The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

MEETING OF THE PROPRIETORS OF THE A FEW FACTS, ON THE STATE OF THE
EXCHANGE BUILDINGS. COTTON MANUFACTURE.
The annual general meeting 'of the Company of Pro- In the present state of the cotton trade, with prices, as
prietors of the Liverpool Exchange was held in the Cotton some think, extravagantly enhanced by speculation, or,
Sales Room yesterday, and as the business was of ordinary as others think, only so much so as the short crop war-
routine, required by act of Parliament, the attendance rants, is is. important to ascertain how far the spinners and
was limited. manufacturers are able, from the existing prices of yarn MATTHEW GLENTON, Esq., was called to the chair, and goods to pay the prices at present demanded for cot-
and stated that the committee had to report a gradual ton. We shall endeavour to throw some light upon this
progressive increase of revenue, which would admit of a question by an examination of the data furnished us by
larger dividend to the shareholders than they had been in Mr. Burn; in—his last Commercial Glance.
the habit of paying for some years past. The sources In the last week of Dec. 1845, the price of Upland cot-
from which this was derivable were—first, the increased ton was M. to 41d. ; and in the corresponding week of
rental obtained for the offices, &c., in their buildings 1846 the price of the same staple was 6d. to 71d. The
(amounting to about 25 per cent., while, at the same time, advance was thus 2d. to 3d. per lb. in the latter year.
great liberality had been observed to the tenantry) ; .and, In comparing the price of yarn for the two years, we select
secondly, to the increased subscriptions to the rooms. No. 40 as affording the best and most regular criterion.
The committee had to announce that they were enabled to In 1845 the price of this number was, for " common
pay to each shareholder this year a dividend of seven seconds," water twist, 12d. and in 1846, 14d. • for " best
guineas per share, and besides that an additional sum of seconds" 13a-d. in 1845 and 15+d. in 1846. The advance
three guineas to those who did not attend the rooms— is therefore only ig.d. upon "common seconds" and lid.
that difference arising from the subscription not being upon " best seconds," Thus, the advance of the raw
due by the latter. material in 1846 is lid. to lid. more than that of common
The TREASURER then redd the accounts, from which seconds water twist, and 4d. to lid more than that of best
it appeared that, after appropriating a sum of £167 as a seconds. In 1846 the advance was p. on common seconds
eserved fund, there was a balance of £BBO, out of which mule and ISd. on best seconds, the advance of the raw
dividends would be paid. material being thus 14d. to lid. more than that of common
_ `‘lt CHAIRMAN said that the committee had given -11 d,

facility and information to A-C
Needs. room below

seconds, anu- . to lid. mare than that of best seconds.
There can be no doubt that, with these relative prices,
the spinner's loss must be almost ruinous. The perfect
fairness of the calculation is obvious, from the fact that
the price of cotton in 1844 and 1845 being nearly the same,
the price of this, number of yarn shewed no variation.
Assuming, therefore, a fact which, indeed, is known, that
in both these years, a fair or even a good profit, over and
above remuneration'for capital and wear and tear of ma-

had undergone extensive improvements. ' New
furniture- had been provided, and new maps. He had also
to state that the Lords of the Admiralty had announced
their intention of presenting them with all their valuable
maps. (or charts) from time to time, an instance of
liberality for which they could not but express their best
thanks. -
The monetary and other resnlntions were then• pro-

posed and unanimously passed. Five gentlemen were
separately elected as members of the committee, in place
of the five who retire by rotation.

y, was uenveaot can scarcely be supposed that upon
an article costing in the latter year 120, a loss of lid. to
or 121 per cent., can be spared. out of profit a/olte;
unless the trade be a fai more remunerative one than the

Thanks being voted to the officers and to the chairman
(who had been most active for the interests of the MM.,
pany) the meeting separated.

world imagines,

In comparing the relative prices of goods in the two
years, we shall select the staple article of iths power-loom
printers:, 72 reed. On the'lst of January, 1846, the price
of this article was ss. 3d. to'ss. 41d. per piece of 29 yards,
and on the Ist of Januarrinstant, 6s. Lid. to Gs. 101 d.
As there is a greater difference between the first and
second quality in one year than in the other, we will take
the ordinary cloth as our guid6. The advance is therefore
between ss, 3d. and 65. 141., or 104 d. per piece. Assuming

PROPOSED ALTERATION OF THE BIRKEN-
HEAD DOCK PLANS.

