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130 et rp. CHRISTMAS. BY ROBIRT ROSE, THE BARD OF COLOUR. Come, let us merry Christmas hail, with laugh and dance and song, And let the notes of Joy be heard resounding loud and long; As round the blazing fire we sit, and quaff the flowing bowl, Let Pleasure rule the festive hall, and thrill the raptur'd soul. See ! Youth and Age, in social glee, give pinions to the hour, And they are met to bask awhile in fairy Fancy's dower; Friends whom we may not often join now glad our weary way,— Long years perchance may part them yet, but here they meet to-day. And Beauty too is gleaming here, like seraph from above, That walks in light and loveliness to tune all hearts to love; Fresh lustre lending to the lamps, like gilding refined gold, While all things round a lustre take from her diviner mould. Oh ! 'tie refreshing to the sight, to view each happy face Now lighted up with mei riment in beaming beauteous grace : As glance meets glance, voice echoes voice, the hours that swiftly fly Seem gifted with the golden hues that deck th' autumnal sky. But where are they, our boyish friends, who in life's opening morn Erst started with us in its race, who did our path adorn ? The breeze that with their tresses fair was erewhile wont to play, May sadly echo to our hearts the answer, " Where are they ?" The fields may breathe their freshness round, but it is not for them, Whom each fair flower no more may charm, though " nature's bonny gem;" The sun pursues his daily course, but ne'er will shine again On those on whom path ever closed this wide world's toil and pain. And therefore must we pause to weep, e'en mid Joy's rain bow glare, Where whiloin will unnoticed steal the footprints of dim care ; We start to think of vanish'd friends, and bitter tears are shed For the long-lost—now number'd—alas! mouldering cold and dead. Hush! hush the tones of revelry, and let us muse awhile Oa what must harrow up the soul, and banish Pleasure's smile; Ok! shadows haunt the tender soul—bruised, weary, wrung, and riven, That longs to leave earth far behind, and plume its wings for heaven. CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY. We have been favoured with an account of the business transacted by the Liverpool Church Building Society, on the lit instant, which we publish, believing it to be sufficiently accurate. CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY. That the object of this society be the erection and endow ment of the churches in the most populous or destitute parts of the municipal borough, with an especial reference to the accommodation of the inhabitants, by free and low-rented sittings. That every church be endowed to the amount of at least £l,OOO. That the Bishop of the Diocese be President of the Society. That all donors of £5OO or upwards be patrons : of £2OO or upwards, vice-patrons; of £lO or upwards, and subscri bers of one guinea annually, be members; such annual subscriptions to be considered as extending to the period of time when the churches hilt with the money now raised be completed. That the management of the society be vested in a com mittee, seven to form a quorum, consisting of the president, twenty-four laymen, and twelve clergymen, one-third of the number to go out annually by rotation, but to be re-eligible; their places to be filled up by the members at the annual meeting. That the Committee shall fix upon the sites and superin tend the building of the churches; that they shall make all the financial arrangements, and be empowered to form com mittees and rules for the management of the churches when built, provided such rules be in no way inconsistent with the constitution and canons, order and discipline, of the Esta blished Church. That the Committee shall appoint annually four Vic-Pre sidents, a Treasurer, and two Secretaries, out of their own number, or from among the patrons or vice-patrons. That en Annual Meeting shall be held of the Subscribers and Contributors of this Society, in the month of January. TTEE. Mr. C. Groves Mr. J. T. Alston E. Molyneux W. Potter Joshua Edwards James Hevworth A. Hodgson James Gilfillan R. Gladstone J. Robin C. Birch S. Percival J. Walker Rev. J. Brooks S. Holine A. Campbell John North, jun. H. M 'Neile R. Moon F. Barker W. Jones J. B. Monk John Eden I'. S. Bowatead Joseph Langton R. P. Buddicom Hugh Hornby J. H. Stewart W. P. Bushby J Dr. Tattershall D. Hodgson II C. T. Gladwin I'. B. Horsfall James North George Duncan T. Bold TRUSTEES, (none official.) Dr. Sumner. Rev. Jon. Brooks Rev. R. P. Buddicom Aug. Campbell Hugh M'Neile That on a vacancy in the trustees, the surviving trustees shall appoint a successor; and in case they do not make such appointment within three months, the Bishop of the Diocese shall appoint. THE OXFORD DIVINES. ( From the Protestant Guardian.) The London Record, ever alive to the interests of pure re ligion, and faithful to the trust which it has undertaken to uphold and defend, takes notice of a work manufactured by the "Oxford Divines," which has justly excited alarm and called forth indignation. It is nothing more nor less than a Protestant Breviary. The work consists of a select number of Latin hymns, taken from various Romish breviaries. It is "profusely adorned with crosses, crucifixes, representations of cherubs, of the Virgin Mary, and other Popish symbols." We cannot speak too highly of the watchfulness and exer tions of our London contemporary: and it is our earnest desire to act in humble imitat►on of a journal, whoa,. indefati gable advocacy of Church of England principles has often arrested our attention. We are very sensitive as to any encroachment on the long-tried, pure, and scriptural princi ples of the church to which, from conscientious motives, we are attached; and we are, therefore, constrained to expose any and every attempt to desecrate or injure the hallowed edifice of a sound form of faith, venerable from age, but more ♦enerable from its scriptural purity. Our readers will, no doubt, start with horror and surprise, when we lay before them a few specimens of the work to which we have made allusion, and which is published under the sanction of a cler gyman of the Church of England !! ! The London Record has done the business so well, that we shall, without any apology, give a long extract from that uncompromising de fender of the faith, without any additional note or comment. Let the beads of our University take heed how they coo niye at such doctrines as are involved in the " Tracts for the Times," and selections from lioinish breviaries : " We shall now adduce a few looniness, taken at random, of the errors to which we have alluded. The.tirst is lighter thau the rest, if any error can be called light which has intro duced so much superstition into the church. The practice of making the sign of the cross is called the sign of the Lord, by which we protect our hearts against the intrusion of the subtle serpent : Nos ergo signo Domini Tutamur claustra pectoris, Ne serpens ills callidus Intrandi tentet "Of the Jews rejecting the incarnate Saviour, the hymn- Writer says : ' If they did not believe their own prophecies, or the Hea then si;9liine verses— Si non suis vatibus Credat, vet gentilibus, Sibyllinus versihus Hvc prmdicta,' "But these early forgeries, these pious frauds, are favourite authorities with the hymn-write rs . W e have them again in troduced along with the Psalms of David, as foretelling the day of judgment :- 4 Teste David, cum sibylla.' "In a hymn on the Eucharist by SAINT Thomas Aquinas, we are expressly told that the recipients eat the Lord.' '0 res mirabilis, mat/ducat Dominuin Pauper, servus, et huniltis.' "The old schoolman certainly meant his language to be taken in its most literal meaning. "Of the direct invocation to saints and angels the instances are numerous where the gross idolatry cannot be palliated by explaining them away as poetic hgui es,' or 'rhetorical apostrophes.' The apostle, who said, if an angel from heaven preach any other Gospel than what he had delivered, let him be accursed,' is thus addressed : Egregie Doctor Paule more; instrue, Et nostra tecum pectora in ccelutn "The heavenly host are described as celebrating Joseph the husband of Mary— 'Tx, Joseph, celebrent agmina ccelitum, Te cuncti resoneut Christianum chori, Qui clarus meritis, j u net us es inclytie, Casco fcedere Viigini.' "'I am the door," ' said our Saviour. "'Thou art th e gate of heaven,"' says one of the hy mns to the Virgin Mary : Intrent ut astratlebileg, Cali recludis cardines. Tu reyis alli janua.' "But what shall we say to the profane idolatry of the hymn which invokes help Irons Jesus, as the Redeemer of the world, and in the next line calls on the Mother ofGod' to ask salvation for sinners?— ' Jesu salvator seculi, Redemptis ope suhveni, Et pia Dei genitrix, Saluiem ponce miseris.' "The next verse calls on the angelic hosts, patriarchs, and prophets, to entreat pardon for us:— Ccetus omnes angelici Et patriarch= eunei, Etprophetarum merita. Aobts precentur ventum.' "And then John the Baptist, the heavenly key-bearer,' with the other Apostles, are called on to contribute their assistance : ' Baptista Christi prmvius, Et clat•iyer cethereus, Cum cmteris apostolis, Nos tolt•anl Ite ru criminis.' "But the whole hymn proceeds in the same manner. Of all the corruptions of Popery the doctrine ‘shich represents the Redeemer as requiring to be propitiated by the Virgin Mary is the most grossly unscriptural. We find it broadly asserted in the hymn immediately subsequent 'Christe Redemptor omnium, Conserva tuos famulos, Beata: semper Virginis PLACATU3 sanctis precibus.' "We have given but a few specimens of the contents of this strange volume ' but surely enough to excite attention to the attempt thus made to recommend to public favour super stitious forms, heresy, false doctrines, and direct idolatry; and all too, under the sanction of a clergyman of the Pro testant Church of England." Captain Napier has been appointed to the command of the Powerful, 84, now fitting out at Portsmouth, and destined for the Mediterranean. RAILROAD LEGISLAT lON.-44 It would be a go o d thi ng ," argues one company o f speculators before the legislature, "to grant us a railroad here ;" fine "It would b e a ver y thing indeed, argues another self-interested body of engineers and attorneys, "to give us one there." The prayers of both are conceded!—and thus have monopolies been granted for over to different inexperienced joint-stock, zig-zag compa nies, who, strange to say, are to settle at what hou rs th e British public is to travet—at what rate it is to travel—and, Uptt , a cerbain point, at what price it is to travel. —Q. Review. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. BREACH OF TRUST.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, Wm. Tarr, recently employed as summons clerk at the Court of Requests, was brought before the magistrates on a charge of embezzlement. Mr. George Park, treasurer to the Court of Requests, stated that the prisoner was employed as summons clerk un,il February, MS, when he was discharged. It was his duty to fill up the summonses with the names of the par ties, the amount of debt, &c., and also to enter in the court book the several particulars required. It appeared, on look ing over the books, that the prisoner had received several de posits and costs of summonses, and given in wrong accounts, reserving to himself considerable sums in small amounts. Several of the parties defrauded appeared, and stated that they had paid accounts for summonses and for debts much greater than they recovered, they having only recovered a part of their debts and lost the rest. The prisoner had no thing to say in his defence. He was committed to take his trial at the sessions. WRECKlNG.