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

CONTEMPORARY PRESS. GOVERNMENT PATRONA AGE OF PROTEST ANTIS. (From the Times,) The seraphic zeal of the Palmerston print on behalf of the Protestant cause is too well known and appre ciated to require any l audations of ours. As the un feigned respect which its Whitehall patrons have often professed towards the established church in particular has been more than confirmed by their many endea vours to do for it, so the journal in question, imitating the consistency of its dictators, never misses an op portunity for commending , the establishment to the confidence and veneration of the country, by vindicat ing her usefulness as a national institution, by remon strating against the sectarian prejudices of her enemies, and by proclaiming her undoubted loyalty in support of the Crown and Constitution. Could we lay our gloved hands upon a file of that cleanly paper for the last three years, the 'innumerable extracts we might quote from it, illustrative of its genuine Protestant churchmanship, would doubtless be highly edifying to our readers. Not that anything has appeared in that quarter, more than in our own pages, to countenance the frustration either of the Catholic Relief Bill, or the practical repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts. Such an endeavour, of course, was not to he thought of for a moment. What we particularly allude to in the ministerial organ refers, not to the unfair disparage ment of Papists and Dissenters in regard to their just rights, but to the constitutional maintenance of the es tablished church in the moderate ascendancy still awarded to her by the laws of the realm. On this lat ter point the Downing-street print professes to be as strenuous as ourselves • and the laborious pains it has taken to realize the declared solicitude of its instruct ors, to this reasonable extent, gives one, we must own, a very fascinating idea of its enormous candour and honesty. To Popish gentlemen entertaining the political opi nions of the whigs (albeit contending for the destruc tion of the Irish Church and the repeal of the Irish union) offices of civil trust behoved to be awarded with an even hand, that is clear. For what reason the Pro testant Dissenters do not come in for a share of this impartial patronage, we cannot precisely say. In Ireland, as all the world knows, the professors of Popery carry all before them. If a candidate for a government appointment in that country be neither a member of the O'Connell family nor a worshipper of the blessed Virgin, his merits cannot possibly be lis tened to. Indeed, Popery may almost be said to be at a premium among ourselves. On this side of the channel the whigs have elevated at least one Roman Catholic (Lord Lovat) to the peerage , and another has been made a Master in Chancery. Adherents of the same faith have been promoted to high situations in her Majesty's household. We have, moreover, Papists in the Treasury, Papists in the Admiralty, and Papists at the Board of Trade. Now this, we dare say, is all right enough, as matters go with the whigs. Yet, apart from the ministry's habitual preference of Soci nians for vacant recorderships, the itching Evangelical non-conformists, such as Baptists, Independents, and Calvinistic Methodists, cannot for their lives get a lu crative post wherewith to claw themselves. How is it that not a single orthodox Dissenter has been made a peer ? Why are there no tabernacle Dulcineas among the Ladies of the Bedchamber ? Ilow happens it that we have neither a Baptist Lord in Waiting, nor a con gregational judge upon the bench, nor a Lady Hun tingdon commissioner of Greenwich Hospital, nor an evangelical non-conformist of any description what ever, either upon the Board of Admiralty, or upon the Board of Trade, or upon the Treasury Board, or upon the India Board, or upon any known Board in exist ence, connected with the Executive of the country ? Far from imagining that the liberal Government, which bestows its favours upon Papists for the purpose of giving bond fide effect to the Catholic Emancipation Bill, are at the same time deliberately maintaining the repealed Test Acts in practical force against orthodox Dissenters, we have no doubt that the latter's syste matic exclusion from state offices is just as strict a piece of impartiality on the part of the whigs as the prominent honours they confer upon the more fa voured professors of Romanism ; nor will their even ing organ, recurring to its usual " enormous" re sources, foil to justify this impartiality, on the allega tion, that as the Romish communion transcends in numbers and wealth all the non-established sects in this country, so it is but reasonable that its members should exclusively possess the very few offices which the desire of ministers to uphold the decent ascen dancy of the Protestant establishment can enable them to withdraw from the members of the Church of Eng land. MR. GEORGE ROBINS (From Grant's London Journal) Mr. Geor e Robins! Who has not heard of Mr. George Robins? Where is the man where the English language is understood, and talked, and read, to whose ears the name of this gentleman is not familar ? Mr. Robins is unques tionably the prince of autioneers ; not as regards Great Britain only, but as respects Europe—aye, and the world itself. I speak with all seriousness when I say, that at this moment he stands unrivalled in what may be called the sci ence of "'knocking down." The Americans are famed, all the world over, fur their ingenuity and originality in com mending the articles they wish to dispose of, and in prevail ing on persons to purchase them at a high price ; but they have, within the last month or two, given a practical proof that there is not a man within the confines of the New World who, as a knight of the hammer, can be compared to our Mr. George Robins,•—by offering that gentleman► the splendid retainer of 2000 guineas, independently of paying his ex penses going and returning, to dispose of a valuable property in New York. Had there been a man in the United States who, as an auctioneer, at all approached Mr. George Robins, Jonathan is not the person to have sent all the way to the metropolis of the Old World for an auctioneer, and to have made the princely offer of 2000 guineas for his services. We almost regret tnat Mr. Robins could not have so arranged it with his English employers as to have accepted the offer. How, in that case, the Yankee auctioneers must have hidden their diminished heads, when they saw Mr. Robins in the New York rostrum, expatiating with his own unapproached and unapproachable eloquence, on the advantages of the pro perty wit.l whose disposal he had been entrusted ! He would have treated the monied men of the United States to speci mens of " soft sawder," wholly unequalled in brilliancy and raciness by anything they had ever before heard from the most distinguished proficients in that art. The claims on Mr. Robins's services at home were, however, as he himself states, too numerous and urgent to admit of a four or five weeks' absence from England. Mr. George Robins is never in his glory except when in his " Auction Mart." Anywhere else he is altogether out of his element. The Auction Mart is situated in Bartholo mew Lane, directly opposite the Rotunda of the Bank of England. It is on the first floor, to which you ascend by a semi-serpentine flight of stairs. When you have reached the landing, turn to your left hand, and there you will find the celebrated locality. It is only a small room, not- Withstanding the amount of business done in it, and the importance of the transactions of which it has for so many years been the theatre. _ It is not capable of containing more than 150 persons, ! even in a standing position, with any degree of comfort. There are four tables in the centre, and one table on the left . hand, extending from ore corner of the apartment nearly to , the other. On the right hand, along the wall, there are two or three forms for persons to sit on, but no table. In front, some five or six feet of space is railed off from the right wall to the left ; within this space, in the centre, is the rostrum of Mr. Robins. On his right sits a clerk; on his left sit the . parties who are interested in the_property about to be put to i the hammer. in the construction of the rostrum there is nothing remarkable. It is raised three or four feet above the floor, and is quite open in front, excepting where covered at the top by a narrow board, which is seemingly supported by iron springs, and serves the purposes of a table, either when laying any papers on it, or when extracting from - it, by an application of the hammer, the sound which seals the fate of the property which has been in the market. From the Openness of Mr. Robins's rostrum, you not only see the whole of his fine tall athletic figure, but also a large comfort able arm-chair, into which he is accustom or when, ed to throw him self, either whe n fati g ued b y his exertions, circum stances do not render it necessary for him to remain in a continued perpendicular position. Such is the place in which property of the value of £50,000 or £OO,OOO is often, in the course of two or three hours, transferred from one person to another ; and in which, from first to last, estates anti houses, worth millions of money, have, through Mr. Robins's potent agency, been made to change hands. Mr. George Robins displays the most consummate tact from the moment he mounts the rostrum_ until he again de scends from it. Before he re g ularly introduces t o th e notic e of his audience the property about to be disposed of, he is sure to make some kindly familiar observation w toi t hthhimern, which is calculated to make th em on good terms and themselves. This done, he puts himself into an erect position,_ carefully with both hands adjusting the little light-coloured hair which still surmounts the crown of his head. Though the demon of baldness has begun his work on Mr. Robins's head, and though his ravages have been rather serious on the fore part , the length of the hair which remains is so great, that, with a little care in the arrangement, the less favour ed p arts of his head may b e p retty well concealed.