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Pottrp. ILLUSTRATIONS OF POPERY.—No. I. THE PCIEST AND THE HOSTLER; OR, THE VIRTUES OF CONFESSION. There once lived a priest, who was sacred and fat, He knew what—when good things were going—to be at; His teeth, a young pullet would put them on edge, And his Bible—the cudgel—was fresh from the hedge. Sow, it happened one day that this holy anointed, In an inn held a station, as duly appointed ; Where the larder's perfume, to so practised a smeller, Was only surpassed by the fumes of the cellar. Having twisted his nose with delight at the gales That were wafted from capons, and wine-casks, and ales, And lick'd his fat lips at the sight of such hams, He piously set about feeding—his lambs! And the old and the young of both sexes repair To lay down their sins at the foot of his " chair ;" And the soul-pump is plied, and the whisper is given, And "presto" each sinner's new-modelled for heaven ! Thus to his penitents grace was made sure— He sifted the maidens to make them more pure; And he kindly explained to the slow and dull-witted The number of ways that sin could be committed. At length came Dick Hostler, as well as the rest, Resolv'd to go forward and make a clear breast ; And Dick, by the way, was as arrant a knave As ever the priest had attempted to save. " It is a bad case," says the priest in his seat, " You're the devil's adept at each species of cheat; Detail now, you rascal, as far as you're able, The sins that prevail in the hay-loft and stable." The hostler went on, and recounted such acts As no honest man could e'er dream of as facts; This disclosure, in truth, was no common affair, And their novelty forced the shrewd father to stare. " Oh, reprobate vile ! with iniquity cramm'd, Don't you feel," said the priest, " that you ought to be damn'd ? Is each sin recounted?—is nothing conceal'd ? Are all your tricks, shifts, and manoeuvres revealed ?" But they were, and the father examined again Into Dick's roguish treatment of horses—in vain— At last he thus hinted, "Come, out with it, Dick? Isn't greasing their teeth, now, your commonest trick! Nay. never deny it, you damnable cheat, And then you go sell what the horses can't eat; For with teeth so well gieas'd, Mr. Hostler, you know, That the horses you bait take their oats rather slow." Dick relished the notion, and certainly thought That it was not a hint to be heard and ; But he stoutly denied the whole charge—for the fact is, That this was beyond his adroitest of practice. So Dick by the priest was complacently shriven, And he thanked all the stars that his sins were forgiven; For he knew should he honestly chalk it once more That another confession would wipe out the score. And thus he went on for a year and a day, A cribbing of oats and a stealing of hay; When he next sought the priest, to come in for a twist, Of the pardon the priest could dispense with his fist. " Well, Dick," thus the priest as usual begins, " Come, give us a list of your failings and sins; And Dick, to the letter, went over, once more The same knavish list he had told him before. " Now think," said the priest, " if they all are col:fest; You know its your duty to make a clean breast — Conceal but a thought, and as sure as a gun, Confession is void, and your soul is undone." Dick was silent awhile, and he hemm'd and he haw'd, And the priest caught the scent of some masterly fraud; And he threatened, and told him distinctly to note, That he saw there was something that stuck in his throat. At length replied Dick, "There's a bit of a joke, Of which, I believe, that 1 have not yet spoke ; Sir, in talking of horses, you've pinioned me fast, " I've been greasing their teeth since I went to you last !" CONTE.IIPOI?ARY PRESS. IRISH MEASURES. (From the Manchester Courier.) The principal subject of discussion in the House of Commons during the week,besides that which we have noticed in a separate article, has been Irish Tithes. On Thursday week, on the house going into commit tee on the bill, authorising the issue of exchequer bills for the payment of the arrears of tithes, Mr. Hume opposed the grant, as unjust to the people of England and Scotland, and divided the house upon it ; the re sult, however, was that the ministerial proposal was carried by a majority of 170 to 61. Sir Robert Peel, though he approved of the principle of extinguishing the arrears, objected to the compulsory mode which ministers proposed; and on Monday night urged the expediency of giving an option to the tithe owner of suing for the tithe, or of accepting the compromise to be offered by government; because this arrangement, as it would leave to every owner, declining the com promise, the same remedy as he before enjoyed, could work no injustice to any man. Ministers, however, it will be seen, resisted this reasonable proposition ; and on a division, the right honourable baronet's amend ment was negatived by a majority 122 to 101. The most remarkable circumstance in these debates, how ever, is the curious position which ministers occupy. Step by step we see them following the course recom mended by Sir Robert Peel three years ago; and the men who, in 1835, adopted the appropriation principle for the sake of obtaining office, have now abandoned it for the sake of retaining office ! Pure patriots ! Con sistent Whigs! Well might Mr. Grote exclaim, that. Sir Robert Peel must feel himself now in a proud po sition. Poor Lord John, who evidently smarted un der the sarcasm of his " honourable friend," could only reply that he had " done his best," and that "the first duty of ministers was to consider the situation of the country, and, in doing their duty, they must bear personal imputations!"—bear anything, in short, he might have added—but the loss of place; for that is the principle of the Melbourne administration. It would seem, however, that ministers themselves are not united in their sentiments respecting the Irish church. Lord Howick, in the course of some obser vations which he made on Thursday week, intimated that in his opinion the time was at hand when the great question would be whether the Irish church should continue to exist. Sir Robert Peel alluded to this ex officio prediction on Monday, and commented upon it in strong and eloquent terms, justly observing, at the same time, " that if they went the length of es. tablishing the Catholic religion as the religion of the state, they would oniy he engendering fresh causes of animosity and religious discord." Lord John Russell, to do him justice, threw his colleague overboard, de claring his determination to support the established re ligion ; but every man must see, that if Lord Howick's influence were as great as his love of distinction, such a declaration from a cabinet minister must have a se rious effect in weakening the chance of obtaining that benefit from the measure which a tithe bill might otherwise be expected to produce. On Tuesday the Lords' amendments of the Irish Poor Law were taken into consideration by the House of Commons, and on the motion of Lord John Russell, they were for the most part adopted. There is, there fore, now no doubt of this important measure soon re ceiving the royal assent. Welhink the tithe bill, not withstanding the differences which prevail on the sub ject of arrears, will also pass during the present ses sion ; but the fate of the municipal corporation bill is less certain. It seems that the amendments of Lord Lyndhurst have grievously offended the agitators, and their organs of the press are loud in their condemna tion. They have discovered that the measure is cal culated to perpetuate " Protestant monopoly," a cir cumstance quite sufficient to make it odious in the eyes of the "people" of Ireland. It remains to be seen what effect these indications will have upon the future conduct of ministers with respect to this measure. It will be seen that the tithe bill passed the Com mons on Thursday, after a feeble opposition from the radicals. _ ATTACK ON THE REV. MARCUS BERESFORD. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) We have ever found the Freeman's Journal an ho nest, hearty, and generous opponent—strenuous, in deed, for its own cause—but not condescending to the baser arts of faction for the implements of its warfare— and we should be sorry indeed that any thing should give us cause to alter an opinion so candidly formed, and often so unequivocally expressed. But we put it to the Freeman himself whether the observations which appear in his columns of yesterday, respecting the diabolical attempt upon the life of a Protestant clergy man, are consonant with the attributes which we have assigned to this journal, or in any way becoming the fair advocate of one party, and the upright opponent of another? We do assure the Freeman, it is with sincere sorrow we see him resort to the paltry devices of low guilt, and the indecent ribaldry of desperate faction; and' we trust that, either on reconsideration of the terms themselves, or in consequence of the facts with which we shall conclude, his next publication will • contain a withdrawal, if not a total disavowal, of the following sentiments: — "The Mail " says our contemporary," is sometimes im posed on. No doubt he recollects instances where it has been proved that men, aye, gentlemen ! have fired blank powder at themselves, and then called them selves victims of the ferocity of the peasantry. The Rev. Mr. Beresford has been fired at—this we deeply deplore—but it is as well to state that the current belief among the rev. gentleman's neigh bours is that his assailants were orangemen, and that they had only made this wicked attempt with blank cartridge, for the purpose of answerin the purposes of their masters. •c, * We would not for the world even insinuate that the Rev. Marcus Beresford was aware of the shock his nerves were to be subject by this blank explosion, but we do more than hint that the attempt was not the result of malice or ill will towards the gentleman." Now, the subject of the diabolical attack, which our contemporary treats with equal levity and ribaldry, is a gentleman of as high character and noble bearing as any in the land. Sprung from an illustrious line of ancestors distinguished in the court and in the field, he is son of the Bishop of Kilmore and a near con nection of the Primate of Ireland. Gifted with ta lents, and an enlaiged education, which would have placed him high in the ranks of any profession, he de voted his mind to the Christian ministry. There is not in the church a more working clergyman (as it is called) than the Rev. Marcus Beresford—one more to lerant and charitable to those who differ from him in faith—one more beloved by those amongst whom it is his duty to minister. Amiable, accomplished, and eloquent, he commands the regard of all who have the happiness of his acquaintance ; and such is the respect in which he has been held, that our only wonder is, where an enemy to his good name or to his life could have been found. But the unworthy insinuations of the Freeman against this gentleman may be best refuted by the facts elicited in the progress of the investigation now going on, viz., that the plan was known to many indi viduals; that the line of retreat for the assassins had been agreed upon, and persons placed in waiting to facilitate their escape; that shouts of mad dog, (Mr. O'Connell's cry against the Beresfords at Waterford,) were raised by the ill-disposed—and that several per sons willing to favour the escape of the miscreants, pulled off their coats to baffle the pursuers; that very few of the country people made even a show