The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-07-21 00:00:00

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PRINCIPAL—JOHN BRfNDLEY, of Magdalen College, Cam-
bridge; M.A. of the University of Giessen; formerly Second

the Olctswinsrortt Hospital Endcry
AsstsraNT—CHARLES JONES, Trinity Col
FIRST CLASSICAL MASTER—E. S. CROOKE.

hool, Worcestershire.
ege, Dublin.
8.A., Pembroke

College, Cambridge, in double honours_
FIRST -MATHEMATICAL MASTER—THOS. WADDINGHAM,
8.A., St. John's College, CambridgeL),,gince•ltoaoars.
FOREIGN MASTER—MORSIeUT BOIN, e University of
Paris.

ENGLISH MASTER—GEORGE IPSON, C. C. College,
Cambridge, late Assistant M rof the Huddersfield College,
and the Collegiate Institu , Liverpool.
PROFESSOR OF MUSIC D ASSISTANT FOREIGN MASTER.—
F. H. S. PENDLE of the University of Ghent. and
Pupil of the RoyarAcademy of Music, Ghent.
WARDEN, AND OUT-DOOR SUPERINTENDENT
DEMPSEY

-JOSEPH

Attendant Mast
lir. T. BAILEY

DRAWING MASTER

DANCING MASTER.

Mr. EDGAR WEBSTER, Chester.
—Mr. GEORGE HARRISON, Chester

VISITING SURGEON

THE OBJECTS AIMED AT IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT ARE
1-mardy Educa

insure a thoroughly
under Masters of ii

iptural

sound Classical and Mathematical Education
Y and

the Universities,
1 Professions ; and a comprenen-

—To maintain in Department the strictest Discipline,
united with kindness and moderation, and the absence of
corporal punishments except in extreme cases, and then to
be inflicted by the Principal only.

—To treat the Pupils as inernbers of the family, providing
them liberally with domestic comforts at the same table with
the Principal and Masters.

Educational and Domestic departments, that there may be
no extras whatever.

TERMS

Including instruction in Gr^ek, Latin, French, German, Ma-
thematics, Navigation, English, Singing, Drawing, Dancing,
--atal Drill ; also the charges for Stationery, Drawing_
I%iate-
rials, Seat in Church, and ordinary medical attendance--

Under 12 years of age
Above 12, and under 15 years of a
Above 15 years of age

Forty Guineas per annum,
Fifty Guineas per annum

Sixty Guineas Per annum

Private Pupils,

One Hundred Gtiineas per annum

TILE REMOVAL OF A PUPIL

Pgyments in advance either Quarterly or Half Yearly.

, The Misters and Pupils are hereliy inforfued that the School
will be RE-OPENED on FRIDAY and SATURDAY, the 24th and
26th instant. Their punctual attendance is requested.
Tarvin Hall, near Chester, 13th July, 1846.

CHESTER, AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
THE HALF-YEARLY ORDINARY MEETING
of this COMPANY will bepeld at the COMPANY'S Oritcn,
61,1100ROATE-STREET, L PrlsoN, on WEDNESDAY, the sth of
August, at One o'clock cisely.
By order,
GEORGE KING, Secretary.
61, iloorgate-street,lBth July, 1846.

ST. HELEN'S CANAL AND RAILWAY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the GENERAL
ANNUAL MEETING of the SAINT HELEN'S CANAL
and RAILWAY COMPANY wi held, at the CLARENDON
Rooms, in South John-st , Live 001, on SATURDAY, the
let day of Anzust next ne
crZclock rp in the Afternoon. Dated
the 18th day of Jill
JOH WHITLEY, Clerk to the said Company.

BRITISH AND IRISH UNION RAILWAY
COMPANY.
AMEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of this
COMPANY, held at DumFRIES, on the 30th ult., having
resolvedihat .e 2 per Share should be inathediately returned to
the Scripholders, payment of the snore will be made by the
nt thaw

YORK-PLACE, Edin-
burgh, on MONDAY, the 13th cur •t, and'four following days,
between the hours of Twelve a Three o'clock.
Parties not resident in ul)urgh, by transmitting thpir

SCRIP in regtsreree, , per return of Post,
the Amount. by Letter Credit on a Local Bank or Agency.'
The SCRIP will b etainedt and a TRANSFERABLE CER-
TIFICATE in lieu thereof given, entitling the Holder to any
additional Dividend that may be declared, unless the Scrip
holders specially intimate that they desire their Scrip to be
returned, in which case it will be marked, and a Stamp Dis-
charge taken, at their expense.
By order of the Committee of Management,
HUNTER, BLAIR, and COWAN.
Edinburgh, 4th July, 1846.

