The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-01 00:00:00

.when I was born, and, with the blessing of she shall be a nation when I die." Almighty God, The testimony of Mr. Dillon Browne is to the same effect : " Tell me," quoth he, " in what part of Ireland is not re peal the only object of the hopes of the'people ? In the county of Galway there are 400,000 repealers ; in the county of Mayo there are 400,000 repealers ; all over Ireland there is not an honest and intelligent man that is not a repealer. In fact, every liberal is a repealer, except some fellow who may have a sinister object in view, and who wishes to crouch, and fawn, and flatter before the government of the day and cheers.) No, Sir, the repeal question is co-extensiv with the population of Ireland " —(hear Who, after this, will have the hardihood to assert that the Repeal agitation has made " no progress in Ireland ?" LOCAL NEWS, SQUINTING CURED.—Certain surgeons, casually visiting this town, having informed the public that they are here for the purpose of performing the above curarrobably assuming that the resident practitioners are ignorant of the operation, Mr. Bainbrigge begs to state, t t several of his professional brethren have by this met... successfully treated the dis 7 figurement, and that for - e months past he himself has satisfactorily performed the operation, and continues to . do so, gratuitously, in all cases occurring among the lower classes. —6B, Mount-pleasant, Liverpool. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.—On Sunday last, the Rev. Wm. Bentley preached his farewell sermon to the congregation of St. Peter's Church, Ashton. On Monday, we understand, a very handsome acknowledgment of Mr. Bentley's services was made, in the form of a suitable piece of plate, which was presented to him by a deputation of those who had known him and honoured him as a friend, and participated in his valuable ministrations as a clergyman. The rev. gentleman has removed to Manchester, to assume the ministry of Ste Matthew's, in the room of the Rev, Mr. Kidd. FIRE AT WARRINGTON.—A fire broke out at one o'clock on Tuesday morning, in Mr. Litton's corn-mill, at Warring ton. Among the parties assembled by the alarm was John Wilson Patten, Esq., ALP., who rendered very important service, both by his suggestions and his personal exertions. The daman.e was confined to the boiler-house and drying shed. The engine and engine-house were a little injured, and the drying kilns destroyed. FRANKLIN CLUB DISCUSSIONS. - There was a good dis cussion at the Tabernacle, Great Charlotte-street, on Tues day last, upon the question " Ought extended education to precede 'anylarge extension%f the suffrage The advocates of immediate universal suffrage—relicts of the extinct chartist bubble—spoke in favour of their claims. The discussion throughout was conducted in a very able and satisfactory manner, and adjourned to Tuesday next. - - INcumsr.—Yesterday an inquest was held at the Coro ner's-office, on view of the body of a wretched female, 44 years of age. The deceased was a keeper of a house of ill fame, in Moore-court, Albion-street, and died suddenly in bed on Tuesday morning last. It appeared that the deceased was much addicted to hard drinking, and frequently took laudanum. On a post mortem examination it was found, that extensive inflammation of the stomach and bowels had taken place, and that patches of gangrene were visible. Verdict—" Died from natural causes." CAUTION.— LEAVING CELLAR LIDS OPEN. - At the Police-court yesterday, a respectably dressed female com plained of Mrs. Horner, publican, of Fleet-street. The complainant said that on Monday evening, as she was going for some milk with a jug in each hand, she fell at the cellar entrance of the defendant, the lid of which was about half a yard from being placed in its proper position. She had two joints of one of her fingers broken by the fall, and was other wise much shaken. The defendant denied that the lid was off, and produced a servant girl as a witness, but failed to show satisfactorily that it was in its place, and the magis trate required her to pay ss. and costs. ECLIPSES IN 1841.—1 n 1841 there will be four eclipses of the sun and two of the moon :-1. A partial eclipse of the sun, invisible at Greenwich. 2. A total eclipe of the moon, visible at Greenwich. 3. A partial eclipse of the sun, invi sible at Greenwich. 4. A partial eclipse of the sun, invisible at Greenwich. 5. A total eclipse of the moon, invisible at Greenwich. 6. A partial eclipse of the sun, invisible at Greenwich. GRAND SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT.—The second concert of this splendid series took place in the Theatre Royal on Tuesday evening. Miss Birch, Miss Hawes, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Phillips were the vocalists. We have space only to say that they sustained their high reputation, and received unqualified approbation. Mr. Jarrett performed two pieces on the horn, in which he displayed amazing command over that difficult instrument. The band was most efficient. The overtures to Fidelio and Semiramide were performed admir ably, and elicited genuine applause. Altogether this concert afforded unmingled satisfaction to a numerous, fashionable, and brilliant auditory. FATAL ACCIDENT.—An inquest was held yesterday before P. F. Curry, Esq., coroner, on view of the body of John Evans. John Ackerley, the keeper of a coal yard in Mill street, said he knew the deceased, who was a cow-keeper, and lived in Front Wolf-street. On Tuesday last, Ackerley was passing along Gore-street, when he observed a cart laden with manure, and two horses in it, at the cow-house, belonging to the deceased, in that street. The trace-horse was yoked alongside the shaft-horse, and the deceased had hold of the shaft-horse's head. There was a slight rise in the pavement, and when the cart came to the top of it, it went with great force across the street, and the off-shaft of the cart crushed the deceased up against the opposite wall of the street. Ackerley ran and took hold of the shaft-horse's head, and backed him from the wall, and the deceased then fell down. A man came to assist the witness, and they found the decased was quite dead. He was probably dead before he fell, as the shaft went with great force against his breast. The cart and horses belonged to a farmer at. Speke, to whom the deceased had sold the manure. The body was carried home.—The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death." Suor ROBBERY AT MANCHESTER.—On Sunday evening ast, about seven o'clock, Mr. Fisher, pawnbroker and hatter, Deansgate, on going to the shop in which he carries on the pawnbroking business - , at tht`corner of Alport-town, and in which no one sleeps, found that it had been broken into by some thieves, who had scaled the back yard wall, and forced the door. On looking round, he missed seven pounds worth of copper, four silver table spoons, two tea spoons, and a gold ring; and all the other plate and watches, to the value of about £3OO, were laid ready to be taken away. A dog was kept on the premises ; but it was laid dead on the floor, and is supposed to have been poisoned. DEATH OF A CHILD BY BURNING. — On the evening of Wednesday week, a child of three years old, named Margaret Murphy, whose parents live in Crosbie-street, was left with three other children, the eldest of whom was not six years of age, whilst the mother went down stairs for some water. There was a good fire in the grate at the time, but it was not blazing, as fresh coals had just been put on. The mother had not been absent above two or three minutes, when she heard the deceased screaming, and on running up stairs found her in flames, which she soon extinguished by wrapping her clothes round her. She was much burnt on her body and face, and was carried to the Dispensary, was there dressed, and was afterwards carried home. She was attended by a surgeon, but did not get better, and died on the night of Wednesday. Verdict—" Died by burning ; but how the fire originated there was no evidence to show." AN IMPUDENT THIEF. — John Broadley, aged about 23, was charged, at the police-office, on Tuesday, with having entered the cellar of Mary Houghton, and attempted to steal a quantity of wearing apparel. Mary Houghton stated that she resided in a cellar in School-lane. About ten o'clock that morning she went out to get some water, leaving the cellar door on the latch. She was absent about two minutes. On her return she found the prisoner in the cellar. He was very coolly turning over the clothes in her box, and had already appropriated her cloak. She screamed, and closed the door, upon which some assistance arrived, and the prisoner was secured. The cloak was stated to be worth a guinea. When they were at bridewell the prisoner said—" Do n't say you saw me with your cloak, or they 'II send me to the sessions." Tile prisoner, in his defence, stated, that he went into the cellar to light his pipe. The complainant entered while he was there, and upon setiqg him, screamed out that he was going. to rob her. He was committed for trial. AWFULLY SUDDEN DEATH. — Yesterday an inquisition was taken before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of Mr. Richard Harrison Hall, who died in the house of a friend in an awfully sudden manner. Mrs. Elizabeth Aggatt, wife of Mr. John Aggatt, of Newshr.m-street, said the deceased was a friend of theirs, and was in the habit of visiting at their house. He was an assistant in the office of Mr. John Caton Thompson. The deceased went to their house on Wednes day night last, and he then appeared to be in his usual good health. The family were just sitting down to supper when he came in. He had sat at table about a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes, when he suddenly slided off his chair on to the floor. At first it was thought he was only in joke. He called a female who was at that time in the house by name twice. Mrs. Aggatt then sprang from her seat and slat and Mrs. Hemingway, who was of the party, went to him, and raising his head, thought he was in a fainting fit. He was not then quite dead. The servants were called and tient for some of the neighbours, and three doctors were with the deceased in a few minutes ; but the deceased was quite dead. Mr. Reuben Hemingway, surgeon, Cheshire, said he had known the deceased for many years ; he had laboured under a disease of the heart for a longtime; and he (Mr. H.) was of opinion that that disease was the cause of his sudden death. The jury returned a verdict of—" Death from natu ral causes." REPEAL OF TILE UNION.