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mittance they found, on - searching about, some pieces of wax candles, and Halton being previously prepared with lucifer matches, they were not long in obtaining a light. Meanwhile Mrs. Wheeler, having been awoke by th 6 noise, immediately rung the servants' bell, but that not being an swered, she opened the window and rung outside a larger bell which she had in the room, in the expectation that some one might hear it—though the house is some distance from any other—and come to her assistance. The fellow outside, however, threatened to shoot her if she did not cease ring ing. The three thieves inside wore, during this time, look ing into the several rooms, but found them tenantless. However, they got to Mrs. Wheeler's room door, which was locked inside, and demanded admittance, promising not to injure her if she immediately complied. The door was opened and her money demanded, when she handed them her purse. This one of the fellows took, and taking out the money, re turned the purse, but insisted on having more money. Mrs. W. gave them her keys, but she was immediately told she knew much better than they where the property was, and that it must be immediately forthcoming. She then un locked the drawer, and gave them, as she believes, ninety pounds in bank notes. These they threw on the bed, say ing they should not take them, but that they must have more gold ; and on her telling them that they were Bank of Eng land notes, and as good as gold, one of the gang pocketed them. They next visited the servant's room, and demanded her money, but on her telling them that she had none, one of the fellows went to overhaul her box ; but he was told to let it alone, for that she was only a poor girl, and it was no use taking her clothes. Their next application was for some thing to eat, and they went down stairs into the pantry, (making the servant accompany them,) and there demo lished a quantity of cold beef and bread, and some eggs, cracking their jokes at the same time they were cracking their eggs. They then departed, and went into a field near Plungington, and divided the gold and silver, Halton re ceiving for his share twenty-three shillings. The burglary took place between twelve and one on Saturday morning, and the same was made well known during the day, in course of which one of the men again went to the Wool Pack, and then offered to treat the brewer with a glass of rum, to pay for which he took out of his pocket some money, which the brewer observed consisted of both gold and silver ; and he soon afterwards made known what he had seen, and also the suspicions which the conduct of the men excited. We believe these misguided men cannot urge any extenuation of their guilty conduct, inasmuch as they were all fully em ployed at their respective trades, and as to Challoner, his employer stated that he considered him one of the cleverest workmen in Preston. They were all at the conclusion of the hearing committed to the House of Correction to take their trial at the next sessions. On Wednesday a per son named Edmund Metcalf, retail beerseller, Spittals' Moss, was taken into custody on suspicion of having received some of the stolen money, when he at once acknowledged that he had two £lO. notes in his charge, which he said he got at the house of Moore's mother, by his directions, on Monday last. This Metcalf was brought before the magistrates at the Town-hall, on Thursday, and after the enquiry had been gone into, he was allowed to put in bail for his appearance at the sessions. It seems that a £2O. note was found in a cess pool in the Old Cock Yard, which Challoner admits to hav ing thrown there, and it has also been ascertained that the servant at the Spread Eagle public-house was sent by the prisoners with a £lO. note to get changed at Mr. Helmes's, grocer, on Saturday, which note Mr. H. subsequently paid to a commercial traveller from Liverpool. The prisoner Halton also confesses that there were seven sovereigns in gold, and some silver among the property stolen. These sums however only make a total of about £5B. while Mrs. Wheeler is quite confident that she was robbed of nearly £98., viz., in two £2O. notes, five £lO. notes, seven sove reigns, and nearly a pound in silver ; what therefore may have become of the missing £2O. and two £lO. notes is at present a mystery, for the men persist in saying that they only brought away the four notes, and the gold and silver. which they have accounted for. The apprehension of this gang is a most fortunate circumstance, as there is too much reason to believe that they have been connected with the other robberies which have been committed in the neigh bourhood, indeed it has been stated by a person in the House of Correction, under sentence of transportation, that two of them were actively concerned in the highway robbery on Mr. John Wilding, of Hankinson House, in Myerscough, which took place a short time ago, between the Black Bull, in Broughton, and Broughton Church, when he was robbed of nearly £2o.—Preston Pilot. COMBINATION.—The Irish labourers employed in the works on the Shannon have entered into a regular combina tion according to rule and under the Ribbon system, to wage war against the English workmen sent over by the company. " True," says Mr. O'Connell, " I am anti-English." " When shall we be at them, Counsellor ?" ask his follow ers. The present time is always the best, responds the Coun sellor, whereupon the Irish peasantry rise in a body, and maim, and beat, and nearly murder the unfortunate Sassen achs. An inquiry has been instituted under the superin tendence of Neal Browne, Esq., . stipendiary magistrate, and trials had, the result of which has been that thirty-two of the finest peasantry in the world have been committed to Gal way gaol for a period of four months, and hard labour, and nineteen to Tullamore, for a similar term, and with the like accompaniment. ATTEMPT TO MIIRDER.—On Tuesday morning last, about seven o'clock, as Mr. Joseph Wignall, butter factor, was passing along the highway between Buckden and Hawes, in the North Riding of Yorkshire, he met two men at a place called Stake, about four miles from Buckden, one of whom, whose name is said to be Dickinson, from the neighbourhood of Grindleston, near Sawley Bridge, Lancashire, discharged a gun, or gun-stick, at Mr. Wignall, and wounded him in the forehead and face, but fortunately without effect. The name of the second man is Briggs, and he comes from the same neighbourhood as Dickinson. A reward of £lO has been offered for the apprehension of both the men ; and Dickinson is described as dressed in a light coloured round jacket. Briggs, who is taller than the other, has a very red face, and was dressed in dark clothes, his coat being of a brownish colour, and made with pockets on each side. Both the men are said to be desperate characters. DISCOVERY OF AN EXTENSIVE BURGLARY.—It will be remembered that at the beginning of last month the house of J. M. Yeeless, Esq. of Bathford, was burglariously entered, and a quantity of valuable property taken away therefrom, consisting of jewellery, a double-barreled gun, clothes, &c., to the amount of nearly £lOO. Mr. Yeeless having been very kind in rendering pecuniary and other assistance to the poor in the parish, a universal feeling of sympathy was aroused, and there was a general anxiety manifested to discover the perpetrator of the robbery. Until Sunday last, however, the affair remained a mystery, notwithstanding the vigilance and activity of Mr. Hall, the chief officer of Bath. Many circumstances had come to his knowledge which threw a shade of suspicion round several parties, but until the day mentioned, nothing had transpired that would enable him to fix the charge on any individual. From information which he had received of the burglar whom we are about to name offering for sale a portion of the property, it was discovered to be one of Mr. Yeeles's own servants, named James Mizen, who had been engaged as an assistant in his garden. Mizen occasionally slept in the house, but he had lodgings at a Mrs. Crow's, in the same village. Great confidence had been placed in the man, and he had been treated with much kind ness by Mr. Yeeles, which renders the act one of greater atrocity. As a proof of this, Mizen, some time ago, told his master, that on his return from Chalfield, where he had been visiting, he had been stopped and robbed of his watch and three sovereigns ; and Mr. Yeeles thereupon not only gave him money towards making good his loss, but Mrs. Yeeles also got up a penny subscription amongst his fellow-servants and others of his acquaintance for the same purpose. What makes the matter still worse is, that since the discovery of the robbery, this story turns out to have been a vile fabrication, a duplicate of the watch having been found upon him, he having pledged it for 10s. at Mr. Archard's, in Bath. From having been in the house of Mr. Yeeles a great deal, Mizen had an opportunity of seeing the disposition of the property therein, and finding that some of the more valuable portions were in Mr. Yeeles's dressing-room, it appears that he selected that as the scene of his unprincipled conduct. It seems that Mizen came over the fields from his lodgings, and gained access into the grounds of Mr. Yeeles through an out-house leading into the green-house, and it was through this window that Mizen effected an entrance. He bored a small hole with a gimlet in the woodwork, and by that means starred the centre pane of glass, so as to enable him to get his hand in and unfasten the hatch. He then had easy access to the dressing-room, which is on the ground, a passage only sepa rating it from the dining-room. The more vauable of the stolen property, such as a diamond ring, gold pencil-case, gold studs, pins, &c., were on the tables in the room, where they had been left without the slightest suspicion. On Mizen's apprehension, by Mr. Hall, early on Monday morn ing, the pencil-case was found upon him, and he told Mr. Hall that he would save him any further trouble about the property, for he would find it in a box at hi s l o d gings. These wer e searched in the course of the day, and in a large box was found nearly the whole of what had been stolen. A va luable pin, set with hair, a present from Mrs. Yeeles to Mr. Yeeles, was, however, still missing, and exertions were made to recover it. It turned out that Mizen's "ladye love lived as servant at Mr. Spencer's, at Chalfield, near Brad ford, and it struck Mr. Hall that it was probable she might know something about this pin. H e accordingly went o ver on Monday, and saw the young woman to whomMizen was paying his addresses, who, on hearing that her lover was under the watchful care of Mr. Pike , the gaoler of Bath, identical pin, the course usual under such circumstances and fainted away. On her recovery, she gave u p the pin which she said Mizen had given her as o ne which had his hair in it as a proof of his untiring affection. Thus h as this extensive robbery been unravelled, and the thief cap tured, much to the satisfaction not only of Mr. Yeeles him self, but of his neighbours, who warmly congratulate him on the discovery. Mizen has been committed to the assizes. — Beth Chroxiele. DESTIWCTION' OF THE AUSTRALIA The following are extracts from a letter received in Edin burgh, from a cabin passenger of the brig Australia, in which the dreadful hardships to which the unfortunate crew and passengers were exposed, after the destruction of the