The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-14 00:00:00

MISCELLANEOUs A. CASH OF MONOMANIA.—A gentleman, who fancied lii.mself a pendulum, always went on tick, and never disco vered his delusion until he was carefully wound up in the Queen's Bench. The Colonial Office has issued notice, that no more emi grant ships will leave England, under contract of govern- went, till March next THE PRINCE or WALES.—We hear that the infant prince is to be named Albert Edward, after his royal father and grandfather, and that the Queen Dowager and the Duke of Saxe Coburg are to be the sponsors.—Standard. THE BREVET.—The very liberal promotions of the late brevet may be best estimated by the increased cost to the country, which NO understand will amount to very nearly £40,000 per annum, reducible, of course, as the lives fall in. FORBIDDEN BooKs.—The papal government, by a decree, dated the 15th ult., 'has placed several new works in the In dex. Among the works thus honoured are Ranke's " His tory of the Popes," the novels of Balzac, and various Belgian, Spanish, and German works, mostly of a religious or histori cal character. No English book figures in the list, nor, with the exception of Balzac's novels, is any French work in cluded. FEMALE HEROISM.—On the evening of the 6th instant, a man named John Murphy entered the bedchamber of Mr. Peter Duffy, of Solicitor's Point, Dundalk, and took from a chest some clothes. His servant maid perceived the thief, and instantly seized him. He then knocked her down ; but she still kept hold, crying out for assistance. She was dragged from the top room down the stairs into the hall, where she succeeded in wresting the bundle from him, and then ran to give the inmates alarm, who lost no time in pur suing, and succeeded in apprehending the ruffian, who was fully committed. Mr. Ashton Yates deposited £14,000 at the late election in the hands of Mr. O'Connell towards defraying the expenses attendant thereon ; and it is alleged that, from that hour to the present, Mr. O'Connell has forgotten to refund one shil ling of the money to pay up the debts—or to reply to the numberless communications that are being daily made to him upon this subject. The radicals are outrageous at his conduct.—Carlow Sentinel. THE CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.—OUT readers will recollect, that a bottle of genuine water from the river Jordan was sent to this country as a present to the queen, to be used at the christening of the princess royal. After that interesting ceremony, the water was ordered to be carefully preserved, and the bottle sealed. It is, therefore, almost superfluous to say, that the precious element is des tined to perform the same office at the christening of the Prince of Wales.— Court Journal. _ WHALES AT DOVER.—The inhabitants of Dover, Folk stone, and adjacent places, have lately been surprised with visits from some huge monsters of the deep. Three or four times a whale has been "spouting" off Dover; and we un derstand that, in the early part of this week, two or three whales and two sharks (though we doubt the latter having appeared) have been observed off Folkstone, doubtless driven upon that coast by the late rough weather.—Canterbury Journal. MONACHISM AT OxFortn.—Mr. Newman, vicar of St. Mary's, the Virgin, is building several sets of chambers, for the reception of young men (candidates for orders, or for monastic institutions in contemplation), in his parish, at Littlemore. And we beg to direct the heads of colleges to an investigation of the fact, whether several young men, bound by oath to celibacy and monastic vows, are not now receiving a gratuitous education in the university, from par ties who have no special interest in them. The Bishop of Oxford, where is he ?—Oxford Chronicle. Lord Denman last week gave judgment in the Bridgewater town council cause, respecting the ineligibility of townsmen to hold office in the council who have a beneficial interest in the property of the borough. His lordship said be was of opinion that a lease was a contract ; but he had doubts in his mind whether a person holding a lease under the old corpo rations, and being a member of the new body, was disqualified by the words of the new municipal law. This, if correctly reported, must be a very unsatisfactory judgment. It is, indeed, no decision of the case.—Bath Journal. SERIOUS Loss.—An unfortunate circumstance occurred on Thursday week, in connection with Mr. Tucker, a clerk, in the employ of Messrs. J. and F. Savage, of Bristol. He came from Reading in the afternoon by the railway, with bills and banknotes in his possession, to the amount of £365. On leaving the terminus he proceeded to his residence on Marlborough hill, and the next morning he discovered that he had lost his pocket-book, containing the bills and notes. The last time he had seen it was at Reading. The property consists of eight ten-pound Marlborough notes, of Hillier and Co.'s bank ; a one-hundred pound bank post bill, paid at Reading ; a bill for twenty pounds, drawn by Wm. Fisher, Stroud, a fifteen-pound Bank of England post-bill; and one hundred and forty pounds in five-pound notes of Bristol, Bath, and Bank of England notes. A reward of £5O is offered for their recovery. SUDBURY, Nov. 10.—We have the utmost gratification in being enabled to state, that since her Majesty the Queen Dowager's health first began to amend, the improvement, although gradual, has been constant, and that her perfect re covery, should no unexpected relapse take place, may be con fidently expected. The distressing cough by which sbe was so constantly disquieted has in a great measure been abated, and she is able in consequence to enjoy every night several hours of regular and unbroken repose. The salutary effects of this refreshing sleep have already become apparent. Her Majesty now sits up from eight to ten hours every day with out fatigue, and has attained sufficient strength to walk about her room unassisted. Sir D. Davies still remains in attend ance, and, with the exception of Lady Gore and her daugh ters, constitutes the only addition to the ordinary party at Sudbury-hall. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT. — On Wednesday morning last, as an engine was drawing a train of coal waggons from the Haydock colliery, along the Dallam Lane branch of the Grand Junction Railway, near Warrington, by some acci dent, a little boy seven years of age, named John Sephton, a nephew of the engineer, was killed by the wheels of the en gine and waggon passing over him. It appears that the neighbouring highway, Dallam Lane, is in such a state that people cannot walk upon it ; and, consequently, they trespass upon the railway. This boy had on several former occasions been caught riding on the engine, and punished for it, and it was supposed he was attempting to get upon the engine, and had fallen. An inquest was held on the body on Thursday, before Mr. Heyes, and the jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental death," with a deodand of 20s. on the engine ; at the same time recommending that the trustees or surveyors of Dallam Lane should be summoned for not keeping the road in repair. MURDER AT THE MANCHESTER WORKHOUSE.—On Tuesday evening last, a barbarous and unprovoked assault, attended with fatal results, was made on a poor old man, named Peter Jackson, a pauper in the Manchester work house, by a fellow inmate, named Timothy Hetherington. Those who witnessed the assault observed nothing in Jack son's conduct calculated to excite the angry feelings of his assailant ; and it is therefore supposed, that the wanton ferocity which he displayed was the effect of temporary in sanity, particularly as he had recently been subject to fits of lunacy. Jackson was 67 years of age, and had been upwards of four years in the workhouse, during which time he con ducted himself remarkably well. On Tuesday afternoon, Jackson was standing in the men's day room : and Hether ington, the moment he entered, seized him by the collar, threw him down on his back, and kicked him on the bead and side several times with great violence. Several persons happened to be within view at the time, who ran to the old man's assistance, and gave Hetherington into the custody of the police. Medical aid was procured for Jackson; but he died on Thursday from the wounds which he had received.— Yesterday, Hetherington was placed at the bar of the Bo rough Court, before C. J. S. Walker, Esq., charged with wilful murder. The assault having been proved, he was re manded until the result of the coroner's inquest was known. Last night the inquest was held at the workhouse, on view of the body, before Mr. Rutter, when, in addition to the above mentioned facts, it was stated, that a fortnight ago the pri soner threatened to make a cripple of deceased, unless he re funded 18d. which the prisoner had lent him ; and Hether ington himself voluntarily stated, that he assaulted deceased because he said he would not pay him. Mr. Snape, the workhouse surgeon, deposed that the deceased came to him for medical aid on Tuesday evening about half-past six o'clock, and was then labouring under a great difficulty of breathing. He complained of acute pain in his side ; and, on a post mortem examination, it was found that one of the fractured ribs had penetrated the right lung, which injury produced inflammation in that part. There was much effused blood under the skin, caused by external violence. The left lune was also in a diseased state, deceased having been labouring under asthma and chronic affection of the lungs for some time previously. The external violenee he had suffered was sufficient to account for his death. The pri soner was twice under restraint, about four months ago, in consequence of mania, induced by epilepsy. From the tes timony of Mr. Robinson, governor of the workhouse, it up peared that the prisoner was 30 years of age ; that he was dangerously violent when he received any provocation, and that he had been frequently confined for outrageous conduct, The jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the prisoner. —Manchester Guardian of Saturday THE OPINION OF THE AMERICANS RESPECTING THE AGITATION POR THE REPEAL OF THE CORN-LAWS.—We have been favoured by a friend in Birmingham, with the fol lowing extract from a letter, received from a gentleman re siding in New York, on the repeal of the corn-laws. The letter from which the quotation is made, was received in Birmingham on Saturday last :—" The people here laugh at the English about their agitation in favour of a repeal of their corn-laws. I have asked a great many farmers, with whom I am acquainted, respecting the price of flour, and they as sure me, one and all, that flour cannot be produced here under five dollars a barrel,—and it is sometimes as high as eighteen and twenty dollars a barrel. It is selling at the pre sent time at seven dollars and a half per barrel. A barrel of flour weighs 196 lbs. It is well understood here that your corn-law agitation is got up by the Manchester manufac turers, and the Yankees laugh at the English people for their ignorance and infatuation. Bread is as dear here as it is in England ; meat is dearer ; butter is also dearer, and these are the three principal articles in housekeeping." We have also another extract from the same letter, on the subject of negro emancipation, which is worthy of notice :—" Things are in an unsettled state here. There are constantly riots and fights between the "Whites and the Blacks. The libera tion of the Blacks is considered the greatest curse that ever happened in this country ; they are too idle to work, and are the greatest thieves in existence, Eighteen out of twenty who are tried for theft are Blacks • if a man o ff ends them they will set fire to his house. T here was a black woman executed since 1 came here, for arson. Joseph Sturge was here a short time ago, for about six weeks, and was glad to get away with his life. If they could catch him anywhere up the country, in any of the slave states, they would Lynch him." —Ten Towns' Messenger. TAE MYERSCOUGII ROBBERY.