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SONGS OF THE HEART. No. I.—THE REPROOI. BY T. J. OUSELEY (For the Liverpool Standard.) Can you look on my face, and not blush with deep shame, To know broken vows have thus withered my heart ; And list to the sound of the once-loved name, Which you swore, by your God, from your faith should not part ? You..mai smile in the sunshine of pleasure, and reel In the circle of Folly, where laughter is joy ; S'ti/khours must come o'er you, and then will you feel Adder-pangs of remorse, which all hope will destroy. The temptings of passion will soon pass away, And the new, soothing language of love fall unfelt ; The night-silence break the heart-pulse of the day, And in sorrow, deep sorrow, thy spirit shall melt Thou wilt curse, in thy ravings of wild-mad despair, The crime that is dragging thy soul to the grave ; While each pang of grief my lone bosom doth bear, Will but yield thee fresh anguish, no pleasure can save. The scorpion of conscience will poison the flow Of thy life's healthful current, till, wasted and worn, Thy heart shall beat cold, while thy warm cheek shall glow With the hectic of death—to thyself a mere scorn ! And, when the last hour of life draweth nigh, My semblance shall pass, like a shade to thy mind ; Whilst the film of forgetfulness dims on thine eye, When to life, as to love, thy lost feelings are blind. Thou knowest thou art guilty ! I feel thou art wrong : 'Tis for thee that I feel—not the torture I bear ; My love ne'er can change—for to thee doth belong, As a portion of life, my fond blessing and prayer. , Oh! repent thee—come back to the ark of thy rest ; 'Tis more hallowed, believe, than the world's luring fame ; The home of thy first love—this pure, throbbing breast ! Can you look on my face, and not blush with deep shame ? THE TRANQUILLITY OF IRELAND. (From the Morning Herald.) Our able contemporary, the Standard, makes the following observations on the subject of the much vaunted tranquillity of Ireland : " We have just received the return of the Irish commit tals during the year 1839. After all that the public has lately beard of the tranquillity of Ireland, it may naturally expect a considerable diminution of the committals, particu larly in the committals for the class of offences accompanied by violence. We are sorry to say, however, that such ex pectation will be grievously disappointed. The committals for murder and manslaughter, in 1839, amounted, according to the return, to the frightful number of SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVEN ; the largest annual amount, we believe, even in the black catalogue of Irish crime. The committals for murder and manslaughter, in the first year of whig go vernment, 1831, reached no further than 210, and on the aver age of the twenty years preceding, years of tory misgovern ment and orange ascendancy, they did not pass 100. They have multiplied, however, threefold, under the benign influ ence of whig administration and we are told by men who do not laugh in our face s , though they must laugh inwardly when they utter the audacious falsehood, that the tranquillity of Ireland has prodigiously improved. They tell us that there are no faction fights now ; perhaps not, the populace are bet ter drilled and now know whom to murder. They say there are no tithe quarrels—true, the legislature has at length, by adopting Sir Robert Peel's bill—though tardily—taken away the opportunity." It were foolish in the Protestant public of England to seek to disguise from itself the melancholy fact, that the Papists are rapidly re-conquering Ireland. The stream of Protestant emigration, as Mr. Macaulay sometime ago boasted in the Edinburgh Review, flows as steadily at the present moment, from Ireland to England, as it ever did, in the time of Cromwell, from England to Ireland. Ireland is, in fact, the scene of a wide-spread conspiracy against Protestant life and pro perty. Assassination is now the most approved me thod of asserting Popish supremacy. True it is, in deed, that since the frightful murder of Lord Nor bury, attempts have been made to suspend the perpe tration of crimes of the more atrocious kind on the part of the priest-led peasantry ; yet, despite all the precautions taken, the murders and homicides com mitted last year—during the year celebrated, above all others, on the score of its " tranquillity"—amount, as we have seen, to six hundred and eighty-seven ! It is melancholy to reflect that the Queen's minis ters are the real abettors of all these fearful crimes. They are the allies of the man, by whose followers and instruments these crimes are perpetrated : nay, amongst our cabinet ministers may be found certain individuals who have risen to office by the success of plans of treason against England. But if it be melancholy to see men in office lending countenance to a system of murder and masked rebellion, it is yet more melancholy to find conservatives still adhering with desperate te nacity to their most ruinous system of " conciliation !" Further " concessions" are to he made to the authors and prompters of the six hundred and eighty. seven murders enumerated in the ministerial " returns." The municipal corporations are to be handed over to these savage enemies of the English name ! Within twelve months after that fatal step shall have been ta ken, the murders in Ireland will, we venture to pre dict, be found to have doubled ! ROYAL ANECDOTE.—At the Ancient Concert, which was a rich treat, under the direction of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, a very interesting incident occurred, which we are sure it will gratify the people of England to hear. In the tea room her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge approached the Queen, and said, " I hope your majesty will allow me the pleasure of placing the hand of an old friend of mine in your majesty's,' to which the Queen assenting, the Duchess lead up the illustrious Duke of Wel lington, whom her majesty most cordially received, and shook his hand with great warmth and kindness. The happy effect on the surrounding company may be imagined.—Literary Gazette. SAVINGS ' BANK.—It gives us pleasure to observe the great and increasing esteem in which these admirable insti tutions are held throughout the country, and especially in our own neighbourhood. From the printed returns it ap pears that in November, 1837, the amount of deposits in the United Kingdom exceeded nineteen millions sterling, and that the depositors amounted to more than six hundred thousand persons, two hundred thousand of which had been added in the previous six years. In 1831 one person in every thirty-four throughout all England was a depositor, and in 1837, one in every twenty-seven ; while in Kent, at the former period, one in twenty-nine, and at the latter, one in twenty-three had a sum laid up in a Sav ings' Bank. For some years before 1832, the increase in our own Savings' Bank was small ; but in that and the two following years the number of depositors was augmented by four hundred and seventy, and in the next three years by four hundred and eleven ; while in the last year alone, there were two hundred and sixty-eight, which is more than double the average an nual increase of the six former years. Such has been the success of this institution, which is a great engine of morality and comfort to the industrious classes, that one person out of every nineteen in this neighbourhood is a depositor. DEATH OF THE PRESTON OBSERVER.-011 Saturday last the Preston Observer breathed its last. It was started in January, 1837, and after a brief existence of little more than three years of hard struggling, during which it met with many reverses, it is consigned to " the tomb of all the Capulets." Its first career was under the direction and support of a joint-stock company, but having soon exhausted their funds, it was disposed of to the late proprietor, who also finding it a losing concern, offered it for sale, but could not meet with a purchaser. Its principles were those of extreme radicalism ; and its unprosperous career and un timely, end show with what little sympathy• such doctrines are supported by the inhabitants of Preston. Its columns were frequently disgraced with low personal abuse ; and even on Saturday last, in its dying throes, the ruling passion was strong, as an attack upon a clergyman of the Established Church, formed the substance of its leading article, and its farewell address was stained with the ravings of envy at the success of a contemporary.—Blackburn Standard. A " CORRECTED EDITION." —On Thursday evening Mr. Wodehouse asked why Dr. Bowring's much-talked-of report had not been forthcoming, and gave notice that if it was not produced in a few days he should move for it " forthwith." It is a great pity that the hon. member did not move for it " forthwith" on the spot ; or, at least, that he did not insist upon knowing what was become of it. Has the doctor had it back from the Board of Trade for the purpose of making a few necessary corrigenda and expunyenda 1 If he has not, as things have turned out, he ought to have had; for, to judge froni the epitome of it which, in the pride of his heart, he communicated to the Chamber of Commerce at Manchester, the prophecies with which he came piping hot from the continent would not have cotton'd very well with the event. The doctor foretold that our exportation of manufactured articles would decline from year to year, and that we should become mere exporters of yarn instead—an unavoidable conclusion to which he was driven from what he had seen was going on. Some rogue must have played tricks with the doctor's spectacles. By a return just pub lished, it appears that in the year 1839, as compared with the year 1838, our export of cotton yarn decreased about 74 per cent., while that of our cotton manufactures increased nearly 6 per cent. ; the export of linen yarn decreased 24 per cent., while that of linen manufacturers increased 25 per cent ; and that while our export of woollen yarn only increased 4 per cent., that of woollen manufactures increased 84 per cent. Very provoking all this for the doctor, and sufficiently ex planatory of his report, which was to have been ready four months ago, not being ready now. It certainly must require a finishing touch or two, and, it is to be feared, will not be worth much when he has made the best of it. Nevertheless, the public have a right to a thing they have paid for, although it may be good for nothing, and it is to be hoped that some member. when the editio &Men dat a of the report is furnished, will move for the editio princeps.—Morning Herald. MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT DENHAM PARK. — SUICIDE OF THE HON. EDWARD PERCIVAL.—OH the night of Wednesday last, a melancholy occurrence, which Las plunged several noble families into a state of poignant dis tress and grief, took place at Denham Park, Bucks, about two miles from Uxbridge, the newly opened private asylum for lunatics, belonging to Mr. Benjamin Rotch, the late chairman at the Middlesex sessions. Every endeavour has been made to keep the matter as secret as possible ; but our informant, from the inquiries he has made in the neighbour hood, has obtained the following particulars, which we be lieve may he relied on. For the last five or six months the Hon. Edward' Percival, one of the sons of Lord Arden, a gentleman, 45 years of age, has been an inmate of the above establishment, which is most extensive, and partakes of every convenience of a private residence. On the night in ques tion the unfortunate gentleman managed, during the tempo rary absence of his keeper from the room, which was at the top of the house, to reach the window, raise it up, and cast himself theref rom , a h e i g h t o f a b ou t f or ty feet. His fall was heard by the domestics of the establishment, who instantly ran out, and raised him in almost a lifeless state from the frightful injuries he had received, and conveyed him into the house where he expired shortly afterwards. Information of the melancholy occurrence was on Thursday forwarded to Mr. William Charsley, of Beasonsfield, the coroner for the eastern division of Bucks, who immediately issued his warrant for the holding of an inquest on the body. The inquest was held in the establishment, and some idea of the secresy observed may be formed from the villagers being unaware of the melancholy occurrence until they were summoned on the jury, and then only the jurymen were aware of it. What the exact verdict returned was we have been unable to learn, but we suppose it to have been that of " insanity." Yester day morning, at an early hour, the remains of the unfortu nate gentleman were removed from Denham Park, and con veyed in a hearse drawn by six horses, richly caparisoned, with velvets and feathers, and followed by a mourning coach drawn by four horses similarly caparisoned, to London for interment. The above, it is stated, is the second case of the kind which has occurred at Denham Park.