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pottrp. THE OLD FAMILIAR STRAIN BY R. S. MACKENZIE, LL.D Sing me that old familiar strain, Which touched my heart in boyhood's years, Before its chords were jarred by pain, Before its hopes were dimmed by tears. Time has fled fast since first I heard. Its music from those hpi of thine ; But well remembered is each word — So sing once more, oh, Mary mine, The old familiar strain ! Thine eyes have their soft radiance kept, Thit won my heart in life's young spring; And o'er thy beauty Time hath swept Gently, with light and charmed wing. Unaltered is thy graceful form, Thy trusting heart is still the same, Keeping those true affections warm As when, before I dreamt of fame, You sang me that old strain. Yes, sing !—as in those golden hours When life, and love, and hope were young,— When fancy strewed our path with flowers, — Oh ! sing the strain that then you sung ! Your voice may have a sadder tone Than made sweet music in that time, Ere grief or trials we had known, When first you sang in youthful prime That old familiar strain. Methinks that on thy placid brow— So lightly touched by furrowing years, Since first we plighted love's fond vow — Thought's graver shadow now appears; But yet, if in thy very mirth Remembrance of our Dead will come, Strong ties yet bind thee to the earth — So breathe once more within our home The old familiar strain ! LITERARY NOTICES. [The following have been some days prepared, but press of matter bas prevented their appearance.] Blackwood. Blackwood, Edinburgh This month Blackwood is rich in its contents. Student and idler—the man who reads for information, and he who skims over the pages pour passer le temps —will find matter to occupy their attention. The first will be greatly pleased with an article entitled the " Pagan Oracles," a long but learned contribution. In the next paper some interesting statements and anecdotes are told connected' with the Scotch fisheries on the East Coast. " Caleb Stukely, the Student at Cambridge," is continued. " The Portraits at Versailles" will delight the connoisseur in the fine arts. The poem, " 'Tis hard to die in Spring," appeared in our last paper : it is beautifully written. " The Northern Circuit " is an admirably-told tale, another of the series commenced in last month's number. " The World of London, No. X.," we quoted from in our last publication. The subjects treated upo4 are " . London Recreations," •' Social Relaxations," " Going in State," " The Parks and Gardens," " Fairs," and " The Derby Day." These papers exhibit an extraor dinary knowledge of human nature, and a degree of obser vation quite remarkable. " Things of the Day, No. 2," are excellently treated upon. We can recommend this num- ber to notice, as there are several other subjects admirably handled. " Roatnings in Rome " contain some amusing particulars, and will well repay perusal. The following ex- tract is a specimen : A ROMAN EXECUTION UNDER GREGORY XVI.—" Yes terday (January 20), at the corners of the streets, small groups of persons were seen standing to read a slip of written paper, about the size of a common bill of exchange—such a slip of paper as might extemporise a reward of a few psoli for the finding of a lost reticule. We looked over a tall fel low's shoulder, and read that aged 40, for parricide committed on his mother, and Tagliacozze, for the as sassination of his friend, were to be led for decapitation on the following morning, at fifteen o'clock, in the street of the Circus Maximus. At seven the following morning, we ac- cordingly set off to see a guillotine among the ruins of ancient Rome ! We put ourselves out of breath in ascending the Quirinal from the Piazza Barberini, where we live ; we turned to the right at the quattre fontane, and soon passed the model of our Hyde Park, Achilles mounting guard at the Pope's door. We ran down the said Quirinal on the oppo site side, crossed the Saburra, and after being obstructed by the masons and the muddy road round the spot where they are repairing all that remains of the Forum of Nerva, we skirted the arch of Septiinius S'everus and the Mammertine prison, with all its recollections of Cateline and St. Paul, and passing under the Capitol, and along the Palatine and the Caesarean ruins on its brow, we arrived. in twenty-five minutes good walking, (no man lounges to an execution,) at the Arch of Janus, close to which, by the church of St. Giorgio, in Velabro, we came suddenly upon the frightful object of our curiosity. Very few people were collected at this hour ; for they were in the secret, and we were not. There is a great deal to be done at Rome between the foot of the scaffold and the fall of the axe (a sentinel at each angle of the scaffold, and some dirty men and boys, not above one hundred persons in all, were staring up at the apparatus). It was evident that some time would elapse; nor, indeed, did the first of the two heads, the penitent and the confessed one, fall till three hours after; while the impenitent and ob durate malefactor kept the crowd waiting for seven or eight hours afterwards, and died unshriven, after nearly biting off the priest's ear, who had placed it near his mouth to catch the hoped for sounds of his late repentance. Our first feeling was disappointment ! A ruder apparatus could not have been seen at an impromptu execution in New Zealand. Our imagination had suggested a squared, dove tailed, morticed piece of solid carpentry—a framed ma chine ; and had attached to it some perfection of mecha nicp.l contrivance, some spring, as if to discharge an arrow from the bow when the minute came. We saw a rude square piece of dirty timber with the rhomboidal knife screwed to it, prevented from falling by two rude bolts of rusty iron the supports of which could be withdrawn, and its extremities let into a coarse groove, between two poles daubed with soap; a stout cord, and an iron peg to which it was attached till wanted. The whole thing seemed inse cure on its legs ; the uprights shook, and the stage was not so steady as that on which a show is stilted in a country fair. Much rain bad fallen ; the earth was muddy below the scaf fold, and they had thrown down some cart-loads of rubbish (among which you might have picked up, as you always may at Rome, bits of porphyry, verde antiques, and fine marbles.) Under the scaffold, at the height of nine steps from the ground, there was seen a box—a mysterious, common-look ing servant-maid's box, without a lock—a large pot of wa ter, and a sponge! Thickly strewed with sawdust was the stage above. Attached to the place destined to receive the neck (a hole like our stocks for the ancles, and to get to which it was plain that the sufferer had to kneel and lean for ward, at a sort of prie Dieu,) there hung a bag of a leather like a workman's apron. On the right of the fatal instru ment, and quite close to it, was the Tiber and the Temple of Vesta; on the left there was the Arch of Janus ; before it was the Aventine and the Circus Maximus; and behind, the Piazza Montanra, the Theatre of Marcellus, and all the St. Giles and the Billingsgate of Rome. If the incident were striking to have met the crucifix in the great Christian tem ple of modern Rome, it was not less so to see the modern instrument of capital punishment (so associated with revolu tionary horrors in our times) alight, as it were, from the clouds, like an obscene vulture, amidst the ruins of Rome, and over the Cloaca Maxima of the Tarquins. We stayed about the wild and desolate spot for more than two hours, to study the crowd, and then determined to meet the com ing procession at some short distance, and see what kind of character nature had impressed on the features going to be stuck on two spikes waiting for them on the front rail of the scaffold ; for the paper had said, " Con esposizione della testa," and we knew it would be as good as its word. The morning was cold and damp for Rome, so we kept in motion, and talked with tradespeople (such trade as is exercised in this filthy quarter—whip thongs, drovers' poles, sausages, candles, Indian corn, flour, salt fish, macaroni, fennel roots, aquavitle, coarse brown or white earthern ware) standing at their doors. " ' When will the execution take place?' "' Chi lo sa 1 That depends on the impenilenza. Last time a man kept the guillotine and its attendants waiting till near the angelus' (six o'clock, p.m.) " And he did at last become penitent ?' " ' No; he held out.' " ' And in that case, must the sentence be executed ?' " ' Yes, before sunset. unless the Santo Padre himself in terfere, and order otherwise.' " The day, therefore, might be passed, as in fact it was, by the people now fast collecting to see blood spilt, as did their ancestors in the Collosseum hard by. We never as sisted at an execution in England ; but what we saw this morning in a more impressible population, proved to us the inutility of all such spectacles : the attendance on them, we are now quite satisfied, is that of mere curiosity. So far from the crowd being hushed or awed, so far from all men's tongues being employed in whispers on the horrid crimes which had entailed the punishment, the movement was one, we repeat, of mere curiosity. They came to see what the instrument was like, and what the behaviour of the criminal would prove. After long waiting, and marching and coun termarching of the Pope's whole military force—(leaving, as it must have done, St. Angelo defenceless)—after seeing a whole regiment of cavalry and another of infantry manoeuvre in the mud, and blow their bugles most unseasonably (but prayer and fireworks benedictions and explosions, go to gether this countr y )y, there was a murmur of eengano, no. venga . Vre 1211 4 posted ourselves at a wheelwright' s door —a civil m an, who offered us a chair—and presently we saw a huge crucifix moving towards us ; it soon arrived, and was followed by two carts, each with its criminal seated between two of the cotifratternita della consolazione, arrayed in a l oose gown and hood, with holes to see through, who ap peared intent on their charitable _duty ; one of the miserable twain requiring the !vhole support of their arms, which were passed round his waist, his face fixed on a book, which they held . close to it—the other making large use of those cervical muscles which were so soon to be and looking round with a were of small divided, concern and of natural colour—(the first man's blood had ent i re ly retreated upon his heart, an d the capillaires were bl an ched). We had seen enough! Imagination was fully equal to the rest, and this was the point at which we quitted the scene , which, at th time smiling of to w h e n Romily would h ave abolished for these useless and brutali s i ng scenes, again and again referred horror the judges of the land, the l aw autho rilies, forsooth, the great question of the peril of doing away the punishment of death ; they might as well ha ve as k ed a committee of parish schoolmasters, apothecaries, and church wardens—for it was nota teclnicaolrqauleishtiuomn,anbiutyt_aaup. great, a broad, philosophical considerationh every f British citizen had had peal to experience, of whic h but too much—a question not to be settled by men in ermine, with powdered wigs, but by the moral sense, intelli gence, and right feeling of the countr y.in t l li t e h a a d d m i i n ra f b a l c e t p , l b e e a e d n . settled long before the Christian e ra , ing of Diodotus for the people of M Y the hands of its ancient tilene—a colony which feared reprisals when it relapsed into now seen, masters the Athenians. (Chucyd. 