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laottrp. Oh ! thou art the maid that my soul still adores, Though widely thou'rt parted from me ; Though lost to my sight, my heart it still pours The prayet's that are offered for thee. The fieme that had risen of old by thy charms, Ey absence is rendered more bright; And I f„ el in my dreams loves softest alarms o'cr my bosOm at night. Eat ti,c - a:flits that corrode and embitter NV ill rise to darken my brain, And silently whisper that hope must depart, Arill echo we meet not again. And should we not meet in life's rapid tide, One bliss is left to me yet : In the storms of wild fate, whatever betide, Thy image I can never forget ,11. q May, 1839. .....,,......... t 0..........-,-. C. J. C. THE COCKNEY-BOY'S ALPHABET. A vos as 'At, vich ye yearS on our 'ead ; D ye:; a Beak, of offenders the dread ; C vos nCad, as 'ii weedle the Sky ens ; 11 yes eid Drury, ,vot's new got the Lions ; E yes the '2113, vere they does the green squires; Y.. yes the Foeuix, an hingin for fires • fl vo grm.G'og of Guildhall, a gruicaitiff ; II *cc's an Eroister a werry nice native; , 111, not an high tin, but little ;- vey, tot's just lost his little; K yes our . Konntry, yot's ruled by a spinster; L - vox a Lawyer, as chaffs at Vest—minster ; M yes , Lord Mayor, vot commits prigs to Bridevell ; N vos-'"the Nat, by Jack Ketch that is tied yell ; 0 'yo's the were they makes all the taxes; P ,Vcs Ebb Peel, as suck sharp questions axes; 0 vox Queer-street, a rum place, 'tis agreed on ; II vos a 'Rit, vich you'd better take heed on ; Swjl, sich a cove for Newmarket ; T vos Old Tow, vot has made a few lark it; U . ties : tho4e prkne Uns, vot flare up like rockets ; V yes a.Vipe, as ve years in our pockets; yes Wauxhall, sick a nice place, I'm thinkin ; Ex change, were they chaffers like winkin ; Y Z are no go, so I'm sure have said many— ve daae . tlic4i all now; sir—please give me a penny. I N'lt.: D SONG t.7.D TO HAVE I3EEN SUNG BY THE LADIES OF THE .Cl 2. (;:c Tun 'RETIREMENT OF LORD MELBOURNE. Tun,?—" The charming Woman." Lord IMelbotirne is gone in a hurry, ' - - What a number of hearts he will break ! s . the f?-----n and her grace and Miss M—y, ter.r, , ; of regret for his sake.- • Tis a chaw.T. which each lady bemoans, Let Sir itohcrt do all that he can— The.palabe re-echoes with groans For the loss of so charming a man. . „ Tha palace re-echoes with groans • For the loss of so charming a man. He was present at morning and eve, And at dinner he always would stay — Then, 01 could you ever believe - That Jamaica could tear h in away ? • it is true that tins: premiers of yore Seldom tasted a royal ragout; Buti.thank Melbourne, 'tis not as before — A has been made in that now. .But, than alelbourrie, 'tis not as before — A In the days of old Burleigh and Pitt, Though their names were a dread to the foc, They were niggard enough of '-heir wit • lit amusing the ladies, you know. But they laboured by day and by night, the•dolts! in the cause of the state ; Arid lost by that'Work the delight . Which my lord has been tasting of late. -And lost - by' , that work the delight Which, sac. But 0, he's a charnaing fellow, The pride of the radical'clan ; Let thelories their loyalty bellow, He will stick to the tail and to Dan. ThEse; these are the friends whom he worships, The prop of the Queen and her crown ; Lord Stanley, the duke, and Sir Robert, Would soon, if they could, pull them down. Lord Stanley, the duke, and Sir Robert, • Would soon, &c. Then adieu, 0 ye parties and plays, , Ye ballets and dances, and shows ! We shall ne'er see the like of those days if our gallant Lothario goes. The Czarowitch now in our land Deeply - pities both us and the Queen, And describes in a speech (now at hand), What a,father to her he hath been ! - And deScribes in a speech (now at hand), • Whdi a father, &c. But cheer up, ye papists and raps, Ye ladies and waiting-maids, all! - He again inay,re;,r o aarsnal our . squads, And reign paraineunt in the hall. Then-his presence will , b-anish those ilk • - Which, alas !=now torment us full sore; He will swallow tile doctor's three pills,* And Sir RObert shall tease us no more ; He will sivallovr.the doctor's three pills, And Sir Robert,-&c.• -" Short parliaments, cote by ballot, and an extension of the suf frage— grand spoeitie proposed by Dr. Wakley. CONTEMPORARY PRESS. CONDITION OF THE LAIAOURING CLASSES. . . (n•gra the Morrzia' g He'ritid.) . • Our contempt .I..ry, the Globe, adverted, - in the fol . = lowing strain, laat rueglit, to.the condition of the labour ing classes. in this country : . The gross igneranee which envelops the poorer class es of Ehgland is no longer matter of controversy. It is admitted • 14y,, those who were, until the proofs of its existence were sup ' ' - '4led, sceptical of the fact. The population of bur rural dis :Tr'tlicts bear special and incontrovertible marks of its sad ef *lV, Our tials an! cll;:vated by a race re'embling in their `',.:,%1A )i3r, ;-:ant , f ~ :.,1.. ', x.icl independence, the serfs of a , " , ,, , r,i, avd...e.ri y ,--: „,„ of a fanatical; superstition alone ap -4 Ap”ar, i_c , c,,, ii,,,-.-i:;g the moral prostration of too large a ;,:!:.; 'i' Of the ' a . grarian population. Within sight of the "-- , o 'lc `..pl`,' . (inte" .. roury Cathedral we have lamentable proof . . 3 , 1- ' „ ,e , 4 , :h 4 ncies-erriployed to protect the people from the most ,' • ! at gtif: t cl e t taii si , o d if n S• d — i t ae o . i . , , re cif s . e c r h ve ri t s l ti re a r n a it f y ro w m hi i e m h po c s o t u u i r d e r t e o s o is g t r t o h s e s 14 I , t 4 -; ~ . , 4 4 e 0 , korere 1 no t recorded on: indisputable proof 03,'6ill'OraliiiiA16—have utterly and notoriously failed. 4 , i " .. iPif?`l3'6 iithtioiiii at 'the mercy of mad Thorns throughout l w °l 2 "tt'e` Mc Kbf-tliglind ! ' tfeat•se • ats of our manufactures and commerce we 7s " - a have erected 'the store-houses and deposited the ' T '''''vealth . Of .the nation in the crater of a volcano, beneath the , Crust of which lie the elements of revolt and revolution. At . "'is moment thousands of our Manufacturing population are ''iretf , fred With deadly Weapons at the suggestion of men who ''',openly. avcivi Robespicre as their model—who counsel the • Working men to obtain Political 'poiver by physical force— ,*O- ihiblicly state that if a town could beheld for a single ?' 'ilk.s7 against the police and military,: the armed - masses would ''' be in a - position to seize on the government of the country. The leaders who offer these counsels are men of desperate •-fefttimeSevetal of them without any character for private orAmblie'worth—outcasts from every other circle of society— ,." Whom the ignorant masses have fitly chosen to represent the frightful passiohs w hich are in rebellion against the laws of =the nation, as a punishment upon it for having permitted so vast-upOpulation to accumulate without providing means for it, moral and religions improvement, and neglected to rear ---,z the surest safeguafds of its institutions in the intelligence and virtue of an instructed people. - - The. delusions practiSed in our manufacturing and rural . ..... . . ••. districts, although differing in their form and Operation, have - ; the same source." .. . • These observations constitute the introduction to an - - neulOgium on the government plan of education. If we were disposed to admit the literal truth of our conternporary's description of the state of the lahour ing population throughout this country, we still should deny that he has indicated the true causes of the results that meet our view; or that he has recommended the propriate remedies, Our contemporary appears to think, that for the re moval of the. diserses which deface our social system, " knowledge"—or what our political illuminati style • e ie.lt—tvkifild be found an agent absolutely efficient. deny this proposition: We deny that "ignorance" , (19 "te 0137)e's sense . of ,the phrase) has led to those .1 - rf , ,:114 . .11 results; which` our contemporary describes. cons;;quence, that " knowledge," such as - • tire margin -of-mind; champions boast of disseminating, ilkviate the complained of. L' e t fin' the sake of argume n t, th a t . 440 A -30 ' g uftii , ted'by; a race resembling in their aPatliy; . enterprise., and independence, the ser f s of,a4eudal , .age.", ~ T hen let us ask, how the clergy of •• - the Chuicir of England may be fairly blamed for such a` state of' things ? Oefforts ,I.7liali=66;ninterac - ted the influences which have, in truth, led Wit ?, ,If the clergy of the Established Church had ever •ilrofessed to render their flocks more virtuous or more happy, by 'the agency of-mechanics' institutes, or of " useful knowledge" in any of its forms,—if the clergy of the Established Church had yielded to the influence of that cant, which has prevailed during the last forty Tears, on the subject of " popular education ;"—if, i n short, the clergy of the Established Church had ever, taught, that the regeneration of the world was to be effected by means of secular instruction, placed in equal abundance at the service of all classes of the community—then, indeed, might the pastors of the Church of England be fairly blamed for their back wardness in diffusing march-oflintellect doctrines. But such has not been their course ; such have never been their professions. They have held and taught that the tenets of Christianity may be easily understood by men in all conceivable stages of progression as to secular knowledge. TO diffuse secular knowledge has not, in short, been their duty. If, however, the clergy of the Church of England might be fairly blamed for "the ignorance" of the people of England, would not the argument have an awkward application in the case of the Irish Roman Catholic priests, and the Irish Roman Catholic popula tion ? In order, however, to discover the unfounded nature of the Globe's charge against the clergy of the Church of England, it is only necessary to turn to the other • portion of the Globe's statement of " facts." " In the great seats of our manufactures and commerce," ob .. 