The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-01-22 00:00:00

As the flowers of early spring : For these fragile emblems, that wake thy tears, Have a moral to brighten saddest years. " Their bueless petals embrace, behold, The germ of the future birth ; Unsightly long, it shall yet unfold The grace and adornment of earth. To ripen this seed the blossoms give way, And they draw fresh life from our own decay. " So, e'en in suffering's keenest smart, Who earnestly seeks shall find A firmer stay for the stedfast heart, And a hope for the thoughtful mind : • These seeds, sown here, shall unfading blown Where nothing of blight or decay may come !" CONTEMPORARY PRESS, WEST INDIA IMMIGRATION AND SIERRA • - LEONE TRADE. (From the London Journal of Commerce) There is, we are glad to learn, a vessel now fitting out in this port, with every attention to health, conve and comfort, for the conveyance of free Afri can labourers from Sierra Leone to the British West Indies. We are not acquainted with the particulars relating to this ship, farther than it will, after having procured a sufficient number of emigrants at Sierra, Leone, proceed first to British Guiana, where those la bourers who may so feel disposed will enter into en gagements for a limited period of service, and the ship will afterwards proceed with the remaining emigrants to Trinidad, and, if need be, to Jamaica. If this is to be done at the cost of the West India colonists, it betokens an earnestness in the cause of immigration which, if energetically followed up, will retrieve the planters from present distress and future ruin. There are in Sierra Leone 36,000 liberated Africans, the maintainance alone of whom annually costs this country £25,000. These Africans literally eat the bread of idleness. Within the limits of the British settlement there is scarcely any demand for their la bour, and the Government has hitherto most pertina ciously refused to extend those limits. In the settle ment coffee can be only very partially cultivated; be yond it that plant could be and was extensively pro duced; but as that product, when raised beyond the limits, is now admissible into this country on payment only of the differential duty, its cultivation has ceased, and the importation of British manufactures to the value of the amount exported, lost. nience FAILURE OF THE GREAT WHIG-RADICAI, DEMONSTRATION AT DUBLIN. (From the Dublin Packet.) Well, the long-threatened meeting for supporting the tottering Whigs, and defeating Lord Stanley's re gistration bill, took place on Friday, and turned out, as was expected from the very outset, a decided and melancholy failure. Exclusiv - e a the chairman,who invariably acts as man -of-all-work to the Downing-street people ' there was present but, one nobleman, and be only a lord by courtesy. That personage, together with about half-a 'ozen brethren of the tail, constituted the staple of le grand assemblage of Irish reformers. No later than Friday it was pompously announced Castle journals that the Duke of Leinster, not ling his refusal to sign the requisition, would courtes doze t}, attendance upon the occasion ; but the ugh in Dublin, would have nothing to do parties. Not even could he be prevailed upon k from Dominick-street to the Theatre-royal, a 7e only of a few hundred yards, to co-operate in .liernes of Mr. O'Connell. The truth is, his had the audacity to perceive that repeal, though igly kept out of view, was at the bottom of the proceeding, and, therefore, doggedly persisted in termination to remain at home. Such, also, was resolve of the other titled requisitionists, all of a, with the exceptions already mentioned, refused it their characters by' any contact with the Kerry IVIIOIE his ti a oratory too was of the most contemptible de ion. Stale abuse of toryism, and virulent de ations of Lord Stanley, were the leading charac cs of 'all the speeches,—the only one of which the trouble of reading was that delivered by a Englishman, named . Lethbridge, imported for .7casion from Somersetshire. This gentleman, nine his relationship with the noble house of Derby, entertained his hearers with a very strange— indeed,- an incredible story about a certain Somerset shire clergyman, whom he named to the meeting. The clergyman in question, the Rev. W. Bernard Tatwor presented as having stated his conviction that ere altogether wrong in their mode of deal ing with the lower orders of the people, who, he re marked, ought to have been treated after the manner of hounds, and reduced to submission by the thong- Whin. thy, is the whias Now, if this statement be true, it is positively dis - It would be disgraceful in reference to any tle less than infamous as applied to a Chris- Let us hope, for the credit of human na e tale is a calumnious fabrication, and that a monster can be found on the soil of free and England. However, the fact is now before ic, and Mr. Tatworthy is bound, for the sake 'n character, as well as that of his sacred pro ) give immediate contradiction if it be false. ;, we shall soon have an opportunity of judg ing of the veracity of this Somersetsbire story-teller, which, we suspect, after all, is entitled to little cre dence. reputat man, but 1 tian 'Astor generou the pub: No doubt O'CONNELL AND DR. COOKE. (From the Morning Herald.) O'Connell is a sort of Falstaff in his way. With jut anything of the genuine humour and melloW vi vacity of the fat knight, he certainly understands, as a lial's tavern preceptor did, the secret that " dis -is the better part of valour," and would rather ith a dozen " Master Shallows" than with ,r. He can route a dozen giants of his own As Falstaff made nothing of dispatching in . buckram" when left to choose his own place for the combat; but a bona fide chal ,.orn one sinewy antagonist who insists upon do , battle in the face of day, and takes the p roper means to secure an equal advantage in the lists, ca uses him to show the " white feather,' , and to skulk even from his favourite repeal question, like that animal in heraldry whose tail is ignominously dependent. A voice from the north has cowed the " roaring )eal. Dr. Cooke, the chief man among the as of Ulstcr—no mean antagonist—has uown the gauntlet to O'Connell on the repeal question—has offered hirn equal terms, " a clear stage and no favour ;" but Daniel has declined to take it up. The braggadocio of the south has fled from the " cock to do w time ar lenre fi THE GREAT REFORM MEETING AT LEEDS. (From the Leeds Intelligencer.) Were there no other proof of the arrant humbug of the meeting about to take place in Mr. Marshall's Flax Mill, the use to be made of Mr. O'Connell on that oc casion would be sufficient to stamp its true character. The authors of the meeting affect a more than ordi nary love of liberty. They would push the ministry onward; they would enlarge ' the bounds of •demo cracy ; they would abrogate the reform act; and they lay especial stress - upon what they term the rights of conscience. And one of their instruments for effect ing these. instruments is O'Connell, decidedly the greatest enemy to rational liberty now in existence. This man, throughout his entire course, has pursued no ends Imit.selfish ones. In every public act of his life self has been the primary consideration. All his agi tations are accompanied by levies of money upon his dupes. Fund after fund has been raised, and the whole of the proceeds has been swept into his own pocket. He pushed Catholic Emancipation to make a trade of his talents and influence. He gave up his practice at the bar, under the pretence of serving the public, but in reality to quarter himself upon his poor countrymen, who, by dint of bell, book, and candle, are compelled to give the very bread they need to pam per their deceiver and misleader. He traffics in par liamentary seats ; he trades with the ministry, selling them for lucre, while abusing them, the power derived from his too confiding countrymen : affecting all the while to be labouring for the overthrow of the very percions with whom he maintains a secret and corrupt understanding. The reader will find an instructive reminiscence of some of the tricks of this consummate charlatan in an extract from Mr. Oastler's " Fleet Pa pers ;" and it will be also seen that he has just evaded a challenge to meet Dr. Cooke of Belfast, in discussion on the repeal question, pressing into' that refusal as much personal insult as his fertile mind suggested, yet showing at once his fear and his meanness ; for well does• he know that "Daddy Cooke," as he calls the Doctor, is not the man to be set aside by a quirk or a vulgar joke. Now it is such an ally as this—the man who is do ing all he can to exclude the manufactures of the West Riding from the Irish market, although immense quantities of Irish produce of all kinds are daily con sumed in this district—ghat Messrs. Stansfield and Marshall invite to hold forth at the hole-and-co ner meeting in Mr. Marshall's mill, on Thursday next, the ostensible aim of which is the promotion of the cause of the .people The fact is, that the meeting of Thursday is a delu sion upon the working-classes of this town and neigh bourhood. The managers aim at a monopoly of local power. Mr. Stansfield (greatly to his own surprise, we dare say) finds himself an alderman, a borough justice, and West Riding magistrate. In the latter ca pacity he reaps little honour or comfort; the soil is not congenial to the growth of such plants ; in corporation matters he is more at home, and therefore he fancies that he shall retain the honours and patronage attend ant thereon by making the burgesses believe that he is toiling for their welfareAalbeit his desire is to uphold a whig monopoly and the " swingeing"' borough-rate. We rather think that he deceives himself. He is " Yorkshire" to perfection ; but those he hopes to dupe are "Yorkshire too," and the new movement will fail. There will be a great splutter—a great deal of parade— a volume of newspaper puff—and not a little of the Messrs. Marshall's money will be squandered—and these will be the only results. We do not think that Mr. H. C. Marshall's views as to the representation of the borough of Leeds in the House of Commons will be one whit advanced by the conversion of the firm's flax mill into a political debating shop. THE STARVATION LEAGUE (From the Bristol Journal.) Mr. Paulton, the worthy emissary