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/.~'~' ~'v~t iMIPOfI,I (From the eecond edition We have reel letters and journals from Bon] as well as advices from Alexi and journals from Malta to tl The intelligence from Chin —no less than the near settle Short' ,d bad rities state seized, and pacific inten of his com d by extraordinary express from Mars, I the high, irld P. ;me accounts say rm that Admiral while others aft 3,000,000 for the ex- g war ; other autbo- nderu - nity for the opium of the wa [cers, has expressed Irniral, and be disavows the actions This latter, indeed, has fallen ir offers to surrender him into may thint ND EGYPT into disgrac Cr iEWS FROM CHINA, INDIA the Time* of WedneBda, r Lin. empe the hands of the British, to be d proper. Two commissioners were to be sent either to Can • ton or Ningpo, with full powers to negotiate a treaty. Chusan is not to be given up until the treaty be signed. The above intelligence, which is up to the Ist of October was brought by her Majesty's ship Cruiser, to Calentta. No movement southward is expected from Chusan before the 15th of October. The admiral was to leave Chusan for Ningpo in one of the steamers on the 30th of September, and the Blenheim was warping out for the same destination. The emperor is greatly annoyed at our occupation of Chusan, and his minister hinted " that the admiral' visit had pre ♦ented the march of fierce soldiers to retake the island.' The 'Malacca papers have got up a story, that accounts have been received there that our ships of war had taken the Bogue forts, and after forcing the passage of the Bocea, Tigris had proceeded to Canton. It is feared that this is not correct. Great complaints are made of the unhealthiness of the men in the expedition against Chusan ; the weather at this place is represented as cold and unhealthy. Mortality sp . - pears to prevail. Captain Stean, of her Majesty's 49th, had died. The fleet, however, was plentifully supplied with provisions. - The intelligence from India is also highly important. Our extraordinary express from Marseilles received this morning brings intelligence from Alexandria to the 24th ult., on which day the Great Liverpool sailed with the Indian mails. Her trip from Falmouth to Alexandria is the shortest on record—viz., 14 days and one hour from port to port. The plague had appeared in Alexandria a month earlier than usual, and three deaths had been officially notified. The Indian mails and passengers were landed at Suez on the 12th ult., and escorted across the Desert by a guard of 60 horsemen. furnished by the Pacha, to preserve them from the attacks of the Bedouin Arabs, who have lately become hostile and dan gerous, seizing the Pacha's stores, and attacking the pilgrims en route from Cairo to Mecca Ibrahim Pasha was still with his army at Damascus, to which he had returned in very ill health and beset by the mountaineers, hoping (it was believed) to avail himself of the Napier convention to return to Egypt peaceably and fly sea. Mehemet Ali had written again to Admiral Stopford on the 21st ult., and proposed to send another message. to expedite the return of Ibrahim and his army. Sir Charles Smith had arrived in the Hydra at Alexandria, on the 17th uit., and had an interview with the Pacha on the 19th, and placed the Hydra at his service to convey his dispatch to Marmorica on the 22d ult. Sir Charles left Alexandria in the Great Liverpool. Serious sickness had prevailed at Acre. The storm that visited the coast of Syria with such violence on the 2d and 3d ult. bad produced an alarming scarcity at Beyrout and in the moun tains, where the new Turkish governor had recklessly stop ped the supplies of grain arriving, and the mountaineers were again nearly driven into collision with the authorities by dep. peration. No hope is entertained that the Porte will be able to govern Lebanon, now that the population is re-armed. Mehemet Ali was still raising batteries and exercising his troops incessantly, and had given notice to the National Guards of Alexandria that they were to consider themselves his regular soldiers. At the same time he was making prepa rations for the better cultivation of his private estates, and had appointed ins son, Said Bey, and his grandson, Abbas Pacha, to be resident administrators in separate districts. CHUSAN (From the Bombay Times.) iefore our readers the following ex. have just received, dated Chusau, several others are much more full of particulars, We hasten to pl tract froln a letter Scpt. 30 but the followi contains the " head and front" of the news from China " Admiral Elliot arrived in the Wellesley on the 28th from the Gulf of Pe-che-lee, as I before told you. The result of his negociation, at the mouth of the Peho, with the third in rank in the Chinese Empire, is not fully known ; but I may say, that the Emperor is willing to apologise for the insult inflicted upon Captain Elliot, and that his Excellency Lin is to be punished in any way which we please. The chops were couched in very civil language, containing none of the offen sive epithets so freely applied to Europeans on former occa sions. The Emperor had been kept in ignorance of Lin's proceedings, but many of the nobles of the Court had perfect information relative to the Viceroy's conduct at Canton. In referring Admiral Elliot to Canton for the settlement of the pute, the Emperor said, through his deputy matters in that Gra' ceedingly unjust to condemn Lin without giving him a hear ing; besides, Lin's report is quite different from yours. I will send plenipotentiaries to Canton to make proper in. : quiries, and who afterwards will arrange with you there This t Lsonable cot nay have been adopted for the pur the Admiral from the vicinity of the capital ; but nevertheless the ex- the men of war have care- ave partially ex- The Madag cf the Pet The fleet was plentifully sup- %Wes, and fruits Tinghae, to the ;, for the purpose of surveying ; :L I wrecked, as the lieutenant in Noble), and sonie Lasears, at Ningpo, who treat them are in the hand and Capt. Aust infon ler also with until the Chinese of the Kit, That the Teazel had been wr knew nothing of the loss ecked, I believe, fact of the lieutenant and others is an intere being prisoners of the Chinese The following highly interesting extracts are from letters of our correspondents with the China expedition :-- _ TINGHA . E (CHUSAN), SEPT. 28.—The sickness conti nues to increase daily. The 26th had 520 yesterday, and I believe they have more to-day. Yesterday quarte rs for the whole regiment, in empty houses in the city, were allotted. This should have been done long ago, and much sickness. in all probability, would have been spared. Our first casualty among officers took place last night, in the death of poor Captain Stean, of her Majesty's 49th regiment, who had only been ill about a week, and prior to which he was looking as well as possible. " H -- has come back, but he says he found the admi ral and everybody in the ship very busy writing, to despatch by the present opportunity, and he came away with the im pression that we should remain here at least five months more. This is a sad blow to most people, for most had made up their minds that we should be off the island very soon. The admiral says the. whole of the troops must be housed as • fast as possible. Report says that the Blenheim, 74, is to go to Ningpo immediately, and that the admiral will follow in a few days ;. that a commissioner has arrived there from Pekin, of high rank, and of the blood royal, for the purpose of negociating. I su E )pose it wilt take a few months to get an answer from Calcutta, and perhaps the admiral will await the orders of Lord Auckland. I really believe that all hos tilities have ceased ; but I very much fear that the business of bringin g the negotiations to a close will be protracted to a sad time by the Chinese, if they are not dealt with in a pro per manner. We shall be very uncomfortable here in winter. Not a house has a fireplace, or the means of having one, to give warmth; nor is there such a thing as a pane of glass, to admit light and keep out wind. The Chinese substitute a thin paper for glass; but nothing of the kind is to be had here, and all the old paper is broken, and instead of warming themselves by a fire, they clothe themselves with cloak upon cloak till they have a sufficient number to keep them warm, and when they feel too warm, they take off one cloak at a time till they feel comfortable." Extract of a letter, dated Chusan Harbour, September 29, Pa.—Hon. Company's steamer Madagascar : " I sit down to write you a few lines to give you an account of my trip to the mouth of the Peho, or Pekin river ; from this place we had a very fine run up with fine weather, and arrived off that plane on the 9th of August, the squadron con sisting of the following ships :—the Wellesley, with his Ex cellency Rear Admiral G. Elliott, C. 8.; the Blonde, Modeste, Volage, Pylades, Madagascar steamer, and th e Ernaud and Malcolm, with coals and provisions. On the 11th Captain C. Elliott, R.N., proceeded into the mouth of the river in the steamer, with the boats of all the men of war present, manned and armed, and on our arriving at the bar the steamer anchored, and the boats proceeded into the river with a flag of truce flying; on their arrival off the forts at the entrance a mandarin boat pushed off to them and re ceived the Admiral's letter, and after the expiration of six days, the time granted by his Excellency, a chop was received, stating the Emperor required ten days to consider, which time being agreed to, the squadron proceeded to the different islands in the gulf of Pe chc-lee to water and procure bullocks, the Ernaud transport proceeding with them. They succeeded very well in obtaining a supply, and returned to the anchor age by the 27th of August, the day appointed, and theim perial terview the he pire, a, ships, and on the 30th an in- Captain Elliot and Khe Shan, ssioner, who is the third man in the em- and red b' p'to the time of out departure from the Peh cri br Pe ste }lag of When the be: pose of removi in that the Empero pedition has fully survey( ;vas sent off to t Since (t mithe 17th of September) negotiations have been going on, and, from all we can hear, it is generally believed that the plenipotentiary is to proceed to Canton to meet Khe Shan, and then to settle affairs, if possible. A portion of the troops remain here to hold this place until matters are finally settled. When the interview took place, Khe Shan, the imperial com missioner, gave the party a splendid breakfast. The Chinese government are much alarmed at our being in possession of Chusan ; they do not like our being so near their capital, and they wilt endeavour to keep us to the s , uthward. The island of Lintao is spoken of as the place most likely where the English y; having an Lin in an sickly at t t, but the Chinese