The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-25 00:00:00

LORD SOUTHAMPTON'S SALES (Fi•oin the Morning Herald.) Our moneyed readers may he a little anxious to know something in respect to the result of this im mense sale, with a view to ascertain if a previous opi nion "that the capitalists were entirely absorbed in railway shares and foreign securities had any real foundation." We think it will not be difficult to prove, and demonstratively, that there are still left some thousands of moneyed men who adhere to the good old-fashioned principle of preferring real to ima ginary security. The great sale to which we are al luding has put this to the test ; the public, who have so long had their attention kept on the qui vice by the continued advertisements of Mr. George Robins's an nouncement of this vast property, congregated in such numbers as to make it indispensable to remove the auction to the largest ball-room of the London Tavern (the Auction Mart being entirely incapable of holding half the number.) One thousand persons were each day ass, id the result was no less satisfactory to - the public than the noble lord the proprietor. There had been some previous diversity of opinion as to the value of ,freehold ground rents; in this sale the rever sionary expectancy was prolonged to 90 years, giving a pleasing, although a remote prospective view to those families to provide for. The average price 2S to 30 years' purchase, and where the si tuation was more than usually seductive, many cases occurred where they realised 50 years' purchase.— These high prices appeared to have been the result of Mr. George Robins's declaration that Three per Cent. Consols at 91 were at an unhealthy price—and though just old enough to remember them at 474 now, quoth our learned - friend of the rostrum, without intending to alarm them too much by the threatened war with France, this is assuredly the time to escape from a doubtful security, where the principal may be so materially reduced, to the positive certainty of ground-rents, which, if influenced at all by another Ir, would rise rather than take a retrograde motion. Next in succession was the'vacant ground of the noble lord, commencing at his park on Highgate-hill, and terminating at the vicinity of the Regent's Park. By dint of no ordinary tact, it was contrived to add ma terially to the value of the building-ground at High.. gate, by means of complying with the wishes of Lord Mansfield, to sell him nearly 50 acres of the park hich adjoins his own fence ; this reduced the number and consequently diminished the means to possess so many plots to build on as had been intend ed, and formed a portion of the proposed auction.— The result was, not merely obtaining £5OO an acre from Lord Mansfield, but it gave such an impetus to the adjoining lots, from the knowledge they would still have the beauteous park for their boundary, that the land adjoining in many instances averaged £l,OOO per acre. Another and a very important feature that in fluenced the prices from Haverstock-hill, arose from selling to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, on the morning of the second day's sale, 20 acres of land, which separated their property, and interfered materially with the grand plan in their contemplation to throw open to the public all the land from Primrose hill to Chalk Farm. By this fortuitous arrangement the public will enjoy one continued park, beautifully timbered with ornamental grounds, and consequently 'I the lots that will now have a park for their neigh r instead of never-ceasing houses, rose in value so as to double the amount per acre given by the ;. Our reporter, who attended at this resting exhibition, gives the result of the of acre sales at 120,000 guineas —this is - necessarily independ ent of the two large sales made by Mr. Robins to Lord Mansfield and the Woods and Forests, which, it has been whispered, was 25,000 guineas in addition. STATE OF THE BRITISH NAVY, (From the Alorning Herald.) •stor► journal has ceased . to parade its catalogue Is of war, as part of the available defence of the en ships completely built. and actually launched ecessary number of hands to man them, can be _ aunutsulam _P e__ a large proportion of the ships, in the Globe's cata ve about as real a locus in our navy as the phantom ch some of our dramatists and novelists have con ) a shadowy existence on the stage, and in the closet, with pleasing terror the elderly children of the lite- rari nursery. The French must be children indeed to be frightened by a pompous enumeration of keels of vessels laid down, or even by the unplanked ribs of what, in some half dozen or half-score of years, if whig economy permit, may become mighty men cf war, wanting nothing but efficient crews to navigate, and able officers to command them. e state to which the whigs have brought the British is such as ought to make Lord Palmerston and his ac- credited perpetrator of solemn silliness in the Globe per fectly content with the realisation of their theory, which for bids a nation, threatened with hostilities by a great and pow erful neighbour, to put itself in a " decent posture of de fence," lest it should thereby irritate the state by which its safety is threatened. England is, at this moment, at the mercy of any great naval power that may choose to assail her. The conduct of the whigs in this particular, whether it be from incapacity or design, -is treason to the state, and deserves impeachment. It was well for England, in the days of a former Queen, that Lord Palmerston's " cheap defence of nations" was not understood. If it had been then acted upon, the Spanish Armada would have beer► upon our coasts before the country could assume a " decent posture of defence," and the chains of a Popish tyrant would have been upon Protestant England before m ,allant admirals could have found a fleet where ith to resist his gigantic armaments. But Elizabeth did he heard of the fleet fitting out in the ports of tin from making preparations for defence through apprehension of thereby increasing the irritation le power that menaced her with invasion. what are we to expect of ministers who, instead of to govern men, are themselves the dependent crea he " ladies of the bedchamber," by whose apron ley cling to power? Is the head of the ministry but an indolent voluptuary and court fribble, the lv of whose existence seems to be, to escape from Spain, a he business of the state to enjoy the animal indulgence of n epicurean state of existence, and dine every day at the lueen's table ! it is almost the first time, and we trust it will be the last history of this country, which has seen the Prime among dangling courtiers, and the last How can a creature like this, only quail _ ,o play an inglorious part among court sycophants and maids of honour, when the country is in danger and her in dependence is menaced— the - first -" Presume to lay biz hand upon the ark Of her magnificent and awful cause." The conservatives in parliament have a great deal to answer • in allowing things to come to this state, by permitting , rd Palmerston and his imbecile tools to mismanage the 'cign policy of the country as they pleased, without ever iously calling them to account ; for at no p er i o d o f our tory has the foreign policy of England been sogrosaly mis .naged by the party in power, and neglected by the party opposition, as during the last ten years. While armaments are sent to ravage the coasts of China in support of the contraband infamous traffic in opium, our own !oasts are left defenceless ; and a government journal is or lered to tell the British people that they must not be put in ure of defence, lest France should be irritated, )uld instantly inflict upon us that subjugation of Napoleon failed to accomplish ! for " England's glory, CommuNicATioN.—From- the "Appendix to ,ith Rep or t f rom t h e S e l ect C omm itt ee on Railways, ,spears th a t t h e num b er of tra i ns w hi c h arr i ve d w it . me at the Birmingham terminus of the London and Bir mingham Railway, from the Ist of November, 1839, to the 19th of March of the present year, was 754 ; the whole num ber that ran being 781. Of the 27 trains that were over thne within that period, 14 were under 30 minutes, 11 under 60, and two under 90. The causes of delay seem to have been principally trifling derangements of machinery. Of the 781 trains from B irming h am to London, 686 were within time, 95 andover time. Of the latter, 74 were in connection with the Grand Junction. From the Grand Junction returns it ap pears, that, from the Ist of October, 1839, to the let March last, the total number of trains on that line, arriving at Bir lingham, was—first class 889, second class 314 of which the Irn hers behind time were 230 and 128 respectively ; arriving at 'verpool 888 first class, and 314 second, class, of whi c h 212 3 . 151 were behind time ; arriving at Manchester the same iber as at Liverpool, but with 263 and 128 trains respec v behind time. The majority of detentions are attri to derangements in machinery, high winds, &c., and iys at the junction with the North Union line. It is that the second-class trains take up or set down pas at more than 30 places between the termini. The Liver and Manchester Railway returns show the total umbe, - --t-elass trains, from the Ist of October to 31st Mar, 1,806, and second class 1,674, o f ^.ll 2 037 respectively have been late, most of them th i 5 minutes. A large proportion of the delay: rihuted to head winds or small defects in the machi- On the Great Western Railway, the mail trains enced running on the 4th of February last. The . number of trains from that day to the 10th of March .s 72. of which 69 arrived within time. In two of the iree cases of failure, the delay was less than five nn *es. The total number of passenger trains on this line, the Ist of October to the 10th of March, was if which number 1,876 were before time, and 2,337 Tl•-- were deli - I from sto 15 .11, to have t es after ...sere were delayer a9O, and from 15 to 30 minutes 185—heavy loads nd high winds being the principal causes of dela/. The re -ns of the South-western Company are more concise in but at the same time more detailed in substance, than F the other, companies. It appears, that from the Ist `o the 31st March, 2,582 passenger and wail trains `A, of which 234 were behind time, viz., 149 59 by less than 60 minutes, and 26 .id upwards. The causes are of delay are stated .-25 late starting, owing to late arrival of mails plies ; 21 detentions at stations, taking in stage Js, private carriages, &c. ; 42 by failure of engines; 4 ,xcidents to carriages ; 84 by strong head winds and slip.. ng of engines ; 13 by goods and ballast trains ; 34 by slip s of embankments or cuttings ; and 11 by various other tuns. ,—Railway Times. 