The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-02-26 00:00:00

*e• WILT THOU THINK OF ME ? FROM, THE NEW MONTHLY BELLE ASSEMBLER.) Wilt thou think of m7som4iines, When the billows heave around thee, And the broad, blue, restless sea Like a mighty zone hath bound thee ? When thy gallant ship flies on, O'er the waves, all life and gladness, Wilt thou give a thought to me ? Wilt thou heave a sigh of sadness? When thou thinkest of thy friends, And strange forms and faces meet thee ; When the words that reach thine ear In another language greet thee ; When besides a joyless hearth Thou art sitting, sad and lonely, Think of one who loves thee well, Think of one who loves thee only ! Wilt thou think of me sometimes, When thou tread'st the halls of pleasure, And bright eyes beam smiles on thee, In the dance's joyous measure ? If thou Nearest some old song I have sung, in days departed, Let it whisper to the soul Of the true and constant-hearted. If the world looks cold on thee, And thy joy is turn'd to sorrow ; If the friends thou thoughtest true Smile to-day, but frown to-morrow ; Turn thee proudly from them all, And the bands that held thee sever ; Come back to thine own bright home, And the heart that changes never ! STRAY LEAVES FROM A ROYAL DIARY. (PICKED UP AT THE BOTTOM OF CONSTITUTION-HILL, MONDAY. — Melbourne had an interview And a lunch at half-past two ; Called in haste at half-past five— Snacked again, as I'm alive ; Then returned at half-past seven— Dined, and dawdled till eleven. State affairs surprise me quite, They so whet his appetite ! TIIESDAY.—" Grandpapa" popped in at one, Begged I d hurry luncheon on, As in Downing-street, at two, He must confab with the crew. Six o'clock, antther call, To say they'd nothing done at all. Dinnerless he went away, And I hurried to the play. WEDNESDAY.--" True as dial to the sun, Although it be not shone upon," Melbourne, at the usual hour, Came my " tiffin" to devour ; Mumbling, muttering, while he ate, O'er the cares - and toils of state ; _ Yet as a mere trifle treating His still greater toil of eating. TWORSDAY.—Just the same routine gone o'er— Can't he feel that he's a bore ? Or, if he must each day prate To me about affairs of state, Need he, as he always doth, Walk in only with the cloth? Economical repaster, Talking fast, but eating faster ! nun AY.—Lunch, snack, dinner o'er again ! But 'tis useless to complain. With but five thousand pounds a year, He can ne'er keep house, 'tis clear ; And I own it does me good To see him gloating o'er the food, Greedily devouring all The crumbs that from my table fall. THE CORN LAWS. (From the Morning Herald of Friday.) In the House of Lords, last night, several petitions were presented, on the subject of the corn laws—the vast majority of those petitions being in favour of the existing system. Lord Fitzwilliam's threatened motion for a free trade in corn was not, however, brought for ward, in consequence of his lordship's necessary ab sence from Parliament. Lord Radnor, in Lord Fitz william's name, gave renewed notice of the motion in question, for the 14th of March. The anti-corn-law conspirators seem, in fact, to be somewhat paralysed at the present moment. The ut ter failure of their plot to enlist the manufacturing operatives in their ranks—and the crushing overthrow in Parliament, and in the press, of all their attempts to mystify the great points at issue —have, undoubtedly, disconcerted, for the moment, " our exporting manu facturers," and their choice mouthpieces. On Wed nesday, for instance, the anti-corn-law delegates met, but shrank from the responsibility of deciding on any course of action. The consciousness of defeat and of exposure sat heavy upon them. The testiness, with which they seem to have disputed Lord Brougham's claim to their unqualified thanks for his long-winded harangue of Monday, proves, that the overpowering replies of the Duke of Buckingham ' of Earl Stan hope, and of the D u k es o f Ri c h mon d and Wellington had produced on the anti-corn-law delegates, the same painful impressions, which Sir Robert Peel's exposition on the first night of the session, of the true character of the statements hazarded by the late President of the Manchester Chamber of Commerc2 produced on the little trading senate of Manchester. The anti-corn law gentlemen are, in fact, out of humour with them selvs§„. and with all the world. They have threatened to rend the luckless Mr. G. W. Wood—because Mr. G. W. Wood failed to palm falsehood for truth upon Sir• Robert Peel. They tender a grudging measure of thaiii's to Lord Brougham—because his loquacious lordship, with all truth against him, happened to make a poor figure in comparison with his noble opponents in the upper house ! These things are exceedingly natural, we are willing to admit, in the case of baffled men. We note them, for a double purpose ;—for the purpose, in the first in stance, of ,proving that the opponents of the corn laws are, up to the present moment, in their own estimation, beaten at every point—and for the purpose, in the se cond place, of warning the friends of English agricul ture not to trust too much to the effect of the victory, which they have already achieved. Cunning and per severance, on the part of conspirators, not more cun ning nor more persevering than the present enemies of the corn laws, have often retrieved the consequences of defeats, quite as ignominious as those which " our exporting manufacturers" have, up to the present mo ment, sustained. The recent speech of Sir Robert Peel has, naturally, induced the anti-agricultural journals to indulge their readers, with a , large mass of very feeble and captious criticism, on the merits of that magnificent refutation of the statements, on which the enemies of native in dustry were content to rest their case. The Morning Chr,oniqe has taken the lead in this business ;—and, douthess, our ministerial contemporary attaches no small value, to the following mimicry of the old logical dilemma : w Ainongst other argumentative make-weights, Sir Robert alludes to the peculiar pressure on the land of the land-tax, the triklt-tax, and the poor laws and county rates. He dis tinctly assumes that these items enter into the price of cont His argument is, that they prevent itsbeing so cheaply groWn aS in other countries. But without inquiring how far theYfdotor do not enter into the price of corn, it is plain, on eithirr supposition, that the sophist is caught in his own web. If thiry do not affect the cost, and thereby the price, then the burden on land, of which he complains, does not exist ; and if thfoudo, enhance the price, then the burden is borne by the consumer. In either case, and in whatever proportion the pressure may fall, they form a good reason for inquiry, but a very paltry one for quashing it altogether. Sir Robert de clares his own opinion to be that " taxation is the cause of the excess of price of corn." If so, the people pay the tax ation, and not the agriculturists ; the people pay it in the in creased price in addition to their own burdens, and that is surely a sore grievance, and a fit topic of investigation." If the land tax, and the other taxes specified by Sir Robert Peel, "do not," argues the Chronicle, "a f fect the cost; and thereby the price, then the burden upon land, of which he complains, does not exist ; and if they do enhance the price, then the burden is borne by the consumer." The Chronicle's imaginary dilemma does not com prehend the whole case. The answer, therefore, to our:Ontemporary's antithetical positions may he easily supplied. the land tax, the county rate, the highway rate, the poor rate do, undoubtedly, " affect the cost, and, therefore, 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 charac ters, as producers. If the taxes in questiOn did not enter at air into the price of English agricultural pro duce, then English wheat Would not, perhaps, be higher priced than wheat grown abroad. The differences be tween the prices of English and of continental, wheat, measures the extent, to which the fiscal imposts spe cified do enter into the price of English grain. But that difference in 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 adverted to by the Chronicle, to transfer to the consumers of agricultural produce, any but a small portion of the burdens which press upon him. Where, it may be demanded, is to be found the proof of our position ? That proof is supplied by the differing rates of profit upon agricultural and upon manufacturing ca pital ! 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 agricultural producer in England could transfer the taxes that affect his capital, to the consumers of agri cultural produce, the net returns upon manufacturing and upon agricultural capital would speedily tend to the same level. We have often pointed out the influences, in virtue of which the profits on agricultural capital are thus injupgusiy, affected. Those ' influences proceed from the bilschielious exemption from taxation enjoyed by manufacturing capital in all its varieties. If manufac turing capital were taxed, as agricultural capital is t ax ed-tken, 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 exemption from taxation of all capital applied to mintifactures, there is perpetually in operation a -fearful bounty, the effect of which is to divert capital from thelind, and, at the same time, (through the agency of untaxed machinery,) to lessen, to a terrible extent, the general wages of If. and, by copse. _..._ ~._ r ;,e quence, to lessen the profitableness of all the markets for agricultural produce. If all capital, manufacturing and agricultural, were equally taxed for the benefit of labourers, the wages of labour would universally rise; and the whole fiscal burdens bearing upon productively employed capital would, ultimately, be transferred to consumers. Through the operation of our unequal taxation, 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 Eng lish agricultural produce above the price of continental produce of the same kind. The manufacturing capital of England amounts to two hundred and forty millions—which yield net an nual returns of fifty-eight millions, or about thirty per cent. The farming capital of England exceeds seven hundred and fifty millions—which yield an average net profit of less than eight per cent., or about sixty mil lions. If the farmers of England were as much fa voured by our fiscal arrangements, as "our exporting manufacturers" are, they would divide annually two hundred millions, instead of sixty. If, again, the farm ers of England, without being unjustly exempted from taxation as " our exporting manufacturers" are, were yet enabled (as they ought to be) by an honest adjust ment of our fiscal burdens, to throw upon the public all the taxes affecting their capital, the net returns upon that casital would be doubled. But although we have disposed of the fancied dilemma, on which the Chronicle flattered itself with the belief of having impaled Sir Robert Peel, we have not yet waded through all the Chronicle's profundities on this subject. The following passage breathes a tone of exultation, to which the anti-corn-law delegates have, for some time past, been strangers : " The main