The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-11-24 00:00:00

le expectations thus I their productiveness. We are rather surpriseu to m ; the latest intelligenva, .
terchants are exposed however, from authority upon which we can rely, that th.l hot

to resist

-
miLmiun. La lea% wumn are now Sell- nve lodgements of this company are capable of yielding 1 wards Cashmere.
Is at prices below their current value upwards of four million gallons daily; and that recent ex- , Passes, and it is appr
ai,e2iimnefottLx:nt,lizmseWm ppri
tmade by the
men s P !In, nasnetisr .. . .. ..I .... .. ......... - I L. ai s. ' them till Nlnv rips... i

auG - "al V tacias Ay
••.,. c.
this yield might
e are assured, moreover, by men of experience, and
opulationa be greatly increased at a trifling cost.
t large are unbenefited by any practical result ac-
,‘,_
ruing from a treaty which has left behind it a tax upon British
idustry, which at the same time confers a bonus upon foreign intimately acquainted with the geological strata of Liver-
mnpetition. pool, that this could be done without at all drawing inju-
There is no difficulty in ascertaining the cause of so discs- riously upon the springs.
vas an issue. The pressure of an imp,ost, unprecedented in Av. „„, _

res.istanc

The Nazim of Moulton, a It
district from Runjeet Singh, is als.
Lahore Government, and refuses V,
into.his forts. At the end of last a
~,,,,,,uition to speak with so much cer- have 60,000 men ready to oppose '
!
..oth respect to the yield of the Bootle springs ;' coolly told the Lahore rulers
__.,oaring classes in but suppose them to be half that of the Harrington Com- preferred the English rule to then.
.... needful *articles of domestic pony, (a very moderate estimate, certainly,) this will give It is therefore supposed that Sir
b ~inant success,
igutn pitos lic Go
results
are marred and counteracted Of our vernment has achieved six millions of gallons daily as the :quantity which
the
companies together could supply, If to that is added the
establishment, which will be at ere long have to move troops up the In.
wulpore, and perhaps even to take possess.
by the incongruous arrangements of the H6me Exchequer.
yield of the Green lane y.•
The chief export of China is brought in abundance to our -
.I which is the great entrepot for trade with
and all the surrounding districts.
shores, only to accumulate in our warehouses. A tax, as ano- least another million, we thus find an immediate available I . .
malous in its principle, as it is mischievous in its results, stops Supply of upwards of 7,000,000 gallons per diem. Sup- Scinde is tranquil and health-
at Kurrachee. The withdraw
at once the tide of commercial prosperity, and the pervading posing our population to be 300,000, this would give rather ,
currents of social civilization.
more than 23 gallons per diem to every inhabitant—a was spoken of. Her Majest
Under such circumstances, it is almost as easy to predict the greaterquantity of to have volunteers taken f
for Bombay and afterwards tor Ong,
ports A bloody revolution has taken 'iti.lin.,
future as to review the past. A losing trade can never be a.
to the inhabitants of any other town in Great Britain,
mayyd
rnoopt v
hisufficest
s . toit
mustsati
the capital of the most pew.
permanent one. The discouraging results of this year's im-
ports will curtail the shipments of the next.
scarcity, and proportionately high prices isnt ofm i
n thed,
how.more
of one
aTrhdiesn th
fessed intention of the financial measures of Government for ever, that there are fanatics on more subjects than one.fybethbeortnheir
' Nepaul has long been notorious r
some time past has been to cheapen the necessaries of life. In What we want is a cheap, abundant, and, if possible, an , bitants. The paramour of the
this country Tea occupies a more prominent placeamong those
water, wehave shown,
immediate supply. Now, cheap , assassinated by a faction : he ..._
necessaries than in any other. Under the operation of any
t 1 habits. To avenge his death shepro,,.
cannot be had from Bala Lake. Abundance there is no
uniform and reasonable system of taxation, it would, therefore,
' ' of the Prime
object for the ameliorative and never will be, at Rivington Pike. And the most en- tMinister, and of hundreds of
have been recognised as a primary
interposition of Government. On the contrary, however, the thusiastic advocate of , toilpersons. either scheme must acknowledge , She is the second wife of the
legislature of the country in which it is most extensively con- that, before it could be made available, several years ' and she is jealous of his eldest son by a former marre.,_
sinned, is the last to recognise its importance in the civil and (four or five, at least,) must elapse; and, during that , Her husband has fled, and there is a prospect of more
social economy of the state. The Government has afforded
time, who shall predict that ourtown will not be
visited I carnage in that wretched country.
every facility for its supply to other countries, where it is little
more than an occasional The Nizatn's domin!:.
luxury, and has impeded its consump- by one or many of those calamitous conflagrations which
tion among ourselves, where its use is indispensable. have obtained for it such unenviable notoriety throughout I extricable confusion, arisli.„
The necessities of thei Exchequer—the only plea advanced in the world, and which an immediate abundant supply of 1
ments.
