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of baN the ea league Englai then, wed that hey were the hon. member mean to idle of the subscribers to that asso- Why, he thought that they boasted nded their ramifications through every part of He thought they said that this was a national had branches in every part of id Wales ? How happened it, by a quibble, to deny and repudiate the system of their fellows throughout the nation ? But he turned the page of this declaration, and he found a circular addressed by the agitators at Manchester to their correspondents : it ran thus :—" Manchester Anticorn Law -You will oblige the council by affixing your name to the declaration, and returning it at the earliest possible moment." Now, in the declaration, as read, there was not the name of one single Yorkshire manufacturer ; of the 72 parties subscribing the declaration, there was not one who did not live in Manchester, or some other large town, where they dared not carry on the truck system for fear of the shopkeepers. (A cry of " Hear, hear," from the opposition.) It was in secret—it was in dark corners that this infamy was perpetrated. It was explain the nefarious system a ter and ironical cheers from t none to rise up and opposition (Loud laugh nches.) Oh, their interi options would not put him down. He stood there to speak the truth, and those who rose for that purpose were not to be silenced by clamour. It was in the name of the working classes of England that he addressed that house, (ironical cheering,) and he recommended them to follow the hon. member for Oldham and leave him alone. i. member for Oldham had told them that they bad ter drop. When the representative for %tad said that these charges should not rest, advice of t TL•e this mat he hon. member for Oldham had saidhim ___l better let the matter rest, for I can undertake to prove Al Mr. Ferrand has said—and ten times worse." (Hear, He challenged the hon. member for Wolverhamp ove for his select committee. Let them in . ry into these charges—let them examine and ) was right: To-night he would undertake to state the charge n, then iich he had to make against the dishonest part of the manufacturers, and if lion. members opposite denied the, truth of his allegations, he would drive them to the course of asking for a select committee of inquiry. The letter he was about to read was from a poor man in a manu fa ring town in Lancashire, and. he did trust that hon. members opposite, if they would not listen to him, would at least listen to a poor man. Members opposite boasted that they were the champions of the poor man, and that they ) the House of Commons to. ask for a repeal of the ws for the sake of the poor man. Let them listen for a women• corn-la o the words of, a poor man : " Bolton, March 1 My Dear Sir,—lt is with the greatest pleasure I read our speech of last Thursday. It was one of the sort that has long been wanted ; but, Sir, though it appears to have struck such a panic amongst them as they (the Anti-Corn- Law League) little expected, you did not positively more than half do it. I wish that some one: ml the Conservative side of the house would move for t committee of inquiry. I feel confident it would strike such an awe over-them as they ►ot be guilty of such practices, On Monday evening, 't., a meeting of the Anti-Corn-Lan• League was -hall, when was called to the Now, Sir, this is a spinning -master, and occupies a 11 in street. He lives about a mile out of town in a splendid mansion on the road, near which is a farm 0 cows. Mind, Sir, he was not worth a Temperani which keeps about 21 suit of clothes when he poor Irish lad, all rags and tatters e to Bolton at the first, but a This man now, Sir, not only compels his spinners to have cottages, but also - reelers (girls 16 years of age) must pay rent from 2s. Gd. to 4s. Gd. per week, or they must have no work. They must also have a quart of milk a day, whether they can drink it or not. Dear Sir, the houses are of the worst description, and are relet by the workpeople from a shilling to half-a-crown a week, and very often not let at all, and then, of course, they The master stops it out of their wages, if yto take home. Most of the spinning spinners to have cottages, but none _... Anti-Corn-Law League make girls. _.,ineu ate always screwing and oppressing. 1 will 011 of another' rascally trick of -. He makes a )ractice of running his mill from Monday until Saturday, ind because Saturday is a short day, on which we work only nine honrs, he stops at noon, and only pays the hands for ye days and a half. I wish you would give him &touch in of Commons on this point, I think it would stop ^onfer a blessing on hundreds of poor lose all t be rent they have not a penny to take home casters compel their 1:11T,. and you would , etory peopl He had given them an instance of the.tyranny practised in i L n a y nC n a r s ic h a i h re; E . would now give them another which occurred be was pr ire epa're to give ind his oWn neighbourhood , and again - he said up his authority to any hon member who req u i re d hi m to do so:— " A poor- weaver, residing in the township of , with a wife and family of small chil dren. has been for some tirneemployed by a wealthy worsted, yarn, and stuff manufacturer, who has practised the abomi nable system of having a retail shop on his premises, where his workpeople well understood that they are to expend their hard-earn'ed pittanpe in the , of shop goods. po or man incurred a trifling debt, of about 10s. Gd., said shop, which he agreed to liquidate by allowing a deduc tion of is weekly from his napes. h ou gh he had not food for a das But, al a s! poor man, ne.gnance for his family, , ien he carried in his work on theta:lll -in day, at the close h o i f e re h wuruary, this wealthy the week ending on the 19th of asthe full amount of ,erat deducted the 103. W., saes due, and sent him away penniless, and refused to trt further employment. In this state of distress he e the 21st ilia., __.:,,,...g re. on Monday morning, ages,. 10s. 6d., which obtained and re clerk gave him credit ? The tyrant shrank for fearor his fee) sed the affair with his injured solfiave, and ligation of a case by a ma 7orn-Law League men 1 (Cheers from tughter from the opposition benches.)ota :ryes of such cases in his possession, to prove before a select conamkt ee "v on Saturday last,, in deference to noble lord the member for the ions for.hts.7 ded a This at this idon (Lo Russell) held, not only in that tion of the public out of doors, Ord a sample of the common sort of cloth )rkir* classes. He had also sent Ister, for he was determinedthat be in the dark, and they should f what he had asserted, and — what --"- —ho *ld in Lancashire to th a sample to the prime t his proceedings should r bed over with floor pas non sort of manufactures were ? He r had a sample of the cloth ,her for the deal of the attars of the he ever in his life saw such plunder as that ming men were exposed by this means. It was dread ;antempate it; it was horrible to behold. Yes, the ' ' ' ;don, wt to WhiCil airtmg which was sold to the poor people of Lancashire was 3ropletely daubed over with flour paste. The hon. memuer len read the foHowing letter from the Manchester Guardian the Ist December l ast, the organ of the anti-corn-law Sir,—A powe r -l oom manufacturer working 1,000 payingmow aapre b y £l5 per week, irthe flogirusedin his manu, ` , an he did for the same guar "a the f :ory in the i❑ }835 duty. On born rnent a -.0 manufacturer an several hundred s a Year in such an establish the English one in the sines article of sizing The deficiency was 21 millions in last year, and in this year it would he more. .He saw no occasion for. so large a furce, and would move &reduction. He objected also to the amount of the half-pay and retired allowances to the late bre vet, which be said that the army had not merited by .any re cent services ; and to the pensions allowed to widows. Sir H. DOUGLAS said he was not surprised that hon. mem-. bers on the otber side of the house had raised no 'objection to the votes proposed by.his right hon. friend, for that which he did the late ministry ought to have done on a much larger scale, Our military force ought to have been increased when the war broke out in Canada, and it ought to have been fur ther increased when those hostilities commenced in the East, the issue of which they had yet tolearn. At the breaking out of the Canadian rebellion two regiments were removed from the lonian Islands, to the great inconvenience of the public service. Looking to the Chinese war, and to what had taken place in the East since its commencement, he must say,lhat for many years past, and most particularly from the time of the Canadian rebellion, the strength of the British army had never been equal to the work it had to perform. It had been utterly insufficient, not only for ordinary relief, but to enable officers abroad to carry on warlike operations in a proper. manner; and it was now utterly insufficient to re trieve any great disaster that might happen, which God for bid ! For watit of a sufficient force, the officers engaged in in Affghanistan had been prevented from carrying on the war as they would have done ; otherwise they would not have undertaken great operations along an immense line of coun try without making good that progress step by step, and es tablishing depots in every important part, for the purpose of conveying intelligence and supplies, and of making and secure in case of any unforeseen disaster, so that the forces could retreat from the first post to the second, and so on as far as necessary, falling back, not upon weakness, but upon strength. He charged that insufficiency upon those whose duty it was at the time to make ample provision for every contingency, and not to have left officers exposed to defeat, and to the necessity of deviating from the first rules of the service. He therefore thanked his right honourable friend for having increased her Majesty's forces. But that ought to have been done long ago. It was now imperatively necessary to look well to our extended empire, and to increase our forces, not by expedients, but by large and regular means. Look at India. The Queen's troops there were reckoned at 22 battalions, at the very moment when some were called away to China, and others to Affghanistan ! What were 22 battalions for India Proper ? And where were they now ? Nine and a half only were in India ; some were sent to Affghanistan, some to Cabul, and some to Jellalabad. He trusted that no new disaster would befal the British troops in those parts, but, should such an event take place, not only would the physical results be most distressing, but the moral effect must be most mischievous to the honour and welfare of this country; and here again he must cast all the responsibility of such a state of things upon those who when it was their duty to prepare the necessary supplies, failed to do so. (Hear, hear.) Re turning now to that degree of comfort which ought to be provided for the British soldier, he would state that when he arrived at the lonian Islands, he found but one military chaplain there ; and on visiting the hospitals he heard