The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-12-27 00:00:00

- _ Vortrp. THE CHRISTMAS HOLLY. The holly! the holly ! oh twine it with bay— Come give the holly a song ; For it helps to drive stern winter away, With his garment so.sombre and and long. It peeps througli thttrees with its berries of red, And its leaves of fmrnish'd green, When flowers arid thrlts have long been dead, _ And not even the daisy is seen, Then sing to the holly, toe Christmas holly, That hangs o'er peasant and King; While we laugh aul carouse 'neatb its glitering boughs, To the Christmas holly we'll sing. The gale may whistle, and frost may come To fetter the gurgling rill; The woods ma y be bare, and the war blers dumb — But the holl y is beautiful still. In the revel and light of princely halls The bright holly-branch is found ; And its shadow falls on the lowliest walls, While t brimming horn goes round. Then drink to the holly, &c. The ivy lives long, but its home must be Where graves and ruins are spread; There's beauty about the cypress tree, But it flourishes near the deed : The laurel the warrior's brow may wreathe, But it tells of tears and blood; I sing the holly, and who can breathe Aught of that that is not good ? The sing to the holly, &c. CONTEMPORARY PRESS. We have to announce to-day the most numerously attended Conservative celebration of the year. We are obliged to use a compound phrase, because, in truth, the celebration was not made at a single meeting, but by . several meetings simultaneously collected in various rooms through the town of Birmingham, no single room in the town being sufficient conveniently to accommodate the vast Conservative multide. We are informed that the number who actually attended exceeded 3,000 ; and that, but for the difficulty of procuring accommodation, and the consequent apprehension that it could not be pro cured, the number would have been at least doubled. For the particulars of. this most gratifying celebration we must refer to the report which we have borrowed from the Morning- Herald, and which, though more ample and satisfactory in its details, rather falls short of, than exceeds, the accounts we have hid from, - at least, a dozen private correspondents. Some of our letters rate the numbers present in the several Conservative stations at more than 4000; all represent the whole body of Con servatives as animated with the noblest enthusiasm. If we may trust to the evidence of this manifestation, Messrs. Attwood, Scholefield, Edward Gibbon Wakefield, and Muntz may spare themselves the trouble of specu lating upon the result of the next general election. We are greatly pressed for room to-day, and, as in such cases men are accustomed to pack heterogenous articles in the same parcel upon a journey, we will yen taro to append to this glorious evidence of the improved good sense of Birmingham a remark upon the singular taciturnity of the liberal journals at the close of the Common Council elections. We remember, not very long -ago, many exulting paragraphs put forward by our ministerial contemporaries upon occasion of the return of a liberal town councilman in the borough of Wallingford. Now we have all re spect for Wallingford on every account, but chiefly because of the admirable representative whom it sends to parliament—an able and accomplished gentleman, and a member of the purest and best class of Conservative commoners. But, with all . our respect for Wallingford, and all our gratitude for the return of such a member as Mr. Blackstone, we must contend for the equality, at least in importance, of the Common Council of London with the Town Council of Wallingford; and we think we may conclude that at the Common Council elections Our contempories have found nothing to boast of, or they would not be so meekly silent. They have preserved, it is true, some of their friends in the Common Council, but in no very brilliant positions. Tires, at the election just beside us—the election for Farringdon Without — we find Mr. Galloway the 13th of the 16 returned ; Messrs. Wells and Williams, the most ultra-Radicals of all the ultra•Rsdicals, rejected; and Mr. Tickner, who declared that " the O'Connell connection stunk in his nostrik," nearly heading the poll. This looks well in the ward which once elected Mr. Vlraithinan as its alderman, and replaced him by Mr. Harmer. We believe that all the other wards have evinced a similar bias; and our belief is certainly not a little confirmed by the silence of the Whig-Radicals; but next week we may look a little closer into this matter. The fate of the Whig-Radical amendment, refusing the rates in the parish of Lambeth, is another "sign of the times." Mr. Quin, to whom not merely his parish, but the Church of England and the whole Conservative body are deeply indebted for a long series of important services, put. the matter upon the right ground, when he said that " the question is not whether to make a church rate, but whether the Established Church, as such, shall or shall not be maintained." The effect was inevitable; men were at once awakened to the real question, and the rate was triumphantly carried. We advise that upon future occasions of a rate disputed upon principle the' Lae 'marked out by Mr. Quin be followed. Let, •of Course, all jobbing of churchwardens and parish officers— the most jobbing officials in the kingdom, because the most plebeian and the least responsible—let all parochial jobbing be vigilantly corrected, and then let it be urged upon every churchman that " the question is not of a church-rate, but whether the Established Church, as Such, shall or shall .not be maintained." Let this be done universally, and there will be an end of rate resist ance.—Standard. THE MISSING WHALERS. ( From the Shipping Gazette.) We are glad to find that the rash and inhuman deter mination formed by the Lords of the Admiralty relative to the whale-ships and their unfortunate crews, detained in the ice-bound seas of the north, is not likely to be passed over by the public without the strongest animad version ; and, if we may judge from the communications we receive from the various outports, as well as from what we find in the local papers, the government islikely to"suffer very materially on account of their lordships' deciiion. The Dundee Chronicle devotes upwards of two columns to the subject, from which we make the fol lowing extracts:— " Our Whig Government," says our contemporary, " are not without some troubles respecting their own existence, and may the more easily plead inability, if not want of will, to attend to the calls of justice and humanity. But is this consistent with the character of the British nation, which is justly celebrated for its readiness to extend a helping hand to all in distress? Have our adventurous countrymen, shut up in a frozen sea, and cut off from the mesns of evet: preserving their lives, no claim upou the government 7br relief? It is clear that it is the pecu liar business of his Majesty's ministers to send relief to the un fortunate vessels, no fewer than six in number, now detained in the ice at Davis's Straits. We demand it in behalf of our un fertunate bnt meritorious fellow-townsmen, and tell the go vernment that they have not added to their popularity, in this quarter, by refusing all aid in so urgent a case, and rejecting the petition of more than 240 of the most respectable inhabi tants of Dundee. We are utterly at a loss to account for its rejection. The only tangible excuse, in fact, is pettishness on the part of ministers, at the recent cor.demnation of them and their adherenti, by the non-electors of Dundee. (Parnell took 'care not to trouble his constituents—he did not even ask them to Meet him.) Bat, whatever be the cause of their present re fUsal, the piiblie voice should -lie raised against this act of the government, with the view of compelling it to adopt a more just course; and, in the meantime, private benevolence should be brought to the aid of the unfortunate suffei ers." We trust that the tone of remonstrance . so properly adopted by our northern contemporary, will be taken up throughout the country. The circumstances of the case will furnish a justification of all that can be said in this way ;—the lives of 300 of the most hardy and enterpris ing of British mariners are at stake, but " my lords" of the Admiralty will not give a doit towards preventing the frightful contingency that is apprehended. By the bye, let us ask why the crews engaged in the whale:trade should he worse treated than those engaged in any other branch of maritime commerce ? If there be One branch of navigation more important than another, as furnishing a nursery fur British seamen, and fOr the cultivation of that indomitable spirit of fearless enter prise, which has hitherto made the "wooden walls of Old England" the glory of the world- 7 -4 is to be found in the northern whale-trade. No service is so severe—none beset. with such imminent peril. Tu this, therefore, ,sikg'pld be undoubtedly extended, at least the same aid and,protection as is furnished to every other branch of maritime commerce. A COMPOSTTOR.—On the 2nd ult.,At a congregation at Cam bridge, the Decree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon the Rev: J. B. Smith, of Christ College, Rector of Sotby and Martin, Lincolnshire, head Master of Florncastle Grammar School, std formerly a compositor in liol*. This gentleman, Who has'advanced himself by his own cruse application to the highesC•degree of university honours, was apprenticed to the late Mr, W. Blanchard, printer of the York Chronicle. IticßvAs€ OF BRITISH POPULATION.