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there is no royal road to music any more than to learning, yet the adoption of sound and rational principles in a branch of education upon which no inconsiderable expenditure of time and money is bestowed, cannot help, when generally diffused, to lead, as in the work before us, to the most bene ficial results. TI )C a great satisfaction to, " Your affectionate humble servt " THO. OXFORD." In the signature " Tho. Oxford," it is scarcely to be ex pected that the ordinary reader would recognise Seeker, then Bishop of Oxford, but afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. The letter is interesting as coming from such a man to Dr. Watts; as referring to " Watts's Improvement of the Mind; and to the estimation in which the doctor's works were held in the university ; but it is still more curious and interesting from containing, on the fly leaf, Watts's draught of his reply to the above, in short hand, with his signature, " I. Watts," in a good, upright, legible hand, at the foot. The short-hand is a system long since obsolete ; one which was invented many years before Byrom, or Mayor, or even Gurney, pub lished his. It is extremely difficult to decypher ; the more so, because Dr. Watts has apparently engrafted upon the system itself some alterations and adaptations of his own ; but the writer of this article having succeeded in decyphering the letter, thinks it worthy of record and preservation. It is remarkable, that the reply to a letter dated June 19, 1741, should not be written before the March of the following year, an interval of nearly nine months. It will be seen that Dr. Watts writes both the old and new style of year. Now, after •emaining concealed beneath these old, almost unknown ihort-hand characters, for a hundred years, the doctor's let ter again sees the light : To the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Oxford, near St. James's, Westminster, March 1, 1741-2. " My•Lord,—Perhaps in the middle of last summer, I bad the honour of a line from your lordship, wherein you were pleased to take very kind notice of a book I presumed to offer to your understanding, and amongst many occasional civili ties by which you honoured me, you gave me a friendly invi tation to wait upon you in the winter. " Indeed, my lord, I scarcely designed it ; for my strength and capacities are not the same which your lordship knew in former years. My spirits are few and low, and old age hath made its advances upon me, in so far adding those of the mind; so that I dwell much at home, and feel a sort of shy ness of great company, which is a usual attendant on feeble nerves. Besides, the late important revolution in state affairs must needs employ your lordship's thoughts in them, that you stand in need of no such interruption. " I cannot but congratulate your lordship on the share you are spared to have in the fast reconciliation of the two first persons in the kingdom. May peace and blessings from on high ever attend the royal house, and may all your lordship's acts for the welfare of the church and the state be under a most effectual word of Scriptures from the God of heaven ! " Adding all duty, submission, and respect, I am, my lord, your lordship's most obedient, humble servant, (Signed) " I. WATTS." The letter is endorsed in the same handwriting as the signa ture, " Ld. Bp. Oxford, June, 1741." Then in short-hand characters, " Thanks for the Improvement of the Mind ;' " and again, in ordinary writing, " Answd. March, 1742." It is clear that this letter had escaped the notice, or the draught of it in short-hand eluded the inquiries of Watts's biographer, Dr. Thomas Gibbons, who, in his life of that divine, inserts several letters from Secker to Watts ; amongst them the one given above ; and adds, as a note to the words, " your book," —" Dr. Watts's Improvement of the Mind, or a Supplement to the Art of Logic," as if doubtful to which Seeker alluded; whereas Dr. Watts's endorsement of the letter shows that it was the former. At the period of this correspondence, Dr. Seeker was about 48, Dr. Watts about 69, an age at which his own touching description of his feeble state might natu rally be expected to be given ; and the rather as, in a letter to his father, written six years previously, he says, " As I feel old age daily advancing on myself, I am endeavouring to be ready for my removal hence." " The late important re volution in state affairs" appears to refer to the change of ministry, when Sir Robert Walpole resigned the premiership, and was succeeded by Mr. Pulteney (afterwards Earl of Bath). The " fast reconciliation of the two first persons in the kingdom," doubtless alludes to the public reception, in February, 1741, by George 11., of his son, the then Prince of Wales, after a long estrangement. Shortly before, when Sir Robert Walpole found his power declining before the growing majorities in the parliament of what was called the country or Leicester House party, at his instance a message was sent by the Bishop of Oxford (Secker) to the Prince of Wales (regarded as the head of that party), offering, if he would write a submissive letter to the king, that he and all his counsellors should be taken into favour; that £50,000 should be added to his revenue, £200,000 be immediately disbursed for the payment of his debts, and suitable provision be made for his followers. The prince, however, declined this proposal, declaring that he would accept no such condi tions so long as Sir Robert Walpole continued to direct the public affairs. The resignation of that minister, therefore, paved the way for the reconciliation of the king and the prince. SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN AND MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. The fourth anniversary festival of the above charity was celebrated on Saturday at the London Tavern, when about 150 gentlemen, principally consisting of officers of the army and navy, and of the Hon. East India Company's service, sat down to an entertainment of the most recherche descrip tion. Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford presided, sup ported by the Bishop of Norwich, Admiral Sir G. Cockburn, Admiral Sir W. Gage, Admiral Sir H. Digby, Admiral Sykes, Major Oliphant, Sir C. Lemon, M.A., Admiral Young, Ron. Captain Pelham, &clinical Skipay , and the Rev. Dr. Croly. Upon the removal of the cloth, The hon. and gallant chairman proposed " The health of her Majesty the Queen," which was received with all due ho our The Chairman then gave " Her Majesty the Queen Dowa ger, the vice-patroness of the institution," and in doing so, detailed the great benefits the inhabitants of Malta had expe rienced from the visit of her Majesty to that island. He par ticularly alluded to the great want of church accommodation under which the inhabitants had laboured for many years past. This, he observed, had now been supplied by the pious and munificent liberality of her Majesty, who bad expended upwards of £7OOO in the erection of a Protestant church. (Cheers.) And he would further remark, that when an ad dress of thanks from the people of Malta was presented to her for her munificent gift, she replied that their thanks were not due to her personally, but to the people of England, who had enabled her to aid this and other works of a similar character. (Loud cheees.) The toast was enthusiastically responded to. Glee—" Sleep, gentle lady." The other loyal toasts having been drunk, that of " The Army and Navy " followed. Sir G. Cockburn returned thanks for the navy, and Major Oliphant for the army. • 9, Air—" Rule Britannia." The health of " The Bishops of Norwich and the other prelates and clergy who had lent their valuable assistance to the society," was the next toast proposed. The Bishop of Norwich returned thanks. Solo and chorus—" Sound the loud timbrel." The Chairman then rose amidst loud cheering to propose " The Shipwrecked and Mariners' Benevolent Society, and the health of the President, Sir G. Cockburn." The esta blishment of this institution, he observed, completed the list of our naval charities—(hear)—for they had now afloat a number of the most useful institutions. He would com mentte with the noble charity, Greenwich Hospital, where they clothed and daily fed 2,700 veterans, besides maintain ing 100 boys (and they were soon to have another hundred), to whom they gave good nautical instruction, in addition to which they were taught various trades to enable them to earn an honest and respectable livelihood while going through life. They then had the Dreadnought, where sailors of all nations were received, distress and disease being the only passports for admission. Next they had the Marine Society, where some hundred of boys were trained for the sea. Then the Sailors' Home, for the reception of distressed mariners, and last, though not least, the present excellent charity. (Cheers.) He would now propose "The Shipwrecked and Mariners' Benevolent Society, and the health of the Presi dent, Sir G. Cockburn." The toast was drunk with three times three, and one cheer more frequently repeated. Song—" The Fisherman's Widow." Sir G. Lockburn, in returning thanks, said his gallant friend had stated to them that this society was alone wanting to complete the numerous ben evol e nt associations in the me tropolis relative to maritime life. lie would own that it had been a matter of astonishment to him that an institution like this had not long before been established, particularly when it was known that the annual average number of wrecks on the coasts of the United Kingdom was upwards of 1,000. (Hear.) Formerly, a poor fellow, after being wrecked and cast ashore, could obtain no assistance till he got to his re lations and friends ; and it often occurred that he was obliged to wander as a beggar and a vagabond through the country. Now, however, his wants were supplied by the agent of this charity ; and, if wounded or sick, he was attended to by that officer with fraternal kindness, and provided with medical advice till he became convalescent. Then, again, the poor widow left by the death of her husband in the greatest dis tress, perhaps with a large family of children, was visited at her cottage by the agent, who informed her that, although the friends of the charity could not restore to her the man of her heart, her husband and protector, yet that the institu tion would do all in its power to assuage her grief, and pro vide for the immediate wants of herself and family. (Cheers.) Various other toasts were drunk, and the company did not break up till shortly before 12 o'clock. The subscriptions of the evening amounted to £914, in cluding £67 subscribed by the ladies. A SHOWER OF "RED" RAIN.—The Courrier Grec states that a red rain had recently fallen at Tripolitza and elsewhere, and that the minister of the interior had collected information respecting that remarkable phenomenon, which would be submitted to the examination of the medical board. - - INTERESTING TO ARTISTS.