—The large room adjoining the York 'lota was cruwdedOn 7 - edncsday night, by a'curious Assemblage of oyster dealers, cads, scavengers, and pig-dri vers, who had been industriously collected together, for the ostensible purpose of petitiOning parliament to repeal the legislative union between. England and Ireland. The real design of the meeting was to puff the embryo merits of some new paper, which, it is said, is about to be published under the illustrious patronage of the Protector Society. The prin ciples of this paper are to be crouching obedience to the great Irish mendicant, to keep up a regular howl against the act of union, and to be the ready receptacle of all the filth which it may please Popish priests to compound and throw at the institutions of the country. Besides these, another part of the business of the meeting consisted in dealing out a truly liberal share of abuse to the respectable old . lady of Lord street. The burning eloquence of the shining lights of re peal will not, in consequence, go down to posterity, nor be even so much as mentioned in the wonderful index which is in preparation for those who like to hear of sieves holding Water, o f c ork jackets, or of the old " Council of Ten." Several persons made speeches, and resolutions were passed for petitioning, and for supporting the new competitor of our friend the Journal. BURNLEY PAROCHIAL CHURCH. --We have great plea sure in reporting, that the repairs and improvements which were some time, since commenced in the above venerable edifice are now almost completed, and that too in a style which reflects great credit on the congregation for their libe rality in supplying the necessary means, and on the parties more immediately connected with the work for the good taste with which it has been designed and executed. The old chancel window has bean taken out, and a handsome new one with figured, painted, and stained glass, put in its place. At the altar several improvements have taken place ; the floor has been covered with with a rich Brussels carpet and rugget, the communion table has had a new top put on, and its cushions, as well as those of the pulpit, have been covered with rich silk velvet, of a ruby colour, and ornamented with lace and fringe. The pulpit itself has been re-varnished, painted, and fitted up with gas ; and anew Bible and Prayer book have been supplied for the reading-desk. Nearly the whole of the body of the church has been painted, and along the floor of the middle aisle and about the pulpit new mat ting has been laid down. Moreen coverings have been put tipon the footstools and chairs ,• and many of the pews have been newly cushioned and lined with scarlet cloth ; and the tgallery has been hung round with scarlet cloth and fringe. the general effect of the alteration is such as to increase in a great degree the solemn effect produced by this venerable _ stru ct ure. It would, however, be a great kaprovement if the "i ga which i s now a t th e c h anc el end, were removed to the westn gallery, an object which the parishioners are endeavour ing to•ob tai r and which we hope to see accomplished. The whole expense of the alterations, necessarily very considerable, bas been d ayed by a liberal subscription among the weal thy member s of the congregation.—Blackburn Standard. LADIES' CRMLITY BALL.KriThe annual ball took place last evening, at the Town-hall. There were upwards of 640 present, being rather more than last year. Dancing com menced at ten o'clock. Amongst those present were—The Mayor and party, Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. Jas. Aspinall, Mr. and Mrs. Langton, Mr. W. Earle, Mr. H. Earle, Mr. Robertson Gladstone, Mr. J. P. Heywood, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Denman, Mr. Walker and party, Lady Brancker, Major and Mr. Lahey (of the 10th), Mr. and Mrs. W. Tay leur, Mr. E. Littledale, Messrs. Barned. Stewards—Mr. Serjeantson, Mr. Marriott, Mr. M. Gladstone, and Mr. R. Houghton. CONSERVATIVE Nuwsnoom.—Last evening, Mr. Lang shaw, the proprietor of the Conservative Newsroom, gave a supper to a large body of the subscribers to that useful and highly-respectable establishment. Mr. Woolfall presided. Amongst those present were the representatives of many of the leadinc , commercial firms in the town. After the removal of the cloth, the usual loyal toasts were given, and responded to with honest English enthusiasm ; then followed the customary conservative toasts, all of which, particularly that of " The Duke," elicited thunders of applause. Others of a miscel laneous character succeeded, and altogether the new year was ushered in as cheerfully as we hope all our friends may be spared to enjoy it. In the mean time we would recommend Mr. Langshaw s establishment to public support, for it is well deserving of it. THEFTS.—At the Police Court, yesterday, a young man, named Thomas Fallows, was charged with stealing a quan tity of ship copper from the cabin of a vessel in which he was employed. He was committed to prison for three months.—Another youth was committed for a like period, for stealing a shawl from the shop of Mr. Roberts, draper. HOURS OF BUSINESS. — We hear that a memorial from the Tradesmen's Assistants' Association has been presented to the Mayor, and that a deputation of their committee has had an audience of his worship. It is said that some public demonstration is likely to result from this proceeding. EXTRAORDINARY QUICK PASSAGE.—The City of Ham burg steamer, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company, sailed from off the Tower, London, on Wednes day, landed her mail, passengers, and cargo at Cuxhaven, and was moored off the Tower again the following Sunday, being the quickest passage ever made. THE REV. R. P. BEDDICOM'S FAREWELL SERMONS.— Our readers will recollect that we published some portions of one of the farewell sermons of the Rev. R. P. Buddicom in our number of Tuesday. The numerous members of that estimable gentleman's late congregation will be glad to hear that, at the urgent request of many friends, he has consented to publish both discourses, and that they are now in the press. FESTIVAL CHORAL SOCIETY.—In the notice which we recently gave of the performance of Handers Messiah, by the Festival Choral Society, we omitted to mention that a young lady named France, made her first appearance in pub lic. She sang the air " Thou didst not leave his soul in hell," in a manner which gave promise of future excellence, and was loudly applauded. Her voice is of a rich quality, of considerable compass, and her intonation unexceptionable. She will soon become a favourite at the performances of the Choral Society. VALUABLE PROPERTY IN LIVERPOOL.—There is not a safer investment for money than in houses and land—the latter is perhaps preferable. In Liverpool the value of land has risen in 'a most astonishing degree ; in all quarters of the town the advance has been equally great; we see the out skirts spreading east, north, and south, so that in a few years that which is now considered as outskirt will be looked upon as central. We make these remarks, as we notice some valuable property advertised by Mr. Williams for sale, and can recommend him to the notice of those intending to invest their spare cash. THE DRUIDICAL ROCK HARMONICON.—This very inge nious instrument has attracted all the musical people in Li verpool to see it. Without exception, they have pronounced it to be the most remarkable instrument of its kind ever seen. The inventor appears well satisfied with his reception in Liverpool, as he has been much visited. His sons have been practising hard to acquire' new melodies. The instru ment has been very carefully tuned since its arrival in Liver pool ; this rendered it still more agreeable to the ear, as it exhibited when it was first put up many " untuneful notes." Mon Er. OF THE LAKE DISTRICT. — We had the pleasure yesterday of inspecting a very ingenious model of the Lake District in the North. This model has been constructed by Mr. Flintoff, and exhibits a great display of patience, indus try, and topographical knowledge. The mountains and lakes, with the towns, villages, and roads, are distinctly laid before the spectators, with the straggling farm-houses, mansions, and domains. This model is on the scale of a mile to the inch, and takes in upwards of fifty miles of district. The wonderful construction of the lake district is shown at once, and cannot fail to give rise to conjecture as to the effects of the Noachian deluge upon it. It appears as if there had been mighty tides or currents, which, on subsiding, had left their residua in the form they now appear. We strongly recom mend this model to notice. STREET ROBBERY.-At the police-office, on Tuesday, Mary Rice, a dissolute woman of very forbidding aspect, was placed at the bar, charged with having robbed John Bridge, a joiner. The complainant stated that about two o'clock on Sunday morning last, he was on his way home through Sir Thomas's-buildings, where he met the prisoner. She accosted him, and notwithstanding his repeatedly-ex pressed desire that she would leave him, persisted in walking by his side. He had in his pocket a half-crown, and 74d in copper. At length she turned away, upon which he imme diately missed his money. He pursued the prisoner, and quickly overtook her. He called " Police !" and officer Chippendale came to his assistance and took her to bridewell, where she was searched by Mrs. Rummage. Half-a-crown, and 71-d in copper, were found in her possession. The pri soner, iu her defence, alleged that the complainant had given her the half-crown. She was committed for trial. LIVER THEATRE.—Mrs. Waylett has been delighting the audiences at the Liver with her delightful acting and exqui site singing. The houses have been well attended, and the audiences appear to have been delighted with the evening's amusements. The Liver company is unequalled for talent out of London : we think that it would be in vain to find its equal. SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT.—The second concert of the season took place on Tuesday evening, at the Theatre-Royal. It was brilliantly and fashionably attended. The concert appeared to give the utmost satisfaction. The singers were in excellent voice. Mr. Jarrett, on the horn, delighted the auditory with harmonious strains. The éclat with which these concerts have gone off, will induce many to attend at the concluding evenings. Mr. Ashton deserves the highest praise for his spirit and enterprise, without which there would have been a want of these delightful entertainments. CHARGE OF ASSAULT.—At the police-court, yesterday, a young married man, named John Wrigley, appeared before Mr. Rushton, to answer a charge against him by a young woman, his spouse. The complainant stated that she lived in Golden-court, Shaw's-brovt+, and that her husband, who also lived in the house, frequently struck her, and that he also threw cold water upon her and her child, and otherwise ill-used her. She wished to leave him, and that he should be required to give her a separate maintenance. Mr. Rushton enquired how long they had been married. and she replied, sixteen months. The defendant denied having struck the complainant, and said that the quarrels between them were caused by her mother living with them. He then began to recriminate upon his wife, winding up by saying—" A short time before I was married she hit me with the poker." (A laugh.) Mr. Rushton—" Why, then, did you marry her ?" The complainant said that her mother was about 70 years of age. and that her husband was aware when he married that She had no friend but her (complainant) to support her. The defendant said he had no objection to live with his wife if the old woman, who made all the mischief, was elsewhere. Finally, he agreed to allow his wife 6s. a-week as a separate allowance ; which Mr. Rushton advised her to accept, and dismissed the parties, expressing a hope that they would think seriously of their folly, and ere long make matters up. THE CHASE.—The Cheshit Fox Hounds will meet to morrow, (Saturday,) Jan. 2, at hrfte Greyhounds •, Monday, the 4th, at Bolesworth Castle ; Wednesday, the 6th, at Black Dog , Thursday, the 7th, at Duddon Heath ; Saturday, the 9th, at Dunham Massey. At half-past ten o'clock.-211r. Leehe's Fox Hounds will meet to-morrow, Saturday, Jan. 2, at Penley Hall ; Tuesday, the sth, at Gallantry Bank ; Thurs day, the 7th, at Sara Bridge; Saturday, the 9th, at Burras Hall. At half-past ten o'clock.—The Shropshire Hounds will meet to-morrow, (Saturday,) Jan. 2, at Child's Ercall. At half-past ten o'clock.