'serves our Contemporary, "we appear to have erected tie store-houses, and deposited the wealth of the na the crater of a volcano, beneath the crust of 'lie the elements of revolt and revolution." As : t; description to be accurate, are the clergy " I . ll ?futher. , Establislied Church,, let us ask, to be held re for,the - evils here depicted ? inc pastors of of England did not, at all events, construct „ a ig ..Oufact,..tring system, nor does that inanufactur ,.: i t nlusogin owe it s hideousness simply to the - "igno- E ,. t z,L-,ranc r e' -of _the population by whose sufferings it is sus tained. The manufacturing-population possesses, (as the Globe and other journals inculcating the same prin ciplee are accustomed somewhat boastfully to proclaim) a far larger measure of "knowledge," than may be claimed by the cultivators of the soil. The manufac turing system ought, therefore, in conformity with the Globe's principles, to have created a race of men much more virtuous, much more useful, than those immedi ately connected with the land. The fact, however, (if our contemporary's description may be trusted) is otherwise. A somewhat remarkable commentary, this, on the value of that " knowledge" so much vaunted by the " liberals" of the present day ! The evils of which the labouring classes of this country are the prey, have, in truth, no connection whatever with what our contemporary denominates " knowledge" or " ignorance." Those evils have all sprung from our modern manufacturing system—from that -system which has brutalised and pauperised the agricultural, as well as the manufacturing population of England. Are our fields cultivated, as the Globe maintains, by " a race resembling in their apathy, want of enterprise, and independence, the serfs of a feudal age?" Look to the legislative influences which have led to such results I Look to our agricultural popula tion exposed to unbounded competition with labourers from Ireland, half-starved and desperate for employ ment Look at the bounties offered to the employ ment of capital in manufactures, rather than in land —bounties that have taken the form of exemption from taxation ! Look at the irresponsibility in regard to the permanent well-being of the labourers in their employ ment, with which manufacturing capitalists have been invested by law ! Look at the modes, in which the pauperising and brutalising influences of our manufac turing system have diffused themselves over the whole sphere of action which is open to English labourers ! How, let us ask, may the horrors of that system be al leviated, by adding, in any conceivable proportions to the " knowledge" of the labouring poor ? How, for instance, may any improvement in the la bourer's education enable him to endure, better than he does now, the cruelties inflicted on him by the new poor law ? That law " throws him on his own re sources"—provides him with no employment, yet punishes him for being unemployed. No increase of "knowledge" on the labourer's part can be expected, generally, to increase his command over the labour market ;—whilst no increase of " knowledge" can be expected (in the event of his failure to procure employ ment) to reconcile him to expulsion from his cottage, and to severance from his wife and children ! So, in regard to the factory system ? How can edu cation be expected to reconcile children to an unnatu ral amount of toil in an unwholesome atmosphere ? How can "knowledge," in any of its varieties, render destructive competition with machinery, other than an object of just horror to the unfortunate victims of our modern manufacturing system ? _ If government can bring into operation for the re moval of the evils described by the Globe no other measures than those connected with this education scheme, the result will be a miserable, and most mis chievous failure. THE GOVERNMENT EDUCATION SCHEME. NORMAL SCHOOL.—To found a school, in which candi dates for the office of teacher in schools for the poorer classes may acquire the knowledge necessary to the exercise of their future profession, and may be practised in the most approved methods of religious and moral qainipg and instruction. MODEL SCHOOL.—This school to indude a model school, in which children of all ages, from three to fourteen, may be taught and trained, in sufficient numbers to form an infant school, as well as schools for children above seven. RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.—ReIigious instruction to be considered as general and special. Religion to be combined with the whole matter of instruc tion, and to regulate the entire system of discipline. Periods to be set apart' for such peculiar doctrinal instruc tion as may be required for the religious training of the children. To appoint a chaplain to conduct the religious instruction of children whose parents or guardians belong to the Esta blished Church. The parent or natural guardian of any other child to be permitted to secure the attendance of the licensed minister of his own persuasion, at the period appointed foi►special re ligious instruction, in order to give such instruction apart. To appoint a licensed minister to give such special religi ous instruction wherever the number of children in attend ance on the model school belonging to any religious body dissenting from the established church is such as to appear to this committee to require such special provision. A portion of every day to be devoted to the reading of the Scriptures in the school, under the general direction of the committee, and superintendence of the rector. Roman Ca tholics, if their parents or guardians require it, to read their own version of the Scriptures, either at the time fixed for reading the Scriptures, or at the hours of special instruction. To arrange the classes in separate rooms or sections of the same apartment, divided by partitions, so as to enable the simultaneous method to be applied to 40 or 50 children of similar proficiency. To adopt means to assemble a greater number of children for simultaneous instruction on subjects not so technical as to require a division into classes of 50. To include instruction in industry as a special department of the moral training of the children. To give such a character to the matter of instruction in the school as to keep it in close relation with the condition of workmen and servants. Besides the physical training of the children in various employments, to introduce such exercises during the hours of recreation as will develop their strength and activity. To render the moral training of thip children at all times an object of special solicitude. NORMAL ScHooL.—To provide apartments for the resi dence of the candidate teachers. To construct the class-rooms so as to afford the candidate teachers an opportunity of attending each class in the model school without distracting the attention of the children or of the teacher. To provide means for the instruction of the candidate teachers in the theory of their art, and for furnishing them with whatever knowledge is necessary for success in it. To appoint a rector to give lectures on the method and matter of instruction, and on the whole art of training chil dren of the poor. To regulate the reading and exercises of the candidate teachers, and to examine them. To determine the order in which they may be admitted to the practice of their art in the school, and at length intrusted with the con joint management of classes, and to superintend' their ulti mate examination, subject to rule of this committee. The religious instruction of the candidate teachers to form an essential and prominent element of their studies, and no certificate to be granted unless the authorised religious teacher have previously attested his confidence in the charac ter, religious knowledge, and zeal of the candidate whose re ligious instruction he has superintended. The religious instruction of all candidate teachers connected with the established church to be committed to the chaplain, and the special religious instruction to be committed (in any case in which a wish to that effect is expressed) to the licensed minister of the religious persuasion of the candidate teacher, who is to attend the school at stated periods, to assist and examine the candidate teachers in their reading on religious subjects, and to afford them spiritual advice. The candidate teachers in all other respects to conform to such regulations as respects the entire internal economy of the household as may be issued by the rector, with the ap proval of this committee. To provide accommodation in the model school for at least 430 children, who should lodge in the household—viz., 120 infants, 200 boys and girls receiving ordinary instruction, and 50 boys and 50 girls receiving superior instruction, and 30 children probably absent from sickness or other causes. To establish a day-school of 150 or 200 children of all ages and both sexes, in which the candidate teachers may realise the application of the best methods of instruction, under the limitations and instructions which must arise in a small vil lage or town day-school. GRANTS TO SOCIETIES.—A grant not exceeding £2500 to be made to the National Society and the British and Foreign School Society, for the establishment of their normal schools, but no further grant to be made. SECRETARY AND INSPECTORS.—TO appoint a secretary. To appoint inspectors, not exceeding at first two in number, to carry on an inspection of schools which have been, or may be hereafter aided by grants of public money, and to convey to conductors and teachers of private schools in different parts of the country a knowledge of all improvements in the art of teaching, and likewise to report to this committee the progress made in education from year to year. GRATUITIES TO TEACHERS.—To grant gratuities to such teachers as may appear to deserve encouragement. GRANTS FOR BUILDING SCHOOLS.—Not to adhere inva riably to the rule which confines grants to the National Society and the British and Foreign School Society, and not to give the preference in all cases whatever to the school to which the largest proportion is subscribed. To advance in no case more than one-half of the expense of building a school. To expend in grants for the building of schools not more in any one year than £lO,OOO. OXFORD, MAY 23. In a convocation holden this day, it was resolved to affix the university seal to a petition against the government plan for public education. The following is a copy of the petition: " To the Honourable the Commons of the United King dom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled, " The humble Petition of the Chancellors, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford, " Showeth,—That your petitioners have seen the ' Papers on Education,' presented to parliament by her Majesty's command, and ordered by your honourable house to be printed on the 12th of February, 1839, and also the ' Extract,' printed by order of your honourable house, April 17, 1839, from the minutes of the committee of council appointed to superintend the application of any sums voted by parliament for the purpose of promoting public education.' " That your petitioners, far from being opposed to the benevolent object contemplated in these papers, ' the exten sion of the blessings of sound and religious education,' are heartily desirous that every member of the community may share in those blessings ; but they believe, and they express their belief with unfeigned regret, that this great cause will be hindered rather than promoted by the methods proposed in the documents to which they have referred. " They do not, indeed, conceal from themselves the diffi culties opposed, by existing religious differences, to the ex tension of public education ; and deeply as they lament that any of their fellow-subjects should dissent from the doctrine or discipline of the national church, they cordially subscribe to the wish expressed by her most gracious majesty, both that the youth of this kingdom should be religiously brought up, and that th e r i g ht s o f c onscie n ce s ho u ld b e res p ec t e d. " Your petitioners, nevertheless, cannot