would prefer our not They have offered to punish I'he troops are very we are all looking out for a speedy Captain Anstruther, of the Madras Artillery, Chusan, and oy the Chinese and made prix he is now.at a placg called Ningpo, and well treated ; the thorities at that place have sent over to say they have 20 um. - , pan be we cannot make out : they frcm the cit tan, they will give up the prisoners. The with, them at Amoy, and returned to this the affair 400 chests of opium were sold indeed-1184 dollars a chest, so it is me on board the ships here to purchase, to sell opium only, and they will In tact, the smugglers benefit pe it may last. Supplies of alt av are in great demand_ Lew Chew Islands man of war has been sent to is hourly expected. When at Peiho, or Pekin river, with the ith Chine ea _ d a mandarin b-at came off to us bout a mile below the forts —.sands of the inhabitants to were quite astonished. The forts guns mounted on sand bags, but they never . that we should attempt to pass the bar, it being However, we managed to cross, and can say we .ie only European vessel, and steamer, in the world th at ever was in the river leading to .the capital of the Celestial Empire. During our stay at Pe-che-lee, we had a trip t o the Great Wall of China with the admiral. The end comes down into the sea about half a mile ! These is a fort on the end of it with a large tower. It is one of the most stupend ous affairs I ever beheld. It appears about 30 feet high, and about the same width. It has a watch-tower about every mile on it. The land is very high in the vicinity, some of the hills, about 3,000 feet, and the wall goes completely Over the tops of the mountains, and is seen as far as the eye can • It is impos s ibl e to nay anything for certain regarding „rialitlis;. it is generally supposed tas Chinese will come to "' • - expecti shallow thinkir t4rma, Our oturphug their Os* pntirtlyoo Want he Chinese vn subjt) I kdtlUtliii and at this the Court at Pekin are much alarmed, feaiing a :evolution may break out. All junks are stopped and de tained, but have in some instances been released again ; the whole coast is now in a complete state of blockade, but the inhabitants at Chnsan appear to be coming in. Should our of this, and uoald ratt Under these circum Ts will be soon settled (From another !elle TIN - GHAE SEPT. 30. The cruiser is, we are told, off for Calcutta in a couple of hours, so I seize the opportunity to furnish you with a few lines. " Commanding the blockade squadron. " To Esq., and other British subjects in Macao." An attempt was made, a few days ago, to set fire to the transport Nazaruth Schah, but detected in time to prevent injury. A man had mixed among a crowd of Chinese boats which were at the time alongside, and was observed to throw something overboard, but it was only after great exertion that the incendiary was secured. When become aware that be had been detected, and that the boats were being lowered to seize him, he jumped into the water, and diving under the bottom of the ship, re-appeared on the other side. For borne time be eluded - the grasp of his pursuers by diving and hiding among the Chinese boats, but he was at last taken, and is now in irons on board the Druid. The admiral has returned from Peiho and the Gulf of Pe-che-lee ; his reception is said to have been good, and that the emperor is anxious for peace. Lin is to be tried by some Chinese commision, and I have no doubt will be sacrificed. They want us to give u p Chu,an and to take Lantao, opposite to Macao, and they offer £2,000,000 sterling in cash. The foree, it is believed, will winter here, all but a small detach of artillery and one European regiment to accompany the ad miral to Macao, where it is supposed peace will be concluded. The troops are dreadfully sick ; quarters are taken, and they are to leave the r sick, and come into town, when the rain ceases, which we have had for some days. The Cameronians have lost 30 men, the 18th about 24, the 49th about 15, and the Volunteers about 24, the Artillery only one man, but have been more sickly than any other. The Cameronians had yesterday 545 men unfit for duty. This is a dreadful state of things. Tnis island has been drained of supplies, instead of their being obtained from the mainland. The admiral goes to-day with Captain Elliott to Ningpo to try and recover poor Captain Anstruther (Madras Artillery) and Mrs. Noble, Capttlin Noble, and the crew of the Kite, who are all prison ers. The Viceroy has written to say that they shall all be taken care of, and invited the admiral to treat, as the Prince's guardian had been sent from Pekin for this purpose, as also a relative of the emperor. Since writing this lam told that all the troops at present here are to continue at this place until after the winter. INDIA. (From the Bombay Gazette.) The Indian intelligence for the past month possesses unu sual interest. The first important item is the surrender of Dost Mahomed, the ex-ruler of Cabul, to our envoy at the court of Schah Soojah, Sir W. M`Naghten. Thus, after a struggle of two years' duration, we have finally established our point, and Schah Soojah is undisputed master of the throne of his ancestors. The second item of importance is the Bath of the Maha rajah Kurruck Singh of Lahore, and that of his son, Nou- Nahal Singh, by the fall of a beam in a gateway through which be was proceeding to the river Ravee, to perform his ablutions after his father's obsequies, as prescribed by the Hindoo law. He has left no living heir, but we are informed that one of his wives, in the third month of her pregnancy, and that her mother has possession of the fort, and refuses to give it up to Shere Singh, whom the Lahore Durbar pro claimed Sovereign of the Punjub on the 7th instant. We believe that by a treaty entered into with Runjeet Singh, we agreed to guarantee the lineal succession of his descendants to the Guddee of the Punjaub ; and, in the event of the cor rectness of the report of the pregnancy of the Ranee, we opine we shall be obliged to take her under our protection. Shere Singh is the son of one of the wives of Runjeet, but he was disowned by him from his birth, which happened in 1809. He is represented as being the idol of the Seikh army, brave as the lion, whose cognoinen (Singh) he bears, but cruel, sensual, and debauched. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE Parties varying from 50 to 200 men have been making fre quent excursions in different directions, for the purpose of discovering armed men, but have always failed. Two officers and four men on a foraging excursion were attacked, and with difficulty escaped ; one Chinaman killed, and several others wounded in-.the affray. Captain Anstruther, Madras Artillery, was carried away prisoner to Ningpo whilst making a survey of the country ; the wife and family of the cap tain since taken prisoners themselves. Sickness amongst the troops on the increase and deaths more numerous. The wreck of the Indian Oak, off the Lew Chew Islands, crew and cargo saved, the natives there being so kind, that on the Cruiser being sent to bring them back they refused to come, as the natives were building them a junk out of the wreck. The capture of 20 Europeans, one lady, and several Lascars at Ningpo, reported to belong to the brig Kite, since sup posed to be the crew of some opium schooner wrecked ; the assurances of the Ningpoites that they shall want for nothing, and that they shall be given up as soon as the island of Chu san is vacated. The arrival of the Madagascar from Pe-che lee, with intelligence that the emperor is most anxious to treat, and offering Lantao in exchange for Chusan. Seven transports have been ordered to be in readiness for sea, and it is supposed two regiments will be sent to take pos session of Lantao. Authentic intelligence has just arrived concerning the prisoners at Ningpo, that they are the crew of the Kite ;. Lieut. Douglas of the royal navy is amongst the number. Advices have come to the admiral that one of the head mandarins will be at Canton on the 18th proximo, for the purpose of negociating, and it is supposed the admiral will leave this for that place in a few days. Sept. 30. It appears that the Kite got on shore at Ningpo, and of course the whole crew were captured. The admiral is just outside the inner harbour, in the Wel lesley. The report that the whole land force will winter here is gaining ground. A chop has been sent to the Ningpo mandarins by the admiral about Anstruther : the answer has not yet come. Tne reply, whatever it may be, will be a key to the recent conference at Pe-che-lee. The Wellesley not having come inside looks as if she was not destined to remain here long ; however, nothing is known of the destination of any of the naval people. MACAO. DEFEAT OF THE CHINESE. (From the Canton Press, Aug. 8.) On Tuesday last, her majesty's ships, Druid, Columbine, Larne, Hyacinth, and Nimrod, anchored in these roads, and left again on Thursday last, with the exception of her Ma jesty's ship Larne, the two former for the Bogue and Cap singmoon, the Hyacinth for the Broadway, and the Nimrod for Chusan. The reports which we noticed last week as to their probable movements have not been confirmed, but we hail the entering of the Hyacinth into the Broadway as an earnest that the blockade of the Canton river will hencefor ward be strictly enforced. It is with the deepest sorrow we have to announce that a British subject has probably fallen into the hands of the Chinese, Mr. F. Stanton, formerly tutor to the sons of the late Mr. R. Turner. FIGHT AT THE BARRIER It will be seen from the circular copied below, addressed by Captain Smith to the British subjects resident here, that his Excellency the Governor informed him that the Taoutae had left Macao on the 11th of this month for the sole purpose of laying before the Viceroy Lin the strongest demands for the release of Mr. Stanton. On Monday, the 17th, the Taoutae returned, but without Mr. Stanton, and we are in formed that the only answer he gave was, that it was impos sible that Mr. Stanton could be liberated, he not having been seized on Portuguese territory, and that besides he, the Taoutae, had brought with him a number of soldiers to assist the Portuguese in driving away the English. It was known before, and we stated it last week, that strong additions had been made to the fortifications at the barrier and to the num ber of the garrison there, and a great many boats filled with soldiers were on Tuesday seen to pass through the inner har bour towards the barrier, where also were stationed eight war-junks, which before had been anchored opposite the town of Macao. The hon. company's steamer Enterprise left the road here for Capsingmoon soon after the return of the Taoutae was known, and returned on Tuesday in company with her Majesty's ship Druid, and towing the transport Nazaruth Schah, having the Bengal