The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-07-23 00:00:00

DUBLIN CORN MARKET, JULY 19

The only alteration we have to report in currencies of our
Corn-market since Tuesday is in Indian Corn, which was to-
day 6.1. cheaper, and dull Of sale at the reduction. Some sam-
ples of new Rapeseed appeared; the quality good, and the value
may be noted at 20s. to 21s.

Wliite Wheat.. 23s 6d to 24s 6d Oatmeal 108 6d to 11s 6d
Red ditt0...... 21s Gd to 23s Od I Second Flour 12s Od to 148 Cd
Barley 9s Od to 12s Od Indian Corn, 717*
Oats, old 9s 6d to Its 6d 480 lbs 25s 6d to 28s 6d

;Alarriaarls, 131111)5, aiib E3tatl)s.

MARRIED.

On the 9th instant, at Jersey, JOHN SHAW STEEL, Esq.,
surgeon, eldest son of the late John Steel, Esq., of Edge-hill, to
MARIA, third daughter of the late JOHN WM. ASTLEY,
Esq., of Belair, St. Saviour's, Jersey.

tin- the 10th instant, at St. John's Church, by the Rev. W.
Falloon, M.A., Mr. JAMES STRETTLE to Miss MARY
SMITH.

Same day, at the Palace of Caseria, near Naples, the Count
DE MONTEMOLIN, son of DON CARLOS, to the Princess
CAROLINE, sister of the King.

Same day, at St. John's Cliich, Mr. DANIEL LANE to
Miss MARY ANN DICKSON.

On the 13th inst., the Lady ADELAIDE CATHCART, thelovely
and accomplished daughter of Earl Cathcart, formerly Governor
General of Canada, and at present general of the northern dis-
trict. was led to the hymeneal alter by JOHN RANDOLPHUS
DE TRAFFORD, Esq., second son of Sir Thomas Joseph de
Trafford, Bart., of Trafford Park and Crostcn Hall, Lancashire.
For some days previous to the solemnization of this auspicious

event, a numerous circle of the friends of the bride and bride-
groom-elect had been assembled at the Weaste, the present resi-
dence of the above-mentioned noble earl, and at Trafford-park.
The ceremony was performed in the parish church at Eccles, by
the Rev. John Sparling, M.A., brother-in-law of the bridegroom,
and subsequently at All Saints' Chapel, according to the rites
of the Catholic Church, by the Rev. J. Kershaw, chaplain to
Sir Thomas de Trafford. The bride was richly attired in a white
watered silk dress, with Brussels lace flounces and veil. The
bride was given away by her noble father, who together with
his staff, appeared in full uniform. Immediately after the cere-
mony, the bridal party repaired to the Weaste, where an excel-
lent rkfjeuner had been prepared. During the repast the band
of the 3d Di agoon Guards was placed in requisition. and enli-
vened the festive scene by a variety of finely executed moreeaux.
Shortly after two o'clock the happy pair took their departure
for a tour in the north. It will be found, on a reference to the
peerage, that Lady Adelaide is the third daughter of her noble
parents, and completed her 17th year on her wedding-day.
Mr. Rand& phus de Trafford is, we believe, heir to his father's
estates in North Lancashire.

On the 14th instant, at Christ Church, by the Rev. T.
Whaley, Mr. SAMUEL ALK ER to HANNAH, eldest daughter
of Mr. JOHN JACKSON, of Standish.
_ .

Same day, at St. Bride's Church, Mr. HENRY TAYLOR
PYER, confectioner, to JANE, youngest daughter of the late
NATHANIEL BENSON, wheelwright.
Same day, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. RICHARD BAILEY
to Miss MARY GOODIER.

Same day, at St. Philip's aura, Mr. ROBERT FRASER to
Miss JANE WILLIAMSON.

Same day, at St. John's Church, by the Rev. W. M. Falloor
M. A., Mr. S. WAINWRIGHT *JONES to Miss J. Al
CUBBIN.

Same day, at St. John the Baptist's Church, Mr. JOHN
CURRIE to CATHERINE, eldest daughter of Mr. PHILIP
PARKINSON, of Toxt ,th-park.
Same day, at St. John thc. Baptist's Church, Mr. THOMAS
GRIMES to Miss ELIZABETH GREEN, both of Toxteth-
park.