30 minute coach Felix M'Quilliam, a young man of squalid and distressed appearance, and evidently in a bad state of health, was placed before Messrs. Rushton and Roskell, on Saturday, for hav ing solicited alms at several houses in Pembroke-place. The police-officer on that district stated, that, having seen the prisoner thus offending against the law, he took him into custody. The officer produced a number of papers which he found in the prisoner's possession. These were principally certificates of the distressed state of the prisoner and his family, and begging petitions. One of them was a certificate in the following terms, purported to have been written by the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the signature, and the body of the note, being all in the same handwriting :—" I believe the bearer, M'Quilliam, to be a proper person and deserving ob ject of charity : he has been recommended to me by Miss Ward, 4, Pembroke-place, who has visited him. I have also made further inquiry, which has been satisfactory. He has been afflicted with paralysis, and is totally unable to work at his business. He is a land-surveyor, and has a wife and three children in great distress.—August 13, 1840.—Rev. Hugh M'Neile, St. Jude's Church, Liverpool." There was also a certificate in the same hand, signed " Hugh M'Neile," that " Ann M`Williams" and her husband Felix had placed two of their children, through him, in the Church of England School, on 17th May last. Another of the documents was signed " J. Roose, Bedford-street." It set forth, that Felix M'Quilliam was a fit object for charity, and that he was a land-surveyor, and afflicted with paralysis. Another note, signed Felix M'Quilliam, written in a good hand, was address ed " Madam," but there was no name or superscription, so that it might serve to send in to any lady. The charitable disposition of the party for whom it was intended was highly lauded, and the petitioner indicated his want of £2. 15s. 6d. to release his goods from pledge, upon compassing which he stated his intention of taking his family to Scotland. A simi lar note, merely soliciting alms, without any superscription or address, commenced " Rev. sir." A more formal and ge neral petition, setting forth the distress of the memorialist, had at the foot the following names :—Mrs. Radley 105., Lord Derby £l. 10s., Rev. Hugh M'Neile £l. ss. There was also a memorial addressee" To his Grace the Earl of Sefton," stating the distress of the writer and his family, and soliciting relief. At the foot of this were the same names as above, but opposite to the words " Lord Derby," instead of XI. 10s., only XI. appeared. The remaining document was a lottery ticket for a sixteenth share, dated 1798, and signed by Mr. Bish, formerly of great notoriety. The officer said he had called upon Mrs. Radley that morning, and she knew nothing of the prisoner, nor had she given him any money. He had called upon Mr. M`Neile and Miss Ward, but they were neither of them at home. Mr. Rushton (to the pri soner): "What have you to say, sir ?" Prisoner: "Nothing." Mr. Rushton : "This is a forged signature." Prisoner : "No, sir, it is not." Mr. Rushton : "You don't mean to represent this as the signature of Lord Derby, because I know that it is not ?" Prisoner : " No, I don't say that it is Lord Derby's signature." Mr. Parkinson, in reply to a question from Mr. Rushton, said the prisoner was not known. Mr. Rushton ordered that he should be committed to the House of Correc tion for a month. LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT ON THE EASTERN COUNTIES' RAILWAY. An accident, of which the most exaggerated statements have been circulated, occurred on this railway on Wednesday evening, in consequence of the obstinate misconduct of the engine driver. The 7 o'clock train from Brentwood left the station with a considerable number of passengers on the above evening, and in proceeding down the inclined plane, which commences at Brentwood-hill, the driver, contrary to express and repeated orders given to all the engine -men employed by the Company, neglected to shut-off the steam, by which means the train descended with such immense velocity, that by the time it had travelled about a mile and a-half, it began to rock from aide to side in the most frightful manner, and alter proceeding about 150 yards further, tearing and twist ing the rails the whole of the distance, the engines finally ran off the rails, together with the tender and the whole of the carriages. The engine -driver and the stoker were thrown under the engine, and were most dangerously injured; and a labourer, at work on the line, was killed on the spot. Seve ral of the passengers were seriously injured, one of them so much so that he is not expected to recover. Medical assist ance was immediately procured ; the sufferers being consider ably scalded and burned with the water and coke from the engine. Considerable damage is done to the engine and also to the carriages. The part of the line where the accident oc curred is perfectly straight, and in the most perfect and solid condition, and previous to the accident the rails were in the most complete order. The accident is entirely attributable to the gross misconduct of the engine-driver, in disobeying the orders given him. One of the passengers stated, that finding the train going at a most rapid pace, he endeavoured to count the beats of the engine, but found them so quick that he could not estimate them ; the velocity therefore must have been immense ; for the gradient of the line being about 53 feet per mile, the train would descend by its own gravity alone, at the rate of at least 20 or 25 miles per hour. The greatest possible attention was paid by all the officers of the Company to the sufferers immediately on the accident be coming known; and every thing was done which humanity could suggest, to remedy as far as possible, the effects of so sad an accident. The following are the names of the unfortunate persons who have suffered by the accident :—Scalded, with concussion of the brain—Mr. Ebsworth, passenger. Slightly wounded in the face—Mr. H. Corbold. Severely scalded—son of ditto. Concussion of brain, slight—Mr. Pierson, Bruised, not much hurt—son of Col. Tyler. Bruised, not danger ously—Mr. Brown, of Colchester. Scalded and bruised, do. —Mr. Tozer. Slightly wounded—Collar, the guard.—(Sun, of Thursday.) Mr. Ebsworth and Mr. Austin have died since, and Mr. Foster is not expected to live. An inquest was held, on Friday, at Brentwood, on the bodies of Mr. Geo. Eastman and Mr. Ebsworth. The witnesses examined gave very contradictory accounts as to the speed of the train at the time of the accident. The guard, who said he was sitting with his back to the engine at the time, had not per ceived any increase of speed. Some men, employed on the road, and one of the passengers, also gave similar evidence. The policeman, stationed near the spot, said the train was going so fast that, instead of saluting it, as usual, he was obliged to hold his hat to prevent it from being blown off by the current of air caused by the velocity of the motion. A gentleman, who resides near the place where the accident happened, also confirmed the evidence of the policeman. The rails, after the engine had passed, were, as the police man said, " twisted like a snake." Mr. Braithwaite, that over-speed-a7ihe•Caa that he Pethwpasae,ditrluelnderdlYal opinion of the road where it occurr ed u there is an inclined plane, and the engineers were ordered to turn off the steam at that point. Foster, the engineer, had been employed by the company in that capacity for about two months, and had been found very steady. The inspector said Foster appeared perfectly sober when the train started. The inquest was adjourned till Wed nesday. The Sun, of Saturday, states that a man and a boy were killed, on the same road, on Thursday night. s thrown away e man's ruder raco, No care conferr'd is spurn'd, But all thy fond and fostering grace A thousand-fold returned. .pays thee all thy smiles— airless Lily rears Dew in the c kling as thy tears. The gla of thy gladd'ning eyes anklessii are pour'c; - se Violet's tender dyes 11 restored t Carnation—once thy cheek Bent o'er it in the bud; 'end hack it gives thy blushes meek In one rejoicing flood ! That Balm has treasured all thy sigh, That Snow-drop touch'd thy brow, Thus not a charm of thine shall die Thy painted people vow. Blackwood's Magazine Yon bri Vottrp. TO A LOVER. OF FLOWERS Still gentle lady, cherish flowers-- TrUe fairy friends are they, of all thy cloudless hours On whoa Not on By the POLICE INTELLIGENCR.-SATURDAY, A IirGOAA. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY The following are the Times of Departure front 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 12 It 11 3 IS a.m. First Class .. ~ 1 15 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class IP PP 4 p.m. 12 15 p.m. First Class PP PP 6 p.m. 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class ~ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 6 a.m. Mixed Train do 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 $ p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. First Clays. joins London Train at 8 30 a.m 8 is a.m. Mixed PP PP I 30 p.m 10 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. .. 2 15 a.m. First Clare 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. ~ 245 p.m. ~ The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY PROM L'POOL TO mANcrizsrisa. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 „ ..10 0 FROM MANCHESTHE TO c'pool.. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 .. 10 0 „ 11 15 „ 11 45 „ 2 U Aftern. ...2 45 Aftern. 5 0 „ ii 30 „ 7 15 Everlng .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I ais Train does Ant start till Three. NDAYS. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 PO • • P 1 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 5 0 .. Mixed First Class 11 0 „ ..1145 „ 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern 4 45 „ .. 5 30 ___„ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when a ON SU: First Class Second Class 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning I 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 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 Aftem. .. Second Clan 4 4S .. Mixed 7 it „ .. First Clan I 715 r• NDAYIi. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 5 . 30 Afternoon.. .. 7 0 Morning.. 5 30 Aftenioon iLTON. TO BO PROM LIMPOOL. S 45 Morning.... First Class 12 0 I 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 FROM MANCXRSTER. 9 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 „ ...• „ 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 530 Dias. ow so 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 30 Afternoon.. 7 0 Morning.. 5 30 Afternoon Second Class TO ST. I. IELENS. PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 PI 11 45 PP 2 30 Afternoon.. 530 PP PROM MANCNISTXR. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 .... 11 45 „ .... PP 2 45 Afternoon .. 5 30 ~ .... PP DAYS. 7 o Morning.. a 30 Afternoon Second Class ON SU Second Class 7 0 Morning.. 3 30 After noon TO RUNCORN GAP. FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM 141ANCXESTZR. 715 morning— . Second Class 730 Morning.... Second Cla s 11 45 5 45 ~ • • • • t, 91 5 30 Ant/1100A 3 30 Afternoon NUAYI. - • ON au] 7S 0 Morning.... Seooud Class I 11 30 Afternoon .. 