—It appears that the population of Great Britain increased, during the first thirty years of the present century, at the rate of about 15 per cent. tell ten years, or of 11 per cent. a-year. A ratio of this sort g as l utt easily -changed, and there is no reason to think that it . 'lselin sensibly affected since 1830. On this hypothesis, the population must of ob , ~,..„ • t have increased during the interval at the rate conse a tfit t e - ritri " h a a }ear, (1 2 per I cent. on - 16,539,318.) and must about ~„„,.ve...,mounted, on the 31st of May, 1836, to t 6 e ,--7 , ,, , . ~..lekie,,population of lieland increased during population of Great ii,i..1:31' at nearly the same rate as the haveZ' . great change can We believe that there also, no riod; and that the p opulmi n ot Pleee dulling the intervening pe increased since 1830, at th e rate n( be fairly supposed to have . per cent. on 7,767,401;) aria if ~,o,..about 165,000 yeaa-er, (1.45 .of May, 1636, to about 8.592,00 0. 11 : 14),luid amount /he 31st these suppositions, the entire pnpulatio o . 1 if we be right in Ireland would, nn the 31st of May. 1836 be r k,'„ a „ t Britain,o And including the islands of Jersey, Guern a e --ii,`l'un'37l.°oo - he taken at 26,500100. It results from tIZE: --a Z t ',„"„,e , it ' that the British Islands rank as the fourth stateeinlitv,.-,;—"ts, point of population, being surpassed only by It • '"T'e in usina, France it tla Austria. Our population is nearly double that of th e powerful and flourishing kingdom of Prussia. UNITED PRAYER FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBLIN RECORD. St. Bride's Liverpool, Dec. 12, 1836. SlR,—Some few years since I published a small work inti tuled " Thoughts on the Importance of Special Prayer for the general outpouring of the Holy Spirit :" and afterwards tra velled through different parts of England, Scotland, and Ire land, and the Continent, to promote this object. When in Italy, I met with a v er y devout and influential christian, who resides in the United States of America, but who . ; from diffidence, wishes to remain unknown. From this excellent person I have lately received a very pressing letter, urging me to prepare a a paper, inviting " all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sin cerity," to unite in a general concert for prayer, for the out pouring of the Holy Spirit, on the first Monday of the ensuing year. I have, in consequence, written The enclosed invitation, which, if you approve, I should feel much obliged by your in serting it in your valuable paper.—l remain, sir, yours very faithfully and affectionately in the Lord, JAMES HALDANE STEWART. INVITATION TO UNITE IN A GENERAL CONCERT OF PRAYER, FOR THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, ON THE FIRST MON DAY OF THE NEW YEAR. DEA ELY BELOVED IN THE LORD,—About six years since. it was propoied by some devout christians in Switzerland, that " all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity," should, on the last Monday of the year, hold a general concert for prayer, for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. This appeal touched a chord which vibrated across the Atlantic, and several churches in the United States of America, determined, by the diviue assistance, to set apart the first Monday in the year, for this im portant object. The Lord was graciously pleased so to bless these devotional meetings, that year after year they have been continued by increasing numbers, and with increasing power and earnestness of supplication. Very lately an invitation has been sent to the Christians in Great Britain and Ireland to unite in this concert ON THE FIRST MONDAY IN Tire ENSUING YEAR. It seems to require but lit tle argument to induce those who have any faith in the power of prayer, cordially to accept of this invitation. For if in these last times there ever has been a year, in which,it was particu larly desirable to commence with such a union, such a year now opens upon us. It may be called a Sabbatical year, for we commence it as our first parents commenced the first morning after their creation, on the day which God has sanctified and blessed. Whilst each intermediate Sabbath will be as a step ping-stone to take us above the miry path of this wilderness .world; the last day of the year, also a Sabbath, affords the pri vilege of closing the year as every christian desires to close his pilgrimage, in the enjoyment of the " rest that remains for the people of God." When invited, therefore, to devote the first Monday of the New Year to a general concert of prayer, with " all who in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and ours;" we are invited to assist in a service with the savour of the Sabbath still fresh upon us, and with the prospect of uniting with that "general assembly of the church of the firstborn whose names are written in heaven." An as sembly where prayer shall be turned into praise, and where " the redeemed of every nation, and kindred, and people, and tongue," shall form one company with the angels, in offering unceasing hallelujahs to Him that sits upon the throne, and to the Lamb. How much will it add to toe blessedness of that day, that many whom we meet there, shall, under God, owe their happy state to the grace bestowed in answer to the prayers of this general concert! Oh it is sweet to anticipate the Joy, to realize the blessedness of that glorious day ! And surely fer vent prayer is now especially required, for whichever way we turn, pressing need for the divine aid presents itself. Regard our own country at this moment. The heavens are lowering upon us. In many districts in the north, although the season of harvest is past, the crop is still in the fields, and the prices of almost all necessaries of life are rapidly rising. In the commercial world there is painful apprehension nearly amount ing to a panic. Whilst the political horizon is so obscure, " that men's hearts are failing them for feat," not knowing what is coming upon them. If we turn our eyes to our sister island, there, alas! we see a disttacted country—many under a worse than Egyptian bondage—a bondage whose chains no one but he who "is mighty to save" can break. If we look at the Continent we see Spain in open civil war; the same dreadful scourge threatens Portugal; in other countries a tumultuous spirit is only restrained by the strong arm of military force ; and even there it occasionally breaks out in murderous plots of assassinations. Through the whole of Europe, in almost every part, either open iniidelity, papal superstition, vain and powerless neology, or mere formal Protestantism, having a name to live, but dead at heart, cover the land ; and were it not that the Lord has still a remnant, his faithful witnesses, who pro phesy in sackcloth, Christendom, alas! would only bear the name, without the faith or the "spirit of disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ. Sueh is the need of prayer in nominally Christian states. Do we regard heathen countries? There the light of the Gospel is just strong enough to, show the thickness of the surrounding darkness. The converts to Christianity, won by the operations of our societies, while we bless God for all that they have accomplished, the infant churches they have planted, and the schools they have formed, are like flowers in the desert, which serve more distinctly to mark the surrounding barrenness. For a few thouiands who'bear the name of Christ, there are still, alas! many millions who" sit in darkness and the shadow of death." Whoever contemplates these facts—and they are not exaggerated statements, butplain and simple truths con firmed by undoubted testimony—and at the same time consi ders the inadequacy of all human power to give effectual relief, cannot but desire that all who believe in the efficacy of prayer would unite in that one petition—" Oh, that thou wouldst rend the heayens and come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence ; that thou wouldest make bare thme arm; revive thy work in the midst of the years; dtterly abolislithe idols; return, to Jerusalem with mercies, and fulfil thy promise to give thy Son the heathen for his inheritance, and the utter most parts of the earth for his possession." For who are they who are now dishonouring God, either by papal superstition, Mahometan imposture, Heathen idolatry, Philosophic pride, and vain' scepticism, open Infidelity, or Jewish unbelief? They are, alas ! our fellow sinners—men like ourselves—the children of the same common parents—like us involved in the same curse which man's transgression has brought upon his guilty race; but yet, through the grace of God, the merits of his Son, and the power of the Holy Spirit, capable of being made child ren of God and heirs of the kingdom, who can help , mourning over them? The harder their hearts, the more confirmed their unbelief, the more inveterate their errors, the more pitiable do they appear. When we think of the shortness of the time for which the voice of mercy sounds, and the unutterable anguish Which follows death without mercy. When we hear the great Jehovah say, " Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe, come, get you down, for the press is full, the fats overflow, for their wickedness is great. Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision." Who that hears these awful words, when invited by the inhabitants of one city going to another, and saying— let us go speedily to pray before the Lord, and to seek the Lord, will not immediately answer, "I will go also," I will unite with all who fear God in entreating of Him to say, " Come from the four winds, 0 breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live." Surely, there is not one Christian who loves his Saviour, or has any compassion for his fellow sinners, but will make this response—" I will go also." They who regard the signs of the times will be still more powerfully impressed with these feelings. For when these signs are observed, not with a vain and superficial glance, but as noted "in the Scriptures of truth," they cannot but see a resemblance to the closing days of "the times of the Gentiles," or to that solemn period "when the four angels are holding the four winds of the earth, to seal the servants of God in their .foreheads," before the entire pouring out of those vials of wrath, which will be followed "by a time of trouble, such as never was since the time there was a nation, even to that same time." For after the lapse of nearly 18(X) years since the destruction of Jerusalem; and after the conclusion of a war, which §hook every throne from the Tagus to the Volga, tbey see these signs, "many running to and fro, and knowledge increasing," the ministers of the Lord going forth into almost all the. world, preaching the Gospel, "the Euphrates drying up," or the l'urkish empire wasting away, the servants of God " taking pleasure in th e s t ones o f Zi on , an d f av o u ti ng the dust thereof, ‘ " a shaking of the dry bones," so that whilst a greater number of Jews have been baptised within the last twenty years than in any age sinc e th e P en t ecosta l g ift o f th e H o ly 'Spirit, very many of the remnant of Judah are anxiously . searching the Scriptures," enquiring the way to Zion with their faces thither ward." They see also perilous times, " scoffers walking after their own lusts, saying, where is the promise of his coming ? These things they behold, and without positicely deciding that they are the predicted signs " of the coming of the day of God," the thought that they may be, fills their souls with anprehenSion for their fellow-sinners, that whilst the angel of the 'Revelations seems to be flyinglthrough the heavens, "having the everlasting Gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, to every na tion, and kindred, and tongue, and people," that the Lord may so accompany the word by His Holy Spirit, that a great multi tude whom no man can number, may " fear God, and give glory to Him," do this by obeying the Gospel of His Son, and thus escape the judgments of " the great day of the wrath of Almighty God:" Whilst compassion for our fellow-men should lead us to join in this concert of prayer, such an object especially glorifies God: for it is by united prayer that his people are seen in their proper attitude—humble suppliants before the throne of grace—ac knowledgine• the almighty power, the omnipotence, the over intrig providence, the paternal cure, and tender compassion of the leavenly Father. They stand out in the midst of a fallen World, declaring before all his creatures that Jehovah is 'the God, the universal King, "doing according to Il is will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth.'! The limits of this paper prevent partien;arising them, but no one who recollects the previous state of the Church before such unions, and her preSent attitude, hut will have an und , 4iteil proof of the fulfilment of the proMise "ask and ye shall find, knock and it shallhe opened unto you." The goodness the Lord has manifested may assure us, that if we take hiln at his word, and obey his precept, he would fulfil his promise—" Bring ve all the tithes unto the store house, that there may be meat iu mine house, and prote me now herewith, saith the Lord 'of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall nut be room enough to re ceive it." It should be borne in mind also that by such a concert they rise to an atmosphere where strife and contention are unknown. For having but one object—the advancement of the" kingdom of their Lord—there is no place for difference. " God is love, and he that dwelleth in lore dwelleth in God and God in him." Oh, how refreshing it is, ainidst the interminable jarring of sects and parties, to enter within the veil; to behold a throne of grace sprinkled with the blood of the Lambi our heavenly Father waiting to be gracious; his well-beloved Son our Advo cate; the Holy Spirit helping our infirmities; the triune Jehovah saying, " open thy mouth wide aniLl Will fill it; ask what thou wilt and it shall be done unto thee." It is to this harmonious concert that all that love the Saviour are invited. We wool(' say to you, as was said to Abraham's servant— " Come in thou servant of the Lord, wherefore standest thou without?" 'l'he Lord 'Jesus Christ has "by his own blood made a new and living Way" into the holiest of the holies. " Let us, then draw near, with a true heart, in full assurance of faith: and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves to gether, as the manner of some is, but'exhorting one another, and so much the more as we see the day approaching." The following hints are,respectfully offered fur assisting those who put pose to unite harthis general concert for prayer. ' let.—Let christians follow the example of our blessed Lord, (Mark i. 31,) who, the morning after the Sabbath, rose up a great while before day for secret prayer. Let them thus se cure the blessing of him who says, " Pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in Secret shall reward thee openly." 2d.—Let them call upon the Lord in their families, for his Spirit to be poured upon themselves and their household, their neighbours, their country, the ministers of the Lord, the churches of Christ, the remnant of Judah, and outcast Israel, and upon the Gentile world. 3d.—Let the Lord's servants afterwards privately meet with those of their own communion, in earnest prayer for themselves, their flocks, the whole body of Christ and the world at large; -and then specially consult together upon the most effectual means for hastening the cuitilng of the Lord's kingdom; and particularly for the continuance of such a general conceit for prayer, that the year may proceed aCcurding to this devout coin inencernent.' • 4111 --X.4 Mie whole congregation meet in the evening for publicw ors hij a worship, and let an appropriate discourse be preached. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Way the Lord accompany these means of grace, or such others as may be adopted', with his abundant blessing. Oh, may it indeed be a season of special refreshment from the pre sence of the Lord! Let this be the prayer of all who read this paper; and as the time for making known this. concert has been very limited, it would be a great kindness if those who approve the object, and have influence over the press, would re-publish and circulate this invitation, which any one, into whose hands it may fall, has full permission to do. Peace be with all who love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, thus prays, Their affectionate brother and servant in the Lord, J A M.E.§ HALDANE STEW ART. St. Bride's Liverpool. TOBACCO (From the Constitutional.) The cruelty inflicted upon the people of Ireland by the ex cessive tax upon this article will appear from the following state ment of the duty-paid consumption : Population, 4,000,000, 1794 Estiniate. Duty, 6d. per lb. 6,801,827, 1821 Census. Duty, 4s. sd. per lb. 8,592,0 W, 1836 Duty, 3s. sd. per lb. —AI Cullock's Statistics. Duty paid upon) 9,426,2111b5. 2,845,7521155. }- Official. 4,876,0921t5. w•w wWW•• W IoN• .Had the consumption of duty-paid tobacco increased with the increase of the population, as compared with 1794, the quantity which would now pay duty, in round numbers, would be ,20,000,0001b5. Since 1822 a mass of evidence has been collected by the com missioners of Revenue and Excise Inquiry, and by a special committee of the Hon. House of COmmons, by which it ap pears— " That three-fourths of the tobacco now consumed in Ireland is supplied by the smuggler." (Sir Henry Parnell on Finance, page 39.) Every man of humanity must hold in abhorrence a system of taxation which deprives the poor man of an article so conducive to his comfort, and which goads him to the commission of of fences against the revenue laws, and which enables the smug gler to take out of the pocket of the Irish people alone nearly two millions of money yearly. We cannot believe it possible that our present enlightened ministry will any longer suffer a tax to remain which engenders so many crimes, when, as a source of revenue, a duty of one shilling per pound would, in all probability, produce £300,000 more than is now received. All the facts show that no loss - could accrue from the proposed reduction, whilst the United Kingdom would be immediately relieved from a tax of nearly three millions of money raised upon the public by the smuggler, which is taken away in gold. TOBACCO-DUTY FREE. (From the Constitutional.) The public ought to know that whilst a duty of three shillings per pound is extorted from the poor man of Great Britain and Ireland, the rich landowner is allowed to have this article free of duty. Some tons of tobacco, which have been abandoned by the owners, are now being packed in the London Docks, to be sent to rich agriculturists in Kent, free of duty. The same was done last year; so it appears that sheep are more valuable than labouring men !! ! A manufacturer has offered the Treasury to pay two and sixpence per pound duty on this tobacco. We feel confident that the present government are inclined to do justice to the poor man, for they never could have directed this procedure without having determined to relieve the labour ing classes from this onerous tax. If the rich man cannot af ford to pay duty on tobacco for his flocks, how can he be a party to extort it from the poor man ? TEA, COFFEE, AND TOBACCO. (Frain the Constitutional ) A comparative statement of the duty-paid consumption of three of the principal articles necessary for the comfort of the labouring classes of society. UNITED KINGDOM. 