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SECOND EDITION. !!;tanclari •d -office, Four o'clock LORD STANLEY'S IRISH REGISTRATION BILL. GREAT MEETING THIS DAY, AT THE AMPHITHEATRE. [With our usual anxiety to meet the wishes of the publie, we have, at considerable expense, accomplished, what we were assured by numbers we should not be able to effect,—a full report of the eloquent orations delivered at this interesting meeting within an hour after its termination,—an instance of exertion which has never yet oceurred in the annals of the provincial press.J This morning, at half-past eleven o'clock, a meeting took place of the inhabitants of Liverpool to petition in favour of the Irish Registration Bill which has been introduced by Lord Stanley in the House of Com mons, and in opposition to the bill introduced by go vernment. It must he fresh in the memory of all, th4t at this period last year a meeting to a similar ef fect took place, which was most brilliantly attended. Although the present meeting has not, perhaps, been quite so numerous, yet it must be borne in mind that the time of day at which the meeting was convened was most inconvenient, not only to the mechanics, shipwrights, and others, who, it is notorious, are en thusiastic supporters of all that appertains to the Con servative cause, but also to the gentlemen connected with the trade of this port. In consequence of the oc cupation of the Amphitheatre by Mr. Cooke's com pany, the arrangement was unavoidable. Amongst the gentlemen present we noticed the following on the platform : Sir T. Brancker ; Revs. H. M'Neile, W. Falloon, J. R. Connor, W. Maynard, H. E. Prior, Allen, T. Gregg, C. W. Richards, and W. Badnall; C. S. Parker, Esq., James ♦spinall, Esq., J. S. Leigh, Esq., N. Robinson, Esq., Bobby, Esq., J. Rigby, Esq., C. Grant, Esq., S. Holme, ;sq., T. T. Glazebrook, Esq., C. Boutflower, Esq., Daniel Ledson, Esq., P. Leather, Esq., Jas. Pownall, Esq., Nicholl, Esq., Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Shepherd, Esq., D. Hogan, Esq., M. Edwards, Esq., D. Hodgson, Esq.. On the motion of Mr. NICHOLAS ROBINSON, seconded by Mr. J. S. LILIGH, Sir THOMAS BRANCKER was called to the chair amidst tremendous applause. The CHAIRMAN opened the proceedings in the following words :—Gentlemen, you will all of you remember that during the last spring we met in this building for the purpose of petitioning the legislature in favour of the bill brought in by Lord Stanley for the improvement of the system of Irish registration—in other words, the putting down of fraud, and the protection of the honest voter. (Cheers.) That bill was thrown out of the House of Commons not by argument, but to use an expression attributed to Mr. O'Connell, " by the clock." (Hear, hear.) In consequence of this, Lord Stanley has again brought in this bill' during the present session ; and we now meet for a double purpose, inasmuch • as the government, beginning also to find at last that the sys tem of Irish registration wanted amendment, have brought in a bill of their own (hear, hear), for which they claim pre cedence over Lord Stanley's. (Hear.) We, therefore, meet for the double purpose, as I said before, first to petition against the bill brought in by Lord Morpeth, and in favour of that brought in by Lord Stanley. (Cheers.) Last year the result of the meeting was the adoption of a pe tition, which received upwards of twenty thousand signa tures. (Cheers.) I think I need scarcely call upon you to repeat those signatures—(hear)—and to present a petition this year still more numerously signed if possible, in order that the result may be ties adoption of the measure which Lord Stanley has now before the House of Commons. (Cheers.) Sir Thomas concluded by saying that the time allowed for the meeting was so lireited that he should not de tain them by any further remarks, but call upon Mr. Aspi call to move the first resolution. (Loud cheers.) Mr. JAMICS ASPINALL ruse to move the first resolution, and was received with loud demonstrations of respect. Ad dressing the chairman, his brother conservatives, and the gentleneen present, he said that the first resolution having been placed in his hands, it was a duty he owed to them and to himself, not to shrink from coming forward to give it his cordial support, and lie claimed their indulgence while he offered a few remarks on the subject before them. When they last met in that place, it was (as stated by the worthy chairman), to give their support to the admirable bill of Lord Stanley, which had for its object the real be nefit and prosperity of Ireland. (Hear, and cheers.) Lord Morpeth, one of the members of that imbecile admi nistration which had very properly been denominated by Lord Stanley, " the thimble r.g ministry"—(cheers and laughter)—had since brought in a bill in opposition to that of the noble ford, at the instigation of a man who found that ministry ever subservient to his uses and ready at his will— s man who, by agitations, kept Ireland in a continued lists of trouble and confusioe. This thimble-rig mi toiletry bad, in obedience to that individual, brought in a bill, which they well knew would never pass, for the purpose of defeating Lord Stanley's excellent bill of last Iniission. This reprehensible line of conduct opened out 4 funk discussion on one of the most lamentable mea onsisistbat had ever received the sanction of parliament. He Onsaint the Irish emancipation bill, by which, as they would be aware, the forty shilling freeholders of Ireland were dis franchised. The bill, however, brought in by Lord Morpeth, made still greater inroads on the purity of registration ; and would give (which they could not too fervently oppose), still greater power to the priests ovef the inhabitants of that country. To aid in the defeat of so nefarious an object bad brought them together that day, and he trusted they would do their duty manfully. He could not persuade him self to delay the meeting, however warmly he felt on the subject, by lengthened remarks of his own, after what had been announced from the chair. There was, however, one amongst them whose gigantic powers of mind enabled him to rapple with this or any other question that might be brought before them ; one whose splendid eloquence had often re sounded within these walls. (Loud and repeated cheers.) He should, therefore, leave the subject in his hands ; and he felt assured that they would be delighted to hear what he should advance on the important question before them. (Loud cheers.) He concluded by moving the first resolu tion, namely : " That this meeting, deploring the present defective state and demoralizing tendency of the existing registration laws for Ireland, rejoice to find that a bill has been introduced in the House of Commons by Lord Stanley to supply the ac knowledged defects, to remove the proved abuses, and to provide a remedy for the various evils of the said registration law." Mr. C. S. PARKER said, that owing to the indisposition of the gentleman who had undertaken to second this resolu tion, that duty had devolved upon him ; but he would not occupy the time of the meeting by speaking to it at any length, particularly under those circumstances which now rendered it desirable that their proceedings should not be protracted. He would not, however, sit down without re turning thanks in his own name, and in that of his brother merchants, to the Protestant operatives, to whom they were indebted for this great meeting. (Cheers.) The CHAIRMAN then put the first resolution, which was carried amidst tremendous cheering, without a dissentient voice. The Rev. HUGH M'NaILE then rose amidst very animated applause. He said—Mr. Chairman and gentlemen, the re solution I have been requested to move, is this— " That this meeting desires to express their conviction that the bill introduced by Lord Morpeth, by lowering the qualification of voters, will open a fresh door for currupt and fraudulent practices, such as the other provisions of ti►e bill are designed to prevent, changing the nature without di minishing the amount of the demoralizing operations of the present law." We are assembled to perform a solemn duty, for the con scientious discharge of which we are all, I conceive, reli . giously responsible. It is an universal maxim, inseparable from the great laiv . of moral retribution, that privleges in volve corresponding responsibilities. This is true of every _ . description of privilege, and therefore it is impossible fo men to enjoy the political privileges which we enjoy, withou being called to the discharge of corresponding political duties If it be the duty of the representatives of the nation in par liament assembled to deliberate dispassionately on all mea sures brought under their notice, and to record the result of their deliberations by their votes, it is equally the duty of their constituents to deliberate on every great national arrangement proposed to be made law, and to record the result of their deliberations by petition. I said, on every great national arrangement proposed to be made law, because on minor matters of detail it is advantageous, as well as convenient, to leave the management, without comment, in the hands of our representatives. When once the law is passed, it is the plain duty of a ehristian citizen to acquiesce in its provisions, and to do his part, whatever his station may be, towards their practical operation ; and the man who rebels, or threatens rebellion against the law of the laud, should be accounted and treated as a traitor to the state. (Lond cheers.) --- But when a measure is proposed which has not yet become law, the proposal, the repeated parliamentary discussions, and the delay inevit.ai consequent thereon, form a consti tutional appeal to Cue nation, to ascertain tlie prevailing opinions of the pelple, and the grounds on which those opinions are formed. Such an appeal was made to the nation last year, and is now repeated, upon the subject of the registration of voters in Ireland. Our attention is now called, relatively as well as positively, to the merits of Lord Stai!ley's bill, because that bill h as to contend, nut only against existingabuses which it seeks to remedy, but also against a rival bill which seeks to supersede it. Last year it became our duty to prove the existing evil which were loudly denied ; and not only to prove their existence, but to exhibit their operation in a way intelligible to all classes of the people. This we endeavoured to do, by tracing the history of a vote, which by an easy con trivance was made to survive the voter. The evils com plained of are now admitted on all sides. lem happy to be able to quote the grave a ords of her Majesty's Chief Secre tary for Ireland, in full illustration of my popular sketch of t h e family of the Cassidys. (Laughter and cheers.) On the fourth of this month, Lord Nlorpeth, in his place in the Huuse of Commons, is reported to have said---. 