The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-08-12 00:00:00

CONTEMPORARY PRESS. We have nothing of much moment to announce from 1 the seat of war in Spain, except that General Cordova is displaced from his command, to be succeeded by General Saarsfield. Much has been said of the treachery or in capacity of Cordova. As to his treachery, we do not be lieve it—he had no possible motive for not exerting him self heart and soul in the cause of the Queen ; and we are certain that the reports of his disaffection came from quarters in which prevailed an anxiety that their own ignorance or cowardice should be covered by throwing the blame upon the Spanish general. He ce . rtainly did not show any of the great points of a general in his cam paigns, but he was not less unlucky th an Saarsfield, who displaces him. The British Auxiliary Legion has been a great misfortune to the cause of the Queen. It has excited the jealousy of the natives, and its exertions in the field have not promoted the objects of the war. At present it appears to be in a state of utter disorganisa tion. Some of the regiments ordered to embark for San tander mutinied, and refused to stir until they had re ceived their due arrears of pay. The cor res p on d en t o f the Morning Chron i cle is very angry about this: lie says — They doggedly refused to move. They were not insolent, but coolly argued the point, and declared that they hag been too often deceived by promises to rely on them now. Whatever right the men may have had to complai n o f h av i ng b een so l ong kept in arrear, it was revolting to see them so perfectly callous to every consideration by which the feelings of soldiers may generally be wrought upon. Thi s s t a t e o f thi ngs l as t e d for - some time; a part of the regiment at length was induced to march on to the Mole; but there they stopped short." . If we consider th e wor d so ldi er e ty mo l og i ca lly, th e y did what those wh o fir s t u s ed th em calculat e d u pon thei r doing—if, without going so far, we consider the position of the men of this Legion, we cannot fairly blame, them for demanding, as a right, that which could have been their sole inducement to enter a service which in no way concerned them or their country. Things speedily be came worse in this Legion—we again quote the cor respondence of the Morning Chronicle:— "On Sunday a very unpleasant business occurred. The 6th belongs to Brigadier t'itzgerald's brigade : that officer had all the troops under his command drawn up on Sunday; and having had three or four of the known ringleaders in the late undiscip lined scenes tried by regimental court martial, by which they were sentenced to receive a certain number of lashes each, the drummers upon being ordered to inflict the punishment refused. Col. Fitzgerald then addressing the commanding officer of the 3d, or Westminster Grenadiers, asked if he could depend upon his men; and upon receiving an answer in the affirmative, he gave the word to the 3d to prime and load: the men of the 6th looked rather crest-fallen at this, but recovered at seeing that the 3d did not obey the order, which was peremptorily repeated without effect; the 6th then set up an insulting laugh !. and Colonel Fitzgerald retired." All this is very well among men who maintain that military discipline can be kept up without corporal punishment; but it surely masks that the army cannot be depended upon. We do not wonder that Col. Evans is indisposed. Massacres have taken place at Malaga and other towns. Horrors of every kind seem to be the or der of the day in Spain.—Standard. We copy the following passage from an Irish Roman Catholic newspaper, the Waterford Chronicle : "It is unnecessary to call attention to the letter of Mr. 'Connell, every line of it will be perused, not only in this country and in England, but in every part of the globe where the English language is spoken. The hideous, the intolerable tyranny, which has endowed with more than regal wealth a churchkof a mere fraction of the people, must be denounced and iuveiehed against with determination and perseverance, till, witlitheapprobation of all right•minded men, it be removed from the land which it has so long rendered a prey to anarchy, and deluged with blood." This is tolerably illustrative of the spirit of the party. The following extract from the same journal will supply a light as to its practices:— "On Wednesday evening last five nuns from Warren Mount Convent, Dublin, arrived here on a short visit to the ladies of the Ursuline House, before they proceed to Tallow, in the west of this county, where we understand the Rev E. Condon, P.P., who accompanies them, has prepared for them a respectable Convent House, to which are attached large free schools,under the superintendence of the Board of Education." The connection of the Ursuline Convent with the Board of Education is not described in any Encylical, genuine or parody; and, therefore, we presume the mem bers of the board will think it deserving of an explana tion.—Standard. We have good reason to believe that Lord Melbourne and more than one of his colleagues have for some time felt the state of disreputable bondage in which they are kept by Ireland's bane and England's curse. That such is likewise the opinion of "many of the respectable of the whig party—we Mean those whigs who remember the names and the times of Lord Rockingham and Mr. Fox, and who know that those two statesmen would have spurned with indignation the disgraceful union which is now thrust upon their successors—is, be believe, equally undeniable. There are those, too, among the latter, who make no secret of their conviction, that were Lord Mel bourne's government to cast off this disgraceful incubus, they would acquire aid from other quarters more than equal to the numerical loss which they would sustain.— This latter conjecture, however, does not appear so pro bable. Taking Mr. O'Connell's votes at 36, and assum ing that they would all follow the defection of their leader, in the event of the administration breaking with him, we see no quarter from which such a loss could be repaired. But there is another view of the matter which the go vernment, we should think, might safely take, and that is comprised in the question, what would become of this section of the house, and of their votes, were Lord Mel bourne to rid his government of the degrading tyranny of their leader ? To us it appears that they would have but three alternatives before them,—either to secede from the house altogether, to go over to the conservatives, or to continue to vote with the government. There are abundant reasons why the first of these suggestions could not be resorted to ; and, as to the second, besides the non tali auxzlzo of the conservatives themselves, the deser tion and inconsistency would be too palpable and degrad ing even for the tail ttself to resort to ; and, therefore, mortifying as such a state of things might be, and how ever hollow the attachment, they would have apparently, no choice as to still continuing to serve those whom they have hitherto ruled. But what, demands the radical press, would be the state of Ireland, were ministers to let go the sheet anchor which now secures its tranquillity ? reply to this we have a panacea ready at hand. Let mi nisters, whoever they may be, do justice to Ireland—jus tice in its true and essential character, not the one-sided justice of which Mr. O'Connell is the advocate—and not only the same, but a much greater state of tranquillity than now reigns in Ireland, would be the speedy, certain consequence. There are no people on the face of the earth more quick-sighted or susceptible of gratitude than the Irish; while those very qualities lay them open to be the readily excited dupes of the demagogue and professing friend, more especially when priestly influence is brought in aid of the deception. But what has the whig government done to draw aside the veil, or to undeceive the Irish peo ple? Have they not grossly aided the deception, by lending themselves to fallacious grievances while passing- over real ones ? We ask again, as we have repeatedly before done, what has O'Connell and what has the government at his beck and call done, to benefit the great mass of the peo ple of Ireland ? Do municipal reform, or church reform, important and valuable as they may be in themselves, constitute the real wants of Ireland ? Is the much-ban died appropriation clause a matter about which, if rightly informed, the people of Ireland can care one farthing ? No—it is the residence of the absent landowner, relief from destitution and misery, ample employment at home, the introduction of capital, and th ese accompanied by a general and enligntened system of e d ucat i on, that Con stitute the real wants of Ireland. How these have been attended to by Ireland's self-appointed c h amp i on an d all-professing friend, it is needless to inquire. But let Lord Melbourne's government, in the any government, look the real state of Ireland fairly the face, and apply its anxious and prompt aid to the removal of th e rea l ev il s under which Ireland labours, and Mr. O'Connell, backed by his parliamentary strength, would soon becom e com paratively powerless, and the people themselves as in different to his aid, as they are now unfortunately blinded into a belief of its importance.—Morning Herald. OUR NOBLE SELVES.