The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-01 00:00:00

When we have been nauseating over the sickly sentimen talism of a French romance,—wearied with the frivolity and frippery of " Yes and No," or " Matilda, a Tale of the Day," by Lord Normanby,—disgusted with the stifled bombast of one of Lord John Russell's parliainentaty harangues, or Btu pitied with the mouthing rant of one of Cobden's anti-corn law philippics,—what a luxury it is to turn to " the pure well of English undefiled" of old Chaucer, or " Glorious John" Dryden, of Milton, or of Shakspeare, or to the life-like and stirring scenes pourtrayed by the magic pen of Sir Walter Scott! When we have been dieted upon slops or spoon-meat for a month, or given our teeth a long vacation upon fricassees, with what an overpowering relish we welcome a chine or a smoking buttock of good old English beef ! With somewhat similar feelings our readers will turn from the contemplation of the hard-lined, angular, parchment anatomies, which it has hitherto been our fortune to hang up in our gallery, to the jolly, manly, and good-humoured features, and the sub stantial and capacious form of the subject of our present sketch. We have supped full within the past month of phi losophers and philosophy—of Radicalism and Bobadilism— of millocracy and democracy ; our eyes have been offended with sour vinegar faces, whining—the innocent babes !—of their doleful sufferings ; our noses have been offended with the smell of mill-dust and the steam of overworked factory children; oar ears have been offended with pockets chinked at us, filled with gold, "ground from the faces of the people," whilst canting, plausible tongues "babbled of green fields," and complained, with all the unction of Jack Ketch out of work, of desperate and despairing destitution ; and it is a perfect feast to gaze upon—to listen to—to hug—(if we could clasp so vast a form)—the " good Old English gentleman" who is now before us. There is no sinister look in that face. There is noaccumulation of vicious humours in those clear honest eyes. There is no symptom of pinching or griping propensities about that rounded and robust frame. The very garments in which it is enfolded are in keeping alike with the mind and the body within. That coat has a collar to it, which a tailor might work three days upon. It has nothing of the puri tanical cat about it. It has buttons, too, and skirts which would wrap round a dozen such witherel, skin and grief, mortals as you will meet with on an anti-corn-law platform, or two dozen of the wretched semi-animate beings to which millocracy and philosophy—which is avarice and cruelty com bined—are fast reducing the working population of this country, who groan and toil to swell their unholy gain. Yes, reader—the veritable form of John Bull—honest and downright conservative John Bull—is before you. Look upon him and prize him. He is a large specimen—a folio, with good bold type and plentiful margin. There is no need of spectacles to read him. But do not think that it is either the size, the binding, or the type, which constitutes his value. No, no. It is the sterling English sense, and the sound English principle, which is within. That form enshrines, what is a rare article in these days—a heart—a manly British heart—and, above all, a fearless and a loyal heart! Would that Great Britain contained twenty million such ! We should hear less then of poor law bastiles, less of pork broth and water gruel dietaries—(all Somerset-house couldn't force one meal of such a diet upon a people such as we should then be) ;—we should have less of whining and hypocrisy in the world, and more—a thousand times more—sterling and ge nuine philanthropy ;—we should exchange the age of iron, in which we now live, for the age of gold ;—we should exchange this ceaseless ferment of selfish, civil strife for a quiet and contented state, in which men might reasonably hope to " laugh and grow fat." We do trust—now that that Augean stable has been some what cleansed, although not by any means sufficiently so — to see this gentleman once more resume his seat in the Coun cil chamber, and that the chief seat. That he is at present usefully and honourably occupied, we and the people of Li verpool know. We forget not, and they forget not—(his poorer fellow-townsmen, we trust, never will forget)—that to his exertions we owe it that the grinding despotism of the new poor law has been made to tall with mitigated severity upon the people of " the good old town." We forget not his exertions in the cause of our Protestant church ;—we forget not his unceasing exertions, upon every occasion, in behalf of the constitutional cause in Liverpool;—we forget not either his last manly and spirited defence of his fellow-townsmen from being overridden and insulted by the irruption of a horde of paid agitators, and grasping and selfish theorists, who, but a few days before, were " moving heaven and earth" to strike a blow against the prosperity of Liverpool, by their " inland bonding" swindle. We forget not these things ; nor do his fellow-townsmen forget them ; and before another year passes over us, we do trust that they will . bear him upon their shoulders—however heavy he may be—to a seat in the Council Chamber. Our readers will perceive that we have not occupied a large space, although we had in our hands a large subject. The real fact is that our canvas was intended for more diminutive %nen, and our frame would not bear the weight of colour which would be required to paint to the life the colossal figure before us. To the admirers of Mr. Aspinall—and they are many—this must he our apology, if it is thought that our work is too sketchy and meagre; and, at all events, if this Ie a fault in our portrait, they possess Me original, which is sufficiently substantial. --No. VII CATALOGUE Of various Live Stock. shortly to be sold without reserve, on the premises, Downing-street, the present proprietors having no further use for them. They must be cleared off within the next fortnight, or the purchasers will have to pay for their keep. Lot L—MZLLY, a pet Lamb. This animal, although past the usual age of its species, still keeps up all its juvenile habits, and constantly runs bleating after its mistress, and cannot be torn away from her house. Lot 2.----JOHNNY, a small terrier puppy of the Bedford breed. Knows when he is in a good kennel, and will not leave it. Strayed from Tavistock to Huntingdonshire—from Huntingdonshire to Bandon Bridge—from Bandon Bridge to Devon—and from Devon to Stroud. It is fully expected that, should he stray again, he would be entirely lost. He therefore must be sold. Much annoyed with corns, which should be cut. Lot 3.—CAWLEY, an Indian war-hound. Is an interest ing animal, from its many curious peculiarities. Is delighted at hearing itself bark, which it does at stated periods, and frisks round to look after its own tail, but has not got one. Was unkennelled at Windsor Castle some time back, and has never been seen there since : offended the mistress by barking from its walls. Latterly domesticated at Edinburgh, but, fearful of the Scotch mange, is forced to be brought away and sold. Lot 4.—Holz, the Grey puppy. Rather a dangerous animal to be at large, as he runs and snaps on all sides. Lot 5.—A large boa-constrictor. Has consumed so much Irish provisions, that he is known as the Irish bore. Feeds once a-year, and has been known to swallow 20,000 lbs. at one time. Leaves the slime of its tail wherever it crawls, and has almost destroyed Ireland with its venom. An at tempt was lately made to Cooke it at Belfast, but it cast its skin and escaped, but was Scotched. Like the whale, does the greatest injury with its tail. Has propagated its venom ous species to a very injurious extent. Gulped down I,ooolb. at one bolt while being exhibited at Manchester some time back, which was thrown to it by the manufacturers. Lot G.—EASTOPE, BANES, ENVAT, DUNCUM, TAVES- Tox, HORD. Six common English curs. Lot 7.—PALMY, the notorious ratter. If not sold, will go with the premises, as it always has done. is shortly to be exhibited at Liverpool, to run in the same truck with Sir Joshua, the Liverpool pug. Lot B.—Jozi the Scotch terrier. Will shortly be kicked out of the Kilkenny kennel. There are many more lots, but the above will comprise the first day's sale. LIABILITY or THE SHIRE-HALL TO WINDOW DITTY.— A case having been submitted to Justices Patteson, and Coleridge, relative to the taxing of the windows of the County-hall, their lordships have decided that the windows in question are liable.— Worcester Journal. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'OP ENGLAND ANNUAL MELTING AT LIVERPOOL.—A meeting of the members of this society was held in London, on Saturday last, Earl Spencer in the chair, when an interesting report from the council was read. The following are extracts relative to the approaching visit of the society to Liverpool :—" The coun cil, having selected Liverpool as the place of the annual country meeting to be held this year, have decided on addi tional country prizes to the amount of one hundred pounds, to be given at that meeting for agricultural horses ; and have also agreed to the mode in which the £2OO to be awarded this year for implements shall be distributed into classes. The Liverpool prize sheet, containing the details of these arrangements, as well as the general regulations for exhibi tions, has been printed, and a copy sent by post to each member of the society. Mr. Earle having consented to act as the society's representative in directing the progress of arrangements on the spot, a deputation was sent by the coun cil to the authorities of the town, and was received by Mr. Bolton, the present, and Sir Joshua Walmsley, the late mayor, with every mark of interest and respect. This de putation reported to the council the result of their personal inspection, when it was resolved that the piece of ground termed the Old Infirmary -yard, and offered by the mayor and corporation, should be accepted as the site for the dining hall; that Falkner's Fields, offered by Mr. Falkner and Mr. Lace, should be selected for that of the cattle-yard ; that the rooms of the Mechanics' Institute should be accepted for the use of the finance and dinner committee ,• and Mr. Lucas's Repository for the purpose of the Wednesday's dinner. Having ascertained from Mr. Manning, the contractor for the Cambridge works, that his present engagement would preclude his undertaking the works this year at Liverpool, the council decided to appoint a surveyor of works, who should report the progress of their erection ; on Mr. Wild having been elected to that office, he has proceeded to Liver pool for the purpose of making arrangements with the con tractors to he employed. The council having decided that there should this year be two days for the exhibition of the stock, instead of one, as formerly, the exhibition of the im plements will open on Wednesday, the 21st of June, and that of the cattle on Thursda y , the 22d, the stoc k.remaining open till two o'clock on Friday. They have also directe d that catalogues containing list of all the subject of the x hibition, shall be prepared for sale before the time of meet ing; that only the printed forms shall be allowed for the cer. tificates of the exhibition ; and that the awards for imple. meats