The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-31 00:00:00

A vote of thanks was presented to the cliairtuan, and the meeting separated. THE LANCASTER ASSIZES (From the Preston Pilot.) We understand that a great probability exists of a return being made, wholly or to a considerable extent, of the assize business of this county to the county town, the removal to Liverpool of that portion origin ating in the southern division having been found to he attended with great inconvenience to all parties, except, perhaps, the legal profession of Liverpool, and their particular clients. Our readers will no doubt wish to know the grounds on which the probability alluded to is founded, and we have much pleasure in giving it. On the occasion of the Mayor and Corporation of Lancaster waiting upon Mr. Justice Coleridge, imme diately after his arrival in that town, his worship, after congratulating his lordship, expressed his regret that his visit was likely to be of a very short duration ; when the learned judge in reply is stated to have said, it was by no means unlikely that at an early period a consi derable addition might be expected to the assize busi ness now brought to Lancaster, the partial removal of it to Liverpool having been found very inconvenient to most of the parties by whom the alteration was brought about. We imagine that the period to which his lord ship alludes can only refer to the time when a continu ous line of railway travelling will be open from the southern division to Lancaster, which may no doubt be expected in the course of the present year. A jour ney from Manchester or Liverpool may then be made in three hours or less, so that the space which now di vides the two extremes of the county will, if not in the strict sense of the terrn be annihilated, be rendered so very inconsiderable as at once to remove all objections on the ground of distance. And when the greatly in creased conveniences furnished by the court accommo dations at Lancaster, and all the more easy facilities for the transaction of business between the attorneys and cJunsel, as compared with those to be met with at Liverpool, are remembered, we think it highly proba ble indeed, that the legal profession in Manchester, and those in the very populous surrounding district, will at once perceive the great advantages to be derived by preferring the county town to Liverpool as a place for business. 'l'he judges on circuit have never, we be lieve, concealed their feelings of preference for Lancas ter; all difficulties, therefore, in procuring a return to the state of things as they formerly existed, with re spect to transacting the assize business at Lancaster, would easily be overcome. We shall only add, that as the realisation of the probability held out by his lord ship's observation, would prove of great service to the inhabitants of the " good old town," and might also promote the comfort and advantage of numbers in other parts of the county, we sincerely wish that it may be effected, and soon. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : TIM ES OF DEPARTII&E 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. Fast Class 10 30 a.m. First Class 12 15 p.m. First Class 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class „ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL. AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. 'Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 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 5 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 3o a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed 99 91 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. 7 p.m. , 9$ 12 2 15 a.m. FiLA Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. 99 2 45 p.m. The Trains on . Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. LIVERPOOL AND MAI FROM L'POOL TO ziANcassTEit. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 845 „ .. 10 0 ~ I 1 0 ..11 45 2 0 Aftern. • . 2 30 Aftern. 445 530 „ 715 Eveni ng .. s Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when tt ON First Class S econd Class 513 8 0 Moniing.. 7 u Morning 5 0 Aftern. 530 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed top only at Newton Prkside I TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 4 45 .. Mixed 7 15 „ .. First Class uv str 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon.. „ TO It FRO3F LIVF,RPOOL. 3 45 Morning.... First Class 12 0 „ Of 1 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 830 4CHESTER RAILWAY, -- ON SIl 7 0 Morning. .. . Second Class 5 30 Afternoon TO ST. FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 0 „ .. 10 0 „ 11 15 „ —ll 45 „ 2 0 Aftern. ...2 45 Aftern. 5 0 „ .. 5 30 , 7 15 Evening .. '7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I his Train does not start till Three. 'NDAVS. I First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morniu 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton. & Prkside, AND WIGAN. PROS! MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class It 15 o • • Second 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class I 5 " .. Mixed 7 15 ~ .. First Class rNDAys. i 7 0 Morning.... Mi xed 1 5 30 Afternoon )LTON. PROM MANCRESTER. 9 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 „ 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 TDAYSI. 90 7 0 Morning.... Seeond Class 5 30 Afternoon FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.'... Second Clas3 lo 0 1/ 11 45 2 30 Afternoon .. IP 5 30 Of FROM MANCIINSTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 ~ •• • • 11 45 • • • • 2 45 Afternoon .. 5 3 , ./ • • • • 2, - - - - ON SUNDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 7 o Morning.. 30 Afternoon .. 11 I 5 30 Afternoon Second Class TO RUNCORN GAP. . FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER 715 Mornin g.... S econ d' Cl ass 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 11 45 • • • • 1/ 5 30 Afternoon .. 5 30 Afternoon .. • :WAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Clans 5 30 .. Afternoon „ 7 0 Mor n i n ON SU: g.... Second Class I 3 0 Afternoon .. LIVER TREA.TRE.-011 Wednesday evening the perform tinces will be for the benefit of Mr. Breze, the box-keeper; and if the most assiduous attention to the comforts of those who frequent his part of the house, added to invariable civil ity, be worthy of reward, Mr. B reze will have a bumper. He has provided a good bill of fare, and the public will not be sorry to have another opportunity of meeting a deserved fa vorite—Mr. J. L. Hatton, wh o h as volunteered his services on the occasion. GARNETT V. SOWLER.—An application was made to Mr. Justice Erskine last evening, after the business of the court was over, relative to the stringent sentence imposed upon the defendants in this case. We understand that the learned j edge directed the defendants to be in court at nine o'clock this morning, when he will decide on the application. ROYAL AM PHITHEATRE. — The performances at the Royal Amphitheatre are of a very high order, and de serve to be extensively patronised. Assize visitors should not omit to see them.—See advertisement. THE MILITARY AFFAIR AT WlGAN. — Yesterday after noon the grand jury returned true bills against the Hon. Mr. Plunkett, and three other officers of the regiment now lying at Wigan, for a misdemeanour, in their recent interference with, and conduct to the civil authorities in that town. The grand jury were shortly afterwards discharged, having been politely thanked by his lordship for their great and unwearied attention. MURDER C ASES. — Yesterday true bills were found against George Murray and John Costello, for the murder of Patrick Slukan, at Parr; against Joseph Knight, for the murder of a female child ; and against Nicholas Fleming, for the murder of Catherine Dempsey, at Manchester. STOCIOALE V. HANSARD. —The nephew of Sir William Gossett, the Sergeant at Arms, has been to Hertford to serve notices on the executive there, cautioning them against exe cuting the writ issued into that county in this cause. The notices are similar to those served upon the sheriff, under sheriff, &c. , of Middlesex ; and it i s understood that the au thorities of Hertfordshire have declined to execute the in quiry until they_have had an opportu n i ty of applying to the Court of Queen's Bench for further directions. PORTSMOUTH. — The Lords of the Admiralty have di rected that 800 shipwrights be forthwith entered in the Royal dockyards, in addition to the present number; and accordingly notices are posted here, requiring 200 for this yard. Increased activity is apparent in every department. Two new three-deckers will be launched about July next, namely, the St. George and Trafalgar, to mount 120 gun s each ; and the utmost exertions continue to be made to pro. cure volunteers for the navy.—Brighten Gazette. Capt. BEAZLEY seconded the motion, and it was unani• mously carried. Mr. ROWF.TT said he bad great pleasure in moving the second resolution, inasmuch as the benefits of the society would be enjoyed by the, shipowner, the underwriters, the captains, and especially by poor Jack. He could not con ceive what: objection his friend (Mr. Hudson) could have to the proposed society, because, if his trade was good now, it would be greatly improved by it afterwards. (Hear.) lie would have the satisfaction of earning a more honest liveli hood, because it was not possible to conceive a worse system than the half-crown or five shillings being wrung from the pockets of the sailor, one-half of which was carried to the ale house; and it was the intetest of the shipping offices to make them drunk, in order to get them into a ship, because they would not go on board were they sober, and knew what sort of ship it was. Mr. HunsoN complained of this language, and said it was libellous. Mr. Row Err explained that he meant to impute no wrong • to Mr. Hudson. Mr. Row Err then spoke of the advantages of, the Marine Society, and concluded by moving the resolution. Lieut. PARsoNs, R. N., seconded it, and it was carried. Mr. ESHELBY. moved the next resolution, naming the amount of subscriptions. Lieut. FAYRKR, R.N., seconded the resolution, and it was carried, after a short discussion between Mr. YArEs, Mr. ROWErr. the CllmamAN, and.others. Mr. HuDsoN then entered into explanations, and Mr. Rowett, the Chairman, Mr. Potter, and M r . Yates, said they . had always found the business of his establishment respect *My conducted. whereas its benefits were so great as to render it a matter of surprise why more did not join it, taking into account the hazard and uncertainty attached to their mode of life, and that the magnificent sum of £lO,OOO was raised to support the institution. (Hear.) He was, therefore, glad to have this opportunity of laying before them the objects of the Marine Society. At the present time it numbered nearly 300 members ; it was supported by the leading merchants, shipowners and inhabitants of Liverpool; it was not used, not from want of attention on the part of the public, but from the inattention of the masters of vesselS not joining it. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Gladstone then went on to detail a state ment of the affairs of the society which were listened to with great interest. . . _ Mr. Hudson, a shipping-office keeper, complained Of the statements made wito respect to those offices, and said his own had always been conducted respectably, but he was interrupted by The CHAIRMAN, who said the meeting could not listen to statements of private affairs. Lieut. FAYICER, R.N., then moved the first resolution, expressing the necessity of such an association as that de scribed; which, with the other resolutions, are advertised in another column. lliptt`iaYrll'! HOUSE OF LORDS.