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tillanttb. WANTED, MILLINER; ono who perfectly under. stanch: her business,. and can take the Management of the Work-room. Also, a SALESWOMAN for the . SHOP and SHOW-ROOMS, of first-rate abilities.—Apply to Mrs. Curran, 122, Bold-street. Mrs. C. has also a VACANCY for an IN-DOOR AP PRENTICE. EVE RTON. WANTED, in Netherfield-road North, or i n th e imme diate.neighbourhood of Everton, by a Gentleman of quiet and regular habits, a DRAWING-ROOM and BED ROOM. Apartments commanding a View of the River would be preferred. Application to be made, by letter milk, addressed to A. 8., at the Standard-office. • . . LITERARY NOTICES. Observations on the Clime, Soil, and Productions of British Guiana, and on the Advantages of Emigration to, and Colonising the Interior of that Country. By John Han cock, M. D., London : Fraser. This is an admirable work on a most important subject. The author is eminently qualified for the task which he has undertaken, having sojourned from the year 1804 to 1828. inclusive, in South America, and chiefly in British Guiana, where he followed his professional pursuits. His account of the botany of the country is extremely copious and interest ing. For the purpose of making himself acquainted with its medicinal plants, and with the peculiar practices followed with great success by the inland tribes, in the cure of dis eases, he frequently visited the interior by the rivers Esse quibo, Demerara, Pomeroon, Orinoco, &c.; and the result of his investigations is of the highest importance. In addi tion to the medical department of this work, we are furnished with some valuable and appropriate remarks on the soil, and advantages of cultivation in the interior—the vegetable pro ductions of the country—it 4 animals—its geology—its cli mate, and diseases—the condition and prospects of the black population, &c. &c. The Illustrated Shakspere, revised from the best Authori ties. With Annotations, and Introductory Remarks on the Plays, by many distinguished writers. Part 11. Lon don : Robert Tyas. We have not bad an opportunity of noticing this work for some time, owing to the non-receipt of several of the preceding numbers. The number before us contains "Troi lus and Cressida," the illustrations to which arc beautifully and elaborately executed. This work, whether• we consider the beauty of its typography—the number and exquisite finish of its wood engravings —or the intrinsic merit of its annotations—reflects the highest credit on the spirited pub lisher. No library can be considered as complete until it is furnished with a copy of this splendid and unique edition of the works of " Avon's immortal bard." The encourage ment afforded to such works is a favourable symptom of the literary taste of the day, which is evidently inclined to pa tronise the best standard works of the old English writers. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland. Parts 67, 68, 69, and 70. Edinburgh : John Sutherland, 1840. We are glad that we have been furnished with an oppor tunity of renewing our notice of this excellent series of his torical, traditionary, and imaginative tales. The materials out of which these amusing and instructive narratives are formed appear to be inexhaustible. The tales in the num bers before us are as attractive as any which have preceded them, and will serve to beguile the evening hours of many a weary cottager, while they are, at the same time, calculated to gratify the taste of a more aristocratical class of readers. In compiling these tales, every word or sentiment of an ob jectionable character is scrupulously rejected. This alone entitles them to our warmest recommendation. Grant's London Journal. Part 2. London : Geo. Berger. This is a very agreeable and instructive miscellany, con ducted by the author of " Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons, " and numerous other works which have attained a considerable degree of popularity. It is published in weekly numbers and monthly parts, and at a price which places it within the reach of every class of readers. Nothing but a large circulation can possibly com pensate the spirited publisher of this periodical ; and this we hope the intrinsic merits of its articles will secure for it. Its sketches of character form one of its most attractive features. The number before us contains an excellent series of articles on " The Errors and Evils of Socialism," the perusal of which is calculated to effect much good. Master Humphrey's Clock. By Boz. Nos. 1,2, 3, .1. London: Chapman and Hall. This new work, from the graphic pen of the gifted and popular author of the " Pickwick Papers," is likely to attain as large a circulation as any of its predecessors. Indeed, the mode of publication places it within the reach of a class of readers who could scarcely avail themselves of any of Mr. Dickens's previous works. Master Humphrey's clock promises to furnish us with many legendary tales of absorb ing interest. The illustrations, by Cattermole and Browne, are admirably executed. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH-SATURDAY: STOCKDALE V. HANSARD. Mr. Wightman moved for a rule to stay the proceedings in this case, under the authority of the statute 3d Vic. entitled " An Act to protect Persons employed in Publishing Papers by the order and under the authority of the Houses of Par liament ;" by which it was enacted that, upon giving a party 24 hours' notice of his intention, and producing a certificate of the Speaker of the house that the paper relative to which the action was commenced was published by the order of the house, the judge should immediately stay the proceedings, which should be immediately at an end. The learned coun sel then produced affidavits showing the state of the pro ceedings and also the certificate of the Speaker, certifying that the papers complained of were published by the order and under the authority of the house of Commons ; and the learned counsel then moved that the proceedings should he stayed and be at an end. Mr. Platt said he was instructed to show cause in the first instance. . . Lord Denman was not sure the court ought to hear him ; but perhaps it would be better to do so. Mr. PLATT observed that his friend's doctrine, that it was not necessary to produce the declaration in the cause was a very dangerous one. There was nothing to satisfy the court that the Speaker of the House of Commons had ever seen the declaration in the cause. There was nothing now before the court but the parchment subscribed by the Speaker. The certificate should state that the declaration had been seen by the Speaker, and that it related to matter the publication of which had been authorised by the House of Commons. But as the case at present stood, there was nothing to show that the Speaker was cognisant of the matter for which the action was brought. Lord DENacAN said the act was imperative, and it had been complied with, as the Speaker had certified that the ac tion was in respect of a publication issued by order of the House of Commons. The rule must therefore be made ab solute. Mr. WIGHTMAN said there was another similar applica• tion relative to a case in Hertfordshire. Rule absolute. MANcnEsTEn.—A fierce trial of political strength has just taken place at Manchester, between two great contend ing parties, on the election of churchwardens. The whigs were led on by Mr. Cobden, of corn-law notoriety ; the conservatives by Mr. Geo. Clark, a strenuous defender of his order. A poll was demanded, and on the close of the second day (Friday) the conservatives had 1,958 of a ma jority. It was expected the shabbies would take the hint, and retire from the contest. The people of this great manu facturing town have discovered that while th e w hi gs h ave b een amus i ng t h em with visions of liberty and free trade, the comforts, and even the necessaries of life, have been fast deserting their cottages. Mr. Clarke's list, 7,558; Mr. Cobden's list 5,600. BILL OF MCFRTALITY.—The general bill of mortality in the parish of Liverpool, pu for the year 1839, h as j ust been bs hed, from which it , appears that the num b er o f births and fi baptisms is, males 4,766, females 4,736; total 9,502. Burials females 2,494 ; total 5 ,265. Marriages 3,188, f males 2,771, which 252 were celebrated ac Catholic chapels, 10 at the Scotch Churches, Oldham-street and Rodney-street, 3 at the Scotch Secession Church, Alount-pleasant, 5 at the Baptist's Chapel, Lime-street, 2 at the Welsh Baptists' Chapel, Great Crosshall-street, 3 at Great George-street Chapel, 6 at the Welsh Independents' Chapel, Great Crossh all-s treet , 2 at the Universalist? Chapel, Bold-street, 4 at the Friends' Meeting-house, 3 at the Unitarian Chapels, Paradise-street and Renshaw-street, 5 at the Jews' Synagogue, and 150 . at the Superintendent Registrars' Office. This bill shows an increase in baptisms of 651, in burials 398, in marriages 295. The following is a list of the ages of the deceased : "Under 2 Years .... 1955 Between 50 and 60 316 Between 2 and 5 797 60 and 70 ...... 287 '5 and 10 265 • 70 and 80...... 211 10 and 20 222 80 and 90...... 85 • 20 and 30 362 90 and 100...... 12 30 and 40 407 • 100 and upwards.. 2 40 and 50 344 --- Total .... 5,26. In the vicinity of Liverpool, including Everton, Edge-hill, Low-hill, Toxteth-park, and Kirkdale; the number of bap tisms is,—males 489, females 300 ; total 989. Burials,— m ales 1,415, females 1,418 ; total 2,833. Marriages 279. LONDON AND LIVERPOOL TRADE.—A return published by the House of Commons gives the number of vessels and their tonnage cleared out from the ports of London and Liv erpool in the years 1838 and 1839 respectively for the South Australian ports, South Sea fisheries, and the ports on the western coasts of South America round Cape Horn.