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a - - ~~' • 7 iv" :"" 1 P. •: • t. r 4 : HOUSE 01 lucking- I perity of the coun t ry race the hp... ,d, pro forma, I ment to the n Mon- s as to their in. [rid, me of dissenters in that s most ament assembled without f my gratitude to Al- f my domestic ionstration of 'ernment by my to 't et nsiderali!e distrc.aa existed, but he believed that it had been over-stated sod much exaggerated. (Hear.) To a cer tain extent he was as ready to admit it as any man, and he —rPatest confidence that her Majesty's present advi take eves possibleacneaus of promoting the pros the county cheers, and cries of " hear, from the opposition in this country g of Prussia, who a Pf sponsor at the you that I have con- of the French ussia, a treaty for ide, which, when 1, will be commu- 'eaty which I have ther with the Sultan, kish empire, and r nt the Tu ranquillity. • Eine and friendly inter- As been followed by the with the King of Persia, . - with several powers, which, founded• on the just prin. Ktend to the trade and com- to announce to you the re- with the government of ied the hostile ope d my confidence in Military Forces, early termina- se of Comm, ared, an( your disposition, while economy, to make that the public ex- ate attention the state of of the county ith regret that, for several years ias been inadequate to bear the confident that, fully sensible of from a continued deficiency of DU will carefully consider the best r consideration the state of the ion of corn and other articles, consideration for the and for the improvement Ecclesiastical Courts in t you should consider, with a laws which regulate the regi- t the continued distress country. The sufferings )na it have been borne tions on the various im- ar attention, will be I for the interests and my subjects, and I fer- it result to improve the courage the industry and pro- tend in peech her Majesty withdrew amidst the cheers of the as ham Place. mover of the Address, in a peculiar degree begged the ps ; he was fully sensible of the on in which he stood, and espe he first time he had ever bad the lordships. The birth of a Prince , a case of unbounded joy through esence •likewise of her Majesty's at the ceremony of the christen- aCORN, ti was the cause of much congra- i that in no period of our f Wales borri under such noble marquis then seriatim !ech from the Throne, much ground for soon expecting an d commerce with all parts of-the D gave utterance to a glowing ajesty and her illustrious r lordships must hail with s sprung from such pa nce of the King of Prussia, who ,nsor to the young prince, was Lce or IN ation. One greater still, however, treaty between the great powers of , ose of repressing the slave trade, ade such efforts to destroy. (Hear, alludin ,, to the other topics in the oncluded by seconding the address. JE said, he concurred, not only in the , and in the address, hut also in what ,191 e mover and seconder. He must ;ty'g ministers upon the comfortable Ls compared with that which ust. It was impossible for intimate knowledge of the their views, and Cher side, and more particularly his t of the Board of Trade, should not >rmerly—that in fact he should now Dom in every part of the globe. He site had foUnd their situations more .1 anticipated, and that they were nsurmountable difficulties as they The noble viscount then alluded to sed his conviction that the sliding d. He hoped that noble lords on be afraid of changing their opinions, s upon such changes of opinion if con of so doing. With respect to the dis was idle to suppose that the distress of manufacturing labour could be re ence in the shape of legislation. As 1 fluctuated, and as :a consequence facture were depressed or enlivened. ld not be mitigated by great organic strongly opposed, for if distress was Dr such great changes, there would in all the institutions of the coun- d that the present Government need about changing their opinions, for them the brilliant example of their ..._ icular. (Hear, hear.) He denied noble viscount had drawn from his ;ust, in which, as regarded the war said that we were at war with a ,ht, and as long as they continued it was difficult to see the termination respect to Persia, he had expressed a atic arrangements with that country d they had since been resumed. He es that legislative interference could the country when that distress pro f demand for our manufactures, and f opinion that the sliding scale was le country could have against the of corn, and thought a fixed duty ,dant upon the sliding scale the distress was lamentable; but le. His lordship adverted to the lid it was impossible that any rup ites could arise out of that affair. England or America could claim other, related exclusively to mur- audulent bankrupts; and even that ,ere was no international law by which e give up, the parties who had taken e ; and those persons must stand or red into a lengtt ed disquisition sion to the secession of the Duke said he hoped that his re ple as connected with the ied to enter into any dis t that time, contenting m the measure of the would be fount xious only for the Alining to satisfy Rained unchanged and unaltered had never differed from his late col ant this ; and whenever the details of Ire should come before their lordships he hole measure his honest opposition. With r measures to be proposed by the Go 'fast support to honest and st n agreed to WHAR - N - CLIFFP: an address of eon- Albert on the birth of a Prince of 3urned COMMONS.-"TntIRSDAY• red for Leominster, Bandon, Dublin nn, and Liverp oo l . e• - Z.XCTIEQUER. gave th, nth, he w ou ld call the notice attentioatn )f the late exchequer-bill frauds. ir, to give notice that, on Wed at this house resolve itself into a ter. fur tor tine Purpose of considering corn. (Bear, hear, and loud taken an earlier day for this e are some papers which the pn of, and consider maturely, cussion upon this important of interfere with the right of [titled to Wednesday for other ;e honourable gentlemen who ive that day met for consider aive that right, and . give an g overnment to submit to the mportant as (Cheers.) kddress to her Ma h. Divine Pro ir to the British and, if that it had been so by a mighty Sove - nsor to tb war in China, he nt of our be tted onour of the British nation With respect to the ,ght not much reduction could be ' t always to be prepared to meet near.) The leg . islature ought to le country in a manful and bold r taxes. (Loud cries of hear, hear.) n laws, he had much pleasure in Uant-res would be made by an admi t the confidence of the country. >sitio o of a fixed duty of y the late government, as nded the motion. He did not deny He wished to give encourage war employment of the poor. as in that all comforts consisted—(hear)—the British empire, how ever must be supported. (Hear.) He felt deeply indebted to her Majesty, and he was sure the house would participate with him in those feelings, for recommending an early consi deration of the corn-laws, and those taves relating to provi sions. (Hear, hear.) He was happy the right hon. baronet at the head of the administration had given notice of so early a day to bring the important subject of the corn-laws before the house, when it would then be fully and, he trusted, fairly and impartially discussed. (Hear, hear.) The coun try had now an able and talented administration—(hear) — composed of men who would do their duty fearlessly ; and he felt confident the hopes and expectations of the nation would not be disappointed. Mr. EWART then uttered a few anti-corn-law common places. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he did not believe a conservative government would abolish or materially alter the poor-law. What then would be the principles of the government? Why, they would act on the sound policy which had been bequeathed to them by their predecessors. (Hear, hear.) With respect to the corn-laws he must object to a sliding scale, and he trusted the government would propose a mode rate fixed duty. When the right hon. baronet's measure came before the house he would, in the words of Lord Mel bourne, do that justice to the measure of the present govern ment which they, when in opposition, had not done to his. With respect to the excess of our expenditure over our in come, he thought it arose from temporary circumstances, and that we should try to meet it by a modification of our import duties before we resorted to the imposition of new taxes. Sir R. PEEL was glad that the noble lord agreed to the address which bad been moved, and indeed the speech had been expressly framed to avoid provoking any collision of opinion. After slightly adverting to the state of our foreign relations, and the recent treaty with the court of Teheran, he referred to the United States, and said that a person had been sent out there to endeavour to terminate existing differ ences, :by meads other than those which had been hitherto adopted. Such a termination would be for the interests of humanity and civilization, and it was felt that the person who went thither for that purpose should be a person of such con sideration as to have held a seat in her Majesty's councils. The ambassador who had gone had agreed to do so entirely from a sense of public duty, and considering his relations with the United States, and the respect attached to his name in that country, he was convinced that a more welcome mes senger could not be selected. With respect to the corn laws he had selected the earliest possible day for their dis cussion, and until then he thought it inadvisable to enter !fit the close of last session he had stated subject upon t that, during the recess, the attention of the government should be directed to maturing such measures as they might deem it advisable to bring '‘fo . rward, and now they were fully prepared to redeem the pledge then given. (Cheers.) As soon as sufficient votes in supply had been taken to enable the government to state their views on financial matters, without detriment to the public service, they would at once do so, without waiting for the period at which it was usual to bring forward the budget. So far as regarded the conveni ence of the government they were ready at that moment to state their views; but for reasons connected with the public interest they deemed it advisable to postpone them until after taking some votes in supply. (Cheers.) Mr. VILLIERS soid he would take the sense of the house upon the principle of taxing food at all, at the earliest oppor tunity. Mr. EscorT said the agriculturists had sustained a severe loss in the retirement from the councils of the champion, the defender, and the friend of the farmer. They were not averse to any change in the system of protection they en joyed, merely because it was a change ; but they were na turally anxious to know its extent, and he sincerely thanked the right hon. baronet for fixing such an early day to relieve them from their embarrassment on this head. The address was then agreed to, and the house shortly af terwards adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS-FRIDAY Lord MONTEAGLE gave notice that, on the l'ith instant, he would move the appointment of a select committee to in quire into the late forgeries of exchequer bills, and to report whether in the mode of preparing, making out, signing, and issuing exchequer bills, there had been any neglect or viola tion of the established usages of the Exchequer, which either produced or facilitated forgery or other fraud. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, as lord steward of the household, intimated to their lordships that her Majesty had appointed one o'clock to-morrow (this day) to receive the address. — Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY. Mr. BROTIIERTON gave notice that, on Thursday next, he would move that henceforth no opposed motion should be brought forward after twelve o'clock, unless there should be 100 members in the house. In reply to a question from Mr. O'Connell, Sir R. - PEEL said that the question which had arisen as to the illegality of marriages which had been celebrated by Presbyterian clergyme❑ between Protestants and Presbyte rians had been under the consideration of the government, and it was felt that an immediate remedy was requisite for the immediate evil. A permanent law respecting such marriages would require much consideration ; and it was resolved, therefore, to bring in a bill immediately to legalise such mar riages as bad hitherto taken place; and at as early a period as possible afterwards, a bill respecting such marriages in fu tare. Mr. CURTIS gave notice that on Thursday next he should put a question to the Secretary to the Admiralty relative to the case of Mr. Elton, a midshipman, who had been recently tried by court-martial. If the answer should not be satisfac tory he should then move an address to her majesty, praying that she would be graciously pleased to remit the sentence passed on Mr. Elton. In reply to a question from Sir John Easthope, Sir R. PEEL said it was not in the contemplation of the Government to bring in a bill relating to church-rates. Mr. DONCOMBE asked if it was the intention of the right hon. baronet to bring in a bill to put an end to the whole sale system of bribery to which he believed a vast majority of that house owed their seats. (A. laugh.) He had inquired of the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) if he intended to renew his bill of last session on the subject, and understanding that it was not his intention to do so, he wished to ascertain if it was taken up by the Government. Sir R. PEEL J aid he was surprised to hear that the noble lord had abandoned his bill. It was not the intention of the Government to take this matter up at present. Indeed he felt strongly that, while such important commercial and financial subjects had to be discussed, it would not be well to distract the attention of parliament by bringing less import ant matters under its consideration. (Hear, hear.) The Right Hon. BARONET then said, in reply to a ques tion from Lord John Russell, that he would fully state his proposition respecting the corn-laws on Wednesday next, on which day, as far as he himself was concerned, he was fully prepared to enter upon the discussion ; this, however, might be very inconvenient to others, and if it would better suit the convenience of the members, he would fix the discussion for the Friday or Monday ensuing. It was arranged that the discussion should take place on the Monday. When Lord MARCH brought up the report on the address, Mr. O'Connell took occasion to express his alarm at the allusion in the speech to a new system of registration for Ire land, but in all other respects he concurred in the address. The learned gentleman wore his chain of office as Lord Mayor of Dublin. On the motion of Sir It PEEL a motion of congratulation to Prince Albert on the birth of a Prince of Wales was agreed to. Lord STAN LEY then moved for leave to bring in two bills, one to amend the act 5 and 6 William IV. for regulating the carriage of passengers in merchant vessels, the other for re gulating the survey and sales of land belonging to the Crown in the Australian colonies and New Zealand. The noble lord said that although there was no colour for the reports which had been in circulation as to its being the intention of the Government to propose an extensive system of emigra tion, yet he had felt it to be his duty to direct his attention to two points respecting emigrants—one to make provision for the security of poorer emigrants against the frauds con stantly practised upon them, the other to remedy the incon venience to capitalist emigrants arising from the constant fluctuation of the system of the sale of lands. The noble lord then entered into various details to show the growing im portance of these colonies, and the increase of voluntary emi gration to them ; from which it appeared that the number of emigrants in 1838 was from 75,000 to 80,000, while in the first three cparters of 1841 the number reached 106,460. To force emigration beyond this point, he thought_would be im politic, and be thought it would be only advisable to adopt measures to protect the poorer class of emigrants. He should propose some alterations in the existing law, to the extent of providing a larger space for passengers in vessels going to tropical seas, and a larger quantity of water and of provisions than such vessels were now compelled to provide. With re spect to the sale of lands, he confined his bill to the Austra lian colonies, because there the Government had a freer com mand over the land fund than they had in others. Hereto fore the systems under which lands were sold varied from year to year, which gave rise to great disappointments to persons who went out under one set of regulations and found another in operation on their arrival. He proposed to apply the same system to the whole of the Australian colonies by act of Parliament. He proposed that a certain quantity of land should be submitted to auction every six months at an upset price, below which none should be sold; if any remained unsold, it might be sold at the upset price at any time prior to the ensuing auction. The governor was to have a discretionary power of raising the upset price, but neither he nor her Majesty in Council were to have the power of lowering it; that could only be done by act of Parliament. Many hon. gentlemen thought the land fund should be made applicable to emigration, but he could not go that length. It was requisite that a portion of it should be applied to defray the expense of surveying; and the rights of-humanity' called for a further sum towards a provision of some kind for the aborigines. He therefore proposed that one-half of the land fund should be devoted to the purposes of emigration, and as much more as the competent authorities might deem expedient, subject to cer tain specified conditions. He would not then enter into the details further, but had to observe that the act was confined to the life time of her Majesty, for the present Sovereign had not the power of disposing of the property of her suc cessors. Lord J. RUSSELL was happy to be able to concur in all the general principles of the measures proposed. The fact that in such a short space of time 106,000 persons had vo luntarily emigrated to Australia, was a clear proof that an extensive system of emigration under the auspices of Govern ment was quite unnecessary. _ Mr. WARD concurred in the general principles of the measure, which recognised nearly all the principles laid down by the emigration committee. Mr. V. SMITH asked if the order in council, which ap peared in a recent Gazette, relative to the emigration of Hill information beyond to the Mauritius, was founded on a ny beyond what was b e f ore t h e h ouse l as t sess i on ; an d, if so, whether that information would be laid before the house. Mr. ROEBUCK contended that the colonies did not belong to her Majesty as property, but simply as part of her domi nions, and there was therefore no reason why the bill should be confined to the life of her present Majesty. He looked upon this bill as an additional clause to our poor law act, and thought that the jobbing which the noble lord was en deavouring to guard against by this bill might be better pro vided against by leaving the colonies to govern themselves. Sir G. GREY su ggeste d t h e necess i ty of extreme caution in fixing the m i n i mum price, for it was too apt to be taken as the value of the land. Mr. S. O'BRIEN thought the bill ought to be extended to the Cape of G oo d Hope and New Brunswick, and indeed to all the colonies of Great Britain. Lord STAN LEY sa id the governor of the Cape was of opi nion that the colony was not in a condition to receive a num ber of emigrants. With respect t o th e order in counc il , i t was quite true that it was found i nexpe di ent to continue the the prohibition to sendin g E ast I ndia labourers to the Mau ritius, and it became requisit e i n d o i ng away with the prohi bition to provide against the abuses which formerly pre vailed. To allow such emigration to t a k e place, the. con current action of three bodies would be necessary ;—first, that of her Majesty by an order in council, th en the vote of money by the colony of the Mauritius. and lastly the inter vention of the Governor-General of India in council. Leave was then given to bring in the bills, and the house adjourned. The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. W. Reid to the Church and Parish of