On the 15th instant, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. C.
Morrall, Mr. WILLIAM JONES to Miss MARY WILLIAMS.
Same day, the Rev. F. T. STEPHENS to CHAR LOLTE
DOROTHEA, second daughter of H. WILLIAMS, Esq., M.P.
On the 16th instant, at St. Bride's, by the Rev. J. Robinson,
Mr. JOHN PRICE to Miss MARGARET FISHWICK, only
daughter of the late Mrs. Sarah Fishwick, both of this town.
Same day, at St. Werburgit's Catholic Chapel. Chester, by
the Right Rev. Dr. Briggs, Bishop of Trachis and Vicar Apos-
tolic of the Yorkshire District, WILLIAM, eldest son of
PETER NICHOLSON, Esq., of Thelwall Hall, Cheshire, to
CONSTANCE FERRERS, second daughter of GEORGC
PICKERING, Esq., of Chester, and gr- ---h•er of the'
Edward Ferrers, Esq.-, of Baddesl,

Varwick-

Same day, at St. John's Church, by the Rev. W. M. Falloon
M.A., Mr. HENRY PRESCOTT to Miss MARY HARTLEY
Same day, at Lezayre Church, Isle of Man, WM. M'FIE
commander of the Liverpool and Isle of Man royal mail steame
Mona's Isle, to Miss ELEANOR CANNEL L, of Lezayre.
Same day, at Edge-hill Church. by the Rey. Mr. Barker, Mr
JOSEPH RAWLINSON to EMMA, eldest daughter of Mr
SAMUEL ADAMS, of Walnut-street.
Same day, at Llanferras, Denbighshire, Mr. RD. EDWARD'

;hter.of the late EDWARD

of this town, eldest daub..
GRIFFITHS, Esq., of the above place.
Same day, at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Chapel, Seel-street
by the Rev. T. Bonney, JOHN, eldest son of Mr. HUGHES
of the Ship Inn, Bangor, to Miss ANN M'CABE.
On the 17th instant, at Christ Church, by the Rev. J. M
Moss, Mr. DANIEL PRESTWICH to Miss MARY WATTS.
Same day, at the Vicarage of St. John's, Chester, by the Rev
W. B. Marsdan, P. F. KEOGH, Esq., of this town, to LU
CINDA, third daughter of ROBERT TURNER, Esq., o
Chester.

Same day, at St. Mary's Church, Birkenhead, JOHN
WALKER, Esq., C. E., of London, to Miss JOHNSON, of the
Castle Hotel, Birkenhead
On the 18th ins

BRIDGE, of Edg
bridge.

at St. Mary's Church, Edge-hilt, Mr

day, at St. Micha
, Mr. JAS. • PAI

youngest dank

DSOST, of London, to-Miis HAR-
;hter of the late Mr. Thomas Har-

's4ti-the-Hamlet, by the Rev. Mr
ERSON to MARY HAMILTON

ler of the late W. RI

Same day. at St. George's Church, by the Rev. T. Bull, M.A.,
incumbent of Great Oakley, Northhamptonshire, assisted by
the Rev. J. Jones, M.A., incumbent of Waierloo, the Rev.
HENRY SLATER, 8.A., senior curate of Stanhope, in the
county of Durham, youngest son of J. J. Slater, Esq., of Hasel-
beech, Northamptonshire, to MARY SARAH, only daughter of
the late JAMES HORROCKS, Esq., of Orrell Lodge, near this
town.

ant, at St. Pa
STRINGEI

On the 20th in
Stafford, ROBEki _
late FRANCIS BANKS. I

al's Church, by the Rev. J. H.
, Esq., to MARY, relict 9f the

Same day, at Woo&
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EDWARD DEAN, Esq

On th
BATES,

21st instant, at St. Phii Churc
o Miss MARY ANN PIERCEY;
Mr. JOSEPH ROYLE, to Miss JAN!

JOSEPH

Same day an
PHI LLI PS.

On the 22d instant, at St. John's Church, by the Rev. W
Wolse!ey, 8.A., Mr. JAMES WOOD to Miss MARY THOM'',
SON.

BIRTHS

On the 22d May last, at C

Airs. W

SON, of a daughter.
On the 3rd instant, in Rodney-street,
MAXTON, Eeq., of a son.
On the 12th instant, at Highfield, Rock Ferry, the wife of
ARTHUR S. OWEN, Esa.. of a

;, the wife of JOHN

On the 14th instant; the'w"ife of Captain ROBERTSON of 5
Pleasant Hill-street, of a daughter. , ,
On the 16th instant, the wife of ROBERT BROWN, Esq., of
Olive Mount, of a von.

Same day,-the wife of Mr. JOHN IRELAND, Belmont-road,
West Derby, of a daughter.
On the 17th instant, in Breck-road
RUFF, of a still-born son.
Same day, at Poulton-cum•Seacol

I, Mrs. JOHN WOOD.

this town, of a daughter. Same day, in Botanic:Ciew, Edge-hill, Mrs. T. DUGUID,
a son.