Volunteers on board. From the Taoutae's answer it was evident that the Chinese had hostile intentions towards the English residents in Macao, and there seemed but the alternative of quietly await ing the attack or to check them by falling upon their first. On Wednesday morning, the 19th, her Majesty's ships Hyacinth and Larne were seen getting under weigh, standing towards Fisherman's Bay. and the Bengal Volunteers were embarked on board the steamer, whilst we saw nine boats filled with marines and sailors leave the Druid, and following in the same direction as the Hyacinth and Lame. The weather was favourable, a light southerly breeze wafting the ships very soon to a favourable position right in front of the barrier and the fortifications there, a distance of only about 600 yards. At about half-past one o'clock the Hyacinth began the can nonade, which was answered by the Chinese from their fort, or rather breastwork,. consisting of pyramids of sand-bags, having each a foundation of about nine yards square, and upon which the 32-pounders made little or no impression. The Chinese had altogether 24 guns in the embrasures of this fortification, 16 of which were pointed towards the ships, but their fire was very soon silenced by tue Hyacinth and Larne, after the guns had been only thrice fired. The neck of land on which the barrier is built is just there only about 100 yards wide, and close to the land on the inside were anchored the eight junks already mentioned, of which from the ships only the masts could be seen, the hulls being hid and in a great measure sheltered from shot by the land. There was besides, on this side of the barrier, and on territory hitherto consi dered as subject to Portuguese jurisdiction, a joss.house, or temple, where there were several cannon, from which a brisk fire was kept up upon the ships, and it was observed that these guns carried further than those from the junks, many of whose shot fell short of the ships. Though several balls passed over the ships, they received no injury in their hulls, but a few balls passed through the awning and sails of the Hyacinth. After the engagement had begun, the garrison at the joss-house was reinforced by about 300 Chinese soldiers, who marched to it from the town of Macao. There was be- sides a considerable encampment filled with soldiers just be hind the barrier, and sheltered by a saadhill, and it is sup posed that there must altogether have been about 2000 Chinese soldiers on the spot, of whom a considerable portion were armed with matchlocks. The distance trom the barrier to Macao being scarcely two miles, the whole of the engagement was witnessed from the town, and numerous spectators, Chinese, as well as Portuguese and foreigners, crowned the adjacent heights. From half-past one until about half-past three o'clock the ships kept up a heavy fire upon the fort and the junks behind, which was latterly only faintly answered from the junks, but with more spirit from the joss -house. Parties of soldiers were seen running to and fro between the barrier and the joss -house, often interrupted in their course by the shot passing over them or ploughing up the ground near them, when they would cower down, or creep along on all fours. Twice we saw them remove a dead or wounded soldier. At about half-past two the English troops began to be landed on the beach, at some distance from and on the Chinese side of the tort. Some Chinese soldiers here, favoured by the rising ground, crept and fired upon the parties landing, but a field-piece was brought on shore and planted on the height, and a sharp fire kept up from it upon the Chinese encamp ment below, upon the juas, and latterly also upon the joss house, which by the positive orders from Captain Smith had WI then been spared, as being considered on neu t ra l groun d ; but when the firing from it continued, a ll p re t ence t o neu trality of course ceased, and a great number of soldiers were soon seen flying out of it, and from some matsheds, through which a few balls yvere sent, and running back to Macao. At a little after four, all the troops being landed (180 sipahis, 120 marines, and 80 seamen, commanded by Captain Mee, of the Bengal volunteers), they'marched upon the tort, which they found deserted, but a fire, hen already in the fort, was opened upen them from the junks and the joss-house, which was soon silenced by the musketry from the volunteers. The Chinese still on board the junks tried to save themselves by leaping into the water, where many, it is thought, were killed. Two of the guns in the fort (they were very large and heavy, in bulk equal to 32-pounder carronades, though bored for 18-pounders only) were disabled, the carriage of the one being splintered, and the other broken to pieces by a shot. All the guns were spiked, and every thing else in the fort de stroyed and burnt. A powder magazine blew up, and two men, we are sorry to say, were severely hurt by the explosion. The Chinese encampinent was next burnt, and, in fact, every thing found on that side of the fort destroyed, with the ex ception of the junks, which escaped being burnt from there being no boats available to get at them. Many of them were, however; so much injured by shot, that they will pro. ably never float again. The joss -house, Irom which the t fire had been kept up, escaped destruction, as being a neutral ground, very much to the disappointment of the lssailauts, who could only by the strictest orders be restrained from attacking it sword in hand. Indeed, during this affair, Captain Smith seems to have been most anxious not to violate in the slighest decree the neutrality of the territory of Macao, although the Chinese had no such scruples, for not only was the joss -house on this side of the barrier, and th- fore on Portuguese ground, but the greatest part of the soldiers that occupied it, marched to it from the town of Macao itself. The forbearance of Captain Smith in not at tacking the enemy on neutral ground arose, no doubt, from due consideration of the very peculiar position in which Macao is placed with regard to the Chinese, and we hope that his conduct will in future be imitated by the Chinese, who can have no reason whatever for complaining of the Por tuguese in this affair, when even their soldiers, although en gaged in active hostilities, were spared because they were on neutral ground. Tim English had four men badly, and two slightly wounded ; a marine had his arm shattered by a ball, and had to submit to amputation of the limb; another was shot in the body, and two, as we had already said, badly injured by the explosion of the powder magazine- The loss of the Chinese cannot be known with any degree of certainty. Those connected with their mandarins state it at only four killed ; but other state ments are about 50 or b 0 killed, and double the number wounded, and are probably more correct. One shot was seen to strike a tanka boat plying between the junks, and pulled by two women ; the boat was shivered to pieces, and nothing was seen of the poor women, who, it is possible, however, may have escaped, they being all expert swimmers. We hear that the Chinese soldiers ascribe their defeat to the cowardice of their officers, who they say were the first to run away, and that they were therefore obliged to follow their example. What the result of this affair may be it is difficult to foresee, but we hope that having received this severe lesson, the Chinese will hereafter refrain from troubling .Macao. The Chinese population here have been very quiet ever since, with the exception of .many.families removing. • The Tanta', it area rgmONTO, bratdbapfewd tippc tlght, but yrs I , :aftv he is pow at easabiznq, Tho Ketpa.rnio. , oo And Tuoßtong Dave also left Maeao. slated on Monday last:— . " MAQAp, AUG. 17, 1840. Sir,—As the British community residing in Macao must be deeply interested in the fate of Mr. Stanton, lately seized by the Chinese, I have now to request you will be pleased to make known to them, that assurances have been received from the governor of Macao, by her Majesty's officers, that the Taoutae, Yth, left Macao at seven p. m. on the 11th inst., fur the sole purpose of laying before the Viceroy Lin the strongest demands for the release of the aforesaid British subject ; and his excellency has been kind enough to state that he will make known at the earliest period the result of this officer's mission. I have, &c., The following lette " H. SMITH BOMBAY, DEC. 1, 1840.—November has leen an important month in India. The points of highest interest are four— viz., Affghanistan, Scinde, Lahore, and China. In Affghanistan the attempts of Dost Mahomed to master that country have failed. He was totally defeated on the 2d of November by Major-General Sir Robert Sale, and having escaped from the battle, he fled to Cabul, and surrendered himself to the British Envoy (Sir W. M'Naghten). Several excellent officers have fallen in the conflicts—viz., Captain Conolly, Dr. Lord, Lieutenant Broadfoot, and Lieutenant Crispin, and others were wounded. The surrender of the Dost will, it is hoped, secure peace to Schah Soojah. In Scinde there has been some fighting. Misseer, the young Khan of Beloochistan, with 5000 men, attacked, plun dered, and burned Dadur, in sight of an intrenched camp of 400 British sepoys, who dared not hazard themselves out, of their fortified position. The Beloochees took their plunder to the hills, but before they left Dadur, one of their chiefs, who had the care of Lieutenant Loveday, the late British po litical agent in Khelat, had him murdered beside a tree, to which he was tied as a prisoner. The body was found warm by the British troops under Major Boscawen, and a faithful servant who attended Lieutenant Loveday to the last told the details. General Nott, at the head of a corps of the Bengal army, entered Khelat on, the 4th, but he found it undefended and empty. In Laliore, Maharajah Kurruck Singh, the son and suc cessor to the far famed Runjeet, died on the sth, as it is said, of the effects of poison and had treatment. One of his wives and some female attendahis were burnt with his body. His son and heir, Nou-Nehal Sinah, a violent opponent of the British, on returning from the funeral met with an accidept ; the great beam of one of the gates fell on the elephant on which he was riding, killed one of his friends, and so severely ihjured the young king that he lived but a few hours. His death has lessened the risk of war in Lahore. The want of a lawful heir was much felt. Shere Singh, an illegitimate son of Runjeet, has been raised to the throne. One of Nou- Nehal's wives claims it for a child, of which she states herself to be pregnant three months. EGYPT. The Advices from Alexandria come down to the 24th ult., On which day the Great Liverpool sailed with the India mails. The plague had appeared at Alexandria earlier than usual, and several deaths had