-TUURSDAY. Lord MONTEAGLE said, he had recently learned that some correspondence had taken place between Sir T. Fremantle and Sir J. Newport on the subject of the Exchequer records. The series of papers laid before parliament would be incom plete without that correspondence, and he therefore moved that it be produced. Lord WEsTmEATit complained of a misrepresentation in the Morning Chronicle, but made no motion on the subject. Several petitions were then presented. Lord REDESDALE gave notice, that he should .this day move for a select committee to institute an inquiry respecting the records which had been disposed of by the Exchequer, and were now in the market. The Mutiny Bill and the Marine Mutiny Bill went throug a committee, and were ordered to be read a third time o Saturday. The Church Buil;ling Bill was reported to the house with out amendment. The Earl of MOUNTCASTIEL moved for a return of the printed instructions sent to the Poor Law Guardians in Ire land, by order of the Poor Law Commissioners, for the valuation of property. The noble Earl said the paper was important to their lordships, as the franchise under the Cor poration Bill would be regulated by the valuation of property under the Poor Law Act.—Their lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS —THURSDAY. After the presentation of numerous petitions, the disposal of some routine and private business, and the entrance of some notices, Mr. Pal - ME gave notice that, on Mr. Villiers's motion in regard to the corn-laws he should move the addition of these words—" with a view to the reduction of the .average prices specified in annexed tables, and according to the respective duties imposed therein;" and that if this amendment should be agreed to, he would in committee move the resolution of which he had previously given notice. Mr. CotQuflouN gave notice of a question with regard to the state of the British trade with Java. The order of the day having been read for resuming the adjourned debate on the Irish registration bill, Mr. Sergeant CURRIE rose to address the house. He was ready to admit that the .Peform bill as it existed at present in Ireland, and the laws relating to the registry in that country, were liable to great objections. He believed, too, that some of those objections were of very considerable importance ; but though the present measure merely proposed to meet those difficulties, it was, in point of fact, calculated to limit or destroy the election qualification in Ireland. He was persuaded that whatever might be the imperfections of the system which it was proposed to amend, the bill of the noble lord would, in many cases, renew them, and that, in other instances, it would create others in their stead. Colonel PERCEVAL gave a remarkable illuStration of the necessity for annual revision, in the instances of some leases held in the county of Sligo on the life of King William IV. The persons registered for these lifehoods in 1832, had actually voted in 1837, on their oaths that their qualifications still continued, thus virtually swearing that King William was alive at the very election which had been occasioned by his death. Much had been said about interference of landlords. No doubt they did interfere, but not one in twenty, as com pared with the Roman Catholic priests. The real object of the extraordinary opposition made to this bill was, to maintain fictitious votes, for the benefit of her majesty's government, and of those by whom that government was governed. The O'CONOR DON objected to the principle of the bill, inasmuch as it would diminish the facility of obtaining the franchise, and the security of it when obtained. He thought such a bill would work a wrong ; and whenever the legisla ture inflicted a wrong on the people, there was a danger that the people would commit some wrong in return. Mr. WARBURTON assured the house that an opinion was growing up against annual registration, even in England. As to the appeal, he did not think the common law judges were safe protectors of popular rights ; and he objected to any measure which would have the effect of reducing the number of voters. Sir J AHES GRAHAM observed, that the course of the even ing's debate had shown how little pretence there was for the adjournment. There had been no anxiety to speak, and least of all on the part of ministers. It was said that the object was to narrow the franchise. That consequence might fol low ; but the object was to protect the registry, to prevent perjury, and to vindicate the law. It was only the fictitious votes which the bill would reduce ; and unless its opponents were conscious that the votes they relied on were fictitious, they had nothing to fear. He then enumerated the services of Lord Stanley to Ireland, his support of Catholic emanci pation, his great measure of ecclesiastical reform, his scheme of education, and the increase of franchise given in his par liamentary reform bill. Mr. O'Connell had denounced the present measure, and had said that the government durst not support it. That reason, in the absence of better, would, he feared, be strong eno ug h to determine their course. This was the peace, the hollow peace, which had been vaunted in Ireland, and these were the means by which the ministers preserved it. Lord MORPETII was surprised at any objection against an adjournment of a bill which would virtually disfranchise a majority of the Irish people. Four members had spoken this night against it. For himself, with a view, not to pro tect fraudulent voters, but to preve n t th e disfranchisement of legitimate ones, he would g.ve it his most downright op position. Government had brought in bills from year to year, but had at length relinquished them from a conviction that it would be impracticable to obtain for them the con currence of the two great parties in parliament. He aid not deny the present system to be defective ; but would this pro posal amend or only clog it? He doubted whether, even in Englund, where there is no vexatious appeal to a judge, the annual revision were not very injurious. He questioned whether it would ever be possible to settle the registration, unless through some settlement of the construction of bene ficial interest ; or perhaps by making the right of voting depend on the amount of rate paid. Lord STANLEY, after thanking th e h ouse f or th e prece dence which they had granted to this debate, and exposing the absurdity and untruth of the Dublin petition got up by Mr. O'Connell, proceeded to the defence of the measure. It was new to him to hear that annual revisions had become unpopular in England. He was not aware that anybody had petitioned to abolish it, still less to substitute the certi ficate system of Ireland ; but Mr. Warburton, that lover of annual elections, had found annual revisions inconvenient, especially in counties, and now de:dred to supersede then. Lord Stanley then dissected the speeches of several of his adversaries, proving that on their own arguments they were bound to support him. This should have been especially the case with ministers, by reason of the similar bills there tofore introduced by themselves. But since those bills, Mr. O'Connell had changed his mind ; and if government should dare should refuse to change their minds with him, the repeal cry was to be raised. Thereupon Lord Alorpeth had taken a new " impression," and found difficulties in annual revision, and fundamental objections to appeal. Mr. Woulf, when Attorney-General, had praised the annual revision as a great improvement on the present system, which allowed quarterly registration, and thus created a quarterly excitement. But the government hills, it was said, allowed an objection against a voter only for some cause which had arisen since his last registration. If it were desirable, which he thought it was not, to confine the objection within these limits, that altera tion was a proper subject for'committee. The government bills had contained not only the annual revision, but also the twofold appeal. But they had contained, moreover, a de claratory enactment on the subject of the " beneficial inte rest" necessary to confer a vote, and ministers were now opposing him because no such enactment was tacked to the present bill. He warned them how they again committed themselves to refuse an acknowledged good because it was not coupled with another matter of a questionable nature. Let them beware of a second appropriation clause. He then entered at length into the constructi o n o f the " beneficial in terest," and showed that it meant the clear marketable value which the voters interest would fetch after all outgoings. Great complaint had been made of the fewness of the Irish electors, in proportion to the Irish population, as compared with the electors and population of England. That fewness arose in no small degree from the unwillingness of the poorer tenants to register. They were distracted between the in fluence of their landlords on the one hand, and that organised power on the other, which subjected them to denunciation in their chapels, expulsion from their society, and danger to their very lives. Mr. a'CoNNEI.t. began by coolly declaring, that the alle gation of denunciations in chapel was a foul calumny ! He then went at length into an examinatian of the principles on which Lord Stanley had constructed the Irish Reform bill, and condemned him as hostile and unjust to Ireland " The noble lord," said he, "is here to-night, when to be elsewhere would be pleasanter to him, and it ought to be." (Groans of disgust, and loud cries of " Shame," burst forth from all parts of the house at this allusion to the impending affliction of Lord Stanley's family ; and these demonstrations, which did not speedily subside, compelled the orator to desist from whatevei it was that he had been about to say.) the subject of the bill, he entered into long statistical details of the comparative population of English and Irish counties and cities, and the proportions of electors in the two coun tries. If, out of the comparatively small constituencies of Ireland, large numbers were now to be cut off as fictitious, to what, he asked, would these constituencies be reduced ? He objected to this bill on principle—because it contained no provision for enlarging the franchise, and because it dis franchised all Ireland at once. The most objectionable of all its clauses was that of the annual revision. The measure would be met w ith hi g h i n di gnat i on b y the Irish people, now rising, as he phrased it, in the might of a giant morality. The house then divided, and defeated the cause of fraud, of Mr . O'Connell, and of the ministers, by 250 against 234; majority IG. The house adjourned at a quarter past one. HOUSE OF LORDS. —FRIDAY. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY gave notice that he would move on Friday, April 10th, for an address to her Majesty, praying her not to assent to an act passed by the Legislature of Upper Canada for the sale and distribution of the clergy reserves. Lord MELBOURNE moved an address to her Majesty, ex pressing their lordship? approbation of the sentiments ex pressed in her Majesty's message respecting John, Lord Seaton, and assuring her Majesty of their readiness to concur in such measures as might be necessary to carry it into effect. His lordship gave a brief history of the services rendered by Lord Seaton to his country. The Duke of WELLINGTON bore testimony to the high worth of Lord Seaton, and was h a ppy to hear the noble viscount declare in such strong terms hisna approbation of the conduct of hi s no bl e and gal lant friend. Address carried ne con. HOUSE OF. COMMONS. -FRIDAY. Mr. H !NUE obtained the appointment of a select com mittee to inquire into the operation of the municipal act on the privileges and private property of freemen of cities and boroughs in England and Wales, and how far it may be amended in this respect, without interfering with the effici ency of the measure. Mr. HOME brought on his motion relative to the allowance paid to the King of Hanover. He had - expected, after the similar step taken by him in 1838, that the present motion would have become unnecessary. He thought her Majesty's government ought to compel the King of Hanover to follow the honest example set by the King of Belgium. Having de tailed th e amount of the allowance t o t he King of Hanover, hecontended th a t, as it was qu it e possible his Hanoverian majesty might come to re s ide in this country, he must, of course, surrender what he received from Hanover, and be come entitled to his former allowance, Government ought at any rate to suspend the grant. The succession to the throne of Hanover, which secured to the King an ample revenue, him a sum out of the did away with the intention and spirit of the act granting Third. The £21,000 allowed as maintenance and support; Exchequer of this country, for his loan which the one of the sons of George the to him might be enough to pay - theChancellor t of the Exchequer would, in all probability, have to borrow, to suspend the pension paid to the member concluded on the business of the f c o o r u i n e t a r v y e . t oTbhrei bring in honourablea bill r concluded with moving o King of Hanover. Lord JOHN RUSSELL observed, the annuity was granted ht have to the Duke of Cumberland for life, and f the property of the King of Hanover. Hre life It became charged it with debt, or otherwise disposed of itilligmrith re spect to the question whether, on becoming King Hano ver, the Duke of Cumberland ought to have the r resigned f ne whole or a part of the income derived from this country, that was a subject upon which individuals had a right to give their opinion. After considerable debate, the motion was lost, on a division of 76 to 63. The remainder of the sitting was occupied with a discus sion, ar i s i ng out of a mot i on by Mr. H UME , f or the produc tion of additional papers, relative to the affairs of Turkey and Egypt. MY FRIENDS,—In offering to your notice the following remarks upon the corn l aws, I am not influenced e i ther b y politics or party, but solely by a desire to promote your in terest. I neither belong to the Anti-Corn-Law League, nor am lin any way connected with the agriculturalist. What ever, therefore, my opinions may be worth, they will, at least, have the merit of being perfectly disinterested, except so far as relates to the welfare of the country at large. You are invited to join in the cry for the repeal of the corn laws, but before you take a step which is likely to lead to such important results, it would surely be well to consider whether or not you will he benefitted by repeal. I think I shall be able to prove to you, that so far from improving your condition, the repeal of the corn laws would be a death-blow to British commerce. The advocates for repeal hold out to you as an inducement, that bread will be cheap, but they never tell you at the same time, or even hint, that cheap bread would be accompanied by a reduction in wages. That this would be the invevitabla consequence, is easily proved ;—in the first place, the home trade would be ruined by a free importation of foreign corn, as I will presently show you. We shall then have only the Foreign Market to depend upon, and from this we are already in a great measure excluded, not by the Corn Laws, but by the high price of our goods, which are said to he from 25 to 40 per cent. above those made by the Continental manufac turers, who are consumers of cheap bread. To enter into a successful competition with them, we must reduce our prices to the same level, and this can only be effected by a propor tionate reduction in your wages, and even then you will not have full employment ;—how then can you be benefitted by repeal? You may save 2s. per week in the price of food, but you will lose from one half to two thirds of Tour accus tomed wages. How is it that the labouring population of those countries in which corn is plentiful and cheap, are in the most abject state of poverty ? Though surrounded by the finest wheat crops, they are fed upon miserable black bread, and are destitute of most of the comforts which the humblest English labourer possesses. You will find this statement confirmed, if you refer to Mr. Jacob's official re port to government on the state of the labouring population of Poland. Mr. Jacob states that the peasantry of that country live on rye, buck wheat, or potatoes ; their huts are constructed of wood or mud covered with shingles, which admit the piercing cold through the crevices ; the greater part of the population are too poor to allow of their eating animal food, and this not on account of the high price of cattle, for sheep are from 3s. to Gs. each, and beasts from 275. to 28s. ; neither does their poverty proceed from high rents, for Mr. Jacob states that the rent of land for growing wheat or other grain is a mere trifle, varying from ls. Id. to Is. 9d. per acre ; and yet the cultivators of land, who have no other means of subsistence, are obliged to submit to many privations, if not reduced to actual want. The great secret is, that -the wages of the labourer are too low ; so that, how ever cheap food may be, he is too poor to purchase more than a bare subsistence. A few extracts from different authorities will suffice to give you an idea of the rate of wages in those countries where corn is cheap. Mr. Cayley states the average weekly wages in France at 5s 6(1, in Switzerland 4s sd, in Austria 4s, the Tyrol 3a 6d, and in Saxony 3s 6d. According to Mr. Greg's evidence before the House of Commons, the wages in the spinning mills in France are 5s Gd per week, in Austria 4s, Switzer land 4s sd, and Saxony 3s 6d. Mr. Jackson, a manufacturer of Sheffield, when examined before a committee of the House of Commons, stated the rate of wages in England to be three or four times higher than in France, and that a good work man in Prussia will only earn from Is 2d to Is 3d per day. In Mr. Porter's Progress of the Nation it is stated that the wages of a labourer in Sweden is from 4d to 8d per day, in Bavaria Bd, in Tuscany Bd, and in France from 5d to Is 3d. The annual earnings of a labouring family in Holland, con sisting of a man, his wife, and four children (all workers), amount on an average to £l5 12s, whilst the income of a similar family in England is stated, on the authority of many hundred returns, to be £4l 17s Bd. After reading the above statement, you will perceive that no reduction in the price of food will enable you to compete with the foreign artizan, unless you are content to submit to the same privations he experiences. The distress at present so prevalent in the manufacturing districts is a subject of great regret, but we are cheered with the hope that it is only temporary ; but should the corn laws be repealed, you will fincljt permanent. fshall now proceed to show how the home trade will be affected by the repeal of the Corn Laws. The annual value of British agricultural produce has been estimated by some at upwards 0f£400,000,000 sterling, but take it at £200,000,000 —which, I think, will be found near the truth,—in that case, 150,000,000 would abundantly cover all expences of seed, rent, taxes of all kinds, and food for the farmer and his fa mily, leaving a clear surplus income of 100,000,000 to be ex pended in necessaries or luxuries. This immense sum is cir culated through the country, almost as soon as it is acquired, and forms the main support of our manufacturers.• There are at the present time upwards of 21 millions of acres in the United Kingdom under tillage; by a free importation of foreign grain, the price of corn i n thi s coun t r y wo u ld be re duced one-third ; this reduction would cause at least 7 mil lions of acres to be thrown out of cultivation; the higher lands and inferior soils would soon revert to their original barren state, and instead of the present supply of 60 millions of quarters of grain, not more than 40 millions would be raised by the British farmer. This deficiency must be made up by the importation of foreign grain. Now, if it should happen that goods should n ot be taken in exchange, where should we find specie to pay for even one year's consumption ? The surplus income which the farmer, under the present system, spends in support of manufacturers, will no longer exist, when the Corn Laws are repealed. In the first place, one-third less land being in cultivation, will cause a reduction of £30,000,000 sterling ; the reduction in value of the pro duce of land remaining under tillage will he £20,000,000 more ; and as the price of corn regulates that of all other agricultural produce, a further reduction must be set down at 35,000,000 ;—thus 85,000,000 sterling would he deducted from the present income of the agriculturist, leaving the manufacturers minus customers to this amount. What great object does the Anti-Corn-Law League pro pose to effect by thus ruining the agriculturist, and depriving the manufacturer of a sure home customer, which neither war nor caprice could t a k e f rom hi m ? All that the most sanguine repealer would promise is an additional export trade a 20,000,000, to be obtained by a sacrifice on your part of half your wages. If the partial loss of the foreign trade last year (which could not ex c e e d 8 or 10 millions) has caused so much misery among the manufacturing population, what would their state be when deprived of orders to the amount of 85 millions ! Besides this, deficiency of employment would be increased by the number of agricultural labourers thrown out of work ; for if less land were cultivated, fewer hands would of course be required in its cultivation. Thus the re pealers certainly offer you cheap food, but at the same time deprive you of the means of obtaining a sufficient quantity of it. The supporteis of the Anti-Corn-Law :League assert that rents will be reducesi, and by this means the English farmer will be able to compete with the continental agriculturalist. I believe there exists a great delusion respecting rents ; they are supposed by many to average from 40s to 50s per acre, when in fact the average rent of land throughout England and Wales is only 15s 14. Should the present amount of rent paid to the landowners (now about 38 millions) be reduced one half, it would not save the farmer from ruin if the corn laws were repealed. But it would so reduce the income of the landowners, as to compel a great many to reside abroad. The country would in consequence sustain a further loss of 20 millions per annum, and the manufacturer be deprived of his best customer, for it is an acknowledged fact, that the country gentlemen consume those articles which afford the greatest profit both to the mechanic and his employer. You will, 1 think, now see this question in a different light, and perceive that reduction of rent, instead of relieving you from distress, would he the means of adding to it. Before 1 conclude these remarks, I will give you a short extract from a speech delivered by Mr. Alison, at a meeting in Glasgow. It shows how very improbable it is that foreign nations will take British manufactures in exchange for corn, or indeed that the export trade to the Continent will be in creased at all. For we must recollect that it was the long warfare in which Europe was involved that caused the de struction of the manufactories of Germany, and that the uninterrupted tranquillity since 1816 has encouraged the gradual investment of capital in those manufactures in which they formerly excelled. That they have not made greater progress is owing .to the want of capital. This they will soon possess if the corn laws are repealed ; (for gold, and gold only will he taken in exchange for corn;) capital will furnish machinery ; and machinery and capital would soon enable them to improve the quality of their goods so that instead of obtaining an additional market, we should find the home trade ruined, and a more favourable rival abroad. "It is in vain," says Mr. Alison, " that we hold out the olive branch to the nations of Europe, in token of our desire to establish reciprocity treaties on the footing of real mutual advantage. We cannot by so doing either shut the eyes of their manufacturers to the danger of British competition, or ' close the vision of their governments to the dazzling specta cle of Britsh greatness. They see that we have risen to the summit of prosperity under the protection given to domestic industry, and they naturally imagine, that it is only by fol lowing our example that they can hope to rival our success. The Continental nations of Europe are in the same . state of civilisation as ourselves. Are we cotton-spinner s ?