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tiottrp. A VOICE FOR THE MILLION. In the glorious light of sunset a Peasant Labourer stood,, And look'd down on the valley in a dark and gloomy mood, Fair shone that stately castle out to the crimson sun As the passing halo lighteu'd its turrets one by one, And the winds of evening rustled in its banner's gorgeous fold, Shaking out a sudden sparkle of purple and of gold. In the green and stately gardens the silvery fountains shone, And the peacock show'd its colours upon the terrace stone; The proud and spacious pleasance—the old tree's twilight The rEAsANT looL•'d upon them with a cold and bitter smile, He gazed where gathering darkness fell o'er his cottage home, No sun-ray turned toglory its humbler walls of loam, And he wiped from off his forehead the gather'd dews of toil— And said, "Is this mine heritage !—a tiller of the soil ! I have as proud a spirit as our usurping lord's, Then let us crouch no longer, our language is the sword's ! Our PATRIOT leaders tell us that all were equal horn— From us and from our children our dearest rights are torn. Then let them lead us onwards resistless to the fray, Till 'all that have oppress'd us are swept like weeds away.' That night a fiercer splendor shone o'er that ancient hall, And a thousand voices shouted as the red flame rush'd o'er all; It rose to wilder clamour as the crested banner fell, . And "Down with your oppressors !" was the Patriut's gath ering yell! Morn came and there was weeping in the Peasant's lowly cot, — The wailing voice of women—the grief that dieth not! Out spoke the ancient grandame with the vibil voice of years, As the wondering children gather'd where their mother sat in tears: "Look out my little children where the smouldering ruins lie, — The smoke is black and noisome that gathers to the sky, The dwellers in that castle have for many hundred years Shower'd bounty o'er the valley and wiped the mourner's tears; Your father and your father's sires have eaten of the irbread, The labourer's little children have by their means been fed, Their splendour gave us all employ, the blessing of Cse poor! For this, God gave them riches to scatter forth their store. And thus are they rewarded !—Aye, children weep again, The tears of the deluded shall fall like summer rain; Your father's sins have left ye a heritage of shame— The prison cell—the fetters—the felon's branded narae— And hundreds more around ye are weeping now like me, Sad wives and childless mothers who never more shall see Their husbands, sons, and fathers, sent o'er the seas away, And banish'd from their kindred until the judgment day ! "My curse upon the false ones, the men with words of "Who slunk away in darkness when death and danger came; "They call'd to them to "draw the sword," and sat in-- silence by; "What was to them a widow's grief, a mother's wailing cry? "They would pass on through blood and fire to clutch the, gather'd spoil, "And lord it with a fiercer pride and crush us to the soil. "They leave us now to meet our doom and say 'twas mad ness all — "Yes, if we could be thus deceived, 'tis tit that we skald fall." Oh rise up sons of Britain, shake off the felon brand, And sweep these masked traitors from this polluted land; Let their names go down accursed, the beacon marks. eff time, To warn and save the poor man from blood and tears ;sidi crime. Leeds. E. S. CRAVEN. POETRY AT SIGHT. (From the Comic Almanack. ) A remarkably successful operation has just been performed - . by Mr. Curtis, on the eyes of an elderly lady, who bad been blind and deaf from her birth. The following letter to her niece has been sent to us by her friends, to show the rapidity of her literary acquirements immediately on her attainment:. of the power of vision ; and such of our readers as can fancy themselves deaf will certainly see it to consist of capital_ rhymes. Dear Dolly, I'll thank you to send the cocoa, And Susan, who brings it shall take back your boa. Pray, tell Dr. Bleed'em I've got a sad cough; 1 caught it while watching young Hodge at the plough. I thought the day fine, and was simple enough My umbrella to leave, so got wet through and through, For it came down in torrents. Your poor aunt was caught: In the rain; and I afterwards sat in a draught. This made me much worse, but experience I bought, And I'll never more trust to the sunshine and drought! Welc I made myself dry, and I sat down to tea: Of the good that it did me you'd form no idea. But I quite hate the country, the weather's so rough : So you'll see me, dear, soon in your little borough. 1 hope after all, that my cold will be trivial; But still you may send me that stuff in the vial : In the kitchen you'll find it, just over the trough_ Oh, my cough ! oh, my cough ! it all comes off th e plough. THE PRINCIPAL PERSON. VERSES, DATED "WINDSOR CASTLE," AND SUPPOSED TO LIE WRITTEN BY LORD MELBOURNE. I am monarch of all I survey, My will there is none to dispute ; Front the castle all round, ev'ry way, I seem lord,—both of man and of brute ! O Windsor ! how great are the charms That monarchs have seen in thy face ; Who would dwell amidst London alarms, Who could reign in this beautiful place ? I am out of the enemy's reach, I must finish my office alone ? There is much in the music of speech, But more in the sound of my own. Tis true I have long been iuur'd To the ways of a gallant, forsooth, And can please by my wisdom matted, While 1 cheer with the sallies of youth. " The Premier !"—what treasures untold. Reside in that mystical word, More precious than silver or gold, Or all that this earth can afford. The strangers who come by "the train," My form with much deference see, First they look at her ➢Majesty, then They all turn their eyes upon me ! " Is that my Lord Melbourne," they ask, " Who walks by the side of the Queen To pull off my hat is a task,* But I know what the good people mean. Society, friendship, and pow'r So freely bestow'd upon man, When I post up to London each hour Seems an age 'till I get back again. Ye wags who have made me your sport, I care not at what your wit levels, You may spread, if you please, the report That 1 lodge in the tow'r call'd the Devil's. But don't be misled by a name, Could you only the Devil's Tow'r see, You would say, as all said when I came, That place was the fittest for me. Former Premiers to Windsor might come On a visit just once in a year, But I make the castle "my home," And get the most excellent cheer. The servants before bow me down, And I as the master appear, The mistress 'tis true wears the crown, But still I am under it here. • When the Queen has been walking on the Terrace the Premier has been observed as the only gentleman of the royal party who has not taken off his hat. LITERARY NOTICES. Blackwood's Magazine. Dec. 1838. In this number of Blackwood the opening paper is one of great and vital importance, involving as it does the commercial and maritime interests of Great Bri tain, in some of their most important relations. It is a powerful essay on the " War in Disguise," at pre sent carried on by France against Mexico and Buenos Ayres. "The Liberalism of Popery is a striking ex posure of the trickery resorted to by the Popish agita tors for the purpose of securing their own ends, and aiding the cause of Popish ascendency. "Legendary Lore" contains a continuation of the romance of the "Onyx King." The moral of this tale remains still in obscurity. The article on " Affairs in the East" will be perused with great interest. It abounds with information of the greatest ability respecting the ag gressive moments of Russia, and the internal condition of Turkey, Persia, &c. The review of "Poems by John Kenyon" is in the very best style of criticism — judicious and discriminating, calm and unprejudiced. The specimens extr. cted are possessed of great beauty and originality. The paper on "Tranquillity in Ire land" deals another formidable blow at the absurd pre tensions of the Marquis of Normanby and the Whigs. " Extracts without comment from our Two Vases," are extremely beautiful—some of them perfect gems. " The Murdering Banker," is a tale of great interest. The Review of " Tupper's Geraldine," while it does justice to the intrinsic merits of that composition, points out its blemishes with fidelity. The Churchman. Enlarged Series. December, 1838 London : W. E. Painter. We are glad to have it in our power to bear our testimony to the improved character of this excellent periodical. The contents of the present number are particularly interesting. The remarks "On the ru moured marriage of Queen Victoria with the Duke of Nemours," are, we trust, unnecessary. Such an incon gruous union cannot surely be seriously contemplated in any quarter. At all events it would never be tole rated by the Protestant people of England. We are happy to find the Churchman arrayed in opposition to the "Oxford Tracts," the dangerous tendency of which it exposes with much ability. The article on " British Marriages" proves that our ancestors have been un justly slandered by modern historians. It is impos- sible that justice should be done to the ancient history of Great Britain without a thorough acquaintance with the Welsh language. The article on the "Natural Peculiarities of Palestine," embodies much interesting geographical information. The paper on " Unitarian Misrepresentations of the Scriptures" contains a mas terly exposure of the philological trickery of this heretical sect. The remaining articles on "Dublin University" —" The Present Aspect of Religious Affairs"—" Absolution"— "Sayings and Doings of Old Time," &c., &c., are highly deserving of a careful perusal. We sincerely wish the Churchman every success, and that it may long continue its praiseworthy career as the able and uncompromising advocate of the venerable church and constitution of England. Political Discourses. By G-eorge Ramsay, 8.M., author of "An Essay on the Wstribution of Wealth." Edinburgh: Adam and Charlas Black ; London: Longman and Co.