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August 1, 1848. &ales bp cattrtfon. VALUABLE HORSES. At TR is DAY'S (Tuesday) SALE, Ist instant, at LUCAS'S Reposi tory, Great Charlotte- street, 0 0 HORSES will be OFFERRED, principally without reserve. They consist of 4 HORSES Trained to carry Ladies, 10 Gig and Phaeton HORSES, 8 Well-known HUNTERS, 3 Brougham HORSES. 2 Very handsome PONIES, Several neat HACKS ; also, A Brace of well-broke POINTERS, An excellent GIG, 6 Suits of CLOTHING, 6 SADDLES and BRIDLES, W EDNESDAY'S SALE AT LUCAS'S REPOSITORY. By Messrs. LUCAS and CO., To -mnanow, (Wednesday,) the 2nd instant, at Lucas's Repo- . „ sirory, Great Charlotte-street. THE STOCK for This Day's Sale will consist of Fourteen CART HORSES, a Pony, Five Lorries, Three Floats, Fourteen Sets Gears, Stable Utensils, &c., being the entire Stock of Messrs. White and Chandler, who are Dis 4°.Ving Partnership. The well-known Cart Stallion, "Young Lion," 17 hands high, six years' old. He is a handsome roan colour, and in every r f , s e s,P.eet a first-class Wagon Horse ;_a powerful Black Cart Mare, t rspute, without reserve ; Four Cart Horses, in prime condi „ui and just off work ; Twenty other Cart Horses, Harness Horses, Sze- O n view prior to the sale. , BRETHERTON'S WEEKLY SALE. -r2 HunsDAy next, the 3d instant, at One o'clock precisely, at Bretherton's Repository, Wood-stceet, ASplendid MULE, 5 years old, 15 hands 3 inches high, quiet in double or single harness. very superior Grey MARE, 15abands higb, steady in har "as, and a capital Hack, without reserve. Alandsome Brown PONY, Saddle, Bridle, &c. 4Chesnut MARE, steady in harness, an excellent Lady's h Chesnut ORSars old, quiet in double or single s and ca H pital E, 6 ye Roadster . ?A number of .usel Sddle and Harness Horses Hacks, &c.; a very n fu eat a Pony Phreton, under duty , ; several :I"aeme*Drays, Saddlery, Harness, &c. "al' be viewed previous to the'Sale. FREEHOLD OF INHERITANCE. —ls DAY, (Tuesday,) the Ist instant, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, at the House of Mr. Gleaves, Adelphi Hotel, Woodside, Cheshire, in One or more Lots, as may be agreed upon at the time of sale, and subject to such conditions as Will be then and there produced, ALL that MESSUAGE or TENEMENT, situate, lying, and being in Arrow, in the county of Chester, with the Rights, Privileges, and Appurtenances thereunto belonging. And also those Four several Fields, Closes, Pieces, or Parcels of LAND, lying in Arrow aforesaid, belonging to the said Mes suage or Tenement, commonly called or known by the several name or names of the Big Croft, the Little Croft, and the Long CI oft, containing in the whole, by a recent survey, 5 acres 25 perches, statute measure, or thereabouts, be the same more or less, together with the Appurtenances. The above Land is suitable for Villas, and commands exten sive Vittws of the River Mersey and adjoining Coasts. For further particulars apply to Mr. JOHN BLAKE, Eldon chambers, South John. street, Liverpool ; or to Messrs..Av sox and PRITT, Solicitors, Cook-street, Liverpool. • THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE that by an' Inden ture hearing date the Second day of June, 113413, JOHN RIDGWAY, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster, Mer chant, bath assinied all his Estate and Effects whatsoever to Michael Humble, Shipwright, and Edward Moon, Merchant, both of Liverpool aforesaid, and William Briggs, of Halifax, in the county of York, Esq., as Trustees upon Trust for the bene: fit of all the Creditors of him the said John Ridgway, and that the said Indenture was duly executed by the said. John Ridway on the said Second day of June, and by the said Michael Himble ?t1 the Ninth day of the said month of June, and by the said Edward Moon on the Twelfth day of the said month of June, ' 4 the presence of and attested by Peter Wright, of Liverpool aforesaid, Attorney-at-law; and that the said Indenture was also duly executed by the said William Brigg,s, on the Thir eenth day of the said month of June, in the presence of and attested by James Stansfield, of Halifax aforesaid, Attorney-at - THE following SELECT PREPARATIONS to be had only from JOHN PRIESTLEY, 52, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL, .5- 16, CHURCH-STREET, BIRKENHEAD. PRIESTLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS, 4 1 9 1 d, in Boxes, Is. ad. each, containing. twenty-four Powders, ei l en approach nearer than anything yet discovered to the b" l ?theate Waters of Germany. The style of preparing RJETLEY'S SEIDLITZ POWDERS is peculiar to himself and tornblne scientific skill with great accuracy ; and though num or:,B of people unacquainted with the business, and others, have f 'ate years attempted imitations, they have invariably been a nalid to be spurious compounds, neither possessing the agree iletefinsavour nor the medicinal preperties of the Seidlitz LEMONADE POWDERS, Is. Cd. a Box. GINGER BEER POWDERS, is. 6d. a Box. EGNeu SODA POWDERS, Is. a Box. --.NTRATED nEcocrioN OR FLUID EXTRACT OF Thi s T HE FINEST JAMAICA SARSAPARILLA. Mast efficient arid agreeable Preparation of that m thod, by SA p known and valuable alterative, JAMAICA SA R• e A R A is prepared by a peculiar and scientific arts are whiCh the whole of the aromatic and volatile containing „ preserved ; and the experience of many years f ut.lY established .the reputation of this Medicine, as g more of the virtues of the root than any other preparation. Its beneficial effects have been par- Itenlarl striking in the flowig comlain : Nocturna Eains in the Limbs, Scrofu ol lous n Enlarge p ment ts of the Glands,l Cutaneous Affections, Chronic Rheumatism, &c., &c. ; in free- In; the system after a course of Mercury its beneficial effects are very powerful. It purifies the blood, and by giving to the clitaneous Vessels a healthy and regular action, it removes that disposition to Erysipilatous Inflammation from which so many persons periodically suffer; and when taken in the Spring and Icall of the Year as an Alterative Medicine, it will be found to IMPart that strength to the constitution which is indicated by firmness of flesh, good appetite, and freshness of the corn- Dlexion. Prepared and sold only by JOHN PRIESTLEY, 52, Lord street, Liverpool, in Bottles at 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d. Ils., and 225. II P RIESTLEY'S COUGH AND ASTMATICAL DROPS, This COUGHS, COLDS, ASTHMAS, CONSUMPTIONS, &C. &C. invaluable Medicine immediately relieves Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Difficulty of Breathing, and Huskiness in the Throat. These Drops are also the best preventative that can be taken pinst SPITTING OF BLOOD, and AFFECTION Of the LUNGS. .flersons troubled with ASTHMA are considerably relieved by rking a few doses of the Drops, as they tend to promote -35.Pectoration and remove viscid phlegm. For the . speedy cure of the HOOFING CouoiT, they are no less efficac:ous. Those 1 11 0 are troubled with that unpleasant tickling in the Throat, "c:loi_jeli deprives them of rest night after night, by the incessant ,„ ugh which it provokes, will, by taking one dose, find im „*"ediate relief • and one bottle, in most cases, will effect a olre. Sold in Bottles, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 4s. 6d. I'RIESTLEY'S ANTIBILIOUS PILLS, or Bilious, Liver, and Stomach Complaints, Indigestion, 6.c. Price Is. id. and 2s. 9d. per Box, duty included. B _ l liee Pills will prove highly efficacious in Bilious Complaints, Hess oft Complaints, Affections of the Nervous System, Low thc,"•,ll Spirits, Palpitation of the Heart, Rheumatic Pains in "ead, Limbs, and other parts of the Body; Oppression of Chest, Indigestion, Redundancy of Bile, Dizziness of the a e ft, Violent Pains in the Temples and across the Forehead ; whlaaired Memory, Sick Headache, Tremulous Action of the Dozing°!rame, Restlessness and Frightful Dreams, Stuporific Flatulency, Costiveness, &c. • PRIESTLEY'S AROMATIC TONIC TINCTURE, tir e ' e aß,?nt and agreeable remedy for Indigestion, loss of . Appe deb,,n Flatulency, and all complaints arising from inward I tY, Weakness, &c. ESSENCE OF RENNET, FOR MAKING DELICIOUS CURDS AND WHEY. al's wholesome preparation is engaged to keep, and obviates 13 uncertainty of making Whey from the Rennet Bag. A MUCH-ADMIRED ALMOND FLAVOUR. C a V e w drops of this Flavour, added to Custards, Puddings,. o Wines, Jellies, Lk.c., communicate a most &Remus taste u unds. Sold in Bottles, with Directions, Is. Gd. and 3s. SANATORY REFORM. 