—The United Pack will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at Bahaithlan ;, Saturday, the 9th, at Craven Arms; Thursday, the 14th, at Chatwall. At nine o'clock (weather permitting.) BIRKENHEAD LIGHTED WITH GAS Another great stride has been made in the improvement of Birkenhead, which was, on Saturday night last, lighted up, for the first time, with gas. We have more than once, in the course of our remarks on the growing importance of this place, spoken of the enterprising spirit of Mr. Wm. Jack son. who is ever foremost amongst those who seek to procure for the inhabitants of Birkenhead every available advantage. His public spirit in accepting a contract of such importance as the supply of gas to such a community as that of the town in question, for so long a period, on his own individual re. sponsibility, destitute of any act of incorporation, and of the usual powers for the easy recovery of debts, cannot be too highly applauded. It shows that regardless of personal risk, he is ready to undertake anything within his power that will tend to the general good and convenience of those by whom he is surrounded. We look upon the work that has just been so happily completed under his auspices, as one of the greatest advances that the township has yet made. The illumination of the streets and avenues of Birkenhead with gas, as it will make the place greatly more agreeable for residence, will tend to give still more decided impulse to its fast growing im portance, and in a still greater degree to increase its popula tion. _ _ It is barely four months since the operations for the erec tion of the gas-works at Birkenhead were commenced. Dur ing a great portion of this time the business was retarded by unfavourable weather, so that the whole erection has been completed in about nine weeks, though from the nature of the ground the work was one of great labour and difficulty. The contractors for the erection were Messrs. J. and W. Walker, Mr. Henry Steel, the engineer of the new Liverpool Gas Company, directing the construction of the apparatus. Mr. Hedley, the present manager of the works, was in con stant attendance from the commencement ; and to the active superintendence of these gentlemen may be attributed the steady and rapid advance of the undertaking to its present state of perfection. From the time when the first ground was broken to the present, all has progressed smoothly, not one accident of any sort having occurred during the whole time. The building is a very neat and handsome structure of stone and brick, sufficiently large for present purposes, and so constructed that it can be enlarged by the erection of other compartments, so as to meet the growing wants of the neighbourhood. The apparatus has been made on the best principle, and many improvements, suggested by Mr. Steel, have been made in both that and the building. The streets of the township, now that they are so brilliantly lighted, present an unusually handsome, and, in some in stances, elegant appearance, The gas is made from the best cannel coal, and is particularly clear and bright. The shops are generally most superbly illuminated, and many houses have already been fitted up for being lighted with gas. The street lamps are not unlike those of Liverpool, and the lights therein are large, and exceedingly effective. About seven miles of mains have been laid, so that there is scarcely an inhabited thoroughfare in the township that is not now illu minated. The railway Station is most brilliantly lighted up, which will be a great convenience to passengers by the trains. The churches and chapels in the vicinity are also availing themselves of the advantage which has been placed within their reach, and they will all, ere long, be lighted with gas. In the market the improvement is felt to be of the highest value, and its shops and area present, instead of the gloom which lately pervaded them after sunset, a glare equal to that of noonday. No part of Birkenhead will feel the advantage more strongly than the ferries. Here, we have no doubt, the superior light will be the means of preventing many acci dents. The slips and piers are now easily discernible, the beams of the gas being scattered far and wide over the spar kling waters of the Mersey. The ferry at Woodside is most profusely lighted, and, as it is approached from the river, presents a very beautiful object to the spectator. Indeed, the whole town, when viewed from the water at night, has a brilliant and striking appearance, from the innumerable dots of light with which it is spangled. We 'trust the speculation will turn out profitable to the spirited contractor, and that it will long be our pleasing task to record instances of the ad vancing wealth and prosperity of Birkenhead. The lately apparent convalescence of Lord Albert Conyngham has been succeeded by a relapse of the most a l armi ng nature, from which fears of the worst have been hourly anticipated.—Kentish . Gazette. THE COTTON TRADE. We have great pleasure in laying before our readers the following copy of the Cotton Brokers' General Circular for the close of the year 1840 : There has seldom been a period during which the move ments of the cotton-trade have been so much iu unison with general expectation as the year just terminated. A state of depression so intense and wide-spreading as to be mistaken by some for the first symptoms of the decline and fall of this branch of national industry, had been succeeded by a slow, but progressive amendment, and for several weeks before the commencement of the new year, almost every department of the ootton manufacture had resumed its wonted activity. The stocks in the ports and the interior, if not very heavy, were still ample in the face a coming crop, which, according to all reports from the United States, gave promise of being most abundant; prices were moderate, compared with what they had been, and money, though not wanting for all the legiti mate purposes of business, was neither then, nor likely to be, so cheap as to invite extravagant speculation, or to provoke excessive production. Such being the posture of affairs in the month of December, 1839, it required no gift of prophecy to predict that the ap proaching year would be one of great plenty, low prices, large consumption, and small profits. If these results were pretty accurately foreseen, so have the incidents of the year been few and uninteresting. The commercial operations in cotton have in fact been permitted to flow in their natural channel. The functions of the private trader have ceased to be invaded and usurped by the American banks, and the in tercourse between the two countries being freed from this pernicious interference, prices on both sides of the water have found their proper level, to the manifest advantage and secu rity of planter, shipper, importer, and consumer. But the great event of the year is the marvellous increase in the growth of cotton in the United States. In order to exhibit this important fact in' , lts true magnitude and propor tions, it is necessary to take a retrospective glance at the question of crops for several years past. Beginning, then, with the year 1830, it will be seen that the crop of 1830-31 was 1,038,848 bales. Increase 64 per cent 1831-32 „ 987,477 ~ Decrease • 5 1832-33 „ 1,070,438 „ Increase 8} 1833-34 „ 1,205,394 „ 1834-35 „ 1,254,328 „ 1835-36 „ 1,360,725 „ 1836-37 „ 1,422,930 „ 1837-38 „ 1,801,497 „ 26} 1838-39 „ 1,360,532 „ Decrease 241 1839-40 „ 2,177,835 ~ Increase 60 In examining this st dement, the eye will at once rest upon the sudden and extraordinary increase in the crop of 1837-38, and again, with an interval of an year only, in that of 1839-40, which contrasts strongly with the easy and pretty equal stages by which the production had been advancing for the seven preceding years. Various causes, or a combination of them, may be -assigned for these remarkable results :-:—an improved mode of culture, an extension of the cultivation, not only in the old districts, but into latitudes less exposed to frosts and to variable seasons, and chiefly (especially with reference to the last crop) the coincidence of a most favourable summer, with an unprecedentedly open winter. But the fact itself, however brought about, is full of interest to the cotton trade, as it.is destined probably to work important changes, and at no very distant period ii , " If f f The new ear had scarcely commenced before the appre hensions of an overwhelming import were manifested in a desire to realize existing prices, and by the last week in January fair qualities of American had fallen id per lb. No change beyond an occasional fluctuation of kd per lb occurred until the beginning of June, when prices experienced a fur ther reduction of id per ib, making the decline Id per lb since the first week of the year. This was the lowest point of the market ; and it is a circumstance worthy of notice, that with an import almost unexampled in amount, with an average stock of 470,000 bales and with money never cheap, and at times exorbitantly dear, fair Uplands should not have varied more than kd to id per lb for the six months between June and November. Steady rather than extensive buying was the characteristic of the market during this period. The trade as a body—some from not seeing any adequate induce. ment to hold stock, and not a few from a necessity imposed upon them by the state of commercial credit—took little more than they required for their immediate wants. The business on speculation, though crippled from the latter cause, was by no means inconsiderable ; but though spread pretty equally throughout the year, it did not assume a very decided cha racter till towards the middle of August, when the fate of the harvest was supposed to be no longer doubtful. The market, however, after a week or two relapsed into its former apathy, and what with the stringent measures of the Bank for cur tailing discounts, and the threatening aspect of political af fairs, it was as low perhaps in point of feeling in the latter end of October and the, beginning of November as at any period of that year. From that time there has been a growing impression that prices had seen their lowest, and the improvement which had been gradually taking place in the manufacturing business seemed to point to the probability and reasonableness of some advance. Coming upon a market thus predisposed, it was to be expected that any accounts in the slightest degree unfa vourable to the prospect of the crop would be eagerly pressed into the service. The reports accordingly received a fort night ago of the frosts in some districts, and unpropitious weather in others, by which the picking had been prema turely suspended, have not been without their effect ; and though the injury is not pretended to be to an extent to awa ken any serious apprehensions for the safety of the crop, yet coupled with other advices of a similar tendency, they go far to negative the possibility of what the holders had the most reason to dread—the recurrence of another crop such as that of last year. Be this as it may, the market has since worn a more cheerful aspect, and both speculators and the trade have purchased with more avidity than for months past, at a gradual advance of about id per lb since the movement began in the second week in December, thus placing the vices of American cotton on the last day of the year within id per lb for the middling, and Id per lb for the better qual ities, of what they were on the first. Surats, which from the large quantity imported have played a more important 'part than ususal, have partaken of the same fluctuations as Ame rican, and bear the same relative price at the close as at