1801. Population 14,942,646 ThA. COFFER. TOBACCO. 23,737,5541b5. I 750,0001 b 1835 5. I 16,904,7521b5. Population 26,371,000 TEA. COFFEE. TOBACCO. 36,574,0041b5. I 23,295,0461b5. I 21,974,7521b5. It will be seen that the consumption of duty-paid tea and coffee in 1835 exceeded the quantity used in 1801 by 35,281,4961b5., whereas tobacco has only increased 5,070,1701b5. which may be attributed to the enormous duty enabling the smuggler to supply a great part of the quantity consumed. At the lowest estimate, 50,000,0001b5. of tobacco are required for the consumption of the United Kingdom, and it is believed that, at a low duty, the quantity would be greatly exceeded,—thus at the duty of one ls. per pound, £2.500,000 would reach the Treasuty, which, with the sum of £8,000,000, (see Sir Henry Parnell on Finance, page 46,) now paid to prevent smuggling, would produce a revenue equal to the present, and the country would saved £3,0,00d per annum, now paid to the smuggler and taken away in gold. If it be said that the preventive ser vice is necessary to protect the revenue on foreign spirits, its fallacy will appear evident by the following official statement of the consumption of foreign brandy :- 1801 2 192,546 gallops. 11831.. 1,228,454 gallons. The chstoms and excise, with the assistance of the army and navy, and constabulary force of the United Kingdom, cannot collect duties so disploportionate to the value of the articles, whilst, under the sanction of these duties, the smuggler levies lon the public a sum of money larger than the whole expentli tare of the United Kingdom when tobacco was first introduced. OUR PACKET SHIPS (From the New York Daily Express.) We commence with Crinnell, Minturn, and Co.'s line of Li verpool Packets, to give the time occupied in the passage of each vessel, to and from Liverpool, for the last year, ending November 10: Left New 'York. Arrival at Liverpool. Day's passage. Geo. Washington, Holdridge, Oct. 8. Oct. 26. 18 Napoleon, Smith Nov. 10. Nov. 30. 20 Indpendence, Nye, Dec. 9. Dec. 29. 20 Roscoe, Delano, 1836, Jan. 10. Jan. 27. 17 G. Washington, Holdfidge, Feb. 9. March 3. 22 Napoleon, Smith, March 9. March 27. 18 Independence, Nye April 8. April 23. 14-i Roscoe, Delano, May 9. June 5. 26 G. Washington, Holdridge, June 8. June 25. 17 Pensylvania, Smith, July 8. July 29. 21 Independence, Nye, Aug. 8. Aug. 30. 22 Roscoe, Delano, Sept. 9. Sept. 28. 19 Left Liverpool. Arrival at New York. Days' passage. Roscoe, Delano, Oct. 25. Nov. 28. 33 G. Washington, Holdridge, Nov. 25. Dec. 31. 36 Napoleon, Smith, Dec. 24. Feb. 4. 42' Independence, Nye, 1836 Feb. 5. Feb. 28. 23 Roscoe, Delano, Feb. 26. March 30. 8.2 G. Washington, Holdridge, March 28. April 30. 33 Napoleon, Smith, April 30. May 27. 28 Independence, Nye, May 24. June 14. 21 Roscoe, Delano, June 27. Aug. 2. 36 G. Washington, Holdridge, July 24.. Aug. 23. 30 Pennsylvania, Smith, Aug. 24. Sept. 21. , 28s Independence, Nye, Sept. 26. Nov. 2. 33 . The quickest outward-bound passage was made by the Indei pendence in 15 days; the longest by the Roscoe, in 26 days: rise Independence made her three outward-bound passages in 57 days, the Washington in 58, and the Roscoe in 61. Two of the outward-bound passages were made by the Independence, Roscoe, and Washington in 35 days each. Average of the pas sages out, of the above three vessels, 19i days. The quickest homeward-bound passage was made by the In dependence in 21 days; the longest by the same ship in 37 days. The Independence made her three homeward-bound nassages in 81 days, the Washington in 99. and the Roscoe in 103 days. Two of the homeward-bound passages of the Independence were made in 44 days, of the Washington in 66, and of the Roscoe in 67 days. Average of the homeward-bound passages of the above three vessels, rather more than 31 days. OLD LINE.-( Black Ball.)-We continue to-day and give the time occupied of each vessel of the above line, to. and from Liverpool, the last year ending September 18. Left New York. Arrived at Liverpool. Days' passage. Europe, Marshall, Oct. 2. Oct. 18. 16 Columbus, Depeyster Oct. al. Nov. 18. 25 South-America, Barstow, Nov. 23. Nov. 22. 16 England, Waite, Nov. 17. Dec. 5. 18 Orpheus, Burslay, Dec. 1. Dec. 26. 25 North America, Hoxie, Dec. 16. Jan. 11. 26 Caledonia, Graham, 1836, . Jan. 1. Jan. 22. 21 Hibernia, Wilson, Jan. 16. • Feb. 5. 20 'Europe, Marshall, Feb. 1. Feb. 24. '23 Columbus, Depeyster, 'Feb. 17. March 8. 21 Sonth'America, Barstow, - March 2. March 22. 20 England, Waite, March 16. April 4. 19 Orpheus, Burslev, April 1. April 21. 21 North America, Hoxie, April 16. May 12. 26 Caledonia, Graham May 2. June 3. 32 Etirripe, Marshall, May 16. June 8. 23 Columbus, Depeyster, June 8.. June -26. 18 Hibernia, Wilson, June 16. July 5. 19 Soutb America,' Barstow, July 1. July 24. 23 _ SAAN .l ..ooeu u uolec l )ggyt y tt...... 1 11251 6 96192. ...... • S A Ae u up g gt ... 267 5. : 20 2522 England, Waite, • Orpheus, Barsley, Oxford, Rathbone, North America, Hoxie, Sept. 1. Sept. 27. 26 Arrived nj O o ae :: ... a ut t 2a 9 29l l‘ ) . ...' , e s t , e fork. Europe, Marshall, 'Left Liverpool. passage. North America, Caledonia, Hibernia, Nov. 1. Dec. 26. 55 Europe, Columbus, Dee. 3. Jan. 17. 45 South America, Dee. 17. Jan. 12. 26 England, 1836, Jan. 1. Feb. 10. 40 Orpheus, Feb. 4. March 2. '27 North America, Feb. 5. March 7. 31 Caledonia, , Feb. 29. April 20. 51 Europe, March 19. April 21. 36 Columbus, April 4. May 6. 32 Hibernia, April 8. May 9, 31 South America, April 17. May 19. 32 England, May 1. May 28. 27 Orpheus, May 16. June 9. 21 North America, June 1. July 6. 35 Caledonia, June 17. Aug. 2. 46 July 1. Aug. 10. 40 Europe, Columbus, July 23. Aug. 21. 29 Hibernia, Aug. 3. Sept. 5, 33 South America, Aug. 16. 1. 3 Sept.pt. 6 England, . Sept. 3. Oct. 7, .3 4 Ofplietis, , Sept. 16. Oct. 13. 23 a i n r d -b makingou n d pas_ hel. The quickest outward -bound p assage was made by the Europe, in sixteen days; the lon g est by the Caledoni a , in thirty-two days. The Eng land made her three outward-h ound passages in fifty-seven day s, the time occupied b y the lode tphernedee n o c u e t ` v„rd (Grinnell. It p l a i s u s t a ti g r e n s. , eild v C er o a . g 's e lice) sages, twenty-two days. The quickest homeward -bound p assa g e was made b y the outward-bound Orpheus in twenty-four days; the longest by the Hibernia, in fifty-five days. The Orpheus made her three homeward_ bound passages in seventy-seven days, being only seven days more than her outward-bound passages. Average outward. bound passages , rather mo re than thirty-five days. The number of persons who have applied for tickets of ad mission to the Glas.ow dinner to Sir R. Peel already amounts to 3200. IMPORTANT TO R 4 tr. w y SHAREHOLDERS.—The Revising Barrister fur South Durham has decided, that the shareholders of a railway, having an annual 4.05,. interest in the undertaking, are entitled to be registered as voters for the county. CONSERVATIVE MEETINGS BELFAST. —The fourth anniversary dinner of the Belfast So ciety took place on Tuesday. Abuve the chairman was placed. the Royal Arms, supported by the banner of the 13.-11'1st Society and the Union Flag of Britain, and opposite were placed the Belfast arms. The ball was brilliantly lighted by six splendid chandeliers, each containing 75 lights, throwing a beautiful glare on the magnificent scene beneath. At six o'clock the chair was taken by James Emerson Tennent, Esq., M.P:, with Geo. Dunbar, Esq.. M.P., Vice-President, when upwards of 1000 persons sa t d own to dinner. Mr. E. Tennent was sup ported on his right by Lord Dufferin ,• Lord Roden; Lord Powerscourti Lord Jocelyn;_ Sir E. Hayes, M.P.; Hon. R. Plunkett, M:P. ; H on. T. Knox ; Geo. A. Hamilton, Esq., M.P.; Col. Conoily, M.P. ; E. Lucas, Esq., M.P.; Colonel Wingfield; Si r A. 0. B e lli ng h am; C o l. Nu g ent; J. W. Max well, Esq.; Rev. M. O'Sullivan; R. Hall, Esq. ; the Very Rev. Dean Carter ; M. Anketel, Esq.; Sir Robert Batesou, Bart, M.P.; and on the left by Lord Rathdowne; Lord Cas tlereagh; Lord Cole; Lord H. F. Chichester; the Hon. Ma jor -General O'Neile, M.P. ; Colonel Pakenham • Col. Forde ; J. D. Jack son , E sq ., M.P. ; R. Litton, Esq., 'K.C.; David. Kerr, Esq., M.P. ; C a l one l Bl ac k er; th e Very Rev. Archdea con S aurin ; the Very Rev. Dean Stannus; A. M'Neile, Esq.; Hon. and Rev. W. Illackwood; R. Gascoyne, Esq.; Doctor Longfield; the Very Rev. Archdeacon Mant; W. . Reilly, Esq.; and J. M'Neile, Esq. At seven o'clock the spacious galleries were opened for the reception of the ladies, and in a few minutes they were filled by the greater part of the beauty and fashion of the town and neighbourhood. The fine baud of the 51st regiment attended, and materially added to the enjoy ent and festivity. Such is an outline of the mere appearance o this great conservative banquet. The speeches were worthy o the high and talented individuals who delivered them. CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION OF ASHBY-DR.LA-ZOCCII.