease and the remedy. The London Times of less satisfy the public forcibly of this fact. year.
selves permanently upon us, and to feed upon the
botowprigossoof Saturday has the following remarks on the melon- An important consideration ought to be present
and We have had another dull, weet
earnings of our own people, we presume to send
choly
is hardly
to which we have called attention:— in the minds of those parties who just now seemof American
ewe ne
ek have
sTrae ;
them back to their own country, to those upon rrlysekriTldibalnedthcaat iintala ma etropolislik
whbm they have a legal and just claim for support, wheret labour,
proesiatlilveyimmediately
e London; alarmed at the probable expense of sanatory sin have declined. The sales of the '
we are held up to the world as monsters and op- command, human life should be saorifio for
provement. It is not only possible, but highly of which 1680 were for export, a
probable, that if local bodies, fortified by- acts of The total imports have been 38,4,
pressors, for whose crime no language is too severe ; want of a drain. Such, however, has been the case within
tolidejac,orLewspeovnerd,inpgxpo
the present week, as will be seen from the report of an in haailifdofdtra perceptibly increa
and execrations are poured oat upon us, with a _ parliament, set themselves to the counting of the h
ress liondoil paper of yesterday. An infant, two years old, imports
increased
bitterness and volubility which only serve to showcosts (and for that reason do little or nothing),
fever in a place called Hayes-court, which is they may shortly have impoSed upon them, by the
the extent and unreasonableness of the selfishness • •
still reeking with pestilential vapour, and several of the enactment of a general bill, an over-riding power, States, aidedby the diminished co
derably increased supply; and a i
by which they are dictated. inhabitants are known to be still suffering under its deadly against which they will find no remonstrances will nufacturers, would speedily set I
In his last publication our contemporary gives influence. How long, or to what extent, the fetid atmos-
avail
vent to one of these tirades against us which, had phere of this place has been doing its fatal work we are
, and which will tax them to its own full bent, regards this important staple, and
not told, but it is admitted that the frightful mortality and without consideration of circumstances. the level of that of the manufactu
it come from some rabid Repeal organ, we might The manufacturindistricts are
tu.th whiViaathedcoeaurt:shas beepdvisited has at last led to in- We have before us, whilst we write, an article 'in condition than last week; and i 1
have passed over in silence ; but which coming from with
recenti to haveu e precededst
and
thtehse onec Fraser's Magazine of the present month,. the tone
the leading conservative organ of Ireland—or what 'that w..as thenysubject ofarttessuspend working altogether, if- tl
which abundantly convinces us that the influen- to a united course of action. The
used to be such—is too grossly indecent, and withal five is not yet complete, for several persons are still lyinga of
teal organs of public opinion are not disposed to dian markets have contributed to
mendacious, to be so readily excused. It appears ill with fever in the poisonous effluvia they ale obliged to
wink at half measures ; and that, if we bestir not and it isbalrguTi that suspensioa i:
inhale. We could understand such things happening in
that, during the tempestuous weather of last week,
Ireland, after reading the accounts that came from that ourselves, we shall speedily have the power of con- of arawe' materialspnner atnodamanutfactt
the Duchess of Kent, steamer, arrived in Dublin country the beginning c?fllthe.aysaor,_but we had hoped ducting our own affairs, in the matter of sanatory with profit. We have referred at
after a long and inclement passage, having on
tsipieec;lao
honors
oir s
whichL
contiigit
wwiatsneisusiepsossi
board five hundred and fifty passengers, chiefly of sible there could exist the regulation, taken out of our hands. We certainly The following circular of Messrs
do not coincide with the opinions and positions of Irvine, contains a review of the r
reapers, returning from the English harvest—each, the inquest described. We did not think that people
of course, with the money in his pocket, to pay to would stand by with apathy, or at least inactively, while the writer of the article in question, which appear to August :
some Irish landlord or middleman the amount due daeactaluicwas 71eiizoianga Itstivictims one after the other through us to be more especially directed to the authorities is'a'nAoir tnotphaosfs eaxwtraeym-od
depression,
of
for his rack-rented cabin, and which, but for the there is no w
authorisedt body that cmightouldhaecroemmoevneedi
aslaf of the city of London, than to the authorities of hope, of a-more satisfactory charact
places who, like those of our town, have voluntarily wsohoinchitheend
dissipated byofanj July had
announcementbegun
intrusion of these locusts, would have served to matter of duty to make such arrangements as mightp have moved in the matter; but legislation does not usu- that the minimum rate of disccunt
make an English peasant's family comfortable for been required for the preservation of health and life in that the minimum rate of discount
-the winter—and the remainder of the complement the neighbourhood of pestilence." • all pause to make exceptions, unless a clear case short-dated paper. This intimation
demanded out of doors, coupled witl
..,----------,... can be made out; and our firm conviction is that
made up of cabin passengers, and paupers sent home, as to there-appearance of disease in
unless this community makes up its mind, '
liberally fear will, to a certain extent, pro:
to their parishes. Of the latter, one, described as AN important movement is just now making by
and ungrudgingly, to support the efforts of the founded,
operations
lied
susceptible
teac t
of () f
delay.n ed ' .
" apoor emaciated boy," died during the voyage ; the operatives in the manufacturing districts, which Health Committee, as appointed under the existing
and of two others who were ill when they were is regarded with favour by some influential mem- buyersheen acting throughout the m
beyondact, we must prepare ourselves to resign everything
landed, one has since died. The whole of the hers amongst the manufacturing body. It is pro- lig. thoerediffiorcultfiaes which_
p t h t thetranasdatc?ibone
. the mere semblance of local action in this
pauper portion of the passengers, we have omitted posed, and resolutions to that effect have been nor uniniportant as might have be(
most important matter. former occasions, when comparative
to say are represented as having been " despatched carried by a special delegate meeting of the opera- ing causes as those to which we hay
from the British shore by the local authority of tive cotton spinners of Lancashire and the neigh- ness of the month has been ton mu
