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.---T Oct. 6, 1816. inouranct gotito. THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE ,SOCIETY, 37, OLD JEWRY, LONDON. THE LOCAL DIRECTORS m ee t ev e r y THURSDAY, between the hours of One and Two, at the Offices, 9, Eldon Chambers, South John-street, Liverpool. JOHN BLAKE, Manager. CORPORATION OF THE LONDON ASSURANCE, ESTABLISHED A.D. 1720. No. 7, ROYAL EXCHANGE, CORNHILL, AND 10, REGENT-STREET, LONDON. FIRE INSURANCE effected upon every descrip tion of Property, including Rent. *..* The usual Reductions allowed on and in Buildings of Cer tified Warehouses, 5-c., and for single management, according to the lowest Rates current. Persons Assured against Fire by this Corporation, whose Po licies expire at MICHAELMAS, are respectfully reminded, that, for their own security, they should renew them within FIFTEEN DAYS from the said QUARTER-DAY. LIFE ASSURANCE S.—This branch of the Corporation's Business is carried on without any charge for management and offers peculiar advantages to the Assured. Life Prospectuses, Mercantile Rates, and every information may be obtained on application to JAMES KENNEDY, No. 3, High-street, with Entrance, also, at 5, Exchange-street East; and TOWNLEY and WHITEHEAD, Liver-chambers, Tithebarn-street, Agents for Liverpool and adjacent parts. NORWICH UNION FIRE INSURANCE _ SOCIETY. ESTABLISHED 1821. CAPITAL. ..e550,000. TRUSTEES. The Right Hon. Lord Hail in,. The Lord Walpole. Sir Henry Jardine, Knt. John Stracey, Esq. Edward Wenhan Martin, Esq. Amyot, Esq. Henry Browne, Esq. Henry Staniforth Patteson, Esq. &c. &c. &c. DIRECTORS. E. T. Booth, Esq, President. Anthony Hudson, Esq., Vice-President. George Morse, Esq., Edward Stewart, Esq., Major-General Sir R. John Lewis Evans, Esq., M.D., Harvey, C.B. Thos. Blakiston, Esq., R.N., Isaac Jermy, Esq., Recorder I Timothy Steward, Esq., of Norwich, George burrant, Esq., Charles Evans, Esq., Chancel- Robert John. Harvey .Harvey, for of the Diocese of Nor- Esq. wich, SAMUEL BIGNOLD, Esq.; Secretary. The Public are respectfully reminded, that all the Insurances renewable in the LIVERPOOL AGENCY on the 29th day of SEPTEMBER, 1846, must be paid at the Office, Exchange-street West, on or before the 1 4 th day of OCTOBER next, or the Society will cease to be liable for the sums insured. The RETURNS OF Pasmium for the four years ending the 29th September, 1845, are now in course of payment. This Society paid €70,589 16s. id. Duty to Government for the year 1845. It INSURED, during the same year, £9,726,891 Farming Stock, which is free.of Duty. In proof of the Public approbation of the principles and con duct of this 'Company, it may be sufficient to state, that its business now exceeds FIFTY-EIGHT MILLIONS. Prospectuses may be had of Mr. R. L. MILLER, Agent. . Treasurers—THE LIVERPOOL BOROUGH BANK. ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, LIVERPOOL. 1, OLDHALL-STREET. CAPITAL, £2;000,000, in 100,000 SHARES of '2O Each. TRUSTEES John Shaw Leigh, Esq. B. 8.8. H. Blundell, Esq . DIRECTORS. Josias Booker, Esq., Chairman. Hugh J. Sanderson, Esq. and Charles Turner, Esq., Deputy-Chairmen. James Lawrence, Esq. Thomas Lee, Esq. .Francis Maxwell, Esq. Robert M'Andrew, Esq. Edmund Molyneux, Esq. J. Bramley Moore, Esq. Henry Moore, Esq. James Pownall, Esq. Archibald Sinclair, Esq. Geo. J. Wainwright, Esq. William Blain, Esq . Thomas Bouch, Esq John Campbell, Esq. David Cannon, Esq. Thomas Dover, Esg. Robert Dudgeon, Esq. Richard Harbord, Esq. _R. S. Henderson, Esq. R. Brodhurstifill, Esq. T. B. Horsfall, Esq. Henry Killick, Esq. Aunrrons.—Robert Pedder Carter, Esq. and James Hardy Macrae, Esq. vsiClAN.—Richard Formby, M.D. SURGEON.—Hugh Neill, Esq. • SURVEYOR.—SamueI Holme, Esq. SOLICITOR.--Septimus Booker, Esq. BIRKENHEAD BRANCH, Hamilton Buildings, Harnillon-street. SURGEON FOR BIRKENHEAD, James Theodorick Vale, Esq., Hamilton-square. THE Directors beg to announce that they continue to RECEIVE PROPOSALS for FIRE and LIFE INSU RANCES. The large Capital of the Company, and the number and in fluence of its Proprietors, enable it to take rank with the most eligible offices in the kingdom, with respect to the advantages offered to the Public. FIRE INSURANCES Will be effected at moderate rates of premium. The Company, having the advantage of a resident Director y , will be enabled to distinguish itself by its promptness in the Settlement of Claims. No Charge made for the Policy. LIFE BRANCH. Extract from Rates of Premiums for the Whole of Life. s. d. s. d. Age. With Profits. Without Profits. 15 1 15 2 1 10 11 20 1 19 4 1 14 11 2S 2 4 2 1 19 7 30 2 9 9 2 4 10 35 2 16 2 2 -MI. =0- • 40 3 4 1 2 ' 18 " 6 45 3 14 6 3 8 5 50 4 8 3 4 1 7 The Company likewise assure Lives on any of , the following Contingencies, viz..— For tile Term of ONE YEAR, SEVEN YEARS, or , any other de finite period. For the WHOLE CONTINITAN.CE OF LIFE.—The Premium to cease - after a LIMITED NUMBER OF ANNUAL PAYMENTS. On Two JOINT LIVES.—The sum Assured to be paid on the death of either. On the LONGEST OF Two OR THREE LIVES, the Sum As sured to be payable at the death of the last Survivor, or On StravIVORSHIPS to secure the payment of the Sum As sured, if a Life A die before another Life B. The important advantages offered by the Company in the Life Brr.ncit will include the Allowing, viz : THE GUARANTEE OF A N AMPLE CAPITAL AND EXEMPTION OFTHR ASSURED FROM LIABILITY OF PARTNERSHIP,—The bein ur ed neither having to depend on an uncertain fund, nor K i n a ny way accountable for the payment of Claims. charges ; LkT E PREMiumhis Company, in determining its petulant o r A,ssurances, under the various contingencies, de the owe s + human life, has availed itself of the experience of cent h i " a tm most prosperous London O ffi ces, and of the re tent m e stigations , on the subject, made by the most compe athematicians and Actuaries. Its TABLES OF PREMl- UM L co nsequently avoid, on the one hand, an UNNECESSARILY HIGH RATE OF PAYMENT BY THE ASSURED, and on the other, THE DANGER RESULTING FROM INADEQUATE CHARGES. "ROE PARTICIPATION OF PROFITS BY THE ASSURED, amounting to TWO-THIRDS of its net amount, which may be a PPlied at the option of the party effecting the Assurance. I et.—By an immediate payment of the sum so apportioned; 2d.--By an equivalent reduction of the future premiums; or 3d.---By an equivalent increase of the sum assured. SMALL CHARGE FOR MANAGEMENT.—The expenses of the Office being borne in due proportion by the two branches. PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF CLAIMS.—AII claims will, be pay able within three months after satisfactory proof of the death of the Life Assured. The Directors reserving to themselves the power to discharge any claim immediately on its being estab lished. RESIDENCE IN ANY• PART OF EUROPE allowed withoutany additional charge, and , the EXTRA PREMIUMS charged for voyage to, and residence ,in, any other FOREIGN CLIMATE OP for NAVAL and MILITARY, or any other SPECIAL RISK if; axed on a MODERATE BASIS. POLICIES LAPSED BY NON-PAYMENT OF THE PREMIUM, May be renewed within three months, by paying the premium wi th a fine of 10s. per cent, on the production of evidenceto the !sa tisfaction of the Directors of the good state of health of , the Life Assured. The Company will always be prepared to PURCHASE the Po +-lei ES Of this Office at their EQUITABLE VALUE. Assurances may be effected, when needed with the UTMOST SECRECY AND DESPATCH. Eta No ENTRANCE MONEY, nor any charge except for the Policy m . The p usual Commission allowed to Solicitors. The Directors likewise beg to announce that they hare made arrangements to GRANT LOANS to persons assured by this Company, on Personal Security, or upon the Security of Assign able Property of adequate value; and to allow the assured Credit of half the Premiums, for a United number of years, as Maui he agreed upon. PERCY M. DOVE, Manager. .September , 1846. N.li. The Pirectors are willing to receive applications from 'Persons of INFLUENCE, INTELLIGENCE, and ACTIVITY, to undertake AGENCIES throughout the Counties of Lancas ter, Cumberland, Chester, and elsewhere, it being their deter mination only to appoint Agents possesting those qualifications. FIRE POLICIES due at MICH A IiLMAS should be paid on or before the 14th of October. NEW SCHOOL-BOOKS PUBLISHED BY OLIVER AND BOYD, EDINBURGH. AAN INITIATORY GRAMMAR of the ENGLISH LANGUAGE, with numerous Exercises. By JOHN N N. 18mo, price Is. cloth, 126 pages. INGRAM'S EUCLID'S ELEMENTS of PLANE •CEOME TRY. With the ELEMENTS .of PLANE TRIGONOMETRY, and their Practical Application. Adapted to the Use of Schools and ,Private Students, with numerous and appropriate Exer cises annexed to each Book, by JAMES TROTTER, of the Scot. tish Navaland Military Academy, Author of A Key to Ingram's Mathematics, &c. 12mo, price 2e. 6d. bound, 232 pages. ELEMENTS of ALGEBRA, Theoretical and Practical. With numerous• Exercises under each Head, and a large Collection of Miscellaneous Questions. By ALEx. INGRAM and JAMES Tnorraa, .12mo, 4s. bound. M. T. CICERONIS ORATIONES SELECTAE; pro Lege Manilia, IV. in Catilinam, pro A. L. /Whin, pro T. A. blame. Ex Orellii recentione. Edited by GEORGE 1 4 EgousoN, A.M. one of the Masters of the Edinburgh Academy, Author of the Edinburgh Academy Latin Rudiments, Latin Delectus, &c. 18mo, price Is. 6d. cloth. FERGUSON'S M. T. CICERONIS CATO MAJOR sive de Senectute, LAELLUS sive de Amick* SOMNIUM SCI PIONIS, et EPISTOLAE SELECTAE. Ex flrellii recensione. 