—The following is the confession of one of the men now in custody as being con cerned in thi s ro bb ery , t a k en on th e 7th i ns t a nt :—Having agreed with John Knowles, Thomas Wilding, Thomas Wignall, and another they call Joseph, to rob the house of rn at John Cottam, iviayerscough, on the evening of Saturday, the 27th of l as t month, I followed them to the house, and about eight o'clock found them all awaiting for me in the shippon. We all remained there for a few minutes, when, s eeing Cottom open the door, Knowles went first; Thomas 'Wilding followed next, Jepson, and then Knowles, Wilding, and Jepson, myself and Wignall. had been in the house a ..bort time before I went in. found they had got some ,noney, and were insisting upon having more ; and when the door was first opened, I said—shoot him, and some of the others used threats. We were all in tlihouse I think about an hour. After making search through We fastened the house, I went up stairs, and looked into two of the r the inmates to sonic chairs, left the hous o e ffi a ns. d came straight fix -kilns, not away to Preston. 1 left the party near th . e n the ti money. not t e money, far fenin Tulketh-hall. I think Knowles took all e g o e ut t th a t n h any Just before I left them, Knowles was counting and he then gave me eight hall-crowns. I did more money until a day or two after the hand-bills about w hen Wilding brought robbery had been posted, pounds more—one sovereign and two pounds in silver. ree i said that was not a fair share . I don't recollect wheth er h e said anything in reply. I have had only four pounds in a ll. I have spent ss. 6d. out of it. I saw Knowles leave the stolen watch on the road. It was a small one. I asked him what time it was, and he said it w as not going. I received the £3 in Lady-street, and Jepson' was there with Wilding. We had several new pistols with us, and some of the party said they came from Caton's. There were two old umbrellas and twn pairs of stockings taken. I think Jepson had one pair of the stockings, and I think the umbrellas were thrown away. before we reached Preston.—Preston paper. n the Ist inst., that they had . " redileeti the tonic: rate or ton on couon ana otuer wool, nines, drugs, and manutac. tured goods, to one penny yer ton per mile ; and on passen gers to four-fifths of a penny per passenczer per mile." We trust the experiment will prove amply successful. LIBERAL REGARD FOR THE SUFFERINGS OF THE POOR. —A " liberal" of the purest water, on being solicited, a few days ago, to contribute to the fund now raising for the relief of the poor of the parish of All Saints, replied with charac teristic coarseness and petulance—" No, not a farthing till the corn laws are repealed." It is much to be feared that here, as everywhere else, our charities would cut a sorry figure but for the aid and countenance of the " grinding, tyrannical tories."—Newcastle Journal. A correspondent of the Birmingham Herald writes—" We understand a commission is to be appointed immediately, to examine receivers and collectors of taxes, with a view to a reduction of the expenditure, and for the adoption of a me thod of discovering any illegal practices among collectors, many of whom have been obliged to pay heavy penalties lately, in consequence of verdicts obtained against them in the Court of Exchequer; two arc recorded of £7OO each. We would advise all persons paying queen's taxes to keep their receipts." RAILWAY SuArtmromitna.s.—The Dublin Evening Mail states that a trial took place in the Court of Queen's Bench, Dublin, on Wednesday last, in which the Drogheda Railway Company succeeded in obtaining a verdict against one of their defaulting shareholders who declined paying up his in stalments in pursuance of the provisions contained in the act of parliament under which the company is incorporated. The value of this verdict consists, not so much in the amount of the sum recovered, as that it puts an end to further litigation in reference to the question raised by the issue, and decides the class of cases similarly circumstanced. EDUCATION. — The six English counties having the great est proportion of schools, are Cumberland, Durham, Middle sex, Northumberland, Rutland, and Westmorland ; in which the schools are, one for every 727 inhabitants ; and the crimi nal offenders, one for every 1156 inhabitants. The six coun ties that have the smallest proportion of schools are, Chester, Dorset, Hereford, Lancaster, Northampton, and Somerset ; in which the schools are one for every 1540 inhabitants ; and the criminal offenders, one for every 528 inhabitants. In Essex, Gloucester, Hertford, Middlesex, Somerset, and War wick, we find one criminal offender, in the annual lists of government, for every 449 inhabitants ; and only one school for every 1069 inhabitants; on the other hand, in Cornwall, Cumberland, Derby, Durham, Northumberland, and West morland, we have only one criminal to every 1309 inhabi tants ; while we have one school for every 839 inhabitants. In other words, there are six counties in England that have nearly three tithes the amount of crime found in six other other counties ; and the counties with the least crime, have one-fourth more schools than the counties in which crime abounds. ARE TITHES A GRIEVANCE?—As a mere pecuniary burden t especially as the law at present exists, tithes cannot press a s all upon Roman Catholic farmers ; it is really, as it alway_ has been, a portion of that which otherwise would be avail_ able to the landlord. The landlords are the bona fide tithe payers, and if tithes were done away in reality, as well as in name, they would alone be the gainers. The total amount of tithe payable to the clergy of the Irish church amounts, in round numbers, to about £300,000; of this the landlords in fee, that are Roman Catholics, pay only obout £14,000, so little grounds have they for asserting that the Established Church is supported in whole, ore even chiefly, by the Roman Catholics. Indeed, under the existing state of the law, the tithe is already scarcely noticed by the majority of tenants. In a short time, if left to themselves, the name of it will be almost forgotten, and unless some strange revolution takes place there cannot be any successful agitation in regard of it. Some such measure as that which Lord Alvanley recommends is the most likely means of producing such as unfortunate result.—Lord Roden's Observations on Ireland. " WHO SHALL DECIDE ?" &c.—At the meeting held at Wakefield, to agree upon addresses to the Queen and Prince Albert, on the birth of the Duke of Cornwall, a serious difference arose between thetwo learned doctors, as to whether or not there was any danger in childbirth, as the words of the address expressed. Dr. C. Crowther declared there was no danger in childbirth, and seriously objected and protested against the foolish fear of that danger, which this address was likely to spread. Mr. Stetter, on the other hand, who prided himself on being the oldest practitioner in Wakefield, and " on having had more to do with childbirths than any other man in the town," staked his professional reputation on the fact that there was danger, and sometimes very great danger. In deference to the oldest practitioner, Dr. Caleb Crowther waived his objection, and the words " great dan ger " were declared to be worthy of insertion, amid the pro longed cheers of the meeting. INGENIOUS MODE OF ESCAPE FROM SLAVERY.-Of the many cunning contrivances to escape from slavery, we think the following is about the most shrewd we have heard yet. Two slaves in a certain county of Virginia ran away with one of their master's horses. Thef started very early in the morning, in the following fashion :—One of the slaves fastened a strong rope round the other's body, tied him to the saddle and drove off. When met and qnestioned, the rider answered, " That black rascal undertook to run away from massa. I've caught him, and am taking him home, quick step. I guess he won't be for running away again in a hurry, after massa's had the cooking of him." This failed not to elicit warm ap probation, accompanied with hospitable offers of refreshment for himself and his horse. When arrived at a convenient place, the slaves exchanged places ; the rider submitting to the rope in his turn, while the other performed his part to admiration ; and like him, received assistance and praise for his honest zeal in his master's service. Thus they journeyed " in tye," till they reached Pennsylvania, when the rope was no longer necessary. Thence they passed over into Canada. —American Paper. THE MASTER OUTWITTED.—At a ploughing match, which recently took place at a village within six miles of Chesterfield, the following amusing adventure occurred :—A boy asked his master to allow him to attend it. " Oh, no," said the master, " I have plenty of work for you at home ;" upon which the boy went quietly to work in his master's field. In the course of a short time the master prepared himself to attend the meeting, but thought it proper, on his way, to call and see how the boy was getting on in the field. As he did not plough exactly to his master's satisfaction, the latter dismounted from his nag, threw the bridle over a gate, and told the boy he would teach him to plough. He there fore commenced working and talking—supposing the boy was behind, paying attention to all that he said ; but, on ar riving at the other end of the field, to his great surprise and mortificationlie found the boy was gone, leaving his master in charge of the animals. There was no other alternative for him but to take them home, where he found the boy, in ap parent indifference to the business. The master severely re primanded him for his conduct, and once more set off to the field of sport. The boy, however, again outwitted him, hav ing arrived there before his master, with his plough and horses and having started as a competitor for the prize, which he won. It is expected that the master will not hear the last of the joke to the end of his days. TAKING THE VEIL.