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pottrp. AN OLD SOLDIER'S THOUGHTS. (For the Liverpool Standard.) The drum !—oh, I' love its martial sound, To deeds of glory firing ; It scatters its sweet enchantment round, The thirst for fame inspiring! It carries me to the battle-field Where laurels I first obtain'd,— 'Where my country's foes were fore'd to yield The conquest our valour gain'd. It renews the courage I felt of yore, All fear of danger scorning: Again it fights all my battles o'er, And gives me back life's morning. It tells a tale of my country's pow'r, Acknowledg'd and fear'd by all, As resistless as the briny show'r Which washes her ocean-wall ! Its tones assure me Britons are free — Are free as the gladsome air ; To tyrants they would not bow the knee, Or peace with slavery share. It fills me with the patriot's fire, For my natal land to fight ; And it rouses my indignant ire Against her enemies' slight. It points to the glor'ous wreath of fame Which British prowess has gain'd ; It says that wreath will e'er be the same, By cowardice still unstaiti'd ! It presses upon my dazzl'd sight The heroes, now resting low, Who bravely maintaiu'd my country's-alight, And vanquish'd every foe! It spreads before my enraptur'd eyes The land for which I have bled — The land which Albion's soldiers prize— The land of the valiant dead ! It open a vista on future time, And tells me Britain will be Queen of the main, in every clime, And arbitress of the sea! The drum !—oh, I love its martial sound, To deeds of glory firing ; It scattes its sweet enchantment round, The thirst far fame inspiring ! Leo:l2, Feb. 17, 1840. CONTEMPORARY PRESS. THE DO-NOTHING ADMINISTRATION. (From the Morning Herald of Friday,) The worthy " representatives of the people of Eng land" contrived yesterday to make "no house." Yet in the affairs of the country—within the range of our foreign and domestic relations--might be found mate rials sufficient to exercise all the legislative wisdom to which the Lower House of Parliament may fairly pre tend. The financial affairs of the country, for instance — how do they stand ? Let the discussion, last week, on Mr. Herries's motion supply the answer; Let the admission of Lord Melbourne—repeated last night; as that admission happened to be—that the expenditure of the country far exceeds its income, be fairly weighed, and, then, let the public decide, whether the ingenuity of the gentlemen who deal with the public purse might not be legitimately exercised, in trying to remove the disproportion that exists between the national revenue and the national disbursements. Lord Melbourne, it is true, seeks to console himself for the admission in question, by asserting, that, although the expenditure has increased, the resources of the nation are still un impaired ; and-the . aentiMent of Lord Melbourne on this subject has been solemnly echoed in the House of Commons, by Mr. Herries and by Mr. Coulburn. This talk about unimpaired national resources is, no doubt, a pleasant topic for party men on both sides; but how does it consist with the melancholy truth ? If our resources be. really unimpaired, why is our navy dismantled ? Why are the coasts of England guarded by only four ships of the line ? And why is the navy of England unable (as the First Lord of the Admiralty has admitted it to be) to cope with the navy of France or of Russia? If our resources be unimpaired, why has our commerce in every part of the world been left recently without protection ? If our resources be un impaired, why are the Canadas imperfectly supplied with English troops, and why is there no effective squa dron on the North American station ? If our resources he unimpaired, why, all that disreputable griping and grinding which may he witnessed in every part of the public service? Why have our ablest seamen been transferred to the service of Russia and of the United States ? The reason is alleged to be, our inability to pay these veterans full value for their services; and yet the men who make that allegation presume, when it suits their purpose, to declare that the national re sources are unimpaired ! If, besides, the great question of our financial con dition could be supposed insufficient to absorb all the time of our Parliamentary representatives, surely in the state of Canada, in the prospects of Jamaica, in the perplexed policy of our Indian empire, in the con dition of trade, in the disaffection of the labouring classes, in the treasonable spirit which pervades Roman Catholic Ireland, enough might he found to furnish matter of anxious thought to the most comprehensive intellect that ever devoted itself to the cares of states manship. But our honest representatives care for no thing but for the most vulgar party squabbles. They crowd the benches of the house to listen to sharp at tack, and to clever recrimination ; and they drink in with greedy car all that may be denominated the scan dal of politics. They delight, too, in that sort of ex citement which may be derived from the examination of helpless witnesses at their bar—witnesses whom they have, beforehand, resolved to punish. But for the grave and effective consideration of public affairs, the representatives of the people of England would seem to be utterly unfitted. They are, collectively, ig norant, feeble, impatient—of grovelling tastes, and tainted, moreover, by the coarsest and most vulgar party spirit. Their disgraceful neglect of public business is a mockery on the national distress and perplexities. Yet is the idleness of these men, in some respects, less ob jectionable than their activity. When active, they are generally mischievous. Their great effort during the present session has been to outrage the law, and insult the judges of the land. Such a course is naturally congenial to Mr. O'Connell and his Irish mercenaries; for whatever may degrade the majesty of English law must, of necessity, delight the inveterate enemies of English institutions. But to Mr. O'Connell has not been left the fitting task of making war upon the high est courts of English judicature. nNo :—the leaders of the con servat i ve party i n t h e 'H ouse o f C ommons have been eager to place themselves in the foremost rank of the impugners of the majesty of the law. The con servative leaders have set the example of rebellion against the most valued and most venerable guardians of the constitution. Truly, " the . times . are • out of joint." Inauspicious omens, and portents of evil au gury, may be discernable on all sides. 'The court slights the Duke of Wellington ; and Sir Robert Peel joins Daniel O'Connell in resisting the supremacy of the law. • • If ought could avail to bring into disrepute the principle of representative government, the conduct of the House of Commons, during the brief period of the present session which has already elapsed, might tend to effect such a result. WHAT SHALL WE T A x ? (Front the Bolton Chronicle . ) With a falling revenue , presenting the gratifying re trospect of 52,678,000 deficiency in three and the no less exhilarating prospect of a future present n e t C of nearly two millions in the returns of the ,;the year, (including three parts of the Postoffice revenue Whigs are racking the few brains they possess to find put in what way they are to meet the approaching emergency. "'What shall we tax ?" is the prevailing question. ". What shall we tax ?" echoes one hollow head after another ; " what shall we tax ?" cries the Secretary for the Colonies ; " what shall we tax ?" murmurs the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The country, however, closes its ears to the q uestion, and perversely inquires, iu return—" What taxes, Messrs. Whig, Radical, and . Co. are you going, to remove, af ter a ll your promises about " ecoo orn y ; retrenchment," and so on, and after holding office long enough to have perfectly remodelled the old system of govern ment, which you cried out against so lustily ? The people have waited patiently, and are looking anxiou sl y forward. to the less frequent visitations of the tax-ga therer. What are y u The Cabinet vouchsafe goingto relieve of taxation no reply, ?" but a confused mut tering is heard, of which the only intelligent combina tion of sounds is — " What shah we tax ?—what shall • we tax ?" We have now been at comparative peace for more than twenty years. Av a iling themselves governments of the peace ful prosperity of the kingdom, form er ha v e attempted to relieve the people of those , burdens which the late war impo sed. The Duke of v ton, in three years, liquid ated Twenty Million s of of the ening debt. What have the whig s done ? Hav e they had t o contend with any pecuniary difficulties? Hav e th ey reduced the debt ? Quite the reverse : the y have ang_ inented it. Has the amount of the average income diminished ? No, on an average it exceeds the income of former years. How, then is a de ficienc y p roduced y an increase in our expenditure. What ! in time of peace, with whigs in office, and the following motto hanging_ over the doo r - w ay of the Treasury—"PkOnOrny and Retrenchment ?" Such is the case , an d the pre sent y Soear seems littleadapted to improve the condition of the exchequer.much for whig management. But again the sound is heard—" What shall we ta x?" Mr. Baring, it is said, has suggested a re-imposition of the duty on salt ! What a wise, tous subject ! A revenue of and politic, and felici admillion and a half was once an w rung from that useful necessary article, but the duty has lour , iL been withdrawn. Let Northwich look to it. Is there" nothing that comes le s s " home" to every man than salt ? Lord Spencer, it may be remem bered, after much cogit at i on and frequentconsultations with the political ec o n omists, took Otr for the benefit of the people , the duties upon those pleasant ro mantic articles---tiles and shepherds' -dogs. Can e eii 't e ke tiles too brittle to res ume their burden? • herds' dogs no longer ba rk with a tax on their bard ; Let the Chancellor of the Exchequer turn himself to the consideration of the roost productive source of revenue; let him compel itinerant political lecturers to take out a license, like other hawkers of damaged goods ; let him imposo a tat upon humbug; let the EDINBURGH, 17th February, 1840. SIR,—As you liberally opened your colums lately for my defence of agriculture, I think it hut right to show you, that your conduct has not been without approval. The London Morning Herald has postponed many other things, doubt less, to publish my two very long letters ; so has the Nor thampton Herald, SO the. LIVERPOOL. STANDARD. More may have followed the example, but I am not aware of it. Almost at the same instant, the Manchester Guardian pub lished a long and excellent letter on the same side of the question, by a person evidently unbiassed by any private in terest ; and as he writes from the very centre of the present discontent, perhaps you will think a few observations from him very proper to be presented to your readers : " The leaders in the anti-corn law movement (he says) profess to have two objects in view. First, a reduction in the price of bread ; and, second, an improvement in our foreign trade. Now, as Ido not believe that a repeal of the corn-laws would effect either the one or the other of these objects, I shall adduce such evidence on both these points as I deem sufficient to establish this opinion. " A recent number of the • Anti-Corn-Law Circular,' in addressing the working classes, promises bread sixty per cent. cheaper, as the result of successful agitation. If we ascertain the average price of wheat in this country for a given number of years, and the average for the same years in some of the principal markets of the continent, adding to the latter the cost of conveyance to this country, we shall be able to make an approximately correct estimate of the differ ence in price which free importation might cause. The average price in England for the seven years ending with 1838 was 525. 