The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1850-10-08 00:00:00

f the country), of the
luable manure which,

.eat ►manufacturing distri

towns, is not only absolutely
'ar by year, but instead of

quandered
)eing applied to the purpose of enriching the land

sons the stream

ys the comfort of ti

lation. (Hear, hear.) But it is not only the supp-ly of
the great towns, but also the domestic supply of manure
from the farm itself, which, I fear, is often too much
neglected. I believe a great quantity of valuable manure
^” by year wasted, or worse than wasted, merely for
ran econor )ic application for saving it, and for
'etaining, at a very mall cost for tha advantage of the

the want of an econor

farm, that which is allow
I should not, perhaps; sa

absolutely to run to waste.
anything to you in this dis•

trict, because it is not so much an arable as a grazing
nd pasture district, with regard to the reduction and
_
d noxious fences. At

straightening of unnecess
the same time there is mu
oeci—much land to be r
much addition to b

to be done even in this res-
aimed at very small c
ed by doing away wit'

unseemly

s, which are really whol

and occupy a

very large proportion cf almost every farm. I have knOivn
in !by experience between five and seven acres of land ab-
solutely added to a farm of 100 acres by the simple re-
moval of fences which unprofitably and injuriously occu-
pied that quantity of land. As an illustration of what I
before !laid, that I advise no outlay unless it be proved to
pay, I 'may allude to a circumstance mentioned to me the
other day by Mr. Wilson Patten, who has recently been
making a tour-in the north. He informed me that in the

south of Scotland he fpund a farmer actively employed in
destroying a very crooked hedge. Mr. Patten asked him,

" Whitt term have you in the rand ?" The farmer replied:
" I have a lease with only three or four years to run."

" Then," said Mr. Patten, " I suppose the landlord is
doing this for you 1" " Not a bit ; I am doing it for
myself." " Why, how can you be doing this when you

have only three or four years in your lease ?" " I
have calculated precisely," said the farmer, " what
it will cost me to destroy the fences, and I find that
the expense of destroying these zig-zag fences will in
three or four years be saved by the mere differente in the
turns of the plough I shall have to take." This is a mat-
ter which may be laughed at, but I believe on investiga-
tion it will be found what I have stated is strictly correct.
In a hundred cases, where an outlay may at first sight
appear to produce very trifling advantage, if you take the
trouble to sit down with pen, ink, and paper, and calcu-
late the return, you may find that it will amply compen-
sate you for your expenditure, large as it may have ap-
peared to you in the first instance. With regard to this
district, as I said before, I believe it is—at all events, in
its present position—better qualified for grazing land, for
the feeding of young stock, and, in a more advanced stage,
for the keeping of sheep, than for agricultural purposes ;
and I believe that to suit it perfectly for either of the
first purposes to which I have referred, little more is
required than draining, which is essential in the first
instance, and after draining--for it is useless before—a
liberal application of lime, which may be obtained in
this part of the country at a very moderate expense. By
these means the land will be brought into a state of fer-
tility which will require only a moderate amount of care
and attention, and of manure also, to render it perma-
nently productive, yielding, I will venture to sas

, in man

instances, more than dOuble—in some instances even
tenfold—the produce gained from the land in its existing
state. Now, I hope I have shown 3ou why, with these
prospects, with your markets, and with the demand espe-
cially for that description of produce which this country
is best able to supply—the demand for milk, for young
stock, for vegetables, turnips, and potatoes—l say there
is ample room to look forward to a profitable investment
of agricultural capitalin this manufacturing neighbourhood,
though I may be wrong, or I may be right in my apprehen-
sions that in more exclusively agricultural and arable
districts I could not recommend a larger outlay of far-
mers' capital.

