The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-05-11 00:00:00

Vottrp. THE DEPARTED. (From the Sunbeam.) They are gone, our old companions! 'They have bade the earth farewell; And have passed away, like music's tone, In a fadeless clime to dwell. They are gone from the paths by the hill's green side, Where we used to stray when the daylight died, From the mountain's brow, whence we mark'd the gleams Of flashing sunlight on thousand streams, Whose rushing waters and feathery spray Were tinged with the hues of departing day, Shall we no more behold them, Beautiful, as of yore? Will they nut come with their looks of love, From the undiscovered shore? Na! they have passed like a dream away', Gone, like the pleasures of yesterday; Vanish'd—as stars which have left the sky, Leaving no record or trace on high! As the cherish'd notes of some song's glad tone, That lives but in memory—so have they flown. But the music of their voices In onr hearts is lingering now; Those silvery tones we lo v 'd to hear, 'Heath the pine-tree's rustling bough, And the once glad hearth has a vacant place, We look in vain for some vanish'd face; Darkeu'd and clos'd is some gentle eye, That looked on our childhood lovingly; Who has not mourn'd, and vet mourn'd in vain, When life's frail cord has been snapt in twain? Would that we might recal them Unto their homes of earth; That they might gladden our weary hearts With tones of love and mirth. Oh! it may not be—ye may call in vain— Your lov'd ones have broken their earthly chain, And wing'd their flight to that region far, Where that light is neither from sun nor star. Spring shall return us the rose's breath, But who shall lighten the face of death ? Have they for aye departed ! Those fining whom death has veiled! And will the light of their sunny eyes For ever be concealed? No! ye will follow—ye, too, must en, From all that ye cling to and love below; Oh! seek to join the shining band, Who wander on through that glorious land, Where friends before you have gone to dwell, Where the heart ne'er echoes one farewell! ABELARI) TO lIELOISE. Then is it true that I must look To heaven to meet with thee? The look restraint I scarce can brook. Which keeps you thus from me. For though I loved those graces most Which dwell within the mind, Yet, still in charms your face can boast I would my pleasure find. When I remember all the pain Which from my pri,sion flows, I long that purer world to gain Which sorrow never knows. But when that calmer joy I find Your friends/' gives to me, I feel to all my r of resigned, And here would ever be. Then dearest let us twine the joys Of Heaven and earth in one; In friendship you shall still be mine And share my heart alone. And if we feel that stronger tie Whose name we must not tell, The hope of heaven shall strength supply Tu bear our sorrows well ! CONTEMPORARY PRESS. LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S RECORDERS. (From the Ten Towns Messenger.) We have several times been forced, by the obligations of our public duty, to notice the conduct of the new ra dical recorders appointed by Lnrd John Russell. Their selection, as we exhibited in a former article, was made 'from the English bar, upon the principle that no one Should be taken who was not notoriously known to be an. Unitarian or a hater of the established church. The ignorance of Mr. Buckle, the cheap recorder of Worcester, in trying a man for two felonies on the same indictment, becAuse (as he said) two overt acts of trea son could be given i n ev id ence on one information, we exposed at the time, and we have not thought it prudent or conducive to the public interest further to expose the inexperience of that (by courtesy) learned gentleman, who has been much lauded by the civic authorities for a charge to the grand jury in praise of the madman wak ing system of solitary confinement. We also noticed the political and professional jobbing by which the vain Mr. Chilton was removed from the recordership of Hereford to be recorder of Gloucester, just at the moment when he was prompted to be a Qreen's council over the heads of really learned men. The re• cordership and a silk gown were capital means of intro ducing him into business at Gloucester. We had under stood that his lordship had laid down a rule fur his guid ance, not to appoint a barrister to be recorder of a town where he attended the assizes. Mr. Buckle ought, according to the plan of fixing the usual time, to have attended at the city sessions at Wor cester, on Mondav,.the 2d of April. The corporation officers were prepared to receive him, the jury were waiting, the prosecutors came by virtue of their recogni sances, the friends of the prisoners were then in a state of anxiety, the bar were ready to perform their duties, but the judge came not. When Mr. Birekle before in flicted a like insult on the majesty of justice,he proffered the excuse which people are in the habit of sending when they do not wish to accept an invitation to dinner—a prior engagement. On•this occasion he found a bolder, if not a better apology, for the neglect of his duty, o Inch Lord John Russell will admire for its radical independ ence, in outraging all the best feelings of our nature— " There were only two cases in the calendar of prisoners for trial, and he did not conceive that small number to be of sufficient importance to induce him to leave London." Hurrah for cheap laws, cheap judges, and cheap justice ! Two persons may break their hearts in prison, waiting until others have committed crime. This is, be it noted, the second offence of the Worcester recorder. Mr. Chilton appointed the Gloucester city sessions to be held on Friday, the 30th day of March, as the most convenient to Himself, being the one before the commis sion day of the assizes. He came not. He kept the ra dical corporation on the look-out all day for their dear self-satisfied recorder. At length the sessions were ad journed to the next day, when the authorities were as sured his own interests would draw h;nl to Gloucester. They were not mistaken, fur the lordly silken recorder strutttd into court on Saturday, the market-day, the most inconvenient time to all persons—to the jurbrs, being tradesmen who wished to be in their shops—to the pro secutors and witnesses, who had business in the market— and to the corporation officers, who are much engaged in police matters on a crowded market day. Will Lord John Russell exhibit a little moral courage, and request these conceited, ignorant, and negligent young gentlemen to resign their recorderships THE FACTORY QUESTION. (From the Times.) The factory question is now again before Parliament, the Government being able no longer to deny that the existing act, which they substituted for Lord Ashley's bill, is a failure; ; There are provisions, however, in that act, which we hope will not be lost sight of: we refer to the eight-hour clause for children under 13, and to the clause which assigns to this class of children two hours of daily education. The new bill which the Government have now brought forward does not contain this clause respecting education, notwithstanding the stress origi nally laid upon it. On Friday evening, however, Lord John Russell declared his intention ofi preserving the education clause as it stands in the act of 1833, aban doning of his own accord the new tests which had been provided in the present bill to accommodate the mill owners—viz., tests of reading, and of reading well, eon nected with the farce of one of her Mijesty's principal Secretaries of State publishing, from time to time, " an easy hook" for the use of children in factories. Though anxious, for many obvious reasons, and espe cially on account of the principle it invol7es, to retain the eight hour clause, we are quite aware that it has hi therto been so extensively evaded, that few children comparatively have found protection under it—in Glas gow and Dundee not one in 50 of those under 18 years of ; and this, though two-thirds of those employed in the mills of Scotland are females. This state of things is owing in no inconsiderable degree to the _in spectors themselves puttinc , an interpretation upon the certificate clause, provided by the act for the older chil dren, which, in the opinion of Sir William Follett, it will not beau, and to which misconstruction the atteotion of the inspectors has been directed again and again. The experience of the last five years has shown that the only effectual protection that can be devised for the younger children must he looke:1 for in •he restriction of all ages, from 13 up to 18 or 21, to ten hours' daily la bour. This restriction is absolutely necessary, not only because there will always be a tendency to push forward the younger children to