1 . iii. ) seen, and bee n i rre f ragra bly convinced ,•we gains made, quarre l s b roac h e d, Yhe'sdl we e ard s had eel fitted to their tires, under the scaffold of tshhod, and wheels fitted g uillotine, and horses we determined to add our mite of execration totherepe tition of such h orrors ; i t was not, perhaps, an occ asi on, Yu will say, but Homo is alw a y s a pl ace for classical urecollec tions, and we recolle c t e d t h e horror w hi c h t h e anc ient people (among the unworthy, pr i est-ridden, untaug h t, ill-fed, an d worse-clothed descendants of whom we had passed two hours) entertained concerning modes of death which mutil ated that body which they desired to surrender, Dis Mani bus, entire ! The poet allude s to the mutilation of Caius Marius, when he fell into the " hands of Syne— L en tulue, hac pcena caruit Hoc cruciatuoeciditque eel hegus INTILGER, et jacuit Catilina CADAVERS TOTO." Asse mblee.—The Farmer's The Sportsman.—The Belle Magazine. Rogerson, Norfolklareet, London. The Sportsman has some excellent art i cles. Avery inter esting " Memoir of the late Duke of Clereland,A_ uy Nimrod," MaarA win be perused with Interco, The " Diary t amusing, " The Angler's Convivial" sins two or three short but well told stories. " Observa tions on the Lion," by Captain Harris, is well written. The picalor del coda will be pleased with " Angling on the Bor of Devon and Cornwall." The Remarks, by Touch- Sportsman one, on the forthcoming Chester Cup will attract attention, and are deserving of notice. The article appears to be com piled with great care. " The Turf, by A Looker-on," con tains many pertinent observations. The illustrations are good, as usual : one will be particularly acceptable at the pre sent time—that of " Mason on Gay Lad." This horse being the winner of the late steeple chase at Aintree, will, of itself, be almost a sufficient inducement to many to become pur chasers of the number. His performances are given in a well written article. The second illustration is " Wild Fowl Shooting at Sunrise." This is a well executed engraving, by Beckwith. The new Monthly Belle Assemblee is very veil filled with light agreeable articles this month by its usual clever contri butors. The accomplished editress, whose new work we no ticed in our last paper, frequently enriching its pages. The Farmer's Magazine is prolific in information— amongst the articles and contents are many of great interest. We have so often commended this work, that this month we shall content ourselves with merely giving some of the contents:— Second Annual Report of the Gloucester Farmer's Club. Eleventh Meeting, Dec. 4. Subject of discussion, " Chemi cal Effects of particular manures on particular crops.—Tile Machine ; a new patent invention for the manufacture of draining and other tiles and bricks.—On the advantages of Dibbling Corn.—Clover Seeds, &c.—On Agricultural Che mistry.—On the Hopetoun Wheat, and on comparative Trials of Wheat.—Pig Population.—Agriculture of Cumber land.—On the use of Excitants and Alteratives in the cure of Rot in Sheep and other Cattle.—Hedge Fences : Gar deners' Chronicle.—On the best manner of treating Light or Blowaway Sand Lands.—On Gayting Clover.—On Growing Potatoes and Turnips in alternate Rows.—On the compara tive Feeding Properties of Mangold Wurzel and Swedish Turnips : By the Right Hon. Earl Spencer.—Agricultural Chemistry.—Further Contributions to our Resources in Ma nure.—lrrigation.—The Industrial State of Belgium.— Thorough Draining and Deep Ploughing.—On Hedging and Ditching.—Pea Crop, when Advantageous.—Drilling prefer able to Dibbling.—Choice of Seed.—Harvesting.—Extraor dinary Prolific Barlev.—Birmingham Annual Corn Circular. —On Leases.,--RossParmers' Club.—Probus Farmers' Club. —Waggons and Carts.—Coloared and Bleached Clover and Trefoil Seeds.—Short-horns and other Breeds.—State of Agriculture on the Continent. —The Farmers' Chemical Sy nopsis.—Beans.—Varieties of Sowing.—Culture.—Harvest ing.—Horse-keeping : various methods described.—High land and Agricultural Seciety of Scotland.—Agricultural Improvement.—Encouragement to Planters.—Properties of the Suffolk Breed of Horses.—Royal Agricultural Society of England : Proceedings of the Council.—The Averages.— Calendar of Horticulture for March.—Agricultural Reports for February.—Review of the Corn Trade during the month of February.—Prices of Grain, Hops, Wool, Seeds, Ma nures, &c. VARIETIES Why, said a cockney to his friend, has Dickens written better than Shakspeare or Milton, eh ? Give it up ? Because, although they both wrote well, Boz has written Weller. THE COLLIER AND THE CIRCUMNAVIGATOR.—When Commodore Alison, after circumnavigating the globe, arrived at Hull, he was cheated by a collier; and, being twitted upon his simplicity, he good-humouredly replied, " Although I hive been twice round the world, the collier has bee❑ into the world, and so had the advantage of me." IMPROMPTU ON A SAILOR CONFINED IN THE FLEET PRISON FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT. " Britannia rules the waves," they said, When in the fleet my course was free ; But now that in the " Fleet " I'm stayed, Britannia waives the " Rules" for me. PROTECTION.—To protect men is to forward, and not to restrain, their improvement. Else, what is more than to avow to them, and to the world, that you guard them from others only to make them a prey to yourself? This funda mental nature of protection does not belong to free but to all governments ; and is as valid in Turkey as in Great Britain. No government ought to own that it exists for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people, or that there is such a principle included in its policy.—Burke. ANECDOTE OF THE LATE DUKE OF CLEVELAND.—The late Duke of Cleveland, on the disbanding of the militia, in 1816, had three gentlemen dining with him. In the course of conversation his grace mentioned that he had bought an entire lottery-ticket, and declared his intention, should it prove a prize, of dividing it amongst the party assembled. The day of drawing at length arrived, and to his grace's utter astonishment, the identical ticket proved - to be a prize of £20,000. We need scarcely add that the Duke faithfully performed his promise to his fortunate guests, who were his two sons-in-law,—Francis Forester. Esq., and Mark Milkbank, Esq. ; and Major Heely, of the West York Militia.—Northern Times. MAID-SERVANTS AND THEIR " FRIENDS." - Every master and mistress in the United Kingdom knows what a maid-servant's friend is. Sometimes he is a brother, some times he is a cousin (often a cousin), and sometimes a father, who really wears well, and carries his age amazingly ! He comes down the area—in at the window—or through a door left ajar. Sometimes a maid-servant, like a hare, " has many friends." The master of the house, after washing his hands in the back kitchen, feels behind the door for a jack towel, and lays hold of a " friend's " nose. " Friends ' are shy ; sometimes a footman breaks a " friend's " shins by plunging into the coal-cellar for a shovel of nobbies. We speak feelingly, our own abode having been once turned into a friend's meeting-house—a fact we became aware of through a smoky chimney ; but a chimney will smoke when there:is a journeyman baker up it.—London paper. SUPPRESSION OF MONASTERIES IN CUDA.—The follow ing is an extract of a letter received in Boston,'(U.S.) dated Havana, Dec. 21. "You have probably heard that the Intendent of the island has published an order for the sup pression of eleven of the nineteen monasteries existing in the island, and sequestration for the benefit of the state of the entire church property, (excepting that of the nunneries,) amounting to several millions. For the support of the monks he has assigned a small pension, and also a fixed sum to be paid annually by the state to the different churches for the maintainance of religious worship. The begging orders are prohibited asking alms in the streets, as they would thereby have an advantage over the other orders whose property has been sequestered. Those monks who secularise are to have a pension one-fourth greater than those who retain their habit. All the sacred vessels are to be distributed among the poor churches. By the people of Havana, Matanzas, &c. this order is looked upon as just and necessary; as the class of priests who are thus ostracised are looked upon as fomenters of vice in all its shapes. But in the smaller towns, and among the plantations, the influence of these priests is not directly felt; and as the measure is held up by them as a direct war upon the church, the old Romanists are very much excited about it These priests have had their own way so long that they will not yield their power without a struggle to maintain it. Ido not think they will be successful. Of the nineteen con vents spoken of, seven are in the city, containing one hundred and thirty-four monks and novices—but three convents are left, and as their rents are taken away, most of the monks and all the novices will secularise. It is rather a bold stroke thus to revolutionise the institutions which are coeval with the settlement of this island by the Spaniards; but we live in an age of bold measures, and there is no knowing what a day may bring forth."—Boston Mail. We understand that very decisive measures are about to be adopted for the recovery of debts due by states of the American union to British subjects. Mr. R. Crichton Wyllie, himself a creditor, authorised by other holders of American securities to represent them, has embarked in the Columbia steamer for New York. His first object will doubtless be to resist and counteract the dangerous doctrine of the repudiation of certain English claims on American states, a doctrine equally dishonest and dangerous, but set up by some authorities in the Union. The amount of Bri tish money invested in American state bonds, banks, canal and railroad shares, is from £20,000,000 to £25,000,300. — Times. INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL IN THE MANCHESTER UNION.