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OLD WINTER IS COME. OLD Winter is come in earnest—slack! How icy and cold is he! He cares not a pin for a shiverin; back, He's a saucy old chap to white and black, He whistles his chills with a wonderful knack, For a jolly old fellow is het A witty old fellow this Winter is, A mighty Old fellow of glee! He cracks his jokes on the sweet pretty miss, The wrinkly old maiden unfit to kiss, And freezes the dew of their lips—for this Is the way with such fellows as he. Old Winter's a frolicsome blade I wot— He is wild in his humour and free— He'll whistle along for the" want of thought," And set aU the warmth of furs at nought, And ruffle the laces the pretty girls bought ; For a frolicsome fellow is he! Old Winter is:blowing his gusts along, And merrily shaking the tree: From morning to night he will sing his song; Now moaning and short—now howling and long ; His voice is loud, for his lungs are strong— A merry old fellow is he. Old Winter 's a wicked old chap I ween— As wicked as ever you'll see— He withers the flowers so fresh and green, And he bites the pert nose of the miss of sixteen, As she flippantly walks in maidenly sheen— A wicked old fellow is he. Old Winter's a tough old fellow for blows, As tough as ever you'll see ; He'll trip up our trotters and rend our clothes, And stiffen our limbs from fingers to toes, He minds not the cry of his friends or his foes— A driving old fellow is he I A cunning old fellow is Winter, they say, A cunning old fellow is he; He peeps in the crevices day by day, To see how we're passing our time away, At.d marks all our doings from grave to gay, I'm afraid he is peeping at me. REVIEJVS OF BOOKS. Blackwood's Magazine. Edinburgh: Black - woods The commencement of a new year is usually the time for making some advance in periodical litera ture, new magazines being started, and old ones coming out with promises of increased attraction. " Blackwood," however, maintains the lead in defi ance of all rivalry ; and, with nearly forty years on its head, displays all the freshness of juvenile vigour. The number for this month opens with a paper descriptive of Persia, a country rendered more than ordinarily interesting by recent events, and which may occupy a somewhat prominent position in the coming struggle. The particulars are taken from a narrative of two attache's of the French embassage in Persia. The quiet story of " The Quiet Heart" is continued in a second part, which gives goodly promise of its further progress. " The English at Home—by a Frenchman Abroad" is a very amusing review of a work by 31. Wey, an intelligent Frenchman, who spends seven weeks in England, and gives a really fair description of what he saw and heard, and his opinions of a people whom he describes as " a large class of old scholars competing for the prize of good conduct." From " The Past and Future of-China," we learn that so far from the present rebellion in the flowery land being an extraordinary event, such revolutions have often occurred, more so indeed than in any other nation, there having been a succession of twenty two dynasties, and, consequently, as many great revolutions in the period of four thousand years, comprised in the annals of that empire. Following the series on " the narcotics we indulge in," is an article on " the beverages we infuse," descriptive of Tea, Coffee, Szc. The magazine concludes with an ably written political essay on " the Aberdeen Cabinet," showing the mischief which has been committed by the vacillating policy in the earlier part of the Eastern affair, and predicting serious consequences from the evident determination of Russia to set at defiance the lukewarm resistance 1 given by the Western Powers. The article is well worthy of perusal, though we cannot coincide with the writer in all his views. We subjoin two extracts : THE ABERDEEN CABINET. Whatever might have been the Conservative antecedents of some members of the cabinet, we could not forget that these were the men who, in almost every instance, had adopted expediency as their guide, instead of following the straight and undeviating path of honour. It appeared to us evident that the Radical section could not, supposing its component members to be honest and earnest in their views, avoid the opportunity of pressing their peculiar tenets upon the consideration of their colleagues ; and, , believing in the thorough elasticity of consciences which have once submitted to the doctrines of expediency, it seemed to us exceedingly probable that the former main tainers of a Conservative policy would bedome as supple in the hands of their new allies as the heart of a democrat could desire. Besides all this, it was evident that the 'head of the Administration, Lord Aberdeen, was unfitted to deal with the new complications which the altered state of European affairs has introduced. At no one period of his life did the Premier ever occupy a place in the fore most rank of statesmen. He was neither acute enough in "his intellect, nor adroit enough in his management of affairs, to entitle him to such a position. He might be a useful colleague, but he never was qualified to be a leader. In prescience, the most valuable attribute of a diplomatist, he has always shown himself to be defective. Obstinacy, which he mistakes for firmness, and craft, which he con ceives to be wisdom, have made him the unconscious tool of far superior men, who, in the palmy days of European congresses, were his associates. Strange as it may appear, Lord Aberdeen, who at home is confederated in council with Sir James Graham and Sir William Molesworth, is universally regarded abroad as the last prop in Britain of the absolutist policy and dominion. Russia is delighted to see him Prime Minister of this country, because, so long as that arrangement lasts, she anticipates no active check to her designs. Austria, while acting the hypocritical part of mediator, and keeping up the farce of negotiation after the hour for action has arrived, chuckles at the credence which is given to the sincerity of her concocted notes, and forwards, at proper intervals, fresh projects for the maintenance of peace to Downing-street, in order to divert attention from the boom of the Russian cannon. With regard to France, Lord Aberdeen has not cultivated those friendly relations which were established by Lord Malmesbury„ and which, especially at the present time, are so important for maintaining the influence of the two grmt western powers. Forgetting the adage that nations have no cousins, and the maxim against foreign cabals m behalf of rejected dynasties, he is well known to regard with favour the pretensions of the house of Orleans, which has not even the abstract merit of legitimacy to recom mend it ; an l a not only that portion of the press which is under ministerial control, but even members of the cabinet, were allowed, without contradiction or reproof, to indulge in unmeasured obloquy and invective directed against the present Emperor of the French. AtSTRTA. Austria nsay be despotic—whether from inclination or • necessity it is beyond our purpose here to inquire—but, in her relations with Great Britain, she has heretofore acted with fairness. She may be deceitful—that it is too often the characteristic of despotisms—and truth compels us to admit that Austrian statesmen have never been re markable far sincerity. That virtue is no part of their system ; perhaps it cannot co-exist with institutions such as theirs. But in dealing with states, as with individuals, we must take them with their faults, as well as their vir tues. We do not inquire too closely into the character of the man who is punctual in his payments, and regular in redeeming his engagements. Now, apply that principle— universally observed in so far as individuals are concerned — to Austria, and mark what we have done. Our old re lations are undoubted, and there was, at all events, amity between ns. Years roll on, and at last 'there occurs a rebellion iii the hereditary states of the house of Haps burg. The infection spreads from the provinces to the mother state. The capital, Vienna, is taken, pillaged, and subjected to the usual ordeal of democratic libertinism. The army remains true to the Emperor—retakes the capital—pis down the insurgents, and restores tran quillity to, Austria. Does England—a country which abhors, or .ought to abhor, revolutions, and which, but five years ago, was threatened with a like visitation from chartism, besides Irish outbreaks—does England, we say, exhibit any symptoms of rejoicing at that event ? Quite the contrary. Marshal Haynau visits London, and he is immediately made the object of a brutal personal attack, such as would disgrace the Coromantees, or any other heathen tribe of Africa. Next comes Kossuth, the leader and instigator of the Hungarian rebellion ; and he is re ceived with almost superhuman honours by mayors, and aldermen, and other civic idiots, none of whom could, even if threatened with the penalty of instant death, tell you where Hungary is situate on the ma p of Europe. No won der if Austria, thus insulted in the person of one of her chief Commanders, takes umbrage —no wonder if she interprets the ovations lavished upon a rebel, into dis tinct proofs of the entire sympathy of the British people with the Cause of insurrection and democracy. And the result is that Austria, thus repulsed, turns away from us, and lends her influence, whenever that is required, to forward and assist the ambitions projects of the Czar. The Mercantile Marine Jfagazine. Liverpool Cameron. The first number of a magazine, devoted, as its name implies, to the important interests of the mercantile marine. How far this object will be carried out remains to be seen, but we may state that the, Principal contents of the number just pub lished are :—" Meteorological observations at sea, and the proposed syatem of maritime co-operation." " Our mercantile Marine. N 0.1.," "Sailing Direc tions from the Archipelago to the Danube," " Pas sage from Hong-Kong to Shanghae," " Changes in Lights and Buoys, " Nautical Memoranda," Sx• Tile Life of Martin Luther, the German Re former•. In 50 pictures from design s by Gustav Konig. London : Nathaniel Cooke. The truly splendid and really elegant volume before us is an attempt, and by no means an unsuc • cessful one, to bring before the eye, and to sustain before the mental vision, a complete and connected series of the events which chiefly distinguished the remarkable and interesting life of the great Chris tian Reformer. It consists of pictorial represen tations of those striking incidents which