The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-02-19 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

Mr. Jones Loyd is to be created a peer, by the title of
Baron Overstone.

The Spectator in a literary article remarks that " as the
Whigs have not a great deal of character to spare, they
ought to be allowed to keep what they have."
Mr. Acheson Lyle has been appointed a member of the
education board over the foundation schools, in succession
to the late Rev. Dr. Elrington.

Lord Clarendon left Dublin on Friday, to be present
in the House of Lords last night, when the affair at
Dolly's Brae was to be brought forward by Lord Stanley.
The Morning Herald notices, that in Wednesday's de-
bate Sir Robert Peel, instead of speaking from the floor
of the house, the position always occupied by the leaders,
even of sections of the House of Commons, addressed the
speaker from the second row of benches.

_
IMMENSE FALL IN THE VALUE OF LAND.—The Dun-
bar Common, consisting of about forty-acres, and which,
some few years back, brought £8 per imperial acre, was,
on Tuesday, let by public roup, to Messrs. Nelson and
Renton, at £3 and £3 15s. respectively. Go it ! Free
Trade ! ! !—Berwick Warder.

A deputation of shipowners had an interview with the
Right Hon. H. Labouchere on Thursday, at the office of
the Board of Trade, on the subject of the present state of
the shipping interest. The deputation consisted of Mr.
G. F. Young, Mr. W. C. Harnett, Mr. George Marshall,
Mr. J. Richardson, Captain Gilmore, Mr. N. Gould, Mr.
J. Allan, and Mr. W. Tindall.
At that Radical College, the "London University," a
curious declaration against free trade has occurred. At
the " University College Literary and Debating Society,"
the all-important subject of free trade was lately discussed,
and after a spirited debate, which lasted two days, a divi-
sion showed the numbers to be for protection, in opposi-
tion to those for free trade, in the proportion of three to
one exactly.
. _ _

A deputation of gentlemen representing paper-makers,
publishers, and printers, in England and Scotland, had an
interview with Lord John Russell on Wednesday.
Amongst those present were Mr. Charles Cowan, M.P.,
Mr. T. B. Crompton, of Farnworth, Lancashire : Mr.
Baldwin. of Sherborne Mill, Birmingham; Mr. Thomas
Wrigley, of Bury, Lancashire ; Mr. James Durham and
Mr. Henry Bruce, Edinburghshire ; Mr. Robert Cham-
bers, of Edinburgh; Mr. Charles Knight and Mr. W. S.
Orr, of London. The deputation was accompanied by
Mr. Hume, M.P., and by Mr. Scholefield and Mr. Blair'',
the members respectively for Birmingham and Bolton.
Several members of the deputation addressed his lordship,
after which the gentlemen, who had been received with
the greatest courtesy by his lordship, withdrew._

THE MINISTRY AND SHIPBUILDING.—The free trade
ministers stated on the opening of Parliament that the
shipbuilding interest, in congseuence of the repeal of the
Navigation Laws, was in a most prosperous state. Mr.
G. F. Young, a large shipowner, has exposed the trickery
of the returns made public, he states—" They, the Go-
vernment, say, that the shipbuilding interest is in a most
prosperous state, and that it is prosperous they deduced
from the fact that there were 90 ships building in the port
of Sunderland on the 31st of December last. It is the
truth that that was the case at that time, but it is not the
whole truth ; and the whole truth is, that though there
were 90 ships building in that great shipbuilding port, 24
of them were only sold, whilst 66 were standing, 31 of
them being ready to launch, but could not get purchasers.
I find also, that out of 250 ships which were building at
the several shipbuilding ports at that date, there were but
66 sold, making nearly 200 out of the 250 that could not
obtain purchasers. Is that fair ?"
_ _

