The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-04-23 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

TO CORRESPONDENTS,

A correspondent at Rhyl says that, the discussion about the
quality of the water in this town has brought to his recollec-
tion the fact that "the water in the Talargoch lead mine,
about three miles from .Rhyl and the same distance from the
sea, is as salt as that of the sea itself."

large amount of foreign capital is in the country;
and this circumstance, independently of the fact
that it may be withdrawn in specie at any moment,
and will be withdrawn, should an adverse state of
trade occur, tends still further to increase the per-
lexity of our position.
Surely the people of this great commercial country
will after a while shake off the lethargy with which
they have so long regarded the danger which me-
naced them. We are drifting rapidly towards
rocks ahead, which will shatter many a goodly
vessel; yet there is no voice of warning raised—no
pilot to take the helm and guide us into smooth
waters. An incapable
.faction, into whose hands
the destinies of the nation have unfortunately
fallen, chatter glibly enough of returns, and parade
their infallible statistics; mock us with stories of
prosperity, and befool us with flattering pictures of
industrial and commercial progress in store for us,
whilst nine out of ten amongst the community feel
painfully that they are sinking day by day, and that
the whole social fabric is diseased and rotten.

the community. Beyond the trifling relief afforded
by the repeal of the brick duty, there is absolutely
nothing to shew for the million and a half of sur-
The former of these bills, read a second time on the 13th
plus which he had to deal with ; and the reply to
of February, and the latter read a second time on the 12th
all demands for the remission of something more
of the same month, came on Thursday before the select
which would be felt by the community is met by
committee, in group 17, room 8, consisting of the follow-
stereotyped complaints of " no effects," and of
professions of fear lest the honor and solvency of
ing members, viz., Earl Jermyn, Messrs. Parke, Rice,
the country should be sacrificed by any further use
cannot
Fellows, and Hobhouse (Lincoln); with whom were as-
of the pruning knife. Sir Charles
sociated Sir Thomas Birch, Mr. Cardwell, Mr. Tolle-
repeal all the imposts which he is asked to remit;
macho, and Sir P. Egerton. There was a great number
Wood
of legal and other gentlemen connected with each side of
,
the Mersey in the room, and several members of parka_
and he flies to the absurd extreme of refusing to
ment, in addition to those already mentioned. The chair
proved to he in their.operation upon the public.
was taken by Earl Jermyn. No agent appearing against
remit any, however objectionable they may be
the Liverpool Docks Bill, the petition against the Birken-
We should certainly not be disposed to press head Trustees Bill were called on, viz., those of the Messrs.
upon this, or any government, such a remission of Pollard and Barr (so we caught the latter name).
Mr. Hope (with whom were Messrs. Macauley and
taxation as would endanger the national credit, or
Goldsmith), on behalf of the promoters, proceeded at con-
siderable length to detail the history of the several bills
reduce the revenue below the level of the ordinary
obtained for Birkenhead since 1844. On the estimate of
expenditure of the country. But there are at the
Mr. Rendell, the sum of £390,000 was deemed sufficient
same time taxes whose removal or reduction might
for all the purposes then required ; and indeed their cons-
be effected without any great danger of injuring
pletion was contracted for at £338,000; which, however,
the productiveness of our fiscal system,—taxes the
did not include t,he sea wall within the basin. Such was
injustice and impolicy of which are acknowledged,
. the confidence entertained of the success of the project,
and which, without bringing in to government a YESTERDAY'S
POLICE. that £400,000 were raised almost immediately; but
such wte fluction of public feelig, hat when,
large amount of revenue, press in a harassing man-
DISTRESSING SITUATION OF A MOTHER.—A respect- on theas verhy sameuat security of tolls,' ant additional
ner upon individuals and narticular classes. Many able female, named Mulholland, appeared to prefer a £600,000 was sought to be raised the year after, only
such have been permitted to remain in existence, charge against her own son, a youth of about 15 years of £22,900 could be raised, or ever has been raised since.
whilst imposts of a far less objectionable character, age, of stealing from her £3. She said the lad had ot It was stipulated, in the first instance, that if the works
for the repeal of which no one was asking, have intotb/dstcompar,
mind. She
bBvhehisdisoundtuct
wish to
put here
toe should not be completed by 1854, the land of the crown
h eorepureeswsetut;d shouldi threenvesrtat
tteo andtwiTactreovwernihat all
hth
be.e works
iass
fs
ea
:Asi
?toneenaapatnmsoeit
sieeegei early
snblpryitbsl
ei
ae,e ela. stage
igentlemen
e:
grehhanitencatohpgkwferemeemtrsehl i
:en,:
might
t apwr
s. proceedings
rivheretanwtthtteeeut hnuvyedi eetsnwhtteheeceroedtfssraseuyci
vtsoeaytmr
aeceoiol
snfngpvaarennetrydo.-
was ter.
el! '
been taken off merely, it would seem to us, because geaarge, sorefsasr aos tornihaave him sent toogaclivii,swt
" ANsDELL AND HADDOCK, Solicitors "
_..-
the amounts which they brought is precisely tallied have to mingle with bad characters, and might become tainly a very stringent clause ; butt it was thought no
with the surplus which government had at the time worse than he was ; she was anxious, if she could, to get hardship at the time, for it was taken for granted that the
In his publication of yesterday the Albion gives
him into some penitentiary for a short time, and after- scheme would be fully completed within three years.
to spare. With the exception of the sweeping
the following observations in his article from the
wards to put him on board of a man-of-war, so that he Unfortunately such had not been the case. Of the
changes of Sir Robert Peel's government, the
same writer :
financial operations of our governments have been would be under discipline that might possibly reclaim £400,000, all but £55,000 had been spent, without one-
htshoaAemst.dellgentleman named Jackson, who represented a
him. Mr. Rushton said that the youth•was bad enough half f tle requisite works being completed. In 1847,
"There has seldom been a period in which the laws
of this petty character from the celebrated shop- now, and could scarcely become worse by going to gaol, a further sum of £400,000 was attempted. to be raised,
that usually govern commercial men in their operations
give promise of more happy results than at the present herd's dog budget of Lord Althorp to the present if the complainant agreed to that course. He advised her but not a ahilling of it had been raised. Under these Friendly Society which had a considerable amount of
moment. As, however, this is a year in which so far they time. to send him for trial; and, under the anticipated new circumstances, the only course that seemed likely to keep money deposited in the bank, strongly urged that the
have failed to exercise their legitimate influence, our pre- Amongst the impolitic taxes which might be re- regulation, with respect to juvenile offenders, he would the thing afloat was, to create a new commission, by the trustees ought to be held accountable for any deficiency.
afterwards do his best to meet her wishes for his reels- issue of preferential mortgages to the amount of £50,000, Mr. ASPINALL. barrister, of this town, who appeared
sent position is determined by causes as yet by no means pealed or modified with advantage to the country, logically understood, and until we can unravel their
.. !nation. The prisoner was then remanded. and by the combination of local interests with the bond- for the trustees and managers would not admit net sir
are those referred to in the motion of Mr. Milner ROBBERY OF A WATCH.—A veteran sailor, belonging holders, who had, of course, the greatest anxiety for the trustees ought to be held liable. He promised, on their
mystery we must be content to suffer more or less from
their influence. Money, usually considered one of the Gibson on Tuesday evening last—the excise duty to the ship Palatine, lying in the Salthouse Dock, ap- completion of the undertaking. With the .£50,000 ,so behalf, that every exertion should be made to ensure the
Feared against a woman, named Bridget Loftus, for rob- raised, the temporary dam was proceeded with ; and the full amount being paid to every depositor.
chief regulators of our eommeTce, continues abundant in upon paper, and the duty upon advertisements.
bing him of his watchjon Sunday morning, as he was trustees were now confident that, with the rapidly increass Some further general conversation having taken place
the extreme, the rates of interest are correspondingly low, The stamp duty, which he included as desirable to
passing through
ha are. She snatched it from ing trade of Birkenhead, they should be able to raise with the view of coming to some arrangement as between
food is unprecedentedly cheap, and the weather every- have removed,
itswe do not ourselves object against, him and broke the chain that was round his neck. The sufficient money for their original purpose, provided there the trustees and the depositors.
thing we could desire for the season ; yet, various and
inasmuch as repeal would to some extent
extensive as the importation of foreign produce into Liver-
watch was found sons her, when she was taken to Bride- was a relaxation of the clause of forfeiture on the part of Mr. GASKELL TAYLOR, solicitor, complained of the
pool has been during the last fortnight, there is scarcely a damage the utility of newspapers by obstructing well.—Trial at theesions. the crown, by the extension of time for ten years, from manner in which the press and the public had treated Mr.
