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. • • 13ortrp. BECAUSE! " Why ?—Because.--.-- - . 7I LINDLEY MC RR A Y. Sweet Neal for your lovely sate, I weave those rambling numbers, Because I've lain an hour awake, And can't compose my slumbers; .Because your beauty's gentle light 14 round my pillow beaming, lAnd flings, I know not why, to-night, Some witchery o'er my dreaming! Z7Because we've passed some joyous days, And danced some merry dances ; • Because you love old Beaumont's plays, And old Froissart's romances! Because, whene'er I hear your words, Some pleasant feeling lingers; Because I think your heart has chords That vibrate to my fingers ! Because you've got those long, soft curls I've voiv'd should deck my goddess; Because you're not, like other girls, All bustle, blush, and boddice I Because your eyes are deep and blue, Your fingers long and rosy; Because a little child and you Would make one's home so cozy! Because'your little tiny nose Turns up so pert and funny; Because I know you choose your beaux More for their mirth than money : Because I think you'd rather twirl A waltz, with me to guide you, Than talk some nonsense with an Earl, And a Coronet beside you! Because you don't object to walk, And are not given to fainting; Because you have not learned to talk Of flowers and Poonah-painting ; Because, I think, you'd scarce refuse To sew one on a button; Because I know you'd sometimes choose To dine on simple mutton ! Because, I think, I'm just so weak As some of these fine morrows, To ask you, if you'll let me speak, My story and my sorrows; Because the rest's a simple thing, A matter quickly over, A Church—a Prie,t —a sigh—a ring— And a chaise and four to Dover I CONTEMPORARY PRESS. THg BRITISH LEGION AND ITS GENERAL._ ( From :he Manchester Courier.) In the House Of Commons, on Tuesday evening, Sir G. De Lacy Evans brought on one of those melancholy exhibitions of himself, which, •if induced by any one else, would be considered an act of loathsome malice and, hatred, proceeding from a depraved and vicious heart. In mercy to himself, he ought to have'waited until some opponent had brought the matter before the house. It is perfectly true that he has brought upon himself a greater weight of public censure than most . !nen could bear, and it is quite reasonable that he should feel some anxiety to get rid of at least a portion of it ; but if the climate of Spain has not dried up the energies of his mind, and closed it against conviction, he must have seen that the course which he adopted on Tuesday night was not one either to improve his reputation, or to lessen the blame which a discriminating people have cast upon him. The only apology which he can advance for the length and folly of his speech, is that it concerned hinself. It was the effort of a conscience sitting in judgment on itself, and as such, it could only inflict pain on, and excite pity towards its owner. When a man claims for himself great skill and judgment, a suspicion must necessarily arise that he is performing an office which has never occurred to his friends as being neces sary, or, on the other hand, one from which they have instinctively shrunk. In just such a position stood Sir G. Evans when he introduced the subject Of his Spanish campaign on Tuesday. It is true, some friends followed 10 2 , but their approbation is 'merely the echo of such vain ; glorious expressions as the following :—" As to the attacks upon himself, on the ground of want of skill or defects of judgment, he felt that every man occupying a . public station must abide by the general opinion, and take his chance of what might be the decision upon his merits. In some cases a small measure of justice might be dealt out, while in others a greater share of approba- - lion might be awarded than was justly due." It would be most spiteful to demand from Sir George the meaning of the last sentence, for the explanation would directly . involve a personal application, and then, if his querist happened to be a man whose love of truth was superior; to his spirit of civility and conciliation, he might stop the -personal application of the sentence midway, by in qUiring how it fell out that 250 officers left his legion in disgust ;—how it happened that his sick soldiers were allowed - to die through filth and famine ;—aud lastly lie Might inquire how it happened that he permitted his of ficers summarily to condemn his men to severe, and in ninny cases undeserved floggings. If Sir George Evans hail been a man of any none, his speeches might have been the subject of criticism of this complexion. If his achievements on the hustings of 'Westminster had been rendered insignificant - by the lustre of his exploits in Spain, his friends might have granted him the favour of remaining Silent on Tuesday night; but unfortunately, : nature played the niggard towards him at his'birth,•and the only course now left open to him is to cheat better men of their laurels, and place them on his own brow. Lord Palmerston's defence of the conduct of General Evans, was as unfortunate for his friend as it was weak in argument; and if his lordship's future efforts are ex clusively devoted to the care of his own reputation, he will only do an act of common justice to his friends at' large. In short, every, circumstance connected with the . war in Spin, must of necessity bring disgrace upon the goVerriment, and they ought to know that the only -way to esCape censure is to preserve silence. MR. COLLIER'S LECTURES ON THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF AND DUMB, AND . 111 E BLIND. • On Thursday evening Mr. Collier, who is generally known for his,exertions on behalf of the deaf and dumb, and the blind, in endeavouring to excite a feeling, by his lectures in various parts of the country, to raise establishments for the proper tuition of these. objects of our compassionate sympathy, delivered the . first of a course of two lectures, on the tuition of the deaf and iluinkk,.at. the Medical Institution, Hope-street. The lecture waarespectably attended. in commencing his lecture, Mr. Collier went into the statistics of the deaf and dumb, whom be stated to - form a 1500th part of the population of the world. In some countries this proportion was less and in others more. In Switz erland deaf persons ..e,xisted in the great proportion of 1 to S(X). In Pelgium the proportion was Ito 3000. In the United States of America the proportion was Ito 2000. In England, France, and Germany the proportion was as low as 1 in 30(10: but taking the whole world it was.l in 1500. Surely, then, with so great a proportion of deaf and dumb persons, they would not he suf fered to live neglected. It had been ascertained that at the pre sent moment there were 8000 little children deaf and dumb in . England ready to be placed under instruction; and the whole ofour noble institutions raised for the purpose of teaching them would not contain so many hundreds. It reflected dishonour on an age distinguished by the progress of intellect that these be reft mortals should be so much neglected. Liverpool, Manches ter, and a few other towns had made efforts on their behalf, and were exempt from this censure. Had other towns taken up the subject in the same manner, his appeal would not then have been needed. This neglect was not for the want of any charitable feelings towards the deaf and dumb; it was because of the mul titude of other benevolent institutions that the poor little mutes were forgotten. He could not but mention the readiness of the gentlemen in the different towns in which he had lectured, to re medy this evil when brought before their notice. One reason why the deaf were not more thought of was because parents were very, loth to believe that their children were iu this bereaved state, and their unwillingness to part with them. Each mother wiiinlied herself up in the idea that the deafness would pais away, acid flfatit was perhaps but the result of some cold in infancy. When a deaf boy went first to school be saw others joyous Around him, and when lie attempted to enter into their ganaliols he found he could not make himself understood, nor understand them, andjm consequently became irritable and suspicious. If others laughed or looked grave in his company he fancied they laughed at him or that he had offended them. But proper in struction did away with this, and enabled him to communicate with his fellows; and it did more, it prepared him fn. that eter nity which awaited him. Mr. Collier then introduced a young man of very intelligent appearance, whom he said he had acci dently heard of, and whose name it afterwards appeared was James Carlene, and who is employed as a moulder in Messrs. Fawcett and Preston's foundry. in answer to questions put to him with the fingers by Mr. Collier, he wrote on the slate that he was born at a village in Perthshire, iu Scotland, that he was twenty-five years of age, and came to England two years ago. A number of questions were put to him in this way. theanswers to which he wrote with the greatest readiness, and in a good hand, with chalk, on the slate. We were much struck with his immediate answer to one question, " What is God ?" "God is a spirit, unchangeable, and eternal ; infinite in his holiness, goodness, and truth." He stated that he had been educated in the deaf and dumb school at Glasgow. When a child was first introduced into a deaf and dumb institution hewas allowed a few days to become acquainted with the pupils, and with their signs and ;node of intercourse. His attention was then directed to some picture, and he was made to understand that there was a resemblance between it and the object which it was made to represent ; between a hat, for instance, and the painting of one. This he was soon taught to know. The next thing was to represent objects by written words, the instructor writ ing the word "hat" upon a hoard, and pointing alternately to the bat and to the word. The pupil felt at first rather puzzled to know what resemblance there could be between a hat and these signs on the board, and it required sometime to reconcile him to these words as the proper representatives of things. The. signs made by the mutes were in the first instance fre quently very laughable, and one of the first objects of an insti tution was to refine those gestures. For instance if a person had a sore lip or finger, these imperfections would be the sign for the individual ever afterwards. Or if a person was distinguished by some p-ominent feature, as" a large nose, a mute would ever after notice this when describing him. Mr. Collier then by means of the young man before al leried to exhibited the way in which education was begun, by writing on the board "ass. horse. row, dog, goose, tiger, &e., and then asking the mute to describe what they were, and be immediately described by gesture something characteristic and definite to each animal. When they were perfect in this lesson and able to write the names of the animals on the board at the dictation of the teacher, the pupil was next taught the qualities of objects, or adjectives. He was taught first such adjectives as " 10n , ." "short," "broad," " narrow ;" anibbjects brought before them having these respective qualities to teach them. After practising in this wav for some time, the pupil was taught to connect adjective. 