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THE CHURCH. The Bishop of Salisbury has made known his intention of holding an Ordination at Salisbury, on • Sunday, the ..? , ;:h February. His Lordship will not admit any can di,!ates for Holy Orders who have not taken a degree, ,sail 'attended a course of Divinity Lectures in one of the Uoitities. T Rev. Wm. Thresher, M.A. late Curate of Forts. Imouti , has been presented by 11. P. Delme, Esq. of Cams 11.d1, to the Vicarage of Titchfield, in the county of Hants, vacant by the death of the Reverend Alexander Radcliffe The Rev. George Taunton, Clerk, B.D. Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, to the Rectory of Stun fordtonv, in the Diocese of Salisbury, void by the death of Thomas Stockwell, Clerk, Bit on the presentation ' of the President anal Scholars of the same College. The Rev. Richard Adolphus Musgrave, Clerk, S.C.L. to the Rectory of Compton Bassett, void by the death of George Ilayter, Clerk. The Rev. B. J. W. Valpy, to the Rectory of Stanford Dingley, Berks, void by the resignation of Thomas Whit aker, Clerk, on the presentation of the Rev. Edward Valpy, of the Close, Norwich. Tha Rev. William Dolby, Clerk, A.M. Fellow and 'l' woe of Exeter College, Oxford, and Senior Proctor of -die University, to the Vicarage of Warminster, void by the cession of the Rev. George Hume ' Clerk. At an ordination, holden by the Lord Bishop of Bristol, M the chapel of Christ College, Cambridge, on Christina/1- day, the following gentlemen of the University of Oxford were ordained priests: — S. Robins, M.A. Exeter College ; .1. Cheales, M A. Brssennose College • J. Trollope, B.A. Wadiutin Collage; and J. Eve. !sign, Worcester College. On Monday last the lion. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Lichfield anal Coventry held an ordination in the cathedral church of Wells, when the following gentlemen of the same University were admitted into Holy Orders : Lcscons—Thoinas Cox, B.A. Worcester College ; Samuel Fox, B.A. Pembroke College ; William Polwhele, B.A. Exeter College. Paizse—Charles }over, P.A. Trinity College. The following gentlemen of the University of Cam bridge were ordained on the 18th ult. by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury : DEscons—rlitford Wells. B.A. Sidney College ; and Harry Jordan Place. B.A. Clare 8011. paigsTa_john Richardson, B.C.L. Trinity Hall; Lancelot Miles Balton, B.A. St. John', College. THE ARMY. OFFICERS' PENSIONS FOR WOUNDS. Officers receiving Pension* for Wounds are hereby informed that She same sill hencohrth h , cnnie due quarterly, viz.: on the .4th March, the 44th June, the •21th September, and the 24th Des ccaiber, in each veer, and will be in coarse of payment at the tame verinds as , hernir , d pay. 091ceni may, therefore. receive their pensions for wounds either :sarterly or halt:yearly, as heretofore, at their option. A demshroent belonging to the East India Company's Service embarked on Friday evening at Billingsgate, fur Gravesend, on ::de tr Chatham. A denaehntest hel.nging to the 13th (lit Somerset Light In. hairy) Regiment is ordered to embark on the 22d inst. at Graves. end, for India. A dnachment of Lift men belonging to the East India Company's 4rmicz is ordered to march from Chatham to Gravesend, to embark rathwith for St. Helena A detachment, consisting of MO men belonging to the East India Company's Service, is ordered to proceed from Chatham to Graves. cod, to embark immediate!, for Bombay. The sentence of the Court 31%rtial held in Portsmouth garrison far which Major.(leneral Sir Edward Bleckner, K. C. B. was President.) on Lieutenant ltiastead anti En.ign Rowcroft, of the Regiment, wan promulgated on Monday last. The charge a4sited Ensign Roweroft, of his having used language unbecoming the character of an officer, was proved, and thereupon he was atm traced to be dismissed from the service. Lieutenant Binstead for rot having exercised the authority of a superior officer, in putting Ensign R. under arrest when the words were uttered, (they were on a shoming party) was sentenced to be admonished. THE HOTAL NAVT. PORTSMOUTH, J AN. 7. 4 On Sunday last, waived his Majesty's ship Ariadne, 28, Capt. 1 J. Fleming Chapman, from the Cape of Good Hope station, hay. ' , ing bee relieved by the garnering, 28, Captain Dunn. Tn. Ariadne left the Mauritius for the Cape of Good Hope on the 25th : August last, and arrived at the faire on the 23d Septetnber, touch. i cog at Tamatave, a port of Madegatear, on her way. After re tilting at the Cape. she sailed from hence on the 2lst of October, leaving there Commodore Christian, in the Owes Glendower: also the Leven. Captain William F. Owen ; Barracouta, Captain Vidal; and Albatross schooner, composing the Surveying squa dron, about to proceed to the Coast of Africa, The Tweed. 28, Captain Frederick llunn, will sail in a few dart with Charles 3i'Kenzie, Esq. his Majesty's ConsuLllenetal is iltyti (St. Domingo) and Colonel Dashwood, Consul. General at Vera Cruz. The Royal Oak pot back on Monday with the loss of her foie top.msst. and fitailiy sailed on Wednesday, for Bermuda, with a tine breeze.— Remain at Spithead—Tweed and Ariadne. The Hope transport has brought the depot of the 25th Re. gator-A to Albany, front Cork, and has ailed for the Depot of foe first Foot; these corps having lately embarked for Bar bidollll. By the death of Major Ridley Captain Moore, many years Q frrtenna"ter of this division of Royal Marines, obtains the rank of Captain in that corps, ant vacates his situation. The Victualling Office at Chatham will be removed to Sheerness in August next. We are gratified to hear that the Lords of the Admiralty have riven direction' tor building another class of ships on the several priqeiples of Sir Itokrt Seppings (the Surveyor of the Navy) the :school of Naval Arehaecture, and Captain Hayes, R.N. The frigate'. of 28 guns. are to be built at Portsmouth and Woolwich Yards. in which the plans of these svientitic projectors are to he worked out, and their comparative excellence afterwards rat to the test, by