The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-28 00:00:00

CAPTAIN CLEGG. The following letter, dated Isle of Man January 31st, 1831, has been rece ived b y Ca p tain Clegg, of the ship Hud dersfield am instructed - by the Directors of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company to transmit you a copy of a resolu tion entered into by the Company on Tuesday last, 28th instant, and to inform you that in accordance therewith, you will receive the amount from Messrs. Moore and Christian, Redcross-street, upon your presenting the annexed order. I am, Sir, your obedient Servant, 'EDWARD MOORE, Agent. Mr. J. A. Clegg. At the half-yearly general meeting of the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company, held on Tuesday, 28th instant, E. On the motion of Phillip Garret t, Esq., seconded by M. Gawen, Esq., it was unanimous l y resolved—" That the sum of twenty pounds be presented t o Ca p t. J. A. C a legg, of the ship Huddersfield, and ten pound s to his crew, as small testimony of the high estimation in which their recent meri the I torious and praiseworthy conduct i s held by Steam Packet Company, in the rescue of so many of their fellow-creatures from the wreck of the William Huskisson steam-packet " " Douglas, 1840." JAMES HODSON, Chairman SCHOOL FOR CIVIL ENGINEERS. TO THE HONOURABLE THE TOWN COUNCIL, THE MEMO RIAL OF THP DIRECTORS OF THE LIVERPOOL MECHA- NICS' INSTITUTION• The Directors of the Liverpool Mechanics' Institution, in respectfully directing the attention of the Council to rs i the pim or t an ce of establishing a School for Civil Engineen this town, feel themselves called upon briefly to state the reasons which have induced them to make this appeal. Your memorialists are convinced that in this country, as well as in every other country in the world, commerce and manufactures, and all the various branches of industry directly or indirectly connected with them, are daily becom ing of more engrossing interest, and more and more closely identified with the wealth, prosperity, and social progress of the nation. The peculiar advantages which England possesses in her stores of coal and iron, combined with other favoura ble circumstances, have given the national mind a powerful impulse in this direction, and the result has been the em ployment in machinery and manufactures of an amount of labour and capital hitherto unequalled in any other country : it has been calculated that not less than fifty-seven millions sterling are invested in railways; while the increased facility of communication, both by land and sea, and the consequent extension of trade of every sort, are year after year leading more of the national wealth and energy into similar channels. The demand thus occasioned for persons qualified to direct the practical application of the arts and sciences, on which all manufactures and machinery depend, may be said to have created the profession of the civil engineer, to whose care are confided the organization and management of almost all the means of production, as well as of the means of communica tion which renders that production lucrative. " To the civil engineer the public looks for safety and sta bility in the construction of railways, the capacity and strength of our canals, the making of our roads, the clearing and improving of our navigable rivers, the construction of our docks, and the rendering of our harbours secure from the effects of wind and waves. On him depend the sinking and clearing of mines, and their necessary ventilation; to him his country looks for protecting and accelerating the transit of the world ; and, lastly, on his ability we rely for the cor rect and economical expenditure of much of the available wealth of the realm, which, when thus used, like the seeds of the earth, increases and facilitates further production." Such being the importance of the profession of civil en gineer, it is indeed surprising that, in this country, which is proudly styled the chief manufacturing kingdom in the world, so little has been done either by Government, or by indivi duals to insure to the engineer a sufficiently comprehensive and:systematic course of instruction in those sciences which form the foundation of his skill. With the exception of the college at Durham,—an engineering department which has recently been added to the King's College, London,—and a new college which is contemplated to be established in the metropolis, no prevision whatever is made in this country for the efficient education of civil engineers, who are left almost entirely to chance to obtain even that elementary knowledge without which their labours must be useless, until guided by experience, purchased perhaps by many serious errors. The Governments of many other countries have, in their own case, done much to remedy the defects from which we suffer ; but it may perhaps be sufficient to refer to Russia, — a country which is not unfrequently styled uncivilized and barbarous,—but from which nations that pride themselves on their superior refinement, might in this respect draw a useful lesson. It appears from official'documents, that besides the Land surveying Institute, the Forest Institute, the College for Commercial Navigation, and Practical Technological Insti tute at St. Petersburg, two schools for forest sciences, the academies of commerce at Moscow and St. Petersburg, agricultural schools, schools for land surveyors, and for civil engineers, the Institution of Engineers of Public Roads, and various mining schools, founded by individual proprietors of mines,—there are fifteen technological schools, as they are called, which have been established in the vicinity of the Altai foundries and manufactories, in connexion with a de partmental school, in which are taught mineralogy, mecha nics, chemistry, geometry, geology, and the practical work ing of mines ; there are further, sixty mining schools, (under the superintendence of the minister of finance,) supported by Government, and numbering nearly 5,000 pupils. The anxiety which the Government of Russia has thus shown to reader the profession of civil engineer what it ought to be, contrasts strongly with the indifference of Eng land. England, proud of her superiority in manufacturing and mechanical skill, seems to imagine that no efforts are necessary to maintain that superiority. It is true that many of the ablest engineers have been born and bred in this coun try ; but this fact merely shows that genius can rise superior to disadvantages, and by no means proves that the most effectual method of obtaining persons duly qualified for any profession is to leave them uuprovided with necessary instruc tion. Evidence, however, is not wanting, that among the general body of engineers much ignorance exists. It is a singular fact, that scarcely in any one instance have the esti mates of the cost of a projected railway at all resembled the actual expenditure, -.hit. in some z es the outlay has been more than double the estimated sum. It is scarcely neces sary to refer to the many mistakes which have been made in the construction of railways and other public works, the ex traordinary differences of opinion, on even the simplest sub jects, which have existed among engineers, and the almost innumerable accidents which have destroyed so much life and property, and all of which may be referred to error in the original design, or ignorance in the subsequent manage- ment. There is, besides, no profession which comprehends a wider range of subjects of instruction than does that of a civil engineer. To the civil engineer, chemistry and natural philosophy in all their ramifications, mechanics theoretical and practical, mathematics, descriptive geometry as it is styled by the French, geology, mineralogy, mining, agricul ture, architecture, land-surveying, levelling, and drawing, are almost all indispensable, involving, as they do, the very first principles of his art. Even a superficial knowledge of so many subjects can be acquired only by laborious and well regulated study, and no study can be well regulated, unless it be conducted on a uniform plan. Nor is it merely the planners and originators of public works and machines, who ought to be so instructed. It is important that those who are entrusted with their superin tendence and actual management, however low their office, should have some scientific knowledge, and a thorough ac quaintance with the instruments which they have to use. Thousands risk their property or their lives in steam-boats or railway carriages, without any security that the persons to whom the management has been confided have had any opportunity of acquiring the skill and knowledge which are necessary, not only to enable them to perform the routine of their ordinary duties, but to act with judgment and presence of mind, should any emergency arise. The boiler of a steam boat or of a locomotive bursts, or some such accident hap pens, and many lives are lost ; the newspapers for the follow ing week are filled with expressions of regret, perhaps of in dignation, and the whole matter is forgotten. To prevent the occurrence of such accidents, however, is much wiser than to lament them when they have occurred, and this can be done only by putting the means of knowledge within the reach of all by whom it is required. In the projected college of civil engineers in London, accordingly, it is intended that there shall be a workman's class, in addition to the high school, in which th eoret i ca l i ns t ruc ti on i s to be combined with practical experience, and civil engineers are to he trained, just as lawyers, physicians, or clergymen are trained in their respective colleges. There is another consideration, which, as it has an impor tant .bearing on this subject, ought not to be forgotten. It seems to be generally admitted, im even by those who are most reluctant to own the fact, that e continental nations, which used to be cur customers, have first their own de mand by their own production, an com petitors in foreign markets. It is s ve then become our not necessary to in quire into the causes which have produced rivalry ;it is the fact alone that concerns the presen f t:ustion. Foreign themselves; they nations now manufacture extensively difficulties of have surmounted, in many cases, the natural their poSition, and it is vain to expect, as it would to wish, that the ti de of im p rovement whic h has set in wrong to wards foreign shores , sho uld be rolled back . The efforts of o ther nations render grea ter exertions im p era tive on the in habitants of this count r y ; and if the superiority which s a Eng land once claimed , and was acknowledged t o possess, a ma nufacturing nation, is ever again to be established, it can only be by diffusing as widely as possible, among those con nected with our productive industry, a knowledge of those principles by which all industry ought to be guided, and by stimulating, through s)stematic education, the inventive powers of the general mind, to devise means for curtailing labour and simplifying the processes of production. Liverpool is marked out as a fit.locality for an institution of civil engineers, not only by its proininent