2d. ; the average of Dantzic wheat for the same period, 325. 4d. ' • and the cost of, bringing Dantzic wheat to this country, including freight, insurance, waste, loading and unlading, and allowing for an extra number of profits, with which it is necessarily burdened, may be taken at 20s. 9d. These ,data being correct, and the whole host of repealers cannot prove them otherwise, we have a demonstration clear as light, that foreign wheat cannot be sold in England, except at a price which, in the average of a number of years, is eleven hence per quarter dearer than our home-grown produce.' He gives the details establishing these facts from authori ties relied on by the repealers themselves, but which, occu pying considerable space, must be taken for granted here. , A question will at once arise—lf the difference is so trivial,' or rather is against the continent, why not admit its pro duce without restraint ? And the answer, I conceive, is this, that though, in the long run, this is the state of things, our agriculture might be so injured in years of particular plenty abroad, as to leave it wholly inadequate to assist efficiently, when the continental supply should fail ; and by one year of "famine price," the profits of many years might be swept away. . . " It is said (continues this writer), that repeal would com pel the landowners to reduce their rents. But such an effect cannot be anticipated ; and so enormous have been the exaggerations of the advocates of repeal, that if the land owners were to relinquish all claims to rent, the difference which it would cause in the price of produce, would not be equal to the reduction anticipated from the repeal of the corn laws. Most erroneous notions are prevalent as to the amount of rent with which lands are burdened. At the borough meeting on the corn laws, held a few weeks ago, a • speaker who takes a prominent place in the present move ment stated, that the land-owners of this country are enabled, by means of the corn-laws, to pocket forty millions more of the public money than their just rights. But the truth is, that the aggregate rent of all the land in England and Wales amounts only to twenty-nine and a-half million*. The correctness of this may be verified by reference to M'Culloch's " Statistics of the British Empire," or any other respectable authority ; and it is rather puzzling to find out how we can be cheated to the amount of forty millions, by parties whose claims and exactions, just and unjust, amount only to twenty-nine and a-half ! It is easy to point out the error of the calculator. Ile stated that the present laws enhance the price of all the corn used in England, as much as eight shillings per quarter, and this gross assump tion was the foundation of his erroneous estimate !" So that these repealers first assume as a fact something exactly op posite to the fact, and then cearge the landowners of England with deriving an unjust advantage, exceeding by eleven or twelve millions all their advantages together ! One consequence of writing these papers, and putting my name to them, has been, that they have procured me many intelligent and, I am disposed to say, valued correspondents. One whose letter has been by me just two days, and who is an EXTENSIVE MANUFACTURER, admits the perfect justice of many of my positions ; and adds, that, " other causes than the price of agricultural produce, even supposing it en hanced by the corn-laws, (which he admits is not proved) exist—amply sufficient to weigh down the cotton business. " It is possible," he continues, " that the general prosperity which the corn duties may cause, in the field of agriculture, may be an absolute benefit, or at least a benefit equal to their burden ;" which is exactly what we contend. He then adverts to the direct duty on cotton, which I only slightly noticed ; admits that that the duties on dyewoods, indigo. B:.c. are con , siderable. Every one must admit that all such duties on ex portable industry are calculated to narrow the market for it, and depress the profits ; and consequently that, at any sacri fice, they ought to be repealed—for all such duties have well been denominated " suicidal." But duty on cotton ! (says the repealer of the corn-laws) what is it ?. . Five-sixteenths of a penny per pound ! The following, extracted from a radical paper (the Carlisle Jour nal of Jan. 25,) is perhaps more worthy of attention :—" The evil of this obnoxious tax," says that journal, " will be easi est understood by showing its operation in our own locality. Most of our readers are aware that the great bulk of the cotton goods manufactured in Carlisle is for the foreign mar ket, and that much of the yarn spun here is exported to Ham bu rgh, and finds its way to most of the German markets. The quantity of cotton used in the mills in and around Car lisle may be estimated (we are assured by those well acquaint ed with the business) at 100,0001bs per week. Now, it is to be borne in mind, that the tax is levied upon the raw cotton, as it is imported, . and before it can be spun, it has to undergo various dressings to clear it of sand, dirt, &c.; then there is . a considerable waste in spinning, weaving, &c., so that, before the cotton is manufactured into cloth, the tax actually levied amounts to something more than a halfpenny in the pound, being nearly one-half the amount paid to the spinner for his labour, on the yarn most usually manufactured in Carlisle. With the aid of Cocker, we find that a halfpenny per pound on 100,000 lbs. amounts to more than £2OO sterling per week upon the cotton used in Car lisle," (it is very nearly £207, or £10,754 a-year) " which is just so much extracted from the wages of labour; for as our goods have to go into the foreign market, in competition with goods produced in countries where no such suicidal im post is levied as a tax on raw material, it follows that either the manufacturers' profits must be reduced below what will tempt the capitalist to go on, or the difference must be taken from the wages of the operative. Then, in addition to cheap corn, they have also untaxed cotton to put in competition with cotton taxed to half the amount of wages paid for work ing it into yarn!" Such is the effect of the tax on raw cotton • and such, in a greater or less degree, must be the effect of the tax on dyes, and every expense entering into the products of exportable industry. The opponents of the protection of agriculture will here turn round, and include what they call the bread ' tax. But, first, I have shown that even now the protection of agriculture in this country does not enhance the price of bread, but most certainly lessens it, by adding all the agri cultural produce of Great Britain, exceeding the mainte nance of her agriculturists, to the agricultural produce of the world ; while every year our agriculture is improving. Next; I contend that if it slid enhance the price of bread, it greatly diminishes that of inure essential articles, by adding almost incalculably to the amount of butcher's meat of every description ; vegetables of every description ; leather, tallow, and wool, the great ingredients of living, clothing, cleaning, and light. These are points that cannot any longer be blink ed. They are now becoming universally acknowledged. In a subsequent paper I will show this, in a manner that cannot be doubted. I shall also have much pleasure in being the humble instrument of bringing before the public the views of some men, themselves deeply interested in the prosperity of manufactures, but sensible that, without the nourishment afforded by an extensive and prosperous agriculture, they must labour comparatively in vain. This is the thing want ed—to UNITE OUR INTERESTS, not to dissever them: and by that means to maintain the wealth of the country at its present height, and through that its capabilities of exertion, instead of pouring out our capital for corn, to have to seek it again by commerce ; losing it in torrents, to be regained through many small and doubtful channels.—Your's, very respectfully, D. BAIN. inconsistency, cowardice, and dishonesty, of his col leagues be visited with an impost of 100 per cent.; let the slander of the court, and the painted perfidy, of the " household" contribute; and let him no longer tax the patience of the people by expecting them to listen to frothy sentiments which end in nothing, or to hope for permanent good from a ministry which, in its " downward" course, has betrayed the best interests of the people, and confounded them in the difficulties they have of late too bitterly witnessed. The nation is looking for relief, but what is the language of the Ministry ? " What shall we tax ?" CORN AND COTTON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SCOTTISH STANDARD. FRIVOLOUS SUITS.-LORD DENMAN'S BILL The following is Lord Denman's bill, presented to the House of Lords, " to repeal so much of an act of the 43d of Elizabeth, intituled ' An Aot to avoid trifling and frivolous Suits in Law in her Majesty's Courts at Westminster ," and of an act of th e 22d and 23d of Charles 11., instituled 'An Act for laying Impositions on Proceedings at Law, as relates to .Costs on Pe rsona l A ct i ons ;' an d to ma k e f ur th er provi sions in lieu thereof." The preamble sets forth that " 1. Whereas an act passed in the 43d year of the reign of Elizabeth, intituled ' An Act to avoid trilling and frivolous. suits in taw in her Majesty's Gouvts at-Westminster!' And. another act in th e 22d an d 23d years of the re i gn of king Charles IL,lristituled ' An Act for laying Impositions on Proceeding's at Law,' which recites that many good subjects of this realm have been and daily are, undone by such suits, contrary to the intention of the said statute of Queen Eliza beth ; but the same evil notwithsianding doth still prevail and increase; and it is expedient to consolidate and extend those provisions : now be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by, &c,, That the two said recited acts of the 43d of Elizabeth and of the 22d and 23d of Charles 11., so far as the sa repealed. inerelat if relate costs to in personal action s , b e an d hereby they are plaintiff ot 2 . That the in any action of trespass, eith er t o the person or to real or personal property, or for libel, slan , der, or malicious persecution, brought or t o b e b roug h t i n . Rif esty's Courts at Westminste r , s h a ll recover any of her ~...a)_ a i . f jury less damages than 405., su c h plaintiff by the verdict o to recover or obtain, from the defendant, shall not be entitled verdict, any costs whatever, whether it in respect of such issues or anyissue tried, or judgme n t shall be given upon shall have passed by default, unless the judge or presiding verdict shall be obtained shall im mediately a ft e rwards certify onofficer before whom such the back of the record (if the action be in tres asthe ac tion was really brought to try a right b es ide s the that mere right to recover damages for the trespass or grievance for which the ac tion shall have. been brought. . DIAN tackle consists n o l IN taking th e sa i a (CIIINoox) SALMON FISHING.