11p.,„ LIE NOBILITY, CLERGY, GENTRY, AND INHA ANTk: GENERALLY OF TIM UNITED KINGDOM. RILE much may be done by the Legislature to q ard, ~V raise the health of AV to its highest possible stan dep attainment of this desirable object is much more 4, w ae!t e ncf: r e nt (? f tupon socialth e whole,cul cultivation ti o n of individual health. The is made up of the welfare of its nr inort A becomin attention to personal health, then, is r i of advancing the great cause . of Snnato I t ill i ti ° n_Tß it all e t a h l is s attention cannot be more beneficially directed b ir , to the correction of all irregularities in the functions of the thetive organs, and to the rem al of the first symptoms of retiilanY.da.ngerous and fatal gs v orders which cut short, and h e _. e r,piiiiitul, the existence of man. These objects can only 11,fattained by the use of medicinal agents , and we respectfully Ye a ° ,. l. ° l l ou that we are the proprietors of one which, for twenty il s s, has been most celebrated. ia - V-X,ON's EFFERVEIiCEI:•77 MAGNESIAN .. APERIENT co - Le tnost agreeable and efficient medc a l l ii m e e everdiscovered, Purgatives, with etaining all the properties of the best fi; Palatable qualities of a lass of SODA WATER. Pleasant is t " o 4l its effervescing form, .feb f! in its influence on the Mi l e 4 ell and system, certain in . ll its operation on the bowels, 1, 1 „_tever a purgative is requaed, this elegant preparation i t u best that can be used. N t s , especially adapted for the reli , ef of Habitual or Casual ii i tb,enss, Bi:ious Affections, Indigestion, Heartburn, Pains to,„" e ead, Lowness of Spirits, NaLsea, Irritation of the in eal efi and Bowes, Piles, Fistula, the effects of excess either the i„°4 or drinking, &c., and, by its occasional use . during order Inonts, for the prevention of those serious ciis- Th. 2. Cholera, Diarrhma, and Dysentery. tor is " t ';: . -isatids of those who, from habits of life, or hereditary tero us ` u ,t ,o ll, are subject to that painful and, in the end, deo le ,_ tukorder, the GOUT, have found astonishing relief from stit a M ot this preparation. If takn iegularlv, its cooling, 4 c, er 4 , (l `i aro:oldie ve corrective til,pg oarinaa properties rnd lain m . will altog ether prevent the d taken during the fit, vyill ts . ~...x raets A lli l:t i li or /. 6 il its duration. Many Medical se ~-, . 1 great celebrity . have recommended it for this pu n t. from their works, and many other testim - Viire contained in the bill wrapped round . each bottle. oth er ors to Ilarrowgate, Cheltenham, Leamnigton Bath, and t ion o '. Das, find it to be of great service in assisting:the opera it . , the waters. %um ', c 'lLi in bottles at 2s. 9d., 45. 6d., and lls., the latter eai lli ng five of ate first size. formof the celebrated Of th e Cl)°ll;Ziti gal&OF ARSAPARILLA' . ' t he alterdon Pharmacopoeia, which we . declare to contain all tleec.eative, antbut, and restorative ropertie . s of that bctil: 8 1 ° 1 1, in an endurin" and portable shape. sold in a Od a t ' Is. Gd., 125., and 125.; equal, respectively to 6, 16, Ai l _pints of the London Decoction. 1441erityl.Peetable Medicine Vendors sell our Medicines, and we t ° at . a se to forward any quantity amounting to more, l' osi4,-Part of the Kingdom, carriage free, on receipt of a ;,-e Order for the amount. <<e: der your obedient Servants, . BENJ. MOXON and SONS, Chemists, Hull. . . e ll 1??,••,i' cerbENT.—A most distressing accident occurred stere'a3' last, at Bury. Messrs. W. and S. Sale, uphol talie:e, of R uildhall-street had been officiating as under , 8t t i s at the funeral of the wife of the Rev. M. J. Lloyd, her: l) ,l,en, and stuted to return irt a gig with a hired 4 ,, t ,te4,7„",,en the hem betran kicking, and Mr. W. Sale - 1 0.h e ' • ' ‘ ,' - e tt_o i ' 'let .out ' our'the wheel ; but, by the motion t t il l a it. l l, e bt d e g th e u er ie , ' l e l l o vttas thrown upon the back of his head. was dri:tiug, pulled the horse towards e gt. ~ ',and -either spruncr out or was thrown out of '110i!',.4 1 ". 1 ' fell upon his held also. Mr. W. Sale was t ..,, 48 ati,;(llll_,to cottage close by, where medical attendance ' lll ed `-', luit he expired the ,next day, having Sale r „,,a fracture of the base of the skull. Mr. S. /ioje — "'eved to hi ilt c on _ 8 own house at Bury,. having sustained a ,masio4 of the brain. AGENCIES.—The Directors are prepared to receive applica• tions for Agencies in Towns and districts in which appoint ments have not yet been made. No application will be attended to unless accompanied with unexceptionable references. SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company. DENJ, HENDERSON, Resident Secretary in London, IRISH GRIEVANCES AND THEIR REMEDY. (From the Dublin University Magazine for August.) CAUSES OF THE MISERY OF IRELAND. The questions that press upon us are, to what is it that our misery is to be ascribed, and what are the means of its alleviation ? To answer these questions honestly, we must be careful to distinguish between a remote and im mediate cause ; and looking at our condition fairly, and in a candid spirit, we are forced to avow that our present degradation is in so great an extent attributable to our selves, that any other causes that may have occurred sink into utter insignificance. It is to the indolence, improvi dence, and ignorance, which has uniformly pervaded, at least, three provinces of Ireland, that we must unhesita tingly ascribe our present degraded condition. To what this indo'ence, improvidence, and ignorance arc to be as cribed is, as we have said, a distinct consideration ; but it is its existence that has degraded us. We admit that the landlords of Ireland have, of late years, become, in a great measure, alive to the responsibilities which the pos session of property entails, and to the necessity for ex ercising an active and vigilant control over its manage ment. The improvement in the upper classes is yet very imperfectly developed, and is of very recent date. It is thwarted and impeded, notwithstanding the best inten tions on the part of very many of the present race of landlords, by the circumstances in which they find them selves placed, involved as they are, and rendered utterly powerless by a load of incumbrances created by their pre decessors, who have, indeed, a heavy account to answer for, for the grievous perversion and abandonment of the trusts that were confided to them. A still more respon sible, because with the Irish peasantry a more influential body, the Roman Catholic priesthood are still more hea vily accountable for the condition of the country. The faults of the landlords were chiefly those of neglect—those of the Roman Catholic priesthood are crimes of the most deliberate commission. They have in every way per verted and desecrated the duties of their sacred calling. Instructors of their sacred flocks, they have studiously kept them in ignorance; ministers of the gospel, they have sown rancour, hatred, and malevolence, against their Protestant rulers and fellow-subjects, as widely as they could disseminate it. There are, and always have been, some few bright and holy exceptions—exceptions the brighter and the nobler, because that, acting from a sense of right, they have placed themselves in opposition and hostility to the opinions and practices of their fellows, the surest test of a brave and good man ; but the great bulk of the Roman Catholic priesthood have ever been ready to head an insurrection in the field, or to stimulate to outrage even from the altar. And up to this very hour how few of them are to be found in the disturbed districts of Ireland, who avail themselves of the unquestionable control which they possess over their people, to suppress those cold-blooded and revolting enormities, which have brought such infamy upon the land. Could these con tinue, if universally opposed by the priesthood ? "My unaltered opinion," said that unflinching statesman, Lord Clare, some fifty years ago, " is, that so long as human nature and the Popish religion continue to be what I know they are, a conscientious Popish ecclesiastic never will become a well-attached subject to a Protestant state, and that the Popish clergy must always have a command ing influence on every member of that communion." Intelligence and independence will abate or destroy this influence ; but so long as ignorance and poverty abound, this influence will prevail, and the continued turbulence and discontent of Ireland will confirm the justice of Lord Clare's prediction. Co be olb. VAUXHALL-ROAD. rro be SOLD, those excellent and valuable FREE HOLD PREMISES, with spacious Yards, in Gascoyne street, formerly a Soapery, but now a Lard and Oil Refinery, &c., standing on a site of 1212 square yards of Land. Apply to Mr. DORNINO, Surveyor and Estate Broker, 1, Cook-street, Liverpool. Ea be A - 0113IIr Ea: CASTLE-STREET AND SWEETING-STREET. TO be SOLD or LET, that most desirable and spacious SHOP, HOUSE, and PREMISES, in the occupa tion of Mr. Turmeau, situate in Castle-street, between the new Branch Bank of England and the Town-hall ; also, adjoining thereto, and communicating therewith, at the east end, that well-known PUBLIC-HOUSE, called the EAGLE TAVERN, in Sweeting street, now in the occupation of Mr. Peter Roberts. Immediate possession can be given, Apply to Mr. DORNING, Surveyor and Estate Broker, No. 1, Cook-street, Liverpool. T 