—The commissioners appointed by her Majesty for the encouragement of the fine arts in the United Kingdom, have issued a notification to artists, in viting them to compete in the production of designs for frescos to decorate the walls of the new houses of parliament. The inducement held out shapes itself into the form of pre mitms for the best sketches in the following proportions : Three premiums of £3OO each, three of £2OO each, and five of £lOO each, to be given " to the artists who shall furnish cartoons, which shall respectively be deemed worthy of one or the other of the said premiums." It is satisfactory to perceive that tke royal commissioners have begun their task at the right end, by inviting competition ; and we doubt not the result . will be that native talent will thereby be enabled a personal szulibsher.lP to vindicate the pretensions which it has often lacked the opportunity of asserting. We regret to see, by letters from Hamburgh, . that . her Majesty the more magnificent of X 9,000 subscription for that devoted city, which is strictly spoken of tion, and . comes from her privy purse, is tingly and disparagingly. It is compared to Queen. We the Emperor of , attrficent subscription of the Emperor of Russia mruegarded, therefore, as unworthy of England's of her must remind the inhabitants of Harnburgh, that The British government parlia . .ment ; and in thentp can st s gift is as the head of the govern ment—thatMajestyo is a gift from a private person. that not to be recomm give nothing but by a vote of resent condition of our own people, sanction. The great ended- The Emperor needs no such distinction, gift of the government of sent by sums is, that the £9,000 sen , therefore, between the two I of a private, but exalted per that Russia will probably not contribute -I. ' t merchants and citizens, while En not less than twenty thousand or perhaps five times that amount w'ill n b i the Russian Emperor is the her Majesty's gift is that us further observe, England much more by its pounds, alread subscribed urgh. probably collected. (1 o uNbyl We trust her trust that, by . th . ese few remarks, we have placed ofdi b sa e p to p r i c ob t a h t e lo c u it , i d ze e n sesrves graero: Ma jesty's subscription, as compared . to that of Ptael of i pperor of Her Majesty, picosPteera lightd for her proPP t and spontaneous contributiou..-Sun. Praise stock, Kenyon, and Redesdale After the usual examination of thelchildren, The Rev, M. Sinclair, the secretary, read the report, which was of great length, and contained matter of the most inter esting character. The principal features in this document were those having reference to the grants which had been made by the committee during the past year, the want of school-accommodation in various parts of the country, the means taken to educate the poor children who are employed in mills and factories, the establishment which had been opened for the training of masters and mistresses for the schools, the method of organising, and the management of existing schools, the improvement of the teachers, and the success which had attended the efforts of the committee on each of these particular points. The report stated that "in the disposal of your fund for school-building, the object which your committee have invariably kept in view has been to call forth the largest possible amount of local efforts, and to produce the greatest attainable extent of church education. The whole number of cases is 316; the total sum granted is £15,881; and the number of scholars accommodated is 52,180, being a larger number by 11,907 than in any preced ing year. On the subject of " school accommodation," the report went on to say—" As a proof of the inability now existing, even in populous places, to supply school accommodation of any kind, a clergyman near Manchester, after stating that ' during the last eight weeks he had been distributing provi sions weekly to more than 1000 persons,' thus proceeds— ' My only school-room is an empty cotton mill, from which we are liable to be ejected every moment, the mill being part of a bankrupt's estate. In this room, which contains neither fire-place nor stove, we have assembled throughout the win ter 200 children. A great many more would have attended, if a fire could have been made in the room.' " This statement is followed by many others, each showing the pressing necessity there exists for further accommodation for the administration of education amongst the poorer classes. In many instances there are not any school-houses, and instruction is now given in public-houses and beer shops. Another communication stated "that it was estimated that in the towns of Ashton-under-Line, Stalybridge, and Dukinfield, there was a population of nearly 60,000 within seven miles of Manchester. About 90 per cent. of this popu lation belonged to the working el::sses. Now, there was not for that enormous mass a single endowed day-school, no na tional school, no Lancasterian school. At the eastern extre mity of Stalybridge a large school was in thet course cf, erection. In Dukinfield, with a population of 20,000,,' continued the statement, " there had never been a church or chapel belonging to the establishment. A church, however, was about to be consecrated." With respect to the pro vision of education for the children in mills and factories, the report said, " In the last report, it was stated that your committee had resolved on making more than ordinary ex ertions to provide the means of education for children em ployed in mills and factories—not so much with a view of supplying the deficiency as of showing what might be done, even under existing legal provisions, for the moral and re ligious improvement of that unhappy class. Your committee have now to state, that their experiment has been followed by the most gratifying results. The factory inspector fcr the West Riding of Yorkshire (Mr. R. Saunders), after stating that the number of factory children in his distriqVmounts to 10,000, thus proceeds :--` The success which hattended the exertions of the National Society in behalf' factory, children is very encouraging. Nearly every factory lhild in the districts assigned to the society's schools at Leeds and Bradford now attends them. The last official return give about 180 in attendance at Leeds, and nearly 300 at Brad ford. No objection to the mode in which these schools are conducted has been made since they have been in full oper ation, either by a parent or child.' The school-room which has been built by the society in the Manchester road at Bradford " is now attended by 950 children on Sundays, and 330 on week days.; In reference to the " Training Establishment," the report thus pro ceeded : _ . . " Your committee last year stated, that in accordance w public opinion, preparations had been made to open an es tablishment for training youths to be schoolmasters at Stale ley-grove, Chelsea, where an eligible site had been purchased by the society for that purpose. Your committee have now to report, that the dormitory for the accommodation of 56 pupils has been completed ; that a chapel to contain 400 persons has been erected and consecrated ; and that a model school, as a place of practical instruction for the pupils in the art of teaching, is now in operation, and attended by 110 scholars. The original outlay upon this establishment is large, it exceeds £20,000. But taking into account the ex-)', tent of ground purchased, the number of buildings to be 4 erected and fitted up, and the respectability of appearance considered necessary in edifices of a somewhat collegiate character, the society could not, perhaps, expect to do so much on cheaper terms. The annual expense to the society is estimated at £2,000, and will be strictly limited to that sum. The payments of pupils are at the rate of £25 annu ally from each pupil during his period of training, which, by recent arrangements, may vary from one year and a half to three years. Each pupil, after a probation of three months, is apprenticed to the society till the completion of his 21st year. The number of apprentices is at present 35, of whom 10 are entirely free, and 10 partly so, being charged £l5 a year instead of £25. For these exhibitions, which were con sidered necessary at the opening of the institution, special grants have been voted. The reading of the report elicited frequent demonstrations of approbation. The Bishop of Chester rose to move that this report be ap proved and adopted, and in doing so availed himself of the opportunity to dilate with considerable force on the endless benefits which certain portions of his diocese bad derived from the efforts of the society to disseminate a system of education based on the principles and tenets of the esta blished church. The statements which were to be found in the report were,calculated to awaken every rightly directed mind to the vast importance of 'such a system' of edurari.... being disseminated throughout the country. The Rev. A. M. Campbell seconded the resolution, which unanimously carried. The Bishop of Worcester then moved the following reso lution :—" That the exertions of the committee to extend and improve elementary education, by providing schools for children employed in mills and factories, by establishing institutions for training young persons to be schoolmasters and schoolmistresses, and by sending efficient teachers to or ganise schools in union with the society, have the entire con currence of this meeting, and form a new claim to support from the friends of education and of the church ;" and proceeded to point out the innumerable advantages which were to be derived from the rules laid down and the course pursued by the society. In no part of the country would the system be more beneficially felt than in the manufacturing districts—districts, in which, from the existence of ignorance, the deepest corruption had grown up. The children of the manufacturing districts were peculiarly objects for the consideration of that society. (Hear.) He might here mention that in the time of Edward VI. applications had been made to the crown for grants for the education of youth from two particular places within his diocese. Of these Birmingham was one. In the one case there was awarded a grant of the annual sum of £2O, and in the other, that of Birmingham, a grant of certain lands which at that period yielded the like amount. But what was the present relative position of the two grants ? Why, in the one instance the payment of the £2O a year was continued, whilst in the other the grant of land produced no smaller a sum than £B,OOO per annum. (Hear, hear.) There was, therefore, no lack of funds for the education of children at Birmingham. (Hear, hear.) Lord SANDON seconded the resolution, which, like the one that preceded it, was unanimously agreed to. Archdeacon Wilberforce moved the next resolution, to the effect, " That the best thanks of the meeting be conveyed to the noblemen and gentlemen of the committee appointed to collect subscriptions in behalf of the society, and for their zealous and unwearied exertions during the last three years, to enlarge the circle of its supporters." Archdeacon Manning seconded the resolution, which was carried with acclamation. The Bishop of London then rose to move a vote of thanks to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, for his constant attention to the concerns of that society, and for his conde scension