The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-06 00:00:00

has in it a completeness, a perfection, a vividness, an ever!
renewed freshness, a repose, a sublimity, which so satisfies
the sincere inquirer, so adjusts itself to all circumstances,
affords so complete an answer to all objections, and so re-
veals the fine gold of divine knowledge and verity to him who
with anxious sincerity is really in search of it, that the soul,
onceimbued with its celestial virtue, loathes all mealier and
imperfect substitutes, and clings to its grand and eternal
The slough of mock evangelism and
worldly-mindedness is cast off, never to return. The
epoch of Mr. Gladstone's junction with the cabinet is no or-
dinary one. Lamenting, as we must, the presbyterian and
time-serving tendencies of some of the members of the Con-
servative government, we may rejoice that, in the cause of
education, another vote has been gained to the cause of
church supremacy. Advocates, us we are, for a moderate
and fair protection to corn, as to all other articles of British
manufacture. we are glad that free trade, with which the
opinion we have just expressed is quite compatible, numbers
another supporter in the cabinet. The true question to con-
sider is, not what class of persons are to be protected, but
how England, and more especially its manufacturing districts,
are to be supplied with food most steadily and plentifully.
We like not that catholic church principles should be linked
to anything that looks like covetousness or monopoly. In
theory they are eminently self-denying and popular. From
the days of Thomas-it-Becket downwards, true churchmen
have always been of the party of the poor, and the poor have
or ought to have been their friends. The poor mourned the
destruction of the monasteries ; it was the grasping or dis-
solute courtier or aristocrat of the day who urged on their
abolition, that he might appropriate the spoils. The seven
bishops were of the party of the people; and history tells us
that the Tory and High Churchman of the reigns of Charles
the Second and Queen Anne had the popular voice with
them. How must the church have misconducted itself of
late years to have lost this prestige! Even now, it is the
purse-proud millowner and shopkeeper who would uphold
the abomination of pews and pew-rents, and refuse to open
our churches to the poor, who sneer at the offertory, whoop-
pose the daily and early prayer in the church, who grudge the
ornaments and decorrtion of the church of God, because it is
a house of prayer for all people, who would abridge or refuse
to recognise the holidays and lawful recreations of the people,
and who oppose their education in the truth, lest it should
cut short their ill-gotten gains.—English C'hurchnian.

principles rot ever,

PARLIAMENTARY RETURNS ON SHIPPING

THE BRITISH PORTS.—A return to December 31st, 1841,
has been published of the, number of sailing arid steam ves-
sels registered at every British port, distinguishing those.
under from those above fifty tons. Steamers under fifty
tons—Newcastle, 2173 tons; London, 1998; Liverpool,
441 ; Sunderland, -143 ; Stockton, 427 ; Bristol, 228 ;
Southampton., 203; Hull, three steamers, 135 ; Whitby. 67 ;
Goole, IG. Steamers abore fifty tons—London, 35.259
tons; Liverpool, 5122; Hnll, eighteen steamers, 2623;
Bristol, sixteen steamers, 2560 ; Southampton. 970; Goole,
119. Vessels under fifty tons—London, 19,165; Hull,
5261 ; Goole, 7885 ; 13ridlington, 624 ; Giinsborough, 81 ;
Grimsby, 680
Scarborough, 1289; and Whitby, 1207.
Vessels above fifty
tons—London, 563,295 ; Liverpool,
302,730 ; Newcastle, 239,184 ; Sunderland. 170.9.52 ; White-
haven,36B,99o ; 111111,65,172 ; Whitby, 47.837 ; Scarborough,
Goole, 14,521 ; Boston, 3275 ; Bridlington, 2161 ;
,1) ;
Grimsby, 822; and Gaiiishorough, 186.
Tux COASTING TRADE.—The following is the amount of
tonnage of vessels entered and cleared coastwise, at the un-
dermentioned ports, distinguishing steam from sailing ves-
sels,betwep December, 1840, and December, 1841