marked the character and gave emphasis to the career of Luther, delineated with touching simplicity and artistic truth. The engravings are cleverly and effectively rendered rather than elaborately finished, the intention being obviously to create an impres sive and edifying solemnity of feeling in accordance with the important and elevating nature of the subject ; yet at the same time scrupulously to . avoid an ostentatious display of details, or the unnecessary parade of minor incidents. The des criptive letter-press is written in a kindred spirit of truthful severity. Breadth of effect and telling earnestness have been the aim of artist and author, and the result is worthy of the united efforts. The great apostle of the Reformation is traced from his cradle to his coffin through all the vicissitudes which chequered his eventful life. We find him represented as the simple student, the ardent worshipper, the daring assailant of ecclesiastical abuses, the bold and uncompromising leader of intellectual and religious freedom, the zealous champion of truth. In the bosom of his family we find him the leader of its domestic joys, the pro moter and participator of its innocent delights, yet in all tinctured with that holiness of life and sincere humility of spirit which at all times charac terised the public and private life of Luther. The pictures, from their style and the interest inherent in the subjects they represent, attained an exten sive popularity in Germany,—a distinction which we have no doubt also awaits them in the present transcript. The letter-press, by its tolerant spirit -and its unaffected truthfulness of narrative, also obtained much and deserved approbation. In addi tion to the life of Luther, the volume contains likewise a brief but comprehensive sketch of the rise and progress of the Reformation in Germany. Having said thus much of the labours of the artist and the author, we cannot conclude without high commendation of the style of beauty in which its spirited publisher,. Mr. Cooke, has brought it before the English public. In point of typography, paper, and the general attributes of publishing excellence, it has few rivals and no superiors in the numerous Christmas souvenirs which at the present time load the shelves of the booksellers. Poems. By John Francis Waller, LL.D. Dublin James 31`Gla,shan. Fully a century has elapsed since it was written.. with equal truth and beauty, by the great critical poet— " Waller was smooth ; but Dryden taught to join The varying verse, the long resounding line; but in our days we are favoured with the effusions of a Waller, whose verse is enriched with the best attributes of both the poets whose names are im mortalised in the above couplet, and to those are added a grace, tenderness, and purity of sentiment, unknown to either of the elder bards. The small, though beautiful, and charming volume, which has just been issued by Dr. Waller, under the imprima tur of 3lr. 31‘Glashan, is, we learn with much satisfaction, from the hand of that cunning wizzard, who, under the nom de plume of Jonathan Freake Slingsby, has for numerous years • past delighted and astonished the readers of the Dublin Univer sity Magazine. In the volume before us, how ever, the poet occupies a more elevated position than he has heretofore assumed, and from his lyre he throws off notes of higher inspiration, giving utterance to a song of more sustained beauty, than are to be found in the wild and fitful, though melifluent strains, in which, with the careless ease of a poetic master, he rung each change— " From grave to gay, from lively to sinceri;" and yet was seductive, charming, delightful in all. The present volume opens with a narrative, or story poem in three parts, entitled Ravenscroft Hall," which is marked by a truthful simplicity of design, and a vigorous beauty of action, evolved in sweet and graceful language. The story, as we have already said, is simple. Two brothers, Ralph the elder, and Walter, unknown to each other, love the same maid, Alice ; she prefers the elder,. and agreeably to the preference and to previously arranged family intentions, Ralph and Alice are made one— " And two fair children blessed their happy home—" Walter fled, a wayward, disappointed youth ; ' but, after long wanderings, he returns,. an un known visitant to the scenes of his nativity and early years. The time of his return is Christmas eve, and in the morning his troubled spirit is soothed by a Chrismas carol, chaunted by the village children under his window. He goes to the church, and is ultimately reconciled to his father,. his brother, and to his lost though still beloved Alice. Ultimately the curtain of death closes round: all the original actors in the simple drama, the " two fair children" being only left : but, not before‘ the serenity of Christian love has lent its solace to the re-united family. The chief beauty of this " - artless tale" will be found in the delicate penciling of its accompanying incidents. It aims not at taking the passions by storm, but sways, by gentler means, the heart's emotions. Beauty of tenderness and purity of sentiMent, are the-ma chinery by which our poet seeks to win, our sym pathies, and in the use of these he is highly success ful. We regret we cannot give copious extracts from this bouquet of seasoned sweets, but must content ourselves with the following : Alice and Ralph, in the hot noon of day, Paced a sweet alley where the birch, and oak,, And light-sprayed ashes, interlacing closer Their lofty branches in an arch o'erhead, Barred out the sun-glare. Carolled wild the birds. Deep in the underwood, or on the heights Of rocking branches, where they basked . in Alice and Ralph alone paced to and fro, So silent both that ye might hear the tread Of their slow feet upon the shell-strewed walk, Or the low chirping of the shrill cicada. The young man gazed upon the gentle girl, Intent and long, as though his eyes would pry Deep through her orbs into her heart of hearts, And read the lived sweetness of her love. She the while Curtained her blue eyes with Their fringed lids,. And gave not entrance to his passionate gaze. Woman's defensive instinct like the tower That closes quick its sensitive leaves if even An infant's finger touch them. And thus they walked, happy, yet ill at ease, For they were lovers, though as yet no word Of formal courtship told the young man's love,. But ere the shadows of the western hills Stretched far into the vale at eventide, Their hearts stood all contest. It skills not how— By words, or something tenderer still than words— 'Tis the old tale—old, yet still ever new— The mode still varying, but the end the same. In all times—in all places—in the halls Of princes—in the peasant's lowly hut — In crowded cities—in the lone savannahs — The same mysterious, subtle, potent instinct, That guided Adam in primeval bowers, And shook with troublous joy the beating heart Of his most beauteous God-gift; and that now, In this old, sin stained, and degenerate world, Wake, in man's heart the one lone feeling left That links him still to God, and makes him holy. Mortal, beware how thou third use this gift ! It' with a reverent joy—a holy awe— Thou entertainest in thy purest soul This angel sent from God as unawares, 'Tis well, for thou art sanctified thereby; But if thou stain with one unhallowed thought The crystal fount of that ilivinest essence— If thou dost throw on that bright holy flame Even but the thousandth part of aught that's gross, Then dost thou grieve God's Spirit, quench his light, And cause, it may be. even to go forth From the heart's temple that thou bast defiled, As erst from God's own fane on Sion's Mount, The dread decree—" Let us depart from hence." Besides the poem to which our remarks have been chiefly confined, the volume contains nume rous small pieces, each characterised by beauty of thought, appropriateness of imagery, and sweet ness of diction. By the publication of this volume, its author has added very substantially to the claim he had, under his assumed pro-nomen, established to a favourable public recognition of poetic talents of a very high order. The History of Servia,ancl the Servian Revolution. By Leopold Ranke. London : Henry G. Bohn. This valuable and opportune work contains not merely the history of Servia and its revolution ; it is also enhanced by a sketch of the insurrection in Bosnia, and, it has further added to it, an account of the slave provinces of Turkey, the whole forming a mass of information peculiarly suited to the pre sent position of eastern affairs. The Servian revolt, if any revolt could do so, was one peculiarly fitted to rouse the sympathies of a free Christian nation, and to secure a lively interest in the bosoms of the British people. The struggles of a simple, hardy, and intrepid people, contending for religious free dom and national independence, was indeed a spec tacle deserving of warm sympathy and support. The geographical position, and Christian profession, of the Servians and Bulgarians, confer on their movements and social state, more especially under the present aspect of affairs, an importance worthy of the deepest consideration; and atthe handsof Pro fessor Ranke these peculiarities have been treated with a calmness and penetration worthy of the sub ject. The past and the prospective, as well as the ex isting troubles of the Ottoman Empire, are weighed with scrupulous care, and the overbearing policy of Turkey, and its opposition to Christian toleration, are displayed with great ability and candour ; while the importance of having an independent Christian state in the locality occupied by Servia is duly insisted on. In point of translation, the work I has .received every justice at the hands of Mrs. I Alexander Kerr. In that portion of the work which treats of Bosnia, a portion comparatively but little known in England, there are some remarkable pas sages ; the writer's views, though expressed long since, seem to have been so well digested, and so completely in consonance with the course of realised events, as to appear almost prophetic ; and from the great and still increasing interest of the Eastern question, and its complications, the publication of the work -is peculiarly well-timed. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER. VARIETIES'. IT IS SAID that the tea most in favour among unmarried ladies is beau-lie. No blerr can avoid his own company—so he had best make it as good as possible. CIIOICE OF s WIFE.—In the choice of a wife, take the obedient daughter of a good mother. _ _ A SAILOR POET.