—The following is a list of the worthies who recorded, by their votes of Tuesday night, the perfect confidence which they entertained of the wis dom and virtue of their own conduct:— Lord J. Russell Mr. Labouchere Mr. T. S. Rice Lord Palmerston Sir J. C. Hobhouse Lord Howick Mr. C. P. Thomson Lord Morpeth Sir R. Donkin Mr. It. C. Fergusson Sir J. Campbell Sir It. M. Rolfe Lord Seymour Mr. F. Baring Sir George Grey Mr. E. J. Stanley • Mr. R. Steuart Sir E. T. Troubrulge Mr. R. M. O'Ferrall Mr. C. Wood Lord Dolmen y Colonel Anson Mr. J. A. Murray Colonel Leith Hay Mr. Mr. R. Gordon Mr. O'Loghlin Sir C. Adam Mr. Fox Maule Lord C. Fitzroy lion. G. Byng Sir IL Parnell Here are thirty-one modest personages whose votes counted in the majority, and yet the balance in favour of the majority was only 29. Who can doubt, after well considering this matter, that the administration is very strong ? It is true that in the House of Lords there is a majority of four to One against it, but then the House of Commons y es, in the House of Commons—they are only in a minority of two, when their own votes are ex cluded, and they may vote for themselves whenever they please. — Weekly Post. CURRENTS OF THE OctaN .1, Publication, It will be periment to ascertain the directio n of t f t"ing account of an ex- Atlantic has been forwarded to us for currents in the South a bottle, cast seen that it consists of an inscription jot= ()int to which on shore iu the Brazils, and of a statement oifutsdep the b o ttl e was carried :—" This bottle was thrown overboard Da r _ from the Forte,cue, of Dublin, in latitude V 10. tude 27 ° 10' west, on the 3d November, 1835, Benjamin longi lev. This is intended to ascertain the current; , e 1 ) ,: n "!" it up is requested to acknowledge it by publication." 7 ri r , Pivki The bo ' tie was found on the beach, five leagues N. W. Ceara, 7th De cember, 1835• Imperial Parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.-MONDAY. STAMP DUTIES (NEWSPAPERS) BILL. Viscount MELBOURNE, in rising to move that the newspaper stamp duties bill be committed, said he felt it proper briefly to call their lordships' attention to the principal objects and pro. visions of this measure, to the reasons which rendered it neces sary to bring the bill forward, and to the very great importance of the subject to which it related. The object of the bill was, in the first instance, greatly to reduce the duty on newspaper stamps. 'Ehe duty had hitherto been 4d. on each paper, with a discount of 20 per cent., making a real charge of 31 and the one-fifth of a penny, which it was proposed at once to reduce to Id. The duty at present produced about 1:450,0(X) per annum. T here would, of course, in consequence of this alter ation, be a loss to the revenue of upwards of £300,000. But when they considered the increase of revenue which would be derived from the additional number of newspapers that Would be sold—when they considered the increase of duty on the en larged quantity of paper that would be consumed—and further, when they considered the increase of the duty on advertise ments, it would be found that the loss to which he had adverted would be in a great measure covered. Their lordships would, he was sure, feel, looking to the great power of the press—look ing to its extensive influence—looking to the effect which it was calculated to produde on the morals, temper, and character of the people, that there were many other considerations connect ed with this subject of a far higher and graver description than that which was merely of a pecuniary nature. In the fist place, by making the proposed reduction, they would facilitate the general dissemination of knowledge throughout the coun try by means of the public press, and they would give an ex tension of liberty to the press which had never before been en- , j oyed by this or any other country. There was another most important object which he trusted would be effected by this measure. It would, he had every reason to believe, put an end to that contraband trade in newspapers which had been going on for a considerable time. Individuals perfectly conversant with the subject, were decidedly of opinion that the sale of those unstamped publications had increased from 50,000 to 250,000 a-week within . the last month. When the officers went to Cleave's printing:office, which they had a right to do, as they were informed that a press not regularly registered was in full employment, they found- 40,000 copies of his paper already printed, and the press was in the act of being employed in throwing off between 200 and 300 copies an hour. Now, the present measure was intended to put an end to such a state of things. By diminishing the stamp duty they would diminish the temptation to violate the law, which arose entirely from the profit which, under the existing system, was realized, at the same time that all the power necessary for the protection of this large branch of revenue was provided and secured. The bill gave authority to the magistrates to empower the officers to en ter the premises of those relative to whom they had received in formation—even to break open doors, and at once to seize those illegal publications. The provisions of this bill did away with the existing temptation; it armed the revenue with sufficient power to put down the evil which had been so much complain ed of, and it gave ample protection to the fair and honest trader. His lordship concluded by moving that the house re solve itself into a committee on the bill. In committee, the ten first clauses were agreed to without ob servation. On the 11th clause (which enacts that a return of all the pro prietors of newspapers shall he made to the Stamp-office (half yearly) being read, Lord LYNDHURST said he admitted to the fullest extent the importance of this measure, which had for one of its objects the putting an end to the unstamped press, and the giving just se curity to the fair and honest trader. He admitted that it was the bounden duty of their lordships to prevent that violation of the law which the noble viscount had adverted to, and which had continued for too long a time. He did not rise to oppose that part of the bill which was calculated to put a stop to such illegal proceedings, but the noble viscount would recollect that he had some time since stated his insuperable objection to the clause which they were now called on to consider, and it was his intention to move that it should be expunged from the bill. His objection extended also to the following clause, and to schedule B, annexed to the bill, all relating to the same subject —the registration of all the proprietors of a newspaper at the Stamp-office half-yearly. He should state in a few words what was the effect of these clauses. By them it was enacted that the name of every proprietor of a newspaper, however numerous those proprietors might be, together with his occupation, in ad dition, and his place of residence, should be registered at the Stamp-elfice. Not only should his name be registered at the Stamp-office, but his share and interest in the newspaper must also he stated. And these clauses further provided, that in case of any transfer of a share, or of the transfer of any part of a share, such transfer should be notified at each registration half yearly. Now a system more arbitrary, more inquisitorial, more unjust, or more unnecessary was never resorted to than that which was countenanced by this bill, a proposition of the truth of which he was sure he should be able to convince their lord ships before he sat down. The act of 38 George 111., passed in the year 1798, required the registration of the printer and pub lisher, and of two proprietors bolding as large shares as any other proprietor. That law had been in operation neatly forty years; it had been uniformly found effective; no instance could be adduced in which it had failed to reach substantial defen dants. A still further safeguard, however, had been given in 1830, which required that security should be given to the amount of £4OO by p arties . setting up a newspaper, in order to meet a verdict ()thorned in a civil action, or penalties following a cri minal prosecution. Such was the law at present; and it was evident that the government thought it gave security enough, because the government had contented themselves with simply re-enacting it in the bill before their lordships. The clauses to which he objected were not clauses of the government, but had been forced upon them in the last stage of the measure. The whigs, he observed, had been most clamorous in their opposition even to the act of 1798. It was true the whigs were then candi dates for what they now had got—place. (Laughter.) In consequence of this opposition, many alterations were made in the ministerial measure. The then Attorney-General (Lord Eldon) wished to have the names of three proprietors register ed; but the Speaker (Mr. Addington) considered that that was going too far—that it was asking for more than was necessary for the object which the bill had in view, and in consequence two ytuyrietors were eitAstituted for three. Such was the pro ceeding in 1798; such the conduct of the whigs at that time; and the act had remained in force from that time to the present. Its provisions were absolutely in the first instance embodied in the bill now before their lordships. But see what the more modern whigs had been brought to do now. They would have their lordships register every proprietor of a newspaper, his residence, his condition, all circumstances connected with him— the amount of his share, the transfer of that share, or of any portion of it. If this proposition came from the quarter which he understood it did proceed from, it only afforded one more instance that persons who were most clamorous about liberty, who talked most loudly about the 'freedom of the press, who were radical and root-and-branch men, were always found, when they had any selfish object in view, to be more arbitrary, more grinding, more unsparing, and more searching in their tyranny than any other set of individuals whatever. (Cheers.) The bill contained the clauses in question iu addition to the mo ney clauses; and were they to be told, that leaving the money clauses unnoticed, not objecting to them in the slightest degree, they had no right to touch those regulation clauses? If they were told that