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

table of the average oric
year, Mr; Barn say
only taken the adN

the average price of the y
lower than in 1845."

It is elear,:from these e,aleirlations that whatever

be the result'of the expeetationsfentertained with respect
to the cotton crop, speculation, with a view to a further
advance upon present prices, must be a losing game to the
spinner and. manufacturer; until the latter 'can be placed
in a position; by some great• stimulus to demand for their
fabrics, to command proportionate prices. That any such
stimulus is at hand, we do>not think ; and; unless pru-
dence on both•sides is exhibited, the present short time
movement may result in a great majority of the consumers
closing altogether, as a mere- profitable, or rather, as .0
less ruinous course than spinning for a loss both of profit
and capital.

MISS WHITNALL'S CONCERT LAST NIGHT,

Ants spirited and popular caterer for the lovers of song
provided yesterday an excellent treat in the Theatre-
Royal, Williamson-square, on. which occasion we were
introduced, forthe first time, to the celebrated vocalist
Madame Anus Bishop, of the grand theatres Rome and
Palermo, and prima donna of the Theatre San- Carlo, at
)11.• Naples. The other singers were 14Ess Whitnall lerself
(who, we regretted to observe, was indisposed. find in

deed, appea'red..contrary to the advice of
attendants,).Miss Kathleen Fitivilliam, Mr.

her medical
1 V/ 1(;,,,.

he Thetre.Roiyal, *Drury-

me, and Mr. Corri of the

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The first Tut comprised Wallace's trio "Turn oil Old
Time," which,was- effectively sung by Miss Whitnall and
Messrs. King and Coni, although it was evident that, in
addition to Miss Whitnall's indisposition, Mr. King was
labouring under. a severe cold. Madame Anna. Bishop
appeared next,.and gave a Recitative and Cavatina:from.
Ugo, arranged. by Donizetti, with thrilling effect. Her
next piece, in this part, a Recitative and Cavatina ,from
Meyerbeer, was however a more pleasing, indeed a splen-
did effort, wonderful in execution and faultless in taste.
The tones were throughout clear and bell-like; and in.
her subdued notes more sweet than those of any vocalist
we remember to have heard. But= for the compassion. of
the audience this,piece would have been encored.
Mr. D. W. King gave " Forth I wander,'
Beethoven, with great judgment, We have alrea.d.yjnen.-
tioned that he seemed to be suffering from cold,, which
evinced itself strongly in this piece. Hii voice—a tenor—
is evidently a .fine organ, well trained ; and, when in
better health, we expect to find in him a fine singer..
Mr. Corri sang "As I view those scenes " very finely,
and afterwards volunteered an Irish ballad, in the, room
of a duett in which Miss WhitnalLwas to have taken a
part. In this he received an encore.
Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam was encored most heartily
in. " Barge of ,the Bonny Sea." This talented young
lady is rapidly.becoming a favourite

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Bishop, and
Aenncoder
and " On the Banks of Guadalquiver, , by the same lady.
-lelightfully and wonderfully g,
sun and encored
The latter songs of this part we could not

of course
Qtftv to hi

The house was thinly attended. Amongst the visitors,
however, we noticed his worship the. Mayor, JohuiShaw
Leigh, Esq., and other influential parties.

MEETING-,OF IRISHMEN IN BEHALF. OF THEM

MISHING COUNTRYMEN.—Yesterday, evening, a nume-
rous meeting, consisting chiefly of natives of Ireland, was
held in. the Portico, Newington, for the P
subscriptions for the relief of the ' famishing Irish,
_ ns of collections to be made by natives of-Ireland,
urposn of col-
Yates, •Junior, Esq..,
working men, voluntary workers in,the charitable cause.
There were present on the platform—the Rev. Dr. Raf.,
fleton, the Rev. Dr. Moriarty, Dr.. Murphy, M.D., Dr.
Rogerson, M.D., M. Harnett, Esq.,. C. Lynch, Esq.
Richard 6'hiel, Esq., John and
jailed to the
which he attributed,
and ably opened the business of the, meeting.
chair,others . Daniel Powell, Esquire, Was
The principal speaker was the Rev. Dr. Moriarty, who
spoke at great length on the present„ distress of Ireland,
the British
Government,
and her wrongs,
People,. or the Scotch,, but the
,not to the British
Irish aristocracy alone. His address was truly eloquent
and enthusiastic, and was received. with loud plaudits.
Several other speakers, including a Protestant,, were also
happy in their remarks, and all of :them appealed to the
benevolent feelings of ristians to forward the subscrip-
tion without regard to creed or, sect.. Resolutions were
passed in accordance with the objects of the meeting,--
a committee was appointed, and voluntary collectors were
appqinted, to whom books were deliveregg and who were
to hand aver their receipts. to , the secretaries, to be
tmasnlitted to the general committee in. Dublin. The
object was to enlist the sympathies and, services of the
Working classes, to collect and give their, own and others
mites towards the relief of the, famishing Irish, and se-
veral donations, including sovereigns, were collected in
the room, which has been taken forfaur successive Sun-
days for the purpose of promoting the same benevolent
object, The meeting was perfectly ha
out, and concluded with thanks to t