been announced. • Ibrahim. Pacha was still at Damascus with his army, to which he had returned in ill health, in the expectation that the Napier convention would have admitted of his returning to Alexandria by sea. Mehemet had again written to Adtnirail Stopford, offering to expedite the return of his son. Sir Charles Smyth arrived at Alexandria in the Hydra on the 17th ultimo, and after an in terview with the Pacha, placed that steamer at his disposal for the purpose of conveying his dispatch to Marmorice. Sir Charles left Alexandria in the Great Liverpool. Sickness prevaled at Acre to an alarming extent. The absurd conduct of the new Turkish governor had greatly exasperated the mountaineers • indeed, there seems to be no hop e th a t th e Porte will be able to govern the Lebanon. Mehemet AB con tinued still to make preparations defence, in the event of the rejection of Admiral Stopford's proposals by the Porte. ALEXANDRIA, DEC. 24, Noon. The Great Liverpool is starting with the Indian mail and passengers, and I have only time to mention that the Pacha has received intelligence (through the French Consulate at Damascus) that Ibrahim Pacha had a desperate engagement with the Druses on the 4th of this month, at Zahle, in which he had defeated them, with the loss of 5,000 men and 20 of their chiefs. The latter were put to death after the battle. Ibrahim's force is estimated at 70,000 men, with 30,000 women and children. He had put his troops in winter clothing, and was intent on resuming his march southwards, to enter Egypt as soon as the weather permitted. The mails and passengers from Suez having crossed the desert in safety under the Pacha's escort of horse, arrived here an hour after midnight, and were taken on board with out delay this morning. Sir Charles Smith is also on board the Liverpool, going certainly as far as Gibraltar, perhaps to England. He leaves Colonel Mitchell in command on the coast of Syria. Rein forcements are spoken of as absolutely necessary to compen sate for the sickness experienced there by the British as well as Turkish troops. The Cleopatra steamer left Bombay on the Ist of Decem ber, and arrived at Suez on the 18th, at three, p.m., and at Alexandria on the 24th, at one, a.m. MALTA The Great Liverpool ste a mer a rrived off the harbour last night, and came into the port this morning, having left Alex andria on the 24th ult. She brings a mail from India, dis patched from Bombay the Ist ult., by the Cleopatra steamer, which arrived at Suez on the 18th. (From a Correspondent.) MALTA, DEC. 28 MEHEMET ALI'S SUBMISSION. Up to the moment of departure of the Acheron for Mar seilles, the steamer ea pected from Marmorice, with the result of Captain Fanshawe's mission, has not arrived, but we may venture to anticipate it, by stating that we have strong rea son to believe that the Sultan will not receive the submission, and consequently refuse to reinstate Mehemet Ali, in which case the Pacha will resist to the last, and will, if pressed, retire into the interior, even as far as Sennaar, with Ibrahim Pacha and his army; but it appears doubtful whether the troops will remain faithful ; in a contrary case, Mehemet Ali and his son will be obliged to surrender, should they escape with their lives. Unfortunately for him, his submission was only nominal, and not accompanied by acts. EXTENSIVE & CALAMITOUS FIRE AT DUBLIN (From the Dublin Evening Mail of:Monday.) On Saturday morning a most calamitous and destructive fire occurred at the extensive premises of Mr. John S. Folds. The entire of his splendid printing-office, with its valuable stock of type, is burned to the ground. The printing-office was situated behind Mr. Fold's dwelling-house, on Bachelor's walk—the rere of the premises reaching the South Lotts. The fire was first observed by the policeman on duty in the Lotts, who perceived a flame issuing from the rere of the printing-office about four o'clock on Saturday morning ; the alarm was instantly given at the dwelling-house ; in a few minutes Mr. Folds himself entered the printing-office from the other side—he was met on his entrance by a burst of flames proceeding from the staircase, a quarter of the pre mises at a considerable distance, and completely separated from that in which the policeman had first observed the fire. The flames burst forth simultaneously in different parts of the house, and all attempts to save the valuable property from the devouring element were in vain. Some delay occurred in the arrival of the engines. On their arrival the supply of water was abundant. The police force exerted themselves with the most praiseworthy zeal, and by nine o'clock on Sa turday morning the fire was got under, not, however, until the whole of the building, and all the valuable stock of type on the premises had been utterly-destroyed. Mr. Carleton of the Sun, Mr. Life of the Caledonian, Mr. Robinson of the Patriotic, and Mr. Studdart of the Atlas Insurance Offices, were especially active in their efforts to extinguish the flames ; great praise is also due to Mr. Baillie (of the house of Messrs. Wilson, type - founders), who made great exertions to save such portions of the paper and printed work as could 'be reached. Th 3 loss of property is immense— the value of the type and paper consumed, with that of the building, exceeds at the lowest consumption £5,000, and we regret to add, that this heavy loss falls - entirely on Mr: Folds, who is not covered by insurance. • The only portion which escaped is a separate building, in which the machinery stands, which was insured ; but on the • printing-office; which has been burnt to the ground, - the insurance bad been• suffered to expire ; Mr. _Folds had - actually taken steps to renew it, and this day, we believe, - the• policy would have been completed. For tunately a great deal of • valuable property belonging to of the booksellers had just been withdrawn from the -room under the printing-office, or the loss would been still greater, as nearly all its contents were con sumed. Messrs. Curry and Co. had a narrow escape of losing the entire impression of this month's University Ma gazine and Charles O'Malley, which, had the tire occurred a week earlier,• must have been destroyed. The origin of this calamitous fire is - enveloped in mystery ; it is strongly sus pected, and not without-reason, to have been the work of an incendiary. At five o'clock the preceding evening all the workmen had left the - office, and the premises were shut up ; Mr. Fold's confidential caretaker before closing them having as usual, gone through the whole of the apartments without a light, and Mr. Folds himself turned the main cock of the gas pipe, which effectually prevented the possibility of any risk from gas ; all was then perfectly secure, the fires in the stoves of the printing-office perfectly extinguished, and it is a singular fact, that on this day these fires bad been by ac cident permitted to die out, so that the men in the office to wards evening complained bitterly of the cold; the only fire kept up on the premises was one in the reader's room ; and it is strange that this room, though situated off the printing office, has escaped the conflagration, and is still standing uninjured. At two o'clock Mr. Folds retired to rest, and there was then not the least appearance of fire about the printing-office, the front windows of which look towards the d uw au g was g-hous e e n . wrp T a w p o ed h i o n u fi rs om af e t s. afterwards the the fie wastheentrire of the .bgot presentedmetal ofa mostwhie h the melancholy types appearan ce , wete e o posed lying a mong the ruins, all that rema ned of the vain masses under the of premises te able property in type. No clue has yet been discovered as to the strange circumstances connected -with this lamentable molt molten destruction of property. All was safe at five o'clock in the evening, when the premises were locked up , and 1,0 one in t Mr. Fold's employment could have had access to them after hour. There is nothing to account for the extreme ra pidity with which the fire burned in opposite parts of the premises, almost at the same instant ; and when is added to this the sin g ular ill-fortune that the devouring element should have as it were selected that portion of the premises , which was not pro t ec t e d by insurance, on which, however, I In a late number of our paper, we had occasion, in con nexion with the recent melancholy shipwrecks and loss of life at this port, to speak of a man whose name, as we then stated, was in every persons mouth, viz. Mr. Mg.rtin Douglass, formerly of this town, who, for many years, was ever first in the scene of danger to save life in cases of ship wreck. Since that lamentable occurrence the - circumstances of many of Mr. Douglass's exertions have been made the subject of -conversation at numerous firesides in this neigh bourhood. The intense anxiety with which the accounts were received by the juvenile hearers, while their sires or grandsires were communicating the details, afforded many proofs of the general feeling of sympathy that pervades the human breast, when the peril of human life is brought under our serious consideration, and tended greatly to show, that we are almost as susceptible of sympathetic impressions when scenes of danger are related that are past or distant, as when the occurrences have been witnessed by our own eyes. For the entertainment of our readers generally, who take an interest in such matters, we have compiled a few of the most interesting of the occurrences in question, in which Mr. Douglass's skill and intrepidity have been manifested; a perusal of which, we doubt not, will be considered worthy of attention. About forty years ago, a new vessel of about 300 tons bur then, named the Ajax, Captain Hall, sailed out of this harbour with part of her cargo of coals on board, it being intended to ship the remainder in the roads out of keels, which was then customary with large vessels, as the great improvements in deepening tile harbour were not then effected. A violent storm came on, and the vessel became so much endangered that all hopes of saving the crew, consisting of thirteen per sons, together with a custom-house officer, were given up by the people generally on shore, for at that time no life-boat was established here. the vessel either broke from, or dragged her anchors, so that she drove upon a rock to the north of the harbour. The danger of goirig off to her was therefore greatly increased, as it was considered that, in such a tremendous sea, no boat could live one moment among the rocks in broken water. This. being the opinion of the most experienced of the pilots and seamen, all others followed their example, anu none would attempt an effort to save the crew, until Martin Douglass, who was then an active young man, of undaunted courage, and possessing great skill as a pilot. boldly volunteered to go off to the