forget that the established church is the only institution known to the laws of this country as the authorised channel of public religious instruction in England and Wales. They have, therefore, seen, with equal surprise and concern, that in the formation of a committee for the special purpose of extending, within this portion of the empire, the blessings of sound and reli gious education, not only are laymen exclusively intrusted with such important duties, but no provision is made that the committee shall hereafter consist of members of the church of England. They observe, also, the total absence of any similar provision in the appointment of rector of large normal and model schools, although religious education, general and special, is the declared and principal object of these establishments ; and, further, they find it expressly provided, that licensed ministers of other religious persua sions shall, under certain circumstances, be authonsed by the state to take part with ministers of the established church in the religious instruction of children, brought up in every variety of religious opinion, and yet assembled for the purpose of public education in the same school. " That your petitioners, entertaining other serious objec tions to the proposed scheme, forbear to enter into further details, or to dwell upon the dangerous consequences which, they-apprehend, would necessarily flow from the extension of a similar system throughout the kingdom. They have only adverted to a few particulars, which they believe to be at open variance with the very principle of an establishment; incompatible with any system of religious education properly so called ; and directly calculated , to promote and to per petuate the most alarming and even opposite evils—indiffer ence to religion instead of love of truth, and never-ending discord instead of unity and peace. " Your petitioners, therefore, most humbly, but earnestly, implore your honourable house to withhold your sanction from the scheme for public education described in the above mentioned minutes of the committee of council ; and not to countenance any, project for national maintenance of the established church, and with the preservation of religious peace and Christian truth. " And your petitioners will ever pray," &c. THE WESLEYAN METHODISTS AND THE MINIS TERIAL SCHEME OF EDUCATION. A numerous and highly-respectable meeting of the united committees, and others, was held on Tuesday, May 21, the Rev. Thomas Jackson, president of the conference, in the chair, when the following resolutions were passed unani mously : On the motion of Thomas Allen, Esq., seconded by the Rev. John Beecham, " 1. Fhat this meeting, though strongly impressed, in common with the whole connection of Wesleyan Methodists, to which they belong, with the desirableness and importance of extending, as widely as possible, the incalculable benefits of a truly christian education, has seen with the greatest regret and alarm a scheme of national education recently laid before parliament, as approved by the committee of privy council, and proposed to be carried into effect by a grant of the public money." On the motion of Thos. Farmer, Esq., seconded by Humphry Sandwith, M.D., " 2. That, in addition to several objections, which deserve the most grave and deliberate considerations, this meeting is of opinion that the said scheme involves a direct violation of the first principles of our protestant constitution ; inasmuch as it contemplates the training and employing by the state of Romish (among other) teachers, and particularly recog nises the corrupted Romish translations of the Holy Scrip tures as of equal authority with that authorised version, which has so long obtained and preserved the suffrage and preference of almost every body of protestant christians among us, and is now, in fact, the great external link and badge of English protestant communion." On the motion of J. S. Elliott, Esq*, seconded by the Rev. John Scott, " 3. That such a practical recognition of the Roman. Ca tholic versions as the scheme involves, is in the highest degree objectionable, not only on account of the unfaithful and per verted renderings which those versions contain, but also, and additionally, because certain notes are generally connected with them, which, in the judgment of all protestants, incul cate the most pernicious errors in doctrine and practice." On the motion of the Rev. Dr. Bunting, seconded by Richard Matthews, Esq., "4. That after much and anxious attention to the subject, it is the opinion of this meeting, that any attempt to instruct, in the same school, the children of the poorer classes (whose parents, in the exercise of their undoubted rights as men and Britons, belong to various christian denominations), by teach ing adapted to every prevailing variety of religious belief or opinion, will, under the present circumstances of this free country, be found impracticable ; and even if practicable, by any conceivable compromise of conscientious principles and preferences, could only lead to perpetual collision and incon venience, and would, in many instances, produce among the children so incongruously mingled together, a dangerous spirit of scepticism and unbelief." On the motion of Thomas Frid, Esq., seconded by the Rev. William Hatherton : " 5. That for these and other reasons, this meeting feels it to be an imperative duty that a petition to the honourable the House of Commons against any grant of public money for the prosecution of the scheme in question, should be forth with presented ; and most earnestly calls upon the Wesleyan societies and congregations througout the kingdom, as they value their protestant principles, and wish to retain, unin terrupted and undiminished, those facilities for doing good to the rising generation of the poor, which by our happy consti tution they at present enjoy, to forward such petittons with out delay.' , On the motion of W. P. Judd, Esq. seconded by the Rev. Samuel Jackson : " 6. That the following form of petition, embodying the substance of the preceding resolutions, be approved and re commended to the adoption of such of our friends as concur in its sentiment and prayer." On the motion of the Rev. J. Bowers, seconded by James Hoby, Esq.:— " 7. That a sub-committee be now formed for carrying the above resolutions into effect." On the motion of the Rev. E. Grindrod, seconded by Mr. Chapelow : " 8. That the proceedings of this meeting be advertised in the Watchman, and such other papers as may be deemed ex pedient, and otherwise circulated under the direction of the sub-committee." " Signed, on behalf of the meeting, " Thomas Jackson, President of the Conference." SELECT EXTRACTS. POPISH PERSECUTION.—The following paragraph is so ex pressive of the unchangeable character of popery in all ages, that we could not refrain from giving it a place in our first number. " No computation can reach the nuMbers who have have been put to death, in different ways, on account of their mantaining the profession of the gospel, and opposing the cor ruptions of the Church of Rome. A million of poor Wal denses perished, in France ; 900,000 orthodox christians were slain in less than thirty years, after the institution of the order of the Jesuits. The Duke of Alva boasted of having put to death, in the Netherlands, 35,000 by the hands of the com mon executioner. The inquisition destroyed, by various tor tures, 150,000 within thirty years. These are a few speci mens, and but a few, of those which history has recorded ; but the total amount will never be known 'till the earth shall disclose her dead, and no more cover the slain." When to these things we add the days of Queen Mary in England, the Swedish butchery, the massacre of St. Bartholomew, the Si cilian Vespers, the inquisition at Goa, the suppression,of the reformation in Italy, the Irish massacre of 1641, the council of Constance, the revocation of the edict of Nantz, truly we may well rally to resist the domination of the harlot, " drunk with the blood of the saints." VISITATION OF CROSSBILLS.—The visits of this singular species to our shores happen at irregular periods, sometimes with intervals of many years ; and some curious records of the appearance of large flocks in 1254 and 1593 are still pre served. I have been favoured by the Rev. L. B. Larking, of Ryarah Vicarage, near Maidstone, with a copy from an old MS., which refers to this subject in the following terms : —" That the yeere 1593 was a greate and exceeding yeere of apples ; and there were greate plenty of strang birds, that shewed themselves at the time the apples were full rype, who fedde uppon the kernells onely of those apples, and haveinge a bill with one beake wrythinge over the other, which would presently bore a greate hole in the apple, and make way to the kernels ; they were of the bignesse of a bullfinch, the henne right like the henne of the bullfinch in coulour ; the cocke a very glorious bird, in a manner al redde or yellowe on the brest, backe, and head. The oldest man living never heard or reade of any such like bird ; and the thinge most to bee noted was, that it seemeJ they came out of some country not inhabited ; for that they at the first would abide shooting at them, either with pellet, bowe, or other engine ? and not remove till they were stricken downe ; moreover, they would abide the throweing at them, in so much as diverse were stricken downe and killed with often throweing at them with. apples. They came when- the apples were rype, and went away when the apples were clean fallen. They were very good meate." THE Roox.—Though not eminent for their musical capa bilities, Mr. White says, " rooks in the breeding season will sometimes, in the gaiety of their hearts, attempt to sing, but with indifferent success." The female lays four or five eggs. When the young are sufficiently strong, their education be gins by the parents flying repeatedly to and fro between the nest and some near branch, calling at the same time, in a lan guage we may easily translate, " See how easy it is I" Doubt fully, and with a kind of mental head-shake, we may imagine the young ones to look on ; but at last, the thing really ap pears so easy, they must, they will try. A preparatory flut ter on the edge of the nest, and the branch is reached, the feat is accomplished ; and, before long, round and round it goes, giddy with delight, at the new power it has obtained and its enjoying. They now begin to find their own food ; and when they no longer need assistance from their parents, they are dismissed to shift for themselves. An old bird has been seen to buffet heartily a young one, who, being perhaps too lazy to forage for itself, wished to impose on the parental good nature. Yet is the love of the rook for its young a marked trait in its character. When seeking food for them, it will, if uncuc cessful in the day, still persevere until it has obtained its ob ject ; though there are times when all its endeavours are in vain. " In the hot summer of 1825," says Mr. Knapp, " many of the young breed of the season perished from want ; the mornings were without dew, and consequently few or no worms were to be obtained, and we found them dead under the trees, having expired on their roostings. It was particu larly distressing —for no relief could be given—to hear the constant clamour and importunity of the young for food.