e-ehairman and othE
SUSPICION OF AN ATTEMPT AT HOUSE-BREAKING

4, man named John Craig, was yesterday brought before
Mr. Rushton, charged with this offence. The testimony

of a servant girl belonging to, a public-house in
at four o'clock on Sunday morning, she heard the voices
Baker-
street, near the Zoological Gardens, was to the effect that
of two men outside, trying the door and windows, and
that on giving the alarm, a police-officer came up, and
apprehended the prisoner, who. was then standing against
the house, apparently. drunk. This witness, and another
officer said that the prisoner was, when he got to, the
station, shortly afterwards, quite sober. The prisoner
said he was very drunk, had lost his way, and did not
know how to got home ; 'that he believed he knocked at
the house to get information' but had no intention to rob,
and had never been in custody for any such offence as
that stated. His master Mr. Ellis, of Renshaw-street,
with whom he
..had been employed for 9 years, was called
at his request, and said that the prisoner had, been long
with him (as stated); that he had never known him to be
dishonest—the only fault being that he sometimes lost
time by the effects of drink. The magistrate who, on the
soraewhatnnsatisfactory evidence had seemed inclined to
commit him for trial, said he should give him the advan-
tage of the doubt that arose in Mg mind from the charac-
ter given, and discharged him.
TIMFT OF PALM OIL FROM TIM QUAY. At the
Police-court yesterday, Owen Kelly and Charles Beattie
were charged en suspicion with stealing two casks of palm
oil, part of the landed cargo of the ship. Thomas Hunter,
lying in the Victoria dock, and consigned to Mr. Thomas
Bonn. The property was missed on. Tuesday week. On
himselfthe samon the
Wednesday last two casks of oil were seen lying
Clarence dock quay, and suspicion arose that they were
appeared, interested
in shThinenipnris°
them.ner K
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stiff that it may be cut, like a strong gelly, into any shape person named Shaughnesy, in Dublin, the shipping-note
with a knife. On Wednesday last, 1,100 quarts were being signed by him. The police kept a look. out for
dispensed ;on Thursday and Friday respectively, thesame him, and he-called on Saturday evening at the shipping-
quantity ; on Saturday, 1000 • and on Sunday, 200. Mr. office for the receipt for the packages. A police-officer
David Caig is the superintendent, and is permitted to accosted him, and he stated that he was merely shipping
give daily from 50 to 60 quarts to the necessitous who them ; that he had bought them from Beattie, who is a
may apply, and who appear to be totally destitute. One soap-boiler, in Vauxhall-road, and did not know they
police officer attends, but his services are required only were wrongly come by. The officer, having given him
to preserve the order of precedence in serving the appli- into custody, went to Beattie, and the latter denied all
cants. We partook of some of the soups which we found knowledge of the casks, but subsequently at the station
excellent, but rather insipid. A few donations of sugar admitted that he had given some money to two melt on
would enable fhe manager to make it more tasty, particu- account of palm oil, but that he did not know who, they
larly for children. We understand there are two other were. Mr. Davenport, solicitor, called two witnesses on
similar establishments, one in New Bird-street, and one behalf of Mr. Beattie, and their evidence was to the
in Pickup.street, both also iia full work. Donations by effect, that on Saturday week two casks were brought to
the purchase of tickets, or otherwise, will be thankfully
received by the gentlemen, who condw , t these human hi ;that he refused to have anything to, do with them,
and that the casks were taken away in a float.. ThecstOtisbments. VrisonerA were cmanded till to-day.