—Herald. 13ottyp. LECTURES ON THE CHURCH OP ENGLAND. The Rev. Il ups M`NErer delivered his third lecture on Friday, at the Hanover-square Rooms. Among those present we observed the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Kenyon, the Bishop of Chester, Sir C. B. Vere, Sir H. Verney, Sir P. Laurie, Mr. Pringle, M.P. &c. The rev. lecturer, after slightly glancing at the subjects he had already handled, said he would proceed to some fur ther particulars of the ecclesiastical instrumentality of our church, with a view to point out their accordance with the Word of God, and thereby commending them for the adop tion of sincerely Christian men, and urging their extension over the increased population of our country. The Chris tian society, constituted as we had seen, supplied an instru mentality for the conversion to the faith of the Gospel, not of the subject only, but of the sovereign also. God is no re specter of persons or rank. From reasons connected with the pride of human intellect not many of the rich and mighty received their testimony of the Gospel to the saving of their souls. But though not many did so, some did, at the very outset, in Ca ear's household, and, subsequently, it reached their imperial master himself. No Sovereign so reached and brought personally under Christian influence could be blind to the efficiency of such an instrumentality, or the responsibility devolving on himself as to the use he should make of it on behalf of his people. Accordingly, when the Christian society extended itself so as to reach the throne, kings and princes availed themselves of the offices and ordinances of the church, not only as regarded salvation, but as instrumental for national civilisation, subordination, and peace. The rulers of this world required such an in strumentality because their subjects are men—rational, im mortal creatures, who cannot be prevented from abusing their liberty unless under instruction for eternity, and the minis ters of the Christian church required to be so employed, because they were then enabled to enlarge the sphere of their labours, carrying the name and truth of their Heavenly Master into every nook of their earthly master's dominions. It was as a means towards an end, and not for themselves, that we valued our own national establishment in this respect. But as to the practical details of our ecclesiastical instrumen tality, it should not be overlooked, as an excellence of our national establishment, that she enjoins on all a diligent study of the Holy Scriptures, and glancing at the checks and con ditions imposed by the papacy upon the reading of the Bible, and which are practically a prohibition, be proceeded to re mark upon the growing importance attached to preach ing, as a part of Divine service. Preaching was, he said, an admirable ordinance ; it was appointed by Christ himself ; but admirable as it was, it could never supply the place of prayer. In hearing a preacher we were not at liberty to di vest ourselves of intellectual watchfulness. The same must apply to extemporaneous prayer. In listening to them, from fallible men, we were bound to try and judge them before we approved. How was the inward effect of prayer to be made in a public congregation ? Our worship of God was a rea son sonable service, if conducted in the silence of our spirit. There should be no interrupting words by any one. If con ducted by words, we could not throw our spirit inwardly into it, unless those words mere previously approved by our rea son. (Cheers.) In this case we were no longer listeners, but worshippers also ; everything about to be spoken being known before hand. This we could not do if we were in ig norance or doubt of what was to be spoken. We must, then, in our own defence, be reserved and cautious listeners. We could not dare to be unsuspecting, impassioned worshippers. (Cheers.) It had been argued that, without written forms, the church might have sufficient security against the intro duction of error in the known piety and orthodoxy of our li turgy. For, granting the utmost that could be pleaded for the piety of any man, and granting that he would not introduce a single incorrect or even a single unworthy expression—which was granting a great deal more than any pious minister would take to himself—still those ministers the most spiritual would acknowledge that they had their seasons of comparative coldness for the sacred office; that they could not at all times command such a flow of feeling and readiness of lan guage as to be able to lead the devotion of the congregation with the desired solemnity. A complaint urged against our liturgy is urged on the account of its tameness. It was alle ged that the church became formal. The character of God being always the same, and the condition of his church militant here on earth being substantially the same until the second coming of Christ, the right worship of the church demanded no deviation from sameness. If an assembled congregation were to speak out in prayer, and each to say something of his own impromptu, it would lead to distracting commotions ; but if there were a written form which all might use together, or alternately, according to known ar rangement, each would utter the feeling of all, and all of each. By this simple process, we had a happy mixture of liberty and order. This was peculiar to our church. (Cheers.) The reverend gentleman then referred to " our anniversary of facts" of the Sacred Scriptures. Scripture facts were, he said, the foundation of sound doctrine, and which, in the language of Bacon, were " the first pressure of the grape," and were found to be most nutritious to the Lord's family. It was valuable to have these facts laid before the church in the language of the Holy Scriptures. Scripture facts were the rectifiers of theolog ical theories ; and it was the happi ness of our church not to be left to the mercy of an indivi dual, but to have a Scripture hedge around our vineyard, whatever might he the judgment and ability of her own local vine-dresser. (Cheers.) The reverend gentleman then quoted the language of some of the most eminent of the dis senters of (Owen and Matthew Henry) in which they declar ed their adherence to the purely doctrinal portion of the Church of England, the first regretting (as we understood the quotation, being somewhat inconveniently placed behind the lecturer), that some had departed from the church who had not given testimony of such adherence. But their com paratively unwise children seemed to imagine that the legiti mate exercise of private judgment demanded the suppression of every human formula ; and now in some of their con grations most celebrated we looked for biblical exposition, but we beheld Socinian infidelity. (Immense cheering.) We waited for the sweet sound of the saints' ever lasting rest, and harkened to the gingling of a liberalised philosophy. (Loud Cheers.) He must now advert to mat ter of a very different complexion in our ecclesiastical instru mentality, the submission of the church to the civil ruler. It was difficult to imagine anything more clear than this. The language of the Apostle was, " Let each soul be subject to the higher powers. The powers that be are ordained of God." He might add to this the language of St. Peter, " Be subject to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake." The right interpretation of this involved the question of what was commonly called the union between church and state. There must be some union, or relation, or alliance, or compact— call it what you would—between the clergy of the chinch and the government of the country. If there were no such union designed, there would be one wrought out of necessity. The question was not, should there be a union, but of what de scription should the union be. The clergy of the christian church had certain duties prescribed by God himself, which they must perform ; they had no choice. If the duties were not performed, they ceased to be a church altogether. What were those duties ? It was the scriptural duty of the clergy to preach the faith once delivered to the saints ; to administer the sacraments which were ordained by Christ himself ; and to determine who are and who are not to be admitted to those sacraments ; to fill up their own bodies, to appoint their own successors, and to urge on all the members of the church from the word of God himself, the christian duty of supporting its ministers. The clergy were but men, and must not be estimated by the exception, but by the rule of our common nature. It was no libel on them to say that unchecked power was dangerous in their hands. Appealing to the strongest affections of the human heart, and repre senting the sacraments of the church, perhaps, as absolutely necessary to salvation and themselves as the only persons by whom these sacraments should be admitted, it was beyond all question that, unless subjected to some regulating re striction from without, they must in process of time obtain extravagant power and enormous wealth. The temptation would become such as no class of men could be expected to withstand. The priesthood, so aggrandised, would consoli date its own power by the appointment of a chief, or centre of union. Was not this the easy, the natural, the inevitable consequence of things ? In point of fact, was not this history ? (Cheers.) He would appeal to history. The rev. gentle man then referred to Hallam to show the vast power and wealth obtained by the Church of Rome in the middle ages, and to " Blackstone on the Statute of Mortmain," quoting the latter at some length, in order to show the avarice of the church. " Not content with ample provision, she had," said Blackstone, " endeavoured to grasp the whole wealth of the country, and if the Legislature had not withstood them, they would probably have been masters of every foot of ground in the kingdom." Beyond this we had the acknow ledgment of our opponents themselves on this point. The rev. lecturer then quoted Dr. Wardlaw, relative to the state of the church at the time of Constantine, which was such as not to require any state endowment, but at the same time, a state enactment for the restraint of the clergy was rendered imperative, if civil liberty was to remain on the earth. (Cheers.) Some such enactment was indispensibly necessary from the civil ruler. He could not expatriate the church ; and his only refuge from the thraldom of ecclesias tical tyranny lay in some such regulating alliance with the clergy as would secure to them a certain safe and manage. able prerogative, in lieu of that indefinite power of aggran disement which they consented to sacrifice. We claimed such an alliance in behalf of the civil government for the security of its liberties ; and, on behalf of the clergy