The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-17 00:00:00

Vattrp. ON SEEING THE BLIND ASYLUM AT EDINBURGH. BY LORD FRANCIS EGERTON. Children, whom Heaven, in seeming denial, Has reft of that light which to us it secures, Unproved in our patience, exempt in your trial, Shall we give you our pity, or ask.you for yours 11l would it beseem us, your darkness deriding, To deem the false beacons we steer by are true : Many a proud vessel of ours lack guiding, And many among us arc blinder than you. Though we bask in the light of this world, we may borrow, Through the depth of your darkness, a ray from above, A rebuke for our pride, and a balm for our sorrow, A lesson of warning, of comfort, and love. , Though it bloom in concealment, yet sweet is the flower, And the harp that is hid still enraptures the. ear, And Heaven, in its mercy, has left you the power The Word which was preach'd to blind nations to hear. The Star, which- conducted the Magian stranger, In vain on your pathway its lustre has thrown; But the song of the Angels to Bethlehem's manger Has led you as surely through regions unknown. That song is not silent : around us and o'er us, The ear of the spirit still traces the sound. Swelling on, till the full host of Heaven in chorus Proclaim, with hosannas, the threshold is found. Though veil'd for a season, that Star's culmination O'er the portal of Eden has still to aspire, When the cherub who guards it, released from his station, Shall sheath at that signal his weapon of fit e. The steps to that portal, by Jacob in slumber Once seen, hut. too many and glorious to count, Your eyes, re-awakened, shall measure and number — Your footsteps, assisted by angels, shall mount. Await, then, in patience His second descending, Who came the dark fetters of sin to unbind, — And to cancel the sentence on mortal offending, With words to the speechless, and sight to the blind. - - And perhaps the bright vision of splendour unbounded Shall burst on your long darken'd cycs more sublime, Than on those which the world with its glare has confounded Or diroin'cl with the mists of corruption and crime. CONTEMPORARY PRESS. RURAL POLICE. (Penni the Preston Chronicle) On Wednesday next the magistrates of the county will meet at the Court-house, to make preparations for bringing into operation the new constabulary system. Some of the principal officers are to be nominated, in cluding the chief superintendent for the county, for which appointment Captain Woodford, as our readers are already aware, is a candidate. 'The magistrates, in making the appointment, will, doubtless, divest them selves of personal prejudices and private prepossessions, which if they do, Captain Woodford, standing en his own merits, and his intrinsic qualifications for his situation, must, we deem, have an excellent chance of being chosen. Reluctant as we feel to struggle against, infliction, when all prospect of successful resistance is hopeless, we cannot, howbeit con amore, forbear the opportunity of giving one parting kick at this new, but ugly abor tion of parturient "liberalism"—liberalism prok pudor! —liberalism libelously nicknamed ! It is a rather sin gular circumstance—a kind of inexplicable marvel, that while in several other counties, the magistracy have all but unanimously decided against the adoption of the new surveillance system, the magistrates of our own county have been so wonderously accommodating to each other, as to receive and adopt the system with open arms, and without so much as a breath of dissent. How this has been, or can be, we really cannot divine. Such excessive unanimity sure never was before heard of. That it is so is all we know ;—the reason why it is so we cannot explain. True it is, that for good or evil " espionnage" we must have, and our only avail able commentary is, " Pity it is 'xis true." The advocates of the new system ground their sanction of it on three main propositions, all very good in them selves, but all not serving exactly as appliances to prove the conclusion they are intended to establish. First we are told that the present constabulary is ex ceedingly defective. No doubt in many instances it is • so, and we are little disposed or prepared to defend it. The present constabularly is defective. Granted ; but surely no one will contend, that the mere ineffi ciency of an existing body of constables establishes the tact, that the principle on which the organization of that - body depends, is faulty. We contend for the excellence of the principle which enunciaties our present constabulary arrangements, viz.,—responsibility to the rate-payers, to the gentry, farmers, and traders in the locality. This we maintain, is a sound consti tutional principle in such matters. The alleged in efficiency of our constabulary is, however, no part of the true principle, and does not interfere with it. Wherever inefficiency exists, the fault is not in the system, but in the administration,—and it is manifest, therefore, that the consequences of the fault ought to be visited on the administrators, and not on the system. This is all we shall say upon this head, and it is, we think, quite enough. It will, at all events, meet the comprehension of every good old English-ified rate payer. We are told in the second place, that the morel improvement of the working classes will be pro moted by the new system—verily, a singular—a most marvellous averment. The same thing was formerly said of the new poor-law act, and indeed, nearly all the arguments applicable to the fatal measure, are equally applicable to the new constabulary -infliction. The one is a natural pendant to the other—nor does it matter which moves primus. By the new poor-law act, the labouring classes have been reduced to a lower scale of living, and have been subjected.to a more per nicious competition, in order to procure the lower scale of living. Hence the increase of crime and violence which has subsequently taken place,—and hence,we prove,—that what is now propounded for an argument as the new constabulary system, has not held good with regard to the new poor-law act. But it may be said, that by admitting there is an increase in crime, we go to prove the necessity of the new system of constabulary—the new system specifically. Those who thus reason, are 'equally guilty of fallacy in argu ment, and error in morals. First, the fallacy,. which we think is apparent from this consideration—that con ceding there wants a more rigid police government, the cure is to be found in carrying out the present principle to its best purposes, and not in eradicating the principle and establishing another. Secondly, the errors in morals. It is not a difficult thing to feed people into principles and practices of morality and peace; hut it is an impossible thing to force them into such principles and practices. You may by- a rigid police inflict more aggregate punidiment, but you can hardly expect to produce more aggregate virtue. The third topic of argument is, that the rural police system will strengthen the hands of the local magis tracy. This we altogether deny. The establishment of a rural police, when carried out as it is intended to be, will destroy the authority of the local magistracy, and will render the country gentlemen less influential -in the administration of just-ce, than the host of myr rnidoms whom the Home-office will call into existence. The promise of control by the magistracy is all a cheat and a sham. The truth is, all real power will centre in the Home Secretary, and the magistrates will have about as much authority independent of the Home office, as the boards of guardians have independent of the poor-law commissioners. All their acts and orders will be subject to revision and reversal. In short, the rural police system is an important step in that social revolution which has been proceeding so rapidly during the last twenty years. Doubtless we live in times of turbulence and turmoil ; but still the question remains, whether a centralized police force, responsible only to the Home Office, be the species of force best fitted for emergency. We maintain that such a force is objectionable in every point of view;— that the force employed ought to be responsible to the local authorities,—and that a constabulary, sufficient to preserve peace, and to protect property, even in the most tumultuous times, might easily be organized, without violating the spirit of old and tried institutions ; and without doing a posith ., e, injustice to the influence and interests of the rate-payers. MORE NEWSPAPER INDECENCY. 4 NT, e n z 1 : \ :I' el% Oft .. \;, - ..., 4, ...._ii 0,,,, .11t. • , ••:.', , .-T i e . 4? ,-•_,. „, lit We copy the following appropriate remarks on the " enmor mous lying" of the ministerial papers from the Preston Chronicle—a liberal paper : " Some of the London papers, miscalled - ' liberal ' but which, whether liberal or not, ought to know better than be guilty of ruffianism, have this week hit upon another exploit of shameless fabrication, and low badinage, unworthy of the character of the British press. We abhor this system of enormous falsehood, from. whatever political purpose it may he intended to serve. We cannot condescend to argue upon any dreamy speculations as to the rationale or truthfulness of the shibboleth against which our reprobation is at present directed, and which we subjoin, but must appeal to our read ers as to the character of the writer who pens, or the poli ticians who delight to banquet on, such disgusting offal of a vicious imagination and a depraved heart as that of which a sample is presented in the following paragraph : " ' Great secrecy has been observed by the conservative journals respecting the mission of Lord Stuart de Rothesay to the King of Hanover. His Lordship has returned; and although his report is kept secret, we hear from good au thority, that no direct attempt to dethrone her Majesty will be sanctioned by Sir R. Peel, notwithstanding the traitor ous declarations of his agents at Canterbury and Ashton.' " " Who can wonder that royalty is reviled, that virtue is slandered, or that vice is fawned upon, when malignant ca lumnies like the above are printed in palace journals. If certain newspapers will print such vileness, they must be content to bear the taunt of being traitors to the cause they profess to support, and that for two very cogent reasons.— First, because they are open to the charge of fighting with weapons which no good cause requires ; and secondly, that they put into the hands of their adversaries weapons which, if adroitly used, will do far more execution in the defensive than the offensive application. We have no desire, however, to go further into the subject ; it will not bear the probe, and the more we touch it, the more it will soil. We leave the . public to settle their own verdict upon that class of writers who regularly traffic in monstrous inventions, for the purpose of blackening political opponents—inventions so extravagant as to be undeserving of serious notice, if con temptuous silence did not encourage their wicked specula tions upon public credulity." DUBLIN 'METROPOLITAN CONSERVATIVE SOCIETY.— ANNIVERSARY DINNER.