consideration' of Sir Robert is, that this is he ' labourer's question.' Indeed, it is a question both of his work and his wages—the question of his daily bread. The new tory edition of the Labourer's Friend' reads thus I am prepared to ihow that a reduction of (the price of) food will be a reduction of wages ; and that a reduction of wages, with a low price of corn, will not benefit the labourer —inasmuch as it will not command a greater quantity of other articles which are almost equally essential to the com fort of the labourer as corn.' . " What articles, Sir Robert ? Are they agricultural pro ducts or manufacturing ? Meat would be cheaper with cheapened bread ? and'so would clothing. What other store is there besides the field and the factory, from which the labourer will have to purchase these uncheapened, yet essen tial, articles of his daily consumption ? The enumeration ought not to have been omitted." ... To what fatality, or to what perversity of disposition, on the part of the free-traders, shall we ascribe the fact, that all the enemies of native 'industry forget, by the time they reach the last of their positions, the argu ments embodied in those from which they started ? When the Chronicle asks, what articles of consump tion are to remain unreduced in price after the esta blishment of a free trade in corn, can it be necessary to remind our contemporary, that the avowed object of the scheme of corn-law repeal, is to render corn com paratively cheap—manufactured products compara tively dear ? The reasoning of the free-traders on the point, runs thus. The high price of English corn places the manufac turers of England at disadvantage, relatively to the ma nufacturers of the continent. A repeal of the corn laws would equalise the price of corn throughout Europe ; and by equalising the price of corn, render it more dif ficult for continental manufacturers to compete with the manufacturers of England. The existing competition in the foreign markets has lowered Nice and profits : if the existing competition were lesgened, prices would rise abroad ; and according to all orthodox free-trade reasoning, the prices which our manufactured products command abroad, regulate their prices at home. There fore, (unless they shall confess, that their whole scheme is a blunder or a fraud) the free-traders must admit that the success of that scheme would raise the prices of all manufactured commodities to the English labourer. Is the Chronicle answered ? THE CORN LAWS. AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATIONS. It affords us extreme pleasure to lay before our readers the following proof that the agriculturists of England are be stirring themselves for the protection of their rights. At meetings held at the Union Hotel, Cockspur-street, on Tuesday, the 19th, and Wednesday, the 20th instant, his Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, in the chair; Proposed by H. Broadwood, Esq., M.P., seconded by W. Bagge, Esq., M.P., and resolved unanimously, " That it is the decided opinion of this meeting, that associations for the protection of the agricultural interests should be established in, and extended through, all the rural districts in the united kingdom without delay." Proposed by G. S. Harcourt, Esq., M.P., seconded by W. Bonsey, Esq., and resolved unanimously, " That appli cation be made to members of parliament representing coun ties and boroughs in rural districts, requesting them to co operate with this meeting in their endeavours to carry into effect the purposes of the first resolution." Proposed by S. Wells, Esq., ; seconded by E. Horwood, Esq., and " Resolved unanimously,—That the result on Mr. Villier's motion, although highly satisfactory, affords no grounds for the landed interests to slacken in their exertions to counteract the persevering endeavours of their opponents." Proposed by W. Hayward, Esq. ; seconded by R. Pulver, gsq., and " Resolved unanimously,—That the different as sociations be requested to appoint deputations to meet here on Thursday next, the 28th instant, at two o'clock precisely, to concert such measures as may then be considered neces sary." Union Hotel, Cockspur-street, Feb. 21. We trust that the landowners and farmers of England will, in every county and district, respond to this appeal. Never were the interests of agriculture, at any previous period, ex posed to perils so imminent. Never before, most fortu nately, however, was there presented so noble an opportunity as now exists, of placing the rights of English landowners, farmers, and labourers on a permanently-secure basis. Let the agriculturists muster in their strength on the 28th, and the result will not long be doubtful. —Morning Herald. A HISTORY OF THE MOST REMARKABLE EXTREMITIES OF COLD WITHIN A SPACE OF A THOUSAND YEARS. In A. D. 401, the Black Sea was entirely frozen over. In 462, the Danube was frozen so that Theadmare marched on the ice to Swabia to avenge his brother's death. In 762, the cold was so intense that the straits of Darda nelles and the Black Sea were entirely frozen over. The snow in some places drifted to the depth of 50 feet, and the ice was heaped in such quantities in the cities, as to cause the walls to fall down. In 860, the Adriatic was entirely frozen over. In 891, and also in 893, the vines were killed by frost, and the cattle died in their stalls. In 991, the winter lasted very long, and was extremely severe. Every thing was frozen, and famine and pestilence closed the year. In 1067, the cold was so intense that most of the travellers in Germany were frozen to death on the roads. In 1133, it was excessively cold in Italy ; the Po was frozen from Cremona to the sea ; the heaps of snow rendered the roads impassable ; the wine casks burst, and trees split by the frost, with an immense noise. In 1216, the river Po froze to the depth of 15 ells, and wine also burst the casks. In 1234, a pine forest was killed by the frost at Ravenna. In 1236, the frost was most intense in Scotland and the Categat was frozen between Norway and Jutl l nd. In 1232, the houses in Austria were buried with snow. In 1292, the Rhine was frozen, and in Germany 600 peasants were employed to clear the way for the Austrian army. In 1344, all the rivers in Italy were frozen over. In 1584, the winter was so severe that the Rhine and Scheldt were frozen, and even the sea at Venice. In 1468, the winter was so severe in Flanders, that the wine was cut with hatchets to be distributed to the soldiery. In 1670, the frost was very intense in England and Den mark, both the Little and Great Belt were frozen over. In 1684, many forest trees, and even the oaks in England were split with frost. In 1692, the cold was so excessive that the starved wolves entered Vienna and attacked both men and cattle. The cold of 1640 was scarcely inferior to that of 1692, and the Zuyder Dee was entirely frozen over, In 1776, much snow fell, and the Danube bore ice five feet thick-below Vienna. EXPLOSION OF FIRE DAMP-TWENTY-THREE LIVES LOST: It is this week our lot to record one of those painful dis asters, which are unfortunately, of too frequent occurrence in all mining districts—namely, an explosion of fire damp, by which the lives of- no less than 23 of our fellow-creatures have been sacrificed. The explosion took place in the " William Pit,", ahout two o'clock yesterday morning (Monday); at 'the distance of about a mile and a half from the foot of the shaft, in the direction of Parton ; and at that early hour only a small portion of the workmen engaged in the night-shaft had entered the mine, otherwise the consequences might have been of a much more serious nature. It appears that on Saturday night the chief overman examined minutely that division of the , mine in which the explosion took place, and not the least symptom of fire damp was perceptible. On Monday morning Topping, the overman, had examined all parts of the mine where the Men were to be employed, save that in which the accident took place, and finding all safe, and the mine in its usual state of purity, the men were consequently set to work. On proceeding to the spot where the explosion happened, a youth, named Kennedy, had imprudently followed the over man with an exposed light; and the former not having had any cause to apprehend a change in the state of the mine, or danger even of the most remote kind, had suffered the boy to follow him, and hence the sad consequences which have ensued. It seldom happens, in accidents of this nature, that their origin can be satisfactorily ascertained, and in 19 cases out of every 20 their originators are amongst the number who perish. In this instance it is otherwise, as both the overman and the youth have been spared, and hence the certainty with which we are enabled to speak on this point. The cause of the foul state of that portion of the workings where the explosion occurred has been satisfactorily ascertained to have arisen from a sudden eruption in the pavement of the mine, some time between leaving work on Saturday night and returning on Monday morning, and the quantity of tire dam thus set at liberty from a small substrutum of coal was so great, as to render a considerable area of the adjoining workings ex plosive. On Topping entering this place, followed by the youth with his unprotected light, the mine was instantly fired ; but the blast proceeding in the opposite direstion to that by which they had approached the hidden danger, both escaped with their lives, though not without being much, yet not, perhaps, dangerously burnt. Of the twenty-three who perished, all, with the exception of two or three, who had evidently been burnt to death, died from suffocation, caused by after-damp. The moment this sad occurrence was known to have taken place, every means were used to restore the ventilation of the mine, that the scene of destruction might be approached. Some time necessarily elapsed before this could be accom plished, and several of the stewards and others engaged in this dangerous employment were frequently brought to the pit mouth, from the unwholesome state of the atmosphere below, in a state of complete exhaustion. At six o'clock yesterday evening, the last body was discovered and brought up ; it was that of a boy named Joseph Clark. It was a mournful and heart-rending spectacle to witness the removal of the bodies as they were taken through the streets in carts to their respective homes, followed by sorrow ing relatives and crowds of people, many of whom hid no other object than the mere gratification of an idle cuiiosity.— Cumberland Pacquet. - . . SELECT EXTRACTS. The French and English residents at Rome, at this mo ment, are reckoned to amount to upwards of 12,000. WATERLOO.—It appears by the twelfth volumeof Colonel Gurwood's despatches, that at three o'clock of the morning of the 18th of June, the day of the battle, when his troops were snatching a brief repose, the Duke of Wellington wrote three letters, two of which were in French, to Sir Charles Stuart, the Duc de Berri, and the goternor of Antwerp, calmly describing his situation, and expressing unshaken con fidence in the result. SINGULAR FACT CONNECTED WITH THE JEWS.