REDUCED FARES TO AND FROIVI RUTHIN
MOLD, CI-ESTER, AND LIVERPOOL.

ON and after MONDAY, June 29th, 1846, a NEW
COACH, called " THE UMPIRE," will commence run-
ning as follows: _

RUTHIN,- at Six o'clock in the Morning; W. Lord's Royal
Oak Inn, MOLD, at a Quarter before Eight ; and P. Dummert's
Hawarden Castle Hotel, KING'S FERRY, at a Quarter before
"Nine ; arriving. in CHESTER at a Quarter before Ten, and
LIVERPOOL at Half-past Ten, meeting Trains to Manchester,
Birmingham, LondOn, "&c.—Return'from Liverpool and
Chester at Five o'clock in the E g, after the arrival of the
Manchester, Birmingham London Trains; arriving at
Mold at Hatf-past•Seve d Ruthin at Nine o'clock.

Cl/0"i) COAC}IMA

Passengers ancl.Pgicels booked at the Railway-office, James-
street, Liverpool ; and at. the Royal Hotel Coach-office, and
Mrs. Onslow's King's Head. Inn; Chester.
N.B.—By this conveyance Passengers will have six hours
and a half in LWerpool and Chester, and return the same
Evening.
and C. DAVISON, I
pin., King's Ferry, and Proprietors.
DAVID PARRY, Ruthin,

P. DU

LANCASHIRE TO WIT.
IWILLIAM STANDISH STANDISH, ESQUIRE,
, Sheriff of the said County, having received Her Majesty's
Writ, under the seal of the said County, for the ELECTING
ONE KNIGHT to serve for the SOUTHERN DIVISION of
the said COUNTY, in the present Parliament at the City of
Westminster, there now holding, in the place of FRANCIS
EGERTON, commonly called Lord Francis Egerton, who is
now Earl of Ellesmere, and one of the Peers of the Upper
House of Parliament, do, in obedience to the said Writ, and to
the several Statutes in that case made, HEREBY PROCLAIM
AND GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE, to a ECIAL COUNTY
COURT, which will be held at -lORSE AND JOCKEY INN,
IN NEWTON, in the said Co on TUESDAY, the twenty-first
day of July instant, at of the Clock in the Forenoon, I shall
proceed in the ELE ON of ONE KNIGHT, to serve in the

UTUEItN DIVISION of the said
tatutes in that case made and pro-
', all,Persons inte-
to give their attendance.

said Parliament, Tr th
COUNTY, pursuant to the
vided ; at which time and place respectiNTly
rested in the said Election,
Dated the Bth day of Jrtly

eight hundred and korty.sbi

TO TH

WILLIAM STANDISH STANDISH, Sheriff

ELECTORS OF SOUTH LANCASHIRE

GENTHEMEN,
Ihasten to acknowledge the receipt of a requisition,
signed by more than Nine Thousand Electors of South
Lancashire, inviting me to become a Candidate for the seat
now vacant by the elevation of Lord Erancis Egerton to the
peerage.
To represent a constituency distinguished by its numbers,
its industry, and its intelligence, and by its great influence on
the character and policy of the nation, esteem one of the
highest honours to w

With feeling
and offer myse

nen a man may attain.
of the greatest pie re-I—answer your call
as a Candida your suffrages.

iirlienfaildressed you ie period of the ilection in the
Orin.. of 1844, I avow yself the strenuous advocate of per-
fect freedom of tr . I stated that my experience as a mer-
chant enabled to say
,that it was a vital question ; that it
involved the freedom, the prosperity, and probably the peace of
the country.