single article which exhibits a profit, not because the ship- their free circulation through the post-office. It is Sum' ROBBERY.—Henry Johnson, a young man, was the passing of the present act. John Johnson, who, he contended, was guilty of no
merits have been at high prices, but because there is a well known how frequently the transmission of a charged by Mr. William Dickens, draper, 29, Mill-street, Three witnesses were then examined to show the sups_ felony,
with. stealing a piece of silk (seven handkerchiefs) from riority, in a nautical sense, on the score of dock entrance Mr. Coos, one of the depositors expressed an opinion
deadness, a uNnt of heart, in the commercial depart- newspaper to distant friends is, as it were, an inti-
ments. The consumption of everything must be large, •
his shop, on Saturday. Prisoner went in on pretence of and exit, of Birkenhead, as compared with Liverpool. that the Johnsons ought to have 'been tried for felony;
mation that all is well with us, and serves to cheer buying a silk handkerchief, but demurred t patterns, The first was Captain Knight, in the New York trade ; and that since the trial the depositors had lost that confi.
and an extensive business must be transacting, for the
4nthsetpruhra: they they previously
had endeavoured to
railway traffic, as shown by the weekly receipts of the up the fainting heart, and to bring us for the mo- saying silk
ha
call next week, when soothe new goods the second was Captain Sherman, in the same trade for dente in them which they previously had, under the im_
different companies, proves this most decidedly; yet, ment into the remembrance of those we love. A of the kind were expected. &Some suspicion arose from fourteen years ; the third was Mr. Hookey, harbour-
sperrikeesini.o
ALL did not very much wonder at the feel-
importers are losing money, and the three great branches piece, which we know will interest, is thus readily the bulk of one of his pocket's, and on being taken into master of Birkenhead. The committee having heard the
of domestic industry are in an unsatisfactory state. We conveyed, whereas the trouble of affixing a penny the back shop, the piece was found upon him, value 30s. evidence of these witnesses, and all the members having
allude to agriculture, the manufacture of cotton, and the
—Trial at the sessions.
personally examined Capt. Knight at some length relative ing which had been displayed in consequence of the light-
stamp would cause, in numberless cases, the disuse
to interesting data he gave respecting the emigration need of the sentence which had been passed upon the
iron trade, each suffering from circumstances peculiar to
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of the practice. Serious inconvenience would also THEATRE ROYAL—L'OPERA COMIQUE. system as pursued in Liverpool, the further proceedings Johnsons, at the late Liverpool assizes ; but he must say
itself, and with which our readers are too well acquainted
to require any explanation here. All acknowledge the be felt by every newspaper publisher in the preps- were adjourned. that not the slightest blanae attached to the trustees of the
evil, and at the same time deplore it ; but the remedy ration for the post of the large portion of his circu- We do not wish to be uncomplimentary to the repre- Captain Hookey was again examined on Friday ; his bank as regarded that. As one of the counsel, really re-
appears remote."
lation which is thus forwarded to his subscribers. sentatives of the drama connected with the British stage, evidence went to prove the advantages presented, es- sponsible i7ntttwrhuaesstmemeastatkderen,.ehweleci)oltuhlidngsaaybtohuattinhoeoanrerawnagsemmeonret
We cannot but think that there is something of The repeal of the other two imposts, however—the but we must in justice state that there is a correctness— pecially with reference to the timber trade, by Birkenhead. annoyed at the course that waasnsstia;reerrainnntggheaibttylihtrereusjwutdeegreees
1848
studied obscurity here, and that our able friend duties upon paper and advertisements—would be an independence of the prompter—in
_French actors ge- Idleeuhtiedwle,edtwteheaut the
Wel and
rests
tradef
there
of
wtheuepeourtferheaed
uwnetrl•aftTerh
could speak out upon the subject if he chose. productive of unmitigated good, and is called for havew h
c been o
led r
tuen ttzems
ee
remarks cila y
the
tasteful aatned ment of the Woods and Forests' proviso, respecting respecting the- and the learned counsel, who, co
by considerations of sound policy and justice. We accurate manner in which the French opera comique has closing of the existing entrance to the docks in July next, certain technical obstacles in the way of sustaining a
all. Money is abundant, it is true ; but what does do not base ourtlemand for their remission upon the been presented to a Liverpool audience. On Wednesday the trade would necessarily go on rapidly increasing. In- charge of felony, agreed to withdraw that charge, and pro-
monetary abundance mean, in the proper sense of fact that they are taxes upon knowledge, although Boildeau's beautiful opera, "La Dame Blanehe,,, was dependent of the advantages to be derived by Birken- secute only the charge of misdemeanour. It was one of
produced with powerful effect.
,and think the adaptation head, he considered a continuance of the accommodations those cases which was difficult to explain to a general Lord Brougham was expected to arrive°
the term ? It means active circulation amongst such they are to some extent. We object to them-
GrDa frt.onc-usltireeue,t,t
the
esut
enwig ht ,
primatefrom uhfisicrhetn.l
the industrial and consuming public, not a plethora;3tf
atilliertfeiesTo mrtightdbeti)mproved sholuld llillc, to have 1 heitrhtegretonearffayyded would be productive of benefit to the
only, perhaps,
which, from teeucuhunsiecrities around it, was
as direct taxes upon commerce and industry, and,
of gold and notes in the banks. A healthy frame as such, utterly incompatible with a free-trade treat of the performance, without entering ciantoe aucproiaticaal 1 P Mr. Slater, of the firm of Slater, Crook, and Co., ma- Mr' .1' CooPic 'hae always understoody
that counsel said to Dublin, from Rome ; letters from 110.-
Of body exists when the blood circulates freely system. The paper duty is a tax upon every- mer- analysis of the piece itself, we may say with truth that we 1 hogany and timber measurers, Birkenhead and Liverpool, nothing but what they were instructed to say. arrival there last week en route
were never more highly gratified than on the occasion of deposed to the advantages which induced them to carry Air. AsetetAmer—Oh,
—arl,t yiosucaleraermthuacht
amicshtaakrgeen.—of The man who accused himself at LP
through the arteries and veins, not when it is chant and tradesman's hooks of account, upon
HQ
eu murdered
appears to
tgirl
at
vwee nethya yr
congested on the brain or in the heart ; and a every manufacturer's goods, and every sliopkeeper's its. presentation. The sustentation ;:itf character of the enA.rbr;7l.chtiofstihoeir businesst at Birkenhead,
tt
Dock (Lgghter.)
healthy state of commerce exists when money per- daily transactions. The cost of this article for principal perfor.mers,lalthough nott calm) for any
attention.ardous
Warehouse Company, the mope
m n ,
statedsecre a
that o he Birkenhead
amount- felo r•
GASKEoLtL
havee b • sustained.
bee
.
of drink, and a disordered imazinati°n'ai
forms its functions- as a circulating medium, not wrapping forms a heavy item in the charges of ma- exertions tsieoenase, fae qruhiere seat h
iaergeehaama;ue
chamber
hoeftwaeeuriveurges,(M.
ing to a million stng, for the warehouse!: was
sub-
ivitry. could
idN
nALL. In my opinion there was moral guilt Q
..ir. ANDREW'S CHURCH. On SlDl—
when it is hoarded in the banks, or in the hands of nufacturers and exporters, and in some retail trades Lac), and Anna, gothic
C. harton), was a gem ; and the scribed on the faith of the Commissioners' undertaking in all the counts.
the Rel.
capitalists. Discounts may be low—funds may be ita reduction would constitute a profit. ease with which this lady carries on the double imperso_ being carried out, and that five hundred and fifty-five Mr. PRATT said he was not there to enter into dicus-
y go.ne through thheutahcceofuntthse, ittrv:rvellidriame:sive sermon by t
sum of 446 was colletgh
readily had at call or at shorter dates for specula- The advertisement duty is of a similar character, nation, and keeps the wondering rustics in the
. maze of thoaltflounds havp alreadyleen expended within the sion of this nature ; but he was there as arbitrator in the drew's very handsome
in aid of the Infants' PC"
tive purposes ; but there will assuredly be " a dead- and is quite inconsistent with a policy which pro- RilysLear(y is
n odntly approfiadchnetd Er
stahnetrdebwointriziawtriedrhnenreerferonf worksderived a largee commissioners. seivoenue rfsr.o
ea
the
ver
limited lia(i
a already
e
o f several de
ddeeparoesiftuolr, and on the liability of the the Church.
able
II
state ENGLAND
that.
thisge laeiN.drnsss sTt i himselfn
rucute Ti'
o Ihnoa::oe under,/ii.e
ness, a want of heart in the commercial depart- fosses to have for its object the removal of all every Lac,
mo a ions at present available. This ie showed some an it was c ear to im tat either one or
difficulty to solutionepenof Lay Dame Blanche. dt' 1 y in n 3.
d • l b• h
beCt
merits," whenever we cease to experience an absence restrictions upon the extension of trade and corn- On Friday evening Auber's opera "Le Domino Noir" elaborate calculations, chiefly with reference to the tini. Johnsons had committed a robbery upon the bank of Aa a'
a
of elasticity in the consuming powers of the people. merce. Why should the importer, the manufac- was produced again ; and was very finely played. The ben trade. It was of most vital importance to his corn- from £12,000 to £13,000. That was a sum over and mecmoreirdsesriablee
