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~. ~ Majesty on the occasion : LIVERPOOL MARKETS. CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 17,1838. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. SECOND EDITION. Standard Office, Three o'Clock. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. The Sun of yesterday announces the prorogation of parliament till Thursday, the 11th of October next. We have only space to insert, at present, the following delivered by her most gracious MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " The state of Public Business enables me to close this protracted and laborious Session. " I have to lament that the civil war in Spain forms an exception to the general tranquillity. I continue to receive from all Foreign Powers the strongest assurances of their desire to maintain with me the most amicable relations. " The disturbances and insurrections which bad, unfortu nately, broken out in Upper and Lower Canada, have been promptly suppressed ; and I entertain a confident hope that firm and judicious measures will empower you to restore a Constitutional form of Government, which unhappy events have compelled you for a time to suspend. "1 rejoice at the progress which has been made in my Co. lonial possession towards the entire Abolition of Negro Ap prenticeship. "I have observed with much satisfaction the attention which you have bestowed upon the amendment of the Domes tic Institutions of the Country. I trust that the mitigation of the law of Imprisonment fur Debt will prove at once favor able to the liberty of my Subjects, and safe for commercial credit; and that the Established Church will derive increased strength and efficiency from the restriction of ,the granting of Benefices in Plurality. "I have felt great pleasure in giving my assent to the Bill for the Relief of the Destitute Poor in Ireland. I cherish the expectation that its provisions have been so cautiously framed, and will be so prudently executed, that whilst they contribute to relieve distress, they will tend to preserve order, and to encourage habits of industry and exertion. " I trust likewise that the Act which you have passed re lating to the Composition for Tithe in Ireland, will increase the. security of that property, and promote internal peace. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " I cannot sufficiently thank you for your dispatch and liberality in providing for the expenses of my household and the maintenance of the honour and dignity of the Crown. I offer you my warmest acknowledgments for the addition which you have made to the income of my beloved Mother. " I thank you for the supplies which you have voted for the ordinary Public Service, as well as for the readiness with which you have provided means to meet. the extraordi nary expenses rendered necessary by the state of my Cana dian possessions. " MT LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " The many useful measures which you have been able to consider, while the settlement of the civil list and the state of Canada demanded so much of your attention, are a satisfac tory proof of your zeal for the public good. You are so well acquainted with the duties which now devolve upon you in your respective counties, that it is unnecessary to remind you of them. In the discharge of them you may securely re ly upon my firm support, and it only remains to express an humble hope that Divine Providence may watch over us all, and prosper our united efforts for the welfare of our country." The very limited stocks reported to remain in Ireland, and the high prices there, continue to diminish our supplies from that quarter; we have consequently very little Grain or Flour to notice thence since Tuesday, except a moderate quantity of Oatmeal: the arrivals coastwise also are trivial for to-day, and those from abroad confined to 1350 qrs. of Wheat and 350 of Pease. With exceedingly fine weather, however, during the week, until last evening that we had some rain , buyers were much more on the reserve than of late, and apparently most descriptions of Grain were a little depressed in value. Influenced by a favourable aspect in the weather this morning, and scarcely any buyers at market, the trade alto gether was so extremely inanimate, as to render extensive sales of any article wholly impracticable. In this unusual state of dulness, free Wheats were offered generally at a de cline of 4d to 6d and bonded samples 6d per 70lbs below the rates of Tuesday; the former with very little effect, and in the latter, beyond two cargoes of good red Baltic forced off at the reduced price of 9s. 6d., nothing deserving notice transpired.—English and Irish Flour, in the absence of country dealers, was ld. to 2d. per sack cheaper, and more neglected than usual. Barley, Malt, and Pease, appeared to meet much less at tention, and though held at former prices, each may be con sidered the turn lower. Beans, upon a very limited supply, remained steady in value. Oats continuing to be offered more freely from granary, and participating in the general languor of the trade, must be noted Id to 2d per 451bs lower; and Oatmeal declined is to is 6d per 2401bs from our last quotations. FRIDAY, AUG. 17. AlßlVllD—Victoria, frOriifagzal SAlLED.—Bombay Packet, Wylie, for Africa—Fatima, Fethers' for Calcutta—Palmyra, Croal ; Little Catherine, Williams ; and Wanderer, Jenkins, for Demerara—Tiger, Baker, for New Orleans —Wm. Goddard, Smith ; Adrian, Rogers ; and Nantasket, W ilson, for Boston—Lydia, Brunton ; Lady Gordon, Scurr • Qneen, Jones ; Kingston, Cargill ; and Idea, Pennington, for Quebec—Ganges, Crawford, for Dalhoutie—lndefatigahle, Crton, for Richihucto— Ross, Hunter, for St. John, N.B.—Halifax, M'Cleary, for Halifax, N.3.—Louisa, Mulgrave, for Arichat, N.S.—Pembroke, Lellan, for Roued—Cesar, Krelly • Angelina, Krellison ; Sophia, Gurling ; and Maria, Vander Steyne, for Ostend—Vriendschap, Klassen ; and Zeldenrust, Jonkhoff, for Harlingen—Catherine, Lelliam, for Dordt—Wilhelmine, Kreplin ; Seelus, Hurstman ; and Fortuna, Freichs, for Bremen—Atalanta, Malchow ; Seblume, Radloff ; and, Minna, Goss. for Stettin—St. George, Leedom ; and Diana, Ooth gesie, for St Petersburgh—Adelaide, Granby, for Oporto—Emerald, Du le ; and Chieftain, Peters, for Alexandria, Egypt—Gesina, Deer, for Groningen—Archangel, GalliS, for Archangel-041in, Letk, for Lisbon—La Fortune, Ahrens, foi' Riga—lande, Dreklu's, for Brake—Adelaide, Roberts ; Atlas, Schmidt ; Constance, Van Schie ; and Bruxelles, De Vries, for Antwerp—Vine, Forman, for Pilau—William Harris, Luly, for Gibraltar and Malaga—Louise, Busch, for Riga—Ashburton, Goss, for Hamhurgh—Flora, Peters ; and Margaretha Johanna, Wallis, for Elsineur—Hermina, Volgist, for Dantzic. Octorara, --, hence for Philadelphia, will have to discharge to repair the braces on the stern-posts Glasgow, for Clyde, and Lucretia, -, for London, were aground on t he Bar of Demerara, on the 10th July MR. O'CONNELL'S FIRST APPEARANCE. " HARPS OR HEADS." THE TRIBUTE OR AGUATIOY. (Frain the Dublin Evening Mail.) The return of Mr. O'Connell to his native land is to be signalized to-day by a meeting of his constitu ents at the Corn Exchange, called by the honourable gentleman for the purpose of rendering an account of bis stewardship, and organising a menacing agitation, and a new reign of terror. Were it not for the re cent demonstration at Cork, and the intelligible allu sions made by the Northern Whig,* and others of the radical press, to the late democratic proceedings at Birmingham, we should look upon this parade as a prelude to the collection of the annual tribute. In this idea, too, we should be fairly borne out by the Freeman of this morning, which, in noticing the in tended meeting, does not fail to call public attention to the merits and sacrifices of the lion of the day : " He was offered (quoth our contemporary) and [he] refused the highest judicial office to which, as a catholic, he is eligible. The Chief Baronship of the Exchequer was within his grasp. It was offered and intended as a fitting reward for a life of la borious exertion ; but he felt that his country required his services in another capacity. He believed that he could be more useful as an advocate than as a judge, and therefore it was that he sacrificed rank, and station, and emolument, with out hesitation and without regret." The meeting, however, may serve the double pur pose of recruiting the [King'st] exhausted exchequer, and exciting the Queen's subjects to revolutionary enterprises. Here is the proclamation : "TO MY CONSTITUENTS. "I respectfully solicit a nleetinioTniconstituttots at the Corn Exchaug!, this day, (the 15th instant) at half-after one 11410ek, to receive from me a statement of the manner in which tibiae endeavoured to perform my duty to them during the closing session, and to consider of ulterior measures to pro cure from the British legislature full justice for Ireland,' or to provide for the contingency of a perseverance in the refusal of that legislature to right the people of Ireland. " Your faithful servant. "DANIEL O'CONNELL. "N.B.—To prevent inconvenient pressure, a charge of One Shilliogeach will be made at the door for admission. "a' Gallery free for Ladies exclusively. "T. M. RAY." This ordinance, unlike Lord Durham's, may be le gal for what we know : it will, like the tithe gather ings, be construed so at the Castle. But the menaced provision for " contingencies" sounds in our ears very like sedition. If it involve, as we are informed it does, a resolution to he agreed upon for a preparatory Institution for Repeal of the Union, in case Justice be not done to Ireland, our hearing has not deceived us; and we add, that if it had not the same effect upon the tympanum of the multitude, very few would pay their shilling at the door, for listening to the mounte bank prating of his whereabout. But, appropos of the Tribute, what is this we hear about Caberciveen " A vein of rich copper ore," says the Castle gazette, "has been discovered upon the property of Mr. O'Connell, at Ca herciseen." The worthy proprietor had a stock of brass before sufficient to form the capital of an assurance company, Being now so well supplied with the coppers, we cal culated he will henceforth dispense with the coppers of the poor ; and that the ragged man will not be called upon for his halfpenny, and the starving man for his threehalfpence to swell the coffers of the pro prietor of the Caherciveen copper mines—" thus add ing his store of little" " To th at which had already had too much. " _v \ e understand that the Chancellor of the Irish Exchequer speculates on an issue of copper money rivalling Wood's halfpence in celebrity—and equal ling, at least in val ue, " the brass money of the last Popish Monarchy.” ...... ... 7 ... 7. .... , 4 1 )h, how future virtuosi will contend to enrich their , 'a„!k- \;. '4t ections with the coins ofthe King . • ;•••-:::.. ;14, - 7r: 7-4- -e* . eland (saps the Northern Whig) the millions only • *.; . 1 ~ ! • All - reit e told what to do; and let any one look at wbat • 1 . -- ..Y z .:Y t 7 :1.. 4 ;,:1t . I . Birmingham are about, and say what he thinks of ,:e,!: j r _. sof the times in England." I, ~,. 41 4 ,... -,:, V:40411 8 4 mean the King of the Beggars: i,... ) w, ::er? - 4. 1 11 1 ... 