position as a commercial town,—as the second port in the kingdom,—by the ease of communication between it and the more exclu sively manufacturing districts, but by the celebrity which it has already attained in all matters connected with the inven tion and construction of machinery. In Liverpool, perhaps snore than in any other town, is the public mind awake to the n ecessity of such an institution, for keeping pace with the progress of the age, and for 'maintaining the prosperity of this country, which cannot standstill, but must advance or recede. _ nile, however, it may be reasonably expected that a judicious plan fur the formation of such an institution would he powerfully supported by the public, your memorialists are convinced that a full measure of success could not be .obtained without the aid of the Corporation; and, at the same time, they conceive that there is no object whatever to the furtherance of which your funds and influence could be directed with greater general advantaka, or with less risk of offence to any portion of the community. The Corpora tion has already devoted a portion of its fund to the promo tion of elementary education ; and to more advanced pupils in all ranks instruction is afforded in the institution with which your memorialists have the honour to be connected, as well as in other establishments ; but neither hi the Me chanics' Institution, nor in any other institution in this town, does there exist the smallest provision for the educa tion of boys above the age of fifteen or sixteen, when strictly professional education ought to commence. This want is greatly to be deplored, and as the demand for men thoroughly educated in this, as in all other departments, is rapidly increasing if the blank be n ot s p eedily su pp lied, elementary instruction itself will declin e, and the ground which has alre a dy been gained in the cause of general educa tion will again he lost. Your memorialists have carefully abstained from entering on all minute particulars as to the plan of such an institution ; they have stated as concisely as possible their views of its importance, and now beg respectfully to urge the matter on the attention of tie CoUncil, in the belief that it will be care fully considered, and that, should the proposal be enter tained, the details connected with the organization of the plan would be speedily arranged. Your memorialists are convinced that few proposals could have a more direct bearing on the prosperity of the country at large, as well as of the town in which they live. TRADESMEN'S INSTITUTION.--This useful institution is Lewdestly making its way to public favour. Every facility to improvement is afforded to the youthful portion of its mem bers. It is truly gratifying to see young men taking advan tage of the opportunity which presents itself for mental cul tivation; and calculated as this institution is, to confe r last ing benefit on the tradespeople of Liverpool, it would be in sulting to them to doubt of their generous, their liberal :up. port of it. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT AND THE BRITISH LEGION. (From the Morning Herald of Tuesday.) Lord Londonderry brought before the House of Lords, last night, the case of the unfortunate officers who were trepanned by the " liberal" Government of England into the service of the equally " liberal" Go vernment of Spain ; and who, after being defrauded out of a large portion of their pay and gratuities by their Spanish employers, are denied the efficient aid of the English Cabinet in enforcing their just claims. Lord Clarendon defended the Government of Spain, and vaunted of the services which he bad, by his in terposition, while minister of Madrid, rendered to the British legion. His lordship did not however, deny, that a large sum was still due (not of pay, he alleged— but of " gratuities") by the Spanish Government to English officers ; but he spoke confidently of the ho nest intentions of the Spanish Cabinet, and declared that in time . all these matters would be arranged. He lauded also the services of the " commission" which has been sitting so long, and doing so little, in decid ing these claims. Lord Melbourne defended himself and his colleagues with even more than his customary measure of self complacency. He and they, according to his lordship, have done in the matter all that could be expected of them—and everything is in a fair way of settlement. Neither Lord Clarendon nor Lord Melbourne ven tured fairly to meet the statements of Lord London derry. The gallant marquis asked whether Colonel Wylde bad not some time ago pledged the British Go vernment to procure a speedy settlement of the claims in question ? On this point no answer was vouchsafed either by Lord Melbourne or by his new colleague. Lord Londonderry, with great truth, observed, that, admitting the Spanish Government to be embarrassed, still the sum of £280,000 could have been raised by it, without trouble, for the liquidation of its debt to the subjects of Britain ; and at all events, why, asked the noble marquis, might not the English Government take into its own hands the vouchers of this Spanish debt, and dispose of them in satisfaction of Spanish custom-house dues ? On this point, also, Lord Melbourne and his asso ciate were silent. Another discreditable circumstance was:pointed out by Lord Londonderry in the conduct of the English Government towards the legionary officers. While the claims of the great body of these officers to justice have been utterly disregarded, no less than fifty-six of the superior officers amongst them have been appointed to situations in the military or civil service of this country—the object being obviously to get rid of their importunities, at the cost, in the first instance, of their brother-officers in the legion, but, in the second place, to the grievous injury of many distinguished officers in the British service, who have been thrust aside, in or der to make way for men who can advance no special claim to the preferment in question, except that of hav ing taken part in campaigns, in every way disgraceful to the character of England ! The mean, pettifogging, discreditable war which the Whigs, by means of Evans and his banditti, levied in behalf of the usurers who, under the name of minis ters, now rob Spain, is characteristic of the men who, for its sins, at present, rule this country. The whole thing was sneaking in its conception—in execution an infamous failure :—the result, a fearful loss to England of character and money. The Spanish war of non-intervention, with all its innumerable dis asters, has cost this country eight millions—a sum suf ficient to have placed the fleet of England in a state of unexampled efficiency, and to have gained for her the undisputed supremacy of the seas. THE FOREIGN AND COLONIAL TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN. (From the Morning Herald of Wednesday.) Sir Richard Jenkins brought forward, last night, a motion of deep interest, on the subject of the agricultural and manu factured products of British India, and on the conditions which ought to regulate the admission of these products into the markets of England. It was contended by the mover, and by other gentlemen, that the industry of British India is utterly paralysed by the want of fair protection to which certain forms of that industry are exposed, as well as by the exorbitant imposts which press upon others. Some of the speakers on the subject—Mr. Hume and Mr. Ewart for example—while they contended for the expediency of equalising the duties levied upon the products of India and of all other countries, maintained that India could have no just title to have her industry protected. The laws of free trade ought, according to these authorities, to regulate all our commercial intercourse with India. The views advocated by Mr. Hume and his friends, in re gard to India, are as false and narrow, as they are in regard to all other great questions. The colonial empire of England is the noblest that ever existed. If the colonial policy of England were regulated by sound principles, the increased power that England might derive from her colonies, is absolutely incalculable. England, in conjunction with her colonial dependencies, comprehends all imaginable varieties of soil, of climate, of temperature — and may boast of possessing, in abundance, all the products with which Nature can enrich or gladden the human race. The means of interchanging the products of her native and of her colonial industry are secured to England to an extent absolutely boundless. There is no limit to the diversity of the materials on which the native and the colonial labour of England may be profitably employed. In her colonies, the natural resources of England are multiplied twenty-fold. That these resources have been turned to the smallest possi ble account, proves, that never was any country governed - with a smatter amount of 'wisdom than England has been for ' at least a quarter of a century past. The mighty the inestimable advantage which home trade possesses over foreign, consists in the fact that home trade admits of being regulated by the people who depend upon it, while a foreign trade does not, excepting in peculiar circum stances, and to a limited extent. As it is with home trade, so it is with colonial. Both are under the control of the peo ple who possess them. Both are constant in their character. Both are profitable in the highest degree. A trade with foreigners is, on the other hand, always liable to interruption ; and unless it be carried on under singularly favorable condi tions—conditions such as those on which the Chinese carry on their tea trade with ourselves—foreign trade is apt to im poverish, instead of enriching the country which engages in it. Our foreign trade with the United States, for instance, is a trade conducted on principles of the most dangerous charac ter. England is far more dependent on the United States for raw cotton, than the United States are on England for cotton goods. Every year England pays the United States a higher price for their raw cottons; while, on the other hand, every year does' England receive from the United States a lower price for the manufactured article. Every two or three yeirs. besides, our customers in the United States suspend payment ; but not, for a single moment, does the system on which we conduct our foreign trade, admit of our suspending our demand for American cottons, or of boggling about the price which the cotton growers demand for their commodity. Thy risk and loss attendant on such a trade' are, in short, the portion of England ; the profit and secu rity attach, almost exclusively to the United States. So, in dealing with China. China exacts the; prices which she pleases for her teas ; and those prices England must pay, or be content to go without the article. China, in short, conducts her foreign trade on wise principles; and England on foollsh ones. China does not humble herself to secure our custom ; nor will she accept of our custom excepting on her own terms. By cultivating the resources of her noble colonies, England might soon be able to regulate her foreign trade on principles