-1838. We have already introduced into our columns seve ral quotations from this admirable: work. We are now glad of having an opportunity of recommending it to the notice of our readers. The topics discussed in these discourses are of the mpst moment °us description, and they are handled by one who is evidently a master of pis subject, Tlir views 4evelopvd throughout are , calm and philosophic, and are undoubtedly the result of extensive reading and patient investigation. The first discourse is an answer to tLe question "On what is government founded ?" The second is on " Civil Liberty," in which the author defines the nature of true liberty—points out the way in which it is to be maintained within, and how it is to be defended from without—and closes by enumerating its advantages. His remarks on the connection of civil liberty with religion are extremely valuable. The third discourse treats of secret suffrage, or vote by ballot. The argu ments against this favourite nostrum of the philoso. phical radicals are powerful and conclusive. The fourth discourse embraces the subject of equality or inequality, in which the wild aspirations of the "chartist" agitators are exposed to merited ridicule. The closing discourse is on the central and local sys tems. To every one anxious to study the theory of government or the constitution of society, this work must prove an invaluable acquisition. Practical Observations on the Causes and Treatment of Curvatures of the Spine. By Samuel Hare, surgeon. London: Sin Akin & Marshall. 1838. This is a truly valuable work, with the contents of which it were desirable that every parent should be familiarly acquainted. The alarming prevalence of spinal distortion within the last half century, and its seeming increase in the present day, renders it impe ratively incumbent upon all who have children en trusted to their charge to make the physical culture of youth a matter of serious study, with a view to the prevention of so gi ievous a calamity. As " preven tion is always better than cure," we particularly re commend to the notice of our readers the very sensible practical observations which Mr. Hare has offered on the food, exercise, and clothing of infants, and on the improprieties of chess, which constitute the main sources of spinal diseases. The section which treats of inattention to general health is also particularly valuable. The more scientific portions of the work are chiefly useful to the professional reader, but may . be consulted with advantage by all who are them. selves suffering from, or who have relations afflicted with, spinal distortion or irritation. The concluding chapter on pulmonary consumption embodies much sound information. The volume is illustrated by nu merous engravings illustrative of the subject on which it treats. The Voice of the Pulpit, being Sermons on Various Subjects. By George Stephens, Esq., Author of the " Slumber of the Pulpit." London : Mitchell. We have been much struck, while perusing these admirable sermons, with the originality of many of the author's conceptions, and with the fervour and eloquence with which his views of scriptural truths are enforced. He has evidently studied simplicity of dic tion, and avoided all inflation of style and imagination; but we should reflect that simplicity and sublimity are nearly allied, and never more so than in all treatises on religion. As a literary performance this small volume reflects the highest credit upon the writer ; but it has a still higher claim than this upon our regard and admiration—it is a faithful exposition of Gospel truth, and calculated to instruct and edify the Christian reader. The subjects treated of are, the resurrection of the dead—prayer—repentance—domestic concord — and religious apostacy. We sincerely trust that these sermons may be useful to many, building them up in one most holy faith, and training them for a blissful immortality ; and that they will lead many to think of those things which concern their everlasting peace, who have been hitherto living in careless indifference respecting their spiritual welfare. An Exhortation to the Belief and Practice of Real Religion ; with Cautions against some Mistakes about it ; together with Short Rules for a Holy Life. Third Edition. By the Rev. T. Horn, A.M. London : W. E. Painter. 1838. This is a cheap republication of a little book, ori ginally printed upwards of a century ago, and abound ing in sound, plain, and practical instructions in the Christian religion. We cordially recommend it to the notice of our readers, as a most faithful exhortation to ;holiness of life. It forms a very suitable present for the young. The Bible the only Rule of Faith. A Sermon preached in St. Michael's Church, Pitt-street, Li verpool, on Friday evening, Nov. 9, 1838. By the Rev. Henry Carpenter, A. 8., Minister of St. Mi chael's, Liverpool : Newling. This is the first of a series of sermons, now in course of delivery at St. Michael's Church, on the er rors of the Church of Rome. We are glad to find that a great number of the clergy of this town have determined to act upon the aggressive, in reference to the fatal heresies of Popery. Protestants have too long been content with acting upon the defensive against the assaults of Romanism ; but this is not likely to be the case much longer. The rapid en croachments of Romanism, and the zeal with which its adherents are now grasping at ascendancy, has, we rejoice to find, stimulated the zeal of the clergy of the Established Church, and prompted them to a due con sideration of their ordination vow "to root out all heresies" from the land. The clergy of Liverpool have set an example which we trust to find generally followed in all parts of the kingdom. They have com bined, in a holy phalanx, to resist the spread of Popery, and to oppose its errors and superstitions. This step was almost indispensably necessary in a town like Li verpool, comprising as it does, on the authority of the Papists themselves, a Roman Catholic population of sixty thousand persons; and more especially after the recent successful experiment made by the corporate authorities, influenced by the Popish priests, to intro. duce the Irish system of education into the public schools of the town. The sermon preached by the respected minister of St. Michael's very appropriately introduces the series —laying, as it does, the only foundation on which we can safely build our faith. It contains a sound, lucid, and strictly evangelical exposition of the text—" From a child thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation, through faith which is in Christ Jesus." The author shows that " the Church of Rome maintains that the Bible, the Apocrypha, and Tradition, jointly, constitute the rule of Faith" ; and that " the Church of England rejects Tradition—rejects the Apocrypha—and appeals to the Bible as the sole standard of Faith—the only foundation of our Religious Belief." The notes ap pended to the sermon are extremely valuable, especi aly the second, in which the modified Popery of the Pusevites is denounced as opposed to the doctrines of the Church of England. The Duty of exposing the Errors of the Church of Rome. A Sermon preached in St. Michael's Church, Pitt street, Liverpool, on Friday Evening, Nov. 16, 1838 By the Rev. Fielding Ould, A. 8., Minister of Christ Church. Liverpool : Newling. The text of this sermon is from Jer. 1. 29, on which Mr. Oulci grounds an appeal to the Ministers of the Church of England, calling upon them to be faithful to their God, faithful to their ordination vows, faithful to their Roman Catholic brethren, and faithful to their own people, by setting themselves in array against the spiritual Babylon. He exhorts them to be valiant and active, " not only for the spread of the truth, but also for the defence of the truth—not merely for the preaching of the gospel, but also for the banishment of 'that other gospel, which is not yet another.'" In enforcing this duty Mr. Ould has taken a cursory view of the principal errors of Popery, against which it is the bounden duty of Protestant ministers to declaim. The language of the sermon is highly persuasive and eloquent. A candid perusal of it by Roman Catholics must convince them of the heretical character of Popery. Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord, are the only Two Sacraments ordained by Christ in the Gospel. A sermon preached in St. Michael's church, Pitt street,Liverpool, on Friday evening,Nov. 23d., 1838. By the Rev. R. P. Buddicom, A.M., F.R.S., Incum bent of St. George's church, Everton. Liverpool: Newling. This forms the third in the series of sermons against Popery. The text is taken from Jeremiah 23, 28. " The Prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream ; and he that bath my word let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat ? saith the Lord." Of this admirable sermon it may be truly said, that the preacher "speaks the word of the Lord faithfully." We have never seen, within the same compass, so triumphant a refutation of the doc trines of the Church of Rome respecting sacraments. The Romish church maintains that. there are seven sacraments—namely Baptism, Confirmation, the Eu charist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Orders, and Matrimony. The Church of England, on the con trary, holds that " there are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Bap tism, and the Supper of the Lord." Mr. Buddicom joins issue with the Romanists on the ground that the three essentials, acknowledged by the Church of Rome to be essential to the nature of a Sacrament, exists only in Baptism and the Supper of the Lord, and that they are wanting in the five other so-styled Sacra ments of the Papists. Those essentials are, 1. That there be a visible sensible sign, which may again be divided into the form, and matter. 2. That it confer grace on the partaker. 