Kettle, in the presbytery of Cupar and shire of Fife. This being the day appointed for the election, a large body of the friends of Sir Howard Douglas met in their respective wards at an early hour, and proceeded, with flags flying and bands playing, to Rodney-street, to the house of our re spected townsman, Sir Thomas Brancker, whose guest the candidate was, and which they reached shortly before nine o'clock,—part of them filing off towards the top of Duke street, and part—to proceed in the van—occupying Leece-st. By nine o'clock, the street became thronged throughout a great part of its length, and the numerous flags in the street, and banners, ribbons, &c.. displayed from the windows, pre sented a gay appearance ; though doubtless the assem blage would have been much more numerous but for the piercing coldness of the weather. At about a quarter-past nine, Sir H. Douglas, accompanied by his son, Major Douglas, Sir. T. Brancker, and several other gentlemen, made their appearance, and ascended an open carriage in waiting for them, amidst the loud and re peated cheers of the assembled multitude, the nearest band playing " See the conquering hero comes!" In a few mi nutes, all being in readiness, the procession moved onwards from Leece-street, the carriage with the candidate and his friends being nearly in the middle of the line. It was pre ceded by a large, handsome flag, inscribed " Sandon and Douglas for ever!" followed by flags and banners from Scotland Ward. Next came Jolliffe's band, playing ap propriate airs, and next gentlemen of the Conservative Cen tral Committee, and numerous friends of the gallant general. Voters of St. Paul's Ward followed, also accompanied by numerous flags and a band • and next, in like manlier, Ex change, Castle-street, St. and other Wards, each pre senting a respectable, but not very numerous array. Then came Stuhb's military band, in their handsome uniforms with brass helmets. Immediately behind, amongst numerous other flags, was a small one bearing the arms and motto of Sir Howard, and, preceding the carriage, a large and splen did new silk flag painted at the establishment of Mr. Trout heck, Hanover-street, also emblazoned with the arms of the worthy baronet, surmounted by the crest--a boar under an oak tree—with the motto " Look Sicker," the whole sur rounded by flags and warlike trophies. The carriage was drawn by four dapple greys, caparisoned in scarlet with blue, with postilions in corresponding uni forms. On each side, in front of the vehicle, was fixed a tree of evergreens, tipped with branches of red and blue ribbon. On the higher seat stood Sir H. Douglas, and on his right Sir Thos. Brancker. On the front seat sat Major Doug las, Samuel Holme, and Nicholas Robinson, Esquires. They were loudly and enthusiastically cheered at most of the houses throughout the whole route to the Exchange, by Bold-street, Church-street; the North Crescent, and Castle street, in all of which the flags and favours shown from win dows, balconies, and house-tops, and many of them waved by the hands of " ladies fair," gave ample and gratifying de monstration of their respect for the candidate, and their attachment to the redeeming principles of conservatism. Sir H. Douglas responded to these continuous tokens of attachment, by the most polite obeisance. Amongst the flags were several altogether new, with ap propriate mottos, besides most of the handsome ward flags. We noticed several inscribed " Douglas for Ever,"—"San don for Ever,"—" Speed the Plough, the Ship, and the Loom,"—" Church and Queen," surrounded by the Crown, —" Fair Trade; Live and Let Live ; Good Wages and Eng lish Comfort." We also observed, with allusion to the new poor-law, " No Union Bastiles ; Those whom God bath joined let no man put asunder." And on some small flags were inscribed, " Plenty in the Land, and Loyalty in the People,"—" Scriptural Education," &c., &c. On passing establishments at which parties appeared with flags, &c., to welcome the candidate, those in the procession gave repeated cheers, whish were heartily returned ; and we are proud to record, that the office of our journal was espe cially honoured by loud acclamations of friendship and respect. _ _ The usual formalities having been gone through by the mayor and town-clerk on the arrival of the candidate, they proceeded at once to the nomination. Sir THOMAS BRANCKER rose to propose Sir Howard Douglas as a fit and proper person to represent the borough of Liverpool in parliament. After a few remarks, which our reporter could not hear from the distance at which he was placed, Sir Thomas said that the gallant general had just returned from one of the most important situations that could be given to him by government, and he had not only given the utmost satisfaction to his own govern ment but all the sovereigns of Europe have felt satisfied with his conduct whilst administering the government to which he was placed. He was a firm supporter of the glorious constitution, a stern upholder of the crown, and a firm supporter of the just rights and liberties of the people. He would advocate those principles which supported all just reforms, but not those which desired reform for the sake of change. It wag so very cold that he would not detain them longer, than just to propose Sir Howard Douglas as a fit and proper person to represent the borough. _ • NICHOLAS ROBIN SON, Esq. said it was not his intention to enter into details of the qualifications of Sir H. Douglas. He was satisfied that whenever he was called on he would discharge his duties with satisfaction, and devote his atten tion to the utmost of his power to the interests of this town, in conjunction with his noble colleague, Lord Sandon ; and after an absence of ten years, it was gratifying that he would be returned in sueh a triumphant manner. (Cheers) The MAYOR asked if there were any other candidate to propose. No one appearing, The TOWN-CLERK declared Sir Howard Douglas duly elected. Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS Bart., M.P., next presented him self to the assembled crowd, by whom he was greeted with the most enthusiastic cheers. He said, Gentlemen,—ln the course of a rather long and difficult public career, I have al ways found till now that I could hold in subjection all my finer and more tender emotions, and that I could call up the " sterner stuff" of my composition to meet any difficulty, however arduous, and to engage in the exercise of any un dertaking to which I might be called. I have only to add my good friends, that if we bad been called upon to buckle on our armour for a contest, I should have felt so upon this occasion. (Cheers.) I most sincerely confess and lam not ashamed to confess it, that I do for the first time in my life feel overpowered at the stupendous and magnificent sight, and at the glorious manifestation of spirit that I see before me. I do so upon viewing them now at the moment. (Cheers.) Upon viewing conservatism here in a state of triumph, seeing positively what I see, all the emotions that are possible to swell a patriotic bosom are now within mine ; but when I con t ras t our p rese nt movement with periods now gone by for ten and seven years, when I remember the scenes in which I have acted here, I attended then the defeated candidate, all the feelings of disappoint ment and mortification which I then felt, are washed, glo riously washed away by this triumph now. (Cheers.) If any personal feelings may mingle in those magnificent feel ings which actuate us all here, if an honest ambition may have found indulgence, then I will say that no public man, in any undertaking in the world, ever was embued with, ever felt sentiments more powerful, more gratifying to his personal feelings, and more so to his fondest ambition. (Continued cheers.) You have assisted me, with the triumph of conservatism here. Allow me to congratulate you most sincerely upon that triumph, allow me to congratulate you most sincerely upon the example that this good and loyal town of Liverpool has held out to the conservatives of Liverpool—upon the effect which that ex ample has produced upon the parliamentary representation, and I am glad to say on the municipal representation also. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it affords me great and peculiar pleasure that we here " walk over the course." We ought to be very thankfel for the tender mercies of certain persons, who in consideration of our morals and our pockets, forbear to oppose us ; but, gentlemen, I do not mean to taunt them with holding back,—(hear, hear,)—l do not mean to taunt them with our proud triumph. (Hear.) It is not the prac tise of the procession to which I have the honour to belong, to crow over a vanquished enemy, or to trample upon a fallen foe. (Hear, hear.) I consider, by the position in which I am placed, whatever the motive may have been, we have not here " divided the house ; "—hear, hear.)—they had not gone to the poll. (Cheers.) I do consider myself therefore not the representative of a party, but the repre sentative of all the constituency of Liverpool. (Cheers.) And I will faithfully and impartially do all in my power to act in conformity with the position in which your favour, and their forbearance has placed me. (Loud cheers.) I feel convinced that it would be out of place to say one word more of those principles for which my friends have answered, and with which you appear to be satisfied. I shall lose no time in taking that high place which you have given me ; I hope to have it in my power to support the conservative administration to which the now elected House of Commons has given its confidence—(cheers)—to the conservative administration which has ever possessed the confidence of the other branch of parliament, and which is in possession of the confidence of the Sovereign. (Renewed cheering.) I shall do all I can to support—provided they carry out those principles that we have every reason to be lieve they will—an administration that has to perform the most difficult and important task of remedying all those monstrous evils which the whig-radical administration has brought upon this country. (Hear.) And God knows, gentlemen, they will have need of all our confidence and all our support. (Hear.) An exhausted treasury, a disbalanced revenue, and wars—l would apply to them two phrases of a great man—not only in themselves " little wars," but " un toward" wars—wars which, though they be little, are on fields distant and difficult to manage (hear, hear) ; and altogether they present two of the most difficult ques tions that the administration will have to deal with. Then there is the commercial system of the country to revise, the corn laws to settle, and all the other great questions upon which lam happy to see they have already given notice.