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pinto). SKETCHES IN THE MANCHESTER GALLERY. No. 2.—THE ANGEL GABPAPL. — Agnet Dolci. Whence was this vision ? From what happy fountains Of poet feeling came its beauty forth? It seems like one, whose feet upon the mountains Were lovely, bringin; news of peace to earth ! Lo, in those deep clear eyes what solemn lustre, What heavenly calm upon that stainless brow ? What glorious light upon the curls that cluster In deathless beauty o'er that forehead's snow And on the lips—on, no celestial roses Hare half their love, so holy and refined ; 'That sweet and solemn face at once discloses The Seraph and the Cherub well cumbined ! 'So didst thou look, when, by the Master bidden, Thou bidst the slumbering prophet wake and rise, And didst reveal the mystic vision hidden, In signs and symbols from his earthly eyes ! So didst thou look, when to the Virgin, lowly Bowing her head in meekness at the sight, Thou cantos% bearing tidings true and holy, That in her home should dwell the Eternal light. Where .lidst thou pluck those fair unsullied flowers? By Heaven's pure fountains, near the Eternal throne ? Or in some starry world, whose fadeless bowers Are yet to sin and sutTering all unknown? Thou comest with the light of Heaven about thee, Oa thy bright garments, on thy gracious brow; Ah, could the hardest heart of mortal doubt thee, If thou shouldst bear to us glad tidings now? Alas it bath be thus I a dreary story We have, to b our hearts with fear and shame ! It was where Angels walked, midst Eden's glory, Bringing in sin and woe the tempter came. So, if we heed not what God's word bath spoken; If to his truth we lend no willing ear; Surely his holy law would still be broken, Although an Angel brought the message near. Manchester Courier. SKETCHES IN THE NIANCHESTER GALLERY. No.3.—Tne How( FAMlLY.—Parmigiano. Lo, where the shadowy trees Are whispering, like the seas When the fair summer air is low and mild, Her heart as gently thrilled, With quiet joy o'erfilled, The Holy Mother tends the Holy Child ! at To us the Child was horn, to us is given The wonderful, the mighty God from Heaven ! And by her side the while, Undecked by boyhood's smile, Full of the shadi,vring of his future years, Yet calmly, purely bright. As with an inner light,. The Prophet of the Wilderness appears t That tiny Cross! he feels its mystery Oh, mother doth it bear no sign to thee ? There was a prophecy Uttered in days gone by, When to the temple thou didst bring thy son ; 'There was a cloud that rolled O'er thy meek joy its fold, And was its shade forgotten, soon as gone? Dost thou not yet with the remembrance start ? " A sword, oh, mother! yet shall pierce thy heart ?" Perchance when tempests lower, That warning voice hash power; But not when sunshine settles on his brow— Perchance when in unrest He murinureth at thy breast; But not when sleeping tranquilly, as now ! Whence the sword cotneth is a mystery sealed— blessed art thou—it is not yet revealed ! Yes,—lt is well for thee, The bitterest agony Were thine to thin it, that all thy tender ears Must train that beauteous form To stru gg le with the storm, Anti for a crown of thorns that brow prepare! Blest be the spirit's hopeful unbelief That will nut realize the coining grief ! An angel's message clear Is whispering in thine ear— Hail, thou art highly favoured—blessed thou! Thy heart confirms the strain, The shadow and the pain • Come not to mar the happy present now— Thy heart is glad, oh Virgin undefiled! Framing the future for that Holy Child! Manchester Courier. CON TE3fPORAIIY PRESS. POSTO.FFICE REFORM. (Proin the Post Circular.) One of the most cherished watchwords of our intern gent and prudent countrymen is the " Freedom of the Press." What is the freedom of the press but the free dom of communicating thought? A ready vehicle for the transmission of knowledge. Let a despot place a look on every printing office in the country, and proclaim that not a sheet should be issued unless circulated by him. self, according to his pleasure, well or ill—fast or slow— until a tax of 2,3, and 400 per cent had been paid for his monopoly. Would the grievance be endured for a single hour? What is letter-writing but the more an cient and the infinitely more universal organ for coin munication of thought than printing ? Men wrote long . before they printed, and great us are the blessings and the effects of the press, inconceivably greater have been those of written communication. The written Bible taught the knowledge of God, and sowed the seeds of Christianity thousands of years before the printed Bible expanded that knowledge. MnO is little better than a savage without a knowledge of written characters. The employment of printing is an after stage in his civiliza tion. Communication by writing being at least equally as important as printing, how do the people suffer it to be dealt with by the government ? Is it not encumbered with those oppressions, against which, if applied to print ing, the people would revolt though they were supported by all the tyrannies in the world ! Nnt only does the government monopolise the transmission of written com munication, but it lays on a tax so heavy, and executes the work in a way, that almost amounts to a prohibition of correspondence. We blame no particular govern ment for the present taxes on the transmission of thought, but we do indeed deplore that the expenses of the late war should have occasioned such fiscal encroachments on thi.s—the most essential organ of civilization. In 1765, the universal postage on letters, transmitted under fifteen miles, was one penny; above fifteen and under thirty miles, twopence; above thirty and under eighty miles, threepence , ; and on all abme eighty miles the postage was only fourpence. Be it remembered in 1765, there were no mail coaches, (the cheapest mode of transmission,) few direct roads, and those few inferior to the worst turnpike-road of the present time—small faci lities for travelling—great insecurity—and a population not half the amount of the present. In 1835, with all possible increased advantage' of travel and transport, Increased trade, progressive numbers and intelligence, the postage of one penny has become fourpence ; of two pence, sixpence; of threepence, eightpence ; of four pence, ninepence, tenpence, and elevenpence, &c. In 1765, the true principle of postage, uniformity of rate, is carried out, probably as near as the Post office expenses of that time would allow ' • and the charges were evidently regulated on the principle mentioned by Lord Lowther, in his statesman-like report, that " the Postoffice was to afford advantne•e to trade and commerce," and that "re venue to be derived from the Postoffice was not the pri mary consideration." Shall we not in this case at least advert to the " wisdom of our ancestors ?" Let us not stay to discuss the manifold advantages to trade and commerce, and money-getting, nor the impetus to education, nor even the still dearer increase of the blessings of religious and moral sentiments which a cheap postage would confer, but let the people raise their voices for the great principle of Freedom of Speech,—for let ter-writing is but speaking at a distance,—and let them tell the minister in tones not to be mistaken, that their speech shall not be crippled by fiscal tyranny—let wi dowed mothers anxious to reclaim their children erring at a distance, lay the wishes of their hearts before the Queen—let meetings be held in every village and ham let of the kingdom, and petitions prepared for tie legis lature—let deputations of science and commerce haunt the ministers, and let the whole people shout for the principle of " Freedom of Speech —with the cheapest profitable postage, or no government monopoly." PAPAL USURPATIONS. " JOHN TUAM" V. THE POPISH RELIEF BILL, AND THE NATIONAL BOARD. (From the Dublin Evening Mail.) Lord Lorton put a question in the House of Lords on Tuesday evening, which seems to have taken our Pro testant Prime Minister by surprise —viz., Whether any steps had been taken by the government to enforce the penalty, in consequence of a Roman Catholic Prelate having assumed the title of Archbishop, and affixed the signature "John Toam" to certain inflammatory letters addressed to one of her Majesty's Secretaries of State ? Lord Melbourne "did not know : it was the province of the Irish government to take up the matter—he would inquire, and report." Not to dwell on the Prime Minister's ignorance on a matter of such importance, which has now been before the public for several months—we shall take him on his own grounds; and, admitting the inquiry came properly vyithin the province of the Irish executive, we seize upon his concession that the matter was deserving of investi gation, and ask, firstly, whether any steps have been ta ken on the subject by the Irish law officers of the crown % And secondly, if not, why not ? The former question we may boldly answer in the ne gative. The latter will be best explained by observing that the Trish Government is not a Protestant Government—and that the Irish Attorney General is a Roman Catholic. We trust, however, that Lord Lnxton will insist upon the promised explanation. • To'characterise the letters or John Tuam to her Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home De partment as "inflammatory" merely is weak; they are ""IrPtrig and contumacious. Not satisfied with arrogat ing to himself the title of the Archbishop of Tuam, he proceeds, in the last epistle, to degrade from his legal rank the Archbi. imp of Dublin, denom;nating him—in contradis!inction from the genuine Archbishop in the Papal acceptation--" the Protestant Archbishop of Du!)