—What the prophet, speaking with - the authority of inspiration, fore told, subsequent times and events have precisely developed. Such particular and specific consummations of the several prophecies demonstrate the unchangeable character of the divine word, which shall not return unto him, but perform that to which he sends it.. With relation to the singular people the Jews, the general facts of their dispersion among all nations are well known, and need not be repeated. Although the extract subjoined does not verify any particular prophecy, the singularity'of the circumstance has been re corded, and noticed by two eminent writers. Lord Royston says, with reference to Koraz-bazar, " This place is remark able for being the only Jewish town without a mixture of Christians in the world. They are all manufacturers, and sell their wares through the Crimea, and are generally esteemed for an honourable people. They are of the sect called Karaites, and look on the Jews as heretical; for they acknowledge only the text of the Old Testament, and reject the traditions which the others consider of equal force with the law. This circufnstance led me to imagine that their name was derived from the Hebrew Kara (to read); whereas I am well convinced it is from the Turkish Kara (black) ; for they wear a long black dress peculiar to themselves, and the name of their town in Tartar or Turkish,'which are only different dialects, means ' the Black Market.' They have settled in Crim Tartary from time immemorial, and assert that they settled there before the Babylonish captivity, which I myself am inclined to believe ; for they not only reject the • Rabbinical interpretations, but also the Chaldee paraphrase, which was necessary after the return from Babylon, when the people had forgotten Hebrew." Of the same colony Dr. E. Clarke speaks thus :—" We are highly interested by the singularity of having found one Jewish settlement, perhaps the only one upon earth, where that people exist separate from the rest of mankind, in the free exercise of their ancient customs and peculiarities." Can the history of this extra ordinary people be examined without impressing the mind with the exact and determinate fulfilment of ancient pro phecy, and leave the mind unconvinced of them as certain retribution on national irreligion, as on individual transgres sion ?—The Churchman. A NORTHWESTER IN INDIA.—I never yet saw or read of an accurate description of an Indian northwester, though I have witnessed many. I have sat down and detailed the ap pearance of one accurately. The morning was extremely sul try, the thermometer in the shade standing at 105 degrees, and the sun exceedingly fierce, for not a cloud veiled his ma jestic presence till he arrived at his meridian altitude. A bank of sable vapour seemed, about 2 p.m., to lie brooding on the horizon in the north-west, which was observed to progress, very gradually, towards the opposite points of the compass. The adjutants, vultures, kites, and crows, which, during the previous hours of the day, had been, basking and solacing themselves on the sunny plains of " Chowringhee," took wing simultaneously, and in giddy circles tended their flight to the thick groves of palm which skirted the margin of Hoogh ly's busy flood. Strings of " paddy" birds, resembling a smart snow shower, with their chaste wings, whitened the air as they retired before the approaching hurricane. The feathered choristers in the shady trees were mute as to song, and an awful silence seemed to sit, unusually heavy, o'e r the sur rounding scenery. The husbandsaan was observed to aban don his labour, and the herds to seek the trees that dotted the sward of the plain. Not a leaf breathed a whisper : the animation of nature stood momentarily suspended. The sun had, at this time, assumed a lurid, blood-coloured appearance, and small eddies of decayed leaves were to be distinguished here and there, wantoning in the atmosphere, the infallible tell-tale of an approaching typhoon. The clouds, in one dense mass of- blackness, slowly advanced like a pall. The trees felt the threatening visitation of the approaching storm ; they suddenly became tremulous ; the passive waters of the Hoogly sympathised with their quivering agitation, the sand of the plain flew in cloudy columns before the frown of the heavens, and a murky gloom, amounting almost to darkness, momen tarily prevailed. The loftiest and sturdiest trees now con vulsively bowed down their proud heads before the irresisti ble blast of the hurricane ; the perturbed waters of the Hooghly leaped widely out of their accustomed channel ; small boats were hurled like stones from a sling, and dashed upon the shore ; large ships heaved and laboured upon the restless lap of the emmaddened stream, and many, bounding from their anchorage, were In a minute lifted upon the land. The blue sulphureous lightning now insinuated itself in spiral forms, and fluttered along the plain, scorching the green sward that it played over. The stunning thunder of the heavens opened its re-echoing artillery, flinging its meteoric bolts, like dazz ling globes of fire, in various directions. The sluices of the skies were opened ; hail-stones descended like grapeshot upon the plain, and levelled both man and beast that were exposed to its violence ; whilst the birds of the air, beaten down upon the earth, were unable to rise, This seeming vision of judg ment shortly passed over our heads. The sun again smiled with welcome beams ; the birds, in the then shaded retreats, renewed their song ; the cattle were to be witnessed grazing on the plain ; the ships, that had survived the fury of the gale, lay motionless on the river; the paddle was again seen propelling the boat upon its gentle surface ; the leaves of the trees were wrapt in sleep, and a new life seemed to have been born upon the earth ; night brought on the sweetness of re pose, and soothed the world in soft slumber. Such are the effects of a north-wester in India.—Correspondent of the Morning Herald. THE FISH MARKET OF PETERSBURG.—A few places still remain to be mentioned. Of these, none better deserve at tention than the fish-barges, or floating houses, near the Isaac bridge, in which the finny tribes are preserved alive in great numbers. The bottom of each huge ark is occupied by square wells, each devoted to a distinct kind of fish. Here may be seen cheap carp swimming next door to the costly sterlet, and a few feet away from these, eels and flounders may be seen sporting with great activity, in the perilous vici nity of a voracious, large-mouthed gentleman from the Bal tic, who would give something that the plank between him and his dear friends could be remdved. But what strong snouted fellow is this, who next claims our notice? It is a huge sturgeon (sturio huso), swimming at large in the river, with a thick rope through his upper jaw, by which this " tri ton among the minnows" is kept as safe as a seventy-four struggling within the Plymouth breakwater. The thick knot above the horny gristle keeps him so securely, that you may haul him home, and examine him at leisure. Here he comes, splashing about as formidable as a young shark, though not so large as the sturgeons on the American coast, which the Yankees accuse of swamping their boats ; nor even like those of the Danube, where they are sometimes found weighing 1500 lbs. Those of Lake Baikal, where they are very nume rous, are of much more moderate dimensions, seldom ex ceeding 200 lbs. weight. ,The rope next to this one moors a smaller captive, perhaps of a different species. Poor fellows! they must lead a sad life of it, notwithstanding this seeming liberty of theirs ; for every hard-hearted kitchen wench, or more scientific, but equally cruel maitre d'hOtel, who wants a good fish to complete a dinner, has the right to tug them about at pleasure, till some one, captivated by their charms, compassionately ends their amphibious existence. For a steed, not much larger than a good salmon, a nobleman, or even a merchant, when he i s g i v i ng a f east at hi s daughter's marriage, has been known to pay as much as twelve hundred roubles (£5O) : three and four hundred roubles are not un common prices. On tasting this delicacy, we by no means found it so exquisite as to justify this enormous price. It is a white fish, with a taste something between salmon and tur bot, but not so good as either. It is generally served up whole, dressed with mushrooms and olives. The value would appear to be enhanced in some way or other not explained to us ;—probably by the expense of transporting them alive ; for they are sold very cheap at the places where they are caught. They are very abundant in•the Volga. The Sea of Azoff also teems with them ; and even in the Black Sea they are so abundant, that at Odessa they may be had for a shilling a piece. Some years they would appear to be dearer than others in the capital ; for of the two which we saw alive in a tank in the Neva, the larger, about the size of a salmon in its first year, was offered for 175 roubles (X 7), and the smaller, like a sea-trout, for 75 roubles (£3). This was called uncommonly cheap ; but seven pounds sterling for eight or nine pounds of fish, was no bad price.—Bremner's Excursions in Russia. PROPAGATION OF PLAUGE.—Let us next see what Dr. Gregson says about the causes which produce the:plague, and favour its propagation. He " believes it to Ungulate from miasmatic influence." He instances many facts, where me dical men, hospital servants, nurses, attendants, &c., have been in constant communication and close contact with plague patients, and yet have escaped the disease. And then we come to the question of contagion ; and here Dr. Greg son states, " I am not aware of having seen one case con tagious, but on investigation have found many so reported to be false." He believes that " communication by actual con tact will not produce the plague ;" and adds, that " during the plague those who had to do with it f eare d it (th e contact) the , least, and the quarantine more." He mentions that " cases have occasionally occurred in the navy," and con cludes by saying, " had it been contagious, it would have spread." These views are confirmed by the experience of Mr. Abbot, who is of opinion that " the plague is propagated by infection," which he explains by " miasma in the air, or by miasma from a diseased person. He also states, that he " never saw the disease propagated by contagion ;" and he " believes that communication by actual contact will not produce the disease." And, lastly, he mentions a remark able circumstance of the appearance of the plague on board the Aboukir, after she had been in quarantine six weeks, during which period no plague had shown itself in the ship. In this instance it was impossible to trace the disease to contagion; for it appears that the individual first attacked was a prisoner of war from Nablous, and it would he absurd to assert that the disease had been latent in him during a period of six weeks. Dr. Pruner differs slightly, though not materially, from Dr. Gregson and Mr. Abbot. His evidence is remarkable. He " believes that the plague is propagated . by contagion and infection ;" and then immediately relates two instances of plague, in which the parties were visited, attended, and in contact with very