Since that time I have, to the best of my ability, constantly
supported the principles I then avowed, and it will be a conti-
nual source of gratification to me to reflect that I have given
my humble exertions in aid oY the free traders of England, by
whose reasoning, energy, and prudence the most eminent pub-
lic men have been converted, the interests of classes, and the
prejudices of party, have been overthrown, and one of the

41.4%
greatest, the wisest, and I hope one of the niCt—enduring re•
forms has been peacefully achieved.
I am well aware that other important measures will shorty
engage a portion of that public attention which has lately beer
almost exclusively concentrated upon the question of Frei
Trade. The state of Ireland is a cause of much anxiety—lre
land must be wisel) and humanely governed, and we mus
diligently seek and promptly apply the true remedies for th
grievances of which that country has long complained. Sh

ParliamentaTT or her Municipal Franchise—in 'fact, Ireland
must be governed as if no sea were between us.
Though much has been gained, our labours will not termi-
nate until the last fetter upon commerce and industry shall
have been removed. Our opponents are powerful and fertile in
resources, and it is possible that some of them may not be over
scrupulous as to the means of arresting our progress. -Vigi-
lance, the price of freedom, continues to be the first duty of the
representatives of the people. However deficient I may be in
ability, I pledge myself zealously and constantly to advocate

your inteiests; which arc those of the country and mankind

Above all things, we must promote the intellectual progress
of the people, and so consolidate the triumphs of industry, as
we widely diffuse the blessings of a sound education. We

=Pie to the world of the right use of power' andwealth in the
extension of freedom and the preservation of peace.
I have the honour to be,
Your faithful servant,
WILLIAM BROWN.
Richmond-hill, Liverpool, July 1,1846.

Goierriment Stamp,

Cr ERJEANT'S LOTION, the only effectual Remedy
13 against Rheumatism, Rheumatic Gout, Sciatica, and Lum-
bago. Sold by the Proprietor, G. C. SER4EAN.T, No. 1, Lo_

London; and by all Venders of Medicine. Trice 2s. 9d. per
Bottle. , - •- --

41j astonishing success which has cr wned, the application
of this external Medicine in the opeless and deplorable
cases, when the unhappy suff ad despaired of ever gaining

even the least relief, and ' after the ablest advice and every
other means had corn ely failed, most justly entitles it to the
attention of the a ' ed.
This excell i ledicine, so universally esteemed, is unat-
tended with the least danger or inconvenience, and hundreds
have experienced its happy and salutary effects since it was
fir

st intiodneed
Amongst

any which are being daily received are the follov

Paternoste

cure of Mr

horchyard, whO was.

severely aftti

delirium, nist fieW.
icoat to prevent 1
was considered e

little he

.many years so severe a suf

very happy in
I derived: sifter

I my testimony of the benef

nd, making an allowance for my age. never was better in m,
life. To those, however severely afflicted and hopeless thei
case may have been pronounced, Ibe of them to make a trial
feeling quite satisfied they will be restored to the use of thei
limbs, from the severe cases that have yielded_ to this Medicine
Health is a great blessing to those who can enjoy it, but t,

hose who are deprived; none feels it so severely 'ag the trades
man or mechanic, as it generally causes loss of business, an,
brings ruin on families. I shall at all times feel it my duty t
make it known to those afflicted, to evince how grateful I ay
for my restoration, and am, Sir, yours truly,

Oionun roLLA RD,

October 20, 1844.
14, Belmont-place, TVandsworth-road, Oct. 26, 1844::
SIRS I feel in duty bound to acknowledge, that after suffer
ing acute pains from Sciatica, or severe Rheumatic affection is
the hip-joint, and being deprived of rest, I was persuaded t
try your embrocation, and have the pleasure to say that afte
three applications I was restored to my usual health ; and, al

thoughiwo years have passe,
—I am, Sir, gratefully yours.

I have no return of the'disor'der
EDWARD NOYES.

TVell-street, Cripplegate.
I have been several weeks confined to my bed by Got

and Rheumatism, not a part from my bead to my feet free fron
pain, and as helpless as an infant : not even a finger could
move. In this unpleasant situation I was informed by my me
dical attendant he had applied all the usual remedies, and tha
I might remain months in my deplorable situation.
Fortunately your remedy was made known to me, or I migh
have been to this day confined to my bed. After a close apple
cation of four days my troublesome companion began to des
appear; in a week I was capable of walking about my room
and by another week's perseverance in the use of your Medi
cane was enabled to leave Loodon. Fearful of another attack
you will please to send six bottles.—l am, Sir, your obedien
servant. -- - - • D. W. STONE.