shall be announced at the same time as those for cattle. They have decided that the sale of dinner tickets shall only take place at Liverpool, commencing on Tuesday, and continuing open to members in general on the two fol lowing days; each day, however, a certain number of tickets being reserved for old members—viz., for such as were elecced by the 24th March last , and that, after the first week in J uly, so further election of members shall take place until after th e meeting._ , • Sir R. PEEL brought forward the motion of which he had given notice some days since, to the effect that the present government had lost the confidence of the house. The right hon. baronet commenced by a reference to the defeat of the ministry upon the sugar duties, and said that, at as early a period as he could, after that decision, he had given notice that he would plainly put the question to the houre, as to whether the government any longer possessed its confidence. He thought it scarcely necessary to enter into a history of the defeats of the present ministers, in order to show that parliament had no longer confidence in them ; nor was it ne cessary either to enumerate the various occasions in which they had failed to carry their measures through parliament. He would say, however, that it, was the duty of a ministry not possessing the confidence c,i the House of Commons, to retire from their official stations. The constitution of this country might be said to have taken its present form at the accession of the House of Hanover ; and since that period the various administrations had retired when met by the hos tility of the House of Commons. Thus, in 1742, Sir R. Wal pole retired, as did Lord North in 1782; Lord Sidmouth in 1804 ; Lord Liverpool in 1812 ; the Duke of Wellington in 1830. and he himself in 1835. The case of Mr. Pitt, who re tained power in opposition to majorities in the House of Commons, was not a case in point, for he was condemned by a hostile House of Commons as soon as he accepted the reins of government, and before he had the opportunity of bringing forward any measures, which circumstance fully justified him in appealing from the house to the country. It might, per haps be said, that though the present government did not possess the confidence of the House of Commons, yet that they did possess the confidence of the country. This was an extremely dangerous doctrine, even if it were not contravened by the results of all the recent elections which had taken place. The right hon. baronet condemned the course pursued by ministers upon the corn laws, the agitation upon which, in conjunction with the prospect of a general election, was doing a great deal of injury to the retail trade of the metropolis. It was the weakness of the government, he contended, which led them to propose the reduction of the postage, which had been so detrimental to the revenue ; and it was then weakness, resulting from their constant oscillations between conservative principles and those of their extreme sup porters, which rendered it necessary for them to re-estab lish themselves in the opinion of their own side of the house, and which they now sought to do by proposing the mea sures which had recently been the subject of discussion. It might be alleged against him that in bringing forward this motion, he had suggested no comprehensive scheme of policy of his own; but where, he would ask, was the man who had more explicitly declared, than he had done, his opinions on all great questions? Had he not declared his opinions on the ballot, on the suffrage, and the shortening of Parliaments ? The hon. member for Finsbury said if he (Sir R. Peel) would outbid the Government, he should receive his support, but he would do no such thing,—he would make no such bidding for popular support. He had never desired to increase the power of the House of Commons at the expense of the pre rogative of the Crown. On a former evening he did what lie could to preserve it, and it was fortunate that the Speaker, by his casting vote, had been enabled to do so. He only re gretted that upon that occasion so few members of the Go vernment had followed his example, and he could not help feeling that under such circumstances the prerogatives of the Crown were not sufficiently protected in their hands. The present House of Commons had been moulded by the noble lord the member for Stroud, and yet even such a House of Commons ,had given sufficient indications that it withheld its confidence from him. The right hon. baronet then moved his resolution of want of confidence, and resumed his seat amidst general cheering. Lord WORSLEY, who had voted against the Government in the late division on the sugar duties, announced that it was his intention to vote against the motion of the right hon. baronet, because he thought that a motion of want of confi dence should not be narrowed down to three questions only, when their policy on all other questions might be approved of by the house. He did not know that the agriculturists had any reason to support the right hon. baronet in prefer ence to the present Government, for the right hon. baronet, though opposed to a fixed duty, was evidently in favour of some alteration in the sliding scale, and what this alteration would be he did not inform the agricultural interests. It was the more likely that he contemplated some serious alteration, inasmuch as a former member of his Government (Sir G. Murray) in putting himself forward recently as a candidate for Manchester, announced that lie was in favour of a small fixed duty. Mr. CHRISTOPHP,R snid that at the recent meeting in the county of Lincoln, every individual then present felt, he had no doubt, perfectly convinced that the noble lord had with drawn his confidence from the Government. lie even said that as the Government had sought to overthrow the agri cultural interest, he should endeavour to overthrow the Go vernment ; and he only qualified this expression by saying that he could not give his confidence to Sir R. Peel. Lord WORSLEY, in explanation, read a portion of his speech at Lincoln, in which he said he could not vote for a want of confidence in the Government upon their general measures. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE denied that the present Government had been unable to carry its measures, although on first taking office they had not the confidence of the Crown, and were exposed to the undisguised hostility of the House of Lords. The right hon. gentlemen then enumerated the various bills which the present Government had carried through Parliament, and intimated that he would not remain in office in defiance of a majority of the House of Commons, for if the Ministers found themselves in a minority, they must either resign, or adopt some other course of procedure. Mr. D'IsnAELI supported the motion, and contended that the whole conduct of the Government, was a systematic attack upon all the institutions of the country. Mr. HOBROUSE opposed the motion, which was rested upon too narrow grounds, imismuch:as even those who might disapprove of some two or three of the measures of the pre sent Government, might yet feel disposed to support them upon a comprehensive view of the whole of the policy they had pursued while in office. Mr. LIDDELL said that the motion of the righthonourable baronet (Sir R. Peel) was an attempt to relieve the country from the evil felt by every class of society of having a Go vernment too weak to carry any measures whatever which it proposed. The hon. member enumerated the various mea sures which the present ministry had been compelled to abandon, and contended that no greater evil could accrue to the country than the confusion created by the continual pro position of measures of legislation which could never be car ried out. Sir H. FLEETWOOD said, that although deriving all his income from corn, yet he had never withheld his support from any proposal made to alter the present corn-laws. The Government had now ranged itself on the side of the people against monopolies, and under such circumstances it ought to be supported. If the alterations proposed should take place, he would not reduce the rents of his tenantry, but he would take from them, if they thought proper, their leases and their stock at the market prices they would have brought if no alteration had taken place. Mr. WALTER said he was convinced that the government was not in earnest in its propositions, and he had, therefore, no confidence in them. He looked, in fact, upon these pro positions as a dying struggle on the part of the ministry. The noble lord (J. Russell) had, it was true, given up the poor law amendment bill, but he had stated his intention to renew it if he should have the opportunity, and, in ord_er to prevent his having that opportunity, he (Mr. Walter) would vote for the motion of the right hon. baronet. Mr. MACAULEY denied that it was unconstitutional for a ministry to retain office even if a small majority of the House of Commons should be against them upon some im portant measures. In a nicely-balanced House of Commons, upon a fiscal question, the private interests affected might upon that question throw the parties possessing those inte ressts into the ranks of the opponents of a government; and surely, because of such an occurrence, it would not be con tended that that government should at once retire. If there was a general vote of want of confidence in a ministry upon their measures as a whole, he admitted that in such a case that ministry would be bound to retire or dissolve the parlia ment, but not because they were defeated upon some two or three measures, however important. The right hon. gentle man appealed to the house to say if the foreign policy of the government had, during the last few years, betrayed anything like weakness, and contended that if the present ministry quitted office they would leave to their successors the influ ence of the country abroad unimpaired, and the glory of the British name and of the British arms, it possible, increased in brilliancy. In conclusion, the right hon. gentleman said that the government had done its duty, and it was for the people to do theirs. If they displayed the spirit which ani mated them in 1831, they would be sure to succeed ' • but if they allowed themselves to be defeated, they would, at all events, have no reason to accuse those who had done their' utmost to carry out measures which they thought calculated for their benefit. _ — Tile discussion was then adjourned until this day. In consequence of some observations made by Mr. C. W. WYNN respecting the propriety of instituting a prosecution against parties at St. Alban's for bribery at the late election, a conversation occurred, in which Mr. C. BULLER and some other members took part. The orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY The Victoria Park bill was read a second time A great number of petitions were presented for and against any alteration in the corn laws, and some petitions were also presented against any alteration of the system of banking in Scotland. Several bills were brought up from the House of Com mons and read a first time, after which their lordships ad journed until Thursday next. OUR PORTRAIT GALLERY ILIVES ASPINALL, ESQ finptrial parittniteitt. HOUSE OF LORDS.