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a boatman named John Bibby, owner of No. 27, was placed before the magistrates on a charge of stealing a number of articles from the wrecked ship Pennsylvania. He was taken into custody on Saturday, and round his body was wrapped a quantity of cloth. I❑ his boat were found a dress coat, a pair of panta loons, a cruet stand, and a number of books.—Alhin Essex, the steward of the Pennsylvania, deposed to the vessel hav ing bee❑ wrecked, and that the cruet stand, which was a plated one, belonged to the ship. The dress coat produced belonged to Captain Smith, who was killed in the storm. He had no knowledge of a pair of drawers produced; but the pair of white pantaloons produced belonged to Mr. Thomp son, one of the passengers who was saved. The books pro duced were "Chambers' Edinburgh Journal." bound, which Mr. Thomson had told him he had in his trunk. Mr. Thomp son's trunk had been broken open. The whole of the things were quite wet, as if just taken from on board. The articles in that state were valued at £7. The prisoner denied that he saw the things before. An inspector deposed to taking the prisoner into custody with the cloth round his body, and seeing him walk direct front his boat in which the articles were found. Mr. Hail said it now rested with the prisoner to explain to his satisfaction how the goods came into his possession. It was quite clear that the books were wrecked property. The prisoner said he did not know anything about the things in his boat, and a man on the Pier-head gave him the cloth which was found on him. Mr. Hall fined him in the penalty of £2O, in default to be imprisoned for six calendar months in the Borough House of Correction, and to be kept to hard labour. ANOTEIEk CASE.—Yesterday, at the Police-office, a young man, named Robert Parry, who had been engaged as a rigger to take down the masts of the Pennsylvania, was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a valuable gold watch. Mr. Bolton, watchmaker, said that o❑ Saturday morning the prisoner came to his shop to sell the watch produced, and wanted to know its value; he (witness) told him he could not tell the value of it till he had taken it in pieces, and told him to call again in half an hour and he would let him know. Meantime he went and informed Mr. Dowling of the cir cumstance. The prisoner had told him that he had found the watch at Hoylake, on the shore. Mr. Dowling said the watch was a chronometer and repeater, and was worth 90 guineas. A constable said the prisoner bad admitted to him that he picked the watch up in the ship. Mr. Davenport, who appeared for the prisoner, said he understood that the prisoner had gone direct to Mr. Bolton's shop, and had asked Mr. Bolton's young man what he was to do with the watch, telling hint where he found it, and the young man told hint " I should keep it if I were von." Mr. Hall ordered the case to be remanded till to-day, fur Mr. Bolton's man to at tend. LECTURES ON ENGLISH VOCAL HARMONY, LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. On Wednesday evening Edward Taylor, Esq., Gresham Professor of Music, delivered the first lee. Lure of his course at this excellent institution. In the following lectures, said Mr. Taylor, I purpose to trace the origin and progress of English vocal part music. If the music of of our country can lay claim to any dis tinct national feature, it will be found in this class of com• positions. Our instrumental music, ancient as well modern, is nearly all of continental growth, and in what is native we but imitate what continental rules have laid down. In dra matic music we are also copyists, nay, we have nearly de graded ourselves into importers. Though we have been thus content to copy the models furnished us by the Italians and the Germans, in all other kinds of music, we cannot, how ever, produce a foreign glee: no such thing exists. It is of English origin, for the vocal concerted pieces of Italy and Germany are essentially different in character from those which we designate by the term glee. Regarded simply as musical compositions, I consider the history of this branch of vocal history as well deserving the attention of any en lightened audience, and, I trust, that here at least, it will not be thought the less worthy of attention because it is the ex clusive production of the English soil. (Loud aplause.) Of this I am sure, that whenever th e com p os iti ons of \Vilbye, Webbe, and Callcott shall cease to interest theircountrymen, that English music will be on the decline. I preferred con fining myself to this branch of music than to take a more extended range in the history of the art, because I believe that such a plan will be more instructive, and I hope not less interesting to my audience. Fortunately for you and for myself, the interest of these lectures will not depend upon myself; the talents of the ladies and gentlemen by whom I am assisted are too well known to you to require any eulo glum of mine, and without their assistance I should not have appeared before you. To those who are previously acquainted with a glee or madrigal the performance of its notes on a piano -forte way give a reminiscence of its vocal effect, but it cannot give any adequate idea of the beauty of the composi tion; for, in point of fact, such a performance would bear the same relation to vocal harmony that an engraving bears to a painting. In the earlier periods of vocal history it will be found that it was confined to mere melody. The skill which enables the composer to add graces to his work has not been the effect of chance but the result of study and expe rience. I aria induced to present this branch of mu sical composition to you from the little and imperfect notice which it has received from those who have written upon the history of the art. It is evident, from a perusal of Dr. I3urney's elaborate history of music, that in all that regarded the vocal part music of England, his research was extremely limited; his knowledge was of course propor tionately scanty, and of consequence his opinion is of little worth. 'The doctor betrays a disgraceful ignorance with respect to the musical knowledge of the English, and the musical student must not, therefore, rely upon his facts, or place much reliance on his opinion. The truth is, that his taste did not lie in that direction, and, like many of his countrymen, he wandered all over the continent in search of those beauties which I consider to exist, not only in greater perfection, but in rich and varied profusion, at home: We cannot, therefore, wonder at the assertions of some foreign critics, that the English have no school of national music. Whether the music of that school is bad or good, must be matter of opinion, but there is no doubt that such a school exists. To trace the origin and progress of English vocal harmony ; to set before you the various styles of vocal har mony which marked the musical epoch of our country ; to describe its first rude origin ; its growth in symmetry and beauty; to note its decline, and revival under another name, till it reached the form, variety, and polish which marks its present state of existence, is the outline of my purpose. It may be proper to premise that, iu using the phrase vocal har mony, I do not employ it in its frequently understood sense, as songs accompanied with music, hut as distinct from melody. These lectures will only illustrate the history of vocal part music in this country, that is of vocal music written in many parts, and intended to be sung without the assistance of an orchestra, and for the most part without any accompaniment whatever. The three principal departments of this class of music are the madrigal, catch, and glee. The first we derived from, and possess in common with, other countries, the two latter are almost exclusively English. The pleasure which the ear is capable of deriving from harmony, is suggested to man in so many ways that we can scarcely imagine any state of civilization in which the science of sweet sounds would be altogether unknown ; but although music is natural to man, its laws could not be reduced to a system until the advance of science enabled them to be definitely arranged and under stood. When the mathematics were studied, the musician would be able to preserve a record of his art, but it is certain that music must have been known as au art before it was reduced to a science, and practised before its notation was known. Tradition has handed down to us accounts of ancient airs of which no vestige or record now rentaini•. Most of the music composed antecedent to the reformation, perished at that time, and very few specimens of ancient notation survived the destruction of manuscripts and books which accompanied the dissolution of the religious houses. Previous to the reformation and prior to the invention of printing, neither the art nor the science of music could have been extensively understood, except by the clergy, who en deavoured to keep its principles inaccessible to the common people, by locking them up in the Latin tongue. Perhaps the most complete and valuable musical collection extant was made by an old priest named Forrest, in the reign of Henry VIII. It contained many of the productions of verner, Itarbeck, Favrfax, and others, and is now preserved in the library at Oxford. From its obsolete notation, and the absence of bars, ancient music is almost a❑ unknown tongue, and it is a separate and distinct art to be able to de cipher it. It is not very easy to transform ourselves into musical spectators of this age. We are so accustomed to associate music with the refinements which modern compos ers have gathered around it, that we can only consider it as an abstruse science when it was worked out as we work a problem; when the invention was intended ❑ot to gratify the ear but the mind, anti when the only sense to which it ad dressed itself was the eye; when the symbols were rude and in)stical, and only to be understood by dint of great labour. To attempt music under such circumstances would hardly be to do it justice. Mr. Taylor then exhibited an ancient co mpo s ition of a cruciform shape. This specimen, said he, will give you some idea of the way and the purpose (or which musical compositions were constructed, you will say that it is very easy to place music so as to form a cross, but this is an elaborate composition, as it contains the elements of four canons combined in one. It is in fact four separate canons, and requires great skill to decipher it. Music of this kind wou ld g ive but very little pleasure in performance, and in fact it was not intended to address itself to the ear. Although I claim, and am prepared to maintain for the compositions of England an equal degree of merit with those of any other country, in that department of the art on which I am now lecturing, vet I must in justice state, that the earli est and greatest stride to excellence was made by a celebrated Italian of the name of Palestrina, who was born at Preneste in 1529. Italy at this titne, instead of being as she afterwards became, the great repository from whence Europe was con tent to draw her principal supply of singers and composers, was dependent upon other countries for her musical compo sitions, chiefly Flanders and Spain. Palestrina was pro moted by Pope Junto. 