The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-03-14 00:00:00

THE PRICES OF BREAD AND FLOUR.

TO THE EDITOR OP ,THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

beg to acknowledge your kind courtesy in giving
insertion to my letter last week, and, as I have heard
remarks in reference to it, which implied that no authen-
ticated intelligence of reduced prices in the wholesale mar-
ket had been made to the retailers as to wheat or flour, I
have been induced to look over the market returns for the
last two months.

From that inspection I find that on the 20th of January
the price of United States white wheat was from 12s. Bd.
to 13s. per bushel ; the price of Baltimore, Ohio, or Phi-
ladelphia flour was from 44e. to 44s 6d. per barrel. On
the 27th of the same month, the same quality of wheat
was from 13s. to 13s. 3d. per bushel, the price of flour
being unchanged. [This latter day, I may remark, was
one on which I was charged an advance on the price of
flour, at least commensurate with the rise on wheat, al-
though no rise whatever took place on flour, at least two
hours before the market opened.]
Since the date last named, the price has fluctuated a
little, but the tendency has almost always been down-
wards, and the price has never exceeded the sum above
quoted. On Friday last, March 10th, I find the price of
the same denomination of wheat is quoted at 11s. 9d. to
12s. per bushel, and the same quality of flour 38s to 385.6 d.
per barrel.
Here, then, during a period of six weeks we have had a
declining market, and in that time wheat has fallen ls. 3d.
per bushel, and flour 6s. per barrel; yet, the unfortunate
consumer has received no benefit from the reduction, and,
to crown the mystery (I had nearly written iniquity), and
make it complete, we are requested to believe that men,
who had wit sharp enough to perceive a rise two hours
before it could possibly occur, have not, throughout the
currency of six weeks, become sufficiently acquainted with
the market prices to know that they had fallen ! If six
shillings a barrel on flour is not apportionable in the retail-
ing of flour, and cannot be allowed on the sale of bread,
let us know the real fact ; but do not ask us to insist on
circulating a slander against the calculating " smartness"
of our friends the retail flour dealers and bakers.—l am
respectfully yours, A HOUSEHOLDER.
Liverpool, 13th March, 1854.

THE CANTERBURY SETTLEMENT.