THE CHARITIES.

LIVERPOOL INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCHOOLS.
• 68, SOHO-STREET.
WEEKLY REPORT, JULY 17.
Boys on the Books. • SO Average
Girls ditto 2O Boys ..
Sick List . ...... 2 Girls .........
Obtained Situations
T. D. Anderson, Esq., Treasurer;_ Joseph Hubback, Esq.,
Hon. Secretary; J. B. Orriss, Superintendent; Visitors,
Dr. Nottingham and H _H. Statham, Esq.

daily attendance

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LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, JULY 20.
DISCIM upEo : In-patients cured. 22; Relieved and at own
request, 5 ; Made Out-patients, 13 ; Irregula.
ADMITTED: In-patients, 49; Out-patients, 5
the week, 12; Remaining in the House, 200,
House Surgeon, Mr. F. D. Fletcher; Apothecary, Mr. J.
Newton; Chaplain, Rev.W. Blundell ; Treasurer, Alfred
North, Esq. ; House Visitors, E. Gibbon and Harmood
Banner, &qrs..

SOUTHERN & TOXT:

IN-PATIENTS,

Relieved
Irregular
Dead

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Treasurer, Benjamin Platt,
George Dover ; House Surgeon
House Surgeon, Mr. H. F.
for the week, Dr. Cameron
Challin .1* and J. Ingram, Esos

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OUT-PATIENTS

NORTIIERN HOSPITA
ADMITTED : Accidents, 59: Me,

recommendation, 19; Tot
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Irregular, 3 ; Died,
Consulting Surgeon, J

Surgeon for the wee.,
House Visitors, E, J. Mon,.
Esqrs.; House Surgeons, Mr.
Treasurer, B. H. Jones, Esq. ; Cila9.
Hughes.

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TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1850.