no less profitable than those on which China acts in her com mercial intercourse with foreigners. Instead of crouching to foreigners for their custom, and permitting them to fix their own price on the products of our industry, England might, by fostering the productive capabilities of her colo nies, compel foreigners at all times to pay remunerating prices for her manufactures, or the products of our soil. Take, for instance, the cotton trade—the leading branch in modern times, of our manufactures. • For the raw material of that trade, we are content to depend on the United States of America, while from our own Indian dominions we might receive raw cotton equally well fitted for our purposes, and in infinite abundance. If we drew our supplies of cotton from India, the profits of the grower and the profits of the manufacturer would equally conduce to the general wealth of England. The interests of the grower and of the manufac turer of cotton could never, moreover, be altogether opposed, as they frequently are, under the present system. By de pending on her colonies for the consumption of her manu factures, England could never, besides, lose those millions of money, which she has, recently and repeatedly, done by depending on the consumers of the United States. The intercourse between consumers and producers would, in short, under a wise system of colonial government, admit of the most exact regulation at the hands of government; and would tend, at every moment, to augment the wealth and happi ness , at once, of native and of colonial producers. What is true of the cotton trade, is true also, of the trade in tob acco , an d m i g h t b e t rue , ultimately, in the trade of tea. Fro m I n di a, we m i g ht d er i v e cotton and tea • ' from India, and from th e W es t I n di es , tobacco, sugar, and many other articles of use and enjoyment. To each of our colonies we ought to grant ample protection in the cultivation of any article that may be peculiar to it. To all of our colonies we ought to grant the fullest protection against the producers of foreign countries. The simple and the wise rule would be, to import from foreign countries no article that could be supplied by our colonies—just, as in h ong as importation legislating for the prote c ti on o f na ti ve i n d us t ry , i t wou ld be w i l b s i e t , so the l singleo f labourer every articlewari t swhiwhich employment,coulcould b e t o raised pro from the soil of England ! ORDINATION. .) On Sunday an (F j o rd ra in t a h t e io C a ll w es a t s er be C ld au b r y an th t eLord Bishop, in our Cathedral Chu r ch. The first Lesson of the day was re ad by the Rev. C . M . Arno ld , 8.A. , (Incumbent of Lower Darwen, Lancashire ;) and the second Lesson by the Rev. John Hayes, (Cu rate of St. Michael's, Manchester.) A very impressive Sermon was afterwards preached by the Worship ful Chancellor Raikes, frora 2 Cor. v. chap. 20th verse. DEACONS. —George Robertson , Moncrieff, 13. A., Balliol College, Oxford; Augusta. Gaspard Edourt, 8.A., and Ri chard William Bishop Mersh, 8.A., St. John's Colle g e, William Harker. 8.A., Richard Morton, 8.A., and John Sheldon, 8.A., Catharine 3all, John Heale, 8.A., Queen' s College, and Thomas ()wet, 8.A., St. Peter's , Cambridge ; Frederick Bell, 8.A., Edraind Boteler Chalmer, 8.A., Ed. ward Jones, 8.A., Willi a m Parks, 8.A., and.Fredenck John Walker, 8.A., Trinity Corege, Dublin; Meymott Farley, Lit., St. Bee's ; Htgh Thomas, Lit., Lampeter Col lege ; Samuel Warren, LL.D. Couth o rpe, 8.A., Christ Church, John Sparlin, B.A. Oriel, John Hayes, 8.A., Magdalen Hall, Digby Charles Le aid M.A., and Edward John rottesley, 8.A., U n i v ersiti ' College, George Levy, 8.A., Queen's College, Thomas Biker Morrell, 13. A., Balliol Col lege, and D av id Roberts, S.A., Teius College, Oxford; Charles Maddock Arnold ' an . cl Robert. ' Lovelace Hill, M.A., St. John' s , John Heron . ' Mac gur e, S C.L. John Dwerryhouse Prior, 8.A., mud Matthias l Forrest, 8.A., Queen's College, William P and John Dobie, 8.A.., l * ' 84. , Joseph Bradley, 8.A., m Corps n uei Christi College,College, ho m as Daniel Giea d E o t F w e a a r r d n S e t , ep ß h . e A n . s , , San.Cd.LT.h.o.Emas Lowe,B Cambridge; Philemon AlfredGalirdo;BA. Ca c t h h a a r r l i e n s e J H m all, W eor ili ge ia C m orn li Na i son, DI . A., Thomas 'Lit., and GardinerJolinParak 8.A., Trinity Cox gaomrgialtno,n, 8.A.,8.A .G, DublinSanar ,; B. A George. , an GeorgeWilliam L.S t Marling,o n College, e e r s , Lit., St. Bee's. egogosma.t.:-...n.mat...••••••••neeer ELECTION AT MonrEnt.--fhe Hon. Captain Howard son of the Earl of Carlisle, wa:on Saturday elected member for Morpeth, in the room of 'Ad Leveion. THE DUTY OF THE GOVERNMENT WITH RESPECT TO CHURCH EXTENSION. The grand point to which our attention ought to be di rected, is the awakening the legislature and the government to a just conception of their duty. Instead of sitting down in despair, as too many do, and saying, " of course, it is hopeless to look for any aid from parliament, we ought . constantly to make it matter of complaint, that a government which professes to maintain and to support an established church, never attempts to do any one thing in consonance with that profession. If all who held just views in this mat ter were to assert them constantly and boldly, we should soon find it no longer " hopeless," but easy, to bring the legisla ture to a more consistent course of conduct. And, truly, the contrast exhibited in this case, between the backwardness and timidity of the advocates of just prin ciples, and the audacity and perseverance with which the contrary views are urged, might well excite our wonder, had we not been warned that " the children of this world are, in their generation, wiser than the children of light." Thus we observe, on the one hand, a party who are contending for error and against truth—who have on.their side but a small proportion of the people—and who, as dissenters, cannot muster under their banners one-tenth of the population. And, while thus weak in themselves, they are still weaker in the argument they urge. And yet, under all those dis advantages, we see them becoming formidable solely by the power of audacity and perseverance. They, a collection of sects, comprehending less than one-tenth of the people, boldly demand, that the church to which the bulk of the other nine-tenths belong, should be dismantled, abandoned, and left to ruin and decay ! They modestly claim this as their right f—and, such is the influence of a bold assumption, they have sometimes appeared likely to succeed in their de mand. We see here the advantage of a forward movement. Had the church adopted such a course, how could she pos sibly have failed ? But we behold a most singular contrast. The church, supported by the gnat mass of the population, and reckoning, within the legislature, almost the entire body of one assembly, and a vast majority in the other—and feel ing too her cause to be most righteous—is yet apparently afraid to open her lips ! She stands mute, and leaves her cause unheard, while every enemy she has is unceasingly ,pouring forth the most shameless calumnies. But is this right or just? What is her case, and what ought to be her petition ? It ought to be of this tenor. The legislature of England deem it right to maintain an established church for the worship of God and the religious instruction of the people. Thus have both houses of parliament a thousand times declared ; thus has her Majesty repeatedly avowed. Well, an established church is now maintained; but it has been left for centuries almost without extension or adap tation to the augmenting numbers of the people. London has swollen her numbers from 500,000 to 1,500,000 ; Man chester, Liverpool, and Leeds, from 3000 or 5000, to 100,000 or 200,000, respectively. The church commissioners have declared 279 new churches to be required for the metropolis alone ; iu reply to which a subscription is opened which may build the odd 79 ; and thus it must ever be, when it is left to individuals to attempt a task which is national in its cha racter. The petition, then, of the church is, that this want shall be supplied. The state is called upon to be consistent. But it is sometimes said, that the public mind is not . yet prepared. In answer to which we may inquire, how the pub lic mind can be so well awakened to any question, as by frequent discussions in parliament ? Surely, then, as some delay is unavoidable, we ought not to lengthen the years that must elapse, by postponing our first application until " a more convenient season," which we have not the slightest ground to suppose will ever spontaneously arrive.—Essays on the Church, by a Layman. CHURCH EXTENSION. The Bishop of London, on Friday, laid upon the table of the House of Lords a bill entitled " An act to further amend the church building acts." The following are the outlines of the bill : The preamble enumerates the several previous acts,namely, 58 Geo. 111., c. 45 ; 59 Geo. M., c. 134 ; 3 Geo. IV., c. 72 ; 5 Geo. IV., c. 103 ; 7 and 8 Geo. IV., c. 72 ; 1 and 2 Wm. IV., c. 38 ; 2 and 3 Wm. IV., c. 61 ; 7 Wm. IV. and 1 Victoria, c. 75 ; 1 and 2 Victoria, c. 107 ; and 2 and 3 Vic toria, c. 49, adding, and whereas it is expedient to further explain and amend some of the provisions of the said several tecital acts. Be it therefore enacted, &c. Clause 1 provides that the commissioners may assign a district chapelry, or district chapelries, out of a district cha pelry already formed. Clause 2 enacts that license in mortmain not necessary in cases of endowment, grant, or conveyance, in or of houses, lands, &c., under the church building acts. Clause 3 provides that the commissioners, with consent of the bishop, may, in certain cases, augment the stipend of the incumbent or minister of a church or chapel out of the sur plus pew rents. This power not to be exercised where sur plus pew rents have been invested in government securities to form a fund for building or purchasing a parsonage house, &c. Clause 4—Subscribers to the building and endowing of a church or chapel, under 1 and 2 Wm. IV., cap. 38, may send, for the consideration of the commissioners, a declara tion as to whom they propose the patronage thereof should belong, &c. Clause 5 provides that the right of patronage not to be affected by reason' of nomination not having been sent to commissioners. &c. Clause 6 will describe who shall be entitled to make such nomination ; the amount of qualifying subscription is at pre sent blank. Clause 7 provides that where the bishop is authorised to grant the patronage of a church built under 1 and 2 Wm. IV., c. 38, and 1 and 2 Victoria, c. 107, an endowment of houses, lands, &c., worth at least £lOOO, or of £lOOO, to be laid out in houses or lands, may be taken. • Clause 8 provides that the major part in value of subscrib ers to a church or chapel may, in certain cases, appoint new, trustees. WA Clause 9 enacts that the commissioners, with consent of bishops, or bishop alone, as the case may be, may order that the fees for the performance of the offices of the church, or for making, &c., catacombs, &c., or belonging to any church (with a