—The Roman Catholics, when they first broached the project of establishing a nunnery in the suburbs of this Protestant metropolis, did so with their usual cunning and circumspection. It was introduced to the public under the innocent designation of " A Seminary for the Education of Young Ladies," and any one who breathed a whisper as to the real objects of the institution, was threatened with a prosecution for libel. Gradually, however, has the mask been dropped ; and now under the auspices of the am bitious lecturer in Broughton-street, Bishop Gillis, public exhibitions of the ceremony of taking the veil are regularly made, and the quasi boarding-school is proclaimed, in open day, to be nothing more 'nor less than a Popish Nunnery. One of these truly melancholy spectacles of knavery and superstition, took place on Wednesday last, in the nunnery alluded to, which is situated at the head of Bruntsfield Links, before a select assembly of Papists and Protestants, the latter, of course attracted by mere curiosity, to see how the interest ing drama would be conducted. We understand that there were three orders of nuns consecrated, as it is impiously termed, on this occasion. One young girl, evidently either the dupe of priests, or of her own diseased fancies took the first veil, which bound her to remain a close prisoner for one year ; two took the second veil, and immured them selves for five years, and an interesting looking young lady took the " vows" for life. On this last victim the chief interest was centered—a mock funeral service was per formed, and having prostrated herself on the marble floor of the chapel a pall was laid over her, and the bishop, after much impressive palaver, consigned her to a living death. The burial-rites occupied fully half an hour, during which time this infatuated sacrifice lay prostrate upon the cold ground. The feelings excited by the proceedings, on the part of the protestants at least, must have been of the most painful kind. How they could witness this auto da fe with out testifying their indignation and horror in a manner not to be mistaken by the actors and agents, is certainly more than we can imagine. In a moral and religious sense, after such an exhibition, how can Christians pretend to look with detestation upon or attempt to abolish the atrocities of Juggernaut or the' Suttee ? Of course these proceedings are as illegal as they are disgusting, and although the unhappy victims, or rather blinned devotees, are deluded into the belief that they are bound and may be compelled to submit to the consequences of their infatuation ; it is in the power of their families to rescue them from the unhallowed meshes cast around them by the myrmidons of popery. What renders such unnatural practices more odious is the fact that the end of these pretended religious ceremonies is, that the property of the victims passes into the hands of the priests, who thus make religion a mere conduit for conveying into their own pockets the means of those whom they dupe and sacrifice at one and the same time.—Edinburgh Post. CAVANAGH, THE " FASTING" IMPOSTOR.—This fellow is not yet sufficiently recovered from the effects of his nine or ten days' partial abstinence from food in Reading gaol to undergo the exercise of the wheel ; nor has he yet been allowed by the medical officers of the prison, in consequence of the weak state of his stomach at present, to take animal food. This " fasting " worthy, however, is allowed two pints of pretty stiff gruel and four rounds of toast daily, with the ad dition, every alternate day, of a pint of soup. The whole of these allowances he regularly- consumes, and with a capital appetite into the bargain. Cavanagh admits that he managed to gull the public pretty well outside the gaol ; but that as soon as he got inside he expected to be bowled out. His hopes were that if he could have managed to keep up the deception for a week, the magistrates would have been im pressed with the belief that he was not an impostor, and have therefore liberated him. Before he was detected, he was generally found in his cell upon his knees, a posture he has not since been once seen in. Tiernan, who acted as a sort of showman to the " fasting" knave, and who is incarcerated in the same prison, states that when the fellow exhibited him self in Dublin, as a miracle, he received as much as £2O and sometimes £3O a-day, from the hundreds of visitors who flocked to see him. It does not appear that Tiernan was wholly in Cavanagh's confidence. He says he never saw him eat while he was with bim ; but he always had his suspicions that he did. ENOUGII.—HOW many toil on, disquiet, and harass them selves, as if desperately struggling against poverty, at the same time that they are surrounded with abundance !—have not only enough, but more than enough—far more, in fact, than they actually enjoy. Still they go on, worrying them selves incessantly in the endeavour to grasp at increase of superfluity, as if under the influence of some fatal spell. To the tasks of labour there are seasons of intermission, but to the toils imposed by the vain endeavour to satisfy imaginary wants, there are none ; it is like attempting to fill the cup of the Daniades, or to destroy the fabled Hydra by cutting off its head. For one wish of the kind that is gratified, two others, at least, more desperately craving still, start up in its stead. It would be better were we more frequently to look at those below, and gaze at those above us, than we now do. It is true, we often turn our eyes in the first-mentioned direction, but then it is gene rally to look down with unpitying indifference or contempt on those less favoured than ourselves—rather for the pur pose of indulging our pride and self-conceit, than with feelings of gratitude at perceiving how much our worldly portion exceeds our deserts, when compared with that of numbers whose real merits may far exceed our own. The praise of the envious is far less creditable then their censures •, they praise only that which they surpass ; but that which surpasses them they censure. To be happy in old age, it is necessary that we accustom ourselves to objects that can accompany the mind all the way through life, and that we take the rest as good in their day. The mere man of pleasure is miserable in old age ; and the mere drudge in business is but little better; whereas, natural philosophy, mathematical and mechanical sciences, are a continual source of tranquil pleasure ; and, in spite of the gloomy forbodings, and of superstition, th e s t u dy o f th ose thi ngs i s th e s t u dy of true theology ; it teaches men to know and to admire the Creator, for the principles of science are in the creation—are unchange able, and of Divine origin. - • attorney had not re-sealed his record. The action, however, will come - on shortly, as Mr. Quintin Dielc, rejects anything like compromise, and is resolved to defend. ' AFFLICTING OCCURRENCE.-011 Saturday, two carts of Messrs. Milne and Co. were passing Crompton Fold, near Oldham, when they were accidentally driven over a child of three years of age, named Jane Seville, daughter of Mr. Jas. Seville, of Crompton Fold ; the girl was so injured that she died in a short time; the carter seemed much affected by the affair. The coroner's inquest was held on Monday, at Jubilee Inn, Crompton. Verdict, " Accidental death." THE CENSUS AND THE LADlES.—According to the official docuinent just published, detailing the total amount of the population of Great Britain, we find that the ladies have the advantage in point of number over their "lords" in every English county except the following :—Derby, Hereford, Lincoln, Monmouth, Rutland, and Stafford : in Westmore land the gentlemen are in a minority of one l—the number being, males, 28,234, females 28,235. There are but two counties in the whole of Scotland, namely, Dumbarton and Linlithgow, in which the lads outnumber the lasses. The county of Cornwall is so extensively undermined, that churches and church-yards, mansion-houses and hostelries, are many of them suspended over a yawning gulph, and in danger of crushing the lives out of some scores of adventu rous miners. We read in the Cornwall Gazette of last week the following " narrow escape" :—" On Tuesday, at Illogan, as the wife of a labourer called D uns to ne w a s c ro s si n g her kitchen, the ground suddenly gave way, and she was left suspended by her arms over a shaft, but fortunately was rescued from her perilous situation without any injury." RAISING OF THF. BLOCKADE OF THE COAST OF CANTA BRIA.—The following impoitant letter has been received by the secretary at Lloyd's : _ " 37, Old Broad-street, Dec. 10 " Sir,—l have the honour . toinform you that I have just received a despatch from my government, in which 1 am directed to apprise the commerce of this country that the blockade of the coast of Cantabria is raised. " I have the honour to be your obedient servant, " JOSE MARIA BARRERO " To Mr. W. Dobson, Secretary at Lloyd's." ALL-TRIUMPHANT STEAM.—The Great Western fired her signal of arrival in Kingroad (ten miles from Bristol, at the mouth of the river), at half-past ten on Monday night, in 13 days only from New York. The reporter of The Times went on board, and left her again with the despatches, in an open boat, and in a gale of wind, before 11. He reached London by the mail train at half-past five. The intelligence was printed, and despatched again to Bristol by one of the regular trains, and a copy of The Times was in the cabin of the Great Western, in the roadsted, by 1 o'clock p.m. These are the wonders of steam navigation, steam travelling, and steam printing.—Mechanics' Magazine. We are informed that lately an eminent shipbuilder of one of the outports, upon reading the dimensions recorded as those of the Ark, was so struck with the just proportions that prevaded the whole plan of construction, and the similitude that it bore to that in use at the present day, that he applied himself to the formation of a model which would explain at sight the character and capacity of the huge vessel so well known in religious history; and, to exhibit how little our largest ships vary from her admeasurement, a model of the British Queen has also been constructed on the same scale. In both these works of art the proportions are ob served to the greatest nicety. It is understood that the models will be presented for exhibition by the ingenious projector to some public institution in the metropolis.— Shipping Gazette. A gentleman from the city called at the Treasury yester day, where he gathered that as soon as parliament meets there will be an inquiry into the exchequer-bill fraud ; but that there is no intention to appoint any commission to decide upon the case of the innocent holders of the forged bills. This is anything but consolatory to the parties so situated, for a parliamentary inquiry will be sure to occupy a very long time, and then, for aught appears to the contrary, the point elicited will be, rather how to prevent such frauds in future, than any consideration for those who have been the sufferers by them. Hence it is clear that nothing is to be expected, either from the Treasury or from any voluntary assistance, in the way of promoting compensation, when parliament shall assemble, in which alone the proper remedy must lie.— London Times of Saturday. GRACE DARLING'S FATHER AGAIN. Early on the morning of the 26th ult. the schooner Dart, Peter Clark, master, of Litnekilns, from Aberdeen, with a cargo of pota toes, struck on the Nistone, near the outer Fern Islands. The sea being high, the crew escaped in the boat, and landed at the Longstone lighthouse. When the morning dawned it was found that the vessel had disappeared. A schooner, however, was observed in the offing, apparently under no command, and it was concluded that she might be the Dart. Darling, his son, and the crew immediately proceeded towards her in Darling's boat, and got on board when she was eight miles from the land, and six feet water in the hold. Everything was done to save the ship and cargo. A flag OS distress brought Mr. Thomas Smith and a crew from the inner lighthouse ; and being thus strengthened, by great exertions they were enabled to get the vessel into North Sunderland the following night. Sbe has since been taken to Berwick to repair.