vessel, are detailed with but too faithful accuracy. The picture drawn is most vividly pourtrayed ; and although the chief incidents in the dreadful story are mentioned, the most har rowing details are avoided. The delivery of the great ma jority of these on board is truly remarkable ; and few indeed will peruse the following, without participating in the feeling of thankfulness to the Almighty for their deliverance, so elo quently expressed by the writer. We have not as yet heard of the receipt of Captain Yule's first letter : " I shall endeaiour to give you an account of this awful calamity, and the miseries we have endured since ; for pre serving me to be able to do so, I trust I shall ever be grate ful to Almighty God who heard our cry, and has wonderfully guided us_and brought. us to this land. "The 25th of Decetnber being Christmas day, we were becalmed, and from many associations, that day was spent very happily. In the morning we killed a shark : and I pre vailed on the captain to lower the , stern boat to get a few hours shooting . at the sea which surrr - 'he ` .._ In great numbers, which he was kind enough to allow. We had an excellent day's sport. I shot four of those latge birds the Albatross, they measured from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other, ten feet ; we bad them dressed, intending to eat them for our New Year's dinner, but, alas ! our expec tations were miserably frustrated, and instead of the happi ness we expected, we were on that day a crew of half-starved miserable creatures, our New Year's dinner consisting of a quarter of a biscuit soaked with sea water, about two inches of raw ham, and a table spoonful of water. " From the 25th to the 29th we had very rough weather, the ship rolling tremendously. We had supped at seven o'clock, and went upon deck after, as was our usual custom. On going below to the cabin, a smell of smoke was perceptible. which was thought might proceed from the steward's pantry, or some of the ladies' berths. We soon found on removing the goods from the after-cabin and passengers' berths, that the smoke proceeded from the hold, and was now increasing rapidly. We now hove the ship to, being off the Cape of Good Hope, in lat. 35 30, and long. 8, the Cape being 34 30, and long. 18, so that we were upwards of 500 miles in a direct line from land, and sailing with every sail set the ship could carry. The order was now given to throw the cattle over board, break in the bulkhead to endeavour to get at the fire with water, and to open the main hatches. The confusion on board was now awful. One of the bulls got loose in en deavouring to get him overboard ; the deck was covered with spars and sails, and the smoke had now increased to such a degree, that no person could work or remain below for any time, and was bursting through every crevice of the ship fore and aft ; it was impossible to get off the hatches to get at the fire with water. We now saw it was impossible to save the ship, and our exertions were therefore directed to get the boats launched and save our lives from fire ; the sea was BURGLARY On Monday last, Richard Whiteside, wheelwright; John Birbeck, sawyer; Thomas Halton, padmaker ; and George Challoner, mechanic, were brought before the magistrates at the Town-hall, charged with having broken into the house of Mrs. Wheeler, the Manor House, in Fulwood, and stealing therein the sum of £9B in notes, gold, and silver : and at the same time and place, George Moore, furniture broker, was charged with receiving a portion of the money, knowing it to have been stolen. The manner in which the discovery of the robbery was effected was as follows :—The four men named as the thieves had gone to the Wool Pack public house, on Friday night week, and on their going in they took upon themselves to order a man, who acts as brewer at the house, out of the room, when he suspected that their motives for so doing could not be good ones, and he accordingly had the curiosity to peep through a hole in the door, to watch their actions, and he saw one of the men put his hand up the chimney and serape down a quantity of soot, which he put in his jacket pocket ; the men soon after left the house. Meanwhile information had been given at the police-office, and Curl and Hanby, two of the officers, proceeded imme diately to Fulwood, to learn if possible a description of the burglars, but the disguised state in which they were when the robbery was committed, and the fright and excitement which their unseasonable and alarming visit had caused to Mrs. Wheeler, prevented them from obtaining much infor mation ; they learned enough, however, to justify them in their own opinions in at once taking into custody the very parties who have turned out to be the actual perpetra tors of the burglary ; and after a short search they succeeded in apprehending Whiteside, Birbeck, and Halton. Challoner having heard of the " hue and cry" raised, suddenly absconded, but strange to say he was overtaken by his own conscience before he was made the prisoner of his pursuers ; he tra velled as far as Woodplumpton, and when there, under areal or feigned sense of remorse, behaved in a very extraordinary and extravagant manner, having once attempted suicide by hanging, and another time by drowning, and finally he sur rendered himself, when he became the prisoner of an officer in the rural police force, and was brought to the county force station-house in this town, where he remained till Monday forenoon, until he was taken to the Town-hall. When the inquiry was to be gone into, it was found neces sary to admit Halton as evidence against his companions, a circumstance somewhat to be regretted, for from all accounts he was most actively concerned iu all the criminal prepara tions before, and the proceedings at, the burglary.— From this man's statement, then, it seems that, after leaving the Wool Pack public-house (where they had not anything to drink), they went towards the Moor, and on arriving at the serpentine walk in the Moor Park, they exchanged each other's clothes, and at the same time blacked their faces with the soot procured at the 'Wool Pack. They then went to the house, and after trying all the doors and windows, and, finding them fast, broke a square in the cellar window and then opened it, and two of them went into the house, and opened the front door and let in the third, the remain- ing one t in it. After much difficulty we succeeded at last in getting the long boat that the bulls occupied overboard, and towed at the stern, into. which we threw a few bags of biscuits, half a cask of water, some hams, a few cheeses, and a small jar of brandy. I was now almost exhausted working upon deck, and ran down below to get a drink. I had scarely finished, and on looking through the crevice we had broke out at the bulk-head in the after-cabin, I perceived the whole hold was like a furnace, and that the sooner we got into the boats the better. I ran to my berth, seized the only thing I cared much about, the Bible I got from Anne the day I left Scotland and her dear self ; previous to this I threw in my portmanteau and hat-box into the long-boat ; the rest of the passengers could save nothing. The darkness was dispelled by the flames now bursting from the forehatches, which increased our exertions to get all our three boats launched ; at last this was accom plished in the midst of flames, and we all got safe into the boats ; we had scarcely got the boats cut from the ship, when the mainmast fell overboard with a tremendous crash, the ship and rigging being all in one volume of flame, and light ing the whole heavens and the surrounding atmosphere for miles round. It was now one o'clock : and thus, in a few short hours, were we launched upon the wide ocean, without mast or sail. Fortunately we had a compass ; and the sea, although running heavy, yet the wind was favourable ; and the boats, being all towed together, were allowed to drift be fore the wind until the morning light appeared, when we succeeded in erecting two blankets for sails, with two oars for masts, having cut away our third boat, and divided the crew into two—nineteen being in the long boat and nine in the small. We now steered in an easterly direction, endea vouring to make the Cape of Good Hope. For eight days and nine nights were we driven about on the mighty deep. To describe to you or to give to you an idea of the miseries we endured would be impossible. During the whole time not a dry rag was upon one of us. We had no seats even to sit upon, but lay like a parcel of pigs in the bottom of the boat, which, being used on board the ship as a house for the cattle, was in a moat filthy state with dung; and the waves, breaking in over the boat, washed the filth into our clothes, and the few blankets we had preserved. Day and night we were constantly obliged to be bailing out the water, which we did with one of Gillon's soup canisters, it being the only vessel we had, which alternately served for this purpose and for mixing up our allowance of water three times a-day, with a quarter of a biscuit, and occasionally about half an ounce of raw ham or cheese. Thus, half-starved with hunger, thirst, and cold, on the morning of Wednesday, the 6th day of January, we came in sight of land in a most miserable con dition ; three of the men were lying in the bottom of the boat insensible, one deranged, and one dead from cold and the effects of drinking the sea-water : had our miseries been prolonged longer, I am sure few of us could have survived other twenty. four houss. I despaired of ever seeing you again in this world, and wished, if I was to perish, that death might not be tardy in its execution ; but morning, noon, and night, our earnest prayers were sent up to God, who has wonderfully delivered us and brought us into a land of plenty. On Wednesday morning, then, our spirits were raised by seeing the land. Oars were put to the boats, and We pulled for it as hard as our strength would permit, and landed on a barren coast, about two hundred miles to the north of the Cape of Good Hope, and about ten to the north of Oliphant River. Here, after hauling up our boats, we rested durinc , the heat of the meridian sun, which was ex cessive ; and in the evening erected a tent and kindled a fire. We here dug a grave for the poor boy who died, whose name was John Chisholm, from Inverkeithing, a steerage passen ger ; he has a brother and two sisters with us. We had next day the same melancholy office to perform to the lad who went mad ; his name is George Peat, likewise a steerage passenger, from Perth. This day we got all our blankets and clothes dried ' • and having our tent erected, we lighted a fire, and having divided our crew into four watches, we went to sleep. The next day we endeavoured to explore the country, and find some fresh water; but we could see nothing as far as the eye could reach but bush growing upon hot sand ; in short, all barren, and no trace of being inhabited. We therefore determined to get everything in order to prepare to march next morning as far as we could along the sea coast in search of a river, the mouths of seve ral being marked in the chart, and the captain was certain we could not be far from one. Accordingly, by day break, each with his burden of clothes, shoes, bread, or water, we commenced our weary journey over burning sands and under a scorching sun. It would have been of no availsuppose we had saved anything from the ship, as we were obliged to throw everything away except , the clothes on our