—The annual dinner of this so ciety is fixed to take place on tile 9th of January. The Earl of Rathdowne will preside. The admirable mariner in which the dinners of this society have been hitherto conducted,par ticularly that in the iound-room of the Mansion-house, may be recollected. The arrangements in progress on the pre sent occasion will exceed by far, in splendour and magnifi cence, those of any former entertainment given by this influ ential society.--Saunders 4 11 eu-34,141er. THE . NEWPORT RIOTS.-SPECIAL COMMISSION. MolvmouTft, Wednesday Night. The grand jury were occupied during the whole of this forenoon in hearing the evidence against the prisoners charged with high treason, and it was not until avery late hour that they had come to the determination that the evidence was sufficient to require them to send the indictment before a petty jury. Aboutfour o'clock the judges took their seats on the bench, and Lord Granville Somerset, accompanied by his brother grand jurors, made presentments to the court, by which it appeared that they had found true bills against the following persons for high treason : John Frost, late of Newport, in the county of Monmouth, draper ; Charles Waters, late of the same place, labourer ; Jobn Lovell, late of the same place, labourer ; Richard Ben field, late of the same place, labourer; John Rees, late of the same place, labourer ; George Turner, otherwise George Cole, late of the same place, labourer ; Zephaniah Williams. late of the same place, labourer; Edward Edwards, late of the same place, labourer; Jenkin Morgan, late of the same place, labourer; Solomon Britton, late of the same place, labourer; William Jones, of the same place, labourer; James Aust, of the same place, labourer; James Rees, late of the same place, labourer ; David Jones, late of the same place, labourer. The grand jury also returned true bills against Amy, the wife of James Meredith, and Thomas Key, for burglary ; and a true bill against George Grove, for burglary ; and . a true bill against William Williams, for burglary. Lord Granville Somerset then said that the grand jury had no more bills. Chief Justice Tindal then said, Gentlemen of the grand jury, for the present there is no further occasion for your services ; but you will be so obliging as to attend here on Tuesday, the 31st, at ten o'clock in the morning. Lord G. Somerset.—The 31st of this month, my lord? Chief Justice Tindal.—Yes ; this court will be adjourned till that time. Mr. Bellamy, the officer of the court, then inquired if there was any gentleman present who was concerned for either of the prisoners who stood indicted. Mr. Matthews, of Pontypool, said that he attended on the part of Thomas Keys. Chief Justice Thidal.—ls that in the first bill Mr. Matthews.—No my lord • it is one of those in the second, and I wish to have an order to see hint. Chief Juice Tindal.—Yes, you shall have an order . to see him at all times—at all seasonable times. The prisoners were here brought into court. Charles Waters was the first of them who entered the court. 'He appeared to regard the proceedings as being of by no means a serious nature, and frequently, whilst i.) the dock, he was observed to laugh .and converse cheerfully, indeed in a tone of levity, with some of his fellow-prisoners. John Frost appeared. very much dejected. Lovell seemed to have reco vered from the effects of his.wounds. Zephaniah Williams had much improved in appearance since his examination be, fore the magistrates. The other prisoners seemed sensibly to feel the awful situation in which they stood. The pri soners were brought down under a strong escort of lancers, and the avenues: were lined with infantry with drawn.bayo .nets. On being placed in the dock their manacles and chains were'strtick off: •_ k , • • - _ . Chief Justice Tindal then addressed the prisoners in the 'following terms :—" Prisoners, you hare been called into court for the purpose of being informed that the grand jury of this county have found a bill for high treason again: each of you ; and also for the purpose of being informed that there will be' a copy of the indictment _and a copy of the panel of the jury by whom you are to be tried delivered to you in due time. In the meantime I wish to know if any of you desire to have-counsel or solicitors assigned to you for your defence. For the present, if you are not prepared to have any particu lar person to be appointed, as your counsel or solicitor, and if any application be made before the time of your trial, at tention will be paid to it, and an order will be made accord ingly. In the meantime your trial will not take place until the 31st of the present month of December, until which time this court is adjourned. Baron Parke—ls there any prisoner who now wishes to have counsel appointed, or who would apply to have an or der to have a list of the jury ? No reply was made. Mr. Wiglifman said he had to apply on the part of the crown for an order to the high sheriff, to deliver in a list of the jury by whom it was intended to try the prisoners. Chief Justice Tindal—Be it so. Mr. Owen.—l appear as solicitor for one of the prisoners who were charged in the first bill. I apply in order that yoUr lordships may be pleased to order that the money which has been taken from them may be given up to them. • Chief Justice Tindal.—What is your name? Mr. Owen mentioned his name and that his application . was made on behalf of Zephaniah Williams. Chief Justice. Tindal (to the prisoner.)—Do you wish Mr. Owen to act as youe solicitor? The prisoner.—Yes. Chief Justice Tindal.---What are the circumstances about the money you apply for ? Mr. Owen.--I believe £lO2 was taken from the prisoner when he was apprehended. Mr. Thos. J. Phillips.—Yes, my lord, I hold it as the clerk of the magistrates. Mr. Owen.—May I beg to ask, my lord, if I undersand rightly that counsel will be assigned to any of the prisoners at any time between this and the assizes ? Chief Justice Tindal.—Yes ; if you make any communi cation to Mr. Bellamy, who is the clerk of this court, it shall be attended to. Mr. Bellamy.—Orders shall be transmitted for the admis sion of attorneys and counsel, and access will be given at the prOper hours. Mr. Owen.—My lord, will the court allow me to have a copy of the deposition ? Mr. Wightman.—The prisoners may have copies of the depositions on applying and paying for them. Chief Justice Tindal, after consulting with his brother on the bench, said, "On looking at the act of parliament, we have decided that on application to the officer of the court, you shall have copies of them on the terms mentioned in the act." Frost.—My lord, I beg that Mr. Owen, as well as Mr, Geacb, may be named as solicitors for me. Chief Jtistice Tindal.—l do not think that we can grant that application, unless they were partners, but we will con sult-the act of parliament. After referring to the act, and consulting his colleagues, his lordship said, we cannot allow such an appointment ; the act only allows of one attorney. Frost said—Aly lord, I beg leave to apply for copies of the depositions in my case, and also copies of some papers which were found in my house. There were— Chief Justice Tindal.—Oh, we cannot order you copies of that. We have no authority to order copies of those papers. Jenkin Morgan (another prisOner)—l beg to apply, my lord, for the depositions in my case. James Jones said—l also beg to make the same application Zephaniah Williams said—l beg leave to apply for the de. positions in my case. . . James Aust. , —I beg to apply for the depositions against me. Edmund Edwards.—l also beg to apply. John Lovell.—l beg leave to apply for the depositions against me. George Turner.—l also wish to have the depositions against me. Mr. T. J. Phillips.—My lord, one of the prisoners, John Rees, happens to be a Welshman, and he wishes me to apply, for he has no counsel or solicitor, to have them named by the court. Chief Justice Tindal.—We must hear that at another time. The Court inquired if the prisoners required copies of al the depositions, or only those which referred to themselves The prisoners said they wished to have only those which re• ferred to each. Chief Justice Tindal.—Let the prisoners now be taken to the place from whence they came. The prisoners were then removed, and immediately, under an escort of lancers, conveyed back to gaol. There was a large crowd in the street to witne3 s their departure. ANTI-CORN-LAW LOGIC. At an Anti-Corn-Law meeting, which was held a few days ago, one of the spouters argued in favour of a free trade in corn, on the ground that—" a free trade in corn would by rendering England dependent on foreign countries, augment the amount of kindly feeling between different nations." If such results could be proved to flow from free trade in any of its forms, the advocates of free trade might, undoubt edly, be permitted to dwell with some complacency upon them. The truth of the assnmption may, however, be safely denied. We deny, accordingly, that the tendency of free trade is to increase the amount of kindly feeling between the producers of various countries. When the anti-corn-law orator, whose words we have quoted, shall again dilate on the growth of those kindly feelings which free trade, or the nearest approaches to free trade, have created, let him have the goodness to point out in Manchester or Lyons, the pre cise spot, in which these kindly feelings h tve localised them selves. Can any war between the inhabitants of different countries present features more hideous than that social war which rages at this moment, over all the world, between the buyers and sellers of that portion of manufacturing labour which is worked up on free trade principles, for foreign mar kets ? The inhabitants of France and England never—not even during the days in which they regarded each other as " natural enemies"—cherished towards each other feelings of hatred half so intense as those with which the factory owners, and the factory operatives of this country regard each other. The allegation, therefore, that free trade minis ters to the cause of universal benevolence is a dangerous absurdity.—Farmers' Journal, THE CORN LAWS. (From the Lancaster Gazette.) The Anti-Corn-law agitators are beginning to take the field for-another session, and we suppose the old battle is to be fought over again once more. After the signal drubbing the assailants received last year, this vigorous show of fight is somewhat remarkable; but we suppose all that is intended is simply to keep the thing alive. '.!:ecitig how decidedly par liament has declared against the repeal of the present Corn we are at a loss to find out any honest purpose in the renewal of a contest so hopelesi. The prospect of achieving their object through the agency of any responsible power is all but desperate—then we must conclude that these persons are trusting for the final success of their cause to some irre sponsible ally—trying their hand at a little " pressure from without ?" If we may judav from the publications put forth occasionally by the agitators, it is clear that their sole appeal is to the ignorance and excited passions of the canaille. Ex. yr.