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imptnal tiaritanunt. F LORDS.—MONDAY. titions were presented for and against orn laws. one of which gave rise to.a sound in its proper place. ormed the house that he had self and his compa- As in Syria, bill went through com- OF COMMONS 'MONDAY sere presented for and against %PS to on Lord Sandon's amendment with ties was resumed by Mr. EWART, who any reason to expect the large supply s in the course of the en- nember entered into calculations in apply of sugar would not exceed that ile the population of these countries osed any alteration of the corn laws. ort of compromise upon the subject, that even the noble lord (J. Russell) the proposition of a fixed duty of 8s Believing the question of the alte re intimately connected with the Ise, and that both rested on the le against the proposition of her e his concurrence to the proposi though he thought that ministers ng them forward without having through parliament that all classes of the community dvantages from the adoption of the proposed by the government. The was not whether there should or tection in favour of our colonies, but be a greater protection than a differen t. It did seem strange to him that any be so unreasonable as to claim a greater he expense of the consumer. He was of duty of the house to protect the con sacrificed to any pi ivate interest what .t if sugars were allowed to come into •ms proposed, London would become ions on the Continent, to an extent ►e case. Much of the business tran nd Antwerp would take place in Eng f British instead of foreign shipping. eman concluded by 'eying his entire, rence to the propositions of the contended that the effect of the pro be to destroy our West India colonies, r more flourishing than ever, by the en- mild be thus given to its prOchice. The he noble lord (J. Russell) on Friday s than a defence of slavery, for all his ely the same as were formerly used by )pposed to negro emancipation. upon it that neither that house nor 3uld ever accept the proposition of at the expense of grinding down the 1 of Cuba—they would not tolerate the __lining sugar cheapened at the price of ufacturing interests of this country would ord that the best ,thing that could be done be, to preserve to them the markets they )ssession of. Na*, from the returns quoted it appeared thatthe exports of British ma- West Indies had increased, within a short m 40 per cent., and to British North Ame- The increase in foreign markets was not our colonies ; and yet the noble lord by his levelling a joint blow at two of the most ;ets—the West Indies and Canada, declaring that he was doing so for icturer. f England i the propositions of the govern d a,great deal of pleasure, con ht would prove, if carried out, 11 classes. He bad hoped that the landed iroposition was made to abate all mono aimated a willingness to mitigate their iimself mistaken, and regretted that class prevail over those of the public. d that the government appeared to pro -3f increasing the revenue, and, at the prices—two things almost incompatible. a great many experienced mercantile at they had no confidence in the linan d by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, that one relating to the introduction . respect to the corn laws, he was in .ion in them, but the amount of fixed .ould support would greatly depend upon done with the poor bill. It was thought that n which he had been recently engaged, might me influence on the measures of government; A they takii‘g its circumstances into consi well indeed if it should produce some Les of the house thought the relief to the consumer in ouch higher interest than the conse !last or West Indies, but the noble lord ere would be any appreciable benefit to !suit of his proposition. On the con k;the reduction in the price of sugar as `fl per cwt, which, attbe average rate of d make a difference to the poor operative ole year. The noble loid contended that; itsuce, England would fall from the high ptcl ttc-estimation of nations, and the value ,s,lWlfaZe,hitherto exhibited with respect to the kndered wholly nugatory. It would to rein , slave traamonce more legal, and to ship trfrom Liverpool under proper and hu thaby this measure to give encourage- ,ne regnlatini Irri ir shrirbiyiia iiAjtjrs where it existed in its nmostie :haracW .: noble lord concluded $X expressing ation 'to Atbitii , lOr the resolution : of his rrble 'friend .x, k . 444.. he looked with anxiety to the de b,lo7Anlight come to duly bethatseite•saw fgc-wiqithought their own monopolies in nrinciple should be applied to themselves i • 4 7 04v 4. 0 ' , lit to be applied to the protection duties .aril to defeat a measure calculated to iti i e lAsperity of the country. The hon. Ail' the house of the enthusiastic support luskis4on by his political opponents when he -(1 his principles of free trade, and contrasted ception which gentlemen on the opposition > the present Government when trying to carry les which Mr. Huskisson promulgated. He party man, and wished to see his party in power, ntlemen on the opposition benches would carry nciples of free trade, so important did he deem to those gentlemen he would give as warm and as port as he was that moment giving to his right -.....5. The right hon. gentleman then defended the ment from the charge of having taken either Parlia ,r the colonies by surprise in the proposition which ..ad made, and contended that it would be better to I a fair protection only to the colonies, instead of de g them with a monopoly which had never been found to rmanently beneficial. There was, in his opinion, very weight in the arguments that the contemplated measure I encourage slavery or the slave trade. At present this try sent manufactured goods to Brazil in large quantities, t the p rich goods were paid for in sugar which was rehired in Eng id in bond, and exported to foreign countries. Surely this ig encouragement to slavery quite as effectually as if e-grown sugar was consumed in England. In fact, question was, whether the trade should be carried rect or circuitous means. It was to be recollected the existing treaty with Brazil, the highest duty ould be placed on British goods was 15 per cent. ; ty would expire in 1841. It was supposed in . Brazil ould expire in 1842, and much irritation prevailed the prohibitory duties imposed by Great Britain on produce, and unless some alteration in those pro duties should be made, it was unlikely that the corn ith that country should be continued on terms so fa to British manufactures. Ministers might not, riumph in the decision of the house upon that oc e was so much of soundness in the proposi , that they must ultimately be adopted by the GLADTONE said that the house was not called upon :hat occasion to decide upon the principles of free trade, ause the resolution before the house was that the import ies on sugar were to be governed by higher principles than connected with trade or commerce. The real question whether they were to abandon an experiment for the lition of slavery to which they had hitherto steadily ad ed, and towards the success of which the people of this ntry had made very large sacrifices. As to the benefit to consumer, it would be a poor consolation to the poor rative of Bolton to tell him that in order to relieve his :ressed condition there should be a reduction in the price ugar of is Gd in the cwt, a redaction which could never, possibility, reach the quantity required by the poor opera- It was worthy of remark as to the expected supply for ensuing' year from our colonies that all the estimates of probable supply of sugar far exceeded the greatest con aption that had ever hitherto taken place in Great Britain Lily one year, The hon. gentleman contended that there ; a great difference between coffee and sugar, because of former article there was not a sufficient supply; the pro e of free labour and coffee was not the cause of slavery, it required but little labour of any kind, while to the ne sity for great labour in the production of sugar might be ibuted tee origin and continuance of the slave trade. The pct of the goVernment was to increase the supply of sugar, if the supply of foreign sugar was to be increased, so st the number of hands to produce it, and so must an ad onal number of Africans be torn from their families. The Led of inducing the Brazils to mitigate the evils 1 to take steps towards its ultimate extinction, lord at the very same moment was proposing only inducement we could hold out to them to Jf admitting their sugars to our market. This ad paid twenty millions towards the abolition of I twenty more millions in the shape of gifts to ers and in armaments to suppress the slave trade. des, paid something like ten millions in the price aking fifty millions altogether. Besides all this, great sacrifices in human life in our settlements he coast of Africa, and, after all this, they were port to stimulate that lust of gain which had p up slavery and the slave trade, notwithstand ons which had been made to put it down. i. gentleman sat down, several members rose mrnment of the debate, which immediately to defeat. It was impossible to lay down the principal that we ought not to consume in these countries the produce of slave labour ; for if so we must exclude the slave-grown cotton of the United States. Still further, in order to be consistent, we should prohibit the consumption of slave-grown sug ar in Newfoundland, Canada, the Cape, and in the West Inies ; for where was the principle of allowing it to be consumed there, while prohibiting it in Yorkshire. Yet he was well convinced that if a proposition was made to exclude slave - 1 A grown cotton from British consumption, not only Sir Robert Peel and Mr. Qladstone, but even Dr. Lushington himself, would scout the proposition as an emanation of madness. He quite appproved of the principle of endeavouring to put down the slave trade by means of British cruizers, but he was by no means prepared to go the length of prohibiting all intercourse with those states in which slavery existed. It was very doubtful whether the exclusion of cotton would benefit the slaves in America, but a certain effect of such a proceeding would be to plunge thousands of Englishmen in ruin and destruction, and—a probable one—the transfer of our manufactures to other countries. The right hon. gentle- man denied that the budget had been brought forward with out great confidence on the part of the government that they would be able to carry its chief propositions. At all events the good seed was sown, and before long the proposed reforms would become the law of the land. It might be true that the present ministry might not occupy their present place, but they would remain true to the principles of their