—Luttrell mentions a poetical midship man, who described the weather in his log book,—" Light airs languishing into calms." "COME DOWN THIS INSTANT." said the boatswain to a mischievous son of Erin, " come down, I say, and I'll give you a good dozen, you rascal." " Troth sir, an' I won't come down if you give me two dozen." . . . FLEsi is — still eaten in Abyssinia : and Mr. Parkyns, the most recent traveller in that country, pro nounces it good when eaten warm from the animal. He has not seen a steak cut from the living cow, but has no doubt of the fact, or of Bruce's veracity, however strange his stories may seem. POST-OFFICE YARN.—A letter was put into the box, the appearance of which denoted that the writer was un accustomed to the use of stamps, and had failed to make one stick at all. He had tried, and vainly tried, but the inveterate portrait of her Majesty would curl up. At last, in despair, he pinned it to the envelope, and wrote under it—' Paid, provided the pin doesn't come out. ANECDOTE OF JARNOWICK, THE VIOLINIST.—When Jarnowick first arrived in London, he took up his resi dence in a central part of the west end of the town. One day, paying some visits at a. great distance from home, he called a hackney coach, and, having seated himself, the coachman inquired whither he should drive him, where the following dialogue ensued :—Jarnowick : "Horne, mon and; you go me home." Coachman : "Home, sir, but where ?" Jarnowick me not know ; the name of the street has Ichappi out of my memory. I forgot her. Vat sail Ido ?" (The coachman, grinning at the foreigner's embarrassment, the latter continued)— "Ah ! you are a gag ; come now, you understand the music, eh ?" Coachman : "Mtge! why, what's that to do with the street ?" Jarnotrick : "Ah vow verrez, you shall see." (He then hummed a tune, and inquired,) " Vat is dat ?" Coachman: "Why; Malbrook." Jarno wick "Ah ! that is her, Malbrool-street ; now you drive me at home.—Musical World. FRIENDLY CONDOLENCE. — Careirdry avoid sug ' esting painful or annoying thoughts to the• minds of others. Some people have no delicacy of feeling', no perception of what is proper to be done or avoided—nothing; m short, of that propriety which shrinks from givingpain. For ex ample, what can be more shocking than tosay to a husband, " How ill your wife looks !" or to a wife; the same with regard to her husband; or to make remarkS'of a depress ing nature relative to the health of one friend or relative to another; and yet we have known this done from the mere love of talking. We have seen, too, an' affectionate daughter saddened almost beyond endurance, by being re mikded that her father' or mother was getting: old ; and theinformant did not scruple to add, that, really, the'one or the other appeared to-be very failing, instancing; at the sometime, as if to prevent any possibility of misappre hension, that a great chantre has been perceptible - withinn short time. We remember another instance or sitnilar impropriety :—Two ladies were walking . together, eivtheir return from church, both in deep mourning, one of :liana widow, whenthey were approached by an acquaint:nice of the slightest possible description, who came to meet them. with a broad smile and look. of inquisitiveness, saying, "I am sorry to see you in deep. mourning." Conduct of this kind is past endurance, autFthe person who is guilty of it has no right to complain a- a cut direct is the cen.i sequence.—Parnily Friend. THE CArsus WHICH IMPEL, RCS-3IA TO CONQUEEM-.4 —Marquis Ciestine says, that in P.nssia we are perpetual* reminded of two things, the absence of the Sun and this presence of Power. Both are equally important alike ins their social and external effects - perhaps the last is conseqnence of the first. A very simple reason makes, and ever must make, the Russians desirous above all things of escaing out of their own country—it is the severity of its chinote. Those wEe live in a country where the snow covers the ground far eight months in the year, and the Ring nights of winter are illuminated only by the cold light of the aurora Borealis, long with inexpressible ardour for the genial warmth and sunny hills of the south, where the skies are ever blue, the sun ever shines, and nature teems with the- hticuriance of tropical vegetation. The shores of the- . Bosphorus, the Golden Horn, the dime of St. Sophia;'-are not only, the secret dream of ambition of every Rissian, bat the undoubted object of their expectation. " I do not wish Constantinople, " saidaVieholas ; "my empire is already too large; but I knonc that I or my successors must have it : you might as well arrest a stream mitt descent from a mountain as the Russians in their askance to the Hellespont." The habits which nes:es:ay has given them permanently fit, and ever must fit,. them: for foreign conquest. Their life is , a continual conflict with the severity of nature ; actual warfare, as td the Roman soldier, is felt chiefly us a relaxation from the rude but invigorating discipline of peace. What are:thehardships of a campaign to men:., who never knew, the• luxury of beds, whose food is black_ breed and water;,. who sleep ever on the hard bench or cokl: :ground, and know -no pleasure save the simple ones of nature and the exciting oases of conquest ? When the north ceases to cominttnieate vigour to the frame, hardihooNt to , the habits, and ambition to the soul, Russia will cease-to - be a conquering country, but not till then. —Alison's: HiStary of Europe,' from 1815.. ENGLISH AND SCOTITESEI LYRICS.—The- English have so signally failed in the itric that you can alfnost count on the fingers of one hand all the songs in tike-English lan guage that are worthy of the name, at least, all those written by Englishmen._ The English poets; whose strong hold has ever been the dtama, where truly they have out shone all rivalry, have the dramatic rage•so strong that they dramaticize the lyrter singing in every character but their own. Or perhaps I shesild say the very reverse; that it is not because of their-excellence in thediuma that they are weak in the lyric,. but because they dread the open heartalness of a lyric that they take reftve inlhe drama ; not willing to sing in their own characters,,they will sing for any and everybody else.- However thi.isbe, it is plain enough that the Englisif -Vric is dramatic; that there lies its weakness, and that this weakness is rata There are drinking songs by teetetalTers who trespass-in ginger-beer ; love songs by men to whom love is a jest; home• songs by bachelors who live at their clubs; work songsby the veriest idlers; hunting songs by those whose noblest game have been rats and mice, and such small deer- war songs by gentle ladies ; sea songs by landsmen who get sick in crossing a river ; math songs by sluggards who never saw the sun rise ; vespers by good fellows towhom evening is the beginning of the d.ty; mad songs by men-who are never in a passion ; and sacred songs by men who are never in a church.—Scottish lyrics, on the other hand, express the genuine sentiments of the individual singer ; and hence ' their superiority. The Scottish poets have not been afraid to commit themselves by a show of feeling; the English poets have. Even of such a public virtue as patriotism the Englishman is often very slow to make confession ; and yet no one is prouder of his fatherland After the manner of Balsam the son of Beor, he gives a.blessing to nations that he cordially hates; and his love- for England gushes forth in words of reviling, if not in some dreadful malison. " England ! with all thy faults I love-thee still," says Cow per ; and then hogoes on to enumerate her faults, without mentioning a single excellence, only hinting at English mind and manners ; still, he says, as-though it were a hard job, he will manage to love his country. How truly Eng lish! how different from the " Ruleßritannia," of Thomson; from the " Ye-Mariners," of Campbell ; from Scott's burst of enthusiasm when addressing the " Land of brown heath and shaggy wood ;" from Beattie ;. even from Byron, at lease when he sings of Scotland ;- and' above all, from Burns!: The songs of Burns owe their-success to this egotism, this: personality, this outpouring-of the inmost soul which the- English avoid as they do. the- confessional.—Poetics by, E. S. Dallas. TRB CZAR NicnoLas.—Heis heart and soul patriotic, not merely in wish, but in spirit and thought. He wishes. to improve and elevate his country, and he has done much to effect that noble. object : but he desires to. do so.by developing, not changing, the national spirit, by making it become a first Russia, not a second France or England. He has adopted the maxim of Montesquieu, that no nation ever attained to real greatness but by in stitutions in conformity with its spirit. He is neither led away by the thirst for sudden mechanical improvement, . like Peter, nor the praises of philosophers, like Catherine, nor the visions of inexperienced philanthropy, like Alexander. He has not attempted to erect a capital in a pestilential marsh, and done so at the expense of a hun dred thousand lives; nor has he dreamt of mystical re generation with a visionary sybil, and made sovereigns put their hands to a holy alliance from her influence. He neither corresponds with French atheists nor English de mocrats ; he despises the praises of the first, he braves the hostility of the last. His maxim is to take men as they are, and neither suppose them better nor worse. He is content to let Russia grow up in & Russian garb, ani mated with a Russian spirit, and moulded by Russian institutions, without the aid either of Parisian communism or British liberalism. The improvements he has effected in the government of his dominions have been vast, the triumphs with which his external policy have been at tended unbounded; but they have all been achieved, not in imitation of, but in opposition to, the ideas of western Europe. They bespeak, not less than his internal government, the national character of his policy. But, if success is the test of worldly wisdom, he has not been far wrong in his system; for he has passed the Balkan, here tofore impervious to his predecessors ; he has conquered Poland, converted the Euxine into a Russian lake, planted the cross on the bastions of Erivan, and opened through subdued Hungary a path to Constantinople. Nature has given him all the qualities fitted for such an elevated destiny. A lofty stature and princely air give additional influence to a majestic countenance, in which the prevail ing character is resolution, yet not unmixed with sweet ness. Like Wellington, Caesar, and many other of the greatest men recorded in history, his expression has be come more intellectual as he advanced in years, and be came exercised in the duties of sovereignty, instead of the stern routine of military discipline. Exemplary in all the relations of private life, a faithful husband, an affectionate father, he has exhibited in a brilliant court, and when surrounded by every temptation which life can offer, the simplicity and affections of patriarchal life. Yet is he not a perfect character. Hi s v ir tues o ft en border upon vices. His excellencies are akin to defects. Deeply impressed with the responsibility of his situation, his firmness has sometimes become sternness, his sense of justice degene rated into severity. He knows how to distinguish the innocent from the guilty, and has often evinced a noble and magnanimous spirit in separating the one from the other and showing oblivion of injury, even kindness to the relatives of those who had conspired against his throne and life. But towards the guilty themselves he has not been equally compassionate. He has not let the passions of the contest pass away with its termination. He is an Alexander the Great in resolution, but not in magnani mity. He wants the last grace in the heroic character — ho does not know how to forgive.