the commencement of the year. For all descriptions of long-stapled cotton this has been a year of much disappointment. Fair Sea Islands, which opened at 22d per lb, before the end of January fell to 16d per lb, and by the middle of the following month to 134 d per lb ; in a few weeks they rallied again to 144 d per lb, and vi brated between that price and 151 d per lb for the remainder of the year. Egyptians in the first two months experienced a reduction of 2d peribcof-which they recorbredld in the course of the two next ; and during the last three months they have gained another id per lb. Brazils continued at a decline of Id per lb for several months, and finally settled down in October at the lowest point, from which they have never moved, Pernatns and Bahias being ld per lb and Ma ranhams 1-id per lb below what they were at the beginning of the year. From first to last, the demand for these descrip tions has been extremely languid, owing to the limited wants of the spinners of the finer numbers of yarn. The stocks on hand are consequently disproportioned to the consumption, though the supply has been rather less than more than it was the previous year. Fi)r the details of Stocks and Imports, reference is re quested to the annexed Tables. The import from the United States into the kingdom exceeds that of last year by 420,723 bales ; that of Surats is also larger by 83,819 bales, owing partly to an abundant crop, and partly to the inter ruption of the intercourse between India and China, which has been the means of diverting a portion of the Cotton des tined for the latter to this country. The growth of the Bra zils appears to be on the decline. the supplies thence having been diminishing for some years. From Egypt the import has been the same within three or four thousand bales in ex cess of last year's. The stock of all kinds in the ports amounts to 464,100 bales, being an increase upon the stocks held at the corresponding period of last year of 198,610 bales. The deliveries to the trade, according to the usual mode of ascertaining them, have been from Liverpool, Lon don and Glasgow 1,285,598 bales, or at the rate of 24,721 bales per week, which quantity may be taken to represent also the consumption, supposing the stocks in the interior to be the same as at this time last year. This latter is a point always difficult of proof; but from the known inability of many of the spinners to hold stock, and from general in quiries, this may be assumed in the affirmative ; but ad mitting that it is some 30,000 bales more, according to the opinion of many, the difference, in dealing with such large quantities, cannot materially affect the result. This increase in the consumption of 3015 bales per. w ee k, or 14 per cent. upon last year's, is the more remarkable as having been ac complished without the addition, in any corresponding de gree, of new mills or new machinery. The narrow margin left for profit has led to the introduction of more expeditious processes, whilst the cheapness of the raw material has offered every encouragement for the production of a more substantial fabric. The demand indeed has been chiefly for low numbers of yarn and for heavy goods, which for the last few months at least have found a ready market at home and abroad. The stocks of goods arc believed to be more consi derable than those of yarn, the export of the latter having been, according to " Burn's Commercial Glance," greater by about 33 per cent. during the first nine months this year than for the corresponding period last. In goods the ex port, as given by the same publication, has been less, but owing to the variety in the denominations the comparison in point of weight cannot so readily be made. With respect to the future, upon which some opinion on this annual occasion is expected, the issue of the last crop has involved the subject in greater difficulty than usual. So long as the growth of cotton in America proceeded with the steady march which characterised it for several years prior to 1837, a period during which the rate of increase was seldom less than 4 per cent. or more than 8 per, cent. per annum, the supply might be regarded, if not as a fixed quantity, at least as vibrating between such narrow limits as rendered it not likely, singly considered, to effect any great or perma nent revolution in the standard of prices. That what has been the experience of the last three years? The first gave a crop exceeding by no less than 26i per cent. that of the year before, which, be it observed, was larger by 5 per cent. than any former one ; the second, though visited by a long drought, which materially injured the plant, produced a full average of the four previous years, omitting the large crop of the preceding year ; and the third yielded an increase of 21 per cent. not upon the failing crop which it followed, but upon that of the, year but one before, which, it must be re membered, was larger by 261 per cent. than any upon record up to that time, thus showing an increase in the last crop of 53 per cent. upon that of the year 1836-37. From whatever cause arising, (and some, at least, of those men tioned in a former part as the most probable ones will not be considered to be purely accidental), these results cannot but tend to throw an uncertainty around all calcula- tions founded on supply, and to unsettle the received notions as to what are high or low prices ; for, although it be true that the consumption has been' able to cope with an import greater, into the kin4dom, than last year's by 484,000 bales, without either an extraordinary depression of price or an inconvenient accumulation of stock, it must not be forgotten that the crop now under discussion came upon the heels of one as deficient as the other was superabundant. To put a case more nearly parallel with the circumstances of the cur rent year, it should be , asked—what would have been the state of things at the present moment but for the casualty which befel the crop of 1837-8? It is difficult to resist the belief that the stocks on hand would have been larger, and the prices lower; and if the forthcoming crop is not to fall short of 1,800,000 bales, (which is admitted, in spite of all untoward events), the conclusion would seem to be as inevi- table, that prices cannot on the average much exceed, if at all, those of this year. Some allowance must, no doubt, be made for a reasonable increase in the wants of all the cotton-consuming countries ; but on the other hand, let it be kept steadily in view, that the first condition of that increase is a low price. Attempts to reduce to figures quan tities so liable to disturbing causes are usually attended with but little success ; the following statement however is sub mitted as a =ere approximation, to be taken for what it is worth. On the last occasion of a crop of 1,800,000 bales in 1838, this country received 1,123,000 bales, The Continent, as well as America herself, will require a lager supply than at the period alluded to, but both have considerably antici pated these additional wants by the larger portion they have either retained or imported of the late crop. The imports, indeed, of American cotton into the different ports of the Continent have been more than double what they were last year, viz. 629,000 bales against 370,000 bales. _ Great Britain may then fairly claim 1,050,000 bales To this add the import from all Other quarters, estimated to be the same as this year; say And the stock now on hand in' Liver pool, London and Glasgow 364,000 464,100 1,878,100 Deducting what may be taken for ex portation 120,000 Gives a total for the service of the year 1,758,100 Now, allowing a weekly delivery of 25,500 bales, which is surely ample, the stock, on these data, this time next yearwill be 432,100 bales ; a quantity large enough to allay all fears of any thing bordering on a deficiency, and to ensure moderate prices. The precise limits of the latter will be determined by public opinion, acted upon as it will be, not always ac cording to sound reason, by the passing events of the day,— by the prospects of peace or war,—by the price of food,—by the scarcity or abundance of money real or artificial,—and by many other considerations, often swelled on the impulse of the moment into undue importance. Taking an enlarged or as it may be termed a national view of the subject, the greatest calamity that could befal the cotton trade would be a return to high prices. If it is to maintain its supremacy, if it is to continue not only to extend the occupation of territory exclusively its own, but to en croach upon that of the kindred staples of silk, flax, and wool, it must rest on the broad and secure base of large stocks and low prices of the raw material ; else the skill, the enterprise and the industry of our manufacturers will be de frauded of their just reward, and their labour will be in vain. IMPORTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON The annual statement of the imports, exports, and stock of cotton wool for the port of Liverpool, has just been published. From this document we deduce the following particulars : IMPORT OF COTTON WOOL INTO LIVERPOOL IN THE YEAR 1840, AS COMPARED WITH THE YEARS 1838 AND 1839. Descriptions Atlantic States 455484 342442 483254 New Orleans and Mobile 615818 440533 681859 Pernambuco and Ceara Bahia and Maceio . Maranham 34468 30420 19106 Egyptian Demerara and Berbice Barbadoes West India 1320 1221 409 294 306 205 11908 2634 1382 Laguira, Peru, and Carthagena 14793 21511 18283 Surat Bengal 3321 1638 I Smyrna ft Totals 1328604 1016510 1414726 The following is a statement of the total amount of im ports into the port of Liverpool during each month in the years 1838, 1839, and 1840 respectively : January February March April May June - 177353 239318 185724 July August September October 48171 29126 62814 November 14109 27717 54625 December 37418 41918 46420 Totals The following are the particulars of the stock of Cotton in the Port of Liverpool, on the 31st of De cember, for the last four years : Descriptions 1837. 1838. 1839. 1840. Sea Island Stained Ditto Upland 1460 3220 3550 5180 770 1330 800 310 35290 68860 41210 82950 Alabama and Mobile 5760 17640 33660 58830 New Orleans Pernambuco and Ceara Maranham Bahia and Maceio.. 8330 8330 1750 5500 Egyptian 13350 5320 11590 20760 Demerara and Berbice 7lO 640 400 340 West India Carthagena Lagui ri, &c. Peruvian Smyrna. Surat ... Madras Bengal . Manilla 590 230 610 1060 4690 4640 1000 1130 250 1060 6320, 810 840 1160 4180 270 700 .. 240 39940 16310 19300 35860 2030 400 1890 1400 2100 580 960 350 480 30 .. Totals. 170820 248340 206050 366140 The following table exhibits the comparative prices of Cotton at the same periods : Descriptions. 1837, 1839. 1840, d. d. d. d. d. d. d. d. Sea Island. Stained Ditto Upland 7 9 7 9 54 74 51 7 Alabama and Mobile 64 9 7 9 5/ 81 5+ 7 New Orleans 7 91 71 91 6 8/ 51 71 Pernambuco & Ceara 91 10/ 91 10+ 9 101 81 9 Maranham 7/ 10 71 9/ 810 61 81 Bahia and Maceio Egyptian Demerara & Berbice 9 12 10 14 8 12 8 91 West India 7l 10 7 9 7 9 6 71 Carthagena 54 6 5% 6 5/ 6 41 5 Laguira, &c 64 84 7 8/ 81 9 64 8 Peruvian Smyrna .. Surat Madras 44 6+ 54 6i. 5-1 6 4+ 4i .. ... . _ . . Bengal Manilla, 7t 54 7 6i 44 54 4' 4f STOCKS IN THE PORTS OF LONDON AND GLASGOW, 30TH DECEMBER, 1840. Descriptions. Load. Glas. Atlantic States l 2700 13528 New Orleans Pernambuco Bahia, &c Maranham ...-...- Smyrna 3BO .. Egyptian Demerara and Berbice West India, &c. Bourbon Surat Bengal Madras lO5lO 50660 47248 EXPORT OF COTTON WOOL FROM LIVERPOOL, LONDON, AND GLASGOW, IN THE YEAR 1840, COMPARED WITH 1839' AND 1838. LIVERPOOL. 1840. 1839. 