—The other day a number of the accredited organ of the party fell into our hands, and a glance informed us that the whole of the paper was given up to matters intended to bear against the corn-laws. In one column, however, we thought we saw something like relief from the general monotony, in asmuch as the subject matter on which the eye alighted, was the record of some one or more miserable cases of child de sertion. The idea of a possible connexion between child dropping and the corn-laws, was not to be entertained for one moment ; but urged by a curiosity to know whether the writer really meditated an attack upon the act of parliament, through so odd a channel, we read on; and, as Ne live, it wls so, that the cruel abandonment of two helpless babes, btheir unnatural mothers, was tortured by this anti-corn law casuist, into a deadly charge against the laws passed for the protection of the British farmer ! The argument—if we may so degrade the term—the argument was, that if there were no corn-law, bread would be cheaper —ergo, the babes would not have been deserted, because the impoverished parents would have had means of providing food for them. Now, we can have no hesitation in saying that a cause which relies for success upon such aids as this, must be a very bad one indeed. It is evident that such garbage can only be meant for the recreation of the most stupid of the human species, and that the' writer has given up all idea of making an impression upon the intelligent classes; wherefore we conclude that the only purpose of the agitators is to enlist the mob on their side, and trust to the chapter of accidents for the rest. With this view it is, that besides a constant out-pouring of letter-press garbage, missionaries of mischief are hired to travel about the country, for the propagation of anti-corn-law doctrines ; but it gives us pleasure to find that however the scribble may take, the preachments are not suc cessful in all places. For instance, at Bolton, the operatives have protested against attempts that have been made in the town, at the instigation of some mill-owners, to have their cause identified with that of the anti-corn-law party. We trust that it is the same in many other places—we trust that the working classes will not permit themselves to be duped into a wild crusade against their own interests—we trust that they are fully awake to the delusion which a handful of self ish persons would impose upon them, and to the simple truth, that the cry of cheap bread is, in reality, a.cm for LOW WAGES! . • • . SELECT EXTRACTS LAUGHTER.--11l 1662, an Italian astrologer, published a treatise of about six sheets, wherein he distinguishes the dif ferent temperaments of . mankind by their different modes of laughing. Thus the hi-hi-hi, notifies melancholy people; the he-he-he, phlegmatic persons ; and ho-ho-ho, those of a sanguine disposition.—[What dOes the ha-ha-ha notify ?) To DESTROY THE WORMS ON LAWNS.—RoII the lawn twice, then water it with lime-water of the following strength : —One pint of unslaked lime to ten gallons of water. Two dressings of this liquid will quite destr , y them. If you wish to bring the worms to the surface, water the grass with the following solution :—A quarter of an ounce of corrosive sub limate to .three gallons of water, this Will bring every worm to the surface without destroying the grass. GENEALOGY.--The whole science of genealogical accu racy is derived from the children of Israel, whose individual families indulged a hope that the promised Messiah might be born from their stock : a pure authenticated pledge became, consequently, one of the peculiar features of Jewish polity ; such a qualification was deemed absolutely necessary to all candidates for power and honour.—Quarterly. CLIMATE.—In no class of diseases is the influence' of local climate more strongly evinced than in the spasmodic affec tions of the lungs : at the same time it must be admitted, that there is nothing apparently more capricious than this very influence, since the atmosphere that in some is so apt to produce disordered respiration, is to others the very air that affords relief and exemption. This bolds good with asthma in particular •, and I have known many who are al ways subject to attacks of the spasmodic form of this disease while they reside in London, who get rid of it almost the instant they quit it.—Dr. Weatherhead on the Diseases of the Lungs. The celebrated Mrs. Thicknesse undertook to construct a letter, every word of which should be • French, yet no French man should be able to read it, while an illiterate Englishmari or Englishwoman should decipher it with ease. Here fol lows a specimen of the jeu de mots :-=`_` Pxe, Dire Sistre, come and se us, and pass the de here if, yeux cantle, and chat tu my dame, and dine here ; and yeux mai go to the faire if yeux plaise ; yeux mai have fiche, biotin, pore, buter, foule, hair, fruit, pigeon, olives, sallette, for ure diner, and excel lent te, cafe, port vin, and liqueurs ; and tell ure Bette and poli to comme ; and Ile go tu the faire and visite the Baron. But if yeux &int comme to us, Ile go Ur 'ure house and se oncle, and se hone he does : for mi dame ses he bean ill ; but doux comme, mi dire yeux canne ly here yeux nos—if yeux love musique yeux mai have the harp, lutte, or viol here.— Adieu, mi dire sistre." THE USE OF ANIMALS.—In many parts of the British colonies, Canada especially, the people have actually lost their land from want of domesticated animals. The soft land, from which the timber has just been cleared, yields one crop or two by simply turning or scratching the surface ; but it is too tender for bearing the full action of the sun and the atmosphere, from which it has been previously concealed for ages ; and the soil of which it consists being in great part composed of leaf mould and other very light matters, very speedily loses its fertility, and becomes a wilderness of an nual weeds, in which not even the coarsest of the pasture grasses can find substance to germinate ; . whereas if, by any means, the very same surface could be left with a partial shade of trees over it, and made a pasture of sheep or cattle, according as might be most suitable, it would acquire firm ness to maintain its place and fertility sufficient to repay the labour of cultivation, with an ample increase.—Mudie on Domesticated Animals. A PLEASANT PRESCILIPION.—A lady of rank consulted Dr. Ratclicffe in great distress about her daughter. The Doctor began his investigation of the case by asking, " What ails her? " " Alas ! Doctor," replied the mother, " I cannot tell ; but she has lost her humour, her looks, her health ; her strength consumes every day, and we are ap prehensive if something is not done she cannot live." "Why do you not marry her ? " said Radcliffe. " Alas ! Doctor, that we could fain do, and have offered her as good a match as ever she could expect." "Is there no other that you think she would prefer to marry ? " " Ah, doctor, that it is that troubles us ; for there is a young gentleman, no doubt, she loves, that her father and I can never consent to her marrying." " Why, look you Madam," said Ratcliffe, " the case stands thus ; your daughter would marry one man, and you would have her marry another. In all my books I find no remedy for so singular a case." NORWAY.—A summer trip to Norway has become rather a fashionable excursion lately. The facilities, therefore, of getting there, may be facts worth treasuring up for another season. At the last meeting of the Storthing, a sum of mo ney was granted for two more steam boats to be added to the three lately established to form aline between the towns of Bergen and Christiansand, Christiana, Gatheborg, and Co penhagen. One runs along the northern coast from Dron theim to Tromsal and Hammerfest, only eight leagues from North Cape ; and it is proposed immediately to start another to fill up the interval between Burgen and Dronthiem, so that with the exception of the few miles between Hamburg and Lubeck, the whole distance between London and Hammer fest may be travelled in steam-boats. The Norwegians are sanguine in their expectations of the advantages of these im provements, and some private companies have been formed to open the communication through the great lakes of the interior. A NOVEL KIND OF ELECTRICAL MACHINE—ELECTRI CAL EXCITEMENT IN LEATHER BY FRICTION.—The Rev. Theo. Duly, under date of December 17, 1838, at Keighley Rectory, Yorkshire, England, communicates the following fact to Dr. Farady. He speaks of what he terms an extraor dinary electrifying machine, which is no other than a leather strap which connects two drums in a large worsted mill in the town of Keighley. " The dimensions and particulars of the strap are as follows:—It is in length, 24 feet ; breadth, 6 incheS ; thickness, k inch ; it makes 100 revolutions in a minute. The drums, over which it passes at both ends, are two feet in diameter, made of wood, fastened to iron hoops, and turning an iron axles ; these drums are placed at ten feet distance from each other, and the strap crosses in the middle between the drums, where there is some friction ; the strap forming a figure of eight. There is no metal in connection with the strap, but it is oiled. If you present your knuckl e to the strap above the point of crossing, brushes of electrical light are given off in abundance ; and when the points of a prime conductor are held near the strap, most pungent sparkS are given off to zi knuckle at about two inches. I charged,". says Mr. "a Leyden jar of considerable size in a few seconds by presenting it.to the prime conductor. The gen tleman who told me of this curious strap has frequently charged his electrical battery in a very short time from it ; and he informed me, that it is always the same, generating electricity from morning to night, without any abatement or alteration. If this strap had the advantage of silk flaps and a little amalgam, it would rival the machine in the lecture room in Albemarle-street.—Silliman's American Journal of Science and Arts. SAFETY IN TIIUNDER STORMS.—PeopIe are often ,led to inquire what are the best means of safety during a thunder storm. If out of doors, we should avoid trees and elevated objects of every kind; and, if the flash is instantly followed by the report—which indicates that the cloud is very near-- a recumbent posture is considered the safest. We should avoid rivers, ponds, and all streams of water ; because water is a conductor, and persons on the water in a boat would be the niost prominent object, and therefore most likely to at tract the lightning. If we are within doors, the middle of a large carpeted floor will be tolerably safe. We should avoid the chimney ; for the iron of and about the grate, the soot that often lines it, and the heated and rarified air it contains, are all tolerable conductors, and should, on that account, be avoided. It is never safe to sit near an open window, be cause a draft of moist air is a good conductor. Hence we should close the windows on such occasions. In bed we are comparatively safe; for the feathers and blankets are bad conductors, and we are to a certain extent insulated in such situations.—Practical CheniiBt's Guide. AVERAGE MORTALITY OF ALL MANKIND.—The popu lation of the whole earth has been variously estimated be tween eight hundred thousand and a million millions of souls. If we fix upon an intermediate number, say 946,080,000, and assign 30 years for the continuance of each generation, we shall find that the " chi ldren of men" come into the world and go out of it at the following averages :-Every . 