in taking the chair on that occasion. Mr. Whately having seconded the resolution, it was carried unanimously. The Archbishop of Canterbury briefly, but effectively re sponded to the compliment. r The meeting then separated. e instructions about fingering are clear and j udicious ; those about time and tone, skilful and striking. To these essentials the first part of the work is principally confined, and from it we take the following extract : " Unless extraordinary talent be prematurely developed, . . years of age is sufficiently early for any child to be :d with the elementary mysteries of music, though for :tar prior to such commencement she should have her s trained for half an hour daily in the exercises of five compass, so that the position of the hand and an even (the actual secret of all good playing) may be accu --, obtained, before the eye and the mind of the child be made to wander over the region of lines and space. From eight to ten a complete course should be pursued ; those of Burrowes, Cramer, Kalkbrenner, and Moscheles, are alike excellent, with the first volume of Hummel, and during this interval an hour's daily practice will be required. " At ten, she may enter regular studies, commencing with those of Bertine, continuing through Cramer, Kalkbrenner, Moscheles, and Hummel, which will be fouud replete with melody, combined with every variety of classical and brilliant style that the most ambitious amateur would strive to attain; for be it understood, these hints are addressad to the amateur, and not to the professional student. These studies, united with well chosen pieces, will occupy the intervening years from ten to sixteen, allowing always for the casual interrup tion of recreative summer months. To do justice alike to teacher and pupil, two hours daily practice should be sedu lously adhered to, from the eleventh year up to the boundary of discontinuing lessons ; less than that is insufficient—more than that is time unjustly wrung from literary study." The second part is devoted to an exhibition of the scale of practice, the pieces, &c., for the youthful pianiste, from the 9th to the 16th year,—the course of instruction being marked by progressive transition, and the daily exercise of which on the plan laid down by Miss Geary cannot fail to make the rfect, not merely in the initiatory but in the more complicated and exquisite melodies. To this succeeds suit able hints for semi-adult beginners, " when having com menced the study too late, are anxious to acquire in the least possible time a flexible, brilliant, and expressive finger." This portion of the little volume exhibits the powers of the author as a thorough musician and a practised pianiste in a striking light. Upon the whole we have rarely seen a work of greater practical ability, or one that handles the subject of which it treats in a more able, effective, and popular man- student pe Remarks on a late Advertisement from Oxford. By an Aged Layman. London : Hatchard and Son. _ _ . " The advertisement from Oxford" which has called forth this judicious tract, is the announcement, by the advocates of what in common parlance is called " Puseyism," of " The Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology," the design of which, the promoters state, is to inculcate " the doctrines and disci pline of the Anglican branch of the Catholic and Apostslic Church. The " Aged Layman," in a very happy style, clearly establishes that, whilst making this profession, " The Library of Anglo-Catholic Theology" is not permitted to include the works of Hooker, Usher, and others, whose writings have been justly recognised as the ablest expositions and defences of our church's doctrines, of her formularies and discipline. This inconsistency in the Oxford tractarians is, in our judgment, treated far too temperately by the " Aged Layman." All his remarks, however, whilst inflexibly maintaining sound principle, are expressed in a tone of mo deration which forcibly illustrates his singlemindedness and purity of motive MONS. LAFONTAINE IN DUBLIN (From the .Dublin Evening Post.) We have a high respect for the faculty, and the Dublin doctors are, we imagine, quite as good as any other similar class in any other city. But we would not give one jack straw for the opinion they profess upon the subject of what is called—we suppose, for the want of a better term—animal magnetism. Upon this subject there was never a more per fect union amongst them than since, in the seventeenth cen tury, they one and all decided against Harvey's theory of the circulation of the blood. But, indeed, this has been their " wont" at all times. Anything new or extraordinary—any thing which they could not at once assimilate to their doc trines, or explain by their theories—has been denounced as heretical, damnable, and idolatrous. The only " novelty"— if such it may now be called—that seems to have found some favour with some of the faculty is that hight phrenology— but, more properly, we think, the doctrine of skulls. Now, not being learned persons, we suppose we never could make ourselves up to the philosophy of bumps, though, we doubt not, half the profession are fast and firm believers. But, with regard to animal magnetism, they are all, with a very few exceptions, stout and uncompromising sceptics—nay, not sceptics merely, but denouncers. And there is not one of them, from the unfledged apprentice just introduced into the mysteries of the dissecting-room, to the knight or the baronet that rolls in his chariot, who will not furnish you with rea sons and arguments, as long as to-day and to-morrow, on the gross dclusruos of tu'esulerim. It is - considered not only un professional, but almost fatal to a man's prospects in his pro fession, to admit, for a moment, that he has the slightest doubt as to the utter impossibility of what he sees before his eyes._ Or, if you press a learned friend to explain the mode by which the delusion is practised, he forthwith enters into a learned disquisition upon the nervous system, upon hyste ria, catalepsy, and most of the ills which flesh is heir to—a disquisition which will leave you, at the conclusion, as wise as when he began. We have had the honour—we believe that is the word—of conversing with some of the highest men—or at least the most fashionable practitioners in Dublin ' —on the subject, after the publication of some extraordinary experiments in London, and, really, all we heard on the matter was some gibberish about hysteria and catalepsy. We did not then, nor do we now, in the least, doubt the correctness of the theory or the mode of treatment. There is no person we would sooner call in, in cases of this kind, than the Surgeon-General, for instance; but we must say that his arguments made little impression upon us, as to the facts of the London cases. Granted, and it must be con ceded, we imagine, that the patient is nervous, liable to hys teria, epileptic,—and that it is alone upon such patients the magnetiser can produce an effect. Granting this, however, we demanded not the apparent mode (that was obvious), but the secret and subtile influence by which such effect is pro duced. To this we never received, even from the most emi nent men in Dulbn, a satisfactory or sufficient answer. They, indeed, were never so bull-headed or silly as to deny facts. When pressed upon these points, they gave evasive , or, what th e y ca ll e d in lieu of a better phrase, scientific an swers. But we did not look for science ; we think the phe nomena, as already developed, beyon& the reach of an induc tive process, which can be applied to its explication. All that we required to know was this—Did you believe what you saw, or did you not? If you did not believe it, will you be good enough to point out the mode in which the delusion was practised ? Will yo u t e ll us w h y you thi n k it was a • !lend if a cheat—why has it not been exposed long ago We must say that to these questions, put to some eminent men in Dublin, we never received a satisfactory answer. But we are answered loudly enough by the whole herd of the secondaries, and of the third and the fourth in place. With one accord they declare that it is all a d—d humbug—all folly—all nonsense. And we dare say the majority of the physiculi think it so ; but, as we have already said, we would not d not give a twopenny ticket for a whole theatre of such opi nions. In the first place it is fashionable —it is just a parcel of the doctor's profession to deride pretensions of the kind. There is no probability that any man who professes himself a believer will make any progress in his calling. He is sure to be designated as a dreamer and an enthusiast, and, as your stupid fellows never dream, and scarcely can compre bend what enthusiasm means, they join in full cry wi'" bell-wethers They raise a shout—they repeat a sarcasm — they propagate a sneer—and a practitioner who may have the honesty, the fatuity, or the folly, to avow his belief in Mes merism, as they call it, is at once run down, and soon hooted from his pursuits. This has occurred more than once in England—once in the case of a very eminent practitioner — and to him the result has been so disastrous, that we may be perfectly assured no man of consideration in his art will, hereafter, ven ture even to argue on the question. It is much easier to scoff. give n, very fairly, in the preceding lines , our im pressions before ever we saw an exhibition of Mesmerism. In Paris, last autumn, we were told of some extraordinary examples of the kind—but we missed, through accident, an oPPortunity of being present—an same cident which we very tqueh regretted. It was much the in London. We riht, through an introduction to Dr.Elliotson, which we received in France, have had an opportunity ever, we were prevented availing ourselves by that of our stay. the first occasion of the which, shortness h ow - Tuesday evening last waspresenteditself W e were present at M. Lafontaine'ssoiree , as they ca ll it in the newspapers. what we saw ;our conte • "'e shall enough shall suffici ently explicit in their description. In making this assertion, we do tinent not offer it as a corroboration—that would be, perhaps, good faith, and trueerwe only repeat th e i r statement i s i n perfectly hay we do no EXA M PLE.—Sir Harry Featherstonhaugh has in. creased the wages of hia Sussex labourers, an d g iven each a quantity of malt to brew their own beer — upo n condi tion that they abstain from frequenting beer shops and pub lic houses. FATAL AcclDENT.