The -Morning Herald of Wednesday says, Oh for a lit-
tle audacity in the ranks of Churchmen and Conserva-
tives. Half of the victories of Radicals and Dissenters
are gained by the headlong and reckless style of their
assaults. Nothing is too monstrous for them to assert;
nothing too unreasonable for them to demand. At one
of the County meetings on agricultural affairs, held last
week, when a speaker demanded how the loss inflicted on
agriculture was to be compensated, one of the Radicals
cried out—" Take £12,000,000 a-year from the Church !"
Not knowing or not caring that the result of actual inquiry
had shewn the annual revenues of the Church to be less
than £3,300,0001 In one of their journals, a few days
ago, some idiot or miscreant boldly asserted that the pre-
sent Bishop of London had received one million of the
public money ! It is by "enormous lying" of this kind
that they make way ; and when they come to demand
anything, it generally is, that the Church, possessing
more than five-sevenths of the people, shall succumb to
them, who cannot claim one-seventh.
Mr. Denison, the recently-returned Protectionist mem-
ber for the West Riding of Yorkshire, voted in the majority
on the address, and has since had to explain his vote to an
influential portion of the electors, at a meeting last Sutur-
day, at Doncaster. Mr. Denison declared that he had
no honest alternative, not wishing to turn out the present
government, as there was no one to put in their place.
Lord Stanley was " wonderfully honest," but, " not
always the most judicious." Then who who were to be
his colleagues ? None of the Peel party would go with
him, and with the exception of Mr. Herries, there was
not a Protectionist member in the House of Commons
who knew anything of office :--" He was firmly persuaded
that Lord Stanley, with a Protectionist party, could not
form a government which could stand a fortnight. And
if so, would they like to send for Mr. Cobden? (No.)
Well, he was sure they would not wish for Sir Robert Peel.
(No, no.) He would be frank with them, and say that
he was sure that even he could not form a government.
Well, then, if neither Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley,
nor Nlr. Cobden could form a government, they must be
content with the present one. And this being his im-
pression, he voted against :the amendment, considering
that it was his duty to his Sovezeign and to his constitu-
ents that he should do so."

There may be said to be a four-fold division of members
in the House of Commons,—namely, two parties, and
two sections. Each party, and each section, has its
immediate and appropriate newspaper organ. The large
ministerial majority is represented by the Times and the
Globe ; and the protectionist minority by the Herald,
Post, Standard ; the hermaphrodite section, which is
conservative and free-trading, has the Morning Chronicle;
and the section which advocates household or universal
suffrage, financial reform, and so forth, has the Daily
News.

It is stated that Mr. Caird, the gentleman who has ob-
tained such notoriety by the publication of pamphlets on
" High Farming," is the commissioner appointed by the
Times to report on the state of the agricultural districts of
England, at a salary of five hundred pounds a-year, and
travelling expenses. Mr. Caird is a tenant farmer, hold-
ing one of the largest and finest farms in Galway, and this
extraordinary change of occupation has caused much sur-
prise among his friends. It is, however, easily accounted
for ; he, no doubt, finds writing more profitable than farm-
ing at present'prices.
THE MERCANTILE MAr INE.—In the Commons' House
on Monday, Mr. Labouchere called attention to three
measures, embodied in three bills, of great importance to
the mercantile marine of this country, namely, one for
improving the present condition of masters, mates, and
seamen ; another for the regulation of the Merchant
Seamen's Fund ; the third, for regulating the admessure-
ment of the tonnage of ships. The first of these bills
was drawn on the same principles as that of last session,
though it was materially altered and amended. The ex-
isting evils were, the notorious incapacity of some masters
of our vessels, the want of discipline in the crews, and the
manner in which contracts are entered into between
owners and mariners. The remedies he proposed, as in
the former bill, were to establish a mercantile department
of the Board of Trade; a system of examination of mas-
ters and mates, and public shipping-offices, under govern-
ment functionaries, at the various sea-port towns, who
should superintend the making of contracts between the
sailor and his employer. He proposed in the bill that the
shipping officers should have power to adjudicate in money
questions only where both parties consented. The bill
gave power to abolish the present system of registration,
and to engraft it upon the new machinery. He proposed
to modify the provision of last year with regard to ad-
vance notes, which the present bill made recoverable by
legal process. Regarding the discipline of seamen, the
bill, in addition to the provisions of that of last year—
giving first-class captains a power of imprisonment, and
making acts of misconduct causing loss of the ship or of
life a misdemeanour—provided that on application to a
consul, or commander of a Queen's ship, in a foreign
port, a naval court might be established to try grave
charges of misconduct, with summary power in cases of
emergency.