4 and substantives together, as " good horse," Ezc. It would he well if some of the systems of tho roughir grounding in teaching adopted in the deaf and dumb schools were adopted in other schools. It was true it was a very circuitous mode, but the foundation was sure. The most irra tional systems were pursued in some schools. He had seen little children who could repeat whole pages by rote, without knowing anything about the meaning; the reason of this was, because the mode by which they were taught was not sufficiently circuitous: their young minds were hurried through books, too rapidly. Slow and gradual means were taken with the deaf and dumb pupils; they had to build ou a sure foua dation, otherwise their future teaching would he valueless. When a pupil had acquired the names of objects, he bad proceeded very far. The attainment of this knowledge was a very slow process, as they frequently forgot the words and their characters, having nothing but the eye, unassisted by sound by which to remember. We were accustomed to remember things by sound, depending on the ear, but not on the eve. If we read " Liverpool is a fine town," it was easily remembeied because the sound of the words was associated with them; but if we struck out the vowels in those words and endeavoured to remember their• character from the eye, we should then perceive the difficulty.— The next point was to teach the pupils the prepositions, in which there was some difficulty; this was taught them by showing them the relation of albjects and their connection. Mr. Collier. then read several productions of deaf and dumb children, to show the simple and unconnected style in which they wrote. These productions. betrayed generally much simplicity of thought. The deaf and dumb could not only be taught to cor respond by signs, but could be 'taught to articulate; this was a great triumph of education, and had first been attempted at the institution in London. The very intelligent mute present was made to understand by signs several questions put to him, and gave articulate and correct answers; and when we consider that he had no ear to direct the sounds whish he uttered, this was truly extraordinary. He gave his name, said be was truly grate ful to Mr. Watson for teaching him this, as he could make himself understood by speaking. He then being requested, by signs, repeated the Lord's prayer with great correctness, the audience being capable of understanding easily every word he said. There was no deaf mute but could make a noise, he could stout and laugh and mutter some unnaeanine. words. On these sounds articulation was to be raised. Laughing and shouting embodied the sounds of vowels, and by much patient teaching they were taught to repeat these sounds; and attach them to signs. They were then taught to pronounce the consonants, which was a work of great difficulty, the pupil frequently . havirtg ' to feel the teacher's throat as he was learning. to be assisted by the vibration and by the touch in the attainment of the proper sound. They were then taught to combine the vowels and the consonants. They were also taught several of the sciences by a greatly simplified method. Mr. Collier delivered his second lecture on Friday evening. The subject was the tangible modes of teaching persons born blind. The inventions divlay much ingenuity, and excited great curiosity. Some very amusing anecdotes connected with the instruction of blind children were related, which tended to prove the great benefits of affording them a literary and religi ous education. Our space does not enable us to give any full report of this interesting lecture, but as Mr. Collier announced his intention of giving a concluding lecture on Tuesday, (this evening,) we may advert to the subject again. LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. LECTURES ON GEOLOGY. On Saturday evening, John &order, Esq., M.D., Pru:essor of Geology to the Royal Dublin Society, commenced a course of lectures upon this mysterious science. Judging from the first lecture, it promises to be the most profound course which has yet been delivered upon the subject in this town. The spe eitnenkof minerals, fossils, &c. were abundant and valuable, so that the student in geology is readily enabled to store up, from actual observation, such knowledge as will be important to him in his pursuit of the science, and render him much assistance in his investigations of nature. The natural history of the earth may be considered in a two fold point of view, as forming an object of study fur the astro nomer and geologist. The astronomer studies its configuration, diameter, specific gravity, position with respect to the other heavenly bodies, anti its distance from the sun and planets. In short, he considers the earth as a body existing in space, and not susceptible of renovation and decay. On the other hand, we may investigate the interior structure of our planet, and, from the remains of extinct animals and plants, which we find included in the solid rock, as well as from the order of superpo sition of the different stony masses, which comprise the crust of our globe, we learn, that the earth has passed through numer ous phases of change. To explain the nature of these changes, and to consider them as successive, is the business of the geolo gist, who considers the earth as existing in time, and hence his science may be considered as the physical chronology of the globe. The revolutions which have affected the surface of our globe have produced two series of phenomena which, although they have existed contemporaneously, have acted and reacted on each other, and are so intimately related, that the one !nay be considered as the measure of the other, are exceedingly differ ent in their nature, and belong to such widely remote sciences, that, until geology had brought them into contact, they were supposed to have no common bond of union. The one series of changes are entirely chemical and mechanical, and relate to the mutations of the inorganic world, which have repeatedl% transferred the materials of the loftiest mountains to the chan nel of the ocean, and again elevated the bottom of the sea, and all its marine productions to the lofty regions of the Andes or Himalaya. The other series of changes are of a purely physio logical nature, and consist of the repeated destructions and re newals of animal and vegetable life, so that the secondary strata of our globe may be considered as the catacombs of former crea tions of whose existence the fossil skeletons are the only evi dences which remain. If we examine the most superficial parts of the earth's surface, we shall find that even at the present moment it is undergoing a silent change, which, though interceptible, when viewed from day to day, will attain a vast amount when measured by centu ries. We find that the loftiest mountains are subject . to inces sant decay,—rain enters into their pores, which in winter being converted . into ice, expands and tears them asunder. These dis integrated portions are washed down by the heavy rains of the spring into rivers, and by this means carried to the ocean. The amount of these changes can be ascertained with very great ease with respect to those ancient countries, of which we have historical records. Thus the Po and other rivers which flow into the Adriatic have, during the last twenty centuries, pro duced an extent of new land amounting to 100 miles in length, and from 2 to 20 miles in breadth. by depositions of the earthy. tnaterials which they have brought down from the Appenines and otber Italian rocks. We have additional evidence of the ?nest distinct and clear nature afforded us of these depositions in the instance of the town of Ravenna, which, during the time of Augustus. was one of the havens of the Roman fleet, but now is an inland town, far from the sea. Spina, which was formerly on the coast of the Adriatic, is now 20 miles from it. If we ex tend our observations, we find iu various quarters of the world great masses of level country which owes their existence to this process of disintegration, and which is at present as active an aeent of change as it has been since ,it has been observed by man. In this manner the extensive alluvial plaids of Bengal have been formed by the detritus of the Himalayas, and the deltas of the Nile, and various other large rivers trace their existence to the same originating