the longer period, but it is due to those between 13 and 21 on their own account. Dr. liissett Hawkins, when sent down to the manufacturing districts as a medical commissioner, declared in the most unqualified terms his conviction that the labour in the factories should he limited to ten hours a day ; and he added, that he felt less hesitation in avowing that such was his opinion, becanse he was supported by a great majority of all the medical men in Lancashire. The undue mortality of the manufacturing districts is daily becoming more apparent. Attempts have been made to explain it away, and to mystify the question; but all such attempts have failed. The facts, as drawn from public and authentic documents, are too stubborn to he got rid of. We hear that the comparative tables of mortality which aceompanied the report of Mr. Sadler's committe e have lately been submitted to an actuary of the higileat • eminence, and that, after weighing the argu• ments brought forward hs Mr. Drinkwater and others. lie consid•rs the tables bear wit the conclusion (and that there is no escape from it) that ahout as many are dying under 20 years of age in our principal manufacturing towns as under 40 elsewhere. The question, therefore, of the reasonable duration of factory labour may be post poned for a time, but it will eventually force itself upon the attention of the legislature. POSITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE MINISTRY. ( From the Blackburn Standard.) Without power, save that borrowed from their oppo nents, the whips go driveling on with an admirable per tinacity of folly. Their whole proceedings exhibit the crude and experiment-changing nature of their legisla tion. Rational reform or practical improvement of any kind, in spite of all their loud-throated professions and idle boasts, they are perfectly unable to accomplish of themselves. Deceived by the paltry leaders of a feeble faction, by men who are not only unwilling, but are ab solutely unable to appreciate the real feelings of English men—the people have allowed themselves to he carried away by the shoWy declamation of a few wily agitators, and have urged on the desperate course of revolutionary innovation, where they should have restrained it. But the measure of the iniquities of the pseudo statesmen. who are wielding the public resources to the national impoverishment and degradation, seems, at length, nearly filled up. Their antagonists have proved and improved their numerical strength and moral influence. A spit it of energy has been breathed into the party throughout the whole empire. A steady course of constitutional re• sistance to unconstitutional and dangerous legislation has endeared them to the thoughtful and patriotic. The The loyal feelings which used to distinguish them are again displayed by a great portion of most and a great majority of many constituencies. This political revival is attributable chiefly to our igilance, vigour, and pre paration. The " good cause" is steadily on the in crease, and a glorious triumph awaits those who have struggled to obtain it. There is something, however, to condemn in the con servatives. Though they muster upon all great divi sions largely, they, in no case, bring into action their full power. The miserable majorities of 5, 11, and so on, are Secured to the ministry by the absence of some of our party, who should not only upon important occasions, but upon all occasions, attend to frustrate and counteract the evil machinations of the foes of the country. Though Few, their assistance is essential, and every one has his duty to discharge, if not by protesting against bad mea sures in a speech, at least by his personal vote. Let no sense of security relax our exertions, and blind our vi gilance. The immense efforts of the borough constitu encies to return constitutional members demand as the smallest recompense the votes of them they have elected. We have not gained so much that we are beyond the power of reprisals. The dangers of the country are still too momentous to be disregarded. Tile conservative members must not shrink when the battle is in progress, nor offer to ease and luxury that attention and time which are the proprty of the kingdom while they remain re presentatives. To Sir R thert Peel and the party that generally act with him, the country looks for a speedy and satisfactory change in the government. While the whits do nothing, it is the part of the conservatives to perform something, though it he only to ridicule and reject the incorrigible cupidity of her majesty's present advisers. What the whigs may do during the remainder of the session is be yond our power to determine. What they have not done is too obvious to be evaded. Five only of twenty-seven hills have assumed a legal shape. The remainder are in statu quo, and there,' we fancy, will remain, to the end of the chapter. But, after all, the tenure in office of the "shabby" government may be unlimitedly prolonged, if the zeal of our party in the house is not equal to the zeal on the hustings, and if the triumphs on the polling-books are not reflected by the recorded votes of our members. What most important and sacred rights are not lodged in their custody ? What powers and discretions are not expected of them ? What holy and ancient immunities are not confided to their charge, to be secured by their guardian ship, or lost by their indifference? That freedom which is sought to be destroyed by the frantic and rash inno vation of untutored license—that church which embraces the truest doctrines of our creed as a religion, and the mildest authority of a church as an establishment—that 'orniof government so beneficent and comprehensive— that Sovereign so young and so exposed to traitors—are alike involved in the conduct and diligence, and un wearied watchings of the conservative representatives. That they have power to neutralize and subdue destruc measures proposed by their opponents is not sufficient. To vanquish the republican foe they must be armed with rule, and in either house the chiefs must speak with the authority of the cabinet—the Duke of Wellington in the one, and Sir Robert Peel in the other. A little energy, and an unfailing attendance are only wanting to effect this great end, which, once effected, would return this country to its ancient place, and raise it again to the first empire of the world. Let no vote be lost then, and o ur cause will flourish. FiftG IORESS OF NIINISTERS IN PUBLIC ESTIMATION. We have elsewhere demonstrated the decline and fall of the whip empiricism, on the subject of church leases and parochial rates. One would think that the church, against which their malice was chiefly bent, is doomed to the rock on which their crazy vessel is to split—an instance of retributive justice too striking not to be providential : for, unab:e to effect their pur posed spoliation of the British branch of the establishment, they are equally impotent in their rage against that which has taken root downward, and thrown its stems upward, in the soil of Ire land The contempt which follows upon these failures is well exhibited in the Examiner, (a journal hitherto but ton warmly espousing their caus e ) f rom t h e l ast num b er o f w hi c h, rece i ve d this morning, we extract the following pungent remarks on the knavery and feebleness of the whole O'Connell confederacy. Our contemporary begins with denominating the new project for an Irish tithe bill as an " Abandonment of the Appropriation Principle." He thus proceeds:— "Whether the Irish church has beaten the Irish people we are not yet quite sure, but certainly it appears to have beaten their leaders ; for how otherwise, can we account for the aban donment of the appropriation principle, which, four years ago, was declared the essential, the sine qua non of any tithes com mutation bill. So long as the poor peasantry bore . the brunt of the battle, so long as they were shut and sabred in resistintr dis traints, the cry was that no tithes commutation bill would be accepted witnaut a reduction of the sinecures of the establish ment—but since the Exchequer processes have brought the war home to the pockets of the landlords, and worried them with costs, resolution has failed, the tenacity of the appropriation principle has been relaxed, surrenders counselled, and the dis covery made that a tithes commutation bill, without any reduc tion of the sinecures of the establishment, would be the most desirable thing in the world." This tnich he follows up with the following biting sarcasms:— "During the discussion of this Irish tithes question we have heard a vast deal of what we must now term bluster about the Svbil's books; the Lords were told that they had the best offer that would ever be made to them, and were warned of the for midable advance of the demands of the people of Ireland which would follow a rejection of the small instalment of justice con tained in the appropriation principle ; but the Sybil, as enacted by Mr. O'Connell, instead of raising her terms, made an off hand concession of the demand disputed. With this encourage ment we apprehend that the Lords may be tempted to play the part of S) oils, and to offer less and exact more in exch ange than before.