IN our remarks last week upon the importance
of providing ample accommodation for ship-
building in Liverpool, we stated that there were
many other trades, employing a large amount of
population, whose interest was at stake in this
question. We propose here to direct attention to
one of these trades—perhaps the most important—
the engineering trade, which, from combined causes,
both of local origin, has been almost driven from
the port. A few years ago Liverpool was esteemed
second to no other port for the construction of
marine engines, boilers, &c. Vessels from other
extensive building ports came here after being
completed, to have their engines put in or repaired.
We were making rapid progress also in the build-
ing of iron steamers ; and a large and highly
remunerative trade was thus growing up, and fur-
nishing employment for thousands of skilled arti-
sans. The President, the Hindostan, the Bentinck,
and other vessels of large capacity, furnish exam-
ples of what our builders were enabled to effect in
this line ; the City of Dublin Company's boats were
built here, and for other steamers of smaller tonnage
we never thought of calling into requisition any
other resources than our own. The building and
fitting of large steamers we have lost altogether.
Part of it has gone to the Clyde, and part to London
and other ports. And of the smaller craft which
frequent our river, such as tug boats, ferry boats,
&c., a large portion are not of Liverpool build.
What are the circumstances under which this
disastrous change has been brought about ? In
the first place, and most directly, we attribute it to
the compulsory removal of the leading builders
and engineers from their yards, before other suit-
able sites were prepared for their accommodation,
and in some instances before any other sites were
prepared. When Mr. Wilson, for example, was re-
moved from his premises at the north end, the City
of Dublin Company's business was at once, though
reluctantly, transferred to the Clyde ; and there, in
all probability, may remain, notwithstanding the
accommodation now providing for him at Birken-
head ; for we are well aware how much easier it is
to drive a trade away than to win it back again.
It has been urged, however, that although such
yards as those of Mr. Wilson and others have been
removed, the manufacture of machinery might still
have gone on, and the boilers, when finished, have
been put in within some of our docks. But it
must be borne in mind that the facilities for adopt-
ing this plan are very few, and the disadvantages
and increased expense very great. We have not a
dock in the port into which we can take a vessel of
the largest size, for the purpose of having her
boilers put in, without first taking off her paddle-
boxes. We have not a crane in the port capable
of lowering a boiler of the largest size ; and such
a boiler, weighing, say 40 tons, would not be
allowed to pass over any of our dock gates. In
the yards formerly existing, every facility was
afforded ; and vessels of all sizes, whether buiit
there or not, could be fitted with engines or boilers
at a very considerable saving of the cost involved
in the operation as at present suggested, even in
the few instances where it can be done at all. The
cranage rates, moreover, are exorbitant ; and in
certain cases a dock rate is levied upon vessels
coming into the docks to receive their boilers, to
which they were not liable when put in at the
engineers' yards. Add to all these difficulties the
expense and annoyance to the public of the cartage
through our streets. and the existing disadvantages
will be readily acknowledged.
But the evil works two ways. It robs both the
engineering trade of employment, and decreases,
at the same time, the shipbuilding carried on in the '
port. It is of great importance, especially where
despatch is required, that a vessel should be built
and fitted in the same locality—not necessarily,
indeed, in the same yard, but that a reasonable
distance only should intervene between the builders'
and the engineers' premises. There are many por-
tions of the work of each which can thus be carried
on simultaneously. Thus, the machinery can be
erecting whilst the cabin and other work are being
executed. Again, many improvements may suggest
themselves, which can best be effected by constant
communication between the builder and the engi-
neer. Hence, in all such cases, we are informed
that orders which might have come here are
constantly being sent to other ports, where the
engineering and the building can he carried on
simultaneously. The providing of efficient accom-
modation for the shipbuilders of Liverpool, without
at the same time securing accommodation for the
engineers, would fail in securing the desired amount
of good ; and, on the other hand, accommodation
for the engineers, without at the same time increas-
ing that of the builders, would be of little avail.
For example, a large vessel built here to be sent
round to the Clyde for her engines must he made
thoroughly sea-worthy—planked, caulked, &c.—
before undertaking the round ; and the same would
have to he done with a vessel built at another port,
and coming here for her engines. At either place,
the deck would have to be taken up again, and a
large sum in labour, &c., thrown away.
A portion of the decline in the engineering trade
of this port, as of many other trades, may undoubt-
edly be attributed to other causes besides the want
of proper facilities for carrying it on. For instance,
the West Indies once gave a large amount of em-
ployment in the manufacture of engines and
machinery for the preparation of the sugar produced
in those colonies. After their almost total pros-
tration, this branch dwindled to almost nothing ;
and the business lately carried on, in connexion
with shipbuilding exclusively, is variously estimated
at from one-half to three-fourths of the whole.
That the main cause, however, of the decline of the
trade is attributable to want of local provision for
its convenience, and that of our shipbuilders, is
obvious from the fact that it has been gradually
going on since the end of 1845, when the extensive
removals which have since taken place were first
resolved upon. The greatest decline has taken
place since the latter months of 1847—a period of
monetary difficulties which will be remembered by
every man connected with the trade and commerce
of the country at large.
That it was the bounden duty of our local
authorities to adopt prompt steps to arrest the pro-
gress of so serious an injury to the industrious
and trading classes of the town will be obvious to
every one who will take the trouble to ascertain the
numbers of those who have been driven into com-
pulsory idleness at home, or to carry their skilled
labour to other ports or to emigration. Four or
five years ago we have been assured that three large
firms alone kept in regular employment, on an
average, about 3,500 hands, whose weekly earnings,
which we may take at 245. per week, or £4,200,
gave the large sum of £218,400 as the entire
yearly earnings, the bulk of which was of course
expended in rents, and in giving employment and
profit to artisans, shopkeepers, and others of the
town. These firms now, it is confidently stated,
employ little above 850 hands, whose wages, at the
same rate of payment, are thus reduced to £20,400,
showing a falling off of £190,000 per annum in the
amount formerly distributed amongst these classes.
Need we wonder at the complaints which meet us
in various parts of the town, in which this trade
was located, of declining custom for the shop-
keepers, and of untenanted dwellings. At the
north end of the town, where a large portion of it
was carried on, whole streets of once comfortable
cottages, and respectably tenanted houses, are now
empty and falling into decay; and the same effect is
visible, caused by the decline of the building trade,
as well as of this and other trades dependent upon
its prosperity.
We are not in a position to state what was the
precise area of yard accommodation afforded either
to the engineering trade, or to the shipbuilders,
previously to the recent impolitic changes of the
distribution of the dock estate. With respect to
the latter, however, it will be admitted to be very
insufficient at present, and, indeed, incompatible
with Liverpool continuing to be even a third-rate
building port, when we state that the extreme ex-
tent of our existing yards—eleven or twelve in
number—does not reach 60,000 yards area, and
that some of these are without a water frontage.
We adhere to the opinions expressed by us as to
the advisability of the increased accommodation
required being provided at the south end of the
dock estate; and are disposed to lay particular
stress upon the sites of the Herculanecum and
Harrington estates. With respect to the engineer.