The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-20 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY The first stone of a new church, to be called after St. Bar nabas, to be erected on a plot of land between Parliament street and Greenland-street, a few yards from the Queen's Dock, was laid on Tuesday last. Every one who knows the neighbourhood of the Queen's Dock, the character of the population surrounding it, and the habits of the classes by whom it is frequented, and who is anxious that spiritual in struction should be freely offered to those who are destitute of its blessings, must feel under a weighty obligation to the Liverpool Church Building Society for having selected this site for the commencement of their invaluable labours. That the introduction of a commodious church into this quarter will be attended with an increased attacluneut to our pro testant establishment, cannot, under the divine favour, be doubted. St. Barnabas' church will be a very handsome structure, in the early English or Lancet style, and a decided ornament to that part of the town. The principal elevation will be towards Parliament-street, and from the centre there will rise a beautiful tower and spire to the height of 135 feet. The former will be finished with a pierced battlement on four sides and shafts with pinnacles at the angles. The whole will be faced with red stone in large courses. The interior will correspond with the general style. It will have a nave separated from the aisles by moulded stone piers and arches, supporting a clear story in which there will be windows of three lights. The cieling is to be ribbed and pannelled, and the ribs will be painted to resemble oak. It is intended to furnish 1200-sittings ; on the ground floor there Will be 471 sittings and 236 free sittings, in the gallery 346 sittings and 147 free, making 1200, of which 383 will be dedicated to the use of the poor for ever. The cost will be upwards of £.4800. The architects are Messrs. Arthur and George Williams, of No. 2, Tarleton-street, and Mr. William Morrison, of Tox teth-park, is the contractor. A precession of clergy and gentry was formed shortly after twelve o'clock at one of the church schools, and about one they arrived on the spot. Previously to their arrival, the children of the Blue Coat Hospital and those of the South School had been placed on raised platforms round the stone, so as to enable them to witness the ceremony. Among the clergy and gentry we noticed the Rev. Jonathan Brooks, the Rev. Augustus Campbell, the Rev. Mr. Buddicom, the Rev. H. Carpenter, the •Rev. Mr. Barker, the Rev. Mr. North, the Rev. Mr. Hesketh Sir John Saiusbury, and Mr. Saml. Holme. A number oiladies were also present. Mr. GROVES then presented the silver trowel to the Senior Rector of Liverpool in these words :—" Mr. Rector Brooks, upon the part of the subscribers, I am de puted to request your acceptance of this trowel, for the pur pose of laying the foundation stone of this new church, to be called after St. Barnabas." The Rev. JONATHAN BROOKS having accepted the trowel, addressed the assembly as follows :—Mr. Groves and gentle men, it is a subject of peculiar gratification to myself, that the situation which I hold as one of the rectors of this parish, has given me the opportunity of assisting in a work of this nature—a work which I consider to be of the highest im portance, both to the temporal and eternal interests of the inhabitants of this large parish, and on which I hope and trust in its consequences and objects, will contribute in an eminent degree to the suppression of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance of true religion and virtue. Gentle men, it must have been evident to every reflecting mind, that the immense increase of population in this great commer eial city, has far outstripped the means of religious instruc tion ; and it is fearful to think how many in the densely populated parts of our manufacturing and commercial dis tricts are living upon the confines of revelation, and yet no heavenly light has ever illumined them—no voice of truth and of mercy has ever reached their ears—no messenger of peace has ever cheered them with the promised blessing of salvation. Gentlemen, it has been the conviction of this — the conviction of the existence of this evil, which has led ninny pious and religious persons to endeavour to provide a remedy, and I am happy to find that a remedy has been pro vided; to a great extent, by our national church. We have had diocesan societies formed throughout the kingdom, and our own diocese has had the satisfaction of leading the way upon those occasions. Nor ought it to be forgotten, that to that valuable society, no less a sum than six thousand pounds has been contributed by the inhabitants of this town. But societies of this kind have not been confined to dioceses, great towns have taken up the subject; the metropolis has led the way, and under the spirited exertions of its diocesan, it is contemplated to build no less than fifty additional churches in that immensely populated place. Manchester has also formed a society of its own, and they have already erected several churches there; Birmingham has followed the ex ample, and there the inhabitants contemplate adding ten additional churches to their present number. Bethnal green, where spiritual destitution has existed to a fearful ex tent, has also come forward, and of eighty thousand pounds wanted to supply the deficiency - there, they have already raised two-thirds of the amount. Last, but not least, we must speak of our own town, the inhabitants of which have also come forward with pious and exemplary zeal, to supply the deficiency here existing. Nearly the suns of twenty thousand pounds, if not quite, has been raised for this purpose, and the first fruits of that liberality we are on this day assembled to commemorate, in rearing this edifice. I shall now only detain you by saying a few words as to what the committee to whom the laying out of that money was entrusted, have yet been able to do. It certainly does seem some time since that trust was commit ted to them ; but there have been several circumstances which have operated to prevent them from more speedily carrying their objects into effect. In the first place there was con siderable difficulty in finding sites for churches. Plenty of land was to be had in the new parts of the town, but land was wanted where spiritual destitution exists. It was necessary to go to densely populated parts, and there the scarcity of land is well known. We have, however, succeeded in pur chasing two sites—the one on which we are now assembled, at the south end of the town, and the other in Naylor-street, at the north end. For these the contracts have been made, and I am now about to lay the first stone ; and, I am happy to say, that the working plans of the intended church in Naylor street are ready, and in the course of a month the contracts for the erection of that church will be completed. We have also in operation another church which will be upon the verge of the borough, in the hamlet of Windsor. It may be neces sary, perhaps, to make some explanations with regard to the choice of that site. It we had been left to ourselves, without the liberal offer that has been made to us, we should hardly, at the present moment, have chosen that site for one of our churches, although there is a rising population of upwards of 3,000 persons there who have no church room, and who, if not accommodated, must go whither they can find accommo dation. That accommodation is not easily to be found, or else this society would have been unnecessary. The inhabi tanta and the friends of religious improvement in that neigh bourhood, anxious to establish a church in it, have raised, or intend to raise, the sum of fifteen hundred pounds towards the corn letion of it. They told us—" If you will establish one of churches at Windsor—where we will prove that the tion of the place really requires it, we will give you £l,. we will subscribe to all the rules and regulations of you litutions ;we will give up the appointment to the chore to be vestediri your trustees ; and we will farther lend you a thousand pounds without interest to assist you in com pleting the work for the period of two years." They also undertook td establish schools in connection with the church, which, indeed, are much wanted in that neighbourhood. Such an offer as this the committee did not think themselves at liberty to refuse, because by it we shall have got a church built at a very small cost. These, then, are the peculiar cir cumstances which have attended the operations of the com mittee since they began their labours. The next duty we have to perform is to call down upon this work the blessing of Him without whose asssistance and without whose grace all human efforts would be in vain ; and I, therefore, call upon Mr. Campbell to offer prayer. The Rev. Mu. CAMPBELL then implored the divine bless ing upon the work in the following prayers : " 0 eternal Gad! mighty in power, and of majesty incom peklensible ! whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, Mitch leSs the walls of temples made with hands, and who yet hast been graciously pleased to promise thy especial pre sence in whatever place even two or three are gathered toge ther in thy name : be present with us who are here gathered thgether to dedicate a building to thy service, for readin g thy holy word, for celebrating thy holy sacraments, for offer ing to thy majesty the sacrifices of prayer and thanksgiving, and the performance of all other holy ordinances. Accept, 0 Lord, this service ; and bless it with su c h success as may tend most to thy glory, and the salvation of souls : bless those thy servants whose hearts have been inclined to con tribute to this pious work, mid grant that they may see the fruits of their godly seal in the edification of the members of our church, and the reconcilement of those in the spirit of meekness who dissent from it, that we may all live together in the unity of the Spirit, and in the bond of peace, throng Jesus Christ our Lord." " 0 Lord God Almighty, who didst endue thy holy.apos- Ile Barnabas with singular -gifts of the Holy Ghost: grant that the minister and steward of thy mysteries who shall be appointed to this church may be full of thy manifold gifts, and have grace to use them alway to thy honour and glory, and the salvation of the souls committed to his care, through Jesus Christ our Lord." _ _ The Blue-coat boys then sang the 100th Psalm, and after wards Mr. Williams, the architect, fixed in a niche in the basement stone a brass plate, on which the following inscrip tion was engraved : " SOLI DEO GLORIA. The first stone of this church, called by the name of St. Barnabas, was laid, in the presence of the clergy and sub scribers, by the Rev. J. Brooks, rector of Liverpool, on Tuesday, December 17, 1839. 