they could not alter clauses of this nature—that they could not in any way interfere with them because they formed part of a money bill, then he would say that they were deprived of a great part of their most important privileges, and the sooner they came to a right understanding on the question the better. He was not at all averse to the rest of the bill, - and if it were insisted that these were money clauses, and that any alteration of them would be an infringement of the privileges of the House of Commons, there was still a remedy to his Ma jesty's government. Let them send up another bill in the same form as the present, omitting these objectionable clauses, and that the bill might be passed; or they might do better, by send ing up a bill taking off the duty altogether, and not keeping up this complicated machinery and the extensive establishment necessary for levying the paltry tax of Id. on each newspaper. He contended, however, that the house was en titled to reject these clauses. They had nothing whatever to do with the money clauses,—they were mere clauses of reg ulation and of police, and were contrary to every principle justice—contrary to the principle recognised and adopted in the year 1798—con trary to the policy of his majesty's government itself, and they had found their way into the bill in consquence of the weakness of his majesty's ministers, in listening to the dictation of others in the Commons' House of Parliament. The clauses were defended by the Lord - Chancellor, Lord Melbourne, and the Marquis of Lansdown ; and opposed by Lord Wynford, and the Duke of Wellington. Their lordships then divided— For the clauses (content) 4O Against them (not content) 6l Majority The remaining clauses of the bill were agreed to, the dial,- man reported progress, and the report was ordered to be re ceived to morrow. The several bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and the house adjourned at eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MoNnAy. The Trinity harbour bill was thrown out by a majority of I, there being for the second reading, 29; against, 30. REGISTRATION OF VOTERS' BILL. Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the third reading of this bill. Mr. PRAED having, moved an amendment, The house divided on the motio❑ that the bill do pass— Ayes... BO N - oes 23 Majority • The post4iffice bill was then passed. The slave-owners compensatio❑ bill was read a second time, and the common law courts' bill it third time, and passed. The house then went into committee of supply, and several votes were agreed to. On the vote for a grant of I.:38,500 for the advancement of education iu Ireland, Mr. Serjeant JACKSON said he would not divide the house upon this vote, but he must say, that instead of this being a grant to support a system of united education, it was, on the contrary, for a system white had turned out to be exclusively Roman catholic. It was a well-known fact that 24 of the new schools in Ireland had been under the superintendence of monks and nuns. (Hear.) So exclusively Homan catholic were these schools in their character that they were called priests' schools, and he complained of that state of the new system of education, because the protestants of the country ought to be more re garded. The protestants of Ireland had been considerably un derrated, but he had not the least doubt that they amounted to 2,000,0(X). (Laughter from the ministerial benches.) Hon. gentlemen might laugh, but he had data to prove that to be nearly the actual number. But, at all events, the protestants of Ireland were a body sufficient to demand respect, and he trusted their interests would not be wholly slighted. The vote was agreed to without a division. On the vote for £8,928 for the Roman catholic college at Maynooth being put, Mr. A. TitEvon said he would take the sense of the house on the question. A short discussion ensued, and then the house divided. Ayes, 51; noes, 10; majority, 11. The house adjourned at two o'clock. HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUESDAY. The customs' bill and the county elections' polls bill were considered in committee. The commons fields' enclosure bill, as amended, was ordered to be reprinted. The LORD CH ANCELLOR moved the second reading of the court of session (Scotland) bill; but Lord RossLyN opposed it, and moved that it be read a second time that day three months—an amendment that was carried on a division, there being for the original motion 27, for the amendment 37. The county polls at elections bill went through committee pro forma, and the stamp duties bill was reported and ordered to be lead a third time this day. A.number of bills were afterwards forwarded, and their lord ships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-Ti E,DAY. Mr. AGLIONBY presented a petition urging the house to adopt some measure requiring tin, government to intercede for Dr. Beaumont, condenined by the French government to per petual imprisonment. Mr. ROBINSON gale notice that next session he should re- THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. new his motion for the repeal of the injurious duty on magi - I time insurances. Mr. D. W. HARVEY inquired whether any steps had been taken to recover sums advanced out of the £1,000,000 voted to 1833 for the relief of the Irish clergy ; but, Lord JOHN Rcs- SELL stating that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had a mo tion on the subject, he deferred further inquiry until such mea sure was brought forward. Dr. BOWRING inquired whether England had been a party (as was represented) to the French minister's (Montebello's) request that the French, German, and Italian refugees should quit Switzerland? Lord PALMF.ItSTON answered that England was no party to such a proceeding, and had given no instructions to her repre sentative there respecting it; but, though the independence of Switzerland ought to be recognised, that country . ought not to encourage those who might be known to be conspiring against a neighbouring government. He believed that the French go vernment had good grounds fur its suspicions against persons who enjoyed refuge in Switzerland. Capt. BOLDERO (on order being moved for considering the lords' amendments to the municipal corporations act amend ment bill) brought forward his motion for a copy of the charge (if any) and minutes of evidence of a court of inquiry held at Sheerness, in February last, touching the conduct of Lieut. Hill, R.N., late in the command of his majesty's steam-vessel Alban, in the Mediterranean, superseded without inquiry. The gallant member declined to divide the house, but left the matter in the hands of government. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT BILL. On the order of the day being read for taking into consider ation the amendments made by the lords in the municipal cor porations amendment bill, Lord J. RUSSELL said that this bill had been brought in and prepared by his Majesty's Attorney-General, and was undoubt edly a bill of great importance. It had passed that house with the concurrence of all parties, and was sent up to the House of Lords, where several amendments had been made in it, and with those amendments it came back again to that house. All the amendments made by the lords had been agreed to by that house except two, which were disagreed to, and in this shape it was again sent up to the House of Lords. The first of the two clauses of the lords' amendments to which he alluded had refer ence to the manner in which a chairman should be chosen; and the second clause referred to the appointment of trustees of charitable property. With respect to the first of these amend ments, although he looked upon it as very unadvisable that a chairman should be chosen by a toss or the chance of a die, as this clause proposed, in the event of the numbers being equally divided, rather than leaving the election in the hands of the constituency; yet bad this been the only objectionable clause he might be disposed to ask the house to sanction it; but the second clause, which went to leave the whole t ot' the chari table funds of the country in the hands of the old trustees for another year, he could under no circumstances agree to, and he therefore hoped that both sides of the house would concur in re jecting it. All he wanted was that charitable funds should he given to charity as they were intended to be, and not be dis posed of for political party purposes. (Cheers.) He should, therefore, rather that the trustees should cease altogether than that the old trustees should be continued 'to diStribute the charitable funds, to their own politiCal friends. For these reasons he should move that the house persist in disagree- big to these two amendments of the lords. Lord STORMONT said that, he was sure bi 4 side of the house was just as anxious and willing to put an end to the abuses of the old trustees as the noble lord, or to any misapplication of charitable funds. He was quite aware that abUses did exist`; but then it should be recollected that they existed on both sides. (Cheers.) What was justice therefore to one side was justice to the other. (Cheers). The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that these clauses had been very unfairly introduced into the bill, and it would be better to sacrifice the bill altogether than to continue the old trustees even for another year. Mr. BARCLAY, as we understood, was favourable to the amendment, rather than have the bill lost. Mr. HUME rejoiced that the noble lord had determined to re ject these clauses. The abuses of the old system were intoler able. The corporation of Coventry had given away of the cha ritable fund per head to a certain number of the freemen who had supported their political views. The noble lord would at length find that concession to the House of Lords was of no use, for that the object of the lords