—Their mode of iron hook attach r e as d n is to a t v h e e rY en si d7 pl l e 'h o i l s w. Ma T ch h i e ne wl ; constantly tra b il y in a g hoeleyotk* keep pole about twelve feet long, with a large i the water, and when the fish approaches the surface, iron into his side, quick lu, and dexterous jerk they fasten the say they take so d shake him off into the canoe. They many fish that it. is necessary for them to land about three times a (I' think — the i n motion,tl.t. Sporting Excursions in the deposit them.—rorcuenenit's Rocky Mountains. like this country very . reports which you hear A SOLDIER'S LIFE IN INDIA. much; as to the climate, I suff and the pecu liar rtnleiennhsotof:wtehae of it in England are greatly exaggerated. ther the heat is certainly oppressive r • a t ed. much more immense punkahs kept constantly liar construction of the houses, we do not than a hot day in England. As to the weathe r 15,) it resembles a fine sunshiny day in October, r now (Dec. ' the sun is hotter and the wind cooler. We : except that play at cricket, and go about ail da y at this period of the year. y V ou be astonished to isee the q ueer houses we live in, bigger than cottages . The y look cold and desolate gonCl to a lt--e per son just arrived from Engiau d o but one soon gets accustomed t 0 the m . We are all quite quiet in this part of the world, since the arrangeinent of affairs in Cabool, and there seems to be no prospect of a wan—Private Letter from Barrack pore. (Rom the Colonial Magazine.) But if we turn from the vast resources which England, Ireland, and Scotland possess in the fertility of the soil, and the highly civilized condition of the country ; in the coal, iron, copper, lead, and tin, beneath its surface ; and in the productive fisheries around our shores; if, while not over looking these and many other elements of wealth and power, we view the transmarine possessions of the empire, " wide : as the poles asunder ;" under nearly every parallel of latitude, and beneath almost every meridian of longitude, we behold myriads of human beings, of every creed, colour, and clime, and an incalculable immensity of every thing that can tend to promote individual comfort and social prosperity. Do we require corn, whether wheat, barley, oats, maize, or rice ; the vast plains of the Canadas, of Australia, and of India, offer an inexhaustible supply, independent of foreign countries, and of the casualty of adverse seasons. Every species of timber, may be obtained from our American and Asiatic possessions. The widely expanded downs of Austral- Asia, now covered with flocks of sheep, are becoming the wool country of the world. In the West and East Indies we have the means of supplying sugar, coffee, tea, cocoa, spices, &c. for all Europe. Cotton, flax, silk, indigo, and dye-stuffs, are ready in limitless quantities, and at the cheapest rate. Tobacco, gums, hides, ivory, furs, &c. are among the staples of our African possessions : fruits, oil, wines, and spirits, are ob tainable in the colonies of Europe, as also in those of the southern hemisphere. India teems with gold, iron, copper, lead, and coal ; and in almost every settlement the grand adjuncts of commerce, coal and iron, abound.. We dwell not at this moment on the innumerable advan tages which our colonies present : we advert briefly to them, merely to indicate the riches that are at our doors, if we will but wisely use them, and thus advance the happiness of man kind. With such unmined wealth—with such untasted abun dance, it is folly—nay, it is wickedness, to talk of England's decay ; she is but in the morning of her existence, bursting into light, and betokening a golden harvest, not only for those of her own race and lineage, but for all who desire the inappreciable blessings of a Christianized civilization. And this brings us to a consideration of the hostility of continental Europe. What has France, or Spain, or Portu gal to gain by the downfall of England ? Do they think that constitutional freedom would be More secure against the en croachments of northern Europe, were the freest and most powerful kingdom on earth destroyed ? Were there even no Autocrat to threaten the people of the south and west with swarms of cossacks, Portugal would soon become an appan age of Spain, and Spain, in turn, would be added to the sove reignty of France, until the Gallic nation, incapable of main taining so great a territorial dominion, would split into petty republics or oligarchies, and civilization would retrogade far more rapidly than it has advanced. On the other hand, would the despotic states of northern and eastern Europe long withstand the onward lush of a crusade for political liberty, if England were not at hand to check the misguided zeal of rich theorists for freedom ? The determined enthusi asm of Germany, and the reckless courage of Poland, would afford the means for kindling the flames of foreign and civil war in Russia, Austria, and Prussia. There is no longer a Holy Alliance in existence, to band nations together in self ' defence for some common purpose—the balance of power among the different sovereignties of Europe is daily becom ing less and fess effective for the preservation of the rights of each : and it' peace is to be preserved in Europe, and that war of opinion which Canning predicted is to be avoided, it must be by England preserving her puissance, and acting as the arbitress of the destinies of mankind. In the confederacy of nations, as well as among the con stituency of a kingdom, there must be some chief acknow ledged, for the better upholding of the rights and privileges of each. To which of the nations of Europe can that power be siore safely entrusted than to England? She belongs to Europe, although not on its continent ; she forms a part of the family compact of nations, yet has no personal interest in the connexion. Were the whole of Europe instantaneously engulphed by an earthquake, England would be no loser,:terri torially, commercially, or socially. But it is for the honour and advantage of England that Europe should be in peace — that its sovereigns and . governments should, by every 'possi ble means, extend freedom, knowledge, and commerce. She has a common interest in the welfare of Europe, as it con tains the mast civilized portion of the human race ; but she can have n 6 "views adverse - to , tlieinternal plissperityof France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Russia, Prussia, &c. England can never become a great continental power : even if it were possible, the attainment of such would be foreign to her objects and interests : her dominion is on the ocean, with her fleets and colonies she can command and•eontrol, as she has before done, the coasts and commerce of all who may proclaim themselves her enemies. But in no instance has England ever waged an offensive war in Europe; when ever she has, been provoked into contests, it has either been for the maintenance of her principles, or in self-defence. France may desire to extend her boundaries to the Rhine, Spain to re-annex Portugal to the ancient thrones of Castile and Armpit' : Austria avariciously grasps Italy; Russia daily augments her territories from the dislocated provinces of Turkey'; but England seeks nothing in Europe. Whatever may be the extent of her. acquisitions in other parts of the globe, the white nations have assuredly no reason to fear an encroachment on their territories and rights ; and by the ex tension of her colonies among thodark-coloured races of the tropics, she is cheapening the luxuries of life, and enabling all Europe to profit by her exertions. We have thus shown that there is no, just ground for the hostility which the continental powers have expressed towards England ; and our future pages will develope how little Eng land has to dread from the united hostility of every nation of Europe, were it possible for them all to combine against her. Foreigners never comprehend sufficiently our social state, or internal resources. If, by - any madness, Englaed were to • be plunged into war, party feeling would soots subside, and: the energies of this mighty country would he put forth with tremendous effect. We should, as before, strip every hostile nation of their eolonies, sweep the.seris of their vessels, and, blockade their coasts. Autocrats or despotic sovereigns would' soon find that their domestic condition would not, be favour able to the maintenance of their present power ; and that which would but consolidate our internal strength, would, if necessity required it, be made an instrument for breaking their rule. • - We desire not to dwell on this subject, and have not the least intention of using minatory language ; on the contrary, we wish to prove that it is the interest of every nation in Eu rope to be at peace with England, and it is for their direct personal good that she should maintain her colonial poWer and oceanic supremacy ; and when we come to discuss, at a future period, our political and commercial relations with our European brethren, we shall endeavour to show hOwlittle England has to fear or to care for the hostility or friendship of her Continental neighbours, apart from those general con siderations which we trust will ever sway a Christian kingdom. There will arise so many occasions for an examination of each and all the points adverted to, and for a mitinte inquiry into the bases of our structure, as the oldest kingdom on the earth, that we pass on to shadow forth a brief vaticination of the future prospects of England. Two proceedings, now in their infancy, are destined to exercise a most important influence on the future condition of this empire : the one is, the stream of emigration in the direction of the Southern Pole ; the other, the flow of our commerce towards the Eastern Hemisphere;., the one con taining millions of acres, in a genial climes 'feady for the plough ; the other, myriads of comparatively civilized men, ready to supply in exchange for our manufactures, all the valuable and varied products, of the tropics, These two cir cumstances, in connexion with a sound monetary and fiscal system at home, will make England young again, with all the wisdom of mature age, and all the benefits of advancing science and accumulated capital. There will thus be a new spring to her existence ; whatever she has before accom plished will he trilling compared to her future efforts ; and with 28,000,000 of free, educated, industrious, and religious inhabitants at home, this small island in the German Ocean, will hold complete sway over the entire Eastern world. Nor will the Western or American hemisphere he neglected; our possessions in the Northern and Southern portions of that continent, on its Atlantic and Pacific coasts ; and the rich islands of its tropical seas, under the stimulus of per sonal