74e, v... •• -4 - THE DRUNKARD'S DREAM-A SKETCH. Amongst other articles of distinguished merit, the Dublin University Magazine for the present month contains a sketch of surpassing power under the title of "The Drunkard's Dream," being a fourth extract from the late F. Purcell, P.P. of Drumcoolagh. The writer is supposed to have been sent for to administer the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church to Pat. Connell, a drunken carpenter, who was sup posed to have been dying, if not actually dead, in a fit of intoxication. _ . . The appearance of the corpse is represented as having been almost supernaturally horrible, when it suddenly began to move, and, to the astonishment of the spectators, it was found that a lancet wound in the arm bad unexpectedly yielded a copious flow of blood, and had thus restored the patient to animation. The writer proceeds with his narra tive in the following terms:— " I left the patient with leeches upon his temples, and bleeding freely—apparently with little of the drowsiness which accompanies apoplexy; indeed, Doctor D— told me that he had never before witnessed a seizure which seemed to combine the symptoms of so many kinds, and which vet belonged to none of the recognised classes; it certainly was not apoplexy, catalepsy, nor delirium tremens, and yet it seemed to partake of the properties of all—it was strange, but stranger things are coming. During two or three days Dr. D— would not allow his patient to converse in a manner which could excite or exhaust him, with any one ; he suffered him merely, as briefly as possible, to express his immediate wants, and it was not until the fourth day after my early visit, the particulars of which I have just de tailed, that it was thought expedient that should see him, and then only because it appeared that his extreme importu nity and impatience were likely to retard his recovery more than the mere exhaustion attendant upon a short conversa tion could possibly do; perhaps, too, my friend entertained some hope that if by holy confession his patient's bosom were eased of the perilous stuff, which no doubt oppressed it, his recovery would be more assured and rapid. It was, then, as I have said, upon the fourth day after my first professional call, that I found myself once more in the dreary chamber of want and sickness. The man was in bed, and appeared low and restless. On my entering the room he raised himself in the bed, and muttered twice or thrice—' Thank God ! thank God.' I signed to those of his family who stood by to leave the room, and took a chair beside the bed. So soon as we were alone, he said, rather doggedly—' There 's no use now in telling me of the sinfulness of bad ways—l know it all—l know where they lead to-1 see every thing about it with my own eye sight, as plain as I see you.' He rolled himself in the bed, as if to hide his face in the clothes, and then suddenly raising himself, he exclaimed with startling vehemence—' Look, sir, there is no use in mincing the matter; I'm blasted with the fires of hell; I have been in hell; what do you think of that?—in hell—l'm lost for ever—l have not a chance—l am damned already—damned—damned—.' The end of this sentence he actually shouted; his vehemence was per fectly terrific; he threw himself back, and laughed and sobbed hysterically. I poured some water into a tea cup, and gave it to him. After he had swallowed it, I told him that if be had any filing to communicate, to do it as briefly as he could, and in a manner as little agitating to himself as possible, threatening at the same time, though I had no in tention of doing so, to leave him at once, in case he gave way to such passionate excitement. 'lt's only foolishness,' he continued, for me to try to thank you for coming to such a villain as myself at all ; it's no use for me to wish good to you or to bless you; for such as me has no blessing to give.' I told him that I had but done my duty, and urged him to proceed to the matter which weighed upon - his mind ; he then spoke nearly as follows :-1 came in drunk on Friday night last, and got to my bed here, I don't remember how ; sometime in the night it seemed to me, I wakened, and feel ing uneasy in myself, I got up out of bed. I wanted the fresh air, but I would not makes noise to open the window, for fear I'd waken the crathurs. It was very dark, and trou blesome to find the door; but at last I did get it, and I groped my way out, and went down as easy as I could. I felt quite sober, and I counted the steps one after another, as I was going down, that I might not stumble at the bottom When I came to the first landing place, God be about us always ! the floor of it sunk under me, and I went down, down, till the sense almost left me. Ido not know how long I was falling, but it seemed to me a great while. When I came rightly to myself at last, I was sitting on a great table, near the top of it; and I could not see the end of it, if it bad any, it was so far off; and there was men beyond reckoning. sitting down, all along by it, at each side, as far as I could see at all. I did not know at first it was in the open air; but there was a close smothering feel in it, that was not natural, and there was a kind of light that my eyesight never saw before, red and unsteady, and I did not see for a long time where it was coining from, until I looked straight up, and then I seen that it came from great balls of blood-coloured fire, that were rolling high over head with a sort of rushing trembling sound, and I perceived that they shone on the ribs of a great roof of rock that was arched over head instead of he sky. When I seen this, scarce knowing what I did, I got up, and said, 'I have no right to be here, I must go,' and the man that was sitting at my left hand, only smiled, and said 'sit down again, you can never leave this place," and his voice was weaker that any child's voice I ever heard, and when he had done speaking he smiled again. Then I spoke out very loud and bold, and said—' in the name of God let me out of this bad place,' And there was a great man, that I did not see before, sitting at the end of the table that I was near, and he was taller than twelve men, and his face was very proud and terrible to look at, and he stood up, and stretched out his hand before him, and when be stood up, all that was there, both great and small, bowed down with a sigh ing sound. and a dread came on my heart, and he looked at me, and I could not speak. I felt I was his own, to do what he liked with, for I knew at once who be was, and he said, `if you promise to return you may depart for a season ;' and the voice he spoke with was terrible and mournful, and the echoes of it went rolling and swelling down the endless cave, and mixing with the trembling . of the fire overhead; so that, when he sat down, there was a sound after him, all through the place, like the roaring of a furnace, and I said, with all the strength I had, I promise to come back; in God's name let me go,' and with that I lost the sight and the hearing of all that was there, and when my senses came to me again, I was sitting in the bed, with the blood allover me, and you and the rest praying around the room." Here he paused, and wiped away the chill drops of horror which hung upon his forehead. I remained silent for some moments. 'rhe vision which he had just described struck my imagination not a little, for this was long before Vatheck and the " Hall of Ebles" had de lighted the world; and the description which he gave had, as 1 received it, all the attractions of novelty, beside the impres siveness which always belongs to the narration of an eye wit ness, whether in the body or in the spirit, of the scenes which he describes. There was something, too, in the stern horror with which the man related these things, and in the incon gruity of his description, with the vulgarly received notions of the great place of punishment, and of its presiding spirit, which struck my mind with awe, almost with fear. At length he said, with an expression of horrible, imploring earnestness, which I shall never forget—" Well, sir, is there any hope ; is there any chance at all ? or is my soul pledged and away for ever? is it gone out of my power ? must I go back to the place?" In answering him I bad no easy task to perform; for how ever clear might be my internal conviction of the groundless ness of his fears, and however strong my scepticism respect ing the reality of what he had described, I nevertheless felt that his impression to the contrary, and his humility and terror - resulting from it, might be made available as no mean engines in the work of his conversion from profligacy, and of his restoration to decent habits, and to religious feeling. I therefore told him that he was to regard his dream rather in the light of a warning than in that of a prophecy ; that our salvation depended not upon the word or deed of a moment, but upon the habits of a life; that, in floe, if he at once dis carded his idle companions and evil habits, and firmly ad hered to a sober, industrious, and religious course of life, the powers of darkness might claim his soul in vain, for that there were higher and firmer pledges than human tongue could utter, which promised salvation to him who should repent and lead a new life. I left him much comforted, and with a promise to return upon the next day. I did so, and found him much more cheerful, and without any remains of the dogged sullenness which I suppose had arisen from his despair. His promises of amendment were given in that tone of deliberate ear nestess which belongs to deep and solemn determination; and it was with no small delight that I observed, after re peated visits, that his good resolutions, so far from failing, did but gather strength by time; and when I saw that man shake off the idle and debauched companions, whose society had for years formed alike his amusement and his ruin, and revive his long-discarded habits of industry and sobriety, I said within myself there is something more in all this than the operation of an idle dream. One day, some time after his restoration to health, I was surprised on ascending the stairs, for the purpose of visiting this man, to find him busily employed in nailing some planks upon the landing-place, through which, at the commencement of his mysterious vi sion, it seemed to him he had sunk. I perceived at once he was securing the floor with a view of securing himself against such a catastrophe, and could scarce forbear a smile when I bid God bless his work.' " He perceived my thoughts, I suppose, for he immediate ly said, " I can never pass over that floor without trembling. I'd leave this house if I could, hut I can't find another lodging in the town so cheap, and I'll not take a better till I've paid off all my debts, please God; but I could not be easy in my mind till I made it as safe as I could. You'll hardly believe rue, your honour, that while I'm working, maybe a mile away, my heart is in a flutter all the way back, with the bare thoughts of those two little steps I have to walk upon this bit of a floor. So it's no wonder, I'd they to make it sound and firm with any idle timber I have.' " I applauded his resolution to pay off his debts, and the steadiness with which he pursued his plan of conscientious economy, and passed on. Many months elapsed, and still there appeared no altera tion in his resolutions of amendment. He was a good work man, and with his better habits he recovered his former ex tensive and profitable employment. Every thing seemed to promise comfort and respectability. I have little more to add, and that shall be told quickly. I had one evening met Pat Connell, as he returned from his work, and, as usual, after a mutual, and, on his