cause. ~ If we now examine the older strata we shall find that they abound throughout in marine shells, which show that they were likewise formed under water. We find still more striking evi• deuce of their marine formation in the rounded pebbles which exist in these rocks. These are commonly met with in con glOmerete, which is composed of a number of' different descrip_ tions of pebbles worn round by the attrition caused in the water . which are agglutinated together. Therefore these , rocks although met with thousands of miles from the sea, and thou sands of feet above it, were obviously formed under water; for nothing but the action of the water could have produeM the rounded forms of the pepples which we fiad in them. These strata have, of course, been regUlatly deposited in horizontal layers in the Water, but the peaceful changes which produced them have been interrupted by convulsions of a very different• nature, by whict they have been elevated and turned upon their edges, or upheaved tit - gtreat'aneles. The elevation of the different rocks has taken place at different petiods. But not only have the 'solid portions of the globe . been trans ported into the sea, and the sea been converted into dry land. More astonishing changes than these have taken place; no less than that of the living inhabitants of our , globe. We find that different species of animals and plants have successively ap peared and disappeared from the globe, leaving duly their fossil remains to mark' their existence. We cannot examine the most superficial deposits without meeting with the remains of 'species of the Irish elk, elephant, and mastodon, which are no longer to be met with in the world. There is no doubt that if they-did still exist, their magnitude would have revealed them to travellers. Beyond the newest deposits these animals disap pear, but in their place we find the patent herium and other ani mals, equally extinct at the present period. Passing through the various formations, we in this manner find in fossil chrono logy the same evidence of successive change. neology is a science which is interesting from the beauty of its established principles, 'and from the splendour of its specu lative inquiries. It is not, howeyer, a mere idle amusement, offering only occupation for ingenious and fanciful minds; it is also a science of great and increasing practical importance. In agriculture the excellence of the soil depends greatly upon the proper mixture of the earths,. which ,- in their unmixed state; would be unable to support vegetation. Thus the clayey soils of Essex have very much improved by being mixed with chalk; which by loosening its tenacity renders it less damp and cold. In like manner the sandy soils of Norfolk and Suffolk have been so improved by the admixture with the clays of Essex as to bear good crops of wheat, barley and turnips. Now in these cases it is obvious that a knowledge of stratification is of great use, as we find at a small depth beneath our ceo land the clay or sand which we should ptherwise have to travel many miles in quest of. In road-making, mere hardness is not 'the only quality required in the materials; elasticity is also an essential requisite. Flints have no elasticity, and, in consequence, soon become worn to a powder. Lime stone is soft and soon be comes converted into mud. Green stone is the best material we know of for that purpose, and it is better to bring it from a distance than to use inferior matters which are more accessible: In a county in Ireland, the material used in road making was lime stone, wnich required eontinual renovation. Now along the whole line of the roads there were masses of green stone in every direction, and yet it was only within the last ten years that this material has been employed upon these roads. Geo logy is also - Useful in enabling us to - select those stones most suitable for building purposes. Some sand stones are exceed ingly porous, in consequence of which they absrirb water. When winter comes the water frekzes, and the stone is speedily decayed If, on the otherband, sandstones are ferruginous, they are equally objectionable, because by ex posure to the atmosphere the iron rusts and causes portions of the stone to chip off in the form of scales. Even granites are of different qualities, some being exceedingly liable to decomposi tion. Whilst others are almost perennial, as they never decay. Nothing is easier than to choose between a good and a bad granite. Those granites which contain a great portion of mica soon decay, whilst those containing hornblende are less liable to decay. The science of geology is of infinite use to miners. For want of its knowledge, the important mineral, maneanese, Was formerly employed in Derbyshire in road-making, as well as a valuable ore of zinc. In Cornwall nprofit of many thousands of pounds has been obtained within a short period, by extract ing silver from the refuse matter which had accumulated during a long series of years. The thickness of the crust of the globe with which we are ac quainted bears but a small proportion to its diameter. The greatest depth to which we have penetrated from the surface of the earth does not exceed 3000 feet. Thus our knowledge of the crust of the earth is very limited indeed. Still, however, as rocks are not disposed in horizontal beds, but are inclined at angles, we can obtain a considerable insight into the construc tion of the earth. The total thickness of the British strata ma.y be considered to exceed 6 , ,,,000 feet. According, to PlaYfair, we have the composition of the earth revealed to us for sixty one miles in depth, or one sixty-fifth of the radius of the globe. This is probably an extreme case, hot our knowledge is still More complete than is generally imagined, Now, if we examine the nature of t'ne materials Ilf which these rocks are composed, we shall find that all the rocks consist of a very small number of minerals, in which respect geology affords a very great contrast to zoology and botany, the specr inens of which differ materially in different quarters of the globe. Rocks are, however, combined in nearly the same proportions, and exhibit also the same forms wherever they are met with. Thus the granite of the North Pule differs very little from that of the Cape of Good Hope or South America. The reason of this is very plain. Chemists have made known upwards of 50 different elementary substances which they cannot further de compose. In general, however, only eight of these substances enter into the composition of the vast amount of rocks compos ing the crust of the globe, and these are magnesium, iron, cal cium, carbon, silica, sulphur, oxygen- and hydrogen. Very few substances occur in nature in a pure state, being in general highly combined with oxygen. Oxygen forms 50 per cent of the matter of the globe. Some geologists believe that the crust of the earth was oxydized by combination with oxygen when the mass of matter composing it was in a molten state. At this stage of our proceedings, it will be well to notice the most common of the minerals of which the earth is composed. The first and most important of these is silica. Quartz is chiefly composed of it. Silica - is universally diffused through nature, and exists in two conditions, either in the state of au acid to form silicates, or as a simple mineral to form compound rocks or entire strata. The reason why lime forms so durable and hard; when mixed with sand, is, because the silica of the sand combines with the lime to form silicate of lime. When silica occurs in the simple state it is called quartz. Quartz possesses a vitreous lustre, and is harder than most miuerals. It gives out sparks when struck with steel, and is infusible with the blow pipe. Its must curious form is that of a six sided prism, although it is met with of a great variety of forms. Sometimes it occurs covered over with the rust of iron, and at others mixed with carboniferous matters, and of a black hue. In this state it occurs very abundantly in nature, forming one third part of granite and the same of gneiss. The sand stones which we meet with are nothing else than grains of quartz or silica agglutinated together. Opal is a compound of quartz and water. If subjected to the blow pipe, opal gives out its water. Flint is also a mass of silica. Some very curious dis coveries have been recently made with respect to this sub stance. We find that a great portion of siliceous matters have been the production of animals. If a piece of animal matter be left to macerate in water, a number of little animalcule will make their appearance, and move through the water with great rapidity. A celebrated German naturalist,. found that these animalculm, many of them only 1-300th of an inch in length, possessed little skeletons. By colouring the wather with indigo and vermillion, he was able to discover their internal structure. The skeletons of these animalcule© are not like those of muscles, formed of carbonate of lime, but of silica. There are in Hungary three strata of silica, composed entirely of the skeletons of these animalcule). This silica is used by the soldiers of the Prussian army, for the purpose of polishiug their arms. What is equally remarkable is the fact, that gun flints are composed of the skeletons of such little creatures. The second mineral of extreme frequency is the substance called felspar. it is distinguished from quartz by being softer, and it can be melted by the blow-pipe into glass or enamel. It is a silicate of alumina and potash. It enters largely into basalt, granite, and trap rocks in general. It presents a great variety of forms and colours, the predominant of which are green and white. It is exposed to a great variety of changes, and decom poses on exposure to the atmospheric air, and leaves a substance which is used as potter's clay. In the neighbourhood