—so are they. Are we iron-masters ?—so are they. Are we silk manufacturers ?—so are they. Are we cutlers ?—so are they. There is no branch of industry in which we excel, in which they are not making the greatest and most strenuous efforts to rival and outstrip us. Let us therefore, uo longer strain after the impracticable attempt to disarm the commercial jealousy of the European states, but turn to our colonial empire. There we shall find markets inexhaustible, and abundance of employment for the whole of our artizans, without the necessity of any reduction hi their wages " Instead, therefore, of " No Corn Laws, f 1 let our cry be, " Ships, Colonies, and Commerce." Let us unite in peti tioning the legislature for justice to our colonies. If this can be obtained, peace and plenty will again bless the land, and we shall have no complaining in our streets; for under a wise colonial government, the commercial resources of the Britisi empire.will be found unlimited. The East Indies alone, ; a very few years, would take more of our manufactures than the continents of Europe and America united. Is not such a prize worth contending for, particularly when it may be obtained without the necessity of any reduction of wages, or risking the loss of any portion of our present home or foreign trade, both of which, I have shes A -n, would be put in jeopardy by the repeal of the Corn Laws. That a settlement of this important question may speedily be made, conducive to the welfare of every class in society ; and that peace and happiness_ may prevail throughout the country, is the earnest desire of yoUr sincere friend, A MANUFACTURER. Sheffield, March 20, 1840. occasion 'sevSerAallmt°imNe. • —a to on notice the early a therly part abundantof SEVERN 'suypeapFlywwehhicaidi our river fu • rnished of this delicacy. The p resent season pro mises to be equa ll y prolific.—Salopian Journal. DOMINI . ' cA.—Hei• Majesty's packet Ringdove has come intoport • with a slave vessel, having a great number of un fortunate negroes on board. EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.—About ewe, belongi ng to Mr. d William Wilson, of P oo l e y F arm , near Droitwi c h, ye ane four lambs,is now suckling, and all are the whole of which she Pack wood, of the Broom House Bromsgrove, has five ewes, eighteen lambs this ewes had four each, and the other season ; three of the out of the eighteen lambs two three each. Fourteen are • Well. —Bristol Standard. living, and doing extremely ISLES OF SCII LT • • The proposal to near the Seven Stones ( w hi c h is understoodfix a floatin g li g ht contemplation by the Breth ren o f the to be n ow i n re ceives a further melancholy claim to consideration Trinity House) cir cumstance that occurred there d ur i ng the late ,by a schooner was seen coming from the northward gales' when a -for thesfrislands, but "the stones" being corn a l nd steering foam, which spread round for above a mile, thepilir hid in ves sel struck amongst them, and sunk immediately, andat board were drowned. An elegantly carved and 411 on painted figure-head (a warrior bearing a spear) is all that •is come ashore.—Bristol Standard. CHARTIST REVELS.--011 Monday evening, about 150 of the youthful disciples of chartism, of both sexes, assembled at the Three Crowns Inn, in Walcot, where " a concert and a dance" were provided for their entertainment. An eye witness of the scene thus describes it—" The room was de corated with banners, on which were blazoned democratic sentiments ; the chalked floor was made to convey similar poison to the mind : the songs selected had, in several in stances, the same tendency ; the young men who appeared in 0 ' fancy dress" costume, had dirks and Spanish knives in their belts. In fact, every device was adopted to imbue the youthful mind with the flagitious principles of democracy.— Bath Chronicle. TO THE OPERATIVES OF ENGLAND. MISCELLANEOUS. THE ROYAL ARTILLERY.—Orders have been received to suspend the enlistment of recruits and volunteers to this corps, the complement being made up. Printers continue in request at Sydney. The Monitor offers constant employment for able compositors, at £2 10s. per week, and over-hours. The Great Western Railway will be opened as far as Read ing on the 30th inst., and to Steventon, near Abingd on , i n th e course of next mo n th. THE PENNY POSTAGE.—A somewhat curious packet was received last week by Mr. G. Palmer, of Kingswood-hill, near Bristol, through the post : it was sent to him by Mr. Joseph Lang, of Ilminster, and contain e d "fif teen goose berry trees,' the postage of which was 4d. POOR RATE RETURNS.—Previously to any parliamentary inquiry into the amount of poor rate assessment and expen diture, it seems to have been estimated far beyond the truth by the numerous essayists who from time to time called the attention of the public to their various plans of improved management of poor relief. From the year 1675 to the end of that century the poor rate was assumed in various esti mates to extend to £600,000, and even to £BOO,OOO a year, and in the reign of Queen Anne to £1,000,000; from which time to the middle of the last century such vague speculations seem to have been discontinued. 13TH Limn' DRAGOONS.—«'e regret deeply to learn that cholera has not yet left the camp of the 13th Dragoons, thoueli it is some consolation to know that its fatal charac ter is disappearing. The total number of troopers lost through this dire disease is thirty-five. Amongst the officers, we hear that a change has been effected between Messrs. Hake and Wathen, of the 15th Hussars ; and that it is pro bable Sir Walter Scott will exchange with Lieut-Colonel Maclean. —Madras Spectator, Jan. 8. We deeply regret to have to record the death, by his own hand, of a distinguished military officer, for many years resident in this city, Gen. Sir William Wilkinson, at the advanced age of 85 years. The deceased was a gentleman of retired and eccentric habits. On Wednesday an inquest was held, when the jury, sifter hearing evidence as to the state of mind of the deceased, returned a verdict that he had destroyed himself while under the influence of tempo rary derangement.—Durham Advertiser. NEW VEGETABLE.—Amongst the numerous newly-intro troduced vegetables, none has been found so highly and ge nerally useful for almost every culinary purpose where fruit is required, as the Toboisk rhubarb. The cultivation and general management is the most simple ; the most inex perienced may obtain a supply of early stalks without pos sessing au inch of land ; every family, from the nobleman to the cottager, would do well to possess it, the quality and flavour being superior to all other varieties. INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT.--The booksellers of Paris have united to recommend to the ministry to adopt a measure acknowledging the copyright of foreign as well as native authors, and forbidding foreign or clandestine editions. Were this principle established, ttle French would overcome that great cause of loss to their publishing establishments— the system of contrifacon in Belgium, where almost all French works are republished at the lowest price. We fear the French will not get the United States of America to recognise such a principle. THE NEW HOUSES or PARLIAMENT.—The workmen, of whom there are 200, are now employed in completing the foundations for the projected mansion for the speaker, the house for the usher of the black rod, the select committee rooms, libraries of the two houses, and other offices. It is understood that the foundation stone for both the new houses will be laid by her majesty in person, with great pomp, in the course of the approaching summer, if thestate of the works, which advance but slowly, will admit of the ceremony taking place so early. We have just heard, but the rumour would seem incredible, that her Majesty's ship Barham, one of the crack frigates of the service, and the triumphant competitor in sailing of the best of Sir Wm. Symonde' ships is to be broken up ! We can pledge ourselves, for the fact, that the Barham is per fectly sound, and needs only a slight repair (something like the expenditure upon her of a quarter the sum that has been squandered upon the Vernon), to render her serviceable for many years to come.—United Service Gazette. LINGERING DELAY.—Prom a resolution offered in the Upper Canada House of Assembly, it appears that certain gold and silver medals, sent out by the British government for distribution among the officers and privates of the militia who distinguished themselves in the war of 1812, have re mained ever since in the province undistributed, and are now deposited in the Bank - of Upper Canada; and in the mean time it is more than probable most of the parties who ought to have received them have gone to a world where there are neither enemies to tight nor military achievements to be re warded.—Nero York paper. The Right Hon. Gen. Sir George Hewett, Bart., G.C.8., died this afternoon (Saturday) at half-past three o'clock, at his residence, Fremantle Park, near Southampton, in the 91st year of his age. Sir George was the fourth on the list of generals, having attained that rank in 1813, and was colonel of the brave 61st regiment, which landed at Southampton last week; from Ceylon ; and it was so mew h a t s i ngu l ar t h at, although enjoying tolerable health a long time preceding, and Anxiously wishing to see his old comrades once more, he took to his bed on that day. — Hampshire Telegraph. INVERNESS RE PRESENTATION.—MT.MaiIIie, who arrived here on Wednesday last from London, as a candidate on the conservative interest for the representation of the county of Inverness, will be returned without opposition. For some days back it was understood that the election would have been contested, either by Mr. Grant of Glenmoriston, or by some other of the liberal party. But on Thursday, Mr. Baillie had an interview with Mr. Grant of Glenmoriston, and was assured, that neither he nor any other of the party politically opposed to him had any intention of contesting the representation of the county on the present occasion.— Inverness Herald.—[Tuesday, the 31st current, is appointed by the sheriff for the day of nomination.] Loss TO LITERATURE.—We regret to learn from Rome that the fire in the library of the Roman College has been far more destructive than was at first apprehended. Upwards of 370 manuscripts have been destroyed, including 27 Arabic, 43 Persian, 9 Armenian, besides a collection of the Hindoo and Chinese dramas, all of which are unpublished, and sup posed to have had no duplicates in Europe. The number of printed books consumed has not yet been ascertained ; but 1500 volumes, belonging to the earliest (lays of printing, are unhappily included in this portion of the loss, as well as the valuable collection of Greek and Latin classics bequeathed to the Roman College by the celebrated French philologist Mu retus, enriched by the autograph marginal notes of that il lustrious scholar. A MYSTERY.