1 ; minute, GO ; hour, 3600 ' • day (21 hours,) 86,400: week (7 days,) 604,800; month (30 days,) 2,592,000; year (365 days,) 32,536,000; generating (30 years,) 946,080,000. It thus appears that every stroke of a pendulum ushers a human being into existence, and heralds the departure of another to the vast bourne from whence no traveller returns. It would be well that all should ponder and consider the certainty of the latter great event, and set their house in order, as be cometh good members of society, having the interest of their parents, children, or relations at heart, by endeavouring, while they have the opportunity, to study their welfare by assuring their lives.—Pocket Diary, 1840. CHASE ON A BEAR.—In the afternoon, one of our men had a somewhat perilous adventure with a grizzly bear. He saw the animal crouching his huge frame in some willows which skirted the river, and, approaching on horseback to within twenty yards, fired upon him. The bear was only slightly wounded by the shot, and, with a fierce growl of angry malignity, rushed from his cover and gave chaise. The horse happened to be a slow one ; and, for the distance of half a mile, the race was hard contested, the bear frequently approaching so near the terrified animal as to snap at his heels ; while the equally terrified rider—who had lost his hat at the start—used whip and spur with the most frantic dili gence, frequently looking behind, from an influence which he could not resist, at his rugged and determined foe, and shriek ing in an agony of fear, " Shoot him, shoot him !" The man, who was One of the green-horns, happened to be about a mile behind the main body, either from the indolence of his horse, or his own carelessness ; but as he approached the party in his desperate flight, and his lugubrious cries reached the ears of the men in front, about a dozen of them rode to his assistance, and soon succeeded in diverting the attention of his pertinacious foe. After he had received the contents of all the guns, he fell, and was soon despatched. The man rode in among his fellows, pale and haggard from overwrought feelings, and was probably cured of a propensity for meddling with grizzly bears.—Townseild's Sporting Excuilions in the Rock) Mountains. COMICALITY OF ALL TIIINGS.—II is not in literature alone that the tendency to the ridiculous is shown. In many recent scientific speculations it is strikingly and abundantly obvious—some of those on geology may be quoted as exam ples. The offspring of the sciences—those pledges of dice. tion which they present to art, almost all of them come into the world with a caricature-like smirk upon their faces. Air balloons and railroads have something funny about them ; and photegenic drawings are, to say the least, very curious. The learned professions are all tinged with drollery. The law is confessedly ridiculous from beginning to end, and what i s very straage, is that no one should attempt to make it other wise. Medicine is comical—or rather tragi-comical—the disparity of opinion among its professors, the chaotic state of its principles, and the conduct of its students being con sidered. No one can deny that the distribution of church property is somewhat odd, or can assert that the doings, at least, or those who are destined for the clerical office, are now and then of rather a strange character. Political meet ings are very laughable things, when we reflect upon the strong asseverations of patriotism there made and believed. The wisdom of the legislature is by no means of the gravest class, particularly when it offers municipal reforms as a sub stitute for bread. The debates in a certain House must be of a very humorous character, if we may judge from the fre quent " hear, hear, and a laugh," by which the proceedings there are interrupted. Our risible faculties are continually called into action at public lectures of all kinds ; and indeed, no lecturer, however learned he may be, has much chance now-a-days of instructing, unless he can also amuse his audi ence. Nor can the various public and even private buildings, which are daily springing up around us like so many mush rooms, be contemplated without considerable emotion of mirthfulness. The new style of ecclesiastical architecture, entitled the Cockney-Gothic, affords a good illustration of this remark ; but the comic Temple of the Fne Arts, in Tra falgar-square, is what Lord Bacon would have called a " glaring instance " of its correctness. The occurrences of the day bear all of them the stamp of facetiousness. The vote of approbation lately passed on a certain course of po licy is a capital joke ; the tricks that are constantly played upon John Bull by the Russians, French, Yankees, and others, though somewhat impertinent to the aforesaid John, must seem very diverting to lookers-on. The state of the drama may also be brought forward in proof of our position. Tragedies are at a discount ; farces are at a premium ; lions, nay goats and monkeys, are pressed into the service of Ma mus. Even then the various institutions for the advance ment of morals have not escaped the influence of the pre vailing taste. To mention that respectable body of men, the Teetotallers, is sufficient of itself to excite a smile. In short, look wherever you will, you will find it a matter of the great est difficulty to keep your countenance. The truth is, that people are tired of crying, and find it much more agreeable to, laugh. The sublime is out of fashion ; the ridiculous is in vogue.--Comic Latin Grammar. Much intellect is not an advAntage in courtship. General topics interfere with particular attentions, A marl, to be successful in love, should think only of himself and mistress. Rochefoucalt observes that lovers are never tired of each other's company, because they are always talking of them- Dr, Schlegel states that there existed in Paris a society calling itself " The Friends of Suicide.". It was composed of twelve members. A lot was annually cast to decide which of them should commit suicide in the presence of his colleagues. • A GREENWICH PENSIONER'S DESCRIPTION OF SIR SIDNEY SMITH.—But let us have recourse to other and less refined evidence. It is that of a worthy old-Greenwich pen sioner, who held au office about our officer's person, and who had the fullest opportunities of seeing him in all situations and in all moods—in full dress, in undress, and in no dress at all—and such . is nearly the words of the veteran. " Why, sir, after we skivered the mounseers away 'from Acre, Sir Sidney was looking as taut set up as the mainstay by anew first lieutenant ; but, for all that, Sir Sidney was a weaselly man—no hull, sir—none ; but all head, like a tadpole. But such a head ! it put you in mind of a flash of lightening rolled up like a ball ; and then his black curly nob, when he shook it, made every man shake in his toes !" " Was he then handsome ?"—" Blest if I can tell !" . " You know, sir, as how we don't say of an eighteen pounder, when it strikes the mark at a couple of miles or so, that's handsome, but we sings out beautiful!' though, arter all, it's nothing but a lump of black iron. You're laughing, sir. And so you thinks I'm transmogrifying Sir Sidney's head into a round lump of iron shot. Well ! I'm off like one. All I can say is, that he was Most handsome when there was the most to dor"—Memoirs of Sir Sidney Smith, by the Author of Rattlin the Reefer. THE WAY OF WOMEN. — In the Newcastle market, on Saturday, a lady asked the price of a goose. " Four and threepence," said the woman at the stall. The rejoinder. of course, was, " I will give you four shilings." " Very well," said the woman : "you may ha'e 't for four; fur, you see, I clapped t' threepence on, because I knaw'd you'd want summat off. Aw always finned that the way o' women is, to hey threepence off the gvuse, and a penny off t' giblets— an' se aw axes accordin'ly ! Shopkeepers less candid than the goose merchant, are not in the habit of confessing their practices ; but we think we may venture to assert, that, when they have to deal with ladies who " wait summat off," they take care to "ax accordin'ly." Heber, the celebrated book buyer, being asked by a friend ie he did not receive good dis counts on making his purchases, replied, " No, sir, it is an absurd system—a discount will only answer once ;at the se cond and all future purchases, the tradesman, in self defence, will lay something on, to be prepared for your demand. — Gateshead Observer. THE GREAT . SEA SERPENT."-An animal, which appa rently belonged to this class, was stranded in the Island'ot Stronsa, one of the Orkneys, in the year 1808, and was first seen entire; and measured by respectable individuals, and afterwards, when dead and broken in pieces by the violence of the waves, was again examined by many; portions of it being secured, such as the skull, and upper bones of the swimming paWs, by Mr. Laing, a neighbuting proprietor; and other portions, such as the vertebrae, tic. being deposited. and beautifully preserved in the Royal Museum of the Uni versity of Edinburgh, and in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. An able paper on these latter frag ments, ar.d on the wreck of the euirnal, was read by the late Dr. Barclay, to the Wernerian' Society, and will be found in vol. I. of its transactions - to which we refer. We can allow space only for a very sfiort abridgement of these docu ments, which, be it remembered, furnish an account of the animal principally after it had been mutilated ; and hence we cannot wonder if the original accounts are both imperfectly and contradictory. It measured fifty-six feet in length, and twelve in circumference. The head was small, not being.a foot in length, and twelve in circumference. The head was small not being a foot in length, from the snout to the first vetebrse ; the neck was slender, extending to the length of fifteen feet. All the accounts agree in assigning it blow holes, though they differ as to their precise situation. On the shoulders something like a bristly mane commenced, which extended to near the extremity of the tail. It had three pairs of fins or paws connected with the body ; the anterior were the largest, measuring above four feet in length, and their extremities were somewhat like toes. partially webbed. Dr. Flemming, in his notice of this animal, suggests that these members were probably the remains of pectoral, ventral, and caudal fins. The skin was smooth, without scales, and of a greyish colour ; and the flesh ap peared like coarse, ill-coloured beef. The eye was of the size of the seal's the throat was too narrow to admit the hand.-- , -Dr. Hamilton, in the Naturalist's Library. NOVEL STEAM APrARATUs.