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CHAPLAINSHIP OF THE BOROUGH GAOL. DR. BUCK'S DEFEN TO THE b SlR,—The time no longer remain permit to ener short time, tha From the r tions uutil the 1 so max remain quiet done meby c for those WI do so at individua happen to against me my office, must b, the pt chapla letter in the ( publishe has had you vi under multiplied accusa. th I have laboured under I am eg 'e thought it eight to Fit justice would yet be pointed but iv} or 1 show to mat Ad not and gaol i hand with ding to harsh- ppose who are not eye stein and its cruel intlic a pamphlet which was 1839. Captain Williams of several of to be of men who prof s of Howard, and yet can LY 0 GENTLEM length I had thm4 st I read ove —for they have since however t men of the cler with the inspect have just referred, and to my .nt system, and I may add, to !veral unfortunate offenders ch results from it, I am fully the accumulation of charges r and pertinacity with which a the hope that at no distant day Lord Ashley may be stem of gaol discipline manity may proceed hand in ution of the sentence upon our very faithful servant, J. BUCK, D.C.L. ropist DR. BUCK TO THE CHARGES PRE .GAINSTIIIM BY CAP'I'. WILLIAMS. r,—l am happy to think that the time has at when I am permitted to answer for myself. 'tap I had taken, with the single exception of the mayor The Inspector of Prisons neither came down to Live ' when such important statements had ' bed; nor nnected with the lave yet which was suspicion vay to Cr ntended to be kept only 6 - or - 7 r if the ca ish the f matters- as myself Tlie charges tardily produced ag dente against me had b fter all of the real po aimed at my heart—an liest kind. I can truly tongue 'four letter and Visi ber, 1840, at t Town-hall, professional assistance when ce for what I must call the prose id that that would be in vain: that of grappling with the legal acu -however unequal to a contest —accustomed, no doubt, to such —that no mau was so proper to defend my reputation he evi- a taken on oath, thus depriving me .xarnination, constitute an arrow w dipped in poison of the dead the poison of asps is under their ic my attendanc g of the Gaol Finance Committee a Monday, the sth day of Octo- ‘: Chicistopher flawthin, Esq 'lan Yates, Esq s Waywood, Esq. " Rd. Vaug .. A Harvey, Esq " Ordered, . " That the clerk of the p eace communicate the following minute to the chaplain ~istiates have deemed it expedient - to i'?;tititute an inquiry into abuses and irregularities in the Borough pri son ; and, after proceeding into an inquiry into matter; be longing to the governor's department, they now proceed to matters which relate to your department as chaplain. They wish to have your presence, that you may assist their inves tigation, and explain, if it be necessary, any thing that may in anywise affect yourself.' " The magistrates will proceed with the inquiry at the Town-hall at eleven to-morrow. Justices " Extracted from the proceedings, " RD. RADCLIFFE, Clerk of the Peace " Town-hall, sth October, 1840." The whole course of t inquiry in which I was t to last, been an endeavor me, all the evidence h: consummate skill,.and e ad of being an from first ilt against een previously prepared with sproof, which I foolishly put assistance, h. into the hands of tl nature of the proceeding, most unfairly turned against me If I was thought to have offended, I Could and ought to have been openly impeached—not denied the common privi lege of a criminal, the copy of his indictment before his trial began. However, gentlemen, my protest against such a course, though admitted on your proceedings, was disregard ed, and 1 am now before a secret tribunal, unknown to Eng- for'e I fully saw into the lish law, pc be gentle, : ; and I trust that my words may willingly hurt the feelings of my Protest second day's pro- ceding, the st tressed in words any evidence on the ingt GENTLEMEN,—YOU will of punctilio as yoUr inf first exprc to refrain from the proceedings had in the pr in their pre efore the commencement of taking et me, on a mere point r, or in abject submission to the - number of magistrates my feelings on the gatioti, as I think that s(unjustly upon me Ple you by any future wing rear •eceive that solemn It.ed it t no mo . _ gularities, I find, by the line from the previous preparation luced, that I am, in fact, upon ges to which I WY of the et method adopted involves me in ke no reply, I must be treated if I do give in any y armed with almost 11 become acquainted labled, however complete rYh innocent that if a mode of investigation English law had been employed an that practised in France, and .y in the time of the First Charles, atever may be their result, would rate my sentiments with free r of accusations together, but ithout the slightest evasion, e mouths of the evidence brought up groundles,,ness of each charge, its eiiom. If I had not felt confident I istactorily answered every charge, at least to I mind, 1 should have quietly slunk into that irement which I should have deserved.: I dared to stand before you this day. tient attendance. I will endeavour to s possible. We may probably, in the tiers, find something to dispel sadness e willing to believe of any gentleman it he will more rejoice to feel it his pars ith honour, than, by a sentence 'eat a r I corn edious jects wt forth th, assign rue and mine to ruin. With these preli arks, I enter on the consideration of the first hether the statements contained in a pamphlet, Led by the chaplain, and admitted by him to refer discipline enforced in the Borough Gaol, particu he passage commencing with the words " third" fourth," p. 5, and the one ending with " coffee ng washhouse," are founded on facts ; and, if not ether such statements have not tended to weaken open authority of the officers over the prisoners, create division and disunion in the gaol. reply to this charge by retnindinf,r, the that on_the 25th of October, 1839, ing to the provisions of the Gaol Act. I addressed to ugistracy of the Borough of Liverpool, in sessions an annual report in which many important sub ere brought before them. That this - report called le serious thoughts of the justices there there can be no doubt inifest from circumstances to be men- In that document amongst other subjects brought to your verity of the prison management then in ession of my opinions, as to the propriety notice, wa force 26th Glauber, 1831 —ln conclusion, allow me to suggest connected with really hard labour ; • towards prisoners, instead of habitual lope of reward held out, instead of that moral disciplin kindness of•denieanc harshness ; and the the fear of accumulating punishments, might go far towards rendering a prison a reformatory rather than a receptacle of villainy, and a nursury of crime. No notice, so fir as' I had then reason to suppose, being taken of this report ; during the month of November, of the same year, I addressed to the mayor and magistracy of Li verpool, a letter on prison discipline, hoping that this straight forward proceeding might induce them to take up the subject as it regarded the borough prison, where I was an eye-witness which severity I thought that they 1:. - ; in a way of duty frequently in the justices, I could not from what I to suppose that they were cogni of much severitN must be i presence of saw of them bring ..oborrent from all the common feelings of hu manity. .1 supposed that they really did not know, because they had no opportunities of witnessing, the distressing straitness of rules of their own sanctioning. I had no harsh thoughts of their purposes, bat really believed they knew not what was transpiring, and that it was my duty as a mi nister of religion, and their chaplain, to bring before them, in the most formal manner possible, the whole subject; fully the warmest expression of their thank honestly performing an essential an—a Christian,—a minister of zant of evil, expecting to re( fulness, for zea part of my dui Christ,—and ci I delivered t strates of 'the-I Joshua, then M the To ter, addressed to the mayor and magi h of Liverpool, into the hands of Sir ' " mayor, in his own room in ley the of Dec ler, that letter appea Cement t id presented ; tear from the ey( r I was then able to the parties. y produci illiams veral officers of the i on, from the highest me on the subject, The witness LaW under a suspension from his , ndation )ss ot £lO yearly in hi ty; in having _re is a good deal of Unhappily, he is quite correct in that part of No magistrate spoke to me concerning the a doub did be write to me on the subject heard, to any ger fact, no statement 1 doubted, for I eau that this silence wi ye months, ng left th s would be out of near' DO persons t remain in the Om the ,ufferers are tl- of their I id the p it aroused ti sties to est that Int from tt .ve pun slight knowled ugh the utter fallacy o sucn an opn degree excite( it brouct rmant feelir humanit out the er at oppression, and to never could have done ) carrying on t ch a case. The monstrous n brought before their eyes in such colours that they shudder at the - possibility of such atrocity being imputed to them ; (though after all they are in no proper sense to blame, they only act according to the rules by which they are bound). They think themselves in directly attached by my remarks, by my thorough exposure of a system which is against the laws of nature, of God,—and if I am not in great error—of man also, in this and every other country under the canopy of heaven. I may be here reminded of the latter part of the first charge whether such statements have not tended to weaken the pro per authority of the officers over the prisoners, and to create division and dissension in the gaol? I shall reply to these doubts specifically, and in order. Not one word has appeared in evidence to show that the officers have been in the slightest degree daunted in the per formance of their duties by this publication. No evidence to show that there has been any disunion amongst them. None to chew that the governor has felt aggrieved, or that he and the chaplain have not been on the very best terms possi ble, considering the difference of their education, their man ners, their pursuits ; twice and only twice since the publica tion has the slightest difference arisen between them, and on those occasions the justices thought the chaplain in the right, the governor.in the wrong, and so recorded their opinions on the minutes of their proceedings. So little misunderstanding arose--nay so entirely free from every unkindly feeling'were these parties that in February last the governor intrusted the education of his youngest daughter to Mrs. Buck, where she remained under my roof for four months, experiencing every equality of comfort, kindness, and attention, with my own daughter. Nay, so decided was the feeling of confidence and amity that the very week before the inspector of prisons ar rived in Liverpool, the governor of the gaol wishing to be ab sent from his charge for a while, applied to the committee of visiting justices for their sanction to my acting for him as his deputy during his absence, on the express ground that he had more confidence in the chaplain than in any other officer of the prison. So much for the speculative part of this first charge, the disunion, &c, &c, created by the pamphlet. The only dis union I have known has arisen from the arrival of a gentle man armed with power of taking secret reports from all de scriptions of persons, of bringing any individual against whom he entertains an unkindly feeling to trial, without affording him a copy of the charges intended to be advanced. Observe, I pray you, the injustice of such a proceeding.