—The sudden appearance of a certain foreign lady in London has caused a great sensation in a quarter where " wreathed smile," should alone prevail. The lady advances, we understand, claims to the most " untoward" character, which, we fear, will not induce the object of them to exclaim with Macheath—" How happy could 1 be with either !" It is, of course, clear that every poss ibl e e ff ort of Po/ouius : like diplomacy will be put in action, to silence the painful rumour —we mean, to silence; it, according to a me thod well understood in the continental practice. We would give no opinion upon this very distressing case, as it stands at present; but it may be as well to ask our readers not to believe all that is said, upon a subject deeply affecting every one, whatever may be his condition of life. If the report be false, it will die away, and be forgotten—if it prove true, it will speak in thunder through the empire. —Age. WEST WORCESTERSHIRE.—We have been informed by a highly respectable correspondent, that Lord Viscount East nor will, at the next election, become the member for West Worcestershire, in appropriate conjunction with its present honoured and constitutional representative, the Hon. Gen. Lygon. To have informed our readers that his lordship was to be a candidate, in the ordinary form of such an announce ment, would have been an unnecessary form in this case. Every one who hears that Lord Eastnor stands, will know that he will be returned; as against the claims which his lordship holds, anything like opposition is beyond question. With General Lygon and Lord Eastnor in the house as its representatives, West Worcestershire would stand in a posi tion second to no county representation in the empire.— Worcester Guardian. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—The sub-committee, accord ing to appointment, met the general committee of this thea tre on Saturday last, to take into consideration Mr. Beale's offer for the ensuing season, which, after a long debate, was rejected. It appears that Mr. Beale's proposition was not, as was stated in yesterday's Herald, £4,000 for the season, but only £3,700. Upon a calculation lately made, it seems that 5,000 a year will only yield to the shareholders (after paying the ground rent, taxes, and other unavoidable ex penses) the poor dividend of about five pence per night.— They are, by an arrangement made some years since, entitled to ls. 3d per night, each night the theatre remains open. This even is a reduction from their original dividend ; for in the " high and palmy days" of the drama, when Ellistou paid his £lO,OOO a year, and for years after the erection of the present theatre, they invariably received 2s. 6d. per night. It is, therefore, requisite for the sha re h o ld ers t o ta k e a little breathi ng ti me before they can be expected to swallow so bitter a pill as the one which is offered to them—Morning Herald. ' COWES.—On Saturday evening last East Cowes was all excitement, on account of the waste land on the shore near the said place being recently enclosed, which th_treby pre '. vented the inhabitants from taking thei r f avour i te walk (prin . cipally on Sundays,) and part of it being the cricket-ground, where the juveniles have enjoyed themselves for centuries past. About seven o'clock it was announced by the bellman that hostilities were about commencing, and that all well wishers were to rendezvous on the Medina Hotel Quay, and very soon a large assemblage of both rich and poor made their appearance, and marched in martial array to the scene of action, when the shipwrights (who acted as pi oneers ) soon laid the fence low, and the others being ready with their pick axes ani spades, a breach was soon made, and the fence was set to. Parties have continued to attend there during the week, and the embankments are nearly levelled. The tide formerly flowed over this land, and a castle was built in Henry VIII's time on or near it.—Hampshire Telegraph. , MR. H-kNCOCK'S STEAM CARRIAGE.—OR Monday last, a trial of this machine was made on the North-road, from Finsbury-square to Barnet, for the purpose of ascertaining, by actual experiment, the rate of speed, the degree of safety, and other properties of this new mode of travelling on turn pike roads. The steam apparatus is placed at the back of the carriage, which in this instance was a long open vehicle, with seats placed across its length capable of holding twenty two persons, including the conductor and his assistant. The conductor, or steersman, sits in front, and steers the car riage by a wheel, being similar to those used on board ships. and the carriage (in sea language) answers the helm with great accuracy. The conductor has also the power of turn ing off, or increasing the steam, so as to lessen or increase the speed, by means of a long rod at his command. At his left is another handle, by which he can give a signal to his attendant, when he wishes the break to be put on, which is done without stopping the vehicle. On the present occasion the trip from Finsbury-square to Barnet (12 miles) was made in little more than an hour, including ten minutes' stoppage at the Bald-faced Stag (Finchley). The return to town was completed in five minutes' less time, with similar stoppages on the road. The usual rate of going up hill was from eight to nine miles per hour ; on the dead level, fourteen to fifteen miles ; and down hill, as much more as the conductor con sidered safe ; the mean or average being 14 miles per hour on the whole route. This machine is only intended for those passengers, and their luggage, who prefer travelling on the turnpike roads. There appears to be little or no danger from any accident happening to the boiler, and the motion is quite free from jolting, and there is no annoyance from smoke or ashes. It, however, alarms horses not accustomed to its noise, and it is requisite to be vigilant on its approach, ' to keep them well in hand until it has passed. There were many scientific gentlemen present on the occasion. —Mo n ,_ ing Herald. HINT TO THE WORKING CLASSES. — The reason why "our exporting manufacturers" demand a repeal of the corn law is, that a repeal of them would equalise the price of English with the price of continental labour. " Our exporting manufacturers clear now, on the average, only thirty per cent. on all the capital which they employ. They long to clear a hundred or two hundred per cent. Now for the price of " continental labour." Mr. Gregg, the Man chester repealer, states it to be in France.......... Switzerland 4s. sd. per week of 82 hours. Austria Tyrol ........ . Saxony 13onn, on th e R hine 2s. 6d. per week of 84 hours. Being an average of 3s. 114 d. per week of 79 hours. The same Mr. Gregg states the existing wages of . Englishmen to range from 15s, to 30s. a classes ! " week. Look at thi s, ye "working SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Three o'cloc, LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE,-`PHIS DAY The small arrivals noted on Friday have been followed by a moderate supply of Wheat and Oats, with a limited quan tity of other Grain and Flour, as specified underneath. Upon a change of wind, preceded by some rain in the course of last night. the weather to-day is warmer, and fa vourable for all out-door labours. Our market this morning, being tolerably well attended by town and country buyers, a moderately fair retail business was transacted in Wheat, chiefly foreign, and with the ex ception of some parcels of the inferior qualities of Mediter ranean, disposed of on rather lower terms, the decline of Friday was recovered, thereby replacing our quotations for other descriptions equal to those of this day week. English Flour continued to meet little notice, and Irish, being almost wholly neglected, was nominal in value ; whilst duty paid, Foreign moved off slowly at a reduction of 6d. per 1961b5. Of American in Bond, about 1500 barrels more have been sold since Friday at 295. 6d., making the sales of the week 4,500 barrels, and at this rate holders remain firm. Barley, Malt, Beans, and Pease, upon a moderate demand, fully supported former prices. The Oat trade appeared more steady than of late, and sales were rather more freely effected on the terms of this day se'nnight. Oatmeal continued to be taken off sparingly, at the rates last noted ARRIVALS OF CORN, From the 24th to the 30th March, 18-10, inclusive. IRE- COAST- FO- UNITED DESCRIPTION. I TOTAL LAND. WISE. REIGN. STATES. Wheat Qrs. 2840 1946 I 4420 9206 Barley Qrs. 30 455 1200 1685 Malt I 6430 26 Oats Rye Qrs. 26 1 Beans Pease . Qrs. Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn .. . Qrs. 2054 i 2054 Rapeseed Qrs. Oatmeal .. . . Loads 908 ? • 911 . • i Flour . Sacks ' 627 263 893 Ditto . ^ B l 3 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise, Oats, - qrs. Oatmeal, 466 loads, EXPORTS.-Foreign. Barley, 0 qrs.; Oats, 426 qrs.; Pease, 51 qrs.; Oatmeal, 0 loads ; Flour, 1733 brls.-Ireland. Wheat, 321 qrs.; Indian Corn, p 8 qrs.; Flour, 50 brls.-Coastwise. Wheat, 382 qrs. ; Barley, 237 qrs. ; Malt, 905 qrs. ; Oats, 452; Rye, 20 qrs. ; Beans, 31 qrs.; Pease, 6 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 36 qrs. ; Oatmeal. 38 loath ; Flour, 893 sacks 157 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending March 20, 1840. Wheat.. 6gs. 3d. I Barley.. 395.7 d. I Oats.. 263. Id. ! Rye .. 38s. Bd. Beans.. 418. Id. Pease, 41s. 2d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 675. Od. I Barley.. 38s. pd. I Oats.. 255. 0. Rye .. 375. 3d Beans .. 40s. 3d. I Pease .. 40s. 2d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheat 18s. Bd. I I I Barley4s. 10d. Oats .... gs. 3d. Rye .. 14s. Od Beans, gs. 6d. Pease.9s. 6d. Indian Corn4s. led. Flour 1I s. Liverpool Averages, week ending 24th March, 1840. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease. Qr 5..... I 1266 2g 2435 30 0 Prices.. 71s. 7d. 345. 10d• 255. Bd. 465. Od. Os. Od. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. TUESDAY, MARCH 31.—Wind WN. W. Fair. ARRlVED.—Grenada, M'Minn, from Bombay—Margaret, from Sierra Leone—lrlam, Hutchinson, from Barbados, sailed 6th February—Pharsalia, Winsor ; Jessore, ; Lucy, Murphy; and Regulus, Thompson, from New Orleans—Turbo, ——, from Sa] vannah—Malvina, Cock, from Trieste—Lord Sumpton, Pratt, and Young Queen, Turpiss, from Smyrna—ollveira, —, from St. Übes—Cyrus, —. and City of Durham, Smith, from Odessa — Stamboul, Sloman, fm Constantinople—Eggardon Castle, Warland, from Leghorn—Newcastle Packet, Garbo', from Christiansand— Six Sodskende, —, from Nascover—Catherina, Peterson, from Altona—Apollo, —, from Bremen—Fama, Lock, from Groningen —Aurora, Leeftuber, and Gesina, —, from Rotterdam. SAlLED.—Commerce, Baker, for Africa—Zeno, Mossop, for Jamaica—Niagara, Champion. for Montreal—Science, Wylie, for Constantinople—Frederick Karl, Becker, for Hambro. Lady Bute, -, from Singapore at this port. On the 4th Feb. in lat. 4 N. long. 21 W. spoke the Thomas Dempsey from Old Cala bar to this port, captain died shortly after leaving Calabar, the master (Ricken) then in charge was very unwell. Supplied her with medicine and a mate Gem, M'Kenzie, hence at Gibraltar Ganges, -, hence to Charleston, was spoken 7th instant, in lat. 41, long. 48 Star. , and Chalco, , hence at Monte Video Hoffnung, Bauman; Formosa, Reick ; Aurora, Schroeder, and Medea, Bleckhert, hence at Pilau Emma, Bayer, hence at Travemunde Fenella, Wakeham ; Hebe, Thompson, and Schyryd, Nowlan, hence at Gibraltar Pearl, Cove, and Nerio, Jarvis, cleared at Gibraltar for Malaga 16th instant Watkins, Whiteside, hence for Singapore, and William Parker Sewell, hence for Montreal, off Waterford 27th instant Agnes, Turcan, hence at Venice Sultana, Scott, and Jane, Vivian, hence at Leghorn Ann Dingwall, hence and St. Thomas, at Trinidad Peri, Dawe, and Lady Wright, Wright, hence, at St. Michael's Eagle, Bell, and Liberal, Tare, hence, at Lisbon Activo, Frietas, sailed from ditto for this port 18th March George Washington, for New York, off the Saltees 27th instant Martha, Martin, from Barbados, off this port Caledonia, A. S., from Mobile, off ditto William, Clouston, sailed from Leghorn for this port 12th instant Premier, Newman, hence at Gibraltar Proven, Axilson, hence at Brake Hawkinson, Knnbley, sailed from Falmouth for Benin on the 27th instant Enterprise, Bayes, hence for New York at Cove PARIS, March 27.