The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-10 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

GROWING PROSPERITY OF THE COMMERCE

OF LIVERPOOL.

On the occasion of a recent meeting of that celebrated
body, the Chamber of Commerce of Manchester, their
chairman went a little out of his way to twit the people
of Liverpool with the asserted fact, that the revenue de-
rived from the customs of our port had been for some
years, and was still, stationary. We have now the plea-
sure of informing that gentleman and the public, that
such is not the case. We are assured that the customs
revenue of Liverpool for the past year is likely to yield
upwards of £4,500,000 sterling, a sum greater by very
nearly half a million than the amount contributed last
year. So much for fact, and actual figures against mere
assertion. We may add however, for the satisfaction (?)
of our jealous neighbours of the great manuf:cturing
wen, that from all present appearances we are not at all
likely to stand still at this point, but, on the contrary,
every indication is manifesting itself of a still further
advance in our relative position amongst the other ports
of the empire. It is a little singular, by the bye, what
pains the " liberal " people of Manchester take, from
time to time, to cry down the prosperity of a port, the
rise or fall of whose commerce certainly affords a very
tolerable index to the prosperity or adversity of the trade
of their own town

ANOTHER ATTACK ON MR. DAVID

HODGSON.

• A correspondent of the Journal of Saturday last, as-
serts that the subject of the leading conversation on
'Change, on Friday, was the "political" speech of Mr.
llodgson at the Mayor's dinner on the previous day. The
chairman of the Watch Committee, the writer says,
" spoke Conservatism ;" and he represents the effect of
the speaking in question as having been to excite some-
thing nearly approaching to the disgust of the auditors.
We need use very little hesitation in demonstrating this
assertion to be agross misrepresentation; and it will ,perhaps,
not be very consolatory to the scribe, if indeed he needs
to be told, what are the real facts connected with the
speech in question. Mr. Hodgson, unexpectedly so far
as he himself was concerned, was called upon, by the
unanimously expressed voice of the company, to respond
to the toast of " The town and trade of Liverpool." The
call was received by most parties present as a tribute of
compliment to that gentleman for the firm and manly
stand made by him in defence of the privileges of the
council against the attacks of the borough Magistracy.
His response to the toast was untinctured with a particle
of feeling calculated to!embitter, or to call for reprobation;
and he sat down with the same cordial greeting to reward
him, which had called him to stand up before his fellow•-
guests.

On Saturday, the Rev. Hugh M`Neile received from
"Amiens" £5, to be divided, in such proportions as he
thought proper, between the Irish Society and the Sailor's
Home. The reverend gentleman has divided it :equally,
giving £2 10s. to each of these excellent institutions.
THE LIVERPOOL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COM-
PANY.—WiIIiam Potter, Esq., of Liverpool and Birken-
head, has been elected a trustee of this company, in the
place of William Brown, Esq., who, as we mentioned
some weeks ago, has become one of the directors.
, THE FUNDS, SATURDAY NIGHT.—It is now stated in
the city circles that the tenders made for the fourth par-
cel of Canada debentures being below the Government
price, we shall have no information from the Treasury on
the subject till Tuesday or Wednesday next. No great
importance appears to be attached to the delay, because
the value of the security as a marketable one has already
been sufficiently tested by the terms on which the pre-
vious portions were taken. The English securities have
been rather better to-day, although the amount of busi-
ness transacted was not large. Consols, Reduced, and
Exchequer-bills, all show a trifling improvement. The
final quotations were—Consols for the account, 100 to ;
Three per Cent. Reduced, 100/ to A ; Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents., 102-s'- to 103 ; Long Annuities, 12k ;
Exchequer-bills, 565. to 575. premium ; India bonds, 735.
to 755. premium ; and Bank Stock, 207 A to 2081. The
foreign stocks also improved a shade, particularly the
speculative descriptions, which are generally more or less
influenced by the position of business in the English
market. Spanish Five per Cents. were at the close of
the day quoted 241 to 25 ; the Three per Cents., 368 to
; Peruvian, 261 to 272; Portuguese, 551 to 561; Mexi-
can, 36/ to / ; the Deferred, 161 to / ; Dutch Two-and-
a-Half per Cents., 63/ to I; the Four per Cents., 27 to
; the Five per Cents., 99 to a ; Danish, 89 to 90 ; Co-
lombian, 14/ to I ; Chiliao, 100 to 102; Bt.enos Ayres,
3G to 37 ; Brazilian, 88 to 89 ; and Belgian, 1011 to 1021.

