The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-17 00:00:00

OUTBREAK or THE CHARTISTS' IN SHEFFIELD. (From the Sheffield Iris.) Information having been received by the magistrates that the chartists were to have a meeting somewhere in Sheffield, late on Saturday night or early on Sunday morning, they re solved to adopt measures to prevent any outbreak, and ap plied to Colonel Marten, who sent picquets out. on all sides of the town, and had his troops in readiness, part in the Tontine yard, and the remainder at the barracks. - In the outskirts of the town some of the policemen were fired upon, and others attacked with pikes and bayonets, and we regret to add that some of the wounds inflicted are of a serious na ture. One man, who, from being dressed in a rough coat, it is supposed, was mistaken for a policeman, was tired at, and so dangerously wounded that he was conveyed to the In - - firmary, and twenty slugs have been extracted by the surgeon from his neck and shoulders. Others have been much hurt. One had his bat penetrated by a ball, which grazed the upper part of his scalp, without doing further injury. In the course of the night several were taken prisoners, and a great quaquan tity.of muskets, pikes, daggers, cats (an instrument with three prongs, which is meant to be thrown on the ground to destroy the horses' feet), powder, balls, grenades, &c. were seized. At one place the police discovered a regular store of these deadly weapons, and they were brought to the office in a coach, the body of which was nearly filled by them. The picquets on the Glossop road met a considerable body of men marching towards the town, about half-past one in the morning, the " shine" of whose spears was distinctly visible. The picquet approached within twenty yards of them to make certain, and immediately came to th e Tontine and gave the claret. On the other road bodies of men were also seen, but the preparations made evidently had th e . effect of intimidating them from entering the town. Du ng the Whole of Sunday the greatest excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of the Town-ball, where a troop of the Ist Dragoons were on duty, and at five o'clock the yeomanry were called out, who continued to parade the Haymarket and neighbourhood during the whole of the night. 1 ester day a great number of prisoners were taken , -examined be fore the magistrates, and rem anded . Some of the magis trates have been in attendance since Saturday afternoon. From inquiries at the Infirmary last evening, we hear that the watchman, Howe, who has two sword-cats in the neck and a wound in the back, is doing very well. We under stand he was also fired at several times up the Glossop-road, but without effect. Henry Taylor, who was wounded beyond the Twelve-o'clock, by a number of slugs being fired into his side and back, being a worn subject, otherwise in a worn state of body, is not doing so well. Taylor says he had no intimation of the attack, nor any given by which he could conc l u de whence it proceeded. He is said to be a chartist, and that he had by some means given offence to his asso ciates. The circumstances under which this last individual was shot are curious. We understand he was proceeding'to Attercliffe, in company with another man, to fetch a relation to attend on his wife, who was poorly ; and on arriving at the first row of houses past the Twel v e o' c l oc k, i n th e Wicker, be was shot in the back. His companion then left him, and has not since been heard of. The poor man contrived to get to a beer-house in the row, and having knocked at the door, he dropped to the ground. The inmates of the ho us e, w h o -- avere - Jest 1 ncvever came down stairs, and every attention was paid tote wounaea man. L... surgeon, of the Wicker, was sent for, and extracted a num ber oi Au., his body. At five o'clock in the morning he was conveyed to the Infirmary. There is another rumour afloat, that he was a chartist, and was shot by one of the same class whilst running away from the main body. There are rumours in the town respecting outbreaks in Dewsbury, Mansfield, Barnsley, &c. It appears to have been a generally pre-arranged plan throughout the country to have an ourbreak shoeld Mr. Frost be convicted. The troops at Nottingham, Stockport, &c., had received notice to be in readiness. TOWN-HALL, MONDAY. EXAMINATION OF CHARTISTS CHARGED WITH HIGH TREASON. The following prisoners were placed at the bar :—Hol berry and his wife, Mary Holberry, Booker, Foxall, Booker, jun., and S. Thompson, most of whom had been taken with arms in their possession. The large table of the Sessions room was filled with articles taken from the prisoners and from the houses of the chartists, consisting of hand grenades, two large balls, a large quantity of other combustible mate rials, also great numbers of long pikes, daggers, swords, spears, guns, pistols, cats, and ball cartridges, giving to an observer a fearful idea of the horrible nature and extent of the proceedings of the physical force chartists in this town. Mr. Thomas Raynor, examined.—l am superintendent of police. 1 am aware of meetings having been held in the rooms in Fig-tree-lane ; on Thursday and Friday evenings last I saw persons going in and out; from information re ceived, I expected that some disturbance would take place in the town some way or other, but how I was not informed. About twelve o'clock on Saturday night I went to the house of Holberry, No. 19, Eyre-lane, in company with Mr. Wild and some policemen ; we saw a female, the wife of Holberry. Wild asked her if one Hartley lived there: she said, " No he did not. I know who you want, you want a person of the name of Otley." In consequence of what she said we went up stairs, leaving the policemen below. We fo un d th e pri soner laid on th bed in the chaniber, dressed all but his ' shoes ; he rose up in bed, and Wild said, " What have you in your pocket?" He made no answer, and Wild took a dagger from his side pocket, whilst he was resting on the bed with his hand. Wild asked him if he was one of those persons called chartists ? He said, " I am." 'Wild then said, " Are you a mora l or physical force man ?" I then looked at the dagger, and said. " Surely you would not take life ?" He said, " But I would in obtaining the charter, and in defence of liberty." " Mind, (he said) lam no thief, no robber ; I will fight for the charter, I will not. rest until I have got it; to that I've made up my mind." Wild said, " ou are very candid." I proceeded to search the box, and the prisoner said, " You'll not find anything there, what you want is up stairs, and I'll go with you." Wild said," You must go down stairs." He still urged to go up stairs." We took him down and left him with the police. We then went up into the garret ; the first thing we saw was a horse pistol placed within reach of a person going up stairs ; it has since been drawn, and was found to be heavily loaded with shot ; we found also twelve hand grenades, one and a half dozen fire ball s , nea d e o f p i tc h an d tar, three dozen of tin cases wrapped in tow or bards, three torches, (the prisoner said they were to light the grenades with) forty pieces of ball cartridge, a hundred or two of iron bullets, fuse condncters, iron pot with pitch in it. We brought the prisoner to the Town-hall. I held the pistol in my hand and said, " Surely you would not shoot me ? " He said, "0, yes, I would, in obtaining the charter ; I will fight for liberty and,the charter." I have seen a grenade opened ; we cut the strings, and found first a coat of herds, then pitch covered with small pebble stones and a bullet ; in the centre a blacking-bottle stopped up with a bit of wood with a hole through it ; a quill through the hole filled with gunpowder, the bottle was filled with blasting powder and slugs. Thomas Adcock, a watchman, was brought in wounded in the arm about two o'clock, and another watchman was also brought in wounded about four o'clock; Isis name is Howe ; he was very bad; was brought in a hackney coach •, he was cut in the back and several parts of the head. Information was given of a man being very badly wounded near the Twelve o'clock ; sent down a stretcher for him ; sentboth the latter men to the Infirmary.' The prisoner Bdoker, the cider, was brought in between four and five o'clock; he lives in Bennet-lane ; I went there with Wild, Bland, Lieutenant Nichol, and a party of soldiers and policemen ; found there the two young men Booker and Fordaall ; the house is in a yard. On searching the house found a gnu over the - chimney- iece ; Bland found another gun in a corner in "pieces, and Wild found a loaded pistol in a lower room. The wife of the elder Booker was in bed, and there was lying at the foot of the bed 391 ball cartridges in different quantities. Found also two large bomb-shells about nine inches in diameter, two hand grenades similar to those found at IlolberrY's four daggers, and a long sharp pointed staff, down stairs. When they got to Booker's house, the two young peisoners were sitting b . the fire, dressed, and appeared as if lately come in. There is no other chamber or bed in the bouse, but thinks there is a garret.—l went to search Samuel Thompson's house about seven o'clock in the morning, situated in the Wicker ; Wild, Bland, Lieutenant Nichol, and policemen accompanied me. Found a dagger in a basket containing groceries ; Bland took it ; the father said they were hii sons. In an upper room of the house saw a very long knife amongst the furniture ; it was said to be the younger Thomson's. Down stairs found in a cupboard seval chartist soogs. Since that time, that is, on Sunday and M onday, a great many pikes have been brought to the Town-hall. A dagger in a case, finely got up, similar to that found at Holberry's, along with .two others, were found near the Dams ; some of the handles to the pikes would be nine feet long. When Samuel Thompson, the younger, was brought in, two swords and two daggers were brought along with him. The soldiery were on duty the whole of the night. I was in Scotland -street between five and six. o'clock, with ten policemen and a division of infantry; also in other parts all over the town. In Sc otland -street saw several persons at a distance ; ran after three or four of them up a passage, when they jumped over a wall and threw away a pistol ; went along with Wild and Bland to a person's house in St. Philip's road ; his name was Benjamin Glossop ;it was about - ten o'clock on Sunday morning; we found materials for making grenades, a dagger, and ball catridges ; there was no person in the house, so burst open the door. Gregory Nance, a policeman, went on duty about ten o'clock on, Saturday night ; went towards th e D ams about twenty minutes past four o'clock ; saw three persons in a lane past the Dams ; when he saw them they ran away ; he pursued ; two of them got over a wall ; saw something in the hand of one of them ; saw him throw it away ; it was a dagger in a stick ; the one now produced was found close to the place. When I got to Booker, he had his hand over the wall ; on the other side of which was found, at the place the first man got over, a belt ; the bundle of cats and a dagger was found a little further off, and about where prisoner stood ,• gave him in charge to a policeman.; saw another dagger and a pistol which was found about the same place. John Hadcock, a watchman, was on duty near the Infir mary, between twelve and one o'clock on Saturday night ; I observed a party of men coming towards me ; there were from twenty-five to thirty of them, most of them armed with S pear's ; I gave way for tNem ; they did not speak a word ; nothing was said ; they attacked me with Spears ; they pre sented them to me, and I drew out my paddle to defend my self as well as I could; in the scuffle I seized one of the spears, and one of them was run through my arm, and ano ther cut my cheek. Several other witnesses proved that they saw armed par ties in vari ous parts of the town, and found pistols, daggers, &c. in the st reets after the people were dispersed. The investigation was adjourned, and the prisoners , in consequence of the improper demeanour of the assemblage in 'court, were removed whilst a detachment of dragoons, 25 in number, stood round th e councillors' table and boxes with drawn swords. At a late hour on Monday all was tranquil, and the town presented its usual appearance, with the exception of the soldiers patrolling in the principal streets. FURTHER CHARTIST MOVEMENTS IN YORKSHIRE. - - (From the Morning Herald of yesterday.) DEWSI3URY, YORKSHIRE, JAN. 12.