10th July, 1846,

Such are the properties of this invaluable Specific that per-.
sons labouring under the most distressing Rheumatism, Rheu-
matic Gout, and Lumbago, and rendered thereby incapable of
assisting themselves, have been relieved in a few hours.
Sold b_y_ Pendlebury, Russell-street ; Titherington, Oxford;
street; Hogarth, Great George-street; Fisher, Bold-street -
Coupland, Parker-street ; Gerrard, Oldhall-street ; Parkinson,
New Scotland-road; Neal, Scotland-road; Simpson, Scotland_
.road, opposite St. Martin's Market; Mackow, Vauxhall-road;
Britten, corner of Dale-street and Haymarket; Smith, Great
Homer-street; Cox, Fox-street; Gillard, Richmond-row; Low,
Islington Walker, London-road; Parry, Christian-street;
Wagstaff, Great George-place; Priestley, Lord-street ; Smith,
Woodside ; Price, Wavertree.

POST-OFFICE. REFORM. Q TRAYED, and now in the Possession of JAMES PARLIAM
A PUBLIC MEETING of the MEMBERS of the LI CADDICK, Knowsle . a ,in Calf, which will be deli-
' Li LIVERPOOL GUARDIAN SOCIETY, and the INHA- vered to the Owner, on eat of Keep and Costs.
BITANTS of LIVERPOOL generally, will be held at the CLA-
D ausooN-Rooms, South John-street, TO-MORROW, (Wednes-
mameat
tqr
others, Witt
foreign,fa
wenltntlihitd.
tell ,
day,) the 22nd instant, to take into consideration the propriety UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF
of MEMORIALISING the GOVERNMENT on the subject of The Right Hon. the EARL OF DERBY,
' the present injurious POSTAL arrangements, as regards the , The Worshipful the MAYOR OF LIVERPOOL,
h DESPATCH and DELIVERY of LE ERS in various parts of &c., &c.. &c.
the kingdom. An-R. WILLIAM NEW, of the DERBY ARMS 4 ,
53
000FFEE691lb
,e The Chair to bet • at Twelve o'clock at Noon. iVI HOTEL, KIRKDALE, will hold his CARNATION and
f30,r7e4i1g,n9,31111b
JAAIES DENTON, HORTICULTURAL SHOW, on TUESDAY next, the 28th in-
?,
Y President of the Liverpool Guardian Society. start, in his•spacious Gardens, under an elegant and well-de-
Liverpool, July, 1846. corated Marquee.
Li The Inhabitants of the Town generally are requested to at- Ladies and Gentlemen d ' sof encouraging these de-
,.. tend on this occasion. lightful and pleasing itions, are requested to become eonsumptim
e
n LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK. Subscription to the Show 28. 6d., which will entitle each CORN-01
T THE TENTH ANNUAL MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS will be held at the C nENnoN Rooms, Subscriber to Three Tickets. with 17,016
Tickets for Admission may be had from all the principal
quarters cor
South John-street, on TUESDA 28th instant, at Two Seedsmen.
dean meal.
0 o'clock, for the purpose of ving a Report of the Directors The Doors will be opened at Two o'clock for Subscribers and
e upon the affairs of the pony, for the year ending 30th June for Non-Subscribers from that hour until Four o'clock, at Is. sumption, r
last, and for other smess. each. The Public generally from Four to Six o'clock, at 6d. flour and oa
f JOHN JERDEIN, Manager. each. tered for cc
r 14th July, 1846. 181,982 cwt,
e
~ BIRKENHEAD DOCK COMPANY. SPLENDID PRESENT. HIDES.—
was 455,821
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the HALF-
for consumes YEARLY GENERAL MEET .of the BIRKEN- TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 22nd JULY,
RAW SILT
HEAD DOCK COMPANY wil eld on WEDNESDAY, the
' sth of August next, at One clock in the Afternoon, in the A CORRECT AND BEAUTIFUL lbs ; in 1846
COMPANY'S OFFICES Argyle-street, Birkenhead, for the usual V 1 E W SUGAR,—
_
purposes. Byo' 1 fider of the Board, cwt. ; in 184
MACGREGOR LAIRD, Secretary. OF THE INTENDED
tion were 2,1
1 Birkenhead, July 20, 1846. SAILORS' II DME, The decla
EXECUTED ON STEEL lisj-THE FIRST STYLE OF LINE and Irish pri
. LIVERPOOL IMPERIAL LOAN AND INVEST- GRAVING, months of lE
AI ENT COMPANY.
,C. 110. Will be presented TUITOUSLY to the Purchasers of the £20,619,844,
Registered under the ith and Bth Victoria
IVERPOOL COURIER. linen, and wi
THIS Company, being completely Registered, is The total
_l_ prepared to make ADVANCES from .t2O and upwards, months of H
upon approved Per Focal, Freehold, or other available Securi; The Print will be finished in it very superior manner, and this, 4,913 w
ties, on advantageous terms.
The Company will also PURCHA PROPERTY and SELL will form an elegant addition to the Drawing-room or Portfolio. total in the i
r the same to any Person wi • o e ome an Owner, on pa.y-
-f went of Weekly, go ,or other Instahnents, as may beships, 1,475,
ships,nage being I
, agreed upon.
All applicatio ade, personally or by letter, at the Com coasting tit(
upo N.
Ty N E LIVERPOOL,
JUNCTIONMANCHESTER,
RAILWAY & NE
COMPANYWCAS T IE ~
- 5.225,'
i pany's Offices, 28, Gloucester-street, will receive immediate (Late Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne
attention. W. EDWARDS, Secretary. Junction and Lancashire and North Yorkshire ships, 4,976,1
Railway Companies.) Foreign :—lf