A correspondent of The Guardian gives the following
interesting description of Canterbury Settlement, New
Zealand Christchurch, September, 1853. —During a
half-year's experience in the Canterbury Settlement, so
much has come under my observation of a character cal-
culated to interest my countrymen at home in as great a
degree as it has interested and impressed myself, that I
propose furnishing them, as opportunity offers, through
the medium of your columns, with what has long been a
desideratum in England—a simple, exact, and disin-
terested account of a colony the abundant talk about the
state of which has been, hitherto, for the most part, in
an inverse ratio to the knowledge possessed by the talkers.
It may readily be imagined that an entirely new class of
sensations arises in the mind of the voluntary exile, as day
after day brings him nearer his former antipodes. In the
midst of all the vicissitudes, the turmoil, and the strange
incidents of the voyage, concerning which it is my inten-
tion to speak hereafter, fancy is incessantly at work, and
expectation on tiptoe, as if already peering into the pro-
mised land; but experience alone can reveal whether the
reality exceeds or falls short of what has been thus anti-
cipated. This consideration leads me, previously to going
into more particular details, to give a general idea of the
aspect presented by the Canterbury Settlement ; and I
am further induced to this, inasmuch, as many of my
friends before my departure, and subsequently by letter,
have been urgent with me to clear up, as best I may, the
mystery which they say hangs over it. I therefore set
myself to the task, not, it must be confessed, under very
inspiring circumstances, considering the mud walls within
which self and party are doomed to be enclosed, till our
slowly-progressing new house, at Papanni, is completed.
The dreary extent, too, of all but treeless plain stretching
far and wide before us, is far from being either animating
or suggestive. Despite, however, these discouragements,
and countless others akin to them, no one with eyes and
ears well open can fail to acquire a tolerably correct no-
tion of the state of affairs. The sum total of the most
careful investigation and reflection is, that this present
time is the crisis of the colony. Every new settlement
has its crisis, and ours may be regarded with less of
anxiety and distrust than usual, though brought about
by unprecedented circumstances. The association ori-
ginally undertook to supply labour commensurate with
the wants of the colony. This engagement they for some
time carried out with remarkable vigour, and the result
fully answered to their exertions. Within an incredibly
short period a progress was made that excited universal
astonishment. No prospect ever presented more attrac-
tive features ; but, as if to show the instability of all
human hopes, the course of prosperity was suddenly
arrested in its full career. In less than two years every
work was effected that has been effected at all. A
wondrous extent of roads, very wide, and of the best kind,
was made. Lyttelton and Christchurch, with many
smaller towns and villages, rapidly sprang up ; churches
were built,—of which more hereafter ; two newspapers (of
which only one survives) were established ; various hotels
erected, a bank, quays, terraces, bridges, public offices,
schools for boys, and indeed all public works appropriate
to a flourishing community. The land, too, was exten-
sively cultivated, crops of all kinds grown abundantly,
sheep and cattle innumerable imported ; the settlement,
in short, presenting the appearance of twenty years' pro-
gress rather than of as many mouths only. The sudden
stoppage and ultimate turn of the richly-flowing tide was
doubtless due in part to the mat-administration of the
funds of the association. This drawback might, however,
and probably would, have been counteracted by the in-
herent energy of the settlers, who had called into
existence around them all that constitutes a high state
of civilisation. But, when the fame of Australian
gold reached this little magical world, all was, as
it were, turned to stone. At the point to which
everything had advanced, there it stood, immovable and
unchanging, excepting that it was not undecaying. Un-
fortunately, not to go forward was necessarily to go back,
and our once beautiful roads have become so deteriorated
by neglect, that many of them are wholly impassable.
This is eminently the case with the most important road
of all, viz., that constructed over the hill between Port
Lyttelton and Christchurch, which is so far gone to decay
that passengers find themselves not unfrequently up to
their knees in mud, and generally prefer scrambling as
best they may through the furze and long grass on either
side. The association has ceased to exist, and the immi-
gration of the labouring class has ceased with it, multi-
tudes having made their way to the gold-diggings, and the
greater number of those who remained behind having es-
tablished themselves on land of their own, and thus requir-
ing labour in their turn, which is not forthcoming. Not-
withstanding these discOnragements, the bold colonists are
far from despairing, but buckle themselves with renewed
energy to the task of supplying the deficiency of ordinary
paid labour ; and, aided by the invigorating influence of
the climate, acquit themselves bravely, and see their efforts
crowned with no small degree of success. They are further
inspirited by the bright hopes with which they regard the
approaching meeting of the Legislative Assembly—a mo-
mentous epoch in every colony, and in an especial manner
in this ; nor are they likely to be disappointed in their an-
ticipations of an important and speedy change for the
better. Nothing, surely, is more futile or unreasonable
than to assume that an adequate knowledge of the peculiar
circumstances and requirements of the colony, and the
complicated relations affecting it, can be possessed even by
the ablest statesmen or political economists at the opposite
side of the world ; neither is it possible they should feel
any real, earnest, efficient interest in the matters which
most nearly concern its progress, and the treatment of
which is all-potent for good or for evil. But the essential
qualities in which those at home must necessarily be defi-
cient, as being altogether out of the scene of action, will
be developed in full fOrce among the members of the Legis-
lature, whose interests are intimately bound up with the
c
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bring
gmth bear upon every question a
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of labour upon ans. The first measure is ex-
pectedfcuolo acquaintance n y
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ed wh
oneo for
organized system, and I believe Shanghae is mainly looked
to as a district in China where ample supplies can be
readily obtained of labourers having the reputation of
being intelligent, active, industrious, and honest. Prom
this the most satisfactory results are expected, the soil
being one of the finest in the world for agricultural pur-
poses, no less than for pasturage. As a proof of the depth
of the soil, it may be remarked that horseradisheS three
feet long are far from uncommon. Money is also to be
raised for repairing the roads, improving the harbour of
Lyttelton, and the navigation of the river between the
port and Christchurch; enlarging or rebuilding the public
offices ; and last, not least,,adopting means for securing a
more regular and frequent .communication with other
parts of the islands, and of the :world; a blessing in which
the Canterbury Settlement has hitherto been most lament-
ably deficient. Having thus curaorily noticed the actual
and prospective state of the colony, I propose in my next
to enlighten you on some of the adventures, not always of
the most agreeable character, with ,eviiich an emigrant
may expect to meet in-the class of sailing vessels employed
in this service, of which I believe few.form_any idea before
they (start.

