The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-01-15 00:00:00

CLERICAL IN7 ELLIGENCE.

Mr Napier, the member for Dublin University, has
requested information from the Irish Bishops, on such
topics as are likely to be brought under discussion by Mr.
Bright's meditated attack upon the Irish Church.
The Rev. Richard Owens, Welsh curate of St. Paul's,
Liverpool, has been appointed to the incumbency of
Yspytty Ivan, near Bala ;• patron, William Hope, Esq.,
Wavertree, near Liverpool. _ _

Henry Rogers, Esq., of Wolverhampton, has offered
the munificent sum of £2,000 towards the endowment of
a church on Wednesfield Heath • and John Moore Paget,
Esq., the late patron, has very liberally given an eligible
piece of land for the site of the church, parsonage-house,
and schools. Henry Rogers, Esq., is also building, near
this site, a row of almshouses.

SUSPENSION OF CURATES.—The Bishop of Exeter has
prohibited the Rev. J. Tagert from rendering any assist-
ance to his incumbent, the Rev. T. C. Childs, so long as
the latter gentleman prevents his other curate, the Rev.
W. Hutchison, from participating in the services of the
church. It appears that Mr. Childs has suspended Mr.
Hutchison upon his own authority, on the ground of doc-
trinal differences between them.

THE REV. JAMES SHORE.—The committee appointed
to conduct the case of the Rev. James Shore, on the pro-
secution of the Bishop of Exeter, have just brought their
labours to a close. The total amount placed at their dis-
posal by the public was £614 2s. 7d. ; of this amount
£525 15s. 10d., including £3lO 16s. 4d. paid to the Bishop
of Exeter, the cost of the proceedings in the Court of
Arches' has been expended, and the balance, £BB 6s. 9d.,
handed over to Mr. Shore.

The Rev. Henry Battiscombe, M.A., late Fellow of
King's Collego, Cambridge, having separated, in the year
1837, from the Church of England, on account of objec-
tions connected with the Sacrament of Baptism, and the
occasional services of the Church, has now expressed to
the Lord Bishop of London his entire concurrence with
the doctrine and practice of the Church respecting that
Sacrament; and the removal of the objections he enter-
tained.

CASE OF " GORHAM V. EXETER."—The Western
Times reports that the Judicial Committee of the Privy
Council will give judgment on the appeal of Mr. Gorham
against Bishop Phillpots on Tuesday (this day). Lord
Langdale, Lord Campbell, Judge Parke, and Dr. Lush-
ington are for Mr. Gorham ; and Sir Knight Bruce and
the Rt. Hon, Pemberton Leigh are for the bishop. The
three spiritual lords unite for Mr. iorham. The Obser-
ver says, " The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
will assemble next Tuesday to confer upon their decision
in the case of " Gorham against the Bishop of Exeter,
and will not deliver their judgment until they shall have
conferred amongst themselves on the interesting subject."

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

The Times intimates that the Lord Chief Justice of the
Queen's Bench is reluctant to quit the high post he has
so long and honourably filled, though her Majesty's mi-
nisters and others think his declining energies make his
retirement desirable.

A curious case of seduction was tried at the Jury Court
at Edinburgh last week : the action was brought against
the executors of a Mr. Wilson, who had died without ful-
filling, as he appeared to have intended, his promise of
marriage. The jury gave £2O damages.
OPENING OF TERM.—Friday being the first day of Hi-
lary term, the courts were opened with the usual forms.
In the Court of Queen's Bench, Mr. Justice Patteson said
he was very sorry they had not the pleasure of seeing
Lord Den►nan at the opening of term ; but that arose
from the alarming illness of Lady Denman, so that Lord
Denman could not leave her with any comfort; but they
hoped soon to have the pleasure of seeing him there.
THE MORNING PO3T AND THE PORTUGUESE MINIS-
TER.—Sir Frederick Thesiger applied on Friday for a cri-
minal information against the proprietors of the Morning
Post, for a libel, in September last, on the Count de Tho-
mar, prime minister of Portugal, charging him with
amassing a large fortune by the most corrupt and unwor-
thy practices. The count totally denied all the charges,
and the rule was granted.

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BANKRUPTCY COURT.—IN-RE OLNEY : ABSCONDING
OF A BANKRUPT.—This bankrupt, who was a passenger
broker and emigrant agent, in the Goree-piazzas, ab-
sconded under peculiar circumstances the day before the
fiat was issued against him. A reward of £2O has been
offered for his discovery. The bankrupt's managing
clerk, whose name is John Herdman, underwent a long
examination by Mr. Evans. He was interrogated as to
any knowledge he had of the bankrupt's whereabouts, and
the circumstances attending his sndden disappearance.
This part of the examination elicited some rather curious
facts, one of which was, that in the early part of last
week, several creditors called upon the bankrupt, who re-
quested them to wait upon him at his office on Friday,
for a settlement of their respective accounts, and that on
their calling almost simultaneously on that day, they dis-
covered that the bankrupt was out of the way. The wit-
ness, in answer to questions from Mr. Evans, denied being
a confidential clerk to the bankrupt ; he also denied having
any knowledge whatever of where he now was. At the
close of the examination, Mr. Evans expressed his belief
that the witness knew a great deal more about the bank-
rupt than he told the court.