—Last night the town was taken possession of by an armed body of m en, and then private watchmen, six in number, obliged to fly. M r. Matthew Hale, .merchant, who was out as an inspector of the watch, on, going towards the Leeds-road-end, was stop. ped by about twenty, with muskets and daggers, and bid to stand, which he did ; and on finding that he would not be allowed to proceed, turned round and retreated homewards, when he was immediately fired upon, but fortunately without .re„eeiving any injury. The party afterwards continued to fire their Pieces on for upwards of three hours. Upwards of 200 discharges were fired. Some trifling damage has been done to the lamps and posts, the lights being all put out , and stones were thrown through the windows of Mr. Mallinson's chamber. From 100 to 200 men paraded the streets, and every avenue to the town was guarded. WWSBURY, JAN. 13.—" In my hurried note, yesterday, I forgot to say that about three or half-past - three o'clock in the morning tne firing ceased, and the chartists left the town.- Almost every one of them was armed with a gun and a bay onet, and the party parading the streets was headed by a fel low crying out, " Hurrah ! the town is our own. Death or glory I" The magistrates, who reside about a. mile from the town, and who had not been informed before daylight (so great was the terror of the inhabitants that no man durst venture out), met in the morning and sent over to Leeds barracks for a detachment of soldiers, and about 30 of the dragoons arrived here in the afternoon. All has been very quiet s ince, but rumours are abroad that to-morrow night a gen er4tl attack will be made upon the town. It is surprising that no more mischief was done, the whole of our police force iwing three--•e constable (who is strongly supected of being a chartist himself), and two deputies. The inhabitants gene: rally are very thankful that no attack was made upon their Property, and attribute it solely to Almighty God, in not per mitting so great a sin, thattbe town was not sacked and burnt. f. ab-t , - " •4, ;„:; "f"...;- • 4 , , os4) CONTEMPORARY PRESS, THE O'CONNELLITE MEETING AT DUBLIN. (From the Morning Herald.) The meeting of the Ministerialists in Dublin, on Fri day last, may be regarded as one of the expiring efforts of the desperate faction which has rioted on the pa tronage of Ireland for fire years past. In itself, the affair was utterly contemptible. The speeches were of the sorriest description—disgraceful, indeed, they might be termed in reference to the lack of talent exhibited, to any but a congregation of O'Connellites. The impudent cant which these petty fogging traders in agitation pour forth is, in itself, utterly disgusting. They talk of " oppressed Ireland," of " tory tyranny," and of the necessity that exists for " striking a blow in behalf of Ireland," as if they really believed in the existence of some conservative plot for the extermina tion of Irish Papists ! Lord Brabazon spoke of the present Ministry in the following strain : "But, remember, at thp same time, and allo w me mos t anxiously to impress it on your memory, that it is not for any mere empty objects we fight, but that we are entering into a struggle for the sustainment of those sacred principles of justice which are professed, and, what is more, acted upon by the Governnient under which we have the happiness of living—(cheers,) which are bringing forth abundant fruits in Ireland, and in innumerable instances have conferred practi cal benefits on the empire, (Hear, hear.) I think there is no man here that will not agree with me in saying that we are bound to make the greatest sacrifices to maintain those principles ; and the man that does not agree with me is un worthy of the cause he has adopted. (Hear.) The under taking in which we are engaged is of no small moment. It is of the most vital importance, and this must strike every man who recollects that our opponents are actuated by a spirit of the most determined hatred and hostility to this country. The spirit is now far stronger than it ever was be fore ; for the people in all parts of the country, at least in England, are stirred up by a parcel of men whom I may call politico-religious crusaders, who are going about from town to town misrepresenting us,-and putting forward as facts as sertions that are most essentially opposed to truth and sense, and thus gulling the people. (Hear, hear.") What may this impudent gabble really import ? What are " the principles of justice," in reference to Ireland, professed and acted on by the whigs ? The " principles" which the mountebanks now in office, along with the mountebanks of the " tail," were wont to style " the principles of justice," were the " princi ple" of the Municipal Corporation Bill, and other "principles" of the same stamp. But these principles are now abandoned ; and it is impossible to prove that any one of those "principles," the assumed necessity for asserting which led to the establishment of the Lichfield-House alliance, has ever been "carried out." No : the whigs have pocketed public money; O'Con il el and his satellites have revpil. in the Patronage of Ire l and; and both O'Connell and the -wings haxe laughed at the simplicity of those who expected them to redeem the pledges which they gave in 1835. In so far as " principles" are concerned, the Irish Papists owe more to the conservative government which passed the Emancipation Act than to all the whig go vernments that ever existed. The ingratitude with which O'Connell and his gang have requited the fatal " concessions" of 1829 is a natural consequence of that great mistake on the part of the Duke of Wel lington and of Sir Robert Peel. Grapes are not to be gathered from thistles. The following observations by Lord Brabazon prove that the whigs are pretty conscious of the dangers that surround them.- if their Popish body guard shall fail them, the present occupants of office feel that all is lost : " Gentlemen, remember that the very existence of the pre sent ministry, in consequence of the nicely balanced state of parties in the House of Commons, and the country generally, depend mainly, if not entirely, on the steady support, and upon the stability of that support they alone rely, which sends Irish members to Parliament—(hear, hear). On their sup port the ministry alone depends at this present moment, and it is therefore necessary for the constituencies of the country from one end of Ireland to the other, to put them and their return to Parliament in such a state of security as will place them beyond the reach of danger—(hear, hear). By a little exertion, by timely energy they may place themselves and their representatives in such a position that all attacks, no matter from whence they come, will prove fruitless and hope less—(hear, hear). I ask you, gentlemen, is not that a game worth playing for? Is it not a a game worth contending for? Is it not a game for securing that which we should be all ready to make sacrifices for, however little or great they may be ?—(hear, hear.)" Assuredly, the "game" is worthy to be played by the Popish faction. The power of mal-administering the law in Ireland is of infinite importance to the im plaCable enemies of England. Mr. Sharman Crawford took part in this miserable exhibition. The worthy gentleman has evidently been compelled to succumb to the O'Connell influence. He prated, accordingly, in the most approved "liberal" fashion about the necessity of "union amongst all classes of reformers." The Duke of Leinster and the Earl of Charlemont sent an address to the people of Ireland—an address which expressed nothing but the determination of these noble persons to adhere to the whigs at all hazards. It were a pity if the whigs should lose such supporters at such a time ! The hero of the day was Daniel himself, He ad dressed the rabble before him in his customary style of brutality—of stupid, unredeemed brutality. The open ing sentences of this harangue furnish a fair specimen of its merits : " Mr. O'Connell then came forward. He was received with cheers. He said lam not able to speak, because lam extinguished. (Laughter.) Sure I was extinguished by the gin -drinking vagabonds of the London press. (Laughter.) Then as I am extinguished, will you tell me what I am to do? Then, first, hurrah for old Ireland, and hurrah for the Queen. (Cheers.) Well, these hearty cheers bring me to life again, and I believe I must make a speech, though it shall' be a short one;' and if I were an orator, as you all know I am not, there never was a period in the history of these countries when it was more necessary to raise the voice of genuine oratory in support of universal rights than the present' moment. (Cheers.)" II the " universal rights" of Ireland have yet to be established, what have Mr. O'Connell and his honest Whig allies been about for five years past ? The second object of this Dublin meeting—the first being to impart a semblance of strength to the whigs —was blazoned by Daniel towards the close of his harangue. That object is to put pence into the mendi cant's pouch. Daniel is not the man to work for nothing. " The Protestants and Catholics have united in working out the temperance cause, and yet the orange gang say there is some horrible conspiracy on foot--(a laugh). We mean to amalgamate the two associations, the Loyal Reform Asso ciation, to which I belong, and the Reform Registry Asso ciation, which meets in Westmorland -street, and of which many f the gentlemen present are members—(hear). Every man who pays a pound will be recognised as a member of the committee ; and none who can afford the sum, you may de pend, will refuse to give it. Then, all the members of Par liament and gentlemen of fortune connected with Ireland but residing in England, will b e a p po i nte d mem b ers of a com mittee to sit in England, and then we shall be enabled, five or six of us, to go to Lord Palmerston and other noble lords to ascertain whether their agents in Ireland are bringing up , their tenants to register—(hear, hear). We will write from London to every proprietor among the liberal interest in Ire land. From Donegal to Kerry we will stir them up with a long pole—(laughter). We will thus get up an association, in which shall be combined persons of various shades of opi nion —(hear, hear). Many causes lead to slight differences of opinion. I, myself, hold opinions differing from persons of unsuspected patriotism. I mean, therefore, to move that an association be formed in which all persons paying one pound, and all members of the two societies already formed, will be admitted. The honourable gentleman then read the names of the finance committee and the rules of the proposed society, and concluded by saying, thus we will get the screw on all reluctant persons ; for I have ever remarked that some people are never so patriotic as when their patriotism and interest run in the same channel—(hear). This association will prove a stumbling block in the way of hypocritical Peel, and it will frustrate the plots and defeat the machinations of the daring Bradshaws and Robys—(cheers)." • The." pounds" of which Daniel speaks will, we ven ture to predict, prove marvellously few. The whole affair, regarded in the light of an attempt to get up a demonstration in favour of the whigs must be pro nounced a signal failure. On the following day, a "re form banquet" was given ; and there, too, O'Connell was the leading orator. His speech at the banquet was even worse than his speech at the meeting of the previous day. The man is, in fact, a driveller, who endeavour s , by the most brutal scurrility, to compen sate for the decay of powers, never of a high order. THE WEST INDIES.L.