-THURSDAY va# number' of petitions were presented, from various parts of the kingdom, against any alteration in corn laws. A few petitions were also presented, praying for an alteration in those laws. Several bills on the table were forwarded a stage, after which their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS-THURSDAY HOUSE OF COMMONS.-FRIDAY Mr. SCHOLEFIELD gave notice that he would move a re solution on Thursday next to the effect that parliament ought not to separate without adopting some mode of affording relief to the people. On the motion of Lord J. RUSSELL, it was arranged after some conversation, in which Sir R. Peel took part, that the house at its rising should adjourn until Wednesday next, and that on Wednesday the debate on the motion of the want of confidence should take precedence of all other busi- Mr. MILNES resumed the adjourned debate on the mo tion of Sir R. Peel, and strongly condemned the govern ment for having put forward the alteration of the corn laws in order to excite agitation throughout the country. Mr. SANDFORD was willing to admit that ministers had by their recent propositions acquired an unfortunate unpo pularity, but in the course of time justice would be done to the motives of those who, in periods of difficulty, had con ducted the affairs of the empire with honour to themselves and with immense advantage to the country. Mr. DARBY contended, that Sir R. Peel had it in his power to form a strong government, which fully justified him in bringing forward the motion before the house. He certainly looked with some apprehension to what might be the consequences of a general election, while the public mind was in such a state of excitation • but for all such con sequences the government, as its chief promoters, must be held responsible. Mr. BUTTON thought that the Irish members had reason to expect from the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel) that he should have told them what he meant to do in respect to the Irish registrations, and 'other questions connected with Ire land. For his own part he would support the present administration, which by its measures had conferred essential benefit to his country. Lord NORREYS supported the motion of Sir R. Peel, which was opposed with much violence by Mr. H. Grattan. Lord TEIGNMoUTH designated the speech of the hon. and learned gentleman (Mr. H. Grattan) as an ebullition of party spirit, which left almost untouched the question before the house. For his part, he had no confidence in the measures proposed by the government, and should therefore support the motion of the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel). Mr. INonAm, who voted against ministers on the sugar duties, announced his intention of opposing the present motion. He would not oppose it if he thought ministers were retaining power in defiance of the House of Commons, but he deemed them to be quite justifiable in retaining power in orde r t o take the sense of the country upon the measures they had proposed, and this they could only do by calling a new parliament, which was a perfectly constitutional pro ceeding. Mr. HUTT defended the measures of the government, and power had already passed from the hands of the Ministry, said that he could see no ground upon which the Govern ment had a right to triumph with respect to their foreign policy. He could look upon the war with China in no other light than as a great calamity—a war in which glory would aot he the attendant of success, and in which failure would be a heavy misfortune indeed. The right hon. baronet then , numerated a variety of instances in which it was evident the house had declared its want of confidence in the Ministry, and said that the only measure of importance which they had been enabled to carry through Parliament was the Irish Mu nicipal Act; and even that act they were unable to carry until they had conceded nearly all the points which they themselves deemed essential to the bill. The Poor Law Amendment Bill was another measure which proved how utterly powerless were the Government to carry their own measures. They proposed to make the Poor Law Commis sion continue for ten years ; but the moment a hint was given by his right hon. friend the member for Tamworth that the time was too long, they forthwith abridged it to five years. The right hon. baronet then went through the history of the bill, showing how the Government had been obliged to aban don a variety of their propositions, and this to such an ex tent that he should be content to rest upon that one bill alone his proof of the utter want of power of the Government to carry through that house their own propositions. He was of opinion that it was an unfair use of the prerogative of the Crown for the Government, when defeated on the sugar duties, not to have adopted one of two measures—immediate resignation or immediate dissolution. They chose neither— they proposed to go on with the administration of the affairs of the country until they could have an election under a new registration, and if, with all the influence of Government, they should still have a roajority against them, they might, perhaps, resign. Such a course was more than dangerous ; it was almost revolutionary. With respect to the alteration of the duty on corn, it was a desperate plunze made by des perate men, and he would venture to predicate that they never thought of the 8s fixed duty until after their defeat upon the Irish Registration Bill. The right hon. baronet sat down amidst general cheering, and the debate was immediately adjourned. THE PRESENT CRISIS eentetuied that It Witiqterfactly aeozatutional that they 44114 retain power until they had appealed to the country ac to the eound policy of the measures which they contemplated. Lord SANDON thought that his hon. friend 111 r. Ingham, in the course he was pursuing, was acting upon a subtlety of reasoning which, however useful in the closet, lie would not find advantageous in public life. He (Lord Sandon) had no difficulty in the course he should pursue upon this question ; for, in point of fact, lie had no confidence in any one measure the ministry had ever brought forward. Lord NIORPETH said tliat last sessions the ministry had received a positive assurance. that it possessed the confidence (1 the country. That assurance was carried by a majority of twenty-one—and was, in his opinion, sufficient to justify the government in not deeming the defeats they had sus tained, up to the division on the sugar duties, a sufficient notice to quit. He admitted, however, that the division on the sugar duties proved that the ministry had not a sufficient degree of influence in that house to carry out the measures they had proposed ; and that an alteration of some kind be came necessary. It was asked why, under such circum stanees, they had not at once resigned ; and he would show that their holding office under such circumstances was not without precedent. The noble lord then referred to former cases in the reign of George the Third, in order to show that it was quite justifiable and constitutional to retain power until the sense of the country could be taken upon the mea sures of the government by means of a dissolution. _ _ Sir J : GICA II AM after observing that, in point of fact, aittor at tit,: proposed duty or altopthey free, for, in both cases, with g k ood crops at home, the effect, as regards the ex tent of supply, would be the same (and I would here mention that in'the last and present month large quantities of foreign wheat Have been lately imported and entered for consumption at Liverpool and elsewhere, paying a duty of 228.8 d. per quar ter, any leaving a fair profit to the importer)-1 ask those persons, with the facts before them which I have just stated, if they can believe that a continuous supply of foreign wheat, sufficient to meet our exigencies, could be procured, and to i he depended on, at moderate, much less low, prices ; that, if such were to be the case, whether there is any good or satis factory reason to believe that the government or people of those countries from which these supplies could only be, if at all, drawn, would, in order to take our manufactures in payment for their corn, abandon their own rising establish ments, which they have justly so much anxiety and strong desire to protect, and thus desire to employ, as well as to raise in the scale of society, and therefore to remunerate as well as improve the comforts of their people, so rapidly in creasing in number ? If it is admitted, as 1 think it must be, that there is no good ground to expect any such results, it then follows that, if we are to abandon home production and consequent home consumption of our manufactures by our agricultural classes, we are to place ourselves in a state of dependence on a supply of foreign wheat, I ask how is it to be paid for ? It is evident that our stock of bullion is now very moderate. Though no unusual drains, besides foreign corn, have existed, the amount would soon be exhausted, and I think I may say at the same thee our sources for further supply curtailed, as these and other countries from which we receive it look to us for a market to take off other produc tions of theirs which are mainly consumed by the landed in terests, whc would be seriously damaged, and their consump tion cut down by such changes, were they to be adopted. If, then, we are to attempt to substitute the foreign for the home grower—if the manufacturer is to be thus deprived of his customers, for the vain hope of a vent for the goods, he the home grower, would no longer consume, much less a more considerable one being found elsewhere. If, then, we are to place ourselves in a state of dependence for our bread on the foreign grower, may we not reasonably expect that whenever the foreigner finds we are in his hands he will avail himself of it to exact from us very high, if not extravagant, prices, which we could possess only limited means to pay ? Would not the day then arrive for bitter repentance that we should have so confided—that we should, with our eyes open, and not without warnings, have given ourselves up to such vain delusions, of which the consequences appear to me almost too frightful to contemplate ; yet such is the precipice to the front of which these free traders are now blindly leading us. Let me again entreat the master manufacturers and their people to consider well the position in which they are placed—let them, if they will, think only of themselves, distinct, if they please, from the other branches of the community, and consider what a fate may be expected to await them and their people, should they unite with and be led away by these baneful declaimers, who call themselves " Liberals, " but whose right name is " Destructives." These men talk of free trade, of monopolies, and restric tions, without well knowing what they mean. In the ordi nary sense of the word we have had no monopolies since that of the East India companyexpired; wholesome and necessary protection we have for different vested national interests and branches of our industry, both home and colonial, which past experience have proved to be wise and just' in principle and practice—therefore beneficial to the whole community. We see such adopted and acted upon by all other nations, and which may be expected to continue the case whilst common sense continues to retain any influence over the actions of civilised