Railway Companies.)

THE Act for Amalgamating the Lancashire and
North Yorkshire •Railway Company with the Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-TyneJunction Railway Com-
pany, and for Incorporating the said Companies, under the
style and title of "THE LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER. "'-
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAIL';"
PANT."'

AY 'COM

_- having received. the Royal Assent, NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, that the FIRST GENERAL MEETING of
the SHAREHOLDERS in the LANCASHIREAND NORTH
YORKSHIRE and the LIVERPOOL HESTER, AND
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE JU ` lON RAILWAY COM-
PANIES who have been 11 ' red in the Incorporated Com-
Sany, will be held at the LATINE HOTEL, MANCHESTER, on
ATURDAS , the tw -fifth day of July Instant at Twelve
o'clock precisely, "pursuant to the provisions of the said Act,
and of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845 ; and,
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN, that the said
Meeting will afterwards be made SPECIAL, for 0

le purpose of
confirming, or otherwise, certain agreements which have been
entered into between the Directors of this Company and the
Manchester and Leeds, the East Lancashire, the Great North of
England, and the Newcastle and Darlington Railway Companies.
By order,

W. H. INGRAM, }Secretaries
C. MOORE WILSON,

STANDARD
GENERAL PRINTING OHIO

WHOLE SALE AND RETAIL STATIONERY WAREHOUSE

AND ADDISON

PUBLISHERS OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD,

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS

ACCOUNT BOOK MAKERS AND PRINTERS,

Have in Stock

and Manufacture to order

LEDGERS,

DAY BOOKS, CASH BOOKS, JOURNALS; LETTER BOOKS,
COPYING BOOKS, BILL BOQ,Kg:Sz WASTE BOOKS,

IN EVERY VAR,ArTY OF STYLE

Pfr,' E R S,

From the Mills of WhAan, J. R. Jones, and other approved

Makers

CREAM, LAID, NOTE, AND LETTER PAPER,
LARGE AND SMALL POST, IN FOLIO AND QUARTO;
LAID AND WOVE FOOLSCAPS,

DEMYS, ROYALS, IMPERIALS, DRAFT, BRIEF, AND

COPYING PAPER

MORISON'S BLACK, COLOURED, AND COPYING

PERRY'S, HARAVOOD'S, VOORSANGER'S, AND OTHER

STEEL PENS

PAPER CASES,

WITH AND WITHOUT LOCKS AND KEN'S

SUITED TO MERCANTILE AND OTHER PURPOSES

ENVELOPES OF EVERY, SIZE

QUILLS AND PENS OF EXCELLENT QUALITY

CARD CASES AND POCKET BOOKS,

WRITING DESKS,

SEALING WAX, WAFERS, LETTER FILES,

ANNEXING RIBBON AND TAPE

SHAREBROKERS' SALE AND PURCHASE BOOKS

BOUND IN MOROCCO, FOR THE POCKET

LETTER-PRESS PRINTING :
REPORTS, CATALOGUES, SHAREBROKERS' BOOKS
FORMS, BILLS OF LADING, CARDS. CIRCULARS,
INVOICES, CUSTOM-HOUSE ENTRIES, &c.,

EXECUTED WITH THE GREATEST PROMPTITUDE

LITHOGRAPHIC AND COPPERPLATE PRINTING

HINE RULING, &c.