- lin. - Nai', the contumacy of the man is such, that he does not scruple to inform her Majesty's Government that " ft is to him a matter of indifference, what may he the opini ons of a body composed of a majority of the rankest enemies of his faith, as long as he speaks the recorded sentiments of the bishops and the Pope. Whilst I can put," says he, " what I have written in juxta-position with the resolutions of the one, and the rescripts of the other, I can well afford to be put under the political ban of any government commissioners, who on the conyi of a Protestant Lord Lieutenant alone, proceed to make fundamental changes in the religious portionkif a code of educa tion." Such are the liege subjects which Popery affords and Maynooth furnishes. CHURCH EXTENSION IN SCOTLAND. On Monday last the deputation from the committee of the General Msemldy of the Church of Scotland for Church exten- sion, consisting of the Rev. Dr. Aiton, Dr. Anderson. Rev. Mr. Murray, and Rev. Mr. Christisou, was met by a num ber of highly-respectable and influential gentlemen, in the Cla rendon-rooms, to organise a committee to whom should be en trusted the arrangements for a public meeting, to he held on the return of the deputation from London, when the claims of the Scottish peasantry, now destitute of the divine ordinances of religion, will be brought fully before the inhabitants of Li verpool. CRAWFORD LoGarr, Esq. was called to the chair, and briefly opened the business of the meeting. He said the liberality of the inhabitants of Liverpool, during the late winter, had been great, but the object of the deputation's visit to this town was of so important a nature, that they could not hesitate again to ap peal for assistance to supply the religious destitution of which the deputation would give the meeting interesting details. The plan proposed for its removal had had the sanction of a long ex perience—►t was a tried system—and would, no doubt, meet the approval of that meeting. The Rev. Dr. RaLI'H then introduced the deputation to the meeting, and Dr. AtTON, of Dolphinton, one of the deputies, rose to ad dress the meeting, but said he would not detain them long. They had come, he said, on behalf of the Church of Scotland, the very mention of which, he was sure, from what he had seen since their arrival in this town, would secure for them a favour able hearing and gratifying response. At first he had felt great diffidence on entering upon this mission, but his diffidence hail given way to confident hope that they should not only be well received, but that they should carry back with them some proofs of the well-known liberality of Liverpool. He was aware that large sums bad been subscribed in this town for the desti tute Highlanders; but he was sure they should not he disap pointed who came, not for meat that perisheth, but for the bread • of life for perishing souls in that land, where there were tens, fifties, yea hundreds of thousands destitute of spiritual and pas toral superintendence. The dissenters had done much, but there was a field beyond the power of dissenters to cultivate. They ('he deputation ) had no desire to circumscribe the useful ness of dissenters, for if it were so they might justly be charged with having undertaken an unchristian mission—hut they were there to obtain further aids for preaching to the poor the un searchable riches of Christ. ( Rear, hear.) Many of those who would thus be brought under the preaching of the gospel might go to the dissenters, and, therefore, this mission would be found to he promotive of their interests--certainly not opposed to them, inasmuch as it would be the means of extending the Redeemer's kingdom in the land. ( Hear and applause.) Large sums had been raised in Scotland, and from ISO to 200 churches had been or were about to be erected, and were in the course of erection; and of those completed many were occupied by devout congregations. That might be attributed to human agency; but he thought he did not say too much when be said the agency was divine, and that they were but the humble in struinents. This was the first appeal of the Church of Scotland to the Church of England in this country ; and when he looked to the Scotch residents in this part of the kingdom—to their industry, moral habits, and respectability, he could not but feel that there was something due to the admirable system of educa tion pursued in Scotland. He believed Scotchmen were re spected, not only here, but throughout the world; and were he to point out one thing more than another that tended to give them such business habits and intelligence, he should point to the strict moral and religious education they received in their youth, in which habits and religious feelings were inculcated that followed them through life. As they should have opportu nities of going into detail on another occasion, he would not then further occupy their time, especially as his friend Dr. An derson would follow him; but, in conclusion, he would express the gratification he had in meeting and addressing the respecta ble gentleman present on so interesting a subject. Dr. ANottasoN, of Newburgh, another of the deputies, rose end said he did not think it then necessary to detain the meet ing at any great length, but he would just state, that in the course of their visit to this town he had met with something that might militate against their mission. He had been told that their object was to make inroads on the dissenters—to put . . down their chapels—and occupy themselves the room which dis senters occupied in their own country ; but, said the rev. gen tleman emphatically, " we have no such object," for he gladly admitted that his countrymen were under great obligations to the dissenters for much of their instruction in their religious duties. They had been again told that they were forming a po litical mission; but they had no such object either. Their ob ject was not recently designed, fur in 1828 a committee was ap pointed to procure church extension ; it was re-established on a more permanent form in 1831; and that was the only object of the deputation's mission to this country. It was gratifying too to find that it was not confined to any one party. but was parti cipated in by distinguished men of various parties in Scotland, who took a warm interest in the cause which they came there to advocate. They did not wish to aggrandise their church at the expense of the dissenters ; but they stood on the ground of their common Christianity, and sought to bring a knowledge of the truth to those who had not hitherto had the means of ac quiring it. They had had it proved to them, under a commis sion now traversing their country, that Edinburgh had from 45,000 to 50,000, and Glasgow upwards of 66.000 inhabitants who had no means of hearing the word of God, however willing —in other words, that if the sittings in their places of worship were fully occupied, there were 150,000 still remaining that would not be able to obtain an entrance into the temple of the living God. The church of Scotland had long been awake to the importance of the cause in which they were then employed —it had been discussed in the presbyteries and brought before government, and a commission had been sent iu consequence to inquire, and they found that there were from 40 to 50 churches endowed, hut inaccessible—chapels built and sustained by the people themselves, who had not access to their parish churches —but after all there was the grave and important fact that the spiritual destitution was most alarming. It was proved by a committee consisting of gentlemen of the Chula of England, of the Church of Scotland, and of the secession church, that if their churches and chapels were filled, about one-fourth part of the 'inhabitants would be as much shut omit of the temple of Jehovah as if they were residents in the wilderness. He was sure the inhabitants of this country would not allow the depu tation to return without something to aid them in their object; he did not ask for much, but as they were people of a united kingdmss living under one government, aml believing in one common Christianity—blessings in which they must wish that others should participate—he confidently appealed to English men. and knew he should not appeal in vain. After these remarks it was moved and seconded that a com mittee be appointed of gentlemen present, with power to add to their number, to make the necessary arrangements for a pub lic appeal to the inhabitants of this town ; that Mr. Grant be the treasurer, and Mr. Parker the secretary, who in the dis charge of his duties will be assisted by the Rev. Dr. Ralph and the Rev. John Park. (See advertisement.) The Rev. JOHN MURRAY , of Abbott's Hall (another of the deputies) then rose to address the meeting, anti said he should confine himself to a few statistical details, which he quoted from an address published by the general committee. As that ad dress contains a statement of facts startling and important, we think the better plan is to give it to our readers entire. It is as follows The Committee on Church Extension was first appointed in 1828, but it was not till 1R34 that the General Assembly esta blished it in a permanent form, on the model of the