The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-03 00:00:00

portn2. BRITANNIA. (From the Britannia.) Be glorious ! thou Queen of the Ocean. Oh, ne'er May the rose on thy helmet of silver be pale, Nor faint be the arm that uplifts thy bright spear, Nor thy banner be rent on the field or the gale. For ne'er was that banner to Europe unroll'd, But fornature insulted, or freedom betray'd ; And ne'er to the battle it summon'd the bold, But to thrbw round the injured the pride of its shade. Rejoice, thou lone mourner—rejoice, thou pale slave, When the light of her spear flashes broad on thine eye ! 'Tis a star on the tempest, a beam on the wave, To tell thee the morn of thy freedom is nigh. On rushes her host, swift, resistless, and grand, Like a thunder-cloud rolled on the wings of the wind, To wither the guilty, to chasten the land, But leave, like its shower, a rich blessing behind. Like the spirit of vengeance the Russian beheld The sweep of that flag on his dungeon- crown'd shore ; The grasp of the robber of Poland was quelled, The Ottoman rose from the field of his gore. Then France struck her fangs in the world like a fietid, And tore its pale kingdoms with stings like her own ; But thy flag, glorious England, was raised for mankind, And thy cannon proclaimed, " Live again," and 'twas done. But now all is darkness, all slumber and shame ! And France is the threatener, and Russia the foe ; The Lion whose roar shook the nations is tame, The star that once flashed on the tempest is low. When menials are masters, and sufferance is sway, When the slaves of the slaves of the priest rule the age, Build the tomb, 'tis the place for a nation's decay ! Blot, History, blot the dark hour from thy page ! Still, Britain, thy daughters are fair as the smile That crimsons the West on thy sweet summer shore, And stern and majestic thy sons, thou proud isle, As the billow that swells to thy winter's wild roar. Then, Island of Beauty, then, Queen of the Wave, Think, think of thy fame, be thy standard unfurrd, Send to triumph the warriors who triumph to save, And be England once more sword and shield of the world.. H AV ALL. ROMANISI% • IMPORTANT MEETING AT HEREFORD. • (Prom the Hereford County Press.) The undersigned have the honour to present the following statement of all the circumstances nnder which a meeting took place yesterday morning, De cem b er 27, i n th e C oun sel s Room, at the Shire Hall, in this city The Committee of the Hereford Protestant Association having become acquainted with the contents of the Maynooth class books, by actual inspection, deemed it their duty to communicate them as widely as possible in their own neigh baurhood. The following circular was, therefore, issued to 100 resident gentlemen of the city and county " We are desired by the committee of the Hereford Pro testant Association to entreat, in the most urgent manner, the favour of your attendance at a meeting 'to be held on Friday, the 27th instant, at twelve o'clock, at the Counsels'. Room, Shire Hall. The committee are in possession of im portant documents containing the most painful information on certain subjects, which they were anxious to lay before the respectable and intelligent members of the community of this county. " The committee pledge themselves as to the great im portance and authenticity of the intelligence they desire to communicate. The meeting will be strictly confined to gen tlemen who are thus individually invited 3y the committee, and they earnestly entreat your dispassionate an unbiassed attention. " Yen. Archd. Wetherell, Rev. J. Venn, Rev. Thomas Allen, W. H. Bellamy, Esq. • Chandos Hoskyns, Esq. Rev. W. Hassell, J. G. Barker, Esq. Major Coyle, Rev. H. Symonds, Rev. J. H. Barker, Rev. D. J. L. Warner, Rev. Thomas Powell , Sir H. Hoskyns, Bart. H. J. Lee Warner, Esq." " Hereford, Dec. 18, 1839." In compliance with the requisition, forty ientlemen at tended the meeting at the hour and place specified. Sir H. Hoskyns, Bart., was called to the chair, on the proposition of H. Le Warner, Esq., which was responded to by the una nimous voice of the meeting. The Chairman then called upon Mr. E. F. O'Beirne to introduce the subject immediately connected with the meet ing. This gentleman laid upon the table the following works : " The Treatises of Bailey and De La Hogue," and the " Di gest of Evidence before the Lords and Commons, taken in 1824-5." The first containing the doctrines of the Church of Rome, as taught at Maynooth ; the latter containing the evidence of the Romish bishops as to the genuineness. The business of the meeting was strictly confined to an in vestigation of these works, in order to attain undeniable evi dence of two facts —one, the doctrines of the Church of Rome ; the other, that these doctrines are the actual scholastic system of Maynooth. The impression made upon the meeting is to be found in the following petitions to both Houses of Parliament, which were signed immediately the investigation