7 0 Morning.. • . Second Clans S aO.. Afternoon .. At the Polytechnic Institution, Regent-street, London, there is exhibited one pound of glass, spun by steam into a thread 4000 miles long, and woven with silk into beautiful dresses and tapestry. On Saturday week a serious accidenthappened in the family of the Hon. and Rev. T. Erskine, the vicar of Beighton. Two of Mr. Erskine's daughters, who were amusing them selves by igniting paper with a burning - glass , a sked their bro ther, Mr. Thomas Erskine, to give them some gunpowder for a squib. Not observing any spark he poured some from his flask upon the paper, and the whole instantly exploded. Some fragments from the flask struck the young gentleman ; cut the palm of one hand across, and inflicted a deep and se nwoeill. s wound gn on his thi g h ; b ut we are g l a d to say he is doing eofstiliigehtyloyu._ngstffidiel friwas.s.considerably scorched, and the other EXISTER.—A rather laughable incident occurred on Mon day afternoon, on Van Ambu rg h's caravans arriving at the theatre. Some h un d reds of persons were assembled to see which was effecte r t d emporary quarters the beasts transferred to their sufficiently large for one of the: " behind the scenes," :male, close to the caravan, by placing a box or cage, and then withdrawing a sprin g Tamer" orders a lion, or a tiger,otr, upon which the " Brute policemen were sent by Twoo go into it, and the ani mals are carried in separately, the mayor to keep off the mob ; and was engaged in arranging the transfe r , a lio n nP°lice. across gently A p ro u b t u p r a g r h t of his head through the hole in the top of thee of box , and helter skelter went thero crowd in uthinsaollerny directions;ha and o the other men was quickly do the circus—men tumbling over boys, and wom en find chil dren screaming most luatilY ; whilst the noble king o f th e forest " Look'd most proudly on the vulgar crew z Whom :testes goYern, and whoa ban MAUL" .-•Weolnier's Eater Rosetta. " Want you a man Experienced in the world and its affairs ? Here he is for your purpose." Poor England ! The time is not far distant when thou west the proudest and the mightiest of nations ; but alas how much art thou fallen. A few short years only have passed away since thy fame extended to the remotest corners of the earth—since thy armies conquered on the land and thy navies swept the seas—since thy statesmen were men of the sincerest patriotism, the most splendid ability, the most va lued experience, men who lived for thy glory alone, whose every thought was of thy welfare and thy renown, and whose exertions made thee the mistress of the world. But now thou art a fallen and a falling nation. True it is that thou mightest raise an army equal to that of which Wellington was the head, and send to sea a fleet not inferior to that which Nelson commanded : bOt there can be little hope for thee so long as thy mighty destinies are controlled by such men as those that now occupy thy cabinet. To them it is owing that thou hest " fallen, fallen, fallen—fallen from thine high estate ;" and so long as thou art cursed with them so long wilt thou be a falling nation. Day after day fresh indignities will be heaped upon thee, day after day will the assaults of thy enemies become bolder and bolder, and daily and hourly wilt thou be less able to resist them, until at length thou wilt be completely crushed, and thy name will be blotted out from the nations of the earth, or will exist only as an empty moment° of thy former greatness. Alas ! then, poor England : one's heart may well ache for thee. But whilst mourning the present melancholy state of our beloved country, let us not fail to give vent to our indignation against those men by whom she has been placed in the woful condition in which she now stands. Tremendous is the responsibility which the Melbourne cabinet has incurred ; for to its wicked policy is to be ascribed the lamentable posi tion of the country at this moment, and the many fearful dangers with which she is surrounded; from neither of which does there seem to be any chance of escape. Overwhelm ingly great, however, as the responsibility of the ministers undoubtedly is, it must be borne in mind that they are not the only accountable parties. No ; let it not be forgotten that it was one branch of the legislature, and one branch only, (the House of Commons) that appointed Lord Mel bourne and his colleagues to office. The House of Commons not only persisted in driving those men into office, in spite of their notorious incompetency, and in direct opposition to the will of the monarch and in known hostility to the House of Lords, but persisted in keeping them in place, notwith standing the oft declared opinion of the country that they onght to be kicked out with ignominy. In so doing the House of Commons failed to discharge its bounden duty to the country ; and therefore any responsibility which the present ministers may incur for their gross misma nagement of public affairs must be shared o by the lower branch of the legislature. Yes, the day of reckoning is fast drawing near, when the Melbourne Cabinet will have to ren der an account of its stewardship, and alas for England ! what a fearful account that will be. The day, too, is not distant on which the House of Commons must give a like account—nay, that account will be ten times more serious, more weighty, more difficult to render. Such is the consti tution of our country that, in fact and in truth, though not perhaps nominally, the House of Commons appoints the ministers of the crown. What then can the house say in its defence for forcing into office such men as Lord Melbourne and his set of any and every-thingarians? What can it say to the country for keeping them in place, even after they had acknowledged their inability to keep it—their unfitness to occupy it ? The house cannot say that it was because better men were not to be found. Look at Peel, and Stanley, and Graham, and Lyndhurst ; look at Wellington : look at the nobleman whose name we have placed at the head of this article : look, for look you may, at scores of others almost as good as tfa,ly. Yet none of those men have any share in the government of this great and mighty kingdom ! Every one of those men is possessed of the highest character, the sin cerest patriotism, the most distinguished ability ; every one is deeply solicitous for the honour and glory and the best welfare of England ; and every one, each in his own depart ment, is peculiarly qualified to add to her well being, to pre serve her name unsullied and her honour untarnished. But in accordance with the bidding of a faction united only for wrong, a gay and a lascivious Melbourne usurps the place that belongs of wright to a wise and cautious Peel ; a Rus sell sits in the seat that belongs to a Stanley ; a Normanby pushes a Graham from his stool ; whilst an old, broken down, worn out, battered dandy—a bedaubed, rouged, be decked, and brainless block, one Palmerston, or (as Lady Bulwer appropriately christens him in her clever novel, " Chieveley,") " Lord Protocol"—whilst this man reigns triumphant at the Foreign Office, Lord Aberdeen, a noble man of the highest intellect and the purest worth, is left un employed in the service of his country. Oh ! will not the vengeance of the people of this kingdom fall heavily on the faction through whom such a state of things has been brought about! Yes, yes, it will, it will, for we cannot believe that the great, the noble minded British people will see " their own, their native land" falling to ruin and decay through the machinations of a set of ruthless adventurers. Like a giant refreshed with wine we shall see our countrymen arise and demand " justice for England"—the instant and ignomi nious dismissal of the Melbourne cabinet, and perchance the punishment of some of its most ruthless members; and the dissolution of the present HouSe of Commons. When this shall have come to pass, the star of Britain will once more be in the ascendant, but until then we must mourn for her as a fallen and a falling nation. _ _ No nobleman or gentleman can expect that his estate will be improved, his rents increased, and his tenants made con tented and happy if he singles out as his agent a man ignorant of the management of land, dishonest, and proud, and over bearing to those with whom he comes in contact. No trades man can expect his business to prosper if those to whom he deputes the control of it are untrustworthy and ignorant, idle and dissolute. Nor can any empire expect to prosper, to in crease in wealth and territory, in civilisation and learning, if the men at the head of her government are deficient of every statesmanlike qualification, reckless of everything ex cept their own personal aggrandisement, caring not whether their country be ruined so that they keep in possession of place and pay. Accordingly we find that when men are choosing their servants they invariably select the best they can find. But why, we ask, does not the House of Com mons, when choosing a certain set of men for Ministers of the Crown, act on the same principle? This is a question which must be answered sooner or later. Let the House of Commons look to it. Had the men best qualified to' navigate the vessel of state been chosen, we should have seen the Earl of Aberdeen filling a place of no mean authority. And truly La would l.ayc w.ll 17 &adapt &a ocicblatcd phrase of Burke's to our present purpose, we may say that my Lord Aberdeen " was nursed and dandled into statesmanship." He was placed, we believe, at an early period of life under the care of one of the greatest statesmen of Europe, Prince Aletternich, and was by him carefully instructed in the difficult art of govern ment. Nor has he failed to do honour to his distinguished preceptor, as his official career in this country sufficiently proves. Lord Aberdeen is a man of a very high order of talent, carefully disciplined • he possesses great experience and business-like h a bit s . He is in short as fine a specimen of an English statesman as any man living. He seems to carry his object with a straightforward honesty of purpose, without trick, ..without chicanery, without display. To the the redoubtable " Lord Protocol" he is a direct contrast in every point, great as well as small. The one is an egregious dandy, the other is remarkably simple in his dress; the one lounges through the routine business of his office and votes it " a bore," the other discharges it with alacrity, and considers it a pleasure ; the one blusters and splut ters where he can do so with safety, and cringes and fawns where he dare not brag, the other acts in every case in the upright, honest manner in which every man controlling any department of the British government ought to act ; the one is duped and cheated by those more cunning than himself, whilst the other is always careful and cautious, and cannot therefore be deceived ; the one grossly and wantonly insults a nation which ought to be one of our closest allies, and thereby plunges his country into war, the other does as lie would be done unto, and preserves to his country the manifold blessings of peace ; the one allows the English flag to be