41 Arthur and George Williams, Williams, Architects." The stone was then lowered and deposited in its place by Rector Brooks, who next used the level, and found it cor rectly laid. This part of the ceremony having been com pleted, the boys of the South School sang three verses of the 149th Psalm. The Rev. Mr. Bitooxs then said, that before he closed this interesting ceremony by pronouncing the blessing, he wished to make one observation. They had now laid the first stone of the first church the means of raising which had been provided by the spirited exertions of the inhabitants of the town. He had already told them that the society had two others in progress ; but he hoped the impression would not go forth, that with these three churches they meant to stop. He hoped it would be understood to be, as it was, only the commencement of so good a work ; that although the town had come forward with a large sum, the inhabitants would never be satisfied till they had supplie d all the defi ciency whi c h ex i s t e d amongst them. He hoped and trusted that the spirited exertions of the merchanti Of this town, who seemed to know no limits in dOin , sgoOd, - and the Chris tian spirit of the inhabitants, would keep pace with those exertions ;' and that we should never be satisfied till, in the expressive language of our respected diocesan, " every sheep shall have found a fold, and every fold a shepherd." The benediction was then pronounced, and the proceed ings terminated. FAThL ACCIDENTS ON THE RIVER WEAVER.—On Mon day the 9th instant on the Weave' being partially drawn off for some trifling repair at the Town Bridge, Northwich, some children at play near the water's-edge, saw a man's hand raised above the water, and immediately gave notice of the same to some men working near the spot, who lost no time in ascertaining who the owner of the same might be. It appears that the poor man was a bricklayer, of the name of Humphreys, residing at Norley, and late of Waverham, who has left a wife and three children to lament his fate. How he got into the water is not known. He had been missing since last Prictay.--The poor man named Gerard, of Winsford, who is supposed to be drowned tin the River Weaver, on his way home one dark night, about a month ago, has not yet been heard of, although the water has been drawn off two or three times since the occurrence is supposed to have happened.—Chester Courant. EXECUTION OF A MURDERER.-At the Old Bailey, London, on Monday morning, at the usual hour, (eight o'clock,) the awful sentence of the law was carried into execution on the person of Wiltiam Lees, for the murder of his wife. At seven o'clock the Sheriffs arrived at Newgate, and proceeded into the prison, when the unfortunate male factor was brought front his cell, and conducted into the press yard, where he was received by the Ordinary of New gate, and immediately joined in devotion. After remaining engaged in prayer some time, the usual preparations being arranged, the awful and solemn procession moved slowly on to the place of execution, fronting the debtors' door of Newgate. On arriving at the scaffold, the unfortunate man proceeded up the steps with a firm mein, and the executioner having adjusted the rope, he remained in prayer about two minutes, when the fatal signal was giver,, and he died almost without a struggle. After the body had been suspended the usual period, it was cut down, and conveyed into the prison fin• the purpose of being buried within the precincts of it. There was an immense assemblage of spectators, amongst whom were numbers of well-dressed females. An accident occurred to a lad, who was knocked down and trodden on by the crowd ; he .was conveyed to Bartholomew Hospital, apparently lifeless. J,J ottrp. AN ENGLISHMAN'S WIFE. (INSCRIBED TO QUEEN ADELAIDE.) The merry bells ring, and the merry boys shout, The matrons are gazing from window and door ; For a blithe wedding train the old Church !lath pour'd ou And the green lane is crowded behind and before. A fair village maiden bath promised to-day - To love and to cherish her chosen through life, And she walks by his side in her bridal array, - To be from this moment an Englishman's wife. And 0 ! if he knows it, a treasure he gains, To which all the gems of Golconda are dim, A counsellor kind, who, in pleasures or pains, Will think for his welfare—exist but for him ! His children to train " in the way they should go," To ward from his Dwelling the entrance of strife, To soothe him in anger, to solace in woe— Is the duty, the boast, of an Englishman's wife. Scarce heeded the light of a long sunny day, We love, when the sky is o'erclouded, to mark A sun-burst on hill or in shaded vale play— A type of her love when the atmosphere's dark ! Her smile, in success which unheeded may beam, Will shine like that sun-burst when sorrows are rife. Ay, pour round his death-bed itself a bright gleam ! For true to the last is. an Englishman's wife. It is so in the cottage; and who can forget How deeply 'twas'so in the PALACE of late, When, by the sad couch of her dying lord set, QUEEN ADELAIDE'S watchfulness sweetened his fate ? Unwearied, and sleepless, her task to fulfil, She sat and she soothed the last tremors of life ; And her love for our WILLIAM endears to us still That model revered of an Englishman's wife! _ _ CONTEMPORARY PRESS. ANTI-CORN-LAW LOGIC. (From the Farmers' Journal) The Morning Chronicle . bas been exceedingly critical on the arguments employed on the subject of the Corn Laws by several of the speakers at the meeting of the Central Agricultural Society. Here is a specimen of the reasoning, in which our contemporary delights : "But then agriculture would ,be destroyed by the im portation of corn. Why? The importation of corn supposes the exportation of manufactures to pay for what is imported. Agriculture must always be flourishing where corn is im ported, because the very fact of the importation proves the existence of successful manufactures, creating so great a de mand for food in. the home market as to make the price equal to the price in other countries, with the addition of freight and the charges on importation. In the importing country the price of the corn must always be high. " What the agriculturists have .to dread is not the im portation of foreign corn—for that proves a demand beyond the nation's supply—but the decay of our manufactures, and the diminished ability of the population to purchase food." What a sad confusion of thought have we here ! " Agriculture must always be flourishing where corn is imported, because the very fact of the importation proves the existence of successful manufactures." Might it not, with equal ease and truth, be alleged, that " ma niffactures must always be flourishing where manufac tures are imported, because the very fact of the impor tation proves the existence of successful agriculture" ? But the " agriculturists," we are assured, have no reason to dread the importation of foreign corn—" for that proves a demand above the nation's supply—but the decay of our manufactures and the diminished . ability of the population to purchase food." The importation of foreign corn by no means proves a "demand beyond the nation's supply,"—but only, even in tha worst. years, that the average price of wheat in this country is too low to permit the full develope ment of the productive powers of the soil. The de cay of manufactures is, of course, an object of just ap prehension to agricidturists ; but, then, by " manufac tures," must be understood manufactures prepared for our home trade, for our colonial trade, and for those various departinents .where the. action of industry is healthy and Well-remuneratetL The manufacturing in dustry that is engaged in our modern foreign trade is, as we have often proved, most injurious in its action upon all the best interests of the country. The effect of our foreign trade has.been for the last twenty years, regularly, and incessantly, to lessen wages in all de partments, to lower profits, to annihilate property. and accumulations in their various forms ! In so far as the Corn Laws tend to check foreign trade conducted on free-trade principles, the Corn Laws confer not the least of their benefits on all the industrious orders of society ! The peculiar burdens under which English agricul ture labours were naturally and forcibly dwelt upon by the various speakers at the meeting of the Central Agricultural Society. On this topic a ministerial con temporary has observed : " Amongst other argumentative make-weights, allusion has been made to the peculiar pressure on the land of the land-tax, the malt-tax, and the poor-laws and -county-rates. It is distinctly assumed that these items enter into the price of corn. The argument is, that they .prevent its being so cheaply grown as in other countries. But without inquiring how far they do or do not enter into the price of corn, it is plain, on either supposition, that the corn-law advocates are caught in their own web. If they do not affect the cost, and 'hereby the _price, then the burden on land does not exist ; and if they cli) enhance the price, then the burden is borne by the consumer." The propositions which we have quoted do not com prehend the whole case. The answer to the imaginary dilemma may, therefore, be easily supplied. The land -tax, the county-rate, the highway-rate, the poor-rate do, undoubtedly, " affect the cost, and, there fore, the price" of English agricultural produce : but these taxes do not raise the price sufficiently to place on the same level the English agriculturist and the English manufacturer, in their respective characters,es producers. If the taxes in question - did not enter at all into the price of English agricultural produce, then English wheat would not, perhaps, be higher priced than wheat grown abroad. The difference be tween the prices of English and Continental wheat measures the extent, to which the fiscal imposts speci fied, do enter into the price of English grain. But that difference of price does not, by any means, com pensate the English agricultural capitalist for the heavy taxes to which his capital is subjected. The English agriculturist is not enabled, by means of the higher prices in question, to transfer to the consumers of agri cultural produce any but a small portion of the bur dens which press upon him. "Where, it may be de manded, is to be found the proof of our position ? That proof is supplied by the dfffering rate of profit upon agricultural and upon moniffacturing capital.