It will be remembered by our.readers that the origina
plans of this great 'sed a coasting dock, o'
16 acres, which was

sctleMe compri
vered to ti

ie coasters

beaching ground in Wallasey Pool, which has been used
by those vessels from time immemorial. A clause in the
Act of Parliament provided that no vessel of more than
200 tons burden was to enter this ground. We are rather
surprised—and perhaps the public as well will be sur-
prised—to learn that in the- Deck Amendment Bill, now
before Parliament, powers are sought to' be obtained for
enabling vessels of any dimensions to pass through this
coasting dock, in order to enter a gut which forms a pas-
sage into one of the commissioners' docks, which, we
believe, was not contemplated at the time of passing their
last' act. This proceeding will, -we conceive, leave the
coasting trade, by which the Pool was formerly occupied,
virtually without any beaching ground whatever. This
sort of tactics ought really not to be practised by a pow-

errul company to the oppression of a class „
fortunately reduced to helplessness. The coasting trao
is in ,this state—thanks to the rallWays and steam,; and we
are afraid, in the resent instance, they are likely to fall
victims of theirWwn poverty. Would the Birkenhead
Dock Commissioners venture
_to act in this manner to-

present un-

warcls-alSody as powerful as themselves. The Admiralty
will howevr, we believe, interfere hi the matter:•
By fife by-e; we cannot see what can be their object in
. • .

seekinrth have their schemes newly:christened,nnd their
docks tb figure as the Liverpool aml:Birkenhead: Docks.
Is the new' nomenclature expected tO, facilitate financial
operations ? •

LIVERPOOL

ART UNION.-DRAWING

PRIZES

On Satarday, the drawing of the prizes' of the Liverpool
Art Union took place at the Exhibition Rooms; Post
Office place. The chair was taken by Mr:Thomas Todd,
who delivered an excellent address on the occasion.. He
said the sales at the exhibition amountc.i nnn _

ring the eighteen weeks that the exhibition was open,
24,700 persons visited it. Of these, 11,240 paid the ls.
admission, of-Whom a considerable portion purchased the
6d. cataloguer and 13,460 persons availed themselves of
the reduced cost Of Id. and 2d. admissiom and were-pur-
chasers of the penny catalogue, of which no - less than
3,000- were soli. The subscriptions for the Art Union
amounted to £545J---a much smaller amount than: was
subscribed in former years, owing, the- chairman e
'ved, to theirmot-then being a constitatd-r body am

the recent prevailing difftress

Mr. W. G

hiding to the influence- of art unions im creating •an ex-
tended feeling for art, stated, that during the twelve years
of the existence of the Liverpool Art Union, .a stun of
£11,284 had been subscribed, ( exclusive of this year,) to
which £2BOO was added by priaeholders. Thereport then.
mentioned the • establishment of the Union by the 'Privy

Council

On the motion,of Henry Lawrenee, seconded by
Mr. Barber, the report was adopted, and the drawing of
the prizes was then proceeded with, which was performed,
as usual, by :two .boys from the Blue-coat Hospital, and
occupied about an hour. The following are the names of
the successful candidates, together with the value of their

respective prizes
Successful C

andidades

Valve of Prizes

Mr. Eaton
William Ma

Arthur Thomyrs on

John Mania
Mrs. V. Higgins
James Price... . .
Jessie Miller
Miss S. E. Roberts
R. J.
M. Wotherspoon
William Hall ....
William Taylor' ..
Miss G.

3000
30 0 0
25. 0 0
25 0' 0
20 0:0
20 0' 0
20 Q 0
20 0 0
20 0 0
20 0 0
15 0. 0
15 0 0

A. Shand....
J. E. Warden

15 0 0

Samuel Blackburn
Rev. F. Kent ....