Committee for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts ; since that time it has been in efficient operation, having it as the one and truly Christian object of its institution, to provide the means of reli gious instruction and pastoral superintendence for the many thousands of our fellow-countrymen who are destitute of that invaluable blessing. The following statements will enable the reader to form some conception of the grounds upon which the church has proceeded in instituting such a committee, and iu making the consequent appeals to the Christian liberality of the peo " ple of Scotland. The simple fact that, while, during the last 250 years, the population of Scotland had increased from one million to nearly two millions and a half, scarcely any increase had taken place in the number of its parishes, was of itself sufficient to lead any mind to the conviction that the present provision for the reli gious instruction apd pastoral superintendence of the people must be very inadequate. But during the last three or four years, a multitude of actual surveys have been taken, and accu rate investigations made, into the religious condition of the peo ple, and especially of the poorer classes, which have completely established the fact, and done much towards determining the amount of the ecclesiastical destitution at present existing iu Scotland, and which it is the desire of the General Assembly as speedily and as effectually as possible to remedy. Much infor mation on this subject will be found in the two valuable reports of the religious instruction commissioners, which are now be fore the public. " In the first of these reports, which relates exclusively to the presbytery of Edinburgh, the commissioners have stated respect ing this city, that 'the number of persons capable of attending, who habitually absent themselves from public worship, cannot be less than from 40,000 to 50,0(X), according to the age at which children may he supposed capable of attending church.' ' neglect of public worship.' it is added, appears by the evidence Is he almost entirely confined to the poorer classes, and chiefly to the very lowest.' "Again, in their second report, the same commission state respecting what they call the United District of the Royalty, Barony, and Gorbals of Glasgow, ' that a very large number of persons, upwards of 60,000, exclusive of children under ten years of age, are not in the habit of attending public worship.' "In both these cases the commissioners take into considera tion church attendance of every kind, and at any place, in the establishment, and among dis , enters, at regular churches, and at mere preaching stations. It is obvious, therefore, that every expedient is adopted to swell the number of church-attendees, and the destitution which is thus brought out, must be any thing else than over-stated. "in the reports of the royal commissioners, it appears that in the two cities of Edinburgh aria Glasgow alone, there are not less than about 116.000 persons, upwards of ten years of age, living in the continual and habitual neglect of the ordinances of meligion habitually absenting themselves from the House of God. If to this number we add only 34,000 for children under the age specified—a number not too great, we have the specta cle of a gross population of 150,000 in these two cities alone, living altogether apart from the means of grace, without God anti without bore in the world. "This fact, when thus simply shoed, appears to be startling enough, but a few further observations may place it in a more striking point of view. By the census of 1831, it appears that the entire postulation of each of the large and populous counties of Ayr, Perth, Fife, and Forfar, did not amount to that number. Now, what would be felt and said, were it possible to point to any one of these large anti important districts of the country, anti to say with truth, that it did not contain a single Christian congregation—not even a single Christian man? but that the darkness of deep and degrading heathenism brooded over all its families? Yet destitution, literally to this extent, exists at this moment, in the two cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow alone. Again, what would be thought, could we say of the three southern counties of Dumfries, Roxburgh, and Berwick, that they formed one scene of spiritual desolation—not one sin gle inhabitant t 4 that laisse district of country either seeking or professing to seek after God ? Yet theme are so many immortal beings, in this condition, in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone, as very nearly equal the whole pepulation of these three coun tries. Once more, could we form to ourselves a conception of the state of things resulting from a universal heathenism pre vailing over the whole six conterminous counties of_Berwick, Roxburgh. Iladdington, Peebles, Selkirk, and Linlithgow; it would riot exceed what by the report of her lll:tjesty's commie stoners is shown actually to exist at the itionieut in the two principal towns of Scotland alone. " It shook not be fun„ open tim'et it is ainang the poorest of the land, and those, therefore, who are least ;e tie to do any thing for themselves to ameliorate their ecclesiastical condition. that this destitution chiefly ptevatls. This destitution, ins., is of so deep and distressing a kind that it were in vain to at tempt, in such a paper like the present, an adequate delinea tion of it. None, indeed, but those who hive had personal in tercourse with the inhabitants of such districts, can have a right conception of the degraded state in which hundreds are living around us, or feel sufficiently the necessity that there is fir the must efficacious means we can command being adopted, and all the resources of christian benevolence within our reach being called into operation. in order to effectuate a change for the better. The documents, however, which have been referred to, contain not only a general account of the destitution prevailing in Edinburgh and Glasgow, but evidence of a very instructive nature respecting the destitution of various isolated districts, In one district of St. Cuthbert's parish, for example, contain ing 511 families, or 2219 individuals, there were found to be only 283 sittings held of right in all places of worship whatever —indicating a miserable deficiency in so large a district, in the habit of church attendance. The whole of the Tron Church parish, Edinburgh, is represented as containing 692 families, or 2,629 persons, but they have only 331 sittings among them, or one for every eight inhabitants. Some smeller districts are even more striking. One district in St. Cuthttert'e parish of 289 inhabitants has 13 sittings, or 1 for every 22 persons; another of 248 has 8, or one for every 31 ; another of 210 has 10, or I for every 21 ; another in Old Greyfriars' parish a 3(13 has 12, or 1 for 25 ; another in New Greyfriars' of 266 has 10. or 1 fur every 26. A multitude of detached districts besides these are referred to, in which the rate of seatholding to the whole population is as lin 7, 1 in 8, lin 1-1, lin 18, &c. The state of things is similar, or even worse, in Glasgow. " With reference to the destitution prevailing in Glasgow, and the efforts which have been made to remedy it, we may quote the following striking paragraph from a late report of the Glasgow Church Building Society, After mentioning that in Glasgow and suburbs there are no fewer than 85,105 persons capable of attending church, who have not a sitting in any place of worship, established or dissenting, of any denomination what ever,'—aud that 'there are not fewer than 18,004 families, no member of which has a sitting in any place of worship whatever,' —the report proceeds to say,—' The Glasgow Church Building Society commenced their operations in the beginning of the year 1831, and though the three years which have elapsed since that period down to the close of the year 1836 has been a period of signal beneficence and of unusual exertion for increasing the church accommodation of our city, yet it is a striking and no less deeply affecting fact, that, with the combined efforts of our society and the dissenters of all denominations, we have not been able to provide church accommodation for one-half of the increase of the population :ince our society commenced their la bours in 1831. From the Ist of January, 1831, to the 24 of January, 1837, it is supposed that the population of Glasgow and suburbs have increased 24.000 souls. For these 14,400 sittings would have beet required, and yet the whole additional churches which have been opeued during that period, connected both with the establishment and dissenters, contain only 6562 sittings, leaving a deficiency of church accomtnodation for the niece increase of the population, of no fewer than,7B3B sittings. 