The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1847-01-12 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

LIVERPOOL. which for a time threatened destruction speedily passed away. And why so ? The money panic was- rather a vation. Her husband Was in work, but spent his wages rantable intrusion—do not stand upon the ordinary usages MEN AND BRETHREN,—Do not accuse me of unwarin drink, and his poor wife could get no food. • derangement than an abstraction ; it remained at home, and etiquettes of society, well housed, well clothed, well The address in reply to her Majesty's speech will be and soon returned to commercial channels ; produce of all fed. I value those usages as highly as any of you can do, moved in the House of Commons by Mr. Charles Howand respect them as scrupulously under all ordinary cirkinds was low in price, and a large consumption secured aid, and seconded by Mr. Ricardo. by the general activity of every branch of domestic Mr. John Harker, brewer and maltster, of Barnard cumstances. But human life is paramount, and the daily industry, But not only had business to contend for some months with a money pressure ;it suffered, in the pro- Castle, committed suicide on Thursday, by taking arsenic. bread, absolutely necessary for the sustenance of our His affairs were embarrassed. fellow-men, may not (pray excuse my urgency when I duce markets especially, almost as severely from legislative add must not) wait for the etiquettes of society. ' changes. A commercial budget, the most important ever An Irish gentleman, in a letter to the Agricultural SoOn every side I heard the inquiry, what is to be done ? submitted to the •British nation, was brought forward' in ciety, recommends the use of mangel-wurzel as an ingreIn every circle I witnessed a willingness to give, and a January, and not passed until June—six months of perdient in bread. He says he has tried it with great success. wish for some general appeal, some satisfactory hannel plexity and suspense succeeded a change of ministers, and Joseph John Gurney, the celebrated philanthropist, still further change in duties. died at Norwich on Monday last, aged 59. His death was through which to contribute. To my own congregation, occasioned by injuries received from the falling of his . " After such an accumulation of hindrances it might as a body, I proposed a meeting upon the subject. For pony during the late frost. the result so far I humbly and heartily thank God, and naturally be thought that the consumption, as well as the imports of produce, must have materially suffered; but In the present year there will be thirteen full moons— ments d my dear kind friends. I expected other similar movetwo in January, not one in February—two in March, and suchoes not appear to have been the case, both having in the town. Hearing of none as yet, and hearingonend in will succeeding month—a phenomenon of this increased in a satisfactory ratio. The imports of produce daily of deaths from hunger, I am constrained to the winot occur again for many years. generally have greatly exceeded former years, yet the la On cildness of this address. Let me entreat you to excuse Wednesday, London was darkened by a dense fog, deliveries in all the leading articles of consumption show . tie, and prove that you do so, by granting my petition. which made gas-lights necessary in all the shops and other [t is food for the hungry • it is clothing, however scanty a corresponding increase, and the stocks in many instances thearc higheryearh atvhea ruled n a t t the moderate eo and nldB4psr e. t t y Pricesrregular l atrh reoourgnhaonudt mud however coarse, for the naked ; and I must now add,places of business. The navigation of the river was altogether suspended. cottonw We have medicine for the sick, to notice the most impOrtan't change Mr. Plummer, a distinguished sportsman, and known Read the following extracts from a letter this day rexived from an old friend of mine, now rector of a parish horses,aT hs Athndeeebncdreteilaeeetmel edasrtnwot7f, niseAa4ml6i Parkes,ceed yearsTHawthornonioildinearn aen,ydheaurasknnm; nd aoadnor rteoedvr. Sunday which has occurred in this eventful year—one which will in the south of Ireland : er to Eton I ' give notoriety to its commercial annals, and exercise the " Very grateful do I feel for your kind remembrance of greatest influence on the future interests of this country College, in trust, the yearly interest of £l,OOO stock, to as in deep distress. Much required is, not only the symthe passire? of the new corn-law—the crowning measure Dathy, but the active benevolence of our friends. If they be given annually to the most proficient amongst the of free-trade'legislation. Years must pass before a cormid me not, I must soon close my hands and bar my rect opinion can be formed of its real merits ; but one scholars of the mathematical master. loors. Our existence is one continuous, unbroken scene if misery. A bright and peaceful moment has long been point is clearly established by it, which is, that free-trade Barber and Raine must in future be the ruling principle of our commercial murders at Barnard Castle, have been reacquitted of the who, at the last York assizes, were stranger to me and mine. Yea ! and verily the mirth apprehended, and committed on a charge of having robbed of the land is gone. No laugh is ever heard—no smile policy, and any high restrictive or protective duties must  we n ,ies mus speedy vanish. In this rests our strong claim for the admission of sugar and molasses for breweries and for distillation, and for the prompt reduction of the monster tea duty.