the dying soldiers .calling for spiritual aid and comfort in their last moments. He applied to the noble lord the member.for Sunderland, who was then Secretary at War, and he appoint ed another- chaplain, and also three Roman Catholic chap lains, but he (Sir H. Douglas) had recommended the appoint ment of four. An alteration for the better was visible among the military ; many of them were to he seen sitting in the* guard-rooms reading, and he knew from observation that those who took to their books forsook baneful habits and pursuits, and became moral men, and consequently orderly and good soldiers. (Hear, hear.) He wished his right hon. friend would take another step with respect to those institu tions which had proved so beneficial among civilians—he meant saving -banks. When he was Governor of New Brunswick, many years ago, he established saving-banks, in which the military deposited their savings, not as soldiers, but as private persons ; and in a very short time tneir depo sits amounted to £ - 500, while provident habits and temper ance and general good conduct prevailed more extensively amongst the men. In the course of service, however, the re giment was called elsewhere ; there being no mode of remitting deposits, it was necessary to return the men their money, and the consequence was, that, though some gave their savings to superior officers, or the paymaster, to take care of for them, others fell into great irregularities, spending their money foolishly, and courts-martial followed their misconduct. Thus they were thrown back in the path of good behaviour, merely through the absence of a regimental saving -bank. His experience in this matter was similar in the lonian Isles. The gallant commodore, the member for Marylebone, after having pleaded so warmly the other night against the xeduc lion of the complement of men in the naval service, would surely support the same view of the case of the army, and not wish to decrease the comforts or injure the health of the soldier. He quite agreed with the gallant commodore in what he had said upon that subjtct, though he would not fol low him to the length of saying that, in consequence of the deficiency in the complement of men for the Mediterranean fleet, if the French had come down upon the British they would have been defeated. (Hear, hear.) He thought the practice of the gallant commodore would in such a case have , been directly at variance with his observations in that house, and that he would have shown the enemy from the quarter deck of the Powerful, that he was not acting under the in fluence of the opinions he had expressed here. Indeed, he (Sir H. Douglas) was firmly of opinion, considering the skill of the British, not only in regard to seamanship but in gun nery, and their dauntless courage, that even had the fleet been diminished still .more in its complement of men, the French would not have beaten them, had they tried. (Cheers.) Captain LAYARD wished that the soldiers' pensions should be increased, and that, after ten years, a soldier should be entitled to a free discharge. Sir 11. HARDINGE inclined to concur in the opinion, that the period of service entitling a soldier to his discharge might be usefully shortened. As to the increase of pensions, the difficulty was chiefly a 'financial one. With respect to Mr. Williams's observations, he stated, that seven battalions of the proposed force were required for the war in China, and that the half-pav list had been much diminished, but could not be further reduced, except by death, the officers being now, for the most part, too old to be recalled into active ser vice. As the number of officers diminished by death, the number of pensions to their widows bad unavoidably aug mented. The service abroad was so severe, that the reliefs must absolutely be increased, and this required an increase in the total force. • The vote was affirmed. On the second vote, for the sum-required to maintain these forces, Mr. WILLIAMS cut off the excess of nay .4._ IT pro posed to usehold Troops beyond what was et s . received by other .rg7m en . Sir H. HARDINGE defended this extra pay, on the ground of the peculiar character of these s troops, an d th e grea t ex lo4th against ainst Mr. WILLIAMS perseverepd in dividing. . pense of living i n th e metro oli the house, and was o ty o k of another deAferart.e‘dvbLai.mklaijsorti division l: upon th e v ote f or the volunteers, and was again defeated. The committee then passed the remainder of the army es timates, and proceeded to those of the navy. Mr. CuitTEis raised another discussion Upon the case of Mr. 'Elton , defending some p arts of his conduct. Captain B ERKEL EY cave a sketch of Mr. Elton's naval lif e , imP eaptar ing hini of habitu al insubordination. Ca p tain Rous vinedi cated the court - ma rtial, -an d clemency disapproved the i o the Admiralty in remitting'part of the sentence. Some conversation followed about the effects to be expect ed from the Merchant Seaman's Registry Act, sth and Gth Mr. SMYTHE suggested that it would be well to appoint persons as consuls who had as little as possible to do per sonally' with trade; because, independent of the disinclina tion which a foreign government would have to communicate to a consul, who was a merchant also, particular kinds of information, the merchant himself might frequently find that his communicating information which his government ought to know would prove prejudicial to his private interests as a trader. After some observations from Mr. WILLIAMS and Sir W. SOMERVILLE, . Mr. WARD said the motion could lead to no practical re sult in its present shape, and be should therefore, if pressed to a division, vote against it; though he admitted that some useful improvements might be adopted from what.the hon. member had suggested.' After a few observations from Mr. LABOUCHEHE and Captain VLUMRIDGE, Mr. D'ISR AELI replied, and the motion was negatived without a division. . . Mr. IVIA.CKINNON then moved for'a select committee to consider the expediency of framing some legislative enact ments (due respect being paid to the rights of the clergy,) to remedy the evils arising from the interment of bodies within the precincts of large towns or places densely peopled. The hon. member expressed his surprise that the present system should have been suffered to continue to the present day, al though it was notorious that it was productive of the most pernicious consequences to the health of the inhabitants of large cities. _ BOWRING seconded the motion, and said he was glad to see that at last some step was about to he taken with a view to render the dead as little as possible obnoxious to the living. Mr. WABLVIY thought the question one of great import ance, and hoped the hon. member would not place upon the committee any of the proprietors of cemetery companies. Sir J. GRAHAM gave his consent to the motion, conceiving it quite necessary that some step should be taken to remedy tb6 evil complained of. The motion was agreed to. Lord F. EGERTON moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend an act entituled "An act to render certain marriages valid, and to alter the law with respect to certain voidable mar riages, and to define the prohibited degrees of affinity." The bill he proposed to remedy was that of 1835, which contained a prospective clause prohibiting certain marriages on the ground of the affinity of the parties. One chief object of the bill would be to enable a widower to marry his wife's sister, which he thought was not contrary to the Christian 'dispensation. In many instances it might be most advanta geous to the children of the first marriage that the sister of their mother should be placed in a position to watch over their education in the character of a parent. The noble lord spoke at considerable length in support of his proposition, and in explcnation of most of its details to the house, and said be had no apprehension that the passing of his bill could at all tend to weaken the moral sanctity of marriage in this country. Mr. BoaTuwlck seconded the motion. Sir R. INnus regretted that the subject should have been introduced at all, and more particularly that it should be in troduced by a noble lord whose character stood so high as to give great weight to anything he proposed. The universal church was decidedly averse for - fifteen centuries to such marriages as he now sought to legalise. There was no single instance in which such marriages as those sought to be now legalised had been sanctioned. It was not necessary to rest this question on the word of God. On purely social, practi cal, and political grounds, it was objectionable. He believed no man with a well-conducted mind would regard his wife's sister with other feelings than he would his own. He hoped the opinion of the house would be so expressed that the mea sure would not be again brought forward. Mr. M. MILNES regretted to hear the intention of the hon. baronet to take th sense of the house upon the bill. He thought the question could not be settled so summarily as the hon. baronet imagined, but that it required mature deliberation. _ _ _ Mr. HOPE (Maidstone) concurred with Sir R. Inglis in opposing the measure, which he considered would clash with the decrees of the church, and be regarded as an instalment of some greater measure. _ _ Mr. C. BULLER thought the measure too important to proceed with at that . late hour, and therefore proposed the adjournment of the debate. After afew words from Mr. PLUMTRE, Sir R. INGLIS, and Dr. NicnoLL, it was arranged, on the suggestion of Sir R. PEEL, that the debate should be adjourned to Friday week. The house soon after adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. Sir R. PEEL moved the second reading of the Corn Im portation Bill. Lord EBRINGION arcued at considerable length in opp.o sition to the sliding scale of duties, and moved, as an amend ment, that the bill should be read a second time that day six months. Col. T. WOOD supported the bill, though he admitted that he was at one time'disposed to wish for a less prohibitory measure. Captain VYVYAN supported the amendment ; as did also Mr. BLACKSTONE, who contended that it did not give sufficient protection to the nriculturist, and said that there were only five petitions, signed by 510'individuals, presented to the house in favour of the measure proposed by the govern ment. - Mr. BUCK denied that the prevailing distress was to be attributed to the corn laws. He should have been better pleased if the right hoh. baronet (Sir R. Peel) had proposed a higher scale of duties but his constituents were not dis posed on a•:count of his proposed alterations to withdraw their support from a government in which they had the greatest confidence. - Lord HOWICK admitted that the proposed bill was a very great amendment and amelioration of the existing law, and he believed it to be the beginning of a progress to a corn law founded upon a more intelligible principle than that which they bad then before them. He repudiated the idea of pro tection to agriculture, or to any other branch of industry, beyond the protection to any man in the possession of the fruits of his own labour. Any protection that