disgraced with impunity, the other insists upon immediate redress for every wrong ; the one makes the very name of England a by-word, a scorn, and a reproach, in every country, whilst the other makes it feared and respected in the uttermost ends of the world. The one in short is a mere pretender to statesmanship and a professor of patriotism, the other is a great statesman and an unflinching patriot ; the one seeks office for the benefit of himself, the other for the advantage of his country. Such is Lord Palmerston ;—such is Lord Aberdeen. Need we ask you, reader, which of these two men ought to be in Downing street—which of them ought to be at the head of the Foreign Office? We need not pause for a reply, for there can be no doubt of the answer you will give. When, then, we see the battered " Protocol" basking in the sweets of office, and the Earl of Aberdeen placed in a position where comparatively he can be of little assistance to his country, are we not justi fied in lamenting the probable fate of England, and of de scribing her as " a falling nation ?" Are we not right in de nouncing the House of Commons for allowing such a state of things to exist? But we must draw to a close. As we have already inti mated, Lord Aberdeen dresses with great simplicity ; he is tall and somewhat stoutly built, and is of a staid and sober appearance. He has, to use the quaint words of an •old writer, " a comely countenance, replenished with gravity." As a speaker, he is always listened to with great attention ; he delivers his sentiments with ease and fluency, and is a good and practised debater. He is very quick in discovering omissions, mistakes, and inconsistencies in the speechef his opponents. He does not stop to dress his opi n i ons i n the gaudy tinsel of rhetoric, but puts them before his auditors in a plain, becoming garb; but there is nothing slovenly in his addresses. He does not much gesticulate when speaking, but generally stands with his hat before him in one hand and the other hand folded over it. And now we pray in sincerity of heart that the seals of the Foreign department may be confided once again to the Earl of Aberdeen, for in better hands than his they could not possibly be placed. A. T. T. Y. A city correspondent informs us that insurances to a con siderable amount were effected yesterday at Lloyd's on French vessels now on their passage home from India. The poli cies included the risk of capture, and the premium of in surance was higher than has been given on the same voyage for several years. Morning Post. We extremely regret that the Venerable Archdeacon Thorpe had a severe fall from his horse the other day, which greatly hurt one of his legs. The rev. gentleman, however, is recovering from the effects of this accident.—Cambridge Advertiser. A Hague correspondent mentions a rumour of a marriage being on the lapis between the Duke of Nassau and the Princess Sophia of Holland, daughter of the Prince of Orange. The Duke is at present on a visit at the Hague.- -Galignani's Messenger. NRW MUSKET FOR TILE BRITISII ARMY. —About four weeks ago the Master General of the Ordnance, Sir Hussey Vivian, issued instructions that two muskets, on an entirely new principle, which had been submitted to him by a London manufacturer, should have a fair trial. The muskets were accordingly forwarded to Woolwich and placed in the charge of an intelligent corporal, with orders that 1000 rounds of ball-cartidges should be fired from each, for the purpose of testing their capabilities and ascertaining their good or bad qualities. The corporal selected two experienced gunne.rs, and the men have attended every day at the butt in the Royal Arsenal to practise with them. Upwards of 800 rounds have been fired from each of the muskets, and the ease, ra pidity, and precision with which they can be used has afforded the greater satisfaction, and even surprise, on ac count of the simplicity of their construction. The barrel of this musket is of the same length and thickness as those used by the soldiers of the line at present, the only differ ence is, that the touchhole, instead of being placed at the side, is under the stock, immediately in front of the trigger, which is secured from the possibility of discharging the mus ket by accident, even under the most careless circumstances. Instead of flints percussion caps are used, and the force necessary to ignite them is effected by a steel spring, about seven inches in length, and so simple that it can scarcely ee k r sg of f t t o h u of order. e t pre se present Owing muskets, to the s t t h u e d c construction of the weakened portion th e various r o wu r uhsi t c h ph e s i sset cu reception,ueraeed each b.ey t hp a e i a i rt d eenu 2 t.d o , is cd p , la a n n s d there is no cutting requi sbcyrehwasvianrge t required t t o a q fi nu x r. will be the stock and barrel. a liN t r .e h p e e n r t t he 1000 every proba bilityd o stated that fivet uetnhfsdnectsrrhehaawadt adjusting barrel.nt allthey ny w ßg b a i e yir l firedetletnthrboeee adoptedfrom t gi h v a e t n ti i i n e EtoastthlendMiaascteormGpaennyerhaal,veand there is the e ithoutdelay. It Is already .given a _large order for this their ispatt co un nti m ol. usket, to supply a portion of the troops under As we were walking one day in the bazaars a singular in cident occurred. We were just issuing from a shop under the arched way leading to one of the khans, when a young Greek, who had been observing us for a few minutes, stepped forward and stood in our path. His appearance and action showed that he wished to attract our notice, and John im mediately asked what lie wanted. He replied by demanding the payment of a sum due to him from John, my attendant, saying that the latter had long escaped his notice by having assumed the new costume of the Sultan in place of the Ar menian dress which he formerly wore. John was, at first, somewhat disturbed by the charge, but promptly denied the debt, and demanded how much the Greek supposed it to be. " Ten piastres," was the reply. Upon this there followed a loud war of words. John asseverated his innocence; and the Greek persisted in the charge. He followed us as we pursued our way, now and then plucking the Armenian by the coat, and vociferating his accusation in the hearing of the multitude who thronged the bazaar. The latter at last lost all patience, and began to show an intention of proving his innocence with his fists. Unwilling to see him involved in a fray that might lead to consequences prejudicial to my own interests as well as to himself, I took him aside, and re monstrated against his denying the debt, if he had really in curred it, offering myself, in that case, to discharge it. He persisted, however, in his denial, and declared that he had never so much as seen his accuser before. As I had already had strong proofs of his integrity, I began to suspect that the whole charge might be a fabrication, and advised him, if he could do no better, to carry the matter before the proper au thorities. Immediately he turned to the Greek, and called upon him to follow. • We proceeded together to the Eski Serai, (Old Palace,) the quarters of the Serasker Pasha, passi.d between the sentinels stationed at the gate, crossed the spacious court, and entered a small room. The parties advanced and stood in the mid dle of the apartment, while I remained at the door to watch the progress of the trial. A middle-aged Effendi was seated ol,posite. The Greek, with a low Kelm, opened his corn piaint, but great was my astonishment when I heard him charge John with a debt of seven times the amount that he had alleged in the bazar. The Effendi turned to the Arme nian and asked him it he acknowledged the debt. Upon his replying in the negative the judge told them that they must go to the mehkemek, or Kadi's Court, and immediately or dered a servant to attend them. So good an opportunity of seeing the interior of a Turkish court of justice could not be suffered to pass unimproved. I determined, therefore, to follow. _ _ _ We reached at length a low, red, wooden building, in style and appearance like a Turkish hou se . Th e servan t conduct ed us up a flight of stairs into the presence of an inferior offi cer, who has the first cognizance of such cases. The same process was repeated here as at the palace, excepting that the officer ordered a scribe to make a record of the case. We were then conducted to the door of another apartment, be fore which hung a heavy curtain of coarse cloth. The ser vant raised the curtain and told us to enter. Thinking that my evidence might be of service to prove the contradiction in the words of the Greek, I entered and remained in the middle of the floor with the parties. The room was a small one, and without any other furniture than an ordinary Turk ish sofa opposite the door. In one corner of this sofa sat a short and stout personage somewhat inclining to corpulency. At the moment of our entrance he was munching a head of lettuce. We were in the presence of the Kadi, the ordinary distributor of justice in Turkish cities, but one educated in the medresseh, and learned in the law. The same questions as before were asked and antwered. Both parties seemed in great awe of the superior presence in which they now stood, and spoke with greater moderation than before. When the Kadi observed the contradiction in their words, lie ordered a servant who stood near the door with his hands folded before him, to bring a book that lay upon a small shelf in the corner of the apartment. Upon this, an old and well-worn volume was put in the hands of the accuser, who, holding it before him, pronounced, in Turkish, these words ; "By God, this man owes me money." John immediately took the hook and said, " By God, I do not owe him money." The judge then demanded of the accuser, " Where are your witnesses ? " The Greek replied that he had friends who would bear testimony to the debt, but wished for some time that he might find them. " Then," said the Kadi, "go away and return to-morrow," and calling the attendant, he required him to see that the defendant found security for his appearance. The plaintiff and defendant made a low obeisance, of which the Kadi took no notice. I knew, from the position which I occupied, standing in the middle of the floor, that my own respects would be received with no higher deference, and! thereforespared them. Before I had turned my back the Kadi was engaged withhis lettuce again. John was able to secure the assent of his brother, a re spectable jeweller of the city, to stand responsible for his re-appearance on the morrow, and we were permitted to proceed upon our business. The kavass, or servant who acted as constable in the case, had offered to settle the affair for a competent present ; but I advised John, if he were truly innocent, to maintain it before the Kadi, and he was a man of too much spirit to do otherwise. Those who have an insight into life at Constantinople know ornething of the incessant intrigues and lesser rogueries which the love of money and of power, and sometimes baser passions, are pursuing among the myriads of its population. A foreigner may spend his