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

COMMERCIAL NEM& FROM AMERICA. • •NEW YORK MARKET,. Nov. 25, 1839. RENIA K.S.—The condition of things is getting - noise" - e ; quiet and settled. All f ears an d* appre h ens i ons as to Our banks sustaining themselves have passed away, and tbe state of the money market is more uniform. Cold weather appears to have set in suddenly, and the navigation of our' canal must have ceased. This is not only a' disappointment but a loss, as a large amount of produce on the way must be detained from reaching its destination until spring. The approaching session of Congress is looked for with great interest, from the close position of parties, and there must. be a great de gree of excitement at the opening of the session. STOCXS.—There has becii - I most favourable change in Stocks. The downward tendency that has prevailed for a long time seems to have been checked, and 'a better feeling prevails. SoMe descriptions have gone up 10 per cent. This has been a very great relief to holders; and has inspired a good deal of confidence: Excn AN GE- 1 2OREIC.-The rate of bills on London had been down to 1041 to 185, and stood there for several days prior to the sailing of the Great Western.' On the departure of that vessel there - was a sudden rise to 1081 on -London, and even to 109, and the sales were enormously large ; in deed, we have seldom known a greater demand. The amount of bills sent out was immensely large. The rate on France also improved considerably. The crop of cotton, however, is now going rapidly forward. and, as the orders for goods are known to be small, it is pretty certain that exchange cannot rise so high as - to carry Out much specie. There is; however, constantly a very large demand for bills to pay the interest on our. Stat e. Securities held in London. That of itself will continue to produce a very considerable demand. . sales' of both Pots and Pearls extend to about 500 brls. each ; the former at 4,50 doll. each,' and the latter at 5 doll. per COTTON, — Accounts from Liverpool, by the British Queen, are to the 3d instant; ehiclt exhibit a net decline of id. per lb. daring the two Weeks preceding. In our market, there ha's been inereasedanimationdUring the week, the sales being estimated at 6,000 bales, a large portion of which was for - ex. portation, it er cent.•per lb. on previous rates. The sales include 1,750 bales 'New OrleanS, 9 to 12 ots. ; 1,250 do: Up land, 9to 1I ; 350 do. Mobile, 10 to 101 • 250 do . - Florida; at In, to 10A cts. - The arrivals of the week have been 1,600 bales, and the' imports - orthe 'month:l2olo 'l'lie _ ex ports, since the Ist Nov.; 4,300: The total exports from the United :States, • since the ISt October, have been. 36,300 &„,failvtt 23;060 bales up to the same time last year. ' • 11:Nix MgAr,.----There has been considerable anima thin in Western did Ohio- deseriptions• of Flour, much of Which has been taken for•exportation, for European - account, at 6,121 dollars to 6,25 for Western and 6 dollars to 6,124 dollars tin.. Ohio ; but, towards the hitter part of the Week. 6,25 dollars to 6,50 dollars for the former, and 6,25 dollarS to 6,371 dollars for the latter. • On Southern descriptions there have been no importiint aforOmentg, but holders gene . - tally alkite,f 121. to 25'cetitsi per barrel more than lust week. Rye Flour is quite active at- 4,15 dollars to 4,50, and Corn Meal steady at 4 dollars per barrel. NET ORLEANS COTTON MARKET, Nov.. 14. Sales of Cottoit, yesterday, were about 650 bales from what we can learn, and whiCh were made at former prices in the early part of the day, previous to reeeipt:of Liverpool advices per Great• Western. - These reached the city about twelve o'clock, after which hour we ascertain no transactions, as is usually the case 'on such ()tensions, the market requiring% sufficient time to settle. We understand, however, that tl:?re were some inquiries by English buyers, who, it is sup po.,ed; have received orders which will admit of being filled • at the now ruling rates ; but, from the vresent fluctuating stele cf the market, these persons feel disposed to hold back from operating_ MOBILE COTTON MARKET. (From the Mobile Prices Current, Nov. 9.) COTTON.—Arrived during the week, 477 bales. Exported to Boston, per brig Token, 187 bales, leaving a stock on hand, inclusive of all on shipboard, not cleared, of 1922 against 40M same time last season. The sales of the week amount to about 180 bales, 'wholly for manufacturers, the demand being remarkably limited, much more so than at any former period. The qualities sold are fair to good fair, and good fair at 12c. to 121 c., being a decline of 4 cent since oar last report. The stock on hand is gradually increasing, and we may quote the article as dull. We have the satisfaction of announcing, that sickness has entirely disappear.d from our city, and that the only existing drawback on business is the low state of the rivers. Strangers iire flocking from every point in large crowds, and there is every promise of a - most busy state of affairs in the mercan tile line. The stocks of dealers are large, and they are daily accumulating, but the reason previously urged prevents the forwarding of orders tbr the interior, as the slight rain experienced since our last could have had no other effect than that of merely damping the around. Yesterday, and the day previous, frost and ice were both discoverable around the city, and strangers may, therefore, apprehend no danger in visiting us._ _ Exehange.—lt is difficult at this moment to classify rates on the northern cities. We, therefore, give our quotations as nominal, viz. on New York, sight, 101 per cent. prem.; 60 days, 6 ; no supplies of either. Freights.—Nothing doing to Europe. New York remains dull at l dol. nets. per hale. CHARLESTON - MARKETS, SATURDAY, No There has been an improvement in every branch of trade within the past fortnight, so far as operations in dry goods end groceries are concerned ; but, notwithstanding this ge neral improvement, our fall trade has not opened with that vigour nor to that extent, owing to the difficulties of the tiim,s, which elkaracterized the corresponding period for seve ral past seasons. • CorroN.—There has been quite an active demand for Upland cotton since our last. On Saturday lots were offered at the prices quOted In our review that day, but • without meeting purehaserS. On Monday, however, holders met buyers at ie., and, in some instances, le. lb. decline on last week'n-quotations, when an active business was done up to the closing of the market on Thursday ; but, throughout yesterday, the article was in a drooping condition, and a fur ther decline was anticipated: EXCHANGE.—BiIIs on England 9 to 10 per cent. prem. ; Tranee sf. 25c. to 30e. per dollar ; sight-checks on the north, 9 to` 10 per cent. prem. - ; bills of exchange on the north, as taken by the bankers ; sight, 3 per cent. prem. ; 30 days. per cent. die. ; Richmond, GO days, -1 pee cent. ; Mobile Bank bills;'ls 'per cent. die. , - UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE • • (From the Oxford Herald.) The Rev. Alexander Broadley, M.A. of Wadham College, has. been - presented to the Perpetual Curacy of Walditch, Dursetshire',- vacant lry—the cession of the Rev. C. P. Bragge ; patrons, Lord Rolle, and John Bragge, Esq. The:Rev. - Richard H. Dalton Barham, 8.A., of Oriel College; has been instituted to the Rectory of Lolworth, Cambridgeshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Edward ; patron, Sir Joseph Hawley, Bart. The Lord Bishop of Exeter has appointed the Rev. Hinds Howell, B.A. of Merton College, to be Curate of Shobrooke, Devonshire. The Rev. Richard William Lambert, M.A. of Pembroke College, and .Minor Canon of the Cathedral Church of Bristol, -has been presented, by the Dean and Chapter, to the Vicarages of Pifehead any•l Swell, Somersetshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. A. Hellicar. PRO:dOTIONS. The Rev. John Davie: Eade, NIA, of Caius College, Cambridge, Vicar of Aycliffe, Durham, to be the Bishop of Durham's Official for the Archdeaconry of Durham, vacant by reAgnation. Rev: - Pelham Maitland, B.A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Peter's Church, Blackburn, Lancashire; patron, the Vicar of Blackburn. Rev. James Mellecßrown, 8.A.,.t0 the Rectory of Isham Inferior, •Northamptonshire, vacant by the cession of the Rev, Henry Thursby ; patron,. the Bishop of Lincoln. Rev. James Davies, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Chilworth. Hants ; patron, J. Fleming, Esq. M.P. Rev. Edward Allen,. to the Rectory of Keinton Mansfield, Somersetshire ; patron, Rev. NV. Colston, B.C.L. Rev. Charles Smith .Coxwell, of St. John's College, Cam bridge, to the Rectory of East C:Annock, Somersetshire, void by the death of the Rev. Henry Gould ; patron, the Lord- Chancellor. . . The Rev. Jolla White, Perpetual Curate of Thanington, Kent, to the Rectories of St. Andrew with St. Mary Bread man, Cunterbncy ; patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Rev. 11. 'Fryer, to be one of the. Domestic Chaplains to the. Duke of Richmond. - Rev: J. R. Page, M.A. to be Chaplain, and Professor of History and EngliSh Literature, to the College for Civil Engineers. Rev. W. Putsey, to the Curacy of Elton, Durham. Rev. H. Hughes, Lecturer of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, London, 'to the Rectory of St. John's Clerkenwell, void by the resignation of the Rev. W. E. L. Faulkner. Rev. W. D. Baker, to be Chaplain to the Lincoln Union. (From the Cambridge_ Chronicle.) _ The Rev. Ch - arles Hatch, M.A.,,Fellow of King' s C o ll ege , in 'this Univerity, has been presented by the Provost and Fellows of that Suciety, to the Vicarage of Fordingbridge, Hampshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Joah Furey. Mc Very Rev. Dr. Peacock, Dean of Ely, was on Monday last elected a senior Fellow of Trinity College, in the room of the Rev. R.. H. Greenwood, deceased. On Saturday laSt, the Norrisian prize was adjudged - to D. Moore, of Catherine Hall, for his es.say'on the following sub ject :—" The Divine Origin flf the Holy Scriptures may Le inferred from their perfect adaptation to the circumstances qf Human Nature." At a congregation on Wednesday last, the following de. green were conferred : DOCTOR IN MEDICINE. Richard Wellesley Rothinan, Fellow of Trinity College. • • MASTERS OP ARTS. Harman Hicks Lewis, Trinity College. • William Ilanry Rough, Trinity College. Michael Hutton, Catherine Hall. • George Saunders Elwin, Catherine Hall. Robert William Beauchamp, Christ's College. Hobert Maulkin Lingwood, Christ's College. Stoung Hore, Queen's College. James-Abbot, - Queen's College. uttitrmen. IN THE CIVIL LAW. John Henry Prowett, Trinity Hall. • (Prom the fitly/tarn Advertiser.) • DDRHAMI 4 —At a convocation holden on Thursday, De. ccmih!,r 12,1839, Irefiry Jenkyris, M.A., Professor of Greek, was n'o4inated by the Warden to the office of Sub warden of the for the ensuing year. 'Lloyd Wharton - , M.A., was nominated by the Warden i • and approved by 'Convocation; to the office of a Curator of the 'Observatory, The Rev. Thomas Williamson Peile, M.A., and the Rev. Charles' Thomas Whitley, 'M.A. the Proctors far the pre sent year, made the requisite declarations on being admitted to their- offices. The following persons were admitted ad eundeni by vote of f:e House : The Very• Rev. Peter Serinishire Wood, D.C.L., of Oriel Col!ege, Oxford, Dean of her Majesty's Collegiate Church at Aliadlehatn.