18mo, price Is. ad. - cloth. FERGUSON'S M. T. CICERONIS DE OFFICIIS. Ex Orellii recensione. •18mo, price Is. 6d. cloth. A NEW FRENCH GRAMMAR, with EXERCISES. By F. A. \Vomit', Master of the Modern Language Department in the High School of Glasgow. 12mo, price 35..6d. bound. "It seems an able and useful work—full and elaborate with out complexity, and teaching thoroughly what it undertakes." —Spectator. "The rules and explanatims are full, clear, and ,accurate the examples well chosen, and the exercises excellent." — Brighton Herald. Sold also byi MP MAMBA LL, and Co., London. (PROVI P SIONALLY REGISTERED.) ROSPECTUS OF TILE LIVERPOOL BUILDING LAND SOCIETY. Capital, .e 15,000, in 300 Shares of .E5O each. Entran ce or Subscription Money, ss. per Share. THE objects of this Society are two-fold, namely, the purchase of a quantity of Land eligible for Building purposes, and the re-sale of the same in Lots, to builders or others; the Societe making the purchasers advances of cash as their buildings proceed, such advances, and interest thereon, to be repaid to the Society with the Purchase-money of the Land. The Shares will be payable by Monthly Instalments of .el , until is realised upon each. The duration of the Society will only be limited by the will of the majority of the Share holders, but the Shares will be transferable at the option of the holder. The operations of the Society will be conducted by a Ma naging Committee of gentlemen practically acquainted with this department of business, and with the value of Land, and will commence, in all probability, in the suburbs of Liverpool, where at present there is a large and increasing demand for Villas. Interest will be paid upon the dep_osits, and the profits will be periodically divided amongst the Shareholders. The promoters confidently submit that the objects of this Society are sound and tangible, and its mode of operation simple and clear, and that, consequently, it will form a most advantageous medium for investment ; for while the guarantee of a large and available capital will enable it to purchase on the most reasonable terms, the facility and promptitude with which it can advance to Builders will enable it to dispose of its Land in the shortest possible time. This opinion is further confirmed by the well-known fact that many private individuals have realised large fortunes in this way ; and in any case where they have failed, the failure may be traced to the absence, in such individual, of that which this Society is formed to create, namely, a capital adequate to the extent of its operations. Applications for Shares or for information to be made to Mr. WILLIAM OWEN, Solicitor, Clayton-square; or to RADCLIFFE and PICKEN, Estate Agents, 26, North John-street, corner of Harrington-street. TO HEADS OF FAMILIES, &c. FREEMAN'S SWEET ESSENCE OF SENNA, (The most agreeable Purgatiee,) FREEMAN'S in a highly-concentrated form all the active princi ple of Senna entirely; deprived of its nauseating and griping properties, and rendered so peculiarly pleasant to the taste, that children will take it with a positive relish. The extraordinary merit of this medicinal novelty has ob tained for it the distinguished patronage of Her Majesty—the Queen Dowager—the following Physicians to Her Majesty and the Queen Dowager, Sir C. M. Clark, Bart., M.D., Dr. Fergu -8,2n, and Dr. Locock—Sir David Davies, and Dr. Holland—by many Princes Nobles, and Families of distinction—by most of _l.e eminent Physicians and Medical Men in London, who have "etn for several -years, and now are, in the daily hab i t of pre scribing and recommending it as the best and safest domestic Perient for females and children—the aged and delicate—the Z r v,ons—the bilious—the habitually costive, and those suffer 'Tom piles, worms, sickness,. or headache, and as being P,,articularly adapted for ladies during pregnancy, and children ' ti ling dentition. Impelled by a sense of duty, confident of conferring a great national benefit, the Proprietor proudly submits it to the pa tronage of a discerning public, assured that a single trial will convince every one of its inestimable value as a pleasant, safe, and efficacious domestic aperient, the moderate price of which places it within the reach of every family. Sold by all respect able Venders of Medicine, in bottles at Is. lid., 2s. 6d., 4s. 6d., Ils., and 20s. each. C AUTION.—The great celebrity this medicine has attained, flaying induced many druggists in Scotland and England to put up f or sale b ase and worthless imitations, to the serious tolury of the original preparation, purchasers are therefore requested to ask for Freeman's Sweet Essence of Senna, each genuine bottle of which is signed John Freeman. To the Medical Profession, Captains of Ships, and Persons Travelling abroad. TESTIMONIAL. 48, Stamford-street, London, August 9 Sir,—l hav e much pleasure in bearing testimony-" 84t1oy4o.ur unique and elegant nreparation of Senna, which contains in a highly-concentrates form the active principle of that valuable Domestic Aperient. I have taken it out with metivice to India, and having found it to preserve the active principle of Senna , quite free from fermentation, I consider it admirably ada pt e d for persons travelli ng a b road ; and am quite sure, that P 1) P p t eV son who knew its val ue would ever take a voyage without a Supply of your Sweet Essence of Senna. I remain, Sir, yours respectfully, To Mr, J, Freeman. R. MAPLETON, Surgeon. INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL.—. 4. useful little book by Mr. G. M. Bell, entitled a Guide is the Investment of Capital, has just been published. Under the various heads of houses, lands, annuities, joint-stock banks, rail ways, shipping, insurance companies, wines, bills of ex change, bonds, and mortgages, and foreign funds, is com prised a short description of all the means of investment which are offered to capitalists. Much clear and useful advice is given as to the choice of various modes of invest ment, to suit the particular views of the capitalist, on the particular circumstances of any " . given period. Mr. Bell is well known as a gentleman possessing much practical information on the subjects whic h h be ere passes under review. The hints which form part of the "general sndum naary " that concludes the work, we extract, says the Editor of the Times, in a recent money article, as they give a good classification of the various kinds of invest ment, made to suit the various kinds of parties invest jag. Qbutatto THE Rev. H. W. BECKWITH, of University College, Oxford, receives Pupils into TOXTETH LODGE, to EDUCATE for Professional or Mercantile pursuits, and to prepare for the Public Schools and Universities. The situation is in one of the healthiest and most agreeable suburbs of Liverpool, immediately adjoining the Prince's Park; and the House and Grounds are in every respect adapted to the purposes of a Boarding School. A limited number of DAY PUPILS will also be admitted. Toxteth. Lodge, Lodge-lane, near Liverpool. TARVIN HALL SCHOOL , For the Education of One Hundred resident Pupils, under the superintendence and tuition of the following resident Masters: PRINCIPAL—JOfIN BRINDLEY, of Magdalen College, Cam bridge; M.A. of the University of Giessen; formerly Second Master of the Grammar School, Brigg, and Head Master of the Oldswinsford Hospital Endowed School, Worcestershire. AssisTANT—CHARLES JONES Trinity College, Dublin. FIRST CLASSICAL MASTER—E. S. CROOKE, BA., Pembroke College Cambridge, in double honours. FIRST MATHEMATICAL MASTER—THOS. WADDINGHAM, 8.A., St. John's College ? Cambridge, in double honours. FOREIGN MASTER—Monsieur BOIN, B.A. of the University of Paris. ENGLISH MASTER—GEORGE SIMPSON, C. C. College, Cambridge, late Assistant Master of the Huddersfield College , and the Collegiate Institution, Liverpool. PROFESSOR OF MUSIC AND ASSISTANT FOREIGN MASTER.