terminated : " TO THE HONOURABLE THE LORDS SPIRITUAL AND TEM PORAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, " The humble Petition of the undersigned resident Gentry of the County and City of Hereford, " Showeth,--That your petitioners are convinced, by an actual inspection of the class books of the Roman Catholic College of Maynooth, that the principles therein taught are immoral in the extreme, subversive of the best interests of tmciety, and incompatible with the stability of the most sacred civil and religious institutions of the state. " Your petitioners, therefore, humbly entreat your Ho nourable House to appoint a commission of inquiry into the system of education and discipline adopted at that college." These petitions bear the signatures of 34 individuals, of whom three are baronets, 15 county magistrates, and all gen tlemen of station and character in the county, though pos sessing direct political opinions. THOMAS POWELL, Turnaston, Secretaries. HENRY COYLE, Major, Hereford, STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.—AIthough there was, as might be expected from the season, but little demand, yesterday, the market was decidedly firm and elastic ; and all descriptions, both of goods and yarn, were firmly held for the full prices of last week, or, in some cases, for an advance ; and very little in clination was shewn to make contracts for future deli Very, which were rather freely offered by the buyers. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, ;MONDAY, DEC. 30. There has been little or nothing done in the market to. day in any description of goods. Of the last three markets this has been decidedly the worst ? and those who have been obliged to sell have also been obliged to take such prices as were offered. The wool market has been as usual, dull and heavy, with no variation in the prices that is quotable. Work is daily becoming more scarce, though upon the whole Roch • dale is i n a b e t ter s i tuat i on than many of the neighbouring towns. The greatest distress experienced amongst all kinds of traders is that of the publicans ; and almost the whole of this, the publicans themselves attribilte to the railway ! HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, DEC. 31, 1839.—At this season it seldom happens that much business is done even at the best of times, therefore it is not expected at the present crisis. But we rejoice to report, that the aspect of trade is . brightening, that symptoms of returning confidence are ap parent from the numerous inquiries, the firmness of the market, and the spirits of the manufacturers. It is true that few goods were sold ; but the demand was greater, orders begin to creep in, and a general feeling obtains that a short time will wit ness a d ec id e d i mprovement. B u t for the failure of a firm at Leeds, scarcely a bankruptcy of any moment would have as yet taken place in this district, which is a stri king proof that, for some years past, business has been done on a firmer basis than formerly.—Manchester Guardian. THE CORN LAWS. 4( Cf: ti 4 ws-4 .‘Tk;;f!‘• ,„; ‘ . 7 . f.../). -, 7.71 Fr te Standard. We have throw n out a h ) great many propositions to the corn-law repealers, calling upon them to - take up our chal lenge. The following are a few of them : We have asserted that A repeal of the corn-laws would at once silence the manu factories which carry on their work by bank credits; first, because the country banks are all, or chiefly, based upon landed capital, which a repeal would depreciate beyond cal culation. Secondly, because the necessary contrac.ion of the currency by the Bank of England, consequent upon an importation of foreign grain, of which we have had a sample already, would Compel the country banks (as many as should escape ruin from the depreciation of their capital) to with hold discounts altogether. Note.—About five-sixths at least of the manufactories of the kingdom carry on their work by bank credits. _ _ We have asserted that a repeal of the corn-laws would ruin all the retail dealers of Great Britain, not only by the total discontinuance of discounts, consequent upon a contraction of the currency, but by the impoverishment of their custom ers—the landed nobility and gentry, and all persons depen dent upon rents for income—in short, by leaving the retail dealers to deal exclusively one with another. These dealers have, like the manufacturers, had already a sharp lesson as to the consequence of a contraction of the currency ; and they would all—even to the man (if there is any) who never saw a blade of corn growing—feel by far more sharply the effect of a general bankruptcy, of the agricultural body. These would be the immediate consequences of a repeal of the corn laws—Manchester would present, for much its greater part, a pile of ruins ; and Regent-street something very like a street in a " city of the desert," within a very few months after a repeal. We have also asserted, that upon the extravagant hypo