The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-25 00:00:00

Vottrp. 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 forc'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 indig nan t ire Against her enemies' slight. It points to the glor'ous wreath of fame Which British prowess has gain'd ; It saws that wreath will e'er be the same, By cowardice still unstain'd ! It presses upon my dazzl'd sight The heroes, now resting low, Who bravely maintain'd my country's might, 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 opes 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 scatter its sweet enchantment round, The thirst for fame inspiring! Leeds, Feb. 17, 1840. J. M. L. 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, he fairly weighed, and, then, let the public decide, whether the ingenuity of the gentlemen who deal with the public purse might not he 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 sentiment of Lord Melbourne on this subject has been solemnly echoed in the House of Commons, by Mr. Retries and by Mr. Goulburn. 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 heYto - eope with the navy of Fritke 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 paired, why are the Canadas imperfectly supplied d '7 on Englishtr o o r o th ps A , m an e d ri N c v a h n y sitsatthioenre?nlofeoffuerctrievseosugruceas he unimpaired, why, all that disreputable griping and grinding which mar 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 he 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 be 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 ear all that may be denominated the scan dal of politics.. They delight, too, in that sort of ex citement which may he 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; 43r 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 o f E ng li s h j u di cature. N o : — t h e l ea ders of the conservati ve party i n t h e H ouse o f C omm ons have been eager to place th emse l ves i n th e f o remost 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 b e discernable on all sides. The court joins s t ri s the Duke O'Connell ukeof Wellington; and Sir Robert Peel the law. in • resisting the . supremacy of 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, TAY? WHAT SHALL W (From the Bolton Chronicle. ) E With a falling revenue, presenting gratifying re trospect of £2,678,000 deficiency decrease the no less exhilarating prospect of sent year, the of nearly two millions in the returns of th l e ture (including three parts of the Postoffice r p ev re e Whigs are racking the few brains they possenssuet,o) out in what way they ar e to meet the approaching g emergency. " What shall we tax i ?" is the prevailin g question. " What shall we tax echoes one hollow head after another ; " what shall we tax i" cries the Secretary for the Colonies ; "what shall we tax ?" murmurs the Chancellor of the Exchequer. The country, however, closes its ears to the question, and perversely inquires, in return—" What taxes, Messrs. Whig, Radical, and Co. are you going to remove, af ter all your promises about " economy, retrenchment, ,, and so on, and after holding office long enough to have perfectly remodelled the old system of govern ment, which u cried out against so lustily ?. The people have waited • . patiently, and are looking anxiously forward to the What are frequent visitations of the tax-ga therer. The Cabinet voucellyseafu going to relieve of taxation ?" is heard, of whichel o reply, but a confused mut tering of sounds is—.‘ w the only intelligent combina tionwe tax ?" hat shall we tax ?—what shall ' We have now been at comparative peace for more than twenty years. Availing themselves of the peace ful prosperity of the kingdom, former governments have attempted to relieve the people of those l b v u el r l d i burdens which the late war imposed. The Duke of ton, in three years, liquidated Twenty Millio ns of Welling debt. What have the whigs done ? Have they had to contend with any pecuniary difficulties ? Have they reduced the debt ? Quite the reverse : they have aug mented it. Has the amount of the average income diminished ? No, on an average it exceeds the income of former years. How, then is a deficiency produced? By an increase in our expenditure. What ! in time of peace, with whigs in office, and the following motto hanging over the door-way of the Treasury—" Economy and Retrenchment ?" Such is the case, and the pre cent year seems little adapted to improve the condition of the exchequer. So much for whig management. But again the sound is heard—" What shall we tax ?" Mr. Baring, it is said. has suggested a re-imposition of the duty on salt ! What a wise, and politic, and felici tous subject ! A revenue of a million and a half was once wrung from that useful and necessary article, but the duty has long been withdrawn. Let Northwich look to it. Is there nothing that comes less " home" to every man than salt? Lord Spencer, it may be remem bered, after much cogitation and frequent consultations with the political economists, took off, for the benefit of the people, the duties upon those pleasant and ro mantic articles—tiles and shepherds' dogs. Are the tiles too brittle to resume their burden? Can shep herds' dogs no longer bark with a tax on their backs Let the Chancellor of the Exchequer turn himself to the consideration of the most productive source of revenue ; let him compel itinerant political lecturers t o take out a license, like other hawkers of damaged tax upon humbug; let ths goods ; let him impode a 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 TIIE SCOTTISH STANDARD. EDINBURGH, 17th February, 1840. Stn,—As you liberally opened your colums lately for my defence of agriculture, I think it but right to show you, that your conduct has Rot 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 repeaters cannot prove them otherwise, We have a denionstration 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 elevenpence 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 protits 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 !Vales amounts only to twenty-nine and a-half millions. The correctness of this may be verified by reference to M'Culloeh'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. .He 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. &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 Hamburgh, 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 did enhance the price of bread, it greatly diminishes that of more 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 riving. clothing, cleaning, and light. These are points that cannot any longer be blink- They are now becoming universally acknowledged. la 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 cbannels.—Your's, very respectfully, • D. BAIN. FRIVOLOUS SUITS.