many persons, and yet, in spite of no precautions having been observed, not one was attacked with the disease. As Dr. Pruner's answer was not so satisfactory as I could have wished, I put another question to him—" Have you ever seen the disease propagated by contagion." Now Dr. Pruner had stated that "he saw 140 cases of plague," and yet in this large number he was not (though impressed with the belief of contagion) able to de tect a single case of a patient having received the disease in this manner. Dr. Laidlip,w says " that if the plague 'is pro ' pagable by contagion (aria this I by no means deny in Coto) yet it has been greatly exaggerated, and that so far from its following as a general rule that persons exposed to the con tact of the infected are always or generally attacked, it ought rather to be considered as the exception." In all this Dr. Pruner seems to agree with Dr. Laidlaw. Dr.' Pruner be lieves that communication by actual contact, " does not always" produce the disease. " Very seldom," he says, " if the contact is slight, and if there is no epidemical dispo sition for the plague.' Finally, Dr. Pruner has, " very fre quently" seen cases of plague which could not be traced to communication with infected persons." In addition to these facts I may mention that Clot Bey, who has seen more of the plague probably than any medical man living, is deci dedly opposed to and ridicules the doctrine of contagion. The only physician of any reputation in the east who at pre gent advocates this doctrine is Bulard ; but as the opinions of this great gentleman appear to have been formed in a very equivocal manner, I shall merely call your attention to an article published on the 10th of November, 1838, in the Journal des Debate, leaving you to judge whether he be truly and conscientiously a supporter of the notion that the plague is capable of being propagated by contagion.—The most im portant, point, as I have already observed, connected with the quarantine laws, is the acquisition of some positive knowledge respecting the period which elapses between the exposure to the miasma of plague and the developament of the disease technically termed the " last stage ;" and upon this know ledge all sanatory regulations ought to be founded. Dr. Gregson is of opinion, that the period in question is included " between the fifth and seventh days." Mr. Abbot tells us, " I cannot positively say, but I should think about 15 days." Dr. Pruner places the extreme limit at five days." And Dr. Iken, who saw a great deal of the plague at Alexandria, mentioned to me that he considered the latent stage to be three days. These opinions on the subject are a little at variance. Mr. Abbot, who makes the duration of the period longest, acknowledges that " he cannot speak pOsitively on the subject." Of the rest, who' all have more confidence in their opinions 'that I\lr. Abbot,,,Drs. Greg Son and Prdrier agree almost entirely, and there is a difference of: only two% days_betweenthe period fixed by them and th4t.fixedhy, Dr: Llken.--Atolroyet on the Quarantine Laws. .td. alooCT.—..(ls. A village without a blacksmith's shop should be very mo. ral and innocent, for in it there can be neither vice nor for. gery.—Hook. Some of our English miners carried out greyhounds to hunt the hares in Mexico. The air on that elevated platform 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, is so rare that the mer cury stands at 19 inches generally, and the dogs were soon exhausted with xunning in such an atmosphere ; but their whelps are not at all incommoded by it, and hunt as easily as the dogs of the country.—Brougham's Dissertations. THE NEW VACCINE VIRUS. The last number of the London Medical Gazette contains a third letter from Mr. Estlin, continuing the account of the recent supply of cow pox matter from its original source to the present time. It appears that the virus is extensively used in England, and has been sent to the continent and to America. lts activity is described as being undiminished by its passage through about 20 human subjects. Mr. Estlin has sent some of it to the National Vaccine Establishment, in London, to facili tate its being transmitted to those medical practitioners who may wish to use it, as the government grants the privilege to that institution of receiving letters of application, and of for warding vaccine matter to every part of the kingdom free of postage. MORAL COURAGE. — What is moral courage but the con scientiousness of fear ? Here -it is that the struggle and the triumph of humanity are to be found. Natural courage faces danger, and perhaps carries itself triumphantly through it—perhaps not. But moral courage faces fear ; and, in the very act of facing it, puts it down : and this is the kind of courage in which we would have men trust ; for, if fear be vanquished, what becomes of danger? It dwindles into the very shadow of a shade. it is a historical fact, that nothing but-the intense consciousness of his own natural cowardice made the Duke of Marlborough the irresistible hero that he was. This morally brave man was always greatly agitated upon going into action, and used to say, " This little body trembles at what this great soul is about to perform."—Black wood's Magazine. A WOMAN WANTS ONE THING ONLY, A MAN Two. — Oh, pitiable condition of human kind ! One colour is born to slavery abroad, and another sex is born to slavery at home! A woman, to secure her comfort and well-being in this country, stands in need of one thing only, which is a good husband : but a man has to provide himself with two things, a good wife and a good razor ; and it i s more diffi cu lt to fi n d the latter than the former. The doctor made these remarks one day, when his chin was smarting after an uncomfortable operation ; and Mrs. Dove retorted by saying, that women had still the less favourable lot, for, scarce as good razors might be, good husbands were still scarcer.—Ay, says the doctor, Deborah is right. and it is even so ; for the goodness of wife, husband, and razor, depends upon their temper ; and taking in all circumstances and causes, natural and ad ventitious, we might reasonably' conclude that steel would more often be tempered precisely to the just degree, than that the elements of which humanity is composed should be all nicely proportioned and amalgamated happily. The Doctor. IMPROVEMENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.--The changes which the art of the florist induces, in producing double and variegated flowers, are not to be compared with the effects of cultivation on those fruits and esculent vegeta bles which have been for ages under the care, and as it were the peculiar property of man. In a wild state, indeed, they are hardly to be found at all ; or if found, hardly recognisable. From an insignificant and acid fruit, or rather a mere berry (for the fruit of the wild crab is nothing more,) have been produced, it is supposed, all our large and delicious , varieties of apples; the colewort, a plant Whose scanty leaves weigh not more than half an ounce, is said to be the original of the cabbage ; the potato was but a small bitter root, growing wild in the regions of Chili. What encouragement do not these facts afford to the cultivator who seeks to reclaim other vegetables to the use and dominion of man ? and if he is, as he has been said to be, a benefactor to his race, who makes two blades of grass grow in the place of one, is not he one also, who gives them a new fruit, or teaches them the use of a new plant ? A MODERN LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHIC SOCIETY. — Davy next became a member of the ' ( Literary and Scien tific Universal Philanthropic Association." Oh ! how he revelled in that paradise ; what brilliant essays he read ; what philosophic lectures he delivered ; what wonderful theories he expounded ! It was in his moral and metaphysical essays that he shone forth ; and great were the discussions which followed them, and varied indeed the talents and ideas of the speakers. Mr. Nipkin would tell the members that, in cer tain circumstances, a man " sees himself lost in darkness; Mr. Thompson would say that the soul was a certain some thing which only existed in thought, that thought was the offspring of the mind, and that the mind derived being and strength from the soul ; after this, Mr. Wilks would clearly demonstrate that thought was the action of the mind, which consisted of an infinite' number of infinitesimal particles, which being themselves a coinage of the imagination, were set in motion by sensations received from without, and thus thought was produced (cheers) ! then Davy would wind ,up the matter making all clear'and snug, by declaring that he believed the mind to be a material mass formed of immaterial and impalpable parts, which received impressions from with out, and then by intermixing them, in a manner which,could not be explained, imagination and everything else were pro duced. Having heard these beautiful and explicit explana tions—lucid and easily to be comprehended—the audience de parted fully satisfied that they knew all about the mind and its mysterious workings.—From the • Memoirs of Davy Dreamy, edited by Flit. HEREDITARY INETINCTS.-111 Dialogue IV. some remarks are made upon hereditary instincts. Mr. Rouillon has re lated an instance of such instinct in the hunting dogs of Mex ico. Were they to attack the deer in front, whose weight ex ceeds their own sixfold, they would be destroyed, and have their backs broke, as happens to other dogs ignorant of the manoeuvre ; which consists in attacking from behind, or la terally, and seizing the very moment when the deer, in run ning, rests upon two legs. The dog then takes hold of him by the belly, and throws him over. The dog of pure breed inherits this stratagem, and never attacks otherwise. Should the deer come upon him unawares (from not seeing him,) he steps aside, and makes his attack at the proper time in the animal's - flank : other dogs, however superior in sagacity and strength, make the attack in front, and have their necks broken by the deer. So, too, some of our English miners carried out greyhounds to hunt the hares in Mexico. The air on that elevated platform, 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, is so rare that the.mercury stands at 19 inches generally, and the dogs were soon exhausted with running in such an atmosphere; but their whelps are not at all incommoded by it, and hunt as easily as the dogs of the country.—Brimgham's Dissertations. A HUNTER IN THE PRAIRIE.