vessel in a cable. With much difficulty he succeeded in prevailing upon other three men to accompany him. After a long and severe struggle they reached the vessel, and succeeded in taking part of the crew from the foretop, to which they had fled for safety, as they were in danger of being washed off the deck by th e sea breaking over the maul. The boat returned to the shore with those of the crew rescued, 'who were landed in safety. Mr. Douglass, nothing daunted, prevailed upon his three assistants to go off with him again, to endeavour to save the remainder of the crew. They, again reached the vessel, and a few more of the ship's crew got into the boat with great difficulty ; the whole, however, could not get into the b oa t a t that time, as she was dri v e n from the vessel and swamped. She filled with water and drove to the beach, and all on board the boat landed in safety, except the gallant Martin Doug lass, who still remained in her. The assistants being completely drenched with wet and exhausted, would not venture off again. During the second attempt, one ofthe boat's crew, named Michael Watson, was' washed overboard, and had a very narrow escape for his life, but he was caught hold of by Mr. Douglass, and hauled into the boat. After some delay and great persuasion, Mr. Douglass obtained a fresh boat's crew, who proceeded with him to the vessel on his third attempt, when the whole of the remaining crew were taken from the vessel. But the custom-house-officer, Cuthbert Hall, being an infirm old man, could not get into the boat, as the violence with which she was dashed to and fro gave no opportunity to any but the most active of persons ; he therefore unavoidably perished. The boat returned safe to land, and the vessel became a total wreck. Those efforts being performed as above described, amongst rocks, in broken water, in an extraordinary violent sea, and in an open coble, have been considered by the oldest of our seafaring inhabi tants, to be the most daring and adventurous ever attempted on this coast. In another heavy storm, when a number of pilots' cobles were between the piers attending upon several vessels that were coming in from sea, on the last vessel arriving, one co bit', containing four men, ventured out near to the pier end, where the sea was exceedingly boisterous. The coble was upset, and the men clung to her while she was bottom up. i n which situation they re ma i ne d f or near an hour. None of the other cobles' crews would - venture out into the heavy sea, lest they should also be upset, as it was thought that no boat could live, and there was then no life-boat. Mr. Douglass was on shore at the time, but being informed of the occur rence, he and three of his brothers instantly manned their coble, and proceeded to the scene of danger. They found the men nearly all exhausted ; but, however, they succeeded in rescuing them from their perilous situation. Two of the crew were brothers—viz., William Thurlbeck, now of the Granby Arms, in this town, and Michael Thurlbeck, the latter of whom was drowned. The other men, together with the four Douglasses, landed in safety. About twenty years ago three ships, viz. the Lady Anna belle, the Mary and Susan, and the Billy Pitt, sailed out of this harbour, partly coal-laden, and took in the remainder of their cargoes in the roads. A very heavy storm came on, with the wind at north-east. During the night, all the three vessels dragged their anchors, and drove near to the South Rocks, till brought up upon the foul ground among broken water. Great fears were entertained that, on the falling tide, the ships would beat to pieces, if even their anchors should hold, which was considered verp unlikely, from the distance they had previously dragged. It was therefore considered necessary to send off both the life-boats to bring the crews on shore. They were therefore brought out and manned ; Mr. Douglass being in the second boat that put off from the shore. At this juncture, the wind shifting from N.E. to N.N.W., Mr. Douglass considered, that if the change were taken advantage of, not only might the lives of the crew be saved, but the vessels also rescued from their dangerous situ ation. The first life-boat had gone alongside the Lady An nabelle, and the crew were seen going into her, with intent to abandon the ship, in which case she must have become a wreck by violent beating bejore the next flood tide. Mr. Douglass hailed the Annabella's crew from the second life boat, and told them to take the advantage which the change of wind afforded, and to use their endeavours to save the ship, by putting a spring on their cable, and on getting out, to run for the southward, and bring up near to Hartlepool ; which instructions were attended to, and proved successful. The second, life-boat proceeded to the Mary and Susan, when Mr. Douglass and four of his crew went on board. The boat then proceeded to the Billy Pitt, with instructions from Mr. Douglass how to act in order to get the vessel out to sea. Springs were put in each of the cables, and the vessels were got off, and, though the gale was violent, they were enabled to keep off the land. By these efforts of skilful pilotage, all the three vessels were preserved from becoming wrecks. On another occasion, under the additional disadvantages of its being a very dark night, and in a very heavy storm and boisterous sea, the cries of a ship's crew were heard on shore, as if proceeding from a direction among the rocks, to the north of this harbour. The life-boat was launched, and a public alarm given ; but the prospect being so dismal, for some time no person then present would venture off. At length Mr. Douglass arrived at the spot, and bearing the cries, though no vessel could be seen from the darkness of the night, he manfully proposed to go off and invited a crew to man the boat, which with difficulty he obtained. They proceeded and nearly reached the vessel, which they could scarcely see, but knew from hearing the cries of the crew very distinctly, that they could not be far off. A heavy sea, however, broke over the boat, and nearly turned her over, when several of the oars were driven away. They were therefore obliged to return to the shore for more oars, which were soon procured, but the crew, all but Mr. Douglass, stepped on shore and would not again return on board, so that a fresh crew was then required. Mr. Douglass's bro ther happened to be on the beach at the time, and volun teered to go into the boat. After some time, a crew was obtained and the boat again proceeded. On coming near to the vessel, they found that she was nearly on her broad side, on the N.E. extremity of the rock, and that the crew were In the main top. To avoid the danger of being dashed upon the rock, by which the boat might be broken to pieces, they proceeded round to the weather side, on the N. E. of the vessel, where they had much difficulty to keep the boat from being stove against the ship's side. The ship's crew were desired to descend the rigging on the weather side in two divisions, and on the word ` drop' being called, to drop from the main chains ; which arrangement proved successful. The whole of the men got into the boat, and were landed in safety. The vessel proved to be the Betsy and Ellen, or some such name, of Shields. In the morning her wreck was strewed all along the shore. HOVIQUA, THE HONG ME RCHANT.—Originally a menial servant, Howqua has arisen to be one of the first merchants in the world, and his integrity, honour, and good faith, as a commercial man, cannot be surpassed by any merchant on the Royal Exchange. His teas to this day are superior in quality, arid in the quality of their excellence, to those of the other merchants ; and tea-dealers in England, who have his name marked on the chests which they receive into their warehouse, can speak to the even nature of the quality con tained in each chest. As a merchant, his word may be relied on to a greater extent than can perhaps be believed by those who know him not. He would tell me any day of the week the rates of exchange at Hamburgh, London, or New York, Bombay, Madras, or Calcutta; and a capacious memory and a cool head enabled him to calculate, without difficulty, the probable profit or loss of any investment in goods or money. Regularity, system, and attentinn, seem to be the leading characteristics of Howqua's commercial life, whilst a mature judgment, aided by a retentive memory, and a quiet insight into the general business of the world, seem to have led him onward from a humble place in life to the station of the head Hong merchant of Canton .. . Upon once asking one of his country men t o . what he attri buted Howqiiit's success, and how he accounted for that portion of respect and influence which Howqua appeared to have acquired over his countrymen, the answer was—" With Howqua everything is of importance ; in whatever he is engaged—in whatever he has any interest, however small— that affair is with him of consequence." I have had many conversations with Howqua, and I seldom left him without feeling that I had been conversing with an intellectual per son—with one who was superior by far to the majority of his countrymen—with one whose opinion was worthy of at tention, and whose word as a merchant was equal to his bond.—Sketches from the " Bristol Times," by a late Re sident in China. PORT OF LIVERPOOL Number of Vessels, with their amount of Tonnage, Reported in. wards at the Custom-house, from the 25th Oct. to the 249 November; 1840, viz.— . Africa Australia British America Belgium China Guernsey .. East Indies France ... Germany Holland Iceland Isle of Man Jersey Mediterranean Portugal Prussia Russia Sweden, &c South America. British. Foreign. TOTAL. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons 6 1 7 92 1 100 7 169: 56 32077 0 0 36 1575 - 1 59 - 17 3507 - 6 712 - 2 - 388 24 5629 0 0 23 5434 Spain lO 725 United States West Indies Ireland and Coastwise. 786 108829 4 366 o 0 O 0 o o / 128 0 1 116 O 0 O 0 O 0 6 1925 2 850 o 0 O 0 24 13570 O 0 O 0 1 103 13 5755 4 540 2 459 I 116 o 0 36 1575 1 59 17 3507 8 971 2 388 - 27 14768 - 12 2744 - 786 108829 1001 171398 41 17514 1043 1 88912 Vessels and Tonnage entered the Port of Liverpool, in the Month ending 24th /Covemoert 1839 and 1840. 1840 Liverpool.... 1042 vessels 18 8 9 12 tons Runcorn .. 172 8521 1214 vessels 197433 tons, 1839 Liverpool, Runcorn . 1320 vessels 1972 4 tons Decrease 169 tons increase TUESDAY, JANUARY s.—Wind N.E. ARRlVED.