The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-07-11 00:00:00

Of articles of food upon which duties are levied, we
consumed as follows, viz.:—

Cheese
Cocoa
Coffee .

1846. 1847. 1848.
cwt. 110,617 149,124 148,940
.lb. 1,392,611 1,589,310 1,342,700
. „ 15,073,757 16,804,614 16,169,878

Eggs
Hams. cwt. 2,426 8,815 2,945
Sugar, unrefined, 2,057,531 2,473,155 2,455,979
Tea lb. 19,218,047 19,441,859 20,232,544

There is no evidence here- of a material diminution of
consumption,. so far as the above articles are concerned:

It must not be in erred, however, 'Hiatt-he comforts of
our population have been the same in the three periods.
We well know that our working population, in periods of
distress, resort to tea and coffee as substitutes for more
nourishing meals ; and hence the large quantities of those
articles and of sugar in the past year. Cheese is also a
substitute for better food ; and foreign bacon, hams, &c.,
for fresh meat. For similar reasons, we by no means
regard an undiminished consumption of spirits as a sign
of prosperity, although a Chancellor of the Exchequer
parades this fact and an increase in the Excise as such a
. The consumption of foreign corn we pass over as
Lot affecting what is our main object, the bearing of these
returns upon the question of the position of the country.
The only important fact with respect to the import of
foreign grain is the immense falling off in our receipts of
Indian corn, from 1,649,516 qrs. in the five months of
1847 to 530,689 qrs. in 1848, and of Indian meal, from
561,048 cwt. in 1847 to 121,215 cwt. in 1648.
The falling off of the imports of raw materials and
articles used in manufactures is significant of the decline
in the industrial energies of the country. We select a few
of the Most important items. The import of indigo has
fallen from 27,450 cwts. in the five months of 1846, to
9,610 cwts. in the same period of 1848; logwood from
13,137 tons in 1846, to 9,825 in 1848 ; madder from 47,429
cwts. in 1846, to 25,135 in 1848; madder roots from
89,121 cwts. in 1846, to 49,983 in 1848 ; raw silk from
2,336,355 lbs. in 1846, to 1,965,049 in 1848; sheep's and
lambs' wool from 20,158,835 lbs. in 1846, to 15,772,128 in
We pass over the articles of cotton wool,. in which
*re is an increase, inasmuch as its supply is influenced
'y by the produce of the crops. Against this de-
..se of the import of raw materials, we have to set down
n increase in our imports of the silk manufacture., thus
- -e of our Indus-

to 130,073 in 1848, and other silk fabrics
in the same proportion. With their wonted absence of
fair dealing towards the nubile, the officials of the Board
of Trade abstain from all mention of any other manufac-
tured articles, save those of silk and gloves. They tell us
nothing about our imports of cotton goods, lace, hosiery,
flannels, smallwares, watches and jewellery, cambrics,
hats, boots and shoes, &c. ; or we doubtless would be
enabled to show further the extent to which we are sup-
plying ourselveswith the cheap productions of the foreigner,
whilst our unfortunate native artizans are starving in the
streets, stripping of their furniture their once comfortable
homes, or flying to the last loathed remedy, the poor
support afforded by the Union Workhouse.

The splendid exhibition of paintings in the Exhibition
Rooms will positively close on Saturday next.
On Sunday, 25th June, the Rev. T. Nolan preached
two sermons at Hoylake Church, in aid of the Hoylake
School funds; and on the Thursday preceding Mr. An-
drews gave a lecture on Astroromical Science, for the
same purpose, when nearly £23 were added to the school

STEALINC

•At the Police-court, yester
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charged with having taken possession of a cart, the pro-
perty of another party, and with breaking it up and
selling it piecemeal. It appeared they had stolen it on
the 23d of last month, backed it into a yard, and sold the
wheels for .355. to a man in Dresden-street, who again
sold' them for 50s. The cart was worth £l6. The pri-
soner Jameson was apprehended at the Menai Bridge.
Both prisoners were committed for trial at the sessions.
LIVERPOOL CUSTOMS RECEIPTS.—We are glad to find
that there is a small increase in the Customs' receipts for
the port of Liverpool, in the month just ended, compared
with the corresponding period of 1847 ; but this arises
chiefly from nearly £20,000 being recovered in foreign
corn. The articles, sugar, tea, currants, and raisins, have
afforded more revenue during the period referred to, but
coffee, molasses, spirits, tobacco, wine and wool, have
yielded less. The receipts on July 6th were nearly
£40,000, principally on foreign sugar, the duty being re-
duced by the Sugar Act of 1846 nearly oue shilling and
sixpence per hundred weight.
THE NATIONAL GAMES OF AMERICA.—The weekly
arrival of a steamer from America, and the commercial
connexions between this country and that great continent,
having made Liverpool the residence of many genuine
offsprings of Uncle Sam, a desire for the establishment of
an American bowling club, the principal game of the
country, has for some time existed, and it will be gratify-
ing to learn that its conduction has been committed to
the management of Mr. Saunders, so long connected with
the Cunard mail line of steamers from this port, whose
experience augurs well for its success. The strangers
who visit Liverpool during the present week will at least
be pleased with the sight. The rooms in which the clnb
is held, in Slater-street, are most handsomely fitted up.
TRIAL TRIP.—On Thursday, a trial of the beautiful
new iron steamer Cambria, constructed by Mr. John
Laird, was made between this port and the Menai Strait.
The vessel is the property of the Chester and Holyhead
Railway Company, and is intended to ply between the
latter port and Kingstown. The speed of the vessel was
during the trip ascertained to be full seventeen miles an
hour, and on this rate there will, no doubt, be a consider-
oeuamgh
asghaeiehaatd
a to
strong
oenbgy
tide, she made Beaumaris in three hours and twenty
consider-
able improvement when the machinery is in proper work-
ing order. She steers remarkably well, and is a very
passengers.tphleeaysainettebroiaatcfhoarnael,
and
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minutes. During the voyage, Mr. Laird invited his
friends to lunch in the cabin, where a substantial cold
collation was laid out,