—Edinburgh paper. DESPERATE FRACAS.—The Ten Towns' Messenger re ports proceedings before the Mayor of Shrewsbury, wherein Dr. Mackenzie, the editor of the Salopian Journal, and formerly of Liverpool, and Count Albizzi, a French teacher, were the parties accused of a desperate fracas. The Salopian Journal had given offence to the count by a severe critique on the performances of a young lady at the Shrewsbury Musical Festival. A violent paper war was carried on be tween them for some time, in which the most abusive epithets were exchanged. At length the count waited on the editor to exchange blows. Dr. Mackenzie was knocked down, and the count, placing his foot on his fallen enemy, commenced belabouring him with a stick. The editor then drew forth a pistol, and threatened to shoot his assailant if he did not liberate him, The pistol was fortunately wrenched from his hand by a police-officer before any mischief was done. The magistrates bound over both parties to keep the peace. THE LATE SIR FRANCIS CHANTREY'S WlLL.—This truly great man has exhibited in the disposition of his pro perty all those beneficent principles which obtained for him while living the warm friendship of a numerous and most distinguished circle. Towards those who have been most closely associated with him in his professional avocations he has evinced a high-minded appreciation Of their talents and services. To Mr. Allan Cunningham, who has for more than 30 years officiated as his secretary and manager of his financial department, he has bequeathed the sum of £2OOO, with a proviso that Mr. Cunningham shall remain in the ex ercise of his duties until the close of the establishment. We need scarcely add that Mr. Cunningham has long been favourably known to the public as a literary man. To Mr. Henry Weekes, who, for the last 15 years, has been his chief artist, he has left £l,OOO, on condition that he will complete the works in progress at the time of the testator's decease ; a strong proof of the high estimation in which be held the talents of this gentleman. Handsome legacies are left to the executors, and Sir Francis not having any issue, the remain der of his ample fortune and property is left to Lady Chan trey for her life, and at her decease to be employed in the promotion of the fine arts in such a manner as will form the noblest and most imperishable monument to his fame. POST LErrzus.—Extract from a return of the number of chargeable letters which have passed through the London General Post inwards and outwards, since the first general reduction of postage, on the sth December, 1839, in periods of four complete weeks each, and distinguishing, as regards each period, the unpaid, paid, and stamped, and total number of letters for the year immediately preceding the reduction. Four weeks ending Jan. sth, 1839, (the year preceding the reduction,) unpaid letters, 1,299,789 ; paid, 201,127 ; total, 1,500,916. Four weeks ending Dec. 7th, same year, un paid, 1,359,439; paid, 323,473; total, 1,682,912. Four weeks ending Jan. 4th, 1840, (commencement of fourpenny uni versal rate,) unpaid, 1,566,434 ; paid, 2,505,847 ; total, 4,102,281. Four weeks ending Feb, Ist, 1840, (commence ment of penny rate,) unpaid, 787,139; paid, 2,217,127 ; total, 3,004,267. Four weeks ending April 25th, unpaid, 423,930 ; paid, 2,980,970 ; total, 3,404,900. Four weeks ending May 23d, unpaid, 410,399 ; paid, 2,630,895 ; stamped, 419,984 ; total, 3,461,278. Four weeks ending Dec. sth, 1840, un paid, 296,285 ; paid, 2,096,097 ; stamped, 1,992,219 ; total, 4,385,301. Four weeks ending Jan. 2d. 1841, unpaid, 333,433; paid, 1,974,684; stamped, 2,047,120; total, 4,355,237. End ing Jan. 30th, unpaid, 370,080 ; paid, 2,204,919 •, stamped, 2,108,074; total, 4,683,073. From that time to June 19th, up to which time the return was made, there was a steady increase in all descriptions, unpaid, paid, and stamped. Four weeks ending June 19th, 1841, unpaid, 485 , 986 ; p a id, 2,340,379 ; stamped, 2,516,304 ; total, 5,342,669. • It is said that Sir Robert Peel employs the present parlia mentary recess in making inquiries as to the prices, the rates of wages, the condition of the labouring classes, and generally the resources of the corn countries in Europe and Asia. It is acknowledged that these inquiries, if properly made, are likely to prove useful, which is an admission that they are unnecessary to a perfect knowledge of the subject, and, as such, they sufficiently justify the premier's refusal to im provise a repeal or modification of the corn laws, when strongly urged to do so about two months ago ; the necessity for these inquiries, too, even up to the present time, reflects au unfavourable light upon the rash enterprise of the late cabinet, made so long ago as the month of April, and if we believe its authors—which, however, in candour, we own not to be the case—determined upon twelve months ago. The inquiry ascribed to Sir Robert Peel is perfectly in accordance with the conscientious and prudent character of the states man to whose care the destinies of the empire are so happily committed. Nearly thirty years ago the late Mr. Cobbett, no complimentary critic, acknowledged that " Mr. Peel was distinguished from every other politician of the time by the care which he took always to make himself thoroughly ac quainted with facts." And whoever has watched the right hon. Bart.'s course can scarcely have failed to observe that, excelling as he does excel, all competitors in the qualities of a public speaker, he excels them still more in a perfect knowledge of the facts connected with every great question that comes before parliament. This is the characteristic which distinguishes Sir Robert from the great statesmen of past ages, as well as from the greatest among its con temporaries. He has never in thirty years been caught tripping, never found in a mis-statement, or even a mistake, as to the matter of fact—this must be the fruit of extra. ordinary sagacity, sound judgment, and immense labour, stimulated by conscientious zeal—attributes of a statesman scarcely enhanced in value by even Sir Robert Peel's elo quence. The research which the right hon. baronet is now understood to be prosecuting must have results, the value of which it is difficult to overrate, although we can easily enough anticipate, from information already in our hands, what these results will be.—Standard. AURICULAR CONFESSION. - It has been recently pro claimed from the pulpit of St. Mary's, at O x f or d, ( says t h e Morning Herald,) in a discourse preached and published by the Rev. Professor Baden Powell, that the Popish ceremony of auricular confession is notoriously administered by certain Puseyite clergymen to their deluded devotees. This is a grave accusation delivered by an eminent professor in the face of the heads of houses and of the whole University. It is such a charge as demands, in our opinion, the immediate investigation of the Bishop of Oxford. If unfounded, this preacher should be gravely admonished not to deal in such rash and dangerous accusations against his brethren. If it can be substantiated, the accuser and the accused should be confronted with each other ; and if it can be brought home to any clergymen resident officially in his lordship's diocese, we hesitate not to assert, that however high in station, or irreproachable in character, such a clerk should be forthwith suspended from his spiritual functions, with an intimation that for a second offence he would be at once and for ever deprived of the power of exercisin g his clerical duties in the diocese of Oxford. We have not noticed this circumstance before, in the hope that some proper notice would have been taken by the Ordinary ; but as two or three weeks have since intervened, we deem it right to draw the attention of the University and the public to this most important fact. It is too plain that we have now arrived a t th e crisis which has been so long expected. Either the cause of the reformation and the doctrines of our reformers are to be upheld —or we are to be silently passed over to the rites and ceremonies of Po pery. The case in question is the " arguinenturn cruces" by which it must be decided. If the Puseyites are at liberty to introduce the rite of auricular confession, they may also introduce the mass, or any rite or ceremony of the Papists ; and if a Protestant bishop, either from fear or favour, de clines to investigate a charge thus publicly brought by an eminent professor, before the whole university, th ere i s a virtual end and abolition of the power and superintendence of our episcopal bench. We say that this is the real truth and bearing of the case ; and that silence will be viewed by the Puseyites as equivalent to an official connivance in their Popish propensities. The ease of Snape v. D e list on Saturda (the Motriber for W4ldo CAMS. 1 YOlWlTMtneg&Thgr the average at this eighly prisoners in custody in York Castle, for frial et tO next assizes, being about thirty above season of the year, for. the last seven, years, LOR.D HILL.—We can state with certainty there is not the least foundation for the report which has gone the round of the newspapers, announcing the retirement of Lord Hill from the office of Con - Inlander-in-Chief. The noble and gallant lord has not expressed, or in the slightest degree intimated, r . - any wish to retire from a situation which helas filled with so much credit to himself and satisfaction to the country. In fact, the report is groundless.—Slandard. HERTFORD.—A singular scene occurred on Saturday at Hertford. A court for the relief of insolvent debtors was held before Mr. Commissioner Law, who went expressly from London for the purpose, and only " one case" appeared for hearing. The appearance of one insolvent had occasioned the attendance of about a dozen persons. The gaoler and other officers were required to appear. The insolvent at tended in a smock-frock, and owed about £4O. The court was only open a short time, and the scene was closed. OXFORD, Dec. 10.