backs. The few things I saved in my portmanteau I divided amongst part of the crew who had lost their own clothes. The portmanteau and hat box were completely destroyed by salt water. My splendid wardrobe now consists of one pair of torn trousers, one coat, one vest, one pairs of shoes and socks, one shirt, and one hat. With walking and resting alternately, we ac complished to walk about seven miles, and rested, wearied, hungry, and fainting from thirst ; this was on Friday. On Saturday morning, having slept in the bush, we again re sumed our march, and about eight o'clock our drooping spi rits were aroused by the sight of a river, and going further up in quest of fresh water, discovered a fisherman's hut, and saw people walking about. Our despair was now turned to joy, and sincerely did we. humble ourselves before our hea venly father and poured out our thanksgivings for leading us to our much longed-for haven ; and hoisting our colours, which, fortunately, we preserved, we were glad to see a boat with three men put off, and, on coming to land, one of them proved to be an Englishman, who happened to be on a visit to the Dutch fisherman's house, and who acted as interpreter between us and Mynheer Low, the boor's name. We told them of our heavy calamity . and miserable situation, and in a few hours after we were enjoying ourselves over a haunch of venison and rice, and, what in our eyes, was as precious as a glass of spring water. We were assured we were now among Christian people, and that we would want for nothing. We have indeed found it so. I could not have believed there was such kindness and hospitality in the world as these Dutch people have shown to us ever since we have been here •, the kindness we have experienced from these people is incredible. One storekeeper and farmer, on our arrival, sent us a present of six sheep, two bags of rice, coffee, tea, ' sugar meal, brandy, and raisins ; others sent us bread, fruit, &c. We remained at Oliphant's River until Monday last, in order that the governor of the colony might make arrange ments to transport us to Cape Town. We are now travel ling through the country, at government's expense, in three waggons drawn by fourteen oxen each. I have written you from here for the purpose of sending it forward to Cape Town by the waggons." ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE On the truth of the following narrative, or romance in real life, our readers may rely :—Oa the evening of the 7th of March last a young man, meanly attired, apparently about twenty years of age, knocked at the, door of Mr. Madden, the relieving officer of the Kensington Union for the parish of Kensington, residing in Charles-street, and entreated he would afford him shelter for the night, as he was in a state of utter destitution, "having not where to lay his head." Mr. Madden, seeing that the unfortunate individual looked pale and weakly, asked him if he was not also unwell in health; to which he replied, in a very mild voice, that he was suffer ing from a severe attack of influenza, and was very ill. Mr. Madden accordingly gave him an order for admission into the union workhouse for males, in Gloucester-road, Kensing ton, where he remained for eight days, and was attended during that time by Mr. 'Wright, the district surgeon of the union. On the 15th of Ma'rch, having given the usual notice to leave, he discharged himself from the workhouse saying that he was going to Yepton, in Sussex, to which place he stated he belonged, although it has since been ascertained that on his entering the workhouse, and his name, &c., being, as is customary, entered in a book by the porter, he gave them as follows :—" George White, aged 16 years, came from Chelmsford, and going to Southampton." From the 15th of March, nothing further was heard of the individual in question by the workhouse authorities until Wednesdey last, when one of the turnkeys belonging to the Westminster New Bridewell, Tothill-fields, applied at the workhouse for information as to whether such a person had been an inmate there, and on being informed in the affirmative, he acquainted Mr. Madden that the party, although dressed as a man, and calling himself George White, was a female, and at present an inmate of the bridewell. From the statement of the turnkey it appeared that she had been committed last week from one of the police courts of the metropolis to imprison ment for seven days for an act of vagrancy she had been convicted of. On Tuesday last, on one of the officers of the prison visiting her cell, he noticed a remarkable fulness of her chest, and on desiring her to open her shirt, discovered, to his great surprise, that the prisoner was a female, and not a man. He immediately communicated this discovery to Lieutenant Tracey, the governor, who instantly sent for the supposed young man, and questioned her as to the cause of her adopting the present disguise. For some time she re fused to answer his questions, and all attempts to ascertain her real name or the address of her connexions were unavail ing ; but ultimately he elicited from her that she was not a married woman, and that her father and mother were both dead. Subsequently to their demise she had been residing with her uncle, by whose footman she had been seduced, which being discovered by her relation, she had left his resi dence about four months ago, since which time she had adopted the disguise of a man, in the hope of eluding dis covery, and had ever since been wandering about the coun try, until taken into custody as a vagrant. • She obstinately refused to give any clue by means of which her name, or the residence of her friends can be discovered, beyond stating that she has a brother, who is a student in one of the col leges of Cambridge University. She is described as a re markably fine looking young woman, rather above the mid dle stature, and her conduct, while both in the workhouse and in the superior education. prison, a ff i o i r e d r s e x e t v r i a d o e r n d c i e n a o r f y h s t e o r r y is having fir e r n e g c e t h i v e e n d e d a by the fact of her being enciente, and since the discovery she has been kindly placed by Lieutenant Tracey in the infirmary of the prison, and the proper authorities are at present en gaged in writing to the places before named, in endeavouring to obtain correct information respecting her, with a view to her notyratio 41 her Mead& On Wednesday last a public dinner was given to Commo dore Napier in Manchester, at which the Mayor presided, and many gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood were present. After the Commodore's health had been proposed, he spoke as follows :—Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, when I last had the honour of being in Manchester, some three or four years ago, with that distinguished warrior, Marshal Soult,—to whom you, in common with Liverpool and Bir mingham, paid that attention so worthy of the English cha. racter, I little thought, that, in a few years afterwards, I should be here myself, and be received by you and others in the very kind and handsome manner in which I have now been received, both in Liverpool and here this day. (Cheers.) Your mayor, gentlemen, has complimented me very much — I might almost say undeservedly—(cries of " No, no")—on the services which I have performed. Gentlemen, I found myself in Syria under very peculiar circumstances. The general officer who cane out to Syria to take the command was on his arrival, in such extremely bad health, that he was obliged to return ; and Admiral Sir Robert Stopford (I sup pose for a want of a better) offered me the command of the Turkish troops entrusted to his charge. Certainly it was a new command to me, to find myself entrusted with that of a Turkish army—(hear)—and the Turks had not only an Eng lishman commanding their army, but they had also an Eng lishman commanding their navy [Rear-Admiral Walker.] — (Hear.) It is well known, that it was of the utmost import ance to affairs in Syria, that the war should be settled as soon as possible. We were threatened with a war by France ; we did not know but that at any moment the French fleet might appear off Alexandria, and combine with the Egyptian fleet there to attack us. We landed 5000 troops ; and we found ourselves surrounded by 20,000 Egyptian troops, who were north, south, east, and west of us. We thought it was ne cessary at once to do something. They allowed me to form my own plans, and I followed the example of the illustrious Duke of Wellington, under whose banner I had the honour of serving. (Great cheering.) We were opposed in Syria, by Ibrahim Pacha, and a large army. In four days we were ready to receive their forces. The pacha had always been noted as a very great general, as well as Suleiman Pacha ; and we therefore thought it necessary to act with the great est circumspection. We were perfectly unacquainted with the roads of that country, and the first ten days were em ployed in acquainting ourselves with the different positions where Ibrahim Pacha's army was stationed. He had then upon our right 4000 or 5000 men under Suleiman Pacha ; and after looking for them to attack us, for eight or ten days, it may naturally be supposed that we began to get impatient ; and as he would not come to us, why, as was the natural result, we went to him. (Loud cheers and laughter.) It was our first affair ; and having with us 500 marines, and not knowing how the Turkish troops would fight ; knowing that the marines were accustomed to war, we sent the ma rines forward to attack him ; but, long before we could get near the Egyptian troops, the pacha marched them off in double quick time, and we had the pleasure of taking 600 or 700 prisoners in the course of about half an hour. (Cheers and laughter.) Our position we saw`was a dangerous one, and we were obliged to come back again, double quick, and we returned to our former position at D'Jouni, where we arrived safe that night. This took place on the 24th Sep tember. On the 26th, it was determined to attack some of their fortified places ; we went by sea to Sidon, and took that city in 24 hours, and brought hack with us 3,000 pri soners. (Loud cheers.) It was a very new thing for our Turkish troops to fight with a regular army ; the old Turkish troops, the janissaries, having been destroyed by the late sultan. These new troops were, for the second time, brought into action on the heights of Syria; and I must do them the justice of saying, that I never saw men behave better than those young soldiers. After the capture of Sidon, it was ne cessary to do something with the fleet. Beyrout was not yet taken ; there was a strong force in it ; the place was doubt ful, for the inhabitants were the sultan's subjects, but it still remained doubtful which side they would espouse ; when we determined to attack it. We marched from D'Jouni upon the heights of —, with the intention of joining the prince of the mountains, and so to descend upon Beyrout; but we found ourselves opposed to such a large force of the Egyp tians, under Ibrahim Pacha, that it became necessary to at tack them. I made myself acquainted with the tactics of Ibrahim Pacha, which were always to turn to the enemy's left; at night, I passed over some troops into his rear, and the next night we attacked him both front and rear • and after half an hour's hard fighting, we destroyed nearly the whole of its force. (Hear.) The consequence of that was the evacuation of Beyrout and the whole of the mountains of Lebanon, and the