— F. H. S. PENDLETON, of the University of Ghent, and Pupil of the Royal Academy of Music, Ghent. WARDEN, AND OUT-DOOR SUPERINTENDENT.—JOSEPH DEMPSEY. PREPARATORY SCHOOL—Mr. and Mrs. WISBEY. Attendant Masters. DRAWING MASTER—Mr. T. BAILEY, Chester. DANCING MASTER—Mr. EDGAR WEBSTER, Chester. VISITING SURGRON—Mr. GEORGE HARRISON, Chester. THE OBJECTS AIMED AT IN THIS ESTABLISHMENT ARE : I.—To insure a thoroughly Scriptural and Gentlemanly Educa tion, under Masters of first rate attainments in their respec- tine 'departments. 2.—To provide a sound Classical and Mathematical Education for Pupils preparing for the Universities, Military and Naval Colleges, and Learned Professions ; and a comprehen sive course of Business Instruction , with daily practice in the rodern Continental Languages , such as are intended for Mercantile Appointments. 3.—To maintain in every Department the strictest Discipline, .united with kindness and moderation, and the absence of corporal punishment, except in extreme cases, and then to .be inflicted by the Principal only. 4.—To treat the Pupils as members of the family, providing them liberally with domestic comforts at the same table with the Principal and Masters. b.—To include under one charge evcry'expense both in the Educational and Domestic departments, that there may be no extras whatever. • TERMS: Includin instruction in Greek, Latin, French, German, Ma thematics, Navigation, English, Singing, Drawing, Dancing., and Drill; also the charges for Stationery, Drawing Mate . rials, Seat in Church, and ordinary medical attendance — Under 12 years of age Forty Guineas per annum. Above 12, and under 15 years of age. Fifty Guineas per annum. Above 15 years of age Sixty Guineas per annum. Private Pupils One Hundred Guineas per annum. A QUARTER'S NOTICE WILL BE EXPECTED PREVIOUSLY TO THE REMOVAL OF A PUPIL. fc:7. Payments in advance either Quarterly or Half Yearly. The present Quarter terminates on the 29th instant. Tarrin Hall, near Chester, September 24th, 1846. Pell) 11301ftationo. This day is published, the FOURTH EDITION, price Is., EVERY EYE SHALL SEE HIM ; or, Prince Albert's Visit to Liverpool used in Illustration of the Second Coming of Christ. A SERMON, preached in St. Jude's Church, on the 2nd of August, 1846, the Sunday next after the Prince's Visit, by the REV. HUGH M'NEILE, (Published by desire, for the benefit of the Liverpool Sailors' home.) London : J. HATCH ARD and Sox, 187, Piccadilly ; A. New- LINO, 31, Ranelagh-street, Liverpool. Just published, price 2s. 6d., AN ESSAY ON - THE WEAR AND TEAR OF HUMAN LIFE, And the REAL REMEDY FOR THIS COMPLAINT. By G. T. HAYDEN, M.A., of Trinity College, Dublin, ex Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Lecturer on Anatomy, Physiology, and Surgery in the Original School of Medicine, Peter-street. Dublin: JAMES WGIASHAN, 21, D'Olier-street. Sold by JOSHUA W.ALMSLEY, WAREING WEBB, and W. GRAVEL, Liverpool. Second Edition, in post Bvo., bound in cloth, price 55., THE LORD OUR SHEPHERD An Exposition of Psalm xxiii. By the Rev. JOHN STEVENSON, Perpetual Curate of Cary and Gunwalloe, Cornwall. Also, Sixth Edition, in post Bvo., hound in cloth, price '76. Gd., CHRIST 'ON THE CROSS ; An Exposition of the Twenty-second Psalm. By the same Author. London : J. 11. JACKSON, Islington-green ; ROBERTSON Dublin • ALLoxi, York ; INNES, Edinburgh ; and all othe Booksellers. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. No. CCCLXXII., for OCTOBER, 1846. Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS: I.—Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands. 11. —Letters and Impressions from Paris. 11I.—Visit to the Vladika of Montenegro. IV.—Elinor Travis. Chapter the Last. V.—Hothelaga. Vl.—Letters on English Hexameters. Letter 111. Vll.—The Dance 1 from Schiller. VIII.—A New Sentimental Journey. IX.—Poems. By Miss Barrett. X.— Conde's Daufijter. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD and SONS, 45, George-street, Edin burgh, and 37, Paternoster-row, London •, Sold by EVANS and raw, N, W. GRAPEL, W. WEBB, and the other Booksellers, Liverpool. NEW EDITION OF STEWART'S GEOGRAPHY. In 18mo, with 10 Maps, priceas. 6d. bound, the EIGHTHEDI TION, Enlargedend Improved, of ACOMPENDIUM of MODERN GEOGRAPHY ; with Remarks on the Physical Peculiarities, Productions, Commerce, and Government of the various Countries ; Ques tions for Examination at the end of each Division; and De scriptive Tables, in which are given the Pronunciation, and a concise Account of. every place of importance throughout the World. By the Rev. ALEX. STEWART. " More simple, more correct, and better arranged than. any other we have seen."—Quarterly Review. OLIVER and BOYD, Edinburgh.; SIMPRIN, MARSHILLi and Co., London. !Of whom may be had, STEWART'S MAIR'S INTRODUCTION; with Vocabulary. Seventh Edition. 18mo, 3s. bound. STEWART'S CORNELIUS NEPOS ; with Notes and Index. Eighteenth Edition. 18mo, 3s. bound. SURENNE'S PRONOUNCING. FRENCH DICTIONARY.• In large thick lino, price 10s. 6d. bound, the FOURTH EDI TION of the STANDARD PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY of the FRENCH and ENGLISH LANGUAGES. In Two Parts. Part 1., FRENCH and ENOLISH. Part 11., ENGLISH and FRENCH. By G. SURENNE, F.A.S.E., French Teacher in Edinburgh, Corresponding Member of the French Gramma tical Society of Paris, &c., &c. " It is accurate,• critical ? and comprehensive."—Athenteuns. OLIVER and BOYD, Edinburgh; bIMPKIN, MARSHALL, and Co., London. Of whom may be had, Yew Editions,of SURENNE'S PRONOUNCING FRENCH PRIMER. 12mo, Is. 6d. half-bound. 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(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT Mr. Foy's Farm-house, Dundrum Bay, Sunday, 4th Oct. 4 p.m. Soon after four o'clock yesterday afternoon, (the hour of post from the nearest postoffice here,) the people on board the Great Britain continued to get out the coals, throwing them overboard on the land side of the ship from the port windows abaft, and from two iron funnels, one forward and another about midships, over the side. The quantity thrown out was so great, notwithstanding all that had been before discharged, that they formed a com plete bank close to her larboard side. The ship appeared to be quite high on the sandy beach, and was but slightly sanded, drawing (in the sand) only from four to five feet. Great hopes were entertained that the vessel would be got off by last night's, or at least this morning's tide, but these expectations were disappointed. The carts could not take on shore more than a comparatively small quan tity of the coals, and great part of them were of course washed away by the succeeding tide. The wind was about S.S.W., blowing rather strong. Towards dusk the ap pearance of the horizon indicated a gale, or was so con sidered by the weather-wise here, and this apprehension was verified before morning. A great number of cars with visitors, and small carts, congregated at and near the ship in the evening. The Cow and Calf Rocks appeared quite naked, but the sea washing over them. Immediately a the bow of the ship, a bank had been thrown up of sand and small stones commingled, probaby from the action of the tide upon her bottom. At half-past four the tide•came round her, and it became necessary to recede. The wind was about N.W., but draughts were flying about in different directions. The steam-tugs were again employed at high water to bring the ship off, but without effect, and they had to put out into the offing—high water being about ten. The moon was bright, but towards morning it began to blow strongly from the S.W. The shiphad during the night forged on a little further upon the beach, with her head much more to the westward, being now nearly bow on to the land, or bosom of the bay. At ten this morning (high water being at lob. 40m.) the ship had evidently forged on upon the land. It