A FEW FACTS FROM A TENANT FARMER.—The Tithe
Commutation Act was passed in 1835 and the averages
were taken upon the seven previous years. The tithe
owner and the tithe payer were on an equality, both alike
protected to a certain amount. The corn laws were re,
pealed in the February of last year, and as a necessary
consequence the price of farm produce has diminished
from thirty to forty per cent. Instead of receiving 565.
per quarter for his wheat, the farmer can now scarcely
obtain 365. Is there a corresponding reduction in the
tithe charge ? No such thing. The tithe owner is pro-
tected for at least five years to come. The proportion in
which the income of the tithe owner has been depreciated
is about £1 in £5O, while the value of the farmer's pro-
duce is diminished by one-third, or £lO in £3O. A far-
mer occupying land at a rental of £3OO a-year is presumed
to derive a certain profit from his farm, and must pay at
the rale of 1.1- per cent. upon the sum of his rent and tithe
charge. There is no appeal, no redress for him. He may
have lost this year £lOO of his capital, yet, if he farm at
£B5O a-year rent, and pay £l5O a-year tithe, the sur-
veyor of Income Tax will demand 14 per cent upon £lOOO
a year, or £l5 as the government proportion of his profits.
Will agriculturists endure this ? If a sapient bench of
magistrates think proper to build a prison or an asylum
with piggeries and stables in the Gothic or Doric style, or,
if an inexperienced road surveyor, at a salary of £3OO a
year, has a desire to show his unfitness for the office by
erecting a bridge, or making a cutting, the farmer must
find the money, and thus become the unfortunate victim
of the avarice or the ignorance of others. The whole of
the land in the township of Catterick is taxed thus inci-
dentally to the enormous amount of 12s. per acre. Will
Tenant Farmers submit to a continuation of these taxes ?
They cannot. The spirit is willing, but the purse is
empty.—Newcastle Journal.
FARMING.—A curious correspondence has just taken
place between Mr. Cobden and an agriculturist named
Jonas, who is, fortunately, not a small farmer, or the
Globe and the political economists would have come to
Mr. Cobden's aid, and have assured us that large farmers
must in the long run prevail, and that only large farmers
could answer. He holds 2000 acres. Mr. Cobden, there-
fore, tries another excuse, and tells him that he ought to
have a large capital, " say from £2OOO to £3000," or else
his holding is too large. But Mr. Jonas is ready for him
here also ; for he replies, " I beg to say that on last
Michaelmas my capital on taking stock amounted to
£22,079 16s. 6d." Mr. Cobden doubtless expected that
this, his first question, would have stopped his correspon-
dent's mouth ; or he would have gone on with the usual
cant about "farming higher." Here, however, Mr.
Jonas was equally ready for him, proceeding to state.—
" In the same year (1849) I expended for artificial food,
stock purchased, corn, and cake, £2666 ls. 3d. ; and
for artificial manures, £983 6s. 9d." The question, then,
remains,—to which, be it observed, Mr. Cobden gives no
answer,—what is to be done with the land ? Mr. Jonas
shows him that the reduction of prices is equal to 275. 3d.
per acre. This is more than the average rent of the land.
You must annihilate rent, then, to give the tenant a
chance, and even then, with falling markets, it would be
a question whether he could live. Such is Mr. a Jonas's
case—the case of a practical farmer of the higher class.
It has been put before Mr. Cobden. This gentleman,
Sir Robert Peel's great instructor, does not put the letter
behind the fire, or refuse to answer it. He writes an
answer—an impertinent one, a silly one, it is true ; but
one written for the public, for he refers to its publication.
We are entitled, then, to suppose that Mr. Cobden, thus
writing for the public, gave the best answer he could.
And what is that ? Just none at all. Mr. Jonas puts to
him the plain, practical question,—lf I, in 1845, could
afford to carry on my farm, paying 255. an acre rent,
what am I to do now, when you have reduced the value of
each acre's purchase by 275. 3d. per annum ? But Mr.
Cobden has not even an attempt at a remedy for him.

LA IV INTELLIGENCE.
*

In the Exchequer Court, on Thursday last, Mr. Feargus
O'Connor, M.P., brought an action against Mr. Brad-
shaw, proprietor of the Nottingham Journal, for a libel
contained in a hand-bill published by the defendant, in
which Mr. O'Connor was charged with having wheedled
the people of England out of £lOO,OOO in furtherance of
the National Land Scheme, and applied it to his own use.
The hand-bill also recommended all who wished to witness
the overthrow of the great political impostor to take in the
Nottingham Journal. The trial occupied the attention
of the court the whole of Friday and Saturday, and at its
conclusion the jury returned a verdict for the defendant,
accompanied by an opinion that the plaintiff's honesty
stood unimpeached. The learned judge gave it as his de-
cided opinion that the land scheme was illegal.
IN RE W. LAWTON.—When this case was last before
the bankruptcy court the commissioner refused to grant a
protection. He-addressed the court upon the 256th sec-
tion of the act, which enacts that if on the sitting for the
certificate the court shall find that the bankrupt has com-
mitted any of the specified offences, it shall refuse the
certificate or suspend it, and shall in like manner refuse
to grant bankrupt any further protection. He argued
that this section gave the court a large discretionary power
over the certificate, and that the same power was intended
to be given over the protection. The 112th section of the
act, giving the power to grant a protection, was a very ex-
tensive one, and the words taking away that power ought
to be very strong and clear, which he contended was not
the case as regarded the 256th section. After urging other
points, Mr. Woodburn contended that it was for the bene-
fit of the estate that the bankrupt should have protection.
Mr. Almond, for the assignees, and Mr. Robert Norris,
on behalf of the creditors, contended that the court had
not power to grant the application. Ultimately, the com-
missioner, who said he felt some difficulty in deciding the
point, postponed his decision until Wednesday.