Liverpool ; " and that not only of those cases above bourhood, that, in consideration of the depressed SOME years ago, we noticed in a series of articles "Prices, though irregular, have
referred to, but that "of the paupers put on board state of the trade, arising from the scarcity of food in this paper the effect of the practice of taking off cailrle(,liemscsitiaxoens,sroer
ealllaynr shave
Liverpool;"
by,the English authorities, several are said to be and the effect produced upon it by the short supply prints from printed and plain calicoes, the effect of rates demanded at that commencem,
labouring under fever." After half a column of of cotton, a general suspension of operations should which was, that the, foreigner was mulcted in a archeaxcepting of such au.rciag
inflammatory rubbish, directed against the Saxon, take place for a month or six weeks during the deficiency of the length marked upon our exported Lively l rgehvte. r y
,li ela ,
11 e absence of inr
and betraying a strong leaning to the cause of present season, rather than that the manufacturers goods, whilst the English retailer was similarly, but markets of India and China contir
Repeal, of which and whose advocates the Mail was should be driven to such a step, as they anticipate not to so great an extent, mulcted. It appeared to with geernchitioracttev:
paonwdelmnallyiitwi
so -recently an eloquent opponent, he winds up with will be the case, when more severe weather has set us, and to most other men, to be irrational that a against the trade of this district.
the following postscript : in. To promote the success of this object, which Piece of printing calico, for instance—the original montryni;jeectowmeeens
tebaesierricane
odfchcoettg
a Since the foregoing was put in type, 'we have learned will only be advantageous if universally adopted, length of which, when fresh from the loom, was portion
article shall haveP become ad
that the inquest now in progress over the body of the first it is considered by the delegates most desirable, from 31 to' 32 yards—should be reduced by the manent amelioration need be expee'
victim mentioned shove, is taking a most serious turn, that the consent of the masters should be obtained; various hands through which it passed to 281 yards, prove.'The
continuedvlseition of spinners
po
sag i 1
and is likely to implicate the Liverpool authorities in the reco nized len th of a iece of Tint when in has •
and for this purpose the resolutions of the meeting g g p p , production induced several s
some unpleasant consequences. Until the verdict of the either to return again to short h
inquest shall be given, we refrain from a more explicit have been conveyed to Wilson Patten, Esq., M.P., the hands of the Manchester warehouseman, and entirely.
statement." J. Brotherton, Esq., M.P., Mark Phillips, Esq. to less than that when it came into the hands of the "The country trade is improvim
We shall first deal with the charge which is M.P., and C. Hindley, Esq., M.P., with a request foreign buyer; and especially it appeared to us ab- harvest may prove to this brand
brought against the local authorities of Liverpool, that they would endeavour to obtain the opinion surd, when we considered that every yard thus dis- year,eect any important improvemer
as to the cases mentioned as having been attended of the masters upon the course proposed. honestly lopped off had to be sold less than it would "The feeling in the market t
with fatal consequences. We have made strict Without committing ourselves to a concurrence have been intrinsically worth had it remained whole, of a more cheerful charac
wended relaxation in the money in
inquiries into the matter ; and find that the paupers in all the reasons urged by the delegates for the attached to the original piece. however, has been done. For yarl
in question were passed home by the authorities of existence of
mend, was there any change."
Rochdale ; and lest our contemporary should not acknowledge that some of them possess much already destroyed our reputation for honesty abroad,
The Corn Markets have agaii
understand the process gone through in such cases, force ; and also that there appears to us to be no the buyer at home has felt it, and is beginning to country, Liverpool, however,
and to prevent his saddling Liverpool with every other course within reach of the manufacturing stickle for full length; or at all events, for something pression least! the imports hr
like a uniform measure. At present, if he buys seer- for consumption
la a slight tbre
case which may occur, we shall describe it. In body to adopt for their own protection. Two great
number of so-called yards of any manufactured Then ast few styliday la? een ro
taro
.has fallen ich was m
such cases the pauper is in the first instance brought evils just now stand in the way of their prosperity,
f tt d ' t. ular heisuncertain
fa,bric,buto co on gsvir le , crops. The harvest, however
before the magistrates in the parish to which he is and indeed of their business being carried on at 36 inches
become chargeable ; and, if found fit to travel, is all without great individual loss. Firstly, the high whether the yard which
huys contains .
and a thumb's breadth et he good Old English as beyond danger, most of 1
southern counties being got in,
despatched under the care of a parish officer to the price of cotton, with the refusal of the holders to
measure—or a bare, and too often a short, 36 curity has been created among
ship, which that officer does not leave until it sails adopt the price of that raw material to the level of
with his charge. The parish authorites of Liverpool the rates procurable for the manufactured article, inches. From one house he may buy one sort of failures which have been mint
have nothing to do in such a case—no power of prohibits working at a profit. The spinner or the measure, and from another a shorter measure. quite suspended. We observe
interference ; and they will therefore laugh at the manufacturer who works at all, does- so, in the To-day he may have a piece of printed calico which for better prices, under the I
"unpleasant- consequences " referred to by our generality of cases, either without a profit or at a will make three women's dresses : to-morrow he already greater than is warrant
the accounts which have son
contemporary. Whether it be true or not, as positive daily loss, thus adding to the stocks on may have the same article, of the same pattern other corn-growing countries
stated by the Mail that, of the paupers on board hand, by which capital is as completely locked up and quality, from another manufacturer, which will
t shipments.
iew o Buyers, however t
,
the Duchess of Kent "several were labouring under as if for a time it was buried in the earth. In the only make a full dress for two women, and leave
take this vf things ; and
are only from hand to mouth.
, , _k_Ll., ..---c-, ,-.P 44,.4. ______i__, I.—. —,,,,d0 .. -npii-hpr is there an immediate and too long for a girl. ____ ...
_ . .. .. ..