—Hercules, —, from Trieste—and Speedwell, Vin cent, from Seville. Cognac Packet, Todhunter, from the Cape of Good Hope, at St. Helena, and sailed 11th Nov. for London Ingleborough, -, from Bristol, off the Cape of Good Hope, for Bombay Charles Hamerton, hence and St. Vincent, at Cape Haytien Elizabeth, Robinson, hence at Trinidad Avon, Robinson, hence at St.Kitt's, and saiied 14th Nov. for St. Wave, Dench, hence at Newfoundland Brothhes, Lewis, hence at Leghorn Jane & Jessie, Campbell, hence at ditto Cisar, Mierinck ; Joseph, Potlich ; Industrie, Zellein, and Jupi ter, Schroeder, hence at Ostend • George Fyle, Pike, from Sincapore, at Deal Liverpool, Potter, from Para, at ditto Sir John Franklin, Renthwick, from Rio Janeiro, at ditto Albion, Valpy, from Quebec, at ditto Evergreen, Henry, from Quebec, at Portsmouth Espadarto, Situabel, from Lisbon, at Beaumaris In consequence of the N.E. wind cutting off the tide. the Co lumbia (steamer) for Halifax and Boston, was mnable to get out of dock this morning, but will proceed to sea this evening. H.M. Steamer Men and the Earl of Bidewater (steamer.) were in contact this morning off George'sr Pie g r, where the latter sunk. The Merlin was enabled to proceed with the Dublin mail The bowsprit, beam knee, and bulwarks of a vessel, apparently a smack, base been washed on shore at the Magazines Wm. Sharpies, , hence for Bombay, was spoken 14th Dec. in lat. 50 0, long. 19 30 Mischief, —, hence for Ancona, was spoken 31st Dec. in lat. 49 28, long, 17 20 CAPE TOWN, Oct. 13.—Vixen, Tinley. from Liverpool, which arrived here ioth October, was fired into by a brig on the morning of the 31st August. The Vixen saw the brig ahead at noon on the 30th, topgallant sail just visible above the horizon, and both vessels on the starboard tack. At one a.m. 31st August, the Vixen came up to the brig, and it being very dark and squally, determined to run to leeward some distance, and then had her wind again. This was done to avoid giving any uneasiness on board the brig, from the near neighbourhood of such a clipper-looking schooner. The brig, however, much to the astonishment of Captain Tinley, bore up and ran down towards him, and when within ball, fired a gun from his taffrail at the Vixen, and, on passing her stern, endeavoured to rake her by firing a very heavy shotted gun, which very nearly dismasted her, the shot passing through the Vixen's spars.—Mem. The Vixen will, no doubt, be the schooner that was fired at by the Magnet on the supposition of her being p. pirate. Dom. Jan. I.—The Herrrionie, Sehabating, arrived here from , Liverpool for Rotterdam, leaky WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6.—Wind N.N.E, ARRlVED.—Wakefield, —, from Quebec. SA I LED.—Brilliant, Webster; Josephine, Scott, and Lotus, Head, for Barbadoes—Charlotte, Davidson, for Jamaica—Tiber, Lamb, for Bahia—lsaac Allerton, Farry, and Clinton, Little for New Orleans—Superb, Mowatt, for Messina—Young Queen, Chal mers, for Rio Janeiro—Roseland, Ball, for Palermo—Peru, Bate son, for Marseilles and Monte Video—Elizabeth, Stone, for Genoa —Beiram, Vl , oolner, for Constantinople—Currency, Parker, for the Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta—Villa de Napoli, Martino, and Dishon, for Naples—Pauline, Boer, for Rotterdam—Jupiter, Carter, for Boston—Wilton, Wilson, for Port-au-prince—Prompt, Morton, for Charleston—Helen Jane, White, for Batavia—Mary Jane, Wont', for Trinidad—John Bentley, Desbro, for Savannah—Visiter, Lock, for Lisbon—Novo Felix, Trinidade, for Oporto—Valerosa, Mera, for Havana—Kate, Nickleby, Hamilton, for Cuba—Fenella, Wakeham, for Malaga—Frances Ann, Thompson, for Calcutta— Gazelle, . Lamzed, for Newfoundland—Dragos, Obelovich, for Trieste—Favourite, Harvey, for Havre—Britannia, Volum, for Leghorn—Promptidas, Leas, for Lisbon. en, Joy, hence at Bahia Margaret Elizabeth, M'lver, and Mary EU Priscilla, Taylor, hence at Pernambuco Jubilee, Anderson, and Regina Victoria , Basso, hence at Rio Jenny Jones, (late Pidgeon,) hence and Cori u, at Zante John Cumming, Vigors, hence at Havre Mary, Gress, for Ostend, that sailed this morning, has put back with loss of bowsprit, having been in contact with another vessel. Sherbrooke, O'Brien, hence for Mobile, was spoken the 6th Dec. in lat. 29 0,10 n. 38 0. Ann Hall, Bates, hence for Mobile, was spoken 17th Dec. in lat. 47 0, lon. 30 0. Sarah, Miller, hence for Malta,was spoken 31st Dec. in lat. 45 0, lon. 12, e. Blake, from Calcutta, to this port, was spoken in the Bay of Bengal. Bradshaw, Milroy, hence for Charleston, was spoken 4th Dec. in lat. 30 0, lon. 35 0. KINGSTON, sth Jan.—Krnysna, Bowles, from the Cape of Good Hope, parted one cable and slipped the other, in the Bay, and in running in struck heavily at the entrance of the old harbour, and is leaky. BSAUMARIS, Jan. s.—The Mountaineer, (steamer) from Liver pool to Swansea, got upon one of the SWilly Rocks, yesterday, and it is feared will be a wreck : a small part of her cargo had been landed. The Robert, Lawson, from Savanilla to Liverpool, out go days, put in here to-day short of provisions and water, and all her sails blown away, except the' topsail. The Beverley keeps to. gether, and is being unrigged; hopes are entertained of being able to bring her in here. THURSDAY. JANUARY 7 —Wind E.S.E SAILED.—North America, Lowber, for New York—John Knox, Forrest, and Santon, Huxtable, for Calcutta—Post Boy, Lovering, for Azores—Orestes, Cook, for Sydney—lsabella, Campbell, for Leghorn—Atwick, Robinson, for Bahia—Speed, Pentreath, for Mobile—Lee, Bowness, for Jamaica, &c.—May, Brown, for Africa —and Hudson, Leggett, for Constantinople. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street, Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : TIMES OF DEPARTUR. 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 PP „ 12 8 15 a.m. First Class Of 1 15 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class ), 4 p.m. 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class „ „ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 6 0 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.rs. 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 $ 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed PS „ 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. ~ 7 0 p.m. „ „ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO.LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 IS a.m: First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed )1 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. ,' The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. FROM CHESTER TO CREWE. 7 0 a.m. Second Class, to meet 6 a.m. Train from Liver pool and Manchester. 11 15 a.m. First Class, to meet 10 30 a.m. Train from Liver pool and Manchester. FROM CREWE TO CHESTER. 2 0 p.m. First Class, on arrival of 11 30 a.m. Train from Birmingham. 6 30 p.m. Second Class, on arrival of 3 30 p.m. Train from Birmingham, and 4 p.m. Train from Liverpool and Manchester. There will be no Trains on Sunday until further notice. BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD. . 10 0 .. 12 0 Afternoon 2 0 the roost soltsablo PF o Pert, IfaS placod, GO that tills oalswitY should have occurred just berore the 'insurance should have been effected, the whole matter aunears surrounded with mystery PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM SHIPWRECK (From the Sunderland Herald.) SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Three o'clock MEETING OF THE TOWN COUNCIL, APPOINTMENT OF GOVERNOR AND CHAPLAIN TO THE BOROUGH GAOL, This morning the Council met pursuant to adjournment, in the Town-ball. The MAYOR presided. Mr. Jour/ HotmEs proposed that Mr. fluyton be elected Governor of the Borough Gaol. Mr. HOUGHTON seconded the motion. Mr. J. HORNRY proposed Mr. W. H. Griffiths, late Go vernor of the Salop County Gaol. Mr. FREME seconded the motion. No other candidate was proposed. Mr. Griffiths' name was eventually withdrawn, and Mr. II uyton was unanimously elected [ark eta. - "'"*".. 1 10.--. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 6 There was a much better show of Beasts to-day than on this day week, but of Sheep much about the same. The quality of Beef was very good, hut it exceeded the demand, prices gave way id per lb. Prime Mutton as last reported. Best Beef, 6d to 6&d; in ferior, 5d to 6d. Best Mutton, 6,i to 'Zit'; middling and Ewes, 5d to bid per lb sinking the offal. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JAN '1 The severity of the weather, hardens the nerves of holders of Butter, and prices axe looking up. There is not any alteration in the value of pickled Butter—the demand steady. Good Beef is fully as dear ;—but low qualities are plentiful, and may be purchased upon easy terms. There is a little enquiry for Pork, but nothing important will occur until ►he spring demand has commenced. Bacon is quite as dear, 505 to 52s being a fair quotation for good stuff. APFOINTMENT OF CHAPLAIN, Mr. HORNBY proposed the Rev. Thomas Carter, A.M., of Worcester College, Cambridge, and curate of Walmergley, Bury, Lancashire. Mr. G. HOLT seconded the nomination. Mr. COOPER proposed the Rev. J. Picton, A.M., of Queen's College, Cambridge, and incumbent of Stephen's Church, Liverpool. Mr. BARTON seconded the motion " Mr. PLATT moved that the Rev. H.S. Jones, B.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, and curate of St. James', Tox teth-park, be appointed, Mr. WICEE seconded the proposal. On a division the numbers were— For Mr. Carter 39 " Mr. Picton " Mr. Jones Mr. Carter was therefore declared to be appointed LIVERPOOL. CORN EXCHANGE,—THis DAY (From Messrs. R MAKIN sr SONS' Circular) The duty on foreign Rye is increased to 19s 9d, on Beans to 8s per quarter; that on other foreign, and on all colonial produce, remaining unaltered. With a return •of East winds, and intense frost during the last three days, we have had very few arrivals into this port since Tuesday ; but the large supplies of Wheat, Oatmeal, and Flour then stated, and still principally undisposed of, furnish sufficient of these articles for the present ; the demand, with the exception of a few sales of free foreign NA heat for Ireland, and shipment coastwise, forming the only feature in the trade worthy of remark, from the sth instant up to this date, during which time prices have generalli remained steady. As the inland navigation is again likely to be closed by the ice, very few local or country millers attended this day's market. Holders of Wheat, nevertheless, appeared rather more firm; and, although the transactions on the whole were inconsiderable, the current rates of Tuesday last were fully maintained, and in partial instances rather exceeded. Seeing that no further exports from Canada can be re peated until the spring, importers of barrel Flour appear mostly inclined to wait the chance of higher prices rather than accept the rates now obtainable ; the dealers, on the other hand, evincing a similar degree of indifference, we have consequently to report a very limited amount of business in this description to-day, while good reputed marks of home and Irish manufacture moved off gradually to consumers on the terms last noted. In the absence of any supply of fine malting Barley, such may be noted quite as high as of late ; while grinding sam ples were nearly without inquiry, and - nominal in value. Prime new Malt was saleable on the full terms of last week ; but ordinary qualities, being difficult of sale, were the turn cheaper. In Beans and Peas we have no change to notice. Oats, still coming forward sparingly, steadili supported our last quotations; and Oatmeal, although in limited re quest to-day, fully realized former prices. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the sth to the 7th January, 1841, inclusive DESCRIPTION _._---- - WISE. CANADA' R i l l - N. TOTAL Wheat Qrs. 61 Barley Qrs. 14 Malt Qrs. Oats Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs Pease . Qrs Shelled Barley . Qrs In&an Corn .. Rapeseed Oatmeal Flow Ditto I 936 Lois i 1552 • Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise, Wheat, qrs. ; Beans, qrs. ; Oats, 531 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 1019 loads ; Flour, sacks. EXPORTS.—Foreign. Barley, 0 qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Pease, qrs. ; Oatmeal, loads ; Flour, 506 barrels.... Ireland. Wheat, 125 qrs ; Oatmeal, Ids. ; Flour, So sacks 0 barls..... Coastwise. Wheat, 15 qrs. ; Barley, qrs. ; Malt, qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Beans, 4 qrs.; Pease, 27 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 39 lds. ; Flour, 19 sacks, 159 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Jan. 1.'1841. Wheat.. 61s. Bd. I Barley 325.11 d. Oats.. 21s. sd. Rye.. 325. 7d Beans.. 411 s. Id. I Pease ..41s. 2d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. sgs. 10.1 Barley.. 325. 6d. I Oats.. 21s. gd. 1 Rye.. 335. 10d Beans.. 41s. sd. I Pease.. 41s. 2d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheat 273.8 d. Barley 13s. 10d. I 1 Oats .... 15s. 3d. Rye.. IDs. 9a I Beans, Rs. Od. Pease .. Bs. Od. Ind. Corn Os. Od. I Flourl6s.7id Liverpool Averages, week ending sth January, 1841. ' Wheat. Barley. I Oats. I Beans. I Pease. 723 lOO5 I 525. gd. Os. ud . 21s. Id. Os. Od. Os. Od. COTTON MARKET, HAI .-PAST Two O'CLOCK, P.M The demand for Cotton is unabated, and fully 6000 bales have been sold to-day at id to 4d advance on yesterday's prices for American Surat. 2000 of the latter description have changed hands on speculation account. Consumers have purchased more freely to-day, and manifest some little uneasiness at the sudden and unexpected rise. The sales of the week are 35,000 bales, and the market closes at an advance since stock taking of 8d to id in Ameri can and Surat, and id to Id in Brazil. Speculators have taken during the week 15,000 bales LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN 6. The good demand noticed yesterday has continued throughout to-day, and from 4,000 to 5,000 bales have been sold at full prices, the market closing with a tendency upwards, and several holders withdrawing their stocks for higher prices since the departure of the Boston Mail Steamer. THURSDAY EVENING The arrival of the overland mail from India, bringing im portant news froin China, has caused a very excited market, and had holders offered their stocks freely, a large business would have been done ; as it is, from 8,000 to 10,000 bales have been sold at an advance of *d to id per lb on yesterday's prices for all descriptions of Cotton, particularly Surats, of which there are very few sellers. The trade have bought sparingly, and half of the business to.day has been for speculative account. • There has been a good deal of excitement, and many think that the intelligence does not warrant so rapid an advance ; and from the middling purchases made by the trade, it is evident thay will only buy tor their immediate wants. Brazil Cotton is getting scarce, and holders very firm for higher prices. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, JANUARY 5. (From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott 6- Son.) Although the winds have been westerly since Tuesday last, and have admitted arrivals, partially, of Grain and Flour from Ireland, the United States, Canada, the Baltic, and coastways, from London, to a considerable extent, still the imports have not come up to the general expectations, and with a demand only to a very limited extent, we can note no alteration in prices of any article in the corn trade during the week. The thaw did continue from Tuesday until yesterday, (Monday) since which we have had a recurrence of very severe frost. The duty on Wheat from foreign ports is increased to 27s 8d per quarter, and on Flour to 1667 rrl per barrel; also, on Barley, Indian Corn and Buck Wheat, to 13s 10d per quarter since Friday last; — on other Grain no alteration. The transactions in bonded Grain and Flour have been so trivial, we can only quote them nominally. At this day's market, we had a full attendance of town millers and dealers, but very few from the country, who bought very sparingly and timidly for their immediate wants, and to a very small extent of every kind of Grain at barely the prices of this day week. Some Flour is scarce and in demand at fully our last quotations ; but the quadttty of sweet Flour have experienced a temporary increase from Canada, was more difficult to sell at a decline of 6d to is per barrel and per sack. w EAT, s. d. s. d. INDIAN Coll isli Scotch 8 3 , 9 0 White Irish 6 8 8 9 BEANS, per quarte_ . Bonded BARLEY, per qr. Irish 44 0 46 0 English 33 0 38 0 Pais, Grey 3B 0 42 0 Chevalier • 38 0 39 0 White 44 0 45 0 Scotch, per 601 b. 4 6 5 0 Snip BREAD, per 1121 b. Irish 4 6 5 0 In bond l3 0 14 0 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 noun, English, per 2801 b. OATS, per 451 b. Fine 44 0 50 0 English Scotch 3 4 3 5 Irish 2 8 3 3 Foteign, in bond 3 3 3 4 Ditto, duty free 3 4 3 6 OATMEAL, per 2401 b RYE, per quarter MALT, per qr. fine 62 0 64 0 , Ditto, new middling 54 0 56 0 1 Scotch Amer. 19 , brl. free Sweet U.S Sour 35 0 35 6 31 0 32 0 24 0 25 0 26 0 24 0 AGRICULTURAL MARKET, JANUARY 5. s. d. s. d. s. d: s. d. Old Hay .... 0 Bgjd 0 ap 20/b. Potatoes, 901 t. 1 11®2 6 11 , 301, New Hay.... 0 8 0 103 - Cattle Ditto 1 9 110 - Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 11 - Turnips 25 026 0 - Straw, Wheat 0 5 0 6- Carrots 4O 045 0 - Straw, Oat .. 0 4 0 - Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 - Straw, Barley 0 4 0 0- Manure 7 610 6 - Green Clover 0 0 0 0 - AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED Into LIVERPOOL, from the 2gth to the list ultimo, inclusive FROM IRELAND. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs 561 1491 2680 18 Prev.. 86656 203540 179336 4056 215 467 16765 Prey.. 3658 24765 5652 145 _ - 33 101 PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL *Woon, 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 - l 8 0 1 F. 19. 8.P.2. Petersburg 17 0 - 19 0 I 21 feet. PLANKS, per (got of 2 inches thick. , I 1 22...e2 10s, Danzi ,, , Deck British American Pine LATH WOOD, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet £9 0 - British American 4 10 MAHOGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras Cuba St. Domingo 1 0 JAR PLANKS, British American. TEAKWOOD, per cubic feet STAVES, per 1200. Danzig, C. Pipe .e140 0 —145 0 Not ab. 36 in, Hhd. 7O 0— So 0 . Quebec, red, li inch thick, } 4oo 63 0 2 6 4s el 3s. B.P. 28 , and 5i feet long Do. Puncheon l3 0 —2l 0 3 0 6s. TIMBER, per cubic foot. s. d. s. d. Oak ' 2 2 6 Pine, British Amer. common red 1 5 2 1 wiped. yellow Danzig, middling 2 2i— 2 3 Memel, middling 2 2,f-- 2 3 1 .e 2 15s. qp , load ftiga,red 2 5 2 6 *There is an additional duty of 5 per cent. on these rates. 2i- 0 9 10 58 6 0 Ilss. 0 9 ).261 los. 1 0 1} 5. 2 0 none. 15s per load .5 6 6 6 ,10s. LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES Vumber of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensaries during the lust week:— North. South. Total Received advice and medicine at the Insti. tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine 344 :351 695 270 217 487 Total at each Dispensary 568 :182 VISITORS. North—Mr. J. H. Smith, Mr. W. F. Macgregor, and Mr. C. Booth South—Mr. Jordan, Mr. J. Cooper, and Rev. W. Parker. R. WEDGWOOD, Secretatry. Dispensaries' Office, 1, Fenwick-street„ THE WORKHOUSE Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending Dec. 26, 1840 23, 1839' Paupers: Per Head. Per Week 1862 2s. 6d. 4233 7 1 1791 2 6i 229 17 11 More 71 Less o of More 3 9 9 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the weekending Jan. 4, 1841 Jan. 6, 1840 More 280 More .4 4 36 16 7 Morning 8 0 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD Morning 8 15 .. 10 15 .. 12 15 I Afternoon 2 13 .. ON SUNDAYS.—FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD I Afternoon 4 45 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD. Afternoon 6 0 Morning 9 0 Alorning 9 15 LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY FROM L'POOL TO MANCHESTER. FROM MANCHESTER TO,L'POOL. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class _ - Morning.. 7 0 Morning - Morning.. 730 Morning 8 45 „ 9 45 „ g o „ .. 10 o „ 11 0 „ 11 45 „ 11 15 „ 11 45 , 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 2 0 Aftern. .. * 2 45 Aftern. 4 45 „ .. 5 30 „ 5 0 „ 5 30 ~ 715 Evening.. 715 Mixedl 715 Evening.. 715 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when this Train does not start till Three. ON SUNDAYS. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class o Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 4 45 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. i 5 Evening .. 715 Mixed 11 715 Evening .. 715 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside f Stop only at Newton & Prkside f TO PRESTON AND WIGAN. FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER. 8 45 Morning.. Mixed 9 0 Morning.. Mixed 11 0 ~ • . First Class 11 15 .. First Class 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 445 „ .. Mixed I 5 0 „ .. Mixed 715 „ •.. First Class 715 „ .. First Class ON SUNDAYS 7 0 Morning.. 4 45 Afternoon 7 15 Evening.. 7 0 Morning.. 5 0 Afternoon 7 15 Evening.. First Class TO LANCASTER. FROM MANCHESTER. g 0 Morning.... Mixed 11 15 ....First Class 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class a 0 „ .... Mixed TO BOLTON. Fiiit Class PROM LIVERPOOL. 13 45 Morning.... Mixed • 11 0 . .... First Class 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 4 45 .. .... Mixed PROM LIVERPOOL. PROM MANCHESTER. g .. • • • First Class 9. 0 Morning.... First S 45 Morning. Class 11 0 11 15 230 Afternoon .. Second Class 245 Afternoon ..Secon'd Class 5 30 5 30 „ •••• • ~ ,, •••• ~ 7 0 Morning.. 5 30 Afternoon ON SUNDAYS Second Class I 7 0 Mornin g.... Second Class 5 Afternoon .. Pt TO ST. HELENS. YEOM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 9 Morning.... Second Class 730 MOrning.... Second Class 9 45 or •• • • to 10 0 11 II 45 ft •• • • , , 111 45 „ 2 30 Afternoon.. 