4 It would be sufficient on that point, td admit, as h e freely did, that great facilities andfraucl it exited in the present system of registration in Ireland; cnu:d nut be de n i e d by any who had serious !y considered the subject, that many instances of finch frauds had ceci...rred. ~ Those fraud's took pla ce i n the system of certificates, in perslnAt!ng dead or abse n t regis tered voters." Here is the noble secretary's official admis sion of what I told you about living Michael voting on the qP ualification of dead Tom. Lord Mor etb doeso preside not, i ind u e s ed er , describe the master spirits from Maynooth,l,in all probability, be wh the system of p ersona ti on . This would, nnparliamentary, as certainly it would be uncourteous, to wards some o f t h e no bl e l ord ' s co ll eagues ; but it is our hap piness out of d oors (as they call every house ex cept their own) not to b e under any of those embarrassments w h en we tell the truth; and as there are no effects produced without adequate causes, it is philosophically as well as politically wise to notice the moving Power which manages the puppets. For power read priesthood, and for puppets read personifiers of dead and absent registered voters, and you have clearness and preeision gives to the statement of the noble secretary. (Loud atm.) To pat.= end to such airmail' frauds, Lord Stanley proposed lin annual revision of the - registry, instead of allowing all the names once placed upon the list to remain there without any opportunity of a rectifying revision for eight years. On this point Lord Stanley proposes to trans fer to Ireland the system now in operation in England. You know what that system is, and that no practical inconveni ence is found to arise from the annual liability to revision of every name on the list. The names of those who are known to be the same persons, and to have the same qualifications, remain unmolested, on the simple payment of a shilling an nually, which is charged regularly by the collector of taxes, and the honest bona fide voter has no trouble whatever. The The names of those who have died, or whose qualification has in any way lapsed, i n th e course o f th e year , are remove d from the list, while the event is of recent occurrence, and matter of notoriety among the attendant listeners and wit nesses in the revising barrister's court. This is an ordeal through which dishonesty on a large scale cannot live. Michael may pass for Tom at an election, after three or four years have passed, without inquiry, but Michael can never successfully pass for Tom, if there be a rectifying scrutiny once a year, and of course within a year after Tom's death. (Loud cheers.) Approving of the straightforward, honest, and as we think effectual proposal of Lord. Stanley, we petitioned last year in favour of it ; and we had the gratification of seeing it supported and affirmed by a majority of the House of Com mons. You are all aware of the species of opposition which has retarded it from becoming the law of the land. (Hear.) And now we have the bill introduced by Lord Morpeth, who said when introducing it— " As to the periods of revision, he was willing to let it be once a-year, as in this country, and as the noble lord (Stan ley) has proposed in his bill." So far well. Here is the ministerial adoption, in name at least, of one of the important provisions of Lord Stanley's bill—an annual revision—but we are compelled by what fol lows to declare that theadoption is in name only and not in sub stance ; because the limitation which Lord Morpeth proceeds to propose would go fur towards neutralizing the benefit. His lordship says—" When a voter was once on the registry, he (Lord Morpeth) proposed to have his claim reviewed for any change made in his tenure or his franchise ; but if no thing occurred to disturb that—if it remained the same as when he registered—he would not make his right to vote sub ject to any further disturbance. He did not go with his noble friend (Lord Stanley) in rendering the voter liable to be dis turbed, year after year, upon a point which had been already decided and settled, and thus to go on to the end of all re corded time." The limitation here described leaves an open door for frau dulent personation. Lord Morpeth proposes an annual revi sion where there has been an)t change in the qualification; but where the qualification remains the same, he refuses an annual revision of the persons claiming to vote upon that qualification. He refuses to subject the living Michael to the annual embarrassment of passing himself for the dead Tom. The qualification upon which Tom voted remains the same, but Tom himself is dead, or gone to Australia for life. Michael calls himself Tom, and claims to vote on the same qualification, and where the qualifica tion is the same Lord Morpeth refuses to allow the vo ters to be liable to be disturbed from year to year, by an inconvenient secretary. Here is a fruitful source of fraud ! The tenure is the same, and the noble secretary's bill contains no provision to give security that the voter shall be the same. Certificates are not necessary for personation. Personal identity is a thing easily manufactured in foro ecclesice. Lord Morpeth's bill leaves the platform for the puppets untouched; the secret wires and springs of the priesthood unbroken. Hence, the Agitator calls it a bless ing to Ireland. But Lord Stanley, by opening the whole list annually, and making the persons liable to be disturbed, if they turned out not to be the same persons, aims a deadly blow at the craft. Hence the rage and fury of the dema gogue, who, after all, is but the puppet of the hierarchy on a more elevated stage. Hence his pent-up venom gathering a characteristic title from within, and applying it in the reck lessness of a seared conscience, to the intrepid adversary whose skill has pierced the core of the corruption. The monster of Romish usurpation and tyranny is stung, and, therefore, the champion of British liberty and independence is Scorpion Stanley. (Loud cheers.) The next point deserving attention, and the gravamen of the ministerial bill, is the proposed change of the qualifica tion from a £lO to a £5 franchise. This would add amazingly to the number of the puppets, and greatly facilitate the manu facture of personal identity. This is much too serious a matter to be slipped in, under the fair title of defining the franchise. To define how £lO should be understood as en titling to the franchise, is one thing ; and to change it into £5 is quite another thing. True, it is accompanied by a de scription of how the --05 is to be understood—namely, as the value on which a rating to the poor law is to be paid ; but this instead of supplying any compensation for the sweeping change from £lO to L 5, deteriorates the qualification below, much below, otherwise understood. It extends the fran chise to a class lower, much lower, than the old disfranchised forty shilling freeholders. (Hesr, hear.) At the risk of being tedious, I wish to give you a slight sketck of how this would work. Michael. Cassidy lives in as neat a little cabin as ever was hollowed out of a bog. Three sides of it are the original bog faced with fuege bushes, the fourth is made of sods piled one over another, and pressed together with a few large stones at the top. The roof is of screws . The apartment is six feet by four, and contains a bed or shakedown of heather, two stools, and a fair sized potatoe pot. (Hear, hear.) Michael has the use of the surrounding mountain, i. e. he has liberty to run about upon it, and his fine family of chil dren have liberty to play upon it ; but all that he can call his own is a little potatoe garden about three times as big as his house. (Cheers.) Soon after the passing of Lord Morpeth's bill, the priest pays Michael a visit. " Well Michael, have you heard that the law is changed ?" "Is it, your reverence ?" " Yes— Have the poor-law valuators been here ?" " No, your re verence." '• Well, take care that they shall pay you a visit. You consider this holding of yours worth £5. don't you, Michael ?" " Five pound, your reverence ! Och, it's myself wouldn't give it for fifty, for what would I do without it ?" " Well, Michael, you are very right to set a high value on fatherland, and to speak your mind freely to me ; but you must not speak so free to the poor-law valuators. All you need to tell them is. that your place is worth five pound— leave the rest to me." Michael, with a knowing shrug and wink, says—" I take, your reverence may depend upon me." In due time the poor-law valuators visit Michael, who then feels all his itnportanceas a negociator to carry out the priest's plan, which he supposes he understands. (Hear.) " Well, friend, you seem to have but a small place here." " Yes, your honour, she's small ; but she's good." " What do you consider this place worth ?'.' " 0 then, is it a poor man like me that your,honour would ask the value, you that is paid for taking values ?" " I suppose, friend, that you consider this place worth five pound? ' Michael looks know ing and considerate, and then says—" Your honour's a real judge—five pound is just the value. No one with his eyes open could say it wasn't worth five pound, if he saw me and my wife and the four weans lying flown to sleep in it ; and I am sure no one that considers the oppressions of the poor, as I am sure your honour does, would put more upon it." (Hear.) I will not venture to say whether Michael's eloquence, or the priest's influence, or both together, or some other in fluence connected with the personal interests of the valuators, have prevailed ; but I will venture so say that in nine such cases out of ten, the name of the mountaineer would be entered on the list, and rated to the poor-law. But how is the rate to be levied ? It is a small matter to be sure. At sixpence in the pound, it would amount to half-a•crown a year. But every thing is comparative, and he would be a clever fellow that would get half-a-crown out of Michael. He and hundreds like him would be troublesome customers in the county goal, and all his goods and chattles would not cover the expence of selling them. What is to be done ? His name is on the list rated to the poor-law. There are no payments entered opposite his name, and thus matters stand when the time for registration comes. Then comes another visit from the indefatigable Maynooth man : " Michael, why but you go down and register your name as a voter for your church and country ? Meet me to-morrow at the court." " I will your reverence." Down comes Michael and claims the franchise. The priest is the asses sor's assessor, and against any demur arising from Mic h ael's appearance, his reverence points significantly at the poor law list. Here he is rated to the poor-law, and therefore fully entitled to the franchise. In vain a conservative attorney urges that Michael has never paid a rate. He is referred