The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-22 00:00:00

Jan 2Z, Iti

3Blofrict peluO.

A gang of coiners have been apprehended in lir-
Seven new cotton factories are about to be erefr
Bolton.
aqAuatmico,reantdhasnomuesulaalnndubmirbdesr, oafrestsraaindgteo WhVeficiiie;4!
lakes, rivers, and other localities in this and the *9
counties, in the course of the last few weeks. deop
The Messrs. Johnson, of St. Helens, have le
the whole of their property, in liquidation of. 901
made on them for the defalcation in the Savings
funds, and it is thought that this will be sufficient
the deficiency.
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On Sunday last, a criminal lunatic, named —r
trived to make his escape from the County Luna 414
a 1
lnm at Lancaster, and has not since been ,760
About thirteen or fourteen years ago he moue
wife by cutting off her head.
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The tenants of Sir T. G. Hesketh, Bart.,
wives, sons, and daughters, celebrated the birtbb 001
their respected landlord, on Friday week, by 3 401
supper in the tenants' hall, at the mansion, "
Sir Thomas and Lady Arabeila led off the dance' DOI
QUEER NAMES FOR STREETS.—Among the Ila)Vi
of streets and places ordered by the corporation 0f
to
chester the other day to be paved and severed, °roil
declared public highways, were two places—one
" South Sea," and the other Northwest Passage;abti
A desperate affray took place on Sunday notniiol
tween a gang of poachers and three of the keePerle 011
service of Pudsey Dawson, Esq., of Hornby Gas' eke
Lancaster. The lives of two of the parties were cO5
in danger, but some improvement has since taken roe
On the 10th instant, Mr. Felix Leach, the eldest,"
Felix Leach, Esq., of Brungerley, near Clitheroe,, s 0,0
an outbarn to give some cattle their hay, and hose go,
gun in his side pocket, which, during the time he 1%00
ing the cattle the hay, fell out of his pocket, and one
barrels went off and shot him through the heart.
The Mayor of Manchester gave a grand dinner Pi
Friday Friday evening. Among the company were trined3
Sheriff, J. S. Entwistle, Esq., the Bishop and ';ho
Manchester, the Mayors of Liverpool, Oldham, -,1:4
&c.. several members of Parliament, T. B. Horsfal,r,
J. Bramley-Moore, Esq., G. H. Lawrence. Esq"
FLEETWOOD AN INDEPENDENT PORT.—A rU ,
ner, in celebration of Fleetwood bein,r an in da`pn 010)
port, took place at the North Euston dote', on
.I,"sif
week. The repast, which was of the most suraral eir
profuse character, was served up in the spacious flu )itO
gant ball-room of this first-class establishment, voif
Sharpies' customary skill and liberality. Theg uns
bered about 120. Sir P. Hesketh Fleetwood occur°
chair.
VEGETARIAN DINNER.—On Tuesday last a ,:iIra tire,
eng
Christmas Dinner was held in the Vegetarian rinirlftr
tablishment, St. Ann's-place, Manchester. About
five ladies and gentlemen sat down to dinner, wwetioll
sisted entirely of dishes recommended by the vege bed
The bill of fare approximated to that which ha to
presented in the Vegetarian Messenger, the organ icef
vegetarians. After dinner, addresses in advocacy
tarianism and teetotalism were delivered by the ell
(Mr. James Simpson,) Mr. Joseph Brotherton,
others..

THE SUPPLY OF Corrow.—A special generaleja d
of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce was "`
Thursday to take into consideration whether snir,
,011
be open whereby an enlarged commercial intercours"
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India can be promoted, and especially an increased
of cotton be obtained. Mr. T. Bazley, president A
chamber, occupied the chair, and among the g,e p
present were—the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, 1‘1•10
John Bright, Mr. William Brown, Mr. James Pilk°,,ice
Mr. James Kershaw, M.P., Mr. Lewis Williams, 0)
president of the chamber. The following resolutloooo
others, was unanimously passed :—That this
contemplating the early expiration of the East Inal3oo,
pany's charter, is of opinion that a special commusspot?
inquiry should be sent forthwith to India to exaroi°'„fif
the condition of the country, especially within thertilio
dencies of Bombay and Madras, with a view to rice
what are the obstacles to the growth of cotton, anu.,,eil
extension and permanence of a profitable industrY liooP
cultivation of the soil ; and the chamber is also of 9.P of
that the report of such a commission would furnislibefoll
luable information to the legislature and tle publiTc„diotl
the consideration of the future government of 1"
again brought before Parliament.

SIR ROBERT PEEL'S SHOEMAKER l'i''''
TAILOR ARGUMENT.

