The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-06 00:00:00

CONTEMPORARY PRESS. GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE OF PROTEST ANTISM. (From the Times) The seraphic zeal of the Palmerston print on behalf of the Protestant cause is too well known and appre ciated to require any laudations of ours. As the un feigned respect which its Whitehall patrons have often professed towards the established church in particular has been more than confirmed by their many endea vours to do for it, so the journal in question, imitating the consistency of its dictators, never misses an op portunity for commending the establishment to the confidence and veneration of the country, by vindicat ing her usefulness as a national institution, by remon strating against the sectarian prejudices of her enemies, and by proclaiming her undoubted loyalty in support of the Crown and Constitution. Could we lay our gloved hands upon a file of that cleanly paper for the last three years, the innumerable extracts we might quote from it, illustrative of its genuine Protestant churchmanship, would doubtless be highly edifying to our readers. Not that anything has appeared in that quarter, more than in our own pages, to countenance the frustration either of the Catholic Relief Bill, or the practical repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Such an endeavour, of course, was not to he thought of for a moment. What we particularly allude to in the ministerial organ refers, not to the unfair disparage ment of Papists and Dissenters in regard to their just rights, but to the constitutional maintenance of the es tablished church in the moderate ascendancy still awarded to her by the laws of the realm. On this lat ter point the Downing-street print professes to be as strenuous as ourselves ; and the laborious pains it has taken to realize the declared solicitude of its instruct ors, to this reasonable extent, gives one, we must own, a very fascinating idea of its enormous candour and honesty. To Popish gentlemen entertaining the political opi• nions of the whigs (albeit contending for the destruc tion of the Irish Church and the repeal of the Irish union) offices of civil trust behoved to be awarded with an even hand, that is clear. For what reason the Pro testant Dissenters do not come in for a share of this impartial patronage, we cannot precisely say. In Ireland, as all the world knows, the professors of Popery carry all before them., If a candidate for a government appointment in that country be neither a member of the O'Connell family nor a worshipper of the blessed Virgin, his merits cannot possibly be lis tened to. Indeed, Popery may almost be said to he at a premium among ourselves. On this side of the channel the whigs have elevated at least one Roman Catholic (Lord Lovat) to the peerage ; and another has been made a Master in Chancery. Adherents of the same faith have been promoted to high situations in her Majesty's household. We have, moreover, Papists in the Treasury, Papists in the Admiralty, and Papists at the Board of Trade. Now this, we dare say, is all right enough, as matters go with the whigs. Yet, apart from the ministry's habitual preference of Soci nians for vacant rerorderships, the itching Evangelical non-conformists, such as Baptists, Independents, and Calvinistic Methodists, cannot for their lives get a lu crative post wherewith to claw themselves. How is it that not a single orthodox Dissenter has been made a peer ? Why are there no tabernacle Dulcineas among the Ladies of the Bedchamber ? How happens it that we have neither a Baptist Lord in Waiting, nor a con gregational judge upon the bench, nor a Lady Hun tingdon commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, nor an , evangelical non-conformist of any description what ever, either upon the Board of Admiralty, or upon the Board of Trade, or upon the Treasury Board, or upon the India Board, or upon any known Board in exist ence, connected with the Executive of the country ? Far from imagining that the liberal Government, which bestows its favours upon Papists for the purpose of giving bond fide effect to the Catholic Emancipation Bill, are at the same time deliberately maintaining the repealed Test Acts in practical force against orthodox Dissenters, we have no doubt that the latter's syste matic exclusion from state offices is just as strict a piece of impartiality on the part of the whigs as the prominent honours they confer upon the more fa voured professors of Romanism; nor will their even ing organ, recurring to its usual " enormous" re sources, f2il to justify this impartiality, on the allega tion, that as the Romish communion transcends in numbers and wealth all the non-established sects in this country, so it is but reasonable that its members should exclusively possess the very few offices which the desire of ministers to uphold the decent ascen dancy of the Protestant establishment can enable them to withdraw from the members of the Church of Eng land. MR. GEORGE ROBINS. (From Grant's London Journal.) Mr. Geone Robins! Who has not heard of Mr. George Robins ? Where is the man where the English language is understood, and talked, and read, to whose ears the name of this gentleman is not familar ? Mr. Robins is unques tionably the prince of autioneers ; not as regards Great Britain only, but as respects Europe—aye, and the world itself. I speak with all seriousness when I say, that at this aporaent he stands unrivalled in what may be called the sci ehce of " knocking down." The Americans are famed, all the world over, for their ingenuity and originality in com mending the articles they wish to dispose of, and in prevail ing on persons to purchase them at a high price ; but they have, within the last month or two, given a practical proof that there is not a man within the confines of the New World whb, as a knight of the hammer, can be compared to our Mr. George Robins, - -by o ff ering hat gentleman the splendid retainer of 2000 guineas, independently of paying his ex penses goinand returning, to dispose of a valuable property in New Yo rk. Had there been a man in the United States who, as an auctioneer, at all approached Mr. George Robins, Jonathan is not the person to have sent all the way to the metropolis of the Old World for an auctioneer, and to have made the princely offer of 2000 guineas for his services. We almost regret that Mr. Robins could not have so arranged it with his English employers as to have accepted the offer. How, in that case, the Yankee auctioneers must have hidden their diminished heads, when they saw Mr. Robins in the New York rostrum, expatiating with his own unapproached and unapproachable eloquence, on the advantages of the pro perty wit: whose disposal he had been entrusted ! He would have treated the monied men of the United States to speci mens of " soft sawder," wholly unequalled in brilliancy and raciness by anything they had ever before heard from the most distinguished proficients in that art. The claims on Mr. Robins s services at home were, however, as he himself states, too numerous and urgent to admit of a four or five weeks' absence from England. Mr. George Robins is never in his glory except when in his " Auction Mart." Anywhere else he is altogether out of his element. The Auction Mart is situated in Bartholo mew Lane, directly opposite the Rotunda of the Bank of England. It is on the first floor, to which you ascend by a semi-serpentine flight of stairs. When you have reached the landing, turn to your left hand, and there you will find the celebrated locality. It is only a small room, not withstanding the amount of business done in it, and the importance of the transactions of which it has for so many years been the theatre. It is not capable of containing more than 150 persons, even in a standing position, with any degree of comfort. There are four tables in the centre, and one table on the left hand, extending from ore corner of the apartment nearly to the other. On the right hand, along the wall, there are two or three forms for persons to sit on, hut no table. In front, some five or six feet of space is railed off from the right wall to the left ; within this space, in the centre, is the rostrum of Mr. Robins. On his right sits a clerk; on his left sit the parties who are interested in the property about to be put to the hammer. In the construction of the rostrum there is nothing remarkable. It is raised three or four feet above the floor, and is quite open in front, excepting where covered at the top by a narrow board, which is seemingly supported by iron springs, and serves the purposes of a table, either when laying any papers on it, or when ex t ract i ng f rom i t, b y an application of the hammer, the sound which seals the fate of the property which has been in the market. From the openness of Mr. Robins's rostrum, you not only see the whole of his fine tall athletic figure, but also a large comfort able arm-chair, into which he is accustomed to throw him self, either when fatigued by his exertions, or when, circum stances do not render it necessary for him to remain in a continued perpendicular position. Such is the place in which property of the value of £50,000 or £60,000 is often, in the course of two or three hours, transferred from one person to another; and in which, from first to' last, estates and houses, worth millions of money. have, through i‘ Ir. Robins's potent agency, been made to change hands. Mr. George Robins displays the most consummate tact from the moment he mounts the rostrum until he again de scends from it. Before he regularly introduces to the notice of his audience the property about to be disposed of, he is sure to make some kindly familiar observation to them , which is calcul a ted to make them on good terms with him and themselves. This done, he puts himself into an erect position, carefully with both hands adjusting the little light-coloured hair which still surmounts the crown of his head. Though the demon of baldness ha s b egun hi s wor k on M r . R o bins's bead, and though his ravages have been rather serious on the fore part, the length of the hair which remains is so great, that, with a little care in the arrangement, the less favoured parts of his head may be pretty well concealed.