to the act of parliament, which only requires that the man shall be rated, dnd does not throw such vexatious difficulties in the way of the franchise, as to require that the rate should be paid. To do so would be a very great hard ship, and could not possibly have been the intention of an enlightened, liberal, and paternal legislature. (Loud cheers.) Michael is registered upon the potatoe garden and hut in the mountain (the name is Clogheen-top) ; and so long as the qualification remains the same, he is not to be liable to be disturbed year after year. Michael Cassidy, of Clogheen top, is a standing qualification. Clogheen-top remains the same tenure. in compliance with the requirements of Lord Morpeth's bill, and we have already seen that the priest is not absolutely confined to one and the same Michael Cassidy. No man, with a moderate knowledge of Irish affairs in de tail, can doubt that the measure proposed by Lord Morpeth amounts to a new reform bill. It is a repeal of a measure substantially a part of the emancipation bill. It is an open ing up of the Roman Catholic question. It is a formal re moval of some of the securities to the institutions of the country enacted in 1829. (Hear.) In that fatal year the King's speech upon the opening of parliament, aft..r recommending a review of the laws which imposed civil disabilities on his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects, contained these words : " You will consider whether the removal of those disabili ties can be effected consistently with the full and permanent security of our establishments in church and state, with the maintenance of the reformed religion established by law, and of the rights and privileges of the bishops and of the clergy of this realm, and of the churches committed to their charge " these are institutions which must ever be held sacred in this Protestant kingdom, and which it is the duty and the determination of his Majesty to preserve inviolate." (Cheers.) Of course, for the attainment of this desirable end, some securities were to be taken, in compensation for the conces sions made. I will not trouble you with the oath required as a security from Roman Catholic members of parliament, and which is likely to redound to the credit of the sagacity of British legislation about as much as the trial of the Earl of Cardigan will redound to the credit of the gravity and solemnity of the highest court of British jurisprudence. The oath was no security whatever. In point of fact, the only real practical security taken, and that which has retarded the progress of Romish domination, was the disfranchise ment of the 40s. freeholders. Sir Robert Peel opened the intended measure, as part of the general plan which the go vernment had formed for the renovation of Ireland, in the same speech in which he introduced the emancipation bill. The two measures were to support each other. The minister told the house, that he would . not ask for disfranchisement, uniess emancipation were granted; and that if emancipation were granted, then he could not dispense with disfranchise ment. He developed in detail the object and the necessity of the measure. He shewed that from the period when the franchise was granted to Roman Catholics in 1793, 40s. free holders had been manufactured to such an unnatural amount as clearly proved they were not the fruit of any constitutional growth. (Hear, hear.) He compared the number of votes polled at the contested elections of 1820, in different coun ties of England and Ireland : " In the county of Bedford, 1,000 voters ; in Berkshire, 2,270 ; Devonshire, 6,296 ; Durham, about 3,800 ; Glamor ganshire, 1,264; Middlesex, 10,000; Sussex, 5,500; and W est m orelan d , about 4,370. In many of the Irish counties there were polled from 10,000 to 18,000. Never was such a concurrent body of testimony brought to bear upon one point as was given before the committees of both houses in 1825, respecting the evils arising from the state of the franchise in Ireland, by every man who was examined, Catholic or Pro testant. 1 .yrnaa or ecclesiastic. The general opinion of the witnesses so examined had been in favour of raising the fran chise to £2O ; but so great a rise he would consider too vio lent an alteration, and was inclined to be satisfied with £lO, as affording a reasonable presumption that the character of the voters would be raised. It would he necessary to deter mine upon some specific mode of ascerta i n i ng w h o were £ lO freeholders,—some tangible method of ascertaining the real character of the freehold. For this purpose it was proposed, that after the passing of the bill a day should be fixed in every county in Ireland, for opening a bond fide registration of £lO freeholds." The avowed spirit of this bill was to place the elections beyond the control of the Romish priests, and it is obvious that without this bill the emancipation could not have been passed. Surely, then, if these two bills passed together, as prts and parcels of the same measure, and if they have hitherto stood together, it is no more than fair play to de mand that they shall still either stand or fall together. (Loud cheers.) Sir, a few.faithful and zealous Protestants in the country have been branded as madmen for,speaking of the repeal of one of these bills. What then shall be said of her ma jesty's secretary for Ireland, who proposes the repeal of the other ? Does he not open afresh the whole Roman Catho lic question Is he prepared to say that the conduct of the Roman Catholic members of the House of Commons has been such as to entitle them to further concessions ? Has the sincerity of their gratitude been so great ; has their sworn respect for the rights and privileges of the bishops and clergy, which the King declared it his duty and his determi nation to preserve inviolate, been so delicate and scrupulous as to remove all honest apprehension as regards the safety of our Protestant institutions ? Has the conduct of the Popish priesthood been such as to justify the removal of a restriction which IA as designed to place the elections beyond their abso lute control ? Is the country prepared to go with her majes ty's ministers in such a measure as that now proposed ? Is the country prepared to repeal the only security of 1829, without repealing the concession of 1829 ? lam very much mistaken if the growing convictions of disappointed English men be not tending, and tending rapidly, in the opposite di rection. (Cheers.) When I had the honour of addressing you on the subject of my Lord Stanley's bill last year, the attention of the town had been already called to it by the giants of Clayton.square, and it only re. mained for us petty men to direct that attention into the right channel, which we happily succeeded in doing. This year we seem to have it all to ourselves. Is there any harm in asking in a good natured way (and to mingle our business with a little amusement) where are the giants gone ? What has become of them ? Have they been slain by a good old English sling and a Glad-stone at Walsall ? or has the Cathedral at Canterbury fallen upon them and smothered them ? or have they departed from the arena of politics to the tune of " .1/organ-rattler" on the Monmouthshire harp? or, in these days of cocks has all their crowing shared the fate of Aleock in East Surrey? Or, though last, not least, have they so much good feeling, so much integrity, so much of ingenuous de. testation of corruption of all sorts, tha;, even crowned with mo mentary victory, they hide their heads in honest shame at the name of St. Alban's ? (Cheers.) Her Majesty's ministers have been disclaiming all inten tion of changing the reform bill, and moderate men have given their support, on the faith that they would not go be • yond it ; but now they are virtually introducing a new reform bill under false pretences. They calculated upon the com placency and quietude of the English character, and hope to deceive us by dealing with us softly ; but if they rouse us, we shall show them what we are. (Cheers.) The bill now attempted to be palmed upon us, is a new reform bill, though it is not convenient to its framers to call it so. 'We, however, like plain speaking, and shall call things by their right names. The petition to which I have adverted from the other side, and which is set forth in a local print of this morning, goes on to say— " That the people of Ireland,have just cause to complain of the laws which regulate the right of voting for members to serve in parliament for that part of the United Kingdom. " That the electoral qualification is not only higher than that required for English voters, but the progf of the quali fication is tedious, complicated, and often expensive; in ad dition to which the qualification is in itself uncertain, some of the Irish judges holding that the qualification must be not merely a ten-pound qualification, but a qualification based on a beneficial interest of ten pounds,—making, in fact, a twenty pound qualification. " That as the law now exists, it is obvious that the people of Ireland have not a sufficiently extensive right of voting at elections, and that it is dangerous as well as unjust to withhold from the Irigh people rights which they ought to enjoy in common with ourselves. We know no good reason why the representation of Ireland should not be as exten sive in all respects as our own." Now as to the amount of qualification for Ireland, it is abso lutely requisite that it should be higher there than it is here, and that for the reasons given by Sir Robert Peel at the time of the passing of the emancipation act. But if there be a doubt as to the meaning of the £lO qualification, why not de fine it—why not give it precision by a bill introduced spe cially for that purpose ? The judges in Ireland have differed about its interpretation; but that difference does not justify a total change of qualification. Definition of an existing franchise is a very different thing from the substitution of a one. We object not to such definition as will put an end to all ambiguity, but we object most strongly to a bill professing to define and regulate the franchise, while in reality it makes an essential change in its character. But recurring again to the article in the radical print to which I have al ready adverted, I find we are threatened with the most terrible consequences if Lord Stanley's bill be perse vered in. "Looking to our foreign relations," says this writer, " considering the risk of a rupture with America, and the threatening position of France, the present is hardly a time at which we can afford, supposing it politic or just at any time, to insult and outrage the people of Ireland." But, I say, there remains spirit enough in the people of England not to be put down by threats. (Loud cheers.) The Popish agitators have held out a menace that in case of war they may possibly unite with France, instead of England—and this is