—Monday forenoon, a slater, who, along with others was employed in " rough casting" the walls of E glinton:street Secession Church, lost his balance, fell to the ground, and was killed on the s p o t. The unfortu nate individual was working at a height of only 12 feet from the ground, but having fallen on his bead he instantly ex pired,Glagow Mail. With regard to the young woman completely out of the' --n4 worna s n ii r mesmerised trick as this might be acting very was put to sleep nit that it might be think it was—but we 'fai Nv V ere to whicl ht near her • sidered by others. But r tlie adnait be so con ao' :leY, surely was she was sub. jected during her somnambr ees ' lied \ to her We shall say nothing of the :tong ammonia not a trick. nostrils, the lucifer matches, believe all was fair ; but these, pe k e aenpunet a u P r p e phe nomena exhibited, might be ex plair .a l ' ecl' " well as otherV e do phe the experi derstand—and no doctor has been able t aut we cannot un derstand— ,0 tell ,conseious legs were put in a state of catalepsy, so that us—how her . If there held them in nearly a horizontal position durin g an hour she ment, and an hour after she had been restor4 g t ness. Was there, could there, be a trick her: it t.. was, we should like Sir Philip Crampton to explain or Professor Lloyd of the University, on any doctrine us physics, which he knows so well, and explains so lucidly. ne o With regard to the deaf and dumb boy, there was, beyond a doubt, no trick at all. He is the child of a gentleman ond known to most of the young people in Dublin, in respectable life, Mr. Macmahon, the professor of dancing, in Stephen's_ green. The child was deaf and dumb from his to hiinfanm w cy ; hen he was mesmerised—certain sounds were conveyed 111 a semi-sleep--he repeated them fain tl y and indistincLatly, indeed, and he repeated them also when awakened. M. - fontaine thi n ks he will effect a cure. Of this, we will say ioetaliting ; but if he succeeds, be will h ave accomplished a g i r achievement. We did not wait to witness the third experiment ; but we understand it was completely successful. LITERARY NOTICES. Musittg,Education, with Practical Observations on the Ar of Pianoforte Playing. By Eleanor Margaret Geary London : D'Almaine and Co An excellent little volume, containing many and judicious hints on the saving of time and superior proficiency which may be acquired by young ladies, under a better system of instruction, in pianoforte playing and musical education ge nerally. The style of the work is neat, we might even say elegant, if we except a leetle superflous display of learning and straining after effect. The young lady to whom the work owes its origin is an accomplished and popular pro- weet sounds ' in the metropolis Although " Cuddesden, near Oxford, June 19, 1741. " Sir,—l am extremely obliged to you for the agreeable present of your Book; which is peculiarly well adapted for the Direction and Improvement of Students in the University; where your Logic is by no means the only piece of yours, that is read with high Esteem. You have been a diligent pro moter of useful and especially Religious Knowledge, of Christian Faith and Christian Morals. On these accounts I have always respected you, from the time that I had, so many years ago, the Advantage of your Conversation ; and always rejoyced in the just Honour, which hath been universally paid you. And as this Opportunity of expressing my Regard gives me much pleasure; so, if the Favour of letting me see you this next winter will not be inconvenient to you, it will NATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE POOR. The annual meeting of this society was held on Wednesday, at the Central School-room, in the Sanctuary, Westminster. when there was an unusually numerous assemblage of all classes. His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presided. Amongst those present we noticed their Graces the Arch bishops of Canterbury and York, the Lords Bishops of Lon don, Worcester, Bangor, Salisbury, Gloucester, and Bristol, Barbadoes, Winchester, Chester, Norwich, and Gibraltar ; Archdeacons Manning, Wilberforce, and Spooner; Deans of Chichester, Hereford, Norwich, and Salisbury ; Drs. Walrns ley, D'Oyly, Spry, Stoddart, Rowlands, and Williamson ; i Rev. Sir H. Dukinfield ; Lords Courtenay, Sandon, Rad- EXECUTION OF DANIEL GOOD THE MURDERER, (From Monday night's London Standard.) This hardened miscreant underwent the extreme penalty of the law, in front of the gaol of Newgate, at eight o'clock this morning. Before describing the last moments of the unhappy convict, we will briefly advert to his conduct yes terday (Sunday) and the night previous. At a few minutes after 12 o'clock on Saturday night, as Mr._Cope informed CORRESPONDENCE OF ARCHBISHOP SECKER AND DR. WATTS (From the Manchester Guardian.) mongst the splendid collection of autographs, contributed Lumerous friends to the anti-corn-law bazaar, held here Hillary last, we noticed at the time, a letter in the follow :erms _ _ _ _ THE NEW TARIFF -DIVISION ON THE FIRST CLAUSE. The following statement is an analysis of the division on the question " That in lieu of the present rates of duty now payable upon the articles enumerated in the annexed sche dules there shall he raised, levied, and paid upon the impor tation of the said articles into the United Kingdom the rates of duty proposed in the said schedules ;" to which an amend ment was proposed to add the words, " All live stock im ported from foreign countries, calculated for the purposes of food, being charged by weight," when the numbers were— for the amendment, 113; against it, 380; majority against the amendment, 267 ; _ . For the Against Majority Motion. the Motion. For. Agst. ENGLAND .. Counties.... st; Boroughs .. 28 2. Universities . 0 WALES .... Counties.... 4 Boroughs .. 2 SCOTLAND .. Counties .. 9 Boroughs .. 5 IRELAND.... Counties.... 7 Boroughs .. 2 University .. 0 113 380 By the above it will be seen that on this occasion the English counties gave a majority against the government proposition, but taking the aggregate numbers of the county members of the various divisions of the kingdom into ac count, a majority of 34 will be found in favour of this portion of the amendad tariff. IN THE MAJORITY Conservatives ...... Whigs . . - 380 IN TIIE NIINORITY• Conservatives ...................... 90 Whigs ..................... ..... 23 --113 ' s a TIM CONTINENTAL SWINDLFIL A of Mademoi des Tribunaux announces the capture,AGAlN.—The Paris,Ai N.—The Gazette selle Desjardins, alias the Countess '' • band of forgers whose proceedings 1 public attention. This band, orast year attracted . so much forgers, (adds the Gazette de's Tr . r b ather association, of nau,v) inundated the principal cities of Europe with forged I .' were fabricated with so much skill etters of credit, which that , Dutch, Belgian, Prussian, Piedmontese bankers, and speculators at Constantinople were swindled by means of them. One of the party, the Count d'Arjuson, was arrested under a false name, and was to have been tried at the present e Paris for forgery. The woman, Desjardins, was arrested atsssi Turin,ons and, having been surrendered to the French authorities, was ordered to be conveyed under an escort of gendarmes to Paris ' • but she succeeded in eluding their vigil ance , an d escaped from custody at Bourjoin, , in the department of the Isere. Thi s evasion having considerably impeded the course of justice, the strictest orders we re sent to the different p refects o f the neighbouring departments to trace the fugitive, and me asures were adopted by the pre fect of po l ice at Paris to apprehend her, should she venture to the capital. She arrived at Paris within the last few days, and took u p her r esidence, unde r the na me o f M a dame de Dora v ille, at Dr. Pinch's m a i son d e sante, affecting to be affli c t e d with a disease of the ch est, which obli ge d h er t o con sult that celebrated physician. Th ere was found i n h er p oss ession a passport , delivered at Gr eno bl e, in the name of Louis Boujars, c ommerci a l traveller, from Marseilles, with which it was supposed she intended to effect the escape of Count d'Arjuson before Ins trial. our reporter, the convict requested one of the turnkeys to write to his wife Mary Good ; his request was complied with, and a communication, dictated by the murderer, which was of a rambling and incoherent character, was dispatched yes terday morning to his wife. He retired to rest between 12 and 1 o'clock, and slept tolerably sound until 5 o'clock yes terday morning, when he arose and dressed himself in a frock coat of a dark olive green, and dark grey trousers, which had been sent for by Good's desire, and which were brought to the gaol by Inspector Busain, of the V division, at a late hour on Saturday night. At an early hour the Rev. Mr. Carver visited the culprit in the condemned cell, and re mained engaged with him for a considerable time in prayer, but he evinced not the slightest intention to make any con fession. At half-past 10 o'clock Good attended divine ser vice in the private chapel. He afterwards partook of dinner with a seeming relish, and a few minutes before 3 o'clock he again attended the chapel, when the Rev. Mr. Lewis, from Rochester, preached an excellent sermon from Psalm 13, v. 1.3, " Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it." The chapel was not much crowded in the afternoon, there being less than a dozen hearers in the body of it, and the conduct of the criminal was therefore more easily observed than in the morning. Upon the prayers being read the prisoner turned round and knelt covering the upper part of his face with his hands, during which time he appeared as if repeating the responses after the clerk. Occasionally he stared wildly round the chapel, and clasped his hands to gether, as if appealing to heaven. In appearance he was much altered for the worse since the trial; his dark, quick. penetrating eyes were inflamed and sunken in his cheek, and his countenance altogether was of a pallid hue. At the con clusion of Divine Service he rose, and standing in the centre of the chapel, and evidently struggling with his feelings, en deavoured for a few seconds to give utterance to them. At length, in half choked sobs, he faltered out, as he waved his hand, " The Lord be with you all !" " God bless you!" The two turnkeys who accompanied him then led him out of the chapel to the cell, where he was doomed to pass the few remaining hours he had to exist. Messrs. Alderman Magnay and Rogers (the Sheriffs,) the ordinary, and the governor, were unremitting in their atten tions to the malefactor until a late hour last evening ; all their endeavours, however, to bring him to a true state of repentance were totally fruitless. When pressed closely con cerning the atrocious crime which be had committed, he avoided the question, and dwelt upon some frivolous circum stance connected with his dress or his travels abroad. At twelve o'clock last night he went to bed for the last time and slept soundly for about two hours ; he then awoke and re questeirthe turnkey to read prayers to him, waich was done, and between three and four o'clock he fell into a doze, during which he exhibited great restlessness, and finally rose at five o'clock; rn.7l , dressed himself in the same clothes in which he appeared in the chapel yesterday. Shortly afterwards Mr. Cope entered the condemned cell, when the culprit ex claimed, " I am no murderer ; I am no murderer !" but finding his assurance of innocence made no impression upon the governor, he' desisted from making any further remark to that gentleman. By four o'clock the fatal drop, the barriers and all the ne cessary apparatus for carrying the law into effect were com pleted, and even before that hour groups of people assembled in the Old Bailey. Before six o'clock above 200 of the City police, under the direction of Major Shaw, the superintendant, in addition to a considerable number of the Metropolitan police, were stationed in front of the gaol, and at this time a more dense mass of human beings had assembled than has been known since the execution of Fauntleroy. All the houses opposite the prison had been let to sight-seeking lovers at an enormous price, and in several instances the whole of the casements were taken out, and raised seats erected for their accommodation. In one case a noble lord was pointed out to the reporter as having been a spectator at the last four or five executions, his price for his seat was said to be £l5. The house-tops were likewise covered with per sons, both male and female ; and the number of spectators far exceeded those who were present at the execution of Greenacre or Courvoisier. The usual ribaldry and coarse jokes were indulged in, and drunkenness and debauchery were prominent characteristics of the scene. Shortly before six o'clock the Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs, the Ordinary, and other officers of public justice, arrived at the prison, and proceeded to the condemned cell, where fresh attempts were made to induce the culprit to acknowledge the justice of his sentence, but with no better success than on the previous days. About a quarter past seven o'clock his breakfast was taken to him ; it consisted of some coffee and , thin bread and butter, of which he ate heartily.