side, respectful salutation, I spoke a few words of encouragementand approval. I left him industrious, active, healthy—when next I saw him, not three days after, he was a corpse. The circumstances which marked the event of his death were somewhat strange—l might say fearful. Tha'unfortunate man bad accidentally met with a❑ early friend, just returned, after a long absence, and in a moment of excitement, forgetting everything in the warmth of his joy, he yielded to his urgent invitation to accompany him into a public-house, which lay close to the spot where the encounter had taken place. Connell, however, previ ously to his entering the room, had announced his determi nation to take nothing more than the strictest temperance would warrant. But oh ! who can describe the inveterate tenacity with which a drunkard's'habits cling to him through life. He may repent—he may reform—he may look with actual abhorrence upon his past profligacy ; but amid all this reformation and compunction, who can tell the moment in which the base and ruinous propensity may not recur, tri umphing over resolution, remorse, shame, everything, and prostrating its victim once more in all that is destructive and revolting in that fatal vice! " The wretched man left the place in a state of utter in toxication. He was brought home nearly insensible, and placed in his bed, where he lay in the deep, calm lethargy of drunkenness. The younger part of the family retired to rest much after their usual hour; but the poor wife remained up sitting by the fire, too much grieved and shocked at the re currence of what she had so little expected, to settle to rest; fatigue, however, at length overcame her, and she sunk gra dually into an uneasy slumber. She could not tell how long she had remained in this state, when she awakened, and immediately on opening► her eyes, she perceived by the faint red light of the mouldering turf embers, two persons, one of whom she recognized as her husband, steal noiselessly out of the room. " ' 1);.1, darling, where are you going ?' said she. There was no answer—the door closed after them ; but in a mo ment she was startled and terrified by a heavy crash, as if some ponderous b o d y h a d b een h ur l e d d own the stair. Much alarmed, she started up, and going to the head of the stair case,, she called repeatedly on her husband, but in vain.— She returned to the room, and with the assistance of her daughter, whom I had occas i on to mention before, she suc ceeded in finding and lighting a candle, with which she hur ried again to the head of the staircase. At the bottom lay w hat teemed to he a bundle of clothes, heaped together, mo tionless. lifeless—lt was her husband. In going down the stair, , , for what purpose can never now be known, he had fallen helplessly and violently to the bottom, and, coming head formost, the spine at the neck bad been dislo c ated by the shock, and instant death mutt have ensued. The body 1 sy upon that landing-place to which his dream had referred. It is scarcely worth endeavouring to clear up a single point in a narrative where all is mystery; vet I could nut help suspecting that the second figure whirl, had been seen in the room by Connell's wife on the night of his death, might have been no other than his own shadow. I suggested this Bolt'. tion of the difficulty; but she told me the unknown person was considerably in advance of the other, and on reaching the door, had turned back as if to communicate something , to his companion—it was then a mystery. Was the dream verified ?—Whither was the disembodied spirit sped ?—who can say ? We know not. But I left the house of death that day in a state of horror which I could not describe. It seemed to me I was scarce awake. I heard and saw every thing as if under the spell of a nightmare. The coincidence was terrible.' SALT MINES, NORTHWICII. (Flom the Liverpool Courier.) Although most of our readers are aware that a considera ble portion of the civilised word is supplied with salt from the prolific vein of rock in this neighbourhood, and although many spend considerable sums in travel for the gratification of their curiosity, and compass sea and land to discover a shattered fragment or a mutilated statue, yet we are per suaded, that thousands of intelligent persons may be found, in our immediate vicinity, who have not the most remote idea of the magnificent spectacle which the salt mines of North .: wich present. Having had the recent gratification of wit nessing the huge cavern in which the present Emperor of Russia and his suite, and also our late lamented representa tive, Mr. Canning, were once so hospitably received and en tertained, we think a slight sketch of this wonderful mine may not be uninteresting to our readers. Several gentlemen having expressed a desire, at the-hospi table table of one of the proprietors, that they might be per mitted to explore the subterranean world, the request was not only acceded to, but a large party of ladies and gentlemen were invited from Liverpool, Bolton, St. Helen's, Congleton, and other places, to meet at Northsvich on Wednesday, where Mr. Worthington, Mr. Johnson, and other gentlemen con nected with the extensive works, had made preparations for their reception. We left Liverpool by the eight o'clock Bir mingham train, and, with the aid of one of those wonderful machines which is destined to assist in civilising mankind, and to effect kindly feelings between distant nations by mak ing them acquainted with each other, and which will, in a few years, lay open the wonders of unknown regions to every class, we arrived at Hartford station in about an hour-ami a-half, where we found vehicles ready to carry us to North wich. distant only two miles. From this smoky but busy and thriving place to the great mine is about a mile, and the whole of the party, consisting of about seventy persons, having assembled at the " eye of the mine," preparations were made for the descent. Some little hesitation was evinced by the ladies, and not a few of the gentlemen were suddenly seized with that troublesome disorder called palpitation of the heart, when the rope and bucket were adjusted, and the question asked, " Who will descend first?" After a little bantering, one of the ladies stepped forward, escorted by a gentleman, and seated herself in the large tub, which was lihed with brown Holland, and• the signal being given, the slide was withdrawn which covers the shaft of the mine, and in a few seconds they were out of sight. Friendly-messages were sent by them to Pluto, and the gentleman was advised when he saw old Charon, to " trim the boat and sit quiet." Successive pairs presented themselves and quickly disap peared, each accompanied by a miner, to steady the tub, and pass in security the one ascending. Some of the gentle men, on the principle of the schoolboy passing the church. yard at midnight, who " whistled aloud to keep his courage up," amused themselves by uttering, not singing, Friends depart and memory takes them To her caverns pure and deep, &c. The diameter of the shaft is about 12 feet, and the sides are strongly cased with brickwork until the rock is sufficiently strong to stand without such support. At a depth of 70 yards we passed the entrance to the upper bed of rock-salt, which is about 15 feet thick, and is entered horizontally from the shaft. The sensation of descending is peculiar, but it is neither dangerous nor unpleasant. The rope, which is quad rupled, is calculated to raise a ton weight, and seldom more than three persons, including the conductor, went down at one time. On arriving at the the bottom, the most splendid scene imaginable awaited us. It seemed as if we had been suddenly ushered into a spacious city at midnight, when every inhabitant was fast asleep, and where nothing inter vened to break the solemn silence. The view is at first most astounding; the visitor sees long and spacious streets diverging at every point, and vanishing away in a long perspective. Here a noble square,—there an extended cre scent; here a magnificent avenue,—there a space which imagination peoples with a thousand forms. Seventeen hundred candles, disposed so as to imitate the street lamps, but only twenty or thirty feet apart, illuminated this subterra neous world, and shed over it a magnificence which no pen can fully describe. It seemed as if one had suddenly dropped into the grotto of Antiparos. or had been carried back to a midnight at Bagdad, an, .xpected to meet the Caliph Haroun Alraschid, in one of his nocturnal rambles through that once brilliant city. When the whole party had arrived safely at the bottom, a sort of procession was spontaneously formed, and moved onwards through the fairy scene, all, both ladies and gentlemen, taking care not to be left far behind, as it would really be a difficult, if not impossible, matter, for a stranger to find his way alone to the pit's mouth. The party moved onwards through avenues of immense length, all exhibiting a blaze of splendour, and occasionally stopped to examine the square blocks of pure salt which are now and then cut out of the rock. After a walk of more than a mite through this scene of enchantment, on turning a corner, we saw, at the end of what seemed a vast square, the Royal Crown of Great Britain, and the letters V. R. glittering before us in all their brilliancy, and three cheers were imme diately called for the Queen, and most heartily given by all present, the echoes dying away in the far distance. Pursuing our course, we were struck with a most singular appearance at the end of an adjoining avenue which had been purposely left in darkness. The whole vault was at once lit up with an unearthly splendour. The roof and the huge pillars which support it were vastly magnified, and the shadows were blended with the beautiful /slate in a most remarkable man ner. It seemed as if a rainbow had suddenly made its ap pearance, and that the sun and clouds were striving for the mastery to gild or quench it. At last we saw a flame such as the witches in Macbeth had kindled, and several figures bending over it, whose shadows on the opposite wail were magnified to twenty times their size, exhibiting, with the rough edges of the pillars, a sharp distinctiveness of outline, which had a singular but beautiful effect. This illumination, which was several times repeated, was produced by burning blue lights in the distance, and gave us a good idea of the vastness of the excavation. We next came upon the miners at work, and, as two blasts had been prepared, after all the party had ascended a ridge of the rock, and were placed at some distance behind the blasts, in a secure place, the match was applied and the explosion ensued. Many tons of the rock-salt were immediately loosened, and some of the shat tered fragments were blown to a considerable distance. The shock of the explosion did not subside for several minutes, but kept rolling onward s like thunder, echoed and re-echoed from vault to vault, until it grarfually subsided into a dying cadence, and was finally lost in the distance. A few streets further we entered another spacious square, and after our long walk, which, with the windings, must have been from two to three miles . , were not a little gratified to see a table spread in the upper end of the square, which we found covered with a profusion of good things, both edible and di lutable, to which ample justice was done. The health of her Majesty was drunk in sparkling champagne, amidst the loudest cheers, and God save the Queen was sung by all