'chits, though 6562 of the increase of the population have, dining that period, been provided for, 7838 of that increase have been left unprovided for, and this with the efforts of the establishment and dissenters combined. And thus, great as was the spiritual destitution of our city before we commenced our labours, the close of every year finds it greater than before. "But it is nut in Edinburgh and Glasgow alone that grievous destitution is found to prevail. In all our large towns, and in many of our country parishes, the most strenuous exertions are called for in behalf of perishing thousands of our fellow-country men. In only five parisbes in Dundee, statistical inquiries lately instituted, terminated in the appalling result of 36,624 of a population, and 15,918 of these, above seven years of age, and capable of attending divine ordinances, without a right of ac cummodation in any place of worship whatever. Similar state ments may be made respecting Paisley, Aberdeen, Falkirk, Dunfermline, anti all our large towns. In the parish of Dun donald, until lately, there was a population of 5837, with ono church only, containing 627 sittings. The total population of Uig, in the presbytery of Lewis, is 3011, all of them members a the established church, and the church, which is the only place of worship in the parish, contains 900 sittings. The parish of Lochs, which is 35 miles long and 18 broad, intersected by mountains, morasses, rivers, and arms or the sea, has a popula tion of 3388, and the only place of worship is the parish church, capable of containing 700 sitters. The civil parish of Loch broom is about 36 miles long by 20 broad, and contains a popu lation of 5206. Of these, 2400 are included in the quoad sacra parish attached to the parliamentary church of Ullapool, which accommodates 600 sitters, but upwards of 1000 of the inhabitants of this quoad mere parish are 12 miles from Ullapool. At Fort William, there is a population of 1600 separated from the parish church by an arm of the sea, and the river Lochy; for these, steps are being taken to provide a new church. Until the new I I church was erected Lybster in Caithness, the inhabitants of that village, amounting to 1500, and had no other church to go to but the parish church, or that of the mission of Bruan, both at the distance of from four to five miles; and while the parish of Latheron coutained 65(X) inhabitants, the church and the mission-house together furnished accommodation only to 1320. In Glenelg there is the village of Amisdale with 900 people, and at the distance of 12 or 14 miles from the parish church. In the parish attached to the parltainentary church of Poolewe there is a district called 'tie Leigh, containing a population of 150(1 souls, and these are from 6 to 12 miles distant from the parish church, without a place of worship of any description whatever. These are but a few of the specimens of that fearful destitution which exists at this moment in every quarter of the land. It will now be apparent to every one is ho will attend to th e above statements, that there is a loud and urgent call for chris tian liberality and christian exertion, its "order to bring the les sons of the gospel to bear on such heathenized masses of our country's population, and that the General Assembly is r u tt y justified in making so earnestan appeal to the country in behalf of the great cause of church extension. A wide field of mis sionary enterprise is spread around us. We can turn to the 50,000 retinue', accountable, anti inniaortal beings in Edinburgh, and the 66,000 in Glasgow, who are living in the utter neglect of even the commonest duties and services of religion ; and to the thousands and tens of thousands similarly circumstanced in nearly all the counties of Scotland besides, and are there pre sented with the spectacle of large and numerous tracts of spi ritual desolation, urgently demanding the efforts of Christian philanthropy to redeem them—a work, which nothing but the strenuous anti sustained exertions of many years will be ade quate to accomplish. But just because this field of missionary enterprise is so accessible, does there appear to be the stronger reason for its being undertaken. .Moreover, if the precept, to Go and preach the gospel to every creature," establishes a re lation between the Christian and his fellow-men even in the remotest corner of the world, that relationship appears to be all the stronger, anti the obligation to obey the precept all the more solemn and impe l :ll6re, when it concerns our very neighbours aud fellow-countrymen, those who speak the same language, who live under the seine laws, and who, perhaps, in their in fancy, were baptised in the same name with ourselves. "The only remedy which the General Assembly believe, under the blessing of God, is fitted to remove the wide-spread evil above explained, is the efficient operation of the parochial sys em. They wish to see these vast moral wildernesses broken up, and divided into districts small enough to he each cultivated by the labour of one minister; they would erect a church easily accessible to all the district attached to it as a parish ; and they would have either no seat-rents at all, or seat-rents low enough to he adapted to the circumstances of the poorest families in the neighbourhood. They believe that were this machinery carried into vigorous operation throughout the land, and every little dis trict its own clergyman, who faithfully and diligently carried the lessons of the gospel from house to house, its own eiders and other ecclesiastical office bearers, to co-operate with the mini• ster in the great work of improving the condition of the people of their charge, its own schools and teachers for the moral and religious, as well as intellectual training of the young, and were the out-pouring of the Spirit of God to accompany such efforts in the cause of truth,—they believe that were this the case, the must remarkable effects would be produced in an inconceivably shoat period, on the temporal well-being and religious character of the general population. What is now a desolation would be come as a field which the Lord bad blessed. "'rite labours of the Church Extension Committee have hi therto been so far blessed, that in a space of less than four years steps have been taken for the erection of no less than 180 new churches. Of these, about 100 have already been opened for public worship, and nearly that number have fixed and perma nent labourers. In all these, the most complete and remarkable success has attended the experiment of opening the new church, and the most beneficial effects have been produced on the neigh bouring population. A single instance of failure is not known to the committee. "The mere fact, that in so short a time 100 new churches have been opened, and 100 new congregations formed, is striking, but, the more it is considered, it will be felt to be the more impres sive. That. we may more sensibly feel the power of such an an nouncement, let us conceive how we would be affected, and what we would say, were we informed that 100 missionaries had set sail to some distant part of the world, to Christianize the hea then in India, or the interesting islands of the South Seas. Would not the mere statement arrest the attention, warm the heart, and call forth the prayers and blessings of every Christian soul? Bet suppose that, in addition to this, it were possible to report that each of these devoted missionaries had gathered around him a numerous and attentive congregation, that 100 iiew churches had actually been erected, and that from sabbath to sabbath the voice of psalms, and the accents of prayer, and the faithful ministrations of God's word and sacraments were to be heard and witnessed in many a populous town, and many a sequestered valley*here vice and ungodliness and spiritual darkness prevailed before, is there a Christian man in this coun try whose heart would not but u within him, as in imagination he contemplated the refreshing spectacle, and who would not rejoice in the proof thus afforded, that the spirit was yet powerful as ever, and that God had not left himself without a witness? But all this has actually been done. Otis hundred missionaries have already been sent to time heathen at home ; and this with uni versal and most encouraging success. A signal blessing has ac companied the efforts of the church extension committee. They have not laboured in vain. Where all the efforts put forth in the church extension cause to terminate in the salvation of but one soul—the country would be richly repaid for all the money and all the labour which have been expended in this way. B ut i s there not every reason fur forming a much higher estimate, and that the opening of these new churches will be instrumental in awakening multitudes, and ripening them for heaven--multitudes who in eternity will associate their earliest impressions respect ing heavenly things with these new churches, and bless the in strumentality by which the work of their preparation for the eternal world was effected? " Every contribution, therefore, to the church extension scheme, is really helping on the work of preparing soule for eternal glory. But it need not he forgotten at the same time, that every such contributor is also taking one of the best steps to secure the temporal happiness of his fellow-countrymen. Wherever true religion is maintained, there also will peace, and contentment, and comfort, be found prevailing; and they are the best benefactors of their brethren, not only in eternity, but also iu time, who would teach them the fear of God and the keeping of his commandments. Every new church that is erected, is a new centre from which the most benign influence is radiated forth upon the surrounding, populiftion,---is the open ing of a new spring in the desert. We read of the effects pro duced by a continued flow of a stream of water in the sultry climates of the east. All round may be a barren and dreary waste, but the neighbourhood of the spring itself, and the banks of the stream that issues