— The old birds seemed to suffer without complaint ; but the the wants of their offspring were expressed by the unceasing cry of hunger and pursuit of the parents for supply, and our fields were scenes of daily restlesness and lament." Mr. Jessie observes, that " at the time when the young ones are shot, according to the common annual custom, it is melan choly to watch the old birds sit apart on the neighbouring trees, waiting until the sport' is over, and they may return to their young, if there be ahy left for them to return to." After the young have fully taken wing, there is a general de sertion of the rookery, until October, when the rooks return for a short time, perhaps to examine their nests, and then again remove for the winter. "In frost," says Mr. Mudie, " the rook examines weirs, embankments, and dams, to see if insects are there doing any damage. When the compost is being spread over the field, he looks anxiously to see that no insects are among it to eat up the young plants. When the swollen stream leaves the meadow, he picks out the noxious germs it may have left behind. In autumn, by a curious in stinct distinguishing the sickly plants, he delves down to the root for the caterpillar there at work." In short, so valua ble are his services, that, Mr. Selby says, whenever he has been extirpated or banished, the most serious injury to the corn and other crops has followed from the devastations of the gnat and the caterpillar. Then, doing all this, who is there will say the labourer is not worthy of his hire ? " Early to bed and early to rise" is the rooks' maxim, and they do their best to instil it into their neighbours. If the labourer is not forth with his plough in good time, their noise soon awakens him as they fly cawing and c anouring about the field for their breakfast of fresh worms he provides for them in the new-made furrow. The rook is decidedly social and unselfish. If they are pressed for room in the rookery, he will allow a pair to build in the same fork of a branch with him self. With dignified condescension he will also permit jack daws and starlings to associate with him, and occasionally a sparrow to build under his august protection. In the winter, having been distressed for food, he has perhaps trespassed on the sea-gells' shoreward domains ; the gull now returns the visit in the fields, and both pick together very fraternally.— Mr. Jesse mentions a circumstance that proves the rook to have a depth of feeling we could scarcely credit. He observes, the flock are much distressed when one of them is killed or wounded by a gun. Instead of being scared away, they ho ver over, uttering cries of distress. If wounded, the sufferer is animated in his exertions to escape, and by their cries and exhortations. " I have seen" he says, " one of my labourers pick up a rook so wounded, which he had shot at for the pur pose of putting up as a scare-crow in a field of wheat ; and while the poor wounded bird was fluttering in his hand, I have observed one of his companions make a wheel round in the air, and suddenly dart past him so as almost to touch him, perhaps with a last hope that he might still aford assistance to his unfortunate mate or companion." Their knowledge of the gun, or at least their idea of injury from an instrument of such appearance, is unquestionable ; but that they also take the alarm at the smell of gunpowder is, we believe, now con sidered a popular error. When feeding, the rooks set a sen tinel, who executes the duties of his post so well, that it is difficult to get within shot. They have also a language for by the sentinel's cry they understand, not only the danger, but the quarter from whence it is to be apprehended, as they prove by flying in an opposite direction ; unless we are to suppose their vision to be so accurate and instantaneous, that the moment their attention is arrested by the alarm being gi ven, they see its cause. In feeding on worms, they have been observed to beat and break them into pieces before devour ing them. In hot summers they will look for grasshoppers in the hedge sides, when pressed by hunger. In winter, the same cause induces them to resort to the seashore, where the periwinkle is their favourite food. They break the shell by rising with its sufficient hight into the air, and then drop ping it on the hardest place they can find. In one very se vere winter, Mr. White mentions their resorting to dunghills close by dwelling houses. According to Mr. Mudie, the full growl rook weighs about 19 ounces. It measures from tip to tip of the outspread wings about 38 inches, and is about 1 9 incees long. Its coat is of the most beautiful shade of glossy black, and a rich blue tint is perceptible , on the sides of the neck. Its scientific name is Corvus Fragilegus.—Abridged from the Penny Magazine. OXFORD AT MlDNlGHT.—Night—breathless and cloud less night—looked down unbroken over Oxford ; and where, oh where, throughout the peopled plains of merry England, looks she on so fair a city ? Beautiful at all times—like Scott's Melrose, most beautiful is she by moonlight, when the last shout of midnight festivity has died away, and the youthful forms that so lately thronged her streets have passed like the daylight to their rest. For the night of Oxford is not as the night of London. There, the rolling of the wheel, the rattling of the dice, the gay dance flag not, till morning dawns upon the scene. In Oxford, after the magic -hour of midnight, the streets are deserted, and the silence unbroken —apt emblem of the difference between the bright brief burst of youthful excitement, and the cold, listless, unceasing routine of the jaded veteran and professed pleasure-hunter. — Vincent Eden, in Bently's Miscellany. MR. MELVILL'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE.—The per sonal appearance of the reverend gentleman is far from being striking.' He has a small thin face, with features which are by no means calculated to inspire the spectator with an im pression of his being a man of snperior intellect. His eyes are less than the average size, and are of a light blue. His forehead is straight, but not very high. His complexion is of a darkish hue, and would at times lead to the conclusion that his ardour in the discharge of his ministerial duties, or some other cause, had to some extent affected his health. He wears small dark whiskers. His hair is abundant, es pecially on his brow, and at a distance, looks of a darkish colour ; but on a nearer view, there are symptons not to be mistaken of coming greyness. His age cannot exceed forty two or forty-three. — The Metropolitan Pulpit; by the Author of " Random Recollections." THE MORALITY OF NUNNERIES.—We recommend the following fact to the especial attention of our readers. Ulric, in his epistles, states that " Pope Gregory, when he saw six thousand skulls of infants and upwards, (plus quam sex mine infant= capita) taken out of a fishpond near a nunnery, thereupon retracted that degree against the marriage of the clergy, which had been the cause of such a slaughter ; was much grieved at it, and purged himself by repentance." (See Kemnisius ex concil. Trident. p. 3, de coelebater sacer dotum.) Now we have the authority of no less a person than Baron Richards, not to speak of daily experience, that "what has been may be again ; " and as there is no doubt that the abominable immorality above-mentioned mainly arose from laxity and liberal apathy upon the part of the laity and civil authorities, whose duty it was to have watched narrowly over these institutions, we infer, without meaning offence to any individual, but with a sole view to the safety of society and of the state, that a very keen and searching surveillance should be exercised by the laity, the press, and the government of this empire, over all monastic institutions tolerated within its bounds. We will not say that they are all sinks of iniquity at the present moment; but we say that it is their constant and uniform tendency to become so, and for aught we know, that tendency may have reached its natural conclusion in many instances. OPPOSITE CHARACTERS.—MoIe-catchers are a singular class of men—what one would call characters—with a consi derable share of low wit, and a sly, cunning look ; slow and and deliberate in all their movements, and patient speech.— They are silent in their walk, as if the very success of their operations depended on their not giving the alarm to the lit tle animal they wanted to entrap. I also observe that they are much bent, from the constant habit they have of stoop ing to look for the runs of the mole. They are, however, pos sessed of much acuteness, and, by means of a small fee, are generally tolerably communicative. The rat-catcher is a very different kind of person. There is frequently an impudent, saucy look about him, which seems to partake of the charac ter of the animal he destroys. His very dogs are afraid of him, and they appear sulky and half-starved. His conversa tion is generally in praise of his dogs and ferrets, and the num ber of rats he has destroyed with them. He is a great fre quenter of the ale-house, and conveys all the scandal from one village to another, in the progress of his calling. My friends, the mole-catchers, on the contrary, are a sober and quiet race of men, fond of accumulating money, and are seldom to be met with in an ale-house. Their cottages are generally neat and clean, and the implements of their calling tidily bestow ed in them—such as two or three spades, a bundle of tough hazels, and some wooden traps—and in an evening may fre quently be seen twisting their horse-hair nooses, or cutting a hazel stick to its proper length.—Tesses' Gleanings in Natu ral History. - - OLD MAIDS.—I love an old maid. Ido not speak of an individual but of the species ; I use the singular number, as speaking of a singularity in humanity. An old maid is not merely an antiquarian, she is an antiquity ; not merely a re cord of the past, but the very past itself. She has escaped a great change and sympathizes not in the ordinary mutations of mortality. She inhabits a little eternity of her own. Ido not like to hear her called mistress, as is sometimes the prac tice, for that looks and sounds like the resignation of despair, a voluntary extinction of hope. Ido not want to know whe ther marriages are made in heaven—some say they are—but lam sure old maids are. There is something about them which is not of the earth—earthy. They are Spectators of the world, not Adventurers nor Ramblers ; perhaps Guar dians, we say nothing of Tatlers. They are evidently predes tined to be what they are. They owe not the singularity of their condition to any lack of beauty, wisdom, wit, or good temper ; there is no accounting for it but on the principle of fatality. I have known several old maids, and of them all not one that has not possessed as many good and amiable quali ties as ninety-nine out of a hundred of my married acquain tance. Why, then, are they single ? Heaven only knows. It is their fate. The Author of Atherton. DR. CROLY'S PERSONAL APPEARANCE.