present, the sweet voices of the ladies blending Most har moniously with the continual reverberations of this exten sive cavern'. Much humour was caused by references to the unhappy mortals in the toiling world above ; and it was ob served by the chairman, who sat in front of an illuminated arch, that those were mistaken who asserted that the sun never set on any part of her Majesty's dominions, for we were then in one portion of it where it never set, unless it were contended, that it could not set upon a territory on which it had never yet riser:. '['he health of the proprietors, with thanks for their splendid treat, was • next proposed, and after a libation had been poured out to the ladies, whose presence added so much to the happiness of the day, the party rose to pursue their researches, and the miners were left to gather up the fragments of the feast, when it was soon found that nothing was lost. After the banquet, the chairman proposed that, as we were assembled in one of the wonders of creation, and had all been so highly delighted with the scene, it would display our gratitude if we praised Him from whom all blessings flowed, and it would not be in consistent with the rational enjoyment we had that day pos sessed. The doxology was accordingly sang, none joining in it with great fervour than the poor miners who now crowded around, and as the lights soon after began to give symptoms , of decay, one here and another there going out, preparation was made for the ascent, after three and a half delighted hours in the realisation of scenes to which the artificial exhibitions of earth, when decorated with all tire skill and splendour of the most ingenious and talented artists, bear a faint com parison. In about half an hour, the whole party were safely landed on the upper platform, the steam-engine drawing up four per sons in about a minute and a half, or, at most, not exceeding two minutes, the depth being 112 yards. After mutual con gratulations the party separated for their respective residen ces, and the Birmingham and Liverpool train passing Hart ford at half-past five o'clock, gave those who were disposed an opportunity of arriving very early at home. We are not intending to enter into any scientific explana tion respecting the formation of the immense and valuable mines which extend for some miles around and under North vvich, more especially as the philosophers who visited this town last year investigated the subject most minutely, and the result of their visit is before the world; but we may add, that it is generally believed, that the climate of this country, in a former period, has partaken more of a tropical character than it does now,—that these mines have probably been the bed of a large salt-water lake,—that evaporation has pro ceeded slowly,—and that during the deposition of the saline particles, the lake has been subject to great inundations, and the deposition has, by such means, been subjected to an ad mixture of iron, sand, and feruginous clay, which, with a small portion of'magnesia, forms the rock-salt, of which this stratification is composed. The upper bed of this great mine contains a deposit of sul phate of lime and clear crystals; but, as far as we could learn, is not so valuable as the bed we have described. Blocks of two feet square are occasionally found in a state of crystalli sation, unmixed with any eaa'sy particles; a few specimens of these we observed in our underground peregrinations. The circumference of the mine is about two miles, and the aver age height is probably 15 to 18 feet. It is perfectly dry, and most admirably ventilated. The temperature, both summer and winter, is about 55 deg. The avenues are from 70 to 80 feet wide, and the roof is supported by pillars of 20 feet square. It has a most elegant appearance when illuminated, being spotted with figures of every shape and variety of shade; some are elliptical, some pentagonal, some circular, some triangu lar, &c. Ponies are kept below to draw the rock on the rail ways to the mouth of the pit, and the stables are the first ob jects to arrest the eye on alighting, being placed so near the shaft for purposes of ventilation. We have been induced to give the above slight sketch of this wonderful region, because we are assured that numbers exist within a few hours' journey whose curiosity would be sa tisfied, and whose knowledge would be increased, by visiting them. To the geologist they form an interesting study ;to the lover of natural beauty a rich treat; and all may visit them with profit and delight, as a part of the works of Him of whom it is said with such majestic simplicity, "The sea is his and he made it, and his hands prepared the dry land." A girl, on being asked at the Mayor's Court, Clonmel, on Wednesday, the 25th July, where she would go if she took a false oath, replied, "To Father Baldwin's for absolution, of course." APPROACH TO THE Al IR ACULOUS.—Ori Saturday evening, a little boy, aged six years, was amusing himself by throwing stones into an old coal-pit at Dudley Hill, when, having the curiosity to look after a stone in its - descent, he was precipita ted to the bottom of the pit, a depth of fifty-four feet. Having been seen to fall by a person at the time, means were imme diately employed to bring him up. On being taken home, surgical aid was promptly procured, when, on a careful ex amination, it was found that not a bone was broken, nor a joint dislocated ! The only wounds were one or two trifling scalp wounds, and neither the brain nor the spinal marrow appeared to have sustained any injury. He is now doing well. —Bradford Observer. FATAL EFFECTS OF FEAR.—During the journey north wards of the stage-waggon of Messrs. Deacon and Co., of the White Horse-yard, Cripplegate, when entering Wormley from Cheshunt, it was found to be on fire, and the-conductor having an impression that there were two barrels of gun powder in the vehicle, the horses were taken off, and they were got away as soon as possible. The result was, the waggon and its contents, thus left to their fate, were con sumed to ashes. It since appears that there was not a particle of powder in the waggon. The property destroyed is estimated at £3,000 It consisted of tea, a pianoforte, with case, weighing six cwt., household furniture of various descriptions, linen, hams (several of which were yesterday brought to Messrs. Deacon completely roasted), a large quantity of percussion caps, wine,, spirits, &c.—County Chronicle. MECHANICS' INSTITUTION. LECTURES ON THE STRUCTURE .4 ND HISTORY OF THE ,IRTICULdITED Rj MOLL USCO US CL.4SSES OF ../INIMALS. On Saturday evening Dr. Grant delivered the fourth of his highly instructive lectures, in which he explained the struc ture of the myriapods and true insects. The diagrams were upon an extensive scale, and presented graphic views of the, anatomy of the centipede, cockchafer, bee, &c. Insects form by far the largest class in the animal kingdom, above 150,000 different species being already known to na turalists, and everyday the class is receiving further additions by the discoveries of naturalists in every quarter of the world. These creatures inhabit every latitude and every altitude on the face of the globe. They swarm like animalcules in the atmosphere; in fact, they may be considered the animalcules of the air, in like manner as the polygastric tribe are animal cules of the water. They swarm throughout the strata of the earth wherever it is of a loose and porous texture, both in the perfect state and in that of larva. They swarm even in the water, and we observe them to employ their wings as well as their feet to propel them through that element. They breathe the atmospheric air by means of trachea, or air tubes, rami fying through every part of their bodies. Insects swarm so much in warm climates as often to cloud the sun. The ra vages of the locusts are two well known in the east. Even the ants are observed to advance in colonies resembling the habitations of man, and they are more to be dreaded than the lions and tigers of the forests. Insects are organized to consume 611 forms of organic matter—animal or vegetable— living or dead. They are the scavengers of our atmosphere, checking the emission of the effluvia which would otherwise arise from decayed organic substances; and thus keep the air purified for the other tribes of organic beings. As insects are destined to move through so light a fluid as atmospheric air, they require a very different formation from that of the various beings which have hitherto passed under our notice. An insect, it is true, begins its existence as a crawling ser pentine worm, and is, in fact, in its adult state, but a ser pent flying through the atmosphere. It is not sufficient, however, that wings should be attached to the side of a worm to enable it to fly through the air, every part of the structure must be contrived with a special view to the purposes of fly ing; for if we were to connect the wings and necessary mus cles to the sides of an ordinary worm and fish, the exertion requisite to enable them to move through the air would tear their soft and slender skeletons into pieces. The study of insects, in consequence of the great extent of this class of animals, forces itself upon our attention. The ravages which they commit upon the living and dead, upon' the vegetable and animal kingdom, are subjects which cannot escape our observation. Insects far exceed double the num ber of all the vertebrated tribes of animals taken collectively. They force themselves upon our attention by the pain which they create, and in this we should consider that the partial evil always tends to the general good—nature's good, of course. Insects have likewise special charms wherewith to engage our attention. We will not speak of the immense supply of wax which they . alone are capable of supplying, of the mellifluous sweets with which they delight our palates, or of the valuable red dye which we obtain from the cochineal insect—our business is with-their anatomy-with the means by which an allwise Providence has enabled them to obtain a daily subsistence and assimilate to their own likeness the various matters upon which they feed. The colour of insects is very beautifully adapted to the si tuations and circumstances in which they exist. Thus we at once perceive that the black is the best colour for these in sects intended to live in dark cells, and such we find to be the case. Who can perceive an insect in motion or at rest with out admiring the beauty of its proportions, its graceful ante nuw amid numerous eves! Look at the beautiful contrivances by which it is enabled to walk across a roof, or the surface of a polished mirror, without the least uncertainty, or apparent difficulty ! Let the tempest howl and the tree shake, and see how securely it grasps the bark in defiance of the utmost efforts of the storm to dislodge it! Who can contemplate the industry and patience of the ant, and not learn habits of economy, and feel a wish to emulate its labours! Look at the political economy of the bee, and see how well worthy it is of adoption by the most civilised state ! We have now, however, as we before stated, to direct our attention to that which is not so pleasing. We have to look into the mysteries of the organization of these beautiful beings, and investigate the secret machinery by which they are enabled to exhibit all those outward physical phenomena. It will at once strike us, that as the exterior of the body of the worm is soft, it is thereby unfitted for the adaptation