from it, is a region of beauty, and verdure, and fertility. Now what is a church with a faithful minister, but a spring of living water,—a fountain-head of the stream of life; and let these be but sufficiently multiplied, and let the healing waters circulate among all the families of the land, and we may expect to see the wilderness and the solitary Place become glad,. and the desert rejoicing and blossoming as the rose. " The Church Extension Committee have peculiar claims at present upon the attention of the country. Their funds have, in consequence of grants to the above-mentioned new churches, been for some time completely exhausted, and upward of thirty new places of worship are waiting for the usual assistance from the central fund, which, in consequence, has claims upon it, at the present moment, to no less an amount than £811H). It is evident that unless the friends of the church in this city and throughout the country ecutribute with even more than their ordinary liberality to the Assembly's Fund for Church Exten this great work, so full of promise fur the glory of God, and the best interests ti: our fellow.countryinen mast he checked and discouraged. But the committer: confidently believe that this appeal will not be made in vain. If C. e apostle has said, that that man is not actuated by love to God, who can see his brother in want of merely bodily necessaries, and fail to re lieve him, inuch more may the saying be repeated, with respect to insensibility to the claims of the tens of tens of thousandsof our fellow-countrymen who are perishing around us for lack of knowledge.'! Dr. A iToN, one of the deputies, then explained that their scheme embraced not only church accommodation, but the erection of schools by the side of the churches, which had been found so valuable to the Scottish peasantry. A vote of I iiatiks was then given to the chairman for his con duct in the chair, and the meeting was dissolved. SERIOUS REVOLT AT SEA. (From the New York Daily Express, March 13.) An examination took place yesterday in the U.S. court room, before Judge Betts, of the crew (24 in num- 1 her) of the ship Shakspeare, Captain Collins, upon a charge of mutiny, during her late voyage from Liver pool to this city. From the testimony of Captain Collins it appeared that about the 20th February last, about 8 o'clock a.m. a portion of the crew comprising the starboard watch came aft, and complained to him of the bad quality of the bread served out for the use of the men. Capt. Collins replied to them that the bread complained of being at the bottom of the locker, all cause of complaint would be removed at twelve o'clock, when the new locker would be broached, from which the bread would he served, and that it was all important that there should be no waste of bread; with that explanation the men went away, and Captain Collins thought no rryore of the matter. At twelve o'clock; upon the larboard watch being called to duty, all hands refused to come up. It blowing pretty fresh at the time, and a heavy sea run ning, Captain C. found it necessary to take in sail, and was compelled to send tl►e two cooks, the two stewards, and the mates aloft to furl the foresail, who was assisted in that duty by the Captain, - the man at the wheel, and a gree►► hand, who had stowed himself away on board when the vessel left Liverpool. After the ship had been laid to under close reefed topsails, Captain Collins went to the steerage and personally ordered all hands on deck, threatening that, in case of their refusal, he would fire upon them. Not being obeyed, Captain Collins dis charged the contents of three pistols into the steerage, the first being discharged with a blank cartridge, and the two others with balls. Upon the discharge of the third pistol the men came,on deck, but still manifested a desire to continue their insubordinate conduct, where upon three of the ringleaders were tied to the rigging and flogged, when they.promised to return to their duty. Some of the others•were placed below in irons, and kept upon bread and water until they consented to perform their duty. • The accused brought forward John Welsh, the sea man who was at the wheel at the time of the revolt, who testified that the bread given to the men to eat, was mouldy and wet, and unfit for use. Upon a cross ex amination, he admitted that the people's breakfast on the morning of the revolt, consisted of a quart of pota toes to each man, a quart of coffee, a small allowance of boiled beef, and some sweet bread dealt out with that of an inferior quality. Judge Betts observed to the prisoners that their con duct was altogether unjustifiable, inasmuch as it would have been in their power, provided improper provisions had been served out, to have sought. redress in a court of justice upon their arrival in port. This was u case of a qipst flagrant nature, as it appeared from the statements nTade that the weather was so rough at the time the crew refused to come on deck, that the want of their services endangered not only the safety of the ship, but the lives of every one on board of het. The prisoners were required to give bail in the sum of- 200 dollars each for their appearance at Court to an swer the charge, and in default of which they were com mitted to prison. „Sb ipp in Entelligtna. TUESDAY, Aram 17.—Wind N.N.W. very fresh. Kingston, M'Lean, hence and Lisbon, at Monte Video Fairy Queen, Betts, and Tally Ho, King, hence at Constantinople Thomas Doußail, Hsstie, from Llanelly, at ditto Dona Maria, Steele, hence at Oporto Mary Ann and Martha, Major, hence, at Figuera Cintra, Renfee; and Terugo, Secundo, hence at Lisbon Dash, Huntress; and Reynard, Weatherall, hence, at Gibraltar Bruce, Stephenson. from Barletta at Messina, and sailed for Licata' and this port, 24th March Ellen Clare, Roberts, from Genoa. at Messina Lady Clinton, Farmer, sailed from Messina, for Girgenti and this port, 23rd M arch Norfolk Hero, Garwood, Bleared at Constantinople for this port, 16th March Christina, Geale, from London, at Demerara Spinster, Hoag, from Vera Cruz, at Laguna Phantom, Sanders, from Constantinople, at Standgate Creek Caroline, Bavett, from Monte Video, at Deal Somersetshire, Jackson, sailed from Curunna for Bombay lst inst. Sophia, Johns, hence for Charleston, was spoken 2nd instant, in lat. 47, long. 13 Clyde, for St. John, N. 8., was spoken on the 9th instant, in Int 50 long it for New South Wales, was spoken on the 9th instant, in lat 48,10ng 10 Grace, from Zante for this port, was spoken on the 27th ult., in lat 30, long 3 W. Charlotte, from Lancaster for Quebec, at this port, sailed on Sa turday Alcyone, Muir, for Quebec, has returned into dock, with loss of anchors and cables, and windlass broken, having been run foul of in the river A ship has been wrecked and totally dismasted (maw West Hoyle during the night: she has a figure head and painted polls. The Point of Ayr and Hoylake life boats attempted to board her, but both put hack without doing so. The crew were seen from Voel Nant Tele graph on the wreck tiil nearly high water ; after that they were not to he distinguished. It is supposed the cr ,, w all perished BEAUMARIS, April 16.—The Scotia, Cothay, from Liverpool for Demerara, sunk last night within a cable's length of the Menai Light ' house; crew saved WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18.—W ind N. very fresh. Edeecombe, Roberts, hence at Hamburg Isabel, Cape, hence at Trieste 3rd instant Richard Hill, Smith, from Venice at ditto 4th instant A ntmus, Boyd, hence' at Teneriffe St. Lawrence, Marmot, hence at ditto 4th ult. and sailed for Cayenne Spey, (packet) from Falmouth at ditto 4th ult, and sailed for the Brazils Cessiiock, , from the Gold Coast, at Benin Sarah Birkett, Atkin, from China, at Manilla 15th Nov. Hunter, Sterrv, cleared at Trieste for St. Petersburg 31st ult. Mary Barry, Tewkesbu , y, cleared at ditto for this port sth instant CvnosureAtryce, ditto ditto sth Robert Bruce, Harkness, hence for St. John, N.B. was off Tuskar 15th instant Mischief, Jones, hence for Lisbon, was off Point Lynas 15th instant Blakely, Snipe, fron Manilla, at Deal. In lat, 22 45, long. 4045, spoke the Mersey, Abbott, hence for Jamaica A floating light has been placed off the entrance off New York harbour, with the following bearings to Sandy Hook Light, W.N. W. distant 12 miles, and to the Highland Light, W. N. distant 12 miles The vessel wrecked on the West Moyle yesterday is the Athabaska, B.lsk. (No. 734) hound to Quebec. Vie captain's trunk was washed a shore late last night ; the vessel has gone to pieces. It is reported that the whole of the crew have perished : about eight of them were washed overboard at 3 p m. THURSDAY, Aram 19. Overland mails from India. via. AlarsF•illes.—Dates from China 6th Jan. ; Calcutta 16th Feb. and Bombay Ist March. SAILED.—RivaI, Winnfield, for Rio Janeiro—and Agenora, Har land, for Dalhousie. Tigris, Titherington ; Denison, Jones, and Copeland, hence at Canton George IV. for Lon , lon ; John O'Gannt, for Liverpool, and Jane Brown, for the Clyde, sailed from Canton previous to 6th Jan. Paragon. Coleman. and Tinamara, Wilson, 19th Jan. ; Bahamian, Tizard, 29th Jan. ; Endes, Paul, 10th Feb. ; London, King, and Se sostris, Yates, hence at Calcutta Zerobia, Owen; Marion, M•Carthey, and Royal Saxon, Renner, from London, at Calcutta Aliquis, M•Fee, 3rd Feb. ; Caledonia, Stroyan, 6th ; and Abbots. ford, 9th, hence at Bombay Earl of Liverpoool, hence at Bombay 9th Feb.' Hector, Johnson, 7th ; Gulnare, Henderson, 9th, and Syria, Currie, 13th Mount Stewart Elphinstone. from the Clyde, at Bombay Triumph. —, from London, ditto H.C.S. Atalanta, from Suez, ditto, with mails from England to 4th Jan. Fatima, sailed from Calcutta for Liverpool 19th Jan. t—Exmouth, 28th Jan.; Broxbornebury, and Richmond, Ist Feb.; Juliana, 2nd; Repulse. sth ; and Moira, 6th Feb. all for London. Theodosia, sailed from Saucer 22nd Jan. ; Allerton, 3rd Feb. ; Bland. 