was to trample upon that house. The question must be settled out of that house. (Cheers.) The electors of the country must settle it. (Cheers from both sides of the house). If the people of England were foolish enough to elect tories let them have a tory government. (Cheers, and laughter.) Let them have any government ra ther than stop the business of the country as it was now stopped by the House of Lords. When the members of that house went back to their constituents they would be asked what measures they had passed, or what they had done, and their answer must be, that they had done nothing. (Laughter.) They had not passed a single bill, because the tories would not le(them. If the government wished to carry on reform they must have ano ther election. For his own part he would rather resign his seat than not be able to carry any measure beneficial to the country. Mr. L. CHARLTON said that the hon. member for Middlsex should not have made such a charge as he had done against the corporation of Coventry if he had not some proofs of its correct ness. After a few words from Mr. Villiers, Mr. Morrison, and Col. Sibthorp, the motion of Lord John 1 .'7, was put from the chair, and agreed to. Loud J. lixssELL moved that the house resolve into commit tee on the benefices plurality bill. The postponement of the bill for the present session was strongly urged, and Mr. Hobs eventually moved as an amendment, that it be de ferred till that day three months. Lord J. RUSSELL resisted it, declaring that the government was anxious to promote church reforms, and desirous that this bill should proceed. The house divided. The numbers were—For the motion, 66; for the amendment, 28; majority, 38. The house then re solved into committee on the bill, in which amendments were proposed, the discussion of which occupied considerable time. '1 he slave treaties bill, and the slave compensation bill, seve rally went through committee. Lord J. RUSSELL announced his intention to go on with the marriages bill on Wednesday. Of the civil offices declaration bill, the third reading was postponed till this day. The report on the Irish miscellaneous estimates was brought up and agreed to; and, after some unimportant business had been done, the house, at a quarter before two o'clock, ad journed. his earnestness in the promotion of its success, knew that his whole heart was in the cause—(hear, hear.) So it should con tinue to be—(hear, hear.) His time and his labour should be devoted to the service of the company. He felt sure that this great undertaking, the inure it was understood the more it would receive the support of the public. For his own part he had the strongest conviction of its success ' • and he felt, in the highly respectable meeting of this day, there was a certain guarantee for the speedy and successful accomplishment of a work whi c h would be cousidered as a splendid illustration of what could be effected by British skill, industry, and capital—(the hon. gen tlemau sat down amidst loud cheers.) The Secretary then read the renort, which was long and cir cumstantial in its details. It stated generally that an Act had been obtained for the formation of a railway between London and Cambridge. That the landed proprietors on the line had long since expressed their favourable opinion of it at public meetings; and particularly that at Cambridge the meeting had been attended by the most distinguished members of the Uni versity, who had given to the resolutions passed at the meeting their most decided support. The report then alluded to the report of the Committee of the House of Commons in favour of the line , extracts from which were read. The annual expenses and receipts were stated, from which it appeared that a clear profit of 16 per cent. would be left for the proprietors. (This statement called forth much applause). The report remarked on the fitness of the line in an engineering point of view, which was stated in the report of the committee of the House of Com mons to he "unusually great." That this facility of execution would cause the work to be finished in a proportionably short time. That the line from London to Waltham Cross, through Tottenham and Edmonton, would be finished, and yielding a profitable return (which would be available for dividends) with in a-year from the expiration of the time which would necessarily be occupied in obtaining possession of the land, and that the whole line between London and Cambridge would be completed within two years from the same period. The report of Mr. Walker to the Directors was then read; which entered into several particulars relating to the continua tion of the line from Cambridge to York. It stated that no op position would made to the line by any of the landed proprietors or others, excepting those who complained that the proposed line did not come near enough to them. (The reading of Mr. Walker's report elicited much applause.) 'The conclusion of the report of the Directors was a statement of the expenses incurred, and the state of the company's funds, by which it appeared that out of the deposits of £3 per share on 12,000 shares, their remained a balance of upwards of £12,000 in favour of the company. After the cheering, which the reading of the report had called forth, had subsided, Mr. Ward, M.P., rose to propose the first resolution. The hon. gentleman began by disclaiming any praise,as due to him for his conduct as chairman of the committee of the House of Commons on the bill for the formation of this railway. The investigation certainly was laborious, but he felt it to be his duty to ascertain, by the most rigid scrutiny, which was the line from London to Cambridge most advantageous fur the public. He must not omit to state, however, and he had very gre at,satisfaction in so doing, that the opinion of the committee of the House of Commons in favour of this railway was unani mous.- The bon. gentleman, after some general remarks on the:utility or railways, in preference to the present mode of conveyance, entered into a minute detail of the various towns through which Abe railway would pass between London and Cambridge; and proceeded to show that not only would the whole line prove profitable, but that each portion of the line, and especially that part of it between London and Bishop- Stortford, was sufficient, in its population and traffic, to support its own portion of the railway. The hon. gentleman stated that he had landed property in Hertfordshire, where his residence was situate, and that he had a thorough knowledge of the parts of the country which would be benefited by the present railway. He particularly adverted to the great traffic between Cam bridge and Bishop-Stortford, and Bishop-Stortford to London, in the article of malt; an item which, as was stated in the re port of the directors, was not included in their calculations of profit. He could not imagine a line of railway to be more for tunate in respect to the general traffic which must flow into it from so many collateral sources. He concluded by proposing the first resolution. [For the resolutions, see advertisement.] Mr. Downes, before he seconded the resolution, wished to ask a question of .the chairman. His question was relative to an item in the expenses in the report read by the secretary. It was therein stated, that a sum of two thousand pounds and up wards had been advanced towards defraying the expenses of the line beyond Cambridge. He would feel obliged by having some information on that point. The Chairman said the advance referred to by Mr. Downes was towards defraying the expenses of some surveys beyond Cambridge. This advance would be paid back out of the de posits to be received from that continuation, and placed to the credit of the Cambridge line. He had the satisfaction to be able to state that more than half of the capital required for the line from Cambridge to York had already been offered to be subscribed. When the whole line to York was completed, then the shareholders from London to York would form one com pany, and all would share equally in the profits. - Mr. Downes said, that the explanation of the chairman was perfectly satisfactory to him, and he was glad that his question, which he begged to assure the chairman was asked only for the sake of information, had led to the explanation which had been made. He would not occupy the time of the meeting after the clear and forcible expositions which had been made by the chairman, and by Mr. Ward. He would content himself with expressing his own favourable opinion of the rail way, and with much pleasure he seconded the resolution. Mr. Alston, M.P., of Hertfordshire, rose to propose the sec ond resolution. It would be sufficient for him to read the names of those to whom it was proposed to pass a vote of thanks for their able management of the affairs of the Company. These gentlemen required no eulogy from him; their own names would he their best recommendation. The obtainment of the Act of Parliament was an earnest, he considered, of their futuresuccess. Other projected companies, after a prodigous expenditure of money, had failed in obtaining an Act. He •did not impute blame to their conductors—far from it; but at any rate the Di rectors of the present company had a right to the merit of the success which had been the result of their labours.