The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-07 00:00:00

rOTI( being a Communt- ?ehnicigociety of Liverpool. By John President. London, Simpkin, Mar i Addison and W. nd Curry and Co. J. Weal Nhien is of more impor- rsuit o such as Englan autical co s it may appear, ndence as a nation are hanical art to whit so little commensurate )ted ; in which the progress of ame- rded by the force of antiquated rvile adherence to the practice of our fore- or by a disposition on ti: pbuUd ors to be guided by random conjec air researches and experiments un- The subject, it must be science i is beat with considerable difficulties; ans of so formidable a character as to cally remaining in statu quo, as if the t, peremptorily and cnus far shalt thou go, and no .evements, partially developed, of late and enterprise of individuals, give a death _.ouraging an assumption, and would rather fa :lusion—humbling as it may be to our pride of ad aarticularly as regards steam navigation, that it aaratively in its infancy. So little, indeed, has accomplished in reducing naval architecture to des for the attainment of definite euda, that sumbuilders, if left without limitation to carry out n views, appear to entertain the same opinion, either modelling of vessels, in the precise proportion and materials to be employed, or the manner of putting gether, so as to attain , by a given expenditure, the strength, speed, durability, and adaptation for any • service • and, though some ha v e b ee n em i nently suc few of ;hem, as might be reasonably expected from ,ulgence in vague fancies and speculations, can safely to predict, with any degree of accuracy, the good ,s of a ship while she is yet on the stocks. Experi lone can accurately decide the question ; and though ind acknowledged principles may to some extent be upon, his most sanguine expectations are more fre lot realized than exceeded. Much is left to chance, ^ards speed and durability; and with respect to should it be, as it generally is, almost wholly of nted with whatever care, and however appa his hopes are often defeated by its pre -d decay. In the fashion or model of de for ages appear to have studied safety, exclusion of high speed. Our bluff bows ns gave our vessels, indeed, a buoyancy, like that It light-ships, to resist the severest storms when iple sea-room ; but rapid sailing, and the conse •ty of working off a lee shore when imminent ited itself, were not amongst their qualities, and in such emergencies were frequent and often By a dogged adherence to the practice of the A to principles partly admitted and partly indefinite, ships of war became obviously sluggish in compari h the sharper vessels of several continental nations : -.R elapsed before our hardy navigators could .elinquish their fullness, and bluff :uction to which they had so long been ac id the circumstance that our enemies' cruisers, and other smugglers, were eventually enabled, arpness of build, to elude their pursuit, alone com- inexpee Ind to print, yes to r, antly, to relax their stubborn opinions, f model which combined rapidity arity. It is notorious that, though adopt that fine h adequat mere ever, until of late attainment of these desiderata, if we 1,3 an occasional smart frigate or sloop of war, yen during our last contest with France and Ame of our fastest ships (we may instance the Pique Ireviously the French Pallas) were of foreign ptured by our dauntless tars, whose prowess POAfI wnq ever transcendent. If such was the a maritime natiou, % ...,Lued with regard to the mo uch its very slow dislodgement from even practical men, no great surprise need .ng a still more rooted predilection in be i, as par ercellance the only safe and appropriate so long were we accustomed and so intimately connected are all our nterprise, rdventure, and triumph of our high seas, with our " wooden walls," that natural, but patriotic ; and if, after )1; obser' hip-building ; tor not only ____ employment of a harder ) such a partiality may he deemed a which. considerine all the circum- arsin t !rice of correct information.—" leans to 'principal causes have probably operated to confirm this prejudice against iron, and tend- —namely,its wet is supposed liability to rapid cor- A I , y oxibuu - - Nn iron ship is lighter and more p, an 1 equal or even much is,a bole ace of water-tight bulls of an extent L), would-ord that would ly produce er into one compar still afloat and sea worthy. On the ran sail profitably or safely without nt of such an accident ,t free, a wooden ship Is a little more slowly, and withou ther the s prolonging the sufferings of alarly if the v nd, this point may, we think to the corn- t constantly in 1 ; and tied b y il "°lvsro4 I should ions imp from of. And with iearly so rapid and insiduous as the decay in y-rot and other causes, and will probably ere y averted by chemical appliances, and atten ig the plates with which they are, as it were, riter of this notice having frequently been at sea, Lt.ly before the introduction of iron in the building of , vessels, could not for a long time divest himself of rch of the wood, for such led him to an oppos ever much t ion of his conviction )me points quite equal, and in many superior ___nber for ship-building, may subject him to that larity which frequently and unhappily attaches itself Ivocates of bold innovation, he hesitates not to make assurance that when the subject is fairly yet stubborn in withholding their faith its adaptation, will be induced to relinquish their erroneous inions, and yield to the evidence which experience is rend n7 every day more and more incontrovertable. If we feel 1, other le reluctance to abandon even false impressions, because mind has habitually accommodated ilself to them as true, re is at least a redeeming grace and satisfaction in candid weeding to the truth, where it irresistably bursts upon us, nd truth must in the end prevail with the sensible portion d. With reference to the present subject, the ac went is matter of congratulation rather than of re have for many years back witnessed the scarcity price of good timber, for the requirements of our for our more extensive mercantile marine, and the both services has rendered an adequate sup- crease of y of suitable materials, a subject of deep and serious con rnment, not only to individuals. but to the nation at large. cannot, therefore, but be gratifying to every patriotic id, to find that the deficient supply of timber from our ests, may be amply and readily compensated for by an ad rable and even more durable material, from the mines of our n country, without impelling us to the necessity of appro ating to the extensive growth of oak large breadths of ipecially required, with our growing population, for tire of the edible productions of the soil. these impressions, we hail the appearance of the first 1 . 1 treatise on iron ship-building that has fallen under and the first which, in a regular and tangible is challenged the scientific and nautical world to a nquiry into the important questions at issue, a a great diversity of opinion is entertained, most part on mistaken assumptions. The tive, and fearless manner in which the au- s subject, is not only honourable to him as a .esolute adventurer on this yet scarcely trodden what perilous ground; but the testimony he ad• ►d the deductions he so clearly draws from it will tend to enlighten the public on a topic too long en. in the mists of prejudice and error ; and, assinnim conclusion. .ch we have no will hasten the advent of itions era in the history of navigation al in an especial it antler, is own emu-Aryl-11er 1 engineer, is an active partner in :stablishment in this town ; and ha isldel able experience (over a period of eighteen principal vocation as an iron ship-builder. In uthorship, when the mass of the productions of too generally, fanciful, ephemeral, questionably 'ten pernicious, we welcome with no little pride work from the pen of a townsman, which, mall and altogether unassuming, will some agitation of the important sub a, and eventually lead, both in this to a great and profitable extension of xhieb are, after all, the chief pioneers ocean is the grand high- and every ement we s, constitutes a pe :ts of humanity D Thomas ands, Esq., chairman Uuck Co❑ tee, of this town, and is founded on a author some we, go, before a sci- ratified audience, and winch he has en guments, derived from talented individuals in arts of the kin g dom, as well as from his own exp . hirrl.?xlese or some introductory remarks he thus - 'Ave ventured upon such a topic had my .essions i ii ra „ iate4 aot been strengthened, and my humble on who %e mbjr the favourable opinion of several ad. even with theeseeeture judgment I can implicitly 1 im a y dvantages, I must, in consider of the difficulties w e iii h e s il d to encounter, and of the intervals of leisur e m rav arduous occupations rd, solicit the indulgengcreoo.fn u Y___Vlow members in be- V of an essay which has .everywhere for did not at first anticipate. I have sought to an extent which en .s of a practical nature relatin g o timber and iron °curt) ,„ hiPs-- - mel so t hi n g that 1 could tak e a the foundatio n o f an argum ent --some historical view of thee subject w hi ch I could ou t and enlarge. Exceptin g, however, work either carry or some few detached s relating solely to timber vessels, of iron vessels—and scarcely and vary hy, perfect sketche s subject, of a Wished documents. I therefore determined or• no assistance from pu course, and to trust more to j n ri ,', l , led to take an independent information derived from those ' own observations, an d to we in collecting it, than to waste my would kindly assis t i n a ll probability, a fruitless search. efforts in a further and, thank several friends, to wh om i And here permit me to . for the uniform readiness with have applied for informat i on, my inquiries, and to state that which they have replied to al ceiving further additions to I shall have much pleasure in re _ rum any one who will the facts I have already collected, 1 favour me by supplying them.' an ri i teresting digest Our author sets out with furnishing of the e ar ly history of iron vessels, swine of which we re built forty years ago, and are supposed to be s till in existence. They were first, it appears, introduced on Ou r canals, where they are yet found to be superior to wooden vesse ls in the most trying work, as well as in durability. T he Aaron Man by, no w i n France the first iron steamer that ever put to sea ; on the iron steamers the Shannon, originally introduced .DY the author's father, now deceased • and the more general in troduction of iron vessels afterwards as sea-goers, from this port, Glasgow, Bce,, are then adverted to. He next furnishes an interesting outline of the most approved modes of con structing iron vessels in essential :points, from the keel up wards, the whole of which. is amply illustrated by accurate dlawings. He also suggests the substitution of iron for wood in the decks and other Parts of iron vessels, where the latter material is still retained. The reader is then introduced to th e question, considered commercially, and the superiority of iron vessels is shown—in strength, combined with