of the Manchester white slave-owners, delivered on Tuesday another lecture about cheap bread in the Socialist den. The humbug of all this crocidile philanthropy, in a set of grasping tyrants who grind the faces of their own workmen, is now so well understood by the working classes, to whom we gave a useful " Hi n t" last spring, that Polish corn and Polish wages are now re ceived by them as convertible terms. This fact, coupled with a rumour that the lecturer has been as soundly floored in se veral places as Robert Owen was last week in Bristol, caused some rather ugly marks of impatience" in the meeting ; and as the Chartists dearly love to hear themselves talk, the " lecture" amounted to a general row, which terminated in some one (wiser than the rest) stopping the gas • whereupon the whole company groped their w ay on th e i r heels or their heads, or on all-fours, as they best might, out of the room. Mr. Paulton and Mr. Owen may now take their departure together for the regeneration of mankind in some other place. Of the rubbish which this lecturer gave about the corn laws, it suffices to say that it has been refuted a thousand times to the comprehension of all men of average sense, and leaves untouched our argurment on " cheap bread," (14th of March, 1840) wherein we proved that the repeal of the corn laws would produce— First. A general bankruptcy, from the export of bullion. Second. A general famine,—from the cessation of the growth of wheat in England with no adequate increase of it abroad ; and from the resistance of the people abroad to the export of it. Third. That the agricultural population, four times as nu merous as the manufacturing, must all flock to the manufac turing market for employment. Fourth. That the home market, which consumes three fourths of our manufactures, being at an end, our manufac tures would afford employment for only 1-12th of the people. Fifth. That the states from which we bought corn could not take our manufactures in exchange, because—what occa sions the corn to be cheap—the producers are Polish serfs who have not a penny to lay out. Sixth. That no other nations will or can take our manu- ttires to 1-10th of the amount required Seventh. That if they would, our operatives must work for one shilling where they now receive five, and pay (sup pose) one shilling for bread where they now pay tvgo ! Eighth. That instead of paying one shilling they would probably pay more than two : for corn would then be a complete monopoly in the hands of a few millionaries, who need only wait a few weeks to raise it to any price !! We proved all these things : let any man who does not make them his creed read over our argument. We are sick, not more of the disgusting mendacity which raises all this din about the corn laws, than of the stupidity of those who suffer any man to stand up in public and utter it. The far mers seem to be in great want of thrashing machines. A man of rank, hearing that two of his female relations had quarrelled, asked, " Did they call each other ugly ?" " No." " Well, well, I shall soon reconcile them." Large flocks of wild geese have been seen in the neigh bourhood of Poulton-le-Fylde during the past week, a con siderable number of which have been shot, and sold at the rate of 2s. 6d, each. SOMETHING MORE ABOUT THE MARRIA G E CEREMONY. —Last week we related a little anecdote which involved a suggestion of the highest importance to all who contemplate a plunge into the holy estate of wedlock. Since that peri o d another amusi ng t a l e h as reac h e d our ears, and it too occur red in the parish church of this town. Sometime ago a con ple presented th emse l ves a t th e a l tar ; th e bridegroom was a hale-looking youth, and the bride, according to our inform ant, who has an eye for that sort of thing, was exceedingly pretty. The first part of the ceremony went on smoothly and properly ; but when the officiating priest put to the lady the home question—" wilt thou take this man to thy wedded husband 1" she dropped th e prett i est courtsey, and with a modesty which lent her beauty an additional grace, replied, if you please, sir." Charming simplicity !—Blackburn Standard. orto. FAREWELL (For the Liverpool Standard.) There is a word which speaks of woe, And causes sorrow's tear to flow ; What pen can write—what tongue can tell The anguish of that word—" Farewell'!" Ha oft is he who heaves that sound nconscious of the world around What would he not for comfort sell Who feels, as he repeats—" Farewell!' What charm can dissipate his grief, And yield his frenzied mind relief— Ah ! what his sorrow can dispel Who bids all dear to him—" Farewell!" If fate should tear the scenes away. Of boyhood's jocund holyday, What pain within his mind must dwell Who sighs, to these lov'd spots—" Farewell!" If home's delights must be resign'd. it enthral the mind, The pleas How I rd to break the pleasing spell— weep, to home, a sad—" Farewell !" Should there be one, one dearest friend, Whom destiny from you would rend, What thoughts must in his bosom swell Who fears, scarce speaks, the last—" Farewell!" If he must leave his native isle, No more to view his country's smile, Ah ! will his feelings not rebel As the poor exile looks—" Farewell!' Oh ! should the being whom you love False, as a shade's illusion, prove ; Despair your wither'd hopes foretell, As, cheerless, you pronounce—" Farewell!" But there is aye a ray serene, Which glides athwart the darkest scene; And one thought, soothing, can repel, Awhile, the anguish of—" Farewell!" Mark, mark the Christian as he dies — As his freed spirit homeward flies — As he forsakes his mortal cell— Oh ! see him smile, on earth— Farewell ?" Yes ! when to brighter climes we rise— When heav'nly scenes salute our eyes, Hope's ling'ring, last, funereal knell. never sounded there—" Farewell!" Liverpool, Jan. sth, 1840. ~- THE MORAL OF THE FLOWERS (For the Liverpool Standard.) not Suspicion's untimely shade, On the faith and trust that will quickly fade Tn the darkness of coming years : the right of youth's sunny hours, -time bloom all sweet flowers ! " he spring maiden turned on her mother's face The light of her soft blue eye •, sere was a grief in its thoughtful gaze, _ Like the Mist on a morning sky And her voice, whose accents ;ere'lViusic's own, awhile in their silvery tone. My mother ! the howling blast, I know, Will sweep o'er my gay parterre ; And every blossom lie drooping low, That now is most fragrant and fair : at summer returns with its warmth and bloom, To call up the flowers from winter's tomb. Alas ! if stern disappointment's breath Must wither the heart's fond truth, Milder the fate of the garden-wreath, Than is doom'd to the joys of youth nr what magic spell can bid ever back Hope's perishing buds on life's blighted track ? Oh ! give me rather unchanging night, Than a false, illusive ray ;- - :t me not buy the present's delight With the future's sharp pangs,—or say, Had I not loved, the unkind had not grieved ; Had I not trusted, they ne'er had deceived.' " " Mourn not, beloved one," the matron said, The feelings thy young days bring, Though sweet they are, and as surely fade of do north,' Tito Calrfolt irudento of hig I wit front n proffered combat in a fair and equal arena to the packed assemblies of his servile myrmidons, for he shows that in the masculine grip Of Dr. Cooke he would prove to be "no conjuror.", • Here then is this impostor who has been going about Ireland agitating for repeal—" hurraing" for re peal, and apparently most anxious to have a fight for repeal; but the moment a fair challenge is given him by a man who he knows will keep his word, and who, though no demagogue, is no flincher in a public assem bly; he turns his back, and creeps like asecreant cur to Tot - ft - Reynolds and the Trades' Union to tell them why he declines fighting even for repale" and " Ould Ireland" unless he ,can be sure of victory by playing the Hector in the midst of his own henchmen, with out an enemy to encounter. - • In this repeal agitati , m, O'Connell has not even the merit of being an enthusiast. If .4ie were, nothing would have gratified him more than to have an oppor tunity of encountering on fair terms an antagonist like Dr. Cooke. To vanquish one such enemy would be of more advantage to his cause than to make a hun dred blustering speeches in assemblies of his own fol lowers, before or after dinner, dressed in the fawn coloured repeal-buttoned coat and velvet collar of an itinerant mountebank, demonstrating the superiority of Irish blarney and Irish broad cloth, after having bestowed the former in abundance on the Manchester manufacturers, and having received something more substantial in return. But O'Connell's repeal agitation is merely the show man's trade. It is the cold pretence of a sordid spe culator, eager to gather in the pounds, shillings, and pence, by an attractive absurdity . that takes with the English multitude. He is, however, quite as honest in advocating repeal as Lord Ebrington is in opposing it, notwii hstanding the impression which the Dublin Evening Mail has endeavoured to make in favour of the O'Connellite Lord Lieutenant by very pretty sto ries about his discountenancing repeal agitation in the government appointments. The friends of Popish corporations may very consistently praise Lord Ebring ton ; but the conservatives of Ireland must not forget that in the late election for the county Mayo the whole weight of government influence was thrown into the scale of Mr. Blake, O'Connell's praised, puffed, and patronised "repealer." The blow which Dr. Cook has struck the agitator in his rampant 'career, is not likely to obtain him soon an invitation to the Irish Viceroy's table. He has made Daniel show " the white feather," and this will considerably damage his present scheme of seditious agitation. He may talk as he will of his conflcts with 'such combatants a 4 Spring Rice or SI arman C ford on the subject ; but these were Master Shallows : one of them could indeed fight a long-winded sham fight, while the other displayed all the sad simplicity which just suited O'Connell's buffoonery to turn into sport. A very different antagonist from those is Dr. Cooke. O'Connell knows that he has the pitch, and substance, and courage, and intellect of a powerful champion of the truth.. He knows that he is neither to be intimidated or cajoled, and therefore