---Ifisfory of Europe, by Sir Archibald Alison. LIVERPOOL TOWN COUNCIL. Tun monthly meeting of the Town Council was held in the Chamber on Wednesday last, his Worship the Mayor presiding. FINANCES COMMITTEE. The proceedings comprised a recommendation to in crease the salaries of two clerks in the office of the clerks to the magistrates, namely, Mr. Jacob Walter, from £l3O to £l6O per annum, and Mr. Richard Ellis, from £llO to £l4O per annum, the consideration of which was post poned at the last monthly Council, pursuant to the standing orders ; recommendation to appoint Mr. Edward Chamberlain superintendent of the chain-testing machine, at the salary received by his predecessor, namely, £lO5 per annum, with house; report of the probable income and expenditure of the Corporation for the year com mencing Ist September last, and ending 31st August next ; recommendation to grant a sum to each of the townships within the borough, equal to the amount of watch-rate payable by such townships respectively ; re commendation for payment of the usual gratuities to the public charities ; recommendation to authorise the sale on lease of land in Canning-place and New Wapping; re commendation to enter into arrangements with the Dock Committee, in order to provide proper approaches to the new landing-stage for sea-going steamers, proposed to be moored in front of the Prince's Dock Parade ; and re commendation to increase the salaries of Mr. S. M. Strick, clerk to the Town-clerk's office, Cornwallis-street, from £7B to £l2O per annum ; and of Mr. William Colwell, clerk in the same office, from £7B to £lO9 4s. per annum. INCOME AND EXPENDITURE, The Finance Sub-committee reported that the total income of the Corporate Estate for the year was estimated at £171,778; that the obligatory expenses were likely to be £41,852. From the gross surplus, however, there would have to be deducted several items of discretionary expenditure, which amounted to £3,147 ; also for improve ments in West Derby-road, Everton, Mount-pleasant, Brownlow-hilh, Chaloner-street, and Cable-street, £1,600 ; and £lO,OOO voted for the purposes of the Free Public Library and Museum. After deducting these amounts there was still a surplus of £30,105. Out of this was re commended the payment of the following sums towards the watch-rate, in lieu of poor-rates on the Corporate property, namely, for Liverpool, £8,525 ; Toateth-park, £1,583 ; West Derby, £685 ; Everton, £798 ; Kirkdale, £298 ; leaving a balance! to be expended for the general - benefit of the inhabitants; of £18,213. Mr. HUGH HORNET moved the confirmation, of the reports, proposing the varibus resolutions seriatim, coin. men - m.llg with the recommendation of increased salaries to Mestra. Walters and Ellis.. After some discussion, the' resolution was agreed to ; as was also one for appointing" Mr. Chamberlain superintendent of the chain-testag machine.- Mr. HOECCBY, after congratulating the Council on the favourable- financial prospects of the. year, moved that the report of the Finance Sub-committee' be printed, and a copy sent to-each member of the Council. "Sir. Aidtrialan PARKER second;li the - proposition, which was confirmed. THE PEOPOSED NEW LANDIITG-STAGE. Mr. Ilona - ilea noxt moved that thwarrangement made between the Dock Committee and the-Finance Committee to provide a landing-stage for sea-goiagasteamers be con firmed. The Deck Committee proposed to give to the Council so much of - the approach as wouddbeopposite the landing-stage, abott half the length of the Prince's parade ; the other hidf being paid for by thee Council at a fair valuation, either in money or an exthatige of land that might be wanted. The Finance Committee con sidered, in the first instance, that it world' have been more liberal if the Dock - Committee had macreapresent of tree whole of the land, considering the amount the Corp oration were about to expend for the benefit of the port. (Mar, hear.) It was or 4 just in him to state'that the Drs k Committee had granted all the Finance Committee asked for. The Finance* Committee had only asked for one means of access to thestage, but they afterwards con sidered rt advisable to extend it the whole lengtholthe Prince's parade. Under these circumstances the Finance Committee considered the arrangement a fair one, and. he therefbre moved the confirmation of the recommendition, Mr. STEWART seconded the-proposition. Mr. Alderman PARKER rose-with a great deal of dfflt eolty, because this was the first time he had had occasion to oppose- anything proposed by the Finance Committee: But it was a duty which every 'member of the Council had to perform, to carry out what' he thought best for the community at large. He must' oppose- the arrangement which had been made with this- Dock Committee. No , doubt, as- the chairman of the committee had said; the' Dock Committee had granted all that they had asked fora lint there- was a condition attached to the grant. Tito .ftict was, that there were 1,000 feet of land beyond that which had been asked, and whielv, the- Dock Committee wished to 'dispose of, in order to make their dock straight, and` as a • condition of giving up what the Council re quired, they were compelled to puachase that additional land; so that r virtnally, before the Ckrporation got what they-required, they would be compelled to pay for much more which they did not want. At an expense of £140,000 this - • C,orporation, of their own free -will, were going to erect 'one of the first landing stages in the world, which wordePenablesea-going steamers, in case of necessity, to land their -cattle or deck load. (" Neano c") Some gen tlemamsaid " no, no," but he said soon the authority of Sir Win. Citbitt. The question arose, was this landing stage to be fOr passengers alone, or was it te, he used for the un loadingtof these sea-going steamers ? He believed the Fi nance Committeewould tell them that it was to be a passen ger stagealone. (" Hear, hear," from M. Hornby.) Well, if it was, what on earth did they require with the width of land proposed ? 'They had thirty feet of land along the Prince's-Pier, and what more than that' did they want for passengeratraffie ? And this being the ease, he thought there could be• no necessity for buying any additional laud from the-Dock Committee. He did not like to move an amendment to the proceedings of the Pia:l.m Committee, but if any other gentleman would do sa a he should cer tainly support him. He repeated, that the Corporation had actualiberally in offering to erect the- landing stage as they ware-not under the direction of:trustees or any, higher power, and he thought the Dock Committee ought to have met the proposal in a more liberal spirit. He should object to the paying for laud which was of no use to them, and which could be of no use except to straighten the dock w-all. Mr. Alderman BENNETT asked whether the resolution was to the effect that the dock committee should meet the finance committee, and make some arrangements, which would afterwards be submitted to the council for approval. Mr. Hoaiury said the resolution was-proposed to con firm an arrangement which had been already made. The MAT OR said the council were now asked to sanction the principal part of the arrangement, but the details would come before them when they were completed. The finance committee had made several propositions to the dock committee- oil the subject of the landing-stage, and the dock. committee wished to continue the line to the Prince's-pier, asking the corporation to pay for a moiety of the landa The finance committee hadiagreed to this, and they asked The- council to confirm theirproceedings. • Mr_ Alderman BENNETT inquired if the arrangements which had been agreed to gave the largest space that had been aaked for for the use of the publie. , The-Maxon replied that it did. Mr. CHARLES Tuaicsa assured the Council that the Dock Committee, in discussing this matter, were anxious to show courtesy to the Council, and to - do what they thought best for the advantage of the town. They were 'all serving- the public gratuitously—they were all doing that which they thought to be for the benefit of the public; at large ; and as to the question whether the Dock Com a mita*. shoukl give a little more : land, or the Council should pay a little more for it, thezamight differ in opinion upon . it, he thought, without any imputation being thrown upon the members of either body. (Hear, hear.) M:re Parker had observed that.the second thousand feet proposed; to be appropriated to Abe landing stage would be °X - no use; but he thought - that Mr. Parker must have come to that conclusion without due consideration, for - it must be obvious to every one that in erecting a lauding stage of the extent proposed, 1,000 feet long : they must-anticipate a very large traffic. The accommodation for cabs and other vehicles would be very limited without it ; and the moment it was mentioned to the Finance Com mittee they agreed that it would be very incomplete unless the additional width proposed at one end were extended the whole length of the stage. (Hear, hear.) Then, with, regard to the stage itself, it was not intended that it should be generally used either for taking in or discharging cargo. That it might be used in very bad weather for discharging cattle, to prevent them from smothering, was very true, and no. doubt it would be used for that purpose ; but