The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-02 00:00:00

SUNDAY LABOUR TN THE POST-OFFICE

The lay association formed in this town for the purpose
of obtaining the cessation of all labour in the Postoffice
on the Sunday, held a meeting at the Clarendon-rooms,
yesterday. Among the gentlemen present were, T. B.
llorsfall, Esq., Charles Inman, Esq., James Tyrer, Esq.,
J. K. Rounthwaite, Esq., Christopher Bushell, Esq.,
George norsfall, Esq., T. Muncaster, Esq., T. D. Ander-
son, Esq., Wm. Fisher, Esq., (T.C.,) J. Grantham, Esq.,
A. Steains, Esq., &c., &c.
T. B. HORSFALL, Esq., the chairman, stated that at a
meeting of the association, held in that room on Friday
last, a sub-committee had been formed to get up an
address to her Majesty. That document was now before
them.

It was read by C. BUSHELL, Esq., the hon. secretary,
and was as follows :
TO THE QUEENS MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.

The humble and dutiful Address of the Committee of the
" Liverpool Lay Association, for the total cessation of Pos-
tal Operations, throughout the United Kingdom on Sunday."
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR MAJESTY,
We, the undersigned bankers, merchants, traders, and others
of Liverpool, being members of the committee of the Liverpool
Lay Association, for the total cessation of postal operations
throughout the United Kingdom on the Sabbath, (from which
association emanated a petition to the legislature, in favour of
the measure, signed by 14,000 persons,) approach your Majesty
with feelings of devoted loyalty to your Majesty's throne and
person. . .

• The attainment, under the blessing of Divine Providence,
through the instrumentality of your Majesty, of the object for
which our committee was called into existence, renders it not
less an imperative than a pleasing duty thus to offer to your
Majesty our heart-felt thanks for the great boon which the
recent order in council has conferred upon the community.
The various pursuits connected with commerce, in which the
undersigned are for the most part extensively engaged, render
them peculiarly well qualified to form a jadgment as to the
effect of the change which has taken place ; and they venture
to express their firm conviction to your Majesty that no injury
to commerce can possibly arise, while incalculable religious,
social, and domestic advantages, will result from closing the
Post Offices on the Sabbath.

That the blessing of Him " by whom alone kings do reign
and princes decree justice," may continue to rest upon your
Majesty, your Consort, and your children, and that your
Majesty may long be spared to rule over a religious, loyal, and
happy people, is the fervent prayer of your Majesty's devoted
subjects and servants.

After the reading of the address, it was moved and
seconded that his Worship the Mayor, and T. B. Hors-
fall, Esq., be deputed to go to London for the purpose of
presenting the address to her Majesty, through the Lome
secretary. Mr. Horsfall signified his willingness to under-
take the mission, and it was determined that the two
gentlemen should proceed forthwith to the metropolis.
The address will be accompanied by the signatures of every
member of the association, numbering close on three
hundred of the principal merchants in the town, whose
names we give elsewhere. The business, which was
purely of a routine character, was then concluded.

INCREASE OF FOREIGN TONNAGE IN THE
DOCKS OF LIVERPOOL.

The alteration of the navigation laws, by which the
shipping of foreign countries were admitted to become
carriers on the high seas, from their own or neutral ports,
to Great Britain, has now been six months in operation ;
and we have thought it worth while to institute an
enquiry as to the quantity of such shipping, and of
British, now lying in our docks, as compared with the
same period last year. In this matter we have been very
kindly assisted by the compilers of the Liverpool Tele-
graph, published by Messrs. Mead and Corney, Redcross-
street, the correctness of whose information on all
matters connected with the shipping of the port is well
known. We have taken at random the 27th of June in
the two years ; and it is fair to state that, on that date
this year, our docks were very scarce of ships as compared
with their usual state—there having been few arrivals
within the past week,—whilst the sailings have been
rather numerous. The selection of a day, following a
week's favourable wind for inward-bound craft, would
probably show a much greater quantity of foreign ship-
ping, which, as it generally leaves port, whether with or
without cargo, as soon as discharged, is very fluctuating.
The following were the contents of our various docks on
the dates referred to, which are six months preceding,
and six months subsequent to, the repeal of the naviga-
tion laws:—

JUNE 27, 1849. JUNE 27, 1850.
NAMES OF DOCKS. British. Foreign. British. Foreign
Birkenhead .
Bramley-Moore .... 4 1 6 0
Nelson
Stanley 6 12 9 2
Salisbury
Victoria ..
Waterloo .
Prince's
George's .. 32 4 36
14

Canning

14 0

Salthouse 26 1 36 0
Albert .
King's 57 3 41 6
Queen's
Union
Brunswick 21 5 20 17
Graving

Increase in Foreign
Decrease in British

Thel)reponderance of the increase of foreign vessels, it
will be seen, is to be found in the Queen's and Brunswick
Docks. These consist principally of vessels, grain or
timber laden, from the northern ports of Europe and the
Mediterranean. The increase in Prince's Dock is princi-
pally composed of the large American emigrant ships,
whilst that in the George's Dock is made up of Spanish,
Brazilian, and other countries, with various cargoes from
all quarters of the world. What is most felt by the com-
munity at large, as the result of this falling off in the em-
ployment of British shipping and increase of foreign, is
the fact that the European crews spend literally nothing
with the tradesmen of the town.