1838. To Continent of Europe To Ireland.. Totals LONDON :66957 86278 63990 To Continent of Europe GLASGOW 1840. 1839. 1838. 53800 34100 43835 To Continent of Europe To Ireland. 1840. 1839. 1838 50 620 Totals, Taken on speculation this year Same period 1839.. . Taken for export this year Same period 1839.... . 50 650 229,200 261,470 55,490 81,730 DEc. M.—At the commencement of the week much busi ness was transacted in cotton. This caused the disposal of a considerable quantity of American and Surat at id, and in a few instances id, per lb. more than last week. The demand has since not been so large, and the price demanded on Monday is not now asked ; but both sorts mentioned are offered at about id a d vance on the prices of this day week. Brazil, Egyptian, and Sea Island maintain the prices of last week. 5000 American and 1200 Surat on speculation. THURSDAY NlGHT.—Since stock-taking, the weekly ac counts having proved so correct, the market closes in the same dull manner as it has remained for the last three days. About 3000 bales sold to -day. VOCAL CLASS AT THE MECHANICS' INSTITUTION The senior division of this class gave a public exhibition at the Mechanics' Institution last evening. The theatre was but half filled, no doubt from the little notoriety given to the matter. We assure those who knew of it, and did not attend, that they lost a great treat. The pupils were twenty in num ber. The following glees, choruses, and madrigals were sung PART I. 1 11. Glorious Apollo-2. Spring's Delights-3. Hail Smiling Morn-4• Lovely seems the Moorish-5. Bright Sword 6. Horn of the Chase-7. Mynheer Vandunck. PART 11. 8. Life's a Bumpe r -0. In the Twilight Glade-10. This Pleasant Month of May-11. Towers and Battlements-12. Breath Soft, ye Winds-13. Mighty Conqueror-14. Hart and Hind-15. God Save the Queen. No. 7 was capitally sung, as was No. 12. The soft and plain tive character of the glee being well expressed, Nos. 3,6, and 9 were encored. We must say that the proficiency of this class does Mr. George Eyton infinite credit. His pupils sang in excellent time and tune, and seemed p er f ec tl y to un d erstan d t h e i r subject. We sincerely hope that there will be another ex hibition shortly, and that every publicity will be given to it; and we strongly recommend all who love music to attend. The charming glees and madrigals of British composers are unequalled for harmony and melody, and a cultivation of glee singing cannot but afford gratification to the pupil. We shall have something to say upon this *abject if we perc e i ve that another meeting t akes place. ' " The vocal class consists of 100 pupils, and has been esta blished about twelve months : there are 25 in each class. They are taught upon a system by which every pupil is tho roughly made acquainted with the principles of the art. RECORDS OF WESL,EYAN LIFE. Hamilton, Adams, sr Co London. This work, which we have just received, is from the pen of a lay member of the Wesleyan body. It is designed to exhibit the doctrines and discipline of the Wesleyan church, and, being written in the form of narrative, is highly interest ing and instructive. The domestic intercourse and religious experience of the members of a Wesleyan family, form the groundwork of the author's s t a t ements ; an d at the same time that the views and Practices of the persons amongst whom the writer has chosen to place himself are fairly and correctly stated, we are bound t o a dd, t h at t h e pos i t i on of the same persons towards our established church is detailed with propriety and truth. The book must be in the hands of every Wesleyan, though there is m uc h th a t i s ca l cu l ate d to attract and improve the general reader. We may perhaps make some extracts from the work in future numbers. EXPLOSION of FMB DA/tr.—Last week an explosion of hydrogen gas occu rre d a t D rewydd colliery, near carboretted hydro Carmarthen, in consequence of a man, named Evan Moorla, using a common candle instead of a safety lamp. The ex plosion caused a considerable portion of the timber support ing the roof to fall, together with an . immense quantity of rubbish, and the poor man was buried beneath the ruins. A great number of neighbouring colliers set to work 'with all possible speed, but nine hours elapsed before they succeeded in bringing the body to the mouth of the shaft, when it was found. to be quite dead. Two men were also seriously injured by the explosion. The air Which ascended the .shaft was so violent that it blew several of the men's hats from Off their heads (at the mouth of the pit), and caused a con vu l s i on i n the earth similar to that of au earthquake. •-• The new bridge built across the river Teiti; near Llandysill, called Allt-y-Cavan bridge, was carried down by the irn inense flood which rose in that river last week. The bridge had only been .compkted a few months since, and the erec tion of it coat upwards of £lOOO. MEETING OF THE DOCK COMMITTEE The Dock Committee held their weekly meeting yesterday. There were present Messrs. Benn, Barclay, Middleton, J. Holmes, Hornby, Booth, Horsfall, Mellor, Moon, G. Holt, Evans, Aikin, and Tobin. In the absence of Mr. Leathom, the deputy - chairman—Mr. Benn, presided. The British and North American Association presented a memorial urging upon the committee the necessity of forth with completing the shed round Brunswick dock basin, and of repairing some of the approaches thereto. The memorial also represented that ship-owners were sustaining great in convenience from the want of graving -dock accommodation, and strongly recommended that a fire engine should be ap propriated to each graving-dock in the port. The memorial was referred to the Board of Works. The South Harbour Master and the Head Constable re. ported the fire which took place in the ship England, the circumstances of which were narrated in the last number of the STANDARD. A letter was read from Mr. Sands, inclosing a memorial from John Edgar. It appeared that the memorialist had been a gateman at the Brunswick dock, and whilst in the discharge of his duty a rope caught his leg and fractured it. He was taken to the Infirmary, where the limb was ampu tated. When he recovered he received an allowance from the charity fund, and Mr. Hartley appointed him a watch man during the completion of the Coburg dock : when that was done he was discharged, and being without employment he now solicited some assistance from the committee, in whose service he had been eight years.—Referred to the sub committee of finance. Another memorial was presented from the British and North American Association requesting the committee to furnish a return of all the ships entered in all the docks, the cargo and tonnage of each, and the amount of dues paid for each, from the 30th June to the 31st December: and also the expences of maintaining each dock in the port during the same period. HORSFALL said it would not be fair to make the re turn for the last six months in the year. Let it be for a year. The CHAIRMAN said no accounts were kept of a kind to enable the committee to make such a return. Mr. AIKIN agreed with Mr. Horsfall that it would be quite unfair to make the return for six months only. The CHAIRMAN observed that if it commenced with Janu ary, that difficuty would be obviated. Mr. MELLOR stated that the sub-committee of finance had that morning agreed to a resolution which be thought would meet the wishes of the memorialists. The SECRETARY read the resolution. It was to the effect that a record be kept of every ship in each dock, the place from whence each had sailed, and the time each remained in dock. Mr. EVANS asked Mr. Middleton [a member of the asso ciation, who had been requested to move for the return,] what was the object of the memorialists in desiring to have this information ? He supposed the memorial would not have. been sent if there had not been some reason for it, and cer tainly the Dock Committee had a right to know what that reason was. Mr. MIDDLETON said he was not at the meeting at which the memorial was agreed to. Mr. EvANs said then the memorial was a mere barren, un supported enquiry. Mr. BOOTH said it might be necessary to mention, that when the Sub-committee of Finance passed the resolution just read, they had no knowledge whatever of the memorial. EvANs.—This looks like the old leaven of the ware ' house interest. 1328604 1016510 1414726 Mr. MIDDLETON.—Nothing of the kind. Mr. AIKIN made some observations concerning the dock rate-payers who paid less rates than £lO per annum, and the desirableness as we understood of registering them, so as to ascertain who had and who had not the right of voting. Mr. EvANs said that, by this memorial, there was an at tempt to distinguish between the different trades of the port. They had all one common interest, yet they all hated each other, and were jealous of each other's increase. If the me morialists thought the committee would legislate in a hostile or rival way between different trades, they were altogether mistaken. The CHAIRMAN thought, as to the receipts, it would be much better to render the amount paid upon each article, in stead of distinguishing the receipts of one dock from another. The coasting vessels in Salthouse Dock for instance paid nothing, whilst the expense of maintaining that dock was as great as the maintainance of any other dock. Mr. MIDDLEToN said there had formerly been legislation upon the subject; and all that the British and North Ameri can Association now wanted was to ascertain to what extent of accommodation they were entitled. • Mr. EVANS replied that, however failing they might be in other branches of commerce, greater accommodation was given to ships here than in any other port in the kingdom, Some further discussion followed, at the end of which, the memorial was referred to the Sub-committee of Finance. Mr. AIKIN suggested that, as an accumulation of vessels i a George's Dock might soon be expected, the dredging m chine be worked in it by night as well as day. A MEMBER expressed a doubt whether the machine could be worked by night, as lights were strictly prohibited from being in any of the docks by the act of parliament. Tile SECRETARY referred to the act, and it was found that the committee had power to order lights to be used for the purpose of repairing or cleansing in the night. A resolution was therefore passed, directing the work to be forthwith commenced, under the superintendence of Mr. Hartley. Mr..HORSFALL was sorry that Mr. Chapman was not pre sent to-day, in consequence of what he had said a few weeks ago with regard to this estate. On that occasion Mr. Chap man thought it right to bring forward his own views, and he thought proper to bring certain charges against the surveyor. He (Mr. Horsfall) hoped that all the members of that com mittee went there with the intention of doing their duty. not only with regard to finding fault with their officers, if there was occasion for it, but as to the best. and most economical management of the estate. If they did not go there with that motive, they had no business there at all. No doubt Mr. Chapman had brought forward his views and charges from the best of motives, but he (Mr. Horsfall) wished he had done so with more consideration. The charges he had made stood so very broad and . distinct against Mr. Hartley, that he (Mr. Horsfall) could not go into company without the subject being mentioned, and others alleged which af fected his reputation as an engineer. Mr. Chapman's alle gations went strongly against Mr. Hartley's character, and he (Mr. Horsfall) was very sorry Mr. Chapman was not pre sent to hear the remarks he intended to make. Mr. Chap