SCREW PROPELLER PATENT.—In the Court of Exche-
quer, on Wednesday, the case of Maudsley v. Smith was
tried. It was a proceeding by scire fahias to repeal let-
ters patent granted to the defendants in 1838, for
improvements in the mode of propelling vessels upon
what is known as " the screw principle. On the part
of the prosecution it was stated, and endeavoured to be
supported by evidence, that the practical application of
the power of propulsion by " screw" was known and used
so far back as the year 1784. It was said that the prin-
ciple was identical with that upon which windmills were
worked, and that in 1785 a patent was obtained by a Mr.
Bramah, for improvements which he claimed to have dis-
covered in working windmills. On the part of the de-
fendants it was contended that Lowe's patent was pecu-
liar and novel, inasmuch as the screw worked with a
shaft under water, through a stuffing-box, and the length
of the screw was accurately proportioned to its pitch, and
capable of obtaining a higher degree of speed than could
be effected under any other system. The case lasted all
day, and was eventually' decided in the defendant's
favour, thus establishing the validity of his patent.
THE SCREW PROPELLER.—On Monday last a question
of considerable interest, in respect to steam navigation,
was argued before the Judicial Committee, at the Privy
Council-office, Whitehall, Lords Brougham, Campbell,
and Langdale, Dr. Lushington and Mr. Pemberton Leigh
being present. An application was made by Sir Frederick
Thesiger, on behalf of the patentees of the screw pro-
peller, for an extension of their patent, which expires in
May next. The evidence went to prove that no less than
£30,000 had been expended in building the. Archimedes,
and in defraying other weighty charges to establish the
screw-propulsion principle ; and it further appeared, that
although no less than 32 ships-of-war and 100 mercantile
steam-vessels had been constructed already upon this
principle, not more than two or three had paid for the
patent license. These evasions had been occasioned by
the conflicting claims of five different patentees ; but, as
these have now united in one association, it is expected
the Admiraltythis
are
interested, question
that all who have adopted the use of the screw propeller
w
licenses.
r
collaterally,
As
in
to the amount of about £25,000, Sir John Jervis, the
Attorney-gencral, assisted by Mr. Crowder, Q.C., op-
posed the application for an extension of Mr. Frank
ill
ha vet oe
iptahye rfodri rtehcetilry o
Pettitt Smith's patent; but, after examining Captains
Chappell and Crispin, R.N. and Messrs Brunel and Gal-
loway, engineers, their lordships decided on granting an
extension of five years to Mr. Smith's patent upon cer-
tain conditions; and there is now therefore a fair pros-
pect of that gentleman and his supporters recovering a
portion, if not the whole, of the licensing moneys to
which they are unquestionably entitled.