-LORD DENNIAN'S BILL. House of Lo r d s , " t o re pe a l so much of an act of the The following is Lord Denman's bill, presented t 4 o 3d tl o ie t. Elizabeth, intituled ' An Act to avoid trifling and frivolous. , Suits i n L aw i n h er M a j esty ' s C ourts at W estm i nster ' and of an act of the 22d and 23d of Charles 11., instituled 'An Act for laying Impositions on Proceedings at Law, as relates to Costs on Personal Actions ;' and to make further 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 ' Au Act to avoid trifling and frivolous Suits in Law in her Majesty's Courts at Westminster;' and another act in the 22d and 23d years of the reign of King Charles 11., instituled ' An Act for laying Impositions on Proceedings 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 same relate to costs in personal actions, be and they are hereby repealed. " 2. That if the plaintiff in any action of trespass, either to the person or to real or personal property, or for libel, slan der, or malicious persecution, brought or to be br oug h t i n such plaintiff recove r by the verdict her Majesty of a i jury yC less stsd damages ages Westminster, than 4o s . , shall shall not be entitl ed to recover or obtain, from the defendant, such v erdict, any costs whatever, whethe r it in respect of shall be given upo n any issue or issues tried, or judgment passedoshtfiaellerhabveefore verdict shall be obtained shall im mediatelyby default, unless the judge or presiding on the back of the record (if the afterwards certify the action was really brought to that action be in trespass) right to recover damages for the try a right besides the mere which the action shall have been wliom such trespass or grievance for brought. taking the INDIAN (C iron hook oa —Their mode of tackle consists of is The whole of a very simple one. salmon SALMON . FISHING. long, with a large iron into his side constantly trailingattached pole about twelve.feet . _ to the end. This machine they keep the su r f ace , by in the water, and when the fish approaches say they take so laud about three times anY quick and dexterous jerk they taste , n , the side, and shake him off into the canoe. They Sporting Excursions in t he dayit to fish that it is necessary for them to deposit them.— To itiishen d's much ;•as to the climate I rli A SOLDIER'S LIVE IN IN R ocky Mountain.?. ; but . by think ex the reports which you hear l —l like this country very reset:Aerated. In the het hea ther it in England are grea o tl p y r ther the heat is certainly suffe r much more immense punkahs kept constantly w e t 1n o two ne October, an means yde4x tcthecepri . o tpc f etich t eu h at e t., some (D e c .litl liar construction of the houses, than a hot day in England. As to the Reacher day in he r now w 15,) it resembles a fine sunshiny the sun is hotter and the wind cooler. and go about all day at this period of the y ea l :. be astonished to see the queer houses we live in , Y ou wou ld bigger than cottages. They look cold and deso late sou just arrived from England, but one soon gets accustomed per_ to them. We are all quite quiet in this part of the world ,ed since the arrangement of affa i rs in Cabool, and the re seem s tobe no prospect of a war.—Private Letter from Barra c k. pore. PRESENT POSITION AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF ENGLAND. [CONCLUDED FROM OUR LAST.] (From 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 a roun d 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, wouldbe added to the sove reignty of France, Sntil the Gallic nation, incapable of main taining so great a territorial dominion, would split into petty republics or oligarchies,''arid 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 if 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 ofmankind. In the confederacy of nations, as well as among the con stituency of a kingdom, there must he 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 more 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 most civilized portion of the human race ; hut she can have no views adverse to the internal prosperity of France, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Russia, Prussia, &c. England can never become a great continental power : evert if it were possible, the attainment of such would be fdreign to her objects and interests : her dominion is on the ocean, with her fleets and colonies she can command and control, 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 Arragon : 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 the dark-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, England were to be plunged into war, party feeling would soon subside, and the energies of this mighty country would be put forth with tremendous effect. We should, as before, strip every hostile nation of their colonies, sweep the seas 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 how little 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 minute 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 clime, ready 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 trifling 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 railways, the 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 snore 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 capable 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 the sake of the small territorial speck called Britain, that we seek the extension and the per manence of her supiemacy ; 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, a vf i .reo i e d eilo p ueog r r eaching its comforts and blessings in every known tongue. Finally, we de s i re t o b e ac ti ve ly u sef u l i n a idi ng to wa rd s the fulfilment of the high behests to which we believe Eng. land is call e d ; we w i s h to cast our hi g h m i te i nto t h e genera l t confidence fih f de o e r bnl :e w the s s iane oinr d g v c a o l f tc t em ahei et goodntt hl ofe resultb uponu m to raonuh the l a a ls bp disposal happiness—and , gove s—wa rn lait e onh t fd h pt t hie h lari e :t Almighty Provide nce w h % watc h et h over an d universe. RIVERS IN THE H IMALAYA M OUNTAINS.