—The Oxford Herald gives the following description of an ingenious application of steam power, by which, in the Oxford Union Workhouse, the whole of the clothing and other articles used in it are washed, dried, and ironed, in an almost incredibly short space of time. No less than 1,25 articles of apparel, bed-clothes, &c. were washed, dried, and ironed, in two days, with the assistance of only eight women and two girls from the school. This unique and elegant machine is the invention of James Wapshare, Esq. of Bath, for which,. we understand, he has obtained a patent. The apparatus consists of a small steam boiler, with two pipes for the conveyance of steam. By the one pipe the steam is conducted to the coppers used for boiling the clothes, and supplying the washers with hot water ; by the other, the steam is.carried to a closet, or large box, in which the linen is to be dried. The exterior of this box is a wooden frame, covered with zinc ; within it is fitted up with pipes, increasing in number according to the extent of drying power required. These pipes are arranged horizontally, onelabove another, connected at one end by a bend or turn, thus forming a continued duct for the steam. The steam is admitted at the upper pipe, and passes its condensed water at the lowest. On either side of this tier of pipes is a moveable clothes-horse, which is drawn out to be hung with clothes. These horses are made close at the top of the box, so that no heat may escape over them ; and the clothes are so disposed on them as to form an entire sheet, completely enclosing, and preventing any escape of the heat radiating from the pipes, by pa ss i ng th roug h th e ar ti c l es t o b e d r i e d.' This deposition of the clothes is easily accomplished, but difficult of description. On the outside of the horses, or on that, side which is not next the pipei, a valve or dpeninK is -made on the top of the box ; and, a current it being ad mitted at the bottom, the s team or air derived front the clothes as they dry is carried off as fast as it is generated. One, set of these pipes, with two horses, would be sufficient for any moderate family. In an establishment so extensive as a Union Poor House, more is required. In the closet or box erected are three ranges of pipes, and consequently six horses. or two to each range, having an air space, with its valve between each set of horses. Attached to the flue that surrounds the boiler is a small oven for heating the irons, so that the whole operation of the laundry, as far as heat is re quired, is simultaneously effected by one fire. ILLUSTRATIONS OP THE PERMANENCE OF COMMUNI CATED MOTIoN.—It is in the case of a revolving body . that we can most effectually diminish these resistances to motion, by causing it to be supported and to turn on a very small surface, as compared with the dimensions of the body itself; as, for instance, a large wheel round a slender axle, or a large spinning-top on a fine point, by which contrivance the re - sistance of friction is made to act at a great mechanical dis advantage, as coMpared with the force of the body's rotation ; and we may, further, remove the resistance of the air, almost to any degree we Choose, by placing the revolving body under the receiver of an air pump.. Now, if we thus remove the air froin'the' receiver of an air pump, and then, without re-ad mitting some mohanical contrivance, put rapidly i n motion Un6r"the receNer, a large wheetivith an exceedingly small axis, or, better, a large spinning -top with a fine hard point, we shall - find that 'motion, Which would, under other circumstances, soon cease, lasting, apparently unaltered, for hours. And a penduluM, delicately suspended on knife • edges, and having thus yet greatly le ss f r i c ti on t o con t en d with than either the axis of a wheel or the point of a top, when once a motion has been given to it, will retain the force of that motion, and continue to Oscillate with it for more than a day. Mr. Roberts, of Manchester, is' said to have con structed a body which is of such a form, and so trulybalanced upon a fine point, that, having put it in motion round that point, it would not lose the force of its motion, but continue to spin with it for forty-three minutes. These are all proofs of a tendency to the permanence of motion, and the force of motion which accompanies it, when causes of retardation from without are more or less removed ; that is, of its tendency to absultee permanenee, sd far as any cause within itself is con cerned. It does not die or diminish of itself; there is within it no principle of death or decay, --to cease, it must be opera ted upon by causes external to itself. ,The proofs hitherto given show, however, only the probability of this truth. It is probable that, since when we continually diminish the ex ternal causes of a body's retardation, its motion approaches to a state of permanence, if we were completely to take away those causes of retardation, that permanence of motion would be completely attained. But we cannot take away these causes of retardation--,we cannot completely take away friction and the resistance of the air : we can, therefore, only speak of what would probably happen if these were completely re moved. To complete the proof, we roust look out for some case of motion, in which there is no friction, and no resistance of the air. Such a motion we cannot find on or near the earth's surface, but we do find it in the heavens.—.3losley's Illustrations of Science. THE TEST OF CIVILIZATION. — Cookery is a true test of civilization. Civilization, we admit, is a strange mixture, but still cookery implies taste, and there can be no civiliza tion without it. Man certainly is a cooking animal in gene ral ; it distinguishes the genus ; and, indeed, he was a cook in times of barbarism ; but still it never rose to an art. Cad mus, not content with inventing the Greek alphabet and other things, was, we believe, the first regular cook, and to him we are indebted for its origin as such. What the exact date of thiS was is unimportant : we all know that the arts rise and fall with the rise and fall of states • but still we know that cookery, being often amongst the fine arts, flourishes best in their decline, and that therefore the Greeks could hand it better over to the Romans. Here, until all other enjoyments have been exhausted, we never .hear of either Apicius or Lucullus, or, in fact, that dinners were ever talked of until national decay plainly showed itself. Now, how to explain this can only be done, perhaps, by physiology, for here na tions are only like individuals - . it is generally admitted, I believe, that eating is one of those pleastires that holds out the longest, or, in other words, that of all our organs, the stomach is the ullimum moriens;—in fact, we often hear of broken hearts, but never of broken-stomachs ; _and even the heart-broken seem often to recover at seeing the cloth laid. It is very clear, therefore, that all our organs must give way to such ; that all our sympathies, secretions, feelings, fluids, &c., &c., must surrender to the gastric, and that even our , tears, for most swallow them as they fall—such are the laws of our nature, we cannot help it—head, heart, and stomach, alternately get the better of us, according to our age; but the last is nearly a despot through all.—Metropolitan Ma gazine. A PAIR. OF REAL TOP BOOTS. ".Why, thin, I'll tell you," said Rory. " I promised my mother to bring a pre sent to the priest from Dublin, and I could not make up my mind rightly what to get all the time I was there. I thought of a pair o top boots ; for, indeed, his reverence is none of the best, and, only you know them to be top-boots, you would not take take them to be top-boots, bekase the bot toms has been put in so often that the tops is wore out intirely, and is no more like top-boots than my brogues. So I whit to a shop in Dublin, and picked out the purtiest pair o' top-boots I could see ; when I say purty, I dont mane a dourishin' taarin' pair, but sich as was tit for a priest, a respectable pair o' boots ;—and with that I pulled out my good money to pay for thin', whin fist at that minit, remem bering the thricks o ' th e t own , I bethought o' myself, and says I, I suppose these are the right thing?' says Ito the man.— You can thry them,' says he.—' How can I thry them! -says Pull them on you,' says he.—' Throth, an' I'd be sorry,' says I, to take sitch a liberty with them,' says Why, aren't you g o in' t o w a re thi m ,' says h e. — 'ls it me?' says I ; ine ware top-boots ? Do you think it's takin' lave of my sinsis I am ?' says Then what do you want to buy them for ?' says he.—' For his reverence, Father Kinshela,' says Are they the right sort for him ?'— How should I know ?' says he.—`You're a nurty boot maker,' says not to know how to make a priest's boot!' —` How do I know his size ?' says he.—' Oh, don't be comin' off that way,' says I, There's no sitch great differ betune priests and other min T—' Tell me his size,' says the fellow, and I'll fit He's betune five and six fut,' says Most men are,' says lie,' laughing at me. He was an impidint fellow. It's not his five, nor six, but his two feet I want to know the size of,' says he.—" So 1 persaived be was jeerin' me, and says I, Why, thin, you respectful vagabone, o' the world, you Dublin jaekeen you mane to insinivate that Father Kinshela ever went barefutted in his life, that I could know the size of his foot ?' And with that I threw the boots in his face. ' Take that,' says I, you dirty thief o' . the world you impidint vagabone of the world! you ignorant citizen o ' th e wor ld !' .And with that I left the _ place. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. DEC. Houa. 17. 13retherton and Harrison, (2nd) 17. John Warburton, (div.) Commissioner's Rooms, M'ehester, 12 17. James Lenox, (2nd) 18. John Wood Russell, (div.) 18. James Ramsbottom, (div.) 18. Thomas Wilson and William Wilson, (Ist) Ditto, 2 19. Charles Goadsby, (div.) 20. John Montgomery and Joseph Brereton, (final) Ditto, 12 20. Thomas Johnson, (2nd) 23. Nathan Litherland , Ditto 13 24. Henry White Hayman, (2nd) Ditto, 11 24. William WGill 22. Henry and George M'Minn, (special) Avison anti Pi lit's, 11 28. William Robinson, jun. (div ).... Davenport and Collier's, 12 iPbipping Intellimentr. FRIDAY, DECEMHEIt S.S.E. A anivEn.—Minerva, Teigholm, from Miramichi—Ruby, from Seville—Why Not? Dart, from. Lisbon—Fisherman, Gibaut, from Messina—Horn, Davidson, from Odessa—Hoffnung, Beau man, from Stettin—Triton, Olson, from Groningen—Farewell, from Pillau—Anteji, Halley:ilk. from Amsterdam—Dart, Gray, from Terceira—and Eliza Killick, Waugh, from St. Domingo; sailed :Ind Nov. Killeirmont, for Africa, off Holyhead 11th instant, putting back Queen Victoria, (steamer,) from Kingstown, is aground off Crosb: Point • Eliza Killick, Waugh,' from St. Domingo, at this port Formosa, Adams, from New South Wales, at Batavia Diadem, Ross ; Levant Packet, Wlvey ; and Spey, Wallace, hence, at Trieste _ Boykett, Morton, hence, at Bordeaux Engelina, Jantina, hence, at Helvoet Pandora, Grayson, from London at Barbados, and sailed 2d Nov, for St. Jago de Cuba Elizabeth, Brower, from Amsterdam for this port, at Ramsgate Washington. M'Lay, hence for Savannah, off Fayal, 21st Decem. tier, with loss of topmasts, sails, tke. Enterprise, from Calcutta for this port at Bearhaven : crew sick _ _ Jane Lrah'am, Thornton. from Mazatlan, at the Cove. On the 17th Sept. in lat. 57 45, long. 67 20, spoke the Mary Massden, from Liverpool for Valparaiso HoLvnEAn, DEc. 12, 4 r.M.—Put in, the Dean, Hamon, Smyrna for Liverpool, 60 days' passage ; Catherine and Mary, Hughes, from London for ditto ; Caroline, Hughes, from Mostyn for Dublin ; Ann and Elizabeth, Henley, and Flint, Hayle, with mainsail split ; Peel, Dawe, from Fayal fur Liverpool ; - Bride, Gibson, from Vera Cruz for ditto ; Suffolk Hero, Adams, from Ipswich for ditto ; Town of Drog heda, for ditto, for a supply of coal. Wind S.E., strong breeze SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14.