Feb. 19, 115 t

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BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE;;uis 03.
BLAND—SHERIFF'S COURT, Lmenox.
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action brought by a lady named Agnes Ftnlkig rosrif;
at the Isle of Man, against the Rev. ." P err
Bland, curate of Rotherhite church, to recover,
sation in damages for breach of promise °l.,ropitSiil
The defendant acknowledged his breach oi,r„fic ,
allowing judgment to go by default, and a vvri"_'',._.
was now executed for the assessment of dr Tficefl
S'r
the ossr
were laid in the declaration at f. 3,000•
with whom was Mr. O'Malley, appeared for 4
and Mr. Serjeant Shee, with whom was Mr. P.lies#l,
represented the defendant. Soon after the pw
~oi
represented the plaintiff and defendant camelferepe
there were symptoms of arrangement. Terms, f, D
posed, and whilst the jury were being sworn Dn.„,eo
siger and Mr. Serjeant Shee consulted on the cuwtco
tion to be awarded. Sir F. Thesiger rose, a,a,, be spo,
he was happy to inform the jury that they wow, ,_intl)
a very painful inquiry. The object of the P'r,g4e
bringing the action was the vindication of her env tO
and he (Sir F. Thesiger) understood there 00'0
slightest reproach to be cast upon it, as they sc,,,Ot'
licly hear from his learned friend, and by
..ccur:seel
jury would assess the damages at £1,500. •L'lscielid
Shee expressed the satisfaction he felt at the
,T and ef',,
his duty in exonerating the plaintiff from all,ff,o,
blame. There was not now, nor bad there ;tors
cause to attribute blame to her, and the defena, 0191
be ready at all times to make the acknowlf!gv
now made on his behalf. Mr. Under-Sheriff_. tile;
told the jury that they would, by consent, assesiiii4
mages at £1,500. The jury, of whom Sir He il;
foreman, accordingly assessed the damages a pied'
It was expected that the case would have ocetiforpa
time. The speedy termination appeared
~ f:cahequefw
some of the persons assembled.
A FAMILY DISPUTE. —ln the Court of -1-npd, Re,
rather curious case (Bull v. Ranken) was deel"; , "
had occupied the court since the previous Satlesp;teo,
plaintiff, who kept a circulating library, in felico;o
1841, made a runaway match with one of the cluetelierw
daughters, whilst the plaintiff's brother, a b,ter, 1;
away, at the same time, with a second' clang bare,.
besa
plaintiff's wife died in January, 1848, soon after iit!
finement. Shortly before her death, the defeeeeadvii,o
is a widow, became reconciled to her daughter, a ifiett„
music,her.
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she was
was ean
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her grandmother, a Mrs. Davis, then 73, and. lining
her
the defendant, purchased a piano for 150 guin—lefy;
was played upon constantly by the plaintiffs We:l6
treated as her property. A writing desk, valanbliA
guineas, was also purchased for and used by the_.,' yr
wife many years before her marriage. To 17;_ gde
value of those two articles, the piano and ivnhege7
the present action was brought. Mrs. Davis, t...nge?:
mother, died in 1836, bequeathing all she Wasrt of'?/
of to her daughter, the defendant. On the pr:fore,
plaintiff, it was shown that the plaintiff's wife, Pore
marriage, usually kept the key of the
question, and that another piano had
nbxistes.4eonjusPfibit3lirsostii,bii,,it.,,
the younger sister. On behalf of the defend° use,i,'
urged that, although the piano and desk were„roperq
Mrs. Bull, before marriage, they were not her '0011"g,
and it was suggested, in support of this view, get
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plaintiff had neither claimed nor demanded the fter ,
some months after his wife's death ; and that, 3„ jet
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Miss Emma Stanley, Miss Rafter, and other sci ed
struck the music out of the piece, and naidfneadnhttahhdaatdP essrubf;°sfiet::?c,;:,
quence refused to perform the character, ane, a fri'
cording to theatrical usage, a party engaged at
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ought not to be called to play such a character if ."ber_e
were struck out. This was the case on the part of ' tiler,'
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sitively she would throw up her engagement tag,)
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which the learned serjeant spoke caused roars of z,,,
nAmfutaenortdhd eiwur,
that she cou'ld not appear at all that evening—OvAiltri
and the result was that the unfortunate mana,rie,'#ll
announce that she was " suddenly indisposed, to
"Li t'l
der the circumstances, to " throw himself 0;409
gence of the audience." He contended that 6 ' 064
her own act cancelled the agreement. He 'fbr, tf
Loder, the musical composer at the Princess;tieei
who stated that the plaintiff's wife had intro° ti op'
songs into the part of Wilhelmina—,, Tbr° of 4
wood," and " Love, dwell with me," neither twit
was in The Waterman. Witness was aware' ol'e''
part of Wilhelmina was not essentially a musics P
he had never known it performed without sougslied,,,
an ad libitum part. Other witnesses were ea
i„ tile,'
thought that a performer was bound to plBYroffe,'
although the music were struck out. Mr. P"ltistl
plied, and, in doing so, adverted in very stroog_nue
to that part of the address of the defendant's 1',,1e 1
which he alluded to the after dinner habits of s°„":: '
donnas, and which the defendant had, he suPlletili
structed him to use. The learned serjeant ii;a dig
court ; the defendant, however, got up, 80,%5 t,,,t.
denied that he had given any such instrucL,'",,l'
counsel. Mr. Humfrey said he was very glaur`i the
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff °
amount claimed.