of assist ance, and above all—and a fact which clearly demon strates the absurdity of, the Freeman's insinuation — the assassins passed through and mjngled with a great number of Roman Catholics returning from early mass—and, had there not been a desire on their part to assist the escape of the pursued, they could easily have been captured. Nor is this all. The attack on Sunday, it now ap pears, was but the fulfilment of a design which was to have been put into execution on the Thursday previ ous. It was well known that on that day Mr. Beres ford was to have attended his parish church for the purpose of marrying a couple of his parishioners. Some special providence interfered in his behalf, ant the ceremony was performed by a neighbouring cler gyman. On that occasion, armed men were seen hiding and skulking about the route which the rev. gentleman must have taken; but no serious mischief was expected, and therefore no alarm was given, until the conspiracy developed itself in the attack of Sunday. Much more remains untold, which shall be forthcoming in due season. Meanwhile, we can assure the Freeman, and he may assure himself of the same fact, by a perusal of a document which will be found in our advertising columns, offering a reward of £l,OOO for the appre hension of the offenders, that his illiberal and unbe coming notion of the origin of this melancholy affair is far from consorting with the sentiments entertained by generous and respectable Roman catholics, and by genuine and intelligent liberals, in the place I.N here, if factious feeling were to overcome truth, it were most likely to prevail and and overcome the truth, viz., in the county where the disgraceful and atrocious event took place. The signatures of men of all parties and religious persuasions to this offer of reward for the ap prehension of the assassins mark the abhorrence of Roman catholics and protestants equally of such dia bolical attempts, and may convince the Freeman what little reliance is to be placed on his correspondent, and what little countenance his opinions would meet in a quarter where the facts and the characters of all the parties are best known and appreciated. THE MAN WITH THE GREY PAPER PARCEL, SPECIMEN OF FRENCH POLICE REPORTING. ( From Le - Droit.) Imagine, if it is possible, the most abominable weather. A perfect horror of a miserably wet day—gutters filling the width of the street—water upon all the pavements—water falling from the roofs, from the pipes, from the clouds, water every where ; a day of diluvian reminiscence; a thoroughly wet day : in short, like this, like yesterday, and the day be fore; weather such as we have had for Months past in this beautiful atmosphere of France, where the English come to bask in the sun, and to make their escape from the fogs and vapours of the Thames. Now, having imagined this beauti ful specimen of the 9th of June in Paris, you must next imagine the figure of a certain wight, without an umbrella, splashing through the midst of the Rue St. Honore, hugging between his crossed arms an enormous bundle of grey paper ; the whole man dripping as if he had just issued from a swimming school, and running and bawling by turns after an omnibus, the conductor of which feigns for the moment to be exceedingly deaf. Omnibus conductors are always wags in rainy weather—it is their harvest—their fortunate quarter of an hour; pros perity makes them insolent, and it is quite natural they should be so; but nevertheless they are fair, though the weather be foul, and as there was a vacant scat in the omni bus, the machine stopped. " A place on the right," cried the conductor. "I beg pardon, gentlemen; I beg pardon, ladies," exclaimed the man with the grey paper parcel, " this :s weather." " But have the goodness," said a lady in a fawn coloured silk gown, " to be a little attentive—you have no mercy on my dress." "A thousand pardons, madam; I assure you it is not on purpose ; the devil of wea ther is to blame." " Mind what you are about," said a fat gentleman on the other side, "you are deluging my panta loons." " I beg pardon, sir; it is all the weather's fault." " All very well," replied the fat gentleman; " but people who are as wet as a sop ought not to get into an omnibus." " Very true, sir; but it is such bad weather that .I get into an omnibus. When it is fine I never ride. Uonductor, ask these gentlemen to make me a square inch of room." " Have a little.complaisance; there is plenty of room on the right," said the conductor. At this decree of the competent function ary, a space was made on the right seat, and the new coiner installed himself there, reeking l►ke a river from top to toe. " If the gentleman would have the kindness to put his large grey paper parcel under the seat it would be less disagree able," remarked the lady in the fawn-coloured silk. "It shall be done directly, madam—l beg a thousand pardons. What rascally bad weather, and here we are at the end of June." When an evil is inevitable, there is no remedy but patience. Our hero's fellow-travellers resigned themselves to the tedious virtue; a dead silence ensued, while the vehicle rattled and waded over the stones. At last the gruff, fat man, throwing a glance of his eye over the fawn-coloured sick, said, "I beg pardon, madam, but you seem to have got something at the bottom of your dress which is not natural." "Lord protect us," exclaimed a starched maiden lady on the opposite side, "itis a snail!" The whole company in chorus. "A snail! Stay, let us see—it is—no, it is not—yes, it is, and a superb one too." "It is white!" "It is black!" "It is fat"— Sorry to trouble you, Sir; but what is that at the end of your boot—this—just on the right toe? Surely that is another snail. "Parbleu! true enough; but where the devil do these snails come from?" An elderly gentleman, with important emphasis,—" Sir, they came from their shells, and not from the devil. Natural history informs us that hunger will make a wolf come out of the wood; and that rain will make a snail come out of its shell." "Yes, that's all very well in the country, do you see, but not in an omnibus. Halloo, don't stir : as sure as I live, there's something defiling at full length along this good gen tleman's umbrella."—" Indeed, that's past a joke !—there must be some one here who has got snails about him." " Yes, that's quite clear," echoed the rest. A general search should be made., "It is not I, in the first place." "Nor I, nor I, nor I." Fourteen "Nor I's" resounded on all sides; but a high passenger, (the surplus 15th,) the last corner, the man of the deluge, sopped, drenched and reeking, had not a word to say. During the whole of this hubbub, that watery wight had not ceased fur one moment sponging himself with his handker chief, the surplus water of which he squeezed out under the seat, by gently slipping his hands between his knees. This operation being . repeated very often, at length attracted notice, and suspicion being roused, reminded the company of the grey-paper parcel which had been placed under the seat. The drapery was raised, and to the general stupefac tion of the company, the gigantic grey-paper parcel was found to be pierced with holes in twenty places, by the drip pings from the owner's handkerchief, and from the holes were seen escaping myriads of snails, who appeared to be makinc , an effectual retreat with arms and baggage. Two hundred' of these horned gentry had already broken their fetters, and, with their knapsacks on their backs, had already regained the land of liberty. " Sir, this is infamous • sir, this is an atrocity ; you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Such conduct is beyond words; there ought to be laws expressly made for punishing such wickedness." " Pardon me, Ladies and Gentlemen, but do not make such a horrible noise about a trifle. You will frighten those poor reptiles out of their wits. Diable, they are but snails; they won't eat you; but they are very good to eat. For my part, lam very fond of snails. I have just come from mar ket from purchasing a few gross. There is no great harm in that, for they are delicious eating with white sauce. I'll be bound you are fond of them too, and instead of making all this row, you ought to assist me in catching them." So saying, the man of the grey parcel immediately put himself into active service. The parcel, it is true, was hors de combat, but his hat readily supplied its place; and first seizing one snail, and then another, by the shell, by the body, by the horns, he thrust them to the bottom of their new prison; he then resumed the chase; tracked them, hunted them over the company's feet., under their feet, over the cushions, under the cushions, along the walking-sticks, the umbrellas, the gowns, and the pantaloons. His arms and his hands appeared to prolong themselves on all sides; now they made a dash at the right, now at the left. At length his hat began to fill with its strange burden; but every time he returned to the charge he found new deserters; a new contest was to be waged on the brim of the hat, which was now formidably garnished with numerous horned battalions, who were devoting to the purposes of rapid flight all their natural qualities of elastic and slippery evasion. The ladies, who at first, in their fright and anger, had thought of nothing else but of hermetically wrapping their garments about their feet, and the men, who had thrust their trowsers into their boots for protection, could not maintain their serious countenances any longer. The whole equipage burst into a simultaneous shout of laughter. The ladies swooned with laughing; the men threw themselves back in their seats. The conductor abandoned himself to the pro tection of his strap, swearing 'that he had never in his life seen such a collection of fools, while the coachman did not know what to make of his turbulent convoy, and was think ing, for a moment, of driving them all to the madhouse at Charenton. In a few minutes the whole of the convoy would have had an attack of hysterics. The fawn-coloured gown, above all, was most vehemently affected; she wanted to get out, but she could not speak—she could not shout—she could only make signs with her hand; at length she rose from her place, and seized the conductor's strap, in order to explain her intention. The conductor, always half drunk, pulled the guide-cord attached to the coachman's arm with a vehe mence which nearly dragged him off his box. The coach man, in a rage, pulled up his horses with equal vehemence, and caused the omnibus to stop so abruptly that the lady in the fawn-coloured dress was stretched sprawling at full length, and h appene d to f a ll prec i se l y u p on t h e h a tf u ll o f snails, which she completely smashed, 'both receptacle and its contents. It was on account of the above accident that yesterday the ne h hand,at and c fo la r i r m ed ed re parties appeared before the Police Magistrates of the district the ss v O al n ue th o e f hiso snails L— w'-h t i h ch e ith hair-dresser, claimed and, on the other, MdUe. D-- demanded compensation for' the damage done to her fawn-coloured dress,by" coming in coming in contact with M. L—'s hatful of snails. - Witnesses were produced on both sides, and the matter was finally referred by the magistrate to arbitration. WILL CASE.—CHESTER CONSISTORY COURT, JULY 26. BAm Foal) v. STOTT AND ANOTHER.—This case, in the same court, involved the validity of a will. The deceased, Mr. Bamford, of Tongue, near Middleton, demised his property, being of very considerable value, to two illegitimate chil dren. The party promoter impeached the will, on the ground of forgery. A host of witnesses established its authenticity; and the chancellor gave judgment in favour of the will, each party to, pay their own costs. Our OF THE WORLD.