-EDUCATION OF THE NEGROES. We have been the Guiana Chronicle.) „G niuch struck by the observations of the Editor of th e indul ge d in They Free Press," in a recent number that journal. th call the attention of th e E x ec u ti ve and the H ouse of Assembly, to the immoral language habi tually, in open streets, by the lately emanci pated classe s . Obscenee .and ribald dis c ou rse , m i ng l e d w ith blasphemy and c urses, Who i s there seem to pervade their ordinary inter course.e, who will no t say th a t suc h con duct finds a counterpart inher this colony ? Go i n to th e mar kets, or even list en to t streets in the eveni ng , and language hem when strolling throu g h our e very pure mind falls the most disgusting to continually on the ear. No parent is safe in entrusting a child to the Mind, accustomed to gross expressions, care, for if h e d o , th e i n f ant gra d ua ll y l oses a ll refinement, and a moral prostitution of intellect is sure to be the consequence. How is this to be remedied ? By a LAW, says the Editor of the Free Press. We do not agree with the writer. A law may slightly check, but cannot suppress, such immorality. We look to a higher source, and point to a system of NA TIONAL EDUCATION. " Educate but do not hang them," said Mr. Stanley, in his abl e essa y on Poor Laws : words, though few, still with much that is worthy of reflection : for ignorance ge nerally the precursor of crime, and " crime leads to dealtsh_ Sir William D'Avenant, who lived in times not very fa- Urns a e lje . to the principles of free government, thus expresses in .The received opinion that a people should be con tinued Ignorance i, a maxim sounding like the little subtlety . of one that is • a statesman onlyby birth or beard, and merits not his rude, e • place by much thinking. , For ignorance is ,ensorous jealous, obstinate, and proud ; these being exactly the ingredients In no single age rts of which disobedience is made." at present in ave greater changes taken place than are are made, progressant ; and the revolutions in which king domsthe most momentous n constitution s rise and fall again, are not materially affect us. :rhe ei e th fr e er are they those which most of printing could never be felts produced by the discovery 'til education and the diff us i on of extensively by any country k general, that the most humble peasantnowledge bad become so ne wspapers, read them, or hear them read. could have access to " it is politic to keep the people in Th e max i m that seem to have place in some minds (witness an "anee ' " as would a late English paper f or labourers , wherei n it i advertisement that a " preference will be given to those who is announced read nor write"), will not be maintained in a can neither any country where the rulers are cons cious of g ood int entions, and trust in the intrinsic value of the institutions which it is their duty to to sustain. For they well k now. that th e best mode of strengthening those institutions , is to make the people ' s ee how closely their own well-being is connected with the s t a _ bility of the state, and thus render them " wise to obedience." The tide of immigration is daily turning to this colony • people who understand not our, nor each other's language, will ere long crowd upon us. - How will the complicated rules of society be observed in this Babel-like confusion of tongues? No amalgamation with the natives of this conti nent, or the rescued African, can take place without the sympathy of a general oral communication. How can the mutual jealousies likely to arise froin this non-intercourse be remedied, if the new denizens of our state have no common " store of knowledge," whence they can attain a ma►tery of the language of those with whom their fate is to be for ever cast ? But, independent of this politic argument in favour of education, there is another as powerful, namely, the present immorality of our people, and which, we think, education would most certainly remedy. Look at the " penal gang," as it passes through our streets! Does one single man exhibit the slightest sense of his degradation, or compunc tion for the crime which produced it ? No : with him the moral effect of the punishment is lost, because he knows not shame, and the penalty he pays is only appreciated by him in proportion to the amount of labour to which he is con demned. Would this be the result if the negro were educated ? As suredly no. Instruction would produce a feeling of sensi bility, and many a crime now looked upon without a fear oi mental abasement, or without reference to the opinions of his fellows, would then be avoided with horror. We have thrown out these few observations in the hope, that the subject of National Education may be taker► up by more influential persons, and in the desire that the attention of our Legislature may be directed towards it. It is a sub ject more important than at first sight appears, for its effects are not only immediate, but prospective. We are too fond of living in the remembrance of the past, and not looking forward to the future. To dwell with the past is the mistake of him who, avoiding the living realities of this world, so journs in the misty region of his own abstractions. In the language of the celebrated Dr. Phelan, "To watch and pro vide for those silent influences which time is continually shedding ; to correct irregularities, some as they arise, others in their causes ; to make every new measure a liberal ana logy from the past, and a safe precedent for the future, and thus, while the parts are in unceasing flow, to secure the continued stability of the system. These are the noblest cares of a statesman—the cares which approach nearest to the plastic energy of Providence, ' reaching mightily from one end to the other, and sweetly ordering all things.' " MR. VILLIERS ON THE CORN LAWS. (From the Farmer's Journal.) Mr. Villiers being the recognised leader of the anti-corn law party in the House of Commons, the sayings and doings of the honourable gentleman, in regard to the great question of free trade in corn, possess at all times considerable im portance. A dinner was given to him a few days ago, by his Wolverhampton constituents ; and on that occasion he in dulged, after his accustomed fashion, in invective against the agricultural " monopoly."' We desire to weigh the value of his statements : " He alluded to those silly and selfish laws (loud cheers), that irropoued eo rezulate the price and quantity of our food, and which regulation had been made uy t•------- depended on that price. (uneers.) Tie must consider those laws a perversion of the powers of the state for selfish pur poses (cheers) ; and it was they, and not the people, 'who discredited the legislature by maintaining laws so selfish in object—so unsound in principle, which were, beyond all possibility of question, injurious to the community—which each year received their condemnation by the further evil which they annually produced, and which evil, an nua lly in creasing in intensity, at length presented the country in its present condition. (Loud cheers.") Mr. Villiers proceeds to charge on the corn-laws, the re cent derangement of the currency ; and then observes : " Will they who defend the corn-laws venture to repeat the foolish falsehood that this limited territory is adequate to the supply of food for its constantly increasing people—cries of " No, no"—and will they speculate upon the results of trusting to this untruth, when the consequences are bringing misery and ruin to every man's door, and leaving no man in doubt of their policy. (Cheers.) For what is the effect of restricting the intercourse with the food-growing countries, and being cast in utter dependence on these home producers ? Why that, in our emergency, they were obliged to send out their money to buy up at great cost other men's food: (Cheers.) And when they got the food, in what plight were they without their money ? (Hear, hear.) Why, like a car penter who had pledged his tools for bread ?—when his bread is gone how is be to earn more without his tools? (Cheers.) What then does he do ? Why he is then obliged to sell up all he has, his household goods, to get back his tools, and has to endure, for this purpose, great privation and distress— (cheers)—and this is the position at this time of the country." (Hear.) Mr. Villier's charges against the corn-laws resolve them selves into the following points :—The soil of England is in sufficient to feed the population of England. The corn-laws derange the currency, by Compelling, from time to time, the exportation of large quantities of bullion in exchange for foreign corn. The corn-laws, therefore, act upon the condi tion of the English operative, as if they should compel him to pawn his tools ! In reply to the assertion that the soil of England is insuffi cient to feed the population of England, it might be sufficient to advance a single counter-assertion on the subject. It might be no difficult matter, moreover, to establish that England possesses many millions of acres uncultivated—a vast amount of capital lacking profitable investment —together with a " surplus population " craving employment. Until the energies of the unemployed population ' and the " fructifying" power of the unemployed ca pit a l s h a ll be brought to bear up on the Uncultivated land, it will he unsafe, especially for a " philosopher " of the stamp of Mr. Villiers, to pronounce that the soil of England is unable to sustain in comfort all the inhabitants of England ! What reasoners like Mr. Villiers really mean, when they allege that the soil of England is unable to feed the pOpgla don of. England, is—that if the land were fully cultivated, and the population fully employed at remunerating wages, our modern system of foreign trade would be annihilated. England, in other words, cannot fully cultivate ber soil; and employ her population, unless