—Mr. Robins next mentions the name and nature of the property to be disposed of; after which he requests his clerk to read the conditions of sale. He then throws himself down in his chair until the clerk has performed the duty assigned him ; on which Mr. Robins starts again to his feet, and then enters heart and soul into the business of the day. And oh, the ability with which he executes the task he has undertaken ! How he eulogises the taste and judgment of his audience! How he coaxes " offer after offer" from them 1 Who shall do jus tice to the ingenuity and richness of his eulogiures on the qualities of the property put up for sale ! Shakspeare is said to have first exhausted worlds, and then imagined new. L eave out the letter " 1" in the t erm " worlds," and the s ame may be said with perfect truth of Mr. George Robins, when professionally engaged in the Auction Mart. He does ex haust words, and then imagine and apply new ones, in the prodigality of his encomiums on the value and excellence of the property committed to his care. He is in fact a Shaks peare in his own way. What the bard of Avon was in the ideal world, he is in the material world. If Shakspeare was unrivalled in his delineations of the workings of the human mind, is not Mr. Robins equally so in describing the beauties of any landed estate he has to sell, or the excellent qualities of some brick and mortar property which he has to dispose of ? Shakspeare is admitted on all hands to have had the finest imagination of any human being in ancient or modern times ; who, that has heard Mr. Robins in the auction room, could question his possession of this faculty in a most extra ordinary degree? With what beauties, and ex':ellencies, and advantages, does his im ag i na ti on i nvest t h e var ious " pro perties ' with the disposal of which he is entrusted ! But I must not pursue the parallel, tempting as is the theme. Mr. Robins is so encomiastic of any thing he has to sell, so earnest, and so zealous and eloquent in matter and manner, that you would conclude, provided you knew no better, that be had never before had any property to dispose of in the whole course of his life, and that the effort you witness must be the result of years of assiduous preparation. What will be your surprise, when you behold him next day, in the same interesting locality, scattering his praises of the article in the market with the same princely prodigality, and proving him self as zealous and earnest in his endeavours to get it advan. tageously disposed of, as if his own existence was dependent on the result. One of the most ingenious and ettective,ex. clients to which Mr. Robins is in the habit of resorting i n his appeals to the pockets of the a uditory, is that of assuming a feeling of the most perfect indifference as to how his em. Pknwn way be effeeteid by the result of the sale, and pre tending that all his solicitude is for the interests of his expected purchaser. And in such cases he displays infinite tact, He actually does in many cases, persuade the intend ing purchaser that all his concern is really for his interest, and that, being sure of his fee from his employers, he has entirely lost sight of them. To give an instance of this : On the 20th of June last, in obedience to instructions received from the executors of the late Mr. Scott, for many years well known in the theatrical world, he brought the Olympic Theatre, of which Mr. Scott held a twenty-seven years lease at the time of his death, to the hammer. There were seven or eight bidders; still Mr. Robins could not get them to proceed so fast as he wished. Looking earnestly, first at one bidder and then at another, he would say, speak ing in a semi-confidential tone, just as if he wished that no one else in the room should know anything of the matter, " I assure you, Sir, you will never get such a chance of making a safe and lucrative investment again. I am posi tively sorry for your sake that you are not more alive to your own interests." Again : " I am quite delighted to have it in my power to confer upon you so substantial a service, as to place this property within your reach ; and I assure you, that it will always be to me a source of supreme satisfaction to reflect that I have been the means of conferring indepen dence for life on the fortunate purchaser." A few moments afterwards he said,—" Really I am surprised that you should hesitate an instant to bid for this property. I assure you that I do feel it to be my duty to you, to endeavour to make you alive to your own interests." In this way Mr. Robins proceeds at intervals, chosen with great judgment, to per suade intending purchasers that his sole object in selling the property that day, is, that he may have the happiness of promoting their interests. The amount of his business is the best proof of the extent to which the " ingenious device" succeeds. Of course, the interests of the simple purchaser, whose face was never before seen and never may be again by the auctioneer, never cost the latter a single thought. He is all the while, as in duty bound, thinking only how he can procure the highest price for his employers. Mr. George Robins is a most persuasive auctioneer. Per sons have gone into that Mart and come out purchasers of the property put up for sale, who had no more idea of ever making a single offer than they had of purchasing an estate at the antipodes. To be present at one of Mr. Robins's sales, no matter what may be the nature of the property, or how great the previous determination not to bid, is, I repeat, to rush unnecessarily into temptation's way, as many thou sands have found to their cost. Mr. Robins's manner has nothing extravagant about it. He dislikes theatrical gesture ; he trusts to the effect of his ingenious remarks. CHINA-ITS AREA, POPULATION, GEOGRAPHY, &c. (From the Colonial Magazine.) MACAO. We may now. proceed to examine the history of Macao, near the entrance of the Canton River, to which Europeans are compelled to resort for hale the year, when the trade of Canton is closed. Macao, in Chinese Aou man, " the entrance to the bay," is a small granite peninsula, across which the Chinese have built a wall, with a guard-house and barrier. To the south and east of the peninsula is high land, behind which is a stripe of alluvial soil, employed in the cultivation of rice ; it is situated in 22 114 N. lat., and 113 324 long. E. of Green wich. The climate is healthy, being freely exposed to the sea air, and the place has good water, bread, and a well-stocked bazaar. On landing you have before you a spacious semicir cular hay, encompassed with rising hills, crowned with forts, convents, churches, and private buildings. The circuit of the peninsula is said to be about eight English miles, its greatest eaten: three, and its greatest breadth nearly a mile. The good harbour which Macao possesses for vessels of small burden attracted the attention of Europeans at a very early period of their intercourse with China ; and, after having had temporary abodes in it for twenty years, the Portuguese, in the year 1558, after the expulsion from Ningpo and Chinchew, obtained liberty from the local officers to take up their fixed residence at the place, and to build more substantial houses. This liberty was obtained by the seasonable use of bribery with the local authorities, and not by an imperial grant in reward for services done by the Portuguese in driving away pirates. Macao, therefore, still belongs, in fact, to the Chi nese Government ; and in this light it is always regarded by them. The Portuguese, also, virtually acknowledge the fact, by the annual payment of a ground rent, which has varied at different times, but is now limited to 500 taels. This sum is paid, at the beginning of every year, to the magistrate of Hean-shang, on the delivery by him of a discharge signed by the Poo-ching-sze, or treasurer of Canton. The Portuguese are, however, under the government of their own officers, and subject to their own laws ; though several Chinese authorities have, at various times, been placed among them. The Portuguese officers are, a governor and captain-general, an ouvidor or chief justice (called also the minister and the dezembargador) and u senate, which com prises among its members three vereadores or inspectors of various branches of the government, two judges, and a pro curador, who has the general charge of the town and the revenue, and is also the organ of communication with the Chinese authorities. Macao was likewise early erected into a bishopric ; but the see is at present vacant. The Chinese officers are a Keun min-foo, who is an assistant to the chief magistrate of Can ton department, a Tsoo-tang, or assistant to the Heang shan district magistrate, two Wel-vuens or custom-house officers, deputed by the Canton hoppo, and a military officer, with a small force under his command, residing at Tsee shan, or Casa Branca, a military station and village at a short distance beyond the barrier erected by the Chinese in 1597 to prevent the further ingress of foreigners. The Portuguese and Chinese are both governed by their respective laws and officers ; while foreigners are subject in some degree to the government of beth parties. In civil cases between Chinese and Portuguese, the officers of the two nations correspond with each other through the medium of the procurador ; but in several instances of importance the former have shown a determination to dictate to the latter in what way they are to act. Before Canton was opened to European commerce generally, the Portuguese were for nearly a century almost the only carriers between China and Europe, and possessed an exclusive trade at Canton for 50 or 60 years, as they at that time also enjoyed the carrying trade to Japan. Macao was then a rich and flourishing settlement, " the best and most important pillar the Portuguese had in all the east." Hence, when other European nations began to com pete with them, it became the constant object of mutual con tention and strife. Had the offers then made by the Chinese, in the years 1717 and 1739, that Macao should be made the emporium for all foreign trade, and should receive the duties on all imports, been accepted, its former affluence and splendour might not only have been still retained, but might even have been increased. In both cases, however, this splendid offer was declined by the senate, acting under the directions of the vice' oy of Gos. The gradual decline of Macao dates from this period, when other European nations began to compete with the Portu guese in China, and in the general Asiatic market. The illiberal principle on which the merchants frequently acted accelerated its ruin, which was almost completed in the reign of Kanghe, by a prohibition to all Chinese subjects (among whom the inhabitants of Macao were included) to navigate the southern seas. At this period (1686) the shipping con sisted of but ten vessels, which were reduced, in 1704, to only " two ships, that could neither be manned nor fitted out." The number of vessels now belonging to the port is 15, being 10 less than the number to which they are limited by the Chinese. When Portugal became united, in 1581, to the crown of Spain, Macao was also induced to submit to the government of Philip I. ; and on the separation of the two kingdoms, about sixty years afterwards, it was still of so much impor tance as to be considered a desirable possession. Endeavours were therefore made to retain it for Spain ; but a large ma jority of the citizens declared their adherence to the new Portuguese dynasty. In 1622, the Dutch, being anxious to