copied by the provincial papers here, to be read by classes over whom it might possibly exercise an evil influence ; but England will not give way so easily, nor yield under any ap prehension of treachery in Ireland. If Irish traitors shew themselves so ready to take advantage of our difficulties and embarrassments, we shall take care to tie their hands in time, and render them harmless in the event of such contingencies as they look for. (Loud cheering, and applause.) Is it safe in the event of hostilities with America or France that the representatives of Great Britain should be overborne by mem bers who are but the representatives of the Romish priests in Ireland ? Should we allow such a control to exist over both our legislature and executive councils ? Would it be safe in time of war ? And if not, then I ask, is this a time to con fer new favours, and enlarged privileges on such persons ? (Cheers.) Whatever may be the proximate cause or causes, certain it is that since the opening of the present session of Parliament, and the occurrence of the events alluded to, our good old town has not been frighted from its propriety by any demonstration of the sublime and beantiful, triumphing over the last impotent struggles of "an expiring Tory faction." (Cheers.) Now, sir, for this little admixture of innocent amusement, I must expect to be well rc-rated as one of that most nauseous and noxious class of reptiles, called political parsons—troublesome, ig norant, and dangerous in the otherwise flowery path of radicalism. A political parson is a species of animal, whose natural history has not yet been fully explored by our reformed philosophy, One thing is clear about him, without much erudition or research, and it may have operated strongly in keeping philosophers of a certain school at a respectful distance, and that is, that he has the free gift of his tongue, and a most annoying acquaintance with the low instincts and habits of his assailants. But what after all is to be properly understood by this expression, a political parson ? If it be intended to designate a Christian min inter who sets a high value on civil liberty, and on those scriptural institutions, both civil and ecclesiastical, by which that liberty is protected and perpetuated : a Christfan minister who detests slavery whether of body or mind, and who has intelligence and perception to discern the frauds and perjuries by which the emis saries of the great apostate tyrant seek to undermine the citadel of freedom and reduce his country to the servile condition of a feof of the supreme Pontiff : a Christian minister whafeels it his duty to use the talents entrusted to him, for the warning of his fellow citizens and the exposure of the conspirators . a Christian min. ister who for the love he bears to the tender and gentle exercise of a scriptural shepherd's care of the flock, is willing to gird him self to the needful battle against the thieves and robbers who would break down the fences of the fold : a Christian minister who in giving such warnhigs and publishing such exposures and en countering such conflicts, has recourse to nothing but the legiti mate weapons of convincing argument, historical facts, sound reasoning, eloquent persuasion, and that rod of rods for a fool's back, indignant irony : a Christian minister who seeks to enlighten the public mind in the great principles df religious duty public and private, in order that men act freely and intelligently, exercising political privileges npon Christian principles, but who never dreams of covering any man's actions by violence. (Cheers.) If this be a political parson, then we may glory in the title, and we trust that many of our young brethren in the ministry of the church will sit for this picture, and endeavour by every legitimate effort to exhibit a good likeness. But, sir, if by a political parson be meant a minister of religion who carries as emblematical of his discipline, a loaded horsewhip, thereby assisting the Assessor in the Registration Courts, or as. cending the hustings at elections, or standing as a sentry at the polling booths, denouncing excommunication here, and damnation hereafter upon ail who dare to give their votes in opposition to the priest's candidate, and laying-on a present and feeling earnest of the stripes to be incurred by political heresy: a minister of religion who forges, from the fertile mint of his breviary, or well stored arsenal of old men's fables, the chains of abject superstition for his ignorant multitudes, and fastens the manacles around the ter rified conscieences of his slaves in the confessional—if this be a political parson, then we cordially join with all unprejudiced men of sense and liberty and letters in repudiating the nauseous and noxious reptile. (Hear, hear.) Mr. SAMUEL HOLME rose, amidst much applause, to se cond the resolution. He confessed that he felt considerable embarrassment in presenting .himself 6) the meeting, inas much as he laboured under a severe cold, so that he feared he could scarcely make himself audible ; and he felt the diffi culty of following a speaker like the last, who had made so heart-stirring and convincing an appeal to those assem bl e d. That gentleman had laid before them a variety of details, from which he (Mr. H.) would but endeavour to deduce a few arguments. When he considered the manner in which the men of Liverpool had come forward on this and other recent occasions, when their dearest institutions were attack ed, and the general burst of feeling against the destructive principles of their opponents, manifested throughout the kingdom, he, for one, would not despair of defeating every attempt that might be made against them. But seeing that these institutions were so threatened, it became them no lon ger to act merely on the defensive, but to buckle on their armour, to hoist the glorious standard of conservatism, and boldly advancing, to drive from their posts a ministry who were unfit to hold the reins of government. (Hear, hear.) The principles they (the conservatives) contended for were the same for which our forefathers had bled; the same for which Nelson had died at Trafalgar, and Wellington had fought at Waterloo. It was not until the passing of the fatal bill of 1829, which gave a lodgement in the legislation to the enemies of the country, that the Protestantism of the constitution was assailed. That measure inducted into par liainent Catholics, who went there on a promise that they would not disturb the Protestant establishments of the country ; but these men, and their coadjutors out of doors, now made a determined effort to put down those admirable institutions. lo the eternal shame of the present ministry, they, too, had entered into a compact with the agitator of Ireland to assist in the unholy work. He considred Pro- testanti.ini the best anchor of the constitution, and if that were removed, the ship would drift from her moorings, and be wrecked upon a,lee shore. (Cheers.) The faction to which he alluded, attempted to make Ireland the arena for the pro pagation of the destructive opinions, a mere appendage to the Romish empire. At the Catholic dinners, the toast was always drank Of " civil and religious liberty all over the world ;" but this was a mere mockery on the part of those who drank it. In Rome the Pope was supreme, in temporal as well as ecclesiastical power. There liberty was but a name, and no one dare attempt to freely follow the dictates of their conscience, to educate the children of the poor, or to act in any respect with that freedom which the people of this country enjoyed. If they looked to Spain and Portu gal, they would there, too, find the withering effects of popery. It was impossible, such was the state of those countries, to travel in safety without an escort. If, too, a catholic voted otherwise than for the nominee of his priest, the thanders of the Romish church were launched upon his head. Mr. Holmes here read the following extract from a speech of the Bishop of Exeter:— " What he (the Bishop of Exeter) was going to read was a speech by Mr. O'Connell when Father Tyrrell was by his side as his great aider and supporter. The words of Mr. O'Connell were, Boys, the names 1 call your enemies, do you call every friend of theirs you meet in the street. Girls • and women, when you meet the Bruenites, spit on them, spit in their faces, particularly if they are Catholic conservatives. Write traitor on their doors with chalk, and tell your friends at home to do the same. You who are wives of the Catholic electors, if your husbands do not vote for their religion, bless yourselves, and then swear on y our prayer b oo k s to separate from your husbands it they do n 't o b ey your commands ; you who are their daughters, I tell you if your fathers vote against you, spit in their faces, and call them the names I taught the boys to call them !' " The bill introduced by Lord Morpeth—and which, he trusted in God, would never pass—(loud an d cont i nue d cheers) —that bill gave additional power to an overgrown priesthood. But the mind of Ireland was already too much enslaved ; and Lord Stanley's bill was introduced for the purpose of relieving the Irish from their debasement. Tile Irish priesthood were strongly opposed to th a t bill, f or t h ey well knew that if it passed , their occupation of deluding the people, would in a great measure bt gone. The present registration system of Ireland, involved a vast and deplora ble amount of perjury ; and why should not such ini qu it y b e put down. Why did the priests fear a law, having that e n d in view. Laws were wade a terror, only to evil doers, not to those who did well. (Cheers.) Nearer home they had in stances of the malignant influence of popery. He alluded to the Protector Society, which was another link in the great chain that was intended to hind down and destroy Protestant did not popery sanction Sabbath desecratio n Protestan tism. T hen he n w a o d u t l h d e ask voter seen bills affixed to the Roman Catholic chapels announcing meetings to be held on Sunday evenings for the repeal of the union 7 (hear, and cries of " Shame !")