experimental cruising. it is a dif f icult, and, with all the knowledge we pfI! , ..VIIS, a very defective, but highly important, science; and it is only by s course of eaperimente that any Im provement in it tat, lac attained. It ought not to he said, with tinali, by any other power on the face of the globe, that they build Letter ship" than we do. Their Lordships have also ordered two stoops of war to he built at Chatham, on the plan of the Pylades (Sir Robert Sepoirga') enlarged and altered; two at Pembroke,' on the plan of Cu, Orestes (Dr. Inman's); and Captain Hayes is to build ere at Portminlith, on his plan, which shall excel the Champion in every qualification. Lieut. Charles f krdon, of the Ariadne, is promoted to the rank of Commander. MeSSTS- Barker, Etpiegle ; Edwin Wise. Jasper; Erskine. Volagr ; and Ems, Victory ; are promoted to the rank of Lieuienant. Limit nant P. Bagnell. late of the Camelion (who so gallantly boarded the Algerine corvette), is appointed to the Java; Lieutenant Witham, Philothel ; Mr. Parker, Purser, Es piegle.—ButapAire T. lekliph. A PPOINTMENTS. t minas—John Warwick, to the Badger; W. J. Attrill, Raga •; Relay Campltng, Brisk; Thomas film's. Hariegoin ; Wm. Gregory, Ilmrsart Benjamin Dyer, Leven; John Beater, Mastiff; Luke lamytb, Nimrod ; Jobn I'. Taylor. North Star ; Alum NPlntosh. Pandora; John G. Dean, Philomel ; Heary Tucker, Proctis : John M. (lope. Rainbow; Arthur Ellis (act.), Scylla; Lieorgc T. Smithson, Shamrock; James Benifuld. Spar ritirhawk ; Wm. C. Spartiate ; James Tod Lathy, Talbot; Joim Stigant, Polage t George B. Harrison, Wellesley. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. Arica, ate which much money was pending, was finished on Swat. ,lay night, at ten o'clock, at Kingsland, in which Mr. G. WC4t, the celebrated day pedestrian was beat. The stake was 2941 sovereigns, Mr. W.'s opponent, a gentleman of the name of Win , .erton, and the match was from the 114 mile stone on the London side of Derby, elms upon Kegworth, near to which town Mr. W. resides. Betting was 6 to 4 on Wert as a known long-distance traveller. The distance to Kingsland is 113 miles, and the start took place at half. put five o'clock on Friday afternoon. The travellers kept together until four o'clock in the morning and accomplished 42 miles in the first eight hours, and in the ten and a half hours, at Northampton, 49 miles. Mr. West here made the play and headed his opponent at llockliffe two miles, and there he rested two hours, in which in. vrim Mr. Minerv' went by, and they were together again at the 2 mile stone. Mr. West, according to the atatement of one of the witpires, Ur. Barclay, was beat 12 miles from home, and Mr. Win. tenon was by halt an hour making his way from the tunnel to liingtland in' 8 hours and a half. Nev LINE or l'Acscrs nom 'Ayr:spoor TO Rto.— We observe with pleasure the establishment of a new line of packets to the Brazils, a circumstance which cannot fail to give the utmost satisfaction to all parties interested in the trade. With the successful example before them, of the scrupulous exactness with which the business and en gagements of the American patios are performed, sve do not doubt that the disappointments, delays, end endless vexations to shippers, hitherto experienced, will be pre - Several of the landlards in the agricultural parts of Yerk- vented by the clearing of these vessels, full or not full, shire have given notice to their tenants, that they will not, upon the appointed days.—/ iverrnd Commercial Chronicle. at their ensuing rent clays, receive any money in payment It often happens that rather too gloomy a view is taken of their rents except the coin of the realm and Bank of of any public disaster at the first sight; this, we are happy England notes ; in other words, that they will not receive Ito find, was the case with respect to the effect likely to be any provincial notes whatever • and, if we are rightly in- produced upon the town of Keighley by the failure of armed, a notice to this effect has been given to the tenants I NILIAST4. Butterworth, of Shelf. Though there are many of our late county Member, Mr. Wilberforce. This inti- sufferers in that place from this cause, several of the mann mafiosi, so prejudicial to the stability of public credit, is l facturets and trading men have wholly escaped ; and in much at variance with another and much more patriotic other instances the loss is not likely to be so serious as to notice, by the steward of Thomas Thornhill, Esq. of affect the stability of the holders of the bills.—Leeds Fixby IlaU, to the effect, that that gentleman postpones cure. his rent-day for three months, to give time for public ere- By the market prices gin does not appear to be reduced 'lit in revive, audio afford such of his tenants as have been more than Is. per gallon, but, as the imperial measure has suffivers by the failing banks an opportunity of recovering sodincrea the gallon in si ze about oonne-.fifth, in Act the thetoselvcs.—Leeds ii/crcorry. price eced about s. per gall is the sane i language, no sound% mony, and. pot tic cba , a sort of older sister. • o be cultt. The sage l'uraning ry age and It ; and tha met] to tha ing, highly ian eimpli- I finish of !icy of ge. aateness of gious. pirtment of ly anything it, or =Al is generally —perhap owever, melodies." owaril, be. the world, joist Intro• knowledged sbytheie. 'e on Satur. Illeyetbeer's n 1 an Om , whom we !Atly strolls idol by the 4gnon Vet afforded a all lovers ey are pot era form au on Madam, ave heard, a g,ing Is such, e Leen taken Iroficiency in credit on her With great lonini unites evinetll in • Iler voice personal . kns b 0 gent- II w the lot a 'opted by it ei most Iltr putrid imtaitted--,a first act, and ,Leond, both peraeital &ti the lady last meets. We volume and Opera-house. 