The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-02-22 00:00:00

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,ey never reaped, who with our pockets
,bbed themselves and sovereigns, on that auspicious 21st January, when
ternative than that of the suspension of duties was announced, a goodly
1 overhauling of books number of our merchants and speculators had snug
ales of profit, which hoards laid up, the 4s. duty upon which they
acquittal of the sin of managed very quietly to place in their own pockets.
circumstances, but more pro- But what has all this to do with the question, a
as galling as solution of which we anticipated from this corn-
-;al body, viz.—the question where is the re-

turn for our own vast purchases of foreign grain ?
We have spent with the various corn-growing
countries of the world, since the passing of Sir
Robert Peel's measure, at the lowest estimate,
£35,000,000 sterling in breadstuffs alone. Yet our

exports to those Countries, with only one ex-
ception, have diminished, whilst we were taught to

believe they ought to have immensely increased ;
the native industry of the country, which was to
have sustained a large developement from this

policy, is steeped in suffering; mercantile credit is
shaken to its base ; bankruptcy has been seen in
quarters where his presence would a few years ago
have been deemed a miracle, and the Bank of
England itself has been within a few hours of the
awful necessity of suspending specie payments.
Such have been the results, thus far, of our
Free-trade policy. It may be said, however, that
they might have occured under the operation
Df,our old laws. _ It is quite possible that they

might and would have Occurred in any case of
greatly extended importation. The two-fold result
of the admission is difficult to escape from. If, as
undoubtedly would have been the case, the elastic
properties of the Corn-law of 1842 would have
an us a sufficient supply of food at the nominal
duty of the scale, we have little for which to thank
the act of 1846, as to such supply and the cheap-
ness realised. On the other hand, as large impor-
tations of foreign food have been accompanied
with diminished exports of British products in re-
turn for them ; if large importations have pro-
duced only a large drain for specie, as such return,
we see nothing as yet to assure us that continual
importations, more limited and less unwieldly in
amount will not lead to continual yearly recurrtng
drains of specie to pay for them.

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shipowners of this port; and that a Meeting in
reference to it is to be held to-day, in the Under-
writer's Room, at which Henry C. Chapman, Esq.,
will preside.

A rule absolute has been granted for a new trial in the
case of Syers v. Jones, tried at the last Liverpool assizes.
The Manchester Courier gives currency to a rumour
that Dr. Hampden will be removed from Hereford to
Chester bishopric.
We are glad to learn that the excellent Chancellor of,
Chester has completely recovered from his recent severe
indisposition.
On Sunday afternoon, a boat, with three men in, was
capsized in the river, but they were all rescued after a
little difficulty.

A special nieeting of the Council will be held to-morrow
on the Dock Bill, and on the claims of compensation from
the Sanatory Committee.
THE REV. DR. M'NEILE'S CHLTRCII.—We may again
state, as some little doubt has been raised as to the fact,
that the Bishop of Chester will consecrate St. Paul's
Church on Thursday, the 2d March, as originally in-
tended.

SPECIMEN OF LITHOGRAPHY.—We have great pleasure
in directing attention to a very beautiful view of the new
Church of St. Paul's, Prince's Park, (erected for the Rev.
Dr. M'Neile,) executed by Messrs. Geo. Smith, Watts,
and Co., an impression of which may be seen in our office
window,—See Adv.

THE BISHOP 01?-eHESTER.—His lordship preached last
Sunday evening in St. Peter's Church, Chester, to the
class of newly ordained candidates, a list of whom we give
elsewhere. The congregation was unusually large, and
tha discourse was attended to with the most intense inte-
rest. His lordship left Chester yesterday morning, by an
early train, for London. It is understood that he will
still consecrate St. Paul's Church, on the 2nd of March,
as originally fixed by him.
CHESTER AUXILIARY TO TH,E IRISH SOCIETY.—The
annual meeting was held yesterday (Monday) morning, in
the Assembly Rooms, Chester, the Rev. Canon Thurlow
in the chair; and by adjournment in the evening, when
the Rev. Canon Eatotk presided. Allusion was made by
every speaker to the deserved elevation of the good Bis
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to the x t of all England, an event in which the whole
meeting cordially rejoiced. Sermons were preached at
the churches in Chester on Sunday, in aid of the Society.
- I The deputation consisted of the Revs. Henry Carpenter
ntion of the causes I and Thomas Nolan, both of this town.

representative in the room of das held on Sa-
disastrous years on I turday, when, no other candidate appearing, Mr. Joseph
Napier. Q.C., was declared duly elected. The learned