lightness— great capacity for stowage--safety—speed—darability—eco. nomy in repairs —coat—and, finally,—draft of water. On tile first of these points he remarks : " The great strength of malleable iron to resist strains in every direction is well known ; but, to those who are not conversant with the subject, the extent to which this advan tage may be carried is not at first apparent; or how the ma terial may, from comparatively small pieces, be so combined in large masses, as to form the ponderous body of a ship ; and they are thus too apt to prescribe a limit to its use. An opinion, indeed, is now very generally entertained that iron may be suitable for small craft, but is inadequate for the construction of vessels of heavy burthen. This, however, is a supposition so erroneous that the reverse would be much more correct; for large vessels will afford the best practical demonstration of the superiority of iron for ship-building. In the application of timber, obstructions increase in a ratio proprotioned to the increased size of the vessel to be built. i How often has the ship-builder the greatest difficulty n ob taining timber to suit the varied curves of our fin est ships ! How often is the country despoiled of its noblest ornaments by the tempting prices be is compelled to offer for its most magnificent oaks, the largest of which are frequently insuffi cient for his purpose ! How are his brains racked, and his patience tried, in seeking for crooked timber necessary to frame a sharp floor, or a square bilge ! How often is he obliged, though he knows it to be injurious, to scarf the frames, for which no timber can be found sufficiently large to enable him to avoid such defects ! And is not this one cause, amongst others, why our building yards arc empty, while our ports are filled with ships from other nations, in which timber is more plentiful, and the choice more exten- sive " But how stands the case when we turn to iron? Where is the frame, even of the most intricate form, that our smiths cannot mould? Where the frame or beam so large that iron cannot be found of which to fashion it, and that, too, if need be, without a scarf? Here there are no knots, no sap, no cutting across the grain. Here there is no useless timber, placed merely to fill in, or to cross buts. Here every inch of material is of service, and every scrap applied to some useful end." He afterwards adds on this point— " If we view the subject with respect to very large vessels --ships of the line or first-class steamers, in which inter mediate decks are not only not objectionable, but requisite for the guns and stores, and in which entire or partial bulk heads may be multiplied without causing much inconveni ence—we have in iron the means of dividing the shell into small sections, affording the strongest supports directly op posed to the strains that tend to disturb the form of the plates, and in the direction in which they can least resist such strains. The sides between these decks and bulkheads would be strengthened by the ordinary mode of framing. In addition to this, the lower part of the vessel might be again intersected by longitudinal divisions; arid these decks, bulkheads, and subdivisions would not only be securely fas tened to the shell, but to each other,—the whole thus becom ing a mass of almost irresistible strength, meeting the strains in whatever direction they might arise. while, at the same time, the weight would be far below that of a timber vessel of only moderate scantling, and the room for stowage would be much greater." In comparing the fastenings of iron ships with those of wooden vessels he says— " A most elaborate system of bracing by iron straps, knees, and bolts with nuts, in addition to the ordinary knees, diagonal internal planking, stringers, &c. is now pursued. Tree-nails used to secure the planking are giving way to bolts, either of copper, iron, or composition , and great addi tional strength is thus imparted. But the grand objection still remains. The bolts do not accord with the materials they fasten together, and the wood is so soft that when a se vere strain arises, a general yielding takes place, by the bolt heads sinking into it, and the wood itself giving way to the pressure it receives from the neighbouring parts. In proof of this it is only necessary to examine the copper sheathing of a large vessel after a trying voyage, when the waving sur face too often betrays the detects within. This effect of straining is most perceptible in steam-vessels, particularly under the paddle beams, and sometimes abaft them. The creaking of a timber-built ship, too, so distressing to lands men, and adding so much to the terrors of a storm at sea, is the result of the unceasing motion which takes place in the seams, acting on the internal timber work, and particularly on the cabin partitions and bulkheads. " A wooden vessel is made up of a great number of parts of various forms and sizes, placed in different directions, which, like the stones in an arch, are dependent on each other for support. If one becomes loose, the whole struc ture is more or less endangered. This is evident from the fact that much of the stiffness of a wooden vessel depends on the caulking of the outer plank." Our author quotes in corroboration of his opinions the following passage from a paper by Mr. Creuze, superinten dent of her Majesty's dock-yard at Plymouth, and author of several highly approved works on naval architecture : " Two questions naturally arise ; first, what are the ad vantages or disadvantages of the substitution of iron for timber, in the construction of ships ?—and, secondly, to what limit may this substitution be advantageously carried? Amongst the advantages are the employment of a less costly material, of which the supply is inexhaustible, and for which supply we are totally independent of other nations ; also, the greater durability of the material, not only from its relative durability with that of timber, but from its requiring no such metallic sheathing to protect it from the ravages of worms the greater durability of the structure, as a whole, in Auence of the greater permanency in the perfect combi nation of its several parts, arising from the fastenings being of the same texture as the portions of materials brought into connexion. The metallic fastenings to a timber-built vessel act, it must be remembered, not only chemically, but also mechanically, to accelerate her destruction so soon as the close connexion of the several parts is at all diminished." Instances are then adduced in which iron vessels have suffered severe beating on rocks, shores, and sandbanks in gales. without sustaining any material injury, while wooden vessels, under similar circumstances, would inevitably have been entirely lost. The greater room for stowage in iron ships is also discussed, and on this point he remarks : " The shell of a timber-built vessel is so much thicker than that of an iron vessel, that, with the same outside dimensions, the latter is frequently 18 inches wider and 12 inches deeper in the hold than the former. Taking the most favourable part of a vessel—namely, in the centre of the length—in a vessel of 200 tons, the proportion in favour of the iron vessel will be as 5 to 6 ; but in the ends, which are drawn finely off, the disparity is much increased, making the proportion of the whole contents about as sto 4. Supposing, therefore, that a vessel built of timber could stow 200 tons, she would, if made of iron, have room for 250 tons. The total capacities of the largest vessels will probably not ap proximate nearer than as 3 to 6; making the iron ship of 600 tons not to exceed in outward dimensions the timber one --= The advantage of this is very great, and enables an iron vessel to trade, and remunerate the owners, in cases in which a wooden vessel would not return a profit ; for, if we suppose that the freight of a 500-ton ship would just pay the expenses required to navigate her, an iron vessel would leave the freight on the extra 100 tons as clear profit. " With steamers, the comparison is much more in favour of iron than with wooden vessels. As the average cargo of a steamer is only, perhaps, about one-third of the load, in engine, cargo, and coals together, an increase of one-fourth in her stowage adds 75 per cent. to her capacity for carrying cargo. In other words, to carry a given cargo, the iron steamer may be much less than a wooden one." The greater safety of iron ships from casualties, as well as from the dreadful calamity of fire, is ably set forth ; and with respect to speed it is remarked:— " The late register laws, which caused more injury to our mercantile marine than those at present in operation are ever likely to repair, and which originated and fostered evils that it may require ages to correct, are no longer obstacles to im provement, and their abrogation affords us some hopes that we shall not for ever be left behind other nations in the speed of our vessels. I believe I may safely assert that when iron becomes generally used for the purpose of ship-building, a much finer form may be adopted, without incurring the dis advantages that arise under the same circumstances, in even the most approved construction of wooden vessels. The ma terial being much lighter to attain the same strength, and occupying less space, the model of the vessel may be made finer, and better adapted for high speed, without a cor responding loss in the amount of stowage and carrying qua lities ; and iron vessels, as they have more buoyancy, are not so liable as timber-built vessels to pitch when in a heavy sea." Under the head " durability" our author ably confutes the supposed rapid corrosion of iron vessels, as proved by several vessels that had performed long voyages, and thus notices the decay of timber-built ships : " The dry rot in wooden ships (which finds no parallel evil in those of iron) is frequently as remarkable in the ear liness of its commencement, as it is invariably rapid in its progress ; and no appliance hitherto resorted to has, in all instances, been effectual to avert its insidious development, or to arrest its destructive progress. The tree which is in tended for a timber ship is no sooner felled than the oxygen, which, during vegetation, is held in harmless combination, begins its work of decay. The gradual combustion and de• ter•ioration of the woody fibre supervenes ; carbonic acid i! evolved ; and the wood, becoming carbonized, loses its flex• ibility and strength. The progress of this decay is sure though, by care, its effects may be retarded ; but, from 'l— numerous instances of its rapid increase, even in well-1 vessels, we are led to conclude that no human foresight prevent its poison from spreading. like a baleful epide into every portion of the ship. How many statek , are now mauldering away under this destructive while their fine and graceful forms conceal the treachero enemy within !" On the question of repairs, our author states— " It is a great mistake to suppose that iron vessels a more difficult to repair than wooden vessels ; and, in purs ance of this error, it is often urged, as an oblection to the , that, should accidents occur to them in a foreign country, one could be