—The clergyman of the little island of St. Kilda, did not hear of King William's death till a few days ago, and has, consequently, been praying a whole year for health and long life to his Majesty, while he was lying in his grave. So unfrequent is the communication between St. Kilda and the mainland, that a newspaper put into_the nest on the day of publication did not reach the rev. gentleman till two years and a half after date. A PROFITABLE NEWSPAPER SvEcur,ArioN.—ln the In solvent Debtors' Court, London, on Wednesday last, Robert Dyer, late publisher and cashier of the Shipping Gazette, and of the Constitutional newspaper, applied for his discharge. It appeared from the questions put by the court, that the aggre gate amount of the insolvent's debts was £6236; of which sum, he had received no consideration for £5650. The liabi lities had arisen from the insolvent having entered into en gagements for the Constitutional newspaper, in which he had been a shareholder. The Constitutional paper had now ceased. The court ordered the insolvent to be discharged, on his filing a copy of an assignment of his furniture. A GOOD STORY-ABOLITION Some weeks since an itinerant lecturer of abolition visited the ncigbourhood of Portsmouth, Ohio, and put up at a pub lic house with the i.tention of enlightening the minds of the public in regard to the oppression of his dark-coloured bre thren and sisters, by a lecture to be delivered next day, on the cruelty and tyranny of the whites refusing to admit the negro to a perfect equality with themselves in all respects. All the visitors and lodgers in the tavern were annoyed during the day, by the impertinent conduct of the pseudo philanthropist, forcing his disgusting and incendiary doctrines on every one who had sufficient patience or curiosity to listen to him. The landlord, whose house was honoured with the presence of the lecturer, formed the plan of experimenting on his professions of love for " Afric's sable race." In the evening the landlord called to him a coloured man named Bill, who acted as ostler, or man of all work, about the inn, and ordered him to wash himself well, put on a clean shirt, and go to bed in a certain room which he mentioned. Bill acted as his master directed hint, and felt considerably " stuck up" with the sudden change of his sleeping apart ments, from the kitchen loft to the best room in the house, attributed it all to the presence of his white friend, who had taken several opportunities through the day to impress on Bill's mind that all were equal, and that the fact of a por tion of society being blessed with a fairer skin, gave them no right to claim a superiority over their less fortunate brothers and sisters of a darker hue, and that naturally, Bill and every other gentleman of colour, who performed the the part of servants to the whites, had the same right to respects and privileges as their masters. Bill saw the justness of his friend's " equality" doctrine at once, and when called by the land lord, was decided in his own mind in what manner he would propose to his master a change in the respective sta tion; he to assume the duties of ostler, and his employer to take up the curry-comb and brush; " turn about's fair play," thought Bill. In the evening, when the lecturer wished to retire, the landlord conducted him to his chamber, and showed him the bed he was to occupy. After he had disrobed himself and turned down the clothes to get into bed, he started back with astonishment on beholding his friend Billin snug posses sion of one-half of it, who invited him with a familiar nod to get in. The abolitionist cast a look of scorn on poor Bill, and demanded of the landlord what he meant by giving him a " nig ger" for a bed-fellow ? Ile v. - as answered with his " equality" argument. "Bill's person was healthy, he had on a clean shirt, was not addicted to any ugly habits in his sleep, and more than all, was one of the `proscribed and injured race''' for whom the gentleman professed such ardent love; the last consideration ought to make Bill a welcome companion to the "lodger." The enraged philauthrophist could not stand this practical test of his doctrine, but let loose his wrath on the landlord:—" Sir, I tell you I will not put up with this unparalleled indignity; who ever heard of such insolence? putting a gentleman to sleep with a filthy nigger 1" "And let me tellyou, Sir," replied the landlord, "that with that `nigger' you'll have to sleep, if you sleep at all; he is as clean in his person and clothes as you are yourself, and in every other respect, according to your own preaching, he is your equal, so hop in and embrace your brother, for most cer tainly he shall be your companion till morning." The aboli tionist threatened, raved, and coaxed, but all would not do; the landlord was inexorable, he was determined to make his lodger practise what he preached, and the crestfallen aboli tionist was compelled to take his place alongside of his sooty friend, where he lay till morning, enduring feelings that can not be described. lie was kept in a state of continual rest lessness through the whole night, repelling Bill's familiarities, and keeping the negro's woolly head out of his face. lie rose at the dawn of day, while his comrade "all in black," with a mind free from all the perplexing cares of life, was enjoying "the honey-heavy dew of slumber," called for his bill and left the town. The lecture was consequently indefinitely post poned. Bill related, with great importance, the distinguished honour conferred on him, by being the bed-fellow of Mr. , but said the comfort is not so much to be desired, as the " gemman kicked most almightily, and had a 'stremely bad bref, dat, however, is 'lributable to his white extraction."— Charleston (American) Mercury. CIRCASSIAN WARFARE.—UnIiko Europeans, they never fight in a line, but in bodies of about twenty or thirty at a time,—their common practice being to fall unawares upon the enemy, and harass them day and night during their march. After making a charge, they disperse, then rally, and return again to the charge, when their exhausted foe supposes them to have fled; and as they are certain to kill immediately, or wound mortally, those whom they hit, and never fail to avail themselves of a good position, these cir cumstances combined with their desperate bravery and per. severance, render them, perhaps, the most formidable anta gonists to be found in any country.— Travels in the Western Caucasus. STEAM-ENGINE Bon ,Ens.—The following method, em ployed by Captain Kennedy, commanding her Britannic . Majesty's steamer Spitfire, to prevent the incrustations or deposits of saline matter on the inside of the boilers of steam engines, has been communicated by him in a letter to M. Gautier, of the French consulate at Malta. Captain Ken nedy recommends, after having well cleaned the boilers and tubes, to coat those parts of their interior surface most ex posed to the action of the fire with a mixture composed in the proportion of eighteen pounds of melted suet and three pounds of powdered black lead. He states, that the ad vantages of this application have been fully tested by expe rience, that the Lords of the Admiralty have resolved, that all the government steamers shall, for the future, be provided with a sufficient quantity of the above mentioned ingredi ents.—Freach paper. THE ARABIAN KING AND POET.—A whimsical story is told of a king who denied to poets those rewards to which usage had almost given them a claim. This king, whose name is not recorded, had the faculty of retaining in his memory an ode after having only once heard it; and had a memlook who could repeat an ode which he had twice heard, and a female slave who could repeat one that she had heard thrice. Whenever a poet came to compliment him with a panegyri cal ode, the king used to promise him, that if he found his verses to be his original composition, he would give him a sum of money equal in weight to what they were written upon. The poet. consenting, would recite his ode; and the king would say, " It is not new, for I have known it some years," and would repeat it as he had heard it; after which he would. add, "And this memlook also retains it in his memory;" and would order time memlook to repeat it ; which, having heard it twice, from the poet and the king, he would do. The king would then say to the poet, " I have also a female slave who can repeat it ;" and ordering her to do so, stationed behind the curtains, she would repeat what she had thus thrice heard: so the poet would go away empty-handed. The famous poet El-Asmna'ee. having heard of this proceeding, and guessing the trick, determined upon outwitting the king; and accord ingly composed an ode made up of very difficut words : but this was not his only preparative measure; another will be presently explained; and a third was, to assume the dress of a Bedawee, that he might not be known, covering his face. the eyes only excepted, with a litham (a piece of drapery) in accordance with the custom of the Arabs of the desert. Toils disguised, he went to the palace, and, having asked permis sion, entered, and saluted the king, who said to him, "Whence art thou, 0 brother of the Arabs ! and what dost thou desire?" The poet answered, " May God increase the power of the king! lam a poet of such a tribe, and have composed an ode in praise of our lord the sultan."—" 0 brother of the Arabs !" said the king, " hast thou heard of our condition ?" " No," answered the poet; " anti what is it, 0 king of the age?"—" It is," replied the king, " that if the ode be not thine, we give thee no reward; and if it he thine, we give thee the weight in money of what it is written upon."—" How," said El-Asma'ee, '' should I assume to myself that which be longs to another, and, knowing, too, that lying before kings is one of the basest of actions? But I agree to this condition, U our lord the sultan !" So he repeated his ode. The king, perplexed, and unable to remember any of it, made a sign to the memlook—but he had retained nothing; and called to the female slave, but she also was unable to repeat a word. " 0 brother of the Arabs !" said he, " thou bast spoken truth, and the ode is thine without doubt: I have never heard it before; produce, therefore, what it is written upon, and we will give thee its weight in money, as we have promised."— " Wilt thou," said the poet, " send one of the attendants to carry it ?" "To carry what ?" asked the king; "is it not upon a paper here in thy possession?"—" No, our lord the sultan," replied the poet; "at the time I composed it, I could not procure a piece of paper upon which to write it, and could find nothing but a fragment of a marble column left me by my father; so I engraved it upon this, and it liesin the court of the palace." He had brought it, wrapped up, on the back of a camel. The king, to fulfil his promise, was obliged to exhaust his treasury; and to prevent a repetition of this trick (of which he afterwards discovered El-Asnia'ee to have been the author,) in future rewarded the poets according to the usual custom of kings.—Mr. Lane's Notes to his New Tease lation of the Arabian Nights. CONDITION OF THE LAPLANDEIIS.