The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-01-19 00:00:00

CONTEMPOP Al? PRESS. THE INSTIGATORS 01 , ' THE CANADIAN REBELLION. (From the Morning Herald.) Many persons hare, since the receipt of the last ad . vices from Canada, been asking each other this goes . lion :—" If the leaders of the traitorous rebellion in • Canada are to suffer the penalty of their crime, is it fit 'zing, or consistent with equal justice, that the persons at home who have been secretly prompting and counselling those. rebels should escape without judicial notice or in quiry?" If the advices we allude to are to be credited, the traitorous designs of some at least of our home agi 'tators have not been confined, to speeches,made in and out of ,parliament, but consist also of written recommen dations to the very revolt which has since broken out. If this be true, and that the letters of one or more of such "persons have been found ticketed, and arranged in the olECial cabinet of the traitor Papineau, surely it. behoves the gove,rnment to look at home as well as abroad ; and not to let the instigators of treason walk about un scathed, while the traitors pay the forfeit of their crimes. 'his not impossible, or at all. improbable, but that the treason being nipped i n the bud and defeated, as we have now some reason to hope is the case, the instiza , tors at home will abandon their dupes, and, in the lan guage of Sempronius, in Cato, exclaim— - Villains, stand off! base grovelling worthless wretches, Mongrels in faction, poor faint-hearted traitors! Know —when such paltry slaves presume To mix in treason, if the plot succeeds, They're thrown neglected by; but if it fails, They're sure to die like dogs." But this stoicism, though it may very well suit the cold-blooded heartlessness of the modern radiCal, will "meet with no sympathy with a British or any other Christian community. R owe y er th e 'recent out-burst in Canada may end, there can be no doubt but that its , ramifications, both there and at home, must be sought out and fully investigated; and though we, in common • with the enlightened part of the community, have no wish to see traitor's heads on TeMple-bar, ,we do wish -- that if treason, or traitorous designs, can be- brought :home. to any persons here, they will not be ailmvei to - escape-from justice, but that the instigator of -rebellion ; instead of being allowed to disseminate mischief - in safety, will find himself placed upon the same level with the traitors themselves. LORD DURHAM. (From the Times ) The Gazette of last night (as well as the debate in the House of CoMMons) announces the appoint menCof Lord ; Durham as GVernor-General, Vice-Admiral, and Cap . tain-General, &c., of her Nl•ijesty's provinces contigu • nus 'to the continent of North America. We will' not quarrel with the multiplicity of the titles with which that noble 'person is loaded : would they may turn to good! We haV'e no disrespect, for Lyrd Durham : he is an ho nourable and right• Minded British nobleman. We are surprised that he has undertaken this difficult mission— not that his lordship should shudder at the difficUltv, but that he should not consider what class of men he 'has to please at home. Lord Durham and Joseph Hume, for example, can have no more sentiments in common than . an angel and a Hottent o t ; an d y e t, if hi s l or d s hi p gives . satisfaction, he must please Joseph Hume and Mr. Grote, catm multis allis of that description, as well as Lords MelbOurne and Johnny Russell, who are dependent upon Joseph and Grote for their existence as ministers. We sincerely wish Lord Durham success in his mission : we certainly do not venture to predict it. EXTINCTION OF MiIES-PERPETUITY OF THE ALIAS. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) When Mr. O'Connell talks popularly (as he did yes terday at the Corn Exchange) about the total - abolition 'and extinction of tithes, it is right that his audatory should be furnished with a glOssary of his political lan guage, by reference to which they may discover the pre cise value of the terms which he employs ; for the popu lar or exoteric dialect has little or no coincidence With the esoteric and recondite meaning of his phraseology. With a view, therefore, of simplifying the meaning of this profound mystifier, we must turn from his oral to his written traditions, and endeavour to elicit from the latter the real amount and import of the former. In the speech now i.. , fore us, Mr. O'Connell insists 'upon the total abolition and extinction of tithes for ever. Tn his late letter to the clergy of the Established Church lie demands the commutation of iiiives into a land tax. We have now a clue, by means of this comparative induction of terms—to the true meaning of his popular vocabu lary—that abolition means commutation—arid extinct? perpetuity—that the words tithe and land tax are but different names for the precise same -fund ; and that a little hocus pocus—such as substituting the latter for the former—will fully answer the purpose he has in hand— namely,to perpetuate the fund itself under such a name that the payers thereof may conceive it totally extin guished. For this purpose he calls upon the " people" of Ire land to petition parliament for a measure which it has already becotne obvious that it must pass, with the con sent of all parties—namely, the commuting of tithes into a land tax, or rent charge, or some alias equally conve nient anti satisfactory. But he has not added, by way of explanation, that the very moment when tithes . be- Come extinguished, the identical same amount—penny , rwpenny—pound for pound—cent. per cent.—will be• come actually and bona fide due, under the more pleasing but equally immitigable name of rent charge, land-tax, or some of the other euphonious callers that we have already left to the lively imagination of the public. It will so happen that when the occupier dream., " good easy man," that he has completely got rid of his shilling an acre, or his one-and-sixpence, due by contract to the clerical incumbent of his parish, and, hugging himself on his escape from the discharge of his honest obliga tions, he blesses the name of O'Connell for the success ful roguery—that a collector shall break through his vi sion of increasing wealth, and dispel his precipitate gra titude, by demanding the identical one shilling, or one and-sixpence per acre, as the case may be; which (as he will be informed) is to he paid to the use and hehoof of the said clerical incumbent—notwithstanding the aboli tion of tithes! Nay, the awakened farmer will say to himself—yea, he will grumble it nut to the collector— that he had better and would rather have staid as lie was . ; forthat under the commutation of tithes effected by -Lord Stanley he got an abatement at the rate of £l5 out of every hundred pounds of tithe due in the parish ; but that under the total abolition' and extinction of tithes effected by O'Connell, he has his hundred oounds (or his share of it) to pay in full—penny fur penny—pound for pound --cent. per cent —and besides found it easier to deal with two landlords—to wit, the parson and the squire —than to deal with one—to wit, an ecclesiastical board, or a government commission—and then, if he do pot pitch Mr. O'Connell and his double dealing traffic in unintelligible words, as far as David Garrick advised his friend to pitch the guinea —(we use this circumlocution . for the sake of " ears polite") —we are utterly mistaken as to the acuteness and irritability of the Irish imagina tion and the popular Charatter. - The fact is, the tribute is a failure. Nothing more is to he gotten from those of the lower order. That class begin to find out that emancipation has done nothing to wards the improvement of their condition ; and that agi tation, with its concomitants, is rather an expensive amusement. Hence Mr. O'Connell appeals to the sym pathy of the wealthy classes : hence his courting, the pa- 1 tronage of the e m pl o y ers b y d enouncing the tradesmen employed ; and hence his subdolous intrigues to win the confidence of the estahlished clergy and their communi cants, by realizing for ever the sources of their revenue, whilst lie deceives the ignorant and credulous multitude with the fallacious prospect of its utter ettinctiont----- 7were a lucky hit for him, if', failing of the rent, he c0”14 fall back upon the tithe, and extract from the Wealthy the tribute which the poor have ceased to ren der. • H. •is evidently looking to receive rent from a higher order. • THE BALLOT. ( From the Times.) Having shown, in two former articles, firstly, that if the pre sent system of voting be repealed, you must either gag the whide constituency. which would be absolute tyranny, or you must leave it to the option of electors to vote openly or other iiise, WhiCh, in practice, would be found completely destructive olsecrecy ; secondly, th a t, su pp os ing the gagging method to be ati 4 iired, there iii no conceivable device whereby the desired eonceihnent "can' be effected compatibly with an accurate and rightful exercise or men's suffrages; and, thirdly, that, as the argument derived from the ballot's alleged success in the East 14 `lim i Chnipany and private dubs it so far an illusion, that The supposed privacy of suffrage in these associations' is only and nut real —so; - even if there existed in those quarters a stricter concealment of operation than they now acttrally prac tise, the very cutestions on which they vote, as distinguished from those of permanent public interest, afford them such facil.ties for maintaining secrecy as no political constituency can ever hope to command,—having, we repeat, demonstrated these seve ral points, we might well be entitled, on the foregoing premises alone, to demand against the ballot a sentence of universal re probation. B ut, i n point of fact, the mere efficiency of