STANDARD OFFICE,
4, ST. GEORGE'S-CRESCENT, LORD-STREET

FORMER CONNEXION OF GREAT BRITAIN WITH THE
CONTINENT.—The Goodwin Sands were the broad lands
and fruitful possessions of Earl Godwin, father of King
Harold, nearly down to the Conquest : and, though we
have no historical trace of the fact, yet is is geologically

appendage to-the Continent, being j ined to it by an isth-
mus where now are the Straits of Dover. The chalk
ridge, which has been abraded by the current and the ac-

portant

flan Of the tides betwixt Shakspeare's Cliff and the simi-

lar formations of the high grounds above Boulogne, can
still be traced by the sounding-line ; and Verstegan feels
persuaded, that we should never have required Edgar's
prudent care in offering such liberal rewards for the extir-
pation of wolves, unless those ferocious animals could
have found a passage into the island by land, as no man
could have been so senseless as to have imported them.—
Monthly Prize Essays.
FORTUNES MADE AND LOST.—The rise in the value
of the great staple, iron, bas been one of the features of
the present railway movement; but this was little more
than expected, seeing the close connexion of the two in-
terests. The depression that before existed in this branch
of trade, and the low prices which ruled, soon induced
buyers to operate freely ; and the lever being applied both
in London and Liverpool, a rise shortly followed, exceed-
ing in extent the greatest anticipations of the holders.
From the success of the speculation in iron, many men
with crippled fortunes have established themselves in a
permanent position. &Mae few 'ha've suffered from the
good fortune others have attained, by a movement of
which they were the originators, and others, having
cleared the market at the lucky moment, have risen from
small means, and retired with a comfortable competency.

Nothing can better illustrate this statement thanihe fait,
that a bankrupt Scotchman, who came to London two
years back as a jobbing commission-agent, has gone "t'
other side o' the Tweed" with about £30,000, the pro-
ceeds of the little business he transacted in iron, rather
preferring to live in quiet enjoyment than trouble his
mind further with the anxiety of commercial concerns.
The reverse of the picture can be exhibited, and not in a
solitary instance. The late advance of from 120 to 150
per cent, in the value of the article is a tange.of fluctua-
tion illustrative of the extent of dealing in it.—The City;
or, the Physiology of _London Business.

ERSKINE IN COURT.—A witness was put into the box,
who travelled to get orders. This description of per-
slug go indi;criminately by the name of riders and tra-
vellers, but most affect the latter. " You are, I under-
stand, a rider ?" " A traveller, sir," was the reply.
" Pray," said Erskine, " are you addicted to that failing
usually imputed to travellers ?" Another of the fraternity
having baffled his cross-examination, he suddenly re-
marked, "You were born and bred in Manchester, I per-
ceive." The witness admitted that it was so. " I knew
it," said Erskine carelessly, " from the absurd tie of your
neckcloth." The traveller's weak point was touched, for
he fancied that his dress had been perfect; and the coun-
sel gained his object—the man's presence of mind was
gone. When induced to make a personal observation on
a witness, Erskine divested it of asperity by a tone of jest
and good humour. In a cause at Guildhall, brought to
recover the value of a quantity of whalebone, a witness
was called of impenetrable stupidity. There are two de-
scriptions of whalebone, of, different value, the long and
the thick. The defence turned on the quality delivered,
and that an inferior article had been charged at the price
of the best. A witness for the defence baffled every at-
tempt at explanation by his dulness. He confounded thick
whalebone with long in such a manner that Erskine was
forced to give it up. " Why, man, you don't seem to
know the difference between what is thick and what is
long. Now, I'll tell you the difference. You are a thick-
headed fellow, and you are not a long-headed one !" In
a cause at Guildhall, Mingay spoke of one Bolt, a wharfin-
rr on the Thames, who loved litigation, and whose game
regularly appeared as plaintiff or defendant in the cause-
paper of the sittings after term, in very harsh terms, for
his dishonest and litigious spirit. " Gentleman," replied
Erskine, " the counsel has taken unwarrantably liberties
with my client's good name. He is so remarkably of an
opposite character, that he goes by the name of Bolt-
upright. This was all invention.—Townsend's Lives of
Twelve Eminent Judges.
Mr. Carter's Mammoth Horse is now exhibiting in
this town. It is a most surprisingly fine animal, and well
worth being seen.
A grand stand and balcony have been erected imme-
diately adjoining the judges lodgings, St. Anne-street,
for the accommodation of parties who may wish to 'see
the procession formed to do honour to Prince Albert.—
See advt.