of the church visi ble, not for their temporal aggrandisement, as was ignorantly supposed but for their salutary restraint; in order that the temporal supremacy which would be at their option might not be allowed to tempt them into tyranny. (Cheers.) It evinced but a sorry knowledge of human nature to object that a recurrence of ecclesiastical usurpation could take place in the present advanced intelligence of the people. On this question human nature was unaltered, and by any human process was unalterable. Conscience had been likened to a legitimate but dethroned monarch, the rightful ness of whose claim was, not disputed, though the power to enforce it was gone. The love of sin was the successful usurper, the fear of punishment was the lingering witness for the lawful sovereign. But the multitude could never be divested of paroxysms of conscience, and therefore in fidelity could never be popular. For a similar reason, on the other sid e , v i ta l Christianity could never be popular. It would enter into no truce with the usurper—it would allow no indulgence to sin. The system, to be popular, must yield where sin reigned and conscience slumbered, and it must oscillate in parallels with human nature, from the Carnival to the Lent, from the rebel to the penance. ( refined. e C o ro h i nl (Cheers .) rsi d escendt.s) y Th e principles,s, This o would b s grossnessit presente couldwap argument puuhrmi thels en tnwgtwirotoahsssbt, refinementl e s arid,e d n o multitude.twoitnh without the al tering l ee. externals of society, which varied with the varying circum stances of climes, of character and knowledge, but with the unchanged and unchanging principles of our common nature. (Cheers.) Let the regulating connection between the clergy and.government be dissolved—let all the s t a t u t es ( t h e statute of Mortmain included) be repealed, and then guard ourselves if we could—(cheers)—against the preponderating power of a pliant, popular theology, in the hands of a priesthood who would be tempted, by their multiplied opportunities, to make merchandise of our souls and slaves of our—(The cheering by which the sense of the passage was anticipated, prevented our hearing the conclusion of it.) After pointing out the impossibility of any such aggression on the part of the dis senters—an advantage derived to them from the shelter of our establishment, he proceeded to observe, that if it were asked why do not Popish priests influence the mass, and work dan ger to the state, the answer was, they did, and would, and must, unless restrained by law. (Loud cheers.) This ac counted for the zeal of Romanism in agitating in favour of the voluntary system. The established church interposed the only hindrance to its career, no longer suf fi cient in Ire land. Whether it were still in England sufficient, judge ye, to keep them back from such an acquisition of power as would endanger the independence of government. (Cheers.) Legislative restraints were indispensable, not for the pur pose of pr o p agat i ng Ch r i st i an it y , as h a d been ignorantly as serted, and superciliously and vauntingly said, but for the purpose of guarding civil liberty against the systematic en croachments of clerical power (cheers) ; of a power that admitted of no rival, and the language of whose assump tion was identical with those of Jehovah—" I AM, arid there is none beside me"—a remarkable fact. Legislative restraint was for self-defence, not for the propagation of truth. In vain was the attempt to concil iate and attach — attachment to true liberty, civil and reigious, and attach ment to the Popish system , were incompatible. (Cheers.) This him was from no t yrann y law Nothing could attach a Romanist in degree constitution of Great Britain, whi ch any to the free did f m of not in a theeould cour t doby of f correspond ingaßnoymddeie.rgecrtCehedeerteacy by )h process—it could be d one only by means o f the Gospel and the grace of God. Ireland wasthemainem barrassment of English statesmen. It w as not by pe oa 1 statutes—neither was it by Papal encouragement—(immense cheers) —neither was it by infidel compromise that Ireland could be dealt with—No ; but by reform preachers, by mis sionary bishops, and deacons, carrying to the ears of the peo ple, in their own tongue, the glad tidings, full and free. The reverend gentleman then spoke at great length upon the ad. mirable results of the connection between church and state in this cou ntry ; and asked if it was not wise in the clergy to take secu rity against their own i n fi rm ity ? B u t, in obtaining a provision !rom the st a t e , l e t it b e th e church's anxious care to ordain, independent of interference, all the ministers who should be required. This was an ecclesiastical and inalienable function. Let the church ordain none but what were in every sensefitted . to fill the sacred office, and when she haddone this, she might then not only allow, but be obliged to any layman, who gave p ecun i ar y suppor t t o an y of her ministers. It would be well if all patronage were in the crown, as ordi nation was in the bi s hop. If i n terference with ordination were claimed by the crown, the church must resist the claim, and stand aloof from any alliance with the state ra ther than submit. In that case the independence of the state was always in jeopardy. If the patronage, as well as the ordination of the kingdom, were in the hands of the bishops supremacy would be a temptation to the church, and the in dependence of the state would be endangered. But a portion of patronage might be in the bishops without risk, but no portion, however small, of interference with ordination could be given to the crown without the immediate violation of a funda mental principle. The measure of patronage which it might be safe to intrust to the bishops it would be impossible to define, but suppose the clergy to appoint their own bishops, and the bishops to be faithful in their functions, there would be no risk if the entire patronage of the kingdom were vested in the civil power. The right to choose bishops, might be given up by the church without their losing any of their ec clesiastical functions, but as a compensation for this sur render, the church might fairly claim a measure of patronage. The reverend lecturer here referred to the present state of the church of Scotland, which (as we understood him) in duced collision upon the slightest obstacle between the regulating parties. It was very necessary, he said, that there should be a well-regulated and well-defined code on either side, in the connection of church and state ; if this were not the case, the one might become intolerant, and the other tyrannical, from caprice, ambition, or avarice. But it was charged against us by dissenters that the state fixed our creed. Our creed was not fixed by the state, but by the Bible. (Cheers.) Again, they said we could not change any article of our creed. It was our glory that our creed was unchangeable (cheers); it was the ancient, the true, the Divine creed, which no man could change, which no Chris tian man ever desired to change. (Cheers.) Thus, the only terms of union, at once effectual in themselves and scriptu ral in their application, excluded any and every society call ing itself a Christian church, but refusing to pledge itself to a written standard. The dissenters, therefore, who rejected the primitive formula, and the Rotnanists who added to it tradition, written and un-written, stood equally excluded from safe union with any government that wished to main tain liberty on earth. And when we considered the necessity which the nature of the case imposed (as he thought he had fairly shown) for some union as a guard against the workings of priestly avarice and ambition, we had cause to give God humble and hearty thanks for our liberty-protecting esta blished church. (Cheers.) REV. HUGH 111`NEILE'S FOURTH LECTURE. (From the Morning Herald of yesterday) A very numerous and most respectable auditory attended on yesterday at the Hanover-square Rooms, to hear the fourth lecture of the Rev. Hugh M'Neile upon the irresisti ble claims of the Established Church to the zealous en couragement of the rulers of this country : and all present testified, by their deportment throughout the day, their sense of the importance of the subject, and their admiration ofthe able and lucid manner in which the rev. lecturer put forward his views, and the convincing, but temperate, arguments by which he enforced them. Mr. M'NEILE reminded his hearers that in a former lec ture he had investigated the connection which should subsist between the Scriptural exercise of ecclesiastical functions by the church and the Scriptural possession of supreme autho rity by the civil power—a connection which a Christian mi nistry would always desire to preserve as a valuable assist ance to them in doing what God had commanded them— namely, in spreading the knowledge of his holy name, and remaining, where God had commanded them to remain, sub ject to the civil power. The safety of the ruler was, by the mercy of God, identified with his duty • and that connection with the Christian church which he had' shown to be the only safety of the ruler, and the only source of national happiness, he should now, from the Word of God, prove to be the ruler's duty. The civil ruler was an impotent creature at the disposal of his Creator—a responsible creature, whose real happiness now and hereafter is inseparable from the discharge of the duty attached to the station to which he is advanced, and the opportunities by which he is surrounded —a delegated creature, himself under authority, while others are placed under him—one whose right to rule and whose duty to obey are derived from the same source. If he re fuse to obey God, he arraigned his own charter, the only plea, except that of brute force or accidental majority, by which he could claim to rule over men. A Christian state wielded the sword and the treasury, and the body of the community were contented to be subject to it, not only for wrath but also for conscience sake. A Christian church taught by its bishops and preachers, and the body of the church, consented to be subordinate ,o them. The combi nation of regal and sacerdotal supremacy remained for Christ Jesus, when he exhibited himself as a priest upon his throne; and for any bishop to add civil supremacy to his priestly office was to proclaim himself an usurper and an antichrist. (Applause.) Thus the executive of the state and of the church were mutually helpful, and a mutual check, by their mutual reference to one common standard which was supreme over the whole—the Christian ruler appealing to the Bible for the subordinate duties of the priesthood—a Chris tian priesthood appealing to the same Bible for the support ing and protecting duty of the Government ; and the neglect of this standard involved its own retribution. If the executive of the state ruled without reference to God's commands, the community would be divided, some holding by the Divine standard, which condemned this' departure, and some holding with the compromisers, and endeavouring to lower the national.. standard, in order that their own apostacy might not be so apparent. (Applause.) If the executive of the church ne glected the Divine commands, a corresponding division would take place, some holding with the false teachers, and en deavouring to prevail upon the executive of the state to be on their side, while others would revert to the unchanging and infallible standard by which the proceedings of the exe cutive were condemned. The important question was, What was the Scriptural duty of the civil ruler ? Dr. Wardlaw had put and answered that question thus : " What is the ma gistrate's province with respect to religion ? His true and legitimate province is to have no province at all ;" and yet Dr. Wardlaw added, " As a man he is bound by the