obtain a footing and possession in China, attempted an invasion of Macao. Thir teen sail of ships were sent against it, and 800 men effected a landing at Casilha's Bay, and began marching towards the town ; but on coming between the two forts of the Monte and the Guia, they were routed and driven back by the Por tuguese. To make amende in some measure for their defeat, they then took possession of the Piscadore Islands, in the Formosa Channel, (belonging to China,) on the pretence that the Chinese had assisted the Portuguese against them. Five years after this, the Dutch made a second attempt on Macao by blockading the port and making seizure of all. vessels that arrived there. But the Portuguese contrived to take and burn the chief ship, and the others hearing that a Spanish squadron was advancing from Manilla to succour Macao, speedily took their departure. In 1808 an English expedition, under the command of Admiral Drury, was sent from Bengal to occupy Macao, and defend it for the Portuguese against the French. But the Chinese government immediately stopped the British trade, and refused to receive any communication from the Admiral so lent; as the troops remained in the place. After about three months stay they were, therefore, quietly withdrawn. Though the story of Macao being granted to the Portuguese for their services against the pirates be a fabrication, yet it is not without the appearance of foundation, for, since they have occupied the place, they have more than once been called upon to assist the Chinese in driving away and sub duing the numerous pirates who have at all times infested the coast of Canton. In 1809 these pirates had become so powerful and daring, that they set the imperial squadron at defiance, and frequently plundered European as well as Chinese boats. On this occasion Macao furnished, at, the desire of the Chinese, six vessels manned and furnished for six months ; and with this assistance, accompanied by pro mises of rewards and honours, the chief pirates were brought to surrender to the government, while their immediate assistants were severely punished, some by execution, others by transportation. Macao is the place set apart by the Chinese for the resi dence of foreigner s when not engaged in business at Canton. The Portuguese government denies this as a matter of right, and has at various times shown a disposition to refuse indi vGindaualliasforreeei issuedpermission a n order,to dresideireet directing butg iits thebei being Viceroy t granted g en ne tl r y s in all cases, so long as the court of Lisbon shall issue no orders to the contrary. For a foreign lady landing at Macao the Chinese custom house officers used to exact about one hundred dollars. This was in consequence of an old imperial prohibition against any new females coming to the place, issued at the same time with a prohibition against building houses in any new situa tions or rebuilding old ones without permission. The former pro hibition, and consequent connivance, ha s now b een got over ; but the latter prohibition still continues in force. New houses are, however, built, not without much expense on the score of bribery of the local officers. ANECDOTE OF A SAILOR.—The following anecdote is so creditable to our countryman, the late lamented Admiral Sir F. Maitland, that we cannot withhold it from our readers. When in command of the Loire, Captain Maitland agreed with Captain Dixon, of the Apollo, that they should share between them whatever prize money should fall to their lot. Captain Dixon's life was a short one, and he left a widow far from affiuent. Mrs. Dixon was one morning waited on by a gentleman, who tendered for her acceptance a b ank check for £23,000. Surprised and hesitating, Mrs. Dixon objected to receive so munificent a sum. Captain Maitiand's answer was quite characteristic, and does him infinite honour—. my agreement with my friend Dixon was not an agreement for life, it was to con ti n ue during the war; th is mone y , madam, is therefore a fairly yours.—Caledonian Merc ur y . BLE NNAVIGATION. — The directors of this undertaking have, w e understand, received from Messrs. Stevenson, their to exten eng.neers, the plans f part of the river. i or the proposed works in the lower line of wall is to be immediately com mencedwhich are excavated f rom the river Savick ; this the caul or jetty near the chain to raised about three feet ab ove wall is to be constructed of the stones will form the north sidethe bed of the river, and will be ofove low water, and when completed The the low water channel from the Chain to the Savick. busily at work, and the excavators of the rock are again directorsgreat are making every prepara tion for carrying on wi ththe different works energy .es the celebrated violin connected with this undertaking. bruler. The following puff on M. Ole Bull, t Pilot. adarge case their bows, aving papersun " A few o n p i e g n h e t d s and a ist, appears in some of the French ago, on returning to his lodgings, h e ad dressed to him, and marked Bois a it, he found twenty-three violins with let ter from a musical society, informing him that t owners of these violins, who gave their names, after having heard him perform, were so displeased with their inferiority, that they had resolved to send their instruments to him, and to request him him to burn them. M. Ole Bull instantly resolved upon viting the twenty-three gentlemen to a splendid dinner, and as the , ruests entered the dining-room, each found his violin suspended over his chair, with a label bearing the worn 4 /Solitude and Perseverance.' '' ECCLEBIASTICAL AND UNIVERSIITY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Oxford Herald) On Thursday last the following degrees were conferred : MASTER OF ARTS. Rev. David Williams, Jesus College, BACHELORS OF ARTS. Uvedale Corbett, gtae - i : LT of Christ Church. David Edwards, Jesus College. The Rev. W. Gibbard, M.A., of Worcester College, Cu- rate of St. Mellion, has been appointed Curate of Painswick, Gloucestershire. The Rev. J. Gibson, M.A., Fellow of Queen's College, has been instituted to the Rectory of South Weston, Oxford shire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Benson : patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College. The Rev. W. George Leigh Wasey, M.A., of Christ Church, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacies of Morvil and Quatford, both in the county of Salop, and the patronage of Lord Sudeley, and both vacant by the death of the Rev. G. H. Hazlewood. The Rev. Robert Green Jeston, M.A., of Trinity College, has been instituted to the Rectory of Avon Dassett, War wickshire, on his own petition, vacant by the death of the Rev. H. Jeston. PROMOTIONS. Rev. Sir Geo. S. Robinson, Bart., M.A., of Trinity Col lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Cranford St. John, Northamptonshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Daniel Baseley : patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. On the 14th ultimo, the Rev. Henry Freeland, Rector of Hasketon, Suffolk, was instituted, by the Lord Bishop of London, to the Rectory of Ovington, together with the Cha pel of Albright ; and, on the same day, to the Rectory of Silbury (junta Clare), in the county of Essex. . Rev. Henry Headly, M.A., of Caius College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Brinsop, Herefordshire : patron, the Bishop of Hereford. Rev. C. Bury, of St. Luke's, Skerton, to be Curate of St. Anne's, Lancaster. Rev. Wilfred Lawson Jarrett, 8.A., of St. John's Col lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Camerton, Someraetshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Skinner : patron, J. Jar rett, Esq. Rev. Robert Halburd to the Prebend of Killanully, vacant by the death of the Rev. Richard Lloyd. Rev. William Irwin, late Curate of Fenagh, to the Chapel of Ease in the town of Mountmellick, Ireland. (From the Cambridge Chronicle.) In reply to a communication from the Undergraduates of this university, Lord Melbourne writes " that there is no intention of granting to the Undergraduates of the Univer sities an additional term on the occasion of her Majesty's marriage." At a congregation on Wednesday last the degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred by Royal Mandate on the Right Rev. Henry Pepys, of St. John's College, the New Bishop of Sodor and Man. At the same congregation the following degrees were con ferred MASTER OF ARTS. James Brown, Trinity College. Barrett Edward Lampet, Corpus Christi College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Charles Tizard Davies, Queen's College. Kenneth M`Kenzie Pughe, St. John's College. The Rev. Ed. Hill, of Christ Church, Oxford, was admit ted ad eundem of this university. The Rev. Henry Headly, M.A., of Gonville and Caius College, in this university, was on the 21st instant, collated by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, to the vicarage of Brinsop, Herefordshire ; patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The Rev. Henry Freeland, Rector of Hasketon, Suffolk, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of London, to the Rectory of Ovington, with the Chanelry of Allbrights, and the Rectory of Tilbury, Essex. On Thursday, the 20th instant, E. W. Relton, Esq. 8.A., of Pembroke College, in this university, was unanimously elected Vice-Principal of the Collegiate School, Sheffield. On the 7th instant, the Rev. Thomas Cornfield Haddon, LL.B., was licensed to the perpetual Curacy of Tunstall, in the gift of the Lord Bishop of Norwich. The Rev. John Authon. - Partridge, M.A., has been insti tuted to the Rectory of Baconthorp, in Norfolk, on the pre sentation of John Thurston Mott, of Town 13arningham Hall, in the said county, Esq._ The Rev. Charles Edward Kennaway, M. A., of St. John's College, in this University, to the Incumbency of the new church called Christ Church, at Lansdowne, Cheltenham. Charles W. Goodwin, Esq., of Catharine Hall, in this University, has been elected a Fellow of that society. THE HONOURABLE AND LOYAL SOCIETY OF ANCIENT BRITONS. (From the Morning Herald of Tuesday.) The 126th anniversary festival of this noble charity was celebrated, yesterday afternoon, at the Freemasons' Tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, supported by the Primate of Ireland, Lord Powis, Lord Kenyon, Lord Brecknock, Lord Neville, the Hon. R. Clive, Sir J. Graham, Sir Charles Morgan, M.P.,C01. Wood, M.P., for Brecon, Sir B. Hall, M.P., Sir G. arroll, R. Richards, Esq., M.P., Sergeant Atcherly, 0. Morgan, Esq., Colonel. Jones, :ice. Upwards of 300 gentlemen sat down to dinner. After the customary loyal toasts, which were enthusiasti cally responded to, The illustrious Chairman said, that to the toast which be now had to propose to them, they would have to show re spect by their silence—it was in " Memory of their late Pre sident, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, who for 40 years of his