—A circular, signed " A Resident Member of Convocation," was issued yesterday, addressed to Dr. Posey, suggesting the propriety of withdrawing both the present candidates for the vacant Professorship of Poetry, and pointing to the Rev. T. L. Claughton, Fellow of Trinity, as an eligible third or neutral candidate—" a gentleman," the circular describes, as " most honourably distinguished in the University for_ . having gained_ the highest classical ionours, and also for having carried off three out of four of he original prizes." FAILURE ON THE NEW POOR LAW ,—Circumstances, we understand, are compelling the Poor-law Commissioners to give up the principle which they deemed the keystone of their system—namely, that the workhouse should always be sup plied_as a test of destitution. Mr. Senior, the assistant Poor- law Commissioner, acting, no doubt, upon orders received from Somerset-house, has publicy announced to the Board of Guardians of the Nottingham Union that them is no re striction on the administration of out-door relief, and that the guardians have in consequence discharged 50 persons from the workhouse, and ordered them relief at their own homes. LAMENTABLE OCCURRENCE ON THE DUDDON SANDS. —We are extremely sorry to state that a melancholy and fatal accident occurred to Mr. Robert Lightfoot, surgeon, of Broughton-in-Furness, late of Wigton, on Thursday wpek, whilst attempting to cross Duddon-sands, which have been the grave of almost countless numbers who have attempted to cross them. It appears that Mr. Lightfoot left his home about ten o'clock in the morning of the day above mentioned to visit some patients in Kirkby Irleth, after which he had to cross Duddon-sands for Millom. in order to visit some others. Kirkby is about three and a half miles from Hol born-hill, across the Sands, to which place he was going, and thirteen miles round by Broughton, so that crossing the Sands saved a ride of nine and a hal/miles. Mr. Lightfoot was quite in time for the tide, and got through the channel, which he had been in the habit of crossing daily. He was last observed cantering up the far or Cumberland side of the Sands in shallow water, .and it is supposed the horse had fallen into what is termed a " break "—a deep hole caused by the Sands having been removed by the preceding tide, and that he had been suddenly thrown from his horse, as the rein, which he held in his left hand, had been entirelycarried over the horse's head. There is no doubt that the deceased iad been fast in the stirrup, and had been dragged in the wa ger by the horse for some time, as the right side stirrup was ntirely lost, and his right ancle was either dislocated or bro .. ken, which could not be exactly ascertained on account of :he swelling of the joint. When the deceased's clothes had been saturated with water, the spring bar of the stirrup had been opened and let out the leather. The horse was saved by some sailors belonging to a vessel close at hand. The body of the deceased was found next day about ten o'clock, nearly half a mile from the place where he was supposed to have perished.— Westmoreland paper. PROFESSOR ICEBLE'S SERMON AT ST. MARY'S.-Mr. Keble, professor of poetry, and one of the tractarian trium virate, preached the university sermon on Tuesday last. The substance was such as to remind us most forcibly of Mr. Sibthorp's university sermon, preached only a few months before his conversion to the catholic religion. The public are anxiously looking for the publication of the episcopal charge of a sixth bishop (Winchester), the diocesan of Mr. Keble. The trumpet of his spiritual overseer has blown no uncertain sound, and the reverend gentleman is in this awk ward dilemma : he must either retire, or will show that, when, in his letter to Mr. Justice Coleridge, he spoke of " feeling deeply the slightest word of his bishop," he meant to frighten the bishop out of speaking (just as if his lordship of Oxford is dumb), or not to heed his voice, should he be so harsh.— az.ford Chronicle. FREAKS OF STEAM TRAVELLING.—One day last week the Rev. C. B. Marriott, of Thundersly, having decided to proceed from the city of " bustle and barter" to the rustic quietude of Harlow, determined on entering himself on the Northern and Eastern Rail ; accordingly he possessed him self of a snug first-class seat, and was soon spinning along before the gale to his destination. " Harlow Station" at last stared him in the face, as plainly as paint and board could stare ; but, alas ! the carriage door had become fixed by the rain : all his exertions could not get it downto enable him to serve the officers with notice to quit. All the rev. gentleman's calling out, and all his hammering the glass, as heavily as glass may be safely hammered, brought no one to his prison► door; and, as it was vain for him to attempt to put a bit in the mouth of a steed which is fed with coke and driven with a kitchen poker, he soon found himself whirling along to the next station, at Sawbridgeworth. Here he succeeded in achieving his liberty, and was consoled by the information that, on the usual terms, he could be conveyed back to Har low. In due time the rev. traveller resigned himself to his fate and to the up-train ; but scarcely was he snugly seated and fairly under weigh, when his fellow-passenger informed him that that train did not stop at Harlow. This was too true : onwards went the monster with puff and snort and rattle of wheels, regardless of his wishes, all he saw of the desired haven of his hopes; being the glimpse which steam at 30 miles an hour affiarded him. Of course it was useless lingering at the next station, so onwards he flew to town, where, on a proper representation of the case to the secretary anti directors, the hotel expenses of the night were handsomely paid by them; and the next morning he was again skimmer ing the earth towards llarlow. Again the painted board an nounced to him his journey's end, aided by the voices of the attendants ; again, too, the carriage -door became obstinate in its slides and sulky in its hinges ; and it was not till the train was almost again in motion that the rev. gentleman was en abled to set foot upon the desired spot ; even then it was not effected without some risk, as in his haste to avoid a secoud trip to Sawbridgeworth, he did not perceive another leviathan of the modern road, which a few yards off was hissing and boiling up the rail upon which he alighted.—Chelmsford Chronicle. SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM BY A FEMALE.—About one o'clock on Friday morning, a fire broke out in a barn belong ing to Mr. J. Salmon, at Great Clueton Farm, which soon communicated to the other buildings, and, though the Equi table engine arrived in the course of an hour, and active as sistance was rendered by the superintendent of police and others, the barn, which was full of wheat, the stables, and out-houses, together with a wheat, a barley, and a clover stack, were destroyed. The damage done amounts to about £4OO. A part only of the property was insured, and we re gret to add, there is reason to suspect that the fire was the act of an incendiary. Soon after the fire, Superintendent Evans discovered the impressions of foot-marks near the premises, which were believed to be those of the incendiary, and he carefully dug up the earth containing them, and thus secured the impressions in a box. A woman named Thomp son was apprehended, when it was found her shoes corres ponded with the marks, and other strong evidence being ad duced against her, she was remanded for further examina tion. The prisoner is believed to be insane.—Essex Herald. THE CONVICT WARD.—The day appointed for the execu tion of this wretched man is Monday, the 20th instant. Since his conviction his conduct has been such as leads to the hope that he feels fully impressed with the necessity of ma king his peace with his Maker. He maintains a reserved and quiet demeanour, almost approaching to sullenness, but listens with profound attention to the exhortations of the Rev. Ordinary, who is unremitting in his endeavours to bring the unhappy man to a sense of his truly awful situation. He has not made any confession, as has been reported, nor does he allude in any way to the crime of which he has been found guilty. Upon being told that there was no reason for him to hope that his life would be spared, and that the day was fixed upon when he was to suffer, he made no reply, but received the information as a matter of course. He now occupies the same cell in which Blakesley, Courvoisier, and others who have suffered, were confined, and (as is always now the case with those who are condemned to suffer the extreme penalty of the law), is never lett alone. Great exertions are being made by many persons to obtain a mitigation of the sentence, but as yet we have reason to believe their appeals have been unavailing. DREADFUL. SITUATION. —The Cherbourg journal relates that on Monday, the 29th ult., two men and a woman went from the small town of Lezardrieux, in the Cote du Nord, in a boat of eight or ten tons, to gather a load of sea weed, much used on the land in that country. Flaying taken a full cargo, they were returning home, when a gale of wind arose, tore away their sails, unshipped the rudder, and left them with only one oar to steer by, through a tempestuous sea, the other having been washed overboard. Thus they re mained at the mercy of the wind and waves, starving with cold and hunger, and not knowing how far they had drifted, till Thursday morning at daybreak, when they found them selves within sight of the point of land on which the lighthouse of Andreville stands, the reflection of which they saw during the darkness. The master of the boat and his man deter mined to use their single oar to steer, .)t on shore ; but the woman, with more judgment and resolution, seeing that they must, on account of the violence of the waves, be inevitably dashed to pieces on the rocks, insisted on their again turning the boat's head off, and trusting to P,ovidence. In an hour and a half afterwards, when about four leagues to the east of Cape La Hogue, they were seen by a Havre pilot-boat, who answered their signals of distress, bore down upon them, took them in, and towed their boat safe into Cherbourg, where the poor creatures were landed on Friday morning, in a state of almost total exhaustion. NARROW ESCAPE OF Two BANK NOTES.—During the Statutes at Otley, a person who had been offering up a sac rifice at the shrine of Bacchus, and had evinced his zeal by pouring most copious libations into his own stomach, in ho nour of the " jolly god ", and thinking at the same time a burnt offering might not be unacceptable, drew from out of his pocket a piece of paper, part of which he appropriated to the lighting of his pipe, returning the remaining part to his pocket. The evening passed merrily on, and the smoke curled in beautiful circles about his head, till at length being weary of his festivities in honour of his favourite divinity, he gradually sunk into the arms of Morpheus, but judge of of his surprise when, on awaking, he found that part of a £5 bank note had been torn away to light his pipe, and of his joy when, on examining it, he discovered that the signa ture was only partly destroyed, and that. on taking it to the bank, what remained of his note was exchanged for gold. Shortly afterwards another person called at the same bank to enquire whether any one of a suspicious appearance bad, within a few hours, presented a £lO note ; and being answered in the negative, said he had just lost a note of that value, and left the bank, very much regretting his loss. A few days afterwards the same individual called, and stated that his note had been found among some ashes down in the yard of an inn in the town, with a large hole burnt through its centre. HORSE V. MAN.—On Tuesday, Cootes, the well-known pedestrian, entered upon a second match with a horse, to go six miles and leap 100 hurdles, the first in to win. The match was bond fide and for £2O. Cootes also had a by-bet, that whether beating the horse or beaten he would perform the distance in 40 minutes. The contest came off in the cricket field upon the Handford-road, at one o'clock, at which time a great number of persons were upon the ground. Owing to the ease with which Cootes had beaten the horse Towitt upon a previous occasion, the betting was 6 to 2 in favour of the former. The horse matched against Cootes on the present occasion was a powerfui gray, aged, regularly hunted, and evidently possessing great powers. There were four leaps in each round, and 25 rounds . made up the di s t ance of six miles. After the umpire and reterees were appointed, Cootes and his brute companion started upon their under taking. Horse and man, Ist round, even ; 2d round, man 2 leaps behind ; 3d, 3 leaps behind ; 4th, 3 leaps behind ; sth, 4 leaps ; iith, 4 leaps ; 7th, 4 leaps ;—horse pulled up for a minute ; Bth round, man 3 leaps behin d ; 9th, 3 lea ps ; 10th, 3 leaps ; 11th, 4 leaps ; 12th, 5 leaps ; 13th, 4 leaps—horse pulled up ; 14th, 6 leaps ; 15th, 6 leaps ; 16th, 6 leaps ; 17th, 7 leaps ; 18th, 8 leaps—horse pulled up ; 19th, 7 leaps ; 20th, 7 leaps ; 21st, 8 leaps ; 22d, 7 leaps ; 24th, 8 leaps ; 25th, man 9 leaps behind. The horse, therefore, was declared the victor. The animal won easily, and took two rounds and eight leaps after he had cleared his last hurdle, at a gallop, to prove his thorough bottom. He was not at all distressed. Suffolk Chronicle. 