—The Plata, Can - , from Liverpool to Trinidad, tas sunk at sea: crew saved by the Cora, from Bristol to Africa, part of whom were put on hoard an American ship, from Antwerp to Havana, which was spoken 27th ult., in long. 22 ffig~ttrllt carp. FRIDAY, MARCH 27.—Wind N.N.E ARRlVED. — Augusta, Kirkhoven, from Ostend. SAILED.—EIi Whitney, Harding, for New Orleans—Republic, Thompson, for New York—x Levant, Britlett, for Matanzas—Solon, Buckman, for Savannah—Sacilus, Moore, for Havana—Helen, Smith, for Charleston—Forager, Sleighthorne, for Halifax—Ga. ronne, Dixon, for Rio Janeiro—Sharon ' Lox, for Ancona—Gover nor Baron Van Zylen Va n My e f e l t, Van Wick, for Halingcn—Ceres, Norrd, for Dordt. Forager, for Halifax, grounded this morning on Taylor's Bank, but was got off by Steam Tug No. 4. on the flood, and proceeded Alexander Grant, from Savannah. grounded last evening in the Prince's Basin, and was got off this morning's tide, and docked.- 7th March, lat. 48, long. 24, spoke the Clio, from Savannah to Li verpool Columbus, (American Ship) was spoken 14th instant, about long. 16 Majestic, —, to Liverpool. was spoken 21st March, in lat, SO 23, long. 11 3 t Coßina. Marshall, from Gergenti, at Falmouth Delhi, Byron, from Mauritius, oft' ditto; sailed lath Dec. Spencer, Smith, sailed from Berbice for Liverpool 25th Jan. Sheldrake Packet, from Falmouth, at Barbadoes 3rd Feb. Jarrow, Walker, sailed from Barbadoes for Liverpool 24th Jan. Ellen, Gill, sailed from Demerara for Liverpool 27th Jan. Narva, M'Kellar, hence at Trinidad Ann Dingwall, Arthur, hence at Trinidad Brothers, Drysdale, hence at Cape Hayden Gipsey, Shotten, hence at Bourdeaux Vigilant, Simons, hence at Ostend Liverpool, —, from St. Andrew's, at Jamaica ANTIGUA, Feb: 3.—The Liffey, France, from Liverpool to Tobascr..., that was on the reef north of Long Island 25th ult. was got off last night, but soon after sunk in five fathoms water; crew and materials saved SATURDAY, MARCH 28.—Wind N.N.E. to N.W. fresh. ARRlVED.—Citizen, Hatch; Caledonia. Massicott ; Augusta, Snow; Nantasket, , and Russia, Elliott, from New Orleans— Dragos, Obilovich, and Active, —, from Trieste. SAILHD.—X L, Duncan, for Genoa, &c.—Elise, Nieman. and Tugend, Fretwurst, for Rostock—Libertas, Nodius, for Wyburg— Alexander, M'lntyre, for Tampico—and Henrietta, De Voort, for Antwerp. Wm. Rathbone, Brinsley, from Bonny and Fernando Po, at this port; sailed 9th Dec. and from Fernando Po 12th Dec. St. Helena, Long, hence at the Cape of Good Hope Dclphine, Chauvelon, hence at Nantes Prosperite, Reitzke ; Alexander, Albrecht; Juno, Spohn a Navar rino, Dalitz ; Diligence, Botcher, and Iduna, Groenwold, hence at Danzic Proven, Axeisen, hence at Bremen Grenada, M'Minn, from Bombay, off Kinsale James, , hence for Gibraltar, at Scilly Benjamin, Gowan, for Newcastle, off ditto Hope, Guthrie, front 'Havana for Hamburg, at Falmouth. On 13th March, in lat. 49, long. is, spoke the Elizabeth, hence for Charleston Herald, Scott, hence for Hamburg, at Falmouth Mary, Wheelwright, from St. Domingo, off Falmouth, and pro ceeeed to London DUBLIN, March 27.—Union, that sunk in the Drogheda river. has been floated, and put on a bank to discharge her cargo THISTED.—March 18 .—Conradine Ulrich, Nuscke., from Liver pool for Pillau, was stranded between this place and Hjorring, 9th March, and has since gone to pieces SUNDAY, MARCH 29.—Wind N.N.W -ARRlVlM—Britannia, Bonfellow, and Brilliant, VoHand, from Leghorn—Lloyds, —, from Licati—zEolus, Tovlinson, from Kragerre—Jantina. Just, from Amsterdam—Urania. Jonge, from Rotterdam—Hope, Just, from Dordt—Zephyr, Taylor, from St. An drew, N.B.—Alfred, Clordhirt, from Terceira—Winds or, Hayton, from Ceara—Sidney, Cowan, from New Orleans—Princess Victo ria, Cooper, from New York—and Tally Ho, Taylor, fro nt Ancona. SAILED.—FaIcon, Vincent, for Manilla—Merlin, illiams, for New York—Eleanor, M'Pherson, for New Orleans— and Douro, Bale, for Smyrna. --- Norway, Callender, from New Orleans, at this poll;, in 42 days Off Cape Clear, passed upwards of 100 sail of inward bcound vessels. Off the Ormshead saw a barque, two brigs and four sdiooners, in ward bound Prima Donna, Stugnell ; Providence, Gare : Britannia, Furze man ; Alfred, Lidstone, and Adelaide, SwaMn, hence at St. Michael King of Tyre, Stephens; Brilliant, Crocker ; Lynx,, Watson, and Merlin, Duft, hence at Terceira Lame, Seigner, hence at Bourdeaux Ann Wise, Thorns, from Savanilla, at Crookhaverr Gleig, and Syra, Mitchell, from Odessa. ditto. Gertrude, Black, from Leghorn, ditto Visiter, Moppett, from Honduras, at the Cove! Spencer, Smith, from Berbice, off ditto Mary, Paul, from Odessa, at Falmouth. Ora the Lth March, off Lisbon, spoke the Porcupine, from Liverpool for Alexandria. On the 14th March, in lat. 46, long. 10, spoke the Australia, hencefor Maranham Puella, Thomas, hence for Messina. was on shore near the latter port, 1 lth March, but was expected to be got off without damage MONDAY, MARCH s o —Wind variable and light. ARRIVED. —premier, Airth, from Odessa—Vesta, Orfeirr. from Smyrna—Victory, Gilheany, from Wexford.—and Wasp, Davies, from Newport. SAILED. —Patriot King, Roddock, for Calcutta—Eliza Ann, Bar ber, for Havana—Mary Kingsland, M'Cerran, for New Orleans — Triton, Wilson, for New York — Resolution, Eskdale, for Bal ia— Mary Ann, Lister, for Legliorn—Beltast. Finlay, for Jamaica— Glasgow, Thompson, for Montreal —Laura Ann, Thomas, for Li'ma —Anna Margaretha, Nieman, for Rostock—Sophia, Leslie, for Otte bee—Heinrich 111, Soderherg , , for NVisina r—Port Reval, Ohrt, for St. Petersburg—Romillus, English, for Savannah—Fortuna, Taay, for Narva—and Jenny, Bonack, for St. John, Nfld, and Montego Bay, Jamaica. Nelly, Clay, from Hambro' for Liverpool, at Milford Irlam, -, from 13 arbadoes for Liverpool, off Waterford 26tli March sailed 6th Feb The Janet Hay, Peterson, for Lerwk:k. has put back with loss of bulwarks, stancheons, &c. and foress it split, having been in con tact with the Rattlesnake, from Smy.-na ; the latter lost jibhoorn, &c. Cows s, March 28.----The Norwegian brig Christiana August, of Drontheim, Bugge. master, , from Se.nyrna for Dover, for o r d ers, laden with raisins, put into the Mothcrbank 16th instant, in distre ss, • with loss o f sa il s &c. and after perfa:ming a quarantine o f 1 0 d ays, was admitted to pratique on the .26th, and came into the harbour to repair damages TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MARCH 30. Wind at Holyhead, S.W. light breeze. Off Holyhead, inward bound, No. 4081, Ocean, steamer, from Cork, and 3057, Lady Bute, barque, from Sincapore. at 7 a.m 108. Margaret, 8.8. from Sierra Leone, and 718, Grenada, B.S. from Bombay, at 8 a m.-2758, Irlatn, B.Bk. from Barbadoes, at 9. a..in.-1952, Stamboul, B.Sr. from Falmouth, at 10 a.m.—and 823, Caledonia, A.S. at 2 p.m. yesterday, from Motile, cox Holyhead, outward bound, at 12 at noon, No. 1997, Douro, B.Sc. for Malta. OR' Point Lynas, inwardbound, at 5 a.m. (WAIT pilots,) No. 1646,. Robert Bruce, B.S. from St. John's, and 11 B,Ab .za Johnstone, 8.8 k.. Three Schooners, outward bound, agroutid , on Burbo Bank, near• the Buoy R. 2. black, at 3 30 p.m. There having been no arrivals in Sugar, the market is still very barely supplied, and the sales of B.P. only reach 200 hhds., chiefly good and fine Autiguas, at very stiff prices. In Mauritius or Ben gal there arc not any transactions to report. 70 cases anti 130 brls Brazil Sugar have been taken by the Refiners, at from 20s 6d to 21s 3d for fair brown, and 22s 6d for very low white. Small sales continue to be made in bonded Refined, at the quotations.—Molasses continue scarce, and the transactions are limited to 20 puns of De merara, at 35s per cwt.—Coffee. The demand for Plantation is at present very trivial, only 20 casks of Jamaica are reported; no alteration in prices. Of Foreign, 200 bags St. Domingo were sold at 48s, and 150 bags very coloury Lima, the price of which has not transpired.—No sales in Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento; but 250 bags black Pepper have been taken at 4d per lb.—Rice continues scarce, and 1500 bags middling white Bengal have been sold at 14s 6d per cwt.—There has been a good inquiry for Ruin, and 240 casks have been sold, chiefly good and fine Demerara, at is 6d to Os 2d, with a few puns. IS per cent O.P. at 45 6d per gallon. The transactions which have taken place in Tea during the week are principally on speculation, and a fair business has been done in good and fine Congous at 2s 4d, cash, and 2s 6d with a three months' prompt. On Wednesday last, some extensive sales of East India Produce were brought forward, of which the following goods found pur chasers, viz. 700 chests of Shell Lac, at an advance of 4s to 5s per cwt. ; 40 chests Lac Dye at gd to gid; !1 serons of Honduras Co • chineal sold at 4s 9d toss Id per lb; 25 bales of Bengal Safflower at .4'5 5s to .W 6 lOs per cwt ; 270 bags of Bombay Cutch at 13s ; 60 robins of Galangal Root at 21s; 260 bags of Myrabolams at 14s 6d per cwt.—Of Saltpetre, 700 bags sold, and some Nitrate of Soda, at steady prices. .There is so little demand for Campeachy Logwood, that the price is quite nominal, at 411 for indirect, and -t'l2 for direct importa tions; the sales of Jamaica and Honduras are about 450 tons, at lOs to se7 17s 6d per ton. There is but little demand for Fustic, 30 tons Savanilla at £5 15s 6d to £6. and a few tons Tampico at .t 7 per ton, are all the sales to notice.—The sales of Turpentine are confined to 700 or 800 brls, at 12s 3d per cwt. for fair quailities no alteration in Tat, nor any sales reported.—The business in Pot Ashes has been inconsiderable, but the few sales which have been made have been principally at 245. Some few small parcels of Pearl Ashes have been sold at 29s 3d to 2gs fid per cwt.—A few hhds of new American Flaxseed, for sowing, brought 70s per hhd. but 200 hhds, in a lot, only obtained 67s 6d.—A small parcel of East India Linseed sold at 42s 6d per quarter.—Nothing done in Cloverseed.— Hides. A decline of fully id per lb has taken place on salted Monte Video Ox, 4500 having been sold at sid, and about 2000 dry salted East India Kips, are reported at 12-id to 120 for sound, and gld per lb for Ist rubbed.—Tobacco. The sales of the week have been 120 hhds, 40 to 50 of which were for Ireland, and the remainder to the trade. There has again been a dull week in most descriptions of Medi terranean Produce. Brimstone sells slowly in small parcels, the total sales being only about 100 tons, without change in prices.— Sumac has been in limited request.—Of Argols only small sales have been made; but Cream of Tartar being scarce. has found more ready vent, from 72s to 75s per cwt. according to quality.—No sales reported in' Annatto, Berries, or Galls.—Madders and Roots con tinue dull, and the only sales reported in the former are 30 casks Dutch, at the quotations.—For Olive Oil there continues to be a moderate demand, and prices of the best descriptions (which are very scarce) have been fully sustained. The sales of the week have been about 50 tons.