of powerful wings calcu lated to rend the flesh asunder by their action, without the intervention of some ossified medium fit for the action of highly energetic muscles. We find this to be the case ; the material of this ossified coveting is not, however, the same as that of the muscle and lobster—carbonate of lime. That would not answer, because it is too heavy a material, and it would re quire too large a mass of it mingled with animal matter to give the required strength. Phosphate of lime, the substance of human bones, is the chosen material, and its strength and levity render it peculiarly adapted for the inhabitants of so airy a region. There is a little phosphate of lime in the corals and in the crustacea. The appearance of this exterior skeleton is that of horn, and at one time it was taken to be of a horny nature. But if you take a hair, and place it in the flame of a lamp, it will dissolve and curl up. This is not the case with the exterior covering of the beetle, as upon ig nition it will burn with a light flame, and still preserve its shape. Whether the insect is in the state of a myriapod or true insect, or arachnids, still this consolidated material forms the exterior of the body. The body of the insect, like that of the worm, is divided into segments, but to a much less extent. The myriapods are a connecting link between the worm and true insect. The myriapods have not the same number of segments as the worm, but they are placed at equal distances. The change from a myriapod to an insect is still more remarkable—several seg ments unite and change in form. The anterior skeleton is changed and hardened, so as to allow of the attachment of wings, and to protect the internal organs. The myriapods have a nervous system connected with their organs of feeling and motion. Fortunately for animals there are many mo tions which go on without their cognizance. Thus man cannot will the stoppage of the heart, of the rusts of the blood, or of the peristaltic motion of their intestines. These go on undisturbed whether we are asleep or awake. We can please ourselves whether we stretch out our hand or not. The nerves of the myriapods proceed from a great spiral cord running through the central axis. . . The - re are thirteen segments in the body of a true insect. The foremost contains the organs of mastication, the mandi bles, and the palpi. The latter appear to be organs of sense; but, as we have none, we cannot attempt to describe the sensations which they produce. It would be as rational to expect that we should be able to do so, as that a blind map should describe blue or red. They have organs called anten nae, apparently connected with the sense of hearing. We can distinctly prove the antennas to be the organs of hearing in the crustaceous animals, but we have not been able to satisfy ourselves on_this point with respect to insects. The insects have compound organs of vision. There can be counted more than 20,0(X) idcies in the eyes of an insect. The transparent cornea can likewise be distinguished in con nexion with a crystalline lens. The vitreous humour has only vet been found in aqueous insects—it exists in the leech. The eye of the insect, however, wants the complicated appa ratus which we see in the higher classes of animals, such as the eyelids, eyelashes, &c. Its place of these, the annual has an epidermic covering over its eye which is insensible. It is important to know how an entomologist describes an insect. lie considers it as composed of three thoracic segments. The first he calls the prothoracic segment, the second the mezzo thoracic, and the third the meta. A pair of legs is attached to each of these segments. The posterior wings are attached to the meta thoracic segment. In flies, these are wanting, hence they are called depte rou s i nse cts. In reality there is no such thing' as one pair of wings, but the second pair is so small as almost to escape our notice. The forms of the wing vary exceedingly. 'Fhey are permeated with blood vessels and air cells, the latter of which gives them their reticulated structure. To these three thoracic segments succeed the nine segments of the body, which seem very like the segments of the myriapod or worm. The last of these segments is some times wanting, and it is then metaphorised into the sting. Whilst insects are in the state of larvae they are the most voracious of animals, living seemingly but for the urpose of enjoyment and the gratification of an insatiable ap to It I strikes us as nothing remarkable that an insect sh d have t six feet. This arrangement is, however, the most remarks able piece of organic structure in the animal creation. That 150,000 beings, whether they have wings or no wings, should have six feet, whether they have to have to seek their food in dungeons, or, like the butterfly, to roam from flower to flower. There is nothing like it in the animal kingdom. These parts, however, are extra vascular, and they serve as means of attachment, to allow the muscles to act. Four thousand and sixty muscles have been counted in these organs and connecting membranes in the body of an insect; let the anatomist compare this with what he knows of the human body —not one-fourth of the amount. In making the change from a worm into an insect, an alteration takes place in all patts of the creatures economy. 'The masticating apparatus, the digestive organs, the nervous system, and the central system, all undergo a change. The liver of the cockchafer consists of a number of conglomerate tubuli ; other insects are provided with follicular glands, for the purpose of pouring in gastric juice to digest the food. The circulating system of insects is a beautiful piece of mechanism. It was at one time thought, that as the humour passes so extensively through the body of an insect as to reach all parts of its body, there was no necessity for a circulating system, but more careful investigation shows- us how erroneous was this con clusion. We see in some insects eight segments of the heart, each of which has a valvular structure capable of allowing the ingress of fluid. These segments are contractable, by which means the blood is impelled forwards. It cannot get back, because the valves close. Ever y thing about this sys tem is as elaborately executed as in man. Who says that insects are cold blooded? Let him place a thermometer wit hin the hive of a bee, and he will find that it is exceedingly warm. Through the smallness - of the creatures, and their rapid passage through the air, there is a great loss of calaric from their bodies; but their lungs are of the most beautiful con struction, and well calculated to impart a great degree of warmth to their bodies. Let the astronomer point us out worlds unnumbered—let him tell us of systems revolving round centres, to an incalculable extent, in the regions of space—until he dazzles us with the amazing extent of the creation ; but let us not for a moment doubt that the minutest living being is not as perfectly elaborated as the must com plicated system of the universe. We are glad to find an increasing attendance of the faculty at these lectures. This is the highest compliment which the town is capable of paying the merits of Dr. Grant. WHIRLWIND.—The whirlwind which we mentioned on Wednesday as having occurred in the neighbourhood of Old ham on Monday evening, was felt also near Middleton, where its violence was very great. tearing large branches from all the trees growing in its course, and carrying them to an im mense height in the air. Some of them are said to have been carried a mile from the place whence they were torn. A very large willow tree, at Little Green Mill, near Middleton was split up the middle during the storm; but we should rather suppose, that this must have been done by lightning, which was several times observed during the continuance of the phe nornenon.—Afanchester Guardian. ON BATHING.—For youth of both sexes cold bathing in summer and tepid in winter is highly useful, and ought to be frequently indulged in; but great care is to be observed that bathing in rivers be not commenced too early in summer, before the water has acquired a proper degree of temperature ; and, at all times, that there be not too great a difference be tween the temperature of the body and that of the water. To expose the body to great and sudden varieties of temperature is always dangerous. Swimming is an exercise which calls into active exertion all the muscles of the body, and is, there fore, one tending much to strengthen the frame; but it ought not to be continued for any length of time; the slightest sen sation of weariness should be the signal for immediately leaving the liquid element and retreating to terra firma. To remain in the water after this monition, is not only to throw away all the benefits of the previous exercise, but to induce an exhaustion of strength so great as sometimes to prove fatal. It is truly gratifying to observe the facilities that are daily springing up for enabling even the poor classes of society to participate in the enjoyments of the bath; an enjoyment which has hitherto, in our country, been regarded as a luxury, and attainable only by the affluent, but which is, in reality, a necessary of healthy existence, and which, therefore, ought not to be confined to anyone class of the community. * * * * As I have already said, bathing is highly benefi cial at every season of the year, and tepid bathing is perfectly safe even in the middle of winter; if on emerging • from the bath the body be rubbed completely dry, and active exercise be taken no one need tear any ill consequences. It should, however, be added, that bathing is not in every case useful; and there are many states of the system in which it would prove highly injurious. Delicate persons ought. therefore, to act with great caution in this matter. I have visited most of the baths in England, at Paris, Dieppe, and manvnther parts of the continent, inidading that built for Napoleon at Aix la Chapelle; but the Ladies' New Bath at Gravesend, covered with glass, and planted with flowers and shrubs, excels them all.—Curtis on Health. Vtootto Entereb for totaling. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD ROPE, A,•c, Mary Ann Peters, J Morrison, 545 Calcutta, Kers, lmrie &Co AFRICA. Gannett, -, 32 Africa, Hamilton, Juckson &Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Phoenix, J Hartley, 363 Antigua, C W & F Shand SOUTH AMERICA. Dampier, J Newlands, 208 Jamaica, J Poole & Co Ann, T Keswick, 450 Maranham, Moon Brothers lions, A Sanderson, 221 Rio Janeiro, Kers, Imrie &Co Rookery, II W Appleton, 311 Rio Janeiro, Ashley Brothers UNITED STATES. 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The goods on board are to be immediately placed under seal by custom-house officers. The manifest of the cargo in hulk is to be delivered up at the first visit of the officers by the cap tain or supercargo, and must exhibit the number of packages, bales, &c., with their various marks, and if not then ready, six hours are to be allowed for its production. In the case of non-fulfilment of this condition, the vessel will not be ad missible to entry, nor will the captain, supercargo, or any other person, except in cases of sickness or damage to the ship, be permitted to land. Besides which,• four or six custom-house officers-will -be kept on board, in custody of, and at the cost of, the vessel, at the rate of two dollars daily to each, until the discharge of the cargo; no part of the cargo, however, to be discharged, not even samples of the merchandise, without express leave of the chief of the custom house, and at such times as the office shall be open only. Forty-eight hours after a vessel shall cast anchor the con signees shall present a manifest in detail and in triplicate, in case of no register or manifest in bulk having been brought, after which the captain may apply for leave to unload. Some other regulations are announced to prevent smuggling on the coast by small vessels into which goods shall have been trans shipped, and with this view a ship of war was to be stationed at Sono. JOKE UPON A SOUTHERNER.