4 , oip3utg fittititiriat PRIDAY. Dzoxmliza 10.—Wind Nurtl Aberdeen, Duffy, from Quebec Emerald, Varty, from Laguna, off Cove; sailed 1 Ith tit:tuber, and proceeded to Liverpool. The Alice Jane, and Arab, were to leave in a few days for Liverpool. Spoke the Rising Sun, in the outer roads, from Liverpool. Celt, -, hence to Batavia, was spoken 15th September, in lat. 36 S, long. 35 if.. Ann k. Jane, Smith, hence to Calcutta, was spoken 16th Aug. in lat. 10 N, long. 25 W Saladin, 111'Icenzic, from Valparaiso, at Cowes, with loss of bul warks, and boats stove Emerald, - lat. 27, long. 35 —, heuce to Charleston, was spoken 16th Nov. in Julie, --, from Valparaiso, at Mumbles Copia, May; Glencairn, Robinson; Elizabeth Palmer, Harris; Plym, Davies; Eliza Cornish, -. and Favourite, Williams, hence at Constantinople Rob Roy, Allen, hence at Genoa Susan Jane. Mayer, sailed from Marseilles for Liverpool 2nd Dec. VALPARAISO, Aug. 4.—The Glanmalier, Wheeler, from Sydney for this port, on shore near San Antonio, has been condemned and SATURDAY, DecemßEß 11.—Wind W.N.W. fresh. ARRTVED.—Thomas Carty, Scott, from Halifax—Corrib, from Sierra Leoue—Beccles, from Monte Video—Emerald, Varty, from Laguna—Lady Worsley, and Aldebrran, Hurr, from Quebec—and Heron. —, from Alexandria. Undaunted, Beard, from . Valparaiso, at this port; sailed 27th August. On 6th October, in lat. 41 S, long. 28 W, lost cutwater, head, &c. in a gale Concord, Thompson, from Quebec, at this port, with part of cargo thrown overboard United States, 70 miles west of Tory Island Rob Roy, Allan, hence at Genoa in 9.5 days Gipsy, Gowans, hence at Newfoundland, with loss of bulwarks, boats, stanchions, &c. Caroline, Harvey, hence at Newfoundland, with loss of bul warks, stanchions and mainboom Isabella, Gibbons, hence at Almeira, and sailed 24th Nov. for Garrucha and Villacorisa Earl Stradbrook, Dance, from Liverpool for London, at St. Ives,. with sails split, and other damage Desire, Stabb, hence for Lisbon, at Milford VVilhelmine Maria, Gutman. hence at Hamburg A barque, supposed to be the Challenger, from Liverpool for Valparaiso, was spoken 4th Nov. in lat. 2 N Tamerlane, Cademy, from Konigsberg, at Clay, and sailed 7th December for Liverpool SUNDAY, DECKSIBER. 12.—Wind N.N.W. moderate A artivao.—Devon, Gething, from Calcutta; leiWCllJena 26th October—Lady Flora Hastings, —, from Quebec—Empress. Scott, from Savanilla—Susan, Ferris, from Dalhousie—Ashburton, , from Newfoundland—and Brutus, —, from Bonny Cognac Packet, from Ruenos Ayres, at Deal ;lane & Anne. Fatter, hence for Limerick, at Killybegs, with loss of jihboom, and has head sprung ... . Tantivy, , from Rio de - la Hache, at Savanilla, and was to sail for Liverpool about Ist November , KIRKWALL, Dec. 4.—The St. Alexy, —, from St: Petersburg for Newry, was wrecked last night on the island of Copenshay. MONDAY, DECEMBER 13. —Wind West ARRlVED. —Champlain, Brown, from New Orleans—Shenan doah, West, from Philadelphia—Margaret, , from Newfound land—Ocean Queen, Tilley, and The Duke, Shedden, from Quebec —Hope, Tucker, from Konigsberg—Dannett, —, and Victory, Travis, from Cork—lsabella, Grime, from Waterford—Brothers, Murphy, from Wexford—and Enterprise, Ritchie, from Dublin. Priscilla, ----, hence for Pernambuco, off Twkar Bth instant Montague, Crabb, hence to Bombay, was spoken 25th Sept. in 1at,35 S, long. 23 E Unicorn, Ritchie, hence to Bombay, was spoken Sth instant, off Lundy Island llesse, from Calcutta, off Cove, and proceeded to Liver pool Acadia, (steamer) hence to Halifax, was spoken 27th ultimo, in 1at .. ..49 . .. long. 35 _ Medium: 40, long. 50 —. hence to Virginia, was spoken 2Sth ult. in lat. Lady East, Corless, from Bombay to Liverpool, left St. Helena 28th October, in company with the Britannia, for London PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 11.—The Henrietta, Longford, from Liver pool to Calcutta, has put in here with loss of bowsprit, foremast, head of mainmast, main-topmast, mizen topgallant-mast, &c. in a hard gale 3rd Instant, in lat. 45, long. 14 FALMOUTH, Dec. 11.—The Mauney, Stewart, from Liverpool to Oporto, has put in here with loss of jibboom, cathead, stanchions, &s. having been in contact with the Vigilant, from Liverpool to Ostend, which lost her bowsprit. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, DECEMBER 13, 1841 Wind at Holyhead, West, blowing fresh in the morning. W.S.W. blowing fresh noon and evening. A brig off Holyhead, and a ship and brig off Point Lynas, with out any signals, at 8 a.m. The (No. 3257) Troubadour, steamer; put into Holyheid, with her rudder head broke, last night, at 11 o'clock. Off the Port, at 3 40 p.m. I brig. No intelligence of the Halifax steamer up to 3 p.m. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Superior, W Hodge, 862 Demerara, Cotesworth & Wynne SOUTH AMERICA. Champion, R F Holt, 225 Rio Janeiro, Ashley Brothers Lawsons, P Kay, 258 Buenos Ayres, W& J Tyrer UNITED STATES. Minerva, G Duch, 349 Virginia, lngleby & Co Adirondack, W J Hackstaff, 763 New York, Brown, Shipley &Co Oxford, J Rathhone, 707 New York, Baring Bra &Co China, A Phillips, 618 Charleston, J 0 Johnson &Co EUROPE. __ .. . _ Veitch, B Adamson, _ 96 Messina and Palermo, H Smith Thomas Edward, --, 17S Almeira, H Smith & Co Emma, It Henderson, 248 Genoa and Leghorn, Smith& Co Aurora Liberal, J A Mendez, 78 Oporto, Ilighfield & Withers Flora, S J Sullivan, 72 Rouen, H Smith lic Co Black Cat, P Chester, Hifi St. Michael's, J Adam Rhoda, J Johnson, , 154 Venice, J Bibby & Sons Star, Martin, 58 Azores, J Glynn & Son LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, DEc. 10. Sugar.—There has been a steady demand, and 650 hhds. B. P. have been disposed of at full rates. 630 bags Bengal have also been sold, chiefly Khaur, at 478 to 50s, with a few middling and fine white at 71s to 76s per cwt. No Mauritius at market. Foreign. —Only 77 boxes yellow Cuba have been sold, for export, at the quotations. The sales of Molasses are limited to the late arrival of Demerara, 65 puns. of which have been taken by the Trade at Ills 6d, establishing an advance on the last price of Is 6d to 2s per cwt. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation are to a moderate extent, but at steady prices, comprising 100 casks of Jamaica and 80 bags Demerara. 20 frazils of Mocha Coffee brought 1008, and 50 bags superior Java 70s per cwt. A small parcel of Jamaica. Ginger and 100 bags Bengal have been taken at the quotations, and 200 bags black Pepper at 3id to 41d per lb. Nothing done in Cocoa or Pimento. 20 tees. fine Carolina Rice sold at 36s per cwt. Rum.— The sales consist of 160 puns. strong Demerara, at 3s 4d for ordinary, to 43 2d for fine qualities; a few puns. of a very favourite mark have brought 4s 6,1 per gallon ; there is a good inquiry for proof strengths, but there are none in the market. - Tea.—There has been a good demand, and a large business done at the quotations. Several public sales of East India Drysaltery Produce have been brought forward, but only trilling parcels disposed of, the actual sales being a few chests Shell Lac at 40s, Gum Arabic siftings at I ls, 7 bales Bengal Safflower at 505, an - 1 a lot of damaged Galls at als ; 150 boxes Cowries brought 60s, 70 bundles ordinary Bombay Mother-of-Pearl Shells 10s Od to Ils 6d, 20 chests Olibanum 14s 6d to 34s ed. 40 boxes Piumbago 10s 6d to I ;s, and 151) quarters 01 East lueia Linseed 60s per quarter; too chests Cassia Lignea sold at 955; the transactions,in Cu igo are unimportant. Of Saltpetre, 450 bags sold at 2rs to 97s lid, and 190 bags Nitrate of Soda at 250 to 250 M. Dyewoods.—The sales reported in Logwood are 140 tons Cam peachy, at .17 les for indirect, to .18 5s for prime, and 20 tons tons Jamaica at 15 7s 6d ; small parcels of Cuba Fustic have brought ey, 10 tons Tobasco es, and 80 tons Maracaibo, (the price not mentioned ;) 30 tons small solid Nicaragua Wood 17, and 20 tons good Lima £l4 per ton. The demand for Turpen tine has been steady, and the sales amount to about 2004 brls., at 12s 3d to 12s 6d per cwt. for tolerably good quality. A parcel of 600 brls. of American Tar has been sold at the reduced price of lls pd per brl. Both Pot and Pearl Ashes are extremely dull, though scarce, and the quotations cannot be realized, except for trifling parcels. Hides —The sales, although not extensive, are at fair rates; 1100 dry salted Paraiba brought did did, 840 dry Lima 6-Id to 7d, and 2500 salted , Monte Video, 4d for Ox, and 41d per lb for Cow. Tobacco.—The market continues dull, and the sales do not exceed lon hhds. at the quotations. The demand for Brimstone continues limited; the sales this week do not exceed 100 tons. No sales to report in any description of Sumac. 20 boxes white Argols have been disposed of at 45s per cwt. No sales in Madders or Roots. too hints. Quercitron Bark are reported at 7s fur New York and 85 6d per cwt. for Ist Philadelphia. A very limited business done in Olive Oil, Dealers and Consumers buying very sparingly, in expectation of a further decline in price on the arrival of supplies from the new crop, now looked for soon. The transactions in fish Oils have been upon a very limited scale ; Cod Oil is wanted, but the market is without a supply, and the next imports will find a ready sale at about present rates. For Rape Oil there is but little inquiry, and the price must be considered nominal. Linseed Oil is steady, and in fair request. The demand for Oil of Turpentine is not brisk, and it no sy be bought rather lower. Palm Oil.—The sales have again been extensive, 350 tons, on the spot, having been sold at the quotations, and 750 tons, to arrive, the exact price of which is not stated. Nothing of moment reported in Hemp or Flax. A fair demand continues for Tallow, at 50s 6d to 51s for Petersburg yellow Candle, and sos 6d for Odes-a; some South American, of good quality, load realized 47s 6d to 48s dd per cwt. TIDE TABLE Days. I Mm . I Eon. 'Height. Sundays, Halydays. ire H. U. H. M. I P. I. Tuesday 14 - 0 9 15 8 Wednes. 15 025 042 15 7 Thursdayl6 1 0 59 1 15 15 0 Friday .. 17 I 1 :12 150 14 0 Bolivar died 1830. Saturday 18 2 7 225 13 8 Sunday.. 19 243 3 1 13 Z 4th Sunday in Advent, Monday .20 318 339 13 0 Corporation Act 1861. MEETINGS or CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL DIMENIUXR. HOLR. 14. James Ashton, (2nd). Clarendon Rooms, 2 Is, Irwin At:kers, (proof and div.). Ditto. 1 17, William Routledge, (2nd) .. Ditto, „ , I 17, John Senior, (2nd).. 18, Andrew F. Donovan, Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester, 10 18, Josiah Taylor, (Ist).. Clarendon Rooms, 12 18, John Anderson, (Ist). Ditto, 1 2e, Richard Rimmer, (proof and div.) Ditto, 12 20, Falk and Griffin, (proof and div.) Ditto, 14 20, George llarriot, (Ist) Ditto, 1 LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT December 4, 1940 DISCHARGED ADMITTED. In-patients cured Relieved and at own request 8 ; Out-patients . 