'utility of the I be observed, n appeararro Irficiency. It Utive opinion Ilk r perform -,y it was by 'I I, who pre • 1. brated aria, give:t ee.s Madame kAperienced gird. to the y that Signor c of Amanda ceivt.ll by the lie Sultan, and tage before in bids fair soon ige in the first s amnion of id, assisted by iced a delight- God save the uitl,d Justine; coinposer is M. ty and rtriking :e considerably ) long, that the itlnight. Ow ss in the action of tlisapprobs ors. Among the ofuelle Itrocard, ore, and dances Iles Fleurot and corps de ballet. iv, writes Mon t Monsieur and Annie?), who attended. We their box, apps- &Id with much utnal as an :c -entered into the s, 3 Colonels, 7 us-Lieutenants ; ontese, 2 Gene .s and Ensigns ; inks not stated ; nits exceeds 100 • into the service use who have re t-,t entered Into tve been lost to bridge is rood y-lietieral has a r at Cambridge. nnvasstyl all the y at Cambridge. •wich a few days Lind, but he has nn. lias just ein if the borotigh of it is unticrstOod. it ; wbich event. ibe intentions of e 3 kilown herons ic, will take place • been increasing'• pirits Las greatii to the nehmen of : R T Y .—A rabbet, 1,0114c5. alljoinieK taken 4 Mike 1 01 Avner, on wanting drawees, and the Search was made f four sorer m , eighty-four 'We in be'l in the same il!reavering the :nings after a we door, with the a note, statiegn he affair at 11 01 1!" ite fi ut , siteerelPw, te parte Up Ce 1111• w yet undispified• TII K II P.' PE NUE. An Account of the Produce of the Excise Duties of Great Britain, in the Years and Qutu 'bowleg the Inrrearie or Decretiae er each heart r Year' ended 5.h.JA.n. Increase. Decres! 1825. 2 1111.84•\ .2, 3,011.811:1 Anetions - - Beer - - - Bricks and Tiles Candles . •Cnifec and Cocoa - Cider, Perry, and Verjuies 467.7•24 392.919 4t45,1141 :I 411,328 t:r7,tip 34,252 72.n93 :I 6(.6.284) -! 3,435.769 641.5.173 .1 169.287 Glass . Hides and Skins flops - Licenses Malt . Paper . • Pepper . Prir.ted floods ttalt - - Soap - Spirits. British 'Foreign - 61111,513 - 199 486 . 1.097.770 2.976,473 2,679,761 61.447 - 3.101 - 10,124 - 3,3112.436 - 2 584,1129 . 44,798 - 1,043,236 . 7,917 Starch Stone Bottles Sweets - Tea •Tobacco and Snuff - Vinegar - - •Wina - - - Wire - . - 125,113,283 Deduct Inacase tkeresse on the Tem. Thus molted • THE BRITISH PRESS. irttbrs ended the 6.h of datuary, 1825, and 1828, t ren:. (firs. ended sth Jai. Increase. Decrease. 1825. 11125. .1. C. £. .t. . 73105 72,506 600 048.891 735.633' 8 6 .741 214 540 26.5.052 45.512 - 99.84.5 9.1,941 11,311 9;1.395 2 99.933 7.358 5,342 2,016 147.513 148.013 500 85, 581 73.349 10,232 34.726 4141101 9,463 432.947 414.872 18,075 801,096 $313.080 to or, 158,947 141,402 13.545 43,4116 114 48.392 124.1170 33.0001 91,070 40.494 14,4 25.310 302.552 291.478 - 11,074 030.341 1;77.1151 252 490 703,1158 743 _ 762,315 14,459 17.5:8 3,149 906 1.153 107 1.699 390 • 1.209 1172.747 855,415 17 332 5411,040 • 125.912 522,006 101.101 9,6611 432 2119.732 : 289,732 1,1102 2.700 £2ll 0,640,503 4.544,4031 154,701 2,250.799. 2,096,098 7,9 r,32' 141.4110 131,713 30,C42 b 11.182 15.02 2164/07 6,794 j 12,4091 7.2251 796 6,025 1 1.300 i 1 PROVINCIAL RANKS. WENTWORTH AND CO. OF YORK. It appears that none but the creditors of the York Bank. as the commission now ►tands, can vote in the choice of assignees under the bankruptcy of Messrs. Wentworth and Co. and consequently that the creditors of the Wake field and Bradford Banks will have no suffrage under this commission. We have before stated that Mr. Hartley is a partner in the York concern, but not in the banks at either Wakefield or Bradford ; and as the creditors of those banks have no claim upon him, they can have no voice in the choice of the assignees. To remedy this legal defect, it is understood that a petition will be forthwith presented to the Lord Chancellor, praying him to issue a new and se parate commission, in which the partners in the excluded banks alone shall be included. We hear that there will •non be funds in hand to pay a handsome first dividend, and we hope most sincerely that such assignees will be chosen as will endeavour to alleviate the distress of the country, by applying those fundis without delay, to the use of the suffering creditors. A meeting of the creditors of Wentworth and Co.'s York bank was held in that city on Tuesday, at which Resolu tions were passed expressive of the nlarm of the meeting that no satisfactory accottnt bad yet been laid before the creditors t i the affairs of that firm ; and at which another meeting of the creditors was appointed to be held on Thursday, "in order to adopt such measures as the nature of the cane may require."—Leeds Mercery. ABERYSTWITII BANK. In consequence of the failure of the two Swansea banks, with two others in Carmerthenshire, the Llandilo and the Llanelly batiks, the Aberyatwith and Cardiganshire bank, under the respectable }lnn of William Davis and Co., has been severely run upon during the greater part of this week ; but every demand was met with the greatest promp titude and good humour. Vast sums in Batik of England notes and gold were in the possession of the house when the run commenced. The run is fast subsiding.—Shrews bury Chronicle. SUSSEX BANK. Although we have not the pleasure we bad anticipated, of announcing, in this week's Herald, the completion of the arrangements making by Mt ears. Tamplin, Creasy; and Gregory, for the payment in full of all their engagements, yet we are enabled to state, that the most confident expec tations are generally entertained that so desirable an event will be protracted only a few days longer.—Brighlon Herald. CHRISTCHURCH AND WIMBORNE BANKS. We feel much pleasure in stating that Messrs. Dean, Clapcott, Quartley, and Co., of the Christchurch, Wits borne, Poole, and Ringwood banks, resumed their pay ments on Saturday last, but up to this period very few per sons have applied at their establishments to change the notes—Dorset County Chronicle. ASHBURTON BANK, On Monday last, agreebly to notice for that purpose, the highly respectable banking-house of Messrs. Browne and Co. of Ashburton, was again opened, for the purpose of paying off their notes. LIVERPOOL CO:1131E111'1AL INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY, Ja9.7. Our Sugar market has been very languid this week, and only 200 bhds. chiefly Barbadoes, have been sold at lower prices. For Mo lasses, (linger, Pimento, or Cocoa, not any demand. In Coffee about 150 casks have been sold, part by auction, at full prices ; good and line Demerara and Jamaica have gone ofrabout 2s. higher. The alteration in duty on Rum has caused a title more demand, and about 200 Ipuneheons have gone off at full prices. In Ashes about 150 barrels 31ontreal Pots have been told, at 275. 