found capable of making good the damage. Bu so far is this from being the case, that it is found that nothing is easier of accomplishment; for the injuries are generally xternal, and confined to a single spot, and may in most ntly repaired by any ingenious man, if the visitatio provided with a feiv drills, some cases be sut , . bolts, and other necessary articles, which no captain should neglect to carry amongst his stores. Besides, when iron vessels become more generally employed, the necessary as sistance and means will be found at all considerable ports and stations at which they may touch. But, on the other hand, take the case of a wooden ship, after she has received shocks such as were sustained by the Nemesis, the Iron Duke, or the Vulcan, (if, indeed, she ever again floated ;) her whole frame dislocated—leaking at every seam—several floor timbers broken—the crew fearful at every moment that her continued working will increase the influx of water be yond the power of the pumps to keep it down ;—she is run ashore at the first convenient spot, to avoid a greater disas ter—some temporary repairs are effected at much trouble and expense—she returns home at great risk—goes into the graving dock for one or two months—her copper and planks are necessarily stripped off—the broken flooring is at great cost replaced — new pla nks and co pp er are supplied—and, fi nally, the whole being caulked, she is at length ready again to put to sea! There is no ship-owner of any experience but will readily admit the correctness of this statement, and bear ample testimony to the expense incurred by such acci dents—an expense, indeed, frequently so far exceeding all previous calculation that the building of a new ship would, in the long run, be more in accordance with economy and discretion. But the sublect has grovvn so much upon our h ands that we must defer our notice of the further points urged in be half of iron, including the consideration of the subject in a national point of view, until Friday. (To be concluded in our next.) work. It or is The Liverpool Policeman. Booker and Co. cideut is seem s to have, its existing prototype ; every in- Malapropism resembles, a reality. Mrs. Witt, introduced ; atoir, is a rich specimen of gullibility and in the dialogue her portrait, cannot : perusal of it, we severearl) , in th e dry cunning and caustictiy displayed Scotch artist, while she is sitting for indulgence of immoderate, sur eased in excellence. During our Court of Rhadamanthus, prised our gravity in the . t ! e rresistiblebursts of laughter. The limb of the law isbrout"e whose dread tribunal an ig noble siderabie inventive genius, an g c l't ' 11) for judgment, shows con. tic effect. The adventure at ~ eneged with great drama• in the station-house are capitall y flack ' s, " ork toj,fis.:agrftoifircaiaslinaglne author has too much tact and too rie pencilled.pbuc and la ns the tcfafeo s atr c i ednheti that command to suffer the interest of hisauj good materials at his m oment ; and the preference of th Paned than in it which imaginary real cannota n d substantialto wo rtthhaitlywetieernh to cater ' liberal patronisation of the author's efforts not only for their amusement but to contribute to their moral in tellectual amelioration. MISCELLANEOUS An ear of wheat,—the first that we have seen this year, — was brought to our office last Monday. It was gathered in a field near Kemp Town.—Brighlon Gazette. Her M.jesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour of knighthood, at the Levee on Wednesday, on Mr. (now Sir Henry) Bishop, the eminent musical composer. Prince Albert has lately obtained an undoubted sword of the time of Edward 111., whom his royal highness so recently represented in court revel ; and another of that of Henry V. • A butcher of Besancon has just been condemned to three months' imprisonment, by the Correctional Tribunal, for selling the flesh of dogs as for that of the kid. One night last week the parish church of Tavistock was broken into, and the entire service of communion•plate— some of it of great antiquity—was carried off. The Roman Catholics of Manchester have sold the site of their intended cathedral to the Leeds and Manchester Rail way Company for £9,000. Mr. Samuel Nichols, of Morton, near Bingley, lost a valuable horse on Tuesday last. The animal was gored by a cow SO dreadfully, that was grazing in the same field, that it died immediately On 'Wednesday night, the members of the Protestant Con federation of Birmingham resolved to present an address to the Queen, congratulating her Majesty on her recent deliver ance from the hand of the assassin. The King of Hanover (the Duke of Cumberland) com pleted, on Sunday, the seventy-first year of his age. REPRESENTATION or PRESTON.—RIIMOUE i strongly afloat that Sir H. P. Fleet•.rood is for accepting the chlltern hundreds. PRESTON GUILD.—This ancient festivity will take place during the present year. It is usually held in August or September. On the evening of Tuesday last, thirty-four families, com prising about 170„individuals of the Bailymacarret and Bel fast weavers, sailed from Belfast to Quebec. A large quantity of gooseberries arrived at Sunderland this week, per the Tourist steamer, from London, and were sold at the low price of threepence per quart. The Duke of Cleveland is going to erect a splendid man sion at the lower end of Grosvenor-place. It will command a fine view of Buckingham gardens. A further trial of the Atmospheric Railway took place on Friday at Wormwood Scrubbs, near London. The ex periments were highly satisfactory. The speed attained was considerably above 40 miles per hour, and the vacuum vary ing from 24 to 25 inches of mercury. THE RAILROAD CALAMITY AT SONNINGIIII.L.—The verdict of the Coroner's jury, exacting a deodand from the Great Western Railway Company in this case, was set aside in the Court of Queen's Bench on Saturday, on the ground that the accident causing death having occurred at Sonning, the inquisition before the Coroner of Reading, where the death occurred, was invalid. - - - - • Lynher hence for Hobart Town, was spoken 17th Nov. in lat. ad S, long. )7 W Glenview, 'Renee for New York, was spoken in lat. 50, long. 14 Nymph, hence for Newfoundland, off Cape Clear 26th May Siwerdina, De Hann, and Era Carpenter, hence at Harlingen Onderneeming, 'Leven, hence at Texel Grace Darling, , from Laguna, at Cove. On 13th May, in lat. 42, long. 46, spoke the Alabama, from Liverpool for New York. On 18th May, in lat. 44, long. 41, spoke the Liberty, from Liver pool for New York. On 20th May, in lat. 40, long. 39, spoke the ilritish Queen, (steamer) 11 days, from Portsmouth for New York. A boy only ten years of age, belonging to the commune of Clercy, near Troyes, is in custody upon a charge of wilful murder, by throwing into the river and drowning a playmate, only six years old, who had offended him. - - - It appears, from a report of a case which came before the Lord Mayor of London, that the consuls of foreign states have agreed to refuse relief to sailors in distress of their re spective countries, when they arrive in England as sailors on board an English vessel. - On Monday afternoon, whilst a man named Abraham Simpson sat on a plank, employed in repairing the shaft of the engine-pit at Dudley Hill, Bradford, an explosion of fire damp took place, by which he was blown to near the pit mouth, and then fell back again to the bottom of the shaft, a depth of from sixty to seventy yards, by which lie was literally smashed to pieces. Whole villages, including the rich as well as the poor, are emigrating from Germany to North America. Three of those in Upper Hesse have, within these few months, been entirely abandoned, and several in Rhenish Prussia are pre paring to follow the example. A short time ago the whole population of one of these villages passed through Mentz on its way to America, accompanied by its pastor and school master. - - The registrar-general of births, marriages, and deaths, has ascertained from the returns of the late census that the mean duration of life in the two districts, towns and rural places, differs by nearly 17 years ; the average of life being 55 years in the country. and only 38 in the towhs. The density of the population in the country districts referred to compared with that in the towns is as 10 to 2-12 ; the mortality as 100 to 144. - - Captain Fisher, R.N., the principal harbour master, has been instructed to clear the Thames, near Gravesend, of the obstruction made by the sinking of the collier Vesper, about eighteen months ago, near the town of Gravesend. The means he intends to try consist of certain experiments by the galvanic process, and the operations will, it is expected, commence in the ensuing week. SINGULAR. CIRCUMSTANCE.—A circumstance of a very extraordinary nature occurred at Dam Head, in Quermore, on Friday last. Mr. W. Fox, who resides at Dam Head, discovered a nest of young rabbits in one of his fields, and brought them home to his sons. Next morning, the lads went to visit their rabbits, when, to their astonishment, they found their cat, an animal of the short-tail species, lying amongst the brood, and acting towards their. the part of a mother. What renders the circumstance yet more singular is, that the old cat has a brood of kittens of her own, which she has actually forsaken, and regularly suckles the rabbits, and has fairly transferred her affections to them. IMPORTANT TO TIMBER MERCHANTS.—The Commis sioners of the Customs have, with reference to the contem plated alteration in the timber duties, issued an order to their collectors and comptrollers, at ports where regular bonding timber yards and poeds have not already been provided, di recting them to acquaint the merchants engaged in that trade, that they are ready to receive applications as to tem porary arrangements for bonding colonial timber and other wood goods imported to the 10th Oct. next. This will ena ble the timber merchants to import cargoes previously, and hold them in bond, subject to the low rate of duty, if not taken out for home use before the proposed tariff becomes law. - • • Huron, hence for New York, was spoken 22nd May. ill lat. 46, long, 23 Castries, Elliot, from London, at St. Lucia Sir C. Campbell, Williamson, sailed from Charente for Liverpool 2gth May Susan, Alictt, hence at St. Pcterrburg Tom Roberts, Samuel, and Janet Hay, Peterron, hence at Riga G. Palmer, Clutterbuck, and Tally Ho, Row, hence at Hamburg Lima, Towns, from Bahia, at London Albion, Maughon, from Odessa at Cove Frederick Wilhelm, Schutt, from Danzic for Liverpool, at Pen zance. SUNDAY, JUNE s.—Wind N.N.W. light. Mtarvan.