— Calcraft, the hangman, arrived soon afterwards, and at twenty minutes to eight o'clock the reporters were ad mitted into the condemned cell, on entering which they found the convict seated on a form, with the Rev. Mr. Car 'ver by his side. The first words he was heard to ejaculate were, " Oh, my dear sir, I would not deny it at all if I were guilty." He appeared at this moment to be in a most distressed state of mind, but extremely cautious in what escaped his lips ; indeed it appeared as though he was acting in the hope that by creating a belief in his innocence he might avert that ignominious death which in a few minutes he was inevitably doomed to suffer. After a momentary pause he lifted his hands and, clasping them together, ex claimed, as he looked around, " The Lord bless you all, the Lord of Heaven be with you all." Then, fixing his eyes upon the Sheriffs, he said, " The Sheriffs—may God bless you both; I return thanks to you all • may the Lord God bless you." Mr. Cope, the governor, then advanced near the culprit, and was immediately recognised by him ; he ex tended his hand to that gentleman, and remarked in a tone of deep lament, " Oh, Mr. Cope, you have been my best friend, and may the Lord God bless you. I declare, as I shortly expect to stand before my Maker, that I never took a life. As I have often told you, Mr. Cope, when I was in Spain and Portugal for many years, I have seen many a man killed, but I never took a life, I declare to Almighty God." During the time he was giving utterance to this solemn declaration, he continued to fold his hands in an imploring attitude. The Ordinary then observed, "You are now about to quit CM. world ---.have you any thing more -Se ...Are you prepared to go into tile next world ?" The malefactor again replied, " I never took a life • may the Lord receive me into the gates of Heaven. I never took a life." The reverend divine then said, " Do you adhere to the statement ? Remember, you have but a few minutes to live." The prisoner here laid his left hand on the Ordinary's shoulder, and taking one of that gentleman's hands into his right, said, " Oh, my dear Sir, I should own to you if I was guilty ; for I have now only two or three minutes before I go to my execution. I never took a life. May the Lord bless you and be with you all." The chaplain then reminded him of the scriptural passages he had frequently read to him, and which said, that those who confess their sins would find mercy in God. The culprit, however, still repeated that he never took a life— adding, as he pressed the Ordinary's hand, " If I had I would tell you, for you are the man I love ; I love the ground on which you tread. You have prayed with me— you have read and you have talked with me; and I would not deny it now that I have only a few minutes to live. I hope the Lord will receive my poor soul." Mr. Carver ob served, if you are truly penitent he will, to which the culprit responded, " Why should I tell a lie when I've only got a few minutes to live? Oh, my dear Sir, I told a gentleman when he came up from Norwood, that I would tell you every thing."—Mr. Sheriff Magnay here desired the unhappy con vict not to dwell on that subject, as he was only making his case worse. The ceremony of pinioning here took place, nad the culprit, with a ghastly smile observed, " I think I see my Maker now before me." He then requested to have some wine and water, which was administered to him by Mr. Cope, and the executioner took off his muslin necker chief and placed it between his bosom and his coat ; upon this being done the culprit requested the hangman to re move the neckerchief, and accept it for himself. The shirt collar of the wretched man was afterwards unbuttoned and turned down at his request, and the chapel bell having sounded his funeral knell, the solemn procession moved along the gloomy narrow windings of the gaol to the scaffold. Good frequently imploring, in loud accents, the Almighty to save his soul. He walked with a firm step, and ascended the steps of the scaffold without assistance. The prisoner, on being placed under the gallows, was assailed with the most hideous yells and long-continued execrations by the mob. When the hangman was about to draw the cap over his face, the murderer cried out " Stop, stop," and ap peared anxious to address the crowd. Calcraft desired him to attend to the prayers of the Ordinary, and in a few seconds the bolt was withdrawn, and the unhappy criminal was launched into eternity. He seemed to struggle violently for . some seconds, and his body, after hanging the usual time, was cut down. Dr. Elliotson after Wards took a cast of the murderer's head in the presence of several medical and scientific gentlemen. DESTRUCTION BY FIRE OF THE GEORGIA, INDIAMAN.-FIVE LIVES LOST. On Saturday afternoon the melancholy intelligence of the loss by fire of the ship Georgia, of Newcastle, an Indiaman, Captain Mitchell, bound to London, was received by the underwriters at Lloyd's, attended, we regret to say, with a deplorable sacrifice of human life. The ship was between 800 and 900 tons burthen, and was valued at £7,000, being splendidly fitted up for the accommodation of passengera. She had a very rich cargo on board, consist ing of jewellery, merchandise, and other valuable property, which perished with the vessel ; a loss in total of nearly £20,000. The unfortunate event occurred on the morn ing of the Ist of last month, while on her passage to England, from Calcutta, which place she left in the early part of February. From the accounts brought over by the ship Thomas Sparks, from China, which arrived off Dart mouthon Friday morning, it appears that, early on the morning mentioned, the " watch" on deck, when the vessel was in latitude 30 south, and longitude 36 east, off Madagas car, discovered a strong smell of burning about the ship ; he aroused the commander, Captain Mitchell, and the rest of the ship's crew, and a strict search was determined upon. On the boats being removed, and the main hatches taken off, the burning was found to proceed from the cargo, when orders were given to remove over a portion of it, so as to get at the fire. The crew, however, had not proceeded far, be fore a volume of smoke burst upon them, and shortly after wards it became so intense, accompanied with excessive heat, that they were forced to desist. Captain Mitchell then had the hatches replace& and blocked up every aperture in the ship, in the hop e of stifling the fire. But this proved unavailing, for in about two hours the flames broke through the cabin window s, and likewise from the hatchway over the forecastle, to the terror and dismay of all on board. Captain Mitchell, perceiving that the destruction of the vessel was inevitable, directed the crew to prepare themselves to leave the ship , which they immediately set about doing by lowering the boats (two in number) over the vessel's side. It was a most trying moment, for the sea was extremely rough, with a heavy g ale of wind, and with the knowledge of their being between 800 and 900 miles from land every soul expected to meet with a watery grave. At about eight o'clock the chief mate, with nine of the crew, left the burning ve ssel in the jolly . boat ; and they were directly followed by Captain▪ Mitchell and the rest of the ship's crew, four in number, in the small boat. In the course of a quarter of an hour afterwards the work of devastation had reached the mast, and she appeared embo died in one mass of flame, forming a terrible, though magni ficent appearance. At this cr itical peri▪ od a vessel was ob served at a distance bearing towards the ill-fated ship, an d the chief mate turned to make known the joyful intelligence to Captain Mitchell and the rest of the crew, when he was horror-struck on finding that the boat had foundered, and none of them were to be seen. They gpwed about in hopes of picking them up, but unfortunately none of the poor fel lows ever rose after. The ship Thomas Sparks, which proved to be the vessel they saw bearing down to their as sistance, came up alongside soon afterwards, and t oo k t h e chief officer and the rest of t he Genrgia's crew on board, and they remained within a sh ort distanc e of the burning' ship until she went down, which event took pla ce a t a l ate hour in the afternoon. The Georgia and cargo are reported to be insured to the extent of £25,000. EXTRAORDINARY TAKE OF SALMON AT FORRES.—One day last week, the salmon fishers of Hogarth & Co. caught, in the Findhorn, opposite the ureeshop, 405 large fish ! Next day the take was 150! And on the following day 402 ! We understand the takes at the stake nets, on the Findhorn Sands, have been equally good,—Forres Gazette. TIMBER TRADE,—The alteration of the duties on Spanish and Honduras mahogany, and on rosewood, has given much satisfaction to the dealers in furniture, and will no doubt tend very much to restore our colonial export trade in that department, which has been of late much absorbed by the French and Germans, owing to the cheaper rates at which they could sell, in consequence of the high import duties levied in British ports. The duty on Spanish mahogany, which includes Cuba and St. Domingo, formerly £5. ss. per ton, equal to 50 per cent. ad valorem, will be reduced to XI. ls. ; on Honduras, now £l. lls. 6d., it will be reduced to ss. 3d, ; and on rosewood, formerly £6. 6s. the new duty will be only £l. Is. The reduction of duties will also lower the price of furniture. WEATHER AND CROPS IN SCOTLAND.