thesis that the social state could survive causes so necessa rily tending to anarchy as those recited, all Persons engaged permanently in manufactures would be ultimately losers, by a repeal, to an enormous extent. The master manufacturer would lose his home market b y the same operation which must transfer British capit a l to raise rival manufactures o n the continent. The wholesale and retail dealers would lose their customers in all gradations -- ; an - the labourer-fina his wages reduced in a far greater proportion than an • possible reduction in the price of the nece ssar i es of life. Already the supply of labour exceeds the demand for it, to an extent which enables employers to name the rate of wages. A mil lion or so of agricultural labourers would be seat by the proposed reveal to augment that supply. Ireland alone, indeed, would send nearly two millions ; and the half -ruined masters would have a motive, which generally they have not now, and which, to say truth, many of them do not seem to want, to screw down wages a few degrees below " the starv ing place," at whatever point " the starving place" might be fixed by the price of provisions. We have asserted that a repeal of the corn-laws would render necessary a vast additional taxation of manlffacturers, wholesale and RETAIL dealers, and all others, to make good the deficit caused by a bankruptcy of the agricultural class— or a national bankruptcy. Gentlemen fundholders ought to look to this alternative. We might proceed recapitulating oar propositions, but we believe that we have repeated enough for one day. Now these propositions may be false in the opinions of some men, but nobody, we think, will eay that they are not sufficiently plain and distinct ; yet, as far as we can find, no corn-law repealer has, either in speaking or in print, ven tured to grapple with any one of them. This confirms us in • the notion that we are not mistaken in our views ; for surely if we have propounded fallacie s , th e re must be some one among the enemies of the agricultural interest acute enough to discover where the fallacy lies, and bold enough to ex pose it. Instead of this, the parties with whom we have to deal, well knowing where falsehood can lurk with most safety, very carefully confine their argument, or what they call ar gument, to vague generalities —a mode of answer imposing upon us, who make it, a rule to suffer nothing in the shape, or disguise, of an argument, to pass unexamined, to engage in the somewhat distasteful task of analysing and dissipating. balderdash—the Greek's called the service S'kiomachia—a n d though balderdash it is, and must be called, since the cause of our adversaries will afford nothing better, we entreat them to believe that the plain English term is intended to be dis respectful to their cause, not to its advocates of the press. The Morning Chronicle of Saturday [in the same course of theological reading no doubt which lately disclosed to it that Abaddon and Apollyon arc iu the Hebrew and Greek languages respectively the names of a Conservative] made the discovery that the late unpropitious seasons by which the whole of Europe has been visited, but by which the United Kingdom has, perhaps, suffered less than the Continent — are a special interposition of Providence in favour of a repeal of the corn-laws. The following are our contemporary's words : " The very seasons are urging on the doom of the iniqui tous system. Of old, " the stars in their courses fought against Sisera," and now the clouds of heaven have paged warfare against a worse oppression. The very elements of nature, that withheld their' common benignant influences from the later portion of the harvest, bear testimony to the truth, in which, if in nothing else, the most discordant por tions of the great meeting at Glasgow perfectly agreed, that t h e corn-laws ought to be immediately repealed.' " They must have h higher opinion of the gentlemen specu lators, who only could gain by a repeal of the corn-laws (see the Factory Reports) than we can prpfeSs to entertain, that think them so especially the favourites of Heaven as to .ob tain from Providence in their behalf a visitation that has solely afflicted all Europe, and a very great part of Asia ; but this by the way. ' The question to be discussed,. may, we suppose, be put thus—has the experience of two unfavourable seasons proved the impolicy of the corn-laws ? We say•that it has not, but that it has established beyond all controversy the wisdom of those laws. Their justice, we may observe, in answer to the Morning Chronicle's concluding sentence, is acknowledged by the Chartist resolutions at Glasgow, requiring the repeal of all taxes which affect British agriculturists, so as to ren der them burdened competitors with their Continental rivals —that is, all taxes, or nearly all, as a necessary condition preliminary to repeal. These are the resolutions referred to by the Morning Chronicle with such convenient brevity. We