district) built under 1 and 2 Wm. IV., c. 38, and 1 and 2 Victoria, c. 107, shall belong, after the avoidance of the parish church, to the incumbent of such church or chapel. Clause 10 enacts that the act shall extend only to that part of the United Kingdom called England and Wales, and to the•lsle of Man, and to the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Al derney, and Sark. SOCIALISM. The following letter has been addressed by Lord Normanby to the Lords Lieutenant of the different counties throughoe the kingdom : " Whitehall, February, 1840. " My Lord,—An address having been presented to the Queen, praying her Majesty to direct that steps be taken to prevent the diffusion of blasphemous and immoral doctrines by printed publications, and by other illegal means, and her Majesty, in reply to that address, having given an assurance that inquiry should be made into the important matters which form the subject of the address, and that reliance might be placed upon her determination to discourage all doctrines and practices dangerous to morality and religion, I have to request your lordship to call the attention of the justices of the peace of the county of to this subject at their next meeting at the General Quarter Sessions of the county. " I am further to request your lordship to recommend to the magistrates assembled at Quarter Sessions, and to any magistrates to whom you may think it advisable, to make any communication before the time of the session, that in case they should receive information of any printed blasphemous publication, or of blasphemous speeches delivered at public meetings, and should deem it necessary to make known such information to the government, for the purpose of having it considered whether a prosecution may be expedient, they should transmit to me such information, with a report of the speech or a copy of the publication, together with all neces sary proofs which they may be able to procure. (Signed) " NORMANBY. " To the Lord-Lieutenant of the county of—." VACCINATION. REPORT (Presented to both Houses of Parliament by the Nationa Vaccine Establishment.) TO THE RIGHT HON. THE MARGUIS OF NORMANDY, PRIN CIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT. January 28, 1840. My Lord,—The experience of another year has confirmed our conviction of the efficiency of vaccination as the best se curity and protection against small pox, and has afforded us, moreover, proofs of the propriety, in the present state of our knowledge, of preferring vaccine matter, the produce of the original virus furnished by Dr. Jenner, which hds now passed• happily through successive generations of subjects in the course of 43 years, and which forms the principal source of our supply, to any which may have been taken recently from the cow. We admit that it is sometimes stated to us by our correspondents that the supply which we had sent them has failed, but the same post has generally brought us intelligence that the material supplied from the very same source had succeeded elsewhere, and that it was found efficacious in Somersetshire when it was said to be insufficient in Wiltshire. We have concluded, therefore, either that it had been in jured somehow in its transmission, or that the patients sub mitted to it were not in a fit condition to receive its influ ence, in consequence of some eruptive disease having preoc cupied their constitution, or of some prevailing epidemic disorder having rendered them insusceptible of another and a new excitement for a time. The number of patients dead of small pox within the bills of mortality, if we can trust them, has been less this year than any one since vaccination has been practised, and we are justified, by a careful retrospect of several years, in stat ing that 4000 lives on an average are saved every year, within the district of the bills only, by vaccination having superseded so largely the practice of innoculation. We have vaccinated, at our several stations, 13,144 persons, and have sent out 165,395 charges of vaccine lymph since our last report to Parliament in 1839. HENRY II ALFORD, President of the Royal College of Physicians, President of the Board. • ROBERT KEATE, President of the Royal College of Surgeons. THOMAS MAYO, Senior Censor of the Royal College of Physicins. CLEMENT HUE, M.D., Registrar. STATE OF TRADE. ourM mANarcknetESyTesEteltr. was exceedingly limited, and prices continued to droop. a T y . h e r T e h w e a d s e m n nidniav improvement ent yarnwhatever good in s ROCHDALE FLANNEL. MARKET, MONDAY, FEB. 24. — There has been some little improvement in the market to-day, as compared with last Monday's ; rather more pieces have been sold, but there is no change in the prices. The wool market has been rather flat, and prices stationary. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, FEB. 25.—This market has been much the same as for two or three weeks past—dull and inanimate. Buyers were more numerous ; but the demand was very limited, and prices still ruinously low. Generally speaking, we seldom knew the prospects for spring trade so discouraging.-11Canchester Guardian. BARNSLEY.—The general business of this town now as sumes a very dreary aspect. Since the announcement of the liabilities of one'of our principal manufacturers, whose failure was the forerunner of the difficulties now so generally felt, every precaution and exertion have been necessary on the part of those connected therewith. There are cosiderable grounds for entertaining a tear that the worst has not befallen us. The working classes are suffering very great privation ; and several burglaries in the vicinity where provisions have been purloined, may be the result of the cravings of the un employed.—Sheffield Patriot. We may here mention that overtures have been made from a certain quarter to enrol Prince Alberts name on the list of subscribers to Crockford's. There is a meaning in our men tioning this which we dare not express, but which we fearlessl y trust to those who will understand it best.—Netv Co urt Ga zette. LETTER-WRITING. —Verily the penny postage system is drawing forth the letter-ary talent of the country. As an instance, the following is a literal copy of the address of a letter which passed a neighbouring post-office the other day: —" to the Care of Sandy fordice of reef for petter or franeis Meetavish or otherwise to aberfeldy to sandy scot Carrier for Peter or francis Meetavish.”—Perth paper. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING. By the annexed quotations of the Chester Cup horses, our readers will observe that Mr. Fowler's horse has obtained the call of Lanercost ; as low as 12 to was accepted on him at noon, and 100 laid at evens that he beats the ex-second favourite." There were several parties desirous of laying against Abraham Newland, King Cole, or Melbourne ; and one gentleman offered 300 to 20 against each or any of them. However, two points more would have been willingly accepted on all of them ; but more particularly on the two last named. Captain Pops was in great force, and backed largely at 200 to 10 ; and, at 100 to 5, repeated several times, until, indeed, the acceptor tired the fieldsmen. There was a very energetic disposition to get more money on Sir ThOmas Stanley's horse,. Parties from town and country were open to accept extensively at 8 to 1 (it was laid once in ponies); half .a point was afterwards desired on Liverpool account, but not obtain able. Sir Ralph was offered against at our quotation. We are not aware of any other movements of importance, and give the following as the run of . the market : THE Two THOUSAND GUINEAS' STAKES.---Offehl to accept 50 to 20 on Lord Orford's colt, or lay 2 to 1. THE CHESTER CUP, p.p. 74 to 1 against Sir Thos. Stanley's Cowboy.—t 11 to 1 „ Mr. Fowler's Gilbert Gurney. 11 to 1 „ Mr. Ramsay's Lanercost. 13 to 1 „ Lord Miltown's Cruiskeen.—t freely 15 to 1 „ Mr. Copeland's King Cole. 16 to 1 „ Mr. OTairlie's Abraham Newland. 17 to 1 „ Mr. Robinssn's Melbourne. 18 to 1 „ Lord Eglinton's St. Bennett.—off 18 to 1 „ Mr. Price's Captain Pops.—off to 20 20 to 1 ~ Lord Westminster's Sir Ralph.—off Malvolio and one or two others were spoken of; but no " shots fired," or offers escaped, to enable us to name their real prices. THE DERBY.—Offers to back Angelica against any thing for 100, or take 14 to 1 on Lanncelot in many quarters ; he is decidedly second favourite, 13 to 1 was the very " tip top" proposal to a score ; 17 to 1 freely offered v. Bokhara or Confederate ; Theon's price did not transpire ; 500 to 10 offered v. Defendant, and 25 to 1 v. Monops ; Black Bess was backed at 1,000 to 15, and three or four 500's to 8 ; Maroon would have been backed at the London price of yesterday. TATTERSALL'S.—MoNDAY. Business was dull enough for two or three hours ; improved about five o'clock, and continued tolerably brisk until near seven o'clock. The four principal favourites will be found in pretty nearly the same position as on Thursday last, the only variance worth pointing out being in Confederate, who, instead of first, was last of the lot. The fifth, so numerous were the seceders, was Monops, who advanced to 23 to 1, with a clear lead of the succeeding favourites of a couple of points. Bokhara gave way to the extent of seven points. and, even at the'increased odds, there was a marked anxiety to bet against him. Ottoman's current price at the close was 25 to 1, in hundreds, was laid in one instance ; these odds were offered against St. Andrew, who, as we mentioned in our last, was without supporters. Chemeau's friends took 40 to 1 several times, and were willing to go on, but the layers gave up, and refused to increase their stake against him at any price. Black Bess also improved, and with this we may close our notice of the fluctuations in the Derby. Those in the 2000 Guineas Stakes were of too slight a nature to require observation ; and in the Oaks it is only necessary to direct attention to the rapid advance of Black Bess, and the decline of Lalla Rookh. Latest prices : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 16 to 5 against Lord Orford's Angelica colt,—t 6 to 1 „ Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate 6 to 1 „ Duke of Grafton's Ottoman. THE DERBY. In to 1 against Lord Orford's Angelica colt.—t 14 to 1 „ Lord Westminster s Launcelot.—t 16 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Theon.—t 17 to 1 „ Mr.flouldsworth's Confederate.—t and afterwards offered 23 to 1 „ Capt. Gardner's Monops.—t 25 to I t 25 to 1 „ Sir G. Hcathcote's Bokhara. 25 to 1 „ Duke of Grafton's Ottoman. 25 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Gambia. 25 to 1 „ Mr. Robinson's St. Andrew. 35 to 1 „ Mr. Ford's Chameau.—t 40 io 1 1000 to 15 „ Lord Jersey's Glenorchy.—t 1000 to 15 „ Colonel Anson's Black Bess.—t 1000 to 10 „ Lord Westminster's Maroon.—t 1000 to 10 „ Mr. Ford's Diplomatist.—t 1000 to 10 „ Lord Jersey's Muley Ishmael. 13 to 1 against Gambia and Monops (t) ; 700 to 100 against Launcelot and Theon (t); 2,000 to 30 against Uzbeck, Ca millo, and Sophocles (t); 500 even between Monops and Wardan (t) ; 500 even between Bokhara and Wardan ; 500 to 400 on Glenorchy against Mnley Ishmael ; 500 even on Bokhara against Ottoman. THE OAKS. 3to 1 against Lord G. Bentinck's Crucifix.