The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-07-03 00:00:00

THE SUGAR DUTIES AFTER THE STH JULY.

Although the end of the official quarter, at which the Cus-
toms' Receipts are made up, has not quite arrived, yet we be-
lieve we are correct in stating that a slight deficiency in the
receipts at this port, and possibly in some others may be anti-
cipated. This, however, so far as Liverpool is concerned, will
not be such as. to indicate a falling off in business. The re-
ceipts for the first two months, which we gave at the time,
were as follows :

..... _.
1848. 1849.
Month ending sth May 266,603 267,720
Do. sth June 273,257 273,846
There was.therefore a slight increase tor the first two months
of the quarter, which is large, however, when we remember
that the Corn Duty was reduced to Is. in Feb. in the present
year. The falling off, which will probably not amount to,
above £15,000 to ..t.20,000, will arise entirely during the present
month, and is to be accounted for by the fact that a reduction
of the Sugar Duties takes place on the sth inst. The following
will show the alteration in the scale :.--
Duties on Sugar or Molasses, the growth of any British Pos-
session, into which the importation• of Foreign Sugar is pro-
hibited.
Up to sth July, Up to sth July,
Candy, brown or white, refined, or 1849. 1850.
sugar rendered by any process s. d. s. d.
equal to refined, per cwt.
White cloyed l5 2 14 0
Muscovado, or any other equal to
white clayed
Molasses 4 10 4 6
Growth of any other Possession, and imported direct,
Up to sth July, Up to sth July,
1849. 1850.

.e—ti:-d. £ s. d.
Candy brown or white, &c.
White clayed 0 18 4 0 16 11
Brown clayed, not equal to white

clayed - 0 18 4 0 16 11
Muscovado, not equal to brown
clayed
_ _ _

Molasses

0 5 10

0 5 5

Foreign.
Up to sth July, Up to sth July,
1849. 1850.
_

• 'vs. d. £ 8. d.
Candy, brown or white
White clayed 1 1 7 019 10
Brown clayed 1 0 0 0 18 6
Muscovado
Drawbacks.
Up to sth July, Up to sth July,
1849. 1850.
-e s. d. -e s. d.
Refined Suzar tin lose, perfectly
cleared or pounded, refined 0 16 4 0 15 0
Bastard or refined, broken or pounded 0 13 0 0 12 0

The Liverpool Philomathic Society made their annual excur-
sion last. Saturday week. The place chosen was Wynnstay
Park, and, by the kind permission of Sir Watkin, their dinner
was provided for them (by Mr. Allen, of Ruabon) in the tower,
at Nant-y-Belan. The day was very fine, and having liberty
all over the grounds, they did not fail to enjoy themselves.
Due justice being done to a good dinner, and several appropri-
ate toasts drank, they returned to Liverpool between nine and
ten in the evening, except those who could not help lingering
in this romantic district,