—Mr. Robins next mentions the name and nature of the property to be disposed of; after which he requests his clerk to read the conditions of sale. He then throws himself down in his chair until the clerk has performed the duty assigned him ; on which Mr. Robins starts again to his feet, and then enters heart and soul into the business of the day. And oh, the ability with which he executes the task he has undertaken ! flow he eulogises the taste and judgment of hi s au di ence ! How he c o axes " offer after offer " from them! Who shall do jus tice to the ingenuity and richness of his eulogiums on the qualities of the property put , up for sale! Shakspeare is said to have first exhausted worlds, and then imagined new. Leave out the letter " 1" in the term " worlds," and the same may be said with perfect truth of Mr. George Robins, when professionally engaged in the Auction Mart. He does ex haust words, and then imagine and apply new ones, in the prodigality of his encomiums on the value and excellence of the property committed to his care. Heisinfact Shaks peare in his own way. Wh at the b ard of Avon was in th e ideal world, he is in the material world . If Shakspeare was unrivalled in his delineations of the workings of the human mind, is not Mr. Robins equally so in describing the beauties of any landed estate he has to sell, or the excellent qualities of some brick and mortar property which he has to dispose oft Shakspeare is admitted on all hands to have had the finest imagination of any human being in ancient or modern times ; who, that has heard Mr. Robins in the auction room, could question his possession of this faculty in a most extra ordinary degree ? With what beauties, and excellencies, and advantages, does his i mag i na tion invest the various " pro perties' with the disposal of which he is entrusted ! But I must not pursue the parallel, tempting as is the theme. Mr. Robins is so encomiastic of any thing he has to sell, so earnest, and so zealous and eloquent in matter and manner, that you would conclude, provided you knew no better, that he had never before had any property to dispose of in the whole course of his life, and that the effort you witness must be the result of years of assiduous preparation. What will be your surprise, when you behold him next day, in the same interesting locality, scattering his praises of the article in the market with the same princely prodigality, and proving him self as zealous and earnest in his endeavours to get it advan tageously disposed of, as if his own existence was dependent on the result. One of the most ingenious and effeetiNe ex pedients to which Mr. Robins is in the habit of resortin g in his appeals to the pockets of the auditory, is that of assuming a feeling of the most perfect indifference as to how his era. i a oyeu ma y be e trected by the result of the sale, and pre- tending that all his solicitude is for the interests of his expected purchaser. And in such cases he displays infinite tact. He actually does, in many cases, persuade the intend ing purchaser that all his concern is really for his interest, and that, being sure of his fee from his employers, he has entirely lost sight of them. To give an instance of this : On the 20th of June last, in obedience to instructions received from the executors of the late Mr. Scott, for many years well known in the theatrical world, he brought the Olympic Theatre, of which Mr. Scott held a twenty-seven years lease at the time of his death, to the hammer. There were seven or eight bidders ; still Mr. Robins could not get them to proceed so fast as he wished. Looking earnestly, first at one bidder and then at another, he would say, speak ing in a semi-confidential tone, just as if he wished that no one else in the room should know anything of the matter, " I assure you, Sir, you will never get such a chance of making a safe and lucrative investment again. I am posi tively sorry for your sake that you are not more alive to your own interests." Again : " I am quite delighted to have it in my power to confer upon you so substantial a service, as to place this property within your reach ; and I assure you, that it will always be to me a source of supreme satisfaction to reflect that I have been the means of conferring indepen dence for life on the fortunate purchaser." A few moments afterwards he said,—" Really I am surprised that you should hesitate an instant to bid for this property. I assure you that I do feel it to be my duty to you, to endeavour to make you alive to your own interests." In this way Mr. Robins proceeds at intervals, chosen with great judgment, to per suade intending purchasers that his sole object in selling the property that clay, is, that he may have the happiness of promoting their interests. The amount of his business is the best proof of the extent to which the " ingenious device" succeeds. Of course, the interests of the simple purchaser, whose face was never before seen and never may be again by the auctioneer, never cost the latter a single thought. He is all the while, as in duty bound, thinking only how he can procure the highest price for his employers. Mr. George Robins is a most persuasive auctioneer. Per sons have gone into that Mart and come out purchasers of the property put up for sale, who had no more idea of ever making a single offer than they had of purchasing an estate at the antipodes. To be present at one of Mr. Robins's sales, no matter what may be the nature of the property, or how great the previous determination not to bid, is, I repeat, to rush unnecessarily into temptation's way, as many thou sands have found to their cost. Mr. Robins's manner has nothing extravagant about it. He dislikes theatrical gesture ; he trusts to the effect of his ingenious remarks, CHINA—ITS AREA, POPULATION, GEOGRAPHY, &c. (From the Colonial Magazine.) MACAO. _ _ We may now proceed to examine the history of Macao, near the entrance of the Canton River, to which Europeans are compelled to resort for half the year, when the trade of Canton is closed. Macao, in Chinese Aou mun, " the entrance to the bay," is a small granite peninsula, across which the Chinese have built a wall, with a guard-house and barrier. To the south and east of the peninsula is high land, behind which is a stripe of alluvial soil, employed in the cultivation of rice ; it is situated in 22 111 N. lat., and 113 321 long. E. of Green wich. The climate is healthy, being freely exposed to the sea air, and the place has good water, bread, and a wellsstocked bazaar. On landing you have before you a spacious semicir cular hay, encompassed with rising hills, crowned with forts, convents, churches, and private buildings. The circuit of the peninsula is said to be about eight English miles, its greatest exten. three, and its greatest breadth nearly a mile. The good harbour which Macao possesses for vessels of small burden attracted the attention of Europeans at a very early period of their intercourse with China ; and, after having had temporary abodes in it for twenty years, the Portuguese, in the year 1558, after the expulsion from Ningpo and Chinchew, obtained liberty from the local officers to take up their fixed residence at the place, and to build more substantial houses. This liberty was obtained by the seasonable use of bribery with the local authorities, and not by an imperial grant in reward for services done by the Portuguese in driving away pirates. Macao, therefore, still belongs, in fact, to the Chi nese Government ; and in this light it is always regarded by them. The Portuguese, also, virtually acknowledge the fact, by the annual payment of a ground rent, which has varied at different times, but is now limited to 500 taels. This sum is paid, at the beginning of every year, to the magistrate of Hean.shang, on the delivery by him of a discharge signed by the Poo-thing-sze, or treasurer of Canton. The Portuguese are, however, under the government of their own officers, and subject to their own laws ; though several Chinese authorities have, at various times, been placed among them. The Portuguese officers are, a governor and captain-general, an ouvidor or chief justice (called also the minister and the dezembargador) and a senate, which com prises among its members three vereadores or inspectors of various branches of the government, two judges, and a pro curador, who has the general charge of the town and the revenue, and is also the organ of communication with the Chinese authorities. Macao was likewise early erected into a bishopric ; but the see is at present vacant. The Chinese officers are a Keun min-foo, who is an assistant to the chief magistrate of Can ton department, a Tsoo-tang, or assistant to the Heang shan district magistrate, two Wel-vuens or custom-house officers, deputed by the Canton hoppo, and a military officer, with a small force under his command, residing at Tsee shan, or Casa Branca, a military station and village at a short distance beyond the barrier erected 14 the Chinese in 1597 to prevent the further ingress of foreigners. The Portuguese and Chinese are both governed by their respective laws and officers ; while foreigners are subject in some degree to the government of both parties. In civil cases between Chinese and Portuguese, the officers of the two nations correspond with each other through the medium of the procurador ; but in several instances of importance the former have shown a determination to dictate to the latter in what way they are to act. Before Canton was opened to European commerce generally, the Portuguese were for nearly a century almost the only carriers between China and Europe, and possessed an exclusive trade at canton for 50 or 60 years, as they at that time also enjoyed the carrying trade to Japan. Macao was then a rich and flourishing settlement, " the best and most important pillar the Portuguese had in all the east." Hence, when other European nations began to com pete with them, it became the constant object of mutual con tention and strife. Had the offers then made by the Chinese, in the years 1717 and 1739, that Macao should be made the emporium for all foreign trade, and should receive the duties on all imports, been accepted, its former affluence and splendour might not only have been still retained, but might even have been increased. In both cases, however, this splendid offer was declined by the senate, acting under the directions of the vices oy of Gos. The gradual decline of Macao dates from this period, when other European nations began to compete with the Portu guese in China, and in the general Asiatic market. The illiberal principle on which the merchants frequently acted accelerated its ruin, 'Which was almost completed in the reign of Kanghe, by a prohibition to all Chinese subjects (among whom the inhabitants of Macao were included) to navigate the southern seas. At this period (1686) the shipping con sisted of but ten vessels, which were reduced, in 1704, to only " two ships, that could neither be maiined nor fitted out." The number of vessels now belonging to the port is 15, being 10 less than the number to which they are limited by the Chinese. When Portugal became united, in 1581, to the crown of Spain, Macao was also induced to submit to the government of Philip I. ; and on the separation of the two kingdoms, about sixty years afterwards, it was still of so much impor tance as to be considered a desirable possession. Endeavours were therefore made to retain it for Spain ; but a large ma jority of the citizens declared their adherence to the new Portuguese dynasty. In 1622, the Dutch, being anxious to obtain a footing and possession in China, attempted an invasion of Macao. Thir teen sail of ships were sent against it, and 800 men effected a landing at Casilha's Bay, and began marching towards the town •, but on coming between the two forts of the Monte and the Guia, they were routed and driven back by the Por tuguese. To make amende in some measure for their defeat, they then took possession of the Piscadore Islands, in the Formosa Channel, (belonging to China,) on the pretence that the Chinese had assisted the Portuguese against them. Five years after this, the Dutch made a second attempt on Macao by blockading the port and making seizure of all vessels that arrived there. But