second place, as there is not existih, a paying
market for goods, so neither is there an immediate
prospect of such a market, either at home or
abroad. And, moreover, presuming that a demand
should shortly spring up, that our mills should be
driven full time, and our ordinary production take
place, we shall immediately find ourselves estopped
by the limited stock of cotton in our ports. Since
November we have been diminishing our consump-
tion of cotton, the average weekly consumption
having been only 20,960 bales in 1847, whilst in
1846 it realised an average of 27,780 hales. Yet
with this diminution of upwards of a quarter of
our consumption for a period of ten months, which
would make a difference in round numbers of
270,000 bales to be added to the stock on hand,
as compared with what would have b .2en the result
of the average consumption of 1846, we have on
the 31st of August a stock of cotton on hand
amounting to 409,340 bales only, against 764,190
bales at the corresponding period of last year. Nor
does there seem any great prospect of this defici-
ency being made up for a while to come ; for,
although such has been the demand for freight for
breadstuffs from the United States during the past
few months, that we can scarcely believe that all
the available supply of American cotton has come
forward, the falling off of the crops since 1846 has
created a vacuum which will take some filling up;
and the prospects thus far do not warrant any hope
of any movement in this direction during the pre-
sent year. In 1844 the crop was 2,375,000 bales ;
in 1845, 2,150,000 bales ; and for 1846 it is not
likely to be more than 1,800,000 bales. Thus sup-
posing the crop of 1844 to be about the supply
required for the consumption of the world—it is
perhaps a little more—we have in two years a
hiatus in the supply, amounting to 800,000 bales.
A total suspension of, say six weeks, would add,
say 125,000 bales to our stock on hand • and
another 125,000 bales would probably be added by
arrivals—in all 250,000 bales in the six weeks, to
be added to our present stock of 409,340 bales,
which would almost bring us to the state of things
last year. But the question arises,—is such a