we doubt if a legion of priests, or even a Pope's bull, could in duce him to meet him. He knows that his arm can deal a strong blow, and therefore he thinks it the wisest, because the safest course, to keep out of his reach. J. M. L INDIVESTIZNT VDDLEST A~~t:l~Ai~C~ (From the Glasgow Argus.) authority of a letter received by a gentleman in On" the Edinburgh, we announced, on above concern, and the flight of the managing directors toppage of the vhich tors has since been confirmed from other sources. The his of this establishment places, in a very strong light, the fective state of the law regardir _ Ant-stock companies, and es the necessity of some legislative enactment, by which they may be brought under proper controul. It has long been matter of public notoriety, that the Independent West Middlesex Company was a concern established without ca pital, by individuals of even worse than doubtful reputation. The Dublin and Quarterly Reviews, in articles published some time back, showed that their rates were of the most fallacious description, and that it was impossible they could exist as a company, and make good the promises which . they held out. So long, however, as any portion of the public remained to be gulled, the concern went on, in defiance of every exposure, and there was no provision in the law by which the parties could be laid hold of. The Independent West Middlesex Assurance Company was established in 1836, by four individuals, whose characters will not bear a very close investigation. One of them had, at one period, kept the tap of a tavern in Aldermanbury-street, London. He afterwards became shopman to a small tallow chandler, in Upper Berkeley-street, where he subsequently carried on business on his own account, but without success. Aftermoving about from place to place, the same bad fortune following him, he was known us a house agent at the time the company started. Another of the party was originally a foot man, and afterwards got engaged in several concerns, none of which succeeded. He kept a petty furnishing shop for a short time in Gloucester, where he became insolvent about 1827. Towards the end of 1829, he spent several months in White Cross-street Prison, from which he was released un der the insolvent debtors' act. At this period his•clothes were in pawn, and he was in such a state of utter destitution, that he excited the compassion of the governor of the prison, who generously advanced him upwards of four pounds to re lieve his clothes, receiving his written obligation to repay the same when demanded. At an after period, when he was dis covered to be living at an elegant house in Connaught-terrace, and driving his carriage and pair, the governor sent to him for the money, which he refused to pay, alleging as his reason that he was freed from it by the statute of limitations. From the time he left White Cross-street Prison, he acted as shop man to the tallow-chandler previously mentioned. The third was an attorney in very poor circumstances, who, in 1831, went through the Bankruptcy Court. He was one of the di rectors and the solicitor for the notorious Equitable Loan Company, which was blown up in 1838. The fourth was an apothecary, and had a small shop in the neighbourhood of where the first-mentioned of the four resided. In 1832, he spent several months in the Queen's Bench Prison, where he was in a state of the utmost destitution, and was known by his fellow-prisoners under the name of " Poor Jemmy." The four individuals, of whom we have given some ac count, are believed to have been the sole originators of this precious concern. They subsequently admitted as managing directors, a journeyman blacksmith, along with the porter of the establishment; and the two latter, in conjunction with one of the four, signed all the policies and annuity bonds. The ex-tallow chandler, in his capacity of house agent, had the disposal of the premises in Baker-street, London, which were fitted up for the office of the company. A few tables, chairs, &c. were scraped together in the best way the parties could, and the sign was put up, of the Independent West Middlesex Assurance Company, of which the sole partners were the individuals already alluded to, or possibly one or two . others in like desperate circumstances. Prospectuses were issued, by which the company professed to be consti tuted under various acts of parliament; and an imposing array of names appeared as directors, many of which were chosen as being identical with those of well-known and highly respectable gentlemen in London. Suspicion was at an early period excited, by the low rates at which tha com pany transacted business ; and it soon became known, that the individuals who were put forth as directors, were not the well-known gentlemen of the same names however, from the disgraceful state of the law of libel, those who knew the real state of matters were afraid to speak out ; and our contemporary, the Scotch Reformers' Gazette, has the credit of being the first journal that exposed the concern, for which the proprietors have been landed in several actions of damages, and put to great trouble and expense. At the outset, Messrs. Coutts and Co. were announced as the bankers of the concern ; but they soon ordered their names to be withdrawn from the advertiseniento. The com pany then out forward the Bank of England, who, after making enquiry regarding the parties, ordered the account to be shut. The Western Bank of Scotland, who had been announced as the Scottish bankers, were obliged to threaten proceedings before they could get their names withdrawn. Notwithstanding these adverse occurrences, and in the face of the exposure made in Glasgow, the company still went on ; and their gains, from what has transpired, must have been considerable. It appears, by a search made at the Enrol ment Office, Chancery-lane, London, where all annuity bonds are registered, that, down to the month of November, 1840, the sum of £§B,ooo had been paid into the concern for the purchase of annuities. The money received in the shape of premiums for fire and life assurances must also have been large; and, although no correct approximation can be made, it does not seem improbable to estimate their total gains at somewhere about £200,000. _ _ _ Tbat money was flowing at a rapid rate into the exchequer was soon made manifest by the altered circumstances of the concoctors of the scheme. The ex-tallow-chandler and house agent built nine splendid houses as an investment at Maida Hill, to the west of London, in one of which he took up his residence, keeping several male servants, and driving into town in his carriage. fie further purchased variou, ties in different parts of the metropolis, at a cost proper s has been ascertained, of upwards of £20,000. The ex-footman pur chased an elegant house in Connaught-terrace, where he lived in considerable splendour, and drove his carriage and pair. In Glasgow, premises were purchased for the use of the concern, in Ingram-street, and several sums of money were lent out upon heritable securities, a portion of which, it is hoped, may be made available for the behoof of the suffer ers in this quarter. Between three and four thousand pounds is understood to be about the amount received by the com pany here in the annuity branch of their business, included in which, is a sum sunk for the behoof of the children of the late John Tait, editor of the Liberator newspaper. Their transactions in Glasgow, however, which at one time were large, fell off from the period of the exposure to which we have alluded, and, although the office was still kept open, it is believed that money did not come in. Persons who had effected fire insurances went off to other offices, glad to es cape with only the loss of the premiums. The unfortunate individuals who had sunk money upon annuities were differ ently situated ; but down to a late period, for the sake of preserving appearances, the annuities were paid. On Tues day last, the office was finally closed,—the individual who, for some time, has acted as agent, and who is understood to be the son of the ex-footman, having hurriedly taken his de parture from Glasgow, He is said to have stated to a gen tleman, whom he chanced to see before he walked off, that he had received no money from London since last September, and it is quite certain that he had received none here, as no new transactions had for a long time been entered into. Although the Independent West Middlesex Assurance Company displayed the utmost eagerness to procure busi nessf their conduct was different when losses by fire took place, or when individuals died who had their lives insured with the concern. At Dublin, a life policy fell due, and pay ment was refused ; but, upon legal proceedings being insti tuted, the claim was settled ; and the agent in Dublin was so annoyed at the conduct of the company, that he. abandoned the agency. At Johnstone in the neighbourhood of Paisley, a fire occurred in the premises of Messrs. Allan and Watson, cotton-spinners, who were insured with the West Middlesex, and payment was refused of the claim of about £1,600, on various unfounded pretences. Legal proceedings were, in consequence, instituted, and funds, which the concern had in Scotland, were fortunately , arrested, else a different result might have ensued. After a protracted and expensive liti gation, and within a few days of the time fixed for the trial, the Middlesex abandoned the case, and allowed decreet to be passed against them—and Messrs. Allan and Watson ulti mately recovered the whole of their demand, and the ex penses incurred. We give these merely as examples of the manner in which the Middlesex proceeded ; and might quote numerous cases, of a similar nature, from all parts of the country. in which actions are, at this moment, pending. The Middlesex Company professed great indignation at exposure which was made regarding them, and actions of damages were commenced at their instance in the Court of Session. They first raised two actions against the proprietors of the Reformers' Gazette, and four against the agent in Glasgow of the County Fire Office, Messrs. Allan and Wat son, &c., all of which were dismissed. The actions were then repeated in another form, and certain of them were ex pected to have gone before a jury in March. Had these been proceeded in, we are informed