— The guardians of the poor of the Manchester Union are about to erect a school, for the industrial and moral training of the poor children of the union, upon a plot of land situate at Swinton. They are advertising for a suitable design for the edifice, which " must contain accommodation for one thousand children, with a proper classification of the sexes, and all requisite school, dining, day, committee, bed, and store rooms; carpenters', shoemakers', tailors', and other proper industrial workshops and rooms; kitchens, wash houses, laundry," &c. THE ManoNerEs.—The Maronite population are for the most part comprisod in the portion of the range of which Beyrout may be called the southern, and Gebail the north ern boundary. A much smaller space, within these limits, exclusively appertains to them • that of the Kishruan, (the Castravan of the crusaders) and which includes an extent of ten miles only, to the northward of Dug river. Within the latter district are more than 150,000 Maronites. Villages arise at almost a stone's throw from each other, whilst the feature of the scene is rendered still more remarkable by the peculiarly bold and inaccessible character of this locality. Hamlets, like eagle's eiries, stud the the surrounding heights ; and not a spot can the eye detect but shows traces of the hand of man, where vast series of terraces extend, flourishing un der the most careful cultivation. At every turning are seen convents, nestled amid the richest and the most fertile nooks ; whilst the vine, the fig, the olive, and the date-tree . , intermin gled with the mulberry, enhance by their varied tints the fine effect of the picture. Such is the country of the Maronites. A word, next, as to the people themselves, The origin of the Maronites, as a sect, may be proved to be of high antiquity ; but at the same time, it is a point involved in some degree of controversy. They profess to be themselves the disciples of St. Maron, a Syrian abbot, who lived at the commencement of the fifth century, and who maintained, say they, the pure doctrines of the early Christian church. The celebrated his torian, William, Archbishop of Tyre, declares that these people were only admitted within the pale of Christianity at about the middle of the twelfth century. De la Roque, who is the best modern authority on the subject, supports—and, I think, satisfactorily—the prior claim of the Maronites. A letter is extant from St. Chrysostom, addressed to Maron (Ad Maronem Monachem et Presbyterum, Epist. St. Joan. Chry sost. xxxvi ;) and the Annals of Cardinal Baronius, in 631, mention a monastic sect founded by such a man on the banks of the Orontes. It would appear that the term Maronite was soon employed as the first distinctive appellation for Catho licism in Syria, in opposition to the generally prevailing dogma of Monotholism. In the reign of Constantine Pogo nat, this sect according to Cedrenus, an historian of that pe riod, would seem to have become considerably extended ; and he states (in 676 of the Christian era,) that one of the Ma ronite partisans th en , f or th e fi rst t i me , established its doc trines in Lebanon, and it was considered under the autho rity of th e Romish See. VolneY who durir , his eight months residence in those mountains,eonsulted many b of the native chronicler s , s t ates that, for several successive centuries after the abo ve period, Lebanon t, became i an asylum from religious p c e o u r s n e t c i f i o t r i on the of every nvep Pagan• e as and Christian h n r o i sotitahne amalgamating means mal gan can at in g we ae toge ther- as they did f or so Io- ng a series of ages, and submitting to be governed even by a single head. In 1588, during the reign of Amurat the Thi r d, th e L e b anon was so far reduced to a state of subjectio n by the Ottoman power as to be com pelled to pay tribute. That capitulation has remained in every int e r ffo d rt by which the effect to the present day ; but Porte has since attempted further to risons, or its direct rule, has successfully) introduce e its w o ith i s i to g o a d r : The renowned Druse Fakr-el-Din, in whose tr family es the su preme chieftainship was vested, rule over these the early part of the seventeeth century. He at lengthbduring the ex tended his sway throughout the whole of the mountai dis trict between Tripoli and Sidon ; and it was only after a long and successful career, during which period he introduced a great degree of civilisation into the mountains, that he fell a victim to the jealousy of the Ottoman government, who, however, did not achieve his overthrow without large efforts. The family of Fakr-el-Din shortly after became extinct, and the Shehab (its present rulers) were elected, by popular con sent, to succeed it.—Hunter's Narrative of the Syrian Ex , pedition. firiptrial Vatiittirirtit. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MoNDAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR brought up the report of the ririinittee on the Marriage Bill, H hich report recouirnended LEA the further progress of the bill should be postponer: ail after the circuits were over. The Earl of ABERDEEN, in reply to a question from the arquis of Clanricarde, entered into an explanation of the currences which led to the misunderstanding between the government and the French ambassador. The latter, n, claimed to deliver his credentials to the Queen, rithout the presence of her court, while the regent, on the then hand, claimed to receive them himself, and not in the reset - ice of the Queen ; which claim appeared to be justified y one article in the constitution, which conferred upon he regent all the royal authority. The British government uggested, as a compromise, that the credentials should be delivered to the Queen in the presence of the regent, and that he alone should answer. This was declined by the Spanish government, and he believed very honestly declined, and the• French ambassador retired from 141adrid. It was a mere matter of etiquette, but he feared at the time, and those fears had since been confirmed, that the circumstance would have a very prejudicial effect upon the negotiations for the renewal of diplomatic relations between Spain and the great northern powers, though he hoped this prejudicial effect would he of but temporary duration. Lord BROUGHAM gave notice that he would move a series of resolutions this evening relative to the financial scheme proposed by Sir IL Peel on Friday night. The effect of his resolution would be, That a direct tax on income should never be resorted to unless under very extraordinary circumstances. _ . That such a tax should on no account form part of the ordinary sources of the revenue, because from its inquisito rial nature it would lead to much vexation, and would give facilities to the government of raising its amount at any time, and thus increasing the revenue instead of seeking for revenue in retrenchment. _ That care should be taken that the pressure of such a tax should be distributed sr+ as to make it easily borne by all classes, and that the highest persons should be permitted to bear their full share in proportion to their properties as well as the poorest. That a distinction should be made between income arising 'rom capital and income arising from_labour. That a distinction should be made between income en joyed for life only, and income where the party had also an interest in the capital. . . That no distinction should be made between incomes aris ing from salaries in the civil service and pensions. That it was not consistent with sound policy or justice to exempt the smallest income from the charge, except on the supposition that the party possessing it was wholly unable to pay anything ; and lastly, That while it was the duty of the people to pay the tax, if imposed by parliament, it was erpially the duty of parliament to afford relief to the people by the practice of the strictest economy, and to remove the tax altogether as soon as the ordinary revenue of the country had recovered from its tem- porary depression. Earl FITZWILLIAM declared that he was never surprised at anything more than at this attempt to revive, not the pro perty, but the odious income tax. He approved of the pro posed tax on property, and only found fault with that por tion of the plan because it did not go far enough. The LORD CHANCELLOR laid upon the table a bill fur the amendment of the laWs relating to bankrupts.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-MONDAY Mr. F. BARING gave notice that he would ask to-morrow evening by what means the right hon. baronet at the head of the government proposed to collect the income tax. The SPEAKER, in reply to a question from Mr. C. BULLER, said that petitions against the proposed taxes could not be received after the house should have agreed to the resolution upon the subject. Mr. C. BU LLER, under these circumstances, hoped Sir R. Peel would postpone the consideration of the resolutions be yond Friday, as otherwise the people would have no oppor tunity of petitioning ; but Sir R. PEEL could not see the necessity of postponing the consideration of his plan beyond Friday. The right hon. baronet then moved the committee on the corn importation bill. Mr. WARD moved, as an amendment to the question that the Speaker should leave the chair, the following resolution, " That it is inexpedient to impose any duty upon the impor tation of foreign corn until this house shall have inquired whether there are any special burdens peculiarly affecting the landed interest of this country, or any special exemptions en joyed by that interest, and shall have ascertained their nature and extent." The hon. gentleman contended at considerable length that the land had no peculiar burdens which it ought not to bear as land, or which were not compensated by ex emptions. Colonel WOOD said, that a paper which had already been laid upon the table would have told the hon. member if he had read it, that land has a larger share of burdens than pressed upon other interests. Of the poor-rates, for instance, the great bulk was paid by the land, amounting to over four millions, and the policy, he thought, would be unwise which went to destroy the means of extending such a large amount of relief to the poor. Mr. M. GlnsoN supported the amendment of Mr. Ward, and said it was absurd to talk in that house as hon. members were in the habit of talking at agricultural dinners, for men of sense would not believe that the greatness of England was to be attributed to keeping a few acres of burni❑g sand or wet clay in wheat cultivation. There was a feeling abroad that the landed proprietors were seeking to uphold agricul ture by keeping down trade, and that feeling would be in creased if the motion before the house were rejected. Mr. DA RBY opposed the motion, and instanced the burden which the malt-tax flung upon the land, notwithstanding its being a tax that was paid by the consumer. How often had the landlords been refused permission by the government to wet their corn in order to feed their cattle on account of this tax on malt? and had not the government put a stop to the growth of tobacco in