palliation of an impost so obviously. indefensible—is one which water might have averted ? The Government of India has re-opt
will not bear examination. There is no reason to apprehend
Cent. Loan. The notice was publish,'
There is no mere importantconsideration for the C
orn-
that the reduction of the duty to Is. per pound should leave a
deficit of any importance. The immediate result of such a mittee than this fact that, whereas the adoption of either 14th of October, and within two' change would unquestionably be the liberation of a larger the Rivington Pike or the Bala scheme would involve public securities fell ten per quantity from from bond tlmn had ever been taken out during the several years of continued endurance of our present defi. seized the holders of the company's paper.
same period before. If any temporary pressure upon our ciency of supply, and its deplorab!e consequences upon There was touch anxiety about the new Governor of
finances existed, it would tarry to
promptly relieved. There is the security of the property and health of our population, Bombay, who was expected without much Bela• Sir
and
).
no room to doubt that in the farther course of time the gradual
increase of consumption would enlarge the rcwenue upon a sure l David P I! •
the supply from the facilities possessed by the existing o ode, the new Chief Justice, had r but
and satisfactory basis. This is not a gratuitous conjecture, but companies, could be brought at once into operation—even would not take the oaths until the departure arrived, his pre-
a reasonable deduction from the result of similar changes in as early as the first of January, when the Sanatory Com • decesscr, Sir H. Roper, on the 2d of November.
the duties on coffee and sugar; and, above all, it is confirmed mittee enters upon the discharge of its important duties. The health of the superintenden' of Id•
by the only two existing precedents of a reduction in the tax. The proper step, therefore, to be adopted by the Sana- was much impaired, and he must follow' the n ian navy
upon Tea itself. In 1744, the duty was reduced from 4-13 Its. f
the example of
/id. per cent. and 4s. per lb. to :t 38 ISs. 71d. per cent. and is. "Sir George Arthur, andsoon
terry Committee, we submit, would be forthwith to place
per Ib. The consumption immediately advanced nearly 50 per themselves in communication
with the companies foralndia.
cent. In 1784, the duty was reduced from .t.-55 15s. 10d. per purchase of their works. In any case, that step must The restless and dissolute mob of Canton have been
cent. and is. Id. 4-sths per lb. to 121 per cent. The consump- ultimately be taken ; for Parliament will surely make it even more than usually busy in keeping alive a malignant
tion was at once more than doubled. In 1785 it was trebled, a sine qua non in the granting of any new acts, that lull feeling towards foreigners, and tears have been enter
and in 1794 it was quadrupled. Since that period the duty has justice has been done to the owners of existing rights. twined that they might lead to another outbreak ; enter_
gradually advanced. Under the monopoly of the East India
The W
Water Company ought to be met, at once in hitherto the demonstration has been confined to most
Company it was 100 per cent. • and under a system of indivi-
dual enterprise and competition,i it is nearly 200 per cent. flagrant threats against the Fankwai, in
a liberal spirit, and called upon to sell their works,, the shape of
Every reduction in the price of the article has, ,however, been according to the terms of their Act lof Parliament. i plackards plentifully posted in the neighbourhood of the
followed by an increase in its consumption. It is idle for any individual to talk about the exorbitant factories—a species of warfare to which the Chinese are
The present consumpilb.tio per head n of Tea in thisannum for the country amountentires to
an average of about price demanded. The price which they may demand is addicted, and with which, fortunately, they generally rest
t per
population. This is about one-fourth of Or allowance usually of little consequence. They are compelled to take the satisfied. Lately, they seem seriously to have designed
doing, but could not succeed in
value of their works, the amount to be ascertained by more serious enlisting the
&lorded to domestic servants in families of the middle classes •
it is less than one-half of the quantity consumed in the Channel competent arbitrators. This we repeat they are fully en-
People of the suburbs in the cause.
Islands, where all intoxicating beverages are far cheaper than titled to ; and the Council can have no objections to sub- THE BOMBAY MARKET.
in this country; and it is scarcely one-sixth of the proportion mit such question of price to the ordeal of arbitration. (From the Overland Price Current.)
used in Australia, by a population whose physical requirements There ought to be no second opinion on the subject. BOMBAY OCT. 15, 1846.—The business in in
will appear to most persons less favourable to its use. What-
Inmaking the f • k 1 b - ' • • in 4'
oregoing remar swe lave ecn actuated t ince our last has been limited amount, the preparations
ever test may be applied to our present consumption, it will
evidently appear to be restricted by the artificial limits of by but one motive; viz. the desire of seeing the town nut e....i... n.....,11._ I_l,i_

r when ordered to

exandek, 0,

niandictures frbm the la

tainty N.