- The Rev. Henry Joseph Maltby, M.A., of Caius College, Cambridge, Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham. Gorge WraY, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College, Cam, bridg,e,Head Master of the Grammar School, Darlington. William Weightrnan, M.A., of Queen's College, Oxford. 7.% - le following persons were presented and admitted ad eandenz Sainsbury Humphreys, 8.A., Brasennose College, Oxfo r d. 'William Robert Hall, 8.A., Balliol College, Oxford. A regulation was passed, giving authority to the Warden and Senate to grant leave - of absence to any student who has passed the final examination fur the degree of 8.A., and is not a student in theology, if he is a 4tudent at any of the Inns of Court, or an actual medical student, or engaged in any other regular occupation which they may deem egtiivalent to those p 'ofessional pursuits. The University Seal was put to a leaSe of land granted by the Dean and - Chapter for the site of the Obsentatory. TERMS, 1840. EPIPHANY TERM begins Jan. 25, ends March.2s. EASTER TERM begins April 25, ends June 24. MICHAELMAS TER M begins Oct. 24, endi Dec. 23. • LORD BROUGHAM EXPECTED IN THE UNITED STITEEr --It is said that Lord Brougham designs visiting the United States in the ensuing summer. No stranger could- come amongst us who would be more cordially received. Every American delights to honour. genius, and Lord B. may be considered one of the most splendid men of the nineteenth. century.—New Fork Daily Z.vpreas. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, THURSDAY.--Her Majesty the Queen Ade laide, attended by the Countess of Sheffield, the Hon. Miss Hudson, and the Hon. William Ashley, left the castle for town this morning, at twelve o'clock. The Earl of Albemarle left for the Stud House, Bushy. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent walked out• on the Terrace this morning, attended by Lady Fanny Howard. The royal dinner party this evening will include the fol lowing personages :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady. Forbes, Lady Normanby, Lord Fingall, Viscount Melbourne, the Hon. Misses Anson and Paget, Sir Robert Otway, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. Col. Grey, Baroness tehzen, and the Hon. Wm. Cowper. WINDSOR—FRIDAY.---The Queen did not take her ac customed airing to-day in consequence of the wet and unfavourable state of the weather. The Hon. Misses Paget and Anson rode out in a pony phaeeton. _ _ The Earl of Albermarle will arrive at the castle to-morrow. The following personages will be included in the royal dinner party . this evening :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Forbes, Lady Normanby, Earl of Fingall, Viscount Melbourne, Hon. Misses Anson and Paget, Sir, R. Otway, Hon. Wm. Cowper, Baroness Lehzen, Hon. C. A. Murray, and the Hon. Colonel Grey. SATIJUDAY.—The Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's, His Excellency Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, attended yesterday at the Treasury Department, and the Bank of England, and closed the negociation which had been pending so long between this Gove rnmen t an d t h at o f t h e United States, relative to a number of slaves claimed by American citizens as their property, and which having been shipwrecked some eight or nine years ago in the Bahamas, were liberated by the authorities of Nassau. The amount of compensation, which we umkrstand her Majesty's Govern ment tinallyagreed tp.. 7 pay,- and was yesterday received by the American Minister, amounted to between twenty and thirty thousand pounds sterling. - „ . - . SuNDAv.7—Yesterday her Majesty and the Duchess of Kent, attended by their royal suite, walked a short time on the terrace.. The Earl of Albemarle.arriVed, and the Hon. W - in. Cow per-left. the castle. This . ,mpining . her Majesty and the Duchess of Rent at temiet-Tdivirieseryice in St. George's Chapel. J'hefirst part of ; the service was chaunted - by th - e. Rev.. C. C.H. Knyvett; the' Hrt o. and Rev. E. M oore - an d the - Rev. R. Musgrave officiated at the altar -rd the sermou from the Ist Cur. • . - SG, 57, was preached by the ltev. It. Musgrave. The mu sical service was as follows-:—Service, Travers in F ; the Sanctus and responses, Mrs., Musgrave; Creed, King in .F; and the anthem, "By the waters of Babylon," Dr. Boyce; the verse parts of which were admirably sung - by Messrs. Harris, Turner, and. French. Mr. Elvey, presidedat the organ. The following personages were in the royal closet with her Majesty:—Ladies Fanny Howard, l'Cutes, and-Nor nianby ; .lion. Misses Anson and Paget ;. Earl of Albemarle, Hon. Col. Grey, and Sir Robert Otway. Lord Melbourne left the castle for the town . this morning. The following personages will.be included in the royal din ner party this..evening :—Tier Royal Highness the Duchess of. Kent, Lady Normanby, Lady F. Howard, Lady Forbes, Earl Fingal, lion. Misses Anson and Paget, Earl of Albe marle, Hon. C. A, Murray, Sir Robert Otway, and the Hon. Col. Grey. M05p....y.---Yiscount Melbourne arrived in town, yester day morning„ from a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle. Despatches were yeceived, yesterday, at the Colonial:oflice, from Sir John Harvey,. Governor of New Brunswick, and from Sir. John Campbell, Governor of Nova Scotia. De spatches were also received from Governor Light at British Guiana. Lord John Russell has left his residence at Buckhurst on a visit. to ,the Marquis of Lansdowne at his seat, Bowood Park, Wilts. . . TIIE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE. (PrOra the Corretponden.t of the Morning Herald.) WvitisOn, SVNbAY EVENING.—I stated in my commu nication which appeared in the Morning Herald on the ith instant, that, although it had been previously arranged that the marriage of her Majesty with Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha should not take place before the end of March or the commencement of April, it had been. deter mined that it. should be solemnized " in the course of Fe bruary." I am now info - wed, indeed it has been publicly stated, that (notwithstanding Parliament only meets on the 16th of January, and much will then be regitired to be done by the legislature touching certain necessary previous ar rangements), the royal nuptials are likely to take place as early as the first week in February. Although it has been stated that " Lady Mary Howard, daughter of the Earl of Surrey, is to officiate as one of tha bridesmaids to her Majesty, in addition to those ladies who attended as maids of honour at the coronation," it is believed that the announcement is, at all events, somewhat prema ture. Her ladyship, according to the strict discipline I the Romish church, must procure a dispensation from high dignitary of that church (of which Lady Mary Howard is a member), before she can be permitted to be present at any of the religious rites or observance of " heretics." The same ordeal must likewise be gone through (before they can severally assist at the royal nuptials), by her ladyship's grandfather and father, the Duke of Norfolk (the earl mar shal), and the Earl of Surrey (treasurer of the household), and the Earl of Fingal (one of the lords in waiting), the whole of whom are papists, and who are bound, by the tenets of their faith, to regard her Majesty arid her royal consort as " heretics." It his been remarked as an extraordinary . circumstance. that, exclusive of the 20th of last month (the day on which •the Queen leftWindsor.for Buckingham Palace, returning on the following Saturday, the 23d), her Majesty has'not ventured beyond the castle precincts -(with the exception of attending Divine worship at St. George's Chapel on Sun day, the Ist instant, and this morning) since the departure of Prince Albert for the continent. Her Majesty, lam grati fied to be enabled to state, is in the enjoyment her usual health, although Sir James Clark has paid some two or three visits at the castle since that period. The Queen now con fine 3 her out-door exercise to promenading on the. new terrace and on the slopes. THE ROYAL STABLES AT WINDSOR. The contract for building the royal stables and coach houses, to which will be attached an extensive riding-house, and for the building of which £70,000 were•granted by a vote of the House,of Commons during the last session, has just been taken by Messrs. Grissel and Peto, of London. The style of architecture will be Gothic. The buildings will be of brickwOrk, faced in the same manner as Windsor Castle, so as to make them uniform with that magnificent pile. The present contract will embrace an outlay of about £40,000 out of the £70,000 granted fog• the erection of the whole. It will be remembered that the first parliamentary grant for the restoration of Windsor Castle, during the reign of George the Fourth, was .:£350,000 but the sum which has now been expended has amounted to upwards of1:900,000and the contemplated improvements and restorations by. the Mo narch have been but little more than half effected. If the new riding-house, stables, and coach-houses be erected ac cording to the plans upon which they are to be commenced, instead of an outlay of £70,000 being required, they will in volve the country in an expenditure of not one farthing less than £200,000. If I had not received this information from old and experienced professional men, perfectly competent to give a correct opinion, I would not have hazarded the asser tion. It is a source of considerable annoyance to many of the Windsor tradesmen that the contract is lost to the extensive builders of the town, three of whom " put in" for it ; as, had the case been otherwise, many of the materials, &e. required during the building of the riding-school, would have been supplied by them to the contractor. As it is how ever, they have no chance of deriving profit from this source. —Correspondent of the Morning Herald. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.—There has been no change in the tone of the Market since Tuesday last. The demand for India con tinues, to some extent, and considerable purchases have been made of yarn and piece goods suitable for the market of that country ; but all other descriptions continue flat, with very little business doing, and that little at ruinously low prices. We are glad to learn that there was no foundation whatever for the report which prevailed upon our Exchange on Tues day afternoon, of the failure of a large r e t a il h ouse at t h e west end of London. We intimated, at the time, our doubts as to the truth of the report, which appears to have been nothing more than one of those mischievous and tub often malicious stories which are so frequently circulated in times like the present. Luunsaa--We have nothing encouraging to report regard ing the state of the woollen trade of this disrict. The markets on Saturday and Tuesday were exceedingly dull. .. The number of unemployed hands is increasing ; and there is very little prospect of amendment during the remainder of the current year. The merchants are, however, looking out for a change for the better, next month, especially if the 4th shall pass off well at the clearing house. BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—Our piece market to-day was au exceedingly gloomy one, duller, in fact, than any of the late preceding ones. We seemed to have arrived :at the lowest point some time since; but a few more weeks' ex perience has demonstrated on what a false basis the suppo sition was built. The banks having, no doubt, been com pelled to be more tight during the last month with all their connections, that circumstance has led to the suspension of payment of some firms rather Unexpectedly ; and this, with other concurring unfavourable circumstances, caused an un usual small business to be done. Prices for most goods the turn lower.