6d. for old, and 29+. for new. In Dyewoods nothing done, nor in Rice. In Hides, 31i0 salted North American at Ad. and 000 Monte Video horse at Is. 10.1. each. In Tar nothing, and in Turpentine only 500 barrels 31,90. 10d. a 10s. 3d. per cwt. 200 bags Saltpetre at 265. 3d. a 201.6 d. per cwt. " " The Cotton market lies been very heavy and languid and prices about Id. lower, owing to the stock being found so much heavier than expected : the sales consist of no bales New Orleans at 73d. a 114 d. ; 4,300 bags Upland Georgia at 61d. a 91d.; 1,100 Alibi mas at 6Ad. a 8111. ; 100 Sea Islands at 21d. a 2s. 2d. ; 20 Stained ditto at Is. ; 350 Pernambuco at Did. a 12d.; 350 Bahia at lthl. a 101.1. ; 850 .laranbam at 100. a 11d.; 70 Demerara nt 100. a Did.; 70 Carthagena at 70. a l id. ; 200 Egyptian at !lid. a lid.; 100 Surat at 5Rd. a 7d. ; and 20 Bengal at bid. a op. being about 7,900 bags altogether. About six tuns of Olive Oil in small lots, Sicily at 381. a 39/. ; Genoa at 40!. 10s. Brimstone 50 tons Sicily at 61. 15s. a 7!. Nothing done in Horsehair. Nurtia or Chinchilli Skins, Oak or Cork Tree Bark. In, tine New Wheat and Oats there has been some inquiry, at steady prises. No demand for Clover Seed, or Flax Seed ; about 150 hats. of the latter, fur sowing, are just arrived. IMPORTED INTO ListtnrooL. rgost JAN. I TO 6, 1826, INCI , Ashes - 4t3 oslvr. Flour - - 700 brls. Turpentine Sumach - 741 bile. 168 bags. 498 brig. Cot ton : Amerman - 784 bales. Urazil - 1441 balcs. Flax S,c4 - 140 Hide4. l 2ow and Os OM salted.' Genera - - 10 pipes. ---- 2,223 1626 31,1.974 3.153.376 699.437 423 571 19111.31. 29 932 694.137 372.964 An. 560 642.91 k) 3,208 617 611.973 42 316 314 073 15.747 1.110.179 2,613031 721,472 69.672 3 114 2.057,030 1,139,460 49,023 140,904 0.217 1 19,6246041 664,467' are transferred to Castor 8.14161 320.8161 10.3114 i 13.3201 226,b52 116.9711 V 3.8301 183,7391 n 61,544 1,958,289 4.6111 425.345 1,445 389 9; 7 2,3321 6,253,1661 11114.4371 8,51.:8,1.3791 mo from Apl Deduct Ilieresse Decrease on the . Aril 5, 1825. Qr. - EXTENSIVE FRAUD ON THE UNDER WRITERS. A Virginia Paper, the Richmond Empirer, gives the following sketch of the trial of Capt. Arne(ley, who has been convicted of defrauding tle underwriters. Sixteen witnesses from Baatun and two from New York were examined, and a variety of 11...:uments submitted to the jury. It appeared that a cargo was put on board of little or no value; but that false bills of lading were signed for a cargo valued at about 40.000 dollars, and insurances effected both in London and Boston. The shipper of this fictitious cargo was J. P. Froding, then Swedish Consul at Boston. It is unnecessary to enumerate the frauds and deceptions by which the details of this plot were carried into execution. The vessel sailed, and when in the English Channel, within about twenty miles of land, the plugs were knocked out of the holes previously bored for that purpose, and the vessel sunk. The officers and c►ew escaped to the British shore in their boats, and entered the usual protest. Frodiog, who was then in Eng land, is said to have revived the amount of insurance from the London offices, and he gave a draft on the United States to the prisoner for 5,000 dollars. It appeared that the captain and two seamen were in the plot from the com mencement. One of these pervons has been convicted and sent to the Penitentiary of Massachusetts. The other, who sailed with the vessel in the character of mate, has been some time under arrest, and in that situation was brought before the court here as a witness. After the destruction of the vessel Amedey went to Bos ton, where strong suspicions were entertained of the trans action. Ile was apprised of his danger, confessed his guilt, hut said he had been induced to do what he had dune by the persuasions and threats of Froding. The person to whom this confession was made, promised, out of tender ness to his family, not to betray him, and he left Boston. Changing his name, he went to Key West, (Thompson's Island), where, notwithstanding the disguise he had as sumed, he was suspected, apprehended, and brought before Captain Mix of the navy, then on that station, and by whom he was brought into the Chesapeake, and surrendered to the civil authority. To Captain Mix be acknowledged his real name, confessed the offence imputed to him, but charged it all to Froding. In his pocket...book was found the obligation of Feuding to pay bun 9,000 dollars when the voyage was ended, or the goods sold or otherwise dis posed of. Froding, who has been carrying on this system of plundering the insurance offices for same time, has made his escape, and is now beyond the reach of justice. The crime of which the prisoner has been convicted is, in the eye of the law, of the highest grade of turpitude. When committed, it is done upon the high seas, in the absence of the usual means of detection, and in the pre sence of no one but the crew, who may belong to the con spiracy and share in the spoil. The destruction of pro perty and the exposure of human life under such circum stances has been thought, in commercial communities, to merit capital punishment. Without the heaviest penalties the property of the mercantile class, and the capital of in surance companies, would be too much exposed to the cupidity of individuals. These are the grounds upon which the penalty of death is attached to the commission of the offence. PRIZE CIIRONoMET ERS. The perfection to which the chronometers are brought in this country is considerable; we have before us the last report from the Observatory . Greenwich, being the sixth month of the competition for the twins. Of forty-eight which were sent in, twenty-one have been withdrawn. To en title a chronometer to the first prize„ lte variation must not exceed six seconds in one year; for the second ten seconds are allowed. THE CHRONOMETER WHICH HAS VA/LIED LEAST Infanta THE LAST SIT MONTHS, AND THAT WHICH HAS VARIED MOST. French ..