freedom and constitutional liberty, will yet add ma terially to our resources, population, and power : and when the immense advantages of the vast countries watered by the Orinoco and Amazon are developed, England will be pre pared to participate in their enjoyment. . While our native land is intersected with railivaYsSthe wide • ocean will be traversed by our steam-vessels, reducing the distance of months to weeks, and connecting by our floating bridges the continents of both hemispheres. Sooner or later, the Anglo-Saxon language will become the universal medium for communication between foreign nations, and thus give to England a perpetual presence and identification with those who now perhaps deem themselves our rivals. By the aid of machinery, physical toil will be lessened, man, in ceasing to be a machine, will become more and more an intellectual being, and, with a full perception of the duties as ' well as the enjoyments of life, political privileges .may be gradually conceded, and the progress of society will be equable and happy. England, even now, may claim the designation of the queen-mother of nations ; by a just policy, the offspring of her loins will become the sinews of her strength, until, like • the banyan tree of the East, every fibre and shoot more and more effectually shields, upholds, and adorns the parent stem. Amidst the thousand million of human beings that now in habit this earth (independent of the myriads it is still capaole of containing), there cannot be one uninterested in the future progress of England, if England act up to the Christian prin ciples which are the foundation of her religion. Those prin ciples are the preservation of peace, the liberation of the slave, the judicious extension of rational freedom, and the perma nent establishment of Christianity. It was doubtless for these great and holy objects that this small island has been permittted to rise from a barbarian colony of heathen Rome, where her children were sold as slaves, to her present exalted state ' • and if she be but true to. the dictates of that divine creed which has been revealed to man for his temporal as well as spiritual welfare, we cannot contemplate an end to her power, nor a boundary to her hap piness. . , , . . It is not, therefore, for th'e:Sake of tli'o — striall territorial speck called Britain, that we seek the extension and the per manence of her supremacy ; it is because we believe that the destinies of mankind are intimately blended with her weal or woe, and that an awful responsibility rests upon the course which, in the exercise of a free agency, she may for the fu ture pursue. Cheerfully do we confess, that we feel no gloomy forebod ings ; there are even within this small island too many good Christians to suffer despair to creep with its noisome weeds around the heart; we believe that the salt of the earth is in Britain, and that it contains the little leaven which will yet leaven the entire mass of mankind—among whom our revered ministers are everywhere spreading the light of a pure gospel, and preaching its comforts and blessings in every known . tongue. Finally, we desire to be actively useful in aiding towards the fulfilment of the high behests to which we believe Eng. land is called ; we wish to cast our high mite into the general treasury for the advancement of human happiness—and, in voking the blessing of the good upon our labours, with per fect confidence we commit the result to the disposal of that Almighty Providence, who watcheth over and governeth the universe. fifty IN THE HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS.—At six hours minutes, we came to the confluence of the Seepun and the Pubbur. Here the enormous gneiss rocks rise sheer se veral hundred feet into mural precipices, Over which many cascades formed from the melting of the' snows tumble into the gulf below, which has been s iv t e i n asunder by the uncon atrroelladbeelep ; ca t ta h r a a t ct o s f . th T e he pa r h a h l i n r e r skiirmghywhich they quivering crags darkened into dash and ind ' s o both,b t: t - th e whitest mists, e o. t ht e e k r •n s ally vexed splintered into sharp pinnacles, glooin e , he fi b l o le l d low wi t tk u whirl; n de r : 0 f th . tor rents, which seem like the revelling lau and ab y sses re-echoingof This is Himalayan grandeur, inspiring . awe iwocia.diesolation. delight ,and wonder. The elevation of the• confluence.tless with 8,300 feet. There is a sango over the Seepun at this place, is of: two narrow planks, thirty-four feet in length, and ah twelve or fifteen feet above the impatient current. Here ou t some Of our followers seemed to want resolution to cross the perilous bridge: One crawled over on his hands and knees ; another sat astride, and urged himself over by hi s hands ; while others were led by the vice-like grasp of their ,com rades. A Pariah dog, that had followed us froM the plains, and was a favourite with the camp people, who had given him, on account of his enterprising disposition, the cogno men of Subahtoo, was, however, so frightened that he would not hazard himself on so insecure a footing, and howled Piteousl at being left behind. One of the mountaineers recrossed, and carried him over in his arms.-- Lloyd' Nar rative of a Journey to the Himalayas:. CURIOUS FACTS IN NATURAL HISTORY.—I am assured_ that when a sheep has two lambs at a time, she will not per mit one to suck her unless the other is present. But for this instinctive arrangement, one of her offspring would have an undue proportion of nourishment, and the other would either starve or degenerate. It is well known that a pigeon usually lays but two eggs. If, however, a third is laid, which is some times the case, it has never, I believe, been known to come to maturity. If three young pigeons were to be fed, none of them would probably be vigorous, and the race would dege nerate. This is another instance of the interest which nature takes in the well-being of her creatures. The cow affords a similar instance : if she has twins, one of them a male and the other a female, the latter is always barren. If a doe produces a white fawn, with red eyes, its under jaw is always defec tive, and it dies of starvation ; a wise provision of nature, in preventing what would probably be feeble from arriving at maturity. When we consider, also, the way in which the Creator has provided for the clothing of animals, according to the climate of the places in which they are found, we have no less cause to admire his goodness. In hot countries many animals have but little hair on their bodies, and some are al most entirely without it, such as elephants, monkeys, &c. In very cold countries, the fur as well as the hair of animals is very thick, and even the feet of some birds are covered with feathers, not only to protect•them, but to enable them the more readily to run upon the snow. Animals, also, which have been brought from one country, and domestica ted in a different climate, are not . neglected by nature, but are provided with such a- change or covering as is best suited to it. How different is the covering of a Shetland pony to that of an Arabian or Persian horse ! one has to en dure the extreme of cold, and the other of heat, and we see how kindly nature has provided for both. Ducks, which lay early in the year, strip more of their feathers off, and make their nest much warmer than those which lay later in the season. This instinctive property is very curious. and shows the foresight which has been implanted in animals. It is well known that in hot countries, where the blood of horses is heated by the climate, they are in the constant habit of bleeding each other, and sometimes of bleeding themselves. This is done by biting the neck and shoulders. These, and a great variety of interesting facts in the economy of nature, prove that animals are in the possession of faculties beyond mere instinct, and which they use to their own advantage un der peculiar circumstances. Thus, a friend of mine saw a fine greyhound, which had been incessantly teased by a small spaniel, take it up in his mouth, and drop it over a parapet of a terrace into a river which flowed below it. The noble animal was unwilling to hurt his tormentor, and, therefore, took this opportunity of freeing itself from its annoyance. The dog, in this instance, did what instinct alone would not have taught him to do, and afforded another proof of the truth of the remark I have made above. I will give another instance of this :—A horse and a cat were very great friends, and the latter generally slept in the manger. When the horse was going to have his oats, he always took up the cat gently by the skin of the neck, and dropped her into the next stall, that she might not be in the way when he was feed ing. At other times he seemed pleased to have her near him. Jesse's Gleanings. in Natural History. AN OLD BOATSWAIN'S ACCOUNT OF lIIS MARRIAGE.— " You must know, then, that about twenty years ago, one summer afternoon, I was a walking along the High-street, at Chatham, when I saw a young woman, whom I had before knoWn something about, clap her helm a star-board, and come to an anchor in a cook's shop. This young creature was ormed in the beautifullest manner • from stem to stern she was all alike ;sher cemetery was beautiful to beholders— P, " SynrinelSY, perhaps, you menu, Mr. Swallowtail ?" inter rupted the- captain. " Very likely, sir ; lam sure I don't know," said the boatswain ; " I an't much of a scholar , and can't be expected to have so much book-wisdom as our doc tor : why, blesS your soul, sir, he is past all books—books are of no use to - him. Well, then, sir, symmetry, since you like it best;' her run was uncommon fine. Seeing as how I brough up right athwart her hawse, so as she couldn't clear me on either tack, when she got under way, she gave me a look which went to my very vit-als ; I don't mean the ham and beef that was in the window of the shop, nor those Betsy was a buying which the woman was cutting with a large knife ; but I mean the place where our feelings is—you know, sir. Betsy got under way, and I made sail in chase ; she hauled her wind close round the blue post at the corner of the Chest Arms public-house, and slap she orders a pot of porter. • NOw, thinks I, here's to be even with you, my dear ; so I ordered a bottle of rum, paid for it, and put it in my coat-pocket. When Betsy saw me so liberal-like, she Smiled; on .me• so sweetly it would have thawed the North 'ole . ; so mV heart gave way and I spoke to her. MiSs Elizabeth,' said I, ' don't you. think a pound of beef and a pot of porter too much for one solitary individual ?" No doubt of it, sir,' said she. ` Don't you think that the addi tion of my company, and a bottle of rum, will make the afternoon pass more pleasanter ?' No doubt of it, sir,' said she sso I-took her at her word. We ate the beef, and drank the beer, and were just at the finish of the rum, when I seized her flipper and, kissing it, said in the fulness of my heart; Betsy, - will you marry me ?' No doubt of it, sir , ' said the and so it was a .rnatch.—;The Saucy Jack and . the indianzay.,•hy-a Aloe Jacket. Our. LOST DAYS.