0 be SOLD or LET, a detached and sheltered Marine COTTAGE, at Liscard, near the New Brighton Entrance Gates, containing Two Sitting-rooms, Butler's Pantry Kitchen, and. Offices on the Ground Floor, and Four good Bed rooms, Water-closet, and Store-room on the Chamber Floor, and large, dry Cellars underneath. The Grounds are well walled-in, all round, with a high Fence. For further particulars apply to Mr. CULSHAW, Architect and Surveyor, No. il, Rumford-place, Liverpool, or to Mr. THOMAS STODDART, Joiner, Brown-terrace, near the National Schools, Liscard, who will show the Premises. T 0 be SOLD or LET, all that commodious BREWERY; called "THE LEEDS-STREET BREWERY," situate in Leeds-street, in Liverpool, with an excellent DWELL ING-HOUSE attached thereto. The Brewery is in complete working condition, replete with Fixtures, and capable of brew ing upwards of Seventy Barrels a day. The moveable Utensils, consisting of Stillages, Barrels, Half-Barrels, Drays, &c., to be taken at a Valuation. A respectable Export Business has been done at the Brewery during the last Twenty-five years, as well as a Town Business. The Land contains In front to Leeds-street 34 yards,, nd ex tends in depth backwards 30 yards or thereabouts, and of the tenure of Freeho:d of Inheritance. _ Immediate possession may be had. For further particulars, and to treat, apply to Mr. SANG STER, on the Premises, or to Mr. ROBERT NORRIS, Solicitor, Union Buildings, North John-street, Liverpool. Co bt Ett. RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. O be LET, FURNISHED, from this time till lst T March, a comfortable FAMILY HOUSE, containing two Receiving and Five Bed-rooms, capital Attic, Kitchen on the ground door. Rent moderate. No Taxes. Lovely views in the immediate vicinity, and capital Bathing. - - . For further particlll'ars addi•oss J. C., Box C 67, Postoffice, Liverpool. INDIA. The Society also grants Policies to parties proceeding to. or residing in India, at lower rates than any other Office, the Pre miums on which may be payable either in London or at the Society's Office in Calcutta. Annuities of all kinds, as well as Endowments for Child ren , are granted by the Society. The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors and others. JOHN CAZENOVE, Secretary. AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL : Messrs. CAZENOVE, TAUNTON, and MOLYNEUX, Peters' Chambers, Rumford-street 910 be LET, at very moderate Rents, (X 25 per annum each,) several DWELLING-HOUSES, in Sack ville-street, suitable for genteel Families, each containing' Breakfast, Dining, Drawing, and Four Bed-rooms, with good Kitchens, &c. These Houses are particularly well calculated for persons wishing for a quiet situation. Apply to THOMAS WHINNERAH, Accountant, No. 3, top of Lord-street. SHAND'S WAREHOUSE, EDMUND-STREET, TO be LET, a large, substantial, and well-built WAREHOUSE, Seven Stories high, lately in the occupa tion of Mr. Jonathan Higginson, and used for Storing Sugars and Rums, &c„ in Bond, and being situated on the south side of Edmund-street, near Oldhall-street, is convenient to the Docks, and suitable for that purpose. Also, a spacious, lofty, and most excellent SHED, situated at the hack of the above,i suitable for Cotton or Flour, &c. Apply to Mr. HENRY COPELASD, Marybone. 43tibiiratfon5. ALISON'S HISTORY OF EUROPE COMPLETED. The TWENTIETH and last VOLUME of the NEW EDI TION of this WORK, with a COPIOUS INDEX, is now pub lished, and complete Sets may be had of all Booksellers. Price bound in cloth. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD and Soxs, 45, George-street, Edin burgh, and 37, Paternoster-row, London. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE, No. CCCRCIV. for AUGUST. Price 2s. Gd. CONTENTS :—I. Life in the " Far West." Part 3.—H. Art ; its Prospects ;_ Cleghorn's Ancient and Modern Art.—lll. Kaffirland.—lV. The Caxtons. Part 5.—V. Modern Tourism. —VI. Eighteen Hundred and Twelve.—Vll. The Blue Dra goon.—Vlll. Laurels and Laureates —IX. The Horse-dealer, a Tale of Denmark.—X. Sketches in Paris. 45, Geroge-street, Edinburgh ; and 37, Paternoster-row, London. 3'/Ouraiire ;D.uttreci. LC')NOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, NO. 6, NEW-BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. ESTABLISHED 1823. Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV. DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. Sir THOS. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Dart., Chairman. HENRY FRED. STEFHENE, 2 ON. Esq., Deputy-Chairman. AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL—T. 0. COOPER and SON. MEDICAL REFEREE FOR LIVERPOOL—A. ROBERTSON,M.D, The following are among the advantages offered by this Society : LOWER RATES of Premium than those of any other Office which entitle the assured to participate in the profits, and con siderably lower than those of any other Mutual Assurance So ciety. No PROPRIETARY participate in the profits, the WHOLE be ing divisable among the Assured. A BONUS is added, after the payment of the Fifth Annual Premium, to every Policy . effected on the participating Scale, if a claim accrue thereon prior to the next division of profits. The first Bonus, in 1834, averaged £l6 per cent. on the Pre miums paid. The second ditto, 1839, ditto . ditto since the Ist division. The third ditto, 1844, ditto X 36 ditto since the 2d division. Prospectuses and full particulars may be obtained on appli cation to the following ATelltS : By order of the Directors, T. 0. COOPER and SON, 7, Rumford-street, Liverpool. Warrington Mr. Edward West. Wigan Mr. Joseph Darlington. Bolton Henry Glover, Esq. Blackburn Mr. T. B. Chadwick. Manchester Thomas Michael Baines, Esq., 5, Cromford court, Market-street. T HE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY. ESTABLISHED IN 1836. EMPOWERED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT, OFFICES : 8, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION-HOUSE, LONDON. The Directors beg to acknowledge the steadily increasing support which this Institution experiences, and to assure the Public that, whilst the numerous and wealthy Proprietary enables them to offer most ample security for the fulfilment of the Company's engagements, the confidence and preference manifested towards it shall he met, as heretofore, by strenuous endeavours to facilitate the despatch of business, and by liberality and promptitude in the settlement of claims. BY THE FIRST ACT OF PARLIAMENT obtained by the Company, it is expressly conditioned that the liability of the Shareholders under the policies shall not be restricted by special contract or otherwise. INSURANCES AGAINST FIRE Are undertaken on Property of every . description in the United Kingdom, the British Colonies, and in Foreign Countries; the Rates of Premium may be known on application. LIFE INSURANCE. The Directors continue to receive proposals for the sale and purchase Of Annuities, Endowments, Reversions and contingent Interests, and for Insurances on Lives. No Entrance or Admis sion Fees are required, nor is any additional premium charged to Officers in the Army or Navy, unless called into actual service. The following arc amongst the advantages held out by the Company : Two SCALES OF PREMIUMS, ONE LONER THAN THOSE OF MOST OTHER COMPANIES; the other carrying GUARANTEED ADDITIONS, or entitling to GUARANTEED REDUCTIONS in the FUTURE PREMIUMS, on a plan entirely new and peculiar to this Institution ,e 77 Spechn, Life, the Bi Ft of the hates for an Insurance of .4'loo on a Single and of the Reduced Premium. of Policies taken out on rnus Scale:— For whole of Life. Reduced Age Without Bonus. With Bonus. Premium when Insured Yearly. Half do. Yearly. Half do. Bonus. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 30226111129 5 1 5 6 1 12 9 35 2 8 6 1 5 0 216 5 1 9 1 117 4 40 2 16 3 1 9 0 3 5 5 1 13 8 2 2 9 45 3 6 4 1 14 2 3 17 2 1 19 9 2 10 0 50 319 8 2 1 0 412 7 2 7 9 ! 219 1 Specimen of the Addition to the Sinus Insured in. the case of Policies of 41,000 each, to be taken out at the Bonus Premiums. First By the addition of the further Age Then Decennial Bonus, the amount when Bonu s Annual payable in case of death will Insured after Ten Bonus. he,—after Payments 20 Years. 30 Years. 