(From the Quarterly Review, just published.) .401
Let us suppose the case of two artizans or dealers re g,OO
in the same town—a shoemaker and tailor. The one Ity
clothes, the other shoes : they think it right to encouragigh
domestic industry of their own town—to deal with each
and not with strangers. The shoemaker gives ten
shill' 4l
the tailor for a certain quantity of clothes, which he CO"to0
for seven shillings if he bought them in a neighbouring,stol
But, by way of compensation, the tailor gives him his ettvOt,
and pays ten shillings•for the shoes which he could buy
distar.t shoemaker for seven. Is there not a loss of 'icieolloi
lings to the town in which they live, as.the result of this ow
between these tradesmen ?"—Speech of Sir R. Peel,
1849.
The fallacy [that of keeping out of sight the factt
the people are producers, as well as consumers,] is 100,
ingly exhibited in the illustration borrowed front
Smith, but amplified, and we might almost say pelt;e,
by Sir Itohprt Pep'. Th. Owida, '(N „
attempt to make his own shoes, but buys them Of '
shoemaker. The shoemaker does not attempt to vdii
his own clothes, but buys them of the tailor.'
merely exemplifies the advantage of division of enirtb/ 1
ments. Pursuing the illustration, the tailor all'!dellt
shoemaker are represented by Sir Robert Peel as res'tit
in the same town. Anxious to encourage the dome`
industry of their town, they resolve to deal with e. fot
other, and not with strangers.' Each gives the othe'rr
the quantity of clothes and shoes each respectively tps
quires, ten shillings, while each could have purchasedd,
same articles in a neighbouring town for seven ir
Now,' triumphantly asks the Right Honourable 130'f;
is there any encouragement in this to domestic inciti)
—is there not a loss of six shillings to the town ill "del'
they live, as the result'of the dealing between these trs.,oll;
men ?' We answer unhesitatingly, there is in this
tubeti
dealing an encouragement to domestic industry ; and jirer
is not necessarily any loss to the town in which theYshoe'
while there may be a positive gain. Tailoring andet°
making are in this case pronounced to be much denrpe
the town supposed than in the neighbouring localitt
productions of those trades respectively cannot, "Yfore;
argument, be sold elsewhere. The suspension, there arlGi
of the demand of his fellow-townsmen for clothes .. 0
shoes is fatal to the productive industry of the tail°' acol
the shoemaker, and conversely their resolution " t°oi#
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0,
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cda
Ini
yo tcownistihd
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question—must, beyond all doubt, afford encourn,,eato
to their domestic industry, which would be destrOt4.
without it. Nor is the reply to the second quell s'
difficult. Surely it must be self-evident that, s° of!,
the general interest of the town is concerned, theotil
can in no degree affect that interest. The transac .i
posed surplus price paid by the townsmen to elleh"tiosli
ro,
simply one of barter—the exchange of a coat for a 1?;4
shoes. How can the effect of this exchange be vsrlicles;
any variation of price applied alike to both er'reY,lo'
How could the commodity be either richer or Pe°
o,'
the charge made for each being ten shillings or five 00
lings ? But take the facts as if occurring in °w„,ppll4'
country, to which the illustration is intended to.;nts`,"
Suppose the community of the town A bound to .113,teri''
all tailors and shoemakers who, from want of emPlpY;tol
are unable to maintain themselves. Suppose the ins; ffiej
thirst for cheapness, blinding these tradesmen to thept,
tidal folly of destroying their own market, to have prle eon'
them to purchase at the neighbouring town Bl•motbe'i
ties they had been accustomed to buy from escl'„iicirte'j
They continue this dealing as ling as their indetnrif,i
means last; but each has lost his customer, and, del
of demand for the produce of his labour, those „Po,
daily diminish, and at length fail. Whence imseenitth_eilloist:
to obtain the seven-shillings coat or the seven-t,
shoes ?
HAaAsn ndi dt
hastheno t
ots
tnnot,
e unlesscommunityw h o
loef
otherpA ro—dwu
employment
orp efio
theiys nowiild
iobnbogttah?in?ed, incurred the additional burthen of the 10,5
nance of both ? And where is other employment es'
sought;?—to be hoped for? The argument suelles o'o'6
town to be dear, in reference to its neighbour, ill tA ;
portion of ten to seven, and the sale of clothes nll'll,ooll'
elsewhere is consequently impossible. Extend, thceiviii.o
argument ; let it apply to every section, every in .01,rj,
of the community. Dealing together, external Prlosvi:
immaterial to them—they encourage domestic illbreei
—they flourish. Pursue the phantom cheapness 85eiari
let them buy from others instead of producing thelle
—they languish—they decline—they perish. ti,
closing closing our remarks on this oft-quoted illusttaltfe-ou,
must not omit to notice the strange. and, we 00:1p
us unintelligible explanation with which it is e°ll,eo
Sir Robert Peel treats the shillings as each relle;r
the labour of an hour ; and asserting that it is c'e-0310'.'cls
by the exchange between the tailor and the shoe 0.101(
ten hours have been devoted to produce that forolate)
seven, as it is proved, would have sufficed, he 8,135,.
asks ' could not each party have procured that es"' t
he gave the labour of ten hours by the labour If VII,'
and thus have had three hours at his disposal?,,oicl'i;
can the right honourable baronet mean ? How 71 0113°
maining idle ten hours himself, and giving love" at
labour to a tradesman in B, have left three hours
disposal of the tailor or the shoemaker at A ?

5i01:77,
ADVENTURES OF A £5 NOTE —A short tirnevior•
lady, residing at East Ham, called upon the .740 d
col" t
treatfield, the vicar of that Parish, and in tbe..,003-01
conversation asked the rev. gentleman the 11,1-00fijf
money collected at the church on the General the se
giving Day. The sum was mentioned, which 001
observed was rather less than she had expected Ito
husband had put a£s note into the plate. TJP°I/110 ger(
vicar remarked there must be some mistake, as tb
thing had been returned in the collection, and
upon communicated the circumstance to 01';,„cl. ,of'
thews, by whom the plate was carried rn:;eene'ffei
Matthews, a highly respectable farmer, had - ref
thing of the kind, and waited upon the gentleman note
to as the donor, who explained that he had tliotoll
his hand some little time previously to droPPing 1 a 95.44
plate, and had rolled it up in a very small COinPo P
at once occurred to Mr. Mathews that the 11,Pncitli9
have fallen out of the plate and, upon makinK the
00,1
the sexton where he was in the habit of throwelesoll
the place was pointed out, and, after a rainnteosf,f,,
Mr. Matthews and the vicar, the missing nete.o 0 De
in the long grass of the churchyard. It bad 1274 (fityli,
destroyed by the wet ; but sufficient was reenrfutlion,
pasted on a bit of paper) to satisfy the tian,t.yrsoo44
who have since paid the amount. The tow'
ended so the satisfaction of all partitio.—Bge4