that the disclosures that would have been made are of the most extraordinary charac ter, both in regard to the principal actors in the scheme, and to the manner in which they proceeded in getting up the pre tended company. Although in possession of much curious and startling information on the subject, the nature of which may be readily guessed at from what we have just laid before our readers, we deem it right for the present to defer going further into detail. It is evident that the parties implicated had in contemplation the speedy bursting of the nefarious bubble which they sent afloat ; and their whole object for some time has been, by raising actions of various kinds, to maintain a certain description of reputation, tinder cover of which they might secure as large an amount of plunder as possible. In November last, the Stamp Office gave instruc tions to proceed against them for the duties due in the pre ceding month of May. Whether the parties were not pre pared for flight, and paid the amount, we are not aware ; but we may be tolerably certain that it has not been settled,, if they could possibly avoid doing so. We trust, that, even in the present uncertain state of the law, means will be found to punish the guilty authors of this plot ; and, at all events, that parliament will speedily direct its attention to some measure, by which the public may be protected from the frauds that it is clear can be practised by persons assuming the designation of joint-stock companies. FOREIGN AND COLONIAL MISCELLANY The. Cassel Gazelle says, " English lawyers are at present in Hanover, discussing the claim which the king makes to some crown jewels, now in the hands of the Queen of En gland. It is reported that the king intends to institute a suit at law against her Majesty for their recovery." The health of Sir J. Carnac, governor of Bombay, is stated to be very indifferent. By the last accounts from that presidency, he was about to take a trip to sea, and it is ru moured that if this measure does not produce the desired effect, he will eventually proceed 'to the Cape ; he was about to proceed to Baroda. THL BANK DEBT OF AMERICA.—Senator Walker, in a letter to the people of Mississippi, says :—" The loans now made by all the various banks of the Union, exceed by the last official returns five hundred and twenty millions of dol lars, upon which, (exclusive of exchange and other shaving operations) is extracted, at the average rate of seven per cent. interest, an annual interest of thirty-six millions seven hun dred and fifty thousand dollars ; being an annual interest nearly equal to all the specie in all the banks in the union ; thus exhibiting an annual interest of one hundred per cent. upon all gold mid silver held by the banks.":—New York paper. The Brussels papers mention that the Senne, which runs through that capital, has been deeply flooded, as well as the Sambre, and most of the rivers in Belgium, in consequence of the sudden thawing of the snow. The Gazette de Cologne publishes a letter from Vienna of the Bth, mentioning that the Arehduchess of Parma and th - e Duchess of Angouleme were both dangerously ilk:: -. The Archduke Frederick was expected back in Vienna from Syria on the 15th. GALE AT ROME.—A gale of wind, according to the Diario di Roma, blew with such violence in the Pontifical city on the sth instant, that it caused the great bell at the Roman ,1 College to sound. Its force seems to have been limited to a height of about 160 feet from the level of the sea, as during the whole time there was a complete calm at the summit of the astronomical observatory. Extract of a letter from Lima, August 20 :—" The Peru vian government, endeavouring by all means in its power to subject foreigners to the same charges as natives, has deci ded, in virtue of the constitution of Huancayo (a constitution drawn up under the constitution of the bayonets), that fo reigners purchasing landed property or houses in Peru thereby become Peruvians. Pushing its arbitrary measures still further, it has ordered all prefects and courts of justice not to adjuge to foreigners the real property to which they may have rights, by virtue either of mortgage, or a decision of court, unless they shall have renounced their national rights, and accepted the qualification of Peruvian citizens." onwix OV TNT, DIVITITNT RACEI or HUNAN (From a Note to Dr. Po Snit h's Work on Geology.) I have been able to learn (and upon Dr Pritchard's work I rely .s my great physiological authority), the diversities of conflgu .ctorily ation which belong to human beings, may be sati eferred to external agents continuing tl it influence through many generations : for it is with those nations which have mode of life unvaried from time hometno , -therefore, the hereditary predisposition pal, and in who s been sustained by the unceasing action of similar —with those nations it is that the greatest deviations are found from the standard human form. We cannot, indeed, affirm it to be an impossibility that the Almighty Creator should have seen fit to bring originally into being duplicates, triplicates, or other multiples of pairs, formed so alike that there should be specific difference be tween them. Yet it appears antecedently improbable, and it is unnecssary ; for, grant an extension of ti m e not at all prodigious, with all the requisite provisions for sustenance, and a sufficient increase of posterity will ensue from a single pair. _ _ All the probabilities of the case (and they amount to a high degree of moral evidence) seem to warrant our adoption f Be Larrey's theory that the Arabs are the primitive race. Let us then take some brunette hue for the normal complex ion of the human race; and let all the existing colours be re presented by radii from a centre, diverging in all directions. The differences would increase with the distance, and the ex tremities of the lines, in opposite parts of the periphery, would present contrasts of colour, and every other deviation produced by the range of causes. But the gradation supposed, and proved by examples, pre sents us with shades of brown only. We have no instance of. _ acquiring the proper negro negro family losing its peculiarity and be coming of a proper, healthy, North European white, there are no intermarriages with fair persons, long continued in the favourable direction. a white fami or communit colour, nor of This, I believe, must be admitted ; and another fact, of great importance, must be added to it. The recent explor ings of the Egyptian tombs and temples have brought to light pictures of native Egyptians, and of men and women of other nations, comprising negroes, who are distinguished by their characteristic form of face and their completely black colour. Some of these highly interesting representations are proved to be of the age of Joseph, and earlier, and some in which negro figures occur are of the eighth century after the flood. Assuming, then, that the complexion of Noah's family, as what I have ventured to suppose, as the normal brown, there was not time for a negro race to be produced by the opera tion of all_thecauses of change with which we are acquainted. On the other hand, some of the Egyptian figures, particularly those consigned to constant labour under the sun, and (which is very remarkable) persons performing religious ceremonies, are of a brown so deep, as to be almost blac It is unreasonable to expect, that more perfect acquaint- ante with the physiology of the niucuous membrane, and particularly in the negro subject, remains yet to be acquired ? I look, with a feeling almost of impatience, to the publica tion of Dr. Pritchard's third volume of " Researches into the Physical History of Mankind ;" in which one cannot doubt that this subject will be discussed. But, to any right mind I appeal, whether, in relation to a subject so complicated, this, one difficulty, even should it never be scientifically disposed of, is of sufficient weight to overbalance all the evidences, both bhysical and moral, (so ably treated on in Dr. Pritchard's Book 11. chap.ii), phy sical, philogical, and historical, which flow together in proof of the unity of the human race, by derivation from one an cestry. BLit, if the progress of investigation should bring out such kinds and degrees of evidence as shall rightfully turn the scale in favour of the hypothesis that there are several races of mankind, each having originated in a different pair of first ancestors, what would be the consequence to our highest in terests, as rational, accountable, and immortal beings? Would our faith, the fountain 'of Motives fOr love and obedi ence to God, virtuous self-government, and universal justice and kindness ;—would this faith, the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen, sustain any detri ment, after, by due meditations and prayer, we had sur mounted the first shock ? Let us survey those consequences. If the two first inhabitants of Eden were the progenitors, not of all human beings, but only of the race whence sprung the Hebrew family, still they were formed by the immediate power of God ; and all their circumstances, stated or im plied in the Scriptures, would remain the same as to moral and practical purpose. Adam would be " a figure of him that was to come," the Saviour of mankind, just as Melchizedek. or Moses, or Aaron, or David : the spiritual lesson would be the same. 4"bippfog Eatelligentr. TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, A R RIVED . — Leonard Dobbin , ----, from Bombay—Susan, —, from Monte Video—Selima, Coates, from Leghorn—Martha, , and Zuleika, , from Smyrna—Princess Victoria, —, from Trieste—Marmora, Barnes, from Terceira—Hannah, Grosz, from Pillau—and Crescent, —, from Marseilles. Corsair, Farrant; Malviva, Stocking, and Phoenix, Port, hence at Leghorn Firefly, Stone, hence at Constantinople Eliza Saunders, Bulley, hence at ditto York, and Henrietta, from New York, at Trieste Oriental, (steamer) Soy, hence, &c. at Gibraltar 17th Jan. Huntsville, Hughes, sailed from Marseilles for this port loth Jan. Archibald Campbell, from Calcutta for New South Wales, at the Mauritius, leaky Mary Ann, Gillies, from Gibraltar, at Padstow for this port, with loss of sails, &c. Ardent, Hartgrave, from Quebec to Neath, was wrecked 18th Nov. on West Point, Prince Edward's Island ; crew saved Chieftain, Porter, from Cork for this port, at Scilly, with loss of jibboom, sails, bulwarks, &c. - William & Charles, from Yarmouth for this port, at Ports mouth, with loss of bulwarks, stanchions, boat, &c. and cargo shifted Rapid, of this port, was spoken Bth Jan. in lat. 50, long. 18 CARDIFF, Jan. 14, —The Mauney, Steele, of Liverpool, was run foul of by the Bute, of Cardiff, which carried away her knight heads and did other damage, and it is expected must go into the Bute Dock Basin, to repair WATERFORD, Jan. 17.