---" Welt!" said Cheney, after he had cooked the trout to a turn, and placed a plump, red, juicy fellow, upon a clean cedar chip before each of us, with an accompaniment of roast potatoes and capital wheaten bread ; " now isn't this better than taking your dinner shut up in a close room ?" " Certainly, John," said I. " A man ought never to go into a house except he is ill, and wishes to use it for an hospital." " Well, now, I don't know whether you are in airnest in saying that, but that's jist my way of thinking. Twice I have given up hunting, and taken to a farm ; but I always get sick after living long in housen. I don't sleep well in them ; and sometimes when I go to see my friends, not wishing to seem particular-like, I jist let them go quietly to bed, and then slip out of a window with my blanket, and get a good nap under a tree in the open air. A man wants nothing but . a tree above him to keep off the dew, and make him feel kind of homelike, and then he can enjoy a real sleep." " But are you never disturbed by any wild ani inal when sleeping thus without fire or a camp ?" one of us asked. " Well, 1 remember once being awakened by a cretur. The dumb thing was standing right over me, looking into my face. It was so dark, that neither of us, I suppose, could see what the other was : but he was more frightened than I was'; for when I raised myself a little, he ran off so fast that I couldn't make out what he was; and seeing it was so dark, that to follow him would be of no account, -I laid down again and slept till morning, without his disturbing me again. " Sup pose it had been a bear ?" " Well, a bear isn't exactly the varmint to buckle with so off-hand ; though lying on your back is about as good a way'as any to receive him, if your knife be long and sharp ; but afore now I've treed a bear at nightfall, and sitting by the root of a tree until he should come down, have fallen asleep, from being too tired to keep a good watch, and let the fellow escape before morning."—Hoffinan's Wild Scenes in the Forest and Prairie. ' ARCHIVES OF VENICE. CURIOUS INVENTION. No capital in the world contains, in a single locality, a mass of documents capable of comparing with that which is collected in the Archivio Generale of Venice. This establishment consists of two hundred and ninety-eight hallS, saloons, and, galleries, the walls of which are covered, from the top to the bottom, with book-shelves. If these shelves were placed one after the other, they would form a line . of 77,238. feet ; that is to say, nearly equivalent to the distance, from Paris to Versailles. These shelves contain 8,664,709 volumes and numbers. It has been calculated, that a thousand writers, working daily eight hours a day, would employ 734 years, or 22 generations, in copying these documents. It has been calculated that the number of leaves contained in these 8,664,709 volumes, _amount to 695,476,720, whi c h, if o p ene d, and placed one after the other, would form a band of 1,444,800,000 feet in length, by 16 inches. wide. Now the circumference of the earth near the equator being no more than 123,345,700 feet (French), by dividing the first sum with the latter will be 'given. the quotient 11,130 ; a cypher which indicates how often this band of literary workmanship might encircle the earth in its largest dimensions. By reducing these separate leaves into compact squares, and regarding them as materials adapted for building, a pyramid might be constructed out of them with a square base, each side of which would be GS feet, and its height 428. This pyramid would, therefore, be as high as that of Cheops, the highest monument of this class. It would be equal in volume to many of the pyramids of Egypt, and would surpass them all in height, with the above-stated exception. In fine, a calcu lation, easily made, beginning with the same datum, would show that the written surface of these .archives, taking the front and back of each page, would cover more than half of the department of the Seine. La Fraace Lqtiraire. POLITICAL EXCITEMENT AMONG THE LADIES.—At one period of her life, Lady Huntingdon appears to have been much occupied with political questions. Her sentiments were conformable with those of Sir Robert Walpole and his administration ; and she was much connected with the cour tiers of that day. A little incident which occurred at this period will serve to mark the natural ardour of her charac ter. There were some stormy debates in the House of Lords, in May, 1733, on the depredations of the Spaniards, in which Lord Huntingdon, Lord Hervey, and others of his intimate friends, took a leading part. Her ladyship express ed her intention of being present, though ladies were ex cluded. " At the last warm debate in the House of Lords," says Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, " it was unanimously resolved there should be no unnecessary auditors • conse quently the fair sex were excluded, and the gallery Clestined to the sole use of the House of Commons. Notwithstand ing which determination, a tribe of dames resolved to show, on this Occasion, that neither men nor laws could resist them. These heroines were Lady Huntingdon, the Duchess of Queensberry, the Duchess of Ancaster, Lady Westmore land, Lady Cobham, Lady Charlotte Edwin, Lady Archibald Hamilton and her daughter Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Pendarves, and Lady Francis Saunderson. I am thus particular in their names, since I looked upon them to be the boldest assertors and most resigned sufferers for liberty I ever read of. They presented themselves at the door at nine o'clock in the morning, when Sir William Saunderson respectfully inform ed them, that the Chancellor had made an order against their admittance. The Duchess of Queensberry, as head of the squadron, ' pished' at the ill-breeding of a mere lawyer, and desired Sir William to let them up stairs privately. After some modest refusals, he swore he would not admit them. Her grace, with a noble warmth, answered they would come in, in spite of the Chancellor and the whole house. This being reported, the peers resolved to starve them out ; an order was made that the doors should not be opened till they had raised their siege. These Amazons now showed themselves qualified for the duty even of foot sol diers ; they stood there till five in the afternoon, without sustenance, every now and then plying volleys of thumps, kicks, and raps, with so much violence against the door, that the speakers in the house were scarce heard. When the lords were not conquered by this, the two duchesses (very well apprised of the'use of stratagems in war) commanded a silence of half an hour; and the ; Chancellor, who thought this a certain proof of their absence (the COmmons also being very impatient to enter), gave orders for the opening of the door, upon which they all rushed in, pushed aside their com petitors and placed,thcinsel ve i ,i n the faint rows of the gal lery. They stayed tllere till after eleven, when the house rose ; and duringcthe,- r debs e t9 2. gave applause, and showed marks of ' disli4, Fl ipt ' opl3-A, v pgri and winks (which have always been allowed . ,iii ,tligsße :4 sc,f . „) . „l:)4,b,iliOik. : laiiglis and 'Apparel - 4,G 9721/ttlils siipplised , the i , .tits, reason why : poor Leig OFeV-W4Et TO 34iierelili, '"-- Itre alOgigSlAt pt the Comn esrVirznyiukri 4:: , ,4 ) .1 1, - :- .. . , , ' - - - - - • - '-- - . •- 31,7;!s made Last Packets Next Packets DESTINATION. up in Sailed. Due. London. Holland Tues. & Fri. • Mon. & Thurs. irlamburg• & Swed. Tues, & Fri. Tues. & Satur. Lisbon Iberia, Liverpool, Madeira }- Saturdays .. Spain & Gibraltar • Fa. 18. , Feb. 24. Malta and Greece.. 2nd Saturday Feb; 18. : - • Egypt and India .. 4th Saturday . Feb. 18. • • ' . Madeira lst Tuesday H.M.B.Qpossiim . . Seagul, Brazil & B.Ayres each month. Feb. 9. March 29. America lst Wednes. L.Melville,Feb* Magnet, Mar. 9 • f Jamai. L'ward , . . . .. of 1H.M.8. MuOnc, Pigeon, 1 Isl. & Hayti.. I st day each month. Feb. 3. - April 2. Laguirk : - ... . . Seagul, March 2g. Magnet, Mar. v. Pigeon, April 2. Peirel,• f , Niatch 'Aft; Mardi = • f Jamai. L'ward} 1 Isl. & Hayti Lagoira Mexico - imq Ha vana - 1- ~ •- i- 1 II Jamai: L'Ward- .1 lst.-&'.kayti - Cartliag , :3l4,=.:..- = 1 Ith. day af: , ;11.M.8. Reindeer each naonthr, Fob ~tg 15th . darcf tti:lki.Pllldtrra:, eYI-,t TriOrtth; _ J~~ iii"~',. Ittflatittts;. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, FEB. 22. Sugar. In the beginning of the week the market was dull, but since receipt of the letters per Jamaica mail, to 17th January, bring ing unfavourable reports of the working of the negroes there has been a very good inquiry, both from grocers and refiners, and 1500 hhds. B.P. have been sold, establishing an advance of fully Is per cwt. on last weeks' prices. 1100 bags Bengal, partially damaged, sold at full rates. The demand for Foreign Sugar continues very steady ; 110 cases Pernam, and 78 brls Bahia, offered by auction, sold at fully former rates; for the Pernams, the middling to good dry brown realized 21s to 22s 6d, soft middling white 245, up to 31s for very fine, and the brls. from 2.1-s-66 to 24s gd for good dry yellow. —The only transaction in Molasses consists of 120 puns middling Demerara at 28s 6d.-500 bags East India Ginger sold at 20s—Cof fee. The demand for Plantation has been chiefly confined to the ordinary and fine ordinary descriptions, which realized full prices, whilst for good middling sorts there was little disposition to pur chase; the sales comprise 170 casks Jamaica, and 20 casks, 80 bags Demerara. Nothing done in Foreign of any moment.—Nothing done in Cocoa, Pepper or Pimento.—ln Rice, a few tees. dressed Carolina have been taken at 40s, duty paid.—The importation of Rum having of late been considerable, and some of the holders anxious to sell, the market has in consequence declined 3d to 4d per gallon on the better descriptions of Demerara, and Id to 2d on com mon Leewards ; the quantity disposed of only amounts to 150 puns of good arid fine Demerara, 33 to 37 per cent O.P. at 5s to 5s 4d per gallon. _ _ _ - On Thursday last, 150 chests Bengal and 63b serons of Guatimala Indigo e offered, of which 50 chests and 150 serons found buyers, generally at 4d to 6d per lb under previous rates on the Bengal and low Cortes, whilst the good and fine of the latter kind brought within 2d per lb.—For Shell Lac there is a better inquiry, and 180 chests have sold at full prices. —Some black Cochineal sold at 6s lid to 7s, and 750 bags of Saltpetre at 28s to 28s 6d per cwt.; in other articles of East India Produce nothing reported. Dyewoods. About 100 tons of Campeachy Logwood have been disposed of at £l5 to .tl6, 100 of Jamaica at £52 lOs to £l2 15s, and Honduras at £l2 lOs; the other sales have been to a small ex tent, without change.—The Turpentine market is extremely dull, and at a sale to-day of 500 brls the whole was withdrawn, in con sequence of no offer having been made, except at a price_ much below present quotations.—Nothing new in Ameaican Tar.—At a public sale to-day of Montreal Pot Ashes, 24s 6d being the highest actual bid, they were withdrawn, but a few have been sold at 26s 6d ; Monteral Pearl Ashes steady at previous rates.—Quercitron Bark continues neglected.—A parcel of New York sowing Flaxseed was offered at auction, but for want of bidders it was withdrawn, and is held at 85s per hhd.—A few packages of Bees' Wax sold at .e 9 5s per cwt.—Hides. The only transaction to report is 700 dry salted Aricati, at 54d per lb.—Tobacco. The sales of the week have been 120 hdds. viz. 10 hhds for Ireland, 30 hhds for re-sale, and the re mainder were taken by the home-trade, at full prices. There has been more appearance of improvement in the Brim stone market than for some time past, with fewer sellers ; a small advance' has consequently been obtained on the previous rates, but the sales have been limited.