party, and it would not be the first instance in which that great party had willingly yielded the harvest to parties who had taken no share in sowing the seed. Mr. WARD said that t e proposition of the noble lord (Sandon) was very skilful, s was very clear from the ease with which the right hon. en4ber for the Tower Hamlets (Dr. Lushington) had falle into the trap laid for him. The hon. member contrasted th condition of our manufacturing population with that of thePWest Indian negroes, and said that the prosperity of the latter would be far more gratifying if it was the result of labour finding its own level in the Eu ropean markets • but, unfortunately, it was the result of an indirect tax which' pressed heavily on the poor of Eng land. He was of opinion that the corn-laws might be altogether repealed if corresponding changes were made in our fiscal regulations. This question, they might rest assured, whether understood in that house or the contrary, was perfectly well understood by people out of doors, and would not be readily abandoned. Sir R. INGLIs said the question before the house was not whether the budget of the Chancellor of the Exchequer was to be agreed to, or the contrary, but whether the house was prepared to place the slave owner in a better position than in which he now stood. He hoped that neither that house nor the people of this country would ever consent, for the sake of getting their sugar a penny a pound cheaper than it now cost them, to offer such a direct premium for persevering in the traffic in slaves. _ _ Sir G. CLERK said he was astonished that any person of the name of the tight hon. gentleman should have said that it wag quixotic and absurd to put a stop to slavery by dis couraging the produce of slave labour. No one would deny those principles of free trade which might be considered as axioms in the abstract. No one would contend against the principle that we should not force our poor lands to produce what we might get cheaper from more genial climates. In the abstract there was no denying the principle, but then there were disturbing causes, such as the national debt and others, which so raised the value of money, that it was hopeless to enter into competition with foreign countries without adequate protection. He believed it would be ad mitted that, in respect to articles of food, it was deMrable to render this country as far as possible, independent of foreign supply, but this could not be accomplished if the protection afforded by the corn laws were withdrawn. The right. hon. gentleman contended that this country in bring ing sugar from Brazil to be refined here, and re-exported, did not add to the evils of the slave trade, because Brazil was already in possession of the European markets, and what was thus brought did not supply the place of sugar the produce of free labour, which would be the case if it was admitted for consumption in the home market. The right hon. gentleman concluded by declaring his intention to op pose the proposition of government as calculated to disturb our commercial relations, without at all benefitting the con sumer, while it would be injurious to the West Indies, and would afford great encouragement to the slave trade. Mr. C. Woon regretted that so little solicitude for the suffering people of this country had been displayed by those who supported the resolution of the noble lord, the member for Liverpool (Lord Sandon). The hon. member for Not tingham (Mr. Walter) had certainly called upon the house to take into consideration the condition of the labouring classes ; but he had, notwithstanding, concluded by announ cing his intention to vote against a measure calculated to df ford them some relief. The hon. gentleman read some let ters, giving a most gloomy description of the state of our manufacturing population, and then said he was ready to ad mit that some of the protective interests might suffer from the government proposition, and that landlords might find in many instances that it had caused a diminution of their rentals ; but, for his own part, he was ready to forego a por tion of the protection he had hitherto enjoyed, in order to carry out a great financial and commercial meaekire, calcu lated to benefit all classes of society. The hon. gentleman then contended, that if the measure proposed by government was to be rejected by gentlemen on the other side of the house, they ought to give some hint of the measures whieh, in their opinion, ought to be adopted. The hon. member entered into a description of the various modes by which the financial difficulties of the country could be met, and having deprecated anything in the shape of direct taxation, as being oppressive to the industry of the country, and repudiated the principle of meeting a falling revenue by raising loans, con cluded by declaring his opinion that every view of the ques tion showed that the only true policy was to meet the de mands upon the country by promoting its trade and com. merce, by an alteration of those regulations which gave mo nopolies to the few, to the injury of the many. Mr. GOULBURN contended that, under the circumstances attending the concession of emancipation to the negroes, it was impossible the house could agree to the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was evident, from the returns which had been read, that the supply of sugar calcu lated upon for the present year was many thousand tons greater than had been imported for a series of years, so that the right hon. gentlemen might safely rely upon an increased revenue from sugar, without passing his proposed measure, —that, in fact, the revenue would be this year largely in creased by simply leaving things alone. The arguments in support of the measure as one of commerce were as futile as were those which had been advanced in support of it in a fi nancial point of view. He admitted that dissatisfaction pre vailed in the Brazils against this country, but not on the ground of its protective duties, but because of its strenuous exertions to put down the slave trade; but he could see no difference in principle between their doing so and offering an open encouragement to slavery by admitting slave-grown sugar. With respect to the admission of slave-grown cotton the case was not in point, for in the case of sugar they were about to open a new market to slave-grown sugar, which was not open to it before. This was an argument which could not be applied to the slave-grown cotton and tobacco im ported from America. The right hon. gentleman then ad verted to the boasts made by the Whigs that they were the parties who had advocated the interests of the slave, and who had passed the Act of Emancipation, and said that he was unwilling to deprive them of the credit which was due to them upon that account ; but he must, at the same time, remind the house, thatrat the Congress of Vienna, a conser vative negotiator, acting under the instructions of a conser vative Administration, had forced upon the powers of Europe a conviction of the propriety of recognising the principle of an abolition of the slave trade. Sir G. GREY said that the government had been, during the three nights' discussion which had taken place, most anxious to get at what was likely to be the policy of the hon, and right hon. gentleman on the other side of the house, but in vain-until the right hon. gentleman at length informed them that their policy would be to leave things alone. This announcement would not be received, he believed, with very great favour by the commercial portion of the community. The right hon. gentleman intimated that the real opposition to this measure respecting sugar was, that it was regarded by the opposition in the same light that it was regarded by the hon. member for Lincoln, as the outwork defences of the corn-laws. He then adverted to the inconsistency of admit ting slave-grown cotton for the interest of our manufactu rers, and excluding slave-grown sugar which would be so nseful to our manufacturers, and contended that in principle nothing could be so absurd as to advocate the propriety of maintaining that both propositions were reconcileable. The question was not as to the amount of duty proposed by the Government, but as to whether the j would adopt a protect ive instead of a prohibitive system. The more the subject was discussed the better it would be understood by the peo ple, who would see the unwillingness of hon. gentlemen on the other side to grapple with the details of the question. Mr. GOULBURN, in explanation, said that his expression of leaving things alone applied only to the opinion that the revenue from sugar would be this year increased by doing nothing. After some observations from Mr. IRVINE the debate was adjourned until to-morrow. HOUSE OF LORDS—WEDNESDAY The lords did not sit to-night. HOUSE OF COMMONS7NYEDNESDAY Mr. MUNTZ altered the form of his notice relative to the Earl of Cardigan, and gave notice that he would move an address to the crown, praying that an inquiry might be insti tuted into the conduct of the Earl of Cardigan, while in com mand of the llth hussars. Mr. CHOLMONDELEY resumed the adjourned debate on the sugar duties, and argued that the proposed reductions would in no way benefit the consumer, for the saving, what ever it might be, would find its way into the pocket of the merchant. _ Lord Howicit said he entirely dissented from the hon. member for the Tower Hamlets, as to the opinion that the admission of foreign sugar would tend to the encouragement of the slave trade. He could not admit that there was any 'reason to suppose that sugar, the produce of free labour, could not compete with that which was the result of slave labour,—on the contrary, he believed that free labour, if properly stimulated, was more than equal to a competition with slavery. Our sugar estates in the colonies had hitherto been conducted in the most barbarous manner, being con ducted entirely by agents for proprietors resident in England. Ifa farm in England was to be similarly conducted by an agent for a proprietor resident in Jamaica, the result, he believed, would be very much the same. If, however, those estates in the West Indies should be conducted by those im mediately interested in their success, who would also be inte rested in introducing an improved system of agriculture, he had no doubt but the free labour sugar would undersell the slave grown sugar in the European markets. On the other hand, while a monopoly was given to our colonies, it was hopeless to expect anything like an improved system of agri culture. He was of opinion that the Chancellor of the Ex chequer might have gone still further, and proposed a reduc tion of duty on colonial sugar, trusting for an increased re venue to increased