—The prosecu tor is seeking for, not proving a case , he produces, unex pectedly, as it regards the accused, all the evidence within his power, and out of that part of it, which is not shattered by a random cross-examination, he frames charges which he thus makes to be very difficult of answer. The party incul pated, ignorant of the matters intended to be laid to his charge, is in a constant state of suspense, as to the importance or bearing of evidence adduced against hlm. And where he is subject to roaming charges, who can tell the effect upon the judges of the accumulation of petty charges. In the next place, and which is perhaps more important than all, the ac cused is necessarily all abroad in cross-examining the wit nesses. Whereas, if he knew what was to be alleged against him, he might shew from the witnesses themselves, that the matters to which they bear testimony, were done, 'or said, under circumstances of innocency, justification, or extenua tion.—The arrival of Captain Williams has caused a spirit of disunion which no time will heal—has taught each officer of the prison that he may to-morrow be the victim of espionage —has shown him that in England, so boasted of for its open administration of equal justice, he may be tried, condemned, punished, degraded, and ruined, in a way unknown to Eng lishmen, unknown to the principles of .the British constitu tion. I as a clergyman, favoured with education, and not altoge ther unacquainted with the laws of my country, as a sincere and ardent friend of rational liberty arid improvement have now, for the first time learnt, that in these days of boasted liberality, a power contrary to and overbearing the established laws of the kingdom, is tolerated and upheld by men who haue always professed to advocate the cause of liberty. Job, who lived long before the schoolmaster was'abroad, before the march of intellect had made such rapid strides, said, " Oh that my adversary had written a book," or, as the words ought to be translated, had let me have a written indictment—had specified his accusation! I join with him in his complaint, and can only now regret that the lapse of perhaps 37 centuries has tended so little to the improvement of the first principles, of justice. There is not a word in my pamphlet that would lead any persrn to suppose it related peculiarly to Liverpool. Mr. Pryme, of Cambridge, writing to me said, he supposed I had gained my views from the report in the state of the Newgate prison, in London. _ To prove that my pamphlet had a peculiar reference to the prison of which I was chaplain was needful, ere I could be accused of evil in bringing my opinions of prison discipline before the magistracy, and, through them, to the knowledge of the public. As already stated, no remark in my letter could shew this. It was written in the most general terms against what is technically called the silent system. Artifice, therefore, became needful : a Beaching question must he pro posed : it might, through the known habits of the chaplain of at once expressing his feelings without a care for conse quences, be acknowledged by him, that scenes be himself had witnessed had led to some of his conclusions. Hence, in the midst of conversation, on a subject far removed from prison lterjectional remark was made—" By the way Dr. 8., me, the 'ou have witi sztvposed no Certainly, ry case I the bait had taken, and h lecusation— st me being brotight ag and admitted by him to refer to the discipline anforced in the Borough Gaol. Through fear of giving offence, I ab stain from saying one word on the subject of espionage in a free state. It has, however, gentlemen, been brought t o m y remem brance that a line of conduct somewhat similar led to the condemnation of the bishops in olden time ; and paved the Way for the subsequent loss of sovereignty by one of the former rulers of this land of liberty. I proceed to shew that the publication of my sentiments on prison discipline has not tended to make the government of the prisoners more diffi cult; and on this point I need only remind you that, so far from the conduct of prisoners being worse than it was, it has greatly improved—the number of punishments for offences against prison rules a year since was nearly 5 per cent. daily. I take the governor's statement, they are now a little more than one per cent. ; and, if their severity be taken as a test, I have only to say that the dungeons were then always full — they are now for the most part receptacles for brushes, brooms, and stones for cleaning cells. I now turn to the principal part of the charge, and read my report dated 26th October, 1839. " The great—the crying evil of a prison, and which is amply sufficient to account for the little good effected by incarcera tion, is that it is regarded as a place of mere coercion and punishment, not as an atmosphere where moral feeling may be engendered. So long as the tendency of prison discipline is to annoy, distress, wound, and irritate the mind, it is impos sible that a beneficial moral change can be effected. So long as it is known that the minister of religion is clothed with no authority, is under no circumstance the channel through which mercy can flow or advice proceed, the inmates of a prison must almost necessarily suppose that his appointment is rather a form which the law obliges to the observance of, than a mean expected to be productive of good. So long as the rule is acted on that no prisoner can speak to the chap lain without first obtaining the leave of a turnkey, the natural impression must be, if I express a wish to speak, I become a marked man whether to officers or to prisoners, and must therefore expect ridicule and contempt from those amongst whom I am doomed to associate : from the effects of which the chaplain cannot screen me. " What value, I would respectfully ask, can the prisoners really suppose is attached to the reading of the scriptures, when, during six months in the year, they may indeed read them before rising from their beds in a morning, or after they retire to bed at night, if the light in the cells he sufficient, and the presence of those do not deter them, whilst, during the six winter months, even this limited power is taken from them by want of light? " The fact that in this prison are two schools, under the care of persons (certainly of most unblemished and valuable characters) differing as to their religious tenets, the one es sentially, the other in a lesser degree from the chaplain, and that he is not allowed the slightest oversight superintendence and controul, appears to be an anomaly. It has, however, frequently been brought by me under your notice, but whe ther it be supposed that a clergyman of the Established Church must be necessarily a proselytizer, or, though thought tit to be trusted with the religious instruction of adults, is unfit to superintend the education of children know not, the evil, for such it. undoubtedly appears to me to be, continues unredressed. This benefit at least would arise from a change. Had the chaplain the superintendance, one essential part of his duty would be, to see that every boy and girl irrespective of character should be under instruction, whereas, under the present regimen, bad characters are ex ciuded—precisely those who have most need of moral training. "In a prison, the largest save one in Great Britain, multi tudes of cases must arise in which the direst scenes of poverty present themselves. I apprehend it will be readily allowed, that no individual is so likely to hear of these cases, nay to see them, as the chaplain. Now it is remarkable that the stipendiary magistrate, the committee of magistratess, the governor of the prison, have all funds whence they can mi nister to such wants as come to their knowledge, whilst the chaplain, who meets with ten heart-rending cases to one over all these partieS, has not a single shilling at his disposal to relieve any one. Unlike the minister of religion universally, whether in charge of parishes or chapels who have some means of relieving distress, the chaplain of your prison has to witness cases of woe and misery almost without number, and is obliged to turn a deaf ear against all applicants, it being utterly out of his power from his own most slender means of subsistence to spare the merest trifle: he is thus debarred the opportunity of cultivating the best feeling of human na ture, the ministering to the wants of the necessitous. " In conclusion allow me to suggest, that moral discipline, connected with really hard labour, kindness of demeanour towards prisoners instead of habitual harshness, and the hope of reward held out instead of the fear of accumulating punish ments, might go far towards rendering a prison a reformatory rather than a receptacle of villany and a nursery of crime." From this letter you will perceive that I seriously and so 2rnnly, as chaplain of your prison, called your attention to what appeared to me to be great evils. One mouth afterwards the body of magistrates, through the mayor, received the letter from which the pamphlet was published. tor of In the month of JP- a report, greatly re. uary following character, and making severe strictures on fleeting on my the October ret s forwarded to government