the
addition has been in:avere tier'
Produce may pour in upon us as abundantly as it turer, or the shopkeeper be deprived of the facility Horace of M. Lac, and M. Soyer s Juliano, were fine pang that the float should be opened in July next, as above that in the hands of the commissioners. for the ble names stanife members.,opei n ,
IT cwl rd Lf3tiliora
has done for the past fortnight ; the sun may shine afforded by an advertisement of making known to teee:ttorfe acetingiihrd MdexetelttaPnecreefuvas rich :i contemplated,
ile earintdratuhcee c;;Tmisaslllareers'izolrtrpurinelectigsel roeideuscittltloife natal and, with two exceptions, the town are already on its list's', whose l'i di
brightly upon our fields, and be the harbinger of the public the description of goods which he has to Mille. Chmarton's Anggeenie, in whichp that lady diswp avyeerd was
(.
r
h Morpeth and Egerton Docks were closedy
it would in his which had been abstracmted. llrJohnson
. y.pteirtiesendatie every
t sum
th doubt, greatly aid the committee in exteeesci
abundant crops to the tiller of the soil ; but so sell ? Why drive the owner of property to more excellently cultivated voice to perfection, and drew down opinion destroy the trade of Birkenhead, whereas if that details of the cases on which he had been canted up:n t: rss. An important lecture is anne&neuess
long as the consumption of that produce fails to expensive modes of announcing that he has a hearty rounds of applause. We observe that this most entrance were retained as now, and continued open, in arbitrate, and referring to the illegal deposits which had yithOev. David Jinies, whose vveHiso
:nee: lecturer must ensure a large sad l'
04,
keep pace with importation, and the prospect of an house or a farm to let or to sell ? Sound polic„ efficient company are about to give a series of operas in additioa to the proposed permanent entrance, there could been made, he said there was one case of a woman who
.7 Manchester. be no question of the rapid progressive prosperity of the had paid into the bank £4OO, a book being given to her IA GAINST A BUTCHER
ant. irl:iqp,,°
abundant harvest is also one of decreased prices of dictates that there should be fiscal
no restriction
place. Mr. Sloman explained, by means of a plan he had daughter for £lOO and another book to herself for £lOO. ante.
A
on Saturday, and by adjournment Yesteeee '
grain, and of the profits of cultivation, importers upon trading and other transactions; and justice LIMITS OF THE OF LIVERPOOL.—The Gazette, prepared, the actual condition' of the warehouse. docks, This was an illegal deposit, and it would
will lose money, and cotnmercial operations will both to the trader and consumer demands that of Tuesday, contains a Treasury-order, dated the 12th &c., and his evidence in this form occupied a considerable could not recover- it. No doubt she could
lbee hardi if she the b.ody of a new-born male infant. !„10060
g y recover married young woman, residing with ix' 0
flag and disappoint their authors. every publicity should he allowed to be given to instant„ which declares Runcorn no longer a port after time
stl; • stert and that after the date the limits f * it from the Johnsons, but in justice to the other depositors 11,1 Y #
north-end of the town. On Wednes or ,
This is the lamentable state of things described their respective wants at the smallest possible cost. the
ortmof instant.
'' shaHcommsaemncee at the teminaa- Mr. Wm. Hadfield, the Secretary to the Dock Trustees, he could not allow her claim on the bank to be more than was sent by the inmates. of the house efes,`,.
for us by a Whig and a free-trader, as existing in There is another class upon whom this duty presses tionpof the port opt. Chester, being a place called the Red ills triistseidu
utehrast in the
le absence
du t
rice
o
d fFaohr eys Forests uwaraeunitdeue,uttllueteCrttiernre- the
t act of parliament allowed. The learned barrister then Great Homer-street (where she had a'''etie
the very first year after that vaunted system has most severely, viz., domestic servants, clerks, and Stones, in Hoylake, on the Point Wirral and so along to close the present entrance. It was in vain to hope for Latcrluee had
amicable
that for the perposes of corning buy a small piece of beef. She went to Lod
been allowed a fair trial. Turn, as a contrast, to others seeking for employment. It is cruel to tax the coast of Cheshire into the river Mersey, and all over those favourable results which otherwise would assuredly should br r:p;oi:tedt arrangement,ll
eetaca
committee
ite of depositors Robert Davies, butcher, in that street, 3f.
of the trustees, pound and-a-half to two pounds of bee.?
his description of the very different state of things the three or four lines, by which these •
.. persons tnight the rivers Mersey,: Irwell, and Weaver, :and thence accrue to the Cheshire side of the Mersey and he had reasons to hope that under such an arrange- out the piece from which she wanted 1•,0 i
returning along the coast of Lancashire till it meets the Mr Ellis, Ch • the Trustees, • f
to be met with in protected America : make known their wants through the medium of termination of the port of Fleetwood, at a place called that it would b:;7.711, de
opinion merit the whole of the deposits would eventually be paid. large in the familyway Mr Davies cut "hr,
"The advises from America report
.that vast and in- a newspaper, as highly as we tax the more lengthy the Hundred-end Water."
h d looked upon the case as one of bankruptcy, and a piece saying it way.
• She said 4 ri
if government were either to stop the existing entrance awarded that the legal deposits should be paid in full first,and that th d was
1 •
eee tsoertto
creasing country as continuing to enjoy the fruits of
. a she a not enough of money ,
a ter isements of the
d ' t. wealthy. By doing so we
holders MIDLAND RAILWAY.—A meeting of the £5O share- to the docks in next July, or to confiscate the general and that the illegal deposits and general creditors should
peaceful industry. Her agriculture is rapidly increas-
Davies told her to pay what she had, 'e d i
ing, her manufactures are flourishing, and her commerce drive hundreds daily to he fleeced by the exactions of this radwday was held in the ClaFendon-rooms, works in July, 1854. It was essential, therefore, that come in afterwards.
bring the difference of the money. see er; 1
is constantly augmenting : industry has no difficulty in of the register-offices, which abound in our large Yesterday, A.t.Hen Henderson Esq.,
.in the chtpir, for the pur- means to raise money, to complete the concern, be The suegestion was agreed to and the court broke up. wished to get a bt D • trained PS
finding employment, or labour in obtaining remune- towns, and whose proprietors fatten upon the gains lPiMer°s, consisting elm aofdzettsio,,:ilratugsmiz.hz7,-.
Chanted which could not be done without the repeal of The official accountant submitted his report and state- from her th kevyayef Itihe street rostra
a 'tribe,
ration."
wrung from their fellow-creatures' necessities. f feiture clauses, by an extension of the powers of ment of accounts. The report stated- 'b 1
, that the a ance
After some discussion it was recommended by the meet- the Trustees for ten years from the passing of the act sheet and abstracts showed that the defalcationshad -to .f,
house—which she had taken with her
~,ie ~,4
Happy, fortunate America !No Cobden or Peel Another objection to this tax is a purely per- ing that, as the Glasgow shareholders had, in some met- now sought. He (Mr. Ellis) was also of opinion that it on continual) from t :. gone and took her rather roughly round thes "r theitlib
bas ' permitted and
sas yet been to befool thy people, sonal one, and is caused by its unjust mode of sure, the same objects in view as me. A. H. Wylie, of would be ridiculous to attempt to raise money under the ce tion whatever, tYe from,year the o year, without any inter- her from going—saying, she must pay rq g''' ~,t
a eyvearr,l. at latest, 1833, down to the she went. On Davies's wife remonstratiusees
to prostrate in the dust their industry and enter- collection. At present the duty is charged upon Liverpool, the deputation should communicate with that present circumstances affecting the Dock Estate •; but close of the
help ir
eventually got away; but premature la ,o,„e
prise.
newspaper advertisements by the stamp-office in gentleman and, if possible, co-operate with him in .en- that were the clauses repealed, ample funds would flow The accounts showed that the total invested '
deavourirg to obtaininjunctionto restrain the di_ '
in.
with the she was delivered of a seven-months' C,,•e55r,d
Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt, lived one day The char
It is strange, by-the-bye, that our liberal friends London—and charged most arbitrarily. The rtf •-
kant. s
I the £5O ah 1-
ge against P',.-the •O'
should write with such astonishment about the newspaper proprietor can never tell what the ecv,Ar :: manzußnlisr:l!l
D RATHBONE PRIZE thi.n adjournment was p.rayed for by the counsel for on the 20th January, 1850, was 12,938 3s. 5., and the first, of the very gravest character, latn (eei4
existing state of things, when they were warned so authorities at head-quarters may choose to consider ESSAYS.—There was an unusual attraction on Saturday
arraxgreommeontetrws,itrttwhn a
nf vgew teotitnncleeranynounrintsot
tefif:)tillan defalcations,.t £t 13,1013 6s. 10d. The total due to the Mr. 'Woods, and Mr. M'Bride, surgeons'ees:ic),
repeatedly that such would inevitably be the result an advertisement, or how many duties they may evening last, at the Concert Hall. In consequence of the namely, Messrs. Pollard, whosep
counsel also joined in the evhsei
eourusrotnwahsem2utehh Jearunwuadreyd, vsas 25,051. 10s. 3d. the body), reduced this to an uncertaintle,, se I
u . i