consumption ; but the proposition as it stood would be attended with much advantage to the public, not so much by the decrease in the price of sugar, as by the opening fresh fields for the industry of the country. The house would recollect that if the measures of the government were rejected, they must resort to fresh taxation, the result of which would be to convert a vast number of rate-payers into receivers of relief from those rates to which they now contributed. _ _ _ _ _ Mr. C. W. WYNN contended that the proposal of Mi nisters would be, if acceded to, a direct encouragement of the slave trade. He denied that the whigs had a right to assume to themselves the credit of carrying the Slave Eman cipation Act. That act was not fairly to be claimed by any party, for it was the result of the irresistible voice of the nation raised against the accursed traffic. Mr. NV. EVANS advocated the measure proposed by go vernment, and expressed a hope that the country would not relax in its exertions to put down thelslave trade, though he did not think that in order to do so they should impose very great additional burdens on the people, when the object might be otherwise attained. Lord L WORSLEY opposed the measure proposed by the Government, and condemned the projected interference with the corn-laws. Sir A. GRANT insisted on the right of the West Indian proprietor s to protection, more particularly when it was re collected that the £20,000,000 which had been given by par liament as compensation to the slave owners was scarcely a third of the value of the emancipated slaves. The proprie tors had as valid a property in their slaves as in their lands, and when their right of property was interfered with, the full value should have been paid. That had not, however, been done, and in addition to the wrong thus inflicted, they were now to be deprived of the protection which they had hitherto enjoyed. Mr. J. CrCoNNELL s upported the Government proposi tion, and said, that though an Irish member, he must de clare that he could not see any benefit that the corn-laws • conferred upon the country. He would, however, in com mittee vote for the exclusion of all foreign sugar, the produce of sive labour. , Si?U. -R. REID said that a more reckless, injudicious, and inconsiderate Government than the present he had never heard of. He hoped the house would very quickly come to a decision, for since the proposition of Government, trade was almost necessarily at a stand. Mr. GISBORNE opposed the resolution of the noble lord the member for Liverpool, and contended that the fate of the corn-laws and of the present duties on sugar was sealed, inasmuch as these alterations had been proposed to the house by the ministers of the crown. This opinion was not his own, for he quoted it from a speech of Sir R. Peel's, who declared that no existing regulations could be maintained in their integrity after being once condemned by a minister of the crown, supported by the authority of the crown itself. Mr. S. HERBERT said that no one would dispute the theory of free trade, buf there were circumstances of mode and time which should be taken into consideration in con nexion with it, for otherwise any counting-house would sup ply from amongst its clerks chancellors of the exchequer and statesmen quite as efficient as any which could be found in that house. Admitting the correctness of the doctrines of free trade, he, notwithstanding, contended not only that the mode of alteration proposed by the government was injudi cious, but that it also was imprudently timed. It was not just that, because hon. gentlemen on his side of the house en tertained this opinion with respect to the mode and time of the introduction of these measures, they should be therefore taunted with acting under hypocritical pretences. Mr. V. SMITH opposed the resolution of Lord Sandon, on the ground that it advanced a proposition not founded in fact. It assumed that the people of England had advanced the £20,000,000 for some purpose to be yet effected, instead of advancing it for a purpose already accomplished—that of abolishing slavery in our own dominions. The bargain was completed, and the West Indian colonies had no right to claim the continuation of a tax on the people of this country for the purpose of increasing their own prosperity, which, by every account, was already very great—indeed, far greater than before the passing of the emancipation act. They had the choice of relieving the distresses of our own population, with the chance of injuring the population of some other country ; and for his part, he thought they ought to confer a great and certain good upon our own labours when it was ex tremely doubtful whether by so doing we should inflict any injury whatever upon any other people. Lord STANLEY said he gave his cordial concurrence to the resolution proposed by Lord Sandon, and was decidedly op posed•to the measures proposed by her Majesty's ministers. It was contended that these propositions were to be supported in accordance with the principles of free trade ; and it was asserted that on both sides of the house the principles of free trade were admitted. Now, as he understood, the principles of free trade were these, that there should be uo protective duties—that we should buy when we could, and any duties levied for the purposes of revenue should be as low as possible, and levied equally upon all, and that, if possible, no duties should be levied upon articles of general consumption. Those were the true principles of free trade ; and he was happy to say that, in the present state of the country, no gentleman, on either side of the house, had been guilty of the absurdity of saying they should be adopted. The question, therefore, was not a question between mono poly and competition, for the discriminative duties, which the government still left unreduced, were still in prip p iple a monopoly, and directly at variance with the doctrines'd free trade. The noble lord denied that the propositions now brought forward were the same as those brought forward by Lord Althorp's government. The material difference was this, that when the alteration of the timber duties was no longer necessary for the purposes of revenue Lord Althorp proposed to make a larger reduction of the duties on Baltic timber without adding to those on Canadian produce. With respect to sugar it was an article which should be exempted from the ordinary rules of commercial policy. and in dealing with it prohibition should be the object and not pro tection. He then argued that as regarded the revenue there must be an increase to a large amount from sugar, not in consequence of the proposition of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but rather, notwithstanding that proposition, for the vast quantity which it was estimated would be imported from the colonies this year must, of necessity, increase the revenue without the aid of the introduction of any foreign sugar. Every one knew that the Emancipation Act would, at first, make sugar dear; and it was said by the hon. and learned member for Dublin last year that the question was not to be considered upon any ground of price; for if put fairly to the people of England, whether they would have sugar one penny, or more, per pound cheaper, the produce of free labour, he had no fear of the reply. Neither had he (Lord Stanley) any fear of the reply. That was the question now put to the people of England, and he had not a doubt as to the reply ; but he must express his astonishment that, after such a speech last year, upon a motion similar to the present, then broudat forward by the hon. member for Wigan, and opposed by the government, the hon. and learned gentle man should now take the course of supporting the measure 'proposed be her Majesty's ministers, opposed as it was to his strongly-expressed opinions upon the subject. The noble lord then said that it would ill become him, who had been the person selected by the government of Eaii Grey to bring forward the great measure of emanci pation, and who had called upon the West' Indian pro prietors to make the sacrifice they had done—it would ill become him to assent to any proposition calculated to render that measure nugatory. He denied that the im portation of Brazilian sugar for the purpose of refining gave any encouragement to slavery, because, as the sugar was re exported, no new market was opened for its consumption. He did not mean to deny the financial and also the mercan tile difficulties of the country, but be thought our commercial affairs, though at present somewhat languid and desponding, had still sufficient elasticity to recover, for its present con dition was rather owing to the distracted state of American affairs, than to any want or failure of national resources at home. The noble lord concluded by condemning Ministers for throwing loose upon the country a crude and undigested scheme just at the moment when they were about losing office, as they had long lost power, when they must have known that they never could carry it into operation ; a scheme which caused, in the commercial world, a panic, which was only calmed by the subsequent conviction that it would never meet with the sanction of Parliament.: At the conclusion of the noble lord's speech, the debate was adjourned. PETITIONS FOR CHURCH EXTENSION. — We are glad to find that petitions are in course of signature in many parts of the neighbourhood in favour of a parliamentary grant for church extension. We surely need not urge the claims of our country, paramount as they seem to us, to be provided with public means of worship at the national expense. Need less, however, as such arguments may be to those who look with Christian feelings upon the wants of the country, we sorrow to say that our legislators have not the moral courage to act upon such principles ; and it is nothing but an inces sant demand that will ever convince the House of Commons they have anything to do with the spiritual interests of the people whom they represent. We entreat every parish to take its place in this effort, and to increase its exertions in proportion to the necessities of the case.—Doncaster Chro nicle. DEATH OF A CHILD BY FALLING INTO A CELLAR AREA.—An inquest was held, qn Saturday last, before Mr. Chapman, the borough coroner, on the body of Mary Wain wright, an infant 14 months old, daughter of Mr. Wain wright, of Murray-street.—lt appeared from the evidence of Ann Davis, a neighbour, that about twelve o'clock the pre ceding Wednesday, the deceased, who could just walk, was standing near a cellar in Murray-street, when she slipped into the cellar, by which her head was so injured that she died on Friday.