total liberation of the peasantry of the country. (Cheers.) After that it was necessary to do something further; and it was determined by the com mander-in-chief to take the whole naval force, together with three thousand or four thousand troops, to Acre, the result of which you know. (Cheers.) That result was owing en tirely to the skill of British seamen. In former wars many actions were of course fought by our seamen with ships ; but it had been very rare for them to fight batteries. One exception was the taking of Algiers under Admiral Lord Exmouth, and Acre was the next. There they showed such skill, that, from the superiority and excellence of their firing, the place was taken in three hours with hardly any loss at all. (Hear.) I now come to a subject which you have complimented me a great deal upon—my negotiations with Mehemet Ali. I was sent off to Alexandria. It was then towards the end of the season, and the beginning of winter. We had only 10,000 Turks in Syria for the defence of Sidon, Beyrout, Jerusalem, Joppa, and Acre. Ibrahim Pacha had collected 50,000 men; and, knowing the vicissitudes of war, and that delays are dangerous, I took upon myself the responsibility of propos ing to Mehemet Ali peace. (Most enthusiastic cheering.) I was quite aware that I was treading on delicate and dan gerous ground, because I wa§ poaching on the province of the diplomatists ; nevertheless I attempted it, and accom plished it. The diplomatists thought their trade Ras at an end ; they protested against my convention, and upset it ; the chiefs in Syria upset it also ; so that there was fearful odds; the Turkish admiral, four ambassadors, and a com mander-in-chief against me—(hear. hear)—still I was satis fied I had taken a clear view of the subject ; and I felt satis fied, that, by the time the despatches reached this country, they would be better understood ; and I am happy to say, that I received most complimentary letters from both Lord Palmerston and Lord Minto, highly approving of the con vention which I had entered into. (Great cheering.) I had the satisfaction of being sent to Alexandria to see that condi tion carried out ; and I must do Mehemet Ali the justice of saying, that, from the beginning to the end of the business, he acted in a fair, open, straightforward manner. He gave orders for the immediate evacuation of Syria ; he gave up Turkish fleet ; he paid that fleet—not to the whole extent, for he had not the money—but still he paid them what he could ; he victualled them, and sent them back, with his own officers, to Constantinople. lam excessively sorry to say (perhaps it may not please at all points, but it is best to tell the truth), that the Turkish government did not act with good faith in this business ; they sent orders to their officers in Syria to examine into the state of Ibrahim Pacha's army, and, if it was found to be weak, to attack him, but, if strong, to let him alone. They even went so far as—[we could not hear the few following words]—contrary to the protest of that gallant brother officer of mine, Sir C. Stuart, and Col, Mitchell, both of whom protested very strongly against the shedding of more blood. I will go further and say, that the officer who was employed, by the interest of Lord Ponsonby, was protested against by the Turkish government for taking this course. The dragoman of the porte, sent by Lord Ponson by, ourambassador, handed his protest to the Turkish officer, for not breaking the convention, and acting against the Pacha. I am sorry to say, gentlemen, that the Eastern question is still unsettled. After Mehemet Ali had acted in the best manner possible ; after the sultan had got the fleet out of his hands, he then sent him conditions which it was morally im possible that he could accept. He accepted the liberal part of them ; he accepted the hatti scheriff to abolish slavery and give up his monopolies ; but it was impossible for him to let , the porte appoint which of his sons they thought proper to rule Egypt after his death. Another condition which the porte wished to impose upon him was what he could never accede to—that of taking away from him the power of ap pointing his officers to command his troops. Mehemet Ali did me the honour of consulting me on the subject ; it was a tender and delicate one ; but I certainly could not advise him to accept the terms offered. (" Hear," and a voice, " certainiy not.") Gentlemen, the very instructions that we had from home were to carry on the war in Syria with as little loss of life as possible—hear, and cheers) ;—but, though we endevoured to observe this as much as possible, the Eng lish army sent to the other world not less than ten thousand human beings. (Hear.) Gentlemen, I will not further de tain you, but again, thanking you, wish all prosperity to the town of Manchester. (Great applause.) AWFUL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.-THIRTY-TWO LIVES LOST. An explosion, attended by a deplorable sacrifice of human life, and involving an almost inconceivable amount of suffer ing, occurred at Willington, four miles east of Newcastle, a few minutes after one in the afternoon of Mondaylast. " Bigge Pit"—for so the scene of the catastrophe is named—is one of the several series of workings at Willington colliery, the pro perty of Matthew Bell, Esq., and Co., and was for a con siderable time closed, having been brought into active opera tion only a very short time ago. The workings are, there fore, comparatively, not extensive, the east headway running 220 yards, and the west headway 280 yards, while that to the north is even much shorter. The shaft is sunk to the depth of 140 fathoms, the High Main Seam being passed through, and the working of the Bensharn seam fairly carried on. There were employed in the pit at the time of the explosion 35 men and boys, and the first intimation which those at the bank received of their fellows' danger, was a tremendous re port, accompanied by a dense volume of smoke. The effect upon the earth for a considerable distance round, is said, hi some degree, to have resembled that produced by the shock of an earthquake, the whole surface appearing, as it were, to quiver. The noise was heard far in every direction, more especially eastward, the wind at the time blowing strong towards that quarter ; and the melancholy tidings were thus proclaimed throughout the whole neighbourhood by the very agency which wrought the mischief. Relatives, and all in any way connected or sympathizing with those engaged in the work were drawn to the spot, manifest ing in every look and action the dismal anxiety, the gloomy forebodin, or the intense sorrow, with which the occur rence had overwhelmed them. Two men—Michael Ranson and Henry Dunn—and George Charlton, a boy, all sinkers, were employed at some distance in the east headway, and were made sensible of their danger by the dust and wind which came upon them. Fortunately the after-damp was spent, and they reached the shaft without being injured : there they found that stones and wood-work at the bottom were torn from their places and had fastened the " cage," but, after much labour, they were rescued from their perilous position and conveyed to the top in safety. Without loss of time, and with a readiness which, while it bespoke their feel ing, displayed their courage, a body of workmen descended and forthwith commenced their melancholy work. The la bour, exhausting though it was, was continued unremittingly, until the bodies of the 32 sufferers were recovere d. T wo horses, in the n orthern division, were found qu it e d ea d ; an d in the same direction where the three su rv i vors were , was found an old pony, which, though nearly starved, was unhurt. The stable was burnt down, and an unknown amount of other injury was effected.—Durharn Advertiser. THE ARMY.—A general order has been issued from the Horse Guards on the subject of the punishment of a soldier of the 11th Hussars in the Riding House at Hounslow on Sunday fortnight, under the direction of the Earl of Cardi gan. The conduct of the noble earl is condemned in terms of well-merited censure, such as we trust will prevent any repetition of the offence. ARREST OF A MANCHESTER ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUER FOR BRIBERY AT THE WALSALL ELECTION. —At the late Stafford assizes, the grand jury found a true bill against Ed ward Hall, " late of Walsall, gentleman," as therein des cribed, but better known in this neighbourhood as the son of Mr. James Hall, Sunneyside, a member of the Society of Friends, and late Boroughreeve of Salford, for " unlawfully, wickedly, and corruptly attempting and endeavouring to bribe and corrupt one James Lynx, a voter of the said bo rough, to give his vote, as such voter at the said election, for one Benjamin Smith, one of the candidates to serve the said borough in parliament." Upon this indictment a bench warrant was issued by Mr. Justice Coleridge, and on Thurs day last Mr. Edward Hall, " late of Walsall, gentleman," was taken before the magistrates at the New Bailey, to an swer the charge at the next Stafford assizes. Mr. Maude, who presided on the occasion, ordered the defendant to enter into his own recognizances in £250, with two sureties in £lOO each. Mr. Rawson and Mr. R. P. Livingstone having entered into the required bond, Mr. Hall was set at liberty. The consternation amongst the party who did the dirty work of the league at Walsall is beyond description. Each of them is expecting that his turn will come next ; and it is well known that there are many in Manchester whose merits far exceed th o f Mr. gd w ard Hall.-.-Manchester Chronicle. It is not, and cannot be, a question with them, how far the political interests and commercial policy of this country may seem to require the measure; but whether the great prin ciples of universal justice and benevolence may not be com promised thereby. That in Cuba and Brazil, the great slave-markets of the western world, the cupidity of slave-dealers will be stimu lated to increase the number of their victims, and that the cart whip of the slave-drivers will be plied with redoubled energy to extort labour from reluctant bondsmen, should the reduction take place, there can be no doubt ; the committee would therefore earnestly deprecate the measure, as involv ing a criminal disregard of the liberty and welfare of mil lions of their fellow men, and of the sacred obligations of duty to the Most High. The committee are far from being opposed to the princi ples of free trade, in their fair and legitimate application. They are not in favour of monopolies. Hence they are de sirous of seeing the produce of other countries, raised by free labour, introduced into this. But they conceive that, to ad mit the produce of slave-labour into the British market on such favourable terms as these, which, it is understood, have been proposed, would, under present circumstances, give a bonus to slave-holders, supply a fearful impetus to the ne farious traffic in human beings, and consolidate a system of iniquity, which has been branded with deserved infamy by the people, the legislature, and the government of this coun try. Whereas it may be confidently expected, that the tem porary pressure of high prices, already in process of re moval, will entirely give way, if the free system, which has happily been established in the British colonies, be not em barrassed in its infancy with difficulties with which it may not be able to contend. The documents laid before Parliament clearly Prove, that the deficiency in the