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LITERARY NOTICES. Thomson's Seasons. Published by Longman and Co., Lon- don; G. Linnecre, Liverpool. This undying work (the edition of 1746), has been just re-published by Messrs. Longman, in an unprecedented style, whether as regards the embellishments, typography, or beauty of the tout ensemble. The vignettes, upwards of 70 in number, are the productions of the members of the Etching Club, from designs (drawn on the wood and trans ferred to blocks of copper, by the electrotype process), by Creswick, Taylor, Redgrave, Cope, Bell, Webster, Horsley, Townsend, Stonhouse, Knight, &c. The engravers are the Branstons, Landells, Williams, Thompson, Green, Jackson, and Vizetelly. A life of the author is added to the poem. The book is edited by Mr. Bolton Corney. The colour of the binding is ultra-marine ; the paper and typography are of the finest quality : in fact, the book is one of the hand somest works published of late years, and is highly suitable for present or remembrance. ELOPEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. (From the Leeds Times.) Somewhere about nine months ago, a gentleman named Charles Brook, Esq., a wealthy American merchant, retired from the toils of business, and returning to his native country took up his residence among his relatives in the beautiful rural village of Mirfield. The family consists of himself, his wife, and two daughters, the eldest of whom is the heroine of the present eventful story. Attached to the establishment was a young man named Benjamin Hall ; he is nearly 20 years of age, and was employed in the character of boots, occasional groom, &c. Miss Brook is 23 years old, and it appears that for a considerable time a latent passion for young Benjamin had been growing within her bosom, which gradually increased with the growth of time, so that whenever he was engaged at his occupation in the yard she placed herself at one of the windows, and never left it until he had finished and departed from her sight. The artless and unsophisticated youth of course neither knew nor suspected the nature of the cogitations which prompted her to wath him. On the contrary, he had often been heard to complain of her conduct, " because," said he, " it seemed as if he could not do his duty without being watched." Finding that the pleasing rustic was wholly insensible to the language of her eyes, our indomitable heroine resolved to seek a private interview, and sound his heart— " And if an infant passion struggled there To call the passion forth." This interview, and a series of others, it may be easily con ceived, were not long delayed. Benjamin most willing reci procated, and at length the wedding was proposed. Here, however, he hesitated, and for a time his courage failed him. He feared, perhaps, it would be taken amiss—the master might he offended, and then he would lose his place. Such fears, it is needless to say, were speedily removed or mollified, and the ultimatum was that he consented to be hers, for better and for worse. She, therefored, furnished him with the means, and on Saturday week he went to Dewsbury and purchased the marriage license. On Sunday evening, the day following, Miss Brook took an airing in the phaeton alone, her Adonis being the driver ; here the license was duly conned over, and it was finally arranged that the marriage should take place on Tuesday, the 2nd inst. Early in the morning of that memorable day they accord ingly arose. Benjamin, with his fair one's assistance, pre pared a horse and g ig from his master's stables, into which they sprung like lightning, and drove off about four o'clock by a circuitous route to the ancient village of Birstal, un preceived by any of the family or servants. They arrived at the Black Bull Inn, a little before seven o'clock, where they remained till eight ; they then proceeded to the church, and the marriage was duly solemnised by the Rev. W, Heald, the vicar. After the ceremony was over, they again returned to the Black Bull Inn. In the meantime the family at ?airfield arose as usual, and seated themselves at the breakfast table, but the young lady's place was empty. A maid was, there fore, despatched to her lodging-room to fetch her, but in stead of bring Miss Brook, she brought the following laconic note from her dressing-table :—" Dear Mamma,.— Pray don't be alarmed ; lam only gone to get married." This, of course, put the whole house in a ferment, and Messrs. Geo. Mitchell, of the Yew Tree, Fearnsides, and Fairburn, and other neighbours, were called in, and sent in quest of the fugitives. Birstal, being about 3 miles distant, was thought to be the destination of the lovers. Mr. Mitchell arrived first, on horseback, and proceeding to the Black Bull Inn, found them in the traveller's-room. The bridegroom bid him good morning, and observed, " Had you been here half an hour ago you would just have been in time for the wedding." " What!" said he, in a rage, "is it over. and darting out of the room, went to the vicar to ascertain the fact. Mr. Heald, assured him that it was true, remark ing, " I have only just returned from the church." " And cannot you, then," replied, Mr. Mitchell, " undo what you have done ?" "No, sir," observed Mr. Heald, smiling, "if I could do so I should have plenty of work !" Mr. M. then returned to the inn, where he found the other gentle men, who had arrived in a phaeton. An attempt was then made to part those whom " GOD had joined together," by giving the bridegroom into custody on the charge of stealing the horse and gig ! This was too much for the young lady's equanimity. She then stood forth, and said in a tone of great anger, " No, gentlemen, Benjamin is now my husband, he was then my father's servant, and in taking the horse and gig he only obeyed my commands!" Then, turning to her husband, and presenting him with her gold watch and purse, said. " Here, take those, they might as well charge you with stealing them." The charge then of course fell to the ground, and all parties for several hours sat in sullen and rigid silence, save the sighs and sobbings of the afflicted lady. At length Benjamin, whom we shall call Mr. Hall, rose and said to his wife, and his brother (a minor, who had been engaged to give the lady in marriage), " Come, let us now go home." Upon which Mr. Fearnsides exclaimed, in a frantic manner, " If you attempt to move I will shoot you !" " And if you attempt to do that," said Mr. Hall's brother, " I will knock you down," accommodating his fist to the expression ; and again all became seated and silent. While things remained in this state the young lady's father (who had only just returned from Liverpool) arrived at the inn. Upon his entering the room Mrs. Hall immediately rose, and, curtseying, seized him by the hand ; and after com plaining bitterly of the conduct of the individuals present, stated her warm attachment to her Benjamin. After Mrs. Hall had done speaking all again became silent for a consi derable time. At length some refreshments were ordered, and a more conciliatory policy adopted. It was ultimately and mutually agreed that they should all return to Mirfield, and see if they could not accommodate matters. Accord ingly, at night, the horses, phaeton, and gig were brought out, and the party started off for Mirfield, Mr. Hall being between two of the gentlemen in the phaeton , and Mrs. Hall i ,ng between the other two in the gig. They arrived at irfield at ten o'clock, and the phaeton turned up the road leading H to Mr. Brook's residence; at this moment containing his lady Hall tu rne d his head, and perceived that the gig the road to was proceeding at a rapid rate on between his Huddersfield ; upon which he sprung from the gig, and companions and crossed the field to overtake and the honsase,ilapproached he called out " Whoa, whoa," keeper, yennnowing the voice of its former indulgent budge. The immediately stood still, and obstinately refused to proach, took her p lady's keepers, 'hearing Mr. Hall ap- Shaw's), her indigraamian the gig into an adjoining house (Mr. through the door Ittnldiusband following, and fighting his way ever, managed to cause h passage of the house. They, how while they got her throughirtt to be obstructed and detained gig, window, screaming piteously, and placed her again in the hour Mr. Hall was turned ou l t g .'o tn f tical drove off. In half-an etiouse, and knowing his wife had recently been on a visit to Mr. Kilner's at the Carr House, Huddersfield, he concluded they had conveyed her thither. Lie there fore p roc eeded on foot, and arrived at the Carr House a li ttle after midni ght , repeatedly ir ive paced the front of t he house, and was 1 e pe Soon Y the reins ; two of after two o'clock on Wednesday morning, a gig con taining two men and a female drove from the yard, and Mr. Hall ran and seized the horse b the Huddersfield watchmen were c olad and feed to take him off, and held him while the gig g nd wg e y : They did so, but two other individuals coming up, aattackeindg theimed of the cause of his being detained, they watchmen, a Mr. Hall was released, when scuffle ensued, and ultimately he immediately set off i n t h e direction the gig had taken, He, en. He, however, never overtook them, nor was he able to a nd it has since been traceas certained them through any of the toll - g ates, certained that the female in the gl , was not his wife, but only one of Mr. Kilner's servants, who was placed there in It was also disco order to decoy him from the premises. from Huddersfield vered that a chaise conveyed Mrs. Hall k, when it was to Manchester, at midnight, on Thursday wee had hard observed that the individuals who had charge of he r e ears work to pacify her. This circumstance reac hed th ni ht of Mr. Hall, and he started at ten o'clock on Friday g from Mi r fi e ld, by omnibus, to Huddersfield, and from thence,_. They in comp any w i t h t wo f r i en d s , by gig to Manchester. Tia then proceeded by the first train on Saturday morning to Liverpool ; owing, however, to his inexperience and misma nagement, he returned home on Wednesday night last with out having accomplished the object of his mission. An emi nent solicitor, however, has now taken his case in hand, and if the young lady is not produced in a few days it is more than probable that legal proceedings will be commenced against the parties implicated in the abduction. We under stand that the young lady possesses from £ls'ooo to £20,000 bequeathed to her by a deceased uncle in America, and inde pendent of her father. it is supposed that those most com• petent to form an opinion that she is either in the Isle of Man or has been shipped off to America. Her relations, however, refuse to give any information, consequently it re mains an absolute mystery. Vottrp. THE VOICE OF SONG. ' l ' Let them give glory unto the Lord, and declare his praise in the islands."