—The mother of the child stated, that the area was protected only by two horizontal bars of iron, and three upright ones ; that this was the sixth accident at the same place within the last four years ; and that four of them had been attended with fatal results.—The jury returned a verdict of accidental death : and, by their desire, the coro ner wrote to the owner of the property, informing him of the accident, and requiring him to put up a better protection to the area.—Manchester Guardian. WESLEYAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY.—The anniversary meeting of this society was held on Monday at Exeter-hall, upon which occasion Mr. J. Emerson Tennent, M.P., took the chair. The meeting was crowded to excess, the fair sex forming the majority of the audience. Amongst those on the platform we noticed Sir George Murray, Sir G. Rose, Col. Conolly, Mr. Sergeant Jackson, Mr. Plumutre, Sir R. Bateson, Mr. C. Hindley. &c. The Rev. Dr. Bunting read the report, from which it appeared that the receipts of the society during the past year had amounted to £90.182 8s Bd, whilst the expenditure had been £109,225 15s 10d, thereby leaving, together with the debt before existing, a balance of £39,916 6s lid against the society. To meet that sum there was a set off of £12,332 19 s 2d, due from various foreign stations to which temporary aid had been granted. Nume rous speeches were delivered, and a series of resolutions were passed in furtherance of the objects of the society. CHURCH PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—The sixth anniversary meeting of this society was held on Tuesday, in the large room, Exeter Hall, Strand, London, and was very nume rously attended. The Right Hon. Lord Ashley, M.P. took the chair, and called upon the secretary to read the report. It appeared from that statement, that in consequence of the augmentation of the finances, and the extension of their operations, many churches, chapels, and schools had been e rected. During the past year the society had made addi tional grants to 57 incumbents, havi n g the care of 219,171 s o uls, and providing stipends for 48 clergymen and 12 lay assistants, at a charge to the society of £3947. Two grants of £125 had been made towards the building of school-rooms in places where the local resources were exhausted. The society's grants, up to the present date, were stated to be in aid of 277 incumbents, having an aggregate population of 1,991,375 souls, while the average amount of their incomes was only £163. Of these incumbents 139 were without par sonage houses. Previous to the aid of the society only 314 clergymen were engaged in the pastoral care of the above stated population ; at present 225 clergymen and 35 lay assistants are supported by the society at a charge of £20,340 per annum. The income of the society had considerably increased during the past year, being £3489 9s. 7d. above the receipts of the preceding. The total income was £39,655 16s. 5d., and the expenditure £21,769 13s. Bd. Several addresses were delivered and resolutions passed, after which thanks were voted to the noble lord in the chair, and the meeting broke up. INTREPIDITY OF A POLICE CONSTABLE. — The magis trates sitting at the Town Hall, Croydon, last week, had to dispose of a charge against two notorious poachers, named Nicholson and Page, and a third man named Denham, of being in Sanderstead Park for an illegal purpose, and also with committing a violent assault upon Thomas Tappin, one of the police constables of the P division. It appeared from the evidence of Tappin, who had his head much cut in the affray, that while on duty, a b ou t h a lt-p as t t w o o ' c lock in the morning, at Sanderstead, he saw the defendants, and two other men, get over the hedge into Sanderstead Park, and, suspecting . they were about committing some offence, he shortly afterwards followed them ; on his going into the rookery he found that some iron chains had been fixed to one of the trees, and two of the men h a d ascen d e d, an d P age was about following them when the constable seized him by the leg and pulled him down, when a struggle took place be tween them, and, on Page calling on his comrades to assist him, they did so, and they all att ac k e d th e cons t a bl e . Th e latter, however, being a very powerful man, would not re linquish his hold of Page, and he actually succeeded in getting the other two men down, and they all struggled to gether, as afterwards appeared by the state of the ground for a distance of 30 yards , and during the time the constable was kicked and struck on the face, and very much h ur t. By this time an alarm had in some way been given, and a pri vate watchman, who sleeps at the residence of Mr. Hill, the tenant of Sanderstead. Park, got up, and armed himself with a gun, and, accompanied by a blood-hound, proceeded to the spot, where he found the three prisoners and the constable struggling on the ground. The dog immediately sei ze d one of the men, and dragged him off, and with the a ss i s t ance o f the private watchm an the three prisoners were eventually grn oks was e were w no also s d o o a found bt to secured, and placed in safe custody, but the other two ma d e their escape. Upon a n examination being made the g ro u nd presented a very plain app e a rance of the des p erate s truggle lyingthat h d a e cl a t d a , ke so n tpillaict the prisoners s d on, when the x you? object plunder the rookery. Th e next day the prisoners were taken Croy before Messrs. Sutherland and Currie at above facts were deposed to ; and the constable, in addition, stated that he did not draw his staff in the affray, because he was afraid they might get it a wa y f rom him and use it about his person. The magistrates ultimately committed the de fendants for three months to th e House of Correction. The prisoners are notorious characters, and one of them some time back underwent an i m prisonment of 12 months for a violent assault upon a gamekeeper. It is said that the com missioners of police have directed a gratuity to be given . to the constable Tappin for his intrepid conduct . — Mornin g Herald. BURSTING OF A STEAM-BOILER AND Loss OF LIFE. — On Monday morning about half-past five the inhabitants on either side of the Thames near Blackfriars-bridge were aroused from their slumbers by a loud report, which sensibly shook the houses, and. in an instant after three men were seen straggling in the water, amidst large pieces of floating wood. It appears that the steam-boiler of a ballast-barge, used for cleansing the river off the south-west of Blackfriars bridge, had burst. Several boats instantly put off to their assistance, and they were rescued from a watery grave ; one man, however, named Constable, who was asleep below at the time, was not at first found, and has been brought ashore for an inquest. The barge, which was the property of Mr. Scholey, was in the employ of the city authorities. APPEARANCE OF THE COUNTRY.—The late genial wea ther has brought the young crops and herbage to a state of forwardness scarcely remembered, and pastures are at present better than was ever known at so early a period. Within a few days the country has assumed a most vernal and luxu riant appearance, and, to use the expression of a rustic, " things may be almost seen to grow." May-day was a splendid day ; in the evening, however, there was consider able thunder and lightning, but without any fall of rain. On Sunday there was a continued fall of wet, accompanied with a cold north-east wind, and since then there has been a suc cession of unfavourable weather up to Sunday last, when the sky assumed a brightened appearance, since which it has been fine and more seasonable.—Hull Times. DEATH OF THOMAS BARNES, ESQ., PRINCIPAL EDITOR OF THE TIMES.—We announce with extreme regret the death of the above eminent gentleman, which took place on Friday last, at his house in Soho-square, London. Mr. Barnes had been for some time labouring under a disease of the bladder, and he sank under an operation performed that morning, in the presence of Messrs. Liston and Lawrence. A very curious document has, within these few days, been discovered amongst the ancient records at Guildhall. It is a contract made between Charles I. and his privy council on the one part, and the corporation of the city of London on the other, in which the king makes over in mortgage to the corporation several large tracts of crown lands in the coun ties of Northumberland, Durham, York, &c. for certain loans of money to him, amounting to more than £300,000 of the then currency. But the unfortunate monarch never having had the power of redeeming these lands, they became legally part of the city estates ; and several years afterwards, finding that from their remoteness, and the rough unpro ductive nature of the ?oil, they were not very productive or profitable, the corporation disposed of the city interest in them to the ancestors of the present great coal-field propri etors, not, of course, having the slightest idea that they were throwing out of their hands the richest and most pro fitable soil in England, which would long since have pro duced them a net profit of above £400,000 per annum. The document is quite perfect, and is very well written. The king's signature, " Charles R," is in a fine free hand, and the signature of the members of his council at the foot of the deed are easily deciphered, but are remarkable for the diversity of the handwriting. That of Buckingham's is quite different from the others ; it is very free, but in good taste. The royal seal is affixed to the deed, and the seals of the signing privy councillors are appended likewise. CORNS. — There is no better relief for corns than the appli cation of shoemaker's wax spread as a plaster, after the corn has been soaked in warm water and pretty closely cut, this gives immediate ease, and will ultimately cure if any thing will. At a public-house near Grantham, in Lincolnshire, where London porter is sold, the landlord has for his sign-post a figure of Britannia in a reclining posture, as if greatly fa tigued ; underneath is the following inscription :—" Pray stop and sup-porter." PRUDENT CHOlCE.—Shortly after the battle of Waterloo, it was proposed to make some changes in the uniform of the Life Guards, and George IV. ordered one of the soldiers to be sent for, who was said to have slain six or seven French officers in single combat. He was asked a variety of ques tions, to each of which he assented, until the king, perceiving that the soldier's opinion was biassed by the presence of roy alty and his own officers, said to him, " Well, if you were going to have such another day's work as at Waterloo, how would you like to be dressed " Please your majesty," he replied, " in that case I had rather be in my shirt sleeves." —Sporting Review. RECOVERY FROM INTOXICATION.