—Dr. Croly's per sonal appearance is striking. He is tall and athletic. He is just such a person as one would suppose possessed great phy sical strength. His face is somewhat full, and his complex ion is fresh and indicative of health. His hair is short and dark, with some symptoms of tendency towards a greyish hue. The sloping form of his forehead, which is very low, strikes the eye more on account of the shortness of his hair in front. There is something marked in his features, chiefly in conse quence of the prominence of his dark eye-brows, and the un usually large space between them. His eyes are of a dark grey, and are quick and penetrating in their motions. His whiskers are small, and worn very short. The aspect of his counte nance conveys the idea of great boldness and energy ; attributes which are prominent in all his conduct. His moral courage is great : let him only be convinced of what is the path of duty, and he will perseveringly pursue it, without wasting a thought on the probable consequences. He wears his gown open •so that the audience are enabled to perceive that his pocket handkerchief is thrust into the breast of his half-buttoned coat. I should take his age to be above rather than under fifty.—The Metropolitan Pulpit ; by the Author of " Ran dom Recollections." A HARD STUDENT.—I am assured by those who know the Rev. Mr. Melvill; that on an average he devotes from seven to eight hours each day, during six days of the week to the preparation of the sermon which he delivers on the Sabbath evening. He shuts himself up in his study, refusing to be seen by any visitors except in very peculiar circumstances, for the above length of time every day, from Monday till Satur day. And when thus as completely shut out from the world, as if buried in one of the cloisters of some monastery, he presses all the powers of his mind and all his varied reading into his service, while preparing for his pulpit exhibition on the following Sunday evening. He displays as much solici tude about the composition of each successive sermon, as if that sermon, instead of being heard by only two thousand five hundred persons were to be preached to the entire popu lation of the kingdom. Virgil bestowed infinite pains on his style, assigning as a reason that he wrote for eternity. In so far as mere style and illustration go, Mr. Melvin, of course, dreams of no such protracted existence for his dis courses ; and yet he could not expend more care in their preparation, nor display greater fastidiousness as to his dic tion, though every sentence he writes were penned under a perfect persuasion that his sermons, as sermons, were to be co-enduring with the world itself. Not only does he most anxiously and patiently turn the matter of his discourses over in his own mind before putting pen to paper, but he always writes them twice, in many instances three times, be fore he is satisfied with them. And after he himself has done with them, they are usually transcribed in a legible and beautiful hand by a female relative of his own ' • and from this lady-manuscript, which is remarkable for not having a single break in it from beginning to end, he generally addresses his admiring audience. The Metropolitan Pulpit ; by the Author of " Random Recollections. MECHANICAL SCIENCE.—The establishment of Messrs. Fawcett and Preston, of this town, at present offers a peen -- Early gratifying spectacle. The whole of the vast works of this celebrated house are in full activity, in the construction of engines, principally marine ones, of every variety of size. Under the principal shed may now be seen engines fitting out to meet orders from all quarters of the globe, a coincidence, we believe, scarcely paralleled in the history_of British me chanical art, and affording gratifying testimony to our ac knowledged superiority in this its most difficult and important branch, as well as proof equally gratifying, that whether in war or peace, wherever the giant arm of steam extends, Britain possesses facilities, beyond every other nation, for asserting the dominion of the sea. Besides several engines for use on the coasts of Europe, Asia, and America, others are fitting out for vessels to ply on the great rivers of Africa, and also a dredging-machine ordered for the Bey of Tunis, for the deeping of his harbour. Among the principal engines are two pairs of very great size. One of 74 inches diameter in each cylinder, is designed for the splendid steam-ship, now on the stocks, in the building-yard of Messrs. Wilson, for the Liverpool Transatlantic Steam Navigation Company ; the other, 80 inches diameter, and 280 horse-power each, is for the steam-ship the President, launched by a company on the Thames. The enormous dimensions of the castings for the frame-work of these machines must strike every observer with astonishment, and not less so, the powerful lathes, and other machinery, for the turning, planing, and finishing of the different parts. The foundation plate, to be laid on the floor of the ship to 'support each engine, is now modelling, and will, we believe, be the largest casting ever attempted in Liverpool. The cranks and main shaft are of wrought iron, and present the noblest specimens of forging we ever wit nessed.—Journal. A QUAKER ELOPEMENT.—Mrs. Patten and Mulligan conversed incessantly without exhibiting any symptoms of weariness. At length the lady uttered an exclamation of surprise on lOoking from the window ; her talkative com panion inquired the cause. "As sure as 1 live," she ex claimed, it's a runaway love affair ; I protest I believe it's trying to catch the coach they are •, look out." And in or der to enable Mulligan to see the objects that excited her at tention, Mrs. Patten receded from the window. There were two young Quakers a man and woman, in a gig, which was driven at full speed by the Quakeress ; they had been trying to overtake the coach, and had now succeeded ; the Quaker, as his fair companion whipped along her tandem steeds, re , peatedly looked back, as if to see whether he and his young friend were pursued. In a very few minutes the coach stopped to change horses, and the runaway couple stopped also. " Did I not drive thee nicely, Obadiah?' inquired the Quakress, smirkingly, as she flung down the reins. " Verily thou didst, Priscilla ; howbeit my heart trembleth and my flesh queaketh, lest thy father should overtake us before we ratify our union in presence of the Friends assembled at the house of Friend Ephraim Bugg." " Fear not my father, Obadiah ; he knoweth not the road we have taken • and should he a tt em pt p ursu it, he will be much more likely to search for us at Martha Perkins's." " Truly, Friend Pris cilla," replied Obadiah, trembling with - fear, " thou art a maiden of an ensnaring eye and a seductive tongue, or I never had adventured this for thee ; yet my heart mach mis giveth me that if thy father overtook us, he would lay the full length of his oaken cudgel on my shoulders ; albeit he is a man of peace, when the wrathful carnal Adam is not stirred up within him." " I have taken thee out of his reach, Obadiah, as our smoking steeds bear witness. Did I not manage them well, for so unpractised a hand ? Verily, Obadiah' thou owest me a kiss, for my nice charioteering." " Yea, truly, Priscilla ; and I will pay thee when we get into yonder leathe rn c onveniency," (meaning, by this peri phrasis, the stage coach) ; " but lam now too much agitated by the undelectable sensation of terror—it were unmeet and indecorous to caress thee in presence of so many rude folk, besides whi c h, I very considerably quake, I tell thee."— " Verily, Obadiah," said Priscilla, "if I had no more courage than thou hast, we never would have done this thing." " Thou speakest the truth, friend Priscilla," re glied Obadiah. * * * * " And are n't you afraid, ma'am," said Mulligan, " that some old uncle, or father, may come scampering after you, before you accom plish your _purpose, which I take to be matrimony ?" '' Friend, she who is upright in her purpose feareth nought." " Bravely said, Miss !" exclaimed Mrs. Patten. " But this young gentleman," said Mulligan, " he's not quite so stout about the matter ?,' " He'll come on, said Priscilla, en couragingly; "he'll conquer his timidity, I promise thee." And she smiled on Obadiah, as if to re-assure him, at the same time patting him upon the back. " Well, I declare, Miss, that your courage is wonderful !" said Mrs. Patten ; " my poor dear Mr. Patten, that is gone, courted me for 15 months before I had courage to say YES. " "If thy suitor was pleasing in thine eyes, friend, I think it would have needed more courage to say tro."—The Husband Hunter. tpptitg FRIDAY, MAY 24.—Wind W.N.W. ARRIVED—Don Juan, —, from Barbados—Ellen Brooks, Lindsay, from New Orleans ; sailed Bth April—Albanian, Winsor, from Patras—Emerald, , Bordeaux—Union, Wienholdt, from Danzig OFF TILE PORT.—Achiever, Norrie, from St Domingo. SAlLED—lndustrie, Zellan, for Ostend—Superb, Hamilton; Banff shire, Pitcairn, and Sea, Fisher, for New York—Eugene, Zerran, for Antwerp—Eiche, Delwich, for Rostock—Enigheden, Cortsen, for Laurvig—Zeelust, Mik, for Zurick Zee Eliza Heywood, Heywood, sailed from Ascension for Mauritius, March Sir Wm. Curtis, Doyle, hence at Terceira Isabelle, De la Perelle, hence at Algiers Nereid, Watkins, hence at Constantinople Norfolk Hero, Garwood, and Stamboul, Sloman, hence and Syra at Constantinople Daniel Wheeler, Bouch, and Newham, Bruce, from Malta at Con stantinople Hebe, Warren, and Commerce, Primrose, from Alexandria at Con stantinople Phantom, Sanders, sailed from Constantinople for Odessa pre vious to Ist May Temistocle, 80110, and Caesar Augusto, Ferraro, hence at Genoa Bonne Mere, Lebizot, sailed from Marans for this port 16th May Marie, Jackson ; Sophia, Garling, and Jenne Leoine, Debries, hence at Antwerp Concordia, Krakenberg, hence at Texel Spruit, Karsyns, hence at Harlingen Columbus, Clark, from New Orleans at Cove Medora, Harrison, and Alexander, Scott, hence at Barbados Victoria, , from London at ditto Agnes, , from Port-au-Prince at Falmouth Mary Appleby, Mackie, hence at Bahia on the sth March SATURDAY, MAY 25.—Wind N. moderate Anal vEn.—Germania, Trettin, from Stettin. SAlLED.—Frances, Delpierre, for Stettin—Wanderer, Jenkins, for Trinidad—Gleaner, Guthrie, for Bay Chaleur—Comet, Taber, for St. John, N.B.—Britain, Rogers, for Gaspee—Fire Fly, Easter, for Constantinople, Bre —Swiftsure, Walkers, for Africa—Alefandrine Vaght, for Wismar—St. Pietro, Basso, for Bahia—Mose, Furmo, for Naples—Arrogante Juan, Lardof, for Drontheim—Enterprise, Lundgren, for Wyburg—Metta Claudina, Paulsen, for Wangero— Bell, M'lnnes, for Oporto—Countess of Wilton, Hauxwell, for Rio Grande—and Countess of Durham, Whitley, for Hamburg. Nancy Givan, Morris, from Paraguay for Valparaiso, was aban doned 23rd March, off Cape Horn : crew saved by the Gretry, arrived at Havre Ganges, M'Donald, from London for South Australia, was spoken 25th March, on the Equator Rocket, Calrow, from Africa for Liverpool, was spoken on the Equator, in long. 22 Rimac, Sproul, hence for Valparaiso, was spoken 17th May, in lat. 47 10, long. 10 47 Caledonia, , hence for Havana, was spoken 17th April, in lat. 18, long. 56 Capricorn, Macklin, hence for Berbice, was spoken in lat. 46, long. 12 Sandbach, Bispham, sailed from Demerara for Liverpool 14th April Bonanza, Cragg, hence at Newfoundland Red Rover, , from Malta for Liverpool, off Waterford 20th Scotia, Skinner, hence at Thurso, and sailed 19th May for Konigs berg SUNDAY, MAY 26.