—lsaisn, slit. 12. (From the Saturday Magazine•) THE voice of Song is borne apon the breeze, And Britain's sons have raised the choral strain ; Blest Spirit, from bright skies and sun-lit seas, Leave not our cold and island sho res a g ain. And from the bumble home, and hallow'd fane, That voice in joy and gladness shall be heard, Which we so oft have listened for in vain; For when with glee the very woods were stared, Ungracious man was mute, though waked each little bird. But Hope is roused to tell her pleasant dreams, And give us joys which wait not upon Time, Nor perish 'neath his tread : e'en now it seems I hear the distant sound of many a chime — A sound most sweet, heard thus at evening's prime, Of mingled voices round the cottage door, Singing the solemn psalm or harmless rhyme. List ! pleasure waits on ye, ye care-wor n poor, But in your maddening cups ne'er look to find her more. The damaged cottage and the t a tt er 'd d ress , The starving children, and neglected plot Of garden ground, did plainly once confess The sin of him who own'd that little spot; Now And his own looks betrayed w h a t they told not. all is changed. Though poor it still may be, That cottage scene tells of a happier lot, — Tells of the change from drunken revelry To love, pure household joys, content, and harmony. And oh! it seems almost too sweet for earth When well-tuned voices, mingle with each other, And loved and loving ones join in their mirth, Parent and child, the sister and the brother. And, as their voices blend with one another, So blend their hearts, till in that sweet accord All care is banished : e'en the anxious mother Sighs no more vainly o'er her frugal board, And happiness is theirs, which riches ne'er afford. Such are thy home-felt joys ; but chiefest there Shalt thou be heard, 0 glorious Voice of Song! Within God's holy house, the house of prayer,— Where echoing aisles may bear thy notes along, There shall ye praise the Lord, ye pious throng. The angels praise him that in heaven soar, And depths and heights,—all that to him belong: Young men and maidens, praise him ever more ; Old men and children, praise whom ye adore ; Nor in his Maker's praise let man be silent more. THE CURIOUS GENTLEMAN. We extract the following humorous story from the late Mr. Gerald Griffin's " Tales of the Jury Room." The hero of the tale is one Mr. Tibbot O'Leary, a small squire of lonely habits, who, after receiving a fair education, devoted himself to antiquarian speculations, the round towers of his native country being his favourite theme. He was of a sim ple, eccentric, and curious disposition; and kept only one servant, by name Tom Nash, who was almost as odd as his master, only a little more 'cute : " Late on an autumn meeting, Mr. Tibbot O'Leary was poring over his strange antiquarian stores, when the unusual sound of a horse's hoof was heard upon the avenue. Mr. O'Leary in his room, holding the candle in his hand, and Tom Nash in the kitchen, at the same instant paused to listen. What belated wight could it be who sought so un frequented a place of shelter as Chore Abbey, at this lone some hour? It was evident the rider was a man, and a merry fellow too ; for as he drew near the house they could hear him singing, at the top of his voice, a burlesque latin version of a popular song. Both the voice and words seemed familiar to the ear of Tibbot O'Leary, for his countenance immediately exhibited a mingled expression of pleasure and alarm. " ' Bless me !' exclaimed the squire, 'it is he, sure enough ! Was ever anything more unfortunate ? How did he find me out here, and what shall I do with him ?' " Unconscious of the observations which his arrival oc casioned within door, the horseman, instead of taking the trouble to alight at the hall-door, continued to shout and sing alternately, at the top of his voice :—` What, ho ! house ! Why, house ! I say ; is there any one within ?' " In the meantime Tom Nash had made his way to the presence of his master. `The key of the hall doore, sir, if you plaize,' Oh, Torn, I'm ruined How, sir ?" This is Mr. Geoffrey Gunn, an old college chum of mine, and the last person in the world whom 1 would have find me in this place.' Well tis easy for me to give him the cold shoulder, or for us all to hould our tongue, an' purtind we don't hear him, and lave him bawlin' and singin' abroad there till he's tired. The Gunns are only a modhern stock in these parts. The first of 'em come over ondher Queen Lizabet.' Nay, nay, that would never answer ; I am very glad to meet him, though I could wish there, he calls again ; run, run and open the door !—And stay ; have you got anything for supper ?" Lashins and lavins.' Very well, have it ready, and bring it when I call.' If it be true, as some wise men have asserted, that the more a man does the more he is able to do, it is no less a fact, that the less a man does the less he is inclined to do. The comparatively idle life which Tom Nash led under his studious master had strengthened to the ut most a powerful natural taste for doing nothing, and ren dered him proportionably unfriendly to any demands upon his labour, especially when they happened to be unforeseen or out of course. " Why, then, you're welcome, as the farmer said to the tithe procthor,' he muttered, going down stairs, ' what a charmin' voice you have this evenin'. I must make up your horse now, and get him a feed, and be cleanin' your boots an' stirrups, in place o' bein'—where I ought to be at this time o' night—in my warm bed. An' all on account of a roystherin' bawlin' bedlamite that —. What's wantin', plaze your honour ?' he added in an altered tone, as he opened the door and confronted the belated horseman. Is your master at home?' He is, plaze your honour.' Will you tell him that his old friend Mr. Gunn is come to see him ?' He knows it already, plaze your honour. lie heard your honour singin' on the aveny, an' he knows the voice. Torn Nash, says he (mainin' himself,) that's llisther Geoffry Gunn, my old friend, an' I'm very glad to meet him, says he ; take care an' have supper ready when I call.' " The interview between the . old friends was as cordial as might have been expected. Mr. Gunu made himself most agreeable to Tibbot O'Leary, having, indeed, a plan of his own in view. It was no less than to get Tibbot married, in order by so doing, either to fulfil a whim or to oblige a friend of the lady. ' Apropos of antiquities,' says Mr. Gunn, are you acquainted with this great female antiquary who lives in your neighbourhood ?" Not I. Whom do you mean ?' Why, now, that's very odd. I have only come down to this country to snatch a peep at the lake, during the vaca tion, and I know more of your neighbours than you who live on the spot ; but then, rogue as you are, I would be a fool to you, I warrant, if we came to question about the court of the Ptolemies or Ramsees. But, indeed, it was accidentally I heard of her first. She is a Miss Moriarty (a genuine west country stock), and a very witch at the books—knows He brew, and can even scrawl a hyerogliphic or two of the Chal daic, and such things. As for Greek and Latin, she makes no more of them than a squirrel would of cracking a nut.' "Is it possible? How odd that I should never have heard of her !" Not at all odd, my dear fellow, you were busy about more important things. It is only for us ephemeral beings to have our ears cocked for such every-day novelties. But, indeed, you ought to know her. She lives not more than half a mile from here, on the Kenmare-road, in a farm house tenanted by Mr. O'Connor, the husband of a relative, where she has a couple of rooms filled with all the antidelu vian rarities in the world. You should have heard her upon the Round Towers.' You don't tell me so ?' She has a theory of her own about them. I had the full benefit of it, for a few days since I was compelled to take shelter in the house from a shower of rain, and had the honour and happi ness of hearing, during the half hour I remained, more words I could'nt understand than I did the whole time I was in college.' " Geoffrey Gunn deported from Mr. O'Leary's in due course, but his words did not pass from Tibbot's memory. On the contrary, the lady who had a theory about the Round Towers' haunted his thoughts perpetually, and he began to astonish Tom Nash by exhibiting the most unintel ligible spite at the continuance of good weather which the country then enjoyed. At length, about the end of the month, the mercury began to fall, and his master's spirits to rise in an inverse ratio, which was exceedingly puzzling to Nash. " Tom,' said his master, with a look of sprightliness and glee, such as he had not manifested before since the visit of Mr. Gunn—' Tom, I'm in hopes we'll have rain to-morrow.' In hopes, masther ? I'm sure 'twould be our ruination. Sure, 'tis to-morrow we have the praties dug in the next field.' Hang the potatoes !' exclaimed Mr. O'Leary. Hang the praties murdher ! 1 never heard so foolish a speech as that from him before. Hang the praties ! The whole stock we have agin' the winter ! I hope them ould books an' round towers ar'nt makin' a whirligig of his brains,' muttered Nash, as he left the room. ' Wisha, we never heard more than that any way. Hang the praties I' " Early on the following morning Nash went into his master's room, as usual, to take his clothes to brush. While he emptied the pockets and laid the contents on the table, Mr. O'Leary, awoke by the jingling of keys and hatSpensse, turned his head and asked, Well, Nash, are we likely to have rain ?' I never seen such a mornin', sir. The sky is all one cloud from aist to west, an' so low that I could a'most tetch it with my hand. I don't know from Adam what we'll do about the praties ; the men won't he able to give half a day with the weather—a clane loss of half-a-guinea at the laist.' That's delightful.' Delightful !' repeated Nash involun tarily, looking over his shoulder with surprise. He's pur sewarin' in it, I see.' Nash,' said Mr. O'Leary, pulling back his nightcap and sitting up. have both horses saddled and fed I intend riding out immediately after breakfast.' Is it in the rain master ?" It is. Make haste and do as I desire you.' ' Pursewarin' all through !' ejaculated Nash, as he went out and shut the door behind him. " Some drops were just beginning to fall as Mr. O'Leary and his faithful squire set off upon their journey. They rode on for something more than half a mile, at the termination of which space the rain began to fall in torrents. Mr. O'Leary now quickened his pace, and Nash followed his example, but their speed did not save them from a thorough drenching. After riding about a quarter of a mile farther, Mr. O'Leary suddenly pulled up his horse, and said, Tom, isn't that the avenue leading to Mr. O'Connor's ?" Tis, sir.' I think we might as well turn in and ask for shelter there until this shower passes, at all events.' The Lord be praised, he's comin' to again,' Nash added to himself, as he alighted and opened the gate. " Mr. Geoffry Gunn had prepared his friend Mr. O'Con nor, with whom the learned Miss Moriarty resided, for Tib bot O'Leary's visit, as well as its motives and probable con sequences. Mr. Gunn had also given a delicate hint of O'Leary's antiquarian tendencies to the lady herself, and had also insinuated a word, as if casually, about Tibbot's antipa thy to false teeth and wigs.' When the latter gentleman ar rived, as related, he found Miss Moriarty to be chiefly re