-At six hours fifty minutes, we came to n the confluence of the Seepun and e t h as e e P a duel): formedur H efrreumthtebee melting r precipices, hundred feet into mural gneiss rocks rise sheer se veralebr y w t h h i e c I uncon trollable many ueu u. v o e f n t a h s e un s d n o e o v r ws tumble into the gulf below, which has been n ri trough which they dash are e lla d b e l e e p c ; at t a h r a a t ct e s f . th T e he pu r b a b v u i r es skirteddidtals:lte eternally quiveringvexe vexed t crags oN both, darkened into of the whitest mists, sabyssesplinterendf gloom,itlto sharp filied pinnacles, with,vitir g a i w e e r of desolation. breathless with P tio r n ing of the confluence is and re-echoing the hollow thunder l s wa o in f n rents, which seem like the revelling elevation delightTh i s is and Himal ayan wonder. g r a n T d h e e u r e , 8,300 feet. There is a sango over the Seepun at th i s place of two narro w p lanks, thirty-four feet in len g th, and about' twelve or fifteen feet above the impatient current. Here some of our followers seemed to want resolution to crora the perilous bridge. One crawled over on his hands and knees an other sat astride, and urged himself over by his hands ; while others were led by the vice-like grasp of their com rades. A Pariah dog, that had followed us from the pl a i ns , 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 P i teously, at being left behind. One of the mountaineers recrossed, and carried him over in his arms, --Lloyd's Nar rative of a Journey to the Himalayas. SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL MARKETS.—THIs DAY. CORN EXCHANGE. Although the wind still continues to blow from the east, a tolerable number of vessels have worked in since Friday, containing a fair quantity of Wheat, Barley, and Flour coast wise, with several parcels of Wheat and Beans from the con tinental ports of Europe ; but of most articles a limited supply only from Ireland. At our Corn Exchange this morning the Wheat trade opened with an increased degree of firmness on the part of sellers, and rather hilher prices were required ; but not being responded to sufficiently to establish any actual advance, sales proceeded somewhat slowly, and in any instance it was difficult to exceed the rates of this day week. All sorts of free Flour likewise continued to move off spa ringly on the terms last noted. Of American in bond the transactions since this day se'nnight amount to atout 2,000 barrels at 30s, and with some further inquiries to-day, 30s Gd per barrel was refused. Of Grain under lock no sales of mo ment have recently transpired. Malting Barley and Malt, upon a moderate demand, fully maintained our last quotations, whilst grinding Barley, of which a few parcels have arrived coastwise, appeared in li mited request, at former prices. Beans, having been taken off more readily than of late, were the turn dearer ; and Pease remained steady in value. The Oat trade to-day appeared to attract very little notice, and even fine qualities were rather lower than on Friday, 3s. lid. per 45 lbs. being the extreme rate obtainable. Oatmeal also continued difficult of sale, and our last cur rency was scarcely supported. ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 18th to the 24th February, 1840, inclusive. inn- COAST- FO- UNITED!! DINCRIPTION. LAND. WISE. REIGN , RTATESq TOTAL. ___---- - ....--__ Wheat Qrs. 1062 5776 2750 jI 9588 B ar l e y Q rs . I 86 2231 I , 2317 Malt Oats Qrs. l . 170 7 . 7 . i . 1714 Rye Qrs. ' Beans Qrs, i'' 417 1740 I 2157 Pease Qrs. 271 If 271 Shelled Barley Indian Corn . . Rapeseed Qrs.l - r Oatmeal .. . . Loads 219 5 5 ,I 2200 Flour. Sacks) 914 2135 400 I I, 3449 Ditto . Bits. i I, Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise, Oatmeal, 644 qrs. 7oastwise, Oatmeal, 614 qrs EXPORTS. Foreign.—Barley. 9 qrs. ; Oats, 66 qrs. ; Beans, 15 qrs. ; Pease, 6 qrs. ; Oatmeal, 5 loads ; Flour, 251 brls. Ireland. —Wheat, 559 qrs. Coastwise.—Wheat, 371 qrs. ; Barley, 337 qrs. ; Malt, 180 qrs. ; Oats, 140 qrs. 1 • Beans, 91 qrs. ; Pease, 70 qrs. Oatmeal, 130 loads ; Flour, 533 sacks, 244 brls. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending Feb. 14, 1840. Wheat.. 655. 3d. } Barley.. 38s. 3d. Oats.. 245. 3d. Rye.. 365. sd. Beans.. 395. 7d. Pease, 408. 4d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 655. 5d71 Biirley.. 395. od. I Oats.. 235. 11. I Rye.. 373.9 d. Beans .. 40s. 3d. Pease.. 405. 2d. Duty on Foreign Grain, &c. this week. Wheat2ls. Bd. Barley 3s. 4d. I I Oats '.... .. 128. 3d. Rye .. 14s. Od I Beans, gs. 6d. Pease. gs. 6d. Indian Corn, 3s. 4d. Flour, 13s. 04 Liverpool Averages, week ending 18th February, 1840. I Wheat. 1 Barley. Oats. I Beans. 1 Pease. Qr 5..... 1205 628 733 115 0 Prices.. 765. 7d. 455. Id. 268. Od. 48s. 6d. Os. Od. LONDON CORN EXCHANGE-YESTF:RDAY. Our market this morning was very scantily supplied with English Wheat fresh up, particularly from Essex, and the condition of the samples being materially improved by the cold frosty weather, our millers bought pretty freely the choicest qualities at an advance of from is to 2s per quarter on the quotations of this day se'nnight, and the inferior sorts at fully that day's rates. The holders of foreign wheat like wise exhibited a greater degree of firmness, and in , partial instances higher prices were realised.. Flour found purchas ers slowlyat last week's currency, for both town and coun try market. The receipts of barley this morning have been small, but we had large arrivals of this article during the past week. The finest malting qualities maintained former prices, but it was impossible to dispose of any middling or inferior kinds without submitting to a reduction of is to 2s per quarter. The recent arrivals of oats have been tolerably good, chiefly from our own coasts ; the trade, however, in this grain, though not brisk, was firm, and the sales effected brought fully as much money as on this day week. Beans and peas being in short supply, met with some attention. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. TUESDAY, Faa. 25.—Wind S.E. The steamer Argyle will sail for New Orleans on Thursday. Let ters must be left at Messrs. W. A. Smith & Co's office, a, Houghton street, before eight o'clock, on Wednesday evening ARRIVED—Venilia, -, from Rotterdam Copeland, , from China to London, was spoken 30th Dec. in lat. 35 S. long. 26 E. Countess Dunmore, Johnstone, sailed from Aux Cayes for Cape of Good Hope 2nd Jan. Hero, Smallwood, Bombay, off Cape Clear, 2nd Jan. Inca, Harrison, hence at Honduras Si. Mindogana, hence at Havana ater Witch, Laing, sailed from ditto 19th Dec. for this port John Blake, Churchward, from Odessa at Constantinople, and sailed 25th Jan. for this port Norna, Westlake, from Odessa at ditto, and sailed 29th Jan. for this port Champion, Breame, sailed from Zante for this port 21st Jan. Diadem, Todd, hence at Leghorn Beccles, Manthorpe, from Alexandria at Malta Tally-ho, Taylor, sailed from Ancona for this port, 10th Feb. Catherine, Bonach, hence at Malaga Greyhound, Rivett, from Messina at Gibraltar. and sailed Bth Feb. for this port Sir John Harvey, Cuthbertson, from Girgenti at Gibraltar, and sailed 11th Feb. for this port C.R.C., Le Gros, hence at Gibraltar Mount Charles, Good, sailed from Cadiz for this port, 10th Feb. William Clyll, sailed from Seville 6th Feb. and Zenobia, Swan, 10th Feb. both for this port Ann, Whinfield, from Rio Janeiro, off the Wight Water Nymph, Jerikins, hence for Hull, at St. Mawes, with loss of jib-boom Waterloo Packet, Marshall, hence at St. Mawes, lost jib-boom Rio JANEIRO, Dec. 7.