went beyond thiS, any protection that went the length of compelling one man to purchase the produce of another ceased to be pro tection, and became wrong by giving to one particular class the power of taxing their fellow-subjects. He was not an ad vocate for the total and immediate repeal of the corn laws, but preferred a moderate fixed duty. As a strong proof of the evils of the sliding scale he instanced the fact that large quantities of corn were lying in bond while the price of corn in the markets of England was enormously high, owing to the failure of our domestic produce, the corn in bond being retained there until the averages became sufficiently high to suit the purpose of the importers. The proposed measure was a continuance of the sarne'vicions policy hitherto main tained—it would Satisfy no party, and ultimately the right hon. baronet would himself be obliged to come again to Par liament to admit that his own measure was not beneficial in its operation, and that it was his duty to propose that it should be altered. • Mr. PAKINGTON was of opinion that no case had been made out in favour of a fixed duty. Under the existing corn law, the manufacturers had acquired a degree of unprece dented prosperity ; and, convinced as he was of'the necessity of giving protection to agriculture, he should support a mea sure brought forward by a Government in which his confi dence was unbounded. He regretted the spirit of acrimony which had evinced itself in the course of-the debates on this question, and which had led each side of the house to attri bute sordid motives to the other. It should be remembered that this measure was forced upcn the present government— that it was, in fact, a brand of discord flung by the late•go vernment amongst the people, and which it consequently be came necessary to deal with in some way ; and the present government were dealing - with it in the most equitable man ner fur all- parties. Mr. C. BULLEJL remarked upon the inconsistency of those hon. members who supported the existing law by their argu ments, and yet• who supported its alteration by their votes. The- hon. member then contended -that the corn laws had operated most injuriously on the employment of both capital and labour, and said that the two best features in the bill of Sir R. Peel were, that it would increase the revenue, and that it was a considerable shake to a but system. Mr. GLAns•rostg charged Mr. Shell with inconsistency in repudiating the sliding scale, though he had himself always previously supported the sliding scale even against the most modified attempts to change it. He also charged him with having quoted the opinion of Mr. Huskisson, in 1821, against all his - subsequent opinions, which was quite as unfair as if any one hereafter were to quote any of the speeches of the right hon. gentleman (Mr. Sheil) in support of the existing corn law.as a test of his opinions . on the sliding scale, which it now appeared had undergone a total change. He con tended that, so far from the British manufacturer being de stroyed by foreign competition, the fact was that the British manufacturer was able to compete successfully against any nation whatever, or against all. The house had determined by a large majority againSt the repeal of the corn law, and had also determined by a large majority against the adoption of a fixed duty ; and the house had now proposed to it the adoption of a measure which was almost universally admitted to be one of considerable and substantial relief to the con sumer. The agriculturists in assenting ,to this measure were making a large concession, though he` admitted not more than was called for by the state of the trading and manufac turing.interests of the country ; but having thus conceded they were not deserving the terms of asperity which had been showered upon them in tbe course of these debates. With respect to this measure being a precursor of greater changes, - be must say that he never thought it within the compass of ,possibility that, i n an y matter conne c t e d w ith c ommerce or produce, 'they could legislate so as to prevent, the necessity of ever at any future period having to consider the same sub ject. Still, surely the present measure must be considered, at all events, as final as the proposition of a fixed duty, when the great mass of thole who supported it avowed their object to to obtain a fixed duty in order to get rid of that duty altogether. . Lord J. RUSSELL quoted the opinion of Lord Sandon that the mercantile men of 'Liverpool were in favour of a fixed duty, and in reply to au attack upon the motives which ac tuated the late government in bringing forward the alteration of the corn law, said, that when he proposed the changes in our fiscal laws, be fully expected to carry the greater portion of •theni, and bad - no doubt but that, as a change iu the corn Jaw was Indispensable, he should by the force of public opi nion be enabled to carry that change also. The late,govern ment had, however, been defeated by the supposition in which the country was left that the opponents of that govern ment were favourable to the existing corn law. The noble lard alluded to the fears entertained by the agriculturists wheq it was proposed to reduce the duty on the importation of foreign wool, fears which experience proved to be un founded, for in subsequent years the quantity of home-grown wool largely increased. Yet upon that occasion the Duke of Richmond had moved for committee after committee in order to p rove that the measure must be enormously inju rious to the agricultural interests. He coull not see why the principle which had been successfully carried out re specting other articles should wholly fail when applied to corn. If there were imposts on the agriculturists to which other classes were not exposed, to that extent he would give them protection ; • but, consistent with that protection, be was of opinion that the cheaper the price of corn the better it would be for the country.. Sir• R. PEEL said that the fixed duty td the noble lord Would not be a measure . of justice to thej agriculturists, nor would it give them the extent of protection which he avowed himself ready to concede. - He denied that he had ever said that he did not expect that this measure would give no relief to commercial manufacturing distress; what he had said was, that be could not hold out a hope that it would 'lead •to any immediate material orMitigat i on of the sufferings of the people. He was of the same opinion still, and considered if he held out great expectations of great and immediate re lief from the change he proposed; that he should be practising a delUsion, for he did riot think the distress was the result of the existing corn law'," and would not, therefore, be at o nce relieved by its alteration. He had felt it his duty to frame a measure which would lead to a practical result, and his success in so doing it was which had led to the dulneaa of their debates, for had his measure been other wise than practical they would have had much more vigour in their denouncement of his plan. The right honour able baronet then appealed to the house to say, what would be the consequence of rejecting his measure? The noble lord could not carry his rbeasure, nor could any other pro position he had. heard hope for more than a comparatively trivial support, and the result, therefore, would be to keep the question unsettled, and the country agitated upon a subject of such importance. He hoped, therefore, that as . his measure was a very considerable concession, the house would preserve thecountry from such a state of things by agreeing to the second reading of the bill. Lord WORSLEY defended himself from the charge of in ' consistency in the course he had pursued upon the subject of the corn, laws, and expressed his intention to vote against the second reading of the bill. After a few observations from Sic C. NAPIER, the house divided, and the second reading was - carried by a majority of 284 to 176 DEATH OF WILLIAM GRANT, ESQ, This universally-belovedman died on the 28th February last, at his house, Springside, near Manchester. The bene volence of this gentleman has been rendered interesting to the public by the pen of Mr. Dick ens, who ha s depicted him , in conjunction with his brother, under the ch arac t er o f th e " Brothers Cheeryble." Mr. Giant was born in the year 1770. His father was a respectable fanner in Inverness-shire, from whence he removed about the year 1793, in consequence of a flood which not only sweet away his flocks and his crops, but also the very soil he cultivated, leaving sterile gravel in its place. His son, with a deep feeling of gratitude to Provi dence for the means of usefulness, used often to remark on this seeming destruction of all the hopes of the family, that it was, in fact, the opening to wealth and to beneficial influ ence. The father and son found employment at Messrs. Dinwiddie and Co.'s print-works, near Bury, where William served his apprenticeship ; and so able and so trustworthy was he found, that before its termination, and while yet a mere youth, he had many offers of partnership. These, however, he declined, his design being to join his younger brothers, whom lie had established in business in Bury, and who had been very successful. Their after-progress was what might have been expected from the union of able men of business, all banded together for one common interest, all distinguished for integrity, each having his own department, and each discharging its duties with judgment, zeal, and industry. If any thing was remarkable in their achievement of wealth and station, it was that riches were not accumulated by penurious savings of niggardly economy, but kept steadily and swiftly progressive, notwithstanding liberal and, as many called it, profuse hospitality, and notwithstanding tens of thousands of pounds were given away from the common fa mily purse in acts of charity and mercy. As the deceased was well-known in Liverpool, and his memory highly re spected, we give the following examples of his unobtrusive munificence, which we find, amongst many others, in the Manchester Times. Mr. Grant was a staunch conservative in politics, and his profuse liberality forms a striking con trast to the griping propensities of the members of the Anti-Corn-Law League. A young student was consumptive, and his chance for life was removal to a warmer climate, which he could not afford. It was Mr. Grant's object to devise a pious fraud, by which he could serve the young man without offending his pride. He said, " We have a vessel which is to touch at M—. The captain will be glad to have your company so far, and our correspondent will find you lodgings at a cheap rate." The student resolved to go. A few days before he sailed Mr. Grant said : " We are sending a young man to our agent by the vessel you sail in: Will you be kind enough.to pay him some attention on the voyage ? " The young man was really sent as his nurse ! On their arrival at M—, the agent in vited the student to his house until he could procure lodgings for him, but day after day had to invent fresh excuses for not finding them. At last he said : "It is such a comfort