— Upon the aggregate manufacturing capital of England the net returns are upwards of 30 per cent. Upon the aggregate farming capital, of England the net returns are less than 10 per cent. If, however, the agricul tural producer in England could transfer the taxes that affect his capital to the consumers of agricultural pro duce, the net returns upon manufacturing and upon agricultural capital would speedily tend to the same level. It is not difficult to point out the influences in vir tue of which the profits on agricultural capital are thus injuriously affected. Those influences proceed from the mischievous exemption from taxation enjoyed by manufacturing capital in all its varieties. If manufac turing capital were taxed, as agricultural capital is taxed, then all the burdens which press on English agricultural producers would be transferred (as most assuredly they ought to be) to the consumers of Eng lish agricultural produce. In consequence, however, of the exempti on f rom taxat i on o f a ll capital applied to manufactures, there is perpetually in operation a fear.: ful bounty, the effect of which is to divert ca pit a l f rom the land, and at th e same time (through the. agency of untaxed machinery) to lessen to a terrible extent the general rate of wages, and by consequence, to lessen the profitableness of all the markets for agricultural produce. If all capital, manufacturing and agricultu ral, were equally taxed for the benefit of labourers, the wages of labour would universally rise; and the whole fiscal burdens bearing so heavily upon productively employed capital would ultimately be transferred to consumers. Through the operation of our unequal tax ation, but a small portion of the taxes which press upon agricultural capital, is really borne by the public. That small portion, however, raises the price of English agri cultural produce above the price of continental produce of the same kind. The manufacturing capital of England amounts to two hundred and four millions, which yields net annual • returns of fifty-eight millions, or about thirty per cent. The farming capital of England exceeds seven hundred and fifty millions, which yields au average net profit of less than eight per cent. or .about sixty millions. If the farmers of England were as !mph favoured by our fis cal arrangements, as "our exporting manufacturers" are, the farmers of England would divide annually, in the form of profit, two hundred millions instead qf sixty. If, again, the farmers of England, without being un justly exempted from taxation, as "our exporting manufacturers " are, were yet enabled, by an honest adjustment of our fiscal burdens, to throw upon the public, all the taxes affecting their capital (and such an arrangement would be in conformity with the strictest justice) the net returns up on t h at cap i ta l wou ld b e doubled. CON.MUNICATION WITH LONDON.— Colonel Conyngham, R.E., Admiral Sir J. Gordon; Sir F. Smith, R.E., Captain Beechey, R.N., and Professor Barlow, are appointed by go vernment to assemble at Holyhead, on . the 20th instant, for the purpose of inspecting that harbour, and the line of coast from thence to Liverpool, for the purpose of ascertaining what harbour is best fitted for the purpose of facilitating the communication between London and Dublin.—Dublin Even ing Post. The great physiologist Blumenbach had an animal of the monkey tribe, whose movements and conduct he carefully Watched for more than a year together. It came to manage the wood for the stove with great dexterity, and would put it on with as much judgment and economy as a cook-maid or a parsimonious spinster. This animal was very partial to the tire, like ail other apes, and would,occasionally singe himself, when he would sally forth and roll round about in the snow with all the ecstacy of a Russian after taking a w arm vapour bath at 180 d egrees o f h ea t. Aft er enjoying this luxury for a time, he would return to his old quarters by the fire. He was often at the college, where he used to turn over and examine the specimens with a gravity and grimace which was quite irresistible. •He once swallowed a lump of arsenic, large enough to have done the business of ten Kahnucks ; but in him it produced only a trifling indisposition, and in a short while he was quite well again. A work on insects hap pened to lie for some time upon the table, and which our phi losopher contemplated with solemn studiousness for about an hour. The illustrations particularly rivetted his attention; whether they awakened reminiscences of his former haunts, is unknown ; but when the book came to be examined, it was discovered that with consummate address he had pinched out all the beetles of the large plates, and actually eaten them — it is supposed, mistaking them for real insects in some un known state of preservation. SPORTING' INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. We have to communicate the commencement of specula tion in the Chester Tradesmen's Cup. There was a desire last evening to " show fight ;" but it was not until noon to day that one gentleman " came out " in great force, and at once placed Abraham Newland and Malvolio conspicuosuly on the carpet ; coupling them at 10 to 1, and backing them singly at 20 to Ito . win a considerable sum. This seemed quite to startle the fieldsmen, and no snore could be got on . upon those terms ; 20 to 1 has since been offered " beat the two," or 100 to 6 against either of them. 200 to 9 was laid against Sir Thomas Stanley's Cowboy this morning, and offers made to back Colonel Peel's nomination v. any horse. The copious odds of 100 to 1 wese laid against Charles XII of course all bets, except otherwise arranged, are considered p.p. entered or not. _ THE DERBY. The abut of the Chester event will, no doubt, coupled with the holidays, affect the quantity and quality of business on this great race. A few horses only have been backed since Friday, say 17 to 1 against Muley Ishmael to-day— taken ; 500 has been laid at evens between him and Ange lica c. Ottoman has been freely favoured at 33 and 35 to 1, and some money laid out. 500 to 15 was offered to-day, and the same against Velocity colt ; 33 to 1 was taken on the latter last night. 50 to 1 against either Janus or Confederate f—offered . . Offers to back Wardan, but no one made " a bid ;" the same may besaid of Maroon, &c. TATTERSALL'S.-MON DAY. The betting this afternoon, without being by any means heavy, was far less dull than on the previous Thursday ; the prices quoted below will show that it was not altogether with out interest :—Brother to Euclid and the Angelica colt were each backed at 16 to 1, the former freely ; and, as it appeared to us, with a trifling call ' • 15 to 1, in fact, wa s t a k en a b ou t him to a hundred pounds, but the average was as we have stated; 17 to 1 was offered against Muley Ishmael, whose friends were neither numerous nor sanguine ; a point more, however, would have been taken. Launcelot (with backers) and Warden were at 20 to 1 each, and Bokhara, at 24 to 1, laid once or twice, but not offered afterwards; Ottoman was backed several times at 33 to.l ; and the Velvet colt first at 35, and afterwards at, 40 to 1 ; the latter odds were laid against Prince Albert to a hundred pounds. The Oaks were noticed to some purpose : 8 to 1 was laid, and afterwai ds of fered repeatedly against Crucifix, and offers made to back Currency against her until within an hour and a half of the close, when 10 to 1 was laid against Currency, two or three parties volunteering at the same time to take those odds about the Stockbridge filly. Closing prices : THE DE RBY. 16 to 1 against Duke of Cleveland's Brother to Euclid.—t 16 to 1 „ Lord Orford's Angelica c.—t 17 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Muley Ishmael.—take 18 20 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Launcelot.—t 20 to 1 „ Wr. Wreford's Wardan. 24 to 1 „ Sir G. Heatheote's Bokhara.—t 25 to 1 „ Mr. Robinson's St. Andrew.—take 30 33 to 1 „ Duke of Grafton's Ottoman.—t 35 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Glenorchy.—t 40 to 1 „ Mr. T. Booth's Prince Albert.—t 40 to 1 „ Lord Esete►'s Velvet c.—t 40 to 1 „ Mr. Trenn's Fitzroy. 50 to 1 „ Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate.—t 50 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Janus.—t 1000 to 1 ~ Lord Ordford's Foundling (Schedam c.)—t 600 to 300 on Muley Ishmael against Glenorchy.—t THE OAKS. 8 to 1 against Lord G. Bentinck's Crucifix.—take 10 9to 1 „ Mr. Fowler's Lalla Rookh.—t 10 to 1 „ Duke of Grafton's Currency.—t 15 to 1 „ 14:Chesterfield's f. out of Rowton's dam.—t 16 to 1 „ Mr. Gregory's Pocaliontas.—t 25 to 1 „ General Grosvenor's Diploma.—t Offers to back Currency against Crucifix. THE ENGLISH ANNUALS. Beyond question, the character of the Annuals has dete riorat2d ; the fashion, we might say also the passion, for them has gradually declined. In proportion as they became unprofitable, exertions were relaxed ; and if we look through any of the volumes published within the last five or six years, we shall perceive only mediocre engravings from mediocre paintings, while among the co n t r ibutor s to their literary con tents we shall now- find scarcely a man of eminence. Pub lishers who used to pay largely for the assistance of authors and artists, have been compelled either to abandon the spe culations or dole out recompense very s p ar i ng ly ; an d th e i r value as literary works, or as works of art, have nearly, if not altogether vanished. Yet they have undoubtedly been useful as well as agreeable—profitable as well as pleasant— - both to literature and to art ; and the sneers directed against them, just at the commencement of their decline, were as unmerited as they were unwise. Before their introduction into England, the Christmas gift books were, as we have stated, and our readers know, paltry pocket books . their successors contained much to interest, and somewhat to in struct. The prints which used to' ornament the chimney pieces of houses of the middle class, were tawdry coloured daubs, prejudicial to taste ' and very often injurious to mora lity : they wer e di s pl ace d by engravings after the choicest works of our greatest British painters, executed in such a manner as to cultivate the eye, and to give employment to the mind ; and we are by no means to put out of sight the fact that the popularity of the Annuals spread through vari ous channels a very large sum of money every year—such sum being divided among persons whose occupations were beneficial to the country. For some years, indeed, nearly £lOO,OOO per annum were thus expend e d. We shall not be wide of the mark it we assert that for several years 150,000 volumes were circulated. We made in the year 1829 a cal culation of the expenses incurred, and on now referring to it, we have no reason to change our opinion of its accuracy : it may interest or at least amuse the curious in such matters, at the same time that it will sustain our argument as to the benefit conferred by this class of works.—For 150,000 vo lumes (including the " guinea" books, of which there were always two or three), the public paid about £90,000. This suns was thus distributed Authors and Editors Painters Engravers . Copper-plate Printers Printers Paper-makers Binders Silk Manufacturers and Leather-sellers . For Advertising, &c Tncidental matter.: 1,000 Publishers' profits. .. Retail Booksellers' profits . 50,0'30 10,000 30,000 £90,000 Thus—and it will no doubt startle many of our readers — during the seventeen years that the Annuals have flourished in England, no less 'than a million and a half of money has been expended on them by the public.—Globe. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.