111. to the situation of maestro di ca. peto, and he devoted himself to the service of the church as a sacred composer. lie not only excelled all his contempo raries and predecessort., but it may be questioned whether in majesty he has ever been surpassed. He founded in Rome a school for vocal instruction, under the patronage of the Pope. Several of his compositions ate still in use in our cathedrals, arranged by Deau Aldrich. One of these set to the words " We have heard with. our ears, 0 Lord," I once had the good fortune to hear performed with a full orchestral choir, cousisting of 149 performers, and never do I remember a more grand or solemn effect to have been produced. Indeed I regard Palestrina as one of the great musical lights of the world. Remember what music was before his time; a mere assemblage of dull sounds arranged by the rule and square. Into this inert mass Palestrina breathed the breath of life. He saw the giant strength of his art, and he bade it come forth. His genius was different from that of acquired skill, because the parts of his compositions exhibit an unity of design which could not be extracted from mere mechanical rules. In the works of Palestrina we see, and see for the first time, that end accomplished. Musical compositions are no longer an assemblage of unmeaning passages strung together with out design, but each composition has an identity of purpose. I know of no mind in which that glorious prerogative of crea tive energy was more wonderfully developed than in that of Pa lestrina. lie infused infinite sublimity into the service of the church, and gave a new enjoyment to that of the chamber. As marble yielded to the hand of Phidias, so did music to the mind of Palestrina. Although 300 years have elapsed since the compositions of this extraordinary man were written, they afford the same gratification to the present as th e y did to past generations. We see many musicians of the nresent day wf_th all the advantages %,hich they have de rived from the eLperience of three centuries, vainly endea vouring to give to their works the character which attaches to those of Palestrina, but yet they end only in noise. Yet here is a man destitute of those advantages producing these effects in his art. which individuals of this age vainly endea vour to copy. Their present existence is a proof of their ex cellence. How many composers have enjoyed a transient popularity, of whom no trace remains: I might instance some composers whose works were seen in every music shop, and found in every drawing-room, whose compositions would be as strange to my youthful hearers as those of Palestrina. They came " like shadows, and so depart," and so will all compositions which have not the impress of a master mind ; the sand heaped up by one flood is washed a‘way by another. Palestrina wrote both for the church and for the chamber. The first of his compositions which I shall present to you will be a sacred one, although not originally written fur the church. For this as for many other works of art, we are in debted to the notable family of the Medici, whose patronage Palestrina enjoyed. He swished to record his gratitude fur the patronage he had enjoyed by his dedication of some works to them, but custom forbad any dedication of a sacred work to any but dignitaries of the church. There existed in the monastery of St. Filipe, a prayer to the Virgin, which had been often repeated by him during his illness, and which upon recovering he determined to set to music. The Madri gals, of which it is one are published in a work called Madrigale Spirituale." Each stanza is a separate compo sition, and may be regarded as the first compositions written, not for a choir, but for a private society. Of this work 1 have been able to procure a copy, which is now in the Gresham Library. The character of this composition is simplicity. In translating the words I have adhered as closely as possible to the spirit of the original. You must not contrast it with the productions of modern times. The Madrigal, entitled in the Italian, " (quango del terzo Cielo," is dated 1560. The following are the English words : Jehovah reigns, in majesty excelling : Above the clouds is fixed his awful dwelling. With humble reverence let us bend before hint, And deeply in our inmost hearts adore him. In justice and in truth he ever reigneth O'er heaven and earth, and all that e,rth containeth, His glory through eternity extending. [The performance of this was productive of much applause.' It was about this time that music began to infuse itself first in Italy among the educated classes of society, as a social amusement, for up to this time music was only known in the service of the church. Concerts were totally un known, and the first shape in which music showed itself as an amusement, was as you have just heard it, and it is owing to the genius of Palestrina that it was rendered tributary to the amusement and enjoyment of mankind. It was in the form of madrigals that this alteration took place, and this composition which you will now h ear was th e first of its kind. The words translated from the Italian are— Where'er my Cynthia wanders, All nature seems to greet her ; With soft and sweet meanders, The streamlets run to inert her. Yet of the abundant variety of compositions of this kind which the Italian school unfolds, I can only now g ive you a very feeble idea. I do it merely to shew the kind of music cultivated in Italy, and to enable you to trace the connexion between our English music and that from which it took its rise; for about this time the art or vocal writing in England began to be facilitated by the travels of our men of letters and musicians to the classic ground of Italy. It is related of Milton, in his life by his nephew Phillips, that when in Italy he collected a chest of music books, by the best masters, (which must have been madrigals,) including compositions of Giovanni Ferretti, Constanzio Festa, and Luca Marenzio. I shall take my illustrations from the different schools of Italy, for we must not fall into the common error of consi dering all the music of Italy as of one school: there were the Roman school, the Florentine school, and the school of Naples. The first we shall have is the Roman school, and is by Festa. We are indebted to Mr. Oliphant, the secre tary of the Madrigal Society, for its preservation, as well as for the excellent translation of the Italian words, which very nearly approaches the spirit of the original. Many of the madrigals of this time contain ill natured remarks upon the Italian ladies of that time, but I am sure the ladies present will not consider these as applied to them. Whilst listening to the flow of this music, scarcely can I persuade myself that three centuries have passed since the madrigal " Down in a flowery dale" has been written. It has all the ease of mo dern writing, with the fine old Roman flavour of the Italian school of counterpoint. [This madrigal, composed in Mid, commencing— . _ Down in a flowery dale, All in a summer's morning, B,:e. was sung and loudly applauded. The last stanza, the reply of Phillls to her lover, to which Mr. Taylor alluded, caused great amusement, and procured for the composition an encore, with which Nit.. Taylor at once complied, but good-humour edly begged the audience to remember that they were listen ing to a lecture, and not to a concert. The following is the last stanza : If gold thou past, fond youth, 'Twill speed thy suing; But if thy purse be empty, Come not to me a-wooing. It would be an act of injustice to the Italian madrigal writers of this period, if I were to pass over another cele brated composer of the Roman school—Luca Marenzio; for amongst the disciples of Palestrina's school, few distinguished themselves more, or displayed greater skill and feeling in their compositions. He was many years organist at the Pope's chapel, and the most voluminous madrigal-writerthat ever lived, no fewer than two hundred of his compositions being in the possession of the Madrigal Society of London; and I must do him the justice to say, that there is not one of an inferior kind among them. To the lovers of madrigal writings many of his compositions are familiar. [Mr. Taylor illustrated the works of this composer by a madrigal com mencing— _ _ . Lilies white and crimson roses Upon her cheeks are blooming.] One other madrial must close our review of the Italian school of this period. This belongs to the school of Venice, and the composer was Giovanni Ferretti. [The madrigal commencing "Lady unkind, my heart thou hast ensnared," by this composer, was then.effectively sung.] It was not in Italy alone that music was cultivated at the end of the 16th century; in Flanders it was studied with great success. The splendour of the reign of Charles V. attracted many of the greatest masters in the arts and sciences, to his court ; while the merchants of Antwerp vied with those of Brussels in the costliness of their furniture, mansions, and equipages, and in the encouragement of the arts and sciences. Antwerp was the nursery of the arts, as well as the chosen seat of commerce. In fact, it is impossible to travel through Flanders without being struck with the evidences of its ancient splendour, which are profusely scattered about in every part. There too still exists the venerable printing-otlice, from which learning and literature were diffused throughout Europe. No Wonder then that music should have flourished in such a soil with her sister arts, and we have not merely tradition but the works of great musicians to prove this. Ludovico Guarachini. in writing 0 upon the state of musical knowledge in Flanders at that period, says, " that its inhabitants were utccomplished students in music—the ladies and gentlemen sang music at parties with such a happy union of nature and art, that they were not surpassed by the inhabitants of any country in Christendom." The same author mentions tho pomp of the musical ceremonies in the cathedrals. Concerts of instru mental music were then unknown, but the singing of vocal music in parts, was the customary amusement at social meet ings and in private families, and vocal instruction, (in what we are accustomed to call the dark ages) was so general, that every well-educated person of either sew was expected to be able to take a part in it; indeed, Castiglioni, who lived :;Lout that time, mentioned as one of the accomplishments of a courtier, that he should tie able to sing a part in madrigals at sight. The derivation of the word madrigal (toes not appear very easy to trace. Some have attempted to derive it from the term Mariego, a name applied to certain inhabitants of Provence; with snore truth, however, it may be derived from tne title given to the hymns of the Virgin, which I find iu some of the early Italian writers, written /mania/la: and that after its import became forgotten, it was written madri gale ; but whatever the derivation of the word, it is certain that this class of compositions excited the competition of all the composers in Europe. Amongst the most celebrated composers of that tissue, and perhaps the first in rank, was Orlando di Lasso, for he surpassed most of his contempo raries in the elements and the flow of the parts, and may be regarded next to Palestrina as one of the greatest improvers of vocal music. His madrigals are without the stiffness of older writers, and full of melody. His abilities procured him engagements in various countries, and after residing some time at Antwerp, he went to Paris, from which he removed to Munich, where he finally settled, having been appointed chapel master and conductor of chorusscs to the Duke of Bavaria. The following madrigal will give you some idea of his skill. It was composed in the year 1680. [The ma drigal of " Ye nightingales so pleasant and so gay," was sung with