The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-23 00:00:00

FALLS OF CLYDE.

Donald.... Mr. Mackay. Edward.... Mr. Nantz.
Ellen
Tickets to be had of Mr. BAKER, 3, Cases-street, and at
the Box-office of the Theatre.

MR. WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAINMENT.
rr 0-M ORROW (Saturday) EVENING, at Eight o'clock,
in the ROYAL ASSEMBLY Rooms, Great George-street,
Mr. WILSON will give an ENTERTAINMENT on
SCOTTISH MUSIC, in which he will Sing some of the
most admired Songs of Scotland.
Programmes and Tickets may be had at the Music Shona-
THIS EVENING, (Friday,) Mr. WILSON will give
LECTURE on SCOTTISH SONG, at WOODSIDE.

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
POSITIVELY THE LAST TWO FETES OF THE

SEASON.

ON MONDAY next, the 26th instant, and WEDNES-
DAY next, the 28th instant, the
GRAND ROMAN FESTA.

This inconceivably magnificent Spectacle is succeeded
by the Pyrotechnic Wonders of the GI RANDOLA OF
ST. ANGELO, with all its splendid incidents, termi-
nating with the Gorgeous Cascade of Brilliant Fire, and
Tremendous Flights of Rockets.
The Grand Musical Promenade at Five o'clock.
Fire Works of St. Angelo to commence precisely at Half-
past Seve❑ o'clock.
The famous performing Elephant RAJAH will promenade
the Garden, drawing a splendidly decorated Car, with the
attendants in the full Eastern Costume, during the Afternoon.
To enliven the Evening's Promenade, Mr. STUBBS'
ROYAL HARMONIC BAND will Perform a favourite
Selection of Music.

The Gardens are Illuminated with beautiful tripod Gas
Lamps.

ADMITTANCE, ONE SHILLING.

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Capt. J. A. A., Parkgate.—The publication alluded to shall
be carefully read, and spoken of according to its merit.
Though we cannot insert the letter signed " Catholicus," we
shall not overlook his arguments at a fitting opportunity.
" Episcopalian" is informed that, according to his intention,
we did exercise our own discretion. •
In reply to our correspondent " R W," Mr. Huskisson met
with the accident which terminated in his death, during the
stoppage of the train, at Parkside, on the road to Man-
chester. He was taken forward to Eccles, and died at the
rectory there.

Eiji Riberpool Otanbarb.

FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1842.

We beg to direct the attention of our readers to the
evidence afforded of the operation, thus far, of Sir
Robert Peel's modification of the Corn-laws, in two
tabular statements, furnished by the Quarterly Review,
which we here quote :
Account of Wheat and Whe
sumption at ten of the pri
each week since the passi
the Average Price and Ra

!at Flour entered for Home Con-
incipal ports of Great Britain in
ing of the New Corn Law, with
rtes of Duty.

Week Quarters I Average Rate of Amount of
following. Entered. Price. 1 Duty. Duty.
s. d.l s. d. X
April 28 .... 30,159 59 1 1 13 0 4,683
May 5 .... 31,072 59 3 1 13 ' 0 10,131
~ 12 .... 7,033 59 8 13 0 3,952
IP 19 .... 30,600 60 0 12 0 17.064 •
PP 26 .... 19,591 60 5 12 0 10,178
June 2 .... 7,511 60 9 12 0 3,882
~ 9 .... 19,121 61 3 11 0 10,055
PP 16 .... 8,424 61 9 11 0 4,112
„ 23 .... 32,411 62 3 10 0 13.257
1, 30 .... 53,978 63 0 9 0 21,973
July 7 .... 17,204 63 7 9 0 7,084
„ 14 .... 95,610 64 1 8 0 34,816
„ 21 .... 62,209 64 5 8 0 21,800
„ 28 .... 71,644 64 7 8 0 25,382'
Aug. 4 .... 364,073 64 7 8 0 137,914
PP 11 .... 1,354,797 64 2 8 0 535,012
„ 18 .... 155,761 63 0 9 0 66,347
„ 25 .... 96,733 61 10 11 0 45,788
18 weeks 2,457,931 62 1 1 84 I 974,024
Average Prices and Total Quantities of Foreign Wheat and
Wheat Flour entered for Home Consumption, with the
Average Rate and Total Amount of Duties paid thereon,
with the Average Prices of Flour for each year during the
operation of Act 9 George IV., c. 60, from the 15th of
July, 1828, to the 29th of April, 1842.
. ~. .*
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g, 2"
5)
.:-cu ~...= Ej "CI t . .15 0 q.• z
-4 li 0 8 ra,
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Years. ')..-- co g'. P.. e. g. fe-1.1. .s:g :6
b 4-- .., 5 cu P. 2 ;
.., ii '3' g as bp r 1
03 ... V
it 0 0 a•E
p• c,..7
----
s. d. ' X s. rl.- ' .1. d.
Half of 1828 60 5 807,031 68,825 1 9 ,46 6
1829 66 31,374,963 621,258 9 3 55 10
1830 64 S 1,672,200 535,077 6 7 54 11
1831 66 41 1,408,999 325,113 4 8 60 1
1832 58 81 184,081 215,040 23 3 54 7
1833 52 11 1,368 963 11 1 43 4
1834 46 2 294 322 19 10 39 5
1835 39 4 141 170 20 10 31 0
1836 48 6 1,054 852 14 6 32 4
1837 55 10 210,859 295,889 28 1 39 10
1838 64 71 1,822,991 141,895 1 7 43 6
1839 70 8 2,702,848 670,054 411 52 2
1840 66 41 2,329,991 883,346 7 2 52 8
1841 64 4 2,392,061 399,611 3 5 52 5
1842 }
60 2 4,616 3,385 14 8 ..
to 29th April .
---
14 years 59 014,914,547 4,164,800 5 7
From the first of these tables it appears that, from the .
28th of April (when the new scale came into operation) to