all channelsteamers using the landing stage, or almost the whole of - them, would have to-go into dock to discharge their cargoes. It was only when they brought passengers alone that they wouldnot be obliged to go into dock. (Hear, hear.) That it, would be bene ficial to the Dock &tate there could he no doubt, nor could it be doubted;that the Corporation would derive very considerable benefits from it, inasmuch as they would receive a large amount of dues from the goods brought by the vessels to the town ; but he thought, on the whole, that a very fair proposition had been made by the Dock Committee to the Finance- Committee, whicak had been met equally fair by the Finance Committee, and he hoped, therefore, that the recommendation would be. adopted. Mr. PICTON said as they had now, belonging to. the. Corporation, but a very small portion of the margin of the river, before they parted with any more of it, let them have their- plans well matured, so that they might not regret having disposed of what would have been of great advantage to the public. Mr. Alderman CoOrna said that, as a member of the Finance Committee, it mast be painful to him to-differ from, their recommendation k but, as he had reserved to himself in committee the right of bringing this matter before the Council, he presumed he was in order in doing so then. In the first place, the Council should understand that they were giving £150,000 of the public money in building the landing-stage. They were going to keep it in repair, which would cost £4,000 a year, and which would make the whole expense upwards of £200,000. The principle upon which the landing-stage should be built had been already recognised. Mr. Turner had told them that they would be benefited by the town dues which would be received from the vessels arriving at the landing stage. Be it so. He (Mr. Cooper) might go so far as to say that they ought to erect a landing-stage—he might go so far as to say they ought to keep it in proper repair ; but he could not think they should go so far as to pay the Dock Trustees for a piece of Land as an entrance to the stage—(hear, hear,)—and he thought the Dock Trustees were not meeting them in a liberal manner in making such a proposaL He would go no further than this in the i matter—that on condition that the Dock Trustees gave up the land to improve the entrance to the landing-stage, they (the Corporation) should build the stage and keep it in order ; but he thought the Dock Trustees should give up the small piece of land required. (Hear, hear.) He would, therefore, move the confirmation of the proceedings of the Finance Committee regarding the building of the landing-stage, and keeping it in order, on condition that the Dock Committee would give up that piece of land, but not otherwise ; and if the Dock Committee did not choose to meet them, there would be no harm done. Mr. THOMSON seconded Mr. Cooper's amendment. He quite agreed with Mr. Cooper, that if they went to so much expense in erecting the stage, the Dock Committee ought to have given them the land in question. (Hear, hear.) Mr. support Alde to Alderman S. original. Ho. Allusion had HO . hesitationi: ionh giving his been made to previous Col=ei 84 the greater portion of the frontage. It was the sole circumstance of the Corporation having sold the foreshore and received the money, which had gone into the Corporate exchequer, and been expended in the improvement of the town and for the benefit of the inhabitants, which, in his opinion, imposed upon them the necessity of providing a commo dious landing-stage for the inhabitants in lieu of the fore shore which their predecessors had sold. (Hear, hear.) The present question was fraught with interest to both estates. (Hear, hear.) The Dock Committee received dues upon the vessels entering the port, and the Corpo ration received town-dues upon the goods which they brought. (Hear.) In fact, the town, he thought, bene fited in a larger degree, because the benefit to it was two-fold--the benefit received for town-dues, and the benefit received directly for the passengers who filled our hotels, and became great customers at our shops. (Hear, hear.) He should have been glad if the Dock Committee could have made a present of the land ; but the amount, after all, was only £7,500; and looking to the benefit it would cause to the town and port by increasing the com merce of Liverpool, he should give his support to the original motion. Scir. TOBIN would support the recommendation of the committee, because he did not think that even if the amendment was carried there was the slightest chance of the resolution of the Dock Committee being altered. (Hear, hear.) Mr. FERNIIIOITGII hoped Mr. Cooper would not press the amendment, as, if carried, it would stop the scheme altogether. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Alderman J. BEAMLEY-11100BE said he should not have trespassed upon the time of the Council upon that occasion, had it not been for a remark from the chairman of the Finance Committee, upon which he felt it incum bent to say a word or two. They must never overlook the fact that they were acting there in the double capacity of trustees of the Dock Estate and also of administrators of the affairs of that Corporation, and, looking upon it in this light, he considered that the offer on the part of the Dock Committee was not only a fair but a very liberal one. (Hear, hear.) He was surprised to hear the- asser tion that they were - going to make the-landing-stage-with out any obligation to do so. He dissented entirely from that remark of the chairman of the Finance Committee, for he (Mr. Bramley-Moore) said that an imperative 4- ligation rested upon time' Corporation of providing accom modation for the landing of passengers at this port. What were they to do with the town dues, and what was the proposed accommodation for ? It was for that which brought more money-into Liverpool than anything-else in connection with the port—the passengers who arrived ,by the steamers, and who spent a large amount of money in the hotels and amongst the shopkeepers. (Hear, hear.) He would take the old landing-stage' now maintained by the Dock Estate, and be did not hesitate to say that the town had reaped the cost of that landing-stage 500 times over by the facilities which it had afforded to passengers tocome here and spend their money. They (the corpora ' tion) ought to make this an attractive and cheap port, amid one'of their first objects with that view ought to be to facilitate - the transit of passenger's. The obligations on thepart of the corporation to do this- was imperative. They' received upwards of £lOO,OOO town dues, and what were they to do in return ? They would not be doing their duty if they neglected the opportunity now afforded them of improving the condition , of their - port. Since - thecha;rman of the finance committee had made the statement to which he had referred, he - had had put intolii-hands a statement (by a proprietor of the steamers) of the town dues paid by the steamers, and befOmmd that one singleboat from Glasgow paid them last year the suns of £389 Is. Bd. in town dues. The corporatinn provided no accommodation,- yet it received that large- sum of money ; bat surely they were called upon to dosotnethina: for that =Ailey.. From: this statement he also found:that - the Dublin steamers paid during the last year £2OOO for town dues, and they did nothing for it in return - 1 when they were receiving such large sums of money they . ought to spend it frsely in a way that would benefit the-inhabi tants of the town at large; and he did not know a-better' way in which they could do so than this. It had been said that the support of the landing-stage would cost the - corporation £4OOO a year; he believed it would, and,. perhaps, a little. more ; • but he believed it would be.-the best spent money which' had ever been expended Ly the corporation. Holding these- views, he should support the recommendation of the committee. Mr. Tuomsoa - said he was not aware that the sum re quired for the purchase -of the land was only £7,500, but as it was so he world recoMmend Mr. Cooper to withdraw- Ms motion. Mr. Alderman COOPEIi after. the general express sion of opinion he had: heard: on the part of members of. the Council, he was perfbetly willing to withdraw his amendment. (Hear, hear:). This was unanimously agretwi • to. Mr. Ho] BY then said that the other recommendation of the committee, to increase the salaries of Mr. Striak, and Mr. Cowell, clerks- ins•the town-clerk's office, would_ have to stand over, in accordance-with the standing orders i . till the next monthly meeting. The general proceedings•of the finance committee were , then confirmed, on the motion of Mr. HORNBY, secondel:i 3`y Mr. Alderman Coops= WATCED COSIStITTER. From the minutes of this committee it appeared that' measures were in progress, by the• borough engineer, for testing the quantity and quality of the gas supplied for the public lamps. His repGrt' on: the subject will shortly h.;i e..dy. Mr. TOBIN having moved ithe• confirmation of the pro ceedings, they were confirmed. TILE Timmsret TRADE. °lithe proposition to confuin, the proceedings of the • Dock: Committee, moved by - 111 r.. C. TUBNEU, M`Nrcom, moved that that portion having refer enceto the rates of rental 'for. stowage ground on the Harrington estate be vetoel; He averred that the Dock Committee were charging morefor the land adjoining the- Harrington Dock than private owners were, and that the , otjeet of their line of policy was to drive away the timber - trade to the north end. He should, with the utmost confidence in the decision ofFthe Council, propose that a veto, be placed upon that portion, of the Dock Committee's-,; , piroceedings which had reference- to the Harrington Dock' Estate.