3. That it have divine insti tution. In all these essentials Mr. Buddicom has proved the sacraments of the church of Rome to be deficient. Wilson's Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative Tales of the Borders and of Scotland. Patt 52, Edinburgh : Sutherland. The high tone of morality which pervades the whole of these popular tales, and the striking pictures of society—ancient usages—modern manners—and rural employments, which each of them affords, entitle them to the most extended patronage. We need scarcely add that their cheapness is another decided recommendation. Four volumes of these tales have been already completed. The part before us com prises several delightful tales, the titles of which we subjoin :—" The Epicure"—" The Two Comrades"— "The Surtout"—" Gleanings of the Covenant," and "The Abduction." We hope that the continuation of these tales will become increasingly popular. Specimens of Cast Metal Ornaments. By R. Brans ton, Engraver on Wood. These specitpens are exquisitely wiepqted. We are not aware of the nature of the process by which such beautiful results are obtained; but we conjecture that the casts are made from wood-cuts. The ornaments include a variety of devices in ordinary use among printers. The impressions are fully equal to any wood-cut engravings that we have ever seen. From the cheapness with which these polytype casts can be produced, and their extreme durability in comparison with wood, there can be very little doubt of their gene ral introduction into the trade. Mr. Branston's well known talents as an engraver is a sufficient guarantee for the beauty of the designs. CONTEMPORARY PRESS. THE MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COM MERCE AND THE CORN LAWS. ( From the Manchester Courier.) The Manchester Chamber of Commerce have held a meeting to consider the propriety of petitioning par liament for the repeal of the existing corn laws. They could not agree, however, whether it would be the wisest course to confine the prayer of their petition to the removal of restrictions on the importation of grain, or to include in it the repeal of all protecting duties whatsoever ; and after much discussion, it was re solved to postpone the final decision of the chamber for a week. Sorry we were to see arrayed against the landed in terest some gentlemen who call themselves conserva tives. But for that circumstance we should have pro nounced the whole affair a scheme of the whigs to give a new direction to popular discontent; and to make the owners of the soil—" the tory aristocracy" — the objects of that odium which now attaches to the whig authors of the poor-law. Happily for the coon try, their labours, however well intended, will be thrown away ; anti the agricultural interests will still be protected in spite of the petitions of the Chamber of Commerce. So far as we are able to understand the arguments of the advocates of free trade, their object is not to amend the protecting system, but to abolish it altoge ther. But does any man in his senses expect, that a petition praying for a total repeal of all protecting duties, will he listened to by the legislature ? Even so lately as the last session, the House of Commons — the reformed House of Commons—refused, by the enormous majority of three hundred to ninety jive, to grant a committee even "to consider" the corn laws. Is there, then, any probability that the same House of Commons will listen to a proposition for their total repeal ? The idea is absurd. Everybody knows that the principle of affording protection to native industry runs through the whole system of our domestic policy ; and a wise, sound principle it is We need not occupy the time of our readers by referring in detail to the provisions of the navigation act, by which the shipping interest is pro tected; we shall confine ourselves to the state of the law as it affects the manufacturing interests of the empire. It is true the manufacturers of cotton goods at present stand little in need of protection ; and the advocates of free trade may, as far as cotton is con cerned, safely challenge competition; but still the principle of protection is observable in legislating upon the cotton trade. Duties of 10 per cent. upon foreign manufactured cotton goods, and of 20 per cent. upon cotton manufactures, " wholly or in part made up," remain upon the statute book. The manufacture of silk is protected hem foreign competition by duties varying from 25 to 30 per cent. ; millinery of silk by duties equal to 40 per cent. Manufactures of wool are protected by a duty of 15 per cent. ; and if " wholly or in part made up," 20 per cent. The linen manu factures are protected by duties varying from 2,-Id. to ls. 6d. the square yard. But it is not merely to the most important of our Manufactures that protection from foreign competition is given. There is not a single article, the produce of British labour, that is not protected by duties. Manufactures of bras: have a protection of 30 per cent.; of cast iron, 10 per cent. ; of wrought iron, 20 per cent. ; steel, 20 per cent. ; tin, 20 per cent. ; copper, 30 per cent. ; earthenware, 15 per cent. ; glass, by various duties; clock and watchmakers are protected by duties of 25 per cent. ; shoemakers are protected by duties ; glovemakers, straw-hatmakers, artificial flowermakers; in short, as we have said already, every description of British la bour is more or less guarded against foreign competi tion. To deprive these various interests of that protection which they now possess, and in reliance upon which manufacturers have been induced to embark their ca pitals in their respective concerns, may suit persons connected with the cotton trade, or merchants who care for no interests but their own, being mere buyers and sellers ; but will the legislature listen to such a proposition ? Will the country join these Manchester philosophers in their petition We suspect not. The grand objection to the present corn law is, that it is injurious to commerce. We have not time nor space at present to examine all the arguments ad vanced to support this position. We confine our selves, therefore, to a statement of facts. Now it appears that the total official value of British produce and manufactures exported in the years 1815, 1816, and 1817, amounted to £115,721,919, being an average of £38,573,973 per annum. The total official value of manufactures and produce exported in 1333, 1836, and 1837, amounted to £235,128,099, being an average of £78,376,003, or more than double the for mer amount. So much for our trade in general. Now let us see how the cotton trade has been affected by these terrible laws. The exports of cotton manufac tures and yarns, in the former period, amounted in official value to £61,113,327, being an average of £20,371,109. The amount, according to the same mode of valuation, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837, was £161,852,462, being an average of £53,950,520; that is an increase of more than thirty-three millions per annum ; and this is in the face of the corn laws described as so destructive of our foreign commerce. TAXATION ON INTERNAL COMMUNICATION (FROM THE LEEDS INTELLIGENCER.) We observe that a general meeting of the postmasters and stage coach proprietors in the north of England is convened to be held ou Wednesday, the 19th of December instant, at the Royal Hotel, in Leeds, in order to consider what steps shall be taken by them to obtain relief from the heavy lair thens of which they have just reason to complain, and what course shall be adopted previous to the opening of parliament. Though this meeting would seem, at first sight, to be merely an assembly of tradesmen for the promotion of their common business, by seeking a relief from the imposts under which they all suffer, it is, in reality, a meeting for an object in which the public at large are intimately concerned. However unreasonable may be the advantages which a certain portion of the community may derive from the esta blishment of long lines of railway—and that those advantages are considerable does not admit of dispute—it is quite clear that they are already beginning to assume the form of a mo nopoly, and to produce inconvenient consequences. These inconveniences are now experienced to a great extent by commercial travellers, who wish to travel promptly by stage coaches about the country bordering on any of the great lines of railway, in consequence of the inability of the stage coach proprietors, with the weight of their present amount of bur dens, to compete successfully with railways. Without attempting to depreciate the advantages which are unquestionably afforded to the community by the forma tion of railways, it is only just and proper to consider the circumstances under which all parties are placed—the rail ways o n the one hand, and the stage coaches on the other. The former may, in the end, defy all competition :—the lat ter are opposed in two ways—by the steam engine on the railway, and by the steam engine on the packets which ply on the larger rivers and on the line of coast. Now, to show the unequal weight of the respective burdens, the steam packets pay no duty, whatever may be the number of their passengers—the duty on railways - is comparatively ttifiing. rhe railways pay an amount of mileage, at the rate of one halfpenny per mile for every four passengers conveyed. The long coaches pay in duty for four insides and eleven out — whether each coach he full or be empty, it matters not—six pence per double mile up and down. Thus, it will appear, that the railway has not only the advantage of superior speed, but also in the payment of a less amount of duty, in propor tion, too, to the number of passengers actually taken. In order that the reader may be made aware, not only of the heavy duty arising from the employment of horses and vehicles on the road, but of the amount consequently pay able to the revenue in this respect, we subjoin a few striking facts derived front public documents issued from the office or stamps and taxes:— The amount of post-horse duty, in the three years ending January, 1837, is -1835, £228,480—in 1836, £228,480,—in 18.37,040. The amount of assessed taxes on carriages let to • hire with post horses in the three years ending April 5, 1836, is—in 1834, £33,343.—in 1835, £36,372.—in 1836, £36,823. The amount of licenses to postmasters, in the three years ending January, 1837, is £2370. The amount of assessed taxes on draught horses for the three years ending 1836, is—in 1831, £63,537.—in 1835, £59,532.—in 1836, £59,661. The amount of assessed taxes on stage coachmen and guards in the three years ending April, 1836, is—in 1834, £32l7.—in 18.33, £3297.—in 1836. - £3708. The amount of duty on stave carriage licenses, for the three years ending January, 1537, is—in 1835, , £19.746—in 1836, £19,991.—and in 1837. - £23.113. The amount of stage carriage duties collected in Great Britain in three years ending January 5, 1837. is—in 1833, £410,753 Ifs. 114.—in 1836, £489,636 Ils. 71-d. —in 1837, £503,742 14s. Bd.id.—presenting a total of £1,314,153 3s. 3d. Now, the total amount of railway duty (including composi tion) for the same period, is only if:25,813 ! With the view, also, that the leader more fully understand the nature and amount of the burdens borne by the long stage coaches, we will, as only presenting one instance, take the Wellington coach, which runs front London, through Doncaster, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a distance of 278 miles. We extract this statement from the report of the evidence of Mr. Wimberly, of Doncaster, before the select committee of the House of Commons on internal communication taxation in June, 1837. The statement embraces a period of 334 days, having been made prior to the reduction of a day per week : £. s. d. Duty for four inside and eleven out, 6d. per double mile, that is up and down, 278 miles Stamps for receipts on payment of ditto 1 12 6 Four licenses, four coaches being used suc cessively up and down. Tolls (annually) Expense of the coaches, being hired at a rate per mile. . . 