7th ; and Patriot King, 14th, all for Liverpool, and Hesperus, for Demerara, 3rd Feb. Carnatic, sailed from Bombay Ist Feb. and Berkshire, Bth, both for London. Bombay Packet, 7th Feb. and John Campbell, 21st Feb. both for Liverpool ; and Eliza, for the Clyde, 4th Feb. Linnet,tpacket; from Falmouth, at Barbadoes Ontario, —, hence at New York Freedom, Cox, hence at Smyrna John Peat. Leslie, from Beirout, ditto Mary Walker, sailed from Smyrna 28th March Earl Grey, hence for Smyrna, was spoken 2nd April, in lat. 40 18, long. 13 Wm. Hill, Herrin, hence at Leghorn TELEGRAPH OFFICE, APRIL 19. Wind at Holyhead N.E. blowing fresh in the morning,—N.N.E. moderate noon and evening. Orr Point T,ynas, outward hound, at 5 p.m. No. 807. Rival, B.S. Off Great Ormshead, outward bound, at 4 p.m. No. 549, Agenora, B.Bit. - - ----- LATEST DA'L'ES AT LIVERPOOL. From IDirect. Indirect. \Frqnt \Direct. Indiret. Calcutta .. Fel , Maranham Feb ....II Bombay.... March ; . 1 N. Orlean , Mr.rch.. 16 Mauritius .. 'Jan .... 5 Mobile .. March..l7 Rio Janeiro. :Jan. ..27 Savannah . March. 19 Bahia Pernambuco Feb.... 26 New York. March. 25 PACKET BOATS.—FA LAI OUT I-1 STATION, GENE.E.A 1, POST-OFF ECC.—April 13, 1837. - - -- Mails made t n La,: Packets Next Packet DESTINATION. tip Sailed. Due. London. ----------- --- --- ------ Holland Tues. St Fri. Mon. Et Thurs . Hamburg & Swed Tues. & Fri. Tues. St Satur. Lisbon Madeira Saturdays .. 3. April 9. April 15. Spain Sr, I;ihralt Malta and Greece.. 2nd Saturd. ...... March 19. Egyyt and India .. 4th Saturday ..... March 19. Maucira Brazil St B. Ayres el , ch mon th April 6. April 27 . America ...... ... . Ist Wednes. Swift.... April 1 . H.M.B.Briseis March 10. c Janini. L'ward 1 lst'day of H.M. B.Mutine, H. M.B.Linne t 1 Isl. & Hayti..7 ea ch month - April 4. Laguira ... April 29. Mexico end Ha- t 15th day of H.M.B. Alert, Lord Melvi lle March 17. • April 26. , vans ... . .... S each month. f Jamai. L'ward 15th day of ll.M.ll,Lapwing H.M. Express 1 Isl. & Hayti. each month. March 17. May 14. Carthairena .... J AN ACcOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from the I 1 th to the 17th inst. FROM 'MILANO. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Cal ves . L am b, 1417 277 4792 48 0 0 i 74 Previously.. 15927 15205 67482 381 b 0 18 744 COASTWISE. Cows. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs 225 20C3 26 5 0 Previ0u51y.......... 1752 28004 6188 511 61 LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, APRIL 16. The supply of both Beasts and Sheep has been somewhat smaller to-day than that of last week, but we cannot note any material alteration in prices from last week's quotations. The market upon the whole may be considered tolerably brisk there were many coun try buyers present, and principally all sold up at the close of the market. Good Beef may be quoted at from sa to bid ; middling ,yid ; with a few of very ordinary quality at 5d per lb, but principally at the former prices. Good Weather Mutton sold at rather above 7d ; middling Rid per lb. Number of cattle at market: Beasts, 963; Sheep, 21'81 ; Pigs, 3. PRICES OF WOOLS AT LIVERPOOL. ENOLTSIL—Down Ewes and Wethers 134 LIVERPOOL. 14d If 1b ; Down Tegs 15d to 16d ; Combing Fleeces 14(1 to 15d; Ditto Skin l3d to 15d; Super Skin 14d to 16d ; Head Skin 19d to 14d. SCOTCH.—Laid Highland 9s to 9s 6d; White ditto lls 34 to 12s; Laid Crossed 125 to 13s; Washed ditto 14s to 15s; Laid Cheviot 14s to 15s ; Washed ditto 16s to 20s 6d ; White ditto 24s to 28s per stone of 141bs. lam-I.—Fleeces, mixed lots 131 d to Lid ; blethers 134 to 14d ; Hogs 15(1 to 164 ; Combing Skins 1314 to 141 d ; Short Skin ltd to 13d. FORElGN.—Russian 6d to '74 ; Odessa; fine 124 to 21d ; Buenos Ayres lid to 4d ; Mogadore and Barbary 3d to 44 ; washed P eruvian Sid to 9td; unwashed ditto 6d to 74 ; Portugal R, lod to 12d ; ditto, low marks 81d to Old; German fleeces 144 to 164; ditto, assorted, 174 to 204 ; ditto, Lambs' 18d to 304 ; Spanish R. 17d to 22d; ditto, F.S. 15d to 22d; New South Wales 19(1 to 91d per lb. CHESTER CORN MARKET—A etut, 14. s. d. s. d. 9 9 10 0 90 9 6 30 3 6 66 6 9 40 4 3 56 5 9 Wheat, 751bs Ditto red Oats, 461bs Beans, 801bs Grinding Barley, per 601bs Malting Barley, 38qrs LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL Is. Since Monday there have heen but few arrivals of any description of grain, and our market to-day was very thinly attended, and only a limited extent of business transactdd. Wheat firmly supported Mon day's prices. Barley was in fair demand at previous rates. For Oats we experienced a fair steady demand at Monday's quotations. There were but few Beans or Peas offering, and prices unaltered. The weather continues cold and stormy, with showers of hail, snow and sleet. SMITHFIELD MARKET, LONDON, APRIL 16. We have but a moderate supply of Beasts in our market this morn ing, the weather being favourable to slaughtering, and the attendance of buyers tolerably numerous, a somewhat increased inquiry was apparent for prime Beef, at fully, but at nothing quotable beyond, last week's prices ; the inferior kinds of Beef went off slowly at un altered currencies. Sheep, which were in moderate supply, experi enced a very heavy demand at barely the prices noted us our last week's report, whilst the whole of them were not disposed of. The Lamb trade was in a very heavy state, and the inferior descriptions were disposed of at considerably lower rates ; however, the best Limbs produced Friday's prices. With Calves we are shortly sup plied, whilst the trade with them was heavy. All kinds of Pork went off heavily at previous currencies. • _ nig LIVERPOOL STANDAR.O. Emporto. AFRICA. Nleg 1 1Tertilies. (228) R Campbell, from Africa, 627 elephants'teeth, 12 tons camwood 150 tons barwood, 2 tons ebony, 1 brl bees' wax , 1 box 1 keg gum copal. 17 casks cocoa, 4 casks coffee, 148 casks 23 cases goods returned, 610 casks in shakes, 3 tons hoop iron, II Latfer Q D WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA Wilsons, (245) T Campbell, from Demerara, 76 hhds 2 tees sugar, 19 pipes tlll bris rumf 201 casks molasses, T and 11 Murray-31 lthds sugar, 8 puns' ruin, C W and F Shand-45 blids sugar, 9u puns rum, W Chichester-9 hhds sugar, •S 1 bales cotton, N Waterhouse and Sons -14 bales cotton, Wilson and Austin—P D UNITED STATES. • Robert Pulsford, (394) .I Frince, from New Orleans, 1483 bales cot ton, Ilumphreys and Biddle • Denmark, (554) E Bangs, from New Orleans,733 bales cotton, Baring Brothers and eo-508 de, Wainwright, Shells and co-230 do, A Den nistoun and co-298 do, IV and .1 Brown and co-122 do, order—Q D Horatio. (460) W Howland, from New York, 218 bales cotton, Wainwriglt, Sheila and cii-63 do, .1 Maury and Solis-619 do, order —19:4 boxes candles, 2 baskets wine, for exportation to Canton—P 1) Fairfield, ( 311) R Slack, from Savannah, 467 bales cotton, Moly neux, Witherby and co-92 do, Wolf, Bishop and co-574 do, 29 deals, order—Q D Favourite, (430) W Taylor, from Savannah, 964 bales cotton, Hum phreys and Biddle-20 do, Phelps, James and co-37 do, W and J Brown and co-54 do. order-50 pees p lank, exportation—W D Ceres, (311) P G Blanchard, from Savannah, 52 bales cotton, J Hol foril and vo-810 do, Humphreys and Biddle-91. do, Baring Brothers and co-7000 cane reds, the master—l! D St. Leon, 579) J Wescott, from New Orleans, 1660 bales cotton, Humphreys kid Biddle-299 do, 0 Green and Son-217 do, W and J Brown and co-2 do, order—V I) Junius, (235) II Gibbs, from Baltimore, 542 bales cotton, R L Dow , son and co-222 do, order-6 casks chrome, Wildes. Pickersgill and co—l2o casks contents itinknown, Cropper, Benson 8z co-7 packages do, B Jackson St. Andrew, (635) W C Thompson, from New York, 1 box 1 chest contents unknown, D King, jun-1 do, Rowlinson and co-1 do, An derson and co-1 do, H Pooley and Son-2 cases do, 19 bales co' ton, order-254 bales cotton, Ewart, Myers and co-10 do. W and J Brown and co-402 do, Rosliell, Ogden and co-146 do, A Taylor-10 0 brls turpentine, Wildes, Pickersgill and co-118 boiler plates, G Wright, jun-11 hhds I hrl sweepwashers' sand, J Alston and Son—B.l) Merchant, (347) J C Jordan, from New Orleans, 1211 baleseotton, Humphreys and Riddle-720 bundles wet salted hides, order Alfred, (454) C Cheever, from New Orleans. 1652 bales cotton, Humphreys and Biddle • YIEDITERRANEAN. Snowdrop, (104) J Radley, from Palermo, 875 bags shumac, 30 bags walnuts, 3U tons sulphur, 1 ton corkwood, J Pownall-520 boxes oranges, Rathbone Brothers anti co-1 octave wine, W K Freeman -300 bags shumac, lor cask wine, order—S 1) Matilda, (186) C Hodgson. from Messina, 25 pipes concentrated lemon juice, 1 brl 1 box concrete. E P Thompson, t 0 hhds ,16 qr casks 8 octaves wine. T Hayley-1 box maccaroni, G Barker and co-1 hale contents unknown, G Yates-4 casks white argol, 4 casks argot dust, 50 pipes 20 hhds brandy, 2 "'aids 3qr casks 1 chest wine, 1 small cask oil, 29 casks pumice stone, 369 bags hazel nuts, 450 boxes lemons, 6 cases essences, 198 boxes oranges, 8 pipes lemim, order.