The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-04 00:00:00

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EWTSPAPER
EKLY ON TUESDAY,

read on that day by the thousands Germany, he says :
" In all parts of Southern Germany the free trade agita-
--eg and others attending tion is making rapid strides, and those most fully con-
MARKET IN vinced of and most injured by the injustice of its tariff are
the people themselves. The duty is assessed by the
MANCHESTER. weight, and not by the value of the article, and the costly
shawl of the princess, being lighter in weight, pays a
'-on at all the Newsrooms smaller amonut than the coarse material of the • peasant.
A few years ago large quantities of fustians and similar
in that town and the goods were imported from England for the use of the
tring district. , peasantry ; but that trade is now extinct, and its place
supplied by an inferior and more expensive article manu-
I is published at Half-past factured in the country itself. A reform of this is most
Vorth Mails, containing the anxiously desired, and it is one of the first subjects for the
consideration of the national parliament. Meanwhile all
1 news of importance that trades and manufactures are in the most depressed condi-
se of the morning. tion, credit is quite extinguished, and much doubt felt as
to the result of the great fair at Leipsic next month. I
have travelled with a merchant from that place who lately
contracted for Manchester goods, which' he proposed
_ selling there; he would gladly pay a large per centage to
be off his bargain, and expressed a doubt as to whether
there would be any attendance whatever. If his fears be
realized, grave results will follow, as Leipsiels' the central
,mercial and industrious mart of all Germany, and that where most business is
agdorn, and especially in done. He informs me that the manufacturers are accus-
tomed about this time to draw bills, payable at Leipsic,
.iets, is becoming, day by
out of the produce of their goods, but this' year riot a
whilst the prospect of im- single bill could be discounted." ,
ire is fast assuming a more From the fact, too, of the much greater security
than heretofore upon circum• which England can now offer, as compared with the
beyond our own control. Under an ordi- bulk of European communities, we think we may
'if things, we ought already to be pro- look forward to her ports being selected as the
-ds a resinr.
tion of industrial activity. depOts for the raw materials and produCts of Ame-
of the world, stocks of rica and other countries. To ensure this result,
`ions have for some time however, we must endeavour to put down every-
4ectentedly light. The warehouses of thing like disorderor dangerous excitement amongst
er, Leeds, Bradford, &c., contain barely our own population. We must, aboYe all, not
meet the ordinary wants of the home allow ourselves to be dazzled with .• the wild
he found quite incapable of sup- notions which are just now unsettling the public
-ted demand from any quer- mind in other countries. A step in this direction
an unparalleled want of dis- would inevitably plunge the trading and industrious
st manufacturers of every classes into utter ruin, and neutralize all the advan-
, their operations, and an tages which our insular position and the known
ss of the approach of any- capital and honour of our merchants and traders
hand to mouth" demand. confer upon us in periods such as the present.
tration of confidence is more complete There may be suffering still in store for the former
i been within recent memory, the disor- classes, and especially for our mannfacturing ope-
dition of Europe having intervened to ratives. We trust, however, that they will exercise
-1-.- which we were already so the same honourable forbearance and patience
-
_.,,an• under privation which have hitherto characterised
,hbouring continental markets, together their conduct; and that they will receive in in-
vita our nome trade, afford to the manufacturing creased measure the sympathies of those in superior
(unity um.. steady vent for some of their worldly station and means. We have all suffered
important These markets, with the in company, and we trust we shall approach brighter
3e of the c from the United States, days, with an undiminished respect for each other
Ir, enabled t o bear up under the serious
experienced le extent of demand from
the East Indi, and ~,,.. IXT- A
—enabled them, in rum, Lt., 'worn Luau pat -
doyment to ' the working classes which Before the operation of the late act of Parliament there,
ed them froM .the horrors of entire desti-
were in Liverpool 14,085 cellars let separately ; and the
number of persons who dwelt in them was 27,128.
it the commencement of this year, we On Tuesday, Patrick Casey died in the Southern Hos-
; feeling of relief which was pital, in consequence of wounds received in falling from a
......„. resumption of active operations by plank into a vessel, at the Queen's Dock, the day before.
of the Greek and Mediterranean houses, and An aged man named Samuel Robinson, who resided in'
,es to which. it gave rise in the breasts of Fleet-street, fell down dead on Tuesday night as he was
,
• passing along Hanover-street.
" a steady general improvement. The On Wednesday, a youth named William Smith died at
..rch of revolutionary principles over the European the Northern Hospital, in consequence of injuries received
continent, and the Vital shock to credit and subse- by a cart wheel falling on him in January last.
In iverool, is stated, there ,re 947 l
45 -houses,
quent bankruptcies which followed, promptly dissi-
of
which 152 areit frequented by emigrants, sodgin byg beggars
pated these hopes ; and we fear that little anticipa- and vagabonds, and 340 by sailors.
tion need be entertained of a prosperous business On Wednesday, the body of a man was found in the
to that part of the world during the present year. loft of the premises of Mr. Hesketh, saddler, Tithebarn-
To what other quarter, then, are we to look for street. In his pocket a register ticket, with " Thomas
'ustomers and 'consumers of our goods to fill up Kennedy "on it, was found.