—Dr. Petier, a German Physician, states that he has found the spirit of hartshorn (in the dose of a tea-spoonful in a - glass of water,) to count eract the inebriating effects of strong fermented liquors and spirits, and to recover a person from an apparently lifeless state, from an excess of wine, in an hour or two. A DUTCHMAN'S TESTIMONY TO SHAKSPEARE.—" I will tell you, such is the powers of de Shakspeer, that I vunce saw de plays arcted in Anglish languish, in Holland, where dere was not vun persons in all de house but myself could understand it ; yet dere was not a persons in all dat house but vat vas in tears, dat is, all crying, blowing de nose, and veep very mouth—could n't onderstond vun vord of de play, yet all veeping. Such was de powers of de Shakspeer."— Mrs. Bray's Switzerland. SELF-AVINDING-lIP CLOCKS.—A. collection of very curious clocks, upon a principle entirely new, is to be seen in a room appropriated for the purpose at the Royal Polytechnic Insti tution. The inventor, M. Moineau, a French mechanician, has approximated them, in their construction, as nearly as possible, to the solution of the perpetual-motion problem. The means by which they are made " to go" are altogether of a novel kind. Thus, fire (in a fire-place,) water (in a cis tern,) air (in a chimney,) the opening of a door, or any con stantly occurring motion, is made use of by the inventor as a primum mobile, and the results are truly extraordinary. On the present occasion we must confine ourselves to a de scription of one of these time-pieces ; it may possibly serve as a key to the others ; at all events the clocks, on examina tion, will speak for themselves. The first object is to fix the time-piece in its intended locality—say on a bracket in the hall of a house. Behind the clock a simple piece of machinery is attached to the wall, having affixed thereto a wire conduc tor with a spring catch at the street door. As often as the door is opened the wire winds up a weight ; should it pre viously be fully wound up, no effect is produced, but if not the reverse is the case. The whole of this machinery is hid from view in the wall, and between it and the clock there is a secret connection. Motion is communicated to the time piece by a compensation lever, loaded at one end with aweight, and regulated by a pendulum. When this weight has drawn down the lever to its limit, a mechanical arrangement permits the lever to be acted upon by the powers husbanded in the wall, the operation of which is instantly to restore the lever (weight and all) to its original starting place, whence it again proceeds on its work. A primary motive power, sufficient for twenty-four hours, is obtained by opening the street door in that time. Wherever this is the case a clock will go cor rectly as long as the materials last of which it is composed. The other varieties are equally as curious and ingenious as the one described. THE CHANCELLOR ' S VISITATION.—The triennial visita tion of the worshipful the Chancellor of the Diocese took place on Tuesday last, at three o'clock, in St. Peter's Church, to receive the declaration (now substituted for the oath for merly taken) of the churchwardens chosed for the present year for the various parish churches and chapels of the sur rounding district. At the conclusion of the business men tioned, the chancellor delivered an excellent address to the wards, which occupied three-quarters of an hour. COPYRIGHT IN SERMONS.—A practice has recently arisen of taking down, in short-hand, the sermons of first-rate preachers, and forthwith printing and publishing them for the pecuniary benefit of the person by whom the shorthand writer is employed. We see nothing in the relation of the preacher to his congregation that can sanction such a step. His duty is to teach and to instruct, to point out religious duty, and to persuade his congregation to be zealous in dis charge of it ; but not to make them a present of an essay which they may publish with a profit.—Law Magazine. HORRIBLE STORY.—About two years ago, the wife of a farming man at Bercu, in the Nord, on seeing her son brought home bleeding, from a wound occasioned by an accidental fall, lost her reason, and ever since continued a lunatic. She was, however,• mild and gentle, and inspired pity without exciting fear of evil consequences either to herself or others. One day last week, however, she got up into a loft, and wrapping herself closely round with straw, set fire to it, and was in a moment enveloped in the flames. Her son, hearing her screams, hastened to her assistance, and was almost at once on fire himself. Still he would not abandon his mother, but continued his endeavours to save her, till the floor, which was formed of loose branches of trees, gave way, and they fell together down into the stable below, where there was more straw, which immediately ignited. The father, at this moment, rushed in, followed by his daughter, and both of them fell senseless upon the burning heap, being suffocated by the smoke. Soon afterwards the neighbours, aware of the fire, arrived at the horrible scene. They were met by the son, bearing out the almost charred body of his mother, which he carried in his arms to a ditch filled with water near at hand, and plunged in, hoping still to save her life as well as his own ; but his filial resolution was of no avail ; they were both so severely burnt, that they expired a few minutes afterwards. The father and daughter also, revived by the tortures they suffered, made their way out ; but it was only to follow the fate of the other two sufferers, as they both . shortly afterwards died in the severest agonies.—Galignant's Messenger. CASE OF HYDROPHOBIA AT WHITCHURCH.—A case of a most melancholy description took place in this town on Friday last, and the sensation it produced has rarely, if ever, been equalled,—a young man, named Humphrey Hughes, being attacked with that most distressing disease, hydropho bia, on that morning. Eight weeks had elapsed since he received a bite from his own dog, and he continued to enjoy his usual health until Thursday last, when he complained of pain in his back and one arm. Little notice was taken of him, and he went to bed after taking his tea, suffering from what his employer tho ug ht to be rheumatism. The following morning he was much worse, and desired that a medical man should be sent for, who, on visiting him, immediately de tected the dreadful malady, and hastened to acquaint his medical brethren of the circumstance, all of whom attended the wretched patient at different intervals during the day. He had the greatest aversion to fluids of every description, a severe paroxysm being proditeed when water or any other liquid was offered him. The symptoms increased rapidly, and in the evening he was desperate, frequently leaping out of bed, and exclaiming, " Oh! what can I do ?" and exhibit ing one of the most anxious countenances ever beheld, and sufferings beyond all description. He became tranquil about ten o'clock, and expired at eleven, apparently from ex haustion. PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION GENERAL POST-OFFICE, May 11. g gET. .6 , 1m2 H9=.3 •.cD a a.r.::-A°, c z Era,i?.q-E >I COg 9 E g;,&!?4, Rp..P' z m 1 ,t4 g r a '. V-5 {§ o. m = z 0 g; 5 >'; ' 7. c) 1; - 5 , -. rk 4 . 6 , kel 554 i V atA' § g (s: ,t 2l •-• •§' ; 1 4 • " 5. :1 5" Z 1 5 f 2 0 o gi ▪ ar.4. =n T g ■ o 5 LI ,16 la i; r. c „ gl g td id 0 r • E x r 8 ^. 41. 0 : r,• • • '•. 0 : m z 44 4 .' 4 ° 4 4 " " ' a r Z P. J, ''. ~: ' 4 aa aq E .- is . Ri'zi 09 . : . . ~ 4 4 ti 4 , e ° 4 0 0 0 `4 I V. 0 (A ba ~.. orders of the day were then disposed of, and the rued. HOUSE OF LORDS—TUESDAY. uis of LANSDOWNE moved the appointment of a inquire into the state of the laws for regulating myable on promissory notes. The last act re object was passed in 1840, and was only a con- Ile experiment which it was agreed should be Ist of January, 1843. As the bill would it became necessary to appoint a cora re into the propriety of renewing or abandoning 'or to legislating upon the subject. TON thought the committee might be post year ; but the motion was agreed to, and Is nominated. period forwarded a stage, and their lordships COMAIONS- ~:ave to bring in a bill for the in England and Wales, and Bug ,cussion should be taken on the second .. was opposed by Dr. Nicuom., and after some Mr. EASTHOPE withdrew his motion, and g ave -newal on that day fortnight. `-hate on the sugar duties was resumed by •eplied to the speech of . Mr. Glad_ .ous evening, although, he said, he had taking any share in the discussion. He . to the resolution of the nobl e lord opposite ion) for the assertion of any great principle. On .vary, it appeared to him to be nothing more than a ly-contrived party movement, with a view to displace esent ministry, without at all committing their suc , .s. There was not in the resolution anything to prevent apporters of it from coming down hereafter with the measures which the resolution was now brought forward TUESDAY )ved for MALULAY, who )ked in *l)tppilig frallignirt. TUESDAY, MAY 11.—Wind S.W, ARRIYED.—Groot Lankum. Weerd, from Harlingen—Alpha, , from Buenos Ayres—Emma, , from Africa—Mara thon, --, from Charleston—Mary Caroline, from St. John, N.B. —Minerva, from Ostend—Law Ogilvy, from Smyrna—Clementina, Symes, from Malaga—Victoria, Tate, from Leghorn—Tyro, Fray, from Barcelona—Jane Goudie, Goudie, from Alexandria—Antina, --, from Amsterdam—Mary, Sullivan, from Al obile—Aleopolda, Ballenda, from Taragona—and Jonge Hendrika, Brandt, from Stettin. SAlLED..—Kelsick Wood, Owen, for Africa. Salsette, —, hence at Port Philip Frances, Sharp, from Valparaiso, at Swansea Bromielaw, Stewart, hence for Pillau, in the Orkneys A large steamer, under canvas, no steam, standing to the N.W, 10th ultimo, in lat. 13 N, long. 33 W, by the Lord Saumerez, ar rived at London. CAPE OF Goon HOPE, March 15.—The Orestes, Cook, from Liverpool to Sydney, N.S.W. got on shore in Table Bay yesterday, but is expected off, as she went aground in low water. The Emma, Tasker, from Liberia, at Liverpool ; sailed 26th Feb Left the Rocket and Hesperus, from Liverpool, for Bonny; the Henry, from Liverpool fur Cameroons, and the Ellen Jenkinson, from Liverpool. The Alpha, Turner, from Buenos Ayres, at Liverpool, iu 78 days. On 6th March, in lat. 31, long. 44, spoke the Montezuma, from Li verpool, for Valparaiso. MAURITIUS, crn FEB.—The John Marsh, from Newcastle, for Aden, which put in here on the 17th ult., has been condemned. The Deemster, Scott, from the Cape o Good Hope, at Mauritius. Mauritian, Long, front Mauritius, at St. Helena, Grenada, Miller, from Calcutta, at St. Helena, and suiled for London loth March. Mary Jones, from Liverpool, at Valparaiso. Rimac, Sproule, sailed front Valparaiso, for Islay 11th Jan. ; Georgiana, Hill, for Coquimbo, 11th Jan., and the Trinculo, for Mazatlan, 14th January. _ - . .