markable for a very tne head of hair. Being well pleased with the prospect of a match for his relative, Mr. O'Connor soon found an excuse for leaving the pair together. Tibhot was a little confused at this proceeding, and the first words which he bolted out were ' P—p—pray, ma—ma'am, what is your opi—pi—pinion of the r—r--round towers ?" I can hardly say,' replied Miss Moriarty, with a degree of ease which somewhat diminished the confusion of her visi tor, that lam satisfied with any of the theories which have been broached upon that most interesting subject. You are aware that mankind have in all ages been re markable fora love of the arduous, and that no pursuits have been carried on with greater zeal, expense, and per severance, than those which held least hope of ever yielding any profitable result ; and the most important prac tical discoveries in science have often been attained in the pursuit of some visionary and unattainable end. The search after the philosopher's stone led to the discovery of Glauber's salts—the study of judical astrology produced those elaborate calculations in old times which are of such importance to the astronomer—and the desire to effect a north-west passage conducted the voyagers of England to the magnetic pole. Now, my theory is, that some philanthropic patron of letters in old times, observing this disposition in his species, had those round towers built with no other view than that they should exercise the research and ingenuity of the learned in succeeding ages, and by furnishing an inscrutable subject of inquiry, perpetuate the study of Irish antiquities through all succeeding time. The astonishment and admiration of Mr. O'Leary had been reaching a climax during the delivery of this ingenious speech, at the conclusion of which he again sprang from his seat, and seemed about to fling himself on his knees in an ecstacy of delight ; but recollecting himself in time, he drew back with a respectful bow, and remained in his chair. " Such an original theory on round towers was not to be resisted, and so, some time after the visit, Tom,' said Mr. O'Leary, ' you must not put oats or potatoes into that par lour any more. Why so, maither? what hurt is it doin' there ?" No matter ; she mightn't like it.' Is it ould Nelly, sir ?" No, your mistress." lily missis!' exclaimed Nash, dropping the bags of oats. Yes; didn't I tell you I am going to be married ?' For nearly a quarter of an hour the master and man remained gazing on each other's coun tenances without uttering a syllable. At length the latter found words to say, in a tone of the profoundest sympathy, The LORD preserve us, master !" Amen, Torn !' sighed Mr. O'Leary ; and not another sentence was exchanged between them upon the subject until Mrs. O'Leary, formerly Miss Moriarty, was introduced amid rejoicings that re sounded far and near, to the venerable mansion which it was the owner's will and pleasure should thenceforth call her mistress. " For a considerable time after his marriage Nash observed nothing in his demeanour or conversation of his master which could lead him to suspect that he rezretted the step which he had taken. Mrs. O'Leary was all that could be wished in every respect, either by master or servant ; and indeed it surprised Nash a great deal more than he cared to let Mr. O'Leary understand how she came to be so easily satisfied. Matters continued in this even course until they received a second visit from Mr. Geoffrey Gunn, now ' Counsellor' Gunn, who, on hearing the humorous antiquary repeat his happiness for the hundredth time, exclaimed, ' I cantell you, then, that if the ladies are curious, they some times know how to keep a secret. Did you hear about Captain-and his wife ?" No ; what of them ?' A most extraordinary story they tell, indeed. They had been living together in perfect harmony, it seems, for more than twenty years, when sh e di e d , an d i t was for the first time discovered e that she h a d two faces one behind and one before.' Non sense!' exclaimed O'Leary. ' It may be so,' replied h is friend ; ' I do not answer for the reality of the story. the affair was the ,' said "' If it be true As he said this, he Tibbot, I think the worst part of keeping it concealed from her husband.' looked uneasy and coid not help observing that his wife his mind, which confused,re.awa and a strange doubt rushed into all its former force. The conversation time after Tibbot did not his original foible in more than ended ; but for a long mind which had till now retain the untroubled peace of accompaniedhelpmate his steps. The ex treme amiability of his help had won all his confidence, but it made him uneasy to perceive h n ot behave towards him with an equ a l q.tiunaal. t E b l s r e s iic O e of e r a es r e y r d ve id . Th e re was evidently something pre th a t cou ld in the more pains he took to remove everythinher mind; and the least deg ree interfere with her p eace and comfort, the more she seemed to feel it. Mrs. O'Leary died. H er death- sc ene 0.. " At l as t Tibbot got a little calmed, and, a f ter years of t strange and solemn request made by her l w e a ra s b s l i e gna h l a is p e p d in b e y s s to her husband. This was, that he would never ' uncover her head, nor touch her head-dress after her decease ;' and she solemnly warned him, that he himself would be the suf ferer if he neglected the admonition. The first hours of sorrow over, Tibbot O'Leary felt his old curiosity increased tenfold, in spite of all his real respect for the memory of his wife. By continually recurring, and meeting at each fresh assault a fainter resistance, it obtained at length a complete mastery over his mind. It was in vain he thought of Blue Beard, and a thousand other awful warnings of the kind. In the throes of his curiosity, desiring rather to gain an accom plice than a counseller, he confided his agonies to Nash, and desired his opinion. Tom at once recommended a peep, though never so slight. But, then, her last words, Tom — her dying wishes.' Ay, sure, she never'll know it.' " Well," said Mr. O'Leary, much shocked, ' I am sure you do not consider the meaning of what you say. I wish, indeed, she had never given such an injunction, for it is pro bable I never should have thought for a moment about her head-dress. Could I trust you, Tom, with what I suspect to be the true cause of her injunction ?" Could you thrust me, masther !" I believe I can. Well, then, Tom, I think the true reason is'--he looked around, and then whispered in horrified accents in his ear, ' that my wife had two faces.' " Tom Nash's curiosity now grew so overpowering that he easily surmounted his master's lingering reluctance, and, with horror-marked countenances, the pair crept into the room of Mrs. O'Leary, when lo— " The reader may be disappointed, if he pleases, but truth bids us say, that all that Tibbot O'Leary discovered on his wife's head, was—a wig," MISCELLANEOUS. NEW CORN.—There was a fair quantity of new corn shown at our market on Tuesday, and two or three loads were sold at 60s.—Hull Rockingham. The harvest in Westmorland and Cumberland has now become general, and the quantity and quality of the crops far surpass the most sanguine expectations of the farmers. We have heard that MO of the oldest captains in the navy, not under 60 years of age, are to be allowed to retire with the rank of rear-admiral, on 20s. per diem.—United Service Gazette. The enormous West Pennard cheese now weighs nine cwt. and one quarter, and has lost one cwt. since it was shown, — which, considering where it has been, (in chancery,) is but very little. Amongst the patents recently taken out in France, is one for shoeing horses by simple adhesion. The foot of the ani mal once prepared for the new method, may be afterwards shod and unshod at pleasure by the groom. On Friday night last the towns of Limerick, Galway. and Cork were visited by an awful storm of thunder and lightening, accompanied with torrents of rain. Fortunately no loss of life or property occurred. At Lockerbie lamb fair 20,000 half-bred sheep were shown, and one lot was sold for 17s. each ; 10,000 Cheviot sheep were in the market, and were sold for 10s. each ; and 5,000 black-faced lambs were exhibited, and a number of which were sold for 7s. 6d. each. There were about 75,000 sheep shown for sale at Langholme sheep fair, many of which were sold at good prices. LICHFIELD.—A feeling opposed to that which has so fatally irritated the manufacturing districts has manifested itself here; for, upon the magistrates suggesting to the in habitants the prudence of putting themselves in a state of effective defence against the irruption of disorderly strangers, upwards of 500 of them (chiefly the labouring class) promptly attended to be sworn in special constables, and with the gentry and tradesmen are now organized to act, should the unhappy necessity arise. A most dreadful thunderstorm passed over Alston-moor on Wednesday last. Ninteen men, women and children, sought refuge from the storm in the smithy belonging to the Bloomsbury lead mine, when the agent, Mr. Jacob Walton, entered the smithy with a horse, and the electric fluid struck the building, burst beneath the animal's belly and instantly killed it on the spot, while the agent had his arm much in jured. Four or five women and boys were more or less hurt, but none of them fatally. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—His grace was Master- General of the Ordnance from 1818 to ]827, when he suc ceeded his Royal Highness the Duke of York in the same high office he has been again called on to occupy. On being appointed First Lord of the Treasury in 1828, his Grace resigned his command of the army to Lord Hill, who has continued to fulfil the duties of the office up to the present time. Since 1794, with the exception of a short interval from 1809 to 1811, when Sir David Dundas commanded, this office has had only three occupants—his Royal Highness the Duke of York, Lord Hill, and the Duke of Wellington. The latter is now in his seventy-fourth year, having been born on the Ist of May, 1769. Baines's Leeds Mercury, with a large supplement of out rages, robberies, and disorders, heads the whole catalogue of crimes and disasters as a "holiday insurrection !" These are curious and canting terms for " battle, murder, and sud den death." Insurrections, rebellions, riots, fire and sword, plunder and desolation, were not wont to be dealt with quite so delicately. In the Church and King riots, at the com mencement of the first French revolution, when a loyal mob burnt the chapels and homes of some revolutionary dissen ters, the criminals were hanged at Warwick, and the suffe rers indemnified by a swinging tax on the hundred; and this under the rule of an ultra tory government. Now for the test of an equal justice to " Trojan and Tyrian." DREADFUL. LOSS OF LIFE ON BOARD THE MANLIUS EMIGRANT VESSEL.