—Janet & Catherine, Sutter. and Hoatelina, from Barletta. „... SAILE D. —Athena, White, for Calcutta —Alice, AllW3'l, fcr Barba does—Eliza hick, Davies, for Hayti—Fenella, Smardon, for Gib- raltar—Ellen Brooks, Hamilton, for New Orleans—Consbrook, Pollock, for Quebec—and Elia, Muniatequi, for Olesuind. Vesta,.hence for Odessa, off Trafalgar Iligginson, Hogg, and Dove, Collins, hence at Barbadoes Sawbridge, hence at Palermo Marys, from Belfast for Quebec, was spoken in lat. 42, long. 23 Irlam. Morpliew, sailed from Barbadoes for Liverpool 2nd May. George IV, Cornelius, sailed from Palermo 19th April, and Jane, Ridley, 30th April, both for Liverpool WEIGH YOUR CANDLES. - At the Court Baron of James Dearden, Esq., of Rochdale, last week, eleven persons were fined in various sums, for having exposed for sale can dles deficient in weight. The candles were in dozen pounds, and in one case the deficiency was 17i ounces. CAUTION TO PUBLICANS. - It has been decided at Bristol, by Sir Charles Wetherell, the recorder, that publicans suf fering not only card playing, but bagatelle and the like, although not for money, or money's worth, are liable to the penalties imposed by the alehouse act of parliament. It is a well-known fact, which says little in favour of the New Poor " Law," that there is not one union in the ma nufacturing districts of Lancashire, Yorkshire, or Cheshire, where the law is not broken. The guardians dare not carry out the law for fear of their lives, and the commissioners dare not press them to do so for fear of their salaries. EARLY STRAWBERRIF,S.-Mr. Matthew Dalby, gar dener, of Linton, near Wetherby, has during the present week exhibited to us a very fine specimen of the strawberry (Keene's seeding) perfectly ripe, which had been gathered in his grounds, and had been grown in the open air on the banks of the river Wharfe. A committee has been organised in the city of London, with many influential names, for the purpose of presenting to the Pasha of Egypt a gold medal, as a slight mark of their esteem for the ready facilities to the conveyance of the mails to and from India throuch his territory, notwithstanding the war. Lieut. Waghorn, R.N., is active in the business. On Saturday Lord Denman gave judgment in the long disputed case whether. Miss Burdett Coutts should be rated to the relief of the poor in respect of a box which she held in Drury-lane Theatre, and the court decided that the box in question was a tenement, within the meaning of the act of parliament, and that, therefore, Miss Coutts was liable to be nOME, MAY 17.—Great sensation has been excited here by the marriage of an accomplished young English lady, sister of Lord R , to a veturino, and the arrest of , a lady of rank, who from a fondness of pieces of ancient kinds of marble, broke them out of places where they were fixed in our churches and museums.—Allgemeine Zeilung, May 26. - - Since the passing of the reform act no fewer than seventeen candidates have on different occasions offered themselves for the representation of Ipswich, viz., on the conservative in terest, Messrs. Mackinnon, Fitzroy, Goulburn, Kelly, Dun des, Brooke, Holmes, Gibson, Cochrane, [Terries, Gladstone, and Lord Desart ; and on the whig-radical interest, Messrs. Wason, Morrison, Gibson, Rennie, Gisborne, and Moffatt. BELFAST ELECTION.—The committee appointed to try this election determined on Thursday, that the same must be declared void, on the grounds that sufficient polling ac commodation had not been provided, and that four of the poll clerks were minors. The candidates returned were Mr. Emerson Tennent and Mr. W. G. Johnson ; the disappointed ones, the Earl of Belfast and Mr. Ross. Little doubt is entertained that at the fresh election, the same candidates again returned Sir Henry Hardinee has aanouneed, by a circular from the "ar Office, that government will not be responsible for any sses sustained by paymasters of regiments, officers, sol ers, from the failure of country banks, as paymasters can ive Bank of England notes at all times through the regi ental agent. This order has been issued in consequence the losses of the Scots Greys by the failures of Wigney's righton bank. —Limerick Chronicle. RAILWAYS. — We understand there is every reason to be eve that, in the September of 18-13, both the Leeds exten ion and Liverpool junction line will be completed ; the hairs of railway communication will have its link added, and ae railway be open in one continuous line, from the H umber D the Mersey ; from the Thames to the Forth and the :lyde ; while all the great towns of Great Britain—London nil Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester, Leeds nd Hull, Glasgow and Edinburgh, will thus be placed in loser connexion and more rapid communication with each " • DOPER, THE ALLEGED MURDERED.—COODer, alleged he murderer of the policeman at lli g hbury, appears to be dly recovering from his illness, but is totally indifferent or unconscious of, the awful situation in which he is ,ed ; for yesterday, one of the authorities of Newgate en d his cell, and thus addressed him :—" Well, Cooper, are you to-day ?do you think you are getting well ? Vhy, yes, sir, I feel I am getting better daily, but the effect he poison that 1 took has gone into my hands and feet, gives me great pain, and I do not think I shall get clear A. for two or three years to come.", The gentleman thus tressed, as his duty commanded, made no remark on this servation, and shortly afterwards quitted the cell. TRUE ?-A considerable crowd was collected the morning before last in the rue Beauregard, before a house from which loud cries proceeded. Suddenly the glass of a window was dashed to pieces, the casement thrown open, and a man forced out a woman whom he held only by the hair of her head over the street. A cry of horror burst from the persons below—mattrasses were placed where the unfortunate'woman was to fall, but she by a desperate effort, succeeded in catch ing the window-sill, and at last, after creeping-up, pushed in man, who struggled with her The guard arrived nearly at the same moment, and arrested the ruffian, who was con ducted to the guardhouse amidst the groans and hisses of the crowd.— Galignani's Messenger. DYING OF A THOUSAND GOOD SYMPTOMS.—" Here I am," said a great man, to a friend who entered his sick room while flattering physicians were telling him of hopes of recovery, which he felt were false, " dying of a thousand good symptoms." " There it is," says with very different feelings, the Morning Chronicle, pointing to Sir Robert Peel's majority, " dying of a thousand good symptoms. The sanguine journalist tells his readers—" The measures of the Ministry have been supported by larger majorities even than that which placed them in office ; ' " no defection worth notice has taken place among Sir Robert Peel's supporters ;" " if occasionally a few Tories have given a rebellious vote, their loss has been supplied by at least an equal number of Liberals, who have strayed into the majority;" and yet," we are quite sure" that " the Tory party is most seriously damaged, if not actually broken up, by what has passed during the present session." Sheridan, a Whig leader in his lay, went once upon a time to shoot over the estates of an Irish nobleman. An Irish attendant followed him, carrying mis game bag, much after the same fashion that the Chronicle 'ollows Lord Palmerston, Sheridan blazed away right and eft, but not a bird would fall ; the numerical strength of the )artridges, like the numerical strength of Peel's party, re mained undiminished. At first his trusty squire consoled him by assurance . that this bird hung its legs suspiciously, that other moved its wing awkwardly, while a third he pro tested had dropped a feather or two. At last, finding the sportsman listened incredulously to his hacknied flattery, he bethought him of a variation, and bawled out as another bird flew off scatheless, " By the powers and ye gave that one a fright !" The Chronicle must have nearly exhausted its topic of consolation when it has recourse to one so nearly akin to Paddy's last shift. ROMANTIC INCIDENT. — A man of the name of Buffard, aged 44, a day labourer, was tried on the 13th before the Court of Assizes of Angers, for the murder of a gendarme lamed Renault. It appeared that the deceased on the 22nd if February, when accompanied by two of his comrades on duty in the commune of Maulevrier, perceived a man with a gun who was evidently poaching. He desired his com panions to stay behind whilst he went towards him. The latter on seeing him approach fled, and the gendarme pur sued until his comrades lost sight of him. Suddenly the report of a gun was heard, and the two gendarmes running up, they found Renault dead, and the murderer gone. A young man, named Gandreau, was arrested on suspicion, but after 14 days' imprisonment, Buffard, who is his uncle, came forward and delivered himself up, declaring that, if any one was guilty, he was the man. On the trial, the pri soner, who was decently dressed in the costume of the peasants of La Vendee, appeared deeply afflicted, held his face hidden in his pocket handkerchief, and, when he spoke, his voice was interrupted by sobs. He acknowledged that he had shot the man, but declared that it was altogether an accident, for when he saw the gendarme pursuing him, he ;yarned him not to come near, and throwing down his hat ;aid, "if you pass that spot, I will fire." The gendarme 'till approached with his musket to his shoulder, and he, mot knowing what he was doing through agitation, raised his guel, and the piece unfortunately went off. He fled, and told his nephew, who had been arrested, as well as to other mem bers of his family. The court, taking into consideration the conduct of the man in giving himself up, and the evident affliction be felt for the unfortunate event, found him guilty of homicide without premeditation, and sentenced him to the Pr o c ur eu r eight noun e y de years'confinement.. dß ß o e i f , o w r e the h o conducted sentence was h epr o s pro nounced, prosecu tion, u o -- tion, informed the jury that the prisoner had a high cha racter for general good conduct, and mentioned that the nephew, who was in the first instance apprehended on the charge of murder, knew, immediately after the event, that his uncle was the guilty party , but, with the most generous feeling, had preferred imprisonment, and even the risk of condemnation, to becoming his accuser.—Galignani's Mes senger. THE LATE FIRE AT lIAMBURGII.—MESSTS. Abraham Bauer and Co., of Hamburgh, transmit to the Morning Chronicle, a correct statement of the buildings destroyed by the fire-61 streets ; 120 courts ; 1992 houses, and 1716 dwelling-floors, (etages, sable); 498 cottages ; 468 dwelling cellars ; 21,526 inhabitants roofless ; 3 churches ; 2 syna gogues ; 3 watermills, with 36 wEelves ; the spinnhaus and zuchthaus, with their churches (houses of correction) ; the Detention-house; the Senate-house; the Old Exchange. N.B.—The New Exchange, only built last year, is saved •, and repairing, of Comm erce , Court of g, in use aga i n . Th e Eimbeck ahfotuerset few tai days ing n , i Com mon Pleas, with offices, the Custom -house offices, the Stamp offices, the Lottery-saloon, the Citizen Guard offices, and other public offices. The Bank. A great many—and all the largest—hotels; and all the libraries. 