9, 2 45 Afternoon .. ~ 5 30 11 • • • • 17 5 3 0 90 ON SUNDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class I 7 0 Morning.... Second Class a 30 Afternoon .. ~ I 6 30 Afternoon •• ~ DON G4ZE TT TUESDAY, JAN. 5 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Thornley and J. D Thornley, Liverpool, merchants—W. Mill and T. Cooke, Liverpool, share-brokers—T. Hewitt and J. Hewitt, Knotty Ash, Lancashire, builders—B. Wright and W. Heighway, Manchester—J. Pritt and T. Hughes, Liverpool, iron-founders—W. Gaulter and S. H. Wraith, Over Darwen, Lancashire, surgeons-- R. Ogden and D. Haworth, Bank-top, Lancashire—cotton -spinners. BANRUPfey SUPERSEDED Samuel Walker, jun., Clifton, oork shire, coalmerchant BANKRUPTS. Thomas rtiillips, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, draper Richard Tindle Terry, Bristol, ship-chandler. John Gox, Nottingham, grocer. John Speden, North Shields,spirit-merchants DIVIDENDS, Jan. 26. C. Farnworth, Dowgate-wharf,_ Upper Thames. street, London, tin-plate merchant—Jan. 2S: M'Phearson, Hatton wall, London, oilman—Jan. 26. F. Bradford and T. Healey, Great Trinity-lane, London, wholesale-stationers—Jan. 28. J. Foalerton, Upper Bedford-place, Bloomsbury-square, London, merchant—Jan. 26. H. Maunde, Henrietta-street, Govent-garden, London, banker —Jan. 28. J. A. Butler, Blackheath, master-mariner—Jan. 28. J. Ulyatt, Crowland, Lincolnshire, cattle-dealer —Jan. 27. W. R. Burrill, Kingston -upon-Hull, merchant—Jan. 27. B. Cook, sen.. Birmingham, brassfounder—Feb. 1. J. Roberts, Clareton, York shire—horse-dealer—Jan. 28. W. Barrett, Keighley, Yorkshire, worstead.stuff manufacturer—Jan. 26. J. Morley, Kingston-upon- Hull, coal-merchant—Jan. 25. W. Stead, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, corn-miller—Feb. 4. E. Browne, Huddersfield, machine-makers— Jan. 29. H. Chapman, King-st, Cheapside, London, warehouseman. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before January 6. H. Speight, Allerton, Yorkshire, -j sttiff-manufacturer—C. It. Harris, Percy-street, Tottenham court-road, London, carver and gilder—J Mulcaster, St. Paul's Church-yard, wholesale furrier— s. Taylor, Castle-street, Holborn, London, hat-manufacturer—M. Evans, Marbertb, Pembrokeshire, innkeeper, H. Marsh, Plymouth, coal-merchaqt. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS Andrew Thompson, Glasgow, jeweller, Jan. 11, Feb.l, at twelve, at the writing chambers of Mr. Smeaton, Glasgow. John Ross, Aberdeen, organist, Jan. g, 30, at one, at the Lemon Tree Tavern, Aberdeen. William Hope, Jedburgh, Jan. 9, at twelve, Feb. 1, at one, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Jedburgh. Joseph Maitland, Edinburgh, brewer. Jan: 8, at ore, Jan. 29, at two, at the Old Signet Hall, Edinburgh. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL, HOUR 8, Thomas Hampson, 2nd (and proof) Clarendon Rooms, 1 9, Charles Pain, (proof and final div.) Ditto, 11 9, Robert Feveran Beeston Ditto, 1 11, Thomas Moffit. (proof and div,) :3, John Jones.. 14, Joseph Dobson, Ist 15, Parke and Ker.rick, 2nd Ditto, 1 16. Richard Benbow, (proof and div.; . TIDE TABLE Evn. : Height Sundays, Holydays, 4e i H. 11. 1 H. 31. I P. 1 . 8111 33 11 57 118 3 Battle or N. Orleans Ism ,i - 021 18 0 Independence Mexico 1825 10 i 0 44 16J17 10 Ist Sunday after Epiphany 1 ' 128 150 16 11 Hiiary Term begins. 2 10 230 116 0 Clock before sun Sm. 435. ?. 50 3IIf 14 10 Cambridge Term begins. 4 0 13 11 Oxford Term begins. Friday Saturday 0 Wedne;. 13 Ttairsdayl4 PRICES OF SHARES, JANUARY 7 Prices. This day Last Per Share. Prices 100 paid 34 0 0 RAILWAYS, &c Bolton and Leigh Bristol and Exeter Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto and Derby 13irkehhead and Chester Ditto, new Dublin and Drogheda 10 pa i d Eastern Counties 23 paid Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid Glasgow, i Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmir 1 30 paid Greenock, and Ay 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 .7 10 0 100 .... 77 0 0 50 paid 36 0 0 16.12 6 0 0 0 22 5 0 213 0 0 95 10 0 s 16 6 213 0 0 53 10 0 .... 83 10 0 29 15 0 92 0 0 62 10 0 11 12 6 41 15 0 53 15 0 26 10 0 4 10 0 . 04 10 0 11 5 0 15 7 6 186 10 0 45 0 0 . 89 10 0 1 :3 0 0 51 0 0 div 27 15 0 58 15 0 89 5 0 1;4 o 0 28 10 0 5 0 76 0 0 31 0 0 41 13 0 26 0 0 82 :0 0 26 0 0 15 0 0 .... 15 15 92 10 0 .... 27 15 0 .... 7 6 0 0.... 37 0 0 .... 2 18 6 .... 3 5 13 5 0 .... 14 2 83 0 0 ex. 83 10 67 10 0 .... 0 0 0 .... 20 0 0 ex div 14 I 5 0 .... 18 0 0 .... 2 2 6 .... s 16 3 with div 10 2 6.. . 4 5 0 741 0 0 ciiv 54 0 . 21 5 0 , 12 12 6 8 10 0 477 10 0 325 0 0 380 0 0 171 0 0 o 13 9 2 3 0 8 0 0 4 17 6 7 0 0 ,7 6 2 6 0 14 0 1 0 0 Lancaster and Preston Liverpool 50 paid 42 10 0 Manchester .... 100 Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares ... London and Birminghai Ditto new shares . Ditto quarter shares .... Ditto ana Southampton.. Ditto & Brighton Manchester and Lceds Ditto half shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham Ditto and Ditto Extension 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 St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap, 50 paid BANKS £l2 lOspaid Bank of Liverpool - Borough Bank - Commercial of Liverpool 12 10 - Commercial of England. 5 .. - East of England lO .. - of Manchester ln M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 Northern and Central .. 10 North and South Wales.. 10 Phcenix Royal of Liverpool South Lancashire Albion Liverpool Union lO Liverpool Banking Co lO Wilts and Dorset, 25 paid Exchange Buildings L'pool and Harrington Water Works Bootle Ditto L'pool Coal Gas Company.. Stock L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .6'2 so . Ditto new shares are now paid up. , WATER WORKS, &c. 4 100 paid ASSURANCE Cob Liverpool Marine Assurance Ocean Assurance Company Liverpool Fire and Life.... DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 5s Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Woodside Ferry , Egremont Ferry ... Asphalte (Liverpool: (Polon cean MARRIED On the 101 h of Octcber last, at Nehow, in the East Indies, JOHN MURRAY, Esq., M.D, M.A. of the Bengal Artillery, to LOVEDAY MARIANNE, youngest daughter of the late JOHN OWEN PARR, Esq. ou the 2gth ult., QUINTIN FLEMING, Esq., second son of Nicholas Fleming, Esq , of Dublin, to JANE ANN, fourth daughter the late WILLIAM PALGRAVE, Esq., collector of H. Customs, Dublin. Same day, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, Mr. GEORGE REDFERN, of Blakewell, in the county of Derby, to Miss JANE Thornley, late of this town. Same day, aged 35, Mr. THOMAS MAIN, formerly of Stone. haven, N.B. On the 31st ult., at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, SAMUEL HEMMING, Esq., of Birmingham, to ELIZA SOPHIA, second daughter of Mr. EDWARD PUTLAND, merchant, St. George's. tel race, Manchester. On the sth instant, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. J. H. Stuart, Mr. JOSEPH HIGGINSON, eldest son of the late John Hi gg insou, blockmaker, to ISABELLA, only daughter of Mr. JOHN HARDING. Yesterday, by the Rev. J. Tobin, Mr. GEORGE HUTTON, to FANNY, eldest daughter of JAMES BANNISTER, Esq., ship. builder, Liverpool. Same day, in her 82nd year, Mrs. BURY, Chatham-street, relict of the late John Bury, Esq., Salford. DIED On the 24th ult., aged 31, J kMES CROSFIELD, M.D., second son of Edward Mason Crosfield, Esq., Edge-hill, Liverpool. Dr. Crosfield occcupied, for the last two years, the office of Physicians' Assistant to the Royal Infirmary of this city, a situation to which his attachment to his profession and a conscious desire to render his medical attainments as ;complete as possib:e had led him to aspire. To the performance of the arduous and important duties of his office Dr. Crosfield devoted himself with the most and •nt zeal and indefatigable industry; and it is but justice to say, that his eagerness in the acquisition of professional knowledge was only equalled by the assiduous and benevolent attentions he gave to the patients entrusted to his care. He was a young man of very great natural talents; and, had his life been prolonged, it is impossible to doubt that he would have risen to distinction. It is a melancholy instance of the instability of all. human arrangements, that he breathed his last on the same day on which his engagement with the hospital terminated. —Edinburgh Evening Courant. On the 26th ult., after a very short affliction, aged 81, Mr. JOHN GRAY, for fifty-four years clerk of the Parish Church of Chorley. At the age of fifty, he undertook to walk, on the Chorley and Wigan road, 147 miles in 40 hours, which he accomplished in 3g hours. He was in the habit of issuing a yearly bill of mortality, which was always prefaced by some poetry of his own. His last production, which we annex, published a week or two ago, m oa t singularly prognosticates his own end. always do find my friends very kind, For fifty-four years I very well know And now I do stand to receive at their band Whatever they please to bestow. Eighty-one years with me are past, And many do think this will be my last." On the 13th ult., FRANCES, daughter of the late Rev. ROGER KENT, Vicar of Minshull and Wetnall, in the diocese and county of Chester On t 2gth ultimo, at his residence, Shaw's-brow, aged 77, Mr. JOHN FLETCHER, book-binder and paper-ruler; and on Friday morning, aged 68, Mrs. FLETCHER; wife of the above. Some day, at his residence, in Kirkdale, Mr. JEREMIAH SIIAW, a man proverbial for the integrity of his dealing ; and whose charitable, active, stimuiating, and benevolent disposition, gained for him general respect, and whose-memory will long be cherished by many wko have benefitted by his humane exertions: _ _ . On the 22d uit., in Thorlow-street, aged 6s, Mr. WILLIAM JONES, sawyer. He was a faithful and industrious servant to Mr. Langdale, timber-merchant, for upwards of twenty years Same day. in her b6th year, MARGARET, wife of Mr. EDWARD DAVIES, anchorsmith, and mother of Mr. T. Davies, printer. On the 24th ult., aged 9 years, THOMAS CAMEI.FORD HILL, eldest son of Mr. Joseph Hill, Everton. On the Ist instant, aged 46, Mr. CHARLES WEBSTER, of Brook Pottery, Present, the last of seven brothers. On the Ist instant, aged 53, Mr. ELIJAH AIREY, late of the Boar's Head, Water-street. On the 2nd instant, aged 80, Mr. ROBERT JACKSON, Mill. street, Toxteth-park. Same day, MARGARET, youngest daughter of Dr. CARSON, of this town. Same day, at an advanced age, Mrs. COYLE, relict of the late Mr. Henry Coyle, Brook-house, Smeatham-lane. ofSßamoDeodtpyhaztwWittconn-EoNtirlAßhe-Tll. Esq., ill,aged 27, MARGARET , w i fe and eldest daughter of the Rev. John Richard Tetlow. A.M. On the 4th'instant, 'after .a few hours' illness, in his 57th year, ROBERT R ICHARDSON, Esq Walton-breck. Same day, MARGARET JANE, infant daughter of EDWARD VON DADELSZEN Esq. On the sth Instant, aged 46. Mr, ALEXANDER STOUTHART, late master palter. • LIVERPOOL: FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1841. 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