July 3, 1541,

PROGRESS OF THE BIRKENHEAD DOCg
• WORKS.
We believe the public' of Liverpool, and prob,
works,
great portion
sep,royar:iinopdnr
indistinctly
present
egl
yoi
inanhegagbuoiatnian,ntatensddo fwoißft
with
trhkteehneph
r.enoas:trueol;e3worofo
issta,l::
towards making available the docks on the site (Ire, er
sey Pool. The following particulars will, tber r:wiret
haps-interest our readers. The works in progte s,A
the act for enabling the Dock Company to boereuwrider
of £50,000 on preferential bonds, are classed I
heads, as follows : the °d
ilk
Ist. The formation of two wharfs, one at veto
Cathcart-street and the other at the end of „ego:
fistoraeteto,nmtahkeinßr
giakveanihlaebalde for business
ad joininagptohrteleparensfq is dol t
and warehouses. The frontage to VittOria-Streel:, i 5 511
feet; and, from Vittoria-street to Cathcart-sreern a et
feet. At the Cathcart-street end, the wall sitti
foundation ; and for 266 feet at the end of Vittona_eree
the foundation is also clay. The remainingjtia br
northward, abutting on the pool, or great 11°a; ioegitt
built upon piles, upon the heads of which are Wadding fe
dinal, cross, and transverse beams to form a be! Dot to
the stonework. This portion of the works
proceeded with until the great pool is inclosed. rose
No. 2. This, the most important and difflcultl34 frout,
the works, is the formation of the temperer! u'i edc'
the west end of the passage between the Egert°l. oe•
and the great float (at the west side of the dc'eti the
houses) and the Neff Point, (near the smelt !Novo roe,
Seacombe side of the pool). To form this date t,,°.def
of piles have to be driven in parallel lines, 10 fee_Velf,
outside measurement, and five feet apart, long erect
in the clear. These piles are to be five feet WI, bee'
the filling pipes afterwards to be put in; and are,,potoll
fixed that the filling piles may be true in line. -"the °Pe'
walls of timber are to be fastened to them during 010'1'1
ration of driving the filling piles, and removed a'eele
completed ; after which permanent half-timber,':iegel
inches by 6 inches in dimension, are to be holten}:p souse
to the pile work. The piling commences fenmet24 fe!t
end. The dam itself is to be, when complet se feels
above the level of the Old Dock sill. It is to be If' 0385
width at the top, with slopes averaging 2k to I'e to
the filling progresses, the silt at the roundatioe„
completely removed, so as to secure a solid leeete bott;
outside of these slopes is to be pitched from teP, feet
tom ; and the inside lined with rubble stone 1;
wetcfed,
thickness, for a depth of 15 feet. The top wilt
and 12 inches of stone well rammed downs tneinie be
wards coated with 9 inches of stone chipping of
brick Quarry, or from the stone yards. 4 poi-6'501;5i'
south end of tee dam is to be of masonry; and ja (30C1'5'
to be formed the sluices for scouring the outr, eekge,
They are three in number; and each are to !Tr: at t'
paddles, 12 inches thick at the top and 6 itoit,e.7r diettl;
bottom, with the proper chain and purchase te 'lll stitl:ll
The jambs, or lintels, into which they are to 5 4
bottom, will be formed of Runcorn ashlar. 1 .e 2 feel'
holes are to be brought up in the wall,
inches in the clear. This interesting portion octrle goer,
we may describe more in detail hereafter.
ht
poles for this work have been put down acrosse,teepith'
and the filling piles are now being driven by l'ateicla a. 6
patent engine, the expeditious working of ww
described in a previous publication. 45;
Or° sll
3d. This also is a most interesting portion of th
and before stating its object, and importance, %es°
5 feet by eoro
briefly describe its engineering character. It Of' a se(
an open drain, commencing from the mouth 0 con.
culvert, of large dimensions, which has already hee,.ol°
structed from a point on the road from Birke.n—e° de'
Wallasey, near the dock cottages. The culvert a-
owei
bouches at the west side of the Woodside basin's °tl,6
drain is formed to bring into it the surface an'ea for
waters, collected on the Wallasey Marsh, to ben- 06
4
scouring purposes. The excavations commence 'eni or°
Wallasey Road, and are carried thence, with a
rise of 1 in 1,670, as far as Ford Brook, between Bed in 3r
teaand Leasowes. The bottom of the drain is fermi
feet wide; and the sides have a uniform slope of ofee
with a benching of 10 feet wide on the level of the-hoe
of the marshes. Outside of this benching, or PlYeise
the excavated soil is used to raise side banks, h3`,,1,,1.
uniform level 25 feet above the Liverpool Old r"-siopeg
The top of these banks are 5 feet wide, and the 000,1
have an inclination of 2to 1. The sods ere taken, and
inches in thickness to form the surface of the slaPef the
banks; and it is interesting, and confirmatory
report of the historians of the locality, to observe
soil; throughout the length of the work is strong!y or',
with decayed timber, proving that the whole of the vet'
has at some period been the site of an extensive Of the
A rail fence will be erected on the- inside slopes `‘')/ the
outer banks. In order to provide for the drainage dad
land on each side, wooden trunks, 19' inches deep ste,
feet wide, are laid along the inside slope of the dtate'eptf
into these, whatever springs, or side drains, are inter' otp.'
are brought by wooden trunks, or faders. Three eon
cient bridges are to be built across the drain. in 0;11 It °
tions as may be selected by the owner of the lana'es
said, and is no doubt the fact, that by the facilitl leo
who ,„
drainage afforded by this work the value of the .000
the marsh has been very greatly increased. This lof the
taut work is now nearly completed. The whole 5,01
excavations, whiCh have consisted of 90,000 cubicYar"o.o7
been taken out, within the short period which has side,
since the beginning of April. The trunks downe coo-'
and the connecting trunks for drainage,. are nearly ,elee
pleted. What remains to be done is to correct any
dence of the side banks, and to erect the bridges a-
,
mined upon by the owner of the marsh.
No. 4. This portion of the works embraces the crotaille;
etixocnavoaftti
oh
:;
srequired passage through thei frits Woodsideßas
securing ie!,
scouring works themselves. Culverts are bone 011;
through the rock upon which the foundations of thefeet,
ing are laid. A portion of these are tunnelled 3 cot'
inches wide, and 5 feet high ' • and a portion is 00114 {set1
ting 3 feet 6 inches wide, and covered at the top
high. The last hundred feet of each culvert is to be nod'
with a wooden trunk, strongly secured and Well l''3to be
and the poriton which is formed of stone-work 15
executed with smoothly sawn stone. These shljees and
be opened and closed with paddles, the formatilege
operation of which are very ingenious. These ,
in rapid progress. and
No. 5. Embraces the completion of the MeePethat;7%
Egerton Docks, the two passages, or guts, coal-0 thei
them, and also the formation of a passage beter'"v fe
Egerton Dock and the Great Float. The latter is 0300
deep, with a thirty feet archway. Bridges similar to
each'
in use on our own dock quays are to be erected over
These are also proceeding. e t tlO-(
No. 6. This work is the deepening of the gr"et 0
throughout, to render it available for the purl:o'4w'
business. A portion of this process has. been ele''
and the remainder is in progress. f "
Great credit is due to the resident engineer te°
works, Mr. Sherwood, for the manner in whie,,tetor:j
works are being conducted. The spirited comeeeel
Messrs. M!Cormack, are also putting forth the". Abelt
energies ; .and we may hope shortly to see a localitYe
the conversion or usefulness of which the pub! 0111`
entertained doubts of late, placed in te, condition tci „er,
a great portion at least of the expectations whie,e. co°.
entertained by those who, originally, prompted ""
version to the purposes of commerce.
A fi-