—Greatest mean daily rate molt. 76 sec. 31112 Least ditto Real error of mean daily Its Mean of extreme variation mutt. sec. 4. 14. 61 mull. s. 1.24 s. 1.35 . 5.2. 67 Prize compatation time Ellicott —948 Extreme variation in the l mina, Kr.. S. 64 mean daily rate Extreme variation ditto - plus see. 1. 81 Real error of mean daily rate Add mean of extreme variation - L. b. 46. Tu. 1. 10. 90 •. 3. 80 Prize computation time . 5.14. 70 So that, wbilc the former chronometer stands in the prize list, as having varied on an average two seconds and fifty seven hundredth parts of a second, the real error of mean daily rate has been only sixty-one hundredths of a second; and the latter, instead of having varied on the mean so much as 14. 70. sec. has only varied five seconds and forty five hundredth parts of a second. We understand that a larger number of horses have been entered for the Dancaster St. Leger this year than on any former occasion, being one hundred and one. The practice of giving to new cheese the flavour and ap pearance of age, by striking brass pins into it, is sti/ on tinned, and this week a quantity of mouldy cheese, boucght at a shop in Leeds, was brought to us, in which there were no fewer than half-a-dozen pins in less than a quarter of a pound weight of cheese.—feeds Paper. Alfred Cranston, IN+, of 13awney, near Wycomb, was killed from the effects of his horse falling when at full speed wiilt the Luton subscription bounds, on Tuesday last. Ile received two fractures in his right leg, which, to gether with inward bruises, caused his death on Saturday morning. EX TRAORDINARY ACT Or BARRA:RIM—OD ;Monday night last, a tine in-lamb ewe, belonging to Mr. W. Hurt, of Weston, was completely cut in halves, in a field near the canal, and the hind quarters carried away, with the skin and wool thereon. The wretch who oointnitted this barbarous deed did not cut the throat of the' animal, or inflict any wound to lessen its suffering, but left it to bleed to deat h. - h.—Nottingham Jourreal. Mtnnuesex Ilosrura t..—Monthly Return of Patients from the Ist to the Slat December: — In-Patients admitted by Letters Ditto accidents Out-Patients admitted by Letters . . 150 128 Ditto accidents • 104 263 Total . 380 = I ; I dis t. :tog " • °- .L.trEirpooL AND MANCHESTER RAIL-WAY P".ZOCEEDINGS IN TIII TOWN COUNCIL OF LfrUle POOL. The first ancl.;=nty division took place on Wednesday reepeet ing the intended Liv er po o l and Manchest er ra il- roa d, the in. tereat in which increases on each side as the meeting of Parliament draws near. In compliance with the forms of the House, the as sent or dissent of all the parties along the proposed litie of road must be ascertait.ed previous to bringing in the 818, and accord ingly an application on the eithject was presented to the last Council, which was referred to the Finsece Committee to report. That Com mittee, in reply to a request front the Chairman (Mr. Lawrence) that they would recommend the assent of Council being given to the making oil tunnel, which was meant to pass through the Cor poration property, had reported kat week as follows r—that, in the absence of all reqnisiteinformatiop, they could not recommend the Council to give their assent. fa consequence of this, Mr. Law. rence in his place on Wednesday, renewed, on behalf of the rail road, the application he had made to the Finance Committee, en gaging to introduce a clause into the Kill, to require the Company to make the tunnel to the entire satisfaction ur the Corporatipn Surveyor, or any other competent person whom the Council might. appoint, and he ended with a motion for the assent being Oven. This was seconded by the MAYOR. Mr. T. CASE asked for the estimate of the tunnel, and com plained, that ,the Council were neither in possession of this nor the other information necessary to their decision. .Many very fervor. tent considerations presented themselves, arid amongst others, the Injury that, might arise to the leasehold property about to be laid out in a square and streets between Crabtree-lane and Upper Par liament-tercet. Stesm.engines erected at the exit of the tunnel In Crabtree-lane would be. one of those nuisances which the Corpo ration always set their faces against. Mr. LaweexcE said tliiit it was utterly impoesible to jeive either estimate or section of the tunnel, until the borings ha as certained the description of strata through which it was to pass. Mr. WA IO /IT did not see what the Corporation had to do with the estimate, and asked, at a subsequent period, if it was not ex. elected that the passing of the Bill would lower the freight of coals 2s. Gd. • ton ? Mr. HotLIxsUEAD did net think the freight of a ton of enels of importance, and expressed his fears that the tdnnel Would dry up all the springs of the Corporation Water-work', the Interests of which concern Vie Council were bound to protect, Mr. J. B. IleaLlitsne•D begged to know the reason of all this extreme haste on the part of his friend, Mr. Lawrence ? It was not, by any means, essential to the Bill getting into Perna anent. Why, too, had not the Council heard from ftlr. L. some such agreeable proposal for their acceptance, and as an iuduceinent to their assent, as that made by the Rail-road Committee to the Marquis of Stafford, which Mr. H. characterised as a most discre ditable business P He then, at great length, and in strong terms, commented on the conduct of the Committee with regard to the above transaction, and in other respects connected with the altera tion of the line—their sacrifice of the ianocent and less powerful landowners on the new line, to appease the hostility of the two great Noblemen, the Earls of Derby and Sefton ; but their object would fail, as those Individuals would In no degree abate in their opposition. Ile