the Portuguese contrived to take and burn the chief ship, and the others hearing that a Spanish squadron was advancing from Manilla to succour Macao, speedily took their departure. In 1808 an English expedition, under the command of Admiral Drury, was sent from Bengal to occupy Macao, and defend it for the Portuguese against the French. But the Chinese government immediately stopped the British trade, and refused to receive any communication from the Admiral so long as the troops remained in the place. After about three-months stay they were, therefore, quietly withdrawn. Though the story of Macao being granted to the Portuguese for their services against the pirates be a fabrication, yet it is not without the appearance of foundation, for, since they have occupied the place, they have more than once been called upon to assist the Chinese in driving away and sub duing the numerous pirates who have at all times infested the coast of Canton. In 1809 these pirates had become so powerful and daring, that they set the imperial squadron at defiance, and frequently plundered European as well as Chinese boats. On this occasion Macao furnished, at the desire of the Chinese, six vessels manned and furnished for six months ; and with this assistance, accompanied by pro mises of rewards and honours, the chief pirates were brought to surrender to the government, while their immediate assistants were severely punished, some by execution, others by transportation. Macao is th e pl ac e set apart by the Chinese for the resi dence of f ore i gners w h en no t engage d i n b us iness at Canton. Portuguese government denies this as a matter of right, and has at var i ous t i mes s h own a di spos i t i on t o re f use indi vidual forei gners permission to reside ; but the Viceroy of Goa has recently issued an order, directing its being granted m all cases, so long as the court of Lisbon shall issue no orders to the contrary. For a foreign lady landing at Macao the Chinese custom house officers used to exact about one hundred dollars. This was in consequence of an o ld i mper i a l pro hibi t i on aga i nst ainitglsttobtuhiledpinlagceh,oiusssueesdinatanthyenseawmetim r t o .e h m ils a i l t e i s o n en : l g w an i y tli n a ew p situa tions or rebuilding old ones without permission. The former prohibition, and consequent connivance, has now been t . over ; but the latter prohibition still continues i n f orce . New g° h ou ses are, however, built, not without much expense on the score of bribery of the local officers. readers.liral Sir ANECDOTE OP A SAILOR.—The following anecdote is so agreed sh creditable to our countryman, the late lamented F. Maitland, that we cannot withhold it from ou d r ir When in command of the Loire, Captain Maitland with Captain Dixon, of the Apollo, that they should between them whatever prize money should fall to their lot. are Captain Dixon's life Dixon hort one, and he left a widow t* from affluent. Mrs. was one morning waited on by a a r gentleman, who tendered for her acceptance a bank check for for £25,000. Surprised and hesitating, rs. Dixon bj objected to receive so munificent a sum. Captain M Maitland's answer was quite characteristic, and does him infinite honour—" my agree men t w ith my friend Dixon was not an agreement for life, it was to continue during the war; this money, madam, is therefore fairly yours.—Caledonian Mercury. RIBBLE NAVIGATION.--The directors of this undertaking have, h we understand, received from Messrs. Stevenson, their e pa g rt n o es, th e the river Say' plans for the proposed works in the lower three i va te feetd fr the river. A line of wall is to he immediately com menced. to extend from the caul or jetty near the chain to raised about which are exc ic 'it ; this wall is to be constructed of the stones when and wil l will form the north o a m bov th e e lo b w e w d a o t f er t , h a e nd riv w e b r e , comp letedbe Chain to the Savick side of the low water channel from the busily at work, and the directors excavators of the rock are again tion for carrying on with great are making every prcpara connected with this undertaki n g . — Preston i rgat energy the different works The following puff on NI. O le Bull, Pilot' ist, appears in some of the tre n ch papers the celebrated violin ago, on returning to his lodgings , he :—" A few nights dressed to him, and marked Bois a e b found a large case ed it, he found twenty-three violins with their Having opened ter from a musical society, informing him that and a let these violins, who gave their names, after havingat the owners of perform, were so displeased with their inferiority, heard him My, that they had resolved to send their instruments to him, him to burn them. Minstantly resolved . Ole Bull upon in viting the twenty - thr ee g entlemen to a splendid dinner, and as the guests entered th e dining-room, each found his violin suspended over his chair, with a label bearing th 4 words ' Solitude and Perseverance.' " . ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. (From the Oxford Herald.) On Thursday last the following degrees were conferred : MASTER OF ARTS. Rev. David Williams, Jesus College, BACHELORS OF ARTS. Uvedale Corbett, Student of Christ Church. David Edwards, Jesus College. The Rev. W. Gibbard, M.A., of Worcester College, Cu rate of St. Mellion, has been appointed Curate of Painswick, Gloucestershire. The Rev. J. Gibson, M.A., Fellow of Queen's Co lle g e, has been instituted to the Rectory of South Weston, Oxford shire, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Benson : patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College. The Rev. W. George Leigh Wasey, M.A., of Christ Church, has been presented to the Perpetual Curacies of Morvil and Quatford, both in the county of Salop, and the patronage of Lord Sudeley, and both vacant by the death of the Rev. G. H. Hazlewood. The Rev. Robert Green Jeston, M.A., of Trinity College, has been instituted to the Rectory of Avon Dassett, War wickshire, on his own petition, vacant by the death of the Rev. H.*Jeston. PROMOTIONS. Rev. Sir Geo. S. Robinson, Bart., M.A., of Trinity Col lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Cranford St. John, Northamptonshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Daniel Baseley : patron, the Bishop of Lincoln. On the 14th ultimo, the Rev. Henry Freeland, Rector of Hasketon, Suffolk, was instituted, by the Lord Bishop of London, to the Rectory of Ovington, together with the Cha pel of Albright ; and, on the same day, to the Rectory of Silbury (junta Clare), in the county of Essex. Rev. Henry Headly, M.A., of Caius College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Brinsop, Herefordshire : patron, the Bishop of Hereford. Rev. C. Bury, of St. Luke's, Skerton, to be Curate of St. Anne's, Lancaster. Rev. Wilfri d Lawson Jarrett, 8.A., of St. John's Col lege, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Camerton, Somersetshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Skinner : patron, J. Jar rett, Esq. Rev. Robert Halburd to the Prebend of Killanully, vacant by the death of the Rev. Richard Lloyd. Rev. William Irwin, late Curate of Fenagh, to the Chapel of Ease in the town of Mountmellick, Ireland. (From the Cambridge Chronicle.) In reply to a communication from the Undergraduates of this university, Lord Melbourne writes " that there is no intention of granting to the Undergraduates of the Univer sities an additional term on the occasion of her Majesty's marriage." At a congregation on Wednesday last the degree of Doctor in Divinity was conferred by Royal Mandate on the Right Rev. Henry Pepys, of St. Johns College, the New Bishop of Sodor and Man. At the same congregation the following degrees were con ferred : MASTER OF ARTS. James Bitown, Trinity College. Barrett Edward Lampet, Corpus Christi College. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Charles Tizard Davies, Queen's College. Kenneth M`Kenzie Pughe, St. John's College. The Rev. Ed. Hill, of Christ Church, Oxford, was admit ted ad eundem of this university. The Rev. Henry Headly, M.A., of Gonville and Caius College, in this university, was on the 21st instant, collated by the Lord Bishop of Hereford, to the vicarage of Brinsop, Herefordshire ; patron, the Bishop of Hereford. The Rev. Henry Freeland, Rector of Hasketon, Suffolk, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop of London, to the Rectory of Ovingtou, with the Chapelry of Allbrights, and the Rectory of Tilbury, Essex. On Thursday, the 20th instant, E. W. Relton, Esq. 8.A., of Pembroke College, in this university, was unanimously elected Vice-Principal of the Collegiate School, Sheffield. On the 7th instant, the Rev. Thomas Cornfield Haddon, LL.B., was licensed to the perpetual Curacy of Tunstall, in the gift of the Lord Bishop of Norwich. The Rev. John Anthon- Partridge, M.A., has been insti tuted to the Rectory of Baconthorp, in Norfolk, on the pre sentation of John Thurston lMott, of Town Barningham Hall, in the said county, Esq. The Rev. Charles Edward Kennaway, M. A., of St. John's College, in this University, to the Incumbency of the new church called Christ Church, at Lansdowne, Cheltenham. Charles W. Goodwin, Esq.,_ of Catharine Hall, in this University, has been elected a Fellow of that society. THE HONOURABLE AND LOYAL SOCIETY OF ANCIENT BRITONS. (From the Morning Herald of Tuesday.) The 126th anniversary festival of this noble charity was celebrated, yesterday afternoon, at the Freemasons' Tavern. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, supported by the Primate of Ireland, Lord Powis, Lord Kenyon, Lord Brecknock, Lord Neville, the Hon. R. Clive, Sir J. Graham, Sir Charles Morgan, M.P., Col. Wood, M.P., for Brecon, Sir B. Hall, M.P., Sir G. Carroll, R. Richards, Esq., M.P., Sergeant Atcherly, 0. Morgan, Esq., Colonel Jones, &c. Upwards of 300 gentlemen sat down to dinner. After the customary loyal toasts, which were enthusiasti cally responded to, The illustrious Chairman said, that to the toast which he now had to propose to them, they would have to show re spect by their silence—it was in " Memory of their late Pre sident, Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, who for 40 years of his life was one of the greatest benefactors the charity ever had." The toast was then drunk in silence , the choir chanting the requiem, "Peace! peace! to his sainted spirit—peace!" The toast of "The Army and Navy" having been drunk with the usual honours. The royal Chairman begged to propose " The Principality of Wales—Cloud cheers)—and may we," said his royal high ness, " soon have a Prince of Wales." (Enthusiastic cheer ing, which continued for several minutes.) The toast was responded to with vehement plaudits, and one cheer more again and again. The children educated by the charity were then introduced and led round the hall. Their healthy and cleanly appear ance and cheerful countenances elicited frequent marks of approbation from the company. Upon the children retiring, The illustrious Chairman said, that the very interesting sight which gentlemen had just witnessed, would, he was sure, induce them heartily to respond to the toast he was abouttopropose—" Prosperity tothe Welch Charity School." (Loud cheers.) It was impossible to