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THE FALL OF THE OAK, PiN AUTUMN SCENT ;lorious tree is the old gray oak, He has stood for a thousand years, He has stood and frown'd On the woods around, Like a king among his peers. round their king they stand, so now, When the flowers their pale leaves fold, e tall trees stand around him arrayed, In their robes of purple and gold. e autumn sun looks kindly down, But the frost is on the lea, And sprinkles the horn Of the owl, at morn, As she hies to the old oak tree, Not a leaf is stirred, Not a sound is heard But the thump of the thresher's flail, The low wind's sigh, Or the distant cry ; Of the hound on the fox's trail, forester, he has whistling plunged, With his axe in the deep wood's gloom, That shrouds the hill Where few and chill, The sun-beams straggling come: brawny arm he has bared f and laid His axe at the foot of the tree, The old gray oak, And with lusty stroke, He wields it merrily : With lusty stroke, And the old gray oak, Through the folds of his gorgeous vest You may see him shake, And the night-owl bleak From her perch on his leafy crest. She will come but to find him gone from where He stood, at the break of day ; Like a cloud that peals as it melts to air, He has past, with a crash, away. Though the spring in bloom and the frost in gold No more his limbs attire, On the stormy wave He shall float and brave The blast and battle fire : Shall spread his white wings to the wind, And thunder on the deep, As he thundered when His bough was green On the high and stormy steep. ROMANTIC STORY (From L'Audience.) At a recent sitting of the Criminal 'Court of Tambof. a province of Russia, 283 peasants were tried on a charge of putting to death a Russian noble, under circumstances of a shocking but romantic character, of which the following are the details:— On the evening in question all was merriment in the cha teau of Sokolin-Slaw. Gaiety and festivity were the order of the day. Around a table richly and plentifully supplied with the choicest viands sat 12 young officers wearing the costume of the Starobouro regiment. The owner of the chateau (M. Meerzeeloff,) aged about 22, had assembled his comrades to celebrate, in a manner worthy the occasion, a piece of good fortune which had happened to him, and to commence with gaiety the enjoyment of an immense patri mony, of which he had just come in possession. " Another glass of champagne," said Meerzeloff, taking up the bottle, and pouring forth its sparkling contents. " To the health of the child of fortune," cried all around, as they followed his example in filling their glasses. "In good faith," said one of the guests, "what is that?" de manded the amphytrion. " They are not wanting," said the host. " Behold those young beauties. They shall be to you as the houris of this terrestrial paradise." He pointed as he And twelve young females were seen entering the singing in chorus the favourite airs of the country. The little of reason which remained to the host and his guests now disappeared entirely. At the dessert the male attend ants were dismissed, and Meerzcloff, who declared that he was determined to make his old comrades happy, directed each of his guests to choose the one of the band of singers which was most to his taste. spoke, chamb Accustomed from the cradle to a blind obedience, and well assured that they should find neither protection nor defence among the serfs of Sokolin-Slaw, the poor girls upon whom the choice of the officers fell, quietly submitted to their fate, with one single exception, namely, that of Maryna, the most beautiful of them all, who, taking advantage of the moment, fled from the castle, and directed her steps towards the coun try. " What is this ?" cried Meerzeloff, on hearing the ru mour of her flight, " what savage dare shake off my yoke ? Kij-Ivan ! Alexis ! fly in pursuit of Maryna, and let her be brought back without delay." One of the men to whom this order was given was the brother of Maryna, and the other her affianced husband. They obeyed his commands, however, as they were compelled to do, and went after the fugitive like dogs in pursuit of game, and ten minutes bad scarcely elapsed before poor Maryna was brought back, pale, trembling, and bedewed with tears. But as soon as she was restored to the castle, Maryna and the other damsels were rayed in gorgeous dresses, and decorated with a profusion of gems and flowers, and, night having arrived, commenced in a saloon refulgent with light, one of those brutal orgies which the Russian nobles, with their half savage ideas, call a " Supper of Eden." By midnight the sound of music had ceased in the chateau. Those of the serfs, whose duties did not keep them at their posts, had dispersed in the village. Kej-Ivan and Alexis, the brother and lover of Maryna, had retired to a cabaret, where, to chase away the thoughts that disturbed them, they were drinking freel During time Maffa, the favourite of Meerzeloff, was burning with jealousy. Her master had not allowed her to go down to the banquet, lest her beauty should have attracted the attention of the other officers. She had, however, not withstanding this, been a witness of the " drama of love," and, enraged beyond measure at what she beheld, resolved to be revenged upon her faithless lord and lover. She accord ingly went to the cabaret where Kej-Ivan and Alexis were drinking, and reproached therm with their want ot spirit, " Base wretches ! you sit here drinking while robbed of your sister and your wife !" They denied that they were the base connivers at their own dishonour. They were rather the victims of their tyrannical lord. Maffa continued to taunt them until they became greatly incensed, and were on the point of ill-treating her; but she said, "For shame! rather be the avenger of your own wrongs than the assassins of a helpless woman," and continued to work upon their feelings until she at last made them swear that they would take no rest until Meerzeloff had fallen under their avenging hands. " Ven geance !" now became the cry, and in less than half an hour that cry was repeated by a band of 404 peasants, who bad been assembled by Kej-Ivan and his friend. In about three hours after this, and just before the dawn of day, while the occupants of the chateau were locked in the fast embraces of sleep, a band of nearly 400 peasants, each bearing a truss of straw, surrounded the mansion, which, like most of the residences of the province of Tambof, was built of wood. At a given signal they set fire to the fence which surrounded the chateau, and then retiring to a distance, armed with muskets, axes, pitchforks, and scythes, they waited until the Seigneur of Sokolin-Slaw and his guests should be aroused from their slumbers by the conflagration. Meet zeloff, the first alarmed by the light, rushed out and tried to clear the gate ; but the contents of a musket, which extended him upon the ground, told him what his guests had to expect. The latter presently appeared, sword in hand, resolved, if possible, to surmount the twofold obstacle op posed to their escape by the flames and the infuriated band of peasants. A terrible and bloody encounter now took place, in which the officers were fortunate enough to lose but one of their number, Captain Dranberg, and ultimately effected a retreat into a small wood, overcome with fatigue, their hair partly burnt from their heads, and their clothes torn to tatters in the deadly encounter with the peasants. Four of their number were dangerously wounded. As soon as the officers had fled, the peasants ran to the res cue of the females, and then returned to gratify tbeir feelings of revenge in the most savage manner. They made a tre mendous fire of firwood, and as soon as it had become clear and bright threw the living body of the unhappy Meerzeloff into the midst of the glowing furnace. Maffa repenting too late of her jealousy, in vain supplicated them to spare the yet breathing sufferer ; and in reply to her troublesome en treaties they actually took her and threw her into the fire after him. They next proceeded to burn down the chateau, and to destroy everything that had belonged to its unfortu nate owner. saying, As soon as the occurrence bad reached the ears of the Emperor Nicholas, his majesty ordered that a judicial inquiry should take place into the circumstances of the case, and the result was the apprehension and.trial of 283 of the peasants. The above facts have been detailed in evidence, the Tribu nal condemned the prisoners in the first place to receive 100 knout—a punishment almost equal to a sen h, since seldom does more than one in ten sur vive it ; and, secondly, that all the survivors should be sent to labour for life in the mines of Siberia. teice of d The Emperor, in consideration of the cause and provoca tion of their offence, has commuted the sentence to banish ment in the Caucasus ; and those capable of bearing arms are to be enrolled in the Cossack regiments of the line. Wiwi , CORNWALL ELECTION.—Mr. Bassett has retired, and we believe that Sir Charles Lemon will walk over the cour se . The hon. baronet will offer no factious opposition to Sir R. Peel's government.— Western Luminary. SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, NOT FOR ALL.—A Mr. Webb Hall —the indefinite article is used for a reason which will presently appear—has addressed a letter through the Times to Sir Robert Peel, on the subject of the corn laws, to in form the premier how " the question might be settled with as little consideration of burthen as the penny postage," and that " he for one does not fear the result." He also reminds Sir Robert that he has placed a printed pamphlet in his hands, to dictate to him what be ought to do. If Sir Robert were to read all the effusions in the way of pamphlets ad dressed to him on this subject, he would be a greater miracle than Caesar, of whom it is said that he could dictate to an amanuensis and listen to a lector at the same time. As Sir Robert, however, does not affect such extraordinary powers, Mr. Webb Hall should be content to believe that his printed rpamphlet bad been unavoid a bl y neglected by Sir Robert, as t h as been unread by the public at large. Perhaps Mr. Webb Hall imagines that the public would read it if Sir Ro bert would notice it. The suspici on comes naturally to the writer of these remarks, from knowing th a t M t. W eb b H a ll has all his life been trying to push himself into notice as a agriculturist, by differing with " great men. " He featleding out with Lord Spencer, Earl Fit zw illi am, the present Speaker, Sir Robert Peel, and others of equa l eminence, at t h e preliminary meeting for the formation of the Agricultu ral Cavendish-square, by obtruding his advice, washing in li g h hands of all responsibility' (thes e were ), because they would not take it ! And who is Webb Hall who_ ? washes his hand s o f a ll re onsibilityunless his advice be taken, and "for one d oes not fear the result "if it is The Chronicle, eager to s nap Times, describes him thus: "Mr. Webb such an ally from the Hall's name was beforetheßrititshhepuabhloicleinpeeorriiondecstiircewtihthe British agriculture throughoutots, after the peace down to the first alteration in our corn-laws, adoption of the present sliding s ca le." Nonsense ; thi s never before the public until Mr. Webb Hall's name was after the present sliding s cale was p r oposed. The Webb Hall of whom the Times and Chronicle are dreaming was in his grave years before; and he undoubtedly did possess the unbounded confidence of the farmers of England. The per son who suc cee d e d to that place was the somewhat eccentric can be no Mr. Foster, o f Brickhills, near Bradford. There doubt that thi s Mr. Webb Hall thinks, that because his father was an authority with the farmers of England, he ought to be an authority too. But influence is n o more hereditary than talent, and mere presu mp tion will never :-n , his word this Mr. womb well-directed talent moue When this Mr. Webb H a l l —the definite article is necessa rily repeated—says that "the question is not only very different now from what it w as 20 .years ago, but that it is differing every day, may not the quest i on . b e as k e d o f him. whether his printed opinions are "not only very different from what they were fifteen yeii 'a ago, but diff er i ng every day ?" Thus much . has been said to Prevent misconception as to the identity ot the rightpersonn the value of his opinions. Mr. Webb Hall has a per . fect g , not to `fear the result" .he policy he would dictate for one," but n ot to spea k merely because his more gifted father did so some 0. 