The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-04-29 00:00:00

'a are in of

• • •-•••• IAI U II rvrii I puv. .."..vuri.s trainee'
__, that the Abbe Dubois
lie funds available for introducing 1.010 such men into informs us that having in a sermon described our Lord as
the new-formed parishes, it might safely be left to the the reputed son of a carpentcr,.and his apostles as fisher-
laity, in their respective districts, to furnish the small men, his congregation begged that if lie had again occa-
stipends required for these useful agents. From the sion to allude to their birth he would describe them as of
same source would flow freewill offering sufficient to the noblemilitary caste. See AbbeDubois'"Letterson the
maintain with food, shelter, and clothing godly women StateofChristianityin India,"in which theconversion of the
who might be disposed to undertake to visit the dwell- llindoos is considered as impracticable :: London, 1823.
He confesses that in a degree he acted upon their views •,
for, knowing that the Hindoos regarded any use of
intoxicating liquors as sinful, he was cautious in speaking
If the elements of the F

'co respec

the poor, to sooth the hours of sickness, to take
lected children by the hand and conduct them to
001, and to supply what is wanting in our district

Eucharist to call the wine by a
periphrasis more palatable to their taste. Speech of
Dr. Macbride, Oxford, Feb: 17; at a• meeting of the
Church Missionary Society.
THRALDOM AND DELIVERANCE OF Rbarc.—The cry
of centuries has reached the ear of mercy, and the hour
of redress and revival is at hand. The fragmented arti-
culations and disjected members of Italian nationality
have shown an unmistakeable tendency to coalesce and
combine into a living body, and resume once more an
attitude of vigorous vitality. it liyino. It..ilv,her.,t a inf.

by which these important objects may be accomplished ;-
the intention of this paper is mainly to lay before your
Majesty the wants of the population. At the same time,
we may properly .refer to the two reports recently issued
from the two Royal Commissions, one of which was ap-
pointed to enquire into the state of the property of the
Church, the other int,. the means of increasing its effic;-

These reports su

too com-

April 29, 1551,

rr raairi'
all Europe [Popish Europe] would universally celebrate the day when the company had the entire traffic. •-ofstest3
jubilee of her downfall, and would, like vultures abo‘e the dead
tiger, clap their wings in triumph over the dead body of this
ferocious and bloodthirsty nation [viz., England.] With ene- communication, or
oprostsoeessoi
joonyo(fasos
iitmispoterrtamnetdailnin;;rfotrpool
mies from without, and enemies
.from within, if we are true to 3 eulercs4
language of the Chamber of Commerce). w
our determined opposition, we shall soon compel the Russells undoubtedly does require that such should be Ato the
of the senate-house to seek other work than burning the with prudence moderation, and a careful regsrifactorl
tinntetriei
est interests
pdrwie'itsnliress ohfertehetpoubrleicfe.r
blessed Virgin ; and—proh pudor—making laws in the face of
Europe and the world, like the Russian brute, to enter the
cloister of timid nuns. But if Irishmen submit to this
a raw. the
indignity, the iron of slavery should pierce their souls for
ever—if they submit their shoulders to this ignominous yoke, odpiriemcstiotries'nrhepaodrtnootf Abepernil
claalslte,dinforwhbiycltibethpenybiiio:Boeno
and permit an official insult on their sisters and daughters, score of freights. That, from the beginning, "
c increOini
they deserve the death of the coward slave; and on the first pany had ever avoided the dangerous policy 0' ' ri B°-
time when the filthy English offal shall execute his dirty the amount of dividends at the expense
ncip
_,
of shiP' lof
work of visiting the rooms of our consecrated virgins, we shall • '
deem it a crime against Cod and liberty not to rise up as one
man from our valleys and mountains, and strike our brutal importers, they have ever proceeded on then!Lra, cfP,
reducing the rates of freight to the lowest sta ui_i_berol
-•,,,ies to the earth, oi:,die in the honourable struggle against sistently with the possession of the required nuneocl
vessels, and their maintenance in that state of era"
which would secure the confidence of the public. file!.
." In these views the directors still adhere, fuuf thee
vinced, that it is for the permanent advantagelicoY the
shareholders to maintain by such a line of r risk 3,
security of the property, rather than incur tc!:„tsio"
ultimate disappointment by the endeavour to 1705.',,ecl .0
larger, but temporary return on the capital eng"
Itto maaypabses sa,:etis,l3A ttliee
t 10;
the undertaking.
announcer ..,
" The directors have the satisfaction to ,bloc.
in addition to the friendly relations previously es?o,ltll°
by the two great lines of railway entering Dublin irclujea
South and West of Ireland, they have recently ono the
the terms of the still more important alliance '°! steno
Rehaielswtearyacnndmilponlnyiheesa. d
Thisand LaornradnongemanendtNvvorbtilich
to)1,1 bve
soon in operation will not only, it is anticiP3 ether 3;
attended with beneficial results to all the parties dad,
selves, but also to the public—ensuring, as it is ir.'iity arl'
by a combined harmony of action, the utmost fecl'tioa 13
accommodation of which this line of communica
susceptible.
" The entire of the sea traffic between HolYhe9clssell
Dublin., and other Irish ports, is assigned to there f the
of the company, with the attendant advantages (1
andandbooking-through system, both as regards passeege,reo r the
goods traffic, to and from all parts of the lii!es ono coy
controta of the London and North Western Itailoloteo
pany. There can be little doubt that the sal 8001
will be also further extended to the great lines of roes°
entering Dublin, so that in a short time this jail'tagt
e
alliance will enable the directors to assist, with.adTa nrt (3
,
to the company, the developement to 'the fulJestellt:lo."
that portion of the traffic which may prefer the ri°'eti:
route, while, at the same time, it will prevent a-c°:bot3
tion which otherwise would necessarily be the caus'ratiff:
of much anxiety and loss to the company. It i 3 g. 09;
ing for the directors to be able to add, in conclu,io"!,,4 of
. di!: t
no accident of any kind happened to any of tbe - d that
the company's fleet during the late half year, i'n Of
they are now in a state of the greatest cfficiencrt
prepared for the entire wants of the port."
A statement of the accounts was then read. ',JOG
13
The report gave satisfaction to the proprietors, ~,00'
meeting separated after a vote of thanks to the do'