—Yarns : The spinners are almost unanimous in their determination not to produce a pound of yarn a unleas there is a certainty of sale ; thus they arc every week doing less and less, and by this means prices are maintained. They hold no stocks.— Ifrool, , This department of our trade is very dull indeed , and spinners h a ve , b een ena bl e d t O,b uy , on rather easier terms than on this day se'nnight. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, DEC. 13.—There is no im provement whatever in the demand for any description of wool since our last report; and yet, in consequence of the firnmeas of the growers, and the exceedingly light stocks at market, prices are without any variation. HEcKaioa:nwf LU.—Very little business. has been done in the .Blanket Hall for the last two or three weeks. Many looms are unemployed, and, consequently, many. hands out of work ; the mills also are but partially employed. BARNSLEY LINEN TRADE.—We are sorry to observe that the Linen Trade of Barnsley is falling into a state of unusual flatness; a considerable number of hands have been turned off during the past week, both train the bleach crofts and the manufacturers. CHESTERFIELD WOOL 'MARKET, DEC. 10.—The wool trade in this quarter holds rather steady, the demand being regular, especially for the liner qu a liti es , w hil st t h ose of in ferior description experience a dull sale, and the prices lower in proportion. As far as regards th e ra t es , we cannot per ceive any marked alteration, with the exception of low priced wools, since our last report. It is presumed by the staplers here, that a further reducti on i n the prices- must be submitted to before sales of any consequence can be effected. The market for bar iron has been dull, but prices are not abSolutely lower; but foreign iron has fal!en about ss. per ton. Copper is in demand, and a slight advance has been realised, but Spanish lead is lower by 7s. par ton. East In dia tin is not in demand, but there is no change in the quo tations of the recent currency. INSPECTORS OP SCHOOLS.—The Rev. John All en, M . A ., and Chaplain of King's College, London, and Ai r . S eymour Tremenhecre,. Fellow of New College, Oxford, were, on Tuesday last, appointed, by ber Majesty, Inspectors of Schools aided by public grants, and are to be employed under the direction of the Committee of Council on Education. CAUTION. —,TRANSAIISSION OF NEWSPAPERS.—AIany subscribers to newspapers, an d o th ers , a ft er having perused their copies, send them to their friends at a distance, or per haps abroad, and some occasionally mark " all's well," or some other piece of intelligence upon them. This is a direct . violation of the,law, and, when discovered, subjects the paper to a heavy rate of postage. In such cases the papers.are sel dom received by the parties to whom they are addressed, as few are inclined to pay four or five . shillings for a single pa, per, even with " all's well " upon it. Last week one of our papers was sent from a village in this county to a distance, with merely a single pencil cross , t o draw' attention to a piece of poetry, and was. on Tuesday returned to the sepder, with a charge of 4s 8111 of pottage.--4y? Obs'errer, MISCELLANEOUS. Lord Brougham left London fur Paris on 'Puesday morn ing. Mr. G. Smith, of Littleborough, recently cut a red. cab-. bade which weighed 281bs. About one-tenth of the children born in the Preston Union during the last quarter, were illegitimate. Mr• Kelly, one of her majesty's counsel, and M.P. for Ipswich, it is said, has been retained" tis leading counsel' for Frost. The Marquis of Westminster has. consented to act as pre, sident of the intended thesici'Aarie.ultUral'SOCiety. Last week, two l am bs,were dropped.upn the farm of Mr. Boggie, in the parish of Llanidati.--.North. Wales .chron.. We know a man possessed. - of such eyesight that on look ing at persons for a few Minutes he - is enabled to see through them. The Countess Maurley; who died last week in Paris, was sister-in-law of the Lord'BiSlMP of Limerick. Queen Adelaide has generouSly contributed £25.. towards the fund for re-erecting the Wakefield GraMMar School. TEA.—The present annual import of tea is 40,000,000 lbs. costing upon an average. Is. per lb. in bond, £2,000,000 sterling. We bear that a matrimonial engagement is contemplated between the noble Viceroy of Ireland and Lady Dover, Lord Morpeth's sister.—Weitera Luminary. Last week . James Bacchus was committed for trial, charged with stealing a sack of malt ut Cranfield. ".What a 'ailing al was there !" -In the London-market, wool and silk remain unaltered hi value, and the demand is very languid, especially fur the middling kinds of wool. . • -- NATIONAL. Ecawomie.- - --The men - who- contract for a few cats to preserve the arsenal stores at Woolwich from' vermin, have had their baard uiages reduced fivm3d. to 2d. a-week . . We regret to antuninee the decease'of 'Ladir IVlonteagle,"at Hastings, on Tuesday afternoon, aftern lingering illness, which she bore with exemplary fortitude.,-Brighton Gazette. Licensed victuallers . are 'not, we' believe, generally aware that they are liable to.ayenaltY or - -05.for t harbouring police constables,'or supplying them with drink; While on duty. A writer of a love tale, in • describing his heroine, say 3, " innoCence 7 divellsin tine rich curls of her dark hair." We think it would stand a pretty smart chance , ofbeing combed out. HOLY understand, that the, ,oldTestablislied banking-house of Douglas, Smalley, and CO., have relin quished basiness in favour of the North and South Wales Banking Company, Prince Napoleon Louis has sent a subscription of 2,000 francs ,to the fund now forming in Paris 104 .the relief and liberation of French prisoners said to be still detained in Siberia. The American papers affirm that a woman, of the name of S'peechless,'a native of Boston, recently talked her husband to death ;.-,-but then, in justice to her, it must be added, that he was very old and infirm. CHESHIRE REPRESENTATION.—The requisition to Mr. Tollemache was signed by 2400 electors, four-fifths - More than the entire number that voted at the last election for Mr; Wilbraham, , --Stockport Advertiser, • An English Company is now forming, under the immediate sanction of Mehemet Ali, to navigate the Nile regularly by steam-boats,, between Cairo and the mouth of the Alexan drian Canal. Mr. Voules, assistant commissioner in Cork, has declared to the guardians of that union that he will not attend the meetings of the board should they continue to admit re porters.for the public press. SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD.—Not a hundred miles from Singleton in the Fylde, the following notice is painted on a board, and affixed to a tree at the end of a gravel Walk,— " Privet road to the Lodge." There is a certain gentleman within ten miles of Lanark, father of a large family, who is so very short and dwarfish, that, to enable him to look out of his own window, he actually requires to stand on his own shoulders. 'We are sorry in haying to notice the last accounts from Nottingham, Leicester ' Loughborough, and the hOSiery and lace districts in general, which represent that trade continues in a deplorable state. New almanacks, with Mr. Roby's excellent speeches, delivered at Ashton-under-line, and at Bolton, attached to them, have met with a most unprecedented sale during the last two market days, at Northallerton. The trade of Wolverhampton has not improved, and the distress amongst the manufacturers appears to be increasing rather than otherwise. No large orders, and very few small ones, have been received by the factors. TuE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.—Lady- Mary Iloward, daugh ter of the Earl of Surrey, is to officiate as one of the bridesmaids to her majesty, in addition to those ladies who attend as maids of honour at the coronation. DEATH EXTRAORDINARY.—Died, at Bradford, one day lait week, from starvation, occasioned by bad times, " The Holy Catholic Gild." It was deeply bemoaned by all those interested in it, and we trust is now far beyond the regions of purgatory.—Halifa.c Guardian.. We ..can confidently announce that the marriage ceremony of .her mjesty and Prince Albert will take .place at the Chapel Royal, St. James's the heads of the various depart ments having been to the' chapel -Make- the preliminary arrangements.—Morning Chronicle. The Congress of Texas has, passed a law granting 2,982 acres of good land to every, woman who will marry, during the present year, a citizen of that republic, who was such at the time of the declaration of their independence. THE SEASON.—The we ther has been very cold since our last. The distant hills are covered with snow, and some of the more immediate eminences—such as Clolfa Fell, and Warten:Cragg,•have had their summits occasionally crowned with snow,wreaths.--Lancaster Gazette. A French lady, named Veriez, met with her death in a pri vate lunatic Asylum the other day, by throwing her head back so suddenly as to dislocate the second vertebra of the neck,. during an attempt to administer some gruel and wine to her. Preparations are already made by the persons used to em ploy dogs iu drawing carts to meet the provisions in the act passed to suppress the " dog-cart nuisance." Goats are now • In several places in the Inetropolisbeing trained .to draw carts • as a substitute for dogs By recent experiments made at Metz, it has been ascer tained that a Id-pounder impels its bell; vith the ordinary charge of powder, 506 yards in the first second of time, and that by increasing the charge, it may be projected 2117 Yards within the same short space of time.—Naval aad Military Gazette. A Vienna letter mentions, that the reform in the postage system in England has induced the Austrian g overnment to follow the example, and that the mini s ter of finance and the director of the post administration are concerting the best mode of bringing the plan into execution. TREATY OF COMMERCE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND NA PLES.—Extract of a letter from Naples, 26th ult. :—" Mr. Macgregor left this place for Genoa yesterday, after his re turn from Sicily. He has traversed all the sulphur and wine districts of that island, and has entered on negociations with Prince Cussaro for a treaty of commerce and navigation be tween Naples and England, which will abolish the sulphur monopoly in Sicily. It is well known here, that both the treaty and the abolition of the monopoly have been formally agreed upon." The treaty with England seems to be as good as concluded. Our government meets with much diffi culty-in abolishing the sulphur monopoly, because the French company, it is said, demand an exorbitant indemnity of seve ral millions, while his Majesty would be glad to abolish the monopoly on some reasonable terms, in consideration of th e distress which it causes in soc i e ty. His Majesty, accompa nied by the Queen. will go this week to Palermo. The Nea politan fleet, consisting of a man-of-war, is now in our road. The projected steam navigation company in Sicily has fallen to the ground ; but we expect in the course of this year a boat of 250 horse-power, purchased in England for the Nea politan company, and it is intended to buy another. Vittoria Corbi, widow of the celebrated court physician, Bartolomeo Corbi, died lately, at the age of 101.