ily respectable agents of that
such passengers on board—
led ourselves that not one such case
can be authenticated (against the authorities of this

Captain, or the nigr
vessel' would take an

At length we observe that the attention of ware-
housemen and retailers has been called to the sub-
ject, and the result is an agitation for a uniform
measure of 37 inches, or 36 inches—the legal yard,
with the thumb's-breadth usually given, or affected
to he given, for measuring out. The demand is
perfectly reasonable, although -fliere is nothing
magical about the particular length of 37 inches.
36 inches would do as well. All that the public
want is uniformity; and all that the trade want is
honest worth for their money and the discontinu-
ance of those continual demands for abatement to
which they are at present liable.
We observe that the demand for 37 inches ex-
tends to silks, ribbons, lace, &c., the bulk of which
articles have been usually sold stretched measure,
or exactly 36 inches, no thumb's-breadth being al-
lowed. It matters little whether or not this is
conceded, provided all fabrics be brought under
one regulation. The English yard is 36 inches ;
and certainly nothing ought to be recognised as a
yard which is under that standard. Probably the
exact standard would be best for all parties and all
fabrics, as in that case the vendor of anything
which does not reach 36 inches would become
amenable to the law equally with the tradesman
who uses deficient weights.

we have sati

town.
After all that the people of England have done
for their Irish brethren in their recent calamity ;
after O. that Liverpool in particular has done, and
for which her unfortunate rate-payers and tradesmen
have been suffering for months and have still fur-
ther to suffer, such a passage as the following can
my excite thorough disgust. Our contemporary
vs:—
It cannot be forgotten, that in the spe
she established

nd early

a rigid qua

simmer moat

antine in the seaports that front our coast : and th,
vessel leaving Ireland could discharge her passengers (in
Liverpool, for instance) which could not produce a clean
bill of health, certified by medical authority on this side
of the channel, and submitted to a similar scrutiny after
her voyage, in order that the afflicted, if any, might be

sent aboard the hospital-ships provided for the occasion.
We do not grumble at this
disi precaution ; but we do think
She should, in return, oards us a similar consi-
deration for the benefit of individuals,ayt and in preservation
of the, public health. This, however, is, unfortunately,
far from being the case ; and'ourwperoves‘evldesnt sister—provi-
dent for herself and indifferent
lously packs of to our shores ;he
wretched victims of
disease, contracted on her own soil and in her own ser-
vice, regardless equally of the sufferings of the immediate
victims and of the health of the crew and passengers of
the vessels which her unjust economy has
rendered s°
manymanypest houses. On such occasions the crew and pas_
sengers, on whom the risk of contagion is_ imposed, have
deep cause of resentment and complaint."
Fortunately for our vindication from his sense-
less raving, most English readers know that they
are not the " victims of disease, contracted on our
own soil and in our own service" that we are send-
ing back to Ireland ; but only a few hundred out
of the thousands of the habitual mendicants, the
confirmed victims of a visitation of Providence,
whom the Irish authorities unblushingly thrust
upon our shores, when threatened to be visited
with the duty of supporting them, without either
the.physical ability to work,. or a penny when they
landed, to buy a potatoe. Such statements may