of volca noes it often happens that the silica is washed away, and that sulphur combines with the alumina and potassium. Another va riety of felspar, called albitc is a composition of alumina and soda. The vitreous felspar found in the nighbourhood of volca noes is a compound of lime and alumina. The Labrador, a beautiful black mineral, is often confounded with felspar, from which it, however, differs in composition. It occurs iu many green stones, and in the lavas of volcanoes. Pyroxeue and hornblende are silicates of iron. They occur in the lavas of Etna and Vesuvius, in the Giant's Causeway, and St affa. They are composed of lime, magnesium, silica, and iron. The first can be formed artificially. It is found in the slag of furnaces. If we take the materials of which it is composed, it can be formed by . exposing it to a great heat in a crucible. This experiment is interesting, inasmuch as these minerals being only produced in lavas, we are able to produce in our la b, •atories what nature produces in her great furnaces. The hornblende we cannot form by any process of art; on the con trary, if we put it into a crucible we find that pyroxene is formed Hence we find that pyroxene is formed in lavas which have cooled with great rapidity, but that hornblende was funned from the process of cooling having been slow and under great Ares ' sure. Hypersthene occurs in Cumberland and Greenland. It is a silicate of iron and magnesium. Mica occurs very frequently in nature in pieces of great size. It is distinguished from talc by being elast►c. In Russia it is used in the cabin windows of ships instead of glass, as it is not so liable to be broken. It occurs of different colours. It is an almost essentially component part of granite. It is easily distin guished by its elasticity, besides which, it is easily scratched with a needle. Talc, which resembles mica in its general characters, differs from it in total want of elasticity. It is soft, unctuous to the ~ touch, and infusible. It is a silicate of magnesium. Iron pyrites are composed of sulphur and iron. They are found in the form of a cube, but they exist in crystals of other forms. In some cases, a portion of the pyrites is converted into oxide of iron, and we get copperas or sulphate of iron from the remaining portion. There are caves in an Irish county which arc exciting some attention, in consequence of the variety of curious metamorphoses which the iron pyrites undergo in them. In some cases, the cave is covered with gypsum or sulphate of lime, which is no doubt owing to the decomposition of the sul phate of iron, and the combination of its sulphuric acid with the lime. Carbonate of lime is a substance which is easily recognisable. Calcareous spar is easily recognised by scratching it with the knife, or by pouring a drop of any acid upon it, when efferves cence takes place. Next to silica, carbonate of lime is by far the most abundant mineral iu nature, and forms the greater portion of the secondary rocks of Englaud. It has been men tioned, that silica is formed by animalculm, but what takes place in an extremely limited degree, with respect to silica, takes place to a very great extent with cabonaceous minerals; and if we trace them through every portion of the globe we may, invariably attribute them to animal origin. Even when the skeletons of the animals composing it are not visible, we can easily detect their detritus, or the wearing down of their skeletons. The forms of the d►fferent rocks are very remarkable, and give to certain countries highly picturesque appearances. Thus for instance if we look at what are called the primary moun tains, composed of granite, we find them to present spiral ridges intersected with very deep !avines. with exceedingly sharp angles and peaks. The rocks called Quartz, which occur very commonly in nature, exercise a very remarkable effect upon the scenery of countries. If they occur upon their edges as they sometimes do i and there are frequently beds of clay oc curring between their strata, the clay, in process of time, is washed away, whilst the Quartz remains. Thus in some por tions of central India there are lines of mountain chains com posed entirely of Quartz. The Quartz does not exist in perpen d►cular but ►n horizontal strata, presenting a conical outline, so that a person acquainted with geology could tell at,2o miles distance the formation of the rocks. Any one who has entered the bay of Dublin must have noticed the two mountains which go by the name of the greater and lesser sugar loaf. These are Quartz. rocks. The Jura mountains in Scotland are •instances of the same kind. Not only is the picturesque character of a country thus constituted, but in some measure the vegetation of a country is modified by the nature of the rocks of which it is composed. There are a variety of plants which may be con sidered geological plants, because they only occur upon particu lar rocks or minerals. Thus the lichens afford a very striking instance of this fact. Numerous other examples were cited in support of this fact, which is of great importance to the agricul turiSt, because it shows that every kind of mineral soil has its own kind of plants adapted to it. To-morrow evening Mr. Scouler delivers his second lecture, in which he will enter upon a detail of the structure of rocks. 51)ippinq Intatiqtticz. FRIDAY, Meech 16.—Wind S.W. SAILHD.—Aurora, Le Bas, for Cape Breton—Dampier. Nowland3, for Jamaica—lsaac Newton, Rice; Norman. Wood, and Maryland, Berrey, for New Orleans—and Tamerlane, Albree, for Savannah Marys. Croshie • Cuba, Kessock, hence, at Barbados Pandora, Hutchins, hence, at ditto Gilbert llenderson, from Hamburgh at Jamaica Calista, Bradley, hence, at Honduras Hermes, Oliphant, hence, at Lima Arica, Forrester, was to sail from ditto for this port 28th November Captain Ross, Morton, hence, at New York, 28ta February Walter Scott, Rae, hence for ditto, at Cove, leaky : must discharge and he docked • • Crusader. Smith, from Honduras, at ditto Elizabeth and Mary, from Bristol for Honduras, was lost 20th Jan. on Southern Reef Keys Mary Ann, Atherton, hence, at Calais Hannah, Burrell, from Buenos Ayres at ilelvoet Pearl, Marryatt, hence for Mexico, off St Kitts 9th February Wellington, from New York, off Dartmouth__ Sir Joh c ii TC)bin,Oriffiths, friim Demeraia, off Holyhead Robert James Haynes, from Llanelly for Jamaica, was spoken on the 21st January, in lat 32, long 32, with loss of boats, caboose, and everything off deck, in a gale on the2(ith Dec. Duke of Lancaster, Hargreaves, from Calcutta at this port, sailed from the Sand Heads on the 3d December. On the 4th Feb. in lat. 12 8. long. 10 W, spoke the Parland. from Mauritius for Cork. On the 15th March, 40 miles S. W. of Tuakar, spoke the Wm. Ackers, for St. Thomas, Robert Burns, for Cadiz, and. Emerald, for St. John, N.B. all from Liverpool Queen Mal), Ireland, from Calcutta, at this port; sailed from St. Helena 27th Jan. Hinds, --, from Manilla for London, was spoken 28th Jan. off St. Helena; Phoebe, from Liverpool for Savannah, 24th Feb. in lat. 25, long. 42 ; Olpsey, from Calcutta for Liverpool, 4th March, in lat. 35, lung. 34; Colchls, from Liverpool for Savannah, 15th March. off Cork SATURDAY, MARCH 17.—Wind N. W.—Fresh. ARRlVRD.—Mandarin, Donald, from Calcutta—Sir John Tobin, Griffith, from Demerara—Elizabeth Bruee, Russell, from Savannah — United States, iloldredge, from New York; sailed 24th Feb.—Tom Tough, Pennin,, , ham, and Arrow, Williams, from Charente — and C. Columbus, Newland, from Messina and Dublin Formiaable, Stagg, from Manllln, Etc. at this port ; sailed from Ma nilla 6th Nov. ; Sineapore 23rd Nov. ; and Cape of Good Hope 18th Jan. in company with the Elizabeth, for Demerara On the 6th Feb. in let. 8 15 S, long. 14 8 W, spoke the Orient, from Bombay for Liverpool Traveller, Cothay, from St. Domingo, at this port; lost blAwarks, sails, &e. and bowsprit damaged in a gale 21st Feb. Nlinerva, M'l'hexson , from Liverpool for Demerara, off Tuskar 14th March Margaret, Gammon, from Sierra Leone for Liverpool, at Antigua, leaky Lin tin, -, from Barhadoes, at Mobile Princess Victoria, Paul, hence at New Orleans Nimrod, Alan One, hence at Charleston John Anderson, hence off Charleston Algonquin', -, hence at Philadelphia Idea, Scribner, hence for New York, at the Cove : out seven weeks, very leaky, lost topmasts, sails, Sze. and part of the cargo thrown overboard Sportsman, Hutchinson, from Aux Cayes, at Falmouth Amelia. Hannah, Williams, hence at Loire Andre, De Grave, hence at Ostend SUNDAY, MAncir 18.—Wind SAlLED.—Harriet S'..ott, Arnold, and Victoria, Candler, for Charles ton—Charles Carroll, Crosier. and Bazarr, Homans, for New Orleans —James Perkins, Barry, and Susanna Cumming, Salter, for Savannah —Lexinctun, Hill. for Mobile—Columbus, De Peyster, and Sheridan, Pierce, for New York—and Dash, Huntress. fur Gibraltar TTona, Gill, hence at Mauritius Wm. Lockerby, hence for Mauritius, was spoken sth Feb. in lat. 2 N, long. 19 \V Abbotsford, from Liverpool for Bombay, was spoken 89 days out, to the eastward of the Cape. The captain was lost overboard in Dec. off the Cape • Spencer, Spencer, hence at Rio Janeiro Chatham, Graham, from Savannah, at this port Orient, from Bombay; Laurel, from Savauilla, and Montezuma, from Charleston, off Liverpool MONDAY, MAnon 19. Amandus Coroline. from Valparaiso, at Swansea ; sailed 13th Dec. The Bee, and Eliza Radcliffe, were to sail for Liverpool 15th Dec. Cigar. Smith, sailed from Lima, for Guayaquil 3rd Nov. Montezuma, Smith, from Charleston for this port, off Tuskar ; sailed 2Dth Feb. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD• STATE OF TRADE. BURY.