blew fresh, with a heavy surf rolling all along the beach. The wind at this time was about S. or S. by E.,one of the most unfavourable for throwing the sea into he bay. The steam tugs (two from Liverpool) could not ap proach the ship during the tide, the surf being so high and threatening, and the rocks around so numerous. The vessel was nearly stern on to the sea, which occasionally dashed over her quarters and taffrail. She appeared to move, ortloat, occasionally ; but though the tide did not retire until eleven o'clock, no perceptible difference in her position was visible, the probability being, that (from ap pearances) she had got further into the bay by about her own length.. The wind is still blowing freshly into the bay, and the huge hull of the Leviathan steamer seems to be so close in upon the land, that it sill require the most extraordinary exertions to get her off. Tuesday is the highest tide. I have seen a Mr. Janus, sub-inspector of the consta bulary here, and now stationed, with fourteen men,at the Coast-guard station-house, about a quarter of an English mile from the Great Britain, where I was most kindly and hospitably received. Mr. Janus did his utmost with his men to assist and protect the passengers. Mr. Purdy, the chief boatman at the station, went on board at the hazard of his life when thesvessel struck, in company with boatmen, Patrick Hannah, two of his sons, and aanan named Hinds. Soon after half-past nine o'clock, when the vessel went on shore on the night of the.22d, Mr. P. Foy proceeded to the beach—he residing in the immediate neighbour hood. He saw blueligbts and rockets, and heard a gun fired from the ship, which last was answered from the Coast-guard Station. :From the clear lights seen from the ship, she was discovered to be a large steamer. About three o'clock they succeeded in getting off a boat through the surf, which was still running dangerously high, and they with difficulty got on board. This was the first boat that got to the ship, and was welcomely received. The passengers remained on board for two hours, it not being -daylight, and the coast dangerous. Captain Hosken first landed the ladies; and, so far as 1 can learn, Mr. Foy was most active in assisting to land them, and to secure their luggage from damage or plunder. My own impression is, from what 1 can learn in the locality, that the people here, with one or two exceptions, inseparable from such casualties. and the confusion that occurred, behaved with the utmost kindness, honesty, and hospitality. Another attempt to get the vessel off will be made to night, but . how far this will be successful remains to be for.nd. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (BY EXPRESS.) TIM WAR. IN KAFFIRLAND. — (From the Second Edi tion of Yesterday's Herald.—The Maria Somes, trans port vessel, bas arrived at Portsmouth, with Cape of Good Hope journals to the 4th August inclusive. The Resis tance, from Monte Video, bad reached Siinon's Bay with the Reserve battalion of the 45th Regiment, and was followed by the Apollo, with ,the 73rd Regi ment, which would prove of great assistance to his Excellency the Governor, Sir Peregrine Alaitland. We have neither confirmation nor contradiction of the reported deeth of Commander Sir Cornwallis Ricketts, Bart., of the Helena sloop, received by the former arrival from the Cape, although we have reason to believe that few of the officers and crew of that vessel had been able to do duty, in consequence of severe illness. The news from the frontier is not of much importance. Sir Peregrine Malt land bad at length made a " move" with the troops under his command, and it was hoped that he was about to enter upon the war with something like energy and decision; but the writers in the Cape journals appear not very san guine that those hopes would be speedily realised. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE.--YgsrEnnAY. During the week a large business has beets done in foreign Wheat and barrel Flour, at gradually advancing prices. At this ,day's market there was only a moderate supply of English Wheat, which found buyers at about 3s per qr. over the cur .riency of this day week, and a similar advance was realised in free foreign, with an improved country demand. Fine malting Barley and 'tlalt Is dearer. Maple and Grey Peas Is. White boilers Is to 2s, and all descriptions of Beans fully Is higher. We are more liberally supplied with Oats this week. The new Limerick's go off slowly at our previous value currency, p tl e ie r l q o u w arter. descriptions of foreign have improved in SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET.-YESTERDAY. On the whole, the Beef trade was in a sluggish state, and last week's •quaations were barely supported. From the northern districts we received 2200 short-horns; from the western and midland counties 700 Herefords, Devons, Runts, &c., and from other parts of England, 400 of vari ous breeds, the remainder of the supply tieing chiefly derived from abroad. With Sheep we were, comparatively speaking, very mode . rately supplied; hence the Mutton trade was active, at f u ll y, but at nothing quotable beyond, the currencies obtained on Monday last. Lamb being now out of season, we have discontinued to quote it. In Calves and Pigs a steady business was doing at extreme prices. . MONEY MARKt7I:.-YIiSTER_DAY. There is no change in the position of l'ublic Securities worth notice. Consuls have been done at 953, and 95i, without any difference for Stoney and Account. That is the turn better than the closing price on Saturday ; . but the business h a s b een so limited that it Banishes no criterion. Exchequer Bills are steady MIS 18, and India Bonds 28 pm. Mexican Bonds have been sold nt 25, Brazil at Bd3, New 853, Spanish Five per Cents 261, the Three per Cents 37i1, Vene zuela Deferred 13, and Dutch Two .and -a-Half per Cents 593 . There has been no interest in the foreign transactions, and in most of the cases quoted. they are single bargains. . Railway shares may be said to be uniformly dull the excep tions being only sufficient to establish the rule. Irish affairs are the principal drag on the marlects, from the influence the rlltllre Imif upon opinion? IraillM3ri FINANCIAL SUMMARY OF THE WEEK. INTERESTING HISTORY OF THE STAFFORD SHIRE POTTERIES. (From the Staffordshire Advertiser.) When Dr. Platt wrote his famous " Natural History of Staffordshire," in the sixteenth century, he noticed the part of the country now known as the Potteries principally for the manufacture of butter-pots—long course earthern vessels, something like brass-work crucibles,—in which farmers packed their butter for distant markets. We may fairly conclude from this circumstance, that the finer de scriptions of earthenware were not then made in the county. At a later period, the manufacture of black, red, and yellow wares, from native clays, began, and the more extensive trade thus commenced was further increased by the introduction of the white clays of Devonshire and Cornwall; until, about the middle of the last century, the genius and enterprise of several eminent potters had ele vated a rude manufacture into an elegant art, becoming also an important tributary to the sources of natural wealth. The district then consisted of a number of scat tered villages—we might almost say hamlets—extending nearly ten miles from north to south, but very thinly populated, and destitute of public buildings, markets, and, if we except the old parish churches of Stoke-upon-Trent and Burslem, without even places of worship. Streets there were none, and scarcely a turnpike road—for the great highway ran through the neighbouring borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and there the inhabitants seemed disposed to keep it, for they actually petitioned parliament against the opening of a road from Cliff Bank to She ton, becaut.e it would enable persons to go from Stoke to Bur slem without going through Newcastle ! Printed copies of this petition Lre still in existence. The fact was, that Newcastle being well supplied with inns, shops, markets, and all the conveniences of a respectable old town, was a sort of metropolis to the neighbourhood, and its inha bitants naturally viewed with some little jealousy improve ments which seemed likely to make it less the centre of attraction, or threatened to interfere with the stream of custom from the Potteries which was enriching its trades