supply of produce from the British colo nies during the last two years, has arisen partly from the great change which has taken place in the condition of the labouring population, considerable numbers of them having, either wholly or in part, withdrawn from agricultural employ ments ; partly from the unjust and severe laws which have been allowed to go into operation, to coerce labour under a state of freedom ; partly from the injudicious arrangements of some, and the dishonourable proceedings of other planters, in the management of properties confided to their care ; and partly from providential dispensations, such as the long con tinued and heavy rains in some colonies, and the length and severity of the drought in others. But these causes, the committee sincerely trust, will not be permanent in their continuance. To the Government they would confidently look to remove every unequal and' unrighteous law, and to purify and strengthen the administration of justice. To the proprietary body they would look to adopt such-wise mea sures as shall promote the cheerful labour, and the full de velopment of the industrial energies of the liberated bonds men ; and, above all, they would look to the Divine blessing to crown the great work of emancipation, which they are anxious everywhere to promote, with abundant success. The committee are much gratified on being able to state that, in the judgment of practical men, founded upon accu rate information, no fears of a short supply of produce for the present year need be apprehended; that the prospect of an increased quantity from the British colonies may be rea sonably anticipated in 1842 ; and that there is every reason to believe that each succeeding year will yield still larger supplies than have hitherto been imported from them into this conntry. The late complete assimilation of the duties between East and West India sugar, will also greatly add to the stock of that necessary article for home consumption. In conclusion, the committee would respectfully, but ear nestly, entreat your lordship, and your lordship's colleagues in office, that, in the contemplated alterations in the tariff of customs duties, provision may be made for the exclusion of the produce of slave labour from the British market, and for the greater encouragement of free labour, by all practicable and legitimate means, throughout the world. On behalf of the committee, HENRY TucKETT, Chairman. London, March 26th, 1841. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, tim. Hannah Kerr, J Potter. 695 Bombay, Bold & Starkey Majestic, J Cornforth, 730 Bombay, C Horsfall & Son Ann, J Salkeld, 575 Bombay, Bold & Starkey Albatross, F Bowey, 278 Ceylon and Calcutta, G L Jackson & Son Arab, J Dalgai no, 269 Ceylon, Bahr, Behrcnd & Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Mary, J Sewell, 15i Jamaica and Honduras, M'Leod & Yarrow Stormont, T Isbister, 292 Honduras, Crozier, Brothers & Co Andes, J Gavey, 212 Kingston, , J Poole &Co Duchess Portland, A Roy, 173 Demerara, G Booker & Co SOUTH AMERICA. Milton, J Anderson, 162 Rio Grande, J Poole & Co George Canning, G Harvey, 170 Santa Martha and Carthagena, Imrie & Tomliuson COMMODORE NAPIER IN MANCHESTER ALTERATION' OF THE SUGAR DUTIES (From the Anti-Slavery Reporter.) The attention of the British and Foreign Anti -Slavery Committee has been seriously directed to the measure which is now understood to be under the consideration of the gov ernment, by which the British market would be opened to foreign, and therefore to slave-grown sugars. A memorial to Lord Melbourne on this subject, which is most deeply inter esting to humanity, has been adopted by that body, and was presented to his lordship on Friday, by a deputation consist ing of the following gentlemen :—Messrs. Samuel Gurney, Josiah Forster, George Bennet, John Beaumont, Edward Gurney, John O'Connell, M.P., E. N. Buxton, and Henry Sterry. The noble premier received the deputation courte ously, and assured them that the memorial should receive the serious attention of the government. • The following is the memorial : To the Right - Honourable Lord Viscount Melbourne, &c. My Lord,—The rumoured intention of her majesty's gov ernment to lower the duties on the staple productions of the British colonies, and to make such other arrangements as shall admit the produce of slave as well as free labour into the British market, having come under the consideration of the British and Foreign Anti- Slavery Society, they venture respectfully to lay the result of their deliberations on the sub ject before your lordship. That the question of the reduction of duties is deemed one of vital importance, may be inferred from the amount of pub lic attention which has for some time past been given to it, both in and out of parliament. On the one hand it is asserted that the welfare of the country at large, but especially of the labouring classes, and of the mercantile and manufacturing interests, peremptorily requires the reduction ; whilst on the other hand it is contended, that any such reduction would be destructive of an immense amount of capital in vested in the colonies, that their cultivation, as a conse quence, must be abandoned, and the important market they now afford to the manufacturer and the merchant be altoge ther closed. _ _ To the government, therefore, the subject must have been one of difficulty, if not of embarrassment ; pressed as it has been on their attention by parties of opposite views and con flicting claims. The committee conceive, however, that, whilst the expectationi of those who advocate the reduction of duties as to the anticipated results of the measure are un duly raised, the fears of those who oppose it are as unduly exaggerated. No doubt, the immediate effect of the con templated reduction would be to lower the price of colonial produce in the British market, as it would bring the cheaper produce of Cuba and Brazil into competition with it ; but that it would materially increase the exports of manufac tured goods to either of those countries may be fairly ques tioned, since that, the committee apprehend, must depend upon the increase of population, and the general distribu tion of wealth amongst the community—a thing which can never take place where the great mass of the labouring popu lation are slaves. That the ultimate result would be to advance the price of the productions of those countries in the continental market, and also in this, must be obvious, inasmuch as every ton subtracted from the present supply of the foreign market to meet the demand of the consumers in this, must necessarily affect it; and, to whatever extent the reduction in the duties may diminish cultivation in the British colonies, it must, sooner or later, affect the exports to them. Cuba and Brazil will undoubtedly be benefited. The British colonies may, and most probably will, be injured by the measure. But, my lord, there are some who cannot look on the question as one of mere fiscal arrangement. They regard it as involving great principles and solemn responsibilies. In the relation which it bears to slavery and the slave-trade—in the strength it will give the one, and the impulse it will yield the other—the committee find an argument which ap peals with irresistible force to their convictions and feelings against it. _ GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street, Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester: — TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM. 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 6 0 a.m. Mixed PP „ 12 8 15 a.m. First Class ft PI 1 15 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class PP 4 p.m• 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class PI P. 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston and Lancaster 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 pan. Mixed 5 0 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 50 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ PI 7 0 p.m. „ t, 90 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. ~ The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY. 4 0 .. 6 0 Morning 8 0 (FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD.) 10 0 .. 12 0 I Afternoon 2 0 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD Morning 8 15 .. 10 30 .. 12 15 1 Afternoon 2 15 .. ON SUNDAYS.—FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD Morning 9 0 I Afternoon 4 45 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD 1 Afternoon 6 0 Morning; 9 15 LIVERPOOL AND MAC CHESTER 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 „ 9 - 0 „ _lO 0 „ 11 0 „ 11 45 „ 11 15 „ 11 45 „ 2 0 Aftern.3 .. 230 Aftern. 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. 4 45 „ .. 5 30 9, 5 0 .. 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I lc Except on Saturdays, when this Train does not start till Three. ON SUNDAYS. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 4 45 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 5 0 Aftern. 5 30 Aftern. 715 Evening.. 715 Mixed t 715 Evening., 715 Mixed ll Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside TO PRESTON AND WIGAN. FROM LIVERPOOL. PROM M ANCHESTER. 8 45 Morning.. Mixed 9 0 Moiling,. Mixed 11 0 .. First Class 11 15 .. First Class 230 Aftern. .. Second Class 245 Aftern. Second Class 445 „ .. Mixed 5 0 ~ • . Mixed 715 ~ .. First Class 715 .. First Class ON SUNDAYS. 7 o Morning. 5 0 Afternoon. First Class. 7 1 5 Evening.... 1 TO LANCASTER. FROM MANCHESTER. g 0 Morning.... Mixed 11 15 ~ .... First Class 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 0 ), •• • • Mixed TO BOLTON. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 4 45 Afternoon 7 15 Evening Fix:t Class FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.... Mixed 11 0 First Class 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 4 45 „ Mixed _ _ _ _ _ ___ FROM LIVERPOOL. ..FROM MANCHESTER. 845 Morning.... First Class I 9 0 Morning.... First Class 11 0 „ .... , 11 15 ~ • ... , 2 3o Afternoon .. Second Class I 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 5 30 If • • • • ~ ON SUNDAYS 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 1 7 o Morning.. Pt 5 30 Afternoon.. 1 5 30 Afternoon TO ST. HELENS. FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 730 Morning.— second Class 945 10 0 ~ •• • . PP „ 11 45 „ 11 45 ~ .... „ 2 30 Afternoon.. PP 2 45 Afternoon.. ts 5 30 5 30 ~ .... ft PP Second Class TO LONDON. BY THE FOLLOWING TRAINS ON WEEK DAYS. 8 15 a.m. First Class Passengers, Carriages and Horses 18 30 a.m. Ditto, Ditto. 7 0 p.m. First Class Passengers only. ON SUNDAYS. 8 15 a.m. First Class Passengers, Carriages and Horses 7 0 p.m. First Class Passengers only. CHESTER AND CREWE BRANCH. FROM CHESTER. 11 30 a.m. First Class, to meet 10 30 a.m. Train from Liverpool and Manchester. 5 0 p.m. Mixed, to meet 330 p.m. Train from Birmingham and 4 o p.m. Trains from Liverpool ant Manchester. FROM CREWE. 9 0 a.m. Mixed, on arrival of 6 a.m. Frain from Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham. 2 0 p.m. First Class, on arrival of 11 30 Lin. Train from Bir mingham. There will be no Trains on Sunday untl further notice. TIDE TABLE Days. I Mrn. I Evn. I Height H. If . H. M. 1 F. I. I. Tuesday 27 259 327 114 8 Sundays, Holydays, §c Wednes. 28 355 1 430 13 1 Napoleon sentto Elba 1835 Thursday 29 511 554 11 11 Ist Oratorio at L'pool 1766 Friday .. 30 6 37 7 20 11 10 Saturday 1 8 0 S3B 12 8 Duke Wellington b. 1769. Sunday.. 