—and to the shame and disgrace of the magi strates of the borough they had permitted that desecration, —at least if they knew of the circumstance. He was not certain, however, that they did know ; but, if they did, it was their duty not to stand idly by, but immediately to take the parties so acting into custody. He had something further to' say, too, in behalf of Protestant Liverpool. They all knew that they were heavily taxed by the parish autho rites. He, himself, had a large annual amount to pay, and he might state that fifteen out every twenty shillings .went to the support and relief of the poor Irish. Many of the Irish too were suffered to vote who had no more right to a vote here than he had in Kamschatka or Nova Zembla. (" Hear," and laughter.) He would relate a fact that had conic under his own notice, illustrative of the system pursued at the Parish-office. On the 26th of October last, a Man named Charles M`Manus, thirty-six years of age, and living at No. 43, Hodgson-street, paid 4s. 6d. a week as rent of a lodging-house, and let off a room for 2s. a week, thus leaving him to pay only 2s. 6d. a week ! He applied for relief, and stated that the cause of his distress was hurrying for two weeks to prove his right to a vote. He added, that he had two children and a wife to support. The magistrates offered him a pass to go to Ire land, thinking that the best plan to get rid of him. (Laugh ter.) If such were the practices in this town, how much worse must they be in Ireland ; and it was to put an end to the evil of such parties having a vote that the bill of Lord Stanley was introduced. (Hear.) With respect to the pre sent ministry, they would, he believed, go on, if they had even a mjority of only two in the house. They clung to office, indeed, with surprising and persevering tenacity ; and he verily believed they would never relinquish their hold until they were either smoked out, or kicked out. (Loud laughter.) He was of opinion that unless they were driven out, and a new system of things introduced, the happy days of England would be at an end. (Cheers.) They had gone on from time to time, conceding and conceding, until the constitu tion of the country would be given away, and a revolution would ensue. He had been told that there was no danger to be apprehended from them, inasmuch as several of them were churchmen ; but he apprehended greater danger from the covert than the avowed enemies of Protestantism. The ava lanche might be dislodged by the breath of the sweetest music floating on the air, as well as by the influence of the storm, and its effects would be equally destructive. The ministers had opened the floodgates, and the devasta ting stream would rush in if they were allowed to retain their position and their power. It was fallacious to suppose that such men would direct and calm the storm which they had recklessly called into existence.— What they had done was in part payment, on their part, to the agitator and his tail for past favours. (Cheers.) It re dounded greatly to the credit of the mechanics and working classes of Liverpool, that the petition had originated with them. The operatives were in fact in this instance as in others the very bones and marrow of the community. ,But for them the election for .Monmouthshire would have been lost, and Tracey would have walked the course. But they protested he should not, they cut the " traces" from the ministerial mule, and he trotted off to the place whence lie cam( Every man who loved his country ; every man who enjoyed a happy fireside, and those comforts which could alone flow from Protestant institutions, every one who desired happiness here, and looked forward to a happy eternity, was interested in this question, and should support the petition. He alone was free whom truth made free, and all were slaves besides. (Loud cheers.) He concluded by seconding the resolution. (Loud and repeated cheers.) The motion was put from the chair, and carried unani mously. Mr. DANIEL LEDSON having been called upon by the chairman to move the third resolution, rose, and was received with loud cheers. He said, I have just had placed in my hands the third resolution, and I feel great pleasure in mov ing it. At this advanced period of the day, and more espe cially after the able and eloquent speeches of the Rev. Mr. M`Neile and Mr. Holme, it would be an act of presumption in me to attempt to add to the impression which they have produced upon the meeting. (Loud cheers.) I am sure that when the petition is presented by our representatives, Lord Sandon and Mr. Cresswell, to the Commons House of Parliament, it will meet with due effect, as emanating from the most intelligent and respectable portion of the inhabitants of this town. (Hear, hear.) As chairman of the Operative Conservative Association—(cheers)—l beg leave, on behalf of that body, to return Mr. Holme their sincere thanks for the remarks he has just made. I trust that, every day, they will increase in numbers ; and I am sure that they will ever be found ready to defend those institutions which every honest Protestant is bound to protect. (Loud cheers.) Mr. Ledson concluded by moving the following resolution, after which he sat down amidst renewed cheering : _ " That the following petition, which has already been adopted at a previous meeting on Monday last, be trans mitted to Lord Stanley and Mr. Cresswell for preseAtation." Mr. GLAZEBROOK briefly seconded the motion. The petitition was then read by Mr. Crisp. The CHAIRMAN then put the motion to the meeting, and it was unanimously carried. Mr. GEORGE H. LAWRENCE proposed, in a highly-com plimentary address, the thanks of the meeting to the chair man, for his admirable conduct in conducting the proceed- This was carried by acclamation. Three enthusiastic cheers were then given for Mr. Neile, three for Lord Stanley, and three groans for O'Connell. The meeting then separated. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—Tni s DAY (Prom Messrs. R. MAKIN 8c SONS' Circular.) Our supplies continuing to come forward very sparingly, we have little Wheat or other Grain of any kind to notice either coastwise or from Ireland, and none whatever from abroad, between our report of Tuesday last and to-day ; the arrivals consisting chiefly of a moderate quantity of Irish Oatmeal and Flour, with 5205 barrels of the latter from the United States and New Brunswick. During the same period the trade in all respects remained firm, and with some transactions in Mediterranean free Wheats, such rather improved in value; whilst other de scriptions of that Grain, without any lively appearance of business, generally maintained our last quotations. In Flour the operations included principally about 7,000 barrels of American in bond, at 24a, 6d. ; good brands of duty-paid foreign and approved marks of Irish moving gradually into consumption at late prices ; those of all other articles re- maining unvaried The duties on all foreign and British colonial produce continue precisely the same as last week. Although at our Corn Exchange this morning, we had a very slender attendance of buyers, the Wheat trade appeared to open with incaeased confidence on the part of holders, and higher prices were generally required ; the millers, however, having recourse exclusively to Irish, and the lower qualities of Foreign Wheats, such realised an advance of 2d per 70Ibs ; but in any kind of English, or in good descriptions of foreign, no improvement was obtainable ; and the sales on the whole having been limited in amount, the market seemed to close rather heavily. All sorts of free Flour excited little attention to-day, and was by no means dearer ; but foreign, under lock, continuing to meet a speculative inquiry, some further parcels changed hands at preivous rates. Of English Malting Barley, the last arrivals have been cleared off on the terms last noted ; but grinding samples, upon a limited sale, hardly supported former prices. Malt, Beans, and Pease ruled nearly the same as described in our last circular. Oats, even in the face of short supplies, were in slow re quest this morning, at the rates of Tuesday.—Oatmeal, on the contrary, met a fair demand, fully maintaining its present ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 16th to the 18th Feb. 1841, inelusirye IRE- COAST. CIVNADAI PO- TOTA L I DESCRIPTION. LAND. Wag. REIGN. Wheat Q rs . I 254 1736 ipoo Barley Qrs. ' 567 963 1530 Malt Qrs. ' 7 204 211 Oats Qrs. 1963 498 2461 Rye Qrs. , Beans Qrs. l5O 150 Pease. Qrs. ti 2 62 Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn . . . Qrs. 1 Rapeseed Qrs.' Oatmeal .. . . Loads i 3792 ' 3792 Flour Sacks' 24 9 4 120 2614 Ditto Brls. I 436 642 4563 I 5641 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise, Wheat, qrs. ; Beans, qrs.; Oats, qrs . ; O a t mea l , 410 loads ; Flour, sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Barley, qrs Oats, 71 qrs. ; Pease. qrs. ; Flour, 27 brls.—lreland. Wheat, 256 qrs. ; Flour, sacks. —Coastwise. Wheat, 31 qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Malt, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids. ; Flour, 110 sacks 209 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Feb. 12, 1841. Wheat.. 61s. Id. I Barley 315.10 d. Oats.. 225. 3d. I Rye.. 345. 3tl Beans.. 40s. Od. I Pease .. 398. 6d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 61s. Id. Barley.. 32- s. 6d. I Oats.. 21s. Bd. Beans.. 3gs. gd. I P ease.. 3gs. 6d. Rye.. 325. gd, Duty on Foreign Grain, Re. this week. Wheat 253.8 d. Barley 13s. 102. Oats .... i 5 4. 3d. Rye.. 21s. 3d. Beans,lls. Od. I Pease I Is. 02. I I Ind. Cornl3s.lod. Flourlss.s4d. Liverpool Averages, week ending 16th February, 1841. Wheat. i Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Qr 5..... 328 • . Prices.. 58s. 32.1 Os( ( os. Od.Os. Od. Os. Od. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET,—FRIDAY, 3 Pad . This morning the market had a much quieter appearance, but the demand increased as the day advanced, and we close with 6,000 bales, at full prices, with a firm feeling. The sales of the week are 47,000 bales, of which specula tors have taken 17,300 American, and 700 Surat, with 450 bales for export. We consider the advance this week fully Per lb. in American, below 7 ; in other descriptions only 11. Egyptian, Surat, and. Brazil, without material change. THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH.--W e have had a renewal of the January storm, although not with the same intensity of frost. Since Monday week there has been a keen north east wind blowing with occasional but slight showers of snow. Fortunately the Great Highland road was cut through immediately previous, and the snow being now completely hardened, the track has not since filled up, and the Inver ness mail coach runs through daily, and, with the occasional assistance of an extra pair of leaders, keeps time, or nearly so. So completely had the communication been interrupted, that for four weeks n o t a s i ng l e c arriage had pas se d e i t h er Edington or the County March toll-bar ; and the consequent loss to the toll-keepers must have .been great, but we pre sume the trustees will take their case into liberal considera tion. In the Lowlands, curling forms the chief country work ; farmers fear, however, that this renewed storm will prove more injurious to winter wheat than the former, it now having little or no protection by snow.—Perth Courier. - - THE MURDER NEAR R ITT HIN.---INCLUEST.