her foreign trade, as now con ducted, shall be abandoned ! When so shaped, Mr. Villier's proposition is true. So costly to England —so destructive of national happiness—is that foreign trade, to which Mr. Vil liers would sacrifice all the more profitable varieties of na tive industry ! Let us, however, place in yet another point of view, Mr. Villier's assertion, that the soil of England is unable to feed the population of England l• Does Mr. Villiers forget that he, and the other leaders of the anti-corn law party are in the habit of taunting the agri culturists of En - gland with the " distress" of which farmers and landlords complained some years ago—that " distress" being adduced by the advocates of free trade as a proof that the corn laws do not protect the English farmer? But was there, let us ask, contemporaneously with the " distress" in question, any CoMplaint that the soil of England did not pro duce enough to sustain the population of England ? Or ra ther, did not the " distress" of the years alluded to prove, that the farmers of England extracted more from the soil than the people of England, could afford to pay for ? And if the surplus production of the years 1833, 1834, 1835, and 1836 had been stored up, in order to meet the deficiencies of the last two harvests, will Mr. Villiers venture to allege that there would have existed any necessity for introducing five millions of quarters of foreign wheat into England within the last eighteen months ? _ On the average of years, therefore, even under the des tructive influences of our prevailing system of foreign trade, the soil of England is proved to be sufficient to feed her po pulation. A better system is, it is true, required, in order to bring the surplus of one year in aid of the deficiency of another ; but the want of that better system is, clearly enough, not to be assumed as an objection against the prin ciple of the corn laws. _ _ If, again, as we have already shown, the capital and the industry of England could be fairly brought to bear upon the uncultivated soil of England (and the only obstacle to such an arrangement is our system of foreign trade I), England might, with ease, sustain a population twice as dense as her present population ! But the corn laws have, according to Mr. Villiers, demng ed the currency ! _ _ _ The charge may be safely denied. The currency has been deranged because we have been called on to pay for foreign wheat in gold ; and if a free trade in corn were established to-morrow--and if the basis of that trade should be an ex change of English manufactures for continental wheat—still, whenever a dearth should make itself felt in the country with which we might deal, then, as now, would arise the necessity of sending abroad English gold in exchange for the wheat of some country on which we should not, even on the assump tions of the advocates of free trade, habitually depend for food. A free trade in corn, therefore, would obviously not pre serve'our currency from occasional derangement ; nor will any other system than that which we have hinted—the system of storing up the super-abundant produce of one year to meet the deficiencies of another—the system, in short, of elevating England above dependence on the harvest of each successive season—prevent the recurrence of such an exportation of the precious metals, as that, from the effects of which, the trade of Englang suffers at the present moment. If, when wheat should fall in the home market to a certain price, it became the business of government to buy ; and if, on the other hand, when wheat should rise to a certain price, it became the business of government to sell, England would be ren dered absolutely necessary and at all times independent on foreign countries for her supplies of food ; and the currency of England would be preserved from that ruinous derange ment to which it is now liable. Mr. Villiers, as we have seen, waxes figurative, as he dis cusses the Corn-law question. He alleges that the Corn laws, by driving gold abroad, act upon the operative, as if they should compel him to pawn his tools for bread—the gold of England representing in Mr. Villiers's simile the tools of the operative ! We have already shown that the Corn-laws do not drive gold abroad : and, as to the metaphorical reasoning of Mr. Villiers, it seems to us liable to the charge of being confused ! When Mr. Villiers alleges that money represents the tools of the operative, and describes the payment of money as the infliction on the" operative of a severe hardship. does Mr. Villiers mean to insinuate that the operative ought to receive bread without paying for it ? Or does Mr. Villiers mean to prove, that the hardship in question consists in the Eayment of money to the fo r eign g rower, ra th er t h an to t h e nglish ? Such is, undoubtedly, Mr. Villiers's meaning ; but that meaning being admitted, Mr. Villiers's argument resolves itself into an argument in favour of home trade, rather than of trade with foreigners ! Mr. Villiers is a person of respectable talents •, but let him avoid reasoning by the aid of rhetorical figures. The figures of arithmetic, he will find to press with severity enough against his arguments in favour of free trade ! THE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN AND THE REV. T. D. GREGG. The public have learned, with some surprise, that. the Archbishop of Dublin has, by an ecclesiastical inhibition, prevented the Rev. T. D. Gregg from preaching in the parish church of Lucan on Sunday last. This inhibition has led to the further proceeding, on the part of Mr. Gregg, of resign ing the Chaplaincy of Swift's-alley, which he had occu pied, without episcopal molestation, for above three years; and where, though not licensed, yet by the tacit permission of the Archbishop, he has lawfully preached the Gospel, accord ing to the ritual of the Established Church. Proceedings of such a kind are always harsh and repugnant to the good feel ings of society • in this case they are aggravated by th e l eng th of time in which, without censure and by acquiescence of his ordinary, Mr. Gregg has discharged his pastoral functions in rnion, on havethe doctrines in imputed the dio cese . Th ere is no motive assigned ; but as it is known Mr. Gre gg was to have preached at Lucan a controversial se o to fPopearyn, unwillingness s n o m n might reasonably part of the Archbishop to have such topics discussed, had not his Grace himself been amenable to Roman Catholic repetition. bilf Yo re on th t e h the public e T rr h o e r ofs aocnt othfPopery.dismissal sini discus sionss a censure for a simil ar o ff ence, and become by his writings a Thies standardtooc correspondenceot n n e tr g v r e e r s t oi justify laidtitli is purely arbitrary ; the absence of episcopal license," though a.good ground of power will prove but a b a d apo l ogy for its abuse, if such should appear to be the case. To the credit of Mr. Gregg we mention, that in honest adherence to his principles as a churchman, he has submit. ted w ith o ut reservation, to the authority of the dioce san or dinary. Under such a censure as implied in the inhibition he could consiste ntly with preach at Lucan, he did not conceive 0 . with his vows and duty, or with benefitt illsc_r t regation, retain his appointment to the church in . Swift 4.1ey.7_-and, he has accordingly resigned his chaplaincy.—Dublin Even. ing Mail. SELECT EXTRACTS. MARCH Or GIN AND BARBER-ISM.—At a barber's shop, No. 1, Newton -street, Holborn, a shutter is stuck up with the following inscription chalked upon it :—" Only look Ileare. A glass of Gin will be give every Saturday and Sun day to all Standinge Customers." LOBSTERS IN NORWAY.—Next to timber, lobsters form one of the greatest articles of Norwegian export. On the rocky coast of Christiansand they are found in greater num bers than in any other part of the world; and from Bergen, which lies further to the north, as many as 260,000 pairs have been exported in one year.—Bremner's Excursions in Den mark, Norway, and Sweden. A FARMER'S WEDDING, NINETY YEARS AGO.—On the 7th of June, 1750, was married at Rothbury, Mr. William Donkin, a considerable farmer, of Tosson, in the county of Northumberland, to Miss Eleanore Shotton, an agreeable young gentlewoman, of the same place. The entertainments on this occasion were very grand, there being provided no less than 120 quarters of lamb, 40 quarters of veal, 20 quar ters of mutton, a great quantity of beef, 12 hams, with a suitable number of chickens, which was concluded with half ankers of brandy, made into puhch, 12 dozens of cider, and a great many gallons of wine. The company consisted of 550 ladies and gentlemen, who were diverted with the music of 25 fiddlers and pipers ; and the evening was spent with the utmost order and unanimity .-- Sykes' Local Records. ATTENTION OF THE WRYNECK TO A PARTICULAR RE TREAT.--II wished, last spring, to obtain the eggs of the wryneck to place in my cabinet, and accordingly watched very closely a pair that had resorted to a garden in this vil lage for the purpose of incubation ; I soon ascertained, that they had selected a hole in an old decayed apple tree for that purpose, the entrance to which was so small as not to admit my hand. The tree being hollow and decayed at the bottom near the ground, I was enabled to reach the nest by putting my arm upwards, and I found, on withdrawing the nest, that the underneath part of it was composed of moss, hair, &c., having every appearance of an old nest of the red start's of preceding summer ; which I suspect was the case : the upper part was made of dried roots. The nest did not contain any eggs, and I returned it by thrusting it up in the inside of the tree. On passing by the same tree in about a week afterwards, my attention was arrested by observing one of the birds leaving the hole, upon which I gently with drew the nest, and was much gratified at finding it contain five most beautiful glossy eggs, the shells of which were per fectly white, and so transparent that the yolks shone through, giving them a delicate pink colour, but which is lost in the blowing. I replaced the nest, and visited it during the en suing week, and was induced, out of curiosity, to examine it again, when, to toy astonishment, I found the birds had not deserted the hole, she having laid six more eggs since. I took these away, and was obliged to keep them, as I was only able to replace the nest by again thrusting it up in the inside of the tree as before, which I did. I again visited the spot in the following week, and found that they had still per tinaceously adhered to their domicile, having further laid four more eggs. I repeated the experiment ; but, not having an opportunity of visiting the tree until ten days afterwards, I thought at the time that the nest was abandoned, and was not undeceived until I had again withdrawn the nest, having the precaution of endeavouring to frighten the old bird off, sho,da on the nest, which I found was the case : she suffered me to pull the nest to the Is ..ottorn of the tree be fore she attempted to escape ; there were seven eggs which were slightly sat upon. What appears to me extraordinary is, that the bird should suffer her nest to be disturbed five times, and the eggs (amounting altogether to twenty-one) to be taken away at four different periods within the month before she finally abandoned the spot she had selected.