—Prom Ca tania, 100 tons brimstone. order—B D Rebecca. (122) C Sayer, from Marseilles, 30 tons brimstone. 58 casks ground madder, 77 bales madder roots, 1 box tunny, ordcr—Q D plarfteto. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL 17. Since Tuesday last, the imports of Grain from Ireland and Coast ways have been very moderate, but of Oatmeal and Flour rather con siderati.:, and the demand here and in all our country markets has during the past week been very dull for almost every article in the trade, at a small reduction in prices, excepting on the most superior qualities ; a similar remark is applicable to the Yorkshire markets of the past week, and to that of Manchester on Saturday. There is no alteration in the duty on Wheat and Flour from foreign ports this week, but on every other kind of Grain it is reduced is 6d per quarter. No sales of bonded Grain or Flour worth notice have occurred, and the prices thereof remain ns in our last. At this day's market the transaction* in every article in the trade were to a very small extent ; the prices of last Tuesday were barely obtainable, even for the best qualities, and although purchases were made, in some instances, at a small reduction, we make little or no alteration in our last quotations. WHEAT, sr 701 h s. d. s„ d. INDIAN CORN, 4lf 4801 b• English B6a 9 9 Red 43 d4D44 0 Scotch Irish 7 3—B 10 BEANS, 45 , ' qr. Bonded 0 0 0 0 English 'BARLEY. qr. Irish English 33 0 —34 0 PEAS, Grey .... 29 0— 34 0 Chevalier 33 0 —37 0 White„... 38 ,. 0 48 0 Scotch, oe 60115 4 6 4 8 Irish 1 8 4 0 Foreign, in bond. 2 0 2 2 OATS, V 451 b. English 3 5 3 6 Scotch Irish Foreign, in bond 2 3 3 3 Ditto, duty free 3 2 3 6 Rye, clif gr. 32 0 —36 0 MALT, 4? qr. fine 56 0 —5B 0 Middling 46 0 —54 0 RAPBSEIID. 4P . last. 1.; nova, English,4r 28n1b. Fine 36 0 49 0 Irish American, 4r Int. free. Sweet, U.S. Sour, bond OATMRAL, #j" 2401 b English 23 0 23 6 1)o. new 1837. 24 9 25 9 Scotch.. 23 0 23 6 LONDON GAZETTE .- TUESDAY, APRIL 17• PARTNERSHIPS DlssoLvEri. M. Fisher and C. Fisher, Liverpool, druggists—L. Marks. B. Marks, and C. Davis, Liverpool, outfitters—D. Spartali, A. Theodoridi• and A. Laacaridi, Manchester—W. Halawed and It. Holding, Blackburn, sizers of cotton twist. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Griffith Morgan, Dolydd-byrion. Carnarvonshire, tanner. BANKRUPTS. Patrick Magee, Liverpool, marine:store-dealer, to surrender May 2, and 29. atone, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors. Messrs* Littledale and Bardswell, Liverpool ; andi Messrs. Blackstoek, Buuce. Vincent, and Sherwood, Temple, London. William Ewington, Leamington Priors, .Warwickshire, scrivener. Robert Turner, Sheffield, joiner. Samuel llugo, Truro, Cornwall, maltster. Jairus James Wilcock, Hovinghani, Yorkshire, surgeon. William Moss, Monk Sherborne, otherwise West Sherborne. South ampton, builder. Samuel Niekols and Charles Bateson, Leeds, carpet-dealer. • William Dorrell, Colchester, innkeeper. Edward Watson, Nettlebam. Lincolnshire, saddler. Mary Garside, Dukeufield, Cheshire, pot-manufacturer.. DIV I DEN DS. May 10, S. P. Rice and P:itice, Addle-street, London, warehouse men—May 10, J. P. Hicks and C. E. Hicks, Eastington, Gloucester• shire. clothiers—May 10, .1. Hayles. Brighton, builder—May 9, J. H. Trye and S. Lightfoot, Great St. llelen's, merchants—May 9, J. Mud. die, Dover, silk-mercer—Mai• 11, W. Ducket, Whaplode, Lincoln shire, farmer—May 9, 11. 0. Cadney, Halifax, corn-dealer—Kay 8, 0. P. Wathen, Woodchester, Gloucestershire. clothier—May 12, R. Park. Kingston-upon-Hull, underwriter—May 8, W. A. A. West. Er. cleston, Lancashire, crown and flint glass-manufacturer—May 11, G. Sishton, Parkfields, Staffordshire, ironmaster—May 24, W. N. Prue ter and P. S. Hyatt, Manchester, cotton-dealers—May 10, L. Flit. croft, Manches;er, publican—May 10, J. S. Davies, Monmouth, iron. monger—May 10, W. Unsworth, Derby, silk lace-manufacturer. CERT I FR: AT ES To be granted. unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before the Bth day of May J. Wood, Manchester, merchant—H. B aines, Dukenlickl,CheShire, steam boiler-maker—N. Whitworth, Drogheda, corn-factor—J• Mudge, Devonport, printer—E. Needham, Stockport. Cheshire, cur rier—J. Smith, Little Warner-street, Clerkenwell, London, funeral carriage -maker. 'SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. Isaac Tobias, Edinburgh, jeweller. RAL MARKET, APRIL 16 LIVERPOOL AGRICULTI s. d. s. d. Old nap 0 9 rdo 114 r 90th New Hay 0 9 0 0 Clover Hay— 0 8 0 101 — Straw, Wheat 0 61 0 7 Straw, Oat 0 6 0 64 Straw, Batley 0 41 0 5 • e. d. s. d. Potatoes 1 942 14" 901 b. Cattle Potatoes 1 6 1 7 - Turnips 3O 0 0 0 per ton Carrots 35 0 0 0 - Manglewurzleli 024 0 - Manure 8 010 0 - LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET. APRIL 19. The chill and lei iterous weather which we have experienced for some days back,h.is not had any effect upon our Butter market; it continues very steady, and the few sales effected since our last, have been at a declension in price of 2s to 5s per cwt. Grass Butter may now he looked for by the next arrivals from the South of Ireland ; contrasted with the stuff lately . offering under that calling, it ought to he worth 112 s per cwt. Provisions, Baron, Ilins, and Lard, all very saleable at steady rates. PRICES OF SEI ARES, LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19. Last Prices This day's RAILWAYS, Ste. Per Slime. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester l5 paid 10 0 0.. .. Ditto and Derby 2O .. • • 19 15 0 .... Birkenhead and Chester 5 •• • • 8 15 9 .... Bolton and Leigh Chester and Crewe Dublin and Drogheda lO paid 7 0 0.. .. Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow (old) Ditto ditto (new) .• Ditto Leith and Newhaven 5 paid 4 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, arid Greenock 4 .... 412 6 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, / 5 • 6 • 4 7 6 spaul 317 •••• and Ayr Grand Junction 100 .... 220 0 0 .... Great Western. Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston Liverpool and Manchester ...... —lOO .... 200 0 U .... Ditto quarter shares 25 .... 48 5 0 .... Ditto half shares 25 .... 65 10 0 .... Londou and Birmingham 9O .... 118 10 0 ....178 0 0 Ditto new quarter shares 5 .... :32 5 1) .... Ditto and Southampton 5O .... 43 5 0 .... Ditto, new shares Ditto & Brighton (United) 8 .... 10 7 6 .... Leeds and Manchester 2O .... 37 0 ii .... Leicester and Swannington Leicester and Swannington, (new) 758 .... 1 pal( 2 .4 5 Ii (l! 0 ...: 0 ... Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham. 7 .... 917 6 .... 20 .... 16 5 0 .... Midland Counties 100 .... 92 10 0 .... Newcastle and Carlisle 2 Ditto quarter shares 5 ..., 23 5 0 .... 35 .. „ 42 0 0 .... 42 :5 0 North Midland South Eastern and Dover 7„ , : 60 0 .... • North Union, (new) 30 „ , 55 10 0 PO .... 75 10 0 .... Ditto, (old) 100 paid 40 10 0 .... St. Helen's and RuncoßrnAGNaips. Bank of Li.ve.r.p.c.).£oll2lolo.s.pa.id 2 2 3 , 1 2 6 •••..... 10 .... 13 7 6_ • . L —LiverpoolveCommercialri°° Liverpoo l ..... n ......._— Northern and Central.,,. 2 1: ... 51 paid 2 3 4 2 6 .:, 0 :I:. ----- Albion North and South Wales.. 10 ... • 950., ~ of Manchester lO „, „ 11 17 6 .... M'chester & L'pool Pact 15 .... 19 S ou th Lancashire 7 lOs 6 17 6 .... Liverpool Banking Company 10s • 9 13 12 6 .... B oroug h Bank Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 415 0 .... East of England Phrenix Bank •••• 412 6„ „ Royal Bank of Liverpool MI) ... • 697 10 0 .... Wilts and Dorset GAS, WATER WORKS, &c, Exchange Buildings £loo paid 110 0 0 .... L'poo I & Harrington WaterWorks2oo .... 450 0 0 .... Bootle Ditto Stock .... 320 0' 0 .... Liverpool Coal Gas Company.. Stock .... 348 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co.. ...£10;) ..., 190 0 0 .. Ditto NeW Shares are now paid u p. .. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance C0.£25 pail lii 2 6 ..., Ocean Assurance Company.. lO .., 7 2 6 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 lUs. 2 2 0 .... DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l2 10s. 12 15 0 Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry .. 12 103 Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry l3 . .. Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks BO .... Apothecaries' Company 14 2 ii .... 6 5 0 .... 0 0 0 .... 65 10 0 .... 0 0 0 .... LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Numberof nen, patients entered on the booksofthe Dispensariesduring the last week:— North. South. Total. Received advice and medicine at the Institution, 293 232 525 Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine, 90 193 Total at each Dispensary ..396 322 718 . . visrrous. North—Mr. Thomas Barber, Rev. M. Fisher, and Mr. J. H. Sin South—Mr: F. Jordan, Mr. Hutchinson, and Ntr. Jos. Cooper. APIIL 20, 3 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. Aram itotili 20. William M'Cartney, (2d) Clarendon Rooms, 1 24. George Godlier Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester, 1 . 2 26. Ditto, (final div.). Ditto IS 25. H. It. D. Dalton, (special) It. Preston and Co.'s, l 2 26 Benjamin Glover, (div.) Clarendon Rooms, 1 PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. LONDON & LIVERPOOL, (Sailing before 12th Jan. Outward. Hume. Jamaica Leeward Isl. Demerara & Berbiee. Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana 12th Jan. Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazil River Plate East Indies Company's Ships Batavia - New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &e. Malta, Sicily, Pm Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds.... Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen. &c. Gottenburc, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga. &c. Oporto 25s (WO 601 20 -7 0 0 JO 0-35 0 20 0 —25 0 25 0 -- 30 0 35 0 -- 40 o .40. 0 -- 60 .0 50 0-33 . 0 30 0-40 0 25 0 -- 30 0 25 0 -- 30 0 35 0 -- 40 0 4 0-50 0 45 0-51 0 45 0-50 0 40 0 -- 50 0 30 0 -- 40, 0 25 0-30 0 20 0 -- 25 0 45 0-70 0 25 0 -- 30 0 25 0-30 0 20 0 -- 30 0 15 0-20 0 20 0 -- 30 0 15 0-20 0 20 9--25 0 7 6 -- 10 0 7 6 -- 10 0 ' 7 6-10 0 15 0-20 0 15 0-20 0 15 0 -- 20 0 after let Aug. 40s Od@ 50s 04 20 0 25 0 140 0 —l5O 0 20 0— 0 0 20 0— 0 25 0-30 0 140 0 —l5O 0 O 0- 0 0 0 0— 0 0 20 0-30 0 20 0 60 0 35 0— 0 0 40 0-50 0 45 0 50 0 45 0-60 0 40 0-60 0 30 0-40 0 30 0 —l2O 0 15 0 —2O Q 40 0-50 20 0-25 0 20 0-25 20 0 25 0 15 0 20 0 20 0 25 0 15 0 20 0 15 0-25 0 7 6-10 0 7 6-10 0 7 6-10 0 O 0— 0 0 O 0— 0 0 15 0— 0 0 LIVERPOOL TIDE 'FABLE. 1 Mrn. H. M. K. H. Toesday l7 1 328 4 0 Wednesday lB , 441 526 Thursday l9 613 7 2 Friday 2O 743 819 Saturday . —9l B4B 915 Sunday 22 938, 10 2 Monday l3 10 23 j 10 45 F. 12 2 Jupiter rises 2h 12m even. 11 1 ! Jupiter sets 3h 56m morn. 11-8 Alphege. 13 3 ; Geo. in e. with M. 3h 54m C. 15 3 Venus c. with M. Oh 17m m.' 17 9 ( Ist Sun. after East. Low S. 19 6 i St. George. MARRIED. On the 17th ult. at Warrington, Henry Long, Esq. of Knutsford, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late W. W. Gaskell, Esq. of Latch ford, near Warrington, ' On the Bth instant, at Holywell, John Jones, Esq. of Plas-issa, near Corwen, to Rlrs. Jones, of Plasyngorw en. On the 14th instant, at Ellesmere, Salop, Mr. John Blake, of Bold• street, in this town, to Eliza, second daughter of Robert M'Neill, Esq. of Sodylt-hali, near Overton. On the 18th instant, at St. Luke's Church, by the Rev. Dr. Pulford. Rodolph Zwilehenbart, Esq. to Margaret, eldest daughter of the Itto. J. R. Tetlow, M.A. On the 118th instant, at Egmont. Cumberland, William Oxley. Esq. of this town, to Anna Margaret, daughter of Captain John Pon sonby, R.N. of Spring-field, near Whitehaven. DIED. At Bahia, in the 20th year of his age, Mr. William Beck. son of the late Mr. W. Beck, of Aldhy, near Wigton. The deceased belonged to the brig Jamaica, of Liverpool, and unfortunately fell overboard and perished. At 1 ork, Abraham Brevoort, aged 93. • At Stratham, New Hampshire, U.S. aged 99, the Hon. Paine Win gate. He was, probably, the last survivor of the first Congress. in which body he was a senator. In 1798 he was appointed Jude of the Snpreme Court, in New Hampshire, which office he held till, 1809. then being seventy years of age. He was, originally, a Congregational , Minister. At Taunton, aged 88, Miss Southey, aunt to the poet laureate. At Rathanagan, aged 85, Isaac Gatchell, Esq. one of the Society of Friends. Atl3..;th, aged 72. Mrs. Esther Hibhert ; and, next day, aged 85, Elizabeth, relict of It. Markland, Esq. Mabfield, Lancashire, sisters. At Ulverstan. aged 52, Margaret Garner. At her house, in Doncaster, aged e 2, Mary Arthur Worksop, widow of the late John Arthur Worksop, Esq. al Howden, and of Worksop. Lincolnshire. At Paris, Francois de Bovet, formerly krchbishop of Toulouse, in his 94th year. At Louth. Ellen Mathews, in her 1020 year. Suddenly, at his residence, Newtown, Long Island, Captain James • McMurray, aged 57, a native of Galloway spire, Scotland. At Boston, U.S. the Hon. Nathaniel Bowditch, President of the American Academy of the Arts and Sciences, aged 65. Lately, at Turnharn-green, Middlesex,' aged 82, Henry Heweteert. Esq. sincerely and deservedly respected. He was a native of Raven stonedale, in the county of Westmoreland, and died worth nearly million of money. Lately, at Lawns, aged 83, Mrs. Brown, mother of Mr. Marmaduke Brown, of Wakefield, provision -dealer. On the 7th ult. at Demerara, Captain Archibald M'Phfr-lon, of the ship Johnstone, of this port, greatly respected. On the Bth ult. at Philadelphia. aged 88, Mr. Samuel Emery. was a native of Massachusetts and a graduate of Cambridge University. upwards of seventy years ago, and for the last forty years resided prile cipally in Philadelphia. Many years ago he introduced into that country the art of bleaching wax and the manufacture of wax can dles ; and, by many experiments and much experience, brought that branch of manufacture to great perfection. On the 11 th ult. at New York, in her 85th year, Mrs. Eliza Brown- On the 15th ult. at New York, of consumption, aged 41, Mr. Jame s Overy, a native of this country, and for many years an efficient meta* her of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On the 15th ult. at Harlem, New York, after a short illness, aged 83e Mr. Nathaniel Holmes, a revolutionary patriot. On the 15th ult. in Weatherstield, Conn. Mrs. Ann Marsh, widow of the late Rev. John Marsh, D. D. The placid influences of the gospel ecnatno the ititya,e of and unremitting filial attentions combined to prolong he r life On the 24th ult. at Manchester, aged 83, Elizabeth, widow of th e late Mr. William Pike. On the 27th ult. at Avignon, France, aged 23, Capt. Edmund Royds., of the 14th Light Dragoons, second son of Clement Royds, Esq. 0' Rochdale. On the 30th ult. at Lausanne, aged 84, General La Harpe, formerly Director of the Helvetic Republic. On the Ist instant, at her residence, Glasheen, after a protracted ill" ness, aged 96, Anne, relict of the late John Bond, Esq. of Cork. , On the 2d instant, in Barnabas-square, Douglas, Isle of Man, age" 62, Mrs. Elizabeth Brown. On the 3il instant, in London, from fever aged 23, Dr. Fergus. talented young physician, who held the appointment of Professor of Forensic Medicine in King's College, Dr. Johnstone, the physician to the Foundling Hospital, died, during the past week, from the same cause ; and, we regret to state, many other medical men have fallen. victims to their philanthropic zeal in alleviating the suff er ings of humanity. On the 3d instant, at the Manse of Glammis, aged 80. and in the 58th year of his ministry, the Rev. Dr. Lyons. On the 3d instant, at Ramsey, Isle of Man, aged 66. Frederick Le Mothe, Esq. who, during a medical practice of forty-four years. oh' tained a very high degree of confidence and respect among all classes in that island. His amiable disposition and affable manners, as well as his professional attainments, will cause his death to be long and deeply regretted by all who knew him. Ou the 3d instant. in London, aged 30. Thomas, eldest son of Me. Cleater, Douglas, Isle of Man. On the 4th instant, at Naughton-hall, Salop, aged 82, Edmund Plow den, Esq. On the 4th instant, Mr. Joseph Dalton, of the Dog-P-th'-wal l . Dunham Massey, mach and deservedly respected. On the sth instant, at Trieste, John James, third son of the late Ref Thomas Maddock, Prebendary of Chester. On the 6th instant, at Southport, aged 36, Mrs. Harrocks. On the 6th instant, in this town, suddenly, Mary Ann, eldest daugh" ter of George Shaw Petty, Esq. of Ulverstone, aged 17 years. On the 7th instant, Mr. John Lamb, of the Ship Inn. Frodsbatne bridge, aged 56 years. On the Bth instant, James Clarke, Esq. of Lancaster, and formerly of Jamaica, aged 75 years. On the 9th instant, at Stourbridge, Worcestershire. the Rev. Wait e! Blount, late president of the Roman Catholic establishment for edu** cation, at Sedgley-park, Staffordshire. On the 9th instant, at her house, at Richmond, Mary Daebeg Dowager of Roxlairghe, who was married, first, to William. four Duke of Roxburghe, and, secondly, to the late Hon. John Tollemaeh e. second son of Louisa, Countess of Dysart. On the 10th instant, at T e i gnmout h , R ear -Ad m i ra l Tobin, C.R. aged n 6 t 9 i . ,e an l o tt l h d esteemedaiinisdtunt,aged 82, officer. On near A..igen. James Woods, Esq. of Aspull-MO or, On the 11th instant, aged 21, Ann Darley, daughter of the late l'slr• Robert trines. On the 13th instant, in her 67th year, Mr. James Weetman, of Eve r ton-breek. On the 13th i n st an t, at hi s res id ence i n P a ll- ma ll . L on d on , Mr. Hart Logan, one of the members for Suffolk. Ile took cold in the city l ,°! . : the sth instant ; i n fl amma ti on o f th e w i n d p i pe f o ll owe d, an d, on e r c i • clay, Mr. Lawrence performed the operation of opening the wi n pipe, which produced instant relief, hut the patient died in three hot' afterwards. Sir. Logan was in his sixtv-sixth year. On the 14th instant, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Elizabeth Rutil e " ford, aged 32. On the 15th instant, Mr. James Stien, aged 30 veers. On the 15th instant, aged 34, after it lingering illness, with Christian fortitude, Mary, the beloved wife of Mr. Tbot_'.o . Pearson, brewer and victualler, Warren-street, much respected who knew her. on the On the 17th instant. aged 8 months, Henry Bevington, and - B. 18th instant, in her sth year, Margaret, son and daughter of Mr. J. Leatherbarrow, eneraver. Rift On the 17th instant, aged 25, of consumption. after a linger .._ e „ g , nese,Camilla Deborah. the beloved wife of Mr. C. Mitchell, pubni Sze. Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London. year 8f On the 18th instant, at his residence, Edge-lane, in the 70th hie age, James Hatton, Esq. w hi c h she bore LIVERI , OOI,: FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1838. 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