society. Let the manufacturer then look to himself —let him weigh well his actual situation, and the immense capital he has embarked in the undertakings—let him, before it is too late, reflect on the fact that his trade has not been falling off, but on the contrary, annually gradually increas ing in extent ; that notwithstanding he has gone on increas ing his production of goods in a greater degree than the market will take off ; that his present difficulties, from want of sales, and consequent depressed wages, are almost wholly, or in a great degree, the result of over-production, which unavoidably causes a glutted market and cautious purchasers, looking constantly to lower prices, however low those of the day may he, from which only heavy loss, if not ultimate ruin can ensue. Even very cheap bread, could it be procured, would not avail in such a state of things, be cause the artisan and labourer would be without employment, or, if employed, at wages so wretchedly low, that he could not afford to purchase it. Let the manufacturers ponder well over these facts—let them throw the delusions of the free traders and corn agitators overboard—let them restrict and limit their production of goods to the legitimate demand for them, and then, having the remedy for these evils in their own hands, do justice to themselves and to others. In re sorting to this wholesome course, many of their people would —in the first instance—be thrown idle; means for employing a part must be found, without playing with edge tools; to others temporary assistance may be given, and to such as are disposed to embrace it, encouragement to emigrate to our foreign possessions ought to be afforded. It is a case of great emergency, an important crisis, and every good snb ject or citisen is called upon to put his band to the plough ; in short, England expects every man to do his duty. But whilst I thus advocate the necessity for combatting the difficulties of the consumers of bread, I am also of opi nion that it is the duty of the corn grower to bear his part of the burthen. His tithes and other burthens have been commuted or diminished ; his systems of cultivation have been greatly improved, particularly by bone dust and surface drainage : his general expenditure has, therefore, been re duced ; and whilst I contend for the present (Mr. Husk-is son's) graduated scale as the best and most effectual system that has yet been discovered for the protection of both grower and consumer, I humbly think that it is the duty of the legislature to reduce the pivot on that scale where importa tion of foreign wheat may be expected to commence, considerably, perhaps eight shillings per' quarter, and in proportion for other grain. Such a measure would lower the future general prite in that proportion in ordinary sea sons, and with it I should hope all reasonable men would be satisfied to make the experiment.—l am, sir, your constant reader, JOHN GLADSTONE. Carlton-gardens, May 26. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT BIRMINGHAM.—At about half past five on Thursday evening, a fire broke out in Broad. street, which at one time threatened the destruction of the entire side of the street. The fire is said to have been caused by the ignition of some shavings during the process of hoop ing a wheel on the premises of Mr. Iliffe, an extensive coach manufacturer. Adjoining these premises is a large timber yard, in the occupation of Mr. Bolton, and in a short time after the first discovery of the fire the whole yard was in volved in flames. Owing to the peculiar direction of the wind, the houses in front of Broad-street, with but one ex ception, escaped; but the fire extendedlto the Baskerville Flour Mills, Mr. Henley's Glass Cutting Manufactory, the two former being entirely destroyed, including the whole range of sheds belonging to Mr. Bolton. At the rear of those buildings an arm of the Worcester Canal runs, from which there was a plentiful supply of water. On the oppo site side of the canal stands the extensive building known as Baskerville House, in the occupation of the Messrs. Att wood, metal rollers. The flames from the timber reached the back of that building, and the whole of the window-_ frames were on fire, but happily further progress was arrested. Under a shed on Mr. Bolton's premises were nearly 100 barrels of pitch, the whole of which was most fortunately moved to the opposite side of the street. No idea can be given of the probable amount of property destroyed ; the whole of Mr. Bolton's was insured in the Birmingham Fire Office, and it is said to he the heaviest loss that ccmpany ever sustained. The fire was got under about ten o'clock. Seve ral persons met with injuries. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY I'he following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street, Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM. 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 6 0 a.m. Mixed tt tt 12 8 15 a.m. First Class Pt P 1 13 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class 4 p.m. 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class „ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston and Lancaster at Parkside. 6 0 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.m*. Mixed 5 0 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM, 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed t, 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. ~ 7 0 p.m. „ 9, 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. „ The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. TO LONDON, BY THE FOLLOWING TRAINS. ON WESIE DAYS. 8 15 a.m. First Class Passengers, Carriages and Horses. 10 30 a.m. Ditto, Ditto. 7 o p.m. First Class Passengers only. ON SUNDAYS. 8 15 a.m. First Class Passengers, Carriages and Horses 7 0 p.m. First Class Passengers only. LIVERPOOL AND MA:` CHESTER RAILWAY. FROM L'POOL TO MANCIIRSTER. FROM MANCORSTP:R TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 o Morning - Morning.. 730 Morning 945 „ 9 0 , „ ..10 0 ~ li 45 „ 11 15 r , ••11 45 ~ I 2 30 Aftern. 2 0 Aftern. ..*2 45 Aftern. 845 „ 11 0 „ 2 0 Aftern 4 45 „ .. 5 30 „ 5 0 5 30 „ 715 Evening.. 715 Mixedl 715 Evening.. 715 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when this Train does not start till Three. ON SUNDAYS First Class Second Class 9 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 4 45 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 9 45 Morning.. Mixed 11 0 „ .. First Class 2 30 Aftern. ..Second Class 4 45 „ .. Mixed 7 14 „ .. First Class 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 445 Afternoon .. „ 7 15 Evening.... First Class. TO LAN FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.... Mixed 11 0 .... First Class 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 4 45 „ .... Mixed TO BO FROM LIVERPOOL. g 45 Morning.... First Class 11 0 „ .... , 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 ON SU: 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. „ TO ST. I- First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 o Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. g 0 Morning.. Mixed 11 is „ .. First Class 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 5 0 „ .. Mixed 7 is .. First Class 7 o Morning.... Mixed 5 o Afternoon 7 15 Evening.... First Class CASTER. FROM MANCHESTER. g 0 Morning.... Mixed 11 1 5 „ .... First Class 2 45 Aftenioon .. Second Class 5 0 ~ •• • • Mixed LTON• PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 0 Morning.— Second Class y 45 91 11 45 „ .... ~ 2 30 Afternoon.. ~ - FROIII 9 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 ~ ••.. 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 lf • • • • ~ nAYs• 7 0 Morning— Second Class 5 30 Afternoon ELENS. IMOSI AfANCIIENTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 •• • • OP 11 45 • • • 2 45 Afternoon .. 5 30 • • • • BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY (FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD.) Morning 8 0 .. 10 0 .. 12 0 I Afternoon 2 0 .. 4 0 .. 6 0 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD. Morning 816..1030.. 12 IS I .Afternoon 213 415 is ON SUNDAYS.—FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD. Morning g 0 I Afternoon 4 45 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD Morning g 15 1 Afternoon 6 0 __— CHESTER AND CREWE BRANCH. FROM CHESTED• 11 30 a.m. First Class, to meet 10 30 a.m. Train from Liverpool and Manchester. 8 0 p.m. Mixed, to meet 330 p.m. Train from Birmingham and 4 0 p.m. Trains from Liverpool and Manchester. FROM CREWE. 9 0 a.m. Mixed, ou arrival of 6 a.m. Train train Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham. 0 p.m. First Class, on arrival of 11 SO a.m. Train from BIZ. mingharn. There will be no Trains on Sunday Until further ■Otee. Ann Lockerby, , hence for Calcutta, was spoken 20th April, in lat. 3 N, long. 20 W Woodman, Good, sailed from St. Helena for Liverpool 2nd April Marquis Wellesley, Laing, from Sierra Leone for Liverpool, at the Cove ; sailed 31st March. The Calista sailed for London 24th March, sprung a leak and was abandoned on the 26th March. On the 28th March the derelict was seen aground on the Scarcie's Bunk, plundered of every thing moveable Carron, Potter, sailed film Marseilles for Liverpool 20th May Packet, Milligan, hence at Swinnemunde • Rosehill, --, from Dunkirk, is on shore on the North Bank SUNDAY, MAY 30.—Wind N.N.E. light ARRIVED.—Mina, Harry, and Faith. Beer, from Lisbon—Maid of Athens, Bonfellow, from Odessa—Francis Drake, Benter, from Stettin—Amalia, Albrecht, from Danzic—Rosehill, Robinson, from Dunkirk—Concordia, Ethics, from Dordt—Jupiter, from Ostend—John Bolton, Teulon, from Mobile—and Capricoin, Car thoy, from Savanilla. SAILED.—EIiza, Seeds, for Campeachy—Jonathan Fell, Tate, for Montreal—George Glen, M'Bride, for Quebec—Crescent, Rider, for Adra—Atalanta, Wheeler, for Stettin—Pet, Bulkely, for Beirout. Alexandria and Malta—Catharine, Lelean, for Dunkirk—and Martha, Williams, for Naples. Empress, Scott, from Jamaica, at this port; sailed from Montego Bay 2ud April. On 22nd May, in lat. 51, long. 10. spoke the La vinia. On gth May, in lat. 47, long. 45, spoke the Hope, from Liverpool. On 23rd May, in lat. 51, long. g, spoke the Queen, from Liverpool Eliza, Grange, from Monte Video, off the Cove, and proceeded for Liverpool. On 26th May, spoke the Rankin, Moor, from Hobart Town for Liverpool Camilla, Hain, henciat Zwolle Cherokee, M'Kellar, anti Iron Duke, Jeffries, sailed from St. He. lena for Liverpool sth April Magnificent, from Savannah, off Kinsale Cova, May 23.—The Jubilee, Anderson, hence for Liverpool, has put back with loss of mainmast, mizentopmast, jibboom, &c. having been struck by lightning, off Waterford, yesterday. MONDAY, MAY 31.—Wind N.N.W. light. SA I LED.—Pollock, Purdon, and Superb, Hamilton, for Dalhousie —and Eutau, Rockett, for New York. Victoria, , and Wilberforce, Harrison, hence at Maranham Lee, 13owness, hence and Jamaica, at Santa Martha Pidgeon, Hiscock, and Desire, Stabb, hence at Gibraltar Empreza, Pestana, hence at Lisbon ltestauracuo, France, sailed from Lisbon 22nd, and Tarujo 2do, Palha, 23rd, both for Liverpool Jessie Logan, Major, from Calcutta, at the Cove Danson, Price, from Manilla, at ditto; sailed 22nd Dec. On 16th instant, in lat. 42, long. 25, spoke the Grenada, from Calcutta to the Clyde Lapwing Packet, from the West Indies, off Falmouth Ileyworth, Dunlop, from Demerara, at Clyde LISBON, May 24.