—The Manlius sailed from Greenock for Port Philip, on the 18th October last, with 150 emigrants on board. Soon after they sailed the typhus fever made its appearance amongst them, and, melancholy to relate, forty three died at sea previous to the arrival of the vessel at Port- Philip on 14ih February. The remainder of the passengers were landed next day, and placed in tents along the shore, where, within ten days more, eighteen others died—the rest dying daily. The Captain having omitted in his letters to the owners at Waterford to give the names of the sufferers, so as the minds of the anxious relatives here might in some measure be alleviated, it would be an act of great kindness were any person who may have received a list of the suffer ers to make it public through any of the Scottish or Irish newspapers.—Glasgow Guardian. The Monileur Beige published on the 15th instant, a royal ordannance, fixing the duties to be raised on linen threads and cloths, wines, and silk goods, and slates, in accordance with the stipulations of the treaty lately concluded with France. Article 6, which refers to French wines and silks, is thus drawn up :—" In consequence of a modification of the customs-laws at present in force, the entrance-duties on ia 2 n f. ds wines and silk goods of French production shall be s u bj ec t ,&c., French 4 f tis t s h u e es k , il s o i g lk ra g m o m od e s : to the subjoined tariff : French wines, in cask, 50 c th e s h u e e c h tol a i s tre s , at a i n n d s, in bottles velvets, ribands, plain silk handkerchiefs, 4 f the kilogramme ; printed do., the kilogramme." THE NEW TARIFF.—We continue to have importations of cattle under the new tariff, and if the speculation con tinues to answer the purpose of the spirited gentlemen who engage in it, the meat market will no doubt be soon lower. On Sundry the Emeral Isle brought 12 cows, 2 bulls, and 24 sheep. The sheep were immediately sent off into the inte rior. The Rob Roy, on Monday night, brought 40 beasts, which were in capital condition. They were in our market next day, but not meeting with a sale equal to the expecta tions of the importer, they were sent off to Wakefield. They were fed in Jutland and Holstein, and thence driven over to Hamburg. We have also a small importation of pigs by the Hanseatic boat, the Hamburg.—Hull Paper. THE SLIDING SCALE.—Thursday was the last day of the Bs. duty on corn, when we understand as much as £38,000 was paid in at the Hull Custom-house, £ll,OOO having been paid on the previous day, and very heavy sums during the preceding part of the week, as the export and import lists will show when published. Thus will the full effect of the sliding scale be now exhibited. Nearly 1,000,000 of quarters will, it is supposed, be liberated in all, which will be brought into competition with the grain of the small farmers, who are forced to sell their wheat as early as possible after har vest. A glut will of course ensue. and a corresponding fall in the prices. —Hull Rockingham. THE COMMANDERSHIP OF THE ARMY. —The resignation of Lord Hill would have taken place some months ago, as we notified at the time, but from the difficulty of filling up -the office, owing to the pretensions of the several candidates; and to silence all, we believe that the appointment of his Royal Highness Prince Albert was desired in the highest quarter—an appointment, we may add, which would have afforded general satisfaction. The candidates for the office are understood to have been the Duke of Cambridge, the Marquis of Anglesey, Sir Edward Paget, and Sir George Murray. The latter is supposed by many to be the person for whom the Duke of Wellington holds the situation • but a few well acquainted with the clashing interests lately at work have assured us that Lord Fitzroy Somerset is ulti mately to be the general commanding-in-chief. This we state as we have heard it ; but we think that so junior an officer could not with propriety be placed at the head of the army, even at the recommendation of the Duke of Welling ton.—Naval and Military Gazette. HOLYWELL POLICE.—On Saturday week, Catherine Ma grath was brought before George Roskell, Esq., on a charge of having stolen £125 in Irish bank notes, and one sovereign, the property of Miss Jane Brannan, of Woodland Cottage, near Carlow, Ireland. Miss Brannan stated that she en gaged the prisoner as a servant in King-street, Dublin, on the 30th of July last, and they went to Holywell, and took lodgings at the house of Mr. Clark, in Greenfield-street, where she intended to remain for some time, for the purpose of trying the effects of bathing. On Wednesday, the 10th instant, she got up at six o'clock in the morning; shortly afterwards the prisoner absconded, taking with her the sum of £126 in notes and gold. She (the prosecutor) discovered her loss immediately, and gave information to William Cowpland, superintendent of police. Henry Morley, in spector in the Liverpool police, stated that the prisoner was brought to the police-office, in Liverpool, in the custody of Thomas Dunn, one of the Liverpool police, who had appre hended her on the above charge. Morley also produced a £5O note, of the Bank of Ireland, which was taken from the prisoner on the night of the 10th instant, in a public-house in Preston-street, Liverpool, where she had endeavoured to get it changed. The prisoner confessed that he had stolen the note from her mistress, the prosecutor. John Jones, a clerk in the Police-office, Liverpool, stated that he found a bag underneath a chair where the prisoner was sitting in the Police -office, which contained £75, in notes of the Bank of Ireland, which notes Miss Brannan claimed. The prisoner had nothing to say in her defence, and was commttted to Flint gaol to take her trial. LONDON BONE-PICKERS.—The following extraordinary statements appear in the report " On the Sanatory Condi tion of the Working Classes" :—" I made inquiries of the commissioners of metropolitan police. From returns which they obtained from their superintendents it appears that of the class of bone-pickers, mud-rakers, people living on the produce of dung-heaps in mews, courts, yards, and by-lanes insufficiently cleansed, 598 are known to the police. From an observation of the proportion of filthy children and adults who appear amidst refuse whenever there are new buildings and an unusual quantity of rubbish, and from other circum stance, I believe that, were the refuse of houses daily cast into the streets in London in the same manner as at Paris, London would soon have as large and as dangerous a popu lation of the c e onm hff • er class. I am informed by Sir C. Shaw, the chief commissioner of police at Manchester, that there are 302 of them known within jurisdiction of the police that town also. He complains that they have heretofore been licensed in their occupation ; that the children are pilferers, and occupy the a ttention of the police, and furnish a large quota to the stock of juvenile delinquents, and the population of the prisons. I am informed that in Bath there are about 100 of them known ; and in other towns and places I have little doubt that they would be found in like proportions, which approach the proportions of the stated numbers of chiffonniers to the population of Paris. These degraded creatures are also found among the inmates of the workhouses, and the close identity of their habits with those of the chiffonniers of Paris, affords a striking proof of the similarity of th e population produced by similarity of circumstances. They are thus described to me by an eye witness :—` The bone pickers are the dirtiest of all the in mates of our workhouse ; I have seen them take a bone from a dung-heap and gnaw it while reeking hot with the fermen tation of decay. Bones, from which the meat had been cut raw, and which had still thin stripes of flesh adhering to them, they scraped carefully with their knives, and put the bits, no matter how befouled with dirt, into a wallet or pocket appro priated to the purpose. They have told me that, whether in broth or grilled, th e y were the mo st savoury dish that cou l d be imagined. I have not observed that these creatures were savage, but they w e re thoroughly debased. Often ha r dl y human in appearance, they had neither human taste nor sym. pathies, nor even h uman s ensations, for they revelledin th e filth which is grateful to dogs, and other lower animals, and and which to our apprehension is redolent only of nausea and abomination." A respectable manufacturer in Leeds, on Tuesday last, received through the post his death warrant, drawn up in these terms :—" If you don't stop your mill by Wednesday, your head shall be taken off.—Signed, BLooD."— Leeds Mercury. The Bishop of Liandaff has announced his intention of holding a general ordination in the cathedral church of his diocese, on Sunday, Sep. 25. Ordinations will be holden at their respective cathedrals, by the Bishops of Salisbury, Lincoln, Carlisle, Peterborough, and Exeter, The remaining ordinations for the year stand as follow :—The Bishop of Ely, at Ely Cathedral, Nov. 27 ; the Bishop of Winchester, at Farnham Castle, Dec. 11 ; the Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church, Oxford, Dec. 18. . . The Castle Hotel at Marlborough is about to be converted into a public school, intended chifly for the children of the clergy from the ages of eight to eighteen years, at a very moderate charge. The Archbishop of Canterbury is to be the visitor of the new school, and the Bishop of Salisbury president. The number of scholars will it is said be five hundred, two- thirds the sons of clergymen, the remainder of laymen.—Bath Herald. The premium on gold at Paris is 8 per mille, which, at the English Mint price of £3 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25 35i, and the exchange at Paris on London at short being 25 55, it follows that gold is 0 78 per emit. dearer in London than in Paris. By advices from Hamburgh, the price of gold is 433 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of £3 17s. 104 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13 it 9 ; and the exchange at H am b urg h on London at short being 13 104, follows that gold i s 0.68 Per cent. dearer in London t han in Hamburgh. Loss OF THE BRIG ULYSSES. —In addition to the parti culars of the loss of this vessel, which appeared in our paper of yesterday, we learn, by a letter received at Llo y d's from the Foreign Office, to Mr- Dobson, the secretary, that the captain, J. Jackson Lakeman, and crew were picked up on the 4th instant in a very exhausted state, from want of food and clothing, by a fisher man, who p aid ever y att ention that their helpless condition r e q uired, and took the m into Ajaccio , whence, after recruiting their strength, they proceeded to Corsica, where they arrived , safe, and received the ne cess ary attention from her Majesty's Consul. It appears that when picked up by the fisherman's boat they were in a very ex tenuated an d speechless state, and had they not been, by the providence of the Almighty, discovered at the time they were, their sufferings would in a very few hours more have ter minated. EDUCATION OF FARMERS. — Among the many steps now taking to improve the education of the yeomanry, one of the most efficient will doubtless be the establishment of schools in which lads can be taught in a formal manner the principles on which the business they will afterwards have to follow are dependent. We