—Sumac, Argols, Cream of Tartar, Madders and Madder Roots remain without alteration.—The de mand for Olive Oil has been steady, with small sales at the - previous rates.—The only business in Fish Oils this week is a sale of 30 tuns Cod, at ..e29 lOs per tim from the quay ; Seal Oil is in very limited request.—Linseed Oil is inquired for, and some further transactions have taken place, at 2gs to 29s 3d per cwt., principally fcr export; Rape Oil continues dull of sale.—Small sales of Palm Oil are effected at about our quotation, but the demand is very trifling, as the Soap-trade is dull.—Oil of Turpentine continues in very limited request.—Holders of Hemp evince more firmness, and it is expected a considerable quantity will be required for export, a shipment of 97 tons having already been made to New York, where the price rules high : about 500 bales Jute have again been disposed of at ell per ton.—Flax is little inquired for.—The transactions in Tallow have been on the most limited scale, at the prices quoted, but some shipments of this article are now making to New York, and should any extensive quantity be required for that market, it may mate terially alter the features of this. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 22. The market has presented the same inanimate appearance as for several weeks past, the demand having been confined to the limited wants of the trade, the present state of which holds out no en couragement for purchasing beyond what is required for immediate consumption. The firmness, however, of the principal holders and importers of American keeps prices, under the circumstances, re markably steady ; though in partial instances, business may have been done in low qualities at a decline of id per lb, and it would be difficult to effect sales of any considerable quantity without sub mitting to a reduction. Brazil, Egyptian and Surat are rather lower. 1000 bags only of American have been taken on speculation; and 540 bags of Pernambuco, damaged by salt water, have been sold by auction, which, though not included in the sales, are ded uc t e d f rom the sto ck. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON From the 15th inst. to this day, inclusive. SALES OF THE WEEK Sea Island.. Stained Current Prices. l' 21id@ 31d 8 13 Bowed Georgia j Mobile 1 Alabama and Tennessee 6i 7# New Orleans f Pernambuco & Paraiba 9/ 10/ 1 Aricati and Ceara I 94 9i Bahia and Maceio -1 f Maranham 1 Sawginned Minas — Para Demerara, Surinam, &c 9l —12 a Egyptian Barbados 60 400 40 170 I Peruvian Bahama Laguayra 8 - Common West India, &c.. j Carthagena Si 6 Smyrna evil Manilla Surat .. Madras Bengal 14060 bales 14274 :his year LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, FEU. 25. There have been symptoms evinced, during the past week, of a better feeling in the Butter trade; and a pretty general opinion appears to be entertained that prices have seen their lowest.—There is but a limited inquiry for Pickled Butter.—Beef and Pork are in I.lisk request at very full rates.—Bacon goes off steadily.—Lard is lower. Belfast Butter o4s ( gjs per cwt. Carlow, Kilkenny, tirc. . 9O 94 Newry, Banbridge, &c. . . . 80 92 Cork . 85 86 Beef lO5 120 per tierce. Pork . 7B 84 per barrel. Bacon 4B 50 per cart. Dried Hams 6O 65 Lard, firkins 56 0 - bladdered • 60 64 ii , bipping InttUtetut. FRIDAY, FEB. 22.—Wind S.W , ARRIVED—St. James; HOwe, from New Orleans—Neva, Bunker, from Mobile ; sailed 17th Jan. OFF THE Pour—Henry, Pierce, from New Orleans—Colossus, Wylie, from Mobile; sailed 20th Jan.—Alexander Edmonds, —, from Savannah. Esk,: Bell, hence to Rio Janeiro was spoken 14th instant, in lat. 47, long. 11 Rebecca, Matthews, from Tampico at Laguna, for this port Mariner, M.Geachie, hence at Honduras • John Souchay, Williams, hence at Genoa Acorn, Wood, sailed from Marseilles for this port, 14th instant Marnhull, Wocdyer, cleared at Gibraltar for this port, Bth instant Adventure, Lestrie, Lence at Cadic Industrie, Zellein, hcbce at Ostend Nile, Gardner, from NVot chridge for this port, at Dartmouth, leaky, and cargoshilted fer this port SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23.—Wind N.W. fresh ARRIVED.—FaIcon, M'Beath, from China—Henry, Pierce; Mo. zart, Welch, and Mars, Roper, from New Orleans—Virginia, Hussy, from Mobile—Grace, Reid, from Virginia and Baltimore, (Ireland) — and Amizade, Roch, from Lisbon. St. Clair, Putnam, from New York, at this port; sailed 2nd Feb. On the 20th Feb. off Cape Clear, spoke the Siddons, hence for New York; wind N.E. Same day, passed a vessel of about 300 tons, with a yellow streak, dismasted and water logged . Thomas Fielden, Smith, hence for Valparaiso, was spoken 16th Feb. in lat. 43, long. S Andes, Taylor, from Bahia, at Hamburg Diana, Waters, hence for Gibraltar, at Kingstown SUNDAY, . FEBRUARY 24.—Wind N.W. moderate ARRI v}.; D Richards, fm Mobile—Monongahela, Miercken .from Philadelphia—Caroline, Jones, from St. Michael—Mischief, Jones, from Lisbon—George IV, Leggett, from Chrreute—Magde lina, Dorothea, Ernfeld, from Revel—WassilyWelliky, Nemarth, from St. Petersbureh—and Hugo, Bendea, from Stettin; has been on shore on Burbo Bank, but got off, leaky SAxLEI3.—Wm. Goddard, Potter, for Mobile. A vessel is on shore at the island of North Eniskea Cletnentina, Brand, hence at Naples Due de Braganza,. Cohtente, hence for Lisbon, at Kingstown John Morton, Cunningham, hence for China, was spoken 16th January, in lat, 5 N, long. 25 W Queen Victoria, , for Mobile, has put. back with loss of mainyard WEsTrowr, Feb. 21.—The John & Marian, Christal, from Liver pool for'Ballina, is at anchor in a very dangerous position, close to the rocks, near the entrance of 13roadhaven : crew landed safe MONDAY, FEURVARY 25 ARRIVED.—RipIey, Stewart,' from Calcutta; sailed 17th Sept.— Regular, Bond, for Berbice—Caravan, Nicholls, from New Orleans —Mauney, Downes, from Lisbon—Carron, Potter, from Marseilles —Jane filet, Kiel, from Wyberg—Alexander Adams, Davis, for Lisbon—Fenslla, Wakeham, for Malaga—Denmark, Lovett, from New Orleans—Stephen Wright, Wright, from Bourdeaux—Nancy, Lattrie, , from Han.leur—Time,, Ellis, from Marseilles—Beiram, Woolner, from Constantinople—Moderazione, Bartuluzzo, from Genoa—Louisa, Hodge, from Salonica & Gibraltar—Lucas Wickas, De Jonge, from Amsterdam—and Caesar, Augusta, Henan, from Genoa. The Roscoe, for New York, will be detained till Tuesday, (this day,) in consequence of the tide being too early to admit of her clearing in time to go to sea on Monday. The letter bag will leave the office of the consignees at 9 o'clock on Tuesday morning. Mary Dobson, hence at Berbice Daphne, ' , from St. Domingo, at Carle Ripley, Stewart, from Calcutta, at this port ; sailed 17th Sept. and from St. Helena 30th Dec. On 17th Dec. in lat. 26 S, long. 13 E, spoke the Emma, from Trincomalee for Liverpool. On 23rd Feb. off Youghall, passed a vessel water logged, (reported on Saturday) with Ann or Anne on her sterne painted in large yellow letters Caravan, Nichols, from New Orleans, at this port; sailed from the bar 24th Jan. On 2nd Feb. spoke the Jane Ross, from New Orleans for Liverpool • BCITELM, Easter, from Smyrna, at this port; sailed 30th Dec. On Ist Feb. off Cape de Gatt, spoke the Reward, from Leghorn for Liverpool. On the 9th, off Cape 'St. Vincent, spoke the Victoria, from Leghorn for Drogheda Fenella, Wakeham, from Malaga, at this port. On 3rd Feb. in lat. 33, long. 12, spoke the Warrior, for Liverpool, and James, Davey, from Tarragona for London Louisa. Hedge, -, from Salon and , Gibraltar, at this port. On 31st Jan. in lat. 36 31, long. 9 20 W, spoke the Columbia, hence for Beirout. On Igth, in lat. 48, long. 8, spoke the Racer, hence for St. Michael's. On 21st, spoke the Superior, hence for St. Mi chael's. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, FEBRUARY 25 Wind at Holyhead N.N.W. blowing fresh. Off Holyhead, inward bound, at 2 p.m. No. 1874, Lancashire, A.S. from Savannah. In the New Channel, inward bound, at 5 a.m. No. 1895, Denmark A.S. from Boston. - - _ - - - VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Sultan, G J Barrow, Reliance, J B Berger; Blucher, W Brown, 92 Barbadoes, J Poole &Co 223 Demerara, J Winder & Co 224 Kingston and Montego Bay, W Fisher and Son Robert, R Hamilton, 119 St. Lucia and Santa Martha, J Poole & Co Anaxibia, J Trevethen, 140 St. Lucia and City of St. Domingo, lmrie & Tomlinson SOUTH AMERICA. Jarrow, S Walker, 256 Laguira and Puerto Cabello, W Bose &Co Lancashire Witch, H Grayson, 195 Monte Video, Cotesworth & Co Eliza Johnstone, A Petrie, 216 Pernambuco, Imrie & Tomlinson Ranger, Brown, • 304 Rio Janeiro, W& J Tyrer UNITED STATES. Liverpool, Davenport, 642 New Orleans; Focke & Boult Adam Lodge, A Main, 567 New Orleans, Lodge & Co XDon, J Putnam, 489 New York, Fitzhugh & Co Sheffield, F P Allen, 650 New York, W& J Brown &Co Nicholas Biddle, C A Hiern, 767 New York, J Maury & Sons Frances de Pau, C Forbes, 605 New York, Hughes, Cowie &Co Isaac Newton, L D Spalding, 600 Philadelphia, Kirby, Scott &Co Alleghany, A Michaels, 506 Philadelphia, W & J Brown & Co J3RITISH AMERICA. Hannah Kerr, H Bacon, 506 St. John, N.B. J & G Lockwood Westmoreland, A Smith, 279 St. John, N.B. Cannon & Co EUROPE. BeeeleslB4 Athens and Odessa, Bahr &Co Gretry. G L Manthorpe, J Darn, 139 Antwerp, ' J Johnstone Atlas, M C Schmidt, 171 Antwerp, J Johnstone Lady Douisa, E Henley, 155 Barcelona, Cette and Pernambuco, H Smith R.; Co Courier de Bresil No. 3, .3 Davansant, 150 Bourdeaux, G A Lilly & Co San Juan Baptista, N de Arana, 100 Bilboa, W T 1 Wood Fairy Queen, E Hart, 83 Hambro', Bahr, Behrend &Co Gecrdina, G E Boer, 110 Hambro', Bahr, Behrend &Co Marianna, G B tie Bernardis,. Kertch, Black Sea, T & W Earle & Co Novo Bom Fim, J Francisco, 103 Lisbon, W H Wood General Carnbt, , FPinettu, - 120 Marseilles, Bahr, Behrend &Co Roseland, S Purse, . 90 Marseilles, , W N Moore Penelope, F Caficro, 160 Naples, Haskayne, Chapple & Co Comet, E Bell, 46 St. Michael's, W Dart T Barnes, 13:1 Smyrna, G Yates, Louthean & Co : A S „, r. 115 • CANTON. Falcon, (371) S M`Beath from Canton, 3150 cheits 794 hf chests tea, Baring Brothers and co-1 case silk piece goods, E Ehnslie-4 loxes contents unknown, R and H Henderson-21 casks 3 cases do, J Adams-3'packages do, the master—W D SOUTH _AMERICA. Royal Admiral, (414) T Grieves, from-Fern, 179 bales wool, Gibbs, Bright and co-144:i do, Lovegrove and Leather-299 do. order— 'll36 do, 655 bags copper ere; A Gibbs and Sons-4824 bags saltpetre, order.