—Bradley, astronomer royal, had a 'considerable share - in• the assimilation of the British Calen dar to. that of other nations. Lord Chesterfield was the ori .ginal promoter of this measure, which was carried in 1751. The following curious anecdote happily illustrates the pre sumption. and ignorance of the mob in those days :—Lord Chesterfield took pains, in the periodicals of the day, to pre , pare theaninds- of the public for the change ; but he found it much easier•to prevail wish the legislature than to reconcile the great mass of the people to the abandonment of their inveterate habits. When Lord Macclesfield's son stood the great contested election for. Oxfordshire, in 1754, one of - the vehement cries raised by:the mob against him was " Give us back the 11. days we have been robbed of "—(the reader will recollect that Hogarth introduces this in his '" Election Feast ") ; and several.years after, when-Bradley, worn down by his labours in the cause of science, was sinking under the disease which closed his mortal career, many of the common people attributed his sufferings to a judgment from Heaven, for his having been instrumental in what they considered to have been so impious an undertaking.—Edintsurph Review. A MUSICAL ENTIITJSIAST.—" Dr. Ford, the rector of Melton, was an enthuSiast in music, very singular in his manner, and a great humourist. His passion for sacred music was publicly known, from his constant attendance at most of the musical festivals in the kingdom. I have fre quently met him, and always found him in ectasies with Handel's music, especially the 'Messiah.' His admiration of this work was carried to such an excess, that he told me he never made a journey from Melton to Leicester that he did not sin.- it quite through. His performance served as a pedometer by which he could ascertain his progress on the road, As soon as he had crossed Melton Bridge, he began the overture, and always found himself in the chorus, Lift up your heads,' when he arrived at Brooksby Gate.; and Thanks be to God,' the moment he got through Thurmaston toll-gate. As the pace of his old holmwas pretty regular, he contrived to conclude the Amen chorus' always at the cross in the Belgrave Gate. Though a very pious person his eccentricity was, at times, not restrained even in the pulpit. It need not be stated, that he had a pretty good opinion of his own vocal powers. Once, when the clerk was giving out the tune, he stopped him, saying, ' John, you have pitched too low—follow me.' - Theo. clearing up hi voice t he lustili began the tune. When ..the . psalmody went - -4*iai apsisd, T he enjoyed it; and, in his paroxysms of delight,• woulddangle • one or both of his legs over the side of the pulpit - during the singing. When preaching a charity sermon at Melton, some gentlemen of the hunt entered the church rather late. lie stopped, and cried oat, '.liere thsay, i s camp here. come ,the red coats; they know their. Christian. 'duties there's - uot It man among them that is not good for a guinea.' The doctor was himself a performer, had a good library of music, and always took the Messiahs' with him on his musical journeys. I think it was at a Birmingham festival that he was sitting with his book upon his knee, humming the music with the performers, to the great annoyance of an attentive listener, who said, I did not pay to hear you sing.' Then,' • said the doctor, you have that into the bargain.' "—Gardiner's Music and Friends. PRICES OF SHARES, FEBRUARY 24. Prices. This day Last RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester 7O paid 56 5 0 .... Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 61 0 0 .... Bolton and Preston .. 30 .... 15 0 0 .... Bristol and Exeter 25 .... ..,.. Chester and Crewe 4O .... 40 15 0 ..'.. 41 0 0 Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid 3 5 rt.._ Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 17 paid 16 10 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar } 30 paid 30 0 0 . Greenock, and Ayr ..• Grand Junction Ditto half shares Great Western 65 71 0 0 .... Ditto new shares 'to . 30 15 0 .... Hull and Selby l5 paid 0 0 0 .... Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 30 5 0 .... Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares ...... . ... . ... „ .. Ditto lialf shares London and Birmingham 9O .... 153 10 0 .... 154 0 0 Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto awl Southampton 5O .... 44 10 0 ... Ditto Rz Brighton London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester 6O .... 71 0 0 .... Ditto half shares ..I.eicesterand Swannington 5O .... 71 0 0 .... • Ditto, (new) 3O ifaitl 49 10 0 .... .._ Manchester, Bolton, & Bury ~ 83 ... 29 5 0 .... Manchester and Birmingham.. 25 .... 13 0 0 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension .. 7 .... 4 10 0 .... Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... .... .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland Q 5 87 10 0 .... New North Midland lO .... 15 15 0 .... 15 15 0 South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap IOU paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland 4O paid 51 10 0 .... 51 10 0 BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 745 0 Ilexdiv Bank of Liverpool &l2 los paid 22 0 oex div. - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 17 12 6 .... - Liverpool Union lO .... 17 12 6 .... - Northern arid Central - 'Albion - North and South Wales lO .... 7 15 0 .... - of Manchester lO .... 11 7 6 - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... p Is 0 .... South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO 15 17 6 .... Commercial Bank of England. 5 East of England lO .... p 7 6 •• • • Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. 7 12 ' 6 •• • • _ GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings £loo paid 164 0, 0 .... L'pool and Harrington Water 1350 .... 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. .€lOO .... 191 0 0 .... Ditto new shares are now paid uo. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance }25 paid 2 2 6 .... Company 2 6 Ocean Aseinrance Company.... 10 .... 7 •• • • Liverpool Fire and Life 2 los. 2 1 6 ... . DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW CO MPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 .... 97 6 • • • • Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company 8 10s. 419 6 .... 5 0 0 Harrington Docks lOO .... 0 0 0 •• • • Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool; ----. (Poloncean) 2 .... 015 0 ... There has again been a good demand for Sugar, 'and the market being better supplied, the sales of B. P. amount to 1800 hhds. at very full prices for all descriptions ; 4100 bags Bengal have also been disposed of, at 69s to 725 for good to very fine white; no Mauritius yet on the market. The sales in Foreign Sugar this week are confined to 50 brls Pernams, at the quotations; nothing done in Foreign refined.—No sales.reported in Molasses, the market being at present very barely supplied.—Coffee. The market con tinues steady, but without animation, the sales comprising 100 casks of Jamaica at previous rates, 115 casks and 1000 bags La Guayra at 765, and .600 bags Rio at 60s to 62s per cwt. ; both the latter parcels via the Cape. No sales of Foreign.-30 bags Trinidad Cocoa sold at 60s, and 160 brls Jamaica Ginger at `..t.5 5s to £5 les per cwt —No sales of Pepper or Pimento.—Rice. 1000 bags Ben gal sold, chiefly at 14s 6(1 to 15s per cwt. and 10 tees dressed Caro lina at 36s per cwt. duty paid.—There is a good inquiry for Rum, and nearly 260 puns have been sold, chiefly good and tine Demerara, at 14s ad to 15s and a few puns of tine Jamaica at 6s per gallon. Tea. The market has been very quiet throughout the week, and the quotations may be considered nominal. The London sales, which commenced on Monday last, rave proceeded very heavily ; abort 51,000 packages have already passed sale, of which 13,400 have been sold at a decline on previous rates of 4d to 6d on Con. Bons, 4d on Twankays, and 7d to Rd on Hyson, Imperial and Gun powder ; the remainder was withdrawn at high prices. The business in East India Drysaltety Produce has been very limited this week ; a few chests of East India Gum Arabic sold at 52s to 545, and of Castor Oil at 7d per lb.—The market for Saltpetre is very firm, and holders have in some instances obtained an ad vance of 6d per cwt.; about 1200 bags sold at 24s to 265.-30 tons Nitrate of Sona are reported at 17s per cwt. Dyewoods.—There has been an extensive demand for Logwood ; the sales are 400 tons Campeachy, at £lO per ton, and a few tons inferior at £9 125 6d, 200 tons Honduras at £7 12$ 6,1 to £7 ISs, and 80 tons Jamaica at £7 les to £7 15s. A few tons of Cuba Fustic have been sold at £lO per ton ; in other descriptions no sales to report, excepting 10 tons Sapan Wood at £ll per ton, and 10 tons Angola Barwood at £8 10s. There are no sales of Turpen tine to communicate; prices remain without alteration.—A few hundred brls. of American Tar have been sold within the range of the quotations.—For Montreal Pot Ashes there has been rather more inquiry, and 200 to 300 brls. have been sold, at 245 3d to 24s 6d, with 100 to 200 brls. Pearl Ashes, at 295 3d to 29s 6d per cwt.—Clover-seed is in good demand, and scarce; a parcel of new bags new French red sold by auction at 80s to Bls 6d per cwt.— Nothing of consequence done in Flaxseed.—No alteration in Bees' Wax.—Hides. The market continues heavy, and the sales of the week have been unimportant.—The sales of Tobacco are about 70 hhds., of which 20 were for Ireland, and the remainder to the trade, at the quotations. The business done in Brimstone has been limited to about 100 tons.—Of Shnmac small sales have been made ; in Sicily at 12s 9d to 13s 6d, and 200 bags of Trieste at Rs per cwt.—Some fair business has been done in Oporto Argols the sales amounting to about 70 casks, at 30s to 32s per cwt., according to quality, good red Flo• rence brought 53s 6d, and white Bologna 50s per cwt.—Some small lots of inferior and discoloured Tartar were sold at 58s and 64s per cwt.—No sales are reported in Annatto, and only 10 bales of Per sian Berries at £l6 to £l7 per cwt.—There has been at last some inquiry for Madders and Madder Roots, and the sales reported are 200 bales Turkey Foots ; 25 casks French, and 12 casks .Dntch • Madder, at the quotations.—The demand for Quercitron Bark con thanes limited, and the sales only 20 casks, at las 6,l—Olive Oil has been more in request, and the sales of the week have reached 60 to 70 tons, including, about 15 tuns Gallipoli, which has changed hands at £63, and is now held for £65, besides a payeel of fine old Lisbon Oil of £55 per tun.—About 40 tuns Halifax Cod Oil has been sold at rather lower prices, and a .few tuns brown Seal at £24 per ton. • —Pale Rape Oil continues in very- limited demand, and has been sold at 375 per cwt.—Linseed Oil, which early in theweek advanced to 255, may now again been bought on rather easier terms.-105 tons Palm Oil have been sold during the week, in small lots, at £33 lOs t 3 .e 34 per ton.