—The calico printers generally are still pretty fully employed at most of the works in and about the town. Spin ning'and- power-loom weaving are much the same as mentioned in our last. Machanics, engineers, millwrights, &c., are very busy ; out-door labourers are gradually getting into work, but employment is not very plentiful; stone-masons and bricklayers are not busy, nor are they expected to be this summer, generally, as there appears to be no preSent prospect of much building being done. BLACKBURN, MoNDAY.—But few of the Manchester buyers have been here to-day, and those few appear to have done but little business, owing in a great measure, no doubt, to the de pressed and still declining state of the .cotton market. Prices of goods, however, may be considered firm, without the slightest tendency to decline; and sinne indeed are of opinion that higher prices will be obtained ere long, through the scarcity of band 7 loom descriptions, arising in part from the season of the year, and partly from the fact that great numbers of the hand-loom weavers are seeking and getting emplov merit els Where, in mills, and power-loom shops, &c. &c.—Blackburn Standard, Leans, TUESDAY.. -The state of trade to day, as it regards the extent of business done, is not so encouraging as might have been expected, and was decidedly inferior to that of some previous weeks. The prices, howeVer, were the same as of late in all cases. Probably the not very flattering commercial ad vices from the United States has tended principally to this state of things. Few persons now anticipate orders to any extent for some time to come. HUDDERSFIELD, TUESDAY.—The hall was much better stocked with goods than last week, but purchasers were shy in consequence of the manufacturers asking prices commensurate with the advance on wool. The fancy trade is about the same as last reported. Merinos are sought after. HALIFAX, SATURDAY.—WC had to-day a decidedly improved demand for almost every description of goods as compared with sales for some weeks past. In a few cases, for choice goods, full prices were paid. In the yarn end wool markets there is more elasticity as well as an increased business going on. On the whole the trade is healthy. BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—There has been little done in any branch of trade. Yarns.—As little has been done as possible, just, in tact, to keep the manufacturers going till next market day, the high prices paid for Tarns bearing no proportion to the low pike of goods. i Voo/s.—The late high rates for this article cannot be maintained, and-to-day a disposition existed to make sales at lower rates. The stocks of wool since the frost have greatly accumulated, except in fine matchings, which are lower; this kind rather dearer. H ECK siONDWIRE.—The blanket market continues rather flat, although there was a fair attendance of the merchants on Thursday last. Your: WOOL MARKET, MARCH 15.—We have had to this day's market but a moderate supply of wool, which has been met by very few buyers, consequently the transactions of the day have been very fete, therefore we shall reserve any quota tions to this day fortnight. ON THE SUPPOSED INFLUENCE OF THE MOON ON THE STATE OF THE WEATHER.—The Monthly . Chronicle, the first lumber of which has just appeared, contains a long scientifie article on this subject. The writer ( Sir David Brewster?) thus sums up the evidence pro and con From all that has beeu stated, it follows, then, conclusively, that the popular notions concerning the influence of the lunar phases on the weather have no foundation in theory, and no correspondence with served facts, That the moon, by her gravitation, exerts an at traction on our atmosphere, cannot be doubted; but the effects which that attraction produce upon the weather are not in ac cordance with observed phenomena; and, therefore, these effects are either too small in amount to be appreciable in the actual state of meteorological instruments, or they are obliterated by other more powerful causes, from which hitherto they have not been eliminated. It appears, however, by some series of observations, not yet confirmed or continued through a sufficient period of time. that a slight correspondence may be discovered between the periods of rain and the phases of the moon, indicat ing a vety feeble influence, depending on the relative position of that luminary to the sun; hut having no discoverable relation to the lunar attraction. This is not without interest as a sub ject of scientific inquiry, and is entitled to the attention of me teorologists; but its influence is so feeble that it is altogether destitute of popular interest as a weather prognostic. It may, therefore, be stated, that, as tar as observation, combine,' with theory, has afforded any 'means of knowledge, there are no grounds for the prognostications of weather erroneously sup posed to be derived from the influence of the sun and moon." LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE. Mrn. Ern. Bs. H. M. H. M . F. T. Tuesday 2O 14 53 538} 11 0 ,Mars rises 6h 9m morn. Wednesday 2l 628 717 1 10 11 ; Benedict. Spring corn. Thursday 22 8 2 839 12 3 ,Jupiter sets 51i 45m morn. Friday 23 910 9381 14 6 'Venus in con. M6h 19m e. Saturday 24 10 2 10 25 Jl7 2 I[Day. Annun. B.V. Moy. Sunday 25 10 48 11 10 fl 9 3 4th S. in Lent. M.L.S. Lady Monday 26 Il 30 11 50 121 3 I NORTHERN' HOSPITAL WEEKLY REPORT For the week ending March 10, 1838. PATIENTS ADMITTED. Accidents without recommen dation ...... 8 MedicalandSurgicaleases with 13 PATIENTS DISCHARGED. Cured 2O Relieved & made Out-patients 26 Incurable recommendation Remaining in the Hospital 75 House Visitors, T. P. Carter, Esq. and It. B. Anderson, Esq. Chaplain, Rey. H. S. Joseph.—Treasurer, Charles Warner, Lsq, Home Surgeon—Mr. Benjamin Blower. Donations and Subscriptions thankfully received at He }wood's Bank and at the Ilirpital:Leeds-street. POLITE MANNERS OF THE LOWER CLASSES IN NORWAY•t -1 like the politeness of people towards each other in this country; the pulling off hats or caps when they meet either strangers or friends. The custom is universal: common labourers, fishermen, private soldiers, salute each other with .a bow, and do not merely touch the hat, but take it off. This is carefully taught to the children, and even the schoolboys bow to each other in the streets. Such a custom is not to be laughed at : it has a humanizing effect. The exterior form of good-will, although but a form, in troduces a pause before any expression of or passion can be indulged. * * There is something good even in the forms of goodness; and it is not unimportant, that, though only Mechanical, they should be observed by the very lowest class in their ordinary inteicourse.—Lainy's Norway. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET. MARCH 19. We continue to be very liberally supplied with dry Butter, holders, consequently, become somewhat nervous, and prices may be noted 4s per cwt lower.—New Grass Butter, it is expected. will make an early appearance, and open at about l his per cwt.—Pickled Butter in fair reqnest.—Not so much doing in Beef and York, prices are, however, fully supported. Of these articles, the spring shipments for British America and 'Newfoundland . will commence immediately.—Bacon is lower In London, but here prices are well supported , and we are quite of opinion that this article will end high ; the demand for the past week was limited in the country markets. On the whole our Pro vision and Butter market participates in the general dulness, to which commercial affairs hate unexpectedly become subject at the present period. 5. cl. R. d• BuTTER.--Belfast 94 0 'a 97 0 per cwt. Banbridge' BO 0 84 0 -- Coleraine B4 0 86 ' 0 Sligo B4 0 - 0 0 ...--. Derry . B4 0 83 0 Li meric k Carrick Kilkenny - Carlow, Waterford . . .... ..•., 7B 0 —B4 0 --- Newry Cork Cork dry 3ds 7B 0— 80 0 Do. pickled 2ds 93 0 93 0 BEEF.—lndia Prime Mess. 115 0 117 6 per tierce. New Mess Beef IJ2 6 112 6 --- DO. - 0 0 per barrel. PORK .. .. &WWI 50 0 0 0 per cwt. DRY IlAms - WET Do - LAM—Firkin Bladdered - . ' . 63 0 61 0 LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 17. Our Corn market has this week again been largely supplied with Irish produce,: the arrivals of the last seven days amounting to up wards of 8700 ,qaarters of Wheat, 11,0 1 0 quarters of Oats, 10,600 sacks of Flour, and 15,400 loads of Oatmeol. The improved st a t e O r the trade, noted in our report of this clay se'nnight, was followed by a good m arket on Tuesday, and a further advance in prices: 8s scl per 701 b was realized for the best Irish red Wheat ; 2s 10d for good ; and 3s per 451 b for fine rnealing Oats; choice marks of Irish superfine Flour were worth 48s to 50s per sack; and Oatmeal met a ready sale at 25s 6d to 26s per 2401 h. The trade has been less active since, but at yesterday's market these quotations were considered to be main tained. Two or three small parce ls of Scotch Seed Oa t s have arrived, and sold at 3s 10d 4o 4s per 451 b. En g lish Barle y may be quoted a t 32s up to 37s per quarter for fine Chevalier, and Scotch, suitable f o r Malting. at 4s 4d to 4s 7 d per 601bs : grinding sampl es h ave so ld at 3s 6d to 4s per 601bs. Beans and Peas are without alteration in value. In the early part of the week some parcnls of bonded Wheat changed hands at 4s 9d up to 5s 6d per 701bs. for Baltic red, but no transactions have since been reported. IRISH PRODUCE AND MANUFACTU N RE. DuBLIN, ara' 16. Biticx—Tullamore per thousand 20s to 21s. BEEF—Per tierce India. £7 to £7 5s ; prime mess, £sss to £5 12s; plant mess, £2 7s to £2 lOs ; b arrels £3 55 to £3 10s BACON—Per cwt. 44s to 47s i heavy 3fis to 38s ; pigs' cheeks 31s-Od to 37s 4d ; hams 43s to 455; pork' per barrel 80s to 82s ; tongues per firkin 26s to 28s. Buzrim—First per cwt. 92s to 969 ; in cools 9d to 12d per lb. firkin 90s to 98s. CANDLES—Export, 7d to 71d per lb ; mo u ld, 65 6d; dipt, 6s. FEATHERS—From the country per stone, 7s to 9s ; white Us to 14s ; mixed 6s to 8s 6d. GLuz—Per ewt. 60s to 655. GLAss—Wine and porter quarts per gross 34s • ditto pints 30s ; ditto-half pints 225; imperial quarts 425; ditto pints 335. 