„. , Emma, Irving. and Sultana, Rogers, from Liverpool, at Leghorn. Betsey Hall, Cholditch, sailed from Leghorn, for Liverpool, 22nd April. Seaflower, Foster; Victoria, Miles, and Ceres, Verner, from Li verpool, at Helvoet. WEDNESDAY, MAY 12.—Wind W.N.W. moderate. A a niv E o.—Constitutioii, Niel, from Charleston ; sailed 9th April —Plutus, —, from Mazanilla—Zante, Masters, from Tobasco ; sailed 22nd March—Dahlia, Burlington, from Malta—Diligencia, —, from Lisbon—and Leopold, —, from Taragona. • SAILED.ThaIia, Murray, for Bombay—Grace Brown, Myers, for Baltimore—Symmetry. Whitney, for New York—Adam Lodge, Henderson, for Sydney—Rovenb, Trogarthen, for Ancona—P. H. Dean, Romeril, for Leghorn—Emily, Nicholas, for Lisbon—D. of Kent, Stevens, for Dordt—Caroline, Muggenbiirg, and Ora, Ocle mar., for Hamburg—and Ariadne, Bradhering, for Riga. Palmyra, Croal, hence at Demerara Ercole, Petre, and Pearl, Carrick, hence at Genoa Wetherell, Munden, and Puella, —, hence at Malta Jane, , hence at Naples Hero, Page, hence at Palermo Dinah, Dick, from Messina, at ditto, and sailed 14th April for this port Angelica, James, hence at Swinemunde City of Derry, Roberts, sailed from Calcutta for China 21st March Tommy, Radimiri, sailed from Trieste for this port Itith April Edward Sawle, Sawle, sailed from Palermo 10th April, and Julia, Melhuish, and Sealhy, Kandal, 22nd—all for this port Kingbtor., Richardson, hence for Demerara, at Kingstown Cantab, Renney, hence for Rio Grande. at ditto Isabella, Read, hence for Algiers, at ditto, after being on shore, but is not leaky Hugh, Smallman. from Trinidad, at ditto. On the 6th May, in lat. Si, long. 10, spoke the Kate, from Porto Rico for the Clyde, with 7 feet water in her hold, having struck on a wreck Wm. Jardine, Crosbie, from Calcutta, at Deal Notion, Wakeham, from Gergenti for this port, at Falmouth H.M. steamer Dee, from Antigua at Portsmouth in 34 days This will be the steamer reported yesterday to have been seen by the Petrel, in lat. 47, long. 23 Oxonian, Wilson, from Hamburgh for this port, off Peterhead Bth M ay Elizabeth, Ullioh, from Stettin, at Longhope, and sailed 4th May for this port Elizabeth, Hutton, hence for Kunda, at Pentland Frith Paragon, Wilkinson, hence for Narva, at ditto Daniel Dyer, Dyer, hence for Rio Janeiro, was spoken 24th March, in lat. 3 N, long. 20 W Providence, —, hence for Jamaica, was spoken 11th April, in lat. 40, long. 15 Powhattan, hence for New York, was spoken 2Sth April, in lat. 51, long. 14. Eliza, Hamilton, from Rathlin's Island, at this port, with cotton from the Matthew Bell. Win. Brown, hence to Philadelphia, struck an iceberg the latter end of April, and sunk. Part of the passengers and crew took to the boats, and 15 passengers and two men were taken on board the Crescent, from the longboat; the Crescent was afterwards spoken by the Vine de Lions, arrived at Havre. THURSDAY, MAY 13.—Wind N.W moderate, ARRIVED. —Hugh, Smallman, from Trinidad—Clifford, Jones, from Halifax; sailed 20th April—Skilton Castle, Robbs, from Mar. seilles—Eleonore, Fradlant, from Rostock—Mercurius, Aldwart, from Wismar—and Schnellpost, Evest, irom Anclam. Setc,an.—Rovena, Tregarthen, and Mincarlo, Tregarthen, for Ancona—Sea, M'Queen, for Cronstadt—Stour, Atkins, for Rotter dam—Carena, Hayden, for Odessa—Paris, King, for Batavia— Eagle, Roallons. for St. John, N.B.—Cheering, Page, for Naples— Fortuna, Taay, for Narva—Rapido, Becoeehea, for Havana—Ata lanta, Clarke, for Gibraltar—Liberty, Littledale, for Genoa—Mil. ton, Anderson, for Rio Grande—Jessy, Harvey, for Newfoundland —Alida, Doulos, for Narva—Tampico, Winder, for Cronstadt— Daniel, Jones, for Messina, &c.—Fanny, Thomas, for Alexandria— lona, Morrison, for Montreal—Diana, Boutel, for Boston—Antilla, Burnett, for Rio Janeiro—Lord Althorp, Whiteside, and Phillips, Rimmer, for Valparaiso. Johnstone, -, hence to Calcutta, was spoken 7th ultimo, in lat. 5 N, long. 18 W Sir Colin Campbell, , from New Orleans to Liverpool, was spoken 17th April, in lat. 27, long, 80 Mischief, , hence to Alexandria, was spoken 6th April, in lat. 34, long. 25 E Unique, Clarke, sailed from Alexandria Igth April, and Water Witch, Dunn, 28th, both for Liverpool Christiana, hence at Havana Cowan, and Cowslip, from Newcastle, ditto Lovor, Fiscovich, from 'Trieste, at Gibraltar, and sailed 2nd inst. for Liverpool Invoice, Broadfoot, off Cape St. Vincent 28th April Statesman, Quiller, fsom Manilla, at Cowes Columbia Packet, Garrett, from Monte Video for Antwerp, off Cove Pollock, Purdon, from New Orleans, at Waterford Juno, Gibbs, from Pernambuco, at Falmouth ; sailed 20th March. On 3rd April, in lat. 3 N, long. 29 W, spoke the Frisk, from Buenos Ayres to Liverpool Alpha, for Newport, is on shore on the North Bank. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MAY 13, 1841 Wind at Holyhead. N.N.E. light breeze morning and noon, and calm in the evening. Off Holyhead, at 5 a.m. No. 6570, Kelsick Wood, 13.11. for Africa. 1130, Grace Brown, A.S. for Baltimore. 2619, Helen Stewart, B.S. at 7 a.m. from Manilla. 8074, Governor, B.Bk. at 1 30 p.m. from Mobile; 670, Scotia, A.S. at 1 30 p.m. from Mobile. 9074, Adam Lodge, B.S. at 1 30 p.m. for Sydney. 3326, P. H. Dean, B.Sc. at 3 30 p.m. for Leghorn. 1874, Lancashire, A.S. at 4 p.m. from Mobile. 1506, Brigand, steamer, at 5 30 p.m. from Bristol. 1170, Fairfield, A.S. at 5 p.m. yesterday, from New York, Off Point Lynas, at 5 30 a.m. with a pilot on board, No. 2104, Harmony, ship from Mobile. Off the port at 7 p.m. 1 brig and 3 schooners. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Sm. Josephine,-I Scott, 310 Sincapore, Cotesworth & Wynne NEW SOUTH WALES 577 Sydney, SOUTH AMERICA Lame, J Wilson, G Brown & Co Charles Jones, J M'Fee, 369 Valparaiso, UNITED STATES. 629 New York, 472 Boston, Ashley Brothers Eutaw. J Rockett, Palestine, A N Littlefield, G Brown & Co Baring Brs & Co BRITISH AMERICA Elizabeth Grimmer, J M'Kenney, 331 St. Andrew, N.B T & J Sands & Co 827 St. John. N.B. Gibbs & Co 623 Quebec, Isaac, Low & Co 175 St. Jokn, N.B. Smith & Irvine EUROPE. 153 Elsinore and Stockholm, G A Lilly & Ce Perilla, T Bailey, 160 B ammerfest and Archangel, A F Moore Magdalen G Bowen 102 Kiel and Riga, A F Moore San Jose Diligente, Portello, 93 Lisbon, Sellers Brothers Stour, R Atkins, 81 Rotterdam and Dordt, Billingsley & Mit.ll Boyne, Foster, 239 Malta and Alexandria, Chapman & Co Salacia, W Maw, 296 Cronstadt, J Aikin & Son Columbine, J Woolverton, 227 Constantinople and Odessa, Elizabeth, R. Sinclair, Margaret, R Kerr, Fleurs, D M'Rae, Terra Nova, I Danuberg, Splendid, A Owen, Concordia, J Straakholder, Bahr, Behrend & Co I 1 I Dordt, Cram, Smith & Co 75 Elsinore and St. Petersburg, Bahr, Behrend & Co Zwoole, Bahr, Behrend & Co 127 Zwolle, C G Weber & Co Christina Maria, Stureliag, Agatha, W J de Groot, importo. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Sc. Livingston, (467) W Rickerty, from Calcutta. 186 g bags sugar, 122 bales jute, 189 bags 754 pockets ginger, about 5 tons redwood, Taylor, Potter and co-300 chests lac dye, 71 bales cow and 6 bales buffalo hides, 400 bags flour, 400 bags linseed, 2969 bags rice, 1 case silk piece goods and muslins, 2 casks hookah moss, 2 cases contents unknown, 6 bales serna, 1 box cigars, 8 cases fossils, 1 box cherata, 5 bales returned goods, 1 box preserves, order—W D AFRICA Emma, (126) J Tasker, from Africa, about p 6 tons camwood, 64 casks palm oil, 160 elephant's teeth, Hatton and Cookson—P D SOUTH AMERICA. Wannah, (184) J Gibson, from Laguna, about 225 tons logwood, for exportation—K D Mountaineer, (296) W Williams, from Rio de la Hache, 250 tons dividivi, 108 cow hides, order—G D Bella Porteria, (238) J W Pyott, from Buenos Ayres, 2198 serons tallow, 4317 dry aid 80 lining hides, Wright, Parlane and co-8320 ox horns, Carlisle and co—P D UNITED STATES. Washington, (494) W Benson, from New York, 1003 bales cotton, Reid, Irving and co-14 do, Wildes, Pickersgill and co-55 do, 1) Malcomson-52 do, order-69 do, Molyneux, Witherby and co-26 do, Bolton, Ogden and co New York Packet, (655) A Crawford, from Savannah, 359 bales cotton, Phelps and co-751 do, Molyneux, Witherby and co-310 do, Roskell, Ogden and co-121 do, order-100 do, Evans and Trokes-142 do. Waddington, Holt and co-201 do, Isaac, Low and co—B D Clansman, (348) J Dewar, from New Orleans, 227 bales cotton T Mills and co-342 do, order-187 do, Palmers, APKillop and co -312 do, Collmann and Stolterfoht—about 10 tons logwood, F De Alpha, (217) W Turner, from Buenos Ayres, 37 bales hides, g 55 salted ox and cow do, 530 dry do, order-4484 dry salted do, Jamie son Brothers and co-2324 do, J Downes-102 do, D Smith-8220 ox horns, 7 bales contents unknown, 94 pipes, 20 hf pipes 6 qr pipes tallow, G F Dickson and co Marathon, (441) A H Brown, from Charleston, 1236 bales cotton, H Castellain, Sons and co-357 do, Reid, Irving and C 4-20 do, V Poutz—W D LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, MAY 11. (From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott & Son.) During the past week the arrivals into this port of Wheat from Europe have been very large; of Oats and Oatmeal from Ireland, and Oats and Beans from Foreign Ports, and of American Flour, to a fair extent ; of all other articles they have been very small. During the week no further depression has been submitted to in the price of Wheat or Flour, although the demand has continued very moderate. A small decline has occurred in Oats and Oatmeal of id to Id per 45Th on the former, and 3d to 6d per 2401bs on the latter. For Barley, Beans, and Peas, the demand has been very small, but without alteration in price. No alteration occurred last Friday in the duties on any kind of Foreign Grain. The Ministerial proposition of materially reducing the duties on Foreign Grain has had no effect as yet on the value of those articles in bond. Some few parcels of American Flour in bond of good quality have found sales at 22s to 23s and of Dutch Oats at 3s 3d to 3s 4d per 4511.. At this Day's Market, which was pretty well attended, sales of Wheat were made to a limited extent at about the prices of this day week' for the finer qualities, but other descriptions suffered a decline of Idto 2d per 701 b. Flour may be quoted 6d per brl. and 9d per sack, and Oats about Id per 451 b, and Oatmeal lid per load cheaper. Other articles as last quoted. (From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott 4 Son.) WHEAT, S. d. S. d. I INDIAN CORN, V 48011.. English Scotch 8 6 8 9 White 32 0 38 0 Irish 6 8 8 3 Bicans, per quarter. Bonded BARLEY, per qr. Irish 40 0 41 0 English 33 0 34 0 PEAS, Grey 36 0 37 0 Chevalier 35 0 36 0 White 4O 0 41 0 Scotch, per 601 b. 4 9 5 0 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b. Irish 3lO 5 0 In bond .. lO 0 14 6 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. OATS, per 451 b. Fine 44 0 47 0 English Scotch 3 4 3 6 Amer. * brl. free Irish 3 1 3 2 Sweet U. 5..... 