The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1849-06-19 00:00:00

Jane 19,1

STATE OF THE COUNTRY AND FREE TR-
. 0,4 of

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the new wi d es; sspterema d
introducedi wide-spreading, , so universalis
Robert,a e p balefule i!..s:lBS4peer:
that it is difficult to take up a book, or a 11. e%, the
which does not, in some way or other, testifY , ~,ale
lamentable results of the lunacy which then seizea'
for
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fit r
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five
eu Produce •ot
of our most prominent statesmen.
Here are a couple of Parliamentary pave ,rs r' nj of
months of brought in from the printer. The first ii, a et.,,,eist,
Stamps and Taxes, and the Revenue of the post 1; 05,
and IE4: toll
ing over 1848, as the year of Revolutions, let 6'
compare 1849 with 1847. Here are the figuro:— ,
ItereiPte°'
i 54,9•41
com Pan— dine
corr. 'l°ol'
•od of
Pere ease.
r ~..••
------,, 5. 4
'.; ii 11
Customs .. 7,445,997 13 3 7,311,239 1 4 134,7? 0 °
Excise_ .... 3,470,146 0 0 3 336 195 0 0 133,t 4 iiS
Stamps.... 2,863,415 910 2'3825-9 5 2 •Is."". ".,No 0 a
Post Office. 377,000 0 0 '355'000 0 0 2'"—a,„••/ 3 I",
Taxes .... 2,036,315 12 2 1,973,328' 8 4 an'9,.'6o S '
Income Tax 2,819,095 9 7 2769445 1 3 47'.- Il h°
Id "I" 0
I:B4tici:BlBof4B,Customs, race,

Receipts
from Jan. 5 to

June 5, 1847•

Receipts
from Jan. 5 to
June 2, 1819.

Surely this is as fair a comparison as cou.-
made. And what does it prove,—if not that we
c,:nsiott:
downward track ; and one of even rapid de, 'theft°
Why should even the Excise, the Stamps, ee,`,47, if ‘l7
Office, produce less revenue in 1849 than 111 "
were not altogether on a wrong course ?
-• sn'
uel
.
The next document that comes to hand, • lt"?:
Return of Criminal Offenders during the yearregl!''
And here we find precisely the same class noest°
Every one knows that there is an indissoluble ce,ro node
between roverty and wretchedness, and e is tbe
therefore, a rapid and constant increase of elite ' ferti
clearest possible proof of a general increase of
and wrettchedness. or #0
years Nowh
Committedashe
b epernofgoarrsetsfrosi
al
lloofiwnscr:i—m e (luring the last four
1845 .. .. 24,303
1846 .. .. 25,107
1847 .. . • • • 28.833
1848 .. 30,349 „or cOe-f
Showing an addition of *ix thousand ntioo°
tefileiftreltiasoorfibtdthheeantwpothhloiecley,p. in the third year after the ade'fallbut.
this fearful portion
- it
We have alluded, on other occasions, to thecarOf
crease exhibited in English pauperism. Each Y 011'
passes now ad,ls a fresh 100,000 victims to thhe,„,lll._,,e
recipients of parochial relief. This process can bour"
on much lcnger, without bringing our whole 'l3
ritr
population into our relieving offices.
roefWsoeunertnsyeteaeatdirsltl
williacrsd .1 ystsilaly that it 1,140
Such being the course of affairs in eveflythtleel.Btpeti°,
is it any matter of surprise that, even at this 13;i: to O.'
of the session, Mr. Disraeli should think it rig?;11
the House of Commons to pause, and to look ?
ous consideration on the work of their own hends ~either
the members ask themselves whether it will beer of..tc`,
safe or decorous, when July passes Tway, to sciatier en.,,
the moors in quest of grouse, while every one Are
interests of the country is falling into them ""
decay.

. POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
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On Wednesday, a number of persons were finer 9
and costs for having more than the complement of
for which they were registered.
1 t7t/
AN INCORRIGIBLE. —A woman was sent to glderlf'
disor fog
Tuesday, for seven days, for being drunk and
She had previously been committed sixty-sae" ril'
disorderly conduct. a
On Thursday. Captain Hunter, of the Esther all od
from Pernambuco, was fined £ICO3 for having 5`p,,,,-iertll,
' thirteen packages of manufactured snuff, found u`5,,,(10
his bed in the cabin.—Mr. Rushton observed that `;015,
annodt
rtehcinnkmmtheencdaapdtahiinmitnntetntelernd
etrocifdnelferanausdidtelraie ctio7v4the
boA
ard. rata
REFRACTORY PAUPER.—.A young au
M'Nalty, was charged with having, on we'L"bifiot
refused to do any work at the workhouse, and wit4rrt
attempted to stab one of the officers of the estahor ;
who remonstrated with him. He was sent to a°
twenty-one days. h 313
DARING CONSPIRACY.—TWO brothers, °se t tbe(
William Chadwick, were on Monday brow:lit UP 3-re
borough court, Manchester, charged with an outr'otberl
an extraordinary character. It appeared that their bran °I
Mr. Marmaduke Chadwick, of Liverpool, is aO
some property, at Liverpool • and finding nding that r ht"
g,
ners were leading an idle, reckless life, at his exPelnaci'
bought, some time sincera vessel for river and
gation, of which he made one of them captain, Pl-'lll'
255. a week, besides his keep, whilst in Liverpool.
other was also employed upon the boat. The tw' n the"
ners came to Liverpool some time since, and took 'l4 of
residence with their brother. They had not give" boot
of the vessel's earnings to him ; and they left thet lengta
stealing and carrying away the ship's register.
they went so far as to advertise the vessel for sate' pass.
Marmaduke Chadwick, to prevent the sale, too
sion of the boat, and had it laid up in a dry d0e11,..0,0 b°
chester, giving instructions that the boat au,be
repaired. Whilst the boat was still lying there, ',TWO,
prisoners, accompanied by an attorney's clerk, einia'lll3,'
eighteen navvies, made an attack upon the doe"o`f the'
been first refused the boat by Mrs. Morris), one,. he lock
actually cutting away part of the woodwork 0 floodingthe
gates with an axe. Ultimately they succeeded in, 00;
the dry dock, and then conveyed the boat a,"'•gorrLi
prisoner Joseph Chadwick actually struck Alr9ll fe
and knocked her down. Mr. Hardinm,attorneY,.e..2 for
the prisoners ; but the magistrates committed
theP'
trial at the sessions.