this radical gag , though quite sufficient to secure the contempt Of every free and unskulking Englishman. is by no means the wort Of it, The insult which it offers to the direct and fearless honesty of the national character; the offensive imputation on which it pro ceeds as its basis. that the electors of this realm are a set of un principled sneaks. who, being disposed to pledge themselves to one candidate and then to vote for another, are entitled to be facilitated and protected in their perfidy by an express provision of law=all this we do not now insist upon. The fact, however, that the ballot would, in several respects, afford opportunities for practising even a worse kind of corrup tion and to a much greater extent than the existing system ad mits of, must he almost self-evident. For example, what is to hinder a keen partisan from giving in were, more votes than he is' entitled to? Whether the suffrage were to be giVen by means of labels or halls, we defy the ingenuity of man to prevent a dishonest voter from privately furnishing himself with a variety of these tokens, and from slipping tiiix of them into the ballot-box instead of 0.1 It is Idle to g , .Y, that'precaution s would he taken to render this impracticable. rr I.l . ttler the'prese n t or d er o f t hi ngs, when. men are o bli ge d to Tote ill 'the face of day, neither the vigilance of contending par ties, nor the solemnity of an oath, nor the proverbial virtue of pelting clerks, can prevent unprincipled pei sons from persona !nig the (lead, or from voting twice at the same election, we may be very sure that, with such a convenient cover' as the ballot, the facilities for giving a fraudulent plurality of votes would he proportionably increased, in spite of all the ,atatutery precau tions that could lie taken upon the subject. The candidate having the smallest number of bona . fide voters might thus gain the election by a cony*, of treachery, which, even if ascertained to have beeu practised in the gross, could not possibly admit of being investigated in the detail, or judicially fastened upon par ticular individuals. Of the contusion and crime involved in such proceedings we say nothing; but if the ballot brawlers will only prove to us either that these 'misdeeds can be effectu ally prevented, or that they are of a less flagitious character than the alleged evils of the preseht system, we shall give them all manner of credit for their ingenuity. Assertions, mind, will go for nothing. In the absence of actual experiment, we must have a strong presumptive proof. Another vital and insuperable objection to the ballot is, that in such cases of fraudulent voting as we have anticipated no improper return could ever be set aside by any Parliamentary tribunal ; or we ought rather to say, that as long as knavish electors 'should manage, by collusion, to prevent the number of their extra legal labelsor halls from surpassing the actual num ber of the local constituency, it would be utterly impossible to determine rightfully whether any return were an improper one or not. How could the grounds be laid for a legal scrutiny by the House of Commons ? and if laid presumptively, how could judicial evidence he procured in reference to unknown offenders whom the ballot had surrounded with impenetrable darkness? Uncertainties, jealousies, plotting's, circumventions, and unde tectable villains, would be inseparable from the whole scheme. The upright constituencies might have the strongest moral con viction that there had been false play in the dark; but under the ballot system there could he neither proof nor remedy. Moreover, it is especially worthy of remark that all the argu ments in favour of a concealed suffrage on the part of the voter may' be . Urged with tenfold force in favour of secret voting in Parliament. ' If the privilege of irresponsibility is to be con ferred on electors, common justice would require that the same privilege should be extended to representatives. If the ballot mongers insist that no man shall be called to account fur his vote at an election, we cannot gee why any member. should be compelled to give an open suffrage in a parliamentary division. Indeed, if the principle of the ballot is to be recognized and acted on in. British politics, thee- the abandonment of open voting in the legislature would only be its logical issue, as well as its proper off-set. And let us hear observe, that the intro duction of such a novelty into the House of Commons, how startling - soever to our just notions of responsibility, would be quite in accordance with the theory of the constitution. The rigorous exclusion of " strangers" :during the divisions of that house'proc'eeds notoriously. upowthe princtple that the concien t ious votes - of 'members ought neither to tie influenced nor in timidated by popular opinion; and if, within a comparatively short pirit.4.*,thls_nota-responsibility has been reduced to a mere :theoretic fiction by the vigilanCe and intrepidity of the press, no person can deny that the reasons which originally sanctioned its adoption, would, under the ballot system, a c q u i re a p ro di g i ous ; accession of force and importance. Fur ourselves, we of course' justify the publicity of parliamentary voles, because we think that members .ought to be responsible to public opinion, when that opinion, as at present, can be satisfactorily ascertained. But.once establish the ballot, and wh ere are we to find a certain and correct index of the public mind? You would have an immense proportion of electors professing one thing and voting for ati"dher. You would see weight of character and judgment deprived of their just influence. You would have worthless .vagabonds consorting with respectable men, and undermining them with fraudulent ballots You would have the constitu ency of the kingdom enveloped in the deep shades and iniquitous mysteries of the Inqui s iti on; an d t h erefore, in such a state of things. we hold that to rescue representatives from the caprices and injustice of a secret tribunal, the vote by ballot, if resorted to by the country, cannot be refused to the divisions in parlia ment without the grossest tyranny. Nor let us forget that if the protection of secrecy be due to the voter, it is in many grave respects, far more indispensible to the usefulness and iudependance of the representative: An honest member of parliament may require to be protected against the court, against the Minister of the day, against demagogue junto;, and even against his own party connexions. On such a subject, for instance as the recent provision in favour of the Duchess of Kent, there can he no question that the known bias ses and dreaded disfavour of the palace did intimidate many mem bers from ex pressing t he opposition to the measure which only Sir Geo. Sinclair and Col. Sihthorp had the moral courage to avow. Even the lower Radicals, who, having never darkened the Royal threshold, can suff •r . nothing from that quarter but con tinued exclusion. did not dare to propose an adverse vote. But among members of high station, familiar with the precincts and society of St. James's, the power of the court to avenge their Parliamentary independence by inflicting serious retaliations is as extensively possessed as in the gentle hands which now wield that power it will, we trust, be generously and graciously disused. That such power, however, has an obvious tendency to intimidate representatives from giving a conscientious vote that might incur the Royal displeasure—this, we say, forms a plea. for secret voting in Parliament, which the advocates of the ballot cannot consistently object to. Take another case, in regard to the position in which many members of the House of Commons stand towards the Ministryof the day. The services of these members as men of talent, industry, and experience, might often be of great benefit to the country, either in com mittees or in subordinate offices of the state. But their honest and independent votes being openly given, are known and dis approved of by the Treasury Leader. They are, therefore, marked men; and, accordingly, they are interdicted from serving on committees wherein independence might be inconvenient to the Government, as in the case of Mr. Whittle Harvey's ex clusion from the committee on the pension list, the packed committee on the Poor Law question, and many others too numerous to be mentioned. By open voting the upright retire sentative.is thus exposed to ministerial malice, not more to the , lisadvantage of the commonwealth than to his own personal or family injurY, in numberless instances in which himself or his children may be, deprived of fair professional promotion, and tyrannically balked in their laudable and legitimate pursuits. lf, then, the practice of secret voting at the hustings be neces sary for the protection of electors against oppressive landlords, it is equally ; Aecessary in Parliament for the protection of re presentatives against a mean and vindictive government. Pre cisely the same thing may be argued in regard to borough and parochial juatos. With - a pair of ruinps like those of West minster and Mary,letione, where is the conscientious member who, being. required to give an open vote in 'Parliament, can dare to excuse his honest convictions with any feeling of free dom orindependence? Let him dare to do so, and forthwith he is pounced upon by the tribunals of the Crown and Anchor, or the Barlow-street Club. The poor creatures who sit for these little Metropolitan despotisms must vote, if they vote openly, under the go a d an d l as h . Nay, we are free to admit, that in consequence of open voting in Parliament, an imprac ticable and independent member may often be thrown into very embarrassing relations with his own party connections, inas much as he may . ' thereby incur certain jealousies, alienations, and resentments