0 , while secretary of the now extinct board of agriculture UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE (From the Oxford Herald.) COMPARATIVE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY There are those who pretend to accurate information who would represent the numbers of the University as sensibly liminished of late. We refer such to the following table at We commencement of 1812 compared with that of 1832 : Members of Members on the Convocation. Books. 1832. 1812. 1832. 1842. University lO3 116 207 243 Balliol Merton Exeter 1-14 171 293 329 Queen's ...... 166 179 351 299 New Lincoln _ __ All Souls Magdalene Brasenose ...... Corpus Christ Church Trinity _ ._ St. John's, Jesus...., --- 117 137 218 266 56 58 167 133 Wadham Pembroke.. .. Worcester.... St. Mary Hall 4O 24 83 77 Magdalene Hall New Inn Hall 1 6 10 61 Alban Hall Edmund Hall 2522 2833 5274 6039 Matriculations .... 377 441 In a Convocation holden on Thursday last a letter of thanks from the Bishop of Barbados was read, acknowledging the grant of £l5O from the University chest, to be expended in books printed at the University press, for the use of Cod rington College, in the island of Barbados. In the same Convocation, the following gentlemen were ad mitted ad eundem : Rev. Francis Duncan Gilby, M.A., Clare Hall, Cam bridge. John Fleming, M.A., Trinity College, Dublin. In a Congregation holden at the same time, the following Degrees were conferred : BACHELOR IN DIVINITY Rev. Thomas Evans, Oriel College. MASTERS OF ARTS. Rev. Edward Francis Witts, Magdalene Hall. Charles Edward Thornhill, Christ Church. Rev. Edward Wm. Garrow, Brasenose College. Rev. Gilbert Sandbach, Brasenose College. Rev. Henry William Steel, Jesus College. Rev. Fred. Asheton Iremonger, Scholar of Pembroke College. Rev. Henry Combs, Fellow of St. John's College. Rev. George Armstrong Blakely, Worcester College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Paul Butler, Student of Christ Church. Greville Phillimore, Student of Christ Church. John Fenwicke Burgoyne Blackett, Student of Christ Church. Wm. Edward Rawsrorne, Student of Christ Church. Cornwall Simeon, Christ Church. Melville Portal, Christ Church. Nathaniel Winter, Magdalene Hall. Timothy Jones, Magdalene Hall. Theodore Percival Wilson, Scholar of Brasenose College. Charles Hartley Langhorne, Exeter College. In a Convocation holden at twelve o'clock, for the pur pose of electing a Professor of Poetry in the room of the Rev. John Keble, M.A., late Fellow of Oriel College, the Rev. James Garbett, M.A., late Fellow of Brasenose College, was unanimously elected. In a Congregation holden yesterday, the Rev. Thomas Evans. of Oriel College, and Head Master of the College School at Gloucester, was admitted Doctor in Divinity. APPOINTMENTS AND P&OMOTIONS The Rev. Joshua Stratton, M.A., Precentor of Canterbury Cathedral, and late Chaplain of New College, was on Friday, the 21st instant, collated by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Vicarage of Graveney, with the annexed Rectory of Goodnestone, near Faversham. ___ The Rev. J. Compton, 8.A., of Merton College, to the Rectory of Minstead, Hants, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. J. P. Hampton ; patron, H. C. Compton, Esq. The Rev. Alfred Cox, M.A., and late Fellow of Lincoln College, to the Rectory of Askerswell, Dorset ; vacant by the death of the Rev. John Colmer ; patron, the Rev. J. Cox, D.D. The Rev. M. Atkinson, M.A., and late Fellow of Lincoln College, to the Head Mastership of St. Bees Free Grammar School ; and the Rev. H. Gough, of Queen's College, to the Second Mastership. Rev. B. Lodge, Perpetual Curate of Theydon Bois, Essex, to be Chaplain to the British Residence at Buenos Ayres. Rev. F. Foot, M.A., to the Curacy of Rowley Regis, Staffordshire. Rev. Henry Butterfield, M.A., formerly of Christ's Col lege, Cambridge, Minor Canon of St. George's Chapel, Wind sor, and Rector of Brockdish, Norfolk, to the Rectory of Fulmer, Bucks, vacant by the death of the Rev. T. W. Champnes ; patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. Rev. J. Bloomfield. 8.D., to the Living of Orsett, Essex, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Usko ; patron, the Bishop of London. Hon. and Rev. 0. W. H. Forester, M.A., of Trinity Col lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Broseley, Salop ; patron, Lord Forester. Rev. P. C. Nicholson, M. A., of Trinity College, Cam bridge, to the Curacy of St. Peter's, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. Rev. J. W. Thornton, M.A., of Trinity College, Cam bridge, and Rector of Llanwarne, Hereford, to the Prebend of Wellington, in the Cathedral Church of Hereford. Rev. W. T. H. Hooper, to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Paul's Church, Withington, Lancashire ; patrons, the Trus tees of the Church. Rev. Joseph Baylee, to Holy Trinity Church, Birkenhead. Rev. W. E. White, to the Perpetual Curacy of Trinity Church, Wray, Lancashire. Rev. P. Cann, 8.A., to the Rectory of Virginstow, Devon. Rev. R. F. Chadleigh, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Colurnb, Minor, Cornwall ; patron. Sir J. Y. B. Buller. Sir T. T. Eager, to the Curacy of Hollingwood, near Man chester. Rev. W. G. Goodchild, 8.A., of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, has been appointed Private Chaplain to T. Hib bert, Esq., of Birtels, Cheshire. Rev. W. Rushton, 8.A.,0f Trinity College, Cambridge, has been elected Second Waster of firewood Grammar School. Rev. T. Snow, to the Vicarage of Newton Valence, with Hawkley Curacy, Hants. Rev. W. Hepworth, 8.A., to the Rectory of Pinningham, Suffolk; patron, the Right Hon. J. H. Freer. ORDINATIONS The Bishop of Peterborough has announced his intention of holding a general ordination on Sunday, Feb. 20, in the Cathedral Church of his diocese. The Bishop of Salisbury will hold an ordination on the same day. The Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry will hold an ordination in London, on Sunday, March, 20. THE MARRIAGE QUESTION, (From an Irish Paper.) The Rev. Alexander Henderson, an influential Presbyte rian minister, has just published a very able letter in reference to the recent judicial decision on the subject of marriages celebrated between Presbyterians and members of the estab lished Church, by clergymen of each persuasion. The rev, gentleman clearly proves that the judgement pronounced in Dublin cannot by any means weaken the bonds of the marri age contract between any parties in the position to which the decision appiies. Having expressed his regret—one shared in by the whole community—that the judges did not deem it necessary in a matter of such consequence to furnish the public with the reasons which guided them to the deliberate conclusion at which their minds arrived, Mr. Henderson proceeds to detail some interesting cases in which the " glori ous uncertainty of the law "is made very manifest. "It is now more than eight years (says the rev. gentleman) since I was constrained to prosecute a man at Carricktergus Assizes for bigamy. He was married by me to the daughter of a member of the Lisburn congregation. It shortly afterwards appeared that he had been married previously to another woman, by a brother minister. Considerable exertion had to be made to bring the offender to justice, but finally he was he was sent to priso n and brought to trial. When the evi dence for the prosecution was closed, the prisoner's counsel Mr. Scriven, called witnesses to attest that he was of the Established Church. Whereupon the following dialogue took place : " Judge Moore.—For what purpose do you call these wit nesses, Mr. Scriven ? " Counsel.—l want to prove, my lord, that the prisoner is a membet of the Established Church, and therefore that the marriage, being by a Presbyterian minister, is invalid. " Judge.—You know very well that is nothing . The sta tute you have in your mind refers to any pretendd marriage between a Protestant and a Catholic by a priest. In this case on trial the marriage is perfectly valid. " To this exposition of the law the bar assented—some of the barristers expressing their sentiments in support of his Lordship's views. The Judge immediately directed the jury to convict, and they, without leaving the box, returned their verdict— " Nearly 3(1 years ago, as I learnt about the time in which I was engaged in the prosecution just alluded to, the Rev. Dr. Black, then Minister of Derry, married an English offi cer, an Episcopalian, to lady of the Derry congregation. Sub sequently the officer remarried in England. He was tried for the offence—Dr. Black being summoned as a witness—was found guilty, mid transported. What is more, the highest property court in England settled his daughter, by his Derry wife, in full enjoyment of her father's estate. Now, this was a decision by English courts of law. Had there been re cognisable doubts in England, these would reasonably have had far snore weight than in Ireland. Yet, even the Lord Chancellor of England not only admitted, but confirmed, in the most cogent way in his official dignity, the validity of the mattiage by Dr. Black, a Presbyterian minister. " I have now before me the published history of another case of marriage, which occurred fn Newry in 1792, The parties were an English officer, another Episcopalian, and a respectable young female, a Presbyterian, of Rathfriland. They were married by a Mr. Reynolds, a degraded minister, residing in Newry. The officer was obliged to march from Rathfriland, leaving his wife there ; his regiment