—We cannot blame the ministry for the waver or abandonment of the appropriation principle. If the people of Ireland, according to the representation of their leaders, would be content with a commutation bill without a reduction of the sinecures of the church, the whole case upon which the resolu tion of 1835 were founded falls to the ground, and the ministry, whatever their own dispositions may be, must necessarily change their plan. It is only unfortunate that the Irish leaders did not better know what would satisfy the Irish people in 1835." The following hit at Mr. O'Connell's hypocracy is superb; speaking of that gentleman's recent letter to the Protestant's of Ireland. the Examiner observers— " Mr . O'Connell calls on the Protestants of Ireland to assist him ' in making the ministerial plan more satisfactory because more useful'—chore satisfactory' to whom ?—to the catholics? Mr. O'Connell confesses that the terms are too favourable to the church ; and does he invite the Protestants to help him in making it less so, or still more so, or to what ; ?" " The Protestants tit' Ireland may well wonder at the call front such a quarter and on such a subject, and vehemently will they mistrust O'Connell's excellent offers. They cannot sup pose that the object of Mr. O'Connell is the security of the Irish church, and their natural suspicion will be, that his design is to get it on an inclined plane, down which it may have an easy descent on the first convenient opportunity." On the whole, Ministers have blundered worse and more ini quitously on this than on any former occasion : " We repeat," says the same contemporary, "our opinion that the present project, so far as it is intelligible, is the worst vet proposed. As it leaves the substance of the grievance una bated, untouched, it cannot satisfy the Roman Catholic people (supposing them to be like any other people in the world), and it alarms the clergy more than the preceding measures, by what it takes from their imagined security, vrbile it emboldens them t o a more obstinate resistance by the surrender of the appro priation principle." But not alone on this question have they fallen below radical question the Sp ec t a t o r of the contempt. On the Hanoverian same date remarks on their profligate dishonesty, united to their impotence " • . . _ `• Ministers would have cut a shabby figure in the Ilanoye rian division, taut for the aid of the tory allies. Th e mini h er , were 97 and 92; but of the majority no fewer than 74 were tories, and of 6..; liberals, not holding office, who voted, only sided with the government. Were not they right who des cribed the clamour against king Ernest by the Ministerial par tisans during the general election. as humbug?' Why, the ministers themselves are the patrons of that terrible person, and supply him with the means of coming on infernal machi nations against the liberties of the country and the throne of his niece! The persons who railed and bellowed against the king of Hanover last autumn, are quiet as sucking lambs, now when they see their ministerial patrons in league with the Hanove rian' and tories for the preservation of his pension." SPRING FASHIONS.—We have noticed in the higher circle of ladies the introduction of beautiful Italian Leghorn hats.— London paper. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The London station of this railway is already built, and is approached from the Edgeware road. On one side is a merchandise station. and a space near the Paddington Canal is left vacant for a shipping station. The opening of the line to Maid , nhead is intended to take place on the 4th of June. The railway panes under and over a vast tim ber of bridges. all of exquisite workmanship; and the brid ge .ernes the Thames at Maidenhead, consisting of two arches of I`.) feet span each. is a piece of unparalleled masonry. The Whartieiiffe viaduct at Ilanweli is a!so a splendid y, ork.—Telis Farley. LIVERPOOL MECHANICS INSTITUTION. LECTURES O.V POETRY. On Wedn-esday evenituz, the 21 instant, the Rev. Dr. Shephe..l commenced his admired course ot lectures on poetry at this institution. The well-known lit,rary and classical abi lities of this respected veteran preclude the uecessit) of any remarks of ours. The lecture was well attended. Having explained the origin of philosophical criticism and shown the difficulty of the subject, the worthy doctor proceeded to show that poetry was au art, however the maxim " poela narritur non fit" might seem to contradict this position. Arts are divided into two classes, the ornamental and the usetul, although it is exceedingly difficult to define the limits of each. Still, whatever may be said of the utility of poetry, as we can see that mankind could more readily spare the art of spinning verses than the art of spinning wool, we must admit that poetry Insist be ranked as one of the ornamental arts. The word poetry, in its original import, as borrowed from the Greek, means a creator. As names are not always_ applied to things in an arbitrary manner, but are frequently significant of the ideas they present, perhaps the name of poetry may serve as a clue to guide us in our present enquiries, and it is indeed one of the noblest points of poetry that opens to the mind as it were a new being. Like our first parent in Eden, the world lies be fore him. Ile makes prominent whatever is virtuous and in teresting, and conceals or softens what is deformed. It being granted that poetry is an imaginative art, the question occurs, by what means are its ends eff-tcted? The painter prepares his canvass. he chalks the outline of his subject, and, by the use of various colours, produces the effect which he wishes. But what are the poet's colours? Words. These are the ma terials which it is his business to arrange and combine, and these are the materials that constitute the grand excellence of poetry and give to airy nothing a local habitation and a name. The poet developes the workings of the heart by the language which he puts into the mouths of his characters. and thus un folds the secrets of their minds. Aristotle lays it down that a finished composition should spare both a beginning, a middle, and an end: and his idea is perfectly just. Strict attention to the metrical and melodious arrangement of words gives very great effect to the ancient classical poetry. Of the charms of rhythm the Athenians were must delicately sensible. 'l' he ea' ly characteristics of human speech were highly poetical. To this circumstance we may attribute the ancient fable of Orpheus causing the bees to dance to his melodious strains. We have every reason to suppose that the dictates of law as well as of religion were clothed in the dignified language of poetry. When, however, mankind became more enlightened, language became, of course. rendered into prose, and a more accurate philology enlarged the sphere of its application; but from no country has poetry been entirely expelled. From what has been already said, it is ev►dent that the sine qua non of poetry consists in its power of impressing the mind with a picture. It leads us on by exciting our passions, and a considerable power in influencing our actions—for how easily are mankind guided by those who possess the art of raising their feelings. The learned Doctor illustrated his positions by a number of apposite selections from the poems of.4Eschylus, Sophocles, and Robert Burns. Ele concluded by remarking, that the artist who is endowed with this magic power sustains the highest degree of responsibility. lie should exercise every gift which he possesses to the production of good This truth is acknowledged as one of the most essential rules (4 the poetic art, for, if any one were to write it tragedy, in which he should attempt to make vice lovely and virtue deformed, his tragedy would be condemned even by the profligate themselves, as being contrary to the established rules of the drama. Therefore, the grand and first object of the true anti genuine poetry, is by the excitement of the passions and feelings, to rouse to action in the human soul the principles of honour, benevolence, in tegrity—and, to sum up all in one single comprehensive word— of virtue. On Saturday evenini , Dr. Shepherd continued. If we enter into the history of poetical