The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-10-13 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL CUSTOMS' REVENUE.

Amidst the complaints of declining commerce, which
reach us from every quarter, it is gratifying to find that
the port of Liverpool stilt keeps on the even tenor of her
way, improving her position.
i The accounts for the pre-
sent quarter, ended the 10th nstantygive an increase over
the corresponding three months of 1845, of £118,295.
The following are the receipts during the three months of
both years :-
1845. 1846.
July, £233,518..
August, 277,267
September, 387,203

Giving £897,988 against £1,016,383
in, the quarter of 1846, shewing the above surp!us.
Taking the three quarters of the year now ended the ac-
count will stand as follows :

QUARTERS ENDED,
1845. 1846.
sth April.... £928,973 £793,427
kith July ..... 817,279
10th October.. 897,988

Totals _ £2,644,240

.£2,754,306

, •
showing a gross increase upon the 9 months of £110,066.
This is encouraging, not so much for the gross amount
received, (which is less than in the corresponding period of
1844,) or the surplus over last year, but from the circum-
stances under which it has accrued. It shoos us that
whatever blows the customs' revenue of the kingdom
may receive from changes in oar economical system,
there is a healthy vitality in the commerce of this port
which enables us to rally from the shock. Thus, in
1845 we found the year's receipts at our Custom-house
reduced from £4,487,664—the previous year's receipts—
to £3,433,112; shewing a deficiency on the year of
£1,0:4,552. This was accounted for by the Tariff reduc-
tions, including £600,000, as the loss on cotton, in the
port of Liverpool alone. We have, this year bud further
reductions of important duties;. yet -we are steadily re-
gaining our position; and folly anticipate in a very few
years to gain our original revenue productiveness, unless
some more tinkering is practised upon our import duties.
In the meantime, the present result sufficiently shews that
the commerce of the port has increased, and is still in-
creasing.

BUSINESS DONE AT THE ALBERT DOCK UP
TO DATE.

The following is, we believe, a correct list of the vessels
discharged and discharging at the Albert Dock and Ware-
houses since their opening, the gross amount of which, up
to Tuesday night, was given by the Dock Chairman at
the recent Council meeting :

... c 7 . •1 N
6,
~f"
Ship's Name. Whence. Cargo. lf,„ g I=il.S'G'E's
= 1 z Fi 1
William Fisher Bahia, &c... Cotton, sugar, &c; 364. 2911 37
Dorothy China Tea .. .' 311....1 17
Frankficld.... New Orleans Cotton, &c.
Magnificent .. Ditto
CountessMinto Cronstadt .. Tallow, &c.
Alice Haviland Barbadoes.. Sugar, &c lBO 188 14
Douro... .... Oporto Wines, &........ 20. 127 28
Royal Saxon.. Calcutta Generale .
Wines, stones. &e. 'r00250
45733695
3513: Ocean (stmer) Havre
Dorothea .... Calcutta General
JoThin M.Vicar. Ditto .... . Ditto ... 648 768, 56
Joseph Bushby Ditto
Cressida Ditto
Paragon. Ditto
Jno.Farnworth Jamaica.... Ditto
ThomasMellor Pernambucaotton, sugar, &c.l, 257 1771 30
Wm.M`Dcugal Taganrog ..ITallow
Swordfish .... Pernambuco Cotton, sugar, &c. 345 3131 49i
Grindley Madras ....'General
Adam Lodge.. Calcutta..
Penelope Sierra Leoae• 2lB .... , . c c.E.$
Camillus ..... 'Bombay.... General j 615.... 47
Lena Sincapore
Boykett Bordeaux,.. Wines, fruits, &e.. 1151.... , 5 c'
v

We may state, in additi,
the dock by yesterday's ti
manifests of two ships, nc
dock for discharging there

ion, that one other vessel entered
ide ; one is in the river ; and the
3w off the port, are lodged at the