—Allgemeine Zeiturzy, Dec. 5. SALATAGI(.—There was a case of salvage tried in the Ad miralty Court on Tuesday, which merits a passing observa tion. The learned judge, Dr. Lushington, laid down the principle that the mate and part of the crew of the Charles, one of the salvers, should be allowed only half their costs for making an appearance separate from the master and owner. We are disposed to accord with the general principle thus laid down, in order to avoid multiplying expenses wherever two interests can be recovered in one appearance ; but if the learned judge be properly reported, he (lid not direct his animadversions sufficiently strong against the proper parties. It is not to be supposed that seamen, inexperienced in the technicalities of law, could form any opinion of th e ma tt er ' for themselves, but ot they acted on the advice of p roc t ors and counsel, who are under the control of the court. If that advice was known to be erroneous; from the analogy of cases previously decided, it would leave no doubt upon the matter, as, in that event, the parties who misled the seamen ought, in justice, to have been mulcted of their fees. On the other hand, of there was no precedent to guide the court, the judge, we think, ought to have given due notice th a t h e wou ld no t . . award full costs in any similar case in future, which would either prevent the repetition of the error, or leave parties without excuse. In the case in question, four seamen were awarded £175 by the court, and only one-half the costs in curred ; and we should like to know how much money the poor men will put into their pockets, after being the chief instruments in saving a derelict ship and her cargo.—Ship ping Gazette." CHARGE OF THREATENING TO ASSASSINATn THE EARL OF STAMFORD AND WARRINGTON...7—A middle-aged wan, named Peter Clark Mottram, who, we understand, lives at 56, Pump-street, Mason-street, Manchester, was brought up at the New Bailey on Wednesday last, - charged with threatening to assassinate the Earl of 'StaMford and War rington.--Sergeant Austin, of the Manchester police, stated, that he met the prisoner on the 10th Of November, and spent the day with him at a public-heuse. • In - the course of the -day, the prisoner said hewoulet stab Major' Corhett ;- and he also said, several times, that be would assassinate the Earl of Stamford and Warrington. He aSSigned, as his reason, that he was formerly in the Cheshire militia, and had been re moved from it by a false charge, made by Major Corbett. Witness saw him again on the 19th, and he then Said he had been at Lord Stamford's residence-: he showed witness a written placard, which, he said, he was going to have printed, and posted about Dunham. He also said he would be the assassin of Lord Stamford, and drew a large knife, with which he threatened to- stab witness, if he did not withdraw. The witness, in cross-examination by Mr. Taylor, solicitor, who defended the prisoner, said, he went to the prisoner's house, by direction of Sir Charles Shaw, under pretence of buying a dog.—Mr. Legh Richmond, his lordship's agent, stated, that the prisoner had sent a great many letters to his lordship, and witness had had conversation with him respect ing them. The prisoner eomplained of having been diss missed from the yeomanry, in 1819. His lordship refused to interfere, and the prisoner was continually annoying him by sending him threatening letters.—lnspector Irwin stated,' that when he took the prisoner into custody, be told him the charge ; and the prisoner said, he had sent letters to Lord Stamford, but they were always in respectable terms.—Mr. Taylor called a witness, who stated that he, was a neighbour of Mottram's ; and that, on the 11th November, Sergeant Austin came to his house, and inquired if the prisoner had a dog to sell. Witness said he did not kneir, and Austin then went to the prisoner's house, and witness heard him ask the prisoner if he had not said he would assassinate Lord Stam ford ; to which the prisoner replied, that he never had said so. Mr. Maude said, he had seen the letters ; and, though the prisoner took care in them not to use direct threats, it was evident he intended to intimidate, and that his object was to extort money.—The prisoner said, he had been de prived of his commission by a false charge without a trial, and his lordship had always refused to give him an oppor tunity of proving that the charge was a false one.—Mr. Richmond said, his lerdship told him that the prisoner was discharged for euisconduet.Mr. Mande said, that if the prisoner wanted redress, he must apply to the courts of his country. He happened to know, that another charge, which could be strongly made out, could be brought against him on another day from another quarter, where there was no doubt as distinct a threat of assassination held out as ever was put upon,paper. However, Lord Stamford, he believed, would be satisfied, if the prisoner would give his promise that he would never annoy him again.—The prisoner said he never would, if he could get redress.—Mr. Maude said, he must have an unconditional promise. This, the prisoner, after some hesitation, gale ; and be' was then discharged.— Manchester Guardian. The grocers of York have unanimously resolved to•discon, tinue the custom of presenting Yule candles to their custom ers at Christ Mas. REERESENTATION OF SouruwAn4.--Another candidate . has started fo r this b or aU g h in the person of M r . J o h n C ur l.• ing, a radical and . The - amount of'the subscription available for the use of the unfortunate Josephll4illie'S family is, it appears, £974. 18s. The Magistrates - of Nottingham have come to a resolution nato'receive the -evidence of a common informer's witness, unless it is corroborated. - It is reported that a noble .marquis, recently become a wi dower, already contemplates a union with the only daughter of one. of, our royal dukes. _ It is arranged that the, Duchess of ,Kent will t a ke tip-her. residence at Kensington Palace immediat e ly a ft er th e cele bration.of the Queen's nuptials.: We vegt:et to sav that the government Police Gazette shows that, notwithstanding the spreading of the police all over the country, 'erime - is - inereasing to an alarming extent. NEW WESLEYAN CHAPEL, BARNSLEY.—A new Wes leyan Chapel is about to'be erected . at Barnsley, the cost of which will amount to somewhere about £9OOO. The marriage of Miss Smyth, the accomplished sister of the. Princess of Capua, with Lord Dinorben, is to take place early in. the spring.—Morning Chronicle. Several robberies have recently been -perpetrated in the vi cinity of Halifax, Bradford, and Bingley, but none of them to any very serious extent. - The rich Mr. Quintin Dick, M.P. is, we hear, in treaty for the Tyrone . estates, in the county Tyrone, late the pro perty of the Earl of Blessington, deceased. The Mike of Devonshire will leave Devonshire House this week for Chatsworth, where his Grace purposes to receive a distinguished party at Christmas. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. — From a return lately pub lished it appears that the number of students at present re sident in the -University of Cambridge is .1825, out of -which number, in the seventeen colleges of the university, are 1217 living in chambers in the colleges, and 608 in apartments in the town. . LIBERALISM EXTRAORDINARY.— A poor factory child picked up a £lO note in the streets of Crediton, the other day, and honestly made inquiry to find out to wborn it be longed ; and the discovery was made that it had been lost by an influential gentleman of the liberal party, who liberally rewarded the child with one penny I—Bristol Mercury. The alterations in her Majesty's private apartments at Buckingham Palace are all to be completed before the 25th of January—they will cost about three thousand pounds, and combine the connection of a suite with two dressing, rooms, ante-rooms, priVate breakfast and drawing-room's, so •constructed that the royal couple may pass to and frO with out observation. A St. Petersburg letter states, that the emperor of Russia has determined on the construction of three railroads—one from St. Petersburg to Warsaw by Wilna, another from St. Petersburg to Moscow, and the third from Moscow to Kiew. These lines, if not undertaken 4y. companies, are to be exe cuted by the state, which will employ the government serfs. AN EAGLE SBOT.—On Tuesday last an eagle was shot on BodoWen farm, close to Bodorgan, Anglesey, by Mr. 0. J. A. Fuller Meyrick's keeper. The noble bird measured from wing to wing eight feet, and from bill to claw four feet,. and is supposed to belong to the species called falcon. imperialis, or imperial eagle.—North Wales Chronicle.. Tx}: KING OF HANOVER.—It has reached us, from an unquestionable authority, that it is the intention of the king of Hanover, with his illustrious consort, to visit this country early in February. The object of his majesty's visit is to be • present at 'the nuptials of the Queen and Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg. Her majesty has written her royal uncle •an autograph letter of invitation.—Globe. • PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. —The houses of lords and commons met on Thursday, pro forma, for the further prorogation of parliament by royal commission. The corn thissioners were the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Normal - 16y. and 'Viscount Duncannon ; and parliament was proroged accordingly to Thursday, January 16, " then and there to meet for the despatch of divers and important busi ness!' GENERAL LORD SEATON.—This gallant nobleman lost an arm in the peninsular campaigns, where he commanded the 52d light infantry. He was subsequently appointed Lieutenant-Governor of ,Guernsey, whence he proceeded to command the forces in Canada. His lordship has two sons, the Hon. Lieut. James Colborne, of the 15th foot, and the Hon. Lieut. Francis Colborne, of the 25th foot. DOVER—DEC. 10.—A hostile meeting took place at Bou. logne this morning between Lord Loftus and Lord Harley, attended by Mr. Reed and Lieut. Hallet, R.N. After ex changing shots the seconds interfered, and the gentlemen left the ground without being reconciled. -.They arrived here this afternoon. anti left for London immediately. They both crossed over yesterday by the Britannia packet, and returned by the same to-day. - nu , : PRECIOUS METALS.A letter from Frankfort com plains of the immense quantities of gold now in circulation at the exchanges, &c. of Germany, and accounts for it from the fact, that in consequence of such enormous quantities of corn being bought by England in Germany, and of hardly any English manufactured goods being taken in exchange, the corn must be paid for . in English gold, and thus nothing but sovereigns are anywhere to be seen. The Messrs. Gregg have lat e ly p urc h ase d th e very l arge spinning establishment at Ringley, 6 miles from Manchester, and 4 from Bolton, from Mr. Crompton, of that place. Its original cost is said to have exceeded £60,000. There are 146 .cottages attached to the works, and form part of the pur chase. When the mill is in full operation, the Messrs. Gregg will be the largest consumers of cotton in Great Britain, of course in the world. THE LITERARY GROCER.