—Oil of Turpentine is inquired for, and sales to some extent could he effected a little under the quotation. Win Fawcett, (205) R Gosson, from.Havre, 3 - packages contents unknown, J Parsons-1S cases do, H M Castellani & Co-7s baskets I cask wine, J Dawson-1 do, C J :Middleton-6 bales flax, T S Gothie-20 do, L Couvenante-4 packages furniture, Baring Brothers and Co-1 case perfumery, Madder-1 ease pictures, J Barton—Cl D Sir Colin Campbell, (160) G Pennington, from Charente, 90 puns 127 hhds 20 small hhds 95 qr casks brandy, R. Preston and co-15 puns 101.11.1 s d0..0 Hamilton-20 hhds do, W Dalgleish-5 puns to qr casks do, J Radcliffe-10 hhds do, Bass & -Radcliffe-6 qr casks do; R C Gardner and co-4 do, W Miller-10 hhds do, It Shute-5 do, J R Preston-14 hhds do, II Moore and co-6 do, H Thompson and co-5 puns 20 hhds do. Knowles, jun and co-10 do, Dixon, Son and co-3 puns 5 INN do, Freer and co-6 puns 12 hhds Iqr qr cask do, J Pickup -44 puns 151 qr casks do, for Whitehaven—l hhds syr casks do, 1 case fruit, order—S D Days, TIDE TABLE. 211rn. Ern. Height. Sundays, Holydays„ 4e U. M. V. I Tuesday 25 348 411 ilO 3 Wednes. 26 i 441 526 la 5 Thursday 27 6 3 f 658 11 2 Friday .. 28 f 7 37 8 16 7 13 2 Saturday 29 9 0 929 15 0 Sunday 1 951 10 15 16 7 Monday 2 10 35 ho 54 ,37 5 Moon last qr,loh 37113m0rn i Cam. Lent Term chi - . noon. Quiu quagesinia Sunday. NORTHERN HOSPITAL, FEBRI:ARY 22. ADMIT 1) DIS CH A R ED Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation .... 16 I Cured .. Attending as Out P9.tients . 17 Irregular' Died - • . 33 Total Remaining in the Hospital . . 89 House Visitors, Thos. Irlam, Esq. and 1). M‘Vicear, Esq Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.—House Surgeon, Mr. Arnott. J. M. L. PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF ENGLAND. [CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST.] ANECDOTE OF THF. DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—After the ' battle of Waterloo; the duke joined in the pursuit, and fol- JoWed the enemy for some miles. Colonel Harvey, who was With him, advised him to desist, as the country was growing less open, and he might be tired upon by some stragglers from behind the hedges. " Let them fire away : the battle is won, and my life is of no use now !" " Vox magnifica et tanto viro digua, qua se non sibi sed reipublicte soli natuni professus est.--Lord Dudley's Letters to the Bishop of Llandaf, just published. INDIAN SWAN KILLING.—These are, in all places, very shy ; it is difficult to approach them without coven but the • Indians have adopted a mode of killing them which is very successful; that of drifting upon the flocks at night, in a canoe, in the bow of which a large fire of pitch pine has been kindled. The swans are dazzled and apparently stupified by the bright light, and fall easy victims to the craft of the. sportsman.— Townshend's Sporting Excursions in the . Rocky Mountains. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The following are the Times of Departure from Lime.street, Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester : TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 6 a.m. Mixed 8 15 a.m. First Class 10 30 a.m. First Class 19 15 p.m. First Class 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class If 1. 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 13 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside 1 15 p.m 4 p.m 6 p.m 6 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 15 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 20 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 50 a.m. Mixed - i 30 p.m, to 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. 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. ;11-. LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. FROM L'POOL TO MANCHESTER. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 845 rr • .10 0 ). 11 0 „ ..11 45 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 4 45 „ 5 30 7 IS Evening .. 7 15 Mixed " Stop only at Newton &c Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when 51 ON six First Class Second Class - 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I TO PRESTON PROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 4 45 „ .. Mixed 7 - i 5 .. First Class. ON SU . 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 5 30 Afternoon.. „ TO 13 FROM LIVNIXPOOL. 5 45 Morning.... First Class 12 0 I 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 8 30 7 0 Morning Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. TO ST. I FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 I:, Morning.... Second Class 10 U 91 11 45 t 2 30 Afternoon.. 5 30 Ol ON SU) 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. TO RUNG , FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 111 5 30 Afternoon .. ON SUJ 7 0 Morning.... Second CI 30' Afternoon FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 0 ~ • .10 0 15 „ ..1145 , 2 0 A ft ern. 2 45 Aftern. 5 0 ~ .. 5 30 ~ 715 Evening 715 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I ,is Train does not 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 stop only at Newton & Prkside , AND WIGAN. PROM mAxciipsTEß. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 •• 19 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 0 .. Mixed 7 5 . • First Class so,tys. 7 0 Morning Mixed 5 30 Afternoon , LTON. FROM MANCHESTER. g 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 ~, •••• 2 45 Afternoon ..Second Class vnitvs. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. :lELENS. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 ~ •• • • Pt 11 45 • • • • 2 45 Afternoon .. 5 30 „ JHAYS. Jl. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. :ORN GAP. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 11 45' ~ • • • • 19 5 30 Afternoon „ 'NDAYS. • I 7 0 morning..-„ Second Ci3ss S 30 Afternoon ~ (I)ipping Eittelligenre. FRIDAY, FEB. 21.—Wind East, ArmyEn—Lavinia, Leask, from Marans—Janvrin, Talle, from Leghorn and Jersey—and President, (steamer) from London and Plymouth. Turcan, for Madeira, &c.—Bengalee. Boadle, for Sydney. N.S.W.—Helen Scott, Scotland, for Genoa, &c. — Transit, Wrightson, for Harlingen—Alexander, Capie, for Mobile— Ludwig. Andries, for Rostock—Wilsons, Campbell, for Trinidad — Lady Harvey, Reed, for Apalachicola—Mary Ann & Arabella, Crouch, for Cadiz—Schyryd, Nov:lan, for Constantinople—Elise, 'Veldt, for Man—Scotch Lass, Kearney, for Hamburg- , Santa Joaquim et Santa Anna, Saldanha, for Oporto—Victoria, Tate, for Naples—and Wave, Millman, for Beirout, &c. William Russell, lat. 47, long. 10 Hector, Johnson, from Ceylon at Helena Emilie, Runulius, hence at Genoa Mischief, Jonesi sailed from Genoa for Sicily on the 11th Feb. Perseverance, Monnit, hence at Ostend Margaret, Kerr, hence for Savannah, at Kingston Boconnoe, Rowe, from St. Michael's for this port, at Waterford Charles Jones, M•Fie, sailed from Plymouth for New South Wales on the 13th instant _ OBAN, Feb. 17.—" The Marchioness, Shields struck on a rock, but got off, and is now riding in Loch Don, with loss of anchor CovE, Feb. 19.—The Abercrombie on shore yesterday at Copper Point, was towed off last evening without damage WExFoRn, Feb. 19.—The Margaretta, Davies, from Bangor to New Ross, sunk yesterday inside the Salters. Some of the mate rials were saved _ _ MFSSINA. Jan. 26.—Several vessels have been wrecked en the coast, one of which is an English brig, name unknown SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 22.—Wind S.S.W. fresh AR R I I'7l:lL—Patriot King, Clarke, from Calcutta and St. Helena-- Christopher Columbus. , from the Mediterranean—Martha, --, from Africa—and Sir Colin Campbell, from Charente. SAlLCD.—Vantialia, Soule, for New Orleans—Niagara, Cole, for Mobile— Sphynx, Luscombe, for Gibraltar—and Media. Bleekhert, for Pillau. Hero, Smallwood, from Bombay ; Margaret Parker. Evans, from Calcutta, and Cognac Packet, -, from the Cape of Good Hope, at St. Helena South America, Bailey, from New York for this port, off Cove, sailed the :;rd instant Earl of Lansdale, Peile, from the Mauritius for the Clyde, off Waterford, sailed the 25th Nov. and front St. Helena 31st Dec. Left the Cambrian, for this port, and Dorothy Gales, and Earl Powis, for London, loading. The Windermere was to sail for Cal cutta 26th Nov. On the 18th Feb. in lat. 54, long. 9, spoke the Pocahontas, hence for Philadelphia Elizabeth, Pike, hence for Newcastle, at Penzance, with loss of bulwarks America, Mackie, sailed from the Cove for Mobile SOth instar t Julius Cresar.Mitchell, hence at Llanelly, to load coal for Bombay Naiad, Phillips, from Sicily for this port, at Kinsale, and placed under quarantine. On 17th Feb. in lat. 45, long. 11, spoke the British Merchant, from Liverpool for Mobile. On 18th Feb. in lat. 48, long. p to, passed a barque, without canvas, apparently a com plete wreck Standard, -, from Demerara for Liverpool, was spoken 23rd Jan. eighty miles east of Antigua Hannah, -, hence for Havana, was spoken Bth Feb. in lat. 48, long. 8 _ _ _ :T. IC Shepherd, —, from Liverpool for New Orleans, was spoken 4th Feb. in lat. 49, long. MILFORD, Feb. 20.—Thomas & Mary, Thompson, from Liver pool for London, sprung a leak after being struck by a heavy sea, and thundered on the night of the 18th Feb. off St. Bride's Bay. Crew saved. The Alert, from Liverpool for Hull, has put in here with loss of anchor and chain WATERVOED, Feb. 20.—Governor, Adamson, from Liverpool for St. Thomas, has put in here, leaky WEXFORD, Feb. 20.—Eagle, Sullivan, from Yarmouth for Wex ford, got on shore this morning near the bar, and is likely to be a wreck ; crew saved SUNDAY, Fx RUARY 23, ARRlVHD.—Niagara, , from Bombay—Amphitrite, —;—„ from Odessa—and Eugene, —, from Nantes. SA 11. D .—Margaret, Jackson, and Emulous, Ferguson, for Heine rara—Alamode, Bartlett, for Leghorn—Lanark, Simpson, and New York, Nieven, for Mobile—Coronet, Bute, and Echo, Crowell, for New Orleans—Havre, Carpenter, and Charles Humberston, Mar - shall, for Savannah—and Isabel, Matthews, for Terceiro, &c. Elizabeth, Carter, hence at Limerick, with loss of boats, bul works, &c. Sanderson, Bnshby, sailed from Leith for New Sonth Wales 20tt Feb. Cicely, , from Liverpool for Newfoundland, was spoken in lat. 46, long. 26 ; had lost sails, &c. and one man overboard Charles Eyes, Moss, for Valparaiso ; America, Mackay, for Mo bile ; Joseph Wleeler, 'Pollock, and Caledonia, Harbutt, for Ja maica; and Cassiopea, Pressley, for Apalachicola, sailed from Cove, 21st Feb. WATERFORD, Feb. 21.—The leaks of the Governor have been stepped, and she has Proceeded. The Lisbonense, from Liverpool, • put in here, mid has lirbccieded id Oporto ' Covx, Feb. 21.—The Sarah Ann, Lloyd, from London for Liver pool, has put in here leaky, and with a great part of her cargo damaged MONDAY. FEBRUARY 24.—Wind S.E. ARRIVED.—Rowena, -, from Mobile—Amphitrite, Brooks, from Ipswich—Eleanor, Ilalewyk, for Exeter—and Commerce, Prowse, from Charlestown. • SAILED.—Broad Oak, M'Coy, for Bahia—Coriolanus, Wells, for Savannah—Duchess of Portland. Kerr, for Trinidad—General Parkhill, Hoyt, for St. Mark's—John Bentley, Disbrow, for Savan nah—Bride, George, for CadiL and Newfoundland—Agnes, Prim rose, Morrison, for Antigua—George Anson, Oakley, for Constan tinople—Caledonia, Cammel, and Lintin, Gillman, for Bombay. St. Lucia, , for New South Wales, off the Smalls 20th inst. New York Packet, -, hence at Savannah Ida, Telfer, from the Clyde, at - Lisbon, with damage, and part of the cargo thrown overboard, out 39 days, bound to Trinidad Elizabeth, Colleson, from Halifax for Cork, at Lisbon, leaky, and must discharge _ . Lima Packet, Singleton, hence for Trinidad, was spoken 19th Dec. in lat. 18, long. 41 Sisters, Short, hence and St. Kitts, at Nassau Rochdale, , hence at St. Vincent Dumfriesshire, M'Gowali ; Scotland, Merryman, and Robert Pittsford, Prince, hence at New Orleans Orange Branch, Ilammerford, from Terceira for Liverpool, at Cowes _ . _ Patrick Henry, Delano, hence at New York 31st Jan. NEW YORK, Jan. 29.