come back to our proposition, and repeat that the experience of the last unpropitious seasons demonstrates the wisdom of the corn-laws, by the comparatively light pressure of these seasons upon our people. Let the relative proportion of prices to wages in 1799 and 1839 be compared, and the good effect of the corn-laws will be obvious. The season of 1799 was not worse than either of the two that have just passed over us, in 1799, however, wages were little, if anything, higher than at present, while the prices of provisions were. we believe, at least double the present prices. This is the testimony of experience, and it is easily accounted for by the apriori consideration. The protection afforded to agriculture has caused a vast amount of land to be brought into tillage cuitivation throughout the United Kingdom, which wi' hout such production would not be so employed ; in other words, has caused an immense increase in the production of corn. It appears by Mr. Emerson Tennent's excellent speech, that this has been the case in Ireland to an almost incredible extent, the exported surplus from Ireland reaching the five or sixfold proportion in the course of a very few years. Now this is an addition to the general produce of Europe, as well as to the produce of the British Islands : and we may there fore fairly cohclude that Europe has, by so much, more corn under the affliction of a bad ;iarvest than it would have but for our corn-laws, while:the British islands hare all the bene fit of that increase. It has been said indeed, and we shall hear it said again, that the increase to the general stock of Europe would have been greater but for our corn-laws, inas much as the cultivation_of the Continent would have been extended to meet the demand - of the British market. This proposition assumes that men will embark money and labour to a greater extent in contemplation of an un-certain than of a certain sale of the produce! ! How un-certain must be the British market to any foreigners will be apparent from the consideration, that our ports once thrown open would be open to the four quarters of the world ; and if the opening promote agricultural speculation any where, it would promote it every where—at Odessa, as well as in the neighbourhood of New York—in Africa no less than in Germany. Can any man in his senses, gravely entertain such a propo sition, namely, that the whole world would be put in motion to meet the demands of a few manufacturing towns in England, with a population of about a million, or less? No, _we might ruin our own agriculture, but we should not cause a grain of corn the more to grow abroad ; and thus an unfavourable harvest would overtake us, without that solid basis of a home supply, which now constitutes the security of the country against famine. Under the system of the existing law, grain can always be imported from whatever country produces it, in such abundance, that it may be sent into our market paying the amount of duty necessary to equalise the burthens of the British and foreign farmers, and in extreme cases, without paying so much, or paying any thing. Can wisdom contrive a better mode of insuring the home supply, and at the same time of giving to this country the advantage of the local abundance produced anywhere by the particular bounty of Providence ? But sometimes it will happen that the affliction of short harvests is general, and then our corn-laws ensure that Britain shall suffer less than any other country by the calamity. This is the case at pre sent, as any one may satisfy himself by reading the foreign newspapers. All the nations of the Continent with whom grain constitutes the staple of food, are suffering far more severelythan we are. This brings us 'to another of the Morning Chronicle's so called arguments : " How much the Duke of Buckingham deceives himself, if he thinks, by a few complimentary phrases, he can make the agricultural labourers in love with the corn-law ! A gentleman of Honiton, in Devonshire, has sent us a state ment of the condition of the agricultural labourers in that neighbourhood, to which we particularly invite the attention of our readers. It will be observed that he states distinctly that the high price of the necessaries of life has made it im possible to carry the provisions of the Poor-law Amendment Act into effect : • _ _ " Take two instances,' he says, ' which lately occurred here :—A. 8., an able-bodied man, applied for out-door re lief. He had a wife and four children ; his earnings, 7s. per week ; he paid his master, who was his landlord, ls. a week rent out of the 75., .and bought his wheat of his master at 10s. a bushel ! ! C. D., an able-bodied man, applied for a continuance of the two loaves allowed by the guardians a fortnight before; he had a rheumatic wife and three chil dren ; his earnings 7s. a week. I asked him how much bread he had had the week before ? Only the two loaves granted by the board, except some cakes made by my wife from