precepts and the words of God—as a magistrate he is bound to perform his official functions on christian principles, from christian motives, and according to christian precepts •, but authority in religion he has none." On this, he (Mr. M`Neile) asked, how were the official functions of a magistrate to be separated from his authority, and how was his official authority to be separated from christianity ? There were duties appertaining to all men, such as honesty, truth, temperance ; but there was a second class of duties, to be distributed amongst us according to our relations in life and our position in society. In addition to the duties incumbent upon all men the civil ruler had peculiar and official duties, for the discharge of which he was responsible to God, and which were thus defined by the Apostle Peter—" The punishment of evil doers anti the praise of them that do well." But if rulers were uninformed and mistaken as to the true standard, they might call evil good and good evil, and might make laws for the punishment of the good and the praise of evil-doers. No man could form a rational opinion or give a judicious vote on any subject, without having a regulating standard to judge it by ; and the will of the Almighty Creator and Pre server of all men was the only infallible standard. It' a civil governor ruled as if he considered this world as all-im portant, and neglected the paramount necessity of training fur eternity, he would pervert the minds of the people and confound their ideas of right and wrong. Whatever a go vernment made its chief aim, it taught the people to regard as the chief good. Thus, if a government made secular in struction the chief object of its attention and encourage ment, to the disparagement of religious instruction, it taught the people to regard secular instruction as of paramount im portance, and all special religion as a matter of secondary consideration. (Applause.) The mere will of man could never make that right which God forbad, or that wrong which God commanded. No legislature, by any uniformity of deci sion, could make it right to bow down to images, or wrong to search the scriptures. Without the true standard, the legisla ture itself could not long retain hold of the respect of man. The judicial bench would lose all reverence and authority, and its decisions be arraigned with as much freedom as the speculations of any private theorist. Let the opponents of these doctrines fairly meet him on this high principle of the combination of the universal duty to Gou, which all men owed, with those relative duties which devolved upon each in connection with his position in society, and tell him what was the whole scriptural duty of a Christian king. But with regard to the maintenance of an established church, he could afford to descend from the high ground which it would be corn petent to him to assume and could allege that, eve n on th e ground of practical utility, the claims of the established church were unanswerable. He alleged that the national church produced more benefit than any other—nay, than every other religious institution in the country. It con ferred more benefit upon the community than the army, the navy, the courts of law, the magistracy, or the police ; while their efforts were limited to the punish ment, or at most, to the prevention of crime, the church prevented the great bulk of the community from giving the magistrates any trouble at all; and one zealous minister preaching the Gospel of truth, which touches the stoutest heart, visiting the sick, and performing the offices of Christian love and charity, prevented more crime than any hundred — he might almost say thousand policemen. There would be but little necessity for maintaining a large armed force, and an organised and wide-spread police, if more pains were taken to extend national Scriptural education. The dissenters said that the Scriptures did not inculcate the establishment of national institutions for religious purposes, but that it ought to be left to the voluntary impulses of the people. No conscientious churchman denied the efficacy of the voluntary principle in the hearts of the truly converted. If they alone were to be provided for, the voluntary principle mi g ht b e sufficient. But the church recognised the command to " bap tiseall nations"—" to spread a net to catch not o n ly th e good fish but the bad," and demanded the outward means not upon a congregational but a national scale; and that ex ceeded the reach of the voluntary principle. The ministers of the church did not contend for the compulsion of man's mind by his fellow man, but they asked for the extension of those outward means which God himself had promised in order that the whole population of the realm might, as far as could be effected, by human instrumentality, be brought within the range of the blessed. Political duty was inculcated in the Scriptures. Our Saviour himself said, " Render to Cwsar the things that are Caesar's." One of the Apostles said, " Let every soul be subject to the higher powers ;" another, " Submit thyself to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake;" and again, " Honour the king." All these injunctions were addressed to the subject, and none to the king, although it was found that in other relations between man and man the relative duties of each were equally enforced. If the ser vant was addressed, so was the master—if the child was ad dressed. so was the father—if the wife was addressed, so was the husband ; but here no command was addressed to the sovereign. How was this ? Was God so far a respecter of persons that no corresponding duty was any where pointed out as devolving upon the sovereign ? This was a difficulty e tohst f oce t hoexuua v oletr aptftn m hr; assw:oe i eysoi nui h t;nhtoet i l egcdrenrwxhsest:, who oe:theoeaafnrfatnlecti the taio: rt m temuheci aovesde explanation. dNan d s s. rv e t oe,e r ota n :nvdeDi d omytua i h s vlap s edida e deNrfi n : ein e , odw r tfi , the aTte w todbeh, Testament the fitholaake r cmw e : refused u otnnb s fttdl e oe : cnseiasoxo a ri tntse l r l etfgiuhsc r ol:a e lyyr f , weeAwihrvhebioi with out would completeh a ve a been d stinct incumbent book upon t b ew e l e t n Testament to have explained these d d t o e rnyt instead Abraham, ofe 0 o n f t nDisovgid himself'a n f t 0 A the lose l a s oou i so t not e l abb t s h oe eotmkoct book, irsui would y t u c dl e du otitg'e supplementalnt s y oao s : ctid u lh c eaap l wetr ate e ,orsi l lsto u ti re i sw d oorb a eaio t i ffseo i eu o skrl t ,rio t yn o i wo v dt h e d containedthese the his tory to o he dhdrlreefecrfiiht Jewishtnl aetdepratdirections eir royal rdae,cot tahf imme diate theo cracy, toes n ing account for the comparative silence of the latter chap ters. superintendence of - Jehovah—the church having ra c y re lation to pco h on i e m tteonr a d s e7l God, and the state as King—that a union of the temporal and the sacred characters was admissible. But might not an example he imitable in some degree, al though not perfectly, and even although the inimitable were the most important part ? It might as well be argued that Israel, because the obedience of Christ was spotless, meritorious, Nazareth. human nature, no m atoning—unless ther a e n w o e o r o e ld an ob u e r y tir an ot c ; t th he ua D D iv r. in w e and the man ktng from m m Jehovah Jesoa of oof The rev. lecturer then proceeded to refute the doctrine . of the w in ou c l a d tti cu ag t o o ff ff a a C Ch hr r i is s t ti ia an a and 17the 7th voluntary, and he proved, from th chap ters of Leviticus, that the offerings were compulsory dissenters, that the offerings under the Jewish ritual were that the penalty for defrauding the officiating priest of his allotted portion was, that the offender should be cut off from among his people ; and by reference to the 31st chap ter of Exodus, and the 15th of the Book of Numbers, he showed that the " being cut off from among his people" was identified with the " being surely put to death," and that the death thus signified was not any interposition. of the power of Providence, but a public execution by the band of man. Was there no coercion here ? And yet Mr. Bun cett, a dissenting preacher, had asked, with honest,•but, he must say, ignorant zeal, in a speech which had been pro fusely circulated by means of the new post-office arrange ments, " Where is the law that authorises the enforcement Of these offerings?" It he (Mr. M'Neile) had now proved that there was such a law, it might—he hoped it would — have some effect with candid disputants. But it might be said that if this doctrine were to be followed out, all idola ters. Sabbath-breakers, heretics, and refusers of church rates, must be consigned to the executioner. This,argumeot sounded plausible, but was it conclusive ? Was there no difference between adopting a principle as a general rule and guide, and adhering to all the details which might have been. applicable to other times and to circumstances different from our own ? Might not the principle of coercion by penalty stand, and yet the nature of the penalty be altered? This might be illustrated by instances with which we were all fa miliar, for every one knew that measures intended for Ire land were often agreed to on the second reading, the princi ple adopted in corresponding measures for England being thereby affirmed, but afterwards underwent such modifica tions in committee as fitted them for the country to which they were to apply. A Christian government should adopt the precedent of a national establishment for national wor ship, because of the command, "'Baptise all nations ;" and it should enforce the measures for supporting that establishment by compulsion, it compulsion should be necessary. Let the nature of the penalty be open to wise and judicious modification, so as not to touch the consciences or persons of men, but only their property. He would not compel a uniformity of worship, or a confor mity to doctrine, but only a pecuniary contribution for the outward means. The first and highest duty of a Christian government was to provide the means of specific Christian instruction, and, with that view, to locate and support Chris tian ministers of the church, for the active population over which they were providentially placed. If the scruples of the subject were to interfere with the government, there could be no government. If we were to give up the support of the church because some were conscientiously opposed to it, we must equally resign the army and navy, because some conscientiously thought war unlawful. If it was wrong, if it was a coercion of conscience—a shameful tyranny, to compel 1000 or 10,000 dissenters to pay taxes, a part of which was devoted to the maintenance of the national church, it was more wrong—it was a greater coercion of conscience—a more shameful tyranny, because it was directed against a weaker and more defenceless body, to compel one helpless Quaker to pay taxes, a portion of which was to be devoted to the maintenance and enlargement of the national army. (Loud applause.) But he said there was no forcing of the conscience, even when there was a forcing of payment. Let him even suppose our Sovereign to occupy the place of a Pagan Ro man Emperor, our clergy to be as the priests of Jupiter, our tax-collectors Cresar's publicans, and our dissenting countrymen to be clothed with all the simplicity and purity of inevitable voluntaryism—what then ? Why then he would remind them of the authorities,—" Tribute to whom tribute is due." " Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's." A large portion of the tribute exacted from the Jews was squandered in idolatrous worship. And yet the apostles, instead of enjoining them to resist the Pagan church-rate, or indulging in lamentations forviolated consciences, calmly and unostentatiously inculcated submission to the powers that