—The Indus, from Calcutta to Liverpool, put in here last night, with cutwater, fore-chain plates, &c. carried The sinful character of all the tribes of men, and the in dividuals composing them, would remain determined by the most abundant and painfully demonstrated proofs, in the history of all times or nations. The way and manner in which moral corruption thus infected all men, under their several heads of primeval ancestry, would he an inscrutable mystery—(which it is now ;)—but the need of Divine mercy, and the duty to seek it, would be the same; the same neces sity would exist of a Saviour, a redemption, and a renova tion of, the internal character by efficacious grace. - - That the Saviour was. in hi s human nature, a descendant of Adam, would not militate against his being a proper re deemer for all the races of mankind, any more than his being a descendant of Abraham, Judah, and David, at all di minishes his perfection to save us " sinners of the Gen tiles." Some difficulties in the Scripture history would be taken away ; such as the sons of Adam obtaining wives, not their own sisters; Cain's acquiring instruments of husbandry, which must have been furnished by miracle immediately from God upon the usual supposition ; his apprehensions of punish ment (" any man that findeth me will slay me'') ; his fleeing into another region, of which Josephus so understands the text as to affirm that Cain obtained confederates, and became a plunderer and robber, implying the existence of a popula tion beyond his own family; and his building a city. The characteristic differences of the great divisions of man kind, physical and intellectual, would create no difficulty in our reasoning : for instance, the mental distinctions laid down by Dr. Morton : " The Caucasian race ; distinguished for the facility with which it attains die highest intellectual endow ments. [ls there no flattery here? Are the effects of cen turies of cultivation sufficiently considered ? The Mongo lian ;—ingenious, imitative, and highly susceptible of culti vation.—The Malay ; active and ingenious, and possessing all the habits of a migratory, predaceous, and maritime peo ple.—The American ; averse to cultivation, slow in acquiring knowledge, restless, revengeful, fond of war, and wholly des titute of maritime adventure.—The Ethiopian ; joyous, flexi ble, and indolent ; the many nations which compose this race, presenting a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity." The hypothesis will almost diminish our surprise, but not our sor row, that many fine nations of men have appeared incapable of being persuaded by all the attempts of wisdom and hu manity, as well as the stern demands of want; so that they prefer to perish by inches, rather than to cultivate the soil, and adopt those habits of civilized life by which they might be preserved ; and that thus they appear to have had no share in the divine appointment to " increase and multiply and replenish the earth." See reflections upon this fact, at the close of a very interesting article entitled " The Red Man," in the Quarterly Review, March, 1840. In like manner it would furnish a solution to the question, why any tribes of men refuse to fix themselves in climes, warm, fertile, and comfortable, and in which there were no impediments to their stay, and should push on to such countries as Tirra del Fuego, where they miserably exist, with scarcely shelter, clothing, and food. Even the purifying and ennobling in fluence of Christianity, of which the Americans in particular have shown themselves powerfully susceptible, has not sur mounted these difficulties. But, allowing to the utmost these confessedly very remarkable disagreements, Dr. Prit chard is of opinion that they afford no proof of diversity of origin, and that differences equally great may be pointed out as not only characterising individuals, but making families in the bosom of English society. With regard to Acts xviii. 26, it cannot be proved that " one blood" necessarily signifies descent from a common ancestry; for, admitting a specific identity, though having proceeded from distinct foci of cre a ti on , b o th the physical and the mental characteristics would be the same in all es sential qualities. Thus, if this great question should ever be determined in the way opposite to what we now think the verdict of truth, the highest interests of man will not be affected. STATE OF TRADE MANCHESTER.—The advices just received from the United States, by the Caledonia steamer, pretty generally concur in representing the amount of the coming crop of cotton as somewhat less than had been previously supposed ; and the most trustworthy estimates are generally from 1,700,000 to 1,750,000 bags, and the prices have advanced in all the markets of the United States. It must be recollected, however, that these estimates are founded upon the repre sentations of the planters, who are interested in reducing the apparent amount of the crop. Hitherto, they do not seem to have produced any effect upon prices either in Liverpool or Manchester,—cotton, as well as yarn and goods, having generally continued perfectly steady since their arrival. Yesterday, there was a moderate demand in this market, and a fair amount of business was done at previous rates, which are still, especially in reeled yarn, decidedly below the rela tive prices of cotton ; the advance in the latter being gene rally about 11d. per pound, whilst yarns generally have advanced little more than three farthings. The spinners are, consequently, in a worse condition than before, and the fo reign buyers show very little inclination to give increased prices. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, Monday, Jan. 18.—To day we have had a dull market, and thinly attended by buyers. There is no change in prices. The wool market is much the same as that of last Monday. THE COMING SESSION OF PARLIAMENT.—The royal speech, we are told, will recommend to Parliament the deci mal system of moneys," weights, and measures. A very elaborate report on this, one of the most important COM n-itrcial questions, has been presented to the Treasury by the commission of scientific gentlemen who were appointed two years since. A private correspondent, who dates from Marmorica Bay, states that the Turkish fleet will be escorted to Constanti nople by the British squadron, and that' the Sultan proposes to seek that opportunity of conferring a decoration on all our superior officers in acknowledgment of the important services they have rendered him.—United Service Gazette. THE MURRAIN.-_The murrain still exists in this quarter, but in a very modified degree ; and out of many hundred head of stock, which have passed the ordeal in the city and neigh bourhood, we have not heard of more than half-a-dozen deaths in all. The cattle market is regularly surveyed every Mon day morning, and though the stock on an average cannot amount to less than 500 cattle and 2000 sheep, the inspector has only in one instance seen a suspicious case. Every cow and bullock in the byre and yard of a respectable feeder in Duke-street were affected with the trouble, but so slightly that they only left their food for a day or two, and could not be said to have lost flesh. And the same may be said of many others in Glasgow and its neighbourhood.—Scottish Guardian. THE RAILWAY POST-OFFICE. —On the London and Bir mingham Railway the post-office is fitted up in two compart ments ; the one as the sorting-room, and the other chiefly for the letter-bags, which are distributed and collected at the different places along the line. The sorting-room is fitted up with a mahogany counter and drawers ; above the counter are several tiers of shelves with vertical divisions, forming proper compartments for the proper arrangement of letters and newspapers, e ac h compartment having the name o f th e place neatly labell e d on th e o utside, for whi▪ ch the letters or newspapers are respectively intended. The assistant has a small desk or counter in the bags compartment, and also a contrivance of net-work without, for receiving the letters . from the different p os t mas t ers along the without stopping the train. The bags are left at the requisite places while the train is in motio n . W e h a d an opportuni▪ ty last winter of accompanying one of the post-office clerks for some miles on his journey ; and he most politely explained to us the whole system of sorting, leaving, and collecting the letters, whi c h appeared to us suscept ibl e o f v ery little improvement ; but one thing forcibl y struck us, v i z ., the necessity of w arm i ng this carriage, which, during the winter months, is miserably cold. The length of the post-office is 16 feet, and including buffers 18 feet 9 inches • the width is 7 feet fai inches ; the height of body 6 feet 6 inches, and, including under frame, ' 7 feet 6 inches. The weight is 4 tons, 1 cwt., 2 qrs. The weight of the clerks, bags, &c., is estimated at 2 tons, 7 cwt., 3 qrs. The po s t- o ffi ce i s com panied by a tender, something similar to a horse-box in size ; its weight is 2 tons, 7 cwt., 3 qrs. The gross weight of the post-office establishment is taken at 9 tons, 1 cwt.—Wu/haw on Railways. WEDNESDAY, loth Jan.— Wind N.N.E. moderate ,ARRIVED.—FIowers of Ugie, Arnaud, from Calcutta—Herald, —, from Alexandria (Egypt)—Hector, —, from Constantinople —Rattlesnake, —, from Smyrna,—Seaflower, --, from Ancona —Clifton, Horper, from Lisbon—Brothers, —, from St. Peters burgh—Hoop and Zewagting, —, and Eliza, —, from Rotter dam—Sylph, —, from Pillau—Emma. Perriam, from Trieste. SAILED.