1,274 0 0 Other incidental matters about.. BOO 0 0 20 0 0 2,537 7 8 Total 7,180 6 .2 It should be borne in mind, that this amount does not in clude horses, horse-corn, horsekeepers, wear and tear of har ness, and other unavoidable expenses of working, along the whole distance, no less a number than 259 horses. This amount of £7,180 6s. 21 annuallly, before a sin , le sixpence of profit is derived, will, we doubt not, astonish many of our readers who are unacquainted with the subject. But the statement cannot be disputed. What we contend for is, therefore, this,—without disputing the benefits which will ultimately be derived from railroads,—that the stage coaches should be placed on the same level as the rail-roads with respect to the amount of duty. Considering the great ad vantages which the coaches have afforded to the community, through all seasons, it. is only just that they should pay no more than their more formidable and more favoured compe titors; and if, in the course of time, they are compelled to desist from running the long distances, they ought, after having gone through au useful and beneficial career, at least to die an easy clWb, and not to be foFcibly strangled, INFLUENCE OF RAILWAYS IN DEVELOPING THE RESOURCES OF A COUNTRY. The Irish Railway Commissioners, in their second report, have collected a number of interesting facts on this important subject, to show the astonishing effects of increased facility of intercourse. The outline which follows enumerates the principal of these:—These effects are not confined to any country or district, although they are, of course, more strik ing and rapid in rich commercial ones than in others. The extent to which intercourse is not only increased, but actually created by the facility of accomplishing it, would be incredi ble but for the numerous and authentic examples of it to be seen in so many different localities, and under as various cir cumstances. The omnibus conveyances between different parts of London and its principal suburbs (the same thing, it might have been added, having previously taken place in Paris and other capitals), are a familiar and striking instance of this fact. And yet the number, a daily increasing one, of these has not prevented the establishment and success of steamers continually plying between Westminster and Lon don bridges, and daily conveying many thousands of persons, although it is a contiguous and parallel line to one of the chief directions of the omnibus traffic. Equally surprising is the number of passengers carried by the steamersdown the Thames. .Upwards of 500,000 persons were conveyed last year by the steamers to Greenwich, and about 300,000 to Woolwich and Blackwall, independent of the tens or perhaps hundreds of thousands conveyed to Gravesend, Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, &c., and of considerably more than 1,000,000 who travel to and from Greenwich hy the railway. It is, perhaps, still more astonishing that the land convey ances have, nevertheless, increased with almost equal rapi dity. Two coaches, running each twice a-day, formed the only passenger conveyance between London and Woolwich not longer than thirty years ago. The omnibuses alone now perform the journey forty-eight times per day, besides the numerous vans and coaches which ply between Woolwich and Greenwich, to take passenger's to and from the railway. Only two generations back there were no means of reaching London from Horsham, in Sussex, a distance of 36 miles, but on foot or on horseback. Upwards of thirty coaches now pass through Horsham daily to and from London, besides post-chaises, private carriages, &c., while the traffic of goods exceeds 40,000 tons per annum. This change has been solely caused by the construction of a good road. On the Stockton and Darlington road the passengers conveyed amounted only to 4000 annually previous to the opening of the railway; they now exceed 16,000. The average number of passengers on the Bolton railway is now 2,500 per week, although it did not previously amount to 300. The coaches running between Newcastle and Carlisle prior to the railway were only licensed to carry 13 persons per week, or both ways, 686; now 1,596 are on the average conveyed the whole distance every week. On the, Dundee and Newcastle line the railway has increased the annual number of travellers from 4,000 to upwards of 50,000. Between Liverpool and Manchester the number of passengers by the coaches was formerly 146,000 in the year; it is now more than 500,000 by the railway alone. The same, if not a more surprising, re sultihas taken place in foreign countries. The former traffic between Brussels and Antsveep, consisted of about 75,000 passengers per"anniim ; the railiOad has raised it to inure than 1,200,000 ! Similar effects have been experienced in the United States, both in the increase of travelling and in the rapidity and denseness eith which the vicinity of rail roads and of steam navigation has become located and peo pled. Hence the great stimulus which has been given to the construction of railroads in that country : in January. 1835, full 1,600 miles of railway had already been completed in the United States, at a cost of about £8,130,000 sterling.—'These are direct proofs, observe the commissioners, that Ireland is as capable as other countries of being influenced by the same cause, and the backward state of the country presents a stronger obligation, as well as a wider scope, fur improve ment. The reports and evidence of engineers and of the Board of Public Works, describes the striking effects pro duced by the opening of good roads through districts pre viously shut out from that means of intercourse. The traffic, in most cases, immediately surpassed the most sanguine ex pectations, and gravel roads frequently became so worn in the seccnd year as to require a substantial covering of broken stones. Until within the last twenty years coaches and other public conveyances were almost entirely confined to the main roads leading from Dublin to the principal towns, the cross roads from one town to another being without any such accommodation. At that time, Mr. Bianconi, native of Milan, (said to have been, like so many of his countrymen, a vendor of images, in which humble trade he had, by great industry and frugality, saved a few pounds,) undertook the speculation of running a car between Clonmel and Cahir, though almost unacquainted with the English language, and scarcely pos sessing the means of buying a horse and .car. The attempt was, however, successful, and his business has so steadily in creased, that his cars now travel all over Munster, and through Kilkenny to Wexford, Carlow, and Mounternellick, in Leinster, and into Sligo and Leitrim in the north-west. He has now ninety-four well-appointed two-horse cars (the description of carriage adopted by him, and one of the best means of conveyance in Ireland) in constant work, and run= ning more than 3000 miles per day. The same improvement followed the introduction of steam navigation. On the Lower Shannon, front Limeirck to Kilrush and Tarbert, a steamer was established in 1829, going and returning on alternate days. Inuependent of the great benefit to those towns, a thriving bathing village has been created at Kilkee, on the previously deserted shore, and the neighbouring villages have become places of considerable resort and importance. The traffic now gives full employment to two steamers of large dimensions, which perform the the voyage every day : they carried last year 22,417 persons. A similar increase ofinter course has taken place on the Upper Shannon by means of one large and several smaller steamers plying between Lime rick and Shannon Harbour, whence it is continued to Dub lin by the Grand Canal. The steamers between Cork and Cove also carried upwards of 10,000 passengers in 1836. Be tween Great Britian and Ireland the traffic and intercourse are calculated to have augmented at least twenty-fold since the establishment of steam navigation. The annual number of passengers conveyed between Liverpool and'Dublin by the Postoffice packets alone is now about 26,000, and 15,000 persons passed last year between the small port of Drogheda and Great Britain. The increase of traffic in goods between Ireland and Great Britian has been fully equal to that of per sonal intercourse. Steamers now regularly ply from Cork, Waterford, Wexford, Dublin, Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry, Ardglass, Belfast, Coleraine, and Londonderry, to Loudon, Bristol, Liverpool, or GlaSgow : from two to four of those ves sels cross between Dublin and Liverpool every day. Nine tenths of this traffic (such as that iu fat cattle) is entirely new, and even the rest has assumed a degree of importance pre viously never dreamed of. The value of the eggs exported was alone estimated, in'lB3s, at £156,039. Even the manner of transacting business has changed. Country dealers now find it worth their while to go themselves to Great Britain to sell their goods and make purchases, instead of empl o y in g agents in Dublin and elsewhere as they did formerly. A well-arranged system of railways in Ireland would have the effect of continuing and extending through the country the benefits the out-ports have obtained by the introduction of steamers. For instance, the fat cattle and sheep sent to Great Britain are now entirely drawn from the counties ad joining the eastern ports, or connected with them by canals, as fat animals cannot, without serious injury, be driven any considerable distance. The great feeding counties of Lime rick, Clare, and parts of Tipperary and Queen's County, are therefore precluded from participating in these advantages, but a railroad passing from Dublin through those counties would open to them the markets of Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham. Among the inducements worthy of no tice, as holding out a prospect of support to railroads, may also be mentioned the numbers from all parts of Great Bri tain, and even from the continent, who would resort to Ire land to view the natural beauties of its splendid and varied scenery, and some, no doubt, to acquire a more perfect know ledge of the character and condition of its people. The line proposed to Cork passes within a morn ing's drive of Killarney, and through a highly picturesque country; and should a railroad be eventually constructed to Holyhead, or some other port in North Wales, as the