witness the healthy, cleanly, and cheerful looks of the children, without deeply estimating the noble charity by which their personal comforts were so admirably attended to, and through the means of which, too, he might add, their moral and religious nurture. was attended to with an anxiety equally laudable, equally ad mirable. (Cheers.) It was impossible, he repeated, to be hold 170 children thus reared in industrious habits, and a pure and holy religion, without being moved. (Cheers.) And he could himself answer, personally answer, for the excellent manner in which the school in Gray's Inn-lane was con ducted. (Cheers.) He had visited the place within the last week, and it afforded him a high gratification indeed to be able to assure them that everything which fell under his eye, in the close inspection be then made, did the greatest credit to those who superintended the charity. (Cheers.) As a proof of the sound education given to the children in the school, he would mention to the company a fact which had just been communicated to him by a gentleman present, and that was, that but one case had ocenrred of a child educated by the charity being brought before a court of justice. (Loud cheers.) It would be impossible to offer stronger evidence in support of the excellent morality taught under this noble charity. (Cheers.) He hoped that such an institution might long flourish—(cheers ;) and he trusted that gentlemen pre sent would show their desire that it should flourish by their liberally contributing that night in support of its funds. (Cheers.) He now begged to conclude by proposing" Pros perity to the Welch Charity School," with three-times-three. The toast was drunk with enthusiastic cheering. Song—Owen Glendwyr's war song. Air—" The rising of the lark." Mr. Collyer and chorus. Ilis Royal Highness next proposed " The President of the Charity, Lord Powis," which was responded to with cheers repeated again and again. Lord Powis begged leave to return his grateful thanks for the honour they had just conferred upon him. They would allow him to take this the first and earliest, and indeed best opportunity for him, to return his thanks for the honour they had done him in electing him the president of their valuable society. (Cheers.) He was well aware of the diffi culties he had to encounter in succeeding to a person so emi nently beloved by every truehearted Welcbman—(cheers)— respected wherever he was known,—(loud cheers)—and who, he believed, never had, within the Principality, one single person who could be construed into this enemy. (Loud cheers.) Difficult, however, as the task might be to any individual who might sueceed to that lamented gentleman, yet he (Lord Powis) did not belong to a family that would be deterred by difficulties which it was a duty to encounter. (Hear, hear.) Those difficulties would urge him the more to endeavour to rival him, if by possibility that could be the case, in their affections, and in an anxious desire, through a long life, if it should please God to spare him, to promote the best interests of this valuable institution. (Loud cheers.) The national song and chorus of " St. David's Day" was then sung by Mr. Fitzwilliam, who introduced the following verse, to the most loyally expressed approbation of the company : " An English prince his succour lends To cherish the distressed, Surrounded by old Cambria's friends, Obeying Heaven's behest ; And here, where loyalty prevails, O let us fondly pray, That we may have a Prince of Wales On next St. David's Day." Lord Powis said the toast, with the proposing of which he had been honoured, was " The Health of the President of the day, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,"— (loud cheers)—the son of one of the most illustrious monarchs that ever presided over this great kingdom,—(loud cheers) — and the brother of one of the most munificent patrons this charity ever had—(cheers) ;—and his royal highness was in his own person a brilliant example of one who knew his duty equally in his high and royal station and as a simple citizen presiding as he did that day over one of the most valuable institutions in the empire. (Cheers.) He called upon them to honour the toast as became the principality. The toast was drunk with enthusiastic and prolonged cheering. The illustrious Duke, in returning thanks, said he should always feel great pleasure in giving his countenance and sup port to so noble a charity as that of the honorable and loyal society of Ancient Britons. (Cheers.) The following toasts were next given :—" The Archbishop of Armagh," " Sir Charles Morgan, and the other Vice- Presidents of the Society," and the Vice-Presidents of the day." Col. Wood, M.P. then proceeded to read the list of sub scriptions. Among them were:those of her Majesty's annual subscription of 100 guineas, the Queen Dowager, £25 ; Duchess of Kent, £25 ; Duke of Cambridge, £25 ; (in addi tion to the five guineas given at the charity sermon preached by the Archbisop of Armagh in the morning, and a sum of £3O previously given—making in the total £6O) ; the Duke of Newcastle, £5O ; Earl Powis, £5O ; Sir Charles Morgan, .£5O (annual subscription) ; Mr. C. Morgan, £5O (annual subscription) ; Mr. A. Morgan, £5 ; Hon. C. Wynn, ten 1 G : e r a a s h ( a a m 7u t a e l n subscription) gui tleas (a guineas (annual subscription); Marquis of Anglesey, 25 Dynevor, £25 ; Rev. C. Williams, ; guineas (annual subscription) • Col. Wood M. P. 25 i ; (the nual n .G . 21 guineas;Trevor~ Evans ; five guineas announcement f tis Jr. ubscri Sh ptio .ff n subscription) ; Sheriff was received with shouts of applause, which continued for some time ;) Marquis of Westminster the illustrious chairman) £5O ; r through the hands of Jones, 10 guineas; Sir B. Hall, £5 . : Powell 5 guineas; Col. Mr. R. Jones, £5O ; Marquis of Dowoonii.R. Clive, £25 ; ire, 20 guineas ; Marquis Camden, 10 guineas ; Earl Breck flock, 10 guineas ; Duke of Northumberland, six guineas • 7 Bishop of St. Asaph 10 guineas ; Bishop of Bangor, 10 guineas; the P • riate Ireland, ; Mr. Gore, M. five guineas •, Lord Boston, of £10; Hon. Mr, Mostyn , £ lO ; Justice B osanqu ston, et, five gu i n eas ; Sergeant Atcherley, five guineas. Col Wood was happy to announce to the company that the list of subscriptions raised during the evening was larger than, any that had been raised for many years—cheer s ) ; h e be lieved he might venture to say, larger th a n ever before col lected—(loud cheers,) for it amounted to £1,503 2s.—(lm mense cheers.) During the evening, s everal airs and glees were sung in exce ll e nt style by the professional gentlemen present, Mas ters Coward and Herring, Messrs. Bellamy, Collyer, A an _ del, Gear, Fitzwilliam, Parry , Richards, Ca kin, and Parry, " jun. the last of whom gave " The Maid of Llangollen great sweetness, and evidently to the delight of the royal chairman, who heartily.joined in the unanimous call for its repetition. r •-•-- - r7 1,- , -- . --, ,_ , .';• - •--T. cr 04 , 6 •., ;...) , 4:/.. , 11 . •;i: r ... ~. - ~..r . t , 241, 4 1 1 -.)- ?*".."- V. ;1 , • 7.444 (77 ;...- ;-, , „, , zec ..... 1,, , •,,C , 47 „ c a• ~...,, ir:'.'4l. IV , ....- •-0 MISCELLANEOUS. SINGULAR DOWRY.—A shoemaker recently got married to the daughter of a nailer in Ardee, and the fortune the man of lasts got with the maid of the anvil is six years sup ply of nails for whatever shoes he makes ! Mrs. Bolton, of Storrs Hall, Windermere, last week, ac cording to annual custom, distributed a quantity of coals to each poor family in Bowness and the adjacent distrint.— Carlisle Patriot. WELLINGTON TESTIM ONI AL.—We are happy to announce that the subscriptions for this public-spirited undertaking already amount to the munificent sum of £6,200. —Glasgow Mail. LONGEVITY.—Within a circle of a mile in the township of Fiusthwaite, reside three individuals, whose united ages amount to 281 years.—Lancaster Gazette. - The Earl of Shrewsbury has begun the erection of a new Roman Catholic chapel and school at Alton Towers.— Wor cester .Tournal. The Earl of Stradbroke has purchased the extensive estates of Viscount Middleton, in the county of Waterford for £98,000. INCREASE OF EMIGRATION. — Instead of 1,500 persons who emigrated to Australia in 1838, the total number of 1839 is actually 15,000 ten times the number. Mr. Cornwall Legh has been actively canvassing the con servative freeholders of this town and neighbourhood during the week, and we are happy'to say with a success which places his return for this division of the county beyond the shadow of a doubt. —Stockport Advertiser. REPRESENTATION OF NORTH CHESHIRE.—For several days during the week, Mr. Cornwall Legh has been actively engaged in a personal canvass of the electors, resident in Macclesfield. We are told that the success he has met with has been highly satisfactory to him, and the friends of con servatism.—Staffordshire Gazette. CHICHESTER.—Mr. Hector, the present Whig member for Petersfield, has expressed his intention of resigning his seat at any future election. Mr. J. B. Carter, sou of the late member for Portsmouth, comes forward on the Whig interest. but without the slightest chance of success against Sir W. Jolliffe, the Conservative candidate.—Brighton Gazette. The will of the late Mr. John Holroyd, of Northumber land-street, Strand, plumber to her Majesty, the public offices, &c., was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canter bury on the 6th inst. and the personal estate sworn under £90,000. The deceased, many years since, saved the life of his late Majesty George the Third,.when fired at by Hatfield, the lunatic, at the theatre. LORD FRANCIS EGERTO:si. — This nobleman has lately be come owner, by purchase, of the Astley Estate, Cheshire. There were many competitors for the property, but which was eventually knocked down to his lordship at between 78 and £79,000. Very various, indeed, were the views of the bidders as to its value, some of whom ceased their biddings after £56,020 had been offered. ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY. — About ten days ago, a gentleman residing in the neighbourhood of Rothbury, took a fishing excursion. In a single day's fishing in the Coquet with a fly, he caught the incredible number of 13 well-grown Salmon ' • the largest weighing 171b5., was taken out of the Birkey Pool, a place well known to anglers.—Newcastle Journal. In 1444, 28th Henry VI., a petition was presented to the House of Commons, stating, that for default of halfpence and farthings, men, " travailling over contree.s, for part of their expences of necessitie, must depart our Soveraigne Lorde's coigne, that is to wete, a penny in two peces, or elles forgo all the same peny for the palement of an half peny." In a paper read by Mr. Read, before the English Agricul tural Society, in March last, it is stated, that if a pound only was laid out in drainage on each acre now in cultivation in Great Britain and Ireland, (and not including any waste grounds,) a demand for country labour, amounting to 48 millions sterling would thus be created, inasmuch as there are 48 millions cf acres so cultivated. FALKIRK BURGHS. — It is understood that Major Ander son, of Essex. is to offer himself as a candidate for these burghs at the next election ; and Mr. Gillon has obtained leave of absence from the House of Commons for a month, with the view, it is imagined, of meeting his opponent in an active canvass. The London correspondent of the Caledo nian Mercury anticipates a dissolution in autumn at farthest, and urges reformers to prepare for the contest which will then take place.