40 Years. s. d. £s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 30 90 8 4 9 0 10 1271 5 0 1542 10 0 1904 3 4 35 94 11 8 9 9 2 1283 15 0 1567 10 0 1945 16 8 40 101 13 4 10 3 4 1305 0 0 1610 0 0 2000 0 0 45 107 1 8 10 14 2 1321 5 0 1642 10 6 2000 0 0 50 116 13 4 11 13 4 1350 0 011700 0 0 2000 0 0 The SCALE of REDUCTIONS which are guaranteed ranges from 33} to 52 per cent. on the amount of Premium, and the Bonus contingent only on the continuance of the life doubles the amount of Policy. No LIABILITY of Partnership, these reductions and addi tions not being contingent upon Profits. POLICIES are issued for the Half Premium system, and on an ascending scale. SURRENDERS of POLICIES are. accepted on very liberal terms; and claims are paid wind': three months after satis factory proof of death. INSURANCE OF CAPITAL SUMS. The Directors are prepared to receive applications for Poli cies, which, though available for many other purposes as well, will have the effect of rendering Property held under Lease for years equivalent to Freehold for all purposes of mortgages or Investment. The following Table will afford ;Clowns of the Premium7for the Insurance of .elooo,payable after the lapse of a given number of years. Years. Rate. Years. Rate. I Years. Rate. es. d. A' s. d. £ s. d. 99 116 8 60 610 0 I 40 13 17 6 TIE LIVERPOot STANDARD. Ensttratue 43. otit t 5. THE CORPORATION OF THE LONDON ASSURANCE, BY CHARTER OF KING GEORGE FIRST, FOR LIFE, FIRE, AND MARINE ASSURANCE, GRANTED their first Life Policy on the 7th June, 1721. Their new Prospectus embraces a variety of very eligible plans for Life Assurance at most moderate premiums. Two-thirds of the gross profits are awarded to the assured by a bonus added to the policy —a payment in cash—a new policy without premium, or by a reduction of the future annual pre miums. The expenses of managing the LIFE DEPARTMENT are not, as is usual, taken from the premium fund, but are defrayed by the Corporation out of their share of the profits, thus giving the assured all the advantages of Mutual Assurance without lia bility of partnership, as well as the security of an ancient and opulent Corporation. Assurances without participation, and short period assur ances, are effected on remarkably advantageous terms. Parties proceeding abroad are liberally treated. FIRE INSURANCES on every description of property, at the most moderate rates current. Prospectuses may be had at their Offices, or sent free, on ap plication to JAMES KENNEDY, No. 3, High-street, With Entrance also at 5, Exchange-street East, or to CARNE and NEPHEW, 20, Water-street, Agents for Liverpool and adjacent Parts. that they can fulfil the duties of good landlords ; with a nominal rental of some thousands a-year, and not as many hundreds to spend, it is in vain that they struggle to sup port the station which their estate, if unencumbered, would enable them to uphold. The effort is as injurillus to themselves as to the country ; they are perpetually in volved in debt and legal difficulties, while their exigencies oblige them to accept the highest rent they can get offered for their lands, without any selection as to the character of their tenantry, or any ability to assist them. They are absolutely unable to erect upon their farms the dwelling houses and offices, fences, &c., which should always be constructed by the landlord, as is universally done in Eng land and Scotland, in order that the capital of the tenant may be applied undiminished to the land ; and they are unable, from want of capital themselves, to advance one jot the agriculture of their estates, either by example or instruction, by practical farming, by schools, or any other means. Very many of our gentry would gladly divest themselves of the endless litigation and embarrassments which the cloud of charges upon their estates, mortgages, judgments, annuities, jointures, imposes on them—the very law costs connected with these charges, together with the costs of enforcing the rents of a large rack-rented pro perty, to meet these various and overwhelming demands, wholly al sorbs the wretched remnant of their estate which is left to them--but it is impossible to bring such an estate as this to a sale by any process now available—a bill in Chancery must be filed, all these encumbrancers must be made parties to the suit—they are scattered over various quarters of the world, yet they must be served with notice of the proceedings—they die in the progress of the suit, and bills of revisor must be filed to bring their represen tatives before the court. Any one at all familiar with legal proceedings in this country knows well that there ar e many causes which have been given up by successive solicitors in despair, from the perfect impossibility of get ting a perfect su it; and in many other c a ses th e su it h as co ntinued in existence for upwards of half a century. F AMILY ENDOWMENT LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY. 12, CHATHAM-PLACE, BLACKFRIARS, LONDON. CAPITAL £500,1300. DIRECTORS. William Butterworth Bayley, Esq., Chairman. John Fuller, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. Robert Bruce Chichester, Esq. Elliot Macnaghten, Esq. H. B. Henderson, Esq. Major Turner. C. H. Latouche, Esq. Joshua Walker, Esq. Edward Lee, Esq. Major Willock, K.L.S. JS. tdded to the Society's Policies next valuation will be in Ja- Thirty per cent. Bonus was a, on the profit scale in 1845. The nuary, 1852. WITH PROFITS, ANNUAL PREMIUM Age2o I Age2s I Age3o I Age3s I Age4o f Age 45 I Ageso , Agess s.d. s.d.s.d.l.E 1 17 9 2 3 1 2 9 7 2 16 2 3 5 9 3 16 2 4 10 6,5 76 SUGGESTED REMEDIES FOR EVILS IN IRELAND. Emigration is a subject that naturally suggests itself in the consideration of remedial measures for Ireland. It is a favourite subject with many writers. It has long been the custom to say, that the country is over-populated, and, beyond all doubt, it is so, with reference to the pre sent actual produce of the soil ; but that it is over-popu lated, with reference to its capacity of production, we altogether dispute. The produce of the soil is not one third what it might be, if the ordinary systems of bus. bandry, which are familiar, and practised in England and Scotland, were introduced among us. In the ten years preceding the census of 1841, the average annual emigra tion from Ireland was 40,000. Was this a benefit to the country ?—what did we gain by it ? The pressure on the resources of the country was not diminished by one hundred-and-sixtieth part; the effect on the competition of the labour-market was wholly inappreciable ; and for this inconsiderable advantage we lost very many of the best of our population, men of industry and enterprise, and possessed of some little capital. There is a descrip tion of local emigration which e v e r y one mus t a d voca t e — one in which all the expense and difficulties of transit, and all the other disadvantages of colonial emigration, are ob viated —we speak of an emigration to the now waste, but easily reclaimable, lands of our own country. It would be impossible to over-estimate the benefit of a well-de vised and comprehensive measure for reclaiming the waste lands of Ireland. Such a measure was recommended by the Poor Inquiry Commission of 1836; it was urged again by Lord Devon / 6 Commission, but has never yet been adopted. The men who have arrogated to themselves the title, and who have put in their pockets the acknowledg ment of Irish patriots, have never been found to urge for ward a single measure that could really be of the slightest substantial service to the country. It is impossible to deny that if one-tenth part of the exertions which were exhibited by the late Mr. O'Connell, for the last twenty years of his life, in agitating for the repeal of the Union— an agitation which has left us nothing but increased poverty, heart-burnings, and diScontent—had been applied to forcing on a measure for the reclamation of our waste lands, that one million of happy, comfortable, and con tented people, who would be settled on them, would now bless his memory, and upwards of three millions and a half of fertile and luxuriant acres would perpetuate his fame. But Mr. O'Connell's own property at Derrynane beg, the condition of which was revealed to us by Mr. Foster, the Times Commissioner, states how possible it is for the most turbulent vapourers on the wrongs of Ire land, and the most truculent denouncers of the govern ment of the country, to be themselves entirely indifferent to the real and substantial interests of its people, if, indeed, we require any evidence on this subject—if we would not be justifiable in inferring it from the very nature of the selfish agitation with which Ireland for the last twenty years has been distracted. The compilers of the . digest of the Devon Commission tell us that, by reclaiming the waste lands of Ireland, "nearly 200,000 families, com prising 1,000,000 of souls, might be permanently and happily provided for, upon lots of eight acres of good, and twelve of inferior land ; by this 500,000 labourers will be abstracted from the labour-market, and this, not only without loss, but with very great gain, raising the pro duce of the 3,755,000 acres of waste land, now not averag ing four pounds per acre, to a value of at least six pounds per acre, that is, a new produce of, at least, twenty-two million pounds. REMEDIAL SUGGESTION FOR IRELAND. But the measure which, in our judgment, is of all others required for the relief of Ireland, is a measure for EFFECT ING TIIE SALE OF INCIIMBERED ESTATES. There is a bill now before Parliament, which is, to some degree, con nected with this subject. It originated last year in the House of Lords, and