—From Chili, about 6 tons Brazil wood, W J Myers and co— '34 do, -A Gibbs and Sons-1 jar pisco, A H Kinderman-34 bales sarsaparilla, 18 cases.l parcel contents unknown, F Huth and co -14 cases contents unknown, 1 pocket samples, Gemmell and co— 1, D ,Nlaypo, (173) G Seymour, from Valparaiso, about 85 tons and 74 bags copper bre, 13 bars copper, 328 bales wool, 20 lining hides, Todd Naylor and co-3666 hides, Ward Brothers-3 bales sarsapa rilla, Huth. Greening and co-1 bale wool, W J Myers and co-3 trunks contents unknown, J M'Lean and co-10 sacks seed, J L Lenurie and co-103 sacksl2l bags do, tt bales wool, Gibbs, Bright and co—about 13 tons nicaragna wood, 4 casks contents unknown, order—P D UNITED STATES. Columbus, (664) T B Cropper, from New York, 290 bales cotton Waddington, Holt and co--50 do, Wainwright and co-48 do, J Crook-223 do, 230 bales flaxseed, J Maury and Sons-200 do, Molyneux and co-162 do, It L Dawson and co-200 brls turpentine, Platt, Son and co -557 do, P B Buchanan and co-500 brls flour, order-750 do, Mitchell, Tooker and co-1 box contents unknown, Purton, Parker and co-4 packages do, C Humberston and co-1 case 2 boxes ao, W and J Brown and co-2 cases do, Vianna and Jones-10u0 horns, order-1 brl apples, Inirle and Tomlinson-2 boxes wine, 1) B Stacey—P D Bengal, (390) J Teuton, from Mobile, 131 bales cotton, H Mure and co-442 do, W and J Brown and co-362 do, A Pope-15 do, Humphreys and Biddle-20 do, F Dc Lizard! and co-1 do, W Fair clough-250 do, order Neva, (300) D M Bunker, from Mobile, 595 bales cotton, Moly nefix , Witherby and co-360 do, Purton, Parker and co—P 1) Medora, (299) W Harrison, from Charleston, 816 bales cotton, order—about 20,000 bricks, for exportation—Q D St. James, (455) D Howe, from New Orleans, 491 balas cotton, S Barber-346 do, Humphreys and Biddle-350 do, Todd, Jackson and co-100 do, A Dennistoun and co-19 do, Collmann and Stolterfoht —25 do, J Turner-175 do, order—W D Echo, (691) J Mallett, from New Orleans, 1163 bales cotton, A Dennistoun and co-6 do, Molyneux, Witherby and co-324 do, Todd, Jackson and co-30 do, Hollinshead, Tetley and co-186 do, E Heath and co-20 do, R Harrison and co-677 do, order—P D St. Clair, (400) A Putnam, from New York, 436 bales cotton, Coll mann and Stolterfoht—:ss do, Wildes, Pickersgill and co-168 do, J Maury and Sons-300 tees flaxseed, J Hoiford & Co-200 do, 624 brls turpentine, Collmann and *Stolterfoht-250 brls flour, Mitchell, Tooker and c 0—1833 bags wheat, Bolton, Ogden and co—W ' Republic, (676) B B Williams, from New York, 625 bales cotton, J Maury and Sons-35 do, J T Crook-5000 brls flour, order—P D Alexander Edmond, (716) J Strang, from Savannah, 500 bales cot ton, J llolford and co--13 do, Todd, Jackson and co-215(10, Moly neux, Witherby and co-591 do, 1 box wine, order-703 bags do, Roskell, Ogden and co-10,000 cane reeds, the master—B D Powhattan, (520) R M'Cerran, from Natchez, 1470 bales cotton, Todd, Jackson and co-28 do, W and J Brown and co -407 do, Wildes, Pickersgill and co—W Henry, (395) -- B Pierce, from NeW Orleans, 1440 bales cotton, C Tayleur, Son and co—P D Byron,, (316) Ii II Pearson, from New Orleans, 19 bales cotton, W Moseley-216 do, J Turner-104 do, Steins'and Rowley-200 do, H Mure and co-24 do, Todd, Jackson and co-167 do, order-72 do, Roskell, Ogden and co-415 dn, J Holford and co-49 bales ropes, J Turner-1 rocking chair, order—P D _ _ Mars, (317) P Roper, from New Orleans, 500 bales cotton, W Smith and Son—l2o do, Reid, Irving and Son-127 do, W Barber -13 do, order-228 do, 51 tons 100 wood, J Holford and co—G DJ Mozart, (507) A Welsh, from New Orleans, 1937 bales cottjn, C Tayleur, Son and co—W D Colossus, (375) .1 Wyle, from Mobile, 1200 bales cotton, Roskell, Ogden and co—Pl) _ _ _ - Virginia, (380) A S Hussey, from Mobile, 1200 bales cotton, Ros. kell, Ogden and co Argyle, (260) F Codman, from Baltimore, 1424 bils 70 hf brls flour, Bolton and co-762 'bits hf brls do, J Gordon--100 hf brls do, W and J Brown and co—V D EUROPE. Trinity Yacht, (78) .1 Johnstone, from Lisbon, 37 chests 115 hf chests oranges, J Collier-14 chests 193 hf chests do, order-1 hf chest do, the master-123 chests 95 hf chests do, 24 chests onions, J Adam—P D Mantura, (71) S Weeks, from Bourdeaux, about 450 qrs wheat, 50 qrs Indian corn, Zwilchenbart and co—Cg John & William, (77) H Howard, from Lucon, about 510 qrs wheat, W Hamber and Sons—S D Aniizade, (106) J M da Rocha, from Lisbon, about 350 qrs wheat, Duarte Brothers-380 do, order—S D TIDE TABLE. Days. Dire. Eva. I Height. H. M. 11. M. F. I. Tuesday 26 10 19 10 29 14 7 Jupiter sets 8h 17m morn. Wednes. 27 10 59 11 16 15 8 Length of day 10h 36m. Thursday2B 11 33 11 50 16 8 Length of night 13h 20m. Friday 1 - 0 6 17 5 St. David. Saturday 2 020 036 17 5 Chad. Sunday 3 050 1 4 'l7 3 Id Sunday in Lent. Monday 4 119 131 16 9 Moon in Apogee Ilh moro. LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. .. From Direct. Indirect.l From Direct. Indirect. Calcutta . I Bombay ~ , Jan . `f Maranham Dec .. .29 China I Mauritius . St. Helena I ' Rio Janeiro Bahia 1.. PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH S' GENERAL POST -OFFICE, Feb. 22, ;TATION, 1889. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 23. The imports of-either British or Foreign Grain 'have this week been light.—Tlie millers of the interior have again been free buyers of Wheat on our market, and, although cur,prices have not yet fol lowed the tendency towards advance which has appeared in London and some of the leading country markets, there is increased firmness in the trade generally.—During the week a few parcels of Oats have found buyers on country account, and those now on the mar ket are held more firmly : 3s 10d is demanded for fine Wicklow, Is 8d and 3s gel per 451bs for fair middling qualitieS of Irish.—There is an inquiry for Oatmeal at 32s 6d per 2-bibs.—No change in the value of Flour.—Barley has sold on rather better terms.—Beans and Peas as last noted. • LIVERPOOL PR] (Quotations duty paid, except CES CURRENT. when mentioned in bond.) ASHES Montreal, Pot 26 0 26 6 Pearl, new 35 0 U. States, Pot none. Pearl none. BARK, Quercit. 28 0— 30 0 Oak, 4) tan 6 0 7 10 German 4 10 5 5 BRIMSTONE, 16 , ton Sicily, &C 9 5 IMADDER, qp , cwt. S. CI. S. d. Dutch, crop 6O 0 —6B. 0 Ombro 44 0 --56 Gamene 3O 0 —42 Mull 10 0 —25 0 French, S.F. 42 0 —46 0 S.F.F 50 0 —54 0 E.S.F 56 0 —6O 9 E.5.F.F.62 0 —6B 0 Spanish 10 0 —32 0 MOLASSES, 10 , eta Trinidad, &c 28 0 —3O 0 Demerara, &c 28 6 —3O 0 Bar & Antigua.. 31 0 —32 6 MUNJEET, V' cwt 18 0 —2O 0 OIL, Olive, v. 252 galls. Tuscariy 9 10 9 15 CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. s. d. 914. cwt. in bond 56 0 60 0 CLOVER -SEED, 7. CO. American, red.'. 75 0 —95 0 Dutch ll French & Germ. 95 0-96 0 COCOA,. e cwt. _ - Gallipoli 1.55 0 —55 10 Trieste 5l 0 —52 0 Sicily 53 0 —54 0 Malaga none Portugal, &c Levant 50 0 —52 0 Palm, 'p ton 43 10 —44 0 Fish, Is , 252 galls. Seal, pale ' 33 10 —34 0 brown 213 0 29 10 —3O 0 29 0 —29 6 46 6 61 0-62 0 Trinidad 4O 0 45 0 Grenada .... 40 0— 43 0 Brazil 32 0— 35 0 COFFEE, 13 cwt in bond. Jama. triage 50 98 0 ordinary .... good& fine ord.loo 0-107 0 middling 108 0-115 0 good mid. ll9 0-130 0 fine mid. &c 132 0.. 146 0 Dutch, triage.. 145 0— 85 0 ordinary .... good & fine ord. 90 0- 98 0 middling 100 0-105 0 good mid. fine mid., &c. l 106 0-110 0 Mocha Ceylon LINSEED, 19 , Cwt Rape, pale do. . Turpen. cut RICE, V. Cwt Carolina, dress. nominal. in bond do. Bengal, ord. do 15 6 —l9 0 mid to fine l9 6 —2l 0 African none. Rum, gallon, in bond. Jamaica, 12 tO 16 o. p 4 3 4 9 stronger 4 10 5 2 choice marks s 3 6 0 SAFFLOWER, CO. Bengal, good & fine W 6 0 S 0 ord. & mid Bombay SALTPETRE, 1' cwt. s. d. S. d East India 24 0 —3l South American 17 0 —l7 6 LAc, ? t o cud. in bond. go 0-106 0 g 6 0-100 0 40 0— 50 0 Havana good & fine ord. 42 0— 48 0 St. Domingo 40 0— 44 0 Brazil 35 0— 42 0 Laguira 45 0— 50 0 Dyswoons,lfr ton 1. s. Logwood, Jam... 12 10— 13 10 Hon. & Dom. 12 10— 13 15 Campeachy l5 •0— 16 Fustic, Span ll 0— 11 15 Tampico 11 10-- 12 10 Brazil Cuba l2 10— 14 10 NICARAGUA Wool) Rio de la Hache solid . rough small orange 80 0 —126 0 liver and black 6O 0 —BO 0 B)ciNts, Neutria, <fox lO 0 —l5 0 Chinchilli, do. 2O 0 —25 0 Seal, each 2 0 3 0 11 0— 13 0 5 0— 6 0 6 0— 7 0 Lima, solid 11 0— 17 0 Barwood, Ango 7 10— g 0 Gamboon 5 0— 5 10 Camwocd 2O 0— 24 0 Red San. Wood 8 0— 9 0 FLAX, ton. _ r SHU3iAO, Cwt. - Sicily l2 6 —l3 6 Malaga 11 0 —ll 6 Trieste 9 0 9 6 Verona • 9 ,0 9 6 Tyrolese 'SUGAR., 1,9 , cwt. B. P. Muscovado moist brown dry brown good & mid 60 6 —65 0 fine &v. fine 65 6 —7O 0 Mauritius, dabs and moist 51 .6 —54 0 brown 55 0 —37 0 yellow 58 0 —6l 0 line yellow .... 61 0 —65 0 East India, Bengal Riga. P.T.R. 45 0— 47 0 P'burg, J head 39 0— 40 0 Archangel Dutch & Mem. GALLS, 19 , ciet Turkey, bloc mixed., East India 72 0- 75 0 54 0- 62 0 70 0- 72 0 GINGER, 1 4 Cid, Barbadoo 45 0— 50 0 Jamaica BO 0-120 0 E. India, in bond 18 0— 20 0 Gum, v cwt. Arabic, Turkey 7O 0-140 0 East India 25 0— 56 0 Barbary 45 0— 55 0 Senegal .... 63 0— 65 0 HEMP, v ton X 8. X B. P'burg, clean 47 10- r _ 48 0 outshot 46 10— 47 0 Riga, Rhine 49 10— 50 '0 outshot 47 0— 47 10 Archangel 46 'o Manilla 37 0— 38 0 Bombay 2B 0— 29 0 Jute l4 0— 14 5 HIDES, Ox and Cow, v lb B. Ayres and Monte Video, dry. inferior & mid. 0 8— 0 82 good & prime 0 9i— 0 101 Do. salted 0 hi— 0 6 N. Am**. salted 0 4 0 41 Brazil dry salted 0 4l 0 hi Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 6 0 74 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6i— 0 7i W. India, dry 0 52 0 7 salted 0 5 0 52 East India Kips, B.A. dry 0 74 0 8i Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 6 HORSE HAIR, v lb. ord. white ..7. 63 0 —65 0 good and fine.. 66 6 —63 6 extra fine 69 0 —7l 0 Manilla, in bond 21 0 —23 0 Havana, do ;brown none. yellow .26 0 —29 0 white ord. 35 0 —37 0 good & 38 0 —4O 0 Brazil, in bond. brown l6 0 yellow 23 0 white ord. 26 0 good and fine 29 0 LL OW, .4) , cut P'burgh, Y.C. Odessa.. -22 0 -25 0 -28 0 -33 0 50 6 -51 0 50 6 -51 0 49 0 - -- 48 0 -50 0 Archangel Buenos - A3Tes.. TAR,I3 , brl. Stockholm l6 0 —l6 6 Archangel Carolina Virginia . none TARTAR, "ip , cwt. Cream of Tartar.. 64 0 —66 - 0 brown and ye1....50 0 —6O 0 TRA, lfr lb. in bond. Bohea, Canton .. 0 10 Short mixed long tails.. combed .. [NDIGO, qp , lb. in bend, Bengal. pur. & violet 8 6 9 6 blue & violet 8 6 9 6 blue violet, g. & fine 8 3 8 6 ord. & mid. 7 6 7 9 violet & cop.} 6 6 7 9 mixed .. cop. g. & fine. 7 0— 7 9 ord. , & mix. 6 0— 6 9 corn. quality Oude 4 6 7 0 Madras 4 0— 7 6 Guatimala, qfr lb o 9 o 91 0 13 1 8 2 0 2 0 2 9, Fokein 1 2 1 3 Congou, corn. 1 3 1 4 mid. to fine. 1 5 3 6 Twankay, corn 1 3 1 4 mid. to good 1 5 1 6 Pekoe, Orange 1 8— 3 0 Campoi, corn. to good none Hyson Skin 1 1— 1 2 mid. to fine 'l 5 1 7 Souchong, cora— 1 4 1 6 good to fine 1 g— 3 0 Pekoe, flowery Hyson, corn 2 0 2 4 fine 3 0 3 g Young Hyson Imperial Gunpowder, good and fine TOBACCO, V , lb. in bond. J. River, Leaf 0 83— 1 0 Stemmed 0 11— 1 3 Kentucky - Maryland — Floras - 8 3 Sobres .6 0— 7 6 Cortes 5 0— 6 0 Caraccas, Floras 7 6 8 0 Sobres 6 0-- 7 3 Cortes ITIJR:III.tiRIC, aye Met. in bond, LAC DYE, 10 lb. D.T. and prime. 1 10— 4 0 mid. to good 0 11— 1 -9 ord. & inferior 0 6 .0 10i ' MAEL . EE Amyrna si 0— 53 0 'Tripoli & Syria 45 0— 46 0 trench I.LlTaples ,5 0— SS 0 Bengal 16 0 —22 0 I TURPENTINE, 19 , Cwt. . • American 'VALONIA, /Ott. 42' S. .4 8 Smyrna, picked l3 0 —2l 0 .151orea Ax, z t o• cwt. in bond. African East India > 7 10 9 o Alan:lean • . • .- • LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, FRB. 22. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. N. Hingley and E. Nosworthy, Liverpool, nail-manufacturer"' Jones and T. Owens, Li ver p oo l, t a il ors —W. B rowne, T. Kerr, a 7. E. Beattie, Rochdale, cheese-factors. INSOLVENTS. Feb. 32.