—Wind variable and light. ARRlVED.—Reliahce, —, from Fayal—Rebecca, Longford, from Pernambuco; sailed Ist Nov.—Wm. Russell, —. from Paraiba—Active, Russell; Boriga, Ball; Centaur, Fox, and Speedy, Wills, from Seville—Volunteer, M•Minn, and Frankland, Parnell, (late Harrison) from Calcutta—Arica, Stagg, from Arica—Severn, Williams, from New York—Sarah Maria Ann, , from Naples —Premier, Beakman, from Denia—Sidonia, Olive, from Nantes•— Hope, Jellard, from St. Übes—Farewell, Carson, from Konigsberg —Belinda, Prest, from Quebec. SAlLED.—Garrick, Palmer, for New York—and Thomas Mellor, Hutchison, for Pernambuco. New York, Barstow, from New York ; sailed 19th Nov. has about 30,600 dollars on freight Roscius, Collins, from New York ; at this port; sailed 25th Nov. Has about 180,000 dollars on freight Crown, Kerr, from Bombay and St. Helena, at this port ; sailed from Bombay sth Sept. and from St. Helena 28th Oct. Triumph, Andrews, from Malaga, at this port. Spoke the Dinah, Hick, for Gloucester, and James Dunn, -, from Plymouth. Killermont, (late Tacker) for Africa, has put back, captain killed by the mainboom 'The Scotia, from Quebec for the Clyde, was fallen in with stb December, in Ict. 46, long. 33 20, water logged, and the crew were taken off by the Roscins -- British Queen, (steamer) from London, at New York, 23rd Nov. and was to sail on her return 2nd Dec. Matilda, Rowe, hence to Calcutta, was :woken 20th Oct. in 9 N, long. 23 W • Merison, Henson, from China for New York, at St. Helena; sailed about 26th July Egher, Heron, from Calcutta, at St. Helena, and sailed 28th Oct, for London Persian, Sp trk 4, from St. Jago do Cuba for Swansea, was totally lost 24th Oct. off the S.W. end of Inagua. Crew and materials saved Navigator, Ketelboter, from Stettin for Liverpool, struck on the Lemon and Owers, on the night of the 3rd Dec, and sunk Georgiana, Toole, hence for New Orleans, wa....! aground on the N.E. bar of the Mississippi, lsth Nov. Express, (packet) sailed from Tampico for Falmouth, 2;th Oct. with 1,500,000 dollars on board, and H.M.S. Inconstant, was to sail early in November with 2,000,000 dollars _ . Senator, , hence at Havana . Denmark, Frost, hence at New Orleans Helen & Elizabeth, Allen, and North Star, Benedict, hence al Philadelphia _ Emerald, Weatherly; Renewal, Wilder, and Pomona, Smith, hence at Odessa Chase, Powell, and Masdeu, Dare, hence at Genoa Louise Desirie, -, sailed from Nantes for Liverpool, Bth Dec Horsfurd, . hence at Vera Cruz 6th Oct. Isabella, Drenning, and Catherine, Lelean, hence at Havre Commerce. Korsholm, hence at Reval Eleonore, Fradlant, hence off Warnemunde Lady Mary, Sayer, from Bahia, at the Elbe Jantina Engelina, De Boer, hence at Helvoet Joseph, Potlich, hence at Ostend SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15.—Wind S.S.E, ARRIVED.—Mary Caioline, , from Quebec—Herald, , from Alexandria—Sarah, —, from Zante—Christiana, , from Denia—Mayburn, Dickson, from Boston—Bride, from Vera Cruz--Anna Maria, from Trieste—British Merchant, from Bombay—Elizabet h, —, from St. John, N.B.— Westchester, —, from New York—Columbine, , from Laguna. . _ gAILED.—Ruby. Aiming, for Lisbon—Colchester, Withers, for Bombay—and James, Wilson, for Genoa. Caledonia, Stroyan, from Bombay and Mauritius, at this port. The Girard, from Canton for New York, with a cargo of tea, was condemned at Mauritius. The Champlain , from C a l cutta, put i nto Mauritius, leaky,and cargo damaged, and was discharging Rock Scorpion, hence for Gibraltar, was spoken Bth Dec. in lat. 48, long. 11 Zoe, Holmes, hence at the Mauritius Cordelia, Crighton, hence for China, at Anjer Cumberland, -, hence for New South Wales, was spoken 17th Nov. in lat. 10 N, long. 31 W • Protector, -, hence for Odessa, was spoken 31st Oct. off Malta Wm. Prowse, Prowse, and Louisa Munro, Silk, hence at Rio Janeiro Tiber, Lamb, sailed from Rio Janeiro for Trieste 2nd Oct. Light, Dickson, and Berbice, Grayson, hence at Berbice Melanira, Huxtable, hence at Naples Pandora, -, hence at Restigouche Orleana, Cameron, from Manilla, at the Downes Grafton, Cook, from Kertch for Liverpool, at the Cove Britannia, Bonfellow, from Kertch for Liverpool, off the Cove Robert Scurfield, Clough, from Odessa for Liverpool, off ditto MONDAY, DECEMBER 10. ArtarVED.—Ruby, Westcott, from St. John, N.B.—New Bruns. wick, —; Britannia, Aitcheson, and Woodstock, Simpson, from Quebec—Peri, —, from Fayal—Astrca, Rice, from Odessa—Earl, Alcock, from Alexandria—Uniall, Parnplon, from Lisbon—L'Ansa. —, from Marans—Concordia, --, from Rotterdam—Courier, John, from Altona—Angelo, Matthew, from Trieste—and Deau, Hammond, from Smyrn t. Douro, Barnes, hence at Oporto in nine days Brothers, -, from China, at Manilla Mona, Glass, fiwn Calcutta for London, was spoken 2nd Nov. in lat. 3, long. 17 Win. Parker, Sewell, from Sincapore, off Margate Catherine, -, hence at Monte Vieeo Liverpool, Sinnott; James Lemon, Stone; Wanderer, Tabor, and John Bentley, Geach, hence at St. John, N.B. Elizabeth, Swan, hence at Charleston Julius Caesar, Nfitchell, from Quebec, at Liverpool. On 7th Dec. in lat. 47 long. 25 30, spoke the George Washington, hence for New York TELEGRAPH OFFICE, DECEMBER IG, 1389. Wind at Holyhead N.N.W . Light breeze at noon. Sailed from Holyhead at 8 30 a.m. No. 1055, Dee, B.Sc, Off Point Lyuas, inward hound, at 10 a.m. No. 271, Algonquin, A S. from Philadelphia, and No. 304, Mediterranean, 8.8. from Africa, (have pilots.) Light breeze in the morniog North, . . Off Great Ormshead, inward bound, at 9 a.m. No. 68, John Begg, 8.8. from Africa. Several vessels oft' the Ormshead, inward hound, at 9 a.m. TIDE TABLE. Dvs. Men. F, vn. I Height. 11. N. H. M. I Y. I. Tuesday 17 746 .8 17 14 11 Oxf. Mich. Term ends. Wednes. 18 8 47 f 9 15 15 8 Thursday 19 943 110 9 17 0 Moon in Perigee 5h morn . Friday .. 20 10 35 11 2 17• 8 Jupiter rises 4. 2 morn. Saturda) 21 11 28 11 52 18 2 St. Thomas. Sunday 22 0 0 017 18 4 4th Sunday in Advent. Monday 23 041 1 4 18 1 [Winter commences, LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. INDIRECT. DIRECT! INDIRECT. I DIRECT. From China .. June 15 Calcutta .... Oct. 16 Bombay .... Oct. 28 Mauritius Valparaiso.... July 19 Bahia Pernambuco Nov..l From Rio Jan. Oct. 201 Maranham .. Oct. 26 N. Orleans Nov. 15 i Mobile Nov. 161 Savannah Nov. 18 Charleston Nov. 20 New York INov. 25 GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street, Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, :Manchester TWIN OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m 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 „ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 13 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside 1 15 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. 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 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. S 15 a.m. Mixed 1 30 p.m 10 30 a.m. ~ 7 p.m. 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 2 4 I).m. „ The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only, PI 12 LIVERPOOL AND MA ,NCIIESTER RAILWAY. FROM Crow. TO MANCNESTER. First Class Second Class • - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 10 0 11 0 „ 11 45 ~ 2 0 Aftern. .. 2 30 Aftern. 4 45 „ 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 13 Mixed 11 Stop only at Newton & Prkside f * Except on Saturdays, when tt. ox str First Class - Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 Is Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside f TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 „ 11 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 4 45 „ .. Mixed 7 15 „ .. First Class os SU: FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. 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 11 Stop only at Newton & Prksidef his Train does not start till Three. ;NDAYS. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 ,15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside. I AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 5 0 „ .. Mixed 715 „ .. First Class NDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon .. „ ILTON. 7 0 Morning' \fixed 5 30 Afternoon .. TO FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.... First Class 11 0 2 30 Afternoon . . Second Class 5 30 PROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 „ ... • 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 530 „ „ 'NDAYS, I 7 0 Morning.... Seco n d Cl ass 5 30 Afternoon .. HELENS. 7 0 Morning.. 5 30 Afternoon OV st , Second Class : TO ST. FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class o o FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 11 45 „ VP .... IP 2 45 Afternoon .. 1, if 5 3J 'DAYS. 2 30 Afternoon 5 30 „ .. ON" 9U 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. 19 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. 11 :ORN GAP. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 11 5 30 Afternoon .. ft 'NDAYS. I 7 0 Morning.- Second Class 5 30 Afternoon TO RUNC FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class . 1 45 5 30 Afternoon ON ST.I 7 (a Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon ~ iftatitets. LIVERPOOL corroN MARKET, DEC. 19. The demand has been moderate, particularly towards the close of the week, and the disposition on the part of holders to sell continu ing, prices of the better qualities of American, particularly of the new crop, have declined fully id per lb; all other kinds remain dull, without material alteration. 1300 American have been taken on speculation; 600 American and 100 Surat for export. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the 6th instaitt, to this clay, inclusive. Prices paid I IMP, SALES OF THE WEEK. in the week. ThisWk, 50 , Sea Island lBd Q, 24d ) 19 Stained - - 15 )1 1189 4260 Bowed Georgia - ii , 0 .,... I f Mobile - 71 i `" ! 1 Alabama and Tennessee 6 - 61 ; 1716 8670 New Orleans - Si i 860 I { Pernambuco & Paraiba 9l -10 i ; t 1038 Aricati and Ceara 9l - 91 ' ) 380 Bahia and Maceio - 91 1 1805 J Maranham - 9 i i 1 19° 1 Sawginned Minas ' Para - -- -- )1 - • 60 Demerara, Surinam, &c 9A- -- 131 ) 22 210 Egyptian - 131 ' Barbados - - - 180 Peruvian - - -9 Bahama 30 Laguayra - - 9 Common West India, tizc.. I -- - 1273 110 Carthagena 4 - 6 Smyrna - - - Manilla - - - 1030 . Surat - 61 r' Madras - - -.- 1 Bengal - _ 19760 bales i 7043 Ids year 990170 MONDAY EVENING. There has been a dull market to-day, and prices unsteady, par- ticularly good American of the new crop, which are again lower since Friday ; the sales of the day are 4000 bales of all kinds ; 900 bales of which are for resale here. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 16. There has been a large show of Beasts to-day, a great part of which were of prime quality ; they were in good demand at an ad vance on our last quotations, say 6id to 62d; second and inferior Beasts met dull sale at 5d to s'ict, and at the close of the day a many lots were turned out unsold. The supply of Sheep was large, prime 'ethers were in demand at our last quotations, say 7d to 7 1 d. Second quality and Ewes met dull sale at 6d to 6id, and at the close of the day a number were unsold. Beasts, 1887; Sheep, 6675. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, DEC 14. With the exception of about 3,600 qrs. of Wheat received coast wise and 4,000 qrs. of Oats and I ,40 , 1 loads of Oatmeal from Ireland, the supplies of free grain, 4c. this week, have been moderate : of American Flour the arrival has been about 6,600 barrels. The duty on Oats is reduced to 7s gd per qr. amt is raised to 3s 6cl per qr. on Peas, but remains the same upon other foreign Grain and Flour. On Tuesday we had a tolerably free trade in old Wheat, and, in some instances, an advance of Id to 2d per bushel on previous quotations was realized, and this improvement has been steadily maintained, with daily purchases for shipment coastwise and to Ireland.— Oats have been held with much firmness for better prices, and, although the demand has not been extensive, an advance of id to Id per bushel has been partially obtained.—Barley, both malting and grind ing, has met with a freer sale, but without any alteration in value. —The trapsaetions in American Flour have not been important; a few thousand barrels have changed hands at 31s tid per barrel, and there are now few sellers under 325. ; an advance of Is per barrel, required on free, has rather checked the demand, but 42s 64 to 43s ad per barrel may be considered current queations.—No change to note in the value of either Beans or Peas. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, DEC. 16. The market is inundated with inferior Butter, which, although offered at extremely low prices, meets little attention. Fine Butters, on the contrary; are very scarce, and command a ready sale at about 2s advance upon last week's currency ' • Belfast having touched 958. Pickled Butter continues excessively dull.—Mote life is anticipated in the barreled Provision trade as soon as the spring business opens. —Bacon is not brisk, the best Belfa;t may be quoted at sos to 51s. LIVERPOOL PR Asnits - Montreal, Pot 23 6 24 9 Pearl, new l9 0 —29 6 U. States, Pot none. Pearl none. BARK, Quercit. .% 13 0 15 0 Oak,. ton ES 5 6 15 German 4 15 5 5 BRIMSTONE, ? ton' Sicily, &c l3 10 14 0 Tuscany l3 10 14 0 CASSIA LIGNEA, a. d. S. d v cwt. in bond 60 0 65 0 CLOVER-SEED, Itt , cwt. American, red.. Dutch ll French & Germ. Nominal COCOA, ? cwt. Trinidad 4B 0 52 0 Grenada .... 45 0— 50 0 Brazil 3l 0 36 0 COFFEE, ? cwt in bond. Jima. triage ordinary ... good& fine 0rd.103 0-110 0 middling 112 0-118 0 good mid. l2O 0-128 0 fine mid. &c 130 0.. 145 0 Dutch, triage.. 5594 e ordinary .... J good &fine ord. g 6 0-102 middling lO5 0-108 good mid. } 110 0-114 fine mid., &c. Mocha Ceylon .. Java Havana ,good & tine ord. 46 0— 52 0 St. Domingo 45 0— 48 0 Brazil 42 0— 50 0 Lagnira 47 0— 55 0 DYEWOODS, 3A'to/4 .4. S. Logwood, Jam... 8 0— 0 0 Hon. & Dom. 8 0— 0 0 Campeachy g 0— 10 0 Fustic, Span 5 5 6 5 Tampico 6 10— 7 0 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA Wool,. Rio de la Hache solid rough 6 0— 7 10 small Lima, solid Barwood, Ango 8 0— 9 0 Gaboon 5 10— 7 0 Camwood l9 0— 24 10 Red San. Wood 8 10— 9 10 4.) , ton. Riga. P.T.R. 47 0— (9 0 P'burg, g head Archangel 5O 0— 52 0 Dutch & Flem. GALLS, 'l . 3' cwt. Turkey, blue mixed 60 0— 70 0 East India 75 0— 82 0 GINGER, a 9, Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 Jamaica 6O 0-120 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 17 0 Gust, s cwt. Arabic, Turkey East India 24 0— 58 0 Barbary 45 0— 52 0 Senegal 67 0— 68 HEMP, ? ton a. .€ s. P'burg, clean 3B 10— 39 0 outshot 36 10— 37 0 Riga, Rhine 39 0— 39 10 outshot.. 38 0— 38 10 Archangel 4O 0— 41 0 Manilla Bombay l7 0— 20 0 Jute HIDES, Ox and Cow, v tb B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. inferior & mid. 0 7}— 0 Si good & prime 0 9 0 10 Do. salted N. Amer. salted 0 4 0 4} Brazil dry salted 0 51— 0 fii Rio, dry .7i— 0 84 Valparaiso, dry 0 61, 0 71 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 W. India, dry 0 51— 0 7 salted 0 41— 0 5i East India Kips, B.A. dry 0 7i— 0 81 Horse d. each 9 0 —l2 0 Hoasit HAIR, v. ib. Short mixed long tails 1 7 2 0 combed INDIGO, ? 115. in bond. Bengal. pur. & violet blue & violet blue 0 0— violet, g. & fine 7 3 ord. & mid. 6 3 7 violet & cop. 5 9 6 mixed .. cop. g. & fine. 6 3 7 ord. & mid. 5 3 6 con. quality Oude 3 3 5 Madras 3 9 6 Guatimala, s lb Floras Sobres 5 0— 6 3 Cortes Caraccas, Floras 6 6 7_ 0 Sobres 5 0— 6 3 Cortes LAC Dint, lb. D.T. and prime. 1 9 3 6 mid. to good o g— 1 6 ord. & inferior 0 6 0 8 MADDER ROOTS, ?Cwt. Smyrna Galipoli & Syria .. 43 0— 48 0 French .... • •.... 50 0— 52 0 Naples 3B 0— 40 0 90 0-118 0 100 0-103 0 40 0- 50 0 CES CURRENT. MADDEa, 49 , cwt. s. d. s. d. Dutch, crop 56 0 —6B 0 Ombro 42 0 —54 0 Gamene 32 0 —3l; ; Mull 10 0 —3O 0 French, S.F. 42 0 —46 0 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 E.S.F 54 0 —5B 0 E.5.F.F.60 0 —63 0 Spanish 3O 0 —32 • 0 MOLASSES,I9. CWt Trinidad, &c 31 0 Demerara, &c 31 6 Bar & Antigua.. 33 0 MUNJEET, CWt 15 0 OIL, Olive, 1 4.252 gulls. Gallipoli Trieste 57 0 —ss 0 Sicily _ _ none .32 9 -32 6 -34 6 -16 0 Maliga 53 0 —54 0 Portugal, &c 49 0 —53 0 Levar i; 51 0 —5O 0 33 10 —34 0 Fish, r 252 galls Seal, pale.. brown 32 10 —33 0 27 10 —29 0 Cod 2d 0 —2B 10 LINSEED, 19 , cad 24 6 —24 Rape, pale do. 37 0 —37 6 Turpen. v cwt 56 0 —57 0 Rice, 19 , cwt Carolina, dress. 38 0 —4O 0 in bond 26 0 —26 6 Bengal, ord. do 11 0 —l3 6 mid to fine l4 0 ,-15 African none. Rom, p gallon, in bond. Jamaica, 12 to 16 o. p 4 4 4 8 stronger 4 10 b S choice marks 6 0 6 3 SAFFLOWER, 1 , cwt. Bengal, good & fine.. £5 5 7 10 ord. & mid Bombay SALTPETRE, p Caw. s. d. s. d East India 23 0 —27 0 South American 17 6 —lB 0 SIIELL LAc, V cwt. in bond. orange 30 0 —BO 0 liver and black .. 35 0 —lB 0 Scugs, Neutria, :5;) , dux .. 10 0 —l5 6 Chinchilli, do. .. 20 0 —25 0 Seal, each 1.731 AC, 11) , curt Sicily.. Malaga Trieste Verona. 10 0 -14 0 11 0 -11 6 9 0 - 9 6 9 0 - 9 6 9 0 -10 6 Tyrolese SE - 0,111,31k eta. B. P. Mitscovado moist brown 56 0 —57 0 dry brown 53 0 —6l 0 good & mid 62 0 —66 0 fine &v. tine 67 0 —69 o Mauritius, dabs and moist 52 0 —56 0 brown 5B 0 —6O o yellow 62 0 —64 0 fine yellow 64 6 —67 0 East India, Bengal ord. white 65 0 —67 good and tine 69 6 —7O 6 extra fine 71 6 —72 0 Manilla, in bond 20 0 —2B 0 Havana, do. _ brown yellow . white ord good & fine Brazil, in bond do. do. . . brown l7 0 —2O 0 yellow 21 0 —22 0 white ord. 22 6 —24 0 good and fine 25 0 —27 0 TALLOW, 19. NV& P'burgh, Y.C. 49 0 —49 6 Odessa 49 0 0 0 Archangel 4B 0 —4B 6 Buenos Ayres 42 0 —46 6 TAR, V bd. Stockholm l6 0 —l6 6 Archangel .. Carolina Virginia . TARTAR, V Cwt. .. 15 6 —l6 0 .. 1d 6 —ls 0 .. 0 0 0 0 Cream of Tartar.. 68 o —72 o brown and yel... 50 0 —6O 0 T 1 A, It, in. bond. Bohea, Canton .. Fokein o o o 0 o o 7 9 COngoll, Cont. : 2 8— 2 9 mid. to rine. 2 10 3 1 Twankay, corn 2 10 —2 10i mid. to good 2 11 3 Pekoe, Orange 2 9 4 6 Campoi, corn. to good Hyson Skin 2 6 2 8 mid. to fine 2 9 2 10 SoucTiong, com 2 8 2 9 good to fine 2 10 3 6 Pekoe, flowery - 4 0 Hyson, corn 3 0 3 10 _ . fine 4 0 4 8 Young Hyson 3 0 3 6 Imperial Gunpowder, good and fine TonAcco, ti , lb. in bond. J. River, Leaf 0 41-0 10} Stemmed 0 9 I 2 Kentucky Maryland - 0 9i TURMERIC, V. Cr! in bond. Bengal 28 0 —33 0 TURPENTINE, C/Ct. - - American VALoNia,q , . ton. .t° s s Smyrna, picked l5 0 —22 0 Morea WAX, BEES' I. cut. in bond. 'African East India American 7 0 8 0 Emports.. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, A-c. Crown, (262) J Kerr, from Bombay, 483 bales 1 hf bale cotton, Dirom, Richmond and co-450 bales 62 hf bales cotton, order-186 bales cotton, R Woodhouse-1 bundle and 143 pees ivory, 30 cases 88 bundles soother o' pearl shells, 5 cases gum animi, 100 cases cowries, Dirom, Richmond and co-571 ' bags pepper, 267 pees 4 bundles and 80 elephants' teeth, order-72 bundles elephants' teeth, 2 boxes tortoiseshell, 1 box rose perfumery, 36c horns, 24 bags hoofs, Ogilvy, Gillanders and co-100 cases gum, M'Donald, Milne and co-1 box contents unknown, Oldficld and Muir—PD WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Eliza Killick, (199) J Waugh, from St. Domingo; 124 logs maho gany, W Rose and co-113 do, 238 bags eolfee,".182,40011) logwood, 3 boxes books and papers, 1 box shells, H Killich-2 cases 1 parcel returned goods, tracts, &c. no consignee SOUTH AMERICA. Mary Scott, (244) J Scott, from Lima, 1 parcel 1 case contents unknown, order-1 parcel do, F Hutli and co-1 do, A Gibbs and Son-254 tons copper ore, T Naylor and co—P D BRITISH AMERICA. Minerva, (349) R Sleightholme, from Miramichi, 665 pees pine timber, 366 pees deals, 16 cords lathwood, no consignee —B EUROPE. Fisherman, (196) M A Gibaut, from Messina, 325 cases 675 boxes lemons, 68 bags nuts, 6 oysks almonds, order-125 cases 200 boxes lemons, 25 bags nuts, T Mayor-100 boxes lemons, 200 bags nuts, E Clark-75 cases 25 boxes lemons, J Levy and co-4 bags nuts, W Hamnett-120 boxes lemons, J Robin and Son-2 casks almonds, 11 boxes 100 cases oranges and lemons, Harrison and co-100 brls currants, order-400 do, Ross Brothers-100 do, E Clark-65 boxes oranges and lemons, 1 brl currants, W Mamnett-50 boxes oranges, 30 bags walnuts, E Clark-3 pipes citrons, Harrison and co—K Dart, (74) F Gray, from Terceira, 96 large and 502 small boxes oranges, W Dart-2 do, the master—S D Anja, (91) A C Hazewinkle, from Amsterdam, 540 qrs wheat, Holdforlh, Bald and co—Q D Jane, (94) D Vivian, from Tarragona, 30 hhds 50 qr casks wine, 10 hhds hrandy, order-10 pipes 36 hhds 22 qr casks wine, 459 hags nuts, E Rae and Sons-600 bags nuts, 31 pipes spirits, order-73 bags almonds, E Rae and Sons—K D Ruby, (67) T Minter, from Seville, 360 chests 30 hf chests oranges E H Burnett-2 do, the master—S Reliance, (96) J Walters, from Fayal, 117 large and 826 small boxes oranges, W Dart Active, (52) W Russell, from Seville, 263 chests oranges, 50 scrons figs, M'Andrews, Pitcher and co-2 boxes oranges, the master—S NORTHERN HOSPITAL, DECEMBER 14. DISCHARGED. Cured Attending as Out Patients . . 7 Irregular Died 3 'ospital ADMITTED Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation Total . 27 Remaining in the House Visitors, John Lightbody, Esq. and John Rigby, Esq. Treasurer, Mr. R. W. Bateson. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.—House Surgeon, Mr. Arnott. LONDON GAZETTE.--.FRIDAT, DEC. 13. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. c J. F. Froes and H. Froes, Li ver p oo l—T . Hi gnet t an d R. j, linen thread-manufacturers, Li ver p oo l—J . K enyon , W. FickUP Swarsbrick, W. Counsell, R. Fish, J. Hargreaves, T. Leach, greaves, M. Chatman, and J. Frankland, grocers, Blackburn, cashire ; as far as regards J. Swarsbrick anti W. Counsell—i• '" 3 i • farlane and A. Fielding, com m i ss i on . agen t s ,- M a nchester — d Mather and E. P. Mather, chemists, Great Bolton—W. William s a ' J. Richardson, commission-agents, Manchester. INSOLVENTS. Dec. I2.—John Fothergill, Queen- s t ree t, Ch eaps id e , London, ' IOP seller. Dec. 13.