—A grocer who, naturally enough for his trade, had retired on a plum—being the re verse of one making many, since in this case many plums had made one—took a literary turn to amuse himself in his retire ment. One day at table, some commercial, gentlemen men tioned the town of Stockton-upon-Tees. ." Bless me," said the grocer, " I never he ar d o f th a t work- before ; I should certainly like to read Stockton-upon -lees. DISSENTING " LIBERALITY ."—ATTEIf PTED'DICTATION. .—About a month ago, at a very interesting public meeting in Sheffield, a " Reformation and Protestant Association" for that town was formed. Amongst the gentlemen who enrolled themselves as members was the Rev. J. A. Miller, Minister of the dissenting chapel in Queen-street; whereupon the Deacons of that congregation " believing the Reformation and Protestant Association to be both political'and persecut ing (!) in its character" strongly urged on their minister to withdraw his name front its committee, but he declined to do so, and - they have, consequently, resigned theirotilc-cs! - • - - ANCIENT SHIP AT, MOtNT'S BAY.—The discovery of the hull of a vessel, imbedd e d i n th e beach near Newlyn, Mount's Bay, has excited much curiosity. She was about fifty tons, flat-bottomed, clinker-built, of oak, thirty feet long. Her ribs were only four inchcs apart, and sufficiently strong for a vessel double her size. There were marks of nails, but not a bit of iron was found, from which it would seen' that wood when shut up from the air is the most durable. The vessel appears to have - been in ballast when lost ; two cams were found on board, one of which is in peri'vetpreserva tion and bears the inscription " Ave . Maria," but it is with- Out date.. It resernbleS the coins of the fourteenth century, and is suppOsed or Aug 0 ()linenor igin.—Shipping Gazette. - .• • . A few days since we announced the munificent donation of £6,000 from a clergyman and,his sister in aid of the fund for ,building churches, &c., in the parish of Bethnal Green ; and we haVe now the satisfaction to learn that an additional anonymous donation of £2,000, under the title of " Com mercial Prosperity," has been paid to the same fund. We trust that by • the munificence of others, who have been blessed with similar commercial prosperity, the sum of £32,000, still required. to complete the £75,000, will not: only shortly be realized, but that individuals will be found to supply the churches proposed to be erected with adequate endowments in a district where poverty precludes the -hope of all other sources of income to the clergymen.—Standard. The socialists cf Huddersfield have obtained a license from the Ecclesiastical Court, at York, for their Hall, lately built as a place of public worship, by misrepresenting it as a building for, an "assemblage or congregation of Protestants." So says one of our correspondents, who seems disposed to censure the Ecclesiastical authority, for a supposed want of caution in such matters ; but we apprehend that he labours under a mistake on the subject, for the Registrar, of the Diocese has no discretion in the business, but merely re gisters buildings when required, and grants certificate of the registry, which is commonly called a " license." If the Social 'Hall were used only for religious worship, and as a Sunday or Infant School, it would not be liable to Poor Rates or Church Rates, but being frequently used for social concerts and festivals it is liable to both.--Leeds Intelligencer, BROUDIGNAG NEwsrAPEn.--Brothe r Jonathan is a most indefatigable personage. He is ever goi ng a h ea d an d seenis to delight in nothing so much as beating his venerable ancestor John Bull. Ile boasts that he has longer railroads, longer canals, betterships, more freedom, and even that he can rear larger and better cattle than gall Spencer. Large as our English newspapers aro, be is determined to beat his grandfather in that respect also, and has produced certainly the largest paper in the world, under the truly Yankee title of the Boston Notion. The head letters stand two inches high—the sheet measures 5 feet 10 inches by four feet l inch, being abont 21 square feet—it is a double sheet. with 10 columns in each page, making in'all 80 columns, containing one million of letters, and all sold for the moderate charge of 31d. THE FREQUENCY OF FAMINES IN INDIA. -In 1764- 66, a famine raged on the coast of Coromandel. In 1770-71, a famine raged in Bengal, which swept off, under the admi nistration of Lord Clive, 3,000,000 of its inhabitants. In 1782-3, another famine raged on the Coromandel coast. In 1792-3, another famine raged there. In 1803-4, famine raged in Bombay and the Deccan. In 1820-1, there was a famine in the southern part of the Deccan. In 1823-4, famine raged in the Deccan, from Kandiesh to Mysore. In 1832- 3, in Bombay and the Deccan. In 1833-4, there was a famine in the Madras territory. In 1835-6, there was famine in Orissa and on thy, Coromandel coact, lii 1837-8 1 there was a fainintiin th.l Agra Presidency and during the end of last year, famine appeared in the Boillbay PK:Metier: amount of mortality caused by these famines is frightfully great ; in the neighbourhood of Agra, 500,000 persons arc said to have perished from want. And all this occurs in a country where millions of acres of the richest soil are lying uncultivated, and where a rupee's-worth of rice will support . native life for thirty days. . Day after day we anti the ministerial newspapers employed in the most rancorous, and yet, we must add, ridiculous abuse of Sir Robert Peel. There is something peculiar in the . yell of fear and hatred with which their mention of the Right •Hon. Baronet's name is now, on all occasions, accom panied. We attribute this to an instinct of impending de struction, like that which prompts some of the lower Animals of the forest to shriek when they hear the lion's approach ing tramp. The ministerialists are evidently in an agony of terror, from haying heard that Sir Robert Peel means tp spare them no longer, but to be down upnu them, with the honest indignation of all England at his bank, as soon as parliament meets. Most fervently do we hope and trust that Sir Robert Peel will in no degree disappoint either their fears or the hopes of his loyal Protestant fellow -countrymen, The time has come to crush these minions of Romatusin— these paltry dependents ❑pon an Irish conspiracy against the British Protestant constitution. We hope, and we believe, . that a blow will be struck, and that immediately, upon the meeting of parliament. —Yost. COLLISION ON THE MANCHESTED: AND LEEDS 'RAIL WAY.—On Monday morning, a new engine, made by Messrs. Peel and Williams, was placed for trial on the rails in St. George's Road. It worked excellently; and, on parts of the line, the speed was tremendous. It is a regulation of the company,- - and a very useful one,—that, whenever an extra engine or train is to pass either way, the regular train pre ceding it shall exhibit a board, with the words " Train," or " Engine coming In this case, the rule was, on some account, unfortunately departed from, and the consequences were very serious. Several persons, including the superin tendent qud-the engin eer , were on t h e eng i ne, an d they worked it at a high speed past Rochdale, intending to go to Little borough ; but, when near the skew bridge on the A,lilnraw Road, they came suddenly upon an empty truck, Which— the usual notice not having been given—had not been re moved. There was no pulling up, and the persons on .the' engine had no cha nce b ut jumping for it : they accordingly did so, and fortunately escaped without serious harm. The collision was singularly terrific. The force was so great, that the truck was struck up off the rails, and the engine actually ran under it ; by which the chimney was carried away, and other serious injury done. —Manchester Guardian. Mr. Vigors, M.P., for Carlow is about to retire into private life. KINMEL PUCK, ST. AsArtt.==Lord • Dinorben is making preparations for the rec'ption of his royal highness the Duke of Sitssex',. who is expected to arrive on the 18th or 20th instant, from Banton Abbey, - the Shooting Lodge of Lord LiChfield; in Staffordshire, The Prince and Princess of Capita, with the infant Prince and Princess, also Miss Smythe, and their suite, have left Kinmel Park, and on Tuesday arrived at Miyart's Hotel; London.—Chester Courant. "•‘• Why Mr. B." said a tall youth to a little person who was in company with half a dozen huge men. " I protest you are so small I did not see_you before." " Very likely" replied the little gentleman, " I am like sixpence among six copper pennies, not readily perceived, but worth the Whole of them." .• • •- ;' •• •: • The Earl of Ludlow has, in the most handsome manner, presented to the Duke of Bedford one hundred thousand, pounds on his Grace's accession to the title, accOnipanyino thnnoble gift with a letter stating that it was his (Lord Lud low's intention to have left his Grace that amount in his will, but he now thought it better tz"-save the legacy duty. A si milar act of liberality, although to a smaller amount, was some years since done to Mr. John Mills, brother to the banker, by the late - Earl of Plymouth. There are now living together, in Knutsford, three poor people, whose united ages amount to two hundred and fifty nine years ! They are each of them iu the full possession of their faculties. One of the three, a female, now eighty-six, obtained her own livelihood, by honest industry, till her 84th year. The other two, man and wife, the one 85, and the other 88, did so too within the last few years.—Chester Courant. New MARRIAGE ACT.—It is a remarkable evidence of the unpopularity of the New Marriage Act among Dissenters, that in the district comprised in the Bridgenorth union, in the county cf Salop, which includes 29 parishes, and above. 14,000 inhabitants, only one solitary marriage has taken place otherwise than according to the rites and ceremonies •of our venerable church, though the act has now been in operation nearly three years. SOMETHING LIRE A TURNIP.—A turnip, grown in the garden and not in the field—none of your Swedes, or, cow turnip of any description, hut a regular white turnip, which any man might take with his leg of mutton who had a stomach fur good things--was forwarded to this office on Fiiday last. The weight of this esculent was 154- lbs. ; measurement, thirty-two inches by, thirty-three. It was grown in the gar den of the Bee Hotel, Alyergele.—Nortli Wates Chronicle. COACII .ADClDENT.—Yesterday morning, the Lord Ex mouth coach; Which is due - at five front the north, did not get to Lancaster for live hours afteras time. The cause was a Very alarming one, though Providentiallv no harm occurred. At or near Sedbergh, the coach, with a lading of 18 passengers Overturned, and singular to tell no one was hurt. The'acci dent, we understand, was owing to' the'sdlt state of the-roads, consequent upon the thaw.—Lethedster 'Gazette. . - EXTRAORDINARY PoTAToe. 7 4lexander Douglas, lately residing at Earlsmill, cut out the rose rim a .potatoe of the white kidney kind, and .planted it whole aboUt the Ist of April. As the'stems grew he earthed them up, and thus ob tained bearing fibres froM every joint in the stem under ground. The pi oduce of this one seed, on Tieing dug, was found to be 115. At Teary of Darnaway, Douglas planted a kidney Potatoe last April, and heapett the eat th as above. From it no fewer than'6B potatoes, as large as a man's fist, were taken a few days ago, weighing 161bs. Baillie Laing, of this town, had 50 potatoes lifted froth a single seed hist week—they weighed 131bs. A 'potatoe of extraordinary size, being in appearance like a red . turnip, weighing 31bs. 50z., was brought to our office, and may be seen by the curious. It grew at Balnageith, on the farm of Mr. M`Queen—Forres Gazette. GATES FOR THE CROSSINGS OF RAILWAYS.