PARLIAMENTARY RETURN OF TRADE AND
NAVIGATION.

From a paper just issued from the statistical depart-
ment of the Board of Trade, we are furnished, amongst
others, with the following quantities of articles imported
and quantitie s entered for home consumption for the five
months ended -sth June, 1845 and 1846, respectively
COFFEE imported, 1815, from British possessions,
3,741,931 lbs. •, foreign, 8,178,978 lbs. • total British and
foreign, 11,920,909 lbs. 1846, from British possessions,
4,530,694 lbs. ; foreign, 6,575,650 lbs. ; total British and
foreign, 11,106,344. The total quantities entered for
consumption were, in 1845; 14,896,401 lbs. ; and in 1846,
15,073,757 lbs.
CORN—of all -kinds imported in 1845, 531,320 quarters,
with 17,016 cwt. of flour and oatmeal. In 1846, 1,136,100
narters c" with 965.100 cwt of flour, oatmeal, and In-

for home coo-
-22,462 cwt. of

s,
...lon, corn 465,697 quarters, witu
flour and oatmeal. In 1846, to June sth, there were en-
tered for consumption, of corn 254,257 quarters, with
181,982 cwt. of flour and oatmeal
Hipps.—The total of all descriptions imported in 1845,
was 455,821 cwt. and in 1846, 704,555 cwt. The entries

for consumption being now free, are not given

RAW SILK (free).--The imports in 1815 were 1,774,105
lbs ; in 1846, 2,336,355 lbs.
SUGAR,—TotaI, unrefined, imported in 1815,1,926,320
cwt. ; in 1846. 2,131,168 cwt. Toe entries for consump-
tion were 2,000,933 in 1845, and 2,057,531 in 1846.
The declared value of the principal articles of British
and Irish produce and manufactures exported in the five
months of 1845, was £21,099,710; same period in 1846,
£20,619,844. The principal falling off has been in cotton,
linen, and woollen manufactures.

The total shipping entered inwards in the first five
months of 1845, was 7,642 ships, 1,532,748 tonnage. of
were British ships of 1,087,849 tonnage. The
-7-Tiding months of his year was 7,673
ships, 1,475,699 tonnage. 4,527 ships and 973,245 ton-
nage being British. The total vessels employed in the
coasting trade, entered inwards was, in 1845, 61,496
ships, 5.225,932 tonnage. The total in 1846, was 59,124

learances outwards were,
Foreign:-1845, 8,228 ships, 1,593,308 tonnage; 1846,
9,714 ships, 1,785,018 tonnage. The clearances coast-
wise were, in 1846, 66,516 ships, 5,393,419 tonn ; 1846,
6,451 ships, 5,263,317 tonnage.

R EXPORTS OF COTTON GOODS
1845 AND 1846.

We have been favoured with our usual copy of the ex-
cellent " Commercial Glance," for the six months of the
present year, published by Mr. Burn, of Manchester,
which, we are sorry to perceive, does not exhibit the ex-
port trade in this district in quite so favourable a position

sit held in the corresponding period of last year. The
ailing off will be best shown, by comparing a few of the

principal items of the two half year

. .
Under the head of "cotton yarns," the gross exports,
up to July, 1846, were 64,159,568 pounds; whilst, in
1845, they were only 54,692,551 ; thus giving an increase,
during the past half year, of 9,467,017. Considering that
this is the least perfected of our manufactures, employing
the least amount of manual labour, this increase is not a
favourable sign of the increased prosperity of the country.