— These will be the business of one of the most important sessions that has ever been held, and to all these and to every interest, local and general, of this great, mighty, and important place, I will devote myself with fidelity, with un wearied zeal, and with a determination to exercise all the faculties I possess, and to give all the time I have at my disposal, in order to make some recompence, and to show my grateful sense of the honour you have conferred upon me. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) Ido not know that I have anything more to add—you have done your duty as conservatives, most nobly, and most effectively—you have now associated my name with your triumphs. I shall now hasten to take that place to which you have elevated me, and there, gentlemen, I will discharge my duties to you faithfully and honestly. (Great cheering, during which the honourable baronet retired.) The proceedings then terminated. The honourable and gallant member was then escorted in procession by the accustomed route to Rodney-street, where Sir Howard again addressed the assembled multitude. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE (From the Oxford Herald.) In a convocation holden on Thursday last the following gentlemen were admitted ad eundem - The Rev. James Henry Wilding, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. The Rev. Francis Vansittart Thornton, M.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. __ The Rev. Charles Mayor, M.A., Trinity College, Cam bridge. In a Congregation holden at the same time the following Degrees were conferred:— MASTERS OF ARTS. Rev. James Thompson, Lincoln College. Rev. James Carthew, Exeter College. Rev. James Ward, New College. Rev. Robert Powell, Worcester College. George Joseph Bell, Balliol College. BACHELORS OFARTS' William Savage, Queen's College Isaac John Innes Pocock, Merton College. Stenning Johnson, Merton College. Frederic Bowes, Oriel College. Charles Cavendish Clifford, Christ Church. Edward Augustus Ferryman, University. PROMOTIONS. Rev. Henry Vivian Broughton, of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Wellingborough, Northamp tonshire; patron, L. Vivian, Esq. Rev. Elijah Smith, Chaplain of King's College Hospital, has been appointed to the Mastership and Librarianship of Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School and Library, and also to the Chaplaincy of St. Martin's Workhouse. Of the undiscovered tracts and countries which form the immense area of Interior Africa, though centuries have gone by, and Romans, Arabs, Portuguese, and English have en deavoured to penetrate into their circuits, yet it is astonish ing how little at the present day is known to satisfy the in quiring mind. All that we know may be almost contained in the description given by the mallam or learned priest of the Sultan Bello, who, when Clapperton asked him, an swered, that " of the great river, we know not its source, nor of any one who has seen it. It rushes and precipitates itself through the country from left to right, and contains many islands inhabited by fishermen, herdsmen, husband men, and settlers. As to the variety of its animals, birds, and fish, it is only known to the Lord Creator." Among the more formidable difficulties in this country to travellers, there are none more alarming and insuperable than those arising from climate. Imminent dangers arising from the presence of savage men or animals are of a tran sient nature, and capable of being guarded against by vigi lance and strength ; but the secret and devastating operations of a pestilential climate are too subtle and deadly to permit in almost any shape of device for counteraction. The treachery of the tribes of Africa has done little towards de stroying travellers and explorers, compared with the destruc tive and exterminating influences of her noxious clime ; and it is almost solely to this that the slow progress of African discovery is to be attributed. The banks of the Joliba, Quarra, or Niger, seem invisibly sentinelled by an ever-re pelling power. In the ensuing paper a brief recapitulation of all former and modern attempts to discover the source of the Niger, and the misfortunes, failures, and partial successes that have attended upon the travels and investigations of inquirers, will show the absolute fatality attending in some shape or other all expeditions of a similar nature to what has just de spatched homeward its new addition to the catalogue of ca lamities which have already been its precursors. The first notice in history on this point appears in Here dotus, who states, in his " Geograhy of Africa," that some young Nassamonians, a people who dwelt on the borders of the Mediterranean, travelled in a westerly direction from Egypt until they came to a large river full of crocodiles, and flowing towards the rising sun, and they were conducted by the natives to a considerable city situated ou the banks. The difficulty of determining the expression due west at this pe riod of time leaves the passage doubtful. Colonel Leake, however, in a recent letter read by him in the Geological So ciety, considers that they travelled along the Niger, and the city to which they were conducted was Timbuctoo. Strabo speaks little of the Niger, but Pliny largely ; he traces it through Mauritania, but falls into the error of He rodotus, who considers the Nile and Niger one river. Mela was the most reasonable geographer, and coincides as to the general opinion of the source of the Niger, but with proper candour acknowledges that no one knew what became of it at the centre of the continent. Ptolemy, whose account of the Niger is very vague, closesall that the ancients knew of it. From the Arabians some fuller accounts of the geography of the country are to be gleaned. Abulfeda and Adrisi knew it until it reached:the Atlantic Ocean, or " Sea of Darkness," and to distinguish it from the Nile, called it the" Nile of the Negroes." The maritime enterprise of the Portuguese led them early into the interior ; but though they obtained a considerable store of information respecting the Niger, they turned it to but little account. In their maps a remarkable circumstance is observable regarding the position of Timbuctoo. This city is placed so near the sea as to excite suspicion of its being the same as that on the Niger, and another place called Tambou cane, on the Senegal, is mentioned as answering their Tim buctoo. The source of the Niger, however, as well as it course, re mained in obsurity till English geography and travellers took the &lit. With Great Britian, a new era in the progress of African geography commenced, and in 1788 a number of wealthy and philanthropic individuals formed themselves into a society for the express purpose of promoting discovery in that country. Mr. John Ledyard was the first person despatched under the auspices of the " African Association" upon the mission : he had already been round the world with Captain Cook, and had undergone hardships and privations in a journey through Russia, which, as the exploits of a single traveller, stand un rivalled. In June, 1788. he departed and reached Cairo in the month of August following—when becoming impatient and vexed by the delay of the caravan with which he was to have travelled, his anximfg mind sunk under disappointment, and death quickly terminated his career. His instructions were, to have penetrated into Africa by way of Egypt, and to traverse the continent in the latitude of the Niger. Mr. Lucas was the next who went to explore the Niger. The journey of this traveller is remarkable for the additions he contributed to African geography, but he did not penetrate further than to the south of Mesurata, five days' journey from Tripoli. In his account of the Fezzan merchants, who crossed the Niger at a ferry two miles south of Cassena, may propably be discerned the ferry of Comie, below Boossa. Major Houghton, on the part of the African Association, next undertook the task. Travelling as far as Jarra, he was plundered and deserted by the Moors who accompanied him, and he died, after several days' wandering, from hunger and exhaust!on. Mungo Park, in 795, next took up this hazardous enter prise. The terrible sufferings that Park underwent are related in his own journal. In his first journey he nearly fell a prey. Having encountered all the horrors of the rainy season, and being worn down with fatigue, his health had, at different times, been seriously affected. But soon after his arrival at Katnalia ' he fell into a severe and dangerous fit of sickness, by which he was closely confined for upwards of a month. His life was preserved by the hospitality and be nevolence of Karfa Taura, a negro, who received him into his house, and attended him with the kindest solicitude. In Park's second expedition, arranged with the Secretary for Colonial Affairs, the plan was to send him with a detach ment of soldiers, and a few seamen and carpenters, to con struct vessels for the navigation of the Niger. With these thirty-five soldiers, their lieutenant, and the others, he ar rived at the wished-for point, ready to embark on the Niger, but the rains destroyed his men with a fatal rapidity. He lost the whole of his companions, except Lieutenant Martyn and three soldiers, of whom one was in a state of mental de rangement. The death of his friend and brother-in-law, Mr. Anderson, affected him most deeply. "No event," says he, " ever threw the smallest gloom over my mind, till I laid Mr. Anderson in the grave ; I then felt myself as it were left a second time lonely and friendless amidst the wilds of Africa." Of this melancholy affair, he writes to Lord Camden thus —" Your lordship will recollect that I always spoke of the rainy season with horror, as