—(The reso tion was passed with the most cordial expressions of approba tion.) Mr. Christopher Pemberton, of Cambridge, felt great plea sure in seconding this resolution. It was incumbent on him to say that, in all his intercourse with the Directors and with the officers of the company, he had uniformly met with the most po lite attention, and with every desire to meet his proposals, con sistently with the interests of the company. His own opinion of the railway was very favourable, and it would have more weight with the meeting when he stated that he acted professionally for residents and proprietors on the line for nine miles on the line from Cambridge towards London. He had no doubt that the railway wonld very greatly benefit the town of Cambridge, and he trusted that it would prove of not less advantage to the proprietors. He cordially seconded the resolution. The third resolution relative to the appointment of the Di rectors. was moved by Mr. Handley, M.P., for Lincolnshire. The hon. gentleman commenced by saying that it was with particular gratification that be rose to move the resolution placed in his hands, as from his connection with a part of the country through which the railway would pass between Cam bridge and York, he meant Lincolnshire, which he represent ,ed, he was especially interested in the success of this corn party. So much so, that he had consented to take charge of the bill in the next Session of Parliament for the extension of the line to York. It would be his endeavour in that capacity to emulate the unwearied vigilance and strict impartiality which had characterised the proceedings of his honourable friend, Mr. Ward, as chairman of the committee on the bill for a rail way from Lonion to Cambridge. It was a matter of very clear calculation that the agricultural interest would benefit as much by the establishment of railways as the manufacturing or any other interest in the country. Let the agriculturists of Lin colnshire look at the map, and observe the various railways which were in progress in other parts of the country, and they could not fail to be struck with the conviction that, unless their county kept pace in improvement with other districts, their in terests would be injured to a fearful extent. It was commonly said that the farmers were half a century behind the rest of the community in improvement. If they were to neglect the great modern improvement of railways, they would be a whole cen tury behind. Instead of advancing, they would retrograde in civilization. It was not a question now of railway or no rail way; the only anxiety now was the best line of railway. And that this company would have the best line they might fully depend; for their security was in the high character and profes sional eminence of his friend, Mr. Walker. He said this before his face; but he had frequently repeated it behind his back. He was only sorry that a large part of the line betvieen Cam bridge and York was of that easy description for working as not to call for the exercise of the talent of his excellent friend. For eighty miles of the distance, mostly through Lincolnshire, the country was a dead fiat, and a Lincolnshire blacksmith and a Lincolnshire ditcher would be almost all that was necessary to make that part of the railway. (Laughter and cheers.) He regretted this, of course, for the sake of his friend Mr. Walker, but it would be all the better for the company. He had said that the agricultural interest would not be less benefited by railways than any other interest, and he would tell the meeting a few facts that would show that he had reason for saying so. A short time since a very strict and accurate experiment was made of the loss suffered by a drove of sheep in driving them to London. It was found that there was a loss of bibs. weight in each sheep. When he stated also that the loss on a bullock was from 255. to 30s. in driving it to London, the meeting would see the importance of railway communication. He should add that the time occupied in driving sheep from Lincolnshire to London was eight days. Now here was a loss of time and pro duce to the agriculturist. Supposing the farmer could send his stock by the railway at the same cost as driving them, still there was the time saved. Instead of eight days, they would be able to send their stock to London in as many hours; and do not let it be forgotten that their stock would arrive in London in a much better and more saleable condition, and that the meat, instead of being. as it now la equently is from the driving, in a state unfit for food, would be in prime and wholesome con dition. Why (said the honourable gentlemen) do you think the agriculturists cannot understand this benefit? If the Lincolnshire farmers were to be so perversely blind as to prefer driving their stock to market at the present cost of money and time, instead of smoothing them up to London by the railway, where they would arrive before they were aware that they had left the fat pastures of Lincolnshire, I can only say that they would be very different persons from what I know them to be. They would soon find that if they neglected the advantage of railway communication while other districts en joyed it, their prosperity would melt away, to use a Lincoln shire phrase, like tallow in the sun. (Much laughter and cheering.) So much for the carriage of stock; but the carri age of grain would be not less beneficial to the agriculturists, and profitable to the company. He thought he was not in• accurate in saying that the three counties of Cambridge, York, and Lincoln, furnished the principal proportion of corn grown in this country. Much of this, it was true, went to the manu facturing districts, but the larger portion of it was concentrated a t Cambridge, thence to be carried to London. The hon. r e ( supported t i h n y g the tha n t north ‘ e v a o s u t l e d r eastern e parts h of s m t o h s e t gentleman concluded by expressing his belief that the railway nd ns to promote the success of the undertaking ian then sat down amidst general cheers. Fletcher (of the house of Fletcher, Alexander, s, c " it o: hr t : u t e n : irh t ' u l . r oo y En • b u , . e ds a g‘ n eveax d nred a tl s warmly tei s lo u and Co.) seconded the resolution. As a commercial man he r sl fairly ew abc sehtherou actuated,tr to be sbeebnyjt joined iu h nn e edd favourable e irntakaing work, s t e i r e o in s w p ehd e i c et t h( s ) was glad to assist in the promotion of commercial enterprise: d not that he would pretend to say that he was not also actuated, al: e tleo i ms t hhe i nl : de u l i(uiglt b dh: e et profitable to the proprietors, could not fail to b s e in't' i lhl t the same time highly advantageous to the community, by facilitating private intercourse and public and commercial communications. He accordingly seconded the resolution. Mr. Pryine, 11I.P. for Cambridge, rose to move the fourth resolution. The hon. gentleman said that he had taken but little interest in this undertaking at its outset, in deference to his constituents, whose opinions were divided as to its merits. But, now that its engineering merits had been fully proved, lie had no hesitation in coming forward to give to it all the support in his pow e r. Th ere wa s one point to which he wished to call the attention of th e meeting., and that Was the great improve ' went which had latterly taken place generally in Lincolnshire, and also the increase of its populati on . Hi s experience, as one of the Bedford level'cominissioners, Inc the last twelve or four teen years, had given him the opportunity of aeauiring .accu rate information on this paint. The agricultural district of Lincolnshire was in fact more densely populated than other agricultural districts, and there was a reason for it—nearly the whole of that district might be called artificial land; and it re quired a comparatively larger number of persons to maintain the embankments and improvements which were of vital im portance to them, and by means of which this district had been converted front almost a barren waste to a highly-productive country, supporting and giving employment to numerous inha bitants. lie had no doubt that the undertaking would be as profitable to the proprietors as it would be beneficial, to the Fens of Lincolnshire and the Isle of Ely. It should have his must cordial support, and all the aid iu his power should be contributed towards its success. Unwin Sims, Esq., seconded the resolution. He spoke highly of the personal character of the directors, which, he said, •vcas a sure guarantee that the affairs of the company would be ably and honourably conducted. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to Mr. Walker, the engineer; Messrs. Vizard and Leman, the solicitors; and to Mr. Rowcroft and Mr. Hodges, the secretaries to the com pany. Sir Wm. De Bathe then proposed, seconded by Mr. Francis Kemble, thanks to the chairman. Mr. Bagshaw returned thanks, when the meeting broke up, highly satisfied with the proceedings of the day. In the evening, the directors dined together, when a piece of plate, with a suitable inscription, expressive of their esteem and regard, was presented by them to their deputy-chairman, Mr. Bagsha‘V, M.P. NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAILWAY. On Friday last the proprietors of the Northern and Eastern Railway met for the first time under the Act of Parliament to appoint Directors, and to transact other necessary business. The meeting was held at the city of London Tavern. At 12 o'clock, the hour appointed for the meeting, the room was full. Mr. Bagshaw, M.P., the Deputy-Chairman, took the chair at a quarter past twelve. The Secretary (Mr. Rowcroft) then read the advertisement in the Times of - the 21st July and in the Cambridge and Hert ford Independent Press of the 23d, giving notice of the meeting of proprietors according to the Act of Parliament. Mr. Bagshaw then rose and expressed his regret that the chair was not filled by their excellent chairman Mr. John Mar shall, of Leeds; but in his absence he would endeavour to make up by zeal the inability which he felt adequately to supply the place of a gentleman so highly respected as Mr. Marshall. The honourable gentleman congratulated the meeting on the success which had attended the labours of the Directors. The act for the formation of the railway, and the incorporation of the com pany, received the Royal Assent on the dth of July, so that no time had been lost in calling together the whole body of pro prietors, in order to lay before them a statement of their affairs. For a considerable time this company was opposed by a pro jected rival company, under the title of the Great Northern Company. This projected company, he was happy to say, was now entirely dissolved. 