e month, at your command, I waited [—explained my conduct by reference and, as I believed, and still believe, fully gentlemen who had previously thought that I was really free of blame and had 1, as I expected from English gentlemen on you in the Town-hall Med even those ery culpa tFd uprightly and justices, you treated me with every mark of attention kindness—requested me to attend your clerk of the peace, and arrange with him for the drawing-up of a paper which should be satisfactory to my feelings, and which, when approved by me, you agreed to sign by the clerk of the peace, and to forward, i n t h e name o f the magistrates assem bl e d i n session, to govern,, ent , to b e appended to, and to b e consi dered as an integral part of, your annual report ;—thus pass ing an act of oblivion over the past, commencing anew with original mutual confidence : and I appeal to you, in all the boldness of innocence, whether, from that day to the time of Captain Williams's arrival, any new source of offence arose, Be bas stirred up again old grievances long since passed away , ; and I am DOW before you, expecting, by your From my ministry,subjected-tot prived of r lings in Janua D months after you received the orig statements of whit} time to inquire, and sin 'hick no new c Allow me to read your proceedings of J " At a special ix ng of the Gaol Finance Committee, i Mayor's room, on Thursday, the 30th of January PRESEN ua \Valaisley, Esqui H. Hornby, Thos. Bolton Chris. Rawdon, Robt. Roskell, } Visiting Justice " R. V. Yates, " The chaplain, Dr. Buck, attended the committee. " The Mayor referred to the general annual report of the Court of Justices, of which the chaplain bad had the perusal. " Resolved,- " That, upon taking into consideration the representatiors of the Rev. Dr. Buck, chaplain of the borough prison, it does appear to the magistrates that be has been under the impression that he was excluded from any control over the school, and that he was ignorant of the orders of the justices gubject, notwithstanding his general attendance at , gs of the magistrates at the prison during the n. bat it appears to the magistrates that to those eireum- the meetin period in qu-estia stances is to be attributed much of the misunderstanding on other matters which has existed between the chaplain and the justices. " - That, under all the circumstances, the magistrates are of opinion that the benefit of the public would be best pro moted by a return to the cordial understanding which ex isted between the magistrates and the chaplain upon his original appointment, and prior to any difference of opinion. " That the chaplain having expressed his regret that any misunderstanding should have taken place, " It is further resolved, . " That it be recommended to the justices, at their next quarterly sessions, to adopt these resolutions, and to order a copy of them so adopted to he transmitted to her Majesty's principal Secretary of State for the Home Department. , " R.D. RADCLIFFE " Approved 19th February, 1840. (Signed) " JOHN BUCK, D.C.L., Chaplain." On this part of my argument I will only say, is it gene rous—is it gracious, after such a proceeding—nay, is it in accordance with the most sacred and well-established prin ciples of justice—to take up matters set at rest, as was to have been hoped, for ever? Res judieala pro veritate acci pitur. I cannot think you will be prepared to stultify all that was then well done, mid condemn me now on charges which you had then the opportunity of bringing forward, hut thought it more expedient to allow to sink into oblivion. ' But, gentlemen, I am obliged under my present circum stances, as accused of crime, to enter fully upon my own justification,—and trust you will bear with me, and follow me, in the reasoning I shall now employ. And here I must observe, that of a printed letter, occupy ing 20 pages in octavo, and containing many grave statements, lam accused in three instances -of incorrectness. One of these instances, however, touching the washhouse, was clearly set at rest by the cross-examination of Mr. Batcheldor " Ts the washhouse as much under the silent system as the rest of the prison ? " No, nor can it be. " is there a paid officer present in it throughout the day? " No, there is not. " The number of reports of the washroom would not be a fair criterion of the number of reports of the prison ? " Certainly not. " The washwomen are left alone for the greater part of the " They are, but under the casual superintendence of a resi dent paid officer close to. " Have they not the power of talking upon any subject they please without being detected ? " They have frequent opportunities. " Have they a better opportunity of conversing than any other class ? " Yes, excepting one other class—the oakum stovers. There can be more conversation in those classes than in any other ? •` Yes. By Captain Williams— from the best characters ? " Yes, it is a reward for good conduct By Dr. Buck—" Are they all felons? " Yes " ." Are not the washwomen selected If in a prison, over every ward of which a paid officer is stationed to hinder evil communications—nay conversation of every kind, with one exception—in that one ward six or eight women convicted of felony being left together, having all power of uninterrupted conversations, that must necessarily be the place of greatest demoralization—plans of wickedness may be there concocted with impunity, and that I should de signate it a coffee-drinking washhouse is not to be wondered at, when it has been proved in evidence that each inmate is allowed a quart of coffee daily over and above a regular break fast, dinner and, supper, allowed to other prisoners, these persons being supplied with food five times daily. Enter their ward at 8 o'clock, at 10, at 12, at 3, at 6, you will find them always eating.* You, as magistrates, know what value to attach to their being considered the best characters in the prison —that is to say, the most accustomed to imprisonment, the most expert in avoiding detection as to prison offences. I shall consider more fully thee two other two extracts oc cupying the space of eleven lines. Arguing that as these alone have been blamed, the residue of the pamphlet has the impri matur of the prison inspector, for could lie have advanced any other charge, I have no reason to doubt his willingness to have extended his accusations. That the tendency of the pamphlet as a whole is to do good has not been denied, and as containing important suggestions and highly needful to be maturely considered, I have no doubt, from the testimony of barristers, judges, bishops, and members of both houses of parliament. It is of course of importance to any defender of the silent system to prove that the author of a work which has made its way into the cabinets of the influential should be branded as an outcast, not worthy of belief—but I have yet to learn that it is a crime in the chaplain of a prison to express his sentiments on any subject in which the welfare of man is concerned.t I did not, as you are aware, think it' consistent to cross examine any one of the officors of the prison as to that part of their evidence which related to the truth of the two portions of my letter which I am now about to speak of, because I be lieved the pamphlet was illegally and improperly before you instead of my letter addressed to the magistrates, because the fair time for the investigation has long since passed away, because all the witnesses were interested, and acting under mental compulsion. It has since been elicited in cross examination, that at least four turnkeys have been suspended from their offices, and restored by Mr. Batcheldor, without any reference to the justices. I have therefore, to meet their statements unmodified by the effects of cross questioning. Now, gentlemen, the first paragraph attacked as untrue reads thus—Third, " Should an uahappy being, conscious of his offences against God and man, think of prayer, and ad dress aloud one word of ardent prayer (and prayer, I trust, we all know, cannot at a ll ti mes b e res t ra i ne d t o ought), the same dole of punishment awaits him; no excuse can avail; he has broken the law of the prison, and must take the con sequences." A startling, an horrific statement ! What shall we say if conscience should whisper in the ear of each magistrate I am now addressing, " Thou art the man" who hast uninteniion ally caused such barbarity by hastily agreeing to rules which must necessarily lead to such results. lam happy at the pre sent moment in the reflection that I am in the presence of gentlemen of education, who know the force and power of words, whether taken separately or combined. Lend me your attention whilst I read the following rule to which every con victed prisoner in your gaol is subjected : " Sixth.—As to prisoners under conviction—silence night and day must be observed by all ; any breach of it will be punished by the stoppage of a meal, or part thereof, and a repetition of the offence by increased stoppages, or by solitary confinement on bread and water, or by such other punish ment as the law has provided." The only other punishments provided by law being, so far as I have ever heard, fetters d flogging. These words cannot be frittered away. Silence night and day must be observed by all—any breach of it will be pu nished—any breach of silence, will be punished. What !no exception 7 None ; silence must be observed night and day —any breach of it will be punished. Gentlemen, read now my third paragraph—compare it with this sixth rule, and laying your hand on your breast, looking up to that God be fore whom we must all appear in judgment, —say whether I am that base and guilty falsifier of my word, which it has evidently been the intention of my prosecutor to insinuate. That the governor did nrt allow in his written instructions any discretionary power in the way of mitigation to the turn keys, will be evident from the following extracts of orders issued by him. " On Sunday the prisoners will attend to the services in chapel. " The officers are strictly enjoined to enforce a due observ ance of the rules and discipline, as laid down in the printed regulations. _ Every offence, however trivial, must be reported to the governor. •` Every offence, however trivial, must be reported to the governor" I Third.