—Wind variable and light. ARRIVED.—ArgyIe, M`Donald, from Bombay—Cheshire, Gater, from Barbadoes—Columbia, Clark; Star, Glover; Nimrod, Chad burn ; Prompt, Payne, and Leonard Dobbin, from New Orleans— Luconia, Gore, from Mobile—Achiever, Norrie, from St. Domingo Providence, , from the Mediterranean—Jack Tar, M'Gregor, from Odessa—Robert Henderson, —, from Sinyrna—Petrel, , from Marseilles—Adelaide, , from Charente—C. Ul ribha, Nusche, from Wolgast—and Delhi,'Herbert, from Trieste. SAlLED.—Madison, Wood, for Virginia—Briton, Mason, for Copenhagen—lndependence, Nye, for New York—Robert A. Parke, Miter, from Quebec—Apollo, Butler, for St. John, Newfoundland, &c.—Carriboo, Sheridan, for Barbadoes, &c.—Manchester, Bos worth, for Philadelphia—Snowdrop, Price, for Syra, &c.—Suowdrop, Trewavas, for Gibraltar—Harriet, Beniest, for Antwerp—Josephine, Scott, for Barbadoes—Maria, Kroning, for Elsinore—Queen Vic toria, Maack, for Halifax—lronside, Mitchell, for Pernambuco — and Charlotte, Fisher, for St. John, N.B. Elizabeth Wood, , hence for Barbadoes, was spoken'Bth instant, in lat. 42, long. 1,4 Irlam, —, hence for Barbadoes, was spoken 25th April, in lat. 23, 10u5. 38 Laura, Day, sailed from Hobart Town for Sydney 17th Dec. Vol au Vent, Borbe, sailed from Bourdeaux for Liverpool 18th May Fanny Jane, , from Liverpool for Smyrna. was spoken 12th May, in lat. 42, long. 14 Dorothea, Scheverdtman, hence at Bremen Goshawk, Smith, and Jean Jaques, Cochran, hence at Hamburg Lady Mary, Sayer, hence at Cuxhaven Lydia Abegg, Ortgiesse, and Storer, Jeffreys, hence at Bremen Star, Farren, hence at Heligoland Marion, Floreen, hence at Copenhagen Minerva. , for Londonderry, has put back, leaky, having been on shore near the South Stack ELSINORE, May 18.—The Alexandra, Firstoff, from Liverpool for St. Petersburg, was wrecked near Carlscrona on the 12th instant. Crew and part of the cargo saved MONDAY, MAY 27.—Wind Wind S.E ARRIVED.—St.CIoud, Colbourne, from New Orleans—Talemacho, ; Hunter, , and Sir H. Parnell, —, from the Medi terranean—and Clipper, , from St. Übes. SAlLED.—England, Gardner, for Quebec—Fanny, Vos, for Ros. tock—and Maria, Vanhoo, for Ostend. Marion, Masters, from Tobasco, at this port; sailed 6th April. On 14th May, in lat. 53, long, 21, spoke the Alecto, from Laguna for this port. On 23rd, spoke the Eleanor, British barque, in lat. 51. long. 7 Lady Douglas, from Sierra Leone, at the Cove Dumfriesshire, ,,from New Orleans, off this port BEAUMARIS, May 25.—The Falcon, Mathias, from Liverpool for Pernambuco, put in here last night, with loss of topmast TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Max 27. Wind at Holyhead S.W. light breeze in the morning : calm in the evening. Off Holyhead, inward bound, at 4 a.m. No. 1472, Hector, A.S. from New Orleans—and 488, Bootle, 8.8. from Puerto Cabello. Off Point Lynas, outward bound, at 2 p.m. No. 457, Ironside, B.S. for Pernambuco. Several vessels were off Point LyiAs and Great Ormshead, in ward bound, at 12 at noon. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 8 r c. Intrepid, J Stuart, 292 Cape of Good Hope, J Aikin & Son NEW SOUTH WALES. Maia, B Sproule, 300 Sydney, NSW, Brodie &Co or Cotesworth WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Alligator, J S Waters, 39 Berbice, M•Calmont, Brs &Co Lima Packet, It Singleton, 210 Trinidad, Inuie & Tomlinson SOUTH AMERICA. Richmond, W Purber, 158 Rio Janeiro, Ashley Brothers UNITED STATES. Persia, W P Johnson, 438 Boston, Baring Brothers &Co London, Patten, 690 Baltimore, W& J Brown &Co Troy, D Wood, 600 New York, W& J Brown &Co Carroll of Carrollton, T J Bird, 6go New York, W & J Brown & Co Rowland, S M'Clelland, 412 Philadelphia, Galt & Barff BRITISH AMERICA. Eleanor, D Guthrie, England, J Garner, 514 Bay Chaleur, Glen & Anderson 939 Quebec, D Gibb EUROPE. Elizabeth, J D Ulrich, 120 Bremen, Bahr, Behrend &Co Wave, W Pugsley, 148 Cronstadt, Crozier Brs or Cram & Co Rosa, H W Diesener, 250 Danzic, C G Weber & Co Providence, L T Maas, 352 Danzic, C G Weber & Co Marens Minde, H M Masen, 100 Elsineur, Bahr, Behrend &Co George IV, J Phillips, 86 Guernsey, M`Calmont Brs &Co Charlotte, J Wattie, 156 Hammerfest, Campbell & Rudd Lucretia, J Lovering, 118 Lisbon, F Manero Swift, J R Way, 111 Naples, Haskayne, Chapple & Co Perseverance, J Monnot, 120 Ostend, Bruges and Ghent, Bahr, Behrend & Co Joseph, J Pottleitz, 166 Ostend, C G Weber & Co Henry• Hoyle, H E Chapman, 207 Oporto, J Bibby &Co Johanna, J Wolter, 169 Stralsund, Bahr, Behrend &Co Iris, J J Raupert, 168 St. Petersburg, C G Weber & Co finports. WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Isabel, (352) J Jones, from Antigua, 10 hds 31 tcs 20 brls sugar, 28 puns molasses, J Jones-20 hds sugar, 25 hds rum, Ewart, Myers and Co-408 hds 21 tcs sugar, 77 puns molasses, C W and F Shand —ll lids 9 tcs sugar, Trustees C Turner-15 hds sugar, C Turner, jun-7 hds 8 tcs sugar, 10 pns molasses, Graham and Taylor-3 brls sugar, Master-1 box specimens natural history Ibx a pump and 1 keg hoes retd, C W and F Shand-1 kg tamarinds, J Madder-1 bx arrowroot, C Turner, jun—P D Don Juan, (163) J M'Comb, from Barbados, 34 hds 3 tcs sugar, 240 pns 81 hds 27 brls molasses, II Moore and Co-1500 r o staves, Expn-1 bx cigars; Order—V D SOUTH AMERICA. Chilton, (280) J Wildridge, from Maranham, 1110 bags cotton, Order-171 do, J Rushton-26 do, W and J Wellstood-192 do, Duarte Bros and Co-29 do, A Parlane-3 brls India rubber, J Rush ton-7 brls do, J A Murta-9 pps Ihf ppe 4 cks do, 4 cks 2 brls isinglass, Order—B D Thomas Battersby, (323) .T Leitch, from Bahia, 421 bls cotton, Heyworth and Co-52 do, Froes Bros-41 do, T Stewart-28 do, C S Middleton-782 do, Order-200 bls tobacco, Heyworth and Co -147 do, Maury and Sons-1449 dry o and c bides, Heyworth and Co —839 do, C Ironsides and Co-379 do, J M`Caire and Co-544 do, Order-40 pps rum, W Maxwell and Co-14 jars sweetmeats, W B P Wood-200 cs 19 brls sugar, 23 bgs coffee, 10 bgs cocoa, 6 bxs ci gars, Order—P D UNITED STATES. Ellen Brooks, (507) J B Lindsay, from New Orleans, 1568 Ms cot ton, A Dennistoun and Co-234 do, V Poutz-70 do, Reid, Irving and Co—W D EUROPE. Catherine, (212) W Whiteway, from Trieste, 1077 qrs wheat, 100 qrs Indian corn, 500 bxs candles, 100 kgs grease, 83 bls cotton, 1 trs samples, Order-50 bis sheeps' wool, Geller and co-1 kg almonds, Master-400 coker nuts, Expn-G D Castilian Maid, (112) J R Scott, from St. Michael's, 584 bxs oranges, E Rae-6 do, Master—K D Leda, H Zeplien, (160) from Rostock, loose about 1400 qrs barley, W Lowe-50 qrs wheat, Order—Q D Tugend, (150) J It Scott, from Rostock, 945 qrs wheat, Ridyard and Leicester—Q D Emma, (153) T Irving, from Lisbon, 2 hhds 1 qr cask wine, W Moore--6 qr casks do, T Stewart-20 qr casks do, J K Tudor-2 qr casks do, A Latham-2 hhds do, Hassall and Foulkes-1 do, Leech, Harrison and Co-4 qr casks do, order-5 hhds do, Lassell, Lewin and Co-1 hhd do, A Swainson-1 qr cask 1 box do, 'I Martin and Son-75 chests 99 hf chests fruit, 20 chests 62 hf chests do, order -1 bag rice, (exportation) A J Da Costa-60 pipes olive oil, Csrne and Telo-40 tons salt; J Bibby and Co-1 box samples, Duarte Brothers and Co—Q D Johanna & Heinrich, (172) J J 0 Harting, from Stettin, 1130 qrs wheat, Bryans, Herd and Co—Q D Germania, (1g1) F Tretter, from Stettin, 1470 qrs wheat, Ridyard and Leicester—Q D Union, (532) A Wieneholdt, from Danzic, 128 pces timber, 810 deck planks, 32 deals, 2* tins lathwood, about 500 qrs peas, 5310 staves, Holdforth, Bald and Co—about 150 qrs peas, order-100 kegs 'spruce beer,. W Vernon-500 qrs wheat, order-500 do, T Mackay—B D Emerald, (91) E Dempsey, from Bourdeaux, 6 bottles wine, Bevan and Smith-64 hf hhds 1233 cases 12 baskets do, Fletcher and Alexander-1 hhd 2hf hhds 59 cases do, order-1 pipe 4hf hhds do, W Maxwell and Co-40 hhds do, D Levy-13 cases do, J Gaskarth —2 cases do, T Murray-2 hhds 4hf hhds 35 cases do, T and W Earle and Co-6 cases do, F Huth and Co-57 baskets do, W Pres ton-3 cases do, Warden and Wanostrocht-12 hhds 8 casks bran dy, Fletcher and Alexander-5 cases do, J Gage -1 i do, order-1 do, Warden and Wanostrocht-3 cases do, 2 boxes specimens natural history, J .0 Isaacson-8 cases perfumes, 1 jar sausages, 1 case sardines and vegetables, 20 cases brandy fruit, I box corks, i jar sweetmeats, 40 demijohns 4 hf hhds vinegar, T and W Earle and Co-2 cases 8 packages contents unknown, C P Fletcher—K D Duke of Cambridge, (369( J Battey, from HaVre, 20 cases 12 casks 1 hf cask wine, order-29 cases 12 baskets 2 hhds do, J Dawson -15 packages do, J Moss and Co-178 eases do, P Devaux-2 do, W A Olunan-5 do, C Imer, Panlet and Co-2 do, J Rawsthorne-4 do, J Maunder, jun-8 do, Roscow, Arnold and co-4 do, Froes Bro thers-29 do, J Eadie-8 cases 6 baskets do, Laidman and Craig -7 cases do, Glazebrook Brothers-4 do, J Maury and Sons-1 do, R Procter-5 do, Laughton and Potts-1 basket do, Melly, Prevost and Co-52 cases 3 casks do, 1 case books, 2 cases contents unkn, landed at Dublin-3 cases prints and books, C Choffiu-19 bales flat, J Grimshaw-13 bales silk waste, J Moss and Co—li cases contents unknown, H Castellain-41 casks potatce meal, A Ba ruchson-38 brls do, J Winder-10 cases brandy, J Dawson-20 bales flax, A Mulholland -17 do, C Duffln-1 case contents unkn, R H Sherlock-2 cases plated goods, Duarte Brothers and Co—Cl B ;liftarlato. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MAY 24. In consequence of the very small supply at market, and holders refusing to sell, except at a further advance, the sales this week are confined to 300 hhds B.P. at very stiff prices. 600 bags Bengal sold at 67s to 68s for low white. No sales to notice in Foreign Sugar.— Molasses are scarce, and the transactions are limited to a small par cel of Antigua, at 35s 6d per cwt.—There has been a good demand for Plantation Coffee, the sales amount to 160 casks of Jamaica, of the new crop, chiefly at auction : clean ordinary to middling quali ties brought an advance, in most instances, of 2s per cwt. the bet ter descriptions, particularly extra fine of favourite marks, sold at very extreme rates. Nothing done in foreign.—No sales in Cocoa, Ginger, or Pimento.-300 bags black Pepper, sold by auction, with all faults, at 4d to 4bd per lb.—The business in Rice is comprised in 40 tierces of dressed Carolina at 40s per cwt. duty paid.