—Mr. HALIIBAD seconded the proposition. A!protracted discussion ensued, which terminated in Mt. C. TURNER giving.; ant assurance, that if Mr., AVM - coil, or 'other gentlemen. who had spoken on the question, had sought an interview with the Dock Conn, miftee, and laid a similar -representation before them as that which had been made• to the Council, he was sure they would have received every attention. Mr. 131`litooLL, on this intimation, withdrew 1 - lit motion, and the Dock Committee's proceedings were confirmed. IMPROVEMEET COMMITTEE. Mr. Alderman S. HOZNIE proposed that Mr. W. Eaale be appointed a member of the Improvement Committee, of 'which he had given notioe. Mr. BENNETT seconded-the proposition. _ Mr. Alderman PARKER. woulap;opose another member, I not because he had any objection to Mr. Earle, but be cause there was a gentleman, against whom no charge had ever been made, who tad never been stigmatized by the Council, but whose name appeared on none of the committees. He alluded . to Mr. Robertson, who repre sented one of the most numerous constituencies in Liver pool. It was out of no-disrespect to Mr. Earle that he moved that Mr. Robertson's uamebe added to the committee. Mr. BRADLEY: I must request, Mr. Mayor, that you will not allow expressions of•the kind used by Mr. Parker. A sharp altercation Isere• ensued, in which seviral mem bers of the Council took part. It was put an end to by Mr. Alderman S. Horats, who gave notice that Mr. Robertson be also added to the committee. This step being acquiesced in by Mr. Parker, the appointment of Mr. Earle, as a member ofthe committee, was unanimously agreed to. TO.PAN, IMPROVEMENTS. Mr. Alderman S.•HOLMa moved the confirmation of the proceedings of the Improvement Committee, Mr: BENNETT'. seconded the proposition,.. and the pro ceedings wereconfirmed. Mr. EARLE-rose to introduce his proposition, and, in doing so, observed: that the proposed plain of forming a new street in the direction of St. George's.hall, in lieu of the one on the high level principle, originally proposed, would be attended with serious inconvenience. He then proceeded to givethe proposed new street a name, which he hoped it-would ever retain if it were constructed. It would cut throwlt nine streets, situate among>a parcel of dram shops, s4>that thirty-six admirable corners would be made , for more. gin-shops. (Loud laughter.) Perhaps some* gentlemen , of the Council would not- object to that. In.. stead,, however, of calling it Victoria-street, as had been. suggested, he proposed to call it " Grog-street"—(laughter) —which would mark its character:. After some further • observations he concluded by moving a proposition "to, rescind; or. vary so much of a resolution of the Council, passed on the , sth day of October-last, as authorises,the Improvement- Committee to apply to Parliament for powers to construct a new street,. twenty-four yards wide, commencing near the south portico of St. George!s-hall, and terminating in Dale-street, at the east side of Colonial buildings, near Moorfields, and to limit the powers to be applied' for by the Improvement... Bill to be introduced into. Parliament, in the next session, so far as respects such intended new street, to the-property situated between St. John's-lane and Hood-street, and to effecting the other improvements proposed by that bill." Mr. HODSON seconded the proposition. After a brief discussion the question. was adjourned until to-morrow, when the Improvement Bill will be brought under the consideration of a special meeting. The proceedings of - the Law Courts' Committee, 'Educa tion Committee, Gaol Committee, and Town-hall Estab lishment Committee, were confirmed, except so much of the proceedings of the Gaol Committee as recommended an increase in the• salary of the chaplain, and which stands over until the next monthly meeting. THE JIB/ail:I COMMITTEE. The confirmation of the proceedings of the Health Committee was moved by Mr. HODSON, in the absence of the chairman. Mr. JORNSON seconded the proposition. Mr. TIIRNER expressed a hope that no unnecessary obstacle would be thrown in the way of the railway com pany's crossing the streets near the North Docks, as such a result was essential to the scheme for constructing a high-level railway, which, was being loudly called for by the coal trade. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Moss explained that the Health Committee wore only anxious to see that their rights werenot infringed upon. Mr. Alderman S. Hoaa spoke of the advantages to be derived from constructing a high-level railway for the pur poses of the coal trade. The committee's proceedings were confirmed, as were also those of the Garden's Committee. THE WATCH. COMMITTEE. Mr. HOLT, in moving the adoption of these proceedings, asked, in the first instance, the sanction of the Council to the sale of certain land in Eaton-street, at 235. per yard. The matter, according to standing orders, was postponed for a mouth. A long discussion took place in connexion with a pro posal by Mr. BIUDLEY, to have the proceedings of the Water Committee placed in the ante-room for inspection ; after which the general proceedings were confirmed. THE FREE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM The proceedings having been read, Mr. PICTON first moved, and Mr. Avisos seconded, the appointment of Mr. Roulston, at a salary of £lOO per annum, to the charge of the lending libraries. Agreed to The Council next authorised the Mayor to issue his precept in the usual way for obtaining the sum of £4,618, the estimated cost of the Library and Museum establishments, and the Botanical Gardens, during the ensuing year. The proceedings were then confirmed. Mr. WOODEVII and Mr. BBQKWITII moved and 6e• conded: the adoption of the proceedings of the Hackney Carriage Committee. The Baths' Committee „proceedings were adopted.—The Coroner's account, amounting to £42 195., was sanctioned. A letter from Mr. Augustus Harding, offering to dispose of his Model of Ancient Liverpool, was referred to the Mu seum Committee. The accounts of the costs in relation to the prosecutions at the borough sessions and the assizes, and also the main tenance of prisoners in the borough, was ordered to be sent to the Secretary of State. The Council then rose. ECCLESIASTICAL. INTELLIGENCE. PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS. Rev. L. C. Bathurst, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Wythal!, Worcestershire. Rev. H. L. Bickerstaffe, to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Andrew's, Manchester. Rev. A. Brooke, M.A., to the Vicarage of East Retford, Nottinchanishire. Rev.). 1). M. Crofts, RA., to the Curacy of Southdorer and All Saints, Leases. .. Rev. E. Gabriel, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. James's Church, Toxteth.park, Liverpool. 11ev. J. H. Glencross, 8.A., to the Curacy of Bodmin, Cornwall. Hon. and Rev. A. A. D. Banbury, 8.A., to the Rectory of Shobdon, mar Leominster. Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, Provost of Eton College, to the Rectory of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire. . . _ Rev. A. Hewlett, Incumbent of Astley, to be a Surrogate for the diocese of Manchester. Rey. W. H. Hicks, to the Vicarage of Walton, Norfolk. . • Rev. R. C. Jenk ins, M.A., Incunibent of Christ Church, to the Rectory of Lyininge, near Canterbury. Rev. .1, Jones, M.A., Rector of Criccieth, Carnarvonshire, to be a Rural Dean. Rev. C. Lawrence, to a Curacy in. St. Martin's Church, BirminZitarn• Rev. J. J. Manley, 8.A., of Exeter College, Oxford, to the Curacy of Da•wlish, Devon. Rev. S. W. Mant, M.A., to the Vicarage of Bramford, with Burstafl annexed, near Ipswich. Rev. T. H. Newman, B.A. to the Curacy of Honiton, Devon. Rev. R. W. Pearse, 8.A., the Rectory of Gaywood, near Lynn Regis. Rev. J. W. Penwell; M.A., to the Vicarage of Horley, near Banbury, Oxfordshire. • Rev. T. F. Ravenehaw, 8.A.. to the Curacy of flfracombe, Devon. Rev. R. B; Rogers,, 8.A., to the Curacy of Bt. Anthony, Cornwall. Rev. H. J. Sawyer, M.A., Citrate of Wantgote, to•tbe Rec tory of Sunningwell, near Abingdon. Rev. W. B. Smith, M.A. r of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Head Mastership of the City of London Freemen's Orphan School, Rev. E. P. Stock, 8.A.,.t0 the Stipendiary Curacy of the Parish Church of Radcliffe, near Manchester. Rev. W. H. Thornton, 8.A., to the Curacy of Lynton f tear Minehead. DIOCESE OF' WESTER. The Bishop of Chester hNs- renewed the license of non , residence of the Rev. William- Henry Galfridus Mann] Vicar of . Bowdon, Cheshire, until the 31st December next,- on the ground of continued al health. The Bishop has also renewed the license of non-resi dence of the. Rev. Peter Von Essen, Rector of Harrington, in the county of Cumberland, until. the 31st; December, 1855, on the'ground of continued - ill health. . . ORDlNATE;lf.—Wednesday, the February next, is the last day for candidates for ordination, by the Bishop of Chester, on the second Sunday in Lent, to send in their necessary papers- to Charles T. W. Parry, Esq., Chester, his Lordship's secretary. PROROGATIOYS Or Coxvocmorr.—The:Convocation of the Prelates and Clergy of the Province of Canterbury was on Wednesday further prorogued; pursuant to the royal writ, to Wednesday, the Ist of February. The Archbishop of Canterbury, attended by the Registrar of the Province, entered the Jerusalem eliember shortly after twelve o'clock, when, the royal writ having been read by the registrars• his grace signed the schedule of prorogation. nut CuuncrE OP . 14FGLAND. — The census tables show that in 1831 the number of churches and chapels of the Church of England arnYnnted to 11,825. The number in 1851,_as returned to the Census-office, was 18,854, exclu sive of 223 described as being " not separate- building's," or as being " used also for secular purposes,' thus show ing, aF-.stated, an increase- in the course of 20' years of more than 2,000 churches. • THE PATRONAGE OF TIVE CHURCH OF ENIC-LAND..— It is stated, in the Parliamentary volume on religious wor ship, that of the 11,728 benefices in England and• Wales, 1,141 are-in the gift of the Crown, 1,853 in that of the bishops, 938 in that of cathedral chapters and otherdigni taries, 770 in that of the Universities of Oxford and.Cam briege and the Colleges of Eten, Winchester, &e.; - 931 in that of the ministers of the mother churches, me the residue, innumber, 6,092, in that of private persons PRESENTATIONS VACANT.—The Rectory of Ewhurst, Siissex ; value £BOO a-year : patrons, King's Colle,ge, .Gambridge. The Rectory of South Warnborough, near Oldham, Hampshire ; value, £650 a-year : patrons; St. John's Coll e ge, Oxford. The Rectory of Caldecote, near Baidock, and the Rectory of Newn.ham. The Rectory of Tedstone Debamere, near Bromyard; value 2300 a-year : patrons, Brasenose College, Oxford. The Rectory of East bridge, near New Romney, Kent; value £lOO a-year : patron, the Archbishop of Canterbirry. The Vicarage •of Beckingliam, near Gainsborough, NOttinghamshire ; value £l5O a-year ::patron, the Rev. T:-.11. Shepherd, M.A., Rector of Clayworth. The Vicarage ofiTaxey, near Bawtry, Lincolnshire ; value £6OO a-year : patron, the Archbishop of York. The -Vicarage of Emly, with the Rectories of Red City and': Tullamain annexed :patron the Bishop of Cashel. The-Incumbency of Hythe;. Kent ; value £2OO. a-year: The Incumbency of Christ- Church, Turnham green ; value £3OO a-year : patron, the• Bishop of London.. A MUNIFICHNT GlFT.