'Elie present line to Cambridge, there fore, was without any competing line to detract from its profits. He would beg leave to call the attention of the company, shortly, to the history and progress of this company. It was first at tempted to be formed in 1825, to Cambridge and York. The plan was not brought forward, however, so as to satisfy the pub lic ; and although a few persons who had studied it were con vinced of the favourable nature of the undertaking, it did not at that time proceed further. He was invited to join some gen tlemen who thought well of it, but he declined. It remained in abeyance until 18:35. In that year persons of capital, influ ence, and respectability were attracted by the manifest advan tages which would result from a line of railway connecting the metropolis with the northern and north-eastern parts of the country. Mr. Walker, their excellent engineer, of whom he could not speak in too high terms of praise, was applied to. Mr. Walker examined the country between London and Cambridge, and reported favourably. From this period the formation of the company proceeded rapidly, and the result had been the success on which he had already congratulated the proprietors. One of the strong arguments in - favour of this railway was, that it would form the main trunk of communication between the metropolis and the northern and north-eastern parts of the country. If the proprietors would cast their eyes on the map at the end of the room, they would see that it formed the direct line between London, Cambridge and York. There was another line, marked blue on the map, which, in a tortuous direction, ended also in York. But the meeting would observe that the blue line, part of which was the line called the North Midland, had relation rather to the western parts of the island. It was, no doubt, a very good line; he did not dispute that ; but what he wanted the meeting to observe was, that the North Eastern hoe was a direct line, the other was a circuitous line ; in fact the Northern and Eastern line was shorter than the other by not less than 21 miles. There was another advantage possessed by the Northern and Eastern line, which it might be useful to men tion. On the line which he would call the North Midland, there were 12 tunnels, one of them a mile and a quarter long, aid another a mile ; while on the Northern and Eastern there were only four tunnels in all, not one of which was more than a quar ter of a mile long ; and between Cambridge and York there was not one tunnel ; no slight consideration it gentlemen recollected what passed in the House of Lords a few evenings since on the subject of.long tunnels. While he was on this part of the subject he would call the attention of the meeting to the lines of railway which would flow into the Northern and Eastern, and act as colla teral supplies of passengers and goods to the main and direct trunk. There was the line to t'lie port of Hull, and northward to New castle upon Tyne and Carlisle ; and lines also to th e great m anufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire. in addition to these there were plans now in progress to extend the advantages of railway communication to Edinburgh and Glas gow. Besides this, branches were. being prepared from alt th e g reat towns and districts throughout the whole extent of the line. All these lines would serve as feeders to the Northern and Eastern; increasing its traffic and its profits. Here he would take the opportunity to observe on the favoea , f t:,, country for a railway between London and Cambridge and York. Ile did nut pretend to he an engineer, but the evidence of Mr. Walker, who was one of the most eminent engineers that this or any other country had produced, assured him of the fact. Indeed, it was proved most satisfactorily before the committee of the House of Commons, that the line laid down by Mr. Walker possessed engineering facilities unusually great. He could not speak of the committee of the House of Commons, without alluding to the admirable manner in which the office of chairman of that committee was filled by his hon. friend, on his right, Mr. Ward—(hear, hear.) His hon. friend had so acted, as to give satisfaction to all the contending parties before him; and why ? Because all the parties were satisfied of his strict integrity, his entire impartiality, and were witnesses of the minuteness of his examination, and the patience with which he continued, day after day, to pursue his tedious and laborious in vestigations—( hear, hear. He was happy to inform the meeting, that the favourable opinion which those investigations had pro duced in his lion. friend's mind, hail induced him to buy shares in the company—(hear, hear,) and that he had been persuaded to allow his name to be proposed as one of their directors— ( hear, hear.) So that, should the proprietors elect him—(hear, hear,) they would have the advantage of the talents and activity of his hon. friend. in the conduct of their affairs—(hear, hear.) He would not detain the meeting longer from hearing the report of the directors, which their eeretitry read to them. Ile would say, in conclusion, only one word more. The object of this railway was, to c.onnect the great metropolis of the north with London; such might truly he called a national undertaking. From the first moment that he was engaged in it, he was deter mined not to relax in his exertions until it was brought to a completion. Those who had had the opportunity of observing imports. SOUTH AMERICA. Brechin Castle, (146) Nicol, jun, fm Puerto Cabello, with abt 110 t copper ore loose, J Bibby and co-2 boilers, 24 loose pcs and 5 boxes hware retd, 89 srns indigo, 1111 pks cotton, Ackers, Greenshields and co—G Dk ffilLouisa, (471) Freeman, fm Savanaah, with 985 bales cotton, Sands, Hodgson and c0— . 404 do, Wainwright, Sheila and co—P Dk • UNITED STATES. Echo, (691) Mallett, fm New Orleans, with 890 bales 1 pocket cot ton, W Stewart-99 bales do, Phelps, James and co-176 do, Order -31 do, Smith and co-35 do, A Dennistoun & co-68 do, G Green and Son-426 do, W Smith and Son-1l I do, Roskell, Ogden and co-80 do, F de Lizardi and co-7.38 do,W Forde and co-176 do, Keill & Cou rant-3d hds tobacco, W Oxley and co—P Dk Prince Regent, (433) Burt, fin New Orleans, with 51 bales cotton, R M'Neil-500 do, Order-105 do, J Ridgway and co-912 do, Sands, Hodgson and co—W Dk Marathon, (441) Eldridge, fm Charleston, with 431 bales cotton, Baring Bros and co-19 do, Wainwright and co-573 do, Malcomson and co-205 do, D M'Nicol and co-26 do, W Stewart-91 do, Maury' Latham and co-287 do, Order—P Dk BRITISH AMERICA Devereux, (425) Eskdale, fm Quebec, with 515 ps fir timber, I l c 20 deals, 95 c 20 staves, about 3 cords lathwood, C Chalinor and co— -B Dk Jane, (431) James, fm Quebec, with 70 ps elm and 595 ps fir tim ler, 1121 c2l staves,W &II Sharpies and co-1 pce fir timber, 8 spars, 2 - c 25 handspikes, cl 6 oars, Anderson, Garrow and co—River SPAIN AND PORTUGAL Laura Ann, (144) Casely, fm Lisbon, with 36 bales wool, Came & Telo-119 do, Geller & co-60 do, J Driver and co-1 ppe 2 lids wine, W Lockett-3 pps Ihd do, Stack and Hores-1 hd do, M'Calls, Allan and co-2 qr cks do, 1 el: hams, II Telo-12 ligs wool, Leech & Harri son-4 els conts unkn, T Martin and Son-8 hds wine, 4 bts wine in bottles, Order-11 chts 71 hf chts lemons, 5 chts onions, J Adam—abt 45 t salt loose, .1 Yeoward—G DI( Saracen, (94) Puckey, fin St Übes, with 15 t corkwood, Leech and Harrison-15 chts onions, E Rae—Cg Dk Ann Tetley, (81) Champion, fm Gibraltar, with 143 mats 133 bags wool, Prescott Bros and c 0—1364 pigs lead, Order-3 bxs raisins, said M aster—S Dk Jemima, (89) Johns. fm Cadiz, with 1 lit 38 lids 80 qr cks leased brl wine, Order-11 bts 24 hds 12 qr cks do, F J Van Zeller-1 qr csk do, Ashburner and Priestley-2 bts 6 hds do, Mary Hatton and Sons -6 bts 13 hds 12 qr cks do, It Preston and co-8 hds do, II Mulleneux and Son-4 hds do, M'Donnah-2 bts do, E Byrne—lo hds do, Glaze brook and co-8 hds do, W Campbell--6 hds Iqr esk (10, Woodward and Sons-4 hds 3qr cks do, H Stevenson-16 bts 22 hds 12 qr cks do, J Knowles, Son and co-12 his 8 lids do, Bevan & Smith-11 bts 8 hds do, It Mould-134 flasks quicksilver, D and T Willis-1 kg wine, scs conts unkn, F Manero—S Dk MEDITERRANEAN. Pet, (117) Stone, fm Patras, with 170 hales wool, Order—S Dk Margaret Highfield, (178) Thorne, fin Leghorn and Messina, with (fm Leghorn) abt 15t pozzolano loose, J Bibby and co—(fm Messina) 126 ohs olive oil, 7 hales lamb skins ; 3 cs 1 tnk 2 bxs conts unkn, 50 es liquorice paste, 3 bxs essences, 1 ble B goods retd, 2 bxs maccaroni, Order-1 bale wool, J Hall-2 hales raw silk, Potter Bros-1 hale silk, ! Desgrande and co-1 hd Iqr ek wine, J K Myers-22 hds 3qr cks do, ' J Bothwell-20 lips 6 hf pps 1 cask concentrated lemon juice, 3 casks cream tartar, J 1' Thompson-66 casks olive oil, 428 bags shumac, J Bibby and co—B Dk Themis, (120) M`Taggart, fm Trieste, with 566 bales cotton, 5 bxs maraschino, 0 Heyworth and co—G Dk EUROPE. Faithful, (239) Newson, fm St Petersburg, with 970 bars iron, T Wilson and co-400 cks tallow, 66 bdls hemp, J Butcher and Son— abt 3 fins lathwood, Barton, Heath and co—G Dk Svea, (170) Fozelmark, fm Gothenburg, with 131 c 12 deals, 1 c 23 deal ends, 144 handspikes, 117 spars, H and J Hornhy 8s o-2714 bars iron, Mersey Steel and Iron co-3 dos garden chairs, said Master -B Dk Arnold Von Winkelried, (143) , fm LubeJlt, with abt 830 qrs wheat, 450 dunnage mats, Order—Q Dk Frow Catharina, (51) Bruns, fin Leer, with abt 100 qrs oats in hulk, 50 qrs beans, 23 hgs