sell inwards—London,,726,63o tuna ; Liverpool, 456.544 ;
Newcastle, 239,435: Hull, 72,101 ; Whitby, 23,5-13; SeAr-
borough, 21,030; Goole, 171.066; and Grimsby, 1069.
Vesselsoulwards—Newcastle 1,930,614; Stockton, 1,014,918;
London, 777,933 ; Sunderland, 659,820 ; Liverpool, 565,289 ;
Hull, 74,074 ; Goole, 176,285 ; Scarborough, 3365 ; Whitby.
86b3; and Grimsby, 2275. The other ports whose tonnage,
inwards and outwards, exceeds that of Hull, are Bristol,
Cardiff. Chester, Llanelly, Lynn, Maldun, Newport. South-
ampton, Swansea, Whitehaven, and Yarmouth. Steamers
inwards—London, 304,683 tons; Bristol. 141,063; Hull,
112,842 ; Goole, 9935 ; Liverpool, 565,298 ; Plymouth,
115,085; and Whitby, 3510: the other ports are all under
40,000 tons. Steamers outwards—London, 303,600 ; Bris-
tol, 139,812 ; Hull, 114,309 ; Goole, 10,612 ; Liverpool,
521,317 ; Plymouth, 26,522 ; and Whitby, 3555.
THE COLONIAL TRADE.—The following is the amount of
tonnage cleared outwards for our colonies from the following
ports, between December, 1843, and December 31st, 1841 :
London, 422,661 ; Liverpool, 382,104; Newcastle, 72,8-12;
Bristol, 45,047 ; Hull, 35,134 ; W hitehaven, 24,612 ; Whitby,
501; Grimsby, 283; Scarborough and Goole, nil. No
steamers cleared from Hull to any of the colonies.
THE FoaaIGN TRADE.—The following is the amount of
British tonnage (sailing vessels) entered inwards at the un-
dermentioned ports between December, 1840, and Decem-
ber, 1811 :—London, 374,880; Liverpool, 265,877 ; New-
castle, 163,295; Hull, 141,22-1; Sunderland, 137,123 : the
other ports are all under 40,000 tons.—Vv.hithy, 3528 ; Scar-
borough, 3441 ; Grimsby, 2351 ; Goole, 2344 ; and Brid-
lington, 232. The foreign tonnage entered inwards is as fol-
lows :—London, 302.404 ; Liverpool, 337,888 ; Hull,
113,682; Newcastle, 113,666: the other ports are al. under
40,000 tons.—Scarborough, 555; Whitby, 290; Grimsby,
8571; Goole, 3843; Gainsborough, 1166; and Bridlington,
302. The British steam tonnage entered inwards from fo-
reign at Hull amounted to 36,341 tons, the foreign to 5417 ;
London, Dover and Southampton only exceeding those
amounts.

The number of registered British vessels, Dec. 31, 1842,
was 28,790; burden, 3,418,12 G tons; navigated by 202,033
men and boys ; and this exclusive of Irish vessels, and a
large portion of our colonies. flow vast the amount and
ramifications of British industry and capital !

STATE OF TRADE

From the Manchester Advertiser

MANCH It4TElt.—The general opinion is, that this week a
very small amount of business has been done, but we know
that several large houses have been making contracts for the
autumn in printing cloth (and stocks being light) at the prices
current for the last two or three weeks. 'l' -ket is

The yarn mar
very inanimate, and prices have rather a downward tendency
At this season of the year prices are generally low; but both
printers and manufacturers being light in stock, it would not
surprise us, after the Whit-week, if printing cloth advanced
lAd. to 3d. a piece. De laines are in good request, and the
weavers of this article can get plenty of work, for they cannot
be produced sufficiently fast to meet the demand ; and the
prevalent opinion is, that de labia will he sold to an unusually
great extent in the autumn. 27 -inch 66's may be quoted at
4s. 6d. to 4s. 9d.; and 72's, 4s. 9d. to ss. lid.
H LI rAx , Salurday—There was but trifling alteration in
our Market on Saturday. On the whole there was rather
more business transacted in piece goods. No variation in
prices for either yarn or wool.

HODDRafiriCLO, TUESDAY —We have bad another quiet
day. Few goods of any description have been called for,
with the exception of plain cloth, which has gone off rather
briskly. Stocks are again rising rapidly.
ROCHDALE, MONDAY.—There has been a good demand
for flannels to-day, at former prices ; but perhaps not quite
so many sold as on the two previous Mondays. The wool
market has not been so brisk, and the manufacturers do not
seem so eager to purchase as they have been of late ; but
prices continue firm.