—On Mon day week, the coroner for the county of Denbigh, Robert Nicholls, Esq., held an inquest at the house of Mr. Owens, of Tavern Dowyrch, near Llandegala, in the hundred of Yale, on the body of Evan Evans, late under gamekeeper to Edward Lloyd, E sq ., of Rh oga tt, Merionethshire, whose body was found, after a lapse of many days, in a large pool of water on the mountain side, not a great way from his late .place of abode. This investigation came to a close on the following day, when th e coroner ' s jury brought in a verdict of wilful murder agai nst the perso n suspected, named Ed war d Clubbe, a labourer, about 23 years of age, and living in a house not far from that of the deceased. The delinquent is committed to Ruthin Gaol, on the coroner's warrant, to take his trial at the ensuing assizes for this foul and heinous offence, as well as on a magistrate's commitment for another crime—of stealing sheep, whose skins and flesh were myste riously discovered by some of the county constabulary force, concealed in some part of his dwelling-house, and found there when in pursuit of him on suspicion of the murder. It appears, from what has transpired in the course of this inves tigation, that Clubbe is a desperate and melicious character. and was lately a terror to those in whose neighbourhood he blvd.—Courant. hipping Intelligente. -----...g5..- TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16.—Wind S. light. —Reliance, , from Ceara. Mary Imrie, Boyd, from Calcutta, at the Mauritius Heart of Oak, M•Donald, from the Cape of Good Hope, at ditto Heroine, from China, at St. Helena. Oriental, Wilson, from Calcutta, at ditto Tynwald, Porteus : Belfast, Finlay, and Mersey, Clarke, hence at Jamaica Kelsick Wood, Brown, hence at Berbice Mary Wylie, hence for Aux Cayes, off Jacmel 25th Dec. Avon, Robinson, hence at Dominica Margaret, Pue; Sylph, Wainwright, and Blundell, Hynes, hence at Trinidad St. Vincent, Shepherd, hence at St. Vincent Champion, hence; Marmion, Jellard, from London, and Arkwright, —, from Valparaiso, at Sydney Marianne Pauline, Wilken, hence at Laguira Villa de Napoli, —, hence at Naples Peru. Bateson, hence at Marseilles Plitenix. Port, sailed from Leghorn for this port Ist Feb. Elizabeth, Mossop, sailed from Marseilles 6th Feb. and the Eu ropa 7th—both for this port Ellen, , from Sincapore, at the Clyde Orissa, Brown, from Sincapore, at Deal Mary & Ann, Blackstone, from Guayaquil, at ditto Jane Tristram, Roame, hence for Miltown, at Dingle Elof, Fortland, from Rio Janeiro for Gothenburg, at ditto W. S. Hamilton, Brown, from Siam, in the Downs Gulnare, Williams, from Sincapore, at ditto Bencoolen, hence for Batavia, was spoken 12th Nov. in lat. 34 0 N, long. 14 o W Aden, Ponsonby, hence for Sincapore, was spoken 18th Dee. in lat. 26 0 S, long. 27 0 W Judith, hence for Arica, was spoken 7th Jan. In lat. 5 0 N, long. 21 0 W Monongahela, Turley, from Philadelphia, at this port. On 11th Feb. in lat. 51 0, long. 11 20, spoke the New York, hence for New York Llama, Clayton, from Savanilla, at this port, sailed 22nd Dec. On the 2nd Jan. in lat. 20 0, long. 73 0, spoke the Dorothy Gales, from Swansea for Cuba. On the 11th Feb. in lat. 50 0, long. 13 0, spoke the Swanton, hence for New Orleans. BALLYSIIANNON, Feb. 13.—The Susan Maria, Brooks, bound to Donegal, ran on our bar gth instant, and is likely to become a wreck. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 17.—Wind S.S.W, An RIVED.— Robert Henderson, , from Calcutta—Abigal, Kent, from St. John N.B. sailed Bth Jan—Eliza, —, from New foundland. SA ILL D.—Dos de Enero, Ferrer, for Havana—Woodside, Welsh. for New Orleans—Malcolm, Malcolm, for Sydney, N.S.W.— Frances, M`Lean, for Rio Gradde—Bolivar, Feuwick, for Rio Janeiro and Valparaiso—Lancashire Lass, Norman, for Alexandria (Egypt)—Reindeer, King. for Leghorn. Brilliant, Lefevere, hence at Jamaica. Brigand, Evil, hence at Antigua. Thetis. Moore, hence at ditto, with part of her cargo damaged. Diamond, Rees, and Stormont, Isbister, hence at 15'emerara-. Tweed, Jackson. hence at the Mauritius. Middleton, from Cadiz, and Achiever, from Lisbon at Monte Sir John Beresford, Threadgold, hence at Bahia. Arcia, Davidson, pees, sailed for Lima Bth Ort. and Ant Baldwin 6th . both for Iquique. Resolution, , from Bahia at London. John Buil, hence for Sincapore, was spoken let Feb. i: - lat. 48 0, lon. lu 0. Albert (steam tug) from the Skerries at this port, with ant 600 pakages tea ;Ind silk, saved from the Mary Elizabeth. he ship lies on the south Side of the Skerries, in a small creak, and fills with the tide. The President (steam tug) is at the w; eck saving cargo and materials. Mary Muir, hence for Valparaiso, was spoken 6th Jan. in lat. 4 0, N. lon. 22 0, W. - Calliope, Grindle, for this port, put back to St. John, N. 8., 25th Jan, leaky, and with 10 feet water in her hold. Thunderer, hence for lon. g o. ~ was spoken 28th Jan. in lat. 36 0, Adonis, for Cowes, and Cora, for London, sailed from Rio Janeiro, 29th Dec. CAPS or Goou Hors, Sth Dec.—The John Line Brodie, from Portsmouth for Madras, on getting under way 3rd instant came in contact with the Lorina, Salter, from Liverpool to Hobert Town; the latter sustained much damage. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2.—Wind S. moderate ARRIVED.—Sarah Trotman, , from the Cape of Good Hope —Sirius, Croall, from Laguna—Zenobia, Putnam, and Corsair, Harland, from Savannah—Sheridan, , from New York ; sailed 30th Jan.—and Juff. Alida, Hussin, from Rotterdam. SAILED.—Nedora, Harrison, and Protector, Bowman, for Bar badoes—Branches, White, for Savannah—Plym, Davis, for Con stantinople—Typhis, Soher, for Messina—and Ritson, Johnson, for Trinidad. Patriot Queen, Hoodless, from Calcutta, at this port; sailed Ist Nov.; St. Helena 4th Jan. and Ascension gth. The Newborn from Mauritius to London, was unabled to proceed to sea from St. He lena. in consequence of the mutinous conduct of the crew. On sth Jan. spoke the Copeland, from Calcutta fo Cork. On 2nd Feb. in lat. 30, long. 32, spoke the Bowditch, hence to New Orleans. On 7th, in lat. 35, long. 23, spoke the Augusta Jessie.„-from Since pore to London, with loss of bulwarks in a heavy gale sth and sth instant. President, (steam tug) from the Skerries, at this port; with about So 3 chests tea from the Mary Elizabeth. Susan, Crowell, from Crookhaven, at this port, with 400 brls. flour from the America, from Quebec to Liverpool, stranded near Crookhaven Lyra, --, from Zante for Liverpool, off Cape St. Vincent 39t11 Jan. Isabel, Grifliths, hence at Antigua Brigand, Evill, sailed from Antigna for Liverpool 13th Jan. Randolph, -, hence at Honduras Boykett. Morton, hence at Bourdeaux George IV, Cornelius, hence at Charente Maria, Pafford, hence for Yarmouth, at Milford; lost bulwarks, &c. Lerwick, Anderson, hence for Liverpool, at Milford; cargo shifted. Francis Yates, from China, at Plymouth Fingalton, --, from St. John, N.B. off Cove Erichibled, Glass, from for Liverpool, at Falmouth Thomas Bold, Broadhurst, from Bombay, at St. Helena - - Earl Powiss, and Newburn, from the Mauritius, at ditto Lord Althorp, Copeland, Adelaide, and Hector, from Calcutta, at St. Helena Glaumalier, hence to New South Wales, was spoken 2nd Jan. in lat. 4 N, long. 23 W Elizabeth, Norman, hence at Sydney Alice, Anwyl, and Antilla, Burnett, hence at Barbadoes Limena, Fame, hence at ditto, and sailed 10th Jan. for Nassau NAssAu, N.P. Jan. 9.—The Ariel, Morrice, from St. Domingo for Cork, put in here sth instant, leak, with loss of rudder and. part of cargo thrown overboard, having been on shore on the Ekogsties. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Funnumuy 18, 1841 No communication'froni Holyhead in consequence of fog. Off Great Ormshead at 9 a.m. and Voel Nant at II a.m. No. 157, ;oath America, A.S. from New York. Off the Floating Light, at S a.m. No. 276, Patriot Queen, B.S. from Calcutta, and 1g57, Thomas Bennett, A.S. at anchor, at 11 45 a.m. from Charleston. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &c. Eleanor Lancaster, P Cowley, 480 Calcutta, Bold & Starkey AFRICA. Birkby, Hardware, H A Rieken, 523 Africa, :53 Africa, S L Trotman S L Trotman G Quayle Jarrow, S Walker, 256 Africa, WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA Cessnock, J Atherton, 133 Berbice, J Poole & Co Selima, J Coats, 98 Jamaica, J Poole & Co Susannah, J Stevenson 138 Trinidad, Campbell & Co SOUTH AMERICA. J Patterson, 325 Rio Janeiro, Cotesworth & Wynne UNITED STATES. Cambridge, I Bursley, New York, Baring Brothers & Co Jefferson, B. Mason, 414 City Point, Virginia, Piekersgill & Co BRITISH AMERICA. Acadia, J Young, 364 Halifax, J Poole &Ca Stadacona, W Robitaon, 362 Montreal, W Steele & Co Jessie, —, 573 Pictou and Tatmagouche, ... Cannon, Miller & Co Dash, W Huntress, 86 St. John, Nfld, T & J Brocklebank Kathleen, G Sparks, 217 Windsor, N.S. Cannon, Miller & Co EUROPE. Hector, W Crisp, 158 Constantinople, Bahr, Behrend & Co Sereia, M L Dos Santos, 100 Lisbon, Vianna & Jones Coolock, R Douai, 262 Montreal, Brooke & Co Briton, W Mason, 91 Naples, J Moss & Co Pauline, J Schryenberg, 232 Ostend, Bahr, Behrend &Co John Peat, J Guthrie, 162 Alexandria, Haskayne & Co imports. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOP :, arc. Robert Henderson, (368) D M'Farlane, from Calct ta, 5 bags rice, 1406 bags saltpetre, 1501 bags sugar, I box 1,, :les, 1 box tippets, order-1600 bags sugar. J Gladstone and co— bags horn tips, 234 bags cutch, 10 tons sapan wood, 500 bundle., • -.`tans, 19 boxes lac dye, 305 pockets turmeric, 25 hhds rum, 11) , ,11-11 lac, 259 bales jute, 25 boxes gum babool, 26 bales dry c hides, G Henderson—P 1) Agnes, (124) D Lamont, from the Cape of Good Hope, 1324 bags coffee, Harrisons and Latham-5 bales linen, R. Stili-1 box seeds and bulbs, 2 boxes flowers, 1 box a gong, R. Allinson —G AFRICA. Swifture, (208) J Creighton, from Africa, about ;00 casks palm oil, 1 cse retd goods, T Tobin-- D SOUTH AMERICA. Mary Ellen, (226) It Joy, from Bahia, 58 planks rosewood, to! bis cocoa, 280 cs sugar, 324 bls cotn, 1 bx conts unkn, order— Q D Reliance, (17g)J R Dunley, from Ceara, 400 bgs cotton, 1202 wet 550 dry hides, Hadfield, Braga and co -20 bags cotton, 200 dry hides, Came and Telo-200 bags cotton, Cotesworth, Powell and co-10 do. 19 dry hides, J Duncan-70 do, G Brocklehurst-40 tons fustic 30 bags coffee, Hadfield. Braga and co-590 coker nuts, Master Arethusa, (20p) R Cowl, from Savanilla, 36 bls cotton, J S Heron —221 do, W Rose and co-13 do, 240 tons fustic, Orford, Ramsden and co-64 do,. A W Powles and co -78 bgs dividivi, 1 parcel straw mats, Orford, Ramsden and co—Llama, (147) E Clayton, from Savanilla, lffo tons fustic, W Rose and co-420 srns tobacco, Cotesworth, Powell and co—K D Victoria, (244) E D Goulding, from Laguna, 320 tons logwood, Imrie and Tomlinson—P D Middlesex, (563) C Monro, from Valparaiso, Arica and Islay, 2706 bls wool, order-17 do, C Tayleur and co—ii7i A Gibbs and Sons —O5l do, Lovegrove and Leather-106 hides, C Monro-1 bx coats unkn, W Atherton—tto tons copper ore, W J Myers and co-330 do, 58 bars copper, 4 bags copper dust, I bag regulus, Todd Naylor and co—W D Arethusa, (214) J Christian, from Callao, 1 prcl conts unkn, F Huth