—t 7to 2 9to 1 „ Mr. Fowler's Lalla Rookh. 9to 1. „ Col. Anson's Black Bess.—t 10 to 1 18 to 1 „ Mr. Wigram's Teleta.—t 25 to 1 „ Gen. Grosvenor's Diploma.—t and aft offd 30 to 1 „ Teleta and Diploma.—t DERBY, 1841. 10,000 to 200 against Mongolian.—t THE FARMER'S FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE INSTITU TION.—The session having commenced, and Mr. Northhouse being called upon to attend to his parliamentary business, we notice with pleasure that W. Shaw, Esq., late secretary, and now member of the committee of management of the English Agricultural Society, has been appointed managing director of this institution. Most of our readers are aware that the English Agricultural Society, which has not been established yet two years, and has enrolled in its ranks a very great pro portion of the members of both houses of parliament, together with a large body of leading country gentlemen hnd eminent agriculturists. amounting to near 3500, and produces an in come of near 10000 per annum, was projected and established by the persevering exertions of Mr. Shaw. We doubt not the " Farmer's Insurance Institution" will be equally suc cessful under his management. The petition for leave to bring in a bill to establish this institution was presented to the House of Commons on Thursday se'nnight, by Mr. Ilandley,.who will, we presume, see it carried through the house. We beg to direct the attention of our readers to the follow ing communication addressed to Messrs. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-garden, London, whose advertisement appears in another column :—Gentlemen,—l have been prevailed upon by a friend to try your MACASSAR OIL, and have indeed found it of amazing benefit in my family ; four of my children. a few years ago, were ill with the scarlet fever, and, until about three months since, there was not the least appearance of hair upon their heads. The medical gentlemen who at tended them gave no hopes of it ever returning ; but, after using your MACASSAR OIL a short time, I found, to my great delight, their heads covered with short strong hair, which is now daily improving. You are at liberty to make whatever use you please of this letter to your advantage ; as I live in the country, I have taken the present opportunity of conveying it by a friend to you.—l am, Gentlemen, your humble servant, JANET SMITH. Ottringham, Yorkshire, June Bth. HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO DRURY-LANE THEATRE.— Last night, upon the occasion of her Majesty and Prince Al bert honouring Drury-lane Theatre with their company, a great concourse of persons assembled along the whole line of road by which the royal cortege would proceed. At Bucking ham Palace, in front of the marble gate, as early as 6 o'clock, a great crowd had collected, which increased to some hundreds upon her Majesty's departure. About half-past six o'clock a squadron of the Life Guards, from the Horse Guards'barrack, arrived. At about ten minutes to seven o clock the first car riage, containing some of her Majesty's suite, came out of the marble gate, and was followed by eight others. Upon the approach of the carriage in which were her Majesty and Prince Albert they were received with loud cheers, which continued the whole way to the theatre. The route chosen was from the Park into Pall-mall, by the side of Marlborough House, down Pall-mall, passing in front of the National Gal lery, up St. Martin's-lane, turning into Long-acre, Drury lane, and Great Russell-street. The steps in front of St. Martin's Church were crowded with people, and in every part an immense number of persons were assembled to witness the procession, which went at a fast trot the whole distance. The men of the A, C, and 1' divisions of police, under their different superintendents and inspectors, did duty.—Morning Herald of yesterday. The proprietor of one of the largest breweries in the south of Ireland is now in treaty with a house in Manchester to supply him with cotton or flax machinery, for the spinning of flax or cotton, in order, to employ the power and capital which have heretofore been devoted to the brewing of porter. —Watedbrd Mail. It is said that the gentlemen of the long robe are likely to reap a rich harvest from several suits which are to be com menced for the recovering of certain shores in Ireland, the original right to which, of course, belonged to the crown, and was never transferred by patent to the ancestors of the produce of these shores. — Waterford Mail. The Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household has appointed John Mitchell Kemble, Esq. Examiner of all Plays, Tragedies, Comedies, Operas, Farces, Interludes, or any other Entertainment of the stage, of what denomination soever, in the room of Charles Kemble, Esq. resigned. ARMY.—The 18th, or Royal Irish, from Ceylon, relieve the 6th Regiment at Bombay. The 21st Regiment are to sail from Calcutta for Madras, to replace the 54th, about to return to England. The 13th Light Dragoons have left Bangalore to embark for England, having been relieved by the 15th Hussars. THE PRINCESS VICTORIA OF CODURG.—" The Princess Victoria, the intended bride of the Duke de Nemours, was the object of universal attraction, * says a Brussels letter, "on her visit to our theatre. Her serene Highness is very handsome, of fair complexion, and of a pleasing and cheerful countenance. She was dressed with great simplicity, and wore for ornament on her head only a white rose. ' Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, the Marquis of Douro, Sir Edmund Knatchbull, Lord Stanley, the Right Hon. Henry Goulbourn, Lord Eliot, Sir Robert bias, Lord San don, Colonel Perceval, Lord Granville Somerset, Sir Henry Hardinge, and Sir William Rae, were among the distinguish ed members of the conservative party who were present at the Speaker's second parliamentary dinner. THE LATE EARL OF MANSFIELD, K.G.—The mortal re mains of this distinguished nobleman were brought to Caen Wood, Hampstead, on Monday, from the Imperial Hotel, Leamington Spa, and on Tuesday were removed for inter ment in the catacombs at Kensall-green Cemetery, where his lordship was laid by the side of his daughter, Lady Cecilia Murray, who died in the flower of her youth. The present earl, the Hon. Major-General Murray, the Hon. Charles John Murray, Mr. James Stanhope, grandson of the late earl, were amongst the relatives of the noble deceased who attended the funeral.—Morning Herald. Powrsmounr, MONDAY.—Frost, Williams, and Jones were embarked this morning, at 9 o'clock, on board the Man darin, convict ship, now lying at Spithead, and, if no orders to the contrary, will sail to-morrow morning : should the present wind prevail she will be soon out sight. They have had indulgence during their confinement here far beyond the other prisoners. How they will fare on board the Man darin, is another question ; she has on board 210 convicts, embarked from this port. Frost, and his companions, up to last night, were much buoyed with the hope that Duncombe's motion would release them ; indeed, all parties seem surprised at the suddenness of the order to embark them, and should they sail with this wind, nothing will overtake them. The general opinion at present is, that having met with great leni ency, Mr.' Duncombe's motion will be negatived, and that to-morrow morning the Mandarin will be telegraphed off.— Times. THE IRISH GOLD MINES.-It appears from the Irish papers that government have given their sanction to the working of these mines, which have at various times excited the attention of mining adventurers ; aad we are led to be lieve, from information which we have received, that gold may be calculated upon being found in quantity. The gold district extends over a space of ten square miles, in a half circle, round the Croghan mountain ; a nd gold has been found in the streams flowing from the different springs which this district gives rise to. Every flood carries down some portions to what is called the common stream, whither the peasantry used to assemble to gather what they could. Large pieces of magnetic iron ore and other substances have been found, denoting the extraordinary metalliferous properties of the country, and the analogy which they bear to the gold country of South America is remarkable. This work is now in progress, but whether it be the intention of the parties to work it singly, or as a join-stock concern, we know not. Gold is now, we are given to understand, being raised, and the work of discovery in progress. —Mining Journal. Entelligtnrt. TUESDAY, FEI3. :25 ,—Wind A a Kranenburg, from Rotterdam. SAT LED.—Porcupine, Brooke, for Alexandria—Lady Wright, Wright, for St. Michael's—Britannia, Burridge, for Rio Janeiro — Eliza Warwick, Davies, for Charleston—John Cumming, Taylor, for New Orleans—and Mary, Patterson, for Savannah. Ganges, M`Docald, from Rotterdam, at Batavia Colombian, Wakern, hence at St. Jago (Cape de Verds) 15th Nov. for water, bound to New South \Vales Sarah Sheafe, Merry, hence at Charleston Calista, Blampied, sailed from Honduras for this port 19th Dec. Earl of Harewood, Fox, from Cuba, at Cork Daly. Picking, from St. John, N.B. at ditto South America, Bailey, from New York, at ditto, sailed 3rd inst. Margaret, Kerr, hence for Savannah, at Kingstown Louisa, M'Kellar. from Demerara, at the Clyde - Tom Tough, Williams, from Charente, at ditto Hope, Guthrie, from Honduras, at ditto Copeland, , from China to London, was spoken 30th Dec. in lat. 35 S. long. 26 E. Countess Dunmore, Johnstone, sailed from Aux Cayes for Cape of • Good Hope 2nd Jan. • Hero, Smallwood, Bombay, off Cape Clear,. 2nd Jan. Inca, Harrison, hence at Honduras Si, Mindogana, hence at Havana Water Witch, Laing, sailed from ditto 19th Dec. for this port John Blake, Churchward, from Odessa at Constantinople, and sailed 25th Jan. for this port Norna, Westlake, from Odessa at ditto, and sailed 29th Jan. for this port Champion, Breame, sailed from Zante for this port 21st Jan. Diadem, Todd, hence at Leghorn Beccles, Manthorpe, from Alexandria at Malta Tally-ho, Taylor, sailed from Ancona for this port, 10th Feb. Catherine, Bonach, hence at Malaga Greyhound, Rived, from Messina at Gibraltar, and sailed Stir Feb. for this port Sir John Harvey, Cuthbertson, from Girgenti at Gibraltar, and sailed 11th Feb. for this port C.R.C., Le Gros, hence at Gibraltar Mount Charles, Good, sailed from Cadiz for this port, 10th Feb. William Clyll, sailed from Seville 6th Feb. and Zenobia, Swan, 10th Feb. both for this port Ann, Whinfield, froM Rio Janeiro, off the Wight Water Nymph, Jenkins, hence for Hull, at St. Mawes, with loss of jib. boom Waterloo Packet, Marshall, hence at St. Mawes, lost jib-boom Aro JANEIRO, Dec. 7.—The Queen, Forrest, from Liverpool for Bombay, has put in here leaky, and must discharge WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26.—Wind S.E. fresh - , ARRIVED.—Huron, Payne, from New Orleans—Teazer, —, from the Mediterranean—and Eliza Saunders, from Smyrna. SAX LED.