.ne soft rain fell on Friday and Saturday eveningi; 01;6
continued for several hours each night. Heavy shoceireOik
fell on Sunday evening and last night, and have so rf,,,t•
hgaetrhe,erseindeeinh.
isThreetuprantaftrooems continueAmeri ol
last
night,proye
vegetation that the country every where looks luxul"fires'"
good deal of hay-grass has been cut, and some hay
- 4
nearLi
THEATRE ROYAL.—Mr. Macready made his first
tail;ercreofte
ter of Macbeth. The house was crowded, and the supog!PAy
greeted him with torrents of applause as he came l-
stage. The house looks beautiful. This evening Mr.
er
appears in Richelieu. dig
Messrs. M'Corquodale and Co. have just printed 11,•,
borate series of tables, giving a carefully-compiled 101.0°F-of
trains in connection with the London and North WeStlllll
way. The tables are so arranged that the time of der—,,c,w,e•
each train, its progress along the line, its destination, ',it Mr
be ascertained with the greatest ease. The whole is P. 70010
ther in a very convenient form for reference, and the_,l"
tion is to be continued monthly, at the most trilling
an index is given, in alphabetical arrangement, the de
_.,,es.-
of all trains leaving London, Birmingham, Liver"
Manchester.
SODDEN DEATH OF A FEMALE, NAME 'lN.—flare' (1
On Friday evening a woman came to Drew's, tiuttlio,
Hotel, Regent Street, and called for a glass of brao
jcpePo
a biscuit, alleging that she was suffering from selysti.
On the following day she was found dead la be tbe
inspector of police was called in who searcheashiiiied
ceased's pockets, in which four pounds and a fell .501).4
were found, besides a verge watch set in a tort?!„.
case, and two rings. The only clue to her
furnished by two letters- found on her, directed;o 9,41
Lee ; the initials M. A. L. were also seen on a bc)ddress
to deceased'sAlaio General po s ses s
ji o. n.
Hay, Therec .B .
ford, Ireland; also one addressed to Mrs. Lee, 'fr,,
Barry's, 14, Fitzwilliam-square West, Dublio•ceteety
,wKa si
I b u alsorn
gold rings were found on the third finger of decade
left hand. A post-mortem examination Was re dig'
Mr. Hilt, when the cause of death was found to. ,
of the heart. 9
2' toara
LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JUL
with (A ,el
We have had a large supply of all kinds of stock..l
afair;
ket to-day, the greatest portion of which met ~peel,
mand at prices a shade lower than last stateraents ___
to sd. per lb. Mutton, 50. to 5 ; Lamb, 54d• to

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METEOROLOGICAL REGISTERS T,
ei
BY MR. C. H. CHADBURN, 71, LORD-STS t•
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Temperature t
of
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in Humidity at Fall woe $ s_,
Pressure at shade by self-, Noon. of "t*
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n so. ,
registering Difference of
Nine , Six thermometer Wet and Dry Rai • I,
'' a.m. p.m. Max. Min. bulb. ~../ ~., I
= 0
61 4
P In. In. Deg. Deg. Deg. In. B%'• 6:1
26 29'99 30'00 65 60 1 5 = icb5.769 i
2,1 30'08 69 59 : 9 OW' ••1 4
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281 30'08 30'16 68 56, 8 „, Jo 8. 60
291 30'11 29'98 70 53 I 10 v•-- 14. v. 45
30 3012 30'24 68 55 : 6 , I',
11 _ 11
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ER.-26th : clouded..-27th
Bth: bright; night, clear.—'
heavy showers, brilliant.—
; night, &c., heavy squal

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evening, showers
squalls, clouded,

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TUESDAY, JULY 3, 1849. a,
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