—" Should any unhappy being, conscious of his of fence; against God and man , thi n k o f prayer and address aloud one word of ardent prayer, (and prayer, I trust, we all know, cannot at all times be restrained to thought), the same dole of punishment awaits him : no excuse can avail : he has broken the law of the prison, and must take the consequences. " Sixth.—As to prisoners under conviction—silence night and day must be observed by all ; any breach of it will be punished by the stoppage of a meal, or part thereof, and a repetition of the offence by increased stoppages, or by soli tary confinement on bread and water, or by such other pu nishment as the law has provided." I pass to the next quotation from my pamphlet excepted against Fourth.—lf a man to relieve his present sitting posture when at work, move his body or his head, and be seen to do so by the officer on duty ; or if when in chapel he be seen to move a brawny hand to wipe away the tear trickling from an eye, not much accustomed to weep—a deprivation of food, or lonesome darkness must be his portion. The silent system can make no allowance for mental sufferings." Now, gentlemen, dreadful as this passage must sound to ears sensitive to tales of oppression and wrong. Appalling as is the question, have I lent my sanction to such abomina tions. Yet read your own rules, and judge whether your chaplain vilified and aspersed as he may have been, has not acted the part of a man of honour, of feeling, of humanity, in exposing such things, in bringing the secrets of the prison house to the broad glare of day? Whether he does not de serve at your hand a better fate than that of standing before you to answer charges affecting all that is most dear to him and his. Your prison rule thus reads :—" The following are de clared to be acts of disorder and punishable as such, namely, as to prisoners under conviction, any unnecessary looking round or about, (each prisoner being required to look before him) either at Divine service, or at work and meals, or in passing from one part of the prison to another." You will no doubt remember that speaking on his oath, one of the witnesses acknowledged that he himself as a turn key formed the judgment of whether the movement was ne cessary or unnecessary. How innocently on his part may he report a man for speaking, who was praying, or for mov ing the hand, when the action was involuntary. This is a point on which I produce evidence taken on oath. Law says,—" I have often known a prisoner to make excuse of praying, when reported for talking. I have known the officers to have proved, on such occasions, (e. g. denied) the words made use of by the prisoners in their cells. I have proved them myself ' The governor's statement.—" In those cases where a pri _uner set up a plea of praying, I have not punished, unitss the turnkey was prepared to prove (i. e. assert) the con- trary."' Law continues.--" I read the passage (in Dr. Buck's pamphlet) beginning fourth.' ending ` sufferin gs .' A s f ar as moving his body . or head—moving about, it would be re ported; as far as wiping away a tear, I should think it was * A curious secret was brought to light on ibis subject, on Tuesday, Tuesday, Nov. 3d. Amongst stores required for prison use was 241bs. of coffee, 561bs. of sugar : on looking back exactly three weeks, it was ascertained that 241bs. of coffee and one hundred weight of sugar had at that time been supplied. What, it was asked, has occasioned the present want in so short a time.—The coffee has been used by the washer women was the reply. A tolerable supply of coffee this for sevenwomen in three weeks, over and above the usual allow ance of food granted to other felons ! fi A few copies of this pamphlet are still on sale at the office of the STANDARD. • If, therefore, gentlemen, you consider the immense num ber of persons who have been reported for speaking at night, and who have been punished for the same ; or if you look to the number reported under the head of chapel offences, can you, deliberately acting as judges, say that your chaplain has made unfounded assertions on these points, is untrue in his statements, that men for praying aloud and wiping away a tear, are by the plain evident tenor of your rules, sabjected to punishments of loss of food, and all the dreary horrors of a dungeon ? I have met with so many cases of the kind that unfortunately I did not specify particular names, or I could now bring before you such cases as, with all your natural dis inclination to receive the testimony of persons who have been in prison, would fully satisfy you that dreadful misery has, contrary to your better desires, but in strict accordance with your own regulations, been inflicted in many, too many cases. Within a few days last past, a case in point has ac tually occurred. A man was found speaking, his cell door suddenly opened, the man found to be on his knees, his two 'c .mpanions in bed, fast asleep. The turnkey charged the prisoner with talking. He said he had been engaged in prayer. The reply was, " D—n your prayer ! I shall report you." He was reported. The man told the whole case to the governor, who (the present proceedings, according to my in formation pending) discharged the case, but no minute of the affair is to be found in the Incident Book, although on speaking to the governor myself, he told me he remembered something of the circumstance. It May - be thought by some gentlemen present, surely the turnkeys, even with our rules and regulations before them, must always, even before this pamphlet appeared, have ex ercised some judgment in reporting, they surely would use discretion. 1 beseech you, gentlemen, to consider the edu cation of a turnkey, the usual habits of his life, the state of his feelings from constantly witnessing crime. He receives his orders as the private soldier, forms no opinion of them, but if good for any thing obeys them to the letter, you would have no discipline in your prison if each one of thirty offi cers was allowed to put his own interpretation on the orders you issue. Your words are intelligible, they cannot be mis understood ; they were literally obeyed, and much oppres sion followed. " Sixth.—As to prisoners under conviction, silence night and day must be observed ; any breach of it will be punished by the stoppage of a meal or part thereof; and a repetition of the offence by increased stoppages, or by solitary confine ment, on bread and water, or by such other punishment as the law has provided." " The following are declared to be acts of disorder, and punishable as such, namely, as to prisoners under convic tion, and any unnecessary looking round or about (each pri soner being required to look before him) either at divine service, or at work and meals, or in passing from one part of the prison to the other." I have already said I do not think at the present moment that these monstrous evils would be knowingly carried out ; the change is due to me. The officers also, in the evidence they have given on this subject, have, no doubt, stated the present feelings of their minds, supposing they never could have been possessed by others. This is, however, clearly a common operation of the human mind, and no reflecting man will, I am convinced, with your gaol regulations before him, think it possible that a body of officers, not proverbial for the kindest feelings in the world, not being entirely free of your reproofs for their haishness of manner, and even of conduct, should be so tender towards the mental sorrows of a guilty miserable being under their controul, as to soften down rules solemnly approved by magistrates, and to act to wards criminals with an overflowing measure of kindness. Look in particular to one—the strongest witness against me—profanity, and using the prisoners' food, he acknow ledged on oath, as charges under which, and for which he had suffered, and was even now suffering. With your know lege of the man, can you say from the heart he will certainly interpret rules which are severe, in a kind and gentle man ner? I might instance another, but it is needless, the rough manner of life of such persons as I have been doomed of late to be joined with, will account for the absence of every ap pearance of kindness and sympathy for human suffering. Before I quit this part of my argument allow me to remind you, (it has come out in evidence,) if a man speak—if he move—the turnkey is the sole judge whether the words be of prayer, and the motion necessary. If, having formed his judgment, the prisoner say one thing—the turnkey another — the prisoner is punished—the prisoner's statement, in fact, amounts to nothing: because he has committed one offence against the laws of his country—though he may be penitent, nay, broken hearted, and most sincere in ceasing from evil, and learningto do well—his word is disbelieved —the turnkey's thought outweighs the prisoner's strongest assertion. Hence, as I have frequently seen, 30, 40, or more prisoners are brought before the governor—under report—the process called a trial, by which the whole of the cases are settled, does not occupy more than a few minutes. There is no written statement—no defence. The turnkey does not say you spoke in prayer—you wiped away a tear; but you spoke— you moved unnecessarily—the matter is over, and the loss of a dinner atones, for the moment, for the offence. I say for the moment, for it also cuts his friends off from their three monthly visits ; and two or three such reports constitute what is in prison called a bad character. I do not by this statement impute any evil motive to the officer; he may have beard a voice, and not know it was a voice directed to God in prayer; he may have seen a move ment—not the tear trickling from the eye; the man is, under such circumstances, according to your rules and regulations, necessarily punished. To hide the fact may be attempted, but in truth the very nature-the essence of the silent system requires that every reported offence against prison rules, supported by the mere word of an officer, shall be punished. Under such circumstances, to irnnute unfounded assertions to a clergyman honestly expressing his belief, would be most unjust. It may be thought necessary to give a denial to my book—to check its influence —to impeach a small part with the hope of overthrowing all. But it is not right to attempt this by imputing evil and wicked motives. It is not right to ruin the character of a minister simply because he has had sufficient moral courage to expose ev il. ? On this charge, therefore, in conclusion, I will only further say, that whether you consider the sense of duty by which I felt myself compelled to address you in my quarterly report of Oct. 1839, and by letter in Nov. 1839 ; the fact of my forwarding printed copies of that letter, without delay, to the Mayor of Liverpool and the Inspector of Prisons ; that no confutation at the time was attempted ; that officers of the prison are not proper witnesses on such a subject ; that the sufferers are dispersed abroad in all directions and out of my reach, even if I knew their names ; that your own regu lations, fairly interpreted, and without any varnish on the words, teach the same truths as I have made public ; that no ill effects in a way of disuniOn amongst the officers followed, but, on the contrary the best possible understand ing ; that prison punishments did not increase, but decreased most wonderfully ;.