—The condition of the wandering Laplander forms a singular union of real wealth with real poverty. To support a family in the " Fjelde," a flock of from three to four hundred reindeer is necessary. He who possesses only from one to three hundred must de pend for subsistence partly on fishing in the lakes and shoot ing, or must betake himself to the coast, or to husbandry in a fixed situation. The value of a reindeer is about one-third of that of a cow : it sells for three or four dollars,* and a cow from nine to twelve; and the meat, skin, and horns of the one sell as readily as those of the other. A flock of <lOO rein deer, the minimum which can support a family, supposing one-fourth of the number to be full grown, and the other 300 to be worth only one-third of their value, must altogether be equal to a capital of 600 dollurs, or about £l2O. sterling. Yet the yearly produce of this capital, Which is greater than the value of all the property possessed by three or four families of the working class in a civilized community, and with which they would be far removed from want, is insufficient to support a Laplander, even in a state of extreme privation in which he habitually lives. This is a striking instance of the real expense of living in that natural state, as it has been called, or that barbarous one, in which man consumes what he produces, and lives independent of the arts of civilized life, its tastes, and enjoyments. The Laplander uses nothing which he does not make for himself, except the iron pot for dressing his victuals, and the piece of coarse cloth which forms his tent. He consumes nothing but what his reindeer yield him; his occasional excess in brandy, and his use of tobacco, are not ordinary indulgences. Yet, without the tastes, and gratifications of civilized life, or any of its expenses, the Lap lander, with the above capital, is in poverty, and destitute of an assured subsistence. This shows the real expense of that half-savage life which, from the accounts of emigrants and travellers in America, we are apt to suppose is the least costly of any, because it has neither comforts nor luxuries to pay for, and produces what it consumes. The Laplander's con dition is the beau ideal of that sort of life. Five shillings would undoubtedly purchase all that he uses in a year of those articles which are not indispensably necessary forexist ence; vet a capital which, with their own labour, would maintain three families in the enjoyment of the comforts and decencies of civilized life, according to their station, does not keep him from positive want. The Laplander, who possesses a thousand or more reindeer, and who is consequently a man of considerable property, lives i❑ the same way as the poor est, enjoys no more of the luxuries of life, and has no higher tastes or habits to gratify. It is said that very considerable portions of the silver currency of the country are lost, in con sequence of this class of Laplanders hoarding, from genera tion to generation, all the money they obtain by the sale of their surplus produce; and that the spot in the " Fjelde," where the treasure is buried, often cannot be discovered by heirs.—Laing's Journal of a Residence in Norway. * The dollar is valued at 3s. 104. INDUSTRY OF A CoNvieT.—NF.w SOUTH WALES.—Dr. Lang, in his account of New South Wales. gives a pleasing picture of the condition 01 an emancipated servant, on his beginning the world after his liberati o n :—" I had occasion (proceeds our author) to visit the settlement of Illawarra, about seventy-five miles to the southward of Sydney, in the month of April, 1830. The journey being too long for a single day's ride, I had to spend a night by the way. The house of a magistrate of the territory, w h ose cor di a l h os pit a lity 1 had repeatedly experienced on former visits to the interior, lay near my route; but, choosing rath er t o con f er th a n to re ceive a favour, I turned aside to the littl e co tt age o f a small settler, who I knew had arrived in the colony as a convict, though he had been free at the time I allude to for many years. The settler had originally been a Presbyterian from the north of Ireland: he had enlisted in a Scotch regiment quartered in the north of England, whither I understood he had gone as a petty dealer or hawker. Having committed some crime, however, of a minor character, he was sentenced to seven years' transportation. His wife, whom he had mar ried in the colony on obtaining his freedom, was a native of the south of Scotland. " I bought this farm," the settler told me in the course of my visit, "the year I. got my liberty; it is a thirty-acre farm—very good land, sir; and I was to pay a hundred pounds for it, for von know it was cleared but not stumped—that is, the roots otthe trees were left standing in the ground. The year I got it, I only put in four acres of wheat, for it was rather late in the season. The wheat was very cheap last year; but the next year I put in fifteen acres with the hoe, all with my own hands; and I had as many bushels off it as there are days in the year, (that is, 365 bushels, or 243 bushels per acre.) The wheat was very dear that season, and I sold a great part of my crop at 14s. 6d.; but the cheapest I sold was half a guinea a bushel, and I cleared my farm that year. I lived in that hut you see till the debt was paid, and then I built this weather-b o ard e d house. We have every thing comfortable now—plenty of wheat, corn, potatos, and every thing else we require. Indeed, it's a good country, sir, for an industrious wan. At home I would only have bad a day's labour, and little for it, and, perhaps, not even that ; but here I have a farm of my own, and every thing comfort able. I have much reason to be thankful that ever I came here, and I hope there's forgiveness for what's past.'—ln short, the aspect of things about the settler's little establish ment justified the account he had given me, both of it and himself; and I was most happy to afford him such general comniendation, and such pastoral encouragement, as his cha racter and circumstances peculiarly called for. As I had two days' journey to perform on horseback, ere I could reach his little cottage on my. return to Sydney, I gladly availed my self of his offer to supply me with a fresh horse, that my own might be in better spirits and condition on my return; and, in riding rapidly along on the spirited Australian steed—the produce of sheer industry and .economy—l could not help wishing, from the very Bottom of my heart, that a hundred thousand families of the labouring agricultural pOpulation of Great Britain and Ireland could be gradually conveyed to a country in which the same industry and economy would in fallibly lead them to the same degree of comfort and inde pendence." SELECT EXTRACTS. COMPARATIVE INTELLIGENCE OF THE HIGHER AND LOWER CLASSES.—The most essential point, however, in which the lower classes have advanced upon the higher, is that of personal acquirements. Is it not in early life that the education of the lower orders is better than that of their superiors. There is generally great anxiety manifested on 'the part of the higher orders, that the attainments of their sons and daughters should correspond with their station in society; and the wish of the parent is usually seconded by the talents and disposition of the child. It is before and after they have reached maturity, that the youth of the aristocrasy begin to lose ground in the race of emulation. The sons of the nobility and great landed proprietors are no longer required to discharge various public functions, which in ruder periods they were wont to do, while such numbers of them are every where to be seen, that their rank alone does not place them on that eminence which it formerly com manded. Their ardour is thus damped for honourable ex ertion on the one hand, while the blandishments of ease and luxury allure them on the other. As they advance in life, the management of property, the cares of a family, and the various duties of society, demand so much of their time, that it requires extraordinary skill and resolution to reserve any considerable portion of it at their own disposal. In the meanwhile, art and science are daily diminishing that pro portion of the community which subsists by mere manual labour; books, instruction, and travelling, are more within the reach of all ; _and those who must live by their own ex ertions, or whose means debar them from expensive plea sures, are induced and compelled to improve themselves with unremitting assiduity. The result of this indolence on the one hand, and diligence on the other, is, that on nine out of ten occasions, where extraordinary proficiency or informa tion really.is demanded, the higher classes are surpassed by those who were originally their inferiors, not only in birth, but in education, and perhaps also in capacity. —Quarterly Review. VISIT TO THE SITE OF SY RACCSE.—NO spot which I ever beheld ever illustrated the transitory nature of earthly things more strongly than modern Syracuse. Historians have dis tinctly described the vast maguitude of the ancient city. Enough vestiges remain to confirm the truth of their state ments. The harbour is still in existence, which originally made Syracuse the emporium of the world; but the harbour only contains a few fishing boats and speronaras, and the Syracuse which now exists is but the wreck and mockery of departed greatness. You cast your eyes on the rising ground at the upper end of the harbour. Where is Neapolis ? Where is Tyche ? Where Achradina ? There they assuredly stood; but what is now there? Absolutely nothing! On the other side of the bay you distinguish the Doric shafts of the tem ple of Jupiter Olympus;_ the very temple which contained the statue from which Dionysius the elder purloined the mantle of gold. How deep into the past do these remem brances carry your thoughts! Modern Syracuse is confined to the small peninsula on which formerly stood that portion of the ancient city which was called Ortygia, as if London were reduced to the Tower and Tower-hill, or Paris to the island in the middle of the Seine. The neck of land which unites the peninsula to the coast divides the larger from the small harbour. * * * We traversed the entire length of what was Syracuse, as it might , be setting out from Shore ditch to go by the Strand to Westminster, traversing a space that was once no less crowded with houses and thronged with men. The whole is now a rocky common, only frequented by a few sheep and goats; nothing to remind you of the past, except the grooves here and there worn by the chariot wheels in the rock, indented lines, that trace the foundations of houses, and the occasional gurgling of water, when you hit upon the course of the stream which is brought by the aque duct. Here and there, in the wide extent, are a few patches of cultivation, and one or two modern farms, but nothing an cient; and you puzzle your brains to conceive what can have become of the temples and the palaco, the vast piles of mar ble and stone, the materials the very dust, of the London of antiquity.—The Normans in Sicily, by Mr. 11'. G. Knight. THE LADIES OF MUSCAT.