The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-06-04 00:00:00

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Same day, at Wavertree, of consumption, Mr. THOMAS
EDWARDS.

22d ultimo, in London, in his 69th year, Mr. G

HARVEY. for 46 years
of the Globe and Traveller newspapers.
On the 23rd ultimo, at York, aged 78, Mr. MATTHEW
GAWTHORP, formerly for several years one of the proprie•
tors of the York Herald and York Courant newspapers.
Same day, aged 60, Mr. SAMUEL BEDSON, ship-chandler.
On the 24th ultimo, at the house of her brother, Dr. W. 0.
Porter, of Portland-square, Bristol, aged 74, Miss JANE
PORTER, the talented authoress of 'Thaddeus of Warsaw,
The Scottish Chiefs, Pastor's Fireside, &c. She maintained
the vigour of her intellect and her habitual cheerfulness of
disposition till her death, which was caused by a second attack
of pulmonary apoplexy.
Same day, at Grendoi.
in a fit of apoplexy, Sir G.
On the 25th ultimo, at Roby,
Mr. MATIIEW MURR, of this town.
Same day, aged 46, Mr. THOMAS GREGSON, printer, fos
upwards of twelve years employed is the Mercury office.
Same day, at Ferry-Port-on-Craig, aged 25, MAY NICOL.
The deceased was of the extraordinary height of six feet six
inches.

?rinting department

-hall, near Atberstone, Warwickshire,
WYND, Bart.
ed 51, SARAH, wife of

Same day, at Ulvet
eldest daughter of the 1

ELIZABETH

On the 26th ultimo, at Torq...
HODGSON, master-mariner, I
Same day, in India-street, E
Esq., late of St. Petersbur
A,..•
Same day, GEORGE UGUSTUS, the third and dearly
beloved sun of GEORGE STUART HAWTHORNE, M.D., of
this town.

ire, Mr. CHARLES

.s town

WM. HANDYSIDE,

Same day' aged 74, Mr. W. DALLY, for upwards of forty
years a faithful servant to Messrs. Ciopper, Benson, and Co.
On the 27th ultimo, aged 42, JOSEPHINE, wife of Monsieur
JEAN B. CROS.
Same day, GEORGL,
of West Kirby, Cheshire
Same day, in Dryden street, aged 45,
painter.
On the 28th ultimo, al
RICHARD, eldest son o
near Preston

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of Mr. LLOYD BOLLAND,

Mr. WM. PEERS,

"ter a few days' illness, aged 35, WAY.
C CALROW, Esq., of Watton-lodge,

Same day; in her 72. rd
CHRISTOPHER HAYES, shi,
Same day, aged 72, Mr. THOMAS MORRIS;
late of Falkland-'street.

r, MARY, relict

if Bute-street,

Same day, aged 22, Mr. THOMAS BILLINGS
Wm. Billings, stonemason, Nelson-place, Edge-hi

Dn of Mr.

On the 26ili ultimo, in L'ondon,- ni his ;Ist Year; WILLIAM
BIRLEY, Esq., of Ribby-hall, one of her Majesty's Justices
of the Peace for this county.
On th 30th ultimo, in Erskine-street, JULIA, wife of Mr.
JOHN O'DONNELL.
On the 31st ultimo, at \Vavertree, aged 22, HANNAH
ELIZABETH, eldest daughter of Mr. JONATHAN SHAW,
cotton-broker.
Same day, at Wavertree, aged 22 years, HANNAH ELIZA
BETH, the eldest daughter of Mr. JONATHAN SHAW
cotton broker, of this town. -
Same day,' at No. 51, Westbourne-terrace,
Es,
gardens,qa7N7'.N, relict of the late NICHOLAS SAI
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June-h. m. h. m. ( ft. in.
Tuesday.... 4 553 . 611 ilO 11
\ Wednesday. 5 847 7221 11 8
Thursday .; 6 7:33 821 112 5
Friday .... 7 817 910 13 11
Saturday .. 8 959 950 15 7
Sunday •••• 9 10 43 10 38 17 1 12d Sund. after Trinity
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TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, 1850.

ON Thursday next a meeting will be held in
Liverpool, which, if directed aright, ought to exer-
cise an important influence upon the destinies of
this country. A great commercial community, fo:
whose exclusive benefit a selfish policy has been
enacted, are about to meet, and express their con-
viction that such policy has been most unwise,
and that the interests of every class are hound by
ties which no legislation can sever. We are not
disposed to prompt such a meeting, composed as
we know it will be, of the elite of our fellow-coun-
trymen. Our more humble duty will be to direct
its attention to a few facts, hearing upon the ques-
tion which will have to be discussed, the correct-
ness of which we defy the statisticians of the
Board of Trade to impugn successfully.
We were told by the advocates of free trade that
the effect of that policy would he to increase our ex-
ports to those countries from which we drew our
supplies of grain. This was to be an inevitable
result; otherwise no advantage could accrue to us
as a country. Let us see how far this expectation
has been realized. The following table, which can
be verified on the authority of Mr. Richard Burn,
the compiler of the Commercial Glance, will show
the comparative exports of the two years 1848 and
1849 to grain-growing and other countries :

PRINTED AND PLAIN CALICOES EXPORTED FROM
ENGLAND IN 1848 AND 1849, TO BRITISH POSSES-
SIONS, NOT BEING GRAIN-GROWING COUNTRIES :-
1848. 1849.
Yards. Yards.
24.117,306 36,244,015
13,460,110 20,164,918
6,600,746 5,555,876
149,001,180 250,867,819
61,541,972 71,007,126
16,289,638 17,383,144
2,504,133 4,452,838
4,486,703 9,805,876

British West Indies
Coast of Africa
Cape of Good Hope
India..
China....
Malta.
Mauritius
New Holland

278,001,788 415,481,612
The increase here is 137,479,824 yards, or 50 per
cent. upon the exports of 1848.
We come next to neutral countries, not being
exporters of grain ; and the following is the result
of the two years :

EXPORTED TO NEUTRAL MARKETS.