—you will be constrained to acknowledge that my statements are not unfounded, but that from the very nature of things those evils must frequently have occur red which 1 have asserted to have come within the range of my own knowledge. If, moreover, you give place to the consideration of that solemn act of amnesty which took place in January, by which all former acts were declared to be buried, you will not, you cannot, condemn me on the charge which has now been replied to ; nor, indeed, to most of those which I have yet to consider. (TO BE CONTINUED.) COLD-BLOODED MURDER AT NEWTOWN HAMILTON, IN THE COUNTY OF ARMAGH. We have this day the painful duty of recording a murder which has occurred within a few miles of this town—and which, in point of daring'ind savage atrocity, is perhaps un paralleled in the north of Ireland. The facts, as communi cated to us, are as follows :-- . . . " On Saturday evening. last, between five and six o'clock, six men, armed, approached the house occupied by a Mr. Powell (land-surveyor to Mr. Quinn), situated convenient to the Roman Catholic chapel of Newtownhamilton, in the county of Armagh, and a quarter of a mile distant from the latter village. On rapping at the door, it was opened by the servant-maid, who, in answer to their inquiries, said her mater was at home, b ut t h at he was engaged. Four of th e patty then rushed forward, and, entering the parlour where Mr. Powell was at the time sitting with his two daughters, peremptorily demanded what he was doing about the School-house in the Planting?' [We understand that a School-house—for some reason or other, unexplained to us, obnoxious to certain parties—had been in progress of erec tion on Mr. Quinn's estate, under the superintendence of Mr. Powell.] To this interrogatory Mr. P. replied, by asking the fellows how they dared to enter his house in the manner and at the hour they did? Upon which three of the ruffians, the fourth having been courageously held back by one of the young ladies, seized hold of Mr. P., and not withstanding that he, b e i n g a powerful man, struggled des perately, they at length succeeded in dragging him outside of his hall door, whe re , d ea f to every appeal f or mercy, they inhumanly shot him through the heart! The ruffian who remained inside st rugg ling with the daught er , a t l ength freed himself from her desperate gripe by brutally striking her on the forehead with the butt-end of his pistol, frac turing her skull, and prostrating her senseless at his feet ! This horrible tragedy occupied but a few moments ; in the interim, however, the daughter, having escaped by a hack door, ran to th e a dj o i n i n g village and alar me d th e in habitants. But, alas ! assistance came too late. The assas sins had decainped. The body of the unfortunate father was found, where it had fallen, at the door; his death, from the nature of the wound, must have been instantaneous. The The heroic daughter, though still in a state of insensibility, was by surgical aid restored to consciousness—her life is not considered in danger. " These are the - only particulars that have as yet reached us. We understand, however, that four fellows are now in custody, charged with having been concerned in this foul and cold-blooded murder.—Arewry Telegraph. We understand his Royal Highness Prince George of Cam bridge, will, in the course of a few weeks, be promoted in the army.—Morning Herald. During the year 1840, the Earl of Stamford and Warring ton has contributed towards the increase of church accom modation the munificent sum of four thousand two hundred pounds. Were all other churchmen to give in the same proportion to their means, there would soon be no cause of complaint on this s u bject.—Ten Towns Messenger. outstepping my duty to report a prisoner. I seldom did see v.prisoner weeping in chapel : What is called necessary mov- would be reported in ode:stood I bad a discretion t discretiongf the mast lie reported to th As to the sufferings, I have only in proof to refer you to the paragraph of my pamphlet, next following th a t w hi c h I am now def ing, a paragt true—" If in attacked, is allowed to be whether coin however e 11 have bet privilege of seeing the one only solitary relative, otherwise allowed to visit him at the expiration of each three months. I ought rather to have said—the innocent, the afflicted, the heart-broken husband, wife, father, mother or -child, without prison, is punished for the of matted by the party within, Lee against , lthough he as previously been punished to the full extent of his de merits." So much for the allowance made by the silent system for mental suffering Allow / me, gentlemen, to observe, t___ _ man can explain away the stringency of your rule ruing silence night and day —no movement of the bod, _ _ allowed—the certainty of punishment following—all prove that if your turnkeys do their duty (and you have in these rules given them no discretionary, no dispensing power), they must report, and the governor must punish, all praying aloud, all moving of hands to wipe away a tear, or, I repeat it, they will grossly neglect their bounden duties. Now, gentlemen, if you consider the almost universal ha bit of even the most depraved of rnen, to say (as they call it) their prayers at night, can you—with 1087 cases of men re ported and punished for talking in their cells at night (the turnkey using his discretion, and settling the point of prayer or no prayer)—can you, having before you a return of 85 punished on this charge within the compass of a single week, and 55 in one and the same night, really say that the turn keys never mistake—that no man ever prayed aloud, and was punished for so doing? The drunkard, when taxed with neglect of prayer, swore with a mighty oath that, drunk or sober, he had never omitted saying his prayers night and morning during twenty years. The record might have been true, as it regarded the use of words. Shall we, then, has tily arrive at a conclusion that when kept in a state of so briety he will neglect his accustomed forms? No, gentle men! Many cases of such men, as well as of others in a much more hopefurstate of mind, having been punished for no other fault, have passed me in review. They were too frequent to call for specific entry in a private journal. They were so notorious, I could not have expected that in follow ing years I should be called upon to produce individual proof. U nva- &bipptitg lEntelligenur. FRIDAY, JANUARY -Wind S.S.E. moderate. ARRIVED __weden, Homan, from New Orleans—Governor, Adamson, from the Cape of Good Hope—and Espndarte, Setubal, from Lisbon. SAI I ED. — Rocket, Bishop, for Africa—Merlin, Richards, and 'y Mansell, Grace, for St. Michael—Heroine, M'Lagan, for Vera Flora, Flora, and Myrtle, Martin, for Terceira—end Asia, Sears, for New Orleans. Cambvses, Hutchinson; Caledcnia, Banks, hence at Calcutta Columbian, Wakeham, hence at Anjer Ann Laing, Hudson, hence at Batavia Navigator, I,efevre, hence at Messina ophia, Worston,hence off Seskar Eclipse, Mullyart; Irma, Verstrante, and Charles, Rickmers, hence at Ostend Geerdina, Boer, hence at Helvoet Lady Bute, M'Kinlay, hence and Batavia, at Sincapore Lawson, and Blorenge, SATURDAY, JANUARY S —Wind S. moderat ARRlVED.—Elizabeth, from St. John, N.B.—Ann Mary Ann, Lane, from New Orleans—Falkland, —, from Naples— and John & Thomas, Melhuish, from Lisbon. SAILED.—Lynx, Watson, for Gibraltar—Ocean Queer], Wilson, for Savannah-01ns, Domaile, and Ace of Trumps, Lidstone, for St. Michael—Bombay Packet. Caine, for Africa—Montezuma, Sel kirk, for Valparaiso, &e.—Belvidera, Spear, for Baltimore—and Jane, Temperley, for St. Thomas. Ann, Salkeld, sailed from Bombay for Liverpool 30th Nov. Julius Caesar, Mitchell, from Bombay for China, off Cochin 29th October Gredada, (23rd Oct.); Amazon, Holmes; Enterprise, Robertson ; Jessie Logan, Major, and Corinna, --, hence at Calcutta Wm. Jardine, Crosbie, from London, at Calcutta Agricola, Grayson, from Rio Janeiro, ditto Mauritian, Laing, from Mauritius, ditto Volvnteer, M'M inn, ditto 14th November Otterspool, sailed from Calcutta for Liverpool 11th Nov Hecto, Johnson, sailed from Saugor 14th October Novo Rom Fim, -, hence at St. Michael Andrew M'Kean, Thompson, hence off the Elbe Auguste, Kirkhove. hence at Ostend ditto, and sailed on her return John O'Gaunt, Robertson, hence _ sailed 4th October for Manilla and China Prima Donna. -, frouLPenang, at Sincapore, and sailed 26th Sept. for Y t Sincapore in gs days, and SUNDAY, JANUARY 1 6.—Wind S.E. light. A RRIVED.—Esk, Adamson, from Paraiba, at this port; sailed 30th Nov.: left there the Lima—Roseberry, Mowbray, and John Brooks, Smith. from Marseilles—Hanover, —, from Baltimore —and Flamer, Binet, from Jersey. SAltZD.—Cynosure, Yabsley, for Beirut—Mary, Kemp, for Syd ney—and George H. Harrison, Weatherall, for Hobart Town. John Campbell, White, from Bombay, at Cochin, and sailed 21st October for Liverpool Orixa, Ager, from Rio, at Sincapore Clifford. Sharp, and John Blake, Churchward. hence at Sincapore Falcon, Viacent, and Scotland, hence at China Onrust,,,Dik, and Geerdina, De Boer, hence at Helvoet Gipsey, Cressweil, hence at Maranham Andrew M'Kean, Thompson, hence at Crookhaven John Woodall,Williams, from Rio Janeiro, at Batavia, and sailed 15th September for Samarang and England Wroci. ow, January s.—The flat Elizabeth. Ellis, of Liverpool, was driven on shore yesterday during a gale at N.E. crew and materials saved MONDAY, JAMUARY 11.—Wind East. ARRlVED.—Sheffield, Allen, from New York ; sailed 17th Dec.— Elizabeth Radcliffe, from Lima; sailed 11th Sept.