great effect.] There is some difficulty in settling the derivation of the word madrigal, and I am almost at a loss to define the differ ence between a madrigal and the other descriptions of vocal harmony. A madrigal is in a composition in three or more, but generally in fire parts, for voices only. Between the madrigal and the glee there is this difference, that whereas the latter is written for single voices, the effects of the former are choral, and require for their proper development several voices, I should say, the more the batter, fur each part. In making this definition, I am well aware that I do not state the concurrent opinion of glee writers on this point, for some of them at the present time think differently. The sound would satisfy me, but that resolves itself into a mere matter of taste. I must justify myself by saying, that such a state of taste as would enable one person to take a separate part did not exist in the ages in which madrigals first were written. If a singer could sing in time and tune it was all which would be required of him. Madrigals were never printed in score, but always in single parts. Every one of the singers had a separate book, from which he sung, and this was the way in which all the madrigals, whether English, Flemish, or Italian, were printed at that time. Lastly, Nieto is the positive testi mony of Morley to this point, in his quaint and elaborate treatise, which is well worth while to quote. This work is the first elementary work on music written in English, or the vernacular tongue, all the works before being written in Latin. The work was printed in 1597, in folio, and is entitled "An easie Introduction to Practical Musick." It is written in the dialogue form, and begins thus, " Stay Brother Philo• mathes, whither go you so fast ?" " I joy to see an old friend of mine." " /3ut before you go, repeat to me the dis course you had at the party last night." , " Vesternight there were a great number of scholars present, but the matter ills coursedopon was music." " I trust you werecontent to let others talk upon that matter ?" " 1 would that were the worst, for, as luck would have it, I was compelled to talk upon it, and discover my own ignorance." " How so ?" " Because Master Ephraim disagreeing with others, I was applied to for the purpose of solving the difficulty, and was thought discoutteous because I said that I was ignorant of the matter; but after supper, music books, as was the custom, being brought to the table, I was requested to sing ; one was handed to me, and because I could not sing I heard it asked, in pointed language, how I was brought up, therefore, for shame of mw ignorance, I am now upon my way to seek a master and learn to sing." This proves that at that period a knowledge of tousle was general, that music books were handed round, and that every one was expected to join in the performanc6. The weight of the evidence being all on one side, I have no hesitation in saying, that as glee singing is the performance of a few for the gratification of the many, so madrigal singing was intended to be a social act, in which the number of voices was limited only by that of the persons ca pable of joining in their respective parts. The glee takes a wider range, is subjected to rules less strict, but so insensibly has one glided into the other that I am unable to show any wider difference than that which I have given ; but I hope that the specimens which I shall have the pleasure to submit to vou will tell their own tale better than any imperfect defi nition. The finest performance of madrigals 1 have ever heard was one evening at the London Madrigal Society, during the time of the musical festival in Westminster Abbey., when a large number of gentlemen horn the different choirs were present, and there were, altogether, more than two hundred singers in the room; and then, fur the first time, I heard the full effect of madrigal singing, though the society had fre quently -sung the same pieces before with 50 or 1(X) voices. Notwithstanding the great fame of Morley's works, it is curious that we should be ignorant of where he was born, or where he died; his works, however, will ever be regarded as a most faithful record, and posterity will be best able to de cide upon its pretensions. His work upon music was, as previously observed, the first ever published in England, and, although it has long since been superseded by others of greater knowledge, it may still be consulted with advantage by the student. Having thus traced the origin of madrigal writing in Italy,' and its advancement in Flanders, it will be my next duty to follow it to our own shores, and to shew the progress which it made in England. When madrigals found their way to England, the cultivation of music had made coniiderable progress. '1 he plant was foreign, but the soil had been well prepared for its reception; so that it quickly took root, and flourished. Tallis, Dr. Tye, and Thomas Farrant followed in the track of Palestrina. Talks may he called the father of English composers. He enriched the Caihoiic service during the reign of Mary with many fine pieces, and after wards produced sonic responses, which are still hoard on high days and holidays in some of our cathedrals. There is a simple grandeur in the style of Tallis, which, though not intended for church service, has all the characteristics of ecclesiastical writing. Tanis has left behind loin a work of the most elaborate structure. It is a composition in no less than forty parts, requiring no less than forty persons compe tent to sing at sight to sing it at all. It requires eight (af ferent choirs of five voices each, and the great skill which the composer has shewn in bringing in these different choirs is matter of great wonder, and, without the evidence of our senses, we should wonder how the father of English musi cians could have produced such a composition. Many of the grand compositions which are to be found in our church are by him. You will see a great difference between the composition with which I shall illustrate his style, and the madrigals which have been just sung; but it was composed anterior to the introduction of the Italian style of madrigal writing into England. It was written in 1570. [The ma drigal was, "In going to my lowly bed," the performance of which produced much applause.) Another of the madrigal-writers of this age was John Dowland, whose compositions are celebrated by Shakspeare. Dowland visited Flanders, Germany, and Italy; and there is extant an interesting letter which be received from Luca Marenzio, in which the Italian speaks of the talents of his English competitor in terms of the highest admiration. From him, as well as from Giovanni Croce, Dowland de rived much musical knowledge. Probably Dowland was the first English writer who enjoyed a continental reputation, and although he regrets that his compositions had nut been deemed worty of notice at home, he says that some part of his poor labours had been printed in eight most famous cities beyond the seas. His works ale thus spoken of by Dr. Bur ney, with that unwarrantable arrogance with which he always spoke of the works of his own countrymen :—" Dowland's knowledge of counterpoint was very scanty, and his fame is only continued to him by the indulgence of those who have seen his music." I shall not appear here this evening as one of Dowland's advocates., but he shall come into court and an swer for himself. [The beautiful madrigal "Come again sweet love," by that composer, was then sung, and the au dience testified their approbation by the most enthusiastic applause.] I suspected, continued the lecturer, that our countryman would be able to assert his claim to musical honours, and still be entitled to wear the laurel around his brow. The madrigal writers of England were regardless of the true accentation of their music, but Dowland's music is always an echo to the sense of his words. His madrigals affect no display of learning, but are distinguished by an agreeable arrangement of the parts. It was for some time doubted whether English words could be adapted to Italian compositions, and when Italian music was first printed in this country in 1583, it was done by translating the Italian words, and published under the title of "Musica transalpina," or music translated frum the Italian, for four, five, or six voices, with the succeeding part of Virginella, "by Nicholas Young, in favour of such as take a pleasure in the music of voices." Mr. Young was a London merchant, who used to import together with his silks, oils and other commodities of Italy, what was then the fashionable Italian music of the day, but finding that their being written in the Italian tongue, (which was then not so much understood as it is now) hin dered the circulation of the compositions, he endeavoured to put them into English. Of his taste I must speak in terms of commendation, but his translation is the strangest jumble of rhyme imaginable, being as nearly as possible literal. In deed, truth will compel us to say that his words are the most senseless ever met with. The lecture was concluded by the performance of the following madrigal, by Giovanni Croce, "Cynthia, thy song and chanting." The effect ofthis madrigal was truly delightful, and afforded a rich musical treat to the au dience, who appeared by their applause to be highly gratified by the interesting lecture which they had heard. The illustrations of to-morrow evening's lecture will be of the highest order, and include some of the best specimens of English vocal harmony. Mr. Walton, the excellent Man chester tenor, is engaged to give greater eclat to the occasion. Mr. George Eyton presides at the piano -forte with great skill, but occasionally allows the instrument to be predomi nant, instead of keeping it subservient to the voices, and to lead, instead of accompany, the singers. THE POOR GENTLEMAN. The poor gentleman has a clear £lOO a-year, and prefers living on his income to being employed in trade or business of any kind, save peddling a little in the penny a-line way, to gain a few additional guineas for his pleasures. He is a bachelor, a lodger, and a breakfaster and diner at the coffee shops and eating-houses. He never lends; he never bor rows; he never gets into debt; he pays ready money; he makes good bargains; be has no friend, no confidant, no home, no hope; and were he to fall into the river, or be burked in going to his lodgings, no one would miss him save his landlady, to whom he pays Bs. a-week for her rooms. His place at the coffee-shop and eating-house would speedily be filled up by some other customer. The loungers in the Parks, the bazaars, auctions, British Museum, National Gallery, &c., where he found his gratis amusements, would never miss his presence; and his seat in the various churches and chapels, where he finds an open door every morning and evening of the week, would be occupied by some other poor gentleman or gentlewoman, who thinks the Gospel shottld be freely given. But, if any small annuitant should make up his mind to the idle, " loveless, joyless, unendearing" life of the poor geittleman, and fix upon London as his head-quarters, very good counsel and directions are given him, by an " old-used hand," how to get the most for his money. Lodgings are the first consideration ; and these the poor gentleman may have as comfortable as at the West End, and much cheaper, by keeping to such localities as the Edgeware-road, City road, Clapham, Brixton, &c.; and, as he has no particular business, a walk of a few miles will do him good, and kill an hour or two of those of which he has plenty to spare. 