man had charged Mr. Hartley with incapacity in the management of-the estate, and -with an extravagance which amounted to something like_ a misapplication of half its funds. Such an impression had been made upon the minds of the public. Now, in so charging the surveyor of the es tate, he also charged to some extent, the committee itself ; and he (Mr. Horsfall) having been a member of the com mittee ever since the change which introduced . Mr. Hartley, now about sixteen years, if Mr. Hartley been wrong, he (Mr. Horsfall) was a participator in that wrong. A very able sub-committee, however, had been appointed to inves tigate the charges made by Mr. Chapman : he (Mr. Horsfail) hoped they would go through the whole of them carefully, and then he should be satisfied. With regard to Mr. Hart ley he felt bound to say, that he had never known a more in dustrious man : it had been his lot to see him at his occupa tion very early in the morning; upon some occasions he knew he had been engaged between four and five o'clock in the morning, and very commonly at six. A more industri ous man, indeed, could not be found. Upon the question of his capacity there might be differences of opinion ; but if we looked at the works, north and south, which he had com pleted,they would be found to bear comparison with any works in the kingdom. They certainly would with any that he (Mr. Horsfall) had hitherto seen. The quality of his masonry was unquestionable, and his iron work was as good, at the least, as any he had ever seen. Mr. Hartley, like other men, was not infallible, and he might have been mistaken ; but how far that warrranted such charges as Mr. Chapman had brought against him, was very questionable. Having known Mr. Hartley for the last sixteen years, and that a more industrious servant the Dock-estate could not have, he (Mr. Horsfall) had thought it right to make these observa tions. The sub-committee which had been appointed had a very arduous duty to perform, and he hoped—he was sure—they would do it well. The great difficulty which he (Mr. Horsfall) saw in their way would be that of . making comparisons between work which Mr. Hartley had done for the estate and that which might have been done by contract. In entering into this comparison it might, per haps, be said that Mr. Hartley had been lavish in his expen diture; but at the same time it ought to be remembered that the work had been done for the use of posterity, and must, therefore, necessarily be expensive. On all accounts, he had to request that the sub-committee would lose no time in mak ing their report, for until then injustice was donejto Mr. Hartley, from Mr. Chapman's charges hanging o vr him. With regard to the suggestion for the appointment of a con sulting superior engineer, Mr. Hartley could not object to that. Whenever the committee went before parliament that was always the case, but he (Mr. Horsfall) did not recollect that the engineer was consulted as to design ; it was only, he believed, as to the mode of execution. Mr. EVANS thought that the only instance of Mr. Hartley suffering in reputation was from the misapprehension by the public of the word sill in speaking of the Queen's Graving Dock. Mr. HORSFALL admitted that as far as the sill of the graving dock was concerned, Mr. Chapman had substantiated his charge against Mr. Hartley. But as to the perpendicu larity of the walls it was a choice of evils, whether to make them as they now stood or to lessen the quay room. t Mr. MELLOR, in Mr. Chapman's absence, would state on his behalf that his objections applied to the system more than to the individual. Mr. Chapman was convinced, from the great variety of trades carried on by Mr. Hartley, that it was impossible for one man effectually to superintend them ; and he conceived it would be better for the different kinds of work to be executed by contract. Mr. HORSFALL had always been of the same opinion; nevertheless, that was a subject for the investigation of the committee. Mr. Hartley certainly could not efficiently super intend all the different trades which were carried on, and that was the great objection he (Mr. Horafall), had to his manage ment. Mr. ToBIN objected to the system of contracts, especially for small articles, on the ground that durability and superior quality could not be secured. After a few words from Mr. AIKIN and Mr. EVANS, the conversation dropped, and the committee separated. An old soldier, who had fought in the famous battle of Fontenoy, died near Perigueux, a few days since, aged 117. His wife, who survives him, is 98. A man named Evan Jones, who is supposed to have rob bed several churches in Wales, has been committed for trial at the Flint assizes, on the charge of having committed sa crilege in the church of Halkin. NANTWICH.—The notorious housebreaker, Joseph Banks, late of Over, who made his escape from Knutsford, last Oc tober sessions, was re-taken at Nantwich, on Saturday night, and lodged safely in the lock-ups. We hear that Sheridan Knowles is again at work for Ellen Tree, in London. He has already produced one new tragedy this season, and it is reported that he is busily engaged upon a comedy. WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.—The next meeting of the Conference will be held in Manchester next July, and it is generally expected that the Rev. James Dixon will be elected to the office of president. This gentleman is well known to the public as the eloquent and powerful advocate of consti tutional and protestant principles, and his election will do infinite credit to that loyal and respectable sect of religionists. E. S. CAYLEY, EsQ., M.P.—We had the satisfaction of stating in our paper a fortnight ago, that the worthy member for the North Riding had so far recovered that he would be able to attend the opening of parliament. Although this is the case, the state of Mr, Cayley's health will prevent him from taking that active part in public business which he was accustomed to take ; but the honourable member will be able to watch over the interests of his constituents with the same fidelity he has ever evinced.—Yorkshireman. THE WILL OF THE LATE EARL OF DUCIE. — The will of the Right Hon. Thomas, Earl of Ducie, Baron Ducie, late of 'rortworth, in the county of Gloucester, has just been proved in the Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, in Doctors' Commons, by the Right Hon. Henry George Francis, Earl of Ducie, the son, and James Houghton Lang ton, Esq., the executors. The personal property of the de ceased earl is sworn under £70,000. The late earl was born on the 31st August, 1776 ; succeeded his father, the late lord, the 20th August, 1808 ; married, the sth Dec. 1797, Frances, only daughter of Henry, first Earl of Carnarvon, and was advanced to the dignities of Earl Ducie and Baron Moreton, by patent, the 28th ofJanuary, 1837. The Earl of Denbigh, Master of the Horse to her majesty the queen dowager, is a son-in-law of the late earl, and has a legacy under the e Britannia. CATHOLIC & POPISH FORMS OF ABSOLUTION LETTER 111 TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIII.,—The public are much indebted to your contemporary the Mercury for having, in the first place, mooted the sub ject of " Priestly Absolution," and, in the second place, for connecting the name and authority of Dr. Philpotts with the same. And, although I am inclined to be of opinion that the writer of the article, when engaged in discharging this important service, was, to all intents and purposes, un conscious of what the result might be ; yet, now that he has rendered such essential good to the cause of truth generally, as well as to our much libelled church specially, I would, therefore, respectfully invite him and others who may think with him to approach the examination of the matter under consideration in honest candour, not permitting for a single moment the intrusion of pre .conceived fancies to prejudice or warp the judgment. Let this be but done in the way now recommended, and I cannot help hoping hilt that a " leader" in the Mercury will ere long ingenuously admit that there is indeed a wide—a very wide, difference between the con strained confession and judicial absolution of modern Rome as exhibited in her formularies, and the voluntary confession and declarative absolution cited from the office of the Visi tation of the Sick" as set forth by the Church of England in her Book of Common Prayer. lam thankful to the Editor [I suppose I am correct] of the Mercury for having, in his " Notice to Correspondents," expressed so favourable an opinion of the spirit in which I write. I have no quarrel with the Mercury. There are, in my humble opinion, few pro vincial papers in the kingdom can lay better claim to talent when treating upon mere secular matters. From its politics I deem it no trivial privilege to dissent, and upon many oc casions I have noticed with pain and regret its perverted views of Theology ; but still I would fain hope that its columns are not dead to conviction, nor its " wound altogether incurable." Having said thus much, I shall now introduce to your read ers Dr. Philpotts, and leave him to defend himself, after I have said something in the way of information as to the occa sion upon which he recorded the sentiments which I am now about to transcribe. Mr. Southey, the poet laureate, published a work called " The Book of the Church." The late truly amiable, and in many respects deeply read, Mr. Charles Butler, a Roman Catholic barrister, replied to this book, in a work which he called the " Book of the Roman Catholic Church." This work elicited from Dr. Henry Philpotts, then rector of Stan hope, and now, by Divine permission, Bishop of Exeter, a series of letters, which letters were published by Murray, Albemarle-street, 1825. The opening of the first letter to Mr. Butler is well worth transcribing ;—" Sir,—l have read your Book of the Ro man Catholic Church,' and in common, I conceive, with all your readers, have been much gratified with the tone and tamper in which it is written. If, in one or two instances, your zeal has made you, for a while, forget your charity, yet your politeness is always unimpaired, and you never appear to. be more in your natural character than in smoothing the asperities of controversy, and deprecating violence. It has, indeed, been suggested by some of your critics, that you have no objection to see your cause supported by others in language which you would yourself be ashamed to use, and they appeal, for the justice of this suspicion, to your strong recommendation of a work from which every moderate per son of every party turns with disgust ; I mean Strictures on the Poet Laureat's Book,' written, as you tell us, by Dr. Milner." This extract will answer as a specimen of the respect with which Dr. Philpotts regarded his opponent, as well also as of the spirit with which he approached the controversy. I did not at first intend transcribing other than the matter of absolution; but intimately connected as absolution and con fession are in the Romish Church, it is necessary to a fair " hearing of both sides," that I should begin with Dr. Phil potts on auricular coßfessian in the Church of Rome. " We are now" (writes Dr. Philpotts, at page 196) " come to a part of our subject on which I feel it difficult to write without expressing more warmth of indignation against the doctrine of your church than it would, perhaps, in address ing you, become me to exhibit. I abstain, therefore, and shall content myself with simply stating, in the first instance, what that doctrine is. But in order to do this satisfactorily, it is necessary that I should say something, for