Brazil
Laplata .
Chili and Peru..
Columbia
F. W. Indies
Mexico..

Yards. Yards.
64,394,004 97,591,860
21,844,705 41,491,658
52,193,879 45,051,210
15,462,672 27,008,961
16,090,584 29,560,058
15,933,186 15,300,198

185,919,090 256,003,945
The total increase of exports, therefore, to coun-
tries not exporting grain is 207,561,670 yards ;
and now let us see what is the increase to the
countries, in favour of which we have opened the
markets of Great Britain, and sacrificed our own
industrious classes. We give the statement in a
tabular form :

EXPORTED TO CORN GROWING COUNTRIES IN

B. N. America
Belgium
Denmark
Egypt....
France. . .
Gibraltar. .
Hansa To wns
Holland
Naples, &c
Prussia
Portugal..
Russia..
Sweden. &c.
Spain
Sardinia
Trieste
Turkey
U. States
Hanover

1848. 1849.
16,917,048 20,494,008
1,580,123 3,469,583
1,438,620 2,634,857
15,186,326 15,807,194
1,900,114 3,25404
29,263,199 16.841,577
37,587,673 39,823,355
23,485,728 25,096.171
12,427,949 18,187,095

Y`t,JSJ
53,387,777 35,278,257
1,185,933 2,023,217
1,382,647 1,824,499
54 619 1,308,998
27,102,236 32,161,177
12,905,670 19,174,921
101,320,1 t 5 109.588,636
56,569.633 67,931,419
49,000 250,065

383,794,440 415,193,428
The increase to corn growing countries is here
the paltry amount of 21,398,938 yards, whilst the
increase to other countries is 207,561,679 yards, or
tenfold !
We may draw some further information as to the
value of our business as a free-trading country, from
the following table of the--
COTTON MANUFACTURES EXPORTED TO GRAIN-

EXPORTING COUNTRIES.
1848. 1849.
•£ £
Printed Calicoes 2,715,054 3,416,370
Plain 2,810,708 3,213.885
Twist and Thread 4,821,456 5,964,413
Other Cotton Manu-
factures,..

864,352

11,211,570

1,340,034

13,934,702
11,211,570

2,723,132 increase.
The above £2,723,132 increase of exports will look
well in Board of Trade Returns ; but we must see
what the country ham paid for it. We give below a
table showing the quantity of grain imported into
England in 1848 and 1849, the average price of the
two years, and the value which it may be assumed
to have possessed :

GRAIN IMPORTED INTO ENGLAND.
1848. 1849.
Avge. .4' Avge.
Price. Amnt. Qnty. Price. Amnt

Wheat, qrs. 2477356 50/6 6255233
Barley „ 976292 31/6 1537659
Oats „ 930260 20/6 953516
Rye „ 59791 89000
Peas „ 187448 39/1 366304
Beans ~ 480701 36/9 883288
Ind.Crn „ 11782C3 33/ 1941039
Flour, cwt. 1733972 16/10 1459342

3872558 44/1 8535763
13E8692 27/9 1926820
1281509 17/3 1131999
241307 23/10 311688
236830 31/4 371033
453153 30/6 694108
2186196 30/ 3279159
3320200 14/2' 2351808

Oatmeal 6775 200001
Ind. Meal 96717 8/9 42313

40150 45000
102166 8/6 43420

6023926 qrs. t 1355C694
1837364 cwt. J

9662155 qrs. 1 18690798
3462516 cwt. 113550694

51401e4

To increase our exports of cotton goods, there-
fore, to the extent of £2,723,132, in the year 1849
as compared with 1848, we imported foreign grain—
that is, we paid the farmer and labourer in other
lands—no less a sun than £5,140,104 additional !
These few facts--and they are facts—ought to be
enough for free traders of a moderate appetite to
swallow. We shall, however, give our friends in
the cotton manufacturing districts a few more,
which tend to spew that, as regards " progress,"
they have gone a•head much less under the free-
trade system than previously. In the years 1844,
'5, and '6, the exports of the leading cotton staples
were as follow :

CALICOES, PLAIN AND PnINTED, EXPORTED FROM

ENGLAND IN THE YEARS 1844-5.6.
Total Plain and
Yards. Printed Yds.
.. 569,677,792
.. 313,111,455-882,789,247
.. 613,138,645
.. 310,850,697-923,989,342
.. 612,839,181
.. 267,084,797-879,923,978

1844—Plain Calicoes.
„ Printed „
1845—Plain If •
„ Printed „
4846—Plain „
„ Printcd „

2,686,72,567
For the three years succeeding the introduction of
free trade we find the following result :

CALICOES, PRINTED AND PLAIN, EXPORTED FROM

ENGLAND IN THE YEARS 1847-8-9.
Total Plain and
Yards. Printed Yds.
.. 488,044,682
287,384,903--775,429,585
.. 556,199,538
.. 301,515,780-857,715,313
.. 697,542,808
• . 389,136,181-1,086,678,989

1847—Plain Calicoes
„ Printed „
1848—Plain ,;
, Printed „
1849—Plain ~
Printed „

Total 1847, 8. and 9.. ,
Deduct 1844, 5, and 6,

. 2,719,823,892
. 2,686,702,567

Increase—. 33,121, 325
which is little above 11 per cent. What, however,
was the rate at which we were progressing in
previous years ? We give the materials for a so-
lution of the question :
CALICOES, PRINTED AND PLAIN, EXPORTED IN 1841,