— Yarrell's History of British Birds. WILLIAM IV. A SUITOR TO A PRINCESS OF DENMARK. —That there is a kind of court feeling against us we do not seek to deny. It is as old as Queen Matilda's time, and still shews itself in many little ways. Among other proofs of it, we heard the following :—King William IV. when Duke of Clarence, sued for the hand of a princess of Denmark ; and in the first instance, employed Mr. now Sir Augustus Foster, then minister at this court, to open this delicate negociation. For a time all promised favourably for the princely suitor. Her royal parents left the princess to choose for herself, — wishing for, though not actively promoting, a match so desi rable. But the early antipathies of the Danish maiden were too strong, backed especially, as they were, by the yet more bitter enmity of an old nurse, who thought it a duty to adopt the prepossessions of her superiors to the most exaggerated degree. Assuring her, and, from early instilled prejudice, firmly believing, that the English were all bad husbands, brutes without affection and without feeling, she confirmed her young mistress so strongly in the belief, to which she was already half inclined, that she peremptorily rejected an offer which would have made her Queen of England.—Bremner's Excursions.. THE MIRAGE.—We find in the Spectateur de Dijon the following statement and remarks :—" The mirage, that ma gical phenomenon of light, which, according to natural philosophers, has never hitherto been witnessed but under the burning sky of Egypt, is reproduced on the banks of the Saiine in its full magnificence. The valley of that river, in the environs of Auxone, spreads into a vast level plain. The town is built on the border of the stream, on a slight emi nence, which, when the overflow of the Saiine covers the meadows, presents the appearance of a tongue of land stretch ing out into the midst of the waters. On a warm summer's day, when there is no breath of wind, and the layers of air which rest upon the ground, unmoved by currents,.are mo tionless, the spectator, standing in the midst of the prairie to the northward of Auxone, and looking towards the town, is witness to a magnificent spectacle. In the distance the arid soil has disappeared ; a vast extent of water spreads out before him ; the town rises as it were out of the midst of a lake, which reflects the houses and trees upon its banks, as distinctly as if they were indeed repeated on the surface OLP, tranquil sheet of water. Yet this phenonienon of the mirage, - which has been repeated daily since the earth was lighted by the sun, was never observed or described before the year 1797." Monge was 'the first person who gave any scientific eXplanation of it. Forming a part of the expedition to Egypt, he was, for the moment, the dupe of the illusion whick de -teived the entire army ; but it was only for 'it moment; - and he speedily detected the causes of his error. When the ground is intensely heated by the sun, and the weather calm . , experience proves that the lower strata of air are dilatetr'by the heat of the earth,. and that, commencing frOm .a certain height, they are less dense in proportion as they app,roach the soil. In that case, it happens that the rays of light pass ing from objects placed above the horizon towards the earth, having to traverse layers of air of different densities, are re fracted, and that, finally, presenting themselves very oblique ly to enter into a new stratum, they fail to pen&rateiti: and are reflected. Then, if a spectator be so placed as to receive at once the rays of light which proceed from objects 'directly opposite to himself, and those which, passing from the same objects towards the ground, are reflected, he will see both the objects them Selves; and their images reversed beneath" them.- Now, if the same spectator be placed in the midst of a plain, so level and 'extensive that those rays, projected from that portion of the sky which touches the horizon in the di rection of the groiind, present theinselves to the expanded strata of air 'in a direction so oblique to their surface that those rays are reflected, then the spectator in question will see on the earth the image of the sky ; and this image it is which has to his eyes the perfect aspect of a sheet of limpid water." AN ACCOMPLISHED PAROQUET.—Ou returning to the Serai, I found the nuwaub's bird-catcher in waiting, to make his salaam. His highness patronises all artists of this des-- cription, and delights in the exhibition of their skill. Fight ing rams, buffaloes, and even exasperated birds, form the usual amusement of this dissipated prince, before the closing in of evening introduces his taifahs, musicians, and players. The bird-catcher brou g ht a cage full of fighting partridges, and a little paroquet of very finished education. As we de sired to see what really were the accomplishments of the little bird, and whether the feathered tribes ofJunagarh were addicted to gambling, and played dominoes and piquet as well as those of Germany, I 'begged the exhibitor to afford us a proof of his pupil's skill. Placing the paroquet upon the cross-perch of a small stand, the bird-catcher offered him a . . - rod, with a wick attached to either end. This the bird grasped in the middle with his beak, and suffered the wicks to be lighted, closing his eyes, during the process, to avoid the glare. Holding the rod firmly, he began to turn hi's head slowly from side to side, as if to ascertain the correctness of the balance. At length, quickening the motion, he twirled the rod so rapidly that its form became lost to the eye, and nothing was distinguishable but a circle of revolving light playing round the head of the bird. It was cleverly done; but the man assured me, that a month's practicmwas suffici ent to perfect any parrot of moderate capacity. I have never before seen so mischievous a little creature-as a paroquet de-, serving to be classed with either the educated or the industri ous working . classes ; their gay plumage, their clamorous voices, and the gay sunny life these little plunderers lead among the richest fruit-trees of the country, mark them as the most luxurious idlers of the feathered tribe.—Mrs. Pos tern's Western India. There is a story of a Yankee clockmaker's ingenuity that 1 have not seen in print. He made a circuit, having a hun dred clocks when he started; they were all very bad, which he knew ; but by " soft sawder and human natur," as Sam Slick says, he contrived to sell ninety-nine of them, and re serve the last for his intended " ruse." He went to the house where he had sold the first clock, and said, " Well, now, how does your clock go? very well, I guess." The answer was as he anticipated. "No, ver y b a d." " Indeed! Well, I've found it out at last. You see, I had one clock, which was I know a bad one, and I said to my boy, ' You'll put that clock aside, for it won't do to sell such an article.' Well, the boy didn't mind, and left the clock with the others ; and I found out afterwards that it had been sold somewhere. Mad I was, I can tell you, for I'm not a little particular about my credit; so I have asked here and there, everywhere al most, how my clocks went, and they all said, ' they actually regulated the sun.' But I was determined to find out who had the bad clock, and I am most particular glad that I have done it at last. Now you see I have but one clock left, a very superior article, worth a matter of ten dollars more than the others, and I must give it you in change, and I'll only charge,yon five dollars difference, as you have been annoyed with the had. article." The man who had the bad clock thought it better to pay five dollars more to have a good one ; so the exchange was made, and then the Yankee, proceeding with the clock, returned t o th e next house. "Well, now, how does your clock go ? very well, I guess." The same answer—the same story repeated—and another five dollars received in exchange. And thus did he go round, exchanging clock for clock, until he had received an extra five dollars for every one which he had sold.—Captain Marryat's America. A FAR-OFF SOUTHERNER.—AIthough some of the towns have, as I have pointed out, effected a great reformation, the state of society in' general in these states is still most lamen table, and there is little or no security for life and property ; and, what is to be muds deplored, the evil extends to other states, which otherwise, would much sooner become civi- lized. This arises from the southern habits of migrating to the other states during the unhealthy months. For the rest . of the year they remain on their properties, living, perhaps, in a miserable log-house, and almost in a state of nature, laying up dollars, and attending carefully to their business. But as soon as the autumn comes it is the time for holyday ; they dress themselves in their best clothes, and set off to amuse themselves, spend their money, and pass for gentle men. Their resorts are chiefly the states of. Virginia, Ken tucky, and Ohio ;' where the Springs, Cincinnati, Louisville, 'and other towns, are crowded with them : they pass their time in constant revelling, many of them being seldom free from the effects of liquor ; and I must say that I never, in my life, heard such awful swearing as many of them are guilty of. Every sentence is commenced with some . tre mendous oath, which really horrifies you ; in, fact, although in the dress of gentlemen, in no other point can they lay any pretensions to the title. Of course lam now speaking of the mass : there are many exceptions ; but even these go with the stream, and make no efforts to resist it. Content with not practising these vices themselves, !bey have not the courage to protest against them in others.--7Coplain Mar ryat's Diary in America. YANKEE LOGIC.—A Yankee went.into the bar of an inn in a country town. •" Pray, what's the price of a pint of shrub?" " Half ft dollar," was the reply of the man at the bar. " Well, then, give it me." The shrub was poured out, when the bell rang for dinner. "Is that your dinner bell ?" "Yes." " What may you charge for dinner ?" " Half a dollar." " Well, then, I think I had better not take the shrub, but have some dinner instead." This was consented to: The Yankee went in, sat down to his dinner„ and when it was over, was going out of the door Yv . ithiitit paying. " Massa," said the negro waiter, "you not:.paid• for your dinner." " I know that ; I took the dinner instead_ of the shrub." " But, massa, you not pay for the shrub." " Well, I did not have the shrub, did I, you niggar ?" said' the Yankee, walking away. The negro scratched his bead: be knew that something was'wrong, as he had got.:ne o:coriey ; but he could not make it out until the Yankee was = out of sight.—Captain Marryat. - . e..; I ', : „ ibippftig TUESDAY, JAN. 14.