being fre quently on the move, he was not long stationary in any place, and hence did not ask her to accompany him, but he main tained a constant correspondence with her by letter. Finally, however, he contrived to banish her from his thoughts as his wife, and stopped his correspondence. In the course of time she and her sister visited him in England, having found him at York. He was indignant at her intrusion, and sought to overawe her into silence. She cast herself upon the kindness of an estimable lady, (Mrs. Cappe, from whose memoirs I quote,) who interfered vigorously in her behalf. By her funds were raised to take the affair into a court of justice. A series of doubts and delays had to be encountered. At length, the benevolent woman considered it most prudent to send home to Ireland the deserted wife, having first bestowed on her the fund she had raised for the vindication even of her claim. She concludes the narrative in these terms : " In the following year, Sir --- Cawreice Parsons being in York, I stated to him the particulars. He had the goodness to state the case to his brother, who told him, in reply, that the statute which created the doubt in the minds of the two civilians relates principally to the case of minors and papists, and is, therefore, in his opinion, irrelevant to the present case. He adds, 'I am confident there is no law here pro hibiting such marriage, and the case may be considered as if the marriage had been in England, before statute 26 George ll.' Unfortunately, I did not receive this opinion till near the close of the year 1800. The money had long been trans mitted to Ireland, and the officer had quitted the regiment and been sent abroad.' " THE TRIBE OF WILLIAms.—In theßail Court last week 3r.' counsel, applied to Mr. Justi ce Wi ll i ams, on 11 a prOriaiinlltomf Williams,s, practice in the case of Williams v . Willi ams, :d g rounded his application on the affidavit of a w it ness named Williams. _ a MANCHESTER FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL.—Honours fall thick and fast upon this ancient seminary. Dr. Gilbert, the new Bishop of Chichester, received his education there; and Messrs. Simpson and Mayor. of St. John's College, Cam bridge, who stand second and third wranglers respectively, in the list put 'brill by that university, received their edu cation in the same school,„ MISCELLANEOUS A Yaiikee paper states, that there " is a sick debttir in the leighbourhood of New York, whose creditors paid hint a found him so feeble, that he warn't able to single pound." This species of sickness is very infe and we tear there are many English debtors in the sai tressing state of debility. A MISER'S CONSOLATION.—Sir John Cutler w known as a complete miser; he boasted that Providence had showed him peculiar favour in causing his natal day to fall on the 29th of February, so that he had but one birthday to fall on the 29th of February, so that he had but one birthday to keep in four years. One telling another that he had once so excellent a gun, that it went off immediately on a thief's coming into the house, although it was not charged. " How the devil can that be ?" said the other. " Because," said the first, " the thief carried it off ; and, what was worse, before I had time to charge him with it." ORNITHOLOGICAL CURIOSITY.—Did ever any of our sporting readers know of a landrail or coritcraik killed in winter, say betwixt November and March ? Rigby Watson, Esq., of Corwar, M.P., killed one on the 10th current, on the lands of Drunilarnford, which he has ordered to be stuffed and sent to the Ayr Mechanics' Museum.—Ayr Advertiser. IRISH MILESTONES.—A stranger riding along the road observed that all the milestones were turned in a particular way, not facing the road, but rather averted from it. He called to a countryman, and inquired the reason. " Oh, bless you, sir," replied the man, " the wind is so strong sometimes in these parts, that if we wer' n't to turn the backs of the milestones to it, the figures would be blown off them, clear and clean." MARRIAGE OF JEWS WITH CHRISTIANS.—The second Chamber of Hanover rejected, on the 13th instant, a pro position having for its object to permit the marriage of Jews with Christians, on condition that the children should be brought up in the Christian religion, or, at least, to declare valid marriages contracted between Jews and Christians in foreign countries, without any intention on their part of eluding Hanoverian laws. Mr. Cresswell, on Thursday last, after the usual ceremo nies, was admitted to the state and degree of a serjeant-at law, and then took his seat on the bench as one of the jus tices of her Majesty's Court of Common Pleas. His lord ship, however, did not sit more than a few minutes. There was a large attendance of the members of the bar belonging to the northern circuit to witness the ceremony. His lord ship presided at the trial of a few causes at Nisi Prius on Friday. THREE BOYS DROWNED AT KNARESBOROURD.— 011 Saturday last, an inquest was held before John Wood, Esq., coroner, at Knaresborougb, on view of the bodies of Alban Leckenby, aged 13 years, James Leckenby, aged 11 years, and Reuben Ingram, aged 10 years, who were accidentally drowned in the river Nidd, on the previous Thursday night. It seems that the unfortunate youths had gone down to play upon the ice before it was sufficiently strong to bear them. The jury returned verdicts of Accidental death." Recent intelligence from New South Wales furnishes us with some information as to the employment of Bolam, the assassin of poor Millie. It appears that he is in good health, and that he has a situation which much resembles that of a washerwoman's assistant. He is employed to take away the foul linen from the barracks at Sydney, to a place of some miles distance, where it is convenient to have them washed. He then brings it back clean, and returns it carefully as to quantity to the proper authorities.—Our informant does not state whether he does anything in the ironing or mangling department.—Tyne Mercury. A HUSBAND FOR ANYBODY.—The following communi cation, with which we have been favoured, is inserted ex actly according to " copy" :—" Deare Sur,—l hop you will pleas to a blidge Me and I will cal when I do cum to Here ford and Sattusfey yo❑ I have bee❑ disappointed having a wif I went to bristol last weak to be marrd and the gurle was marred to anothr man and if you will pleas to put my name In your paper as soon as you can for any young womax that will have Me and She must bring her carriter with her and that Is all I do want for I have plenty for we boath to live on."—Hereford Journal. THREE AWFUL INSTANCES OF SUDDEN DEATH.—On Wednesday last, Mr. Mason, wheelwright, of Upper Eating ton, near Shipston-on-Stour, in going towards his shop, suddenly dropped down and expired. The following day, Mr. J. Harrison, of Stratford-on-Avon, in going over his field fell down and never spoke again. On the same day, Sarah, the wife of Mr. Decimus Slatter, of Ihnington, while going across the kitchen with a decanter in her hand, sud denly fell down and expired immediately. The deceased was the third wife of the above named gentleman, and had not been married to him twelve months.—Worcester Journal. FRACTURE AND COLLAPSE OF A BOILER FLUE. — THREE MEN KILLED.—About twenty minutes after two o'clock on Wednesday last, an accident, attended with most disastrous results, occurred in the boiler-house attached to the cotton mill of Messrs. John Pooley and Son, Clarence street, near the Cavalry Barracks, Hulme. This was caused by the rent and collapse of an internal boiler flue, which immediately caused the steam, hot water, fire, burning coals, &c., to be driven out of the fire-doors with tremendous force, scalding four men so dreadfully that three of them died the same day, and the fourth is still in a very precari ous state.—Manchester Guardian. DEATH OF MR. Ducrow.—lt is with regret that we an nounce the death of this remarkable man, who expired on Thursday night at his house, No. 19, York-road, Lambeth. The dreadful shock received by the late Mr. Ducrow from the conflagration of the Amphitheatre last June, which ter minated in the death of one of his oldest servants, and the destruction of the whole of his theatrical property, induced a state of insanity, from which he never wholly recovered. On Saturday week he was seized with a paralytic stroke, after which he never rallied. Mr. Ducrow was in his 54th year. He was twice married; in 1818 to Miss Griffith, of Liverpool, who died some years ago, and was buried in a splendid mausoleum in the cemetery at Kensal-green. He was secondly united to Miss Woolford, the celebrated eques trian, who survives him, with, we believe, one or two chil dren. He had no children by his first wife, but adopted, in his life time, the "petit Ducrow," a brother's child, whom he treated with the same affection he extended to his mother and all his relations. NEW LINE OF AMERICAN PACKET SIIIPS.—The brig Messenger, Capt. Ellis, has just arrived in the St. Katherine Dock, from Boston, United States, and is the first vessel of a line of packets which will run regularly hereafter between Bo . ston and London ; and if the aperiinent succeeds new and large ships of the size and model of the New York, Li verpool, and London line, will take the policies of the present vessels. The Messenger has made a good voyage, and comes laden with American produce. There is little doubt of the ultimate success of this new line, as the rapid growth of Boston, the opening of the railroad to Albany, by which the vast quantities of western produce can be conveyed at a rapid rate to Boston, the royal mail steamers from Liverpool, the Eastern Railroad, which is to be continued to the Bay of Fundy, the numerous branch railroads, all continue to assist the trade of Boston, and there is reason to believe that a line of packets direct to London will prove profitable to the enterprising merchants who have started the project.—Lon don Standard. It is stated in Mincing-lane that the tenour of the answer received from the Board of T ra d e respec ti n g the memorial addressed by the coffee importers and others for the reduc tion of the duties at present levied on the various descrip tions is favourable; that the officials there will be glad to communicate with the trade on the matter, and that an early day will be appointed for the consideration of the arguments the memorialists have to advance. Messrs. Franks and Co. in their circular speak confidently of a reduction taking place, the Government being, according to their representations, desirous of encouraging the article. However, doubts seem to arise in the minds of parties intimately connected with the trade as to the policy of making any further reduction of the duty payable upon foreign, the reason assigned being that there is already sufficient competition in the m ar k e t b y t h e 9d. duty, which brings in large quantities of coffee, the pro duce of the Dutch colonies, who are already successfully trenching upon the consumption of our \%est India produc tion by such legalized importation.