34 6 35 6 Foreign, in bond 3 3 3 4 Sour 33 6 34 0 Ditto, duty free.. 3 4 3 6 OATDEAL, per 2401 b. RYE, per quarter .. 34 036 0 English 26 627 9 MALT, per qr. fine.. 60 061 0 Ditto, new 27 027 6 middling 50 0 56 0 Scotch 26 6 27 9 PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL BRITISH AMERICA Mary Caroline, (736) S Lawson, from St. John, N.B. 100 pees bitch and 4'22 pees fir timber, 6505 pees deals ar.d deal ends, 16,800 pces staves, Gibbs, Bright and co-136 pces oars, the master-110 brls flour, J L Wilmot-2 spars, exportation EUROPE. Premier, (104) J Hoppen. from Malta, about 780 qrs beans, San• dars and Claxton—K ll Clementina, (118) H Symons, from Malaga, 123 butts 30 hf and 27 qr butts 20 qr casks olive oil, Darthee Brothers—K D Tyro, (69) J Fray, from Barcelona, 20 pipes 3 hhds 50 qr casks wine, 35 puns 178 hhds brandy, J S Kewley—P D Nordstern, (51g) 11 F Sartorius, from Danzic, 685 pees fir timber, 21 fms lathwood, 2300 pipe staves, H Hi.ll-10,000treenails, order -70 qrs beans, Neuman and Engel—B D . . - L - achs, (475) J J Jantzen, frOiu Danzic, 529 pees tir timber, 312 deals, 19 fms lathwood, 133 puns spirits, 148 bags beans, Neuman and Engel-200 kegs spruce beer, 1 package contents unknown, order—B D Groot I.ankum, (163) H de Weerd, from Harlingen, about 920 qrs oats, Neuman and Engel—Q D Minerva, (152) B Briex, from Bruges, 100 tons oak bark, order— Q D Antina, (131) R J Schuuring, from Amsterdam, 11 boxes 1 brl contents unknown, J Robinson and co-135 bags 80 qrs beans, Geller and co-1 box contents unknown, D Willink-40 boxes cheese, 2 boxes cordials, order—Q D TIDE TABLE Mrn. Height Sundays, Holydays, ,ye Friday .. 14 433 Saturday 15 540 Sunday.. 16 7 0 Monday 17 8 9 Tuesday 18 9 2 Wednes. 19 9 ag Thursday%) 10 31 0. N. I v. I. 5 6 , 11 0 620 11 1 73i li 5 Rogation Sunday. 8 36 13 4 g 26 15 0 10 n 17 0 St. Dunstan. 10 51 18 10 Q. of Hanover born 1772 *Wool), Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid Archangel £l9 10 @ 20 0 Memel 18 0 19 0 Gothenburg l4 10 - • 16 0 ' Not above 16 ft Wyburg l6 10 - 18 0 ' F..e19. B. P. 2. Petersburg 16 10 - 19 10 1 21 feet. PLANES, per foot of 2 inches thick. I x'22.. £2 10s. Danzig; Deck British American Pine LATHWOOD, per fathom. 0 31- 0 2i-- O 4 O 22,-' Danzig, 4 feet £9 0 British American 4 10 MAFIOGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras 3 — Cuba \ St. Domingo 1 0 --- 3AK PLANKS, Britien American ritAlovoon, per cubic feet .... STAVES, per 1200. Danzig, C. Pipe £l5O 0 —l6O 0 Not ab 36 in Hhd. 7O 0 80 0 • .i"' 2 l 3 6 5. B.P. 2s Quebec, red, 13 inch thick, 1 45 0 65 0 and 53 feet long 3 0 6s Do. Puncheon l3 0 —2O 0 9 10 L€ 4 ss 6 10 115 s. 0 g Li los 2 0 J none 5 6- I cc per load 6 6 110 s. TIMBER, per cubic foot. s. d. s. d. Oak 2 4 2 Pine, British Amer. common red 1 7 2 3 per load. yellow Danzig,middling 2 1 2 14 Memel, middling 2 1— 2 1 1.2155.v•10al Riga,red 2 4 2 5 *There is an additional duty of 5 per cent. on these rates. AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED Into LIVERPOOL, from the 4th to the 10th inst., inclusive, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, North Hay Market, May 12. s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... 0 8/@0 11 wo 2011) New Hay.... 0 0 0 0 - Clover Hay.. 0 8 0 9 - Straw, Wheat o 5 0 5/ - Straw, Oat .. 0 4} 0 5 - Straw, Barley 0 0 0 0 - Green Clover 0 24 0 0 - s. d. s. d. . Potatoes, gOlb. 1 Higg 6 *golb Cattle Ditto 1 g 110 Turnips 0 0 0 0 Carrots Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 Manure 10 0 11 0-- liftatitetz, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY II Our Cotton Market is steady to-day. and we have had a fair Tuesday's demand to the extent of 1500 bales, at yester day's prices. COTTON MARKET, MAY 13 On Tuesday we had scarcely demand sufficient to constitute a market; yesterday we had very little doing, and the total business was only estimated at 1500 bales. To-day we have rather a better demand, and 2500 bales have been sold at prices iu favour of the buyer. Perhaps in the lower descriptions of American an id lower since Friday last. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 12. Our market this morning has been very dull for every description of Corn, but we hear of no alteration in prices since Monday. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD HIDE, SKIN, AND TALLOW MARKET. MAY 12. Clipped Sheep and Lamb skins sold this day, until the 10th October next, at 2s to '2s 4d. Hides, under 60 lbs, 11s; do, 60 to 75 lbs, lid per lb ; do, 75 to 85 lbs, 3d per lb ; do, above, per lb. Tallow, 4s yd per stone of 141bs. DUBLIN CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 11 The transactions in Wheat. this day were very limited, and prices remain without alteration. Oats met a dull sale at previous rates. Bere and Barley without alteration either in value or demand. Oatmeal very dull of sale, except at a reduction of 6d per cwt. Some lots of bakers' Flour changed hands at our quotations—in feriors and thirds met a further decline of 6d per cwt. SALFQRD CATTLE MARKET, 1114. y 12 There was a good supply of both Beasts and Sfieep this week. The best Beef sold on the same terms as last week, but inferior, of which a large portion of the supply consisted, was rather lower. Prime wether Mutton was also much the same as last week—in in ferior no change. There was a large show of heavy Sheep (clipped.) Best Beef 6d to lid : inferior do, 6d to 64d. Prime Mutton, lid to 8d; heavy clipped, Gd to bid; small do, bid to 7d. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, MAY 13 The demand for Butter is entirely confined to the retail purchases of shopkeepers, and we cannot quote the price of Waterford higher than loss. Both the Home and Irish make will be most abundant this season, and seriously reduced prices must be anticipated. Beef and Pork of good quality in steady demand. Middling and inferior descriptions may be purchased on easier terms. Bacon in fair request, at 50s to 53s per cent. as in quality. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, MAY 10 . Our market this morning exhibited a scanty supply of beasts as to numbers, but its general quality was very superior. The at tendance of buyers being numerous, the Beef trade was brisk, at an improvement of the currencies noted on Monday last of from 2d to 4d per albs, and a clearance was readily effected. There was a fair average number of Sheep on sale, whilst the inquiry for them was renovated, and the quotations were enhanced from 4d to 6d per 81bs. From the Isle of Wight 242 Lambs were received fresh up in good condition; whilst the inquiry for all descriptions was ready, at full prices. Calves were in fair supply and steady demand at the rates; but in pigs a limited amount of business was passing. LONDON GAZETTE..+TUESDAY, MAY 11. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED J. A. Morris and T. Lowe, Chorlton.npou Medlock, Lancashire, bootmakers—J. Whitley and T. Rogerson, Liverpool, attorneys. INSOLVENT. _ May It).—George John Bennet, York-street, Portman-square, London, boarding-house keeper. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Jerry Reynolds, Thornses, Yorkshire, woollen-manufacturer. Lewis Edwards, Dowlais. Glamorganshire, grocer. BANKRUPTS. Newcastle, Staffordshire, silk John Harrison Thompson, ;hrowster. William Linsden, Cannon-street, City, London, umbrella-mann 'acturer. George Sadler, Cheltenham, linendraper. John Vaughan Barber, Walsall, Staffordshire, banker. Richard Cope, Stafford, sack-dealer. John Millard and Edward Millard, Cheltenham, upholsterers. Thomas Guy Wake, Castle Cary, Somersetshire, scrivener. George Gower, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, grocer. John Young, Newport, Monmouthshire, ship-builder. William Heginbottom, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, cotton spinner. • William Henry Higman, Bristol, saddler. James Mann, Norwich, woolstapler. George Comely, North Nibley, Gloucestershire, clothier. John Beaumont, Huddersfield, grocer. DIVIDENDS. June 3, W. Morrison, Fenchurch-street, London, stationer—June 3, T. Keasley and J. L. Keasley, Long-lane, Bermondsey, London, tanners—June 3, R. Underhill and J. Underhill, Plymouth, linen drapers—June 2, J. Field and W. Field, Mincing-lane, City, Lon don, wine-brokers—J. 2. L. J. Smith and P. Summers, Tabernacle walk, Finsbury, London, fancy-stationers—June 5, W. Charleton and J. H. Reddell, Berners street, Commercial-road East, white lead manufacturers—June 5, H. S. Knowles, Moolham, Somerset shire, silk-throwster—June 5. J. Roelly, Richardson street, Ber mondsey, London, manufacturing chemist—June 5, G. Webster, Milk-street, City, London, warehouseman—June 1, J. Bingley Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, London, brush-makers—June I, J. Ashley, Regent-street, London, banker—June I, J. James, Southampton street, Strand, London, woollen-draper—June 4. H. Dorset, Herstmonceux, Sussex, grazier —June 4, R. Simpson, Sheffield, grocer—R. W. Moxon, and J. Moxon, Kingston-upon- Hull, merchants—June 4, C. Willbank, Birmingham, metal-dealer —June 15, It. Hutchinson, Manchetter, merchant—June 7, E. Snook, Southampton, common-brewer—June 19, R. Roberts. Yoxford, Suffolk, currier—June 3, J. Blaney, Chester, stonemason May 31, R. Robson and J. P. Robson, Newcastle upon-Tyne, builders—June, 4, J. Rae, Blackburn, Lancashire, linendraper— June 10, G. Tennant, Wigan, malster—June 2, W. Baines, Liver pool, treacle-manufacturer—June 7, J. Cockcroft, sen., Manchester, stuff-merchant—June 2, J. Spencer, Winlaton, Durham, tailor — June 4, W. Picker, Ilolywell, Flintshire, nurseryman. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before J une i I. Isaacs, Chatham. army clothier—A. Oppenheim and W. M. Oppenheim, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fields, London, timber merchants—H. F. Richardson. Ironmonger-lane, City, London, dealer and chapman—J. Megson, Ossett, Yorkshire, cloth-mand facturcr. HULL CORN MARKET, MAY 11 The arrival of Wheat from abroad is considerable, all of which is entering for bond. There is no confidence in the Corn trade either with buyers or sellers, and it still continues in the same unsettled and uncertain state that I noticed in my report of last week. Prices of all descriptions of foreign Corn, particularly that under bond is nominal, and such must necessarily be the case until some thing definitive is known as to the proposal submitted by Lord John Russell to parliament. The scale of duties he would substitute in lieu of the present and fluctuating scale, being on Wheat, 85, on Rye, Beans and Peas, ss, on Barley, 4s 6d, and on Oats, 3s 4d per quarter. Rapeseed is held for advanced rates but the demand is limited ; the quantity held here is, however, in few hands. Linseed is dull, and lower prices are submitted to when sales are made. Rape snd Linseed cakes remain unaltered in value. FROM IRELAND Cows. Sheep. Pies. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambi 1407 1250 3610 64 5 583 Prey.. 16063 30196 65904 371 73 2)67 COASTWISE 127 1825 __ __ Prey.. 1068 14560 386 17 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 91 f t 12 8 15 a.m. First Class tO 99 1 15 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class PO t 1 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 am Lancaster at Parkside. do. do. 6 0 a.m. Mixed Train 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 t Parkside. 3 30 p.na. 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. /I 8 15 a.m. Mixed 99 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. ~ 7 0 p.m. „ $ 9 ,9 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER, 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. ~ 2 45 p.m. , The Trains on 'Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. TO LONDON, By THE FOLLOWING TRAINS. ON WERK DAYS. 8 15 a.m. First Class Passengers, Carriages and Horses. le 30 a.m. Ditto, Ditto. 7 0 p.m. First Class Passengers only. ON SUNDAYS. 8 15 a.m. First Class Passengers, Carriages and Horses. 7 0 p.m. First Class Passengers only. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY FROM L'POOL TO MANCRESTER. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 845 „ 945 „ ' FROM MANCHESTER TO I.'l'ool, First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 30 Morning 9 0 „ .. 10 0 „ 11 15 „ ..11 45 „ '2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. 5 0 „ 5 30 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I - Stop only at Newton & Prkside I is Train does not start till Three. 11 0 „ 11 45 „ 2 0 Aftern.' .. 2 30 Aftern. 4 45 „ .. 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when a ON 51.7 First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 4 45 Aftern. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed ll Stop only at Newton & Prkside TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. Mixed NOAYS. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside AND WIGAN. FROSI NIANCIIESTER. 9 0 Morning.. Mixed 11 15 „ .. First Class 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 5 0 „ .. Mixed 715 „ First Class NDAYS 11 0 „ First Class 2 30 Allem. .. Second Class 4 45 , .. Mixed 71 s :, .. First Class 7 o Morning.... Mixed 4 45 Afternoon „ 7 15 Evening.... First Class. TO LAN 7 0 Morning. 5 0 Afternoon „ 7 15 Evening.... First Class CASTER. FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.... Mixed I I 0 „ .... First Class 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 4 45 „ Mixed TO 131 FROM MANCHRSTER. 9 o Morning.... Mixed 11 15 „ .... First Class 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 0 „ .... Mixed LTON. FROM LIVERPOOL. 45 Morning.... First Class 11 0 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 „ FROM MANCHESTER. g 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 „ 11 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 f DAYS. ON SU Second Class 7 0 Morning.. 5 30 Afternoon 7 0 Morning.. 5 30 Afternoon lELENS. Second Class Yo ST. PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 9 45 I 3 45 )9 s 30 Afternoon .. 11 5 30 9, FROM mANcriesTeß. 7 30 Morning.... Second Clas 10 11 45 . „ 2 45 Afternoon .. It 5 30 „ BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY (FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD.) 10 0 .. 12 0 1 Afternoon 2 0. Morning 8 0 4 0.. 6 u FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD Morning 8 15 .. 10 30 .. 12 15 !Afternoon 2 15 .. ON SUNDAYS.—FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD, Morning 9 0 I Afternoon 4 45 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD. Morning 9 15 I Afternoon 6 0 CHESTER AND CREWE BRANCH. FROM CHESTER. 11 30 a.m. First Class, to meet 10 30 a.m. Train from Liverpool and Manchester. 5 o p.m. Mixed, to meet 330 p.m. Train from Birmingham and 4 0 p.m. Trains from Liverpool and Manchester. FROM CREWE. 9 o a.m. Mixed, on arrival of 6 a.m. Train from Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham. .2 0 p.m. First Class, on arrival of 11 30 a.m. Train from Bir mingham. There will be no Trains on Sunday until further notice. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS John Neilson, Glasgow, bookbinder, May 15; June 5, at one, at the Black Bull Inn, Glasgow. David Dobie, llaugh Bleachfleld, Fifeshire, bleacher, May 14, June 11, at twelve, at the George Inn, Cupar, Fife. John Anderson and Robert Daucanson, Glasgow, clothiers, May 17, June 7, at two, at the chambers of Mr. Kerr, Glasgow. MEETINGS of CREDITORS FoR LIVERPOOL. MAY. UOUR .15, George Worthington, (Ist) . Clarendon Rooms, 1 17, John Lucy, Ist 17, James C. Kemp, (proof and div.) Ditto, 1 18, Ohmann & Kemp. (moor and div.) 18, J. B. Prichard & J. R. Croft, Ist Ditto, 1 18, Joseph Dudding, 2nd Ditto, 1 19, A. F. Donovan, Ist.. Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester,lo 20, William Marshall, Ist Clarendon Rooms, 1 20, James Webster, (proof and final div.) Ditto. 20, Webster & Brown, (proof and final fliv.) Ditto, 21, Richard Evans, 2st PRICES OF SHARES, MAY la Prices. This day Last Per Share. Prices RAILWAYS, Bolton and Leigh Bristol and Exeter Birmingham and Gloneeitter Ditto and Derby 100 paid ga paid 100 .... 31 0 0 79 10 0 77 0 0 s 6 10 0 19 Is 0 o o o g o o 7 17 6 37 0 0 3 10 0 29 5 0 50 paid Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 23 paid Glasgow, Paisley, Kilinar 40 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares Ditto quarter shares (late Chester and Crewe) Quarter Great Western Ditto new shares Ditto Fifth Shares Hull and Selby Leicester and Swannington Lancaster and Preston Ditto, new Liverpool and Manchester 100 Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 9O Ditto quarter shares .. Ditto new shares Ditto London and Southampton Ditto, 10th shares London & Brighton Leeds and Selby Manchester and Leeds Ditto half shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury .. 93 Manchester and Birmingham.. 35 Ditto and Ditto Extension .. 7 Midland Counties Ditto, quarter Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto quarter shares North Midland New North Midland Paris and Rouen South Eastern and Dover North Union York and North Midland Half Shares 38 2 6 .. 204 0 0 105 0 0 50 0 0 28 5 93 10 0 04 0 0 .... 11 5 0 43 0 0 .... 54 0 0 .... 33 10 0 .... 25 0 0 2CO 0 0 48 0 0 96 10 0 160 0 0 ~.. 23 IS 0 .... 54 0 0 23 15 0 pm. 58 10 0 2 3 0 .... 47 15 0 .... 91 0 0 .... 52 10 0 .... 29 10 0 54 10 0 .... 25 5 0 .... 5 2 6 .... sg o 21 15 0 .... 92 10 0 27 15 0 .... 76 10 0 .... 29 15 0 .... 6 15 0 18 15 0 .... 81 10 0 ex 81 0 0 .... 22 5 0 .... 50 paid 50 .... 42 10 0 39 . 1 5 50 .. 100 . 50 paid 10 .... BANKS Bank of Liverpool 412 10s paid - Borough Bank lO .... - Commercial of Liverpool 12. 10.. - Commercial of England. 5 .... - East of England - of Manchester - M'cliester & L'pool Dsct. 15 - Isortnein uentral North and South Wales.. 10 .... Phoenix lO Royal of Liverpool 500 South Lancashire - Albion - Liverpool Union lO .... - Liverpool Banking Co lO - Wilts and Dorset 7 los. GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings 4lOO paid L'pool and Harrington Water Works I " • Bootle Ditto Stock.... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance } 25 paid 3 7 6 Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 0 .... 0 13 Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 2 1 0 DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 Ss. 8 17 6 19 2 8 14 2 0 17 10 0 3 1 8 8 16 3 With 10 15 0 _ o 0 0 S 0 0 29 5 0 50 0 0 s 6 lo 0 17 is 6 725 0 0 ex di,' Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company 19 17 6 12 5 9 d 2 6 7 15 ti Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry Asphalte (Liverpool) (Polonceau)... 135 0 0 ex div. 477 10 0 325 0 0 380 0 0 176 0 0 4 17 6 7 S 0 6 17 6 57 0 0 6 2 6 ft 15 0 1 0 0 BIRTH. On the gth instant, the lady of Colonel RAWSTORNE, of Penwortham Hall, of a daughter. MARRIED On the 17th March, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. T. Bowstead, Mr. NEILE M'CLOUD, mariner, to Mrs. MARY COWEN, daughter of Mr. JOHN M'IVER, cabinet-maker, formerly of Whitehaven. On the 26th ult., at Manchester, Mr. EDWARD CORBET, joiner, of this town, to ANN, eldest daughter of Mr. W. CONWAY, Man chester. On the 3d instant, at Toxteth Chapel, SAMUEL, son of Mr. T. KNUBLEY, to MARGARET, eldest daughter of Mr. J. RUTHER FORD, all of Toxteth park. On the 4th instant, at St. John's Church, Chester, by the Rev. W. R. Marsden, vicar, Mr. THOMAS TAYLOR, Lithe Budworth, Cheshire, to Miss MARGARET MORPHETT ROWLAND, of the city of Chester. Same day, at the Independent Chapel, Burnley, by the Rev. Thomas Greenhall, Mr. WILLIAM LOMAS, grocer, to Miss HOLLAND, both of the same place. On the 9th instant, at St. Thomas's Church, Mr. RICHARD CATON, to ELEANOR SKILLICORN. Same day and place, Mr. THOS. BURNS, to Miss CATHERINE BAKER. DIED Lately, at Rotanda-cottage, Southport, RICHARD PECK, Esq On the Ist Feb. last, on board the John Taylor, at Old Calabar, Captain ANDREW STEEN AIKEN. Ou the 19th ult., ALICE, wife of Mr. EDWARD TYRER JUMP, builder Prescot, aged 61. On the 20th ult., Mrs. JANE ALMOND, mother of Mrs. Barwise, Cable-street. Also, ou the 26th, MARY, wife of Mr. JOHN ALMOND, of Skelmersdale, and daughter-in-law of the above. On the 22d ult., at his house, Plymouth, Admiral Sir LAWRENCE WILLIAM lIALSTEAD, G.C.8., at an advanced age, after spend ing 60 years of it in his country's service. On the 24th ult., aged 59, Mr. RICHARDSON, wine and spirit merchant, Manchester. _ . Same day; at St. Petersburg, of typos fever, GEORGE, second son of Mr. ROBERT BUNTING, of the firm of R. Bunting and Sons, Sheffield, leaving a widow and family to mourn hls loss. On the 26th ult., aged 36, Mr. ALEXANDER KENNEDY. On the 27th ult., Mr. JOHN HALL, paviour and victualler, Cheapside, aged 32, deeply regretted. On the 2Stli ult., JONII FOSTER, Esq., solicitor, Crown-street. On the 2gth ult., aged 81, Mr. JOHN HATTON, of Bewsey street, Warrington. On the 30th ult., Mrs. ANN POOLE, wife of Mr. Thomas Poole, Russell-street. On the 2d instant, at Egremont. JOSIAH HENRY, second son of Mr. THOMAS MORLAND WILLIAMSON, aged 17. 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