The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-08-24 00:00:00

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TRU LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

the Birkenhead Docks, we are also asked to purchase
the Herculaneum property or the Birkenhead Dock
Warehouses. The former we might make valuable
to us as increasing the accommodation required for
the timber trade at the south end of the estate. The
latter, with the labourers' cottages attached, would
be almost a valueless property, presuming the docks
s I to be converted to the uses of lumber docks,

builders' yards, &c, It is idle, on every grOund,
for the Birkenhead people to encourage the conceit

hat the

Trust of

can pur

their property
that price, we submit

not to be determined by

OUR readers will remember the effort, originall3
commenced by the Rev. J. Conor, for
of a Church in the district of St. Simon

the erection
Few lo-

calities in the town

) imperatively called• for

t MAT'M'

FINANCIAL

There has been a slight decrease o

or money
the funds

pects of our own harvest; and that t
termined to act with caution, and restrict their d
to a minimum point. It is clear, under these

stances, that the existing tightness of t

be relaiei

for some time to come

las slightly improved, and an advanc
;ome stocks has been realized ; but ti

actual -busine

Consols improved the last few days about one-half pe:
cent., influenced by steady purchases both for money aric
time ; and quotations on Friday afternoon left off at ilia
advance, when compared with the earlier prices of thi
week. The first great cause of the improvement in till
value of English securities was the cessation
_of disaster:

zranied for extended cash accommodation on_ th

ut 87/ to
Reduced,

is on Gil

, -
Son, and Co., (whose stoppas
\ Awn rrrrs er.• nrt d by P

took place on t
AP_ Ward_ and

to advance prices w

of the crop ; but the dispositi
ultimately checked by the indisposition of Si

tion. The stock is estimated at
785,180 bales same period last year

lie sales (

==MMINIM

AND COMMERCIAL- SUMMARY. I

become confirmed that the Bank of- England fully per-
ceives the difficulty and danger in which it will be placed
by the continuance of large" imports of foreign grain,
which must come, notwithstanding the promising pros-

Le-
scounts

Exchange. Consols for Monday closed on Friday 874,
and for the October Accimint at 87k. Bank Stock remains
195 k to 19747; Long Annuities, 9 1-16; Exchequer Bills,
3 dis. to 1 pm.; and Indian onds. ss. to ls. dis.
No business of interest passeifin the Stock Markets on
.ay. Consols for Money and the 26th -'
day at 87i to' for October they are abot
Pank Stock is 195 to 97; Three per Cent-

New York, have been accepted b
Brothers, and Co., for the honor of the latter firr
proceeding, which is regarded as highly comm
will, of course, reduce the quantity of protested paper
sent back to the United States.
New wheat is pouring into all the markets on'the con-
tinent, and the state of potatoes is represented
I cellent

_ In France, crops are finer than in the memory of
man, and prices on the decline. From all parts of Russia
the accounts are equally favourable.
The advices received from Nova Scotia and Canada re-
specting the crops are exceedingly satisfactory, and it is
said that " they promise in most cases a more than usual
return."

Our Cotton Market was rendered more firm by the
isatisfactory accounts received per last mail of the state

extend their operations in the present state of the money
market. The sales for the week were 24,130 bales, of
which 2,000 were on speculation, and 2,500 for exporta-

In the Manufacturing Districts a slightly improved feel-
ing prevails, caused by the abatement of the pressure for
money, and the favourable reports of the harvest. There
are no signs however of a resumption of active business.
On the contrary several parties are meditating a stoppage
of their establishments.

Our Corn Market on Tuesday last was dull ; and
wheat was only saleable at a decline of 9d. to ls. per bbl.
Flour, which was in request, was 2s. 6d. per barrel
lower. On Friday, holders were less anxious to sell;
and the prices of the previous market day were fully
supported, and only kept from rising by the heavy aiTi-