—Times. FORTUNATE ESCAPE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP VIN DICTIVE.—The Vindictive, 50, which got around on the edge of the Dean Bank, Portsmouth, during the gale of Wednes day, was fortunately got off, and has obtained safe anchor age, owing to the fortunate circumstance of the wind sad denry shifting last night to N. and W., in a heavy squall at the top of high water, when the Vindictive floated and im mediately got under weigh. Great fears were entertained up to alate hour on Wednesday night for the safety of this fine frigate. Had the gale backed round to S.S.E., which from the appearance of the weather it so threatened, the Vindictive must have been, in all probability, a lost ship, We learn she makes upwards of 19 inches of water per hour, and that she is greatly damaged. At an early hour on Thursday morning every assistance from the dockyard was given to get her into the harbour, but without succeeding. She is ordered to be docked, and examined forthwith. Rear-Admiral Sir Tho mas Cochrane, C. 8., arrived here last night, having been ordered to hoist his flag this day on board the Vindictive, as Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies. Owing to the Vindictive having been so unexpectedly disabled, Sir Thomas hoisted his flag on board her Majesty's ship Excellent, and struck it at sunset. THE AGGRIEVED PEASANT.—In Frederick William's ex cursions the meanest of his subjects was allowed access to his Majesty. One day, a peasant ran along by his carriage, holding up a paper. The King ordered the driver to stop, took the paper, and was surprised to find upon it no writing, but merely a square, containing nothing but scrawls and blots of ink. He inquired what it meant. The peasant said, that being unable to write, he could not describe his case any other way than by this drawing. " Well," said the King, just explain it to me." The peasant, mounting upon te step of the carriage, began thus in his low German dialect : "This here, look you, is my turnip field, and those are my turnips • ah ; such turnips, Mr. King, you ought to taste them—they are nice, indeed."—" Go on," said the King. " Well, there, here, look you," continued the peasant, point ing to the blots, " are the amtmann's pigs; they have got in and ate up my nice turnips, so I am now a ruined man. Dear Mr. King, the amtmann will not pay me for the damage, and that's very wrong, and so I want just to beg you to be so kind as to send word to the amtmann to pay me for my tur nips. I shan't begrudge a dish of turnips, and I'll be sure to bring you some, if you'll see me righted." Th e ki ng or dered the name of the village, of the amtmann, and of the peasant, to be taken down, and promised to help him. The village was not far from Berlin, and he sent the same day a jager to the amtmann, with a very serious admonition to make the peasant immediate compensation. This had the desired effect; the amtmann not only satisfied the demands of the complainant, but gave him more than he had asked. A day or two afterwards, the peasant laden with a bag full of turnips, entered the King's antechamber. His majesty or dered him to be admitted. The peasant, by way of express ing his acknowledgement, emptied his bag of turnips on the table; then picking out a few small ones, he handed them to the Queen, telling her that, if she would keep one of them in her mouth when she was spinning, it would help her to wet the thread properly. The Queen was pleaged with the good familiarity of the man, and he was dismissed with a present. —Campbell's Frederick the Great and his Times. THE TEXAN LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.—The Texan ladies seldom show themselves to strangers, and, like those of the United States, they use either the pipe or the swab. They have little neatness or cleanliness of person to attract the eye. Their figures are scarcely to be described ; coarse, from neglect, or emaciated by self-indulgence, their skins have borrowed from the sun the exact hue of the lemon ; and if the countenance be a true index of the mind, I doubt not that their dispositions have somwhat of the peculiar flavour of that sour bullet of the tropic; but yet, to those who ad mire silence above everything else in woman, permit me to introduce the ladies of Texas, par excellence, as mutes. The usual salutation of the Texan gentlemen is, " How does your copperosity sagaciate this morning ?"—blow are you now ?" (this is all after an absence of some years.) " A pretty con siderable of a jug full of sun this morning,"—A carnation up-street sort of a day this, I calculate." On entering into conversation, they take out their knives and commence " whittling." So great is their propensity for " whittling," that they frequently, if sitting on a chair, put down their hand and bring it up again with a long slice off one of the legs, which they begin to " whittle," and " calculate" the exact value p er th ousan d o f t h e woo d o f w hich the chairs are made. Wh en speaking of those men w h o h ave b een fortu nate enough t o ga i n the i r esteem, t h ey say , " H e ' s an up street man that,"_.." considerable o f a man "—" A tarnation tall man :" t hi s l as t expression, when A right smart man,"—" A pretty applied to under some the of middle their standard, eminent men is who happen to he farconsiderably more amusing than all the rest of their peculiarities, and cau -1 not fail to probe the gravity of a stranger—Maillard's Texas. Last week a respectable tradesman in Manor; hail his leg fractured by stepping on en orange peel while walking along the pavement, and has since died in consequence. Fence Peel, E'''sq Justice of the S dvocate-general at Calcutta,io be Chief •etne Court of Judicature in Bengal. In the course of the late inquiry into the condition of the working population of Stockport it was ascertained that the no less t .ies, who are destitute of work, were brought from the agricultural districts.—Stock port Advertiser. We regret to state; that one of the confidential clerks in a public establishment in Exeter has lately absconded, taking with him about £l,OOO, which he held temporarily for a spF clfie purpose The most active measures are pursuing in order to detect him.—Western Luminary. Mrs. Beaumont Smith is now living near Fitzroy-square, and on Tuesday was to leave town for Portsmouth, to visit her wretched husband previous to his departure from our shores. She was a widow when he married her, and has a son by her former husband. Her own property is secured upon her. IMPORTANCE OF PROPERLY SIGNING WILLS.—In the Prerogative Court, last week, the will of Ellen Leslie, who died at Brighton in Nov., 1841, leaving property to the value of £4,000, was refused probate because the two witnesses, Mr. Gordon, of Assington-hall, and Sir Matthew Tierney, had not seen her subscribe her name to it, although she in formed them that it was her last will, and stated the signa ture to be hers. REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH SALOP.—In the event of the Duke of Cleveland's death a vacancy will occur in the repre sentation of South Shropshire, by the elevation of the Earl of Darlington to the peerage. His place in the representation of South Salop will be supplied by Viscount Newport, the eldest son of the Earl of Bradford, who possesses consider able property in the county. —Ten Town.? Messenger. The following are the receipts of the principal railways in operation for the past week, that is to say, up to the date to which the returns are made :—Birmingham, £13,715; Great Western, £9846; Brighton, £1344; Blackwall, £557; Hull and Selby, £663; Manchester and Birmingham, £312 Bs. Bd.; Eastern COunties, £693 10s. 4d. ; York and North Mid land, £1257 ; Birmingham and Glocester, £1,342 ; Midland Counties, £2240; Great North of England, £llol ; North Midland, £3597; South Western, .3901; and Northern and Eastern, £833. THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. — Lord Willoughby D' Eresby has received the usual official notice from the Lord Chamberlain's department of the intention of her Majesty to open the ensuing session of parliament on Thursday next in person ; and Mr. Pulman, the deputy black rod, is daily engaged at the House of Lords in directing the necessary preparations, as the ceremony will derive an unusual splen dour from the circumstance of the visit of the King of Prus sia, who will be present. The state chair of his Majesty will be placed on the right of the Queen, and on the left of these, seats will be provided for the Duchesy of Kent, Gloucester, and Cambridge, and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge. The King of Prussia will go in separate state to the house, and will be received with the usual honours paid to crowned heads. France, M. Guizot solemnly declared in his calm and elo quent speech in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday last, is not only wishful to maintain friendly relations with Spain, but is disposed to do that country every good office within its power. We are enabled to opportunely illustrate the sincerity of this declaration. At the very moment when the Salvandy complication arose at Madrid, M. Guizot was, we are assured by competent authority, engaged, in concert with the Earl of Aberdeen, in an endeavour to induce the Austrian and Prussian cabinets to recognise the Queen of Spain. This negotiation was, moreover, on the eve of success when the obstinacy of the Spanish ministers awakened the mistrust of these powers, and frustrated the negotiation. —Morning Herald. DREADFUL STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION IN SHEFFIELD. —Yesterday (Monday) morning, about seven o!clock, the neighbourhood of Philadephia Works in this town, was alarm ed by a report, loud as a discharge of artillery, occasioned by the explosion of a large steam-boiler on that establish ment, the precise cause of which has not yet been explained. Both of the bottom ends of the boiler were blown completely out, though it is stated that the steam had not been got thoroughly up, and that there was such a sufficiency of water as to wash the gravel off a road at some distance when the explosion occurred. The engine was one of forty-horse power ; and its tenter, George Rhodes, was thrown violently into the adjoining dam by the convulsion ; but it is hoped he is not very dangerously injured ; whilst Joseph Simpson, a man temporarily engaged at the works, was projected a distance of at least twenty yards, where he was found with his head bowed close to his belly, in a state which leaves little hope of his recovery. Both the unfortunate men were imme diately taken to the Infirmary. After the accident, many marks of its terrific nature might be seen around. Several ponderous materials had been thrown into the dam, breaking a wooden bridge with their weight. Immense quantities of shattered bricks, stones, &c., had been Orown each way at least one hundred yards from the spot, and the boiler was loosned on its standing. Besides the loss the proprietors will sustain by this accident, it is more deeply to be regretted that a deserving family is likely to be bereft of its sole support, poor Simpson having a wife and three young children depen ding on his labour. He is said to have been a remarkably worthy and industrious man, and we sincerely hope that every possible effort will be made to alleviate the distress this oc currence cannot fail to occasion in his family.