— The anniversary of the formation of the Conservative Associa tion of Ashby-cle-la-Zouch and its neighbourhood was held on Tuesday last in the Assembly-room of the Ivanhoe Baths, at the Royal .Hotel, Ashby-de-la-Zouch. Upwards of 300 of the most wealthy, influential, and respectable gentlemen of this town and its vicinity sat down to a most sumptuous dinner. Sir G. H. W. Beaumont, Bart., filled the chair, and was supported by the M arqu i s o f G ran b y , Lord Charles Manners, M.P., Mr. H. Halford, M.P., Mr. W..W. Abney, Mr. J. It. B. Cave, Kr. R. G. Cresswell, Colonel Cotton, and several other most influ ential gentlemen. CROMPTON CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATTON.—A meeting of the Conservatives of Crompton was held on Wednesday se'unight, at the White Lion Inn, Shaw, Mr. Abraham Crompton, jun., in the chair, when a series of resolutions were passed expressive of attachment to the constitution in church and state, and of the necessity for forming an association, having for its object the promotion of Conservative principles. The meeting was attended by the principal inhabitants of the township, and an association was formed which will no doubt have a beneficial effect in protecting and advocating Conservative principles in the neighbourhood. Gt.ssdow PEEL CLUB.—We have great pleasure in an nouncing that the enlightened and patriotic students of our University, who have conferred the highest, the most honoura ble, and the most precious mark of their confidence and affection on Sir Robert Peel, by electing that illustrious statesman Lord Rector, are about to form a Conservative club ; and after the splendid triumph which they have achieved, we need hardly say that they intend to inscribe on their banners the immortal name of Peel. That this information will be gall and wormwood to the present ministry we can have no doubt, for, notwithstanding 'all the blustering of their hireling scribes, they cannot conceal their mortification at the signal defeat of Sir John Campbell. We hope the spirited conduct of the students of our University will rouse those of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, and St. Andrew's from the lethargy in which they seem at present to be sunk ; and that the students of the Scottish Universities will use their united efforts in preserving, in all their integrity, the various and complicated interests of our ancient sanctuaries of religion and learning, now threatened with subversion and spoliation by the rude and grasping hand of democracy.—Glasgow Cons:itu aortal. CONSERVATIVE DINNER AT GLOUCESTER.—The third annual Conservative dinner took place at the New Inn, on Wednesday last. It was very numerously attended, the room being crowded with nearly 300 persons, and a considerable number more would have been present had it been possible to find accommodation. This circumstance is a cheering proof of the progress of Con servatism in this city. A large majority of the party were operatives; and these annual meetings, tending as they do to promote an interchange of friendly feelings—to draw closer the bands by which society is held together—to remind each class of its mutual dependence on the other—are deserving of our warmest commendation. We trust tkey will lead at an early day to the establishment of an efficient Operative Association, on the plan of those societies which have effected so much good elsewhere—an object that we have frequently advocated, and which shall receive our zealous co-operation.—Gloucester shire Chronicle. DINNER OP THE BATH CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. — The annual dinner of this association took place in the great room at the Assembly-rooms, on Tuesday last, Captain Muffle bury in the chair. The company amounted to about 500, com posed of the gentry, and respectable trading and other inhabi tants of Bath, the larger proportion being members of the asso ciation. THE KING'S THEATRE.—In the ballet department, Laporte has this season been unusually fortunate; the engagement of Carlotta Grisi, in whose praise our opinion has often been re corded, atoned for the absence of " Beniowsky," infinitely the best ballet produced since Massaniello, has de lighted the frequenters of the opera by the exceeding beauty of its music, the novelty of its dances, and the gorgeousness of its scenery; to the last bar of the music have the boxes remained crowded with attentive listeners, enraptured by the enchanting strains of " The Krakoviak," the " Pas Galop," the " Ma zourka," and the grandeur of The state march.' The dances, from their novelty, from their intrinsic beauty, and from the excellence of the music, are, and will he for many seasons to come, the raga of the ball-room. Bochsa's orchestral music is exquisite,..and, as we understand, be has with his accustomed skill already arranged the pianoforte, the harp, and as duets for the harp and piano-forte ; they will be as popular in the draw ing-room. and the boudoir, as the dances are general iu the assemblies. THE LATE ROBBERY AT THE BANK OF FRANCE.—The per son who attempted to rob the Bank of France, who afterwards destroyed himself, and whose body lay several days at the Mor gue, where crowds went to see it, has at length been identified. A young woman recognised it as a person who came frequently to see her, and who was called Francis Martin, and was known under the name of the Baron de—. The other robber, who has hitherto escaped, is said, like the suicide, to belong to a rich and powerful family. He is now likely to be apprehended, in consequence of the information supplied by the woman. iflarketz. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, DEc. 23. There has been a general and extensive demand for Sugar, both from the grocers and refiners, and the sales reach nearly 2000 hhds. B. P. at an advance on the previous quotations of fnlly is a: cwt. 32:1 bags of Bengal have also been disposed of. There is nothing to re port in Mauritius or Foreign.—No transactions in Molasses.—Coffee. There continues a fair inquir y for Plantation, but the,quantity offer ing at present is moderate ; 90 casks of Berbice and Demerara, of middling to good middling quality, mostly sold at 9Cs to 925, and 80 brls St. Lucia at the quotations. Nothing done in Foreign, except a small lot of ordinary Brazil at 51s ff" cwt.—A small quantity of Mala bar Ginger sold at 335. Cocoa and Pimento are extremely dull, and there are no sales to report either in these or in Pepper.—Rice is in fair request, and 400 bags of East India have been taken at 17s to 17s 6d for good to fine Bengal.—Very little has been done in Rum this week, and in the few sales made the quotations have been barely main tained. There has been more inquiry for Bengal Indigo, but so little is at present offering in the in,,rket, scarcely any thing has been done.— The late low prices of Lac Dye have brought more buyers forward, and 45 chests have been sold at various prices. -50 chests of low orange Shell Lac have been taken at 112 s 6d to 115s.—The transac tions in Saltpetre amount to 1200 bags , principally at 2 8s and 30s.— For 100 bags Nitrate of Soda 18s has been accepted. Dvewoode. The demand has again been very moderate, and the total sales, of all kinds, are under 1: , 0 tons, without any change in prices.—Turpentine has fallen in price considerably, 14s Gd having been accepted for 500 to 6 0 brls to arrive. but this rate is refused for a parcel in store.—American Tar. 120 brls sold at 14s Ad.—Montreal Pot and Pearl Ashes continue in very limited demand, at a deprecia of 6cl cwt.—There is no demand for Quercitron Bark, and the quotations are nominal. —Nothing done in Cloverseed or Flaxseed.— Bidet. The sales consist of 1600 dry salted Brazil at Old for best, and lid for heated, 1800 salted Buenos Ayres lid, 301;0 do Monte Video at lid to 41d, according to quality, also 4500 dry Monte Video Horse Hides at 8s 7d to 8s 10(1, and 300 salted do at Os Gd each.—ln Horse Hair and Oak Bark there is nothing to report.—The sales of •Tobacco this week have been about 130 hhds, of which 25 were Virginia leaf for Ireland, :?0 Kentucky leaf for exportation, and the remainder, chiefly stemmed, were taken by the home-trade. The prices of leaf have rather given way, but stemmed is steady. MEDITERRANEAN PRODUCE. The business done in Brimstone has been confined to small parcels for immediate consumption, without any change in prices. —For Su mac there has been some inquiry, hut in consequence of holders de manding an advance, but little has occurred; 300 bags new Sicily sold at 13s 9d cwt and 14s is now demanded.—A fairdiusiness has been, done in Argols, about 70 casks and 20 boxes having been taken at pre vious prices.—Crearn of Tartar and Brown Tartar are neglected.—No thing worthy of notice has taken place in Madders or Madder Roots. —A few bales of Tcrl:ev yellow Berries have been sold at 102 s 6d.— Olive Oil has met with but a limited sale this week, and the ten dency of prices is downwards, a reduction of lOs to 20s c,lP' tun having jn some instances been submitted to.—The only business in Fish Oils thiS week is about 35 tuns Pale Seal at £53 to £54, and some small sales of Cod at £l6 from the quay.—Both Linseed and Rape Oil have been in limited request.—Palm Oil has experienced a decline, GO tons havii"r been sold at £3O 11 ton.—Oil of Turpentine is lower, our re duced quotations being its extreme value.—ln Hem') and Flax the sales continue very limited.