to me to have an Englishman to talk to that you would do me a great favour if you would take up your abode with me." All this had been arranged beforehand. But death came not withstanding. " Poor fellow ! " said Mr. Grant—" But I have the consolation of thinking that he never found out how we had managed for him." A girl, twelve years of age, the - daughter of a humble friend, had attracted much of his notice by her honest de meanour and that premature thoughtfulness and develope ment of intellect which often mark those who are destined to an early removal from the cares of this world. Seeing her one day timidly approaching Mr. Grant with a little box in her hand, her mother said : " She wants to beg from you, sir." " Well, my dear child, what do you want with the money that gbes into your box ? " "We lay out part of it in coals, and part of it in flannel for the poor." Well, here is a sovereign ; put ten shillings of it in your box, and buy something pretty fdr yourself with the other ten." The next time she came there was a request that she might be allowed to put it all into the box. " Oh, certainly," he said. but there is a sovereign to be spent in somethin g for yourself." box,That also, on reflection, was begged for the and another was given.inii4 stead, and thus ha went on, alternately pleasing and puzzling the child. " God bless her," he said, "she is too good for this world." And so she was. " She has gone to heaven," he said, when he heard of her death, and the big tears rolling down his own cheeks when he talked to her father of submission to the will of God. A tradesman became bankrupt when engaged for Mr. Grunt upon some work which required them frequently to consult together. When it was finished, and they were talk ing about it, the former was called out of the room. In his absence Mr. Grant said to a 'mutual friend who had hap pened to call: " Do you think is in want of money ? He was unexpectedly pulled down, and, although he is em ployed by the assignees, he may be pinched enough. Do you think he would b e affronted if I made him a present ?" And before waiting for an answer, he added—" I'll run the risk — it is better that I should run the risk of offending him than he should suffer." When the tradesman returned, and the friend had retired, Mr. Grant said — " Yo ur assi g nee s must send in their account and it will be paid ; but it is not right I should have put you to so much extra trouble for nothing ; your time is your money. You must accept of this us a little return for the trouble I have put you to"—attempting to put some ten or twelve sovereigns into the other's hand. The tear started int o th e man ' s eyes : " I see your intent, Mr. Grant. You think I may be in want, and you delicately try to make me a present under pretence of payment for my time. I cannot take it, but I promise y ou that if ever I should be unable t o su pp o rt my wife and family , the first man I apply to for assistance will be William Grant." " 110 you make me that promise solemnly ?" " I do indeed." " Then give me your hand. A man like you is not easily to be put down ; but if you ever should be in want, you know where you have a friend." He liked to enable the benevolent to relieve the cases of distress which were presented to them, and thus to make them share with himself in the pleasure of contributing to human happiness. " You must have a number of poor people ap plying to you for relief in these bad times," he said to a lady a few weeks ago. " I have indeed," she replied, " and I am sorry I have so little to give to really decent people who have been reduced in circumstances. " Will you be kind enough, my dear lady," said he, " to take these two sove reigns and distribute them for me?" " Oh, Mr. Grant," said the lady, " the blessing of them that are ready to perish will be upon you." Christmas before last he came to us. " This is very cold weather, and the poor people must be badly off for want of fire. I should like to make a number of houses and hearts warm on Christmas Day, and you will do me a great favour if you will see to the distribution of twenty tons of coals in single hundred weights ; only don't put it in the newspaper. Many years ago a warehouseman published a scurrilous pamphlet, in which he endeavoured, but very unsuccessfully, to hold up the h ouse o f Gr an t B ro thers to p u bli c r idi cu l e. William remarked that the man would live to repent what he had done, and this was conveyed . 0y sonic tale-bearer to the libeller, who said : " Oh, I suppose he thinks I shall; some time or other, be in his debt, but I will take godd care-of that." It happens, however, that a man in business cannot j ML•y Somerville, LanCa;ter, from Calcutta, at this port; sailed from the Cape of Good Hope. Bth Jan. and from St. Helena 23rd. Left at the Cape, the Lady Faversham, for London, and Dnphess of Argyle, for this port ; Cornwall for Sincapore ; Champion and Charlotte • for the Mauritius ; and Harmony for Rio Janeiro. The Southampton (501; Cambrian (3(i) ' • Lily (16) ; Tortoise (6) ; and Fawn (2), were at Simon's Bay. On 2nd Feb. in lat. I S, long. 22 W, spoke H.M.S. Thalia (CO, from Portsmouth to China, out 26 days, and Athol, from Bombay to this port • - Reliance, Hall, hence at the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed 30th Dec. for Bombay. On lath Nov in lat. 23 N, long. 25 W, spoke the Shakspeare, hence for Bombay. On the 29th, in lat. 25, long. 26 W, spoke the Bee, hence for Arica Martha Jane, Thomas, hence at the Cape of Good Hope 11,M.5. Cambrian (36). from Plymouth, at ditto in 49 days Senator, Eerr, from Ceylon, at ditto Reform, Miller, from St. Helena, ditto Duncan and Mermaid, from Calcutta, at St. Helena Montezuma, Selkirk, fcom the Cape of Good Hope, at ditto Glanmire, and Walkin, from Mauritius, at ditto Frisk, Whiteway, hence at Buenos Ayres William, Clou'ston, and Robina, Henderson, hence at Leghorn Nais, Easton, hence at Cadiz Dryad, =, hence at Buenos Ayres Alcyope, Bennett, hence at Monte Video Pauline, De Boer, hence at Helvoet Derefordshire, Lewis, hence at the Texel . Cordelia, W.Mullen, from Catania, at Belfast Sea Nymph. from Leghorn, at ditto Veracity, Dixon, from Aux Cayes, at Cove' Alice Brown, Donald,•from Monte Video, at ditto Grace, Penton, from Genoa, at ditto Thomas Jessie, Hynes, from Leghorn, at ditto Guard, Theobaid, hence for Dordt, at Milford Isabel, Reid, hence for Algiers, at Whitehaven Apollo, 'Wainwright, from Marseilles for Hull, at Ramsgate, with part of her cargo thrown overboard, having been on the Goodwin Sands Rosalie, Alsop, for Rio Janeiro, and Lancashire Lass, Powell, for Lisbon, have put back Active, Miller, sailed from Marseilles for this port 28th Feb. Mary D'igdale, from Sincapore for London, was spoken 22nd Jan. in lat. 2 N, long. 22 W Jessie Anderson, hence for Monte Video, was spoken 24th Jan. in lat. 3 N, long. 22 W • Lady Bassett, hence for Genoa, was spoken 25th. Feb. in lat. 48, long. 8 Mary Kingsland, hence for New York, was spoken 4th March in lat. 50, long. 13 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9.—Wind S.W ARRlVED.—Phcenix, Shaw, from Bombay—Theodosia, Cushing, from Calcutta—Sarah & Arsalia; Smith, from Charleston--Jessie, Parker, from Mobile—Rothschild, Luckett, from New Orleans— General Wiltshire, Leslie, from New York sailed 15th Feb.— Rapade, 13ockleman, from Bahia—Statesman, Quiller, from Ma. ranham—Sirocco, Hindley, from Marseilles—Coquette, —, from Nantes—Santos, —, from 13ilboa—and Lydia, 'lonian, from Jersey. Gleneira, Newby, from Calcutta, at St. Helena Queen Vietoria, Thompson, hence at Boston Glengarry, Hill, hence, at Savannah Jane, Smith, hence at Vera Cruz Gezina, Busch, hence at Brake Johanna, Hanschild, hence at Bremen Wellington, M'lntyre, hence for Charleston, and one ship, one barque, and nevoral brig., put into Rolfuct 1 nugh yesittPrriny Frances Stanton, Wilson, hence for Baltimore, was driven on shore near Cape Henry, lath Feb.: crew saved Oriental, Scott, hence for Be:rout, put back to Beanmaris, 7th instant, with loss of jihboom Oglethorpe, from New York for the Clyde, was abandoned 3rd Feb. in lat. 41, long. 57, in a sinking condition ; crew taken to New York • A severe gale from the westward was experienced at New York 17th Feb. Amelia, henee for Bombay, was spoken 2nd Jan. in lat. 20 S, ong. 29. W Rochester, Woodhouse, from New York, at this port : sailed 19th Feb.—The England sailed a few hours before her Mexican Packet,' Chaplin, from Laguna, at this port ; sailed 20th Jan. The Lady Ilarvey and Blucher were to sail same day for this port THURSDAY, MARCH 10. —Wind W.N.W. very fresh Aar.'v * u D —lrlam, I\lorpliew, from llarbadoes--Papineau, Allen, from St. Domingo—England, , from New York . sailed lyth Feb.—and Pauline, Caillot, from Rouen. Medora, Miller, from Bombay, at this port. On 31st Jan. in lat. 2 N, long. 21 W, spoke the Goshawk, hence to the Cape of Good Hope Hdron,'Cacace, for Malta, has put back Fiiendship, Davies, from Newport, grounded on her anchor last night, off Woodside; and filled Queen Victoria, Black, 7th Jan. ; Wm. Pirrie, M`Donald, 9th ; Christiana, Simpson, gth ; Devonport, Broadfoot, lith; Lady Lilford, Scott, '22nd ; and Colchester, Withers, 23rd, from Liver pool, at Bombay Royal. Saxon, Crawford. from Bershire. at Bombay United Kingdom, Eshelby, from Sydney, ditto Adam Lodge, Henderson, ditto ditto Intrinsic, Davidson, hence and Melbourne, ditto Columbine, -, hence at the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed for Bombay 20th Jan. ; Princess Charlotte, 25th ; England, 27th ; Thistle, 28th; and Kiiblain, and Clarendon, 29th Jan. for Liverpool Iris, -, hence at Madras 'Elizabeth Moore, hence and Port Adelaide, et ditto Union, -, hence at Mauritius liohab, Miller, hence at the Cape, and sailed 29th Dec. for Sydney A large brig, supposed to be laden with tallow, was seen aban doned about 50 miles from Scilly Tam O'Shanter, and Livingston, from Valparaiso, at Sydney James Lemon, Stone, hence and Waterford for New York, with loss of rudder, bulwarks, sails, &c. and short of provisions, after being out 10 weeks, and as far as long - . 39 Alpha, Hodgson, hence and Monte Video,, at Buenos Ayres Elizabeth, Xincajd, hence at Bahia Capricorn, LlewellYn, hence at Barbadoes Lee, Henderson, from London, ditto Princess. Royal, Baxfield, sailed from Marseilles for Liverpool 2nd March David & John, Micklerid, hence at Bilboa Arlon, Roberts, for the Cape of Good Hope, at Holyhead Desire, Stabb, for Lisbon, at Kingstown David, Sheilds, for Gibraltar; at ditto Rapade, froth Bahia, and Santos, from Bilboa, were in contact this morning in the river—the former lost bowsprit, and the latter was nearly cut to the water's edge _ . BUENOS AYRES.- Dec. 24.