—The Queen, Forrest, from Liverpool for Bombay, has put in here leaky, and must discharge A MUSICAL ENTIIUSIAST.—" Dr. Ford, the rector of Melton, was an enthusiast in music, very singular in his manner, and a great hurnourist. 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 sing 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 horse was 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 hiin, saying, `John, you have pitched too low—follow me.' Then, clearing up his voice, he lustily began the tune. When the psalmody went to his mind, he enjoyed it ; and, in his paroxysms of delight, would dangle 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. He stopped, and cried out, Here they come ; here come the red coats; they know their Christian duties: there's not a 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 ` Messiah' 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. 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 Landon Train at 8 30 a.m 6 a.m. Mixed lt 8 I 5 a.m. First Class 10 30 a.m. First Class 12 15 p.m. First Class 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class It FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside I 15 p.m. 4 p.m. Co p.m. 6 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. do. /1 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 13 a.m. Mixed Pt PI 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. .. It •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. FROM I.'POOL TO MANCRESTER. First Class Second Class Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 „ 10 _0 „ n 0 „ ..11 45 :: 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 4 45 • • 5 30 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Miffed ll Stop only at Newton & Prkside * Except on Saturdays, when tli ON SU: First Class Second Class o 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. 845 Morning.. First Class I 11 0 „ 2 30 Altera. .. Second Class 4 45 „ .. Mixed 7 15 „ .. First Class 7 0 Morning.. MIA ed 530 Afternoon.. „ S TO BO; PROM LIVERPOOL. 5 45 Morning. First Class 12 0 1 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 8 30 ,051 SU 7 0 Morning.... Secont:l6ass 5 30 Afternoon .. TO ST. FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 11 45 ti 2 30 Afternoon.. 5 30 ON SU 7 0 Morning.. • . Second Class 5 $0 Afterooot, FROM MANCHESTER TO L'FOOL. 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 I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I [as 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 tt: Prkside . AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 ~ • • ~ 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 5 0 „ .. Mixed F'i 715 „ ..First Cla.,s NOAYS. I 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon .. „ ,LTON. PROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 IP • • • • /11 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 ~ • • .. „ MAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. „ [ELENS. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 ~ •• • • t, 11 45 or • • • • PP 2 45 Afternoon .. ID 539 ,r •••• - „ 'DAYS. 7 0 Morning.... a 30 AfteLllool l „ StCOnd Clasp .'bippfng FRIDAY, FEB. 21.—Wind East, ARRlVXD—Lavinia. Leask, from Marans—Janvrin, Talle, from Leghorn and' Jersey—and President, (steamer) from London and Plymouth. SAILED.—Petrel, 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, Nowlan, for Constantinople—Elise, Heldt, for Pillau—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, , hence to Pernambuco, was spoken in lat. :17, long. 10 Hector, Johnson, from Ceylon at Helena Emilie, Rnnulius, hence at Genoa Mischief, Jones, 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 ORAN, Feb. I,.—The Marchioness, Shields struck on a rock, but got off, and is now riding in Loch Don, with loss of anchor COVE, Feb. Ig.—The Abercrombie on shore yesterday at Copper Point, was towed off last evening without damage INTExFonn, Feb. 19.—The Margaretta, Davies, from Bangor to New Ross, sunk yesterday inside the Salters. Some of the mate rials were saved MESSINA, Jan. 26.—Several vessel& have been wrecked on the coast, one of which is an English brig, name unknown SATURDAY.FEBRVARY S.S.W. fresh. ARRIVED.—Patriot King, Clarke, from Calcutta and St. Helena — Christopher Columbus, —, from the Mediterranean—Martha, —, from Africa—and Sir Colin Campbell, --, from Charente. SAILED.--VEuidalia, Soule, for New Orleans—Niagara, Cole. for Mobile—Sphynx, Luscombe, for Gibraltar—and Media. Bleckhert, 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 3rd instant Earl of Lonsdale, Peile, from the Mauritius for the Clyde, off Waterford, sailed the 25th Nov. and from 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 30th instar t Julius Cwsar,Mitchell, hence at Llanelly, to load coal for Bombay Naiad, Phillips, from Sicily for this port, at Kinsale, and placed under quarantine. On I;th Feb. in lat. 45, long. 11, spoke the British Merchant, from Liverpool for Mobile. On 18th Feb. in lat. 48, long. 9 20, passed a barque, without canvas, apparently a com plete wreck Standard, ---, from Demerara for Liverpool, was spoken 23rd Jan. eighty miles east a Antigua Hannah, , hence for Havana, was spoken Bth Feb. in lat. 48, long. 8 J. H. Shepherd, , from Liverpool for New Orleans, was spoken 4th Feb. in lat. 49, long. 8 MILFORD, Feb. 20.—Thomas & Mary, Thompson, from Liver pool for London, sprung a leak after being struck by a heavy sea, and foundered 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 WATERFOED, 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, FEBRUARY 23 Aaaivan.—Niagara, , from Bombay—Amphitrite, —, from Odessa—and Eugene, —, from Nantes. SAlLED.—Margaret, Jackson, and Emulous, Ferguson, for Deme rara—Alamode, Bartlett, for Leghorn—Lanark, Simpson, and New York, Nieves, 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 warks, &c. • Sanderson, Bushby, sailed from Leith for New South Wales 20th 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 heeler, 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 stopped, and she has proceeded. The Lisbonense, from Liverpool, put in here, and has proceeded to Oporto Coyle, Feb. 21.—The Sarah Ann, Lloyd, from London for Liver pool, has put to here lesikk, and with a great part of her eargo damaged MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24.—Wind S.F . ARRIVED.