thought that the public, by this " monstrous coalition" between land and water-carriage, the Duke's canal and the rail-road would be worse off than ever. For • time, like the effect produced by opposition coaches, the rates of carriage might indeed be reduced, but only afterwards to be raised asked, when other competition, had been destroyed. Mr. LAWRENCE declared that he considered no disgrace to at. tack to the Committee for their negotiation with Lord Mefferd ; the port he had taken in it he should never be ashamed to avow. A great national end, in his opinion, was to he attained ; and enter taining that opinion, he thought that,in order to secure the inter est of the nobleman in question. the appropriation of shares to him was perfectly correct—far more so than to have jobbed in them for • :rat, as the Committee might have done. Mr. Dan; IEnrATER then role and addressed the Mayor, stating, that on a subject of such great importance as that under their con sideration, he could not content himulf with giving a silent s ote ; he should not discharge his duty to the Council in so doing. It was very well known that his sentiments, twelve months ago, were favourable to the rail-road, and they remained unchanged. He owned that the tunnel (or the nil-mad itself, we 'lid nut learn which) would be a nuisance ; but will the Council were bound to encourage a measure which promised to be advantageous to the town. Mr. W- W. CURRIE said, that a great part of what had fallen from his friend Mr. J. B. llollinshead, appeared to him foreign to the subject as far as the Corporation was concerned. His remarks might be very proper as coming from the opposers of the measure out of doors, but ought not to influence the Council. The single point for their consideration he (Mr. Currie) thought was, to gtiard against the public sustaining any injury from the present measure. That a tunnel was perfectly practicable was well known, we one connected with the Regent s Canal was made sane years ago, of the length of 900 yards, under the town of Islington, and it h ad not been found at all detrimental to property. Nothing could be fairer than 111 r. Lawrence's proposal, that the Bill should contain • clause compelling the Committee to construct the tunnel in !question under the superintendence (he might say) and to the entire satis faction of the Corporation, and he should vote for their assent being given. Mr. J." 11. floaatwsnEAD said that he should not propose any amendment, but give a direct negative to the motion. The votes were then taken as follows : For the motion,l6, via. Messrs. Ripley, Dawson, Pole, Little. dale, Conic. Drinkwater, Robinson, Conic, Statham, Moss, Lawrence, W. Molyneux, Sir John Tobin, Messrs. Wright, Ni cholson, and the Mayor. Against it, 14. viz. Messrs. T. Brancker, Leigh, Earle, J. D Cane, Rowe, .1. B. Hollinshead, T. Case, Staniforth, Clarke, tie. rard, Molyneux, grimacer, Hollinshead, and Case. The motion was accordingly carried ; and the Town Clerk was directed to signify the assent of the Corporation, with the usual re. serration, however, as ,to any opinion on the clauses of the Bill, when it shall have been printed.—Liverpool Mercury. ----- TAR SLAVE TRADE. Ilia Majesty's ship Ariadne, which arrived at Porta mouth on Sunday last, left St. Ilelena on the Sth of No vember. When on a cruise, on the 25th December, off St. Lucia's Bay, on the west end of Madagascar, the officer of the watch announced a schooner being in sight in the roads of that anchorage, on hearing which, Capt. Chapman sent the first cutter, ruder the command of Lieutenant Evers field, with the second cutter in company, under the Island of St. Lucia, to board the said schooner, being under an impression that she was a slaver. Or, the first cutter's heaving in sight of the vessel, she set her fore-top sail, and cut her cables, and run on shore on the beach ; on her doing so, Lieutenant Eversfield ordered Mr. Nelson to fire a musket, but to be careful not to fire on board her ; this he repeated, and the second cutter followed the Command ing Officer's motions. On Lieutenant Everstield boarding the schooner, he observed several balks floating ; he then ordered the boats, with a part of the crew, to pick up those who were drowning, and they succeeded in saving a great many of the unfortunate slaves. On Lieutenant Evers field s arrival on board, he endeavoured to quell the fears of the netroes, and the poor creatures soon discovered, from the humane conduct of their captors, that their lot was at least to be ameliorated ; they were released from their con finement, and ate and drank of all they could find on board voraciously, as they were nearly famishing, and suffered greatly from want of water ; indeed it is almost im possible to conceive the dreadful situation in which these slaves were when taken, cooped up in so small a vessel as scarcely to he able to move, and deprived of air from their mode of confinement ; the only food they had•was a kind of common bean, and the little water allowed them was very bad. It was really gratifying to see the joy now de picted on the care-worn countenances of these poor beings. Lieutenant Eversfhl, with the assistance of the master, Mr. Thompson, who bad by this time arrived in the gig, endeavoured to get the schooner off, but could not succeed, as she hail been scuttled in the art of running on shore. No papers or documents of any kind were found on board. She proved to be the Walter Farquhar, a notorious vessel in the slave trade. The slaves, furniture, &c. saved, were afterwards condemned by the Admiralty Court at the Mau ritius. Lord Cochrane, who is at present in Brussels, lodges at the Hotel de Belle Vire with his wife and family, and ap pears to he dettrmiLerl to fix his residence there for some time. Ile receives daily a voluminous correspondence. It is said that the members of the Greek Committee at Paris have arrived at Brussels„and had several interviews with his Lordship.—ktoile. FUNERAL Or LORD ARTHUR VAOFT.