—Females are occasionally seen in the streets; but their persons are carefully concealed in flowing robes, and their faces, in obedience to the precepts of the Koran, are hidden by veils or rattier dominoes, which are often secured behind the head by a silver chain. Their costume consists of a sort of silk gauze, generally yellow, made in the form of a loose robe, worn over pantalettes sitting close at the ankles, which are ornamented, as among Jewish females of old, with bangles of silver, or metal re sembling it. The feet are cased in stockings, and slippers of some gay colour, or they were bare, with a number of rings on the toes. The beast is protected by a spencer or jacket, with short sleeves which are tastefolly bespangled and tinselled. The silk rube is worn over the head, after the fashion of the mantilla in Spain. Ladies visit a good deal amongst themselves; but no males, except certain relatives, are admitted into their society. " Women," said an Arab gentleman to me one evening, "spend their whole time in perfuming, dressing, and decorating themselves. They are fond of dress, and are generally very expensive creatures. A gentleman's wife must have at least four Cashmere shawls, a green, a blue, a red, and a white; then she must have a ruby or a diamond ring for every toe as well as for every fin ger, and there are few wives who have not from two to seven thousand dollars' worth of jewellery to wear on particular oc casions. Then they are so jealous, there is no living with them. * 55 * " When a man marries" continued my in formant, " he does not see his destined bride until after the marriage ceremony has been performed; but, to gain some knowledge of theiady, he depends upon. the report of some old woman, generally a servant in his family, whom he sends to make her observations. In this way he gets a pretty good description of the lady's personal chamois, and he must trust to luck for the rest. If satisfied with the report, he then makes proposals through a priest, who asks the lady whether she is willing to take such an individual for a husband; and on gaining her consent, the father is informed of it, but he as well as all her male relations are careful to absent themselves at the time of the wedding." Though so carefully secluded, faithlessness amongst women is very rare, because the dis olace attached to the crime extends not only to her immedi ate family, but also to the whole tribe to which she may be long. Another check is that the husband can put away his wife at any moment, by saying simply, "I divorce .you " " and terrible are these words in the ears of a woman ;" after which they are no longer man and wife. He gives her the property she may claim as her own, and sends her back to her father's house. After that, he cannot again see her face, unless the marriage ceremony be again performed. In this way a man may separate from his wife three times, but cannot marry her a fourth time, until after she has been the wife of another.—Ruschenberger's Voyage Round the World. THE UNICORN NOT FARCE° us.—While the neighbourhood of the tropic, we heard of two other species of the genus, which exist still further to the northward; but unfortunately, could not obtain any very circumstantial evidence concerning them, as the persons who had seen them were only on a visit in the country they inhabit. One of them was stated to approxi mate the Keitloa ; the other was described as very different to any species previously seen by them, and to have only one long horn towards the forehead. Now, though descriptions of objects furnished by such persons are often inaccurate, from the circumstance of their not having been favourably situated for making correct observations, as well as from a deficiency of language calculated to convey the informatio n they actually possess, I have always remarked that even a hasty examination seemed to supply the savage with more accurate notions of the general characters of animals than it did the civilized man, and therefore I do nut despair of species such as they mentioned being yet discovered. It is in regard to the species with the single horn that we experience the greatest hesitation in receiving their evidence as credible; and therefore it is agreable to have it corroborated by the testimony of a man from a very different part of the country, awshoobrtae resided aan long t e published in a a d ag n missionaryseMadagascar. o e f great n vresearchna wwho furnished.M r .V reeman with the account of the .d N . d .d zoo l -dzoo was a native of the country northward of Mozambique ; and, if we admit certain portions of the descriptions to be tainted with errors, we can recognise in the remain t rte ec r si t p h e e e g ie e s nt4e habits of a rhinoceros, and probably on e of h h which our informants were slightly acquainted. , It appear s ," observes 111 r. Freemen, " that the Ndzoo-dzoo is by no means rare in Makooa. It is about the size of a horse, extremely fleet and strong. It has one single horn projecting from its forehead, from 21 to 30 incises in length. This is flexible when the animal is asleep; it can be curled like the trunk of the elephant, but becomes perfectly firm and hard when the animal is excited, and especially when pursuing an enemy. Its disposition is extremelyfi,Tee and it universally attacks - man Yt-t` yes irttn:` ttstrter Intorod - of escape adopted by the natives is to climb up a dense and high tree, so as to avoid, if possible, being seen. If the animal misses his sight of the fugitive, he immediately g allops off to his haunt; from whence it may be inferred that he is not endowed with the power of a keen scent. Should he, however, espy his object in the tree, who to the unfortunate native: he begins to butt with his horns, strikes and penetrates the tree, and continues piercing it tilt it falls, when his victim seldom escapes being gored to death. Unless the tree is of a large girth, he never fails in breaking it down. Having killed his victim, he leaves him without devouring the carcase. The male only is provided with the horn. The female has not anything of the kind,—Dr. Smith's Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa. LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, JULY 28. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Brown and W. Taylor, Liverpool, shipping-agents—J. New. ton, J. Taylor, and W. Taylor, Liverpool, common-brewers. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Edward Soutten, Fox and Knot-yard, Snow-hill, London, dealer and chapman. Peter Lowe, Upton, Cheshire, merchant. Jeremiah Chittenden, jun. Three Tuns-court, Southwark, hop factor. BANKRUPTS. George Hanson, Fleet-street, London, cutler. Greville Jones, Greville-street, Brook -street, Holborn London, surgeon. henry Perkins Hammond, Bishopsgate-street, London, rope maker. John Almond, Hetton-le-Hole, Durham, grocer. William Gunnell, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, currier. John Steadman, Preston, hatter. DIVIDENDS. Aug. 30, T. P. Peck and J. Peck, Liverpool, ~ grocers—Au. 20, B. Haswell, Watford, coach wheelwright—Aug, , . 20, J. Niswbery, Reading, scrivener—Aug. 17, W. Hamilton and B. Agar, Riche's court, Lime-street, London, merchants — Aug. 20 . T. Ainner, i nsLey, Wolverhampton, Lime street, London, merchant—Aug. 21, J. Bar builder—Aug. 13, 11. Hayward, Cant erh rry , coachmaker—Aug. 23, R. Grove, Brighton, cabinet-inaker — Aug. li, R.W. Openshaw, Prestvieh, Lancashire, common-brewer. • CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause he shown to the contrary, on or before the 17th day of August H. Ashcroft, .Liverpool, victualler—N. Hadley, Ilerne Bay, builder—W. W. Wilmot and D. S. Wilmot, Bristol, glass-cutters— J. Carter, Newark-upon-Trent, Nottinghamshire, hosier-4. Phil pott, Rochester. ironmonger —W. Whitehread, High-street, %Vap ping, London, cheesernonger —E. Justins, sen. and E. 3 ustins, jun. Mark-lane, London, printers—G. Topham, Richmond, coal-mer chant. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending 24th July, 1938, is 31s td per hundred weight. exelu-sive of the duties of Cia4orna paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. JULY. HOUR 31. Jeremiah Thompson, (special) Radcliffe and Co.'s, 1 AUGUST. 1. Dumont and Ellrodt, (special) Davenport and Co.'s, 12 3. William Kingswell 4. Charles Lewis Bahr. 'div. Ditto 1 B. Joseph Johnson, (div.) 7. Matthew Smith, (div.) 7. Daniel M'Nicol, (2d) Bankrupts' Court, London, 12 7. William Franklin, (special) Holden and Clarke's, 2 9. Tennant and Garnett, (final div.).... Clarendon Rooms, 2 10. Thomas Rutter, (2d) Ditto ll 10. Thomas Ford, (2d) Ditto 1 Plymouth, Kendrick, from New Orleans. at this port ; sailed IRth June. On 20th July, in lat. 47 27, long. 27 25, spoke the Welcome. from Trinidad for London, which two days previously had s pok the Asia, of London, for North America, with loss of sails, spars, &c. and supplied her ipping Entcittynatc. FRIDAY, JULY 27. Aartrym—Gratitude,White, from Barbadoes ; sailed 23rd June —Abeona, Grant, from St. John, N.B.—Louisa, Mulgrave, from Port Wallace—Wm. Rushton, Gregory, from Oporto—Constant, Vanschie, from Antwerp—Ruby, Amery, from Lisbon—and An gelina, Cornnelius, —, from Ostend. Ann Baldwin, Crawford, from Islay and Valparaiso, at this port ; sailed from Islay 14th March Left at Islay, the Emma. Gething, to sail 20th April, and Agnes, Broadfoot, both for Liverpool. The Judith,sailed from Valparaiso for Arica 13th April The Margaretha Johanna, Wallis, for Elsinore, has put back, dismasted .• Francis Barclay, Procne, from Islay, off Valparaiso Anaxabia, -, hence at Pernambuco, and sailed sth June for Paraiba Firefly, Easter, hence at Constantinople Henrietta, Cundry, from Alexandria, ditto Clotilde, Ocket, hence at Antwerp SATURDAY, JULY 28.—Wind W. fresh. ARRlVED.—Edinburgh, Bristow, from New Orleans—Waverley, Arnold, and Bengal, Teulon, from Mobile—Oconee, Lyons, from St. Joseph's—Sheffield, fm Savannah—Angusta, Jamieson, from Charleston—Robertson, , from Quebec—Camilla, —, from Corunna—Amity, Fraser, from Revel—Zeelust,. Horstman, from Oldenburg—Vriendschap, Klassen, from Harlingen—Diana, —, from Embden—Paragon, fm Calcutta—and Severn, Page, from New York ; sailed Bth July SAlLED.—Emigrant, Petrie, for Bombay—and Artemis, Losh, for Rio Janeiro. Pennsylvania, Smith, from New York, at this port ; sailed 7th July. On the 15th July, in lat. 42. long, 36, 'spoke the Paugus, hence for Boston. On the 17th July, in lat. 44, long. 30, spoke the Vicks burg, hence for New York. On the 22nd J uly, in lat. 51, long 22, spoke the Emigrant, from Miramiehi for Cork. On the 26th iuly, off Cape Clear, spoke the George Washington, hence for New York Alfred, Cheever, frem New York, at this port. On the 13th July, in kit. 46, long. 38, spoke the Roscoe, hence for New York. On the 21st July, in lat. 48 30, long. 15, spoke the Providence, of Quebec _ Julia, Ames, from Mobile for this port, was struck by lightning 27th June, near Key West, and totally lost. Crew saved by the boats. Lapwing, Osborne, hence at Nassau, N.P. 20th June Ceres, Blanchard, hence at Savannah Grand Turk, Varney, hence at Virginia Columbia, Stinson, 'hence at Alexandria America, Cunningham, hence at Baltimore Oxford, Itathbone ; New England, Davies ; and Kensington, Curtis, hence at New York 4th July; and Star, Glover, 6th July Katharine Jackson, -, hence off the Delaware Hope, Harmer, hence at Quebec Dumfrieshire, Gowan, from Belfast, at ditto Margaret, -, hence for Quebec, was spoken 19th July. in lat. 49, long. 41 Mersey, --- hence for St. John; N.B. was spoken 30th June, in lat. 51,10 n,. 31 ' Caroline, Fowler, and John, Scott, hence at flelvoct Frances, Delpiere ; Nyverheid, Lievens, and Charles, Driex, hence at Ostend Henrietta, Fell, from Aeru, at Deal SUNDAY, JULY 29.—Wind W.N.W. moderate. ARRlVED.—lntrepid, Stewart, from Demerara ; sailed 22nd June —Globe, Silcke, and John, Hunt, from Charleston—ldea, from New York—Captain Ross, —; Mary, Essen; Lady Gor don, Scurr ; and Wm. Bell, —, from Quebec—Smyrna, Cor nish, from Smyrna—Emma, —, from Gallipoli—Naid, Budd, from.Sicily—Pandora, Boyd, from Barbadoes— Jupiter, Clark, from Virginia—Britannia, —, from Trieste—Louisa, Bush, from Stralsund—and Lapwing, Osborne, from Nassau. SAlLED.