life in the city without becoming conversant with them. It is one, however, among the best known of the secrets of the capital, that there are among the Mussulmans themselves professional false-witnesses, whose places of resort are known, and who are always to be found ready to be used as evidences to any thing that their em ployer may direct them to say. The fact is familiar to every Mussulman in the city, and is no where better known than in the mehkemehs, where these professional characters are recognised by their frequent appearance. The profession, however, is an easy one in a country where, in civil cases, justice is administered in the most summary manner—where there are no lawyers to cross-examine, and but slight penal safeguards against perjury. John imagined that the services of some of these characters might be put into requisition in the present instance, and as the Greek had left the mehkemeh to go in search of his wit nesses, we thought it best to look into some of the haunts of men of this sort. The result was, that in passing a range of cati% notorious as the harbouring places of such characters, we found the Greek in earnest conversation with a Mussul man. We did not disturb the conference farther than to make the former aware of our presence. The confusion which the sight of us created strengthened my conviction that the whole was a piece of imposition. The issue of the busi ness served only to confirm it. The next day the father of the Greek sent for John, made ample apology for his son's mistake, and 'proposed to Settle the matter by each one's making a small pr aent to the kavass. The Kadi, probably, amidst the multiplicity of such cases daily presented before him, never again thought of the trifling question between the Armenian and the Greek.—Southgate's Travels in Turkey and Persia. The cruel attack which Mr. Grantley Berkeley, M.P.' made on Mr. Fraser, the London publisher, (which was fol lowed by a duel with Dr. Maginn,) in consequence of a re view of the tale " Berkeley Castle," which Mr. Berkeley considered to be an unwarrantable attack on his family's fair fame, must be in the remembrance of every one. This pro ceeding of the hon. member has been resented by the classes to which Dr. Maginn and Mr. Fraser belong ; and scarcely a notice of his last novel, " Sandron H a ll," has appeared is any publication in town or country, whether review, maga zine, newspaper, or literary journ a l ! Thi s may b e ca ll e d barking Mr. Berkeley s aspirations to authorship. A Manchester correspondent thus facetiously alludes to a fair weather report circulated in that town on Monday last : " It was rumoured about the town that the sun was seen yesterday about ten o clock, but up to the present moment all attempts to discover the person who was blessed with the sight have proved ineffectual. It was traced to a draper, but he had gained the information from a factory lad, a pale faced son of the soil, who on being questioned, vowed it was a mis take, he only having heard of, .not seen, the glorious orb of day. Several little boys played truant on the strength of the report, but as a matter of course, were chastised, there being no excuse for their rashness."—Hereford Times. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—We have just been given to understand that the opening of the line to Bath is de finitively fixed for Monday, the 31st of August. Several ex perimental trips have been made during the last few days, in all cases attended with a successful result. On Thursday one of the engines went at a speed of 60 miles an hour, or a mile per minute. On Tuesday the Meridian and tender did the distance from Saltford, through Keynsham, to the en trance of No. 3 tunnel, nearly four miles, in the incredibly short period of three minutes. On Friday a powerful loco motive drew the enormous weight of 24 waggons, loaded with gravel, for the ballasting of the line. The skew-bridge at Bath will be completed in a very few days, and the elegant station at that place will also be ready by the end of next week. All doubts are now removed as to the time for open ing, as this part of the works was that which caused the prin cipal delay. The progress of the works at the Bristol ter minus is very satisfactory, and progresses as rapidly as pos sible.—Bristol Standard. IMPROVED HANDICAPPING.-A correspondent of the Post suggests that the Goodwood Stakes should be divided into two classes—the division being left entirely under the control of the handicappers, who might then literally class the horses. Is it not, he continues, absurd to see a four year-old give horses of his year three stone, and after the race discover that six stone might have been given? Look at the Hetman and Forlorn Hope, the Hetman and Pluto ; look at Fitzambo, Wings, Auburn, and such like. No weight at all could make a race between them and race-horses ; at the same time put these forty or fifty wretches in a class by themselves, and it would be as fine a sight as Laneroost, Het man, Charles the Twelfth, and Beggarman for the Goodwood Cup. There would be upwards of thirty acceptances to each class, perhaps forty, and quite as large a field as on the late occasion, and the stakes would be still worth £7OO or £BOO each—enough in. all conscience. I would adopt the same regulation at Warwick, and everywhere else, when there might be 100 subscribers. ONE STORY GOOD TILL ANOTHER IS TOLD.—A gentle man of considerable magnifyinc , powers was relating in com pany how a military friend o f p his, having his left cheek sliced off by a sable-cut at the battle of Waterloo, had coolly picked up, replaced, and bandaged with his handker chief the stray segment, which after a few days was recon ciled to its parent face ; that is to say the cheek was cured by inosculation, as it is termed. After this " good thing" had passed current, with the addition, of course, of a few obvious comments from the wags of the company, as to the rigid cheek having been for the moment the left one, &c., an old gentleman quickly took the lead, and observed that a far more remarkable occurrence had happened to a friend of his, a cavalry officer, at the same battle, and who, failing to parry a cut aimed at his face, had his nose clean shaven off. " Thereupon," continued the elderly narrator, "my friend stooped and repossessed himself of the deficient fea ture, which he clapped on his face, bound it with his hand kerchief, and then went pugnaciously on, as if nothing had happened. In the sequel, be found the nose firmly united to his "face—with this irregularity, however, that it was re versed or turned upside down, owing to the haste with which he had put it on again. This circumstance did not much disturb him, for being a great snuff-taker, he was thus en abled to app ly: the powder to his nostrils without the usual waste—butone consequence of the change he would some times complain of, as rather inconvenient, namely, that whenever he wanted to blow his nose, he was obliged to stand on his head." INFAMOUS IMPUTATION UPON TIIE JEWS.-A Vienna correspondent of the Debats gives the subjoined account of an infamous imputation upon the Jews, similar to the affair at Damascus, which has been lately made at Lemberg, in Austrian Galicia :—" A' young woman, who had lived as nurserymaid in the family of a wealthy Jew named Lumber ger, at Tarnon, went to Lemberg, and made a declaration before the magistrates that she had been kept by her master in close confinement for three weeks, during which time she was bled every other day by a Jewish surgeon, and her blood used in making unleavened bread. A police-officer was sent to arrest M. Lumberger, but, knowing the excellent charac ter of the accused, he took the precaution of securing also the denouncer. When the accusation came to be investi gated, it was proved that the girl having one day, while out on her master's service, received a wound in the head with a stone, which fell upon her from a house which was building, her master and mistress, instead of sending her to an hospital, had her taken care of in their house, treating her as if she had been thei r own ch i ld, ca lling in a catholic phy s i c i an, who bled her twice, hut no more, as absolutely necessary to save her life. The servants of the family swore that when she left her place she went down on her knees to. M. and Madame Lumberger to thank them. The ungrateful girl on being closely interrogated confessed the falsehood of her de. nunciation, and declared that she had been overcome by the persuasions of her lover, who had an implacable hatred against all Jews." Matilda, July, in lat. 18 N, ' long. 33 Elvira, Simpson, sailed from St. Helena for Liverpool 23rd June Franklin, -, hence to New Orleans, was spoken 23rd July, in lat. 28, long. 38 Alligator, Cook, hence at Dardanelles Phantom, Saunders, from Odessa, at Constantinople, and sailed 27th July for Liverpool Trinacria, Lagana, sailed from Messina for Palermo and Liver pool 27th July Emily, Woods, hence at Harlingen Magula Despatch, Cailingto, hence at Texel Sjoumenta, Schotten, hence at Brielle Tantivy, Wilson; Agenoria, Evans, and Arethusa, Wave, hence at Helvoet Eugene. Perre, hence at Antwerp Sally, Hurr, hence to Quebec, was spoken 30th ult. in lat. 80, long. 22 Reis Effendi, hence at Monte Video Auckland, Richardson, from Cadiz at ditto Petrel, Turcan, from Cape Verde at ditto Mary, Brakeham, from Lisbon at ditto POLITICAL CHARACTERS (From the Oxford Herald.) THE EARL OF ABERDEEN TURKISH COURT OF A PEEP BEHIND SCENES 0-difppflig Irralligeort. .w.....1.••• , ••40b6r-...••••• FRIDAY, Aucuirr 21 Altai vito,—Paragon: , from Jamaica—Robert Bruce Hill, from St. John, N.B. ; sailed 25th J uly—Acastus, ilayesofron Charleston—and Ann, Pugh, from Wicklow. SAlLED. —Active, Moore, for Kiel, &c.—Jane, Tather, for Quebec —Oxford, Rathbone, for New York—Joven Teresa, Van Dine, for Havre—Albion, Donkin, and Lanark, Simpson, for Quebec—Jonge Margaretha, Wykmeyer, and Eliza, Wygers, for Rotterdam—Phce nix, Kniper, for Antwerp—British Queen, Minn, for Harbour Grace —Sweden, Harmer; Grace, Forrester; and Henry Tuke, Bristow, for New OrleanS—Vigilante, Simons, and Frances, Delpierre, for Ostend—Courier, Stinet, for Bremen—Don, Muir, for St. Andrew— Hanibal, Mumford, and Fairfield, Lyon, for New York—Planter, Kirk, for Barbados—Zeldenrunt, Konig, for Zwolle—Puella, Tho mas, for Leghorn—Gentleman, Morris, for Sydney, C.D.—Harriet Rockwell, Prescott, for Portsmouth—Johanna Vitringa, Boswyck, for Amsterdam—Mersey, Buchanan, for Rotterdam—Louise, Runge, and Ocean, Barnes, for Dordt—Michael, Christopher, for Cape Hayti—Carl, Konig, for Pernau—Selma, Dotloff, for Danzic—Johns, Rawlins, for Treport—Chamois, Cundy, for Lisbon and M. Video— Elbe, Lotherington, for Algiers. Sultana, Holly, from Laguna, at this port; sailed 25th June. On 3rd Aug. in lat. 42, long. 52, spoke the Richard Watson, from Laguna to Liverpool Rothschild, --, from Bombay for this port, was spoken I July, in Ist, 11 N, long. 27 _ _ SATURDAY, AUGUST 22.—Wind N.W. moderate ARRIVE o.—Roman, Hopner, and Galen, Snow, from New Orleans —Commerce, Wise, and Claudius, Scoble, from Mobile—Monte zunia, Christianson, from Philadelphia—Richard Watson, from Laguna—and Hannah Kerr, Sinnot, from St. John, N.B. SAILED.