composition, we shall find that the principal characteristic of early poetry is subli mity. The book of Job is thought by some critics to be the most ancient poem extant, and what can be more sublime than the topics upon which it dwells. or the manner in which its imagery is emboldened. We rise from the perusal of this book with the deepest impressions of the majesty of the Almighty— and of the nothingness of man. Amongst the works of the ancients, the poems of Homer first claim our notice. The sublime dramatic productions of tEschylus and Euripides, likewise demand consideration. The compositions of the Scandinavian bards of the earliest times are distinguished by majesty of thought, and by a nervous grandeur of expression. Now, as nothing happens by accident, these effects must have been occasioned by definite causes, and these have been ascer tained with a tolerable degree of certainty, and in the investi gation of this problem, it is important to remember, that in the earlier stages of society the face of nature was in that state of wildness, which tends to elevate the soul. Ignorance would also he a source of sublimity in feeling, as also the system of Polytheism. In the early stages of society frequent wars gave rise to striking vicissitudes of fortune. In countries thus dis turbed, Homer and Dante produced their poems. Personal in dependence in early times, as well as licence in diction, were the sources of a sort of endless chain of thought and sublimity of ex pression. The talented lecturer then proceeded to comment upon the poems of Homer and Ilulton, which he criticised in an able and masterly manner. On Wednesday Dr. Shepherd devoted his attention to the JEneid of Virgil, which he ex amined in every point of view, and showed by the profundity of his remarks his thorough acquaintance with the works of that eloqu-nt writer. On Saturday he will consider the prin ciples of lyric poetry. LIST OF NEW PATENTS SEALED IN APRIL, 1838. t From Messrs. Newton and Berry's Monthly Lixt .) To John Clark the younger, of Mile-end, Glasgow, cotton spinner, for his invention of improved machinery for turning, some part or parts of which may be made applicable to other useful purposes. Sealed 4th April; six months for enrolment. —To William Angus Robertson, of Peterborough-court, Fleet street, in the city of London, patent agent for certain improve ments in the manufacture of hosiery, shawls, carpets. rugs, blankets, and other fabrics, being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad. Sealed 4th April; six months fur enrolment.—'l'o William Fothergill Cooke, of Breed's-place, Hastings, Esq., for his invention of improvements in giving signals, and sounding alarms at distant places, by means of elastic currents transmitted through metallic circuits. Sealed 18th April ; six months for enrolment. —To William Barnett, of Brighton, iron -founder, for his invention of certain improve ments in the production of motive power. Sealed 18th Apt ; six mohths foi enrolment.—To Thomas Murray Glads:one, of Bootle-cum-Linacre, near Liverpool, in the county of Lan caster, chain-cable and anchor manufacturer, for his invention of certain improvements in ships' windlasses, which improve ments are applicable to other purposes. Sealed 21st April; six months for enrolment.—To James Timmins Chance, of Birmingham, glass manufacturer, for his invention of improve ments in the manufacture of glass. Sealed ''2lst April; six monhts for enrolment —To Moses Poole, of Old Square, Lin coln's Inn, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, for improve ments in manufacturing of carpets, rugs, and other napped fabrics, being a communication from abroad. Sealed '2lst April ; six months for enrolment.—'l'o Christopher Nickels, of York-road, Lambeth, manufacturer, for improvements in ma chinery for recovering fibres applicable to the manufacture of braid and other fabrics. Sealed 21st April; six months for en rohnent—To Francis Pope, of Wolverhampton, in the county of Stafford, fancy iron-worker, for his invention of certain im provements in machinery for making or manufacturing pins. bolts, nails, and rivets, applicable to various useful purposes. Sealed '24th April: six months for enrolment.—'l'o Thomas Vaux, of Woodford-bridge, in the county of Essex, land sur veyor, for his invention of improvements in tilling and feitiliz ing land. Sealed 24th April; six months for enrolment. —To Samuel Wagstaff Smith, of Leamington Priors, in the county of Warwick, ironTounder. for his invention in improvements in regulating the heat of furnaces for smelting iron, a hich improve ments may also be applied to retorts for generating gas. Sealed 24th April; six months for enrolment.—'l'o Alexander Ilappey, of Basing-lane, in the city of London, gentleman, for a new composition, applicable to paving roads, streets, terraces, and other places, which improvements are also applicable to the different purposes of building, and also in the apparatus for making the said compositon, being a communication from a foreigner residing abroad. Sealed 2.5 th April • six months for enroltnent.—To Richard Goodwin, of St. Paul's -terrace, Cam den Town, in the county of Middlesex, coal-merchant, for an improved prepared fuel. Sealed 26th April; six months for enrolment. THE I,!VERPOOI, STANDARD " DRUMMING" IN NEW YoRK. " Drumming" is a term which the New Yorkers have invent ed to signify what we Englishers denominate—" touting" or " barking"—that is to say, looking out for customers; and in New York the system is not confined to the shop door, as with us, in tiolywell-street and Petticoat-lane; but it pervadeth every place of public resort from the oyster cellar and gin-slin gery to the proudest saloon in the most splendid of their hotels. The following exemplification of this " business system" was drawn from life last month : Scene—A bar-room in the hotel Wall-street. A strad dling stranger comes in with saddle bags on his arm; and strutting up to the desk, he claps his name down in the registry. Ile is instantly observed by a Drummer, who instantly makes up to him craning his reek, rubbing his hands, and showing his teeth in apparent delight; and thereupon ensued the following colloquy : Drummer—My dear Sir, how are you ?—exceeding glad to see you !—(Shaking his hand with dislocatory grip)—Just ar rived—eh ? What news from the West? Stranger—From the South you mean, I 'spose ? Drummer—Aye —yes—from the South. Business good in yours?—cold off old stock, I con-elude ?—Collections good no doubt ?—Plenty of cash to hand ?—Never was such times to buy for cash—cash can do anything—you'd be astonished how low we go for cash in New Yolk here. Our stock is capital— beautiful !—suit you to a hair 1 calculate. Stranger—Well, I guess I may want a few articles; but I've been out from home so lengthily that 1 dont know just w hat. Drummer—Oh then, you stopped some time in Philadelphia to examine that marl et : you bought there its likely ? Stranger—No. I didn't . though ; —I didn't buy noihing there. I always buy in New York. Drummer—My dear Sir, I commend your judgment. I wish every iine was as fully aware of the obvious and palpable ad vantages that the New York markets possess over those of Phi ladelphia. Do me the favour to put this card in your pocket, and let inc have the pleasure of your company to dinner to-tnor row at Astor House. Stranger—Well, I don't know nothing to hinder me; and I've a curiosity to get a squint at that great concern. Drummer—Then I'll expect you.--Pray, before I go, all ow me to ask YOU if you are in want of a beautiful new style of French print muslins you call this afternoon and look at 'em ?—They are superb. S r td a a mi en d a r h— %; tri,Yitrees, I don't care if I do. I s h a ll wan t a ya, I guess, fur my little gal. I promised r her a frock ; but, look 'e here, you must sell cheap. I plank the cash doss n. And now I think on it, if you've got tin plate, and you'll sell it cheap look's, darn my skin if I don't buy three or four boxes of you!—for von ar a daruation plaguev clever fel low, and I'll be swamped if I aint glad of your acquaintance! Drummet—(Pretty considerable flabbergasted )—Tin plate ! —Permit me to ask what line of business you are engaged in ? Stranger—Why, tin-peddling to be sure. I've been selling a power of tin ware this turn in Connecticut, and I have a pocketful of change to pay you the real grit I can tell you.— But what's the feeding time at Astor's ?