shortest, and safest communication with Ireland and America, the tourist might then combine in a journey of a few days, and at a very mo derate expense, the magnificent scenery of North Wales, and the moat beautiful and remarkable places in Ireland, from which source a large accession of passenger traffic could not fail to arise during the summer and autumn months. But the moral effects of this intercourse would soon even outweigh the pecuniary- co nsideration connected with it. Notwithstanding the public discussions to which Ireland has given rise for years past, she is really little known to the British people. Such an influx of miters to that coun try would therefore produce the most beneficial results, by greatly tending to dissipate that ignorance o f eac h ot h ers habits and feelings, by drawing the inhabitants of the three countries into a closer connection and intercourse, and by giving a more practical reality to th e hour" of the union. It would be endless to point out the various oth er a d van t ages which would arise from this large increase of intercourse and rapidity of communication between Great Britain and Ire land. Among these, the immense benefit from the great sa ving of time in the transmission of letters, in travelling, and in the conveyance of goods, will readily suggest itself to every man engaged in business. Another prominent a d vantage would be the effect on the military service of the country, and its influence on the public petite, front the facility and ra pidity with which large bodies of troops, with their artillery and stores, and arriving quite fresh at the scene of action, instead of worn out with long and forced marches, could be conveyed at an hour's notice across the kingdom, either to repel foreign aggression, or to suppress domestic outrage. "it would, in fact," adds the report, "be folly to attempt to impose limits to the future influences of this principle in creating new resources for the population, or in giving di rections as yet unknown to those already possessed. What has already been done upon its very threshold, and as it were in the dark, seems but an earnest of advantages to come, when experience shall have shed its full light upon the subject, and brought this wondrous power more within the grasp and the command of man."— Times. NATIONAL BOARD_Or EDUCATION--GENERAL BREAK UP So far back as Friday, the 12th of October last, we stated that serious differences had arisen between the Government and the Commissioners, in consequence of the malversation of the funds, and peculation in the departments ; and we further asserted, that deficiences to a considerable amount would be found on the making up of the accounts. These statements were met with the usual brutal contradiction on behalf of the Government by its paper, and the Commissioners, forsooth, threatened us with an action. Well: subsequent events proved that our information was pretty correct; and the alterations in the management of the establishment—the dismissal of one class of officers, and the removal of others— gave a corroboration to our statement sufficient to satisfy the public that we were right. Some shbrt time since we announced that Mr. Carliie, having ceased to be a master, had dwindled into a servant ; and that, abandoning the high-sounding, title of "Cont. missioner," he had sunk into that of " Professor" of Edu cation. We have now to state that this gentleman is no longer connected with the establishment in any way, and that he is now as awkwardly removed from the institution, as he was in the first instance abruptly, and unhappily for himself, intro duced into it. We have another announcement to make, calculated to produce a still greater amount of surprise ; and that is, the sudden resignation of Mr. Kennedy, one of the commission ers, to whose skill and experience we believe was entrusted, the examination of the accounts; and to whose zeal and in tegrity the public are indebted for an attempt at the reforma tion of the nefarious system previously carried on—the dis missals and retrenchment being, as we understand, entirely attributable to him. The right hon. gentleman is a Whig, high in the confidence of the Irish government, and holding an ostensible situation as head of the Irish treasury. His sudden resignation, after six months of laborious duty, must be explained in parliament, and will add another count to the indictment, and give an additional motive to the many already in existence, for successfully resisting any further grant to any institution which has failed altogether upon public grounds, and whose private transactions have been of a very questionable character. Why did Mr. Kennedy feel it necessary to resign ?—Was it that his official strictness and unbendin g integrity made him objectionable to the jobber ? or did he feel that he owed it to his integrity and his character to disassociate himself from a hoard and a body, by the acts of which he could no longer honourably hold? These things require explanation, and explained they must be. • Doctor M'Hale—or. as the Castle organ irreverently de signates him, John M'Hale, Esquire—has had sweet revenge; for we look upon the Education Board, and the system, as virtually at an end.—Dublin Mail. Lord Duncannon, as Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests, has subscribed £3OO, in her Majesty's name, towards the erection of a new church in the Isle of Portland. Brown, so long the favourite of the Liverpool public, took his benefit at New York on the 7111 ult., and we are glad to say it proved a bumper, *Dipping EWEMyna. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14.—Wind calm. ARP ivEn—Estlier, —, and Ann Liffey, Lister, from Pictou— L'lntrepide, Fiche, from Senegal OFF THE PORT—Perseverance, ----, from Honduras—Murray' —, from St. Andrew's SAlLED—Appleton, Evans, for Jamaica—Rival. Litherland, for St. Thomas and Nassau—Chase, Powell, for Rochefort—Malaga, Cancan°, for Havana—Wm. Turner, Roals, for Calcutta—Huskis son, Tooke, for Africa—Alert, Sutton, for Bahia—Louise, --, for Triets—Marmora, Barnes, for Constantinople Lady Combermere, , hence to Africa, was spoken on the 15th ult. off the Cape de Verds Ccesar, Krclly, hence at Brouwerhaven, leaky, and with loss of sails Tartar, Edwards. and Rachel. Jones, hence at Odessa Leila, Orfeur, from Constantinople, at Odessa Freeland, -, and Grafton, , hence at Constantinople Victory, Jarvis, hence at Alicant, and sailed 24th ult. for Denia Mary Ann Webb, -, from Calcutta at China Chaste, Deliarge;hence at Bourdeaux May, Dawson, hence to Africa, was spoken 9th instant, GO miles S.W. of Tuskar Jane, Brown, from Holyhead at this port, with cargo from the Star, from Denia to this port, wrecked near Holyhead Commerce, St. John's, N. 8., at this port. On the Bth Dec., in lat. 51, lon. 12, spoke the Elizabeth Mary, from Miramichi to Gloucester, with loss of deck load, boats Sze. ST. PETERSBURGII—The Cambrian, and St. Harlampy, for Li verpool, are detained in the ice. The Ei'erthorpe, and Loyalist, for Liverpool, are supposed to have got clear. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15.—Wind S. light. ARRlVED.—Perseversace, --, from Honduras—Algonquin, Turley. from Philadelphia—Murray, Houston, from St. Andrew, N.B.—Lion, —, from Zante—and Edward & Maria, Duport, from St. Maio. SAlLED.—Sankari, Fellmann ; Garrick, Palmer, and Royal Wil liam, (steamer) Swainson, for New York—Helen, Taylor, and Lucy, Wallace, for Rio Janeiro—St. George, Shire, for Rio Grande —Rival, Keswick, for Maranham—Hawk, Norris, and Teazer, Airth, for St. Michael—Frances, Delpierre. for Ostend—Lydia, Smith, for Havana—Romulus, Head, for Demerara—Berwick upon -Tweed, Stebbins, for Malta, &c.—Enterprize, Lundgren, for Leghorn—Henrietta, Blomberg for Virginia—Harriet, Boniest, and Louise' Rooms, for Antwerp—Liebe, Warren, for Alexandria, Egypt—Garland, Appleby, for Trinidad—Birkby, Johnson, for New Orleans—and Clementine, Brand, for Naples. Roscius, Collins, from New York, at this port ; sailed 26th Nov. The Liverpool (steamer) was to sail on the sth Dec. for Liverpool Resolution, Affieck, from Richibucto, at this port; upon coming into the river, in tow of a steamer, was run foul of by a large steamer 'name unknown) carrying away cutwater, cathead, springing the bowsprit and doing other damage : although repeat edly hailed by those on hoard of the Resolution no answer was returned, but she held:on h&r course without waiting to inquire what injury she had done, or to offer any assistance Experiment, Tonge, hence for Messina, was driven on on shore 24th Nov. near Cadiz ; crew and greater part of the cargo saved Senator, Stacey, hence at New Orleans ; saw a brig on shore on Gun Key, with painted ports and black stern Hannah, Briggs, hence for Barbadoes, at Scilly, with damage; out one month, and part of cargo thrown overboard Thomas Worthington, Duncan, hence at Valparaiso 30th July Alice Brooks, Scott, hence at Valparaiso 15th Aug. Matilda, Scott, from Callao, at Valparaiso Enfield, Thomas, from San Blas, do Phillips, Woolley, sailed from Valparaiso for Islay 12th Aug.; and Charles Eyes, Moss, for Huasco 17th Aug. Delhi, Herbert sailed from Bahia for Trieste 21st Oct. Grand Turk, Thompson, and Adam Lodge, Main, hence at Charleston Roscoe, Delano, hence at New York 25th Nov. Laura Ann, Casely, nence at Lisbon Rosalie, Lemoin, hence at Bourdeaux Wilhelriiine, Baas, hence at Helvoet Drie Gezusters, Dykstra, and Weitzena, Grieven, hence at Har lingen Malaga, - for Havana, has put back with loss of head and cutwater, baving'been run font of by a steamer Amity, for Bahia, has put back, having been on shore near Beau rnaris SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16.—Wind S.S.E. light. ARRIVED.—Monkey, from the Mediterranean—and Cor. della, Barnecot, from Newfoundland. Evergreen. , from St. John, N.B. is on shore at New Brighton, but expected to be got off this evening's tide Robertsbn, Niele, from Quebec, at this port ; saiied 18th Nov. experienced very severe weather down the Gulf, with heavy snow storms and hard frost to 26th Nov. in long. 51. On 3rd Dec. fell in with a brigantine, understood to be the. George, from Prince Ed ward Island for Bristol, with loss of foremast, head of mainmast, and decks swept; crew all well. On the 4th Dec spoke a brig, understood to be the Severn, from Quebec for Sunderland, with loss of bowsprit, foremost, bulwarks and stauucheons, and had a maintopgallant mast rigged as a jury mast Ebro, Cordero, and Maria de la Paz, Neller, hence at Havana Papineau, -, from the Clyde, at ditto Scotia, M'Kay. hence for Newcastle, at Scrabster Roads Louisa, Hodge, and Pearl, Cave, hence at Gibraltar Betsey, Ivey, from Constantinople, at ditto, and sailed Ist Dec. for Liverpool Ebenezer, Adams, hence at Cadiz, and sailed 25th Nov. for Seville Farmers, Smarden, hence at St. Übes Voluntario, Golharde, sailed from St. Übes 27th Nov. lord Nelson, Quintin, hence at Lisbon Graff Griesnan, Luthe, hence at Copenhagen Sir J ohn Franklin, Borthwick, hence at Matanzas MONDAY, DECEMBER 17.