Ireland, which was found to be very profitable to the landholder, because it interfered with the revenue? and did not the landlords also pay largely upon articles of importation in order to give protection to the ma nufacturers at home? He could not consent to an inquiry so limited as that suggested. Dr. BOWRING said he had no doubt Mr. Ward would con sent to enlarge the inquiry. lie also said that in every country, except this, nearly the whole of the revenue was derived from land. Mr. SCARLETT contended that the land bore nearly all the burdens of the state. Mr. CIIILDERS said that the landed interest bad been always too powerful in parliament to allow unfair burdens being flung upon them. Mr. PALMER said that the landowner laboured under a disadvantage which did not apply to the manufacturer. His capital was fixed, whereas the manufacturer might be con sidered as a bird of passage, who could not transport his ca pital where he.could most profitably use it. Sir R. PHEL complained of those protracted discussions, the only tendency of which was to impede a bill universally admitted to be a great improvement of the law now in exis tence. If the motion of the hon. member for Sheffield were to be agreed to, were they to hang up the corn law for two or three sessions until a committee could report upon the subject entrusted to them for investigation. The hon. member would not admit that tithes were a burden on the land, but Mr. Ricardo and Mr. A. Smith were of a different opinion. It was in fact very difficult to ascertain what were or were not burdens on land, nor would a committee settle the matter at last. He hoped, therefore, the house would no longer delay the progress of public business. Mr. STRUTT supported Mr. Wakley's amendment, and said that in the whole discussion all the argument was with his side of the house. Mr. COBDEN said that the land tax was an evasion. It was originally intended to be a growing rental in accordance with the exigencies of the state, as was proved by the Land Tax Act; and although it was to be levied upon the value of the land, yet no new assessment had been made since 1692. This was not the case with the window duties, or any other tax. Upon these they made new assessments, but the land was paying the same tax now as it, paid 150 years ago. As they were now about to impose new taxes, the mercantile classes, when applied to to know how much they had earned in the last year, would ask how much the tax on land had increased since the last assessment. It they became inquisi tive into the affairs of the merchant, the latter would become equally inquisitive into the affairs of the landed proprirtor. Lord WORSLEY opposed the motion of Mr. Ward, for although he was opposed to the bill before the house, yet he would not aid any motion meant apparently for the mere purpose of obstructing it. Mr. VILLIERS thought the reason for the opposition of the noble lord, as well as for that of hon. members on the other side of the house, was no other than a fear of the results of an inquiry upon the subject. The hon. gentleman read a statement to show that since 1816 taxes amounting to over £900,000 had been remitted to the landed interest. Lord HOWICK thought it was a matter of great interest to the house and to the country to ascertain what were the burdens which exclusively pressed upon land ; but still he could not support the motion because of the interest the public had in the procedure of public business without inter ruption. Mr. WA KLEY suggested a compromise, and hoped the right hon. baronet would say to Mr. Ward, " you shall have your committee of inquiry another time, but do not press it now." Mr. T. DUNCOMBE thought his hon. friend was unfairly treated in being told that he was interfering with the pro gress of the bill, when in point of fact he had intended to bring forward his motion last Thursday, but there was no house owing to the " whipping out" of those connected with the government, who ought to be the parties to " whip in." Indeed, Mr. Canning had once said that the younger membet s of the government—such as secretaries to the Treasury, &c., had only three important duties to perform—first, to make a house ; secondly, to keep a house ; and thirdly, to cheer the minister. (Great laughter.) He thought the government ought to be responsible for making a house. The house divided, and the motion of Mr. Ward was de feated by a majority of 230 to 115. The house then went into Committee, and Sir V. Blake occasioned much amusement by giving a disquisition on the merits of potatoes. Mr. PARKER moved that it be lawful for any person to give bond for the payment of duty on foreign corn at the ruling duty of the time, even though such corn might not be in bond, provided that such corn should be in bond within four months from the time of giving bond. Sir R. PEEL said this certainly was a most extraordinary proposition. A man mi g ht give bond when the duty was at a shilling for an unlimited quantity of corn ; he would then take the chance of the next four months, and if they did not suit his purpose he would neither pay the duty nor bring in the corn. After a short discussion, Mr. PARKER withdrew his mo tion. Mr. P. SCROPE moved that at the desire of the importer the duty might be taken from the ruling duty on the day the ship left the port from which the corn was exported. Sir R. PEEL said this would give the importer a choice as to the duty he would wish to pay, which was unjust in prin ciple, and might lead to the most serious inconvenience. After a short discussion, the motion was negatived without a division. _ . _ - Having got through eight clauses of the bill, and it being 20 minutes past 12 o'clock, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESDAY. Thr royal assent was given, by commission, to the Duchy of Cornwall Bill and the Van Diemen's Land Bill. Lord Baou GUAM postponed, until Thursday, his motion relative to Sir li. Peel's proposed plan of finance. Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.-TUESDAY The second reading of the Marylebone Paris Clint was op posed by Sir B. HALL, who moved that it should be read a second time that day six months. Mr. WAKLEY contended that the bill wa s a fl agrant j o b , and he hoped the house would reject it. After some discussion the second reading was carried by a majority of 206 to 131. Mr. F. BARING asked Sir R. Peel several questions as to the way in which it was proposed to collect the income tax. Sir U. pEEL replied that the right hon. gentleman had put no less th an seven ques ti ons to him upon this head; but he must say, th a t unt il t h e proper time for that disclosure came he should decline, entirely from a sense of p ublic dut y , to enter into any onext opportunity agree nityo Government proposed to resort for the co ll ec tion of the tax. Lord H o explanation of the machinery. to which the e iftcoica consideringutlli o in u c g o h m ti e t o. u tfa n txh fa e i rm withoutt machinery c il ask in egtil.iiyici necessarynhgouttse onforhouse Friday an p p or to its collection. Mr. F. BARING said that Mr. Pitt, when he brought for- sure. The requisite resolution was then agreed to, and the house resumed. Mr. A. CAMPBELL moved for a select committee to consi der the constitution and principles of the church of Scotland, and to inquire into the causes of the collision between the supreme court of that church and the supreme civil courts, and to report their obsavations thereon to the house. Mr. COWPER supported the motion, feeling desirous, as a member of the Church of England, to have some information upon the subject. Sir J. GRAHAM said that the government had come to the resolution of standing by the law as laid down by the decision of the House of Lords, which decision repudiated the veto as being contrary to law. Under these circumstances the ministry deprecated the appointment of a committee. Be sides, the inquiry proposed was far too extensive in its nature to admit of their engaging in such an investigation. Mr. Fox MAULE said he should support the motion, , now that he distinctly understood that it was not the intention of the governmentp legislate upon the subject. It was, in his opinion, necessary that the people of England should be madebetter acquainted with the important matter in dispute. Sir R. PEEL said he quite agreed with Lord Cottenham that it would be useless to legislate, unless they could hope by legislation finally to settle the question, and from the temper of parties in Scotland, he believed by interference they would only make matters worse. He did not mean to say that government was satisfied with the present state of matters in Scotland; on the contrary, as soon as he had ac ceded to office, communications were opened with the view of ascertaining if they could hope to effect a reconciliation by means of legislation, and the result of those communica tions was a belief that the interference of government would end in disappointment. He feared that the appointment of a select committee would only tend to widen existing differences. Mr. CAMPBELL replied ; after which the house divided, and the motion was negatived by a majority of 139 to 62. Mr. FERRAND moved for a copy of all the convictions in the counties of York and Lancaster, by magistrates in p e t ty sessions, of persons who have been guilty of illegally paying the wages of their workpeople in goods instead of the cur rent coin of the realm. The hon. member reiterated his former charges against the manufacturers. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD said he had letters from persons in Birmingham, informing him that the most gross imposition had been practised upon the hon. member for Knaresborough, as to what was said to have taken place in that town. No such meeting as that he spoke of had ever taken place. The motion was agreed to, the order's of the day were dis posed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMON-S.