during the investigation, no marks or appearances upon the decease of our recent legislative policy,
put upon particular descriptions of advertisements.
tsaying that the parties had already approached so by depositors and others interested in the matter.
offered by Messrs. Curtis and Rathbone for competition
- prove that its death was caused by vii,"„oce,,ii'
A notice of a new work, or a description of a new by artizans, would be awarded, the hall' was crowded to nearcoubtoeuaulisubteuaelulstrersraatiinsetadcteofr yanunadererestaneuditntetinhat
coma
The result of this melancholy affair will, probably, turn course of the investigation, and the des'-er'st tSt,
THE people .. ___
invention, has been frequently adjudged to be an excess. The vocal entertainment was also of a recherche to very speedily. The case narrowged irtself thenginto a whoseoutverynearly as anticipated by the Manchester Courier, which was conducted by Mr. Simmons; s,ecaseee'
statement we give in another column.
-,r attempts to magnify tne ',ties__ advertisement; and a broker's, auctioneer's, or a description, that exquisite cantatrice, Mrs. Sunderland, point for the exclusive judgment of the Woods and of law were mooted ; which were alte•ssl "„ t!„
-of their Dock Works; and not a little land agent's announcement, is frequently charged being in the role, as well as Mr. H. Lawson, a violinist of Forests.
upon by the Coroner, under whose geneliet tvel
*-- their attacks upon Liverpool in- with as many eighteen-pennies as there are lots of rising popularity. 'Mr. George Holden presided at the Mr. Webster, on behalf of Messrs. Firth arid Dale, COMMERCIAL AND MONETARY REPORT. rather opinion, the jury returned a verse tbeee.
(in accordance with the opinion of hon'ot tits";
piano-forte, and Mr. Ryalls and his sister, Miss Ryalls, owners of some property at Seacornbe, having likewise
would have been no little produce to sell, or of property to he let. No re- took prominent parts in hereformances. Prior to the consented to the postponement, the chairman, Earl Monday Night• "That the direct cause of death did.fli 11,,Tl
,
they, from the first, cul- dress or explanation is allowed ; and the newspaper commencement of the cot, Mr. W. Rathbone, Mr. Jermyn, declared the committee adjourned till Thursday Matters on the Continent continue unsettled. The; from violence, and could not be definnee Per
Bu‘tl.for their con- proprietor has not even the satisfaction of knowing N. Cain, Miss Curtis, and party, took their seats on the next, the 25th instant, at 12 o'clock. state of France is the cause of serious apprehension; and This is what is called an open verdict; %el)/
fr/tr;
kenhead over to which of his customers he has a right to charge platform. In the course of the evening, Mr. N. Cain
the Danes do not seem to have settled their differences. still answerable to a charge of gross asisilao'
",nth, week the excess for which he has to pay. took occasion to state that the successful competitors for
Our Markets, with very few exceptions, are gradually prosecutor; and Mr. Curry said hew,iiityr 4
-bich It map be that the Chancellor of the Exchequer the Curtis and Rathbone prizes would be called to the The fall of rain for last year, which is nearly an averaee giving way and we are sorry to add that the losses platform, when the prizes assigned to them would be is about 14 inches less at Liverpool, and 14 less at Man.: imports generally are becoming alarming We hear that afford the father of the child every lac of
e
tseoun that charge. oorolyr
cannot afford at present to remit the whole of these awarded. He stated that the competitors were all anti- Chester than what fell the previous year. a fied duty on corn, of somme Sic l 6s.e•p. per quarter, hast FEARFUL STORM.—The most terrineibiovolo
impolitic duties, That upon advertisements, how- zans. The subject of the essay was, " The influence of On Wednesday last 300 tons of soft pig-lead were been seriously talked of in political circles in London, the and hail experienced in this country wibeas,sfes
ever, which yields, we believe, not more than about cleanliness, temperance, and frugality, on the working offered for sale at the Clarendon-rooms ; but, as the high- revenue from which it is proposed to take for the amelio_ of the present generation passed over t_tle,ooitv. )I'o
classes." The best production was from the pen of a stone- est bid made was £l7. 12s. 6d. for the first lot of fifty ration of the poor rates throughout the country, which afternoon, and inflicted an incalculable nero,o:l
£150,000, he might without difficulty remit
mason named Syme ; but he was really disqualified from the tons, the whole was withdrawn.
have of late pressed so heavily on all classes. Some such
by the destruction of glass and other Pi 4 eye
at once; and we trust that some independent circumstance of residing without the boundaries of the The fine well-known Greenock-built steamer Orion is measure would indeed be a national benefit,.
and is d
e had been extremely fine, and unusuatetlisA
member will ask for this trifling boon, which we borough—he believed at Woolton. It had, however, been supplying the service between Havre and Liverpool, con- mended by the general prostration • and we hope Lord .1.- season. the wind being a little south iuresiog)
think cain scarcely be refused. Or if even the small decided that he should receive the prize, and another of veying to the latter port chiefly French goods intended Russell will have moral courage enough to propose it: suddenly, about three o'clock, the clonas cot° o's
amount of £150,000 cannot be spared, perhaps the the same value should be awarded for the essay the next for shipment to North America. Were the subject brought forward hy the Government it liarly lowering aspect, the wind shifted Tr0.0_5.4/
Chancellor of the Exchequer may be induced to in degree. A young man named Woodward, an appren- The Liverp.ool Corporation haye taken out licenses from would meet with an overwhelming majority in both houses and
tan extraordinary fall of the niere'Veier,
ciO
Lice to a carver and gilder, carried off this prize ; the third Mr. John Laird for the use of his patent mode of fitting of Parliament.
A a few minutes before four the stern', wan dr/
try the experiment of a reduction of the duty to was given to a journeyman printer named Carter. The rudders to two-ended boats, for the steam-pack is Ver- In the share market, during thepast week, there has peals of thunder, accompanied by hig.l,;c, 6,11 tbifi
sixpence each advertisement. By the extra con- value of the two first prizes was two euineas ; instead of non, Cato, and Fanny. There are now nine boats on the been much more life. A continuance of the purchases on each other with scarcely any interruPti" be
ay; ot
sumption of paper and stamps consumed, and the money, however, the value in books was given, selected Mersey alone constructed with Mr. Laird's patent. the part of the public, induced by the plethora of money with a tremendous crash over the el
so be !Ipl
increase of advertising which this remission would by the parties themselves e and it is due to them to state The 62nd regiment arrived here on Thursday last • the and some slight return of confidence, alarmed the bears veering round fully half the compasseicsese t, et es
cause, the revenue, we feel assured, would not lose that their selections proved that they had already made Ist, 3rd. and Bth companies from head-quarters, liurY ; into closing some of their accounts, which, added to the of a hurricane from the north, and all it' 10, fl
considerable acquaintance with books. Mr. Rathbone and the 2nd, sth, 6th, and 7th from Bolton. The former real buying, brought about a decided reaction. Londons, with such violence as to shatter sinless_ torler
a shilling by the change.
successively shook the young men by the hand, and de- have taken possession of the quarters at Birchfield, and which had declined to 994, rallied to We ; the Ses from 21. the line exposed to its fury. Trees vse,rs'esree
livered to them each literally a little library, comprising the latter of those at Everton. This regiment was at the die. toll- die. Midlands from 304 to 33+ ; the halves from roots in the College Park, the Botrq',, of :t"tb°
such works as Milton's " Paradise Lost," Shakspeare, Peninsula; and in an action in India, in 1845-6, it lost no 11 to 34; and other stocks in proportion, And this ad. mount, and other places in the vielmriteeeteee
I Chambers' " Information for the People," Family Bible, less than 257 men; it served 18 years in India. The vance has not been quite so evanescent as some of the late venerable elms at the Mansion being tsre sl, err
&c. Mr. Curtis was not present, but an admirable Colonel, Reed, C. 8., was also at Waterloo. ones. It has been steady and gradual for a whole week, Some houses in the south suburb! were greet
letter from him, on the advantages likely to accrue to the EXHIBITION OF 1851.—Our local committee have set prices this morning opening at the highest since our last, almost all the glass was shivered le i'e Pilot)
working classes from a practical acquaintance with the on foot extensive operations for carrying out the views of We may add the following figures to show the unaccount- Dublin Society, the Round Room of the pol
principles of cleanliness, temperance, &c., &c., was read. the royal commissioners in London. Circulars desceiP- able depression to which this description of property is the Rotunda, the conservatories of elOl beet,
Mr. Rathbone delivered an elaborate address to a similar tive of the mode of exhibiting manufactures, &c., are being subject:— and other places similarly exposed. f tbss
purport, which was enthusiastically received. He spoke most extensively issued, and these are to be followed up Aug. 1845. Dec. 1849. Apr. ]B5O. of enormous size, the greater number °being,
in laudatory terms of the successful compositions, and by several gentlemen, to collect subscriptions throughout Eastern Counties 214 .. pi