—Glasgow Mail. The column to the Emperor Alexander, recently erected in St. Petersburg, is 135 feet high, without the figures which surmount it ; it is constructed of blocks of marble of enor mous dimensions—one of them is no less than 84 feet by 124 feet in size. The whole cost of this monument was £400,000 sterling. These " barbarians" of the north will find it difficult to believe that in civilised and wealthy Eng land we cannot raise a twentieth part of the sum to rear a monument to the great naval hero of the age and country ; and that much less than a moiety of it is refused for the erection of a structure, in which British merchants will be expected to meet for centuries to come.—Art-Union. IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF METALS.—We have before us the annual statement of imports and exports of metals, fur nished us by Mr. John Richards, and now present to our readers an abstract, carefully made, which will be found use ful, while we must refer those anxious for further details to the document itself. It appears that the exports for the past two years are as follows : XPORTS 1838. 1839. Increase. Decrease tons 102,766 112,599 9,793 .... 1,478 2,738 1.260 Iron Steel Copper calves Copper sheets Tin blocks... 3,577 Tin plates Lead .... 3,252 5;412 6,20 i 3,871 2.931 218,323 197,980 9,100 9,378 940 20,343 Spelter Quicksilver.. lbs. 2,360,672 2,423,081 62,409 From which it will be seen that the increase in the exports of iron, on that of the preceding year, is about 91 per cent. ; steel 85 per cent. ; copper, in sheets and nails, 15 per cent. ; lead 3 per cent. ; spelter 82 per cent. ' • and quicksilver nearly 3 per cent.; while in cake copper the decrease has been about 10 per cent., and there has been also a decrease in tin blocks and plates—in the former to the extent of 24 per cent., and the latter about 9 per cent. The imports for home consump tion for the past three years are thus enumerated ; IMPORTS. :ron Steel 1837. 1838. 1839. Increase Decrease last 12 months. :..:tons 11,477 17,301 18,516 1,215 Copper Tin Lead 110 171 13 -. 2 1 10 85 12 Speller 2,335 3,506 4,760 1,254 Quicksilver..lbs. 309,099 408,580 331,247 78,333 Showing an increase of nearly 7 per cent. on iron, and 26 per cent. on spelter, in the year 1839; or upwards of 50 per cent. on the former, and 100 per cent. on the latter, in the two past years. The decrease has principally been in quick silver, which shows a diminution of about 25 per cent., while it should, however, be remarked, that the excess of stock in London on Ist January, 1840, over that of Ist January, 1839, is 140,000Ibs.—Mining Journal. GALLANT EXPLOIT IN 1745.—About twenty years ago a venerable and hale -looking peasant, who could remember the irruption of the Jacobite clans in 1745, was fond of bask ing in the sun. and, with the garrulity natural to old age, relating anecdotes of old times to such listeners as he could find in the gardens of his native parish, Cramond, situated on the Firth of Forth, about five miles north-west from Edin burgh. He said he was a " callant," that is, stripling, when the highlanders crossed the country on their way to the Scotch metropolis, which, with the exception of the castle, surren rendered at their approach. His father occupied at that time one of those small holdings, then so common, but which are now merged in the extensive parks and farms which now distinguish the Lothians. The invaders, he said, were an ill-clad and half-starved looking, but by no means ferocious soldiery ; and, as a specimen of their manners, he related that a party of them happening to cross his father's door as his mother was busy at the churn, they entered, making signs for food and chattering Gaelic, and unceremoniously helping themselves to spoons, emptied the contents of the churn into their own stomachs. A pair of new Sunday shoes were also taken from the shelf; but, on the principle that exchange was no robbery, a pair of well-worn brogues, shoes rudely made of untanned hide, was left instead. But what the old man was fondest of telling was an exploit which gave no small proof of the courage and military skill of the young farmers of the parish. The " Pretender," before leaving Edinburgh on his romantic expedition into Derbyshire, wanted to increase his cavalry, and with this view sent par ties, consisting chiefly of officers, to levy horses in the coun try round his bead-quarters. One such party had arrived at Cramond, and had collected the best horses in the parish at a large square house in the centre of the village, into which they went themselves to repair the fatigues of their search with a substantial dinner, and probably somewhat over copious potations. Meanwhile the young farmers were re solved that their best horses should not be taken away without an attempt at rescue. The precipitous banks of the Almond were then as now fringed and tufted with trees and bushes, among which the gallant farmers contrived to muster with what arms they could find ; and sallying out from this rendezvous, they at once surrounded the house where the partisans of a dynasty for which they had no affection, were securely regaling themselves. So complete was their success, that they disarmed, and made prisoners of the whole party, sent them off in boats to his majestp's sloop of war, the Fox, then lying in the Firth, and left not a man to return to Edinburgh, and relate the mishap that had befallen the ex pedition. The horses were, of course, recovered.—Saturday Magazine. • NEW YORK.—The situation of New York is rather low, being built upon the southern end of what is called Manhattan Island, (the name originally given to it by the Dutch,) a strip of land about fifteen miles in length, but hardly two in breadth at its widest part. Though called an island, it is more pro perly a peninsula, since it is separated from the main land towards the north by a channel which is little more than a mere ditch. Manhattan is separated from the state of New Jersey by the North or Hudson River, and a narrow inlet of the sea, called the East River, communicating with Long Island Sound, and the Bay of New York bounds it on the east, and separates it from Long Island. At present the city extends from the south point of this strip of land (where there is a strong battery) about three miles northward ; but the ground plot is laid out to a much greater extent, and here and there may be seen isolated buildings, many of them marking the corners and angles of future streets and squares destined hereafter to be comprised within the bustle of this rapidly increasing city. There are two approaches to New York from the sea; but that by Long Island Sound and the East River is little used, except for small craft and steam vessels plying to different ports in the Eastern States. The other and principal entrance is at Sandy Hook, a channel lying between Long Island and the coast of New Jersey. It s somewhat exposed to the winds from the eastward ; and, on account of a bar or sandbank, the entrance is attended with some danger or difficulty. Within the Hook is Raritan Bay, and here of a breadth of several miles, which breadth, however, decreases, until at the Narrows," the distance between the Long Island shore and this island is only nine hundred yards. After passing through the Narrows, the danger of the voyage may be considered over, and New York and its environs present themselves to view. The whole distance from the sea to the city is sixteen miles. Notwith standing the vast extent of shipping connected with and trading to New York, it has nothing like an enclosed har bour. But the anchorage between the eastern part of the city and Long Island shore, which is here lofty, is both good and safe. The tides rise but a few feet on this part of the American coast; so were docks absolutely necessary for the security of the shipping, they could scarcely be made avail able. Buildings have already encroached considerably upon this section of the East River, and numerous small low wooden piers jut out into the water, for vessels to load and unload at ; the spaces between them forming a series of small basins, without gates, are called "slips, and are found ex ceedingly convenient for the general purposes of ships and shipping,. The older portions of the city do not present much taste or regularity in the buildings and streets, although great improvements have been made from time to time, par ticularly in situations where fires have occurred, the most extensive being that which took place three or four years ago. With the single exception of Broadway, however, there is not a street that would strike the stranger as in any degree remarkable. Broadway commences at the extreme southern end of the city, at the Castle Gardens, and runs pretty nearly along the centre of the island ; but, owing to several slight ascents and descents, in passing along the ridge, the view is never so extensive as one might be led to suppose.—Saturday Magazine. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, kc. Devon, J Gething, 400 Sincapore, Lintin and Canton, W & J Tyrer 330 Calcutta, Bold & Starkey 338 Calcutta, T & J Brocklebank Warlock, Patriot King, J Clarke, WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Calista, C Pallott, 302 Honduras, 1) Buchanan & Son Calder, W Turner, 226 St. Thomas, Imrie & Tomlinson Hardware, W Viner, 152 Demerara, J Bibby & Co Eblana, W Rowlands, 152 Trinidad, J Gordon or J Poole & Co UNITED STATES. 527 Savannah, Wildes, Pickersgill & Co 1001 New York, Brown, Shipley & Co 428 New Orleans, Focke & Boult BRITISH AMERICA. Sarah, W Taber, 417 St. John, N.B. Wildes, Pickersgill & Co Lavinia, E Brown, 245 Montreal, Buchanan & Co Earl of Durham, J C Dixon, 244 Halifax, Wildes, Pickersgill &Co Susan Crane, T Coffin, 116 Halifax, N.S. Graham & Taylor Augusta, W Rae, 417 Quebec, J Poole & Co Eagle, A Campbell, 140 St John, Nflnd, Graham & Taylor Corsair, J Harland, Sheridan, A De Peyster, Rowena, E Read, EUROPE. .280 Odessa. J Laird 150 Ostend, Bahr, Behrend &Co 230 Algiers, Cadiz and Monte Video, Imrie & Tomlinson Tyro, J Fray, 69 Havre and Gibraltar, Bahr, Behrend & Co 28th May, Nakkskow, 100 Frederickstaat, Bahr, Behrend &Co Venilia, it J Kranenburg, 154 Rotterdam, Bahr, Behrend & Co Harriet, P Beniest, 382 Antwerp, C G Weber & Co Margaretha, Ii H Koster, 120 Amsterdam, Bahr, Bchrend &Co Elizabeth, H Pothoff, 117 Liebau, Ditto Betsey Hall, J Coaker, 151 Syra & Constantinople, Ditto Nemesis, W H Hall, Augusta, F J De Jaeghere, Alert, S Ban, SMITHFIELD, MARCH 2. This day's market was well stocked with all descriptions, except Calves, of which the supply did not exceed 50. Trade generally heavy, and prices for Beast, Sheep, and Pigs, lower on an average of 3d per stone. Flne Veal realises a slight advance, but the aspect of the market is decidedl - , downwards. &bipping Yrntelligtint. TUESDAY, MA acit a—Wind East. ARRlVED.—lsabella, White, from Dundee—and Warlock, —, from Whitehaven. OFF.