On Thursday, Captain Brownless, late of this port, but
---* thus likely to be created ? The latest now belonging to the Camilla steamer,l '
from London to
assurance of immediate im- St. Petersburg, was presented with an elegant and mas-
)rovement in our eastern markets. Our colonial sive silver cup by the passengers.
lrkets give promise of little change for the better. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—The sum of £2O
United States, perhaps, may consume exten- was collected on Sunday week, in St. Barnabas' Church,
for •
but our principal hope must be rested in a Nolanthis important society, after a sermon by the Rev. T.
'n of the abiaty to consume amongst our About nine o'clock on Monday night a young woman
How slight is that hope at the was knocked down in St. Anne-street, by a man who at-
^.ept as it maybe strengthened tempted to rob her ; but her cries so alarmed him, that,
—isually favouring circum- before he could effect his purpose, he made off.
On Saturday a flat, belonging to the Corporation, laden
with mortar, ran foul of the steamer Royal Tar, ‘,..r..the
..anl icy- arfse -from Ine' very circumstances who were on bogrd, saver. fnernseiviS by jumping on
.1 have closed some of our most important board the steamer.
icets against the industry of our population. The cost of removing the Irish, Scotch and Manx pan-
s not impossible, either, that out of those cir- pegs from Liverpool during the quarter ending the 21st
listances there may be ulterior benefits in store upetnimono,s.waL£l7e2.p r
ev Theyous
quarter,numbered
onoo
ffeewweeif
thantli a n 24,5426
tently important to reimburse us in time paupers were removed, at an expense of £1,610.
.at least of our past sufferings. There are EFFECTS -or THE FRENCH REVOLUTION.—A vessel
apparent symptoms of a gradual direction of called the Exchange, cotton laden, has arrived here from
tal of foreign countries, menaced as it is
Mobile via Havre, consigned to Messrs. Baring. The
original consignees in Havre, were afraid to allow the
di confiscation, towards Great Britain, for secure ogrOiods to be disembarked on Gallic soil, and so sent the
Avestment. Evidence of this has already been seen vessel here.
n the recently increased buoyancy of the mar- IMITATION STAINED GLASS WINDOW BLINDS.—A
ket for our government and other securities ; and new and beautiful style of window blind has just been in-
the additional facility and cheapness with which troduced into Liverpool. In design they are various, and
-rate commercial paper is now negotiable. In
their resemblance to stained glass is so close that, at a few
4- ds distance, the differenceis not discernible The
'st instance such influx will be composed al- 13a runswick Club has been fitted throughout with th. is ex-
tirely of what may be termed banking capi- cellent invention.
-ill not directly operate to remedy the A spirited preliminary meeting of the Liverpool House
avils of our present condition, which Owners' Guardian Society was held on Thursday, at the
ant of confidence amongst ours Brunswick Hotel, when certain resolutions were arranged.
1 and trading classes and employment condemnatory of the present partial, unjust, and oppres-
sive system of taxation, and to co-operate with the Na-
rad j. Ultimately, those tional Confederation for a thorough revision of our local
con .eve, will be reached. taxation.
rst ,ir, which in fact has already HEArrn OF TowNs' ASSOCIATION.—On Tuesday, Mr.
,vill i .oly be to raise the shares of some W
esjidie' nofdtle
lectureinstructive at the South Church of
eadir
_, lines of railways and other public EnTlgand Schosorsuc Cornwallis-street, to the poor of the
from their present undue depression to a neighbourhood, on the chemistry of the atmosphere.
,s, if not to those extravagant ones at which Among the gentlemen present were Dr. Sunderland, Wm.
parties invested. By this means many of our
Barry, Esq., and H. G. Harbord, Esq. The Rev. H. Car-
penter presided.
A tradesmen who, during the recent THE *GAS COMPANIES.—The government surveying-
.peculation, committed the fearful mis- officers have reported against the proposed amalgamation
of treating as realized capital every few hun- of the two gas companies.. They are of opinion that,
1 pounds which could at the moment be spared "as the bill stands at present, and in the absence of any
',cll.g legitimate businesses, will be enabled to further guarantees from the promoters, the amalgamation
selves without utterly ruinous sacri-
would not be advantageous to the public as stated in the
_.:
and to place themselves in a preamble, as it would deprive the inha"bitants of Liver-
-., position to meet pool of the advantages of competition.
those demands upon them which a period of pres- ALBERT, OUVRIER.—It is said that the Albert, Ouvrier
'native. Every man actively en- (or workman) who forms one of the Provisional Govern-
-. Try merchant's and tradesman's ment of Paris, is the Dr. Albert who was formerly a
,—is acquainted with the difficulty with teacher of French in Liverpool. and afterwards a chemist
at Cadlsheadad Longsight, in this county. The repub-
a money is now wrung, even from parties of lican is described in the Times as having a "look of
Abted means, who have thus hampered them- agreeable intelligence, but something of a grasping ex-
and how embarrassing to hundreds are the pression."