vals. The same remarks apply to the various markets
throughout the country, the feeling of the trade during
the latter part of the week having been operated upon by
the fall of the barometer, and a change in the weather.
Failures amongst dealers and speculators, both lure and
on the Continent, continue to be announced, which is
little to be wondered at %hen the serious reduction of
prices during the last few weeks is considered, wheat hav-
ing declined from 1135., the top price, to 625., and Indian
Corn from 725. to 28s.,—a greater fluctuation than we
ever remember during so short a space of time. The
amount of the defalcations in this country are set down
now at £1,500,000, a great portion of which will have to
be borne by the foreign importers.
On Sunday, we had the arrival of the Sarah Sands,
which left New York on the 4th instant, or three days
later than the Boston packet. The advices per Hibernia
to the 20th July, which arrived on the 2nd instant, had
depressed the market for bread stuffs, Genessee flour being
quoted $5 50c. and Michigan S 5, 25c., being a decline of
half a dollar. On the 3rd, sales of Ohio and Michigan
were made at $5 25c., Oswego S 5 50c., and prime Ge-
nessee 5 601 c., with few transactions. Cotton was
firmer. Freights were steady ; and Exchange had im-
proved, ranging from 1061 to 1061.
The Indian mail, which arrived on Sunday, brings com-
mercial news to the 2nd July, of which the following are
a few extracts. The Bengal, Harkarte says,-
- " The state of commercial matters is anything but
cheering. With the exception of rice, which is in great
demand, all heavy articles of export are entirely out of
demand, partly in consequence of the unfavourable news
brought by the mail of the 7th of May, and partly from
the exorbitant rate of freights, which are quoted at 101.
per ton. The money-market is still excessively tight.
Exchange is quoted at 2s. ad. to 2s. 4d. for ten months'
bills.

" The abundance of rain during the past month has not
been favourable to the indigo crop, which cannot now be
expected to rise above the average, unless, indeed, fine
weather in this month should improve its chances."
The following statement of the market for manufactured
goods we take from the Calcutta Overland Prices Cur-
rent, July 2 :
British Cotton Piece Goods.—We have again to report
a quiet market for nearly all descriptions of goods under

exect

of Colou.

)f the of

These windows will not cost I

we believe, than £l2O each

manner in which they hay

radesmen for the
heir w(

' the wort

Hay's exertions are beyond praise n. the di ten
and economy with which he has c ❑ducted t
The contractors' names are dd, stones aso
William Tomkinson, bricklayer, fr. George Will
is,intr; Mr. W. Goodall, plasterer and slater ; Messr

Cocithain and Woolley, phimbers, &c. ; and
and J. Fowler, ironfounders. All have done
Mr. Wilkinson's joiner-work, which wa.
obvious to us, is of the most

tinted in a workmanlike r

communion, by the sat
and extremely well ex

Yesterday, an adjourned special ir

was held

at the office of

the Union, in Clayton-a

the chair

The first

to consider the pro-
311th Victoria,

visions of an Act of Parliament (10th
chap. 110), to which the Poor-law Commissioners called
the attention of the board, and the provisions of which
amended the Act of 9th and 10th Victoria, chap. 66, for
the removal of paupers. That act prevented the removal
a of pauper from a parish in which he had resided for five
years, and the former act withdrew the expenses of

paupers so situated from any particular township, and
threw them upon the general fund of the Union. A
long discussion took place on the subject, in the course
of which several guardians expressed themselvc
strongly in disapprobation of the act. It was desi
as tyrannical, to burthen one township in a Union for
the expenses of another ; and Toxteth Park, where there
are a considerable number of cases, in comparison with
some other townships in the Union, was cited as an
instance. The Chairman and some of the Guardians,
however, observed that it was the law, and they were
bound to obey it. Acopy of the act was then ordered to

be sent to each relie
The tender of Me

Vhitworth and B

the supply of coffins to the Union, w

FURTHER FEVER ACCOMMODATION

The CLERK read a communication to the Board, from
Mr. Austin, calling their attention to the question of
providing additional accommodation for fever cases. He
also read a communication from Mr. Gilmour, one of the
Union surgeons, stating the urgent necessity there was
for the erection of a fever hospital. Also a letter from
Mr. Hart, in answer to ar application of the Board, in which
it was stated that the Select Vestry of Liverpool could not

receive fever patients from the West Derby Union.—
Mr. LLOYD thought the subject had not been properly
mooted to the Select Vestry.—The CHAIRMAN did not
agree with Mr. Lloyd. On the (
the West Derby Union w

Ttrary, he

poor, without continually asking favours of
public body. He spoke strongly, and at great length, in
favour of erecting a new fever hospital. After what had
been stated by the Commissioners, if anything took place

y other

in consequence of increased accommodation not being
provided, blame would be deservedlyattached to them. He
concluded byrequesting them to sanction the erection of the
hospital.—Mr. APPLEBY said that the fever was decreasing,

hey erect(

£3OOO, when it was completed there would be no patients
to occupy it. Anything was called fever now.—TheCHAtn-
MAN deprecated such observations as had been applied to
their medical officers by Mr. Appleby. They were men
of education, and gentlemen, placed in a highly responsi-
ble situation. Thir salaries were poor, and he was sure
they studied the public benefit more than their own
interests. An exceedingly long discussion went on which
ended in a deputation from the Guardians from Toxteth