The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

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of Mr. Richard Parry in considering that it evidences a pre-
disposition on the part of certain of the commissioners to
sacrifice the Seacombe Perry to the Egremont and New
Brighton. But it is singular, nevertheless, that the six
petitioners, or the people of Liscard, should show such
amazing zeal for the sewerage of the distance f--
mont

:h to Orrell's es;iner. If the church itself is

mediate distance between the church and Seacombe there
;le row of dwelling-houses--few in number—
e accommodated by these works, and the
The houses in question might

is only a si
which can

Egremont Bridewell

not so already; and if the talent of the engineer of the
Wailasey commissioners, Mr. Higgins, must needs have
active employment, such employment might surely be

afforded him at a:period more convenient to the commu-
nity of ‘Vhich he is the rervant. At present the road re.

'3e taken

terrupted

tion of he proposed sewer, is the only one connecting tl
northern portion•ef the hundred of Wirral with the Set

combe

that ferry of some hundred contracts, and driVe the par-
ties, who woulti have availed thmtselyes of them, to

Dnehide tt

„
Ird—if they do live in Liscard—would have:
ises more readily drained by a connexion with

a northern-cont

projett.oftthz commissioners, and 11
rnerou9ly,sigped by the influential inl
of-Searoombe, New Brighton, "84,

their pre-
;the main

.ea-dybeen nu-

ALLOTMENT GARDENS AT SEAGOMBE.-

EXCELLENT EX.

A.MPLE

most ci,nteresting and successful expriiment has thi

.a rather rong

1-ioolzng

mition of the

.ot'of land, .lying

tweenEescombe and Egremoet, and abutting upon a pri-
vate road or intended street, leading 'from the former
place to Church-street, Egrernent, a little above the hotel.
The ground in question heir?, regarded as shortly to be
required for building purposes, was • unfenced, and was
trespassed upon in every direction. •Irr the absence of any
demand far it, however, the proprietor, Mr. Penny, of
Seacombe, fenced it round, and having 'divided it by posts
into•allotments of about 400 square yards each, offered it
to.the inhabitants for cultivation as garden ground, at a
rent or Ios. a year for each allotment. The whole was

promptly taken up, in part bv the traiiesmen of the vil-
lage, hat principally by the labouring and artizan classes,
and the 'work of cultivation was, vigourously proceeded
with. -tilt this moment it 'presents -a mcst gratifying ap-

pearance,,beinc, covered with (flourishing crops of potatoes,
peas, bears, cabbages, onions, lettuces,Ac. ; in short, of
every description of vegetable which enters into the con-
eumption of a family. The whole is: kept in the neatest
erder ; young quicks and other sets for-hedges have been
put down between each lot; and, morning and evening,

their owners may be seen bestowing their -leisure hours in
the healthy and invigorating occupation AYf culture, weed-

g., c

cannot

)e zn object of gratification to
e hears hus profitably

these patties to look back up(

employed, or to their families
mer months, to find their tabl

of their own industry

g the ensuing sum-

We,reccmmend this example for the limitation of other
owners of-similar land thromthout the environs of our
town and on the Cheshire side of' the 'river. There are
very many,cites which might, for some. years to come, be
profitablydevoted to the purpose, and, thomsands of our

inclustriolus,working clan:

ses who would` be glad to bestow
upon them their leisure or unemployed .horrs. Let the
spirited and . considerate plan of Mr.. Penny be imitated ;
and, not only would the owners receive some remunera-
tion, but these thousands would •be snatched from the
seductions of the beer-house or from idle loitering.
Many of •these places are at present nuisances in the
neighbourhood, the resorts of the vicious at

would be of infinite value, from the drainage which would
have to be clone-to render their cultivation profitable.

MESSRS. TONGE, CURRY AND CO.'S SALE BY
AUCTION,OY THE SHIP WINDSOR CASTLE.