barley bought of my master at ss. a bushel; but it was poor stuff; no meat whatever, the rest of my wages going in potatoes and rent ;' nothing for clothes, bedding, drink, firing, soap—education, of course, out of the question !' " It is, as our correspondent states, quite impossible that soul and body can be kept togethet 4 with such prices of food and such wages. The labouring men, in love with the corn laws ! This would 'suppose them to rank lower than the brutes that perish, far they have the instinct of self-preserva tion. Even a dog, attached as he is to our species, will only bear a certain measure of pinching. The gentry of England may depend on it that these poor gaunt creatures reflect, and reflectlntensely,_on the cause of their privations. They can not, while they feel hunger gnawing their vitals, entertain kindly sentiments towards those whom they see living in luxury on the money wrung from them by the monopoly. No t. the agricultural labourers suffer more than the workmen in towns from the high price of bread, as their scanty wages are inadequate to procure theM bread alone." In reply to these remarks we have one or two questions to ask : First, how would the parties aggrieved be benefitted by lower prices with lower wages also ? Suppose the employer to give his barley at 2s. 6d. a bushel, and to pay 3s. 6d. per week in wages--and the one reduction would be necessary to the other—how would the labourer stand ? Why, he would have a balance of one shilling instead of a balance of two shillings. Secondly, we ask, supposing this practice of disguised truck to be harsh, tyrannical, and unjust —as we know it is —does nothing of the kind obtain among manufacturers ? have they no prescribed shops with which their slaves must deal as the condition of employment? Thirdly, supposing the dietary referred to to be insuffi cient—and as we are not looking for employment under the New Poor-law ' Ave can freely speak our minds, and admit that, Heaven knows, it is cruelly insufficient—still, is it not preferable to the dietary of the serfs of Poland and Pome rania, whom a repeal of the corn-laws would render the less burdened competitors of the British labourer, and to whose condition, or worse, therefore, such a repeal would bring our peasantry ? The Morning Chronicle to-day, availing itself of the so phism Pluriunz interrogationum, mixes up the two questions of the Bank contraction of discounts and the corn-laws, and asks, bow can the country go on with both ? We answer the questions separately. The country can go on, as we have shown, very well with the corn-laws ; but the country can not go on with the contraction of discounts permanently continued. That contraction is, however, but temporary—to meet a particular contingency ; nothing less than a repeal of the corn-law can perpetuate it. ••••• ••••• T-- C. . 7. - ^ 0. c ~' i - - ‘,./ 1 '''',-;:-,.; , t ; ,, (.'i GALLANT CONDUCT OF THE COAST GUARD AT ST. ANDREWS. RESCUE OF A BRIG AND THIRTEEN MEN. We have had several opportunities of remarking upon the prompt and successful efforts of Lieutenant Cox and his coast guard in rescuing vessels and men from death and de struction, or-in assisting, as on a recent mournful occasion, to secure property and assist sufferers when a shipwreck has actually taken place ; hut on no occasion has the intrepidity and judicious conduct of this humane and highly meritorious officer been more signally and happily evinced than on Friday evening last. For many days s dreadful sea has been breaking upon our rocky and unapproachable coast, and even when the wind had, on the night of Thursday, shifted to the south west, the roll of the sea from the east was undiminished. Six vessels which were labouring all day in the bay, and now and then trying to take the harbour, were deterred by the heavy swell that rolled in the fairway from making the attempt. It was indeed, about one o'clock, a most magnificent scene, and witnessed by hundreds of spectators. The vessels lying-to, or slowly tacking, preienting their broadsides to the unbroken swell, and sinking alternately so deep as to render their hulls altogether invisible, and then coming slowly and majestically into view, and titling lightly aloft as if in danger of being projected into the air—very much after the fashion of the sea-fowl which rode the waves in miniature fashion at no great distance. At this period, and when the shore was one mass of fermenting turbulence, the life-boat was seen making its way most majestically through the ground swell. " taking the ruffian billows by the tops," and boldly bearding the overtopping and all but overwhelming surge. It was the undaunted lieutenant and his crew, with the addition of a few strong and fearless fishermen, resolved to save from a watery grave, or themselves to perish in the noble attempt. A brig had been observed for a considerable time in the neighbourhood of the fatal Broach Bank, near the mouth , of the Taw, manif e stly in the greatest