3.786,300 square feet is the superficial extent of the burnt portion of the city. " The streets of Hamburgh, says the correspondent of The Times, " that have escaped the fury of the fire are assuming in many parts a novel appearance. I have a l rea dy men tio n ed th a t s mall wooden buildings were being formed at different points at different points of the city, to accommodate as far as pos sible those tra d e smen who have been burned out of th e ir houses, and whose bus iness has been for a tim e necessarily suspended Th es e buildings are rising rapidly in s evera l . wherever a vacant space convenient for their con • quarters, As soon as finished (and formation requires - V. u r t uc a ti s o l I n o . rt time), they are occupied by some of the sufferers s from the late fire. M a ny of the places are already opened as instances, where there has been time t e shops; and in some and f • to furniture, make, con complete the internal decorations a pretty good show. These build ingssideringall circumstances, ; the allotment of them be are occupied as they are built I committee, of which the Hiilfs ing in the hands of a genera s verein forms p a rt, who have also the ~ distribution of the funds Business collected for th e re lief of the sufferers by the fire. and credit are r e v ivin g rapidly; and as sistance continues t o be transmitted from all quarters. gYbippttig FRIDAY, JUNE 3.—Wind N.W. light, A It RIVED.—Ann Mondel, --, from Odessa. from Trinidad—and Canges, SAILED. — Devon, Mallory, for Canton—Gleneira. Newby, for Sincapore—Charles Hamerton, Steincliffe, for St. Domingo— Theodosia, Cushing, for Jamaica—Robert Isaac, Sherman, for Sa vannah—Priscilla, Taylor, for Pernambuco—Jarnes Edward, How ard, and Sylvanus Jenkins, Seymour, for New York—Jessie, Horn, for Quebec—Glasgow, Douglas; Elizabeth Bentley, Hunt; Dun can, Robertson ; Duke of Weßngton, Grant, and Rebecca, Pick ance, for St. John, N.B.—Adelaide, Beeves, for Labrador —Cestus, Gillalee, for Montreal—Packet, Steel, for Genoa—Gipsy, Davis, for Harlingen—Redbreast, Wainwright, for Naples—lndustry, Bow ditch, and Agnes, Grenfield, for Rotterdam—Glenroy, Warwick, for Archangel—Minerva, Briex ; Egidius, Halewyk, and Eugene, Groendahl, for Ostend—Walter Scott,Welch, for Nassau—Volador, Caloo, for Bilboa—Jantina, Weaf, for Danzic—Waakzamheld, Weerd, for Narva—and Ulga, Routledge, for St. Petersburg. Windermere, , hence for Calcutta, was spoken 2nd April, in lat. 16 S, long. 23 W Parsee Merchant, hence to Bombay, was spoken 27th Feb. in lat. 23 S, long. 63 SATURDAY, Jums 4.—Wind S.W. to N.W. light, SAlLED.—Glentanner, Wylie, for Africa—Ripley, Norman, for Calcutta—D'Arcy, Garrick, for Sincapore—Lily, Messurier, for Hayti—St. Vincent, Shepherd, for St. Vincent—Venilia, Vickers, for Havana—Lauriston, Fanning, for Jamaica—Gipsey, Cresswell, for Rio Janeiro—Ontario, Jamieson, for New Orleans—John Den. niston, Kittrick, for Chaleur Bay—South Carolina, Owen, for Bos ton—Britannia, (steamer) Hewitt, for Halifax, &c.—Safeguard, Smith, for Montreal—Scotland, Buchanan, for Quebec—Veracity, Gething, for Civita Vecchia—and Wm. Rushton, Smith, for Lisbon. MONDAY, JUNE 6.--Wind E.S.E ARIIIVED.—Ann, Green, from Maracaibo; sailed 21st April— Tomlinson, Kirk ness, from Tampico—Waterlily, Cuthbertson, from Genoa—Blanche, Trevovich, from Palermo—Ann & Margaret, Neilson, from Iceland—lndustry, Zellein, from Ostend—and Eliza beth Watson, Watson, from Leith. SAll.F.'l).—Aibion, Moran, and Thetis, Vaughan, from St. John, E.B.—Coltsmbia, Clarke, for Philadelphia—Sisters, Kenison, and Nautilus, for Newfoundland—Highlander, Carroll, for Messina; &c.—Annegiena, Potje, for Groningen— Mathilde, Michaelson, for Ant werp Palestine, Littlefield, for Boston—and Rose, Tucker, for Mobile. Prince Albert, Jolly, from Pernambuco, at Cove. On Ist June, in lat. 51, long. 12, spoke the Normanto, hence to Montreal _ . Success, Nelson, hence at Demerara Stephen, Hensel!, from Newcastle to Pictou, was abandoned in lat. 47, long. 48, in a sinking state. Crew arrived at Newfound land in the John Romilly, from London. Margaret, Pridham ; Scaleby, M`Minn ; Jessamine, Jarvis . Nep tune, Cunningham ; Victoria, Bannister; Trafalgar, Kennedy, and DeAre, Grieg, hence at Newfoundland Wild Irish Girl, from Madras, off Dungeness 2nd instant. On 21st May, spoke the Lady Campbell, from Sierra Leone to Cork awsons, hence at Buenos Apres WHEAT FROM ABROAD.—It appears by an authentic pub lished statement, which we have seen, that between the 9th of January and the 30th of March, no less than forty-three vessels cleared from Odessa for various ports in the United Kingdom laden with Wheat, amounting to about 75,000 quarters. Since the end of March, a number of other ves sels have left the same port with similar cargoes, so that it may be calculated that upwards of a hundred thousand quar ters of NA heat are in course of deposit in this country from Odessa alone. The arrivals from the Baltic arid other places will, no doubt, be correspondingly large, and when the duty is reduced from the present rate of 12s. to a somewhat lower figure, it is probable that a very large quantity of Wheat will be taken out of bond for home consumption. THE PRINCESS ROYAL.—We feel much indebted to the agent of this splendid steamer for putting us in possession of the Morning Chronicle of yesterday morning, three hours before the arrival of the London mail, containing the details of the attempted assassination of her Majesty. Copies of the Chronicle, Times, and other London journals were, the moment the train arrived from Greenock, forwarded to the different public reading rooms in town; and altogether the public are much indebted to the proprietors and the agents of the vessel, at Liverpool and Glasgow, for their public spirit and enterprise. The passage from Liverpool to Green ock was made in the astonishing shorts pace of sixteen hours and five minutes.—Glasgow Chronicic, of Ist June. AWFUL OCCURRENCE.—At a wedding which took place in the vicinity of Youghal some time since , a teetotaller g ot in toxicated with " cordial." Maddened by the " —drug," the wretched being imprecated that—" if the devil choked him, he would drink enough ! "—and, shocking to relate, he kept his fearful pledge—he drank until he dropped a hideous corpse. Shocked at this awful interruption to the bridal fes tivities, and wishing, if possible to rem ove the res p onsibility -tlftniT of the madman's death from their own doors, some of the } LIVERPOOL party removed the body to a neighbouring churchyard, where _jAVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JUNE 6. it was discovered on the following morning, and an inquest a d'reheoindeeaolr is obliged v. e i c li t l o s b o mue . cireumspection, that be submitted I , l i t t i %d r t k o r sholders,saleable, held upon it. This calamitous and horrifying event has pro- make any progress. Heavy Beef g and duced a deep sensation in the vicinity where it occurred. — and at rather more money. We understand there are orders in the ri n i , a g r i k n et d a c t m t a le id r a i n t , o i f on th ly e a E f a e t , l a n r d e ia an C x o i l o n u p s an to y. sel ß l aeon is improv- Waterford Chronicle. RAILWAYS IN FRANCE.—The Chamber of Deputies re jeeted on Tuesday the three Bills relative to the railways of Strasburgh to Basle, Bordeaux to La Teste, and Paris to Versailles, along the left bank of the Seine. The Ministry had proposed to authorise the former to borrow 6,000,000 f. for the completion of the works, but the Chamber on being assured that the Compan y possess ed ample means to complete them, and that one of the propr ietors still held 34,000 shares unsold, , thought prosier to withhold the authorisation. By the second Bill, the Minister of Public Works asked to be empowered to lend 2,000,000 f. to the Bordeaux and Teste Railway Company, and to dispense the Paris and Versailles Company with paying the interest of a sum of 5,000,000 f., loaned to it last year, until the Ist of January, 1859. This demand was likewise negatived by the Chamber, and the ballot on the three Bills produced only 63 votes in their fa vour, and 206 against their adoption. CHURCH. RATES. —The Rev. W. Bruce Knight, Chancellor of the Diocese of Llandaff, at his late Vernal Visitation,lmade some reference to the recent surprising decision of Dr. Lush ington alone on the Braintree case, and quoted with most reasonable effect the following judgment of all the judges in the Court of Exchequer, delivered by Sir Nicholas Tindal. "The repair of the fabric of the church is a duty which the parishioners are compellable to perform, not a mere voluntary act, which they may perform or decline at their own discre tion ; the law is imperative on them, absolutely, that they do repair the parish church, not binding on them in a qualified manner only, that they may repair or not as they think fit ; and where it so happens that the fabric of the church stands in need of repair, the only question upon which the parish ioners, when convened together to make a rate, can by law deliberate and determine is, not whether they will repair the church or not, (for on that point they are concluded by law,) but how and in what manner the common law obligation may be best, and, at the same time, most conveniently performed and carried into effect. The parishioners have no more power to throw of the burthen of the repair of the church, than that of the repair of bridges and highways. THE Mooas.—As the shooting season approaches, in quiries from sportsmen in the south, who wish to take moors, as numerous as in former years ; and Inverness bids fair to keep up its title of the sportsman's toll bar for the Northern Highlands. From the continued rains in the end of last season, the grouse became as wild as hawks, so that plenty of birds must have been left for breeding ; and up to the present period, this season has been highly propitious. Over all the moors, except the very highest, this week will be what is called the great hatch—the most critical time for the tiny cheepers—and, if rain falls heavily, the poor draggled birds are unable to crawl through the heather, where they perish. Hence the difference in the numbers which compose the broods. In fine dry summers, coveys will average four or five brace, while, in wet seasons, rarely more than half that number ever take wing. The prospects of the season for anglers are certainly of the most cheering complexion. Our spring salmon fishings have been unusually good. The rivers are now teeming with fry, descending to the sea, and when the grilse season commences, every pool will be searched by lovers of the gentle craft. The merry month of June invites numerous piscatorial parties, where, " in among the moun tains," from loch to loch, they pursue the finny tribes, and enjoy, in detail, the beauties of the Highland landscape. THE ROBBER .BAnoNEss.