—Wind S. light. ARRIVED.—Promise, Shearer, and Liverpool, Godfrey, from Quebec—Albion, —, from Miratnielii—and Union, —, from Ostend. SAlLED.—Hermann, Allen, for Baltimore—Caroline. Sullivan, for Hobart Town and Sydney—Emma, Graham, Ferguson, for Oporto—Mountaineer, Williams, for J amaica—and Dalhousie Castle, Murray, for Deme. ara. Little Catherine, Williams, from Demerara, at this port; sailed 15th Nov. The Mary Hartley, and Ellen, were to sail in about a week for Liverpool. On the 14th instant, off Bardsey, spoke the Briton, hence fur Constantinople Ganges, Crawford, from Dalhousie for the Clyde, at the Cove, very leaky Elizabeth Bentley, Robertson, hence for St. John, N.B. at the Cove, out 33 days, lost sails, bulwarks, &o. Royal William, (steamer) hence for New York, off Holyhead 15th tnstant at 7 p.m. Garrick, Palmer, hence for New York, off Bardsey 16th instant at noon Captain Ross, Morton, from Quebec, at this port ; sailedl22nd Nov. with 34 state prisoners from Canada for transportation Rimac, Dickson ; Canada, Potts ; Treasurer, Lowrie ; Ituna, Sanderson, and Rookery, Hughes, hence at Rio Janeiro Lady of the Lake, -, from Newfoundland for Liverpool, was spoken 11th Dec. in lat. 50, long. 22, leaky ; master washed over board, and two men severely hurt lde, -, at Valparaiso, and was to sail 12th Sept. for this por t Otterspool, Scales, hence for Batavia, and Madagascar. -, from London for Calcutta, were spoken 7th Aug. in lat. 39 25 N, low , b . 15 W New York Packet, -, from Taleuhana, at Monte Video Artemis, , sailed from Rio Janeiro for Calcutta 24th Oct. Lady Mary Fox, Sowerhy, from Belfast, at Demerara Coronation, -, hence for St. John. • N.B. at the Cove, lost sails and three men overboard Favourite, -, from Messina for Liverpool, was spoken in Algesiras Bay, by the Pearl, Cove, arrived at Gibraltar Courier, -, of Liverpool, from Calcutta, was spoken in lat. 10. long. 20 W Experiment, Tonge, hence for Messina, was stranded near Cadiz 24th ult. : crew saved Vroorlo L''ttterdi for Loa ing. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 4•c. Ilinda, Lowthiau, 258 Batavia and Sincapore, Imrie and Tomlinson Petrel, W Turcan, 33G Calcutta, Bold & Starkey Elizabeth, R Ilighat, 335 Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius, Bold & Starkey WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Joseph Wheeler, H Pollock, 190 Barbadoes, J Poole &Co Arethusa, A Whyte, 314 Barbadoes, Heyes, Litherland & Co Emerald, T Simson, 245 Havana, Ashley Brothers Governor. D James, 281 Jamaica, Imrie and Tomlinson SOUTH AMERICA. 219 Brazils, J ll 161 Monte Video, Co tesworth & Smith 198 Pernambuco, It Tauten 219 Rio Janeiro, Imrie & Tomlinson Priscilla, J Taylor, Lucretia, J Hays, Medium, T Keay, ➢lessenger, J Ballaine, • UNITED STATES. Orpheus, D G Bailey, 543 New York, Baring Brothers & Co Scotland, Robinson, 645 New York, %V & J Brown & Co Majestic G F Mustard, 390 New Orleans, Focke & Boult Minstrel, E P Outerbridge, 2:16 Philadelphia, G Brown Enterprise, II Vaughan, 672 Savannah, Gibbs, Bright & Co BRITISH AMERICA. Clio, E Daly, 474 Halifax, EUROPE. Fairclough & Frosi Henriette, L D'Hondt, 91 Antwerp, J Johnstone Marie Antoinette, J 13rabander, 173 Antwerp, C G Weber & Co Bonanza, H Ponsonby, 176 Bourdeaux, T &J Brocklebank Vestal, W Graham, 169 Barcelona, Bahr, Behrend & Co Swiftsure, J Tyack, 137 Beirut and Alexandretta, M& A Wilkn Challenger, M Hernaman, 136 Constantinople and Smyrna, M & A Wilkin 125 Constantinople and Odessa, Bahr, Behrend & Co Swift, S Edwards, 93 Gibraltar, G Yates Siren, G Brooks, 154 Leghorn, Bahr, Behrend &Co Intrepid, W Roberts, 134 Leghorn, Vianna & Jones Sultana. Scott, 121 Messina and Palermo, J Moss & Co Romulus, T Garson, 138 NanlPs, .3 Moss & Co Hendrika Arentina, A H Breeland, 149 Rotterdam, Bahr, Behrend & Co Nereid, J Watkins, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 14. The market opened with considerable briskness, and on Satur day the sales were 10,000 bags ; since then the demand has been only moderate, and prices of ordinary to fair American have de clined id per lb ; whilst Brazil and Bityptian are saleable at id per lb advance. There have been taken on speculation 5000 American and 500 Surat, and 200 American for export. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON From the Bth inst. to this day inclusive. Emports. AFRICA. Charlotte, (427; J Williams, from Africa, about 1800 casks palm oil, I 0 Bold-250 of the above landed at Falmouth—W D L'lnt , rpride, (60) M Piche, from St. Louis, Senegal, 879 sacks gum, B Devaux P D I VEST INDIES, Sarah Birkelt, (202) R M Atkins, from Nassau, 26 logs mahogany, 24 brls bark, 19 brls sherry wine, 4 cases 1 hale returned goods, J Wright and co-53 bales cotton, 29 lugs mahogany, 38 logs cedar, 2 bales sponge , 1 case tobacco, 47 7 pees yellow wood, about 6 # tons liguumvitw,4 qr casks 1 hhd wine, 1 brl shells, J Seddon-72i tons 74•10 gs mahogany, 1 big cedar, 1 case cigars, 2 chain cables, J M Wood-23 hales cotton, Buchanan and Browne-27 logs cedar, 3 cases cigars, A Dennistoun and co-3 bales cotton, 2 brls palm oil, 1 brl 1 bundle turtle shell, 1 bale indigo, about 8 tons old junk, &c. J Powles and co-1 chest contents unknown, 1 box 2 packages shells, order—K D. Perseverance, (288) H Campbell, from Belieze, Honduras. 21 logs mahogany, 44 tons logwood, E Westby-255 logs mahogany, 5 tons logwood, J Vaughan-3500 coker nuts,3 qr casks wine, 11 Camp bell-1 box contents unknown. order—Q D SOUTH AMERICA. Broad Dalt. (274) E Underwood, from Bahia, 1921 bags cotton, 41 cases sugar, 10 packars contents unknown, order—W D General Wolfe, !l9a) J Harrison, from Rio Grande, 5435 dry ox and cow and 7 dry horse hicks, 50 empty serous, 11 bales horse hair. 33,000 ox and 1715 cow thorna, 1 box 1 canister 1 parcel pat tei ns, U Law-1' D , Esk, (217) .113.e11, from Pernambuco, 2010 bides, 941 bags cotton, 28 cases sugar, order-2 parcels contents unknown, Miller and co brls salted beef and pork, exportation—P D Current IMPORTS. SALES Or THE WERE. Prices. ThisWk this Year 180 Sea Island l7d 6 36d 40 Stained 7 —l5 } 14 1 442064 7270 Bowed Georgia. • 1410 f Mobile 64 81 t Alabama and Tennessee 64 74 1 1369 618724 9060 New Orleans 64 0 Pernambuco& Paraiba. 9 10 1 1050 I Aricati and Ceara B4 —O4 5 • 941 616 730 Bahia and Mageio 74 —. 94 1921 34568 870 I Maranham 7 8 -- __ 8 8 i 1 1891 i 32677 Sawginned Minas Para. 30 Demerara, Surinam, &c 8 —l3 66 1281 620 Egyptian ll —l7 2350 26992 10 Barbados 74 9 .... 203 Peruvian 74 — B 4 1 1 Bahama 320 Laguayra I I 160 Common Westlndia, &c. 64 84 } 81 ). 24609 120 Carthagena. j 360 Smyrna Manilla — 1230 Surat 5 64 .... I 63028 Madras 5 64 1 Bengal 5 51 c •• " I 1 ' • 8633 I 3460 bales I ,-- 130723 BUITISH AMERICA. Edward Thorne, (410) J C Tizard, from St. John, N.B. 48 pees birch and 590 pees fir timber, 2.ic 20 deals and deal ends, 45c staves, about 7 fms lathwood, 1 spar, Gibbs, Bright and co Halifax, (344) 6 boxes herrings, t; Sturges-8 do, It A Mould -6 do, order-95 puns 7 hhds rum, Wildes, Pickersgill and co-150 do, C S Middleton and Son-23 do. W Fairelough-116 do, order -60 pees birch timber, 594 pees hat dwood and 686 pees pine planks, 183 deals deal ends. 11,280 pees staves, about 10 fins lathwood, 112 spars, Cannon, Miller and co-9111 pees staves, C S Middleton anp Son-1 case moose horns, 'l' Sill-100 brls flour, A Gartside-1 box chinchilla skins. S B Seaife-1 writing desk, A Smith— 2 bales 3 2 bales cotton, 11 bundles reeds. G and J Smith-2 casks blubber, 80 oars, 2 cases apparel, order—B I) LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. .. - Direct. Indirect. From Direct. Indirect. Calcutta! . Bombay .. ..... Oct 6 Maranham Mauritius Lima . Mobile .. Nov ....18 M. Video.. Rio. Bahia .... Oct ..28 PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. LONDON. 8; LIVERPOOL, f Outward. Home. (Sailing before 12th Jan.) ' t 0.... .... - • • . .... Jamaica Leeward Isl. Deme. &11 erbice. 2j 0 0 0 40 0 0 0 Honduras . ..,. 50 0 —t) 0 105 0 —147 0 New York, Boston 4O 0 .50 0 20 0 0 0 Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana Canada British North America B4 0— 0 0 00— 0 0 Newfoundland 0 0— 0 0 40 0— 0 0 Brazils River Plate - 40 0 30 0— 0 0 East Indies 35 0— 40 0 35 o—4o 0 Company's Ships 45 4) 0 0 50 0— 0 0 Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa . 3O o—. 0 0 126 0— 0 0 Gibraltar '2o 0— () 0 20 0— 0 0 Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malawi - 0 0 Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds 00—• 0 0 00— 0 0 Lisbon Cadiz France Holland - • 3O, 0— 0 0 30 0— 0 0 Hamburg, Bremen. Etc. Gottenbnrg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga. &c. Ch/DTP)PW?.?, FFFFF Pt?,.! , !! P 9,, 0 0 20 0— 0 0 ° FOTO. ! ?;? llt/rrlr/! r. • LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, DEc. 15. The supplies to our Corn market have, this week, again been on a liberal scale. There has, at the same tune, been only a moderate retail demand for Wheat ; and, although holders. g,nerally, have been unwilling to accede to any reduction, purchases have been made at prices rather below the quotations of this day se'onight. Flour has been much neglected : 63s to 64s per sack are extreme rates for Irish manufacture. Oats have not • met a free sale, but have undergone little or no change as to value. At yesterday's market the general runs of Irish were offering at 3s Sd to 3s 10d per 451bs : hest mealing qualities were held for Ft to Id more. Oatmeal 35s to 355.6 d per 2401b5. The demand for Barley has riot been quite so brisk as during the previous week ; still several parcels have been sold : 42s to 46s per qr. the range of prices for English : 5s 9d to 6s per 60Ibs for best Irish. Beans and Peas as last noted. The duty on foreign Wheat being again at the lowest point, is per qr., the bonded stocks of this grain w ill be released: the quantity to liberat4 here is about 39.000 quarters. • fflarketo. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, DEC. 14. The demand for Sugar this week has been good, but confined principally to the good and fine descriptions, which have been taken readily by the Grocers at a furilter advance of Is to Is 6cl per cwt. ; in other kinds there is not much alteration. The sales are 1500 hlids British Plantation ; together with 1600 bags low moist brown Bengal. at 47s to 48s per cwt. to the refiners. Nothing done in Mauritius. There continues to be a very fair inquiry for Foreign ; 80 cases Pernambuco offered by auction were sold at 20s Gd to 23s for ordinary to good dry brown, and 25s to 30s 60 for middling to fine white; also, by private. 30 cases Bahia brought 21s to 27s 6.1 per cwt.—The transactions in Molasses are limited to 50 puns of Demerara, at 30s per cwt.—Coffee. There has been a more steady demand for Plantation, and, the sales-amount to 160 casks of Ja maica, at previous rates ; several lots of fine middling and fine realized 134 s to 140 s per cwt. No transactions in Foreign.-100 brls Jamaica Ginger sold at £4 is 6d to £.5 10s, and 21s 6d has been offered and refused for good Malabar.-40 bags Pimento at 3d to 30, and 500 bags black Pepper at 41d to 41d per lb.—Rice continues in good request, but owing to the limited quantity in the market, the sales are confined to 1500 bags of middling East India, at 19s per cwt. :12 bags prepared at the Cossipore Mills, Calcutta, realized 265.-60 puns of Rum have been sold, chiefly Jamaica of fair qualitt , 23 per cent. 0.P., at 4s lad, with a few common Leewards at 3s 'id per gallon. There is less inquiry for Indigo.—Small sales of Shell Lac and Lac ,Dye are reported at very full prices.—Safflower has been in better demand. and about 60 hales of Bengal disposed of at 50s to 85s.—Cochineal is more inquired for.-150 hales East India Senna sold at 2d per lb.—Owing to the high prices asked for Saltpetre and Nitrate of Soda. the sales are trifling this week. Dyewoods.—The sales of Campeachy Logwood has been about 100 tons at £l5, and of Jamaica 140 tons at £ll 12s 6d to £l2 ss, and 20 of St. Domingo at £l2 17s 6d to £l3 per ton ; in Fustic 20 tons of Cuba brought £l3, and 80 of Angola Barwood at £7 5s to £8 per ton ; Gaboon is held for higher rates.—The Turpentine market remains withoutalteration, no sales having been effec!ed.— A cargo of Stockholm Tar, consisting of 1550 brls., has been sold at 16s Gd from the quay,—The demand for Montreal Pot and Pearl Ashes has been very limited. at previous prices, and the market continues dull.—Quercitron Bark continues in request; a fresh ar rival will be brought on the market in a few days, and the quota tions will then be established,—Nothing done in Cloverseed.— Flaxseed is without alteration ; 730 quarters of Archangel sold at Vs per quarter ; some small parcels of American Bees' Wax brought £9 to £9 2s 6d per cwt. duty paid.—The sales of Hides to-day went oil at very fair prices ; 1870 dry salted Ceara brought 61(1 to 6td, 829 wet salted 54d, 6(10 salted Monte Video Cow sirl, 200 Ox, in ferior, sild per lb. and 300 Horse Hides 13s Gd each.—Tobacco. There has been an extensive inquiry since the commencement of the month, and the sales amount to about 1300 hhds. ; of which 300 were Virginia leaf. 430 stemmed, and 50 Kentucky leaf and 510 sieinmed. About 404 ',Aids have been taken by speculators, and the remainder by the home-trade, at higher prices, and we raise our quotations accordingly. There has been a moderate demand for Brimstone, and full prices have been obtain , 0 for the few sales made during the week, con sisting of about 150 tons at £9 17s 6,1 to £lO per ton.—Nothing worthy of notice has been done in Sumac, brown Tartar or Cream of Tartar.—A parcel of 62 boxes Bologna white Argols sold at 48s per cwt.—Madders of all descriptions have become scarce, and the tew Madder Roots now on sale are generally held for higher prices than buyers are disposed to give.—Valonia is scarce and wanted, only one cargo remaining in the hands of importers.—After the large sales reported last week in Olive Oil, the market, as might be expected, has become more quiet; but the advanced prices have been fully maintained for about 90 tuns, of all sorts, which have been sold.—Some further transactions in Newfoundland Cod Oil took place early in the week, at £3l per tun from the quay ;- there is now less inquiry for this article.—ln Seal Oil but little doing.— Linseed Oil steady at the quotations, with a limited demand ; pule Rape is taken in small parcels at our extreme quotations.—The business done in Palm Oil this week has been principally to arrive, being about 400 tons, at £4310s to £44, and about 100 tons on the spot at £45 to £45 10s, with a few tons at £46 per ton ; two cargoes of about 1100 tons have arrived this week.—There is more inquiry for Oil of Turpentine ; and some business has been done at 61a to 61s 6d, but the distillers are now very firm at 62s per cwt.—Holders of Hemp are asking £46 to £5O for Petersburgh clean, but these prices have not been paid; 160 bales East India Sunn were sold yesterday by auction at £.222s 6d per ton.—The Tallow market has become rather heavy ; some Odessa, to arrive, sold early in-the week at £59, and Petersburgh yellow candle, on the sl.ot, at 60s. On Wednesday a small parcel of Buenos Ayres sold freely by auc tion, at 55s Gd for ordinary, and 59s 3d for fine quality ; 40 serous unrendered brought 46s 3d. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, DEc.:l7, Nothing of importance occurs in the Butter market, and prices are barely supported.—Beef and Pork may be purchased on some what easier terms.—Bacon about a shade lower. Belfast Butter 98s'e lOils per cwt. Carlow, Kilienny, &c 94s —98 s Newry, Banbridge, &c 86s 94s Beef 105 s —ll7B per tee. Pork 7Bs —84 s brl. Bacon 46s 50s per cwt. Dried Hams 69s GBs LIVERPOOL PRI (Quoted as duty paid, excep ASHES Montreal, Pot ..29 rci 29 6 Pearl, new ..35 0 U.States, Pot none. Pearl BARK, Quercit nominal. Oak, #P . ton German BRIDISTONE,V ton Sicily, Sze. Tuscany CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. s. d. 4p . cwt. in bond 52 0 —55 0 CLOVER-SEED, clit cwt. American, red • Dutch I Nominal. French & Germ. COCOA, 4Y cwt. Trinidad 4O 0 —45 0 Grenada 4O 0 —.43 0 Brazil 32 0 —35 0 COFFEE, 4V cwt. in bond. Jama. triage.. 150 0— 92 0 ordinary .. goodie:fill ord. 95 0-103 0 middling —.105 0-112 0 good mid. ..114 0-12 0 fine mid. &c. 132 0-144 0 Dutch, triage.. 1 45 0-85 0 ordinary .... good & fine 0rd.90 0-95 0 middling 96 0-103 0 good mid. 1 104 0-108 0 fine mid. &c. Mocha • 95 0 —llO 0 Ceylon • 96 0 —lOO 0 Java 43 0 —55 0 Havana good &fin.ord.42 0 —4B 0 St. Domingo 40 0 —42 0 Brazil 37 0 —42 0 Lnguira 45 0 —5O 0 Dragoons, 41 , ton .C. s. s. Log,wood, .1am.12 0 —l2 10 Hon. & D0m.12 0 —l2 15 Campeachy 14 10 —l5 0 Fustic, Span 9 0 —lO 0 Tampico ll 0 —ll 10 Brazil... 8 0 9 0 Cuba ' 13 0 —l4 0 NICARAGUA WOOD. Rio de lallache solid rough 5 0 6 0 small Lima, solid Barwood, Aego 7 0 8 0 Gaboon 4 10 5 0 Camwood 20 o —24 0 Bed. San. Wood 7 0 8 0 FLAX, Ife ton. Riga, P.T.B. 45 0 —47 0 P'burg, 9 head 39 0 —4O 0 Archangel none. Dutch Sz Firm GO 0 —llO GALLS, 4? net. Turkey, blue 73 0 —B2 0 mixed 60 0 —65 0 East India 70 0 —75 0 GINGER, 11) . cwt. Barbadoes 45 0 —5O 0 Jamaica 80 G —l2O 0 E. India, rn oondlB 0 —2O 0 Gum, 41' cwt. Arabic, Turkey. 70 0 —l4O 0 East India. 25 0 —56 0 Barbary 45 0 —55 0 Senegal 65 0 —6B 0 HEMP, ton. £ s. £ a. P'burg, clean 4B 0 —49 0 outshot 47 0 1i hine 49 Ci —49 10 outshot 47 0 Archangel 46 0 -- Manilla ..... 36 —3B 0 Bombay 27 0 —29 0 Jute Hogs, Ox and Cow, 4? lb B. Ayres & Monte Video, dry.. inferior & mid.o 8 0 Bi, good sz prime..o 91— 0 10.1 Do. salted 0 0 6 N.Arner.salted 0 4 0 41 Brazil 0 si 0 64 dry salted 0 54 9 64' Rio, dry 0 7.1 0 8 Valparaiso,dry 0 6 0 74 Odessa. Scc.dry 0 f;i— 0 74 IV. India, dry. 0 0 7 salteu. 0 5 51 Er `lndic .0 8 0 124 ..ast India ....., Kips,B.A.dry.o 71— 0 81 Horse, (1. each 9 0 —l2 6 HORSE HAIR, •1; tb. Short 0 81— 0 9 mixed long tails combed INDIC( , 4P' lb, in bond. Bengal, pur. ft violet 7 6 8 0 ,i blue Sz violet 7 6 8 0 0 blue none 0 violet, g.B fine 7 3 8 0 0 ord, & mid. 6 6 7 0 0 violet &cop. 1 5 6 7 0 0 mixed.. • • 0 cop. g. & fine. 6 6 7 0 0 ord. & mix . 5 0 6 9 0 eon. quality 0 Oude ...... 0 Madras 46— 6 6 0 Gnatimala, rlf lb. O Floras O Sohres ..:r 6 0 6 9 Cortes O Caraecas, Floras 70— 7 6 0 Sabres O Cortes .. •. . O LAC DYE, cts , lb: 0 D.T. and prime. 110— 4 0 0 mid. to good 0 11.— 1 9 0 ord. & inferior 0 6 0 104 0 MADD , R ROOTS, V' cwt. 0 Smyrna 5O 0 —52 0 0 Tripoli & Syria 45 0 —46 0 0 French 4B 0 —5O 0 0 NaF)tIS 9! P ~,,,P 0..36 0 CES CURRENT, it when mentioned in bond.) MADDER, 4, cwt. S. d. d. Dutch, crop 56 0 —62 0 Ombro 4O 0 —52 0 Gamene 25 0 —3B 0 Mull French, S.F. 4O 0 —44 0 S. FA' 4B 0 —52 0 E.S.F 55 0 —57 0 E.S.F. F. 58 0 —6O 0 Spanish 30 0 —32 0 MOLASSES, 4 Cwt. Trinidad: &c... 29 0 --3 n 0 Demerara, &c... 29 6 —3O 0 Bar. Sc Antigua. 31 0 —32. 6 MUNJEET, 4r cwt. 12 0 —l-1 OIL, Olive, 252 galls. Gallipoli £55 0 —56 0 Trieste 52 0 —53 0 Sicily 53 0 —54 0 Malaga Portugal, Sze. ..51 0 - •51 10 Levant 5O 0 —52 0 Palm, 4r ton 45 10 —46 0 Fish, 252 galls. Seal, pale 34 10 —35 0 brown 28 0 —2B 10 Cod ——3 i LINSEED, 4r Citi 28 6 —29 0 Rape, pale do. 44 6 —45 0 Turpen. cwt 6l 0 —6l 6 Rica, 1' cwt. Carolina, dress. 42 0 in bond none. Bengal, ord. d 0.14 6 —lB 0 mid. to line 19 0 —2l 0 African none. Rust, Ar gallon, in bond. 'Jamaica, 12 to 16 o.p 4 0 4 6 stronger 4 7 5 0 choice marks 5 3 6 0 SAFFLOWER, Iff cwt. Bengal, good & fine £4 0— 5 0 ord Bz. mid Bombay SALTPETRE, Cwt. A. (1. S. d, Bast India 23 0 —2s 6 South American 16 0 —l7 0 SHELL LAC, kr Cwt. in bond. 0 orange BO 0 —126 0 liver & black 6O 0 —BO SKINS, Neutria, doz 7 6 —l2 0 Chinchilli, do 20 0 —25 0 Seal, each SIIUMAC, 4r cwt. Sicily l2 0 —l3 6 a g Mali , ll 0 —ll 6 - - .. ~ Tries'te Verona Tyrolese • 'SIM .4 R. 4f B.P, 'Muscovado mnist brown 53 0 —54 0 dry brown 55 6 6 good & mid 60 0 —65 6 fine ,Sc v. fine 66 6 —7l 0 Mauritius, diths Sc moist. 51 0 —53 0 brown 54 0 —56 0 yellow ' 57 0 —6O 0 fine yellow 6O 0 —GS 0 East India, Bengal ord. white - 64 0 —67 0 good & tine ..68 0 —7O 0 extra tine ....71 0 —72 0 11t anilla, in bond.2l 0 —23 0 Havana, do. brown none yellow 26 0 —29 0 white, or 135 0 —37 0 good R, fine 38 0 —4O 0 Brazil, in bond. brown l6 0 —22 0 yellow 23 0 —25 0. white, ord 2G 0 —2B 0 good & fine 29 0 —33 0 TALLOW, tp' cwt. P'burgh, Y.C 00 0 —6O 6 Odessa 59 6 —6O 7 Archangel 50 0 Buenos Ayres 55 0 —39 0 TAR, 4 brl . Stockholm ....16 0 —l6 6 Archangel 16 0 —l6 6 Carolina Virginia none TARTAR, Aff cwt. Cream of Tartar 61 0 —63 0 brown S.: yel. TEA, 41 , lb in bond. _ _ Bohea, Canton 0 10 Fokein 1 2 1 3 Congon, corn 1 3 1 4 mid, to fine 1 5 6 Twankay. corn 5i — mid. to good 1 6 1 7 Pekoe, Orange . 