—Three beautiful. stained-glass windows have just been put up in the 3hancel of St. Ann's Church, Stanley,. near LiverpooL The subject in the . . centre one is the Ascension ; seven figures are introduced. into it with beautiful effect, on a rich, deep blue ground. At the bottom- of the window is a suitable text from , St. John xx, "I ascend to your Father and my Father,"" &c. The two side windows are occupiedk life-size figures-; of St. Peter, and St. Paul, each bearing its respective • emblems. Under St. Peter are introduced, in an orna mental compartment, the family arms-of Mr. Preston ; and under St. Paul, those of the Rev. —Gardner, the in cumbent. Each - window is surrounded. with a rich and beautiful border. These windows are of the highest class,.. and extreme 4... rich and harmonious in- the • colouring. There is much credit due to the Messrs. Pilkington, of St. Helen's, by whom they were designed and executed. _ They are the gift of the children of Mr. Preston, of Rock house, West Derby. REMOVAL. 011 CHURCHES IN Lownom , —The•Bishop of ' London has approved a plan which has been submitted to him by the Rev. Charles Hume, M.A., rector- of St. Mi chaels, Woeclddreet, for the removing, of some of the churches in the city, with a view to a supply of some of the suburbs- He states that a small number of the city churches have -considerable and encouraging .congrega— lions, two , ore three of them amounting. to nearly 300_ On the other hand, the attendance of some falls below 16; and there are-:many at which it does not amount to 50 ; the average attendance at the churches proposed to be, removed being - only 33. While such is.the state of things- . in the city, it has been shown, by a return made to the House of Commons by the sub-division. of parish commis sioners, that no fewer that 58 new churches are required in the diocese of London. Of this number 49 are required. for the metropolitan district and immediate suburbs, and: 9 for towns and, districts within eight miles of St. Paull's. Mr. Mune, contends that less than_ 20 churches would meet the wants of the population resident within the city of London Union, and, consequently, at least 38 churches might be advantageously taken down, and rebuilt in such otheeparts of the metropolis and its.. environs as are defi cient in church accommodation. The following are-the details -of the plan :—The number. of 'churches proposed to he : dealt with is 50. It is proposed to remove, (at pre sent) 30, and to retain 20—the parishes whose churches are - moved to be consolidated with those which are left stunding. In arranging the incomes for the consolidated parishes, the rule would be th-:.To every parish, the population of which exceeds 1,000, 2460 per annum to be assessed,:. fOr every additional 100 parishioners add £l2 a, year. The aggregate income of the 60 churches is ' &.,Q,560 ; the aggregate income-of the 2Q proposed. conso lidated parishes would be £11,363; there would remain to the 30 churches to be removedX9,2o7, giving £306 and a fraction for each. The additional sum required to make up a sufficient income for 4, clergyman, from £5OO to £7oo,,should be made up in the new locality to. which the church is removed. HO.RTICVZTUR - E., SrovE,CONSERVATOR,,T, &c.—Watering, is always neces sary to growing plants,. but the operation requires more judgment than many persons suppose. Amateurs, especi ally, oftener destroy favourite plants byoevr-kindness than neglect, and many a much-valued fuchsia or geranium has been kept in beauty all the summer and autumn, only to be lost in the winter,. and the.loss set down to frost, when, the real cause has been too much water, keeping the plant,_ by its excitement, from the state- of rest which is both , natural and necessary to it at this season. This is well known to practical: gardeners, but even they often 'fora et that those plants which are now naturally in active growth, such as camellias, &e., require a regular but very moderate supply of water, too much being more injurious than too little;:: this rule also. applies to plants which are now in perfection from having been forced. FLOWERIZiG. OP NELUXIIII73I9 AT MONTPELLIER.-- The Revue klarticole contains an article extracted from the Gardener's Chronicle on the flowering of these two species in Lancashire, and observations upon the same subject by M. Martins. N. luteum flowered iu water hav ing a to of 7r, whereas N. speciosum did not develope its flowers till the temperature of the water was raised to 86°. At Montpellier these two species flower perfectly well every year in the open air, in wooden tubs or stone troughs, the water in which is only heated by the sun's rays ; but N. luteum generally flowers about the end of June, whilst N. speciosum does not do so till the middle of July. There is usually an interval of 20 days between the flowering of the two species. This fact was furnished by the intelligent gardener who has grown them since 1835. It supports what has been observed in Lancashire, and proves that the Nelumbitun from North America requires less heat for flowering than the one from India. The temperature of the water in which these two species flower never exceeds 77° in the day ; at night it always falls 9' or 10°. In winter the Nelumbiums are placed in three different situations. Those which are planted in the stone troughs remain in the open air ; the water is let off so that the rhizomes are buried in a thin mud ; the water is re placed by leaves so as to fill the trough, which is then surrounded with a heap of leaves. The other Nelumbiums which grow in the large wooden tubs are removed, some into a greenhouse, and others into the orangery. In the greenhouse, the temperature frequently falls to 48° in the clear, cold, winter nights; and in the orangery it is some times only 4° or 5° above freezing ; but these compara tively low temperatures are of short duration. Still in spring, when the tubs are again removed into the open air, the Nelumbiums, which were kept in the greenhouse, are observed to come into leaf before those which were wintered in the orangery or out of doors. These species would doubtless remain perfectly well all the year in the open air, in the south and west of England. THE TOTAL CAPITAL of the banks of Scotland amounts to £13,000,000, or about ZS per head of the population ; while the capital of the Irish banks is only about X 6,000,000, Or 166.84. per heal TUESDAY, SA,NUARY 10, 1854. • SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. CHESTER CUP, 1954 30 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Virago—take 1,000 to 30. 40 to 1 Mr. Nicholl's Newminster—take 5) to 1. 40 to 1 Mr. Price's Tom—take 50 to 1. 50 to I Earl ChePterfield's Typee—take 1,000 to 15. ,000 to 15 Mr. Howard's Catspaw—taken. 000 to 10 Mr. Saxon's Black Doctor—taken. 500 to 5 Mr. Driukald's Jack Frost—taken. 500 to 5 Lord Clifden's Pelion—taken. 500 to 5 Duchess of Loraine—taken. THE DERBT. 1854. BETTING AT MANCHESTER.—FRIDAY. The betting to-day only tended to make more manifest the disposition to back Miss Mowbray for the Liverpool Steeple Chase; 1,600 to 200 was taken twice, and 400 to 50 twice, all by one gentleman, who was willing to go on at the same figure ; 700 to 100 was afterwards offered, but 8 to 1 being the taking price, it met with no response. Virago would have been backed for the Chester Cup at 1,000 to 30, and Catspaw at 1,000 to 15 ; 3.000 to 100 was offered against the tot mer, and 5,000 to 100 against the latter. Newminster, who has been backed to win a great stake, is firm at 50 to 1 (takers). Latest prices : LIVERPOOL STEEPLE CHASE. 4000 to 500 agst Mr. Mason's Miss Mowbray—taken. .. 13 to 1 asst Lord Derby's Dervish—taken to .73. 50 to 1 Mr. St. George's Bro. to Chanticleer—taken. The Lismore (county Waterford) Steeple Chase races are fixed for the 20th March. Bk (by Mentor out of Window Shut, 3 yrs., has arrived at W. Smith's, Newmarket. Mr. Howard has sold Rataplan to Mr. T., Parr ; the price, it is said, was £1,200. The Eiirt of Glitsgow and C. Greville, Esq., hags accepted the stewardship of the Goodwood Meeting. In consequence of the severity of the weather, Bromley Steeple Chases have been postponed sine die. The Farmers', Fah - play, Selling, and Foxbunter c s Steeple Chases at (kindle, close and name tomorrow (Wednesday). Sir Charles Nlonck's %Index, 4 yrs., has joined John Scott's string at Whitehall, Matson, to be trained for his engagemnets. A match; for 50 sous., p.p., has been made, to come off over the Beverley Race Course on the 25th of January, two miles, between Smuggler Bill, aged, 12st., and Wiidgoose, aged (h.b.), list. ; the former is the favourite. ENTRY rots rITE LIVERPOOL GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLE CHAsE.—Mise Mowuray,. g by Faugh-a-Ballagh, Oscar, Peter Simple, Half-and-Half, Lobster, Daphne, Kilquade, La Guts Ladra, Everton, Lady Arthur, Tom of Tuam, The Prince ; Labyrinth, Cora away, Crabbs, Beware, Jumpaway, Peter, Columbine, Sir Peter Laurie, Robin Hood. Calmar, Squire of Maiton, Geraldus, Bullflocher, Maurice Daley, Pride of the' North, Frederick, Luck's-all, Star of England, Mountain Maid. Spring, Clansman, Abd-el-Kader, Vainhope, Bourton, Trout, Napoleon the Second, Chester, Burnt Sienna, g by Algar, Victress, The Colonel, Maria Day, The Old Rake, Simple Peter, Forest Lad: ^ENTRY FOR THE NEWTON SIMINGSTERPLE-CHASE (HAN. "'tear) OF ICJO Sovs., Balfe's Daphne, 6 yra. ; Mr. J. Cessidy's Madeline, 6 yrs..; Mr. W. Topham, ns. Crabbs, aged ; Mr. Henderson's Comeaway, 6 yrs. • Captain Newman's COlumbine (late Derby Mils); 6 yrs .; Mr. Harding's Royal Bine, aged; Mr. Harding's Luke the Labourer, aged ; Captain Thornton's Minna, aged ; Mr. Brown's Calmar, aged ; Mr. W. Thompson's Maid of the West, aged; Longshaw nd. The Dwarf, aged; Mr. Walker's Tulip, aged; Mr. Saxon's Friend less, aged; Mr. Barber, nd. Abd-el-Rader, aged; Mr. T. F. Mason's British Yeoman, ageits Mr. Tempest ad. Lanadown, 6-yrs.; Captain White nd. g by iligh-a-Ballagb s,h,-b.), 6 yrs. ; Mr. ayne ml. Oscar, aged; mr. Legh nd. Miss Purdon, 5 s•rs. • Mr. Benni , in nd. Labyrinth,-6 yrs... Mr. Tilbury, rd. Tomboy, aged ; Mr. H. Law ' s Napoleon the &send, 5 yrs.; Mr. C. Higgins's The Old Rake, aged. ENTRY FOR CHESTER CUP, 18541- -- By Ascot—f, eat of Sea. weed, 3-yrs.; Aaron Smith, 6 yrs.; Adetine,3'yrs. s Ammonia, 5 - yrs: ; Aguilla, 5 yrs.; Acrobat, 3 yrs.; Annie Suthe r l an d, 4 yrs.; , Aldford,4 yrs.; Audubon, 4 yrs:; Adine, 5 yrs,; Alexis, 4 yrs. ; ASmos, 3 yrs. ; Ballinafad ; Bellinghsm,•3-yrs-; Bright Phoebus, 3 yrs.; Bit of Blue, 5 yrs.; Itfigadier. 