—The prevalent wind for several weeks has been the east and north-east. We have observed that of late years the easterly has been the prevalent wind from about the middle of last April till towards the end of June; and this circumstance, especially to invalids, has been no slight drawback to the out-of-door enjoyments of the season. For some days the Caithness and Sutherland mountains have been hid from us by a haze, or but dimly discoverld through a long and sweeping veil of mist. During the day, a bank of fog lies along the verge of the German Sea, which towards nightfall, sends long strips and filmy trains of dusky vapour trailing along our hills and straths ; and not seldom does this chilling and cheerless visitation overspread the whole country, giving the vapours to the people who had, but five minutes before, been basking and rejoicing in the sunshine. Notwithstanding the bleak east wind, however, vegetation is making visible and rapid progress. The potatoes are beginning to peep out from among the clods ; and the process of capping to facilitate their egress is going on vigorously. The braird is rising steadily and healthfully—the clover looks fresh and promising ; and the farmer is now beginning to prepare his land for turnip seed. More rain is desirable. On the light uplands the surface soil is as dry as dust. The fruit trees, unless their blossoms be blighted or shaken off by the wind, promise a crop unusually abundant. The price of cattle continues low, but butcher-meat is not cheap in proportion. The tariff panic seems to have subsided in this district, as elsewhere. Roups are rife.—l Vick Paper. Mitppmg inEelltgriur. TUESDAY, MAY 24.—Wind S.E. moderate. ARR tvxD.—Columbine, Cape, from Bombay—Auckland, Pethey, from Honduras—Dibdin, Higgins, and Countess of Loudon, Hutchinson, from Mobile—Ondika, Child, from New Orleans — John Kerr, Waterson, from Savannah—Lauriston, Fleming, from Laguna—Jessamine, Mellor, from Barletta—Joseph Yeoward, Jones, from Cephalonia. SAlLED.—Leopold I, Zoetelief, for Antwerp—Caledonia, Men - hennet, for Trieste—Ann, Lumsdaine, for Rio Janeiro—St. George, Pool, for Halifax—Whampoa, Wills, for Demerara—Enterprise, Smart, for Cronstadt—lsabella, Clough, for Almeira and Adra— Rowena, Teasdell, for Constantinople—and Grecian Daughter, Price, for Rotterdam. H.M'S. Thalia, (4) from Portsmouth, at the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed 18th March for China H.M.St. Vixen, (4) from Plymouth, at ditto, and sailed 2.5 th March for the Mauritius and China H.M.S. Sapphire, (22) ; Belleisle (20), and Apollo (8), troop-strips, from Plymouth at ditto, and all sailed 22nd March for China H.M.S. Dido, (18) from Plymouth, at ditto, and sailed 26th March for China H.M.S. North Star, (26) ; Serpent (16), and Acorn, (19) sailed from ditto for China 12th March _ . Cynosure, Viuer, sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for Batavia 13th March Goshawk, hence at the Cape of Good Hope Agnes Ewing, Reid, and Marchioness of Bute, Kemp, heat at Sydney, N.S.W. Sarah Maria, Oldredge, hence at Buenos Ayres Lavinia, e Marchant, and Dorcas, Anthony, hence at Newfound land Competitor, Brooks, hence at Leghorn Letizic, Rusco, from Barletta, at Algesiras Roads, and proceeded 7th May for this port Touch-me-Not, Todd, sailed from Leghorn 9th May, and the Highlander, Lillie, 11th—both for this port Rapide, Brockelman, hence at Hamburg Crescent, Thompson, and Mary Ann, Bring, hence at St. Peters burg Susannah, Graham, from Laguna and tots port, at ditto Clara Matilda, Rosso'', from Rostock for this port, at Leith, dis. masted Commerce, Ray, hence for St. Petersburg, at Longhope Capella, Candlish, hence for ditto, at ditto Thomas & Mary, Dodd, hence for Stettin, at ditto Sir C. Campbell, hence for New Orleans, was spoken 2nd May, in lat. 31, long. 46 WEDNESDAY, AIAY 25.—Wind W.S.W2.to.S.S.W ARRIVED.—Jonka, Miniach, from Trieste—Mischief, Campbell, from Lisbon—Horzog, Bogesloo, from Wolgost—and Quiver, Harris, from Graciosa, with cotton from the Mary Ann Hatton. SAlLED.—Hindley, Grierson, from Mauritius—Amelia, Alex andre, for Trinidad—Harkaway, Hammond, for Vera Cruz—Pate lina, Strong, for Ancona—Douglas Pennant, Jones, for Lisbon— Clyde, Simpson, for Narva—and Scipio, Henderson, for Stettin. . . Antilla, Burnett, from the Cape of Good Hope, at the Bay of Islands . . Tam o'Shanter, Ellis, from Sydney, at Valparaiso George Anderson, Morrison, hence at Monte Video Samson, Butcher, hence at Algiers John Souchay, Williams; Bivaro, Scotto; Madonna del Laura, Stinca ; Mary & Jane, Osborne, and Grazia, Scarpato, hence at Naples Mary Harriet, Rees, hence at Trieste Vanguard, Walker, sailed from Cette for Calcutta 13th May Lima, Town, sailed from Bania for this port 17th March Thomas, Asliendorff, hence at Brake Cadmus, Stanford, hence at Harlingen August, De Jaegher, hence at Ostend Frisk, from Buenos Ayres, at Cove Agues & Mary, Lindsay, from Marseilles, at Cove Garonne, King, from Antigua, at Dublin Codrington, Huxtablc, from Antigua, off Brighton Margaret, Murray, from Sourabays, at Cowes, sailed from St. Helena 23rd -March Mastery, -, from Rio Janeiro, at ditto Anna Sophia, from Valparaiso, at the Mumbles John Bartlett, Bartlett, from China, at Torbay Victor, Lukey, from Colombo, off Portsmouth Earl Powis, Todhunter, from the Mauritius, off Dover On the 7th May, off Flores, saw a vessel of about 250 tons, waterlogged. On 20th, in lat. 46, long. 10, spoke the P. Dean, hence for Valpa raiso Charles, from Sincapore to this port, was spoken 12th Jan. off Java Head Dorothea, Barber, from Valparaiso, at this port; sailed 14th Jan. On the 16th May, in lat. 46, long. 20, spoke the William Roberts, hence for Montreal A large iceberg, with a quantity of drift icc, was passed sth May, iu lat. 44, long. 48 PORT Nrcuorsox, Dec. 28.—A dreadful gale from S.E. was ex perienced at this port, 11th instant, during which three vessels were driven on shore near Wellington. The Winwick is also on snore in Lyalra Bay ST. HELENA, March 27.—The 'Susannah Collings, White,frov— the meeritiu , , to Cork, put in nere to-day, leaky, anti must dis charge part of her cargo to repair. THURSDAY, MAY 27.—Wind S.E. moderate ARRIVED.—AdIer, Vauston, from Danzic—and Torch, Bean, from Graciosa, with cotton from the Mary Ann Hatton. SAlLED.—Caledonia, Swinford, for Quebec—Alexander, Leeds, for Baltimore —Bertha, Zoag, for Konigsberg—Auguste, Kirkhoven, for Ostend—Olive Branch, Dyer, for New York and Boston—Avon, Robinson, for Jamaica—Elizabeth Wood, Crosbie, for Barbadoes— Maria, Kron, for Wolgast—Alvina, Moller, for Stettin—Napolion, Bendirow, and Assicuratore, Giacouro, for Rio Janeiro—Amity, Douglas, for Pillau—lndependence, Holdrege, for New York — Superb, Manousky, for Narva—Favourite, Williamson, for Con stantinople—Louis & Julie, Strom, for Wolgast—Frances & Mary, Dodgson, for Stettin—Grecian, Rowett, for Ancona—Vesper, Hicks, for Palermo—and Aria, Fulton, for Copenhagen. Sarah Mary Ann, hence to Quebec, was spoken 10th May, in lat. 45, long. 30 Gemini, Marden, hence to China, was spoken 3rd April, in lat. 1 S, long. 20 W Winscales, hence to Quebec, was spoken gth instant, in lat. 44 Cantab, hence to Rio Janeiro, was spoken sth ult. in lat. 1 N, long. 20 Horsburg, Askew, sailed from Valparaiso for Mica 22nd Dec. Stamboul, Sloman, hence at Constantinople Leader, Phillips, hence at Messina Honesta, Andrews, sailed from ditto for Liverpool Ist May Nautilus, Johnson, hence at Helvoet Priscilla, Purdy, from Marseilles, at Falmouth Superb, from Mobile, off Cove. In long. 36, fell in with the Charlotte Harrison, of Quebec, dismasted and abandoned, and put mate and six men on board to bring her to Cork. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MAY 2G Wind at Holyhead E.S.E. light breeze in the morning, and calm at 12 at noon. Off Holyhead at 10 a.m. No. 1354, Superb, Bk. from - ; 247, Alice, Ship, from Barbadoes ; 215 g, Helen, or Conqueror, Ship, at 10 30 a.m. (supposed to be the latter from Charleston.) and 2793, Wm. Rushton, Bk, at 12 at noon, from Off Point Lynas, at 7 a.m. No. 382, Rose, Bk. from Teneriffe, and 1923, Glasgow, (steamer) at 8 30 a.m. from -. Off Puffin Island, at 7 a.m. No. 1375, Effort, 8.8. from Palermo. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OP GOOD HOPE, Sc. Affiance, ft Spencer, 326 Batavia and Sincapore, Cotesworth & Wynne NEW SOUTH WALES. Thomas Hughes, ——, 310 Port Philip and Sydney, H Fox and Grice WEST INDIES AND MADE)I , I,I Athens, 0 0 Jones, 299 Havannah and Matanzas, Ashley Brothers UNITED STATES. Athens, J Athens. 575 New York, J Barff & Co Memphis, E Knight, 800 New York, J & W Robinson Jefferson, R Mason, 414 City Point, Va, Fielden Brs & Co BRITISH AMERICA 296 Dalhousie, 612 Quebec, 505 Quebec, 398 Quebec, EUROPE. • John Stewart, J Stewart, jun. 166 Stettin, Campbell & Ru Theodor, F W Reintrock, 180 Stettin, Bahr, Behrend & Co Sophia, J B Levers, 93 Havre and Rouen, Marwood & Co Sylyp, N Mauger, 59 Gurnsey, T Martin & Son Caroline, J Menhennet, 73 Havre & Rouen, H Smith &Co Greyhound, S Barber, 127 Leghorn, Bahr & Co L'Lmmaculata, A Cacsce, 200 Naples, Fianna & Jones Nsis, J Easton, 140 Cadiz,: J Glynn & Son Iris, G Dickson, Covenanter, J Patterson, Sherbrooke, A Stewart, Pearl, A M'Lean, ' J Logai Gibbs, Bright & imports. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD_HOPE,irc Columbine, (406) W Cape, from Bombay, 898 bales 51 hf bales cotton, order-296 bales 10 hf bales do, Dirom, Richmond and co -211 bales 13 hf bales do, Barton and co-1 case a work box, G Boggs-1 box contents unknown, J Drought-3 boxes toys and a work box, P Ewart-100 bags coffee, 433 bags cal seed, 16 chests 25 cases gum arabic, order-70 cases gum arabic, 5 kegs aloes, 61 bundles deer and 82 bundles buffalo hums, Dirom and co—K D LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 24. We have had what may be considered, for Tuesday, ano ther large business in our Cotton market. Fully 5,000 bales have been sold, at yesterday's prices. Speculators have been very busy, and have taken 2,000 bales, all in American descriptions, and buying is still going on. COTTON MARKET, MAY 25. The good demand experienced during the latter part of last and all the present week hitherto, has continued to-day, and fully 6000 bales have been sold at full prices. 