—There were some symptoms of improve ment in the yarn market yesterday,—the demand for India • and the Mediterranean continuing to be good ; and a consi derate extent of business was done at the full prices of the, preceding week. Although the prices of yarn are still unre rnunerating to the spinners, it is gratifying to observe, as an indication of improvement, that, whilst every former dscline in the price of cotton at Liverpool was attended by an imme diate reduction here, the recent progressive decline in the cotton market has produced no effect on the prices of yarn, which have continued perfectly steady, so that the condition of the spinners has been sensibly improving; and, as stocks of yarn are generally light, a further and more decided im provement is pretty generally anticipated. In the goods market there was not much demand, and some description of manufactures, especially domestics and 27-inch printing cloths, continue much depressed. There was, however, no decline in prices ; and the absence of inquiry may be in some measure ascribed to the near approach of Christmas, when business is usually very limited. On the whole we may say, that the feeling in the market was more cheerful and encou raging than for several weeks past. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, DEC. 16. — We have had a dull market to-day ; the quantity of goods sold has been very limited, and the prices extremely low. The wool 'market has been heavy, and prices the same as last Monday. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, DEC. 17. —We are not able to give a more favourable report of this market, if it deserves the name ; for a more discouraging state of trade never ex isted. Goods certainly are sold • and, in the wo rs t o f ti mes , this always was the c ase ; b u t the object of trade is profit, which is nearly extinct. Nothing is heard of but complaint and distress, failures, and evil forebodings. Every day adds to the number of the unemployed, and every post brings tidings of failures and losses.—Manchexter Guardian. Married yesterday, at St. George's, Hanover-square, the Viscount Palmerston to the Dowager Countess Cowper, widow of the late Earl Cowper, and only sister of Viscount Melbourne. Immediately after the ceremony they set off for Broadlands, his lordship's scat, in Hampshire. —Morning Herald of Tuesday. KINNIEL PARK, DENBIGHSHIRE.—Lord Dinorben has invited a large party, to meet his Royal Highness the . Duke of Sussex, who is expected on Friday evening next. Sir Richard and Lady Bulkley, the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Row ley, and Pryse Pryse, Esq., M.P., are among the visitcrs expected. Col. Hughes, M.P., brother to the noble lord, is still suffering from severe indisposition, which confines him to his chamber. The Duke of Sussex, it is expected, will remain six weeks on a visit to Lord Dinorben. CONGLETON RAILWAY.—We learn by a paragraph in a contemporary publication, that Mr. Willirahani has got into a dilemma with his Congleton constituents, by having ac knowledged at a Railway meeting, at Stoke-upon-Trent, that it was with his knowledge and consent that the direc tors of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway withdrew from their bill a clause, which rendered it compul s o r y on them to make the mainline of Railway through Congleton. By this unfortunate act of "squeezability," the exertions of the good people of Congleton have proved totally abortive, and their labours and anxieties have been rewarded with the " unseemly skeleton of a viaduct."—Chesicr Courant. ROBBERY AT ASIITON.—On Tuesday last a most extraor dinary robbery was committed at the Commercial Inn, Ash ton. A gentleman who travels for a spirit house in Liver pool, left his bed-room in the morning for the purpose of paying his bill before he left, and on his return to the room he found that his carpet-bag had been opened, and robbed of 126 sovereigns, while a consiberable sum in bank notes, and all the other property that could be identified, were left in the place. Suspicion has fallen upon an individual who had been in the house a day or two, and the police have been in search of him, but hitherto without effect,—Sheffield Patriot. AN " OFFICE-PROOF " ADMINISTRATION.—The only qualification necessary in a minister is, according to the Globe, an attachment to office which no unpleasantness can disgust, and no difficulty alarm. The fitness for office depends solely upon the pluck to stick to it, through all weathers .and at every risk. In short, the man must be, in the appropriate language of the Globe on Saturday, "office-proof;" which it rejoices to have found out that Sir Robert Peel is not ; and certainly when it relicts how vei y different a man its patron, Lord Palmerston, is in this respect, no wonder that the con trast fills it with exultation and hope. My lord is no man to be guilty of the weakness of imagining that the post of honour can, by any any ossibility, be a private station. No personal degradation, no public ridicule, will drive him from the agreeable service of the state,. Not only would he turn his coat,* but like Paddy from Cork, button it behind, rather than fling off the livery of place. Office-proof; why he is a very salamander. The fire-king, who would go into the oven and be cooked wtth his steak rather than go with out his dinner, was a fool to him in endurance and voracity. The Globe did well to attach itself to the fortunes of such a patron for his clients need fear no reverse from his relinquish ing the power to gratify them, except absolutely compelled. Persons like Sir Robert Peel, on the contrary, are so particu lar that they will not consent to govern without the means of governing well, and will not sacrfice their sense of honor and duty to the triumph or the selfishness of a party, and much less to the consideration of gain. Such persons are not worthy of a Whig-radical press. Rather, they deserve its severest reprobation for setting an exampie which it must deem both offensive and mischievous, as impugning the new and' beautiful theory of an " office-proof" administration. The anger of the Globe against Sir Robert is now perfectly intelligible. * ` .l Had turn'd his coat, and would have turn'd his skin."-- -Morning Herald. LORD BYRON. ELECTION RETURNS TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE KENTISH GAZETTE. Sir,—l have never yet seen in any paper a return of the elections that have taken place since the general election of 1837, and thinking it might not prove uninteresting to your numerous readers, I have sent it for your insertion. Those marked (d) are deceased; those with an asterisk are changes by the results of a petition. Retired. , ' Returned. 1 Sudbury, Sir J: Hamilton C 3. Bailey, jun..... C 2 Midhurst, W. S. Poyntz. L Capt. Spencer.... L 3 Galway, A. 11. Lynch L A. H. Lynch .... L 4 Tipperary, R. L. Sheil r • It L. Shell L 5 Pembroke, Colonel Owen C Sir Jas. Graham.. C 6 Portsmouth, J. B. Carter (d) L Sir G. Staunton.. L 7 West Kent, Sir W. Geary C Sir E. Filmer .... C 8 Bridgnorth,* H. Tracy L R. Pigcrt C U Petersfield,* Sir W. Joliffe. .... C C. J. Hector L 10 Elgin Burghs, Sir A. L. Hay .. L Hon. Fox Maule L 11 Mary-le-bone,* Sir S. Whalley. L Lord Teignmouth C 12 Tynemouth,* G. F. Young..... L Sir C. Grey L 13 Rutlandshire, Sir G. Noef(d).. C Hon. W. Noel C 14 Ipswich,* H. Tufinell . 15 Belfast,* J. B. Gibson .. L B. Tennant C 16 Belfast,* Lord Belfast L G. Dunbar 17 Tralee * J. Bateman • C• M. O'Connell.... L 18 Maidstone, W. Lewis (d) C J. M. Fector.. .... C 19 Evesham,* P. Borthwick C Lord M. Hill .... L 20 Devizes,* J. W. D. Dundas 21 Sudbury, Sir E. Barnes (d) .. 22 East Lothian, Lord Ramsay C Sir T. Hepburn .. C 23 Shaftesbury,* J. Poulter. L Capt. Matthew .. C 24 Kinsale,* P. Malronf L Colonel Thomas.. C 25 West Suffolk, N. Logan (d).... C H. S. Waddington C 26 Stamford, Colonel Chaplin..... C Sir Geo. Clerk. .. C 27 Stirlingshire,* J. Forbes C Col. Abercromby. L 28 Woodstock, H. Peyton C Marq. Blaudford . C 29 Hull,* W. Wilberforce C W. Hutt L 30 Bedford,* R. Stuart C S. Crawley L 31 Gloucester, H. I. Hope C H. I. Hope C 32 St. Ives, J. liaise (d) C W. Praed C 33 Invernesshire, A. W. Chisholm.. C I. W. Grant C 34 Linlithgowsh., Hon. Capt. Ilope C G. W. •Hope C 35 Dungannon, Lord Northland... C Hon. J. Knox C 36 Maidstone,* J. M. Fector C J. M. Fector .... C 37 Cashel, J. Woulfe. " 38 Clonmel, N. Ball L Sergeant Ball .... L 39 Bucks, Marquis of Chandos 40 Norwich,* R. C. Searlett 41 Devonport, Sir G. Grey L Sir G. Grey ' L 42 Sandwich, Sir J . R. Carnac L Si r R. D on ki n ... L 43 Southwark, D. W. Hariey D. W 11;;;;;: .. L 44 Tower Hamlets, Dr. Li. ,, hington L Dr. Lushington L 45 Wycombe, G. R. Smith L B. Smith 46 Yarmouth. W. Wilsherc. L W. Wilshere L 47 Carlow,* W. H. Maule L F. H. flruen C 48 Cavan, 11. Maxwell 49 Leitrim, Viscount Clements.. ::'L Hon. C. Clements L 50 Kirkeudbright,R.C.Forguson(d)L A. Mut ray. 51 North Devon, Lord Ebrington . L L. W. Bucks 52 Wigan, R. Potter (d) L W. 'Ewart ' L 53 Richmond. Hon. J. Dundas L Col. Dundas T. 54 Leicester, S. Duckworth • L E Ellis L 55 Ayrshire, J. Dunlop (d). L Lord Kelburn?... C 5G Leith, J. A. Murray 57 Tyrone, Lord Alexander. C Lord C. Hamilton C 58 Hertford, Hon. W. Cowper.... L Hon. W. Cowper. L 59 Ludlow; Lord Clive C J. Alcoek L GO Edinburgh, J. Abet - el-n - thy L J. Macaulay ..... L 61 Glasgow, Lord W. Bentinck (d) L J. Oswald . 62 Ipswich, J. M. Gibson L Sir T. Cochrane.. C 63 Carlow,* F. H. Bruen C J. Gisborne L 61 Aylesbury, M. W. Praed (d)... C Capt. - Hamilton .. C 65 Totness, J. Parrott ' L . . 66 Perth, Hon. A. Kinnaird L David Greg .0 67 Cambridge, T. S. Rico L C.MannerS Sutton C 68 Portsmouth, A. Baring L A. Baring 69 Waterford, 0. Wyse L 0 W'yse 70 Tipperary, R. L. Sheil 71 Manchester, C. P. Thomson . L R. Greg. L 72 Kildare, M. O'Ferrall. Retired—ConSeriati ves . . . . 29—Liberals . . 43 Returned—Conservatives .. 33—Liberals .. 38. Besides which, there arc 7 more to take place immediately on the re-assembling of parliament, viz.:—Bewdley, Edin burgh, Newark, Wicklow, Falmouth, Devonport, and South wark, three of which I think the conservatives may safely reckon on. The wholer7 are vacated by whig-radicals. There arc also two petitions made by conservatives, as well as two by liberals, togethei with Totness a doubtful return, yet undecided, making on the whole 12 scats vacant on the . re-assembling of parliament. The two petitions against the returns made by conservatives are for Ludlow and Manches ter, those by the liberals Ipswich and Cambridge. ' By this return you will see there have been already• 72 elections ; by them we have gained 4 members, equivalent to 8 votes on -a division; in all these elections we have lost, by a contest, but one seat, Ludlow ; but on the other hand have "gained five, viz.:—Mary-le-Bone, North Devon, Ayrshire, Ipswich, and Cambridge. Poor Lord Melbourne must now look out for a snug berth or pension for himself, for I am afraid not all the petticoats in England would save him. His majority at present in the house is but 6, and should the conservatives get these three elections, he will then dwindle down to nothing. Alas! what is to become of the poor chamber maids? Heaven only knows.—Your obedient servant, AN UNFLINCHING TORY. SELECT EXTRACTS: BITE IN A FAMILY GROUP.—To give the true expres sion of Bite's character, we are fain to paint him in a family group : yes, to bring out all the peculiar attributes of his mind—and, we repeat, we deal not in fiction—it is necessary to place the Money-Lender in his old, familiar scenes. En ter, then, Bite's clerk, the managing harpy of the firm, to take his daily lesson ;—" If Mr. Firetop calls about his bill for two hundred—" " Mr. Firetop's bill," answers the Money-Lender, " is n't worth pipe-light ; but, as he has some innocent, good men at the back of it, why it may be done at ninety.' Stop, you must put in six dozen of the very small claret at the usual figure." " Then there's the widow Stokes, at the snuff:shop. That bill, for seventy." " Let me see," says the benevolent Bit e ; " as s h e is a lone,unpro tected widow, why, we'll say five-Lyes, five - per cent." " Sir !"