is now once more before the Com mons. _ ' _ This bill as it originated in the Lords (what alterations it may receive in the Commons we know not), is calcu lated to be of great service; it, however, falls fax short of what is required. The great object to be attained, as we have more than once intimated in this article, is that the proprietors of the soil shall have the full and entire exer cise of every legal right of ownership ; that they shall be, in the fullest sense of the word, independent; that they shall not continue, as they now are, mere nominal posses sors of large estates, without interest in them, or control over them ; that the improvement of the land shall not be impeded ; that the advancement of the tenantry shall no longer be retarded, by the condition of the owners of the soil. The greater number of the landed gentry of Ireland are now so heavily encumbered, that it is quite impossible FAULTY CONDUCT OF ENGLAND TO IRELAND From the reign of James the First to the Revolution, the hostile spirit of the Roman Catholic faith never ceased to manifest itself. In the massacre of the Protestants in 1631, in the wars with Cromwell, in the troublous period of the second Charles, and in the wars of James, the Roman Catholics but asserted their unquenchable hostility to the British connexion, and to the English Protestant settlers in this country. The iron energy of Cromwell crushed and for ever annihilated the power of the old Irish chief tains; but the envenomed spirit of religious rancour was too subtle an antagonist even for his master-spirit to grap ple with. Ireland was thus everlastingly in revolt; there was but one effectual means by which this could have been prevented—namely, by sedulously spreading the doctrines of the Reformation, and thus identifying the sentiments of the two countries. This duty England most shamefully neglected. Spencer tells us that the Roman Catholic priests spared not to travel from Spain and Rome to Ireland, where they knew peril of death awaited them, and no reward was to be had only to draw the people to the Church of Rome; but that our idle ministers would, neither for the love of God, nor zeal for religion, nor for all they could do by winning souls to Christ, be drawn forth from their warm nests. So utterly worthless was the ministration of the Established Church, that very many of the settlers who came over with Crom well and with William, lapsed by degrees into the Roman Catholic faith, and amalgamating with the ancient Irish and original English settlers, added their numbers to the array of the numerous enemies of England. The north escaped this evil by deriving its clergy chiefly from the active and intelligent people of Scotland. But when we recollect the number of Protestants who came over with Cromwell and with William, and in the inter mediate period, and who settled on the lands which were then confiscated and appropriated to their use, and com pare them with the comparative numbers of Protestant and Roman Catholic as they now exist in three provinces of Ireland, it is plzin to demonstration, even if we were without the aid of express authority on the subject, that a large proportion of the new Protestant settlers must have joined the Church of Rome; indeed we could point to districts in Ireland where the same names, and obviously the same families, are to be found, those of them in the plains adhering to the Reformed faith, and those in the adjacent mountain districts, which the zeal of the clergy of the Established Church, at that day, was unequal to penetrate, professing the doctrines of the Church of Rome. THE laisH REBELS. — The London Times has lately spoken of the proceedings of the repeal leaders as if they were of rather a formidable nature, but yesterday our contemporary spoke of them in the following altered tone :—" O'Brien has not a chance. Would that our words could reach him, and would that he could listen to them ! Let him giye himself up at once, and compro mise for lodgings and light work at Bermuda. As for the other rebel chiefs, Doheny, it is said, follows the fortunes of O'Brien, and by his want of respectability contributes to the premature decay of the royal cause. No one appears to know where Meagher is flourishing his sword, but if he is fighting anything, it must be the air. Dillon is equally inconspicuous. Lolor, the hero of Holycross, has been arrested. O'Reilly has surrendered. The rest are all hiding. Little will be heard of them for some time, except in the Hue and Cry." ARRESTS FOR SEDITION AND TREASON AT BELFAST. —To-day, at the police-court in this town, says the Ban ner of Ulster, in a bulletin published on Saturday, P. Kane, a compositor in the Northern Whig office, was brought up, charged with firing pistols on Friday night last, in Smithfield, to the terror and alarm of her majesty's subjects in that neighbourtmed. He was arrested by Constable Slane. who, after having taken him to the police-office, searched him and discovered upon his per son two pistols and a ticket of membership of the John Mitchel Club at B elfast. The magistrates, after confer ring together for a length of time, stated that they would suspend judgment until Tuesday. ApplicAt ion for bail was applied for, and granted ; the bench, however, refused to let him out on his own recognisance ; he was required to find bail, himself in £lOO and two sureties in £5O each. William Downing. a respectable tailor, residing in Castle place, was next charged with using seditious and treason able language against the statute. Tne expression he made use of was, "To h-1 with the Queen !" He was also remanded till Tuesday, but was admitted to bail, himself in £5O, and two sureties in £2O each. LORD HARDINGE AND THE IRISH COMMAND.—It is not improbable, says the Observer, that Lord Hardinge will proceed to Ireland to assume an important military command. The alarming condition of the south of Ire land, and the necessity for a great increase of troops in that quarter are in themselves sufficient reasons for the establishment of a special and separate command. It is not at all intended to interfere with the duties of the Commander of the Forces in Ireland, Sir Edward Blakeney, who has held that command so long, and whose ability and judgement are equal to his great experience. He will remain in Dublin to command in chief the troops of the metropolis and to direct generally the military movements throughout the entire kingdom. The condi tion of the southern district, however, is so serious, that the presence and command of a soldier at once so succes ful and so eminent as Lord Hardinge may be immediately necessary, if it have not become so already. Notwith standing his rank and eminent services, Lord Hardinge has at once waved all perSonal considerations, and placed himself at the disposal of the Government, to be employed in any capacity where his services might be deemed most useful. His ready acquiescence, as well as his name and reputation, will be of themselves most serviceable in pro ducing confidence in all quarters. [We learn by the last advices from London that Lord Hardinge would leave London for Liverpool last night.] POSTAL DISPUTE WITH AMERICA.—The answer given in the House of Commons on Thursday to the question of Mr. W. Brown, of Liverpool, concerning the postal dis pute with America, has been a subject of comment since amongst the merchants 'connected with that country. The point urged is that the matter has been too long in uncertainty, and that an immediate settlement is esential, not merely in deference to mercantile interests, but to prevent that growth of ill-feeling which must inevitably arise from every day's continuance of a system having for its end nothing but mutual damage and annoyance. After nearly a year of vain effort the statement of the government, therefore, that negotiations arc still " pen ding," when the summary method just adopted by the United States seems to indicate that on their side at least all present hope of a settlement is over, affords very little ground for satisfaction. The real thing on which the public are anxious is, not as to whether negotiations are 1 pending, for it was of course not supposed, even in the face of the retaliation just enforced against us, that the i question could have been altogether abandoned, but whether there is any chance of these negotiations being brought to a speedy termination. It is while the matter is "pending" that the merchants are suffering, and hence the argument, that as the people on both sides seem dis posed to come to an equitable conclusion if they could but get at the matter as it stands, it would be better, unless . there be an immediate prospect of agreement, for the English to follow the example of the American Govern ment, and by giving an open statement of their case to facilitate the adjustment of it by the aid of public opinion. . THE WOUNDED IN THE LAST INSURRECTION IN PARIS.