ECCLESIASTICAL _INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.
Rev. B. W. Adams, M.A., to the Rectory of Cloghran,
Swords.

Rev;..T. Bailie, M.A., late of Croasmaylen, to the Rectory
of
iv
Fteauglerq
Barker,reland.
M.A., to the Vicarage of Rickmans.
worth, Herts.
Rev. F. Barker, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Baslow, Derby.
shire.

Rev. F. Boyd, to the Rectory of Wouldham, Kent.
Rev. B. Brander, M.A., to be Chaplain to Caine Union
Poorhouse.

Rev. R. J. Burton, M.A., Fellow of Christ's College, Cam-
bridge, and Curate of Hurstbourne Priors, to be Private and
Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Portsmouth.
Rev. W. Cape!, BA., to an Assistant Chaplaincy in the
Presidency of Madras, in the East India Company's service.
Rev. J. Cargill, to the Incumbency of Shirebruok, Derby-
shire.

Rev. H. M. S. Champneys, M.A., to the Rectory of Eppel_
store, Notts.

Bei. C. A. A. Craven, BA., to the Vicarage of Horsley,
Northumberland.

Rev. E. H. Daniell, to the Incumbency of Upper Bulling-
ham, Herefordshire.

Rev. T. Dean, Vicar of Warton, near Lancaster, to be a
Rural Dean of the Arcbdeaconry of Lancaster.
Rev. J. F. English, LL.D., of Christ's College, Cambridge,
to the Incumbency of Brentwood.
Rev. W. Fleetwood, LLB., St. Catherine-hall, Cambridge,
to the Vicarage of Swaffham Bulbeck, near Newmarket.
Rev. R. C. Gibson, Curate of Winwick, to be Chaplain to
the High Sheriff of Westmoreland ; and not the Rev. T. U.
Gibson, Vicar of Barton, as stated.
Rev. R. Hodgson, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of War-
ton, near Kirkham.
Rev. A. C. Irvine, M.A., Perpetual Curate of St. Mary,
Longileet, Poole, to be a Surrogate for the Diocese of Salis-
bury. _

Rev. H. Jones, M.A., to the Incumbency of St. Peter's
Church, Croydon.
Rev. G. A. M. Little, M.A., to beChaplain to the Monarch,
84, at Sheerness.
Rey. G. Maddison, M.A., Vicar of All Saints', Cambridge,
to be a Rural Dean in the Deanery of Cambridge.
Rev. H. Roundel!, M.A., Curate of Buckingham, to the
Vicarage of that parish.
Rev. W. L. Scott, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Abthorpe, near
Towcester.

Rev. C. Seaver, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John
the Evangelist, Belfast.

Rev. J: Sptirgin, 8.D., Head Master of the Maidstone
Grammar School, and Chaplain to the Corporation, to be a
Surrogate.

Rev.: NV. V. Turner, M.A., to the Vicarage of Spilsby, Lin-
colnshire.

Rev. S. H. Unwin, to the Rectory of Cheddon Fitzpaine,
Somerset.

Rev. J. Woodhouse, M.A., to the Curacy of Goosnargh,
near Preston.

Rev. J. P. Wright, to be Chaplain for the English Railway
Officers and Labourers at Valence, France.