wheat, 70 dunnage mats, G•ller and co—Q Dk Defiance, (124) Ramsey, fm Riga, with 91 bdls hemp, W Jackson —4 do, 40 pks flax, 1-1 Jenkins-29 bdls hemp, 120 brls hempseed, 25 kgs 50 hf kgs black beer, Order-16 ps Bhf ps wainscot logs, Came and Telo—S Dk Ewald and Bertha, (264) Marcheasen, fm St Petersburg. with 3125 deals, 1510 battens, 320 deal ends, abt 4 fms lathwood, Neuman and Engel-1792 bars iron, Job, Wright and co—B Dk Alexander Savin, (266? Ohrt, fm St Petersburg. with abt 4042 deals, Buchanan and Son—s ims lathwood, Carrie and Telo-1294 bars sable iron, T Wilson and co—B Dk Freundsch.ft, (165) Zulke, fm Danzic, with aht 550 qrs oats, 250 mats, 140 bgs tares, aht 269 qrs 159 bgs peas, Pickering Bros-361 bgs wheat, 50 mats, Order—Q Dk Cupido, (223) Schultz, fm Danzic, with loose aht 700 qrs and 242 bgs wheat, 217 hgs barley, 204 brls flour, 340 mats, 7f c staves. abt 3 fms lathwood, J W Gibsone and co-102 kgs spruce beer, W Vernon —9OO brls flour, Order—abt 5 c old junk, said Master—Q Dk John and Margaret, (222) Lucklev, fm Cronstadt, with 544 eks tal low, J Butcher and Son—abt 3 fms lathwood, Barton and co— G Dk Nene Unteruehmang, (215) Griefswald, fm Memel, with 250 ps fir timber, 81 c 10 deals, abt 5 fms lathwood, 10 c pipe staves, Stewart, Bald and co—B Dk Henriette, (91) Raahange, fm Naskov, with abt 460 qrs oats, 130 qrs wheat, Neuman and Engel—Q Dk Salami, (432) Gilberz, fm Onega, with abt 5171 deals and deal ends, 2195 batten ends and battens, Order—B Dk Dalkeith, (99) Petrie, fm Faro, with abt 23 t corkwood, Duncan and Smith—G Dk -- TenT§Odskend€, (129) 'Mime, fm Herliginhafer, with abt 638 qrs peas, 120 dunnage mats, Order—Q Dk g.Dipputg inttiltgence. TUESDAY, AUG, 9.—Noon, Wind N.E,—Fair. ARRIVED—The Marathon, Eldridge, 'from Charleston—Five Sisters, Thuroe, from Heliguaven—Henrietta, Ranbouge, from Raksken— Cupid, Schultz, from Dantzig—Themis, , from Trieste—John and Margaret, Svekley ; and Alexander Savin, Ohrt, from St Peters bnrg—Defiance, Ramsey, from Riga—Salami, Gylbery, from Onega— Dalkeith, Petrie, from St Petersburg. SAILED—The Susquehanna, Cropper, for Philadelphia—The United States, Holdredge, for New York—Faside, Primrose, for Quebec — John Airey, Nicholson, for Leghorn—Marv, Martin, for Hambro'— George Gordon, Moorman, for Bathurst—Eli Whitney, Harding, for Boston—Alleghany, Michaels, for Philadelphia—Andromeda, Patrick, for Quebec—Columbia, Crosbie, for Alexandria—Ann, White, for Adra, Naples and Messina—Helen Scott, Miller, for Naples & Messina —Jessie Maria, Dunn, for Quebec—Courier, Price, for Cocagne. Nottingham, Lethbridge, from Africa for this port at Cove, sailed 10th March. Thomas Naylor, M`Pherson, hence, at Calabar. London, Major, from Sourabaya, at Cove, Catherine, Graham, hence, at Demerara. Alert, Muir, hence, at St. Vincent. Calista, Bradley, hence, at Honduras. Sophia, Eshelbv, sailed from Istappa, for the Coast and Liverpool, about 7th May. Agnes, Ellis, hence, at Calabar. Pomona, Reeves, with loss of main-topmast ; Friends, Stapleton, and Active, M'lntosh, hence. at Cove. Active, Hullman, and William Irwin, Williams, hence, at Water ford. Thomas and Elizabeth, --, hence, at Dublin. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10.- 7 _4 oon, Wind N.—Fair. ARRIVED—The Jane, —, from Quebec—Louisa, Trneman, from Savannah and New York—Ann Petley, Champion; from Gibraltar. ALSO ARRIVED —Corsair. Gowan, from P,elfast—Etna, Emerson, from Dublin—Green Isle, White, from Drogheda—Cumberland, Lit tle, from Dundalk—Robert Napier, Coppin, from Londonderry— Mona's Isle, Quayle, from Isleman—Garhes, Bryce, from Benbecula —Arrow, Hall, from Bristol—Eagle, Crawford, from Glasgow—Ann, Brown, from Portaferry—Earl Lonsdale, Marshall, from Whitehaven. SAILED—The Egfrid, Martin, for Quebec—Frances, Leslie, for Charleston—Tinamara, Battershall, for NewOrleans—Alfred, Cheever, for New York—Jackson, Williamson, for Monte Video—Chieftain, Nooney, for Pernambuco—Fisher, Candler, for Constantinople and Odessa—Commerce, Tremearne, for Palermo—Pet, Stone,for Smyrna. Denison, Poole, from Calcutta, at St. Helena, 18th June, and sailed 17th for this port. Dauntless, Pinder, from ditto at ditto 17th June, and sailed 18th for London. _ Briton, Parker, sailed from St. Helena for this port 17th June. Mary Barry, Goss, hence, at Cape Haytien. Hannah, Spriggs, hence, at Honduras. Mary, Wheelwright, hence, at Tortola. IllHotspur, Steele, hence, at Gaspee, and would sail early in July for Cork, for orders. Britannic., , hence, at Liverpool, N.S. Pilot, Cann, hence, at Shelburne, N.S. Hugh Denoon, Brookman, hence, at Sydney, C.B. Swallow, M'Kean, and Mary, —, from Newfoundland at Per nambuco. City of Genoa, -, from the Brazils, at Genoa. Arethusa, Taylor, from Pernambuco, at ditto. Sofia, Lwan hence, at Naples. • . Betsey Black, -, from Odessa, at Trieste. Letitia, I'otts, hence, at Almeria. Robert, Hamilton, and Mary Anderson, Micklejohn, hence, at Bar. celona. Tagus, Wade, hence, at Lisbon. Camoens, Barnes, hence, at Oporto, Ist inst. Gretty, Lecher; Louisa, Mussche ; Constant, Van Schie, and Leo. poll, Pine, hence, at Antwerp.. • Zeelust, Mik, and Gezina, Faag, hence, at Helvoet. Charles, Minne ; Union, Vanderstein, and Julie, Mulenbrook hence, at Ostend. Ilendrika, Van Wyk, hence, at the Texel. Hero, Campbell, from Swan River, at Cowes. Jordeson, Jordeson, from Demerara, off Plymouth. British Sovereign, Browne, from Sydney, N.S.W. off Plymouth. Fell in with great quantities of ice, and about 7,0 bergs, from lat. 53, S. lon. 103, W, to lon. 79, W. Anna and Emilie, -, from Puerto Cabello off the Wight. Hamilton, Bailey, from Mobile, off this port. In lat. 50, lon. 20, spoke the Sherbrooke, hence, for New York. Adelaide, -----, from Hamburgh to Labradore, is totalty lost in the ice, off the Banks of Newfoundland ; eight men perished. Australia, Forrester, hence, for Bombay, was spoken the end of June, in lat. 7, N. Water Witch, Newby, hence, for Pernambuco, was spoken 26th June. Thistle, Volger, hence, for St. Andrew's, N.E. was spoken 17th ult. in lat. 42, lon. 41. Quitage, July 9.—The Mary, —, from Montreal, on shore in Lake St. Peter's, has been got off, and will proceed. The Da3dolus, Donaldson, grounded in Lake St. Peter's, and broke her rudder. A large ship, supposed outward-hound, i s s upposed to be on shore on Red island Reef. A vessel is also on Mille Vache. HALIFAX, 18th July.—The Planet, Flockhart, arrived here the 11th ult. from Smyrna, struck on the 12th, in lat. 43, lon. 61, an island of ice, supposed to be about 170 feet high. and aground, stove in her bow, carried away bulwarks, &c. &c. and made so much water that part of the cargo was obliged to be thrown overboard. BLSINEUR, 31st July.—The Charlotte, Speigleherg, from Pillau to Dundee, and the William, Anderson, from St. Petersburgh for this port, have been towed in here • the former with loss of anchor, part of a cable, bulwarks, and two planks stove, and the latter with loss of bowsprit, and bow damaged, having been in contact. BRAUMARIS, 2d Aug —The Ocean, Siddley. arrived here from Que bec, came in contact on the 10th ult. off St. Peter's Island, with the Atlantic, Edgar, from Newfoundland to Quebec, which vessel foundered : crew saved. TORBAY, 6th Aug.—The Jeune Henri, Cassauwers, from Topsham, for Liverpool. in working out from here yesterday, got on the rocks inside Berry Head, but was assisted off, and got into the pier with damage. THURSDAY. Auo. 11.—Noon, Wind East—Light breeze. ARRIVED — The Hope, Shaddock, from Archangel—The Brenda, Ord, from Dantzig. SAILED—The Lark, Power, for Newfoundland—Martha, Hughes, for Ilamerfest—Katharine Jackson, Peabody, fOr George Town, &c Antelope, Steinkrauss, for Elsineur and Kiel—Hopkinson, Taggart, for Demerara—Barbadian, Hutchinson, for Barbados—Adriamt, Jones, and Ann and Jane, Cocks, for BerbiceCollingwood , Holmes, for Calcutta—Arion, Roberts, for Leghorn and Genoa = Victoria, Yates, for Brazils—Southerner, Glover, for New York—Ann, Johnstone, for Trieste—Rudolph, Sparberg. for Eliineur. The Ewen, Lercoek, from Londonderry for Quebec, was spoken 12th ult. off Anticosti. The William, Broad, hence, at St Petersburg. Liverpool, Rowe, from I tvinhro', oil' Penzance for this port. The Dope, Shaddock, arrived at this port from Archangel on 2d instant, in lat. Cl N, long. 8 E, spoke the Richard, from Archangel for Mill. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, AUGUST 11 ; 1836. Wind at Holyhead, East.—Light breeze. Off Great Ormshead, inward-bound—No. 835, Hamilton, A S, from Mobile, at 8 a.m. AUGUST 1836. art LIVERPOOL COT'T'ON MARKET, AuG. 11. There has been a good demand since our last, and full prices have been readily obtainable' the sales to. day are 00 bags, and thd market has closed with firmness at a.ri advance upon last week's rates of Id to id per lb. Lit ERPOOL CORN w EAT, Ay 71db. a d s d English, new red, 7 2 (ei 7 6 Do. old 0 U .. 0 0 Do. new white Do. old 0 0 .. 0 0 Scotch, white 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. red Irish, new red Do. old 5 10 .. 6 7 Do. new white Do. old Dantzig, red Do, white Stettin, red 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. white 0 0 .. 0 0 Conigsberg, red 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. white Riga & Petersburg 0 0 .. 0 0 Odessa Russian, hard 0 0 .. 0 0 Canada, red 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. white Bonded Wheat RYL,imp. qr. English and Foreign, free 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. in hond BAuLEY, qr English, Malttng...34 0 .. 37 0 Do. Grinding,6oth 4 2 .. 4 5 Irish, Malting, do. 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. Grinding, do. 4 3 .. 4 6 Foreign, d. p. do. 0 0 0 0 Do. in bond 0 0 .. 0 0 OATS, 4ff 4:)1b. English, new Do. old 0 0 .. 0 0 Scotch, ,te new 0 0 .. 0 0 Do. old 0 0 .. 0 0 EXCHANGE, AUG. 11. OATs, Iff s ,1 • s Irish, n. kilndried 211 ' 3 Do. out do. Do. prime, 4atb 9 3 3 4 Do. do. old 0 0 0 0 Foreign, free Do. in bond . 