this infamous tsranity

CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM-PACKET COMPANY.

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this com-
pany was held on Friday, at their office in Dublin, and
was very numerously attended. On the motion of the
Lord Mayor, the chair was taken by Sir John Kingston
James, Bart.

The Chairman said, that upon taking the chair on other
' occasions like the present, he had seldom felt it necessary
to address his brother proprietors:: but after the patient
endurance which they had exhibited, and their long-con-
tinued deprivation of a dividend, he felt that he might be
excused in offering his congratulations to them on the
happy termination of hostilities. (Hear, hear.) In the
progress of the opposition to which he Fittd alluded, it was
a source of great consolation and satisfaction to him and
his brother directors, that they were so manifestly sus-
tained by the kind and harmonious co-operation of the
proprietors, which had led to the ultimate termination of
the dispute. The report would convey to them the cir-
cumstances of the past half-year, andialso the.erent of the.
arrangement of the recent unhappy dispute, and he hoped
they woriltd concur r" him in tl that 0—

iley were
both satisfactory—(hear, hear)—and before concluding he
might as well suggest that no topic would be introduced
into the discussion that day which would be likely to mar
or disturb the•unarimom feeling that had subsisted be-
tween them and their proprietary. (Hear, hear.) The
secretary would read the report and statement of accounts,
which he hoped, would meet with their sanction. and
apyrobation.
Mr. P. Howell, secretary to the company, then read the
following report

" In compliance with, the resolution passed at the last
half-yearly meeting of the proprietors, the directors lost
no time in communicating to the several parties engaged
in the late opposition a renewed offer of referring all
questions in dispute to the consideration and decision of
competent and disinterested arbitrators. This offer was
promptly accepted by the Cork Steam-ship Company as
fer as their individual case was concerned, and also by the
directors of the British and Trish Steam-packet Company ;
hut. having been declined by Messrs. Malcolrnson, and
the Waterford Steam Company, it was impracticable to
have recourse to this mode, thus again proposed, with
the view of leading to a speedy termination of the unfor-
tunate state of warfare which had bee,'i then in existence
for twelve months. Under these circumstances, the
directors felt convinced that nouther course was open to
adopt for the protection of the property and rights of the
shareholders. but a continuance of the same steady, un-
compromising resistance, which they believed to be justly
called for at the commencement of the opposition, and
which had received the unanimous and cordial approval
of two half-yearly meetings, on both of which occasions a
larger number of proprietors was present than at any for-
mer time, and which course was still further commended
to the board of directors by the express injunction of
the proprietors offering arbitration.
" With the prospect of the winter season, accompanied
not only with increased severity of duty and additional
risk, but also with the diminution of revenue usual at
that, time of the year, the directors felt that they had
weighty responsibilities to encounter. ;.restine. however_

with confidence on the justness of their cause, and en-
courazed and fortified as they were by the cordial support
of the proprietors and of the public, they did not shrink
from those responsibilities.
" The course adopted by the directors for the carrying
mpany's trade on the failure of all the pre-
)f disinterested parties to end the opposition
_ _

vious efl

ti improved

MORE MANUFACTURING PROSPER--
frrY.