being extremely fatal to Euro peans; and our journey from the Gambi a t o th e Ni g er will furnish a melancholy proof of it. INre had no contest with the natives, nor were any of us killed by wild animals, or any other accident ; and yet, I am sorry to say, that of 44 Europeans who left the Gambia in perfect health, five only are at present alive." Dated Sandansing, Nov. 17, 1805. At this most trying moment, however, his habitu a l con stancy did not forsake him. Though about to embark on a vast and unknown river, through the midst of savage nations, gild a long succession of rapids and extracts, this voyage, one of the most formidable ever attempted, was t o b e un d er t a k en by him in a crazy and ill -appointed vessel, which, principally by his own labour, he had constructed of two old patched and worn-out canoes, manned only by a few negroes and four Europeans. From Sandansing, Park embarked with the intention of descending the river to its mouth ; but, on reac hi ng B oossa , was attacked by the natives and killed, after having previ ously suffered imprisonment more than th ree mont h s. The strong determination of Park to p ersevere i n hi s de sign of tracing the course of the river to it s t erm i nat i on , i s thus expressed in one of his letters from this place:— " Though all the Europeans who are with me shall die, and though I myself were half-dead, I would still p ersevere ; an d if I could not succeed in the .object of my journey, I would at last die in the Niger." H. Hornemann, a German traveller , was sent out by the association, but be contributed little to the knowledge on the Niger. At the same time, and by the same parties, another German, M. Roeutzen, set out, but he is supposed to have been murdered by his servant, a man of suspicious character. The next person who is supposed to have visited Timbuc too was an American seaman, named Adams, but his narra tive throws no additional light on the course of the Niger. In 1816 Captain Tuckey, of the Royal Navy, with an ex pedition under his direction, was sent out to penetrate into Africa by the river Congou, and so to arrive at the Niger. The fate of this expedition was the counterpart of its follow ers ; 280 miles from the coast was the extent of its progress, and the question was as far as ever from being decided. At the same time, another party, consisting of 100 men, were placed under the direction of Major Peddie, to reach the Niger by Park's route from the Gambia ; this party ascended the river Nunez, but were equally unfortunate with the Con gou expedition. Captain Clapperton's expedition was disastrous at its very outset. Himself, Captain Pearce, and Dr. Morrison, had the imprudence to sleep in the open air for two successive nights, on the swampy and unwholesome coast, by which they were all attacked with fever, and the two hatter fell vic tims in the course of a fortnight, leaving Clapperton to pro ceed alone. Clapperton, accompanied by Lander, visited Boossa, the place of Park's death. He had imbibed a strong aversion to descending the Niger, and made no secret of it to Lander. His firm conviction was, that whoever attempted to go down this river would fall by the attacks of the natives. Clapperton crossed the river at Comiex, below Boossa, and arrived soon after at Socatoo. The successful progress of Clapperton through the interior thus far is well known ; but, sad to say, the first lesson that ought to have been taught him by his two friends was quite disregarded. He lay in a damp spot in the open air, and his disease becoming aggravated, he exclaimed, " Richard, I feel myself dying." He then delivered his papers to Lander, with directions for his guidance, and shortly after died. M. Lacaille's safety, who, inspired by the premium pro posed by the French Society of Geography, has since pene trated to Timbuctoo, and thence to Morocco, appears to have been insured by hiA' following the example of Hornemann and Burckhardt, in assuming the character of a Mahometan. Major Laing was another victim to these expeditions; and he met with a more tragical fate than any of his predecessors. The bigotry and rapacity of the Moors first put him in peril of his life. Laing was first surprises in the desert by a party of Tuaricks, who plundered him and left him for dead, hav ing inflicted twenty-four sabre wounds on him, from which he almost miraculously recovered. At Timbuctoo be found a kindly reception from the Sheik Boubokar, so long as he had power to protect him, but the fortune of war had thrown this city into the hands of another chief, to whom Boubokar was obliged to act viceroy, and who despatched him an order which compelled him to send off Major Laing as expelled from the country. The good old chief accordingly put Major Laing under the charge of Barbooski, an Arab chief, who undertook to conduct him in safety as far as Arawan ; but that traitor on finding M a j o r Laing completely in his power , murdered him, and took possession of his property. The spirit of intolerance displayed by some of the African tribes is not, however, unrelieved by instances of genuine pity. Once, when Lander was lying at the foot of a tree, almost expiring with fatigue and thirst, he implored nume rous passengers for a drop of water, but they said to each other, " He is a Kaffer—let him die." Yet there was found at last a good Samaritan, who, amid the reproaches of his countrymen, relieved a suffering fellow-mortal. The Lander expedition is of too recent date to need our entering into particulars. The mournful assassination of Richard Lander was coupled with strange circumstances, " white man will never reach Eboe this time, was an excla mation that greeted his ears from King Jack, a relative of King Roy, and one of the heartless and sullen chiefs who ruled over the marsh country on the banks of the Brass River, uttered while his eyes sparkled with malignity. The subsequent ambuscades of the natives lower down the river, and the murderous discharges of musquetry while the boats were pushing off, fully showed the meaning of the threat, and, from the effects of the musket -wound he received, Lan der died on his arrival at Fernando Po. The last expedition, the lamentable accounts of which have just reached us, adds to these records of fatality perhaps a more frightful instance than any that have preceded it. In former cases, a single and valuable life has been sacrificed, or in cases where numbers constituted the expedition, the largest average of lives sacrificed was in the second expedi tion under Park . ; but when souls, exceeding more than half a hundred, have been rashly hazarded and sacrificed, as in the present case, it is to be feared that so appalling an in stance will, from its alarming na ture, be the strongest pre ventive, both on th e minds of individuals and the feeling of this or future governments, towards attempting a similar un dertaking. The Duke of Sutherland is about to erect a church at his sole expense in the colliery district of the parish of Lilleshall. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensarie during the last week:— North. South. Total Received advice and medicine atthe Insti tution 352 2gg 651 Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine 259 201 460 Total at each Dispensary . Gll 100 1111 visirons. North—Rev. Dr. Tattershall, Mr. Macgregor, and Mr. C. Booth South—Mr. Jordan, Rev. C. Morrall, and Rev. W. Parker. R. WEDGWOOD, Secretary. Dispensaries' Office, 1, Feuwick-street, Jan. 31. SHarlitts. WARRINGTON CORN MARKET, FEB. 4. Total quantities. Total amount. Price per quarter. Wheat, qrs. 131 Barley .... 0 Oats 8ean5...... 0 SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Ado o' Clock T H E 111 - ERPOOL ELECIONO M ISFORTL NES AND FAILURES OF TIONS TO THE NIGER, FROM THE EARLIEST TO TUE PRESENI TINE (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) EX PEDI *bipping Entelligeme --.__.,,,,.. . , FRIDAY FFBIWARY4 • ARRIVED.—Magnet. Robinson, from Berbice—Gipsey, Dempsey. from Bourdeaux—Patriot Queen, from Calcutta—Busy, Richaads, from Londonderry—Dougla • Peronet, Jones, from Ipswich—and Hero of Maldrum, Hughes, from Poole. SA I L ED.—Janet & Catherine, Sutton, for Messina and Palermo— Selena, Granhohn, for Alicant—Fisherman, Balleani, for Ca liz— Devonia, Long, for Havre—Westchester, Ferris, for New York — Douro, Bale, for Oporto—Veitcli, Adamson, for Palermo—Joseph Albina, Moarn, for Malta—Gondola, Warnock, for Leghorn— Olive Branch. Dyer, for Savannah—Lady Adams, M'Lemon, for Valparaiso—Prince Albert, Gibson, for Rio Janeiro—Virginia, Hussey, for Mobile—Shannon, Stevenson, for Trieste—Corinthian, Casely, for Leghorn and Zante—Windermere, Armstrong, for Cal cutta—Elizabeth Wood, Crosbie, for Barbadoes—George Canning, Harvey, for St. Thomas—Asia, Chambers, for New York—Pandora, Srnallman, for Alicant—and Elizabeth, Mars, for Carthagena. Isabella, , from Demerara, off this port NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—A large ship was seen on short on Ship Key Shoals, 20th Dec., with several wreckers around her. Jessie, —, hence off Charlston. United States, Britton, and Scotland, Robinson, hence at New York. SATURDAY, FzufwAfty Wind S. light ARRIVED.—RivaI, Keswick, from Maranham ; sailed 29th Dec.— Frances Depau, Forbes. from Charleston—Tarquin, tiller, from Mobile—and Maria. from Oporto. SAILED.—Hope, Saule, and Loochoo, Wippen, for New Orleans —Hermes, Oliphant, for Buenos Ayres—Joseph Wheeler, Norton, for Barbadoes—Sanders, Bulley, for Constantinople--Trinity Yacht, Maxwell, for Gibraltar—Lord C. Spencer, Crouch, ditto — and Charles, Rickmers, for Bruges. Patriot Queen, Hoodless, from Calcutta, at this port; sailed 6th October, and from St. Helena 22nd Dec. On 26th Oct. in lat. 2N, long. 85 E, spoke the Mary Somerville, from Calcutta for Mauritius Navigator, -, from Liverpool for Buenos Ayres, was spoken 27th Jan. in lat. 47, long. Argentina, Tillson, and Isabella, , hence at Buenos Ayres Alpha, John Scott, and Holywood, hence at Monte Video Coeur de Lion, Kendall. and Penrith, hence at Rio Winscales, and Resolution, hence at Maranham Jane, hence at Charleston Christina, Grant, and Jamaica, --, hence at Bahia Lady Harvey, and Sultana, hence at Laguna Doctor, Luke, hence at Zante Eleonora, Carthuysen, hence at Ostend Llewellyn, -, from Lisbon, at Monte Video Delhi, - from Rio Janeiro, at Santos St. Lucia, Raisbeck, from Lombock for Rotterdam, off Portland. On 22nd Jan. spoke the China, from Liverpool for Charleston, with loss of sails, quarter boat, &c. Emerald, Schmidt, from Danzic for Liverpool, at Stornaway Statesman, sailed from Rio Janeiro Ist Dec. for Calcutta ; Ramb ler, 16th Dec. for Monte Video, and Gipsey, 2uth Dec. for Maranham SUNDAY. JAN VARY 6 —Wind S.E. light AARIVED.