—Some little improvement has taken place in Tallow ; Petersburgh yellow candle now brings from 45s to 40s 6d, but sales are not extensive at these rates. lAVERFOOL COTTON MARKET. DEC. 23. The demand has continued gond from the trade, and prices of the common and middle qualities of American are fully supported, whilst new Upland, and the better descriptions generally, are again id to id lb lower. Pernambuco, Alaranham, and Surat are very steady, and Egyptian has advanced id # it. 600 Bahia and ICO Demerara brought to auction this day, were disposed of at rates somewhat un der those previously current by private treaty. 1000 American, 500 Surat and 100 Bengal have been taken on speculation, and 160 Ameri can, 100 Surat, and '2OO Bengal for export. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON. From the IGth inst. to this day inclusive. Current IMPORTS. SALES OF TILE WEEK. Prices. Th isWk this Year --- -- 230 Sea Island 2ld (ii 39d Stained ' 7 16 .}' 4073 }359754 70u0 Bowed Georgia 7 10 1 600 {Mobile7 --111 Alabama and Tennessee 6l —lO 2608 319475 4300 New Orleans 7 —l2 0 „ Pernambuco and Paraiba l Ol — l3 23 " Aricati and Ceara lOl 111 1 •. •• 1 7.,397 1210 Bahia and Maceio Bl 111 1423 33638 „ Maranhana ll 121 .... ' 93 ' / Sawginned Minas Para 130 Demerara, Surinam, &c...... 101 14 .... 1911 1230 Vayptian lll -- 16 198 J 30763 Barbados lO 104 .... 484 210 i Peruvian Di —lO ) .1 Ilahama 630 Laguayra Common West India, &c 74 —lO ). 1139 } 27145 Carthagena Smyrna . .. 3 1 Manilla 94 —lO J j 2060 1 Surat ' Madras 5 i / 292 1 14400 33 0 i Bengal 3l -- 51 3 — -- 213.0 bales 14184 1019344 -- -- Since our last there has been a reg sales on Saturday were 3,0;,0 bags, and has again been done to-day. The whol the trade, who in ',be two days have tali Monday Everting Dec. 2C 'Aar and steady demand. The the same amount of business le of the transat•tions are with Len about 2,50 J New Bowed. LIVERPOOL AGRICULTI S. d. s. d. Hay, old 1 74'201b New flay 1 3 1 6 , Clover Hay 1 3 1 6 - Straw, Wheat 0 74 0 9 Straw, Oat 0 7f 0 9 - Greeu Clover U 0 0 0 -- 'UR A L MARKET, DEC. 26. d. s. d. Potato( s 2 61./3 2 •tr 901 b Cattle P o t a t oes 2 0 9 4 Turnips 38 040 0 per ton Carrut:c 5O 0 5.5 U - klanglewurzle3t J • 6 10 0 LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, DEc. 23. Very little business has been done in dry butters this week ; the stock on hand is light and holders firm.—ln Beet, Pink, Bacon, &e. the market has been very inactive. S. d. S. d. BUTTE R.—Belfast, new 1'43 0 .'d 106 0 per cwt. Banbridge, new 96 0 100 0 --- . Colerain 96 1 94 0 -- Sligo, new 97 1 101 0 Derry, new Limerick, new 96 0 97 0 Dundalk U 0 0 0 Carlow, new 9B 0 1,3 0 Waterford, new 98 0 102 0 Newry 0 0 0 0 --- Cork, new 92 0 93 0 Do. pickled 2ds, new 96 0 97 0 Dutch 0 0 0 0 --- BERF.---New Prime Mess' 100 0 110 0 per tierce. Pou K . - • 7B 0 85 0 per barrel. Do. .0 0 per i barrel . - BACON, new 5 O 0 52 0 per cwt, Do. old - DRY llAms 56 58 0 --- XV ET Do - Lase.—Firkin 62 0 65 0 Bladdered MANCHESTER MARKET, DEC. 24 Butters continue in very limited request by the retailers, and, in the absence of all speculative inquiry, the trade has ruled dull and prices nominal. At this day's market there was a very slender attendance, and but few transactions were reported in any article. Wheat met a slow sale at a decline of Id to 2d per 701135, and we note the middling qualities of Flour is to 2s per sack lower ; superfines were also in but limited request and barely support the late currency. The demand for Oats and Oatmeal was confined to the best descriptions, and 36s per 24 fiss is an extreme for the latter article. Beans were also dull sale at a de cline of Is per quarter, and Malt was difficult to dispose of at a reduc tion of Is to 2s per load. PRICES (W SHARES, LIVERPOOL, Ditc. 26, 1836. Last Prices This day RAILWAYS, Sze. Per Slime. Per Share, Bolton and. Leigh .£lOO paid£ 64 0 0 ~..g Bolton and Preston... ....... 3 .... 6 5 0 .... Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto and Derby 5 .... 717 6 Birkenhead and Chester 2 .... 2 10 0 Cheltenham and Tring 5 . . 3 2 6 .... Dublin and Drogheda 5 .... 3 0 0 Dublin and Kilkenny 2 lOs 1 10 0 Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow (old) Ditto ditto (new) Ditto Leith and Newhaven 3 .... 3 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock 1 .... 2 10 0 .... Grand Junction 7O . 154 10 0 ... • . Great Western Grand Connection (Worcester) 2 10s 2 10 0 .... Kenyon and Leigh 100 .... 120 0 0 .... Liverpool and Manchester 100 .... 219 0 0 .... Ditto quarter shares 25.... 52 10 0.... Ditto half shares — .... 46 0 0 .... London and Birmingham 7O • 140 _0 0 .... Ditto and Southampton 3O .... 21 0 0 .... Ditto & Bright an (Stephenson's) 5 .... 5 7 6 .... Leeds and Manchester 5 .. 12 0 0 .... Leicester and Swannington 50 ... 68 0 0 .... Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester & Cheshire Junction 5 .... 6 0 0 .... Manchester South Union 2 .... 4 0 0•• - . 4 2 6 Midland Counties 5 .... 3 0 0 .... North Midland lO . . 13 17 6.• .. North Union ~. 70 .... 59 10 ~ .... Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .... 101 0 0 .... Ditto quarter shares_ _ 2O .... 11 0 0 .... South Eastern 2 . . 3 0 0 .... St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap.. lOO .... 35 0 a ... Warrington and Newton... lOO .... 179 0 0 .... Ulster 3 . 2 15 0 .... Hull and Selby South Eastern & Brighton 2 .... 2 7 6•• . . BANKS Bank of Liverpool_ _ . ..£ 10 paid 26 0 0 .... Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 20 0 0•• • • 23 10 0 Liverpool Union lO .... 15 2 6•• .. Royal of Liverpool 250 •. 250 0 0 .... N ovtli?rn and Central.— . 14) .... 7 17 6 ... 8 2 6 Tradesman's 5 .... 412 6•• • . 417 6 United Trades' ditto lO .... 10 15 0 .... North and South Wales.. 5 .... 4 8 6.• • • 4 0 0 of Manchester lO ..., 13 15 0 .... M'clioster & L'pool Dsct 15 .... 21 5 0 .... South Lancashire 5 .... 4 10 0 .... Borough Bank 5 .... 10 7 6 .... Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 5 5 0 .... East of England 7 lOs 8 10 0 .... GAS, WATER WORKS, Sze. Exchange Buildings. £lOO paid 171 0 0 •- • • , L'pool Et Harrington W a terN% 01.1;8200 .... 472 19 0 .... Bootle Ditto Liverpool Coal Gas Company.. Stock .... 377 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co..— £lOO .... 195 0 0 •• Ditto New Shares 7O .... 153 0 0 •• • • ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance C0.£25 paid 17 15 0 .... Ocean Assurance Company. lO .... 8 2 6•• • • Liverpool F.re and Life Assurance 2 lOs 2 17 6 .... Manchester Assurance Company 10 .... • • • • DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, Cc llarrington Dock £3O paid 20 0 0 •• • • Anderton Carrying Company.... 10 .... 10 2 6 .... Woodside Ferry l7 10s 26 10 0 .... Rock Ferry l5 .... 915 0,.... Monk's Ferry Egremont Ferry • . 12 lOs 12 50.• . . Steam Tug Company Apothecaries' Company 2 .... 2 5 0 .... Loudon Caoutchouc Company 2 ... 210 0 .... Importo. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &c. James Turean, (332) Turcan, fm Calcutta, with 357 fis sapau wood, 605 hgs saltpetre, 52 bls raw silk, 14 bls cow hides, 20 chts shellac, 4 chts lac dye, 192 bl,s cotton, 401 bgs sugar. 1707 hgs dry ginger, 19 cs silk pee goods, 55 chts castor oil, 57 bls safflower, 675 bgs rice, 50 his jute, 4 pkgs 5 kgs pickles, Order-11 ps elephants' teeth - , Ogilvy, Oil landers and co-36 his cow hides, Crawford, Colvin and co-41 bales raw silk, Rawson and co-5 , i bls hides, 35 bls safflower, 111 Hunter -29 bls hides, 5 bls safflower, 1808 bgs saltpetre, 408 bgs gamhier, 1 ble otter skins, 69 bls raw silk, Ferguson, Miller and co-1 pkge shawls, J Brebner-1 bx ale, M'Crackan, Jamieson and co—`V Dk SOUTH AMERICA. Betsey Hall, (151) Coaker, fm Buenos Ayres, with 15 bales conts unkn, J Harratt and Sons-2 do, H C Smith and co-2 bxs do, Leech and Harrison-25000 cow horns, 31600 horn tips, C J and C Shaw -2701 o and a, 111 salted horse and 1000 salted ox hides, 170 bls contents unkn, 30 lining hides, Order—G Dk UNITED STATES. Rhode Island, (372) Schweder, fm New Orleans, with 1201 bales cotton, Roskell, Ogden and co-204 do, Order—W Dk Chatham, (470) Gorham, fin New Orleans, with 472 bales cotton, A Dennistoun and co-41 do, Finlay and Alston-28 do, Fisher, Bros and co-14 do, Cannon, Miller and co-50 do, Keill and Courant-113 do, R Zwilchenbart and co-469 do, G Green and Son-264 do, Melly, Prevost and co—P Dk BRITISH AMERICA. Dibdin, (570) Hutchison, fm Quebec, with 43 ps oak and 303 ps pine timber, 21 masts and spars, 185 c 19 deals, 524 c 1 pipe staves, 24 oars, 311 gun stocks, D Gibb—B Dk Mary Ann Peters, (545) Mills, fin Quebec, with 61 ps oak, 28 ps elm and 525 ps fir timber, 81 c 10 deals, 1121 c 13 staves, 1 fin lath wood, 4 brls apples, Anderson, Garrow and co—River Dandy, (68) Mayhew, fin St Michael's, with 655 small bxs oranges E Rae—S Dk Experiment, (119) Drinkwater, fm Campeachy, with 150 tons log wood, Order—K Dk Superior, (169) Garrison, fm Turk's Island; with 2791 a mahogany 6 t logwood, Chaloner and Houghton—Q Dk• Aimwell, (256) Wilson, fm Quebec„with 6ps oak, expn, and 286 ps pine timber, 22 c 4 staves, Order—B Dk SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Orange Branch, (59) Adams, fm Gijon, with 2000 bushels nuts, Or der—S Dk 72.1Jipinita intelltgEntr. FRIDAY, DEC. 23.—N00n, Wind N.E.