—YeateDißy the remains of this much-esteemed young Nobleman were con veyed through this city, in solemn funeral procession, on their way for interment, in the family vault at Lichfield, in Staffordshire. The procession arrived from Luton, near Sledmcre, about twelve o'clock at noon, and was met on • Heworth-moor by the officers and troops of the 7th Hus sars, now stationed here, and proceeded through this city to Dringhouses, the band playing the Dend March in Saul, the drums, trumpets, &c. being covered with black cloth. This much-lamented young Nobleman held a Lieutenant's commission in the regiment, and his death is greatly deplored by his brother - officers. The funeral was attended by the Eirl of Uxbridge (the deceased's brother) as chief mourner, Lord Macdonald, the Colonel of the Regiment, Duncan Davidson, Esq. and other Gentlemen. On the arrival of the procession at Dringhouses, the Earl of Uxbridge and the'other Gentlemen went forward in their carriages, and the troops returned to their barracks.—York Chronicle, 1,114.4 k. 154,701 MEXICAN COMPANY. On &limier, in 'lnnovate of a public advertisement, • meeting of the Shareholders of the Mexican campany was held tit the 1,,0n. don Tavern, in consequence of no gasser hewing been returned *obi' requisition signed by 41 of them, to the Ihieetore, requiring statement of their afi.Ors. as well as a meeting to consider whether the concern ought to proceed further, of not. Not move than a couple of dozen gentlemen attended nn Sotunliv. Mr. Slane was called to the Chair, and he briar stated the object of the *meeting. Mr. CLARK lamented the course which had been pursued by the Directors on the present oemsion, and more particularly the sb.. gems of any of them to meet the shareholders who complained of their conduct. Had sty of these gentlemen attended, be would !Are charged them with-having infringed their duty, aod.having acted unjustly and illegally. By their confession they mutt have admitted this to be the feet, for they had gone to work as if a Clan party had boon established, when, in point of feet, the thing was only in progress. There mild not, in fact, be any. Compaq legally establisired, until their ten thousand shares ware entirely disposed of. Now it appeared that there wale only 8,695 shares upon which deposits had been paid, and of fire remaining 130te none were disposed of.. 'Even upon the former, the money was not paid by beim fide responsible people, rho had originally purchased, but by the Directors and others, who had subsequently and illegally trafficked In the market. &Ades, the Directors had gone to work without waiting to see whether the whole capital of a million stet. ling was forthcoming ; they had most ll:egally and improperly made shipments to Mexico of quicksilver to the value 0125,0001. of doubloons (which, instead of being sent out, ought to be coming from thence) to the amouns of. 6,0001. ; and other investments. ' chiefly spices, to the extent of three or four thousand pounds. AID this was, he contended, illegal, and done, r.ot on the responsibility of the shareloilders, but of the Directors personally. The nest thing to be considered was, whether there was any likelihood of that concern being carried on. indeed begun was the proper word, in the present. way in which she stoves were disposed of ? Of the ',Shy shares upon which deposits remained unpaid, there were 305 lying at the office absolutely unappropriated. It wits also underooud, that 1,000 shares were originally resorted for people in Mexico, whose aid on the spot it was desirable to encourage. Now, his asked whether any of these people had applied for these shares The truth was, that none of them had made any application, for the Mexicans knew. the speculation to be a bad on and fought shy of it—and it was time for those at home to imitate their example. The next point war the deed of settlement which the shareholders were called upon to sign ; he had only partially read it, and this ke would say, that it contained a clause, or clauses, which would throw a monopoly of the rights of the shareholders into the hands of the Directors, and would secure. most iujurioosly to the many,- a est tain predominance of rights to the few. (Hear.) He concluded by moving a resolution expressive of the regret of the meeting that the Director' had not complied with the requisition which had been Submitted to diem. ' • . M. Kittoux.(tbe Solicitor for the Directors] regretted his ab sence during the °petting of Mr. Clark's Kneed), and slid that he (Mr. Knight, appeared• here merely in his capacity as a Share holder, and not in that of his legal connection with tie Company. He condemned the conduct.msesnedby a law shareholders towanis the Directors, and declared that.the latter, upod whom be pro• nounced a high eulogium, had.done everything which they entdd to promote the general interests of .the concern. He challenged . anr gentleman who heard him to state one sohtary instance in which the Directors had no. done every thing in behalf of their common 'pro sperity. As an instance of the disinterestedness of these gentle. men, he could state that, when it was necessary to give 200 shares to a gentleman who could be of great use to them in Mexico, they, instead of taking the number out of the 1.090 n eared for local interests in America, , actually gave them from their own individ?al stock, at a time went in the market these ehares were saleable at a profit of ten or, twelve per cent. He was proceeding to eulogize their conduct, and complain of the false attacks upon them in the public) press, when Mr. JAMES Yoe: v 4 called bim to order, and insisted, that in stead of a general argument, he ought to confine himself to a particular explanation why the Directors had refused to cone's* the meeting. After some desultory conversation on the poitrt cf order, Mr. KNtGur resumed. and said, that by the terms of the prospectus, the deed had been framed, and the Directors were bound by it. They had no powers to convenes meeting till the first Thursday in May, when all. the accounts would be ready for pub lication. The Directors 11ad no right to Le called upon to