danger of strikiug r d, immediately to l e )i e e n ce " s, u :i n th tlY til 40Ufealliaort0712(14.4 Capt.gg Cox saw and at once estimated the danger—knowing that if the wind should shift (as, from the run of the waves, it was likely to , do) towards the cast, no power on earth • would prevent the most fatal consequences. About four- o'clock he and hit brave crew were seen in the bay nearing the poor vessel, which, on 'aCCOlint of the ebb tide, was now every in danger of st r iki ng t h e b ottom. Their approach, was not perceived b y t h e captain or crew till they instan t ‘ h° er w e e e v l e o r s ' e upon them, and the effect which the discovery had • upon all on board may be more correctly imagined than it very feeling gave energy and effect to the can be expressed. Life was now, in all human probability, s t e h c e ured, and this e t fl u b i r pt t i ;s:hicb followed to save property likewise. With great James vessel proved to be the car e , an d no little risk, the ship was at last conducted into , f o ol r lo d w e deedp the l hlifaem-beosatHlay alongside chinson of master,he ‘lvsiatbheallacaarigulo A of m c i oa o l f s A fr b o e rn rdee Shields to Dundee. She was quite new, of 227 tons register, and built for the West India trade. The crew amounted to 12, exclusive of the son of onNevoef ktilLOßn'noterhso,wwho was n board as a passenger. Humane Society, this.; but this we are sure of, that if our magistrates and our matheGovernment of our country, or any regard or of m ay reward such conduct as leading men out of the magistracy do not immediately set on Captain Cox, they will lose an opportunity of foot a subscription fo y r Plat, suitably doing justice to themselves and to their feelings, inscribed, .to and do an injustice not only to a meritorious .offieer even to the cause of humanity in ge Tld ra te l lo i. v . e if d e citizen,e.a but —The fa o ti f ie l‘ r I ° 4 . solitary not more for .tia.liieiilsaitieiuMsicras; Lewis, and Ma. IYE CAMP, mu ACTalt. Charles Kemble was a great favourite elicited her pal ticular approbation, talent than for the undeviating modesty of his He was in the habit of announcing himself by a at the street-door, a practicce upon which she once tiata rap proper, good humouredly, to lecture him. " My dear, sir," u s - ai - she, "1 am told that you, actually come to my door with .d a single knock. Let me beg of you to alter this. You are far too modest : there are many, I assure you, much your inferiors, who are so furious in signifying their arrival, that one is apt to think this is the only way they have of making a noise in the world. Be assuredrtalent is often overlooked in this ttns great t own f or want'of a little clatter prece d i n g it,”— Life and Cerretpoudence of M. G. Lewis. IMMIGRATION INTO BRITISH GUIANA. /From the Morning Chronicle.) Various suggestions will be found in an article, in another part of this day's paper, under the title of a memorial for Dr. Lushington, for remedying what is now understood to be a great evil—the deficiency of labour in British Guiana. This is one of the best, if not the very best, of our colonies, for the quantity of land it contains is of the best quality. But this very advantage renders it easy for the negro to subsist him Self and his family without subjecting himself to conti nuous labour ;' rata hence the colony is seriously threatened. The writer of the memorial deems it the duty of the govern ment, with the aid of the East India Company, t t affo facilities for the introduction of labourers, under proper regulations, from the densely-peopled regions of Hindostan. The colonists are willing to defray the expense of the ar rangements which may be nceessary, and to agree to any reasonable terms for securing to the immigrants the faithful performance of the conditions of the contracts entered into with them. _ The only security against slavery is a dense population of free labourers. If Great Britain, after emancipating her' slaves, neglect to secure to the owners of colonial estates the means of obtaining free labour from countries in which it is a drug, the consequence must be, not merely the decay of our own colonies, but the encouragement of the slave trade. Mr. Buxton has shewn that the olition of the slave trade by Britain has tripled the amount of the trade itself ; and it is notorious that its horrors have been fearfully increased. The best means of averting the ruin of our own colonies, and at the same time diminishing the temptation to invest money in Cuba and other countries now cultivated by slaves, is to encourage the importation of free labourers into British Guiana. The writer of the memorial, who is connected with British Guiana, suggests also that liberty should be given to individuals to remove from the small West India Islands to British Guiana with their slaves under indenture for six years, a measure necessary to prevent their being taken to Cuba or Porto Rico. Let us not run into the mistake of conceiving that justice to the emancipated slave demands the ruin of his late master. We injure the sacred cause of freedom by neglecting to take efficient means for providing a supply of labour on the cession of slavery. Other nations will have their eyes fixed on the British colonies, and be influenced by the success or failure of abolition with reference to the supply of labour. The subject appears to us of immense importance. The material interests of Great Britain are greatly depen dent on the prosperity of the sugar colonies, and especially of British Guiana. SINGULAR ROMISII BELIEF AS TO THE NATURE OF AN OATH.