life was one of the greatest benefactors the charity ever had." The toast was then drunk in silence, the choir chanting the requiem, "Peace! peace! to his sainted spirit—peace!" The toast of " The Army and Navy" having been drunk with the usual honours. _ . . The royal Chairman begged to propose " The Principality of Wales—(loud cheers)—and may we," said his royal high ness, " soon have a Prince of Wales." (Enthusiastic cheer ing, which continued for several minutes.) The toast was responded to with vehement plaudits, and one cheer more again and again. The children educated by the charity were then introduced and led round the hall. Their healthy and cleanly appear ance and cheerful countenances elicited frequent marks of approbation from the company. Upon the children retiring, The illustrious Chairman said, that the very interesting sight which gentlemen had just witnessed, would, he was sure, induce them heartily to respond to the toast he was about to propose—" Prosperity to the Welch Charity School." (Loud cheers.) It was impossible to witness the healthy, cleanly, and cheerful looks of the children, without deeply estimating the noble charity by which their personal comforts were so admirably attended to, and through the means of which, too, he might add, their moral and religious nurture was attended to with an anxiety equally laudable, equally ad mirable. (Cheers.) It was impossible, he repeated, to be hold 170 children thus reared in industrious habits, and a pure and holy religion, without being moved. (Cheers.) And he could himself answer, personally answer, for the excellent manna in which the school in Gray's Inn-lane was con ducted. (Cheers.) He had visited the place within the last week, and it afforded him a high gratification indeed to be able to assure them that everything which fell under his eye, in the close inspection he then made, did the greatest credit to those who superintended the charity. (Cheers.) As a proof of the sound education given to the children in the school, he would mention to the company a fact which had just been communicated to him by a gentleman present, and that was, that but one case had occurred of a child educated by the charity being brought before a court of justice. (Loud cheers.) It would be impossible to offer stronger evidence in support of the excellent morality taught under this noble charity. (Cheers.) He hoped that such an institution might long flourish—(cheers ;) and he trusted that gentlemen pre sent would show their desire that it should flourish by their liberally contributing that night in support of its funds. (Cheers.) He now begged to conclude by proposing " Pros perity to the Welch Charity School," with three-times-three. The toast was drunk with enthusiastic cheering. Song—Owen Glendwyr's war song. Air—" The rising of the lark." Mr. Collier and chorus. His Royal Highness next proposed " The President of the Charity, Lord Powis," which was responded to with cheers repeated again and again. Lord Powis begged leave to return his grateful thanks for the honour they had just conferred upon him. They would allow him to take this the first and earliest, and indeed best opportunity for him, to return his thanks for the honour they had done him in electing him the president of their valuable society. (Cheers.) He was well aware of the diffi culties he had to encounter in succeeding to a person so emi nently beloved by every truehearted Welchman—(cheers)— respected wherever he was known,—(loud cheers)--and who, he believed, never had, within the Principality, one single person who could be construed into this enemy. (Loud cheers.) Difficult, however, as the task might be to any individual who might sueceed to that lamented gentleman, yet he (Lord Powis) did not belong to a family that would be deterred by difficulties which it was a duty to encounter. (Hear, hear.) Those difficulties would urge him the more to endeavour to rival him, if by possibility that could be the case, in their affections, and in an anxious desire, through a long life, if it should please God to spare him, to promote the best interests of this valuable institution. (Loud cheers.) The national song and chorus of " St. David's Day" was then sung by Mr. Fitzwilliam, who introduced the following verse, to the most loyally expressed approbation of the company : " An English prince his succour lends To cherish the distressed, Surrounded by old Cambria's friends, Obeying Heaven's behest ; And here, where loyalty prevails, Olet us fondly pray, That we may have a Prince of Wales On next St. David's Day." Lord Powis said the toast, with the proposing of which he had been honoured, was " The Health of the President of the day, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,"— (loud cheers)—the son of one of the most illustrious monarchs that ever presided over this great kingdom,—(loud cheers) — and the brother of one of the most munificent patrons this charity ever had—(cheers) ;—and his royal highness was in his own person a brilliant example of one who knew his duty equally in his high and royal station and as a simple citizen presiding as he did that day over one of the most valuable institutions in the empire. (Cheers.) He called upon them to honour the toast as became the-principality. The toast was drunk with enthusiastic and prolonged cheering. The illustrious Duke, in returning thanks, said he should always feel great pleasure in giving his countenance and sup port to so noble a charity as that of the honorable and loyal society of Ancient Britons. (Cheers.) The following toasts were next given :—" The Archbishop of Armagh," " Sir Charles Morgan, and the other Vice- Presidents of the Society," and the Vice-Presidents of the day." Col. Wood, M.P. then proceeded to read the list of sub scriptions. Among them were:those of her Majesty's annual subscription of 100 guineas, the Queen Dowager, £25 ; preached (in Doxxs addi tion subscription) betep(eo:raysi previously a s vi iesoou of t ulalfi K iels):l e e : g i..s , uivoien.n 2 e 5 a s ; gDivuekneaot f th C e a c m h b a r r i i d ty ge s , e .£ rm 2s or ; i by the Archbisop of Armagh in the moruing, and a sum of subscription)—A .n Earlal % kio: Powis, n rm g g i rn n xc h s e s.o; totallis Morgan,oi rn C l h 6 a o e ; Wssot Morgan,hy(enannD ,nutuekane n eas guineas (an n(uaanln subscription) subscription) H 0 : G.t .Marquis Trevor, of Anglesey,. 4dr ; gpuyinneeaysor(,anxr2l sßuebi,s,.cricpt.iown)ilrilaCmosl: 21 Wood, guin e M a s .; Ps.ir2sjagmueis wGasrahraemceivetednwgiutiilnseiaiosut(sanonfual applause, subscription) w h ichLord2s s Evans t i ; n fl i e v ; e ) guineasargu Marquis ( o t eann Westminsteroun c em e announcement o f u this h te subscriptionhan hands o f ; co M nt r i . nu S e h d eri fo ff r f the illustrious chairman) £5O ; Mr. Powells gul v a e s ; Col. Jones, 10 guineas; Sir B. llall, £5 : Hon. R. P Mr. R. Jones, £ 5O ; Marquis of Downshire, 20 guu 'i in : ee 2 aa3 ; s; Marquis Camden,isho Brecknock,plOofgußinaneagso;r,Eloarlguineas;thePrimate of 10 g Duke of Northumber land, six g u ineas ; Bishop of St. Asa h ; . Mr,Mostyn, £lO ; Justice Bosan quet , f i ve £10;1O g u Ireland H i ne , as oxns ; Mr. Gore, M. P. five guineas ; Lord B oston, ; Bishop g uineas ; Sergeant A tcherle y , five guineas. Col Wood was happy to announce tothe company th a t t h e list of subscripti ons raised during the evening was larger th an guas. any that had been r aised for many years—cheers); h e be _ lected—(loud cheers,) fo r lieved he might venture to .t s a a m y, o , u la n r t g e e d r t th o a x n l e ,s v o e 3 r b 2 e s f . o_re (l co m l : mense cheers.) professional gentlemen present, Mas- Collyer, Aan ters Coward and Herring, Messrs. Bellamy, excellent a g stthyeleehvyentihneg,several airs and glees were sung in del, Gear, Fitzwilliam, Parry, Richards, Calkin, and Parry, jun. the ast of whom gave The Maid of Llangollen " with great sweetness, and evidently to the delight of the royal chairman, who heartily joined in the unanimous call for its repotitiou. 6 2475 EXPORTS. Foreign—Barley, qrs.; Oatmeal, g Ids. ; Four, qrs. ; Malt, 0 qrs. ; Indian CI qrs. ; Barley, 0 qrs. ; Malt, I Beans, 0 qrs. ; Pease, 72 qt 320 Ids. ; Flour, 60 sacks 90 141 2506 I; 75 360 630 11 630 2 qrs. ; Oats, 85 qrs. ; Pease, 9 37 barrels. Ireland—Wheat, 124 torn, 19 qrs. Coastwise—Wheat, 82 18 qrs. ; Oats, 15 qrs. ; Rye, 0 qrs. ' • rs. ; Indian Corn, 15 qrs. ; Oatmeal, barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Feb. 29, 1840. Wheat.. 665. 44. I Barley.. 38s. 4d. I Oats.. 245. 64. Rye.. 38s. 64 Beans.. 40s. Od. I Pease, 3gs. 10d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 655. 6d. I Barley.. 38s. 74. Oats.. 245. 0. I Rye.. 375. 5d Beans .. 40s. Od. I Pease.. 40s. Od. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheat2ls. Bd.. I Barley4s. lOd. I Oats ...... 10s. gd. I Rye .. 14s. Od Beans,lls. Od. Pease. gs. 6d. Indian Corn4s. 10d. Flour, 13s. O Liverpool Averages, week ending 3rd March, 1840. Wheat. Barley. I 1170 Oats . Beans. Pease. Qr 5..... I 843 7o 32 0 Prices.. 695. 3d. 255. 3d. 50s. Od. Os. Od. &bippiim lintelitgenrt, TUESDAY, MARCH a—Wind East, A R atvun.—lsabella, White, from Dundee—and Warlock, —, from Whitehaven. OFF.—Amelia, —, from Leghorn—and Harriet, Bennet, from Antwerp. SAILED.—Jane Goudie, Davy, for Rio Janeiro—Alexander, Al brecht, for Danzic—New Jersey, Dickson, for Charleston—Zoe, Holmes, for Calcutta—Romulus, Garson, for Africa—Llama, Clay ton, for St. Thomas and Santa Martha—Juno, Sphor, for Danzic— Amalia, Zimmerman, for Pillau—and Antelope, Jones, for Africa. Royal Mail, Minter, sailed from Scilly for St. Michael's Bth Feb. ; Flyiugtish, Edwards, for Constantinople, 18th Feb. and Premier, Newman, for Gibraltar, 27th Feb. Dolphin, Chrunivant, for Nantes; Meteore, Demain, for Ostend; Marie Antoinette, Ocket. and Leopold Ist, Curling, for Antwerp, at Scilly Prospertie, Reitzke, hence for Danzic, at Stromriess Temperance, Lessant, from Smyrna at Falmouth Ceres, Tyrer, from Marseilles at ditto ; on the 20th Feb. in lat. 41, long. 12, spoke the Henry Woolley, hence to Havana John Souchay, , from Gibraltar to Monte Video, was spoken Jan. 16th, in lat. 4 N. long. 28 W. Gilbert Henderson, Tweedie, from London at Teneriffe, and sailed 14th Jan. for New South Wales . _ Plym, Davies, and Athol, Gleg, from Odessa at Constantinople Quiz, Lachlan, hence at Constantinople Albanian, Winsor. sailed from Leghorn 14th Feb. for Zante, and Britannia, Volum, 16th Feb. for this port Victorosio, Azzopardi, from Smyrna at Gibraltar, and sailed 18th Feb. for this port Lloyds, Blandford, from Licati at Gibraltar, and sailed 17th Feb. for this port Bessy Robertson, Christie, from Zante at Gibraltar, and sailed 20th Feb. for this port Black-eyed Susan, Watkins, sailed from Gibraltar for Genoa, 15th Feb. Charlotte Amelia, Tavares, hence at Oporto Swallow, Wilson; sailed from Oporto for this port 13th Feb. Ituria, Sanderson, from Calcntta. and Rio Janeiro at Scilly, with damage, having been in contact with a French vessel Roseland, Dunstone, hence for Bilboa at Scilly, after being 200 miles to the westward Anne, , from Rio Janeiro, off Dover Egidius Steene, hence to Ostend, at S. illy Hebe, Amos, hence for London at Scilly, after striking on Bacon Ledge, but got off with trifling damage HOLYHEAD, 2nd March.