—Prom London, in 1838, there had cleared for Sidney 78 vessels, with an amount of 39,960 tonnage ; and in 1839, 89 vessels, with an amount of 38,681 tonnage. In 1889, for port Philip 7 vessels, with .an amount of 2243 tonnage. In 1838, for South Australia 25 vessels, with an amount of 10,660 tonnage and in 1839, 27 vessels, with an amount of 12,761 tonnage. In 1838, for Swan river 3 vessels, with an amount o f 882 ton nage ; and in 1839, 4 vessels. with an amount of 1082 ton nage. .In 1838, for Hobart Town 24 vessels, with an amount of 7959 tonnage ; and in 1839, 2 3 vessels , w ith an amount of 7879 tonnage. In 1838, for Launceston 12 vessels, with an amount of 3107- tonnage ; an d 1839, 11 vessels, with an amount of 2855 tonnage. In 1839, for New Zealand 7 vessels, with an amount of 3315 tonnage. In 1838, for , the South Sea fisheries, 21 vessels, with an amount of 654 tonnage ; and in 1839, 20 vessels, with an amount of 7526 tonnage. In 1838, for Chili, 5 vessels, with an amount of 11108 tonnage ; and in 1839, 17 vessels with an amount of 3552 tonnage. In 1838, for Peru, 13 vessels, with an amount of 3131 tonnage; and in 1839, 21 vessels, with an amount of 4524 tonnage, Prom Liverpool, in 1838, there had cleared for Sidney 17 vessels, with an amount of 7352 tonnage; and in 1839, 18 vessels, with an amount of 7500 tonnage. In 1839, for Port Philip 2 vessels, with an amount of 487 tonnage. In 1838, for South Australia, two vessels with 1082 tonnage ; and in 1839, four vessels, with an amount of 1791 tonnage, In 1839. for Swan River, one vessel, with an amount of 113 tonnage. In 1838, for Hobart Town, five vessels, with an amount of 1532 tonnage ; and in 1839, four vessels, with an amount of 1212 tonnage. In 1839, for Lancesto n , ono ves sel, with an amount of 243 tonnage. In 1858, for Chili, 14 vessels, with an amount of 2397 tonnage ; and in 1839, 9 5 vessels,.with an amount of 7187 tonnage. In 1838, for Pert, 12 vessels, with an amount of 2931 tonnage ; and in 1839, 19 -Tassels, with au amount of 4133 tonnage. itlit WINDROR—THrioinAvs Tills afternoon, et three o'clock, het' Majesty left the castle in a pony phaeton, driven by Prince Albert, Prince Ernest followed in another phaeton, with her royal blghness the Duchess of Kent. The Earl of Uxbridge rode on horseback, and the Ladies Kinnaird and Charlemont, Viscount Mel bourne, Lord Byron, and the remainder of the suite, were in open carriages. The royal party proceeded in the direction of the new lodge, through Winkfield, and by Ascot race course. The royal dinner party this evening will be composed of the same personages as yesteiday. . There leave been no arrivals or departures to-day (From the correspondent of the Morning Herald.) WINDSOR, THURSDAY EVENING. - -Her Majesty and the Prince, accompanied by the visitors at the castle and the usual suite, took a longer carriage airing this afternoon than usual. The Queen proceeded round by Winkfield to Aicot, and thence returned to the castle, When the Sovereign has been at Wi n d sor on S a i nt George's-day ( England's patron saint), it has hitherto (at least during the last three reigns) been usual for some thing like a gala, or festival, to be given at the castle ; it was expected,'when it was known that the court would not return to Buckingham palace until the 23d, that the Queen would give a party this evening, which would not merely comprise the premier, and the lords, ladies, and gentle men of her Majesty's household, but that the invitations would be extended to some of the neighbouring clergy and gentry. Her Majesty, however, with that strict regard, per haps, to economy, which will, no doubt, be considered by some as highly praiseworthy, gives no gal a or f es tivaL this evening — the dinner party being confined strictly to the visit ors at the castle and the members of the household. There was a rumour, some six weeksoii;;;Onths ago, that on this day a public installation of Prince Albert, as Knight of the Garter, would take place in the quadrangle, no ceremony of that imposing description having taken place at Windsor, since 1805 ; but an installation is a very expensive affair (especially if " managed " according to the statutes of the order), and, therefore, it is presumed, the idea has been abandoned. Her Majesty and the court sailed, yesterday afternoon, for some time in one of the Lilliputian men-of-war, in Virginia Water. The Queen had resolved upon a water excursion so short a time before she left the castle, that journeymen car penters, from Mr. Tebbott's, were despatched, post haste, to the lake, to put the vessel in proper trim for the reception of her Majesty and suite. A new election for Provost of Eton will take place in a few days, a notice to that effect, emanating from the provost and fellows, having been affixed to the college yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Hodgson, who either has taken or will, previous to the election, take up his degree in divinity at Cambridge, will then be, as I have more than once or twice stated, the new provost of Eton, in the room of the late Dr. Goodall. WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—This afternoon her Majesty, ac companied by nearly the whole of her distinguished visitors and suite, drove to Droprnore, the seat of Lady Grenville. Prince Albert drove her Majesty in a pony phaeton ; the Duchess of Kent rode with Prince Ernest, and the following personages were in open carriages :—Lord Byron, Viscount Melbourne, Lady Charlemont, Lady Anna Maria Dewson, Mrs. Anson, Ladies Elenora and Constance Paget, Sir Robert Otway. the Hon. Misses Anson, Pitt, Paget, and Spring Rice, and Baron Graben. 'rho rest of the royal suite, which included •the Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, Lord and Lady Kinnaird, and Mr. G. E. Anson, took an airing in the park. To-moat:Am, (Saturday,) the court will leave the Castle for Buckingham Palace. Baron de Stockmar left the Castle this morning for town. The following personages will be included in the royal din ner party, this evening :--Duchess of Kent, Prince Ernest, Earl of Erroll, Viscount Melbourne, Earl and Countess of Uxbridge, and the Ladies Elenora and Constance Paget, Lady Charlernont, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lord Byron, Mr. G. E. Anson, Hon. A. Murray, Hon. Misses Spring Rice, Paget, Pitt, and Ansou ; Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Grey, Sir Robert Otwav, Mr. Seymour, and Baroness Lehzen. (From the Correspondent of the Morning Herald.) WINDSOR. FRIDAY EVENING.—Prince Albert, this after noon, drove her Majesty (who was,accompanied by the dis tinguished visitors of the Castle and a numerous suite) in a pony phaeton, to the seat of the Right Honourable Lady Grenville, at Dropmore ; the royal party returned to the Castle about six o'clock. Her Majesty has at length finally determined not to pro long her stay at Windsor beyond to-morrow. Grisi makes her first appearance this season, at the Italian Opera House to-morrow evening, in " Il Puritani ; and it is her Majesty's intention, should she not be too much fatigued from the 'effects of the ride from the Castle to Buckingham Palace, to be present. The Queen's carriages are ordered to be in attendance at the Castle at half-past two. A carriage-and-four is likewise ordered (three hours before the departure of the Queen, as usual,) for the Baroness Lehzen, who will leave Windsor at half-past ten o'clock in the morning, in charge of her Ma jesty's valuables, as usual. The Easter Ball, at the Town-hall, last evening, was very fashionably attended, and the company numerous, amongst whom were the Earl of Erroll, Earl of Orkney, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon, Lord and Lady Bridport, Lord Beres ford, Lord St. Maur, Sir Watkins Williams Wynn, Bart., Lady Clayton East and family, Lord Langford, the Hon G. 4iddell, Hon. llenry Ashley, 'M. P. and lady; G. S. liar court, Esq. M.P., Colonel Bouverie, Hon. Mr. Seymour, Capt. Bulkeley, 'Colonel Bisse Challoner, Colonel Brown, and the officers of the second battalion of the rifle brigade ; John Mitchell, Esq., several of the officers of the second regiment of Life Guards, John Mitchell, Esq. and lady; of Cowper's Hall, &c. Dancing, to Adams's band, was pro longed until pait four o'clock this morning. UpWards of 130 fashionable were present. Many erroneous statements have gone abroad on the sub ject of the income or emoluments of the Provost of Eton. No one can tell the precise income of the provost. There are seven Fellows, including the Vice-Provost. The income from whence their salaries (if I may use the term) are de rived, are divided into nine shares, of which the provost are entitled to two. Thus the provostship is in fact of the value, in a pecuniary point of view, of two fellowships ; but there are certain livings in his gift, or generally under his controut, which render this appointment one not to be despised by " a family man." The Rev. Mr. Hodgson, the nominee of the Sovereign, who is destined to he the new provost, was, some years since, one of the assistant-masters at Eton,a situation, which I am informed, he did not hold for more than a few months. Probably something more advantageous offered, which in duced the rev. gentleman to retire from the somewhat ardu ous duties which then devolved upon him. COURT CIRCULAR.-FRIDAY. Her Majesty the Queen Dowag;:r, and her Serene High ness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, visited the Princess Augusta at Clarence House, St. James's, yesterday morn ing, and the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester House. In the afternoon her Majesty rode out on horseback, attended by her suite; and the Duchess Ida and the Princes and Princesses of Saxe Weimar took an airing in open carriages. The Duke of Cambridge arrived in town shortly before two o'clock, yesterday afternoon, from a visit to the Duke of Wellington, at his seat, Strathfieldsaye, Hants. His Royal Highness visited the Princess Augusta and the Duchess of Gloucester in the afternoon. The Marquis of Lansdowne arrived at his residence at Richmond, on Wednesday, from Botwood Park, Wilts. Lord Adolphus Pitzclarence left town on a visit to Lord Southampton, at his seat near Northampton. Despatches from Governor Light, at British Guiana, were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office. SATURDAY. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and her Serene High ness the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, took an airing in the parks yesterday afternoon, in a pony phaeton and four. The Duke of Cambridge visited her Majesty and her Serene High ness yesterday, at Marlborough House. The Queen Dowagea and the Duchess Ida of Saxe Weimar, honoured the Italian Opera House with their presence, on Thursday evening. The Duke of Cambridge honoured the performance of the Sacred Harmonic Society, " The Messiah," at Exeter Hall, last evening, with his presence. Prince George of Cambridge has arrived at Strathfieldsaye, Hants, from Brighton, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington. The Netherlands Minister, and Madame Dedel, had the honour of dining with her Majesty the Queen Dowager, at Marlborouge House, yestefday. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. Despatches from Sir Colin Campbell, Governor of Nova Scotia, and also from the Gavernor of New Brunswick, were received yesterday, at the Colonial-office. STATE OF TRADE. Liens.--During the past week greater animation has been observable in the mercantile establishments of this town than for some time past, but the amount of sales in the cloth halls can scarcely be • said to have been materially augmented. — There is, however, some evidence of an improved feeling of confidence in the aspect of commercial affairs, and we have no doubt that the effect will sm . ) be visible in the increased activity of our manufacturing and finishing establishments. BRADFORD MARKET.—There was a numerous attendance of merchants and others at our market, on Thursday, but the aggregate amount of sales effected was not so extensive as might have been expected; and prices underwent little va riation. In the yarn market there was a fair business done at former rates ; but the wool market was heavy, the assort ments being limited by the lightness•of the stocks in hand. Prices may he quoted as nearly stationery. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET.—There was no change to note respecting this market on Tuesday ; the demand being steady and prices ne ar l y . stationery. In summer goods there was some animation, and better prices were realised. Orders are increasing, and the business in the warehouses is rather better. In wool, prices uee firm, with a tendency upwards. The news from America does not appear to have operated unfavourably on the market, as the demand is chiefly for the home trade. WAKEFIELD WOOL MARKET, APRIL 21.—The sales in long wools have this week been on a very limited scales and prices are barely maintained. Short wools for blanket pur poses continue in very languid demand, and with the excep tion of low noils, are without any improvement in prices. HECKAIONDWIKE.—AIthough there have been more buyers attending the blanket hall for the t wo mar k et days this wek, (Monday and Thursday,) yet the demand for goods has been limited, and the prices given hear no proportion to that of woo l ;• this keeps trade in a most deplorable state, the blanket manufacturers not receiving .anything like good wages for their trouble and labour. ROCHDALE MARKET, APRIL 20.—We have had a rather placard, a anti Mr. Archer, for payi n g , better demand for flannels to-day ; but price s h ave b een ex e'empsetastte andin a sons,t r emelv low. The weavers ha ve made a strike this last week against t w o inenufacturers,as the Messrs.weavrs Tempest between twenty and twenty-five per cent under the other manufacturets. There is no change 'to report in the wool market. have LANCASHIRE.—At Bolton manufactured goods oloci com menced are in better request, and almost all the cotton mills r working full time. The cott on hand-loom weav ers of bed quilts have rather more weavers are badly off. The brass wk ; the counterpane and iron-founders and mechanics are still dull. The cotton trade at Chorlev and Blackburn is in a fair state, the machinery in all the 'mills weavers being i n f u ll o p era ti on , an d h a nd and power-loom w i are also fully employ e d. The silk trade in the towns in the neighbourhood of M anc h es t e r i s improving, and both sill: and cotton dyers have more work than they had a month since. The cotton trade at Stockport is yet very dull : out of the 2 , 5 00-horse power in full operation at this time last year, upwards of 800 is at a complete stand. The spinners at Ashton, Staleybridge, &c., have been reduced this week, at most of the mills upwards of seven per cent. The trade in other towns is much the same as we stated last week. SADDLEWORTIL—The woollen cloth trade at Saddleworth is in a worse state than it was a month ago, in fact, more than one half of the operatives are totally without employ ment. There is a slight improvement in the demand for yarns. CHESTERFIELD WOOL MARKET.—From the accounts g i v en of the'wool trade in this quarter, an unusual dulness perva des the market, The o n ly quality in request are coarse wools; nor are the prices any better than they have been for some time past. The staplers• here have accumulated country,iiP clipping gd a bids' fai r t o in large stocks, un der the im pression that prospects partially s tiy would all leinamvembenricgehdteinnedths before ipart this. The ne The( crease the already stocked chambers very materially, which, it is feared, will tend in a great measure to keep the present rates stationary. DESCRIPTION. IRS- COAST- FO- 1 UNITISDI ToTAL. LAND. WISE. REIGN. STATES. Wheat Qrs. 579 i 2053 11290 :' 2856 16778 Barley Qrs. 707 1 246 6995 ! 7948 Malt Oats Rye Qrs. Beans 222 526 Pease ... Qrs. i I I 1034 , 1034 Pease Shelled Barley . Qrs Indian Corn . Qrs. Rapeseed Qrs_ Oatmeal . ... Loads' 3119 3 Flour . Sacks 153 lig Ditto . Brls. Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwis, 5 ; Oatmeal, 286 loads. 1 1034 1308 1 1308 3122 1310 t 1662 75 39069 39144 —Oats, 1018 qrs.; Bears, EXPORTS.--Foreign. Barley, 252 qrs. ; Oats, 35 qrs. ; Pease, 6 qrs. ; Flour, 414 g brls.-Ireland. Wheat. 664 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 263 qrs. ; Flour, 397 brls.-Coastwise. Wheat, 1323 qrs. ; Barley, 849 qrs. ; Malt, 79 qrs. ; Oats, 110 qrs. ; Rye, 6 qrs. ; Beans, 12 qrs. ; Pease, 24 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 51 qrs. ; Oatmtal, 126 loads Flour, 490 sacks, 1714 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending April 17, 1810. Wheat 695. 6d. I Barley.. 40s. gd. I Oats.. 255. Id. I Rye .. 38s. 2d. Beans.. 425. 3d. Pease, 41s. 6d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 68s. 11. I Barley.. 395. 10d. I Oats.. 253. Bd. Rye.. 375. 4d. Beans .. 41s. sd. I Pease .. 40s. 11d. Duty on Foreign Grain, B.:c. this week. Wheat 16s. Bd. Barley 3s. 4d. Oats ...... 9s. 3d. Rye .. 14s. Od I I Beans, Bs. Od. Pease. 9s. 6d. lndian Corn 3s. 4d. I FlourlOs. 0.141 Liverpool Averages, week ending 21st April, 1840. Wheat. Barley. I Oats. Beans. 1 Pease. Qr 5..... 848 20 8 1 15 0 Prices.. 525. 6d. Os. Od. ; 265. 3d. 435. Od. Od. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE—YESTERDAY. At our market this morning, there was a very small show of English wheat fresh up from the neighbouring counties ; we experienced a good demand from our millers, and the best qualities readily found purchasers at an advance of fully 2s. per quarter on last Monday's quotations, and even the inferior sorts were Is. per quarter dearer than on that day. There was not much doing in foreign wheat, and no alteration in price took place. Of barley the receipts were tolerably good, especially from abroad. In consequence of the malting season being now nearly at a close, such qualities as were suited for this purpose could not be disposed of without submitting to a reduction of at least is per quarter. The arrivals of oats from our own coasts and Ireland, as well as from abroad, have been quite trifling. Factors accordingly held at higher prices, and good heavy descriptions were quickly taken off at an improvement of Gd to is per quarter on the currency of this day se'nniglit. Beans were scarce, at is per quarter dearer; peas remained the same as before. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. TUESDAY, Aran :N.—Wind S. Fair, AttltlVED.—Sir Conn Campbell, Pentecost, from Bombay—Ga ronne, Sagory, from New Orleans—Alfred, Parlam, from Stettin— Graf Griesman, Leecke, and Frodericke, from Danzig—Adolphus, Roygensack, from Wismar—llighfield, from Africa (off) SAlLED—Chester, Lawson, for Quebec—Evergreen, Kenny, for St John, N.B.—James Bainie, Morrison, for Richibucto—Susannah, Stephenson, for St John, and Atalanta, Clarke, for Harbour Grace, Newfoundland—Patrick Henry, Delano, for New York—Peruvian, Wootten, and Delaware, Patten, for New Orleans—Argo, Farley, and Angelo, Jacques. for Havana—Victoria, Robb, for Cronstadt Gustav and Leopold, Kell, for Stettin—Euphemia, Philips, for Riga— Hercules, Schwenn, for Pernau—St Adrian, Hawmart, for Bergen British Queen, (steam ship,) for New York, will leave Blackwall' London, on the 29th instant, at nine o'clock a.m., and Portsmouth on the Ist May, at twelve, noon. Letters and newspapers must be posted in Liverpool before twelve o'clock to-morrow night Coquette, Head, from Cape Haytien, at Cove Antoinette, Rosett, hence at Senegal Vixen, Barclay, sailed from Leghorn for this port 14th April Auguste, Kirkhove, hence at Ostend Margaretha, Kester, hence at Texel William the Fourth, Shilling, hence at Copenhagen Union, Steffins, hence at Cuxhaven Herald, Scott; Vriendschap, Zwart; and Frederick Carl, Becker hence at Hambro' SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,—Ties DAY. Up to and since Friday last, the arrivals into this port comprehend a liberal supply of Wheat, Barley, and Oats, principally foreign ; except the latter, of which we have a fair quantity in from Ireland, but not much Grain of other kinds thence or coastwise. The most prominent feature in the arrivals, however, is a further considerable accession of Flour from the United States, which, including 1360 bags from the East Indies, surpasses 40,000 barrels since this day week. The large flow of Wheit and Flour into this place of late, affording a more extensive and choice selection of samples than heretofore, and being offered on terms comparatively below the rates current in most other markets, several buy ers appeared to-day from distant counties ; for which and on Irish account, a fair amount of business was transacted in good descriptions of Foreign Red Wheat, which nearly re covered the decline of Friday, and of Irish some parcels were sold for reshipment ; but in English there was very lit tle passing, and prices of such remained unraried. English and Irish Flour continued nearly without demand, and foreign, duty paid, although offered at an abatement of 6d., was in slow request ; bonded States Flour, on the con trary, meeting a good inquiry, several further parcels were bought to-day, making the quantity sold, since Tuesday last, 8,000 to 10,000 barrels, and at the close of the market 28s. was partially required. Malting Barley, upon a dull sale, was 2s. per qr. cheaper, and Grinding samples hardly maintained former prices. Malt, Beans, and Pease remained unaltered. Oats, attended with tolerably free sale, folly supported the advance above mentioned ; and Oatmeal, upon a fair de mand was rather dearer. ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 218 t to the 27th April, 1840, inclusive, MISCELLANEOUS. The Duke of Wellington will complete his 71st year on Friday next, May 1. Sir Hugh Gough, our distinguished countryman, will certainly command the expedition to China.—Cork Con stitution. The removal of the remains of Napoleon from St. Helena to Paris is said to be the subject of a negotiation between M. Thiers and Lord Palmerston. Excellent new potatoes and rhubarb, from the neighbour hood of Castletown, were exhibited for sale in our market on Saturday last, and were readily disposed of at Is. Gd. per pound.—Manx Liberal. Madame Vestris was married to Armande Vestris on the 27th of January, 1813, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ; the lady was not then sixteen—they passed their honeymoon at Bath. MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Lady Louisa Cadogan, sister of the Earl of Cadogan, and Marchioness of Anglesey, was married on Tuesday last to the Rev. Wm. Marsh, D.D. Her ladyship is in her 53d year. The late Secretary Drummond got with his wife, the daughter of Mr. Kinnaird, a North British merchant, £120,000, and since his marriage he placed in the funds from his savings £16,000. LARGE WHALE.—A whale was thrown on shore on the 21st inst., near Flimby, of a prodigious size. Its length was 58 feet, breadth across the tail 14 feet, height 8 feet, and girth, 26 feet.—Carlisle Patriot. At Keutraugh, the seat of E. M. Gawne, Esq., the gar dener has been cutting white cabbage since the 13th inst. ; and on the 17th, gathered a fine dish of asparagus, and a cucumber 14 inches long, the first, we believe, in the island. —Manx Liberal. LARGE PIKE.—A pike was captured in Windermere on Tuesday last, by Mr. George. Robinson, of Bowness, which measured forty-two inchus'in length, girth round the body twenty inches and three-quarters, and weighed twenty-seven and a half pounds.