—Mr. T. Lambert, of Stockton-upon-Tees, has constructed a neat model for gates, to be used at the crossings of railways. The gates turn on centres; and are so simple and complete, that one man can open both of them at one time with the great est facility. When open, they prevent any one passing on the railway, and admit the progress of carriages, carts, tke., on both sides of the turnpike. Each gate is al" o furnished with an elevated circular signal, containing a lamp, which turns with the gate, so that whether it be night or day, per sons at a great distance will be:enabled to:see when " danger" is. announced. We have had the pleasure of, examining the model, and can say with truth, that the invention seems to effect everything necessary for the protection 'of life and pro perty of crossings, while it allows the greatest facility for passing on the road.—Sunderland Herald. THE QUEEN DOWAGER.—We have the greatest pleasure in announcing that the Queen Dowager is expected at Wind sor this day, and that her majesty expresses the liveliest satisfaction at the approaching visit of this august lady, whose virtues and amiability have so endeared her to the people of England. The public will now see that the vile effort of the ministerial press to throw obloquy on the cha racter, the actions, and the intentions of the royal widow, emanate entirely from a dirty low-minded party about the court, to which royalty itself is, even at this moment, giving a positive disavowal and a quiet rebuke.—Briesizton Gazelle. [To spew the world what brilliant success has attended these worthy efforts to raise up strife in the royal family, and to deprive the two 'most illustrious ladies in the land of the blessings of mutual confidence and attachment, it is the fact that Queen Adelaide has for these three or four days do mesticated with her royal niece at Windsor, where no doubt somewhat more of amusement than chagrin on both sides has testified their united sense of what. is due to busy and ran courous impertinence.—Tienes. • MR. BRINDLE Y'S LECTURES ON SOCIALISM, AT BRAD FORD.—On Wednesday and Thursday evenings, this able and intrepid champion of Christianity, against that Infidelity in its new and disgusting garb which is too prevalent in these parts, delivered two powerfu' end convincing lectures; -the first on the fundamental neinciples of Oivenism, and' the second on the marriage institution. . The Temperance-hall was well filled on the first occasion, but on the second it was literally cranimed. On Wednesday evening-, a - socialist, of the name of Williams n, who has lately turned book Seller, attempted a reply to the lecturer, - but took nothing by his - motion. He acknowledged that lie had been an - infidel be fore he embraced Owen:sm, and this is undoubtedly the fact in regard to all the leaders of that atheistical scheme in Bradford. Mr. Brindley, in his rejoinder, extinguished his antagonist in valiant style. On Thursday, the subject en- grossed deeply the public attention. About 1,100 persons were crowded into the building. The lecturer exposed the original and real system' of gregarious intercourse which Owen had proposed i n li eu o f marr ia ge, an d- s h ewe d h ow, at the last " conference" of the socialist:i, Owen had written a letter to the hotly assembled at Birthingham, in which he pretends to explain away and disguise these original and fun damental laws of his new moral (?) - The disgusting and insulting libels of OIL dpsp.r:ttc atheist upon all the troiriTed people, - were received With becoming indignation, alid were ably exposed by Mr. Brindley. The Bradford socialists, by a note from their secretary; Thornton, a man who has lately set up in the wool business, authorised." Mr. Barker, of Shelf," a socialist of rare qualities, to reply to Mr. Brindley. It was evident that this philosopher had but one object in view, and that was to create a disturbance and to insult the meeting and its chairman, which he did in the' - most outrageous manner. The only - argument which he produced in justification of the infamous - system of Owen, was derived from the New Marriage Act, which the , "civil contract" party, consisting of " the' three denominations" and their coadjutors the Owenites, assisted the au th ors o f the Reform Bill and of the New Poor Law to place upon the statute-book, to the eternal disgrace• of this prolesSedly, , Christian land. They may now see, when too late, the .. weapon they have put into the hands of infidelity and its' apostles. The meeting tiid not terminate till a late hour, in consequence of the continual interruption - offered by the, ".rational religionists,". as the Owenites sometimes call themselves. 'William Rand, Esq.,- occupied the chair on both occasions, and discharged his arduous and painful duty with great patience and ability, ealibiting qualifications for that frequently difficult post of no ordinary character.— Leeds Intelligeneer. RIBBLE NAVIGATION.—Such of our: readers as have not lately had an opportunity of seeing the progress of the works for the deepening of the Ribble, will be glad to learn that, since our last report, the operations at the coffer-dam have been so successful, that the whole of the first length of the rock excavation is nearly got out, and it is confidently ex, pected that in another week, if the weather continues favour able, it will be entirely completed. The depth of the exca vation will be full two feet deeper than we stated in our last communication on the subject, which will admit of our hav ing at Preston quays a greater depth by 21 inches at high water, than the good people of Liverpool have at their dock sill. The most active preparations are making' for forminc , the second length of the coffer-dam. The iron rods have arrived, and are now being fixed, so as to enable the contrac tor to begin the excavation as early in the new year as pos sible. We are also happy to state that the dredging vessel continues to perform its part of the work most satisfactorily. In short, the general aspect of the undertaking was never more auspicious. —Preston Chronicle. The inconsistencies of the anti-corn law people are happily so ludicrous, as well as palpable, as to stultify th e i r act i v i ty in the work of mi,4ehief. One day we are gravely assured that -" the effect of opening the British ports, would be to raise the prices in the foreign ports to the British average," less freight and shipping charges, that is, foreign corn would be raised to exactly the same price laid down here as the British rate. On the day following, the people are loudly appealed to with the assertion of dear bread, caused by pro hibitory corn laws. According to . the plain sheaving of the first proposition, th e p r i ces o f cora would not be diminished by foreign imports, and, therefore, the price of the quartern loaf must remain the same. If the writer holds this faith, or is capable of comprehending his own doctrine, it follows that he is wilfully a party to the circulation of fallacies the most absurd, with a view to mislead and influence the public mind, and serve the purposes of fiction. Anil for this nul lity the Leeds Mercury has the effrontery to say that if the " operative population should not think fit to petition for great relief, they will deserve to be pinched and pined for years!! This is the Christian charity of a paper the readers of which present themselves ostentatiously in the most sane timonious garb of rigid puritanism.".-Courier. WOMAN ! as VIRGIN, WIFE, and MOTIIER.—Vast asis the literature of this country, it is astonishing how few works have been Wiitten with reference to the dutks of the amiable knriegtteinpts of this kind there c e r t a i n ly h ave b een , cortibining comMon-Place Ohseivationi . with general truisms;; but it was reserved for Mr. Mitchell, Publisher, London, to giVe to the world a work, with the above title, at once mous ing, elegantly written, of small size and price., and containing information of solid and lasting importance. The virgin, wife, or mother, will indeed find this little book a treasure. We give a few of the many opinions relating to this family counsellor. The Editor of " The Atlas" remarks that this is :—" A .little book which every woman in England ought to read." -The Editor of " The Times" says :—" This is a very in teresting little book, and should be found in the hands of every female between the ages of seventeen and seventy." The Editor of " The Herald" observes :—" This little book is indeed a' family counsellor ;' we recommend it with confidence as a work unexceptionable in its sentiment, and r artily of public support." The Editor of " The" Sun" observes :—" We earnestly recommend this neat Epitome of Woman's Social nutiPS and Domestic Enjoyments' to every Maid, Wife, and Mothe r , Within the sphere of our admonitory, influence. The store of womanly wisdom contained in this book is truly incalculable." PROSPECT OF AN EXTENSIVE STRIKE IN GLASGOW.-- We are sorry to learn, that there is some danger of Glasgow "being again visited with the evils of another extensive strike, arising out of a dispute bet Ween the power-loom manufac turers and their workers. It appears that some time ago three e not ':eonnected with th e O perative Tenters' Union, introduced' into the wor k o f M essrs. E. Steven trte were rs and Company. The tenters employed in the factory struck work, in consequence of Steven a n d C o. h aving , refused to c omply with a request that the three men should he dismissed. The other power-loom manufacturers of the city were in duced to interfere; and at a meeting of the Masters' Asso ciation held in • the Royal Exchange, they came to a resolu tion, to the effect that they considered the strike above re ferred to an improper interference on the part of the workers, and that, in consequence, all the members should shut up their works on Monday the 16th of December. The usual warning has been given to the Workers, in terms 'of this reso lution, so that by. this day week, unless an arrangement is come to, thousands will be thrown out of employment. We confess that we shudder at the misery and starvation which this occurrence is certain to create, and we would affection ately call upon the operatives to pause ere they permit it to take effect. Judging from past experience and from present circumstances, it is not difficult to foresee that they will fail in their object ; and that, instead of strengthening their union, a struggle. with the capitalists will only have the effect of weakening, if not entirely destroying-4.--Glasgow *pp An extraordinary star. may now be seen, about three o'clock a.m., in the south east; it resembles a hairy comet, and emits refulgent light.—Lon don popes. "Sambo, yoU niggar, are you afraid of work ?" " Gor bless you, massa, I no fraid of work, I'll lie down and go asleep close by him side.'! MOST IMPORTANT. — CoIoneI D'Este, (son of the Duke of the Duke of Sussex,) claimed the royal privilege of driving his carriage in Rotted-row, Hyde-park, on Monday, for the first time. The subscription for the building of a new church at Welshpool, to commemorate the coming of age of Viscount Clive, has reached the handsome sum of .f. 4,800. Mr. Cambridge, of Lavington, Wilts, on Wednesday per formed the extraordinary feat, at Horton, of cutting with his horse-chaff machine, WITII ONE KNIFE, one ton of hay, in one hour and seventeemminutes!