2 per cent. off for breakage. HIDES AND SKlNS.—Salted hides per cwt. 26s to 27s • ditto calf skins 3d to 35d per lb. We notice a falling off of 12,444 hides during last year. At the Hide Crane, Bonham-street, 1836, being 48,939- 1837-36,405. LEATHER—Per lb. British 10d to 121 d; native light lid to 122 d; ditto 421 b. to 451 b. per hide, 13;d to 141 d ; ditto 481 b. to 501 b. 15,1 to ,164 d; calf skins 18d to 21d per lb. slitters ditto 14d to 152 d ; kips, Irish, 18d to 20d ; English 22d to 265; cordovan ltd to 20d; bellies .9d to Ild. LEAD.—Pig per ton £2l ; sheet £23 ; pipe £25 lOs ; shot Z 52. OlLS—Rape refined per cwt. 42s ; brown rape 40s; turpentine, 755 to 80s ; linseed 32s to 355. IRAPESEED-145 to 15s per cwt. SLATES—Queens, tons, sized, 50s ; tons, 35s ; ca rters, in length 50s ; half ditto 255 ; commons 12s duchesses lsts '9 105 ; 2ud £7 lOs, countesses, Ists, £6 ; seconds, 90s ; ladies, lsts, 355; 2uds, 403, doubles, 30s ; and mosses 80s per quarter. SALT—Per ton 40s to 455. SOAP—White per cwt. 35s to 36s 6d • yellow 24s to 255 6d. STARCH-285 to 30s. --- TlLES—Flooring per dozen 4s to ss. Tonacco—Roll per lb. 3s 4d to 4s. TALLOW—Melted per cwt. 525; bladdezedlard 565; rough ditto 36s fat per stone 4s Gd to 4s Bd. A ooL—Fleee per 181 b. 20s to 21 s ; skin 18s to 19. Prices very firm: wilisiuy, OLD—lmperial gallon, 6s 6d to 8s Od ; new 6s Od to 63 6d. In bond 2s 9d. Prices steady. DUBLIN CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 16. There was a very scanty supply of ever y description of grain at market to-day. Wheat and Barley met* a ready sale at a further im provement of about 6d per barrel Oats were also rather dearer. Wheat, white .... 34s Ode 35s td Oatmeal Miller's red .Inferior *2B 0 -30 0 Rape Oats Bere PACKET GENERAL POST-OFFICE.---March DESTINATION. Holland .. Hamburg & Swed Lisbon Madeira Spain & Gibralt Malta and Greece.. I"gypt arid India .. Madeira Brazil & B. Ayres America Jamai. L'ward 151.,& Laguira Mexico and Ha- 1 vans s Jamai. U. - ward) Isl. & Hayti. Cartbageia4 Maass made : T f uf r. Last Packets 'ATION, 1837. Tues. & Fri, Tues, & Fri, Xext Packet Due. Saturdays.. 2nd Satard. 4th Sattuday Ist Tuesday each ■nonth. .Ist Wednes., Ist day, of each Month. 15th day of each month. 15th day of each month. Braganza, March 12. March 5. Feb. 19. H.M.B Skylark March 9. Tyrian.. Mar. 11 11. M. B. Star, March 3. H.M.B. Delight, Feb. 1T.M.8, Express Feb. 19. • Mon. & Thurs. Tues. & Satut , TPgu4, March 18. II:M.13. Lyra, March 30. 11.1 1 1.B.Briseis, March 10. EL. M.B.Linnet. April 27. H. M . B. Hope, Marzh :3. H.M.B. Pigeon • March.ls. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, MARCH 20, Is3B. FRINTED AND Mir:LIM-IED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING, BY RICHARD PATTISSON, (Residence, Village of Werertree,) At No. 4, Noirril CIOSCENT, CAWI'LL•STREET, LivitaPeoi..• Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. Newton an C 0.,: Warwick-square ; • Barker, Fleet-street; Deacon Walbrook; Reynell, Chancery-lane; Lawson & Barker, Birchin-lane ; Josepn Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill Munden Hammond, 27, Lom bard-street ; Mitchell, 8, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street ; Clarke and Lewis, 4, Crown-court, Threadneedle-street; at GarrawaY' 9 ,l ; at the London Comm?rcial Coffee-house, Mincing-lane; Jerusalem Coffeehouse, Cornhill ; chapter Coffee-house, rateA: noster-row ; North and South American Coffee-house, Thrett., needle-street ; and J. Jenkins, General Advertising-office , ,,; Southampton-buildings, London; by Messrs. Johnston and '"*.r . and Mr. John Lee, at his ewspaper and Advertisement Mogi' . Office, 35, Henry-street, Dublin; Mr. M' Phan, Glasgow' ;.. Wheeler, • Exchange-street, and Mr. Lewis, M• 1 . t street a " Market-street. chester: Mr. Malb.y, Bookseller, Warrington Mr. Clarke, • office, Preston ; and hr. Coolie, 33, Union-street. Birmingha m. credit Ternisof Subscription for this paper :—Cn , one year, 2 6s. ; half-year, e-^;,, 'A 35.; 29• 1 is. paid, in advance, one yeeri ~u `" half-year, .£1 1 s ; quarter, l Os Cid. at tl TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MARCH 19. Wind at Holyhead S.W. light breeze. Off ditto, inward bound, at 939 a.m. No. 191, Britannia, and 1140, Issac Newton. Off Holyhead, inward bound, yesterday, No. 1333, Abeona, B.Bk. at 5 30 p.p. Off Point Lynas, outward bound, at 11 a.m. No. 1432, Lexington, or Mobile. Emporto. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Bfc. Duke of Lancaster, (565) J Hargreaves. from Calcutta, 4225 bags sugar, 1500 bags soltpetre. 1450 pces red wood, 6000 buffalo horns, 1400 bundles rattans, 322 hhds rum, J Gladstone and co-7 bales raw silk, 35 chests lac dye, 2 bales goat skins, 43 bales safflower, order—l box assur cloth, 156 chests 20 boxes shell lac, 43 chests 12 boxes lac dye. 430 bales hemp, 17 hhds Una!, 18 bales munjeet, 1 box torahs, 180 bags dry ginger, 2 boxes sundries, Ogilvy, Gillanders and co—P D • • LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MA UCH 16. The market has been more animated this week than for some time past, and prices of American have advanced id to id per lb ; in all other kinds, however, there is no alteration to notice. At public sale to-day, 1700 Surata were offered of which 700 were sold at the prices previously current by private treaty. 2500 American have oeen bought ou speculation, and 550 American for export. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON. From the 9th inst. to this day inclusive. • Current IMPOUTS. SALES OP TOE WEEK, Prices. Th is Wk this Year --- --- - 250 1 Sea Island 20 Stained r Mobile 6— 12 12815 }131809 9980 Bowed Georgia... 6 88 ' 6 81 2350 1 Alabama and Tennessee 5l 61 19971 140428 11880 New Orleans . 51 -- 81 P 55 „ 5 Pernambuco and Paraiba... 8 1 — lO f 844 } 10646 '" 2 Arieati and Ceara Si 95 3 .. 677 710 Bahia and Mageio •. . 7* 8 * .. 350 m Maranha { • Saw 7—BLS " " 7563 Minas --.— 1 .... .... Para ~.. 10' Demerara, Surinam, Scc 9 121 .... 30 1190 Egyptian B5 128 . 1113 10646 Barbados 6l 78 ..., .51 : Peruvian 8 9 ) 1 Bahama 1600 Laguayra Common West India, Btc ..... Gi 81 } 1503 } 8127 50 Carthagena. I 10 Smyrna OP. 6 —6/ 1 M anilla • J 1210 Surat ••. 31 5 2905 1 .... 70 Madrrs 4 55 / Bengal 34 ... A s •••• I "" ' - 30220 bales 36251 326098 LON Dqi'V GAZE TTR. -FRIDAY, MARCH 16. rARTNEItsii [ll-; DISSOLVED. J, Johnstone and 3. Stainton, Liverpool, iron-founders—S. Hay- , Ward and J. N. Sevier, Liverpool. provision-dealer —J. Flarnshaw and J. Procter, Li ver p oo l, printers—W. J. Fawsitt and C. Fawsitt, Man chester, silversadtas. INSOLVENTS. March Is.—Robert Thomas Latham, Andoer, Hampshire, surgeon. John Collins, Penton-place, Pentonville, auctioneer. N.—George Berenger, High-street, Kensington, hosier.. BANKRUrrs. Christopher Lucas Shwrples, Liverpool, ironmonger, to surrender ItUrch 29, April 27, at one,. at the Clarendon Rooms; Liverpool. So licitors, Messrs. Blackstock, [lance Vincent, and Sher Wood; Templer London ; and Messrs. Brainier and Atkinson, Liverpool. William Sweet, Chancery-lane, London, carver and gilder;• John Ilaggitt, Poultry, London, hosier. John Hood, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire, currier.. John Tetlow, Austerlands, Yorks • , butcher. William Whittaker Garlick, Man ter, plumber. John Watson, jun. Marton, Line' Tire, saddler. ki t DIVIDENDS. April 25, G. Godlier, Liverpool, w;;11:n-draper—April 6, J. Miles, Aldham, Essex, butcher—April 7, R. IL Vinson and W. Shoults, Maze, Southwark, carpenters—April 7, A. Mackenzie, Lime-street, London, merchant—April 7, R. Cannon, Southampton-row, London, job master—April 6, C. Frickler, Brighton. grOcer—April 10,W. Jesse and W. T• Jesse; Bourton, Dorsetshire, dowlass-manufacturers—Aprilll f J. Togwell, Cheltenham, baker—April 20, S. Rawlinson, Manchester,- merchant—April 20. T. Bailey, Nottingham, draper..-April 7, S. Cart.- ledge and J. Cartledge, Lincoln, merchants—April 11, J. Ple v in, Naut-, wich, timber-merchant—April 10, T. Lewis, Glanginwydd, Mont. gorneryshire, cheese-factor—April 20, F. Lear, Kingswood-hill„. Gloucestershire, tallow-chandler—April 11, W; Geach, sen. and W. Geach, jun. Poiruan, Cornwall shipwrights—April 12, J. Simpson, Bowdeswell, Norfolk, grocer—April 9, .1. Myrtle, Bri.ghton, butcher—. April 10, J. B. Cooper, Harleston, Suffolk, coal-merdhant. CEILTIFICATt!:S To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before the 6th day of April W. Bentley, sen. Glasgow, and W. Bentley. jun. Liverpool, met.