500 on speculation and some little for export. COTTON MARKET, MAY 26. Our Cotton market opened this morning with less demand, and appeared unusually tame and quiet after the late animation : there was a thin attendance of the trade, probably owing to the auction to-morrow, which will bring more buyers down. The business is not estimated at more than 4000 bales, at the prices of yesterday, with a quiet but perfectly steady market. WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Auckland, (265) S Pethey, from Belize, Honduras, 200 pees ma hogany, 40 tons logwood, J and W Vaughan and co-11,400 coker nnts, order—B D SOUTH AMERICA Lanriston, (145) - ..1 Fanning, from Laguna, 140 tons logwood, J W Cater—K D Dorothea, (305) V P Barber, from Valparaiso, 450 tons guano, W J Myers and co-200 bales barba salvage, Graham and Taylor-1 box arrowroet, Todd Naylor and co-25 pigs 8 pees copper, 111 sacks scrap copper, 24 sacks regulus, A Gibbs and Sons—P D UNITED STATES. Walpole, (595) B Thomas, from New Orleans, 2204 bales cotton, order-5 do, J W *Bride and co-1 eo, V Dixon and co—W D Ondiaka, (748) A Childs, from New Orleans, 974 bales cotton, Fielden Brothers and co-469 do, V Poutz-26 do, J Ramsay and co-356 do, Keill and Courant-91 do, Collmann and Stolterfoht -4 do, Brown, Shipley and co-758 do, order-76 brls 25 hf brls lard, L H Macintyre—V Dibdin, (570) W Haggan, from Mobile, 556 bales cotton, Isaac, Low and co-26 do, order-775 do, Baring Brothers and co-692 do, J D Thornely and Son-15 pine planks, exportation—V D Countess of Loudon, (785) P Hutchison, from Mobile, 1020 bales cotton, Thornely and Son-104 do, R Higgin-251 do. Fielden Brothers and co-4 do, Rankin, Gilmour and co-116 do, V Poutz -26 do, Evans and Trokes-12 do, Glen and Anderson-605 do, order-2 boxes contents unknown, Thornely and Son - 7 bides woollens (returned) A Dennistoun and co-1 hf brl meal, J Robert son—V D _ _ . John Kerr, (618) J Waterston, from Savanuah, 300 bales cotton, Baring Brothers and co-305 do, J T Crook-45 do, Fielden Bro thers and co-256 do, R Hamer and co -597 do, order—W D EUROPE. Joseph Yeoward, (195) J Jones, from Cephalonia, 213 butts 117 caroteels 3 casks 409 cases currants, 4 tons fustic, .1 Heap and Sons —1 chest contents unknown, order—Cbg D Balms, (114) P Ball, from Seville, 137 pipes 28 hhds 28 qr casks olive oil, Edwards, Danson a nd co—K D Jessamine, (205) A Miller, from Barletta, 1550 qrs wheat , A F and R Maxwell—Q D Castilian Maid, (11 2 ) R Ivens , from Graciosa, Azores, 164 bales cotton, W Dart—pa rt of the cargo of the Mary A nn Hatton, con demned—Q D F Medanich Tonka, (320) ,from Trieste, 2 49 b ags s h umac, Geller and co-501 do, J Spence, jun and co -92 do, W and M Smith and co-1248 do, order-45 bales silk waste, E Ede—l pack age a portrait, Leyland and Sullen-58 bales wool, J Nicholson -8 bales 1 case silk waste, I case bugles, 5 cases pictures, I bale hemp, 13 casks argols, 19 bales sheeps's wool, 56 bales contents 40 tons valouitt o 500 unknown, 15 tallow s cali ca cu sk e s s , 1 0 - 1r42 941)1 K D " olive oil' LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE. MAY 24. Although somewhat increased since Friday, the supplies Coastwise and from Ireland are on the whole still very mo derate, and from America the receipts amount to 746 barrels of Flour only since this day week ; from the North and South of Europe, however, the import of Wheat is rather liberal , which, as duties are not freely paid, is mostly going into bond. The buyers at this day's market being rather numerous. and the improvement in London yesterday imparting more firmness to the trade, all descriptions of English and foreign free Wheats were 2d. to 3d., and Irish 3d. to 4d. per 70 lbs. dearer; but the advance having checked any extensive de mand, the amount of business done was upon a limited scale, and the amendment not generally complied with. All kinds of free Flour were in moderate request and steady in value. Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease evinced a little more stability, and fully maintained late prices. Oats were saleable at an advance of Id. per 45Ibs. ; and Oatmeal moved off rather freely at an improvement of Is. per 2401b5., having an increased demand for country con sumption as well as for Ireland. In bonded Wheats transactions have been repeated daily since Friday, but the advance required this morning has prevented any further business of moment ; in the sales ef fected our increased quotaticms have been paid.—Some par cels of prime States' Flour in bond, have obtained 30s per AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED Into Liverpool, from the 17th to the 23rd inst. inclusive. FROM IRELAND. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs 1497 2089 5352 32 Prey.. 16683 19747 76983 3:6 33 C 6 Iftaritet. WARRINGTON CORN MARKET, MAY 24. Total quantities. Total amount. Price per quarter Wheat, qrs. :i6 Oats SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, MAY 25. The price of Hides under iOlbs 135, above tiOlbs, 3d per lb, Calf skins sd, Pelts and Lamb skins gd to Is. Tallow 4s 3d per stone of 141bs. MANCHESTER AND S D MARKET , MA 25 FORD 1 H SKIN, AND TALLOW Y . The show of stock to-day was only small, and the quality but inferior. There was a brisk demand for good Beef, which brought fully 7d per lb, but prime Mutton was worse to buy. A few prime Beasts unsold at noon, but this arose from the high prices asked. Best Beef 6id to 7d; Best Mutton 6ad to 7d, middling 6d to 6id per lb. _ — BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, MAY 25. During the present week, owing to the small supply of English Wheat, and the reduced stocks, of millers generally, an advance of is per quarter has been obtained on red and 2s per quarter on white; Wheat. A similar improvement has also been realised on foreign samples. In malting Barley little passing, and no altera tion in its value can be noted; the same remark applies to Beans. English Oats more in request at rather more money; in Irish the transactions continue on a limited scale. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 23. We had throughout the whole of last week tolerable good sup plies of Grain of all sorts, and buyers being now more eager, the trade assumed a firmer aspect for Wheat, both English and foreign, but in Barley and Oats we noticed little or no alteration ; the duty on Thursday decreased is per qr, the average of the kingdom being 60s. At this morning's market we have had a fine supply of Wheat, but only moderate of spring Corn. The Wheat market opened . at first rather dull, but left off at prices the turn higher than this day week, and at this improvement the stands were pretty generally cleared. Barley is a dull sale and without alteration in price. For fine Oats there is more inquiry, and such realise higher rates, but inferior descriptions continue but in moderate demand and without improvement in price. Beans and White and Hog Peas are steady at last week's prices. In Seeds and Flour there is a moderate trade passing to satisfy immediate wants, and the price of each continues firm WEDNESDAY, May 25. There was very little business this morning, and few persons in attendance, as the races at Epsom appear to engage the attention, not only of London, but of the agricultural interest in the Counties around. The few transactions whick have occurred are for the retail trade, at the prices of Monday ; and it may be said that this is a dies non. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, MAY 23. The appearance of the market to-day indicates a similar de pression to what existed some weeks since. The supplies of Cattle to this morning's market were in all cases considerably above the demand, which was more limited than last week, and, consequently, the number of Cattle remaining on hand at the close was large. Coarse Beef fetched but 3s per stone, and the choicest quality 4s 4d. Mutton also declined ad, the finest quality realising but 4s 6d the stone in the wool. Veal further receded 4d, inferior quality fetching only 4s, and superior Cs. Lamb. sold freely at a reduction of from 6d to Sd, the choice quality commanding but is 4d, and inferior but 4s 6d. Pork was steady. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET, May 26. _ _ . There is an exceedingly trivial supply of Potatoes forward since Monday, which have been cleared off for consumption as quick as they have come to hand, in consequence of which the prices of all descriptions have commanded fully 3d to 4d per goib. advance over our last quqtations. Manx, Scotch and Irish Cups 3s 6d to 3s sd ; Pink-eyes 2s. sod to 3s 2d ; Cattle 2s 6d to 2s 10d ; Guernsey and Jersey Blues 2s gd to 3s 2d per gOlb. Our farmers continue to experience a good demand for all de sriptions of produce, especially Potatoes, on which they have realized a consideiable advance. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Potatoes,Apple,9Dlb. 3 8 4 0 Old Hay .... 0 6 @.,0 10iip 20th. Pink-eye i 8 3 10 New Hay.... 0 0 0 0 - - Sweep. 3 4 3 6 Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 9 - Short Tops 3 3 3 5 Straw, Wheat 0 4 0 31 v 241 b Cattle - Turnips, 11 , ton - Clover and Grass COASTWISE 7: 288 - - 774 13493 300 22 PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL *Woon, Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid i Duty Archangel Lip 10 @, 20 0 Memel 16 0 17 10 Gothenburg l4 10 -- 16 U Not above 16 ft Wyburg 16 0 - 17 0 V.xig.B.P.2. Petersburg 15 0 - 17 10 21 feet. PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick. I £22.. se2 lOs Danzig, Deck - 0 31 , British American Pine LATHWO OD, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet £8 0 8 10 .e 4 58 British American 4 0 5 10 15s Man o GANy, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras Cuba St. Domingo 1 0 -- OAK PLANKS, British American none. 16s 6dper load P E AKwoon, per cubic feet STAVES, per 1200. Danzig, C. Pipe £135 0 —145 0 I Not above Illid. 7O 0— 80 0 36 inches.. Quebec, red, li inch thick, }3O 0 — 55 0 50 . 4 . .. and si feet long Do. Puncheon lO 10 18 0 TIMBER, per cubic foot. s. d. s. d. Oak Pine, British Amer. common red 1 7 2 0 perload. yellow 2 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 1.e2155.v , 10ad 2 4 2 5 o 7i ) Rl lOs 1 1 0 0 1,5. Danzig, middling Memel, middling' Riga,red PRICES OF SHARES, MAY 26. Prices within the last seven days. This days RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices Bolton and Preston Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto quarter Birmingham and Derby lOO .... 0 0 0 Bristol and Exeter 7O .... 0 0 0 Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new 2O .... 00 0 Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto new Shares.... 2 6 8 4 11 8 Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto new shares Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 pa id Half Shares .. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar 1 50 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction o with new Shs 6 pm. 1 17 o 0 o 0 6 0 Ditto half shares Quarter New ditto.... „ , Great Western Ditto new shares 5O Ditto Fifth Shares 4 Great North of England 100 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston .. Ditto Junction, new ... Leicester and Swannington Leeds and Selby Liverpool and Manchester 100 Ditto quarter shares 185 0 0 .... 185 0 0 92 10 0 25 15 0 46 0 0 .... O 0 0 63 15 0 O 0 0 .... O 0 0 82 10 0 O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... 0 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 0 0 0 ex. O 0 0 .... • 0 0 .... 180 0 0 .... 50 paid 47 10 0 25 .... 50 .... 90 .... 15 .... 32 .... 50 .... Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto quarter shares Ditto old shares Ditto new London & Brighton Ditto new .. London and South Western .. 39 Ditto, 10th shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 4O Ditto and Ditto Extension Manchester and Leeds .. Ditto half shares .... Ditto quarter shales ... Midland Counties Ditto, quarter North Midland New North Midland One-third Shares North Union Newcastle and Carlisle.. Ditto quarter shares Ulster Paris and Rouen ......... South Eastern and Dover New shares ......... York and North Midland, Half Shares lOU .... 15 .... 100 .... -- •••• 75 .... 100 .... 25 .... 50 paid 15 .... o o 0 .... 59 10 0 .... O o o .... 36 0 0 o o o o 0 0 o 0 0 o o o 27 5 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 5 15 0 O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... 66 0 0 32 10 0 21 5 10 O 0 0 .... O 0 0 O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... 