—The Garleston, Shields, from Charles town for this port, has been in contact with a light ship, and is leaky. Wind E.S.E. strong breeze John Souchay, , from Gibraltar for Monte Video, was spoken 16th Jan. in lat. 40 0 N, long. W Henry, Woolley, hence for Havana, was spoken 20th Feb. in lat. 41 0, long. 13 0 THURSO, Feb. 27.—The Medea, Blackhert, four days from Liver pool for Pillau, has been in the Pentland Frith for two days be calmed, with a thick fog STROAINESs, Feb. 26.—The Germania, Dross, from Wismar, for Liverpool; Prosperite, Raetzke, from Liverpool for Danzic, Ma jestic, Rossie, from Liverpool for Newcastle, and Jane, Young, from Liverpool for Montrose—Wind S. BRISTOL, Feb. 29.—The Woodcock, Simpson, from Liverpool for New Orleans. put in here through stress of weather, has been re paired, and cleared this day for her destined port WEDNESDAY, MARCII:4.—Wind E. fresh. ARRIVED.—South America, Bailey, from New York—Marmora, Neyers, from New Orleans. SAlLED.—British Queen, Gladston, for Trieste and Ancona — Colombia, Blaney, for St. Vincent and Santa Martha—Eleanora, Halewyk, and Pauline, Schrienberg, for Ostend—lsabella, Miller, for Genoa—Princess Victoria, Reay, for Genoa and Leghorn— Elizabeth Wood, --, for Barbadoes—Universe, Black, for Her bice—ldris, Legget, for Tortola—and Isabella, Dempster, for Rot terdam and Dordt. Priscilla, , from Aricati, at Crookhaven Wm. Salthouse, Stanton, from Porto Rico, and Ralph Wylam, M'KenLie, from Odessa, at the Cove—both for this port Constellation, Davies, from St. John, N.B. and Kingstown, at the Clyde James Hunt, , hence for Virginia, was spoken Ist Feb. in lat. 40 0, long. 57 0 British Queen, (steamer) from London, at Portsmouth, and sailed 2nd instant for New York Cremore, Shapley, from Pernambuco, at Trieste Tiber, Lamb, sailed from Trieste for Dublin 15th Feb. Naiad, Watson, from Odessa, at Cork Albion, Martin, from Figueira, at ditto John Denniston, Barker, sailed from Falmouth for this port Ist instant Courier, , and Eliza Sanders, —, from Smyrna for this port, were spoken 7th Feb. off Cape de Gatt STRALSUND, Feb. 25.—The river is again closed by ice. FROM THE LONDON PRICES CURRENT, MARCH 4, 1840; . . The markets foi West India,.Easi India, and China produce are buoyant, but the business actually transacted on 'Change this after noon was not upon an extensive scale. The demand for Tea is rather improving. Company's Congous were at 2s 8d to 2s 83d per lb for cash, and Is 8d to 2s 10d per lb for short prompts. Rather above 7,000 bags of Saltpetre were publicly offered this afternoon, and the prices realised for that part of it which was sold was, quality considered, about the same as were previously obtained. BALTIC PROUCCE.—The late movements in the Tallow Markets are thus detailed in one of the monthly " Circulars " just issued : " From the commencement to the middle of February the price of Tallow gradually advanced from 4gs Gd to rils gd per cwt. for de livery in February or March, or proportions in March and April. The trade in the mean time bought freely for consumption. During the latter part of the month there was not so much doing. either for consumption or delivery on contract, the prices fluctuating be tween sis and 52s per cwt." The quotations of Hemp and Flax are at present considerably below what they were at this period of last year. The stocks are abundant. AMERICAN PRODUCE.—The market for Cotton is steady, but for Tobacco it is very dull of late, the trade pm - chased more sparingly, under the expectation, generally entertained, that prices will re cede still lower, especially as regards the middling samples. Fine Tobaccos have not been subjected to a proportionate reduction, as the stocks on hand are much reduced. The sales of produce at St. Petersburg, on the 18th ult. were as follows :—Yellow Candle Tallow. first quantity, 1600 casks at 34 5-7 roubles, for delivery in August, and at 35 3-7 roubles, for June. Half clean Hemp had been sold at 20 roubles, for 4000 poods per Berkowez, and for Cash. At Dantzie, up to the 21st ult. freight to London had been taken at 215 per loud of Fir Deals, and to Liverpool, 5s per quarter for Wheat. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS.—Tries DA.Y. CORN EXCHANGE. From the continuance of adverse winds, the arrivals of Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal into this port, between Tuesday last and to-day, have been very inconsiderable. The millers and dealers,' however, seeming determined to wait in antici pation of better supplies ere long, the business passing in any article of the Corn trade in the course of that period has been extremely unimportant, but without producing any decisive change in the general quotations previously esta blished. The duties announced this morning are the same as last week, except on Beans, now raised to Ils., and on Oats, reduced to 10s. 9d. per quarter. Having at this day's market a much more slender attend ance of town and country buyers than for some time past, and a general disposition to remain almost wholly inactive, we may briefly remark that the trade for Grain of all de scriptions was exceedingly dull. As, however, the display of samples was more limited than usual, and the holders in consequence exhibited no anxious desire to press sales on lower terms, the currency stated in our last report appeared to remain unvaried. English and foreign free Flour appeared also to command little notice to-day, while American, in bond, has continued to meet inguiry, and from 3000 to 4000 barrels have changed hands since Tuesday, at 31s. per barrel ; with few sellers under 325., which is now required but not obtained. Oatmeal, although in slow request, was held with firmness at late prices. ARRIVA. 3d to the LS OF CORN, sth March, 1840, inclusive. From the DESCRIPTION. IRE LAND COAST- FO REIGN UNITED TOTAL STATES.II Wheet Ors. 1 Barley Qrs. Malt Oats Rye Qrs. Beans Qrs. Pease Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn . . Qrs. reseed Qrs. Oatmeal . . . . Dads Pour . Sens Ditto . Brls. WISE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY, MARCH 6.—Wind S.S.E. ARRlVED.—Susannah Cumming, Sutton, from Mobile; sailed :2nd Jan.—and Diadem, Ross, from Trieste. Charles Carter, Broad, hence at Constantinople Amazon, Holmes, and Premier, Keith, from Odessa, at ditto, and both sailed gth ult. for Liverpool Rosannah. M`Laren, and Agenoria, Sutton, hence at Naples Scotch Lass, Kearsey, hence for Plymouth, at Hamburg Huddersfield, Owen, sailed from Milford for Africa 4th instant Coßingwood, —, hence at Rio Janeiro Lapwing Packet, —, sailed from Tampico for Falmouth 13th Jan. Mary & Eliza, from St. Michael's for Liverpool, at Crook haven Harlequin, —, from Rio Janeiro, at ditto Trinidad, Brown, from Odessa for Cork, at ditto Naiad, ' from Catania, at the Cove Ton E RAT 0 RY, M arch 2.—The Jenny, Newton, from Jamaica to Liverpool, put in here 29th Feb. short of provisions. She has on board the captain and five men belonging to the Dorothy. Fleming, from St. John, N.B. to Hull, taken from the Carteretta, hence to Newfoundland, by which they had been taken off the wreck. The remainder of the crew were left on board the Carteretta. BsAu➢IARIs, March s.—The Mary Kermode, from the Isle of Man for Liverpool, was wrecked on the Dutchman's bank yester day afternoon ; crew and part of the materials saved. A schooner was seen on Blackwater Bank on the Ist instant, by the Lelia Rookh, from Marseilles. MISCELLANEOUS. SINGULAR DOWRY.—A shoemaker recently got married to the daughter of a nailer in Ardee, and the fortune the Man of lasts got With the maid of the anvil is six years' sup ply of nails for whatever shoes he makes! Mrs. Bolton, of Storrs Hall, Windermere, last week, ac cording to annual custom, distributed a quantity of coals to each poor family in Bowness and the adjacent district. — Carlisle Patriot. WELLINGTON TESTIMONI AL.—We are happy to announce that the subscriptions for this public-spirited undertaking already amount to the munificent sum of £6,200. —Glasgow Mail. ------ LONGEVITY. — Within a circle of a tnile•in the township of Finsthwaite, reside three individuals, whose united ages amount to 281 years.—Lancaster Gazette. The Earl of Shrewsbury has begun the erection of a new Roman Catholic chapel and school at Alton Towers.— Wor cester journal. The Earl of Stradbroke has purchased the extensive estates of Viscount Middleton, in the county of Waterford for £98,000. INCREASE OF EMIGRATION.—Instead of 1,500 persons who emigrated to Australia in 1838, the total number of 1839 is actually 15,000 ten times the number. Mr. Cornwall Legh has been actively canvassing the con servative freeholders of this town and neighbourhood during the week, and we are happy to say with a success which places his return for this division of the county beyond the shadow of a doubt. —Stockport Advertiser. REPRESENTATION OF NORTH CHESHIRE.—For several days during the week, Mr. Cornwall Legh has been actively engaged in a personal canvass of the electors, resident in Macclesfield. We are told that the success he has met with has been highly satisfactory to him, and the friends of con servatism.—Stoffordshire Gazette. CHICHESTER.—Mr. Hector, the present Whig member for Petersfield, has expressed his intention of resigning his seat at any future election. Mr. J. B. Carter, son of the late member for Portsmouth, comes forward on the Whig interest. but without the slightest chance of success against Sir W. Jolliffe, the Conservative candidate.—Brighton Gazelle. The will of the late Mr. John Holroyd, of Northumber land-street, Strand, plumber to her Majesty, the public offices, &c., was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canter bury on the 6th inst., and the personal estate sworn under £90,000. The deceased, many years since, saved the life of his late Majesty George the Third, when fired at by Hatfield, the lunatic, at the theatre. LORD FRANCIS EGERTON.—This nobleman has lately be come owner, by purchase, of the Astley Estate, Cheshire. There were many competitors for the property, but which was eventually knocked down to his lordship at between 78 and £79,000. Very various, indeed, were the views of the bidders as to its value, some of whom ceased their biddings after £56,000 had been offered. ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY.—About ten days ago, a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Rothbury, took a fishing excursion. In a single day's fishing in the Coquet with a fly, he caught the incredible number of 13 well-grown Salmon ; the largest weighing 171b5., was taken out of the Birkey Pool, a place well known to anglers.