—The Rum market continues in an excited state, and the few parcels offering have been taken at a further advance of id to 2d per gallon : the sales amount to 130 puns. and consist of fine Demerara at Gs to Gs id per gallon, and common Leewards, 6 to 8 O.P. at 8s 8d to 8s 9d per gallon. A few chests of East India Indigo have been taken at steady prices. —There has been some inquiry for black Cochineal, and about 12 seronc disposed of at 6s 5d to 6s 6d: fine Honduras silver brought 6s id to 6s 4d. The following sales have been made, namely, 64 chests Lac Dye at 10d for ordinary and lld for RM mark, 60 baskets Terra Japonica at 26s 6d, 180 chests East India Gum Arabic at 33s to 525, 50 chests Shell Lac at 56s to 625, 87 hhds Tincal at 53s 6d to 58s 6d, 16 bales of ordinary Bengal Safflower at 30s 6d to 315.—0 f Saltpetre only 100 bags are reported at 28s per cwt. and 500 bags Nitrate of Soda. The demand for Dyewoods still continues limited; of Campeachy about 120 tons sold at .12; and of Jamaica 25. tons at £8 2s 6d ; in Fustic, 30 tons of Cuba brought £l6 2s 6d, and 10 tons of Ceara sold at ss; the other sales of Dyewoods are small, and without change.—The public sales of Turpentine have been brought forward this week, comprising 1800 to 1900 brls. but no part was sold, although 13s 2d was offered and refused for 500 brls; I3s 3d would have been accepted.—Nothing new in American and Stockholm Tar.—The prices of Montreal Pot and Pearl Ashes is without altera tion, 26s 6d •having been obtained for about 200 brls of the former description; of the latter no sales are reported.—The sales in Quer citron Bark are merely a few casks, at 26s.—The dernandlor salted Hides are only limited, and lower prices were accepted at auction to-day; 4600 salted Monte Video Ox and Cow have been sold at 4d to 44d, 4600 salted Monte Video Ox and Cow have been sold at 4d to 4id, 780 Ceara at 44d. 1300 dry salted Brazil at 5.0 per lb, and 360 dry Monte Video Horse at 9s 75 each.—The sales of Tobacco during the week have been 170 hhds. of which 110 were Virginia leaf and 50 stemmed, 5 Kentucky leaf and 2 stemmed, with 2 Mary lands ; of these about 90 were for Ireland, 20 for exportation, and remainder to manufacturers. The market is steady, and there is not the least change to notice in prices of any description. There has been a partial inquiry for Brimstone, but the business done has been confined to about 150 tos, chiefly from the ship-side, and at full prices.—Some few sales hie been made in Sicily Sumac, other sorts have been dull of sale.—Nothing worthy of notice has been done in Madders, Madder Roots, Argols, or Cream of Tartar. —Some recent arrivals of Valonia are to be offered at public sale next week : the market had, preyiously been cleared of existing stocks.—For Olive Oil there has been rather more inquiry, without change in prices : the principal sales have been in Portugal, at £47, and the total quantity of all sorts sold about 40 tuns.—Fish Oils are neglected, and most descriptions may be bought on rather lower terms.—Some transactions have taken place iu Linseed Oil at 27s 6d to 28s per cwt.—ln pale Rape nothing done.—ln Palm Oil some ex tensive sales have been made, but at lower prices : about 600 tons have changed hands, at rather under £42, 100 tons have at .t'42 10s, and some trifling parcels at 15s per ton.—Oil of Turpentine is dull of sale, and offering lower.—The business doing in Hemp and Flax is very limited, and our quotations for Hemp are with difficulty maintained.—A fair extent of business has been done in Tallow,but at rather lower prices; South American is saleable; and much in quired for. PACKET BOATS.-F, GENERAL POST. DESTINATION, Mails made up in London. Holland. Hamburg & Swed. Lisbon Madeira Spain& Gibraltar Malta and Greece.. Egypt and India .. Madeira Brazil & B.Ayres, America Jamai. L'ward } Isl. & Hayti Lagnira Mexico and Ha vana Jamai. L'ward 1 Isl. & Hayti Carthapna 'Tues. & Fri . !Tues. & Fri. [Saturdays 2nd Saturday 4th Saturday Ist Tuesday each month. Ist Wednes. Ist day of each month. 15th day of each month. 15th day of each month. ALMOUTH STATION, -OFFICE, May 17. Last Packets Sailed. Next Packets Due. Liverpool, May 20. Royal Tar, May 13. H.M.B. Magnet, May 10. Petrel, May 4. B. Seagul, May 3. H.M.B. Hope, May 17. H. M. B. Pigeon, May 17. Mon. & Thurs. Tues. & Satur. Tagus, May 26. Swift, May 24. L.Melville, Ap.l3 Sheldrake, May 26. Reindeer, June 25. Lapwing, June 8. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 24. No material alteration can be noticed in the state of the market from last week; the inquiry from the trade continues on a limited scale, and prices generally have declined about id le Ib, excepting for the good fair and good qualities of American, which remain without change. 450 American have been taken for export. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON From the 18th instant, to this dun, inclusive. SALES OF THE WEEK 100 1 Sea Island 20 I Stained 2490 Bowed Georgia 1600 j f Mobile 1 Alabama and Tennessee 3120 New Orleans 35 „ f Pernambuco & Paraiba. " 1 Aricati and Ceara 220 Bahia and Maceio f Maranham 30 Sawginned .... Minas .... Para .... Demerara, Surinam, &c 210 Egyptian .... Barbados .... Peruvian .... Bahama.. . Laguayra .... Common West India, &c 50 Carthagena .... Smyrna .... Manilla 530 1 Surat 20 1 Madras .... Bengal • 9440 bales Prices paid i IMP in the week. ThisWk 23d ® 42d 1 9 '110097 isk 9 I 9 118374 7#— 91 104 2059 7i - }" - 8* 93 -- 1 -14 i 456 751 - 6 1 - 5 -6& 61 - - MONDAY Ev ) RTS 'this year } 146558 } 166048 } 9645 There has been a great revival in the appearance of the market to-day, the business is estimated at 5000 bales, principally American, 1500 of which have been taken in one line on speculation : prices are very firm, and in most instances fully *dl. lb advance has been obtained on last week's quotations. The arrivals since Friday are nine vessels from the States; one Maranham and one Bahia. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 25. With the exception of about 16,000 qrs. of foreign Wheat, most, if not all, of which will, forthe present, be under bond, the arrivals to our Corn market have been light. Though the week's business in Wheat has been only to a moderate amount, there has latterly appeared more disposition, amongst the dealers generally, to pur chase. At yesterday's market there were two or three buyers from the country, and fully Tuesday's rates were paid. The quotations are 9s 9d to 103 4d for Baltic red, 9s 6d to 10s for French, 9s to 9s 3d for Marianopoli, and for Odessa 7s 3d to Ss •4d per 701bs. Prime mealing Oats have brought 4s to 4s '2 d, and there are few, if any, under 3s 9d to 3s sod per 451bs. The market is very scantily sup plied with any description. Oatmeal has met less demand than during the previous week, but is firmly held at 35s 6d to 36s 6d per 2401b5. No change in the value of Flour. A few small parcels of Foreign Barley have sold for grinding at 5s 3d to 5s 4d per 601bs. : malting qualities have been little inquired for, and have given way in value Is to 2s per quarter; 44s per imperial quarter is a top quo tation for English. Beans and Pease as last noted. The transac tions in bond consist of the sale of two or three parcels of Oats at 3s to 3s 4d per 451bs. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, MAY 27. There is a very good demand for New Butter, and favourite brands command top prices : viz. Carlow, Waterford, &c. 106 s to less—some of au indifferent stamp do not realize within 5s of these rates. Pickled Butter is 2s to 3s lower—the present currency being g6s to gss. Provisions are as last quoted, without any extraor dinary inquiry. Bacon is also unaltered in price, but with a steady demand. LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT (Quotations duty paid, except when mentioned in bond.) ASHES Montreal, Pot (I , 26 6 Pearl, new 33 0 —34 0 U. States, Pot none. Pearl none. BARK, Quercit. 20 0— 26 0 Oaks ton .. £5 5 6 15 German 4 2 6 5 0 BRIMSTONE, ton Sicily, &c ll 0 11 5 Tuscany ll 0 11 10 CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. s. d 14 cwt. in bond 60 0 65 0 CLOVER -SEED, V cwt. American, red none Dutch French & Germ. 80 0-90 0 COCOA, V. eta. Trinidad 4O 0 45 0 Grenada .... 40 0 43- 0 Brazil 32 0 35 0 COFFEE, V cwt in bond. MADDER, Ciet. S. d. s. d t Dutch, crop .... 56 0 —63 0 Ombro .40 0 —5O 0 Gamene 3O 0 —36 0 Mull 10 0 —2O 0 French, S.F. 42 0 —l4 0 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 E.S.F 54 0 —5B 0 E.S.F.F 60 0 —63 0 Spanish 2B 0 —32 0 MOLASSES, V cwt Trinidad, &c 33 6 —34 6 Demerara, &c 34 0 —35 0 Bar & Antigua.. 35 0 —36 0 MUNJEET, V cwt 18 0 —2O 0 OIL, Olive, l• 252 galls. Gallipoli .4,52 10 —53 0 Trieste 50 0 —5l 0 Sicily 52 0 —53 0 Malaga 50 0 —5l 0 Portugal, &c 47 0 —49 0 Lkvant.... Jamar. triage '• 65 0-100 0 ordinary .... good& fine 0rd.105 0-112 0 middling ll5 0-118 0 good mid. fine mid. arc 134 0.. 155 Dutch, triage.. 145 0— 90 0 ordinary .... good &fine ord. 92 0-100 0 middling 102 0-107 0 good mid. } 108 0-112 0 fine mid., &c. Mocha Ceylon lOO 0-103 0 Java Havana _ _ 47 0 -49 0 Palm, ton 42 0 —43 0 Fish, 1p• 252 gulls. Seal, pale 30 0 —3l 0 brown 24 0 —26 0 Cod 3O 0 —3l 0 LINSEED, 19. cult 27 g —2B 0 Rape, pale do. 4O 0 —4l 6 TurPen• cut 63 6 —64 0 RICE, cwt Carolina, dress. 38 0 —4O 0 in bond 26 0 —26 6 Bengal, °M. do 12 0 —l4 0 good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 St. Domingo 45 0— 48 0 Brazil 44 0— 50 0 Laguira 47 0— 55 0 Druwooos,v ton .1. s. s Logwood, Jam... 7 5 8 0 Hon. & Dom. 8 0— 8 5 mid to fine l5 0 —l7 0 African none. RUM, qp , gallon, in bond. Jamaica, Campeachy ll 10— 12 0 Fustic, Span 12 10— 13 10 Tampico 12 10— 14 0 _ _ _ .•. 10 0- 11 0 ... 15 0- 17 0 NICARAGUA Wool). Rio de la Hache solid rough 5 0— 6 0 small 6 0— 7 0 Lima, solid 11 0— 17 0 Harwood, Ango 8 10— 10 0 12 to 16 o. p 4 6 5 0 stronger 5 1 5 6 choice marks 5 7 6 6 SAFFLOWER, cwt. Bengal, good & fine.. 3 0 7 0 ord. & mid Bombay SALTPETRE, cwt. s. d. s. d East India 24 0 —3O 0 South American 15 0 —l6 0 SHELL LAC, V' cwt. in bond. orange ..75 0 —l2O 0 Gaboon 5 10--- 8 0 Camwood 2O 0— 24 0 Red San. Wood 8 0— 9 0 FLAX, 4). ton. Riga. P.T.R. 47 0— 4g 0 P'burg, 9 head 42 0— 43 0 Archangel Dutch & Flem. 60 0-110 0 GALLS, Turkey, blue mixed 60 0— 67 0 East India 7O 0— 73 0 GINGER, 3a , cwt. liver and black .. 55 0 —7O 0 SHINS Neutria, do:.. 10 0 —2O 0 Chinchilli, do. .. 20 0 —25 0 Seal, each 2 0 3 0 SHUMAC, V. cwt. Sicily ll 0 —l3 0 Malaga n 0 —ll 6 Trieste 9 0 g 6 Verona 9 0 9 6 Tyrolese SUGAR, If* cwt. B. P. Muscovado . . Barbadoes 45 0-- SO 0 Jamaica BO 0-120 0 E. India, in bond 18 0— 22 0 Gera, vo cwt. Arabic, Turkey 7O 0-140 0 East India 21 0— 58 0 Barbary 45 0— 52 0 Senegal 66 0— 67 6 ton B. s P'burg, clean.... 43 0-- 44 10 outshot 41 0— 41 10 Riga, Rhine 44 0— 44 10 outshot 42 0— 42 10 Archangel 4O 0— Manilla 29 0— 30 0 Bombay moist brown sg 0 —62 0 dry brown 63 0 —65 good & mid 66 0 —6B 0 fine &v. fine 69 0 —72 0 Mauritius, dabs and moist 58 0 —6O 0 brown 6l 0 —65 0 yellow 65 0 —66 0 fine yellow 66 6,-68 6 East India, Bengal ord. white 65 0 —67 0 good and fine 68 0 —7O 0 extra fine 70 6 —72 0 Manilla, in bond 22 0 —25 0 Havana, do. brown none. yellow 26 0 -29 0 white ord 35 0 —37 0 good & fine 38 0 —4O 0 Brazil, in bond. Jute l2 0— 12 5 Hiozs, Ox and Cow, la , lb B. Ayres and Monte Video, dry. inferior & mid. 0 7 0 8 good & prime 0 Si— 0 gi Do. salted 0 4 0 4i N. Amer. salted 0 4 0 44 Brazil dry salted 0 5 0 54 Rio, dry - Valparaiso, dry 0 6 0 7 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 W. India, dry 0 si 0 7 salted 0 5 0 54 East India Kips, B.A. dry 0 7k— 0 84 Horse, d. each g 0 —l2 0 HORSE HAIR, qp , lb. Short mixed brown lB 0 —23 0 yellow 24 0 —25 6 white ord. .. 