"AIMS, TUESDAY.—The business in the White Hall this
week has been fully equal to what was done last week; the
same remark applies to Saturday's market in the Coloured
Hall, but we are sorry to report Tuesday's market as ex-
ceedingly dull and flat—as bad a market as there has been
for several months past; the principal business done was
tweeds : very little cloth was sold. There have been very few
buyers in town this week, consequently the sales in the ware-
houses have been limited, and business on the whole flat.

BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—WOOL MARKET.—There has
been rather less business done during the past week, mr hieh
may be attributed to the near approach'of clipping time, when
new wools will be brought to market. The fairs hare already
commenced at Pontefract, and to-day is the fair at Itpon.
We have not any change of prices to quote since our last.
Noils and brokes continue in good request at improved prices.
YARN MARKET.—TiIe demand for yarn continues steady,
and for all general using numbers an advance is expected to
be obtained without much difficulty. The export houses are
more free to buy ; also the mouselin-de-laine makers are
busy, and require more extensive supplies, and there being
no stocks of yarns in the hands of spinners, we may fairly in-
fer their prospects are more encouraging. PIECE MARKET.
—The extreme wetness of the day will have prevented many
merchants from attending; nevertheless, there has been a
considerable quantity of goods changed hands. The lower
qualities of Orleans cloth are riot to be had from stock, and
manufacturers are now making for merchants on account,
with some advance in priers. In other plain and fancy goods
the demand is greatly improved, and the makers are firmer
in prices.

O'CONNELL'S VERACITY.--The radical papers have lately
been entertaining themselves by giving an extract front a re-
cent speech of Mr. O'Connell as to the visit of the Irish Lord
Chancellor to DJ. Duncan's Lunatic Asylum. This account,
to the truth of which O'Connell pledged his veracity, is de-
clared by Sounder's News Letter to he wholly without foun-
dation. Just what we should have expected. and yet this i•
the way in which the wretched old Mall—renegade alike to
truth and honour—is working out his salvation ! and not a
priest among the whole to cry out the profaneness. He re-
quires the prayers which it is said they are about to off.r for
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Loss OF THE GREAT BRITAIN, PACKET-SIIIP.—It
with regret we report the total loss of the packet-ship Great
Britain, Captain Shazsin, on her late outward passage to
New York, together with the whole of her valuable cargo.
She was frigate-rigged, of 404 tons burthen, and was built at
Quebec in the year 1839. The preservation of her crew and
passengers was truly miraculous. After much lco:d weather,
the vessel on the sth Morch encountered a teriiffic hurricane,
which hatted till the 28th. On the 27th she was a complete
wreck, and seemed to be all but sinking. The seamen seized
the boat, but, crowding into it too eagerly, it sunk, and one
man was drowned. They were left in dreadful suspense till
the 30th, when a sail hove in sight and lay to. The vessels
being nearly a mile apart, and the boat used but small, it was
with incredible labour and difficulty that all the passengers,
amongst whom were many women and children, were saved.
The ship and cargo were insured for .C 25.000- No property
whatever was saved. The crew were taken from the wreck
by the ship PhiLdelp:tia, ho .n 4 to Boston, where they were
landed.

POSTAGE STANIP3.—We are enabled to place before our
readers the following statement of the amount received for
postage stamps, sold at three of the leading post receiving
houses in London, during the past two years :

White, Cornhill
Reid, Charing -cross

- 1841.
£4,435 16 6
2,636 10 2

1812.
£7,640 12 6
3,507 7 6

Kelly, Vigo-lane
From this return it will be seen, that the increase of the year
1832 nearly doubled that of the preceding, that Mr. White
alone. in the two years, disposed of stamps to the amount
of £12,076 9s, which rednced.into single labels, gives the ex-
traordinary number of 2,898.348, and would if placed length-
ways, extend over a distance of 42 miles and three-quarters,
or the total number sold by the above houses would cover
6,2584 square yards, or reach 128 miles, the distance from
London-bridge to Havre. The post-office allowance on post-
age stamps to receivin; houses is one per cent., consequently
the discount to the three offices named would amount to
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