Yesterday, the sale of the above vessel took place at the
Sale-room of Messrs. Tonge, Curry and Co. .the exten-
sive and well-known brokers for the sale of ships, Derby-
bui

lings, in the.pretence of a fair number of merchants
hnd others interested in shipping property. Mr— Curry
officiated as auctioneer on the occasion. The Windsor
Castle is a ship of .721 .56-94 tons 0.111.. and 812 20-100
N.M., and was thus described by the brokers:—

"This very superior vessel has a full poop, with spa-
cious cabins, and top-gallant forecastle; was built for
private use, of well-selected materials, at Quebec, by
George Black, in 1840. Her stem, apron, hooks, stern-
post, trantoms, &c., are all of African oak. She is
copper fastened, iron kneed, and in 1846 had thorough
and extensive repairs in Livapool, under the superintend.
care of Lloyd's surveyors,, when she was completely
overhauled and newly. &heated with Muntz's yellow metal ;
since that time she nes been well kept. She sails fast,
having recently arrived from Callao, and discharged up-
wards of 1,050 tons guano in excellent order; and being
abundantly found in stores, can be sent to sea with little
expense except provisions."
Her :dimensions are—Length, 138 feet 5 inches ;
,breadth, .30 feet 9 inches; depth, 21 feet 9 inches ; and
'height between decks, 6 feet 10 inches. One of the con-
ditions of the sale was, that the brokers were to have the
privilege of Ilidding once on behalf of the owners.
The ship was put up at £lOOO, which was raised at the
next bid to £1,500. A hundred at a bidding was advanced
up to £2,000, after which £2O at a time was advanced,
until the last bidding of £2,620, at which she was knocked
down, no reserved bidding having been made. At this
price her cost will be £3 4s. per ton new measurement, or
£3 12s. 6d. old measurement. . .

We have noticed particularly this sale, on account of
the interest naturally attendant upon the state of pro-
perty in shipping at the present crisis—and because we
suspect from the number of vessels just now coming into
the market to be disposed of, as may be seen by the
advertisements of such sales, by the same brokers, in our
columns of to-day, that a feeling of uneasiness exists in
the minds of owners, greater than circumstances appear as
vet to warrant. The result of this sale, we believe, will
have been perfectly satisfactory to the brokers, the price
being, considering the class of the vessel, very good.
This, in part, arises from the circumstance of her being
purchased from his co-partners, by one of her owners.
It is, however, a fact that, notwithstanding any natural
fear of the result of the repeal of the navigation laws, pro-
perty in ships is, from the abundance of money and a large
demand for freights, at present readily saleable at fair
prices.

A. Luc

Y SPECULATIC

From Panama we lea

that a gentleman connected with Liverpool, who recently
arrived there from this country on his way to California,
found on his arrival a large accumulation of passengers,
and no ships to convey them. He proceeded at once to
Callao, and there chartered three vessels to take part cf
them to San Francisco, by which operation he cleared
upwards of £l,OOO, without being under any cash advance
whatever, and also secured freight room for some pas
that be purchased iu Lima for the same destination.

GENERAL TRADE REPORT.

EXCHANGE NEWS-ROOM, MONDAY.

Delenda est Roma The denouement of the affair
Oudinot versus Garibaldi, after the extensive preparations
for defence on the part of the latter, has come upon us
rather suddenly. Intelligence arrived in Liverpool this
afternoon, from Paris. stating that the government were
in possession of despatches to the effect that the French
army entered Rome on the sth instant ; it was also sup-
posed that the Roman army had capitulated. The state
of Europe is no better for this event ; and the question
generally asked one of another on 'Change was, " What
will they do next ?" Supposing nothing happens to
interrupt Republican France in her determination to
replace Papal supremacy in Rome, it is clear, from the
temper shewn by the population in the late struggle, that
nothing less than the occupation of the city by French
soldiery can perpetuate the injustice ; and it is very ques-
tionable whether such a proceeding would be palatable to
Austria herself. The possibility of France repelling the
advances of the Autocrat may also prove another casus
belli •, and the very probability of one French army repel-
ling despotism in the north, while another is supporting
it in the south—the one the foe, and the other the ally, of
Austria—is certainly one of the most curious anomalies
which have occurred in modern diplomacy.