—Britannia, from New Orleans—Jamaica. —, from Bahia—Rival, from Nassau—Pembrokeshire Lass; Ariel, Smith; Abbay, Barr; ' Mary, Jones: Margaret, Jones; Elizabeth Ann, Fatten, Ann R.. Elizabeth, Roberts; Hebe, Horatin, and Susan, James, from London—Active, Moore, and Mary, Richards, from Ipswich —and Garland, Howe, from Woodbridge. SAlLED.—Higginson, Hogg, for Barbadoes. Plumstead, Sym, from Lima, at this port; sailed Ist Oct. Left the Kestrei, Abbots Reading, Minstrel Boy, Lady Lilford, Isabel, and Champion. She brings on freight about 350,000 dollars. New York, Barstow, from New York, oft this port The Thames, (steamer) from Dublin to London, was wrecked on the Scilly Rocks 4th instant, during a heavy gale; about 60 persons drowned—only 4 saved. BEAUMA RI Jan. 10.—The Mountaineer, (steamer) has become a total wreck and sunk in deep water; very little of the cargo saved. Thomas Mellor, Palethorp, hence at Pernambuco in 27 dayi Heroine, and Resolution, from London, ditto Jane Erskine, from Cardiff, ditto Magnolio, from Rio Janeiro, ditto Intended, and John Romley, from Newfoundland, ditto Heroine, M' Lagan, hence for Vera Cruz, at Warren Point Mar, saiied from Chusan, with a mail for Calcutta and England, and also the despatches saved from the Indian Oak, lost at Loo Choo. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) NEW SOUTH WALES. Margaret, H W Tomkins, 185 Sydney, J Poole & Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Lydia, J Rartley, 477 Antigua, C W & F Shand John, F Davis, 182 Barbadoes, Kirkby & Watson SOUTH AMERICA. Nerio, W Jarvis, 72 Monte Video and Azores, J Glynn & Son Highlander, F P Carrel:, 147 Vera Cruz, H Smith & Co EUROPE. Nancy, W Gifford, 75 Azores, J Glynn & Son Jane, D Evans, log Gibraltar, H Smith & Co Pearl, J Luckham, 7g Havre, Bahr, Behrend &Co Hannah Grayson, E Penrice, Malta and Smyrna, Eshelby & Co G•Mi....11{¢... .~~s~ ~l3t~l~ I g~. !-_ EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, B(*c . Governor, (149) 13 Adamson, from the Cape of Good Hope, 2703 bags coffee, 3 bags coffee sweepings, 1 keg pine apples, order—Q UNITED STATES. Sweden, (680) .W Homan, from New Orleans, 928 bales cotton, Humphreys and Biddle-282 do, G Green and Son-903 do, order -5 hhds tobacco, W H Gilliat-22 do, J Maury and Sons-3 do, W Modsley-27 do, 2 brls flour, .1 Ramsey and co-2 brls flour, order —about 8001 b old ropes, Humphreys and Biddle—K D Anne Mary Anne, (380) S Lane, from New Orleans, 313 bales cotton, It Zwilchenbart and co-82 do, H Selleim-56 do,'W D Wild-69 do, F Huth and co-83 do, Carne and Telo-98 do, Coll mann and Stolterfoht-147 do, M Blandin-262 do, 16 bags cotton seed, order-34 hhds tobacco, J Maury and Sons—W D BRITISH AMERICA Elizabeth, (950) C Hare, from St. John, N.B. 931 pees pine and 120 pees birch timber. 443 pees deals, 5400 pees ash hogshead staves, 18 cords lathwood, Bold and Starkey -1 trunk contents unknown, Garnock and Bibby-2 spars, exportatipn—B D Packet, (121) J Briggs, from Smyrna, 25 tons emery stone, A Sinclair-1780 drerns figs, the master-2 do, no consignee -252 bales madder roots, about JO tons boxwood, 5 bags yellow berries, order—S EUROPE Falkland, (284) J N Ap37letr;r;,fro; Naples, 150 bags liquorice paste, 2 boxes royals, ga casks cream tartar, 93 bales madder roots, 104 bales wool, 1 bag walnuts, 1 box maccaroni, J Pownall-1 case a picture and bedstead, .1 Clow-1 box soap, C Purnell-7 cases picture frames, Molyneux, Taylor and co—K John & Edward, (86) E Meihuish, from Lisbon, 310 chests 358 hf chests oranges, order--2 hf chests do, the master—S D Espndarte, (150) F R Setubal, from Lisbon, 270 chests 222 hf chests oranges, order-32 chests 15 hf chests do, Van Zeller and co —B4 chests 68 hf chests do, Hadfield and co-12 hf chests do, Came and Telo-2 do, Vianna and Jones—K D NORTHERN HOSPITAL, JANUARY 9 ADMITTED Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation 11 Cured Attending as Out Patients 19 Irregular Died 30 1 Remaining in the Hospital . . . 79 Honse Visiters, Rev. Thomas Hornby and Thomas him, Esq Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.-House Surgeon, Mr. Woodward, GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street, Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 6 0 sail. Mixed P 11 12 8 15 a.m. First Class 1 15 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class IP lot 4 p.m. 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class PP 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 6 0 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.na. Mixed 5 0 p.m. First Class On S Departures be FROM LIVERPOOL unda AND ythe MANCHESTER TO will BIRMINGHAM. 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed 9, 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 0 p.m. „ 11, „ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. , The Trains on ' Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. FROM CHESTER TO CREWE. 7 0 a.m. Second Class, to meet 6 a.m. Train from Liver pool and Manchester. 11 15 a.m. First Class, to meet 10 30 a.m. Train from Liver- FROM CREWE TO CHESTER. pool and Manchester. 2 0 p.m. First Class, on arrival of 11 30 a.m. Train from Birmingham. 6 30 p.m. Second Class, on arrival of 3 3e p.m. Train from Birmingham, and 4 p.m. Train from Liverpool and Manchester. There will be no Trains on Sunday until further notice. BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY. (FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD.) Morning 8 0 .. 10 0 .. 12 0 I Afternoon 2 0 .. 4 0 .. 6 0 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD , Morning 8 15 .. 10 15 .. 12 15 Afternoon 2 15 .. 4 15 .. 815 ON SUNDAYS.—FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD. . _ Morning 9 0 (.Afternoon 4 45 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD f Afternoon 6 0 Morning 9 15 LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY FROM L'POOL TO MANCHESTER. FROM 'MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning - Morning.. 730 Morning 845 „ ..- 945 ~ 9 0 ~ ..10 0 „ 11 0 „ ..11 45 ~ 11 15 „ .. 11 45 „ 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. I 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. 445 „ .. 530 ~ 5 0 „ .. 530 „ 715 Evenink.. 715 Mixed 1 715 Evening.. 715 Mi xe d Stop only at Mwton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside f * Except on Saturdays, when this Train does not start till Three. ON SUNDAYS. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 4 45 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 5 0 Aftern. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed l I 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prksidel TO PRESTON AND WIGAN. FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER. 8 45 Morning.. Mixed 9 0 Morning.. Mixed 11 0 .. First Class )9 11 15 „ First Class Second Class 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class Mixed I 5 0 ~ • . Mixed First Class 715 „ .. First Class 2 30 Aftern 44 5 PIO 715 ~ ON SUNDAYS 7 0 Morning.. 4 45 Afternoon 7 15 Evening.. 7 0 Mar Ling.. 5 0 Afternoon 7 15 Evening, First Class First Class TO LANCASTER. FROM MANCHESTER 9 0 Morning.... Mixed PROM LIVRRPOOL. 8 45 Morning.... Mixed 11 0 .... First Class 2 :39 Afternoon .. Second Class 4 45 .... Mixed TO BOLTON PROM LIVERPOOL. R 45 Morning.... First Class 2 30 Afteinoon • . Second Class 5 30 „ 7 0 Morning.. 5 30 Afternoon 111 15 „ .... First Class 2 45 Afternools .. Second Class 5 0 ~ .... Mixed FROM MANCHESTER. 9 o Morning.... First Class 11 15 2 45 Afternoon ..Secoird Class 5 30 „ .... .. ON SUNDAYS. Second Class I 7 0 Morning.. PP 5 30 Afternoon Second Class TO ST. HELENS PaoM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 730 Morning.... Second Class 9 45 10 0 11 45 11 45 2 30 Afternoon 5 30 If 2 45 Afternoon n 5 30 ON SUNDAYS. Second Class I 7 0 Morning.. IP I 5 SO Afternoon 7 0 Morning.. 5 30 Afternoon Second Class ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the 18th instant, to this day, inclusive. Prices paid z SALES OF TN WEEK. !in the week.lhisWk. sgo ' Sea Island 20 Stained 7260 ; Bowed Georgia 6420 f Mobile 1 Alabama and Tennessee 11420 New Orleans 680 { Pernambuco & Paraiba Aricati and Ceara 340 i Bahia and Maceio 620 4 1 a ar w al ig n h n a e n d • Minas Para 20 , Demerara, Surinam, &c 740 Egyptian Barbados 160 ; Peruvian Bahama 180 , Laguayra Common West India, &c -270 Carthagena 20 Smyrna .... Manilla 6160 Surat 10 Madras 110 Bengal 35020 bales I3d 63 26 9 11 5611 5/ 7 5i 61 17862 51 8 8 7i— 8 1 12 . 1 lot 12,v 30 - h •••• 7 - 7.1} 1561 } 1561 1) 3366 } 3366 SATURDAY EVEN The market opened at a fair demand, and about 4,000 bales were sold at Friday's prices, if any change, the feeling was in favour of the buyer. MONDAY This morning the market appeared quiet, with but a moderate demand, as the day advanced, the enquiry became more general, and the arrival of the letters per packet of the 19th ult., with later accounts from America, confirming previous advices of a short crop, brought several speculators into the market, and caused a large business to be done, say from 8,000 to 10,000 bales at prices quite equal to Friday, and in many instances id dearer. Several holders refused to sell at the close of change at this advance. 600 Pernams, Bid to 6d; 500 Bakin and Ivlacin, 7id to Sid; 160 Egyptian, 9id to 12ad; 500 Surat, 43d to 54d are qeported to-day. 4,000 to speculative account; remainder to the trade. frlaritet!..4. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JAN. 8 Sugar.—There has been an improved demand for 8.P., and 500 hhds. sold, with 2400 bags Mauritius, at the quotations, and 1700 bags and 100 casks Bengal, at 54s to 50 6d for low brown, 68s for yellow, and 84s for good. white. Foreign.—There has been some inquiry for brown descriptions this week, without, however, as yet leading to business. The sales are confined to about 70 brls. Brazil and Laguayra. Bonded Refined.—A fair inquiry for Crushed, at the London quotations. Treacle still in damand for Spring delivery. 260 puns. Demerara Molasses have been sold at our quotations. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation have been quite un important, comprising only 70 casks of Jamaica; no change in prices. Of Foreign, 50 bags ware sold; Laguayra at 50s, and African at 42s per cwt. Nothing done in Ginger or Pimento. 20 brls. Trinidad Cocoa sold at 455 per cwt., 180 bags of good black Pepper at 4id to 4id per lb, and 1660 bags good Bengal Rice at 16s per cwt. in bond. The sales in Rum are confined to a few Leewards, 7 0. P., at 3s id, and stronger at 5s 5d per gallon. Tea.