of a painful kind, from which.the.ballot in the House or Commons would have effectually shielded him. Observe, we are not arguing for secret voting in that house, if an open suffrage is to be retained in county and borough elections. But we hold, that as far as regards publicity - or privacy, the mode of voting ought to be the same; and that all the reasons which recommend a system of concealed operations at an election may be pleaded with tenfold force in favour of a secret mode of taking the divisions in Parliament. The advo cates of the one cannot, consistently, halt or falter without con ceding the other. LIVERPOOL MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. LECTURES ON CIIEMISTRY. Kane delivered his fourth lecture on Saturday evening, and one which afforded a richer scientific treat has rarely been listened to. Ind eed, we ar e g l a d to fi nd that the present course upon chemistry is attracting, as it well merits, the attention of the scientific in this town. At a very early period of chemistry we were acqainted with the substance called sal-animoniac, and the leading chemists were aware of the method of extracting from it a volatile liquid known under the name of spirits of sal-ammoniac. It was found likewise that a liquid of th e same nature could be obtained by the distillation of animal matter, and we are now aware that the mijorits of vegetable substances yield a small quantity of it. if we take a quantity of any sort of animal substance what ever, and subject it to destructive dist illation, we have a reaction which, although in reality complicated, and giving rise to a great variety of products, may be simply explained in general terms A uimal substances consist generally of four elements, carbon, oxygen hydrogen, and nitrogen. Now, where a sub stance composed of elements is acted upon by heat, the action is very complicated, the carbon and oxygen unite to form carbonic acid, and the nitrogen and hydrogen to form am monia. Now, these two substances, by virtue of the law which affects the union of acids with bases, unite together to form car bonate of ammonia. In practice, however, animal matters con. tains too much carbon, and we get a carbonaceous residue; we likewise get some water and some nitrogen. Yet, putting these aside, we may state the general result as being explicable in the above-mentioned way. Ammonia is usually known as the spirit of hartshorn of commerce. It was formerly obtained by subjecting horn to the action of heat. After the distillation of coal, ill addition to the inflammable matters which are obtained, there is procured an enormous quantity of ammonia, so much so that we may say that by this means our principal supply of coal is obtained. On analyzing sal ammoniac we find it to con sist of ainuiania, nutted to muriatic acid. We may show the by which ammonia is obtained from this subatance in a simpl e manner. Ammonia is a base of superior power, but it is a base inferior in attraction to other bases. It is inferior, for instance, to potash, soda, and lime, and if we present these stronger bases to sal ammoniac the weaker base is set tree. The separation of the elements of sal-ammoniac by lime is one of the simp:est specimens of decomposition which can be exhibited. When heat is applied the process is much expedited, and all the ammonia may be obtained, but mere tritriration in a mortar will expel aminoniacal ocbtor. This odour is easily distinguished by its pnngent smell. It is the pungent constituent of the smell ing salts, by which name it is universally known. We generally see amm o ni a under the liquid.or solid form, but when perfectly separated it is a transparent and colourless gas, permanent at ordinary temperatures and pressures. Ammonia may be col lected in the same manner as oxygen. hydrogen, and nitrogen, but it is necessary to mike a simple alteration in the operation. We hav e hitherto collected the gas over water, but as ammonia unites very powerfully with water it is collected over quicksil ver. Ammonia is very light, bei ng on l y half the weight of at mospheric a i r. It we p ass th rough ammoniacal it gas series of electric sparks i ts vo l ume i ncreases, and it becomes inflamina- Isle, h av i ng b een con v er t e d, i n a great measure, into hydrogen. Thus, if w e o p era te on two pints of hydrogen we s h a l l get four pints of th e gas resulting from its decomposition. On an analysis it was found that three measures of hydrogen and one of nitrogen went to form two measures of ammonia. Now, it is easy from these results to collect the specific gravity of ammo nia, and we shall find that it is considerably lighter than atmos pheric air. We take advantage of this levity to Procure it tolerably pure, by collecting it under a jar without th e a id of the pneumatic trough. A pipe is introduced under the jar to its tun, and the amumniacal gas as it issues from this tube fitrces the atmospheric air downwards until it finally expels the whole. Ammonia possesses an exceedingly interesting action on vegeta ble colo urs. B y putting, caustic moisture w ill b e a b sor b e d an d t h e gat thoroughly dried. if a piece of t urmer i c paper b e t h en i ntro d uce d i nto t h e j ar it will be turned f rom a yellow into a dark brown. By dampi ng t h e tunnel is p a p er th e c h ange i s more remar k a bl e. Th e c h aracter of browning vegetable yellows is a property of alkalies, an d we here recognize ammo n i a t o b e an alkali. One of the most re markable properties of ammonia is, that by uniting with various acids it forms a beautiful class of salts. Thus by uniting with muriatic acid gas, it forms muriate of ammonia, &c. As it is soextreinelv soluble in water we generally make use for experi mental purposes not of the gaseous ammonia but of the aqueous solution iu a concentrated fo, There are °tienr two circumstances connected with ammonia which are worthy of notice ; one of the most remarkable of which is its metallization. After the discovery of potassium and sodium by Sir Humphrey Davy, he supposPa that ammonia wits similarly constituted to :hese lealies, and that lie should be abl e to pro v e it to be a metallic oxide. The most distinguished men of the day have accordingly directed their attention to am monia iu thaaxpeetatiou of obtaining - oxygen from it. They THE LIYERPOOL STANDARD. have hitherto failed, but their labours have led to the discovery of a very remarkable circumstance. If a little quicksilver be poured into a watch glass containing a little sodium and a small quantity of the solution or sal-amtuoniac poured upon it, a num ber of small bubbles arises on the instant, from the mass. and form themselves on the surface. The qu.cksilver, at the same time expands, and is covered over with cauliflower excrescences, and at length loses its fluid condition, becoming a soft mass like hotter which we may cut or mould with our fingers, stilt re:wattle; its metallic appearance. It becomes very light, so light that is is able to float upon water, but it is metallic in appearance, re sembling the combination of quicksilver with potassium and so dium. Upon onServing what is called the atnmoniacal amal gam attentively the process which has taken place is exceedingly remarkable. The constitution of sal-aininotiiac consists of chlorine and hydrogen (amuriatic acid) and ammonia. When this is put into contact with the quicksilver and sodium we have the following re-action :—The chlorine passes to the sodium, and we have common salt formed, and the - ammonia passes to thequicksil ver and causes its cauliflower appearance. This was remarked by chemists and gave rise to views which had for merly been scouted as not only improbable, but absurd, viz.— that the metals were compound bodies, and that they only ap pear simple beeause we are not in possession of the means of separating them. Another very remarkable point of view in which it is at present important to consider ammonia is with respect to the reaction which potassium and sodium exercise exercise upon ,it. If a piece of potassium be placed in a tube througn which ; ammoniacal gas is ur ge d, and the potassium heated with a taint), instead Of ammoniacal gas, hydrogen will issue from the tube which may be inflamed. This experiment is one so important in scientific chemistty - as to deserve some attention. In fact, ammonia occupies at present the most important posiiion in chemistry of all substances, and the his tory of its combinations is looked forts-aid to as the key to the present constitution of chemistry, for which all philosophers are seeking. It presents itself in so many different points of view. and undergoes re-actions of apparently so contradictory a na ture that its study,is . rendeted a matter of no little difficulty.. There is no other fact concerning it 'established than that the ammoniacal gas itself is not alkaline, it is not a base, but when . it is in combination or in contact with water. It acts inure pow erfully as a base in all the Salts of ammonia containing exactly , the quantity of water which is necessAry. Co return to the ex periment streamof directing a ammoniacal gas o verheated potassium. The potassium, by the action of the continued, stream of anmionia is entirely cOnvetted into a ffaik olive co touted substance, and tiiinn examining the reaction which 13 . taken place 'we shallfied a most remarkable result. Ammonia' consists of One atom Of nitrogen, united with three' atoms of hydrogen. When the potassium is heated in the ammonia, thexe is liberated from the ammonia precisely as much hydro gen as the Metal would have liberated - froth water, thatis one; and' o, the'whole of the nitrogen with two thiects'Ofgie'hy-; drOgen enter into combination with the potassium, and in this manner constitute the dark olive eotoured substance, It is ftiiind in a most remakable manner that.the nitrogen end atogen are !doable of being't ransferred from one metal' to ano ther the same 'as - oxygen, that they ; assimilate to oxygen in their general relations, a n d that th e c omposition of ammonia May be written in this inatiner:-N H 2 x H, just as we write the composition of water-0 2el - 1, or as' we indicate the con stitution of *Haile aCid, by C H. We shall haVe other ex amples besides ammonia, of CoMpound substances simulating simple ones. The substance with which we . shall next occupy ourselves is sulphur." It exists in nature in very large quantities, principally in combination, - but partly free. It is met with free, principally in volcanic districts, where it is 'found in the earth, and its Miles - are worked as our metallic mines. The sulphur appears to be the production of dectittiposition going on in the interior of the. earth, the sulphur being liberated (coin its metallic coin bination by some superior agency. In the north of Europe, w here free sulphur; or, as it is called, native sulphur, is 'exceed ly rare, the sulphur required by the inhabitants is extracted from the sulphuret of iron, (iron pyrites.) of which very large quantities - exist in these parts. This mineral is a compound of two equivalents of Sulphur and One of iron; and'when it.is roast ed so as to allow the: air to act treely upon it, we shall get out the whole of the sulphur, and there will teinain only . an oxide of iron combined with the acid which results from the burning of the sulphur; but if we burn the pyrites, shutting out the atmo spheric air, we shall oxvdize by combination only one half of the 'sulphur. and we shall obtain the green copperas. The se cond atom of sulphur is isolated and collected in the solid form. When sulphur is heated it is acted upon in a remarkable man ner. II conducts heat very badly, so much so, that we may hdld a piece of sulphur in the hand, while - the other extremity is Melting with heat. The consequence is, that if a person whose hand is any way warm, takes hold of'a roll of sulphur, it will crackle into piece.. The reason is, that sulphur, when heated, expands; but the inner coating not receiving the heat so quick ly as the outer, refuses to expand at the same instant as the outer, which causes a separation of the mass. Sulphur melts at ,a temperature not greater than that of boiling water. It is then Of a rich yellow colotir, and, as liquid as water. On heat ing, it up to bet ween 3 and 400 degrees Fahrenheit, a ccor di ng as the temperature rises, it loses its fluidity and yellow colour, and becomes a dark brown, and thick like treacle, until at last, when it reaches 400 degrees, it is so thick and hard that you may turn the vessel upside down without it 'dropping out. When heated to a higher tempeiature it again becomes thin and more liquid, and begins to regain its yellow colou r . W hen it reaches 645) degrees, it is quite as liquid - and yellow as beforeif was heated beyond the boiling point of water, and if,heat e d still further, it begins to boil and evaporates. When melted, if it be slowly cooled it crystalizes, liut if rapidly cooled, it i s depoiited in an exceedingly fine powder, which constitutes 'the flowers of brimstone of Commerce. If, when it is slowly c oo li ng from a melted state, the crust is broken, and the sulphur all ow _ ed to nth out, we shall find the interior of the mass, when cool ed, to have crystallized in a beautiful manner. Sulphur, i n :i ts chemiCal relations, resembles Oxygen. It is not merely t om _ bustible, but is also what is called, by the older chemists, asup porter of combustion: The fact is, that combustion is indepen dent of any one substance. If copper filings be mixed with sulphur, and placed in a test tube, a rapid combustion will , go on upon heating the test tube over a spirit lamp, until the cow tents are turned into a black mass. Copper unites with oxygen, but its effect is nit powerful. We cannot.'streceed in burning copper wire in oxygen gas as we . can iron wire, hot we can burn it in the vapour of sulphur . 'u Sulphur acts towards copper tss a supporter differs rtetowakty oxygen it acts as a oM. , SulphuriTOtstus niar n from phosphorus iirste eb character of its burning. It does not give snch an intense and the light is of a different character. Its combustion heat given out fromthe : gen is more intense than in atmosphe ric air, but its charact er is the same. In general; the "amount of burning substance is independent cf the nature of_ the substance itself, t 7 itself, but depends rather upon the products. If the f all result a combustion is the production of a s olid bod y , e substance, " solide shall great amount of light. Phosphoric acid is and as it is emancipated from t he surface of the phosphorus, produces a white li g ht. When the product of combustion' is a ' a ion, inconsequence gaseous body, the light can act. , It of there being no solid body upon which ofthe flume is of we have scaicely atiy I• gas light a minute quantity g a s, we give to a,. hich is supplied preponderates so greatly over the whole the quantity of gas, that d into gaseous carbonic acid: But if a pale blue colour, because the quantity of air w of the gas is at once borne t is the same thing, if air, we diminish the quantity of atmospheric place. in takes a qnantity of in the first instance, an imperfect combustion , we increase the quantity of gas, or, u . is ignited, and this powder "produces the a i powder, when phosphorus is burned in oxy genpower. In the same way, carbon is formed : this carbon, in the state orals excee i tt a i n ny t fi ti n g e ifl. When phi's duct formed by the combustion of sulphur is an ae hi hest degree orus is burned in oxygen, it passes at once to the .h it g gas, the phosphoric acid is afterwards burned. The pro is capable of of oxydation: It takes up all the oxygen whi • two-thirdiof the' uantity of oxygen which it is capable taking up. ; but this is not the case of sulphur , which takes only up. With"the l owest d egree of oxygen it forms what is termed sulphurous acid with may be generated by a variety with the higher, sulphuric acid. Sulphurous ac limo) , be 'simply produ c ed by the combustion o sulphur in oxygen, or in a t mos ph er i c a i t . Sulphurous acid is r easily of p rocesses. e absorbed by water, ther e f o re; we cannot make use 0 v f water . tbe purpose" o f co ll ect i ng i t, b u t we ca n either make use of fur quicksilver, or revers e t h e pro c ess ' a d opte d in the collection of ._ o f 'ammonia. We can lik ew i se obtain' the gas .by beating oil 'vitriol and quicksil ver . O i l o f v i tr i o l C on t a ins sulphuric acid. When the oil of vit r i o l i s h eate d i n contac t w ith quicksilver, the latter being a metal ca p a bl e o f c o m bi n i ng w i t h o xygen, takes a certain quantity of oxygen from the a c id, s o as to reduce it from the state of the sulphuric to that of the sulphurous. Sulphurus acid is twice as heavy as atmospheric air,in consequence of which by condu c ting it through a tube to the bottom of the vessel, it will gradually force up the atmospheric air until the vessei is filed with the sulphurous acid gas. Sulphurous acid is per fectly transparent, and colourless. It has, however, a powerful affinity fur water and that is the'reason wh y in burning oxygen white fumes are evolved .' These white fumes are not sulphur ous acid, but the condensation of the acid by moisture. In the same way the white fumes which arise from water, are not the properties of the steam, but of its condensation. Sulphurous acid passes to the state of sulphuric aCid by absorbing oxygen. It is a powerful absorbent of oxygen, and is used in a variety of chemical processes, where it is required to take away oxygen from other bodies. Acids are remarkable for their action on vegetable colours. In order to detect them, we make use of blue vegetable colours, which, with the exception of indigo, are all turned red by acids. Sulphurous acid exercises a remarkable action upon vegetable colours, namely, that of rendering them invisible, by depriving them of their oxygen. We may test this property of the gas by immerging a red rose iu a jar of it, when the red rose will become white. The colouring matter is not destroyed in this process, for if we - dip the flower in dilute sulphuric acid its red colour will be restored. It is used very extensively in the arts to whiten fabrics; as forliastaare, iu some stages of the bleaching of raw'silk, in the bleathltig of plaited straw, and in the bleaching of corn. Sulphurous acid combines with bases, and constitutes a remarkable class of salts, It is a - very weak acid, and capable of being expelled fromits bases by other acids. One consequence of this is, that the bleaching by sulphurous acid is never permanent. If yin) bleach corn, sponge, or bonnets, they will be rendered quite white, but this is not very permanent, because, by exposure to the air, the sulphurous acid escapes, and the original yellow colour is reproduced Sulphurous acid condensed in water is very often employed'in analysis, in order to abstract oxygen from different substances. Thus, if liquid sulphurous acid be added to a solu tion of the red oxide of manganese ( a metallic ingredient) the latter is bleached. The theory-is simple. In the r e d li quor we have the man ouese uniting with two parts of oxygen, one of these unites with tbe acid to form sulphuric acid, which te mains in the liquid, and the other unites with the manganese to form a completely colourless compound. Another reaction is somewhat interesting, of which a swung lady, Miss Holland, to whom chemistry is under some ()litigations, has taken advan tage. She draws patterns on ribbons, with muriate of gold, which she afterwards subjects to the action of sulphurous acid gas. The consequence is the reduction of the metal. The gold lustre does not always take place, but a portion of the pat