—A lighter, with upwards of 40 pack ages dry goods, &c. ex Frisk, from Liverpool, filled with water, all the packages have been more or less damaged, and will be sold by auction. imperial Varliarritnt4 n from the rrect repoFt s one way in which the Lord LYNDHtIiS complete In of Algeira b: lent consu as much flour I litfori bad been dential and workpeople employed in it what he Icy, in nom fit to M. Gruizoty bad errors ripwas it s.ttsiu 1835, I well afford to giv itvicldition to their pre,: Lfrord to pay, them the latter measur The I John Russell ani o convey, he of whom stat of Taylor, lb d. in his letter )esori, and Co. that th empl o remedy t at anti-c " commenced on Friday morn at 6 o'clock a.m., and that, with the of 27th May las .nd one hoilr at midnight " extra, they did not cease working till 4 o'cic on Satur- ;g, having been two days and a night thus e ing .man wrote to him as' fol- conipierae ,a Bat- OF CO FEEL laid on the table the nr.ennatinn of A of sup m ( . . • - ,; dont._ The corn law 3, by li m i t i ng the demand for goods at 1 William Iv.; C. 0, Which Sir C. NAPic Considered a idea home and abroad, :qateze ruinous price,l, heavy stockS; 'and 1 sure of great benefit to the navy. stagnation and • depression, such as we are now suffering The committee then proceeded with the ether votes, and under.• While these exist, the manufacturer, in his efforts the house adjourned. . . - 1 to save himelf, end e a vours t o re d uce t h e cost o f production, e - Ic planation - of the and if he pays more for flour he must pay less for labour. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. a. laid upon the table his projected mea ..:oendrnent of the law relating to proceedingS in . The noble lord stated that one part of his bill was purpose of establishing two commissioners, with sala ries, instead of appointing commissioners in each case, pay able with fees ;• and lie then' entered' into the details of'bis Bill WhS read a second time, Lord DENNI . AN moved the second reading of the Law of Evidence Bill, which - , he said, made a great change in the law, but a change that all persons in Westminster Hall were long convinced was absolutely requisite. The chief thing . • whien he wished to obviate Was the objection to witnesses on the ground of interest, an objection which led to the grossest absurdities and inconsistencies, and which he pro posed to remedy by allowing all persons to give evidence, except those who were substantially parties to the suit. Lord LYNDHURST said he was disposed to support .this bill, which was calculated to remedy a serious evil; but he hoped that his *noble - and learned friend would give ample time for consideration, and not move to go into committee until after the circuit, in order that they might have the benefit of the beit consideration of Westminster Hall. The noble lord then contended at some length, and cited cases in proof of his po'sition, that the law of evidence was full of absurdity and inconsistency in every part of it—absurdities such as in an assembly of reasonable individuals could not be for an instant defended. ' Lord BROUGHAM took the same view of the case, and was glad that a measure which he had proposed in the other House of Parliament, about a•dozen years ago, was at last likely to be carried out.. _ _ Lord WYNFORD thought some such measure absolutely requisite, b - ut that it should be earried further, for he. Could not see why plaintiffs and defendants should not be examined as well as other interested parties. If they came before the .court on affidavit they were listened to, and he could'not,see why they should not be allowed to give viva voce evidence on oath, and let the jury be the judges of the value of the evi dence. Lord CAMPBLi. approved of the bill; but could not ap prove of the suggestion of examining plaintiffs and defendants. After some further conversation the bill was read a second ;time and ordered to be committed on the re-assembling of 'the house after the Easter holidays. HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tutsonv. Mr. D'lsuAum called the attention of the house to the consular establishment of -the empire, with a view to its Ke construction. In a speech of upwards of two hours' duration 'he dwelt upon the great inconvenience and injury to the pub lic welfare arising from the circumstance that the civil affairs 'of her Majesty in foreign countries were carried on -by two distinci services; and concluded by moving that, , with a view . . C. Nan' Adm In to' Lord Fi ❑versation, which 1, lONS- MONDAY )11 which he nen o the forceof the could be fitly c t iu the cow aid, that ha. pith hay m employed in the shoddy trod, ley,- near Dewsbury not seen your last speech on the .corn law debate, but I hear yoU made some re- but that is not the worst part _ piece made thtre is three pounds and up best of flour used as stiffening; to deceive the or Ir. to ever wards of t Ind eventually ruin the trade. In - the parish of Bat e hundreds of packs of the best dour used ley the're ate s, Batley Carr, another village about a mile distant from Batley, used- to have a very good trade in the manufacture of paddings and druggets, but they carried this shoddy and stiffening to such a length that trade is lost, all the village ruined, And but a few masters retired indepen dent. in the tiffening of druggets and paddings there were used from five pounds to six pounds per piece." Let hon. embers listen for a few more moments, and he would show Ide of the country had declined. It was the them how the tr. frauds practised in, the manufacture which bad ruined the trade in many districts, and not the effects of the corn laws. He had given them testimony to this out , of the mouths of the working men, arid now he would read them the account which a manufacturer residing at Wittier, in Oxfordthire, gave of soine,of their frauds. Thin person wrote to hint :7 y, Feb. 26, 1842.—5ir,-1 1 you want further corro -Jration about the rags, &e., used by some of the northern manufacturers, and would not mind inquiring , of Messrs. Lighttart and Morris, the government inspectors at Deptford rdockyard, they would give you some very good proofs of it • as used up in the jackets for our sailors-, and technically called shoddy.' It.is composed of old coarse woollens, such as blankets torn up after they are comparatively worn out. There is-no staple left to the wool, and however nicely got up to please the eye,• cloth made of such -stuff, when it :otnes to be exposed.to the wind and rain, will rot in a very ittle time. • Ask them, if the blue flushing made here last consequence of the complaints made of the cloth ailors'.jackets and trousers) did not give every Dade of long English wool. It was in season used fc pence or the any con iants oo this score t Navy boarcilast year substituted the Old Witney pattern of cloth again, after having laid it aside for ten years, in conse quence of the Yorkshire people always underselling them by the use of ' shoddy,' or devil's dust.' will give you fur ler information, for although a whig, and a manufacturer, I y to all trickery, and some of your remarks are Ferranti• again challenged hon. oye for a committee of. inquiry. in an en bitingly true members to Mr.• Vthmeas said, that_the duty of proposing a committee lay not on the manufacturers, , but, on the member who had accused them Mr. FERRAND answered, that he bad expected that motion from Mr. Villiers, who.had declared that the matter should not rest where it was ; but if no member .on the opposition side should move for a committee, he would himself, before Easter, give notice of such a motion. ' When performs t ' tearboy.' table and a to is ca Mr. O'CONNELL, in moving for a. return of . the persons ...rboy mho had registered arms,in the county of Down, imputed a there murder in.that county to the spirit of Orangeism.. atu re of Lord ELLIOT gave some explanations, and expressed the Je - air sti regret of the government. He believed, however, that the ,•e:to ask offence had begun upon the Roman Catholic side. , :airs hiS me The production of the return was agreed to. Jtk in the r Th e S PEAKER h av i ng l e ft th e c h a i r , Si r HENRY HAR ag in his fac DINGE brought forward the army estimates, proposing an ‘hat the hon. addition of 1447 men to the force voted in the last estimate, have an 'opportunity of explaining whether he was correct in making a total of 95,628 men, exclusively of the troops em the representation he had made, or whether Mr. -Leonard ployed in -India. He explained the necessity of reliefs for Horner was correct in--his re.port.• The bon. member for some-regiments, which had for_manyconeccutive. - yeais been Wolverhampton' had read in the house a declaration, signed keptabroad, and observed that efficiency was the truest eco hv CPvant• i to him • . nomy.. . . . . tearboy must be there, and they any printing is going o perform their work stg - • - The temperature of the room 70 degrees, and the air should be ra- 3 not be less than Now be would take Peace = to ask the honour able member whether, during the 18 years his men had worked between 6 in the evening and 8 o'clock in the morning, these tearboys had not also been working in his factory? And he asked this, as he said before, that the hon. member might ther humid __,-two cotton-spinners, and had forsbarde errand) a copy of that declaration, to which Ns( _nnexed two extracts from his speech. These people said that they kept no truck-shops, and that they paid all their workpeople in the current coin of the realm. But he did ask, did they not hand. the key to their 3 rent , their cottages? Did Lord ARTHUR LENNOX thought, that in the present state of our relations with America and France, a larger force should have been proposed. He wished that more encou ragement should be bestowed upon the service, in order to induce good men to join it. Sir H. HARDINGE declared that her Majesty had now six battalions in the completest order, ready at any moment to be sent to any quarter of the globe. Some conversation about the depot system took place be tween Sir HARDINGE and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, in the coarse of which Lord John expressed his general concurrence in the vote. Laughter) nothing gs and the devil's They asserted that they kept paid in no other way but in the It he (Mr. Ferrand) had never 'se things. ,(Cries of" Oh, oh!" WHe had never charged them hat he had said was, that they Mr. WILLIAMS thought that the statement of the ways and means ought to , have preceded the discussion of the esti mates. The revenue fell short of the expenditure in the last s reat part of it on its i year, and the expenditure in this year was greater than in the - - atives keep truck-shops t pay th ment so vouch Occupy our consideration, it is expedient that measures should be forthwith taken to blend the consular' • with the diplomatic body. . Lord C. HAMILTON seconded the motion. Ile contended that we wanted a code of consular law for the proper' protec tion of British subjects abroad, as well as for the protection' of our_ commercial interests. Dr. BOWRING was of opinion that the real evil was to be traced to the imperfect education Of those appointed to fill consular offiCes. Sir R. Pim. said that many of the observations of Mr. D'lsraeli ,applied to appointments with which he had bad nothing to do, and he did not, therefore, feel himself called upon to reply to them ; but as respected the general ques tion, he was not prepared to give his support to the mo tion that the diplomatic and consular functions should be blended. Laying down any such general rule would lead to great inconvenience, for, in many