— Carlisle Patriot. A pension of £445 devolves to the civil list by the death of the Right lion. William Gregory, of Coole, county Galway, ex-under secretary for Ireland, and brother-in-law of the Earl of Clancarty, to whose sister, Lady Anne Trench, he was married in 1789. We clip the following good hit from the Baltimore Clipper:—" Let no man find fault with an editor for writing foolish things, for there are so many papers now-a-days, that all the good sense there is in the world would not half fill them." A dreadful casualty happened at Gibralter to the nephew of Sir Charles Sullivan, R.N., an ensign in the 46th, who had just joined his regiment, arising from the dangerous amuse ment of a steeple chase. lie was thrown from his horse, and died in a few hours afterwards from concussion of the brain. VULPINE AFFECTION.—In drawing the cover at East Gordon on Saturday lust, the Duke of Buccleuch's fox hounds unkennelled a fox bitch, which, on breaking cover, was obaerved .to be carryia l s-ono a her cubs in her mouth. The fact having been stated to the huntsman, the pack was immediately whipped off. Qoicie WoRK.—On Wednesday week Henry Armstrong, of Branthwaite, .undertook for a small wager, with the as sistance of a striker, to forge twelve horse shoes in forty minutes, and accomplished his task with great ease and in a workmanlike manner, within thirty-five minutes, and conse quently won his wager.—Carlisle Patriot. Great agitation prevails at this time in Leicestershire, par ticularly in the neighbourhood of Market Harborough and Melton Mowbray, from a prevalent and fatal disease in oxen. It has shown itself especially in Irish beasts, and is so serious that some large graziers prefer letting their grass grow to purchasing stock to eat it, with the hazard of their dying.— Leicester Chronicle. DR. LAnnNIM—A memorial, it is said, is being got up by some of the principal members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science to present to the council, to pray them to remove the Rev. 1)r. Dionysius Lardner from his office as one of their members, on account of his late dis graceful conduct in the elopement from Brighton. ANOTHER EFFECT OF THE. HARD TIMES.—The young ladies who sue for breach of promise cases, complain that they don't get half as much awarded them as formerly when the times were brisk and money plenty. One lady in particular, who says sfollows o ti t ie ma b k u e si i n t e a s n s o o b f je s e u t in t g o y e o a u rr n y g i i t n o en n f a o n r y a l l o i h vi g n e g r: It makes it very bad again —don't it girls. —Savannah T em e N l iv e n g ee r nu a ti p ldm h. e e r i s l t a a n t d t t h h e a t bar tlte jointhas l o n r e i n n i o t a n k s e o n f e h n v o t h o f e t g li o e e s m t i o o s o t tihtea twhetherthe eo coroner i.ni attorneysoll beinga r are liable that t to le )r are ee noton c () ta r o liable Mr r m s ' r j u . i w i e I s t k , l a e n y d , t for Middl esex , acquiesces il l : it, b and has given directions'to the summoning officer not summonwtoorna m a rr i t e h d e m ila i . n o future.—Courier. MARRIAGE. EXTRAORDINA RY ._ A husbands at the same time and place, by the Rev. W. H. Schwabe; curate of Keighley. A couple were arranged at the altar table at Keighley Church, on Monday, the 20th d a y o f u fi book, April, for the purpose of being married. Af ter having got placed in order by the sexton , the minister proc ee d e d ; when they came to that part of the service where the ring w as wanted, no ring was to be found , and the real intended h us b and had gone to buy it. Shortly he which was put upon the a c t a id m a e iterw d afterwards upon pro e duced ring,nger of the bride, by the person intended to give iker away ; they then procee ded business, to complete the the man who h a d * been regularly published standing by. The ceremo n y b e i ng upon the person married to sign, noone a me, that's 't and lo ! he answered, saying, "It's complete, they went into the vestry to reg ister ; th e minister, having entered them, called fello' !" The minister, not half pleased, finding out his mis take, returned with the party to the altar table, and remar ried the woman to her proper lover. POLICE INTVLLIGENCE.—Vra n.‘v HILUTAL ASSAULT, John Poole, a carter, complained against James Hartley, a blacksmith, living in Cheapside, for having assaulted him. The complainant said, that on Good Friday last one of his boys came to him, and complained that the defendant had been beating him, whereupon .he (witness) went to the defen dant to remonstrate with him upon the impropriety of his conduct. Some words ensued, in the course of which defen dant seized a hammer, and struck him a blow, which burst the right eye from his bead. Hartley, in his defence, said, that while lie - was engaged in white-washing his shop, on Good Friday, one of the prose cutor's boys came, and commenced throwing stones, and as he would not desist when bidden, he gave him a slight slap on the cheek. Shortly afterwards his father came, and after behaving in a very outrageous manner, struck him, and he (defendant) returned the blow. He would swear he did not strike him with a hammer. The defendant called two men, who were present at the time of the altercation, who swore positively that at the time the defendant struck the blow he had not a hammer in his hand. From the appearance of the man's face, it was almost impossible that such a blow could have been inflicted with the fist. Mr. Rushton said this was hardly a case for him to adju dicate upon. He could not inflict any punishment adequate to the injury received. He thought the defendant ought to be committed : however, as the complainant had chosen to take the steps he had on the proceeding, all he could do was to levy a fine. Hartley was fined .f 5, or to be imprisoned two months. CAUTION TO PUBLICANS Inspector Walker complained against Elizabeth Price, who keeps a tap in Charles-street, for allowing drunk and disor derly persons in her house. The officer said, on the night of the 15th inst. he went into the tap, and found sixteen prosti tutes and several men drinking. The defendant was fined 40s. and costs. Thomas Millington, 'who keeps a beer-house in Hood street, was fined in the like penalty for having eight men and three prostitutes drinking in his house at two o'clock in the morning of the 12th instant. Inspector Cotlam complained against Robert Johnson, who keeps a public-house in Naylor-street, for a similar of fence. Cotlam stated that on the Hight of the 16th inst. he went into Johnson's house, and found sixteen prostitutes and twenty-seven coloured men. Mr. Martindale, superintendent of hackney coaches, prov ed a previous conviction on the 27th March, and it was also shown that there had been a conviction on the 6th January. Mr. Rushton said the act made it imperative on him, un der the circumstances, to adjourn the hearing of the case un til the next special sessions. • AN AMERICAN COOR'S PERQUISITE. The captain of the American ship Geatoo appeared before Mr. Rushton, for the purpose of preferring a chap - re of felony against two important members of his crew, the cook and the steward, who had, it seemed, made a kind of joint-stock affair of the " slush" or fat, which the former regarded as the especial perquisite of all persons exercising so important a branch of the culinary department. A barrel of the " slush" had been sold to a person on the dock-quay, and the purchaser paid ten shillings to the cook, and five shil llings to the steward, for its contents. The captain, hearing of the sale, demurred, and gave his men into custody. The defendants, two intelligent Americans, slightly co loured, stoutly contended that they were justified in acting as they had done by a very excellent authority—the prescrip,- tive privilege of their " order," ' " slush," in all well-regu lated ships, being the perquisite of the cook ; besides which, that functionary maintained that the captain, by an especial agreement with him at Boston before sailing, conceded to him the " slush," in consideration of his receiving only six teen dollars per month instead of twenty-two. The captain, however, stoutly swore that he had never authorised the selling of the " slush," and the poor fellows were sent to the tread-mill for seven days in consequence. SATURDAY. SY,LI.ING CONTRABAND SPIRITS, Emanuel Rogerson, a man of colour, and Benjamin King were placed before Messrs. Rushton and Houghton, charged with having had in their possession seven gallons of French brandy, which they had offered for sale to Mr. James Rim mer, publican, Beet-street. It appeared, that, on Thursday last, the prisoners called upon Mr. Rimmer and showed him a sample of French brandy, which, they said, they would sell to him at a low price. He requested them to call again. He told supervisor Rowlands of the circumstance, and he advised him to purchase whatever the prisoners would sell him. He agreed to purchase seven gallons, which the pri soners were to deliver to him On Saturday, at ten o'clock. Rowland watched them closely after this. On Saturday morning they got into a car, taking the brandy in bottles, rolled in a blanket. They delivered it to Mr. Rimmer, and Rowlands seized both the brandy and the prisoners. They were fined in the mitigated penalty of £25 each. In default of payment they were committed to Kirkdale Gaol for three months, during which time they are to be kept to hard labour. THE INFLUENCE OF SATAN. John Haram, a dock labo4rer, was charged with having stolen a large piece of new copper, the property of Messrs. Vivian and. Co. One •of the 'police-officers on duty at the Prince's Dock saw the prisoner going through.the gate, stop ped him, and asked him what he had under his jacket- He said " Nothing." The - Policeman saw that - this was not true, and, opening the breast of the jacket, .produced the copper in question. It had Messrs. Vivian and Co.'s mark on it, and turned out to have been stole• • by the prisoner from a vessel that was- loading on• the west side of the Prince's Dock. The prisoner confessed the theft, and said he did not intent! to steal anything; but the devil had put it into his head to take this piece of copper. He was com mitted to gaol for three months. FELONY. William Griffith was charged with having stolen a piece of brass, value half-a-crown, from the works of Messrs. Mather, Dixon, and Co. The prisoner, who was employed near Messrs. Mather, Dixon, and Co.'s warehouse, called there on Friday-afternoon, to beg a can of water. He was directed to the cistern •on his Way which he had to pass through a room in alich several pieces of brags were lying, and from which several pieces have recently been missed. When he passed through the lower • part of the premises, the person.who had given him authority to get the water remarked that his pocket looked bulky. This person ran up stairs and missed a piece of brass. On his return he found the prisoner in the yard. He accused him of having stolen the brass, and called him into the office. He denied the chafge, and was saarched, but the brass was not found. On examining the spot `which he had left, in the yard, the brass was found there. The prisoner denied the charge. He was committed for trial. DEATH FROM DRINKING. On Friday an inquest was held on the body .of Robert Easton. The deceased, according to the evidence of his sister, lived 'in Gildart.lardens, and was a hard drinker. • His usual drink was whiskey. On Thursday morning he was seized with a fit, and died in an hour or two. .The person with whom he lodged stated that the "deceased was in the habit of taking regular. sprees." Mr. Cooper, surgeon, stated that, in his opinion, death had been caused by apo plexy, produced by 'eicessive drinking. Water was suffused on the surface of the brain, and nearly two ounces of watery fluid, which smelled strongly of whiskey, were found in the ventricles of the brain. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. We understand that active measures arc now in progress for bringing before the public the projected railway from Bradford to Leeds. The line would be a great public con venience. • It is said that the opening of the London and South- Western line throughout its entire length will take place on the II th of the ensuing month, the same day as the partial opening of the North Midland line. It is intended, we believe, that.seven trains shall run each way daily. Monday, the 11th May, promises to be a dies notanda in railway history. In addition to the partial opening through out the London and South-Western, the Shoreham branch of the London and Brighton line will, it is understood, be publickly used for the first time on the day mentioned. Some private trips have already been xr.ade.—Railway Times. . We have to congratulate our readers upon the favourable decision that has been made by the Military and Naval Com missioners appointed by government to decide upon the merits of the English line of communication with Dublin. They have sent in their report, and have decided that the line through Chester and Bangor is the most eligible, and that Holyhead is the best part as a terminus, and the most desirable point of communication between this country and Ireland. A new field for enterprise will thus he opened, and it may be confidently expected that the golden dreams in dulged in by many will ultimately be realised. The Chester and Holyhead line, when established, will be second to none in point of profit and traffic in the kingdom.—Ghester Gazette. GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAlLWAY.—Yesterday the key stone of the last arch of the new oblique l•ridge across the river Tees, at Croft, on the line of this railway, was placed in its .proper bed by G. H. Wilkinson, Esq., the Chairman of the Directors, in the presence of several of the other directors, and a large concourse of spectators, amongst whom were many of the fair sex. The foundation stone of of the bridge was laid by Mrs. Wilkinson, the lady of the chairman, in the m onth of May, 1838, and the bridge is now rapidly approaching its completion. After the stone had been placed, and 3 times 3 cheers given for the success of the great undertaking, of which the chairman very appropriately remarked this bridge formed one of the most important fea tures, Henry Welch, Esq., the engineer of the bridge, in vited the directors to partake of a splendid dejeriner at the Spa Hotel, where success to the undertaking was again 'drunk, and all present expressed their entire approbation of the beautiful structure, now so nearly completed. The bridge consists of four oblique arches, built at an angle of 50 deg., each arch measuring 60 feet on the oblique face, which is, we believe, by far the largest structure of the kind that has been built at so acute an angle. Amongst the party present we observed from Newcastle, Peter Nicholson, Esq., so justly celebrated for his many scientific works ; and obert Ni cholson, Esq., the engineer of the Newcastle and North Shields Railway, both of whom expressed their approbation of the excellent workmanship of the bridge.—Durham Advertiser,April 17. SOUTH-EASTERN AND DOVER RAILWAY.—A report has been industriously circulated by a contemporary that a great number of men have been discharged from the tunnel works of this railway in our neighbourhood, which is calculated to create a suspicion that the company is in difficulties. We are happy, however, in being enabled to find, on the most mi nute enquiry, that such a presumption is entirely devoid of foundation. it is true that a few bricklayers have been dis charged owing to a limited supply of bricks on the part of the contractor ; but at the same time nearly two hun dred additional men have been since set on at the contracts extending from Abbot's Cliff to Folkestone. On a personal inspection, we find the work in a most promising condition. The Shakspeare tunnel will, we doubt not, be completed by the end of May. A large portion of the sea wall is nearly finished, and the Warren contracts are proceeding as well as the nature of the ground will permit. We have seen the. mo del of the bridge now constructing at Folkestone, and it will be, in our opinion, when finished, a substantial and elegant erection. The effect of the paragraph to which we refer. above, may be inferred from the fact that it hail scarcely seen the light when the public contidence in the ultimate success of the South-eastern was manifested by a rise in the shares of that undertaking of nearly £1 10s. Report attributes the splenetic production in question, and we believe truly, to the unwelcome fact that the government surveyors have found it to.be their duty to recommend that a harbour of refuge should be formed at Dover.—Dover Chronicle. WEEKLY RETURN OF TRAFFIC ON RAILWAYS !way Magazine.) (From the Rai . __________ Passau " I Casli.lP.mile P.mile Pa near NAME. gers. pr.wk.4). day. per day. X. X. • X. • Birmingham .. — - 14033 124;1 18 South Western 3070 53 71 Great Western — 4108 1231 171 Neweast. & Carlisle -- 1576 26-1 4 Birmg. & Derby 923 24 31, Greenwich 89604 3171 829 1181 12801 Manche ;ter ::Leeds 13262 l 814 621 9 1894 Croydon 17572 957 91 13 2510 York &N. Midland 2217 349 24 3- 1 317 Midland Counties 4479 383 24 31 640 Glasgow & Ayr 2480 413 Eastern Counties, 8124 405 38i ' 5 , 1 1161 WARRINGTON OITRATIVE CONSERVATIVE ASSOCIATION. The Annual Meeting of this Association was held at the Town-ball, Warrington, on. Thursday, the 23d inst., being St. George's Day, for the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year, and also for the purpose of presenting the late president and treasurer, Mr. Wilson and Mr. Whittle, with a handsome Bible and Prayer each. Mr. LEFTWICH, the president, acted as chairman ; and after the appointment of new members of the committee, and the other routine of business was gone through, several toasts:were proposed. " The Queen," with three cheers; "The Queen Dowager," (three cheers) ; " Constitution in Church and State," (much cheering). Between each of the toasts the Operative Con .servative Band struck up some suitable tune. The CHAIRMAN then, alluding to the most interesting sub ject of the evening, proposed the health of Mr. Crisp, who had come over from Liverpool to attend their meeting, and would now present the Bibles and Prayer Books to their re spected and esteemed friends. Mr. CRISP said that the duty which he had the privilege of performing was one of the most pleasing kind. To men hold ing any public situations, it must be the most gratifying thing, after feeling satisfied in their own consciences that they had faithfully performed their duty, to find that their conduct had met with the perfect approval and approbation of their friends : such is the case with our two friends, to whom I have the pleasure of presenting, this slight testimony of re spect this evening—l say slight, for these presents, as to their intrinsic value, would but ill convey the esteem in which we hold our late president and treasurer, who for above three years have most zealously and faithfully per formed their duty. But, Sir, when your testimony of ap- Brobation is conveyed in this form (the Bible a nd Prayer ook), it possesses, a value which no man can count. Mr. Wilson and Mr. Whittle, I present you, on behalf of the members and friends of the Warrington Operative Conser vative Association, with a copy of that Book which, with the blessing of God resting on it, is able to make you wise unto salvation. I also present you with that Book, which we es teem next to the Bible itself, as a truly sound and valuable compilation. I will not, by any further words of my own, attempt to add to this expression of our esteem ; but I must say, that the presentation of such a testimonial (I mean a Bible and Prayer Book) is alike honourable to the Associa tion presenting it and to the parties receiving it. Mr. WILSON rose and said—Mr. Chairman and Gentle men, I can assure you I feel a real difficulty in giving expres sion to my feelings for the kindness which you have shown to me this evening. lam not aware that I have done any thing to merit this valuable testimonial of your esteem. Nothing could have been more gratifying to my feelings than to receive this kind expression of your respect, in - the form which it has been presented, of the Holy' Word of God. Gen tlemen, I have ever considered that book the only sound rule for a Christian life, and I trust that it ever will be my endea vour to guide my conduct by the precepts therein contained. Respecting the association, I certainly have ever fealt a deep interest in it, and believe I may, with a few friends, take the credit of being its promoter. I trust the association has done some good, and I hope it may do much more. Gen tlemen, you will excuse me I know, for I feel so overcome by your kindness that I know not how fully to express my gratitude. These books I shall preserve to the last day of my life, and place a high value on them, not only for their real worth, but from the kindness expressed by friends in presenting them. Gentlemen, I truly thank you for this testimonial of your approbation. Mr. WHITTLE said—Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen—l can truly say that this is the happiest moment of my life. It is, indeed, gratifying to find that any conduct of mine should, in your estimation, merit this valuable expression of your approbation. Gentlemen, I never thought of anything of the kind ; I acted from a sense of duty, and my fullest ex pectation of reward was the approval of my friends for my humble services. I shall hand these books down to my son, if it should please God to spare his life beyond my own, and tell him in what manner I became their possessor. I cannot say more, gentlemen, than tender you my sincere and hearty thanks. Several other toasts were then proposed : The Duke of Wellington. (Much cheering,) The Lord of the Manor, John Ireland Blackburn, Esq. The Conservative Band. Mr. NANNERLEY briefly returned thanks in an appro• priate speech. Mr. WILSON having the privilege of proposing a toast . . , begged to propose the health . of a body of men who had al ways been the most zealous and active in the defence of our glorious constitution; and as there was a gentleman here who could convey our sentiments to them, he begged to pro pose " The Protestant Associations of Liverpool," and re quested that Mr. Crisp would convey their feeling to them. Mr. Cum , said he was delighted to respond to that toast, and he would guarantee that they had never drank the health of a more truly loyal and Protestant body of men. Gentle men. perhaps you have heard of the shipwrights of Liverpool. (Much cheering.) I have had some opportunity of witness ing