—Sheffield his. BRUTAL MURDER OF A WIFE BY HER HUSBAND.— On Sunday night last, one of the mast brutal murders which it has ever been our painful duty to record, was committed in the immediate neighbourhood of this town, on the Bally nafeigh-toad, which leads from the Lagan village to Newton breda, by a person named James Lindsay, clerk to Messrs. Coates and Young, of the Lagan foundry. He had been drinking, and returned home about eleven o'clock on that night, and was let in by the servant boy ; he then went to the girl's bed-room and asked her if she had brought her mistress any spirits that day, and we understand that the girl said she had got half a pint at a neighbouring public house. The boy and girl then left the house and went into an out-office to save themselves being abused, which they feared. When Lindsay got the house to himself he commenced to beat his wife, and the servants heard her cry in the night, and in the morning found her dead in the kitchen, with her head severely cut, her body blackened all over as if it had been done by kicks, two of her fingers and one of her arms broken, and a large quantity of blood on her clothes, and on the bed in which she had been lying. After he had committed the fatal deed, he went for Dr. Murray, of Ballymacarrett, and re turned with him to the house. We understand he then called on William Coates, Esq., J.P., one of his employers, and stated that his wife was dead, and that he was sorry for it, as be had given her a beating with a stick. At the in quest a verdict of wilful m urder was returned.—Belfast Chronicle. THE LATE FIRE AT THE TONVER.—An official return has just been made to the Board of Ordnance of the exact amount of military and naval stores destroyed in the Great Armoury during the late fire. From this it appears that at the period of the fire the number of arms in the armoury was considera bly below the average amount, which is 600,000 stand. The number of percussion-muskets destroyed was 11,000, with bayonets 26,000, flint-locks 22,000, percussion -locks 7,000, 12,158 pistols, 75 double-barrelled pistols, with moveable butts, 1,378 swords, 2,271 sword-blades, 2,026 plug-bayonets, 192 spears, 95 pikes, 210 rnusquetoons, 709 carbines, 3 wall pieces, 279 cuirasses, 276 helmets, and 52 drums. Amongst the relics destroyed was a military trophy, only erected under the direction of Mr. Stacey, the keeper of the stores in the armour), two days prior to the fire, consisting of Chinese arms, &c., taken by the British troops at the capture of Cbusan. Several of the large pieces of ordnance still remain in the ruins, and in the south-west portion some have be come so amalgamated with the other metal by the fire as to form a mass of such magnitude as to render its removal next to an impossibility. The west-end wall of the armoury is razed to the ground. The Board of Ordnance have deter mined on preserving to the public most of the large cannon and other trophies of England's glory which are in any way whole, and orders have been issued that those which are in jured or broken shall be sent to Woolwich, where models will be taken, and the same metal re-cast into their original form. The loss sustained by the fire is now estimated to be a quarter of a million of money. The crown-jewels have not yet left the custody of Messrs. Rundell and Bridge. THE JURISDICTION OF MAGISTRATES IN CASES OF DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MASTERS AND APPRENTICES.— On Friday last, at the Mansion-house, London, the Lord Mayor stated that the City solicitor had received a letter from Devonport on the subject of the authority of magi grates in matters of dispute between masters and appren tices. The question was one of great interest and impor tance, particularly in the extensive manufacturing towns of the three kingdoms, and the confirmation of Mr. Pearson's opinion by the law officers of the crown would, no doubt, give high satisfaction. His lordship then read the letter, which is as follows, in order that its important contents might be as publicly known as possible : Devonport, January 22, 1842. Sir,—lt is with pleasure I inform you that a memorial which I had the honour of forwarding from the merchants, manufacturers, and tradesmen of the borough of Devonport, to Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P., for presentation to the Secretary of State, praying the interference of her Majesty's government on the subject of the jurisdiction of magistrates in cases of difference between masters and apprentices where no premium has been given to the former, was forwarded to the Home Secretary • and that Sir James Graham has been pleased to submit t he question to the law officers of the crown ; " And that I have received a communication, through the hands of Sir George Grey, from the Home-office, dated January 17th, 1842, that the law officers of the crown have reported on the above subject, and are of opinion that the magistrates have jurisdiction. I beg to say that you are at liberty to make what use you think proper of this communication else, if a duplicate of the original papers from the Home-office will be of any service to you, they will be forwariled at your request.—l have the honour to be, sir, yours respectfully, "HECTOR MUNRO CROCKER. " To Charles Pearson, Esq., the City of London Solicitor." His lordship observed that the communication was likely to produce a very favourable effect, as numbers of apprentices had in various places manifested a very formidable spirit of insubordination, in consequence of the general impression that an apprentice with whom no premium was given was under no obligation to attend to the commands of his master. Mr. Hobler said he was present when the city solicitor de livered the opinion, and his lordship acted upon it, by sen tencing a refractory apprentice to imprisonment, and he had heard since that the decision had completely changed the tone of those apprentices whose masters were humane and considerate enough not to require any premium THE TERM " CATHOLIC."—The late Oxford controversy has left a legacy of inconvenience in the uncertainty into which it has cast the meaning of certain important words— words rendered important by the arguments which it has been attempted to deduce from their etymology. The term Catholic and Protestant—though neither is to be found in the Scriptures in the sense in which they have been applied —are treated as if they had, like the letter in the Gematica of the Kavbalides, a specific and mystic power, and the most violent deductions are made from them. We need, however, scarcely to remind our readers that " Catholic " means sim ply universal ; and that when it is applied to the Church it means neither more nor less than the whole community of Christian worshippers on the face of the darth. In this sense —its only proper sense--it is not merely different from, it is contrasted to, the Church of any particular country ; here can be no such thing as a Catholic Church of England, or a Catholic Church of Rome. though the Church of England belongs to the Catholic Church. As to the so-called Church of Rome, it is, according to our articles, no Church at all; therefore it is neither the,Catholic Church nor part of the Catholic Church, although, questionless, millions of Ro manists a! e members of the universal church, and, as such, good Catholics. There is something curious and not unin structive, in the assumption of the title Catholic by the Ro manist community. For about eight centuries, that is, while the West of Christendom lay in ignorance, and rested in communion with Rome, " the Church "—as it is called—" of Rome," was cemented with that title—it called itself the Church of Rome, or the Roman Church. It was not until the reformation warned the Vatican that it was likely to lose large divisions of its votaries, that, among other devices to re tain its influence, the Papacy claimed a monopoly of Chris tianity, by calling itself uniformly the Catholic, that is, the Universal Church. This title adopted for the very purpose of excluding Us from the name of Christians, we have weakly submitted to ; and now we have this submission— the effect of good humour or i n advertance — employed as ar-, gument to wrest from us the Christian liberty earned by our ethers. We have more to say on this subject, though it is one to which we do not like to advert, but we shall try to discharge ourselves of if once for all.—Lendon Standard. bbtpping breilfgenct. FRIDAY. JANUARY 28.—Wind N.W Juno, Spohn, from Danzig—Chatham, and Carron, Potter, Irma Marseilles from New Orleans— St. Lawrence. Brown. from New Orleans, at this port. Yester day, off David's Head, saw several large vessels, outward bound, apparently all well The Min Bridson, from Lima, that was on shore in Bootle Bay. was got off this afternoon by two steam tugs, after discharging part of her cargo, and docked Falkirk, M`Kiraii. from Konigsberg, at this port, towed in by a iteam tug, with loss of foremast The Totness, for Lisbon, has put back The wreck of a vessel, exhibiting only the stumps of her masts and one anchor stock, judging from the size of which she is supposed to be from 150 to 200 tons, with spars and rigging alongside, was seen a little to the northward of the Zebra Channel this morning, by Captain Eccles, of the steam tug Albert • Pwi, Lama, Jan. 27.—1 t blew the heaviest gale on this coast, las t night, that has been witnessed for several years Solway, Tenion, from Liverpool to darba 'oes, was driven on shore about 9 p.m. near Portinllaen, and lies very high on loose gravel, with main mast cut away, which carried foremast with it. The Ardent, for Runcorn, sunk near the Solway, one mail and a boy drowned The David & John. from Liverpool to --, upset her windlass, parted her cables, &c. in Studwell Roads, and was put on shore on the beach Tamenend, from New Orleans, that was on shore in Bootle Bay, came off on the flood Racer, for Vera Crtiz, was run foul of last night in the river, by the Columbine, Glasgow trader, and lost anchors and chains Arethusa, Christie, hence for China, was spoken 14th September, In lat. 36 S, long. 42 E Parsee Merchant. hence for Calcutta, was spoken 29th Sept. in lat. 25 N, long. 20 NV SATURDAY, JANUARY 29.—Wind N.N.W. fresh AnarvEn.—Heyworth, Campbell, from Demerara; sailed 12th December—Roscoe, Huttlestone, from New York—Ereeman, from Laguna—Bornholm, and European, Clelland, from New Orleans. SAlLED.