be, and commanded those primitive Christians to pay the rate. Supposing our church to be as great an abomination in the sight of the Lord as the temple of Jupiter, still if the ministers of the dissenting body emulated the example of the apostles, they would say " Tribute to whom tribute is due." But they complained of being compelled to support a religion of which they dis approved. He denied that any such compulsion was placed upon the dissenters. Those who received taxes might with them support the outward means and instrumentality of the church, but that was the act of the civil ruler, and not of the man who paid the tax. It would be monstrous to say that every man who paid a tax was responsible for every act of the Government. (Loud applause.) The subject was responsible to God for the duty of paying the tribute, and the Government was responsible to God for the duty of appropriating it. The pocket of the man who paid it was assailed but not his conscience. It', indeed, the dissenters were compelled to join our worship, then, indeed, his conscience would be assailed, and this was an important distinction to us all. He felt himself as much involved in it as any dissenter. He paid taxes, but he was not implicated in the anti-English, anti-Christian, sui cidal guilt of supporting such a place as Maynooth college. (Loud applause.) Nor were the dissenters implicated in what they called the oppressive guilt —even if there were really any guilt in it—of maintaining the church of England. Even putting it on a par with Maynooth college—and he could go no lower—he had proved that it wits the duty of the dissenters to pay the tribute. But how much more im perative was that duty, when the church possessed such ciairns . to national respect and gratitude ? Although the dis senter was bound to pay tribute; if he believed that the es tablishment was unchristian, it was his duty to use all con stitutional means to obtain an alteration of the law, but he hoped that the judgment of the dissenters would, in the course of that effort be convinced, and their impressions altered with respect to the scriptural character of the church, and their duty to obtain an alteration in the law. In the mean time, until the law should be, altered, lie claimed from them that Christian forbearance which declines to take the law into its own hands. (Loud applause.) After some fur ther remarks upon the merits of the established church, and its claims for national support, the rev. gentleman concluded by expressing his conviction that he should not appeal in vain to an assembly of British gentlemen on behalf of millions of British subjects. . WOOLLiTOCK ELECTION.—The election will take place on Friday next. Mr. Thesiger has nearly finished his canvass, which has been a most successful one, he scarcely having met with a single refusal. There is not the slighest show of op-. positicin,,,arford .Herald. • Antniim DisTuicT OF Buitons.—LWe understand that Major-Anderson, of Essex, who has announced himself as a candidate for these burghs at the next election, has just coin pleted a most encouraging and satisfactory personal canvass in the district, the result of which leaves no room for doubt ing his eventual success. We are sure this information'must be very gratifying to all friends of the Church and the con stitution in this ynarter, where Mr.-Gillon's extreme opin ions and inconsistent conduct have rendered hith quite oh nosious.—Glasow Constitutional. PENNY POSTAGE.—ADHESIVE STAMPS,—We have much pleasure in informing our readers that Mr. Wise, of Rush Mills, near this town, has obtained the order for the supply of the penny adhesive stamps. We have seen a sheet of the paper adopted by the government. It is divided into three compartments, each containing 240 small water-mark crowns ; under each of these there will be a medallion of the Queen's head, and the price of the stamp. Although each sheet will contain 720 stamps, and when printed be equal in value to £3., still sufficient room is left that each penny stamp may be cut out.—Northampton Herald. At Goldsmiths' Hall, Prince Albert, after having received the freedom and clothing of the Company, walked up to derman Copeland, and. shaking him by the hand very cordi ally, said, Ah, Mr. Copeland, I remember having seen you at the Mansion House when you were Lord Mayor." Your Royal Highness does me very great honour by the recognition," said Alderman Copeland, who, it is believed, did not exactly recollect the occasion of the Prince's visit. " Oh," added Prince Albert, " you may remember a little fellow who accompanied the Princess Victoria and the Duc hess of Kent after the Royal visit to St. Paul's. I was that person." JUVENILE ROBINSON CBUSOES.—On Monday, the al instant, three little boys (the eldest only 12 years of age), sons of respectable parents residing in Louth, who had been reading the entertaining romance of Robinson Crusoe, left their homes in company, in search of an uninhabited island, where they might enjoy the sweets described by the author of that work. The young Crusoes were armed with a. blun derbuss, pistols, swords, &c., and provided with sundry ne cessaries, such as needles, thread, twine, &c. They wended their way to the tel-shore of Saltfleet, in search of a ship to bear them to an island whereon they might build a hut, dig a cave, breed goats, and feast on grapes : there they were overtaken by a brother, and deprived of their arms. They then changed their route, and were finally overtaken by Mr. Heath, who had been sent in search of them by their un happy parents, near Horncastle, and were conducted safely to their homes.—Lincoln Mercury. THE ARMY.—A considerable increase of our military force is said to be in contemplation. We have not been able to trace the rumour to any authentic source, for in these days an augmentation of either branch of the service is the sub ject of long previous deliberation ; but we have strong rea sons for believing that more augmentation of the army is intended. The number has been stated to us at 10,000 ; but it has, in all probability, yet to be decided on. We have heard that neither the 11th nor 15th regiments will return from Canada this summer, although the corps destined to relieve them are already on their route. That a further in crease must soon take place in the navy, is self-evident to every one who will direct his attention for one moment to the very critical position of England at the present juncture. The speck which is hereafter to grow into a storm, is already to be seen in the East. Our firm impression is, that when even this country shall be driven in self-defence to assume a warlike attitude, it will stand indebted for the necessity to the foreign policy of Lord Palmerston. Whatever way we look, the aspect of affairs is threatening.—United Service Gazette. ELOPEMENT.—On Tuesday, as the young ladies of Miss Pocock's school, at Somersham, were taking their afternoon walk, a gentleman drove up in a gig, and, with the assistance of another man, lifted Miss Ellis, a young lady aged seventeen, into his gig, and drove off at a rapid pace to St. Ives and Huntingdon. After the first surprise had subsided, Miss Pocock caused an immediate pursuit of the fugitives, and sent information of the occurrence to the parents of her charge. Miss Ellis, who some say was not an unwilling party to the transaction, is the daughtei of a gentleman at Peterborough, and will he possessed of a considerable fortune on her coming of age. The gentleman who took her away is Mr. Barratt, a music master at Stamford, from whose importunities and attentions Mr. Ellis had sent his daughter to Miss Pocock's school. Mr. Barratt has been for some days at the George Inn, Somersham, riding out daily with the ostler, whom he had induced to assist him by telling him that he came to re move the young lady t o L on don, as a w i tness . in a cause be fore one of the cou r t s . Th e fugitives conti nued their course to Huntingdon in the g i g , w here they changed it for a post chaise, intending to travel to the railway station at Weedon, and thence by the train for London ; but, it happening to be the assizes, some fri en d s o f Mr. Ellis saw his daughter trip ping into the chaise, and took upon themselves the o ffi ce of detaining her, and i n f orm i ng her brother, who is a surgeon, 'practising in the town, of the fact. He politely thanked Mr. Barratt for his attention to his sister, and took her home. The family intend to make Miss Ellis a ward in Chancery.— Lincoln Chronicle. INVERNESS COUNTY ELECTION.—We call upon the electors of this county to consider well ere they fix their choice upon a successor to their late member in parliament. There may be gentlemen proposed on this occasion, who, advocating liberal sentiments in politics, are the determined enemies of the independence of our church, and who consider it chargeable with rebellion in its recent exertions. We ask our electors, will they choose a representative from this class of politicians in the present momentous crisis? The Mel bourne administration never can do anything for the emanci pation of our church. They are bound hand and foot, and chained in the fetters of subjection to a.pro-popish party who desire the destruction of our establishments. Let the electors of the county of Inverness solemnly calculate the consequences of assisting and strengthening this party, and thereby breaking down 1; their votes, the munitions of our church and constitution. Much will depend upon their conduct at present. And we would earnestly exhort them as a body to enlist themselves on this occasion under the stan dard of constitutional conservatism, as the strongest bulwark of the city and the state. The county of Inverness is de cidedly and most thoroughly conservative, and we trust it will not be misrepresented. We hear that Mr. Grant of Glenmorriston, or Mr. Grant, younger of B allin dalloch is to stand on th e liberal interest, and we beg it to be recollected that both of these gentlemen recently presided as chairmen of meetings held for the purpose of condemning the recent proceedings of the church—the one at Forres, and the other at Inverness. We are authorised to state, that a conserva tive will appear in a few days, who will give ample satisfac tion to the f r i en d s of the c hurch, in the present Critical eonjuncture.—lnvernear Herald. .61 Aping Inttlligiire. TUESDAY, MAne II 17.—Wind N.E. Fair, A !till V o.—Lyons, —, from New Orleans—Vittorioso, from Smyrna—General Wolfe, Harrison, front Cephalonia. SAlLlZl).—Calcutta, Gibson, for Bombay—Malabar. Southward, for Calcutta—Richard, Smith, for Kingston, Jamaica—Calista, Blampied, for Honduras—Victory, Blackley, for New York—Trinity Yacht, Butcher, for St. Michael's—Tagliafero, Tagliafero, for Malta —lris, Bradley, for Jersey and Newfoundland—Columbine, Mason, for Savannah—Phantom, SandarE, for Constantinople and Odessa Sophia, Lingard, from Bahia for Hamburg, off Dover Garland, Wright, hence for ditto, off Torbay Transit, hence, at Brixham Stamboul, Sloman, from Constantinople at Falmouth, in 33 days Chase, hence off Lisbon, 27th ult Lady Bute, M`liinley. from Singapore for this port, was spoken 14th November, in the Straits of Banca Fairfield, from Manila for London, in the Straits of Sunda • Warree, hence for Africa, was spoken sth instant, in lat 46, lon 14 Victoria, , hence to Naples, was spoken 2nd instant, in lat. 37, long. S Copeland, -, from China at Deal Brisk -; Pet, -, and Superior,. Sherries, hence at St. Michael's Eggardon Castle, Warlund, sailed from Leghorn for this port, 28th Feb. Mary Ann and Arabella, Crouch, hence at Cadiz Napoleon, , hence at Valparaiso Industrie, Zellein, hence :.t Ostend Eleanor, Halwyk, hence for Ostend, off Dover Palinurus, Norman, from Cuba at London ; on the 19th Feb. in lat. 49, long. 10, spoke the Magnificent hence to Savannah Stephen Whitney, Thompson, hence to New York, was spoken 4th March, in lat 51, long. 12 Christiana, , hence to Newfoundland, was spoken 2nd ult. in long. 23 John Cock, , from Monte Video at Valparaiso Mary Marsden, - sailed from Valparaiso for Islay, sth Dec. Earl Durham, , for Swansea, 6th Dec. and Glenarm, for Copaibo, 7th Dec. Grenada, M'Minu, from Bombay at Cape of Good Hope, on the 4th Jan. and sailed same day for this port Catherine Charlotte, Lillo, sailed from Black Sod Bay, (Ireland) for Cette, 13th March Margaret Elizabeth, M'lver, hence at Port-au-Prince England, Waite, from New York, off Ormshead, at 10 a.m., in tow by a steamer Senator, from New Orleans, was off Holyhead yesterday WEDNESDAY, MARCH lB.