—There had been a steady demand, at improvir4 prices, previous to the arrival of the account, by way of Marseilles, that our disputes with China were in a train of settlement, which has caused a completo panic in the market, and prices have receded considerably, and our quotations may be considered nominal. There has been but little business done in East India Drysaltery articles this week; about 60 chests of Lac Dye reported at gd to lld per ib, and 1500 bags of Satpetre at 27s to 28s, with 210 bags of Nitrate of Soda at the quotations Dyewoods.—Th Sales in Logwood are confined to 119 tons Campeachy at .e 9 lOs to £9 12s tid ; a few tons solid Nicaragua Wood are reported at £lO, and some Gaboon Barwoodat .e 6 lOs per ton. There are no sales in Turpentine to report. 1000 brls. of Stockholm Tar have been sold at the quotations. Although there has been no general inquiry for Pot Ashes, 300 brls. have been sold, at 30s for new, and at 28s for the brands of 1828. Pearl Ashes are dull, but without variation in price. There has been nothing done in Hides, and the market-remains without alteration. Tobacco.—The sales amount to 230 hhds., of which about 40 were for export and the remainder for the Trade at steady prices. The Brimstone market remains in the same dull state as noticed for some time past, and the present quotations are with difficulty maintained. Scarcely an inquiry for Argols or Cream of Tartar. Small sales have been made in Sicily Sumac at 12s 3d; other des criptions are neglected, No inquiry for Madders or Roots. 30 casks Quercitron Bark are reported at 12 3d per cwt. The business in Olive Oil is limited to a few tuns Galipoli, at .€64 per tun. About About 100 tuns Cod Oil were sold at the close of last week at about £26 10s, cff the quay; 30 tuns Pale Seal have brought £33, and small lots 105 per tun. Pale Rape Oil continues steady at the late advance, and Linseed Oil has been sold at 30s, which is a con siderable improvement. In Palm Oil a little more business has been done this week; the sales amount to 150 tons, (part from the quay,) at lOs to .. 36 per ton. 10 tons Petersburg clean Hemp are repotted at £4O, but not of the finest quality, and 350 bales of Jute at -t'l4 10s, at which there are more sellers, Tallow.—On Saturday last, a cargo of damaged Yellow Candle, consisting of about 820 casks, was sold by auction, and upon the whole realized good prices, ranging from 44s 6d to 448 9d per cwt., according to quality and condition ; on the same day, upwards of 500 casks Peterburg yellow Candle changed hands at 4gs 6d ; but on Tues day, 700 pipes of South American were offered by auction and withdrawn for want of buyers ; a considerable part has, however, since been sold, although at low rates, namely, from 36s for very dark and inferior sorts, up to 45s 6(1 for the finest quality, and yellow Candle has also within the last day or two been sold at some little reduction. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN 8 The week opened with a fair demand from the Trade, and full prices were paid; the arrival on Thursday, however, of the over land mail, with intelligence of the China dispute being all but settled, caused the withdrawal of several stocks from the market, and has enabled those who are disposed to sell to obtain an ad _ . vance of id to f d per lb on American and Surat, at which the market closed firmly. Brazil and Egyptian remain without altera tion. Speculators have taken 11,000 American, 3,800 Surat, 200 Maranham, 250 Carthagena and 50 Egyptian. 110 Bengal were taken for export. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 11 We have not had quite so large a supply of things to-day, nor has the quality been quite so good as last week, consequently prime things rated a shade higher than our last quotations; prime Beef middling and inferior sid to GO; prime Wether Mutton 7d ; middling and inferior 6d to bid, sinking the offal. Number of Beasts, 1243 ; Sheep, 4237. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, JANUARY 9 We have to report a liberal supply of Wheat, Oats, Flour, and Oatmeal into this port for the last seven clays. The principai im ports, however, were on the 2d and 4th instant, duringwhen 15,ae0 barrels of Flour were entered from Canada. Easterly winds have since prevented any material arrivals. The trade in wheat has not been very extensive : still, there has been a good, steady demand for consumption, and, latterly, very full prices have been obtained. The recent arrivals from Canada not having been pressed upon the market, Flour has quite sustained previous rates : best brands of United States 365, Canadian 35s to 36s per barrel. On Tuesday last several parcels of Oats were cleared off at ld per bushel decline, There was a fair demand also for Oatmeal at a reduction of 6d per load. There has since been little or no change in the value of either; and, where any has occurred, it must be reported in the seller. Barley remains as last noted. Beans and Peas have sold only in retail at previous quotations. LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT -- _ ,141ADnER, rg cwt. s. AsnEs • - Montreal, Pot.. 30 0@ 30 6 Dutch, crop 70 0 —BO 0 Pearl, new .. 39 9 —3O 0 Ombro 50 0 —65 0 U. States, Pot.. n ono. Gamene 32 0 —4O 0 . Pearl none. Mull r 0 0 —3O 0 BARE, Quercit. .. 12 0— 14 0 French, S.F. 42 0 —46 0 041, 70 ton .. £5 5 7 0 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 German 4 15 5 0 E.5.F... 54 0 —5B 0 BRIMSTONE, I,' ton E.5.F.F.63 0 —66 0 Sicily, &c g 10 -- ' -. 42 0 —5B 0 Tuscany lO 0 10 0 Spanish ... 10 10 MOLASSES, Ve eta S. d. Trinidad, &c... -85 0 Demerara, &c. Bar & Antigua.... _ —.17 none MUNJEET, /0 , cwt.. 12 0 —l4 0 70 0— 80 0 OIL, Olive, 7. 232 galls. French & Germ.7o 0— 80 0 Gallipoli £64 0 —65 0 CocoA, 2p , cwt. Trieste 61 0 —63 0 Trinidad 4g 0— 52 0 Sicily 60 0 —6l 0 Grenada .... }32 0— 36 0 Mala g a 59 0 —6O 0 Brazil Portugal, &c .... 58 0 —sg o COFFEE, V cwt in bond. Levan:. 3B 0 —6O 0 Jama. triage .. Palm, v ton 35 10 —36 0 155 0— 82 0 ordinary .... Fish, v 232 galls. good& fine ord. 86 0-106 0 Seal, pale 33 0 —33 10 middling llO 0-125 0 brown 28 0 —3l 0 good mid. .... 128 0-140 0 Cod 26 10 —27 0 fine mid. &c... 142 0-154 0 LINSEED, Ip cwt 2g 6 —3O 0 Dutch, triage.. 160 0— 70 a Rape, pale do. 47 0 —4B 0 ordinary .... I " Turpen. p cwt 53 0 —54 0 good &fine ord. 75 0— 82 0 RICE, s cwt middling B4 0— 90 0 Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 0 good mid. 192 0-100 0 in bond 22 0 — fine mid., &c. Bengal, ord. do.. 13 0 —l4 0 Mocha Ceylon Java Havana Jamaica, good& fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 12 to 16 o. p... 4 2 4 8 St. Domingo 42 0— 44 0 stronger 4 10 6 0 Brazil 4O 0— 44 0 choice marks.. 6 2 6 8 Laguira 5B 0— 0 0 SAFFLOWER, V cwt. DYEWOODS, IP ton .'. s. £. s. Bengal, Logwood, Jam... 6 5 6 15 good & due.. £5 0— 7 10 Hon. & Dorn. 7 0— 7 10 ord. & mid .. 2 10 4 10 CASSIA LIONEA, S. d. air cwt. in bond 80 0 CLOVER-SEED, Cwt American, re Dutch 30 0 -32 0 30 0 -32 0 5 0 -?" 0 Campeachy .. g 0— 9 15 Bombay Fustic, Span 4 15— 5 0 SALTPETRE, 4' cwt. S. (1. a. d Tampico 6 10— 7 0 East India 25 0 —3O 0 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA WOOD. orange 56 0 —BO 0 Rio de la Hache liver and black ::3 0 —5O 0 solid rough 6 0— 7 10 Neutria, v doz .. 6 0 —l3 0 small Lima, solid 12 0— 13 0 Seal, each 1 5 3 6 Barwood, Ango. t 0— 9 0 ,ST.TI:4IAc, 19 , cwt. . . Gaboon . 6 10— 7 0 Sicily lO 6 —l2 0 Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Malaga none Red San. Wood.. 8 0— 810 Trieste , 6 8 6 FLAX, V. ton. Verona 6 6 7 0 Riga. P.T.R. .... 43 0— 43 15 I Tyrolese P'burg, 9 head .. 40 0— 41 0 SUGAR, ip , eta. Archangel 44 0— 55 0 B. P. Muscovado Dutch & Flem. 6O 0-120 0 moist brown .. 68 0 —69 0 GALLS, `l9 , cwt. dry brown .... 70 0 —73 6 Turkey, blue 6 .5 0— 72 0 good &mid.... 77 0 —Bl 0 mixed 60 0— 66 0 tine &v. fine .. 82 0 —B5 0 East India 6O 0— 72 0 Mauritius, GINGER, 13. cwt. dabs and moist 60 0 —63 0 Barbadoes 45 0— 50 brows. 6s 0 —7o 0 Jamaica 6O 0-200 0 yellow 74 0 —77 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 19 0 fine yellow 79 0 —B3 6 Gum, v cwt. East India, Bengal Arabic, Turkey .. 70 0-140 0 ord. white 7s 0 --S2 6 East India. 24 0— 55 0 good and fine 54 () —B7 6 Barbary so o— 0 0 extra fine 84 0 —57 o Senegal 75 0— 0 0 Manilla, in bond 20 0 I - Ismr, 9p , ton s. s. Havana, do P'burg, clean 40 0— 41 0 brown .23 0 -23 6 .24 0 -26 0 .32 0 -33 0 34 0 -36 0 outshot 39 0— 39 10 yellav Riga, Rhine 4l 0— 42 0 white ord outshot 40 0— 0 0 good & fin( Archangel Manilla 3O 0— 31 0 brown Bombay l9 0— 21 0 yellow Jute l4 0— 14 10 white ord. . HIDES, Ox and Cow, v lb good and fine B. Ayres and Monte Video, dry. TALLow, p cwt. inferior & mid. 0 7i--- 0 si P'burgh, Y.C. .. 49 3 —49 6 good & prime 0 g— 0 10 Odessa 49 0 —49 6 Do. salted .... 0 42 0 5 Archangel 47 6 —4B 0 N. Amer. salted 0 3i— 0 4 Buenos Ayres 33 6 Brazil dry salted 0 51— 0 6 Stockholm 2O 0 -21 0 Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 7 0 8 Carolina .14 6 —l5 0 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6i— 0 7 Virginia W. India, dry.. 0 64 0 7 TARTAR, p cwt. salted.. 0 41— 0 51 Cream of Tartar 76 0 —BO 0 East India .... 0 8 - 1 0 brown and yel 50 0 —6B 0 Kips, B.A. dry. 0 71— 0 9 TEA, V lb. in bond. Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 0 Bohea, Canton - HORSE HAIR, V /b. Fokein Short mixed long tails 1 4 - 110 Twankay, corn... 1 9-- combed INDIGO, ;p' lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 1 g— 2 g Bengal. Campoi, 18 0 -22 0 22 6 -24 0 22 0 -23 0 24 0 -26 0 -46 0 O o com. to good none O 0 Hyson Skin 1 6 1 7 O o mid. to fine 1 9 1 10 7 0 Souchong, com 1 8— 1 0 6 0 good to fine 2o— 9 Pekoe, flowery 5 9 Hyson, corn... • fine 2 9 --- 4 0 pur. & violet 0 0 — blue & violet 0 o blue 0 0— violet, g. & fine 6 G— erd. & mid. 5 3 violet & cop.l 5 0— mixed .. i cop. g. & fine. 5 0— 5 6 ord. & mid. 4 0— 5 0 Young Hyson con. quality • • 3 6 5 9 Imperial ........ Oude .......... . 2 0— 4 9 Gunpowder, Madras 2 6 5 0 good and fine .. 2 10 Guatimala, V lb TOBACCO, 113 , lb. in bond. Floras Sobres 3 9 5 0 Stemmed.. 0 4 0 7 Cortes 2 0— 3 9 Kentucky ...... 0 3i— osi Carac cas, Floras 56 6 0 Maryland ..... 0 4i— 7 Sobres 4, 0— 5 3 TURMERIC, 13 cwt. in bond. Cortes LAC DYE, I' lb: . TURPENTINE, 13 , cwt. D.T. and prime. 1 6 2 6 American to 6 —l3 3 mid. to good.. 0 8— I 4 VALONIA, p ton. ...€ S 4' 0 ord. & inferior 0 4 0 7a Smyrna, picked 14 0 —l9 10 MADDER ROOTS, qp• CWt. Morea Smyrna Galipoli & Syria .. 