men. Up to this time, the conveyance of goods to and from the Potteries was on the back of pack-horses. Even the lumbering waegon, which then formed the principal means of transit between distant places, had not been intro duced, on account of the narrowness and steepness of the reads. The want of some better means of conveyance for articles so heavy and bulky as potters' materials and manufactured goods, was sensibly felt, and the attention of persons, locally interested, was directed to the advan tages of canal navigation, then being developed by the enterprise of the Duke of Bridgwater, aided by the ski :I of Brindley, the engineer. The Trent and Mersey canal was projected, and in 1776, the " first sod " was cut by the celebrated Wedgwood. Sanguine as may have been the expectations of the promoters of the undertaking, they were speedily more than realised. Parliament did not then limit the amount of profit to shareholders in public works, and so great was the traffic on the canal, that the proprietors were for many years able to divide something like cent. per cent. on the capital. The advan tage to the public was equally great. Trade extended rapidly, and villages grew up into busy towns, which have gone on increasing till the aggregate amount of their population is near upon 100,000 —nearly all engaged in oaanufacturing, editing, or trading pursuits. Thus, from a place of little note, the Potteries have risen, in less than a century, to great national impertance. The two solitary places of worship have increased to about sixty churches and chapels, several of them calculated to ac commodate from 2,000 to 3,000 persons. Day and Sunday schools exist in abundance. There are six public mar kets, held twice a week, and so well frequented that the tolls of one of them (let forty years ago for about £3O per annum) are now estimated at upwards of £1,500. Handsome town-halls have been erected for the conve nience of each township. The streets are lined with hand some shops; gas gives its cheerful light by night; there are news-rooms, mechanics' institutes, libraries, literary institutions, schools of design, savings' banks, and a well supported public hospital. A stipendiary magistrate ad ministers justice daily, taking the different towns in rotation. And perhaps not the least of the advantages possessed, the district is constituted a Parliamentary bo rough by the Reform-bill, and sends two members to the legislature. How few of these things could have been imagined, when, eighty years ago, the " first sod" of the canal was turned in Etruria valley ! One would have thought, that with the experience of the advantages derivable from improved modes of convey ance, the dawn of the railway era, in the opening of tha Manchester and Liverpool line, would have been eagerly hailed by the inhabitants of the Potteries ; and so it was, with admiration ! but nothing more. It never seemed to enter men's minds that a rail way might become available to this district. The Grand Junction Company, after other schemes had failed,' made various offers of accommodation. First they proposed what is called the T line from Whitmore, which was rejected. Then there was the Crescent line from Crewe, through the Potteries to Stafford. which was also rejected, and it became evident that nothing less than a main line would give satisfaction. This brings us to the close of 1814, when, at public meetings, called through the instrumentality of Aldermar! Copeland (one of the Borough Members,) and Mr. liidgway t various plans were mooted, for direct communication with Man chester, Liverpool, and the new Port of Birkenhead. Tne Grand Junction Company also again proposed its Branches ; but the idea of them was scouted, though there was a strong disposition in some influential quarters to leave the matter with the Grand Junction on certain con ditions, the stipulation, that they should make the line, to be pointed out by engineers, mutually employed, as being the best the nature of the country would admit of. After much negotiation, it was found that the Grand Junction Company would not acquiesce in anything likely to im itair the value of their own main line; and public spirit being now aroused, and 'the notice of capitalists drawn to the subject, it was at length determined to form an inde pendent company, of which John Lewis Ricardo, Esq., the other borough member, became the chairman. No sooner did the nrospectns appear than the project met with an almost unanimous support, and as much anxiety was manifested for allotments of shares, as there had been previous indifference to a particieation in such un dertakings. Our readers are aware of the formidable opposition, and the number of rival schemes which im mediately appeared. For the way in which opposition was disarmed by skilful negotiation, rivals converted into allies by amalgamation, and bubble schemes exploded, until finally the sanction of parliament was gained for the " North Staffordshire Company," we must refer to what has appeared from time to time in the public papers. The local companies (pensioners) are called out for drill and exercise for four days, commencing on Tuesday, the 13th instant. MESSRS. LUCAS'S ESTATILISHMEN'T, GREAT CHAR. LOTTE-STREET.—Amongst the improvements effected by priv Ate enterprize in our:town, we have seen few of so unique adescription as an addition recently made by Messrs. Lucas and Co., to their well-known extensive Horse and Carriage Repository, Great Charlotte-street. Many of our readers have doubtless walked through the splendid carriage room, which during the Trice week is appropriated to the reception of the leading turf men, and has been used frequently as a dining room for the members of the Liverpool Agricultural Society. Under this room Messrs. Lucas have lately constructed capacious stabling, calcu lated to accommodate, in separate stalls and boxes, from 42 to 50 horses, and at a pinch at least 70. The entrance is down a platform from the yard. The stable itself is floored with asphaltum, excellently drained, and is the airiest and best ventilated apartment we ever entered. The stalls, of decry elegant construcion, run up each side of the stable, with very neat cast iron racks and mangers, and channels to carry off at once the liquid manure from each. Down the centre is a row of boxes, railed round and of very neat construction, affording to the horses oc cupying them plenty both of standing and breathing space. The supply of water in abundance is introduced into the stable ; and, in fact, the accommodation for the conve nience of grooming, &c., is complete. The construc tion of the stalls and boxes is upon a plan which allows of the whole stable being converted, at not more than an hour's notice, into a splendid and commodious carriage repository, the stalls being unshipped easily and falling on hinges like gates against the wall, while the interior division of the boxes are removed with equal facility. The improvement reflects credit both upon the enterprise of Messrs Lucas and the ability of the architect employed by them. Mr. LOVES' POLYPHONIC ENTERTAINMENYS.—OH Friday and Monday evenings next, this unique mimic and ventriloquist will give historical lectures upon the .occult powers of the human voice, at the Royal Assembly Rooms, St. George -street. In addition to his ventrilo quism, Mi. Love is full of power as an illustrator of human oddity.; and altogether his nights are well worth a few hours of the time of people not employed in very extraordinarily engrossing avocations. RBI Tar IN KERRY.—The Kerry Evening Post says : —" The good work goes on bravely in this county. The landlords of Kerry ate discharging nobly the duties of their high position. To relieve the distress of their destitute fellow-countrymen, they are taxing their pro perties velh a liberal—we might almost say ruinous— hand. A half-barony in this county, (North Dunker ron,) valued at £6;000 per annum, taxes itself with £l2,ooo—the fourth of the Government grant for all Ire land. Already have we announced the granting by the magistrates and cesspayers of £20,000 at Cahirciveen, for the barony of Iveragh ; and of £12,000 in the north half barony of Dunkerron. We have this day to add to that list £22,000 granted on Wednesday last in Listowel, for Irragbticonnor ; and £30,000 on Thursday, at O'Dorney, for Clanmanrice. THE NAVAL RETIREMENT.