—Huddersfield, Young, for Africa. Covenanter, Patterson, hence at New Orleans Albion, Hicks, hence at Havana James Perkins, Bisson, and Emerald, Fligg, hence at Charleston General Wiltshire, Leslie, hence at New York Martha, Martin, hence at Venice Wanderer, Dicke, hence at Messina L'Adeline, Boutin, hence at Marseilles Caroline, Menhennett, hence at Havre Orwell, Colburn, hence at Persian Gulf Eugenio, Rebecco, for Genoa, has put back, with loss of sails Industrie, Marovich, sailed from Venice for Liverpool 12th Jan. Mlio, Giacobbe, hence for Palermo, at Studwell Roads Eliza, Lowery, hence for Mogadore, at Studwell Roads Union, Heyde, hence for Ostend, at Plymouth Henry, Pierce, hence and Ostend, at Vera Cruz Ann Eliza, Cock, hence for St. Domingo, at Milford Etna, Davies, from Malta for Liverpool, at ditto John Knox, and Harvest Home, from Calcutta, at London Dumfries, -, from Sincapore, ditto Neptune, M'Donald, from Valparaiso, at Mazatlan The stern of a vessel, with Anne, of Ramsay, on it, has been towed into the King's Dock Basin The wreck that was seen yesterday near the Zebra Channel, was the BrunSwick, of Newcastle. The Albert, (steam tug) towed it out of the fair way ; part then broke a drift, and the remainder was towed into the river Druid, -, from Liverpool for Belfast, was totally wrecked 24th Jan. near Kirkcudbright. Crew saved Stag, -, from Beaumaris for Liverpool, is wrecked near Leasowe Castle. Crew saved A boat, with Racer, of London, painted on: it, has drifted on on shore on Roscolyn, near Holyhead DONEGAL, Jan. 24.—The Countess of Arran, from Liverpool for New York, has put into Rutland Harbour, and must discharge, having shipped a quantity of water FISHGUARD, Jan. 27.—The Greenock, M'Clelland, from Liver pool for Mobile, is at anchor in Newport Bay, dismasted. Mem : The steam tug Albert, left Liverpool this afternoon to tow her to this port WARREN POINT, Jan. 27.—The smack Prosperity, of Liverpool, Williams, master, parted her cable, and was driven upon the beach, inside our bar, (luring yesterday's gale - WEXFORD, Jan. 27 —The schooner Sarah, went to pieces last evening. The Urania, from Malta, for Liverpool, is on shore on a ridge, 01 rocks that runs from the great Saltee Island. Some of her materials will be saved ; the master and nine of the crew were drowned RABisAy, I.M. Jan. 26.—The Henry & William, Patterson, from Leith for Liverpool, was driven on shore in the Bay this morning, and must discharge. Crew saved. MILFORD, Jan. 27.—1 t blew a heavy gale yesterday morning, from S. to S.S.W. and continued during the day from the west. The George IV, Cornelius, from Liverpool and Newport, for Pa lermo, drove on shore on Hubblestone Pile, but was got off last night's tide, with loss of false keel. SUNDAY, JANUARY 30.—Wind S.E. light, SAlLED.—Pursuit, Spence; Sophia, Draper, and Ellen Brooks, Howes, for Savannah—Totnes, King, for Lisbon—Jamaica, Gibson, and Charlotte, Tyson, for Jamaica—Seaflower, Campbell, and Balius, Ball, for Gibraltar—Napier, Sandford, and United States, Deccan, for Philadelphia—Philopontes, Ramsay, and Lady East, Corles3, for Bombay—lndependence, Nye, and Siberia, Bartlett, for New York—Veitch, Adamson, for Palermo, &c—Jenny Jones, Wakeham, for Constantinople—Santon, Huxtable for Calcutta— Jackson, Jackson, for Trinidad—Denmark, Frost, and Wolfville, Isaacs, for New Orleans—George, Harley, and Burlington, Thing, for Mobile—Belle, Curtis, for Azores—Whitehaven, Russell, for Antigua—Gondola, Warnock, for Leghorn—Potter, Saddler, for Ceylon—Alhambra, Wilson, and Germany, Cheever, for Boston— Elvira, Walker, for Batavia—Huskisson, Lucas, for Africa—Fyen, Kruse, for Charleston—Mary Mackenzie, M 'Kenzie, for Carthagena. Mariners' Hope, M'lntosh ; Maid of Cashmere, Fishley ; Vic toria, Sinclair, and Agitator, Henry, hence at Malta Catherine, --, hence for Genoa, at Studwell Roads Wanderer, Hicks, hence for St. Lucia, at ditto Australia, Blanchard, hence for Bahia, at ditto, with loss of sails and main yard Jane Prowse, hence for Valparaiso, at ditto Little Wonder, hence for St. Michael, was spoken 21st Jan. in lat. 41, long. 15 Myra, Evans, hence for Llanelly, :tat Aberystwith, with loss of sails, bulwarks, &c. Palmyra, hence for Ostend, at Beaumaris ; lost mizenboom, &c, foreyard split, and sails damaged Thomas Battersby, Leitch, hedce at Demerara Apparition, Salseia, sailed from Smyrna for Liverpool Bth Jan, Calypso, Punchard, sailed from Malta for Liverpool sth Jan. Margaret, -, from Clyde for New York, at Studwell Roads William, Wilson, from faimouth for Liverpool, at Plymouth, with loss of boats, bulwarks, apd pumps choked, and leaky ABERYSTWITH, Jan. 27.—The Mischief, Downs, from Lisbon for Liverpool, has put in here, leaky, with loss of bulwarks. stanchions, boats, &c. and five of the crew washed overboard, having been struck by a sea yesterday. A large vessel, bottom up, was passed yesterday, by the Mischief. LIBIERICK, Jan. 27.—The Jessie, Cowan, of Liverpool, was upset yesterday, during the gale, and received trifling damage. MONDAY, JANUARY 31.—Wind W.S.W. moderate ARRlVED.—Clarisborne, Burgess, and Desdemorm, Child, from New Orleans—Aurora, , from Havana—John Southey,. —, from Naples—Success, Nelson, from Demerara—Triton. Edgar, from Sligo—Velocity, Davies, from Londonderry—and Hope, Brown, from Strangford. Leonora ' Harrison, from Sierra Leone, at this port ; sailed 24th Dec. The Ann Grant sailed 12 days previous for Liverpool. The West Indian was to sail on the 25th for Jamaica, with 100 emi grants. The Charles Napier, for Jamaica, and Caesar. for Berbice, were endeavouring to procure emigrants for those Colonies. The Lavinia, Silksworth, Ganges, and British Tar, were loading for England. Jackson, for Sierra Leone, has put back, having been on shore on lihrbo Maria, Coysh, sailed from Oporto for Liverpool 19th Jan. Aurora Liberal, Mendez; Pacquet dos Azores, Ribeiro, and Isabgl, Granby, hence at Oporto Tapley, -, from Calcutta and the Cape of Good Hope, off the Start Enterprise, -, hence to Berbice,was spoken 31st Dec. in lat, 32, long. 55 Messenger, hence to New Orleans; was spoken 24th instant, 40 miles S.W, of Cape Clear _ _ _ James Graharri, Graham, hence, aqd Isabella, Hydist, from Malaga, at Gibraltar, and cleared 10th instant, in company with the Maria, for Liverpool Plymouth, -, from Odessa for Liverpool, off Gibraltar Pearl, Luckham ; Triumfo, Mesquito ; Rest. de Lisboa, Palha, and Audaz, Borges, hence at Lisbon Chicora Rogers, hence at ditto, for New York Desire, .t4abt;', sailed from ditto for Liverpool 21st Jan VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CARE OF GOOD HOPE, Fee. Kingston, H Maclean, 431 Bombay, Chapman & Willis WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Mersey, J W Hughes, 327 Montego Bay, Jamaica, C Lawrence & Son SOUTH AMERICA Helen Maria, S Fish, 268 Rio Janeiro, Cotesworth &Co Thomas Worthington. C Payne, 203 Lima. Imrie & Tomlinson UNITED STATES. Delia Walker, L L Condry, 462 Savannah, Isaac. Low & Co Olive Branch, 11 Dyer, 355 Savannah, Isaac, Low & Co Loo Choo, W Wippin, 698 New Orleans. Isaac, Low &Ce Caledonia Brander, J Malony, 550 New Orleans, W fi Furnis4 Glasgow, J Lambert, figi New Orleans, .1 S Holmes & Co BRITISH AMERICA Charles, W MaLean, 579 St. John, N.B. K Macauley & EUROPE. Nais, J Easton, 140 Cadiz and Gibraltar, J Glynn & Son Leopold First, C Zoetelief, 124 Antwerp, Bahr, Bebreud &Co Victory, P Jarvis, 95 Gibraltar, G Yates & Louthean Jane. K M'Lennan, 135 Malta, Watson & Mackenzie Vrow Henriette, H F Klie, 91 Rotterdam, Bahr, Behrend &Co Brisk, J Screech, 105 St. Michael's, Ross Brothers Water Witch, TLe Huget, 101 Naples and Messina, J Moss &Co Lowther, W Hunter, 98 Messina and Palermo, Vianna & Jones Acastus, R Hayes, 163 Helmut and Alexandretta, A Wilkin & Preston Eridans, S Cells, 200 Genoa, T Muir & Co Lady Bassett, J Carthew, 109 Genoa and Leghorn, J Moss &Co Zante, J Woolverton, 189 Leghorn, J Bibby & Sons TIDE TABLE Days. Men. I Eon.. I Height. Sundays, Maydays, 6. N. e. N. I P. 1. TueEday . 1 252 316 17 3 Mars sets 811 15m. even. Wednes: . 2 340 4 6 15 0 Last Quarter 10 13 morn Thursday 3 435 5 7 12 11 St. Blasius. Friday .. 4 544 625 11 7 Saturday 5 710 752 11 1 Agatha. Sunday.. 6 sit 32 9 5 I 1 6 Quinquagesima Sunday. M - onday . 7 933 •9 56 12 5 Iffariiets. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET, January 31 Since the 27th instant there is a large arrival of vessels into port, both from the Isle of Man, Scotland, and Ireland, and many importers being anxious to effect sales, prices have receded Id per 901bs. Manx, Scotch and Irish Cups 2s Id to 2s 2d ; round, rough ane flat Iteds Is 2d to 2s 6d ; Seedlings Is 4d to 2s Sd per 901bs. Onr neighbouring farmers continue to have a very good demand for their Potatoes. Other descriptions of produce move off slowly. s. d. s. d.l s. d. s. d. Potatoes, 9 , 1 b. Pink.eye Cups Short Tops Cattle Turnips .. Carrots Old Hay .... 0 8(4 , / 11 v 2016 2 8 3 3 New Hay.... 0 (4 0 11 - 2 3 2 3 Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 11 1 11 2 4 Straw, Wheat 0 4 0 4i v 2411 1 8 1 1 I Straw, Oat .. 0 3} 0 41 28 029 0 Straw, Barley 0 3 0 31 .37 0 45 0 Manglewurzle 24 0 25 0 v ton. JOSEPH MOORE, Factor, 33, Salthouse Dock LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JAN. 31. A most unaccountable dullness continues to prevail in our But ter market. The stocks are not heavy.—the weather has been very severe ;—there is a talk of an improvement in commercial matters generally ;—still are we wanting that animation, which in bye-gone times the trade was wont to enjoy at this period of the year. Holders, even of fine Butter, are more inclined since our last to go with the current, and prices are consequently 2s to 3s per barrel lower. Belfast, Kilkenny, &c. we may quote at 94s to 965. Cork pickled Butter is still at 84s, (a price which we cannot help thinking it would be very safe for a speculator to give for every pound In the market), and nothing doing. Irish Beef and Pork is as slack a sale, as the most inveterate" free trader" can wish It be ; and in Bacon there is only a retail business going on, at about 54s to L6s for the best meat. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 28. The 'duty upon Foreign Barley is raised to Bs. 4d., on Oats to 16s. 9d., on Rye to Bs., on Beans to 16s. 9d., on Pease to 15s. 6d. per quarter ; remaining upon Foreign Wheat and Flour, and upon all sorts of produce from British colonies out of Europe, the same as last week. Since the 25th instant the supplies of Grain and Oatmeal into this port are upon the whole rather light, the arrival of nearly 14,000 barrels of States Flour form►ng the only pro minent feature in the imports beneath. During the interval between Tuesday and to-day, Wheat and Flour in bond and to arrive have excited some little in quiry, but without any actual business of moment having been done ; and for all free articles the trade up to this date has continued languid. Although in the face of a very limited nu►nber of buyers at our Corn-exchange this morning, and an exceedingly inactive trade for free Wheat of all descriptions, the holders firmly adhered to the current rates of Tuesday, which, in the few sales effected, were maintained. Flour was also taken off very sparingly, on the terms last noted. Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease continued to rule ex tremely dull at late prices ; and Oats, as well as Oatmeal, participating in the same degree of languor with other ar ticles, barely supported our last quotations. MIDDLEWICH CORN MARKET, JAN. 25. s. d. s. d Wkeat, old, 751 t - to -- 9 0 -- 9 6 Oats, old, la. 501 t, 6 4 o Barley Beans, tio tioll) LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 31 At this day's market we have had rather a small supply of Beasts, but generally speaking of a good quality. The supply of Seeep was large, but mostly of an inferior quality. Prime Beef 6id middling Sid to 6d. Prime Wethers 7d ; middling 6d—sinking the offal. Beasts, 1050; Sheep, 4420. WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, JAN. 28 Notwithstanding the arrivals of Grain this week are trifling, the trade remains in the same inanimate state we have lately had .oc casion so often to notice. The sales of Wheat were quite of a retail character, at last week's prices. Holders did not, however, generally press sales. Fine malting Barley the turn dearer, but no . _ nprovement in other kinds: Oats and beans still remain as dull s ever, but for the small quantities disposed of, the rates lately oticed were made. Shelling rather dearer. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, JAN. 28 We do not observe any alteration in the value of dry Wheat since Monday, but the samples out of condition are very unsaleable. There has been a fair retail trade in free Foreign. but although there is still some inquiry for bonded, the buyers will not pay the rates demanded. Barley, Peas, and Beans are unaltered in value, but good boilers are in demand. Fine Oats find buyers, but the lower Irish are very unsaleable. ARRIVALS THIS WM.—English Wheat, 3,640 qrs; Barley. .010 qrs ; Oats, 5,490 qrs ; Flour, 5,510 sacks. Irish, Wheat, rs •, Barley, qrs ; Oats, 3,560 qrs. Foreign, Wheat, 2,500 qrs; larley, qrs; Oats, qrs ; American, —. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET. JAN. 28 Notwithstanding our market this morning was on the whole very moderately supplied with Beasts, the fresh arrivals being chiefly composed of go Scots by sea from Scotland, the demand for them was in a sluggish state, but no variation took place in the quota tions. Prime old Downs, which were very scarce, sold freely at full prices; but in other kinds of Sheep next to nothing was passing, yet a good clearance was effected. Very few Calves were brought forward, owing to which the Veal trade was brisk at an advance of 2d per Sibs. For Pigs there was a steady demand at fully late rates. Milch Cows sold slowly, at from £l6 to £2l each, including their small Calf. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JAR. 28 Sugar.—The demand has been limited and the sides of B. P. are only 200 hhds., at last week's prices. 250 bags Mauritius have been disposed of at 67s to 718 for middling to fine yellow, and 1000 bags Bengal, at 48s for Khaur, and 718 6d to 73s 6d per cwt. for damp whites. Foreign.—The sales are extensive, amounting to 750 case 4, 200 boxes and 1200 brls. and bags of Brazil, at 16s 3d to 17s 6d for brown, and les to 21s Ed for whites, being rather higher prices; 700 bags Manilla, rather soft, at 16s to 16s lid, and a few boxes brown Penang at 14s per cwt., all to the Refiners. No sales reported in Molasses Cotree.—The transactions in Plantation amount to 150 casks of Jamaica, chiefly at auction clean ordinary and middling descriptions sold with briskness, at an advance of 4s to Ss per cwt.; the finer sorts also brought rather higher rates. 160 bags Java sold at 565, 27 bales Mocha at 100 s, and 700 bags ordinary Samarang at 28s 3d to 34s 3d per cwt. 300 pockets Malabar Ginger sold at 128 ed per cwt., and 300 bags black Pepper at lid to 33d per lb. No sales of Cocoa or Pirnento. Rice.-30 tees Carolina sold at 355, and 200 bags Bombay at lls per cwt. B. P. Rum.—The sales this week have been considerable, amounting to 250 puns. viz. go puns. Jamaica, 33 to 37 per cent. 0. P., at 4s ad 5s 3d per gallon, and the remainder strong Demerara, at extreme rates. Tea.—The market continues firm, but as there are are very few ;ellers, the sales have been limited. _ . . In Indigo the business has been confined to retail sales. 14 chests BM Lac Dye are reported at lad, 300 bags Bengal Turmeric at 195 to 20s. 500 bags Saltpetre sold at 27s to 28s, and about 100 Nitrate of Soda at 245 to 24s tid. Cassia Lignea.-100 boxes, at auction, brought 76s to 80s, 100 sacks East India Rapeseed 58s per quarter. A sale of 60 cases Turkey Gum Arabic has been effected, but the price has not transpired. The sales of Logwood are confined to small parcels, at previous rates; 70 tons Ceara Fustic at £6 105 to .46 12s 6d, and 20 tons Lima Nicaragua Wood at .el 4 per ton, are the only sales reported. —A small parcel of Turpentine, consisting of 300 brls. of fair quality, was brought to public sale today, for which 1 is lld was the highest bid ; it was consequently withdrawn. No sales reported in Tar. There have been no transactions in Pot or Pearl Ashes Womhy of notice by private contract, but to-day 200 brls. of damaged Pot and Pearl Ashes were sold by auction at 23s to 28s per cwt., which is no criterion for the price of sound Ashes, the quotations of which are continued, though they were almost nominal. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 28 There is no new feature in our market to-day : it is tame and languid ' • the demand to-day has only been to the ex tent of 2,500 to 3,000 bales, at prices on a par with business early in the week. The weekly sales are 20,150 bales, of which 1,200 have been taken for export, and 450 on specula tion. Surats are rather dearer this week, and new Boweds, particularly about fair, are somewhat easier, perhaps id. per lb. The market closes steadily. COTTON MARKET, JANUARY 31 The sales to-day will amount to nearly 4000 bales, including 300 Surats at 3id to 4id ; 150 Pernams 7d to 7id ; too Bahia at 73d, and Americans at 4jd to 6id. The market remains in the same state as last week. The sales on Saturday amount to 3030 bales. COTTON MARKET.-WEEKLY REPORT The demand continues on a limited scale, and prices of new Bowed have given way *d per lb ; other descriptions of American also barely maintain last week's quotations. Brazil, Egyptian and East India remain without change. 1000 bales Laguayra were offered by auction this day, and the whole were withdrawn for want of bidders. Speculators have taken 350 American and 100 Egyptian, and Exporters 960 American and 340 Peruvian. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the 14th to the 20th instant, inclusive. Prices paid I IMPO .in the week.,ThisWk.l SALES OF THE WHEN 150 , Sea Island .... ; Stained — 1.12154 4470 ; Bowed Georgia -1 6i 3750 f Mobile `Alabama and Tennessee 41 5* 8073 6650 New Orleans 180 f Pernambuco & Paraiba 7* 3 5 79 t Aricati and Ceara 74 150 i Bahia and .Maceio { Maranham 250 5i 1 1433 Sawginned .... Minas — .... I Para .... Demerara, Surinam, &c 7l 10 .... 293 Egyptian . - — .... .... Barbados __ __ __ .... 440 Peruvian ___. _. 1 ..... Bahama - 20 Laguayra . .... Common West India, &c — } 23 400 Carthagena 44 4 3 .... i Smyrna — I .. .. , Manila — , 3 IJ 3400 Surat 3 -- %4 I 0' -- -- -- I) 63 . Madras .... ' Bengal 201 LO bales 30779 LIVERPOOL PR AsiiES Montreal, Pot 31 0@ 33 0 Pearl, new 32 0 —32 6 U. States, Pot none. Pearl none. BARE ' Quercit. Oak, T , ton .. £4 10 German 4 0 BRIMSTONE, Tr , ton Sicily, &c 6 5 Tuscany 6 10 CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. i• cwt. in bond 70 0 . CLOVER-SEED, 4/. Cwt. American, red.. 70 0— 75 0 Dutch 70 0— 76 0 French & Germ.7o 0— 80 0 COCOA, cwt. Trinidad.... Grenada Brazil COFFEE, 3,3. cwt. in bond. Jaina. triage .. 30 „ ordinary .... good& tine ord. 80 0-102 0 middling lO6 0-125 0 good mid. fine mid. &C. Dutch, triage.. 130 0— ordinary .• • • good &tine ord. 60 0— 70 0 middling 75 0— SO 0 good mid. }B5 0 — fine mid., &c. Mocha Ceylon Java Havana good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 St. Domingo 4O 0— 42 0 Brazil 37 0— 40 0 Laguira 46 0— 48 0 DYEwOoDs, 'll/. ton .S. s Logwood, Jam... 4 15— 5 7 Hon. & Dom. 5 0— o Campeachy .. 7 5 7 17 Fustic, Span 5 0— 5 Tampico 6 0— Brazil Cüba NICARAGUA WOOD. Rio de la Hache solid rough 6 ll 7 10 small 6 0— 7 10 Lima, solid 11 0— 14 0 Barwood, Ango. 8 0— 9 0 Gaboon 5 10— 6 10 Camwood 2-1 0— 26 Red San. Wood li 10— 7 0 FI.Ax, V. ton. Riga. P.T.R. P'burg, 9 head Archangel 44 0— 55 0 Dutch & Elem. GALLS, V' cwt. Turkey', blue mixed 55 0— 60 0 East India 5B 0— 63 0 GINGIO,I - 4 , cwt. Barbadoes 45 0— 50 Jamaica 6o 0-20 E. India, in bond 12 0 — Gum, qa , cwt. Arabic, Turkey 7O 0-140 0 East India 24 0— 55 0 Barbary Senegal B5 u— 0 u HEMP, s ton s. s P'burg, clean 3B 0— 38 10 outshot 36 10— Riga, Rhine outshot 3B 0— - Archangel Manilla 27 10— 28 0 Bombay Jute 22 5 22 14 HIDES, Ox and Cow, tb B. Ayres and Monte Video, dry. inferior & mid. 0 6i— 0 74 good & prime 0 7i— 0 8 Do. salted -a— 0 4} N. Amer. salted 0 34 0 3} Brazil dry salted 0 si 0 6i Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 6 0 7 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 W. India, dry 0 si 0 7 salted 0 4i— 0 5i East India Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7 0 8 1 Horse, d. each 7 6 —l2 3 HORSE HAIR, V Short - 0 6i mixed long tails combed INDIGO, 43 It). in bond. Bengal. pur. & violet 0 — blue & violet blue violet, g. & fine 6 3 ord. & mid. 5 3 violet & cop. mixed I 4 6 - 9 0 10 4 15 6 10 6 15 S. d 80 0 39 0- 43 0 } 32 0- 36 0 -100 0 74 o—no 0 70 0— 72 0 34 0- 70 0 - 11 0 O 0 O 0 o 0 6 b 6 0 goodto fine Pekoe, flowery Hyson, cop. g. & fine. 4 6 5 °, ord. & mid. 3 3 4 6 con. quality 3 0— 5 3 Oude 1 6 4 3 . Madras 2 3 4 ° Guatimala,r lb. Floras Sobres Cortes Caraccas, Floras 5 3 6 0 Sobres Cortes LAC DYE, '' lb. D.T. and prime. 1 6 2 mid, to good 0 63 1 ord. & inferior 0 4 0 MADDER ROOTS, cwt. Smyrna • 59 0— Galipoli & Syria .. 42 0— --- Frencli . - Naples 42 0— 46 IRTS ithisyear 1 34773 1 39617 } 3367 } 4529 1 '• • • } 666 } 27842 LCES CURRENT. MADDER, V. cwt. S. Ct. S. d. Dutch, crop 70 0 —72 0 Ombro 50 0 —6O 0 Gamene 39 0 —4O 0 Mull lO 0 —3O 0 French, S.F. S.F.F 44 0 E.S.F 50 0 —-- E.5.F.F.54 0 —56 0 Spanish 4O 0 —56 0 MOLASSES. 44. cwt. St. Lucia, &c 24 0 —26 0 Demerara, &c 27 0 —29 0 Bar & Antigua.. 29 0 —3l 0 MUNJEET, Mi 12 0 —l4 0 OIL, Olive, I) , 252 galls. G a llipoli Trieste 63 0 —64 0 Sicily 61 0 —62 0 Malaga 52 0 —53 0 Portugal, &c 5l 0 —52 0 Leval 5O 9 —52 0 Palm, 19. tun 32 0 —32 10 Fish, qt. , 252 galls Seal, pale 39 0 —4O 0 brown 33 0 —37 0 Cod 3O 0 —3O 10 LINSEED, 5 ciet s 6 0 Rape, pale do. 55 0— 0 0 Turpen. cwt 51 6 —52 0 RICE, 9,) cwt Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 0 in bond 22 0 Bengal, ord. do 11 0 —l2 mid to fine . • l2 0-13 ti African none. Rum,* gallon, ill bond. Jamaica, 12 to 160. p 3 6 3 8 stronger 3 10 4 10 choice marks.. 5 3 5 9 SAFFLOWER, To cwt. Bengal, good & gne £5 0 7 0 ord. & mid .. 2 10 4 10 Bombay ...... , . 0 18 1 14 SALTPETRE, p etri. S. d. S. d East India 26 0 —29 0 South American.. 