their conduct, and I will say that a more devoted body of operatives I do not know than the Protestant operatives of Liverpool. On their behalf, gentlemen, I heartily thank you. Mr. WILSON proposed " Mr. Plumptre and the real Pro testant Members of the House of Commons." Mr. CRISP being allowed to propose a toast, begged to give the health of a real great man, and a real defender of pure Protestantism, through good report and evil report. I say a great man because I understand greatness to consist in 'goodness, and I understand goodness to consist in a true Christian principle: Gentlemen, I care not for conservatism unless based upon sound Protestantism, and I care not for 'Protestantism unless it Is based upon the unerring word of God. I beg to propose " The. Health of Lord Roden," and his name is always connected with the Protestants of Ireland. (Great cheering.) "-The Strangers who had favoured them with their com pany." Mr. W. ALBISTON returned thanks. After a few more toasts, the meeting separated at about eleven o'clock. CORRESPONDENCE. THE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Stit,—Having observed in the Standard of Tuesday laSt some lengthened strictures upon the proceedings of the late meeting of the Liverpool Anti-Slavery Society, permit mete request that you will afford room in your forthcoming publi cation for the correction of certain misapprehensibns and in accuracies in the article to which I refer. ~ It is inquired by the writer, as " the ostensible object of the meeting, was ' to take into consideration the duty of the friends of the negro, with reference to the present state of slavery and the slave trade throughout the world,' " " why was the subject of the British colonies in the West Indies in troduced into the discussion ?" The vast importance which attaches to the successful issue of the experiment of emariei; pation, in Connexion with the discussion of the general Ques tion. of slavery, is of itself sufficient to warrant the most searching inquiry into the progress, and a constant recur rence to the results of that experiment. Besides, the events which have occurred in those colonies in the working out of the great physical and moral transition, have not been of a nature to justify eny'relaxation of the supervision which is necessary on the part of this country, to the satisfactory es tablishment of the negro's rights. Further, it was incumbent on those to whom the management of the meeting was com mitted, to review all that had been done in the struggle and the triumph of the two years that had elapsed since the mem bers of the society were convened, and to state the measures that had been adopted for the purpose of demonstrating to other nations yet contaminated with the sin of slave-holding, the propriety and expediency (confirmatory of the justice) of abolishing the system. The report noticed the attempted revival of the Hill Coolie traffic. Documents are now before me (some of them are before the public—others of them shall not long remain un published) from courts of justice in India, and from commis sions of inquiry in British Guiana and Mauritius, which fur nish ground for the apprehensions entertained, that if the projects of certain parties had not been suppressed by the government, a traffic no less to be deprecated, because no less unjust and cruel than the slave trade would have threatened thousands of helpless victims. The remainder of the report furnished a comprehensive sketch of the present state of slavery, and the slave trade in various quarters of the globe. After a most deliberate reflection, I am unable to discover on what part of the proceedings of the meeting, as reported in the Standard of Friday last, the writer of that article will fix for proof of the insinuated charge of " the most relentless persecution" of the planters. The writer further observes—" Mr. Scoble said that, du ring his recent visit to the West Indies, 'he had found that commerce flonrished— s that trade was never in a more healthy condition than at the present time.' From this sweeping as sertion, we might refer that there had been, for the last two years, no deficiency in the amount of exports from the West Indies. Is this the fact ?" Now, had the writer of that ar ticle taken the trouble of referring to your own report of the meeting, he would have found that Mr. Scoble's statement was contrary to his own hypothetical inference, and fatal to the ungenerous implication it involves. In that report, Mr. Scoble is represented as having before him an official docu ment giving the total amount of sugar exported during the past year, as compared with preceding years. " Looking at the whole of the colonies, the amount was 698,000 cwts. less as compared with 1838, and 483,000 cwts. as compared with 1837." I❑ another journal, Mr. Scoble is reported to have " quoted two despatches from the governor of British Guiana, both alluding to the extensive injury done by the drought." " He also mentioned, as within his own knowledge, various estates on which the canes had yielded less last year in con sequence of the drought than was expected. In one instance, from 10 acres of canes were expected 10 hhds., but had only produced 7 ; in another, 80 acres yielded only 35 hhds., when 80 were expected; on a third, 102 acres only. furnished about 65 hhds. Thus they would perceive, that the falling off in the amount of the crops last year was not owing to the indo lence of the negroes,.but to-the ordinances of providence." That the reason assigned for the deficiency by the report and by Mr. Scoble, was not unfounded, will appear from the authority of Governor Light : In a despatch of April 26, 1839, the Governor says : " The season, which had been excessively favourable at the beginning of the year, and gave promise of large return, has not, for upwards of 72 days, had a respite from excessive drought; the consequence has been that the savannahs, creeks, or lakes have been dried up ; the trenches having no supply had been exhausted, arid the canes have been left un cut from the impossibility of conveyance to the works. This, then, is the chief cause of the failure, and not the idleness of the peasantry, to which some of the planters are disposed to ascribe it." In an address to the combined court, on the 19th Febru ary, 1839, the Governor says :—" We have no right to ascribe to emancipation the deficiency of staple products since the Ist of August. If exportable produce be diminished in quantity, it has increased in value; if the planter do not obtain full labour, yet his payments on that point are lessened." In a despatch from Governor Light, dated October 15, 1839, he notices the quantity of sugar shipped during the third quarter of that year :—" It is considerably less than in the corresponding quarters of 1831-32-33; it is in hogsheads 2,765 less than the corresponding quarter last year; but the price of produce has increased in proportion to the diminu tion of the crop. It is a fact, that from the unfavourable season during a portion of the year, the canes have yielded one-third less than usual ; the last quarter of the year, con sidering the favourable season for the last month, is likely to give a much larger return. I shall he prepared to chew by the prices of the last twelve or fifteen years, that even sup_ posing the exports of sugar for the year 1839, from this colony only, reach 35,000 hog s he a ds; the returns in money will be larger than when the produce was at its greatest extent." As to the imports into the colonies it will be sufficient to quote the same high authority in a dispatch of May last. Governor Light says, " The increasing demands of British Guiana for manufac tured goods and other supplies have occasioned an additional tonnage inwards of 10,618 as compared with that of the year 1836, and of 4,270 tons as compared with that of the year 1837." And again, " It is presumed that the real decrease in the outward tonnage is about 10,000 tons in 1838 as compared with 1837, and this decrease is no greater than the result of the last year rendered probable." " I trust these remarks will enable your lordship to judge of the real grounds for the outcry made by interested persons against the diminishing resources of this colony." Accordingly he addressed the combined council in these terms. _ _ "It could not have been expected that internal commerce could probably long withstand any great diminution of ex portable produce—that the merchants do not anticipate this Is proved by the numerous stories established In all parts of the colony where they were before unknown ; and though ti►ose artielPs formerly wholesale to the planter are now no longer reuuired, yet equal if not . greater trade takes place under a new form. You will agree with me that Georgetown presents few symptoms of anticipated ruin." These extracts cenfirmatory both of the report and of the proceedings of the meeting are sufficient to produce con viction in every candid mind. Let an equitable and benevolent system of management be established in that and other colonies, and the testimony of Governor Light with regard to sonie estates will soon become true of all—" Where tact, judgment, and conciliation have exhibited a corresponding feeling, steady labour has been obtained." I am, sir, yours &c., WILLIAM BEVAN. April 23, 1840. IMMIGRATION INTO THE. WEST INDIES. TO riff: EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. .. SlR,—Emigration from the British settlements in India to our West India colonies being at present prohibited, and the number of emigrants from the United States being li mited, it seems necessary that some other source should be looked to from whence a supply may be obtained. Egypt has been mentioned, but the state of political affairs seems now to preclude any chance in that quarter. Mr. Earle, in a memoir on the colonization of the north coast of Australia, writing of the advantages it possesses for obtaining a cheap supply of labourers, seems•to have pointed out a source from whence such a supply may also be obtained for our western colonies. He " considers China as the principal source, emigration being most prevalent there ; but many of the islands in the Archipelago, and Jaya in particular, would also afford numbers who would probably be preferred by European planters." It is at present unnecessary to say anything of the Chinese, but it may be mentioned that the " Cochinese are almost their equals in agriculture, but greatly superior in moral character and conduct, and at the same time equally disposed to emigrate for the sake of gain." • The natives of Java, being accustomed to the cultivation of sugar, which is carried on to a large extent on the West Indian plan, might probably suit even better than Coolies. " They are decidedly an agricultural people, and of quite different dispositions from. the :Malays, to whom they are always preferred on account of their quiet and orderly ha bits." Those who are met with in Batavia are generally of the worst description, and differ essentially from the natives of the eastern part Of the island, who are not contaminated by the Chinese and Malays, and from that part care should be taken to select them. As they resort in numbers to