—Roscoe, Huttleston, and Chanticleer, Thomas, for New York—Maria, Palmer, for Havana—Nimrod, Manning, for Charles ton and Mobile—Eagle, Bell, for Cape tie Verds and Monte Video —and George IV, Brownless, for New Zealand. St. 41exis, Lillia, hence at Malta Mang & Helene, Henksin, hence at Mandahl Carena, Hayden, from Genoa, at Palermo, and sailed 20th Jan. for this port Melida, Butler, from Naples, at Palermo, and sailed 28th Jan. for this port Mary Ellen, Joy, sailed from Malta for Sicily 4th instant Laurie, Seignat, sailed from Bordeaux for this port 16th instant Colchester, Withers, sailed from Llanelly for Bombay 19th instant Lady Paget, Allen, sailed from Stromness for Charleston 16th instant H.M.S. Blonde, 42 guns, for China, and Wm. Turner, Roals, for Bombay, sailed from Plymouth 24th instant Amicus, from Rio de Janeiro ; Charles, Harris, from Taganrog, and Sarah, Platten, hence for Lynn, at Cove Rebecca, -, hence for Donegal, at Belfast, leaky, and must discharge Dampier, Swales, hence for London, at Kinsale, leaky Defiance, -, from Poole for this port, at Weymouth, leaky Christiana Oginaga, from Bilboa for this port, at Waterford Drie•Gebroeders, Puister, from Amsterdam, and Stuart Monteith, Davidson, from Dumfries for this port, at Beaumaris, the latter has been aground H,M.R.C. Vixen, hence at Milford for Cowes, saw a schooner 19th instant, about 3 a.m. apparently in distress, the cutter being then under close-reefed mainsail and storm jib; sea running very high, and only four men on board THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27. SAlLEl).—Fenella, Wakeham, for Gibraltar—Peri, Dawe, for St St. Michael's—Louisa, Elliott, for Lisbon—and City of Derry, Roberts, for Madras and Calcutta. The Heroine, Bouch, that sailed hence for Valparaiso on the sth Oct. after being detained five days in the Channel, was spoken on the sth Nov. in lat. 3 30 N, long. 22 30 W. The Argentina, and Wilton Wood, that sailed hence on the Ist Oct. and the Hermes on the 3rd Oct. were in company Argentina, -, hence at Monte Video Cigar, -, from Lima for Liverpool, was spoken 21st Jan. in lat. 6N, long. 35 N. The Bee, hence for Lima, was spoken 18th Feb. in lat. 50 N, long. 10 W Fanny Connell, Dickson, sailed from Lisbon for Liverpool 17th instant Pp.triot, Alexander, sailed from Marseilles for Liverpool 29th Jan. Anna Liberal, Mendez, hence at Oporto Courier, Sandford, from Smyrna for Liverpool, off Cape St. Vin cent 12th Feb. Adnana, Ball, from Monte Video, at the Cove; sailed gth Dec. ; left loading for Liverpool, the Eve, Sir H. Parnell, and Sir John Franklin. On the 10th Dec. spoke the Lonna, from Liverpool for Monte Video ; on 18th Jan. on the Equator, spoke the Perseverance, hence for Rio Janeiro; on 28th Feb. in lat. 48. long. 13, spoke the Eliza Killick; from Liverpool for St. Thomas Orowro, Feb. I.s.—Avalin, Ritchie, from Newfoundland, is on shore at the entrant eof this port, with masts cut away, and is not likely to be got off; the whole of the cargo will he saved without damage. The Carlotta & Amelia, from Liverpool, which put into Vigo, is reported to be off this bar; it is believed her cargo is da maged. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, FEBRUARY 27, 1840. Off Holyhead, outward bound, yesterday, No. 530, Britannia, 8.8. (by Marryatt's code) for Pernambuco, Off Great Orrnshead, inward bound, yesterday, No. 643, Dart, B.Sc. from Bristol, at 2 p.m. Sailed from Beaumaris, this day, at 10 a.m. No. 324, Pursuit, B.Sc. from Liverpool. No communication received beyond Puffin Island during the day, in consequence of fog. ESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF 0001) HOPE, tire. Malabar, E Southward, 686 Calcutta, J Logan Harmony, J Douglas, In Cape of Good Hope, Imrie & Tomlinson WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Pandora. W Grayson, 297 Barbadoes, T Lee & Co Charles, H Jones, 116 Barbadoes and Port-au-Prince, Bahr, Behrend & Co J Swire Ashley Brothers Imrie & Tomlinson 132 Hayti, 124 Havana, 172 Hayti, SOUTH AMERICA. Despatch, M de Gruchy, Yberia, J It Sustanha, Oporto, J Inch, Esk, A Adamson, 217 Pernambuco, T & J Brocklebank Venus, A Macdonald, 190 Lima, W & J Tyrer Ann Baldwen, 11 Crawford, 280 Lima, W& J Tyrer Storm King, J Gullies, 334 Vera Cruz, M`Nair & Dutton Elizabeth; 123 Wm:rapier+, J Poole & Co UNITED STATES. Shakspeare, G Henderson, 667 Charleston, IV & I Tyler Kutusoff, E E Taylor, 390 New York, Fitzhugh & C Grlmshaw Columbus, T B Cropper, 664 New York, Baring Brothers & Co BRITISH AMERICA. .Wm. Wright, A Flagg, 170 St. John, N.B. Graham & Taylor Benjamin Hart, S T Douglas, 322 Montreal, A %V Hart [Entered 22nd Feb. for Montreal and Quebec. La Belle Barberie, A Barrow, 175 Halifax, N.S. Gibbs, Bright & Co Magnet, Morton, 335 Montreal. K Dowie & Co EUROPE. Lelean. T Lelean, 88 Naples, J Moss & Co Pauline, .1 Schrienberg, 232 Ostend, C G Weber & Co Vigna, G Napoli, 150 Naples, .1 G White Eleanora, J Halewyk, 94 Ostend, C G Welnr & Co Isabella, J Dempsey, 83 Rotterdam and Dordt, Redmond & Smith Peri, J Dawe, 58 St. Michael's, J Glynn & Sou Ed, J .1 Ball, 110 Messina and Palermo, Vianna & Jones iimports. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &e. Patriot King, (338) J Clarke, from Calcutta, 34 bags horn tips, 802 bags saltpetre, 1000 bags sugar, 989 bags linseed, 1675 bags lice, 279 bags ginger, 123 boxes tincal, 45 boxes castor oil, 42 bales saf flower, 120 bales hides, 16 bales raw silk, 207 boxes shell lac, 2 boxes preserves, order—lo boxes lac dye, 2 bales raw silk, Ogilvy, Gil landers and co-1 parcel contents unknown. J assey--P Niagara, (390) W A Champion, from Bombay, 300 bags rice, U Loch and co-40 bags linseed, Fletcher, Alexander and co-583 bales 10 hf bales cotton, Barton, Main and co-44 casks cocoa nut oil, no'consignee-4 boxes contents unknown, the master-2 trusses returned . goods, 45 cases mother o'pearl shells, 8 cases cowries, 1183 bales 55 hf bales cotton, 358 bags pepper, 45 pees ivory, order —P D - - AFRICA. Martha, (203) W Jones, from Africa, about 700 casks palm oil, 0 Bold—P D EGYPT. Rob Roy, (267) G M Albanesa, from Alexandria, 978 hales cotton. A A Gower, Nephew and co--108 do, order--100 do, G L Jackson and co-1 case sweetmeats, C T Ralli—!3c old junk, order--about 55 bales of the above cotton thrown overboard—K D UNITED 2 STATES. Rowena, (428) E Read, from Mobile, 804 bales cotton, order-8 do, Hornby and Marsden-150 do, Collmann and Stolterfoht-43 do, T and J D Thornely—W D EUROPE. Swallow, (157) B Harvey, from Bilboa, about 1000 qrs wheat, R and J Barrow-2 bags chesnuts, the master—S D Sollertia, (400) .1 Hillstrom, from Odessa, 600 staves, C J and J Gaussen—about 300 qrs wheat, ditto—B D Margaretha, (120) H H Korster, from Amsterdam, 90 qrs oats, sgo qrs barley, Geller and co—B D Venilia. (154) R J Kranenborg, from Rotterdam, 158 bundles bul rushes, 50 libels flaxseed, 25 tons oak bark, 57 casks madders, 1 parcel samples, order-26 casks madders, P A Black and co-5 bales cloth, Todd Naylor and co-20 hf pipes gin, 17 mats flax, A C Kup 172 mats flax, T Moore-1 cse conts unkn, G Tascher-1 anchor, A C Kup—Q D La Laure, (67) L Seignac, from St Louis, Senegal, 1484 sacks gum, R Zwilchenbart and co-1 case specimens nat history, Master —G Arab, (105) S Richards, from Leghorn, about 630 qrs wheat, G Claus and co-22 bales cotton, 20 hf brls anchovies, order—S D Rock Scorpion, (93) J Falcus, Com Gibraltar, 847 bales cheeps' wool, J Carver and co-1494 pigs lead, Zulueta and co-155 boxes raisins, %V Rose and co-10 brls currants, J Aitken-16 bris and 41 bales tallow, 104 frazils figs, 173 boxes 148 hf boxes 56 qr boxes raisins, 1 box wine, lt Rollo—S D L'Eugene, (70) L Fortia, from Nantes, 500 qrs bears, order-7 cases wine, C Lawrence-9 casks vinegar, 1 basket confectionery, the master—G D Elizabeth, (117) H Pothoff, from Rotterdam, 340 qrs beans, T Mahoriy-8 bales cotton yarn, J Davidson-112 mats flax, T Moore —5O do, A Swainson-20 hf pipes gin, 25 casks black lead, 9 casks madders, A Baruchson-197 brls 8 hampers apples, landed at Pal mouth—Q D Auguste, (170) F J de Jeaghere. from Bruges, 163 bales flax, A Swainson-347 do, 1' Moore-227 do, order-50 do, Glover apd Thorp-70 do, Tattersall and Son—Q D TIDE TABLE. Days. I Mrn. Evn. Height. Sundays, Holydays, H. U. H. M. F. 1. Friday .. 28 7 3 1 i 816 13 2 Saturday 29 9 0 929 15 0 Sunday 1 951 10 15 .16 7 Quinquagesima Sunday. Monday 2 10 35 10 54 17 5 Tuesday 3 11 10 11 26 17 9 Shrove Tuesday. Wednes. 4 11 42 0 0 18 7 Ash Wednesday. Thursday 5 0 5 022 18 10 LIVERPOOL AGRICULT s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... 0 10@1 2 20th , New Hay.... 0 10 1 1 - Clover Hay.. 0 9 1 1 - Straw, Wheat 0 Of 0 7 - Straw, Oat .. 0 5 0 6 - Straw, Barley 0 4 0 5 - Green Clover 0 0 0 0 -- AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from the lilth to the 24th inst. inclusive. URAL MARKET, FEB. 26. s. d. s. d. Potatoes, 2 5Q3 2 *go% Cattle Ditto 2 0 0 0 Turnips 36 0 40 6 - Carrots 44 0 52 0 - Mangletvurzle 0 0 0 0 Manure 8 6 11 0 PROM IRELAND Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs 835 1155 7060 21 106 Previously.. 3561 14800 32341 181 8 44 137 COASTWISX. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs. 124 1159 60 1 Previously .. 318 7232. 2745 18 2 PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION, GENERAL POST -OFFICE, February 24. Mails made Last Packets Next Packets DESTINATION. up in Sailed. Due. London. Holland Tues. & Fri.. Mon. & Thurs. Hamburg & Swed. Tues. & Fri. Tues. & Satur. Lisbon Madeira 1- SaturdaYs .. 1, Feb. 17. March 1. Spain& Gibraltar Malta and Greece.. 2nd Saturday Feb. 17. Egypt and India.. 4th Saturday Feb. 17. Madeira lst Tuesday H.M.B. Pandora Skylark, Brazil & B.Ayres each month. Feb. 7. March 27. America Ist Widnes. Mutinc, Feb. 8 . Seagull,Marcb3o Ist day 5 Jamai. L'wardof H.M.B.Ranger, Tyrian. I Isl. & Hayti.. each , month. Feb. 5. Feb. 26 Laguira Mexico and Ha- I lath day of H.M.B.Linnet, Lapwing, vana J Jamai. L'ward} 15th day of H.M.B.Penguin, H.M.B. Star, & 1 Isl.HaYti. • each month. Feb. 17. Mareb 11. Carthagena . • • • Ifiatittts. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 26. The sales on Thursday last were 4000 bags ; Friday 5000 ; Satur day 2500, Monday 3000, Tuesday 2500, and to-day 3500. The de mand since last week has been only moderate. Holders continue to offer their stocks freely. In American descriptions prices have declined id per lb. Brazils are firmer, particularly Perriams ; Egyptian and East India remain steady. The import of the week amounts to 8654 bags. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, FEB. 27. Select parcels of scale Belfast Butter command 108 s to 110 s ; fair qualities loss to 105 s. Favourite Ballymoney marks are worth 103 s; and the stock of all descriptions so light that holders deem themselves warranted in looking for still higher rates. Not much inquiry for Beef and Pork,—this portion of the trade it is however expected will be brisk next month. Bacon, of good quality, is held at 50s, being an advance of Is to 2s in the last few days. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FEB. 25. (From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott and Son.) Our supplies have continued very moderate since Tdesday last, chiefly owing to a continuance of easterly winds; part of the Wheat coastwise is of foreign growth, and very useful to our millers and dealers and for export to Ireland, for all which, how ever, the demand has been very limited diving the past week ; but the prices of Wheat, and of every other article in the trade, as quoted this day week, has been fully supported here and in all our country markets. The only alteration in the duties on grain from foreign ports since Friday last, is an increase of 2s 6d per quarter on Rye ; we have again to notice a few thousand barrels of American Flour having been sold on the passage at 30s, and some parcels have changed hands, lying here, at 305 6d; and in retail quantities, for export, at 31s to 31s 6d per barrel in bond ; Grain in bond continues nominally as free, all owing the duties. The weather during almost the whole of January, and up to the 10th instant, was very wet and unfavourable for the winter seed time, but it has been dry and very severely frosty ever since, with out snow, and still continues much more favourable for agricultural operations. The average price of Wheat for this town appears last week 20S 8d per quarter higher than in the one preceding ; but these ex treme variations in our averages may proceed from the demand running alternately on the finest English, or on the inferior Irish Wheat, and not from fraudulent or incorrect returns. At This Day's market there was again only a moderate demand for every article in the trade, at fully the prices of last Tuesday, and in some instances for particular qualities of Wheat a small advance was obtained. WnsAT, per 70Ibs s. d. s. d. English lO 0(is!12 3 Scotch 9 9 10 9 Irish 6 0 g 6 Bonded BARLEY, per qr. English 45 0 46 0 Chevalier 47 0 43 0 Scotch, per 601 b. 5 4 6 0 Irish 4 6 6 0 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 OATS, per 451 b. English Scotch 4 1 4 3 Irish 3 7 310 Foreign, in bond 3 6 4 0 Ditto, duty free 4 0 4 3 RYE, per quarter MA LT, per qr. fine 7O 0 74 0 middling 56 0 68 0 INDIAN CORN, p 480Ib. Red 45 Oet46 0 White 46 0 47 0 BRANS, per quarter. English 45 0 50 0 Irish 44 0 46 0 PEAS, Grey 3B 0 44 0 White 43 0 48 0 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b. In bond l4 0 17 0 FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. Fine 52 0 59 0 Irish 48 0 57 0 Amer. q. brl. free Sweet U.S 42 0 44 0 Sour 40 0 41 0 OATMEAL, per 2401 b. English 'l2 0 33 • Ditto, new 34 0 34 6 Scotch 32 0 33 LIVERPOOL WOOL MARKET, FEBRUARY 26. Foreign.—The business of this week has been confined to a few retail transactions ; both manufacturers and dealers have purchased merely sufficient to satisfy their immediate wants, but our stocks being light, prices were sustained. import for the week, 163 bags ; previously this year, 3863 bags. Total 3796. FROM THE LONDON PRICES CURRENT, FEBRUARY 25, 1840. Sugar.—All dry yellow descriptions were in good request by the grocers, arid the quality on show being rather small, the merchants obtained prices 6d above those of Friday last; brown kinds cannot be quoted higher, but the rates previously established were fully supported, and a fair sale prevailed. From the refiners there was a steady demand, and previous rates were well maintained, and good strong descriptions brought 6d advance. Foreign.—There was.a much better inclination shown to buy all descriptions ; 521 boxes white, 777 boxes yellow Havana, and 41 chests Bahia were offered at public sale ; white Havana was nearly all damaged, and sold at fair prices, middling and tine quality of which fetched 2gs to 3-is. Coffee.—There was little business doing by private contract in any description, but prices have undergone no change; at public sale, 1461 bags Rio, imported direct, 155 bags Bahia, and 777 bags East India were offered ; nearly all the sound quality of the Rio was taken in above its value, viz. for good ordinary brown. Tallow.—A large business was transacted in P. Y. Candle on the spot as well as for delivery in the next two months at sls gd to 52s for delivery in October, November, and December next. Rum, Brandy, and Ilollands.—Rum is held for previous rates, but the demand has been limited for Jamaica as well as Leewards the sales since we last wrote have been in the former 140 puns, 28 to 32 per cent over proof at 5s 6d to 5s Bd, 33 to 35 over 5s gd to 5s 10d. Cognac, first brands, of the vintage of 1836, was dis posed of in ;large quantities at 5s 6d to 5s 7d in Mts, and 58 4d to 5s 5d in puns. in Geneva a fair business has been transacted at 2s to 28 2d per gallon. British Corn Spirits have secured a good de mand at gs 10d to lOs per gallon. Provisions —The demand for all kinds of Butter of good and fine quality continues active, and a good business has again been done at improved prices for Irish, the inferior kinds however do not find a more ready sale than recently; the best Irish brings 100 s to 104 s. and fine Dutch 108 s to 110 s per cwt.—Lard in slow request at former prices.—Bacon cannot be quoted lower, but the trade themselves with sufficient only to meet their wants, which keeps the market quiet. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street, Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m 6 a.m. Mixed 8 15 a.m. First Class 10 30 a.m. First Class 12 15 p.m. FirSt Class 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Park side. 1 15 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 15 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.m. Mixed 6 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London 'Frain at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed 90 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. ~ ~1 2 ~ 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. , The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. :CHESTER RAILWAY. FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning g ft „ 10 0 „ 11 15 „ .. ..11 45 ~ 2 0 Aftern. .2 45 Aftern. 5 0 „ . . 5 3 0 ~ 715 Evening.. 15 Mixed i Stop only at Newton & Prkside .1 his Train does not start till Three PNDAYS. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin a 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 „ 2 45 Aftern ~ 715 „ NnArs. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 5 30 Afternoon. ILTON. ..Second Class .. Mixed .. First Class FROM MANCHESTER. g o Morning.... First Class 11 15 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 rr NDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. ~ lELENS. PROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 „ 11 45 2 45 Afternoon .. 5 30 „ St SHAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. 1, LIVERPOOL AND MA' FROM 1. 7 p00r, TO MANCHESTER. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 „ .. 10 0 0 ♦r 11 45 „ o Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 4 „ .. 5 30 __.„ 7 15 Evening • 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside * Except on Saturdays, when a ON SU; First Class Second Class 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside TO PRESTON PROM LIVSRPOOT.. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 „ 2 30 Aftern. ..Second Class 445 „ .. Mixed 715 ,+ First Class I oi4 sv. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 5 30 Afternoon TO B FROM LIVERPOOI.. 5 45 Morning.... First Class 12 0 1 3o Afternoon .. Second Class 830 ONI SIT 7 0 Morning Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. TO ST. PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning Second Class 10 0 „ 11 45 „ 2 311 Afternoon 5 30 IP tIN Sr 7 o Morning Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. PRICES OF SHARES, FEBRUARY 27. Prices. This day Last RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester 7O paid 53 0 0 .... Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 61 0 0 Bolton and Preston 'lo 15 0 0 Bristol and Exeter 25 Chester and Crewe 4O .... 41 5 0 Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid 3 5 0 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 17 paid 16 10 0 Glasgow, Paisley, Kilinar 1 30 paid 30 0 0 Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction lOO .... 221 0 Oexdtv224 0 Ditto half shares 40. 84 10 0 8 5 0 Great Western 65 .... (is 10 0 68 10 Ditto new shares all .... 31 5 0 31 Hull and Selby l5 paid 9 0 Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 0 0 0 Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham • •9O .... 154 10 0 .... Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto and Southampton 5O .... 44 10 0 ... Ditto & Brighton 3O • . 20 0 0 .... London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester 6O .... 71 0 0 .... Ditto half shares Leicesterand Swannington 5O .... 71 0 0 .... Ditto, (new) lO paid 49 10 0 .... Manchester, Bolton, & Bury .. 83 .... 29 5 0 .... 29 1 Manchester and Birmingham.. 25 .... 19 17 6 ... Ditto and Ditto Extension .. 7 .... 4 10 0 .... Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland New North Midland lO .... Id 0 0. .. South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland 4O paid 51 10' 0 .... BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 • 745 0 oexdiv Bank of Liverpool ,812 lOs paid 22 0 oex div. Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 17 12 6 .... Liverpool Union lO .... 19 17 6 .... Northern and Central Albion North and South Wales lO .... 7 1 5 0 •••• of Manchester lO .... 1 1 7 6 .. M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 9 15 0 .. - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company - Borough Bank lO .... 15 17 6 •••• Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 3 16 ti •• • East of England lO .... 9 7 6 •• • Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset .7 los. GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 164 0 0 L'pool and Harrington Water } 350 .... 475 0 0 Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 L'pool Coal GaiCompany Stock.... 370 0 0 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .i'loo .... 191 0 0 .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ' ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 125 paid 2 2 6 .... Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 1 0 •• • • 8 12 0 •• • • Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 2 1 0 ... DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 ... • 97 6 • • • • Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 101. • • Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry - 2O . . 316 6 .... Steam Tug Company 6 10s. 5 0 0 .... Harrington Docks 100 .... 0 0 0 . Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool: (Polonceau) . 0 15 0 . 7 12 6 SHARE MARKET, THURSDAY EVENING. Our market for Shares has been very firm during the week, and we have this day to notice a continued good , demand, and an a d. vance in the price of some stocks. Great Western's have be en much sought after. Grand Junction':: which we quoted in our last at £220, were sold yesterday at and to-day have been done at .e 224. London and Birmingham Shares have been more freely offered, but with this exception the general tendency et the Market appears to be towards an advanc..e. LONDON GAZETTE..-.-TUESDAY, FEB. 25. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. M. Neville and R. ROlZ7s,li;erpOli,i;;ci;iiie-drawers—W. V. Tayler and J. Mather, Manchester, calico-printers—T. Holme and J. Holme, Manchester,cordwainers—H. Ogden and H. D. Smethurst, Manchester, brewers INSOLVENT. Feb. 25.—George.Davis, Holland-street, Knightsbridge, London, grocer BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Edward Smith, Great Yarmouth, linen-draper David Chalmers, Great Yarmouth, linen-draper BANKRUPTS. James Furzman, Smart's.buildimrs, Holborn, London, victualler Samuel James, jun. and Walter James, High street, Whitechapel, London, smiths George Richardson, of Smith's-buildings, City.road, London, coachmaker ..... Thomas Agutter, Deptford, fellmonger Thomas Robson, Wall, Northumberland, butcher Wolfe Ansel], Pontypool, shopkeeper John Buckett, Overthorp, Northamptonshire, sheep-salesman James Bodge, 'Merton, Devonshire, coachmaker Joseph Rothwell, Elton, Lancashire, cotton-spinner DIVIDENDS. March 23, C. Abercrombie, Liverpool, merchant—March 17. T. M'Donnell, Pall-mall, London. boot-maker--March 17, J. Man. Brick-hill-lane, Upper Thames-street, London, wholesale iron monger—March 7, W. Venning, Gutter-lane, Cheapside, London. silk-manufacturer—March 17, .1. H. Rowe, Goswell-street, London. builder—March 17, J. Ryde and J. Stewardson, Change-alley, Corn hill, London, bill-brokers—March 27, J. H. Seward, Leominster. wine-merchant—March 20, H. Kendall, E. Kendall. J. Kendall, and J. Kendall, Birmingham, perfumers—March 20, J. Evans, E. Coupe. J. Brown. A. Southward, C. Hardy, P. Donneley, J. Linney, D. Stott, It. Berry, and J. Robinson, Manchester, dyers—March 27. C. Bebbington, Burslem, Staffordshire, jeweller—March 20, R. Pacey. Alford, Lincolnshire, ironmonger—March 19, J. Smith, Salford. plumber—March 21, R. Barker, Manchester, druggist—March 17. I. Shore, Preston, draper—March 24, J. S. Bramhall, Bristol, cutler CERTIFICATES To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before March 17. J. G. Robinson. Liverpool, broker—J. Manton, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, corn-merchant—J. Elliott, Northampton, builder—J. Ridsdale and H. Ridsdale, Leeds, stuff-merchants—F. Place, Leeds, tinner—W. Davies, Leominster. Herefordshire, mason—S. Holmes, Derby, silk-dealer—J. A. Co', Union-street, Southwark, licensed victualler—H. Harben, High-street, Bloomsbury, London, cheese monger—lt. P. Westall and W. Westall, Birmingham, drapers—S_ Chapman, Hurst, Lancashire, cotton-spinner SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION'S. James NVICay, Dumfries, draper John Moore Craig, Leith, merchant Archibald M'Taggart and Frederick Campbell M'Taggart, Glas gow, gunpowder-merchants MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. MARCH Hovn 2. B. W. Franklin . Clarendon Rooms, 1 2. John Wlnnes .... Ditto, 3. Joseph and William Latham. (2nd) . . 4. Matthew Wotherspoon 4. Theodore Frederick Clark, (Ist) 6. James Moile, (2nd) 7. Gibson and M'Glasson, (special) . . . . Court of Bankruptcy, London, 12 Clarendon Rooms, It! Ditto, 1 Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, 7. Edgar Bowyer . 7. Thomas Johnson LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensaries during the last week:— North. South. Total Received advice and medicine at the Insti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine 301 262 563 200 138 Total at each Dispensary VISITORS North—Rev. Dr. Buck, Rev. Dr. Tattershall, and Mr. C. Booth. South—Mr. Jordan, Mr. T. Robinson, and Mr. J. Wilkinson. R. WEDGWOOD, Secretary. Dispensaries' Office, I, Fenwick.street, Feb. 24, 1840. THE WORKHOUSE. Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending Paupers. Per Head 1808 2s. 01(1. ugo 1 10 Feb. 15, 1840 . 16, 183 g . Per Wee &Ix6lo 163 19 7 More 18 More 0 2 More 22 11 1 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week ending Feb. 24, 1840 25, 1839 More 65 BIRTHS. Less .t'lo 12 1 Duty: Not above 16 ft F.. 19. B. P. 3• 21 feet. '22...4'2 109. .of 4 ss. 115 s. Lei yes. 15s per load. 'los. }Not ab. 36 in. ..C1 as. B.P. -s• 2 6 45. 3 0 69. lob per load. } R 2 15s. v load On the 3rd instant, at Drumboe Castle, county Donegal, the lady of Sir EDMUND HAYES, Dart. M.P. of a son and heir. On the gth instant, at Florence, the lady of the Right Hon. Lord RENDLESHAM, of a son and heir. MARRIED. At Riddlesworth-ball, Norfolk, THOMAS THORNHILL, Esq• °I Fixby-hall, Yorkshire, to Miss FORESTER, grand-daughter of the Duke of Cleveland. _ On the 13th instant, at St. Luke's Church, Norwood, by the Rev' Thomas Lawrence, M.A. THOMAS LOUGHBOROUGH, Esq; solicitor, of Austin Friars, to FRANCES CORNELIE LAWRENCE' second daughter of the late Thomas Lawrence, Esq. of Demerar a ' On the 14th instant, at Gretna, and on the 24th instant, at tb' Parish Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, by the Rev. John .11andfortP' SAMUEL I)UNCUFT LEES, Esq. M.D. of Croft Cottage, Ashton" under-Lyne, to MARY ANNE, eldest daughter of JONAH HAft" ROP, Esq. liardsley-house. On the 18th instant, at the Scotch Church, Oldham-street, by th o e f Rev. Dr. Ralph, Mr. JAMES GERRARD to JANE, daughter Mr. JAMES BANCHOP, Greek-street. On the Igth instant, at Kirkrnanghold Church, Isle of Man, IT' JAMES CORLET to Miss CHRISTIAN MARTIN, youngest daug" . ter of Mr. Edward Martin, all of Ramsey. On the 20th instant, at St. Bridget's Church, Chester, by the Re'' J. 1). Thomas, T. B. FOULKES, Esq. of Queen's College. Ca l ''„ . bridge, only son of John Foulkes, Esq. Eaton-road, to MARY, tl'; youngest daughter of FAITHFUL THOMAS, Esq. solicitor, Cheat e _,' • On the 2 , th instant, at St: Bride's Church, by the Rev. Geor g e Thornton Mostyn, A.M. CHARLES CAMPBELL, Esq. baniter n i Glasgow, to A(INES, daughter of JOHN THOMSON, Esq. late Northfield, Dumfriesshire. DIED. Lately, at Long Preston, in Craven, old DICKY HARDACO:, better known to fame by the cognomen of " The Ribblesdale poet. Dicky was a bard of the " primitive order." Chanting the effitslon : . of his brain (Pindar-like) to his lyre, he has, for the greater part _ the two last decades of the present century, delighted, amuse' edified and astonished, not merely the inhabitants of itiliblesdal e ; but a large circle of friends and acquaintances, by whom memory and remembrance of Dickey, his annuals, his fiddle, and music, vocal and instrnmental, will long be cherished, and his 1001 deplored. Dickey had filled the office of sexton for the parish i Long Preston for thirty years, and was between 7u and 80 year' ° age• On the 27th Oct. last, at Manilla, of fever, STEWART, third S On of the late STEWART SM ITU, Esq. of Glasgow. Mr. CAMZRIDGE, of Bronham, Wilts. Within two years, and Mrs. Cambridge and five children have been consigned to the tomb. On the 15th nit. at Sheen Vale, Mortlake, Surrey, aged 93, BARBARA MORLEY. 11. 5 On the 26th ult. at Lisbon, aged 25, Mr. ROBERT OCTAN - SCAIFE, eighth son of Mr. Robert Scaife, merchant. A AC On the 27th ultimo, at Washington, U.S. Commodore 1. 0- 4 CHAUNCEY, President of the Board of Navy Commissioners a" one of the oldest odicers of the United States Navy. of On the 9th instant, aged 100 years, BRIDGET BYRNE, relict the late Mr. Matthew Byrne, of Lenatte. She retained her fac U „i ties unimpaired to the last. Her primitive simplicity, intelliea conversation, and social disposition gained for her the respect Bn',.,e esteem of all who knew her, as was testified by the large concoc t ` of persons that accompanied her remains to the grave.—Bet.P' paper. On the 9th instant, at Leigh, JAMES, the third son of the Mr. HENRY WORSLEY, of Prescot, aged 36 years. On the lath instant, at Poulton.cum-S'eacombe, aged 5 yew; ELLEN MARY ANNE, the eldest daughter of R. ADAMSON, solicitor. Same day, at Cheltenham, MARY ANN, daughter of WILLIA M lIUGIIF.S, Esq. of St. James's-terrace. Same day, at her residence in Christian-street, aged 87, MAC GARET, relict of the late JOHN ALKER, Esq. of Wigan. On the 16th instant, at Milestown, near Cloonen, Ireland, at patriarchal and venerable age of 113 years, a poor mendicant, nal t ?„‘ 11 1 17 G II 11 U HUEY. He could particularize the circumstance of, i, the effects caused by, the memorable frost of the year 17 3 9'# Ile retained his mental faculties perfect until the last hour of rij existence. He was, on the foregoing day, busily employed in '- eleemosynary career. a r , On the 18th instant, in his 42 nd year, the RICHARD OGLES .- late curate of the Parish Church of Skipton. On the 18th instant, at his house, in Lower Brook-street, don, aged 74, Sir JEFFREY WYATTVILLE, the architect. BY_L. death there is another vacancy in the number of Royal Acade.'" clans. r 34 On the 20th instant, Lady HILL, wife of Colonel Sir Fra -a Bryan Hill, (brother to Lord Hill,) of Preston-hall, Shropshire , youngest daughter of the late Thomas J elf Powys, Esq. of Be house, near Shrewsbury. On the 19th instant, aged 25 years, FRANCES MARTHA, youngest daughter of the late Mr. WILLIAM CHARNOCK. On the 20th instant, JANE, the daughter of Mr. MATTH - WILLIAMS, Mount-pleasant, in the 2 ith year of her age. On the 20th instant, aged 10, FANNY, the only daughter of 13. RILEY, Esq. of Warbeck-house, Fazakerley. Same day, aged 16 months, ALEXANDER, infant son of 1-ie d , TOXIKINS, R.N. Great Homer-street. On the 20th instant, at the house of his sister, Mrs. Hinde, ...street., aged 70, JOHN BROWN, , Erq. formerly spirit merchant brewer of this town, highly respected by all who knew him. t On the 21st instant, after a short illness of about a week , Rev. GEORGE HEAVISIDE, minister at the Unitarian C l ' 3l Blackwater- street, Rochdale. He was a young man of an ato 3 ' l e f disposition, and possessed considerable talents as a public spC B . ip The Rochdale ,Literary and Philosophical Society owes its orli,o chiefly to him, and its striking success is mainly attributable to r unwearied and indefatigable exertions. I'3 On the 21st instant, at Caldecott, aged 60 years, after a linge•op illness of nine years, borne with fortitude and Christian resigna ti -, MARY, the wife of Mr. JOHN HARBRIDGE, l a t e o f Suttoil•P'„ Cheshire. On the 22nd instant, aged 51, MARY, wife of Mr. THOP' O , HOWARD, innkeeper, Ormski r k, and mothe r of M r . Th om as 0 ard, jun. brewer and spirit merchant, of this town. „ On the 24th insta n t, a t Burton-oh-Trent, of consumption, l‘"• TUCKER, aged 26 years, late of Bold-street, of this town. ,De On the 24th instant, suddenly, aged 37, to the g r ea t reg ret 0' or* relatives and friends, MARY, the beloved wife of Mr. f lit ADAMSON, Field-street, Everton, and youngest daughter 0 late Mr. Thomas Rogerson, of this town. A 4 . j . • • age" lame day, in Rose-square, Hose-hill, after a long illness, _ Mr. JAMES PASKIN COPE, jun. , A , tIO On the 25th inst. at Linaere-marsh, near this town, DIAN' wife:of Mr. JOHN TUNSTALL, aged 44 years. fle et. Same day, in his 6gth year, Mr. JOHN STANDISH, Prescot-s Same day, aged So, Mrs. CHRISTIAN, late of the Hope l'a C Old Church-yard. _doef LIVERPOOL: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1840. AND T , EVERY TUESDAY PRIN7rED PUBLISAED AND FRIDAY MORS' Dv JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 88; Mount Pleasant. sl ij LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street, ' At No. 4, ST. 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