Two CAR-DRIVERS COMMITTED FOR TRlAL.—Yes-
terday, at the Police-court, two car-drivers were brought
before Mr. Rushton, charged with stealing a man's cap.
The case was proved against them, and as it appeared
that one of them. had been committed for felony several
times, and the other no fewer than four times, they were
both committed for trial at the sessions. This case natn-
rally suggests the question—As no carman can legally
drive without a license granted by the magistrates (or the
Town Council), how comes it that so little inquiry is
made into the characters of applicants, that even men
who have been repeatedly convicted of felony, are passed
as eligible for the trust, when the slightest inquiry at the
Police-court, and reference to its books, would immedi.
ately show them to be vile impostors. The public are
sufficiently annoyed by the frequent overcharges, inso-
lence, and sometimes dishonesty, of a great number of
carmen already, that it is surely high time that, when new
applications are made, men of really good character should
alone be licensed, so that the whole of the body may be
improved, and the public protected.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS AT NEW BRIGHTON.—In
consequence of camplaints made by visitors at this agree-
able bathing place, of the cruelties wantonly practised by
donkey drivers and others, the Liverpool society for the
prevention of cruelty to animals solicited and promptly
obtained. from the London Royal Society, the services ot
an active London constable to arrest them. The result
of his exertions have been the conviction, at Liscard Ses-
sions-house, on the 2nd instant, before William Hall and
Henry Winch, Esqrs., of William Rowlands and Richard
Peters, of New Brighton, donkey drivers, in costs, for
cruelly beating donkeys under their charge. Also, of
George Upton. of Wallasey, in 10s. and 6s. 6d. in costs,
for working a horse in a cart, whilst suffering from a
dreadfully cut and bleeding knee ; and of Jonathan Mar-
shall, of Wallasey, in ss. and costs Gs. 6d., for violently
beating a donkey, and spurring it under the tail till it
bled. Through the agency of the same active constable,
before William Potter, Esq., at Birkenhead, on Tuesday,
the Gth instant, John Pearse, driver of the Hoylake
coach, was convicted in the penalty of 10s. and 6s. 6d.
costs, for driving horses with raw wounds under the
collar. It is to be hoped that these cases will be a solitary
example to other offenders, and that the police and the
humane part of the public, will thus see the importance
of doing all in their power to suppress all cases of similar
cruelty. It is not generally known, that by the act of
Parliament, any one may take out a summons for a case
of cruelty which he has witnessed, and obtain certain
conviction, without the need of any other witness. If
application be made to Mr. Hayward, of Bold-street, the
agent for the society, or Mr. Richard Fry, the honorary
secretary, every assistance will be rendered.
MRS. PARKzs' PICTURES.—The drawing of the club
subscription for this valuable collection is now progressing,
and many of our townsmen have been extremely fortu-
nate. Nearly all the shares are taken, and as a subsriber
of one guinea is entitled, at the lowest ratio, to a print
valued at one guinea and a half, (eleven thousand pounds
worth of pictures being divided amonst the subscribers of
two thousand pounds,) there can be little doubt that all
will be disposed of in a few days, Air, Cuttra, of Bola,
street, is the agent,

Oct. 13, 1846.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE,
(EY EXPRESS.)

THE WAR IN KAFFIRLAND.
(Prom the Morning Herald of Yeaterday.)
On Monday last, we announced the arrival of the Marie
Some!, with Cape of Good Hope papers to the 4th of Au-
gust inclusive. This day we are put in possession of
other Cape journals of the same date, with later
news from' the seat of war, of a highly interesting
character. The last intelligence acquainted us, that
on the 16th of July, Colonel Somerset, with his army,
had passed the Buffalo at Bridle Drift. The present ad-
vic.es supply us with the important operations of that gal-
lant officer since that period, as detailed by him in his
official communication to Lieut.-Colonel Cloete, from
which it will be seen that in the pursuit of Pato, he made
a rapid and bold incursion into Kreli's territories-, where
he had a smart engagement with the Kaffirs, thoroughly
routing theme killing about forty of them, and capturing
five thousand head of cattle, which he conducted
safely through the enemy's country to head quarters.
The loss on the side of Colonel Somerset was, Field-
Captain Groenwaldt wounded, one Fingoe killed, and
one Fingoe wounded. The Fingoes' display the most
I intrepid conduct, and appear to have borne the brunt of
the action. In addirion to the above important news, we
have also particulars of the successful operations of the
troops under the command of Colonel Hare and Sir An-
dreas Stockenstrom, in the Amatola Mozentains. In
these engagements, it was conjectured that' 150 Kaffirs
were killed, irrespective of many wounded. The loss on
the side of the British troops was inconsiderable.