The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-04-07 00:00:00

THE REVENUE.

An Abstract of the Net Produce of the Revenue of Great
Britain, in the Years and Quarters ended the sth of
April, 1845 and 1846, showing the Increase or De-
crease thereof.

YEARS ENDED APRIL 5.
1845. 1846. Incr. Decr.
£ £ £ £
Customs 20,176.731 17,664,618 .... 2,512.113
Excise 12,224,907 11.886.035 .... 338,822
Stamps
Taxes
Property Tax 5,104.448 5,1.84.741 .... 19,707
Post Office 679.0 0 768,000 89,001
Crown Lands 125,000 130.000 5,001
Miscellaneous . 1,067,354 939,747 ... • 127,607
Total Ordinary
Revenue 50,310,028 47,792,751 480,972 2.998,249
Imprest &other
Moneys . . 429,901 170,846 .. 259,055
Repayments of
Advances
Total Income 51,807.703 149.,480,484 930,085 3257,301

151,807.703
Dedui

Decree

149,480,484
:t Increase .

'Sc on the Yi

ear

3257,30-1
930,085

2.327,219

ARTERS ENDED APR

1845. 1846. I Incr. I Decr.
£ £ £ £
Customs 4.402,506 3 961.918 .... 440,588
Excise
. Stamps
Taxes..
Property Tax
Post Office
Miscellaneous 415,016 91,522 .... 323.494
--
Total Ordinary
Revenue 10,742,124 9,735,790 105,3681 1,111,702
Imprest &calr
Moneys 206,007 52,909 .... 153,098
Repayments of
Advances
Total Income 11,366.676 10,245,172 143,296;1,264,800
Deduct Increase..,,..

Decreas

on the Qua

'ter.... L 11121,504

April 7, 1846.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(BY EXPRESS.)

LONDON CORN EXCIIAN3E.-YESTE.RDAY.

The supply of English Wheat, by land carriage sample, this
morning was small, and sold at the rates of this day se'nnight
free foreign, in consequence, was more in demand, and realised
former prices ; in bonded there did not appear any thing doing.
Fine Barley supports our quotations, but ordinary qualities are
almost unsaleable. White I'eas nominally unaltered, and grey
rather dearer. The Oat trade is fiat, and the advance of last
Monday not maintained. Certificates are in demand at 13s. to
13s. 6d. Beans sell slowly, and are the turn lower.