2 9 8 935 14 4 3rd Sunday after Easter. Monday 3 956 10 16 15 3 Jamaica discovered 1495. NORTHERN HOSPITAL, APRIL 24. ADMITTED. DISCHARGED Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation 15 Cured Attending as Out Patients 11 Irregular Died Remaining in th, le Hospital House Visiters, Rev. Thos. Hornby, and Elias Mozley, Esq. Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.--House Surgeon, Mr. Woodward COTTON MARKET, APRIL 26 We have had a better attendance of buyers in our Cotton market to-day, but their operations were on so limited a scale that we must still report a very flat and depressed state of things, leaving a strong resemblance to the market in 1838 during the long con tinued system of " short time," when no consumer purchased more than 10 or 20 bales at one time. A rumour has been current to-day that it is the intention of the Ashton and Stayley.bridge spinners to resort to short time, which if generally adopted, will cause a continuance for some time of the present stagnation. The sales to-day are 2500 bales, at last Friday's prices. Several inef fectual attempts have been made to purchase at id down, but without any success. LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT. MADDER, 16. cwt. S. d. S. d. Dutch, crop 70 0 —BO 0 I Ombro 50 0 —65 0 Gamene 32 0 —4O 0 Mull 10 0 —3O 0 French, S.F. 42 0 —46 0 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 E.S.F 54 0 —53 0 E.5.F.F.63 0 —66 0 42 0 —5B 0 ASHES Montreal, Pot 28 6g 29 0 Pearl, new 29 0 —29 6 U. States, Pot., none. Pearl none. BARE ' Quercit. Oak, ap. ton .. £5 5 7 0 German 4 15 5 0 BRIMSTONE, V ton Sicily, &c 7 5 715 • Spanish Tuscany 7 10 8 0 MOLASSES.' Cat CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. S. d., Trinidad, &c 25 0 —27 0 *), cal. in bond 90 0— 95 0 Demerara, &c 26 0 —2B 0 CLOVER-SEED, V cat. Bar & Antigua.. 28 0 —3O 0 American, red.. 70 0— 75 0 MUNJEET, V cat 12 0 —l4 0 Dutch.... French & Germ.7o 0— 80 0 Gallipoli . 7 70 0 —7l 0 COCOA, V cwt. Trieste 68 10 —69 o Trinidad 43 0— 52 0 Sicily 67 0 —6B 0 Grenada .... 132 0— 36 0 Malaga 67 10 —6B 0 Brazil Portugal, &c .... none COFFEE, V cwt in bond. Levant 67 0 —6B 0 Jama. triage .. 1 „ J ~ 0 Palm, 11 , tort 34 10 —35 0 ordinary .... D3O 0— Fish, la , 252 galls. good& fine ord. 72 0— 92 0 Seal, pale 32 0 —33 0 middling 95 0-120 0 brown 27 0 —3l 0 good mid. .... 125 0-138 0 Cod 26 0 —26 10 rine mid. &c. .. 140 0-152 0 LINSEED, 1,, , ca t 31 0 —3l 6 130 0— 50 0 Dutch, triage.. Rape, pale do. 49 0 —5O 0 ordinary .... Turpen. p cwt 54 0 —55 0 good &fine ord. 60 0— 70 0 RICE, V cwt middling 75 0— 80 0 Carolina, dress. 36 0 good mid. 1 85 n n , n in bond 22 0— fine mid., &c. I " "---- " - Bengal, ord. do.. 13 0 —l4 0 Mocha Ceylon Java Havana Jamaica, good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 12 to 16 0. p... 3 8 3 10 St. Domingo 4l 0— 43 0 stronger 4 0 5 2 Brazil 4O 0— 43 0 choice marks.. 5 6 6 0 Laguira 54 0— 0 0 SAFFLOWER, V cwt. DYEWOODS, V ton X. s. £. s. Bengal, Logwood, Jam... 6 5 6 10 good & fine.. ms's 0 7 o Hon. & Dom. 7 0— 7 10 ord. & mid .. 9 10 4 10 Campeachy .. 9 0— 910 Bombay Fustic, Span 5 0— SALTPETRE, V cwt. S. d. s. d Tampico 6 0— 6 10 East India 26 6 —3l 0 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA Wools. orange 52 0 —72 D Rio de la Hache liver and block 32 0 —46 0 solid rough 6 0— 7 10 Neutria, '44 , doz small Lima, solid l2 0— 13 0 Seal, each Barwood, Ango. 0 0— 9 0 SHUMAC, V cat Gaboon 6 10— 7 0 Sicily Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Malaga none Red San. Wood.. 7 10— 8 0 Trieste " 6 8 6 FLAX, V ton. Verona 6 0— 6 9 Riga. P.T.R. .... 43 0— 43 10 Tyrolese P'burg, 9 head .. 40 0— 41 0 SUGAR, 19 , cwt. Archangel 44 0— 55 0 B. P. Muscovado Dutch & Flem. 6O 0-120 0 moist brown .. GALLS, V cwt. dry brown .... Turkey, blue 65 0— 72 0 good & mid.... nominal mixed 60 0— 66 0 rine &v. fine .. East India 6O 0— 72 0 Mauritius, GINGER, Is , cwt. dabs and moist 50 0 —54 0 Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 brown & yel... 60 0 —66 0 Jamaica 6O 0-200 0 fine yellow .... 67 0 —7O 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 19 0 East India, Bengal Gum, 19 , cwt. Khaur 47 0 —52 0 Arabic, Turkey .. 70 0-140 0 brown & yel. 56 0 --63 0 East India. 24 0— 48 0 good and fine 68 0 —72 0 Barbary 5O 0— 0 0 extra fine 75 0 —B2 0 Senegal 75 0— 0 0 Manilla, in bond 19 0 —2:3 0 HEMP, 9p• ton X s. £ s. Havana, do. P'burg, clean 40 0— 41 0 brown outshot.. 39 0— 39 10 yellow . Riga, Rhine .... 41 0— 42 0 white ord outshot.. 40 0— 0 0 good & fine Archangel Manilla 26 0— 23 0 brown Bombay l9 0— 21 0 yellow Jute l4 0— 14 10 white ord. .. HIDES, Ox and Cow, If, lb good and fine B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. TAI.Low, lo cwt. inferior & mid. 0 61— 0 73 P'burgh, Y.C. .. 48 6 —49 0 good & prime 0 71— 0 83 Odessa 48 0 —4B 3 Do. salted .... 0 33 0 43 Archangel 44 6 —45 0 N. Amer. salted 0 34 0 33 Buenos Ayres 35 0 —45 0 Brazil dry salted 0 41— 0 53 Stockholm 2O 0 —2l 0 Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 53 0 63 Carolina Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 Virginia W. India, dry.. 0 54 0 7 TARTAR, V Cat. salted.. 0 41— 0 53 Cream of Tartar 7B 0 —Bl 0 East India .... 0 73 0 101 brown and yel 49 0 —6B o Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7 0 84 TEA, V lb. in bond. Horse, d. each 8 6 —ll 6 Bohea, Canton - HORSE HAIR, 'V' lb. Fokein - Short mixed long tails 1 0— 1 4 Twankay, corn... 1 61— 1 7 combed INDIGO, V lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 1 6 2 9 Bengal. Campoi, pur. & violet blue & violet blue violet, g. & fine 6 6 7 0 Souchong, com... I 7 ______ ord. & in . id, 5 5 3 0 - - 65 0 good to fine.. Ig 2 6 Pekoe, flowery .. 2 6 3 0 violet & cop• I 9 Hyson, c0rn..... 2 0— ~ 2 Hyso fi n ne . ... 2 6 _ mixed .. cop. g. & fine. 5 0— 5 6 4 0 Imperial ........ ? 2 1 6 0 -- 3 3 0 0 ord. & mid. 4 0— 5 0 Young con. quality Oude 2 0— 4 9 Gunpowder, Madras 2 6 5 0 good and fin e .. 210 4 6 Guatimala, 11i• T OBACCO, V lb. in bo n d. I) Floras Sobres Cortes Caraccas, Floras 5 9 6 6 Maryland Sobres 4 9 5 6 TURMERIC, V cwt. in bond. Cortes LAC DYE, V' It, TURPENTINE, V Cwt. D.T. and prime. 1 6 2 0 American lO 0 —l2 0 mid. to good.. 0 63 1 4 VALONIA, V ton. X s .€ 0 ord. & inferior 0 4 0 6 Smyrna, picked 14 0 —l9 0 MADDER ROOTS, V cwt. Morea Smyrna Galipoli & Syria .. 42 0— 46 0 African 6 10 8 0 French 47 0— 48 0 East ludia Naples 44 0— 45 0 American 7 0— 8 0 -37 0 6 0 -12 0 10 0 -25 0 . 1 5- 3 3 10 0 -11 6 22 0 -22 6 23 0 -25 0 29 0 -30 0 31 0 -34 0 18 0 -21 0 22 6 -23 6 22 0 -23 0 24 0 -21$ 0 AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of brown or Muscovado sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending April 20, is 39s 114 d per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of customs paid or pay able thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1841. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING, JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 89, Mount Pleasant, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great O r f ord-street, At No. 4 , ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOL. Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. 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Terms of Subscription for this paper,:—On credit; one year, £2 6s. ; half-year, £1 3s. ; quarter, Hs. 6d.—lf paid in advance—one year £2 25.; half-year, £1 Is ; quarter, 1A 6d, i§btpping FRIDAY, APRIL 23.—Wind N. moderate ARRIVED.—Sir Robert Peel, Craig, from Charleston. SAlLED.—Gregory Bogosloff, Tuleff, for St. Petersburg—Brutus, Douglas, and Arethusa, Walker, for Africa—Bridget; Timmens, Morrison, for Halifax—Grace, Wilson, for Newfoundland—Reina, Voss, for Amsterdam—Cassandra, Goodwin, for Alexandretta— Taruja Segunda, Palha, for Lisbon—Auguste, Kirkhove, for Ostend —Robert Isaac, Trueman, for New York—and Mary Bell, Crow, for Montreal. Cambyses, Hutchinson, from Calcutta, at this port; sailed 6th December, and from St. Helena 19th February. On 16th March, in lat. 6 N, long. 24 W, spoke the Bolivar, from Liverpool for Rio Janeiro. On 10th April, in lat. 44, long. 26, spoke the Enterprise, from Liverpool for Yarmouth, N.S. On 14th April, in lat. 46, long. 19, spoke the Scotland, from Liverpool for New York. Nightingale, -, hence at Pernambuco Osprey, Langmaid, hence at Genoa Princess Royal, Boxtield, and Superior, Louttitt, hence at Helvoet Fanny, Pritchard, hence at Texel Groot Lankum, Weerd, and Aletla,Van Dam, hence at Harlingen Trio, Hooper, hence for Narva, at Portsmouth John, , hence for Tonningen, at Pentland Frith Derwent, Harper, hence at Antigua Canada, Edgar, hence at Trinidad Helen Hamilton, -, hence off Trinidad, Bth March, and proceeded for Maracaibo Lyra, (packet) from Falmouth, at Antigua 18th March Tyrian, (packet) ditto ditto 19th Reindeer, Kemp, sailed from Messina for Liverpool 27th March Angelina, James, and Victoria, Louttitt, hence at Tobermory, and sailed 17th April for Stettin Maly Henny, Henny, hence at Tobermory, after being on shore, but without damage, add proceeded for Narva 17th April North Briton, , from Calcutta, at Downs James Ray, -, hence for Monte Video, was spoken 7th April, in lat. 42, long. 13 Eli Whitney, -, hence for New York, was spoken 11th April, in lat. 44, long. 31 . Emerald, -, hence for St. John, N.B. was spoken 12th April, in lat. 44, long. 29 ANTIGUA, March 22.—Swan, from Philadelphia for Gibraltar, was abandoned to the westward of Barbuda (a little to the north ward of this island) 3rd March. Crew saved. OSTEND, April 18.—Industrie, Zenon, that arrived here 14th from Liverpool, has received considerable damage, having been in contact with the Charlotte, Brun, off Portland. SATURDAY, Aran. 24.—Wind S. to N.W. fresh. AanivEn.—Abagum, Wright, from Charleston—James, Came. ron, from Halifax—Friendship, Bailey, • from Palermo—Lady Brougham. Dawe. from Lisbon—Belle Wright, from Charente— Ariadne, , from Rostock—and Jonathan Fell, , from Maryport. SAlL%D.—Oberon, Addie, for Quebec—Native, Kehoe, for Mon treal—Bradshaw, Milroy, for New Xork—J. Marshall, Poythress, for Virginia—Otterspool, Little, for Calcutta—Ceres, Vernes, for Dordt—Afina, Albertina, Nagel; Gezina Hermina, Jonker, and Ewald & Bertha, Marmson, for Narva—aud Valiant, Seaborn, for Bremen. Trinidad Packet, Hudson, hence at Trinidad Mary Ann Henderson, Hewan, hence at Constantinople Victoria, Kibbin, hence at Havre Heinrich, Grosz, hence at Pillau Visiter, Lock; Frederick Carl, Becker, and Lady Bassett, Shugg, hence at Hamburg Levant, -, hence for Philadelphia, at Londonderry John Campbell, -, hence for New South %Vaies, off Tuskar 21st April Margaret, Campbell, from Jamaica for Liverpool, at Waterford Jane, Pring, from Bristol for Liverpool, at Milford; sails split Lotus, , from Savannah for Liverpool, was spoken 22nd March, in lat. 32, long. 74 Columbia, (steamer) hence for Halifax, was spoken 10th April, at 3 p.m. in lat. 44 23, long. 35 Magnet, from Liverpool for Montreal, was spoken 10th April, in lat. 411, long: 18 _ . . . . Minerva, -, of Liverpool, was spoken 17th April, in lat. 55, long. 14 K - athleen, --, from Liverpool for Windsor, N.S. was spoken 10th April, in long. 32 City of Perth, , from Barbadoes, at Texas Si.ioo, April 20.—A large brig, apparently Foreign, timber laden, has been driven on shore, near this harbour, bottom upwards SUNDAY, APRIL 25.—Wind S.W. very fresh ARRIVED.—Grace . Brown, —, from Baithnore—Victoria, , from Wismar—Anna, Lucht, from Leer—Caroline, —, from Embden—Alpha, —, from Newport—Margaret, —, from Demerara—Shenandoah, --, from Philadelphia—Rival, --, from Nassau—and Orixa, —, from London. SAlLED.