—for I'm as punctual as a teapot—l am ! The Drummer beat a sudden retreat—pleading that he had forgotten a " prior engagement," which would prevent his dining at Astor House as proposed; and the tin-pedlar mutter ed as he looked down the street after him—Darnation to him! —I guess if I am a tin-pedlar, I'm as good as he is ;—and a plaguey sight better !" A tame rabbit of the English white breed was killed or. Friday last, by Mr. Thornton, of Sundorne, near this town, which weighed Mlbs. Its extreme length, when hanging rip. was 3 feet 4 inches, and it measured from the tip of each ear 15 inches. It was a fine and lately had Nountr, and its condition might have been considerably Unproved. The mother was killed last year, weighing upwards of 16lbs. This rare have frequently been reared to weigh upwards of 18lbs.—Satopian Journal. Emporto. UNITED STATES. Harriet, (287) J Strom, from New Orleans, 23G bales cotton, Hum phrevs and Biddle-406 ho, V and J Brown and co-41 do. Collmann, and Stolterfoht-310 do, A Dennistoun and co—P D Katherine Jackson; (445) J Peabody. from New Orleans, 704 bales cotton, W and J Brown and co-554 do, A Dennistoun and co-91 do, Baring Brothers and co-69 do, G Green and Son-57 hhds tobacco, Rathbone Brothers and co—W D SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Cintra, (114) W Renfree, from Lisbon, with 189 chts 423 hf chts oranges, Ihf cht lemons, E H Burnett-8 D Oporto, (130) M Bannatyne, from Faro, with loose and in bundles abt 36 t corkwood, J M itchell—S 1) Albion, (83) W Martin, from Figueira, with 4 pps 8 It& ollve oil, R Alsop-1 ppe 1 hd do, Duarte Bros— 8 pps do, 20 c corkwood, W W Bulley-597 hxs oranges, F N and J Sutton-4 bxs do, Duarte Bros-1 do, 11 bxs lemons, Order-2 bxs lemons, F N and J Sutton-38 bags walnuts, Joh. Bulley and co—l yr ck wine. Expn—S Oporco,El72) T Martin, from Oporto, 27 pipes 36 hhds 16 qr casks wine, order-4 hhds wine, J Smith-3 pipes 6 hhds do, T Stavert -2 hhds Iqr cask do, T Martin and Son-3 hhds do, C and J Rawdon —2O cases do. A Appleton-4 pipes do, Ormerod and Sons-2 pipes 2 eases do, Heyworth, Phipps and co-1 pipe 5 hhds do, J A Illurta-1 hhd do. T I:Jnsworth-6 hhds du, J Knowles, jun and co-3 pipes hhds do, A Woodward and MEDITERRANEAN. Sultana, (181) d B Rogers, from Patras, Vostizza and ZawitP, with lfm Patras) 89 crtls currants, 3 t fustic, Order —(fm Vostizza) 55 fits 10 crtls currants, E Rae—(from Zante) 10 bts 1 , crtls currants, O'Neil, Stokes and co-95 bts 66 crtls do. M'Andrews, Pilcher and co-28 crtls dO, E Rae-1 ck do, Master—Q D Kara, (136) Fairclough, from Naples and Marsala, with (fm Naples) 40 cks cream tartar, 1 case maccaroni, J Pownall-30 bxs liquorice, 51 cks argol. 2 his raw silk, Order-1 ble gum waste, Liepman. Lindon and co-191 hgs ship bread, 2es maccaroni, Ross Brothers—l We flax, Garston and co-1 bx contents unkn, Chapman and Willis—(fm Mar sala) 40 pps 200 hds 180 qr cks wine, 3 Pownall—G D Entclityna. TUESDAY, MAX B.—grind. varilide and Situtn.—Cripsey, Cressvrell. for Rio de Janeiro—Alfred, Cheerer, for New York—St, Andrew, Thonvison, for ditto—Fair Barbarian, Ward, for Buenos Ayres—Leopold First, Piensc'•ke, for Antwerp— Columbia. Stinson. for Alexandria, A. S,—Watt, Hare, for Africa— St. Patrick, Evill, fir Newfoundland—St, Leon, Wescott, for Castine —Aim, Stephens, for Constantinople. Westmoreland, Mann, hence at Malta the 9th ult. and sailed the 16th fur Alexandria. Jolly Tar, Rossignol, from Swansea at ditto. Hope, Windrop ; Arden;, Dodding : Cornelius Dasse, Victor, Bos ker, , and Aurora, Eleppel, hence at Helvoet. Charles, Pearson, from Rio de Janeiro at ditto. Cwsar, Kelly, hence at Ostend. J u lie, Menlenbroeck, hence at ditto. Angelina. C•ornelissen. hence at ditto. • Lipsey, Shotton, from Bourdeaux at Dublin. Hero, Smith, from I.lanelly at Mocha, Bth March. Charles Grant, Pitcairn, from Calcutta at Madras the 7th Feb. and sailed Bth fur Bombay. WEDNESDAY, MAY 9.—Wind N.—Light ARRIVED—Post Boy, —, from Venice—Albion, Martin, from Fiveira—Cintrt, fteurree, from Lisbon—Kara, Fairclough, from Mar sala—Belous Jacobus, from Amsterdam. SAlLED—bliza ana-Airv,Tregarthen, for Gibraltar—Arah,M'Queen, and Pericles, Storey, for Cronstadt—Vrow Henriette, Klie, fur Rutter dom. Ward --, hence at St. Thomas. James Dunlop, Dunlop, hence at ditto. Hannah, —, hence and Trinidad at Savanilla. Ritson; Johnson, from Puerto Cabello at. ditto. IL•len Mar, Benson, hence at Naples, 2lst ult Fame; Reeves, hence at Odessa, 14th ult. Cacique. Irons, from Leghorn at ditto the 16th ult. and sailed 22d for the Danube. Union, Balls, hence at Trieste. Water Witch, Bil ling, hence at ditto. Vulcan, Evans, hence at Cherbonrg. Lynx. Forsyth. hence at Lisbon in five days, Ann Johnson. Corbin.. from Pernambuco at the Elbe. Emerald. Fletcher, from Bourdeaux at Dublin. Isabella, Hyn , :man, from Jamaica at the Clyde. Euphemia. Cameron, from Demerara at ditto. King lianry, Dawson, from ditto at ditto. Alecto, Aysh ford, sailed from Jamaica for this port the 18th March. The Protector. --, from Whitehaven for St. Thomas. was to tally lost on the Anegada. previous to the 31st March : erew saved, The Henry Brougham. Wilkin, arrived at London. On the 15th ult. at 6 a m. spoke the Great Western, and was informed by the lat ter of the longitude being 37 37. which on making the land he found to have been correct. She had, at the time, a fair wind, (S. E.l and every stitch of sail set; cannot say with certainty at what rate the Great Western was going, as it is not improbable but that she might have slackened her speed to speak to the Henry Brougham. On the second or third day after speakiug the steamer, a gale of wind came on from the westward, which continued five days. and must have met the Great Western about the first or second day ; and Captain W,, has great doubts whether she could make head-way against it. The Role, Scolan, from Cette at Honfleur. On the ;9th ult, in lat, 52 20. N. long. 18 20, W. fell in with the wreck of a vessel abandoned, apparently a brigantine of about I .0 tons, stern painted black, with the letters J B. on a white ground. The Syllerie, Hunter, hence for Quebec, was spoken in lat 49 0 lon. 23 0, out 16 days. Tlmnoo ROADS. (SIPRRA LEONE) 13th Feb.—The barque Lady of the Lake, Mann, and the brig Belmount, Ford, both loading, and ex pected to sail in February; their crews are all in good health, and the colony is getting quite healthy. TRIRSTE 2^ith April.—The Richard Hill, Smith, sailed on the 14th inst. for Glasgow, and put hack on the 23d, with damage and loss of anchors and chains. THURSDAY, MAY 10. ARRIVED—John Airey, Lang, from Tobaseo—Emerald, —, from Alexandria—Exile, --, from Palermo—James and Jane, --, from the Mediterranean. SAlLED—Nuptunus, Bakker, for Rotterdam—Elvirn. Simpson. for Calcutta—Amanda, Anderson, for Pernambuco—Severn, Pai , e, for New York—Maria, Smith, for Demerara—Canada, Hicks. for Canton Reins, Vos, for Amsterdam—Dulcinea, Menchaca. for Havana—Ohio, Cutler, for Boston—Franklin. Pendleton, for Charleston—Euphrates. Wilson, from Canton—Queen of the South, Gillon, for Hambro.' Fidelity. Bruce, and Mina, Leech, hence, at Gibraltar. Clyde, Queen, from Trieste, and sailed for this port, on the 23d of April,iin drush, Main, and Lynx, Forsyth, hence, at Lisbon. Henry Hoyle, Ferguson, hence, at Oporto. Saracen, Puckey, hence, at Dunkirk. Alwina, Simonson, hence, at flan:1111'o'. Muslin, Vale, hence, at Leghorn. Don Juan, Butler, from Barhadoes, at Clyde. Freedom, Cox, hence, at Smyrna. Mary, Smith, sailed from Trinidad. for New Orleans, 16th March. Mersey, -, hence, for Miramichi, was spoken 19th ult. in lat. 46, long. 17. Constant, Van Schie, from Antwerp, for this port, is aground in the Scheldt. Dido, hence, for Africa, was spoken in lat. 49, long. 9. EUROL'E. Petrus Jacobus, (115) M P De Jonge, from Amsterdam, with 1 bx contents unkn, ft Still-90 cks madder, Castellnin, Sons and co-3 es euraeoa. 1 ease gin, 1 ese cordials, 2es hock, D Willink-10 hampers ein, C G Weber and co-24 bxs crieeie. Sandbach, Tinne and co-8 Ids bulrushes, Master-10 t dyewood, Order—Q D PORT OF LIVERPOOL. Number of vessels, with their amount of tonnage, entered inwards at the Custom-house from the 25th Mani: to the 24th April, 1838, viz.:— British. Foreign. Total. Vesiels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Vessels, Tons. Africa Australia Azores British America 7 4408 0 0 7 4408 Belgium Denmark ii 0 0 0 0 0 East Indies France Germany U 0 0 0 0 0 Holland 0 0 8 1111 8 1111 Isle of Man 32 1908 0 0 32 1968 Jersey Mediterranean 25 5180 0 0 25 5408 Portugal Prussia 0 0 ..... Russia 1 186 0 0 1 186 Sweden & Norway .. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Spain South America l7 4103 0 0 17 4103 United States ...... West Indies lB 4652 2 176 20 4828 Ireland 1 702 89266 0 0 782 89566 Coastwise - - 939 125039 106 36800 1045 161839 resselsand tonnage entered the port of Liverpool for the months ending 24th April, 1837 and 1838. 1838—Liverpool 1045 vessels, 161839 Ons. Runcorn 9l .. 