.. 7 as large as. grapes, and many of then:lee gal
cordially congratulated the writers, who also were hailed the whole town. The money thus collected will first be Great Western
London & North Western, 254 .. 110 . • 100 on the whole, all the characteristics of 6" cl D
with the unanimous acclamations of the audience. applied to cover all local expenses, and the remainder to Midland
in the tropics, and will be lon remenlh reti
ARCHITECTURAL AND ARCHIEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— the general objects of the exhibition.
South Eastern - 14 .. 124 g the J, OO
The usual fortnightly meeting of this society was held at FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held yesterday at York & North Midland lll
___._. 14 . 14 tants of Dublin. • During the storm, Ther t
the Royal Institution, Colquitt-street, on Wednesday Parry's Hotel, Seacombe, on view of the body of Edmund Our Market opened strong. We have h•ad a lar e
, and vice-regal party had to fly for shelter , theft
~ J
evening last, M. J. A. Picton in the chair. There was a Walsh, a labourer residing in that neighbourhood, before business done, the prices of the morning, however, have exhibition of the Horticultural Socieq_e thu_rir
numerous attendance, several ladies being present. with Mr. Churton. The deceased, who was somewhat subject not been maintained throughout the day, a slight retro- of the Rotunda ; and at the same tlT,eds °,
regard to the students' designs, the chairman announced to fits, was crossing the river to Seacombe by the half- gression having taken place towards afternoon. The committing
sty's ravages among the surd Cl
that the successful competitors were, Mr. Rimmer for the past ten o'clock boat on Friday night, and whilst walking quotations are as follow :—Caledonian preference •54 ; Dublin Society's Cattle Show, where feting
first prize, and Mr. Bradley for the second. He called up the landing-stage at the Seacombe Ferry he tumbled Great Western, 524, £l7, 8 die
,• Leeds 114 • a party of his friends were observed e_ fool
the attention of the meeting to a model of a bridge, de_ over into the water, then only about two feet deep. He West Ridings, 9 1 3 dis. ; London stock, 103-+, preference,
24' most laudably to rescue some person' is lit 1 ge'r,4o
signed to supersede the great tubular bridges, which was was discovered by John Pemberton, the engineer of the h--shares 14- 8/9 3/8 6/3 3/8 8/9 4 11/3 5/8 dis. ; sths ditto' fallen structures. Fortunately, tbere.„, hul 'let'
regarded as exceedingly ingenious, but did not seem to boat, almost immediately after, and every attention was 11/3 dis. ; Midland Stock, 334, 1-shares, 261 5/8 11/3 5/8 any loss of life occasioned by the sten'•
an JO
possess any very great advantage over the lattice mode of bestowed upon him by the Messrs. Parry, but without 7/8 274 i dis.; Old Dovers, 131, No. 3,13 e, No 4 sons are said to have received hurr!Srters:•
construction. The principal event of the evening was a effect.
4113,4 6 3 i ; Newcastle preference, 7, 73 9 No, fright, and cars and carriages were oeslef th,v.,
lecture, upon the manufacture and application of glass to JUVENILE OFFENDERS.—The adjourned meeting of A report from the Great Western Company has been is-• directions. Some idea may be form. t,i005-,
building purposes, delivered by Mr. Frank Howard, R.A. the united committees upon juvenile delinquency, was sued to-day, in which £3,500,000 more capital is stated of window glass by the following set.tu' lo.;
Mr. T. C. Archer, of the Liverpool Standard, and Mr. held in the council room of the Town-hall yesterday. The to be required. This has injured the market, and closes Southern and Western Railway terarso, Vie); s;
J. Forest, of the Old Haymarket. Mr. Forest illustrated Rev. Augustus Campbell was in the chair. Moved by the decidedly flatter.
the Drogheda 300. the Mullinear ti'llti (Stlish .05,1
the staining and manufacture of the various kinds of glass, venerable Archdeacon Brooks, seconded b Adam Hod g- Since Thursday last there has been experienced an racks 1000, St. Vincent's 11041100, vnl. evio til
especially stained glass, with a splendid series of speci_ son, Esq., and unanimously resolved, "That from the improvement in the demand for all kinds of Sugar, and 500. The Newmarket police divis_l tbe_erio t.,
mess and designs in the material, got up with immense estimate submitted by a sub-committee appointed for the there are not now sellers at previous rates the few salsa the Coome, Meath-street, and sq,lll be a 'cal' by/
labour, and no small expense. Mr. Frank Howard, in purpose, it is the opinion of this meeting that the experi- that have been made showing a slight advance. They liberty, lost 5,854 panes. This will „f the pego
the most pleasing style, traced the rise and progress of the ment of the contemplated institution for the reformation consist of 70 hhds. Barbadoes; 130 labds. Antigua ; and the poor of that distressed quartS',23o rbecitl;l
art of designing in glass, and illustrated it with a series of of juvenile offenders may be tried at an expense of £l2OO 200 hhds. Demerara ; and 40 hhds. Porto Rico. A few D division of police there were ffof, 0, tbe.ll;
designs, in his well-known masterly style. He pointed per annum, and an outfit of £500; and the committee Bengals have also been purchased at full prices, and offers Several stacks of chimneys and rusoatia_, gre' biAi
out the errors which had been committed in window de. earnestly recommend the subject to the Town Council for made for other parcels, but importers declined' selling.— demolished. The market-gardens.eee verlaerd
signing in this country and others, especially in the Ger- their consideration." No sales made in Molasses. 14s. bid and refused for two orchards and nurseries, have sustain:7es infiosl ;4
man school. He, in the clearest manner, detailed the CHILD BURNED TO DEATTL—On Saturday an inquest cargoes of clayed Cubas.—Rum without alteration.— The Castle Chapel has lost several P;rth les't oo /, '
true principles of tin
art, and showed its progress as far was held on the body of a child named Jane Ann wit- Bengal Rice has improved a little in value the last few Castle, on the whole, has escaped tber etrecl i
as the material was concerned, by the beautiful series of Hams, two years and nine months old, who died from days; broken and low white is 3d. to 6d. clearer.—Dye- same extent of buildings in anY °won°
illustrative specimens furnished by Mr. Forest. Mr. T. burns received whilst left by the mother, together with a woods are not much in demand. St. Domingo Logwood The panes broken in the gas-lamps
___.....---'
C. Archer explained the chemical action of light through twin sister, in a lodging-house in Gerard-street. The has been sold at £4 2s. d. ; and 100 tons Lima Wood
glass, and the evils which result to hothouse plants, hy children were both entered in a burial-club, to which one £l4. —Cotton market steady.
the employment of bad glass. He detailed the progress penny a-week was paid. As it appeared that the mother The " sliding scale" continues to operate upon the Corn
of horticultural architecture in 1619, when glass was first had been in the habit of leaving the children in the room markets throughout this country and Ireland, and the
used for the purpose, by Frederick, the Prince Palatinate, without protection, notwithstanding a caution she had unvarying tendency is downwards, forming an inclined
in his gardens at Heidelberg Castle, up to the great disco- received that they were in danger of being burned, the plane, the angle of which it is impossible at present to
"tries in the actinism of light, which has led to important jury, under the direction of the coroner, returned an open determine. We have received into the port of Liverpool
discoveries respecting the scorching of plants under glass. verdict.
since Monday a moderate quantity of Wheat, Oats, and
He illustrated this part of the subject by specimens of TeseemoNtae.—The passengers by the packet-ship Flour, with a fair amount of Oatmeal, from Ireland. but
various kinds of glass, amongst which were some unique Cambridge, on her last outward passage, presented to Dr. very little coastwise. Of Wheat, however, from European
manufactures of Messrs. Forest and Co., calculated on the Davis, the ship's surgeon, a very gratifying address, con. ports, the arrivals are large. with upwards of 24,000 gm,
most philosophical principles, to obviate the evils gratuiating him on the few cases 9f. mortality that had of Indian Corn from the United States, and nearly 1900
scorching, and the expense of shading. The thanks of occurred on board, which, under divine providence, they sacks of Flour from France, which, with a fair quantity
the society were voted to Messrs. Howard, Forest, and attributed to his skilful exertions, and to his unremitting of Beans from Egypt, form the principal receipts into this
Archer, for their interesting contributions, upon which a attentions by night and by day, to those requiring medi- port since Monday last. We have a continued demand
short discussion took place, and the proceedings were cal assistance. They express their great praise and for Indian Corn from Ireland, and to-day the full prices of
brought to a close at ten o'clock. This meeting was the marked admiration of the lelicac)? of his treatment to. Friday are current, but with no. quotable advance, en
most numerous the society has yet had ; there was a large wards the females, and declare him to be a gentleman other, articles vie have nothing of moment to report.
and highly respectable attendance of ladies and gentlemen, endowed with more than ordinary talent. The captain The sales of Cotton, on Saturday, amounted to about
and everything bespeaks the state of the society as most endorses the testimonial, and adds an assurance that the 7.000 bales, including 2,000 Brazils, 200 Egyptian, and
prosperous. j surgeon gave general satisfaction. 804 Bursts. The deseekusl fog Arsaricaa was very mo-