—We learn from the Augsburg Gazette the following particulars of a very singular robbery, to credit which demands some exercise of the imagination. " A letter, dated from Rome the 20th ult., states that tire admiration of a German baroness having been excited by the magnificent altars of the isolated church of Santa Croce, formed of some of the finest marble taken from the temples of ancient Rome, she could not resist the desire of appro priating some of these ornaments for herself, and she de tached several marble tablets from the altars with an iron hook." (The original phrase is we doubt not here correctly rendered " with a hook !"). On her third attempt she was taken in the fact. A search having been made at the baroness's residence other objects which she had purloined were discovered. The penalty of sacrilege is that of the gallows." It was well for Santa Croce that the German baroness (who certainly must be a descendant of the re nowned Munchausen) did not take a fancy for carrying off the pillars of the church, as well as those very portable arti cles, the marble slabs which form t/se altars. Samson's ex ploit in carrying off the gates of Gaza is well known, and the reputation of the man who run away with the monument has survived in song : but the German baroness seems to be a more wholesale plunderer. Passionately in love with art, she takes a fancy to a marble altar (or some other object of similar size and weight), and, incontinently whips it into her reticule or her side pocket—if she wears one ;—it was a mercy that Santa Croce was " isolated" (and therefore, per haps, less used for service), or she might have pocketted the officiating priest into the bargain. How we wish the baroness had paid a visit to London, she might then, perchance, have taken a fancy to one of our public edifices—the National Gallery , for instance, and have carried it off piecemeal. We, at any rate, should riot have punished her for sacrilege ; the crime would, at most, have amounted to petty larceny. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. —The progress of this truly splendid pile of building has been very active, consider ing its immense length, since the panic caused by the late disagreements and misunderstandings among some of the misled operatives. It is now arrived at the first tier of apart ments, and the corbels for many of the windows display al ready numbers of heater-shaped shields, charged with the royal arms of England before and after the conquest, toge ther with those of the royal continental houses with which f am ily is intimately allied. Other see the present reigning tions of the edifice are also enriched with innumerable escut cheons bearing heraldic designs of illustrious ancestors who had fought in Palestine, bled on the fields of Arragon, or who once had aided the sturdy barons who compelled John to sign our ever-memorable charter. These exterior embellishments lightments will sustain painted windows, " casting a dim religious —a light as not of day," over the interior of a finer structure, and one every way more convenient, considered as the two Houses of Parliament, or one more becoming the dignity of the nation, can scarcely be conceived. A remarkable passage in " the minutes of evidence (952) before the select commit tee of the House of Commons," on the subject of members' accommodation, runs thus :—" The near approach to the li brary and a convenient s moking room are now of more im portance than ever ; in olden times such accommodations were less necessary. Members came and sat a few hours in their seats, heard the debates, voted, and went away in rea sonable time, but now, a member of parliament who attends his duty closely, spends twelve hours a day in the house, to say nothing of committees. It therefore becomes important that he should have the convenience of a library ; and what is called a smoking room TELEGRAPH OFFICE, JUNE 6 Wind at Holyhead East, light breeze in the morning OIT Holyhead, No. 247, Alice, Ship, for Barbadoes. No further communication owing to thick weather. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) WEST INDIES AND IIIADEil?,1 Jane, J Rollings, SI Trinidad and Maracaibo, Imrie & Co Hereford, A Reaburn, 261 Kingston, Falmouth and Montego Bay, J Poole & Co SOUTH AMERICA. Cambridge, P. 11. Dean, J Collas, 118 Vera Cruz, 14.'N air & Dutton BRITISH AMERICA. Huron, A Sibbison, 402 Montreal and Quebec, Croaier Brothers & Co Mearns, J Drynan, 756 Quebec, Rankin, Gilmour &Co Edinburgh, B Lawson, y 4 4i Quebec, Fielden Brs &Co EUROPE. Mentor, J F Schroeder, ,;!75 Genoa, Saracen, W Puckey, SO Oporto, Franiska, Boden, Stettin, Will-o'-the-Wisp, It Ilighat, 101 Lisbon, Eshelbygc Co Wood & Kitson Bahr, Bchrend & Co Vizonnt & J ones LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JUNit 6 This has been one of the dearest markets we have had for several years, prime Beef making from 74d to Sd per Ib, middling bid to ;d, good Oxen such as are generally' slaughtered for the shipping realized from 65s to 70s per cwt. sinking the offal. The supply of Sheep and Lambs were large, the former making 4d per lb advance on last week's quotations. Sheep 6.(1 to 7d, Lambs ;id to Sd per lb. Number of Beasts 492; Sheep and Lambs 6932. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET, JUNE 6. The arrivals of Pota!oes into port since the 3rd instant is ex ceedingly light, being comprised in about eleven cargoes—yet the high prices demanded for this root, has materially checked the con sumption, and the present stock, although small, moves inio con sumption exceeding slowly. Both our town and retail trade, and country dealers, being affraid to operate to any extent. The market has losed very dull this evening, with a tendency to lower prices. Manx, Scotch, and Irish Cups 3s 4d to 3s 6d, Apples as Gd to 3s gd, Guernsey Blues s6dto Ys ed, Cattle 2s 6d to 3s per 901 b. Our local markets are exceedingly well supplied with all de scriptions of farm produce, for which we continue to have a good demand. _ _ s. d. s. d. Potatoes,Apple,9 . 4. 4 2 4 6 Old Hay .... 0 6 (ii - 2) 10} - p 2011), Cups 3 (i 3 10 New Hay.... 0 0 0 0- Pink-eyes 3 8 3 10 Clover Slay.. 0 7 0 9 - Short Tops 3 2 3 5 Straw, Wheat 0 4 0 5 V 2411 Cattle - - Straw, Oat .. 0 32 0 4} - Turnips, s ton - Clover and Grass li 0 0 2i Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 1p ton s. d. s. d MANCHESTER CORN MARKET. JUNE 4 During the preceding fortnight, our millers and bakers had pur chased to a fair extent of Wheat and Flour, and this being followed up by a week of the finest possible weather, the trade in thes e articles since our last has been languid, and the turn of prices has been in favour of the buyer. _ The value of Oats and Oatmeal has been forced up by large pur chases of the latter for Ireland, both at Liverpool and here, but we have had no increase of demand from our usual sources. At this day's market, we have but a limited inquiry for Wheat and Flour, and though we make no alterations in our quotations purchases of both might be made on somewhat easier terms than on this day week. We raise our quotations for Oats ad per bushel; and for Meal fully as per load, but it may be remarked that apart, from the demand for Ireland. no seal cause for so extensive an advance is at present apparent on this side the water. Conse quently our usual customers oppose it with much determination, and limit their pureha,es as much as they possibly can. Inferior and light Oats are stilLoffered without effect at nearly late rates. Beans are held at rather Iligher prices. In Malt no variation. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JUNE 3. The demand has been limited, and the sales of 8.P., are only 300 hhds., .without change in price. Nothing has been done in Mauritius, but 1000 bags of Bengal have been disposed of, at figs to 7i,s per cwt. for good white. In Foreign there are no sales to report. Molasses.—The only sale to notice is 40 puns. ordinary St. Vincent, at 28s per cwt. from the quay. Coffee.—A public sale of Plantation, consisting of about 140 casks Jamaica, went off irregularly, and at a decline, in some instances, of 5s to tis, con sequently a sale of 120 casks advertised for this day was withdrawn. Owing to the delay of the new Tariff and the uncertainty at what rates the duty will be fixed, the trade are little disposed to purchase, except for their immediate wants. 50 brls. Trinidad sold at the quotations. No sales of Foreign, nor of Cocoa, Ginger, Pepper or Pimento. Rice.-20 toes. fine Carolina sold at 305, and 5000 bags Bengal at lie to lls gd per cwt. B. P. Rum.—The demand is con fined to the finer descriptions, of which about 80 puns. have been sold, also 20 puns. certified East India, averaging 31 per cent. 0. P., at 38 Per gallon. There has been a better inquiry for Tea during the week, and pricesmay be considered a shade higher. The transactions in East India Drysaltery Produce have been very limited indeed, comprising only so tons Cutch at 12s 3d, 5 tons Munjeet at 15s, and 75 chests Shell Lac at 36s to 553 per cwt. 01 Saltpetre, only 150 bags are reported at 28s 3d, and 150 bags Nitrate of Soda at 22s 611 to 23s per cwt. Dyewyods.—The sales of Logwood have been very trivial. la Fustic, 50 tons Cuba sold at ...CS to £8 10s, 40 tons St. Domingo at .47, 6o tons Spanish at £4 Iss to .45 I7s 6d; 30 tons Lima Nica. ragua Wood 3to £l5, 30 tons small at .t 7 les to .t 7 15s, and 100 tons Gaboon Barwood at ,e 4 5s per ton. The trade purchase Turpentine very sparingly, waiting for the completion of the new Tariff, and have taken 450 brls. only, at 12s gd; our stock, in con sequence of this limited consumption, has increased greatly.—A parcel of 450 brls. American Tar have been sold at 11s 3d.—The sales of Montreal Pot and Pearl Ashes have been very trifling, but previous prices have been obtained; the stock is now so much re duced, that the quantity remaining in the port is estimated not to exceed 500 brls.—Hides. Salted River Plate have been in good demand, and sales to some extent have been made, at 4id to 40 for Ox, and 42d sp lb for Cow, which is an advance of id s lb on previous rates.—Tobacco. The total sales last month were 520 hhds., viz. 250 Virginia leaf and 130 stemmad, 26 Kentucky leaf and 114 stemmed. So far this month the market has been quiet, and the sales will amount to about 80 hhds., at steady prices. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, JUNE 3. Upon all Foreign and Colonial Grain and Flour, duties remain unchanged for the ensuing week. We continue to be fairly supplied with Foreign Wheat direct from the north and south of Europe, and a further quantity of Pease from the Baltic Ports, with which excep tions and a moderate quantity of Irish Oatmeal, arrivals of the past three days are scarcely worth notice. The want of animation existing in the wheat trade on Tuesday last, has not been relieved by any improved symp toms intermediately np to this date : on the contrary, holders of free Wheat have shown rather more inclination to sell, and even a small decline in price, scarcely appeared likely to produce much increase of demand.