—III the scheme promul gated on the 31st of August by the present Board of Admiralty, it was intimated that officers not in Eu rope, who might be desirous of accepting the retire ment, would not be excluded in consequence of their letters not reaching England before the Ist inst., as a reasonable time would be allowed for such appli cations. Although the number fixed as the retired list (200) has, we believe, within a very few, been com pleted, the Board, acting with becoming good faitb, have extended the period during which officers may intimate their desire of accepting the retirement to the let of Nov. ; the retired pay commencing from the Ist of October, as originally intended. The scheme includes officers of 50 years of age, who from wounds or ill health are able of service. We connot help thinking the terms and this extension of time most liberal on the part of the pre sent Board of Admiralty, and we trust those for whom it is designed will avail themselves of an arrangement so ho nourable to them and doubly beneficial, as it will enable a younger, and not less de i servng set of men to be br o u g ht forward our naval service A Frenchman who recently published a book advocating the exclusive adoption of a vegetable diet. thinks that all the cowardices, infamies, treasons, robberies, cruelties, murders, assassinations, corruptions, crimes; and other abominations that we have committed, and are daily com mitting, have been owing, and arp owing, to nothing else than our love of meat. CONDITION OF THE PEASANTRY. (From Yesterday's Times.) On Thursday, an inquiry was instituted at Ryme, Dor setshire. into the truth of the statements made in the Times, by the Hon. and Rev. G. Osborne, as to the condi tion of the labourers in that county. What Mr. Osborne had stated in his letter to the Times was substantially proved. The employers, how ever, appear to claim a seat of triumph, as if the result was not at all against them. This is important. The yeomen of Ryme are quite satisfied with the exposef. They consider themselves not a bit worse than their neighbburs —if anything, rather more liberal. Ryme, therefore, may be set down as a favourable, or at least fair. specimen of Dorsetshire ; and unless the proprietors and occupiers of the county come forward to protest against the inference, we may assume that their labourers live under the very same regime that is here disclosed. As the agricultural oligarchy of Ryme is so satisfied with the evidence, we shall be acting fairly by all parties if we quote it. On the subject of wages there appears to be a great consent of testimony. Till this year, when a railroad raised the market 7s. all the year round, with a little more at harvest, was considered enough for a full-grown man at Ryme. WILLIAM BARTLETT had no more than. 7s. and cider at harvest. His eldest son, two-and-twenty, was so fortunate for a time as to get Bs., the usual rate for single men being only 6s. This was last spring, and he is now off to the railroad. Previous to that at the axe of 16. he had 2s. 611. a-week, and neither of the sons had 3s. a-week till they were 17. Another labourer, 'WILLIAM BUGLER, was born and bred in the place, and had worked for his employer a dozen years, in and out, doing any kind of work. For 24 days in the summer he had 9s. a-week, besides cider, but, he continues, " the rest of the year I hare 7s. a-week. That has been the usual amount of wages here ; we have not had more that I recollect." He proceeds to explain the difficulty of rising a shilling or two above this hungry average by " tut-work." His two.sons, 17 and 14, each has the nominal income of 2s. 6c1., with considerable deductions for lost time when work cannot be found for them. HENRY SIMS says,— " The regular price of labour given in this parish for years past has been seven shillings a week. 1 worked for Mr. Brake for that sum all through the summer and harvest of last year, but liquor was allowed me. This spring the wages were raised to Bs., and this harvest I made 9s. by tut-work. I had seven children living when I worked for 7s. a week, and in the summer of last year I had only one day's tut.work at mowing. My eldest son is 15 ; be works for Mr. Genge, the farmer and carpenter, at 2s. 6d. a week. My next son is ten ;he works for Mr. Brake, at Is. 3d. a week." Agrippa Gill, nearly 23, says that before June in this year his wages were never more than ss. a week, except when he was at tut-work out of his regular employ. Two young men at 17, threshed oats by the measure, and got 3s. a week. The same evidence is given by all. It is remark able that 10s. is the verg highest wages mentioned in the whole proceedings, whatever the work, whoever the master. It appears to be the acme of a Dorsetshire labourer's ambition. if for two or three months in the year, by being up eatly and late, and taxing his sinews to the utmost, he can get 10s. a week, he is a prosperous man, and the envy of the parish. But, as our readers are probably aware by this time, these magnificent 75., and 6s , and 2s. 6d. are not to be set down as net income. They are not given solely, or even chiefly, in money, but also in goods ; and what those goods shall be does not entirely depend on the labourer's fancy. A labourer with five children says, that "he sometimes takes as little as £2 in a whole year in money, taking the rest of his earnings in goods." The employers keep shop either with or without disguise, and the la bourers must deal with them. We say " must," but that is questioned ; so let us see. In the first vlace, the labourers are generally in debt, that is, if they are honest men. " I have not very often been out of debt at the shop," says one of the witnesses ; " I don't think any working men about here are, if " they can be trusted." Everybody will see what an ele ment of necessity there is in that poverty which keeps the labourer always in arrest. As for the degree of compul sion there is to take goods in lieu of money, that is rather a question of terms than of fact. Whether it be called compulsion, or constraint, or persuasion, or expectation, the fact is the same, and appears to be very thoroughly apprehended and felt by the labourers of Ryme. For our own part, we should be exceedingly sorry to find ourselves under the same persuasion to do anything we do not like to do as these labourers are under to take their wages in' " goods." But they shall describe this peculiar degree of persuasion. William Bugler says— " We are not obliged to take our wages in goods, but certainly we are expected to do it. " Mr. Brake.--;-Oh. no, no ; you don't understand ; are you compelled to take goods? " Mr. Osborne.—No, lily last question was, are you expected to take part in goods? • Witness.—Yes ; Mr. Brake expects us to take come in goods. In times past lam sure I have given offence when I did not take some out in goods, and if I did not, there was nothing for me to do. I have been told by Mr. Brake that if I did not take some of my wages in goods, there would be no employment for me. I would sooner have the ready money, it I could, and lay it out the cheapest way." Another witness mentions an agreement with a shop keeper farmer to do some draining, and take half the pay in meat. When pay-day came, there was not money enough to be found, so the deficiency was made up by in creasing the proportion of meat. Again— " Charles Bugler examined.—Mr. Rasdon, the farmer, sent to me a year ago to do some thatching for him, but told me ' He should not pay me in money, for Brake did not pay his men in money. and he should not ; it mGde a d—d deal of difference, paying all in money, to what it was when it was taken out in goods; it made more than ls. week difference. I took the job ; it came to 7s. I bad one cheese of him that was not weight by a quarter of a pound. I have three young children." AN EXECUTION IN FRANCE.—John Petry, a waiter at a coffee-house, at St. Ouen, was convicted a month ago of the murder of his mistress, under circumstances of pe culiar atrocity. He was executed last week, at the Bar riere St. Jacques. He retained the same revolting indif ference which be evinced ever since the committal of his crime ; and when ascending the steps of the scaffold, he stopped for a moment, and coolly called out in German to an acquaintance in the crowd, and asked him whether his (Petrv's) uncle was present, Almost the entire com mune of St. Ouen was present at the execution. INCAUTION WITH FIRE-ARMS.