—A friend has favoured us with a copy of the Boulogne Gazette of the 25th ult., in which there appears an interesting surgical account of the state and treatment of the wounded in the recent insurrection, from the pen of Mr. Bennett Lucas, an eminent London surgeon, who visited the Parisian hospitals. It appears from this, that the wounds received by the combatants "entered in every direction, save one, and that was behind." He saw 400 patients at one hospital, and but one hod to expose his' back to examine the orifice; the exit of a bullet which the brave fellew had received directly in front. There were no sabre or bayonet wounds. The bullets were sent face to face, at or from windows; some balls consequently entered the body in front, others entered it from above downward, and a few in the contrary direction. A con siderable number entered the body laterally and with few exceptions took an oblique course. Great attention was paid by the surgeon in dressing the wounds. "A young garde mobile received a shot in the centre of the forehead between the eye-brows ; this coursed beneath the skin, following the direction of the brow and was extracted at , the temple, without doing any material mischief." Shat tered fingers were innumerable, and none of the principal joints of the body escaped injury. "An injury to the hip joint was of peculiar interest; a bullet entered it in front and fractured the neck of the thigh bone. The interest in this case, as well as in some wounds of the shoulder and elbow joints, arose from the well directed endeavours of the surgeon to preserve the limbs to their owners. In short it would take a volume, and that of no ordinary pretensions as to size, to enumerate the number, variety, and complications of the various injuries which came under my notice ; whilst a page would almost suffice to describe their treatment." Apart from primary amputations, nothing more was done than to assist nature, leaving the rest to her handywork. At Boulogne and elsewhere, the ladies were busily employed making lint for the use of the Paris hospitals, and their exertions were gratefully acknowledged by the medical and municipal bodies of the city. GENERAL TRADE REPORT. Monday Night, We have got pretty well over the difficulties of the past week ; and a tolerably firm feeling prevailed on 'Change to-day, as will be seen from the detailed report subjoined. English funds have been somewhat depressed during the week, but the lowest price for Consols was 85k, which they touched on Thursday. They opened on Saturday at 86k, and during the day, owing to the delay on the part of the insurgents in Ireland in provoking Any actual conflict, together with some rather improved accounts of the po tato crop of that country, they experienced an advance of a half per cent.—Two failures were announced in the Stock Exchange, one in the share and one in the English market, but the amounts were not important. The foreign stock-market has not experienced much altera tion, but, influenced in a degree by English securities, prices were slightly firmer towards the close of business. Irish affairs have very much depressed the SHARE Market during the past week, and until Saturday we had a great preponderance of sellers. On that day, how ever, and to-day, the more favourable news and the pros pect of finer weather, have produced a change, and we have had several good buyers at advanced prices. There is a general impression that- prices are very unduly de pressed in this market, and we think should there be a continuance of fine weather and no serious disturbances in Ireland, (which we do not apprehend), that a very consi derable rise will take place. Royal Assurance Shares have declined 5 per cent, from a rumour that the directors have resolved to pay only 2s. per share. This has given great dissatisfaction to the shareholders, who think them selves entitled to a better dividend. They have incurred the risk and responsibility of bolding the shares through these troublous times, and think it only just that they should receive the full amount of profit secured in such times. There is a talk of an amendment, proposing a bonus in addition, being moved at the meeting on Thurs day, which appears likely to be carried. The COTTON market, having recovered from the preju dicial effect of the unfounded reports from Ireland, closed on Friday at about the quotations of the previous week ; and although the lower qualities of American declined a trifle, it did not amount to a quotation. There was a fair business transacted on Saturday. The sales amounted to fully 5,000 bales, nearly all American, to the trade: ,prices continued unchanged. There have been a fair attendance of consumers here TO-DAY, and in the absence of further " untoward" reports from Ireland, the market has resumed a steadier appearance, holders con tinuing firm, so that the quotations of Friday have been more easily realized again, particularly for the common and middling class of American, which still almost entirely engross the attention of the trade, whilst the good medium qualities are almost wholly neglected. East Indian in fair request, and prices very steady, with a poor selection on view. The sales are estimated at from 6,000 to 6,500 bales; some little for export. Imports come in pretty freely, and we shall make a fair show for several weeks yet. The harvest is going on swimmingly in the South of England, up to Shrewsbury, north of which the fields are still looking a little green, and the crops are everywhere looking well, though, generally speaking, somewhat thin. The English markets, however, generally con tinue on the advance for Wheat and Flour, which has the effect of rendering THE TRADE HERE firm, but without any important change in prices. The imports into this port since Thursday are :—Wheat, from Ireland 70 qrs., coastwise 10 ; Barley, coastwise 24 qrs.; Oats, Ireland 75 qrs. ; Beans, Europe 2283 qrs. ; Indian Corn, U. States 3826 qrs. ; Indian Corn Meal, Ireland 40 brls. ; Flour, Ireland 350 sacks, coastwise 18 brls., U. States 52 brls. Exports:—Wheat, Ireland 200 qrs., coastwise 12; Oats, coastwise 150 qrs. ; Beans, coastwise 12 qrs. ; Pease, coastwise 50 qrs. ; Indian Corn, Ireland 4486 qrs. ; Indian Corn Meal, Ireland 790 brls. ; Flour, Ireland 230 sacks 670 brls., coastwise 160 sacks 285 brls.—The Wheat trade in London is steady TO-DAY, at about last Wednes day's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease about is. dearer. Oats 6d. to is. per qr. dearer.—We have received better accounts of the POTATO crop. The following extracts from well-authenticated Irish letters, only one of which is of an unfavourable tendency, we here subjoin : Limerick : The reports from the country tend to allay the apprehensions which the first symptoms of disease in Potatoes excited, as to the safety of the crop; and it is certain there has been little observable extension of the malady to previously uninfected plants, and that the dis eased have rather recovered than retrograded.—Youghal: Potatoes are getting no worse with us. There was a large delivery to market to-day, of excellent quality, price sd. to 6d. per stone.—Cork : The Potato market is largely supplied ; the size and quality are very good, at 7d. to Bd. per wt. of 211b.—Villierstown: The Potato crop in this neighbourhoOd as yet looks as well almost as could be wished; however, an odd stalk could be found with symptoms of disease.—Be?fasl : Reports still prevail as to the Potato crop being touched by the disease of 1846, and I am sorry to say some better authenticated eases have been spoken of than had appeared hitherto this season. Since Thursday last the SUGAR market has presented a much more lively appearance. Holders are less anxious to realise, whilst the grocers have been and are still buyers on fully previous terms. The sales made are very fair, and stiffer rates obtained.-Rum is more in demand, and purchases cannot be made unless at an advance on former prices.-Saltpetre continues very flat.