—Mary Queen of Scotts, Killey, tor Pernambuco Harriet L, Picot, for Rio Janeiro—Carthagena, Davis, for Quebec Alexander, Johnstone, for Montreal—Eagle. Greigs, for St. Johi N.B.—Clipper, Holland, for Constantinople—and Diadem, Trom for Leghorn. Margaret, Honey, and Dispatch, Magni), hence at Harlingen Eling Grove, Williams, hence at Helvoet Margaretha, Boomgaril, hence at Zoltkamp Emma, West, from Teignmouth for this port, at Plymouth, vi loss of bowsprit, &c. Jean Hastie, Smith, sailed from Port-au-Prince for this port 2: ultimo Alexander, Nicholls, hence for Constantinople. off Watelfor. ISth instant Loyalist Skinner, from Pictou. at Dublin Priscilla, arrived here from Pernambuco, spoke, on the sth May, in lat. 35, long. 16, the William Rathbone, hence for Africa, with loss of both topmasts, during a squall, that day, and supplied her with a mast STORNAWAY, Alg. 15.—Methvin Castle, from Stettin for Liver pool, which struck on Skergraidish rock, sth Aug. has sunk in dee] water; part of the materials saved SUNDAY, AvoirsT 23.—Wind W.N.W. moderate, ARRIVE u.—Spartan, Knight, from New Orleans—Eleanor. Bahlff, from Lubeck—Rhind, M'Kay, from Konigsberg—Sherbrooke, —, from Mobile—and Glannialier, , from Valparaiso. Saltsn.—Falcon, Mairs, for Mauritius—Pharsalia, Winsor, for Boston—Earl Grey, Bell, for Calcutta—Tamerlane, Fisher, for Montreal—and Washington, Thureber, for Calcutta—and Danubeo, Molovinich, for Santos. Courier, Beck, hence at Pillau Rosebud, Hepple, hence at Hamburg Dorothea, Hoppe, hence at Bremen Matilda, Rowe; r frOtn Calcutta, at this port; sailed from Calcutta 9th March, Sandheads 18th, and St. Helena 25th June. On 22nd April, in lat. 6 18 S, long. 86 38 E, spoke the Exmouth from Calcutta for London. On 14th July, in lat. 10 SN, long. 23 9 East, spoke the Competitor, from Sydney for London. Left at St. Helena the ship Rothschild, from Bombay for Liverpool Sherbrooke, , from Mobile. at this port. On 20th July, in lat. 25, long. 80 49, spoke the Elizabeth Bruce ; 69 days from Liver pool. On 25th July, in lat. 29 10, long. 79 Is W, spoke the Colum bus, from Jamaica for London. On 12th Aug. in lat. 43 40 N, long. 37 10 W, spoke the Mary, from Liverpool for Quebec ; out 30 days. On 15th Aug. in lat. 45 20, long. 32 28, passed the Rajah, of Boston, steering to the N.W. On 16th Aug. in lat. 46 10, long. 27 21 W. spoke the Clara, from Liverpool for Quebec; out 15 days. On 2nd April, in lat. 35 32 N, long. 29 30 W, on the outward bound passage, boarded the wreck of a ship; Umber laden, apparently some time wrecked Oxford, , from Liverpool for MOnte Video, was spoken 15th June, 25 miles west of the latter port Heywood, , from Liverpool for Cameroons, was spoken 12th June, in lat. 7 N, long. 14 Atlas, , hence for Boston, was spoken 13th Aug. in let. 44, long. 36 CintuAvEN, Aug. 19.—The Sarah, Cornish, from Liverpool foi Hamburg, has put in here with loss of two anchors, windlass cap sized, and other damage MONDAY, Ana URT 24.—Wind S.W. moderate ARRlVED.—Reliance, Dunley, from Ceara—Louisa, Swann, and Lyons, Agry, from New Orleans—Sarah Fleming, Potts, from Mo bile—Zuliema, Gronland; from Borga—West Hindon, Whitfield, from Stettin. SA I LZl).—Perle, Erick, for Hambro'—Concord, Bruce, for Stettin —Nyverheid, Lievens, for Ostend and Ghent—Despique de Inveja. da Cruz, from Lisbon—Elizabeth, Price, for Jamaica—Lorina, Salter, for Hobart Town—Cornelia, Swart, for Harlingen, &c. Josko, Negovetich, for Trieste—Sunbeam, Pitts, for Malta—Fairy Queen, Hart, for Hambro'—Atlas, Michaelson, for Antwerp— Caroline, Peterson, for Alirensburg—Countess, Garrod, for Ams terdatn—Medora, Browning, for St. Thomas—Sylvester, Schultz, for Riga—Bombay, Gay, for New Orleans—lris, Flanagan, for Malta—Reuovatio, Ball, for Gibraltar—and Gratitude, Stuart, for Rotterdam. Rival, Sutherland, from Nassau, at this port; sailed 26th July. in company with the Sisters, and Levant Packet, for Liverpool, and Brothers, for St. Domingo Mauney, Steele, hence at Oporto in 8 days Achiever, Norrie ; Myrtle, Martin; John Cock, Brock, and Active, Freitas, hence at Lisbon Sociedade, Ribiero, sailed from Lisbon fur Liverpool I2th Aug. Emma Graham, Ferguson, sailed from Oporto fur Liverpool ltith Aug Ann Wise, hence at Virgin Gorda Edouard, , from Martinique for New Orleans, was lost 15th July, on La Fotte Reef, off Aux Cayes Express, Farmer, hence to Newfoundland, was spoken Ist inst. ing;intla 48 , hence to Baltimore, was spoken tem Aug. in lat. 42, long. 41 Helen Anderson, from Monte Video to Liverpool, was spoke 9th Aug. in lat. 41, long. 43 Countess or Durham, - - , from St. Domingo, off Cape of Goo, Hope 4gricola, Grayson, and Bessy Robertson, Christie, hence at Rio Janeiro Temperance, Le Sear, hence at Trinidad Swift Packet, from Falmouth, at Barbadoes in 25 days, an d would sail from Cape Henri for Falmouth Ist Aug. Josephine, Pauline, -, hence at St. Thomas Dorothea, James; Royal Mint, Searight; St. Mary, WMinn ; Charlotte, White, and Wm. Large, Seymour, hence at Jamaica Donald, Allison, sailed from Jamaica for Santa Martha gth July, and Belfast, for Liverpool, 11th July. The Alecto was to sail for Liverpool 28th July Sarah Birkett, Atkin, from Jamaica, at St. Jago de Cuba, and was to sail for Trieste Ist Aug. Amelia, Bleasdale, and Valerosa, Neva, hence at Havana VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Beim°len, 402 Sincapore, T Ripley AFRICA. Mediterranean, Caleow, 144 Africa, T Tobin Anne, 250 Africa, H Smith & Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Columbia, G Sutherland, 393 Demerara, J Gordon & Co Elizabeth, F Clark, 123 Trinidad, Kirby & Co SOUTH AMERICA 274 Bahia, 127 Para, UNITED STATES. St. Lawrence, C Glover, 523 New York, Baring Brothers &Co North Ameriea, J 0 Baker, 490 New York, Galt, Barg' &Co Pioneer, Smith, 255 Portland, Brown, Shipley &Co Broad Oak, J Ni'Coy, Angela, J A Xer, Mellors & Russell C L Mendez & Co BRITISH AMERICA. Importer, J M'Kandy, 734 Miramichi, Rankin, Gilmour & Co Pate]ina, Yabsley, 84 Labrador, Newfoundland and Brazils, J Glynn & Son A few chests of Bengal Indigo have been retailed at 6s, orange Shell Lac at 80s, and Java Turmeric at 16s. 50 bales Senna are re ported at 3id, and a small lot of Bombay Mother-of-Pearl Shells at 10s. 17 chests Lac Dye sold at lid to I Id. There has been a good inquiry for Saltpetre, and 1300 bags sold at 27s 6d to 28s 6d Nitrate of Soda has given way, 120 tons selling at 18s; in retail lots 18s 6d to lgs is obtained. The sales in Lo wood are 200 tons Campeachy at £9 Ins to £9 iss, and 200 tons Jamaica and Honduras at £7 5s to £7 125 6d ; 100 tons Spanish Fustic have been taken at £5 5s to £5 10s, and 30 tons Cuba at £9 17s 6d to £lO per ton. There are no sales re ported either of Saltpetre or Tar, but prices remain unaltered. For Montreal Pot Ashes there has been a fair inquiry, and 155 has been rather freely given, but holders now generally require 25s 6d. Montreal Pearl Ashes are very dull at 31s to 31s 6tl per cwt. Hides.—Sales of salted Monte Video continue to be made, at late prices, and the stock is now much reduced. About 20,009 dry salted East India Kips were brought to auction last Friday, when the whole sold briskly, at full prices, the sound realizing 12Zd to 133 d, first rubbed loid to 11/d, and second rubbed lid to gici ; 120 dry salted Monte Video also brought 60 to for Ist class, :300 Jamaica 41d to Gid per lb. 560 dry Monte Video Horse 12s 7d, and 200 salted 13s 6d each. A few tons Dividivi are reported at £l7 per ton. Tobacco is in steady demand, without alteration in price ; the business of the week amounts to 140 Mids., of which 20 were for Ireland, and 92 for export. The demand for Brimstone continues steady ; the stocks in this port being now all concentrated in the hands of the Company, they are enabled to obtain full prices. Sumac and Argots are in limited request. Of Cream of Tartar, and discoloured Tartar, some few sales have been made at 82s for the former at 65$ for the latter. No sales reported in Annatto, Galls or yellow Berries. The sales of Madders and Roots have been Trifling, and at previous rates, but holders are generally very firm, and the market is looking up. 50 casks Philadelphia Bark are reported at Oil has been neglected this week, no sales of consequence having been effected ; holders being very firm, then is no alteration in the quotation. Several small sales of pale Stat. Oil have b'een made this week.at £3O to £3l ; the market is now steady at tne latter rate, and some holders requiring £32 ; in Cod or Whale Oil no business is reported, but prices generally continue to assume a firmer appearance. Linseed Oil has been rather lower, 2gs having been accepted ; but few holders are inclined to give way, and little could be had under 30s per cwt. ; pale Rape Oil, of doubtful quality, is offering at 388 to 395, whilst genuine parcels have realized 42s per cwt. Oil of Turpentine is steady at the annexed quotations. Palm Oil. The business has been limited to small sales at our quotations ; more inquiry has, however, appeared for arrival, but higher prices being demanded, no transactions have taken place. A fair business has been done in Hemp and Flax, without alteration in prices; 50 bales Bombay Hemp brought £2O, and about 400 bales Jute £l2 108 per ton. In Tallow the transactions have been very limited, partly checked by arrivals from Petcrsburgh and Odessa, and some sales of the latter have been made from the quay, at rather lower rates, but Petersburgh yellow Candle has maintained last week's prices. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, Alla, 24. The Butter market Is brisk. and may be noted at Is per Cwt. dearer. Belfast seconds &a. very saleable at Os.. Kilkenny. Carlow. k c " 955. to 965, Prospects of the trade are upon the whole very favour. able. Pickled Butter is in fair request for shipment to the Brazil , ' 905 to•92s being about the market price. Nothing new to report in the provision trade : perhaps, however, we are right in stating tha t both Beef and Pork may be bought upon cheaper teams. Bacon creeps up, and is much inquired for—primp stuff worth 56s per CAt• Lard also advancing, LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, AUGUST 24. We have had a large supply of all kinds of stock at this dar' s market, and the demand not quite so brisk, but still prices were not much lower. Prime Beef about 6d, middling Sid ; Wethers 6id; old Ewes, 6d, and Lambs 63d, sinking the ofal•. Beasts at market, 1291; Sheep and Lambs, 10,302. LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, AUG. 21 EUROPE Triumph, J White, - 177 Dordt, Bahr, Behrend & Co Magdalena, F Bohn, . 80 Hambro', Bahr, Behrend &Co Constanca, J J de Aranjo, 130 Lisbon, J Bibby & Sons Splendid, R Dishon, 108 Riga, Campbell & Rudd Agatha, W J de Groot, 127 Rotterdam, Bahr, Behrend & Co Gregory Bogosloff, E Tuleff, 335 St. Petersburg, C G Weber &Co Isabel, J Swindale, 109 Constantinople, M& A Wilkin Louisa, G Chalker, 119 Leghorn, Vianna & Jones Honest*, N Andrews, 135 Constantinople, Bahr, Behrend &Co Rosa, W A Fannan, 110 Dordt, Bahr, Behrend & Co Saracen, W Puckey, 95 Gibraltar and Malaga, _ ___ Aerial, H Robinson, Coteswo'itti & Wynne 280.5 t. Petersburg, Brodie & Hamilton ASHES LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT. MA DDER, 19 , Cla, Montreal, Pot.. 25 0 (]) 25 6 Dutch, c rop. Pearl, new .. 