—Rowena, from Mobile—Amphitrite, Brooks, from Ipswich—Eleanor, Halewyk, 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 Cadiz and Newfoundland—Agnes, Prim rose, Morrison, for Antigua—George Anson, Oakley, for Constan t inople—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 3g days, bound to Trinidad Elizabeth, Colleson, from fialifax 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`Gowan ; Scotland, Merryman, and Robert Pulsford, Prince, hence at New Orleans Orange Branch, Hammerford, from Terceira for Liverpool, at Cowes Patrick Henry, Delano, hence at New York 3lst Jan. NEW Yonx, 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 Ist 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 and evening. Off Holyhead, inward bound, at g a.m. No. 2053, Huron, A.S. from New Orleans, and 643, Dart, B. Schooner. Off Great Ormshead, inward bound, at 11 a.m. No. 1818, Earl of Roden, (steamer.) ESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 4-c. Anne Jane, T D Stubbs, 351 Calcutta, NV x. J Tyrer AFRICA. Romulus, T Carson, IsB Africa, J Poole & Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Euterpe, J Cumming, 129 Trinidad & Maracaibo, R Hutton &co Erin, Jl3 Maine, • 269 Trinidad, Imsie & Tomlinson SOUTH AMERICA. Eagle, W Bell, 327 Cape Verds & Monte Video. -- [Entered 20th Feb. for Lisbon & Monte Video Isabel, J Greve, 215 Lima, Imrie & Tomlinson UNITED STATES. Echo, J Crowell, 6yl New Orleans, W Barber John Cumming, Taylor, 679 New Orleans, Brown, Shipley & co Memphis, J Nichols, 800 New York, J & W Robinson Argyle, .1 L I,4urray, 106 Madeira, New Orleans & Vora Cruz . W A Smith & co Elizabeth, W Swan, 326 Charleston, Focke & Boult Chas. Hammerton, J Marshall, 640 Savannah, Cannon, Miller & co John Bentley, -- Disbrow, 783 Savannah, Cannon, Miller & co General Parkhill, Hoyt, 593 St. Mark's, F Huth & co Lanark, P Simpson, 648 Mobile, Houghton & Smith Vaudalia, F Soule, 431 New Orleans, Wildes, Pickersgill & co Austerlitz, W Hammon, 435 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 WFisher & Son Liverpool, J Sinnott, .514 St John, N.B. Baring Bros & co Columbus, E Pentreath, 939 St John, N.B. Gibbs, Bright & co George Wilkinson, C Brown, 39i Quebec, Chapman & Willis Alicia, G Pidgeon, 427 Montreal, Eshelby, Rowett & Co Belinda, D M'Nicol, 346 Montreal, J Froste & Cu Benjamin Hart, S T Douglas, 322 Montreal and Quebec, A W Hart EUROPE. Trinacria, L Lagana, 205 Palermo & Messina, .1 Moss & co Gem. J M'Kenzie, 90 Gibraltar, Cotesworth or Campbell Isabel, W Mathews, 95 Terceira & Halifax, W Dart Ashburton, H Bulkeley, 74 Azores, J Glynn & Son Eagle, W Bell, 327 Lisbon and Monte Video, T Bell Liberal, F Tare, 100 Lisbon, Vianna & Jones Alert, J Carnie, 230 Algiers, Chapman & Co or lmrie & Co Libertas, J Nodius, 250 Elsineur and Wyburg, Bahr & co Mathew, A Hall, 249 Naples, Eshelby & Co CaMpbell, J Queript), 9b Messina and Palermo, Graham - & Taylor 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 ()0 76 10 0 .... Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 61 0 0 Bolton and Preston 3O 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 0 Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 17 paid 16 10 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar l 30 paid 30 0 0 Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction lOO 219 0 oexdiv2l9 0 0 Ditto half shares B4 10 0 .... Great Western 65 71 0 0 .... Ditto new shares Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 30 5 0 Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 9O .... 153 10 0 .... 154 0 0 Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto and Southampton 5O .... 44 10 0 ... Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester 6O .... 71 0 0 .... Ditto half shares Leicester and Swaunington 5O .... 71 0 0 .... _ _ Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 25 .... 13 0 0 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland New North Midland lO .... 15 15 0 .... 15 15 0 South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland 4O paid 51 10 0 .... 51 10 0 _ .... _ BANKS. - Royal Bank of Liverpool soo .. 745 0 oexdiv Bank of Liverpool £l2 lOs paid 22 0 oex div. Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 17 12 6 .... Liverpool Union in .... 17 12 6 .... Northern and Central Albion NortlAnd South Wales lO .... 715 0 .... of Manchester lO .... 11 7 6 M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 9 15 0 .... South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank.. Commercial Bank of England 5 .... 4 1 0 •••• East of England lO .... 9 7 6 •••• Phenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 los. 7 12 6 .... GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings .eloo paid 164 0 0 .... L'pool and Harrington Water 1 350 .... 475 o 0 . .. Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 ...• L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 370 0 0•• • • L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. .t'loo .... 191 0 0 .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 125 paid 2 2 6.. Company 2 6 Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... i •• • • Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 2 1 6 ... DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 •• • • 976 • • • • Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 103. •••• Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company 8 10s. 412 6 .... 5 0 0 Harrington Docks 100 .... 0 0 0 .... Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool', (Polonceau) 2 .... 0 15 0 .... --- SHARE MARKET, MONDAY EVENING. Our Share market up to the close of the week was fully main tained, and this day we have again to notice a firm demand. Grand Junction Shares were sold on Saturday for £220, and the same priee 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. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, FEn. 21. There has again been a good demand for Sugar, and the market being better supplied, the sales of B. P. amount to 1200 hhds. at very full prices for all descriptions ; 4100 bags Bengal have also been disposed of, at 69s to 7is 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 £5 5s to £5 lOs per cwt.—No sales of Pepper or Pimento.—Rice. 1000 bags Ben gal sold, chiefly at 14s 6d 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 fine Demerara, at 14s 2d to 15s and a few puns of fine 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, tare proceeded very heavily ; about 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. gnus, 4d on Twankays, and 7d to 8d on Hyson, Imperial and Gun powder; the remainder was withdrawn at high prices. The business in East India Drysaltcry Produce has been very limited this week ; a few chests of East Iridia 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 ...€g 125 6d, 200 tons Honduras at .1:7 12s 6,1 to ..t7 15s, and 80 tons Jamaica at £7 los 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 24s ad to 24s 6d, with 100 to 200 brls. Pearl Ashes, at 29s 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 81s 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 lusiness done in Brimstone has been limited to about 100 tons.