'rhe necessity of going abroad to breakfast, foul day or fair day, seems severe to family-men; but then, for fivepence, the poor gentleman may have a buttered roll and a cup of coffee, and plenty of newspapers, up stairs; or, for three pence-halfpenny below; and one penny to the female waiter gives her full contentment with the gentleman customer. It will, however, be best to give part of his tables, which con tain so important an error in arithmetic, that many will doubt the soundness of his economical knowledge, which, however, seems unimpeachable. His one dress coat a year, lasts the year out, and costs four guineas— last year's coat serves him for ordinary occasions; two pair of trowsers, three guineas: and one waistcoat, fifteen shillings; making, in all, £8 25.; and, as £l2 are to clothe the poor gentleman, £3 18s. remain for hats, hose, boots, shoes, and gloves, and keeping up his dozen cotton shirts with "Irish fronts." His lodgings cost Bs., and two more to the maid servant and for cleaning shoes, or £26 per annum. His dinners, averaging at Is. 3d. a-day, afford a plate of the best meat, roast or boiled; pudding or tart, bread and vegetables, with 2d. for porter, and Id. to the waiter. If he will have wine, he may want the porter and pudding, and have only a sd. plate of meat, which will allow him occasionally a h alf-pint of wine. If he long for fish, he must go to the Billingsgate Tavern, and have the best fish dinner for ls.; if for soup, he may have it at 6d. a basin, "at the Cock, or any of the chop-shops near the Royal Exchange." The general account stands -365 breakfasts, at 6d. each . £9 2 6 365 dinners, at Is. 2d. each.. 22 16 3 365 teas, at 6d. 9 2 6 .. Wearing apparel Lodging, boots, and servants 26 0 0 £79 1 3 There is still a surplus of £2O 18s. 9d. of the £lOO, appli cable to the uses and pleasures of the poor gentleman—which, by an enormous blunder, he states at 15s. a-week—for coals in the winter, washing, library, an occasional treat, and all the necessities and contingencies not specified in this table; while, in fact, it is but Bs., which makes an important dif ference. Although we cannot think the self centered cau tious poor gentleman a model for any man, he gives excel lent advice to those who choose to remain as poor, single gentlemen, instead of becoming . hard working, energetic men, small philosophy to be despied by those for whom he writes. The poor gentleman is directed— Keep your circumstances to yourself. Never ask an im portant favour. Always pay ready money. Never claim acquaintance in the street with richer people: let them pass, do not see them, if they do not see you first. Accept not every invitation, even from your best friends; it is making yourself too cheap, Spend as little as possible in cabs or omnibuses. Waste no money in purchasing trifles you do not want, always bearing in mind that £6 per year is only a groat aday. Close your pockets against pastry-cooks' cakes and soups. Never accept invitations from other young men to dine at hotels ; for, if you do, courtesy requires, that you invite in return, which is very expensive. Never borrow of your rich friends. Pay cash to your tailor, for which he will give a liberal discount, which will bring the first-rate tradesman to a level with the butcher. Never buy clothes of advertising puffing tailors, who always make up inferior materials. Frequent not taverns and hotels, for they are very expen sive; the waiters frequently expect half as much as will pay for a comfortable meal at an eating orcoffee house. * * Let us, looking to wealth, take any one gentleman whom you so much envy, for instance, in his cab, or taking a can ter at five or so in the Park. Where, in the twenty-four hours, shall we begin? He has, possibly, £3,000 a-year. The poverty of fashionable families, with a carriage, on £3,000, is pitiable. Does tbis make him pass his time one -bit more delightfully from its own weight? Not a jot, I suspect. He is tired of his cab, and horribly annoyed on seeing Booby Botherem with a more splendid turn-out than his; his reins were wrong, and his tiger was not so smart ! He got home at seven to dress, tedious again; dines at home : they sit down very formally with some humble invite, asit is not one of their intimate days; how wearisome this formal politeness. He wishes the fellow (his wife's cousin, or sonic scribbling critic) far away : they fly for refuge to the opera; too late for Pasta, Grist, Nlalibran, Tamburini ; Taglioni still pleases for a moment, spite of the tedium of repetition. The charm has lost its spring from being over stretched: he yawns; nods across, and is bored by lookers-in, in souse way or other: or ha go.: round hinasolf to cny "How d'ye do?" to people he sees every hour! But sup pose he passes a pleasing hour in a sly flirtation with a friend's young wife, or some girl, whose eagerness for admiration 'does not care for his being married, as she hates his wife—perhaps an old flirt: this . ended, he puts her in her carriage, and drops in at C—'s, St. James -street. where be loses a hundred, and goes home perhaps very philosophically, or swearing all the way; gets up the next day at one or two, the weather heavenly; ay, but he knows nothing of the fresh mornings; ail is now dusty, noise and bustle—the very thing fora town life. His wife persuades him to go and snake a call or two with her; they see some pleasant people, and talk of music possibly, and get into a hot argument on Church Reform Away he comes, and gives his wife the slip at Howell and James's, for a lounge at the Alfred or U.S. club; ta , 4es up the papers; sees himself quizzed, perhaps abused; goes home in a rage, resolves not to notice it; dresses for a large dinner-party without curiosity, interest, or appetite. And thus his days rlrag on. Ihsw are they better than yours? His wealth has none vot;iing whatever for him. Yes; it has made him thinner and paler; there is nothing new for him. Do you long for two hundred pounds a-year ? the pleasure of asking a few friends to a coffee-house dinner now and then: or a better room where you could ask them? and more cash in your pocket for cakes, jellies, arid ices? Al: this would not increase your enjoyments one tittle; nor would I advise you to alter your rigid economy as to "food, fire, and clothes,' if you have two hundred. On three hundred you can make no appearance more than on one. On four hun dred, if you kept a horse and groom, you would be still the poorer; and so on.. Always, in short, say to yourself, this and this is, after all, a great plague to those who sport them; a servant's a plague, housekeeping's a plague; a carriage is a great plague, and looking after horses; a wife is (I'm afraid) often a plague; children another; many friends often a plague; parties the greater number plagues; and the jealousy, shifts, envy, of those just above (on another thou• sand more !) and . all the longing and heart-burnings for show in the fashionable world, the ne plus ultra of plagues in this life! compared with which, if you are still not content, wish yourself a Welsh curate on forty pounds a year!—if this- fails of making you comfortable, set yourself down as INCURABLE.—How to Live in London, 4c. HA RD Ttsias.—ln an application made on Saturday week to the civil tribunal of Paris, the Princess de Hoban Roche fort represented that although she has an income of EWA), she is compelled to borrow from '£looo to £l5OO every year in order to live decently! SPECIMEN OF AMERICAN ELoQuEricE.—The following article of exquisite eloquence gives one an idea of the manner of doing things in the west. The orator has the floor, and says :—" MI. Cheerman, I have lisnt contentively for a long time to the judicial cencervabilities of the member who has last distressed you; and I freely very much declines to offer any uncertain quantity of remarks in refutation of my former dissertations, and also, likewise, command an explanation from the gentleman who last distressed the meetina on what, authority he grounded his manifold adversities. lle tells us that the motion passed nemia contra dictionary. I would require of the chair, or of the very worthy members of this club, or N society, or association, or whatever name nosy ha onproper to call it, who this Mr. Neminy are? What are the principles of his contra dictionary ? Whether he are opposed to the present administrations ?"--American paper. • SUNDAY, JAN. 13.—Wind W. fresh. ARRIVED—Marwood, Stott, from Paraiba—Adriana, Cocks, from Berbice ; sailed sth Dec —Niagara, Cole, from New Orleans ; sailed 9th Dec.—Eliza Saunders, Bullev. from Odessa—Highlander, Bot tomley, from Trieste—Margaret • Iliglifield, Thom, from Leghorn— La Vela Luise, Lugera, from Naples—Ann, Storr, from St. Peters bur h—Mlalvina, , from Alexandria, Egypt—Los Ninos, Sierzeoir, Capetaine, Peyote, and Le Loin, from Havana. SAILED—Swift, Edwards, from Gibraltar. Tory's Wife. Kelly, hence for Halifax, at Antigua, with loss of topmasts, and short of provisions, out 63 days Mary Jones, Vishley, from Chesme, at Cuxhaven Wilhelin:na. lienrietta, Kruse, hence at Narestre Ocean, Campii , n, hence for Whitby, at Yarmouth, with loss of anchor and boats Black Eyed Susan, Wa;kins, hence for Constantinople, at Fal mouth Penelope, Cafiero from Gallipoli, for this port, at Plymouth Jndustrie, Van Duin, hence for Amsterdam, at Helvoet, leaky HOLYHEAD, Jan. 11.—The Hindoo, M'liny, from Pictou, for Glasgow. was driven on shore last evening in Carnarvon Bay, and bilged: cr..w saved HAMBRO', Jan. 3.—The Triton. Bingstorn, from Liverpool, for Stockholm, was totally wrecked 13th December. off Bornholm ELSIXORE, Dec. 30.—The Loyalist, Newborn, from St. Peters burg, for Liverpool, was stranded about three weeks since off Gothland ; crew saved znd arrived here LIMERICK, Jan. B.—The Cheshire Witch, of Liverpool, is on shore near Bolan's Rock, but not much damaged CAMPBELTOWN, Jan. 9.—The Barbara, Mundie, from Dundee, for Liverpool, drove on shore during the late gale, but is expected to he got . off next springs, without discharging Bowmonn. (IsLAY) Jan. 7.—The Ruby, Graves, from Liverpool, for Clare, was driven on shore this morning during the gale. The Leslie, Gault, of Londonderry, is also on shore Jan. B.—The Anne, Sloan, from Liverpool, for Donegal, was driven on shore early this morning Current IMPORTS. SALES OF THE WEEK. Prices. ThisWk this Year --- 130 T Sea Island 2od a 36d 10 I 0 Stained 3890 ' Bowed Georgil { 4150 Mobile 7—94 1 . Alabama and Tennessee 61' 8 3626 4712 23180 New Orleans 7 —ll Pernambuco Sz Paraiba. 91 101 700 t Aricati and Ceara 94 ..... 01 5 1781 1 1781 550 Bahia and Mageio 8 91 .. , , 1007 f Sawginned Maranham . 81 —lO 360 • 7.4 __B4 i .... 1912 . Minas —:: 7.: .... 1 ••• • Para Demerara, Surinam, Sae. 9 121 430 0 Egyptian l2 17 •• • . 1731 Barbados Bl —9; 61 61 250 Peruvian 8 —Si 1 1 Bahama 40 Laguayra Common West India, Si:x.l 7 9 ). 1618 } 1656 , 20 Carthagena. .. 20 Smyrna Manilla 1264 1 Surat 5l 64 .... t •• • • I •• • • • • I Madras 5l 61 1 276 i 276 Bengal 5l 6 35730 bales I 12430 18833 On Saturday there was a good de. bags, one-halt of which were on sr been a very limited inquiry, and th bags. The market has closed heavi] JANUA: !mand, and the sales w, peculation. To-day tl he sales only amount ly at rather easier rate rere 5,000 :here has to 2,000 *pipping Entdligtart. FRIDAY, JAN. 11.