—Gloitenter Chronicle. At a recent meeting of the shareholders of the Penrith and Carlisle Railway, held at the George Inn, Penrith, it was re solved that notice should be given to the owners an d occu piers of land on the p ro jectedline of railway, of the intention of the company to apply for an act of parliament in the ensuing session. CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.—On the 23d of last month, a pear tree, belonging to Mr. J ose ph J ame Son, o f Lo ng Mor ton, near Appleby, was in full blossom ; and on the 31st in stant the tree was studded with fine formed, pears. —Carlisle Patriot. PROFITABLE Sow.—Mr. John Dalton, of Cuminersdale, is in possession of a sow which produced and brought up fourteen pigs at one litter. The pigs, when killed 'a few days ago, being one year old, weighed 312 stones 4 pounds; thus averaging 22 stones 5 pounds.—Carlisle Patriot. THE GREAT WESTERN.—This_ noble vessel, the pride of Bristol, and the queen of the ocean, was, on Saturday, towed up the river, and moored in Cumberland Basin, where she is now lying, preparatory to her being placed in dock and un dergoing various alterations, principally in the after cabin, and for general examination and repair. —Bristol Standai.d. Grsnunw, - A POLLING PLACE.—The Queen in council has been pleased to si g nify her compliance with the p e titi on o f the magistrat es ofthe West Riding, in sessions assembled at Knaresborough, in October Jast, appointing Gisburn. near Skipton, a polling place for the West Riding of Yorkshire.. EXTRAORDINARY COMPETITION.—Three gentlemen, well known in the fashionable world, have made.a wager, the od dity of which is likely to gi ve r i se t o considerable amusement. The. first of the parties is to drive a stage coach ; the second is to walk through the country as an itinerant melOdist ; and the third is to perform four principal dramatic characters, two in tragedy and two in comedy. The greater part of the money obtained by these eccentric adventurers, in their se veral pursuits, is to be doted to charitable purpose. The competitor who obtains the largest sum by his exertions is to be the winner cf the wager, which is to the amount of several thous ads_ We have not heard the " whereabouts"- of the Jahn and the Apollo, but it is said that the dramatic rant is to make his debut at Edinburgh, and that he will'df tcrwards appear at the other provincial' theatres. If the:re port we. have heard of his talents prove correct he will pro bably complete his career i n London;_ by performing a tew nights at one of the great winter theatres. 'WORKING OP THE NEW POSTAGE. - --From inquiries which the writer has taken the trouble to institute it appears—as all sensible people antiCipated—that the new postage has not ad vanced half way in destroying the old system. The corresr pondent, whether of business or pleasure, who desires a favor or an obligation. does now, as he always did, pay the postage of his letter. The party addressed mostly posts his acknow ledgment unpaid. This is the conventional rule, and it has suf fered no particular change in the country, though, indeed, in the range of the penny post, considerable alteration has taken place, probably for the reason that a degree of meanness is un derstood in putting a correspondent to the expense of 2d or 3d rather than disburse a single penny oneself. The majority of the penny letters are doubtless prepaid; but tradesmen, in the habit of correspondin g l arge ly, w ill not, if they can tell) it, prepay theirs own ones, much less th e i r coun t ry ones. Th ey are daily excaiming against the increase of postage expenses to which the new plan subjects them, notwithstanding their apparently niggardly economy. But the worst phase of the matter is, that neglect of prepayment creates ill feeling, trou ble and dissatisfaction, deranging the commercial system sadly. This must be evident to most persons engaged in mercantile pursuits, and the evil will increase until the uni versal penny rate is adopted; an ultimatum the post-office authorities are doubtless by this time anxious to resort to, unless they are thinking of restoring the old plan. The good old plan ! In the names of Lichfield, Maberly, and the rest, 'why was it disturbed? What class of public benefits by the alteration save those who could as well support the legitimate postage. Oh ! rare and usefil reform—to grant a luxury, when whole masses of the people are clamorous for bread:— Morning Herald. GAS PRODUCED BY A NEW PnocEss.---An experiment in gas-lighting, by the Compte de Mal.Varino, was made yes terday evening, on a piece of waste ground'at the back of Fetter-lane, in the presence of several scientific gentlemen, who were invited to witness the result. A small gasometer was erected for the purpose, whicn was connected .by tubes with a furnace btiilt of brick, and containing three retorts, one of which was supplied with water from a syphon ; ano ther was filled with tar, and both being decomposed in the third retort, formed the sole materials by which the gas was produced. The process. appeared to be extremely simple, and the novelty of the experiment consisted in the fact, that the principal agent employed to produce the gas was common water combined with tar ; but, according to the theory of the inventor of this new species of gas, any sort of bitumi nous or fatty matter would answer the purpose equally as well as pitch or tar. After the lapse of about half an hour employed in the experiment, during which time the process was explained to the company, the gas was turned into the burners, and a pure and powerful light was produced, per fectly free from smoke or any unpleasant smell. The purity and intenteness of the flame were tested in a very satisfac • tory manner, and those who witnessed the experiment ap peared perfectly satisfied with the result. The great advan tage of this sort of gas over that produced from coal consists, it was said,in the cbeapnet: , a of the materials employed in its production, the facility with which it is manufactured, and the perfection to which it is at once brought, without the ne cessity of its undergoing the tedious and expensive process of condensation and. purification ; for, in 'this instance, as - Soon as the preliminaries were completed, the light was pro duced in a perfect state within a few feet of the gasometer, which, although of inferior size, was said to be capable of affording light for ten hours to at least 500 lamps or burners. With regard to the comparative expense, it was also stated that 1000 . feet of cubic gas, manufactured by this process, could be supplied to the public for about.one-third the price now charged by the coal-gas companies. 7 --.gvening Paper. THE ELEC2TRO-,MAGNETW TELEGRAPH OF THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—This telegraph, which is the inven thin of Mr. Cdok and Professor Wheatstone, of King's Col lege, has been, during two months, constantly worked at the passing of every train between Drayton, Hanwell, and Pad dington. At the former station it, for the present, termi nates. As soon as the whole line is completed, the telegraph will extend from the P a ddi ng tOn ter m i nus to B r i sto l , an d i t is contemplated that, then, information of any nature will be 'conveyed to Bristol, and an answer received in town, in about twenty minutes. Merchants and others, residing not only at the two 'extremities of the line, but at any of the in termediate stations, (at all of which dial-plates will be fixed, with competent persons stationed to work the telegraph,) will then be enabled to avail themselves of the benefits and facilities of the invention. Two of the boys from the Deaf and Dumb Asylum in the Kent Road, have been at the Pad dingtOn station for five or six weeks, where they were in structed in the working of the machinery by Mr. Hutchin son, and they are .now perfectly competent to superintend the telegraph at any one of the stations, A piece of machinery, simple but unerring, to which is attached a check-string to indicate to the boys (who cannot hear the signal bell) when the signal is sent up the line to show that something is about to be telegraphed, has been invented, which enables these lads to perform this duty as efficiently as if they were not suffering under the deprivation of hearing and speech. The telegraph has now been in operation for nearly 12 months,' and not the least obstrnetion to its working, by any of the wires, &c., !wonting out of order, has yet occurred. Should such an event take place (especially when the whole line is open to Bristol), it might occur to many that there would be considerable difficulty (as all the wires are inclosed in a hollow tube, not more than about an inch in diameter) in ascertain ing, throughout the 117 miles, the precise point, at which the injury required to be rep a i re d ; but thi s apparent difficulty has been met by Mr. Cook, who has invented a piece of me chanism, which is contained in a mahogany case not more than eight inches 'square, by which means the precise spot on the line where the injury might have been occasioned would be indicated in an almost incredibly short space-of time. This invention may now be termed perfect in all its details, and only awaits the completion of the line of railway to Bristol to bring it into full operation between that city and the metropolis,—Midland Counties Herald. A FACT FOR THE PHILOSOPIIERS.—Some people are so ingenious that they can prove anything. Your logicians used to revel in this faculty some thirty years ago ; but then they did the thing openly. They did not pretend that black was white ; they only asserted the capacity of their art to cheat us into the belief that black was the white of our eyes at their pleasure. With the modesty characteristic of the generation of our fathers, they did not go so tar as to swear black to-day and white to-morrow. That was reserved for the philosophers who have shoved the logicians off the stool. Look at the savants, for instance, who are writing down the corn laws. The day before yesterday they asserted the irrefragable right of our manufacturing population to cheap bread, and that a free importation was the grand desideratum - to ensure it. Yesterday the chronicle lays it down as equally irrefragable, that " in the importing country the price of corn must always be high !" The day before yesterday agriculture was bolstered up by shutting out foreign corn. Yesterday " Agriculture must always be flourishing where corn is imported." It is not intended here to discuss the question whetlier the. repeal of the corn laws would make bread cheaper or not. The philosophers will probably be able to tell us which way they Will have it, when they have made their minds up ; but one thing must be just mentioned for their guidance. They cannot explain why wages in Lincolnshire average from ' 12s to 13s. per week," while the labourers in Wiltshire barely get half us much. Twenty years ago Lincolnshire and Wiltshire were pretty much on a par. Lincolnshire then .e, saine.as Wiltshire is now, a pastoral district. Lincolnshire has .emerged from that semi civilised condition, and the labourers are a well-employed and well-paid class. So also would bc,the labourers in Wiltshire, if a sufficient certainty of proteetiOn enabled the lindowners to make them tillers of the ground instead of keepers of sheep.—Moniing Herald. FEMALE SAlLon..