—WEDNESDAY, Sir R. PEEL, in replying to a question from Mr. M. Gib son, as to whether the income tax was to be imposed on pensions as well as upon salaries and annuities chargeable on the consolidated fund, replied in the affirmative; and took that opportunity of stating that her Majesty had communi cated to him her intention to submit to the income tax, i n common with her subjects, should such a tax be required by the necessities of the country. Mr. E. TENNENT moved the second reading of the Designs Copyright Bill. The object of the bill is to extend from three to nine months the copyright of designs for the purpose of manufacture. Mr. W. WILLIAMS opposed' the bill, on the ground.that it would occasion the most serious inconvenience to our manufactures, and lead to endless litigation. Lord F. EGERTON thought the bill - was founded on the soundest principles of morality, and was fully of opinion that the manufacturers would find reason to be grateful to the individual who had suggested its enactment. Mr. SHIEL argued at considerable length that it would be right to enlarge the time of copyright to six months, but he was opposed t o any greater extension of it. Dr. BOWRING thought the bill would not effect its own object of giving protection to inventions, for it contained no definition whatever as to what was to be deemed to be invention. Mr. M. PHILIPS thought that a term of three months was quite sufficient for all departments of the trade. As a com promise, however, he might be induced to agree to extend the copyright to six months. Captain Frrzßoy thought the carpet trade required pro tection more than any other, on account of the expense of its designs. The present term was not sufficient. Mr. MORRISON was in favour of a fair protection, but thought an exorbitant one would be very injurious to trade. Six months' protection should be the outside. Mr. HEATHCOTE thought that in the present bill there was no protection against fraud in the registering of patterns, and stated his approval of the French mode of giving publicity to patterns. _ _ _ Mr. BROTHERTON said the house ought to be cautious of extending beyond six months a bill likely to be productive both of oppression and litigation. Mr. GLADSTONE supported the bill, contendin4 that it could not operate at all injuriously against our foreign trade • in printed goods. _ The bill Was then read a second time Lord MAnoN moved the second reading of the copyright bill, which was agreed to on the understanding that the dis cussion should be taken on going into committee. The adjourned debate on Lord F. Egerton's motion re specting the marriage law was then resumed ; and Mr. BORTHWICK said there was no direct prohibition con tained in the Scriptures against a marriage between a man and the sister of his deceased wife. He supported the mo tion of the noble lord. Mr. CURTEIS also supported the motion, in order that the nature of the bill might be seen and fairly considered. Mr. C. BUTLER said at the first view of the question he was inclined to be adverse to the motion of the noble lord, but more full consideration had induced him to give it his decided concurrence, for, however he might be disposed to retain the present law as far as regatded the higher classes of the community, he was convinced that in the middle and humbler classes some such relaxation was necessary, for the sister of a deceased wife would be the most eligible party to watch over, perhaps, a large family of children left behind. The general custom of European . countries, and also of America, was in favour of such marriages, and they could never persuade people that it was very horrible to effect marriages which were sanctioned very generrally throughout Europe, and sanctioned mote by,krete„stant, than .entholie countries. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could no consent to place the moral feeling of the higher classes and of the lower classes upon a different footing, and in this case ne should be more inclined to oppose such marriages amongst the latter than amongst the higher orders. He forbore from entering upon the religious portion of the question, from a wish to refrain from making that house an arena for theolo gical discussion, and would therefore confine himself to the inconvenient consequences likely to arise from such mar riages. The right hon. gentleman then argued at consider able length against such marriages; and said, in his opinion, the bill would be, if carried, destructive to all social happi ness and comfort. Mr. BROTHERTON said, that, although known to be ille gal, such marriages was very common amongst the lower classes. It was only on the ground of expediency that the question could be argued, and upon that ground he should support the motion. Mr. V. SMrTH opposed the motion, avoiding the religious portion of the question alt oge th er , and entirely relying upon the extreme social inconvenience which the proposed measure would be likely to lead to. Mr. O'CONNELL opposed the bill, as opposed to domestic convenience and domestic morality. Lord ASHLEY said, that this very question had been dis cussed in France by persons who had no great respect for either canon or ecclesiastical law. In the council of state, under Napoleon, in 1804, it was determined that no such marriages should take place between a man and his sister-in law ; and that even in such a case a dispensation should not be allowed, although dispensations were allowed in the cases of a man marrying his niece, or a woman her nephew. This conclusion was come to solely because of the inconvenience to which they were calculated to lead. In a matter of such immense importance they should not interfere, unless com pelled to do so by an overwhelming necessity, which in this case did not exist. Mr. D. WOOD said that the conclusion come to by the French Council of State was founded upon the facility of di vorce in France, which destroyed the analogy between the Sir W. FOLLETT gave a lucid explanation of the law, which, as far back as the reign of Henry the Eighth, declared such marriages to be illegal, and in point of fact they had always been illegal by the canon law, though, if not ques tioned during the lifetime of the parties, they would not suffer them to be subsequently questioned. But such, he contended, was not a proper state in which to leave the law, for it left the parties who engaged in such marriages at the mercy of any one who chose to extort money from them by threats of the ecclesiastical court, or of those who might have an! interest in setting aside the claims of the children to the property of the father. He should oppose the introduction of the bill, as likely to give to the children but a chance of a Volunteer, Mann, from Sierra Leone, at Madeira, and sailed 12th Feb. for Demerara Zoe, Holmes, hence at the Mauritius 19th Nov. Earl Powis, Todhunter, from the Cape of Good Hope at ditto Tyrer, Shadwell, from Calcutta for London, at St. Helena 16th January Matilda, hence at the Bay of Islands Jean Baptiste, from the Clyde at Monte Video, in 53 days, Planter, , from Cette, at ditto Cigar, Harvey, from , at Pernambuco, and sailed 2nd Feb. for Cowes Eliza Johnstone, Petrie, from London, at ditto Penninghame, Green, from Ascension, at ditto Honesta, Andrews, hence at Leghorn Dora, Quick, and Lord Charles Spencer, Crouch, hence at Gil). raltar Rifleman, Stafford, hence at klmeira Oliviera Secundo, St. Anna, hence at St. Übes St. Mnngo, -, from China, at Deal Paragon, from Calcutta, in the Downs Cuba, Kissobk, from Sydney, at London Mary Queen of Scots. Killey, sailed from Pernambuco 24th Jan. for Maceio. The Priscilla, Taylor, 27th, for Aricati, and the Golden Fleece. Hubbuck, o n th e 29th f o r Paraiba _ . Coeur de Lion, Kendall, sa•leefrom Rio de Janeiro for Maran ham 16th January Emerald, Thomas, sailed from Lisbon 2nd March; and Lady Rowley, Wright, ath —all for this port H.M. steamer Driver, (6) sailed from Portsmouth for China 12th instant Robert James Haynes. from Laguna to this port, was spoken 30th Jan. in the Gulf of Mexico Belvidere, hence for Bombay, was spoken 2nd March, in lat. 23 N, long. 13, with jibboom gone . _ . Craton, Gray, iron], Mor)ile, at this port. On the 2nd March, in lat. 45, long. 41, fell in with the Quebec Packet, from Halifax to Cork, waterlogged, and took off the crew ' Miller, from Bahia, at' thiS" 'port; daM ' The West , ' moreland and Lydia were to sail in is days for this port. The Lady Flora Hastings for London, sailed four days previous MAURITIUS, Dec. 4.—The John Woodall, Williams, from Cal cutta to London, put in here to-day, with foremast sprung Rio GRANDE, Jan. 6;—The Rival, Cuddy, from Liverpool to this port, was wrecked to the northward of the bar 26th ultimo; part of the cargo saved JERSEY, March 11.—The schooner Philip, bound to Liverpool, drove on her anchors in the outer reads, during a heavy gale on the night of the gth instant, and was obliged to cut away her fore mast, to prevent her going on the rocks off Elizabeth Castle; as sistance has been sent to tow her into the harbour. • plained the moat Sir R. PEEL presumed , that Mr. Pitt bad done so in the committee on his bill, and not in reply to a casual question. Dr. BowRiNG moved a resolution to the effect that the inquiries in foreign countries should be continued as to the eftcacy of the quarantine system. and to carry out any nego tiations which may have for their object such modifications as are consistent with the public safety and the interests of commerce. The hon. gentleman dwelt strongly upon the inconveniences to commerce, as well as to passengers, from the system of quarantine, and contended that it was unne cessary, as the plague was not contagious—that in fact the clothes of those whb died of the plague were publicly sold in the markets of the Turkish cities, and no one ever thought them less valuable because of their having been worn by persons while labouring under that disease. He also quoteil several medical authorities to the same effect, and enforced the necessity of a revision of the system. Sir It. PEEL said be had no objection to the motion, which was accordingly agreed to. Sir A. L. HAY moved for copies of correspondence in the home-office since the first day of July, 1841, relating to the appointment of a minister to the vacant charge in the parish of Elgin. The hon. baronet entered at great length into the causes of the collision which had taken place be tween the supreme civil courts of Scotland and the General Assembly, which ought, in his opinion, to have been settled by her Majesty's late government, and which, he hoped, would be now settled by the right hon. baronet (Sir It. Peel), for he had never seen the minds of the people of Scotland so agitated up - on any subject as upon this. Sir J. GRAHAM said he would speak, from his earliest ex perience, of the salutary influence produced upon the morals and general character of the people of Scotland by the church of that country ; but in the division which had taken place, it was very difficult in this country to ascertain what course should be pursued. Two years ago the Earl of Aberdeen proposed a measure calculated to satisfy the moderate men of all parties ; but, as was too often the case, the moderate party proved to be the weakest, and the noble lord was compelled to abandon his bill for want of encouragement. It was the determination of the government - to insist, without violence, but with firmness, on obedience to the law of the land, and it was the duty of the government to see that the veto act should not prevail over that law. He thought it better to stand by the law, with which he was satisfied, rather than to attempt legislation, and he should therefore oppose the mo tion. Mr. F. MAULE said he differed from Sir James Graham's view of what was the law of the land, and contended for the independent spiritual jurisdiction of the Church of Scotland, with which even parliament itself