—Wind S.W. moderate. ARRlVED—Actress, Toole, from New Orleans—Timoleon, Win. sor, from Savannah—Augusta,--, from St. Michael—Pearl —. from St. John, N.B. Henry Hoyle, --, from Oporto, at London Hebe, Warren, hence for Alexrndria, E. at Falmouth, with sails split, out three weeks, and has been as far as lat. 47, lon. 9 A vessel, said to be the Everston, of Dundee, has been driven on shore near Formby ; four men saved _ _ _ The cargo of tile . Monkey, on shore near Formby, will be al saved if the weather continues to he moderate Neptune, Nagle, from Callao. at Valparaiso Dyson, Miller, and Maypo, Seymour, hence at ditto Duncan. —, from New South Wales, at Sourabaya Rosalind, Little, sailed from Mauritius 2d October, Centurion, Manjer, and Seymour, Dare, 20th Oct. all for this port Camoens, Barnes, hence at Oporto ' Majestic, Mustard, for New Orleans, and the Mary Bibby, Med calf, for Trieste, which put back last Monday, must discharge ; the latter vessel in consequence of the pilot running her upon her an chor in docking The Bell Buoy has been driven from its moorings, and Captain Denham has taken out the duplicate to replace it MAURITIUS, Oct. 24.—The Letitia, Canszer, from Batavia for Demerara, put in here 14th October, much strained, with loss of foreyard, spars, &e. and part of cargo damaged. She has since been repaired. and will sail in a few days SLIGO, Jan. 7.—lt blew a very heavy gale last night and this morning, from W.N W. The Helen, Lee, from Liverpool for Ballina. drove from her moorings, went on shore in the harbour, and is striking very heavily. The Britannia, laden for Liverpool, was driven from her moorings, and is on shore. The Jane Gor don. Kelso, and Glasgow, Wilson. both for Liverpool, sailed yes. terday, and it is hoped got round Tory Island before the gale com menced _ . _ NEWPORT, Jan. 9.—The wreck of a long boat, with" Ditto, o Jersey" outside, came on shore this morning SATURDAY, JANUARX 12.—Wind W. ARRlvan.—Jupiter,—, and Tamerlane,,from Bombay Lady Stormont, M‘ Minn, from Pernambuco ; sailed 2nd Dec. —Henry Leeds, Marshall and William, —, from Savannah— Helen, Smith, from Charleston—Alicia, M'Lean, and Frances, Armstrong, from St. John, N. B.—Somerset, from Fayal— Liverpool. —, from St Michael's—lnca, Harrison. from Odessa—Fulmar, —, and Laura Ann, from Lisbon— Dona Maria, —, from Oporto—and L'Amande, —, from The Tinley was lost going into Honduras Dinah, Jones, from Carnarvon for Liverpool, is on shore at Beau• marls A timber vessel is lost near Campbeltown The Eclipse, (steamer) Williams, of Liverpool, is on shore at Carnarvon, with considerable damage Two puncheons, about half full of whiskey, have been washed on shore, near Campbeltown, marked" Gourlay and Co." Dun dalk. Tickler, Ellis, from Canton, at London John O'Gaunt, Robertson, sailed from Batavia for China Malcolm, —, hence at Batavia Wassily Willilcey , —, from St. Petersburg, at Stromness Carena, Hayden, and Britain's Pride, hence at Genoa • Isis, Graham, from Jamaica, and Robert, Hamilton, from Trini dad, at Savanilla, and were to sail for Liverpool about Ist Dec. ODESSA. Dec. 21.—The Vestal, with about 4000 chetwerts of wheat, at anchor in the roads, is said to have suffered damage, and must unload BALLINA, Jan. B.—The Earl of Caithness. of Liverpool, was capsized during a dreadful gale on the night of the 6th Jan. near Killala Bar, and is•on her beam ends; cargo (salt) all washed out— crew saved MONDAY, JANUARY 14.—Wind W. ARRIVED.—SiddOI:9. Britton, from New York ; sailed 26th Dee. —Thomas, •, Corsair, Cummins, and Yarmouth, bolt, f rom Smyrna—Chilmark, Penny; Maria Tereza, Splivolo, from Leg horn—Three Brothers, —, from Genoa—Emma, Percival, f(om Marseilles—Columbine. —, and Queen of tho South, Gillard, from St. Michael's—Due de Braganza, Contenti, from St. Uhes—Pearl, Cove, from Seville—and Emanuel, Le Mils, from Nantes. Mary Sharp, Craig, from Calcutta, at this port; sailed 17th Aug. from the Cape Nov. and St. Helena 17th Nov. On 6th instant NO miles W. of Cape Clear, experienced a hurricane, lost sten boat, jibboom, Sze. _ _ Crusader, —, hence for Bombay, on shore near Blackpool, is going to pieces, owing to the gale of Saturday night.—About 30 hales and cases were saved from her on Saturday. Yesterday the following w , re driven on shore ; 79 hhds ale, 23 cases 9 casks glass shades, 30 bales and 32 cases llenrietta, Morrison, hence for Gibraltar, at Lisbon 4th Jan. water casks washed overboard. hatchway started, and cargo sup posed to he damaged, Or. 25th Dec. fell in with the Morven, from Trieste for Glasgow, water logged, and took off the crew The wreck of the Brighton, on shore near Burbo, has been b;ought into the river Gai•rick, -,, hence for New York, was spoken Ist Jan. in lat. 44, long. 38 Robert, from the Gulf of Mexico, for Liverpool, was spoken 15th Dec. off Cape Carnavarel Alexander Edmund, Strang, hence at Savannah Thomas Bennett, Hague, hence at Charleston Montreal, Griffin, and Gladiator, Britton, hence at New York Bowditch, Thompson, and Medora, Welch. hence at New Orleans LCES CURRENT. ,t when mentioned in bond.) / MADDER, 4.if cwt. S. d. S. 0, Dutch, crop 56 0 —6l 0 Ombro 4O 0 —52 0 Gamene 25 0 —3B 0 Mull French, S.F. 4O 0 —44 0 S. F.F 4B 0 —52 0 E.S.F ..55 0 —57 0 E.S. F. F. 58 0 —6O 0 Spanish 30 0 —32 0 MOLASSES, 41' cwt. 'Trinidad, &c. 29 0 Demerara, &c 30 0 Bar. & Antigua 31 0 ,MUNJEET, iff cwt. Li 0 OIL, Olive, 4V 252 LfaiLv• Gallipoli £55 0 —3G 0 Trii.ste 54 0 —53 0 Sicily 53 0 —54 0 Malaga Portugal, &c. 0 -,51 10 Levant 5O ii —52 v Palm, 4t , ton —— 46 5 Fish, ctP 252 galls Seal, pale 34 0 browr 23 0 Cod 30 0 LINSEED, 4r cwt 29 6 Rape, pale do. 4O 0 Turpen. 411 ctrl 63 0 Mee, 41' cwt. Carolina, dress. in bond none. Bengal, ord. d 0.15 6 —l9 0 mid. to fine 19 6 —2l 0 African none. Rust, 4 4 gallon, in bond. Jamaica, 12 to 16 0.p.. • 4 3 4 9 stronger 4 10 5 2 choice marks 5 3 6 0 SAFFLOWER, 4r awl. Bengal, good & fine C4 0— 3 0 ord. &. mid Bombay SALTPETRE, 41 , cwt. s, d. s. d, Bast India 23 6 —29 0 South American 0 0 —l7 0 SHELL LAC, 4 ; jr cwt. in bond. 0 orange SO... 0 —126 0 liver & black 64 0 —BO 0 SKINS, Neutria, IfY doz 10 Chinchilli, do 20 Seal, each 2 SHUSIAC, IP' cwt. Sicily 12 Malaga Trieste Verona Tyrolese SUGIR, cwt. B. P, Muscovado moist brown 53 dry brown 56 good & mid-60 fine & r. fine 66 Mauritius, dabs & moist. 51 brown 54 yellow 57 fine yellow 6l East India, Bengal ord. white 64 good 8:. fine 67 extra fine 7O Manilla, in bsnd 21 Havana, do. brown • yellow 26 white, ora 35 good & fine 38 Brazil, in bond. brown IG yellow 23 white, ord 26 good & fine 29 TALLOW, growl. P'burgh, Y.C ' Odessa Archangel,..., • Buenos Ayres TAR, 4, brl. Stockholm Archangel.... Carolina Virginia TARTAR, 4r cwt. Cream of Tartar G 3 0 —65 0 (- brown & yel. 5O 0 —54 0 TEA, snbond. 13ohea, Canton — Fokein . 1 2 Congou, com mid. to fine 1 5 Twankay, corn . I 3 mid. to good 1 5 Pekoe, Orange . 1 8 Campoi, corn. to good none Hyson Skin mid. to fine 1 5 1 7 Souchong ' corn 1 4 1 6 good to fine 1 9 3 (1 Pekoe, flowery 2 9 4 6 Hyson, corn 2 0 2. 4 line 3 0 3 9 Young Hyson 1 11 2 6 Imperial Gunpowder, good & fine 3 3 TOBACCO, tp . lb. hi b wic i. J. River, Leaf Stemmed 0 111— 1 Kentucky 0 9 1 Maryland — TURMERIC, 41" cwt in bond. Bengal l2 0 —lB 0 !TURPENTINE, clr cwt. American..... 11 0 —l3 0 - . mid. to good.. 0 11 1 9 !VALONIA, 4y ton. £ a. s LIVERPOOL PRI (Quoted as duty paid, except ASHES Montreal, Pot ..27 3 27 6 Pearl, new .. 0 0 —35 0 15. States, I'ut none. Pearl BARK, Quercit 2O 0 —3O 0 Oak, V ton . 0--7 10 German IinDisToNEMP lon - Sicily, Tuscany CASSIA LIONEA, s. d. s d. V cwt. in bond 52 0 —35 0 CLOVER -SEED, tr cut. American, red Dutch I Nominal.. French & Germ COCOA, ir cwt. Trinidad 4O 0 —45 0 Grenada 4O 0 —43 0 Brazil 32 0 —35 0 COFFEE, 47 cwt. in bond. Jams. triage.. ordinary .. 50 o— 90 o good&fin ord. 97 0-105 0 middling —.107 0-114 0 good mid. ..118 0-127 0 fine mid. &c. 129 0-142 0 Dutch, triage.. 1 45 0-85 0 ordinary good & fine 0rd.90 0-98 0 middling 'OO 0-105 0 good mid. 106 0-110 0 hoe mid. &c. Mocha 9O 0 —lO6 0 Ceylon 96 0 —lOO 0 Java • 40 0 —5O 0 Ilavana good &fin.ord.42 0 —4B 0 St. Domingo 40 0 —44 0 Brazil 35 0 —42 0 Laguira 45 0 —5(l 0 DYEWOODS, 4g ton £. S. £ s. Logwood, Jam.l2 0 —l2 10 Hon. & D0m.12 0 .-12 15 Campeachy..ls 0 —l6 10 Fustic, Span 10 10 —ll 10 Tampico ll 10 —l2 10 Brazi 1... Cuba l2 10 —l3 10 NICARAGUA WOOD. Rio de la Hache solid ll 0 —l5 0 rough 5 0 6 0 small Lima, solid ll 0 —l6 0 Barwood„Ango: 7 19 9 0 Gaboon Camwood 20 0 —24 Red. San. Wood 7 0 8 0 Ar ton. Riga, P.T. R. 45 0 —47 0 Pluirg, 9 head 39 0 —4O 0 Archangel none. Dutch & Flem 6O 0 —1:0 0 GALLS, 41Y opt, Turkey, blue 75 0 —BO 0 mixed 56 0 —65 0 East India 70 0 —72 0 GINGER, 49 . cwt. Barhadoes 45 0 —5O - 0 Jamaica • 80 0 —l2O 0 • E. India, in bond 18 0 —2O 0 Gum, 4y cwt. Arabic, Turkey. 70 0 —l4O 11 East India. 25 0 —56 0 Barbary 45 0 —55 0 Senegal 63 %) —65 0 ElEmr, if ton. s. £ s. P'burg, clean _49 0 —5O 0 ontshot.47 0 —47 10 Riga, R hine 49 10 —5O 0 outshot 47 _0 —4B 0 ' Archangel 46 0 —47 0 Manna ..... 3B 0 Bombay 28 0 —29 0 Jute l3 10 —l4 HIDES, Ox and flow, lb B. Ayres & Monte Video, dry, inferior Sz, mid.o 8 0 e•ood C prime -0 91— 0 101' Do. salted ....0 51— 0 6 N.Amer.salted 0 4 0 41 • Brazil 0 51— 0 '63 dry salted 0 51— 0 63 Rio, dry . 0 71— 0 8 Valparaiso,dry 0 6 0 71 Odessa. &c.firy 0 o , l 0 71 W. India, dry. 0 53 0 7 salted.o 5 0 531 Eastlndia 0 8 0 1211 Rips, B. A. ry 0 71— 0 81( Horse, 0. each 9 0 —l2 6 , HORSE lIAIR, 4y lb. Short 0 9 0 91 mixed long tails ... 1 8— 2 0 combed 2 0 2 9 INDIGL , lb, in bond. Bengal. pur. & violet 7 blue & violet blue g.Bc, fine 7 ord. Sr, mid. 6 violet &cop. tt 5 mixed.... cop. g. & fine. 6 ord. & mix . 5 eon. quality Onde ...... 4 Madras 4 Guatimala, ly lb Floras Sobres • Cortes Caraecas, Floras 7 Sobres . 5 Cortes LAC DYE, tr lb. D.T. and prime. 1 10 4 0 6 8 0 6 8 0 none 3- 8 0 6- 7 0 6 - 7 0 6- 7 0 0 - 6 9 6- 7 3 6- 6 3 6- 6 6 0 - 7 6 0 - 6 9 5 - 5 9 0 - 7 6 9 - 6 9 6- 5 9 -3n 0 —3l 0 —3l 6 —l6 0 -34 10 -28 10 -30 i 0 -30 0 -47 ti -64 0 0 -15 0 U-25 0 0- 3 0 6 -13 6 0 -11 6 6 - 9 0 6-9 0 0 -10 0 6 -55 6 6 -59 0 0 -65 6 6 -71 0 6 -53 6 6 -5G 6 0 -60 0 0 -66 0 0 -Gti 0 0 -69 0 0 -71 0 0 -23 0 0 -29 0 0 -37 0 0 -10 0 0 -22 0 0 -25 0 0 -28 0 0-33 0 .59 0 -58 6 .59 0 --59 6 ..54 0 --58 0 -16 0 —l6 6 —l5 E —l6 0 none none 0 10 1 3 1 4 6 1 4 1 6 3 0 'ord.& inferior 0 6 0 101 Smyrn,pickedl2 10 —2O 0 MADD -, 11. ROOTS, iff cwt. hlorea 12 0 —l4 0 I Smyrna ........52 0 —54 0 NVAx, BEES', 4Y cwt. in bond. Tripoli Sc, Syria. 45 0 —46 0 1 African 4 0— 9 0 French 5O 0 —52 0 I East India 9 0— 9 10 Naples ;36 0 —3B 0 American 9 0— 9 10 Emporto. EAST MOLES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 4•c. Jumna, (364) W il c xtable, from Calcutta, 498 bags sugar, 1914 bags saltpetre, 1500 bags rice, about 10 tons sapan wood, 373 bags horn tips 1200 bags linseed, 304 bags cutch. 200 bales jute, 31 chts indigo, 73 bah', bides, 276 bales cotton, 12 boxes shell lac, 5 bales raw silk, 63 'chests lac dye, 20 hales silk, 1 box jelly, 1 box silk piece goods, order-1 box contents unknown, G Boggs-1 box a China box, J Younghusband-1 preserves, M 2obinson-1 box tippets, &c. J Ilenderson 7 Vii . D CHINA. Mary Ann Webb, (338) R Lloyd, from Canton, 1751 chests 698 hf chests tea, order-2 7 chests 160 bf chests do, Dirom and co -1317 chests do, Sands. Turner and co-1397 chests 2 cases do, H Ripley-1 box do, It Lloyd _—.—— • - - - - - [FEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Don Juan, (163) J MMl•Comb, from Barbadoes, 286 puns 25 hhds 11 brls molasses. 61 bales cotton, 11 Moore and co—W D SOUTH AMER ICA. Rapid, (255) W White, from Pernambuco, 964 bags cotton, order —506 do, Ileyworth and co-122 do, N Cairns -189 do, C White -44 kegs butter, order Lady. Stormont, (358 1 J AT Minn. from Paraiba, 900 bags cotton 2120 salted hides, order.