THEATRE-ROYAL, CHURCH-STREET. BENEFIT OF
MR. REYNOLDS, BOX-KEEPER.--We observe that Mr.
J. Reynolds, whose politeness every frequenter of the
boxes at this theatre must have had occasion to acknow-
ledge, and none more so than the members of the local
press, takes his benefit on Wednesday evening, when an
excellent bill of fare is announced.
COMPARISON OF THE TUBULAR WITH THE COMMON
BOlLER.—Messrs. Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, cf Liver-
pool, are now making two steam-vessels for the Russian
Government, the boilers of one of which is to be of the
tubular, and that of the other of the flue description. The
vessels and engines are as nearly as possible the same,
and the result will be to establish a very fair comparison
between the merits of the different kinds of boilers. The
flue boilers are, as might be expected, something larger
than those upon the tubular plan.
ROYAL CORK YACHT CLUB.—It will be in the recol-
lection of our readers, that at the late regatta at Cork, our
townsman, J. C. Ewaet, Esq., in his yacht, the Edith,
during the race of £6O, very gallantly saved the Union
yacht, belonging to Mr. J. Morris, of Cork, from proba-
ble destruction,—an act of humanity not the less merito-
rious from its involving the abandonment of the position
which the Edith held in the contest. The members of the
club marked their enduring sense of Mr. Ewart's conduct
by the presentation of a very beautiful snuff box.

A PROPER ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GOOD BEHAVI-
OUR.—The Thomas Battersby, belonging to this port, on
her late voyage hence to Ichaboe, lost her captain by
sickness, the command of the vessel consequently de-
volved on the mate. On the vessel's return, the owner
inquired of the new captain how the crew behaved on his
taking the command, and afterwards ; and in consequence
of his favourable report of them, the owner desired that
each of the crew be presented with half a sovereign (in ad-
dition to their full pay) as a mark of his approbation of
their good conduct. The brave fellows were much
pleased.

SATURDAY NIGHT CONCERTS.—Notwithstanding the
piercing cold of the weather, the concert at the Nelson-
street Assembly Rooms was very numerously attended,
and went off with great ecliz'e. Miss May Swain, Miss
Fairhurst, Mr. Ryalls, and Mr. Crank, were the vocalists,
and the selections made were most pleasing. Mr. Ityalls
sang splendidly, and was frequently encored. An excel-
lent extract was read on the elevation by the mental cul-
tivation of the working classes. We learn that there will
be a grand tea party in Christmas week. Mrs. Ware
will, next Saturday, give her lecture to her own sex.
Misses Whitnall and Joseph will give their services, and
Mr. Martin will perform on the musical glasses.
COMMITMENT. —Yesterday, at the Police Court, a
female, named Mary Johnson, with an infant in her arms,
was charged with sundry thefts from the house of Miss
Mary Ann Shepherd, who resides in Vernon-street. The
prisoner had formerly been in the complainant's service
but had been discharged some time ago. The servant
who succeeded her latterly became lame, and the priso-
ner was called in to assist in cleaning the house. On Sa-
turday she was employed up stairs, and Miss Shepherd
soon after missed two sovereigns from her drawer, (a
shilling being put in the place of them.) She accused the
prisoner, saying that the money had no doubt gone in the
same way as a gentleman's breast-pin that had before
been missed. The prisoner denied it, but Miss Shepherd
called at the prisoner's lodgings and had her box searched
in presence of the landlady, when the pin, a gold brooch,
a cap, a pair of silk socks, and other articles identified by
the complainant were found—also some money in silver.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

LIVERPOOL PROTESTANT BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.--
At the monthly meeting of this society, held in Christ
Church School, Christian-street, on the sth instant, a
very splendid snuff-box, made by Mr. Hausburg, Church-
street, was given to Mr. Storey, their second steward,
hearing the following inscription :—" Presented to Mr.
John Storey, by the members of the Liverpool Protestant
Benevolent Society, as a small mark of their esteem to-
wards him for the faithful discharge of the duties of stew-
ward, November 5, 1844 ; also, a very elegantly-bound
Bible and Prayer-book, with suitable inscriptions, were,
at the same time, presented to their highly valued and es-
teemed brother and steward, Mr. George Beggs." It gives
us pleasure to hear that this excellent societylis still pro-
gressing, and that their funds in the bank are upwards of
£3OO ; this sum, considering the many heavy calls upon
their funds, is highly creditable to the management. It
will be seen by the advertisement in another column, that
there are a few vacancies in the society, in consequence of
the removal and death of some of its members. We would
recommend those who are desirous of joining the society
to make early application, as we understand the number
of its members is limited. A copy of the rules of the
society may be seen at our office.
ILL-TREATMENT OF A SEAMAN.—On Friday a miser-
able looking woman, named Sarah Connolly, was brought
• before Mr. Rushton on a charge of plundering William
Craig, a young sailor, of his hat and trousers, in a house
of ill fame in Vauxhall-road. It appeared that on the
previous night the complainant met the prisoner, and was
persuaded by her to go to the house, where she said he
would get a good night's lodging for sixpence. When he
went in he found two men who asked him to stand treat
which lie refused. He then went up stairs but found the
place so wretched that he wished to retreat. When he
came down stairs for that purpose the men attacked him,
swearing that if he did not treat them, off should come
his jacket. A tussle ensued, and they threw him on the
floor, the prisoner holding him by the throat, while the
mistress of the house pushed a handkerchief into his
mouth to prevent his making a noise, and the men pulled
off his jacket, waistcoat, and hat. He was then told to
be off, otherwise he would be struck on the head with a
bottle which one of them held in his hand. They ran to
the door, and called " Watch," when a policeman came.
On their returning the was door open and the men gone.
The prisoner, who pretended to be asleep, was apprehended
The clothes were worth 345. The prisoner was committed
for trial.