31 0 —3l 6 Ombro s. d. s. d io 0 —BO 0 50 0 —65 0 U. States, Pot.. none. Gamene 32 0 —4O 0 Pearl none. Mull lO 0 —3O 0 BARK, Quercit. .. 12 0— 13 0 French, S.F. Oak, ;a ton .. XS 10 6 10 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 German 4 10 5 0 E.5.F... 54 0 —5B 0 IRIAISTONK, i 3, ton E.5.F.F.63 0 —66 0 Sicily, acc l3 5 .. 40 0 —5B 0 Tuscany l3 5 CASSIA LIONEA, 6.'d. Spanish 0 0 MOLASSES, 13. S. d. Trinidad, &c 40 0 -42 0 1) cwt. in build 80 0— 82 0 Demerara, &C.... 40 0 --42 o CLovsit-sicisn, 7 , cwt. Bar & Antigua... 45 0 0. 0 American, red none MUNJEET, 14' cwt.. 14 0 —l5 0 Dutch 70 0— 80 0 Om, Olive, 7 252 galls. French & Germ.7o 0-- 80 0 Gallipoli COCOA, V cwt. Trieste 57 0 —5B 0 Trinidad 5O 0— 54 0 Sicily 57 0 —53 0 Grenada .... 1 32 0 _ 3 6 0 Malaga 54 0 —55 0 Brazil Portugal, &c .... 52 0 —54 0 COFFEE, %). cwt in bond. Levant 5 2 o —55 0 J ordinary triage... .. }6O o— go 0 .h,' 7 , 252 gall s . P isalm v tun 3 7 0 —37 10 F good& fine ord. 95 0-108 0 Seal, pale 31 0 —32 0 middling ll2 0-118 0 br0wn...... 27 0 —3O 0 good mid. tine mid. &c 131 0-150 0 LINSEED, qo cwt 29 0 —3O 0 Dutch, triage.. ... 160 0— 80 0 Rape, p ale do . .. 40 0 —42 0 ordinary .... Turpen. p cwt... 53 6 —54 0 good & fine ord. 84 0— go 0 Rica, :i4 , cwt middling 92 0— 98 0 Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 0 good mid. } 100 0-102 0 ill bond 24 0 —25 6 fine mid., &c. Bengal, ord. d 0.... li 0 —l3 6 Mocha lOO 0-125 0 mid to fine .... 14 0 —l5 0 Ceylon Java Havana Jamaica, good& fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 12 to 16 o. 9... 4 6 5 0 St. Domingo 45 0— 48 0 stronger 5 3 6 6 Brazil 44 0— 50 0 choice marks.. 6 8 7 2 Laguira 62 0— 65 0 SAFFLOWER, 'l4 , cwt. DYE WOODS, V ton ..t. a. .e. s. Bengal, Logwood, Jam... 7 10— 7 15 good & Ane...es 0 7 10 • Hon. & Dom. 7 15— 8 0 ord. & mid .. 2 10 4 10 Campeachy .. 9 0— 10 0 Bombay Fustic, Span. 4 15— 5 0 SALTPETRE, i 9, cwt. s. d. s. d Tampico 6 10— 7 0 East India 24 0 —29 0 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA WooD. orange 56 0 —BO 0 Rio de la Hache liver and black 33 0 solid - rough 6 0— 7 10 small Lima, solid 14 0— 16 0 Barwood, Ango 8 0— 9 0 Gaboon 6 0— 6 5 Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Red San. Wood 8 0— 9 0 ?tAx, ton Riga. P.T.R. 4l 0— P'burg, 9 head 4O 0— o Archangel 44 0— 48 0 Dutch & Flem. 6O 0-110 0 14.4.u.5, tip , cwt. Turkey, blue 6B 0— 72 0 mixed 60 0— 66 o East India 5B 0— 79 0 GINGER, 4) cwt. Barbadocs 35 0- 50 0 Jamaica 6O 0-120 0 E. India, in bond 13 0— 19 0 Gum, 1) cwt. Arabic, Turkey Neutria, do: Muchali, do. Seal, each SinumAc, cwt Sicily Malaga Trieste -14 0 Verona Tyrolese _ SUGAR, 150 B. P. Muscovado moist brown .. 75 0 —77 0 dry brown .. 78 0 —Bl 0 good & mid.... 82 0 —B4 0 line &v. fine .. 85 0 —BB 0 Mauritius, 70 0-140 0 - 7 6 -10 0 dabs and moist 72 0 —75 0 brown 76 0 —7B 0 yellow 80 0 —B2 0 fine yellow B3 0 —B6 0 East India, Bengal ord. white 70 0 --51 0 East Italia. 24 0— 55 0 Barbary 45 o— , 50 0 Senegal 62 6— 63 0 ton ad s. ad' s good and fine 82 0 —B5 0 extra fine 86 0 —BB 0 Manilla, its bond 20 0 —23 0 Havana, do. P'burg, clean.... 39 0— 39 10 outshot.. 37 10— 38 0 Riga, Rhine .. 39 0— 39 10 brown ... yellow . . white ord. 24 0 -24 6 25 0 -27 0 33 0 -35 0 36 0-38 0 - - • outshot 37 10— 38 0 Archangel 35 0— 35 10 good Si fine.. Brazil, in bond, Manilla 2B 0— 29 0 brown lB 0 — 22 0 Bombay 18 0— 20 0 yellow 2 2 t i —24 0 J u te l2 0— 13 0 white ord. .... 23 0 — 24 0 HIDES, Ox and Cow, *lb good and fine.. 25 0 —27 0 B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. TALLOW, p cwt. inferior & mid. 0 71— 0 81 P'burgh, Y.C. .. 53 3 —53 6 good & prime 0 94 010 Odessa 53 0 —53 3 Do. salted .... 0 41— 0 5 Archangel 5l 0— 0 0 N. Amer. salted 0 3-1— 0 4 Buenos Ayres 44 0 —52 0 Brazil dry salted 0 52 0 64 Stockholm l9 6 —2O 6 Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 6.t— 0 8 Carolina Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 Virginia W. India, dry.. 0 5/-- 0 7 TARTAR, li. cwt. salted.. 0 41-- 0 si Cream of Tartar 7B 0 —B5 0 East India .... 0 8— 1 1 brown and yel 50 0 —7O 0 Kips, B.A. dry. 0 7.4 0 84,TsA, v. lb. in bond. Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 0 Bohea, Canton HORSE HAIR, ') , lb. Fokein Short mixed long tails 1 4 1 10 Twankay, corn... 2 34 2 combed Nino°, ria , lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 2 6 3 6 Bengal. Campoi, pur. & violet blue & violet blue violet, g. & fine 6 6 7 o Souchong, corn... 2 4 ord. & mid. 53 6 0 good to fine.. 2 g— s 6 violet & cop. 5 1 o_ 5 Pekoe, flowery .. 3 0— 3 6 mixed .. } 9 Hyson, c0rn..... ~ 8 - 2 9 cop. g. & fine. 5 0— 5 6 tine.. 2 10 4 6 ord. & mid. 4 0— 5 0 Young' Hyson . • 2 9 3 3 con. quality Oude 2 0— 5 0 Gunpowder, Madras 2 6 5 0 good and fine .. 3 6 5 0 Guatimala, v. lb TOBACCO,IO. lb. in bond. Floras Sobres 3 9 5 0 Stemmed.. 0 3 0 7 Cortes 2 0— 3 9 Kentucky Caraccas, Floras 3 6 6 0 Maryland Sobres 4 0— S 3 TURMERIC, 19 , cwt. in. bond. Cortes Lac DYE, qp , lb. 'TURPENTINE, 113 CWt. D.T. and prime. 1 6 3 0 ' American ln 6 —l2 0 mid. to good.. 0 8-- 1 4 VALONIA, If. ton. .1 g .e . 8 • ord. & inferior 0 4 0 74 Smyrna, picked 14 0 —l9 10 MADDER ROOTS,* cwt. Morea 6 0 —l3 0 Smyrna Galipoli & Syria .. 0 0— 0 0 ' African 6 10 7 10 French 43 0— 45 0 1 East India Naples 42 0-- 0 0 American 7lO 0 0 2 0 --2 01 none 2 1 2 2 2 6 -33 0 TELEGRAPH OFFICE, AUGUST 24, 1840, Wind at llolyhead, S.S.W. moderate. Off Holyhead, at 7 a.m. No. 3041, Lancaster, B.S. at 7 a.m. fro!: Bombay; No. 1650, Rothschild. A.S. from Bombay, at 9 a.m. No. 1037, Demerara, 8.8. from Demerara, at 930 a.m. Offfro ol Great Ormshead, at 5 30 a.m. No. 853, R e li ance, 8.8. Ceara. TIDE TABLE Height. Sundays, Ilulydays, Ir. W. IN. nl. P. t. Tuesday 25 941 10 10 1 17 5 Wednes. 26 10 33 10 55 18 0 Clock Ih. 325. fast. Thursday 27 111 17 11 36 18 0 Total eclipse of Sun, invis Friday 28 kll 49 0 0 18 0 St. Augustine. Saturda) 2g 0 11 0 29 17 Sunday 30 045 1 3 16 11 llth Sunday after Trinity Monday 31 1 20 1 34 15 9 NORTHERN HOSPITAL, AUGUST 22 A I/ M MED DISCHARGED 13 Cured Attending as Out Patients . . . 10 IS Irregular - Died 3 Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation 4entaining in the Hospital House Visiters, James Heyworth and R. P. Carter, Esqrs. Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.-House Surgeon, Mr. Arnott. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. AUGUST Houm 24, Blyths Brothers, (Anal div.) New Royal Hotel, Birmingham, 11 23, Thomas Crowther, (special) Clarendon Rooms, 12 26, James & Peter Richardson, (div.) Ditto, 12 26, James Wright 27, John Stripling 27, John W. Hunt, (div.) 28, Joseph Sutton, 2nd Di tto, 11 28, James Herd, 2nd 28, Thomas Mahony & Co. (div.) 2g, James Wilson 29, Richard Benbow, proof Ditto, 11 31, Joseph Banks, (div.) 31, Benjamin W. Franklin, (inv.) Ditto, 1 PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S Outward. i Home LONDON & LIVERPOOL, to Jamaica — Leeward Isl. Dem. & Berbice, Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate East Indies China Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valvaralso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds, Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, &c. Oporto 25800E0 34 - 0 sips od@os 0 20 0-- 25 0 20 0-- 25 0 40 0- 50 0 50 0- 0 0 20 0 17 6-- 10 0 20 0- 17 6-20 0 30 0 25 0 7- 30 0 35 0-- 40 0 40 0-- 50 0 25 0 -- 30 0125 0-30 0 25 0-30 0 125 0-30 0 25 0- ---- 20 0-25 0 25 0-- 0 0 25 0 35 0-40 0 30 0- - 35 0-40 0 40 0 - - 105 0 - 35 0•- 40 0 40 0 40 0-- 45 0 140 0 - 40 0 -- 40 0 30 0- 126 0 -- 15 0-17 6 20 0-- 50 0-- 60 0 40 0 20 0-25 0 20 0-25 0 40 0-50 0 30 0-- 20 0-- - 20 0-- 25 0 15 0-20 0 20 0- 20 0 -- 25 0 20 0 -- 25 0 15 0-20 0 15 0-20 0 20 0 -- 25 0 25 0 -- 30 0 25 0 20 0 -- 25 0 17 a 20 0 20 0 20 0 - 20 0 - 20 0 - ^ 30 0-35 0 20 0-25 0 17 6- 20 0 iflaritttO. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, Auovals 21 There has been a fair demand for Sugar from the grocers, and the sales amount to 600 hhds. 8.P., at steady prices, together 60u bags of Bengal, at the quotations. Foreign Sugar.—The transac tions this week have been extensive, and amount to 450 cases and 400 brls. of Brazil, chiefly brown, at 218 to 22s ; there is also a partial inquiry for whites, but the holders are unwilling to accept present rates. 800 boxes yellow Havana have been taken at 25s to 275, and 65 bags yellow Laguayra at 28s per cwt. Bonded Re lined.—About 30 hhds. Crushed have been taken at former prices. The inquiry for Treacle continues. No sales are reported in Molasses. There is an improving demand for all descriptions of Jamaica Coffee, except the ordinary qualities, which have barely supported former prices, whilst the middling and finer sorts have brought an advance of fully 3s per cwt. ; the sales comprise 220 casks of Jamaica and 25 casks Demerara. A small lot of Pedang (9d duty) brought 535 per cwt. Nothing done iu Foreign. 150 bags East India Ginger have been sold at 135 to 13s 6d per cwt. ; 50 bags Pimento at lid, and go tons of heavy black Pepper, for ex. port, at 4d to 4id, per lb. Nothing done in Cocoa. There are no sales reported in Rice. There has been little or nothing done in B.P. Rum, but 64 butts and 142 hhds. East India reported at 4s Id to 4s 3d per gallon. Throughout tke week a large business has been done in Tea, both by the trade, speculators, and exporters, at an advance of full 2d per lb. on all common kinds, and I d per lb. on the good and fine sorts ; the market closes very firm at our quotations, but not much doing. _ _ _ _ LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, AUGUST 21 The demand has been less animated than for some time past, and prices of American below fair have declined id per lb ; Brazil is heavy, and sells with difficulty at a similar reduction ; Egyptian remains without change, and Surat is rather higher than last week. Speculators have taken 2200 American, and Exporters 250 American. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the 15th instant, to this doo,inclusive. Prices paid I i aI r in the week. ThisWk SALES OP TOE WEEK lOU Sea Island •80 Stained .. 7599 Bowed Georgia 6180 f Mobile 1 Alabama and Tennessee 4i -- 5250 New Orleans 310 1 Pernambuco & Paraiba Bt Aricati and Ceara 8 4so Bahia and Maceio S2O f Maranham 1 Sawginned 12i(161 18 11 12 '69 6i 64 I s i 11 29530 7/ 94 ; 2348 8i 11 1845 ... Demerara, Surinam, &c 430 Egyptian • Barbados 80 ; Peruvian • Bahama.. 30 Laguayra ; Common West India, &c Carthagena Smyrna .... Manilla 1300 Surat 260 ' Madras .... Bengal 112350 bales } 1440 28379 !this year 422108 599030 } 25932 15109 12152 .1 } 44046 There has been a fair demand for Cotton to-day, the 4000 bags, including 350 for export; the market steady. 