—From Pernambuco, 1334 bags cotton, order-33 do, Gruma, Schmidt and co-21 do, 608 salted hides, Came and Telo-1 box sweetmeats, the master UNITED STATES. Napier, (451) J L Sanford, from Philadelpida,'2674 brls wheat flour, Bolton, Ogden and co-1400 do, It F Breed and co-140 eks quercitron bark, Wildes Pickersgill and co-45 do, Tennants, Clow and co-74 casks flaxseed, C B Buchanan and co-7 bales contents unknown, Barnes Brothers-2 boxes oil peppermint, W and .1 Brown and co-1 brl apples, 1 keg sand, W Modsley—P Pocahontas, (501) B Turley, from Philadelphia, 120 packages contents unknown, H Mure and co-1 do, T Hodgson and co-1 do, order-18 do. 29 bales cotton, G Wright and co-625 brls flour, Bolton and co-343 casks 3 tees quercitron bark, Wildes and co -3 brls apples, order—P D Harriet Rockwell, ;523) J W Jewett, from Mobile. 506 bales cotton, Humphreys and Biddle-805 do, order-77 do, J Maury and Sons—P D Fanny, (615) J Crowell, from New Orleans, 313 hales and bags cotton, A Dcnnistoun and co-163 bales cotton, W and J Brown and co-50 do, G Green and Bon-50 do, Todd and Jackson-76 do, Boskell, Ogden and co-48 do, Humphreys and Biddle-433 do, W Porde and co-397 do, Rathbone Brothers and co-320 do, Parton, Parker and co-92 do, Pilling and Brierley-451 do, order-15 do, the master—W D Leila, (613) A Higins, from Baltimore, 313 brig contents un known, H Mure and co-34 packages do, order-4 do, Wildes and co-1 case do, 83 hr!s turpentine, VV and J Brown and co 968 do, R L Dawson and co-4500 brls flour, Bolton and co-418 do, .1 Gordon-400 do, 8 hf hinds ft:timed, It L Dawson and co-27 hhds quercitron hark, 20 hhds tobaco, W and J Brown and co-10 do, J and W Oxley end co _ Henry 1..Ce4, (383) it Marshall, from Savannah. 1354 bales cot ton. Humphreys and Biddle-12 do, the master—W D William. (396) A Boyd, from Savannah, 400 hales cotton. R Eccles and co-11G do, order-60 do, Parton, Parker and co-501 do, J Holford and co—W D Helen, (4231 T B Smith. from Charleston, 493 bales cotton, A Taylor-22 do, Bolton, Ogden and co-612 do, order-96 do, V Portz-1505 bags paddy, and Smith—AV D Actress, (469) - J Toole, from New Orleans, 153 hales cotton. order —798 .10, Purina, Parker and co-0 do, T Dixon and co-204 do, Baring Brothers and co-58 do, A Dennistoun and co-50 do, Pil ling and Brierly-22 do, 111 tons logwood, J 0 Johnson and co-1 bag nuts, G Holt and co—W D • BRITISH AMERICA. _ - - Avon, (231) E M'Kenzie, from St. John, N.B. 116 pees birch timber. 5360 de:ds and deal ends, 480 u staves, about 3 cords lath. wood, W fides. Piekers4ill and co-2 spars, for exportation-3 D • p ear L(39B),(lB Fletcher, from St—John, N.B. 89 pees birch mid 635 pees fir timber, NV I'ilkington-2c 3 deals a nd deal ends, 621 c staves, about 11 fins lath wood, Gibbs, Bright and co Alicia, (427) A M'Lvan, from St. John, N.B. 753 pees fir and 221 pees birch timber, 8l d"als and deal ends, 4 fins lathwood, 2820 pees staves, order—,l3 EUROPE. Brothers, (167) It Holmes, from Taganrog, 411 bales washed wool, 1217 bars iron, no consignee--K D Enchantress, (142) G 11 Gaymer, from Smyrna, 278 hales mad der roots; 9 sacks yellow berries, order —1223 pees boxwood, Breed and co—about 20 tons emery - stone, A Sinclair—K 1) Mary Ann, (79) W Atherton, from Terceira, 2::0 boxes 380 small boxes oranges, W Dart-13 do, the master—G D Lady Bassett, (109) J Carthew, from Lisbon, 40 pipes olive oil, Carne and Telo-5 do, C I ronside and co-10 do, C and J Rawdon —93 do, Duarte Brothers and co-24 do, M Z Just-25 pipes 8 hhds do, 40 hf chests oranges, order-50. chests 100 hf chests do, J Col lier-56 chests 22 hf chests do, J Adam-21 chests 21 hf chests onions, J Collier-6 'casks honey, C and J Rawdon—K D Splendid, (198) It Di,Lon. from Bonrdeaux, about 535 qrs wheat, 370 bags flour, a quantily vine cuttings, W Healing and co-1 box preserves. M'Cleave—K D Jenne Eliza, (150) .1 Loquay. from Botirdeaux, 1 pipe I idyl wine Moore and: Christian-1 hhd 30 cases do, It Abram-1 hhd do, (3 and J 11111-2 hf hhds do, 'l' Blackhurne-4 cases do, S M'Kcan -4 do, Warden and Wanostrocht-3 hhds 4 eases do, order-51 cases 316 qr cases prunes, J Moss and co-9 cases do, .1 G Oughterson -11 cases 30 'qr boxes do. T Blackburne-35 cases do, 300 brls 400 qr boxes prunes, M'Andrews, Filcher and co-50 buts prunes, D Parry-89 cases 55 hf easel 130 qr cases 215 hrls 40 qr boxes prunes, 30 bags walnuts, 50 hrls apples, 30 bales cloier-seed, 5 bales almonds, order-1 trunk apparel, W Guyton-1 cask verdigris, T Cc. Hayley-1 portmanteau apparel, 1 ease a writing desk, c. C P Fletchcr-2 eases cheese, J Woodville-3 brls apples, 5 brls eggs, 4 bags chesnuts, 4 bags walnuts, the master-10 brls apples, 1 case liqueurs, 1 case vcrmacelli, 2 bags walnuts, 4 bags chesnuts, 8 casks brandy, I bundle corkwood, 100 brls flour, 'l' Blackburne—Bootie Bay LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 12. Except about 11,000 barrels of Flour, chiefly from the United States and Canada, the supplies of the week have been small, the general demand has, at the same time, boon very limited, and both \Wheat and Oats have been offering on lower terms : at yesterday's market the former might have been bought at fully :id, arid the latter at Id per bushel below the quotations of this day se'nnight : holders, however, show no disposition to press sales. 36s 6d prr 2401bs is an extreme price for the best Oatmeal : 60s to 65s per sack the range for Irish 'Flour. Barley and Malt are both scarce, and each fully maintains its previous value.. No change as regard Beans or Peas. PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. Outward. 258 Od 51 Os Or 20 0 -- 0 0 50 0— 0 0 41 0 -- 50 0 30 0 -- 0 0 40 0— 0 0 50 0 -- 60 0 0 0— 0 0 84 0 -- 0 0 0 0— 0 0 25 0— 0 35 0-- 40 0 35 0 -- 40 0 45 0 — 0 0 40 0— 0 0 40 0 -- 0 0 40 0— 0 0 30 0— 0 0 20 0— 0 0 50 0 -- 60 0 0 0 -- 0 0 40 0 0 0 20 0— 0 0 20 0— 0 0 :0 0— 0 0 23 0 -- 0 0 35 0— 0 0 25 0— 0 0 30 0-- 0 0. 30 0— 0 0 0 0 -- 0 •0 0 • 0 , --. 0 0 25 0— 0 0 813 0,1 a 10530 40 0- 0 0 105 0 -147 0 20 0 - 0 0 20 0- 0 0 50 0- 0 0 50 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0 0 0- 0 0 40 0 0 0 25 0- 0 0 30 0- 0 0 35 0-40 0 50 0 - 0 0 40 - 0 - 0 0 40 0- 0 0 40 0- 0 0 126. 0- 0 0 20 0- 0 0 40 0- 0 0 30 0- 0 0 30 0- 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 - 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 20 0 (1 0 20 0 - 0 0 20 0 - 0 0 30 0 0 0 0 0- 1 0 40 0 - 0 Q 84 0 -147 0 20 0- 0 0 LONDON & LIVERPOOL, • (Sailing before 12th J an.) Jamaica Leeward Isl. Deme. &lierbice Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana Canada British North America Newfoundland Brzzils • River Plate East Indies Company's Ships Batavia New South Wales Cape ( f Good llope Africa -- Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga 11Tadeira Westem Cape de Verds. Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen. &c. Gottenburtr, Stockholm ... Petersburg, Riga. &.Ic. Oporto fflarketo. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JAN. 11. There has been more demand for Sugar, particularly towards the close of the week, and the sales amount to 900 hhds B.P. at rather better prices; 2500 bags Bengal have also been disposed of, chiefly good to fine white, at 68s to 69s per cwt. which is a slight decline on previous prices, owing to the recent heavy arrivals.- -Nothing done in Molasses.—Coffee. There is a considerable im provement in the demand for Plantation, and the sales reach 300 casks J amaica, at an advance on nearly all qualities of 3s to 4s per cwt. ; 300 bags Demerara were also sold at the quotations. Of Foreign. 80 bags Brazil brought 38s per cwt.—No transactions re ported in Cocoa, Ginger or Pepper.—A small lot of Pimento sold at 31d per lb.—The business in Rice is limited to 500 bags of good East India. at 20s per cwt. in bond.-170 puns of Rum have been sold, chiefly Demerara of good and fine quality, at 5s to 5s '7d per gallon, with 50 puns East India, 26f per cent 0. P'., at 4s to 4s Id per gallon. There is nothing to report in Indigo.—For a parcel of Terra Ja ponica 28s has been obtained.—There has been more business doing in Nitrate of Sooa, the sales of which amount to 3000 bags, but in prices there is little or no alteration to notice.—Of Saltpetre the sales do not exceed 400 bags, at full prices. All kinfls - of ,Dyewoods have been dull, and the only sales of consequence this week have been about 80 tons of Campeachy I.ogwood, at .Cl 5 tO £l7 per ton.—There are nosales of Turpentine to communicate this week, nor any alteration in price; in Tar also no purchases have been made.—Montreal Pot Ashes are dull and lower ; 130 bris have been sold at 27s 3d to 27s 6d ; Peal I Ashes are dull, but unaltered in price. -:-There is a large arrival of Quer'itron Bark this week, which has for the present caused a suspension of demand.—Nothing done in new Flaxseed.—The public sales of Hides to-day were dull and heavy, especially for Brazils, nearly the whole of which were withdrawn; 3200 dry Monte Vi'leo Ox and Cow brought Rd to Old, 5000 salted do. Old to Old fur Ox, and 51d for Cow, and 300 dry salted Brazil 51d per lb.—Tobacco. The market being at present barely supplied, the transactions have been limited, but prices are fully maintained. The demand for Brimstone has taken off about 300 tons this week, without change in prices,—At the close of last week, sonic considerable sales were made in Sumac, about 3000 bags various sorts having changed hands: prices are since rather stiffer.—Argols are in moderate demand.—Cream of Tartar is sought after, and prices improving ; most of what was offering has been either sold or taken off the market for higher . prices.—Madders and Madder Roots in good demand, but few offering.—The market for Olive Oil has been quiet, with very few transactions to notice, and those only in small lots.—The transactions in Fish Oils are confined to about 50 tuns Newfoundland Cod, at £29 Iss to £3O per tun, and 30 tuns Cod Blubber at £ll Ils to £l2 per tun from the quay; Seal Oil is in limited request at the prices quoted.—ln Seed Oils but little has been doing, and prices remain without alteration.—Palm Oil is steady at £l6 ss, at which only 40 tons have been sold this week ; nothing done for arrival.—Oil of Turpentine remains with little variation.-11 is snore difficult to effect sales of Hemp at the quotations, but holders are firm.—ln Flax nothing doing.—The decline in Tallow in the London market has had a corresponding effect here ; early in the week, sales of Petersburg yellow candle were made at 59s 6d to 60s, subsequently 59s has been accepted ju quantity ; about 400 casks have changed hands ; 60 packages Portiiz gal Tallow, of good fair quality, brought on Thursdry, by adction, 56s 6d to 57s 9d per cwt. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 11. The demand from speculators in the early part of the week con tinued active. and several large parcels were taken by them at the full rates of Friday last ; the inquiry has since been moderate, and as the trade buy only for the supply of their immediate wants, the market has closed without animation, and former prices are with difficulty maintained. Speculators have taken 22,50 American, 500 Peru= and 500 Surat. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, Prom the 4th inst. to this day inclusive. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, .1,%N..14 The dry Butter market is still inanimate, and prices barely sup ported. Pickled Butter is also in very limited request.—There are some export inquiries for Beef and Pork, purchasers will, how ever, find some difficulty in executing their orders.—Bacon is held at an advance of about s : the primest Belfast not being now to be had under 51s per cwt.