During the week imports of specie from New York have
again commenced. On Wednesday the steam-ship At-
lantic brought £50,000. arid on Sunday £40,000 was re-
ceived by the royal mail steamer America.

THE LIVERPOOL Docxs.—Mr. George Withers, the
treasurer to the dock estate has just presented to the
dock trustees his comparative statement of the rates and
duties received in the years ending on the 23rd of June,
1849, and 24th of June, 1850. The receipts during the
year 1850, as compared with the previous twelve months,
show a decrease of £12,936 In the number of vessels
there is also a decrease of 276, and in the tonnage of
102,809 tons. In 1849 the duties received on tonnage
were £122,073 25.; on goods, £102,151 175.; lighthouses,
£10,411 Is. 54. ; floating lights, £4.49616.2d. ; graving
docks, £12.956 16s. ; graving blocks, £2334 10s. 6d. ;
and extra (lock ret.t, £l5Ol 17s. Bd. ; making a grand
total of £255.926 Os. 9d, In 1850 there were received on
tonnage £116,541 7s. lid. ; on goods, £95,201 19a. Bd..
lighthouses, £10,066 ss. 6d. ; floating lights, £4332;
graving docks, £24110145. 6d.; extra rent, £1241 Os. 2d.;
making a total of £242,989 14s. 9d. ; and showing, as be-
fore stated, a decrease of £12,936 6s. In 1849 the num-
ber of vessels was 20,733, and the tonnage 3.639,146. In
1850 the number of vessels was 20 457, and the tonnage
3,536,337, showing, as above, that the decrease in the
number of vessels is 276, and the decrease in the tonnage
102,809. Comparing the receipts on tonnage for the year

1848 with those of last year, we find there is an increase
in 1850 of £8552 Ils. 7d.. and on goods an increase of
£5,173 3s. 2d. In the number of vessels there is also an

tons. The number of vessels in 1848 was 20,311, and the
tonnage 3,284,963. The duties paid on tonnage were
£107,589 10s. 4d, and on goods £90,028 Gs. 6d. In 1847
the number of vessels was 20.889, being 432 more than
in 1850; but the tonnage in 1850 was 184,798 tons greater
than in 1847.

CON SEC RATION.—On Wed nesday, thenew parish church
of St. Alban's, in Limekiln-lane, erected by the Church
Building Society, was consecrated by the Lord Bishop of
Chester. There were present on the occasion the Vene-
rable Archdeacon Brooks, the Rev. Rector Campbell, and
about twenty-five of the resident clergy. There was also
a numerous attendance of the laity. A few minutes be-
fore eleven o'clock the Lord Bishop, with his chaplain,
arrived at the church in the Mayor's carriage, and was
received at the doors by the Worshipful Chancellor Raikes
and the churchwardens. Having been conducted to the
Vestry, his lordship robed, and then proceeded to the
front of the communion table, where the sentence of c m-
secration was read by the Chancellor. The Bishop and
clergy then walked down the principal aisles of the church,
reading the 24th Psalm. Having returned to the com-
munion table, the ceremony was completed, the Bishop
offering up the usual prayers. The regular services of the
day were then read by the Rev. F. Power, the incumbent,
after which the Lord Bishop ascended the pulpit, and de-
livered an appropriate discourse from the 13th chapter of
Hebrews and the 16th verse. After some preliminary
observations on the sacred object which had brought them
together, his lordship alluded in feeling and complimen-
tary terms to the venerable Archdeacon Brooks, in con-
noxion with the church in which they were assembled.
Originally, he said, the 15th instant had been fixed upon
for the interesting ceremony to take place, but circum-
stances had taken place to render it impracticable on that
day. It might not, however, be uninteresting to know
why that day had been fixed upon. That day, he under-
stood, was the anniversary day on which, 52 years ago,
the venerable Archdeacon was first ordained to the work
of the ministry, and it was thought by many of his friends
that it might be agreeable to his feelings to witness on that
anniversary such an interesting ceremony ; whilst, on the
other hand, it would have been equally gratifying to his
friends to have such an opportunity of testifying their
respect and esteem for him. This, then, would have been
a suitable day for the ceremony; for it must be known
to them that on all former occasions the venerable Arch-
deacon had been active in the performance of such under-
takings, and had rendered most available assistance by his
influence and advice. On this account the day had been
thought a fit opportunity for conveying such a mark of
respect ; and not only on this account, but on other
grounds. The venerable Archdeacon had officiated among
them as a minister of the gospel for a long time—a period
of time permitted to few ; and from the length of his
services, and the manner in which, during that, time, he
had discharged the duties devolving upon him, he had
rendered himself—and justly rendered himself—respected
and esteemed both by the clergy and the laity of the
town. If he had dwelt upon the subject, it was in order
that he might have an opportunity of adding his testi-
mony to the respect in which the venerable Archdeacon
was held amongst them. After an eloquent discourse,
peculiarly suitable to the occasion, a collection was made
on behalf of the North Church of England Schools,
amounting to £l5, which was afterwards increased to £2O,
by a donation of £5 from the Lord Bishop. A liberal and
Christian benefactor, itrho declines to have his name made
publie, has offered to present the church with the requi-
site communion plate.