4520 „ 1136 vessels, 166359 tons. 1837—Liverpool 1292 vessels, 168317 tons. Runcorn 1505 vessels, 17850 G tore. Decrease 369 vessels, 11147 tons. Decrease.... Liverpool, 247 ; Runcorn, 122.-369 vessels. PRICES OF SHARES, LIVERPOOL, MAY 10. Last Prices This day's RAILWAYS. &e. Per Share, Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester IS paid 10 2 6 .... Ditto and Derby 2O .... t 9 15 0 .... Birkenhead and Chester lO paid 13 12 6 .... Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 64 0 0 .... Chester and Crewe Dublin and Drogheda lO paid 7 0 0 .... Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow (old) Ditto ditto (new) Ditto Leith and Newhaven 5 paid 4 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock 4 .... 412 6 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, 1 and Ayr 5 paid 410 0 .... 4 5 0 Grand Junction 100 .... 214 0 0 .... Great Western Hull and Selby lO paid 913 6 .... Lancaster and Preston ,Liverpool and Manchester ..100 • ... 200 0 0 .... Ditto quarter shares 25 .... 48 5 0 ...• Ditto half shares 25 ;.:. 65 10 0.• • • London and Birmingham 9O • ••• 175 10 0 .... Ditto new quarter shares 5,.... 31 5 0 .... 31 5 0 Ditto and Southampton 5O .... 43 5 0•• • • Ditto, new shares Ditto & Brightln (United) 8 .... 9 5 0 .• • • Leeds and Manchester 2O .... 37 0 0 .• • • Leicester and Swannington - 5 O 5O ...:- 74 10 0 .... Leicester and Swannington,-(new) 5 pahl, 25 0 0 ....• Manchester, Bolton, & Bury. 7s ..... '74 Ur 0 .... Manchester and Birmingham .7 .• • • 9 2 6 •• • • Midland Counties 2O .. • . 17 Id 0 .... Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .. • . 92 10 0 .... Ditto quarter shares 25 .... 2 3 5 U•• • • North Midland ' 35 •.... 41 5 0 .... 40 0 0 South Eastern and Dover 7 „. • 4 10 0 .... North Union, (new) 35 ...: 62 10 0 .... Ditto, (old) ' St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap 100 paid 40 ,0 0.... BANKS. Bank of Liverp001..... -- C L o iv m er n i i , e o r o r l ia ti l i o il f o L n iverp o . l 10 :::: 1 3 0 2 0 6 :::: ______ 3 2 6 ... -- Nor i t o liz 2 n and Central 115) .:mbpaid. 2 9 4 05 0 :: : : N of or o t i h a a n n c d he S s o te u r th Wales lO .• • • 10 _ „ 11 17 6 .... M'chester it L'pool Dsct 15 .... 19 17 6 ..„ South Lancashire " 7 ins t, 17 6 ..., Liverpool Banking Company .... 10 ... • 9126 ex div. B or o u gh Bank Commercial Bank of England 5•• • • 415 0 .... East of England Phoenix Bank .... 412 6 „., Royal Bank of Liverpool 5OO .... 697 10 0 .... Wilts and Dorset GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings. £lOO paid 100 0 0 ..., L'pool ft IlarringtonWaterWor s k o tn , :::: 13 4 : 5 6 g 000 000 :::: Bootle Ditto Liverpool Coal Gas Company.. Stock ..., 350 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas St Coke Co £lOO ..., Ditto New ss S tj hit t r A e sNacr Assurance now c p o n . i (1 :,, u .,, p . COMPANIES.Laid 10 2 6 .... Liverpool Marine A Ocean Assurance Company. lO .... 7 2 6 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 ll's, 2 3 0 DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &e. .... Anderton Carrying Company l2 10s. 12 15 0 Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 lOs Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry l3 . Steam Pug Company Harrington Docks BO .. Apothecaries' Company 3 .. Asphalte (Liverpool) 2 -- (Polonceau) 14 2 6:... 9 5 0.... 0 0 0.... 0 0 0.... 0 0 0.... 3 7 6.... 3 2 6 3 0 0.... 3 5 0 LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE. Ern. 1 Ht. n. 11.1 F. 1. 10 48 l5 11 Mars rise. 3h 53h morn. 11 19 i 16 7 i Mars sets 5h am even. 11 31 ( 1 16 6 Easter Term ends. 0 8 1 16 4 !Jupiter rises Oh 3.5 m even. 043 l6 2 Jupiter sets 9h 19m morn. 121 15 5 4th Sunday after Easter. 2 2 14 6 Saturn rises 7h 43m even. H. U. Tuesday 8 10 32 Wednesday 9 11 4 Thursday lO 11 3:) Friday -. Saturday l2 025 Sunday 13 1 I Monday l4 141 PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION, GENERAL POST-OFFICE.—May 4, 1837. Maas made Last Packets Ne x t P ac k e t DESTINATION. , up In Sailed. Due. ' Lamton. -- —..----. Holland Hamburg & Swed Tues. & Fri. Tues. & Satin' Lisbon Braganza, Madeira Saturdays .. 1 . 1.4 '7 U8 ' April 30. May O. Spain & ibralt. Malta and Greece.. 2nd Saturd. April 16. 'Egypt and India .. 4th Saturday kpril 16. Madeira Brazil &B. Ayres each month April 6. April 27. America ...... ... Ist Wednes. Swift.... April 7 . II . M.B.Tyrian . i Jamai L'wa'd 1 Ist day of H.M. B. Mutine, May 13. H.M.B.Linnet ji,nl;tl,ll,B: Hayti" • each month April 4. April 29. Mexieo ~ n d 11,- t 15th day of H.M.B.Goldfincli Lord Melville, vana... • ...... S each month. April 18. April 26. f Jamai. I.'ward 15th day of Nightingale, H.M. Express 1 Isl. & Ibyti. Carthagena .... j each month. April 18. May 14. PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. LONDON & LIVERPOOL, (Sailing before 12th J an. , Outward. Jamaica Leeward Isl. Demerara & Berbice Honduras New York, Boston Oharleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana lath Jan, Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazil.; River Plate East Indies 25: Od e Os od 20 0— 0 0 .:0 0 35 0 20 0 25 0 25 0 30 0 35 0 —4O 0 40 0 GO 0 30 0-35 0 30 0 40 0 25 0 —'3o 0 .5 0-30 0 35 0 40 0 4. 0-50 0 45 a-5 1 0 45 0 50 0 4u 0 50 0 30 0-40 0 25 0-30 0 20 0-25 0 45 0 70 0 25 0 3.1 0 25 0-30 0 20 0-30 0 15 0-20 0 20 0 3U 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 2J 0 sifter Ist Aug. 40s oda 50s Oti 20 0 25 0 140 0 —l5O 0 20 0— 0 0 20 0 0 0 25 0 30 0 140 0 —l5O 0 0 0— 0 0 0 0— 0 0 20 0- 30 0 20 0 GO 0 35 0— 0 0 40 0 50 0 45 0 50 0 45 0-60 0 40 0-60 0 30 0-40 0 3i4 0 —l2O 0 15 0-20 0 40 0-50 0 20 0-25 0 20 0-25 0 20 0 25 0 15 (1 20 0 20 0 25 0 IS 0-20 0 15 0-25 0 7 6 -49 0 7 6 0 7 6-10 0 0 0— 0 0 0 0—• 0 0 15 0— 0 0 Company's Ships Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa Gibraltar Urna, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Skill - , Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen. Sze. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga. &c. Oporto LATEST DATES AT LIVERPOOL. Ermn Direct. Indirect. From Direct. Indiret. Calcutta . Feb ....17 Pernam... March.. :5 . B om bay. • • March.. 1 Maranham March. 11 China .. . N. Orleans Mauritius .. lan .. • 8 Mobile .. April .. 2 St. Helena.. Sayan!,Ah. April .. 4 Rio Janeiro. Bahia ailarkttO. COTI'()N NIARKI4:T, May 10. We continue. to have a good general demand ; the sales yester,lay were 5,090 hags, and to-day they amount to 4,50 bags, at steady prices. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET. MAY 10. For new Grass Butter the demand is good, and prices fully sup_ ported ; Waterford being worth 104 s, Cork 3ds 88s to 90a. Old Butter without inquiry.—Bacon brisk at our late quotation, viz. 503 to 525. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 8 Since Tuesday last the imports of Oatmeal from Ireland, and of Ma It from Norfolk and Suff o lk have been rather considerable, but o all other Grain they have been very small ; a n d although the weather has become warm and perfectly seasonable during the past week,— from a deficiency of the imports. and rapid diminution of stocks of free Wheat here, the demand has continued for Wheat and Flour from our millers and dealers. whose stocks are now very small, and sales to a fair extent have been made at fully last quoted prices, and in some instances at a small advance ; and all other articles in the trade have fully supported last quotationslere and in the Corn markets of this district and Yorkshire. The duty on Wheat from foreign ports is this week decreased Is per quarter, ltd per barrel on Flour, and Is 6d per quarter on Beans ; on other kinds of Grain no alteration : since this day week we have had the first imports of Wheat from the Baltic, and also further arrivals of Flour ; the quality of the Wheat is very fine and has been almost all sold on the passage, or on arrival, to specula tors, at 6s to 6s 2d per 7011 is in bond, in the confident expectation of paying much lower duties; the export demand for Wheat has almost ceased for the present ; and for all kinds of Russian and stale old Bal tic Wheat in bond the quotations are almost nominal: some parcels of fresh sweet liamburgh Fleur have been sold atlas, and of fine Foreign Oats for export at the prices quoted. At this day's :flarket there was a very good attendance of millers and dealer , who bought very sparingly for their immediate wants, and very few transactions oc curred in any article of the Corn trade : in the quotations of last Tues day we tan make no alteration. WtreAT, 4r 701 b a. d. a. d. English BlO au) 3 Scotch Irish Bonded 4 0 6 2 BARLEY, de qr. English 33 0 —36 0 Chevalier 3J 0 —37 0 Scotch, 4, 60115 4 6 4 8 Irish Foreign, in bond. 2 0 2 2 OATS, 45th. English 3 5 3 6 Scotch Irish Foreign, in howl 2 2 3 3 Ditto, duty free 3 2 3 6 BYE, Vv. 32 0 —36 it MALT, 44 , qr. fine 56 0 —5B 0 Middling 46 0 —54 0 INDIAN CORN, V 4401 b. Red 43 , f-? 