—Of Shumac small sales have been made ; in Sicily at 12s 9d to 13s 6d, and 200 bags of Trieste at as 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 bus 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 soots; 25 casks French, and 12 casks Dutch Madder, at the quotations.—The demand for Quercitron Bark con Unties limited, and the sales only 20 casks, at 13s 6d.—Olive Oil has been more-in request, and the sales of the week have reached 60 to 70 tuna, including about 15 tuns Gallipoli, which has changed hands at .t'63, and is now held for £65, besides a parcel of tine old Lisbon Oil of .e 55 per tun.—About 40 tuns Halifax Cod Oil has been sold at rather lower prices, and a few tuns brown Seal at .4'24 per tun. —Pale Rape Oil continues in very limited demand, and has been sold at 37s per cwt.—Linseed Oil, which early in theweek advanced to 255, may now again been bought on rather easier terms.-100 tons Palm Oil have been sold during the week, in small lots, at .el 3 103 t 3 £34 per ton.—Oil of Turpentine is inquired for, and sales to some extent could be effected a little under the quotation LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, FEB. 21. The demand from consumers continues very good, and they have bought largely in American descriptions, at last week's prices ; there has also been a considerable iniquiry from Exporters, who have taken 2200 American and 400 Btngal ; 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, ef 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 15th instant to this dathinclusire. Prices paid! IMPORTS SALES OP THE WEEK. iin the week.,ThisWk. this year --,--- -- 430 , Sea Island 10(10 16cla 70 , Stained - 11a 1 597 1 60826 6960 i Bowed Georgia - 7* ~,.._ 1 f Mobile - 6i 'Y' v 1 Alabama and Tennessee 5a - 6 1 3681 1 86816 16820 New Orleans - ii { Pernambuco & Paraiba B3 - 9a 580 Aricati and Ceara - 1 .... 4687 410 Bahia and Maceio - 82 .... 5583 200 { Maranham - lia - : ).. .. ) 3725 Sawginned - - - Minas Para Demerara, Surinam, &c... - - .... 102 610 Egyptian - 10 1240 150 1 Barbados - -- .... 9382 30 ! Peruvian 1 Bahama- 1 Laguayra - - - Common West India, &c.. - -- - } .... 1429 20 Carthagena - - Smyrna - - - j - - Manilla 1450 , Surat 4 -- J 53 } -. . 2838 1 5477 40 1 Madras - -., 4 400 1 Bengal - - I 265 557 31020 bales 8621 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 25s per head on Beasts, and from 3s to as on Sheep. Prices for Beef—primest quality 7d, second 6id, inferior 6d. Prime Wether Sheep 7d to Bd, second quality 7.id, inferior 6ad to 7d.—Beasts, 889; Sheep, 2259. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, FEB. 22. The arrivals of both British and Foreign Grain, Flour and Oat meal at this 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 Fuesday 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 been fully maintained. American free Flour has sold at 43s to 44s 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 Id per bushel, but the general run have continued to be offered at 3s Sd to 3s lOd per 4516. Oatmeal has moved only in retail at 33s fkl to 34s 6d per 2401b5. 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 42$ per 4801b5. and Baltic pigeon at 45s to 41is per imperial quarter. Peas have 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 lid to 30s pd have been paid for small quanties out of warehouse for exportation. LIVERPOOL PR: [CES CURRENT. ASHES Montreal, Pot 22 ofi 24 6 Pearl, new 29 0 —29 6 U. States, Pot none. Pearl none. BARK, Quercit. Oak, V , ton .. £5 10 7 5 German 4 0 5 0 BRIMSTONE, V ton Sicily, &c l2 10 13 10 Tuscany l3 u 13 10 CASSIA LIONEA, S. d. a. d v cwt. in bond 65 0 70 0 CLOVER-SEED, r cwt. American, red.. none Dutch 60 0— 70 0 French & Germ.6o 0-- 70 0 Cocoa, v ewt. Trinidad 5O 0 56 0 Grenada .... none here Brazil ditto COFFEE, V cwt in bond. Jama. triage 1 70 0-110 0 ordinary good& fine ord.lll 0-118 0 31 0 —32 0 middling 120 0-126 0 .24 0 —29 0 good mid 130 0-138 0 Cod fine mid. &c. .. 141 0-154 0 LINSEED, To ca./ 24 6 —25 0 Dutch, triage.. )6o 0-100 0 Ra p e, p ale do. .. 37 0-37 6 ordinary .... Turpen. 19 , cat... 57 0 —57 6 good Pl fine 0rd.102 0-108 0 Rice, v cwt middling good mid. in bond 24 0 —25 6 fine mid., &c. 1 116 0-120 0 Bengal, ord. do.. 11 0 —l3 6 Mocha lOO 0-125 6 mid to fine .... 14 o —l5 0 Ceylon lO - 0-110 0 African... Java Havana Jamaica, good& fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 12 to 16 o. 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 6 4 Laguira 76 0— 82 0 SAFFLOWER, V. cwt. DYKWOODS, V ton 4. s. X. s. Bengal, Logwood, Jam... 7 15— 8 0 good & fint...€s 0 7 10 Hon. & Dom. 7 15— 8 5 ord. & mid .. 2 10 4 10 Campeachy .. 9 10— 10 0 Bombay Fustic, Span 4 10— 5 0 SALTPETRE, V ewt. S. d. S. d Tampico 5 10— 6 0 East India 23 6 —2B • 0 Brazil n -17 0 —l7 6 Cuba NICARAGUA Wool). orange 50 0 —80: 0 Rio de is. Hache liver and black 35 0 —4B 0 solid Q 0— 12 0 Suns, rough 6 0— 7 10 Neutria, v doz small 6 10— 8 0 Chinchilli, do. Lima, solid ll 0— 15 0 Seal, each Harwood, Ango. 8 0— 8 10 SIIUMAC, V cwt, Gaboon 5 0— 6 0 Sicily Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Malaga Red San. Wood.. 8 10— 9 0 Trieste FLAX, V. ton. Verona Riga. P.T.R. .... 45 0— 47 0 Tyrolese P'burg, 9 head .. 41 0— 4 2 0 SUGAR, V e w t. Archangel 4B 0— 50 o B.P. Muscovado Dutch & Flem. 6O 0-110 0 moist brown .. 56 6 —57 6 GALLS, V cwt. dry brown .... 58 6 —6l 6 Turkey, blue 74 0— 80 0 good & mid.... 63 6 —67 6 mixed 60 0— 70 0 fine &v. fine .. 68 6 —7l 6 East India 7O 0— 75 0 Mauritius, GINGER, V , cwt. dabs and moist 54 6 —57 6 Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 brown 59 0 —62 1./ Jamaica 6O 0-120 0 yellow 64 6 —66 6 1 E. India, in bond 12 0— 17 0 fine yellow 67 0 —69 0 Gum, v cwt. East India, Bengal Arabic, Turkey .. 70 0-140 0 ord. white 64 0 —66 0 East India. 24 0— '55 0 good and'fine 69 6 —7O 6 Barbary 45 0— 52 0 extra fine 71 0 —72 0 Senegal 65 0— 66 0 Manilla, in bond 20 0 —23 0 HEMP, p tun e s. .oe s. Havana, do. P'burg, dean 35 0— 35 10 brown ' outshot.. 34 0— 34 10 yellow Riga, Rhine .... 36 0— 36 lu white ord outshot.. 35 0— 35 10 good & fine 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, - ft it, good and fine.. 25 0 —2B 0 IL Ayres and Monte Video, dry. TALLOW, V cwt. inferior & mid. 0 74 0 84 P'burgh, Y.C. .. 50 6 —5l 0 good & prime 0 9—o 10 Odessa 49 9 —5O 6 Do. salted .... 0 41— 0 54 Archangel 4B 0 —4B 6 N. Amer. salted 0 4 0 44 Buenos Ayres 43 0 —47 6 Brazil dry salted 0 54 0 64 Stockholm .. Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 6ii— 0 79 Carolina Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 o 7 Virginia W. India, dry.. 0 54 0 7 TARTAR, To cwt salted.. 0 49 0 54 Cream of Tartar.. 70 0 —73 0 East India .... 0 '7l—__ •s — 0 lii brown and yel... 50 0 —65 0 Kips, B.A. dry. 0 74 0 84 TEA, V lb. in bond. Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 0 . Bohea, Canton .. HORSE HAIR, V , lb. Fokein ~. Short mixed - 3 3 long tails 1 5 --• 1 10 Twankay, com... 2 9 —-- combed - 2 11 INDIGO, V Th. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 2 6-- 1 6 Bengal. Campoi, pur. & violet blue & violet blue violet, g. & fine 7 3 7 9 Sonchong, corn... 2 7 2 8 ord. & mid. 6 3 7 0 good to fine.. 3 0— 3 6 violet 14c cop. 't „ 6 „ Pekoe, flowery .. 36 4 6 mixed .. I s'— v Hyson, com 36— 3 g cop. g. & fine. 6 3 6 9 ' fine.. 3 to 6 0 ord. & mid. 5 0— 6 0 Young liyson .. 3 4 3 5 con. quality .. 4 9 6 6 Imperial Oude Madras 3 6 6 0 good and fine .. 4 6 6 0 Guatimala, To lb TOBACCO, V , lb. in bond. Floras Sobres s o— 6 3 Stemmed.. 0 7 0 11 Cortes Caraccas, Floras 6 6 7 o Maryland Sobres 5 0— 6 3 TURMERIC, - cwt. in bond. Cortes LAC DYE, V tb. TURPENTINE, To cwt. D.T. and prime. 1 6 3 0 American lO 6 —l2 3 mid. to good.. o s— 1 4 VA•soNiA. V ton. Je a .t.' . ord. & inferior 0 6 0 74 Smyrna, picked 15 0 —23 0 MADDER ROOTS, V cwt. Mores Smyrna ..52 0— 53 0 WAx, BEES' 1- , cwt. in bond. Galipoli & Syria .. 0 0— 0 o African 6lO 7 10 French 52 0— 54 0 East India - 7 15 Naples 44 0.-to 43 0 American 7is 8 0 AIADDICR, IR , Mi. S. d. S. d. Dutch, crop 70 0 —BO 0 Ombro 60 0 —65 0 Gamene 32 0 —4O 0 Mull 10 0 —3O 0 French, S.F. 42 0 —46 0 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 E.S.F., 54 0 —5B 0 E.5.F.F.63 0 —7O 0 Spanish 45 0 0 0 MOLASSES, V. Trinidad, &c 11 6 —32 6 Demerara, &c.... 32 3 —33 0 ! Bar & Antigua.. 34 0 —36 6 IMUNJEET ' 3 Cut.. 0 0 —l4 0 OIL, Olive, 252 galls. Gallipoli .#64 0 —65 0 Trieste 57 0 —5B 0 Sicily none o Malaga 52 0 —53 0 Portugal ; &c Leva:i 51 0 Palm, 44 , 'un 33 15 Fish, 9 252 galls Seal, pale.. brown 9 0 -15 0 10 0 -25 0 • 1 7- 4 4 10 6 -13 6 11 0 -11 6 8 o g o . 8 0 - 5 6 • y 0 -10 0 none. do. do. do. 16 0 -16 6 15 6 -16 0 13 9 -14 0 0 0 - 0 0 import 5. 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 fraiwes Ann, (sw)) E Soule, from New Orleans, 1564 bls cotton, order—P D EUROPE. Pefi, (58) J Dawe, from St. Michael's, 463 bxs oranges, \V Dart -2 do, Master—S D Lavinia, (121) J Leask, front Marans, 900 qrs beans, order—K P Pelican, (141) Le Suez, 701 bags shumac, 1200 bskts raisins, 124 cks train oil, 67 coils cordage, Vbout 50 c old junk, J Glynn and Son D Janvrin, (200.) J Falle, from Leghorn and Jersey, about 2120 qrs wheat, Sandars and Claxton—G D Wm . Fawcett, (205) R Gossou, from Havre, 3 packages contents unknown, J Parsons-18 cases do, H M Castellon, & Cu-78 baskets 1 cask wine, J Dawson—l do, C J Middleton-6 bales flax. T S Gothie-20 do, L Couvenante-4 packages fUrniture, Baring Brothers and Co—l case perfumery, Madder-1 case pictures, J Barton—Cl D E Sir Colin Campbell, (160) G Pennington, from Charente, go puns 127 hhds 20 small hhds 95 qr casks brandy, R Preston and co—ls puns 10 hhds do, C Hamilton-20 hhds do, W Dalgleish-5 puns 10 qr casks do, J Radcliffe-10 hhds do, Bass & Radcliffe-6 qr casks do, It C Gardner and co-4 do, W Miller-10 hhds do, R Shute-5 do, J R Preston-10 hhcts do, H Moore and co-6 do, H Thompson and co-3 puns 20 hhds do, Knowles, jun and co-10 do, Dixon, Son and co-3 puns 5 hhds do, Freer and co-6 puns 12 hhds Iqr qr cask do, J Pickup -44 puns 131 qr casks do, for Whitehaven-15 hhds sqr casks do, I case fruit, order—S D TIDE TABLE. Days. Dlrn. Et'7l. I Height. Sundays, Holydays, .1)e. u. it. ci . AI. P. e. Tuesday 25 348 411 to 3 Moon last qr.loh 37mmorn Weeies. 26 441 526 10 5 Cam. Lent Term dir. noon. Thursday 27 6 3 658 11 2 Friday .. 28 737 816 13 2 Saturda) 29 9 0 929 15 0 Sunday 1 951 10 15 16 7 Quinquagesima Sunday. Monday 2 10 35 10 54 17 5 NORTHERN HOSPITAL, FEBRUARY 22 ADMITTED Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation 33 I Remaining in th, DISCHARGED ! Cured Attending as Out Patients . 17 Irregular • _____ Died. Total ie Hospital . . . 89 House Visitors, Thos. Irlam, Esq. and D. M`Vicear, Esq. Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.—House Surgeon, Mr. Aruott. LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, FEB. 21. PARTNERSHIPS .DISSOLVED: E. Emerson, E. Mumford, and J. Caferata, Lifer - pool, brewers— A. Lees, J. Lees, D. Hilton, .1. Greaves,. E. Ilibbert, J. Collinge, J. Lancashire, and P. Novelli, at (Adam, Lancashire, coalmerchant, INSOLVENT. Feb. 21.—William Priddon, Nottingham, butcher. BANKRUPTS. 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 Saunders, Manchester. Alexander Macdonald, Addle-street, London, warehouseman Thomas Carter, Cheapside, London, woollen-draper. Philip Mills, Hosier-lane, West Smithfield, London, victualler. William Bradley, Manchester, picture-dealer. Thomas Howard, Salford, victualler. John Nicholson and Matthew Nicholson, Sheffield, manufacturers of cutlery. William Hadrian, Cheltenham, cabinet maker. William Scruton, Ripon, chemist. Job James Bulman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, oil-merchant. Charles Evans, Bristol, coachmaker. Joseph Lawton, Morley, Yorkshire, cloth-dresser. Richard John Sutcliffe Menlo, Wakefield, dyer. Nathaniel Henry Taylor, Leeds, sell-crusher. George Tate, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire, felinionger. Edward Smith and David Chalmers, Great Yarmouth, linen drapers. John Wheeler, Southampton, printer. DIVIDENDS. March 16, A. P. Fortunato, Liverpool, merchant—March 16, A. Holmes, Bury, Lancashire, cotton-spinner—March 16, G. Peach, Northampton, wool-stapler. CERTIFICATES To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before March 17. J. Toter, Duke-street, Grosvenor-square, London, carver— J. Foster, Southwark-square, London, carrier—J. It. Innes, Fen- church-street, London, merchant—C. James, sen. and 11. G. James. Mincing-lane, London, porter-merchants—J, Marshall, Colchester street, Whitechapel, London, boiler-maker—S. Salomonson, Thread needle-street, London, merchant—T. Throp, Bla c kb urn, Lanca shire, ironmonger —J. Higginbotham and T. Higginbotham , Manchester, win e - merehants—A. H. Harold, Frome Selwood , Somersetshire, chemist —A. Micklethwaite, Sheffield, horn.mer chant. SCOTCII SEQUESTRATIONS. Alexander Mann, Clocksbriggs, Fortarshire, quarrier. Charles Mann, Arbroath, merchant. George Wallace, Inverkeithing, tacks:man. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed from the Returns made in .the week ending Feb. 19, is 39s odd per cwt. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. FEB. Hot 25. Thomas Willacy, (2nd) . Clarendon Rooms, 1 26. James Trotter 26. Raynes Wait. Appleton, (Ist) Ditto, 27. Jonathan Be c k e t t Ditto, 12 27. Thomas Seddon Smith Ditto, 1 March 2. B. W. Franklin Ditto, 1 2. John M'lnnes Ditto, 2 3. Joseph and William Latham, (2ml) 4. Matthew Wotherspoon 4. Theodore Frederick Clark, (Ist) 6. James Moile, i2ndj Ditto, 1 7. Gibson and M'Glasson, (special) .. . . Court of Bankruptcy, London, 1 2 Clarendon Rooms, 19 Ditto, 1 7. Edgar Bowyer . 