—ln Fish Oils the business continues unimport ant; about 50 tuns Newfoundland Cod have been sold at £2O 10s, and some trifling sales of Seal have been effected at rather lower prices. —There appears more inquiry for Seed Oils, but no improve ment in prices can be reported.—Palm Oil is rather lower, 150 tons having been sold at .436, but this price has since been refused, and there arefew sellers under t3d lOs ; about 300 tons on the spot have been sold during the week, and 100 tons for distant arrival, the price not reported.—Oil of Turpentine is in better request, at the prices quoted.—Hemp and Flax have been more inquired for; of the former about 50 tons different qualities have been sold at about our quotations- also a parcel of Sunn Hemp at 5 10s, and sonic Jute, of only fair quality, at ..tll lOs per ton.—For Tallow there has been only a limited demand, but prices are fully supported, the stock being so much reduced as not to press on the market; Petersburg yellow candle brings 51s, Odessa yellow candle and white 505 to 50s 6d; South American Tallow meets a more ready sale at full rates. LONDON GAZETT.E......FRIDAY, MARCH 27• PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, Dirks, Nelson and Co. Liverpool, millwrights—liathoand Huxley, Chester, coal-merchants—S. A. Butterworth and Co. Manchester. Salford, and Blue Boar-court, Friday-street, London, merchants ; as far as regards J. Keighley—C. and S. Thompson, Little Bolton, grocers—Collinge and Lancashire, and J. Collinge and Co. Oldham and Manchester, cotton-spinners and coal-merchants; as far as regards P. Novelli. INSOLVENT. March 2.6.—Samuel Toll Bidwell, Chertsey, common-brewer. BANKRUPTS. John Alexander Griffin, Liverpool, merchant, to surrender April 15, May 8, at two o'clock, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Holden and Clark, Liverpool ; and Messrs. Tay lor, Sharpe, Field, and Jackson, Bedford-row, London. Thomas Coke Johns, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street, London, printer. John Moulder, High-street, Vauxhall, London, victualler. Silas Barnard Hutchins, West-street, Walworth-road, London, victualler. • LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MARCH 27. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, MARCH 27. The foreign arrivals into this port during the last seven days, comprise 5900 qrs. Wheat, (1200 qrs. from Philadelphia,) together with 12,400 brls. United States Flour; and there have been released from bond 930 qrs. Wheat, 1000 qrs. Barley, and 1290 brls. Flour. The imports of British Grain, Flour, and Oatmeal have been light, but the quantities remaining from the previous supplies have been more than sufficed for the demand, which has been of a limited character generally. Holders of Wheat have, at the same time, resisted further reduction of price, and we repeat our last quota tions for all but the inferior qualities, which were yesterday bought at a trifling decline. With the reduction of duty we have to quote rather lower rates for American Flour out of bond : the latest sales were at 42s to 42s 6d per barrel : 39s 6d has been paid in bond. — Really choice samples of Oats have brought 35 10d to as 11d, whilst good fair mealing have been bought at 3s 8d to 3s gd per 451bs.— Oatmeal 32s 6d to :345 per load. Barley has been in fair request ; malting qualities are scarce, and worth 43s to 46s per imperial qr. ; sweet parcels for grinding Ss 331 to 5s 931 per 601bs. Two or three cargoes of French Beans were disposed of at Manchester, to-day. at 42s to 43s per 4801bs. duty paid ; and a few hundred qrs. at 32s ad in bond. The reduction notified in duties yesterday was 2s per qr• on Wheat, and Is 6d per qr. on Oats and Pease respectively. William Inglis, Little St. Thomas Apostle, and Well-street, East Smithfield, London, leather-factor. John Green, Knightsbridge-terrace, Hyde-park. London, oilman. John Field. Bennett-street, iyestininster, builder Thomas Arnison, Little Tufton-street, Westminster, builder. William Purchase Owen, Exeter, wine merchant. Robert Mellows, Stockport, grocer. John Taylor, Carlisle, miller. John Baker Symes and Francis Blanchard, Keinton, Mandefield, Somcrsetshire, tailors. Joseph Massey, Habergham Eaves, Lancashire, worsted-spinner. William Beastall, Nottingham, draper. John Robins, Vivian, East Stonehouse, Devonshire. dealer. Edward Dale, Barnsley, Yorkshire, linen-manufacturer. Thomas Weston, Wem, Shropshire, coal merchant. DIVIDENDS. April 23, J. Haddon, J. Clark, and J. Porter, Liverpool, merchants April 18, T. Turnbull, Friday-street, Cheapside, London, tavern keeper—April 17, J. Mitchell, Preston and Liverpool, woollen draper—April 23, G. Balding, Southampton, currier—April 20, J. Stevenson, Sheffield, furniture - broker—April 21, M. Porter, Dews bury, Yorkshire, blanket-manufacturer—April 28, F. W. N. Crouch, Plymouth, music-seller—April 20, W. Woodcock, Deal, straw hat manufacturer—April 20, C. Cooke, Birmingham, grocer—April 2u, J. Stubbs, Birmingham, hatter. CERTIFICATES To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before April 17. - • R. L. Magrath, Liverpool, merchant—S. H. T. Bishop, Upper Ground-street. Blackfriars, and Paragon, Blackheath ' iron-mer chant—J. Watson and J. Cooper, George-yard, Macclesfield -street, Westminster, silver-platers—H. Warren. Northampton, innholder —J. C. Dear, High-street, Marylebone, ironmonger —W. Hawker, College-street, Dowgate-hill, London, carman—R. Walter, Coven try, riband-manufacturer, and Wood-street, Cheapside, London, warehouseman—E. Flint, Ludgate-hill, London, hosier—H. Byrom, jun. Leamington Priors, Warwickshire, banker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. John Downie, Tullyochie, Kinross, cattle-dealer. James Wllraith, Tillicoultry, manufacturer. Robert Mason, Edinburgh, builder. George Penfold, Glasgow, druggist. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 30. LIVERPOOL PR: :CES CURRENT. ASHES Montreal, Pot 22 6Q 24 3 Pearl, new 29 6 U. States, Pot none. Pearl none. BARE, Quercit. Oak, ton .. 10 7 5 German 4 5 5 0 BRIMSTONE, q: ton Sicily, &c l2 0 12 10 Tuscany l2 15 13 0 CASSIA LIONEA, S. d. S. d q: cwt. in bond 85 0 90 0 CLOVER -SEED, 4, cwt. American, red.. none Dutch 70 0— so 0 French & Gerni.7o 0-- 80 0 COCOA, `43 cwt. Trinidad 56 0— 65 o Grenada Brazil 39 0— 0 0 CoFFEE, 1: cwt in bond. Jaina. triage - on :i nny p 0 0-108 0 good& fine ord.llo 0-118 0 middling l2O 0-126 good mid. fine mid. &c l4l 0-154 0 Dutch, triage.. GA 0 - 100 0 ordinary .... 1 - good s .'z fine 0rd.102 0-108 0 middling good mid. 116 44-120 fine mid., &c. Mocha Ceylon Java Havana good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 St. Domingo.... 45 0— 48 0 Brazil 45 0— 50 0 Laguira 76 0— 82 0 Dyawoons, Is ton .e s. s Logwood, Jam... 7 15— 8 0 Hon. & Dom. 7 15— 8 0 Campeachy .. 10 10-- 11 0 Fustic, Span 5 0— 5 F. Tampico 6 10— 7 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA Wool. Rio de la Hache solid q 0— 12 0 rough 6 0— 7 10 small Lima, solid l4 0— 16 0 Barwood, Ango 8 0— 8 10 Gaboon 5 0— 6 0 Carnwood l9 0— 25 0 Red San. Wood 8 0— 9 0 FLAX, a. ton. Riga. P.T.R. 42 0— 45 0 P'burg, 9 head 4l 0— 42 0 Archangel 4B 0— 50 0 Dutch & Flem. 6O 0-110 0 GALLS, p cwt. Turkey, blue 74 0— 80 0 mixed 60 0— 70 0 East India 7O 0— 75 0 GINGER, lo cwt. Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 Jamaica 6O 0-120 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 17 0 Gust, 13 , cwt. Arabic, Turkey 7O 0-140 0 East India 24 0— 55 0 Barbary 45 0— 52 0 Senegal 65 0— 66 o HEMP, 113 , ton a. s. P'burg, clean 36 0— 36 10 outshot.. 38 10— 35 0 Riga, Rhine 36 0— 36 10 outshot.. 35 0— 35 10 Archangel 33 0— 33 10 Manila 27 0— 28 0 Bombay l7 0— 20 0 Jute ll 0— 12 0 HIDES, Ox and Cow, lc: lb B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. inferior & mid. 0 7/ o good & prime 0 94 0 10i Do. salted 0 0 5i N. Amer. salted 0 4 0 4i Brazil dry salted 0 54 0 di Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 Q— 0 7i Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 W. India, dry 0 51— 0 7 salted 0 41— 0 5' East India R.:?ps, B.A. dry 0 0 0 4 Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 0 HORSE HAIR, 1 , 0 lb. Short mixed long tails 1 5 1 10 combed tb. in bond Bengal. pur. & violet blue & violet 0 blue violet, g. & fine 7 ord. & mid. 6 violet & cop. mixed .. I cop. g. & fine. 6 ord. & mid. 5 con. quality .. 4 Oude 2 Madras 3 Guatimala, tb Floras Sobres 5 Cortes Caraccas, Floras 6 Sobres Cortes LAC DYE, tb. D.T. and prime. 1 6 3 0 mid. to good.. 0 8— 1 4 ord. & inferior 0 6 0 7* MADDER ROOTS, V cwt Smyrna ..52 Nalipoli & Syria .. French 4B Gaples 44 MADDSR, (Wt. S. Dutch, crop 70 0 Ombro 50 0 Gatnene •itt 0 MLIII French, S.F. S.F.F 48 0 E.S. F.. .54 0 E.S.F.F 63 0 Spanish 45 0. MOLASSES, Trinidad, &c 13 0 - Demerara, &c •34 0 Bar & Antigua.. 36 6 MUNJEET, cu•t.. 14 0 °xi., Olive, 44 , 259 galls. Gallipoli Trieste sg 0 Sicily 56 0 Malaga 53 0 Portugal ; &c 53 0 Leva:' 54 0 --. Palm, fun •36 0. —: Fish, v 252 galls. Seal, pale brown. 28 0 -24 0 Cod 26 10 LINSEED, cal 24 6 Rape, pale do. 3B 0 Turpen. 0 Rick, crvt Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 0 • in bond 24 o —25 6 Bengal, ord. do 1 —l3 6 mid to fine 14 0 —l5 0 African none. Runt, 9e , gallon, in bond. Jamaica, 12 to 16 o. 4 4 9 stronger 4 10 S 10 choice marks 6 0 6 4 SANFLOWER, 14. root: Bengal, good & fine.. £5 0 7'lo ord. & mid Bombay 'SALTPETRE, 14 , CU'l. S. IL S. d East India a3 0 --28 0 South American-18 0 —lB 6 SHELL LAC, cwt. in bond. orange 56 0 —95 .0 liver and black .• 36 U —5O 0 -38 6 -57 0 100 0-125 0 104 0-110 0 77 0-84 0 Neutria, doz Chinchilli, do. Seal, each 'SHUIVIAC, qt) cwt Sicily Malaga Trieste Verona Tyrolese 9 0 -15 0 10 0 -25 0 . 1 7 - 3 6 11 0 -13 6 none 80— 8 6 7 0 - 7 6 9 0 —2O 0 StIGAR, cwt B. P. Muscovado moist brown 5B 6 —59 dry brown 6O 6 —63 0 good & mid 65 0 —6B 0 fine &v. fine 69 6 —72 0 Mauritius, dabs and moist 56 6 —5B 6 brown 6l 0 —64 yellow 6 , 1 0 —67 6 fine yellow 6B 0 —7O 0 East India, Bengal ord: white 64 0 --66 0 gocd and fine 69 6 —7O 6 extra fine 71 0 —72 0 Manilla, in bond 20 0 —23 0 Havana, do. _ brown 'yellow . white ord good & fine Brazil, In bond . none. do. . do. . do. brown l7 0 —2O 0 yellow , '2l 0 —22 0 white ord. 22 O —24 0 good and fine 25 0 ---28 TALLOW, 13 cwt. P'burgh, Y.C. 5l 0 —5l 6 Odessa 5o 0 —5O Archangel 4B 6 —49 Buenos Ayres 45 0 —4B 6 TAR, 14 brl. Stockholm l6 0 —l6 6 Archangel Carolina 11 0 —l4 0 Virginia TARTAR, Cream OfTartar.. 73 0 —75 0 brown and yel... 50 0 —6B 0 TRA, tb. in bond. Bohea, Canton .. Fokein Congou, coin. .. 2 2 2 3 mid. to tine. 2 4 2 6 Twankay, coin... 2 2 2 3 mid. to good 2 4 Pekoe, Orange .. 2 6 4 0 Campoi, coin. to good . Hyson Skin 0- 0 0 0- 0 0 0- 0 0 3- 7 9 3- 7 0 9- 6 9 3- 6 g 3- 6 0 6 .6 6- 6 6- 6 none 2 0 mid. to fine 2 4 2 6 Souchong, com 2 2 2 3 good to fine 2 6 3 6 Pekoe, flowery 3 0— 4 0 HyBoll, COM. 2 6 2 9 fine 2 10 4 6 Young Hyson 2 9 3 0 imperial Gunpowder, good and fine Toff:tee°, lb. in bond. 6- 7 0 0- 6 3 0- 4 10 6- 7 0 0- 6 3 0- 4 10 J. River, Leaf 0 3i— 0 9 Stemmed 0 sk 0 11 Kentucky Maryland TURMERIC, 44 , cwt in bond. Bengal 28 0 —33 0 TURPENTINE, 4 cwt. American lO 6 —l2 3 VALONIA, :e• ten. .1 a 4 . S Smyrna, picked 15 o —23 10 Morea WAX, BEES' r cwt. in bond. African 6 10 7 10 East India American 7 to 8 0 0- 53 0- 0 0- SO 0- 45 TIDE TABLE. _ Days — . "Ifni' Earl. Height. Sundays, 110lydays, Iye. ---- -- --.___ - - March u. 11. ii . xi . v i. Tuesday 31 952 10 13 17 5 Wednes. 1 10 28 10 47 18 6 Thursday 2 11 6 11 24 18 7 New Moon oh. Om. A Friday .. 