instances, it was desirable to have consuls who could not possess the diplomatic cha racter, though be admitted, on the other hand,*that there nere cases in which it might be advantageous to unite the two functions in the same individul. This, however, should be left entirely to the discretion of the government. Lord Pa.tmErtszos was of opinion that Mr. D'lsreeli bad failed in making out a case in support of his motion, and contended that generally the consular duties of the empire had been very ably carried out by those to whom they were entrusted. The noble lord entered' into a long; 'defence of the course he *had pursued with respect to these establish ments, and he also defended sonie of the consular- appoint ments which had been impugned by Mr. D'lsraeli. He be lieved, howeier, that in• South America the diplomatic, and consular character might be safely and advantageously united in the same individual. he was I to no same despatch res Aberdeen pectin d', that be did not propose to Lci produc ,ent sessic 'e not facts uld not be con• house if its tirneln adverting tb the Since Friday evening he had attic had said, and he ' all, and that ,rt-with ned at his works during night. He Was sure;howeiei, the . hoia..nieinber would be glad of th&opportuniti of explitining a point to which Mr. Leonard Horner b,ad referred' in one of his reports. Horner had without bei result, t wmcla ;. and with ha' trusted that ]en it W A the eau% the ad vocat , of England sidered to 1- he oc charg - ion space ( gainst him. )rought a had an opportunity of looking at-% outid t t been ales of tt. .d that no one could work in any printworks ub ',mud, who put on the colours, and assisted the men generally: He said,—" , The employ ment of cbildren is to' prepare the smooth surface of colour ing matter on which the carved block is pressed, and to take up the colour that is to be transferred to, the cloth. There 's a circular frame like the side of a sieve, upon which a fine n cloth is stretched. and on this the colour is spread. pots stand by the side, nod a child, who assists Oa do prints, transfers the colour from the pot to the itcloth with a flat brush to make a ibis a called tearing,' and the child who 4 hether male or female a spreadir g it over-tbe c smooth st workmen ? did they not make .t they know nothing of the flour p of the shoddy trade, not dust ? (Roars of laug no truck-shops, and current coin of the real ged them with do aw by lettin lough they y way home j to say, t r. Bak lunacy Sir E. 10,ATCEID14,1. fliongV.that no measure of thel<ind nbw - under - Ceisiiterationlad ever been - projised heretofore. and.met with such general concurrence, both within and without the walls of parliament, as the proposition of his right hon. friend. • This measure was not, as was said, a.Sur render or capitulation on the part of the agricultural interests, and it would be much better if such-exciting expressions were not resorted to ; it was a fair and equitable adjustment, which was called for by the circumstances of the country. Mr. SitElCien;tkeClupon the fact that no notice had been taken of the assertions, upon his side of the house, that the present measure was but the herald of future changes in the corn laws—changes givinginuch.greater concessions than the present bill proposed. With respect to the sliding scale, he wished to know, if the ininciplis were good, why it was not to be applied to coffee, sugar, and other colonial produce. The evil of the present system was, that though for the last few years we had imported millions of quarters of corn, yet we had no such thing as trade in corn, as was proved by the fact that in one year, 1000 British vessels had entered the Baltic for the purpose of bringing home corn, and the whole of these vessels were sent out in ballast instead of being laden with British manufactures: _ • • , . always.elloose st.bo shall 6e . his creditors . . The pamphleteer became abankrupt, and the brotheri held an acceptanCe of his which had been indorsed to them by the drawer, who had also become a bankrupt. The wantonly-libelled men had thus become creditors of the libeller ! They now had it in their power to make him repent of his audacity. He could not obtain his certificate without their signature, and without it he could not enter into business again. He had obtained the number of signatures required by the bankrupt law except one. It seemed folly to hope that the firm of " the brothers" wculd supply the deficiency. • What! they, who had cruelly been made the•laughing-stocks of the public, forget the wrong and favour the.wrong-doer ! He despaired. But the claims of a wife and children forced him at last to make the application. H umbled by misery he presented himself at the cotinting-lionse of the wronged. Mr. Grant was alone, and the first words to the delincp.ent were, " Shut the door, . sir!" sternly uttered. The door was shut, and the libeller stood trembling before the libelled. He told his tale, and pro duced his certificate, which was instantly clutched by the in jured merchant. "You wrote a pamphlet against us once," eNclaimed Mr. Grant. The supplicant expected to sec his parchment thrown into the fire ! But this was not its des tination.- Mr. Grant took a pen, and writing something upon the document, handed it back to the bankrupt. He, poor wretch, expected to See " rogue, scoundrel, libeller," inscribed ; but there was, in fair, round characters, the signa ture of the firm! "We make it a rule," said Mr. Grant, "never to refuse signing the certificateof an honest tradesman, and we have never heard that you were anything else." The tears started into the poor. man's eyes. " Ah," said Mr. Grant, " my saying was true. I said you would live to repent writing that pamphlet. I did not mean it as a threat. I only meant that some day you would know us better, and repent you had tried to injiire us. I see you repent of it new. " I do, I do," said the grateful man. " I bitterly repent it." " Well, well, my dear fellow, you know us now. How do you get on? What are you going to do ?" The poor man stated that be had friends who could assisthim when his cer tificate was obtained. " But how are you off in the mean - time?" And the' answer was, that having given up every farthing to his creditors,' he had been compelled to stint his family of even cothmon necessaries that he might be - able to pay the cost of his certificate. "My dear fellow, that will not do, your family must not suffer. Be kind enough to take this ten-pound note to your wife . from me—there, there, my dear fellow—tiay, don't cry—it will he all well with you yet. Keep up your spirits, set to work like a man, and you will raise your head amongst us yet." The overpowered man en deavoured in vain to express his thanks. The swelling in his throat forbade words. He put his handkerchief to his face and went out crying like a child. &I)IppllIg *Mailgram TUESDAY, MARCH ,8 A ItßlVED.—Chalco, Brown, from Buenos Ayres—Russell Glover, Howes ; Ocean, Millard ; Liverpool, : Ohio, Lyon ; Isabel, Griffiths; Lord Maidstone, Taylor; Victory, Brooks; Lord Seaton, , and Trenton, Monson, from New Orleans—Josepho, Leitch, from Mobile—Clydesdale, Prince, from Alexandria—Star, Morton, from 'St. Mithall's—James .Matthewson, from Valparaiso— Brunswick, and Syren, from Mobile—Solon, Buckman, from New York—and Emerald, Parsons, from Malta. .S . unflower, Forrester, from Maranham, at this port ; Sailed 3oth Jan:in company with the Winscales. The Statesman sailed two days previous, both for Liverpool James Matthewson, Branscombe, from Valparaiso, at this port ; sailed 3rd Dec. On 17th, in lat. 56 S, long. 73 W, spoke the Globe, hence. to Valparaiso, and the Paramatto, from London to Valpa raiso, in lat. 55 511 S, long. 75 W TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MARCH 10. Wind at Holyhead, N.W. blowing fresh in the morning; W.N.W noon and evening. _ . Off Point Lynas, at 13 at noon, have pilots, No. 3198, Duchess of Argyle, B.S. from Bombay, and 7691, Duncan, B.S. Off the Port, at 9 a.m. the Irlam, Bk. from Barbadoes, and the England, frcm New York, and a new brig, and two schooners, at 5 p.m. have not shewn their numbers. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION AFRICA. 261 Africa, SOUTH AMERICA. • Mary Worrall, J Gardner, 253 Valparaiso, :it shley Brothers Thnmas•Leech, 11,Noswortliy, 188 Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, Imrie & Tomlinson Cleofrid, T Shieldi, H Smith & Co Camillus, J Ashton, Talbot, J Storey, Swatira, A Davis, UNITED _STATES. 615 New Orleans, R & A Henderson 641 New York, J & W Robinson 734 Philadelphia, Ingleby & Co BRITISH AMERICA. 13g Halifax, 520 St. Andrew, N.B Sultan, J G Ross, Pallas, J Morris, J Moss & Co Ganges, J Blyth, 659 St. John, N.B. Margaret Marshall, J l3ryce, 140 Carbonear, 10, J Barnes, '252 Montreal, EUROPE. . Rankin &Co Rankin & Co Harrison & Co J N Wood & Co Packet, J M'Lea, Doctor, H Luke, Johnny, E Le Blancq, Mary Pester, J Care, Equity, S Jordan, England, N S Tate, Amazon, J L Wright, Emma, S Weeks, 1 Adeona, D Jammonneau, 125 Wismar, Campbell & Rudd 108 Malta and Zante, G Yates & Co 58 Jersey, J Glynn & Son 83 Amsterdam, Bahr, Behrend & Co 130 Dordt, A Coghill 266 Alexandria, Egypt, Crozier & Co 210 Elsineur, H Smith & Co 197 Genoa aed Leghorn, Vianna & Jones , 141 Gibraltar, • G Yates &Co AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED Into Liverpool, from the Ist to the 7 th inst. inclusive FROM IRELAND. Cows. Sheep. Pip. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs 768 1358 4490 20 0 101 Prey.. 7679 10442 29798 125 33 43 159 COASTWISE 60 1490 Prev.. 213 7029 300 7 . 4 TIDE TABLE. Height.l Sundays, Holydays. 4.e n. N. ~ i H. It. 1 F. i. Friday .. 11 11 4 11 Is 16 1 Mars sets oh 34m even. Saturday 12 11 32 11 46 16 11 New Moon. Sunday.. 13 - 0 1 il7 5 sth Sunday in Lent. Monday. 14 0 15 0 30 17 7 Tuesday .15 041 0 sf) 17 4 • Wednes' .16 114 130 16 11 Venus sets 6h. 101 n. even Thursdayl7 1 46 2 3 15 10 St. Patrick. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensari during the last week:— North. South. Total Received advice and medicine atthe Insti tution 325 Visited at their own houses and supplied with, medicine 196 283 6os Igo 388 Total at each Dispensary vistroas. North—Mr. C. Booth, Mr. John A. Case, and Mr. R. Johnson. South—,Mr. Jordan, Mr. Cooper, and Rev. C. Morrall. R. WEDGWOOD, Secretary Dispensaries' Office, 1, Fenwick-street, March 7. Alarlatise WARRINGTON CORN MARKET, Mmtca 8. Total quantities. Total amount. Price per quarter Wheat, qrs. Is 7 Barley .... 6s Oats Beans 0 MIDDLEWICH CORN MARKET, FEn. 8. s. d. s. (1. Wheat, old, 751 b -to -- 9 0 - 4 3 Oats, old, 50th 3 6 - Barley Beans, SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, MAncil 9 We have . had •a fair supply of both Beasts and Sheep, but the quality of the Beef very inferior. Of Mutton the quality was pretty fair. Prime Beef met ready sale at nid to 7d, and prime Mutton 7d to lid per lb. A few inferior Beagts and Sheep unsold. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD HIDE, SKIN, AND TALLOW MARKET, MARCH 9. The price of heavy Hides has declined, and all above s lb 3id per lb, under 601 b 12s each. Large skin (Irish and Yorkshire) as to 6s 6d; Cheviots and half•bred 4s to ss; Scotch as td to as 6d. Tallow 5s per stone of 141bs. BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, MARCH 9 During the present week, owing to the dull accounts from Mark Lane, &c., we have had little passing in the Corn trade, and to effect sales of Wheat, low prices must have been accepted. Oats, Barley, and Beans very difficult to quit, and progress can only be made by acceeding to a reduction of Is per qr on each. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 9. The business is very limited this morning, at the prices of last market day. The arrivals of foreign Wheat are considerable; 2,600 garters having gone into bond during the last three days. The supplies of English are, however, so inferior, as to be taken very sparingly by the millers, and there is a large stock of Irish Oats of a similarly very inferior kind. Some of the Scotch Oats are rather better in quality, and these are taken at firmer rates. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 8 The fair demand experienced yesterday, both from the trade and exporters, has continued throughout to-day, and fully 2,500 bales have been sold, which, for Tuesday, is better than an average business. Prices are without change, certainly not lower. COTTON MARKET,MAncn 10 If for some time past we have experienced considerable difficulty in finding words sufficiently expressive of the immediate state of our Cotton market, to-day we are completely nontlassed. There has been almost a cessation of demand, and the days transactions are estimated at 1,50 u to 2,00 b bales -200 for export. Yesterday, about 2.500 bales were sold. Though the disasterous intelligence from India will not improve the present state of things, we think it cannot make them worse. We may remark that prices keep steady, and buyers cannot do better this week than business done a fortnight ago. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATO MARKET, March 10 The arrival of Potatoes coastwise or from the Isle of Man during the last few days is unimportant. We continue to have a pretty good demand overboard from our town retail trade, and the operations of the country dealers are extensive, at our late cur rency. Manx, Scotch and Irish Cups as to as Id per golb. The demand for agricultural produce exhibited in our local markets has only been slow for the last two days, although we cannot note any alteration in prices. . . Potatoes, 9 It) Pink-eye Cups Short Tops s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... 0 8@ 11 p 201 b 2 8 3 0 New Hay.... 0 0 0 10i - 2 2 2 4i Clover Day.. 0 7 0 10 1 11 2 1 Straw, Wheat 0 4 0 5 Cattle Turnips, ' 4 p , ton Carrots 1 8 1 11 Straw, Oat .. 0 3* 0 4i - 30 0 34 0 Straw, Barley 0 3 0 32 0 40 0 Manglewurzle 0 0 ton LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 8 The receipts of Grain and Flour into this port since Tuesday last have been unusually small, both Coastwise and from Ireland, but of Oatmeal the supply is again tolerably abundant. Of Foreign Wheat, exclusively from the south of Europe, the arrivals consist of 13,010 quarters ; those from the American States comprising chiefly 500 quarters of Rye and 8418 barrels of Flour. _ _ _ _ Uncertain as to the effect which may be produced by the Corn Bill now before the Legislature, but with the probabi lity of its -coming into early operation, and having at the same time no impulse whatever from the other markets of the kingdom to enliven the trade here, speculative buyers appear to remain very inactive; and our millers and dealers, ex cept from mere necessity, continued to buy with extreme cau tion ; induced, however, by the holders 'of Irish and foreign Wheat receding 21 to 3d per 701bs from our quotations of last week, sales of these descriptions were effected to a mo. derate extent to-day at that abatement ; whilst English, of which we have little offering, remained unaltered in value.— Of soft Polish Odessa Wheat about 2000 qrs were sold last week, to arrive, at 46s per qr, including cost, freight, and insurance. English and Irish Flour must be noted is per sack cheaper, and foreign, duty paid, dull of sale at the decline above stated. . . Barley, Malt, Beans and Pease, being without inquiry, were little more than nominal in value to-day. Oats remained in slow request at a decline of id per 45 lbs ; and Oatmeal, although rather more saleable to con sumers, scarcely maintained the reduced rates of Friday. importri. — . l ota . ' -- ---, EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, a.c. • Theodosia, (299) S Cushing. from Calcutta, 9774 pees buffalo horns, 2500 bags rice, 1000 bags sugar, 23 bales hides, 58 chests shell lac, 280 bales hemp, 358 sacks linseed, 100 bags turmeric, images, J Sons and co-17 coils coir rope, the master -2 ca ses J Williamson Mary Somerville, (407) J II Lancaster, from Calcutta, 5350 bags rice, Taylor, Potter and co.—From the Cape of Good Hope, 79 bags coffee, J B Moore and co-50 casks do, Harrison and Latham-1 pipe 268 hf pipes 2qr casks wine, order-5 pipes do, Thompson, Anderson and co—SO hf pipes do, R Zwilchenbart and co-3 qr pipes do, Rathbone Brs and co-1 box bulbs, Earl Derby-1 do, E Jones and co-3 do, order-2 do, 50 hhds turmeric, S tons bones, R Zwilchenbart and co-35 bales cotton, order.—Landed at the Cape of Good Hope, 2000 bags rice, at St. Helena, 300 bags rice— PD • Phcernx, (365) R. Shaw, from Bombay, Iglu bales 72 hf bales cotton, C W and F Shand—looo cow tunes, .230 nags turmeric, 1 cask arrack, I bundle wool, order UNITED STATES. Syren, (814) J Monad, from St. Lucia, 87 salted ox and cow hides, 8216 tortoise shell, J Mondel-3 packages clothing, order. — From Mobile, 512 bales cotton, R and G Berm-200 do, Moo❑ Brothers-1 bundle straw hats, exportation—G D Solon, (540) G Buckman, from New York, 516 bales cotton, Bolton, Ogden and co-128 do, Melly, Prevost and co-144 do, order-44 do, W Modsley-500 brls floor, Bolton, Ogden and co— :3 brls seed, J J and 11 Whalley-6 brls 2 hales hair, the master -8 bundles hoops and heads, 7 shooks, 2 cambooses, J D Roche -32 horses, 5 waggons, 4 bundles canvas, 60 poles, 140 planks, 2 boxes bills, &c. a quantity forage, &c. J J June—P n Rochester, (714) P Woodhouse, from New York, 541 bales cot ton, .1 W M'Bride and co-225 do, Melly, Prevost and c 0—1958 do, Fielden Brothers and co-1: 7 do, F Huth and co-148 do, Mitchell, Tooker and co-106 do, Rathbone 13rs and co-248 kegs lard, B Bent-40 tees flaxseed, R C Beall-6 packages pyroligneous spirit, Anderson and co-2 trunks contents unknown, C Grimshaw and co—River General Wiltshire, (462) H Leslie, from New York, 100 bales cotton, Fletcher, Alexander and co-100 do, H Sillem-73 do, C Grimshaw and co-18g do, 50 tons Lima wood, J D Thornely and Son-24 do, Brown, Shipley and co-1 case cigars, C Grimshaw and co-6 brls contents unknown, Reid, Irving and co-1 case sweetmeats, J Swire-10 tees clover-seed, Richardson Brothers -7 casks lemon juice, Potter Brothers-2 cases wine, D Willink-14 tees bees' wax, H E Lefebre-71 tons bones, J Hubback—sl tons fustic, 3 tees maize, order-34 shooks, 43 bundles hoops and head ing, 14 cambooses, C Grimshaw and co—l box dry goods, C Robert son—River Trenton, (756) It P Manson, from New Orleans, 1702 bales cot ton, Baring Brothers and co-532 do, order-72 do, G Green and Son-68 do, Todd Jackson and co-56 do, Brown, Shipley and co —25 do, V Poutz-26 do, M'Calmont Brothers and co—:7 do, 1 trunk contents unknown, T Heath and p 3.— 6 hlids tobacco, W A and G Maxwell—W D .. Ohio, (738) H. Lyons, from New Orleans, 235 bales cotton, C Tayleur, Son and co Lord Seaton, (730) G Fitzsimmons, from New Orleans, 2203 bales cotton, 3 lffids bees' wax, no Consignee Jessie, (537) J Barker, from Mobile, 398 bales cotton, R Higgin -364 do, J D Thornley and Son-100 do, V Poutz-8g do, D Gibb -50 do, W A and G Maxwell and co-12 do, Cannon, Miller and co -427 do, order-80 pitch pine planks, exportation Sarah and Arsilia, (482) T B Smith, from Charleston, 101 bales cotton, Reid, Irving and co-653 do, Baring Brs aryl co-21000 bushels rough rice, C R. Simpson and co Thernis, (1004) C Brown, from New Orleans, 7 bales 11 half bales cotton, Master-251 bales do, Ewart, Myers and co-95 do, P and C Van Notten and co-489 do, M'Calmont Brs and co-121 do, V Poutz-086 do, order-502 do, G and J Smith-16 brls provns 10 hams, 45 deals, exportation Isabel, (597) W. Griffiths, from New Orleans, 1081 bales cotton, C W and F Shand Ocean, (597) J W Mard, from New Orleans, 1790 bales cotton, order-44 do, R L Bolton-35 do, V Poutz-1 camboose, P W Brynes-2 shooks, 1 bdle hoops, heads &c, J and W Robinson Lord Maidstone, (683) A Taylor, from New Orleans, 10 brls beef, 1 brl rice, Cannon, Miller and co-1846 bales cotton, Reid, Irving and co-459 wet salted hides, order-243 hgs copper ore, H F Penny Victory, (390) A Brooks, from New Orleans, 435 bales cotton, Moon Brothers-116 do, W Modesley-226 do, V Poutz-9 do, R L Bolton-220 do, Jones, Mann and co-192 do, Whitaker, Carter and co-3g do, A Dennistoun and co-440 do, order Josepha, (417) R Leitcd, from Mobile, 1100 bales cotton, AMcy, Catto and co - 13;;;;;gc, (582) R M'Manus, from Mobile, 1683 bales cotton, Barings and co-135 do, V Pout—P 1) Liverpool, (642) G Agry, from New Orleans, 113 bales cotton, G Green and Son-266 do, T and J Sands and co -79 do, Perki ns . Smith and co-1293 do, order-10 lids tobacco, J and W Oxley and co-1000 brls flour, 4 boxes plants, order Russell Glover, (843) J Howes, from New Orleans, 92 bales cotton, Brown, Shipley and co-226 do, G Green and Son-106 do, M'Calmout Brs and co-2273 do, order PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL *Wool), Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid Archangel .el9 10 @ 20 0 Memel 18 0 1g 0 Gothenburg - - 16 0 I Not above 16 ft Wybtirg Petersburg 13 10 19 0 i 21 feet. PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick. 10s. Danzig, Deck British American Pine - 0 .2ir LATH W 0 OD, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet - 48 0 British American 4 0 MAHOGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras 1 — Cuba St. Domingo 1 0 JAK PLANKS, British American PEAK WOOD, per cubic feet .... STAVES, per 1200. • , Danzig, C. Pipe £l4O 0 —145 0 I Hhd. • 7O 0— 80 0 I Not ab. 36 in. Quebec, red, li inch thick, 1 3„0 0„ 55 0 2 6 4s £1 3s ' B ' P ' 2s and 5i feet long Do. Puncheon lO 10 18 0 3 0 6s TIMBER, per cubic foot. 8. (1. s. d. Oak 2 0 2 6 Pine, British Amer. common red 1 7 2 1 perload. yellow ...• 1 3 1 8 Danzig,middling 2 0 2 2 Memel, middling 2 0 2 2 I.e2lss.apload Riga, red 2 4 2 5 *There is an additional duty of 5 per cent. on these rates. 8 10 ize4 55 5 10 !15s. o 7i'Xl 10s. Tes. 2 0 none. 155 per load 4 6 6 6 ilos. PREMIUMS OF INSU RANCE AT LLOYD'S Outward, LONDON & LIVERPOOL, Jamaica Leeward Isl. Dern. & Berbice, Honduras Havana New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate East Indies China Batavia New South Wiles Cape of Good Hop Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, &c. Oporto 60s Od Q , 84 0 30 0— 0 0 80 0 —lO5 0 60 0 70 0 20 0 25 0 20 O—•2L 0 40 0-60 0 40 0-60 0 40 0-60 0 30 0 40 0 25 0 30 0 30' 0 -- 35 0 40 0 60 0 — B4 0 35 0-40 0 40 0 40 0 126 0 17 6 20 0 40 0 25s Od@ 30 0 20 0 -- 0 0 40 0 -- 0 0 35 0-40 0 30 0-40 0 30 0-40 0 40 0 -- 0 0 50 0 -- 60 0 50 0-60 0 0 0— 0 0 25 0 -- 30 0 35 0 -40 0 35 0 —4O 0 50 0-60 0 35 0 40 0 40 0-50 0 40 0-50 0 30 0 15 0 17 6 50 o 60 0 25 0 40 0-50 0 20 0 -- 25 0 15 0-20 0 17 6 0 20 0- 25 0 17 6 -- 0 15 0 -20 0 20 0-- 25 0 17 6 20 0 20 0- 17 6-20 0 20 0-. -- 20 0- 25 0- 30 0 30 0- 40 0 30 0-35 0 40 0-50 0 0 0- 0 0 - 0 0 - - -- 20 25 0 17 6-- 20 LONDON GAZETTE.