THE QUAKERS' YEARLY EPISTLE.—This annual docu.-
naent of the Quaker Sect complains as usual of the suffer-
ing of its members on account of ecclesiastical claims to
the amount of upwards of £B,OOO, and presses upon all a
faithful refusal, in the spirit of meekness, of all those de-

wands which are made for the support of a system from
which they are well known to dissent. " The recent agi-
tations of the public mind on many important subjects of
doctrine and discipline, and especially on baptism and
ministry, may, through the overruling providence of
God, be preparing the people more at large to perceive the
. • •

errors which crept into the Church in the apostasy, and
to apprehend the nature of one true and saving baptism,
the real character of spiritual worship, and the only right
call and qualification of Gospel ministers. On each of
these great subjects a testimony has, we reverently be-
lieve, been given us of the Lord to bear—a testimony
strictly accordant in all points with Holy Scripture, and
resting thereon."
BOARD OP TRADE RETURNS.—The Board of Trade
returns for the month ending the sth of September were
issued on Saturday, and their results are satisfactory,
although, as compared with, the corresponding month of
last year, they exhibit a decrease of £279,961. The re-
turns of September, 1849, showed an increase of
£1,816,000 over the preceding year, and the contrast,
therefore in the present instance, as was also the case last
month. is made with a period of the most remarkable
kind. It is further to be mentioned that the decrease now
observable is to be attributed solely to a diminution in
cotton yarn of not less than £462,319. Last season the
continental manufacturers were taking extraordinary sup-
plies of yarn to make up for the stagnation that bad ex-
isted after the revolutions of 1848, and this circumstance,
coupled with the peculiar features which now characterize
the market for the raw material, sufficiently explains the
alteration. In almost every branch of business the figures
are on the favourable side. Our linen, woollen, and silk
manufacturers, all show signs of continued steadiness,
anal the same is the case with those (such as glass,
haberdashery, and leather) in which we are par-
ticularly exposed to foreign competition. The ag-
gregate value of our exports during the first eight
months of the present year has been £43,851,568, against
£39.203,322 in the like period of 1849, showing an increase
of £4,648,246. As compared also with the same period
of 1848 the increase is £12,218,354. As regards the im-
ports of the past month there are no features to call for
particular remark. The supplies of grain, with the ex-
cepticn of wheat, have been less than in September, 1849.
Other articles of provisions, such as salted meats, butter,
cheese, &c., show a satisfactory increase. In tea, sugar,
and cocoa the consumption has also been favourable, but
coffee has gone back again to its declining state.

THE SEIZURE OF PLATE IN LONDON.—It is said that
the prisoner M'Auley is well-known to the Liverpool
officers, and_has been in custody several times. He was

tried at the last assizes on a charge of being concerned in
a robbery, but the prosecutor failed to make out a case for
conviction. He is the son of a man of some property, who
died a short time since, but left him nothing, in conse-
quence, it is said, of his dissipated habits. He is a very
good-looking man, and dresses in remarkably good style.
It is also said that Maguire is well known to the police
TheLis Liverpool. He is reported to be worth
piece of paper, with the name and
in Liverpool, but he has hitherto been fortunate enough
to elude justice, never having been in custody before. He
is also a very well-looking man, and, until lately, has kept
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address of this prisoner enclosed in one of the parcels, has
been identified as his own handwriting The result of the
of property.
search made upon Mr. Sirrell's premises leaves no doubt
of the fact that he has dealt very largely in suspiciousall descriptions,
which have been discovered, is said to be enormous. A
plate,
bearing
The qu a n
creststi t • o ofspoons,
initials
o t and other arti-
clesgreat deal of this plate is nearly new, notwithstanding
which it is bent, broken, and mutilated in every possible
Manner, apparently in order to avoid identification, and
render it more suitable for the crucible. Upon a file in Sir-
rell's counting houses large number ofletters from M'Auley,
all relative to the property transmuted, were discovered.
These havebeen sent to Liverpool for rroduction on Tuesday
Mr. Sirrell was one of the largest purchasers of silver and
jewellery in the metropolis, probably in the kingdom, and
it is said that the house was well known in the trade
as giving the best price. He never atteeded public
sales, but bought very largely of the small dealers who
did ; and it was well known amongst them that they could
with confidence send their plate to him, and depend upon
getting the highest value it could produce in the market.
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