—James Stanger, Maidstone, ironmonger. and Robert Long, Dursley, Gloucestershire, dealer chapman. BANKRUPTS. Edward James Ravenscroft, Took's-court, Cursitor-street, Lon don, printer. Thomas Carter, Throgmorton-street, London, stock-broker. John Heliver, Spalding, Lincolnshire, draper. William Wallen, Circus-place, Finsbury, builder. William Norman, St. Neot's. Huntingdonshire, baker. Aaron Woolf, Brighton, cabinet-maker. James Jackson, Epworth, Lincolnshire, victualler. Felix Luckcock, Birmingham, wharfinger. John Camp, Newhaven, Sussex, grocer. Richard Southall, jun. Birmingham, factor. DIVIDENDS. March 15, W. S. Warwick, Billiter-square, London, merchant -- March 15, C. Stanbridge, W. F. Marshall, and T. It. WO Lamb's - buildings, Bunhill-row, London, manufacturers of arnnl, skins—March IS, W. Laxton, Waltham-cross, Hertfordshire—Ma rc 16, E. Ericksen and A. B. Calland er , Mi nc i ng- l ane, L on d o n, C Oni• factors—March 16, W. Parker, Horncastle, money-scrivener—Ma r , •„ 16, C. L. Birch, Great Queen- s t ree t, Li nco l n ' s Inn-f i elds, Lono°"' coach-maker—March is, W. Hood, Crosby-square, London, o' er :, chant—March 15, J. H. Arthur, Garlick-hill, Queenhithe, statiou", March 15, E. R. Bell, Hoxton Old Town, common-brewer -16, A. Robins, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden, London, printer March 18, It. Wehb, Tooley-street, London, grocer—March 1 8, h H. Gurney, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, L on d on, victualler—Mar ch 16, W. Wakeman, Shenstone, Staffordshi re , w h ar fi nger —march ~ R. S. Burkitt, Sheffield, draper—March 18, G. Riddell, Bervric' upon-Tweed, grocer—March 27, J. Hawthorn, Birmingham, bra* founder—March 18, T. A. Sanders, Ride, Isle of Wight, builder. CERTIFICATES To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or befoll March 15. .1. Clarke, Liverpool, merchant—J. W. Borwick, Munster-street' Regent's-park, London, corn-chandler—P. Astley, Wood.stre" Cheapside, London, woollen-warehouseman—J. Brooke, Dewsburf, Yorkshire, woollen-cloth-manufacturer—M. Hawkes, Sharring'O ui Norfolk, auctioneer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Craig, Glasgow, currier. AVERAGE PRICE Op SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed fro ol the returns made in the week ending the 19th day of Feb. 1839, , 35s 9id per hundred weight, ex c l us i ve o f th e d u ti es of Custonl!_r,; or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Bras.' MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. MARCH 000 1. William H. Morgan, (2d) 1. Charles West, (ad) Clarendon Rooms, 12 dim• 2. Robert Hamilton, (Ist). 2. Thomas Mucklow, (Ist) LIVERPOOL AGRICULTI s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... 0 9@o 11 v. 20lb New Hay.... 0 8 0 10 - Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 9 - Straw, Wheat 0 7 0 8* - Straw, Oat .. 0 6 ,0 6i - Straw, Barley 0 5 0 6 - Green Clover 0 0 0 0 - rRAL MARKET, FEB. 23. s. d. s. d. Potatoes, new 2 B@3 3 V ete Cattle Ditto 2 4 2 6 --"' Turnips 40 0 0 0 1 Carrots 53 0 0 0 ---- Manglewurzle 36 0 0 0 --- Manure g 6 ii 6 ----- NORTHERN HOSPITAL, FEB. 23. ADMITTED. DISCHARGHD. Accidents 7 Medical and Surgical cases Cured Attending as Out Patients . • • 1 , 3 , Irregular I Died upon reeommendation . Total . 15 I Remaining in thi le Hospital ... 82 House Visitors, Rev. Dr. Ralph and Jacques Myers, Esq. Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. J. Kelly—House Surgeon, Mr. Highmore. PRICES OF SHARES, FEB. 25. .d, Last Prices. This da l RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. prices. Birmingham and Gloucester 4O paid 24 5 0 . Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 64 10 0 . Chester and Crewe 25 .... 25 5 0 . Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 5 paid 0 0 0 . Glasgow,Glasgow, Pai pai sl s e l y e , y, & Greenock 8 paid 8 2 6 . Klima ' . nock, and Ayr llO paid 7 2 6 . Grand Junction Ditto half shares Great Western O5 .... 79 0 0 . Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares 15 77 0 0 77 0 ° .... London and Birmingha m 9O 170 0 0 .. .. 171 0 ",, Ditto new quarter shares Ditto • and Southanipton 5O .... 45 0 0.. .. Ditto & Brighton (United) Leeds and Manchester 5O .... 6g o 0 .... Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 75 10 0 .... Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham l5 .... 14 17 6 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 92 10 0 .... Ditto quarter shares 6 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 5 0.. .. BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 718 10 8 .... i Bank of Liverpool £l2 lOs paid 23 2 6 .... 23 2 - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 19 17 6 .... - Liverpool Union lO .... 14 5 0 .... - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales lO .... 10 5 0 ..., - of Manchester lO .... 12 12 6 .... ---• M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 1 5 .... 13 15 0 .... 13 17 6 - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank 7 10s. 13 17 6 .... Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 52 6 .... East of England lO ..., 910 0 .... Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 1 .... 70 0 .... GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings elm paid 171 0 0 .. .. L'pool and Harrington Water Works } 350 .... 452 10 0.. Bootle Ditto Stock.... 320 0 0.. L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 372 0 0.. L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .tlOO .... 197 0 0.. Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance Company 25 paid 9 0 0 .. Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... 6 2 6 .. Liverpail Fire and Life 2 10s. 110 0.. DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company -15 Os. 9 17 6 .. Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 10s. .. Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company • 7 .... 326 .. Harrington Docks 100 85 10 0 .. Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) -- (Polonceau) 2 1 0 0 203 0 e BIRTHS. On the 16th instant, Mrs. Woollin, of Haigh-hall, near Wakefiel d of her seventeetnh child within seventeen years. On the 22d instant, the lady of the Rev. Dr. Buck, of a daughtet• MARRIED. On the 7th instant, at St. Luke's Church, Mr. John Woody d Allonby, Cumberland, to Miss Msry Webster, Cornwallis-street. A On the 14th instant, Mr. Jonathan Robinson, of Scotland-r d ' grocer, to Miss Amelia Brew, Virgil-street. On the 17th instant, at St. Nicholas's Chapel, Copperas-hill, gr . James Kaye to Miss Ann Mason, Richmond-street. On the 21st instant, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. T. S. Bo sv o i stead, Mr. Edward Cox, Rugely, to Miss Fanny Barrett;nieee John Cummins, Esq. Mill-street. On the 22d instant, at Toxteth Chapel, by the Rev. J. J. Cal: thers, Mr. Thomas Joynson, cotton-broker, t o Mi ss I sa b e ll a MO DIED. • At Zarand, Transylvania, aged 120, Juan Graza. His death O A ! occasioned by accidentally falling on a scythe, and mortally wol 3 _,:d ing himself. He has left a son upwards of 100, and a grandson ag— son. - Lately, at his residence, at Llanasa, aged 75, the Rev. Ralds c l ° Lloyd. On the 18th ult. at London, Upper Canada, the Hon. Colon Maitland, of the 32d R eg i ment. Col. Ma i tland, who was in his co year and unmarried, was the third son of the Earl of LaudercS On the 21st ult. at his residence, Stafford-street, aged 40, Thomas Griffiths. On the sth instant, aged 38, Mr. Daniel Law Wilbe, trailda' groom, greatly respected. On the 7th instant, in Grosvenor-street, London, aged 73, Fr- - , 5 Southerton, Esq. Admiral of the White Squadron of her Majesty Fleet, formerly M.P. for the county of Nottingham: frre y On the Bth instant, a Kirkby Lonsdale, aged 76, Mr., Geo Metcalfe. He was a carrier between Kirkby Lonsdale arid- I% I L - . Chester for the long period of thirty-six years, performing t'i journey twice or three times a-week. Calculating 129 journ e)l of each year, at 30 miles each, he must have travelled a distallo - 129,600 miles. On the 10th instant, at the family seat, Croke-hall, near rti o f mond, Yorkshire, after an illness of only a few hours, the Ear Zetland. The noble earl appeared quite well on the previous , ata but on arising the following morning, his lordship complained 0 giddiness : he fell in a slumber, at noon, and expired without a sig at three o'clock in the afternoon. On the 11th instant, at Holm Cultram, Cumberland, aged 10 t, Mr. Solomon Osborne. The deceased retained his faculties, i. ° oo remarkable degree, to his latest-hour, and had a lively recolleet i v, of the gathering, en masse, of the Holm population, armed b el pitchforks, gripes, bill-hooks, R:c. and marching to oppose the r' party, at Carlisle, in the 1745. tilt , On the 13th instant, in this town, deeply regretted, aged 40, o f Joseph Edwards, local preacher in the Wesleyan Association , Llaneilian, near Amlwch. of re lict Same dr aft - 't long and iv' same day, ..ter a long and painful illness, aged 68, Jane, he late Mr. Richard Blackburne, Lancaster. . On the 14th instant, aged 50, Mr. W. B. Dobson, brewer. Same day, William Henry, youngest son of Samuel Boydell, Everton-road. On the Ilith instant, aged 79, Jams Boden, Esq. the biogra ,a l aer of Mr. Nemble, Mrs. Siddons, and, in early life, the editor To. paper, called" The Oracle," and of many successful dramatic gie .. ; o t Same day; at the Vicarage, Ne s t on , E m ily M arga ret, in' daughter of the Rev. Wright Willett. Same day, after ten years' severe affliction, aged 30, eldest son of Mr. John Leadbeater, town missionary. He Was man of strict integrity. 4' 1e. 5 On the 18th instant, at his residence, Hackney, aged 80, - Gouldsmith, Esq. 86, Same day, at his house, Grafton-street, London, Right Hon. Lord St. Helens. fae i- Same day, at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Jones, Liar' .AtS. raeth, Anglesea, after a distressing mental disease, aged 5 3, 40, Mary Jones, the wife of the celebrated Anglesea bard, P. A. deeply and deservedly regretted, Peter, th: On the 19th instant, aged 69 years, Mr. Elizabeth Needhani , burr and deservedly respected by a large circle of acquaintance. jo wl On the 20th instant, aged 27, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Daniel Mealey, Exci Ann, t se Export-officer. Same day, he beloved wife of Mr. Samuel Ryder, of Broo low-hill. pres to o ' Sa: day, aged 98, Mr.Thr r- Same day, aged 98, Mr. —iomas Kaye, Dowson's-square, - o a On the 21st instant, at his residence, Lisson-grove, Paddi:ytor' diddlesex, aged 77, Charles Rcssi, Esq.R.A. the celebrated se .40' On the 22nd instant, Mary, relict of Thomas Parker, 0f N all coats, and of Browsholme, in the county• of York, Es 4 ' daughter of the late Wm. Molyneux, Esq. of this town. 40 ,1 0 ' Yesterday, at his lodgings, Duncan-street, Capt. Win. Blanch late of York. —4O LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1839. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED itia EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORN-~ BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 88. Mount Pleasant, aild LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4, .NORTII CRESCENT, CASTLR4STREET, LlVEnro°lo Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. I , .Tewt,„ en o oN! Co., Warwick-square ; Barker, Fleet-street • Deacon, W '"'l la ne; Reynell, Chancery-lane ; Lawson a n d Barker, Biren . 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