—Braganza, Baker, for New York—Bruce, Stevenson• for Quebec—North Briton, M 'Randy, for Miratnichi—Dorette , Voss, for Riga-21st August, Kroger, for Liebau—Racer, Toogood, for Constantinople, &c.—Ann Wayne, Wamlensie, for Baltimore. MONDAY, JULY 30. ARRlVED.—Mariner, M•Geachle, from Honduras—William & John, Robinson, flom New Orleans—Dampier. Newlands, from Jamaica—Rowland, Dicks, from Charleston—Mary Ann, Hatton, fm Pictou—Lanark, John Bolton, Kingston, Catharine M`Donald, Ross, and Marion, from Quebec—Ellen Highfield, Doughty, from Leghorn—and Eliza & Marys, Tregethan, from Tetuan—and Union, from Ostend. __ _ SAlLED.—Chicora, Halrey, for Charleston—and Hebe, Sinclair, for St. John, Newfoundland. Great Western, (steamer) from Bristol for New York, was spoken 24th instant, at 11 a.m. in lat. 49 50, long'. 17 Royal William, (steamer) hence for New York, wcs spoken in lat. 45, long. 30, steaming and under canvas, apparently going very fast Laura, Day, hence for New South Wales, was spoken 14th July, in lat. 40 30, long. 15 ; and the Joh n D un l o p, h ence f or P ort l an d , on the 22nd July, in lat. 49, long. 15—by the Naiad Grace, , hence for Virginia, was spoken 23rd July, in lat. 4815 long. 19 40 Republic, Williams, hence for New York, was spoken 17th July, in lat. 46, long. 81 Alice, Anwyl, hence at Barhadoes Limena, hence and Trinidad, at Nassau Mary Ann, Boa g , from Newfoundland, at the Cove Onondago, Robinson, from Quebec, do Argus, Vautier, from Gaspee, do Ranger, Blake, from Pugwash, ilo Robert Kerr. —, from Bay Chsleur, off eo Portland, Jenkinson, from Manzanilla, do Buoyant, Perry, from Tetuan, at this port; sailed 16th instant. In lat. 39, long. 13, spoke the Cognac Packet, hence for Pernam buco TELEGRAPH OFFICE, JULY 30. Wind at Holyhead, W.N.W. blowing fresh morning and noon. West, lightbreeze in the evening. Off Holyhead, outward bound, yesterday, at 730 p.m. No. 1538. Emigrant, for Bombay—and 1860, North Briton, this day, at 4 30 p.m. for Miramichi. Off Point Lynas, inward bound, at 4 30 a.m. No. 1795, Wm. Ackers, from Puerto Cabello-243, Alleghany, from Philadelphia, at 1 p.m. and 649, Agenora, from Dalhousie, at 5 p.m. • YroorloUntertb for lioatring, (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD ROPE, Bfc, Warwick, J W Little, 277 Bombay, J Poole & Co Osprey, W Anderson, 381 Bombay, W & J Tyrer Camoria, C Robertson, 405 Calcutta, W & J Tyrer Bland. T Callan, ' ' 573 Calcutta, Ashley Brothers Friends, T Arnold, 287 Sincapore, Sykes, Schwabe & Co AFRICA. Wilberforce, C Jackson, 165 Africa,_ T Harrison & Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Daphne, J Drinkwater, 169 Barbadoes and Port-au.Prince, J Poole & Co New Orleans, S Bradbury, 375 Havana, Ashley Brothers Rival, F Sutherland, 144 Madeira and Nassau, .1 M Wood SOUTH AMERICA. Jack Tar, W M'Gregor, 195 Rio Janeiro, Ashley Brothers Artemis, T Losh, 312 Rio Janeiro and Calcutta, Rem, Intrie SG Co Fama, D Wright, 218 Monte Video, &c. J Poole & Co UNITED STATES. Rajah, E C Bliss, 606 Boston, Baring Brothers &Co John Porter, W Crowder, 298 Boston, W Fairclough Franconia, P Blake, 532 Boston, Ilumphreys & Biddle Georgia, J Davis, " 390 Charleston. Humphre & Biddle Carroll'of Carrollton, T J Bird, 665 New York, Ilolton & Co Birmingham, W J Robinson, 546 New York, Wildes &Co Elisha Denison. G West, 359 New York, Focke & Boult. Lewis Cass„T Thatcher, 318 New York, J Tiara' 8: Co Russell Baldwin, .1 N Magna, 437 New York, Wainwright &Co Rhode Island, Martin, 372 New York, llumberston &Co Hamilton, It L Bunting, 427 New York, J Holford & Co Octorara, P A Decan, 655 Philadelphia, Ingleby &Co Nile, E Blanchard, 316 l'hiladelphia, T Crowder Susquehanna, J W Miercken, 600 Ph ladelph ia,W & J Brawn & Co BRITISH AMERICA. • Flora. W Hunter, 317 Bathurst, D Gihb Ann Eliza & Jane, W Cowell, 326 Dalhousie, G Brown Thistle, W Mackey, 365 Eastport, &c. J More Sarah, J Hefter, 98 Newfoundland, W W Bulley Ann Hall, W Tucker. '773 Quebec.Wildes. Piekersgill & Co Northumberland, .1 White, 541 Quebec, Gibbs, Bright &Co Petersburg, S Gwyther, 259 Quebec, Chapman & Willis Catherine, W 0 Driscoll, 203 Quebec, .1 Poole and Co Fanny, J Sloan, 514 Quebec, W & H Sharpies &Co Thistle, W Mackey, 265 St. Andrew, N.B. J ?shire William & Robert, Turner, 159 St. Andrew's, &c. G Brown John Walker, R Gaskin, 523 Restigouche, Houghton &Co Ann Johnston, G Corbin, 198 St. John, Nfld, W Tarbet Queen, T Hawkins, 422 St. Andrew, N.B. Ellerton &Carter Hercules, W Rrisbeck, 857 Shediac, Holderness & Chilton EUROPE. Water Witch, J Billinge, 99 Ancona, J Moss & Co Bruxellois, De Vries, 225 Antwerp, Bahr, Behrend &Co Constant, A Van Schie, 219 Antwerp, Bahr, Behrend &Co Angelina, M J Cornelissen, 113 Bruges, Bahr, Behrend &Co Fortuna, D Frierichs, 70 Bremen, Bahr, Behrend &Co Rambler, C Gilbert, 110 Constantinople, Bahr, Behrend & Co Coral, E Paine, 77 Figueira Cram & Smith ___ _ Pend;rvis, W Coger, 86 Gibraltar, &e. Eshelby, Rowett & Co Sheperdess, S Turner, 126 Genoa and Leghorn, Bahr & Co Star, M Farren, • 58 Malaga, J Glynn & Son Rosalind, It E Drake, 115 Naples, Bahr, Behrend &Co Maria, F Vander Steene, 465 Ostend, 0 G Weber & Co Freedom, J Cox, 106 Palermo and Messina, J Moss & Co Emporto. IVEST INDIES Hanover, /162) D Bryce. from Trinidad, 192 hhds 9 tees 30 brls sugar, W Muir-21 hhds sugar, 1 brl contents unknown, order-25 hhds sugar, T and W Earle and co-9 do, J Winder and co-50 brls do, 50 bags cocoa. 12 brl.l coffee, Brodie and Hamilton-50 bags do, T Jagger-6 do, W Muir-1 brl contents unknown, order—K D Gratitude, (221) 3 White, from Barbadoes, 294 hhds 29 tees 22 brls sugar, 35 bales cotton, 3 boxes arrowroot, Szc. 100 bags ginger, Hcyes, Litherland and co-1 brl sugar, the master—Cl D SOUTH AMERICA. Anne Baidwen, (280) H Crawford, from Valparaiso, H bales sheeps' wool, A Gibbs and Sons-2815 do, 60 bales bark, order-280 tons copper ore, Todd Naylor and co-2 brls 2 pipes seal skins, Whyte and Morton-1 box copper, W and 3 Myers and co—P D UNITED STATES. American, (599) J Fletcher, from Savannah, 1870 bales cotton' Humphreys and Biddle-54 do. J Holford and co—P D Pennsylvania, (737) J P Smith, from New York, 215 bales cotton, J and D Stuart and co-162 do, Darthez Brothers-70 do, Finlay and Neilson-161 do, 1999 brls turpentine, order-30 tees tobacco, Rathbone Brothers and co-500 hides, Wildes, Piekersgill and co -110 brls contents unknown, Jor.fin and Nl`Grath-21 boxes copper ore, J Bibby and Sons-20 brls jewellers' sweeps, E Frodsham— P D Alfred, (454) C Cheever, from New York, 223 bales cotton,Wad dington, Holt and co-91 do,. Wainwright, Shells and co-96 do, Leech, Harrison and co-71 do, Finlay and Alston-80 do, the master-134 do, Darthez Brothers-48 do, J W M'Bride and co -107 do, 1559 brls turpentine, order—P D Oconee, , (432) W L Lyon, from St. Joseph, 271 bales cotton, Molvneux, Witherby and co-17 do, 13aring Brothers and co-432 do, Reid, Irving and co-102 do, W and J Brower and co-2 do, D C Haire-483 do, order—G D BRITISH . AMERICA. Ganges, (639) A Crawford, from Dalhousie, 1040 pees fir timber, lie 1 deals, 15 fms lathwood, 4 spars, 1 cask skins, D Gibb—B Abcona, (448) R Grant, from St. John, N.B. 551 pees fir timber, lie 7 deals, 37c 5 staves, 55 cords lathwood, Gibbs, Bright and co— BD Q u ebec, (587) J Pye, from St. John, N.E. 72 pees birch and 891 pees fir tfmber, 3c deals, 78c staves, 8 fms lathwood, 10 spruce spars, D Gibb—B D Lonisa, (324) B Milgrove, from Picton, 134 pees hardwood, 587 pees fir timber, 1180 deals and deal ends, 2000 staves, 8 fins lath wood, I 0 spruce spars, I) Gihb—B D Louisa, (324) B Milgrove, from Pietou, 134 pees hardwood, 587 pees fir timber, 1180 deals and deal ends, 2000 staves, 7 fms lath wood, Baring Brothers and co—a quantity timber and deals thrown overboard—B D EUROPE, Wm. Rushton, (182) J Gregory, from Oporto, 25 pipes 14 hhds 10 qr-casks wine, 26 pipes olive oil, 41 casks contents unknown, order —ll cases wine, Leech, Harrison and co-1 pipe wine, D Lamb -4 hhds do, F ,Townley-5 pipes 5 hhds 10 qr casks do, H Itoun thwaite-3 pipes 4 hhds do, Duarte Brothers-2 hhds do, Castellain. Sons and co-2 do, B Haram-11 hhds lor casks do, Wild and Gibson-2 pipes do, T Martin and Son-1 do, M•Nair and co-1 pipe 2 hhds do, T and H Murray-8 pipes 20 hhds 20 qr casks do, P W Smith and co-4 hhds do, .1" Richardson ond co-9 pipes 6 hhds do, R ond F Cope-1 hhd Iqr cask do; T Crowther-3 hhds do, Golborne and Dobbs-92 bags wool, Leech, Harrison and co-136 do, Hutchinson and Son-6 casks contents unknown, 5 tons cork wood, I' Martin and Son-5 casks hardware returned, T Peake-26 pipes olive oil, 41 casks contents unknown, order—G .1? Ruby, (93) T Arming, from Lisbon, 10 pipes olive oil. Lepch, Carne and Telo-20 do, Duarte Brothers Harrison and co-25 do, and co-2 hhds 4qr casks wine, T Stavert-4 hhds .do , Stack and H or es—l hhd 2 q r casks do, W A Brown-10 chests 20 hf ch es t s lemons, M'Andrews, Filcher and co-100 chests lemons, J Collier —lOO hf ches do, order-19 casks contents unknown, 8 bales skins. 63 hales corkwood, T Martin -nd Son—S D Isabella, (79) T W Doming, from Bremen, 1 case contents un known, Ii F Orange-2 do, Came & Telo-1 do, order-467 hams, E Rae-12 do, T and W Earle and co-4 casks do. 371 lasts wheat, order-1 box toys, J B [loothhy and co-70 casks manganese, 8 anese, casks woad, E Danford and co—S . _ Waenskappen, (337) 11 Tornvick, from Gamla Carleby, 2883 brls 171 hf brls tar, 180 battens, 597 handspikes, J W Gibsone and co— Mercury, (147) W Maberly, from Riga, 303 pees lathwood, 17 deals. Campbell and Rudd-158 bundles houlgt,.4o walussult-kma, Tr and Gardner—li: D Atlas, (171) C 11 Schmidt, from Antwerp, lOObales flax, Ten nants, Moore and co-50 do, A Swainson-20 do, Horner and Bell —2O do, 90 tons oak hark, J Johnstone—Q D Amity, (100) W Fraser, from Revel, 384 packages flax, Came and Telo—K D Queen of the South, (55) P Gillard, from Hambro', 100 bags bran, 333 qrs wheat, order-11 cases iron goods, W B I'romoli-12 spars, J Glynn and Son—Cg D Diana, (70) T Vortgiese, ft om Embden, 400 qrs wheat, Geller and co—Q D Seelust, (106) C II Iforstman, from Rustringerseil, 600 Ts beans, order—Q P -- blana,(3l4) E Dannatt, from Danzic, 316 pees fir timber, 31c 10 deals, 2 fms lathwood, Neuman and Engel-20c staves, order—B D Vriendschap, (131) K J Klassens, from Harlingen, 50 tons oak bark, 45 sacks oats, 6 pipes 250 cases geneva, 200 boxes cheese, 21 casks grease, order—Q I) PRICES OF SH ARES, LIVERPOOL, JuLy 30. Alarketo. Current IMPORTS. SALES OF THE WEEK. Prices. ThisWk this Year 140 Sea Island M 17d a 36,1 Stained 8380 Bowed Georgia 54 84 s Mobile 5 81 29 '_,',, I Alabama and Tennessee 5 61 } 4991 541114 7080 New Orleans 5 9 1330 { Pernambuco& Paraiba. 81 9 1330 # 2907 38324 Aricati and Ceara Bl 9 750 Bahia and Mageio 7l 84 .... 16517 Maranham 74 94 34 0 f S awg i nne d • 7 74 .... i 20989 Minas Para 10 Demerara, Surinam, &c. 8 —l2 111 896 I 2240 Egyptian 94 —l3 3019 20441 Barbados 6l —7l .... I 51 Peruvian 7l 84 ) ) Bahama 280 Laguayra 40 Common West India, &c 6— 8 } 5 } 16635 20 Carthagena. I 70 Smyrna Manilla 1280 Surat 4 51 1781 30102 10 Madras 4l 51 ) 20 Bengal 21960 bales . 31749 , 1062693 The market continues without el were 3,500 bags, and to-day they steady, !law. On amount to LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL MARKET, JULY 27. s. d. s. d. a. d. s. d. Old Hay 0 M 0 1t 3 201b Potatoes, new 1 11'1 1 Irscre New Hay 0 5 0 9 - Cattle Ditto.. 0 0 0 0 - Clover Hay .. 0 8 010 - Turnips 0 0 0 0 per ton Straw, Wheat 0 71 0 9- Carrots 0 0 0 0 - Straw, Oat ... 0 7 0 8- ganglewurzle 0 0 0 0 - Straw, Barley 0 0 0 0- Vlanure 5 0 6 0 - Green Clover 0 21 0 21- ' ' • Prices This Lt day's RAILWAYS, &c.c. P as erShare. Price 3. Birmingham and Gloucester 2O paid 14 12 6 .... Ditto and Derby 3O .... 