—Newcastle Journal. In 1444, 28th Henry VI., a petition was presented to the House of Commons, stating, that for default of halfpence and farthings, men, " travailling over contrees, for part of their expences of necessitie, must depart our Soveraigne Lorde's coigne, that is to wete, a penny in two peces, or elks forgo all the same peny for the palement of an half peny." In a paper read by Mr. Read, before the English Agricul tural Society, in March last, it is stated, that if a pound only was laid out in drainage on each acre now in cultivation in Great Britain and Ireland, (and not including any waste grounds,) a demand for country labour, amounting to 48 millions sterling would thus be created, inasmuch as there are 48 millions of acres so cultivated. FALKIRK BURGIIS.—It is understood that Major Ander son, of Essex, is to offer himself as a candidate for these burghs at the next election ; and Mr. Gillon has obtained leave of absence from the House of Commons for a month, with the view, it is imagined, of meeting his opponent in an active canvass. The London correspondent of the Caledo nian Mercury anticipates a dissolution in autumn at farthest, and urges reformers to prepare for the contest which will then take place.—Glasgow Mail. The column to the Emperor Alexander, recently erected in St. Petersburg, is 135 feet high, without the figures which surmount it ; it is constructed of blocks of marble of enor mous dimensions—one of them is no less than 84 feet by 121 feet in size. The whole cost of this monument was £400,000 sterling. These " barbarians" of the north will find it difficult to believe that in civilised and wealthy Eng land we cannot raise a twentieth part of the sum to rear a monument to the great naval hero of the age and country ; and that much less than a moiety of it is refused for the erection of a structure, in which British merchants will be expected to meet for centuries to come.—Art-Union. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF METALS.—We have before us the annual statement of imports and exports of metals, fur nished us by Mr. John Richards, and now present to our readers an abstract, carefully made, which will be found use ful, while we must refer those anxious for further details to the document itself. It appears that the exports for the past two years are as follows : EXPORTS. 1838. 1839. Increase. Decrease. Iron tons 102,766 112,599 9,793 Steel Copper cakes Copper sheets Tin blocks.. Tin plates Lead Spelter Quicksilver.. lbs. 2,360,672 2,423,08 1 62,409 From which it will be seen that the increase in the exports of iron, on that of the preceding year, is about 9i per cent. ; steel 85 per cent. ; copper, in sheets and nails, 15 per cent. ; lead 3 per cent. ; spelter 82 per cent. ' • and quicksilver nearly 3 per cent. ; while in cake copper the decrease has been about 10 per cent:, and there has been also a decrease in tin blocks and plates—in the former to the extent of 24 per cent., and the latter about 9 per cent. The imports for home consump tion for the past three years are thus enumerated : 325 940 20,343 IMPORTS. 1838. 1839. Increase Decrease last 12 months. Iron tons 11,477 17,301 18,516 1,215 Steel 23 23 Copper llO 171 13 158 Tin _1 1 1837. Lead lO 85 12 73 Spelter 2,335 3,506 4 , 760 1,254 Quicksilver-lbs. 309,099 408,580 331,247 78 ,333 Showing an increase of nearly 7 per cent. on iron, and 26 per cent, on spelter, in the year 1839; or upwards of 50 per cent. on the former, and 100 per cent. on the latter, in the two past years. The decrease has principally been in quick silver, which shows a diminution of about 25 per cent., while it should, however, be remarked, that the excess of stock in London on Ist January, 1839, is 140,0001b5.-111;ning Journal. 1840, over that of I st January? VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Sec. Devon, J Gething, 400 Sincapore, Lintin and Canton, W & J Tyrer Warlock, 330 Calcutta, Bold & Starkey Patriot King, J Clarke, 338 Calcutta, T & J Brocklebank WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Calista, C Pallott, 302 llonduras, D Buchanan & Son Calder, W Turner, 226 St. Thomas, Imrie & Tomlinson Hardware, W Viner, 152 Demerara, J Bibby & Co Eblana, W Rowlands, 152 Trinidad, J Gordon or J Poole & Co UNITED STATES. Corsair, J Harland, 527 Savannah, Wildes, Pickersell & Co Sheridan, A De Peyster, 1001 New York, Brown, Shipley & Co Rowena, E Read, 428 New Orleans, Focke & Boult ' BRITISH AMERICA. Sarah, W Taber, 417 St. John, N.B. Wildes, Pickersgill & Co Lavinia, E Brown, 249 Montreal, Buchanan & Co Earl of Durham, 3 C Dixon, 244 Halifax, Wildes, Pickersgill &Co Susan Crane, T Coffin, 116 Halifax, N.S. Graham & Taylor Augusta, W Rae, 417 Quebec, J Poole & Co Eagle, A Campbell, 140 St John, Ntlnd, Graham & Taylor THURSDAY, MARCH 5 ARRIVED.—Athena, —, from Whitehaven—Gazelle, from St. Michael's. SAILED.—York, Legg, and Coronation, Broadley, for St. John, N.B.—Higginson, Hogg, for Bombay—Aurora, Schroeder, for Konigsberg—Harmony, Douglas, for the Cape of Good Hope— Wm. Ackers, Nicol, for Laguira and Puerto Cabello—and Persian, Robins, for New Orleans. Lalla Rookh, -, from Marseilles for Liverpool, at Beaumaris Thalia, Rogers, from Leghorn for Liverpool, at Waterford Harwood, Barnes, from London, ditto ditto Greyhound, P.ivett, from Messina, and Courier, Stamford, from Smyrna, for Liverpool, at the Cove Fergus, Dron, for New Orleans, which was on shore near Gal way, has been got off, after discharging near all her cargo LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 2. We are very moderately supplied with all kinds of grain this morning. Wheats have been taken off freely at an advance of Is to 2s per quarter from this day week. Barley of good quality fully commands last Monday's terms. Oats are firm, and the turn dearer for fresh heavy corn. Beans arc a free sale. Hog Peas are full Is per quarter higher. In White Peas or other grain no particular variation. Flour without alteration. Red Clover-seed is in good demand. Trefoil and White Clover-seed a slow sale. Spring Tares continne in fair request for seed. EUROPE. Nemesis, W H Hall, 280 Odessa, J Laird Augusta, FJ De Jaeghere, 150 Ostend, Bahr, Behrend &Co Alert, S Barr, 230 Algiers, Cadiz and Monte Video, Imrie & Tomlinson Tyro, J Fray, 69 Nacre and Gibraltar, Bahr, Behrend & Co 28th May, Nakkskow, 100 Frederickstaat, Bahr, Behrend &Co Venilia, R J Kranenburg, 154 Rotterdam, Bahr, Behrend & Co Harriet, P Beniest, 382 Antwerp, C G Weber & Co Margaretha, II H Koster, 120 Amsterdam, Bahr, Behrend &Co Elizabeth, H Pothoff, 117 Lieban, Ditto Betsey Hall, J Coaker, 151 Syra & Constantinople, Ditto rtmports. UNITED STATES. South America, (587) D G Bailey, from New Yorl:, 3 brls 2hf tees contents unknown, G Wright and co-1 box do, H More and co—l paCkage do, Purton, Parker and co-298 bales cotton, Melly, Prevost and co-87 do, J Edelsten and Son-61 do, Phipps and co —67 do, Waddington, Holt and co-45 do, Hornby and Marsden -500 brls flour, Baring Brothers and co—l3o do, J Holgate-100 tees flaxseed, order—lot do, C J and J Gaussen-492 hf and 202 i-qr chests tea, exportation, 600 qr chests do, K Dowie and co--98 chests do, Fairelough and Frost-300 brls turpentine, 12 brls jewellers' sweeping, Wildes, Pickersgill and co-200 wet salted hides, Mitchell, Tooker and co—l 2 bales woollen shawls, order -8 bales woollens, G Barker and co—lo bris iron ore, Tennants, Clow and co-8 hhds 1 brl sweepwashers' sand, J ALston and Son —9 bundles shooks, 1 cask heading, J W Shaw—Q D EUROPE. Amelia, (199) D White, from Leghorn, 12 blocks marble, D Wil link—about 40 tons manganese, W Carson-6 cases alabaster works, Bushby and Son-1 parcel samples, J Swire-1 cask iron ore, no consignee-23 pees marble, about 20 tons , brimstone, 353 boxes 31 casks 76 cases argols, I cask returned argols, 355 bales cotton, 45 bales hemp, 8 bales wool, 7 bales returned goods, 8 bales contents unknown, 2 brls 5 hf brls 1 case anchovies, 1 case 2 trunks I bag apparel, 1 cask chalk, 1 box straw platting, I parcel samples order-100 bags juniper berries, 1 case a marble table, 30 casks pumice stone, 2 cases alabaster, 166 boxes paste, M'Gachan— Q D Anna Margaretha, (150) H Nieman, from Rostock, 1100 qrs bar ley, Richardson Brothers and co—Q D Snowdrop, (104) C Trewaras, jun. from Palermo, 1 hhd wine, 1 trunk apparel, 1000 bags shumac, order-196 bags shumac, 33 brls raisins, SO bags hazel nuts, J Moss and co-1 qr cask wine, A Browne & Sons-300 boxes oranges, Rathbone Brothers and co— SD Friedrich Carl, (80) H Beeker, from Hambro', 11 cases contents unknown, 13 cases Congreve tinder boxes, S A Brandeis and co— -1 case 1 small sample box glass beads, M and B Joseph-150 brls beef, T Rimmer-25 bags tares, 80 bags cloves-seed, order-25 tons spelter, Lindon and co-100 brls pork, 24 bags rags, Green and Taylor-1 case insects, A Melly-42 packages furniture, S Alexan der-1 box been, Geller and co-1 box lamps, Dieseldorff, Hahn and co—G D Fortuna, (Ig4) F Taay, from Dordt, 120 tons oak bark, Neuman and Engel—Q D Jonge Louis, (63) T M Mulder, from Amsterdam, about 535 qrs oats, lmer, Paulet and co-2 cases curacoa, D Willink—Q Drie Gebroeders, (80) H J Puister, from Amsterdam, 550 qrs wheat, 1 case liqueurs, Holdforth, Bald and co—Q D PRICES OF SHARES, MARCH 5. Prices. This day Last RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester 7O paid 53 0 0 Ditto and Derby 90 76 10 0 .... Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 61 0 o Bolton and Preston Bristol and Exeter 25 .... Chester and Crewe 4O .... 41 5 0 ..., Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid 3 5 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 17 paid 16 10 0 Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar l 30 paid 30 0 0 Greenock, and Ayr • Grand Junction lOO .... 224 0 Oexdiv224 0 0 Ditto half shares 3O .... 85 0 0 .... 85 10 0 Great Western 65 68 10 0 Ditto new shares 3O .... 30 10 0 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 0 0 0 Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 9O .... 152 10 0 Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto and Southampton 5O .... 43 10 0 ... Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester 6O .... 70 10 0 .... Ditto half shares Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 71 0 0 .... 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 New North Midland lO 16 7 6 .... South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland 4O paid 51 10 0 .... BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 .. 745 0 oexdiv Bank of Liverpool - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 17 15 0 .... - Liverpool Union lO .... 12 17 6 .... - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales lO 7 15 0 .... - of Manchester lO .... 11 2 6.. - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 9 15 0 - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO .... 15 17 6 .... Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 313 6 .... 314 6 East of England lO .... 9 7 6 •••• Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. 712 6 .... GAS, WATER WORKS, &e. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 164 0 0 .... L'pool and Harrington Water 1 350 ..., 475 0 0 . .. Works ___ _ .. Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 .... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 370 0 0•• • • L'pool New Gas R., Coke Co. -.6' 300.. .. 191 0 0 .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance } 25 pa id 2 2 6 .... Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... 812 6 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 2 1 6.. 1 14 ex div. DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, Sce. Anderton Carrying Company l5 •• - • 97 6 .... Woodside Ferry Egremout Ferry l2 108. • • • • Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company lO . 6 12 6 .... Harrington Docks NO ... • 00 0 .... Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool; (Poloncean) 2 .... 015 0 ...,, SHARE MARKET, THURSDAY EVENING. Our Share Market has continued dull during the week, and to. day, owing to the Great Steeple Chase, we have a complete suspen. don of business. We oau therefore only refer to oar quotations. TIDE TABLE. Days. illrn. ' Ern. Height. Sundays, Holydays, 6.e. -- March u. ti. n. 3r. p. r. Friday .. 6 032 054 18 7 Saturda) 7 111 I 130 17 8 Sunday 8 1 149 2 7 16 9 Ist Sunday in Lent. Monday 9 ) 229 1 244 15 3 Tuesday 10 3 10 4 39 13 3 Wednes. 11 4 7 4 42 12 7 Thursday 12 , 5 31 6 15 12 5 iirlarittts. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. MARCH 4. The sales on Thursday last were 3500 bags ; Friday 5000 • Satur• day 2500 ; Monday 3000 ; Tuesday 2500 ; and to-day 3000. The business done since last week has been very moderate , and the market has been in a very quiet state. Prices remain without, change, last week's quotations being easily realized. The non arrival of Cotton, owing to the prevalence of easterly winds, has caused stocks to decrease materially. The week's import amounts to 4706 bags. • LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, Mkßcii 3. (From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott and Son.) Owing to a continuance of easterly winds since last Tuesday, the imports of Grain have again been very moderate, (though some few arrivals have occurred from the southern ports coastways,) and the demand has been equally so, but at fully the prices last quoted for every article in the Corn trade, and on some parcels of Wheat, of superior quality, a small advance was obtained here and in the markets of Yorkshire for the past week. The only alteration in the duties on Grain, from foreign ports, since Friday, is an increase of is 6d per quarter on Barley, Indian Corn, and Buck Wheat. Some further parcels of Flour on the passage from America, and also lying here, in bond, have changed hands at 30s to 31s, and some small parcels for export at 31s 6d to 32s per barrel. There is some demand for Oats, in bond, for ex port, at fully the prices quoted; but all other Grain, in bond, find sales, as if free, allowing the duties. Notwithstanding the advance in London yesterday of 2s per qr. on English \\ heat, proceeding chiefly from the improvement in its quality by the dry frosty weather which continues to prevail, we experienced but a very limited demand at this day's market, and a very thin attendance ; supporting, however, fully the prices of this day week for every article in the Corn trade. WHeAT, per 7ulbs s. d. S. d. INDIAN CORN, as 480th. English lO 0(212 4 Red 45 Oet46 0 Scotch 9 9 10 9 White 46 0 47 0 Irish Bonded BARLEY, per qr English Chevalier 6 ii 9 8 oo o o BEANS, per quarter. English 45 0 50 0 Irish 44 0 46 0 Pits, Grey 3B 0 44 0 White 44 0 43 0 45 0 46 0 47 0 48 0 Scotch, per 601 b. 5 4 6 0 Irish 4 6 5 6 Sine BREAD, per 1121 b. In bond l4 0 17 0 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 OATS, per 451 b. English Scotch 4 1 4 3 Irish 3 7 3 11 Foreign, in bond 3 6 4 0 Ditto, duty free 4 0 4 3 AYR, per quarter MALT, per qr. fine 7O 0 74 0 middling 56 0 68 0 FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. Fine 52 0 59 0 Irish 48 0 57 0 Amer. p brl. free Sweet U.S 42 0 44 0 Sour 40 0 41 0 OATMEAL, per 2401 b. English 32 0 33 0 Ditto, new 34 0 34 6 Scotch 32 0 33 0 LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, MARCH 5. The Butter trade continues brisk, but the operations are entirely speculative, consumers touching with extreme caution. Pickled Butter commands more attention, a few hundred 'firkins having been purchased for shipment to South America.—No alteration whatever either in price or demand for Beef and Pork. SMITHFIELD, MARCH 2. This day's market was well stocked with all descriptions, except Calves, of which the supply did not exceed 50. Trade generally heavy, and prices for Beast, Sheep, and Pigs, lower on an average of 3d per stone. Flne Veal realises a slight advance, but the aspect of the market is decidedly downwards. DUBLIN CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 28. The weather continues most favourable for field operations, which causes our supply to be small for all Grain. The demand is very slow, but we cannot note the least change in prices, Flour very dull of sale, and prices looking down. A great inclination to purchase Oatmeal, if any reduction would be submitted to, but, in consequence of holders remaining firm, not much business doing LIVERPOOL AGRICULT s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... 0 100,1 2 20115 New Hay.... 0 10 1 1 - Clover Hay.. 0 9 1 1 - Straw, Wheat 0 6 0 61 - Straw, Oat .. 0 5 0 6 - Straw, Barley 0 0 0 0 - Green Clover 0 0 0 0 -- RAL MARKET, MARCH 4 s. d. s. d. ( Potatoes, .... 2 4@3 1.901 b Cattle Ditto .. •2 0 2 2 - Turnips 38 0 40 0 - Carrots 45 0 51 0 - Nlanglewurzle 0 0 0 0 - Manure 9 0 12 0 - AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from 25th ult. to the 2nd inst. inclusive, FROM IRELAND Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs, 336 680 5061 35 30 8 41 243 Previously.. 4396 15955 39401 COASTWISE. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs 78 1570 100 8 1 Previously .. 442 8391 2805 18 3 DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EYE. Mr. H. TAYLOR, Surgeon. 5, MARYBONE, New cases admitted during the months of January and February, 1840 Old cases prescribed for Total 1181 THE WORKHOUSE. Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending Paupers. 1810 1789 Per Head. I*. Hid. 1 10 Per Wee Feb. 22, 1840 .. 23, 1839 .. .e 175 17 5 164 5 7 More 21 More u 14 More 11 II to Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week ending March 2, 1840 1, 1839 More 165 More £l2 16 2 LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the hooks of the Dispensaries during the lust week:— North. South. Total Received advice and medicine at the Insti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine 242 596 Total at each Dispensary 252 113 . 365 VISITORS North—Rev. Dr. Buck, Rev. Dr. Tatters hall, and Mr. C. Booth. South—Mr. Jordan, Mr. T. Robinson, and Mr. J. Wilkinson. R. WEDGWOOD, Secretary. Dispensaries' Office, 1, Fenwick-street, March 2, 1840. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street Liveigrool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m 6 a.m. Mixed 8 15 a.m. First Class 10 30 a.m. First Class 12 15 p.m. First Class 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class IP ~ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 1 15 p.m 4 p.m 6 p.m 6 a.m. Mixed Train 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 6 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 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. ~ IP 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. „ The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. f t 12 LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. PROM L'POOL TO 111ANCTIESTER. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 845 „ ..10 0 „ 11 0 ..11 45 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 4 45 .. 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when ti ON SIT First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop 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 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon .. ~ TO B PROM LIVERPOOL. 5 45 Morning.... First Class 12 0 , 1 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 8 30 OK su 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. ; 113 ST. FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 I • 11 45 lt 2 30 Afternoon.. 5 30 ON SU. 7 o Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. I, TO RUNG FROM LIVERPOOL. __ 1 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 „ PP 5 30 Afternoon .. PO ON SU 7 0 Second Class IS 30 Aftornoott 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 Stop only at Newton R Prkside I is Train does not start till Three. 'NDAYS. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30,Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 o Morning.. First Class 11 15 „ 2 45 Aftern. I 5 0 „ 715 „ 7NDAYS• 1 7 0 Morning.... Mi xe d 5 30 Afternoon )LTON .. Second Class .. Mixed .. First Class IFROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 , 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 NDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. iiELENS. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 „ ...• PO 11 45 „ •• •• PI 2 45 Afternoon .. /9 5 30 „ •••• PP NDAYS. I 7 o Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. ORN GAP. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 on morning._ Second Class 11 45 • • •• 5 30 Afternoon .. t, 'NDAYS. I 7 0 Morning.... Second cum 5 00 .. Afternoon „ LONDOhr ,G4ZETTE.7—Tuns DAY, MARCH 3. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Calloway and I. D. Edwards, Livergool, plumbers—H. Smith and J. Redish, Liverpool, engineers—T. Troughton and J. Trough ton, Liverpool, joiners —J. %%ray and J. Gordon, Manchester, en gravers—C. Graham and 0. M`Wade, LiverpOol, ruarine-storc d.alers—W. Taylor, T. Taylor, sen. S. Taylor, and J. Taylor, jun. Bolton-le-Moots, cotton-spinners. INSOLVENTS. Feb. 2-9.— WU Oseland, St. John street, Clerkenwell, London. licensed-victurdlers. March 3.—Charles Henry Fapps, George-street, Adelphi, London. coal-merchant. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Jonas Foster, ivillisnlFoster , and Matthew Foster, WarleY, Yorkshire, manufacturers, from March 10 to March 25. BANKRUPTS. William John Hammond, Essex-street, Strand, London, lessee of Drury-lane Theatre. _ _ Richard Wharton, Oldham, Lancashire, innkeeper. John Sanderson, Heywood, Lancashire, fustian-mannfacturet- Henry Philliskirk, Leeds, tailor. John Mac Caffery, Mirfield, Yorkshire, contractor. William Cornforth, jun. HoMeek, Yorkshire, flax-spinner. William Liddle, Leeds, flak-spinner. Frederick Stephenson, Bradord, saddler. thigh Kershaw, Manchester, twist-dealer. John Aplin Howe, Bristol, umbrella-manufacturer. John Roberts, Coppice, near Nottingham, gardener. Henry Holland, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, scrivener, John Brookes, Birmingham, builder. DIVIDENDS, March i. 6. S. Parker, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, brouzist—March 2 , i, C. Farnworth, Upper Thames street, London, tin-plate-merchant—March 26, J. Waterhouse, Lad-lane, London, coach-proprietor—March 24,.1. Swanzy, Austin-friars, London, mer chants—March 25, S. Gowar, Regent-street, London, printseller - • March 25, IV. Cowderoy, Bell-street, Edgeware-road, London, horse-dealer—March 25, W. Tombleson, Green-lanes, Stoke New ington, tavern-keeper—March 26, J. C. Dear, High-street, Maryle bone, ironmonger —March 26, W. Luxford, Trosley, Kent, Luteher —March 26, J. Marshall, Colchester-street, Whiteaapel, Loudon. boiler-maker—March 26, J. Henderson, Theobald's-road, London. baker—March 23, J. Masson, Lime-street-square, London, mer chant—March 26,W. Killick, jun. Great Russell-Ftreet, Bloomsbury. London, hosier—March 26, L. E. Gordon, Dean's-place, South Lambeth, bookseller—March 24, W. Rolfe, Tcignmouth. builder March 27, J. Thorpe, South Oswersby, Lincolnshire, dealer in wood —April 3, R. Waite, Barnard Castle, Durham, grocer—March 2;, C. Bebbington, Burslem; Staffordshire, jeweller. CERTIFICATES To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before March 24. T. Hart, Bognor, Sussex, innkeeper—J. Wilde and P. Wilde, Manchester, silk-manulacturers—W. Sidebothani, Boughton, Lan cashire, cotton-spinner. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander White, Boughtyferry, Dundee, grocer. Michael M'Cluskey, Glasgow, spirit-dealer. William Bowden, Edinburgh, innkeeper. John Thomson and William Allan Thomson, Glasgow, manufac turing chemist. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. MARCH HOCS 6. James Moile, 2nd) 7. Gibson and M'Glasson, (special) .... Court of Bankruptcy, London, 12 . Clarendon Rooms, 12 Ditto, 1 Ditto, 1 Ditto, 1 Ditto, 1 Ditto, 12 Ditto, 12 . . Clarendon Rooms, 1 7. Edgar Bowyer 7. Thomas Johnson 9. John Jones, (Ist) 10. Benjamin Hobson, (div.) 11. Peter Petrie 12. James Brotherston and Co. (div.) 13. John Richardson, (2nd) LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT. February 29, 1840. DISCHARGED In-patients cured 34 ( In-patients Relieved and at own request Made Out-patients 0 . Casuals during the last week 8 Irregular . 1 Remain in the house Dead 5 ADMITTED. Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. R. Davies. louse Visitors . . Mr. John Cropp2r and Mr. Edward Cibscin. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon Mr. Nottingham. LOCK HOSPITAL. Admitted lO I Discharged Remain in the house 4O BIRTHS. On the 29th ult. at Titsey-place, London, the lady of WILLIAM LEVESON COWER, Esq. of a daughter. On the 29th ult. at Clopton-house, Stratford-on-Avon, the lady' of CHARLES T. WARDE, Esq. of a son and heir. On the Ist instant, in Upper Grosvenor-street, London, LadY JOLLIFFE, of a daughter. On the 2nd instant, at Belvoir-park, Belfast, the lady of J. S• GLADSTONE, Esq. of a daughter. Same day, Mrs. JOHN JONES, Earle-street. of a daughter. MARRIED. At Elphin, the Rev. JOHN PAFICCON, rector of Knowlton and ' Bennington, Kent, to FRANCES, the eldest daughter of the Bishop of ELPH IN At Harrold, Bedfordshire. C. G. R. COLLINS, Esq. of Sidmouth , (late of the 16th Dragoons,) to ANNETI'E, daughter of JOHN LETHBRIDGE, Esq. and grand-daughter of Sir Thomas B• Lethbridge, Bart... On the /9th Dec. 1839, at Mahabeshwa, Major-General Sir JOHS FORSTER FITZGERALD, K.C.B. Commander of the Forces, Boni' bay Presidency, to JEAN, eldest daughter of the Hon. D. OGILVY. of Clove, brother to the Right Hon. the Earl of Airlie. On the 18th ult. at Bolden, Durham, by the Rev. Henry CoHinson , CHARLES STANFIELD RAWSON, Esq. of Nether Wasdale, Cum berland, to OCTAVIA, daughter of the Rev. JOHN COLLINSON , rector of Boldon. On the lyth ult. at Preston, the Rev. NATHANIEL JAMES MEB; RIMAN, of Sutton-Waldron, son of Thomas Merriman, Esq. 01 Marlborough, to JULIA, daughter of the late JOHN POTTER, Esq• of Over-Damen. On the 22nd ult. at Newton, near Penrith, Mr. JOSEPH SCOT" , of the firm of "Jane Scott and Sons," woollen-manufacturell , Keswick, to Miss DOROTHY BROWN, of Catterlen-hall, in the first -named parish. _ On the 25th ult. at St. John's Church, Manchester, by the BO . ' W. Huntington, JAMES GREENHALGH, Esq. of :Myerscough , near Garstang, to Miss ELIZABETH POULTON, of Preston. On the 25th alt. at St. Mark's Church, Mr. EDWARD ROBERT CALLOW to Miss MARY HARRIET RIMMER, both of Lower Tranmere, Cheshire. On the 27th ultimo; at Bunbury, Mr. EDWARD DAVENPORT,• nephew to Wm. Sutton, Esq. of Sp urs t ow- h a ll , to MARY , secoll" daughter of JOHN OWEN, Esq. of Haughton, both in Cheshire. On the 27th ultimo, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, M r ' SAMUEL KERSHAW, of Blackley, to SARAH, daughter of the late JOHN GOODIER, Esq. of Eccles. On the 27th ultimo, at Leamington, the Rev. HUGH BOLD. nt. Brecon, to THEODOSIA FRANCES, second daughter of Lieut. - General Sir WILLIAM HUTCHINSON. Same day, at the Parish Church, Ashton-under-Lyrae, by the Re v ' J. Handforth, Mr. JOSEPH HURST, of the same place, to JANf. daughter of the late Mr. JAMES HORNER, corn-factor, Wakefield Same day, at Oldham, the Rev. WILLIAM LEES, M.A. Incum bent of that place, to SARAH, the youngest daughter of the late NATHAN WORTHINGTON, Esq. of Oldham. Same day, at Winwick, Mr. JOHN BUCKLEY, of Marston-hall , near Northwich, to ELIZABETH, second daughter of Mr. JOHN EDEN, of Risley-hall, near Warrington. . On the 28th ultimo, at St. David's - Church, by the Rev. R. Davies,: M.A. Mr. RICHARD JONES, of Cainarvon, to Miss MARGARET WILLIAMS, of Menai Bridge. On the 29th ult. at St. George's, Hanover-square, London, by the Rev. Ellis Watford Bazett, DAVID COLVIN, Esq. to MARL STEWART, eldest daughter of W. BUTTERWORTH BAYLEY, Esq On the 2nd instant, at St. John's, Hampstead, by the Rev. p? . ,.• Christopher Wordsworth, the Master of Harrow, JAMES corror , POWELL, Esq. eldest son of James Powell, Esq. of Clapton, Mid dlesex, to LOUISA, the youngest daughter of the late CHARLES LLOYD, Esq. of Olton-green, Warwickshire. On the 2nd instant, at St. Mary's Catholic Chapel, by the Rev Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. PATRICK MAGEE, to JANE, eldest daughter of Mr. DANIEL BANNON, both of this town. On the 3rd instant, at the Parish Church, Bolton, by the Rev. J• Slade, vicar, JAMES DITCH FIELD, Esq. M.D. only son of John Ditchfield, Esq. late of Ardwick, to ELIZA ANNE, only daughter of the late PETER BROWN, Esq. of this town [We are requested to contradict the notice of the following mar riages, which appeared in a former publication, no such events having taken place :—Mr. WM, PARRY, pawnbroker, Vauxhall" road, to Miss RACHAEL SANDARS ; and Mr. JOSEPH TAYLOR to Miss ELIZABETH LOUISA FRENCH.] DIED. In his 71st year, RICHARD JEBB, Esq. of Rhiwlas, Denbigh , nearly 40 years agent of the late Viscount Duncannon. Mr. WILLIAM H. SHEEN, aged 23, of Holborn hill, on board the Tyrian, run down MY Gravesend; and Mr. OLIPHANT S• SHEEN, aged 51, father of the above, of illness occasioned 11 grief. Oil the 9th ult. at Newcastle.upon-Tyne, aged 59, Mr. LUKE C I.ENNELL, the celebrated artist. On the 11th ultimo, at Whitehaven, aged 77, Mr. RICHARD WHITESIDE, formerly an eminent merchant, in that town. On the 16th ult. in his 72nd year, at Biggins, near Kirkby Lolls; dale, EDWARD RAW LINSON, Esq. a faithful agent to the Earl M Lonsdale, which situation he held for the last fifty-three years. On the 20th ult. aged 36 years, after a long and painful illness , LETITIA, widow of the late Mr. ROBERT SADLER, chemist , Bridge-street, Warrington. On the 22nd ult. at Lisbon, ANNA, third daughter of GEORGE ARBUTHNOT, Esq. of Upper Wimpole-street, London. On the 23rd ult. at Cove, on board the New York packet•ShiP South America, aged 2 years and 8 months, HENRY SEBASTIAN CHICHESTER, youngest son of Lieut.-Col. Chichester, Si st Rcgt• Same day, of consumption; aged 32, Mr. JAMES THORNBURGH , Dale-street, sincerely and deeply regretted by his family and friends Same day, at Liscard, aged 75, THOMAS HEELIS, Esq. The Leeds Intelligencer, of Saturday, says that the deceased had been a subscriber to that journal for fifty years. On the 24th ult. aged 40 years, at Harrington, Cumberland, the Rev. JOHN CURWEN, rector of that parish, a magistrate of the county, and brother of Henry Curwen, Esq. of Workington-hall. On the 25th ult. at Westbury House, Hants, ARABELLA CECIL , wife of the Hon. T. W. GAGE, and daughter of the late Wili• St. Quintin, Esq. of Scampston-hall, Yorkshire. On the 26th ult. in his 62nd year, Mr. RICHARD LOWE, of Ince, near Wigan. On the 26th ult. in her 100th year, Mrs. EVANS, of the Abbe'' , Foregate, Shrewsbury. On the 27th ult. at Crosby, after a protracted and painful illness , aged 30, JAMES, the youngest son of the late Mr. JOHN LEICES TER, fruit-merchant, Dale-street. On the 28th ult. at Tenby, Mrs. TUDER, aged 80. On the 29th ult. Captain HUGH MACKAY, late of the 92nd High landers. On the 29th ult. aged 50, Lieut. ROBERT LOW, R.N. govern ment emigration agent at this port for the last seven years. }l , e was a zealous officer in the discharge of his public duties, by which he rendered invaluable services to many thousands of the humbler classes of society who have, since his appointment, emigrated from this port. Same day, Mr. JOHN THOMAS, many years in the employ of Messrs. George Green & Son. Same day, in his 27th year, Mr. EMANUEL LOCKETT, Lower Broughton. Same day, in his 64th year, at Christleton, TOWNSEND INCE , Esq. Same day, aged 48 years, MARGARET, wife of SAMUEL BROOKS, Esq. of Whalley House, near Manchester. On the Ist instant, at St. Mary's, Colchester, WM. MASON Esq. aged 72. Same day, at Sandhurst, aged 71, THOMAS LEYBOURN% Esq. F.ILS. and Senior Professor of Mathematics at the Militia College. Same day, WILLIAM WILEY, Esq. of Carthusian-street, Char terhouse-square, in his 70th year. • On the 2nd instant, at the house of Mr. Thomas Roughsedge , 35, Gill-street, Mr. JOHN BARCLAY, architect, aged 36 year• , universally respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaint ance. --- On the 2nd instant, at Hermitage-lodge, North-end, • Fulliarl, AGNES, youngest daughter of the late Rev. WM. STEVEN M.A. of Sedburgh, Yorkshire. On the 2nd instant, at his brother's residence, Wilton-street:. Grosvenor-place, London, Mr. JOHN HAWLEY, goldsmith, ' l ' Coventry-street, London. On the 2nd instant, at Battersea-rise, aged 24, HA RRIET MARIA' the wife of of HENRY SYKES THORNTON, Esq. On the 2nd instant, at his residence, Breck-road, Everton, age • 48, Mr. JOHN DAVIS, wine and brandy merchant, Murray-street' He was much respected by a numerous circle of friends. 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