—ln bonded Wheat and Flour also, the transactions during the same period were limited in amount, but with little variation from the terms previously noted. Oatmeal and Indian Corn, however, were in lively request for Shipment to Ireland at advancing rates ; whilst other articles remained stationary. Upon a continuance of exceedingly fine weather, and a very slender attendance of buyers this morning, all descrip tions of free Wheat were extremely difficult of sale, and de cidedly the turn cheaper. The transactions in bonded Wheat, since our report of Tuesday, include a parcel or two of Egyptian, at 6s. 3d. per 701bs. on the spot, with two cargoes of French, afloat, at 408., and one of Polish Odessa, at 525. per quarter, cost, freight, and insurance ; but nothing more has been done to-day. In Flour, under lock, no sales have transpired, and all kinds available for consumption have moved off very sparing ly, at late prices. Barley has met an increased enquiry for grinding, and must be noted 3d. per bushel dearer. Beans, likewise, are held on rather higher terms. Malt and Pease remain steady. Oats, in the absence of any material supply, have realised Id. to 2d. per 451bs. over Tuesday's currency, at which, how ever, few sales have been effected. The large operations in Oatmeal, amounting to 8,000 to 10,000 sacks within the last two days, at 30s. to 31s. per 2401b5., have subsi ded this morning ; but Indian Corn, be ing still in request, commanded 45s to 46s per quarter of 480 lbs. • LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 3. The attendance of purchasers in our Cotton market to day has again been good, and fully 5,000 bales have been sold at full market prices. The weekly sales amount to 34,450 bales, and the market closed with a very steady and firm feeling. COTTON MARKET, JUNE 6. The demand for Cotton continues general and good, with rather less animation in the market than for the last three weeks. On Saturday 35(10 to 4000 bales were sold, and to-day 4300 bales have been sold at full prices, with a steady and firm feeling. The news by the overland mail has -had no particular effect upo►► prices. Holders shew their stocks freely, and buyers have a fair choice. COTTON MARKET.—WEEKLY REPORT. There has been a good demand throaghout the week, yet, as the market continues so freely supplied, no improvement can be noticed in prices, but it closed with much firmness at last week's quota tions for all kinds. Speculators have taken 6500 American, and Exporters 850 American. 150 Pernambuco and 140 Madras, and there have been forwarded into the country unsold during the last mouth 3000 American, 200 Brazil and 254 Surat. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON From the 27th ult. to ne 2nd instant, inclusive SALES OF THE WEEK 380 Sea Island 30 Stained .. 9950 ! Bowed Georgia 4 f Mobile • 6410 f 1 Alabama and Tennessee 4 4 12340 New Orleans 550 1 P er nambuco & Paraiba in { Aricati and Ceara 320 ; Bahia and Maceio I 't - 780 f Maranham 1 Sawginned ... Minas ... t Para Demerara, Surinam, &e 630 Egyptian ... Barbados 230 Peruvian Bahama too Laguayra 120 Common West India, &c Carthagena .... Smyrna Manilla 5▪ 310 Surat 200 Madras • Bengal 1 31281 34551 bales LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT AsnEs Montreal, Pot. Pearl, new . U. States, Pot. Pearl MADDER, Ip• cwt 3 0 @ -- Dutch, crop 35 0 —35 6 Omhro none. Garnene Mull d. s. d. U —7O 0 0 —55 0 0 —4O 0 0 -- 30 0 none 6 0 BARK, Quercit Oak, 7,4 ton German French, S.F £4 10 - 5.F.F... 42 P..s. F: . . 46 BRIMSTONE, Vo ton Sicily, &c 6 15 E.5.F.F.48 0 -54 0 0 -50 0 Spanish MoLAssms, as cwt. St. Lucia, &c,.... 27 Demerara, 29 Bar & Antigua.. 31 MUNJJET, cwt.. 13 OIL, Olive, 252 ;;all. Gallipoli .458 Trieste Tuscany — CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. 8. d 10• cwt. in bond 80 0 90 0 CLOVER-SEED, Ir cwt. American, red.. 62 Dutch 64 0— 66 0 French & Germ. 64 0— 66 0 COCOA,* cwt Trinidad.... Grenada .. Brazil COFFEE, * cwt in bond Jama. triage :: }4O 0— ordinary .. good& fine ord. 82 0-102 0 middling 104 0-124 0 good mid. l2B 0-138 0 Cod 3l fine mid. .&c... 140 0-150 0 LINS END, * eel 35 Dutch, triage.. ordinary .... }3O 0 — 6 0 0 Rape, pale do. 5l Turpen. I:b cwt. 45 good &fine ord. 65 0— 75 0 Rica, 41. cwt middling BO 0— 90 0 Carolina, dress. 20 good mid. Igs o-105 0 in bond 22 fine mid., &c. Bengal, ord. do.. 9 Mocha Ceylon Java Havana Jamaica, good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 1210 16 0.p... 36 3 8 St. Domingo 4O 0— 42 0 stronger 3lo— 4 2 Brazil 37 0— 40 0 choice marks.. 4 10 5 6 Laguira 46 0— 48 0 SAFFLOWER,* cwt. Dvivoons,l9 , ton £. s. X. s. 'Bengal, Logwood, Jam... 4 10— 415 good & flne...€s 0— 7 0 Hon. & Dom. 5 0— 5 10 ord. & mid .. 2 10 4 10 Campeachy .. 7 5 71 0 Bombay Fustic, Span 5 0— 5 10 SALTPETRE, p CWi. S. d. - S. d Tampico 6 0— 610 East India 27 6 —32 0 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA WOOD. orange 45 0 —7O 0 Rio de la Hache liver and block .. 28 0 —llB 0 solid rough 6 0— 7 0 Neutria, le dox .. small 6 0— 7 0 Chinchilli, do. .. Lima, solid 14 0— 15 0 Seal, each Barwood, Ango. 7 0— R 0 SIIUMAC, s cwt. Gaboon 5 0— 6 0 Sicily Camwood l7 :0— 26 0 Malagl Red San. Wood 6 0— 610 Trieste FLAX,* ton. Verona Riga. P.T.R. .... 40 0— 42 0 Tyrolese P'burg, 9 head .. 38 0— 40 0 SUGAR, IP cwt. Archangel 44 0— 55 0 B. P. Muscovado Dutch & Flem. 6O 0-120 0 moist brown ..118 GALLS,* cwt. dry brown .... 61 Turkey, blue 57 0— 60 0 good & mid.... 64 mixed 50 0— 55 0 fine &v. fine .. 70 East India 55 0— 60 0 Mauritius, GINGER, 19' cwt. dabs and moist 43 0 —57 0 Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 brown & yel... 60 0 —66 0 Jamaica 6O 0-200 0 fine yellow .... 67 0 —7O 0 E. India, in bond 9 0— 14 0 East India, Bengal 3‘.:31,19 , cwt. Khaur ..... ... 47 0 —54 0 Arabic, Turkey 7O 0-110 0 brown & yel... 56 0 —64 0 East India. 24 0— 60 0 good and fine.. 70 0 —72 0 Barbary Senegal B5 0— 0 0 Manilla, in bond 13 0 —l7 - LEHI', * Nit 4 S. 4 S• Havana, do. P'burg, clean 33 0— 31 0 brown outshot.. 32 0— 32 10 yellow . Riga, Rhine .... 34 0— 34 10 white ord outshot.. 33 0— 33 10 good Sc line— Archangel Manilla 23 0— 24 0 brown Bombay Jute loss, Ox and Cow, 1 , 4 , lb . good and fine 9. Ayres and Monte Video. dry.VTA ',Low, 45 cwt. inferior & mid. 0 lii 0 7 1 P'burgli, Y.C. .. 40 0 —4 9 6 good & prime 0 74 0 8 Odessa 48 ii —49 0 Do. salted .... 0 4 0 41 Archangel 47 0 N. Amer. salted 0 3i— 0 4 Buenos Ayres 4O 0 —45 6 Brazil dry salted 0 si b 61 Stockholm ... Rio, dry .... , Valparaiso, dry 0 0— 0 7 Carolina Odessa, &c. dry 0 G— 0 7 Virginia W. India, dry.. 0 !i— 0 7 TARTAR, Vo cwt salted.. 0 41— 0 51! Cream of Tartar.. 68 0 —7O 0 East India .... 0 71— 1 0 brown and yel... 49 0 —65 0 Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7 0 81 ' TEA,10 lb. in bond Horse, d. each 7 6 —ll 6 Bohea, Canton .. boass HAIR, 90) , lb. Fokein .. Short mixed long tails .. 1 0— 1 6 Twankay, com... 1 8— 1 9 combed Nolo°, 45 lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 2 o 3 0 Bengal. Campoi, pur. & violet blue & violet blue 0 0— 0 0 mid. to fine.. 1 7 2 0 violet, g. & fine 6 3 6 b Souchong,com... 1 10 ord. & mid. 5 3 6 0 good to fine.. 2 0— 3 0 violet & cop. 1 Pekoe, flowery .. 2 a 3 6 mixed .. I 4 6 ' ' Ilyson, corn 2 2 2 4 cop. g. & fine. 4 6 5 0 fine 2 8— 3 0 ord. & mid. 3 3 4 6 Young Hyson con. quality .. 3 0_ 5 3 Imperial Oude . 1 6 4 3 Gunpowder, Madras 2 3 4 6 good and fine .. 3 0— 5 0 Guatimala, sp lb TOBACCO, IP lb. in bend. Floras Sobres 4 0— 5 3 Stemmed.. 0 4 0 7 Cortes 2 a— 3 g Kentucky Caraccas, Floras 5 3 6 0 Maryland Sobres 4 5 5 3 TURMERIC, liil , cwt. in bond. Cortes LAC DYE,* lb. TURPENTINE,' Cwt. D.T. and prime. 1 6 .2 0 American ll 0 —l2 9 mid. to good.. 0 61— 1 4 VALONIA, V ton. 4 s 4 0 ord. & inferior 0 3 0 6 Smyrna, picked 14 0 —l9 0 MADDER ROOTS,* cwt. Morea Smyrna .. 48 0— 50 0 WAX, BEES' * cwt. in bond. Galipoli & Syria .. 38 0— 40 0 African 6lO S 0 Trench 42 0— -- East ludia Naples 35 0— 45 0 American 7lo— 8 10 -33 0 -13 6 o —6o -0 o —5B 0 38 0- 43 0 } 32 0- 35 0 Sicily Malaga Portugal, &c Levant Palm, ve tun.. Fish, vo 252 galls Seal, pale 0 -57 0 0 -55 0 0 -54 0 -53 0 0 -34 10 0- 0 0 0- 0 0 10-32 0 6 -52 0 -10 0 -12 0 6 0 -12 0 10 0 -25 0 .0 0 - 0 • 0 9 0 -10 0 none 7 0 8 0 5 6 6 6 5 0 9 0 o —6O 0 0 —63 0 0 —66 0 0 —72 0 . 1 7 0 -18 0 .19 0 -21 0 .2S 0 -27 0 .28 0 -32 0 13 6 -17 0 17 6 -18 0 18 0 -20 0 21 0 -23 0 16 o —l7 0 16 0 —l7 o 10 6 —ll 6 1 4 - 1 6 PRICES OF SHARES, JUNE 6. Prices within the last seven days RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share Bolton and Preston 5O paid 0 0 Birmingham and Gloucester .. 100 paid 0 Ditto quarter Birmingham and Derby Bristol and Exeter -7 0•• 0 Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new 0 0 0 Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto new Shares 4 6 8 6 17 11 Ditto, Debentures S s 10 16 Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto new shares 4 1 0 2 6 Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid 0 0 0 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock '25 paid 0 0 0 Half Shares... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar l 50 pa i d Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares Quarter New Great Western Ditto new shares Ditto Fifth Shares Great North of England Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 0 0 0 183 10 0 01 10 0 25 0 0 O 0 0 88 0 0 ... 02 5 0 ... O 0 0 82 1J O 0 0 000 . . O 0 0 ... 0 0 0 ... O 0 0 0 0 0 ex 42 10 0 ... 84 5 0 178 0 0 . . 37 0 0 . 59 15 O 0 0 . O 0 0 .. O 0 0 ... 63 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 .. 27 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0.. O 0 0.. 0 0 0 .. 71 10 0 .. 17 5 0 .. 50 paid 47 10 0 Ditto Junction, new Leicester and Swattningto❑ Leeds and Selby Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham.. , Ditto quarter shares .. Ditto old shares Ditto new London & Brighton Ditto new London anti South Western Ditto, loth shares ...... 37 I o Manchester, Bolton, & Bury • • 93 Manchester and Birmingham.. •t 0 Ditto and Ditto Extension .. 7 Manchester and Leeds ........ 7u Ditto half shares Ditto quarter shares Midland Counties .. Ditto, quarter .... North Midland .... New North Midland 0 0 0 One-third Shares .. North Union Newcastle and Carlisle 40 .... 0 0 0 21 S 4 75 .... 71 0 0 100 0 0 0 25 0 0 0 25 .... 0 0 0 16 .... 17 0 0 50 0 0 0 5 .... 5 10 0 50 paid 0 0 0 15 .... 0 0 0 Ditto quarter shares .. Ulster Paris and Rouen South Eastern and Dover New shares York and North Midland Half Shares.. _ BANKS. Bank of Liverpool ........ £l2 10s paid - B or ough Bank .......... 10 - Commercial of Liverpool 10 - Commercial of England. 5 - East of England ........10 - of Manchester .......... 10 - M'cliester Rc L'pool Dsct. 15 - Northern and Central .. 10 - North and South Wales... 500 10 - Royal of Liverpool ..... - South Lancashire ...... 7 los, - Albion ................ 25 paid - Liverpool Union ........ 10 - Liverpool Banking Co.. . 10 - Wilts and Gps, WATER WORKS, & c. Exchange Buildings ........ £lOO paid L'pool and Harrington Water l Stock Works ................ Bootle Ditto ........... L'pool Gas Light Company, (Original Sto ck) 100 new Shares.... 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 Stock.... 00 0 Ditto as St Coke Co• .4'loo , L'pool New G Ditto new shares are now paid up . ASSURANCE COMPANIES. O 0 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 M'chester Assurance Company, 10 „ Liverpool Fire and Life 2 las, Ocean Assurance • 2 10,. Assurance Liverpo ol Marine ) , c o mpany DOC KS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company .. 1E Is, 0 0 0 Rock Ferry s tea m Tog Company n o 0 .... 2 19 0 .... 0 0 0.... 0 0 0 ... Prices paid zmro rtTs in the week.,ThisWk. i this year 8a 4t16 5i 6# 1i0676 4 L 1 214933 Q I 5 })927Sit 8 8 } 1335 6t 1 5i , , •• • • 63 1 6 1 7i 1 384698 } 10225 1 22357 ). 4754 } 69317 LONDON GAZETTE..-.FRIDAY, JUNE 3. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED J. Martin and W. Muir, Liverpool, shawl-merchants—J. Swain son and J. Clayton, Manchester—H. Marsland and S. Marslaud, Charlesworth, Derbyshire, cotton-spinners—B. Butterworth, J. Butterworth, R. Butterworth, and it. W. Butterworth, Hudders field, woollen-cloth_manufactarers ; as far as regards B. Butter worth—W. North and J. West, Bradford, yorlcshire, cotton-dyers. INSOLVENT June s.—Thomas Long, Beaufort-place, Chelsea, coal-merchant. BANK RU YTS. William Chappe.ow, Long-acre, London, bridle-cutter. Peter Anderson Hepburn, Powis;place, Hampstead-road, Lon don, bottled beer merchant. Thomas Quaife, Thomas Jones Tyrrell, and James Quaife, North end. Fulham, brewers. William Harper, Cowper's-court, Cornhill, London, merchant. Charles Samuel Heywood and William Heywobd, Manchester, warehousemen. _ _ . George William Longbridge, Sunderland, ironmonger. John Gcodier, Rastrick, Yorkshire, fancy-cloth-manufacturer. Edward Ashworth, Manchester, innkeeper. George Bower, Wooldate, Yorkshire, woollen-cloth-manufac John Bainbridge, Richmond, Yorkshire, ironfounder. James Walker, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, mercer. John Nottingham, Cheltenham, Gloucester, picture-dealer Henry William Jackson, Haveihill, Essex, 'vane-mereeant DIVIDENDS. June 24, W. Thompson, Princes-street, Spite Melds, London, hat manufacturer—June 24, J. Jackson, Poultry, London. glsss-dealer —June 24, W. Maton and J. Hudson, Fore street, City, London, leather-sellers—June 25, S. Chappel, Lawrence-lane, City, London, butcher—June 27, E. Bailey, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, Lon don, upholsterer—June 27, P. P. Phoms, Warwick-square, Lon don, printer—June 13, W. H. Hutchins, Whitechapel-road, Lon don, I:nendraper—June 24, W. Legh, New Windsor, Berkshire. corn-dealer—June 29, J. Johnson, Nantwich. Cheshire, druggist— June 29, W. Corner, Nautwich, Cheshire, ironmonger—June 25, J. Marsden, Manchester, corndealer—June 25, J. Wood and T. Wood Leeds, cloth-manufacturers—June 27, T. Marshall, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, grocer —June 24, W. Carr, South Shields, grocer—June 27, J. M. Rigden, Wingham, Kent, 'nester, June 27, R. Neech, sen., Kirkley, Suffolk, farmer—June 15, J. Holt, Livesey, Lanca shire, grocer—June 23, B. Read, Worcester, wine-merchant—June 25, W. Curtis, King's Lynn, Norfolk, common brewer—June 28, J. Prescott, Upholland, Lancashire, innkeeper—June 27, J. Green and W. Green, Wetherby, Yorkshire, timber-merchants—June 28, J. Macarie, J. Linneman, and J. C. Berger, Liverpool, merchants —June 28, J. Railton and J. Pavey, Manchester, manufacturers of mousselinede laincs—June 27, B. Tattersall and T. Tattersall, Liver pool, corn-merchant CERTIFICATES To be panted, unless7C . au - se be shown to the contrary, on or before June 24 - - J. Thornton, Leicester, builder—R. H. C. Hunt, Old Broad-street, City, London, merchant—T: Willacy, Windle, Lancashire,. corn dealers—W.Batson and H. J. Bissell, Tipton, Staffordshire, iron - rnasters—G. H. St. Clair, Birmingham, pawnbroker—D. Nutt, Stratford-green, Essex. merchant —T. Bull, Minories, London, grocer—E. Green, Clifford-street, Bond-street, tailor—J. Crowe. Sunderland, innkeeper—E. Rowlhy. Bishop Wearmouth.. Durham, scrivener—W. Hunt, jun.. Tipton, Staffordshire, ironmaster. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS James Black, Aberdeen, merchant, June 8, 30, at twelve, at the Royal Hotel, Aberdeen. Alexander Gleig, Baxter, Glasgow, saddler, June 9, 50, at twelve, at the chambers of Mr. Ritchie, Glasgow. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. JuNb. Hovß —... 7, James Watt, (2nd) Ditto, 1 8, Bannister and Simpson, (special) John Peacock's. 12 8, George Hutton. (Ist) 10, Grays, Wilson & Co. (proof and final aiv. Ditto, 12 10, William Slater (special) 10, Bannister and Simpson, (2nd) Clarendon Rooms, 1 11, James Wilson, (proof and final div... Ditto, 1 TIDE TABLE Height. Sundays, llo!plays, tye H. M. H. M. I P. r. Tuesday . 7 956 10 16 12 3 Jupiter rises 10h 5m even Vt e lncs . 8 10 37 10 57 13 5 New Moon In. mornitig, Thursday 9 11 IS 11 38 14 7 Friday ..10 11 r. 9 - 15 5 Saturday 11 022 044 16 4 St. Barnabas. Sunday.. 12 1 6 128 16 11 3rd Sunday after Trinity. Monday. 13 152 217 17 1 Trinity Term ends. LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, JUNE 4 ADMITTED DISCHARGED In-patients cured Relieved and at own request 10 Out-patients Made Out-patients'. . . 0 t Casuals during the last week 4 Irregular Dead . .. Remaininthelouse Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. R. Davies. House Visiters, Jas. Bold and L. Peel, Esqrs. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon . Mr. Brandreth. E. W. JACKSON, Treasurer, )SPITAL, JUNE 4 REPORT.] DISCHARGAD 19 Cured Attending as Out Patients 13 Irregular Died e Hospital louse Visiters, Daniel Neilson and Walter 0. Heywortli, Esqrs Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. E. Maginnis.—House Surgeon. Mr. Parker. BIRTHS On the 3rd of February, at Valpariso, the wife of ROBERT RODGERS, Esq., of a son. On the 19th ult., at Warrington, the lady of WILLIAM MALL, Esq., of a daughter. On the 22nd ultimo, in Park-lane, the wife of Mr. THOMAS G. GARRETT, of a son, who died a few minutes afterwards. MARRIED. On the 24th ultimo, at St. Martin's Church, Birmingham, by the Rev. J. Fatly, M.A., Mr. JOHN BUTLER, of this town, to CAROLINE, second daughter of Mr. THOMAS BAKER, builder, Kidderminster. On the 28th ultimo, Mr. JOSEPH KINSEY, saddler of this town, to JANE, sixth daughter of Mr. WILLIAM MORPHET, of llornby, near Lancaster. On the nth ultimo, Mr. THOMAS DARBYSHIRE, head engineer to Messrs. Robert Preston and Co., spirit-merchants. eldest son of Mr. Thomas Darbyshire, Standish Arms. Eldon•street, to JUDETH, eldest daughter of Mr. ROBERT ROGERS, shoe maker, Circus-street. On the Ist instant, at Dumfries, by the Rev, Dr. Wallace, of St. Michael's Church. ALFRED LANGDON BRANDER, Esq., Ordnance Office, Tower, London, to MARGARET GREY, youngest daughter of CHRISTOPHER SMYTH, Esq., writer, Dumfries. Same day, at St. Augustine's Church, Everton, by the Rev. Thos. Dawyer, M.A., ARTHUR POWELL, Esq., M.D., to JANE, youngest daughter of the late Mr. DAVID FITZPATRICK, of Edinburgh. Same day, at Great George-street Chapel, by the Rev. Dr. Raffles, Mr. THOMAS SAFFERY WILLIAMS, 91, Scotland-road, to HANNAH, eldest daughcer of Mr. J. HUDSON, Scotland-place, flour-dealer. Same day, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. H. HIGGINBOTTOM, machine-maker, to CATHERINE, third daughter of the late Mr. JOHN LEWIS, bookkeeper. Same day, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. JOHN MOORE to Miss CHARLOTTE COPNALL. On the 2nd instant, at St. George's Church, Birmingham, by the Rev. George Barrett A.M., SAMUEL ASTON, Esq., to MARY, eldest daughter of JAMES A. LABRON, Esq. Same day, at Christ Church, Mr. ANTHONY BARNES, of the Saracen's Head Hotel, Dale-street, to Miss HANNAH HAMPTON, of Etruria, Staffordshire. On the ird instant, at St. Bride's Church, WILLIAM PARK, Esq., of this town, to ELLEN, second daughter of GEO. ASPINALL, Esq., St. Jaines's.street. Same day, at the Scotch Secession Church, Mount-pleasant, by the Rev. Hugh Crichton, H.D., Mr. JOHN MAXWELL, jun., joiner, of Everton, to Miss CATHERINE FERGUSON, of Dumfries. On the 4th instant, at Walton-on-the-Hill, by the Rev. Mr. Wilson, Mr. THOMAS BROMLEY, painter, to Miss ISABELLA, M'KENZIE, both of Everton. DIED. At Fernando Po, Dr. VOGEL, the naturalist attached to the Niger expedition. Lately, at Llanidloes, aged 85, Mrs. JANE MASON, for upwards of sixty years a manufacturer and commercial traveller in Welsh flannel. The deceased has lett thirteen grandchildren and twenty lour great-grandchildren, all now living in the same town. In September last, at Sydney, New South Wales, aged 30, EDWARD TUOIIY, Esq. On the 26th of March, at his residence, Salt-hill, Jamaica, THOMAS, eldest son of toe late Mr. JOAN DAVIES, late of Whitchurch, Salop, now of this town. On the 10th ultimo, after a short illness, SAMUEL JOSEPH, Esq., merchant, deeply regretted by a numerous circle of relatives and friends. On the 01st ultimo, at his cottage, near the Lake of Constance, in his 40th year, Captain GEORGE HOPE JOHNSTONE, G.C.B. On the 23rd ultimo, at his father's residence, Hope. near Wrex ham, in his 24th year, Mr. WILLIAM JONES. late head master of the Welsh Clarity School, in this town. His superior talents, and amiable disposition, rendered him greatly beloved by all in connection with that Institution. On the 25th ult., at Longton, in his 25th year BILLY RICHARD SON. lie was the tallest man in that neighbourhood, being as he lay in his shroud, six feet nine inches in height. On the 27th ultimo, HENRY WNICOLL, infant son of Mr. lI4NRY 11. TINKER. On the 28th ultimo, in Foregate street. Chester, after a long and painful illness, borne with Christian fortitude, aged 85, Mr. THOS. JOHNSON. . . . Same day, at his house, Browning-street, Salford, in the 81st year of his age and 44th of his ministry, the Rev. JOHN BROWNING, Wesleyan minister, for many years a zealous and efficient missionary in the West Indies. Same day. at Deal, in her 9Uth year, MARTHA, wife of Mr. WILLIAM DALLAWAY. . . On the 2gth ultimo, nett 34, much respected and lamented by a circle of Roman Catholic friends, MARY, wife of Mr. ANTHONY PARR. Same day, aged 20, CHARLOTTE JANE, youngest daughter of Mr. WM. SMOULT. Same day, in the county of Sligo, of consumption, aged 22, Mr. JAMES TAAFE, late junior teacher in the South Corporation School in this town. Same day, aged 62, Mr. THOMAS MUCKLOW, commercial traveller, late of this town. Same day, at her sister's house, in London, in her 88th year, the lion. Mrs. WARDE, relict of John Warde, Esq., of Squerries. On the 30th ultimo, after a long illness, MARY, wife of Mr. JOHN DEAN, Stanley Arms, Matthew-street. Same day, at Youlston, near Barnstaple, aged 52, Sir ARTHUR CHICHESTER, Bart. His eldest son, Arthur, born in 1822, suc ceeds to the family honours and estates. On the 31st ultimo, in Brook-street, London, in his 87th year, THOMAS MANNERS SlirrON,__Baron Manners, of Foston, county of Lincoln, formerly Lord Chancellor of Ireland, and who held the seals of that office for nineteen years. He is succeeded by John Thomas, his only issue, now in his 2ith year. Deceased was brother to the late Archbishop of Canterbury, and uncle to the present Viscount Canterbury. Same day, after a long illness, borne With Christian fortitude and resignation, in his s;th year, Mr. EDWARD 'SULLIVAN, Falk ner.street, deeply regretted. Same day, in her 85th year, CATHERINA, widow of the late GEORGE BENSON STEWART, Esq., Bridge-hill, Derbyshire. On the Ist instant, after a long and tedious illness, aged 75, Mr. CHARLES TAYLOR. Same day, at 20, Upper Beau-street, Everton, after a short but severe illness, a age- 1 5, MARY, third daughter of Mr. JOSEPH PEARSE. Same day, aged SS, Mr. GEORGE PILKINGTON, of Thonies, in keSeld. Same day, at Pontefract, aged 86, Mrs. RYDER. Sam e day, aged 16 months, JAMES, son of Mr. RICHARD ROYLE, Pontenoy-street. On the 2nd instant, at Delamere, Cheshire, aged 18, ANN, the amiable and affectionate daughter of Mr. RICHARD BILLINGTON, thnber-merchant. She bore a protracted illness with exemplary patience and Christian resignation. 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