—One of those acci dents of frequent occurrence from the incautious use of fire-arms, occurred last week to the Rev. Mr. Thompson, of Llanfechan, Montgomeryshire. The reverend gentle man was out shooting, and as he was drawing his gun through a hedge, with the muzzle towards him, it went off, and shattered his right arm, which it was found ne cessary to amputate above the elbow. A Cork paper re lates another melancholy occurrence of the same kind, which proved fatal to Mr. W. Hallaran, eldest son of the rector of Magourney, in that county :—" The young gen tleman, leaning on the muzzle of his gun, the butt-end resting on the ground, and at that moment his dog was observed whisking his tail and pawing, the consequence of which was the discharge of the fowling-piece, the contents of which entered his left breast, perforating the lung of that side obliquely, and passing out under the collar bone, lodged beneath the under jaw, at the base of the brain. He was removed to his father's residence, where he shortly afterwards expired." THE SALT TRADE—ENGLAND, INDIA, AND FRANCE. —The exorbitant duty imposed upon salt by the French Government, which may be bond fide called the royal mono poliserof this important article, not only so requisite for the salubrity of every class of the population, but also to the great manufacturers of cotton and linen fabrics, the agricul tnralists in the improvement of their lands, and the curers of meat and fish, who annually consume to a very great ex tent, so as to allow them to compete with foreign nations in bringing their productions with advantage to market. Session after session the question has been brought for ward in the Chamber of Deputies, and petitions after pe titions, presented by the liberal members, praying for its total repeal, or at least a great reduction in the duty. which is so prejudicial to the progress of the industry of the country. Promises have been repeatedly made, but in vain, by the Ministers of Commerce and Finance, that the sub ject was under the serious consideration of the government; but as yet no measure has been brought forward by them in the Chambers, to alter the oppression so much complained of, and so vital to the well-being of the nation. The lion may slumber for a time, but if tortured will arise with greater vigour. Seeing that petitions have had but little avail, M. Auguste Demesnay, the deputy for the de partment of the Doubs, has addressed a very spirited letter to the thfrerent Paris journals in which he states— " That he has laid before the President of the Chamber of Deputies a proposition for the reduction of twenty centimes or twopence per kilogramme 1,2 lbs.) on the present duty imposed upon salt. During the last session, the hon. deputy M. Gay-Lusac, in his re port presented to the Chamber of Peers, on the 19th of June last, stated 'that the dearness of salt was the chief cause of the extensive injury inflicted on the pro ' gross of agriculture ; that it was the means of creating the most painful privations to the labouring and poorer classes of the population, and its reduction would not cnly be a general benefit to the nation at large, but would create a large developement in consumption.' These are facts that could not be denied ; and however disagreeable free trade and the reduction of duty might be to monopolists, France, like England, will sooner or later enjoy those be nefits that a wise government is in duty bound to bestow upon the industry and welfare of the nation it governs, and that particularly after above 30 years of gen e r a l p eace ." The value of salt, " free on board ship," at Liverpool, is 15s. ; the tax on salt in India is £8 3s. 6d. per ton ; the retail price in the interior about 21d. per lb. ; the con snrnption estimated, even by "the Indian Government:' at 12lbs. per head, or say half that of England ; the average number comprising one family, five persons ; and the rate of wages, in many parts of the interior, only £1 I6s. a-year, on which the wretched ryot has to feed and clothe himself, arid also buy salt ! This is one of the most obnoxiaus duties i n fli c t e d b y th e C om p an y u p on English produce ; and it is to be hoped that, ere lone, after the important meeting that recently was risid at Northwicb, of cur white salt manufacturers, the monopolisers of Bombay, Madras, and Calcutta, wal take the subject into their consideration, and the so/vris of Leadenhall.street will, before many overland mails arrive, issue their wise—and, we must say, liberal and just—decree, if not repealing it, at least granting a great reduction on its importation—it being proved that the authorities cannot produce a sufficient quantity to meet the demand of so requisite an article in one or . Our salt the hottest and most changeable climates in the globe. trade with Hong Kong and China is rapidly on the in crease; and all that our salt manufacturers of Cheshire desire is, that they may Lave the opportunity of developing their industry by a moderate import duty into the Oit'2eT ent p or t s 9 1 114410,...-111insug Journal. (From the Britannia.) SATURDAY.—Tbere has been considerable fluetuatiow in the price of Consols this week, and the market has exhibited that feverish disposition which very slight cir cumstances have an effect upon, one way or the other. Consols for Money have fluctuated between '951 and and for the account in proportion. Although the state of Spanish affairs is not regarded very seriously, yet the uncertainty that hangs over them has a prejudicial effect in preventing that feeling of secu rity which would give more firmness to the market. The knowledge that formal protests had been delivered to the Cabinets both of Spain and France, has had some influ ence on the mind of speculators, who surmise that the matter will not rest there, and that our government has gone too far to quietly withdraw its Opposition without insisting on some stipulations or condition s that may em barrass the relations between the two countries. Spanisk Stock it is believed, will rise with the completion of the marriage of the Infanta, for though the nation, by the alliance, may be politically degraded, the probability is, that it will be commercially and provincially improved by a closer connection with its powerful neighbour. But the entente cordiale between France and England will almost certainly be disturbed, and some time may elapse before the intercourse between them is placed on the same friendly feeling as during the late administration. The gloomy accounts from Ireland, and the rise of prices in Mark-lane, have had some depressing influence, though there seems no reason whatever to apprehend any real scarcity, as extensive importations continue to arrive, and the Government Stores in Ireland are known to be amply furnished. The Railway calls have been heavy this week, annuity to upwards of one million and a half, but we do not hear of any pressure for money in consequence. The transac tions have been very quietly managed, and prices have not given way. Consols, which closed last week at 95+ to t- per cent. for present transfer, and 95t to it- for account, advanced on Monday per cent., and the market generally wore a firmer aspect. But, on Tuesday, though prices at open ing were firm, a disposition was manifested to sell, and Consols fell tack to I per cert. Towards the close they again recovered, the last quotati o n s bei ng 9. 