0 Made Out-patients .... ... 0 Casuals during the last week 1 Irregular Dead Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. IL Davies. House Visiters, E.W. Jackson, and C. Moss, Esqrs. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. (louse Surgeon . Mr. Brandreth. E W. JACKSON. Treasurer PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION, GENERAL POST -OFFICE, December 10. 174 •t v critc=4trlaZ2.S. 4 4.r.": V o zET,?2,2sa . gilEtt.v..l2. a 2 " W."M ?4;',?1,3 t .+P- 0 0 , 4 ? 5 t" t" Pt `4 As'g=.s.F.V'si 5 2 V MERE 2 e: tg• -6. - g :;'. 1 41 0 C.: (Efn= =om'A•mg rn."l7, t=l 1 .1 g =. a N E ztv`' r, O o o obi ; D m: , 7f. 2c `< • • 0 g 5. 40 : : • - • .v M : CD• p 0 :A ^ 3• • o - T; r r r r A - A' o .=, •—• g 4 I=4 so r 711, r :7; • ‘ l , c : - 8 6 O _ •••4 ' • • • • 4< tJ t:J o') 2 2 . . 0 a ) o • n, g !?, t:1 .1 4 tiaritrt5. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 13. At this day's market we have had a small supply of things, and those of first quality command high prices. Beef of first quality varying from (Sid to 7id; middling from 5d to tid. Good blethers scarce, and sold from 7d to lid ; Ewes 6d to (Sid, sinking the offal. Head of Cattle at market, Beasts 1323 ; Sheep 4435. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 10. The only change in the import duties for the ensuing week is a decline upon Foreign Rye to Bs. per quarter. In consequence of boisterous winds for some days past, we have scarcely anything up Coastwise, and except a mode rate quantity of Oatmeal, the supplies from Ireland into this port since Tuesday are small ; those fresh in from abroad consist merely of a few parcels of Canadian Wheat, Pease, and Flour, 1,000 barrels of the latter from the United States, with 2,380 qrs European Wheat, and 1,200 qrs Beans from Egypt.. The prevalence of extremely heavy rain, more or less daily, continues to constitute the character of the weather, still rendering the cultivation of the soil, previously overcharged with wet, wholly impracticable around us ; thereby exciting apprehensions for the safety of that portion of the Wheat seed already in the ground, comprising in this part of the country little more than half the quantity first intended to be sown, and delaying all further operations upon the land to an indefinite period. Although we are unable to report any extensive business in free produce between the close of Tuesday's market and to-day, the preceding facts appear to have given a firmer tone to the trade, and for Wheat and Flonr in bond, inquiries have been more general, resulting in the sale of several car goes of the former to arrive. Upon a very slender attendance of buyers at our Corn Exchange to-day, the demand for English, Irish, and foreign free Wheats was limited in amount ; but without the slight est abatement of confidence on the part of holders the full rates of Tuesday were maintained, and in addition to the sales made for consumption here, about 2000 bushels were again taken for Irish account. States and Canadian Flour, duty paid, moved otr rather more freely at an improvement )f 6d per brl ; but English and Irish continuing to be neg ected, hardly supported late prices. Some further purchases of Mediterranean Wheat, on the passage, have been reported, and a cargo of Barletta on the spot has been sold to-day at 7s 4d per 70 lb s . , Malting Barley, upon a very dull sale, receded Is. per quarter, but in grinding samples or in malt we have no change to note.—Beans and Pease were in moderate request and ra ther dearer. Oats, still commanding very little notice, scarcely sup ported their previous value. Oatmeal was held upon somewhat higher terms, but no general advance being obtainable, few sales were effected. fg4 6 :— . 7 0' v 4 l 0 P' [kk) 5. - s' 4R. :4;7 ag ; I . CD .5 p P o 5 0 4 0 " o r s l R via . gg I; a. ;43 .6 ft. o f,* • ' P SP Z n ' 14 ; 8- ; 3 7 AP' 1-!.. C 9 F WO WA,KRPIRLD CORN MARKRT, Aga, WO lutva rather a Mort supply of pato to ttda day's rnarkot, The Wheat trade has assumed more firmocia, and we have a steady sale for both old aqd new, at an fulyanee of is . per quarter. nine Barley is in fair request, at fully last week' s r at es; secondary qualities dull. In Beans no alteration. Oats id per stone, and shellings 6d per load higher. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, DEC. 13. Much difficulty is experienced iu effecting sales of Butter, though at a reduction iu price of fully 2s per cwt. Indeed it is a long time since wo witnessed so dull a week as the last. Pickled Butter continues at 8; sto 88s, with a very limited demand. Good ship store Beef is to be had at 12us to 1252 per tierce, and Pork at 75s per barrels. The trade is very lifeless. LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTAI'OE MARKET, DECEMBER 13. Adverse winds still prevent any considerable supply of Potatoes getting into port. For the last few days the town trade has been more animated, combined with a steady and improved demand for the Manchester and other country markets. Prices may be noted id to Id per 90Ibs higher since the 6th instant. Manx, Scotch and Irish Cups Is gid to Is I Id per 901bs. Although the Hay market continues to be plentifully supplied with all descriptions of our local farm prodnce. there is an im proved demand, at the following prices :—Pink-eyed Potatoes Is lld to 2s 4d; Cups Is 8d to 2s; Short Tops is 5d to Is lld ; Cattle Is to is 4d per gnlbs. Turnips 20s to 22s 6d; Manglewurzle 205 ; Carrots 4os per ton. Old Hay 8d to 'lid; new 6d to 11 id ; Clover 7d to led per 20Ibs. Wheat,Straw 4d to 4id ; Oat 3d to aid per 2 41b . LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 13 Flat and depressed as our markei1;;;;;; for some time past it is if possible getting daily worse. On Saturday we had a quie day, and only me bales sold. To-day the demand has been a little more extensive, and 3000 to 3500 bales have been bought, of whicl 10J0 are Surats. Principally low Cotton from aid to 3id. Thl market closes with a very gloomy feeling. COTTON MARKET.- -WEEKLY REPORT The market has been dull throughout the week, the Trade having bought rather sparingly; and although Speculators have operated to some extent, it has not counteracted the depression that pre viously existed. The recent import of American of the new crop has been offered freely, and prices are again rather lower, making a decline of fully kl per lb during the last fortnight. Egyptian has been sold at a further decline of id per Ito, but in Brazil and Surat there is no material change to notice. Speculators have taken 1200 American, and Exporters 200 American. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF CarrON, From the 3rd to the gth instant, inclusive. Robert Rendall, Newton Abbott, Devonshire, grocer.. Antonio Lafargue, Great St. Helen's, London, merchant• Thomas Moreto, sn., Hilndon, builder. Reuben Richard n son e , Woburlin-bguildings, New-road, London, co w ' keeper. London , Peter Williams and Charles Mottram, 'W oo d-street, Mancliester-warehousemen. David Buglass, Sund e rl an d, v i c t ua ll er. James, John, Henry, an d Th omas St u tt ar d , Clitheroe, cotton-manufa c t urers . William Edwin Oldham, Man c h es t er . comm i ss ion-agent Sarah Partridge, Birminham, victualler. John Railton and James g Pavey, Manchester and Colnc , niaafar turers of mousseline-de-laines. David Matthews and Anthony Gard ner , Cheltenham, grocers, James Monteath, Totness, Devonshire, mercer Thomas Ward. Nottingham, victualler hi anchester and , Joseph Hadland, Farthingston, Northamptonshire, farmer. George Hudson, Isle of Thanet Kent, victualler. Thomas Saunders, Northampton, linen draper. Robert Powell, Brighton, linen-draper. Thomas Charlton and Edward Thompson, South Shields, Dur ll3° ' w.ne- dealers. E 0. 1 Jan. 11, R. Goody and W DIVID NDS.. E. WKee, King-ston- 11 1 4° ,„lico 101 . millers—Jan. 6, J. i.nd W. H. Hamilton, Manchester , printers. CRTIFS a r To be granted, unles s Eaue be ICAT sh E own to the conirarY ell before Dec. 31.• It. Robinson, Tynemo u tb, N or th um b er l and, connuon-hreweal: and W. Lloyd, Atherstone, Warwickshire, bullders—Di i i ;osd" Wood-street, London, warehouseman— R. P. Harris, jun., street, London, bill-broker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. ' st l l William Meikle, Glasgow, man ufact urer, Dec. 13, Jan. ' ' o'clock, at the chambers of Mr. Simpson, Glasgow. 13 /611. ' James Mitchell, Falkirk, Sti r li ngs hi re, merc h ant, Dec- 3, at it o'clock, a t th e R oya l H otel, Stirling. 13. s' Willain Annan, Dunfermline , ironmonger, Dec. 15, J am ' 12 o'clock, at the Spire Hotel, Dumfermline. b . at O r John Wink, Elgin, farmer, Dec. 15, Jan 5, at 1 o'cloC. house of Mr. M'lntosh, Elgin. Gla9e' George Duncan, Thomas Nelson, and James Viiishart, 4 Or. engineers, Dec. 16, Jan. 6, at 12 o'clocck, a t th e chambers ' Lamont, Glasgow. _..... PRICES OP SHARES, Ocronaß 13. s within the last seven days. RAILWAYS, &c. Per share Bolton and Preston Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto quarter Birmingham and Derby Bristol and Exeter Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow ...... _ - -- - Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 20 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 25 paid Half Shares 4 10.. Glasgow, Paisley, Kilniar 45 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction .. Ditto half shares Ditto quarter Chester and Crewe shares (late Quarter Great Western Ditto new shares Ditto Fifth Shares Great North of England Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston Ditto, new 50 paid 23 paid 8 b 8 SO pool 47 10 0 Leicester and Swarmington sn Leeds and Selby Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 9O Ditto quarter shares Ditto new shares Ditto London & Brighton London an.i South Western Ditto, loth shares ... Manehoster, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham.. 40 50 39 0 0 37 1 Ditto and Ditto Extension Manchester and Leeds Ditto half shares Ditto quarter shales Midland Counties Ditto, quarter North Midland New North Midland, One-third Shares North Union Ditto quarter sliarc Ulster Paris and Rouen South Eastern York and North Midland Half Shares 12 I Os paid Bank of Liverpool - Borough Bank - Commercial of Liverpool iu - Commercial or England. 5 Mast of England of Manchester lO 24'cliester & 1. Noul Oset. 1:: Northern and Central North and South Walt Royal of Liverpool South Lancashire A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 Ili 4 0 0 14 43 U 0 0 0 0 Liverpool Union lO .... Liverpool lis.okiog Co lO .... Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. (MS, WATER WUtih t, &e. 4100 paid 2t 7 0 4 8 0 197 0 to .. 47 98 0 0 •• • • o 6 O 0 0 • 0 0 58 10 U 9 5 0 0 0 0 Ex change Buildings _ L'pool and Harrington Water Works Bootle Ditto L'pool Gas Light Company, 0 0 0 02 0 0 162 0 0 O 0 0 o 0 0 o 0 0 O 0 0 65 0 0 7 10 0 4 0 0 82 0 0 20 171 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 (Original Stuck) 10 Ditto new Shares.... 100 L' i mol New Gas & Coke Co. .elOO U 0 0 O u 0 O 7 6 30 15 0 O 0 0 O 0 • O 0 0 0 0 0 Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSUItANCK COMPAN I KS. Liverpool Marine Assurance , .0 d Company M 'chester Assurance Company. 