—Oseola, Child, and Chevalier, Knight, for New Orleans —Europe, Marshall, and Niagara, Cole, for New York—Nightingale, Hunter, for Pernambuco—Sofia, Lagana, for Palermo and Messina —Governor Baron Von Zuylon Von Nyevett, Van Wyk, Elmina— Vr. Henrietta, Klie, Rotterdam. Corinthian, Casely, hence at Ancona. Ebenezer, Adams, hence at Seville. Oriental, Dickson, hence at St. Übes. Sophia, Bindeman, hence and Norway at Liebau. Herdine, Hore, sailed from St. Übes for this port 25th Dec. Adventure, Cato, from Carthagena at Cove. Fancy, Harries, from St. Michael's at Baltimore. Freedom, Cox, from Palermo for this port at Falmouth, with loss of sails, bulwarks, stanchions, &c. On the 15th Jan. in lat. 48 0, ion. 8 0, spoke the Fisiter, hence for Queen of the Ocean, Tilley, for New Orleans, that put back leaky the iSth instant has been surveyed, and the leak ascertained to have been caused by auguar hole having been left open. Alert, -, hence for Naples, was off Sardinia 13th Dec. Triumphante Oliveira, Pepe, sailed hence Ist Nov. for. Oporto, and has not since been heard of. Stirling, hence. for Charlston, was spoken 25th Dec. in lat. 40, lon. 22. Daedalus, hence for Africa, was spoken 16th Nov. in lat. 5, N, lon. 17, W. MILFoan. 16th Jan.—The John Bently has been found to be so much injured, that she must be discharged, in order to have a new stem. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 .—Wind N.W. moderate. ARECIVED.—Emma, Perrian, from Trieste —Eggardon Castle, Warland, from Naples—Beile,; , from Charente—Garlies, Crabb, from Wlcklow—Keith Stewart, Stewart, from Lough Swilly—Mowbray, Murray, from Killough—Stuart Monteith, Gray sou, from Newry—Earl, Hudson, from Dublin—Luna, Morton, from Leith—and Mary, Morrison, from Newcastle. Niagara, Cole, for New York, has put back with loss of rudder, &c. having struck on the Bar of the Victoria Channel ' Mary & Jane, Osborne, sailed from Smyrna 23rd Dec. and Mary, Bond, 26th, both for Liverpool Flying Fish, , and Schyryd, Nowlan, hence at Sy ra Betsey, Jones, hence at Malta Elizabeth, Overton, from Odessa, at Bantry Empress, Hodgson, h - om Odessa, at the Cove Shannon, Stephenson, from London, at Falmouth for Liverpool, sails split Highland Ladd, Barker, hence at Venice, is reported to have received considerable damage in her rigging and cargo Margaret, Pollard, from Smyrna to England, was driven on shore near Catania 27th Dec. but expected to be got off and cargo saved. Mem.—The above will probably be the Margaret. Pollard, from Smyrna to Liveirpool Somnarnbula, Voulich, from Odessa, at Malta, for Falmouth, leaky and discharging Ann Jane, Rigby, from Calcutta, at St. Helena, and sailed 28rd Nov. for Liverpool Blake, Eshelby, from Caicuita, off ditto 21st Nov. for Liverpo Manilla, Pear;On, sailed from ditto for London 22nd Nov Augustus, Barr al; Mincarlo, Tregarthen ; Nonpareil, Harding Cumberland, Fogweil, and Wave, Edwards, hence at St. Michael If arittto, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN 20. We perceive no new feature in the Cotton market to-day; there has been a fair trade demand at steady prices ; the quantity sold is estimated at rather more than 4000 bales. We hear of about 100 Pernams, 9d ; 100 Bahias Bid ; 300 Egyptians 9-ad to 1 id—a few 12id ; 200 Surats 5d to Sid; remainder in American from 6id to 71d. THURSDAY KYRNIN There has been a fair inquiry for Cotton to-day from the trade, but not sufficient to give an animated appearance to the market ; the sales are estimated at 5000 bales , at steady prices, including 1500 Egyptians from lOid to lid, chiefly for Glasgow account; 100 Surats s*d ; 60 Bahias Sid and 7-Id; the remainder American from did to 7ici. 250 taken on speculation. BEAustanis, Jan. 19.—The Boyne, Foster, from Alexandria to Liverpool, was towed in here this morning, by No. 1, Liverpool Pilot Boat, with loss of masts, having been in contact with another vessel. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Src. Johnstone, T T Spence, .436 Calcutta, Sandbach & Co AFRICA Carrywell, T M'Cann, 132 Africa, Bahr & Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. James Hunt, J Stewart, 166 Antigua, R Semple & Co Richmond, G A Cockram, 170 Barbadoes. W Rose & Co Zorilda, F Brien, 162 Trinidad, Reid & Co Ritson. S Johnston, 237 Trinidad, , Imrie & Tomlinson Camerton, Hewitt, 220 Trinidad and Hayti, SOUTH AMERICA Frances, 3 M`Lean, Village Girl, G Woof, Traiie & Tomlin& 146 Rio Grande, Imrie & Tomlinson 216 Monte Video and Blienos Ayres, ' J Poole & Co UNITED STATES Bengal, T Hicks, 390 Mobile, H Mure & Co Deucaleon, E Howes, 585 New Orleans, F de Lizardi & Co EUROPE. Reindeer, E C King, 163 Leghorn, Bahr, Behrend &Co _ . Wetherall, 13 Ayre. 153 Malta, Chapman & Co Pnella, J Thomas, 143 Malta and Smyrna, G Yates & Co Maid of Alicante, Wakeham, 07 St. Michael's, Crozier & Co Eliza, V de Bartelo, 212 Naples and Palermo, J Moss & Co Roseberry, T Mowbray, 191 Genoa and Leghorn, J Bibby & Sons Ariane, H P Muntendam, 100 Amsterdam, Bahr, Behrend &Co Ashburton, H Bulkeley, 74 Azores, J Glynn & Son Gipsy, W Shotton, 109 Bourdeaux, Campbell & Rudd Flamer, P Pirouet, 103 Guernsey & Jersey, A Kincaid Trinity Yacht, ---, lig Gibraltar, Eshelby & CO f mports. Leonard Dobbin, (611) W Carpenter, from Bombay, 1979 bls 1 ble cotn, 151 coils coir rope, logo ps buffalo horns, 650 ps sapai wood, 6 frazils coffee, 3 elephant's teeth, 430 bls hemp, 437 bls wool 150 bgs galangal root, order-1 cse wine, Dudgeon, Balleny and ci 1 tnk appri, Ibx specimens natl hist, ft and J Dunlop-2 watt: stands, 1 card rack, Master-127 bls cotn, Dirom, Richmond an, co—W D Flowers of Ugic, (402) A Annand, from Calcutta, 204 hhds rum, 608 bags catch, 37 chests lac dye, 5 chests sealing wax, 55 chests shell lac, 200 bales jute, order—,449o bags sugar, Acraman, Briggs and co-1 box piece goods, G Malcolm—W D SOUTH AMERICA. Susan, (212) W Gilham, from Monte Video, 5678 salted o and c, 1553 horse and pig hides, 25 bls 38 sks hair, 5 bls nutria skins, 32 pps 388 srns Ghf pps taltow, 1 tons horns, 15 tons bones, J Green and co-250 salted hides, Rowand and Dunlop-26 bls hair, H C Smith and co—G D EUROPE, Matilda, (186) C Hodgson, from Messina, 164 cs 76 bxs oranges 808 cs 700 bxs lemons, order—loo cs 50 bxs do, J Levy .and co-51 cs 4 bx oranges and lemons, Ross Brs-200 cs 1 bx oranges, 200 c lemons, J Worrall-60 bxs do, Macter-150 bgs nuts, order-80 ck. pumice stone, Potter Brs-2 pps citrons, 6 cks cream tartar, order —8 brls almonds, J Levy and co—K D Crescent, (92) 11, Thomas, from Marseilles, about 70 tons brim stone, 58 tons cake oil, order—G D Princess Victoria, (267) T Guilbert, frcm Trieste, 800 bags shu mac, 283 bales wool, 6 bales silk waste, 8 cases beads, 8 brls ore, 1 brl black lead, 17 casks gum, 34 casks contents unknown, order -200 bags shumac, 13 bales wpol, 8 bales silk waste, 3 bales woollen rags, Geller and co-13 boxes beads, S A Brandeis and co-2 casks berries, G Claus and co-5 do, J White-450 boxes contents un known, Boyd and Brown—W 13 Marmora, (135) T Barnes, from Terceira, usg boxes oranges, W Dart—K D Clifton, (95) J Hooper, from Lisbon, 256 chests 376 hf chests oranges, order -1 box do, the master—K D Heinrich, (•341) J B Gross, from Pilau, 831 qrs tares, 637 qrs peas, 115 qrs beans, order-21 qrs tares, 420 qrs peas, 21 qrs beans, Falk Brothers -73 qrs peas, 189 qrs beans, Carne and Telo—Q D PORT OF LIVERPOOL Number Of Vessels, with their amount of Tonnage, Reported in wards at the Custom-house, from the 25th Nov. to the 24t1 December, 1840, viz.— _ _ British. Foreign. TOTAL. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Africa 4 1151 0 0 4 1151 Australia British America Belgium 1 81 11 1408 12 1489 China 0 0— 0 0— 0 0 Guernsey 0 0 0 0 0 East Indies France Germany Holland 1 115 5 578 Iceland Isle of Man 4O 1870 0 0 Jersey 5 593 0 0 Mediterranean 2B 4973 0 0 Portugal 1 106 -- 7 826 Prussia Russia Sweden, &c. 0 0 1 330 South America 2O 4451 0 0 Spain lO 67 1 0 0 United States " 3 2423 23 6219 West Indies l2 2998 0 0 Ireland and Coastwise. 780 105738 0 • 0 8 377, 8 163, 2 - 331 6 6g: 40 187 28 4973 8 932 3 754 4 1337 1 330 20 4451 10 671 - 26 8742 - 12 2998 - 780 105738 951 143984 54 11767 1005 16575 Vessels and Tonnage entered the Port of Liverpool, m the Month ending 24th December, 1839 and 1840. 1839 Liverpool.... 1066 vessels 186572 tons Runcorn .... 122 5643 11S8 vessels 192215 tons 1840 Liverpool. Runcorn . 1151 vessels 163000 tons 282 I 5 tons De crease PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION GENERAL POST -OFFICE, January 19. Cr CA co .:4,1 g •!1; t=l.›.;;ww 94E0.. 44 EWirrg a o q. Ps ~, , :y°.P g 4 ;4 mg f 34. § <lc 0 g a ri it '0.1.4 •Fit . ;', ri, O 4 3- i 97 • " o 8 PI: 0 ,t 4 • 0 ..• ).4 'E,• 3*g cm aig cro ail '6 , " z' r/ 2 o O c f k, W .1. .6, 4 .a , _. ... 5 A," =' re 0 t, g.“ - g ct• c „ 4:I 22 " Crt'a, 12 42 I. ... ►' Q .0 , x7,"=;7 21 . 0 .59 0 44 Psci94egfAgeFtzg P ap °g ° R)-;; P4.R' 0 - = P g, aj\ms4e. r ag. 3 8. , a, AFt ® 2. !4°x,°,' 5 5 . .8 5 , P. \ a°,s. g 1 .?07,14 5 : 40=9, • E.R* :e,c l .1"4"-t9 : VLP9 ',7; 7, tm 5' "i '4 f`), o Md.; ~`"g . 13 ai• 0 ro n.. i -4 g o 4 "I g 7 0< • 5 g 4 : pt" • rq " 4 r. " W x x 0 0 ks k CD cD . P SD, • .... ;.,, -4 ri L , g p z Z.l -. ; 0, ...5 to LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JAN 21 The business doing in dry Butter at the present moment is very moderate.—nevertheless, holders of anything fine are very firm, and fall of the anticipation that the season will close with higher prices. Pickled Butter is held at the extravagant rate of 107 s, and purchasers for immediate shipment submit to it. Nothing im portant occurs in barreled provisions, and Bacon continues dull. LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET, JAN. 20. There has been a good inquiry for wools dur.•n; the present week, but the actual sales were few. • The stock of Scotch wools is very light, and a speedy improvement in the demand for all descriptions may be anticipated. Imported this week : Foreign, 2,464: Scotch, 95. Previously this year : Foregn, 3,075 ; Scotch, 2. Total Foreign, 5,53 g ; Scotch, 100. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 20. There was a much smaller supply of stock to-day than there was last week, and as it was much below the demand, Beef sold at per head, or id per lb dearer; and Mutton brought id per lb above last currency. Everything was early sold. Best Beef 6id to Thel ; inferior, Sid to 6d. Prime Mutton, 7d to Bd, and middling and Ewes, 6d to 7d per lb sinking the offal. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, JANUARY 19. (From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott 6- Son.) Since this day week the winds have been more favourable for arrivals, the imports of Wheat, Oats and Oatmeal from Ireland, and also of Wheat, (chiefly Foreign from London,) Malt and Bar ley, coastways, have been to a fair extent ; we have also had a rapid thaw, which still continues, and the slight covering of snow which we have had for about eight days has almost disappeared ;—the demand has been very limited, and we can note no alteration in the prices of any article in the trade here or in our country markets during the past week; the prospect of an immediate revival of communication by water from the Yorkshire and interior markets to Manchester caused a very dull market there on Saturday. The duty on Wheat from Foreign Ports is decreased Is per quarter, and on Flour per barrel ; on Beans and Pease it has increased to 3s per quarter from British Colonies ; on other Grain no alteration since Friday last ;—there has been an alteration for export at 25s to 26s per barrel, but the value of bonded Grain con tinues nominal. At this day's market we have had but a thin attendance ; sales have been effected only to a very limited extent of every article in the trade, and prices of last Tuescay have been barely supported WHEAT, S. d. S. d. INDIAN CORN,'3 48011. English Scotch • S 6 g 0 White Irish 6 8 8 9 BEANS, per quarter Bonded BARLEY, per qr. English 33 0 38 0 PEAS, Grey Chevalier ' Scotch, per 601 b. 4 6 5 0 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b Irish 4 6 5 0 In bond l3 0 14 0 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 FLOUR, English, per 280Ib. Ours, per 451 b. Fine 44 0 45 0 English Scotch 3 4 3 5 Amer. qp• brl. free Irish 3 2 3 3 Sweet U.S Foreign, in bond 3 3 3 4 Sour Ditto, duty free.. 3 4 3 6 OATMEAL, per 240th RYE, per quarter .. 36 0 38 0 Englisl MALT, per qr. fine.. - 62 0 64 0 Ditt( middling 54 0 56 0 0037 0 0 37 0 English Irish... 46 0 50 0 44 0 40 0 38 0 42 0 44 0 45 0 35 0 36 6 31 0 32 6 nevt Scotch... 24 0 25 0 26 0 27 0 9 5 0 24 0 ~. PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL 20 0 ly 0 Id 0! Not above 16 ft 18 0 F..t19. B. P 19 0 21 feet 2 2 lOs 0 4 0 21,) 9 10 1.'4 5s ti 0 115 s. o 9 4'l lOs 1 0 2 0 none. 15s per load i 6 6 10s. W 0013, Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid Archangel ..t'l9 10 @ Memel 18 0 Gothenburg l4 10 - Wyburg • l6 10 - Petersburg 17 0 - PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick. Danzig, Deck s — British American Pine LA THWO on, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet 0 British American 4 10 MAH OGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras Cuba St. Domingo 1 0 JAR PLANKS, British American FE AKWOOD, per cubic feet STAVES, per 1200. Danzig, C. Pipe Hhd. Quebec, red, 1 inch thick, 40 0 and 5i- feet long Do. Puncheon l3 0 TIMBER, per cubic foot. s. d. Oak 2 2 Pine, British Amer. common red 1 5' yellow £l4O 0 ...70 0 -145 0 I Not ab. 36 in. —So 0 X 1 3s. B.P. 2s. —650 j 2 6 4s. - 21 0 3 0 6 s . s. d.l • 2 6 1 0 0 1 108 2 1 per load. 1 9 Danzig, middling .... _ 2 3 Memel, middling 2 3 }X2 15s. lc,. load Riga, red 2 5 2 6 *There is an additional duty of 5 per cent. on these rates. AGRICULTURAL MARKET, JANUARY 19. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... 0 81@1 0 ap , 2016. Potatoes, 90th. 2 KO 7 lagolt New Hay.... 0 81 1 0- Cattle Ditto 1 7 1 9 --- Clover Hay.. 0 9 011 - Turnips 25 027 0 -- Straw, Wheat 0 4 6 51 - Carrots 42 045 0 -- Straw, Oat .. 0 4 0 41 - Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 - Straw, Barley 0 3i 0 4 Manure 8 010 6 - Green Clover 0 0 0 0 -- LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES Number of new patients entered on the hooks of the Dispensaries during the last t'veek Received advice and medicine atthe Insti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine Total at each Dispensary North. South. Total 04 644 534 1122 VISITORS. North—Mr. C. Booth, Mr. J. H. Smith, and Rev. Dr. Tattershall, South—Mr. Jordan, Mr. J., Cooper, and Rev. Thos. Bibby. It. WEDGWOOD, Secretary. Dispensaries' Office, 1, Fenwick-street, LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT January 16, 1040 1 n -patients cured l7 ( In-patients Relieved and at own request . 6 ) Out-patients Made Out-patients 0 Casuals during the last week 1 Irregular . I Remain in the house Dead 1 Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. R. Davies. House Visiters, Mr. N. 0 Bold and Mr. R. Houghton Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon Mr. Brandreth. *,,* Donations and Subscriptions thankfully received at Messrs. A. Heywood, Sons and Co., and at the Infirmary. THE WORKHOUSE Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending Paupers 1870 1820 Jan. 9, 1841 11, 1840 Per Head Is. 9ad 1 10i More 50 Less 0 1i Per Week .'l6B 4 9 171 16 10 Less 3 12 1 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week ending Jan. 11, 1841 Jan. 13, 1810 More 350 More ..e4l 8 10 GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street, Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 6 0 a.m. Mixed JP tt 12 8 13 a.m. First Class f f „ 1 15 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class I f t 4 p.m. 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class ~ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 6 0 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.m. Mixed 5 0 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM. 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed Pt Pt 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 0 p.m. „ IP 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. , The Trains on 'Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. FROM CHESTER TO CREWE. 7 0 a.m. Second Clais, to meet 6 a.m. Train from Liver pool and Manchester. 11 15 a.m. First Class, to meet 10 30 a.m. Train from Liver __ pool and Manchester. ______ 'ROM CREWE TO CHESTER. 2 0 p.m. First Class, on arrival of i 130 a.m. Train from Birmingham. 6 30 p.m. Second Class, on arrival of 3 30 p.m. Train from Birmingham, and 4 p.m. Train from Liverpool and Manchester. There will be no Trains on Sunday until further notice. BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY , (FROM - GEORGE'S PIER HEAD.) •10 0 .. 12 0 Afternoon 2 0 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD Morning 8 15 ~ 10 15 .. 12 15 I Afternoon 2 13 .. ON SUNDAYS.—FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD Morning g 0 I Afternoon 4 45 FROM CHESTER TO, BIRKENHEAD. Morning 9 15 I Afternoon 6 0 Morning 8 0 4 0 .. 6 0 4 15 .. 8 15 LIVERPOOL AND MAI CHESTER RAILWAY FROM L'POOL TO MANCHESTER. FROM MANCHESTER TO L'rool.. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning - Morning.. 730 Morning 845 „ .. 945 „ _ g o ~ ..lo o „ 11 0 , ..1145 „ 11 15 „ —ll 45 ~ 2 0 Aftern. ' .. 2 30 Aftern. I 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. 14 45 „ .. 530 „ 5 0 „ .. 530 ~ 715 Evening .. 715 Mixed 1 715 Evening .. 715 Mixed 1 Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside f * Except on Saturdays, when this Train does not start till Three. ON SUNDAYS. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class I 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 1 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 445 Aftern. .. 530 Aftern. 5 0 Aftern. .. 530 Aftern. 715 Evening .. 715 Mixed 1 715 Evening.. 715 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside TO PRESTON AND WIGAN. FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER. 8 45 Morning.. Mixed 9 0 Morning.. Mixed 11 0 ~ .. First Class 11 15 ~ .. First Class 230 Aftern. .. Second Class 245 Aftern. .. Second Class 445 ~ .. Mixed 5 0 „ .. Mixed 715 ~ .. First Class •7 15 „ .. First Class ON SUNDAYS. -_ . 7 0 Morning—. Mixed --- 7 .0 Morning.. 445 Afternoon.. ~ 5 0 Afternoon 7 15 Evening.... First TO sLANCASTER. 7 15 Evening.. TO . First Class, PROM LIVERPOOL, I FROM MANCHESTER, 843 Morning.... Mixed 9 0 Morning.... Mi xed .. .. First Class 11 15 , , .. First Class 230 Afternoon .. Second Class 245 Afternoon .. Second Class Mixed 5 0 4 45 ~ • • • • ~ • • • . Mixed TO BOLTON. ygoM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER. 8 45 Morning.... First Class 9 0 Morning.... First Class 1 0 11 15 ~ • ' • 230 Afternoon .. Second Class 245 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 A 30 r, • • • • ~ ON SUNDAYS 7 0 Morning.. 5 so Afternoon Second Class I 7 0 Morning.— Second Class 5 90 Afternoon .. T ~ O ST. HELENS. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 90 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 „ .... II t 11 45 ~ • • • • ~ 2 45 Afternoon .. Pt 5 30 ~ • • • • PO FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class g 45 " .... / t 30 Aftiinoon ON SUNDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class q o Morning—. . Second Class 5 30 - Afternoon.. PP 5 30 Afternoon.. t, RAILWAY:. Bolton and Leigh .. Bristol and Exeter Birmingham and G. Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester .. Ditto, new Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto, Debentures .. 2 Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven g paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 20 paid Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar 30 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction lOO Ditto half shares.. Ditto quarter Chester and Crewe, Quarter.... 100 paid 60 .... 34 0 0 loucester .. 00 paid 77 10 0 100 .... 77 0 0 50 paid 36 0 0 16 12 6 0 0 0 8 15 0 5 7 6 29 5 0 10 paid 22 10 0 29 5 0 213 0 0 95 5 0 .... 95 5 shares (late Great We5tern...........,, Ditto new shares ........ Ditto Fifth Shares Flull and Selby Leicester and Swannington Lancaster and Preston 53 10 0 29 13 0 93 10 0 63 '0 0 10 5 0 41 15 0 53 15 0 65 .... 50 paid 42 10 0 Ditto, new Liverpool an Ditto qua 26 10 0 15 10 0 186 10 0 .. 45 0 0 90 10 0 172 0 0 58 0 0 div 27 10 0 57 10 0 43 15 0 , 82 10 0 31 0 0 41 13 0 .... 26 0 0 .... 5 2 6 .... 83 0 0 .... 15 7 6 92 10 27 15 0 ,0 ti Ditto half share London and Birmingham, Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto and Southampton 39 Ditto & Brighton Manchester and Leeds 7O Ditto half shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 35 Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Ditto, quarter Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto quarter shares NortlfMidland New North Midland, South Eastern and Dover North Uniou York and North Midland St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap 14 0 0 83 0 0 ex 6 7 10 0 .... 