tern is of a dull brown colour. Since this discovery, sulphur ous'acid has been introduced into the more accurate researches of the !laboratory. Very frequently sulphurous acid is gene rated in inVestigations where it is the object of the chemists to get rid of it. We are now acquainted with a method of effect ing this. If bin-oxide of lead, which is a brown powder contain st:oolturt t b i t o n n e s o t u h l p t h h u e r o s u o s i p a h c o i d r , t e o n a e e t a , ing two equivalents of oxygen and lead be i ntroduced into any wi I t o t m o convert n t y h e e r it oxygenint into f s sulphuric lead c acid, and this uniting with the protoxide of lead forms a white to e 'l'o-morrowottm e o v f e t o h i e ng se p hi r t . io K n. ane w e ti s es in u tt the combinations of Chlorine, f) insoluble powder, c a ll e d su l phate of lead, which is precipitated and illdescribecontinue t he his i p n r q o u p i e r r i lodine, Bromine, and Fluorine. ----- The books of the Bank of England are said to be kept in tri plicate—the original being at the Bank, one copy lodged at the rower, and another in some place of safety. A 110 A x. —Bills were yesterday posted about the town, an nouncing that some person calling himself Thomas Jardine, who had performed more wonderful feats of jumping than Sam Scott, and challenging him for a sum of money to a trial of skill, would eclipse all the feats of that daring individual, by jumping from the roof of the Old Quay warehouse into the road. instead of. into the water. There is so much gulloolity about a certain class of the people of Manchester, that Water street, and the lower part of Bridge-street, were crowded with , anxious expectants, for some tune previously to the hour ap pointed and fur a long period afterwards. It is needless to say that nu Jardine. made bill appearance.—Mancheiacr _ ,*bippinq Entelliatnre. TUESDAY. JANUARY 16.—Wind N.N.E.—Light. ARltlvED.—Niagara. Pike. from New Orleans—‘lary Howland. Weare, from -N dehez—Juhilee, Edwards, fr Mobilr.—Vestal, from Newfoundlarl—Eleonora. A Ivert. from Ostend—Grath Lankurn, Suat. from Harlingen—and Powhattan, M•Cerran, from Natchez Staten —Gr..enhovr. Bishop, for Charleston—Daniel, Steer, for Oporto—Cambrid , ze. Bursley, and Shakspeare, Collin.a, fox' New York—Mice, Anwyl, for Barbadoem—Joseph Wheeler, Pollock, for Antittua—Agnes, Vinnis, for Marantiam—and Timuleun, Winsor, for Boston. Duchess of Clarence, James, sailed from Messina for this port 21s1 Dec. and the Rolla, Rupz, 22rd Dec. Garrick, Palmer, hence for New York, was spoken 4th Jan. in long. 30 CORK, Jan. 13.—A boa' marked Eleanor Laidman, was picked up near Youghall Sith ult. Charlotte, Moore, hence at Kiel Ilirmulelle. Pitkethly. sai .ed from Marseilles for this port Bth Jan. Emma Nlatilda, Jansen, from Sincapore, off Scilly Walter Scott, Rea, hence for Savannah, was spOken 29th ult. in lat. 41, with loss of head and cutwater WEDNESDAY, JANUARY N.E. tcrE. , ARRIVED.—India, Snow. from. New Orleans—Pocahontas, West, from Philadelphia ; sailed 21st nit.—Marathon, Shaw, from Savannah; sailed 15th ult.—Phillips, Woolley, from Lima—Creseent, . from Charente—Auguste Jraia. from Havre—Emma. Jarvis, and Cumberland, Fogwell., from St. Michael's—and Hope, Voader, Jersey. SAILED.—Thomas Lowry. Bulley, for Sincapore and Lintin—Mal colm, Malcolm, for Monte Video—Grace, Pearson, fur Antigua— Bruce, Camphell, for Jamaica—Minerva, Rentersl, for Havana— Black-eyed-Susan, Watkins, jun. for Constantinople—A riel, Butler, for Alexandria, i Egvpt)—Crown, Ponsonby, for Gibraltar. &c.—Jeune Esther, Bertin, for Senegal—and Flamingo, Falconer for Leghorn. Misehief. Jones, hence at Trieste Audilie, Le Person', hence for Nantz, at Audierne, with damage Brothers, Lewis, from Swansea, at Havre • .Dominica, Proctor, and ..Fair Arcadian, Rogers, from Honduras, at Plymouth Carena, Ileyden, sailed from Trieste for this port 2ndinstant Canton, Gibson, aence at Waterford, to caulk the bowsprit, and sailed 14th instant for Mobile Jessie,-Ford, hence for Demerara, off Wicklow 12th instant Thomas Battersby, Leitch, sailed from Lamlash for Maranham 9th instant EUGO LAND, Jan. 9 —,Since last night it blew a galefrom the east The small Elhe light vessel has left her station, on account of drift ice, and entered these roads.-12th. The large El he light vessel has also been forced f rom h er s t a ti on , an d t hi s day entered these roads. Two Elbe buoys (a white one No. 19, and the black Q) have already, been found near this island. Wind E—and intonse frost. ROTTEIt pkm., Jan. 9.—,A sharp frost hits set in since yesterday ; the' river is covered with floating,ice TIIUR,SDAY„J4Nuaur 18.—Wind &MED —John Taylor. Luge, - for Mobile—Manchester. Lawson for Savannah—Ellen Clare. Roberts, for G enoa and• Leghorn—Rapid, Adams. for Bahia—pd Phoenix, ----, for Antwerp. Bootle. Nichol, hence for St. Thomas, wos spoken 16th Dec. in lal 25 20, long. 36 Asia. --, hence for Mobile, was spoken 23rd Dec. in lat. 293; long. 33 t:idy„Paget. Galt, hence for Charleston, was spoken 25rh Dec. in lat. 31 .10. long. 31 20 Mermaid, —, hence for Africa, was spoken 10th instant, in lat. 41. long. Zanie, Winsnr, hence. and Cacique, Irons, from Malta, at Leghorn Convivial. Hampton, sailed from Nlarseilles for Liverpool9th Jan. Fisherman, —, from Odessa. at Bristol Adelaide, Granby, from Charente for Liverpool, off Ushant 12th instan TELEGRAPH OFFICE, JANUARY 18. Off Holyhead, outward hound, yesterd;iy No. 1773, Shakspeare, for New York. at 11 R.M.—No. 2117, Mire, for Barbadoes, at 12 at noon— No. 173, Camhridv. for New York, at 1 p.m. and 1236, Greenbow, for Charleston, at 2 p m. LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. From ,Direct. I Indirect.. From .Direct. Indirect. Calcutta • • Oct ....10, ;Tambora Nov ....23 Bombay.... , Oct ....25 N. Orleans Dee. ..11 !Mauritius .. Oct ....17 Mobile .. Dec. .:12 Bin Janeiro. .N0v.... t Savannah . Dec. ..14 Bahia Nov ...19 Charleston Dec. ..I5 Pernambuco N0v....14, New York. Dec. ..20 AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool. from the 10th to the 16th inst. FROM IRELAND. _ _ Cows. Sheep. I'igs. -- / - lO;ses. , Mules. Calves. Lambs. 1323 2190 4194 18 0 0 0 Previously.. 2128 2946 7273 33 0 13 0 COASTWISE. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. 48 18 5 639 Previously 63 1516 867 Horses. Cakes. Lambs. 14 17 0 0 10 0 PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION. GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—Jan, 16, 1837. Mails made Last Packets Next Packet DESTINATION. tip rn Sailed. Due. London. —._____ -- ----- Holland Hamburg & Swed Tues, ,:& Fri. Tues. & Satur Lisbon Emerald . I sle. Madeira f Saturdays .. >.Londonderry. Spain & Gibralt j Jan. 8. J anuary 14. Malta and Greece.. 2nd Saturd. Jan. 8. Egypt and India .. 4th Saturday ,Madeira Brazil &B. Ayres, each month. Jan. 5, Jan. 29. America ...... ... Ist Wednes. Briseis.. Jan. 6, H.M.B. Alert, 5 Jarnai. Vward Ist day of Goldfinch, Feb. 10. 1 Isl• & IlaYti• • each tiouth. Jan. 3. H M B.Skylark Laguira Mexico and Ha- p 15th day of Lord Melville, B. Ranger, vane 4 each month. Dec. 21. Jan. 22. r Jai. L'ward 15th day o f P I ma hi & Haytil igeon, ' B. Lapwing. Carthagena .....1 each month. December 21. Feb. 9. Ettx.portg. UNITED STATES. Pocahontas, West, from Philadelphia, with 75 hales cotton:l4.s hhds quercitron bark, 1 box trees, 1 hrl apples, W and J Brown and co-1 box merchandise, J Thomas-1 bale do, Ratbbone Brothers and co-4 brls ,apples, Leech and Harrison—lo hhds horn tips. 3 casks bees' wax, Fitzhugh and Grimshaw-25 hhds tobacco, W Oxley and co-2U hltnls quercitron bark, P Howard-24 brls chrome ore, Crop per, Benson and co-64 brls 6 tees do, Jordan and Magrath-388 brls turpentine, 99 bales cotton, order Marathon, (441)E A Shaw, from Savannah, 293 hales cotton, order —713 dp, Molyneux, Witherby and co-39 do. T and J Sands and co -149 do, Wainwright, Sheila and co-21 do,W and J Brown and co-200 do, A Ta 3 for —:37 do Roskell, Ogden and co—P D Niagara, (540) J Pike, from New Orleans, with 1781 bales cotton. Baring Bros and co-11 D India, (417) W Snow, from New Orleans. with 1391 bales cotton, Baring Bros and co-10 do, W D Wild—P D Jubilee, (373) W Edwards, from Mobile, 38 hales cotton. Wildes, Pickersgill and co-270 do, order-51 do, J T'Crook-50 do, Ewart, Myers and co-1M do, T and D Thornely-20 do, T and .1' Sands and co-53 do, W and J Brown and co —l2i do, Wainwright, Sheila and co-300 do, A Dennistoun` and co-32 do, Raring Brothers. and co —32 do, D Buchanan and co-45 do, Hag an , Mage e an d e o—W D Powhattan. (568) R M'C erran, from Natchez, 1921 bales cotton, A Dennistoun and co—P D Mary Howland. (559) S Weare, from NatcheA, 1932 bales cotton. W and J Brown and en-1 box contents unknown, order—W D Olive Branch, (3551 M Sedriek, from Savannah, 100 halescotton, Bolton, Ogden and co-500 do, Roskell. Ogden and co-397 do, Moly neux, Witherby and co-73 do, order —G D BRITISH AMERICA. Vestal, (133) J WriAt, from St. John, Newfoundland, -211 casks train oil.' .1 G Oughterson-65 do, Job, Matey and (.0-1241 qu i ntals dry codfish, J Glynn and Sou-3 brls cod sound, 13 brls caplin, Gra ham and Taylor—S D Mary Anne and Martha, (94) W Major, from Newfoundland, with 261 eks train oil, 13 Ms salmon, 5 o and c hides, 25 c old junk, 18 slits B iron, (rettli W W Bulley—Q AZORES. Cumberland. (49i S Fogwell, from St. Michael's, 371 boxes oranges, W Dart—S D MEDITERRANEAN. C RC, (221) •P Briand, from Naples, 103 hales madder roots, 40 casks cream tartar, 120 boxes liquorice, 7 bales raw and 1 bale waste silk, 40 baskets figs, 140 bags walnuts, 1 tin box pictures • ord er -10 6 boxes liquorice, 11 casks cream tartar, J I'ownall-8 casks red and 4 casks white arvol, Priestley, Griffith and co-15 bales raw silk, Mar tin and llartwright-20 boxes liquorice, 100 hales madder roots, 1.34 bags hazel nuts, It Zwilchenbart and co—NS' D SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Ann Paley. (159) T Hunter, from Lisbon, with 51 pps olive oil , Lerch and ifarrison-6 do, C and J Rawdon-23 do, T Martin a n d co . —lO do J Ewart-2 lids 3 qr chs wine, M'Calls, Allan and , 0-1 lid do, C Ironside and co-1 do, J Bibby and co-2 qr eks do, Jee Bros and co-1 hd do. 11 Glynn-222 chts 392 bx • oranges, J Adam-25 chts 50 hxs do, J Bibby and co-1 bx marmalade, C Ironside and co-16 bag , s pine seeds. 