0 0 0 .... Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 64 0 0 .... Chester and Crewe 5 .... 5 2 6 .... Dublin and Drogheda .. lO paid 7 0 0 .... Eastern Counties .... Edinburgh and Glasgow (old) 3 .... 315 0 .... Ditto ditto (new) 5 6 2 6 .... Ditto Leith & Newhaven 5 paid 0 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 4 .... 4 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmal neck, and Ayr 5 paid 0 0 0 .... Grand Junction 100 .... 226 0 0 .., , Great Western Hull and Selby ll paid 0 0 0 .., , Lancaster and Preston lO paid •• • . Liverpool and Manchester lOO .... 206 0 0 .... Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto new quarter shares Ditto and Southampton Ditto, new shares l5 paid 33 10 0 .... Ditto & Brighton (United) Leeds and Manchester Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 74 10 0 .... Ditto, (new) 5 paid 0 0 0 .... Manchester, Bolton, & Bury.. 78 ..., 74 10 0 .... Manchester and Birmingham.. 7 .... 717 6 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension 3 103 3 2 6 .... Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .... 92 10 0 ..... Ditto quarter shares North Midland South Eastern and Dover .. • • 7 •• • • 4 17 6 .... , North Union, (new) ... Ditto, (old) lOO .... 75 10 0 .... St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap ..100 paid 00 0 .... York and North Midland BANKS Royal Bank of Liverpool 5OO ... 673 0 0, .... Bank of Liverpool £l2 Ms paid 23 17 6 .... - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 20 2 6 .... - Liverpool Union - Northern andeentral lO .... 2 10 0 ... - Albion 25 paid 25 5 0 .... --North and South Wales lO .... 9 12 6 .... - of Manchester lO .... 13 0 0 .... - M'cliester &- L'pool Dsct 15 .... 2;1 10 0 .... - South Lancashire 7 lOs 7 0 0 .... Liverpool Banking COmpany lO .. • • 10 2 6 .... Borough Bank 7 108 13 17 6 .... Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 510 n ..., ~ East of England Phoenix Bank ,lO .... 9 17 6 .... ~ , • Wilts and Dorset lv .... 0 0 0 .... - GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 113 0 0 .... ('pool and Harrington Water 1 35 ,, W orks ..... 452 Bootle Ditto Stock .... 320 0 0 .... Liverpool Coal GasCompanyStock .... 345 • 0 0 .... 12p001 New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 196 .0 0 .... Ditto New Shares arc now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance! 1 , 25 paid 10 2 6 ... Company • Ocean Assurance Company ... 10 ...., 7 2 6 ..., Liverpool Fire and Life DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company 12 10s. 12 15 0 .... Woodside Ferry Egreinont Ferry Rock Ferry MOnk's Feu Steam Tug Company 6 ...: 2 8 6 .... Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) 2 .... 1 .7 6 .... -- (Polonceau) 2 .... 0 , 0 0 .... LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, July 25, 1838, DISCHARGED. I ADMITTED. In-patients cured Relieved and at own request 4 Out-patients Made Out-patients Irregular Dead Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Torshaw and Mr. Dawson. House Visitors—Mr. Gibbon and Mr. Ripley. Chaplain, the Rev. R. Davies.—llouse Surgeon, Mr. Nottingham. ' LOCK HOSPITAL. aseharged .13 I Admitted.. . In tke Hospital 4B Patients are admitted every day at 'l2 o'clock, Sunday eNcepted NORTHERN HOSPITAL WEEKLY REPORT. For the week ending JULY 28, 1838. PATIENTS ADMITTED. ; PATIENTS DISCHARGED. Accidents without recom- Cured IO mendation Medical and Surgical cases , Irrerm lar - o ° upon recommendation .... 13, Died 0 Remaining in the Hospital. B2 House Visitors, Rev. Dr. Ralph and D. Al`Vicear. Chaplain, Rev. H. S. Joseph.—Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. House Surgeon—Mr. Benjamin Blower. Donations and Subscriptions received by Messrs. Arthur Hey , wood, Sons, and Co.. and at all the' Liverpool Banks. JULY so. PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH' STATION, Saturday the sales ' GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—JuIy 27, 1837. 4,000. Prices are .flails made ' I Last Packets • Next Packets DESTINATION. ir.zi n On. Sailed. Due. :KI;',T, JULY 27. —-- Holland Tues. Sz Fri. Mon. Sc. Thurs. s. d. s. d. Hamburg & Swed. Tues. Sc Fri. 1 111 1 irscre Lisbon 0 0 0 0 Bzwn nza • Royal Tar Madeira ... 0 0 0 0 per ton Snain &, •ibralt ' 000 0 Malta and Greece.. 2nd Saturday Jnly 9. 000 0 Egypt and India .. 4th Saturday 506 0 Madeira Brazil & B. Ayres each month July 6. Amu 24. America ... Ist Wednes. Lapwing,July 7. Nlelville,Aug.ll r Jamai L'wa.rd Ist day of H,M.B. Pandor a E x p ress, JULY 28. tisi. & llaytt.. Laguira foreign have been oreign Wheat, but Mexico :nd lla- 1 15th day of 'I. M.B. Swift, Goldfin c h, ex- general demand as vans... JIM) 1 L'ward stocks. The sales . { -----4 • lsth day of 11.M.R. Tyrian, Magnet, Isl. 86 Hayti t runs of Irish red each month. Jul '8 Aug. 9. Y - , d_ and whitc.losl 9,1 Carthagena .. •• J LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, JULY 28. We have tjiis'week had a large importation of foreign Wheat, but of British Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal the supplies have been ex tremely limited ; in fact, so inadequate to the general demand as to cause considerable reduction in the granary stocks. The sales 'of Wheat have been at very full prices, the best runs of Irish red readily obtaining 10e, English red lOs 3d to lOs 6d, and white 108 9d to lls ; indeed, at yesterday's market a very choice sample of the latter brought lie 3d yer 70Ibs.—Flour has'inet a free sale at 50s to 52s for good up to 5,s per sack for extra marks of Irish, being is per sack above the quotations of this day se'nnight.—A little in crease in the country demand for Oats has enabled holders to realize an advance of id per bushel : 3s Id to 3s 4d per 45113 s have been the selling rates for Irish.—Oatmeal has also been in more request, and must be noted 6d to. 9d per load dearer than at the close of last week : 27s 3d per 2401bs has been paid for the best Irish.—Orders for Barley remain unexeeuted, from a want of tlt requisite supply : for good qualities our highest quotations would be given. —No change in the value of either Beans or Peas.—Several cargoes of bonded red Wheat have been sold, during the week, at 7s 6d to 7s 9d per 701bs, and it is now held for rather more money, with sew sellers. LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. From Direct. Indirect. From Direct. Indira , . Calcutta .. • nay .. 8 Pernam... '• ' June .. 12 Bombay .. China ..... Mauritius . April 10 St. Helena. Itio Janeiro Bahia .... ~ .• • LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE Rvn. t Ht. . H. I. H. M. F. Tuesday 31 517 550 10 Wednes. 1 i 628 7 F 3 10 Thursday 2 749 823 11 Friday 3 857 925 • 12 Saturday 4 I 953 10 17 13 Sunday 5 10 41 11 4 15 Monday 6 11 26 11 48 17 Length of night 811 18m. Lammas Day. Venus rises lh 27m Mont; Venus sets 51i 57m even. Mars rises lh lm morn. Bth Sunday after Trinity. Transfiguration. BIRTHS. On the 16th instant, Ellen, wife of Mr. John Owen, 01,11011.• street, Bolton, of one male and two female children, who have -respectively been baptized by the names of Henry. Anne, and Elizabeth, - 7The mother and chi Pren are all doing well. On the 23d instant, Lady Bohert Grosvenor, of a son. On the 24th instant, at Gateacre, the lady of Captain Frederick Grant, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th instant, at Queen-street Chapel, Chester,by the Rev. Samuel Luke, Mr. George Walker, of W avertree, to Miss Ellen Hewitt, of Chester. On the 17th instant, at Llanbchlig, Mr. ArbuthnOt Blain; of this town, to Laura, widow of the late John Jones, Esq. of Demerars - . , Same day,- at Wrexham, Edward. Williams Esq. surgeon, .to Sarah, youngest daughter of Joseph Cooper, Esq. • • Same day, at Llantielig Church, John Mellington, Esq. solicitor, to Mary Ann, youngest caughter of E. Parry, Esq. Brun GWylfa, Twthill, Carnarvon. On the 21st instant, at the Old Church, Macclesfield, by theEerc W. C. Cruttenden, Mr. Thomas A. Braddock, of that town, to Miss Maria Keating, of this town. On the 25th instant, at St. George's Church, Everton, Mr. J. Cleworth to Jane, daughter of the late William Woods, Esq. Sea View, Kirkdale. Same day, at St. George's Church, Birmingham, Mr. James Griffiths, of this town, third son of the late Mr. Jeremiah Griffiths, of Lea-hall, Radnorshire, to Mary Ann, only daughter of Mr. John Thomas, Bordesley-place, Birmingham: On the 26th instant. at St. Philip's Church, at Mr. Peter West to Miss Sarah Kendall, of Whitehaven. Same day, at St. Margaret's Church,Wcstminster, Mr. Hamilton, eldest son of WilliaM Ilamilton, Esq. late Minister at the Court of Naples, to the Hon. Miss Dillon; one- of the 'Maids of Honour to her Majesty. - • • • ' LIVERPOOL PR (Quoted as duty paid, except Asuns, ciff cwt. s. d. s. d. ontreal, Pot 25 6e 27 6 Pearl, new 3 .3 6 —33 6 U.States, Pot.. none. Pearl ...... none. BARK, Quereit. l5 0 —l6 6 Oak, 41 3, ton £s 10 7 15 German BRIMSTONE, 'ton Sicily, &c. Tuscany CASSIA LIONEA, S. d. S d. olff cwt. in bond 54 0 —56 6 CLOVER-SEED, 4P' Cwt. American, red 60 0 —9O 0 Dutch 7O 0 —9O 0 French & Germ 70 0 —9U 0 COCOA, IV cwt. Trinidad 4O 0 —45 0 Grenada 4O 0 —43 0 Brazil 34 0 —36 0 COFFEE, 4fr cwt. in bond. 150 0-101 0 Jama. triage.. ordinary . good&fin 0rd.103 0-110 0 middling —. l / 2 0-118 0 good mid. —l2O e-129 0 fine mid. Szc. 130 0-136 0 Dutch, triage.. 45 0-85 0 r • 1.9 0 0-96 0 ordinary sG An . e . 0 . go middling 9 8 0107 0 Ti. , fi n od e mid. d Ste. l 110 0-115 0 Mocha BO 0 --95 0 Ceylon B4 0 —BB 0 Java 45 0 —55 .0 Havana good Szfin.ord.46 0 —5O 0 St. Domingo 40 0 —l2 0 Brazil 37 0 —42 0 Lagaira 45 0 —5O 0 DYEWOOPS, Aff ton .C. s. S. Longwood, Jam.lo 10 —ll 0 lion. & Dom.lo 10 —ll 0 Cainpeachy 14 0 —l5 0 Fustic, Span 6 0 6 10 Tampico 4 0 6 0 Cuba NICARAGUA Wool). Rio de la Hache solid rough 5 0 6 10 small Lima, solid Barwood, Ango. 6 10 7 10 Gaboon 4 0 4 10 Camwood 13 0 —l9 0 Red. San. Wood 6 15 7 0 FLAX, #t ton. Riga, P.T.R. —42 0 —44 0 P'burg, 9 head .3•i 0 —37 0 Archangel 34 0 Dutch & Flem. 38 0 —BO 0 GALLS, 41 r cwt, Turkey. blue ..73 0 —BO 0 mixed 60 0 —65 0 East India 68 0 —72 0 GINGEIt, 41 7 cwt. Ilarbadoes 47 0 —52 0 Jamaica 80 ,0 —l2O 0 E. India, n bond 21 0 —2B 0 Gum, 4 , cwt. Arabic,Turkey. 70 0 —l4O-0 East India. 25 0 —55 0 Barbary 50 0 —6O 0 Senegal 6510 —67 0 HEMP, V ton. s. £ s. P'burg, clean ..31 10 —32 0 outshot.3o 10 Riga, Rhine.... 32 10 —33 0 outshot.32 0— Archangel ...... 29 10 —3O 0 Manila ..... 0 —3O 10 80mbay.......: 19 0 —2l 0 Jute ....... 11 5 —ll 10 Mins, Ox and Cow, Vth B. Ayres & Monte Video, drv. inferior Sc mid.o 61— 0 It good Sz prime •.0 8.47- 0 81 Do. salted . • 0 41— 0 441 N.Arner.salted 0 31— 0 3i' Brazil 0 44 0 5 dry salted 0 44 0 54 Rio, dry 0 7 0 74 Valparaiso,dry 0 51— 0 5i Odessa, Szc.dry 0 6 0 7 ..00 00 W. India, dry. 0 54 0 6 East Indisaalted. 6 4 1 4 0 / . Kips, B.A.dry.o 0 81 Horse, d. each 8 6 —ll 8 HORSE HAIR, cif lb. Short mixed long tails ... 1 4 1 8 combed 1 9 2 9 Immo( lb, in bond. Bengal. pur. Rc violet 6 6 7 3 • blue &; violet 6 6 7 3 blue none violet, g.& fine 6 3 7 0 ord, & mid. 5 3 6 3 Violet &cop. 4 9 6 0 mixed....SS cop. g. & fine. 5 9 6 3 ord. & mix . 4 3 5 6 pu.quality - nee. ... . 3 6 5 6 Madras Gultimala, 47 lb. Floras Sobres 5 0 6 0 Cortes Caraccas, Floras 6 0— 6 6 Sobres 5 0 6 0 Cortes LAC DYE, 41 , _ _ D.T. and prime. 