-A large business has been concluded in Rice: the sales, including to-day, are fully 14,000 bags at 9s. 9d. to lls. Gd. for small broken, to mid. white Bengal. There are further orders unexecuted. -In the London markets the business of the week has been upon a moderate scale, and, with the exception of rice, in which there have been considerable fluctuations, prices generally are without alteration. The sugar mar ket has shown a more settled character, and, although the duty question still remains to be discussed in Parliament, buyers have come forward with more freedom than during last week, and in some descriptions have purchased largely. AMERICAN Lard has taken a turn towards higher prices ; and owing to the lightness of stocks, and the competition last week amongst country buyers, an advance of from 2s. to 3s. per cwt. has been realised on all qualities except inferior and Grease. We have no alteration in the range of quotations for Bacon, although the business, which has been considerable, has been mainly confined to inferior descriptions. The market has been cleared of Hams in dry salt, which are much wanted ; a few hundred packages in pickle have been sold at 235. to 325. per cwt. Shoulders are scarce, and fetch full prices. it will be seen from the subjoined quotations, that the value of " Prime Mess " Pork has receded from 40s. to 605., to 365. to 555., and " Prime" is a shade lower; in " Mess " holders display more firmness, and previous prices are maintained. Beef still continues scarce, and full prices have been realised. Very little doing in Cheese. Prices Current :- Cheese-(duty paid)-Fine, -s to -s per cwt. ; middling, 40s to 43s ; ordinary, 35s to 38s. Beef-U.S. (free)-Prime mess, per tree. 3041 b., 858 to 92s 6d ; ordinary, 80s to 83s, old 40s to 605; extra, India, family, &c., 97s to 105 s; ditte, per half-barrel, 28s to 35s ;-mess, per barrel, 200'b., 50s to 56s ; ordinary, 408 to 465, old 3Cs to 408; prime, 38s to 40s. Pork- U.S. (free)-Prime mess, 36s to 555, old -s to -s per barrel, 200 lb. ; prime, 33s to 365. old 33s to -5; mess, family mess, &c., 42s to 50s, old 40s to 455. Bacon-(free)-Eastern, -s to -s; western, 2.8 s to 455; shoulders, 22s od to 24s Cd, old -s per cwt. Hains-Dried, (duty paid,) 35s to 42s per cwt. ; in salt, (free,) 25s to 325. Lard-(free)-Fine, in kegs and bar rels, 42s to 44s per cwt. ; good, in do. do., 39s to 41s ; ordinary to middling, 36s to 38s ; inferior, and grease, 30s to 355. Soda Biscuit-(duty paid)-26s to 288 per cwt. Pilot Biscuit paid)-15s to 20s per cwt. Nisi' Butt r has been more in request this week ; the sale of best southern brands, however, has been somewhat retarded, on account of holders wanting more money ; but good northerns have been dispcsed of freely for shipment; the trade in landed parcels is not brisk. There is little doing in Irish Bacon, and Hams are only in moderate request. The following are the prices this day (landed in Liver pool) :-Butter : 'Waterford, new, 80s. to 84s. ; Kilkenny, Carlow, and Clonmel, 80s. to 84s. ; Carrick, new, 795. to 82s. ; Wexford, Carlow, 80s. to 82s. ; Belfast, 80s. to 82s. ; Ballymoney & Coleraine, 78s. to 80s. ; Banbridge, 78s. to 795. ; Newry and Dundalk, 725. to 765. ,• Londonderry, 765. to 78s. Bacon: Long Middles, free from bone, new, 565. ; Short Middles, free from bone, new, 575. Hams: Dry, 655. to 725. Lard: Fine Keg, 50s. to 525. Arrivals for the week ending this day : -Butter, 5895 firkins, 1891 crocks ; Bacon, 135 bales; Lard, 2 tierces, 50 kegs. The arrivals of TIMBER from British America during the month consist of 44 vessels, 22,878 tons, which com pared with same period last year, show 25 vessels, 15,329 tons, more this year than last, and, in like manner, com paring the total import iireach year since Ist February, there appear to be 25 vessels, 22,150 tons, more this year than last. But it should be borne in mind, that last year's was less than an average import. The businees of the month opened with a firmer feeling for square Timber, more particularly for St. John's Pine, which has continued throughout and has closed with a slight advance being established ; but Spruce Planks have yielded to the pres sure of increased arrivals, and lately lower rates have been accepted for them than had been previously known here. There is still, however, a much less animated country de mand than we are accustomed to at this period of the year, nor can much improvement be looked for until affairs both at home and abroad assume a more settled appear ance. The arrivals since Ist February to present date, compared with those in last year, are as follow :- From Ist Feb. to 30th July, 1848. From Ist Feb. to 30th July, 1847. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons Quebec l6 10,132 Quebec St. John, &c... 70 .... 40,435 St. John, &c Baltic 3B 12,090 Baltic Considerable improvement has taken place in the Wool. market since our last monthly report, and the demand has been extensive for many kinds, particularly in the lower qualities. The accounts from Yorkshire and other manufacturing districts are of a more cheering character, yet we cannot report any advance generally, but we anti cipate before long, from the lightness of stocks, that a rise in value must accrue; it is obvious that the raw ma terial is far below a remunerating figure for the grower, therefore it follows, that imports will be for a time cur tailed. Since the groundless statement propagated a few days ago respecting Ireland, less has been doing ; how ever, there is no reason to doubt but in a short period, trade will have resumed its late position, as there is not much to be apprehended as to the ultimatum of the un pleasant state of Iceland, and as long as the news is of a favourable nature from the continent. A fair business has been done in East India, Servia, Oporto, Scopia and Kalkland Lambs, Buenos Ayres, Smyrna and Russian fleece (part of the latter to arrive), with other low descrip tions. Good white East India is much wanted, and Pe ruvian, which has been too long neglected, there is some enquiry for. The sales in Alpaca have been limited ; first class parcels will bring our quotations. In Scotland, at the late Inverness fair, few parcels were sold, owing to the unwillingness of farmers to realise at the present rates. The demand for Laid Highland is equal to the import; the market is bare and what arrives is soon taken into consumption ; a better feeling exists for Cheviot, but pur chasers refuse to give any advance. The London wool sales which commenced on the 22nd June, and terminated on the 19th ultimo, drew a good attendance of buyers ; towards the close, an advance was obtained on prices *alised at the beginning of the sales, of ld. to lid. rif , lb. on fine wool, which is sustained. Public sales will beheld here on the 10th proximo. A better demand has arisen for OLIVE OIL, the saleso the month have been large ; both speculators and manu facturers have operated freely, and the market has an up ward tendency. The Scotch Pig IRON Market has been very quiet throughout the week, but prices have remained steady at . 455. to 455. 6d. for mixed numbers, free on board, at Glasgow. From the likelihood of the disturbances in Ireland being now speedily quelled, a more ac ti ve d eman d is looked for. Bar Iron, ordinary sizes, in Wales, £5 15s. per ton. The present prices of TOBACCO are as follow :-James' River Leaf, faded, ad. to 3d. ; ordinary sound, 3d. to 34-d. ; middling, 3411. to 4d. ; good and fine, 44-d. to 54d. ; ditto stemmed, faded, 2d. to V i d. ; ordinary sound, 3d. to nd. ;_ middling, 4d. to 44-d. ; good and fine, 4/{l. to 52d. and 6d. Kentucky leaf, 2d. to 44. ; stemmed 3, 1 2 d. to sd. The last return from the Bank of England states that the amount of notes in circulation is £19,040.720, being a decrease of £104,340; and the stock of bullion in both departments is £14,108,707, showing a decrease of £154,469, when compared with the preceding return. The accounts from the Amsterdam Bourse state, that although little business had been transacted, the prices for Mitch and Russian were slightly better. Spanish was dull, sales having latterly increased. The Three per Cents. closed on the Paris Bourse on Saturday, at 45f. ; the Five per Cents., 72f. The overland mail which reached London yesterday brings intelligence from Bombay to the effect that the setting in of the south-west monsoon had put a stop to business. Abundant rain had fallen. The money market was in a healthy condition, supplies of specie coming freely from China. The market for cotto n pi ece goo d s and cotton yarn was quiet. Freights, owing to a large accumulation of tonnage, gave way. The last engagement to Liverpool was at £3 per ton, but, as several additional arrivals were reported, it was not expected this rate would be maintained. Rates to London we quote at £2 10s. to £2 12s. 6d. ; and for China we hear of two vessels taken up-one at 8.