—and the clerk is all astonishment. " But, as we've yet plenty of Quarto's bankrupt-stock in the store-room, the widow—it's for two months well, she must take ten pounds' worth of prayer-books." * " 'Who's that ?" cries Bite, listening .to a voice in the pas-' sage. " Mr. Charlesworth, sir, about the annuity." "My chair!" exclaims the Money-Lender; and the clerk wheels the chair forward, Mr. Bite senior, being suddenly t a k en very ill. He sinks down, his hands drop, his legs are mo tionless ; and in his vulture face there is an expression of ex tremest languor. Can the good man be death smitten ? " Well father," - says Mr. Baptist Bite (who resembled his parent as one henipseed resembles another,) ushering in an unsuspecting victim, " I haVe been effecting a little business in which you arc concerned." " I concerned !" cries the elder Bite, feebly; MS eyes half closed and wandering ; " Ugh ! Concerned ! Well, what ?" • " Why, sir, a little transaction with this gentleman, Mr.• Charlesworth. •We are • ; to receive from him, by way of annuity, for the thousand pounds, three hundred a-year during your honoured life." ," Life ! my life!" wails old Bite ; " Ho, ho !" are you mad, Baptist ? My life ! I ; who havn't a month ?" " Oh, sir," answers the filial Baptist; many, many years, I trust. I'm sure, sir, if I thought otherwise, I'd make no such bargain ; 't would be presumptuous ;- quite tetnpting Providence, sir!" " It mus'n't be, it sha'at be, it sha'nt b e ," cr i es old Bite ; " it's giving a thousand pounds away : it sla'n't be," ex claimed the Money Lender, with an energy that quite ex hausted him : for he sank back in. the chair, and coughed alarmingly., ;" I am very sorry, sir," said Baptist, " but my word is passed. Mr. Toady has been two days at work on the deed ;- and really, my dear father, as men of honour—" " Well, well," answers Bite the elder, '" if it's gone so far ; but you'll ruin yourself, Baptist. You are too rash for a man of business. In a mouth, the gentleman—Ha! sir ; you have got a pretty bargain out of my foolish son—in a month you may ring the money upon my tomb-stone !" (And certain we are, if ought could raise the dead, such ringing would make Mr..Money-Lender burst his eere-cloths.) " Don't talk in that way, father," said Baptist, his eye moistening ; " don't talk in that fashion. In this room, sir, if you please," and Baptist slimed the fortunate gentleman into an adjoining apartment. Mr. Bite rose from his chair, took two or three strides, and, with a look of vivacity, observed to his clerk, " Jones, I shall not come to town to-morrow ; for I meet the hounds at Box-hill."--Douglas Jerrold. SKATlNG,.—Skating, considered as an amusement, pre sents us with one of the most healthy, delightful, and grace ful exercises which can be indulged in at that season which affords the means for its enjoyment. - In the practice o f skating, every pact of the body is in a. s t a t e o f a c ti v ity ; t h e muscles of the right side , are now brought into play, now those of the left ; the arms and legs are in continual action ; and the Mind is exercised as well as the body. There are two kinds of skating—figure skating, and wh - at is technically termed "running." In a park, or in a confined space, the former is certainly to he preferred, as it affords more pleasure to the skater, and is the only kind that can be enjoyed by spectators. The ornaniental waters in the London parks arc not the places in which " running" should be indulged in ; yet troops of bad skaters are seen racing each other from one end to another of these waters, breaking through every thing on their way, to the infinite annoyance, not to say danger, of the " figurants," as well as to tho se w h o are quietly endea vouring to attain excellence in the same art. But when a large extent of ice is available, there is nothing - more delight ful than " running" over the frozen waters. In the Fens of Lincolnshire, " running" is practised- by all classes, figure skating being almost unknown there, and the " Lincolnshire men" are celebrated in the annals of sporting for their extra ordinary performances as regards velocity. In the hard frost of 1820, there were many instances of men " running" nearly a mile in two or three minutes, and some of the grand matches which were got up in that year exhibited a still greater ve locity: The last severe winter (of 1838) gave them an oppor tunity of renewing their sport, which, for the previous eight or ten years, had been almost totally stopped by the mild winters. A writer iii the New Sporting Magazine for March, 1838, evidently an enthusiast, has sonic interesting remarks on the "running matches" in the Fens. "Owing to the mildness of the season during the last seven winters, the glory of the Fens is hi some •degree obscured, in the thin muster roll Of the runners. The names of Staple, Egar, Per kins, Youngs, Gittain, and others, whose challen ge s t o a ll England for fifty and one hundred guineas appeared in the newspapers of 1820, are now almost forgotten. The owners have trained off under the impairing hand of time, as surely as they trained on to the acme of fleetness and en durance at. which they arrived. The following may convey a general idea of the speed and bottom of these noted run ners. Perkins could always beat John Staple for one mile, and the latter could run a mile in one minute and four seconds, and could beat Perkins over a two-mile course. Charles Staple ran a match for five guineas against Young for two miles, which was done in three minutes and eight seconds. So much for their speed : the following is an in stance of their endurance. Two runners in the present year went from Ely to . Cambridge and back, in all forty miles, in two hours and thirty-six minutes, when there was no wind, and the ice rather rough. I was present this year (1838,) at a match at Cowbit, for forty guineas, and at a sweepstakes for twenty • and matches a n d swee p s t a k es h ave a b oun d e d a t Chatteris, ' Ramsay, March, and Peterborough. The ice has been inferior, though 'strong, owing to its having snowed heavily when the frost first set in, and the rivers were first frozen over. Floods there were none, and no sufficient thaw followed to gloss over the first rugged surface of the river s . I have breakfasted a t home, lunched at Wisheach, twenty one miles, dined at Whittlesey, fourteen more, and returned home to a rubber at whist with less fatigue than from a day's shooting."—The best and most graceful skaters are universally allowed to be those of Edinburgh. In that town a skating club has for many years been established, and it is perhaps owing in a great measure to this circumstance, that that city has produced so many distinguished amateurs in this delight ful and exhilarating art. London, however, is in a fair way to compete with the Scottish capital in the number and ex cellence of its skaters. A club was instituted in 1831, for the purpose of promoting the art ; and during the severe winter of 1838, the members availed themselves of the opportunity afforded them to meet together to enjoy the ex ercise ; and we question if even the boasted Edinburgh skaters could have surpassed the elegance with which the members of the London skating club executed their manoeuvres. There are now, we believe, above sixty members in this. club, meeting every day during the skating season at Regent's Park, where a large marquee, attendants, and every convenience, are provided. Each member wears a small silver skate hanging from his breast, and to appear on the ice without it subjects him to a fine. With good ice, good skates, and good resolution, it will not be a difficult matter for a learner to attain, in the course of even one winter, a proficiency sufficient to allow him to take part in a quadrille. I)lppintl Kithlagentr. TUESDAY, Dgek:SIBRII. )7. -Wind S.S.E. Fair, OFF TUE PORT.—John Begg and Mediterranean, from Africa— Adventure, Catto, from Carthagena—Algonquin, Miereken, from Philadelphia—Gauges, from Quebec—Adelaide, Moffat, from Ter ceira—Anna Maria, from Trieste—Waldemar, froin Copenhagen SAILND.—John LiJley, Turner, for Africa—Ruth, Randall, for Sierra Leone—Charles Quint, Mulenear, for Havana—Cleopatra, Sothern, for Trinidad —l3lackaller, Cochrane, for Trinidad and Ma racaibo—Deva, Sproat, for Rio Janeiro—Madison, Wood,for Virginia —Adrian, Russell, for Boston—John and Robert, M•Kechnie, for New Orleans—Concord, Martin, for Beirout and Alexandretta—, Quiz, Lauchlan, for Constantinople and Smyrna—Splendid, Dishon . for Gibraltar—Emerald, Dempsey, for Bordeaux—Lavinia, Leack, for Rochefort—William, Clouston, for Leghorn—William Wright, Flagg, for Hamburg City of Durham, Sampson, from Constantinople at Odessa Feronia, Jarvis, hence, at Gibraltar Triton, Artamonitz, hence, at Bilboa Newcastle Packet, Gorbon, hence, at Christiana Eleanore, Fradlant, hence, at Warnemunde Warree, Beacroft, hence for Africa, at Gibraltar John Dugdale, ,hence for Singapore, was spoken on the sth December, in lat 48, long 9 40 Josephine, Scott, hence for Barbados, off Tuskar 9th instant Royal Mail, from Cadiz at Kinsale Hindley, from San Blas at Istappa sth eptember, and was to sail for this port 10th October Rochdale, Shepherd, hence for St Vincent, at Madeira, 23d Nov. Hunter, Duncan, hence at Copenhagen Loewe, Ericks, hence at Stade . Comet, Lee, hence at Cuxhaven Ceres, Noord, hence at Helvoet Lord Stanley, Davies, from Sierra Leone at Milford, leaky, having struck on the Hats and Barrels last night Mona, Glass, from Calcutta at Deal Ann Badwin, Crawford, from Lima, off Margate, with 500,000 dollars on freight Premier, -, from Savanilla at Belfast Heart of Oak, , hence at Shippegan Jarrow, Walker, hence at Demerara A ship with a black ball, supposed to be the North America, hence to New Fork, was seen 25th Nov. off Sandy Hook, with loss of fore yard and foresail England, Waite, hence to New York, was spoken 10th instant, in lat. 51,10ng. 10 Britannia, Berridge, from Cape of Good Hope off Cove, in 65 days, and proceeded for this port. Spoke the Albion from Calcutta on the Equator. On the sth instant, encountered a gale from N.W. and lost part of bulwarks, &c. Britannia, Dodd, hence at Prince Edward's Island Amazon, Holmes, and Margaret, Wake, hence at Odessa BiLFA ST, Dec. 13.—The Star, from Liverpool to Stornoway, at anchor in the Lough, was run foul of yesterday morning by the DovOr, Thompson, and was driven from her anchor, lost bowsprit, c. unshipt her rudder, and is leaky China, Phillips, from Waterford, at the Cape of Good Hope, at well. and was to sail for New South Wales, I;th Oct gDNESDAY, MC/OMER ►e.-Wind S.S.E. fresh. A n RIV6D.—M editerrancan, , from Africa—Caledonia, Caromell, from Bombay —Algonquin, Turley, from Philadelphia— Bangor, —and William & Thomas, Ley, from Nantes. SA I I.li D.