—I shall never forget a joke I passed off once upon a Southerner. I had been down to Charleston, South Car., where brother Siah is located as a lawyer, and drives a considerable business in that line. Well, one day as I was walkin' along out of town, a-smokin' of my cigar, who should I meet but a poor old nigger, with a'most an almighty heavy load of pine-wood on his back, as much as he could cleverly stagger onder. " Why, Sambo," said I, " whose slave be you ? You've got a considerable of a heavy load there fur a man of your years." "Oh, massa," says he, "Gor Omighty bless you (and he laid down his load, and puttin' one hand on his loins, and Pother on his thigh, he tried to straighten himself up). I free man now. Ino slave no more. I purchased my freedom from Gineral Crock odile, him that keeps public at Mud-creek. Oh, massa, but him gineral took me in terrible, by gosh ! Says he, Pom pey,' says he, you one werry good nigger, werry faithful nigger. I great opinion of you, .Pompey; I make a man of you, you dam old tar-brush. I hope I may be skinned alive with wild cats if I don't. How much money you save, Pomp ?" Hunder dollars,' says I. Well,' says he, I will sell you your freedom for that are little sum.' Oh, massa gineral,' I said, ' I believe I lib and die wid you ; what old man like me do now? lam too old for free man. Oh no, massa, leab poor old Pomp to die among de niggers. I tend young massa Gineral, and little missey Gineral, and teach 'em how to 'cow-skin de black villains.' Oh, you smart man yet,' says he, quite sound, werry smart man, you airn a great deal o' money ; I too great regard for you to keep you slave any longer.' Well, he persuade me at last, and I buy freedom, and now I starve. I hab no one to take care of me now; 1 old and good for nothin'-1 wish old Pomp very much dead ;" and he boohood out like a child. " Then he sold you to yourself, did he ?" said I. " Yes, massa," said he, " and here de paper and de bill ob sale." " And he told you you sound man yet?" "True, massa, ebbery word." "'Tien," says 1, "come along with me;" and I toaded him along into Siah's office. " Sy," says I, " here's a job for you. Gineral Crockodile sold this poor .old nigger to him self, and warranted him sound wind and limb. He cheated him, like a cantin' hypocritical sinner as be is, for he's foun dered in his right foot, and ringboned on the left. Sue him on his warranty—there's some fun in it." " Fun," said Sy, " I tell you it's a capital joke ;" and he jump'd up and danced round his office a.-snappin' of his fingers, as if he wor bit by a galley-nipper. How it will conflustrigate old Sim Ileser, the judge, won't it? I'll bambousle him, befogify his brain for him with warranties, general, special, and im plied, texts, notes, and commentaries. I'll lead hitn a dance through civil law, and common law, and statute law; I'll read old Latin, old French, and old English to him; I'll make his head turn like a mill-stone; make him stare like an owl atrying to read by dayligh►," and he larfed ready to kill himself. Sure enough he did bother him; so agoin' up from one court to another, that Crockodile was glad to compound the matter to get clear of the joke, and paid old Pomp his hundred dollars back again; that's a fact.—Sam Slick. ,*b ipp tug 3intelligenct. TUESDAY, AUGUST 14. Malta, Gibraltar, Lisbon. &c. mails, arrived. ARRIVED.—Susan, from Calcutta—St. Patrick, —, and Rowena, —, from Newfoundland—Richard, Doodt, from Memel—Jane, Smith, from New Orleans—Anna Maria, Roberts, from Memel. SAILED.—Elisha Denison, West, for New York—Traveller, Pallot, for Marseilles—Cigar, Davies. for Bahia—Herth, Askew, for Africa—and Palermo, I.3ouza, for Havana. Adelaide, Swaffen, hence for Carthagena, at Dublin Royal Saxon. Renner, from Calcutta, at Deal Otterspool, Scales, hence for Batavia, was spoken Ist Aug. in lat. 44 47, long. 9 47 Elizabeth, Appleby, hence at St. Petersburg Victoria, Budig, hence at Brake Johanna, Walter, hence at Ilambro' Wild Irish Girl, Tooker, from Trieste, at the Elbe Arica, -, hence for Arica, was spoken 7th July, In lat. 51, long. 17 Llama, Wheeler, hence for Vera Cruz, at Havana Perseverance, Mounot ; Union, Heyde, and Actif, Vanderbrook , hence at Ostend Susannah, Wilson, from Matanzas, at St. Petersburg Catherine, Zylstra, hence at Archangel WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15.—Wind N.N. W. A RRIVE n.—J essie, Ford, from Quebec—Shakspeare, Henderson from Restigouche—and Lord Russell, List, from - Palermo. SAlLED.—Alexander, Ramsay, for Calcutta—Little Catherine, Williams, for Demerara—Ruby, Aiming, for Lisbon—Catherine Ann, Polk, for Newfoundland—Mayflower, Cumming, for Gib raltar—Reliance, Splatt, for Ceara—;Harwood, Stott, for Paraiba— Jupiter, Carter, for Cadiz—Emily, Sheenham, for Hamburgh— Victoria. Goulding, for Berbice—Ring Mahon Castle, Doyle, for Trinidad—Henry, Pierce, for New York—Elizabeth Bruce, Russell, for Boston. Jane Sherriffs, Manson, from London. at the Mauritius 4ih May Freak. Smoult, sailed from the Mauritius for Calcutta 24th April Lima Packet, Singleton, hence at Trinidad 6th ult. GNlnare, -, from Bombay, at St. Helena Wilkins, Whiteside. from Sincapore, at Mauritius Mazeppa, Landon, from Copenhagen, at Newfoundland I3lack-eyed Susan, Watkins, from Smyrna, at Malta, and sailed 18ih ult. for Falmouth Antmus, GregsOn, from Smyrna, at ditto, and sailed 18th ult. for this port .Tohn, Coyle, hence at Gibraltar Mary, Wileniie, from Licata, at ditto, and sailed 27th ult. for this oort _ Ellen Jenkinson, Irving, from Messina, at ditto, and sailed 31st ult. for this port Planet, Ritchie, hence at ditto, and sailed 31st ult. for Barcelona Zetland, Bence, from Savanilla, off Cadiz 11th ult. and ordered to Corunna to perform quarantine Annabella, Ward, hence at Lisbon Ann Paley, Hunter, sailed from Lisbon for this port sth instant Josephina, Dahlstrom. hence at Elsinore Wave, Mearns, from Lancaster, at ditto Auguste, Holtz, and Frederick Wilhelm, Scutt, hence at Ham burgh Elise, Pust, hence at Swinemunde • Maria, Krohn, hence at Wolgast Sarah, Whatford, from larva • Victoria, -, from Riga ; Boyne, ; Gregory Bogosloff, and Pericles, , from St. Petersburg, for this port, at Pentland Frith 6th instant Jupiter, Steele, from Antwerp for this port, at Torbay Octorara, Decean, for Philadalphia, in hauling out off dock, dreve stern on against the pier, and split her rudder. . Magnus, -, of Limerick, is on shore in the river Shannon Mercer, Mercer, from Leghorn for Hull, was spoken in lat. 46 13, long. 8 20 W', and supplied with bread _ _ Margaret, -, hence for Quebec, was spoken Ilth ult. iu lat. 45,_10ng. 41 _ . . Trafalgar, Sym, from China .off the Cove 11th instant ; sailed from Lintin 25th March, and from St. Helena 27th June. On the 15th April. in the Straits of Gaspan. spoke the Bonanza, hence for China, and the Wm. Brown, for China. On the 21th, off Java Head, spoke the Adams. Off the Cape of Good Hope, spoke the Catherine, from Calcutta for the Cape. Off Ascension, spoke the Zodiac, front the Cape of Good Hope for London. On the 15th ult. in lat. 10 30 N, long, 24 W, spoke the Plantagenet, from Lon don for New York THURSDAY, AUGUST 16. A RRIVED .—Eddula, Mackie, from Catania. SA ILED.—Emma,Thomas, for Syr and Constantinople—Mathew Bell, Hunter, and Ruby, Westcott, for Quebec—St. John, Hitch cock ; Echo, Mallet, and Tennessee, Mattison, for New York— Mercury, Maherley, for Narva—Thomas Crisp, Biome, forCon stantinopie—Daphne, Drinkwater, foa Barbadoes and Port-au • Prince—Flora, Houghton, for Alexandretta and Beirout—Unity, Fraser, for Riga—Peruvian, Wootton, for Phlladelphia—Carlton, Murra, for Miramichi—Pendaris, Coger, for Gibraltar and Tunis— Isabella, Dearness, for Riga—Amazon, Keane, for Bourdeaux— John Sz Robert, Arliechrne, and St. Andrew, Leitch, for Quebec — James Dunn, Furse, for Naples and Messina—Jeremiah, Benney, , for Havre—Sceptre, Doughty, for Hambro'—Victoria, Snell, for Boston—Water Lily, Cuthbertson, for Alicant—Chatham,Rylands, for Revel—Queen of the South, Gißard, for Newfoundland— Abeona, Grant, for St. John, N.B.—Thracian, Turner, for Boston —Naiad, Rundall, for Rotterdam—Catherine, Driscoll, for Quebec —Betsey Hall, Caaker, for Monte Video—Margaret Payne, for Quebec and Montreal—St.Mark , Holmes, for NewYork—Albanian, W insor, for Leghorn—lsis, Graham, for Jamaica—Robert Bruce, Harkness, for St. John, N.B.—Canada, Potts, for Rio Janeiro— Ceres, Adry, fer Newfoundland—Mary, Jones, for Quebec—Gar rick, Palmer, and Birmingham, Robinson, for New York—Sir J. Franklin, Borthwick, for Matenzas—Aristides, Hart, for Genoa and Leghorn—Clementina, Wotton, for Alicant—Reecles, Manthorp, for Trieste—Warsaw, Mundell, for New York—Briton, Scorgie, for Malta and Smyrna—Rajah, Bliss, and Sheffield, Maxwell, for Norton—Howard, Merrill, for Savannah—Commerce, Read, for Providence, U.S —Renovation, Ball, for Gijon—Dauntless, Gray, for Odensay—Ebro, Cordero. for Havana—Activ, Smith, for Elsi nore—Mary, Nelson, for Demerara—Henry Tuke, Knowles, for Boston—Dorothea, Fairhurst, for Berbice—Montezuma, Burnett, f for Verr Cruz—Jane, Father, fo Quebec—Catharine, Miln, for Havana and Vera Cruz—Propon is, Howes, for Boston—Astrea, Neall, for Genoa—Bazaar, Homan, or Boston—Hercules,Raisbeck, for Shediac—Sofia, Lagana, for Palermo and Messina—James Per kins, Berry, and Lexington, Tilden, for Boston—One & All, War yell, for Gonoa—and Ceres, Klun, for Holmstrad. • Mount Stuart Elphinstone, Stew4rt, from Bombay, at the Clyde ; sailed 2nd April, and from St. Helena 25th June. On the 10th July, in lat. 8 10, long. 25 W, spoke the Lady Stormont, hence for Rio David Banks, Jolly, hence at Ancona Snowdrop, Nicholls, put back /o Ancona 30th July, having sprung a leak, and sailed 31st July this port Trinity Yatch, Johnson, and Liebe. Thompson. hence at Leghorn Matilda Hodgson, sailed from Leghorn for this port 26th July Queen Victoria. Chambers, hence for Miramichi. at Beaumaris Little Catherine, Williams, for Demerara, has put back TELEGRAPH OFFICE, AUGOST 16. Wind at Holyhead S.W. light breeze morning, noon and evening. Off Great Ormshead, inward bound. at I 1 n. m. No. 1751, Trafal gar, B.S. from China—and Isabella, Bk. from Demerara. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 14. Of the past week, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday were days of very heavy rain throughout this district, and on Saturday night we had also a very violent thunder shower, all of which must have been very injurious to the crops of Hay—still half unsecured—and to those of every kind of Grain and Potatoes, which have during the last three weeks progressed very little towards maturity ;—and although the fine drying winds of the three last days have pre vented the Grain from being much laid—(but which may perhaps he more attributable to the strength of the green straw, and to the lightness of the heads,) very serious, and almost irretrievable in jury is reported to be already done to the crops of Wheat in many districts, and a very general alarm is now, we fear, with too much reason excited as to the result of the harvest—which can only be allayed by immediate dry warm seasonable weather, and an unin terrupted continuance thereof for five or six weeks to come. In consequence of which, and of very small imports of free Grain, Flour and Oatmeal, with rapidly diminishing stocks—unassisted by any Foreign Grain—on which no duty can be expected to be paid, under the certain prospect of further immediate reduction thereon, prices have been increasing daily very seriously, and since Tuesday last sales have been made here to an extent—very limited —in consequence of the small quantities offering for sale—at an advance of about is per 701 b on Wheat, 4s to 6s per 28011) on Flour, 4d to 5d per 451 b on Oats, is to 2s per 2401 b on Oatmeal, and about 2s per qr on Malt. Barley, Beans and Peas.—ln all the Corn markets of Yorkshire and in those of Manchester.and Birmingham of the past week, a similar improvement has also taken placr.—LThe duties on Rye from Foreign ports are this week decreased Is 3d per qr. ; on Wheat, as anticipated. 2s per qr. and on Flour is 2ld per brl ; and it is very likely that on Friday next the weekly average will exceed 70s Bd, and that the duty on Wheat will then be further decreased 3s per qr. and Is 91'd per hrl on Flour ;—on all other Grain the duties remain at present as stated in our last cir cular ;—we have again had a week of great activity and excitement in the transactions in bonded Grain, and a very considerable quan tity here, and still more now shipping in Foreign ports, and on the passage hither, has changed hands at a further advance of 6d to 8d per 701 h ; there has been more demand for Barley, Beans, Pens, and Oats, in bond, at an advance of about Is to 2s per qr. The sub ject of the Corn Laws has been•noticed Li the House of Commons, but it does not appear that any repeal is likely at present, but that they will be allowed to run their course !—At this day's market we have had a very numerous attendance; but, owing to an apparent change of weather, and the dulness in Mark-lane yesterday. from a similar cause, the millers and dealers were very unwilling to purchase but for immediate wants, the transactions were on the most limited scale, and the advance above noted on every article in the trade was barely supported. 41 1 701 b a. d. s d English . ll Scotch Irish lO Bonded 8 BARLEY, qr. English .36 Chevalier 38 Scotch, V' 6016 6 Irish Foreign, bond 4 OATS, cir 451 b. English 3 Scotch Irish Foreign, bond 2 Ditto, duty free 3 RYE, <trqr. 34 MALT, v qr. fines 6 Middling 46 6 .iil3 0 0 -12 6 0 -12 2 3 -10 9 0 -40 0 0 -42 0 6- 610 0 - 6 6 2 - 4 6 INDIAN CORN, 4f 4814 b. Red White BEANS, 41 , qr. English 44 () —4B 0 Irish PEAS, Grey 32 0 35 0 White RAPESEED, 4f , last, £ FLoun, English, 4r 2801 b. • Fine 56 0- 68 0 Irish American, brl. free. Sweet. U.S. 0 0 0 0 Sour, bond OATMEAL, Iff 240th English 32 0 34 0 Do. new 1837 33 0 —3. i Scotch 8 - 4 3 8 - 4 3 6 - 4 0 10 - 3 5 8- 4 0 0 -38 0 0 -62 0 0 -56 0 LONDON GAZETTE.--TUESDAY, AUG 14. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. Hunt and J. Docker, Manchester, stik.manufacturers—T. cock and F. Ransom, Manchester. INSOLVENTS. Aug. 11.—Frederick fctifs - gliviirid; Bahia, South America. merchant. Aug. 14.—George Benjamin Harding, Cannon-street, London, paper-hanger. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERS E D. Thomas Watkinson. Marsh-gate, Lambeth, ondon, publican. Elisha Dickens, Bagsworth, Derbyshire. cott n-spinner. Emporto. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 4.c. Caledonia, (445) J R Stroyan, from Bombay, 5 boxes 1 parcel contents unknown, Dirom and co-2 do, Nevill and Frankland -1 bundle do, C Stephens-1 keg pickles, Sir J Tobin-2438 bales 150 hf bales cotton, 1005 bags ginger, 301 bags pepper, 7 bales 18 caaes silk, 3 boxes tea, 1 bag rice, order—P D Susan, (577) J Young, from Calcutta, 1050 bags sugar, 2000 bags linseed, 500 bales jute, 7 cases silk combs, 323 bags paddy, 30J0 bags rice, 200 bags broken rice, 1000 bundles munjeet, 137 bags horn tips, 1 box 10 cases contents unknown, order-750 bales jute, Rawson and co-33 chests lac dye, Crawford, Colvin and co-2 kegs tobacco, Thompson, Andersou and co-10 bales hides, D Hunter-6 packages sundries, the master NEW SOUTH WALES. Hindoo, (310) C L Van Zuilecom, from Hobart Town, 63 bales wool, T Elwall-45 do. C and .1 Rawdon-19 do, Boyle, Alexander and co-5 do, order-252 bales do, 120 hides, Browne, Aspinall and c0—•313 casks black oil, Walker Brothers-23f LI bark, 21 lightwood planks, the master—B D AFRICA. Martha, (203) W Holt, from Africa, 9(10 casks palm oil, 188 ele phants' teeth, 1 case beads returned, 1 0 Botd—W D SOUTH AMERICA. Anaxibia, (140) .1 Trevethen, from Paraiba, 37 cs 40 brls sugar, 676 bls cotton, order-1 bx sweetmeats. It H Camyn—Q 4 UNITED STATES. - - Josepha, (417) P M•lntyre, from Mobile, 184 bls cotton, J John son-43:3 do, order-15 do, A Sutton-4U do, W Arthur-60 do, A Taylor-100 do, Wainwright, Shells and co-174 do, A Pope- 100 do, 1 hx conts unkn, Sadler, Fenton, and co—W D Stirling, (493) D G Stinseii, from Savannah, 169 bls cotton, Par ton, Parker and co-126 do, Molyneux, Witherbv and co-194 do, W and J Brown and co-103 do, J T Crook-53 do, Isaac, Low and co-43 do, Collmann and Stolterfoht-72 do, Wainwright, Shells and co-931 do, order—Q D Jane, (367) J B Emerson, from New Orleans, 1103 bales cotton, W and J Brown and co—P D BRITISH AMERICA. Celia, (556) J Black, from Quebec, 367 pg white pine timber, 43 c 26 deals, 1653 c 13 staves. Langtrys and eo—B D Europe, (625) J Ellis, from Quebec, 491 ps fir and 21 ps oak tim ber, 901 c 26 staves, 25 c 14 deals and deal ends, 1 1 cords lathwood, Gibbs, Bright and co—B D British King, (637) 11 Itattray, from Quebec. 40 ps oak and 297 ps fir timber, 613 c 5 staves and heading, 593 c deals and deal ends, 13 c 16 baths, Cannon, Miller and co—B D Ulverstone, (351) T Packwood, from Quebec, 13 ps oak, 1 pce birch. 378 ps white pine, 53 c 20 ps deals, 911 c 25 W I and 231 c 16 staves, order-18 handspikes, Expn—B D Elizabeth, (334) .1 Alnwick, from Quebec, 15 ps oak, 21 ps elm and 267 ps white pine timber, 1053 ps standard staves and heading, 399 ps deals, 16 fins lathwood, order—B D Woodman, (531) J Good, from St John, N B, 162 ps birch and 478 ps white pine timber, 509 ps spruce deals, 4930 ash hd staves, 11 fms lathwood, Baring Bros and co—B D _ _ Henry Bliss, (729) T F Mackey, from St John, N 8.189 ps birch and 1191 ps pine timber, 406 deals, 4440 staves. 16 cords lathwood, 100 B Dps pine timber, 8 spars, 50 oars, Wildes, Pi c kers g ill an d co— Norval, (147) S Wills, from Newfoundland, 60 cks pale seal oil, 1810 seal skins, 18 cow hides, 1 old iron chest (expn) W Tarbet -48 cki pale seal oil, 6 c old junk, .T Davies-30 cks pale seal oil, J G Oughterson-47 pale seal oil. 3965 seal skins, Harrison, Ridley and co-20 cks pale seal oil. ! csk cod oil, 11 cow hides, 1 csk seal dregs, 16 cks cod blubber, 75 spruce oars, 40 pns rum, Graham and Taylor-109 cks seal oil, 2 cks cod oil, 852 seal skins, 2 cks cod dregs, 34 cks cod blubber, J Robertson—K D Margaret Helen, (92) .1 Roche, from St Joho,Nfld, 765 bdls seal skins, 170 train oil, Ferris, Butler and co-219 - ,seal skins, 75 cks train oil, 1 brl arrowroot, 13 Bowring-15 cks train oil, W Tarbet -16 pns molasses, Graham and Taylor-3 bdls 1 brl Ick fish and cap lin, order—P D A ark Oz. LIVERPOOL CO'T'TON MARKET, AUGUST 16. The sales yesterday were 2,500 bags, to-day 3,000 have been sold, and the market continues steady. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, Auo. 16. The effect of an abundant supply of Butter, both in this market and in London, has been a reduction, in the price of all descrip tions. of about 38 per cwt. We have before expressed our opinion, in the face of much rain speculation—that the currency of this article would rule moderate. Facts confirm such a view ; and further we may state, that nothing but the illegitimate use of capital, aided by misrepresentation, (vide late events in the Corn trade,) can possibly force prices up to a dangerous height. Belfast Butter and the finer sorts from the South of Ireland we call 90s to 92s per cwt.—Such is the reduced state of our stock of Beef and Pork here, that holders are positively getting their own prices—as much as £d per tierce has been paid.—Pork 84s.—Bacon 54s for fine Bel fast middles.—Hams 66s to 68s. LIVERPOOL AGRICULT s. d. s. d. Old Hay 0 9al 41) . :101bi New Ilav 0 6 0 10 - Clover Hay ' 0 8 0 11 - Straw, Wheat 0 9 0 10 - Straw, Oat - Straw. Barley 0 0 0 0 - Clover - 'URAL MARKET, AUG. 16. s. d. s. d. Potatoes. new 3 1041 4Vscore Cattle Ditto 0 0 0 0 - Turnips Carrots - Man4lewurzle 0 0 0 0 - Manure 6 0 7 0 - LIVERPOOL CATT EMARKET, AUG 13. We have bad a very large supply of Beasts at market to-day, and the quality only middling ; prices are a shade less than last week, and notwithstanding there were many purchasers, the market for Beef has been rather heavy, from a❑ expectation of a further re duction in price, consequently there has been a good few Beasts of inferior quality left unsold. The supply of Sheep has also been vary large, but Lambs were not so plentiful as for several of the preceding weeks, and the damands have been principally for large `'Nether Sheep of good quality, which were readily sold at last week's quotations. Lambs were eagerly sought after from their scarcity, and sold at good prices, and there were none left unsold save these of a very inferior quality. There were a good few Sheep left unsold, which were very ordinary, and principally Ewes. Good Beef may be quoted at 6d per lb, middling 50, very ordinary at a shade less. Good Nether Mutton was sold at 61d, ordinary and Ewes at 6d, and Lambs at from 6d to 60 per lb. Number of Cat tle at market—Beasts 1469, Sheep and Lambs, 11,516. PRICES op TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL. Not above 16 ft. Foreign £l9. B. Plan. £2. Not above 21 ft. Forei g n £22.. B. P.1:2, 10s. £1 10s. 1 £7los. 15s load. 10s. Not above 36 in. Foreign .£1 3s. B. Plan. 2s. los. per load. £2 lss # load. Wood, Deals, 120 Stan. M. duty paid. Archangel £lB 0 19 0 Memel l7 0 18 18 Gothenburg l5 10 16 0 Wyburg Petersburgh ' s 0 18 0 Planks, per foot of 2 in. thick. Dantzt, Deck British American, Pine 0 21— 0 21 Lathwood, per fathom; Danzig, 4 feet British American 5 0 6 0 Mahogany, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras Cuba St. Domingo Oak Planks, British American.. none Teakwood, cubic feet Staves, per 1200. Danzig, Common Pipe ...... £135 0 • . 65 Quebec, red 11 inch Hhd 0 70 0 Thick, and 51 feet Long Ditto, Puncheon Timber, per cubic foot. Oak Pine, B. American, common red 1 5 2 0 yellow 1 51— 1 9 Danzhe, middling 2 2 '2 6 Memel, middling 2 2 2 6 Riga, red PACKET BOA'T'S.-FALMOUTH STATION, GENERAL POST-OFFICE.-Aug. 10, 1837. 31ails made up rn London, Last Packets Sailed. Next Packets Due. DESTINATION. Holland Hamburg & Swed Lisbon Madeira ... Spain & ;ibralt. alta and Greece.. Egypt and India ! Madeira Brazil & B. Ayres America Jarnai L'ward / Isl. & Hayti.. Laguira Mexico :ind Ha vana.. . Jamai. L'ward t Isl. & Hayti. Carthagena }. Tagus, Aug. 6. August 6. August 6. Opossum, July 6. Delight, Aug. 4. 11.M.8. Ranger, Aug. 3. H. M.B. Swift, July 18. 11.M.R. Tyrian,' July .8. Mon. & Thurs. 'rues. & Satur. Iberia, Aug. 14. H.M.B. Seagul, Aug 24. Lapwing,Sept.B Pandora, Sept, 26. Goldfinch, Aug. 22. Reindeer, Sept. 9. Tues. & Fri Tues. & Fri, Saturdays. 