26 6 —2B 6 good and fine 29 0 —33 0 TALLOW, V cwt. P'burgh, Y.C. 5O 6 —5l 0 Odessa 50 0 —5O 3 Archangel 4B 0 Buenos Ayres 46 0 —4B 6 TAR, v 6)-1. Stockholm l7 6 Archangel l6 0 —l6 6 Carolina Virginia l6 0 —l6 6 TARTAR, 19 , cwt. Cream of Tartar.. 72 0 —72 6 brown and yel... 50 0 —6O 0 TEA, '4,1. tb. in bond. Bohea, Canton .. 0 0 0 10 long tails 1 8— 2 0 combed 2 0 - 2 9 INDIGO, ib. in bond. Bengal, piii. & violet B3— 9 3 blue & violet 8 3 g 3 blue violet, g. & fine 8 0— 8 3 ord. & mid. 7 3 7 6 violet & cop.} 6 3 7 6 mixed cop. g. & fine. 6 9 7 6 ord. & mix. 5 9 6 6 com. quality 5 6 7 6 Oude 4 3 6 9 Madras 4 0— 7 0 _ . Fokein Congou, corn. 1 0 1 3 mid. to fine. 1 4f— 2 6 Twankay, corn 1 2f— 1 3 mid. to good 1 4 1 6 Pekoe, Orange 1 6 3 0 Campoi, corn. to good none Hyson Skin 1 2 1 3 Mid. to law 1 5 1 7 Souchong, corn 1 3 1 5 good to fine 1 7 3 Pekoe, flowery Hyson, corn 1 6 2 0 fine 2 6 3 6 Young Hyson 1 6 2 10 Imperial Gunpowder, Guatunala, T. lb Floras Sobres .. Cortes .. . 5 9- 7 0 . 4 6- 5 6 , . good and fine .. 3 2 4 6 IToah.cco, tb. in bond. Caraccas; Floras 7 3 8 0 Sobres 6 6 7 0 Cortes J. River: 1 0 Stemmed o 12i— 1 3 Kentucky Maryland .. -- LAC DYE, •{9' lb• D.T. and prime. 2 0— 4 0 mid. to good.. 0 10— 1 9 ord. & inferior 0 6 0 g MADDER ROOTS, CWL _ _ Smyrna Galipoli & Syria .. 42 0— 44 0 French 47 0— 48 0 Naplcs 34 0— 35 0 TunAie RIC, 19 , cwt. in bond. Bengal 20 0 —25 0 TIIRPENTINE, 710 cwt., American n 0 —l3 6 VALONIA, 13 , ton. of S. .4' Smyrna, picked 15 0 —2l 0 Morea l3 0 —l5 0 WAX, Bass' 71) , cwt. in bond. . • African . , 7 0— 8 0 East India American 7 15 8 5 LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAv,MO 24 JP BANKRUPTS. Jan 0 Edgar Bowyer, Liverpool, merchant, to surrender._ %too v.s,inatceonnte,anatdthsehClerarwoeondd,onTeßmopolme,s Ideasrs and Bardswell, Liverpool. tvreld' July 5 at „bine ° John Smith, Liverpool, boiler-maker, June 8, w o the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs? ,` d, an d JP" and Holt, Liverpool; and Messrs. Taylor, Sharpe, Fi e ' ~ bob son, Bedford-row, London. ~n u ob•, Rooms, Liverpool. ° L . d William Dawes, Tavistock-street, Covent-garden , "" t . ix! seller William Hamilton Maxwell, Portnish, Antrim, Ire lan _ d d b ol eet° William Keens, Bedford-place, Commercial-road, L" and trimming-seller. John Lambert West, Charles-street, Soho, Richard Waring, Luton, Bedfordshire, grocer. kr otll•r er Thomas Gowar and William Dean Gowar, Di sc Greenwich, coach-makers. f e ather' John Adams, George-street, Spitalfields, London, •f" chant. tton' P • 10 William Fulton and Lasden Fulton, Rochdale , John Chittle, WarminMr, Wiltshire, linen -drap er. John Pierce, Birmingham, thimble-manufactur er. • William Henry Browne, Manchester, stone-merchant Henry Hickman, Sedgley, Staffordshire, builder. Smith Wright, Watton, Norfolk, grocer. London, bool'-`46. Thomas Potts, Birmingham, metallic tube-maker' finish er ' Thomas Irving, Wheatley, Yorkshire, dyer an d William Moore, Newark-upon-Trent, innkeeper. ?' DIVIDENDS. • orP June 17, A. F. O'Neill, J. O'Neill, and F. O'Neill, Ll et 1, 0 chants—June 14, G. Richardson, Quadrant, Reg ent- ;colhi t rN linen-draper—June 14, J. Brock, St. James's-stree t, mercer—Jne 14, J. S. Eveleih, Union-strt, Part June 14, J. C. Coates, Bashigngall-street, L o ndon, 44 n ,l June 17, N. Hailes, Piccadilly, London, bookseller—JuPe_jos;; ble, G. Wimble, and, H. Wimble, Maidstone, wharfiniFe rs S. Munday and J. Munday,Bradford,Wiltshire, clot • o re A i J. Plummer and W. Wilson, Fenchurch-street, London!, bo0l.s"0 June 15, E. Wilson, Sweeting's-alley, Cornhill , yourlo3oo 154,vt —June 15, A. Hider, Otford, Kent, cheesemong er— King,Vauxhall-brewery, South Lambeth, brewer—Jui,..„.d, Glu'4 hirerarwick, linen-draper—June 14, M. Tate, C1ia", 0 510,0 ter, clothier—June 20, M. Kew, Torrisholme. La' l ".. O V4 - tuallcr—June 20, .1. Threlfall Preston, currier—Ju ne i . d s:DA, Southmolton, Devonshire, wine-merchant—June 18,_der50 tingham, victualler—June 14, G. Bickerdike, tualler. CERTIFICATES cll er To be granted unless cause be shown to the cones' df June 14. Xl l ' S d 1 W. D. Houghton, Kirkham, Lancashire, tow-sPin n _. — buty, ter, Bristol, comb-manufacturer—J. Newsome, Do" shire, blanket-manufacturer. • SCOTCH SEQUESTRATICW. Scott and Taylor, Kirkforthar, Fifeshire, flax-:P AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. O tg The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, coLW,I li the returns made in the week ending the 21st day ot:-„,avAr 41s 4d per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties . or payable thereon on the importation thereof into on Ol" _.,,gry MEETINGS OF CREDITORS Foß , L iv. MAY Co 9.f h 28. Robert Hamilton; (special) June 1, William Bartley Clarendon 1. Robert Edwards, (div.) Ditto , nitto „IF 4. and July 2, William M'Gill, (Ist and 2d) - - ,,a , 3. Henry Henry Kendall, (special) K. Fro., „ D OI' 5. Samuel Leon, (special) 1 6. Lee, Holt, Bell and Co 7. Peter Hughes, (2d) 7. Henry Kendall, (3d) 8. John Smith, (Ist) 8. Edgar Bowyer, (Ist) BankruptCtslaCreTii;vcrlotii.ititti:ooll::"lii ..........--,....--.............,.....-..-..-..--,----- ' PRICES OF SHARES, MAY 27. P ! 1 .1 ° 6 ce Last Prices . PO RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Birmingham and Gloucester 4O paid 19 15 0 Ditto and Derby • : • • Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 61 0 0•• '. Chester and CreWe 25 .... 22 10 °•• .. Dublin and Drogheda , Elstern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 5 paid 0 0 0•' .: Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 8 paid 7 7v V . Glasgow, Paisley, Kihnar 1 00• • " , 10 aidp 0 nock, and Ayr Grand Junction lOO 196 0 0 -•• 6/I Ditto half shares 2O .... 61 5 .. Great Western 65 72 0 0 • . . Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston Liverpool and Manchester Liverpool 19 0 4 0 0 00 I" ::• Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares „6 ! London and Birmingham ,90 .... 160 •°' • . ' Ditto new quarter shares .. 5 .... 26 0 , ° t '... Ditto an t Southampton.... so .... 43 1 7 .•.. ' Ditto & Brighton ",. Leeds and Manchester 5O .... 61 10 • '., Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 73 10 ° 0 Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham l5 .... 12 0 11... Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 92 10 .. Ditto quarter shares North Midland South Eastern and Dover North Union lOO .... 57 10 °" . St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 ° , .... , York and North Midland 2O paid 0 0 ' ' cy• BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool .. 500 .... 720 0 ('‘, ••• Bank of Liverpool .el2 10s paid 23 5 ::, - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 19 7 ‘," - Liverpool Union lO .... 14 5 " - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales 2 514 ....paid 26 5 9 10 o g :• - of Manchester lO .... 12 1 2 4 .. - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 12 17 `,; .. - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO 16 5 v•• .• Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 5 5 East of England lO ' 9 7 Phcenix Bank n . Wilts and Dorset 7 l os. 0 0 - GAS, WATER WORKS, &c Exchange Buildings L'pool and Harrington Water l 310 Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. 4'loo .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 1 25 paid 0 0 0 • Company I 6 • • Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... 6 13 Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 1 10 " DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COM PANIEs,&c. 4 ~ Anderton Carrying Company l5 7 Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 10s. Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) (Poloncean) 164 0 0•' 457 0 ° 327 10 0 370 0 0 ; 197 7 7 , 6 - 7 17 3 11 o 0 •' 0 13 0 •' 0 15 ..100 .. ONSCRlzscalossasokraopeuvromarammorsezpvammramerpesmu...ma . TIDE TABLE. Days. 4 1Irn. Evn. Height. 1 H F. Tuesday 28 11 11 M. 11 28 15 1 1 Full Mooh;s°11.1, Wednes. 29 11 38 11 59 15 2 King Thursday3o 0 0 017 15 1 Corpus CiL l '"", Friday 31 035 053 14 10 Length 01 as' e l : Saturday 1 112 131 14 5 Nicomehte • or" ' Sunday 2 151 212 13 8 Ist sundaf 6 .11 Monday 3 226 301 13 3 Vsnus rise' NORTHERN HOSPITAL, MAI. 25. Accidents Discs ° :•• • •1 Cured ........ • t fs • Attending as O u Irregular ••• • • ' I Died.. •• ' 23 60 ADMITTED Medical and Surgical cases 0 Upon recommendation ..... 17 ie Hospital Remaining in thi niO s 41 House 'Visitors, Rev. T. Hornby and Charles I Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, 1:5(1. y Chaplain, Rev. J. Kelly.—House Surgeon , Mr' BIRTHS. g On the 21st instant, the wife of Mr. FRANCI stoO, journeyman clockinaker, Turk's Head-court , Pre ii erl children, ail of which, wtth the mother, are doing -0 1, On the 24th instant, the lady of ELIAS J. son. • MARRIED. :nit y,",:!,os, On the 7th instant, at the Church of the Holy _,lY' n - f l'Afoo'', by the Rev. Wm. Badnall, Mr. JOSH. SORTO,7E, :00 v .',` ELIZABETH, second daughter of Mr. JAME S (10 1 ': ~ 0, t o , Wavertree. ~ o e On the gth Instant, at Crosthwaite Church, C ... .: t ,0t1i , ei c5 5 salinsky, (Poland,) to Miss MARY JACKSON , . 8 " - , ~,t 11 ~;:' wick. The fair bride is supposed to be the lie!" Po' Ol e north of England, ~,_ ~,,.,4 br ti f t),,,11,. On the 13th instant, at Copperas-hill uu o 4",4per , `"oV"„'c , Gillow, Mr. WILLIAM CHISNALL, tailor and (. OF OA; to Miss KENDRICK, daughter of John Kendrict' e fte .fi v•;) 4 ,l On the 17th instant, at Denbigh' 0,:".. Church, by o t 'ii' ,? Mr. WILLIAM MORRIS, of this town, to HAR' o f r? ,() daughter of Mr. ABRAHAM DALE, Supervisor 0 eIP Al former ace. i , 0 V On pl 22d instant, at St. David's Church, g t * ''' a sv .ti P' to Miss ELLEN HUGHES. t n ldr. ii 4 Same day, at St. George's Church, Ever 0 ~.,. .;. watchcase-maker, to Miss ELLEN P lEREPOi O Z Yesterday, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. J- 01 ' HANNAH DENTITH. „. DIED. d 6 0 On the 13th ult. at Montpont, at a very advance_ f :4 1 ,5 d COIS LAMARQUE, member of the Conventioo,ue AP ° iy' Five Hundred, Extraordinary Commissary to t' Republic, and Prefect under the Empire. tted , IV; prsf On the 14th ult. in Devon-street, deeply regre _ o f cpf widow of the late Mr. JOHN pUCK, fishmover- fo sor oo l ell On the 10th instant, the Rev. RICE REES, Pr°.„ e : fr St. David's College, Lampeter. He was reture'Ve'cleeK Radnorshire, where he had been en a visit fo i .leir; c lo o 4P7' respected uncle. the Rev. J. Rees He called o 'l tairt,4e o six miles from Buiith, to bait his horse, and elf' otic eo el but left apparently strong and hearty. He ha u s fell 6 "i crossed the bridge into Brecknockshire when h e f ell` horse's back. era 5 0 '. On the 7th instant, at Naples, of the meazleg,,, Csotl months, Lord FRANCIS M. D. SCOTT, young-' e 5,07.0/ cf Bucceuch. 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