2 cks chesnuts, Crawford and co-1 bgs cocoa shells, \V II L Syers-1 box orange and lemon trets", 1 octave %s ine, Order— Gll EUROPE. Scotia, (343) W Cothay, from Rotterdam, 140 tons oak hark, R Hen derson and Sons-3o mats flax, W Winn-50 do, order—G 1) Groot Lankurn. (165) J 1) Staut, from Harlingen, CO tons oak bark 77 hales flax. 450 ors oats, Neuman and Engel-3 casks cranberries, 755 bags, exportation—Q D Ann, (208) J Brown, from Rotterdam. with 36 hskts 13 hmprs selt zer water, CO cs geneva, 12 bxs saugages, loose 21 and 1 0 bxs 6 cs c` , ,ese, 24 bgs 127 mats flax, OA 84 t hark, order-44 mats flax Ten mints, Moore and co-10 hf pns genera, J Van Zeller and co—G Nyverheid, (190) P A Lievens, from Antwerp. with 160 his flax, Tennants, Moore and co-93 t oak Lark, order—Q D Constant. 1217; A Van Schie ' from Antwerp, with 200 Ms flax, Ten nants, Moore and co-51 do, A Swainson-91 do, W Fletcher and Son —8 do, Kaluwski—abt 80 t oak bark, order—Q D Tiig PLANET SATUEN.—The Leipsic Gazette announces that the new number of Schumacher's Astronomical Notes contains a discovery made by Dr. Encke, professor of astronomy at Ber lin, that the planet Saturn has three rings, instead of only two, as hitherto believed. CH ATSWOICTIL—The Duke of Devonshire is at Chatsworth, superintending the completion of his new conservatory, which, when finished will be unequalled in Europe, for its extent and variety of appropriateness. One portion of it will form an aviary, in which birds of every country and climate will be de posited for the purposes of breeding. Plants, Shrubs, and flowers, collected and brought at great expense from the north, the south, and east of the habitable world, are intended to be cultivated in this magnificent cuuservatury.—Manchester Guardian. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE. JAN. 17. In consequence of the navigatioi. in the river being impeded by the frost which still continues, we have had but few arrivals of any description of grain since Monday, and to-day our market was very thinly attended; and although higher prices were asked fur granary samples yet few were inclined to purchase, and those who did, bought very sparingly, at abont the rates of Monday for every article. SMITHFIELD MARKET, LONDON, JAN. 15. Owing to the weather being exceedingly severe, the pastures very bare of- winter herbage, and the prices of dry fodder very high. many farmers and graziers have sent hither this morning a large quantity of steer stock, which formed a large portion.of the bullock supply, The supply of Beasts in this day's market was, for the time of year great, on account of which the trade with beef was exceedingly dull, and a depression of full 2d per 81bs was submitted to, it being with much difficulty that 4s 4d per 81bs could he realized for the'very finest Scots. There was likewise a great number of Sheep offering, amounting to 3 0 ,710, the general quality of which was tolerably rime. The sale of mutton was very heavy, but no variation in prices was noticed. We have had a smail supply of Calves on sale whilst the sale was tolerably steady, at enhanced rates. All kinds of Pork, the supply of which was good, went off briskly, at an advance of 2d per Blbs. PRICES OF WOOLS AT LIVERPOOL. Esardsm—Down Ewes and Wethers 13d to 14d 4y M ; Down Tegs 15d to 16(1; Combing Fleeces lid to 15 d; Ditto Ski n 13 t o VA; Super Skin lid to 16d; Ile a d Skin 12d to lid. SCOTCII.—Laid Highland 9a to 9s 6d; White ditto Its 3d to 12s; Laid Crossed 12s to 13s; Washed ditto 14s to 15s ; Laid Cheviot 14s to 15s ; Washed ditto 16s to 20s 6d; White ditto 24s to 28s per stone of l4lbs. I tusit.—Fleeces, mixed lots 131 d to Isd; Wethers 13d to 14(1; Hogs 15s to 16s ; Combing Skins 131 d to 141(1; Short Skin 11(1 to 13d. FORElGN.—Russian 6,1 to 7d ; Odessa, fine 12d to 21d ; Buenos Ayres 31(.1 to 4d ; Nlogadore and Barbary 3d to 4d ; washed I'eruvian 81(1 to Old; unwashed ditto 6(1 to 7d; Portugal 11, lfid to 12d ; ditto, low marks 81d to 9&d ; German Fleeces lid to I6d ; ditto, assorted, lid to 20d ; ditto, Lambs' 18d to 30d ; Spanish IL lid to 21d; ditto F.S. 12d to 22d; New South Wales 12d to 21d per lb. THE WOUKEIOUSE. Statement of the average number and'expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending • , 17 s, ' Paupers. .P ' 'read. Jan. 6,1834 lssl Is. 7d. Jan. 7,1837 l7BB t Si More 63 Less 0 14 Per Week .C 146 19 1 151 4 11 More 4 510 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week endina Jan. 15, • 1833 2179 families, per w eek,. £268 12 2 J. 16, 1837 2227 do. do. 268 611 Less 48 Less 6 5 3 BIRTHS. On the sth instant, the lady of the lion. H. T. Stanley. of a eon. On Monday last, at llolywell, Mis. Brighouse. of a son. MARRIED. On Saturday evening, the 18th November last, at New Orleans, Charles Black, F.sq. to Agnes, daughter of the late Mr. J. Sewell, of this town. and niece of Mr. John Fisher, Holt-hill, Cheshire. On the sth instant, at the Catholic Chapel of St. W ilrid, Preston. Mr. James Hodson to Miss Jane Worsley. both of Preston. On the 6th instant, at SL Michael's Church, Mr. Joseph Lacy, of Whitby, to Miss Hannah Jardine, Chester. On the Bth instant, at West Kirby, Mr. James Dickson to Miss Alice Sherlock, both of West Kirby. Same day, at St. Wilfrid's Chapel, Preston, Mr. Henry Ashton, of Warrington, draper, to Mary, eldest daughter of the late Mr. John Pilkington, of l'reston. On Friday last, at Chester, Mr. Samuel Orme, of Everton, to Julia. only daughter of Mr. J. B. Johnson, of Chester. On Tuesday last. at St. Anne's Church. by the Rev. R. P. Buddi cont, Mr. C. Knight, to Mary, youngest daughter of Mr. John Ash ton, both of this town. DIED. On the 26th ult. aged 58, Captain Norris, of Orrelmount Cottage, Wigan, R.I P. On the 25th ult. at Cusack, Ballasalla, Isle of Man, aged 82, Mar garet, wife of the Rev. .1. Gill. On the 30th ult. Aun, wife of Mr. Thomas Howell, of Burton, Cheshire, aged 63. On the Ist instant, Jonh Cooke, M.D. F.R.S. F.F.A. Ste. of Gower street, London, and many years physician in the Lunuon Hospital. On the 3d instant, at Dresden, Prince Maximilian, father of the King of Bavaria. He was born in 1759. On the 7th instant, aged 15 months, Elizabeth, youngest child o C Mr. S. M'Cullneh. surgeon, Duke-street. On the 11th instant. at his seat, Apley Castle, Shropshire, VVilllarn Charlton. Esq. in his '77th year. On Friday last, at his residence, in Prince Edwin-street, in the 67th y . ear of his age, Mr. Wm. Flounders, for a long series of years eaten sively engaged in the Irish trade in this town. Same day, aged 39, Mr. Thomas Whitby, paper-dealer. Parr-street. Same day, at her house, Burlington-street, Bath, Eliza, third daugh ter of the late Jonas Bold, Esq. On Saturday last Mr. Robert Cooban, jun. of Walton, aged 31 years. On Sunday last, aged 40 years, Mr. William Taylor, for a peat num ber of years the confidential clerk of Messrs. Laughton and Potts, wine merchants. Ile was atta,hed to his employers, and sincerely regretted by them and a large circle of friends. Same day. aged 40 years, Mr. William Taylor, Gradwell-street, and late of Cogshall Cheshire. On Monday last, Char otte Williams, of Prussia-street. Same day, Stephen Hartley, eldest son of Mr. Watson. Berry street, aged 3 years. Same day, Letitia. wife of J. W. Moore, Esq. of Leeds. On Tuesday last, at Grove-place, Kirkdale, after a severe affliction. aged 34, Mr. John Duckworth, jun. bricklayer. Same day, awfully sudden, Mrs. Archer, Edge-hill. deeply lamented and highly respected by all who knew her. Same day, aged 31, Mrs. Mary Ann Tucker, Bold-street. Same day, after a long and painful illness, borne with fortitude, William Fleetwood Gore, aged 19 years. On Wednesday morning last, at her house, in Windsor-terrace, aged 77 years, Mrs. Sutton, relict of the late James Sutton, Esq. and sister of Sir John Tobin. Same day, in her 32d year,Charlotte. the most deeply and deservedly regretted wife of J. C. Shaw, Esq. Derby-breck. 1,1 V g tt I'o 0 I, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19. 1838. eItINTED AND i'UtiLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING, BY RICHARD PATTISSON, Residence, Village of Warerlreed At No. 4, NORTH CRRSCRNT, CASTLE -STEER?. LIVERPOOL Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. Newton and Co., Warwick-square; Harker, Fleet -street; Deacon Wall - nook; Reynell, Chancery-lane; Lawson & Harker, Birchin.lane ; Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, ; Munden Hammond, 27, Lom bard-street • Mitchell, 8, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street ; Clark• :Jul Lewis, 4. Crown-court Threadneedle-street; at Garraway's - at the London Commercial Coffee- nouse, Mincing-lane; at th. Jerusalem Coffeehouse. Cornhill ; Chapter Coffee-house, Pater noster-row ; North and South American Coffee-house, Thread needle-street • and J. Jenkins, General Advertising-office. IT, Southampton-buildings, Loudon; by Messrs. Johnston and Co. and Mr. John Lee, at his Newspaper and Advertisement Agency Office, 35, Henry -street, Dublin: Mr. M'Phun, Glasgow; Mr. Wheeler, Exchange -street, and Mr. Lewis, Market -street, Man chester; Mr. Mallet-, Bookseller, Warrington Mr. Clarke, Pilot office. Preston ; and Mr. Coope, 33, Union.street, Birmingham. Terms of Subscription for this paper :—On credit, one year, £2 6s. ; half-year, 1 35.; quarter. 11s. 6d.