—Amelia, , from Leghorn—and Harriet, Benuet, from Antwerp. SAILED.—Jane Goudie, Davy, for Rio Janeiro—Alexander, Al brecht, for Danzic—New Jersey, Dickson, for Charleston—Zoe, Holmes, for Calcutta—Romulus, Garson, for Africa—Llama, Clay ton. for St. Thomas and Santa Martha—Juno, Sphor, for Danzie— Amalia, Zimmerman, for Pillau—and Antelope, Jones, for Africa. Royal Mail, Minter, sailed from Scilly for St. Michael's Bth Feb. ; Flyingfish, Edwards, for Constantinople, 18th Feb. and Premier, Newman, for Gibraltar, 27th Feb. Dolphin, Chrunivant, for Nantes; Meteore, Demain, for Ostend ; Marie Antoinette, Ocket, and Leopold Ist, Curling, for Antwerp, at Scilly Prospertie, Reitzke, hence for Danzic, at Stmmness Temperance, Lessant, from Smyrna at Falmouth Ceres, Tyrer, from Marseilles at ditto; on the 20th Feb. in lat. 41, long. 12, spoke the Henry Woolley, hence to Havana John Souchay, , from Gibraltar to Monte Video, was spoken Jan. 16th, in lat. 4 N. long. 2s W. Gilbert Henderson. Tweedie, from London at Teneriffe, and sailed 14th Jan. for New South Wales Plym, Davies, and Athol, Gleg, from Odessa at Constantinople Quiz, Lachlan, hence at Constantinople Albanian, Winsor, sailed from Leghorn 14th Feb. for Zante, and Britannia, Volum, 16th Feb. for this port Victorosio, Azzopardi, from Smyrna at Gibraltar, and sailed 18th Feb. for this port Lloyds. Blandford, from Licati at Gibraltar, and sailed 17th Feb. for this port Bessy Robertson, Christie, from Zante at Gibraltar, and sailed 20th Feb. for this port Black-eyed Susan, Watkins, sailed from Gibraltar for Genoa, 15th Feb. . . Charlotte Amelia, Tavares, hence at Oporto Swallow, Wilson, sailed from Oporto for this port 13th Feb. Ituria, Sanderson, from Calcutta and Rio Janeiro at Scilly, with damage, having been in contact with a French vessel Roseland, Dunstone, hence for Bilboa at Scilly, after being 200 miles to the westward Anne, from Rio Janeiro, off Dover Egidius Steene, hence to Ostend, at Scilly Hebe, Amos, hence for London at Scilly, after striking on Bacon Ledge, but got off with trifling damage HOLYHEAD, 2nd March.—The Garleston, Shields, from Charles town for this port, has been in contact with a light ship, and is leaky. Wind E.S.E. strong breeze John Souchay, —, from Gibraltar for Monte Video, was spoken 16th Jan. in lat. 40 0 N, long. W Henry, Woolley, hence for Havana, was spoken 20th Feb. in lat. 41 0, long. 12 0 THURSO, Feb. 27.—The Medea, Blackhert, four days from Liver pool for Pillau, has been in the Pentland Frith for two days be calmed, with a thick fog STROMSESS, Feb. 26.—The Germania, Kross, from Wismar, for Liverpool; Prosperite, Raetzke, from Liverpool for Danzic, Ma jestic, Rossie, from Liverpool for Newcastle, and Jane, Young, from Liverpool for Montrose—Wind S. BRISTOL, Feb. 29.—The Woodcock, Simpson, from Liverpool for New Orleans. put in here through stress of weather, has been re paired, and cleared this day for her destined port WEDNESDAY, MARCll:4.—wind E fresh. ARRIVED.—South America, Bailey, from New York—Marmora, Neyers, from New Orleans. SAlLED.—British Queen, Gladston, for Trieste and Ancona— Colombia, Blaney, for St. Vincent and Santa Martha—Eleanora, Balewyk, and Pauline, Schrienberg, for Ostend—lsabella, Miller, for Genoa—Princess Victoria, Reay, for Genoa and Leghorn— Elizabeth Wood, —, for Barbadoes—Universe. Black, for Ber. bice—ldris, Legget, for Tortola—and Isabella, Dempster, for Rot. terdam and Dordt. Priscilla, —, from Aricati, at Crookhaven Wm. Salthouse, Stanton, from Porto Rico, and Ralph Wylam, M'Kenzie, from Odessa, at the Cove—both for this port Constellation, Davies, from St. John, N.B. and Kingstown, at the Clyde James Hunt, —, hence for Virginia, was spoken Ist Feb. in lat. 40 0, long. 57 0 British Queen, (steamer) from London, at Portsmouth, and sailed 2nd instant for New York Cremore, Shapley, from Pernambuco, at Trieste Tiber, Lamb, sailed from Trieste for Dublin 15th Feb. Naiad, Watson, from Odessa, at Cork Albion, Martin, from Figueira, at ditto John Denniston, Barker, sailed from Falmouth for this port Ist instant Courier, —, and Eliza Sanders, —, from Smyrna for this port, were spoken 7th Feb. off Cape de Gatt STRALSUND, Feb. 25.—The river is again closed by ice. THURSDAY, MARCH 5 , A RRlVEl).—Athena, —, from Whitehaven—Gazelle, from St. Michael's. SAILED.—York, Legg, and Coronation, Broadley, for St. John, N.B.—Higginson, Hogg, for Bombay—Aurora, Schroeder, for Konigsberg—Harmony, Douglas, for the Cape of Good Hope— Win. Ackers, Nicol, for Laguira and Puerto Cabello—and Persian, Robins, for New Orleans. Lalla Rookl►, , from Marseilles for Liverpool, at Beaumaris Thalia, Rogers, from Leghorn for Liverpool, at Waterford Marwood, Barnes, from London, ditto ditto Greyhound, Mivett, from Messina, and Courier, Stamford, from Smyrna, for Liverpool, at the Cove Fergus, Dron, for New Orleans, which was on shore near Gal. way, has been got off, after discharging near all her cargo imports. UNITED STATES. -.- South America, (587) D G Bailey, from New York, 3 brls 2hf tees contents unknown, G Wright and co—] box do, 11 More and co—i package do, Purton, Parker and co -298 bales cotton, Melly, Prevost and co-87 do, J Edelsten and Son-61 do, Phipps and co —67 do, Waddington, Holt and co-45 do, Hornhy and Marsden -500 brls flour, Baring Brothers and co—l3o do, J Holgate-100 tees flaxseed, order-100 do, C J and J Gaussen-402 hf and 202 1-qr chests tea, exportation, 600 qr chests do, K Dowie and co-98 chests do, Fairclough and Frost-300 hrls turpentine, 12 brls jewellers' sweeping, Wades, Pickersgill and co-200 wet salted hides, Mitchell, Tooker and co-12 bales woollen shawls, order -8 bales woollens, G Barker and co—lo brls iron ore, Tennants, Clow and co-8 hhds 1 brl sweepwashers' sand, J Alston and Son —g bundles shooks, 1 cask heading, J W Shaw—Q EUROPE. Amelia, (199) D White, from Leghorn, 12 blocks marble, D Wil link—about 40 tons manganese, W Carson-6 cases alabaster works, Bushby and Son-1 parcel samples, J Sv,ire-1 cask iron ore, no consignee-23 pees marble, about 20 tons brimstone, 353 boxes 31 casks 76 cases argols, 1 cask returned argols, 355 bales cotton, 45 bales hemp, 8 bales wool, 7 bales returned goods, 8 bales contents nnknown, 2 brls 5 hf brls 1 case anchovies, 1 case 2 trunks 1 bag apparel, 1 cask chalk, 1 box straw platting, 1 parcel samples order-100 bags juniper berries, 1 case a marble table, 30 casks pumice stone, 2 cases alabaster, 166 boxes paste, M•Gachan— Q D Anna Margaretha, (150) II Nieman, from Rostock, 1100 qrs bar ley, Richardson Brothers and co—Q D Snowdrop, (104) C Trewaras, juu. from Palermo, 1 hhd wine, I trunk apparel, 1000 bags shumac, order-196 bags shumac, 33 brls raisins, 60 bags hazel nuts, J Moss and co-1 qr cask wine, A Browne iC Sous-300 boxes oranges, Rathbone Brothers and co— SD Friedrich Carl, (80) H Beaker, from Hambro', 11 cases contents unknown, 13 cases Congreve tinder boxes, S A Brandeis and co— -1 case 1 small sample box glass beads, M and B Joseph—lso brls beef, T Rimrner—'2s bags tares, 80 bags cloves-seed, order-25 tons spelter, Lindon and co—loo brls pork, 24 bags rags, Green and Taylor—l case insects, A Melly-42 packages furniture, S Alexan der-1 box linen, Geller and co-1 box lamps, Dieseldorff, Hahn and co—G D Fortuna, (194) F Taay, from Dordt, 120 tons oak bark, Neuman and Engel—Q D Jonge Louis, (63) T M Mulder, from Amsterdam, about 535 qrs oats, imer; Paulet and co-2 cases curacoa, D Willink—Q D Drie Gebroeders, (80) ii .1 Puister, from Amsterdam, 550 qrs wheat, 1 case liqueurs, Holdforth, Bald and co—Q D PRICES OF SHARES, MARCH 5. Prices. This day Last RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester 7O paid 53 0 0 .... Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 61 0 0 .... Bolton and Preston Bristol and Exeter 25 .... .... Chester and Crewe 4O .... 41 5 0 .... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven g paid 3 5 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 17 paid 16 10 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar 1 30 pain 30 0 0 .... Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares 3O .... 85 0 0 .... 85 10 0 Great Western 65 .... 68 10 0 .... Ditto new shares 3O .... 30 10 0 .... Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 0 0 0 .... Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham go 152 10 0 .... Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto an.i Southampton 5O .... 43 10 0 ... Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester 6O 70 10 0 .... Ditto half shares Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 71 0 0 .... Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 25 .... 12 17 6 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland New North Midland lO .... 16 7 6 .... South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap.. 100 paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland 4O paid 51 10 0 .... BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 745 0 Oexcliv Bank of Liverpool .el2los paid 21 17 6ex div. - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 17 15 u .... - Liverpool Union lO .... 12 17 6 .... - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales lO .... 7 15 o - of Manchester lO .... 11 2 6 . • - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 9 15 o - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO .... 15 17 6 ... • Commercial Bank of England • 5 .... 3 13 6 .... East of England lO 9 7 6 .... Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. 712 6 .... GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 164 0 0 .... L'pool and Harrington Water 1210 475 0 0 . . • Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 370 0 0•• • • L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .elOO .... 191 0 0 .... Ditto new sillies are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance J 2, pa i d 2 2 6 .... Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... 812 0 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 2 1 6..114 ex div. DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 ... • 9 76 • • • • Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 105. Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company lO . Harrington Docks 100 .. • • Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool; (Poloncean) 3 14 6 5 7 6 .... 3 16 6 .... 6 12 0.... o 0 0 .... 10 5 0 .... O 14 0 .... O 15 0 .... SHARE MARKET; THURSDAY EVENING. Our Share Market has continued dull during the week, and to. day, owing to the Great Steeple Chase, we have a complete suspen sioU of business. We can therefore only refer to our quotations. liflatitttri. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MARCH 4. The sales on Thursday last were 3500 bags ; Friday 5000 ; Satur• day 2500; Monday 3000; Tuesday 2500; and to-day 3000. The business done since last week has been very moderate, and the market has been in a very quiet state. Prices remain without change, last week's quotations being easily realized. The non arrival of Cotton, owing to the prevalence of easterly winds, has caused stocks to decrease materially. The week's import amounts to 4706 bags. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, MARCH 3. (From the Circular of 111:_essrs„ James Scott and Son.) Owing to a continuance of easterly winds since last Tuesday, che imports of Grain have again been very moderate, (though some few arrivals have occurred from the southern ports coastways,) and the demand has been equally so, but at fully the prices last quoted for every article in the Corn trade, and on some parcels of Wheat, of superior quality, a small advance was obtained here and in the markets of Yorkshire for the past week. The only alteration in the duties on Grain, from foreign ports, since Friday, is an increase of Is 6d per quarter on Barley, Indian Corn, and Buck Wheat. Some further parceis of Flour on the passage from America, and also lying here, in bond, have changed hands at 30s to 31s, and some small parcels for export at 31s 6d to 32s per barrel. There is some demand for Oat.; in bond, for ex port, at fully the prices quoted; but all other Grain, in bond, find sales, as if free, allowing the duties. Notwithstanding the advance in London yesterday of 2s per qr. on English V*heat, proceeding chiefly from the improvement in its quality by the dry frosty weather which continues to prevail, we experienced but . a very limited demand at this day's market, and a very thin attendance ; supporting, however, fully the prices of this day week fcr every article in the Corn trade. WHEAT, per 701bs s. d. s. d. 111 INDIAN CORN, 4801 t, English lO o@l2 4 I Red 45 01x246 0 Scotch 9 9 10 9 White 46 0 47 0 6 ii 9 6 0o o o Irish Bonded BARLEY, per qr. English 45 0 46 0 Chevalier 47 0 48 0 Scotch, per 601 b. 5 4 6 0 Irish 4 6 5 6 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 OATS, per 451 b. English Scotch 4 1 4 3 Irish 3 7 3 11 Foreign, in bond 3 6 4 0 Ditto, duty free 4 0 4 3 RYE, per quarter MA I.T, per qr. fine 7O 0 74 0 middling 56 0 68 0 BEANS, per quarter. English 45 0 50 0 Irish 44 0 46 0 PEAS, Grey 3B 0 44 0 White 44 0 48 0 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b. In bond l4 0 17 0 FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. Fine 52 0 59 0 Irish 48 0 57 0 Amer. qp , bd. free Sweet U.S 42 0 44 0 Sour 40 0 41 0 OATMEAL, per 2401 b. English 32 0 33 0 Ditto, new 34 0 34 6 Scotch 32 0 33 0 LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, MARCH 5. The Butter trade continues brisk, but the operations are entirely speculative, consumers touching with extreme caution. Pickled Buttez commands more attention, a few hundred firkins having been purchased for shipment to South America.—No alteration whatever either in price or demand for Beef and Pork. FROM THE LONDON PRICES CURRENT, MARCH 4, 1840. The markets for West India, East India, and China produce are buoyant, but the business actually transacted on 'Change this after noon, was not upon an extensive scale. The demand for Tea is rather improving. Company's Congons were at 2E 8d to 2s aid per lb for Cash, and 2s 8d to 2s 10d per lb for short prompts. Rather above 7,000 bags of Saltpetre were publicly offered this afternoon, and the prices realised for that part of it which was sold was, quality considered, about the same as were previous!) , obtained. BALTIC PRODUCE.—The late movements in the Tallow Markets are thus detailed in one of the monthly " Circulars " just issued " From the commencement to the middle of February the price of Tallow gradually advanced from 49s 6d to 5I s 9d per cwt. for de livery in February or March, or proportions in March and April. The trade in the mean time bought freely for consumption. During the latter part of the month there was not so much doing. either for consumption or delivery on contract, the prices fluctuating be tween 51s and 525 per cwt." The quotations of Hemp and Flax are at present considerably below what they were at this period of last year. The stocks are abundant. AMERICAN PROMCCE.—The market for Cotton is steady, but for Tobacco it is very dull of late, the trade purchased more sparingly, under the expectation, generally entertained, that prices will re cede still lower, especially as regards the middling samples. Fine Tobaccos have not been subjected to a proportionate reduction, as the stocks on hand are much reduced. The sales of produce at St. Petersburg, on the 18th ult. were as follows :—Yellow Candle Tallow. first quantity, 1600 casks at 34 5-7 roubles, for delivery in August, and at 35 3-7 roubles, for June. Half clean Hemp had been sold at 20 roubles, for 4000 poods per Berkowez, and for Cash. At Dantzic, up to the 21st ult. freight to London had been taken at 21s per loud of Fir Deals, and to Liverpool, is per quarter for Wheat. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, MARCH 2. We are very moderately supplied with all kinds of grain this morning. Wheats have been taken off freely at an advance of is to 2s per quarter from this day week. Barley of good quality fully commands last Monday's terms. Oats are firm, and the turn dearer for fresh heavy corn. Beans are a free sale. Hog Peas are full Is per quarter higher. In White Peas or other grain no particular variation. Flour without alteration. Red Clover-seed is in good demand. Trefoil and White Clover-seed a slow sale. Spring Tares continue in fair request for seed. DUBLIN CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 28. The weather continues most favourable for field operations, which causes our supply to be small for all Grain. The demand is very slow, but we cannot note the least change in prices, Flour very dull of sale, and prices looking down. A great inclination to purchase Oatmeal, if any reduction would be submitted to, but, in consequence of holders remaining firm, not much business doing LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL MARKET, MARCH 4. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. O 1001 2 11 , 201 b. Potatoes; 2 4@3 2 Ip9olb O 10 1 1 Cattle Ditto 2 0 2 2- O 9 1 1 - Turnips 18 040 0 O 6 0 6F - Carrots 45 051 0 - O 5 0 6- Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 - O 0 0 0 - Manure 9 012 0 - O 0 0 0 -- Old Hay .... New Hay.... Clover Hay.. Straw, Wheat Straw, Oat .. Straw, Barley Green Clover AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from 25th ult . to the 2nd inst. inclusive FROM IRELAND. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs 336 680 506 k 35 30 Previously.. 4396 15955 39401 coAsTvs'isE. 8 44 243 Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Calves. Lambs 7s 1570 lOU 8 1 Previously .. ass 841 2805 18 3 111r71. ii. )1. 0 32 2 29 3 10 4 7 5 31 TIDE TABLE. Evn. ! Height. H. M. j F. I 0 54 18 7 1 30 il7 8 2 7 I 16 9 2 44 15 3 4 39 13 3 4 42 12 7 6 15 12 5 Sundays, Holydays, 4c. Ist Sunday in Lent Days. March Friday .. ,ii Saturda} 7 Sunday S Monday 9 Tuesday 10 Wednes. 11 Thursday 12 DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EYE. Mr. H. TAYLOR, Surgeon. 5, MARYBONE, New cases admitted during the months of January and February, 1840 Old cases prescribed for . . - ... 166 ... 1015 Total 1181 THE WORKHOUSE. Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending _ Paupers. Feb. 22, 1840 23, 183 g Per Head. Is. 114 d. 1 10 Per Wee .175 17 5 164 5 7 More 21 More 0 14 More it it 10 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week ending March 2, 1840 1, 1839 More 165 More .el 2 16 2 LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensaries during the last week:— North. South. Total Received advice and medicine atthe Insti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine 354 242 596 252 113 365 Total at each Dispensary . 606 355 96 VIbiITORS. 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, 1, Fenwick-street, March 2, 1840. 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 ++ l2 ~ 8 15 a.m. First Class 11 11 1 15 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class 11 91 4 p.m. 12 15 p.m. First Class 91 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. do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 15 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.m. Mixed 6 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed PI 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. PP „ 12 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. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY PROM L'POOL TO NANCIIESTER. First Class Second Class - Morning .. 7 0 Morning 8 45 „ .. 10 0 „ 11 0 11 45 ~ 2 0 Aftern. .. 2 30 Aftern. 445 „ 530 ~ 7 is Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when th ON 81.1] First Class Second Class 9 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 ~ 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 4 43 „ .. Mixed 7 15 .. First Class ON SO FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 0 „ ..10 0 „ 11 15 „ 11 45 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. 5 0 „ .. 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed 1 Stop only at Newton & Prkside his Train does not start till Three. ,NDAYS. First Class Second Class 5 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed 1 Stop only at Newton & Prkside AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 • • t• 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 5 0 fl .. Mixed 7 15 .. First Class NDAYS• 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 5 30 Afternoon .. )LTON. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed --- 530 Afternoon .. „ TO B, PROM LIVERPOOL. 5 45 Morning.... First Class 12 0 „ „ 1 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 8 30 PROM MANCHESTER. g o Morning.... First Class 11 15 ~ •••• rr 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 ~ rr DAYS. 7 0 Morning Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. „ ELENS. ow su 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. TO ST. I FROM LIVRRPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 „ .... PP 11 45 „ .... Pt 2 30 Afternoon.. ~ 5 30 FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 „ .... 91 11 45 1P 2 45 Afternoon .. VII 5 30 PP MOATS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. :ORN GAP. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 „ • • • • PI 5 30 Afternoon .. PP r NDAYS• 7 0 Mornirig.... Second Clars I 5 30.. Afternoon „ ON SU 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 3 30 Afternoon .. TO RUNC PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 14 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 „ .... PI 5 30 Afternoon .. PP ON BU 7 0 Morning.... Seenud Class 3 30 Afternoon .. LONDON GAZE TTE.---TuEsnAv, MARC!! 3. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. W. Calloway and I. D. Edwards, Liverpool, plumbers—H. Smith and J. Redish, Liverpool, engineers—T. Troughton and J. Trough ton, Liverpool, joiners —J. Wray and J. Gordon, Manchester, eu gravers—C. Graham and 0. M'Wade, Liverpool, marine-store dealers—W. Taylor, T. Taylor, sen. S. Taylor, and J. Taylor, jun. Bolton-le-Moors, cotton-spinners. IN.OLVENTS Feb. 29.—William Osela;:cl,7jcZnstreet, Clerkenwell, Loudon. licensed-victuallers. March 3.