1 10 —.3 6 mid. to good 0 10 r— 1 9 ord. & inferior 0 6 0 10 MADDER ROOTS, W cwt. Smyrna 37 0 —39 0 Tripoli & Syria 26 0 —3l 0 French 32 6 —3l 0 Naples 26 0 —29 0 CES CURRENT. It when mentioned in bond.) MADDER, 47 cwt. a. d. S. d. Dutch, crop 50 0 —56 0 Ombro 32 0 —3B 0 Gamene 18 0 —39 0 Mull French, S.F. 33 0 —36 0 S.F.F 37 0 0 E.S.P 4O 0 —42 0 B.S.P. F. 44 0 -,-46 0 Spanish 25 0 —2B MOLASSES, 41) . Trinidad, &c. 26 0 —27 0 Demerara, &c 26 6 —27 0 Bar. & Antigua 27 6 —3O 0 MuNJEET, 47 cwt. 12 0 —l4 0 OIL, Olive, 47 252 galls. Gallipoli - £53 0 —54 0 Trieste 49 10 —5O 0 Sicily 49 0 —5O 0 Malaga 4B 0 —49 0 Portugal, &c. 46 0 - -48 0 Levant 47 0 —5O 0 Palm, 47 ton 39 0 — ;:9 10 Fish, 41 1 2.52 galls. Seal, pale 33 15 —34 5 brown 30 (1 —3l U Cod 35 0 - LINSEED, 4• cu 1.28 0 —2B '6 Rape, pale do. 4O 6 —4l 0 Turpen.V cwt 64 0 —65 0 Ries, cwt. Carolina, dress. 31 0 —36 0 in bond 23 6 —25 0 Bengal, ord. d 0.13 0 —l4 0 mid. to fine 15 0 —l6 0 African 10 —ll 0 RUM,' gallon, in bond. JaMiica, 12 to 16 o.p 3 7 3 10 stronger.. choice marks SAFFLOWER, clp cwt. Bengal, good Sz tine £4 0— 5 10, Ord. Bt. mid llO 3 0 4 Bombay SALTPETRE, 47 cwt. s. d. s. d. East India 20 6 —27 0 South American 13 6 —l3 9 SHELL LAC, 4' cwt. in bond. orange B5 0 —l3O 0 liver & black 6O 0 —BO 0 SKINS, Neutria, 47 dox 8 0 —l2 0 Chinchilli, do 20 0 —25 0 Seal, each 1 7 3 0 SIIUMAC, 4f cwt. Sicily 13 0 —l3 6 Malaga l2 0 —l2 6 Trieste Verona Tyrolese SUGUI. 411 7 cmt. B.P, Muscovado moistbrown..49 0 —5O 6 dry brown ..51 0 —34 0 good & mid... 54 6 —59 0 fine St v.fine..6o 0 —65 0 Mauritius, dabs fir moist. 48 0 —49 0 brown 50 0 —52 6 yellow 53 0 —56 0 fine yellow 57 0 —62 0 East India, Bengal ord. white... :58 0 —62 0 good & fine 64 0 —65 6 extra fine .. • 66 0 —69 0 Manilla,in Lond 19 0 —2l 0 llavana, do. brown yellow 26 0 .-29 0 white, ord 35 0 —37 0 good & fine 38 0 —4O 0 Braz►l, in bond. brown l6 0 —22 0 yellow 21 0 —25 0 white, ord 26 " 0 —2B 0 good & fine. 29 0 —33 0 TALLOW, tr COY!. • P'burgh, Y.C: 48 0 —4B 6 Odessa 4B 0 —4B 3 Archangel 46 0 Buenos Ayres 42 0 —44 0 TAR, bri. Stockholm l7 0 —lB 0 Archangel 16 6 —l7 0 Carolina l6 0 —l6 6 Virginia none TARTAR, 4F col Cream cf Tartar 65 0 —6B 0 brown & yel. 44 0 —6O 0 TEA, 1b in bond Bohea, Canton 1 1 3 Fokein 1 2 1 3 Cong rn o i u d ,.c t o o rn fii . ie 1 1 6 3 4 6 Twankay, corn . I 51— mid. to good 1 6 1 7 Pekoe, Orange . 1 8 3 6 c com. to good none llyson Skin mid. to fine 1 5 1 7 Souchong, corn 1 4 1 6 good to fine 1 9 3 0 Pekoe, flowery - 0 4 6 Ilyson, corn 2 0 2 4 fine 3 0 3 9 Young Ilyson.. 1 11 2 4 Imperial 10 Gunpowder, good 8: fine 3 3 4 0 TOBACCO, 4' lb. bond. J. River, Leaf .. 0 3 0 6 Steinmed -- --- Kentucky 0 6 0 8 Maryland TURMERIC, 4' cut in bond. Bengal l2 0 —lB 0 TURPENTINE, CZOi. American. ll 0 —l2 6 IVALoNIA, ion. £ S. £ S. Smyrna, picked 12 0 —l9 0 Morea 10 0 —l3 0 WAX, BEES', 4 cwt. in bond. African S 0 9 10 East India 8 10 9 10 American 8 10 —lO 0 DIED. On the Ist May,.at Benin, Africa, on board the brig Robert, aged 2-1, Mr. Philip Kennagh, cooper, of this town. On the 18th ult. Abraham Stansfield, Esq. Ewood, near Tod morden, aged 31. He embarked, at Savannah, for New York, on board of the ill-fated American steamer Pulaski, and, after the ex plosion of her boiler, floated several days on a part of the wreck. exposed,to much suffering and privation. Mr. Stansfield was much and deservedly respected, and his untimely death will be long and deeply lamented by relatives and friends. On the l , th instant, at his residence, London, George Follett, Esq. late of this town, aged 70. On the 11th instant, aged 37, Mr. Stephen Jones, book-keeper, Thurlow-street. On the 12th Instant i _at Ormskirk, ag e d • 45 Robert Evans, Esq. Great Nelson-street North. _ . On the 14th instant, at the house of Mr. Sicre, in Shaw's-brow. aged 23, Mr. Thomas Hilldown, late officer of Excise, and formerly of Peas Marsh. Sussex. On the 15th instant, aged 21, Mr. Joseph Jones, late of the United States, book-keeper. Same day, aged 58, Mr:William Holmes, Gradwell-street, deeply reg,retted. On the 19th instant, aged 49, Dr. Sims, of Cavendish-square , London. On the 20th instant, Margaret, wife of Mr. John Anderton, eovr" keeper, Lambert-street, and eldest daughter of Mr. Edward Web ster• spirit-merchant, St. Helen's ; and on the 22d instant, aged 3 years, Mary. daughter of the above. On the 21st instant, in the '73d year of his age, the Chriemag Evans, Baptist Minister at Carnarvon. This venerable and respected minister of the Gospel departed this life at the house of the Rev. Daniel Davies, at Swansea. He had been for fifty-three vears zealous, popular, and successful preacher in the Welsh Baptist Connexion. On the 21st instant, at his residence, Thistleberry House, near Newcastle, Staffordshire, Samuel Mayer, Esq. senior magistrate , and alderman of the borough, in the 72d year of his age. On the 23d instant, aged 30, Mary, wife of Mr. Thomas MorphY• blacksmith, Clarence-street. She was much respected, and will be long remembered by a large circle of friends. On the 24th instant, at his brother's house, near Builth, Brecon shire.M r. John Watkins, of the Liverpool Branch Bank of England , aged 39, leaving a wife and fi ve children to deplore their-loss. On the 27th instant. at his residence , Great Homer -street, Mr' William Aspinall, aged 54 years. On the 28th instant, at her residence, Creer-street, after a pro tracted illness, aged 73, Mrs. Mary Williams, firmly relying on the merits of her Redeemer. Same day, aged 73, Mr. Swinnerton, Bedford-street. f Same day, at Windsor. in his 70 th year, Mr. Bradley, father o f Mr. Bradley, surgeon. Mr. B. was a man of high scientific attain ment, and author of " The Elements of Geography," an " lutruj duction - to--.4-e4ronomy and the Use of the Globes," and sev c " - a n l s l t , a o n f t, vv ag a i l , t d en 9 . months, Edwin, only °f .. 5 o l or l . e nN r ltr w hi le o u r 2a k ,n s t . hni 0 Same day, at Childwall, J ose ph. M e ll or, E sq. o f Everton, late Bahia, aged 34. 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Quay, Dublin; Mr. M'Phun, Glasgow •, Mr. Wheeler Exclian street, Manchester ; Mr. Haddock, and Messrs. J. and %V.Beld Booksellers, Warrington ; Mr. Clarke, Pilot-office. Preston ; 3 Mr. Coupe, 33, Union-street, Birmingham. Terms of Subscription for this paper credit, one year, £2 65.; half-year, LI 3. quarter, 11s. 6d.—lf paid in advances ° ll year, £2 21. half-year, IL ) 1 15 ; queX tan 'Qs 6d.- LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARi(ET, JULY 27. There has been more demand for refining Sugar, and the sales amount to 1300 hhds B.P. at steady prices. 1400 bags Bengal sold at 63s to 645. No sales in Mauritius. The sales in Foreign Sugar consist of 200 chests Brazil, at our quotations.—The demand for Molasses is still limited, and in order to effect sales the holders have submitted to lower prices, 200 puns Antigua, of good quality-, having been taken from the quay at 26s 6d to 26s 9d per cwt.— Coffee. The demand for Plantation has been extensive, and the sales comprise 370 casks Jamaica, at extreme prices ; the stock held by importers is very moderate for the present period of the year; a few small lots of Demerara were sold at the quotations. Nothing of moment done in Foreign.-50 bags good black Pepper sold at 41d.—No transactions in Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento. —nice. The only sale reported in East India is 300 bags Bengal, at 13s ad to 15s 6rl per cwt. Carolina, from the high prices at which it is held by the cleaners, is now only taken for home-use, for which purpose 30 tees are reported at 36s per cwt. duty paid.—Rum. There is a good demand for all descriptions of Plantation, but, from the market being almost without a supply, the sales are limited to 100 puns Antigua and Demerara, at 4s 2d to 4s 7d per gallon, according to quality and strength. Small sales for Bengal and Carraccas Indigo have been made a+ very full prices.—The following sales are reported, viz. 67 chests Lac Dye at 111 d to 13d per lb ; 20 chests Shell Lac at 82s 6d ; 20 hhds Tineal at 66s to 66s 6d per cwt; 212 bagl Bombay Mother-of- Pearl Shells at £l7 per tun ; 200 bags Pearl Sago as 14s 6d ; and a few tons Bengal Turmeric at 17s, in bond.—There has been more inquiry for Saltpetre, and higher prices have been realized, more particularly for the lower qualities ; the sales are about 2500 bags, at 23s 6d to 26s 6d.—Nitrate of Soda has been more inquired for, and about 2000 bags have been sold, principally at 13s 6d. The holders of Logwood, being firm in their demands, have ob tained £l4 to £l5 for about 30 tons of Campeachy, and for the same quantity of Jamaica £lO lOs; Fustic is advancing, and about 50 tons of various kinds sold ; common Spanish at £6 ss, Tampico at .£B, and Cuba at £11; 40 tons of solid Nicaragua Wood sold at £ '0 to £l3 ' • 50 tons Barwood, Gaboon at £4, and Angola at £6 10 s, and a few tons of Sapan Wood and Camwood at steady prices.—Turp entine lins again declined ; 1300 brls have been sold at 12s 2d to 12s 3d; the parcel sold at 12 3d was of good quality.—Nothing new in American Tar —Montreal Pot Ashes are rather lower ; several small parcels of new Ashes have been sold at 27s 6d ; new Pearl Ashes go off slowly at 33s 6d.—There is no alteration in Quercitron Bark, and only a few hlids Philadelphia have been disposed of, at 6d.—Nothing done in Cloverseed or Flaxseed.—Hides. Sales to a fair extent have been effected, at former prices, consisting of 4500 salted Buenos Ayres Ox, at 414 to 41d, 630 dry West India at 52d, 1000 dry salted Brazil at 41d to sd, and 160 wet salted at 4d per lb ; also a few bales short Horse Hair at 81d per lb.—The sales of Tobacco amount to about 120 hhds, of which 56 hhds were taken for Ireland, and the remainder by the home-trade. - Advices have been received from Naples this week, bringing the decree of the Neapolitan Goveznment,with respect to the monopoly of Brimstone granted to a French Company, has caused the market to be very active, and prices are again lOs to 15s per ton higher ; the sales are about 900 tons, at £8 lOs to £5 per ton for good quality. —There has only been a moderate demand for Shumate ; 300 bags Sicily have been disposed of at 13s to 13 3d, and a few bags Verona and Tyrolese, the former at 7s 9d, and the latter at 8s 3d per cwt.— Small sales in Argols and Cream of Tartar at previous prices.— Scarcely an inquiry for Madders or Madder Roots.—There has been more business doing in Olive Oil ; the sales are 100 tuns, the chief part of which is Seville, at £46 to £47 per tun.—A further cargo of pale Seal Oil has arrived, and about half sold at £34 from the quay ; in Cod Oil but little business doing.—Seed Oils continue in limited request, and prices remain steady ; some holders - of pale Rape are, however, not inclined to sell at present rates.—Of Palm Oil there is less offering for sale, the principal holders not being disposed to sell unless at advanced rates ; early in the week a parcel was sold at £3B, part in irregular packages; sales have since been effected at £39 to £39 lOs per ton.—Oil of Turpentine continues in limited request.—llemp meets a ready sale at the prices quoted.—ln Flax little doing.—Tallow is in better request, and the business, although limited, is at full rates ; some good Buenos Ayres has brought 43s 3d to 44s per cwt. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JuLY 27. There has been a fair demand from the trade, but at no improve ment in price-,'excepting for Egyptian, the- extensive inquiry for which has caused an advance of id per lb. 1500 Egyptian and-750 American are taken on speculation, and 1200 American and 300 Surat for exportation. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON. Prom the 20th inst. to this day inclusive. I i ~' ~~ '_ 1