10 o, 0
10 0' 0

Mrs. Lynn
Miss M. A.
James Pendlebury

lbercrombie

H. Lawrence -....
Arthur Henderson
B. C. %Nyland ..
Miss Yates
John Clow

10 0 0
10 0 0
10 0 0

10 0 0

5. 0
a 0
5 Q 0
5 0 0

5 0 0
5 0 0
5. 0 0

James Bland
Mr. Owens
Arthur Thompson
Yesterday was the day appointed for-the successful
irawe- t- tb -• 114 fop- - had

to ehoos€ ..neir• prizes, anc, .dowing
been allotted up to the close of the afternoon, leaving
several tickets yet to be provided for. The £5O prize—
Dutch Fishing Boats—by G. A. Mien ; Henshaw's
painting of Old Forest Hall, No. 272,, was taken at 100
guineas by the drawer of the £4O prize, who. paid the
difference. £3O prize, Boddington, 2721. ditto, Flower
Girl, by J. F. Paxmore, 781, paying difference of £5 ;
a £25 prize look Marshall's Sir Roger de Coverley, and
the Spectator at the Gipsies' Encampment, No. 156 ;
another £2O: took a Landscape by Roddington, charged
60 guineas ; No. 356—Landscape—by F. W. Watts,
£2O; No- 376—Scene in Bristol—Herdman, £2O; No.
350—Scene in South Wales—by:- A. Vickers, £2O ;
No. 685.--.Maimesbury Cross—by- E. Hassell, £l5 ;
686—Scene on the Beach—by T. J. Robins, £l5 ; 41—
Subject from Thomson's Seasons—by T. F. Marshall,
£l5. £lO prize took a Love Scene by J. Peel, No.
375, at £25 ; a Reaper's Child, by A. H. Taylor, No.
760, £10; Oakham Common—by G. Chester, No. 8, a
ten-pound prize and £l5 ; No. 100—Thunder Storm—by
E. Williams, sen., £lO ; No. 23—Welsh Sunshine through
Rain—C. Barber, £lO ; No. 749—Stormy Day—W.
Havell, £lO ; No. 69—Cattle in Landscape—W. Shayer;
£lO, and £l5 paid ; No. 537----Land Scene, £s—price
£6 6s. ; No. 567—Crossing the Ford A.' D. Fr;•

£5- prize and £5 5s

Weeks, £5 prize, sold at £8- hs.
md Na J 9

-
eninaen Bach—by Si..
No.:2—Temptation—

y H. Shirley, as last No
y W. G. Herdman.

The amount receive
surer for the St. Jude'f

—Swis

Irish and Scotch, ha!

sum of £2500

by Mr. H. J. Webster, as trea-
saseription fund for the destitute
low reached the very handsoxw

TxE §oueKITcHENs.—We yesterday morning visited
one of the th;ee establishments (that in Gill-street) for
the supply of cheap and wholesome soup for the destitute
poor, and we cannot but express our entire approbation of
the management, and' our conviction of its utility, to vast
numbers, young and old, at this inclement and importu-
nate season. We found the premises large and comm Od-
ious. There is a large ante-room, in which seats are pro-
vided for those who purchase the soup, and wish to take
it en passant. These pay for it a halfpenny a. quart, and
numbers of them, who were provided with it smoking hot
in cans, were supping it with spoons,, also provided.
Much greater numbers brought their own. cans or vessels
to take it to their homes, and were supplied with a quart
for a ticket—some with more than one, receiving a pro-
portionate quantity. These tickets are purchasable in
various parts of the town, being sold to the benevolent to
dispense and the fund arising from this constitutes the
main support of the establishment. The cooking apart-
ment adjoins, and is well worthy of a viit. There are
five large boilers, each of which will contain 100 gallons,
and the soup is made by steam, introduced into these by
pipes, having valves and handles, so that one or all of
them may be going on with the operation, as may be re-
quired. The soup is made from poundedbarley, oatmeal,
and flour, with the addition of seasoning, and is thick,
white, palatable. and Strait V. When cold it becomes s.

saar to be the same at the two.periods, this