and co-1 cse do order, 2 prcls sampls do, 1 prcl do, Ewart and co—i bx patterns, Imrie and Tomlinson-2764 srns, copper ore, order-1883 do, 17 bls wool, A Gibbs and Sons-2402 do, 72 erns bark, order-1 trs chili, 4ff ox hides, Master-39 bls cotn, F Huth and co-1 cse chinchilla skins, A A Gibbs and Sons-1 cse seeds, 1 letter press, order—G D Thomas Mellor, (257) J Palethorpe, from Pernambuco, 50 cs sugar, Hayworth and co-100 cs 55 hf cs 324 brls sugar, 930 bags cotn, 3 pkgs coats unkn, 3200 coker nuts, order—W 1) Magnolia, (232) T. Johnson, from Maranham, 238 bgs cotton, J Rushton-138 do, order-48 do, C Ironside and co-236 do, J Pennington -253 do, Mellor and Ryder-100 do, M'Calmont Brs and co-3 brls lld brl isinglass , 66 bskts annatto, 16 brls copaiba, Foster Brs. UNITED STATES. Monongahela, (484) E - Thuriey, from Philadelphia, 100 brl 2243 pkgs coots unkn, order-1 pkg do, T Hodgson -1 bdle do, Sheet —1 cse do, J Brebner-55 hhds do, II C Smith and co-51 kgs do, order-2663 brls flour, Brown, Shipley and co—Sl hhds tobacco, H Castellain and Sons—about 410000 horn tips, D and T Wills, 100 anvils, T and J D Thornley-1 rocking chair, order T Eli Whitney, (528) E Harding, from Savannah, pyp bales cotton, Isaac, Low and co-100 do, Rathbone Brothers and co-667 do, order—W D James H Shepperd, (728) S C Redman, from Mobile, 244 bales cotton, Phipps and co-223 do, Rathboue Bruthers and co-403 do, Melly, Prevost and co-100 do, Brown, Shipley and co-100 do, J T Crook-101 do, J Gordon-157 do, Collmmo and Stolterfoht-22 do, W Blackstock-686 do, order-223 dry salted hides, Kearsley Brothers-1 package contents unknown, order-2 tons old rope, the master-1V D General Parkhill, (554) J C Hoyt, from New Orleans, 51g bales cotton, Waddington, Holt and co-217 do, order-69 do, Piling and Brierley-274 do, Collmann and Stolterfoht-251 do, F de Lizardi and co-441 do, J Holford and co—P D BRITISH AMERICA Pursuit, (731) J Spence, from St. John N B, 156 ps birch, 353 ps pine, 9827 ps deals, 2 spars, 642 brls flour, 302 bxs fiish, M'Calmont Brs and co— Abigail, (632) E Pickance, from St. John, N.B. 117 pees birch and 537 pees fir timber, 1626 pees deals am! deal ends, 8530 staves, 3 fathoms lathwood, Gibbs, Bright and co-2 spars, exportation — BD EUROPE, Oriental, (88s) J Soy, from Alexandria and Malta, (from Alexandria) 1 tin box jewellery, 2 bxs conts unkn, order-1 bx samples oil cake, Phipps and co—(from Malta) 6 bxs oranges, 1 bx accts, Woodhouse Brs-22 cs 15 bxs oranges, 6 cs apprl, 1 matt ruc 1 brl olives, 1 bx botargo, 3 bxs 1 cse conts unkn, 1 prcl boots, 1 cse drawings, 2 bxs marble tables, 2 cs marble, 1 bx fir seeds, 1 cse a spy glass, 1 cse a gun, 1 hmpr melons, order-6 cs oranges, G Jackson and Sons—Cbg D . _ Sweet Home, (150) H Longmuir, from Cephalonia, 202 bts crtls currants, 3 tons fustic, J Heap and Sons-2 kgs 2cs currants, Cropper, Benson and co—G D Mary Ann, (89) T Giles, from Palermo and Messina, (from Palermo) 31 tons sulphur, order—(from Messina) 100 bxs oranges, 200 bags hazel and walnuts, 318 brls currants, 200 cs 194 bxs lemons, Ick wine, order-1 ck wine, 2 bxs oranges, 2 frails figs, landed at Palcjstow—S D _ _ Charles, (238) ) T Pearson, from Odessa, 321 casks tallow, Carrie and Telo-200 do, order-131 bales wool, Cavet and eo—i case eontents unknown, R Preston and eo—V D itqatiteto. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, den, 18 The Butter market continues steady both in price ipadeTWand Not much doing in pickled Butter, barreled provisions or Baccn but we do not alter our currency. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 17 There was a fair show of stock to-day, especially beasts. The best Beef sold in some instances as high as 7.id per lb, and the best Mutton realized in many cases as much as 8d per lb. Nearly all sold. Best Beef, 6id to yid ; inferior, sid to 64. Best Mutton, d to 8d ; inferior, aid to 65/d per lb sinking the offal. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEE. 18 The increased demand, as noticed in our circular of Monday, has continued, and large business has been done to the extent of 20,000 bales : viz. Tuesday 5,000, Wednesday 10,000, and to-day 5,000, of this quantity we place 4,700 American and 300 Surat to speculation account, and 250 American for export. As regards prices we may remark that in American descriptions below 7d l a full id advance on last Friday's prices has been generally paid, and id p lb in the better descriptions. Surat Cotton is more in demand and may be quoted a shade dearer. Consumers arc free buyers, and they find the market pretty well supplied. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FEBRUARY 16. (From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott 6- Son.) The frost which prevailed so severely, as stated in our circular last Tuesday, was succeeded on Thursday by a very rapid thaw, which still continues uninterruptedly; and although the Wheat lands and pastures are reported to have a vtry withered and un favourable aspect, having had very little covering of snow through out this district, during the late severe weather, from the infor mation of several intelligent farmers with whom we have (=vers. ed, no decided injury to the Wheat crops is at present apprehended. Though the winds have admitted only of partial arrivals coast ways from the South, so that our imports of Grain, Flour and Oatmeal have been small during the past week ; the demand has been pretty fair, the prices last quoted have been fully obtained, and in some instances for Wheat and Oats a little exceded ; the stocks of every kind of Grain, Flour and Oatmeal in this market are now very much reduced. The duty on Rye and Beans from foreign ports was increased on Friday last la 6d per qr. on other Grain no alteration; small parcels of Italian wheat in bond have been taken on speculation at 58 sd, and of Odessa at ss, of Flour at 25s 6d and 26s per brl. and of Pease at 35s to 36s per qr. for export, but the transactions have been very small in bonded Grain. At this day;s market, in consequence of an advance of Is per qr. having occurred on Wheat in London yesterday, a similar adi, vance was demanded here to-day, and obtained to a very moderate extent ; for all other articles we can note no alteration since this day week. WHEAT, a. d., a. d. i INDIAN C °Rig, 4801 t.. English Scotch 8 3 9 3 White 32 0 37 0 Irish 7 6 9 0 BEANS, per quarter. Bonded BARLEY, per qr. Irish 44 0 46 0 English 33 0 39 0 PEAS, Grey 3B 0 40 0 Chevalier 3B 0 40 Oi White 42 0 44 0 Scotch, per 60Ib. 4 9 5 0 I SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b. Irish 4 2 5 0 In bond l3 0 14 0 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. OATS, per 451 b. Fine 44 0 51 0 English Scotch 3 4 3 5 Amer. ap brl. free Irish 2 8 3 3 Sweet U. 5..... Foreign, in bond 3 3 3 4 Sour Ditto, duty free.. 3 4 3 6 OATMEAL, per 2401 b RYE, per quarter .. 36 0 38 0 English .. MALT, per qr. fine.. 60 0 64 0 Ditto, new middling 50 0 56 0 Scotch 35 6 36 0 32 0 32 6 24 0 25 0 26 0 27 0 24 0 25 0 PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL *Woon, Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid Archangel ./19 10 0 20 0 Memel 18 0 19 0 Gothen:iurg - - 16 0 ' Not above 16 ft Wybhrg l6 10 - 18 0 F...elg. B. P. 2 Petersburg 17 0 - 19 0 21 feet. PLAHas, per foot of 2 inches thick. • £22...43 lOs Danzig, Deck British American Pine - 0 2 •-) LATHwoon, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet £s) 0 British American 4 10 MAHOGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras Cuba St. Domingo 1 0 JAY PLANKS, British American none. I Iss per load PEAHwoon, per cubic feet STAVES, per 1200. I • Danzig, C. Pipe £l4O 0 —145 0 1 Not ab . B.P. 2s s . 36. n Hhd. 7O 0 SO 0 -,el 3 Quebec, red, 1/ inch thick, } 4oo _ 6 , 0 2 6 45 and 51 feet long Do. Puncheon l3 0— 21 0 1 3 0 6s TIMBER, per cubic foot. a. d. a. d. Oak 2 2 2 6 Pine, British Amer. common red 1 5 2 1 per load. yellow Danzig, middling 2 21— 2 3 Memel, middling.. 2 2/ 2 3 , X 2 15$. pload Riga,red 2 5 2 6 IJJ *There is an additional duty of 5 per cent. on these rates 9 10 .e 4 Ss 6 0!158. 0 9 I EI 10s. 1 0 2 0j 1 '" THE WORKHOUSE Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending Paupers 1843 1837 Feb. 6, 1841 V, 1840 Per Head L?. 114 d. 1 11 Per Week £177 12 2 175 5 10 More 6 More 0 0} More 2 6 4 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week ending Feb. 15, 1841 Feb. 17, 1840 More 520 More .t'66 2 2 PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION GENERAL POST-OFFICE, February 16. W g ) , 2 , o ga- 0 i 5,1 : 8 5711'r4Ezri , 4 &nk is ;:6 5 gM 18- ezg s k ;41 - g g l sg (7 3 4 zw ,C ~ =5 m(s' B' V'cr 6'a" :1 Z = , ..0 2 1 ' 1 5Z zg . - t- , 2 gg 2m P.ag g ii V .e.tg "47 ; , 7.. `r.? g P 3 • ""c" ) o c, P.?, .9. 7: . F r ,' • ,1 • 5g gi 2 77 ' ‘ g 2 9 r I ` - ' -; 1 " • /? k• 4 kco 0 to oi W oa . N. . ti • r t 0. , ot -*1 't CD " I V = OD CO g • r, • .... • 0' j• F . 0- co ~, CD GO NO 1•0 U 2 0 .5, 01 01 lo : , `4 l 4 - ;V .`..1 r e. . - GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street, Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at a 30 a.m 6 0 a.m. Mixed PP PP 8 15 a.m. First Class 1P 10 30 a.m. First Class ON 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class 11 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.rn. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parksidc 1 15 p.m 4 p.m. 6 0 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. do. 11 30 a.m. lira Class 2 45 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Clans—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.m. Mixed 5 0 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO DIRNIINGIIAM. 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed PP Pt 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.ni. „ 7 0 p.m. f t PP 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed )1 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. ft The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. FROM CHESTER TO CREWE. 7 0 a.m. Second Class, to meet 8 a.m. Train from Liver pool and Manchester. 11 15 a.m. First Class, to meet 10 30 a.m. Train from Liver pool and Manchester. FROM CREWE TO CHESTER 2 o p.m. First Class, on arrival of 11 30 a.m. Train from Birmingham. 6 30 p.m. Second Class, on arrival of 3 39 p.m. Train from Birmingham, and .1 p.m. Train from Liverpool and Manchester. There will be no Trains on Sunday until further notice. BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY. (FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD.) .. 10 0 .. 12 0 I Afternoon 2 0 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD Morning 815..1015.. 12 15 I Afternoon 213 413.. 8 15 ON SUNDAYS.---FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD. Morning 9 0 I Afternoon 4 45 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD. Morning 9 15 I Afternoon 6 0 Morning 8 0 4 0.. 