LIVERPOOL DOCKS AND lIIRKENHEAD
DOCKS TRUSTEES BILLS.

Qrfjt Eibr.pool gnanbarb.

THE ST. HELEN'S SAVING'S BANK.-INVESTI-
GATION INTO THE LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES
AND THE CLAIMS OF DEPOSITORS.

Yesterday J. Tidd Pratt, Esq., Barrister-at-law, held a
public court in the Town-hall at St. Helens, for the pur-
pose of taking into consideration the liability of the trus-
tees of the bank, to make good any deficiencies which
might still remain after the resources available from the
estate of the Messrs. Johnson had been realised. As will
be seen from a notice in another part of our paper, Mr.
Pratt sat from Thursday to Saturday last, investigating
the books in order to ascertain the extent of legal and
illegal claims. In the course of his enquiry he found that
in many instances as much as £7O to £BO in one year, had
been paid into the bank by several depositors, but having
also discovered that an equally large amount had been
drawn out, the existing claims of these parties were allowed.
in those cases where more than £3O had been paid into
the bank in one year, and nothing drawn out, Mr. Pratt
held that according to the act of parliament the claims
were illegal. At the close of his enquiry on Saturday Mr.
Pratt recommended the trustees to declare a dividend of
6s. Bd. in the pound, and yesterday the following placard
was extensively posted :
" ST HELENS SAVINGS' BANK.
" NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the trustees and ma-
nagers of the St. Helens Savings' Bank, will pay a First Divi-
dend of Cs. Sd. in the pound, out of the funds of the bank, to
those depositors whose claims have not been objected to, as well
ae upon the amount awarded to those depositors whose claims
have been objected to. The dividend will be paid at the Town-
hail, on Monday, 13th day of May next, and on tue three fol-
lowing days, between the hours of ten o'clock in the forenoon,
and two o'clock in the afternoon. By order of the trustees
and managers.