—lf paid in advance, one years. Za as , • half - yestr, LI Is.; quarter, 10s. 6d . Alarfttto. LIVERPOOL CORN KXCHANGE. JAN. 16. ' Sinee Tuesday last the imports of Wheat, Oats, Flour, and Oatmeal from Ireland have been pretty considerable, and sales have been effected to a moderate extent here and in all out country markets, of Wheat and Flour at an advance of 2d to 3,1 per 701bs on the former, and of Is to Is 6d per 280Ibs on the latter ;—Of Oats and Oatmeal also at fully our last quotations ; and in the value of all otherarticles we can make no alteration ; the frost which commenced on the Bth inst. has uninterruptedly continued with unusual severity, so that all com munication with the inferior by Canals is already stopped, —except by the Bridgewater Canal, which must soon he also stopped. The duty on Wheat from, foreign ports is since Friday last increased is per quarter, 7ld per barrel on Flour and is td per quarter on Beans, —on other Grain no alteration ;—some few sales have been made of the finest white and red Baltic Wheat in bond at 5s to 5s 3d per 701bs, and of Hamburgh extra superfine sweet Flour at 26s to 27s par barrel, and sales to a greater extent, might have been made, but for the scarcity of both articles, of fine fresh quality; old and ordinary Wheat in bond is at an advance of 2d per 70Ib, but for such there has as yet been a very limited demand. This day's market was well atteneded by town and country millers and dealers, who purchased to a fair extent of the best descriptions of Irish. Wheat, new and old, and of Flour at the above-mentioned ad vance ; of Oatmeal at fully our last quotations, hut of Oats to a very limited extent at a small reduction, owing to all communication with the country, except by the Railway, being entirely stopped ;Ivor all other Articles there was a very small demand at about last quWons. In consequence of the severe frost and snow in the south, there was an advance yesterday in the London market of is to is per quarter on Wheatif accessible for immediate consumption. ty 701 b s. d. d.. INDIAN CORN, 4 5 304 b, English 8 4G 9 6 „Red 4l 0a44 , 0 Scotch Irish Bonded oo— 0 0 English BARLEY, 4, qr. Irish '3s 0 —3B 0 English 34 0 —35 0 PRAS, Grey- .... 29 0— 32 0 Chevalier 36 0 0 White-- 32 0— 39 .0 Scotch, 41", 60115 4 6 4 7 RAPESEED, 4f last, Irish ' 3 4 3 10 Foreign, in bond. 2 0 2 2 OATS. 45th. English .3 • 6 —3 8 t Scoch 3 6 —.3 8 FLOUR, English , Qy 2801 b. Fine 35 r, 0 Irish American, 4, brl. free. Sweet, U.S. Irish Foreign,,in bond 2 o. 3 3 Ditto, duty free • 3 2 3 6 RYP, VV, 36 0 —3B 0 MALT, ir qr. fine 56 0 —59 • 0 Middling 46 0.-52 0 Sour, 'gout..... 24 fi 26 0 OATMEAL, tlp: 2401 h English ' 0 22 6 Do. new 1837. 23 0 24 6 Scotch.. ..... 23 0 22 6 LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JAN% 15. We have , a large supply of Beasts at market to-day for the time of the year. and the quality hut middling, saving a.few which readily sold at a good price. Of Sheep we have had.a very large supply, some of which were turnip fed, and of very good quality, selling.w ; ithout diffi culty at lit in sink. Good. Bet f may he quoted at from kid to sld., with some of the inferior quality at sil pet.lb. - , Good Wether Mutton, was sold at 141; someof smaller size and t wes 61d per lb and most of the good Beasts and. Sheep were sold up at t h e close of the market, ,which, upon the whole, may be considered a brisk one. , Number of Beasts at market, 1403 ; Sheep; 5032. LIVERPOOL AGRICUI.4I s. Old Hay New Hay 0 8 0 11 -- Clover 7 0 10 - Straw,Wheat o' 4 •0 41 - Straw, Oat 0 4 0 41-- Straw. Barley U 3 0 4 - ---- - - 11J11K,L Al 4 11K ftr, JAN. Potatoes f. d. •s. d. 1 Cal 90D.' 121 3 - 0 0 : 2 i 0 per ton 0 0' . 31 .0 - 0 09 0 - 708 6 - Cattle PotatUes Turnips , . Carrots Manvlewt . trzie Manure LI V KRPOOI.: PIiO,VIS lON ',AtAIiK la. JAN. 18. In some of the prin c ip a l mar k ets i n I re l and,—Cork for instance,— we believe it would be an infraction of the law, to ship any Butter which hail not previously passed under the inspection of a public officer. This is a most salutary regulation, because the commercial public possess thereby, on a large measure, a guarantee that the quality of the article purchased shall be, bona fide, in accordance with its branded representation. .We .are aware that the inspectors' marks have been occafionally altered with a fraudulent intent,—but the offending parties have seldom escaped*tection and eonsequent disgrace, and we believe the sy,tem now works so well, that a (pork brand may he bought for what it purporti to he, without any inspec tion on' the part of the purchaser, and without his experiencing any inconvenience. from the display of so much confidence. • Would that .we were able to say ,so much, for some of the northern markets ; all the flutter, certainly, which comes under the review, of the sworn inspector, is of ‘ a quality equivalent to its scribed representation, but whnt we raise our voice against is, the bad e system of permitting "private inspection," where such are the avaricious views of some people, that they will rank their Butter " firsts," that is not deserving of the character of " thirds," and where " first •Banbridges" .are not worthy of being ranked in point of q u a lity w i t h " t hi r d D errys. " One of the system s oug ht certainly to be abandoned, and the commu nity ought to know whether it is to depend upon the personal cha racter of the shippers, or it is to be guaranteed from fraud by making it illegal to export any• Butter that has not undergone public-sworn, inspection, This market was a short time ago inundated with very indifferent Butter, hut the severe weather has luckily for holders forced it into consumption. We continue brisk and prices fully supported. 'Beefand'Pork are both on the advance. Bacon is also improving ,in demand, BLTTER.—lielfast , 98 0 .0104 0 ,per cw t. Banbridge Coleraine -90 0 94 - 0 Sligo 9 . 0 —92 0 --• Derry . • 91 0 96 s) .-- Limerick Carrick Kilkenny Carlow, - Waterford ' 9O 0 96 0 Newry Cork dry 3ds - 0 1 Do. pickled gds 94 0 0 0 ....... BIIRI.—New Prime Mess . 92 6 107 6 pe r ti tree. Do. . 0 0 per bagel PORK . - . BACON 46 6 . 50 0 per cwt. DRY LIAM WRT Do LARD.—Firkin 6 0 — 62 ,0 Bladdered LONDON COLONIAL MARKET, JAN. 16. 800ta.—This afternoon ,the transactions in both grey and refining descriptions were extremely limited, ,the purchases not exceeding' 90 hhds. and tees. but no further reduction in priceshave been submitted to. A public sale of 127 hhds. 13arbadoes. which was to have taken 'place, was withdrawn on account of the dull state of the market. FoasioN.—The market has been very Inactive for all kinds : the enquiry.for white and brown Brazil has ceinikl, and for Havana there has been no demand, but importers ?esquire fully previous prices for all descriptiens; a pu bli c sa l e ,of ,70 chests, Rabin. and 197 chests and 113 hrls Itio which was to have takenrpla4e,on Friday kit has been postponed until Thursday next ; the Ocolints from the Continental markets represent that there was very 'Mlle business doing. and prices hsd a tendency downwards. 111 mAssEs.—West India are heavy of sale, and although there are sellers at rather lower prices nothing has been done. COFFEE.—This afternoon there w a s no public sale of British Plan. tation, and the private operations were very limited, but importers still require full prices for ordinary and unclean sorts'; of middling clean qualities there is no supply. The public sales of other de scriptions consisted of 150 bags Mysore at the 9d duty, and 1400,bags Biazil, the former sold at the general valuations, good ordinary 65s to 65s 6d, fine ordinary 69s ; the latter only round buyers at Is decline, good ordinary Rio at 40s, and Bahia of similar quality at 40s to 41s. Rum, BRANDY AND HOLLANDS.—There has been a brisk demand for Rum since our last: the transaction.: have - been chiefly in strong descriptions, and Jamaica has yielded lid; and Leewards ld advance on previous rates : of the former 200 puncheons have been taken, 28 to 3,3 per cent over proof at 4s 4d to 4s 6d, 34 to 36 over 4s 7d to 43 Bd. 37 to 39 over 4s 9d to 4s 10d," favourite marks ss. The government contract for 100,000 gallons, proof strength. has been taken at high prices, full 4d above the previous,one. PRICES OF SHARES, LIVERPOOL, JAN. 18. Last Prices .This day's RAILWAYS. &c. Per Share. - Prices. Birmingham and 'Gloucester • 'l2 101 212 6 .... Ditto .and Derby 2O .... 13 15 0 .... Birkenhe a d and Chester 2 .... 014 0 .... 1;V '6 Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow (old) Ditto ditto (new) .., 5 .... 3 0 0 .... Ditto Leith and Newhaven -3 .... .... Glasgow, Paisley, arid Greenock 4 .... 00 0 .... ,3. 2 6 Grand Junction Great Western 55 .... 71 10 " 0 .... i7O .0 0 Hull and Selby ' 5 ... 0 7 6 .... Liverpool and Manchester 100 .... "197 0 0 .... Ditto - quarter shares .., Ditto half shares 20,.... 56 10 0 .... London and Birmi ng h am 9O .... 164 14 0 .... Ditto new quarte r s h ares 5 .... 2 9 5 .0 .... Ditto and Southampt on 5O .... 34 10 .0 .... Ditto, new shares Ditto Sz. Brighten (United) 5 .... 710 0 .... 7.0 .0 Leeds and Nlanchester. . l5 .... 21 5 0 .... Leicester and Swannington Manchester, Bolton, & Bury 7B .... :57 10 :0..... Manchester and 'Birmingham. .. Midland Counties ls' .... 13 u - 0 .... North Midland 25 .... 26 0-0 V;S :0 South Eastern and Dover North Union, (new) 2O .... •35 15 0 .... Ditto, (old) ' BANKS. Bank of Liverpool..... .... ..£l2 lOs paid 24 2 6 .... 24 1 6 -Commercial of Liverpool 10..... 20 2 6 .... -- Liverpool Union lO ~.. 13 0 0 .... -- Nortliprn and Central... Albion United Trades' ditto lO .... 10 0 0 .... North and South Wales.. 10 .... 817 6 .... of . Manchester lO .... 11 17 6 .... M'chester & L'pool Dsct 15 .... 19 15 0 .... South Larcashire 7 10s 6 17 6 .... Borough Bank Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 415 0 .... East of England Phoenix Bank 4 12 4 .... Royal Bank o f Li verpoo l 500 ....