—The following romance of low life is given by the Journal do Havre Josephine Fleury, a na tive of Brettiville, has been recently committed to prison at Cherbourg for having robbed her master and mistress at Montaign-lesßois. At sixteen she assumed male attire, and hired herself as a servant at Cerences, but in the summer left this employment, and embarked at Granville as a sailor in a vessel engaged in the Newfoundland cod fishery. For six. teen years she led the same life, being alternately a servant in the winter, and a sailor in summer. She at length became tired of this mode of living, and lived for four years as a ser vant at Brehat. From thence she engaged herself as a wood cutter in the forest of Gavray. In a quarrel at a public house she wounded a man severely, and being brought in consequence before the Correctional Tribunal, was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment. During her confinement her sex was discove re d. O n h er ditchar , e, a year and a halt to, she hired herself 'to do day's work at Montai,gn-les go.ois, where she ba:4 fallen into her present scrape. Jose phine's complexion is completely bronzed by exposure to all weathers, and she has small whiskers.'.'- THE TEE-TOTALLER SOCIETY TURNED INTO A POLITICAL o:u.—Large placards were posted through the town last week, calling on the members of the tee-totaller society to meet on Sunday to enter into arrangements for the collection of the " O'Connell Fund." Surely this great impostor is destined to mar every prospect of moral and social improve.. ment in this country. No sooner is a temperance society formed in this town-- , a good cause—in which men of all per suasions may,• and have joined, than it is t rans f ormed into a pclitical association, and made subservient to party purposes. O'Connell's name must be blazed forth in conspicuous let ters on their placards, and the members required to admi nister to his avarice. Why this one fact is quite enough to deter loyal men from joining —nay, even to make them sus pect the intentions of its members. What ! no sconer do a body of men subscribe to the temperance pledge, and receive medals from a priest, than they at once exhibit a p oli t i ca l as pect, and become parties to political purposes! The proceed ing, we say, is calculated to.injure the cause of temperance very materially, and destroy the good effects anticipated from its formation. But it is as we apprehended.—Tipperary- Constitution. • THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. LAST NIGHT BUT THREE OF THE SEASON , For the BENEFIT of Mr. LYNNEso.,, instant' T - MORRO W, (WEDNESDAY), the 'LOW Ills THE LADY OF LYONS; OR, LOVE AND PRIDE; Claude Melnotte . Beauseant . Clavis Mr. W. H.- land Colonel Dams • Mad. Deschappelles - Mrs. Pauline Deschappelles, Mrs. W. H. Bland, t The favourite Ballad, " Kathleen O'More A favourite Pas de Deux, by Mr. & 'f After which THE FIELD FIELD OF FORTY FOOTSTEPS; . OR. THE BROKEN HEART. Sir Arthur Matchlowe Mr. W. Hoorn. Geoffrey Matehlowe Mr. Lynne Peter Pipkin Goliah Barebones Mr. Baker ,Lady Vere.. nees Vere Rose Downright .... Mrs. Tellet. Mr. The Box-office is open daily.—Ti c k e t s t o b e had et LYNNE, at his residence, 27, Gill-street. (arise .s 4jbt.yeßlNl:llsig.sscßs THEATRE ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. THE LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. FOR THE BENEFIT OF MRS. CLARICE, On which occasion Mr. DUCROW h as , i n the handso manner, volunteered the aid of hi s va l ua ble services, anda will personate his Original Character of EDGAnn , New Drama, called the IDIOT OF HEIDELI3I, - CASTLE. An arrangement has been made wit4the ale; brated Mr. T. D. RICE, the O r i g i na l Representative of the American Plantation Ne g ro, w h o will suseqin his Oa: ginal Character of JUMBO JUNI, in the rania of the Name, written expressly for M r . T. D. R E , as perform e d him in most of the principal Theatr of London , i 3 . 11 h " in the United States, with th e grea t succe ss ;in Tv ll f character he will introduce hi s ce,le ated Song of Crow," and, for the first time here, the-popular Co ol ' Song of " Such a Galin up Stairs." ®N MONDAY NEXT, Deceml,er 23,1839, the Perfo ral r - anccs will commence with the C om edy, written by M' COWLEY, called . A BOLD STROKE FOR. A HUSBAND. Principal Characters by Mr. Stuart, Mr. Baker, Mr. b e " ward, Mr. Chaplin, Mr. Webster, Mr. W. H. Wand , Mrs. W. H. Bland (late Miss Faucit), Mr , Clarke, Miss Cleavel I and itlrs. Baker. After which the Drama of JUMBO JUM. Jumbo Jum.. (with Songs).. Mr. T. D. Rice. d In the course of the Evening, Songs 'by Mr. Barker a n • • Miss Grant. Dancing by Mr. and Mrs. J. Ridgway. To conclude with the Melo - Drama of THE IDIOT OF HEIDELBURG cAsTLE. Edgard... , . (the Idiot of Heidelburg),...... Mr. Ducr owr His First . Appearance at this Theatre these Five Yea"- Tickets to be had of Mrs. CLAtilit, No. 1, Houghte l !; street, Williamson-square ; of Mr. 11 imE, at his Al us ' t Warehouse, Ch urc h-St ree t ; an d' o f M r. T . WILKINsoN, at the Box Office of. the Theatre, of whom places may be taken from Eleven until Three. TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have receivod, from an anonymous correspo'nden t th e. sum of 2s 6d for th e mo th er o f th e young woma n that v ri r lately killed on the railroad. athrt•pcol i;;:tanbarD. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 17, 1839• By the arrival of the packet-ships, New York, Ca P t ' Barstow ; Roscius, Capt. Collins ; and Westchester' Capt. Ferris, we have received New York pa pers t° tha 25th ultimo, inclusive. The New York sailed 011 the 19th ultimo; the Roscius and Westchester o n tl►e 25th ultimo. The British Queen steam-ship, Lieut. Roberts, 11 . N. ' which sailed from Portsmouth on tki afternoon o f the 3d of November, arrived at New York on the'eve rling of the 231, having been twenty clays and seven Iw urs on the passage. She was to sail from New York °II the 2d instant, unless the agents determined on de" taining - her until the 4th instant, in order to convec; copy of the President's Me ssage to . En g l and. In latter case, we may expect that she will reach Ports- mouth to-morrow. We now proceed to give a summary of -the n essli brought by the latest arrivals. Of political news t iler : is none of any great imp o rt ance . Th e money roar lce continued to be the engrossin g t o pi c o f discussion at New York, as well as in most other parts of the State g. The Daily Express of Nov. 18 says that on the leci S 2. ; turday previous (the day the Great Western 88i re specie was again plentiful at New York. There ire daily receipts from the south, and the.banks 1 3 4`l uie much as they wanted. United States. notes , 1) 2 P. 0 at New York, were redeemed there in specie °tle equivalent. The money market, was g rowing a lit e , easier. Exchange on th e gr e a t south-westernlnetrter polis, New Orl e a ns , was rap idly ge tting into a Ile t , e condition. A fair c r op was a l so com ing forward to drawn against. Of the British .nianufactured. g°°o sent to the United States, the greater part relna i t' d unsold and in store. Th e g oods_ that had been selz by the Custom-house- authorities were crradually e • zs th e actions The Courts of Law refused to sustai n . t actions of the federal authorities. Some comproirliseo po were taking place with the collector, and there Iva s . ci , reason to fear the great losses on woollen goods ivitl e j had been previously apprehended. - Money-0 016 0 f scarce at Boston. The news from Charleston " a ter a very encouraging character—the throng of `si;aiti business having set in.. At Philadelphia O v 3 more business continued to be dull. • the The Daily Express of Nov. 19 states, that 011 10 1 ' previous day (Monday) there was a little relief in A b the money market, and that stocks were inflnenC Y fea rs improved condition of the mo ne y market. A ll t o as to paying specie were at an end. A large 1' yball°l . a of specie had been received at New York fro' t he delphia. The resumption of s pecie paymen ts bY — „ Cincinnati banks had no t b een a ttended by any upon them. oa at- On Tuesday, Nov. 19, the appearance of ra° l3e l ea l of ters was much improved. Th ere w as a grea t ... i fa buoyancy in the stock mar k e t. The New Th - srhe this port, took out 30,000 dollars in sp ecie ' nes° effect of the Philadelphi a suspens i o n, and th e firal of of the New York banks, had changed th e carte tits both financial and commerc i a l affairs. Th e seve l l ea of the commerci a l p ressure at N e w York is descrl the Weekly Herald as having passed. .aren c On Wednesd a y, N ov. 20, a d epr ession wa s aPr a a t the stock market. Much anxiety was extreiTsseeur the continued absence of the British Queen. v co l 1 account p rent money continued to improve in prices on a c of its grOwin g scarc it y. rice ° I On Thu rs d a y, N ov . 21 , t h e g eneral appears „vie. the mo ney mar k et at N ew Y or k r emained the ' d tio , The stock market presented a small business .c et- important fluct ua ti ons i n p r ice. In the domes" change there was some little improvement. .5 eras On Friday, Nov. 22, a fair amount of busine: little done in the stock market, at prices showing age eo improvement. The non-arrival of the Briti sh was the subject of much speculation. - se The New York Morniny Herald, of S°v• '-' ,ions that the sales at the stock exchange on Saturday were not large, and at a general decli a n eciine j the rates of Friday. United States - Ban k van king 1 per cent.; and North America Trust and es wer e Company 1,1 per cent. Sales of Treasury ,notes _cud made at / per cent. discount. Uncurrentil"wore the from was a little better, and the market was gene ra t Y tir clol easy than had been the case for. seve r l i tit7uencleagin; previously. 0' 311 At New Orleans, on the 14th ultimo, th ere 030 W, arrival of 32,000 dollars in specie from Santa Meta fe. and 60,000 dollars arrived at St. Louis from at , York, 6 A O t d iN a l 3 o .s b , ile, on the 14th, exchange on Pie"' sp ecie was at 10 ille, Georgia, Orleans at 7 to' 8 per cent. prerniusimgh.t tpvears cseenTnpgreamtitsimp;eracnednt. prerniurnln fseor on the 17th, a the Senate, to repeal the charter of the eentr,tate oA bill was intro nuc i b olt; and to deposit its papers in the Bank of the : lior io Georgia for collection; and another bill to a '' the P 3Y. 0 1 ‘ the negotiation of an extension of the time fo r na PlOOll •`. ..h meat of the 300,000 dollars due to t he ,„ ( 1 iv'. of New York. For other particulars c onnec re fer the commercial affairs of the United States , 's" ril ' e li. he S til t our readers to a separate article in another COl° of News had been received from'Texas November. The yellow fever had c otruni ie oc nseqt . In co- I h e ravages at Galveston nnd HOLIStOII. frOl • us 110 r) ,-.4 shipping at Galveston experienced serio the Hi. c, many of the citizens had fled into the coont.ry.. 0 a heavy gale of wind that occurred on 51 ... sya s 5 Its viol en ce • -1— storm lasted during three days. ort, 100: to tcl frightfit" great as to drive ashore all the vessels in I Pouringin 0 ding three steam-boats. ton Emigrants wer e fro° 0 0 Texas in large numbers. l it Arrival at up G is t e r ; of te l iii New York, recently, had brougd d t °l°c3 ill families of German settlers, who inten e , A 0 upper eountr , ' a the a colony somewhere in the rom E lt g lan ~,a reco il)" larger emigration was expected f „ew town P" distvr ensuing winter and spring. A ---- , /ne w . e , been laid out on Arkans as Bay. ' 1" len gth of ti° banceB had occurred for a cousiderableiell