Chinese population, while it deprives the 1

that he would not, foi he

Napier will

Affghanistaii

Sir C. Napier remains
a► of some native regimen
17th regime

was about

nd then to embark
._.

rfill h

tmandoo,
in States.

Queen of that country was

Mabarajai

(resent the usual pier
from 1

au nuancial arrange

the Five per

-
Bombay on the
1r hours all the

sort of panic has

price, and not by any objection to the qualities and propertn
of the article. A careful examination of these will justify ti:
conclusion that it is adapted more than any other beverage fc
incorporation with every description of diet, and for use

rar tne uevranee nonnays,
s in possession of a greatly increased supply of good water and will not terminate till
e at the least possible cost and with the least possible de- deal interfered with commercial operations.
r lay, Should the Committee act upon our suggestions has been generally steady, and but little variation in pm,
it with promptitude they will, we are sure, earn for them-
appears to have taken place. Favourable --
selves the gratitude of the whole community ;by g act
otherwise they must calculate on a different result. Hav-
in tinue to be received from the major part of the agricut
ing adopted the proposed course the Committee could tural districts.
= afford to take breathing time. They would glean expe- The supply of tonna!,
• rience themselves in matters connected with water works; while shippers have inert
and they would not be precluded hereafter from adopting Britain have materiel-
. any nther mnrp -:_L.

have just commenced,
the 24th instant, hating a good

The market

every meal ; that it is suited to every variety, of physical col
stitution, and adequate to sustain every description of meat
or corporeal exercise.

accounts con-

The present to two-thirds of the cost of th
most serviceable descriptions of Tea, it is evident that th
dealers require, in order to cover their investments in its pur
chase, three times the profit which would repay them, were tl
article free of duty. The public have thus to pay a tax upon
tax; the magnitm •
indefensible and o

FREIGHTS

tying been somewhat scanty,
.d in number, freights to Great
-,rl

rate is

Were the dut

lb., the consumer Would obtain at least 3 bs. of Tea for th
same money that he now pays for 21bs. ' • and there is no doub
whatever that the larger quantity. would be used. As the con
sumption of every pound of Tea involves that of slbs. of sugar
the extra duty on the latter,. added to that on the increases
-•,tity of Tea at '" —;.ld a revenue of abou

To China

,were is little doing, and the rate is now 4 rs. to
5 per candy for cotton.

LIVERPOOL LYING-IN HOSPITAL.

MONEY MARKET

Subjoined are the no

I The fifth ann

ment pa

is., would at once Veit,
four millions, according to the most moderate computation;
while the future enlargement of this source a public income
might confidently be expected. '
The Association conceive it unnecessary to enlarge upon

of this excellent charity was held on Wednesday last, in I the re-opening of the Five per Cent. L
the Board-room, Pembroke-place ; John Howard, Esq., put a stop to transactions for the present
occupying the chair. The report (an ably drawn up Five per Cent. Loan of 1825 26..
document), which was read by Mr. James
1832-33..

a of 1841, has

those moral
under the

Ito ditto

secretary, entered at large into the adv

Four ditto dit

institution, and the Increasing favour with which it is I Five (JAW ditto 1841.4 z
being regardtd by the public, as evidenced by the in- Four ditto ditto 1842-43
creased number of applicants for its bounty, which, bow- EXCTIANGE.
ever, the committee are compelled in many cases to reject, The rate on Eng',and has somewhat advanced since our
from the want of means at their disposal. Such being last, and may be quoted to-day at Is. 114-d. to Is. llid
the case, they have carefully selected the most deserving for bills at six months, and Is. HD. for drafts
and urgent cases for relief, visiting the applicants in their sight. On Calcutta the rat
houses occasionally to ascertain the circumstance. This
practice has brought before the eyes of the committee

„ 88 to 90

) days is 994 rs.

PORTUGAL.