—Tui;spky, MAen 8 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, W. Tate and J. Stephenson, Liverpool; grocers—T. Cubbin and G. kachehlor, Liverpool, watch-case-makers—R. Walker, sen.. J. Walker, it. Walker, jun., J. S. Walker, R. Smith, and R. Hacking, Bury, Lancashire, machine-makers; as far as regards R. Walker, sen.—J. cross. and J. cross, and ft. Evans, Bury. Lancashire, en gravers to calico-printers—J. Walker and J. Butle►, Preston. Lan.: cashire, builder—D. Whyte and A. Morton, Liverpool, commission merchants—E. S. Clegg and E. Hughes, Manchester, governess— A. P. Jameson and G. Coates, Manchester, manufacturers—G. Andrew, sen., J. Bruckshaw, and T. Andrew, juu., Manchester, cotton-spinners ; as tar as regards J. Bruckshaw. INSOLVENT. March B.—David Bidinead, Bread-street, City, London; ware houseman. BANKRUPTS. ....... George Robinson, John Garrow, and John Alexander, Liverpool, shipch,ndlers. March lg. April 19, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool, Eo icitors, Mes,rs. Duncan and Radc'iffe, Liverpool and Mcs,rs. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford row, London. Eliza Hayes, Pickett-street, Strand, London, picture-dealer. Samuel Lewis Lazarus, Jermyn-street, St. James's-street, West. minster, coach-proprietor. William UloMies, Friday-street, Cheapside, Loudon, silk-gauze man ulacturer. William Charnock, Albion-terrace, Wandsworth-road, London, plumber. An❑ Leach, John Leach, and James Leach, Brick-lane, Spßat fields, London, builaers. John Thomas, Ramsgate, butcher. William Walker and James Grey, Leeds, woolstaplers. James Alexander, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, dealer and chajnan. hichard Loxharn, Wigan, Lancashire, newspaper proprietor. Edward Mullinger. Southampton, ironmonger. Joseph Carlisle, Bury, Lancashire, draper. Geor s fe Annesley Thompson and Benjamin James Thompson, Wylatn, Northumberland, ironmongers. Thomas Gales, William John Guest, John Foster Naisby, and Matthew Kirtley, Hylton, Durham, shipbuilders. Thomas Stephenson, Manchester. coaehmaker. DIVIDENDS. March 3', M. Coe, Gchlsmith-street. Wood.street, Cheapside, Lonthin, laceman—March 30, B. Marshall, High Holborn, London, tallow-Inciter—May 2, T. Buckle. Barnard Castle, Durham, draper —March 31, J. Jervis, Wells, Somersetshire, draper—March 29. S. S. Chancellor,Marpte, baker—April 1, J. R. Flgtcher, Grantham,- Lincolnshire, wine-merchant—Aprii 18, It. Lee, Portsmouth, banker—April 1, J. Plowes, Leeds. merchant--April 15, H. Hild yard and It. Hildyard, Brim Lincolnshire, wine-merchants—hlarch. 35, H. Reynolds, Liverpool, druggist—Mr. 29. G. Andrews. Sturminster Marshall, Dorsetshire, woolstapler—March 29, A. Clapham, Gateshead, Durham, seda-manutacturer—April Bentley and T. Brown, Manchester, merchants—Aprill I, G. Hud son, St. Peter the Apostle, Isle of Thanet, victualter—April 22, J. Morris,. Birmingham, victualler—March Ifg, E. Bridgewater, Birmingham, victualler—April 25, J. Nicholl, Halifax, worsted spinner —April a 7, S. Shingler and S. T. James, Liverpool, linen drapers—April t 2, T. Brown and B. Brown, Wakefield, Yorkshire. linendrapers—April 22, J. Buckley, J. Buckley, and H. Buckley. Manchester, cotton-manufacturer—April 26, R. R. Walker and R. J. Peel, Manshester, warehousemen—March 31, Je Haigh, Morley, Yorkshire, merchant—April 25, It. Coleman, Manchester, mercer— April 1, M. Fraley and J. Merchant, Bristol, linenclrapers. CE wrIF.I CATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or _ _ before March 29 T. Bemrose, Spalding, Lincolnshire, grocer—J. R. Pleteher,Gran tham, Lincolnshire, wine.merchant— J. Copplestone, Plymouth, grocer—J. L. Shepherd and H. Drew, Southampton, innkeeper— B. Coleman, Liverpool, stockbroker. MEETINGS or CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL MARCH. Houa, 12, William Haslett Clarendon Rooms, I 12, John M'Lcan, (Ist) Commissioners' Rooms, Mancheiter. . 2 15, Gardner Boggs, (Ist) ..... Court of Bankruptcy, London, 11 15, John Davies. (Ist). Clarendon ltooms, 1 16, Shingler and James, (special) Sale and Worthington's Manchester, 11 16, Daniel Antrobus, (Ist). 16, William Slater, (Ist). Ditto, 2 17, Robert Barnewall, (ptoof and div.) 17, John Critchley, (Ist) 17, John Hope Lowndes, (special). Ditto, 3 18, Marshall and Rogers Ditto, 12 19, Nathan Litherland, (proof and div.) Ditto, I PRICES OF SHARES, MARCH 10 Prices within the last seven days. RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Bolton and Preston Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto quarter Birmingham and Derby lOO .... 0 0 0 ... Bristol and Exeter 7O .... 0 0 C ... Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new 2O .... 0 0 0 ... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto new Shares 2 6 8 4 3 2 Ditto, Debentures S 6 8 10 16 Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 23 paid 0 0 0 Half Shares 4 10.. 0 0 0 Glasgow, Paisley, Hilmar 1 5O paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares Quarter New ditto Great Western Ditto new shares Ditto Fifth Shares.. Great North of England Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston Ditto, new Leicester and Swannington Leeds and Selby Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares .... , London and Birmingham Ditto quarter shares Ditto - old shares Ditto new London & Brighton o o 0 cx. 0 0 0 .... 87 10 0 .... 175 0 0 ex. 173 to 0 36 0 0 ex 58 10 0 30 0 0 58 :0 0 Ditto new London and South Western Ditto, 10th shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham, Ditto and Ditto Extension Manchester and Leeds Ditto half shares Ditto quarter shares Midland Counties Ditto, quarter North Midland New North Midland One-third Shares North Union Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto quarter shares Ulster o 0 0 .... 35 10 0 5 7 6... 5 7 6 58 10 0 ex. 58 5 0 O 0 0 52 0 to ex. 52 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 o 0 0 .... O 0 0 4 2 6.... 4 1 0 O u 0 ex. 19 15 0 ex. 19 15 0 0 0 0.... ' O 0 0 .... O 0 .. 22 8 4 72 10 0 00 0 . O 0 .0 O 0 0 14 :7 0.... :5 0 0 O u n O 0 O 0 Paris and Rouen South Eastern York and North Midland Half Shares 50 pa;J 15 BANKS, Bank of Liverpool .. - Borough Bank £l2 1 Os paid 18 7 6.. - Commercial of Liverpool 10 - Commercial of England. 5 - East of England lO O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 - of Manchester lO - Wehester llset. 15 - Northern and Central - North and South V'; ales lO - Royal of Liverpool - South Lancashire - Albion Liverpool Union is Liverpool Banking Co lO Wilts and Dorset 7 10S. GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings L'pool and Harrington Water t 350 Works Bootle Ditto L'pool Gas Light Company, (Original Stock) ion Ditto new Shares .... 100 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .6'loo Ditto new shares arc now paid up ASSURANCE COMPANIES Liverpool Marine Assurance } 10 paid Company M'ehester Assurance Company 'lo Liverpool Fire and Life 2 17s. Ocean Assurance DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COM PAN' Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 ss. Rock Ferry Steam Tug Company lO . . Harrington Docks 100 Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 0 172 0 0 oX 0 0 0 0 tl 0 ... 2 11 6ex 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 6 3 O 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 MARRIED. On the 25th of January, Mr. JOHN DANIEL, printer, of this town, to Miss SARAH JONES, of Prussia-street. On the and instant, at Preston, Mr. GEORGE ASHWORTH, eldest son of the late John Ashworth, Esq., Forrest-house, Rossendale, to JULIA CATHERINE BANNER, youngest daughter of the late Mr. BRA HAM. On the 3rd instant, at Deane Church, GEORGE F. WILSON. Esq., eldest son of Colonel Wilson, of Dallam Tower, Westmorland, to GERTRUDE MARY, third daughter of WILLIAM HULTON, Esq., of Hulton-park, in this county. Same day, at Acton Church, Mr. JOHN WYBERGH, jun., of this town. to AGNES, third daughter of the late WILLIAM COOKE, Esq., of Werleston Rookery, in the county of Chester. On the 4th instant, at Bispham, the Rev. JOHN HEALE, 8.A., Rector of Pointington, Somerset, to GEORGIANA MARGARETTA, youngest daughter of the late ROGER HESKETH FLEETWOOD WILLIAMS, Esq. Yesterday, at Aigburth, by the Rev. Wm. Purden, Mr. JOHN CRONE, sugar refiner, to ELEANOR, eldett daughter of the late Mr. JOSEPH RUSSELL, of this town. DIED. On the 22nd ultimo, in this town, aged 38, Mr. WILLIAM S. PAItKES, youngest son of the late Mr. 13. Parkes, of Birmingham. Same day, at Cheetham near Manchester, aged 56, ALICE, wife of Mr. WILLIAM BROWN, and daughter of the late Mr. John Cash, formerly of Paradise.street, in this town. Same day, ROBERT HEBl.3l.erli WAITE, aged 8i years. On the 24th ultimo, at Shevington, near Wigan, Mr. JAMES BIMSON, joiner and builder, in his 67th year. Same day, aged 48, Mr. JOHN WOODS, brother of Mr. William Woods, timber merchant, Blackburn. On the 25th ultimo, aged 79, Mrs. CATHERINE GREGSON, Brownlow-11.11. On the Srd,instant, at St. Helen's, aged IV, Mrs. SOUTHERN, the beloved wife of Mr, Daniel Southern, grocer, after a long and painful illness, which she bore with Christian resignation to the Divine will. She is deeply regretted as an affectionate wife, a kind mother, and a good neighbour. On the sth inst., at No. 4, Carson-street, Mr. JOHN FALCONER, of Port Glasgow, (many years bookeeper to Messrs. Bibby and C 0.,) much respected and esteemed by all who knew him. On the 6th instant, after a long and severe illness, which she bore with exemplary resignation, SARAH, relict of the late Mr. THOMAS MOFFIT, aged 77 years. Same day, at the house of his son-in-law, Dr. Sutherland, Bedford street, JOHN COWIE, Esq., of Hull, iu his both year. Same day, ANDREW DAVIDSON, son of HENRY COCHRANE, Devon-street, aged 2 years. On the 7th instant, in this town, deeply re gretted, WILLIAM Esq., formerly of Ard wick-green, Manchester. the 7th year of her age, SUSANNAH, E L s L am l L e L d H ay U , R i S ,:i T, second daughter of Mr. EDWARD BYFORD, Erski ne-street. Same day, Mrs. ASPINALL, of Barton, n ear O rmsk i rk, aged 82 years. On the sth instant, at his father's residence, hi the 22nd year of fourth son of M r. THOMAS RADFORD, of hEivs.eargtoen, Same day, at St. Domingo.road, Everton, aged 36, SARAH, the faithful arid beloved wife of Mr. GEO. BOWES TAYLOR, and d a ughter of Mr. John Garsid e, of Walton-on-the-Hill. She was amiable and gentle in life, universally beloved and respected by all who knew her ; she has left a large family to mourn their irreparable loss. — Slime day, aged 2{ years; CHARLOTTE ANN, daughter of Mr. THOS. M. SUDLOW. On the gth instant, PHCEI3E, wife of EDWARD FORD, deeply regretted by her family and friends. 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