3'll 40 0 0 18 8 Saturday 4 1 0 3 017 18 6 Sunday 5 037 058 18 0 sth Sunday in Lent. Monday 6 121 142 17 3 MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. APRIL HOUR 1. John Lloyd, (Ist) Clarendon Rooms, 12 1. Thomas Pagan, (Ist) Ditto, I 1. William Robertson, (Ist) 2. Theodore Frederick Clark, (special) Atkinson, Birch and Co's, Manchester, 12 3. Theodore Frederick Clark, (2nd) .... Clarendon Rooms, 2 4. Henry Martin Ditto, • 1 6. Gaudy Brothers and Co. (WT.) 7. Robert Hatton (Ist) Ditto, 1 8. James Trottel, (final div.) 9. Anthony M'Coy, (div.) Ditto, 1 10. John Jones, (2nd) li. William Roskell, (special) Holden and Clarke's, 12 11. Colborne and Dobbs, (div.) NORTHERN HOSPITAL, MARCH 28. ADMITTED. DISCHARGED. Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation Cured . lg Attending as Out Patients . . . 11 9 Irregular - Died . 25 Total Remaining in thl ie Hospital . Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. House Visitors, James Heyworth, Esq. and B. 11. Jones, Esq Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.—Houge'Siargeon, Mr, Arnott, The supply of Beasts at market to-day was smaller than for some weeks' past; prime Beef was in good demand at 7d, second and inferior Beasts met dull sale at last week's quotations, say 6d to 66d, and at the close of the market a few inferior Beasts were un sold. The show of Sheep was small; prime Wethers were in de mand at ad, second quality lid ; inferior 7d, at an early hour in the day the Sheep were well sold up. PRICES OF SHARES, 16 2 6 97 0 0 18 5 0 :i 2 0 . 84 10 0 u 0 I) 50 15 0 . BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 Bank of Liverpool .'l2 lOs paid - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... - Liverpool Union lO .... - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales lO .... - of Manchester lO .... - M'chester & L'pool Dact. 15 .... - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO .... Commercial Bank of England 5 .... East of England lO .... Phcenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 ins. GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings &lin) paid L'pool and Harrington Water Works } 350 •' • ' Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 370 0 0 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .elOO .... 191 0 0 Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance Company 25 paid 2 10 0 __ _ . Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... 95 0 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 113 oex div. DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 ... Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 105 Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool; (Poloncean) S. d. -80 0 -65 0 -40 0 -30 0 -46 0 22 17 6 ex div 6 17 6 .... 17 t; -52 0 -58 0 -70 0 - 0 0 15 17 6 . 7 17 6 .. -34 0 -35 0 -36 15 163 I) II 475 0 0 65 -6o o .5 0 .55 0 -29 0 -26 0 S 7 6 .. .... 20 ... 10 ..... lOO 6 15 0 . 00 0 . 00 0 . O 14 6 0 15 11 BIRTHS. A few days ago, a poor woman named LAKE, of Weston, near Lewes, after having been married seven years without children. was delivered of three fine girls, who, with the mother, are all as well as can. be expected. On the 22nd instant, the wife of Mr. FIELDHOUSE, of Fa4V cett's row, Bradford, butcher, of three fine boys. One of the three died shortly after birth. The other two, with the mother, are doing well. On the 24th instant, Mrs. R. L. GASKELL, of Berkeley-street, of a son. MARRIED. On the 15th instant, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. JOHN BAN- CROFT to Miss ESTHER ELLEN SHARPLES. Ou the 17th instant, at Rodney-street Church, by the Rev. Mr. Park, Mr. SAMUEL GORDON, draper, Lord Nelson-street. t° ALICIA M'CALIJUM, the fourth daughter of the late Alexander M`Callmn, Esq. of Tobermory, Isle of Mull. On the 20th instant, at Stuttgardt, according to the rites of the Roman Catholic and Protestant religions, in the presence of the King and Queen, and all the royal family, the ministers and the court, the Princess FREDERICA CHARLOTTE of WURTEM BERG, daughter of the King, to the Count ALFRED CHARLES FRANCIS DE NEIPPERG. The Princess is to retain her present title and rank, adding that of Countess de Neipperg. On the 25th instant, at St. Mary's Church, Bryanstone-squat , ! London, Captain CHARLES TROLLOPE, 36th Regiment. Soo °i the late Sir Charles Trollope, B ar t . and brother to Sir John Trol lope, of Lincolnshire, to FRANCES LORD, niece and adopted daughter of Samuel H. Lord, Esq. of Long Bay Castle, Barbados . On the 29th instant, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. M r * Carpenter, Mr. HENRY MITCHINSON, master-mariner, to MAR THA, youngest daughter of Mrs. ANN GLAISTER, of Alaryport. DIED. At Burnley, suddenly, in his (lath year, Mr. JOHN HOWARD; cominissicn-agent and traveller, much regretted by his family and friends. At Tralee, aged 109, Mrs. HIGGINS, rel;et of the late Mr. John Higgins. She had a perfect recollection of the great frost of 17 39 and 1740, and of the famine that followed. She lived to see the fifth generation of her own offspring. At • Great Neston, aged 77, Mrs. HELSBY, mother of Mr. John Helsby, watch-case-manufacturer, of this town. On the 2Stli of July, at Costa Rica, America. aged 27, EDMUND BA ILLIE. Esq. merchant, formerly of this town. On the Ist of October, on hoard the ship John o'Gaunt, in the Lema Channel, coast of China, aged 24, WILLIAM WILKINSON , eldest son of Mr. John Wilkinson, clerk of St. Catherine's Church. On the 2gth ult. at Tremerchion, Flintshire, in her 98th year, MO. ELIZABETH ELLIS. She had thirty-seven grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren. On the 11th instant, aged 7 years and 8 month s, H ENRY WIL LIAMS, youngest sun of Mr. Williams, of Bostock-street ; and, 0 " 4 years and 8 month s, EDWIN WILLIAM.' his second son, and brother to the above. Same day, aged 35, Mr. WILLIAM BREAKELL, innkeeper' Liverpool Arms, Great Richmond-street. On the 13th instant, in Paris, the Earl of STAIR, who had loag been suffering and was nearly in a state of imbecility. On the 15th instant, aged 71, ANN OWEN, wife of Mr. Richar d Owen, Scotland-road. Same day, at Oxton, after a very short illness, aged 27 years, Ai r ' JAMES WOODS, third son of the late Mr. William Woods, painter' of this town. On the 17th instant, aged 61, Mr. JOHN HOLT, late foreman t ° Messrs. Foster and St ewart, a situation whieh he had filled fr_ , .' thirty-seven years with honest fidelity to his employers. The int?. under his inspection bore testimony of their esteem by fonowinb him,' in silent sorrow, to the grave. On the 18th instant, aged 85, Mrs. ALICE POTTS, Sydney-plac e ' Edge-hill. On the Ihth instant, aged 99, MARY LESLIE, the wife of Capi n Hugh Leslie, of Grinfield-street, Edge-hill, deeply regretted. On the 21st instant, at Parkgate, Cheshire, ANN HEAD, relict °, the late Rev. Oswald Head, of Chollerton Vicatage, in the coon t of Northumberland. Same day, THOMAS DAVIES, e ld est son of Captain Davies, or Eldon-place. . . s he On the 23rd instant, aft er a l ong and severe illness, wincif bore with Christian patience, MARYANN PENN, wife of Mr. IN" . Penn, late of Pitt-street. Same day, at his house, in St. Anne-street, in his 6gth „g BENJAMIN THOMAS, Esq. He was a merchant of very I° .. ve standing in this to wn, and highly respected throughout his act s and useful life. same (lay, at Gr eenw i c h , aged is, JOHN NEWALL, son 0 1, the late Captain ROBERT HEPBURN, of this town. On the 24th instant, aged 6 years, CATHERINE M'CULLO Cg t , .. youngest daughter of M r . S amuel M ' Cullock, surgeon, Dake.streen On the 25th i nstant, aged 58, Mr. JAMES DOLPHIN, Lon go road, victualler. Same day, Very suddenly, aged 6p, Mrs. ELIZ. GREETIIAM. „,fr, On the 26th instant, MARY MILLER, only daughter of HENRY LEATHAM, builder, Benson-street, aged 14 years and months. r Same day, aged 6 0 years, Mrs. ELIZABETH DUTTON, „° " V ,0$ wards of twe n ty years the faithful housekeeper of Mr. THO' REVELL, of Gloucester-place, Low-hill. On the 27th i nstant, i n the 7tith year of his age, th e Rev. /ACO°is HODGSON, Curate of Crosby. He discharged the duties 01 ., 00 curacy for twe n t y-t h ree years to the satisfaction of his cong,regf.o. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1840. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORIN.' nv JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of SS, Mount Pleasant, and LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, At No. 4, ST. GEORGE'S CRESCENT, LIVERPOOI.• oOd Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. New t ° l -flok ; Co., War w i c k- square ; B arker, Fleet-street ; Deacon, ; Reynell, Chancerf-lane ; Lawson and Barker, llirchin -l j Joseph Thomas, I, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; Mundell 11/unnione ,t Lombard-street ; Mitchell, 8, Red Lion-court, Fleel-bt re ` at Clarke and Lewis, 4, Crown-court, Threadneedle.streeitzing Garraway's ; at the London Commercial Coffee-house, Mt.' ea lane ; at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, ; Chapter house, Paternoster - row; North and South A mer ican co ; ye house, Threadneedle-street ; and Messrs. William Maitre, and Co., Sise-lane, London; by Messrs. Johnst o "-A e n Co., at their Newspaper and Advertisement Agency Office, .enure. Quay, Dublin ; Mr. M'Phun, Glasgow ; Mr. Wheeler, Ex cha mr• street, and Mr. C. H. Lewis, Market-street, Manchester; . 00 ; Haddock, and Messrs. J. and W. Booth, Booksellers, Warriffolio Mr. Clarke, Pilot-office, Preston; and Mr. Coope, 33, street, Birmingham. lerins of Subscription for this gaper :—On cr t quart` Frend, one year, £2 6s. ; Half-year. .CI 3s. ; qua 11s. Gd.—lf paid in advance—one year 1:2 half-year, it is ; quarter, Ws 6d. Prices. This day Last RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices. Birmingham and Gloncenter SO paid 65 0 o .... 65 0 0 Ditto and Derby Q 0 . Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid Bolton and Preston 3O Bristol and Exeter . 25 .... Chester and Crewe 4O .... 41 5 0 . Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh anti Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven p paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 17 paid Glasgow, Paisley, Kihnar 30 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares 30 . Great Western 65 .... Ditto new shares 30 . Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 9O . Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto an I Southampton 5O Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester 6O .... Ditto half shares Leicester and SwariningtOn..' 5O .... Ditto, (new) - 30 paid Manchester, Bolton, & Bury .. EtN Manchester and Birmingham.. 25 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension .. 7• • • Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... Ditto quarter sflares North Midland New North Midland South Eastern and D over 18 .. North Union .. .... St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap.. 100 paid York and North Midland 4O paid Great North of England 9 2 6 230 0 Oexciiv23o 0 0 80 0 67 10 0 31 5 0 .... 30 15 0 26 IS o 0 0 0 .... 192 43 0 0 . 42 0 0 85 10 0 .... 154 10 0 .... 43 15 0 .. 23 10 0 .... 42 5 0 ... 24 0 0 .... 70 10 0 .... 22 5 0 .... 71 0 0 49 10 6 30 5 0 .... 11 12 6.... 4 10 0 .... 86 0 0.... 85 10 0 ;65 0 oexdie 21 0 0 ex dic 17 0 0..., 1 7 : 0 12 10 0 .... SHARE MARKET, MONDAY EVENING. Our market for Share property has been very firm to-day, and very little stock offering. Eastern Counties have been in goot! request, and have been sold at 9- per share. There was also a good inquiry for New North Midlands, but buyers and sellers could not meet. Birmingham and Gloucesters were done at 68—an ad vance of .t'3 upon Saturday's quotation. Grand Junctions at 230; Great Western half shares at 301; Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock l 61; Liverpool and Manchester quarters at -12, and Mid land Counties at 8.5 i. Commercial Bank of Liverpool were done al £l7 per share. The general tone of the market remains good.