—John Wilson Green, Dartmouth, ship-builder. William Banks Silk, Jewin-street, London, builder' BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Henry Nicholl, Greetlaud, Yorkshire, worsted-spinner, to the 14th of January. BANKRUPTS. John Jones, Liverpool, Lime-burner, to surrender Dec. th__ 24, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. S o licitors, l_rja, Vincent and Sherwood, Temple, L on d on ; an d M ess rS. Liu ° and Bardswell, Liverpool. Lon* John William Llewellyn, Cowcr o ss. s t ree t , W es t Smithfield, don, iron-founder. . g" . Raydin George Gowar, Chu rc h- row , Ald ga t e, L on don, co maker. George Collett Yeld, Market-street, Edgeware-road, Londoe' iron-merchant. William Bullock, Newcastle under-Lyme, ironmonger. Edward Hughes,,LlandCerfel, Merionethshire, linen-draPe r *t- James Grey Court and John Grey Court, Glastonbury, Sal shire, cattle-dealers. Edward Carven, Nantwich, Cheshire, banker. William Hart, Chester, banker. tilu bcr. William Wilkins and Joseph Wilkins, Iffley, Oxfordshire, merchants. William Triaiwe, King's Lynn, builder. Thomas Wilks, Walsall, Staffordshire, tailor. John Elsworth, Pudsey, Yorkshire, cloth-maker. • cot' Daniel Hodgson and Jonathan Wri g ht, Gl ossop, D e rbyshire , ton-spinners. DIVENS. Jan. 23, 11. Living, J. S. Down lD es, and and J. Living, of Great 1;37 cott- street, Goodman's-fields, London, mercha n ts—Jan. 0. Tonbridge-wells, victualler—Dec. 19 - , F. Mansell, Myddelton -s Clerkenwell, London, engraver—Jan 6, W. Dave, P a ddi ng ton. 1: 00 . maker—Jan. 6, G. Richardson, S m ith' s -L u ildi ngs, City-read' Jo. don, coach-builder—Jan. 6, J. Kingsley, Ilolme, Bedfordshire— 16, 6. R. Phillips, Brick-lane, Spitalfields, Lcndon, victualler—La n c ' e r, J. Binney and V. Binney, Sheffield, merc h an t s —J an . 7. a• Wit, 011erton, Nottinghamshire, butcher—Jan. 10, J. Bent, Bat o ef Yorkshire, cotton-spinner—Jan. 6, C. J. Adams, Oxford, auc'' —Jan. 7, W. Bull, Lichfield, cabinet-maker. CERTIFICATES be fore To he granted unless cau s e b e s h own to t h e contrary, on 0r G. Pennell, St. James's-pla ce , W es t m i ns t er, picture-deslcrar—cs Sheppard, Edgbaston, Warwi c k s hi re, manu f acturer o f plated ‘ , : eon . —W. P. Williams, Bexley, draper—J. Haxworth, Sheffield, sar,, ESTRATIONS. SEQU egOW' John Arthur, John SCOTCH Turnbull, and Joseph T urn bull, Gls calido.pzinters. Thomas M'Lean Taylor, Clockserie, Perthshire, brewer- Peter Stirling', Edinburgh. horse-dealer. AVERAGE'PRICE OF SUGAR. tee ° The average price of B rown or M uscovado Sugar, comPa r o ft. the Returns made in the W ee k ending. Lec. 10. is 373 oad P e r ail exclusive of the duties of Cust oms pa id or payable t h er eon importation thereof into Great Britain. PRICES OF SIIARES, DECENLIMIL 16. Lo t Prices. 'Pais day , rer Share. Fri,* • 70 paid 40 10 0 . 140 .... 66 10 0 • • 4(1 paid 40 10 0 • 100 paid 61 0 0 ...• 10 0 •• RAILWAYS, &c. Birmingham anti Gloneuter Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh Bolton and Preston Bristol and Exeter 25 Chester and Crewe 35 .... Dublin and Drogheda lO paid Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 14 paid Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar 1 30 paid nook, and Ayr Grand Junction • 100 Ditto half shares 3O . Great Western 65 Ditto new shares 2o .... Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 10 paid or 17 6 Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Binning - ham Ditto new shares ' 9 .... 140 160 .... 31 1. 0 . 4. 5 , 0. .... 0 c Ditto quarter shares Ditto ant Southampton 5O .... 3s 5 0 ••• • Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester 6O .... 66 17 6.. • • 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 Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 92 is 0 ...• Ditto quarter shares North Midland South Eastern and Dover North Union - 75 Go 0 0 ...6 St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0.• • • ~„ 15 I) York and North Midland 3O paid 38 15 0 ... • " BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 .. Bank of Liverpool . # -12 10s paid - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... - Liverpool Union lO .... - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales lO .... - of Manchester lO .... - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO Commercial Bank of England 5 .... East of England lO .... Plurnix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 Iris. GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings - t -100 paid 166 0 0 •• • • L'pool and Harrington Water Works } 350 .... Bootle Ditto Stock.... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance Company 25 paid 4 10 0 .. • • Ocean Assuriume Company.... 10 .... 6 10 0 •• .• Liverpool Fire and Life 2 105. 1 8 0 ••• DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 .... 976• • • • Woodside Ferry Egremout Ferry l2 10s. ..•• Rock Ferry ••5 7 6 •••• Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company s 105. 317 6 •••• . d Harrington Docks lOO o 0 0 •••• 0 . Apothecaries' Company Asphaite (Liverpool; 2 .: . • .• 10 0 1 5 4 0 0 .• • . I (Polonccau) 2 ~.. 0 13 0 29 5 0 ... 0 0 0 ... 4 10 0 .. • 10 2 6.. 3 5 0 ... 11 10 0 ... : 4i7 6 25 10 0 .... 202 0 203 0 0 7 6 10 0 76 10 53 10 0 14 10 0 ;is 0 u ex &Y. g 6 22 2 6 1 9 0 o . 6 13 0 0.. 13 3 7 6 .. 21 7 6 6 1 7 6 .. 11 7 6 9 12 ti 7 5 • 6 7 6 .... 8 15 0 ...• 15 2 ti .••• 4 1 0 ..•• 9 7 6.•. 7 2 6 463 0 o . 47; ; ' 327 10.0 .• • 370 0 0.• Iy7 .0 0 .... BIRTn . A few day's since, at Easton Cleve S land, MA 12GAR. -- 10 - a SON, wife of a labouring man, o f th ree sons, name d Abrang' and Jacob, all of whom are doing well. MARRIED. L'ive l ' ij". On the 15th ult. at St. Mark's Church, Mr. LEE, nailer , 1 e f. lane, to Mrs. CARRUTHERS. publican, Eldon-place. ms s N I , D sI" On the 25th ult. at Walton Church, by the Rec. Th y— Iq' A.M. Mr. FREDERICK ROSE, formerly of Oxford, to M r '' c, t * SWAINSON, Stanley- crescent, near Bootle. ~,,ia ~,,:n• On the Ist instant, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. PETER "„ sast o ., watchcase-maker, of this town, to Miss HANNAH DEA.''this 0 ' On the 4th instant, Mr. L. HEYMAN, of Soho-street.l i ,4, to Miss SARAH ELIAS, of Woburn-street, London. ..., av ies,'"o. Same day, at St. David's Church, by the Rev. Robert I' , . late di , 10 , WARD, Esq. to Miss ANNIE COOPER, daughter of Cooper, of Chester. •, Ite v itio On the gth instant, at St. John's Church, Chester, by `....' 1- ,,, to Marsden, Mr. JOHN ROBERTS, bricklayer, of this tow ~0 1 , KENT, of Chester. Ref' 1.. 0 111# On the 10th instant, at St. Faces Church, by the to burn, Mr. JOHN HARRIS, shoemaker, Moor-Pla ce ' ?,4f , ESTHER JONES, Richmond-row. et, 11- tte , it Same day, at the Baptist Chapel, Great Crosshau t .. s s, ol JOHN DAVIES, Greenland-street, t o Mi ss ANN 1 014 ' eq' street, Toxteth-pa/k. by. tlic of On the 12th instant, at St. George's Church, Eveitai. ~ to r, o Hugh M'Neile, IHOMAS SHLRRARD, Esq. of Th ib ,2 l lPag e MARY ANNE B NGER, ouly daughter of the late • I,l '' tllc n of - o f this town. & est s °Mtef h Same day, at St. Ann's Church, RICHARD, youne'„taug" . Rev. WILLIAM BLUNDELL, B.A. to ELLEN, eldest f Pe nce GEORGE KYRKE, Esq. of Bryn Mally, in the county 0 At Glasgow, aged Si, ALEXANDER FINDLATE.-ti OP , . it' Collector of Excise. t O P.- At Devouport, aged 85, M r . RORIE, R.N. the ol dest the Navy. r; ii 3 l r '•r At St. Edith's Marsh, near Devizes, aged 93, Mrs. - - ,105-' p. - At Ruanlanyborne, Cornwall, aged' 109, Mrs. JAN.E:pyreT e le Lately, FLETCHER, the faithful servant (4 Lori j i, ng , I a re' whose name so often occurs in Moore's Life of tb e4 " - ,„aats t teig lu sorry to hear, that he died in by no means affluent rulirs. ', seo We are told, that the annuity formerly allowed hiin bY .. ' o ire . Lord Byron's only sister, had, of late, for some unexPl'u n ab ed been withheld. of hoiet%ooe' On the 24th of June last, at Cawnpore, India. .. c of lA_ co"; 31, JOHN, eldest son of the late Mr. JAMES PALMD7 largL o si , and brother of Mrs. J. E. Dibb, of Merthyr TYdvil' his r ' - ' . course of natives, as well as English residents, attend. of 'kr to the grave. T Sfa ll ' On the 26th tilt. aged 29, Captain WILLIAM - , I„, was Killermont, on her passage to the coast of Africa. "ddeo shine h by the main -boom, which was carried away by a Sti line rs 'af'''' wind, in lat. 40 NAong. 16 W. and only survived a fe':/ sbe d Cll ar rlf On the 4th instant, in communion with the Est 01 1) 1 ' 0 y, fe ll , the Rev. LAURENCE J. NOLAN, Curate of Au' ie rg' Roman Catholic Curate, Fore. NO, c DV/ SW' v ' Same day, awfully sudden, the Rev. Dr. ARM eet, afe ig man of the Presbyterian congregation of Strand -sty a rela pa., After celebrating a marriage between Mr. D. Hutthtei on.: of ilit'.d,lAa the Member for Dublin, and Miss Barton, a daug to br e d di' Director of that name, the rev. gentleman eat d 0 an aa with the bridal party, when he dropped front his e a ' 4: 4 : frOD Y ,aid almost instantaneously. MAO A Ceet i- „Of On the sth instant, after a lingering illness, Mrs. -- ,„ e‘ e -,,,,a -wife of Mr. John Holden, corn and tour-dealer , ' ci o, Iv , a , road, and daughter of Mr. Thomas Pearson, conike ' ,IP'" of Circus-street. cer P i 0 0.- ° On the 6th instant, MARTHA, the wife of Mr. R. to v • t soli and daughter of Mr. Peter Hignett, plumber, of t ilis a aag e ' f, On thei,lth instant, aged 19 months, THOMAS, Y S e ( TO, °log ° Mr. T. DANIEL, printer, St. James's-street. aged.,. ‘ d $ Same day, at the Rectory House, Ackworth, a ~. a nd $• WILLIAM ROBERT HAY, M.A. Rector of Ackwori.. Gs., ~,a• Rochdale. fl. 3 Z` t Ye - On the 12th instant, after a long illness, aged 2 8, „111, ,j, WORTHY, - second daughter of Mr. John Goldswu ~,a,)„, .$ v• - oc , ' street, Low-hill. rzEOlt t ` of ;eV: Same day, in his 44th year, the Rev. JOHN - oda r ' 'Whir Minister of Christ Church, Birmingham, and Pre . be da y se pt t field. The rev, gentleman officiated twice on sl ii istfl i ' c l„ that day being the completion of a seven years m f reer.....ll A' church, and was carried off, after a short illness, 1) IN t• Same day, in thp 72nd year of his age, Mr. GEOl w to °I coal-proprietor, of Ince, near Wigan. pE, i$ Same day, aged 36, Mr. JOHN BIRKETT, inn; A L so- the Same day, at Chester, aged 66, Mr. WILLIAN ' , S OYI this town.l/ • t its of s On the 13th instant, at Star Bank, near Edinb urgh vf tie wife of ALEXANDER GOALEN, Esq. w ide. r o Same day, after a long and severe affliction, AN l4T .' o •ed 451 1, late Mr. JOHN ALLISON, of St. Loyes, Bedford, " it ss' esteemed and deeply lamented. ~r • , o te On the 1 ith instant, aged 3 years, I$lARGAgrk,-verlf . th e ' daughter of Mr. JOS. B. ABBOTT, Rokeby-street , rel ict • v IP -1 Same day, aged 53, Mrs. ELIZABETH WYNNI:, sire''' . Mr. Thomas Wynne, boot and shoe maker. On the 15th inst an t , a t hi s res idence, Codr ing .Tar w s: hill, Mr. JOSEPH SHAW, watch-maker, ag ed 42 3' LIVERPOOL: •139. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17,1 ~fO . in • _ PRINTED AND PususnEm-,, (( EVERY TUESDAY AND iRIDAY a NI JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 88, 1%." t A r4.- -t? a° , . ri!..,0 ul ' LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orfor“-: 0 0. i 0 !!` l At N0..4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, Lt V ''''' , e svt°' o e , Orders and Advertisements are received by ge ssrs..l " lllo) :' , R Co el ., ,,, A , Ni i arwiek-square ; Barker, Fleet-street ; D eac l3ir clllj o d ' 'd ; Jose , Chancery-lane • Lawson and Barker,}loo`,°street,,t Joseph Thomas, 1, cinch-lane, Cymbal ; Mundell kleet_ar, court, .P. -io• Lombard-street ; Mitchll, , Red Lion-co . ce dle--, J i0,4- Clarke and Lewis, 4, Crown-court, Thre ujj, se , • co l ;e. 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