had, according to the act of union no right to interfere. He deeply regretted, there fore, to hear the determination to which her Majesty's go vernment had come, of refraining from legislation on the subject. • Mr. A. B. COCHRANE said he was delighted to bear that it was the intention of the government that the law„puld be supported. That was all that was, required, and though he had intended to suppott the motion, he should, eter . the assurance of Sir James Graham, rest perfectly satisfied. Mr. A. CAMPBELL said he little expected that he should have been called upon to give so 'decided a condemnation of a government which he had hitherto supported, as he was then called upon to pronounce against that of the right hon. baronet, who had, it appeared, made up his mind to crush the church of Scotland—an attempt, however, in which he would fail, for he would have all Scotland against him. Mr. C. BRUCE bore testimony to the conciliating way in which Sir James Graham had exercised the patronage of the crown in the disposal of church preferments in Scotland. After a few words from Mr. Duff and Sir A. E. Hay, the motion was negatived without a division. On the motion of Mr. HUTT the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole house, with a view to the bringing in a bill to permit flour or flour and biscuit to be substituted for foreign wheat secured in warehouses. Sir R. PEEL said he had no objection to the bringing in of the bill, in order to its being printed and circulated, but without pledging himself in the slightest degree to the mea- good stepinoth while abgo!utely depriving them clan Wee. donate aunt. Mr. WAICLEY supported the motion•for leave to bring in the bill. few wetrds from Mr. HARDY, Lord F. EGERTON replied, and called upon each member to give this question his most cnnscientions consideration; arid if his opinion should be against his bill, not to give it with lightness of heart, or a feeling of triumph, but as a juror about to deliver his verdict involving the death of a criminal; for certain they might be, that in that case the house would pronounce a sentence of death to the happiness of many in dividuals on this side of the grave. On a division, the motion was negatived by a majority of 123 to 100 The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned dift ittts. WARRINGTON CORN MARKET, Total quantities. Total amount. Wheat, qrs. S 2 Barley ... 62 MARCH I.:). Price per quarter af;i 180. 2d. 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 MIDDLENVICH CORN MARKET, FEB. 15. Wheat, old, 49 , 751 b to go— 9 6 Oats, old 3 4.- 3 10 L'eau;,, p 6011), DUBLIN CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 15. There was a very small supply of fresh Wheat, and an advance of is per barrel was obtained on all descriptions Oats were without any change at Friday's quotation. barley in limited re quest at last day's prices. Toth. Flour and Oatmeal are as last noted—but the latter is easier sold. WORCESTER STEEPLE CHASE On Monday this affair came off. About two o'clock, (the appointed hour,) Mr. Tolley and his `• javelin men," cleared the lines of the dense masses of lookers-on ; but a full hour was then frittred away, and it was not till after three that the bell rang for saddling ; the following nine appeared before the stand ; and just previous to the start, Lottery (the favourite), and Anonymous were declared not to. run, Mr. Elmore seeming inclined to win by Gay Lad—alas for human calculations ! The Royal Birthday Stakes, of 25 sove. each, 15 forfeit, and 5 only if declared, &c., with 150 added. M r. Quartermaine's b h lioderick Random.. A. M`Donough 1 Mr. Elmore's b g Gay Lad Mr. Langham's b g Merchant.... Mr. Vevers's ch h Little Tommy Oliver 4 Betting : 5 to 2 about Gay Lad ; 6 to 1 against Roderick (taken) ;10to 1 against Tally-ho (taken in considerable amounts); 10 to 1 against Forty-two, who had also been a good deal backed ; 5 4on Elmore's lot against the field (taken several times and to great amounts); 6 to 1 against Peter Simple; and 7 to 1 against Sam Weller. This race (four miles, as before stated,) was accomplished in eleven minutes. An interval of an hour and a-half having taken place, during which we observed an extensive assortment of long faces, the next race came, ofl. The Worcestershire Hunt Stakes, of 5 sovs. each, p.p., with 50 sows. added. Mr. Pullen's ch g £lO-no-object, 4 yrs Mr. E. Herbert s b g Tommy Mr. Candler's nas b m Spring Flower Goddard 1 . Walker 2 .. Powell 3 Mr. Hooton nas b g Oliver 4 The lot were broUght up by Ludlow to the first fence, which was refused by Bob Acres, and Railroad having come in contact with him at the fencing, Bobby was floored, and thenceforward lost all chance ; Spring Flower then took up the running ; Railroad's station was in the rear throughout, and it was quite clear that his " steam was not up ; ' the lead was maintained by Spring• Flower, uninterruptedly as we could perceive, " by flood and field," till within 200 yards of the winning-post, up to which point she had looked ex tremely like a winner ; here however she refused the gorse (the last fence), and was passed by Tommy ; Tommy how ever was speedily collared by Ten-pound-no-object, who hi therto bad certainly been considered no object in the least. An extremely exciting and beautiful race ensued, the chesnut being the winner by about a length. Railroad (the favourite) was non est, and it appeared by sundry unmistakeable marks when they did come in, that both Railroad and Ludlow had " kissed mother earth" in some pulpy part of the Moors. This race was done in 13 minutes. Betting : 2 to 1, freely offered, on Railroad; 5 to 1 against Bob Acres ; 5 to 1 against Charles the Twelfth ; 10 to 1 against Tommy ; 10 to 1 against Spring Flower ; and long odds against Bravo. But the grand peculiarity was that the winner had scarcely been mentioned. Oh, the " glorious uncertainty" of favouritism ! Thus terminated the stirring events of the field, which had excited an uncommon interest throughout. ,M)ipping TUESDAY, MARCH 15.—Wind %V., variable ArtRIVED. —Princess Royal, Robinson, from Calcutta—Canton, Gray, from Mobile. On the 2d instant, in lat 52, long 41, fell in with the Quebec Packet, from Halifax for Cork, waterlogged, and took off the crew—Cora, Miller, from Bahia, in 50 days. The Lydia and Westmoreland were to sail in about ten days, for this port; the Lady Flora Hastings, for London, sailed four days previously— Diana, from Leghorn—Hoppelt, from Genoa—Lucy, Wright, from Santonia--South, Thomas, from Rouen—Charles Carter, Brown, from London—Victoria, Bannister, from Belfast—Agnes, Patten, from Tralee SAILED.—Lydia. Hartley, for Antigua—Ann Bridson, Blackstone, for Rio Janeiro—Thomas Worthington, Valentine, for Lima—Dal matia, Howes, and Hanover, Drummond, for New Orleans—Equity, Jordan, for Dardt WEDNESDAY, MAncn W.—Wind S.W ARRlVED.—Calcutta, from Bombay—Macao, from Charleston— Gossypium, Brown, from New Orleans—Pero. Colons, from Ancona —Neptune, Cunningham, and Water Witch, from Leghorn —Cestus. allilee, from Odessa—Churuca, from Seville, after being aground on Burbo. Lord Keane, hence at the Cape of Good Hope Fortitude, Arbuthnot, from Rio Janeiro, at Mauritius Maia, from New South Wales, at Manilla Perseverance, from ditto, at ditto Blanch, Frewick, hence at Messiba Robert Stride, M'Biain, hence at Naples Printemps, Touchet, hence at Marseilles Bask, and Belle, Curtis, hence at St. Michael's Peri, Dawe. hence at Terceira Ace of Trumps, Lidstone, hence at ditto Mediterranean, Calrow, hence for Africa, at Beaumaris, with loss of main topmast Eridano, Celly, hence for Genoa, at ditto Honor, Stevenson, sailed from Zacte for this port 15th Feb. Endeavour, Owens, from this port, is on shore near Dundalk Thomas Carty, hence for Rio Janeiro, was spoken in lat. 48, long. 10 Blucher, from the West Indies to this port, was spoken 22nd Feb. in lat. 33, long. 61 THURSDAY, MArtcu 17.—Wind W.N.W . Anarvgu.—Mischief, Downs, from Lisbon and Bristol—Ruby, Croker, from New York—and Assirensatun, Minovich, from Trieste. SAlLED.—Falkirk, Greig, for Rotterdam—B. Aymer, Carver, for New York—Byron, Russell, for New Orleans—Ora, Ockleman, for Harnbro'—Native, Reed, for Cadiz—Seren, Walters, for Alex andria—James Duncan, Ritchie, for Leghorn—Camillus, Ashton, and Adams, Gay, for New Orleans—Concord, Hewitt, for Con stantinople—Sharon, Fox, for Genoa and Leghorn—and Parton, Richardson, for Beirout, &c. Rachel & Mary, Instant, hence for Aulberg, at Tobermory Laidmans, hence to Batavia, was spoken sth March, in lat. 41, ong. 11 Lynx, Rito, hence for Corfu, at Kingstown Countess, Garrod, from Liverpool to Harlingen, which was on shore on Red Wharf Bay, has been got off, and into Amlwch har- Mary Hartley, Webb, from Calcutta, at 13crbice Frances, -, hence at ditto Adriana, from Mauritius to Liverpool, was spoken Ist Jan. off the Cape of Good Hope Rapid, Smith, from Demerara, at Clyde Elizabeth, Parsons, hence at Trieste Dragos, Obilovich, sailed from Trieste for Liverpool 28th Feb. H.M.S. Vindictive, (50) sailed from Portsmouth for China 15th instant Penang, from China, at St. Helena Selina, and Parker, Itisien, hence at Demerara Jasper, Greig. from Leith to Liverpool, was totaily wrecked near Cockenzie 11th instant ; crew saved Vyf Gesusters, Olderburger, from Harlingen for Liverpool, off Sandgrte STortNAWAY, March 7.—The Margaret, Simpson, from Lanford for Liverpool, got on shore this morning, in Brandbury Bay VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUL LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Cuthbert Young, J II Henderson, 2g3 Cape of Good Hope, Henry, J Smith, Warwick, AFRICA. - -- 464 Africa, Jamieson Brs & Co 277 Sierra Leone and Accra, Cram, Smith & Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIII.I Rapido, JA de Bechoechea, 120 Havana, F Manero &Co John Cock, J Cross, 239 Cornuna, Cotesworth & Wynne Leonora, -----, 404 Demeoara, Sandbach, Tinne & Co Cathrine, B Swanston, 193 Hayti, R Sheil Trinidad Packet, J Lamb, 206 Barbadoes, S L Trotn•an SOUTH AMJRICA. Eliza, H Cooper, 170 Cadiz and Monte Video, K Macauley &Co Constanza & Onore, G Serra, 376 Bahia, Ist`liair & Dutton UNITED STATES, LONDON & LIVERPOOL, George Washington, A Duriows, 679 New York, Chapman &Co Rockall, S Higgins, 644 New Orleans, Focke & Donit Sir C Campbell, K Penticost, 651 New Orleans, Orford &Co Robert Parker, W L Dwight, 600 New Orleans, Evans & Trokes Sarah, G S Fletcher, 537 New York and Yarmouth, BRITISH AMERICA. 