—The Mary, from St. Croix for Liverpool, was lost on the east end of St. DomingO 14th Dec. Two ships, apparently American, were seen on shore on Stirrup Keys Iq. Jan. completely dismasted, with a number of wreckers hanging about them. .TELEGRAPH OFFICE, FEBRUARY 24, 1840. 'Wind at Holyhead S.E. blowing fresh in the morning. East, noon an. evening,. Off. Holyhead, inward bound, at 9 a.m. No. 2053, Huron, A.S. froth New Orleans, and 643, Dart, B. Schooner. Oft' Great Ormshead, inward bound, at II a.m. No. 1818, Earl of Roden, (steamer.) \ ESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Sc. Anne Jane, T D Stubbs, 351 Calcutta, W & .1 Tyrer AFRICA. Romulus, T (;arson, 138 Africa, J Poole & Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Euterpe, J Cumming, '129 Trinidad & Maracaibo, R Hutton &co Erin, J B Maine, 209 Trinidad, Imrie & Tomlinson SOUTH AMERICA. , Eagle, NV Bell, :127 Cape Verds tc, Monte Video. -- [Entered 20th Feb. for Lisbon fi. Monte Video Isabel, J Greve, 215 Lima, Imrie & Tomlinson UNITED STATES. Echo, .1 Crowell, bpi New Orleans, W Barber John Cumming, Taylor, 679 New Orleans, Brown, Shipley & co Memphis, J Nichols, 800 New York, J & W Robinson Argyle, J L NI u r ray, 106 Madeira, New Orleans & Vera Cruz .... . _ _ NV A Smith & co Elizabeth, W Swan, 326 Charleston, Focke & Bonit Chas. Hatnmerton, J Marshall, 640 Savannah, Cannon, Miller & co John Bentley. Disbrow, 783 Savannah, Cannon, Miller & co General Parkhill, -- Hoyt, 583 St. Mark's, F Huth & co Lanark, P Shnpson, 648 Mobile, Houghton & Smith Vandalia, F Soule, 431 New Orleans, Wildes, Pickersgill & co Austerlitz, W Hammon, . 425 Boston, Baring Bros & Co Nimrod, J Manning, 469 Charleston, A Taylor Eliza Warwick, F Davies. 600 Charleston, A Taylor New Jersey, J G Dickson, 616 Charleston, A Taylor BRITISH AMERICA. Wm. Parker, W Sewell, 411 Montreal, J Matthie or W Fisher & Son Liverpool, 1 Sinnott, 514 St John, N.B. Baring Bros &co Columbus, E Pentreath, 939 St John, N.B. Globs, Bright & co George Wilkinson, C Brown, 39i Quebec, Chapman & Willis Alicia, G PidgeOit, 427 Montreal, Eshelby, Rowett & Co Belinda, 1) M•Nicol, 346 Montreal, J Froste & Co Benjamin Hart, S T Douglas, 322 Montreal and Quebec, A W Hart -- r - : EUROPE. , . Trinacria, I. Laga.na, 205 Palermo & Messina, J Moss & co Gem.'.l M`Kenzie, - 90 Gibraltar, Cotesworth or Campbell 'lsabel; W Mathews, 95 Terceira & Halifax, W Dart Ashburton, II litilkeley, 74 Azores, ' J Glynn & Son Eagle, W Bell, 327 Lisbon and Monte Video, T Bell ; Liberal; F;Tare, , let) Lisbon, Manna & Jones Alert, J Cathie, . . 230 Algiers, Chapman &Co or Imrie &Co Linertas,., J Noditis, 250 Elsineur and Wyburg, Bahr & co Mathew, A Hall, 248 Naples, Eshelby & Co Campbell, J Queripe], go Messina and Palermo, Graham & Taylor SHARE MARKET, MONDAY EVENING. Our Share market up to the close of the week was fully main tamed, and this day we have again to notice a firm demand. Grand Junction Shares were sold on Saturday for £220, and the same price -offered to-day. Owing, however, to the transfer books of different companies being closed just now, previous to the half yearly meetings, the transactions have not been so numerous as otherwise they might have been. :ftlarket4. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, FEB. 21. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 21. The demand from consumers continues very good, and they have bought largely in American descriptipris, at last week's prices ; there has also been a considerable idquiry from Exporters, who have taken 2200 American and 400 Bengal ; Brazil and Egyptian remain very dull, and sales of the latter made at id per lb decline ; in East India there is no alteration. 600 Sea Islands were offered by public auction this morning, of which 300 were sold, at Id to 2d per lb decline on the previous nominal quotations. 4700 American were taken by Speculators. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the I.sth instant to this day, inclusive. SALES OP THE WEEK Prices paid! IMP( ;in the week. This Wk. . 430 , Sea Island ' 10d4p 164 70 i Stained 6960 i Bowed Georgia „,,,„! f Mobile "," ' 1 Alabama and Tennessee 5.1 6 3681 16820 New Orleans 580 {Pernambncb It: Paraiba Si 9A. t Aricati and Ceara .; ' iii I •' • ' 410 Bahia and Maceio May•anham i - ig 93 i 200 { . f •••• Saw, ,, ,lnned Minas — —'l Para Demerara, Surinam, &c I —•— .... • 1 610 f Egyptian Barbados - .... 30 ' Peruvian I Bahama I , Laguayra — Common West India, &c.. }. .... 20 I Carthagena. Smyrna Manilla 1450 ;Surat 4 51 i 1 . 0 . 40 Madras - 4$ J '''''' 400 ' Bengal IRTS !this year 1 60826 8681 b 1 - } 4687 5583 } 3725 1429 } 5477 31020 bales 178734 LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, FEB. 24. The Butter market continues very brisk, and prices looking up. No alteration in other articles in the trade. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 24. The number of Beasts at our market to-day was small compared with last week ; the supply of Sheep was also small. Sellers of both Cattle and Sheep demanded higher prices, and succeeded in obtaining an advance of 20s to '2ss per head on Beasts, and from as to as on Sheep. Prices for Beef—prianest quality 7d, second 60, inferior 6d. Prime Nether Sheep ud to Bd, second quality 73d, inferior bid to 7d. —Beasts, 889; Sheep, 2259. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FEB. 22 The.arrivals of both British and . Foreign Grain, Flour and Oat meal attnis port, during the past week, have been very small, owing, no doubt, in some degree to the prevalence of easterly winds. The advance of Id to 2d per bushel realied on ruesday last for the better qualities of Baltic red Wheat has been followed by a limited demand generally, the millers still confining their pur chases to what their immediate wants might require; the smallness of our stock, however,' has kept holders extremely firm, and the prices then quoted have keen fully maintained. American free Flour has sold at 43s to 445 per barrel : there is now little offering under the latter price. The extreme scarcity of choice mealing Oats has enhanced their value by id to ld per bushel, but the general run have continued to he offered at 3s 8d to 3s 10d per 45th. Oatmeal has moved only in retail at 33s tid to 34s 6d per 240ths. Malting Barley, of which the market is bare, would command rather above our quotations, and the remark is applicable also to choice qualities of Malt, which is equally scarce. Several parcels of foreign Beans were sold to-day at Manchester : French at 41s to 429 per 4801bs. and Baltic pigeon at 45s to 46s per imperial quarter. Peas hare met a retail demand at previous rates. About 2000 Wis. of American Flour have been bought, to arrive, at 30s per barrel in bond ; 30s 6d to 30s 9d have been paid for small quanties out cf warehouse for exportation. LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT. ft, cem. • s. d . SS . d • Dutch, crop 70 0 —SO 0 • Oinbro 60 0 —65 0 Gaineike 32 0 —4O 0 Mull 10 0 —3O 0 French, S.F. 42 a —46 0 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 E.S.F 54 0 —5B 0 E.5.1'.F.63 0 —7O 0 Spanish 45 0 0 0 MoLAssEs, p cal. Trinidad, &c 31 6 —32 6 Demerara, &e 32 :3 —33 0 Bar & Antigua.. 34 0 —36 6 1111 , N.IgsT, r cwt.. 0 0 --14 0 OIL, Olive, '55.52 galls. Gallipoli Trieste 57 0 —5B 0 Sicily none Malaga 52 () —53 0 Portugal: &c ••• • 50 0 —53 0 51 0 —B6 0 Palm, 33 15 —34 Fish, la , 252 galls Seal, pale.. brown ASHES Montreal, Pot 22 00 24 6 Pearl, new 29 0. —29 6 U. States, Pot none. Pearl none. DARK, Quereit. Oak, lo• lon .. £5 10 7 5 German 4 0 .5 0 BRIMSTONE, V ton Sicily, &c l2 10 13 10 Tuscany l3 0 13 10 CAssiA LIGNEA, S. d. 5:. (1 cwt. in bond 65 0 70 0 CLOVER -SEED, V• Cwt. American, red.. none Dutch 60 0— 70 0 French & Germ.6o 0-- 70 0 COCOA, V cwt. Trinidad...... 50 0 56 0 Grenada .... none here Brazil ditto COFFEE, 1. , cwt in bond. Jama. triage ordinary - good& fine ord.lll 0-118 0 •31 0 middling l2O 0-126 0 •• 24 0 good mid. tine mid. &c. . . 141 0 —154 0 ' LINSEED, V owl 24 6 —2.5 0 Dutch, triage.. l6O 0-146 0 Ra p e, p ale d o. 37 0 —37 6 ordinary ..Turpen. - 1. , cwt 57 0 —57 6 good &fine 0rd.102 0-108 0 Rice, v curt middling good mid. 1 116 0-120 0 in bond 24 0 -25 6 fine mid., &c. Bengal, ord. do.. 11 0 —l3 6 Mocha lOO 0-125 6 mid to fine .... 14 0 —l5 0 Ceylon lO4 0-110 0 African none. Java Havana Jamaica, good& fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 12 to 16 0. p... 4 6 4 9 St. Domingo 45 0— 48 0 stronger 4 10 5 10 Brazil 45 0— 50 0 choice marks.. 6 0 li 4 Laguira 76 0— 82 0 SAFFLOWER,' cut. DYEWOODS, V ton £. s. £. s. Bengal, Logwood, Jam... 7 15— 8 0 good & Rile_ £5 0 7 10 Hon. & Dom. 7 15— 8 5 1 ord. & mid .. 2 10 4 10 Campeachy .. 9 10— 10 0 I Bombay Fustic, Span 4 10— 5 o SALTPETRE, V cwt. s. d. g. d Tampico 5 10— 6 0 East India 23 6 —2B 0 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA WOOD. orange 5 0 o —80: 0 Rio de la Hache liver and black .. 35 0 —4B 0 solid rough 6 0— s 7 10 Neutria, I) , doz small Lima, solid 11 0— 15 0 Seal, each Barwood, Ango. 8 0— 8 10 ,Sriusnte, qp• cwt Gaboon 5 0— 6 0 Sicily Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Malaga Red San. Wood.. 8 10— 9 0 Trieste Fi.Ax, it. ton. Verona Riga. P.T.R. .... 45 0— 47 0 Tyrolese P'burg, 9 head .. 41 0— 42 0 SUGAR, 10 , c u t. Archangel 4B 0— 50 0 B. P. MuscOvado Dutch & Flem. 6O 0-110 0 moist brown .. 56 6 —57 6 GALLS, V cwt. dry brown .... 58 6 —6i 6 Turkey, blue 74 0— SO 0 good & mid.... 63 6 —67 6 mixed 60 0— 70 0 fine &v. tine .. 68 6 —7l 6 East India 7O 0— 75 0 Mauritius, GINGER, as rut. dabs and moist 54 6 —57 6 Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 brown 59 0 —62 0 Jamaica 6O 0-120 0 yellow 64 6 —66 6 E. India, in bond 12 0— 17 0 tine yellow 67 0 —69 0 Gum . , v cwt. East India, Bengal Arabic, Turkey .. 70 3)— 140 . 0 ord. white 64 0 —66 0 East India. 24 o—, 55 : 0 gobd and fine: 69 6 —7O 6 Barbary 45 0— 52 0 extra tine 71 0 —72 0 Senegal 65 0— 66 o Manilla, in bond 20 0 —23 0 lIEMF, V ton £ s. ..6' s. Havana, do. P'burg, clean 35 0— 35 10 brown outshot.. 34 0— 34 10 yellow . Riga, Rhine 36 0— 36 10 white ord outshot.. 35 0— 35 10 good & tine Archangel 33 0— 33 10 Brazil, in bond. Manilla 29 0— 29 10 brown l7 0 —2O 0 Bombay l7 0— 20 0 yellow 21 0 —22 0 Jute lO 10— 11 0 white ord. .... 22 6 —24 0 HIDES, Ox and Cow, :V lb good and fine.. 25 0 —2B 0 B. Ayres and Monte Video, dry. TALLOW, V curt. inferior & mid. 0 73 0 83 P'burgh, Y.C. .. 50 6 —5l 0 good & prime 0 9—o 10 Odessa 49 9 —so 6 Do. salted .... 0 4i— 0 5i Archangel 4B 0 —4B 6 N. Amer. salted 04-- 0 44 Buenos Ayres 43 0 —47 6 Brazil dry salted 0 53 0 64 Stockholm Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 6z.l— 0 7:1 Carolina Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 I Virginia W. India, dry.. 0 54 0 7 ( TARTAR, V Owl salted.. 0 4i— 0 54 Cream of Tartar.. 70 0 —73 0 East India .... 0 73 0 11i brown and yel... 50 0 —65 o Kips, B.A. dry. 0 73 0 84 TEA, V lb: in bond. Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 0 Bohea, Canton .. —— HORSE HAIR, V lb. Fokein .. Short mixed long tails 1 5 1 10 Twankay, corn... 2 9 combed INDIGO, P tb. in. bond. Pekoe, Orange ...2 6 4 6 Bengal. Campoi, pur. & violet blue & violet blue a violet, g. & fine 7 3 7 9 Souchong, coin... 2 7 2 8 ord. & mid. 6 3- 7 0 good to tine.. 3 0— 3 6 violet & cop. 1 9 Pekoe, flowery .. 3 6 4 6 mixed .. I ' '` ' llyson, corn . cop. g. & fine. 6 3 6 9 tine 3 10 6 0 ord. & mid. 5 o— 6 0 Young Hyson con. quality .. 4 9 6 6 Imperial Onde 2 6 5 9 Gunpowder, Madras 3 6 6 0 good and fine ... 4 6 6 0 Guatimala, v lb. TonAcco, V lb. in bond. Floras Sobres 5 0— 6 3 Stemmed.. 0 7 0 11 Cortes 1 0— 4 10 Kentucky Caraccas, Floras 6 6 7 0 Maryland Sobres 5 0— 6 3 TURMERIC, v , cwt. in bond. Cortes 1 0— 4 10 Bengal 28 0 —33 0 LAC DYE, V lb. TURFENTiNE, V cwt. D.T. and prime. 1 6 3 0 American mid. to good.. 0 8— 1 4 VAhoNIA, V• ton. .e s . t , m ord. & inferior 0 6 0 7{ Smyrna, picked. • 15 0 —23 0 MADDER ROOTS, V (Net. Morea Smyrna Galipoli & Syria .. 0 0— 0 o African 6 10 7 10 French 52 0— 54 0 East India Naples 44 0— 45 0 , American ' 7 10 8 0 32 0 -29 0 9 0 -15 0 10 0 -25 0 . 1 7 - 4 4 10 6 -13 6 11 0 -11 6 8 0 - 9 0 8 0 - S 6 9 0 -10 0 none, (to. do. do. 16 0 -16 6 15 6 -16 0 13 9 -14 0 00- 0 0 LONDON GAZIOTE.- FRIDAY, FEB. 21. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. Emerson, E. igtunford, and J. Caferata, Liverpool, brewers— A. Lees, J. Lees, D. Hilton, J. Greaves, E. Ilibbert, J. Collinge, Lancashire, and P. Novelli, at Oldam, Lancashire, coal-merchants 77 INSOLVENT. —William Priddon, Nottingham, butcher. BANKRUPTS. Feb. 21 Theodore Frederick Clark, Liverpool, linen draper, to surrender March 4, and April 3, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Makinson, Elm-court, Middle Temple, London and Messrs. Atkinson, Birch, snd Saulidets; Manchester. Alexander Macdonald, Addle-street, London, warehouseman Thomas Carter, Cheapside, London, woollen-draper. Philip Mills, Hosier-lane, West Smithfield, Lond on , victualler. William Bradley, Manchester, picture-dealer. Thomas Howard, Salford, vi,tualler. John Nicholson and Matthew Nicholson, Sheffield, manufacturers of cutlery. Dartnall, Cheltenham, cabinet maker. William Scruton, Ripon, chemist. Job James liulman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, oil merchant. • Charles Evans, Bristol, coachmaker. Joseph Lawton, Morley, Yorkshire, cloth-dr esser. Richard John Sutcliffe Mellin, Waketield, dyer. Nathaniel Henry Taylor, Leeds, seed-crusher. George Tate, W isbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, fellmonger. Edward Smith and David Chalmers, Great Yarmouth, linen drapers. John Wheeler, Southampton. orbiter. DIVIDENDS. Mar(4l 16, A. P. Fortunato, Liverpool, merchant—March 16, A. Holmes, Bury, Lancashire, cotton-spinner—March 16, G. Peach, Northampton, Enipt)rtsd. UNITED STATES. Persian, (565) F Robbins, from Natchez, 1425 bls cotton, Todd, Jackson and co-86 do, A Dennistoun and co-250 do, Brown, Shipley and co-1 do, Master—W D Frances Ann, (303) E Soule, from New Orleans, 1564 Its cotton, order—P D EUROPE. Peri, (58) J Dawe, from St. MicbaeFs, 463 bxs oranges, W Dart -2 do, Master—S D (I 21) .T Leask, from 111arails, goo qrs beans, order—K D Pelican, (141) Le Rtter, 701 bags shurnae, 1200 bskts raisins, 124 cks train oil, 67 coils cordage, about 50 c old junk, J Glynn and Son —G I) Janviin, (2PO) J Palle, from Leghorn and Jersey, about 2120 qrs wheat, Sandars and Claxton—G 1) CERTIFICATES To be granted unless cause ne snow n to the contrary, on or before March 17. J. Tozer, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, London, carver—J. Foster, Southwark-square, London, carrier—J. It. Trines, Fen church-street, London, merchant—C. James, sen. and H. G. James, Mincing-lane, London, porter-merchants—J. Marshall, Colchester street, Whitechapel. London, boiler-maker—S. Salomonson, Thread needle-street, London. merchant—T. Throp, Blackburn, Lanca shire, ironmonger —J. Hig,ginbotham and T. Higginbotham. Manchester, wine.merehants—A. H. Harold, Frome Selwood. Somersetshire, chemist—A. Mickleth wane, Sheffield, horn-mer chant. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Mann, Clocksbriggs, Forfarshire, guarder. Charles Mann, Arbroath, merchant. George Wallace, Inverkeithing, tacksman. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in the week ending Feb. IS, is 3ys did per cwt. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. FE n. not s 25. Thrums Willacy, (2nd) 26. James Trotter 26. Baynes Waite Appleton, ( tat) 27. Jonathan Beckett , Ditto, 12 27. Thomas Seddon Smith March 2. B. W. Franklin . ... 2. John M'lnnes ::. Joseph and IVilliain Latham, (2nd) 4. Matthew Wotlierspoon 4. Theodore Frederick Clark, (tat) Ditto, 6. James Moile, 2iitl) 1 7. Gibson and M'Glasson, (special) 7. Edgar Bowyer . 7. Thomas Johnson Court of Bankruptcy, London, PI Clarendon Roono,, 1.; Ditto, BIRTHS. On the 18th instant, at Everton, the lady of JOHN MOON, Esq• Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Maranharn, ()la son. On the tali instant, CHARLOTTE PONTEN, wile of Mr. Pun ten, 32, Bucklersbury, and the original Charlotte's Tavern, London. was safely delivered of two girls and a boy. On the 20th instant, in Crown-street, the lady of Lieut. WALKER, R.N. Inspector of the River. MARRIED. On the §th instant, at St. Thomas's Church, Mr. JAMES•GOV DEN, captain of the barque Memnon, to Miss MARTHA ASHORT, of this town. On the loth instant, at Bridekirk, by the Rev. 11. A. nerve), JOHN JACKSON, Esq. of this town, to Miss FANNY PEAR:3ON, third daughter of Mr. Pearson, of Papcastle. On the 16th instant, at St. Nicitidas's Church, Mr. WILLIAM PARRY, pawnbroker, Vauxhall-road, to RACHAEL SANDARS. eldest daughter of the late Mr. Jonathan Sandars. Ilale-street. Same day, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. JOSEPH TAYLOR, eldest son of Mr. William Taylor, watchmaker, to ELIZABETH LOUISA FRENCH, youngest daughter of Mrs. ATHERTON , widow of the late Mr. Richard Atherton, butcher. On the I;th instant, at the Parish Church, Blackburn, Mr. ILO CAMPBEI,I. ROB, of this town, to Miss MARIA BANKS, daughter of Mr. Banks. stationer, Preston. On the 2tith instant. at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. iI Carpenter, Mr. GEORGE WARD to SARAH JoLLITT, Only dangh ter of the late Mr. William Jollitt, of this town. Same day, at Great Budworih, by the Rev. J. Gibbous, hf.A• RICHARD WOODWARD, Esq. Norcot Brock, to ANNE OKELL eldest daughter of the late John Okell," Esq.' of Stretton.house, Cheshire. On the 21st instant, at Birkenhead, by the Rev. Andrew Kno . x. B.A. ROBERT FELL, Esq. to CAROLINE JONES, daughter of the late Major Jones, of the 18th Hussars. Yesterday, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. R. 1.. Tnwnshend, M.A. Mr. GEORGE WEBSTER MORGAN, of Cable-street, leather cutter, to PRISCILLA OUTEN, second daughter of Mr. WILLIAM STRIPE, Parker-street, tailor and draper. DIED. L'itely, at Papeastle, Cumberland, after an illness of only eight days, up to which time he possessed all the vigour of youth, aged 92, JOSEPH BIRBECK, Esq. From small beginnings, but bY great industry and care, in the trade of hatmanufacturer. at, Cockermouth, the deceased had amassed property to the am oun t of upwards of .e 100,00;:. On the 28th of October last, on his passage from Bombay to this port, Captain JAMES ADIELL, of the ship Commerce, of this port, deeply and deservedly regretted by a numerous circle of friends. On the 14th December last, at the residence of the Hon. J• Richardson, Bauchampe Estate, St. Lucia, after but a few hours' illness, PATRICK WCRACKEN, Esq. He was a native of Stran • raer, in Scotland, and went to that colony about twenty-five years ago. lie was a planter of the first reputation ; and during his abode on that island, had earned the good-will and respect of all classes cif .iphabitants, by whom his death is now much deplored. 'Oil the 2nd instant, aged 46 years, Mr. JOH ic HEATON, of Black • rod, sur;. , •eon, eldest son of the late Rev. Heaton, of Clithero. . . On the 6th instant, M. KENNETH API:UNE. baker and tinur dealer, Whiteehapel. . _ . . Same day, after a short illness, aged e 6, General MU:IIAM. of Largo, Scotland. The deceased entered the army as an officer of the Dragoons in 1769, and has thus been in the service for no less a space than seventy years. Same day, at his son's house, London, aged it? Mr. JAMES KNOWLES, author of the new English Dictionary that bears his name. He was the father of Mr. Sheridan Knowles, the dramatist, and first cousin of the late Richard Brinsley Sheridan. At a yery advanced period of life he commenced the above work, the anxiety, confinement, and labour attendant upon the completing of which accelerated his dissolution. On the 7th instant, from a violent attack of scarlet fever, aged 38. the Baroness de MONCORVO, lady of the Portuguese Minister at the British Court. On the 9th instant, aged 211, Mr. ROBERT WHITESIDE, of the firm of Whitesideand Hughes, spirit-dealers, Great Crosshall- street, deeply regretted by a large circle of acquaintances. On the 1 lth instant, at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. Parker Horesfield, Stretford, aged 81, Mrs. ELIZABETH KERSHAW. formerly of this town. On the 13th instant, at the advanced age of 103 years. Mr. HAN NAH DODGSON, of High-road-well, near Halifax. This venerable dame has thus lived in the reign of five monarchs in England — four kings and a queen Same 'day, at 'Paris, Marshal MAISON, in consequence of the opening of a gun-shot wound received upwards of forty years ago• The shot had perforated the lungs, and the wound was reopened by a severe cold which the veteran hero of many a well-fought field. during the ascendancy of the Republic and the Empire, caught in the beginning of the week. On the 15th instant, at liarewood-house, Yorkshire, the Countess of HAREWOOD. The deceased lady was the eldest daughter of the late Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart. and was married to th Earl of liarewood on the 3rd September 1793. On the 16th instant, at the house of her daughter, Agnes Fleet wood, Thornton, aged 86, AGNES KAYE, relict of the late James , Kaye, farmer, formerly of Ince Blundell. Same day. at Milestown, near Cloonen, at the patriarchal so venerable age tin years, a poor mendicant, nam e d HURLEY. He could particularize the circumstance of, and eftects caused by, the memorable frost of the year 1739-49. He retained hls mental faculties perfect until the last hour of his existent: , lie was on tile foregoing day, busily employed in his eleemosynary career. . ^ Ou the I7th instant, aged 6 years, AUGUSTA BROCKSOPP, youngest daughter of Mr. Brocksopp, Bold-street. Same day, at Leamington, aged 63, WILLIAM, third Earl of MANSFIELD. His lordship was attendee during his illness and at his death by the Countess, Lord Stormont, the Ladies Murray, the I-lon. General Murray, the Hon. Charles Murray, and the Hon. Mr. Stanhope. His lordship was Earl of Mansfield in the P eerage of England, Viscount Stormont and Baron of Scone and Balvainl in the Peeiage of Scotland, a Knight of the Thistle, Lord-lieutenant of Clackmanshire, Hereditary Keeper of the Royal Palace of Scone, and a Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies. 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