3 yrs.; Bro. to GrgiTommy, 4 yrs.; Battery, 4 yrs.; - Buttress; Bairownie, 4 ytl: ; Bi•axey,s yrs.; Baalbec, 3 yrs. ;.Benita, 5 vrs. s Bro. to Little Swift, 3 yrs.; Black Doctor, 6 yrt. ; Barrell,3 yrs.; Brown. Brandy, 3 yrs.; Bridesmaid, 3 yrs. ;' Blame, yrs. ; Bodin:skit; Syrs. ; Cariboo, aged ;by California—f out of Miss Kitty Cockle, 4 yrs. ; Cineas, 4 yrs. ; Changarnier. 3 yra,; Captain-Cornish, 4 yrs.; CSarity. 4 yrs. '• Catherine Parr, 4. yrs. ; Camas, 3 yrs. ; Cru sa d er , 3 yrs.; Chief Justice,. aged ; Cheshire'ffitrquis, 3 yrs. ; Communist, 3 yrs. s Coctenttnent, 4 yrs. ; Caliph, 3 yrs. ; Cotherstone colt out of Duchess of Lorraine; 3; yrs. ; Candlewick, aged; Catspaw; 4 yrs..; Con tender, 3 yrs..; Cruisk, The 5 yrs. ; Ch aseawa y, 6 y rs ; Cripple; Charley, 4 , yrs:;. Cobnut, 4 yrs.; Comfit, 3 yrs. i'DSar Polly, 4 yrs.; Dagobert, 4 yrs.; Dr. O'Toole, 3 yrs.; •Dan Cupid; yrs. k Dort Quigot, 3 yrs. ; Dear Me, 4. yrs. ; Defiance,Ayrs..; Domino, 3's yrs .: Daniel O'Rourke, 5 yrs..;' Dove-, • 4 yrs. 4. Device, 3 yrs.; Diomedia, 4 yrs. • Early Bird, 3 yrs.:. Epa miondas, 3 yrs. s Elcot, 5 yrs.; iccleston, 3 , yrs.; Eulogist,. 4 yrs.; Engtand'a Glory; Erycina, 3 yrs. ' • Eva, 3 yrs.; Farms 3 srs. ; Fortis; Grorgey, 4 yra . ; Gabriel, 3 yrs.; Grey Tommy sz Grimalkin, 3-yrs. ; Gossip, 4 yrs. ; Goldfinder, 6 yrs. ; Gui cowar, 4 yrs-s 'Gamekeeper, 3 yrs.; Handsome Buck, 4 syrs. ;- Hero; Heapy r 4syrs.; Haricot; Hermitage; Haco, 4 yra.;: Hybla, 4 yrs. ; Horatio, 3 yrs. ; Ham, 3 yrs. ; !anti's, 6 yrs. ;- Itch, 4 yrs.; Ilex:s yrs. ; Ireland' s Eye, 4 yrs. ; Ida, 4 yrs. ; Indian Warrior, 5 Yrs. ; Julius Agricola, 3 yrs.; Jewess, The -3 yrs.; Jephson--3. yrs; Janey, 4 yr s . ; Jack Frost, 3syrs.; • Jujube, 3 yrs.; Jouvence, 4 yrs.; Joe Mill er , 5- y rs .; Koh-i- Noor,'s yrs.; Ring Pepin, 5 yra.; Rennyside-Hero, 3 yrs.; Nelly. 3 yrs. ; Kinesof Trumps. 5 yra.; Kingston, 5 yrs. ; quads, 6 yrs. ; Ea Belle, 4 yrs. •, Lady Emily ; - Light of the Harem, 4 yrs.; Isbugh. Dawn. 6 yrs.; Landscape, 4 yrs. ; Lively; Lord Fauronbu rg , 4 y rs.; Lord Lieurenant, 4 _yrs Lindrick, 5 yra. ; Lerrywh en t, 5 yrs.; Lambton,4 -yrs..; Little Tom, 4 yrs.; Little Davie; 5 yrs.; Little Harry, 5. yrs.; Lam procelles, 3 yrs. ; Little-Jeas 3 yrs. ; Lurjey, 3 yrs.; Le Juif, 6 yrs. ; Llanforda s ZS :yrs..; Lancashire Lass ; Lely Frances ; _ Monimia, 3 yrs. ; Mayor of Hull, 4 yrs. ; Maley,aged ; Master - Adams, 3 yrs.; Mouivain Deer, 6 yra. ; Miss Peddie,-4 yra.; Muscovite, 5 yrs.; Mare Antony, 3 yra. ; Marchioness, aged; Mr. Sykes, 4 yrs.;, Mortimer, 3 yrs.; Miss Sellon, 3 yrs.; Merry Monk, 3 yrs. ; :Morning Star, 5 yrs. ; Nutpecker, 3 yrs.; By Napier—b. f. oat of 'Catherine Parr's dam, 3: yrs. ; Night shade, 3 yrs.; Nabob 4 yrs, ; Newmiuster, 6 yrs.; Ossitrage„ 3 yrs. ; Orson, 3 yrs. ; Onns,.3yrs. ; Pantomime, 4 yrs: ;. Peggy, 4 yrs.; Ptolemy, 3 sires; Pelion, 4 yrs.; Penitent, The 3 yrs. ; President, The 3 yrs, ; Poetess, 4 yrs. ; Puritan, 4syrs. ; Queen's Own, 3 yrs. ; by Robert de Gorham—c.; Rattles 4 yrs.; Red f.ion, 5 yrs.; Robin,l-10od; 3 yrs. ; Royalist, 3 ;Frs. ; Richard Primmer, 5 yrs. ; Reiver, The 4 yrs. ; Rally, 3 yrs.; Roebuck, 3 yrs.; Rosana*, 4 yrss•'Sts Faith, 4 yrs.; selina. 3 yrs. ; Sea;. _ weed, aged; Saint Andrew, 4 yrs. ; Songstress, 5 yrs. ; St. Michael, 5 yrs.; Sine , Qua Non, 3 yrs.; Sir Mark, 3 yrs; Sandhurst, 4 yrs.; Shakspere, 3 yrs. ' • Sleeping Partner, 6 yrs. ; St-Spiro, 3 yrs. ; 3 yrs. • Sextus, 4 yrs. ; Sarstield, 3 yrs.; St. Stephen, S'yrs. ; Star Of Surrey, 3 yrss; Shunting, 3 yrs. ; Sir James Gosham s a yrs.; Sampson, 4 yrs. ; by Tear sway—c. out of I3allinusloe'S dam, 3 yrs. ; Tonery, 3 yrs.; Ty pee, 4 yrs. ; Testator r sged ; Trump Queen, 3 yrs. s Talfourd,.. 4 yrs. ; Torment, 4 yrs. Tayistock, 4 yrs.; Tonic, 6 yrs.; Tickton, 4 yrs. ; Testeds.s. yrs. ; Trifle, 5 yrs. ;..Tom, 3 yrs.; ITinbriel, 4 yra.; Ulster;: Veteran, 4 yrs.; Valour, 4 yrs.; by Verulam—b. f. out otjennaTa, 3 yrs.; Viraffo..3. yrs. ; Wind sucker, 5 yrs. ; Wild Huntsman, 3 yrs.; Whittington, 3 yrs. ; Warhaw k, 5 yrs. THE CHAREL'lES.—(Weekly,ROporesd - • _ INDUSTRIAL RAGGED SCHOOLS, SoNo,&r.—Jan. 4. — On the books, boys 90, girls 52; average attendance, boys 80, girls 44 ; sick list, boyar, girls 1 ; obtained situations, boys 2, girls 0. ROYAL INFIRMARY, Dec. 31.—AI:sumac,: In-patients, 4S; out-patients, 2 ; casuals, l3.—Dlscun maga: In-patients cured, 20; relieved„&c;,S; made out-patients, 6; irregular, 0; dead, 3.—Remaining in the house, 168. • LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES, JAN. 2., , —,New cases re ceived advice and medicine at the institution—North, 241 ; South, 172; total, 4:3., Nex cases visited atthei r h ouses an d supplied with medicine—North, 192 ; South, 73 ; total, 265. NORTHERN HOSPITAL, JAN. 7.—knallTTED: Acci dents, 43; Medical and Surgical Cases, )S; Total, a 9.— DlsciiaßOED: Cured, r9'; relieved, &c., 14. out patients, 29; irregular, 0 ; died,2.—Remaining in tile Hospital, 110. SOUTHERN - A —ND TOXTETH HOSPITAL. JAN. 4.-1 - _ patients Disclur. - ged--Cured, 4 ; Relieved, 1; at own re quest, 0; irregular,. 0 ; dead, 1;_ entered,, 29; under treat ment, Ont , patients: Cured, 35 ; entered 39; under treatment, 44. EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, No. 94. top of MOUNT.. PLEASANT.—(MonthIy Report.)—Eys. DEpARTNIE NT: N ew , patients admitted in the mouth of Dec., 217; patients pre. scribed for, awl who, have received Scaggical assistance duri n g the month of Dec., 9311—EAR I)SPARTMENT: Patients prescribed for, find who have received Surgical assistance during the mouth: of Dec., 235. sr. ANNE'S. DISPENSARY AND , RYE AND EAR-IN STITUTION... 3; Rose HILL, Dec. 31.-4evv patients, viz.: Relieved at the institution, 123; relieved at their own Awe hogs, 54; CaSellOt prevailing epidemic, it; total, 177: MIR LONDON - GAZETTE_ TVESDAY, JANI:J.MIT 3, 1854. • BANsuu,wrs.—Edward Sumner, Waterloo, near-Liverpool; licensed victualler, Jan. 11, Feb. 15, at 11 o'clock, at the Liverpool ; official assignee, M r . C azenove, Li ver- Liverpool District Court a Bankruptcy ,• solicitor, Mr.. rge Pearson, Birkenhead, gro cer , J an . 11 , F e b . 8 , p A o t o k l i . n_so e n so „. at 11 o'clock, at the Liverpool District Court of Bankruptcy; solicitor, Mr. Bretherton, Liverpool; official assignee, Mr. Turner..Liverpool.—John Gray, Malmo, Manchester, butcher, Jan. Ir i Feb. 8, at 12 o'clock, at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy; solicitor, Mr. Pa rtington, _Manchester ; official assignee, Mr. Pott,.Manchester.—Richard Browalow, Ardwick, Lancashire, starch manufacturer, Jan. 20, Feb. 10, , at 12- • o'clock, at the M anc h ester Di str i ct C ourt of Bank- 4 ruptcy ; solicitors, Messrs. Kershaw and Bullock„. Man chester • o ffi cial assignee, Mr. Lee, Manehesten.—Bdward Hall, Man chester; near : Keigliley, Yorkshire,.and Burnley, , ; 4 Lancashire, tailor, Jan. It Feb. 7, at 11 o'clock, at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy; solicitors, Messrs. Lees and Ramble, Bradford; Messrs. Bond and Barwick, Leeds; official assignee, Mr, Hope, Leeds.—William Burnett Ander son, Billiter-street, Leadenhall-street, merchant.—Thomas Ward, Goswelkstreet, hosier. Edward Thomas Lodge, Throgmorton-street,,stockbroker.—Willisms Sims. Redrath, Cornwall, linen.draper.—John Howitt, Sbeffield-rsoor, York shire, draper. PA RTNERSXIP.S. DISSOLVED.—J. Majors and R. Getty, Liverpool, shiphuilders.—Stewart and Cu;, Liverpool, general brokers.—J. Thompson, Son, and Ca, Liverpool, corn mer chants ; as. far- as regards J. Thompson.—M. Green and J. Nicholson ~Liverpool, and River Plate,commisaizn merchants. —Chaloner and Fleming, Liverpool,. timber measurers.—G . and H. Cram and F. H. Powell, Liverpool, shipbrokers ; as far as regards G. Cram.—Lucas and. Kirby, Liverpool, share brokers.—T. B. Bourne and W. Steele, Liverpool. cotton brokers.—Shewell and Thorne, Liverpool, pawnbrokers.— W. Macfie and Co., Edinburgh. aAI Leith, It, Made and Sons„ Greenock and Glasgow, and Macfie and Co., Liverpool, sugar refiners ; as far as regards J. Macrie and W. Macfie.— J. C. Milns and T. D. Price, Manchester and London, mer chants.—Blenkinsop and Marriott, Manchester, drapers.— Coplantland Wright, Manchester, tin plateworkers.—Norbury and, Bindloss, Manchester, silk manufacturers.—Taylor and Edge, Salford, spread piaster manufacturer. —I. and C. Johnson, Prescot Lancashire, watch hand makers.—Thomp stone and Co., Blacciesteld, grocers.—F. and J. Dickson, Chester,and elsewhere, nurserymen.—Hutchings and Roberts, Wigan, printers.—M. ilicketts and S. S. Roden, Droilvvich, medical general practitioners. Divi D EN Ds. — Jan. 25,W. Rainford. Liverpool, upholsterer. —Jan. 25, G. Pryde, D. Jones, and J. Gibb, Liverpool, sail. makers.—Jan. 24, R. Bell and G. W. Campbell, Liverpool, merchants.—Jan. 26, T. Crook, Preston, manufacturer. — 'Jan. 25, W. and J. Stock, sen., Aahton-in-Mackerfield, Lan- cashire, coal proprietors. 4 PAYMENT OR DIVIDENDS.—W. Frost, Macclesfield, silk throwster—first div. of 31d, any Tuesday, at Mr. Lee's, Manchester. —J. Fowler, Macclesfield, provision dealer— ~; first div. Is lid, any Tuesday, at Mr. Lee 's, Manchester.— H. Jones, Chester, grocer—second div. of Is, any Wednesday, at Mr. Turner's, Liverpool. CERTIFICATE--Jan. 24, I. Fineberg, Manchester, jeweller. , FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, 1854. BANKRUPTS.—CharIes Raymond Smith, Giocester-place, New-road, statuary.—Joseph Raynes, Nottingham, laceman. —John Tilbury, Jun., Glocester.place, New-road, .coach builder.—George Wren Le Grand, Lambeth-walk, Pimlico, Thomas Wilkinson, Cambridge-wharf, Wilton-road, Pimlico, coal merchant.—James Evans and George Davey, ilritton Ferry Ironworks, Glamorganshire, ironmasters. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.—E. Jones and Co., Liverpool, and Jones, Paton, and Co., and Jones and Nash, Pernam buco.—J. Palmer and Sons, Liverpool, tanners • as far as regards J. Palmer.—Buchanan, H arr i s , an d Co.:Liverpool ; Buchanan, Young, and Co., Hamilton, C ana d a ; • H arr i s , Law, and Co., Montreal; and I. Buchanan and Co., Nevi York; as far as regards J. Young and J. Law.—Hahnel and Ellis, Newton-heath and Manchester,manufacturing chymists; as far as regards F. A. Hahnel.—S. Arrowsmith and W. Udell, Manchester, fustian manufacairers.—Harvey, Tysoe, and Co., Salford, cotton.spinners.—N, Greening and Sous, War. rington, Lancashire, wirewoxkers ; as far as regarda, T. Greeniug.—L. Lucas and Brothers, Knuzden. Brook, pear Blackburn, dyewood griadere.— Sykes, Schwabe, and Co., Shanghai,China, mercllaos,i na far AA r.eprd4G..s.Svcitty.