FOUR DAYS LATER FROM LISBON. many sad cases of destitution. Women about to become i
/
mothers have been found in wretched habitations, unprz-
The Polyphemus, steam-sloop of war, Commander
pared with any necessaries for the coming event—in some
hospital, sufficiently endowed, could have afforded, the '
committee regret that they have not been able to afford to
M•Cleverty, arrived at Portsmouth, on Saturday evening,
caves but half clad themselves, and often almost destitute.
in four days, from Lisbon, with despatches for government.
Towards such objects the advantages which a lying-in The city was quiet. No action had taken place, up to the
16th, between the Royal forces, under Saldanah', and the
insurrectionists. In fact, an impression prevailed that
the extent of their wishes; yet with the limited means at
the belligerents would take the advice of Colonel Wyltle,
hand, they have effected much good, whilst the sight of
and settle their disputes without an appeal to arms.
the distress which has come under their eyes has ilorripted The story about the America frigate a disaster at Oporto
f the ' '
o lust'. is altogether discountenanced by this arrival. Though
them to an effort to improve the usefulness
tution. 1 eight da' and more, had elapse,' nothing had b- ' heard

•
at Lisbon as to such a disaster; it was pretty well known,
Amongst their other efforts, they advert to the recent
tat
establishment of a register for monthly and wet nurses, indeed,
which is kept in the hospital, and is likely to be of great 74—could a ship of the America's tonnage—scut-down
not get over the bar of Oporto.
public convenience. Such nurses, on paying a small lee, Sir William Parker's squadron was at anchor in the
and being examined strictly by the medical officers, are i Trafalgar, Superb, Albion, Rodney, Canopus, Rattler,
Cyclops, and Phoenix. The Nautilus bad got under weigh, Tagus on the 16th. The force consisted of the Hibernia,
recommended, if found worthy characters, to parties re-
coifing their services. The school for nurses and mid- ;
wives is prosperous, and gives satisfaction. , Just as the Polyphemus left, for Oporto, but anchored at
The removal of the institution from Horatio-street },as' Belem, on account of adverse wind.
caused a debt to the treasurer of £lB6 to be incurred, but
it is hoped that increased exertions on the part of the
RATHER IMPRUDENT.--The Mercury complains of
friends of the institution would enable the committee to what he considers the numerous portraits of the Rev.
pay off the debt in a brief time. At some future period Hugh M'Neile. All eminent men ere liable to the im-
they also announce their intention to bring forward a pro- portunities of artists and friends, anxious to possess their
posal for the erection of a more suitable building for the portraits. One of the editors of the Mercury—perhaps
purposes of the charity. To enable them to carry out the writer of the paragraph—has himself been honoured a
their views, they have been promised the co-operation of ,
the Rev. Canon 111'Neile, the Rev. W. Cordeaux, the the public, allowed various of his portraits to be exhibited
few time.s in this way; and with great consideration for
Rey. W. Falloon, the Rev. F. Barker, and the Rev. J. in his own shop window, when extraordinary potatoes,
Kelly, who have undertaken to preach sermons in behalf
of the institution, the first of which is to be delivered on curious turnips, and other kindred productions of nature
the 16th December, by the Rev. Canon M have been scarce.`Neile, at St. CAmehinie LAMPS.—Messrs. Kurtz and Keightly are
Silairs Church ; and when they consider that the charity disposing of the whole of their slobk of lamps, and as
the improvements they have made in them, render this
opens its arms to all, they trust to receive the support of
all denominations. To the Ladies' Committee the insti-
light equal to gas, they are admirably snit.,i ._ -
ration is greatly indebted h,. that.. ..1”.1,1. ....;.... :..

••••••••••.,. w. LLICIU van/Rule cervices, ID
having, in addition to those services, contributed towards
a bazaar, the funds of which have been devoted towards
giving mile( to poor patients when going out of hospital.
Mr. Trootbeck, of Han over- st reet, has also kindly allowed
his workmen to clean the walls free of charge; the late
Mr. Calloway presen ed them with the amount of his
printing and gilding account ; Mr. Bennett, of Sir Tho-
mas's-buildings, has given them en excellent new iron
bedstead, and Mrs. Josiah Booker, a basket of elegant
fancy worked articles for the bazaar. The report speaks
most highly of the matron. Mrs. Fairbairn.

ban residences
THE INrAlqr SAPPHO.—This interesting child has
been engaged to sing at the Adelphi Theatre this evening
and F►iday, in conjunction with the Tyler Family, and on
Thursday evening they will give a concert at Birkenhead.
We have fiequently spoken of the extraordinary powers
possessed by this child, who is truly "nature's own child
of music."

dUT
evl.eVniTn:
entertainment,
wad
A Friday leading provincial press, will be repeated on Wednesday
which has been so highly spoken of by the
Airs. Phillip is net only a
talented vocalist, hut she possesses a power of elocution
evenings
nE::: EMERALD ISLE.--This excellent
and vivacity of description that renders her entertainment
both pleasing and intellectual.

During the past iear there had been relieved, as in-
terior patients, 56 English, 5 Scotch, 44 Irish, and 5
Welsh married femalea, their ages varying from 17 to 39