SPORTING INTELLIGEX

The celebrated steeple-chtse horse Rory
-be-i5l
been sold to Lord Lurgan for £6OO. 5V t
CHESTER CUP.—Bell's Life, in an able ane''evell'oi
merits of the horses engaged in this important 0100
chosen the following as most probable to fernaeylo
ner :—Peep-o'-day-Boy, John Cosser, Ellerd
Evelyn, Glauca, Westow, Fugleman, Miss iga
Colt, Roland, The Flea, and Grief. The P', or
Ellerdale, Lady Evelyn, Inheritress, Essedariu4
sack.
,t 1 11
PEDESTRIAN MATCH.-An American re—tolti
of his athletic powers, and challenged a young roans
Sutton to walk against him a distance of seireeocit:
a wager of £5. The challenge was accepted' otoeid
agreed that they should walk, on the 6th 1 TV'
ground between Liverpool and Manchester:oooo
and selected a mile of land not far froni,,., sty
Sutton is known in Lancashire and Chesrtior„if,i
walker. The American, whose name is
claims to be the champion walker of An3ericil'oat°4
feet high, thin, and long limbed. The Amerle.Je.r
lead at a rapid pace, but at the end of the frl't "'old
d or °Ol,
passed him and kept the lead till near the e
sixth mile; then Liley, making an effort, cee'het' rdse,
In t a
competitor, but he was much distressed. ie a
mile Sutton walked away from the Americlo irl
him by fifty yards, completing the seven n"
seconds under the hour.

TRADE AND NAVIGATION•

0019)
The annual accounts relative to trade ell° tte?ff
have just been issued, and are worthy the cloia j
all who are anxious or interested in our ine
outgoings. eetiV/
We have imported 3,872,134 quarters of vrligtill,•
14- millions more than in 1848 ; whilst amt 10.0
quantity, 42 millions of quarters were eine.,tErs„°, j
sumption. In all we imported 9,729,673 qua"1847,;57
and 3,534,437 cwts. of flour and meal in ,001"
about the same quantity of grain as in 18471 y,
half of the flour. The duty saved on °
amounted to £615,814 ; the amount in 1849 so
Of living animals the numbers in
1849
1848
18"

18
194 „5,k9
211P::-I, /11

17
made TlmTuphebrye decrease,twheer eihowever, 0
cfiwnstastl.th
imported
poimportrted provisions'ion Its
4411 c
•••• ---,.,0_ ,I,
597,419 " " is 49 ,/tfri
and 894,800 " " i - 3'5 ebi'i
In cheese there is a decrease from 44",6 sl4,fr .
3t1179e,"5.
rude
rlengibmuetteorf atlhseo
eaxediescegrease, th.flostlegfp jec"pi;
oil and oil cake there has been a considerable svhloori
import. Of tallow the import is the 01109
candles the export has well ni h doubled. Goo
, remains
f 000,64/s:t:
tionary.
Of coffee there has been six millions .9;;"00 'pi(
importedssw:hg.
oal
sugar.
0a
amount
fmTothshuueangntad
sugar
in
te
duty
tnhhgieenr
bepulr
tBehc4saesosd,
poi, preceding
ooge
de ynuecaeardn,
cwts.
£6
is:l;r
vie'
eso:7or: fr :00;
fbruoTtmht
British 3 8 55.
imports92Bo.loofn
own colonies, and a decrease from the I°o3o°,piri
There has been a slight decrease in the c° 01)
to o',.
increased, cotton from 6,366,251 cwts. to 0,1,, of Itii°o 1
the import from foreign countries rernaiail‘ le/
Raw silk has increased in import ; thrown,,so nt,),2
nearly one-half. Flax has increased, as to PO 'll
trade with South America, especially with ._ opt fe:
menting. Of manufactured articles there I;topy,i
increase of imports; those of glass, fnr 6 pe beee6
diminished. Embroidery and needleworic 5:1.00 ty li!
duced to the value of £lOO,OOO. Of silks et 51i4er
twoono
manufacturesllens have le a pfreodmfro themillion' $O2;
have doubled, whilst the imports have bn 0d„,,,i
theies rfarwomm4aotetroia4lsof raa,nulfa.46c,tilv,,Agi(i
gressed. The exports of linen have increas'iliio7.
27 millions, Earthenware, too, had increa"
ware, 6
declared millions
vatlou: 10
f_ll2,Va°tl /'

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