- chants—J. Parkyn, Devonport, linen-draper—lt. Warner, Ashby-de la-Zoucli, Leicestershire, schoolmaster—J. Moore, Leather-lane, Lon don, builder—W. Hadnutt, William-street, Lambeth-marsh, London. carpenter—ll. Pope. East Retford, Nottinghamshire, wine-merchant —J. Muddle, Dover, silk-mercer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Margaret Craig, Edinburgh, merchant. AVERAGE PRICE OP SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending March 13, IS3B, is 37s 5d per hun dred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. AFRICA. Lavinia, (300) B Jones. from Sierra Lenne, 388 logs teak timber, about 17 tons camwood, F H Langley—B D WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Sir John Tobin, (350) W Griffiths, from Demerara, 283 hhds 1 brl sugar, 115 puns molasses, 89 puns 3 bras rum, C W and Shand-147 hhds 2 tees sugar, 39 puns 9 hhd.s i brl rum, T and H Murray—W D Mahon Castle, (120) . T Stanton, from Trinidad, 58 hhds 42 brls sugar, 216 brls coffee, 151 brls 241 bags cocoa, T and Ii Murray-120 serous Foreign cotton, Wl3ean, Jamieson and co--1 box specimens, W Cunningham-1 box plants, order—W D SOUTH AMERICA. _ Joanna, (240) J Denniston, from Pernambuco, 328 bags cotton, J and W Stewart—HO do, 'l' WooLward and co-40 do, Foster Brothers —45 do, M•Calrnont Brothers and co-30 do, A Swainson —2Ol do, 50 eases 381 brls sugar, order-2000 dry salted hides, Came and Telo -3000 do, I bag farina, order—Q Guardian, (203) W S Hearn, from Savanilla, 829 bales cotton, 993 pees rustic, 200 serons tobacco, A W Fowles ann co-80 bales cotton, 3 and H Ranking and co-1238 salted hides, Jordan and Magrath— W D Porter, (251) W B Searight. from Manzanilla de Cuba, 100 logs ma hogany, 498 logs cedar, 36 tons fustic, 270 lancewood spars, It W Ap pleton—Q D General Wolfe, (195) .1 Harrison, from Rio Grande, 8.197 dry ox and cow, 6 dry horse and 1200 wet salted ox and cow hides, 8000 ox horns, 62 bales horse hair, 1 case'hardware returned, no consignee Rival, (403) U Whinfield, from Paraiba, 5-11 bags cotton, N Cairns -85 do, Came and Tolo-10 do, R and W Harrison-30 do, JA U Oliveira-1563 do, 146 casas sugar, order-2.50 salted hides, Carrie and Telo—P D UNITED STATES. United States, (0,50) N II Holdrege, from New York, 10 bales con tents unknown, 277 bales cotton, order-7 bales contents unknown, T Fleming-2 do, W Skirting—l box. do, Foulds and Lymburn-1 do, W M and F Duncan-1 bundle do, R Zwilchenbart and co-2 cases do, .1 H Ker-1 do, Cropper, Benson and co-1 parcel do, W B Jones' —56 bales cotton, Swainson and Hornby-100 do, F Molison-74 do, D Buchanan and Son-55 do, W and J Brown and co-98 do, S and 'l' Ashton-29 do, R Tettley-6 do, J Holford and co-101 do. Leech and Harrison-20 do, W Stuart-23 chests 207 hf chests tea, (exportation) K Dowiciand co-149 chests do, Graham and Taylor -50 do, D Buchanan and Son-99 brls oil, K Dowie and co—l box books, Stuart and co-513 sacks, T and J Sands and co-800 brls tur pentine, Wildes, Pickersgill and co—W D Alice, (289) S Knapp, from St. Mark's, 724 bales cotton, order-44 do, Roskell and co- , 400 do, Ilolbroolte and co-16 do, T W Smith and co—W D St. Lawrence, (•122!1) 0 P Brown, from New York, 11 bales cotton, S and T Ashton-81 do, F Newsom and co-291 do, order-192 do, G G Unsworth-40 do, 200 tce2 flaxseed, Collmann aud. Stolterfoht-600 do, W A Brown—P D Rialto, )435) P Holmes, from New Orleans, 1708 bales cotton, W J Brown and co—V D Montpelier, (310) J Tyson,' from New Orleans, 967 bales cotton, Jevons, Sons and co—W D Robert Morris, (414) It P Say, from New Orleans, 1282 bales cotton, Humphreys'and Biddle--54 do, N Cairns-47 do, Molyneux, W ither by and co-87 do, order- 5 9 do, Baring Brothers and co-34 do, Bol ton, Ogden and co -•- • - - BRITISH AMERICA. British Queen, (534) W Dudne. from St. John, N.B. 845 pees pine timber, 3c 29 deals, 37c staves, 10 cords lathwood, 10 tees sugar; Gibbs Bright and co—B 1) Louisa, (324) B Milgrove, from Halifax, 5260 deals, 587 deal ends, 60 pees birch planks, 67 pees birch timber, 6000 ash and oak staves, 6 fins lathwood, Baring Brothers and co-2 boxes herrings, Dobel-1 box bonnets, order-1 cask 1 box skins. Cannon and Miller—Q D Evergreen, (574) R G Moran, from St. John, N.B. 189 pees birch and 738 pees fir limber, 471 e 15 deals, 115 c staves, 51 cords lathwood, Gibbs, Bright and co—B PREMIUMS oF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. LONDON & LIVERPOOL, I (Sailing before. P2th J an:)I Outward. Jamaica Leeward Isl. Demerara & Berbice Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana J an, Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate East Indies • 25s OcliZ Os Od 29 0— 0 0 ;Al 0 -- 35 0 25 0 -- 30 0 25 0-30 0 35 0 40 0 40 , 0 -- 60 0 0 . 0 -- 0 0 0 0— 0 0 30 0 -- 40 0 25 0-30 0 L 35 0-40 0 4 ) 0-50 0 45 u-50 0 45 0-50 0 49 0-50 0 30 0 -- 40 0 25 0-30 0 20. 0 --. 25 0 45 0 -- 70 0 25 0 -- 30 0 25 0 -- 30 0 20 0 30 0 .15 0 -- 20 0 20 o -- 30 0 15 0 -- 20 0 20 0-25 0 10 0 -- 15 0 10 6-15 0 15 0-25 0 60 0 -- 70 0 0 0-- 0 0 15 - 0 -- 20 0 after Ist Aug. 50s Od(d) 60s Od 20 0-25 0 140 0 —l5O 0 20 0— 0 0 20 0 -- 0 0 25 0-30 0 140 0 —l5O 0. 0 0— 0 01 0 0 -- 0 0 . 30 0 -- 40 0 20 0-60 0 35 0— 0 0 40 0 -- 50 0 45 0-- 50 0 45 0-60 0 40 0-60 0 30 0-40 0 30 0 —l2O 0 15 0-20 0 40 0-50 0 20 0-25 0 20 0-25 0 20 . 0 -- 25 0 15 0-20 0 20 0-25 0 15 0 -- 20 0 15 0-25 0 10 6 -- 15 O. 10 6 -- 15 0 15 0 -- 20 0 40* 0-- 50 0 45 0-50 0 . 15 0— 0 0 Company's Ships Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good'llope Africa • Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. Smv rna and Constantinople Maiaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga. &c. Oporto 4.inarr•c 4 o 4. t • LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, Maucu 16. There is almost an entire cessation of demand for Sugar but holders in general do not press sales, and the transactions in B.P. are in con sequence too trifling to notice. 10 0 bags good white Bengal sold at 66s 6d, and 850 mats Mauritius at 59s to 63s 6d per cwt. The sales in Foreign Sugaiconsist of 101 cases and 67 Ma Brazil, brown at 21s Gd to 22s 6d. while at 32s 60.—The sales in Molasses are IGO puns of De merara, from the quay, at 30s per cwt.—Coffee. No sales to report ; a small sale of Jamaica new crop, will probably take place next week, meanwhile, the quotations are continued.—Nothing done in Cocoa or Pimeuto.—A small lot of East India Ginger sold at 225, and 400 bags black Pepper, partly damaged, at 31d to 410, and good at 41d per lb.-- The transactions in Rice consist of 2600 bags of Bengal, at 13s 6d to 14s per cwt, in bond, for middling to pod, and 10s for small and in ferior, and 70 tees dressed Carolina at 34s per cwt. duty paid.—There has been a fair demand for Rum, and the sales are 200 puns, chiefly common Leewards, at :11 2d per gallon. The Indigo sales were well attended, and the 223 corona of Caraccas brought forward were all sold, at extremely full prices, ranging from 4s lld to tis ld per lb in bond ; only part of the 3t3 chests Maaillki sold, but some have since been disposed of at 5s 4d to 5s ltd.-18 chests of diamond I Lac Dye realized 3s 1 to 3s 3d per lb, and about 150 chests Shell Lac went at previous rates, 33 hints Tincal at 56s to 57s ' and 20 bales of Bengal Safflower, of good quality, at 1100 to 112 s 60.-5 se- • rons of silver Cochineal are reported at is led to 7s per lb.—The tran sactions in Saltpetre are not important this week. Dyewoods. The sales of Campeachy Logwood have been about 183 tons, in store, at £3 15s, and 20 of Jamaica at £7 5s to £7 lOs ; 200 tons offered by auction, taken in at the latter price ; in Fustic, 51/ tons of Cuba brought £7 lOs to £8 per ton, 200 of Savanilla £5. and 3U tons Ceara £5 lOs ; the other sales are in small parcels, at steady rates.— Turpentine meets a regular demand, at rather improving prices; 1000 brls have found buyers at 'l2s 9d to 13s, With a trilling quantity at 13s 30.—American Tar scarce, and would find ready buyers at present quotations.—The sales of -14intreal Pot Ashes have been confined to a few small parcels, at 295, and of Pearls .at 335 per cwt.—There is no • alteration in Quercitron Bark.—About hints New York Flaxseed, brand 1838, for sowing, have been disposed of at 65s per hhd, and 235 quarters East India Linseed sold at 42s per quarter; some small sales of old American Clovyrseed have been eltbcted at 78s per cwt.—llides. The public sales went off with great spirit to-day, and nearly the whole sold at high prices; consisting of 2700 dry salted Brazil at 410 to 51d, 530 New Orleans at 44d, 104 West India at 40, 11,600 salted Buenos Ares and Monte Video at 41:1 to thd for Ox, and Old to 410 for Cow, 1370 Brazil at 31d, 500 New Orleans at 31d, and 500 New York at 31d per lb ; also, 1700 salted Buenos Ayres Horse at lOs 7d to lls 7d. and 580 brined at lOs each.—The sales of Tobacco have been about 100 hhds, principally stemmed, to the _trade, at steady prices. The demand for Brimstone has been languid all the week, but the holders generally have remained firm, and the few sales made have been about the previona prices.—Nothing worthy of notice is reported in Sicily Sumac; 200 bags of Trieste Were sold at 8s 90, and 50 bags Tyrolese at 103 6d per Cwt.—For Argols there has been some inquiry, but all descriptions continue so scarce, that very small sales only have been effected.—A parcel of 200 bales. Turkey Madder Roots, offered at auction. did not meet with bidders ; they were withdrawn at 41s to 42s per cwt.—Good Madders have beep in fair request, at steady pri,es.—For fine Persian Berries there has been sonic demand, and some sales made at £l2*Per cwt.—The buSiness done in Olive Oil has been more limited than' for some time past, owing to the small quan tity -.Mich is now offering, and the advanced prices which are required for most descriptions ; the principal sales have been some Portugal, to arrive, at £52 per tun.—There has been little doing in Fish Oils ; a par cel of about 10 tuns Newfoundland Cod having been sold at a further decline, we reduce our quotations.—Both Rape and Linseed Oils have become dull of sale, and the prices are rather lower.—A further ad vance has taken place in Palm Oil ; the sales on the spot are about 80 tons. ranging from £44 to £45, and a small parcel at .l 6 per ton, also 550 tons to arrive at £4O to £42, the price varying according to the pe riods for arrival.- a oil of Turpentine is in better request, and the dis tillers ask lug an advance.—Hemp meets a ready sale at £3l for Peters burg clean ; a parcel of 62 tons half-clean has also been sold at £26 per ton.—ln Flax no sales reported ; Jut is less inquired fur, WO hales sold at £l3.