The Rev. William Hume Mayston, A. 8., has been
appointed to the curacy of St. Simon's in this town, on
the nomination of the incumbent.
POLICE COURT.—There was yesterday not a single com-
mitment at the Police-court for felony, and comparatively
few parties charged with being drunk or disorderly, or both.
The whole of the business, with the exception of a few
trifling cases of assault, was accomplished before one
o'clock.
EXAMINATION OF MASTERS AND MATES.—At a meet-
ing of the Board of Examiners, held on Tuesday, the 31st
inst. 1847, Mr. Andrew Abbott, late mate of the Jamaica,
of Liverpool, was found du'y qualified for a first class
master's certificate, which he had applied for; likewise,
Captain Robert Broadbelt Trotter, late master of the
Argentina, of Liverpool, was found duly qualified for a
first-class certificate as Master, which was accordingly
granted,

FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL SUMMARY.

The announcement by the Bank of its ability to ad-
vance upon stock and securities at £5 per cent. gave a
firmer tone to the money market in London on Thursday,
and prices of Consols advanced slightly. A further ground
for confidence was the fact of the bills of Messrs. Prime,
Ward, and Co., previously refused acceptance by Messrs.
Overend, Gurney, and Co., upon whom they were drawn,
Laving been honoured through the mediation of friends
of the former firm. As a proof, however, that something
more is required to restore confidence, on Friday prices
declined, a sale of £lOO,OOO at 884- being sufficient to
damp the feeling of the dealers. The uneasiness created
by the threatening aspect of our foreign relations, and a
demand for money to meet the seventh instalment of the
Irish loan, contributed to the effect noticed. Bank Stock
left off on Friday at 1951- to 1971.; Reduced Three per
Cents., 88; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 892- to 2 ;
Long Annuities, 9 to 1-16th ; India Bonds, ss. dis. to
par; and Exchequer Bills, 3s. to 6s. pm. Foreign Secu
rities closed less buoyant than at the beginning of the

day.
On Saturday the Stock Market was firm. Consols for
Transfer on Tuesday were up to 87L to and for October
88 to 1; the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. were
891 to 1 • Bank Stock was 197, and India Stock 241 •, the
Unfunded Debt was 3s. to 6s. prem. The Foreign Secu-
rities were merely nominal; and, although the accounts
from the Peninsula seemed to be more satisfactory, they
did not stimulate business. Portuguese Four per Cents.
might be called 241 to 251, and Spanish New Three per
Cents. 294 to 301. Mexican Stock was marked 181 to
191. Brazil Bonds were at 83 to 85. Dutch Four per
Cents. were 891. In Railway Shares the transactions
were moderate in amount.

Further failures amongst commercial men continue to
occur, amongst the latest of which are two firms of this
town, and Mr. A. Roux of London, an extensive shipper
of manufactured goods to Valparaiso, whose liabilities are
put down at £lOO,OOO. Some Continental failures have
also been announced one in Paris to a considerable
amount. A failure has also taken place in Greenock—
that of Messrs. Gray, Roxburgh, and C0.,--which, how-
ever, is not extensive ; and one in the north of Ireland,
names not announced. It is anticipated that, owing to
the great reduction which has taken place in the prices of
breadstuffs since the shipments coming forward from the
United States were made, many of the bills drawn against
them will exceed the value of the article shipped, in all
which cases, where the houses drawing them are not of
undoubted credit, the bills will no doubt be sent back
dishonoured. Many of these are remitted to-cover orders
and their dishonour must still

he manutac-

,sent state of com-

he pre-

mercial affairs, the following statement, shewing t
sent position Of the currency, as compared with its posi-
tion at the same period last year, will be of interest
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