—Ann, —, from St. Michael—Nicholas Biddle, —, from Savannah—Jersey Lass, —, from Trieste—Black Dog, from Malaga—and Fairfield, from Calcutta. SA ILED.— Herculean, Grindall, for Bombay—Ceres, Smith, for Honduras—Balette Puggarves, Lund, for Havana—Cabinet, Lin nell ; Caledonia Brander, Malony, arid Lochinvar, Wescott, for New Orlf.ans—Old Tom, Le Gros, for New York—Cantab, Renny, for Rio Grande—lndian, Mackie, for the Cape of Good Hope— Lady Redesdale, Bayley, for Syra—Pauline, De Boer, for Rotter dam—Le Printemps, Touchett, for Marseilles—Nais, Easton, and Dora, Quick, for Gibraltar—Diligentia, Mesquita ; Albacora, (Ri vera ; Voluntario, Gaihardo, and Amizade, Meaquita, for Lisbon— Commerce, Grave, and Nyverheid, Lievens, for Ostend—Acastus, Hayes, for Beirout, &c.—Felix Uniao, Rocha, and Novo Bom Fim, Foze, for St. Übes—Bovaro, Scatto, for Naples—and Gerda, Ask lakson, from Arendahl. Glenlyon. Crichton, hence at Ancona Ann Falcon, Brown, hence at Messina Redbreast, hence at Naples Shakespeare, hence for Bombay, was spoken 26th Nov. in lat. 3 N. long. 23 W Pandora, -, hence for Ceylon, was spoken 11th Dec. in lat. 20 S, long. 28 W Charles Jones, -, hence for Valparaiso, was spoken 16th Dec in 1at.22 S, long. 37 W Eliza Bell, hence for Monte Video, was spoken 22nd Jan. in lat, 2g N, long. 14 W Hannah, hence for Havana, was spoken 24th Jan. In lat. 21, long, 14 Ruth, Randall, from Alexandria, at Cove Statesman. -, from Rio Janeiro for Maranham, was spoken 14th Dec. in lat. 21 S, long. 33 W Ambassador, Tate, from Madras, oft Lymington ; sailed 6th Oct. and from Ascension 20th Dec. ; left there H.M. steamer Wilber force. On 27th Dec. in lat. 3N, long. 20 W, spoke the Parsee Mer chant, from Liverpool for Bombay Dicky Sam, Croker, sailed from Buenos Ayres for Liverpool 27th November MONDAY, FRBRUA RY —Wind East, ARRlVED.—Fairfield, Lee, from Calcutta—Bocouoe, Borgeu, from St. Michael—Enfilo, Shaddock, from Beirout—!Etna, Davies, from Malta—Aurora, —, from Jersey—Jessie Ray, Wyle. from Dingle— Bransty, from Sligo—Perseverance, Mayer, from Ballina —and Janet, Morrison, from Lough Swilly SAILED.—Racer, Lawson, for Vera Cruz—llzaide, Thayer, for Philadelphia—Paragon, Bell, for Genoa—Sandbach, Bispham, for Demerara—Let me Alone, Flemming, for Dordt—Azores Packet, Peters, for Azores—Castilian Maid, for St. Michael—Mary Taylor, for Vertue, for Cuba—Albion, Gardner, for Adra, &c.—Calcutta, Wiiinnell, for Savannah—and Belvidere, Stevenson, for Bombay. Queen of the Ocean, hence to New Orleans, was spoken 26th Jan. in lat. 46. long. 12 George Washington, Burrows. hence at New York Ann & Jane, hence at Calcutta 15th Nov.; Medora, 17th ; Har vest Home, 15th; President, 4th Dec.; and Lemnos, and Gardner, 11th Dec. Paragon, sailed from Calcutta lath Nov. for London ; Princess Royal, 21st Nov.;• Otterspool, 24th ; Hereford, sOth ; and Carri beau, 11th Dec. all for Liverpool Mary Ann Webb, hence at China 6th Nov. ; Zenobia, 2Stli ; Young Queen, 6th; W. S. Hamilton, 6th, and John O'Gaunt, 11th. Guisachan, from Bombay, at China Belhaven, and Frankfield, from Manilla, at ditto Orwell, from Sydney, at ditto Hope, from Macao, at Chusan Indus, from Titocoreen, at Ceylon, and sailed a th Dec. for Liver pool PWLLHICLI, Feb. 6.—A1l the vessels that were in Studwell Roads left last night for their respective destinations. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &-e. Zenobia, G Sutherland, 327 Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius, J Aikin & Son T Harrison B,t Co Colombian, P Wakem, AFRICA. ' 285 Africa, NEW SOUTH WALES. 275 tydney, Cotesworth & Wynne SOUTH AMERICA. Oriental, J Wardle, 392 Buenos Ayres, Cotesworth & Wynne Nightingale, T Hunter, 253 Pernambuco, R Tanton Rising Sun, E Howell, 133 Gulf of Mexico, Claypole & Son UNITED STATES. Alleghany, J Michaels, 399 Philadelphia, Brown, Shipley & Co Alkmaar, J Eustes, 400 New Orleans, Fielden Brs &Co Medford, W L Wiber, 602 New Orleans, W Quayle Trenton, S Snow, 464 New Orleans, Isaac, Low &Co Clifton, J E Ingersoll, 644 New York, Brown, Shipley & Co Thomas Bennett, E L Halsey, 505 Charleston, W Stuart Dash, J Robinson, BRITISH AMERICA. 86 St. John, Mid, T & J Brocklebank EUROPE. 289 Trieste, 270 C adiz, 77 Lisbon, Mary & Harriet, J Rees, Rother, J Hall, Concord, G R Cox, Bahr, Rehrend & Co Bahr, Behrend & Co J Glynn & Son NORTHERN HOSPITAL, FEBRUARY 5 ADMITTED. DISCUARGLD. Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation : . 10 Cured Attending as Out Patients 17 Irregular - Died 97 1 Remaining in the Hospital House Visiters, John Rigby and G. J. Wainwright, Esqrs. Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. E. Maginnis.—House Surgeon. Mr. Parker , LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT . February 5, 1840. DISCHARGED In-patients cured Relieved and at own request 9 I Made Out-patients ....• . Irregular Dead ADMITTED In-patients Out-patients . 2 Casuals during the last week g Reinainin the house . 2lB Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. R. Davies. House Visiters, Rev. J. B. Monk and W. Nicol, Esq. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon . Mr. Brandreth. E. W. JACKSON. Treasurer LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 7 We have had a small supply of Beast and Sheep at this day's market, and prices a little on the advance. Prime Beef 6#d to 6id ; middling sid to 6d. Prime Wethers 7d to 7id ; middling 6d to NEL, Number of Beasts 938; Sheep 3052. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET, February 7. The arrival of Potatoes both from the Isle of Man, Scotland and Ireland, is unimportant, yet from the quantity previously to hand being fully equal to meet the demand both from our retail town trade, and the dealers from the interior, there is no alteration to report since the 3rd instant. Manx, Scotch and Irish Cups 2s Oid to 2s 3d; round, rough and flat Reds 25 2d to 2s 6d; Seedlings 2s ad tots 7d per with. There is a good demand for all descriptions of local farm pro duce, at previous currency, viz. S. d. S. d Potatoes, 9 ib. Pink-eye Cups Short Tops Cattle Turnips, 19. ton Carrots s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... 9 B® , ) 11 1:) , 201 b Itsl'ew Hay.... 0 di 0 11 - 25U Sca Island 59 Stained 6600 Bowed Georgia f 2540 gi Q 17 5* - 6* 7 1736 4* 6 - 4 - 5$ } 21007 Alabama and Tennessee sg ziuvi 14190 New Orleans 350 f Pernambuco & Paraiba.. 7* 7i t 6 74 1 Aricati and Ceara 320 ' Bahia and Maceio Maranham 1 46J - a wginn ed ..... Minas Para 10 ' Demerara, Surinam, &c g 600 Egyptian Barbados - 240 ' Peruvian Bahama 870 Laguayra 6 74 60 Common West India, &c si Carthagena — I Smyrna ..... Manilla — IJ 3090 Surat 3 80 Madras Bengal 1 36:,09 } 60624 } 4041 29710 bales 23417 LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT MADDER, qrl• cwt Montreal, Pot.. 31 0@ 32 0 ! Dutch, crop. Pearl, new .. 32 6 —32 9 Ombro 2454 } 4529 '? 666 } 27842 s. d. s. d . 70 0 -72 0 50 0 -60 0 U. States, Pot.. none. Gametic 34 0 —4O 0 Pearl none. Mull lO 0 —3O 0 BARK, Quercit. .. 8 6 9 0 French, S.F. Oak, 14. ton .. X 4 10 b 10 . S.F.F 44 0 -- German 4 0 4 15 E.5.F... 50 0 -- BRIMSTONE, 7.' ton E.5.F.F.52 0 —54 0 Sicily, &c 6 5 615 Spanish 4O 0 —56 0 . _ __ Tuscany 6 10 6 15 MOLASSES, IE) cwt. CASSIA LIONIIA, S. d. s. d. St. Lucia, &c..... 24 0 —26 0 v cwt. in bond 79 0— 80 0 Demerara, &c.... 27 0 —29 0 CLOVER -SEED, V CtVt. Bar & Antigua.. 29 0 —3l 0 American, red.. 70 0— 75 0 MeivrEkr, v cwt.. 14 6 ---- Dutch 70 0— 76 0 Om, Olive, v .252 galls. French & Germ.7o 0— 80 0 Gallipoli .4 60 0 —6l 0 CocoA, V cwt. Trieste 5B o —69 0 Trinidad 39 0— 43 0 Sicily 56 0—"57 0 Grenada .... 132 0— 36 0 Mala g a.. 49 0 —5O Brazil Portugal, &c .... 4 7 0 —9 0 COFFER, v cwt in bond. Levant 46 9 —49 0 Jama. triage l3oo— 70 0 Palm, v ton 32 10 —33 0 ordinary .. .. Fish, v 252 galls. good& fine ord. 80 0 -102 0 Seal, pale 39 0 —4O 0 middling 106 0-125 0 brown ...... 33 0 —37 0 good mid. . 4 127 0-134 0 Cod ............ 30 9 —3O 10 fine mid. &c 130 0-148 0 LINSEED, V cal 35 0 —36 0 Dutch, triage.. 130 0— 50 0 Rape, pale do. .. 54 0 —55 0 ordinary ... • Turpen. v curt... 50 0 —5l 0 good &fine ord. 60 0— 70 0 RICE, V earl middling 75 0— 80 0 Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 0 good mid. 1 in bond 22 0 fine mid., &c. I 85 0-100 0 Bengal, ord. do.. I I 0 —l2 0 Mocha Ceylon Java Havana Jamaica, good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 12 t o 16 o. p... 36 3 8 St. Domingo 4O 0— 42 0 stro n g er 310— 4 10 Brazil • . 37 0— 40 0 choice marks.. 5 3 5 9 Laguira 46 0— 48 0 SAFFLOWER, v cwt. DYEWOODS, V ton .W. s. .e. s. Bengal, Logwood, Jam... 4 15— 5 7 good & 5ne...45 0— 7 0 Hon. & Dorn. 5 0— 6 0 ord. & mid .. 2 10 4 10 Campeachy .. 7 5 8 0 Bombay Fustic, Span 5 5 5 7 SALTPETRE, V Mt. S. li. s. d Tampico 6 0— East India 26 0 —29 0 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA WOOD. orange 4i 0 —6O 0 Rio de la Ilache liver and block .. 10 0 —42 0 solid rough 6 0— 7 10 Neutria, v do,: .. 6 0 —l2 0 small 6 0— 710 Chinchilli, do. .. 10 0 —25 0 Lima, solid 11 0— 14 0 Seal, each Barwood, Ango. A 0— 9 0 Sit umAc, is. cwt. Gaboon 5 0— 610 Sicily 0 0 —:0 0 Camwood 24 0— 26 0 Malaga none Red San. Wood.. 6 10— 7 0 Trieste ' 0— 8 0 FLAX, V ton. i Verona 6 0— 7 0 Riga. P.T.R. .... 43 0— 43 10 Tyrolese P'burg, 9 head 4O 0-- 41 0 SUGAR, 14 Me. Archangel 44 0— 55 0 B. P. Muscovado Dutch & Elem 60 0-120 0 moist brown .. 58 0 —sg 0 GALLS, 1(4 , cwt. dry brown ....60 0 —64 0 Turkey, blue 6O 0— 63 0 good & mid.... 66 0 —7l 0 mixed 55 0— 60 0 fine &v. fine .. 72 0 — 76 0 East India 5B 0— 63 0 Mauritius, GINGER, V , Cwt. dabs and moist 44 0 —5B 0 Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 i brown & yel... 60 0 —7O 0 Jamaica 6O 0-200 0 . fine yellow .... 71 0 —74 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 17 0 East India, Bengal GUM, 7,9 , cwt. f Khaur 44 0 —56 0 Arabic, Turkey .. 