Under each tif the items, " cotton thread," " damask arid
diapers," and " cambrics and muslins," a slight decrease
is exhibited; and a slight increase in the insignificant
items, "dimities," and "?awns and aeries.
article of " plain calicoes," there is a decrease
shown of 8,117,111 yards ; the exports being, first six
months of 1845, 300,038,150 yards; and, first six months
of 1846, 291,921,039. There is a much larger, and more
important decrease, in the article, "printed and dyed
calicoes, amounting to 25,251,365 yards ; the total ex-
ports under this head being, in first six months, 1845,
153,338,502 yards ; and, in same period this year,
128,087,137 yards. The decrease is, therefore, a sixth of
the whole trade. There is a large decrease, also, under
the several heads of " hosiery," " shawls and handker-
chiefs," " lace," " tapes," and unenumerated cotton
goods," and a trifling increase in ticks. On the whole,
the falling off is considerable.
In examining the countries tr
fluctuated during the last six mo► s, we

' In the im-

whose trade with ns has

ll confine our

observations to the two main articles of plain calicoes,
and printed and dyed calicoes. Of the first of these
articles, we find that, to the Brazils, the increase this
half year has been, in round numbers, six million yards
whilst, to Buenos Ayres, Monte Video, &c., there has
been a decrease of 3,200,000 yards. Our trade to British
North America has fallen off from 8,872,626 yards, in the
half year 1845, to 7,483,318, in 1846. To Chili and Peru,
there is an increase of over 2,000,000 yards; Gibraltar
has fallen off 4,000,000 yards, or nearly half its trade ;
Portugal and Madeira, on the other band, have increased
5,000,000 yards, which is half of their last year imports.
To India, in 1845, -our exports were 71,213,321 yards ;
this year it has been 85,200,555, or an increase of nearly
14,000,000 yards. China, on the other hand, took trotn
us last year, 66,647,343 yards; against 42,659,601 this
year, showing a falling off of more than a third. To the
United States there has been a decrease of 2,690,000
yards. To other countries enumerated, the fluctuation is
not tnecrial.

In printed calicoes, we have again the singular feature
of an increase of nearly 4,000,000 yards exported to
Brazil and a decrease of above 3,000,000 yards to Buenos
Ayres, Monte Video, &c. We are not at all aware how
this can occur. The two markets are bracketed together,
from which a suspicion may arise, that the difference has
been caused by some change of the customs regulations as

to the entries. British North America has decreased her
purchases about one-tenth ; Chili and Peru has decreased
from 12,873,751 yards, in 1845, to 7,109.229 yards, in
1846; Colombia took 3,703,585 yards, in 1815, and only
1,514,410 in 1816. To Gibraltar, there is a falling off of
1,400,000 yards ; to India, of 3,600 000 yards ; China,
300,000 yards. Naples and Sicily have increased nearly
1,000,000 yards; the Hanse Towns have fallen off
3,400,000 yards ; Portugal, Madeira, &c., have increased
1,500.000 yards; Sardinia and Tuscany decreased
1,700,000 yards; Turkey and the Levant over 5,000,000
yards ; and the United States about 500,000 yards. To
other countries the variation is not striking.
To afford an idea of the profits of manufacturers and
spinners, we have given the following as the prices of
40 in. 60 shirtings on the Ist of the month in the two half
years, viz.-1n 1845: January, 9a. Gd., February, 9s. Gd.,
March, 93. 3d., A pril, Os 3d., May, 9s. lid, June, 9s. lid.,
July, 9s. lid. In 18.16: January, Bs. Gd., February,
Bs. 6d., March, Bs. 41d., April, Bs. 3d., May, Bs. 3d.,
June, Bs. 14d., July, 85. lid., being an average reduction
of a shiiing a piece, or more than ten per cent. in the lat-
ter half year. The price of yarns, of the ordinary num-
bers, have undergone a similar decline. The prices of cot-
ton a

ar, however, to have ruled higher during this
than the correEpor;ding period of thelast year. The trade,
therefore, whilst it may have been remunerating for the
manufacturer, has been against the spinners. The quan-

tity spun during the

alf 5 ear,

t 345, was 7

-decrease, 82,275
9,235 ; of 184 G, it

—On Saturday

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