—Wind South The Columbia, that was aground in King's Dock Basin, was got off last evening without damage, and is now reloading in the river William Salthouse, , hence at Trinidad Belmont, , hence at Jamaica Alecto, Ayshford, and Ruby, Anning, hence at Lisbon Robert Morris, Walker, from Virginia for this port, at Cowes Pats Una - Yabsley, hence at Naples Frances, Dixon, from Antigua at London Hannah Grayson, Penrice, hence at Jamaica Gratitude, Harvey, hence at Gonaves Palinurus, , from Jamaica at St. Jago de Cuba Mary, , hence and Santa Martha at Carthagena Ann Wise, --, hence and Barbados at ditto Betsey, Grey, hence for Alexandria, at Cove Mercer, Mercer, hence for Barbados, at ditto Agnes, Turcan, hence for Venice, at ditto United Kingdom, Patterson, hence for Charleston, off Cove, 1 Ith instant _ _ Jane, Calvert, hence for Africa, was spoken 16th December, in lat_l7 N, long; is W Giilmre, Williams, from Siam at St Helena, and sailed 33d Nov for London Spencer, Swift, hence, at Berbice, after being ou shore at entrance of the River Courantyne Grace, Kennedy, sailed from Berbice for this port 25th Nov. British Queen, Robinson, hence, at Antigua . Woodstock, Cook, hence, at St. Thomas Erin Go Bragh, Sumpton, hence, at St. Kitt's Sisters, Short, hence, at ditto Bencoolen, Tait, for Cape of Good Hope, put back to Cape Hay tien 30th Nov., with cargo shifted, and sailed again 15th Dec. Waterville, Mills, sailed from Port-au-Prince for Cape of Good Hope lath Nov. droitTo, JAN. 6.—The Alterido, Marquis, from Liverpool to this port, was wrecked off Vigo on the night of the 27th ult. : crew, except the mate, saved WEDNESDAY, JANVARY 16.—Wind S.W. moderate, ARRIVED.—Byron, Purrington, from New Orleans—America, Holden, from Savannah—Triton, —-; Magnificent, Whitty, (in 22 days) and Maitland, —, from St. John, N.B.—Charlotte, from Africa—Augusta, Ponet, from Marans—Endracht, Von Simwen, from Rottcrdatn. SAlLED.—America. Mackie, for Savannah—Roscius, Collins, and Europe, Marshall, for New York—Jas. H. Shepherd, Redman, for New Weans—May, Brown, for Africa—and Gipsey, Shotton, for Bourdeaux. Grace, Pearson, hence at Antigua Lucretia, Hayes, from London, at Barbadoe, and sailed for La. guna 24th Nov. Duchess of Portland, —, from Demerara. at Barbadoes for ;his port Charles Hamerton, Davies, hence at St. Vincent Blundell. Haynes, hence at Trinidad Ellen, Cobb, from Miramichi, at Halifax, leaky, bound to this port _ _ _ Columbine, Mason, and Leander, l'hilan, hence at St. John, N.B. Greenhow, -, and Sherbrooke, O'Brien, heuce at Charleston South America, Bailey; Napier, Sandford, and Rochester, Wood house, hence at New York Silvanus Jenkins, Barker, hence and St. Thomas, at ditto Evergreen, , hence at Savannah Corsair, Cumming, hence at Constantinople Royal William, Miller, hence arid Syra, at ditto Amphitrite, M'Neill, from Odessa, at ditto, and sailed.lBth ult, for this port Trial, Patrick, sailed from Marseilles for this port 7th Jan. Nova Amizade, Glore, hence for Lisbon, at Kingstown Governor, James, hence for Limerick, at ditto, having struck on the Kish Bank Soliestra, Haletrom, from Odessa fur this port, at Falmouth Serrigo 2do, Shone, hen,. for Lisbon• at npanmaris z-nget, from Leith for Charleston, was off Longhope 7th . instant Siddons, Palmer, from New York, at this port , sailed 28th ult.. Yesterday, saw a signal of distress dying at the Tuskar Light-house, but could not communicate owing to the heavy sea Henrietta, Fell, from Arica, at this port; sailed 6th Oct. The Cigar was to sail on the 11th for Callao. The Agnes was discharg• ing. 'lie Thomas Fielding was to load wool, and the Georgiaua was going down the Coast lronside, Mitchell, hence for Texas, was spoken 30th Dec. in lat. 47 o, long. 1.0 . - George Washington, , hence off New York 27th ult. was standing off and on about 40 miles off Sandy Hook, waiting till the Ist January, to take advantage of the reduction in the duties — Wind N.E. blowing a gale NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—The Lavinia, from Quebec for Liverpool, put into Sydney, C.B. previous to the 11th instant, and has been condemned. A severe gale was experienced at Charleston 22nd inst. during which the Sherbrooks was driven foul of the St. Cloud, and carried away timber heads, cat heads, &c. CASTLETOWN, ISLEMAN, Jan. 13.—The St. Andrew from Liver pool to Carlingtord, tailed on the rocks in endeavouring to get into Port St. Mary, and has brought in here, with a hole in her star board quarter, and very much strained WEXFORD. Jan. 13.—The Samuel Freeman, from Clyde for Charleston, struck on Blackwater Bank early on the night of the 11th instant, and got off and sunk in about g fathoms water; three men drowned THURSDAY, JANUARY 17.—Wind W.N.W. ARRIVED.—Wm. Shand, —, from Calcutta—Alleghaney, Michaels, fro'ln Charleston—Moslem, M'Clure, from New Orleans —Margaret, ---, from Demerara—Cornet, —, from St. An drew's—Egira, —, from Reis Effendi, Harvey, from St. Domingo—Ariel, Robinson, from St. Andrew's—Juno, Spohr, from Danzic—Pollix, Fallange, from Lisbon—Northampton, Morin, from New Orleaus—and Duchess of Portland, —, from Deme rara. Palmyra, Cushing, from Charleston, at this port. On sth Jan. in 48, long. 30, spoke the Ann, from Prince Edward Island for Lime rick. On 28th Dec. in lat, 40, long. 56, spoke the Thomas, from St. Thomas for Cork Gulnare, --, from Sincapore, off Margate Agnes, Bell, from Glasgow, at Campbeltown, after being on shore Brothers, Murdock, from Manilla, at the Clyde Colchester, Withers, hence for Bombay, at Bray Port Eliza Heywood, Heywood, from Calcutta, at the Cape of Goad Hope Prowler, M`Dowell, hence at Venice Aringale, Rooke, from Lisbon; Diligent, Vertue, from Trieste, and William Wright, Fleck, from Hambro', for Liverpool, at Wa terford Halifax, Cleary, hence at Halifax HAMBRO', Ja n . 10.—The17e117, Clay, for Liverpool, has been hauled on shore, out of the ice, at Jircilenflutte, and the Pomona, Perri, for Liverpool, at Gluckstadt Sr. Jon:l . , N. 13. Dec. 16.—The Hannah Kerr, Brown, from Liver pool for this port, is on shore in the Bay of Fundy, and likely to be ,v-eome a total wreck New Hampshire, Harding, from New Orleans, at this port. On 24th Dec. in 1at..34, long. 70, fell in with the Schooner Belt, of Bur lington, in distress, having been blown off the coast, and after great exertion saved the crew TELEGRAPH OFFICE, JANUARY 16, . 1840. Wind at Holyhead, W.N.W. blowing fresh during the day. Off Holyhead, outward bound, at 11 a.m. No. 570, Europe, A.S. for New York. Off Point LynaS, inward bound, (have pilots) No. 998, Henry, A.S. at t 3 a.m. from New Orleans-98, Parker, B.S. at 10 a.m.frean Demerara-1338, Columbia, 8.8. at lo a.m. from Newfoundland -1321. Cincinnati, A.S. at noon, from Virginia, and 510. Frederick, 13k. froth St. John's. Off Point Lynas, ontwardbound, at 12 at noon, No. 17449 .Arne: ••rica; - D:11 - k. for Savannah. Put into Beaumaris, at 11 a.m. No. 1081, Margaret, B.Sc. Anita% LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JAN. I& Every thing wears a quiet appearance in our Butter and Pro. vision market, and prices are entirely without alteration. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. D. The Cotton market has to-day been very dull, and the sales only amount to 2500 bags. Holders continue to offer freely, even at a decline of fully id per lb on last week's prices, and still the trade, whose attendance has to-day been very small, are reluctant buyers at the decline. Emports. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &c. Alice, (302) J Anwyl, from Mauritius, 7076 bags sugar, 20 pees coir ropes, Barton, him and co-2 chests 1 case silk handkerchiefs 1 lAni silk munufactures, order—Q I) Zoe, (305) W Holmes, from Mauritius, 7126 bags sugar, J Aikin —5O dO, 4 silver watches returned, the master-1 case hardware returned, 9 tons old rope. order WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Jamaica, (J6l) T Gibson, from Jamaica. 324 hhds 24 tees 2 brls sugar, 132 puns rnm, 9 tees coffee, .1 B Yates and co-13 hhds sugar, 15 puns rum, D and T Willis-2 hhds sugar, I pun rum,'J Redmayne-55 :tons logwood, 50 lanccwood spars, 24 dry hides, 3 packages D presents; 2 packages returned goods, J B Yates a n d co —.P Higginson, (453) C Heath, from Barbadoes, 177 hhds 2 tees sugar 150 bateS cotton, 012 casks Molasses, 10 hhds rum, I I 1 bags ginger, 31 hales check returned, 8 pipes 15 hhds 20 qr casks 1 hf qr cask Madeira wine, Barton, Irlam and co-8 brls limes, 4 packages pepper, .2 packages hardware returned, 75 gourds aloes, 6 casks books, 4 packages British and 4 cases silver plate, 5 packages fur niture, 2 packages specimens natural history, 3 packages wood specimens, 1 case wine, 200 hides, 1 case lamps, 1 case shoes, about 0600 staves, 35 packages succades, order—lB hhds 4 tees sugar, 'r Lee and co—Q D SOUTH AMERICA. Isabella, (305) T Rymer, from Pernambuco, 4 cases 71 brls sugar, 511 bags cotton, order-34 cases 20 brls sugar, M'Calmont Brothers and co.—From Muck), 20 cases sugar, 1095 bags cotton, order— PD UNITED STATES. London, (633) J F Patten, from New Orleans, 1037 bales cotton, Baring Brothers and co-688 do, Finlay, Alston and co-250 do, order-2uo do. Todd, Jackson and co—P 1) Liverpool, ;steamer, 559) J R Engledue, from New , York, 8 brie apples, 4 hf brls flour, R Hutton and co—i brl flour, Molyneux, and co-45 serons indigo, order-71 do, F Huth and co-1 brl 1 hf brl apples; Mr. Christie—i brl apples, D Macdonald-2 do, Mr. - Humphries-12 do, J Pollock-4 do, Barton and co—l do, D B Stacey-1 do, Leech and co-1 do, G Gray-1 do, Duke of Cleve land-3 do, -Wades, Pickersgill and co-7 do, T B Blackburne-3 do, Simpson and co-3 do, Mrs. Hemans-5 do, It L Dawson and co -1 do, W Lindsay-1 do, B Soden-5 brls 19 hf brls balsam capivi, E Dadelzen and co-26 brls do, D Malcomson and co-4 casts cnfitenti unknoWn, Fitzhugh and co-1 case 10 packages do, order —63 cases do, Coates and co-2 cases 2 brls do, J Fry-3 do, J Lacey box do, W Brown—.l do, Leech and co-1 package do, G B Brown-5 casks ivory, 29 ivory teeth, Brown, Shipley and co-1 box .plants, W Skirving-37 bags preparation logwood, Oxley and Taylor-1 box New Year cakes, D M'Donald-1 trunk papers, J Pollock-9 cases machinery, G Wright and co-1 case bark, M`Lean and co-4 packages chairs, order.—From Fayal, 10 packages con tents unknown, 1 nest baskets, 21 boxes oranges, order BRITISH AMERICA. _ _ Beverley, (58g) J Brewer, from St. John, — N.B. 75g pees fir tim. ber, 51c 10 deals and deal ends, 60ic 10 staves, 6 fms lathwood, Gibbs, Bright and co-13 sdars, for exportation—B D EUROPE. Adolphe, (100) J Canneau, from Marans, about 700 qrs beans, T Mahony and co—S D Goede Frouw, (100) K J Masker, from Amsterdam, 700 qrs wheat, Sandbach, Tinne and co-20 cases cheese, A C Kup—Q D Admiral Benbow, (371) G Bruce, 72 ps oak and 174 ps pine tim her, 2121 ps deals,4l7l ps staves and heading, 5224 ps w o pn staves, J Froste and co—B D Pearl, (79) P Cove, from Seville, 385 chts 169 bxs oranges, Order —3 bxs do, 12 kegs olives, Master-10 kegs olives, 4 cs liquorice, Order—S D - Creole, (200) J Dietleff, from Neustadt, about 1100 qrs wheat, Order—Q D Herald, (257) H Alcock, from Alexandria, (Egypt.) 1708 bls cot ton, 8 chts conts unkn, a quantity old lathings, order—K D Clipper, (85) J Douglas, front St Übes, 244clits 847 bYs oranges, Order—K D Vrow Henriette, H P Klie, from Rotterdam, 5 cases contents un known, W Fosberry-50 casks do, order-8 chests wine, G H Aman and co-4 cases wine, W Maxwell and co-3 do, Bevan and Smith —3 do, T Stavert-1 do, W P ReusS-140 mats 22 bales flax, T Moore-55 do, A Swainson-41 do, Horner and Bell-180 do, Tat. tersall and Clare—about 300 qrs beans, order-4 cases 3 brls pro. visions, D Willink-1 case glasses, IV F Reuss—Q D • PORT OF LIVERPOOL. , . Number of Vessels, with their amount of Tonnage, Reported in wards at the Custom-house, from the 25th Nov., 11139, to the 24th Dec., 1339, viz.— _ . . _. British. Foreign. ' TOTAL. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. Africa Azores British America . . Belgium Denmark •i. ~ .' : •' o o 2 330 2 330 East indiet - . . . France :. .. - . . . - 13 1276 Germany GUernsey Holland 1 9s 6 380 7 675 Isle of Man .. . Iceland Jersey Mediterranean . . Madeira - 0 0 Portugal a 71 6 - 1 140 6 856 Prussia Russia Sweden Spain l4 1100 0 0 14 1100 South America . . United States . . . West Indies . • . Ireland and Coastwise 799 108781 0 0 799 108781 1013 170150 3:1 16422 1066 106572 Vessels and Tonnage entered the Port of Liverpool, in the Months ending 24th Dec., 1838 and 1839. 1839 Liverpool.... 1066 vessels 186572 tons Runcorn .... 122 5643 1188 vessels 192215 tons. 1838 Liverpool.... Runcorn 171)760 6325 1264 vessels 177085 tons. Decrease . 15130 tons. An account of the number of vessels which sailed from Liverpool. to Foreign Ports, during the year 1839, with the number which have been lost, stranded, &c. in the outward passage, compared with the years 1838 and 1837 : British. Foreign. Vessels lost out- Years. Vessels. Tons. Vessels. Tons. ward voyage. 1839 2078 54861.1 1186 370188 10 1838 1897 525544 1246 402567 27 1837 1759 449392 1000 320970 25 . • ' PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. Outward. Home. LONDON & LIVERPOOL, t 0.... .... .... .... Jamaica 2ss Od@ 30 0 60s Od @Mos 0 Leeward Isl. Dern. & Berbice 2O 0— 25 0 30 0— 40 0 Honduras 5O 0 -- 103 0 —147 0 New York, Boston 4O 0 20 0— 25 0 Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana Canada — 126 0 —l6B 0 British North America 66 0 126 0 —l6B o Newfoundland BO 0 40 0 Brazils River Plate East Indies China — —• 6O 0— 70 0 Batavia 4O 0 ' 40 0 -- New South Wales Cape Of Good Hope Africa 3O 0 126 0 -- Gibraltar - 20 0 -- Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga 25 0 24 0 Madeira 2O 0 20 0 Western Isles, Cape de Verds — Lisbon 25 0— 30 0 20 Cadiz 2O 0— 25 0 20 0— 25 0 France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gottenburg, Stockholm -- Petersburg, Riga, &c. __ __ ......0 0 6 6 6_ 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - - : _ " Oporto LIVERPOOL AGRICULTI 'URAL MARKET, JAN. 6. F. d. s. d. Old flay .... 0 10@1 0 20%. New Hay.— 0 10 1 0 Clover Hay.. 0 9 , 0 I Straw, Wheat 0 si 0 6 - Straw, Oat.. 0 4 0 6 Straw, Barley 0 4 0 5 Green Clover 0 0 0 0 s. d. s. d. Potatoes, 1 11@2 8 4,901 E Cattle Ditto I 9 110 - Turnips 2B 031 0 Carrots 46 0 50 0 - Manglewttrzle 0 0 0 0 Manure TIDE TABLE. Em:. Height.' Sundays, liolydays, 6r—c. 1 . 17 0 17 6 17 11 2nd Sunday after Epiphany 17 11 17 3 16 7 Clock 11m. 475. fast. 15 4 Days. Mrn: H. H. H. 3 1 • Priddy .. 17 938 10 23 Saturdrel 18 10 48 11 14 Sunday 19 11 37 0 Monday 20 0 7 024 Tuesday 21 0 7 1 5 Wedlies. 22- 1 0 44 1 44 149t1P14 I.L 124 2 25 _ <~wl LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, JAN. 10. (From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott and Son.) By a minute investigatiOn into the imports of Grain and Flour in the three months ending 31st ult. compared with those in the same period of the year 1838, there is a great deficiency in the im ports of Wheat, Flour, Barley, and Oats from Ireland—the Wheat Coastways is about 3-4ths Foreign from London and Hull; of Flour from America our supplies have considerably increased. Our stocks of free Grain are much less than at this period last year, estimated at this date at about 50,000 quarters Wheat, about 18,000 barrels and sacks of Flour, about 45,000 quarters of Oats, and 40,000 loads of Oatmeal ; in bond here, about :15,000 quarters Wheat, and about 95,000 barrels of Flour; of all other Grain, free or in bond, very trivial ;—although quotations in our circulars for Wheat are nearly the same, the averages in the Gazette are about 15s per quarter lower than in this week last year, chiefly owing to the very bad quality of the new ; of other articles not much difference. The weather for winter seed time has been very bad all last month ; constant rain, no frost or snow up to the sth instant, since which we have had six days of severe frost, without snow, which im mediately succeeding a very wet day, cannot be favourable for re cently sown Wheat, and a vast deal of winter Wheat must be sown farther on in the season, the consequences of which render pros pects for another harvest not very satisfactory. The new Irish Wheat is very bad, and although we may expect large supplies of Wheat and Flour front America, and also from the ports of the Baltic and Mediterranean in the spring, we must remember that the ac cumulated stocks of previous years in Europe were pretty well exhausted last year, and we shall require large supplies of Foreign Grain to prevent an advance, greater than we anticipated, before another harvest :—we believe this season will prove as favourable as the last for Importers of Grain from Foreign ports ;—more sanguine expectations appear now generally to prevail that some material modification will be made in the Corn Laws early in the present Session of Parliament ; on this suhjeet we have often expressed our ideas—particularly in our Harvest Letter of the 12th November last, to which we steadily adhere. During the past week, notwithstanding the prevalence of easterly winds, the import of Oats and Oatmeal from Ireland, and of Wheat, chiefly Foreign, from Ports Coastwise, has been rather considerable, and the demand has been so languid, that purchases might have been made of any article in the trade at a small decline.—The only alteration in the duties this week is an increase on Oats and Beans of Is 6d per quarter.—Some parcels of American Flour, in bond, have changed hands at a decline of 3d to 6d per barrel, and the recent account of a reduction of half a dollar in America may cause a temporary depression here. The supplies to this day's market have been very considerably increased by arrivals yesterday of Wheat and Flour from America, and also Coastways and from Ireland;—our demand here having thus been so greatly exceeded, sales were very languid, and to a very moderate extent, at a decline of 3d to 4d per 701 b on Wheat, 6d to Is per barrel on Flour, I d per 451 b on Oats,—and every article in the trade participated in this temporary depression ;—it is not possible to state prices correctly. WHEAT, per 70lbs s. d. s. d. English Scotch 9 9 10 9 Irish 6 0 9 6 Bonded BARLEY, per qr. raiglish 45 0 46 0 Chevalier 47 0 48 0 Scotch, per 601 b 5 4 6 0 Irish - "4 , 6 6 0 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 OATS, per 451 b. English Scotch 4 1 4 Irish 3 2 3 Foreign, in bond 3 6 4 Ditto, duty free 4 0 4 RYE, per quarter INDIAN CORN, To 4801 b. Red 44 0e45 0 White 45 0 46 0 BEANS, per quarter. iish 45 0 50 0 Irish 44 46 0 PEAS, Grey 3B 0 44 White 44 0 48 0 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b. In bond l4 0 17 0- FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. Fine 52 0 59 0 Irish 48 0 57 0 Amer. brl. free Sweet U.S 42 0 42 6 Sour 37 0 38 6 OATMEAL, per 2401 b. English 32 0 33 0 Ditto, new 34 0 35 0 Scotch 32 0 33 0 MAii, per fine 70 0 74 middling 56 0 68 PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL. Wool), Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid Archangel £l9 0 @ 20 10 ' Memel 17 0 18 0 Gothenburg l5 10 - 16 10 Not above 16 ft Wyburg lB 0 - 19 0 8.P.2. Petersburg 18 10 - 19 10 21 feet. PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick. 422 108. Danzig, Deck British American Pine LATH WOOD, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet £8 10 9 10 British American 5 0 6 0 MAHOGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras Cuba St. Domingo 1 0 2 0 OAK PLANKS, British American, rICAKWOOD, per cubic feet STAYKS, per 1200. Danzig, C. Pipe £133 0 —l4O Hhd. 7O 0 —BO 0 Quebec, red, If inch thick, 155 0— 75 0 and 5i feet long Do. Puncheon l4 0 34 0 Tx hIBXR, per cubic foot. s. d. s. d. Oak 2 9 4 0 Pine, British Amer. common red I 5 2 1 yellow 2 2f— 2 3 2 2f— 2 3 2 5 2 6 Duty. !.t . 4 Ss. 455. :el 108, }45. none. 4 9 A 6 15s per load lOs. Not ab. 36 X 1 3s. B.P. 2s. 2 6 43, 0 6s, lOs per load, Danzig, middling .. Memel, middling . . Riga, red 1.e2 15s. v•load AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from the 7th to the 13th inst. inclusive, FROM IRELAND, Previously.. 1247 3425 2643 COASTWISE. Previously 96 524 Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs, 1464 2927 4667 32 15 6 Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs , 32 1126 g6s 4 NORTHERN HOSPITAL, JANUARY 14. ADMITTED. Accidents 7 Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation Total Remaining in thi DISCHARGED Cured Attending as Out Patients . . d Irregular Died 2 ie Hospital . . . 79 House Visitors, R. B. B. H. Blundell, Esq. and Jacques Myers, Esq, Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.—House Surgeon, Mr. Arnott. • 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 BIRMINGHANI 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 If 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 If PP 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. „ 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. II 12 LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. FROM L'poot. TO MANCHESTER. First Class Second Class Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 „ ..10 0 „ it 0 ~ ..11 45 „ 2 0 Aftern. 2 30 Aftern. 4 45 ~ • • 5 30 ~ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton 8z Prkside I Except on Saturdays, when ti ON Si' First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Attern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 „ 2 30 Aftern 4 45 „ 7 15 „ .. Second Class .. Mixed First Class. ON SO 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon .. .. FROM LIVERPOOL:- 8 45 Morning.... First Class 11 0 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 ON sty 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. Pt TO ST. 1 PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 11 45 2 30 Afternoon.. 5 30 „ ON stn 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. Of TO RUNG FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class [I 45 ~ .. OP 5 30 Afternoon .. ON su: 7 0 Morning.... Second Class I 6 30 Afternooll,.. FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 0 „ ..10 0 11 15 „ 11 45 „ 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. 5 0 „ 5 30 7 15 Evening .. 7 Is Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I his Train does not start till Three. Nnars. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 3o Aftcrn. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 „ 2 45 Aftern. ..Second Class 5 0„ .. Mixed 715 „ .. First Class xnAys. 7 o Morning. ... Mixed 530 Afternoon . • If ILTON. FROM MANCHESTER. g Morning.... First Class 11 15 ~ • • •• „ 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 • • . • „ , NDAYS. 7 o Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon . PP HELENS. FROM NtANcnxsTKR• 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 OP 11 45 OP 2 45 Afternoon .. 5 39 OP NDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. :ORN GAP. FROM MANCUESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 PO 5 30 Afternoon .. 'NDAYS. 7 0 Morning .... Second Clas s I s 30 After:mu TO 80. LONDON GAZETTE.-TUESDAY, JAN. 14. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. Maw, Rodgers and Co. Liverpool, ironfounders ; as far as retards E. Maw—Halliwell and Jackson, Oldham, cotton-spinners—Wood and Evans, Manchester, woollen-cloth-merchants—W. and J. Fletcher, Burnley, grocers—Burgess, Swanwick, and Johnson, Hollins Vale and Manchester, calico-printers—Ashworth and Ellerby, Manchester, engravers—T. G. Bennett and H. Latham, Ince and Wigan, mordaunt-manufacturers—T. F. Johnson and W. King, Manchester, manufacturers INSOLVENTS Jan. 4.—George Gibbons, Rotherhithe-wall, shipwright. Jan. B.—William.Kay, Ramsgate, bookseller. Jan. 14.—Benjamin Reach, of Great Portland-street, London, cheesemonger. Jan. 14.--John Andrew Anderson, Upper Park-street, Greenwich. lodging-house-keeper. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Willacy, Windle, Lancashire, io surrender Jan. 28, and Feb. 25, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms. Solicitors, Messrs. Tay lor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London. William Bsrnard John .Brandon; Newington, and Lock's-fields, London, manufacturer. James Silver, Hatton-gardert; Holborn, London, silversmith. Hugh Ellis and George Henry Bryson, Manchester..brace-manu faeturers. John Gauthorp, Manchester, chemist. Edward Burt, Aston, Warwickshire, victualler. • • George Shuckard, Preston, Sussex, brewer. • - William Thomas Barker,' Birmingham, plater. Charles Heney, Littlemoor, Oxfordshire, corn-dealer. Joseph Burr, Wells, Somersetshirc, baker. Thomas Wilson Proud, Newcastle upon •Tyne, ship-broker. John Edwards, Glocester, baker. Samuel Wood, Northampton, ironmonger. Sigismund Gans, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, furrier. Jesse Ross, Leicester, woolstapler. DIVIDENDS, Feb. 8, A. Gibson, Liverpool, cart-owner—Feb. 6, A. Brandon Castle-street, Moorfields, London, mustard-manufacturer—Feb. 6 T. H. H. Cauty, Pall-mall, London, auctioneer—Feb. 5, W M, Jonas, H. Stracey, and G. E. Graham, lterners-street, London, bankers—Feb. 5, G. More and J. Woolly, Dasiughall-street, Lon don, wholesale woollen-drapers—Feb. 6, W. P. Litt, Lime street, London, merchant—Feb. 9, G. Children, Tonbridge, Kent, banker —Feb. 6, H. Lloyd, George-street, Adelphi, Loudon. broker—Jan. 30, W. Swain, Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, builder—Feb. 5, T. Walker, Hook, Yorkshsre, miller—Feb. 10, W. Elston, Hough ton-le-Spring, Durham, cabinet-maker. CERTIFICATES To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before Feb. 4. J. Stevens, Brighton, carpenter—T. Morgan, St. James's-street. Piccadilly, London, perfumer—A. Gallimore, Stone, Staffordshire, printer—O. Hustler, Halsted, Essex, scrivener—G. Harvey, Hands acre, Staffordshire, spirit-merchant—H. E. Wartnaby, Wood-street, Loudon, silkman—J. Gazard, Bristol, clothier—J. Man, Brickhill lane, Upper Thames-street, London, wholesale ironmonger. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Andrew Yuill, Port Dundas, Glasgow, Ilesher. Andrew Chrichton, Glasgow, smith. Henry Blyth, Dundee, merchant. David Smith and Co. Carntyne Chemical-works, near Glasgow. Emanuel Franklin and Co. Edinburgh, jewellers. Robert Thomson, Leith, cattle-dealer. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. JAN. HOVg 17. Thomas and William Wilson, (2nd) . . Clarendon Rooms, 2 20. C. J. Wilson Wharton, (Ist) 21. Charles HoltLendorff Byrne, (lst) . . 22. Jordan and Magrath, (Ist) 22. Nathan Litherland, (div.) 23. Thomas Johnson, (special) IA William .A....6•••-wo DerrtJUll, IMO ; --•-•• • •--Vidarcivdo•• 'Awn., 1 25. Eyton, Carlila and Dyson, (div.) Davenport and Collier's, 12 25. Colborne and Dobbs PRICES OF SHARES, JANUARY 16. • Prices. This day Last RAILWAYS, &c. Per Shale. Priers. Birmingham and Gloucester 7O paid 50 10 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 35 .... 29 0 0 .... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid 3 5 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 14 paid 12 5 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar 130 paid 0 0 0 .... Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares 30 . . 79 0 0 .... 80 10 0 Great Western Ditto new shares 2O .... 19 5 0 .... 18 15 0 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 35 paid 21 17 6 .... Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 9O .... 151 0 0 .... Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto anti Southampton 5O .... 43 15 0 ... Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester 6O .... 70 0 0 .... Ditto half shares Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 71 0 0 .... Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 25 .... 14 7 ti .... Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties • Net castle and Carlisle lOO .... 112 10 0 .... Dittq quarter shares North Midland New Nolth Midland lO •. . . 12 17 6 .... 12 13 a South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland 3O paid 40 10 0 ... BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool SOO .... 718 0 uex div. Bank of Liverpool - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 19 0 0 ... - Liverpool Union lO .... 13 12 6 ... - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales lO .... 82 6 .... - of Manchester to .. . . 11 7 6 - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 9130 ~ . - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO 15 12 6 .... Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 4 1 0 .... East of England lO 9 7 6 ... Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 los. 7 2 0 ... GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings .eloo paid 170 0 0 .... L'pool and Harrington Water 1 3,, .... __ u 4,.., 0 0 , Works• " Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 ... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 370 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .t' It) .... 196 u a .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance }25 paid . . 6 ... Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... 7 2 d .. Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 111 6 ... DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 .... 97 6 .... Woodside Ferry ... Egrbmont Ferry l2 10s. .. . Rock Ferry 5 7 6 .... Monk's Fefry Steam Tug. Company 8 los. 412 6. Harrington Docks lOO .... 00 0 ..... Apothecaries' Company Asplialte (Liverpool; (Polonceau) 2 .... 015 0 ..... BIRTHS. On the . 29th ultimo, at the Castle, Dublin, the lady of J. W POOLEY, Esq. Comptroller of the household, of a son. On Tuesday, the 31st ult. a poor woman, the wife of WALTER PFIILLIPS. miner, at the Coalbrook Vale Iron Works, near Nanty glo, was delivered of four fine children, three girls and a boy. The mother and the children are getting on as well as possible. On the 9th Instant, at No. 5, Percy-street. the lady of JOHN GREEN OUGHTERSON, Esq. of a daughter. Same day, at the Vicarage, Horley, Oxfordshire, the lady of the Rev. R. J. BUDDICOM, of a son. On the 14th instant, at Egremont, the lady of MORRIS REY NOLDS, Esq. of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 16th ult. at Annisquain, Gloucester, U.S. Mr. CALEB HARADEN to Mrs. HANNAH INGERSOLL. Twenty-four yen* since the parties were betrothed, the banns were published, and. every preparation made for celebrating the nuptials. Some un toward circumstance prevented the accomplishment of the mar riage, and a separation ensued. Subsequently each formed a matri monial connexion. These ties being dissolved by death, the parties became free, the attachment of their early days:was renewed, and the long-deferred union was consummated. On the 23rd ult. at St. Peter's Church, Mr. JOSEPH COLE to Miss MARGARET STRUTTON, only daughter of the late Mr. Thos. Stratton, formerly of London. On the 24th ultimo, at Mr. THOMAS 13AMBER, of Blackburn, to Miss WILLACY, of Larwick-hall, near Ponlton. On the 30th ult. at Brownedge, Mr. JOSEPH KENWICK, inn keeper, Preston, to Miss HUBBERSTY, Blackburn. On the Ist instant, at St. Mary's, Cheltenham, by the Rev. Echrd. Holmes Farrington, the Rev. G. H. EVANS, M.A. chaplain in the Hon East India Company's service, Madras establishment, to MARIA HARRIET, youngest daughter of the late Sir HENRY MATURIN FARRINGTON, Bart. of Spring-lawn, Devonshire. On the 6th instant, at Manchester, JOHN SINCLAIR, Esq. assistant-surgeon to the Virus, to ISABELLA LOUISA, youngest daughter of the late PETER APLAREN, Esq. of that town. On the gth instant, at St. Ann's Church, Mr. C. W. FINLEY to Miss A. YATES. Same day, at New Marylebonne Church, Loudon. Mr. GEORGE TODD, of this town, to Miss MARGARET MILLAR, youngest daughter of James Millar, Esq. of Manchester-street, Manchester square, London. On the 13th instant, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. JOHN AMBROSE DAWSON, mariner, of this town, to Miss ANN DIXON,' Dumfries. On the 15th instant, at St. Catherine's Church, by the Rev. Jas. North, A.M. Mr. DANIEL LEDSON, of Everton, to ANNE, only daughter of the late GEORGE BERNARD, Esq. of this town. Same day, at Trinity Church, Littleborough, by the Rev. J. Gaits- M.A. JOHN TWEEDALE, Esq. of Birch•house, near Roch dale, to HANNAH, fourth daughter of Mr. ISAAC GAITSKELL, yeoman, of Hall Carleton, in the county of Cmnberland. DIED. At Kingston, Jamaica, Captain ROBERT STOTHARD, of the barque Chandos, of this port, much regretted. At Tinrabeen, Ireland, aged 99, PHILIP REDMOND, Esq.; and, on the following day, aged Po, his wife. At Compton Martin, Sornersetshire, in her 107th year, Mrs. MARY DAVIES. One of her children survives her, whose appear ance was older than that of her mother, though her age is only 76. The deceased has left several grandchildren and great-grandchidren, and her sister, the youngest of her father's family, is living in the above parish, at the age of y 6. On the 9th ult. at Elkton Md., in consequence of an accident on a railway, aged 36, Mr. HENRY W. KNIGHT, comedian, second son of Mr. T. Knight, of Drury-lane Theatre, as well known in the theatrical world as a comedian of excellence. Mr. E. Knight, the composer, was the elder brother. On the 26th ult. at Loanhead, aged 102, Mrs. JANE BELL. She was born in the parish of Crichton, the first of July, 1737, and resided chiefly in the village of Pentland for the last eighty years. She has left upwards of seventy grandchildren and great grand children -• On the 2sth ultimo, aged 54, Mr. JAMES BARBER, formerly o Henry-street, leaving a bereaved wife to deplore her irreparable loss. By his death society has lost a useful member and an honest man. On the 6th instant, aged 37, Mr. GEORGE WILSON. book keeper at Leeds-street Brewery. He was a young man of a u amiable disposition and much esteemed by his employer. On the pth inst. at the seat of the Earl of Glasgow, the Dowager Marchioness of HASTINGS. On the loth instant, at New Brighton, near this town, EDWARD Esq. late of Dublin, so li c it or , much regretted Iff his i L it l. l. o e lD, r ' ou s relatives. s aii day, at this town, THOMAS, third son of the lat M THOMAS ELLISON, of West Derby. Same day, aged 2.5. HELEN BARTON, only daughter of Mr. APPLETON, printer, Cazneau-street. On the 11th instant, after a lingering illness, aged 6s, Mr. DAN L. ROWLANDS, tailor. He was highly respected. Same day, at his residence, No. 11, 'Warwick-street, Torteth-par Mr. CHAS. CROOKE, timber-measurer, aged 44, much respected. On the 13th instant, at his house, Portman-place, Edge Ware-road, London, universally regretted. JOHN TOLLE, Esq. Deputy Re. ceiver General of the Duchy of Lancaster. On the 14th instant, THOMAS ELLAMES WITHINGTON. Esq. of Culcheth-hall, in this county. 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