m36°l° The accounts from the manufacturing districts c ' ~,s,
f thinb to exhibit a doleful picture of the present state 0- 5:
•
folio°.
The Manchester Courier cot' Saturday reports 89 - „nsr
nst '" no'
"This-week's market has been the dullest and al- but fej
tisfactory of the year. Prices continue to drool),
stot,
concession appears to be sufficient to induce anY f uslY 0.
business, and manufacturmrs and spinners begin serlabeen 06
contemplate the working of short time. There has ep:4old
alleviation of the general dulness throughout the Ile o`fe
prices have so regularly declined day by day, that tAay liab,
which manufacturers have hesitated to accept ona I,iist .1,:,:5.
been by no means attainable on the day following, w 'y prl 0
greatest irregularity has prevailed, and exceedingly
have been accepted by those• whose position has retla,!:.stie7
absolutely necessary.that they should make sales. "
DI ;i or
lore t.
circumstances nunt.,;.-................,... . _ _ .• . _ -3:CArill ' ...0'

quotations would he exceedingly aln'T gemtio.
by no means indicative of the state the market, lA', goo
rally lower by id. to -ad., or, in some cases more; and
1&d. to 3d. ner ,

Under these circumstances, the decline in g°ll,;
being much more rapid than in the ram material, °t--0
contemporary considers must drive the manufactortr°o
port time. With respect to the cause of the P
sent suffering, he says

' (d
lion. ens

a•-olail,• i aic 1/1(40 vu ualc Anc Vi iuurcu, auer payment
of all expenses for repairs of vessels, and the mainte-
nance of thelleet and establishment, was £1,E197 2s. Id.,
which amount was very nearly equal to provide the divi-
dend to the proprietors of the Steam Ship Building Com-
pany at. the reduced rate of 5 per cent. per annum ; the
actual deficiency halinz been only £55 Mi. lid., while
the loss on the previous half-year's trade was .Z 5.38 I4s 9d.

snare, but it must not be-sunpos
The home trade up to the present lime has been very cologe
still continues so. We have explained on previous " 015
that this is attiibutable to the unfavourable position.,4 it to
agricultural interest, combined with other causes, ala.
ed that this is the solde11470:
not necessary now to repeat A
.feeling of caution volg,st
abroad in consequence of 'some recent failures among"ouse,`",
facturers of limited means, and also of a Greek iLdito.
the firm of Pottisara and Dracus, a meeting
took place a few weeks since,'' rs
of whose cr.

. . . ................... . ......•
"'The directors having thus communicated the mea-
sures adopted in reference to the opposition within the
half-year, and' results of those measures, have now the
satisfaction to report the total cessation of that opposi-
tion.

The same statement is echoed by the Manchester
aminer, an out-and-out free-trade paper :

" Business remains in the•same dull and drooping e-i p
. rice
we reported on Tuesday. This want of confidence in the /of
of tile raw material keeps buyers out of the snorkel, eseePc,esr
the supp:y of immediate and-pressing wants. In some ces"

"Early in the present month Mr. Malcolmson intima-
ted his desire to have a conference with one of the direc-

conterenee took place. All reference to the cause of the
contest or the conduct of parties in its prosecution was
abstained from, the sole object being to suggest' the most
speedy mode of restoring peace, and in a way, if possible,
which might be• acceptable to all those thus involved in
opposition.

a lair amount of orders have been given out, tnin, -pt
rally speaking, it is founcl--diffleult to effect sales, e“'
reduction upon Tneitlay'a-rates. For India scarcel tie
thinl is doing, and the German shipping houses bUY
Cautiously."
vfe
And from Bradford, Leeds, Nottingham, and.other 11"
markets we have similar gloomy account,-
It would not be a mat ter to be wondered at if, even V
a good foreign demandi-17hich—unquestionably do4lon-
now exist, we were still to have these complaintg. 6
—WS

An arrangement which had been proposed in Sep..
tember last on the occasion of the intervention of the
Chamber of Commerce was again suggested. very de-