—A further advance in the price of Tallow ie the London market has had a corresponding effect here ; about 350 casks Peters burg yellow candle on the spot have changed hands, the market open ing at 555, and sdvancing to 60s ; a few hundred casks yellow candle have also been sold, to arrive, (early shipments.) at 48s to 49s per cwt. a • mall parcel of Buenos Ayres, fine colour, brought by auction 54s Gel and ordinary Grease 40s 9d per cwt There continues a disposition on the y The sales on Saturday were 4.0.00 ha 7,000. The market has closed firmly a LIVERPOOL AGRICULTIL s. d. s. d. Old Hay New flay 0 9 0 0 - Clover 1:1.y. - Straw, Wheat 0 5 0 5/ - Straw, Oat 0 4# 0 5 - Straw, Barley 0 31 0 4i- RAL MARKET, MARCH 19. s. d. a. d. Potatoes 1 51 71f , 9011). Cattle Potatoes 1 2 1 4 - Turnips 20 022 0 per ton Carrots 2B 032 0 --- Manglewurzlel9 020 0 - Manure 8 0 10 0 - cart of the tra and to-da: t the full pric MAucu 19. ade to buy freely., ►y they amount to ces of Friday last. MARCH 20, 1:-38 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. M linen. HOUR 20. John Pattinson Clarendon Rooms, 1 21. Richard Parr, (div.) ..Commissioners' Looms, Manchester, 10 21. John Reid, (special) Littledale and Bardswell's, 1 21. 'Thomas Stoekdale, jun. (div.) Clarendon Rooms, 1 23. Duncan MacDougall Radcliffe, Duncan and Co.'s, 1 27. Robert M•Laren, (div.) ClarendOn Rooms, 12 27. Henry R. Warren. (2d) Ditto 1 29. Christopher L. Sharpies, (Ist) Ditto 1 • PRICES OF SI - lA.IIEs, LIVERPOOL, MARCH 19., Last Prices This day's RAILWAYS, &c. I'erShare. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester l5 paid 12 5 0 .... Ditto and Derby 2O .... 19 15 0 .... Birkenhead and Chester 5 .... 7 0 0 ~.. Bolton and Leigh lOO p a id 63 10 0 .... Chester and Crewe Dublin awl Droghedt Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow (old) , 3 .... 50 0 .... 52 6 Ditto ditto (new) Ditto Leith and Newhaven 5 paid '4 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock 4 .... 4 10 0 .... Glasgow n , Paisley, Kilmarnock, 1 d Ayr 5 paid 4 5 0 .••• . Grand 'unction 100 .... 228 0 0 —.420 0 0 Great Western. 65 . 91 0 0 '.... Hull and Selby . 10 paid 913 6 .... Lancaster and Preston Liverpool and Manchester 100 .... 201 0 0 ....201 0 0 Ditto quarter sluices 25 .... 47 15 0.,.. Ditto half shares 25 ..., 65 10 0 .... 65 6 0 London and Birmingham 9O .... 180 10 0 .... Ditto new quarter shares 5 .... 32 5 0 .... T)itto and Southampton 5O .... 44 10 0 ..... Ditto, new shares Ditto & Brighton (United) 8 .... 10 15 2 ..• •10 17 6 Leeds and 'Manchester 2O .... 39 10 0 .... Leicester and Swannington .., 5O .... 75 0 0 .... Leicester and Swannington, (new) 5 paid 25 0 0 .... Maneliester, Bolton, & Bury 7B .... 75 0 0 .... • Manchester and Birmingham 7 .... 11 0 0 .... 10 13 0 Midland Counties 2O .... 20 0 0 .... Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 92 10 0 .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland 35 .... 42 5 0 ..... 42 6 0 South Eastern and Dover 7 .... 612 6 ~.. North Union, (new) 3O ..... 50 10 0 ••••• Ditto, (old) St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap 100 paid AO 10 0 .... BANKS. Bank of Liverpool... — . .7.17.. Xl2 lOs paid 0 0 0 .... -- Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 20 7 6 .... --- Liverpool Union lO .... 13 7 6 .... --- Northern and C en t ra l ... Albion 25 paid 24 5 0 .... North and South Wales.. 10 .... 95 0 .... of Manchester 4O .... 11 17 6 .... M'chester & L'pool D sc t 15 ... 19 17 6 .... South Lancashi re 7 10s 617 6 .... 70 6 Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank Commercial Bank of England 5 .. 415 0 .... East of England Phoenix Bank .... 412 6 .... Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 .... 660 0 0 .... 'Wilts and Dorset GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings £lOO paid 160 0 0 .... L'pool& Harrington WaterW orlts 200 .... 450 0 0 .... Bootle Ditto Stock .... 312 0 () .... Liverpool Coal Gas Company Stock .... 355 0 0 ..... L'pool New Gas & Coke C0....£100 .. 196 0 0 .... ,Ditto New Shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance C0.£25 paid 10 2 6 ....... Ocean Assnrance Company. lO ... 7 2 ,6 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. , 2 0 0 ' .... DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l2 10s. 12 15 0 .... Woodside Ferry 25 .... , 28 5 0 .... Egremont Ferry l2 lOs •••• ROck Ferry. Steam Tug Company Barrington Docks BO ... 64 10 0 .... Apothecaries' Company 3 .... 3 0 0 .... LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. From Calcutta Direct. Indirect. Frain Direct. In lire'. Dec. ..23 Maranham Jan ....21 Jan . 5 N. Orleans , Feb. .•• 1 ,1 Dec.... 2 4 Mobile .. Feb ..••14 Jan. _l9 Savannah. Feb. ...lit , Jan. —23 Charleston Feb.... Feb .. • • 8 New York. Feb.... 24 'roni Charleston, we have papers to the 20th.— Bombay Mauritius Rio Janeiro Bahia Pernambuco By the Moi No news . at tl ,ntezttma, ;hat date. AIAHMED. • On the 9th of December, at St. Andrew's Church, Calcutta, bythe Rev. James Charles, Charles 'Dearie, Esq. to Christina, daughter of John Lamb, Esq Glasgow. On the 4th of January last, at Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, by the Rev. George Hough, colonial chaplain, James Bearight,"Esq..to Miss Sarah Elizabeth Smith, only child of James Smith Esq.. Preen Point. • On the 22d tilt. at the Presbyterian Chapel, Revington, by the Rev. William RoWlinson, Mr. Joseph Maiden to Miss Jane Leyden, niece to . the late Dr. John Leyden, the celebrated poet, linguist, antiquarian. and orientalist This was the. first marriage at the above chapel under the new act. On the Bth instant; at Preston. Thomas, son of Richard Potter, Esq. Gishurn-park, to.Eteanpr, daughter of ~My.: Rishton formerly of Pres ton. ppn tie 10th instant, at liirk Braddan, Isle of Man, Mr. Joseph Ke 1y; cabinet-maker. to Miss Margaret Lewin, both of that place. On the 11th instant, at • St. Peter's -Church, Church, Mr. Francis Mitchell, steward of the ship " H a lif a x," to Miss M ar y S op hi a B ergenc li nge , o f Thornton-street.' On the 12th instant,- at . St. Philip's Church, Mr. Ralph Harrison to Miss Atherton. Same,day, at, St. Peter's Church, by the Rev. J. Monk, William Hopes, Esq. of Long Marton, Westmoreland, late of Macclesfield, to Jane, eldest daughter of Mr. Swanwick, of Macclesfield. On Tuesday last, at the Friends' Meeting-houses Friars, Bristol. Mr.. Richard Thompson, many years engaged in the house of Mesirs. Sad ler, Fenton, and Co. of this town arid Belfast, to Miss Eleanor Clark' of the former place. On Thursday last, at St. Peter's Church, from the honse•of J. H. Hemer, Esq. hurlington-street, Mr. Thomas Arnitt, druggist, to Miss Frances Jane Foster.. On Saturday last, at St. David's Church, by the Rev. Robert Davies M.A. Mr. John James to Ellen, daughter of the late Mr. William Thomas. DIED. At Jamaica, by the upsetting of one of the ship Helen ir,ane's boats, William, son of. Mr. Richard Dixon, master of the Light-ship Guiana. On the 10th ult. at the residence of Mrs, Rankin, Renshaw-street, aged 88, Mrs. Mary Miller. On the 13th ult. at Aix, in Provence, aged 16, Lady Elizabeth Rus— sell, eldest and last surviving daughter of the late Earl of Louth. On the 16th ult. at Madeira, the Hon. Arthur Baring, youngest son of Lord Ashburton. On the 20th ult. at New York, aged 85, Captain Robert Sheffield. On the 22c1 tilt. at Litchfield, Copn. aged 82. Julius De Ming, Esq. On the 26th ult. Ellen, third daughter of the late Mr. Wilkinson, of Whalley. On the 28th ult. at Whitchurch, Salop, after a lingering illness, deeply regretted by all who knew,him,. r. E. Francis, many years master of a respectable boarding-school. Oa the Ist instant, at Pocklington, aged 80, the Rev. T. Brown, In— cumbent of Blackloft, and for upwards of thirty years Curate to the Rev. Charles Wolfe Ayre, late, Vicar of Pocklington. On the 2d instant, at his residence, John -street, Oxford-street, Lon don, aged 85, James Putnam, *Esq a gentleman and a scholar, greatly respected and esteemed. His early life was passed in the service of his Majesty King;George the Third in North America. On the Bth instant, at her residence, Bruce-grove, Tottenham, aged 85, Mrs. Hannah Pim _ _ Same day, at her aunt's, Mrs. Sandford, Castle-street, Shrewsbury. Amelia, third daugter of the Life Richard Corset, Esq. of Whitchurch On the 9th instant, aged 85, Mrs. Mary Myers, Wakefield. Ou the nit. at the House of Industry. aged 86, Ann Connor. On the 16th instant, at his house, Manor-row, Bradford, aged 43. John Rouse, Esq. Tim unexpected death of this gentleman, by apo plexy, has caused en unusual sensation of sympathy and regret throughout the community. It is well known that he was the leading partner in the firm of " William Rouse& Sons ;• an d, by his a ble and enterprising talents for business, he;not only succeeded in augmenting a once comparatively small colleen into One of the largest and most respectable establishments of its kind, but he materially contributed to make this town the emporiumlof the worsted trade, and, whilst no person possessed more legitimate influence, owing to the immense number of persons in their employment, no man had less of ostenta tion or more meekly bore his wordly prosperity. In his domestic circle he was tenderly beloved by all ; and, whether in the relation of husband, son, or brother, his conduct was more than exemplary. Amidst all his engagements of a temporal nature, he was not unmind ful of "the one thing needful ;" and it will afford a rich and perma nent consolation to his distressed relatives and numerous friends to be assured, that, although the summons was sudden , it found bins ready for his change. On Tuesday last; at Bath, aged 85, Elisabeth, relict of, Itobert Mark land, Esq. of VVithin.gton, Lancashire. Same ' day, after a long and p a i n f u l ill ne ss, aged 49, Eliza Ann, wife of Mr. James Topping, Mulberry-street. On Wednesday last, of apoplexy, aged about 59, Mr. Wm. Garside, chemist and druggist, Ormskirk. , On Thursday last, at Belmont, county of Chester, ?Margaret, wife ,of Joseph Leigh, Esq. Sanie day, suddenly, deeply an d un iv e rsally regr e tted, aged 52, the Rev. Win. Clayton, chaplain of the Protestant Dissenters' Gratntnar School, at Mill-hill. •On Friday last, in her 2nd year, Margaret, youngest daughter of , ' Captain J. Kirk, of Whitehaven.