cannot pretend to form an opinion of the success with which such plans will be carried out, so much depending upon the tact as well as theoretical and practical knowledge of the directors ; but this we can say with confi dence, that they must be a great improvement upon the m anner of educating the sons of farmers. I n suc h sc h oo l s , as we remember, the object of the master seemed to be to keep a lad in the greatest possible igno rance f or t h e l ongest possible time; and when he was sent to learn to farm, he was provided with no kind of elementary knowledge that could bear upon that kaportant subject, to which all his energy and talent and capital were to be devoted during the re mainder of his life. A mind untrained to habits of reflection is in the worst possible state to enter upon the great field of ac curate observation ; and there is onegreat reason why farming has made such slow progress, and has become so much a mere routine. What idea is a young man to form of the diseases of cattle, who does not even know the meaning of the term animal physiology ? How is he to understand the circumstances that of the general laws that control method is he to judge of the a t h fr e e cgtrhoiws t c h r o o p f s p , a f h h t e a i g B n o y r w a n h t a o t probable value of manures in an entire ignorance of che mistry ? And whence can any improvement in the instru ments of husbandry be derive d, when the first principles of mechanics are unintelligible ? What ! it w ill be explained, must a farmer be a physician, a botanist, a chemist, and an engineer ? Certainly not ; it cannot be of any real service to him, as a farmer, to be any of these things. His business is to be a farmer. But it is highly desirable that he should understand the general facts connected with these subjects, so as to understand what he is about. It is the plainest duty of parents to provide their children with such information when it can be provided; and we believe the age is enlightened enough to agree with us. We have no visionary plans. We have no fancy for Utopian schemes. No one will ever hear us advocating a system of over-education, which does infi nite mischief, putting men out of that station in life in which it has pleased God to place them. We entirely disclaim all such sentiments; but it does not therefore follow that we approve of under-education; in truth, one is as bad as the other. If a farmer can neither read nor write, he will certainly be cheated; if he does not learn to ride, be is very likely to break his neck; if he knows nothing of the practical business of his farm, he is pretty sure to be imposed upon by every one around him ; therefore he is taught such things. But we also submit that if be is ignorant of the causes which influence his success or failure as a cultivator of the soil, and is compelled to trust exclusively to such usages and practice as he may be taught ; if he is driven to work altogether " by rule of three," he contends with the elements, and directs his course of husbandry at just as much disadvantage as he would contend with other things, if he could neither read, write, cypher, ride, sow, plough, nor reap. What folly it is to bore country boys with Latin, Greek, and French; to an noy them with algebra; and waste their growing energies on mathematical puzzle; at the certain sacrifice of all that time which could be so usefully employed in bringing them ac quainted with the material objects that surround them ! De pend upon it, there is More practical wisdom to be gained from a block of wood, a horse's hoof, or even a dunghill, than from all the so-called learning of the schools. Let country boys remain at their-ordinary schools till they are fourteen, transfer them to an agricultural school for a couple of years, and then, when they are sixteen, it is early enough to put them to learn to be farmers.—Gardener's Chronicle. INCOME TAx.—A 'correspondent of a London journal says—" Two friends of mine called upon me to cons u lt a bo ut the returns of incomes they should make ; the on e . relatio n it to be his intention to to the statement subjoined, sta ted make a return of his income as being £3OO t‘ year, upon which I questioned him as to the amou nt of his annu al realms, what per centage he got upon those returns ; which he gave t knowing that the law allowed follows, having lost sight of or no t w allowed him to make various deductions, w hic h sa.w clearly far below £l5O. 1 there would reduce his fancied income according I believe to fore sat down, and made out for him, . and his the following debtor and his most conscientious statemen t, creditor uccount DEDUCTIONS. ANNUAL RETURNS IN TRADE £4OOO. o shopmen's salar at He stated that he believed Tw sa l ary, at . . . he did not get more than 74 o f ditto, at 12s. per cent. on those returns, Boar d er week 6O owing to the unwholesome P at two-thirds„ d Rent, two- ir 5... 45 competition which had crept into his line of business. I Parochia l and assessed here charge him with getting tax e s 10 per cent., being £4OO. Gas lights necessary for carrying on business 5 Repairs of premises un der repairing lease Bad debts, the average of three years .. i 0 Carriage and porterage of goods Balance, net profits for support of family llO £4OO £4OO It is to be feared there is an overwhelming majority of our fellow men and tradesmen in this country, placed in similar circumstances to my friend here alluded to, who, for the want of knowing better, will make a return of an income they 7 never did Possess. General Wiltshire, Nicholls, from Virginia, at this port; sailed 28th July. On 12th August, in lat. 45 7, long. 32 22, spoke the Isabella, from Lisbon to Newfoundland, out 12 days. On 22nd August, exchanged signals with the Rising Sun, hence to the Gulf of Mexico. On 21st August, at 7 a.m. about 20 miles west of Cape Clear, saw a three masted steamer standing to the westward. Gannett, from Barbadoes, at Clyde Anna Catherina, Roberts, from Nantes, at Milford, and sailed for Liverpool _ _ Zenobia, Sutherland, hence at the Cape of Good Hope Firefly, Holland ; Chase, liaison ; Rowena, Teasdale ; Nora Creina, Howes; Favourite, Williamson, and Prince of Wales, hence at Constantinople Schyryd, Nowlan, sailed from Salonica for Smyrna Ist August Basses Pyrenees, Lazald, hence at Nantes Britannia, Proctor, hence for St. Petersburg, off Wick Wilsons, and Valiant, hence at Deme.tara CONSTANTIOPLE, Aug. 3.—The Dalmarnock, Johnstone, from Odessa, arrived here Ist instant, leaky, and must discharge. The Pasha, Leggett, from Liveroool, got on shore near Tenedos, about five days since, but was assisted off apparently without material damage, and arrived here to-day. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 8 4 , c. Earl Grey, J Bell, 242 Calcutta, T& J Brocklebank SOUTH AMERICA. Chimborazo, T White, 429 Lima, Minerva, D Marr, 252 Pernambuco, W & J Tyrer Craig & Co UNITED STATES. Springfield, D Roy, 547 Savannah, Watson & Mackenzie Monticello, J G Lawton, 374 Providence, Baring Brs &Co Mattakeeset, B Taylor, 457 New Orleans, W H Fitzhugh North America, A B Lowber, 578 New York, Baring Brs &Co Nicholas Biddle, D H Truman, 787 New York, G Brown & Co BRITISH AMERICA. Rockshire, C Duggan, 563 Quebec and Montreal, T Froste Hampton, J Graham, 467 Quebec, Glen &Anderson Acadia, J Younger, 364 Quebec, J Poole & Co Aberdeen, J Duffey, 560 Quebec, T Froste Indian Chief, P Sumpton, 492 Montreal, W Fisher & Son EUROPE. Magdalena, N Bruning, 100 Amsterdam, Bahr, Behrend & Co Frederick. Wilhelm IV, C G Zielke, Revel, Bahr, Behrend & Co Isabel, C Granby, 131 Oporto, J Glynn tv. Son Charles, J Rickmers, Ostend, • Bahr, Behrend & Co Horizon, J Green, 222 Narva, Chapman & Willis Orinoco, J M Guerra, 174 Angostnra, J Barbour & Co Rambler, G Hayes, 110 Beirut and Alexandretta, Wilkin & Co or J Moss & Co Alchymist, E Scollay, 275 Constantinople, Chapman & Willis Sabina, P Tadd, 96 Dora, Bahr, Behrend & Co Dahlia, J Burlinson, 291 Cronstadt, C G Weber Grecian Daughter, D Price, 90 Dordt, A Coghill Wm, Aarris, J Luly, jun. 93 Genoa and Leghorn, J Moss & Co Diana, T Morrison, 105 Leghorn, J G White Victory, D Thomas, 124 Lisbon, Vianna & Jones Boyne, Marshall, 240 Almeira, Chapman & Willis l'hilomene, J D Christens, 120 Antwerp, Bahr, Behrend & Co MANCHESTER CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 23. Our market to-day has been characterised by the same feeling which actuated our merchants and manufacturers last Tuesday. We had rather more buyers in town, but their prices are limited on account of the disturbed state of the districts. In every in stance, however, where sales were made, advanced rates were obtained, especially in qualities suitable for home consumption. In Yarns an improvement was also observable. The feeling which prevailed on 'Change to-day was highly satisfactory, and, notwith standing the lamentable state of the manufacturing districts, the greatest confidence seemed to prevail. The number of hands who have resumed work is exceedingly small, but little doubt is en tertained that in a few days nearly the whole of the mills will be in full work. There seems to be a feeling in Manchester in favour of an advance of wages in some departments, more especially the card-room hands and power-loom weavers. How far this desire will be realised time alone can tell. SECOND EDITION. obtiVing Elitelliffellre. Standard-office, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—This DAY . (Prom Messrs. R. MAKIN & SONS' Circular.) Inclusive of a parcel of Wheat from Canada, the arrivals within the past three days amount to upwards of 10,000 qrs., chiefly from Baltic ports ; we have also a good fresh supply of Colonial Flour and several small lots of Oatmeal, but the imports during the same period from all other quarters are light. The duty on Foreign Wheat has been increased this week to lls. per qr., and on Flour to 6s. 71d. per barrel, the anti cipation of which and the certainty of a rapid advance in the rates on this Grain, have communicated a degree of firmness to the trade to which we have of late been accustomed ; a return of almost constant rain has also furnished additional stimulus, and several cargoes of Wheat, mostly Danzig and red Baltic, have changed hands on speculation, at the full rates on Tuesday last, and in some cases at rather more money than was obtainable on that day ; the millers have, however, been very inactive, and we have had no improve ment in the demand for any other article in the interval be tween our last market and to-day. Further speculative purchases in Wheats to a pretty good extent have been effected this morning, in addition to which a fair quantity has been taken by buyers from a distance in the interior, as well as some for Ireland ; and notwith standing our local miilers have remained mostly on the re serve, the transactions on the whole are considerable ; holders are firm, but we cannot state any advance except upon general middling and low descriptions, which are ld. to 2d. per bushel dearer. Flour is more readily sold, but at no quotable improvement in value. The business doing in Oats and Oatmeal is at Tuesday's rates, but the sales are quite in retail; no new Irish at market. For other articles of the trade we continue former quota tions, though little or nothing is passing in them. The weather is still very wet. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 23d to the 25th August, 1842, inclusive TUESDAY, Aug. 23.—Wind variable and light. ARRIV Ell.—lrcin Queen, O'Brien, from Mobile.—Lady Grace, Gor don, from Bilboa.—Stolpe, Reitze, from Danzig.—Henry Bell, Hood, from Riga.—Joseph P. Dobree, and Minerva, Mitchell, from St. Peters burgh.—Patience, Gronholm, from Wyburg. Diadem, Iron, sailed from Leghorn for Dublin and this port, 9th August. Trinity Yacht, Maxwell, and Pegasus, rMagub, hence at Gibraltar, and sailed 9th Aug. for Trieste. Trajano Antonieci, from Ancona at Gibraltar, and sailed 10th Aug. for this port. Rossini, Balparda, hence and Vigo at Cadiz. Nais, Easton, sailed from Cadiz for this port, 7th Aug. Emma, Jarvis, hence at Figueira, and sailed Bth Aug. for Malaga. Fernandes, Contente, sailed from St. Übes for this port 10th Aug. Alert, ldman, and Frederica, Mackwardt, hence at Copenhagen Leslie Alexander, Harris, hence at Kiel Palmyra, Schreyenberg, hence at Ostend Janet Gibson, Gibson, hence at Swinnemunde Sheraton, Wills; Milo, Wcslin, and Magnet, Procter, hence at St. Petersburg Aphrodite, Maack, from Rostock, and John Stewart, from Stettin, at Stofnaway, and both sailed for this port Veracity, Dixon, hence at Stromness, Bth August, and sailed for Cronstadt Pomona, Penny, hence at ditto, and sailed for ditto 10th August Phoenix, Haxell, hence at ditto, and sailed Bth August for Brahes tad t Victoria, Loutitt, hence at ditto, and sailed 11th August for Riga Grace & Jane, Finlay, from Pillau for this port, at Stromness Mic Mac, Bell, hence for St. Petersburg, at ditto, leaky 2.—The Sophia, Wittre, from Liverpool to Walloe, grounded on the Messing Island (Christianaford), but got off, after partly discharging, and proceeded. GIBRALTAR, Aug. 11.—The Maryborough, Cook, from Kertch to Cork, put into this port on the sth instant, having struck on the Ca bezot Rocks on the Ist instant, and received damage. The Nameless, Elliott, from Barletta to Falmouth, put into this port on the sth inst. very leaky, and must discharge. DHSCRIPTION. IKE- COAST- 'CANADA PO LAND. WISE. .8z u..,..• REIGN. TOTAL. - Wheat Qrs. 5 7 1500 8635 1 10147 Barley Qrs. 23 ' 407 , 430 bitalt Oats Ryc Qrs. Beans Qrs. 25 441 466 Pease. Qrs. 140 221 361 Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal . . .. Loads 79 . 789 868 Flow Sacks 315 315 Ditto . &is. . 8283 8283 8283 e :—Wheat, qrs.; Oats, Into Runcorn, hell qrs. ; Oatmeal, 14 land and Lds; Floui Coastwis r, sack EXPORTS.—Foreign. Wheat, qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Malt, qrs.; Oats, qrs.; Pease, qrs. ; Indian Corn, 275 qrs. ; Oat meal. loads; Flour, sacks, brls.—lreland. Wheat. 53g qrs. ; Barley, qrs.; Oats, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, kls.; Flour, sacks 220 brls.-- Coastwise. Wheat, 132 qrs. ; Barley, 12 qrs.; Malt, 2 qrs. ; Oats, 12 qrs. ; Rye, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Indian Corn, —qra. ; Oatmeal, 21 lds.; Flour, 95 sacks 501 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Aug. 20, 1842. Wheat 565. sd. I Barley 265. 9d. I Oats.. 19s. sd. I Rye.. 325. 9d. Beans.. 335. Bd. I Pease.. 333. 11d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 615.10 d. I Barley 275. 7d. I Oats.. 20s. 10th I Rye.. 355. Bd. Beans.. 343. sd. Pease.. 343. 2d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheat I I s.od. Barley gs. od. I Oats 6s. od. Rye.. 7s. 6d. Beans Bs. 6d. I Pease .. Ss. 6d. I Ind. Corn as. od. I Flour 65.; id. Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. Wheat.... Is. Od. I Barley.. 2s. 6d. I Oats .. 2s. Od. I Rye.... Os. 6d. Beans.. Os. 6d I Pease.. os. 6d. I Indian Corn.. os. Od. I Flour.. 74d. Liverpool Averages, week ending Aug. 23, 1842. Wheat. Barley. I Oats . 1 Beans. Pease. Ors lB2 15 1 Prices WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22.—Wind variable and light, ARRIVED—The Cliistiana, Sutherland, from Halifax.—Mary Russell, —, and Harbinger, Rattray, from Montreal—Thetis, Vaughan, and Lady Milton, Sinnot, from St. John, N.B.—Clifton, Ingersoll, from Savannah.—Otter, Cox, from Malta.—Engelina, from Bilboa.—Matador, Bradmore, from Danzig —Jantina, Petronella, Kolk, from Rotterdam.—Queen Victoria, Beazley, and Britannia, M`Grath, from Dublin.—lrisbman, Heaney, from Drogheda.—Finn Mac Coull, Hutcheson, from Dundalk.—lsabella Napier Davenport, from Londonderry.—Amethyst, Currie, and Royal George, M'Arthur, from Glasgow.—Earl of Lonsdale, Thompson, from Whitehaven. SAILED—Thomas Mellor, Palethorpe, for Pernambuco.—Atwick, Mather, for St. Petersburgh. Snowdon, —, hence at Africa. Albania, Crowell; Damascus, Bliss, and Milo, Thompson, hence at Boston. Rose, Tucker, and Salem, —, hence at Mobile. Ontario, —, hence at New Orleans. Ellen Brooks, Hamilton, hence at ditto. Swanton, Heath; Echo, Sill; Metoka b M‘Laren ; Athens, Chase; Sea, Delano ; Cambridge, Barstow, and Roscoe, Huttleston, hence at New York. St. James, Sebor, from London at ditto, 4th Aug. George Wilkinson, Brown, from Bristol, at ditto. Hazard, Churchward, from Barbaddes, at ditto. Hermann, Allyn, hence at Philadelphia. Robert Isaac, Sherman, hence at Savannah. Caledonia Brander, Melony hence at Virginia. Martha, ,hence and St. Thomas at Puerto Cabello. (brig), hence at Fayal, for St. John, N. 8., with passengers, short of provisions and water. Egidius, Halewyk, hence at Flushing. 3lary, Bonet, sailed from Trieste for this port 6th Aug. Lady Jane Stewart, Betts, sailed from Nantes for this port, Aug. Ingelborg, Sandman, hence at Stromness, and sailed 18th Aug. for Christianstadt. Dolphur Sjoholm, from Christianstadt at Stromness, and sailed 17th Aug. for this port. Margaret Elizabeth, M'lver, for the Brazils, has put back leaky, having been aground on Burbo Bank. Andes, Gavey, from Pernambuco at ditto. Charles Ileurtley, Hopper, from Sydney, N.S.W. off Brighton. Workington, Douglas, from Rio Janeiro at Cowes Enterprise, Ivey, from Constantinople at Falmouth. George Lord, Amlot, from Malta at ditto. Lerwick, Currie, from Ceylon at Gravesend. Crusader, Labalestier, from Honduras at ditto. British Queen (steamer), from New York off the Wight; sailed 7th instant. A large ship, with only one mast standing, and a wreck, was seen on the rocks in the windward passage, near St. Domtngo, the 6th July. Elizabeth Tucker, from Sierra Leone, for this port at Barbadoes, leaky, and was discharging, previous to being caulked. Copia, from Demerara for Greenock, off Cork. South Esk, Wishart, from St. John, N.B. at ditto, and sailed for this port, 21st Aug. John Dugdale, hence for Sincapore, was spoken 22nd June, in lat. 21, S. lon. 29, W. _ _ _ Fairy Queen, hence for Newfoundland, was spoken 10th Aug. in lat. 51, lon. 17. Xariffe, Tucker, from Barbadoes at Cork. Left the ship Tropic for London, to sail in 8 days. The Fanny, for Bristol, to sail in a few days. The Hornby, for Bristol, to sail the 16th July. The barque Sarah Trotman, loading for this port. The brig Hobert James Haynes, was to sail for this port, 12th July. The New City of Cork, for St. Lucia, to sail 12th July. The Antigua, was loading for Glasgow. NEW YORK, 6th Aug.—Salem, Ilsley, from Liverpool, was on shore below Mobile, but expected to be got off after discharging her cargo. THURSDAY, AUGUST 25.—Wind N.E. ARRlVfiD.—George, Sheridan, from Narva—Emerald, Watson, from St. Petersburg—Limena, from Halifax—Tramp, and John Stewart, Stewart, from Stettiu—Amity, Douglas, from Pillau— Boadicea, Evans, from Quebec—Fanny Connell, Hamilton, from Lisbon—Alphodit, Maak, from Rostyck—Fanny, from Danzic— Grace & Jane, Finlay, and Lucy, —, from Pillau. SAlLED.—Jessie Miller, Crowder, and Garrow, Corner, for Charleston—Joseph Porter, Wilson, for Halifax—Lady Gordon, Schurr, and Hampton, Graham, for Quebec—Lessing, Newman, and Caroline, Duske, for Stettin—Lusitania, Sinclair, for New foundland—Princess Victoria, Guilbert, for Rio Janeiro—Jim Crow, Carter, for Harlingen—Charles, Giles, for BarbadoesJuno, Oberg, for Wyberg— Heroine, Hodge, for St. Petersburg—Lee warden, Nieber, for Rotterdam—Edward Perkins, Ingersoll, for New York—John Brooks, Lockhart, for Laguira—Olive Braneh, Frink, for Gijon—Champion, Miles, for Dordt—Pommerania, Branall, for Danzic—lsabella, M'Comach, for Antwerp—and Pa nope, Pipon, for Ibrail and Galatz. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, AUGUST 22. Lil,e this day last week the supplies of Cattle were large, and the demand not corresponding, many head were turned out unsold, snore particularly of Beasts. The attendance of butchers was on the whole good, but the weather continuing unfavourable for slaughtering, they purchased in general in moderate quantities. Inferior Beef and prime Ox may be quoted at the reduced prices of Friday, and the middling quality 2d lower. Coarse Mutton re covered the decline of 4d noticed on that day, fetching 3s 4d, and prime Old South Down realised on an average 4s 8d per stone. Veal fully recovered the late reduction in rates, selling at 4s and ss. Pork may be quoted 4d higher than on last market day. Lamb sold with some degree of spirit at 4s tid to 5s 4d, and all found buyers. importo. AFRICA. May, (564) G Brown, from Africa, 980 casks palm oil, Wilson and Dawson—P D UNITED STATES. Clifton, (644) J B Ingersoll, from Savannah, 356 bales cotton, Isaac, Low and co -700 do, Baring Brs and co-100 do, V Poutz -421 do, Collmann and Stolterfoht-34 do, A Kerr-124 do, Fielden Brs and co-151 do, 1 barrel Indian corn grits, order—W D Iron Queen, (349) H H G'Bryan, from Mobile, 578 bales cotton, order-77 do, Fielden Brothers and co-26 do, H Casteliain, Sons and co-54 do, J D Thornely and Son-40 do, A Dennistoun and Co-75 do, Phelps, James and co-6 do, W H Gilliat-13 do, Horn by and Marsden-150 logs cedar, Houghton and Smith-104 salted hides, Robinson and Hadwin—V D BRITISH AMERICA. Tamerlane, (493) J Morris, from Quebec, 18 pees oak and 9 pces white pine timber, 4 cords lathwood, 1470 pces pipe 5460 pces W I and 4800 pces brl staves, 742 pees deals, 63 pees oars, T Froste -5126 brls flour, Archer, Daly and co—P D . . Mary Russell, (233) F Turnbull, from Montreal, 1500 qrs wheat J Logan-40 pair oars, 25 deals, exportation—W Highland Mary, (427) A Walker, from Quebec, 291 pees fir and 28 pces oak timber, 11,325 staves, 8 spars, D Gibb—B D Thetis, (804) W Vaughan, from St. John, N.B. 251 pees birch and 798 pees fir timber, 2182 deals and deal ends, 9180 staves, 8 fms lathwood, 280 oars, 225 rickers, I box salmon, Gibbs, Bright and co-59 deals, exportation—B D EUROPE. Angelina, (100) E Rees, from Bilboa, 400 qrs wheat, 419 bags madder, R and J Barrow—G D Matadora, (212) M Bradenahl, from Danzic, 1500 qrs wheat, Twiname, Maxwell and co-1 fm lathwood, order—Q D Jantina Petronella, (164) B P Kolk, from Rotterdam, 5 casks 10 chests contents unknown, order-7 chests do. Robinson and co— do, Promoli and Hausburg-1 aum 8 cases do, order-1 aum do, Taylor, Sons and c• —1 do, Mather, Thomlinson and co-10 do, J C Robinson-1 do, TW S May-1 do, D and T Willis-1 do, Foster and Lloyd-4 do, E E Rawber—i hf aum do, Vianna and Jones -20 hhds 50 hf pipes geneva, G Ellerkamp-31 hhds 20 cases do, T Hayle —l6 hhds do, J Van Zeller and co -17 cases do, P Devaux -20 hf puns do, A C Kup-25 hf pipes 300 cases do, lit M`Gachen -484 bags coffee, exportation-100 mats flax, 20 bundles calf skins, is casks smalts, 136 bales carraway seed, 1 bale liquorice, 5 bags potatoes, order-1 keg rusks, W J Duucan and co-4 casks hard ware, R Zwilchenbart and eo-10 qr casks gin, D and C Maelver and co-1 case cordials, Daeniug-1 case can de Cologne, W Drury —1 case carraway seed, A R Lafone-10 loads rashes, G Ellerkamp —2 hampers mineral water, D Willink—W D Stolpe, (332) M J Reetzke, from Danzic, 6 bags linseed, 2 bags beans, 1687 bags 1340 qrs wheat, 333 bags peas, 100 irks lard, 2 fathoms lathwood, Neuman and co—Q D _ _ _ Patience, (341) A Granholm, from Wyburg, 54g6 deals and bat tens, 5 fms lathwood, Dempsey, Frost and co-149 brls tar, the master—B D Joseph P. Dobree, (267) A Hawkins, from St. Petersburg, 558 casks tallow, H and J Hornby and co-100 do, 1800 pees lathwood, 1 case books and papers, order—W D . _ Swallow, (80) 'l' Beesley, from Graciosa, 130 bales cotton, W Dart—(part of the cargo of the Mary Ann Hattori, wrecked at Graciosa)-2 boxes contents unknown, W Dart—P D PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. LONDON & LIVERPOOL, Jamaica Leeward Isl. Dem. & Berbice. Honduras Havana New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Canada British North America Newfoluicuand Brazils River Plate East Indies China Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &e. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &C. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, &e. Oporto .................... Outward 25s od@, 30 0 20 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 35 0- 40 0 25 0— 30 0 25 0 30 0 30 0 35 30 0-35 0 30 0— 35 30 0 0 0 25 0-30 0 35 0— 40 0 35 0— 40 0 50 0-60 0 35 0 40 40 0 50 0 40 0-50 0 30 0 15 0 1 7 6 so o 6o 0 17 6 20 0 30 o. 0 0 17 6-20 0 15 0-20 0 20 0 - 25 0 20 0- 20 0 - -- 20 0-25 0 25 0-30 0 25 0- 30 0 25 0- 30 0 20 0 - 20 0 308 Ode 0 0 20 0 -- 0 0 40 0 -- 50 0 40 0-50 0 15 0 -- 17 6 15 0 -- 17 6 25 0-30 0 0 0 -- 0 0 0 0 -- 0 0 25 0-30 0 25 0-30 0 30 0 35 0-- 40 0 45 0-- 50 0 35 0 -- 40 0 40 0 -- -- 40 0 -- -- 126 0 17 6 20 0 40 0 -- 17 6 -- 20 0 20 0-25 0 17 6-20 0 15 0-20 0 17 6-20 0 17 6-20 0 20 0 - 20 0-25 0 20 0 -25 0 25 0 - - 17 6- 90 6 Ifiarkets. WARRINGTON CORN MARKET, AUGUST 23. Total quantities. Total amount. Price per quarter, Wheat, qrs. 37 Oats, „ 10 SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, AL GUST 25. There was a fair show of Beasts to-day, and of Sheep moderate. The quantity of both fully an average one. Best Beef in demand at 5d to Sid and 6d. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. AUGUST 22. Throughout the whole of last week we were well supplied with Wheat from our own coast, and abundantly from foreign ports. The arrivals of other descriptions of Grain were likewise good. Of Foreign Wheat the grand total of the week amounts to 57,408 quarters, of Barley, 7,812, and of Oats 22,982 quarters. The de mand throughout the week was languid, and but few parcels changed hands, at Monday's reduction. The supply fresh up is only moderate. New Wheats are about 4s cheaper than this day week. Oats are dull, and rather cheaper. Beans and Peas are unaltered. White Mustard Seed is is per bushel higher, and brown rather dearer than this day week. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24. There are abundant supplies of free foreign and of new English Wheat at market this morning, but scarcely any business has taken place, and the attendance consists principally of parties engaged in the retail trade. The prices are nominally the same as on Mon day, but Oats, of which there is a considerable show and of fine quality, are rather lower, bnt without any speculative demand. The duty on Foreign Wheat advanced to 9s per quarter on Thurs day last, and will again advance to-morrow. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUGUST 23. Our Cotton market has had an unusually quiet surface to-day, and on summing up the amount of business, we were surprised to find it 3,000 to 4,000 bales, and 1.000 by spe culators. A very good enquiry is going on, which will con siderably increase the amount of business. COTTON MARKET, AUGUST 25. The demand for Cotton from both the consumer and speculator continues good, and large business has been gone. On Tuesday 5000 bales, Wednesday 6000 and to-day 6 to 7500, at very full prices, generally averaging id lb advance on last week's prices. Speculators seem to act upon the anticipation of large business being done when the mills resume operations, rather than upon any warrant they have from present appearances, for the com mercial accounts from America are of an excessively gloomy ten dency, whilst the rumour of the forthcoming crops both of Wheat and Cotton, seems to anticipate an immense increase upon any preceding one. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 23. Since the present corn bill came into operation on the 2d May, there have been released from bond at this port 535,871 qrs. foreign Wheat, 6,043 qrs. Barley, 7,423 qrs. Oats, 2,174 qrs. Beans, 2,596 qrs. Pease, and 132,748 brls. Flour. Since the 4th instant, up to which time no duties on Wheat and Flour were paid in anticipation of sales, the whole of the former, consisting of 410,792 qrs., and 73,393 brls. of the latter, have been liberated—leaving about 10,000 brls. of Flour in bond, probably with a view to obtaining a better proportionate value for the purposes of export than could be realized after the payment of duty. A comparatively limited quantity of Foreign Wheat, with a few parcels of Barley, Beans, and Pease from European ports, and several thousand barrels Canadian Flour, have come to hand since this clay week ; but the large accession to the supply of the leading articles thrown upon the free market has furnished an extensive choice of samples, which, being unmet by any country demand of consequence, has even increased the depression previously noticed ; and at this day's market, upon a very moderate demand, Wheats declined still further, reducing our quotations for most de scriptions 3d. to 4d. per 701bs. from the general currency of this day week. Flour must be noted ls. per barrel and per sack lower, with a limited sale. Old Oats were much neglected, and ld. cheaper; new Oats would have brought 3s. per 45 lbs., but we are still without a supply. Both old and new Oatmeal were in request at an abate ment of ls. per sack, and a tolerable quantity was taken for country orders. In other articles little or nothing passing, and prices almost nominal. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, AUG. 25. Wind at Holyhead N. E., light breeze. Off Holyhead at 11 a.m., No. 8491, Monarch brig from -,--. Yesterday at 7 p.m., No. 1807, Cheetah schooner for Labrador; No. 3275, Lusitania schooner for -. Off Point Lynas at 6 a.m. (this day,) No. 3257, Troubadour steamer from Bristol. H. 31. Friday .. 26 144 Saturday 27 2 16 Sunday.. 28 251 Monday .2g 3 35 Tuesday. 30 4 35 Wednes .31 5 56 Thursday 1 7 30 TIDE TABLE. Evn, I Height.! Sundays, Holydays, 6c. 15 4 Venus sets 8h 4m evening. 14 3 Jupiter sets 11h 55m even. 13 0 14th Sunday after Trinity. 11 10 St. John Baptist beheaded. 10 10 Length of day 13h 49m. 10 6 Length of night 10h 16m. 11 3 St. Giles. LIVERPOOL INFIRM. DISCHARGED In-patients cured Relieved and at own request 12 Made Out-patients ....• Irregular Dead Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. R. Davies. House Visiters, W. Carson and John Cropper, Esqrs. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon . Mr. Brandreth. E. W. JACKSON, Treasurer. LIVERPOOL DISTRICT PROVIDENT SOCIETY. WEEKLY REPORT OF TIIE MENDICANT BOARD. From the 17th to the 23rd Aug. 1842, both days inclusive. Number of Applications Relieved with Provision Orders 23 " Bread " " Bread and Cheese Refused in consequence of having Relief from their Parishes, &c. 4-52 JOHN SHAW. Agent. Office, 4, Queen-square. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensaries during the last week: — North. South. Total Received advice and medicine at the Insti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine 309 283 123 128 251 Total at each Dispensary 432 VISITORS. North—Mr. W. F. Macgreggor, Mr. C. Booth, and Mr. J. A. Case South—Mr. Jordan, Rev. C. Morrall, and Rev. J. Cooper. J. WHITBY WILLIAMS, Secretary pro. tern. Dispensaries' Office, 1, Fenwick-street, Aug. 22, 1842. PRICES OF SHARES, AUGUST 25. Prices within the last seven days. This days RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices Bolton and Preston Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto quarter Birmingham and Derby lOO .. 0 0 0 Bristol and Exeter 7O 0 0 0 .... Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new, issued at ie33 dis. .• .. 112 6 pm. Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto new Shares.... 6 6 8 8 9 2 Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto new shares Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 17 10 0 Half Shares Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar 1 50 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares 5O .... Quarter New ditto Great Western Ditto new shares 5O Ditto Fifth Shares 4 .. Great North of England 100 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 47 10 0 Ditto Junction, new •••• Leicester and Swannington 5O Leeds and Selby Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London anti Birmingham 9O . Ditto quarter shares Ditto old shares Ditto new • London & Brighton Ditto new London and South Western Ditto, 10th shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 4O .... Ditto and Ditto Extension Manchester and Leeds 7O .... Ditto half shares Ditto quarter shales Midland Counties Ditto, quarter l5 .... North Midland New North Midland 4O One-third Share's North Union Newcastle and Carlisle .8 9 2 0 0 0 .... 181 0 0 ex. 90 10 0 ex. 91 0 0 45 5 0 ex. 26 15 0 ex. „ 0 0 0 .... 84 0 ex. 60 0 0 ex. 8 7 6 .... O 0 0 ... o 0 0 .... o 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... . o 0 0 .... O o 0 .... 176 0 o .... 42 IS 0 .... 42 17 6 85 10 0 ex. 85 15 0 182 0 0 ex. 182 0 0 47 5 e ex. 47 15 0 61 10 0 ex. 61 0 0 31 5 0 ex. 33 10 0 ex. O 0 0 .... o 0 0 .... o 0 0 .... o 0 0 .... 24 0 0 .... o 0 U .... 76 10 0 .... o 0 0 .... o 0 0 .... o 0 0 .... o 0 0 .... o 0 0 .... o 0 0 .... 18 10 0 .... 19 0 0 o 0 0 ex. o 0 0... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... 22 5 0 6 7 6 .... oo 0 .... o 0 0 .... 7 10.. 100 ... Ditto quarter shares Ulster 25 Paris and Rouen lB South Eastern and Dover 5O .... Newshares York and North Midland 5O paid Half Shares BANKS. Bank of Liverpool ....... . £l2 lOs paid 0 0 0 .... - Borough Bank.... . - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 00 0 .... - Commercial of England. 5 .... 00 0 .... - East of England .... - of Manchester lO .... 0 0 0 ... , - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. I S .... 0 0 0 ... ~ - Northern and Central - North and South Wales lO .... 0 0 0 ... - Royal of Liverpool 500 .... 