—Wm. Sharpies, Jones, for Bombay—Rossendale, Friend, forßabia—Pak enham, Lloyd, for Pernambuco—Catherine Macdonald, Arthur, for Mobile—and British American, Pritchard, for St. John, N.B. Cognac Packet, Todhiiter, hence at the Cape of Good Hope . Intrim ie, Davidson, hence at Madeira, and sailed 18th Nov. for Savannah, Liter landing some of the crew that were mutinous Adriana, Bale, hence and Lisbon, at Monte Video .lackson, James, hence at the Dardanelles Mount Charles, Good; Caroline, licknel, and Tartar, Nichols, hence at Gibraltar Renard, Gaston, hence at Camaret Sapphire, Hall; Oliveira I, Oliveira, and Fidelity, Bruce, hence at Lisbon Nerin, Jarvis, hence at Terceira CylllS, Nicholson, and Visurges. Bahr, hence at Cuxhaven Constant, Van Schie, hence at Flushing Zeticarui,t. Koning, hence for Amsterdapa, in the Nieuve Deep, after being on shore Maria, Palmer, from Marseilles, at Gibraltar, and sailed 3rd inst, or this port Susan Jane, Strong, sailed from Marseilles for this port gth inst. Mary, Patterson, from Honduros, off this port, was in contact last night with the Sarah, from St. Andrew, N.B. and lost jib-boom, bobstay, &c. City of Poonah, Wilson, hence for Bombay. was spoken Nov. in lat. 7 N, long. 23 W THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19,--Wind S.S.E. fresh. ARRlVED.—Premier, Currie, from Savanilla— Frances, , from Quebec—Slaviana, Sablicich, from Trieste—and Sarah, from Palermo. OFF THE PORT. — Brothers, and John, from St. John, N.B.— Promise, Shearer, and Lanark, from Quebec—Majestic, Laidley, and Pandora, --, from Restigouche—Avon, and Robertson, Niel, from Montreal—Patriot, —, from Alex andria, Egypt—Roseland, --, from Smyrna—and Maria Freto, --, from Naples. SAt taen.—Orozimbo, Marcy, and Henrietta, Longford, for New Orleans—Mischief, Jones, for Genoa and Messina—Victoria, Len nox, for Charleston and New Orleans—Clio, Ibere, for Lisbon— Droning Marie, Krtise, for Corsoer—Trinity Yacht, Clements, for St. Michael's—Killermont, Smith, for Africa —and Josephine, Prin dle, for Mobile. TagEaferro, Tagliaferro, from Alexandria, with part of her cargo thrown overboard Sarah, , from St. Andrew, N.B. at this port, with windlass upset, and bowsprit gone iEtna, Sloss, hence at Messina Giorgio, Chirico ; Trinacria, Lagana, and Vigna, Napoli, sailed from Messina for Liverpool 23rd Nov. Etnelia, White, hence at Leghorn Secret, —, from Guayaquil, at London Los Ninos, —, from Havana, at ditto George, from Quebec, at Longhope Heinrich, Soderberg, from Wismar for Liverpool, at Stromness Frisk, Whiteway, hence at Monte Video Ann Wise, Thorns, hence at Barbadoes, and sailed 2nd Nov. for Santa Martha Margaret, Moller, hence for Constantinople, at St. Ives, with loss of boats. and slight damag e Robert Watt, Johnson, hence for Apalachicola, at the Cove, leaky, and 5 to 600 bags salt thrown overboard—bore up from lat. 44, long. 13 Bland, Callan, hence for Calcutta, was spoken 6th Nov. in lat. 3 N, long. 18 12 Hermes, --, hence for Lima, was spoken 30th Oct. in lat. 7 30 N, long. 23 W Leander, , hence for St. John, N.B. was spoken 28th Oct. in lat. 50, lung. 33 DUNDA LK, Dec. 1 I.—The Mary k Jane, Osborne, bound to Liver pool, is aground in the Swash inThe Ilerperus, reported per Telegraph on Tuesday, has not yet arrived. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. .(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 4.c. Bahamian, M Tigard, 318 Calcutta, Taylor, Potter &Co AFRICA. - 527 Africa, NEW SOUTH WALES. Mary Lloyd, It Jefferson, Sydney, N.S.W. Ashley Brothers SOUTH AMERICA. Airey, .1 Nicholson, 304 Rio Janeiro. W R J Tyrer Cornwall, R.l Butcher, 319 Rio Janeiro, Cotesworth & Wynne UNITED STATES. Cumberland, D Power, 402 Apalachicola, W Fisher & Son Leila, A Higgins, 670 Baltimore, Brown, Shipley & Co Victoria, J Lennox, 602 Charleston and New Orieans. [nglewood, It C Crosbie A Tailor Timoleon, A %Vinson 491 New Orleans, Galt, B ar ' &Co United States, J Barr; 430 New Orleans, Brown, Shiplsy &Co Ht. Lawrence, 0 B Brown, 430 New Orleans, G Brown &Co Tarolinta, J G Smith, 570 New York, Ingle)) , & Co Virginian, L Higgins, 50 New York, T&J Hands &Co Courtenay, 508 Savannah, Gibbs, Bright &Co , Ashburton, II Bulkeley, Desqueslin, J Guyon, EUROPE. 74 Azores, J Glynn & Soi 100 Havre and Rouen, Bahr, Behrend & Co Maria, C C Dupart, 80 llarre and Rouen, Bahr &Co Siren, A Burgess, 154 Leghorn, Bahr, Behreud &Co Aglac, I' Lapage, Marseilles, F R Grohte Win. Rushton, J Gregory, 182 Oporto, T Martin & Son Dart, F Gray, 74 St. Michael's, W Dart Speedy, J Wills, 40 Terceira, .I Glynn & Son Flying k'ish, E Edwards, 91 Syra and Constantinople, M it KWilkin - - TIDE TABLE. Days. Mrn. .Ern. Height. U. M. H. M. F. 1. Friday .. 20 10 35 11 2 17 8 Jupiter rises 4-2 morn. Saturday 11 28 11 52 18 2 St. Thomas. Sunday 22 0 0 017 18 4, 4th Sunday in Advent. Monday 23 0.41 1 4 18 1 [Winter commences, Tuesday 24 128 151 17 4 Jupiter sets 1-11 evening. Wednes. 25 215 239 16 3 Christmas day. Thursday 26 3 2 325 15 0 St. Stephen. imp rts. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &c. Caledonia, (518) 11 Camillell, from Bombay, 1551 bales 6 hf bales cotton, 15 bales wool, order--408 bales cotton, Daniell and Dicken son-26 bales cotton, T Thompson -212 do, 61 Loch and co -702 do, Forbes and co-40 bales cotton, 837 bags pepper, I cask 4 cases plated ware, Cockerell and co-18 bags linseed, 51 skins, •202 bags 3 robins ginger, order—l boi books, M F Brownrigg-1 box figures, T Sommerville-1 box ivory boxes, J Miller-1 work box, 5 jars presei veil ginger, the master—P D, Bengale - e, (351) T Hamlin, from Calcutta, 300 pees redwood, 4050 bags rice, 490 bales jute, 1 chest opium, 26'23 bags linseed, 2 pkgs contents unknown, 1 package tea, 1 package preserves, Corrie and co—P D Volunteer, (242) IN T M'Alinn, from Calcutta, 3150 bags sugar, 140 bales hides, 364 bales cotton, S bales flax, Acrainann, Briggs and co —l5 cases contents unknown, 1 case Dacca muslins, Drancker and co .: 1 case hogs' bristles, order—W D Frankland, (316) II Reyuell, from — Catcutta, 1364 bags rice, 1170 bags saltpetre, 250 chests shell lac, 500 bales cotton, 604 pees red wood, 6450 buffalo horns, 1648 bags ginger, 116 pockets linseed, • Owen, Edwards and co-1200 bags linseed, B Frankland-1 box contents unknown, W W Mortimer—P British Merchant, (4gs) It Birnie, from Bombay, 6 bales wool, 2207 bales cotton, order-106 bales wool, 57 bales 45 hf bales cotton Briggs, Thurborn and co -3875 buffalo horns, Ogilvy, Gillanders and co-54 cases gum %rabic, J Bibby and Sons—i tin box contents unknown, W Smith, Son anti co-77s bags ginger, 161 bales hemp, 40 frazils coffee, 60 robins gallangal rout, I work box, order—W 1) Caledonia, (416) J Stroyan, from Bombay, 1864 bales 91 hf bales cotton, order-24 bales cotton, G Loch-50 do, Butterworth and Brooks-3 bales Ihf bale cotton, G Armstrong-300 bales cotton, Gregson, Melville and co—a boxes contents unknown, Lieutenant Burgh—a cases becks, 110 - Gibb--17 boxes bees' wax, Dirom Richmond and co-61 cases indigo, 1872 bags..ginger, 50 bags lin seed, 45 cases assafcetida, 15 cases gum arable, 10 cases gum alba num, 1 keg ground wheat, a bags rice, order—P D AFRICA. John Begg, (157) 12 Brown, from Africa, about 450 casks palm oil, W A and G Maxwell and W Rotheram—G D WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. . Palmyra, (414) A Croal,' from Demerara, 60 bunts sugar, 76 puns 64 hhds rum, 24 casks molasses, G Booker and co-58 hints sugar, 21 puns rum, 56 casks molasses. N Waterhouse and Sons-20 hints sugar, 15 puns - rnm, S Mackay -41 hhds 10 brls sugar, 10 !aids rum, J and H Moss—,2o hhds sugar, 22 puns 8 hhds ruin, order--20 blots sugar, Wilson and Nl'lieand-40 !aids rum, J Gladstone and co—dr, bales cotton, D Sutton -57 do, J Bond-72 d o , 61 b ag s cof fee, 11,9000 staves, G Booker and co—W 1) •• Adventure, (149) • A Catto, from Carthagena, 26 bales 1 small package cotton, G F Dickson and co-6 cases balsam tolu, 2400 dry hides, 130 tons fustic, Dr. A Nunez—Yl cases balsam tolu, 22 eases balsam capivl, J L Lennin and co— K 1) Columbia, (176) W 11 Robinson, from Laguna, about 190 tons logwood, D and T Willis.—From Charleston, 3 small logs cedar, the master—G . D SOUTH AMERICA. Arica, (188) J Stagg, from Iquique, 2300 bags saltpetre, NV J Myers and co—llo bales wool, 3 boxes chinchilla skins, order-1 box contents unknown, K C Islay, 353 bales wool, A Gibbs and Son-63 do, order-358 do, J C Jack.—From Arica, 66 bales wool, 171 serous 106 bags copper, order-0 D Rebecca, (115) R Longford, from Pernambuco, 910 bags cotton, 15 pipes rum, 99 cases 3 boxes 10 bris sugar, order-30 bags cotton, Duarte Brothers and co-75 bags cotton, J B Boothby and co -17 pipes rum, C and J Rawdon-838 dry salted ox and cow hides, Carne and Telo-500 do, 10 tons bones, 1 box patterns, order—G D Wm. Rnssell, (298) R Bruce, from Pernambuco, 601 bags cotton, 56 cases 49 brls sugar, Mellors and Russell-56 bris sugar, 134 raker nuts, 6 kegs sweetmeats, order.—Prom Paraiba, 800 bags cotton, Mellors and Russell-260 do, Heyworth and co—W 1) UNITED STATES. Westchester, (652) W Ferres, front New York, 500 brls apples, J J Taylor-30 do, J T Crook-42 do, G Doncaster-2 do, T and J Sands and co-42 do, Waddington, Holt and co-560 do, Wades, Pickersgill and co-338 do, Platt, Son and co-165 do, order-94 do, A pope-76 do, J W M`Bridc and co-10 do, V P ou t z - 238 do, Mo _ lyneux, Witherby and co - 9 25 bris turpentine, order-200 brls flour, J Ingham-4 hints tobacco, W and S Irvin-1 hf brl hicory nuts, no consignee-1 brl crackers, D Buchanan and Son-1 thrashing ma chine, 6 casks horn tips, order—P 1) New York , (862) C Barstow, front New York, 283 bales cotton, 3 lais apples, Reid, Irving and co -197 bales cotton, V Poutz-46 bales cotton, 61 brls apples, order-4 bales cotton, Molyncux, Witherby and co —3OO brls apples, J Taylor-506 di), 'F Fletcher -88 bris 8 hf brls do, Fitzhugh and Grimsbaw-84 brls do, J T Crook and co-80 do, E Reeve -45 do, II Mure and co-16 do, J Swire -14 do, Bolton, Ogden and co-18 do, Baring Brothers and co-11 do, Scott, Hastings and co-6 do, G Ellerkamp-6 do, A Dennis toun and co-6 do, 1 and W Oxley and co-4 do, Mather, Thom linson and co-4 do, Martin and co-4 do, R Watson-3 do, J Roberts,jun-2 do, WII Furness-2 do, Rankin, Gil mour and co -750 brls turpentine, J Eccles and co-600 do, A and G Martin-1185 do,Wildes, Pickersgill and co-63 brls contents unknown, 'Pennants, Clow and co-1 case do, G Wright and co-1 parcel do, W Foster -2 brls cranbetries, T Fletcher-2 ld brls do, 1 brl nuts, Bolton, Ogden and co-349 brls floor, Fletcher, Alexander and co -10 hhds tobacco, J Dunlop and co—a boxes sweetmeats, It Mure and co -85 tons copper ore, Rathbone Brothers and co -122 casks manga nese, Jordan and Magrath-20 casks horn tips, a quantity shooks, Fitzhugh and co -17 bales rags, Tyrer and Glover-1 box patterns, Il snd J llornby and co-3 boxes Congress water spring, D Robert son-1 sheet iron, Phelps, James and co—a quantity shooks, hoops, and heading, 3 cambooses, 26 bundles iron hoops, 2 medicine chests Williamson anti Robinson—P Aark tW• LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 19. The market is steadier to-day, and rather higher prices obtained. The business done is about 5,000 bales of all kinds, yesterday 4,500 bales, and Tuesday 3,500 bales. 1,500 bales of America❑ for ex portation. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, DEC 17. We - have again to note imports to a pretty fair extent of Grain, Flour, and .Oatmeal, florn Ireland, coastways, (chiefly of foreign Wheat) and from foreign ports since last Tuesday; and sales have been effected to a moderate extent during the past week, with little variation in prices, here, or in the country markets around us. The only alteration in the duties o►t Grain, from foreign ports, is an increa.sc. on Pease of Is per quarter, and a decrease on Oats of Is 6d per quarter; some large parcels of Flour, in bond, have changed hands at about 31s 6d per brl. and some small sales of fine Dutch Oats, in bond, have been made for export at 3s led to 45 per 451 b. • The supplies to this day's market were considerably increased by arrests of Wheat, (chiefly foreign) from London, and other ports coastways, yesterday ; and having but a moderate attendance, sales were made only to a very moderate extent of every article in the trade, at about the prices of this day week. Wit MAT, per 701bs s. d. s. d. i IsmAN CORN, V 480th. English Scotch 10 0 11 0 • White 45 0 46 0 Irish 6 6 10 0 - BEAxs, per quarter. Bonded BARLEY, per qr. Irish 42 0 46 0 English 46 0 47 0 PEAS, Grey 38 0 41 0 Chevalier 4B 049 U White ' 45 050 0 Scotch, per 601 b 5 4 (5 0 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b. Irish 5 0 5 0 In bond l4 0 17 0 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 FLoua, English, per 2801 b. OATS, per 451 b. Fine 52 0 60 0 English Scotch 4 2 4 4 Amer.: brl. free Irish 3 7 311 Sweet U. 5..... 40 0 42 0 Foreign, in bond 3 6 310 Sour 37 0 38 6 Ditto, duty free.. 4 0 4 4 OAT3t HA 1., per 2401 b. RYE, per quarter.. 36 039 0 English 32 031 0 MALT, per qr. fine.. 70 075 0 Ditto, new 35 036 0 middling 50 068 0 Scotch so 031 0 PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL, %% T oon, Deals, 120 stand. tn. duty paid Archangel £l9 0 G 20 10 :. Memel 17 0 IR 0 Gothenburg l5 10 - 16 10 Not above 16 ft Wyburg lB 0 - 19 0 i F.XI9. B. P.l Petersburg - 19 10 1 21 feet. , PLANKS, per loot of 2 inches thi c k . ! k 22.. £2 lOs Danzig, Deck - 0 4i British American Pine LATIIWOOD, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet " £B 10 9 10 British American 5 0 6 0 HAtIOGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick. , Honduras Cuba St. Domingo... JAK PLANK S, British American none, I`KAKWOOD, per cubic feet STAVES, per 1200. Danzig, C. Pipe ..t 1 HU. Quebec, red, li inch thick, } and 55 feet long Do. Puncheon l4 0 24 0 Tim nun, per cubic foot. s. d. s. d. Oak 2 9 4 0 Pine, British Amer. common red 1 5 2 1 yellow 2 25 2 3 2 25 2 3 2 55 2 6 Danzig, middling ... Memel, middling . . Riga, red 135 0 -110 70 0-KU 0 55 0-75 0 ael 10s 5s per blad Os. Not ab. 36 hi. £1 3s. B.P. 2s 2 6 4s, 3 0 6s, 10$ per load, j.e2 15s. 13 loci AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from the 10th to the 16th Inst. inclusive. FROM IRELAND. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. llorses. Mules. Calves. Lambs. 1873 4495 4096 14 4 Previouslylolls7 183748 274202 5573 212 1476 21807 COASTWIRE. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. 36 498 554 Previously 3890 57057 4804 LIVERPOOL INFI December Horses. Calves. Lambs. DISCHARGED. 123 48 540 RMARY REPORT. 14, 15.19. In-patients cured 3O Relieved and at own request Made Out-patients 0 Irregular . 0 Dead 5 ADMITTED. In-patients Out-patients Casuals during the last week 3 Remain in the house . 2OO Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw atm Mr. Dawson. Chaplain House Visitors . .... Mr. Edwards and Air. Carr. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon Mr. Nottingham. LOCK HOSPITAL. Admitted 7 I Discharged Remain in the house --- LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL MARKET, DEC. 18. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... 0 10@l lip 201 b. Potatoes, 1 9€1,2 8 p9olb New Hay.... 0101 0- Cattl e Di tto 1 7 1 Clover Hay.. 0 9 0 11 - T urn i ps 24 026 0 -- Straw, Wheat 0 5 0 6 - Carrots 46 050 0 - Straw, Oat .. 0 4 0 5- Manglewurzle .0 0 0 0 Straw, Barley 0 4 0 41 - Manure 7 6 g 6 - Green Clover 0 0 0 0 - PRICES OF SHARES, DECEMBER 19. Prices. This day Last RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices Birmingham and Gloucester 7O paid 40 10 0 Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 61 0 0 Bolton and Preston Bristol and Exeter 25 .... Chester and Crewe 35 .... 29 5 0 Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid 3 5' 0 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 14 paid 12 10 0 Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar nock, and Ayr 1 30 paid 25 10 0 Grand Junction Ditto half shares Great Western 203 0 0 76 :0- 0 53 10 0 16 0 0 76 10 0 Ditto new shares 2O Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 3O paid 21 17 6 Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares ' London and Birmingham 00 .... 140 15 0 .... 142 0 0 Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares . 5 .... 21 15 0 . Ditto an-. 1 Southampton 5O .... 38 5 0 . Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester ... Ditto half shares Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 71 0 0 . Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 25 .... 12 10 0 . Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties • 9O .... 60 15 0 . Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 92 10 0 . Ditto quarter shares North Midland South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 . York and North Midland 3O paid 39 15 0 . BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 .... 718 0 oex div. Bank of Liverpool .t'l2 lOs paid 22 0 0. - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 19 0 0 . - Liverpool Union lO .... 13 2 6 . - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales lO .... 8 2 6 . - of Manchester lO .... 11 7 6 - M'cliester & L'pool Diet. 15 .... 9 12 6 . - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO .... 15 2 6 . Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 4 1 0 East of England lO .... 9 7 6 Plicenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 los. 7 2 6 GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 166 0 0 L'pool and Harrington Water } 350 Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... 327 10 0 L'pooteoal Gas Company Stock.... 370 0 0 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .€lOO .... 196 0 0 Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 125 paid 410 0 Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... . 6 10 0 Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 110 0 DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 .... 97 6 . Woodside Ferry Egremont Perry l2 10s. Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company 8 los. Harrington Docks lOO .... Apothecaries' Company Asplialte (Liverpool; (Poloncean) 2 . 16 5 0 15 17 6 67 0 0 475 0 0 5 7 6 . 4 J 0 3 17 6 . u 10 0 0 . 0 14 0 0 13 0 GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-stree Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOI. AND AIANCHNSTEK TO DIRMING/lAN 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 6 a.m. Mixed 8 15 a.m. First Class 10 30 a.m. First Class 12 15 p.m. First Class 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class 99 ~ 12 FROM BIRMINIDIAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. I 15 p.m 4 p.m 6 p.m, 6 a.m. Mixed Train do 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 15 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.m. Mixed 6 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 330 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed " „ PO 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. Pt „ „ 12 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. „ The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. PROM L'POOI. TO MANCHESTER. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 „ ..10 0 11 0 „ 11 45 „ 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 4 45 „ 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when tl ON SL': First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 13 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside TO PRESTON PROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 IP PROM MANCHESTER TO 1.'1'001.. First Class Second Class ----- Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 0 „ 10 0 „ 11 15 „ .. 11 45 „ 2 0 Aftern. *2 45 Aftern. 5 0 „ 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I is Train does not start till Three. sn.tv S. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftcrn. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evesing .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside; AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 2 30 Aftern. ..Second Class 4 45 „ . . M ixed 7 IS „ First Class ON 81.1 Second Class Mixed First Class 11 15 ~ 2 45 Aftern. 5 0 „ 7 1 5 NIL% YA. 7 0 Morning.— Mixed 5 :10 Afternoon.. „ ILTON. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon .. „ TO BO PROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.... First Class FROM I IANCIIERTKR. g u Morning.... First Class I! 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 • ... 2 :w Afternoon .. Second Clams 5 JO „ OP OM SLY 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. Nll.l Y`4. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon . PP lELENS. ; I'o ST. t PROM LIVERPOOL. MOVOillg.... Second Class FROM MANCIIRSTXR. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 11 45 II /9 2 45 Afternoon .. 5 34 99 It NDAYS. I 7 0 Morning.... S econ d Cl ass 5 30 Afternoon .. !ORN GAP. - PP 1 FROM DIANCIINSTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 ~ •• • • PP 5 30 Afternoon .. PP NDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. ~ :0 0 „ so Afternoon 5 30 ~ . • ovau 7 0 Morning.... Second Class S 30 Afternoon TO RUNG FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 1 45 " • • • • 5 so Afternoon .. ON sty: 7 0 Morning. ... Second Class I 5 30 Afternoon LONDON GAZETTE.-TUERDAy, DSc. 17' PATNERSHIPS OED. V . T. Jac Pon and Co. R Liverpool and DIS Glas S go LV w, m erchants —lV al' t tersall and B. Helme, Heath Ch arnoc k , L ancas hire, coal ti i - rer ; chants—Bartan and Scholfield, Lancashire, elicittical.manu fac oe ~ —J. Whitelica.d and Co. Elton and Manchester, dyers_wa ttr t too. and Thorn psons, Chorlton- upon - cdlock , Lancashire, o spinners ; as far as regards James Thompson. INSOLVENTS. Dec. 13.—Frederick Dolman, Oxford-street. London, e arrer. cosi• Dec. 17.—Francis Thomas Trivett, Northumberland-Fla.'s,' mercial-road-cast, London,linen:draper. BANKUiS. John Thompson, Liverpool, groc ß T er, to surrender Dec. `215.J 3 !;1 3 5: at eleven, at the Clarendo n - rooms, Li verpoo l . S o li c itors, 0. Adlington a.. 1 Co. Bedford-row, Loudon. Stephen Isaacson, Stoke Newington-road. London, b00k5 e1 . 1 3 . 011, Charles Hart and Thoma s Lewellin, Newgate-street, " woollen-warehouseman. Thomas Bothell Lawford, Fenchurch-street, London, w' chant. Edwin Hodson, Birmingham, lincn.draper. Thomas Bell, jun. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, cheese-factor. Henry Bell Burwood, Lowestoft, Suffolk, fish-merchant. William M'Clellat:, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, innkeeper. Richard Gates, Steyning, Sussex. wine-merchant. William Woodcock, Deal, straw-hat-manufacturer. George Maddison, Recdhani, Norfolk, merchant. Benjamin Moxon Ryder, Kingston -upon-Hull, grocer.. Richard Pin - kis Westall and William \'. estall, Birmingham. w'' John Thornton, Bradford, woolstapler. Catherine Evans, of Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, innkeep er ' afi ti. Augustus Henry Tulk and Edward Banks, Durham, alkall -ol facturers. George Schofield, Limefield, Lancashire, linen-draper. Jacob Richardson, Hyde, Cheshire, shopkeeper. va c ' Charles Oldham, of Newton-green, Mottram-in-Long- a e Cheshire, innkeeper. Daniel Robinson, Sneingtom Nottinghamshire, coal-deale r. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 14, W. Parlour, Liverpool, share-broker—Jan. 9, g P. Rice, Addle-street, London, warehousemen, and Pavemen`!„,.et, bury. drapers—Jan. 11, M. C. Jacksoii, Water-lane, Throne , : w ick- London, corn-merchant—J an . 9 , J. Taylor, Noel-street, B e ' o, street, Oxford-street, London, iron-plate-manufacturer—Ja!;: o vr T. Watts, Angel-court, Throginorton:street, London, stoc k .i ' Lo o , —Jan. 11, J. Baker and G. Wallis, Edward-street, City- ro au ,„o , don, farriers—Jan 13, E. Grams, St o w niar k e t , S u ff o lk, iron," Jail. --Jan. la, J. Alderson. Bradf or d, worsted-stutr inan utacturcr; , 11. 13, G. Hind, Bishop's Walth am , Hampshire, diaper—De`'' l. ph. Knight, Reading, Berkshi re , common b rewer—Jan. 9, J • well, Nottingham, lace-manufacturers. CERTI Fl CATES To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or be lt° Jan. 7. . W. karlour, Liverpool, share-b ro k er —G . Th or b urn, St. Mailbuo• London, corn-factor—M. Reilly, Bloomsbury-square, BI 001w wst• square, London, wine-mer c h an t—T. B a k er and R. Ainsworth' rington and Manchester, cott on sp i nners —W . W hi t t a ker, " so p field, maltster—T. Rivers, Egham, Surrey, brewer—T. Lakin' tiugham, builder—J. Edwards, Manchester, victualler. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Ritchie, Perth, glass-merchant. Hugh and John Doherty, Glasgow and St. John's, New 811"5. wick, merchants. John Yuill,jun. Glasgow, provisiosi - nu:reliant. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERFOOI/4, this% 20. Thomas Johnson, (2nd) Clarendon ROolnS 20. John Montgomery and Joseph Brereton, (final) Ditto, ~ '23. Nathan Litherland Ditto, henry White Hayman, (2nd) Ditto, 2s. William M'Gill 28. William Robinson, ju n . (diV ).... Davenport and Collier'''. PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S' Outward, LONDON & LIVERPOOL, to , . Jamaica — Leeward Isl. Dem. & Berbice, Honduras New York, Houton Charlestoni Savannah New Orleans Havana Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate East Indies China Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland . 25 s Ott@ 30 0 60s 0410 1 20 0-25 0 30 0 -10 ,, 0 50 105 0 --1 25 " 0 40 0 20 0' w 30 0— 20 0 -- •-• 0 40 0— 40 0 0 50 0— 60 0 50 0 0 _ 126 0 - -Iv- 0 ---'12 6 0 —166,, 40 0 -- 25 0 30 0 -- Au 0 35 o—, o 0 60 0 - 40 0 -- 40 0 -- 40 0 ;126 0 20 0 --- 40 0 -- . 5 0 244 0-- 30 0 u 4 IP 2U 0 Is 0 0 0 5 0 05 0 -- 60 0 -- 50 60 0 .--' 60 0 -- 20 0 Bei 0 80 0 - 25 0- 0 0i 35 0-40 0 35 0-40 0 40 0 40 0-45 0 40 0 30 0 20 0 50 0 do o 20 0 40 0 25 0 -- 20 0 25 0 - 30 0 20 0 - 25 0 30 0-40 0 60 o 60 o 7o 0 Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gotteriburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, tic. Oporto 25 0-30 0 LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIE Number of new patients entered on the books of during the last week:— 'la DisPe" satiet South. 14°u'l Received advice and medicine at the Insti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine North. Total at each Dispensary 365 9go 247 U It o" til3 41: VIVITORS. V )I ' C' North—Rev. Dr. Buck, Rev. Peter Wilcock, and Mfr. N . • F • gregor. n er• South—Mr. Jordan, Mr. T. Robinson, and Mr. Joseph Co° , Dispensaries' Office, I, Fenvvick ß t . tr l e N e 'E t, D D G e r 160,11)8,3S9e.cretari•_0 MARRIED. , v,41°.! On the sth Instant, at Madelcy, WILLIAM REYNOLD, , ,I - isl` Waltonrat this town, to CAROLINE, third daughter of ` a' T. YAT , Esq. of Madeley-liall, in this county. S. P ll Ott t e 10th instant, at Bishop's Tawton, by the Rev. 4 ; Sa,utoy, THOMAS LAWRENCE PRIDHA M, F. 341. Bid e T: pg' CAROLINE, second daughter of the late THOMAS POOL., Chester. 0,1/ , On the lath instant, at Wigan, the R ev . JACOB ROBSOThvlfr incumbent of Tyldesley, to ANNE, third daughter of the la te LIAM ECCLES, Esq. of Wigan. ,FNO Same day, at St. Giles.in-the-Flelds, London, JOHN CARBONNELL, Esq. of Regent-street, to ELIZABETI I, * daughter of EDGAR CORRIE, Esq. of Bed( d are or -squ • . 1 0,10 On the 14th instant, a t St. -Ni c h o l as ' s Church, Mr. 1, BOWMAN to Miss MARY DE MAINE , L ot h of Cllristion.st l 7,,,4 On the 16th instant, at Rt. GeorgeLt,-11.6..asardrco.“'''' Vl"' of tn g PALMERSTON, to the Dowager Countess COWPER, late Earl Cowper, and only s i s t er o f Vi scount M e lbournf• ito k mediately after the ceremony they set off for Broadlands, la s • ship's seat in Ilatimchire. LAO Same day, at Tipping-street Chapel, Ardwick, Mr. JOHN of this town, to Miss MARIA BROWNIN G, of Nlanc l ie ster. Yesterday, at St. Bride's Church, by th e R ev. J . J on es, M r 'i NC' eldest daughter GROOM, stationer, to Miss ANN RlGBY , widow of W. Rigby, Windsor. Yesterday, by license, at C hair-dr e am Phili's Church, by the 0 ,`, - ;10" Bowstead, Mr. JOHN HUEYer, Birkenhead, to .", a ,le* BETH, youngest daughter of Mr. JOIIN HAMER, of lla, lt n ° , - 0 0 ' Moors, and sister of Mr. James Hamer, York Hotel, W r ill' a square. lE. , L LIP e At Quebec, aged 73 years, t h e Hon D . JONATHAN SEWE. - o cu tif - P of Harvard Univerity, Cambridge, Mass. member . of the Council, and for many years its President, Speaker of the I ;well tire Council, and late Chief J us ti ce o f the province. Ilr. Att°j was a native of Boston, Mass. son o f th e l ate d i st i ngu ished •Ale ney-General of the province of M assac h usetts, an d was c°"- to flee from thence at the American R in the 4- evolUtion. ah On the 27th June, at Sydney, New South Wales, d ori, of his age, after a lengthen e d illness, which he contracted o e the rainy season, in New Ze a l an d , i n 1838, wh i ther he had l,'i,glBl!‘ a botanical excursion previo us t o hi s i ntended return to with the results of many ye ars ' j ourney i ngs, ALLAN CUN' 10' HAM, Esq. the botanist and traveller. 1,10 On the 22nd July, in lat. 10 N., long. 75 30 E., Bevil WILTSHIRE STEEL CHAPMAN Esq. Colonel in the 9t ,l „. o oe'' Light Infantry, passenger on board the barque Albyn, of Gr` from Bombay for Liverpool. On the sth of October last, at George-town, Demerara' . r ; LIAM BOOKER, Esq. aged 43. I .c On the 23rd of October last, a t Demerara, cf yellow fever'_,, ,'. B- JLUCK, aged about 31, master of the Margaret, On the 7th ult. aged 47, Mr. JOHN POWELL HAR'z. e ttoo ,oyal Peace Lodge, of the Loyal I n d ependent Order of Odd' uail; His remains were followed to the h ome o f all flesh by his re to p. and upwards of 180 of the officers and brothers belongiag rde r, order. His well-tempered zeal fo r th e prosperity of t he o_ ht oc . , gether with his affability and unost en t at i ous benev olenee,,,lis for him the love and admiratio n o f a ll who knew him, and of will be long and sincerely r egre tt e d by a numerous c ircl quaintance. On the 26th ult. at Bedol, near Flint, after a short illn ess ' fly, Mrs. MARTIIA WILLIAMS, relict of the l a t e Captaiu de' Williams universally regretted. On the 27th nit. Mr. THOMAS KIRKDALE, o f Tarb ilei'' servedly respected. !Jr'Bl4e, On the Ist inst an t , a t Cl aughton, near Garstang, age her , re THOMAS SEED. He has left a widow, i n th e 85t h ye ar of and thirteen child ren, a ll o f w h om attended him to his gra n e ' are are 104 gra n d c hild ren and 25 great-grand children n ow descendants of this venerable couple. JA W' On the Ist inst an t , a t W aen, near Mold, aged 63, Mr . CI IA of this town. bort' irdia 0 1 ' Ou the 2nd instant, at her house, in Picardy-place, 0 0 j ot Miss INNES, of Stow. The fortune to which she succeco-, at death of her brother, the late Gilbert limes, was estiinut o te o d. less than a million st e rli ng , an d , as s h e l i ved in a very ine.leicreo!ot unostentatious manner, it must now be very cons id e rably Tha great bulk of the fortune, which is the largest, we bet je of ..ar , ... gained by one individual in S co tl an d , was t h e acqu isitl. D ank trines himself, and was due to hi s industry and skill as ,r ;teal Miss Jimmies was in her ninety- secon d year, an d accordiag,`,. 0 4 /,' cis she has left a will. Her heir-at-law i s Willi am Mitche" d Parson's Green, a gentleman long k nown i n Edi n b u rgh aa . 0 0, esteemed. 4 - On the sth instant, at the seat o f L or d Viscotia. v ace HENRY PHILIP HOPE, Esq. un c l e o f th e mem b er for c per , ,te r' 4 af' and brother-in-law of the Viscou n t ess Beresford. 'lTAsia.iffer' had visited every part of Eur o p e , an d var i ous port i on s of vej , ticularly Turkey. He was conversant with and spoke s e w & jO , l eat languages, and maintained an extensive corresPe n 4 tbe learned men in all parts of Europe. He had formed one", taxi , f i tl, perfect collections of diamonds and precious stones th.tnida,tsior haps, bent ever possessed by a private individual. We ul a and e oci that it is valued at £150,000. Although possessed of an „oat tune, his habits were of the most simple and unostentati d !',t tf , he seemed to regard wealth only as the means of doing o. c e, Saute day, at Sea View, Bootle, aged 8 years, ANl)jishlo - son of JOHN ANDERSON, Esq. of Cave" r or e Manchester. tl On the 10th instant, at his residence, Hey-brook. R° e ' r os o e` a long and protracted illness, JOIIN HOLLAND, Esq• gl till• magistrates of that borough. e Same day, at her residence, Hyde Park-pl a ce, L0i14 04 the Dowager Lady DE-LA-ZOUCHE. 11 1Chr afik li. On the 12th instant, after a lingering itines4, borne AV , ri le fortitude, JANE, the beloved wife o f M r . WILLIAM I .`" eb brewar, St. Anne-street. On the lath instant, aged 63, M r . THOS . RAT ip ir Bold. Yesterday morning, at his residence, Heath-green,..,ogEttasc i : ham, of disease of the heart, aged 75, JOHN TV ' A P.7.11'_ Through an extremely useful and active life he sustaille,!' sc oe , ,t , ter of high and unblemished integrity ; as a member m s . t atir"ca' zeal for public good is testified by the numerous local , 0 110 , which his attention was directed ; faithful in friendl (hose i 4 perience and judgment were ever ready at the call °I . tell required his counsel ; as a ;parent and relative he lia s .;,,ria` 1p It persons to deplore the removal of one who united , , u 'oes• ot al heart with an undeviating performance of his family u _ c ter . 01 0 foundation of all these qualities which adorned the clir,a deceased happily had their origin in Christian prineild t ! e 'lle., o lo constitute the best consolation to survivors.—Aries 6(l 3jr• On the 15th instant, in Nelson-street, of dropsy o f Ow ee t ! THOMAS AYRES, son of the late Mr. A. H. AYRES. .st• r cu. Essex, aged 34. 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