6 0 LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. FROM L'POOL TO 3IANCRESTER. FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class Morning.. 7 0 Morning - Morning.. 730 Morning 8 45 ~ • • 9 45 „ 9 0 „ .. 10 0 ~ 11 0 ~ ..11 45 „ 11 15 „ ..11 45 ~ 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 2 0 Aftern. ~* 2 45 Aftern. 445 „ .. 530 ~ 5 0 „ .. 530 ~ 715 Evening .. 715 Mixed 715 Evening .. 715 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside / Stop only at NcwtOn & Fri:side I * Except on Saturdays, when thus Train does not start till Three. ON SUNDAYS. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 4 45 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftcrn. 5 0 Aftcrn. .. 5 30 Aftern. 715 Evening.. 715 Mixed 1 715 Evening.. 7 1 3 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside Stop only at Newton & Prkside i TO PRESTON AND ROM MANCHESTER. FROM 'Ark:l:moot -8 45 Morning.. Mixed 9 0 Mottling.. Mixed 1 0 .. First Class 11 15 ~ ... First Class 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 2 45 Allem. .. Second Class ”. ~ .. Mixed 5 0 ~ • • Mixed • • •• ~ .. First C lass 715 ~ ~ First Class ON SUNDAYS. 7 0 Morning' • MiXed 5 0 Afternoon FiA't Class. 7 15 Evening.. TO LANCASTER. F RO M LIVERPOOL. 9 0 FROM Morning„ ' k ''' . c . u l‘ E li7e i C Mixed 8 45 Morning. • • • M ixed 1 0 .... First Class 11 15 ~ •• • . First Class 230 Afternoon .. Second Class 245 Afternoon .. Second Class 445 „ .... Mixed 5 0 ' TO BOLTON. • ' ' ' Mixed 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 4 45 Afternoon 7 15 Evening First Chas FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER. g 45 Mornin g. .. . First Class 9 0 Mo rn i ng.... First CintSs 11 ° " —"11 13 Second 230 Afternoon .. Class 245 Afternoon —Second Class 5 30 5 30 ~ ON SUNDAYS. 7 o ' , Riming. ... Second Class 7 0 Mor n i ng.. 5 30 AfterI10011• • r. 5 30 Afternoon TO ST. HELENS. PROM LIVICRPOOL. "'ROM MANCHNSTRR• 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 730 Morning.... Second Cla s 945 ~ •• • • 11 10 0 „ .... 1 45 ,r • ... If 11 45 ~ —• ' /I 2 30 Afternoon .. 11 2 4 5 Afternoon • . ~ 530 ~ .... " 533 " •• • • ~ ?MAYS. 1 7 e Morning.... Second Class 3 30 Afternoon .. Second Class ON St/ 7 0 Morning..., Second Class 30 A fternoon RAILWAYS, &c Bolton and Leigh Bristol and Exeter Birmingham and Gloucester .. go paid Ditto and Derby lOO .... Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties • Ditto, Debentures _ _ Edinburgh and Glasgow 35 Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 23 paid Glasgow, Paisley, KiLmar t 30 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares Ditto quarter shares (late Chester and Crewe) • Quarter Great Western Ditto new shares Ditto Fifth Shares Hull and Selby Leicesterand Swannington Lancaster and Preston Ditto, new Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 00 Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto and Southampton 39 Ditto & Brighton Manchester and Leeds 7O Ditto half shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 35 Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Ditto, quarter Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto quarter shares North Midland New North Midland Paris and Rouen South Eastern and Dover . • North Uniou York and North Midland St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap 50 10 0 28 3 0 88 0 0 61 10 0 9 10 0 41 15 0 53 15 0 32 2 6 20 0 0 187 0 0 45 0 o . 88 10 8 174 10 0 ....174 0 0 58 10 0 dlv 29 0 0 57 10 0 43 0 0 82 S 0 29 15 0 51 0 0 26 0 0 5 2 6 79 0 0 15 2 6 92 10 n 27 15 0 74 10 0 36 10 0 5 2 6 14 0 0 50 paid 50 .... 42 10 U .. 32 2 6 US .... 75 .... 50 paid BANKS 6 ex div. 6 .... 14 2 19 2 14 2 18 0 2 2 Bank of Liverpool .... 10s paid - Borough Bank lO .. - Commercial of Liverpool 12 10 - Commercial of England. 5 - East of England lO - of Manchester lO - M'chester & L'pocl Dsct. 15 - Northern and Central - North and South Wales lO - Phoenix - Royal of Liverpool - South Lancashire - Albion - Liverpool Union lO - Liverpool Banking Co lO - Wilts and Dorset 7 10s, GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 155 0 L'pool and Harrington Water } 350 Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 380 0 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. Jeloo .... 171 0 Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance Company }2s paid 3 e Ocean Assurance Company.... 0 .... 013 9 Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 2 6 a DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c, Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 ss. 8 0 Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company lO . . 7 Harrington Docks 100 .... 57 0 Apothecaries' Company Woodside Ferry .... Egremont Ferry .... Asphalte (Liverpool) (Poloneean: 8 16 3 with MY. oo 0 . 3 2 6 .... 5 0 0 .... 7 10 s . 25 paid ;6610 0 div 5 4 0 .... 21 5 0 ~.. 1.1 12 0 .... 6 18 6 ... 0 ex thy o 14 0 1 0 a AGRICULTURAL MARKET, FEBRUARY 17. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... 0 9,1 0 p 201 b. Potatoes, 901 b. 1 11@2 2 inelb New Hay.... 0 9 1 0- Cattle Ditto 1 9 110 Clover Hay.. 0 8 011 - Turnips 24 927 0 - Straw, Wheat 0 4} 0 5 - Carrots 4O 043 0 Straw, Oat .. 0 4 0 41 - Manglewurzle 0 0 0 5-- Straw, Barley 0 3i 0 4 - Manure. 8 611 8- Green Clover 0 0 0 0 AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED Into LIVERPOOL, from the loth to the I;th Feb. inclusive. FROM IRELAND. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs. 755 2436 4233 10 28 Prey.. 3601 12485 16897 65 50 409 I coAsTwiss. - Prev.. 160 4406 40 PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S Outward VERPOOL, Jamaica Leeward Isl. Dem, & Berbice Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate .. East Indies China ............. Batavia ............... New South Wales . Cape of Good Hope Africa................... Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. ........... Smyrna and Constantinople . : Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, &c. Oporto 25s Od@ 30 0 20 0 25 0 50 0 60 0 30 0 40 0 30 0-40 0 40 0 50 0 40 0 50 0 40 0-60 0 40 0 6o 0 40 0 00 0 25 0 30 0 33 0 —4O 0 35 0-40 0 05 0 35 0 -- 40 0 40 0 50 0 40 0 604 ed@ios 0 30 0 40 0 6u 0 —lOO 0 17 6 4,0 10 0 31 40 0 kip 60 o— y( 30 0 - 6u a 30 0-60 0 20 0-30 25 0— 30 0 30 35 0 -40 0 63 0 - 84 0 40 0-50 0 40 0 40 - 126 u -147 20 0 40 0 - 20 0-25 2S 0 -30 0 25 0 - 15 0 - 20 0 17 6-20 0 20 0 - - 25 0 - 3U 0 25 0 - 30 30 9 40 40 0-- -_,-, 40 0-60 17 6 - is 0 NIARRIED. 30 0 - 20 0- - 50 0-60 0 25 0 - 40 0- 50 0 25 0 - 30 0 15 0-20 0 25 0 -- 36 0 25 0 30 0 40 0 30 0-40 o 40 0 -- 00 0 50 0-60 0 6o 0 25 0-- 30 0 On the 20th ul.. at St. M artin'-the-Flelds, Mr. JOHN MACGREGOR, of t Woodside, to ANNE MACDOUGALD, daughter of the late JAMES CURRIE, of Bootle. On the ath instant, at St. Nicholas's Chapel, Copperas-hill, and afterwards at St. Peter's Church, EDWARD CUTTLE. Esq„ of Ackworth-park, near Pontefract, to MARY. daughter of the late ROBERT HARRISON, Esq., of Bidaton, Cheshire. On the gth instant, at }Fallacy Mr. JOHN HORBURY,of Poulton,. curn-Seacombe, to JANE, eldest daughter of W, Garner, EN. Elm-cottage, Poulton. Sarno day and place, Mr. WILLIAM MOLYNEUX, Wavertret, to MARY ANN, second daughter of WILLIAM GARNER, Esq.. of Poulton. Same day and place, Mr. JOHN WHITTINGHAM, Jun., of this town, to MARY, second daughter of Mr. GEORGE HORBURY, Ball-cottage, Poulton. On the - lith instant, JOHN PARKER HALL, jun., Esq., mer chant, of this town, to ANN JANE, youngest daughter of the late SAMUEL BIGHAM, Esq., cotton-manufacturer, Wigan. On the 16th instant. at the Parish Church of Beethain, by thi Rev. Jos. Thexton, Captain RICHARD BUSH, of the John of Milnthorpe, to Miss ISABELLA GREENWOOD, seeond daughter of Robert Greenwood, Esq., Greenwood House, Arnside, near Man, thorpe, Westmorland. On the 17th instant, at Walton, by the Rev. P. Wilson, Mr. RICHARD PICTON GLYNN, of this town, to MARY, eldest (laughter, of the late JOHN STEEL, Esq. DIED On the 28th October last, at the coast of Africa, on board of the Falcon, JOHN COOKE, cooper, aged 22 years, deeply lamented by his friends and acquaintance. _ . On the 13th Deeember last, at the house of Mr. Pollard, College_ lane, aged 79, Mr. PAUL CORRAN, formerly of Pool-lane; his loss wilt be deeply regretted by a large circle of friends and ac quaintance. _ _ JAMES POYNTON, drap er, ; a o ra n dis th e_ e st Q re 6 e tl t i . ult., aged 38, Mr. On the 31st ult., aged 79, Mr. PETER WHITTLE, father Ap Messrs. P. and H. Whittlo, booksellers, Preston. On the 4th instant, in the 27th year of her age, SARAH, youngest daughter of the late Mr. WILLIAM ROWLANI)S, of Hope, and sister of Mrs. Williams, Albion, New Brighton, Cheshire. On the Gth instant, at Pleasington, at the advanced age of $9, Mr. EDWARD MARSH. On the 7th instant, at the residence of her sons-in-law, Messrs. Neudstadt and Barnett, Birmingham, aged 72, Mrs. PlitElif LYON, relict of the late Mr. Nathan Lyon, of this town. On the 10th instant, aged 29, MARY ANN, wife of C. B. JOHN. On the 11th instant, at his residence, SON, Peter-stre e t , i n this town. Esq., aged 67. Nortllwich, JOHN BARKER, Same day, in L ondon, Mrs. TAYLOR, relict of tllf IfttP Cnpt4jp John Taylor, o f t h e 54th Re On the 12th instant, 26, JOSEPH STORDY, B o t an i c: view.iment of Foot. g aged On the 13th instant, at his residence, Woodside, in Hle 45th yea; of his age, THOMAS HARRIS, Esq. On the lab instant, at Preeson's-row, Mr. JOS. GOFF, aged 56. Fa l Saner day, aged 6 0 , SARAH, wife of JOHN E ASTON, Esq., -street. Same day, aged 7 months, ROBERT SYERS, son of Mr. A. S. CHRISTIAN, solicitor, Gateacre• Miss LUCY P AYNE, On the I;th i ns ta n t, at her residence, in G reat George-street, aged 33 years, On the 18th instant, CHARLES EDMUND, fourth so n of JAMES RYDER, Esq., Mount Pleasant. LIVERPOOL: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1841. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING , BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 89, Mount Pleasant, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford -street, At N o . .4, ST. Gs oupg's CrtEickNT, Livxarnof., Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. 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Brown, (20i 24, John Rowlett 26, Samuel Mead & Son, (proof and anal div.) 20, Thomas Crowther ... 27, Joseph Sutton, (proof, TIDE TABLE Clarendon Roams, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Evn. Height. Sundays, Maydays, .ye. H. St. H. U. I P. T. Friday .. 19 10 3 ,10 24 f l 2 4 Sun rifles 7h 12m, sets sl6 Saturday 20 110 41 10 53 ,13 0 Sunday.. 21 11 13 11 28 1 4 8 Q u i nquages i ma Su n d a y. Monday 22 111 43 jII 57 16 2 Tuesday 23 - 013 18 0 Shrove Tuesday. Ih'ednes. 24 027 046 19 0 Ash Wednesday. Thursda.y2s I 1 4 1 23 , 19 0 PRICES OF SHARES, FEBRUARY 18. Prices. This (lay Last Per Share. Prices 100 paid 32 0 0 77 10 & 77 0 0 .... 35 13 0 .... 33 10 0 10 paid 23 paid 16 10 0 0 0 0 8 10 0 4 15 0 IT 5 0 22 15 0 22 5 0.. 204 10 0 102 0 0 4 !l 6