00 0 ... • - South Lancashire .... - Albion . , 25 paid 0 0 0 .... - Liverpool Union lO •• • • 10 2 6 ex. - Liverpool Banking Co 10...... (0 ) (0) .... - Wilts and Dorset 7 los , 0 0 0 GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. .... Exchange Buildings . £loo paid 0 0 0 „ L'pool and Harri n gton Water 1 Stock Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... L'poo Gas Light Company, (Original Stock) 10n .... Ditto new Shares .... 100 .... 00 0 0 0 0 .. L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £ l OO .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. 0 0 0 .. ASSURANCE COMPANIEs , M'chester Assurance Company. is Liverpool Fire and Life....... , 2 10s. 217 a Ocean Assurance • • 2 10.. 0 0 0.. Liverpool Maxine Assurance ) • • Company DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c Anderton Carrying Company .. 1 6 53. 0 o'r 0 . Rock Ferry 20 ... o o 0 .... Steam Tug Company lO . ... 0 0 0 .... 0 0 0 .... BIRTHS. On the 10th instant, at Hatton, Middlesex, the lady of Sir F. POLLOCK, M.P., of a daughter. On the I ith instant, at Binnswiek-square, Brighton, the lady of Major M'QUEEN, of a son. Same day, at the Vicarge, Clun, the lady of the Rev. EDWARD D. SWAINSON, of a son. On the Igth instant, at Summerland Terrace, Plymouth, Devon, the lady of Captain GEORGE B. ROSE, late of the 6gth Regiment, on the retired full pay, of a daughter. On the 20th instant, at Sorry Lunge, eounty of Leitrim, the lady of FRANCIS NISBITT CULLEN, Esq. of a son. On the 21st instant, at Grenville-street, Dublin, the lady of BLACKWOOD HAMILTON, Esq. of a son. On the 22nd instant, at Mer View, Booterstown, county of Dub lin, the lady of MICHAEL GALLWEY, Esq. of a son. Same day, at 21, Percy-place, Dublin, the lady of EDWAR D PETHER STON 11., Esq. of a son. .RY REPORT, AUG. 20. AD3IITTED. In-patients Out-patients . 0 Casuals during the last week 4 Remain inthe house 203 LONDON GAZETTE,.--TUESDAY, AUGUST 23. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED J. D. Roche and F. F. Gibbs, Liverpool, ship-brokers—Rees and Castle, Liverpool, and Bristol, brewers—M. Ozun and L. Godefroy, Crammer-place, Waterloo-road, London—J. and S. Gooding, Faversham, Kent, boot and shoe makers—L. and S. Price, Regent street, London, millers G. Atkins and Co., Thames Ditton, Surrey, and Basing-lane, Cheapside, London, manufacturers of patent dye extracts—J. Manley and J. Borham, Paternoster-row, London —C. and H. Robinson, Upper street, Islington, and Notting-hill, London, linendrapers—W. and S. Barber, Swaton and Dembleby, Lincolnshire, farmers—E. Roach and Co.—D. Burn and Son, Lower Shadwell, London, shi p- eh an dlers —N ettleton and Hicks, Plymouth, wine-merchants—Porter and Scott, Keswick, Cumberland, painters and glaziers—E. Snowball, T. Clarkson, and I. Snowball, Leeds, confectioners—Lawrence Hayes and Co., Zante, lonian Islands; and Lawrence Hayes, and Ingate. Patras, Greece, merchants — A. Taque and D. Williams, Merthyr Tidvil, innkeepers—R. Marshall, M. Waller, and J. Lockwood, Halifax, Yorkshire, cotton-spinners ; as far as regards It. Marshall—S. Farrer and Co., Gledhow and Potternewton, Yorkshire, stone-masons; as far as regards C. Smith. INSOLVENT. Aug. 23.—IIenry Bird, Caroline-place, Hampitead -road, London, surgeon. BANKRUPTS. Cornelius Edwin German, Tottenham-court-road, London, chemist. William Heap, Burnley, Lancashire, ironmonger. Thomas Gibson, Dalton, Lancashire, coal-merchant. Henry Hickman, Dudley, Worcestershire, druggist. DIVIDENDS. Sept. 15, J. and J. Gale, Love-lane, Shadwell, London, rope makers—Sept. 20, J. Robson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, grocer—Sept. 14, J. Bate, Dudley, Worcestershire, iron-merchant—Sept. 14, J. Baker, Titchfield, Southampton, miller—Sept.l4. J. Critchley, Liver pool, bricklayer—Sept. 21, J. Edwards, Hungerford, Berkshire, wine-merchant—Sept. 17, J. Crowe, Sunderland, innkeeper—Sept. 15, E. Wilcock. G. Teasdale, and J. Turner, Ulverstone, Lanca shire, paper-manufacturers—Sept. 22, G. P. Kennan and A. Samson, Manchester, calico-printers. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before September 13. J. Cree, Devonport, draper—W. Gilroy, Birmingham, ironmonger —M. Lazarus, Cutler-street, Houndsditch, glass-merchant—J. Turner, Hirers ton e, Lancashire, paper-manufacturer—C. Ratheram, Birmingham, builder—B. Simmons, Dockhead, Bermondsey, Lon don, ironfounder—E. Farbrother, Oxford. wine-merchant—R. Attree, Brighton, hosier—W. G. Gray, Bath, dentist—S. F. Stephens, Old Broad-street, London, bill_broker—W. R. Ravens croft, Manchester, banker. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. AUGUST. HOUR. 56, Edward Moss, (2nd). Clarendon Rooms, I 26, H. G. and A. D. Kellock, (Ist) Ditto, 2 27, Bannister an d Si m p son , ( au dit) .. Ditt o , 1 29, Seth Flitcroft, (proof and div.) Ditto, 12 30, Wilckens and Wigault, (proof & final div.) . Ditto, 12 30, Samuel Brown, (2nd).. Ditto, 12 30, James Stuart, (2 n d). Ditto, 1 30, Joshua Bolshaw, (2 n d) . 30, Spinks and Molson, (2nd). Ditto, 2 31, Joshua Bolshaw, (special). Mr. Tompson's 11 31, George Gibson. (specia 1).... 31, Thomas and William Wilson, (proof) Clarendon Rooms, 2 Sept. 1, John Banastre Falkner, (proof and div.) Ditto, 12 2, Seddon and Jordan, (2nd; Ditto, 12 2, Alexander W. Hollock, (audit) Ditto, 1 3, Thomas Wilson, (proof and div.) 3, R. 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On the 7th instant, Mr. THOMAS COVENTRY to MARY, only daughter of Mr.T.WEBS TER, farmer, both of Wallasey, Cheshire. On the gth instant, Mr. JAMES M'CONNOCKIE, joiner, to Miss MARY MOONEY, dressmaker, both of Birkenhead, Cheshire. On the 16th instant, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, by the Rev. C. Wray, Mr. M'VEY, boot and shoe maker, Tithebarn-street, to Miss ELLEN ATKINSON, Ryley's-gardens. On the 18th instant, at Northallerton, Mr. F. THACKWRAY, of this town, grocer, to Miss REBECCA COOPER, daughter of the late Mr. J. V. Cooper, painter, Northallerton. Same day, at St. Mark's Church, Captain BOUSKELL, of the barque Dyson, of this port, to Miss JANE KENDALL, niece of George Kendall, Esq., of this town. Same day, at Kilcrohane Church, by the Rev. James Allen, WILLIAM ALLEN, Esq., jun., of Liscongill, county of Cork, to CLARA BELINDA, youngest daughter of the late FEANCIS C. BLAND, Esq., D.L., of Derriquin Castle, in the county of Kerry. On the I gth instant, in Kilrush Church, by the Rev. John Lucas, GEORGE DAVOREN, Esq., second son of the late Basil Davoren, Esq., solicitor, to CHARLOTTE, fourth daughter of the late THOS. LYSAGHT, Esq., solicitor, register and law agent to the Dublin Society, and grand-daughter to the late General Valiancy chief engineer of Ireland. Same day, Mr. HENRY DIXON to Miss ISABELLA THOMP SON. Same day, in St. Mark's Church, Dublin, WILLIAM MUSSEN CAM PBELL, Esq., Kingstown, to DELIA GRAHAM, Esq., youngest daughter of the late Francis Graham, Esq., formerly of the Tyrone Regiment. On the 20th instant, at St. John's, Paddington, London, Capt. JOHN DOMETT, of Camberwell, Surrey, to CHARLOTTE THERESA, only daughter of the late Colonel GEE HILLIER, of her Majesty's 62d Regiment. On the 21st instant, at Malpas, Mr. ROBERT DURNING NUTTALL, to ELIZA, eldest daughter of Mr. WILLIAM SMITH, M alpas. Same day, at the Parish Church, Blackburn, by the Rev. C. James, 8.A., Mr. WILLIAM FIELDING, of Clayton-le-Moors, to Miss MARGARET BOARDMAN, of the former town. On the 22nd instant, at St. Church, JOHN SCOTT, to Miss SARAH SILVER. _ On the 23rd instant, at the Baptist Chapel, Stratford-on-Avon, by the Rev. John Edwards, JOHN AIOORE, Esq., surgeon, of Liverpool, to HANNAH, eldest daughter of the above minister. On the 24th instant, at Edge-hill Church, by the Rev. John Cordeaux, M.A., ELIZA JANE, only daughter of JOHN RED ISH, Esq., of West Derby-street, to JOHN FRANCIS GOODWIN. Esq., of Liverpool, merchant. Yesterday, at the hour of ten, at St. George's, Hanover-square, London, ALGERNON, Lord PRUDHOE, only brother and heir presumptive to the Duke of Northumberland, to the Lady ELEANOR GROSVENOR, eldest daughter of Earl and Countess Grosvenor, grand-daughter of the Marquis of Westminster, and niece to the Duke of Sutherland and the Duchess of Norfolk. The noble bride groom is in his 50th year, the bride is 22. At the same time Lord PARKER, only son of the Earl of Macclesfield, was married to Lady MARY FRANCIS GROSVENOR, second daughter of the noble Earl. A grand d(Yeitner was given to a circle of 40, after the ceremony, by the Marchioness of Westminster, at Grosvenor House. Lord and Lady Robert Grosvenor came up from the Isle of Wight to attend the ceremony ; and the Duke of Wellington.. whose family is connected with the Grosvenors by the marriage of his niece to Lord Robert, was also present. DIED. Lately, at Newport, in the Isle of Wight, aged 65, THOMAS EIASSALL, Esq., formerly of this town. On the 4th instant, at Everton, Miss MARGARET ELLIOTT, of Christleton, near Chester, second daughter of the late John Elliott, Esq., of Manchester. On the 7th instant, at Walton, Mr. JOHN ASHTON, plumber, &C. aged 33. Same day, at his mother's house, Edge.lane, Mr. THOMAS KNOWLES MACHELL. Same day, aged 19, THOMAS, son of Mr. HENRY TUNSTALL, Great Richmond-street. His amiable disposition endeared him to all who were acquainted with him. On the i lth instant, Mr. THOMAS SCOTT, formerly of Wigan, aged 45 years. On the 18th instant, at East Cliffe, Preston, in the 13th year of his age, JOHN HENRY, eldest son of the Rev. JOHN CLAY. Same day, aged 31, EMILIA, wife of CHARLES ODDIE, of M oss- street. Same day, JAMES HIRAM, son of Mr. EDWIN HUNT, shiP agent, aged six months. On the 19th instant, aged 84 years, at North Brook Lodge, near Exeter, Devonshire, the Marchioness Dowager of HEADFORT. Same day, in his ;3rd year, at his seat, Minterne, Dorsetshire, Admiral Sir HENRY DIGBY, G.C.B. ................. .—_ . Same day, at Lansdowne-terrace, Cheltenham, Mrs. GREY, relict of R. W. Grey, Esq. of Backworth, North um b er l and, an d mother of the Right Hon. Sir C. E. Grey, Governor of Barbadoes, St. Vincent. &c. . On the 20th instant, aged 5 years, MICHAEL GIBSON, second son of Mr. WM. ROSKELL, Penketh-lodge near Warrington. Same day, aged 4 years, JOHN FOSTER, son of the Bor. JOHN BA KEWELL, minister of the Methodist New Connection , Chorlton - upon - M edlock. Same day, at Bert House, Athy, after a long and suffering illness , whieh she bore with the most Christian patience and submission , MARIA, the beloved wife of Lord DOWNES. Same day, in Dublin Castle, aged 2 years and eleven months• ANNIE PHIPPS DE ANYERS, eldest child of Mr. and Mrs' FREDERICK WILLIS. On the 21st instant, in the 24th year of her age, CATHERINE KENNEDY, youngest daughter the late RODERICK WIVE% Esq., collector of customs, Thurso, Caithness. Same day, at Southport, of consumption, in the 21st year of his age, THOMAS EDWARD KEIR FRENCH, eldest son of Captai!l T. W. French, of St. John's, New Brunswick, late of the 4;t11 regiment. On the 23rd instant, aged 64, ADAM RUTHERFORD London road. LIVERPOOL: FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1842. 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