24 0 —24 6 SHE LI, LAC, qp , cwt. in hood. orange 45 0 —6o 0 liver and block 3O 0 —42 0 SKINS, Neutria, Chinchilli, do. Seal, each SHIJMAC,I3. cwt. Sicily ....... • • Malaga Trieste Verona Tyrolese • SUGAR, VA. cwt. B. P. Muscovado moist brown 58 0 —59 0 dry brown good & mid 66 0 —7l 0 fine &v. tine Mauritius, dabs and moist 44 0 —5B 0 brown & yel 6O 0 —7O fine yellow East India, Bengal Khaur 44 0 —56 0 brown & yel 57 0 —65 good and fine 72 0 —75 0 extra fine 76 0 —7B 0 Manilla, in bond 13 0 —l7 0 Havana, do. brown yellow . white ord good & fine Brazil, in bond brown l3 6 —l6 6 yellow l7 0 —lB 0 white ord. 18 6 —2l 0 good and fine 22 0 —24 0 TALLOw, p cwt. P'burgh, Y.C. 50 0 —5O 6 Odessa 49 6 —5O 0 Archangel 4B 0 —4B 6 Buenos Ayres 4O 0 —47 0 TAR, bet. Stockholm l7 0 —lB 0 Archangel l7 6 —lB 0 Carolina Virginia — TARTAR, V. C/Vt. Cream of Tartar.. 66 0 —6B 0 brown and y - e 1... 46 0 —5O 0 TEA, lb. in bond. Bohea, Canton .. Fokein Congou, com. .. 1 11 —1 Ili mid. to fine. 2 1 2 9 Twankay, com... 1 I 1 I mid. to good 2 0 2 2 Pekoe, Orange .. 2 0 Campoi, corn. to good }Tyson Skin.... mid. to fine. Souchong, coin -12 0 -25 0 6 0 10 0 . 1 4i- 3 0 9 o —;0 0 - 9 0 o —l9 o 6 —22 6 0 —2B 0 -33 0 none 1 7 1 S 0 2 4 2 0 24 3 0 1 11) - 2 4 - Young Hyson Imperial Gunpowder, good and fine TouAcco, v lb. in band. J. River, Leaf 0 Stemmed 0 3 Kentucky - Maryland Tuammalc, p cwt in bond. Bengal 20 0 —22 0 TURPENTINE, 'l, cwt. American VALONIA,V , ton. s 0 Smyrna, picked l4 0 —l9 0 Morea WAX, Bass' v cwt. in bond. African li 10 S 0 East India American 7 0 8 5 21- 0 5;1 - 0 ;4 0 0 0 0 LONDON GAZETTE.--FRIDAY, lAN. 28. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Salisbury, Turner, and Earle, Liverpool. brokers : as far as re gards N. Salisbury—lionser and ,Parkint.on. Bradford Yorkshire. linen-drapers—Sargant. Brothers, Birmingham, sword•cutlers—U. and J. Dawson, I\lottraln-in-Longdendale, Cheshire, slater—J. and W. Robinson, Oldham, Lancashire, cotton-spinners---Norris and Sleddon, Liverpool. chain cable-manufacturers. Benjamin AaronsBANKRUPTCY owles-court, ANNULLED. Doctors'-Commons, London, furrier. B K ll Ilenry Holt, High street. Peckh a am. PTS. London. bookseller. John Sanders, NI anor- place, King's-road, Chelsea, baker. Edward James Stone, Belle Savage-yard, Ludgate-hill, London, maker of playing cards. George Berkeley Kirkwood Cassidy, Bucklesbury, London, mer. Frederick Sharman, L'arge.yard, Bocklersbury, London, shoe factor. Thomas Wooster, jun„LiverpooL.street, London, merchant. Samuel Robert George, London-wall, London, victualler. Arthur Collos and Alfred Thomas. Brighton, sugar-manufacturers. James Thompson, Newcastle.upon•Tyne, joiner. John and David Arthur, Neath, Glamorganshire, ironmasters. William Edward Boyle, Neath, Glamorganshire, plumber. Richard Wilson, Blyth Tile Sheds, Northumberland, manufacturer of bricks. Robert Davies, Mallwyd, Merionethshire, shopkeeper. William Chambers, Oxford, organ.builder. Peter Stephenson, Manchester, mercer. DIVIDENDS. Feb. 18, J. Littleford, High-street, Marylebone, London, coach. maker—Feb. 21, S. Smith, Pump-row, Old street-road, London, timber-merchant—Feb. 24, H. W. Morgan, Alford, Lincolnshire, grocer—Feb. 21, J. M. Jubber, Oxford, wine-merchant—March 29, R. Halford, and W. H. Bladock, Canterbury, bankers—March 1, G. D. Watts, Great Massingham, Norfolk, grocer—Feb. 21, R. Root, Wordington, Oxfordshire, draper. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before Feb. 18. W. F. Reuss, Liverpool, merchant Seldon, Old Trinity-house, Water-lane, London, wine.merchant. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL JANUARY. Houa February 1, Clough and Galen, (lst) Clarendon Rooms, 1 1, James Mackie 2, Benjami n Williams, (pDitto, I roof and div.) Ditto, 1 4, Brocklehurst, Dircks & Nelson, (proof & div.) Ditto, I 5, John Tollitt, (proof and div.) 5, Robert Johnson Sharp, (Ist). Ditto, 1 amw4.izii..Lu.,,,z„,.................... LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT. January 2g, 1840 DISCHARGED In-patients cured Relieved and at own request 2 Made Out-patients . .* . Irregular Dead ADMITTED ..... In-patients Out-patients . 0 Casuals during the last week 1 lternaininthe house, 224 Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. It. Davies. House Visiters, Rev. J. B. Monk and W. Nicol, Esq. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon Mr. Brandreth. E W. JACKSON. Treasurer PRICES OF SHARES, JANUARY 31. Prices within the last seven days. This days RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Price' Bolton and Preston Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto quarter Birminghaxi and Derby lOO .... U 0 0 .... Bristol and Exeter 6O .... U o 0 Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new 2O 0 0 0 .... • Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid 0 0 0 Half Shares • 4 10.. 0 0 0 Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar l 45 aidp Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares 5O Ditto quarter shares (late Chester and Crewe) Quarter Great Western 65 Ditto new shares , 50 Ditto Fifth Shares Great North of England 9O .... Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston Ditto, new Leicester and Swannington sto Leeds and Selby lOO .... Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham go .... Ditto quarter shares Ditto old shares Ditto new London & Brighton SO London and South Western .. 39 0 0 Ditto, loth shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 4O Ditto and Ditto Extension Manchester and Leeds Ditto half shares .. Ditto quarter shit/ es Midland Counties Ditto, quarter North Midland New North Midland One-third Shares North Union NeWeastle and Carlisle Ditto quarter shares Ulster 0 0 0. 193 0 0 yli U 0 95 10 0 27 10 0 • 0 0 87 0 0 9 10 0 80 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 197 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 .... 89 ex 169 0 0 ....169 0 o 0 0, 57 5 0. 28 15 0 . o o 0 O 0 0, o 0 0. O 0 ft O 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 o — , 31 15 0 3 18 6. O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 35 10 0 O 0 0 77 I() 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 Paris and Rouen South Eastern York and North Midland Half Shares O 0 0 .... 13 7 6.... 13 7 oo 0.... O 0 0 .... O 0 0 .... 50 paid £l2 1 o 8 paid BANKS Bank of Liverpool ..... - Borough Bank.... - Commercial of Liverpool 10 - Commercial of England. 5 - East of England lO - of Manchester lO - M'chester & L'pool Dbct. 15 - Northern and Central - North and South Wal m. 10 - Royal of Liverpool 500 - South Lancashire - Albion 0 0 0 ... 0 0 0 ... it; 5 0 ex Liverpool Us ion Liverpool Banking Co Wilts and Dorset GAS, WATER WORKS, &c Exchange Buildings £loo paid L'pool and Harrington Water :150 Works Bootle Ditto L'pool Gas Light Company, (Original Stock) 100 Ditto new Shares .... 100 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. XBlOO Ditto new shares arc now paid up ASSURANCE COMPANIES Liverpool Marine Assurance ) 10 paid Company M'chester Assurance Company. 10 „ „ Liverpool Fire and Life' 2 10s. Ocean Assurance o 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 o o o O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 6 0 0 0 - - DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, Bi.c. Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 ss. 0 0 0 Rock Ferry Steam Tug Company lO . 0 0 0 Harrington Docks 100 0 0 a Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) (Poloncean) BIRTHS. On the 17th ultimo, in the Side, Gateshead, the wife of Mr. JOHN DUNN, clogger, of three children. On the 22nd ultimo, the wife of Mr. ABRAHAM EASTWOOD, Wooldale, Holmfirth, of three fine, lively living lads, who were named ABRAHAM, ISAAC, and JACOB. On the 24th ultimo, the lady of JOHN HUGHES, Esq., Tyddyn, Dai, of a daughter. MARRIED. At Lynsted, Kent, Mr. FLOOD, blacksmith,to Mrs. PASSEL", widow. The united ages of the bride, bridegroom, father, mutt bridesmaid, amounted to 265 years, an average of nearly 6g. On the 11th ultimo, at Clapham, by the Rev. Jas. Hill, late of Calcutta, the Rev. WILLIAM MORTON, of that city, brother.in law of the Rev. Dr. Beaumont, to SARAH, eldest daughter of WILLIAII BANGARD, Esq., of Westfield, Kingston.upon.Hull. On the llth ultimo, at the residence of the British Minister, at Naples, CHARLES ROMILLY, Esq., son of the late Sir Samuel. Romaly, to Lady GEORGIANA RUSSELL, daughter of the late• Duke of Bedford. On the lgth ultimo, at Dolgelly, Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, draper, Bridge-street, Manchester, to MARY, only daughter of Mr. JONES. skinner, Dolgelly. On the 24th ultimo, on the island of little Ross, about 6 mile* southwest of Kirkcudbright, by the Rev. Samuel Smith, minister of Borgne, Mr. THOMAS MURDOCH. plumber, to AGNES. (laughter of Mr. ROBERT SMITH, superintendent of the Light house and other buildings. Though a number of families have fur some time past been located on the island, the oldest inhabitant does not remember of any persons on it having became candidates for Heymen's bonds, and, consequently, the novelty has excited a good deal of observation. On the 25th ultimo, at Christ Chnreh, Mr. W. ROWLEY. 45, Soho-street, to Mrs. M. A. SHERRATT, 16, Upper Pitt-street. DIED. On the 13th ultimo, at Longtown, aged 93, Surgeon WILLIAM WRIGHT, one of the European companions of Mango Park in Africa. Same day, aged 56, ELIZABETH, sister of the late Mr. RICIIARD E LLERTON. On the 14th ultimo, at Handbury-hall, in the county pf Stafford, far advanced in age, Mrs. CHAWNER, mother of Mrs Williams, widow of the late Rev. John Williams, missionary, who " was martyred at Arrowmanga, one of the isles of the South Seas: On the 15th ultimo, at her snug cottage, near Bank-hall, Stook port, in her 79th year, the well-known Mrs. MARY TAYLOR. She entered the service of the late Mr. and Mrs. Phillips fifty nine years ago, and has remained with the family ever since, re. spected and esteemed by her employers. Same day, at sea, aged 23, Mr. JAMES ARTHUR, chief mate of the Ann Dingwall, and, son of Captain J. Arthur, Burlington street. On the 16th instant, aged 4 years, ELIZABETH, eldest daughter of Mr. T. KEWLEY. Same clay, at Knowsley, aged 6 years, MARY, eldest daughter of the Rev. G. HOPWOOD, and grand-daughter of the Earl of Derby. Sairie day, in her 73rd year MARY, wife of Mr. THOS. HINDE, of Hapsford, Cheshire. On the 18th ultimo, in Paris, after a short illness, SUSAN MARIA, relict of the late JOHN THEODORE KOSTER, Esq,, formerly of this town. Same day, WILLIAM. son; and, on Saturday, MARTHA, Wife of Mr. WILLIAM FAZAKERLEY, of Greetham.street, deeply re. gretted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. On the 21st ultimo, after a lingering illness, ALICE, wife of Mr. CHARLES CULSHAW, and youngest daughter of the late Mr. HENRY BROMLEY, Ormskirk. On the 22nd ultimo, aged 73, much respected, Mr. SAMUEL, SIMMS, St. Helens, much respected. Same day, at her residence, Holt.hill, after a protracted illness, accompanied with severe suffering, aged 48, ANN, re li ct of the late NATHAN ALCOCK SEWELL, Esq. 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