1 8 3 6 Campoi, coin. to good Iwo,. .11yson Skin 1 1 1 mid. to fine 1 5 1 7 Sonchong. coin 1 .1 1 41 good to fine 1 9 3 o Pekoe, fiowery 13 0— 4 6 Hyson, coin 2 0 2 4 tine 3 o' 3 9 Young llyson 1 11 2 6 Imperial - 2 10 Gunpowder, good Sz fine 3 3 4 0 TOBACCO, 49 . th. in hand. J. River, Leaf 0 81— 1 0 Stemmed 0 9 1 1 Kentucky 0 9 1 Maryland TURMERIC, cip cwt. in bond. Bengal l2 0 —lB 0 TURPENTINE., 4,4 Y cret. American. .... 11 0 —l2 6 VALON lA, V ton. 1 a. Smyrna, picked 12 10 —2O 0 Mores 12 0 —l-1' 0 WAX. BEES', 47 Ma. illbo7l , d. .African 8 0 9 0 East India 9 0 9 10 4111PfiGall a 0— 9 JO LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, DEC. 14. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. B. Speakman, E. Speakman, T. Caldwell, and L. Watson, Windle, Lancashire, coal-proprietors ; as far as regards T. B. Speak— man, E. Speakman, and T. Caldwell—T. B. Speakman, E. Speak man, T. Caldwell, L. Watson, and J. U. West, Windle, Lancashire, brewer; as far as regards T. B. Speakman and L. Watson—J. Clegg and E. Dias, Manchester, stock-brokers—A. Knowles, E. Grundy and J. Haigh, Breightmet, Lancashire, coal-miners; as far as re gards A. Knowles J. Dakin, T. Banks. and S. Toplis. Warring ton, grocers—J. M'Connoclate and A. M'Connochie, Manchester. coopers—R. Melling and A. B. Rowley, Chorlton-upon-Medlock, Lancashire, coach.builders—J. Litton and W. Litton, Lachford. Cheshire, cotton-spinners. INSOLVENTS. Dec. 14—Thomas Benjamin King, Aldgate, London, victualler. BANKRUPTS. Humphrey Stephenson, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, London. lace warehouseman. _ _ _ Joseph Guy. Gloucester-place, Vauxhall-walk, Lambeth, Lon don, builder. Edward Francis Tuke, Homerton, boarding and lodging house ker. Vif i illiam John Delaney Arnold, Norway-wharf, Westminster. coal-merchant. Hall Kerr, Woolwich, tailor. Robert Neech, jun. Pakefield, Suffolk, cattle-dealer. James Graham, Manchester, draper. Edwin Bowser. Llanelly, Carmarthen, draper. William Pearsall, Birmingham, pearl button-maker. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 5,W, Steel, Liverpool, glass-manufacturer—Jan. 4,W. Good hugh, Oxford-street, London, bookseller—Jan. 5, E. Wilson. Sweetings's-alley, Cornhill. London, bookseller—Jan. 5, G. Clark son, Sheerness, victualler—Jrn. 5, W. Hayes, Salisbury, grocer— Jan, 8, T. Tomlinson, Winterton, Lincolnshire, corn-merchant — Jan. 8, J. \V. Morley, Horncastle, Lincolnshire. surgeon—Jan. 10, W. Cook, Lincoln, innkeeper—Jan. 14, M. Kirkland and G. Robin son, Manchest..r, muslin-manufacturer—Jan. 14, T. Cox, North ampton. innkeeper—Jan. 9, S. Luscombe, jun. Broadhempton, Devonshire, butcher. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, en or before the 4th day of January. J. Matthews, Tooley-street, Southwark, linen-draper—J. Atkin son. Kim: William-street. London, tarpaulin-manufacturer—B. Walker, Sheffield, cabinet-maker—T. Court,Temple Balsall, War wickshire, innkeeper—C. Jackson, Great Newport-street, London, feather-bed-maker. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending the 11th of Dec., 1838, is t4s Bi'd per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS DEC. 21. Daniel M'Nieoll, (div.)' Bankrupts' Court, London, 1 24. George Browne and Henry Brown—. Clarendon Rooms, 11 26. Patrick Magee . Ditto l2 26. James William Bogie, Ditto 1 PRICES OF SHARES, LIVERPOOL, DEC, 17. Last Prices This day's RAILWAYS. &c. Per Share. Prices Birmingham and' Gloucester 3O paid 15 0 0 .... Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 64 10 0 .... Chester and Crewe l5 . . 16 10 0 .... Dublin and Drogheda. Eastern Counties ...... Edinburgh and Glasgow lO . 9 10 0 .... Ditto Leith & Newhaven 5 paid 0 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 6 .... 5 7 6 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar-i nock, and Ayr 5 paid 0 0 0 ... Grand Junctior 100 .... 203 0 0 .... Ditto half shares lO .... 54 10 0 .... Great Western ... Hull and Selby lO paid 0 0 0 .... Lancaster and Preston lO paid ... Liverpool and Manchester 100 .... 204 0 0 e.d. Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto new quarter shares Ditto and Southampton Ditto, new shares 2O paid 40 15 0 .... Ditto & Brightqn (United) Leeds and Manchester Leicester and Swannington Ditto, (new) l5 paid 38 0 0 .... Manchester, Bolton, & Bury 7B .... 70 10 0 .... Manchester and Birmingham l3 .... 10 17 6 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension 3 lOs 4 0 0 .... Midland Counties 5O . .. 34 15 0 .... Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .... 92 10 .9 ~.. Ditto quarter shares North Midland South Eastern and Dover North Union, lOO .. 73 10 0 .... St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland 2O paid 20 5 0 .... BANKS Royal Bank of Liverpool 5OO .... 710 0 0 Bank of Liverpool £l2 His paid 23 12 6 .... Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 20 0 0 .... 20 0 0 Liverpool Union .10 .... 13 12 6 .... 13 10 0 NUrthern and Central.— 10 .... 3 5 0 ... ':--- Albion 25 paid 26 12 6 .... North and. South Wales lO .... 10 17 6 .... of Manchester lO .... 12 12 6 ..... M'chester & L'pool Dsct .... 17 2 6 .... 16 15 0 South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company ... 11 2 6 ..., Borough Bank .... 13 5 0 .... Commercial Bank of England 5 ~ .. .... East of England Plicenix Bank Wilts and Dorset lO .... 7 0 0 .... GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings 1:100 paid 163 0 0 . .. L'pool and Harrington Water I 350 .... 452 10 0 ... Works • Bootle Ditto Stock .... 3T) 0 0 .... Liverpool Coal GasCompanyStock .... 372 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 200 0 0 .... Ditto New Shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 125 paid 9 0 0 .... Company Ocean Assurance Company ... 10 ..., 6 10 0 .., Liverpool Fire and Life DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton. Carrying Company 12 10s. 11 10 0 .... Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry Rock Ferry .. Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks lOO .... Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) -- (Polonceau) 4 5 0 7 17 3 .... 7 17 6 ... 3 5 6 ... 6 12 6 .... 6 11 6 0 11 6 .... 1 5 0 .... NORTHERN HOSPITAL WEEKLY REPORT. For the week ending Dee. 15, 1838. PATIENTS ADMITTED. Accidents without recom- PATIENTS DISCIIAEGEP Cured mendation Medical and Surgical cases 'lrregular 1 upon recommendation .... B)Died 1 Remaining in the Hospital. B6 House Visitors, Rev. Thomas Hornhy and R. P. Carter, Esq. House Surgeon, Mr. lii . vdimore. Chaplain, Rev. H. S. Joseph.—Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq Donations and Subscriptions received by. Messrs. Arthur Hey wood, Sons, and Co., and at all the Liverpool Banks. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT Dec. 15, 1838, DISCHARGED. 1 ADNIITTED. [n-patients cured Relieved and at own request 11 Out-patients Made Out-patients Irregular Dead Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. House Visitors-11r. Moon, and Mr. Thos. Shaw. Chaplain, the Rev. R. Davies.—House Surgeon, Mr. Nottingham. LOCK HOSPITAL. Discharged ...... .... 6 j Admitted 13 I Dead In the House 50. Patients are admitted every day at twelve o'clock, Sundays excepted. TIDE TABLE. Mrn. Lou. lit. --- IH. M. H. M. F. I. Tuesday 18 11 56 16 4 Wednes. 19 i 015 035 16 5 Thursday 20 056 117 16 5 Friday 21 140 2 2 16 1 Saturday 22 226 251 115 9 Sunday 23 31G 344 15 1 Monday 21 412 443 14 . 6 Mercury in c. Moon 3h 6ra Saturn rises 61s 13► n morn. . Saturn sets 2h 25m even. St. Thomas. Winter commences. 4th Sunday m Advent. Length of thy 7h 24m. • 131RTEIS. On the 10th instant, at New Brighton, near this town, the lady of the Rev. Thomas Taylor, of Hartlebury, Worcestershire, of a daughter. On the 11th instant, after having been married four years, Elizabeth, wife of Mr. John Kerr, Orange-street, of two fine boys. Same day, at Brampton, Dorset, the lady of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. of a son and heir. On the 13th instant, at Fort-place, Bootle, Mrs. George Malcolm, of a daughter. On the 13th instant, Mrs. Brocksopp, Bold-street, of a son. Same day, Mrs. John Blake. Bold-street, of a daughter. On the 16th instant, at Birkenhead, the lady of William. Cole. Esq. architect, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th ult. at the Independent Chapel, Prescot, by the Rev. S. Rogers, Mr. James Findlater to Miss Elizabeth Wallace. On the 27th ult. at Wrexham, Mr. Joseph Marshall to Mary Ann,' eldest daughter of Mr. Edwards, Ventre-cottage, near Wrexham. On the 28th ult. by special license, at the Independent Chapel Prescot, by the Rev. S. ROgers, Mr. Edward Crump to Miss Esther Daniels. On the 29th ult. at Woolwich, William Thomas Denison, Esq.' Royal Engineers, to Charlotte Lucy, second daughter of Capt. Phipps Hornby, R.N., C. 8., Superintendent of her Majesty's Dockyard, Woolwich, and niece of the Right lion. the Earl of Derby. On the 13th instant, at St. Mary's Churcl., Cheltenham, by the Rev. Francis Close, M.A. George Frederic Harris, Esq. M.A. Fel low of Trinity College, Cambridge, and Assistant Master of liar row, to Anne Georgina, only daughter of the late G. F. Harris, Esq. of this town. , . Same day, at llopton Waters, Salop. by thr• Rev. Thomas Wood ward, M.A. Rector, Samuel Clough, Esq. to Sarah, only , daughter of the late Thomas Woodward, Esq. of Egremont, in the county of Chester. DIED At Bainsford, near Falkirk, aged 104, Jean Graham. At Clinton. Suffolk, aged 103, Mrs. Sarah Warren, of that place. Her husband, Mr. John Warren, died in April, 1835, at the age of 102. On the 29th Oct. at Barbados, Mr. John Bennett, deeply re gretted. On the 26th nit. of typhus fever, Mr. R. W. Tongc, of Moon street, gentleman, universally beloved and respected. On the 6th instant, aged 24, deeply and deservedly regretted by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance, Eliza, the beloved wife of Mr. Joseph Haynes, grocer:Edge-hill. On the Bth instant, at Leek, aged 91, John Turner, Esq. He was. during a long perod, an officer in the Liverpool Custom-house, in which situation he was highly and deserved::: esteemed for his probity and honour. Same day, at Tranmere, Mr. Malcolm Epslon. Sarno day, aged 85, Mr. Moore, St. Anne's Hotel, Buxton. On the 19th instant, Elizabeth, wife of the late Mr. Robert Wright. Upper Pitt-street. On the 11th instant, aged 12 months, Elizabeth Eleanor, infant daughter of Mr. J. Milks, Lower Mersey Vicw, Bootle. • On the 13th instant, Henry, the youngest son of Daniel Dixon. Limekiln-lane. Same day, in Chester-street, Edward, second son of the late Mr. Nathaniel Rees Westcott, brass founder, Bristol. 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