—Wind N. light ARRIVED. — ApoIIo, Jackson, from Cayenne—Helen, Thompson, from St. John, N.B.—Oseola, Milliken, from Charleston—Pontiac, Parker ; Senator, Pike ; and Russia, Elliot, from New Orleans— England, Waite, horn New York—John Brooks, Nicol, from Puerto Cabello—Reliance, —, from Ceara—and Luna, Newby, from Paraiba; sailed 26th Jan. SA I I.ND .—Monarch, Caine, for Africa—Pandora, Losh, for Bar badoes—Thomas Bennett, Hague, for Charleston—and Campbell, Queripel, for Messina and Palermo. Hero of Malown, Grundy, from Calcutta,.at the Mauritius gth Dec. • Dulcinea, Menchaca, hence at Havana Adelaide, Davidson ; Jane Walker, , and Agenora, Giffney, hence at Mobile Tarolinta, Smith, hence at New York 20th ult. " Courtenay, Brown, and Anna Liffey, Stewart, hencc at Savannah Dumfries, , from London, at South Australia Dryope, —, sailed from Pernambuco for Maceio Jan. Adonis, De Gruchy, hence at Pernambuco Thomas Leech, --, from Pernambuco for Trieste, at Ancona Vesta, -, from Smyrna off Malta 22nd ult. Louisa, - -, from Trieste, off Gibraltar 28th ult. Delphine, Chauvelon, hence at the Loire Gustavo 'Adolph°, Rossini, sailed from Trieste for this port 9t] instant George, Hippesley, from St. John, N.B. at Belfast for this port, leaky in her bowport Ann Paley, Williams, from Leghorn, oft the Cove Copeland, Sym, from China, at Deal Pocahontas, , hence for Baltimore, was spoken 26th ult. in lat. 44 0, long. 38 0 Cabinet, .—. hence for New Orleans, was spoken 22nd Ja in lat. so Congress, -, from Mobile for this port, was spoken in lat. 23, long. 74 _ _ _ Bombay Packet, Caine, hence for Africa, was spoken 12th instant, in lat. 50 0, long. 9 Lord Cochrane, , from Pernambuco for this port, was spoken 13th instant, in lat. 50 0, long. 10 0 Ann Christian, Pollock, hence for New Orleans, was wrecked on the Cayman's, previous to 20th Jan. CARTHAGENA, Jan. 30.—The savanilla, from Liverpool, after dis. charging nearly all her cargo, struck on a bank off Tarbara, near Savanilla, and it is feared will go to pieces. Crew and remainder of the cargo saved THURSDAY, MARCH 19. ARRIVED.—Ramsay, Hill, from St. John, N.B. leaky—Globe, Oliver ; Liverpool, Davenport, and Caravan, Nicholls, from New Orleans—Eve, Marshall, from Monte Video; sailed 22nd Dec— Sir Henry Parnell, Airth, from Monte Video—Romulus. English, from Savannah—Walter, Johnson, from Waterford—Mayflower. Dalton, from Teignmouth—Dasher, M'Caffery, from Strangford— Susannah, —, from London—and Henrietta, from SAlLED. — Johnstone, Spence, for Demerara—La Belle Barberie, Barrow, for Halifax—Frances Ann, Soule, and Susannah Cum ming, Salter. for New York—Matilda, Hodgson, for Genoa and Leghorn—Drie Gebroeders, Puister, for Zwoole—Felix Destino, Da Luez, for Oporto—Edward, Ball. for Messina and Palermo— Thortiley, Foreman, for Hambro'—Douglas, Brew, for Charente— Harriet, Beniest, for Antwerp—Sarah, Redhead, for Halifax—and Elizabeth, 'P ass hoff, for Liebau. Lapwing, Osborne, from Port-au-Prince, at Leghorn loth March H.M. Steamer Meteor, sailed from Falmouth 17th instant, with supplies for the homeward bound Martha Harrison, Green, from Newfoundland for Liverpool, at Youghall Hermit, -, from St. John, N.B. for Liverpool, was spoken 3rd instant, in lat. 51, long. 16 Queen Victoria, Follitt, and Princess Victoria, Ferguson, sailed from Syra 22nd Feb. and Galatea, Palmer, 28th Feb. ail for Liver pool Yarmouth, Forsyth, sailed from Venice for Ancona and Liverpool Bth March Washington, M'Lay, sailed from Fayal for Savannah 39th Jan. Jamaica, , hence for Bahia, was spoken 21st Jan. in lat. 6 N, long. 21 W Ruby, 46, long. 18 Mary. Caroline, --, hence for Savannah, was spoken 29th Feb. in lat. 50, long. 14 Fame, Pringle. hence at Monte Video in 52 days Trio, iloag, - frOni Cadiz, ditto Sr. JOH N. N.B. Feb. B.—The Charles, Walter, hence to Liver pool, was totally wrecked 23rd ult. at Cape St. Mary's.; crew drowned Pwl.l.llELt, March 18.—Several bags of cotton supposed to be from the wreck of the Roman, has been washed on shore near Possallain TELEGRAPII OFFICE, Mmtcu 19. Wind at Holyhead, E.N.E. light breeze in the morning; N.E. at noon, and N.N.B. in the evening. Barometer rising slowly during the day. . Oft' Holyhead, outward bound, at 1 p.m. No. 1937, Thomas Ben nett, A.S. for Charleston -1221, Pandora, Bk. by Maryatt's code,) for 13arhadoes-1081, Margaret, B.Sc. for Bristol, at 5 p.m. and 4031; Ocean, (yesterday, by Maryatt's code,) for Cork, at 5 30 p.m. The No, 853, Reliance, 8.8. from Ceara, was off the Lynas, at 7 a.m, with a pilot on board; and off the Ormshead at 12 at noon, The No. 1281, Grace, B.Bk. from Charleston, was off the Orms. head, at 8 a.m. and off Voel Nant at 2 ban. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &c. Urgent, II M Gibb, 408 Calcutta, Cotesworth & Wynne NEW SOUTH WALES. Champion, .1 - Cochrane, 795 Sydney, N.S.W. Cotesworth & Wynne WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Artemis, -, 312 Kingston, Jamaica, and Montego Bay, J Poole St 6; Ospray, A Bartlett, 267 Havana, Ashley Brothers SOUTH AMERICA. John Woodall, J'Williams. Rio Janeiro and Calcutta, Ashley Brothers UNITED STATES. Triton, J Wilson, 770 New York, Galt. Barth' & Co George Washington, A Burrows, 602 New York, Wildes & Co Susanna Cumming, C H Salter, 544 New York and New Orleans, G Brown & Harrison Caledonia, R Bibby, 736 New York, J & W Robinson Bradshaw, R Milroy, 589 New York and Quebec, G Brown & Harrison BRITISH AMERICA. - --------- --- Dash, W Huntress, 86 St. John, Nfld, T & J Brocklebank Nancy, J Wilson, 158 Newfoundland, W Tarbet Ganges, Llyth, 659 Dalhousie, N.B. Rankin, Cilwonr & Co Sisters, W Brown, 181 Montreal Eshelby, Row ett &Co _ . .. EUROPE. Rapid, NV Mathias, 125 Stettin, Bahr, Behrend & Co Emma, T Irving, 153 Venice, J Bibby & Sons Port Reval, J S Ohrt, 232 Elsinore and St. Petersburg, .... C G Weberic Co Queen, T Seal. 115 St. Michael's and Newfoundland, Tugend, J Fretwurst, Rostock, Bahr, Behrend &Co Elise, N Mowman, 170 Rostock, Bahr, Behrend &Co Newport, P Le Grisley, 106 Alexandria, Bahr, Behrend & Co Swallow, P Wilson, 157 Stettin, Bahr. Behrend & Co Marion, P Masters, 148 Cadiz and Gulf of Mexico, Watson Brothers & Co Otter, .1 Preston, 176 Constantinople, M & A Wilkin Isabella, T W Donning, 71 Havre and Rouen, Bahr, Behrend & Co Fanny Connell. J Dixon, 171 Lisbon, J Bibby & Sons Ai t his day's market sales of every article were effected to a moderate extent; but in consequence of the very large supplies, decline in London yesterday, and a continuance of very fine and seasonable weather, a reduction of 3d to 4d per 701 b on Wheat, id to Id per 451 b on Oats, Is per quarter on Malt and Barley, Is per quarter on Beans and Peas, and tid to Is per barrel and per sack on Flour and Oatmeal was submitted to. WHEAT, per 701bs S. d. S. d. INDIAN CORM, 'll. 4801 b. English Scotch 9 9 10 6 White 44 0 45 U Irish. • 6 0 9 3 BEANS, per quarter. Bonded BARLEY, per qr. Irish 42 0 44 0 English 44 0 45 0 PEAS, Grey 3B 0 44 0 Chevalier 46 0 47 0 White 42 0 47 0 Scotch, per 601 b. 5 4 6 0 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b. Irish 4 6 6 o In bond l4 0 17 0 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. OATS, per 451 b. Fine 52 0 58 0 English Scotch 4 1 4 3 Amer.y. brl. free Irish 3 7 310 Sweet U. 5..... 42 6 43 6 Foreign, in bond 3 6 4 2 Sour 40 0 41 0 Ditto, duty free.. 4 0 4 2 OATMEAL, per 2401 b. AYE, per quarter .. 36 0 39 0 English 33 0 33 0 MALT, per qr. fine.. 70 0 73 0 Ditto, new 34 0 34 0 middling 56 0 68 0 Scotch 33 0 33 0 AN ACCOUN Imported into Liverpool, from OF CATTLE, ,oth to the i'th inst. inclusive, FROM IRRLAND. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. lqules. Calves. Lambs, 856 1711 5264 35 101 Previously.. 5807 18274 49457 Cows. COASTWISt.. 8 44 349 Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs 158 1807 2 Previously .. 555 10170 200 35 3 - 5 26 LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensaries during the last week:— North. South. Total 259 652 Henry Coleman, Union-road, Old Broad-street, London, mer chant. William Henry Croxson, Rayleigh, Essex, wheelwright. Phineas Isaacs, Norton Folgate, furrier. James Caulfield Harman, Charlee-street, Middlesex Hospital, coact►maker. William Deeming and John Deeming, .Manchester, hotel-keepers. Benjamin Jefferis, Newport. Monmouthshire. ironmonger. Nathaniel Wyse, Nuthurst, Warwickshire. farmer. • Jonathan Andrew, Manchester, merchant. Samuel Sampson Harrall, Leeds, tailor. Joseph Vincent Gibson, Manchester, veterinary-surgeon. Robert Cheetham and Joseph Cheetha►n, Stockport, cotton-spin ners. Richard Ford, Stafford, scrivener. Edward Bryan Prince, William Sutcliffe Overton, and William Whitfield. Leeds, joiners. Nicholas Price Wood, Manchester, hanker. John Vaughan, Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire, pig -drover. DIVIDENDS. April 9, A. M'Coy, Liverpool, marine-store-dealer—April 8, J. Trotter, Liverpool. auctioneer—April 9, J. Robeitshaw and J. Rutherford, Oxford-street, London, hosiers—April 9, G. Lee, Lom bard-street, London, banker--April 8, G. More, Basinghall-street, London, wholesale woollen-draper —April 9, D. Montague, West street, West Smithfield, London, soap-manufacturer—April 7, J. Ripley, Wapping High-street, Loudon, mathematical instrument maker—April 9, G. C. Yeld, Market-street, Edgeware-road, London, iron-merchant—April 8, E. Hodson, Birmingham, draper—April 8, E. Hodson, Birmingham, draper—April 8, T. Wattle, Birmingham. draper—April 11. C. Batten, Moreton Mills, Berkshire, paper-manu facturer—April 8, D. Robinson, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, coal dealer—June 27, W. New, Ledhury, Herefordshire, victualler. CERTI Fl CATES To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before April 7. W. Taylor and J. Taylor, Macclesfield, silk-manufacturers—C. Hart, Newgate-street, London, woollen-warehouseman—IL Mor rison, Percy-street, Rathbone-place, London, piano -forte. maker — A. H. Tulk and E. Banks, Gateshead, Durham, soap-manufacturers —T- W. Powell, Neath; Glamoreatishire, inoney-seriveper—D- Robinson, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire, coal-dealer. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Edward Aitken, Glasgow, grocer, James Haddow, Perth, iron-founder. John Henderson, Tillicoultry, manufacturer. James Henderson. Kirkcaldy, merchant. Patrick Anderson, Dundee, merchant. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. MARCH Ilot•K 20. Richardson and Thompson, (2nd) Clarendon Rooms, i 20. Edward Burrow, (Ist) 23. B. W. Franklin, (div.) , 23. Charles Abercrombie, '(ily.) 23. James Wilson, (Ist) 32 John Wreford Hunt, (Ist) 24. Raynes Waite Appleton, (2nd? 25. George Richard Roach, (special)) Court or Bankruptcy, London, 12 TIDE TABLE. Days. Mrn. Ecu. t Height. Sundays, 4c• _ --- March u. u. a. si. t. t. Friday .. 20 024 040 16 6 Spring commences. Saturtia) 21 054 111 IS 9 Benedict. Sunday 22 126 142 14 5 3rd Sunday in Lent. Monday 23 158 212 13 4 Jupiter rises 1011,29 m. eV. Tuesday 24 216 236 11 10 Wednes. 25 3 7 330 10 7 Thursday26' 353 424 10 8 imports. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, s.c. Hero, (388) It Smallwood, from Bombay, 1;54 bales 12g hf bales cotton, order-346 bales 16 hf bales do, 44 bales 4 hf bales wool, Barton, Irlam and co -92 bales wool, 1 box contents unknown, order-192 bags coffee, J Fleming and co-2 boxes china ware, 1 keg pickles, Sands, Turner tt: Co—P D AFRICA. Chatham, (354) .1 Dick, from Africa, 744 casks palm oil, 300 pees ivory, 3 tons camwood, 105 packages returned goods, Jamieson Brothers and co—W D WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Jenny, (195) J T Newton, from Jamaica, 194 tons logwood, 12i tons fustic, 5 tons green ebony, 1 bale carpets returned, Jones, Mann and co—P D Standard, (244) J Thompson, from Demerara, 66 hhds 2 brls sdgar, 33 puns 35 hhds rum, 84 puns 6 hhds 11 brls molasses, G Booker and co-30 hhds sugar, 34 casks molasses, N Waterhouse and Sons-31 hhds sugar, 19 puns 6 hhds rum, order-26 hhds sugar, Wilson and M'Kend-12 hints sugar, 15 puns 18 hhds rum, S Mackay-12 hhds sugar, 5 puns 16 hhds rum, Ewart, Myers and co-20 puns rum, Buchanan and Browne-20 hhds rum, J Glad stone and co-17 hides, Valiance and Henry-51 bundles shooks re turned, 2150 coker nuts, 10,000 staves, G BookEr & co—G D . . . , Mountaineer, (2g6) W Williams, from Black River, Jamaica, 8 brls coffee, H H Cohen-250 tons logwood, J Laidman and co—so tons fustic, J Hosack and co-1 box arrowroot, 1 keg tamarinds, order—W D Ring Mahon Castle, (120) J Colburn, from St. Domingo, 552 pees lignumvitw, 800 pees mahogany, Imrie and Tomlinson-3 pceS ma hogany, the master—B D Zeno, (215) W Mossop, from Jamaica, 167 hlids 10 tces sugar, 68 puns 7 hhds rum, 66 tees 3 casks coffee, 120 bags pimento, 2 brls ginger, 100 lanoewood spars, 221 tons fustic, 1 ton logwood, A Cliff and Sons-374 hides, 8 hhds sugar, 29 puns rum, order—Q D Denison, (325) 11 Jones, from Demerara, 215 bhds 3 tees sugar, 36 puns 40 hints 2 brls rum. 20 casks molasses, C W and F Shand -32 hhds sugar, 9 hhds 1 brl ram, Sandbach, Tinne and co-176 hhds 30 tees sugar, 51 puns 25 hhds 9 brls rum, T and H Murray-2 brls W sugar, 2 boxes preserves, 2 bit s cassava , 1 b ox arrowroo t , or d er — D Heron, (86) D Wingood, from Bermuda, 95 lihds sugar, 7 bales cotton, 6 bags ginger, T Lee and co—W D James Lyon, (137) R Sheddon, from Belize, Honduras, about 31 tons logwood, J Poole and co-40 do, J M'Lellan and co-80 do, Hyde, Hodge and co-15 boxes returned soods, A Johnstone and co-36 bales do, Butterworth and Brooks-30 serons cochineal, Gardiner, Atkinson and co—R D Inca, (164) J Harrison, from Belieze, Honduras, 200 tons log wood, llyde, Hodge and co-15 bags cotton, W M Jamieson-1 cask wine returned, F Gouthwaite—W Charles Hamerton, (180) E Davies, from St. Domingo, 200 bags coffee, 328,500tb logwood, 140 bales tobacco, 1 log mahogany, 2 jars no consignee Apollo, (123) E W Jackson, from Cayenne, 145 hhds 50 Ms sugar, about 16 tons undescribed wood, 108 casks annatto, 5 puns 3 hhds rum, W Maxwell and co-1 case specimens natural history, Brodie and Hamilton—Q D SOUTH AMERICA. General Wolfe, (195) JHarrison, Rio Grande, 12,930 ox and cow horns, G Law —From Cephalonia, 141 butts 73 caroteels 421 cases currants, J Heap and Sons-1 tee do, the master-4 tons fustic, (exportation) G Law—P Abbots Reading, (420) R Renner, from Arica, Islay and Lima, 420 bars tin, 120 bars Guiana tin, 252 dry and 200 dry salted hides, 502 bags barilla copper, 3270 bags saltpetre, 3026 bales wool, A A Gibbs and Sons-349 bags saltpetre, order-1 box contents unknown, T Naylor and co-1 case a picture, Hegan, Hall and co—W 1) Adriana, (206) R Bale, from Monte Video, 5550 salted hides, 124 pipes 1 hf pipe grease, 100 sero►,s tallow, about 10 tons bones, order —P D Priscilla, (218) J Taylor, from Aricati, 660 bags cotton, 790 ox and cow hides, order-121 bags cotton, 200 dry ox and cow hides, Came and Telo-59 bags cotton, 1327 dry ox and cow hides, M'Calmont Brothers and co-16 bags cotton, Heyworth & co-24 do, It Single hurst and co-584 dry ox and cow hides, Cotesworth, Powell and co —;00 do, 86 brls copper, Cotesworth and co-4 boxes specimens natural history, C S Parker—Q D Hector, (392) J Johnson, from Tutocorinc, (Malabar Coast,) 2323 bales cotton, order.—From Colombo, 150 bags coffee, 60 bags pep per, 1800 coker ants, 2 boxes specimens natural history, order—K D UNITED STATES. Mersey, (344) W Edwards, from Mobile, 713 bales cotton, Wildes, Pickersgill and co-107 do, Fielden Brothers-350 do, order-100 do, W Hartley—P D Levant, (413) F Bartlett, from Charleston-400 bales cotton, R Zwilchenbart and co-751 do, order-50 do, Collmann and Stoher foht—V D Virginia, (380) A S Ilussey, from Charleston, 352 bales cotton, order-209 do, W H Gilliat-125 do, Fletcher, Alexander and co -51 do, Molyneux, Witherby and co-11 do, D Lamb-397 do, W Stuart-77 do, Collmann and Stolterfoht—K D Jacob Pennell, (569) C Martin, from Charleston, 1622 bales cot ton, order—W D Alarlats. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, MAncti 19. The business transacted in Butter, since this day se'nnight, has been only to a trivial extent ;—the finest Belfast may now be had at 105 s, and speculators evince considerable anxiety to diminish their stocks.—Pickled Butter may be quoted at 97s to 98s for seconds, with a limited trade. Beef and Pork continue in good demand; heavy prime Mess Beef being worth i I3s to 117 s dd per tierce, and prime bless Pork 75s to 82s per barrel. Good Bacon sells readily at 30s to 51s. LIVERPOOL COTTONII!ARKET, MARcu 18. The sales on Thursday were 2000 bags; Friday, 4000 ; Saturday, 2500 ; Monday, 3500 ; Tuesday, 1500 ; and to-day, 3000. The business done since last week has been very limited. The market continues dull, and the lower qualities of American are a shade lower in price; Egyptian are rather higher; other descriptions re main without change. The import of the week is large, amounting to 66,305 bags. . , LIVERPOOL CORN MARI(ET, MARCH 17. (From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott and Son.) After nearly four weeks of easterly winds, a change has occurred since Tuesday last, which, during the past week, has admitted an immense number of vessels into this port from all quarters of the world (nearly 400.) Of Grain, Flour, and "Oatmeal, from Ireland, coastways, and from the continents of Europe and America, the arrivals have been very considerable. Last quoted prices have ge nerally been steadily demanded, but sales have been very languid, and only to a very small extent, and a trivial decline has been sub. miffed to on almost every article in the Corn trade, here, on Friday, and in our country markets, except perhaps on the finest qualities of old British and free Foreign Wheat, which are very scarce. The only alteration in the duties on Grain from Foreign ports since Friday, is au increase of Is tid per quarter on Peas ; it is very likely a decline in the duty on Wheat of Is per quarter, and on Flour of lid per barrel, will occur next Friday ; a considerabie por tion of the Flour recently arrived from America, has changed hands on the passage, at 30s to 31s per barrel: and also some part of the Wheat from foreign ports at about 7s yd to Ss 3d per 701 b in bond, though there has been a dull sale for such lying here, in bond, on about the same terms, or free at our quotations. The chief part of the Wheat and Flour, Oats, Beaus, and Peas, is going into bond for the present. 141 385 • ... t 47 400 1047 VISITORS. North—Rev. Dr. Buck, Rev. Dr. Tattershall, and Mr. C. Booth. South—Mr. Jordan, Mr. Joseph Cooper, and Rev. C. Morrall. R. WEDGWOOD, Secretary. Dispensaries' Office, 1, Fenwick.street, March 16, 1440. THE WORKHOUSE. Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending Paupers. 1812 March 7, 1840 March 9,1839 Per Head. 2s. Old. 1 11 Per Week £lB7 0 7 170 7 8 177 5 More 37 More 0 1i More 16 12 11 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week ending March 16, 1840 2440 families, per week, £275 10 2 18, 1839 .. 2236 do. do. 253 3 9 More 204 More .t 2 .2 6 5 PRICES OF SHARES, MARCH 19. Prices. This day Last RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester BO paid 64 10 0 .... 65 0 0 Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 61 0 0.. Bolton and Preston Bristol and Exeter 25 .... .. Chester and Crewe 4O .... 43 0 0.. Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid 3 5 0.. Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 17 paid 16 2 6.. Glasgow, Paisley, Kihnar } 30 pa id 30 0 0 .. Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction lOO .... 230 0 oexdiv Ditto half shares 30 .... 89 10 0 .... Great Western 65 66 10 o .... 66 10 0 . Ditto new shares 3O .... 30 10 0 .... 30 5 0 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 0 0 0 .... • Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares . 25 .... 43 0 0., „ Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 9O •• • • 153 10 0 .... 1.554 0 0 Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto and Southampton 5O .... 42 10 0 ... Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon Leeds, and Manchester 6O ... • 70 10 0 .... Ditto half shares • l5 .... 22 5 0 .... Leicester and Swarinington 5O ...._ 71 0 o .... Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 25 .... 12 17 6 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland $ 95 .... 89 10 0 .... New North Midland lO .... 16 5 0 .... South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 •• • • York and North Midland 4O paid 51 15 0 ..• • Great North of England BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool soo ;65 0 oexdiv Bank of Liverpool .e12103 paid 21 2 6ex div. 21 2 6 - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 17 15 0 .... - Liverpool Union lO .... 12 17 6 .... - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales lO .... 7 7 6 .... - of Manchester - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 9 17 6 .... - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank to 15 17 6 .... Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 314 6 .... East of England lO 7 17 6 .... Phcenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 164 0 0 . L'pool and Harrington Water } Works 350..., 475 0 0 7 12 6 .. 42 15 0 Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 u ... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 370 0 0„ „ L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 191 0 0 .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance } paid 210 025 Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... p 5 0 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 112 6ex div. DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 .... 97 6 .... Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 10s. Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company lO . Harrington Docks 100 .. Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) (Polonceau) 2 . 5 7 6 .... 3 16 6 .... 7 2 6 .... 0 0 0 .... 10 5 0 .... 014 0 .... 0 IS 0 .... 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 BIRNIINGHAM, 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 6 a.m. Mixed ~ „ 12 8 15 . a.m. First Class ~ 115 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class n , ~ 4 p.m. 12 15 p.m. First Class /IP /0 6 p.m. 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class ~ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 6 a.m. Mixed Train do. do, do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 15 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. _ 3 30 p.m. Mixed 5 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed It tt 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. ~ Pt „ 12 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 24S p.m. „ The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHiSTER RAILWAY. FROM L'POOL TO MANCRRSTER. First Class Second Class Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8'45 „ • • 10 0 11 0 „ 11 45 ~ 2 o Aftern. .. 2 30 Aftern. 4 45 „ .. 