4 to 1 -10tk for money, and 951 to for account. Wednesday was a quiet day, though prices receded one-eighth ; and at that decline they continued throughout Thursday. Yesterday, they again fell back, Consols for money doing at 96i to and for the account 95+ to I. We note Exche-quer Bills a little higher. They were done yesterday at 15s. to 18s. India bonds have been done at 258. In Foreign Securities the busine , s has been extremely limited. Spanish Stock has advanced, and was yesterday done; Three per Cents at 37i to and the Fives at 264 f,r account. Portuguese Bonds are 42; Dutch Two-and-a- Halves, 591 ; Mexico, 25. in the Share Marke - we continue to notice that absence of speculation which has for some time past characterised dealings there. The London and Blackwall have been materially influenced by the connexion with the London and Birmingham, both this week and last. They were yesterday inquired after and done at 9 prem. The market has been, though so dull, steady; when prospects are clearer as to the apprehended scarcity, we make little doubt that we shall have to record a gradual rise in good descriptions of stock. Yesterday, the accounts from the Continent were of a somewhat alarming tendency. Scarcity was eNter felt or apprehended, and arrangements were entered into for ex portations of grain. We may speedily, however, expect extensive supplies from America, and from Odessa. By the Gazette of last night we see that the prices for the week were 535. Id., and, as the tendency at Mark-lane was still upwards yesterday, we may expect that the lowest point of duty, 45., will soon prevail. Bs. is the present figure. The importations from abroad for the last week, recorded in the Gazette, amounted to 41,409 quarters of wheat, and 13,000 quarters of oats. The supplies of Indian corn amounted only to 2,464. quarters. A report prevails that Lord John Russell will take the responsibility of suspending the present system of corn duties. We doubt the truth of this, because it is ex tremely improbable that were they removed, supplies would come in any faster. The limit to them is the scanty stocks on band, and the difficulty in procuring shipping, and thst limit would still exist, though all duties. were to be temporarily abolished. WATER SUPPLY. (From the Liverpool Heaqh of Towns' Advocate for October.) Although we have already stated our views on this most important subject, we are very desirous at the presea time of keeping public attention alive to some points, is regard to the projected increase of our water supply, which, if overlooked or neglected, will leave the vast mass of our fellow townsmen liable to evils similar in character to those which now press so heavily upon them. No plan of water supply must be submitted to by the public, which does not ensure certain indispensable conditions. FIRST.—We must have soft water. All hard waters are expensive, both for domestic consumption and manu -I,cturing purposes. This hardness arises from the pre sence of earthy and saline substances, which decompoie and destroy a certain quantity of soap in washing, and occasion a larger consumption of that article than neces sary. It has been proved that the water which supplies Aberdeen contains only one grain per gallon of bat dness; while that of Manchester has fourteen grains. The water at present supplied to Liverpool contains rather more ; but we may assume the hardness at fourteen grains per gallon. Now Dr. Playfair has shewn that water with fourteen grains per gallon destroys and renders useless a quantity of the soap used for washing purposes, equal in value to 16s. Bd. a year to a family of five individuals. If we assume the present population of Liverpool at. 330,000, and suppose there were a supply of water of the same quality now used, adequate to the wants of that population, there would be an extra expense of no less than £55,000 a year to the town, in addition to the wear and tear of clothes. Water, however, could not be ob tained quite pure, but if it could be had with a hardness of two degrees a gallon, which we believe to be quite pos sible, a saving would be effected to the town of nearly £50,000 a year; and this without taking into account the saving accruing in manufactories, steam boilers, breweries, &c. It is a low estimate, therefore, to state the hard water tax of Liverpool at £50,000 a year, every farthing of which is actually thrown away, without any return whatever. Now this sum represents a capital of one million and a quarter sterling, at 4 per cent., which might be laid out in obtaining a supply of soft water, without adding one farthing to the present water rental of the town. We must therefore have no additional supply of hard water. SecoND.—We must go beyond the new red sandstone formation for our supply. All the water of the new red sandstone is bard. and contans in addition a quantity of sulphate of lime (plaster of Paris), in solution. Now it has been shewn, in a communication lately made by M. Dupasquier to the French Academy of Sciences, that all waters containing sulphate of lime in solution are injurious to health, and are to be avoided; and we have thus a very strong argument for obtaining our supply from some other formation, which does not yield that ingredient. THIRD.—We must have an ample supply. In order to meet every necessity for domestic uses, flushing the sewers, washing and watering streets, supplying the shipping, steam-engines, manufactories, &c., there ought to be a command of water even greater than is proposed for Glasgow. We want at least twenty millions of gallons per day, and as much more as we can get, in order to provide for the great prospective increase of the popula tion. The contemplated daily supply of thirty millions of gallons would therefore not be too much. Let it not be forgotten that the present supply of Rome is about 250 gallons per diem to each inhabitant; and that the citizens of New York have spent twelve millions of dollars on their magnificent works. FOURTH.—The intermittent plan of supply must 'is longer be tolerated. It is a clumsy and inefficient, as well as a very expensive method, and should be abolished everywhere. It would be discreditable to the engineering character of the country to submit to its continuance. We can never expect to realize all the benefits of water as a sanatary agent, till every street and house has a con stant supply, day and night, at high pressure, and all water cisterns are removed out of the way. ANNALS OF THE POOR.—Mr. Wok ley held an inquest at Chelsea last Saturday, on the body of a female infant three months old, the child of very poor parents named Frith. The father is a man of good character, who struggled bard to support his wife and two children, but sickness came upon him, and he was unable to work constantly. Little by little, the family sunk down to the lowest state of destitution, and when the child on whom the inquest was held was born, the mother was too weak to afford it sustenance from her breast. They tried to feed it as they best could, but it sickened and died, most pro hAily through want of proper nourishment. About three weeks before the infant's death, Frith was himself laid up with quinsey ; and his wife applied to the parish for relief, which was offered them on condition that they should go into the workhouse, but the man declined to do so " as it would break up his little home that was dear to him." They lived during his illness by pawning their clothes and moveables, the usual recourse of persons so situated. When they appeared before the corner on Saturday, they were frighfnlly emaciated, and the woman's intellect ap peared to have been affected by want of food. Mr. Bush, the relieving officer, when asked by the coroner why he refused relief, said be bad done all he could for them. He offered them the workhouse, and they re fused it ;he acted strictly by the law. The coroner doubted whether Mr. Bush's interpretation of the law was correct, and assumed, that as the man was sick he was bound to relieve their family. Mr. Keene, the medical officer, stated that the man looked very thi n and miserable when be was su ffer i ng under the qui nsey. He did not order him nourishing food, as a man with a quinsey could not swallow. On a former occasion he had ordered nourishing food, and that order had not been at tended to. A verdict of " natural death" was returned w i t h res pect to the child, and the coroner andjusticykenoeu,s curred in censuring the relieving officer o f th e parish for not providing for the wants of the family, when observe, Reost.:Tietecsee aenseterrtiesainoifr.tgestaewnel.. was in their house. wse clever ETHIOPIAN s,ugers, s our da y re ( a tci e rn rs o , r w row) t Theatre. 3 n e n s T O h n e bulk lll'ed noat the Liver rtwhehaeod opportunity have er r t d uh fle a ai n tr d yd aodtfhmehimer hearing their unique e ha d r a ' ro re on sy s , have o a s l; however,n t ten br.ve not, ought by all means to do so. will again;doubtless . e os m e b w ra h c: Nirt• JACOB' S ENT ERTAINMENTS.— Thi s re doutabla Wizard com mence d hi s feats of sleight-of - hard, or magic, or whatever else the spectator may call them, last night, in the Theatre-Royal, Williamson - aquare. Cer tainly be i s a surpr i s i ng "genius,—one such as we . nerer saw before : clumsy tricks are not his forte. He is the Afognus Apollo of hie art ; unequalled as a.magictan, cud More amusing than any other of his profess ion.