70 0-140 0 I brown & yel 57 o —65 0 East India. 24 0— 55 0 good and fine 72 0 —75 0 Barbary Senegal B5 0— 0 0 Manilla, in bond 13 0 —l7 0 1-1 E3l P , `l9 , ton s. .e s. Havana, do. P'burg, clean 38 0— 38 10 brown IS 0 —l9 0 outshot.. 36 10— 37 0 yellow 2O 6 —22 6 Riga, Rhine .... 39 0— 40 0 white ord t 6 0 —2B 0 outshot.. 38 0— good & fine 29 0 —33 0 Archangel Manilla 27 10— 28 0 brown 13 6 —l6 6 Bombay Jute 22 5 22 10 I white ord. .... 18 6 —2l 0 Hioss, Ox and Cow, Igo lb ! good and tine.. 22 0 —24 0 B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. TA 7e , cwt. inferior & mid. 0 6f— 0 7f j P'burgh, Y.C. .. 50 0 —5O 6 good & prime 0 7,f— 0 8 I Odessa 4g 6 —5O 0 Do. salted .... 0 4 0 441 Archangel 4B 0 —4B 6 N. Amer. salted 0 3i— 0 3fl Buenos Ayres 4O 0 —47 0 Brazil dry, salted 0 si 0 6*; Stockholm l7 0 —lB n Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 6 0 7 Carolina Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 Virginia W. India, dry.. 0 54-- 0 7 TARTAR, '4:. cwt. salted.. 0 43 o 53 Cream of Tartar 66 0 —6B 0 East India .... o 7 0 103 brown and yel 46 0 —5O 0 Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7 o siTEA, T. lb. in bond. . HOrie, d. each 7 6 —l2 3 Bohea, Canton .. —— HORSE HAIR, 19 , lb. Fokein .. Short mixed long tails 1 2 1 6 Twankay, corn... 1 lei— 1 11 combed INDIGO, qp , lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 2 0 3 0 Bengal. Campoi, pur. & violet .. 0 0— 0 0 corn. to good none blue & violet .. 0 0— 0 0 Hyson Skin 1 7 1 8 blue violet, g. &fine 6 3 6 6 Souchong, com... 2 0-- ord. & mid. 5 3 6 0 good to fine.. 2 4 3 0 violet & cop. 1 o ' Pekoe, flowery .. 3 0 4 0 mixed . f 4 6 5 Hyson, c0rn..... 2 5 2 6 COP. g. & fine. 4 6-- 5 0 fine.. 3 0— 4 6 ord. & mid. 3 3 4 6 Young Hyson .. 1 10 3 0 con. quality Oude 1 6 4 3 Gunpowder, Madras 2 3 4 6 good and fine .. 3 3 5 0 Guatimala, v It. TosAcco, 1) , lb. in bond. Floras Sobres 4 0— 5 3 Stemmed.. 0 5 0 ,-i Cortes 2 3_ 3 9 Kentu - ky Caraccas, Floras 5 3 6 0 Maryland Sobres 4 5 _ 5 3 TURMERIC, 10. cevi. in bond. Cortes _ . _ TURPENTINE, 14 , C 11.4. LAC DYE, 119 , ft,. D.T. and prime. 1 6 2 0 American ...... 10 0 —l2 6 1 4 VALONIA, T• ten. X 2 8 .t 4 0 ord. & inferior 0 4 0 6 mid. to good.. 0 6i — Smyrna, picked.. 14 0 —l9 0 MADDER ROOTS, :e cwt. Mores .......... 6 0 —l3 0 Smyrna WAX, BEES' V Cwt. in bond. African .......... 6 10 s 5 French Galipoli & Syria 4O 0— 45 o .__ ---- East India ..... 6 15 8 0 Naples 4O 0— 46 0 American ........ 7 0 --8 10 28 3 0 2 3 2 5 Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 it - 2 0 2 2 Straw, Wheat 0 4 0 4i v. 24% 1 8 1 11 Straw, Oat .. 0 31 0 4i - 27 0 28 0 Straw, Barley 0 3 0 3i - 45 0 - Manglewurzle 24 0 - Eton. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, FEB. 4. Sugar.—There is a moderate demand, and the sales of B. P. are 200 hhds., at steady prices, 3600 bags Bengal have been taken, at 70s 6d to 75s for good to strong-grained white, and 1000 bags Mauritius, at 64s 6d to 68s 6d per cwt. for low to middling yellow. In Foreign very little doing. The sales of Molasses are 100 puns. Demerara, at i4s 6d for ordinary, to 27s per cwt. for middling qualities. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation comprise 150 casks of Jamaica, at very extreme rate for all qualities, but the clean ordinary and middling sorts continue most in request. 20 bags of fine Java brought 80s, and 68 sacks La Guayra 458 per cwt. No sales of Foreign. 60 bags Cocoa sold at 345, and 500 bags Ginger at 125 to 15s 6cl per cwt, for Malabar and Bengal. 40 bags Pimento brought 2id, and 1500 balls black Pepper 34cl to 4d per lb. Rice... 1300 bags brought 11e fid for Bombay, to 138 per cwt. for good Bengal. Rum... No sales of moment to report either in Plantation or East India. Tea... The market has continued firm throughout the week, and prices are without alteration. In Indigo the sales are confined to a few serons of Spanish. Of 257 chests Shell Lac offered by auction, only 27 sold, at 37s for livery orange, and 31s for blocked. There has been more doing in Cochneal, and 17 serons sold, at 4s 5d for black, and 3s 10d per lb for silver. A few bags Terra Japonica sold at 158, 3 tons Munjeet, the price not transpired, 250 bags Turmeric at the quotations, and 35 bales East India Senna at 5d per lb. 400 bags Nitrate of Soda are reported, without price. 1000 bags Saltpetre were sold last week at 295, and this week 900 bags have been taken at 37s to 29s per cwt. Dyewoocis.—The sales are 100 tons Campeachy Logwood at 47 7a for indirect, to £8 for good, 130 tons Jamaica, Honduras and St. Domingo at £5 2s 6d to £5; 25 tons Cuba Fustic at 10s ; 70 tons Savanilla at £5 7s 6d ; small parcels of Nicaragua Wood at previous rates, and 70 tons Gaboon Harwood at to .e 5 5s per ton. The only sale of Turpentine this week consisted of 400 brls. at the quotations. Of Tar, 490 brls. American have been sold at 12s. There is very little demand for Tobacco, and the sales this week do not exceed 100 hhds., of which a few were for Ireland and a small lot for Scotland. The entire sales last month amounted to 1159 hhds., of which 586 were for export, 277 for Ireland, and remainder to the trade. Prices are maintained. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. FEB. 4. Notwithstanding the small number of Cattle here to-day the Beef trade was in a sluggish state; yet no variation was noticed in the currencies obtained on Monday last, the primest Scots selling at 4s Sd per Slb. From Scotland we received 200 Scots, by .teamers. Very few Sheep were brought forward, while the de mand for them was slow, at late rates. Scarcely any Calves were offered. owing to which the sale for them was brisk, at an advance of from 2d to 4d per Sib. Pigs moved off freely at full prices. Mulch Cows were held at from .± i 6 to lOs each. LONDON GAZETTE. -FrDAv, FEL 4. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED Huffman. Nourse, and Woodbury, Manchester, men's-mercers— Glade.hill Coal Company, Parr. Lancashire, as far as regards J. Speakman and W. Bromilow—C. and H. Matchitt, Salford. Lanca shire, cotton. dealers—P. and S. Kitching-, and G. Hulder nese, Man chester, straining cloth manufacturers—Armour, Fisher, and Co., Manchester, manufacturers. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 4 Of English Wheat there is little left over from Monday, and that consists of inferior qualities, prices may be considered the same as on that day ; of free Foreign there has been a pretty good sale during the week for consumption, and of bonded there are buyers at reduced rates, but holders will not give way. Barley, Pease, and Beans are a dull sale, but not cheaper, and the Oat tra , e continues flat. The discussion of the Corn Laws, and the probability of less restrictive measures being introduced, has not produced any sensation here, but parties are waiting quietly the result of Sir Robert Peel's determination on Wednesday next. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, FEB. 7 Since this day se'nnight, the transactions in Butter have been to a most trivial amount, and a serious decline in price having taken place in London, the trade here is in a most unsatisfactory state. It is pretty generally supposed, that if Sir Robert Peel should suc ceed, by the soundness and genuine liberality of his measures, in stilling the agitation of the humbugging Anti-Corn law league,— matters will be speedily ameliorated with us ;—and the expose of Wednesday evening next is consequently looked for by the trade with the most intense anxiety. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 4 The only alteration in the duties for the ensuing week is an advance upon foreign Pease to 16s. 9d. per quarter. With the exception of a fair supply of Oats and Oatmeal from Ireland, the arrivals of British produce continue very limited, and from abroad we have to notice only one cargo of 1200 qrs. Mediterranean Wheat reported since Tuesday last. Though the transactions in free Wheat and Flour, within the last:ltwo days, have not extended beyond a moderate amount, and altogether for immediate consumption, the steadiness of the trade mentioned in our last, has conti nued, and in the sales made, our quotatons there stated have been fully supported : in other articles nothing of mo ment has been done. _ The announcement of Sir Robert Peel to bring before Parliament the consideration of the Corn Laws next week. appears to have produced a check to all extensive business at our Corn Exchange to-day: waiting the discussion of this question, buyers have again acted with caution, and the purchasers of wheat have been to a very limited extent : on the other hand holders have been far from pressing sales, and the late currency for all descriptions of this grain, therefore, remains unvaried. Flour, also, has been restricted to a merely retail demand on the terms last noted. Having very little Malting Barley at hand, such is is. per qr. dearer, and grinding samples are more saleable at former prices.—Malt and Pease, dull but not cheaper.— Beans, with rather more inquiry, fully support their previous value. Oats, in the absence of country demand, were in very slow request, and barely maintained our last quotations, and oat meal, with the exception of a few speculative sales, met very little notice, without any material change in prices. The only transactions reported in bond, comprise part of a cargo of Ancona Wheat at 7s. per 701bs. and about 900 barrels of 'States Flour at 275. 6d. to 2Ss. per barrel. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB, .4 On Wednesday and Thursday we had a decidedly better demand for Cotton, causing transactions to the amount of 5000 on the former and 4500 on the latter day, inclusive of 1500 for export. To-day the demand is not so great, yet the tone of the market is firm and healthy ; prices having of the two an upward tendency. The business is estimated at 3300 bales. The week's sales amount to 29,710 bales, in chiding 3000 for export, and 2500 on' speculation account. Prices of all kinds without any material alteration. COTTON MARKET, FEBRUARY 5. Our market has had a very animated appearance to-day ; con sumers, exporters, and speculators, all purchasing freely at the full prices of yesterday, making about id advance on business done early i❑ the week ; altogether we should say that 6000 bales have changed hands, and the market closes with firmness. COTTON MARKET, FEBRUARY 7. The general and good demand noticed on Saturday have been maintained throughout to-day by the consumers, who has pur chased to the extent of 5000 bales at last week's prices, in some instances on rather easier terms, owing to the circumstance of the improved demand having caused many holders to show their stocks, who would otherwise have kept back. The market is healthy and steady. COTTON MARKET.