We have done an extraord nary business in the great
staple of our m-,nu'acturing operatioris in tnis district, con-
sidering the various bellicose i di ations, and the certainty
of unsettled European markets :or some time to come.
77,820 bales of Cotton c anged hands during the week
terminating on Friday labt ; of which, although a larger

portion than usual were sold to speculators, considerabl'
more than the amount were for th,

'erage We

trade. Messrs. 11°11insliced and Tetley state that " the
demand was freely met by importers, who, however,
evinced much firmness, and succeeded in obtaining au
advance of fully d. per lb. upon the current qualities of
American, embracing the middle qualities—upon good
and also inferior, the advance being scarcely so much."
Tl:e favourable intelligence from the East Indies, and
fear 3 which are still entertained by many partie3 as to the
extent o d image to the growing crops in the United
States, have most unquestionably Influenced the market.
The sales on Saturday were about 7,000 bales, 2,000 on
speculation and for export, at steady prices, American
ranging from 31d. @ gd., 150 Egyptians, 54d. @
300 Bahias, 41d., 150 Pernams, 41d. @ 50., and 350
Surats, 3d. @ 3&d. To-day, there has been a very good
demand for Cotton ; the sales amount to 8,000 bales, of
which 2,000 were taken on speculation, and 500 for ex-
port, with an exceedingly tight market for all kinds of
American, of which latter 6340 were disposed of; 420 Pa.-
nams at 4d. to 41(1., 40 Bahias at 4d., 409 Egyptians at
sd. to 72d , and 800 Surats at 3kl. to 30.

The Allre market is very quiet, but firm. There
have been symptoms of a reaction more than once during

the week, hit the unsettled state of the continent has
checked the tendency to rise immediately on its appear-
ing. London stock is 125161. Midland G 8 9. The shares
of the Assurance Company are much wanted.
Our market for Scotch Pig IRON has been firmer in the

some transaction,
1, 445. @ 448. 6d
an advance in ott

last week, and has commanded rather better prices, with
Mixed Nos. at 435. @ 435. Gd. ; No.
f.o.b. at Glasgow ;

; Gartsherrie, 45s

s may be expected

Since Thursday last we have not experienced much de-
mand for Sugar; the sales amount to 100 hogsheads Bar-
badoes, 60 hogsheads Demerara and Trinidad, and to-day
4,000 mats Mauritius have been sold to a speculator; the
quality grocery ; the prices not allowed to transpire. No
demand for Molasses ; 20s. has been offered for a cargo
of Porto Ricos off the quay, but the price was refused.
Rice very dull, both here and in London, and lower

During the last week, the Wool market has been very
inactive, and little worthy of remark has transpired; but
although there has not been much actual business done

remain without any material change,
are but in very moderate demand.

he week endin-g 9th June

mounted to.

1 Scotch

Foreign, 104

f an early and abundant_ grain harvest,

. .
and the absence in nearly all the agricultural -reports which
have yet reached us of any mention of the re-appearance
ase, being nearly counterbalanced by the
le English and Irish markets,

iotato c

I .
although still dull, have generi
been characterised by steady pri

he past week

castle-upon-Tyne WI

eat advanced li.per q

st. Brother Jonathan seems determined io stand out for
gher rates than those likely to stimulate speculation,

ports, t
thrown

s partially upon our own resources

`Holders remain firm ; and as buyers hesitate to
Ito other than a merely hand-to-mouth bnsi-

'less at the present quotations, transactions ar
rile very limited in extent.

aecessa-

The demand is still considerable for American Bacon ;
inferior descriptions of western have sold freely at a
reduction of 2s. per cwt., whilst 38s. to 40s. has been

:early and remunerating pric

.
of the former. Cheese (out of condition) sold freely at a
reduction. of 2s. to 3s. per cwt.

The demand for lristi Butter, which had been limited
during the week, revived considerably at the close, best
brands of Carrick and Waterford being offered at
655. @ 675. landed, at which figure an extended business
Bacon is also i❑ fair demand, for con-

was transacte

The recent arrival of Cod Oil having been disposed of,
the market is now bare of stock, and £27 is demanded.
Seal is held for higher prices, and £32 is now asked for
The sales of Tallow have been limited, without
.anon in price ; a small parcel of East India brought
ny auction, 375. 6d. P.Y.C. is still worth 39,;. •
is little doing in South American.
palm -we been sold at S

Cocoa `Nu

From 200 to 300 tons

f Lard offering