579 Quebee, K Macaulay & Co 331 St. Andrew's, Graham & Taylor 90 Newfoundland, Graham & Taylor 262 Montreal, Crawford & Co Charles, M' Lea, Pintos, J Aymar, Victoria, W Banister, Coolock. ft Donal, jun ROP E. r Gandolfo, D Culotta, EU 242 Palemo, J Moss & Co Orwell, B Hadgraft, 131 Rotterdam, A Coghill Mary Hannay, A Henney, 135 Narva, Strong & Reid Alexander, D M'lntyre, 73 Messina and Palermo, J Rothwell Thomas Tattersall, W Maguire, 14S Hambro', Bahr, Behrend & Co Stanley, 142 Constantinople and Odessa, Eshelby & Co 207 Oporto, T Martin & Son 115 Naples and Messina, J Moss & Co 96 Gibraltar, Cotesworth & Wynne Hambro', Bahr, Behrend &Co Mersey, J Gregory, Annetta, A Micali, Feronia, J A Jarvis, Juno, J B Brylier, MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL MARCH. HOUR 18, M arshall and Rogers Clarendon Rooms, 12 19, Nathan Litherland, (proof and div.) Ditto, 1 19, Robertson, Garrow and Alexander, (Ist) Ditto, 1 23, James Jackson, (proof and div.).• • •• • Ditto, 12 24, Hudson, Williams and Co. (proof and div.) Ditto, 12 TIDE TABLE ! Mrn. I Evn Height.' Sunday,, Hnlydrzys, 4rc Jamaica Leeward Isl. Dem. & Berbice Honduras Havana New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate East Indies China Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c.. Malta, Sicily, Ac. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira . . Western Isles; Cape de-Verds Lisbon .... Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, I Gottenburg, Petersburg, Oporto 4' 0 r 0 ... a R 11446 PoNl4,„°' ,ten,, 0 a Graham & "Taylor a6' \k ;7 e° g o c°l --4 ec mD ip 5-4 n 1., (1) _ Iremen, &c. Stocthohn Riga, &c. . Er (I'O a 2 ' • In C .4 Q C 5 g 4 w o 0 v. , 0 " a Eg tff P CD ! g i a I A. H. I M. M F. 1. I Friday .. 18 2 23 2 44 11 9 Saturday 1g 3 7 3 33 13 2 Moon Ist qr. 101128 m ev. Sunday.. 20 4 4 4'40 11 11 fith Sunday in Lent. Monday. 21 5 27 6 12 11 3 Spring commences. Tuesday .22 7 0 7 43 11 11 Saturn rises 3h 14m morn. Wednes' .23 8 21 8 52 13 11 Jupiter rises 3h 34m morn Thursday 24 9 19 i 9 46 16 4 Moon in Perigee 1111 even LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 15. A few small parcels of English and Irish Wheat, with a moderate quantity of Barley and Malt coastwise, have been received here since this day week ; but of other sorts of free grain the supplies are light, and of Oatmeal less than usual. —During the same time we have to report some farther ar rivals of Wheat from the South of Europe, and from the American States 1847 barrels of Flour. Anticipating the release of some portion of the bonded stocks of Grain and Flour ere long, and influenced also by the general depression in the leading markets of the king dom, our local buyers still continue extremely cautious in their proceedings; having, however, several country millers down to-day, fine English and Foreign Wheats met an im 'proved, but by no means a lively or extensive demand, and such nearly retained our last quotations ; whilst the general runs of each declined id to 2d per 701bs, and Irish sam ples, being nearly unsaleable, were nominal in value. Home made and Irish Flour, being much neglected, were somewhat cheaper, and free brands of Foreign receded 6d to Is per barrel. Of States Flour, in bond, 1000 barrels were taken at the close of the week, at 25s 6d, which comprise the only sales reported under lock since Tuesday last. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATO MARKET, March 17. s. d. s. tl. S. d. s. d. Potatoes, 9 lb. Old Hay .... 0 B@il 11 sp. 201 t Pink-eye 2 g 3 2 New Hay.... 0 d 0 10i Cups 2 3 2 5 Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 10 •Sliort Tops ., 1 u .2. .1 Straw.,.linma.t.o...4 •. 0 . .4.—.43' 241 Cattle Turnips, rp ton 2B • 032 0 Straw, Barley -0. 3t 0 34 Carrots 32 0 36 0 Manglewnrzle 0 0 19 , ton, LONDON GAZETTE.-Tt AgDAY, MAT= I's PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Purnell and Boishaw. Liverpool, coalmerchants—Nicholson and Simpson. Glasson Dock. Lancashire, sail-makers—R. }lath ornthwaite and J. Edmond Son, Preston, Lancashire, chemists — Prichard and Sons, Chester, linendrapers ; so far as regards J. Prichard, sen.—Rhode and Robinson, Manchester, tailors. BANKRUPTCY J. NNULLED. John Hetherington, King's Arms-yard, London, wholesale tea• dealer. BANKRUPTS John Jones, Liverpool, coWwaiiier, March 24,.April 26, at I 'cluck, at the Clarendon-room. Liverpool ; solicitors, Mr. D. Coruthwaite, Doctors'-commons and Mr. J. Cornthwaite, Liverpool. William Lloyd, Liverpool, wine-merchant, March 29, April 26, at the Clarendon-rooms ; solicitors, Messrs. Lowe, Garey, and Sweeting, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane, London; and Mr. Whitney, Liverpool. John and Thomas Frankland, Liverpool, merchants, March 2g, April 26, at three o'clock, at th e C omm i ss i oners '- rooms , Manches. _ _ : solicitors, Messrs. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle 'emple, London ; and Messrs. Atkinson and Saunders. Manchester. ;Charles Page, High-street, Nottingham-mews,Marylebone, Lon on, coachtyre.mith. Thomas Morris, NewbridEe, Glamorganshire, grocer. John Davinson Bedford,llurton.upon.Trent, Staffordshire, com ►ou.brewer. John Barbery, Northampton, saddler. Peter 13ould, Halifax, Yorkshire, cotton-spinner. Stephen Peake, Ramsgate, Kent, builder. John Alexander, Pendleton, Lancashire. common-brewer, Joseph Page. jun., Glocester, carrier by land. Thomas Finch Cozens, Canterbury, builder.' SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 16 The show ofl3easi to-day was small, and the quality inferior. Of Sheep it was good, and fair in quality. Price for both much the same as last week. Owing to trade being unprecedently dull and heavy butchers bought very sparingly in retail. Best Beef 64ci to 7d, middling 6d to did; best Mutton 6id to 7d, Ewes, &c., 6.-id to 64d per lb. MANCHESTER AND SALFORD HIDE, SKIN, AND TALLOW MARKET, MARCH 16. The price of heavy Hides has declined, and all above Srib per lb, under 601 b 12s each. Large skin (Irish and Yorkshire) 5s to 6s 6d ; Cheviots and half-bred 4s to 55; Scotch 2s fd to :Is 6d. Tallow 5s per stone of 141bs. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 17. On taking a review of our Cotton market for the last few days, we are enabled to report a somewhat better state of things as far as regards tone and feeling, though not as to extent of business. The amount of Tuesday's transactions were 2,0'0 bales, Wednesday 3,500, and to-day, Thursday, 4, 00 bales, all to the trade at full prices, with a steady but quiet market. Exporters have been enquiring to-day, but cannot buy to their mind, and have delayed their operations. On the whole, we may safely say there are little dawnings manifest of better days at hand, and the dark forebodings of many have been succeded by the calmness and assurance that " all is not over with us yet.', LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MARCU 14 The supplies last week were tolerably good of all sorts of grain, both English and Foreign, and we had an arrival of I u,to4 sacks of Flour, together with 3,390 barrels of Foreign. This morning's market the supply fresh up is short of Wheat, and only moderate of other grain. The Wheat trade is full is per quarter cheaper than this day week for both English and Foreign samples. Barley is also is lower. Oats are not cheaper for good qualities, though the trade is slow for such, and inferior are hardly saleable. Beans and Peas ate in moderate request at last week'd prices. Flour without alteration. In grass Seeds we have but little doing. The absence of demand causes the trade to be generally dull.' WEDNESDAY, March 17. There is nothing going forward this morning; the retail business in Wheat and Oats, for immediate consumption, is nominally at the rates of last market day. The samples of Irish grain are very in. ferior, and the effect is considerable on the London averages, by the low price which is obtained for Wheat and Oats from the Irish ports. The unsettled state of the Corn Hill, and the uncertainty of the mode and time of its operation, is against all speculative trade in any dessrtption of grain. SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 14. The attendance of both London and country buyers was on the the whole fait; yet the receipts of Beasts—the principal portion of which, about 2,220. came to hand from Norfolk—being larger than were those exhibited here on this day se'nnight, by about 300, they were by far greater than required to meet the demand ; hence an abatement on last week's currencies of 2d per s Blb was submitted to, the primest Scots not exceeding 4s 4d, the Shorthorns 43 per Sibs, and nearly 400 were turned out unsold at the close of the trade. The. Devons, runts, and Herefords were mostly prime, as were also the horned and polled Scots from Aberdeen and Perth — in number about 230—fully 300 more, together with 140 Sheep, being now on their way hitherto from those quartets. There was another large arrival of Sheep, comprising nearly all breeds, which caused the Mutton trade to rule unusually dull, and another abate ment was noticed in the rates to the amount of 2d per Sib : anti we can quote no higher a general figure for the best old Downs, though a few selected pens may have produced a trifle more money, with difficulty, than 4s lOd per 81bs. Some of the long wools were slightly affected with lameness, but the Downs were in good order. All the Sheep were not disposed of. There were about 400 Shear ling Lincolns, I.eicesters, and Keats on sale, which moved off slowly, at from 3s 10d to 45 per 81bs, but none arrived from Sussex. From Essex, Kent, and Surrey, nearly 300 Lambs came to hand, but they were not very gay. However, in many transactions, the best of them sold at 7s 2d per 81bs, other kinds being a mere drug. No receipts by any mode of conveyance from the Isle of Wight, but some are shortly expected thence per railway. Most of the butchers complain of their weighing qualities, and evince great caution in their purchases; the same as regards the Sheep, many of the latter of which are found to be much infected with water. Calves were in moderate supply, yet the inquiry for them was very inanimate. and the highest figure realized for the best description of Veal was as 8d per Sibs. Neat small porkers sold freely, other kinds of Pigs slowly, at barely stationaryprices. A few Irish Pigs came to hand. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensari during the last week: — North. South. Total Received advice and medicine at the Insti- tution 325 283 dOS Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine l9B 190 388 Total at each Dispensary etscrons. North—Mr. C. Booth, Mr. John A. Case, and Mr. R. Johnson. South—Mr. Jordan, Mr. Cooper, and Rev. C. Morrall. R. WEDGWOOD, Secretary Dispensaries' Office, 1, Feuwick-street, March 14. PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL. *Woon, Deals, 120 stand. in. duty paid Duty .t'l9 10 @ 20 0 ~ 18 0— 11 0 L 14 10 - - 16 0 Not abovel6ft 16 10 - 18 0 1'..e19.8.P. 2 . 