0 0 0 50 paid Bank of Liverpool - Borough Bank - Commercial of Liverpool 12 10 - Commercial of England. 5 .. - East of England lO - of Manchester lO .. - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. Is - Northern and Central - North and South Wales lO .. £l2 lOs paid 20 0 0 ex div 14 15 0 .... la 0 0 .... 3 2 6 .... 8 16 3 with div 10 2 6 .. 3 7 6 .... 4 5 0 Plicenix Royal of Liverpoo South Lancashire Albion Liverpool Union Liverpool Banking Co Wilts and Dorset GAS, WATER WORKS, &c 4'loo paid 7 10s. 25 paid 10 .... 10 .... 766 10 0 cliv 766 10 0 5 4 0 21 5 12 12 6 Exchange Buildings L'pool and Harrington Water 162 0 0 Works Bootle Ditto Stock.. .. L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. 4100 Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance Company 25 paid 477 10 0 325 0 0 380 0 0 171 0 0 3 10 0 Ocean Assurance Company o Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANI Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 as Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company.. , Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Woodside Ferry EgremontFerry Asphalte (Liverpool; (Poloncean o 13 9 . 2 3 0 CS, &c. 8 0 0 4 17 6 7 .6 7 0 0 57 0 6 2 6 o 14 () 1 0 0 BIRTH. Yesterday, HELEN, wife of Capt. P. B. PISHLEY, of the brig Mary Jones, of a daughter. MARRIED On the 2d instant, at Whitton Church. Cheshire, JOHN WM. COWARD, Esq., of this town, to MARY ANN, the fourth daughter of ROBERT LITTLER, Esq., of Winnington-house. near North wich. . On the 11th instant, at Dumfries, JAMES HIND CHRISTIE, Esq., of this town, to MARY ANN, the fourth daughter of JAS. FRASER, Esq., surgeon, Dumfries. On the 12th instant, at St. George's Church, Everton, Mr. JAS. MORECROFT BROUGH, to FRANCES, second daughter of the late Mr. JOHN HARRISON. Same day, WM. W. SENN. Esq., of this town, merchant, to MARY BURY, relict of the late JOSEPH BUCKLEY, Esq., and daughter of the late RICHARD ENTWISTLE, Esq., of Rushulme. On the 18th instant, at St. Bride's Church, Mr. JOHN CRELLIN. of H.M. Customs, to Miss ELLEN STEVENS. Same day, at St. John's Church. to Miss JANE ANDERSON Mr. GEORGE MOWBRAY, mariner, On the 20th instant, at Egremont Church, by the Rev. Richard Appleton, A. M., Mr. WILLIAM APPLETON, to KATHARINE. youngest daughter of the late Rev. THOMAS WATBON, of Bilton, Yorkshire.' - DIED On the 31st December, at Amsterdam, after a few months' illnes s, EDWARD NOLTHENIUS, Esq., sincerely reg►etteal by all who knew him. • On the Ist instant, aged 40, Mrs. THOMAS NICKSON, Albion house, Blackpool. On the 4th instant, at Preston, aged. 70, JAMES SOWERBY, Esq., for forty.four years King's Pilot, and Harbour-master, at the port of Plymouth, and father of Mr. J. 13. Sowerby, principal officer of customs at Preston. On the 6th instant, at Clifton-hill, Lancaster; aged 76, Mrs GILLOW, relict of Robert Gillow, Esq. Same day, aged 61, Mr. THOMAS PICKUP, painter. On the 7th instant, aged 82, Mr. SIRR, better known as Major Sirr, for many years a magistrate of the head-police office, Dublin. On the Bth instant, aged 3 years and g months, THOMAS ED WARD, son of Mr. EDWARD OWEN, corn merchant, Bruns wick.street. On the 13th instant, at North Birkenhead, GEORGE FREDE RICK, fourth son of JOHN WILLIS, Jun., aged 2 years and 9 months. On the 14th instant, at Heavitree, near Exeter, aged 51, FREDE RICK MAUNDER, Esq., of the firm of Maunder Brothers and Co. of Liverpool, and Port-au-Prince, Hayti, in which republic he had been generally a resident since 1806. On the 15th instant, at Mount Pleasant, Parr, near St. Helen's, aged 6g, JkNE, wife of Mr. PETER BRETHERTON. Same day. Mrs. AUTHER, relict of the late Captain Auther, of this port, aged 74 years. On the 16th instant, at her residence, Wilton-street, aged 65 years, HANNAH, relict of the late Mr. PETER WARBURTON. Same day, aged 72, Mrs. STEWART, the wife of Mr. D. Stew art, Seymour-street. Same day, JOHN MAXWELL WALKER, aged 14 years, only son of the late James Gore Walker. On the 18th instant, RICHARD DICKINSON, aged 26, the eldest son of the late James Dickinson, farmer, dec., Formby. -.. • On the 20th instant, suddenly, LOUISA, youngest daughter of Capt. RICHD. CORNISH, of Warwiek.street. Yesterday, aged 40, AMELIA, the beloved wife of SEYMOUR WATERFALL, commercial traveller, of this town. LIVERPOOL : FRIDAY, JANUARY 22, 1841. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING, BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 88, Mount Pleasant, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. 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Terms of Subscription for this paper :—On credit; one year, £2 fis. ; half-year, £1 3s. ; quartet 11 s. 6d.--lf paid m advance—one year £2 2s. half-year, ls ; quarter, I(,s' 6d, GAZETTE,--TutoD4v, 3M4. 19 ARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED n and S. Pinkess, Liverpool, varnish-makers—R. Savage Nesbit, Manchester, power loom.mauufacturers—W. Young nd T. Westall, Manchester, surveyors —J. Ward and S. Ward, Clitheroe, Lancashire, innkeepers—T. W. Robinson and G. Barker, Liverpool, tanners—J. Smith and J. Woodall, Liverpool, grocers— J. Lowe and H. Lowe, Liverpool. shoemakers. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Joseph Taylor, Weduesbury, Staffordshire, iron-merchant. John Cockhill, Aldermondsbury, Yorkshire, shoemakers. BANKRUPTS Edward Vaughan Shipman, Hackney, London, licensed victualler. Henry Joseph, Soho-square, London, artist colourman. 'William Bowles and Joseph Charles Bowles, Store-street, Bed ford-square, London, upholders Lloyd Richard Beale, Al packer shall-street, Golden-square, London, Henry Joseph Reed, Marquis-court, Drury - -lane, London. victualler Arthur Oppenheim and Walter Michael Oppenheim, Mansell street, Goodman's-fields, London, timber merchants. Sarah Stannard Leak, Holt, Norfolk, milliner. ,Edwin Edmonds Rouse, Worcester, stationer. Richard Morris, Gloucester, coachmaker. Henry Marsden, Cellan, Cardiganshire, cattle-dealer. Richard Riley, Wellesbourne,Warwickshire, corn-dealer. James Barlow, Birmingham, brass-founder. Francis Buckle, Leeds, merchant. Francis Perks, jun., Stourbridge, Worcestershire, hatter. Edward Richardson, Sunderland, merchant. Joseph Waddell, Birmingham, druggist. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 9. A. J. Kopsch, Crown-court, Old Broad street, London, silk-merchant—Feb. 10. W. Colbron, Mill-street, Hanover-square, London, tailor—Feb. 11. W. Nixon, Boston, Lincolnshire, iron monger—Feb. 2. W. Denman, Carnarvon, innkeeper— Feb. p. W. Farrell, Kensington, Lancashire, cattle-salesman—Feb. 11. W. Wilkinson, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, ironmonger —Feb. 12. T. Moss, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, draper—Feb. 12. C. John son, Glamford Briggs, Lincolnshire, innkeeper—Feb. 17. T. Nicholson, Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, scrivener—Feb. 12. J. Hiley, Caistor, Lincolnshire, curlier—Feb. 17...1. Eno?h, Warwick, bootmaker—Feb. 10. E. Knibb, Liverpool, tailor—Feb. 19. W. Levett, sen., and W. Levett, jun., Kingston -upon-Hull, merchants —Feb. 12. J. Smith, Leeds, joiner —Feb. 11. W. Triance, South Lynn, Norfolk, builder. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before February y. S. Thomas, Bristol, hotel keeper—A Milns, Rochdale, Lancashire, dyer—D. Hedges, Oxford, Plumber—J. Hoskins, Hercules-court, Broad-street, London, chronometer-maker—F. Langan, Regent street, London, wine-merchant—T. E. Southby, New Basinghall street, London, hatter—T. Brown and T. Brown. jun., Mansell street, Goodman's-fields, London, plumber—John Randolph,Bridge. street, Westminster, London, surgeon—C. J. Cook, Bristol, brush - r—G. Hopkinson, Liverpool, coach-builder—J. Bacon. —W. Waddell, Liverpool, merchant—G. Webb, Bristol, York, groce tea-dealer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS James Rattr ay, Dundee, merchant, Jan. 26, Feb. 22, at two, at the Bristol Hotel, Dundee. James Paterson, William Rob, and John Henry Stewart, Glasgow, iron -manufacturers—Jan. 27, Feb. 17, at one, at the office of Messrs. Baird, Writers, Glasgow. William Brand, Applegarth, Dumfriesshire, Jan. 27, Feb. 17, at two, at the writing chambers of Messrs. Farsh and Brand, writers, Annan. hn Mackdowal, machine-maker, Johnstone, Itenfrewshire, 2.5, Feb. 15, at two, at the Saracen's Head Inn, Paisley. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS Fon LIVERPOOL. JANUARY. HOUR 23. William Baines, (special) , Mr. Cort's 23, S. S. Jackson, proof an d dl v. ) Clarendon Rooms, 1 23, Thomas Robson, (Ist) -- • 1 • ".....,-, Rald and Co. ..) Wynnstay Arms Inn,Wrexham, 11 ,n, (Ist) Clarendon Rooms. 1 .11 Beeston, (special)... Mr. Mallaby's, 12 Clarendon Rooms, 1 Ditto, 1 proof & di ;6, A. H. and a .27,' Robert Alexander 29, It. &J. }luggeln, TELEGRAPH OFFICE, JANUARY 21, 1841. Wind at Holyhead N.W. bloWing fresh during the clay. Off Great Ormshead, inward bound, at 10 a.m. No. 3107, Leo • Lora, B.S. from St. Ancirpw TIDE TAI3Li Height. Sundays, Holydays. 6.c Saturda Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednes 22 10 55 11 13 14 5 'New Moon 2h. 46m. a.m. 23 11 28 111 44 15 5 Duke of Kent died 1820. 24 - 0 1 16 0 3rd Sunday after Epiphan) 25 olg 035 16 10 Sun rises 7h. 59m. 26 051 1 6 18 0 1. 22 139 17 4 Duke of Sussex b orn 1 773 158 .2 18 16 8 Sir F. Drake died 1593. Thursday 28 PRICES OF SHARES, JANUARY 21. Prices. This day Last Per Share. Prices the ne Mail. DECE Monti to saif F The AMEI ACADI Cotarn The QUEI the Ma ter paol Al SAMU pp I Broad verpool NOT' sent by and not N.B. can be at the The GL ie..," 0 A , Itoy Nt it 0 Y AL ROY26] For 1' street, I Passe will sail kik( Sail rc From ti kcalLT. And at chester, The al Pilots,) namely, sets, the QUEEI tons bur at Seven to KIN( and Cab The 1 lmpot to' them, af: munity ( certainty Establisl freight c, Furtl-t Water-si CAPTA THE Tea prices, C of his E 9d. per amongst chop to into Eng be adjudl at Pekin should it quiry int up by hi: maybe d implicit dispute a their pur kind the prices qu last impc this mot as to in] when he duty on I how, the Is., and ad ditionf so well e Nobility, economic but a'sCl] imitate I that all The pr CApT I TEA. is 1 for 110 V 18 98. per e atties c°ll atry i 22, c o G 12, 0. j Bolton .. Bradford Burnley Blackbui Halifax.. Leeds .. Manches Preston Wa)cefiel