2nd Saturday 4th Saturday Ist Tuesday each month Ist Wednes. Ist day of each month 15th day of erch month. 15th day of each month. PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. LONDON 3: LIVERPOOL, (Sailing before 12th Jan.) Jamaica Leeward Isl. Deme. Berbice Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana 12th Jan. Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate East Indies Company's Ships Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily. &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga r Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga. &c. Oporto Outward. 25s Od€ , Os 06 20 0— 0 0 30 0 35 0 20 0-25 0 25 0-30 0 35 0-40 0 40 0-60 0 30 0-35 0 30 0 40 0 25 0-30 0 25 0-30 0 0 0— 0 0 4 , 0-50 0 45 0 51 0 45 0 50 0 40 0 50 0 30 0-40 0 25 0-30 0 20 0-25 0 45 0 70 0 25 0 30 0 25 0 —.30 0 20 0-30 0 15 0-20 0 20 0-30 0 15 0 20 0 20 0-25 0 7 6 10 0 7 . 6 10 0 7 6 10 0 15 0-20 0 15 0-20 0 15 0-29 0 after Ist Aug 40s ode 56cOd 20 0-35 0 340 0 —350 0 15 0-20 0 15 0-20 0 25 0-30 0 340 0 —359 0 25 0 -- 30 0 25 0-30 0 20 0-30 0 20 0 60 0 0 0 -- 0 0 40 0 -- 50 0 45 0-50 0 45 0-60 0 40 0-60 0 30 0-40 0 30 0 --120 0 15 0-20 0 40 0 -- 50 0 20 0-25 0 20 0-25 0 20 0 25 0 15 0 20 0 20 0 25 0 15 0 -- 20 0 15 0-25 0 7 6 10 0 7 6-10 0 7 6 -- 10 .0 10 0 -- 20 0 10 0 -- 15 0 15 0— 0 0' BANKRUPTS. John Pryce Hamer : Liverpool, stock and share broker. to sur render. Aug. 31, Sept. 23. at one, at the Clarendon Rooms. Liver pool. Solicitors, Messrs. Fairclough and Wiatt, Liverpool; and Messrs. Swain, Stevens, and co. Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London. James Miller, Drury-lane, London, stationer. George Threadold, Brentwood, Essex. corn-dealer. Edward Peter l.dgley, Southborough, Kent, victualler. John Green. sen. John Green, jun. and Charles William Green, liayle Mills, Kent, paper-manufacturers. George Collins, Leominster, carpenter. Anthony Birch. Birmingham, grocer. William Underhill, Webs, Somersetshire, innkeeper. DIVIDENDS. Sept. 10, A. Brown, Quadrant, Regent-street, London, laceman —Sept. 10 J. Weekes, Lime-street, London, hide-dealer--Sept. 12, G. Dickinson, Dover, paper-manufacturer—Sept 5,T. Eatough, Blackburn, provision -dealer—Aug. 21, W. Epps, Margate. butcher —Sept. 17, J. Orange, Nottingham, lace-manufacturer—Sept. 5, D. Scott. Flint, iron-master—Sept. 10, R. Pritchard, Tupsley, Here fordshire, brickmaker. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, en or before the 4th clay of Sept. J. W. Bogie, Liverpool, underwriter—F. Htll, Broken-wharf, Thames-street, London, wharfinger—D.Woodhouse, Little James street, Bedford-row, London, chemist—B. Eaves, Church-street. Lambeth, London, licensed-victualler—F. J. Lee, Long-acre, Lon don, hatter—W. Stephenson, Stokesley, Yorkshire, linen-menu• facturer SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION, John Lang, Glasgow, wsiter. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. AUGUST 110111 17. Joseph Johnson, (div.) Clarendon Rooms, 1 21. James Greenall, (2d) Ditto - 1 22. John and Henry Holt, (special) S Minahull's, 2 22. Samuel Burke, (div.) .. . .Clarendon Booths, 1 23. Ditto Ditto 1 PRICES OF SHARES, LIVERPOOL, Auousr 16. Last Priers This day's RAILWAYS, kc. Per Share. Priers. Birmingham and Gloucester 2O paid 9 0 0 .... 910 0 Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester - 6 .... Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 64 10 0 .... Chester and Crewe 5 .... 5 2 6 .... Dublin and Drogheda ..... Eastern Counties East of England Edinburgh and Glasgow 5 .... • 5 0 : 0 .... Ditto Leith .& Newhaven , 5 paid 0 (1 .0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, 8:, - Greenock .4 .... 310 6 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar- $ 5 paid 0 0 0.. e . .- nock, and Ayr Grand Junction lOO .... 223 0 0 ..„ ,• ~.. Ditto half shares 0 .... 38 0 0 ..... 3S 5. 4/ Great Western Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston lO paid •••• .. • Liverpool and Manchester lOO .... 201 0 0 e..d.. Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto new quarter shares Ditto and Southampton Ditto, new shares Ditto & Brighton (United) Leeds and Manchester .30 .... 44 15 4 1 .... Leicester and Swannington.... 50 .... 74 10 0 .... Ditto. (new) 5 paid 0 0 0 .... Manchester, Bolton, & Bury 7B .... 74 10 0 .... Manchester and Birmingham 7..... 7 7 6 .... . . Ditto and Ditto Extension 3 10s 3 2 6 ...., Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle 100 .... 92 10 0 .... Ditto quarter shares North M idland South Eastern and Dover North Union, (new) Ditto, (old) lOO .... 75 10 0 .... St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... . York and North Midland BANKS Royal Bank of Liverpool 5OO .... 700 0 0 ....700 0 0 Bank of Liverpool .. ..... £l2 lus paid 24 0 0 .... 23 JO 0 - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 20 2 6 .... - • - Liverpool Union lO .... 13 12 6 .... - Northern and Central... - Albion 25 paid 25 10 a - - - North and South Wales.. 10 .... 9 7 6 .... 9 15 - of Manchester lO .... • 13 0 0 .... s - M'chester & L'pool Pact 15 .... 90 10 0 .... - South Lancashire 7 les 7 0 0 .... Liverpool Banking Company lO .... 10 2 6 .... Borough Bank 7 10s 13 17 6 .„. Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 510 0 .... East of England Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset ._ . - .. .... GAS, W ATER WORKS, &c, Exchange Buildings £loo paid 162 0 0 .... L'poo I and Harrington Water 1 ..3 . 30 .... 452 10 0 .. Work. Booble Ditto Stock .... 320 0 0 .... Liverpool Coal GasCompanyStock .... 352 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 196 0 0 .... Ditto New Shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance) 25 paid 10 2 6 ... Company . Ocean Assurance Company ... 10 ...• 7 2 6 .... Liverpool Fire and Life DOCKS, FERRIES. NEW COMPANIES, Scc. Anderton Carrying Company 12 10s. 12 15 0 .... Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company 6 .... 2 8 6 .... Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) 2 .... 1 7 6 .... -- (Polonceau) 2 ...• 0 0 0 .... LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. From IDirect. Indirect. From Direct. Indirect. Calcutta .. Bombay . China .... Mauritius St. Helena. Rio Janeiro Bahia . . LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE. „ Days. Mrn. Rim. IW. --.--- H. M. H. 11. F. 1. . . Tuesday 14 521 d 41 12 2. . Jupiter sets 8h 23ns,i4ti.. Wedne.i. 15 647 733 1V 2 Saturn rises 8h 224 n• even. . Thursday 16 815 851 11 4 Mari c Moon Oh 15 ra.,C1111).• Friday 17 925 952 12 - 2 Venus c Mcion9h-111ka*orn. Saturday 18 10 17rs 10 37 13 2 Saturn setS 10h Vin even. •.. Sunday 19 10 57 11 15 i l4 5 10th Sunday afterTrinttyv 1 Monday 20 11 32 11 49 l5 1 Venus rises lh 59rnmosn. • AN ACCOI Imported into Liverpool NT OF CATTLE. from the Bth to the 14th initantt FROM IRELAND. . . Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs. 5939 8328 2951 512 0 .32 1714, Previously 50383 8 . 3994 136741 c 2994 16% 220 25603 COASTWISE. • • • • • • • Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs. 67 1138 28 5 3 , 0 Previously 3836 45171 6323 122 17 887 • LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the hooks bf the Dispossarite durirg the last week:— North. South. Total Received advice and medicine at thelnsti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine 133 77 310 Total at each Dispensary VISITORS. North—Mr. S. Barber, Mr. J. N. Holmes, and Mr. W. F. Macgregor. South—Mr. Francis Jordan. Rev. G. Gibson, and thitles. I. • Aspinall. R. WEDGWOOD, Beitiefiry. Dispensaries Office, 1, Fenwick-street, 13th Aug. 183$. . . MARRIED. On the 31st ult. at Preston, Mr. John PearsOn.'of th l litOwN t 6 Misa Margaret Wilkinson. of Preston, . ; . , On the 6th instant, at Poulton-le-Fylde, by thy Rev. John Ilan.' A.M., Vicar, Mr. David Primrose, mariner on board the- ;British Tar now lying at Fleetwood to Miss Ann Peters. The bride, on hearing of the arrival of her intended husband at Fleetwood, froni America, immediately left her home. Kincardine, Perthshire. (dis tant upwards of 300 miles,) for the purpose of being United to the object of her affections. On the 11th instant, at St. Bride's Church, Mr.. Oeotge H. Richards, of Her Majesty's Customs, to Helen, widow of the late Mr. John Williams, of her Majesty's Customs. On the 14th instant, at Fairlie. Ayrshire, by the Rev. Thomas Chalmers, D.D. Edward Cardwell, Esq. late Fellow of Raliol Col lege, Oxford, to Annie, youngest child A f the late Charles Stewart Parker, Esq. On the 14th instant, at St. Philip's Church. Mr. James.rawcelt, upholsterer, to Miss Ann Pendleton. cow-feeder, Knotty-ash. Same day, at St. George's Church. Everton, by th e ke r . It. P. Buddicom, Netlam Tory, Esq. merchant, to Miss Eliza Maskew. both of this town., Same day, at Runcorn. by the Rev. Jeremiah Masters, Mr. Thos* T. Rigby, to Miss Elizabeth Fynney, only daughter of Richard Fynney, Esq. of the same place. DIED. - At her residence, Finch-street, aged 33, Margaret,, wife of John Unwin. E. On the 233 ult. at Flint, Mrs. Mary Smith, formerly of congle , - ton, relict of Mr. Peter Haywood, of Chester. ' On the 26th ult. at Bristol, aged 21, Stephen, son of Mr. , Thomas Worn!), of Wrexham. On the 28th ult. aged 54, Thomas Peter Metcalfe More, •Esq. of Shottery, near Stratford-upon-Avon. and Rareborough-hal l Yorkshire. Mr. More was a lineal deseenclanea the celebrated Sir Thomas More, and nephew to Sir Charles Throektnorton, of Coughton-court, Warwickshire. On the 28th ult. at Islington-green, London, aged 82, Mn. Boothby, formerly of this town. On the Ist instant, at St. Jude's-terrace, West. Derby, aged 47, Maria, second daughter of the late Mr. Benjamin Jowett, of Park place. On the 2d instant, at Chester. Ann, eldest daughter of the late Richard Walley, Esq. of that city. On the sth instant, aged 67, Mrs. Hall. of the Hotel. Blackburn. On the 6th instant, after a very short illness, aged 38, Mr. Jon.. than Bulinan, druggist, Friargate, Preston. The deceased was a much respected individual, knd held the situation of Director of Ceremonies in the Provincial Grand Lodge of Freemasons for the' Western Division of Lancashire. His funeral, which took place on Thursday morni , g, was attended by about forty of the brethren in full black, as a mark of respect for his zealous attachment, to. and very active services for, the welfare of the ancient order of Masonry. Same day, at Gyrn, John Douglas, Esq. late of Grantham and Newmarket, Cambrid.. ,, eshire. On the Bth instant, Ellen, wife of Mr. James Ireland. of High park Coffee-house, aged 65. Same day, at Beaumaris, aged 69, Thomas Jervis, Esq. Queen's Counsel, Recorder of Lichfield, and for many years a Judge on the. Chester circuit. • On the 14th instant, at his residence, Aighurth; Mr. Joseph 110#••. sell, aged 60 years• He was a steady and consistent member in the Wesleyan Society for upwards of forty years, during which•titae he filled the various offices of leader, steward, and local preaahrr• He was highly esteemed for his uniform and unflinching attach'; ment to the institutions of methodism, his unwearied personal 0%; el tions for the cause of God, and especially for the hplinesi of - 11 1 ? life and conversation, • Yesterday morning, after a lingering illness, aged 34 iehrs. Mr James Pennington, having been fifteen years in the employ Messrs. J. and G. Crump, of this town. LIVERPOOL • FR I Y, AUGUST 17, 1838, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED . 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