7 12 6 O 0 0 .... • O 0 0 .... BANKS. Bank of Liverpool ........ Jel2 10s paid 0 0 0 - Borough Bank .........• 10 .... 13 12 6 - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 17 2 6 - Commercial of England. 5 .... 00 0 - East of England ........ 10 .... 00 0 -of Manchester.......... 10 .... 0 0 0 - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 0 0 0 - Northern and Central .. 10 0 0 0 - North and South Wales.• 10 4 17 6 - Royal of Liverpool ...... 500 0 0 - South Lancashire ...... 7 ios. 0 0 0 - Albion ................ 25 paid 0 0 0 - Liverpool Union ........ 10 0 0 0 - Liverpool Banking Co. • . 10 .... 0 0 " ‘. - Wilts and D0r5 et ........ 7 10s. 01 0 0 GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings ........ .elOO paid 177 0 0 L'pool and Ilarrington Water } Stock .. - _ .. .... 0 0 0 Works Bootle Ditto.... L'pool Gas Light Company, (Original Stock) 100 Ditto new Shares.... 100 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO Ditto new shares are now paid up ASSURANCE COMPANIES M'chester Assur ance Company. 10 .... g 1, Li ve rp oo l Fire and Life .`, 10 8 . 0 ~ Ocean Assurance • • 2 10.. .. " u Liverpoo l Marine Assurance )0 1 0 paid 0 0 Company 1 DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 is. Rack Ferry .................. 20 0 0 St e am Tug Company •• • . ~ ~ • 0 0 10 arringtoll Docks ... H 100 , , ~ '(') (t; Stock.... 295 0 0 17 2 6 o o 0.... o o 0.... o o 0....184 0 0 0.... 0... o ... 0.... LONDON GAZETTE.-TUERDAY, MAY 24. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED Bates, Sons, and Co., Liverpool, merchants—J. P. Mather, Dixon, ind Co., Liverpool, engineers; so far as regards 0. Heyworth— W. Grindrod and Co., Ramsbottom, near Bury, Lancashire, cotton 3pirmers —Furnace and Thompson ,Padihatn, Whalley, and Clitheroe, Lancashire, coal-masters—R. R. Johnson, Liverpool, coal-mer chants. INSOLVENTS May 23.—Thomas Quaife, Thomas Jones Quaife, Fulham, brewers. BNKRUPTCIES ANNULLED William Hooper, Reading, tobaccomanufacturer William Ilawman Brown, jun., Skinners-place, Size-lane, Lon. 3n, merchant. Tyrrell, and James BANKRUPTS. Robert Blass, Liverpool, wine-merchant, June 3, July 5, at 12 o'clock, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Mr. Dimmock, Sise-lane, London; and Mr. Fairclough, Liverpool. Adam Telfar, Praed-street, Paddington, London, smith. William and Edward Francis Finden, Southampton-place, New road, Pancaras, London, engravers. James Smith, Hertford, wine-merchant. James and John Simmons and John Pine, Battersea, and Stone street, Southwark, London, manufacturers of prussiate of potash. Mark Quick, Compton-street, Burton-crescent, London, baker. James Fuller, Maidenhead, corn merchant. John Radford, Tiverton, upholsterer. John Tattersall, Heath Charnock, Lancashire, coal-merchant. William Gover Gray, Bath, dentist. Jane Jones, Carnarvon, woollen-draper. Robert Attre, Brighton, hosier. Joseph Cotterell, Darlaston, hinge maker, John Burry, Rugby, grocer. William Donald, Brighton, furrier. DIVIDENDS. June 18, J. Davies, Liverpool, oil merchant—June 20, S. and S. Stocks, Manchester, manufacturers—June 15, J. Wrigley, Saddle worth, Yorkshire, woollen cloth manufacturer—June 18, R. Hodg son, Leeds, merchant—June 17, W. Robert Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, grocer—June 15, T. Dixon, Leeds, grocer—June 15, P. de Llane P. Roll, Liverpool, merchants. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before June 14 G. Carrington, Albion-street, Hyde-park, London, horse-dealer —C. Page, High-street and Nottingham-mews, Marylebone, Lon don, coach-tyre-smith—J. Shaw, Great Driffield, Yorkshire. corn factor—W. H. James, Redditch, Worcestershire, ironmonger—W. Curtis, King's Lynn, Norfolk, common brewer—J. Nightingale, Rusholme, near Manchester, innkeeper—P. Rosselli, Lime-street, London, dealer—June 14, It: Littledyke, Brudenell-place, New North-road, London, linendraper—June 14. G. Gouger, Great Winchester-street, London, merchant—June 14, E. Weedon, West Smithfield, London. banker—June 16, J. D. Gandar, Brydges-street, Covent-garden, London, victualler. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. MAy. HOUR 27, Renny and Brown, (Ist). Clarendon Rooms, 1 27, John Pollock, (Ist) Ditto, 1 28, Robert Williams, (proof and final div.) Ditto, 1 June 1, Blundell, Falk and Co. (special) Littledale and Bardswell's, 12 1, Blundell, Falk and Griffin, (special) Holden and Clarke's, 12 1, Robert Johnson Sharpe.. Clarendon Rooms, 1 2, John Davies, (special) . Holden and Clarke's, 12 2, Timothy Bourne Clarendon Rooms, 1 3, Samuel Tarbottorn, (proof and final div.) Commissiones' Rooms, Leeds, 12 3, Robert M`Lachlan, (f roof and final div.) Clarendon Rooms, 1 3, Henry Gratton, (2nd) . Ditto, 1 3, Henry Lacey, (2nd).. Ditto, 1 4, Edward Paine, (proof and div.) Ditto, 4, Roscoe, Clarke and Roscoe, (proof and div.) Ditto, 4, Charles Hepper, (proof and final div.) Ditto, TIDE TABLE Mrn. I Evn. I Height. Sundays, Holyilays, ?fc I 1 M. M. N. M. F. I. Friday .. 27 038 0 zis 15 11 'Venerable Bede. Saturday 28 119 139 15 1 Length of night 71i 34m. Sunday.. 29 159 219 14 0 Ist Sunday atter Trinity. Monday. 30 239 3 1 12 11 Tuesday .31 324 349 11 11 Moon in Apogee 311 even Wednes . 1 417 446 11 4 Nicomede. Thursday 2 517 549 11 1 t0ww;T . 99 . 424t1 n=/ z ? 5 rTJ fz' . g pPaa gn B r , • ? 4 ,5 F - • ggF p 6 - 0 •-• : : Z rl 14- a o 17, '4 !I 4 '9' ''' ',,, zi >"1 6 5 (- i 2. , ~ -,2 : 4 ,• e_ 13 r,.•'; 'et, m u , e ; t.). ...'" 0— o ‘< F°.' ?,'. ~) so ,) F.«) F.P. 2 ~.)..e" 0 <1 a• , -.• a"" 6 • ;;',.. P ''' 0 P. 2: P . ' 4 -, z 4 . Z 1 ~< 0 5* `' :-... 0 `4 0 0 Z • 0 0, 0. 5 • :-.'. P. O C 0 0 f . " . ; ' 4 ✓ 0 0.. ,-.• ; r 5. 1.-: —„-• . 0. ~..,. r.,- , m pag'.% tJ ''' g 4 g 8 el :,:.1 0 r. ,.. „ 6 , 5 by F,. 5. • • V V 1.. P. .0? X r. .9! "4 4 4 ' BIRTHS On the 7th instant, at Messina, the lady of GEORGE CHARLES OATES. Esq., On the 22nd instant, at Walworth, the lady of E. D. HOWITT, Esq., surgeon, of a daughter. Same day, in Belgrave-square, London, the lady of the Right Hon. HENRY LABOUCHERE, Esq., M.P., of a daughter. MARRIED On the 3rd instant, at Carlsruhe, the hereditary Prince of SAXE COBURG GOTHA to the Princess ALEXANDINE, of Baden, Lord G. Lennox, who had arrived from England, charged by the Queen and Prince Albert with their felicitations to the Royal pair was present at the ceremony. On the 7th instant, at Market Drayton, Mr. W. S. SMITH, sub manager of the Market Drayton Branch of the Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, to MARY, eldest daughter of the late J. WALFORD, Esq., of Wem. On the 17th instant, at Christ Church, Salford, the Rev. RICIID. RIGG, M.A , rector of St. Clements, Norwich, to HANNAH ISABELLA, daughter of the late ROGER HOLLAND, Esq., of Birch-house, near Bolton. On the 20th instant, at St. Mary's Church, Manchester, Mr. HUMPHREY JONES to Miss JANE DAVIES, both of that place. On the 21st instant, at Ruabon, THOMAS STANTON, Esq., of Penynant, Denbighshire, to EDNA, daughter of the late ENOCH WOOD, Esq., of Burslem. On the 23rd instant, at Hale, Mr. ROBERT NAYLOR, of that place, to Miss ELLEN MOSS, third daughter of Richard Moss, Esq., of Childwall, surgeon. Same day, at St. George's Church, Dublin, by the Rev. Edward Charles Pendleton, SAMUEL O'NEILL COX, eldest son of Chas. Cox, Esq., Lime Hill House, in that county, to ELEANOR MARGARET, eldest daughter of the late JOHN RUTHERFOORD, ,Esq., of St. Dolough's-lodge, and Rutland-square, Dublin. Same day, at St. Peter's Church, Dublin, by the Rev. Robert Stavely, WILLLIM M. FITZGERALD, Esq., M.D., son of the late Rev. W. Wyndham M. Fitzgerald, Esq., of Limerick, to MARY, second daughter of ROBERT .1. STAVELY, Esq., of Pembroke place, Dublin, and Glanduff Castle, county of Limerick. On the 24th instant, at St. Ann's Church, Mr. THOS. PARKER, upholsterer, St. Anne-street, to ANNE, third daughter of Mr. THOS. HOLDEN, brewer, Richmond-row. Same day, at Grappenhall, by the Rev. Jonathan Brooke, M.A., rector of this town, the Rev. RICHARD APPLETON, M.A., chaplain of the County House of Correction, Kirkdale, to ELLEN, second daughter of JOSEPH WAGSTAFF, Esq., of Grappenhall lodge, Cheshire. Same day, at the Collegiate Church, Wolverhampton, by the Rev. S. Dewe, rector of Kingsdown, the Rev. T. F. GREEN, rector of Gravely, Herts, to MARY, daughter of the late Rev. S. DEWE. of Bantingford, in the same county. Sammlay, at Kingston, by the Rev. Wm. Ganby, Mr. WILLIAM PATERSON, of Chelsea, to ANN, daughter of WM. WODBROOK, Esq., of Kingston-on-Thames. Yesterday, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, Mr. ALSUP to SARA H ANN RIGG, grand-daughter of the late Thomas Grocott, Esq., of Ardwick. DIED. Lately, at Lagny, Department of the Seine et Marne, the Marquis de CROISMARE, aged 80 years. Lately, in Fair-street, Drogheda, after a few day's illness, aged 60 years, Mr. LUKE CAFFREY, universally regretted and re spected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. On the gth instant, at his residence, Lower Breck-lane, West Derby, Mr. JOHN MELLING, aged 73 years. On the 10th instant, AGNES CORNISH BANYTUN, wife of FREDERICK LYNDESAY, Esq., barrister-at-law, of Mountjoy square, Dublin. On the 17th instant, aged 83, Mr. THOMAS PORTER, the oldest Catholic choir-singer in the town. On the 18th instant, at Albion-crescent, Everton, ELIZABETH, widow of ARCHIBALD ANDERSON, Esq., H.E.LC.S., aged 63 years. On the Isth instant, in his 71st year, after a long and lingering illness, borne with Christian fortitude, SIMON PETER BOILEAU, Esq., one of the magistrates of the borough of Carnarvon. He was a warm and sincere friend, an agreeable companion, and a good neighbour. On thel 9th instant, at Carlisle, Mr. ALEXANDER COCKBURN, aged 48 years, much respected. He was a member of the Corpora tion in that city, and brother to Mr. James Cockburn, Post-office, Aigburth, near this town. On the 20th instant, at Codsall, Mr. JOSEPH WRIGHT, letter press printer, who had been upwards of nineteen years in the employ of Mr. Simpson, of Wolverhampton. On the 21st instant, IRA OLMSTED, late of New York, aged 43 years. • game day, BRIDGET. wife of Mr. JOHN NEEDHAM, pattern card and boot maker, Fountain-street, Manchester. On the 22nd instant, at his residence, Alfred-street, Mr. THOS. Esq., , . NIUNRO, aged 64, late of St. James's-street.JAEs CLARKE, jun., Same day, at the residence of her father, John B on d , Es q., Lancaster, the wife of JAMES of Swarthdale-house, in this county, . . Same day, at West Farm, Hefts, ANN, widow of the late WIRLIAM ANDERSON, Esq., of Highwood Hill, Middlesex. Same day, aged 70 years, the Rev. WILLIAM COWLEY, A.M. vicar of Rushall, near Walsall. Same day, at Wolverhampton, SARAH SUSANNAH, wife of Mr. EDWARD TIMMINS. Same day, at Brighton, THOMAS GOTOBED, Esq., of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, aged 63 years. Same day, at White Hart-lane, Tottenham, aged 10 years, JOHN GUERARD, eldest soil of JAMES GUERARD PIFFARD, Esq., of the Stock Exchange, London. On the 24th instant, at her residence, Chatham place, Edge-hill, near this town, in her 84th year, CATHERINE HAUGHTON, relict of the late EDMUND JACKSON, Esq., of the Island of Jamaica. 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