151 114926, LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, AUGUST sales are The week's arrivals of British Grain, &c. are light. The chief arrivals from abroad arc 5,140 quarters of Wheat and 17,900 barrels of Flour, 12,820 barrels of the latter from the United States and 5,080 barrels from Canada. Duties have been paid upon 464 quarters of Oats, 3,820 quarters of Beans, 397 quarters of Peas, and 459 barrels of Flour. The alteration in the rates of impost are 45 per quarter less on Wheat, Is 6d per quarter less on Oats, 2s 5d less on Flour and Is fid per quarter more on Barley, the respective rates lis Sd and 3s 3(1 per quarter, 4s per barrel, and 12s 4d per quarter. The wet, stormy weather experienced in the beginning of the week caused considerable excitement in our Grain market, on Tuesday, and a large business was done in Wheat and Flour, the better qualities of the former realizing 2d to 3d and inferior descriptions of Foreign 4d to 6d per bushel over previous rates. Flour, also, has brought fully is per quarter advance. Oats and Oatmeal still move slowly, without change in value. The transac tions in bond embrace several.parcels of Wheat at prices ranging from 7$ 3d to 9s 3d per barrel, tlnd a little Flour at 325 per barrel. 'rue weather has since been favourable for harvest operations, and, with this change, we have had less disposition to business. At yesterday's market the sale of free Wheat was limited at Id to 2d per bushel below Tuesday's currency. Duty-paid Flour was also rather cheaper. Other articles of the trade nominally unaltered. About 2,000 barrels of Flour changed hands, in bond. at 32s per barrel. Noah Hingley, Liverpool, cable chain-manufacturer, Sept. 3, Oct. 2, at twelve, at the New Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Solicitors. Messrs. Clowcs and Wedlake, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London and Mr. Collis, Stourbridge. John Somerville and John Eadie, Liverpool, wine-merchants. Sept. 3, Oct. 2, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solid• tors, Messrs. Johnson and Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London; and Mr. Blair, Manchester. Benjamin Wright, Liverpool, dealer in paint, Sept. 3. Oct. 2, at twelve, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Mr. Dean, Essex-street, Strand, London ; and Mr. Houghton. Liverpool. Horatio Wyer, Newington-causeway, Surrey, tailor. James Warner, Bedford, linendraper. Samuel Quickfall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, draper. Edward Blake, Davenport, draper. William Stead, lloroughbridge, Yorkshire, corn-milior. Edward Foster, Sheffield, Grocer. James Ash, Taunton, bookseller. Henry Shute and William Shute, Leeds, cabinet-makers. Robert Butler, Chester, cabinet maker. DIVIDENDS. Sept. 12. J. Hay. Nevegate-street, London, surgeon—Sept. 12. J. Coulter and J. Hay, Liverpool-street, city, London, glass-cutter s —Sept. 12. W. B. Perry, Croydon, surrey, linendraper—Sept. 1 4 ' D. Crane, Wolverhampton, publican—Sept. li. W. Cooper, Kid' derminster. carpet.manufacturer—Sept 2. B. Law, Northamptoo. Biscuit-maker—Sept. ell. W. C. Dauchtre, Kidderminster, caepet manufacturer—Sept. 14. H. Hickman, Bilston, Staffordshire, timber' merchant—Sept. 11. J. Brown and B. Brown, Birmingham, grocer! —Sept. 12. H. Blackburn, Halifax, Yorkshire, grocer—Sept, 12. J.' Sykes, Netherton, Yorkshire, woollen cloth-manufacturer—Sept' Winterbottom, S adleworth, Yorkshire, woollen manufac turer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED, W. S. Chalkley and S. Roberts, Liveryool bakers—E. Hardhara and J. Griffin, Manchester, dealers in printed calicoes—W. Knott and H. Taylor, Oldham, hat-manufacturers—J. Anderton and $• Turner, and J. Anderton, Manchester, cotton manufacturers. Aug. 21 INSOLVENT. —John Hearn, jun., Salisbury, bookseller, BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Thomas Atkinson, Morton-house, near Northwich, Cheshire. salt-manufacturer. BANKRUPTS, CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless ca u se b e s h owu t o th e contrary on or before the nth Sept. 1840. J. Dawson, Hanley, Staffordshire, corn-dealer—G.. Woolcott. Drownlow-mews, Gray's Inn-lane, London, blnlder--- , C; Bartlett , Gloucester, merchant—T. Paten, Worthington, Sussex, lodging' housekeeper—G. F. Bloxam, Broad-street, city, London, wine' merchan—J. H. Dowling, Gloucester scrivener. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR, The average price of brown or Muscovado sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending Aug. is. is 57s JO P 6 hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. PRICES OF SIIARES, AUGUST 24 RAILWAYS, &c Bolton and Leigh Bristol and Exeter Birmingham and Gloucester .. 80 paid Ditto and Derby lOO Birkenhead and Cliciater Ditto, new Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow 100 paid Prices. This day Last Per Share. Prices 26 0 0 74 10 0 by 0 0 50 1S 0 20 10 0 10 paid 21 paid 0 0 0 13 2 6 29 10 0 Ditto - Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 17 paid Glasgow, Paisley, ICilmar } 39 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares Ditto quarter shares (late Chester and Crewe) .. Quartei Great Western Ditto new shares Hull and Selby Leicester and Swannington Lancaster and Preston 19 5 0 39 10 0 216 0 0 113 0 0 217 0 I 98 0 0 65 .... 45 paid 50 .... 49 10 0 Ditto, now Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto an.l Southampton 39 .... Ditto & Brighton Manchester and Leeds 7O Ditto half shares Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto quarter shares .. North Midland New North Midland Paris and Rouen South Eastern and Dover North Union York and North Midland BANKS 60 10 0 .... 30 10 0 31 10 89 10 0 50 0 0 .... 47 10 55 10 0 .... 32 15 0 14 IS 0 ..., 188 0 0 4S 5 0 91 10 0 168 0 0 4ts 0 0 with div. 27 10 0 57 0 0 101 10 0 39 15 0 54 10 0 36 0 0 25 15 0 50 paid 5 2 6 89 10 0 .... 92 10 0 27 15 0 .... 86 10 0 .... 43 IS 0 .... 6 7 17 6 .... AO 0 0 ex. 80 10 67 10 0 .... 20 7 6 ex die 14 17 6, .. .. 17 2 6 .... 3 2 6 .... Bank of Liverpool £l2 10s paid - Borough Bank lO - Commercial of Liverpool 10 - Commercial of England. S - East of England lO - of Manchester lO - M'chester & L'pool Met. 15 - Northern and Central - North and South Wales lO - Phoenix lO - Royal of Liverpool SOO - South Lancashire - Albion - Liverpool Union lO - Liverpool Banking Co lO - Wilts and Dorset 7 lOs GAS, WATER WORKS, &c_ Exchange Buildings £loo paid L'pool and Harrington Water Works } :350 • • • • Bootle Ditto Stock.... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES Liverpool Marine Assurance Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 0 .... 0139 ex div. Liverpool Fire and Life 2 lOs. 114 oex die DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool: (Poloneeati 7 1 Os. 25 paid 8 0 0 10 2 6 9 17 6 0 0 0 6 19 6 770 0 0 ex div 5 19 0 ... 23 10 0 ex div 12 2 6.... 8 10 0 ... 59 0 n 477 10 0 335 0 0 :ism 0 0 1 87 0 0 25 paid 3 2 6 6 7 6 67 0 fl 6 17 6 0 15 0 1 0 0 BIRTHS On the 13th instant, at the Rectory, Kirklington, Yorkshire, th lady of the Rev. P. EWART, of a daughter. Of On the 20th instant, at Kirkdale, near Liverpool, the 1941 HENRY ADAMS, Esq. of a son. Yesterday, at No. 16, Roscommon-street, Everton, Mrs. Cllo' M'IVER, of a son. MARRIED On the 11th instant, at Whithorn, by the Rev. C. NlcholsO M Captain FRANCIS BROADFOOT, commander of the stesulte r Countess of Galloway, to Miss JANE MACNIEL, of Whithora. On the 12th instant, at Hull, Mr. WAKEFIELD SIMPSON,.,P this town, third son of Thomas Simpson, Esq. of MeadowilPs house, Whitby, to ANN ELIZABETH, the eldest daughter THOMAS EARLE. Esq. of Pield-house, near the former place. Same day, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. JOHN WOOD, of tn_r town, pilot, to MARY, eld es t d aug ht er o f Mr. EDWARD BAP' BER, cooper, of Great Marton, bear Blackpool. On the 17th instant, at St. David's Church, by the Rev. Rnbe tt Davies, M.A., Mr.TIIOMAS HUMPHREYS, Desilveriser, seeond son of the late George Rodney Humphreys, Esq., pea-Y - Pylle, to ANN, eldest daughter of JOHN JUDSON, Esq., of Ros e " place, Bagillt. Same day, at St. Bride's Church, Mr. OATES BAIRSTOW, Of littero.street, to Miss. WATT, Beau•street. On the lath instant, at BoWdon, by the Rev. James Kings ld; A.M, HENRY, youngest son of THOMAS WOODCOCK, Sag., Bank-house, Wigan, to JANE, second daughter of the late THOS' MARRIOTT, Esq.. of Aberystwith. Same day, at Wilton Chuich, the Earl of SHELBURNE, son of 0 1 lost Noble the Marquis of Lansdowne, to the Lady GEORGIAO -lERBERT, daughter of the Earl of PEMBROKE, of Le Wlltop louse. On the I gth instant, at St. George's Church, Everton, by the Itir; R. P. Buddicom, Mr. JAMES CRAMPTON, landlord of the Whit Hart Inn, Halifax, to MiES ELIZABETH ASIIWORTH, of Toxtet h • park. DIED On the Bth of July, at Green Turtle Key, Abaco, Bahama Island![ Mr. ROBERT WHITLEY, surgeon, (late of Liverpool.) For sev.o'. v weeks his health was in a declining state, but he was able to wi ll : abroad until a few days previous to his death. towards the cl of life he manifested deep seriousness of mind, and very eordiaiL , and gratefully received several visits from the Rev. Thorn''' Pearson. His mortal remains were followed to th e grave by . numerous and respectable company the day after his death. On the 7th instant, of pleuritic fever. aged 42, MARGARET, Wi ll of Mr. HUGH CORRIE. late of Dumfries. On the I ith instant, aged 57, deeply regretted by his family an d friends, Mr. PETER MASON, cart-owner. Same day at Castlemarthy, in the county of Cork, of consumption' Mr. JOHN HENNESSY, late teacher of Lime-street Acadelni , universally regretted. On the 12th instant, aged 57, deeply regretted, ANN wife HENRY HAWORTH, Esq., solicitor, Blackburn. Same day, awfully sudden, aged 48, Captain WILLIAM WHITE,' many years in the employ of the City ..of Dublin Steitin-paelt Company. He was a man much respected-by all who had ~„ "' u,,. pleasure of his acquaintance,.a n d h as l e ft a di sconso l ate whim , / TM deplore his death. On the iath instant, at Nash-grove, universally respected, Bed 32, Mr. ALEXANDER CLARKE, plasterer and slater. On the 15th instant, of apoplexy, at the residence of his mother , at Stockport, Mr. SAMUEL ASHTON, for upwards of twenty yesil the faithful and esteemed r e p resentat i ve of Messrs. Evans an" Leshler, London. Same day, much and deservedly respected by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance, aged 61, Mrs. DOROTHY LEWD' of St. Michael's, Toxteth-p ar k , th e b e l oved wife of Mr. Edwia' Lewis, plumber and Glazier. On the 18th instant, at his hose, in the College, the Rev. Dr . M'GILL, Professor of Divinity in the University of Glasgow. On the 19th instant, at his house, Soho-street, Islington, after ; long and painful illness, borne with unexampled fortitude, JAMS ROSSON, Esq. Same day, at It enacres-hall, near Ormakirk, THOMAS GIBSOI4, Esq. On the 2oth instant, at his house, 101, Pitt-street, after a sprit illness, Mr. WILLIAM M'CONNELL, wine and spirit merchant , much respected and deeply regretted by all who knew him. Same day, at Newton-in-Mackerfield, in this county, EMIL Y EAST, the wife of the Rev. PETER LEGII, aged 20 years. On the 21st instant. aged 71, Mr. RICHARD REYNOLDS, tan' ner, formerly of Devon. 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