7. Thomas Johnson BIRTHS. On the 18th instant, at Everton, the lady of JOHN MOON. E s4 ' Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, Maranhain, of a son. On the 15th instant, CHARLOTTE PONTEN, wile of Mr. Pa ten, 32, Bucklersbury, and the origin a l Ch ar l otte ' s Tavern, Lon don, was safely delivered of two girls and a boy. On the 20th instant, in Crown-street, the lady of Lieut. WA LK Ef t ' R.N. Inspector of the River, of a son. MARRIED. On the gth instant, at St. Thomas's Church, Mr. JAME: 4 GO DEN, captain of the barque Memnon, to Miss MA RTIIA ASlloltr, of this town. On the 10th instant, at Bridekirk,.by the Rev. H. A. HerveY. JOHN JACKSON, Esq. of this town, to Miss FANNY PEARSON. third daughter of Mr. Pearson, of Papcastle. On the 16th instant, at St. Nicholas's Church, Mr. WILLIAAt PARRY, pawnbroker, Vauxhall road, to RACHAEL SANDARS, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Jonathan Sandars, Hale-street. Same day, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. JOSEPH TAYLOR, eldest son of Mr. William Taylor, watchmaker, to ELIZABE TH LOUISA FRENCH, youngest daughter of Mrs. ATHERTON, widow of the late Mr. Richard Atherton, butcher. On the 17th instant, at the Parish Church, Blackburn, Mr. MA I : CAMPBELL ROB, of this town, to Miss MARIA BANKS, daughte r of Mr. Banks, stationer, Preston. On the 20th instant, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. H. Carpenter, Mr. GEORGE WARD to SARAH J OLLITT, only daugh ter of the late Mr. William JoUitt, of this town. Same day, at Great Budworth, by the Rev. J. Gibbons, M.A' RICHARD WOODWARD, Esq. Norcot Brock, to ANNE OKELI" eldest daughter of the late John Okell, Esq. of Stretton.house , Cheshiie. On the 21st instant, at Birkenhead, by the Rev. Andrew Kno%. B.A. ROBERT FELL, Esq. to CAROLINE JONES, daughter of th e late Major Jones, of the 18th Hussars. Yesterday, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. R. L. Townshen d, M.A. Mr. GEORGE WEBSTER MORGAN, of Cable-street, leath . t . l cutter, to PRISCII.LA OUTEN, second dau g ht er o f M r. WILL IA M STRIPE, Parker-street, tailor anddraper. DIED. Lately, at Papcastle, Cumberland, after an illness of only eigh, t , days, up to which time he possessed all the vigo ur o f youth, as 92, JOSEPII BIRBECK, Esq. From small beginnings, but by great industry and care, in the trade of h a t- manu f acturer , 4t Cockermouth, the deceased had amassed property to the amount t' t upwards of £lOO,OOl. . . On the 28th of October last, on his passage from Bombay to this port, Captain JAMES A DIELL, of the ship Commerce, of this Wi t ' deeply and deservedly regretted by a numerous circle of friends. , On the 14th December last, at the residence of th e H on . . 1 ; Richardson, Bauchampe Estate, St. Lucia, after but a f ew h o urs . illness, PATRICK M'CRACKEN, Esq. He was a native of Straw raer, in Scotland, and went to that colony about twenty-five year' ago. He was a planter of the first reputation ; and during NI abode on that island, had earned .the good-will a n d respec t o f al classes of inhabitants, by whom his death is now much deplored. On the 2nd instant, aged 46 years, Mr. JOHN HEATON, of Black' rod, surgeon, eldest son of the late Rev. Heaton, of Clithero. On the 6th instant, Mr. KENNETH M'KUNE, baker and &Mr' dealer, Whitechapel. Same day, after a short illness, aged 86, General DURHAM. Largo, Scotland. The deceased entered the a rmy as an officer 0f the Dragoons in 176 g, and has thus been in the service for no less a space than seventy years. Same day, at his son's house, London, aged 82, Mr. JAMS' KNOWLES, author of the new English Dictionary that bears h ° name. He was the father of Mr. Sherid an K nowles, the dramat ist ' and first cousin of the late Richard B r i ns l ey S h er i dan. At a ve ry 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 3 9 : the Baroness de MONCORVO, lady of the Portuguese Minister to the British Court. On the 9th instant, aged 26, Mr. ROBERT WHITESIDE. o f the firm of Whitesideand Hughes, spirit-dealers, Great Crosshall-street' deeply regretted by a large circle of acquaintances. On the 11th instant, at the house of her son-in-law, Mr. Parker Horesfield, Stretford, aged 84, Mrs. ELIZABETH KEKsHAW , formerly of this town. On the 13th instant, at the advanced age of ;us years, Mr. HAN' NAH DODGSON, of High-road-well, near Halifax. Thi s ven erable 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 th e opening of a gun-shot wound received upwards of forty years ago: The shot had perforated the lungs, and the woun d VMS reopene d br a severe cold which the veteran hero of m any a well-fought fiebt, during the ascendancy of the Republic and the Empire, caught i n the beginning of the week. On the 15th instant, at Harewood-house, Yorkshire, the Countess. of HAREWOOD. The deceased lady was the eldest daughter r; the late Sir John Saunders Sebright, Bart. and was married to tb Earl of Harewood 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 Janie' Kaye, farmer, formerly of Ince Blundell. Same day, at Milestown. near Cloonen, at the patriarchal ao venerable age of 113 years, a poor mendicant, named HUG .; HURLEY. lie could particularize the circumstance of, a nd effec, caused by, the memorable frost of the year 1739-40. H e retainr" Ills mental faculties perfect until the last hour of his existenc e ' He was on the foregoing day, busily employed in his eleemosyna r y career. On the 17th instant, aged 6 years, AUGUSTA BROCKSOP P ' youngest daughter of Mr. Brocksopp, Bold-street. Same day, at Leamington, aged 63, WILLIAM, third Earl 0 ! MANSFIELD. His lordship was attended during his illness and a his death by the Countess, Lord Sto rmon t, th e L ad i es Murra y, the Hon. General Murray, the Hon. Charles Murray, and the Hon. Ibui Stanhope. His lordship was Earl of Mansfield in the Peerage ) England, Viscount Stormont and Baron of Scone and Balvaird In the Peerage of Scotl an d , a Kn i ght of the Th i stle, Lord-lieutena nt of Clackmanshire, Hereditary Keeper of the Royal Palace of Scone' and a Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies. He is suc ceeded to his titles and estatesby his eldest son,Viseount Stormon t ' M.P.; try which event a vacancy occurs in the representation the county of Perth. Same day, at Ranelagh-place, after a few days' illness, MA R.TI I / 1 ' eldest daughter of the late Mr. THOMAS OLDHAM. of On the 20th instant, age d 10 years, F A N NY, only daugh ter B. S. RILEY. Esq. Warbreck-house, Fazakerley. On the 21st instant, aged 67 years, Mrs. MARY RAVELO' widow of the late Captain George Raveley. Same day, at Thornton Hall, Yorkshire, Mr. ORME, of this tovi;' ) Same day, aged 27, SARAH HANNAH CARNE , w i fe of Char: Frederick Came, Esq. 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