—H.M.5. Espoir, and two small Portuguese vessel of War, have been seet out of this port in search of the steamer seen by the Conde ee Palma. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST SlR,—Ministers in their present hopeless position resort to reckless and desperate measures ; their emissaries are abroad in every direction endeavouring to excite and agitate the people with the plausible cry of " Free trade and no Corn Laws." They possibly may impose upon the ignorant, but the sober-minded are not to be so deluded. When called upon to explain what they mean by free trade, they answer generally, let us have no monopolies, no restrictions, no preferences. Then let us inquire what the facts are ; and to begin— They state to us that a net revenue of above fifty millions pounds must now be raised to meet the public expenditure ; that since they came iuto, and have remained in, power, in the midst of peace, they have contrived, for popular objects, to abandon sources of productive taxation, such as the Post office revenue ; and at the same time add above three mil lions per annum to the expenditure. In 1830 the net revenue was £50,056,616, which left a surplus of £2,913,000 above the expenditure. Since then eleven years of peace in Europe have elapsed, and now we require a revenue of above fifty millions, this excess having been created by the Melbourne government ! One of two causes must be assigned for this —a wasteful injudicious expenditure, or a falling off in the resources of the country. The last is not the fact, for our manufactures have been extended, and our foreign trade, whatever may have been its individual fruits, is more consi derable now than at any former period, notwithstanding the injudicious measures of the government. To meet these exigencies they propose to increase the duty on British timber, the produce of our colonies, and to diminish that on foreign, and thus to employ foregin ship ping and foreign seamen in preference to British. This may be what in the present day is called a " liberal", but it cannot be a " national ", course of policy. Their partisans affect to say, " These are the interests of individual parties, not national." Are we. then, reduced to a state in which our commercial navy, the nursery for rearing British seamen, is not to be considered a national interest 7 Is the source of all our power, our wealth, and glory, to be laid prostrate, to make way for the pernicious principles and practices of modern liberalism ? In my former letters to you I think I have shown the fal lacy and injustice that would be the result of their plans for the introduction of foreign slave-made sugar into consump tion here, whilst we have an abundant supply from free la bour, the produce of our own possessions. On this subject it has been attempted to mislead and delude the people by stating that if slave-labour sugar was admitted to home con sumption the price would be reduced from 2d. to 3d. per pound, or 18s. Bd. to 28s. per cwt. under the present rates. Now, in point of fact, British plantation sugar is now nearly as low as foreign would be were it to be so admitted to morrow. At present dry brown West India sugars are sold at 60s. to 61s. ; such as are of a similar quality of foreign produce being about 21s. to 225. in bond. Their proposed duty of 365., with 5 per cent., is 375. 9d., average 59s.—diffe rence in favour of foreign Is. 4d. to 25., as stated correctly by Lord John Russell, although he afterwards wished to back out of this statement, as he found it did not answer his pur pose. Now, these prices are considered to be very low, if not ruinously at least injuriously so to the foreign planter; but the hope of the Brazilian merchant is, that their admission here would be followed by an advance in price, for as they can at present obtain these low prices from purchasers for the continent, without advance, their position would not be at all improved, or their means increased for buying more of our manufactures than they do at present ; but such an ad vance could not take place, for as we have enough of our own growths that would still be partially protected by Lord John's proposed duty, the British planter would, at whatever fur ther sacrifice that he might be called for to make, undersell the foreign grower; therefore, to speak of a reduction of 2d. or 3d. per pound to be gained by the introduction of foreign sugar, only proves the grossest ignorance of the subject or worthless folly, to call it by no plainer name, whilst the dif ference of the price could not exceed one farthing per pound. With sugar I have done, at least for the present, and the corn duties, the present all-absorbing and vital question about to be decided, alone remains for consideration. In doing so for a second time I will begin by giving to the advocates for either a fixed duty of Bs. per quarter on wheat, or an unre stricted free trade on corn—l will for the moment take it for granted that the interest of the landlords and their agricul tural tenantry are not to be weighed in the balance ; but that the plans of their opponents are by themselves to be practi cally considered, and that the only object for consideration is now to give them effect ; more I think the supporters of these measures could net deserve. Yet, notwithstanding, I am disposed to think that, if they will do me the honour soberly to weigh what I am about to state, they may possibly come to the conclusion that their schemes, on their own sho w i n g, are alike visionary and impracticable. I will confine myself to the growth and supply of wheat alone, in order to clear and narrow the subject. This grain now forms the food of nine-tenths of the people of Great Britain, and upon it they depend for their bread. It is admitted on all sides that our annual consumption of wheat is about twenty millions of quarters, and that in good seasons the home growth has been sufficient to meet the de mand ; but in bad seasons the deficiency has been consider able, amounting in some years to one-fourth, in others even to one-third, which has always been productive of high prices and great economy in consumption.—lt is admitted that in the years 1838 and 1839 our crops were deficient, and foreign supplies required ; that previous to 1838 a consider able quantity of foreign wheat had been speculatively im ported and warehoused in bond, having been bought at low prices, to wait the time when it m i g ht b e requ i re d a nd ad mitted to the home market ; that with these previous sup plies the whole quantity of foreign wheat entered for con sumption in 1838 was 1,715,771 qrs ; in 1839 the quantity was 2,500,045 qrs ; in 1840 2,020,144 qrs ; together 6,235,960 qrs ; not equal to one-ninth p ar t o f our or di na ry consump tion. Of flour, the aggregate quantity in the three years was 1,828,000 cwt. which it would require 457,000 quarters of wheat to produce ; of this flour a considerable quantity was re-exported ; but I will include the whole in the home sup ply, which thus forms an aggregate of 6,693,000 quarters of foreign wheat received in three years, or 2,231,000 quarters per annum, being about one-ninth part of our consumption; and taking the cost price, including freight and charges, at 50s per quarter, a rate much under what was paid for it by the consumers here, it amounts to £5,571,500 per annum, or £16,732,500 in the three years. It will also be admitted that the bullion in the coffers of the bank in December 1838, was £9,591,000, and that by August, 1839, it was reduced to £2,164,000. It will also, I trust, be allowed that the differ ence between these sums being £7,130,000 was remitted in payment for the foreign grain then imported ; that during this period the balance of our trade with South America was paid to us in the precious metals to a considerable amount, which was also applied to the payments for foreign corn ; and that in addition a further sum was drawn from the gold currency of the country by private individuals and transmit ted for similar purposes. It will be admitted that, with the exception of Hol land and Sweden, all the countries lying to the north of France, including Southern Russia, are capable of pro ducing more corn than they consume when a foreign market can be found for their surpluses, that market, with the ex ception of the United States, having been ours alone for the last three years, and, therefore, that from these countries our foreign supplies were drawn during that period. It will, I trust, also be admitted that, since the termination of the war in 1815, peace has remained uninterrupted ; that previously war had reduced the population of these countries to a comparatively low ebb; and that their principal, if not their sole, employment. was then in agric u lt ure , d raw i ng th e ir supplies of manufactures and other goods from the cheapest markets, of which ours was the principal ; that in the course of the 2 . 6 years which h ave e l apse d t h e i r popu l at i on h as greatly increased ; that, having no foreign possessions to which they could emigrate, the necessity for employment being found for them at hom e b ecame annua ll y more urgent, and was unavoidably pressed upon the attention of their go vernments. It will not be denied that agriculture alone will not afford employment fora dense population, and that, to do so, other means must be resorted to ; that the government of these cou ntries, aware that the only means for this p ur p ose were manufacture, trade, and commerce, turned their attention to these resources; that no choice was left thcm, and, aware of it, they have advanced capital in many instances to pro. mote their encouragement (that capital h av i ng b een greatly increased by our gold , paid to them in the last three years for their corn) ; they have loaded foreign manufactures with heavy duties to discourage their importation and encourage their growing establishments, as the only means they possess to provide employment and food for their peopl e . It will, I also thin k, not.be denied! that the present rates of wages paid to the manufacturing and labouri ng c l asses i n in the countries to which I have referred are only about one half of those paid to the same classes in England, two-thirds of those paid in Scotland and the north of Ireland, th ose i n the south of that country being about the same; that those classes in this country are accustomed to live in a d egree o f comfort which, although no w in too many instances subjected to privations, is such as is generally superior and unknown to those on the continent. Now, sir, with these facts before us, I appeal to the common sense and sound judgment of all reflecting men, who are not to be led away by plausible but impracticable theories, or by vapid, frothy declamation, founded on an assumed but false p r o e r a t s a o t n i o a n b 1 e of g round forei g t n o w ex h p e e a c t t , t b h a a s t is , ,wteorseaywwehteothaerdmthietretheexisimts Obipp(tiri * atelitgonte. FRIDAY, MAY =B, Ascasavrm.—Prince, Williams, from Dublin—Excel, Read, from London—Reindeer, Head, from Belfast—Britannia, M'Gratti, from Dublin—Earl Lonsdale, Lamb, from Whitehaven. SAlLEll.