report'. ate their own legal acts, in strict conformity with the principles en which the concern had been established, at.d by which the Share holders were equally bound. The CHAIRAIAN pointed out the difference in the construction of the Mexican and other Mining Companies, and wished to know why there war a peculiarity in this concern, which threw more power than the other, into the hands of Directors. Mr. KNIGHT explained, that in vocal of the other Companies there were bmt twelve Threetort, *bite in this there were timer. The Trustees were Invested will; certain power, but that was be cause a greater additional Weight of personal responsibility was thrown upon them than in other concerns. lie knew or no other distinctions. Mr. Huneousg disclaimed any intention of imputing dia. honourable conduct to any Of the Directors, who were he believed. men of character and respectability In the commercial world ; but he professionally attended for some Shareholders, who certainly disapproved of the manner In which the main of this Company had been managed. lie would, upon the law of the -ase, con tend, that they ought not to Me etitbarked in the large expena diture attributed to them, until they saw whether they could ob tain the full capital originally stipulated for. De denied that there was any thing in the pro+pectu■ which tied up the hands of the Directors from calling a public meeting. He saw, indeed. that they were bound to convene one in May, but they were not , restricted from having an intermediate meeting, if called for. He also denied the legal power of the Directors to trade as they bad done, by making investments to Mexico, out of the capital which had been partially subscribed. Mr. KNIGHT insisted t:tat that Directors had acted legally,' aM with the best attention to the general interest of the Conwany...• The Resolution was then put and negatived by a majority of three. Mr. KNIGHT said, that now the Resolution wasnegatived he was prepared to say, still speaking as an individual, that miry gime. holders would find the Directors individually ready to give them any explanation, or information they dotted, and that two of the gentlemen who had actually signed the Requisition to colt the meeting had subsequently, upon communication with the Chair man of the direction, gone and signed the deed of settlement, tw satisfied were they of the propriety of the course that had been taker. In answer to questions from llr. guroombe, Mr. KITICIRT that all the shares originally provided had been appropriated except. the 1,000 which had been set aside for people in America, and there were also 315 other shares, not unappropriated, but the dividend► ' wipaid upon. There were shipments of quickailver, &c. made td Mexico, but they were, all he understood and believed, In direst connection with and in promotion of the mining speculations of the Company. He could also assure the meeting that by the very last accounts they had one or two of the best mines in Mexico at work, and in consequence of their crouton, in being later there than of the other Companies, they had got the best and most sedate' places, having bad good time for inquiry, and had also ayoldett the errors of those who hail gone before them. He had no doubt that their shares, instead of being at a discount, resold soon ride a premium. A Committee was then deputed to wait upon the Directors, to receive the information which it was said they were nut ' , duetting,. I to afford, when individualiy applied to. Mr. Vous(' was strongly in favour of the application to the. Directors, as he thought further information was both neeessere and essential, before they ought to be called upon to sign the deed of settlement. Mr. KNIGHT thorght that every information would be given and indulgence ill:wiled respecting the extension of the time or signing the deed. consistent with any reasonable claim upon lbw attention of the Directors. The meeting then broke up. SINGULAR APCLICATION.—On Monday hat It men sional gentleman of this town (Brighton) applied to our Bench, under the following circumstances :—lfe had, hi. said, a short time ago deposited in the hands of one of tbst; banking firma of this town ten bills of exchange, in order to their being presented for payment when due; ously, however, to that wiled, the 11tm in question hack stopped payment, upon which he, the professional gengle. man, had demanded the giving up or - his bills • which de. mend had been refused. The object, therefore, of the professional gentleman's application to the Bench was, to procure the interference of the Magistrate, on the ground that the detention of his bilis by the banking firm rose s fraudulent one, according to the Act 51 Geo. Il I. cap. 63, and that on his laying an information to that effect the liene'a would be justified in granting him a warrens against the parties for the recovery of his property. 114 had obtained, he said, counsel's opinion on the subjts; and which was decidedly in favour of his application. A legal gentleman, on behalf of the firm alluded to, oh. served, in reply, that it was true ten bills of exchange had been placed in the hands of his clients, for the purpcss which had been slated, but that they could not possibly give the said bills up, because, in the first place, it would be showing an undue preference to a particular creditor, and because, in the second place, it would he committiose an act of bankruptcy, which it was the anxious desire of his clients to avoid doing ; they were, however, willing tt do every thing in their power, and, in proof of thio, they had anthorisell him to make a preposition, vii.:—to de. posit the bills in question in the hands of the clerk of dni. Magistrates, or any other respectable person. To this proposition the applicant declined acceding ; and dlia Bench, after expressing doubts of their power to interfireo, at the wish of the complaining party, postponed their tie. mate decision of the cause until a future day. ireender *toad that the ea* will 'again'. be brought forward skim this day or Monday next.—Briersa lier#4 . I ,