10 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 los. Ocean Assurance DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW Co7.i I'A NI Anderton Carrying Company Kock Ferry Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) (Poloncean 0 0 0 U 0 0 O 0 0 U 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 tl 0 o U 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 O 0 0 2 10 0 O 0 0 K'. Xr. O 0 0 O 0 O 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 15 0 0 1$ 0 BITS. On the 7th instant, in Hope-st ß ree H t, the lady of QUINTI" "N ELI ING, Esq., of oth instant, a daug hter. a $t On the tin Piccadilly, London, the D uch ALBANS, of a daughter. MARRIED HENRY LYNCH, Esq., sixteenth son of the late Thomastche Esq., of Headford, to ALICIA MARIA, thirteenth daughter late MARTIN BROWN, Esq., of Claren, County GalwaY•„ f. FOS' Lately, at the Registrar's-office, Islington, Mr. hl' o f 1 0 ' BROOKE, commission-agent, to ELLEN, eldest daughter JAMES BASETT op A tician. • On the Ist i n stan t , at Bebbington Church, Mr. T. B. gO 140' surgeon, Welshpool, to Miss C. WOOLLEY, of Ne v. ' formerly of Stone. fi On the 6th instant, at Walton Church, near this town. Tll°,7oo' son of R. HIGGINS, Esq., of Peel, to ANNE, daugh ter CHAS. RADCLIFF the 7th insta E, t f Kirk Andreas, Isle f Man. t ;1 01 re ,o % On n, o at the Parish Church, o Stoke-upou -T the Rev. R. Seddall, Mr. THOMAS WRIGHT, tailor and.; SA 6. draper, Hanley, to ELIZABETH, only daughter of Mr. MON, shipbroker, of this town. M• 91 of .1' Same day, at Glasgow, WM. M. BUCHANAN, Ea'''. 1 4 : Slatefield, late of the Medical Staff of the Bengal army, to J _alto relict of the late JOHN HUTCHINSON, Esq., and daughter late James Carrick. Esq., of Meadow.park, near Glasgow'. 011 , ' Same day, Kirk Andreas Church, Isle of Man, by the Rel'l l ', Drury, Mr. JOHN LACE, of Andreas, to GRACE 13 ' c, ,0 0 ' youngest daughter of Mr. JOHN NICHOLSON, upholstere this town. oe • On the Bth instant, at the Parish Church of Bowden , by tbe Co( W. H. Mann, Vicar, Mr. GREAVES. land surveyor and valu,c'oil!' Hale, near Altrincham, nephew of James Grea ves, Esq ., hank, to JANE, youngest daughter of the late THOMAS BA R Esq., of Hale-mount, Cheshire. th e On the gth instant, at All Saint's Church, Manchester. 0.. Rev. Dr. Burton, the Rev. CHARLES HENRY BURTON , o 'itlie Curate of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, in this town, eldest 50u,,,10 • above, to LYDIA HELEN, youngest daughter of the late R' ROTHWELL, Esq., of Manchester. Same day, by the Rev. W. Badnall, A.M., HENRY PERRY • ph , of West Kirby, in the county of Chester, to MART ./ Esq., of Wavertree.. V eldest daughter of FABIUS LEA, D. CAP t. On the 6th instant, aged 25, JAMES, on l y son o f the lat e ft& THOMAS HART, of this port. regl e ;st • Same day, in this town, after a few days' illness, deeply :, V•• by her . family and friends, aged 40, JANE, wife of CaPt *l 0 , BLACKALLER, late of Teignmouth, Devonshire. c o, N On the 7th instant, i n Mary Ann-street , in her 5 0 th y DAVIS, much and deservedly respected. lOllll Same day, JAMES MAGEE, infant son o f M r . JOHN 1. of the Victoria Commercial Inn, Dru r y -l ane. i . blA ft v• Same day, at Bradwall-hall, Cheshire, I n h er 86th ye -- ' tb e Se wife of JOHN LATHAM, M.D., a n d e l dest daughte r 0- f , Peter Mayer, formerly Vicar of Prestbury. go od Same day, aged 47, Mrs. ELIZABETH EDWARDS. of rt. street, relict of the late Captain Thomas Edwards, of th i5 . VQ (l, I°7 ; On the Bth instant, at her house, Bold-street, in her 61 ( 00. ° MARY DODD, widow, much regretted by a large circle ° b , and acquaintance. Old M ir On the gth instant, aged 50, Mr. EDWARD BEVAN, scyard. 10; Same day, at Burslem, Staffordshire, in the prime of li fe, d i s ne" l) NA H, wife of Mr. SAMUEL SEDDON, late of the fie" ,of Pottery. Olt° - et dae.• On the 10th instant, aged 11 years, ANNE you nge.- ~n 5 Mr. WILLIAM GRIFFITH, ship-carpenter,. of this WWII' ( .jll Same day, aged as, MARY SALE, the beloved Wif e ° of PORTER, Esq., Everton. a 55 ' 0 Same day, at her residence, much regretted, ate G ipsl , CRESWELL, wife of Captain F. H. CRESWELL, sh i P • RD this port. RI C 11 0 ' On the 1 lth inst. MARY, second daughter of MI% , n o _,J PHIBBS, of Falkner-street, Liverpool, aged 3 years and b ; lov ed; r 4. Same day, at Liseard, Cheshire, EMMA ELIZA, the • stan d deeply lamented daughter of Mr. NO. JACKSON, latent ~,, hill, Nottingha m , i n t h e 11t h year o f h er age . of P Yesterday, aged seven months, JOHN, infant ',in LEONARD ADDISON, Great Orford-street. LIVE.RPOOL TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1841. 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Madras — .... , Bengal 219 0 bales i 21440 Asnits Montreal, Pot 32 0 094 0 Pearl, new as 6 0 0 U. States, Pot., none. Pearl none. BARK, Quercit. Oak, v ton .. 0 7 0 German 4 15 5 0 BRIMSTONK, {b ton Sicily, &c 6 5 6 10 Tuscany 6 10 6 15 CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. S. d cwt. in bond 90 0 95 0 CLOVI?.R-SXICD, 4. cwt. American, red.. 70 0— 75 0 Dutch 70 0— 76 0 French & Germ.7o ,0— 80 0 COCOA, cwt. Trinidad.... Grenada Brazil Covrxx, v cwt. in bond. Jams. triage .. so o— 65 o ordinary .... good& fine ord. 72 0— 95 0 middling 100 0-122 0 good mid. 125 0-13 ti tine mid. &c 140 0-152 0 Dutch, triage.. }3O 0— 50 0 ordinary .... good &fine ord. 60 0— 70 0 middling 75 0— so 0 good mid. rine mid., &c. Mocha Ceylon ... Java... I favana good& fine ord. 46 0— . St. Domingo.... 40 0— 42 0 Brazil 3B 0— 40 0 Laguira 5O 0— 32 0 Dirxwoons, 4. ton 4 s. s Logwood, Jam... 5 0— 5 . 10 Hon. & Dom. 5 10— 0 0 Campeachy .. 8 0— 8 5 Fustic, Span 6 10— 7 0 Tampico 7 10— Brazil 0 — Cuba -- NICARAGUA WOOD. Rio de la Hache solid rough 6 0— 7 10 small 6 0— 7 1 0 Lima, solid is o— 14 0 Harwood, Ango. 8 0— g 0 Gaboon 5 10— 6 10 Camwood 24 0— 26 0 Red San. Wood 7 10— 8 0 FLAX, If) , ton. Riga. P.T.R. P'burg, 9 head Archangel 44 0— 55 0 Dutch & Flem. GALLS, 17 cwt. Turkey, blue mixed 58 0— 63 0 East India llO 0— 72 0 GINGER, cwt. Barbadoes 45 0- Jamaica 6O 0— E. India, in bond 12 () Gum, v cwt. Arabic, Turkey East India '24 0— 54 0 Barbary 4B 0— 50 0 Senegal BO 0— s 5 0 Hemp, ton 4 5. s P'burg, clean 3B 0— 38 10 outshot 36 10— 37 0 Riga, Rhine outshot 3B 0— Archangel Manilla 27 10— Bombay -- Jute 2O 10— 20 15 lIIDXS, Ox and Cow, tb B. Ayres and Monte Video, dry. inferior & mid. 0 63 0 73 good & prime 0 73 0 8 Do. salted N. Amer. salted 0 33 0 33 Brazil dry salted 0 53 0 64 Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 53 0 63 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 W. India, dry 0 53 0 7 salted 0 43 0 53 East India Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7 0 83 Horse, (1. each 7 6 —l2 3 HOW'S HAIR, v Short mixed long tails 1 2 1 Ii combed INDIGO, It, , in bond. Bengal. pur. & violet 0 — blue & violet blue - violet, g. & tine 6 3- ord. & mid. 5 3 violet & cop. l 4 6_ mixed .. I cop. g. & fine. 4 6 ord. & mid. 3 3 con. quality Oude 1 6- Madras 2 3 Guatimala, v Floras Sobres 4 °— Cortes 2 3 Caraccas, Floras 5 3 Sobres 4 5- Cortes 2 0— LAC DYE, v. lb. D.T. and prime. 1 6 mid. to good 0 63 1 ord. & inferior 0 4 0 MADDER ROOTS, IP' Smyrna & Syria .. 42 43 0 French Naples 4! 0— 46 0 Dutch, crop Orabro 42 0- } 32 0- 36 0 E 5 0- 90 0 74 0-120 0 70 0- 75 0 54 0- 05 0 - 8 0 9 10 o 0 o o 6 6 6 o - 4 3 4 6 G 6 - 5 3 3 9 LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT, MADDER, 1* CWI G ameue l2 0 Mull 10 0 French, S.F. 4O 0 44 E.S.F 50 0 E.5.F.F.56 0 40 0 Palm, lo , Fish, 252 gulls Seal, pale Cod 3O 0 LINS10:11, 4 cu•/ 37 0 Rape, pale do. s,d 0 Torpen. cwt. 53 0 RICE, VI , cwt Carolina, dress. 36 0 good to fine Pekoe, flowery II ysou, 50 0 —6O 0 —4O 0 —3O 0 —42 0 —4O 0 .54 0 6o 0 d o Spanish MOLASSES.* cwt Trinidad, &c..... Demerara, &c... , Bar & Antigua.. MuNJEKT, H civt.. 1 OiL, Olive, Y 252 galls, Gallipoli aESO 0 —Ol 0 Trieste 75 o —76 0 Sicily 75 0 —76 0 M alan li9 0 Portugal, &c 0 0 Levar.;, -26 6 -25 0 28 0 -31 0 6 7 0 -79 0 31 0 -32 0 -41 0 -36 0 -31 0 --37 6 -b6 6 -53 10 in bond 22 0 - Bengal, ord. do 10 0 —ll mid to line ll 0 —1: African none Rum, * gallon, in Innul. Jamaica, 12 to 16 o. p 3 G stronger 3 10 -- , choice marks.. 5 o SAFFLOWER, *curl. Bengal, good & fine.. x 4 ord. & mid .. 2 10 Bombay ........ 1 cwt. S. East India ...... 26 South American-25 SIIXLL LAC, 40 cwt. in 0range.......... liver and block 30 SKINS, Neutria, •,ty dux .. 6 Chinehilli, do. Jo Seal, each 1 SHUMAC, cwt. Sicily 9 Malaga Trieste Verona 6 Tyrolese ...... SUGAR, I% cwt. B. P. Muscovado moist brown dry brown good & mid.... 65 tine & v. fine .. 72 Mauritius, dabs and moist 42 brown & yel... 58 fine yellow .... fig East India, Bengal 44 brown & yel. 57 good and fine 73 extra fine 77 Manilla, in bond 13 Havana, du. brown lB yellow 2O white ord 26 good & fine 29 Brazil, in bond. brown l3 yellow 17 white ord. IS good and fine 22 TALLOW, Vewl• P'burgh, Y.C. 5O Odessa 50 Archangel 4B Buenos Ayres 4O TAR, 49 , LH. Stockholm l7 Archangel l7 Carolina ll Virginia TARTAR, as cwt. Cream of Tartar 70 brown and yel 46 t. TRA, tie lb. in bond. Bohea, Canton Fokein _ Congou, com. 1 93- 1 t. mid. to fine. 2 11 2 9 Twankay, com 1 9-- mid. to good 1 11 2 1 Pekoe, Orange Campoi, corn. to good 'Tyson Skin 1 7 mid. to fine 2 0 Souchong, corn 2 0 4 10 0 1 15 d. s. d 0 —29 6 0 —25 6 band. 0 -25 0 4t- 3 0 o —5B 0 0 -63 0 0 -68 0 0 —76 0 0 -56 0 0 -68 0 0 —7B o 0 —l7 0 o —l9 o o —22 6 0 —2B U U -33 0 6 -16 6 0 -18 0 6 -21 li 0 -24 0 0 -50 6 6 -49 0 none 1 8 - 2 6 4 fine 3 0 _ Young Hyson llO 3 Imperial 2 4 3 4 Gunpowder, good and fine 3 3 5 0 TOBACCO, To lb. in bond. J. River, Leaf 0 24 0 51 Stemmed 0 5 0 7.4- K entucky Maryland TURMEUIC, cwt in bend. Bengal 20 0 —22 0 TURPENTINIC, Vp Cwt. American lO 0 —l2 6 VALONIA, y p inn. £ a 0 Smyrna, picked l4 0 —l9 0 Morea WAX, BEES' 19 , Mt, in bond. African 6 10 8 5 Bast India American 7 0 8 1 J } 147149 lit6sl7 -71 0 —so o LONDON OAZETIZ -ritTDAY, Dr.c. 10 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S, Wade and Sons, Liverpool, cotton.dealers—J. Brine and Son. South-row, New.road, St. Pancras, London, marble-mercha nts-- Wilson. Moore and co. Milk-street, Cheapside, London, silk-manu facturers—J. Floyd and G. Savage, Foley, Staffordshire Potteries, china manufacturers—J. T. Clifton and S. Davies, Great Yr mouth, coal merchants—G. and J. Callis, Padiham, Lancashire, grocers—R. Parfitt and E Brien, Bristol, pawnbrokers—Seller 504 co. London, spirit merchants—G and J. Withers, Bristol, hatters — R, and T. Ogden, Manchester, cotton-si nners —G. n-linners—G. Gill and So. t "! Nottingham, commission-agents—Fowler and Davis, Bo t o Moors, Lancashire, timber-merchants—W. and J. Stoveld, Pe. worth, Sussex, bankers—A. Robertson and co., Black burn ant! Manchester, scourers ; so far as regards A. Mearns —Land and Besley, Exeter, surgeons. INSOLVENTS Dec. 10.—William Davis, Strand, London, tailor. Dec. 10.—H enry Roster Biggs, Brewer-street, Golden - s 9 ua re ' London, carpenter. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. John Tomes Watson, Worcester, linen-draper. RUS. Josiah Taylor, Liverpool.BANK oil dealer, Dec to surrender lg• ja g ' . 21, at 12 o'clock,- at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool: solicitors. Messrs. Norris, Allen and Simpso n , B a rtlett's-buildings, 11 0 ' Du London, and Mr. Norris, Liverpool. a t one John Anderson, Liverpool, oil-merchant, Dec. 18,Jan. 2I o'clock, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool : solicitors , 1 ." 00. Sharpe. Field and Jackson, B e df or d- row , London; and Me Lowndes, Robinson and Bateson, Liverpool. London , Paul Axmann and John G eorge Ch r i s t, Mark-lane. foreign.merchants. , A A ha BE