5 30 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Except on Saturdays, when tl oN su First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed top only at Newton & Prkside I TO PRESTON FROM LIVRRPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 „ 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 4 45 „ .. Mixed 7 15 „ .. First Class ON SU: FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 0 „ .. 10 0 „ 11 15 „ 11 45 „ 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. 5 0 „ .. 5 30 ~ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I his Train does not start till Three. INDAYS. I First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 „ 2 45 Aftern. I 5 0 „ 7 15 ivnAvs. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 5 30 Afternoon . ILTON . Second Class . Mixed First Class 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon . • .. TO B FROM LIVKRPOOL. 5 45 Morning.... First Class [2 0 „ „ „ 1 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 8 30 FROM MANCIINSTRR. g 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 ... p 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 DAYS. ' 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. ~ :lELENS. FROM MANCIIIESTER. 7 30 Morning....Second;Class 10 0 PP 11 45 „ .. • • ~ 3 45 Afternoon .. ~ 5 30 ~ • • • • PP VDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. PP :ORN GAP. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 se Morning.... Second Class ' 11 45 „ • • • • PP 5 30 Afternoon .. OP , NDAYS• I 7 0 Morning.... Second Class I 5 30 .. Afternoon .. ON' SU 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. TO ST. I FROM LIVISRPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 ~ .... .. 2 30 AftWrnoot; 5 30 .. .. ow su 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. TO RUNG PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class S 30 Afternoon . ON so 7 o Morning.... Second Class I 5 30 Afternoon .. Received advice and medicine at the Insti. tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine Total at each Dispensary. LONDON CLIZETTE.7-TuzsDav, MARCH 17. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Greame and J. E. Greame, Liverpool, wool factors—E. Wild, E. Gibson, and H. J. Gibson, Liverpool, merchants—H. J. Chem. hers and G. Bennett, Liverpool, commission-merchant—G. Parkes and J. Tilley, Liverpool, eating-house-kcepers—W. Hadfield, R. W • Wood and C. G. Hadfield, Liverpool, merchants—H. Mackay and J. Mackay, Liverpool, tailors—J. Buckley and J. Buckley. Warrington. ironmongers • R. Briddon, G. Wilson, and G. Hulme. Stockport, machine.makers. • INSOLVENTS March 14. Silas Barn;ril — iliuTchitis, West-street, Walworth road, London, victualler. 16.—John Green, Knightsbridge-terrace, Hyde-park, London, oilman. BANKKUPTS.. John Lloyd, Liverpool, linen-draper, to surrender April I. 29, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Johnson, Son, and IVeatherall, Temple, London; and Mr. Blair, Manchester. Thomas Pagan, Liverpool, linen-draper, April I, 28, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Makinson and Sanders, Elm-court, Middle Temple, London ; and Messrs. Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Manchester. Charles Henry Papps, George-street, Adelphi, London, coal mer chant. William Myers, Strand, London, ormolu miniature frame.maker. William Henry Stockwell, Hampstead-road, London, furnishing undertaker. AGRICULTURAL MARKET, MAUCH 18 s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. 0 10@1 2 v 201 b. Potatoes, 2 3@3 0 V9 o lb 010 1 1 - Cattle Ditto 2 0 2 1 0 gi 1 1- Turnips 36 038 0 --- Carrots so u 58 0 --- 0 5 0 6 - Manglewurzle34 0 0 0 0 4 0 S - Manure 9 6 12 0 --- Old Hay New Hay.. Clover Hay Straw, Wheat Straw, Oat .. Straw, Barley Green Clover 0 0 0 0 - BIRTHS. On the 12th instant, at Laleharn, the Countess of LUCAN, of • daughter. On the lath instant, at Arrcw-hall, Cheshire, Mrs. REGAN, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 21st ultimo, at Stockholm, by the Bishop of Linkoping. JOHN BALD, Esq. of this town, to MATHILDA ELIZABETH, th e daughter of the late Very Rev. J. E. FORKHONI, Dean of Munek torp and Kolback. do the 10th instant, at Edinburgh, HENRY LUNISDEN, Esq. o 1 Tilwhilly, to MARY ANNE, sec on d d aug h ter o f S i r THO MAS KIRKPATRICK, Bart. of Closeburn. On the loth instant, at St. Peter's Church, Dublin, by the Rev* Alexander A. Nicholson, of Moylery, JOHN BARTON, Esq. second son of the Venerable the Archdeacon of Ferns, to MAKIANNE MARGARET, third daughter of the late NIOLYNEUX NICHOL SON, M.D. and grand-niece of the late Vice. Admiral Lord Shuldain• Also, at the same time and place, RICHARD, youngest son of the late EDWARD SYMES, Esq. of Bridgewater, Somerset, to MAX' GARET ELIZABETH, fourth daughter of the late Molyneul Nicholson, Esq. M.D. On the 11t1; instant, at Erbistock, by the Rev. George Cun M.A. vicar of Wrexham, the Rev. WILLIAM HENRY EGERTOS , M.A. rector of the Lower Mediety o f M a l pas, i n the couut v cf Chester, to LOUISA, eldest daughter of BROOKE CUNLIII 4 . Esq. of Erbistock-hall, in the county of Flint. On the 12th instant, at St. John's Chapel, St. Leonard's, Captain J. W. MONTAGU, R.N. son of the late Admiral Sir George Mon' tagu, G.C.B. to ISABELLA ELIZABETH, daughter of CHARLE S BEAUCLERK, Esq. of St. Leonard's, Forest, Sussex. On the 14th instant, at St. Ann's Church, Mr. COULSELL, of the ship Scotland, to Miss MORLAND, daughter of Mr. John Mo.lando of Bridport.strect. On the 15th instant, at St. Ann's Church, ROBERT, eldest son o Mr. JOHN NEWALI., St. Michael-str ee t, t o MARTHA, sec on d , daughter of the late Mr. JOHN SCOTT, B rewery -street, an Dumfries. Same day, at St. Michael's, Toxteth•park, by the Rev. Willio n 2 Hesketh, A.M. Mr. LEWIS FISHER, mate of the Hereford, of tb' port, to Miss ELIZABETH FLETCIIER, of Southaiupton-strett• DIED. --- At Bologna, Lady SOPHIA BUTLER, daughter of Bringer, E a: of Lanesborough and Lady Jane Rochfort. On the 28th July last, on board the Anna Robertson, proceedill on her voyage from Lond o n t o South Australia, Mrs. EL/ZARET I .. MORTON, the beloved wife of Ed mun d M orton, Esq. an d .5 i," daughter of General Walker, Lime-park, Devonshire. On the 11th December last, at Almorah, East Indies, Brevet Mt; J. H. PHILLIPS, o f th e 42n d R eg i ment Nat i ve Intantry, and Oft assistant to the agent of the Governor-General at Delhi. On the loth ult. JOHN SEYLE, infant son of Mr. Thomas Seyle and on the 10th instant, aged 7 years, Joseph Seyle, brother to th e above. On the 25th ult. at Naples, after a short illness, arising from fevej , caught while shooting in the Pontine marshes, JONATHAN BA' FIELD, Esq. • Mr. Hatfield, who was one of the last survivi,4 member of one of the old families in Manchester, but has for 1 ,1 A" 4 years resided in Italy, was an enthusiastic admirer of the fine Art s ' and no inconsiderable patron of th em ; an d i t was w i th t h e desire of fostering a taste for them in his native town, that, on the c ,t3 ; blishment of the Royal Institution, he pres en t e d t o it th e valuab l y casts, from the works of Canova, which adorn its entrance.hall. On the 27th ult. at London, Mr. GEORGE CRAM, late of NeW" castle- upon-Tyne. On the 2Sth ult. at Tynemouth, Mr. GEORGE RUTHERFORII : mariner. He had been assisting in carrying a cor,.se to Tynemou th Church, and died instantaneously is o n e o f th e pews. He wag/4 years of age, and had been fifty-fi ve y ears a t sea. H e was one the crew :of the Colossus, of 74 guns, at the battle of Trafalga r ' where he was stationed at the second s un o n the forecastle' at which every man but himself and Mark Wilson, a native of 0 .0 1 in Nortelk, was killed. He was also in the Victory, of 100 g uns. s , the battle, oft' Cape St. Vincent, where lie was staticn_al at the for e st gun but one on the middle deck. On the 4th inkta•it, WILLIAM NORRIS BOND MEACOCE. su° of Mr. J. Meacoca, Birkenhead. On the 4th Inst. at Little Lever, aged 76, Mr. JACOB FLETCI IO : much respected by a numerous circle of friends and acquaintau c ' d He was churchwarden for Little Lever upwards of 40 years. aKe was always foremost in the;cause of charity when applied to. 5 , 1 has left 12 sons and daughters, who foll owe d hi m to t h e grove, 5 ` grandchildren, and 30 great-grandchildren, ma ki ng i n the w''"" exactly 100. On the 6th instant, at Richmond, the Lady ANN BINGHAM. On the 7th instant, in this town, HUGH M'KAY, Esq. an ext e " • sive merchant, of Limerick and Clare On the 7th instant, at the Prairie, Cultra, in the 80th year of 11) 4 age, ALEXANDER BLACKWELL, Esq. secretary to the Bello* Bible Society for more than so years. On the Bth instant, at Bolton, Mr. JAMES fiREENHALGH,I4I s 6 years, formerly trumpeter in the Royal Hor se A r till er y, in iv' l ‘,,/ corps he served during the peninsular war, an d a t th e hatt'; ii i i i Waterloo ; since which he has bee n an ef fi c i ent mem b er of OW Langshaw's troop of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Yaou0 0 " Cavalry. gOn the Bth instant, at an a d vance d age, at Warrington, Mr. W THOMAS WILLIAMS, formerly of Preston, and late of StockPT,4 Many improvements in cottton- s pi nn ing machinery are at tribot` o , to the deceased. His table s o f c ha ng e wheels, mad e use of i n eb. trlie spinning -mill, occupied him, with the assistance of M r. Bank" mathematician, thirty years to complete them. Same day, at his lodgings, in Hawke-street, Mr. BEVERL.: , e r y the Liver Theatre. He was, some days prior to his decease, 1. o f unwell, but no symptoms appearing to create alarm or suspicio°, his real condition, he continued to follow hi s professional du ties " ti r_ to the night of Friday week. On Saturd a y h e was compelled t°j,e sent himself from the theatre, and about mid-day ou SundaY expired. He was an estimable young mall. On Thursday * fte fs noon, his remains were consigned to the earth at the Necr ol l ' , Cemetery, whither they were most respectably conducted in a het' , followed by two mourning coaches, containing the principal Itt eo bers of the Liver Theatre company. On the gthinstant, at Bathhouse, near Lancaster, aged 68, 01 BIRKETT, one of the Society of Friends, a native of this to'fi ti iit- On the 10th instant, at Birmingham, Mr. CHARLES pEM07.,11. TON, the well-known a n d popular lecturer on elocution and &so' tic poetry, Same day, at Ormskirk, age d so, much regretted b y his i tt i 11 Y and friends, Mr. JOHN SMITH, blacksmith. Same day, after a few days' illness, at Walk Mill-house, o f Northallerton, the Rev. WILLIAM CLERE BURGES, WA. v; of of Osmotherley, Yorkshire ; and, on the day preceding, aged years, WILLIAM CLERE, sou of the above. The deaths of t", daughters of the above appeared (says a Leeds paper) in our deaths last week. - th instant, ANN UPTON, ii Joll' 4 On the 14,._ —.., _ infant daughter of Mr. - eIIEDWARS, Orthes-street, aged 10 mouths. Cheshire. On th SO' instant, suddenly, at his brother's house, in Mr. JAMES WOODS, aged 20. An individual deservedlY spected. Same day, at her residence, George's-place, MIS. ; KI- - . h ov. TRICK, aged 72, relict of Robert Kirkpatrick, Esq. barrister-a t Same day, in Gloucester-place, Portman-square, London , ",,,1 32, LOUISA HENRIETTA, wife of JOHN KINGSTON, ° (1. daughter of the late Sir Charles Edmondatone, Bart. A the Same day, at 13 erners-street, London, ELLEN DOROTH ,„. .!,„re, wife of the Rev. WILLI AM HORNER, of St. Michael's-on -A9 Lancashire, aged 24. re et ' On the 16th instant, Mr. JOHN JOHNSTONE, of Harfortl-s treet' Liverpool, formerly of Bridekirk-village, Annan, aged 70. er iii6 On the 16th i ns t an t, a t D oug l as, Isle of Man, alter a ling 4 illness, aged 46, Mr. ROBERT JONES , locksmith, upward s " re , years in the empl o y o f M essrs. Gelling, a that town, deep ly gretted by his widow and young family. vel o ' On the 17th in s t an t, at B ers h am, near W rexham, in his 501'1010 that eminently laborious and successful servant of the Lord Christ, the Rev. W. 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