—Moderate. (An Irish mail—High Water 1111 28m p.m.) ARRIVED—The Betsey Hall, Coker, from Buenos Ayres—Superior, Garrison, from Turk's Island—Rhode Island, Schroeder, from New Orleans. ALSO ARRIVED—The Reliance, Beynon, from Belfast—The Duke of Wellington, —, from Dundalk—La Bruxelles, De Vries, from Dublin—Regina, —, from Maryport. _ _ SAILED—The Letitia, Potts, for Gibraltar—Pearl, Cove, for St Mi chael's—Quentin Leitch, Mackie, for Philadelphia—Atlas, Schmidt, for Antwerp—Hges, Nagle, for Barbados—Lintin, Gillman, for Born bay—Nerio, Jarvis, for St Michael's—Pet, Stone, for Messina—Lady Gordon, Scurr, for Berbice—Lion, M'Crea, Hayti—Tally Ho, King, for Constantinople—Adelaide, Bainbridge, for Mobile—Greenhow, Morrison, for New Orleans—Adelaide, Perriam, for Leghorn—Hero, Smallwood, for Batavia and Singapore—Rainbow, Oakley, for Smyr na and Odessa—Fortuna, Cafiero, for Naples—Spartan, Buntin, for Boston—Hirondelle, Matthewson, for St Michael's—Paragon, Smith, for Antigua—Earl Fowls, Spittall, for Calcutta—Thernis, Ferguson, for Lisbon—Canton, Gibson, for Kingston,Jamaica—Margaret,Sevan, for New Orleans—Paragon, Smith, for Antigua—Traveller, M'Clear, for St Lucia and Carthagena—Levant, Thorpe, for Trinidad—Rapid, Austin, for Hayti—Elizabeth Moore, Cumming, for Laguayra and Puerto Cabello—Ann, Brown, for Trinidad—Margarets, Lander, for ,Marseilles and Tarragona—Marys, Orosbie, for St Thomas and Nassau —Lady Normanby, Teasdell, for Odessa—Gambia, M'Cortniek. for Africa—Dash, Hawkins, for Alexandria and Beirout—Annette,WullY, for Reval—Rebecca, Williams, for Calcutta—Amazadi, Rosacha, for Lisbon—Anna Sophia, Butcher, for Leghorn—Livramento, Santa Anna, for St Übes—Elizabeth, Edgar, for Demerara—Johanna, Han sen, for Hambro'—Euphemia, Cowan, for Vera Cruz—Pilot, Davies, for Leghorn—Chieftain, Peters, for Genoa—Ruby, Farrant, for Lisbon —Sofia, Lagana, for Naples—Thomas Tucker, Moore, for Antigua and Nassau—Liverpool, Barstow, for Boston—Adelaar, Smith, for Batavia and China—Jarrow, Hoare, for Demerara—Ellen, Yapp, fur Rio Ja neiro—Ann M'Kensie, Scott, for Africa—Brunswick,. - Bell, for Cadiz —Cornelius, Betts, for Constantinople—John, Whyte, for Hobart Town and Sydney—Antigua Packet, M'Knight, for Demerara—Mary, Owen, for Charleston—David Banks, Jolly, for Genoa and Leghorn— Lydia, Gibb, for Jamaica—Phoenix, Port, for Messina, &c—Francis, Manning, for Charleston—Cartaretta, Warren, for Newfoundland— Traveller, Pallot, for Rio Janeiro—Haidee, Ritchie, for St Vincent— Caroline, M`Taggart, for Savannrh—Hope, Swan, for Barbados—John Taylor, Lace, for New York—Sandbacli, BiSpham, for Demerara— Bonanza, Kerr, for Gibratlar—Laura Ann, Casely, for Lisbon -Albyn, Pryde, for Alexandria, Egypt. The Matilda, Hodgson, hence, at .Leghorn. The Apn, Murray, from Pillau for Gloucester, at Tobermory, lost bulwarkt, &c. The George, Primrose, from St Petersburg for the Clyde, with loss of bulwarks, &c. The Ann, Limerick, from Galway for Glasgow, about 20 miles W.S. W. off Stine Head, saw a schooner, of about 9e tons burthen, go down with all on board. Off Voel Nant, inward-bound—No. 338, Aimwell, B B ; and No. 146, Promise, B B, from Quebec, at 10 a.m. SATURDAY, DEC. 24.—Neon, Wind N.E.—Fresh. (High Water Oh 2m p.m.) ARRIVED—The Chatham, Wood, from New Orleans, sailed from the Bar lath Nov—Aimwell, Power, fin Quebec—Orange Branch, Adams, from Gijon. ALSO ARRIVED—The Providence, Owens, from Dublin—Sz Napier, from Londonderry. SAILED—The Royal Mail, Scott, for St Michael's—Medium, Leslie, for Pernambuco—lrlam, Dixon, for Barbados—Cessnock, Jones ; and Gambia, M'Cormick, for Africa—Scipio, Wylie, for Hayti—William Russell, Bruce, for Pernambuco—Kent, Pringle, for Havana—Falcon. Thorns, for Odessa—Jane Walker, Whyte; for New York—Maguasha , Johnstone, for Monte Video—Brutus, Dawson, for Africa—Hardware , Jones, for Trinidad, &c—Pensylvania, Smith, for New York—Alice Brooks, Scott, for Valparaiso. The John Dugdale, Scott, hence for Singapore, Nov. in lat. 7 7 N, 22 40 W. The Belleropho n , —, hence, at Genoa. wa s spoken 13th Adelaide, Bainbridge, for Mobile, got off last night without injury, and proceeded to-d a y. ht on East The Heyes, Nagle, f o r Barbados,sunk ' duringin the nig The Victoria, Candler, for Charleston, returned into dock last night strained, but not m a ki ng an y wa t er —must discharge ' The Sandbaeh, Bisph am , for Demerara, was g ot off last ni g ht from Jordan's Bank, an d a ft erwar d s we nt on shore. near Mockbeggar, with 1U feet water in her hold—two men drowned. The Caroline, -----, for Savannah, is on shore near Mockbeggar, with 9 feet water in her hold. The Febo, Tedesco, for Palermo, wa s wrecked last night, near Jack. son's Buoy—the cargo is washing on shore at Hoylake, about 23 bales and cases have been secured. The Promise, Shearer, from Quebec, is on shore on East Hoyle— abandoned. The following vessels are at anchor in the Horse Channel, in the midst of a very heavy sea.:—John, fur New South Wales ; Thomas Tucker, for Antitma, very much damaged in her rigging ; H ope, for Barbados, with Loss of main rigging, all three in want 'of anchors, cables, and steamers; the Canton, for Jamaica; Alhyn, for Alex andria, Egypt ; Antigua Packet, for Demerara ; Quintin Leitch, for Philadelphia, apparently all well ; and Racer, fur Genoa, in want of a steamer. The Chieftain, Peters, for Genoa, has put back with Wu pf 412 an chor, cable, and jibbooin, having been in contact with the Cleintin Leitch, and a brig. DEC. 27, 1836 SUNDAY, 25. —NJon, Wirt N.E.—Vezy fresh (An Irish Maii. —High W,tter 911 3timj Aen FM—T:m Isabella, r.itehie, from St Petersbolg. A t.s o All RI VED —The Kellermont, Urquhart, from Glasgow—Leeds, City of Dublin, C•nameree, Mersey, and Ballinasloe, (steemers) from Dublin—the Athlone, (steamer) from Belfast—Frances, --, from Sanvn—The Thomas Worthington, Rackham, for Lima—Beccles. Manthorpe, for Malta and Pairas—Ben:zal, Teulon, for Mobile—Lima Packet, Wh ,, elur, for Trinidad—lsabella, Robertson, for Bombay-- Z 'd, Bernard, for Bourdeaux—Appleton, Evans, for Jamaica—Mary, Nelson, for Donicrara—Nyverbrid, Elevens, for Ostend —Manchester. Anion, for City Point, Zke—Frienita, Cane, for Monte Video, Sze—New Jersoy, Dickson, for Boston—Ctementson, Newby, for St Thomas, S.:c —Elvira, Scott, for Malta, &c—Fairfield, Slack, for Savannah—Rapid, —, for Istappa—Hereford, Bebum, for Rio Janeiro—Co.nmerce , Primrose, for Trinidad—Ocean, Briggs, for Baltimore—Rapid, --. for Cane of Good Hope—llindoo, M`Gill, for Calcutta—Scotland, Winship, for New York. Two brigs, supposed to be coal laden, are reported to have been wrecked at. Kingstown, yesterday. The Noble, Stevens, froth Glasgow, at Core, for New York, leaky and must discharge. The Fenwick Keating, Wilson, for St John, N B, and Jane, Bones for Cadiz, &c, sailed from Cove 22d instant. The America, Mackie, for St John, N B, and William Salthouse, Barr, for Trinidad, sailed from Cove, 22d instant. The Gipsy, (steamer) from Waterford, at Kingstown, for this port. The Earl l'owis, -, for Calcutta, hove to at the back of the . Head, yesterday morning. The Lady Gordon, for Berbice, was off Point Lynas, at 10 Lin, yesterday. A quantity of soap, several barrels of flour, some timber, and two boats, have been picked up near Voel Nant, ands piano forte, neat Mostyn. A brig, with a signal of distress flying, put into Iloylake this after noon. The Mary, White, for Sierra Leone, and the Richard Walker, for Bombay, in beating down the river this afternoon, got in contact, the former lost jibboom, and touched the ground, near Egremoat, the lat ter sprung her main-yard—both afterwards came to anchor. The liengal, Teulon, which sailed to-day, is on shore in the Rock Channel. The John Airey, Nicholson, from Messina, at Dublin. MONDAY, DEC. 26.—N00n, Wind W.S.W.—Moderate. (No Irish mail.—high Water Ih Ilm p.m.) ARRIVED—The Ocean, (steamer) from Cork. SAILF.D—The Bride, Porter, for Bourdeaux & the Mauritius—Bee, Morris, for St John, N B—Julie, Melenbrock, for Ostend Sc Trieste— Vittoria, Mitchell, for Sierra Leone—Active, Meklan, for Odessa— Mary White, Carrington, for Sierra Leone—Lady Rowena, Main, for Charleston—Richard Walker, Fidler, for Bombay—Brothers, Holmes, for Odessa—Gezina Harmonia, Jonker, for Rotterdam—Wolfs Cove. Hamilton, for St John, N B—llediterranean, Crosbie, for Africa— Sir Charles Forbes, Leslie, for Bahia—Water Witch, Newby, for Bar bados—Trenton, Pratt, for Boston—lsabella, Smyth, Buenos Ayres— Brian Boru, Hughes, for Jamaica—Melanthe, Frisk, for Legliorn— Robert Ker, Gourley, for Mobile—Barbadian,§Hutchinson, for Bar bados—Dido, Keay, for Africa. The Malcolm, Malcolm, hence, at St Übes; and sailed Bth Dec. for Buenos Ayres. The Pilot, Davies, for Leghorn, has put back, leaky, and must die charge, having been on shore. The Bengal: Teuton, for. Mobile, bps put back, leaky, and must dis charge, having been on shore near the lied Noses. A brig was wrecked yesterd , y near Dove Point, her lower masts are painted green, abaut 4 feet above the deck. The Racer, -, for Genoa, has put into Hoylake,, after striking on the Banks. The Thomas Tucker, --, for Antigua, is on shore at Hoylake. A brig was seen on shore on West Hoyle early this morning. The cargo of the Heyes is washing on shore near the Point of Ayr. at the mouth of the Dee. The British Tar, and Royal William, from Quebec, at Dublin. John Airey, from Messina, at Dublin. Martha, —, hence, at Dublin. The following vessels sailed from Milford, 23d instant :—Sir John Franklin, for Bahia—Abeona, for Darien—Lynx, for Lisbon—Azores Packet, for St Michael's—Chace, for Havana—Rhoda, Helen, &Three Sisters, for Gibraltar . BELMULLET, Dec. 22.—The Albion, Cook, from North America to Sligo, was totally wrecked 18th instant, on the Island of Ennis Quay— crew saved. In lat. 48, long. 38, the Albion fell in with the Margaret Scott, from North America to Annan, water logged, and took off the crew. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, DECEMBER 26,1836. Wind at Holyhead, E.N.E.—Blowing a gale. East of the Floating Light at anchor—Na. 266, Canton, B Bk, at 12 noon, with a signal of distress flying, the life boat alongside. The following vessels still at anchor outside—No. 1079, Quinten Leitch, B S—and No. 260, Antigua Packet, B S. No. 1529, Thomas Tucker, B B, is aground in Hoylake, at 2 p.m. LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE. Mrn. 1 Evn. Feslirals, Ztr . Mc. H. H. H. H. Tuesday ....27 128 146 Wednesday-28 2 5 223 Thursday.... 29 245 3 6 Friday, ....30 329 352 Saturday....3l 419 448 SUNDAY.Thri i 529 553 Monday .... 2 627 7 1 F. I. 14 6 14 1 13 6 12 11 12 7 12 6 12 11 St John Innocents' Day Length of night 16h 34m Sun in Perigee llh 17m ran Silvester Circumcision Saturn in conj with Moon LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, DEC. 23. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. Manley and Son, Chowbent, Lancashire, nail-manufacturers—R. Byers and T. Kenyon, Blackburn, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturers —Pogo and Whittaker, Manchester, coach-makers--J. Johnson and co., Manchester, smallware-manufactures—Procktor, Hirst, and co., Rochdale, cotton-spinners. INSOLVENTS. Dec. 22—John and George Wimble, Maidstone, wharfingers. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. George Weall, Preston, Lancashire, draper. BANKRUPTS, William Charnley, Liverpool, merchant, to surrender Jan. 9, and Feb. 3, at 12 o'clock, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London. James lnnes Dickeson, Fish-street-hill, London, shipowner. Samuel and Benjamin Dickinson,Manchester, cottoh-waste-dealers. Robert Barker, Manchester, druggist. aoseph Phipson, Birmingham, button-manufacturer. Samuel Gamer, Kingswood, Wiltshire, dyer. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 13, J. Cox, Bradford, Yorkshire, draper—Jan. 16, J. H Swan, Ryde, Hampshire, hatter—Jan. 13, W. P. Coley Old Broad-street. London, wine-merchant—Jan. 16, J. Jackson, Colnbrook, Bucking hamshire, draper—Jan. 16, C. J. Christmas and W. Hart, Church_ passage, Rotherhithe, cement-manufacturers—Jan. 14, J. Penning, Holles.street, Cavendish-square, London, cabinet-maker—Jan. 13, S. Reed, Eastbourne, Sussex, draper—Jan. 13, T. Surfien, Abshurch lane, London, merchant—Jan. 13, J. D. Webb, Fleet-street, London, dealer in lamps—Jan. 13, S. J. Taylor, Fleet...street, London, tobac conist—Jan. 16, W. Walford, Birmingham, maltster—Jan. 16, J. Salter, Pattingham, Staffordshire, farmer. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before the 13th dayof January. J. B. Isaac, Topsham, Devonshire, shipONvner—S. Levy Ply mouth, dealer in jewellery—F. W. Isaac,rharlotte-street, Ratinboue place, London, musical-instrument-maker—J. Mason, Cornwall place, Holloway, Middlesex, coal-merchant—J. Snow. Timberhao), Burrey, innkeeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. James Keiller, jun., Dundee, wood-merchant. Thomas Johnston, Dumfries, writer. Alexander Guthrie and Francis Baxter, Dundee, merchant/. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed Win the returns made in the week ending the 20th day of December, 036. is 32s 8d per hundred weight. PRICE OF CORN. General Weekly Average received in the week ending Dec. 16 : Wheat, 60s, 6.20'7d ; Barley, 365, 9.400 d ; Oats, 255, 5.445 d ; Rye, 44. 4.564 d; Beans, 445. 10.777 d; Peas, 425. 11.502 d. Aggregate Average of Six weeks 'which governs doty 59s 8d ; Barley, 38s 4d ; Oats, 26s 8d ; Rye, 41s 4d ; Beans, 45fs lld Peas, 44s sd. MARRIED. By license, Mr. Alexander Hamilton, of iledabock, to Mrs. Mary Ann M'Lanaghan, of Edinburgh. On Monday, the 28th ult. at St. Philip's Church, Mr. Thomas Jones. agent to Charles Scarisbrick, Esq. to Harriet, youngest daughter of John Perry, Esq. of Soho-square. On Tuesday, the 6th instant, at the Old Church, Bolton, Mr. Charles Thomas Pix,kof this town, to Miss Pearson, eldest daughter of Mr. B. Pearson, of Bolton. On Tuesday, the 15th inst. at Llandudwen, Carnarvonshire, Thomas Tutton Knutton, Esq. of Uphill Lodge, Somersetshire, to Eliza Maria, eldest daughter of Colonel Sir Love Jones Parry, K.G.H., M.P., of Madryn, near Pwlheli. Same day, at Hackney Church, near London, Mr. Leather to Miss Mary Allport. There's taste, we see, of every sort, These two have come together ; He wished "alone to have Allport, She only longed for Leather. On Sunday, the 18th inst. at St. James's Church, Mr. George Howell, ironfounder, to Miss Jane Peers, youngest daughter Of the late Wm. Peert, Esq. Great Nelson-street North. On Monday, the 19th inst. at St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. M. Hawtrey. Mr. James 'Janney, shipwright, to Eliza, only daughter of the late Mr. Roberts, ship-builder On Tuesday last, at Trinity Church, Marvlebone, William Need ham, Esq., of Varteg, Monmouthshire, to Camilla, second daughter of Samuel Bosanquet, Esq. ' of Upper Harley-street, and of Dinge stow Court, in the county of Monmouth. On Thursday last, at Colne, by the Rev. J. Henderson, Mr. John Butterworth to Miss Hiwley, daughter of Mr. Robert Hawley, of Oakham, Rutland, and grand-daughter of the late Thomas Hoyle. Esq. of Spring Cottage, near Burnley. On Thursday last, at St. Michael's Church, Mr. John Wallace to Miss Elizabeth Workstrom. _ Ou Sunday last, at St. Catherine's Church, by the Rev. J. North, Mr. Win. Llewellyn to Miss Catherine Leyland, Falkner-street. DIED. Lately, in Wales, aged 90, the wife of Mr. Jahn Jones, of Ten-7- Ilan, Dolyddelen. Her husband, to whom she had been married years, is now of the age of 86, and in the enjoyment of health and strength; as a proof of which, he mowed, two summers ago, hay 1a the same field with his son, grandson, and great-grandson,- and was* considered the best and most active in the pack. The offspring of these patriarchs amount in number to one hundred and twenty-two, namely, nine children, fifty-eight grand-children, and flfty;five great grand-children, the eldest of which latter is now 18 years old. Lately, at Rome, aged 63, the celebrated Italian chemist, Dominica M arid; In On the 23d of June last, at Arequipa, South America., after alinger:- ing ilii eas, John L. Robinson, Esq., much respected. Onlhe 23d of August last, John, only son of the late Mr. Richard Ormabby, ship-builder. On the 28th of October last, aged 98 years. Mr. John Rimmer, Old hall-street, formerly of London-road, ironmonger. Last week, in Giamorzanshire, after having just attained his.looth year, Mr. Benjamin Spencer. of whom itis said, his humour and his teeth continued so unimpaired that he could crack both nuts and jokes to the last. On Friday, the 9th inst. in Killarney, Mrs. Catherine Riordan , widow, at the very great age of 108 years. She retained her health, with very. great bodily activity, till within a very few days of her dissolution. On Sunday, the Isth instant, at his daughter's house, Clayton-street• much respected, aged 69, Mr. John Carter, one of the oldest . ooopers in the town. On Sunday, the 18th inst. at Biackrod, aged 74 years, the Ref. H en ry fey Sutcliffe. The deceased was H ea d Master : og Ak . ' rod Free Grammar School for 37 years. 'On Monday, the 19th inst. aged 29 y ears , Ch ar l otte ; w if e of Mr' John Todd, Edge-hill. On Monday, the 19th instant, at West Drayton, MitkileseX, aged"' Mr. Joseph Tiercelin. On Tuesday last, at Burton Hall, near Hull, Benjamin BlaYd es Haworth. Esq. age, 08INev Airs.ed a divn Y i 3 , a at ra her yc llaas r k lro te a, n gr s ee e du , e7St4to.o Sarah a e t rh N aeh e i, w amt i e n o gt h o de n arm , o i f n c t k l ai t r e rk. 76t h year of her watch-g lder. Same day, of scarlet fever, aged 4 years and 11 mon eT th il' s! jni M .Das ar' . f A er: only daughter of Mr. Samuel Kearne. m a telle On Friday l a st, a t th e res id ence ' of her b rother, Mi ss ' Ann aged 68 years. Oh Sunday last, Edward, the infant son of Mt. John Gage, Rich mond-row, aged 2 years and 9 months. Yesterday', at Leicester-terrac'e, Woodside, Maria Louisa, wife of Morgan O'Connell, Esq. of this town. • . LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1836. PRIE AND UISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND -FRBLIDAY MORNING, BY RICHARD PATTISSON, (Of Hope Cottage, Seacombe, Cheshire,) At No. 4, NORTU CRESCENT, CASTI:E-STRRET, Livritenor.. d ~, Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. Newton an Co., Warwick-square; Barker,- Fleet-street; Deacon, r Walbook T h Reynell, Chancery-lane; Lawson Sc Barker, Birchin-lan e ; .c;so. Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; Munden Hammond, 27; A'nul bard.street ; Mitchell, 8, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street • and Lewis, 4, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street; Mr. iThernag liextall, 11, Aldermanbury ; at Garraway's; at the London Own mercial Coffee-housei Mincing-lane; at the Jerusalem Coffee house, Cornhill ; Chapter Coffee-house, Pater-nostef-row; and North and South American Coffee-house, Threadneedle-stree:' London ; by Messis. Johnston and Co. ; and Mr. John Lee, at hts Newspaper and Advertisement Age. Incy_ollice, 35, llenry-str e t Dublin; Mr. M•Phun, Glasgow • IYlr. Wheeler, Exchange-stretr Clarke and Mr. Lewis, Market-street, ' Manchester ; Mr. itialleY.B, 0 ,,,,0 . : seller, Warrington ; Mr. Clarke, Pilet- office, Preston • and ,"' Coope, 33, Union•street, Ilirmingliun. -• l' a 40P