42 0— 46 0 African .......... 6 10 8 0 French 45 0— 47 0 East India ..... 6 15 8 0 Napleo 45 0— 46 0 American........ 7 0— 8 0 2 4. 2 9 - 4 6 LONDON GAZBTTE..-•FRMAY, JAN. S. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Emett and Hall. Liverpool, furriers—C. and A. Masper, Bolton ie-Moors, Lancashire Opticians—Finley, Alston, and Co., Liverpool. nerchants—Dieseldorff, Hahn, and Co., Liverpool, commission rriscn and Wainwright, Church. Lancashire. engravers to calico-printers—J. Richardson and J. Holliday. Liverpool, tailors—J. and E. Evans and W. Crossley, Royton. Lancashire, ironfounders ; as far as retards W. Crossley INSOLVENTS. Jan. 7.—Joseph, Fearnley, Bradford, Yorkshire, woolstapler. Jan. B.—Thomas Watkins,jun.,Tredegar-iron-works, Monmouth-, merchants— Jan.B.—George Hanmer Bailer, Bristol, commission agent. HANK R.UPTCY ENLARGED. Joseph Nicholson, Halifax, Yorkshire, innkeeper, from Jan. 12 William I, BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED Nottingham, tailor. BANKRUPTS. Mary Evans, John Evans, and Thomas Howard Evans, Pump row, Old-street-road, London, paper-manufacturers. Richard Perkins, Upper-street, Islington, London, upholsterer. Elias Lindo, Matson's-cottage„ Kingsland, coal-merchant. James Bingley, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, London, brush-maker. Thomas Jackson,' King's ... ...,.. Lynn, Norfolk, corn merchant, George Wilson, and Jonathan Badger, Birmingham, victuallers Jonathan Hainsworth, John Oldroyd l Jonathan Clegg, Joseph Bailey, Mathew Healey, and John Bromley, jun., Batley Carr, Yorkshire, woollen-millers. Joseph Ankers, Birmingham, grocer. Henry and Joseph Hindley, Halshaw.moor, Lancashire, cotton- John Higham, Birmingham, victualler. James Pope, and Joseph Beech, Manchester, brush-makers. DIVIDENDS. Jan 2g. A. J. M. la Baume, Argyle-street, Regent-street, London, medical-galvanist—Jan. 30. T. Wilicocks, Bristol. cabinet-maker— Feb. 2. G. Owen, Penmorfa, Carnarvonshire, malster—Jan. 30. J. P. and P. Jackson. Manchester, wool-dealers—Feb. 11. G. Eld, Coventry, miller—Feb. i. J. G. Bond, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, draper—Jan. 29. S. Williams, Bristol, apothecary—Feb. 1. S. Price, Blackburn, Lancashire, machine-maker—Feb. 5. W. Maybury, Lancashire, merchant—Feb. 5. J. Robertson, Wooton under-Edge, Gloucestershire, draper. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before January 2d. '. and P. Jackson, Manchester, wool-dealers—A. Duff, jun., lelds, London, silk-manufacturer—W. J. Bridgewater, hackneyman—W. Kay, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire, Somerset, draper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. David Davinson,Eninbargh, brewer, and New. wharf, Whitefriars, insurance -broker, Jan. 13, Feb. 3, at 2 o'clock, at the Old Signet hall, Edinburgh. William Low, Newford-park, near Forfar, Wright, Jan. 13, Feb. 8, at 12 o'clock, at Alorgan's Inn, Forfar. James Somerville, Canuongate, Edinburgh, spirit-dealer, Jan. 2, at 12 o'clock, at the Royal Exchange Coffeehouse, Withalll Rodger, Forfar, shoe-maker, Jan. 16, Feb. 13, at 12 o'ctock, at Petie's County Hotel and New Inn, Forfar. James llissett, Schoohill, Aberdeen, confectioner, Jau. 14, Feb. 4, at 12 o'clock, at Machray's Royal Hotel, Aberdeen. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL ANUARY. El Qua Clarendon Rooms, 1 m, Ist 16, Parke and Kenrick, led Ditto, 1 16. Richard Benbow, (proof and div.) 18, Wni. Bentley, sen. & Co. (proof and final div.) Ditto, 12 3, John Jor PRICES OF SHARES, JANUARY 11. Prices. This day Last Per Share. Prices 120 paid RAILWAYS, &c Bolton and Leigh Bristol and Exeter Birmingham and Gloucester .. go paid Ditto and Derby lon Birkenhead and Chester • 5o paid o ars I Ditto, new 2O this year Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Ditto, Debentures 5611 Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar 30 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand J unction lOO .... Ditto half shares 20 paid Ditto quarter shares (late Chester and Crewe) Quarter Great Western Ditto new shares. Ditto Fifth Shares Hull. and Selby ... Leicester and Lancaster afitt Preston Liverpool and Munches! Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares ... London and Birmingham Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto awl Southampton Ditto & Brighton Manchester and Leeds Ditto half shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birrningha Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Ditto, quarter Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto quarter shares North Midland New North Midland... Paris and Rouen :elll and Dover North Union York and North Midland St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap, BANKS. 75 .... 50 paid Bank of Liverpool ...... - - Borough Bank lO . - Commercial of Liverpool 12 10. Commercial of England. 5 .. , East of England lo - of Manchester lO - Wchester & L'pool llsct. 15 ... 2 lospaid Northern and Central North and South Wall Albion Liverp )1 Union )1 Banking Co Wilts and Dorset, 34 0 0 77 10 0 77 0 0 36 0 0 16 12 6 0 0 0 9 7 6 5 17 6 29 5 0 22 5 0 29 5 0 214 10 0 95 10 0 83 0 0 15 15 0 92 10 0 27 15 0 81 10 0 20 0 0 ex div 14 15 0 .... 18 0 0 .... 3 2 6 .... 7 2 6 .... 711 0 0 cii,; 5 4 0 21 5 0 12 12 6 8 10 0 ~lOU pa 477 10 0 3 10 0 o 13 9 2 3 0 4 17 6 6 2 6 0 14 0 I 0 o 5 10 0 22 10 0 214 0 0 53 10 0 29 15 0 94 10 0 63 10 0 10 17 6 41 15 0 53 15 0 26 10 0 15 7 6 186 10 0 45 0 0 90 5 0 174 0 0 51 5 0 div. 50 10 0 28 10 0 53 IS 0 43 15 0 82 10 0 31 0 0 41 13 0 26 0 0 93 0 0 .. 10 0 0 57 10 0 3 5 0 .... 3 2 14 0 0 .... 83 10 0 ex. 83 0 07 10 0 .... 0 0 0 .... 8 16 3 with div, 10 2 6 3 7 6 4 5 0 Sundays, Holydays, irigN Safi- and cop intermel an expel will be sailing t or passa N. 8.- cbanies, their Fa to be h EU RO] NE W 1 CA.MB: COLU] SOUTI ENGIA OXFOI NORM These of char Wished every d Wines a if reTii. Freigl four do] Irt 0 1 - 11 N IM Burthei respects or passa Dock, o sterling 4 /. ii I.T . , I Burthel respects or passe or to sterling pO 6- SHEFI STEN- W. I UNIT] VIRGI These city of : tuality fort of ( trade, a Then include To in on boa' sailing. Freig dollars Admea carries the bss i f ili'l s- k/0 Admea cargo, 41 She is cargo 1 S, WATER WORI{S Excliang L'pool and Harringtoni Wat; Bootle Ditto. L'pool Coal G L'pool New Gas & Coke 'Co Ditto ne Assurance C DOCKS,. I Assurance Anderton Carrying Company Rock Ferry . Steam Tug Compare; Harrington Docks . Apothecaries' Corcipa Woodside Fe Asphalte (Liverpool} TIDE TABLE Height, U. U. I U. I. , F. I. Tuesday 12 Wednes. 13 Thursday 14 Friday .. 15 Saturday 16 Monday 18 210 230 16 0 Clock before sun Sm. 435, 2SO i 311 14 10 Cambridge Term begins. 333 4 0 113 11 Oxford Term begins. 430 ( 5 2 12 10 536 612 11 8 Battle of Cortinna, 180 g, 644 716 11 1 2nd Sunday after Epiphany 752 826 11 0 Battle of Missolonghi, 1823 BIRTHS On the 29th ultimo, at Runcorn, the wife of the Rev. SAMUEL lIILLYARD, of a son. On the 3lst ultimo, at Glynnllior Castle, near Carnarvon, Lady NEWBROUGH, of a son and heir. The auspicious event gave rise to a manifestation of rejoicing unusual in that retired part of Wales. Cannon was fired, and all the craft in the harbour dis played their different flags. In the evening Carnarvon was parti ally illuminated. ' On the 7th instant, the wife of Mr. S. EMERY, of the Royal Amphitheatre, of a son.' Oil the Bth instant, the wife of Mr, F. CARMAN, of the Royal Amphitheatre, of a son. MARRIED. On the 2nd instant, by the Rev. Charles Lucas Reay, Vicar of Swanbourne, Bucks, the Rev. KENNETH MACKENZIE PUGIIE, 8.A., of St. John's Coilege, Cambridge, to HARRIET, daughter of the late WILLIAM LUCAS REAY, Esq., surgeon, of this town. On the 3rd instant, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. Cyrus Morrall, Mr. ROBERT M.KIRGAN to Miss ELIZABETH JONES. On the 4th instant, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. H. Car pepter, Mr. JOHN FOLEY to Miss MARGARET CAMPBELL. On the sth instant, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. H. Car penter, Mr. JOHN BREARLEY to Miss LETITIA NICHOLSON. Same day, at St. Saviour's Church, Manchester, by the Rev. Edward Birch, B.A. Mr. CHARLES P. ALLEN, of Manchester, to CAROLINE MATILDA, youngest daughter of the late THOS. BARNES, Esq., of this town. • Same day, it Winwick, by the Rev. R. Tagart, Mr. GEORGE LENOX, of this town, to CATHERINE, second daughter of the ate J. SHEARSON, Esq., Newton-le-Willows. On the 6th instant, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, GEO. TOWNDSON ATHERTON, Esq., New Brighton, to SARAH, second daughter of CHARLES OPENSHAW, Esq., Cheetham-hill. On the 7th instant, by the Rev J. Tobin, Mr. GEO. HUTTON, to FANNY, eldest daughter of JAMES BANNISTER, Esq., ship builder. Same day, at St. John the Baptist's Church, by the Rev. J. Hassall, Mr. WM. FREDERICK WILLAMS, of North Petherton, Somerset, to Miss HANNAH KENNAWAY STOWER, of Upper Warwick. street, Tostah.park. DIED On the sth September, on an island at the Bay of Andaman, Calcutta, Capt, GOLIGHTLY, of the Brig George and Mary, son of the late Mr. Mathew Golightly, of Whitehaven, aged 26, ceeply regretted by his numerous frieuds and acquaintances, having earned the situation he held by steadiness, perseverance, ability as s seaman, and anxiety for the welfare of those by whom he has been employed. At Leeds, 20th ult., Mr. EDWARD SIMMONS, in his 105th year. He served 22 years in the 25th Regiment of Foot, and was an out-pensioner of Chelsea Hospital since 1792, his age being then stated at o 7 yeara.—Also, in five days afterwards in her 90th year, ANN, wife of the above. They had been married 65 years. On the 2nd instant, at her house, Netherton, Miss SHARPLES, sister of the late Mr. Sharpies, surgeon. On the sth instant, after a long and paintuliillAnßesys: wife o e f w m ith r. Christian fortitude and resignati on , age d 40, i‘ HODSON, Islington. Same day, after a tedious illness, aged 67, Mr. WM. BASTABLE, watch dial-maker, Leigh-street. in Key-street, a ge d 34, M r. J OHN DOB- SameSON, the P 6 i day,ri ttli ny' " dealer.issut.d,d On enlaged3s, Mr. THOMAS MAIN, formerly of Stone haven, N.B. Sam'e day, aged 76, MARY, relict of the late Mr. J. WAR. RINGTON. Same day, in Park street, Westminster, aged 28, EDWARD RUSHTON PRESTON, of the Middle Temple, barrister-at-law. On the 7th instant, ELIZABETH, wife of Mr. A. 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