• .623 0 0 .... Wilts and Dorset (;AS, WATER WORKS, &e. Exchange Buildings £lOO paid 161 0 0 .... L'pool & Harrington Water Work s 200 ..., 450 0 0 .... Bootle Ditto Stock .... '312 0 0 .... ,Lirerpool Coal Gas Company.; Stock .... ,355 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas & C o k e C0.,.,X100 .„, 196 .0 .0 .. .• Ditto New Shares 9O .... 176 0 0 .... ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance C0.£25 paid 10 2 1 .... Ocean Assurance C om p any lO ..., 7 2 6 .... Liverpool Fir e an d Lif e .. :2 10s. 2 3 0 .... DOCKS. FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES. &e. Anderton Carrying ,Company ~ 12 10s. 11 12 .6 .... Woodside Ferry 25 28 5 0 .... Egremont Ferry l2 10$ •••• Rock Ferry. 20 .... 'll 5 0 .... Steam Tug ,Company ~. , •• .. 117 6 .... !Torrington Docks.. ....... Apothecaries' Company LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RLROAD. Times of Departure of the C oac h T ra i ns for M O anchester from the Railway Station in Linatskeet. FIRST CLASS. OCOND CLASS. Seven o'clock. Two o'clock. past &Pm. Three o'clock. Nine o'clock. Five o'clock. Ten o'clock. .t-past Five. Eleven o'clock. Seven o'clock. Twelve o'clock. Seven o'clock N.B.—Corresponding Trains start from Manchester at the Al' . bouts. AeCnfl' On Rundays..th e deporttwee l ave.—l.. - the class Train at Se ven , an d a F i rst - class T rain at E i ght ; and in afternoon, a First-cl ass T ra i n at Fi ve, and , a Second-class ~'r _ ain • at half-past Five. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY FROM BIRMING TO LIVERPOOL AND MA/NHESTER./ HOURS OP DEPARTURE AND ARRI,VAL. AnntyAL AT 'PROM BIRMINGHAM. LIVERPOOL AHD AMANOIIIISTER. li. in. 11. in. First Class Mixed First Class First Class Mixed First Class FROM ARMY* I. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. AT MAKIN GUA,K. First Class Mixed .......... 830 .. A.M 215 .. r. First Class • 11 30 .. A. M 430 .. r. First Class Mixed First Class Horses and Carriages should beat theStatio.os, and booked Half An hour ,before the time of starting. LONDON PROVISION MARKET, JAN. 16. There has been a revival in the demand for Irish Butter since our last, and a very good business has been transacted at 2s to 3s higher prices. Dutch has sold readily at an advance of several shillings, Il2s paid for the best. In Bacon the transactions have been limited, but former rates are required. Lard has been taken sparingly at late quotations. For India arid Mess Beef and Pork, landed, a good request has prevailed at improved prices on board Pork has been in brisk demand, and a good business has been done in Beef. LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE. Days. Mrn. Ben. HI. 4 H. It. H. 11 F. T. Tuesday . 16 218 237 14 7 lii Venus sets Bh. 28m. even. Wednesday l7 254 313 13 11 i M ars sets 4h. 49m. even. Thursday • lB 333 354 13 1 Prisca. Friday 19 419 445 12 3 'Jupiter rises Bh. 52m. even. Saturday 26 515 548 11 10 Fabian. Sunday 21 621 659 r 11 6 3d Sunday after Epiphany. Monday 2l 735 811 112 0 Vincent. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. LADY SKATERS.—The ornamental water in the Regent's park was crowded during the day, the ice being very good. Among the assemblage were several persons of rank and fashion, but the principal attraction were six ladies, habited a la Rune, with silver skates suspended from their necks, who skated in a most scientific manlier, from eleven until four o'clock.—Courier of Saturday. PAVED AND MACADAMISED ROADS.—It appears that Black friars-bridge requires fur keeping it in a proper state of repair £lOOO. per annum, when macadamised • but it was kept in res pair, as a paved road way, for an annual average sum of £l2O- aica By a return I resented to the House of Commons (1837) it ap-. Le m eward Isl. Demerara it Berbice. peals that the first cost of converting one mile two hundred and Honduras fifty yards from a London pavement into a broken stone road, New York, Boston was £I2,S-12 ; the annual expense of maintaining which road Charleston, Savannah hes been £lOO3. or Is. '2d. per superficial yard square.—Rail- New Orleans Havana 12th Jan. way Magazine. Canada TEA URN S.—In the ruins of Pompeii an urn was found con- British North America taming an hollow metallic cylinder, for the inset tion of a hot Newfoundland iron, by which water or other substances might be kept warm. Brazils Tea urns, therefore. are not entitled t o th e a p pe ll at i on o f mo d ern River Plate invention. East Indies Company's Ships TRANSMISSION OF NEWSPAPERS. —From the frequent re- Batavia presentations made to the Postmaster-general, the Earl of Lich. New South Wales field, of the abstraction of newspapers from their envelopes ('ape of Good Hope during their transit, his lordship has issu e d an order permitting Gji i r t a .a l ta r the name and address of the party to whom a newspaper is Lima, Valparaiso, Sce. directed to he written on the newspaper itself, as well as on the Malta, Sicily, Ste. Wrapper. This arrangement is of great importance to uewspa- Smyrna and Constantinople per proprietors, as well as their readers, for in future no plea Malaga cart be set up of the wrapper having been defaced or accident- Madeira ally torn off so as to prevent. the paper reaching its destination. Isles, Cape de Verds Lord King has been distributing his bounty to the poorer Cadiz classes on his extensive estates in Surrey. His 'outstrip em. F„""ce, ploys th e w h o l e o f th e l a b ouring c l asses i n the vicinity of Oak- R ollan d ham nt improving his park, and has distributed to each man ambur i g, Bremen, B,:c. p. o t t e t r cl i u r r g a . , R S i t:: . kp cc o . l m warm clothing, and 200 stone of beef among the ueeessitous poor of the parish • -1 " - ' • - ,4porta . . LONDON & LIVERPOOL, (Sailing before 12th Jan.)l Numberof new patients entered on tlw books ofihe Dispensariesduring the lasi week:— ortuth. Total. Received advice and medicin e a t th e institution.N 265 h. So 265 530 Visited at their own houses an d supp li ed with medicine, 161 • 114 275 Totalat each Dispensary 426 379 805 itsuroits. North—Rev. C. W. Lawrence, Rev. M. Fisher, and Rev. R. Croft. South—Mr. Jordan, Mr. T. Robinson, and Mr. J. Cooper. PREMIUMS ov INSURANCE AT LLO YD'S. Outw aril. 25; Od m 30; Oc 20 0 25' 0 30 0-35 0 30 0 35 0 30 0-40 0 35 0-40 0 40 0-50 0 O 0— 0 0 O 0 0 0 O 0-45 0 25 0 30 0 35 0 40 0 4') 0 50 0 45u-5 • 0 45 0-50 0 41) 0 50 0 30 0 40 0 25 0 30 0 20 0 25 0 45 0 70 0 25 0 —35 0 25 0-35 0 20 0 30 0 15 0- 20 0 20 0 30 0 • 15 0 20 0 20 25 0 10 0 15 0 10 6 IS 0 1 . 6 15 0 60 0-70 0 .0 0— 0 0 15' - 0 20 - 0 after Ist Aug, Os Od@ Os Od 0 0 -- 0 0 140 0 —l5O 0 20 0 -- 25 0 20 0-25 0 50 0 -- 60 0 100 0 —l4O 0 120 0 --140 0 120 0 —l4O 0 40 0 -- 0 0 , 20 0-60 0 35 0— 0 0 40 0 -- 50 0 45 0-50 0 45 0 60 0 40 0 -- GO 0 30 0-40 0 3 `► 0 --120 0 15 0-20 0 40 0 -- 50 0 20 0-25 0 20 0 -- 30 0 20 0-25 0 15 0 -- 20 0 20 0 -- 25 0 15 0-- 20 0 IS - 0-25 0 10 6 -- 15 0 10 6 -- 15 0 19 6 -- 15 0 40 0-- 50 0 45 .0 -- 80 0- 15 0 0, JANUARY 19, 1838 LONDON GAZETTE.-TUESDAY, JAN. 16. PA RTNER SH PS DISSOLVED. R. Forshaw, T Loft', J. Brown, and P. Ilaskayne. Liverpool. boat. builders—G. Russel and I. Paley, Liverpool, ship-brokers—J. O. Crump, jun. and P. S. Roll, Liverpool, m, rchants—W. Medcalf sad T. Rushworth, Manchester, brush-manufacturers—J. Davis and W. Davis, Lancaster, coal-merchants—G. Vose and T. Robinson, St. He• len's Lancashire, blacksmiths—C. Johnson and R. Johnson, Bugiaw. ton, Cheshire, cloth-finishers. INSOLVENTS, Jan. 16—Charles Vincent Smith and Robert Edwin Goulding; Tot. tenham-court-road. London, linen-drapers. BANKRUPTS. John Smith, Little Warner -street, Clerkenwell, London, funetal. carriage maker. _ George Solomons, Mi n o r i es , L on d on, t a ll ow c h andler. John Calvert, Pall- nail, London, ivory turner. James Allen and John Sherwin, Dartford, Kent, farmers. George Mince, London-road. St. George's-fields„London r tea dealer. Thomas Sawer, Wood-street, London, rib.ind-manufacturer. Frederick Beckingsale, Bridport, Uorsetshire, grocer. Samuel Lyle, Reeruth, Cornwall, smelter. Thomas Lithaby, Clifton, mason. George Sheppard Blackborow, Bristol, wine-merchant. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 10, 11. Pegg, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, hntel.keeper-:-Feb. Green, Cheapside, London, silk-warehouseman-4-Feb. 7, J. Simpson and J. Windt oss, I3ishopsgate-street, London ; linen-drapers—Feb. 27, R. Feltliam, Bath, oilman—Feb. 27. G. Hall and J. 11. Bryant, Bath, stationers--Feb 27, 11, Farmer, Bath, ironmonger—April 14,T. Pizzie. Bath, upholsterer—Feb. 7, J. Mapp, Birmingham, timber-merchant— Feb. 6, J. Davenport, Derby, colour-manufacturer—Feb. 13, S. Mor gan; Birmingham, tov-merchant—Feb. I 9; J. Britton and J. W. Bris coe, Darlington, Durham, linen-manufacturers—Feb. 8, W. T. West, Nattingham. draper—Feb. 7, J.Tewster, Kingston-upon-Hull, builder --Feb. 15, C. Baker, Southampton,: timber-merchant-i-Feb. 15, C. Caldwell and T. Smyth, Liverpool, and J. Forbes and D. Gregory, London, bankers. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause he shown to the contrary. on or before ti, 6th day of February. C. Sailers.• Great Yarmouth, money-scrivener --11. Farmer. Bath, ironmonger —W. Reynolds, juts. Savage-gardens. London, wipe-mer chant. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. JANUARY. :100132 19. William Boerne .. .... . . ..:13eswick and Sop, Birmingham, ,2 19. William Taylor 'Clarendon Rooms, ' 1 23. John G. White (2d) Ditto 1" 24.. Lownsborough, Lee and co. (div.) Ditto ` 2 24. John Slinger Ditto 1 25. James Mercer, (div.) Ditto :1 25. Robert Jones, (Ist) 26. G. Dennistoun and It Laird Ditto 26. Henry Conway; (2d) 26. Peter Hughes, (2d) Ditto I 26. Coupland and Duncan, (special)....Lowndes arid Robinson, ' 2 27. William James, (special) ...r.. fire , thedo aV a „Al. ,