nisirtrt fleths.
A child died the other day at Manchester from 61,1100
sions produced by excessive bleeding from the gum'
of the teeth having been injured and extracted. roil
STRANGE CIRCUMSTANCE.—Some time since a ate
official, personage had occasion to visit a rnagi3oie/
Manchester, (a prominent member of the 1,303„riti%
Public School Association) for the purpose of swe:cild.
an information before him, but he was compelled t?..lrof
and seek another justice, as it was found that the .111)1, oa
of the gentleman alluded to did not contain a 13
,
which to swear him !
On Sunday evening week, a fall of snow took P'...llhi
Littleborough, about 14 miles from Manchester, 'cob§
lasted from five o'clock till seven. Next day, so°lefield'
of hay, which had been newly made, were seen in O4
pra
capped with snow. On Tuesday night the teirW.-ng tobti
was exceedingly low; and on Wednesday trorni,,
'
hedges were covered with hoar frost in the neigh'°
it
of Manchester.
nit Sster:4l4l
MANCHESTER.—DESTRUCTIVE pile:
evening, a little before seven o'clock, the extensldi.
manufactory of Messrs. Williams and Gardofll 1'9,011;
vered to be on fire. The flames spread with atac- - ("8
pidity, and though the engines were promptly
spot, in a short time the vast range of building 3
mass of mouldering ruins. The stock of silk
large, and was wholly consumed. More than 6`;l
by this calamity will be thrown out of employ.
possible at present to estimate the loss, but in u'ise',lo:
machinery, and materials, it must be very heaccitll
One fireman was seriously injured by an accident
fire engine.
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AN EDITOR'S MISERIES.—The editor of a .-eha's.
has certainly an unenviable post : one gentlemanre3-A.
continued his subscription this week for no othl,c
than our enlarging the paper 1 We ore accusea_o Fi
ther of " dipping our pen in anarchy," because c 5 t
some school-girls to have a more fitting head-dre-car°
tcwd
eeoenr
oaoi certain
doubt
onaaucdnbodrtuowt
hohaem-
dl2ohwooskeuoi
limndngseheoarrl
vtedeemdhbataerhteksi
been
thatowa neecesukahs
sanatory
adda
ts
oebwrXyyce
si
re toi enr?Toeeertosod
tie t:e.
" flat burglary," if not " sacrilege."' Our sh°,ll ec es
need be tolerably broad, and our feelings as essj-eilt.
dia-rubber, to stand such shocks.—Lancaster Go-
-pts or
SEAMEN'S CASE.—On Wednesday last, the 5.1
one of Sir Edward Walker's coasting vessels, 'coov
monad before Mr. Yardley, the magistrate of WI, fcr
Police-court, by a seaman named Charles Lovettoot
sum of £2 Ba. earned as wages. The coroPl'lwtalen
another sailor had been hired in London to Per pow
voyage to Chester and back, by a man namedl 7.10
formerly master of the ship. This man deserteue,cel:
qtr
sal -in Chester, and left the poor fellows t° le ;or
dress bow they could. On making the case law,ie Pad,
E. Walker, a small gratuity was given to Wl:4,
men from the poor- box, but the debt was not Pvaef
after much time lost, the sailors returned to vr‘o,'
supporting themselves by. the way on alms. 1%11;0 it 03,
expressed his opinion in unmeasured terms, %ter, `ol,t
scandalous the men had not been paid at ellebe it°
added, if the money were not immediately Pi'
send his distress warrant to the ship. üblic co,
TARVIN HALL SCROOL.—The
minetion of the pupils of this well-conductc° of a:'000
was held on Wednesday last, in the presence
and highly-respectable auditory, consisting of itbe nre
gentlemen of the neighbourhood, the parents °opsiae,ed,
many of whom came from a distance, and a c
number of the old pupils of Tarvin Hall. 113eoic;
ings commenced with a selection of sacred. 'll.,,act,fll
afterwards the. pupils underwent a rigorous vva ,ory
urination in mathematics, divinity, classics, t7;sclp.
and the other branches of learning taught thegoty
The examiners, the Rev. S. Parkinson, A-4 Jo:,
T. S. Bowstead, 141. A., vicar of Tarvin, Ite,v; „
creiff, M.A., rector of Tattenhall, and the s'epase''oce"
seph, chaplain of Chester Castle, expressed t°oo, el.1001)/1
terms of high commendation on the proficie the 0 °J.
by the pupils, which was, indeed, creditable to
...cioe
principal, the masters, and the pupils. The srojer;s3 ire
penmanship, drawing, &c. were of a very higAs
gave great satisfaction. At' the close! the P!1:0-0, P.At
spected by Dr. Ll. Jones and George 1-la,rrit'ory. 40;
parade, and the result was most satistac
ollatiq; 11°;(1
o'clock, a large pasty sat down to a cold c- wort—let'
ded in that liberal style so peculiar to the colpProew;
and hostess. The dinner arrangements beta;chootr oar,
the company again assembled in the largenf secubloct'et,
where there was an excellent performance -.dot iteaetd
sic under the direction of the talented re3iiviceit:l 051 f
Signor Sapio, in which the pupils took a e°l,:a cartirou,p,
The programme presented a combination ot rapt
4,, e
pleasing character, and several pieces wererpord 1',6
encored. Before separating, M. Hick" portd
of thanks to Signor Sapia, which was,sfulivottribe
principal, and received with very grea- st
times three hearty cheers were then 00_11 and 1),50
pany, and the boys joining, for the princip; day' °`
and dancing wound ue, the proceedings ?it,
1 with interest and ma:nixed pleasure tf°