SOUTHERN HOSPITAL.—We understand that several
members of the congregation of St. Ann's church, Aig-
burth, have through their pastor, the Bev. H. J. Purdon,
made a request to the liev. I'. Nolan, strongly urging
him to publish the sermon he preached before them in
behalf of the Southern and Toxteth Hospital, on the 14th
of March last, the collection after which, including dona-
tions since sent to the rev. gentleman, has reached the
handsome sum of £l2l. We are sure that this announce-
ment will be hailed with delight by the numerous ad-
mirers of the faithful labourer in the service of his Divine
Master, and doubt not that the sale wiil more than justify
such a request being made, more particularly when we add
that any profit which may arise, will be handed to the
treasurer of ihe Southern and Toxteth Hospital, for the
benefit of that rising institution. We hope, in a short
time, to be able to announce that the sermon is published.
Mr. Hammond opens the new theatre, in Christian-
street, on Monday next.
COMMITMENTS.—At the police-court, yesterday, a
man, named John Heagan, was committed to gaol for
one month, for stealing a coat, the property of police-
officer Samuel Falkner, from the house of the father of
the latter, in Dale-street.—Richard Parry was committed
for a like time, for stealing a horse-brush and other arti-
cles from ast ible in Roscoe-lane, to which he had been
admitted by the hostler, to light his pipe.
IRISH PROVISIONS,—The following is the list of articles
of consumption imported into the tort of Liverpool from
the Irish ports during the last week, being from the 20th
to the 26th •alt. inclusive :-2,853 firkins, 144 half-firkins, •
502 baskets, and 131 boxes of butter; 28 bags, 70 tons
weight, and 2,323 bushels of wheat ; 5,485 sacks and 75
tons weight of flour • 48 tons weight, 130 bags, and 233
barrels of oats ; 20 flour;
150 other packages, and 75 tons
weight of oatmeal; 532 sacks and 100 quarters of malt; 15
barrels of beef; 18 barrels and 14 kegs of general pro-
visions; 64 kegs and 157 barrels of pork; 49 hhds., 9
tierces, 8 bales, and 4 barrels of hams; 20 packages of
tongues; 403 barrels of bacon ; 715 boxes and tierces, 59
bales, and 15 other packages of linens and cottons ; 98
puncheons, 13 hhds., and 2 other packages of whiskey ; 38
casks, 70 firkins, and 358 kegs of lard : 60 sacks of farina,
and other articles of minor importance.
CASE AGAINST A BENEFIT SOCIETY.—A respectable
looking man yesterday preferred a complaint, before Mr.
Rushton, against the officers of a benefit society, called
" The Free Brethren," for refusing to pay him the sure
of £2, due to him over a number of weeks as sick money,
at the rate of 103. per week. A case of a similar nature
had been before the court a few days before. The de•
fence was that only 15s. were due, as the applicant bad
agreed to receive a smaller sum per week than that stated.
The complainant said that he bad certainly ag eed to do
so in order, owing to representations wade to him that if
he did not the society would be broken up, and as he was
unwilling that it should be so, he c msented to receive a
smaller amount, which the officers agreed to pay. After,
however, paying him two or three small sums, they broke
up the society, and stopped all further payment. He
added that part of the money left in the box at the time
was spent in drink. He had signed no paper consenting
to the society being broken up. The officers said they
had nothing to pay with, and all the other parties declined
to pay. Mr. Rushton said they were all individually and
collectively liable. He knew of nothing more shabby or
dishonest than for such societies to take working men's
money when they were in health, and to break up the so-
ciety, with a view to their receiving nothing back when
they became ill. If the claimant were not paid the £2
due to him, within a reasonahle time, he (Mr. Rushton)
shouid distrain upon one or two more of the parties,
and sell their goods fe- the amount.
WIGAN ELECTION Pa riTioN.—Oa Friday, the Speaker
informed the House of Commons that the recognisanceS
entered into by the petitioners against the return for the
borough of Wigan were reported to be unexceptionable.
AN OUT-AND-OUT DISSENTER.—The Gloucester
Chronicle states that Mr. James Hart, a farmer, of Elton.
took a lad in his employ before the na,gistrates, and pre-
ferred a complaint against him for going to church instead
of the Wesleyan chapel. The magistrates, however, de-
clared that the lad had just as much right, to Ca to his
parish church as his master had to frequent the Wesleyan
chapel, and dismissed the complaint, mulcting the master
in the expenses. Mr. Hart, it is said, has since dismissed
the boy from his service.
EMIGRATION.—The tide cf emigration to America,
from Ireland, has set in this year earlier than usual. The
quays at Cork are crowded to inconvenience with passen-
gers and their luggage. Already one vessel has sailed
with a full complement of passengers, and twenty-three
others, with nearly four thousand emigrants are preparing
at that port for sea. In addition to these, vessels are
taking in emigrants at the Shannon, Bantry, Skibbereen,
Kinsale, Youghal, Dungarvan, Wateeford, and at all the
large ports round the coast. The large mass of emigrants
are parties having the appearance of respectable farmers,
all of whom are taking with them sums of money from
£5OO to £lO each. The Garden,r arrived at Cork, with
Indian Corn on Tuesday, and when discharged will be
fitted out for passengers.

THE WEATHEIL—Within the last few days we have.
in this neighbourhood, been unexpectedly visited by what
may be termed many of the rigours of winter—severs
frost happily excepted. On Saturday (as indeed for some
days previously) the air was chilly for the season, indicat-
ing that the atmosphere above was charged with matter
w ich must either be discharged by downf tll, or otherwise
dispersed, before the kindly warmth of spring advents&
Accordingly, on that day, about noon, a cold rain. min-.
Bled occasionally with sleet, set in, and continued with
little or no intermission during the whole day and night.
V, ry early on Sunday morning a change took place, but
it was only from heavy rain to thick snow, which at dawn
had covered the streets and house-tops to the depth of some
inches. In the fields and grounds round the town it had
in some places obtained a depth of perhaps six inches;.
in others, where drifted, from eight inches to a foot"
About eleven o'clock the downfall again alternated to rain/
which fell heavily and without cessation during the whole
day, during the night, and during the whole of yesterdsi•
The snow rapidly disappeared in the town after the 01.11
set in. During the whole time the atmosphere, which W
necessarily extremely damp, was withal as cold to percer
lion as if it had been freezing. Both Sunday and yoga'
day were truly dismal days. The o;d adage that "it
an ill wind that blows nobody good" was fully verifie7
for never did the owners of cabs, coaches. oron;buses. an,
other " public" vehicles derive a richer harvest within
given time. The streets, yesterday especially, were:fill%
with the constant din of wheels. We have not vet learned
what effect this " storm" has bad on the growing crePs'
though we fear the wheats, which are generally very Net:
ward, must have suffered, but not perhaps very mat t
rially. The low lands, that have but an imperfect outfr
for the water, will no doubt be flooded. The garclenslll4
be little injured, if at all, there having been no actual fffor
to nip the blossom of the forward fruit trees, and i`
other of their productions are tangible by mere rain or
snow. We learn that snow fell thickly, and partly
lies on the Welsh uplauds and bills, also on the high Is ii 4
on the east of this county, in Yorkshire, and genertTtf.
through,.ut the north of England. In some parts of Sc e 0
land it had accumulated " undrifted" to a height oft (at
feet, but in others little or none had fallen. It is still j
the time we wrote) cold and wet; but from the advales
period of the spring, we may expect, when a change t 3
place, to be suddenly transported, as it were into the e°
parative warmth of summer.