-Ir. per candy, and the other at Sr. Exchanges had experienced a slight decline, a con siderable amount in Russell's draughts upon Baring's having changed hands at ls. 10d. The banks asked ls. 9d. for bills at six months' sight, but only one transac tion at this rate had taken place. At Calcutta business was still extremely depressed. A better disposition to ship sugar was shown, - but at a trifling improvement in prices which holders were less inclined to accept. Saltpetre had given way 4a. to Ga. per maund. Little was doing in rice. The import market was'still in an unsatisfactory state. The demand for cotton piece goods was limited, and prices were depressed. No change had occurred in the money market. Exchange was no minally at 1-10 for six months' sight, paper, with docu ments, but there was none offering. The most experienced brokers have no recollection of bills of exchange being so very scarce. Freights rema i ne d pretty stea d y at our l ast quotations, with a slight advance in the rates for some articles to London. For sugar and saltpetre our quota tions ara £4 ss. to £4 10s. THE PACKET SHIP CONSTITUTION. The increasing trade between this port and New York, more particularly in the transit of passengers, has given to the industry of America a stimulus in the building of ships suited to that traffic, and produced a marked im provement in their size, capacity, model, and general equipment. Hitherto clippers in speed and great in burthen, they are now excelling in the more important points—of producing fast-sailing, good carrying, well ventilated and strong ships ; and in no instance is this position more verified than in that of the packet-ship Constitution, some particulars of which may not prove uninteresting. In point of external appearance the Con stitution has all the symmetrical beauty of aline of battle ship. Her entrance is fine, her bearing good, and her run such as would scarcely leave a ripple in her wake. Her stem from the water-line has a graceful curve and is surmounted by a colossal figure of General Washington, with trail board richly carved ; her stern is also relieved with scroll work, surmounted by the American Eagle. The length of the Constitution, from stem to stern post, is 200 feet. Her keel is 188 feet. The breadth of beam is forty feet ten inches, and the depth of hold thirty-one feet. She has three decks. A prome nade deck, usually sparred, but in this case planked and caulked, a gun deck, and a berth deck. The between decks are extremely lofty, and well ventilated,:but no conception of their capaciousness can be formed by de scription. On the gun deck most comfortable staterooms are erected, while below the berths i for steerage passen gers are in great part constructed of iron, and are so roomy that for the four voyages and a passage she has made, not a single case of sickness has occurred. Yet, in case o f need, she has that significant sign, so lauded by our talented townswoman Mrs. 'Maury,—" This ship carries a surgeon." The saloon is splendidly, and at the same time substantially, decorated. The state-rooms, which rut down each side, are cut off by pannelling, in dark and richly-feathered mahogany, skirted with rosewood, and relieved with intervening pilasters, in white enamel, picked out with gsild in correspondence with the mouldings of the ceiling. The sofas and settees are upholstered in crimson plush, and the whole has the appear ance, not only of splendour but of warmth and comfort. The slate-rooms, as may be conceived in a vessel of upwards of forty feet beam are roomy. convenient, and well lighted. They are pro vided with accommodation for thirty cabin passengers, and though now fully a week from the sailing day, only one room is unengaged. The Constitution was built at New York, by Messrs. Brown and Bell, at the time of the dispute as to the Oregon Territory, and in strength is so superior, that had that question not been satisfactorily settled, she would have been purchased by the govern ment, and rated as a 44 gun frigate, but is fully calculated to mount 60 guns. Tier timbers are solid Live Oak, her planking oak to the water-line, and above that pitch pine. Her knees are all well grown and fitted, and she is copper fastened throughout and coppered. The scale cf spars is fully equal to those of any American frigate. The Con stitution is commanded by Capt. J. Britton, whose long connexion with the port as commander of the Rochester, has gained him the esteem of the first in the trade, while his generous, but seaman like conduct has secured the acknowledged good wishes of all who had the pleasure of his company at sea ; indeed, such is the estimation in which he his held that his command will give a preference to any ship. As a conveyance for passengers the Constitution is most admirably suited ; indeed the very fact of her being the largest merchant ship (British or American) that ever entered this port, will give her a strong recommendation. Her tonnage is, by register, 1,6119, and her estimated burthen close on 2,000 tons. She is consigned in the passenger department here to Mr. B. Byrne, jun., of Waterloo-road, whose ma nagement of her last voyage has been spoken of in high terms of commendation. To strangers the sight of this ship will be highly gratifying. A telegraphic message received from Birmingham, on Saturday, states that the detective sent to apprehend Dr. Reynolds had succeeded in capturing him. Inrsn VANITY.—Gen. Cavaignac, the Military Dicta tor of Paris, who suppressed the insurrection, is of Irish descent and of the once princely race of the Cavanaghs of Bon is.—Limerick Chronicle. THE COMING HARVEST.—The Gardeners' Chronicle publishes returns from various parts of the country of the present appearance of the crops. They indicate a full average produce of wheat, a various yield of barley, a comparatively poor crop of oats and of beans, a very bad crop of peas, good promise of a turnip crcp, and a heavy crop of hay of variable quality. They indicate also a stock of wheat on band considerably beyond the average of past years at tins season. On the whole, we think there was at the date of these returns every reason for thankful anticipation regarding the ensuing harvest. THE SEA LIONESS.—One of these amphibious crea tures having been captured in the South Seas, by a Cap tain Triscott, has been brought to England, and is now exhibiting in London. It evidently belongs to the seal tribe, from which it differs in the general squareness of its head and the specific flatness of its nose. Its eyes are round and brilliant, end its skin is covered with smooth blackish gray hair, while its fins are like the hands of the human being. One of its peculiarities is in its teeth, which consist of only four in front, besides a few small grinders." A living specimen of the " sea lioness" has never before been seen in this country, and the present opportunity, therefore, will not be lost by the stu lents in natural history. But we may remark the animal seems rather to be in a dying than thriving condition. SILVER.—In the Lords Committee on the Bank Act of 1844, Mr. Glyn was asked, " Do you approve of that clause of the act which restricts the Bank in the purchase of silver bullicn ?" To which he replied, " - I certainly do not. I think the restriction to one-fifth is very in convenient, and practically, in the spring of last year, was found so. Merchants from the Pacific, whose returns are very much in silver bullion, found, when it ar rived last spring, that there was no market for it here, and they had to send it over to Paris for returns in bills of ex change, and when they came back there was a difficulty in discounting. The interval lost, which is about six weeks, is a verY serious thing to a mercantile house. And there is another evil in it. Supposing the amount of bullion held in the issue department to be in the exact propor tions allowed by the act, with one-fith silver, and supposing that £400,000 of notes go in taking the same amcunt of sovereigns out, that immediately alters the proportions, and the issue department must necessarily sell silver bullion to keep the proportions right, and thus reduce the circulation another £lO,OOO to keep up the pro portion." NARROW ESCAPE OF HER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARD FROM FIRE.— On Saturday morning her Majesty's dock yard at Devonport most narrowly escaped a serious con flagration. As an inspector was going his rounds at one o'clock, he saw some smoke issuing from the Old Horn engine-house, closely abutting on the roof of No. 4 dock, in which the Cambridge , e B, is repairing, and on opening the door discovered the werkmens' dresses, which were deposited there, in a blaze, and a policeman's lantern burning in the midst of the fire. With the assistance of the serjeant and the policeman on the beat he turned on the ready prepared hose to the water-pipe, and very soon extinguished it. On subsequent examination, by the admiral superintendent and the Queen's solicitor, of the policeman stationed on the beat, the man stated that he lost a key in the engine -house, and lighted his lantern teem the corporal of the guard's lantern, and by the aid of which endeavoured to find it, when. hearing the inspector of police coming the rounds, to avoid being detected with his lantern lighted, he placed it on the floor of the build ing, and threw some of the workmens' clothes over it, and thus the fire originated. The man was remanded until Mon day, when he will be re-examined. It was fortunate that the smoke was discovered so promptly, for the building wilt full of inflammable materials ; and if the fire had acquired any strength, the roof of the dock and the line of battle ships would have been inevitably destroyed, and it would have been impossible to have estimated the extent of the damage her Majesty's dockyard would have sustained. ACE, hbg Og i ; 450 r. with bY To 0 t 1!° r 111 t to Icor' acl;, Kit- L red, bole hicb care , ;tyle 0 11 2 with Ins; aY ; the Oh n ot crs,