—Magnolia, Johnson, for Sincapore—and Chaos, Pratt, for New Orleans. Orestes, Ccok, from Liverpool to Sydney, N.S.W. that was on shore at the Cape of Good Hope, was got off 16th March, without apparent injury • Elizabeth, , from Charleston, off the Cove Sarah Trutrnan, Brown, hence at liarbadoes Garland, --, hence at St. John, N.B. was spoken 3rd instant, in lat. 45, long. 4d Penelope, Crawford, sailed from Trinidad for Liverpool Igth April . . _ DOVER, May 28.—The Maria, Norman, from Ipswich for Liver pool, was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands last night; crew saved, SATURDAY, MAI - 29.—wind S.S.W. light. ARRlVHD.—Catherine, ---' from Savanilla—Sisters, ;" from Nassau—Potomac, Berry Kate, Downing ; and John Walker, Gaskin, from New Orleans—Warsaw, Griffin, from Mobile—Eliza Keith, Simpson, and Consbrook, Pollock, from Charleston—Cale donia, Irving, from Laguna—lrad Ferry, Stevens, from Alexandria. U.S.—Parker, Risien, from Demerara—Jane, Pennington, from Charente—Rapid, Pirout, from Guernsey and Jersey—lndustrie, Zellein ; Eugcns, Schrenberg ; Augusta; and Providentia, from Ostend—Cassandra , Schultz, and Francis, Drake, from Stettin. SAlLkm.—Wild Irish Girl, Graham, for Calcutta—Friends, Ar nold, for Sincapore—St. Christopher, Courts, for Trinidad—Britan nia, Iligginson, for Barbadoes—Presto, Regeser, for Stettin—Au gusta, Jaeger, for Ostend—Anna Ilermina, Bakker, for Narva— Aletta, Vandam, fur Amsterdam—Triumph, Muir, and Isis, Scott, for Ancona. Wassily Welliky, Nimrat, and Gregory Bogosloff, Tuleff, hence at St. Petersburg Unicorn, Gill, hence at Swinemunde Mincarlo, Tregarthen, hence at heilly, and sailed for Ancona 2lst instant Caledonia, Coffin, from New York, at this port; sailed 3rd May. On 28th May, off Tuskar, spoke the Independence, from Liverpool for New York. _ _ Isabel, Melhuish, hence at Lisbon. On 26th May, off Scilly, saw the United Kingdom, for New South Wales Aniiga, Dalrymple, from Valparaiso, at this port; sailed 14th February, in company with the Welcome, for Swansea. The Chas. Eyes and Rosalie were to sail same day, and Lady Lilford, in a day or two, all for Liverpool. The Georgina would sail for Swansea in a few days. The Jane Prowse, William Prowse, and Mary Jones, were ready to sail for Arica, and the Abbots Reading, for Cobija. . TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MAY 31, 1841 Wind at Holyhead. S.W. very light breeze morning and noon ; S.W. light breeze noon and evening. Off Holyhead, No. -, Wales, A.S. at 630 a.m. from New Orleans. 7409, Betsey Hall, B.Sc. at 10 a.m. from Leghorn. 1754, Friends, Bk. at 11 30 a.m. for Sincapore. 5;38, Triumph. Sc. for Ancona. 3419, Mary Queen of Scots, 8.8. at 1 p.m. from Pernambuco. 4862, Roscoe, A.S. at 1 p.m. from New York. 5961, Wallace, B.S. at 1 p.m. from New Orleans. 530, Britannia, 8.8. for Barbadoes. 1759, Cornubia, Bk. at 3 30 p.m. from Maranham. grip, Cabotia, B.S. at 3 30 p.m. from Bahia. 1552, Columbia, Bk. at 5 31, p.m. from Apalachicola. 1246, Alexander Grant, Ship, at 2 30 p.m. yesterday, from New Orleans. Off Point Lynas, (have pilots,) No. 62, Agnes, 8.13 k. from Mobile, at 9 a.m. 505. United States, A.S. at 11 a.m. from New Orleans. 1920, Hercules, B.S. at 3 30 p.m. from Mobile. 2064, Broom, Bk. at 3 30 p.m. from New Orleans. Off Great Ormshead, at 6 p.m. No. 1999, Thetis, B.S. East of the Floating Light, at 12 30 p.m. No. 1793, Galatea, B.Sc. from Alexandria. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING, (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &c. Medora, W Harrison, 299 Calcutta, W N Moore CHINA John O'Gaunt, J Robertson, 44J China, J Gladstone Sz Co NEW SOUTH WALES. Livingston, W Rickerty, 467 Sydney, N.S.W. G Brown &Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Scotia, F Welsh, 592 Havana, Ashley Brothers A Leopolda, A llalanda, IGo Havana, Jeffreys & Meek SOUTH AMERICA. Alpha, Turner, 217 Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, Ashley lit others UNITED STATES. Platina, W H Duncan, Tyro, J Pray, 335 Boston, G Brown & Co 69 Nantes, Bahr, Behrend & Co Liverpool, S Davenport, 642 New York, Fitzhugh & Grhnshaw James Edward, W Howard, 433 New York, Morrison & Godfrey New York, T B Cropper, 1009 New York, flaring Brs & Co Stirling; T Saanders, 493 Boston, Baring Brs & Co BRITISH AMERICA. Jane Walker, J Gillies, 821 St. John, N.B. Rankin & Co Superb, J Hamilton, 519 Dalhousie, Cannon, Miller & Co Notion, G P I ock, 110 Labeador, C & E Hunt & Co EUROPE. Argus, J H F Bercke, 130 St. Petersburg, Bahr & Co Shepherdess, G W Turner, 123 Naples, Vianna & Jones Eugene, J Schreyenberg, 189 Ostend, J C Kalowski Providentia, A Cornelis, Ostend, Bahr, Behrend &Co Copernicus, C G Hamann, 176 Pillau, Carne & Telo Doris, J J Gusmer, 160 Riga, C G Weber & Co Victoria, It Tait, 114 Riga, i f e b h e r l & e l nd s Rudd c Co 475 Danzic, Bahr, Cam Lachs, J J Jantzen, Caractacus, E Harries, 74 Dotdt, J Martin Fulmar, H Crocker, 173 Genoa and Leghorn, Bahr, Behrend & Co Fenella, H Smardon, 66 Gibraltar and Malaga, J Aikin & Son Win. Murray, M Dobie, 126 Messina and Palermo, Eshelby & Co Trial, &Trick, 68 Rouen, Cram, Smith & Co Enchantress, J H Newson, 18 Venice, G Y Fishley Doctor, H M Stone, 108 Alexandria, Aikin & Son Aroe, N Hansen, 144 Elsinore, Bahr, Behrend & Co Betsey, W P Ivey, 120 Genoa and Leghorn, Vianna & Jones Indigo.—On Thursday last 760 chests of Bengal, including 240 chests of Bengal Fig, were offered at auction ; the bidding was very languid, and only 80 chests sold, consisting of middling to good consuming qualities, with a few shippers ; the latter went at about the London rates, but the former at 3d to 4d per lb lower ; the remaining part of the sales, principally Oude and inferior, were withdrawn ; 20 chests of Fig have since been sold at 22d per lb. About 10 tons of Cutch sold at 175 to 17s fid per cwt., but no sales reported in other East India Drysaltery articles In Salt petre . only 300 bags sold, at 26s to 285 6d per cwt., and about the same quality of Nitrate of Soda, without change. Dyewoods.—The sales in Campeachy Logwood are 600 tons at .49 to V 5s ; 100 tons Honduras and Jamaica have brought 17s 66 to .t'd 5 : 20 tons Cuba Fustic .t 1) 15s to £lO, and a few tons Caniwood .t 26 per ton. There have been no sates of Turpen tine or Tar, and prices remain unaltered. Some few sales of Motreal Pot Ashes have have been made at 27s 66 for the brand of 1841, but in Pearl Ashes the business has been quite trifling. Hides.—The market generally is dull, and the transactions are limited to 1000 dry Buenos Ayres at 72d, 10..0 salted, particularly heated, at aid for Ist class, and 3id for second class, 3300 Monte Video Ox, at 3jd for ordinary, to -lid for good, a a few Cow at 4ad per lb. Tobacco.—The traasactions have been few and un important, chiefly to Manufacturers, at former prices. For Brimstone the demand has been limited, and prices have remained utivaried. All descriptions of Mediterranean Produce have been much neglected, and the few sales made in Sumac' Argols, Cream of Tartar, Berries and Annatto have been on the most limited scale, and with barely sustained prices. There have been some trifling sales in Madders and Roots at the quotations. Olive Oil continues to be much neglected, and although the few transactions of the week have been at about previous rates, it would be difficult to obtain them for larger parcels. A further and more unfavourable account has this week been received of the Newfoundland Seal Fishery, and although little business has been done, the market for fish Oils must he considered generally firmer ; new Seal Oil, to arrive, has been inquired for at the former prices, at which, however, there are no sellers. Seed Oils continue in the most limited demand, but holders will not accept these rates. Oil of Turpentine is saleable only in retail parcels and the quotations little more than nominal. Palm Oil nas been sold rather lower; small lots, to the extent of about 130 tons, have been taken by the Soap-trade, chiefly at .k'34 10s, hut part at ISS per ton ; the largest holders will not accept these rates. 30 tons outshot Hemp have been sold at about .e3B ss, but the exact price is not reported ; 120 bales Jute at £l4 10s, and about 200 bales of Sunn Hemp at £lB 10s per ton, The Tallow market has been extremely flat throughout the week ; we have no alteration to notice in prices, chiefly for want of sales; the arrivsls from Buenos Ayres have been large, and several parcels are advertised for public sale. PRICES OF SHARES, MAY 31 Prices. This day Last RAILWAYS, &e. Per Share. Prices. Bolton and Leigh lOO paid •••• Bristol and Exeter 6o .... 31 0 0 Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto quarter Ditto and Derby .. Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new 2O 19 15 0 Dublin and Drogheda ..... 10 paid o 0 0 Eastern Counties Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid 310 0 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 23 paid 29 2 6 Half Shares 2 5 0 pm. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar 1 6 Greenock, and Ayr 4O paid 38 2 .... Grand Junction Ditto half shares 5O .... 100 0 0 .... 99 0 o Ditto quarter shares (late Chester and Crewe) Quarter 25 6 0 Great Western 65 g 3 0 0 Ditto new shares 5O .... 63 0 0 .... Ditto Fifth Shares... Hull and Selby Leicester and Swannington 5O s 3 0 0 Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 32 10 0 Ditto, new Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares 5O g 6 10 0 London and Birmingham 9O .... 160 0 0 Ditto quarter shares Ditto new shares Ditto London and Southampton Ditto, ioth shares London & Brighton Leeds and Selby • 100 .... 91 0 0 .... Manchester and Leeds . Ditto half shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 35 .... 25 5 0 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Ditto, quarter Newcastle and Carlisle lOO g 2 10 0 Ditto quarter shares North Midland lOO .... 76 10 0 .... New North Midland 4O 33 15 0 .... One-third Shares Paris and Rouen 8 .... 6 15 0 .... South Eastern and Dover North Union York and North Midland 5O paid 81 0 0 ... • Half Shares, Ulster 10 .... 22 S A 22 10.. 14 15 0 BANKS. Bank of Liverpool ........ J 612 lOs paid lg 12 6 .... Borough Bank lO .... 14 2 8.. • • Commercial of Liverpool 12 10.. 17 to 0 ..•. Commercial of England. 5 .... 3 2 S .. • • East of England lO .... 7 2 6 •• • of Manchester lO .... 8 16 3 with div. M'cliester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 10 15 0 .• • Northern and Central - North and South Wales lO .... 5 0 0 ...• - Phcenix la •• • • Royal of Liverpool 500 .... 723 0 oex div - South Lancashire - Albion ---- Liverpool Union lO .... 12 0 0 •••• Liverpool Banking Co lO 8 2 6 •• • Wilts and Dorset 7 105. 715 0•• • • GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 159 0 0 • • —l5B 0 0 L'pool and Harrington Water ) 477 10 0 Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 .., L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 380 0 0 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 176 0 0 Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance )25 paid 5 2 6•• • • Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 0 •• • 0 13 Co Liverpool Fire and Life........ 2 10s. 2 3 0 DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company .. 16 3s. 817 6 .... Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry .... Steam Tug Company lO . . 6 17 6 .... Harrington Docks 100 .... 