tment and procrastination of payment SUCTION PlPES.—Canvas has at length been made
experienced. Our bankruptcy courts available, by means of suction pipes, for fire extinguishing
engines
and other purposes. The whole of the outside is
the vain efforts of such parties to canvas, and the interior vulcanized caoutchouc, which
intain themselves amidst their involvements ; renders them not only perfectly water-tight, but equal in
tv call after call upon shares has been met with strength and durability to the best leather, while their ex-
iney drawn from its proper use—the payment of treme comparative lightness and cheapness must render
demands of the shopkeeper and the artizan—them most desirable. Mr. Adamson, of Dale-street, is
agent for this useful invention, which has been
her than sell at a loss, or submit to forfeiture. ptentethaed
eh a state of things as will substitute the pos-
sors
of real capital for such holders will be a
.sible relief to trade, and assist in placing all
ties in a proper position towards each other.
We would not have our rettaii, however, to run ,
-pith the idea that, this result can be at once
-4 : or that shares, or any other commodities,
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FATAL ACCIDENT FROM STONE THROWING.-011
ionday, Thomas Mulby, aged 14, whose parents reside
in Victoria-place, Ivy-street, was in company with seve-
ral other boys, slinging stones in a field on the Canal
bank, near to the New Gas Company's Works, when a
stone from some lea's sling 'Mt trim oil -the head, at the
back of the right ear, producing a woutld form the effects
of which he died in a few minutes. The occurrence was
quite accidental, but it is to be regretted that such boyish
Propensities as stone throwing are -so prevalent in the

to jump at once
..gant premiums, or even to
must remember that we have
a more unwieldy machine to deal with than
o years ago. The millions then represented by
'ips and shares have now become tens of millions ;
I the speculator for a rise will be met, step by
). by parties anxious to get out of engagements,
'ave suffered so severely. Time
id prudence and caution ought
operations of all parties.
.ged, of what avail is this likely
have no foreign demand for
fabrics of ot industry ? Of what avail to
rii population ? Manifestly,
ne 'and must be improved, by
vii ~►th which railway and other
'ecuted, and by the liberation of
from their present cramped
...ire hope for the manufacturer
from another source. In the present position of
European credit and European society we can look
for no early expansion of operations from that
quarter to distant or neutral markets ; and it is
possible that in some states, whose people have
hitherto met Ile as powerful competitors, the com-
mercial and industrial fabric will be found to have
received a shock which it will not readily recover.
France, convulsed to its centre, its banks and
capitalists suspended or fled, and its operatives and
traders embarked in the confusion of revolutionary
struggle,. is not likely. for a. year-at -least to be a
id able opponent to our manufacturing. interest,
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COMMERCIAL DISTRESS.—Last week, a deplitation,
consisting of Messrs. Mulleneux. Haigh, Jeffrey, and
Claypole, waited on the Mayor and Mr. Rushton with a
memorial showing the deep distress at present existing
among the working classes, which was rapidly spreading
to those in the middle ranks. The memorialists suggested
that his Worship and the Stipendiary should proceed to
London to apprize the government of the gravity of the
case, as they had a right to complain of the apathy and
indifference of those at the head of affairs. The Mayor
and Mr. Rushton, though concurring in the memorial,
stated that Lord John Russell was the proper party to
apply to, and that if the memorial were sent to the Home-
office, the Mayor would write a private letter to transmit
it, and Mr. Rushton would also strengthen it by a repre-
sentation to Sir George Grey. It is said that an answer
has been received from government stating that the re-
presentations shall have the immediate and serious con-
sideration of government.
RELIGION ON THE CONTINENT—THE REV. MR. BOST,
OF LA FORCE.—Now that the peace of Europe depends
so signally upon the temper of the French nation, it is of
importance that every effort should be used to promote a
system of Christian education in that land of revolutions.
It is notorious that the youth of France are deplorably ig-
norant, and that any education that is given is throug the
instrumentality of the Jesuits. Even the children of Pro-
testant parents, when educated at all, are educrted at Je-
suit seminaries. The Rev. Mr. Bost, the singularly de-
vout pastor of La Force, is attempting the establishment
of a seminary, upon a large scale, for the poor children not
of his own congregation alone, but also of the districts in
the vicinity of his church. He is at present on a visit to
England, soliciting assistance for promoting his labour of
love. Mr. Bost is not unknown in England and Scotland.
Already he has been welcomed as a man eminent for his
Christian graces—of not merely warm but enlightened-
piety; and we rejoice to find- men of all tienominations-
welcoming and encouraging him. A meeting was held on
Tuesday night, in the Rev. Mr. Barker's school-room,
Edge-hill, when Mr. Bost was present and spoke.

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