—Charles Henry Papps, George-street, Adelphi, London. coal-merchant. BANKRUPTCY ENLARGED. Jonas Foster, William Foster, and Matthew Foster, Warley. Yorkshire, manufacturers, from March 10 to March 25. BANKRUPTS. William John Hammond, Essex-street, Strand, London, lessee of Drury-lane Theatre. Richard Wharton, Oldham, Lancashire, innkeeper. John Sanderson, Heywood. Lancashire, fustlan-manufacturer. Henry Philliskirk, Leeds, tailor. John Mac Caffery, Mirtield, Yorkshire, contractor. William Coruforth, jun. Holbeck, Yorkshire, flax-spinner. William Liddle, Leeds, flak-spinner. Frederick Stephenson, Bradford, saddler. Hugh Kershaw, Manchester, twist-dealer. John Aplio Howe, Bristol, umbrella-manufacturer. John Roberts, Coppice, near Nottingham, gardener. Henry Holland, Westbromwich, Staffordshire, scrivener. John Brookes, Birmingham, builder. DIVIDENDS. March 26, S. Parker, Argyll-place, Regent-street, London, bronzist—March 2i, C. Farnworth, Upper Thames street, London, tin-plate-merchant—March 26, J. Waterhouse, Lad-lane, London, coach-proprietor—March 24, J. Swanzy, Austin-friars, London, mer chants—March 25, S. Gowar, Regent-street, London, printseher— March 25, W. Cowderoy, Bell-street, Edgeware-road, London, horse-dealer—March 25, W. Tombleson, Green-lanes, Stoke New- ington, tavern-keeper—March 26, J. C. Dear, High-street, Maryle bone, ironmonger—March 26, W. ',oxford, Trosley, Kent • butcher —March 26, J. Marshall, Colchester-street, Whitechapcl, London, boiler-maker—March 26, J. Henderson, Theobald's-road, London, baker—March 28, J. Masson, Lime-street-square, London, mer chant—March 26. W. Killick, jun. Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. London, hosier—March 26, L. E. Gordon, Dean's-place, South Lambeth, bookseller—March 24, W. Rolfe, Teigumouth, builder — March 27, J. Thorpe, South Oswersby, Lincolnshire, dealer in wood —April 3, R. Waite, Barnard Castle, Durham, grocer—March 27, C• Bebbiligton, Burslem, Staffordshire, jeweller. CERTIFICATES To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before March 24, T. Hart, Bognor, Sussex, innkeeper—J. Wilde and P. Wilde. Manchester, silk-manufacturers—W. Sidebotham, Houghton, Lan cashire, cotton-spinner. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander White, Boughtyferry, Dundee, grocer. Michael M'Cluskcy, Glasgow, spirit-dealer. William Bowden, Edinburgh, innkeeper. John Thomson and William Allan Thomson, Glasgow, manufac turing chemist. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. MARCH flovß 6. James Mailc, (2nd) Clarendon Rooms, 1 7. Gibson and M•Glasson, (special) .. Court of Bankruptcy, Louden, 151 7. Edgar Bowyer Clarendon Rooms, 12 . - 7. Thomas Jofinson 9. John Jones, (Ist) 10. Benjamin Hobson, (div.) 11. Peter Petrie 12. James Brotherston and Co., div.; [3. John Richardson, (2nd) LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT. February 29, 1840. DISCHARGED. ADMITTED. In-patients cured • 34 ( In.patients Relieved and at own request . 10 i Out-patients Made Out-patients 0 Casuals during the last week S Irregular 1 Remain in the house Dead 5 Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. R. Davies. House Visitors . . . Mr. John Cropper and Mr. Edward Gibson. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon Mr. Nottingham. LOCK HOSPITAL. 10 f Discharged .. Admitted Remain in the house .. BIRTHS. On the 29th ult. at Titsey•place, London, the lady of WILLIAM LEVESON GOWER, Esq. of a daughter. On the 29th ult. at Clopton-house, Stratford.on-Avon, the lady of CHARLES T. WARDE, Esq. of a son and heir. On the Ist instant, in Upper Grosvenor-street, London, Lady JOLLIFFE, of a daughter. On the 2nd instant, at Belvoir-park, Belfast, the lady of J. N. GLADSTONE. Esq. of a daughter. Same day, Mrs. JOHN JONES, Earle-street. of a daughter. MARRIED. At Elphin, the Rev. JOHN PAPILLON, rector of Knowlton and Bonnington, Kent, to FRANCES, the eldest daughter of the Bishop of ELPHIN At Harrold, Bedfordshire. C. G. R. COLLINS, Esq. of Sidmoutli, (late of the 16th Dragoons,) to ANNETTE, daughter of JOHN H. LETHBRIDGE, Esq. and grand-daughter of Sir Thomas B. Lethbridge, Bait. On the 19th Dec. 1839, at Mahabeshwa, Major-General Sir JOHN FORSTER FITZGERALD, K.C.B. Commander of the Forces, Bom bay Presidency, to JEAN, eldest daughter of the lion. D. OGILVY, of Clove, brother to the Right Hon. the Earl of Airlie. On the 18th ult. at Boldon, Durham, by the Rev. Henry Collinson, CHARLES STANFIELD RAWSON, Esq. of Nether Wasdale, Cum berland, to OCTAVIA, daughter of the Rev. JOHN COLLINSON. rector of Boldon. On the 19th ult. at Preston, the Rev. NATFIANIELJA MES MER RIMAN, of Sutton-Waldron, son of Thomas Merriman, Esq. of Marlborough, to JULIA, daughter of the late JOHN POTTER, Esq. Over-Dirwen On the 22nd ult. at Newton, near Penrith, Mr. JOSEPH SCOTT, of the firm of "Jade Scott and Sons," woollen-manufacturers. Keswick, to Miss DOROTHY BROWN, of Catterlen-hall, in the first-named parish. On the 25th ult. at St. John's Church, Manchester, by the Rev. W. Huntington, JAMES GREENHALGH, Esq. of 'Myerscough. near Garstang, to Miss ELIZABETH POULTON, of Preston. On the 2a . 1; nit. at St. Mark's Church, Mr. EDWARD ROBERT CALLOW to Miss MARY HARRIET RIMMER, both of Lower Tranmere, Cheshire. On the '27th ultimo, at Bunburv, Mr. EDWARD DAVENPORT, nephew to Wm. Sutton. Esq. of Spurstow-hall, to MARY, second daughter of JOHN OWEN, Esq. of Haughton, both in Cheshire. On the 27th ultimo, at the Collegiate Church, Manchester, Mr- SAMUEL KERSHAW, of Blackley, to SARAH, daughter of the late JOHN GOODIER, Esq. of Eccles. On the 27th ultimo, at Leamington, the Rev. HUGH BOLD, of Brecon, to THEODOSIA FRANCES, second daughter of Lieut.- General Sir WILLIAM HUTCIIINSON. Same day, at the Parish Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, by the Rev- J. Handforth, Mr. JOSEPH HURST, of the same place, to JANE. daughter of the late Mr. JAMES HORNER, corn-factor, Wakefield. Same day, at Oldham, the Rev. WILLIAM LEES, M.A. Incum. bent of that place, to SARAH, the youngest daughter of the late NATHAN WORTHINGTON, Esq. of Oldham. Same day, at Winwick, Mr. JOHN BUCKLEY, of Marston-hall, near Northwich, to EL IZABETH, second daughter of Mr. JOHN EDEN, of Risley-hall, near Warrington. On the 28th ultimo, at St. David's Church, by the Rev. R. Davies, M.A. Mr. RICHARD JONES, of Carnarvon, to Miss MARGARET WILLIAMS, of Menai Bridge. On the 29th ult. at St. George's, Hanover-square, London, by the Rev. Ellis Watford Bazett, DAVID COLVIN, Esq. to MARY STEWART, eldest daughter of W. BUTTERWORTH BAYLEY, Esq. On the 2nd instant, at St. John's, Hampstead, by the Rev. Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, the Master of Harrow, JAMES COTTON POWELL, Esq. eldest son of James Powell, Esq. of Clapton, Mid dlesex, to LOUISA, the youngest daughter of the late CHARLES LLOYD, Esq. of Olton-green, Warwickshire. On the 2nd instant, at St. Mary's Catholic Chapel, by the Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, Mr. PATRICK MAGEE, to JANE, eldest daughter of Mr. DANIEL BANNON, both of this town. On the 3rd instant, at the Parish Church, Bolton, by the Rev. J. Slade, vicar, JAMES DITCH FIELD, Esq. M.D. only son of John Ditchfield, Esq. late of Ardwick, to ELIZA ANNE, only daughter of the late PETER BROWN, Esq. of this town [We are requested to contradict the notice of the following mar riages, which appeared in a former publication, no such events having taken place :—Mr. WM, PARRY, pawnbroker, Vauxhall road, to Miss RACHAEL SANDARS ; and Mr. JOSEPH TAYLOR to Miss ELIZABETH LOUISA FRENCH.] DIED. In his 71st year, RICHARD JEBB, Esq. of Rhiwlas, Denbiglr, nearly 40 years agent of the late Viscount Dungannon. Mr. WILLIAM H. SHEEN, aged 23, of Holborn hill, on board the Tyrian, run down off Gravesend; and Mr. OLIPHANT S. SHEEN, aged 51, father of the above, of illness occasioned by grief. On the 9th ult. at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aged 59, Mr. LUKE C LENNELL, the celebrated artist. On the 11th ultimo, at Whitehaven, aged 77, Mr. RICHARD WHITESIDE, formerly an eminent merchant, in that town. On the 16th ult. in his 72nd year, at Biggins, near Kirkby Lons dale, EDWARD RAW LINSON, Esq. a faithful agent to the Earl of Lonsdale, which situation lie held for the last tifty-three years. On the 20th ult. aged 36 years, after a long and painful illness, LETITIA, widow of the late Mr. ROBERT SADLER, chemist, Bridge-street, Warrington. On the 22nd ult. at Lisbon, ANNA, third daughter of GEORGE ARBUTHNOT, Esq. of Upper Wimpole-street, London. On the 23rd ult. at Cove, on board the New York packet-ship South America, aged 2 years and 8 months, HENRY SEBASTIAN CHICHESTER, youngest son of Lieut.-Col. Chichester, 81 st Regt. Same day, of consumption, aged :32, Mr. JAMES THORNBURGH. Dale-street, sincerely and deeply regretted by his family and friends Same day, at LisCard, aged . 75, THOMAS HEELIS, Esq. The Leeds Intelligeneer, of Saturday, says that the deceased had been subscriber to that journal for fifty years. On the 24th ult. aged 40 years, at Harrington, Cumberland, the Rev. JOHN CURWEN, rector of that parish, a magistrate of the county, and brother of Henry Curwen, Esq. of Workington-hall. On the 25th ult. at Westbury House, Hants, ARABELLA CECIL, wife of the Hon. T. W. GAGE, and daughter of the late Wm. St. Quintin, Esq. of Scampston•hall, Yorkshire. On the 26th ult. in his 62nd year, Mr. RICHARD LOWE, of Ince, near Wigan. On the 26th ult. in her 100th year, Mrs. EVANS, of the Abbey, Foregate, Shrewsbury. On the 27th ult. at Crosby, after a protracted and painful illness, aged 'Jo, JAMES, the youngest son of the late Mr. JOHN LEICES TER, fruit-merchant, Dale-street. On the 28th ult. at Tenby, Mrs. TUDER, aged SO. • On theZyth ult. Captain HUGH MACKAY,Iate of the 92nd High Landers. On the 29th ult. aged 50, Lieut. ROBERT LOW, R.N. govern ment emigration agent at this port for the last seven years. Hy was a zealous officer in the discharge of his public duties, by which he rendered invaluable services to many thousands of the humbler classes of society who have, since his appointment, emigrated from this port. Same day, Mr. JOHN THOMAS, many years in the employ of Messrs. George Green & Son. Same day, in his 27th year, Mr. ENIANUEL LOCKETT, Lower I3roughtou. Same day, in his 64th year, at Christleton, TOWNSEND INCE, Esq. Same day, aged 49 years, MARGARET, wife of SAMUEL BROOKS, Esq. of Whalley House, near Manchester. On the Ist instant, at St. Mary's, Colchester, WM. MASON Esq. aged 72. Same day, at Sandhurst, aged 71, THOMAS LEYBOURNE Esq. F.R.S. and Senior Professor of Mathematics at the Military College. Same day, WILLIAM WILEY, Esq. of Carthusian-street, Char terlionse-square, in his 70th year. On the 2nd Instant, at the house of Mr. Thomas Roughsedge. 35, Gill-street, Mr. JOHN BARCLAY, architect, aged SO years. universally respected by all who had the pleasure of his acquaint ance. On the 2nd instant, at Hermitage-lodge, North-end, Fulham, AGNES, youngest daughter of the late Rev. WM. STEVENS, M.A. of Sedburgh, Yorkshire. On the 2nd instant, at his brother's residence, Wilton-street. Grosvenor -place, London, Mr. JOHN HAWLEY, goldsmith, of Coventry-street, London. On the 2nd instant, at Battersea-rise, aged 24, HARRIET MARIA. the wife of of HENRY SYKES THORNTON, Esq. On the 2nd instant, at his residence, Breck-road, Everton, aged 45, Mr. JOHN DAVIS, wine and brandy merchant, Murray-street. Ile was much respected by a numerous circle of friends. On the 3rd instant, at Christian-street, Everton, aged 7 years and 7 months, SARAH ANN, youngest daughter of Mr. BENJAMIN STONE, of her Majesty's Customs, at this port. . 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