2 6 .. 2 9 ['EASE, i r imp. qr. English, white Foreign, white REAlss, 4r imp. qr. English, new 4O 0 44 0 Do. Pigeon, old 0 0 Oi Foreign, free Do. in bond 29 0 .. 31 Irish, Tiek,c. new 37 0 39 Do. old o 0 o 0 MALT, imp. qr. English INDIAN Con/4,1111.qt. Red White ... Ft.ou 4f , 280th. _ _ English, fine 0 0.. 0 0 gds, new 36 0..38 0 Do. fine American. sweet, per brl. free 0 0 0 Do. in bond Do. sour, free 0 0 .. 0 11 Do. in bond Canadian, free Do. in bond 0 0 .. 0 0 OATMEAL, 4, 2401 b En:tlish, new .... 0 0.. 0 Q Irish, new Do. old 0 0 .. 0 0 BRAN, W 241 b 0 H 1 1 wnoLEsALt PRICES OF BALT MERICA? TIMBER , AUGUST 11, 1836. £. s. d, TIMBER, 4, cubic foot, ' -- Riga 0 2 5 Dantzig Memel 0 2 11 American Pine Do. Quebec 0 1 51 Red Pine 0 1 7 Quebec Oak Birch FLANKS, 4g foot of 2 inch. Dantzig Deck American Pine 0 0 DEALS, 4p. standard hundred. Best Petersburg Red Do. White 14 10 0 Memel Red l5 0 0 Dantzic & Swedish Red 14 10 0 DUTIES 1 55a V loai. of 50 . feet. (10s. V load of 50 ft. ss. 4f , load of 50 feete £44 4) , 120. £2 ss:o £2 10s. Vl2O £l9 e £22 V IE4 IC AND Al LIVERPOOL . a. d. l 00 2 6 10 2 5 10 2 5 0 1 6 10 1 9 0 2 2 0 2 9 0 1 8 0 0 ili 0 0 3 , 17 10 0 17 10 0 17 0 0 15 10 0 PRICES OF SHARES, LIVERPOOL, AUG. 11, 1836. Per Share. Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Canal and Railway 48 paid 76 10 0 Liverpool and Manchester Railway 2Bl .... 289 0 g Quarter Shares 2l .... 71 5 0 Bolton and Leigh ditto London and Birmingham Railway Grand Junction ditto Warrington and Newton ditto Kenyon and Leigh Junction ditto Wigan Branch ditto. North Union, late Preston and Wigan Railway St. Helens and Runcorn Gap ditto . . 100 .... 35 0 0 Leicester and Swannington ditto. ro .... 62 5 0 Manchester and Leeds ditto 5 .... 20 0 0 London and Brighton Ditto (Stephenson's) 5 .... 10 0 0 Ditto Ditto (Rennie's) 2 .... 1 0 0 Eastern Counties Midland Counties ditto North Midland ditto Birmingham and Gloucester ditto Great Western ditto Leeds and S?lby Railway Edinburgh and Glasgow ditto London and Gravesend ditto 1 .... 015 0 Dublin and Drogheda £2 105.... 3 0 0 Ulster . .. 1 .... 3 2 6 BANKS. Bank of Manchester Bank of Liverpool 0 Liverpool Union Bank lO .... 17 2 Manchester and Liverpool District Bank l5 .... 22 10 0 Commercial Bank of Liverpool.... lO .... 21 10 0 Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 612 6 Northern and Central Bank° f England lO .... 15 7 5 Borough 5 .... 13 0 0 South Lancashire North and South Wales Bank £2 10s.. 212 6 United Trades' Bank Tradesmens' Bank £2£6 105.. 05.. 8 7 6 3 7 6 GAS AND WATER WORKS. Oldham Gas Light and Waterworks St. Helen's Gas Works Liverpool Coal Gas Liverpool New Gas and Coke Company ....f100 New Shares, premium Liverpool and Harrington Water Works 472 10 0 Bootle ditto Exchange Buildings ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance Company ...... .. 25 Ocean Assurance Company . FERRIES. Woodside, Birkenhead, and Liverpool Steam Ferry Company lO es.. 34 0 0 Royal Rock Ferry Monk's (Woodside) Ferry 5 0.. 510 0 Egremont... . MINES. Rellewerris Consolidated Mines West Tresav ean Ti n an d Copper ditto British Silver, Lead, and Co per ditto ..... Liverpool and M anc h es t er . o . al NE COMPANIES. Liverpool Steam Towing Liverpool and Manchester Fish , 1 .... 1 0 0 Liverpool Fish Liverpool Timber.. 1 ... 0 0 0 PRICE OF BULLION IN LONDON. PER OUNCE. Zsi) Xin Foreign Gold in Bars New Dollars 0 4 10k— 0 4 10 Silver in Bars, (Standard) 0 5 0 0 5 0 New Doubloons FOREIGN MAILS. PLACES. France Malta. (via France,) Italy, Sicily, Sardinia, and Turkey Portugal Sweden and Norway ' . 1 1 Gibraltar • • Malta and the Mediterranean Madeira, Azores, Canary & Cape de Verde Isids: Rio de Janeiro and Brazils...., Buenos Ayres, Montevideo, Chili, and Peru Jamaica, St. Domingo, and Havannah.. } Mexico, Cuba, and Honduras Leeward Islands and Demerara • , . Jamaica lnd Bahamas Carthagena and La Guayra North America Spain Holland and the Netherlands . Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Prussia, Rus sia, and the North of Europe POST-NIGHTS. Monday, Tuesday. Thursday, and• SaturdaY.. • hfondaft.r Thursday. Monde y before the first Tuesday in every month. Tuesday before the third Wednesday in every month. On the 14th and last day of every month. Tuesday before the first Wednesday in every month. Monday and ThursdaY. /Z / 7/ I tag'? ar, Bur t het Dock.— 'nodal/01 6%. . 5 For t( LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, From the 4th to the 1 1th .august, 1836. DISCHARGED. In-patients cured Relieved and at own request Made Out-patients Irregular Dead ADMITTED. In-patients . ........ z o ° Out-patients Casual during I. P. .. the last week S 0 e. Remain in the ho :se House Visitors—Rev. T. G. Leigh and Mr. R. L. Carr. Chaplain, the Rev. R Consulting Surgeon, 111 r. Forshaw. R. Davies.—House Surgeon, Mr. J. Ashcroft. LOCK HOSPITAL. Admitted 4 1 In the Hospital 41 1 Discharged..... LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE. Days. Mrn. Iron. Ht. Festivals, ls.c. AUG. H. H. H. H. F. I. Tuesday .... 9 924 947 11 6 Saturn rises llh 28m morn Wednesday..lo 10 8 10 29 12 8 St Lawrence Thursday ..11 10 49 11 7 13 8 Dog Days end Friday, ....12 11 24 11 4J 14 8 Saturn sets 911 43m even Saturaay....l3 11 56 15 6 Queen Adelaide born 1799 SUNDAY...I4 012 030 16 2 11th Sunday after Trinity. Monday ....15 047 1 3 16 6 Assumption of B V Mary LONDON GAZETTE.-TUESDAY, AUG. 9. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Royden and J. Watson, Liverpool, shipbuilders—C. R. Wg o j i : ford and J. Donnell, Liverpool, provision -dealers—G. Tyrer and Donaldson, Liverpool, soda-water manufacturers. INSOLVENTS. Aug. 6.—John Capper, Green-lane, Sheffield, and of Shoe-lane. London, iron-founder. Aug. B.—David Booth, St. John's-court, King's-street, Snowb- ' London, brewer. Aug. B.—Joseph Stageldoire Peile, Milford-place, Vassall-road' aeth, Surre, music •sller, Aug. 9.—RoLwland mb Hunter s y St l'aul's e Church-yard, Londowt I,ooll ' seller. Aug. 9.—Robert Camp Shepherd, Camomile-street, London, Wrier' BANKRUPTS. George Strutt, High-street, Camberwell, Surrey, ironmonger. George Brand Hussey, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London, Icim` merchant. Mordecai Parker, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, grocer. Richard Morgan, Southampton-row, Russel l-square, London, lin ery drJoaer. p hn Jowett and James Mitchell, Regent-street, London, lin e" drJapaers. mes Simpson Prockter, Blue Anchor-road, Bermondsey, gle' maker. Thomas Avery Bacon, Markfleld, Leicestershire, flour-deale r. Paul Barlow, Congleton, Cheshire, silk-throwster. Joseph Girton, Northampton, currier. DIVIDENDS. Aug. 30, T. Cooke, Liverpool, chemist---Aug. 30, H. Clean , Pe al .t er , painter—Aug. 30, J.Taylor, Birmingham, v i c t ua ll er —S ep t 3, A' 4 ' Exeter, clothes-salesman—Sept 17, J. Stead, Leeds, saddler. CERTIFICATES . . befog To be granted, unless cause be shown t o th e con t rar y on or the 3h dy Aug. et, J. Finney, Liverpool, pain ot ter— a T. of C. Greatorex, Charles-s tre. , gia- Grosvenor-square, picture-dealer—M. A. Fowls, Kensinitunt.. Inn.- dlesex, school-mistress—C. Ki n d er, Li tt l e James-stree t, Gray ' lane, London, coach-maker. —......!!!"- BIRTH. Yesterday, the lady of Dr. Philp, of a son. MRIE_ On the 2d inst., at St. Nichola A s's ß Church D. ,by the Rev. J. Staffgtre6; Mr. John James Venn, s hi p - carpenter, Lomb i n, to Jane, o nly datis of the late William B lease, gentleman, of this town. On Tuesday last, at St. Mary's Church, Edge-bill, the ne loW - Barker, Mr. Thomas White, of the Isle of Man, to Miss Jane arth, late of Haslingden, in this county. DIED. r of On Saturday last, age d n i ne years, Mary, the youngest daugbte Mr. Henry Itigmaiden, Devon-street. LIVERPOOL" PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING' BY IitCHAR - DPATTISSON, At N ..o. 4, NORT CRESCNTASTLE-STREET. Orders and Advertisements H are received by Messrs. Newton a n ._ (l . Co., Warwick- sq uare ; Barker, Fleet-street; Deacon, Walbroe"i: Reynell, Chancery-lane; Lawson & Barker, Birchin-lane ; Jo T s e rri P Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; ATunden Hammond, 27, ,',: r 1;-; bard-street ; Mitchell, 8, Red Lion-conrt, Fleet-street ; .. ' and Lewis 4, Crown-courf, Threadneedle-street, London ;at Gar raway's ;at the London Commercial Coffee-noose, l‘lincing-lane' at the Jerusalem Coff ee -house, Cornhill ; Chapter Coffee-house, Pater-noster-row; and North and South American Cotree-honief rareadneedie-street, London; by Messrs. Johnston' I nd Co. O ; an" W heelV Mr. John Lee, at his Newspaper and. Advertisement AgencCy ffice. , 35, Henry-street, Dublin; Mr. M ` l'hun, Glasgow; Mr. Exchange-street, and Mr. Lewis , Market-street, Manchester ; Mr' Malley, - Bholtseller, Warrinton ; Mr. Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston, and Mr. Coupe, 33, Union•street, Birmingham. For tc copper -f gaged. v Pasbage ...._.•••■••••••••• ;; apply to passeng( board, o liurthen desirable elegant NVaterlo Eurthen ble cony being on Puuctual Lying in Burthen most ail her cair early de! Brunswic 4111ZUst.— tlOllB, apE Lying in will be m Sail as ur Every The Cl day,) the Ile VI at Four o Apply t GLASG The EE at One n' The U/ at Two o' The E at Four o Apply t ij V - 4 . "W ill sail Row, (WI Cal Passenr. landed frf For fort Liverpool Manchesto Douglas. Continues With Pass( off Black] ting,) leap verston.— On Thl On Sat On Mo For furt NI J The W •To-moano Afternoon . 4 ?11 FRIDA' 10 the Eve Fa 0..4! e arc r'ilots,) tal Aattely, To DUI For BI "needay,) t horn the C Apply The pi in Porters an( after pay in i nterest* hi Which will Live Stuck elass Stems due a.ttel 1 - ) A V I PEN 4 Liverpool, of Liver )o 11 . 1) KE whi c h i s n ature. as Pashi HAIR It • f avour s " t n and:h opes l Vying then 'store favo Sole Age can four-sic