THREATENED COMMITTAL OF THE LIVERPOOL POST-
MASTER FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT.—In another part
we give an account of the absconding of a bankrupt,
named Olney. From the belief that letters addressed to
the bankrupt, containing remittances, were in the hands
of the Liverpool postmaster, an order was issued by Mr.
Commissioner Stevenson, calling upon him to deliver
them up. This order not being complied with, Mr. C.
B. Banning was on Friday summoned before Mr. Com-
missioner Perry. In answer to questions put, he expressed
a doubt whether, from the instructions under which he is
compelled to act, le need acknowledge the possession of
the letters, or give them up. The court said that such
instructions would not protect him in disobeying an order
of the court, for a subsequent act of parliament to the
one under which his instructions were framed made them
of no effect. Mr. Banning said he was simply obeying the
order of his superior. The court informed him that if he
refused to deliver up the letters he would bear the risk,
not the postmaster-general. Mr. Banning, however, still
refused. After some words, pro and con, it was agreed
that Mr. Cazenove, the official assignee, should make a
formal application to Mr. Banning for the production of
any letters addressed to the bankrupt ' • and the court was
adjourned for an hour. On returning, Mr. Bannirg stated
that there were five letters at the postoffice, two directed
Olney and Co., and the other three, Olney, Cotterill, and
Co. Mr. Banning was then formally asked to deliver or
redirect them to the official assignee. This, he said, he
did not feel himself at liberty to do. Mr. Evans then
applied to the court to commit Mr. Banning to Lancaster
Castle for contempt. Before an order to this effect was
given, a question arose as to the liability of the postmaster
to give up those letters upon which the name of Cotterill
appeared ; and, after some discussion, in which it appeared
the court would be satisfied if the other two were given
up, (though Mr. Evans pressed for the whole,) Mr. Ban-
ning gave way as far as they were concerned, and by so
doing put an end to the matter.

OUR IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.-HAS FREE
TRADE PROMOTED BRITISH WEALTH ?

To deal fairly, a comparison ought to be made, not
with the last year, or the year previous, both of which
experienced special causes of depression ; but with some
year rather more distant, and still not belonging to the
days of the former system.

Taking 1846 to be such a year, we will show, what
cannot be denied, that the only important advance which
has been made since that year, has been an advance in
the purchase of commodities, by England, from the con-
tinent ; and not to any extent worth speaking of, in the
sales of British products to other countries.
Comparing eleven months of 1846 with the same eleven
months of 1849. the increase of our imports will be found
to have been very large : _

Jan.—Nov

Jan.—Nov

IMPORTS

1849.
Animals, living
Bacon, cwts 1,691 .. 375,227
Pork, salted, cwt 5........... 46,912 .. 334,189
Eggs
Silk or satin broad stuffs, lbs 115,292 .. 325,826
Silk ribbons, lbs.
Wheat, qrs. 1,316.546 .. 3,656,910
Barley, qrs...
Oats, qrs.
Beans, qrs.
Maize, qrs
Gloves, pairs
Now here, indeed, there is an enormous increase, quite
apparent and undeniable. But it is merely an increase
of purchases on our part ; which, except it is balanced by
an equal increase of sales, or exports, must end in de-
priving our people of employment, and in rendering us
permanently tributary to foreign nations. Let us see.
then, whether there be any like augmentation of our
exports. These appear to have been :
Jan.—Nov
1846.
£23,797,043
3,351,298
768,888

Jan.—Nov.
1849.
£24,705,123
3,768,549

Cotton
Linens

732,479

Earthenware
Glass
Hardware and cutlery .... 2,004,127 .. 1,980,645
Machinery
Woollens . . ...... 6,711,009 .. 7,691,918
It is evident, at a glance, that there is no such rapid
growth of our export trade as we "lave seen of our imports.
We are rapidly increasing our purchases, but not so ra-
pidly increasing our sales. Any man accustomed to com-
mercial transactions, or even to the prudent management
of a household, will know whither all this tends.
One more remark, and we have done. It is assumed,
very often, that we are now consuming and enjoying more
of the good things of life than formerly; and this is taken
to be a tacit proof of prosperity.
But may there not be some mistake here ? We observe
that the quantity of TEA imported in Jan.--Nov. 1846
was 47,992,429 lb. ; and the quantity in Jan.—Nov. 1849
was 45,829,552 lb. So also the WINE imported in Jan.—
Nov. 1846 was 6,893,351 gallons ; butin Jan.—Nov. 1849
only 6,753,565 gallons. These facts do not confirm the
supposition that we are increasing our consumption of
luxuries.

Yet, by the same accounts, we find that in Jan.—Nov.
1846 we imported 2,194,773 pair of GLOVES ; and in Jan.
—Nov. 1849 we imported 3,396,505 pairs. Here the in-
crease is very great. But it is impossible to ascribe that
increase to the natural growth of consumption. If the
same number of pounds of tea, and of gallons of wine,
supplied us in 1849, which supplied us in 1846, it is in-
credible that we could have required and used 1,200,000
more pairs of gloves.

We are reduced, then, to the conviction that this addi-
tional 1,200,000 pairs of gloves must have supplanted a
similar quantity of English gloves. We have not needed

Jan. 15, ItssV.

more gloves on the whole, but we have bought far
of foreign ones, and tar fewer of English ones.
• What follows, almost inevitably ?—Why, just what
have seen happen. A subscription has been comma
by some benevolent persons, the Queen herself had'
the list with £5OO, to transport our poor glovemakets
the Antipodes, their continuance here being a /i
death, horrible to themselves, and disgraceful to
nation !

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