Scurabaya, Samarang, &c., there is every facility for enga ging. The high rate of wages paid in the West Indies holds out great inducements to emigrate, besides the desire to escape the tyranny of the Chinese, who, as middlemen and proprietors of a considerable' proportion of the land in the island, universally recluce..the aboriginal inhabitants to the most ignominious bondage. Bali and Lombok may also be mentioned as likely to supply good labourers, the inhabitants of both which devote their whole attention to agriculture, raising large quantities of rice for exportation, as well as coffee, tobacco, and cotton. They are stouter than the Ja vanese. A good many of them are at present employed by the French in Bourbon. Great facilities are presented for carrying on emigration from these parts. Many of the passenger vessels which go to Australia, not being able to procure return cargoes there, proceed to ports in the India and China seas, many of them calling at Lombok in passing; and were they assured of obtaining a cargo there or at Scurabava to the West Indies, they would doubtless prefer it to making a lengthened and dangerous voyage, and being detained a considerable period at the port of lading; whilst, being fitted up under govern ment inspection in this country for carrying emigrants, they would afford a most unobjectionable conveyance. Hoping these few hints may be of some small service, I am, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, Liverpool, 24th April, 1840. A. Z. ROSCOE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, SIR,—You will have noticed the articles headed as above which have appeared in some of your contemporaries. As all the articles have hitherto been directed against " Delta," without any attempt to remove the facts revived by him, and as, in the multiplicity of words used on the occasion by the editors of the Mercury and the Times, and by the Socinian writer in the Courier of last Wednesday, the point in dispute has not been touched, the following brief observations may not he out of place. I do not agree with `,` Delta" if he mean to institute a comparison between the literary merit of the Dairyman s Daughter and Lorenzo ; in fact no such comparison can be instituted, the works is question being: of quite opposite or ders ; the one being intended to show the influence religion has on the life, and the consolation it affords in the article of death ; the other being the history of a man celebrated for his attachment to learning, and for his encouragement of litera ture. But it does not appear to me that " Delta" intended such a comparison. All that he says is, that if Roscoe deserves to have a statue erected to his memory merely on account of his literary character and 'his being a nativeof Liverpool, and this to he considered the work of the town, the friends of Legh Richmond, a clergyman of the Church of England, the writer of many works by no means destitute of literary me rit, and a native of Liverpool, have an equal right to have a statue erected to his memory by the town. Now; from the. manner in which this matter of a statue to Roscoe was first b rought.hefore the people of Liverpool, by an anonymous correspondent of the Mercury, it appears that it is not to be erected in 'honour of his literary, but of his political character; if so, then " Delta" is right in objecting to this being considered the work of the town. If this is to be a statue erected by the town of Liverpool to the memory of Roscoe, how is it nothing was heard of it till " the statue was nearly ready ?"—Again, The sentiMents of the principal pertion'of the inhabitants of the town are quite opposed to the opinions advocated by Roscoe in his political career. How then can a statue be erected to him by the town ? • . Till the above questions are answered, I shall agree with " Delta" in thinking that no person will object to the friends of Roscoe erecting a statue to him in any private situation, on account of his literary-merit,- but that the majority of our townsmen will object to its being placed in any public situa tion on account of his Political character. While I shall leave" Delta" -to answer. for himself the pitiful charges which been thrown out against him with so much rancour, I cannot help expressing a wish that the parties alluded to had., instead of abusing, overthrown the facts brought before the public respecting the " doings".of Roscoe;--but this they'were well aware they Could not do. LIVE rtPooL ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. TO. THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Ma; EDITOII,—Win you allow me, through the medium o f your paper, to call the,attention of the proprietor of the above gardens to the practice of charring for the admission of children above four years of age. It is of course neces sary for some one to accompany a child, and that person goes, in general, solely for that purpose. It seems hard, therefore, to demand payment for the admission of two persons. . . . . . I use the freedom to suggest to the proprietor, the age of ten years, as the limit for - free admission, in lieu of four years.- Not only would he afford pleasure to many, by adopting this course, but I believe he would find it beneficial to himself.—l am, sir, your-obedient servant, A FATHER. STRANGE PROCEEDING IN A DISSENTING CONGREGATION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SlR,—There is a certain portion of the dissenters of this town who are continually harping upon what they call church intolerance; but I think that you will agree with me that the following occurrence, which lately took place, has seldom been equalled. Many of your readers will recollect that a young and talented preacher, of the Independent denothina tion, and minister of Newington Chapel, in this town, was drowned in a mysterious manner, and his remains were in terred in the burying ground of the above-named chapel. This melancholy event took place about twenty-nine years ago. About four years since the Rev. Mr. Dallison, a mi nister of the same place, died, and his widow iiterred him in the same grave with Mr. Spencer. This permission was given to her by the trustees of the chapel. However, about a month since some of the official persons connected with the chapel took upon themselves to take up Mr. Dallison's body, and put it in another grave, thinking, no doubt, that the re mains of one good man would corrupt the other. This pro ceeding has caused many of the congregation to leave, one of which is Mr. D a lli son 's widow. This strange proceeding has caused a great sensation among many of the respectable dissenters, and who are sorry that Mr. Bevan, the present minister, should have given it his countenance. It is said that an insane woman, who resides on the Cheshire side of the Mersey, has been the cause of this transaction, and as she is very rich, of course the performers would be well paid. B. B. UNIVERSITYANDECf_LpSIASTICAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Oxford Herald.) Yesterday, the following gentlemen were elected Fellows of Oriel College .—Mr. Thomas Brooking Cornish, B.A. of 'Trinity College; Mr. Albany Jas. Christie, B.A. Scholar o Queen's College, on the Michel Foundation ; and Mr. James Fraser, Scholar of Lincoln College. The Rev. R. C. Clifton, M.A. late Fellow of Worcester College, has been presented to the Rectory of Somerton, in this county. The Rev. George William Burrow Wills, M.A. of Wadham College, has been instituted to the Rectory of St. Leonard's, Devonshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Edward Hotilditch ; patron, Mr. Samuel Wills, of Crewkerne, So mersetshire. The Rev. J. A. Latrobe, late of St. Edmund Ball, and formerly Curate of the parishes of St. Peter and St. O wen , Hereford, has been appointed Minister ofthe new Church of St. Thomas, at Kendal, in the county of Westmorland. The Rev. J. Hayes, B.A. of Magdalen Hall, and Curate of St. Michael's Church, Manchester, having been appointed_ to the Incumbency of Harpurhey, was presented, on Thurs day se'nnight, with_ a handsome pocket communion service and case, with the following inscription :—" We, the under signed sidesmen and members of the congregation of St. Mi chael's Church, Manchester, respectfully present to the Rev. John Hayes, B.A. the accompanying pocket communion service and case, as a token of their respect and esteem for his highly valuable and efficient services whilst Curate of the above church. April 16, 1840." PROMOTIONS. Rev. Chas. Whately, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the newly consecrated Church of the Holy Trinity, at Brinscomb, Gloucestershire ; patron, David Ricardo, Esq. Rev. Wm. Charlton Frampton, M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Buckland Ripers, Dorsetshire, void by the resignation of the Vin. R. B. Bucke, Archdeacon of Dorset. Rev. C. C. Bartholomew, to the curacy of Lympstone, Devon. Rev. R. Y onge , t o t h e Chaplaincy of Wolstanton and Burslein Union. CORNS.—A correspondent declares the following to be a " never-failing remedy for corns," and as recommended by J. Henderson, M.R.C.S., and therefore on respectable au thority:—Take of tincture ,of iodine 4 drachms, ioduret of iron 12 grains, chloride of antimony 4 drachms ; to be ap plied with a camel-hair brush, after paring the corn. The sufferers will rejoice to learn that three applications are ge nerally sufficient.—Month :g Herald. The metropolis compriSes an area of 70 square miles, or about 91 miles in diameter, and thus assuming a radius of five miles from St. Paul's Cathedral. Every year London is adding to its population that of a city equal to York. The total population of the metropolis is now 1,950,000, and by the end of next year it will exceed 2,000,000, and in ten years a population of 400,000 has been added, which is as much as the ancient city in the time of Charles the Second. A reprieve has been granted by her Majesty to Celia Tip_ pinsthe wretched woman who was condemned to death, a t the ate Gloucester Assizes, for the murder of her illegiti mate infant. She is to be transported for life. It is be cause there are circumstances in this unhappy creature's case which render her as much an object of pity as her crime excites abhorrence, that we participate in the general feeling of satisfaction that she haS been suffered to live, and that she has an opportunity afforded her of repentance and amendment. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. Miss ROMER and Mr. G. STANSBURY are.rugagrA-1 for this and next Week, and-will appear this Evening in the favourite Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. The Public is respectfully informed, that Mr. TEMPLE TON is reluctantly compelled to forego his Enagement at this Theatre, in consequence of continued indisposition. THIS present TUESDAY, April 2S, 1810, will be per -L formed, Bellini's Opera of LA SONNAMBULA. Amina Miss Romer, As performed by her, with the greatest success, at the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, and Eno.ish Opera House. Rodolpho Mr. G. Stansbury. .Mr. Barker Alessi° Mr. Baker. Liza - Miss Grant. To conclude with the Tragedy of ' VIRGENIUS. Elvino, Virginius Mr. Stuart. Icilius.... Mr. W. Howard. Numitorius.. Mr. Webster. Dentatus.. Mr. Baker. .Appius Claudius.. Mr. Gray. Caius Claudius.... Mr. W. H. Bland. Virginia.. Mrs. W. 11. Bland. Servia, . Miss Cleaver. TO-MORROW (Wednesday), the Petite Comedy of the INNKEEPER'S BRIDE. After which will be produced, with appropriate Scenery, Machinery, &c.. the Opera of the MOUNTAIN SYLPH, in which Miss Romer will sustain her original character of Eolia-(the Mountain Sylph) • Heil (the Wizard of the Glen), Mr. G. Stansbury; Donald, Mr. Barker; Christie, Mr. Baker; The Bailie, Mr. P. Crowe; Etheria, Mrs. P. Crowe ; Jessy, Miss Grant. To conclude with the Farce of MAKE YOUR WILLS. On THURSDAY, LOVE IN A VILLAGE, and THE SLAVE. THE FANCY BALL. SUPPLEMENT WITH THE STANDARD. On Friday next we shall publish A SUPPLEMENT, furnishing our . readers with a full account of the GRAND FANCY BALL, which will take place an Thursday. We are glad to find that the committee hare formally requested the parties who intend to be present on this festive occasion, to write their names on the back of their tickets, with a description of the dresses or characters which they may assume. Jre trust that this suggestion will be generally acted upon. It will be our object to give as .full and minute ail account of the ball as possible; and we shall therefore feel particularly obliged if such of- our friends and readers as intend to be present will favour us person ally with their names and characters to-morrow, or the following day. In order, however, to avoid the stupid and impertinent hoaxes so prevalent on such occasions, we shall not attend to any communications which are not made personally, or properly authenti cated. TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1840. By the packet-ship Roscius, Captain Collins, which arrived here on Sunday morning, we have received New• York papers to the 6th instant, inclusive, and by the packet-ship North America, which arrived here on Sunday afternoon, we have received a paper of the 7th instant. The latest arrival at New York from Eng land, was on the 18th ultimo. We subjoin the most important extracts from the papers which we have re ceived:— • • TWENTY-SIXTH CONGRESS—FIRST SESSION. • (In Senate—Wednesday,,April I:) • - MILITARY AND NAVAL PREPARATIONS ON OUR NORTIIEO FRONTIERS. The Chair submitted the following message from the Pre sident of the United States : • " To the Senate, " I communicate to the Senate, in compliance with their, fromresolution of the 12th instant, a,report the Secretary 0 ' War containing information on the subject of that resolutiou . " M. VAN BUREN. " Washington, 28th March, 1840. War DepartMent, March 27, 1840. " resolution. of the Senate'. of thel2th instant' That the President of . the United States.. be requested t` ) communicate to the Senate, if, in hi S judgment, compatib le r , with the public interest, any information which. may be in ;' possession of the Government, or which,canbe convenien t , obtained, of the military and naval preparations• of the licit' ish authorities on the northern frontier of the. United State'' from lake Superior to the Atlantic ocean ; designating t he permanent from the temporary and field works, and partie u lady noting those which are within the claimed limits of t he United States ; ' having been referred by you to this n e i partment, it was immediately referred to Major-Genera Scott, and other officers who have been stationed on the (roil; tier referred to, for such information on the subject as th eY s possessed, and could readily procure; and an examination i f now in progress for such as may be contained in the tiles ° J the department. General Scott is the only offi cer yet bear, from ; and a copy of his report is herewith su b m itted, t °s l `,. e ther with a copy of that to which be refers, made *upon t resolution of the House of ReprOentatives of the 9th inS tBn r e As soon as the other officers who have been c a ll e d upon 3 ' 4 heard from, and the examination of the files of the departlon, is completed, any further information which may be acquired will be immediately laid b e fore you.—Very reS ee fully, your most obedint servant,—" J. R. POIISET I • " To the President.of the -United States.". " Head Quarters Eastern Divisiori.'Etizabethtew''' N. March ; 23, . • " Sir,—l have received from YoUr office copies of two re;, solutions,'• passed respectively the lath• and' 9th. instant , by - the Senate,. and the other by the Ho use o f Represen — ; tives ; and I am asked for ' any information on the surWe e same ,] of both, or either of the resolutions; that-May be in L fv; possession,' . . p In respect to the naval force recently ma i n tained 0 - t on he the American lakes by' Great Britain, I have just hadrY, honour to report to the • Secretary of War, by- whom the r' t) solution of the House of Rep resen t a ti ves ( o f the 9thin'tvn was directly referred to me. • . re " ' I now confine• myself -to the Senate's resolotioo specting • military [I omit naval] preparations of the Brit'''. authorities on the northern frontiers of the United , t ;;;' from Lake Superior to the. Atlantic Ocean, distingui,s%.. the permanent from the temporary and field-Works, anut - o l f titularly noting those which are within the claimed ' in"' the United States..' ve " 1 will here remark, that however well my duties P . ., made me acquainted with the greater part of the li n e in (it'7, tion, 1 have paid but slight attention to the forts and barr a , c erected by the British authorities near the borders of MI A , above. Fredericton, in New Brunswick, or in Upper t 3 t o t above Cornwall, being of the fixed opinion, which neel.'," t ie here be developed, that all such struct u re s wou ld be of or no military value to either of the parties in the event ut new war between' the• United State?; and Great Britain. " I was last summer at the foot of Luke Superior , the neither saw nor heard of any British fOri or barrack on St. Mary's river, the outlet of that lake.. • • 4bree " Between Lakes Huron and Erie.the British have • o pe sets of Barracks ; one at Windsor, opposite to Detroit i, de p, at Sandwich, a little lower down ; and the thi r d at 3 1 ';`,, e ri 18 miles from the first; all built of sawed l ogs , s trevOlv . d by block-houses, loopholes, &c. M a ld en h as b een a milit B th , post with slight defences. • These have been recently strotea ened. The works at Windsor have, also, I think , us . erected within the last six or eight months. tsv ° " Near the mouth of the Niagara the British ha ve jog ,G small forts—eorge.'and. Messisanga. Both existed du,„ 1. 0;. the last war. The latter may be termed a permanent "ear, Slight barracks have been erected within the last two S a ul' on the same side, near the Falls and at Chippovii , i • ev e , breast-works at the latter place ; but n o thi ng , 1 b el be above the works first named, on the Niagara, which ea v termed a fort. t he " Since the commencement ,of recent troubles r Canadas and (consequently thereup on ) w ithi n our 10, Fort William Henry at Kingston, and Fort Wellinr w eo opposite to Ogdensburg (old works), have both ,of strengthened, within themselves, besides the additi °l. dependencies. These forts may be called permanent. t og " On the St. Lawrence, below Prescott, and c onfrottoo our territory, I know of no other military post. rfs:teee v li miles above, at Brockville, there may be temporary lo r ' b and breast-works. I know that of late Brockville lois a military station. go ry " In the system of defences•on the app roac h e s to treal, the Isle au.z. Isoix, a few miles below our line, A nfbi the outlet of Lake Champlain, stands at the head. 1 , 5 of island contains within itself a s y s t em o f permanen t w Ol. OO ll l great strength. On them the British Government has; time to time, since thg peace of 1815, expended to" ) and la O bour. • of l' BI;e Odle: • Odletown, near our, line,- on the western side Champlain, has been a station for a body of fe' militia for two years' to guar d the neighbourhood fr°'.2lso' fugee incendiaries from our side. I think that b a rraelO ot e , been erected there for th e accommo d at i on o f t h os e tc h , ill and also a station, with the like object, near Albarg Vermont. fro 1 / It is believed th a t th ere are nu i m p or t an t B r itis•l ° col or extensive British barracks, on our border s , from Ve t to Mai In n . lrespect to such structures on the disputed t er ,!,rois; Governor Fairfield's published letters con t a i n fuller jol t '', lion than has reached me throughout a n y o th er charm have heard of no new military preparations by the authorities on the St. Croix or Passamaquoddy Bay. , 0 1 4 • " Among such preparations, perhaps I ought not ' a t the fact that Great Britian, besides numerous corps ° itl" organised and well instructed militia, has at this Moe ` - bei, t her North - American provinces, more than 20,000 ult, ie ro ag i rt regular troops. The whole of those forces might he u, r tis to the verge of our territory in a few days. Two-t';', 4 o. that regular force has arrived out since the spring of 1 ` rap t, I remain, sir, with great respect, your most.obedient se " WINFIELD SC`' " Brig.-Gen. R. Jones, Adjt.-Gen. U.S.A."' ari t r • NAVAL.—The United St a t es ' f r i ga t e M ac edon' io r3 e sloops of war Warren, Lev an t, an d O n t ar i o , wer e at oer nah, March 21st, all well. Three British Inca of W ar lying too, off the Moro Castle, at the above date. h higt ° ,'," TAMPERING WITH THE IN DIAN S.—The 11(15';" t Globe says that the statement of a Detroit paper , ,_ W a a il tb°; ters had been intercepted passing between the BritisiL i oite l , rities in'Upper Canada to raise the frontier tribes of of° is not confirmed. It originated in the ciretnstanceeertit° American Indians having been invited t o th e British ries to receive presents. , sti th ie i TREASURY NOTES.—The secretary of the treasn.". pofr i.e Ist of April, gave notice that the amount of TreJs tl ,, l) J,t' it issued under the provisions of the acts of Congre7, 14th October, 1837, 21st May, 1838, and 2d Ma rt : , •,00 was Of this amount there has been redeemed - r) 5 5 ' r 6 . - , Leaving the amount outstanding - , 1 l a 5 u FROM MEXICO AND TEXA S.—The American n 1 ; 1, 11 - 0,1 Mexico, arrived at New Orleans on the 24th of Ml r i t e ! Vera Cruz, in the revenue cutter Woodbury. Me>l, hearer of the treaty between the United States a,.,n" gipu' s, recently ratified by thelcongress of the latter. T he lions of the treaty have not transpired. 00 0 ,0 The dates brought from Vera Cru z by thelV oo as late as the 15th. Nothing of importance had Vera Cruz. Tranquillity prevailed, and very little Was in trade. The stock of foreign goods in - Port 4 1 exceeded the wants of the mar k e t. • the I 'o The British ship Kin gs t on , at New, cirlepn§, 00.,eiveote ult., from Laguna, bring s intelligence 1 of pOlitial n ,cop in that place to the I lth instant. On the .10th tb!isod!,!, declared in favour of th e f e deralist party. The com of the place issued a manifesto, 'requiring iThediene . e; r 10_ 1 ; ing laws, &c., which was but little heeded ;.• an l ert jistr4 immediately returned by the commander of the teuaitot to iu which was expressed a determination to operate off rlj F - atbrrpool kstanbarb. :. nfli' ~9~u