44 0 White 43 0 41 0 BRANS, , Il l ' qr. English Irish 35 0 36 6 BRAS, Grey White 3B 0 42 0 RAPESEED, r last, 1: FLOUR, English, ir 280115. Fine 34 0— 51 0 Irish American, brl. free. Sweet, U.S. Snnr,hond OATMEAL, 41' 2401 b English 21 0 25 0 Do. new 1837. 25 3 2G 0 Scotch.- PitICES OF WOOL S AT LIVERPOOL. ENGLISM—Down Ewes and Wethers 131 to 144 iF 111; Down Tegq 15d to 16d ; Combing Fleeces lid to 154; Ditto Skin 13cl to 15a; Super Skin 14d to 164: Head Skin 124 to lid. SCOTCH.—Laid Highland 9s to 9s &I:. White ditto lls 3d to 12s; Laid Crossed 12s to 13s ; Washed ditto 14s to 15s ; Laid Cheviot 14s to 15s; Washed ditto 16s to 20s 64 ; White ditto 24s to 28s per stone of 141bs. IRlSH.—Fleeces, mixed lots 130 to 154 ; Wethers 13d to 144; Hogs 154 to 164 ; Combing Skins 134 d to 144 d ; Short Ild to 13d. FORETON.—Russian 6fl to 7,1 ; Odessa, fine I•ed to 21d; Buenos Ayres 34d to 4,1; Mogadore and Barbary 3d to 4d ; washed P eruvirn 84d to 94d; unwashed ditto 6,1 to 7d; Portugal R., Ind to 12d; ditto, low marks Bfd to 9fd ; German Fleeces 14d to I6d; ditto, assorted, 174 to 204 ; ditto, Lambs' 18d to 304 ; Spanish IL 17d to 224 ; ditto, F.S. I'l to 22d; New South Wales 12d to 21d per lb. LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL :MARKET, MAY 9. s. (1. s. s. (11, Old Hay New Hay 0 0 0 0— Caitle Potatoes 1 4 1 3 Clover Hay.. Straw, Wheat.. 0 7 0 81 1 Carrots Straw, Oat 0 6 0 7 i Manu.lewurzle -0 0 0 0 Straw. Barley 0 5 0 6 Manure 9 010 0 LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, MAY 7. The supply of Beasts at market to-day, has been somewhat larger than that of last week, and the quality generally pretty good, butte market has been rather heavy in consequ.•nee of the holders of Cat tle demanding high prices, and buyers not willing to accede to their terms, which has occasioned a number of Beasts to be left unsold.— We have had a very moderate supply of Sheep for the season of the year, and of tolerable good quality, as well as a good many Lambs, which as yet are not of the very first quality, owing to the lateness of season. Beef may be quotedfirst quality a' lid ; middling 74 inferior 64d. Good QVether Mutton was readily sold at 74,1 ; middling 74; inferior , Gid, and principally sold up ; and Lambs varying from 20s. to 275. each. Number of beasts at Market, 1210; sheep and Lambs, 5839. DUB'JN CORN EXCHANGE. MAY 8, There was but a very small supply of Grain at market. Wheat and Oats brought a antler advance of 6d per barrel. So little Burley ap peared that the price may he considered as nominal. Wheat, white .... 38s 6d ri)l 40s Od I Oatav•al M;llor's red Inf,rior Oats Bere LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 9. The arrivals of all sorts of Grain :fresh up for to-day's market were very moderate, and, as is customary on Wednesday, we had only a thin attendance of buyers, and the extent of business transacted was rather limited. The Wheat trade was firm, and the recent advance was fully supported. The malting season bein;; now nearly over, there was but little inquiry for Barley, suited for that purpose, but grinding and distilling sorts obtained an advance of Is •,er. quarter. Oats sold Slowly at the rate of Monday. Beans and Peas fully maintained the advance reported on Monday. Bonded Wheat continued to engross the attention of the trade, and one or two parcels of fine Dantzic were sold at from 50s to 51s :ow: qr. The weather for several days past has been .•emarkahly wam, with seorching sunshine, hut as the wind has blown chiefly from the east .he nights have been cold, and the growing crops are said to ue suffering for want of moisture. LONDON COLONIAL MARKET, APRIL 8 SUGAR.—This afternoon the market ',resented amore 'ively appear ance ; the demand for both refining and grocery descriptions. was very gond, the purchases amounting to 900 bills and ti-rces a, the prices established on Friday. Good Antigua for the scale at 60s fid to 61s, strong brown Jamaica for the pan at 55s per cwt. FORRIGN.—This afternoon there was nothing doing either in yellow or white Havana ; Brazil is si ill fiat, and i5l chests 22 brls Bahia at public sale sold 2s to 3s under the recent transactions; in chests good white went at 30s to 3es fid, good grey 29s to 29s 6d, fair to good yellow 204 Cd to 235, in barrels good to fine white 29s Gd to 32s 6d, iow to good grey 25s fid to 2Ss 6d per cwt MoLAssits.—There is still little doing in West India, but no further reduction has been submitted to. COFFEE. —This afternoon there was no demand for British Planta tion,by private contract, and none was offered at auction ; Ceylon is in steady request for consumption, 187 bag. subject to the sd, an 43 to the 941 dutylw.re offered at auction, the former sold at its previous value, good ord 70s to 79s 6d, the latter was taken in at 50S ; :5 robins 13 casks Mocha were nearly al bought in . Rum. BRANDY, and HOLLANDL.—The Rum Market continues very inactive; both exporters and home buyers purchase with much caution, and prices have again given way 2d per galloa. .Brandy was in good request in the middle of last week, and accounts having been received from France that the vines had experienced much damage from the frost, prices Having advanced ld per gallon. Geneva has beer in good demand since our last at is led t 9 Is 11d. English Corn Spirits sell steadily at the quotations. which are rather higher. CHESTER CORN MARKET—MAY 5. s. d. s. d. Wheat, 1 . 51bs '0 3 10 0 Ditto red Oats, 461bs Beans, 801bs Grinding Barley, per 601bs 4 0 4 3 Malting Barley, 38qrs 5 6 6 0 AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from the 2d inst. to the Bth inst. FROM IRELAND. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lamps . 1535 0 •:01 1104 62.)9 57 0 Previously.. 19514 16117 60760 584 110 18 1368 COASTWISE. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs. 08 1503 9 3 4 Previously 2254 32880 6222 86 60 MAY 11, 1838. LONDJN GAZETTE.--TUESDAY, MAY 8. PA RTNErtSIi lI'S DISSOLVF.P. W. Jackson and W. P. Knowles. Liverpool, ironmongers—W. Ben zie and A. Hutcheson, Liverpool, cart-owners—J. Melling and W. Beebee, Manchester. dealers in calicoes—B. flamer and S. Smith, Bury, Lancashire, woollen-manufacturers—J. Taylor and W. Blom ley, Bury, Lancashire, cabinet-makers—A. Morris and J. Grundy. Wheelton, Lancashire, quarrymen—R. Hall:.'. and W. Bohan, Ard wick, Lancashire, dyers—J. Bothwell and H. Dearman, Manchester. fustian-dyers—J. Lhanklin, T. Balmer, M. Manley, and R. Thomson, Chester, carriers. BANKRUPTS. at j o o n h e n , a W t trhi g e ti c t i a L r v n e a r o p i o i o R 1 ju g T i s c , e L r e o r p s u . o r r l e . n s d o e l ci to May rs . 2 . ; I , and es sr. J . u ß n i Black stock, Bunce, Vincent, and Sherwood, Temple. London ; and Mr. Booth, Liverpool. John Coles Fourdrinier,%%hite Hart-court, Bishopsgate-street, Lon don, engineer. Thomas Sneezum. Billericay, Essex, carpenter. Thomas Forsliall 111ead-place, Westinins,er-road, surgeon. John Taylor, Ulverston, Lancashire. victualler. Thomas Rogers, Kington, Hereturdshire, innkeeper. William Cooke, Hereford, timber-merchant. James Champion, Manchester, machine-maker. Thomas Jeffs, ‘Vellinghorough, Northamptonshire, victualler. Handy Davis and Jesse Davis, Chalfont, Gloucestershire, clothiers; John Wood, Saudleworth, Yorkshire, cloth-manufacturer. DI VIDENDS. May 29, J. Wicks, Basingliail-street, London, warehouseman — M a i, 29, J. Deane, Sydney-square, Commercial-road, London, paste -haunt manufacturer—May 29, J. Willi ams , St epney. L ondon, v i ctua ller-- May 31,'1'. Woods, Portsmouth, woollen-draper —May 31, J. J a mes' Southampton-street, Str a nd, Lo n d on , woollen-draper—May 31, Hallyer. St. John-street, West Smithfiel 1, London, general-tool-ware houseman—May 29, G. Topham, Richmond, Surrey, coal-mercha nt —May 31, E. Curtis, Newman's-row. Lincoln's lun Fields, London. tailor—May 29, I. Scantlehury, David-street, Paddington, London. carpenter— N 1 ay 29, 11. Hutchinson, Cowper's-court, Cornhill, Lon don, master mariner—May 29, W. Harrison. St. John's-square. Clerk.- enwell, London. goldsmith—June 4, S. Smith. Podmore, Worcester.- shire, farmer--May 31, J. Hayward, Leamington-priors, Warwick shire, lodging-house keeper—June 8 1, Smith, Spalding, Lincolnshire. corn-merchant—May 29, J. Barker, Sudbnry, , iutfolk, grocer—June I, N. Russell, Northallerton, Yorkshire, flax-dresser—May 30, J. Ileaward, Brinksway, Lancashire, cotton-manufacturer--June 4, S. 'l'. Prohett. wholesale-stationer—May 29, J. Blyth, Langham, Essex. miller. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause he shown to the contrary, on or before the 29th day of May. W. Kier, Liverpool, wine-merchant—T, Halls. Bell-yard, Gr ice. church-street, Loudon. victualler—W. S. Coekrarn, Taunton, iron monger—J. Lewis, Con will Elvet, Carmarthensh ire, draper—G. Smith, Manchester, millwright—W. Conna h, Manchester, coach-pro.- priet.or--J. Mulholland and W. Al ulholland, Liverpool, merchants— lt. II 11 ayley, Manchester, grocer—T. Kearsley, Birmingham, bon*. merchant. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James Young Glasgow, muslin-manufacturer. May 7, 21, at one, at the Black Bull inn, Glasgow. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending May 1, 1338, is 323 4id per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of Customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. MAY. MOUE 11. James W. Bogie, (Ist) Clarendon Rooms, 1 12. T. I'. and J. Peck, (Ist) Ditto 1 14. John W. Shaw Ditto 1 14. John Leigh, (Ist) Ditto .. 11 LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Numbrruf netopalieni s enlered on the booksofihe Dispensaries during the last week:— North. South. Total. Received adviceand medicine at the Institution, 311 283 594 Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine, 132 122 254 Total at each Dispensary 413 405 848 VISITORS. North—Mr. Thomas Barber, Rev. M. Fisher, and Bev. R. Croft. South—Mr. F. Jordan, Mr. T. Robinson, and Mr. Jos. Cooper. [MONTE IN REPORT.] OPHTHALMIC INFIRMARY, SLATER-STREET, Established A.D. 1820. _ . New Pn:lents admitted in the month of Apri1.. Patterns Pr-scrihed for, and who have received surgical assii 1 73g mice during the Month of April Total since the commencement 25,374 Mr. Guw•ards and Mr. Neill, Surgeons. Mr. Hanmer, Treasurer. NORTHERN HOSPITAL WEEKLY REPORT. For the week ending M tir 5, 1838. PATIENTS ADMITTED. PATIENTS DISCHARGED. Accidents without recommen- Cured l7 dation Medicaland Surgicalcases with Incurable recommendation Remaining in the Hospital B4 House Visitors, Rev. Thos. Ilornby and Jacques Myers, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. H. S. Joseph.—Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. House Surgeon—Mr. Benjamin Blower. Donations and Subscriptions received by Messrs. Arthur Heywood Sons, and Co.. and at all the Liverpool Banks. THE WORKHOUSE. Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending Paupers. P Head. April 28,1838 1741 Is. 81d. April 29, 1837 1747 1 111 Per Week £l4B 13 8 170 8 9 Less 6 Less 0 3 Less 21 15 1 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week ending May 7,1838 2206 families, per week, £259 19 May 8, 1837 2041 do. do. 243 15 More 164 Less 16 4 —0 BIRTHS. On the 7th instant, the lady of Mr. Bellin, 1118! ter cooper. Devon street, of a son. MARHIED• E war 85th Light Infantry, eldest son Lof ieut.. General Sir Herbert Taylor, Bifrons, Kent, and nephew °r .bter of the late S G. G. J. Leigh, Esq. of G.C.B. to Harriet, fonrth (tau. On the 234 ult. at Lymm, Cheshire , Ca d pt T ni a n yl i o i r e . rb E e s r ri t . f E o . no T e a r y ly lo o r. f lligh Legh. On the 24th ult. at Dp r t a o i f n the Pennell, deceased lto Archi bald M'Murdo, of Lotus, Mi ss Catherine M'ltiurilo, you ng in the Stewartry of Kirk cu db r i g ht . On the 25th nit , at uniesftritZugll Ca ptain th e Collegiate Church, Manchester, Mr. Dale, of Styall, to Martha. third , daughter of Mr. H. R o bi nson, o f t hi s town. special On the 25th ult. helicense, Thomas A. Beck. E sq. of Lodge,Esth- Lancashire, and t , arlington Castle, N or th um b er l an d , to Eli i z t a e b youngest daughter of the late William Fell, Esq. of Ul verstone. On the 27th ult. at Preston, Mr. John Adamson, corn -dealer, to Miss Elizabeth Mercer, both of that town. On the Ist instant, at St. Bride's by the Rev. --- Bates, Mr. John Peters, of Her Majesty's Customs, to Sara', daughter of Mr. John Hickson, of Cahle-street. Same day, at Edinburgh, John Straith. Esq. of Londor to Lucia. second daughter of Thomas Stewart Traill, M. D. Professor of Medi cal Jurisprudence, in the University of Edinburgh, Same day, Mr, La French, of this town, to Christiana, youngest daughter of Bryan Riding, Esq. of H uyton. On the 3rd i ns t an t, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. W. J. M. Crowe, 1 0 Miss Catherine lialpine. Same day, at St. Augustine's Church, third son of the late Robert VVarry, Esq. of Yeovil, Somtrsetshire, to Sarah widow of the late Capt. Thompson, of Worki ng t on. , S.tme day, at London, Archdeacon Hodson, to the lion. Miss Denman, daughte r o f the Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. On the 4th instant, by the Rev. It, Davies, William Brownfie ld Johnson, Esq s urgeon, o f C hester, to Mary, youngest daughter of the late Capt. Mulholland, Sea-view, Kirkdale. On the 7th instant, at Winwick, Mr. Geo. More, gardener, Win wick-hall, to Fr ances Ch r i s ty, n i ece o f M r. John Tomkinson, Kent street, in this town. W On the Bth i ns t an t, a t St. G eorge ' s Ch urc h , E verton, Mr. Jame s ood, to Eliz a b e th, e ld es t d aug ht er o f M r. B. Simpson, o f this town. Same day, at St. Bride's Chureh, Richard, son of the late Mr. John Gill, Upper • A reley, Staffordshire, to Georgians, second daughter of the late Mr. Geo. Stewart, of Worrall;s, in the same county. On the 9th inst. at St. St, Peter's Catholic Chapel, by the Rev. 1 1: Glover, Mr. John Bunliury, builder, to Elizabeth, third daughter of Mr. Robt. Dickinson, noth of this town. DIED. On the 23rd Jan. last, on his passage from Whitehaven to Toulon. perished with all his crew, Capt. Jas. Chas. White, of the brig Bro thers, aged 24, eldest son of Captain Jas. White, St. James-place. At Statham, New Hampshire, net' 99, the venerable Paine Wince gate. He was a senator of the first Congress, and, nrobably, the /a" survivor of Ant body. His wife, a sister of the Hon. Timothy Bicker" i n g, survives lin', at the advanced age of 95. On the 14th ult. at Townhead, aged 81, the Rev. Henry Wiglessvortb , for fifty-sim years R ec t or o f Sl a idb urn, Y orkshire, much regretted- On the 16th ult. at her h ouse, Co pen h a ll . aged 82, Sarah Huxley- On the 17th ult. age d 29 , M ary, w if e o f Mr. Richard Barton . or Barton. On the 18th ult. aged 55, Mr Geo. Percival, of Warrington. On the 20th ult, Air. Jos-ph Pnillips, for many years landlord of the Hand Inn, Llangollen. On the 29th ult. ;:t Beathwaite-green. aged 84, Mr. William Slee, for many years a truthful servant to the C as tl e Mill s Company. Kend al. Or. the 20th ult. in his 79th y ea r, th e R ev. John Knipe, Incumben t of the Chapelry o f Middl e t on , W es t more l an d . Mr. Knipe held the living of Middleton upwards of fifty years. On th? 24th ult. Mrs. Wagstaff, wife of Mr. Thomas Wagstaff, corn' merchant, Warrington. On the 26th ult. at Plymouth, Margaret, wife of Lieut, R. B. Boar d man, R, N. late of Everton. On the 27th olk in this town, aged 16, Mary, the daughter of Mr . Thompson Irwin. of Egremont. Cumberland. On the 29th ult, age d 80, M rs . M ary A nne Ch apman, w if e o f Mr. Thomas, Chapman, sen Virgil-street. On the Ist instant, at the advanced age of 94, the Rev. Francis Barnes, D. D. fOr 50 years Master of St. Peter's College, C am bridge. Same day, at Haydock Lodge, in thi s coun ty, Ed mun d Naghten. Esq. of the 88th Regiment of Connaught Rangers. On the 2nd instant, a t Bi r k en h ea d ,.aged 46, James Barlow . miry H years a faithful s ervan t o ; Mr. ugh Williams, Wood-Si for de' an on Sturday lasthe infant son of the aboe. On the , 4th instant, , Ott Edge-hill, aged 38, Mr .John Wood, stationer, late of No. 66, C a stl e - s t reet. On the 6th instant, at Edge-hill, Miss Bagnold, late of the island of Jama•ca. On the 7th i ns t. a t hi s residence, Qttoen'sstreet, „ aged 72, Mr. Wm. Bricidon, formerly of Manchester. Same day, aged 7 years, Peter Youd, eldest son of Mr. Peter You d Islington. Same nav, at her son's house, Mount Vernon, Jane. relict of the late Capt. John Moss. She was deservedly and much respectod. Same day, at th e h ouse of his son, Cook -street, in his 68th r of his age, Mr. Thomas Milburn. lb. was a driver of Mr. B. o f therton's for a p er i o d o r 36 years, in which capacity the urbanity of his manners com man d e d the respect of all who,traVelled with hler Same day, a t Ri c h mond niter a short but painful illness, Low ther Augustus Joan, Lord Muncaster, of Waiter Priory, Yorkshire. and Muncaster Castle, near Whitehaven. Same day, aged 49, Mr. James Rushton, cotton•dealer, • ..,• Same day, a t Macclesfield, Susanna, the wife of Mr. James F r o st ' timber-merchant, of that place. Uppe r Same day, at the re s id ence o f h er son, Ch as. Chaloner, Esq. Parliament -street, Mrs. Chaloner, aged 77. aged 40, On the 9th instant, at hi s h ouse i n B runsw i c k- roa d. 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