57 0 5 .... Apothecaries' Company Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 lOC •• •• Asphalte (Liverpool) ---- (Poloocean) 5o , Sea Island l33de 15d ; 150 • Stained - g il 9133 3000 Bowed Georgia - 7i 1 WO 1 f Mobile - 7 ' 1 Alabama and Tennessee 5i - 6 11 12294 4930 New Orleans - 8i ! gm , t f Pernambuco & Paraiba si - si , .. -'' 1 1 Aricati and Ccara - 8i ! 1 • • 1 110 / Bahia and Maceio j il - 84 1 .... J Maranham - 8i i 1 180 ( 1 Sawginned - 7 J •' • • .. , , Minas - - - - 11 .... ; Para- - 1 '' ' • .... Demerara, Surinam, &c - - - j 32 300 ; Egyptian .... 1 Barbados __ - __ ..„ .... ! Peruvian - .... i Bahama .... 1 Laguayra . _ _ _ .... I Common West India, &c.. - - - } 210 30 Carthagena - -- j .... Smyrna - - .. . , Manilla - 1730 Surat - .... ' Madras .... Bengal 134817 } 303802 12372 4902 } 13262 1224( bales ASHES 1 21675 11099 } 3741 LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT. MADDER, cwt. s. d, s. d . . Montreal, Pot.. 26 0@ 27 6 i Dutch, crop 7o 0 —BO 0 Pearl, new .. 28 6 —29 0 Ombro 50 0 —65 0 U. States, Pot.. none. Gamene 32 0 —4O 0 Pearl none. Mull lO 0 BARK, Quercit. .. I 1 o—l 2 0 I French, S.F. Oak, iss• tun ...65 0 7 0 . S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 German 4 15 5 0 ' E.5.F... 51 0 —5B 0 BRIMSTONE, , 110 , ton 1 E.5.F.F.63 0 —66 o Sicily, &c 6lO 7 5 • Spanish 42 0 —5B 0 Tuscany 6 15 7 5 MOLASSES, 10 Mt. CASSIA LIONEA, s. d. . s. d. Trinidad, &c 24 0 --.,, 0 -30 0 -46 yr cwt. in bond 90 0 95 0 I Demerara, &c.... 25 0 —26 0 CLOVER -SEED, 1. cwt. Bar & Antigua.. 27 0 —29 0 American, red 70 0— 73 0 MUNJEET, ,may cwt.. 12 0 —l4 0 Dutch 70 0— 76 0 Om Olive, :p 252 gall s . French & Germ.7o 0— 80 0 Gallipoli COCOA, V cwt. Txieste 67 0 —6B 0 Trinidad 44 0— 48 0 Sicily 67 0 —6B 0 Grenada .... 132 0— 36 0 Malaga 66 0 —66 10 Brazil Portugal, &c .... none COFFEE, V cwt. in bond. Leva - '.:. 65 0 —66 0 Jama. triage .. } 30. 0— 65 0 Palm, q 9, tun 34 10 —35 0 ordinary .... Fish, v 252 galls. good& tine ord. 72 0— g 2 0 Seal, pale 32 0 —33 0 middling 95 0-120 0 brown 27 0 —3l 0 good mid. ... . 125 0-138 0 Cod 26 10 —27 o fine mid. &c... 140 0-152 0 LINSEED, :p ctet 30 0 —3O 6 Dutch, tr 1 iage.. Rape, pale do. 49 0 —49 6 30 0— 50 0 ordinary .... 1 Turpen. qp cwt 50 0 —5l 0 good &fine ord. 60 0— 70 0 Rick, v cwt middling 75 0— $0 0 Carolina, dress. 36 0 good said. 1 85 0— 95 0 in bond 22 0 fine mid., &c. i Bengal, ord. do.. 12 0 —l2 6 Mocha Ceylon Java Havana Jamaica, good & tine ord. 46 0— 52 0 12 to 16 O. p... 36 3 8 St. Domingo 4l 0— 43 0 stronger 3 10 4 10 Brazil 4O 0— 43 0 choice marks.. 5 2 5 8 Laguira 54 0— 0 0 SAFFLOWER, qt , cwt. DYEWOODS,V , ton .''. s. .e. s. Bengal, Logwood, Jam... 6 0— 6 5 good & fine...t's 0 7 0 Hon. & Dorn. 6 0— 7 0 ord. & mid .. 2 10 4 10 Campeachy .. 9 0— 9 5 Bombay Fustic, Spas' s o— --f SALTPETRE, 313 , Mt. S. il. S. d Tampico 6 0— 6 10 East India 25 0 —29 0 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA WOOD. orange 52 0 —72 0 Rio de la Hache liver and block 32 0 —46 0 solid rough 6 0— 7 10 Neutria, ve, doz small Lima, solid Barwood, Ango. e 0— 9 0 !SnumAc, 3s , cwt Gaboon ...... 6 10— 7 0 Sicily.. Camwood ...... 19 0— 25 0 ! Malaga. Red San. Wood.. 7 10— 8 0 1 Trieste . -37 0 6 0 -12 0 10 0-25 0 . 1 3 - 3 3 10 0 -11 0 none 7 0 8 0 6 0 6 6 8 6 9 6 V LAX, MIL Verona Riga. P.T.R. .... 43 0— 13 10 Tyrolese P'burg, g head ..40 0• 41 0 (SUGAR, cwt, „ _ Archangel 44 0- 55 0 B. P. Mincovado Dutch & Flem. 6O 0-120 0 moist brown .. 55 0 —5B o GALLS, 'V , cwt. dry brown .... 5g 0 —62 0 Turkey, blue 65 0— 72 0 good & mid.... 63 0 —66 0 mixed 60 0— 66 0 fine &v. fine .. 71 0 —74 0 East India 6O 0— 63 0 Mauritius, GINGER, qr l ' cwt. dabs and moist 40 0 —52 0 Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 brown & yel... 51 0 —64 Jamaica 6O 0-200. 0 fine yellow .... 66 0 —6B 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 19 0 East India, Bengal GUM, 14 , cwt. Khaur 47 0 —5l 0 Arabic, Turkey 7O 0- 140 0 brown & yel. .. 55 0 —62 0 East India 24 0— 48 0 good and fine.. 67 0 —7l 0 Barbary 5O 0— 0 0 extra fine 74 0 —BO 0 Senegal 75 0— 0 o Manila, in bond 17 0 —22 0 HEM r, v. ton e s. -€ s. Havana, do. P'burg, dean 4O 0— 41 0 brown 22 0 —22 6 outshot.. 38 10— 39 0 yellow . 23 0 —25 0 Riga, Rhine .... 41 0— 41 10 white ord 28 0 —3O 0 outshot.. 39 0— 40 0 good & fine 31 0 —34 0 Archangel Manila 26 0— 28 0 brown l7 0 —2O 0 Bombay l9 0— 21 0 yellow 21 0 —22 0 Jute l4 10— white ord. .... 21 6. —2:3 0 HIDES, Ox and Cow, 313 , lb good and fine.. 23 6 —26 0 B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. TALLOW, 'Sr CWt. inferior & mid. 0 6i— 0 7k P'burgh, Y.C. .. 47 6 —4B 0 good & prime 0 7i— 0 8* Odessa 47 0 —47 6 Do. salted .... 0 31— 0 4$ Archangel 44 0 —44 6 N. Amer. salted 0 3*— 0 3* Buenos Ayres 35 0 —44 6 Brazil dry salted 0 42 6 5* Stockholm 2O 0 —2l 0 Rio, (by Valparaiso, dry 0 si 0 6i Carolina 13 6 —l3 9 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 Virginia W. India, dry.. 0 s* 0 7 TARTAR, IS , cwt. salted.. 0 4*— 0 5* Cream of Tartar 75 0 —Bl 0 East India .... 0 7i— 0 ioi brown and yel 46 0 —52 o Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7 0 oi TEA, V it. in bond. Horse, d. each 7 6 —ll 6 Bohea, Canton HORSE HAIR, ip. lb. Fokein Short mixed long tails 1 0— 1 4 Twankay, corn... 1 8-- 1 g combed Immo, v• lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 1 9 2 9 Bengal. Campoi, pur. & violet blue & violet blue violet, g. & fine 6 6 . 7 0 Souchong, corn., ord. & mid. 5 3 6 0 good to fine. violet & cop. 1 5 0— 5 g Pekoe, flowery . mixed .. J Hyson, corn.... cop. g. & fine. 5 0— 5 6 fine. ord. & mid. 3 g— 5 0 Young Hyson . con. quality Oude .......... . 2 0— 4 g Gunpowder, Madras .......... 2 6 5 0 good and fine .. 3 3 4 6 Guatimala, 7(J. , lb. TOBACCO, VP lb. in bond. Floras ........ 6 0— 6 9 J. River, Leaf.... 0 s—o 7i Sobres ........ 4 9 5 g . Stemmed.. 0 Si— 0 8* Cortes ........ 3 0— 4 6 Kentucky Caraccas, Floras 5 9 6 6 Maryland Sobres . Cortes LAC DYE, V tb• TURPENTINE, 70 cwt. D.T. and prime. 1 6 2 0 American lO 0 —ll 3 mid. to good.. 04— 1 4 VALONIA, IP , ton. Je a d . 0 ord. & inferior 0 4 0 6 Smyrna, picked 14 0 —l9 0 MADDER ROOTS, IF.' CWt. Morea Smyrna Galipoli AZ Syria .. 42 0— African 6 10 8 0 French 46 0— East India ..... 615 0 0 Naples., 44 0— ---- American........ 7 0 — 8 0 1 5 - 1 6 1 9 - 1 10 20- 2 9 2 9 - 3 6 2 2 - 2 4 2 6 - 4 0 1 10 - 3 0 2 6 - 3 0 Tuesday 1 925 g5O 12 8 VVednes. 2110 13 10 33 13 5 Thursday 3 10 51 11 9 14 2 Globes invented B.C. (303. Friday 4 11 25 11 42 14 7 Saturday 5 11 59 - 15 0 King of Hanover born 1771 Sunday.. 6 it 15 031 115 2 Trinity Sunday. Monday 7 047 1 4 115 0 Sun rises 36. 36m. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT DISCHARGED May 29, 184,9, In-patients cured Relieved and at own request Made Out-patients irregular Dead 43 In-patients - 33 12 Out-patients 0 1 Casuals during th e last week 3 4 Remain in the house 6 Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon Mr. Brandreth. House Visiters, Mr. J. H. Turner and Mr. Reade. E. W. JACKSON, Treasurer, *.* Donations and Subscriptions thankfully received at Messrs A. Heywood, Sons and Co., and at the Infirmary. NORTHERN HOSPITAL, MAY 29. ADMITTED. DISCHARGED Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation ..... 7 10 j Cured Attending as Out Patients Irregular Died 17 Remaining in till te Hospital . . . 64 Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. House Visiters. James Hevworth and John Rigby, Esqra. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.-House Surgeon, Mr. Woodward BIRTH. On the 27th ultimo. Mrs. JOSEPH CARTER, St. Michael's-hill, Toxteth.park, of a son. MARRIED On the 2nd ultimo, Mr. JOHN WARD to ELLEN, youngest daughter of Mr. ROBERT WILLIAMS. On the gth ultimo, at St. Nicholas's Church, Mr. AMBROSE ASPINALL, of the Liverpool Police-force, to BETSEY, second daughter of the late Mr. THOMAS FORSTER, Frodsham. On the 25th ultimo, in Chapel-street Chapel, Holywell, before the Registrar, and in the presence of the Rev. W. D. Jones, Mr. JOHN HUGHES, to Miss JANE EVANS, both of Holywell. On the 28th ultimo, at St. Nicholas's Church, by the Rev. T. M'Gill, Captain GEORGE. AIREY, R.N., to ELIZABETH, youngest daughter of JOHN BARDSLEY, Esq., Heaton Norris. Same day, at Childwall, by the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Mr. ROBERT BIRCH, of Sefton, to ELLEN, daughter of the late Mr. OWEN, of Gateacre. On the 2.9 th ultimo, at Birkenhead Church, by the Rev. Mr. Knox, Mr. WILLILM OSBORNE, printer, Birkenhead, to ELIZA. BETH CLEMO, youngest daughter of Mr. EDWALD OSBORNE, Seel. street, in this town. filarktbse LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MAY N. There continues a moderate demand for Sugar, and 700 hhds, B.P. have been disposed of at steady prices. 3200 bags Bengal have also been taken, at 47s for khaur, and 66s to 69s for good to fine white; together with 3300 bags Mauritius, at rather lower rates ; 57s to 59s for brown, 62s to 6fis for good to fine yellow.— Foreign. 220 cases Bahia have been sold to the Refiners, at 13s to lys for brown, and 215 to 22s for white, and 20 boxes ordinary white Havana for export, at 2Es per cwt.—For Bonded Refilled there has been a moderate inquiry at the quotations. Treacle rather more in demand.—There has beep a good inquiry for Mo lasses, and the sales amount to nearly 700 puns. chiefly Antigna and Demerara; the former at 26s to 275 64l for ordinary old, and 28s for new, and the latter at 25s to 26s ; with a parcel of Barba does, from the quay, at 28s 3d per cwt.—Coffee. The sales of Plan tation are confined to a few trivial parcels at the quotations. 170 bags Mocha were sold, part at 82s for ungarbled ; 100 hags Java were also sold at 58s per cwt. :so brls. Trinidad Cocoa brought 455, 850 bags Malabar Ginger 125 del to 13s 6d per cwt., and atio bags black Pepper 4d per lb. No sales of Pimento. Riee.-300 bags Bengal sold at 11s 6d to 125 3d for low white. Rum.-70 puns. of Demerara have been sold at 2s 3d for common Leewards, and 4s to 4s 3d per gallon for middling quality, 28 to 38 per cent. 0. P. Tea.—ln the early part of the week there was a good business done in good and fine Cougous, at full prices . ; since then the market has been more quiet, but prices remain firm. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY 28, We have experienced a very limited demand for Cotton during the whole of the past week ; the trade only buying in small quantities to supply their immediate wants, which owing to many of the spinners working short time, are only to a very moderate extent. Prices of all descriptions of cotton are rather more in favour of the buyer than they were last week, but the decline is so small (scarcely amounting to id. per lb.) that we do not make any alterations in our quotations. The total sales of the week are 12,230 bales, of which ex porters have purchased 850 bales . the remainder is to the trade. Nothing has been done on speculation. At the public sale of Sea Islands this day, there was a very thin attendance of buyers, and the small portion sold was at a decline of fully Id. from previous rates. COTTON MARKET, MAY 28. We have had a moderate business done in Cotton to-day, without any alteration either, in prices, or in the tune of the market, which remains without any improvement from the inanimate state which we have noticed for some time past. The sales are 1500 bags all to the trade, with the exception of about 50 bales American, bought for exportation. COTTON MARKET, MAY 31. Extreme dullness still continues to he the distinguishing feature of the Cotton market, and the transactions therein on a very limited scale. The business to-day has been less than we recollect on any preceding Monday; the total sales being only 12 to 1500 bales, consisting almost entirely of American descriptions. Prices are without any material change. COTTON MARKET WEEKLY REPORT, The demand throughout the week has again been to a very limited extent, and prices may be considered rather more in favour of the buyer, but not sufficiently so to render necessary any general alteration in the quotations. At the public sale of Sea Island to day, consisting of 1470 clean and 670 statined, and 40 of the former and 90 of the latter found buyers, at a reduction of Id to 13d. Exporters have taken 650 American, 100 Pernambuco and WO Surat. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the 21st to the 27th instant, inclusive. Richard Southee, Hertford, innkeeper. Thomas Riley, Gough-square, Fleet-street, London, printer. Richard Smith, New Suffolk-street, London, butcher. John Whit; Goldsmith-street, Gough-square, London, printer. Robert Edmunds, Bennett-street, Blackfriars-road, carpenter. George Pocock Irving, Rotherhithe, Surrey, ship-builder. Demas Sutcliffe, Worley. Yorkshire, manufacturer. Edward Woolley, Birmingham, paper-hanging manufacturer. John Lea, jun., Chester, tea dealer. Henry Clipper Churchyard and John Holmes, Halifax, Yorkshire, woolstapler. William Newsome, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, oil crusher. James Dickinson, Bromley, Yorkshire, drysalter. John Ramshay, Bradford, Yorkshire, grocer. - James Kippax, Lockwood. Yorkshire, omnibus proprietor, DI VIDENDS. June 18. 'l'. Phipp, Southampton-row, Bloomsbury, London, bookseller—June 18. T. Blay, Bermondsey-street, Southwark, Lon don, brush-makers—June 18. J. H. Cunnew, Fenchurch-street. London, victualler—June 18. J. W. Callaway, Woburn, Bedford. shire, linendraper—June 18. J. Fearnley, Hampstead, ironmonger —June 21. J. Clarke, Liquorpond street, London, builder—June Ig. C. Knight and P. Knight, Ivy-lane, Newgate.market, London, salesman—June 19. L. Munn, Solesbridge, Hertfordshire, paper manufacturer—June 22. J. Moss and J. Moss Smedley, Lancashire, dyers—June 21. J. Richardson, North Shields, merchant—June 22. G. Cator, Leeds, wool.nierchant—Jane 21, R. Rudd, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, draper—June 22. J. Pope, and J. Beech, Manchester, brush-makers—June 21. J. Burlinson, Sunderland, upholsterer—June 21. J. J. Bulman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, oil merchant—June 25. T. Jackson, King's Lynn, Norfolk, corn. merchant—June 21. G. C. Cawood, Sunderland. tobacconist—June 21. J. Bishton, Cappon Field Iron Works, Staffordshire, iron. master. CERTI F [CATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before June Is. B. Borough, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, brewer—R. Tilburn, Doncaster, auctioneer—T. Fitkin, tun., Turnham-green, London, omnibus proprietor—W. Tombleson, Stoke-Newington, London, tavern-keeper—H. Lamb, Manchester, grocer—M. Newby, Nor thampton, merchant—J. Wilson, of Toxteth-park, Lancashire, victualler—J. Taylor, Pall-mall, London, dealer in pictures—D. Meadows, Gloucester, fruit-dealer—P. Crompton, Liverpool, iron monger. Prices paid IMPC SALES OF THE WEEK. in the week. This Wk. RTS this year lAVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, NI A .y SI. The price of fine Butter Is well sustained, and the demand good e Waterford, Carlow, &c., mos to 102 s. The provision trade is very inanimate, and prices nominal. Bacon is in fair request at 52$ to 545. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, MAY 29. The arrivals of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal to this port, during the last seven days, have been very light ; but from abroad we have received 16,340 quarters of Wheat, 1,080 quarters of Barley, 1,140 quarters of Beans, and 6,106 barrels of Flour ; and there have been released, for home consumption, 6,220 quarters of Wheat, 1,537 quarters of Beaus, and 733 barrels of Flour. At last Tuesday's market the town and neighbouring millers, who had allowed them selves to become very bare of stock, were retail buyers of Wheat to a fair amount, and an advance of 2d a bushel was quoted generally, the business resting chiefly, however, on fresh qualities of free Foreign ; in fact, either English or Irish Wheat formed a very small portion of the supply. The fine weather has sines restrained purchasers within the limits of their instant wants : holders, however, have not attempted to force, and prices remain without material alteration. Free Flour, upon a moderate demand, has maintained previous rates. Throughout the week both Oats and Oatmeal have met a limited inquiry, but being, at the same time, in small supply, they have undergone little, it any, change in value. A cargo cf Rostock Barley has arrived, the quality fine, and is held at Ls ad per 6olbs, duty paid. Beans and Peas as last noted. In the early part of the week a cargo of Baltic Wheat changed hands, in bond, at Os per 7olbs, and about 1,100 barrels of United States Flour have been sold at 22s Od per barrel. I.,ONDUN UAZErI'A.-FRIDAY, MAY 28 PARTNERSHIPS ,DISSOLN ED S. Warden and J. Goslin, Thornton, Lancashire, brickmakers— W. W. Platt and G. Yates, Salford, millwrights—J. Kershaw, A. Kershaw, and R. Kershaw, Ashton under-Lyne, Lancashire, cotton- spinners —J, Goodier, J. Goodier, J. W. Fairclough, T. Blaekburne. J. Kirfoot, jun., J. Tarlton, G. Littlewood, and J. Barritt, Liverpool, steam-packet proprietors. INSOLVENT, May 28.—John Sugden, Leeds, machine-maker. BAN RUPTCY SUPERSEDED. John Algar, Great Yarmonth, fishing merchant, BANKRUPTS. Thomas Taylor, Liverpool, bookseller, June 10, July g, at three, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs, Kay, Bar low, and Aston, Manehester ; and Mr. Surr, Lombard-street, Lon don. William Charles Henry Parry, Liverpool, bookseller, June 10, July 9, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Kay, Barlow, and Aston, Manchester; and Mr. Surr, Lombard street, London. Elizabeth Freer, Liverpool, bookseller, June 10, July 9, at tw( • at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Kay, Bar low and Aston, Manchester; and Mr. Surr, Lombard•street, Lon don. SCOTCH SEQUESTRITIONS Mathew Maxwell, Paisley, manufacturer, June 4, 25, at one, at the chambers of Messrs. Anderson and Semple, Paisley. V 1 U lam Ruthvcn, Dundee, merchant, May 31, June 21, at twelve, at the Royal hotel, Dundee. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. JUTE. HOUR 1, John Berry, (2nd) Clarendon Rooms 1 2, William Baines, (proof and div.) Ditto, 1 3, John Macaire and Co. (Ist) . Ditto, 1 4, W. Jones and J. B. Windle, (2nd) 4, Adam Walker, (2nd) . . Ditto, 2 5, Brocklehurst, Dicks and Nelson (Ist) Ditto, 1 7, Dickson and Glover, (Ist) 7, William Houldsworth, (Ist) 8, John Tollitt, (2nd) . Ditto, 11 8, George Worthington, (2nd). Ditto, I 8, John Lucy, jun., (2nd). Ditto, . I 9, Evan Evans, (proof and final div.) Ditto, 11 10, Jonathan Beckett, (proof -and div.) Ditto, ' 12 10, Elizabeth Freer, (Ist) 10, William Charles Henry Parry, (Ist) Ditto, 2 JO, Thomas Taylor, (Ist) 11, G. T. and F. C. Smith, (special). Mr. Paris, Stroud, 12 11, Thomas Leftwich, (2nd). Clarendon Rooms, 1 TIDE TABLE Evn. Height. i Sundays, Halystuys, ire DIED At sea, between the Cape and St. Helena, on his voyage from Australia to England, H. F. GISBORNE, Esq., second son of T. Gisborne, Esq., M.P., private secretary of Sir Richard Bourke, when Governor of Australia, and subsequently Commissioner of Police in that colony. OIL Lately, at West Derby, in her 83rd year, JOANNA, widow of Ne late Mr. WM. DERBYSHIRE, much respected and regretted. On the 3rd ultimo, in the prison of Ghent, aged 80, after a captivity of sixty-three years, PIERRE JOSEPH SOETE. At the age of 17 he was condemned, for the murder of a young girl, to be broken on the wheel ' • but the Empress Maria Theresa, a t th e solicitation of the Societe de Saint George, at Ghent, commuted his punishment to that of perpetual imprisonment. In 1814, after thirty-six years spent in prison, Count Bichaloff, Hetman of the Cossacks, then quartered at Ghent, released Soiete ; but. finding himself without kindred, friends, or the means of living, he begged to return to confinement, and in the dreary asylum of the Rasp Huis (prison) he remained twenty-seven years more, till death re leased him. On the 16th ultimo, in this town, Mr. SQUIRE WHITTAKER, late of Bradford. Deceased, was on board the emigrant abip Brooklyn, which sailed from Liverpool for New York on Sunday, the 2nd ultimo, and came in collision with the Mary Scott, from Valparaiso. In a fit of fright, the deceased jumped overboard; and, though saved from a watery grave, he was immediately at tacked with infiamation, which terminated fatally. On the 17th ultimo, at his lodgings, in Runcorn, in his 29th year, Mr. SAMUEL HIGGINSON. He was checquer of the Tower steamer, and, in his situation, was much esteemed for his kind disposition and obliging manners. He had been upwards of thirteen years in the service of the Mersey and Irwell Navigation Company, and was promoted to his appointment of checquer from his em. ployer's confidence in the integrity of his character. _ On the 21st ultimo, in her - 68th year, much and deservedly re. gretted, ELLEN, relict of the late Mr. BENJAMIN ROBINSON, Bootle. Same day, at his residence, Devonshire-place, Everton, aged 44, Mr. JOHN WATT. On the 22d ultimo, suddenly, at his little fishmonger's shop, in Church-passage, Greenwich, aged upwards of so, JOHN SYKES, Nelson's coxswain. Sykes was a most daring fellow, and was with Nelson during the whole of the time of his glorious deeds. He, most of all, distinguished himself at the battle of Trafalgar. His bravery deserved greater reward than it received. " Peace to his name." Sykes was a native of the city of Lincoln. On the tiod ultimo, at the residence ' of his mother, the Dowager Countess of Sefton, Arlington-street, Loudon, to the deep regret of his regiment, Lieutenant Colonel the Hon. H. MOLYNEUX, Ist batallion of the 60th Royal Rifles. In him the corps he corn. mantled has lost one who possessed all the qualities that rendered him beloved by his regiment, and the virtues that esteemed him as a man. As in life, so in death, were his feelings those of a soldi er ; for those with whom he had so long lived, as a friend, companion, and protector, occupyed his thoughts in dying , as his last wishes were to be buried by his regiment. On the 27th ultimo, at his daughter's, aged 91, Mr. DAN IEL ROBINSON, butcher, late of George-street, of this town. On the 29th ultimo, at his house, 5, Stafford-street, HUGH JONES, Esq., aged 54. At his residence, Rose-place, RICHARD WALKER, Esq., aged 76, much and deservedly regretted by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, JUNE I, 1841. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNING, JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 88, Mount Pleasant, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LirearooL. Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. 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