ORDINATION IN THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH
OF CHESTER,
On Sunday, the 12th day of March, 1854.
DEACONS.—Edmund Hinde, 8.A., of Queen's College,
Oxford, licensed to Hale ; William Alfred Tattersall, 8.A.,
of Pembroke College, Oxford, to St. Mary's, Kirkdale ;
William Frederick Attenborough, M.A., of St. John's
College, Cambridge, to Runcorn ; Edmund John Hitch-
ings, SA., of St. John's College, Cambridge, to Bicker-
staffe ; Henry Boardman, 8.A., of Sidney Sussex College,
Cambridge, to Pemberton ; John Gilmore, 8.A., of Gon-
ville and Caine College, Cambridge, to St. Matthias,
Liverpool ; Thomas Smith, 8.A., of Gonville and Caius
College, Cambridge, to St. Barnabas, Liverpool ; Fortescue
Richard Purvis, S.C.L, of Jesus College, Cambridge, to
Hollinfare ; Robert Green Hibbert Ware, 8.A., of Queen's
College, Cambridge. to Holy Trinity, Ulverstime ; George
Dobree, 8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, to St. Barnabas,
Liverpool ; William Abraham Mocatta, 8.A., of Trinity
College, Dublin, to Christ Church, Southport ; James
Gornall, of St. Bees' College, to Newton-in-Mottram ;
Alfred Hitchins, of St. Bees' College, to St. George's,
Hyde ; James Lyde, of St. Bees' College, to Waberthwaite;
Richard Yorke, of St. Bees' College, to Neston ; James
Noble Bennie, of the Universities of Edinburgh and Glas-
gow, to Acton.—By Letters Dimissory : Boulby Ilasle-
wood, 8.A., of St. John's, College, Cambridge; Thomas
Whitwell Rogers, 8.A., of St. John's College, Cambridge;
William Jones, of St. Bees' College ; James Leighton, of
the Church Missionary College, Islington.
PRlESTS.—Richard William Hiley, M.A., of St. Mary
Hall, Oxford; Thomas Barton Hill, 8.A., of Wadham
College, Oxford; Samuel Adams, 8.A., of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge; James Peebles Oman Tomkins, 8.A., of
St. John's College, Cambridge; Richard Garland, S.C.L.,
of Corpus Christi College. Cambridge ; Francis Gell, 8.A.,
of Jesus College, Cambridge ; Richard George Handcock,
8.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge ; Gilbert Procter,
8.A., of Christ's College, Cambridge ; John Lucas Moore,
8.A., of St. Catherine's Hall, Cambridge ; John Michael
Brown, 8.A., of Trinity. College, Dublin; Cecil Jervis
Clarke, 8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin ; Henry Cooke,
8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin Arthur Horsley Hughes,
8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin% Frederic Amadeus Mal.
leson, B.A. of Trinity College, Dublin ; Neason William
Adams Wallace, 8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin ; Wil-
liam Barker, of St. Bees' College ; George Augustus John
Todd, of St. Bees' College, licensed to St. Peter's, Everton;
Frederic Paget Wilkinson, of St. Bees' College ; William
Prince, of St. Aidan's College, Birkenhead ; Edward Sal-
ter, Literate.—By Letters Dimissory : Charles Johnson,
8.A., of Trinity College, Dublin ; George Soden, 8.A., of
Trinity College, Dublin.

ARRIVAL OF BISHOPS GRAY AND COLENSO. The
Bishops of Capetown and Natal landed at Table Bay on
January 20, after a prosperous voyage. Bishop Colenso
intended to proceed by the next vessel to Natal.
THE DEANERY OF WELLS has been conferred on the
Rev. G. H. S. Johnson, Fellow and Tutor of Queen's Col-
lege, Oxford. Mr. Johnson was one of the members of
the late Oxford University Commission.
RUPERT'S LAND.—On Christmas-day, the bishop held
an ordination in St. John's Church, Red River, when the
Rev. T. Cochran, 8.A., and the Rev. G. 0. Corbett, Colonial
Church Society, were ordained priests, and Mr. J. Settee,
native catechist, Church Missionary Society, admitted to
the order of deacon.

INCUMBENCY OP BAsLow.—The Duke of Devonshire
has presented the Rev. F. Barker, of Liverpool, with the
incumbency of Baslow, vacant by the decease of his bro-
ther, the late Rev. A. A. Barker. The rev. gentleman is
a great favourite with the parishioners, and a very nu-
merously signed memorial has been presented to his grace,
praying for the appointment which has now been made.—
Derby Reporter. _

THE BISHOP OF SALISBURY.—The Right
Rev. Edward Denison, Lord Bishop of Salisbury, expired
at the Palace in that city on Monday last week. On the
previous Tuesday he visited Portsmouth, to witness the
departure of some of the troops for the East. On Wed-
nesday morning his lordship was suddenly seized with a
violent bilious attack. On Saturday morning a favour-
able change took place, but on Sunday symptoms of a
relapse presented themselves, and his lordship continued
rapidly to decline.. His lordship succeeded Dr. Burgess,
in 1837, and was m the 53rd year of his age.