TUESDAY MORNING,

APRIL 23, 1850,

FOR many weeks past we have observed remarks
upon the state of trade of the reverse of a sanguine
character in many of our Whig, contemporaries,
and especially in the monetary article of our con-
temporary, the Albion, to the latter of which we
have attached considerable importance, as ema-
nating from a writer known to possess sound views
upon commercial matters, as well as abundant
opportunities of testing the feeling existing amongst
our leading mercantile people. The writer in
question is obviously impressed with the conviction
that the heart of the commercial system in this
country is unsound, and that an under-current and
sinister influences are at work, which mar the ac-
complishment of the best concerted business opera-
tions, and the dread of whose evil working depresses
all mercantile energy and enterprise. Thus w:th a
healthy external surface the tide of commercial
-affairs flows languidly ; and the most promising-
olossoms from time to time put forth, bear no sub-
stantial fruit, and lead only to bitter disappoint-

E people of Birkenhead are truly indefatigable
in their attempts to magnify the importance and
advantages of their Dock Works; and not a little
unscrupulous in their attacks upon Liverpool in-
terests. Possibly it would have been no little
advantageous to them had they, from the first, cul-
tivated the virtue of modesty. But for their con-
stant iteration of the superiority of Birkenhead over
Liverpool, and the large promises put forth, week
after week, in their chosen organs—promises which
stand now in ludicrous contrast with the reality
fulfilled by them—we do not believe that there are
a dozen people on this side of the Mersey who
would not have wished them a hearty " God
speed ;" and welcomed the completion of their
plans and works as a valuable accession to the
commerce of the Mersey.