—WEEKLY REPORT. In the early part of the week the demand from the trade was moderate. and, with a good assortment of American offering, the the market was rather heavy ; but during the last few days Ex porters and Spinners have come forward freely, which has given more confidence to holders, and with decidedly a better feeling, prices of American and Surat are now steady at the prices current last Friday. For Brazil and Egyptian, however, the enquiry con tinues limited, and no improvement whatever has taken place. 2500 American have been taken on speculation, and 1800 American, soo La Guayra, 130 Maranham, and 100 Surat for export. There have forwarded into the country unsold during the last month !tido American, 220 Pernam, 20 Bahai and 400 Surat. There are declared for auction on Friday next 720 Sea Island, 100 Stained, 700 Carthagena and 330 Peruvian ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the 28th Telt. to the 3rd instant, inclusive. Prices paid I IAI pc in the week.;ThisWk.l /RTS this year INSOLVENTS William Thompson, Prince's-sticet, Sp:ta'fields, London, hat manufacturer. BANKRUPTS. Joseph Charles Clarke, Water lane, Great Tower-street, London, wine.merehant. Thomas Mod George Seddon, Calthorpe-place, Gray's-inn-road London, cabinet makers Edward Malian, late of Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury, Lon. don. Richard and John Gould Irwin,Manchester, drapers. David Davies, sen., and David Davies, jun., Llanidloes, Mont gomeryshire. flannel-manufactnrers. John Haywood, Milverton, Warwickshire, miller. William Heap, and John and William Roberts, Padiham, Lan cashire, cotton-spinners. Jonathan and Robert Lucas Nash, Bristol, brewers. Thomas Cheshire, Barborne, Staffordshire, miller. James Buckett, Great Bourton, Oxfordshire, sheep-dealer, John Holt, Livesey, Lancashire, grocer. Henry Adolphus Bober, Lindfield, Sussex, mister. Richard Hazed, Ramsburv, Whiltshire, corn -dealer. Charles Nicholls, Shrewsbury, fiannel-merchant. DIVIDENDS Feb. 26, J. Heap, jun., Manchester, merchant—Feb. 28. T. Welch and J. Sells, Manchester, cotton-spinners—Feb. 25, J. Wriggles worth, Leeds, cheesefactor—March 1, W. Caton, Preston, iron monger—March 3, T. Burnard, Bideford, Devonshire, merchant— March 26, I'. and W. H. Carr, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, woollen manufacturers—March 1, G, Andrews, Hurminster Marshall, Dorsetshire, woolstapler—March 4, R. Lucas, Bristol, ironmonger —Feb. 26, S., J., and J. Chadwick, Heywood, Lancashire, cotton spinners —Feb. 28, W. F. Reuss, Liverpool, merchant—Feb. 26, S. Mead, Liverpool—iron-merchant—March 14, J. T. Trangmar, Brighton, tea-dealer—Feb. 25, J. Robertshaw and J. Rutherford, Oxford-street, London, hosiers—Feb. 25, T. Gamau, Fetter-lane, London, wholesale furrier—Feb. 25, A. Smith and W. Monteath, Oxford-street, linendrapers—Feb. 28. T. Marris and R. Nicholson. Barton upon-Humber, banker—March 1, H. Medley, Leeds, oil merchant. CERTIFICATES To be granted,• unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before Feb. 25. J. Lunn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ship-broker, J. Griffiths, Quadrant, Regent-street, London, milliner—R. Powell, Brighton, linendraper—L. Schwabache, Minories, London, wine-merchant— J., J., and H. Buckley, Manchester, cotton-spinners—R. Stockelale, Crosby-square, London, merchant—E. Trapp, Great White-Lion. street, Seven Dials, London, victualler—E. Botham, Speen, Berk shire, innholder. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL FEBRUARY. HOUR 8, Samuel Shingler, (2nd). Clarendon Rooms, 11 8, Elliott Whitney, (2nd) 9, Alfred Webb, (Ist) Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester, 1 11, John and Eliza Seth Fisher, (2nd) Clarendon Rooms, 12 11, Shingler and James, (2ad) Ditto, I 18, Samuel Tarbottom, (2nd) Commissioners Rooms, Leeds, In IS, John Shand, (2nd). Clarendon Rooms, 1 18, John Hope Lowndes, (special and proof) Ditto, 2 TIDE TABLE Evri. 1 Height Sundays, Holidays, iye • N. M. U. M. T. I. Tuesday . 8 10 19 10 37 13 9 ,Shrove Tuesday. Wednes; y 10 55 11 12 14 11 Ash Wednesday. Ihursdaylo 11 29 11 44 15 11 Moon in Apogee Gh morn Friday .. 11 11 by - 16 8 Saturday 12 014 929 17 1 Sunday.. 13 044 0 .58 17 1 Ist Sunday in Lent. Monday. 14 113 128 16 10 Valentine. PRICES OF SHARES, FEBRUARY 7. Prices within the last seven days. Milt days RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. er icub Bolton and Preston Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto quarter Birmingham and Derby Bristol and Exeter 7O 0 0 0 ... Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new 2O .... 00 0 ... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 22 2 6ex Half Shares 4 10.. 0 0 0 Glasgow, Paisley, Kihnur 50 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares 5O .... Quarter New ditto Great Western 65 ... Ditto new shares 5O .... Ditto Fifth Shares Great North of England lOO Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 47 10 0 Ditto, new Leicester and Swarinington 5O Leeds and Selby Liverpool and Manchester lOO Ditro quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 9O Ditto quarter shares Ditto old shares Ditto new London & Brighton 0 0 0 185 10 0 ex. 185 10 0 92 15 0 ex. 26 11 3 ex. O 0 0 ... 84 0 0 59 16 0 ... O 0 0 .. O 0 0 ... O 0 0 ... 30 0 0 ... O 0 0... O 0 0 ... O 0 0 191 0 0 ex. 45 0 0 ex 89 0 o ex 1, o 0 0 O 0 0 58 0 0 ... 29 0 0 ... 35 15 0 ... 0 15 0 pm. I 2 6 6o io o ... 6o s o • o o O 0 o 27 17 6 O o o 76 lo o O 0 0 4 2 6 .... 81 0 0 .... 83 0 O 0 0 .... 70 10 0 .... O 0 0 .... 16 10 0 .... 16 10 0 0 0 0 .... O 0 0 .. O 0 0 .... O 0 o .... 14 2 6 .... 26 5 0 • 0 0 O 0 0 . 48 5 0 171 0 0 58 0 0 Ditto new London and South Western - Ditto, I oth shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 4o .. Ditto and Ditto Extension Manchester and Leeds Ditto half shares Ditto quarter shales Midland Counties Ditto, quarter North Midland New North Midland One-third Shares North Union Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto quarter shares Ulster Paris and Rouen South York anti iNoitil Midland Half Shares so paid BANKS. Bank of Liverpool ........ £l2 lOs paid - Borough Bank lO .... - Commercial of Liverpool l 0 , - Commercial of England. 5 ... - East of England lO - of Manchester lo - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. Is . , Northern and Central .. 10 , North and South Wales.. lo , - Royal of Liverpool 500 - South Lancashire - Albion Liverpool Union Liverpool Banking Co lO Wilts and Dorset 7 os. t,As, WATER WORKS, &e, Exchange Buildings .41 t 0 paid L'pool and Harrington Water )350 Works Bootle Ditto L'pool Gas Light Company, (Original Stock) 100 Ditto new Shares .... 100 1;1)001 New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .. Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES, Liverpool Marine Assurance Company .............. f 1 0 paid M'chester Assurance Company. 10 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. Ocean Assurance DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES. ke. Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 Ss. 0 0 0 Rock Ferry Steam Tug Company lO . . 0 0 0 Harrington Docks 100 .... 00 0 Apothecaries' Company As phalte (Liverpool) (Polonceau) 2 .... 0 0 0 18 10 0 O 0 0 o 0 o O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 25 2 6 O o 0 O 0 u O 0 o 160 12 0 ex. 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0.. o 0 0 O e 0 0 0 0 o o ... o o 0 ... O 0 0 ... BIRTHS On the 2nd instant, the wife of Mr. RICHARD LUPTON, Vine street, of a daughter. On the sth instant, Mrs. CHAS. WM. M'KELVEY, St. Paul's square, of a daughter. MARRIED On the 48th ult., at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. Thomas Bovvstead, Mr. MARK NELSON BRIDGE, pilot, to ELIZABETH, second daughter of Mr. WM. BREW. On 26th ult., at the Parish Church. Bury, by the Rev. Geoffrey Ilornby, rector, Mr. THOMAS T. RO SCOW, of Haslingden. surgeon, to SARAH, daughter of the late Mr. THOMAS KAY, of Longholm, in the Parish of Bury. On the Ist instant, at Christ Church, by the Rev. Fielding Ould, Mr. ADAM RIGBY, chronometer -maker, to Miss MARY SKELLY. Same day, by license, at Christ Church, by the Rev. Peter Brown. Mr. JAMES MAUDE, engraver, of Otley, Yorkshire, to Miss SARAH BROWN, niece of Mrs. Miller, Elliott street. On the 2nd instant, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. H. : , tewart, A.M ~ Mr. THOMAS WOOD, of the packet-ship Acadia. to MARTHA ANN, eldest daughter of the late WILLIAM TAYLOR, Esq. On the 3rd instant, at St. Luke's Church, by the Rev. Chas. W. Lawrence, Mr. ELLERTON to MARY, eldest daughter of Mr. CHARLES WOODWARD. Same day, at Altcar, CHRISTOPHER RICHMOND, Esq., to ROYA LTHA. youngest daughter of RICH D. BALSHAW, Esq. Same day, at the Friends' Meeting-house, Hunter.street, in this town, JOSEPH FIRTH, of Huddersfield, oil-merchant, to ELIZA- IiETH, daughter of THOMAS LUNT, builder, Chester. On the .sth instant. at Trinity Church, by the Re,. J. 11. Stafford, Mr. WILLIAM BAINES, Upper Duke-street, to MARY ELLEN, third daughter of the late JOHN RIGBY, Esq., Upper Stanhope. street. On the 6th instant, at St. John's Church, Manchester, by the Rev. Wm. Huntington, A.M., JAS. STEWART, bookseller. Whitechapel, to SUSANAH HAYWOOD, sister to A. Haywood, bookseller, Oldham-street, Manchester. DIED On the 20th ultimo, aged 25, J OHN, eldest son of Mr. WILLIAM STANDISH, flour-dealer, Brownlow-hill. On the 25th ultimo, deeply regretted, after a short but severe illness, which she bore with Christian fortitude, aged 36, MARY. the beloved wire of Mr. DAVID LLOYD, plumber, Brownlow-hill; and, on Tuesday last, aged 10 days, HARRIETTE, daughter of the above. 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