—Albatross, Bowey, for Ceylon. Pakenham, Wardle, from Paraiba; sailed 10th March. Left the Ann, Jane, and Brazilian loading William & Sarah, Jack, from Rathlin Island, at this port, with 600 bales of cotton from the Matthew Bell. _ Emma, Jarvis, hence at Salcombe, with pumps choked, loss of foreyard and sails damaged Margaret Marshall, Bryce, hence at Lochindaul, and sailed on the 20th April for Newfoundland Fortuna, -, hence for Kilrush, at Killybegs, with rudder unshipped Najaden, Abson, hence for Pernau, at Stromness Victoria, Louttitt, hence for Stettin, at ditto William & Jane, Jones, hence at Rouen WATERFORD, April 23.—The Robert, Lawson, from Liverpool for Monte Video, after undergoing repairs here, tailed on a bank, fell over, and carried both her masts away. She has since righted. CROOKHAVEN, April 22.—The Nancy, Wilson, from Liverpool to Newfoundland, put in here yesterday, in consequence of springing a leak. ABEEDEEN, April 21.—The Robert Nairn, from Liverpool to Leith, was towed in here last night, having been dismasted 19th instant, in the Moray Frith. MONDAY, APRIL 26.—Wind S.W. moderate ARRIVED.—Koster, Koster, from Ancona—Gesina Petronella, from Amsterdam—Alberdina, Potjewyd ; Vrow Elizabeth, --, and Ida Besendina, , from Rotterdam—Julie & Marie, Bou bels, from Wolgast—Marie Antionette, Ocket, from Antwerp—For tuna, Taje, from Dordt—Alecto, Ayshford, from Jamaica—Robert Burns, , from Apalachicola—Elizabeth, Sinclair, from New Orleans—Lotus, Yeaton, from Savannah—Virginian, Eaton, from New Orleans—Margaret, from Apalachicola—Richard Anderson, from Charleston—and Bounty Hall, from Maranham. Cornubia, Bell, hence at Maranham Cceur de Lion, from Rio Janeiro, ditto The Earl Percy, nearly loaded for Liverpool, took fire at Maran ham 17th March, burnt to the water's edge, and afterwards sunk; crew saved The Barbadoes was to sail from Nassau for Cork 29th March, after being repaired H.M.S. Kite, from the West Indies, at Portsmouth A few barrels of flour and some spars, apparently belonging to a small vessel, were passed 6th instant, in lat. 39, long. 50 TELEGRAPH OFFICE, APRIL 26, 1841 Off Great Ornshead, at 11 a.m. No. 1123, Richard Anderson, A.S. from Charleston, and 213. Ganges. B.Bk. at 12 at noon, from ditto. Off Voel Nant, at 8 a.m.No. 702, Alecto, 8.8. from Jamaica, East of the Floating Light, at 11 40 a.m. No. 815, Elizabeth, B.S. from New Orleans—and 40, Bounty Hall; B.S. from Maranham. The signals could not pass beyond Pullin Island for thick weather during the day. UNITED STATES Champlain,— Brown, 624 Philadelphia, Hughes & Co Normandie, W P Spalding, 500 New Orleans, J Hubback Alfred, C Cheever, 454 New Orleans, W Quayle BRITISH AMERICA. Patruus, F Gibaut, 205 Bay Chaleur, J Robin & Son EUROPE. Duchess Kent, J Stevens, 95 Dor(lt, A Coghill Sphynx, W Connibeer, 122 Gibraltar, W II Wood Feliz Destino, Ferriera, 100 Oporto, liighfield & Withers Unicorn, II Gill, 66 Stettin, R Roberts Camilla, E Elaine, 114 Zwolle, Marwood & Co Crescent, J Domalile, 114 Gibraltar, Cotesworth & Wynne Cariboo, C Butler, 79 Riga, Crozier Brothers & Co Black-ey'd-Susan, J Radley, 124 Beirut and Alexandretta, Bahr, Behrend & Co MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. &PRIL. HOUR 27, John Warburton, (Ist) 27, Richard Jones, (Ist) 28, John Tarlton Clarendon Rooms, 1 Ditto, 1 Ditto, 12 2g, Joseph Dobson, (proof and div.) Ditto, 1 30, Peter Crompton, (2nd) 30, G. T. &C. F. Smith, (2nd) .... Royal Hotel, Cheltenham, 1 May 1, G. S. & R. Halloran, (proof & div.) Clarendon. Rooms, 11 1, Benjamin Allport Ditto, 1 3, John Perry, (Ist) Ditto, 1 4, Peter Robinson, (2nd). 4, Lee, Holt, Bell and Co (proof and div ) Ditto, 12 4, Robert Marsh, jun. (proof and div.).. • Ditto, 12 5, B. and T. Tatter s all, proof aad div.) • • Ditto, 1 6, W. Jones, and J. B. Windle, (Ist) 6, William Baines Ditto, 1 6, Samuel Dickinson Leatham. Ditto, 1 6, Thomas Tattersall (proof and div.) Ditto, 1 7, Charles Hepper (Ist) 7, Adam Walker (Ist). Ditto, 2 18, Samuel Stokes, (proof and div.). Ditto, LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT April 24, 1840, ADMITTED. In-patients Out-patients Casuals during the last week DISCRARGED ln-patients cured 2O Relieved and at own request Made Out-patients 1 Irregular Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. R. Davies. House Visiters, Mr. W. J. Tomlinson and Mr. Banner. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon Mr. Brandreth. E W. JACKSON, Treasurer *** Donations and Subscriptioi A. Heywood, Sons and Co., and PREMIUMS OF INSU , ns thankfully received at Messrs at the Infirmary. LONDON & LIVERPOOL, Jamaica Leeward Isl. Dem. & Berbice Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana 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, &e. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, &c. Oporto RANCE AT LLOYD'S Outward. Home 25s Od@ 30 0 20 0-- 25 0 50 0-60 0 90 0-40 0 30 0 -- 40 0 40 0-50 0 40 0-50 0 40 0-60 0 40 0-60 0 40 0 -- 60 0 25 0 -- 30 0 35 0 -- 40 0 35 0-40 0 105 0 35 0 - 40 0 40 0 - 50 0 40 0 - 30 0 - 20 0 - -- 50 0 - 60 0 25 0- 40 0- 50 0 25 0-30 0 15 0-20 0 25 0 -- 20 0 25 0 - - 30 0 -- 40 0 30 0-- 40 0 40 0-- 60 0 50 0-60 0 60 0 - 25 0 -- 30 0 60s Od @ , 105 0 30 0 40 0 60 0 —lOO 0 17 6- 20 0 20 0-25 0 40 0 80 0 60 0-80 0 30 0-60 0 20 3 0-30 30 06 0 0 0 ! 25 0-30 0 30 0 35 0 40 0 ! 63 0-84 0 40 0 50 0 40 0 40 0 126 0 -147 6 20 0 - 40 0 - 20 0-25 0 25 0-30 0 25 0 - -- 15 0-20 0 17 6-20 0 20 0 -- -- 25 0-- 30 6 25 0-- 30 0 30 0-- 40 0 40 0 - - - 40 0 -.. 60 0 17 6-20 0 f.+laritets. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, APRIL 23 Sugar.—The demand for B. P. is still almost entirely suspended, and the sales are not 100 hhds., chiefly Baroadoes, at 66s to 705 6d per cwt. For Bengal there is a fair inquiry, but at low rates, and 2200 bags have been taken, chiefly at 67s 6d to 71s 6d per cwt. 400 bags Mauritius have also been disposed of, at 68s to 73s per cwt. Foreign.—The sales this week are about 970 cases and 150 brls . Brazil, to the Refiners, chiefly at 22s for white, and Igs for brown Bahia, old, but of fair quality. 370 boxes white Havana taken for export, at 30s 6d, and 108 brls. Porto Rico, for stores, at 23s per cwt. Bonded Refined.—This market remains quiet. Nothing re ported in Molasses. Coffee.—The transactions in Plantation have been very limited, comprising 70 casks Jamaica and 40 bags Demerara, at the quotations, 700 bags East India (S 1 duty) were sold at 35s to 38s for Pedang, up to 56s 6tl for middling Java. No sales of Foreign of any moment. 80 brls. ordinary Jamaica Ginger sold at 60s per cwt., 70 bags Pimento at 3d, and 1000 bags black Pepper at 3d to 4id per lb, Nothing done in Cocoa. Rice.- 60 tees. Carolina, in bond, sold at 22s and 200 bags Bengal at the quotations. Rum.—No transactions to report. Tea,—Throughout the week there has been a fair demand for Congous and Twgnkays, at an advance of id to Id per lb on last week's prices; in the good and fine descriptions nothing doing. There has been some demand for Indigo since the close of the London sales, but this market is bare of suitable descriptions ' • 20 serons sold at 5s Idtoss 2d per lb. Nearly 200 chests of Shell Lac brought at auction 35s to 455, which is a little lower; 63 chests of Camphor, elO to 2s 6d, 560 bags Cutch 15s to 15s 3d, and 20 boxes of Borax 50s per cwt. Saltpetre and Nitrate of Soda remain dull; the sales have been moderate, and at lower rates. Dyewoods.—The sales reported are part of a cargo of Campeachy Logwood (damaged) at £8 17s 6d to £9, 80 tons Jamaica at 6 28 6d to £6 Ins ; 70 tons Savanilla Fustic at e 5, and a small parcel of Lima Nicaragua Wood at. £l3 per tou. There are no salas of Turpentine or Tar to report on the spot, but to arrive a parcel of Turpentine has been sold, the price of which has not been allowed publicly to transpire. The market both for pot and Pearl Ashes continue dull, but the stock is gradually diminishing. The sales of Hides are not extensive, but full rates have been realized ; 500 salted Lima are reported at 4P, 500 Buenos Ayres Ox at 4d. 100 good Monte Video Cow at 4d, 300 New York at aid per lb; and 783 Monte Video Horse at gs 2d each. Tobacco.—There has been no improvent in the demand, and the sales are consequently very tnfiing. The market for Brimstone remains in the same state of inactivity which has prevailed for a log timc past, nor has the further reduc tion of 25s to 305 per ton announced this week at all tended, as yet, to increase the demand; the reduced scale of prices is given in the quotations of the day. No demand worthy of notice has taken place in Sumac. For the finer descriptions of Argols there has been more ready sale, and about 60 cases Florence and Bologna have been taken from 47s to 48s per cwt. ; with a few red Oporto at 33s per 'cwt. Brown Tartar and Cream of Tartar have been in fair request, without change in prices. No sales reported in Berries or flag Annatto. Madders and Roots continue in very limited demand. No sales reported in Quercitron Bark. After the large business in Olive Oil done last week, little remained here for dis posal, and the transactions this week have consequently been on a limited scale, at full prices. Notwithstanding the recent unfavour able report from Newfoundland of the prospects of the Seal Fishery, Fish Oils still sell but slowly, pale seal at £32 105 to £33 from store ; some inquiry appears, however, for the continental markets, considerably under the rates, but at the same time at much better prices than were paid for the new Oil last season, and a good de-• mand is anticipated; the little advance required for Cod Oil has checked the improved demand noticed last week, and few sales have been made; £26 is the highest price yet paid. Pale Rrape and Linseed Oils are again in limited demand, and prices a shade easier. Oil of Turpentine is reported to have been sold lower this week ; but although the inquiry is by no means, brisk, the Dis tillers generally refuse to give way, and we make no alteration in the annexed quorations. Palm Oil.—The recent large purchases have contributed a good deal to reduce the stock, and thereby give firmness to the market; inciuding, a sale of 450 tons for export, the transactions this week amount to upwards of 600 tons, at fully last week's prices, and small lots have realized £34 15s to £35 per ton. No business has transpired in Baltic Hemp or Flax; 100 bales Jute have been sold at el 3 15s, and a small parcel of Sunn at £lB lOs per ton. Tallow.—A fair demand is still experienced; 49s is generally required for Petersburg yellow Candle, but, except for some retail lots, not more than 48s 6d has been realized, and 47s 6d to 48s for Odessa ; in South American no rates are reported, chiefly for want of supplies. LONDON GAZETTE.- FRIDAY, APRIL 23 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, H. Cameron and J. Williamson, Manchester,joiners—J. Whit. worth and J. Nuttall, Hutchbank, Lancashire, woollen dyers—T , Parker and T. Fidler, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, joiners, INSOLVENTS. April 22.—William Jones, Talysarn, Carnarvonshire, fanter, 23.—James Topley. Greenwich, grocer. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. George Jones, Birmingham, ironfounder. BANKRUPTS. Adam Walker, Liverpool, drysalter, May 7, June 4, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Willis, Bower. and Willis, Tokenhouse-yard, London; Mr. Johnson, Liverpool; and Mr. Mortimer, Manchester. William Jones and Joseph Browning. Windle, Liverpool. wine merchants, May 6, June 4, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Makinson and Sanders. Middle temple, London; and Messrs. Lee and Foden, Leeds. Peter Harriss Abbott, King's Arms-yard, 3/loorgate street, Lon don, merchant. John Fisher, Finsbury, Kent, miller. George Jeans, Hoxton Old-town, water-proof leather manufac turer. Edward Dollman, Church-court, Clement's-lane, London, mer chant. Francis, Norrison, Devil's-bridge, Cardigan, hotel-keeper. John Ross, Epworth, Lincolnshire, sacking manufacturer. Stephen Nelson, Sowerby, Yorkshire, builder. Moore Hildick, Wailsall, Staffordshire, miller. William Wood, Walsall, Staffordshire, publican. James Edsbury, Holywell, Flintshire, grocer. William Joseph Wardell, Pickering, Yorkshire, wine-merchant. Richard Gooddy and William Edward M'Kee, Kingston-upon Hull, millers. Charles Cross and Barnard Spaull, Colchester, merchants. William Horton, Kirby Misperton, Yorkshire, banker. DIVIDENDS. May 14, W. Collis, Dunmow, Essex, draper—May 14, T. Gordon, jun., Grosvenor.row, Pimlico, London, bookseller—May 17. J. Jones, Staines, Middlesex, linendraper—May 15, J. Strickland, and F. Mattock, Newgate-market, London, cheesemongers—May 15, R. West, Fleet-street, London, medicine-vender—May 14. R. Waring, Luton, Bedfordshire, grocer—May 1 . 4, W. Crowther, jun., and C. Trapp, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital, London, coach makers—May 14, J. C. I.ucas and T. Lucas, Aldersgate-street, Lon don, lozenge-manufacturers—May 14, W. sen., Charles street, Middlesex Hospital, London, coachmaker—May 14, D. Free man, W. Sykes, and J. Freeman, Church-street, Bermondsey, London, leather factors—May 15, J. Jordan, Leeds, cabinet-maker —May 15, T. Pickard, Leeds, cabinet-maker—May 20, B. Jacques, B. Cotton, and T. B. Oliver, Nottingham, hosiers—M ay 21, J. Cole, Old Byland, Yorkshire, cattle dealer—May 2'_, J. Pritchard, Witney, Oxfordshire, iron-founder—May 17, E. Lax, Manchester, innkeeper —May 17, J. Denton, Greave's-mill, Yorkshire, silk-spinner—May 17, J. H, Kellett, Ulverston, Lancashire, cabinet-maker—May 15, B. C. Edwards and R. Blakeway, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, linendrapers—May 18, E. Self, North Curry, Somersetshire, draper —May 17, A. Nicholl and W. Nicholl. Greetland, Yorkshire, worsted.spinners—May 14, W. Rodman and J. Carwardine, Bristol, soap-manufacturers. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before May 14 J. A, Errege, Brighton, Bookseller—W. Knowelden, Great Guild ford-street, Southwark, engineer —E. E. Rouse, Worcester, stationer —W. Tomlinson, Manchester, iron-master—J. Barlow, Birming ham, brass-founder. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 23. Our market presents the same appearance of insipidity to day as for the last week—very little demand—and the busi ness does not exceed 2,500 bales.—The sales of the week are 14,620 bales, all to the trade. COTTON MARKET, APRIL 23 The demand has been very limited, and the market much de pressed throughout the week, the business being confined to the immediate wants of the Trade; prices of low and middling American have declined fully id per lb, whilst the better qualities are without change. Surat is id lower, and other kinds arc heavy of sale at previous rates. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the 16th to the 22nd instant, inclusive. Prices paid 'MFG in the week.•,ThisWk. SALES OF THE WEEK owl's 'this year 60 Sea Island :51(10 31 I 30 i Stained 6 —l4 1 9584 2170 o Bowed Georgia 2370 f Mobile 1. Alabama and Tennessee 6 —6/ 13560 7340 New Orleans 240 1 { Pernambuco & Paraiba B4 - 9i 1 673 , Aricati and Ceara B/ 82 .1 190 ( I Bahia and Maceio B— 82 1058 130 i { Maranham Sawginned .... 62 J •• • • .... Minas — .... Para 20 , Demerara, Surinam, &c Si 12 . .. 260 I Egyptian Barbados — •••• .... , Peruvian ... I Bahama ...: 1 Laguayra — .... 1 Common West India, &c — } 937 .... Carthagena — _.— .... Smyrna— .. .. Manilla — 1760 ' Surat 4fr 51 1 20 ; Madras - --51 f •••• .... ' Bengal •••• 14626 bales j 26980 LIVERPOOL CORN MARICET, APRIL 24 During the last seven days we have had moderate arrivals of British Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal. The imports from abroad are comprised in 1490 quarters of Oats, 1306 quarters of Beans, and 6350 barrels of Flour. From the lath to the 21st inclusive, duty was paid upon 2934 quarters of Foreign Wheat. The importers of Baltic Wheat that arrived last week being anxious to clear off what remained for Tuesday's market, ex ship, submitted to a decline of 3d per bushel; gs 8d to gs 9d per palb having been taken, and that reduction had to be ceded on all the finer descriptions. The inferior qualities were offering at ld to 2d below the price quoted on this se'nnight. There has been no further change in the value of the former, but the latter were yesterday again ld per bushel cheaper. The week's business of moderate amount. At an abatement of 6d per barrel there has been rather a better sale for free Foreign Flour ; United States ranging from 35s to 36s ; British North American from 33s 6d to 35s per barrel. Home manufacture Is per sack cheaper, and difficult to move. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS David Weir, Glasgow, cheese-merchant, April 29, May 21, at three, at Mein's Hotel, Glasgow. Peter Stewart, Glasgow, innkeeper, April 28, May 20, at two, at the Commercial Hotel, Glasgow. RAILWAYS, &c, Bolton and Leigh Bristol and Exeter Birmingham and Gloucester .. 90 paid 100 paid and Derby Birkenhead and Chester 50 paid Ditto, new Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties ... Ditto, Debentures 4 Edinburgh and Glasgow 4O Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 23 paid Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar } 40 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares Ditto quarter shares (late Chester and Crewe) Quarter Great Western Ditto new shares Ditto Fifth Shares Hull and Selby Leicester and Swannington Lancaster and Preston Ditto, new Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto quarter shares Ditto new shares Ditto London and Southampton Ditto, 10th shares London & Brighton Leeds and Selby Manchester and Leeds Ditto half shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury .. 93 Manchester and Birmingham.. 35 10 paid 23 paid 50 paid 50 .... 42 10 0 5 . 32 . 32 . 39 . 15 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 50 paid BANKS Bank of Liverpool - Borough Bank lO - Commercial of Liverpool 12 10, - Commercial of England. 5 - East of England lO - of Manchester lO - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 - Northern and Central - North and South Wales lO - Phoenix - Royal of Liverpool - South Lancashire - Albion - Liverpool Union lO - Liverpool Banking Co lO - Wilts and Dorset 7 lOs GAS, WATER WORKS, &c Exchange Buildings .4'100 paid L'pool and Harrington Water Works 350 .... Bootle Ditto Stock.... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .elOO Ditto new shares are now paid up. 412 lOs paid 7 10s. 25 paid ASSURANCE COMPANIES PRICES OF SHARES, APRIL 26 38 2 6.. 211 0 0 105 0 0 Prices. This day Last Per Share. Prices 31 0 0 .... 73 10 0 .... 77 0 0 .... 36 10 0 .... 18 5 0 .... 0 0 0 .... 3 10 0 .... 7 17 6 .... 37 15 0 .. . 37 15 0 3 10 0 .... 27 0 0 .... 27 2 6 52 10 0 28 5 0 .. , 93 10 0.. 64 10 0 .. 11 10 0 .. 43 0 0 .. 54 0 0 .. 33 10 0.. 23 0 0 .. 200 0 0 45 10 0. 96 10 0 .. 159 0 0 .. 24 0 0 .. 54 0 0 .. 477 10 0 325 0 0 390 0 0 176 0 0 Liverpool Marine Assurance 25 paid Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 0 .... 013 9 Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 2 1 0 DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 ss. Sl7 6 Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry ... Asphalte (Liverpool; (Poloncean 3 7 6 6 17 6 .7 0 0 6 2 6 0 15 0 1 0 0 25 0 0 pm. 58 10 0 2 4 6 .... 47 15 0 .... 91 0 0 .... 69 0 0 .... 29 10 0 54 10 0 .... 24 10 0 .... 5 2 6 .... 89 10 0 .... 22 10 0 92 10 0 27 15 0 .... 81 10 0 a 38 15 0 .... 39 15 0 7 0 II .... 1 910 • .. 81 0 0 ex 81 0 0 70 ' 70 0 o 0 0 .. . . 13 12 6 .. .. 17 7 6 .. .. 3 2 6 .. .. 7 2 6. .. 8 16 3 with di ir 10 15 0 .. .. 0 0 0 .. .. 5 0 0 .. .. 721 0 o ex div 5 4 0 .... 19 10 0 .... 12 2 6 .... 7 12 6 ... 7 15 0 .... 155 0 0 ex div, BIRTHS Lately, the wife of Mr. JAS. WALKER, spirit-dealer. Shore. Leith, of a boy and two girls, who, on the 13th instant, were baptized by the names of Albert, Victoria, and Adelaide. On the loth instant, at 11, Knight-street, Low-hill, Mrs. THOS. WILSON, of a soil. _ _ On the - 21st instant, Mrs. ROBERT E. EDWARDS, of Great Charlotte-street, of a son, On the 22nd instant, at North View, Everton, Mrs. J. ARDEN CLEGG, of a son. MARRIED On the 12th instant, at Chester, Mr. GEORGE VENABLES, piano -fort-tuner, to MARGARET, daughter of Mr. EDWARD WILLIAMS, joiner and builder of this town. _ On the 13th instant, at St. Mary's Church, Cheltenham, by the Rev. James Balfour, Mr. JOSEPH WELCH, of Berth, Denbigh shire, to MARY ANNE, second daughter of the late Captain MAY, of this port. . On the 18th instant, at St. David's Church, Mr. PETER GIBSON, millwright, to Miss SARAH ROBINSON, School-lane. Same, day, by special license, at Birkenhead Church, by the Rev: Charles James Hamilton, JOSEPH, youngest son of JOHN B ROSTER, Esq., of Upton, to JANE, daughter of Mr. SWIFT, Toxteth-park. On the 23d instant, at St. George the Martyr, London, by the Rev. Win. Short, EDWARD SEGAR, Esq., of Liverpool, to ADRIANE OWEN, of the same place. Same day, at Penlarch Church, Carnarvonsnire, by the Rev. Roht. Jones, Mr. JAMES WILLIAMS, Bridge-street, Manchester, to Mary ANN, eldest daughter of the late Mr. HENDERSON, of Glen-y-worn, near Denbigh. DIED On the 14th instant, GEORGE ARNOLD, the 'beloved child of Mr. F. W. WEBSTER, cigar divan, Slater-street. On the 15th instant, aged 53, Mr. JOHN LEADBETTER, an active nod laborious agent of the Liverpool Town Mission, and a native of the parish of North Meo _ _ • O❑ the 19th instant, after an illness of twenty-four hours, aged 6 years, JAMES, son of Mr. FRANCIS ORMOND, master mariner. Same day, at Millgate, Wigan, at the extraordinary age of 103, Mrs. ANN WINSTANLEY. Same day, at Manchester, ELIZABETH, third daughter of the late Mr. ROBERT SALUSBURY. On the 20th instant, aged s6years, Mr. JAMES BROOKFIELD, Lawton-street, much and deservedly respected by his numerous friends and acquaintances. On the 21st insta7t7aais residence. St. Catherine's-terrace, 61, Vine-street, aged 50, Mr. ROBERT HOLMES, sexton of St. Catherine's Church. On the 22nd instant, the Rev. PETER ROE, of Kilkenny, Ire land. The loss of this estimable clergyman will be keenly felt in many quarters, but by none so much as by his parishioners. Same day, at her residence, Hartford Beach, in the county of Chester, Mr. MARSHALL, relict of the late Thos. Marshall, Esq. On the 23rd instant, at Bromborough, THOMAS, seventh child of the late WILLIAM WADE, Castle-street, aged 14 months, after nine months lingering illness. M on E f S ecti PYER,one r, Same day, aged 56, MARY, relict of the late Mr. JAMES commission-agent, and mother of Mr. J. H. Pyer, Great Homer-street. On the 24th instant, at No. 50, Charlotte-street, Glasgow, deeply regretted, Miss CHRISTINA FERGUSON, eldest daughter of the late WILLIAM FERGUSON, Esq., merchant, there. Same day, at his residence, Evertor-terrace, aged 68 years, Mr. JOHN PENNINGTON, artist. He was the oldest member of the Liverpool Academy of Artists. / 77182 1 201065 } 10033 4902 } 11048 10451 } 28979