—Hams are still scarce and dear. Some plagiarising muff in the Saturday . papers, copying from the Mer cury, attributes the scarcity of this article to an extensive Loudon demand. It is nothing of the sort. Belfast Butter 94s rth Otis per cwt. Carlow, Kilkenny, Sze 90s —94 s New rv, Banbridge, Stc 82s —90 s Cork Pickled gds B7s —89 s-- Beef 105s-120s per tee. Pork 7Bs —84 s brl. Bacon 49s— 51s per cwt. Dried Hams "Os 73s ---- . LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. _ Direct. Indirect. From Direct. Indirect. Chinn .. Calcutta .. ..... Oct 20 Maranham Bombay .. ...... N0v . .... 1 N. Orleans Nfauritius . St. lielena.Nov. 17 ...... Savannah. Rio. Bahia Nov . MEETINGS OF CREDITORS J. IV! F. 16. Felix M'Shane ,...John Brown's, I 2L. Joseph Heaword, (proof) Clarendon Rooms. 12 21. 'Mary Hatton and Son • ' t _ Ditto 1 25. John Goff, (Ist) Ditto 1 }~ .:: ~_~ LONDON GAZETTE. -- FRIDAY, JAN. 11. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Whitehead and J. Bonny, Liverpool, drapers—S. Lightbound and J. Lightbound, Tranmere, Cheshire, bakers—J. Ashworth, K. Hoyle, and J. Shepherd, Bury. Lancashire, woollen-manufac turers—W.. M. Wilkinson, J. Wilkinson. J. Armstrong. and IN• Davies, Manchester, general-merchants ; as far as regards J. Arm strong. IN SOLVENT,. Jan. ll—Sidney DitViS, Bath, tea-dealer. Henry Davis. Bath, tea-dealer. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. John James, Birmingham, baker. John Fairmaner, Prince's-street, Drury-law', London, livery stable-keeper. BANKRUPTS. John Goff. Liverpool, victualler. to surrender Jan. 25, Feb. 22, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Vin cent and Sherwood, Temple, London ; and Mr. Jones, Liverpool. John Sides Davies, Oswestry, Shropshire, draper. John Nixon, Long Drax, Yorkshire, victualler. James Marsh Ainsworth, Birmingham, saddlers' ironmonger. William Marsh, Wolverhampton, hosier. BANKRUPTS. Feb. 4. H. E. Moseley, West Ham, Essex, victualler —Feb. 4, J. Harris, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. bookseller—Feb. 1, W. Matthews, Old-street, St. Luke, London, timber-merchant—Feb. I,J. Hamper, High-street, Southwark. hosier—Feb. 1, J. Warnford court London, broker—Feb. 2, B. Conigrave and J. Conigrave, St. John-street-road, Clerkenwell. London, cabinet-makers—Feb. 2. J. Emmett and A. Emmett, Old Kent-road, London, market-gar deners—Feb. 2. C. 11. Duboc, Princes-street, Spitalfields, London, silk-dyer—Feb. 2, J. Atkinson, King William -street, London, tar paulin-manufacturer—Feb. 1, D. Clark, New Broad-street. Lon don, merchant—Feb. 1, J. J. Wilcock, Hovingham, Yorkshire. snrgeon—Feb. 4, T. Hopkins, Kidderminster, carpet-manufac turer—Feb. 14, J. Shaw, T. Shaw, and S. Shaw, Mold-green,York shire, fancy cloth-manufacturers—Feb. 6, A. Roche, Ely, Cam bridgeshire. tea-dealer—Feb. 7, J. Loosemoore,Tiverton, scrivener —Jan. 24, C. Turner. Leamington Priors, Warwickshire lodging housekeeper—Feb: 4, J. Salter and W. Balston, Poole, twine manufacturers. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause he shown to the contrary, on or before the Ist day of February. C. F. Parsons, Liverpool. money-scrivener—T. Mackie, Bear street, Leicester-square, London. victualler—C. Frost, Chard. Somersetshire, draper—E. Butterworth. and J. Butterworth, Man chester, calico-printers—J. Grinhain, Clerkenwell-green, London, victualler—S. T. W. Gawthorp, Yorkshire, corn-factor—A. Wallis, Springfield, Essex, miller—W. Spence, Leeds, corn-miller—J. R. Fisher, Regent-street, London, china-dealer. SCOTCII SEQUESTRATION. Joseph Muir, Nluirkirk, grocer. PRICES OF SHARES, LIVERPOOL, JAN. _I4 Last Prices This day's RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices Birmingham and Gloucester 4O paid 21 0 0 .... Ditto • and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 64 10 0 .. Chester and Crewe l5 .... 16 10 0 .... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow '0 . . 8 17 6 .... Ditto Leith & Newhaven 5 paid , II 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 6 .... 515 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar.. i , nock, and Ayr 4 paid 0 0 0 .... Grand Junction lOO .... 207 0 0 ....206 0 0 Ditto half shares lO .... 56 0 0 .... Great Western Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston lO paid ... Liverpool and Manchester lOO .... 203 0 0 e.d. Ditto quarter shares • Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto new quarter shares Ditto and Southampton Ditto, new shares 2O paid 40 0 0 .... Ditto 8; Brighton (United) Leeds and Manchester 5O ...: 70 10 0 .... Leicester and Svvannington.... 50 .... 73 0 0 .... Ditto, (new) l5 paid 38 0 0 .. Manchester, Bolton, & Bury 7B .... 70 19 0 . ... Manchester and Birmingham l3 .... 10 1 2 6 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension 7 .... 710 0 ~.. Midland Counties 5O .... 34 10 0 .... Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .... 92 10 9 .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland South Eastern and Dover North Union, lOO .. 70 10 0 .... St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland 2O paid 20 3 0 .... BANKS Royal Bank of Liverpool 5OO .... 703 16 0 . ~. Batik of Liverpool .CI2 10s paid 23 15 0 .... - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 20 2 6 .... - Liverpool Union lO .... 15 5 0 .... - Northern and Central . - Albion 25 paid 26 12 6 .... - North and South Wales lO ... 10 7 6 .... - of Manchester lO .... 12 12 6 .... - M'cliester 8: L'pool Dsct .... 16 0 0 .... 15 7. 6 - South Lancashire .. 6 17 6 .... Liverpool Banking Company ... 11 10 0 .... Borough Bank .... 13 5 0 .... 13 12 6 Commercial Bank of England 5 . • . East of England Phmnix Bank Wilts and Dorset l6 .... 7 0 0 .... GAS, WATER WORKS, &e. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 163 0 0 . .. L'poo I and Harrington Water 1 Works i 350 .... 4.a2 10 0 .... Bootle Ditto S'ock .... 327 10 0 .... Liverpool Coal GasCompanyStock .... 372 0 0 .... L'imol New Gas & Coke Co. £lO9 .... 200 0 0 .... Ditto . New Shares are now paid up , ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance} 25 paid 9 0 0 Company Ocean Assurance Company ... 10 ..., 6la 0 ... Liverpool Fire and Life DOCKS, FERRIES. NEW COMPANIES, Brc. Anderton Carrying Company 12 10s. 11 10 o .... Woodside Ferry .. .... ',.* • Egremont Ferry Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Asphalte iLiverpool) (Polonceau) 7 17 a :::: 7 17 6... 3 5 0... 3 0 0 85 10 0 .... 7 5 0.... 0 12 6 .... 1 5 0.... TIDE TABLE. Days. , .4/mn. Ern. Ht. - - - H. M. M . F. I. Tuesday 15 !11 3 11 23 15 6 Wedne;. 16 :11 44 - 16 7 Thursday 17 i 0 5 023 17 8 Friday ! 046 1 6 18 0 Saturday 19 128 149 18 4 Sunday 20 ! 211 234 17 11 Monday 21 ' 357 320 i 17 1 Saturn rises 4h 41m morn. Venus eon. with Luna 2-4 Saturn sets Oh 43m evening. Prises. noon in Perigree 4h even• 2nd Sunday after Epiphany Agnes [MONTHLY REPORT.] OPHTHALMIC INFIRMARY, SLATER-STREET, Established 1820. New jatients admitted in the month of Dec... 145 Patients Prescribed for, and who have received surgical / 504 assistance during th e M onth of Dec Total since the commencement Dr. Edwards and Mr. Neill, Surgeons. Mr. Hanmer, Treasurer. NORTHERN HOSPITAL WEEKLY REPORT. For the week ending Jan. 12, 1838. PATIENTS ADMITTED. 1 PATIENTS DISCHARGED. Accidents Without recom- 'Cured l4 mendation .......... ...s. 14 Attending a.Out-patients l5 Medical and Surgical cases Irregular 1 upon recommendation .... Il.Died 1 Remaining in the Hospital B3 House Visitors, Rev. Thomas Homily and R. P. Carter, Esq. Ilouse Surgeon, Mr. Highmore. Chaplain, Rev. J. Kelly.—Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Donations and Subscriptions received by Messrs. Arthur Hey wood, Sons, and Co., and at all the Liverpool Banks. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, Jan. 5, 1838, DIICIIAEGED. ADMITTED. hi-patients cured Relieved and at own request 15 Out-patiei.t Made Out-patients Irregular Dead Consulting Surgeons, Al T. Forshaw an d M r. D awson. House Visitors—Mr. Thos. Shaw, and Mr. Irlam. Chaplain, the Rev. R. Davies.—House Surgeon, Mr.Nottingliara. LOCK HOSPITAL. Discharged ...... .. • . 9 j Admitted 19 j Dead ........ 0 In the House 49 Patients are admitted every day at twelve o'clock. Sundays excepted. LIVERPOOL POST OFFICE. 2 o—For Manchester, Birmingham. London, and Grand Junc tion line of road, also for the North road and Scotland. 6 30—For Prescot and the York line of road except Manchester. 8 o—For Maghull and Ormskirk. 8 20—Fer Manchester. 9 o —For Birmingham. Chester. and the road. 11 o—For Birmingham and the Grand Junction line of road. 11 30—For Manchester. P. 3t . 30—For Manchester. 4 o—For the North road and Scotland,—For Prescot, Wigan. Manchester, and the York road,—for Chester and Shrewsbury. 4 30—For all Ireland. 5 o—For London. Birmingham, Bristol, Falmouth, and the lines of road, and for South Wales. 6 30—For Chester and South Wales. The above is the hour at which the box closes for the receiptof letters and papers. The delivery of letters by the London mails takes place at 9 a. m and 10 30 p.m. BIRTHS On the 10th instant, at the scat of Richard Williams, Esq. Drum - condra Castle, county of Dublin, the lady of George G. Williams. Esq. of Limerick • of a son. On the ilth instant, at Everton, the lady of H. H. Statham, Esq. solicitor, of a son. M:tItItIED. On the 7th instant, at Westminster, Rowland Errington, Esq. the second son of Sir Thomas Stanley Massey Stanley, Bart. of Hooton, Cheshire. to Julia. eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir John Macdonald, Adjutant-General of the Forces. This mar riage had been previously solemnized in Warwick-street, accord ing to the rites of the Catholic Church, by the Chaplain to the Bavarian Mission. On the 12th instant, at Walton.un-the-Hill, William Frederick, eldest son of the late Charles Alder Cooper, Esq. R.N. of Camber well, Surrey, to Maria, second, (laughter of the late James Weet man, Esq. of Evertors. On the Vith instant, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rey. T. S. Bowstead, Mr. Charles Parker, to Elizabeth. second daughter of the late Mr. Roberts, of Tedstnore-hall, Shropshire. DIED On the 7th instant, having been drowned whilst putting off from George's Basin to the packet-ship Cambridge, in a boat, aged 18, James, second son of Mr. John Mtlnnis, rigger. • On the Bth instil ,- t, aged 33. Edward L. Parsons, Esq. merchant. of New York, eldest son of the late John Parsons, Esq. formerly of Barton-house, near Manchester. Ile was drowned whilst at tempting to escape from he wreck of the packet-ship Pennsylvania, lost off Leasowe Castle. On the 10th instant, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Mr. H. Whittaker, ltanelagh-street. Same day, aged 60, John Buck, Esq. late of Lodge-lane, near this town. Same day, aged 68 Mary, relict of the late Mr. John . Aldersey. formerly one of the overseers of the poor of this parish. On the llth instant William Benjamin, infant son of Mi. Wm. Clarke, Chatham-street. On the 12th instant, aged 46, Mr. Samuel Nash, of the King's Legs, Whiteehapel. On the 13th instant, at the Vicarage, Runcorn. after a lona and painful illness, which she bore with patience and Christian fortis nide. Mary, sister of the Rev. Frederick Master, Vicar. LIVERPOOL; TUESDAY, JANUARY, 15, 18.39. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING BY RICHARD PATTISSON, (Residence, Village of Wavertree,) At No. 4. NORTH CR FSCENT, CASTLE -STREET, LrYnnroot. Orders and Advertisements are r,ceired ley Messrs. Newtmo and Co., Warwick-square ; Barker, F'eet-street; Deacon, %Val brook ; Reynell. Chancery-lane ; Lawson and Barker, Birchin•lane ; Joseph Thomas, 1 Inch-lane, Cornhill • Munden Hammond, 27. Lomhard.street ; Mitchell, S, Red Lion-court. Fleet-street . 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