These remarks are drawn from us by the con-
tents and tone of a letter, signed "Alpha," which
appeared in the Courier of Wednesday last, im-
pugning, as inaccurate, some statements upon the
subject of the accommodation proposed for the
Timber Trade of the port, which have recently ap-
peared in our columns. We need only say of those
statements, that the figures upon which they are
based were given in evidence before the Committee
of the House of Commons on the Dock Bill of
1848, the promoters of the Birkenhead Docks being
present, and failing to shake their credit in the
slightest particular. Moreover, they stand unim-
pugned up to the present moment, except upon
such anonymous authority as that of " Alpha," not
one gentleman connected with the Birkenhead pro-
ject having had the hardihood as yet to stand for-
ward openly and attempt to overthrow them. The
party, " Alpha," who now takes up the cudgels to
thrash us and exalt Birkenhead, like many tyros
and enthusiasts, rather spoils his case by proving
oo much. For example, in contrast with a state-
ment of the cost of a cargo of 700 tons of timber,
oated at the North Docks, as given before Parlia-
ment by Mr. J. Brumley Moore, at £138.105., this
writer says that the expenses of the same cargo at
Birkenhead would be only £53 10s., being a saving
in favour of Birkenhead of £B5, or 160 per cent.
Pity that this vast saving was not duly proved be-
fore Parliament 1 We should have been saved the
expense of the North Shore Works altogether.
" Alpha" has something to answer for in not hav-
ing enlightened us before now.
We shall not trouble ourselves to analyze the
calculations of this writer, or to examine the mode
in which he arrives at his conclusions. We observe,
however, that he calculates the yard rent of timber
at the North Shore at £1 Bs. per thousand feet,
whilst he puts down the charge at Birkenhead at
El per thousand feet. We remember, however,
that -a considerable portion of the quay land at
Birkenhead cost the owners from 20s. to 255. per
yard, and that the land at the North Docks will be
formed for less than ss. per yard. Our neighbours
at Birkenhead may promise the timber trade this
cheap storage ; but where is the security that that
trade once removed to that side of the river, the ,
Dock Warehouse Company and other proprietors ,
will riot back out of their present tempting pro- ,
posals, and demand a fair interest upon their outlay.

The accounts received per the last mail steamer
from the United States, confirming the predictions
given previously of a short crop of cotton, are of
rather serious import to the cotton spinners of this
district. It is now clear that the Manchester peo-
ple have made a false move, in turning a deaf ear
to the representations from America of deficient
receipts of cotton at the ports, and in treating the
upward tendency of prices as the result of specula-
tion only on the part of planters and dealers. As
the result of their folly, they now find themselves
without stocks; and unless a large decrease is made
in the consumption of the next few months, they
will have to pay an enhanced price, without any
very flattering prospect of such demand for goods
as will enable them to manufacture at a profit.
Whether or not the actual yield had proved as
short as was represented, it would have been more
prudent if our spinners had protected themselves
by timely purchases against such a dilemma in
which they are now placed. The abundance of
unemployed money in the country, and the easy
state of the money market in America, have during
the past few months sufficed to tempt speculators
on both sides of the Atlantic, and to enable them
to extort advanced prices, whether on justifiable
grounds so far as the extent of the crop is con-
cerned, or not. The manufacturing community
might easily have discerned the existence of this
element of strength in the hands of holders and
growers of their raw material.
The course now to be adopted—the only availa-
ble one, indeed, in the present state of both the
home and foreign markets—must obviously be an
increased cessation of manufacturing operations,
which will of course entail severe suffering upon
the operative population. This, however, is not
the worst feature in our position. ith imports of
every description of foreign produce and food
pouring in upon us, and unsaleable at prices which
afford remuneration to the importers, the country
will feel greatly the want of an active export of
manufactured goods to pay for them; and, as in
1847, gold, it is to be feared, will shortly begin to
leave the country, and a restriction in the issues of
the Bank of England follow in due course. Already
the timidity shewn by bankers and capitalists in
their dealings with the commercial community, and
their backwardness in extending accommodation
for any but very short periods, afford evidence that
a monetary crisis is feared to be impending. It is
known to all conversant with the Subject that a

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TUESDAY, APRIL 4!,',, ~l'i
EVERY PRINTED AND PUBLISMII'O ft 'tree('
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.iiallseAbortol ,10
hill; et the London Commercial Correeliiii; voerif,o(o(
at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Coll' uo A, ,e..v111/)
house, Paternoster-row; North and ba 9, ,100 ;,if?,
house, Threadneedle-street; Earsno,"'y ,13,trec,t' it et,
London; Johnston and Co., Eden Vaarli'el"elleilinit
Exchange-street, and C. H. Lewl,, , 00000 t, j,
ter; Haddock, azid J. and W. 130003/..d isr,buier
ton ; Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston; l'ind 1.""
Herald-office, Birmingham; Barthaegt,
rrirtces-square, Iluchanan-street. vA4P--
1

THE present position, and the tone of her Ma-
jesty's ministers, with respect to questions of
finance, appear to be strictly obstructive of all
efforts of the people to procure any sensible relief
from the intolerable pressure of taxation. We
Commenced the present session with that novelty in
the annals of Whig legislation—a surplus revenue—
which our bungling Chancellor of the Exchequer
proceeded at one to get rid of, and literally
frittered away Without satisfying any one class of

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Last night the general monthly 10'00! ' Li, 'bl•
took place at the Royal Institution, 86 Leetp•it:le.
was numerous, the president, gr'..nott€4l ant,,,. g
chair. Several new members were IN.' 100,I'eace of
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elected.
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metals, he said when placed in proxilo IQ q t‘!§4,
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havingon Friday last sailed in one
for a considerable time on one of the at
head Park. The " vessel" was easily "';';
" sailor" was able to change his PoV„''o...ts'
and perfect safety. Its ready arlePr,tn,-0V
intended will again be exhibited in B►rke
Thursday afternoon.

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