From the first of these tables it appears that, from the
28th of April (when the new scale came into operation) to
the last week in August, a period of eighteen weeks, no
less than 2,457,931 quarters of corn were entered for
consumption, at an average duty of Bs. 4d. per
quarter, thus contributing to the revenue an aggre-
gate amount of £974,024, during these five months !
During the whole of this period the fluctuation in
prices has been, without precedent, slight, ss. 6d. per
quarter being the extreme variation during the entire
period. In the last week too, after the admission of
this vast quantity, it will be perceived that the average
price of wheat remained nearly two shillings per quar-
ter higher than at the beginning of May.
By the second table it appears that, in the previous
14 years, under the old scale, we imported, on an ave-
rage, one million quarters per annum, at an average
duty of ss. 7d. per quarter, producing an average an-
nual duty of something less than £300,000, the annual
importation being much less than one half, and the
revenue produced less than one third of that derived
during the past 18 weeks. Out of the total importa-
tions, however, amounting in the 14 years to 14,914,547
quarters, between nine and ten million quarters were
imported in the last four years ; in 1833, the importa-
tion was only 1368 quarters; in 1834, 294 ; and in
1835, 141 quarters ! The extreme fluctuation in price
has.been in these fourteen years 31s. 4s. per quarter,
the average in 1835 being 395. 4d., and in 1839,
70s. Bd.
Upon these tables the London Times of Tuesday
last has endeavoured to erect an argumpt in favour
of a further modification of the Corn-laws—the total
annihilation, in fact, of the principle of a sliding-
scale, and the adoption of a low fixed duty. From the
fact that in the face of a fair harvest—(the Times calls
it " an abundant" one, which we can scarcely take to
be its correct designation)—the average price, notwith-
standing our large importation, is still maintained at
61s. 10d. in the beginning of September, our contem-
porary suggests that the protection afforded to the
farmer by duties upon the importation of foreign corn
is proved to have been greatly over-rated, and that he
may dispense with that protection to a greater extent
than at present, without sustaining injury. Our con-
temporary takes it for granted that importation has not
reduced prices. Arguing upon the state of the ave-
rages as shown upon the face of the above tables, he
says, " the fact is most extraordinary—but hitherto
such is the fact," that importation " has not produced
the cheapness of corn, which might have been pre-
dieted ;" and when we see that by reduction of duties
an abundance of the staff of life has been placed
within our reach, we are urged by the, Times to " pur-
sue to its legitimate limits a course of so great pro-
mise and open to so little objection."
With all deference, however, to our contemporary,
we must deny the correctness of his premises. It is
not true that corn has not been cheapened by the late
extensive importations, although we admit that the
reduction in price does not appear upon the face of the
corn inspectors' returns. Free trade philosophers,
such as the Times, should know something of the sub-
ject upon which they write, before giving to the world
their crude conclusions; and had the Times made the
inquiry from any intelligent factor in Mark-lane, or
elsewhere, he would certainly not have ventured upon
the extraordinary doctrines which he has founded upon
his want of conversance with the practical bearings of
the question. Either the Times and its correspondents
have been agitating, for weeks past, for a reduction in
the price of the loaf, which the baker and the flour-
dealer cannot afford, or the price of wheat has fallen,
and that considerably ; and we should like to hear the
Times explain, whether that agitation has been unrest-