15 10 - 19 0 , 21 feet. .t'22...e2 105. Archangel Memel.... Gothenburg Wybirg .. Petersburg . PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick Danzig, Deck .... British American Pine LATHWOOD, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet British American 4 0 MAil 0 GAN Y, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras 1 — Cuba St. Domingo 1 0 JAN PLANKS, British American, TEAKWOOD, per cubic feet STAVES, per 1200. Danzig, C. Pipe Not ab. 36 in. Hhd. 7O 0 So 0 Quebec, red, inch thick, 30 0 55 0 2 1 3. B.P. 2s 6 s 4s. and 51 feet long Do. Puncheon lO 10 18 0 Tim us a, per cubic foot. a. d. a. d. Oak 2 0 2 6 Pine, British Amer. common 0 0 0 0 lOs red 1 7 2 1 I perload. yellow Danzig,middling 2 0— 2 2 Memel, middling 2 0 — 2 9 }£2lss.laload Riga,red 2 4 5 *There is an additional duty of 5 per cent. on these rates. X.- 0 2i- 0 4 0 `2i,' .t 8 0 - 9 10 '-e4 Ss 5 10 '153. 0 7&. el IOS none. 15s per load 4 6 6 6 110 s. PREMIUMS OF INSU RANCE AT LLOYD'S Outward ^ss Od@ 30 0 60s Od 0 , 84 20 0— 0 0 30 0— 0 40 0 0 0 80 0 —lO5 35 0-40 0 GO 0-70 30 0- 40 0 120I 20 0- 25 30 0-40 0 20 0 2r, 40 0— 0 0 j 40 0— 60 50 0-60 0 40 0-60 50 0— 60 0 40 0— 60 0 0— 0 0 , 30 0-40 25 0 30 0 • 25 0 30 35 0— 10 0 30 0 35 0-40 0 , 35 0-40 50 0-60 0 60 0- 64 35 0-- 40 0 35 0— 40 40 0-50 0I 40 0— 40 0— 50 0 40 0 30 0— —'l26 0 15 0 17 6 17 6 20 50 0-60 0 I 40 0— 25 0 - 17 40 0- 50 0 20 0 _ _ 2: 0 -2 - 0 - I 1 7 (5 15 0_ -- 20 0 1 .15 0 20 0- 25 0 17 20 0 - - 17 20 0 - - 20 25 0- 30 0 30 30 0 35 0 40 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 20 0 - 25 0 I 17 O . c•), • • • : • C • .1 • CR 7 :1 0 : 7.7 4 wnt, r Z EV .3 tt p 2 e 9- z o 6 -7,- cr • so F.t • ;," 'll : : 44 y 4 ,t 1 =•• 4. , 4> • a• co A r, . .1 c g DIVIDENDS. April 5, J. Wheeler, Prince's-street, Hanover-square, London, tailor—April 7 J. Buckle, Terrace, Kensington, tea-dealer—April 8, T. Brown, Bell-yard, Lincoln's-inn, London, plumber—April 7, F. Lock, Jewry-street, Aidgate, London, wine-merchant—April 6, J. Coulsell, Richmond, Surrey, builder—April 6, J. H. Cassell, Mill-wall, Poplar, London, naptlia-seller 5, T. E. Jones. Birmingham, leatherseller—April 23, J. Butler, Walstall, Stafford: shire, sadlers' ironmonger—April .3, T. Wiggerham and R. Saun. ders, Birmingham, ale and porter merchants—April 14, E. Raine. _ _ Barnard Castle, Durham, carpet-manafacturer—April 7; A. Peat, Newark-upon-Trent, rope-maker—April 6, B. Jacques, J. Cotton, and T. B. Olivar, Nottingham, hosiers—April 7, E. Knight, Southnmpton, cabinet-makers—April 16, F. Perks, jun., Stour bridge, Worcestershire, hatter—April 28, H. Caulier, Bath, nursery man—April s, W. 3. Law, chemist—April 6, N. Fraley and J. E. Merchant, Bristol, linendraprs. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before April 5. J. Macaire, Liverpool, merchant—J. Worrell, Sussex street. Tottenhatn-court-yard, London, victualler—R. Wilson, Myth Tile Sheds, Northumberland, manufacturer of bricks—W. Wilcotks, Bracknell, Berkshire, saddler—E. Eifick, Milton next Sittingtlehrne, Kent, grocer—B. Palmer, Duke-street, St. James's, tailor—G. Harriot, Ormskirk, Lancashire, brewer—R. Bowley, Mincing-lane and Newington, London, broker—J. and J. Lindsay, North Sheids, grocers. PRICES OF SHARES, Prices within fhe la MARCH 17. st seven days. This days Per Share. Price. 0 0 0 O 0 0 ... O 0 0 ... O 0 0 ... O 0 0 ... 28 5 0 ... O 0 0 O 0 0 9 1 0 eX 4 4 8 10 6 8 42 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 RAILWAYS, &c. Bolton and Preston Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto quarter Birmingham and Derby Bristol and Exeter Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto new Shares 2 6 Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow 50 paid 4 5 El Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 23 paid Half Share5... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar } Greenock, and Ayr 5O paid Grand Junction lOO .... Ditto half shares.. Quarter 5 ... 0 0 0 1 79 0 0 8.) 1.1 0 24 15 0 0. 0 0 90 0 0 63 10 0 .. I7S 0 0 New ditto Great Western Ditto new shares Ditto Fifth Shares Great North of England 100 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston Ditto, new Leicester and Swannington Leeds and Selby Liverpool and Manchester .... 100 Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto quarter shares Ditto old shares Ditto nev London & Ditto new London and South Western .. 39 Ditto, 10th shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 4O Ditto and Ditto Extension 7 Manchester and Leeds :( Ditto half shares 3 10 5 0.... 10 7 O 0 0.... O 0 0.... 6 0 0.... 14 15 0 ex. 14 15 0 O 0 0.... O 0 ft__ 50 paid 47 10 0 o 0 0 ex. o 0 0 ... o 0 0 ... 174 0 0 ex. 36 0 0 ex. 36 0 0 1.8 10 0 .... 58 15 U O 0 0 .... 30 5 U 35 10 0 5 11 0 59 5 0 ex. 59 10 0 O 0 0 52 0 0 ex, O 0 0 O 0 0 79 0 U .. 34 10 0 4 1 6 ... st to o ex 20 7 6 ex O 0 0 ... 35 0 0 ... 22 10 10 .... 22 13 4 O 0 0 .... 73 10 0 O 0 0 O 0 O 0 0 15 0 0 .... O 0 0.... O 0 0 O 0 0 Ditto quarter shales ... Midland Counties Ditto, quarter North Midland New North Midland One-third Shares North Union Newcastle and Carlisle.. Ditto quarter shares Ulster Paris and Rouen South Eastern York and North Midland, Half Shares BANKS 48 .... 6o paid 80 0 0 Bank of Liverpool - Borough Bank - Commercial of Liverpool 10 - Commercial of England. 5 - East of En gland lO £l.llos of Manchester lO .... M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... Northern and Central North and South Wales.. 10 .... Royal of Liverpool 500 .... South Lancashire Albion Liverpool Uni,,n lO Liverpool Banking Co lO Wilts and Dori;et GAS, WATER WORKS, Exchange Buildings - 0 100 paid L'pool and Harrington Water 1350 Works Stock.... Bootle Ditto L'pool Gas Light Coinpan (Original St:C;ek) 101 Ditto , • ;:. new Shares ....ion) L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .t 11:0 Ditto new shares are now paid up ASSURANCE COMPANIES Liverpool Marine Assurance} , .0 paid Company M'cliester Assurance Company. l o Liverpool Fire and Life Ocean Assurance Is 7 6.... is 7 6 o o o o o 0 o 0 0 • o o o 0 0 .... oo o . O 0 0 O 0 o .... 666 10 0 O 0 0 .... o u o 11 5 o._ o 0 0... O 0 0 .... 0 0 0 0 0 0 287 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ... 2 12 0 ex DOCKS ' FERRIES, NEW COM PA NI ES. tke. Anderton Carrying Company .. I 6 S. 00 0 Rock Ferry Steam Tog Company Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) (Polonceau)... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 BIRTHS. On the lath instant, the lady of A. MONGREDIEN, Esq., 76, Grove.steet, of a daughter. Same day, at Bootle, Mrs. GEORGE MALCOLM, of a son. MARRIED On the 19th of October last, atlClacaW, JOHN HOLLIDAY, Esq.. of Abbey Hohne, Cumberland, and the firm of Wise, Farbridge and Co., of this town, to Miss SARAH M.CLELLAND, daughter of the late JOHN HAMILTON, Esq., of Philadelphia. On the 3rd instant, at Blackburn, Mr. RICHARD HACKING, stonemason, son of Mr. Lawrence Hacking, Bent-street, to ALICE, youngest (laughter of Mr. WHALLEY, Wrangling. On the Stir instant, at Brindle, the Rev. WILLIAM PRICE, 8.A., curate of Brindle, to ALICE, only , child of ISAAC BENNETT, Esq, of the same pla ce . All, the gth instant, at Kelso, WILLIAM, eldest son of the Right Figiourable WILLIAM MATHIESON, Lord Mayor of York, to ELLEN, yo . ungest daughter of the late JAMES DARLING, Esq., Bank of Scotland, Kelso. On the 15th instant, at Walton, by the Rev. IL Wilson, M.A., GEOkGE BAXTER DENTON, Esq., of Evertoo, surgeon, to CATHERINE, daughter of CHARLES HORSFALL, Esq. Same day, at St. Michael's Church, Mr. B. WAUGH, of Everton, to ELLEN, eldest daughter of JAMES HUNT, Esq., Runcorn. DIED - - On board the John Renwick, upon her arrival at Sydney, aged years, WILLIAM WRIGHT, Esq., surgeon, superintendant, late of Liverpool, and formerly of Stockport, deeply and deservedly lamented. On the 23rd ultimo, at Hall Carr-house, near Sheffield, aged 36, MARY LILLE, wife of ISAAC 1/ODD, Esq., C. E. On the 2sth ultimo. aged 37, JOHN, eldest son of the late Mr. TIiOMAS BATTERSBY, cotton-spinner, Bedford Mills. On the Ist instant, at the house of Admiral Sir George Martin, in Berkeley-square, London, Lady MARTIN. Same day, ELIZABETH, relict of the late Mr. JOHN LIAR GREAVEs, of this town. .... On the 2nd instant, at Kirkdale, in his 6gth year Mr. JOSEPH JUDGE. Ou the 4th instant, CATHERINE, infant daughter of Mr. J SHALLCROSS, merchant. Same day, at his residence, Toward Castle, Argyleshire, KIRKMAN FINLAY, Esq., formerly of Glasgow. Same day, at Great Crosby Mr. JAMES CHARNLEY, late of Liverpool, timber merchant. On the tith instant, of apoplexy, in Curzon-street, London, in the 74th year of his age, HENRY FRANCIS ROPER CURZON. fourteenth Lord TEYNHAM. His Lordship is succeeded by his eldest son, the Hon. Henry Roper Curzon. On the 7th instant, aged to, JOHN TENNANT, for twenty eight years iu the employ of A. F. and R. Maxwell, merchants. On the Bth instant, aged is years, GEORGE EDWARD, youngest son of Mr. STANLEY BLACK, Cheetham-hill, near Manchester. On the 9th instant, aged 43, GRACE, wife of Mr. RICHARD PAR RY, pilot, H ighfi eld- street. On the 10th instant, aged 20, WILLIAM TRODEN, cooper, eldest son of Mr. Edward Troden, Princes-street. Same day, in his 39th year, Mr. WILLIAM REES, James-street, licensed victualler. Same day, aged 61, Mrs. KITCHEN, Bispham•street. On the I lth instant, Mr. STEPHEN WELCH, baker and Bout dealer, Myrtle-street South. We have known the. diceased—for many years, and record his death with veer 'great regret. He-has lately been at very considerable expense in erecting suitable pre mises in Myrtle-street, for the carrying on of his business of flour dealer and btead-baker, and after having overcome considerable difficulties, was about to see his hopes fulfilled, when death rather suddenly terminated them. He has left a family of seven children, five sons and two daughters. the eldest being about thirteen years of age. lie was a man of sterling worth, of the most unaffected humility, and of the strictest probity. We cordially recommend his widow, who we believe intends to continue the business, (to gether with her young and heavy charge), to the kind considera tion of all who have a heart to feel for the fatherless and the widow. . _ On the 12th instant, at the residence of her aunt, (Mrs. Abram, Chapel-street,) aged 35, MARGARET WARD. Same day - , in Russell-street, in his 56th year, Mr. PATRICK HILL, accountant. Same day, of consumption. ANN, wife of WILLIAM BELL, joiner, and daughter of Mr. Richard Wynn, cork-cutter. Also on Sunday last, the infant daughter of the above. On the 13th instant, EDWARD. the infant son of Mr. JOHN PRIEsTLEY, Lord-street, aged !? years and '2 months. On the 15th instant, at Waverer:!, Miss BURY, aged 60 years. Same day, aged 10 months, JUAN, son of Mr. JOHN KEMP STER, timber merchant, of this t own. On the 16th instant, aged IS, ANNE, youngest daughter of Mr. JOHN METCALF, St. James.street, much respected and deeply lamented by a large circle of friends. Same day, ANNE, third daughter of Mr. ROBERT NORRIS, solicitor, Everton•valley, LIVERPOOL: FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1842. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING JOSHUA FLETCHE BY R LACE, of 53, Grove-street. and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. 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