the informa tion of my Protestant readers, of the supposed sacrament to which CONFESSION and ABSOLUTION belong. " It is, then, the doctrine of the Church of Rome, that mor tal sins, committed after baptism, are remitted only in the sacrament of penance; and of this sacrament the form, that which constitutes it a sacrament, is the speech of the priest, ego to absolvo, 6rc., ; that the matter of it, or rather, as the Council of Trent (sess. xiv.) expresses it, quasi matter, are the acts of the penitent himself, namely contrition, con fession to the priest, and satisfaction, Of these acts, con trition is ' the inward grief and detestation on account of sin committed, with a purpose of not sinning in future.' It is sometimes made perfect with love, and reconciles the sinner to God before recourse has actually been bad to the sacra ment of penance ; but then the reconciliation is not to be ascribed to contrition, without the wish and purpose (sine sacramenti voto, sess. xiv.) of having recourse to the sacra ment, which wish and purpose are included in that perfect contrition. But imperfect contrition, or attrition, as it is called, since it commonly arises either from a consideration of the baseness of sin, or from the fear of hell and punish ment, if it exclude the present will of sinning, and be accom panied with the hope of pardon, is an impulse of the Holy Spirit; and, therefore, though by itself without the sacra ment of penance, it will not lead the sinner to justification, yet it disposes him to obtain the grace of God in that sacra ment. In short, the Council of Trent bas settled (and so it is stated by Bellarmine, De Ponit. lib. ii. c. 18, ad finem, and admitted, I believe, universally) that attrition, though by itself it will not do, yet with AIWOLUTION it is sufficient. " It will be observed, that the council has not declared, whe ther Attrition includes the love of God in any measure or degree. The absence of any express affirmation would, in this case, seem to imply the negative. Yet the scandal aris ing from such a doctrine, and the arguments raised against it by protestant writers, have induced many of your divines to maintain that some degree of the love of God, an initial love of is necessary. But this doctrine is opposed by other and higher authorities, in particularly one, which is instar omnium, Clement XI. pronouncing ex cathedrfi in the well known bull Unigenitus,' a bull admitted, I believe, after whatever difficulties, by all your churches in Continental Europe. [Yes, and in Ireland also. P.] He. has therein condemned the following positions : 47. ' The obedience of the law ought to flow from its source, that is, love ; when thg Ipve of God is its_prineiple_within, and the glory of Ged its end, then the outer. act is pure; without it, it is nothing but hypocrisy, or false righteousness.' 49. As there is no sin without self- love, so there is no good work without the loie of God.' These propositions, I say, are condemned ; and thus authority is given to the Jesuits, in whose especial favour that bull issued, for maintaining that—' Men are not obliged to love God in order to be reconciled to Him in the sacrament of penance, nor to refer all their actions to Him ; that it is sufficient to serve Him through the fear of hell ; and those sinners who hare no better disposition than a strong . fear of being damned, who repent of their crimes only on this motive, and who would, by consequence, in the bottom of their heart, wish that there was no such thing as religion, are nevertheless in a state to receive absolution, and that they Unigenitus, avec des remarques des notes, p. 20. " Such, sir, is the doctrine for which the Church of Rome is it flows from the urinciule laid down by the answerable Council of Trent, and has been virtually set forth (through condemnation of better principles) by the highest authority of your church "The next particular is Confession, which, I need scarcely add, is not merely, as with us, a humble ack n o w led gmen t o f our guilt before God, and a private or open acknowledgment of our offences against our neighbour (according as the duty of compensating the injury done to him shall require); but it is a secret, indeed, but a full and unreserved, disclosure of every mortal sin, with all the circumstances which may change the nature of it, to the priest. Of venial sins it is not necessary, though right and useful, to make a similar confession : but as for mortal sins, the penitent must explore every hidden thought, and all the darkest recesses of his conscience, in order that he may make the confession as full and complete as possible. Con. Trid., Sess. XIV., c. 5. " This is enjoined by the great Council of Lateran, to be done by every one, arrived at the years of discretion, at least once in every year, at Easter ( Con. Labb., tom. xi. p. 174); arm annougn that provision is , Council of Trent hath decreed that sacramental confession is absolutely necessary to salvation : an anathema is pro nounced against all who presume to say the contrary. Con. Trid., Sess. XIV., can. 6. indispensal Such is the doctrine of your church on this particular. On the practical mischiefs to which it leads, the opposite extremes of extreme scrupulosity and callous indifference, — still more, on its glaring tendency to rob the tender, un hacknied, unseared conscience of youth of that which is at once its best protection and its most appropriate grace, the delicacy of ingenuous shame ; on its telling those into whose young bosoms the first ideas of impurity never perhaps in truded, without exciting a thrill of terror, that they must dwell on the thought from which their better minds recoil; that they are to register it faithfully in their memory, and in due time give utterance to it in the presence of one whose sex ought to inspire them with dread, even if his character be as holy as his office,—on these, and consequences scarcely less mischievous than these, I forbear to enlarge. Let me only say, that they are not imaginary. I have looked into a tract, which you inform us is the most popular of all your books of devotion, ' The Garden of the Soul.' I have read there (I acknowledge it with pleasure) sentiments of piety as warm and as just, as the expression often is beautiful; but I have also read one page—prescribing a course of self-exami nation previous to confession—to which I cannot even allude without disgust. Nothing, 1 verily believe, more loathsome or polluting, could be found in the journal of a brothel. Tell us not that the young penitent is not obliged to confess these things, such of them at least as fall short of mortal sin: the Catechism of Trent requires that not only deeds and words, but even thoughts, be recollected and confessed : the Council itself recommends the confession even of venial sins; and if it did not, would you begin thus early to corrupt and harden their conscience by setting it to work on these nice distinctions? " But I turn to the remaining act of the penitent, " SATISFACTION. Satisfaction in general is defined by the Catechism of the Council of Trent, perfect payment of a debt ; and in the present case, the word is used to express the compensation made when a man pays to God something in full on account of sins committed. Cat. Rom. p. 2. Sa cramental satisfaction is the discharging such penances as shall be enjoined by the priest after confession. But it is not necessary to his obtaining the end and benefit of the sacrament, reconciliation with God, that he should complete this satisfaction. He may, if he choose, neglect all the pe nances enjoined him ; and yet the grace of the sacrament, add the consequent right and title to admission into Heaven, will remain unimpaired, so long as he does not fall again into mortal sin. Meanwhile, the unfulfilled satisfaction (if also unremitted) will stand in account against him, and will re main to be discharged in Purgatory ; unless some of the various expedients for his release, of which we have already seen and heard enough, be happily adopted. On this article, therefore, I shall not dwell ; but shall proceed to absolu tion." Seeing, sir, that I have already carried out this letter to an extent farther than may be convenient to your space, I shall here leave off, and, as proposed above, in my next " proceed to absolution." I am, sir, yours faithfully St. Helens, 30th Dec., 1840 PACIANUS HER MAJESTY AND THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—The care and attention bestowed upon the infant Princess Royal by its nurse and various attendants are only to be equalled by the great anxiety manifested by its royal parents, her Majesty and Prince Albert, for its health and welfare. Immediately her Majesty has risen in the morning, and entered the break fast-room, intelligence of the state of health of the infant Princess is communicated to the Queen by the Baroness Lehzen ; and as soon as breakfast is concluded, her Majesty (who is generally accompanied by Prince Albert) proceeds _ or about In consequence of the extreme severity of the weather since the arrival of the Court at Windsor, the royal infant (who is in most excellent health, not having experienced the •• • • ••• •.• . _ • slightest indisposition since she. has b een at the Castle) has not been taken beyond the nursery and the other rooms con nected with that department of the royal household appropri ated to the use of her Royal Highness and her several at tendants. It is the invariable cnstom of her Majesty, upon leaving the drawing -room at night, and previously to retiring to rest, to visit the nursery for the purpose of ascertaining the state of health, and taking leave, of the infant Princess. • The Barcelona papers mention that a few weeks since a young French actress of great beauty, named Augustine Joly, who had not long been on the boards of the theatre in that capital, committed suicide by stifling herself with charcoal. THE NIGER EXPEDITION At the urgent request of several respected friends we insert the following appeal on the subject of the intended expedition for the civilisation of Africa. Although we do not see any reason for changing our opinion respecting the policy of the proposed expedition, we cannot avoid wishing success to this fresh effort on behalf of the poor Africans. We trust that the ends contemplated by the originators of this humane er terprise may be, under the Divine blessing, accomplished. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth muc In a very interesting and able address published by the Rev. James Haldane Stewart, inviting the Christian commu nity to united prayer on the Ist of January, 1841, a promi nent place is given to the subject of the great enterprise which has lately been undertaken for the extinction of the slave trade, and for the civilisation of Africa. The whole of that address must meet with the warmest concurrence of every Christian ; but though several impres sive appeals have been made on the subject, and extensively responded to, yet there is still space for further attempts to explain the views of those who originated the projected un dertaking, and to arouse the feelings of the public. We have heard of the horrors of the slave trade from our infancy, and have, perhaps, been ready to turn from the sub ject in disgust and despair. This would, however, be un worthy of the philanthr o pi s t, an d s till more o f th e Christian. Realise for a moment, to your own mind, the condition of Africa—her state of insecurity, alarm, and desolution. Pic ture to yourself the systematic capture and sale of her inha ' to the awful daily average of one thousand human Imagine the untold horrors of the middle passage— bitants the ;helves of human beings, with their heads pressed be tween their knees for want of space either to sit upright or to lie at length—the stench—the thirst—the groans of the dying —the weak cries of the tortured children—the scene of al most unmingled misery and despair ! Examine the facts, — the bare dry statistics of this case,—all that is asked is a cold, calculating, criticizing investigation. Alas ! not one tittle of the awful catalogue of wrongs and sufferings can be disprosed ! The Niger Expedition is an effort—another noble effort— made by the government of our country for the cure of this evil. It is the fixed conviction of men of the greatest know ledge and experience on this subject, that havin g hitherto failed in our efforts to put down the slave trade by force, we must try another method ; and as we cannot cberce the Europeans, who are the gainers by the dreadful traffic, we must seek to influence the Africans, who are the losers by it to its abandonment. The Niger Expedition is, therefore, sent forth to form treaties with the native princes —to en lighten their minds upon the itnpolicy, as well as the wicked- ness, of their present course, and thus to pave the way for the introduction of agriculture, commerce, and above all—far above all—of Christianity into those desolate regions. The expedition is to consist of three iron steam-vessels : the Albert, the Wilberforce, and the Soudan. They carry with them surgeons and men of science, botanists, survey graphers, gedlogists, and agriculturists. They arc ors, geol provided with seeds , implements , medicine furnished from private as well as public sources_ One of the main objects of the expedition, in the minds of its principal promoters, will be to prepare the way for the entrance of Christian teachers, who will, it is trusted, be poured into Africa from many sections of the Church of Christ; above all, from that people so providently preparing for this work,—the emancipated negroes of our West India Colonies. ind present The expedition is appointed to sail in January next; and who Al not be ready to use the almost prophetic words of the poet— Soft airs and gentle heaviugs of the wave Impel the fleet—whose errand is to save, To succour wasted regions, and to place The smile of opulence on sorrow's face ! May nothing adverse, nothing unforeseen, Impede the bark, that ploughs the deep serene ; That flies, like Gabriel, on his Lord's commands A herald of God's love, to Pagan lands ! But let not our interest expend itself in mere good wishes. Let us fervently supplicate the Divine Majesty for a blessing on this noble enterprise. Let part of the Ist of January be dedicated to this purpose. On that day may the heartfelt prayers of hundreds and thousands of Christians ascend to the throne of grace for the success of this undertaking—for the guidance and preservation of its agents—for the outpour ing of the Holy Spirit of God upon them and upon the wretched millions of Africa—and for the uplifting of the arm of the Most High ; to the support and deliverance of the captives traversing the desert, or gasping in the holds of slave ships. Mark the promises on behalf of the needy and those who haVe no helper—" For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord."—Ps. xii, 5. " Let the sighing of the prisoner come before Thee, according to the greatness of Thy power preserve Thou those that are appointed to die."—Ps. lxxix, 11. " Make us glad according to the days wherein Thou halt afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil."—Ps. xe. 15. And again—" I, the Lord, build the ruined places and plant that that was desolate ; I, the Lord, have spoken it, and 1 will do it."—Ezek. xxxvi, 36. But, " Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel to do it for them."—Ezek. xxxvi, 37. In obedience to this command, and resting on the assu- rance that " If two of you shall agree together touching anything that ye shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven," let us unite with our fellow- Christians in making the Niger expedition a special object of remembrance before God on Friday, the Ist of January. Throughout the period of its absence -may we continually lift up our hearts to God for .His favour, protection, and blessing on this effort, that under His guidance " it may well and solidly lay the foundation of measures which may issue in the utter extinction of the slave-trade, and the full partiCipation by Africa in the gospel of Christ."—" Never Was there a case which more required the divine blessin the novelty of the attempt—the perils which attend it-Iland the mighty consequences, both temporal and spiritual, which may flow from it,—all seem to say, you are lost unless you are guided through your difficulties by divine skill, and en counter the obstacles and enemies who will oppose you, by the help of the Lord." Let British Christians, then, re member Africa and this momentous undertaking before " the throne of grace," and that in connection with the sure promise of the Lord Jesus• to his disciples—" Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father, in my name, He will give it you." The clerks in the Bank of England are about 700 in num ber. On Sunday morning flames were seen in the body of the magnificent church of Grantham, which were fortunately put out with trifling injury to the fabric. The fire originated from the heating of the flue to redness which ignited an adjoining pew.—Lincoln Chronicle. Mr. Beckford has determined to dismantle Lansdowne Tower, and sell by auction all the articles of vertu it con• tams. The reason assigned for this c tower has been several times attem by expert thieves, ,w ?ted to be broken open cannot take away ford, in lom he fears will mutilate what th —Bath Herald. Bryntirion, the beautiful seat of Mr. ( Merionethshire, was burnt to the ground on Tuesday morn ing last, together with the fine collection of paintings, costly furniture, and plate, none of which could be saved. The fire originated from a beam in the chimney becoming ignited. — Welshman. TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO A CLERGYMAN.—We are happy to announce, that the ladies of Heaton Norris and Reddish, appreciating the valuable ministerial services of the Rev. John Harrison ' have presented him with a purse, as a token of their regard, on his resignation of the duties of St. Thomas's Chapel. Reports have been bandied about the papers respecting th Monmouthshire election. We know for certain that th Hon. Charles Hanbury Tracey, eldest son of Lord Sudeley and nephew of Capel Leigh, Esq., and Lord Lieutenant c the county, will, at the opening of parliament, succeed Mt Williams without opposition.—Morning Chronicle.• THE FROST.—The river Ouse is covered with a tine she( of ice, some_parts of which are of first-rate quality for skr ting. On Wednesday some excellent sport was a match at cricket, all the players being in ska believe another match will be played on Monday, for a heavy wager between a skater and a runic yards, the - former giving the latter halt the dis ford Reformer. The memorial of the bishop and clergy of the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol, upon the desecration of the Sabbath, addressed to the directors of the Great Western Railway, having received the signatures of the clergy, has been for warded to the bishop, to be by him laid before the board of directors, most respectfully calling their serious consideratiod to the solemn and urgent appeal thus made to them upon that important subject.—Hereford Journal. SCANDALOUS PROCEEDINGS OF AMERICAN MAN TURERS.—The laceworlers of Nottingham, and other in the neighbourhood, who have been kidnapped to A under pretence of high wages, give a dreadful account frauds practised upon them. Any amount of wages is to the poor fellow, but they tell him he can only be 1 six months ; he goes working, and fancies he is gaining tune, but when the pay-day comes the thieving mast him that he has no money, and he is obliged to b action in the state courts, and may not get judgmen' months, during which time he is starving.—Nett, Journal. SUDDEN DEATH OF A MASTER OF A SHIT place at the Victoria Hotel, this • stances of a most distressing natut of the brig Isabel, bound froth Laguna to Liverpool in the harbour of Crookhaven, where she put in fr of weather, arrived in this city last evening in th coach, on his way to Liverpool, to report to his own( proceeded to the Victoria, and soon complained of He was put to bed, and, notwithstanding prompt a mitting medical aid, he died this morning. His dis _ a dropsical affection. Captain Cape was much res, and was himself a part shipowner.—Cork Southeria Reporter Saturday'. mornin DEATH OF MR. T. HlLL.—(Abridged from the lA,. Gazette.)—On Sunday, after a short illness, at his resid& in the Adelphi, aged 80 years, died Mr. Thomas Hill individual intimately known in the literary circles of Lon For the last half century his connection with the press its branches, with authors, actors, artists, and pull' has been familiar and confidential. Originally by drysalter, Mr. Hill made a valuable collection, o insomuch that, when misfortune befel his mercant lations, it was valued at above £sooo—a nolo position in life. Though at the at Mr. Hill would hardly have been suppu.— until within a very few weeks of his decease he was and entertaining as he was forty years ago. His own litt foible of curiosity, which, we believe, caused him to be for -the portrait of Poole's humourous Paul Pry, o' amused his laughing friends at his expense, and never in' a human being. He " happened to know" so many 7 and so many things, that listeners were often jocular sceptical, upon his statements ; but the real truth w his information was very considerable. His affected to conceal, was attenuated to and a Theodore Hooke, or James Smith, or some other w would sing or descant upon his adventures in the reign Queen Anne or Queen Elizabeth. MELANCHOLY CIRCUMSTANCE.—A person of the nay of Campbell, who was for some time shepherd on the far of Liaran, and lived with his wife and family in a very trio place on the hill called Corribbachdidh-nain-Fiadb, being , expert angler, and close to Lecherrechd-side, he very f quently, when his pastoral avocations permitted bun, e ployed his time in fishing on this lake ; and having or caught a large trout, he received (no unusual thing) scratch from its teeth, when he was in the act of ext, the hook from its mouth. Of this he took little notic h„, ;, „„„„‘, „„f„ a f „ .„„; hi s h a nd began tar" ivanced age of four to swell, be hastened home to his wife, and int every means in their power to stop the blood, im Baffled and alarmed, the wife propo sed, as a , _ _ fnr the assistar she started. hi the to that 5. _... g o to the num. -, . --- . daylight, and, dark ... ••• utile a d n ie d o h f a t v h i letgnrizeicleti,v and dh travellediscnc ,, concurrence, she les through a td „,-, n , and implored immediate set ou t t,or aid, her she, assi habitation, having co dreary bill, ere she arrived at any human habit fatigued she came to Liaran about outran the individuals who the speed of lightning, returning. () h u e presented ' loved husband. But, alas 1 what into when she cast her eyesance. and, with her arrival, earth lying pale in the less children crying . eryt fl hick fle e , to her I upon the sad spectacle which, must have been her fe itself--the object dearest to her arms of death, and her young fath ng around him.—Perth Courier. he wou ce Id eh 'ou by ;es op op- ;ter uld We uld the 'pa just ces- will that has )els, hey :hey lead Ts.) met F of had the eta, nay and )eal iful