—The Armagh Guardian, in a report of an examina tion of a woman 'named Alley Kennedy, at the Nenagh Petty Sessions, gives the following questions and answers :—" Cap tain Leyne, having heard her charge, asked, my good wo man, do you know the nature of an oath? Wicness--I do. Captain L—What would happen to you if you took a false oath ? Witness—l would lose my baptism for 24 hours. Bench—ls thitt all ? What would happen to me if I took a false oath ? Witness—Oh I 1 suppose yot'd be damned." EMIGRATION TO NEW ZEAL AN D.—A meeting of tne Pais ley New Zealand Emigration Society was held on the even ing of Saturday last, when it was resolved, to memorialise Her Majesty's Government, and the Directors of the New Zealand Land Company, on behalf of the Society, for free passages for the members, their wives and children, to the new colony of New. Zealand, founded under the auspices of the New Zealand Land Company. A committee was ap pointed to frame the memorials, and otherwise promote the objects of the Society. Single amen and women above fifteen, and undtr thirty years of age, of good character, and going out in charge of parents or relations, will be enrolled as adults.—Glasgow Argus. SIR GERVASE CLIFTON.—This gentleman, who resided near Leeds, in Yorkshire, was " blessed with seven wives," —so the epitaph of his own writinK says. The first three, who were maidens, he calls honounible. The second three, who were widows, he calls worshipful; and the seventh, who was a servant maid, born under his own roof, he calls his well-beloved. Each of the six agreed to the marriage of the next, before her death, and at that awful period were attended by their successors. Sir Gervase had several chil dren by his last wife, some of whose descendants now enjoy the family estate. He lies buried at the head of his wives. A WAVERER IN RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE.—And now, Becky, it must never go furder, but be kep a religius secret betwixt our two selves, but ever sinse Colin Cathedral I have been dredful unsettled in my mind with spirituous pints. It seemed as if I had a call to turn into a Roman. Besides the voice in my hone inward parts, I've been prodigusly urged and advized by the Party you don't know to becum a proste lyte, and decant all my errors, and throw meself into the. buzzum of Rome. Cander compels me to say, its a verry cumfittable religiun, and then such splendid Churchis and , alters and grand cerimonis, and such a bewtiful ruusicle sera vice, and so many mirakles and wunderfu relics besidei ; plain Church of England going, partickly in the country parts, do look pore and mean and pokey after it, thats the truth. To be sure theres transmigration, but even that I mite get over in. time, for we can beleave anything if we really wish to. Its a grate temptation, and provided I felt quite Certain of bettering tneself, I would convert meself at once. * * But praps twould be most advizable to put off my beleaving in anything at all, till our return to Kent. Be sides, Becky, you may feel inclind, on propper talking to, to give up your own convixions too, and in that case we can both embrace the Pope at the same time.—Martha Penny's letter to her fellow-servant, in Hood's " Up the Rhine." GERMAN BOWlNG.—Whenever the steamer passes, or stops at, a little town, you see a great part of the population col lected on the shore, ready to perform the courtesy. One or two, like fuglemen, go through the manoeuvre by anticipa• tion, as if saluting the figure head • then the vessel ranges alongside, and oft goes the covering of every head—hats and caps, of all shapes and colours, are flourishing in the air. Wet, or dry, or scorching sun, every male, from six years old to sixty is uncovered. Some seize their caps by the top, others by the spout in front ; this give his hat a wave to and fro, that saws with it up and down ; the very baker plucks of his white night-cap, holds it shaking at arm's length. Mean while their countrymen on board vigorously return the salute, the town is passed, and the ceremony is over. But no !—a man comes running at full speed down a gateway, or round the corner of a street looks eagerly for the boat, now 100 yards distant, gives a wave with his hat or cap. and then, thrusting his hands into his pockets, returns deliberately up the street or gateway, as if he had acquitted himself an in dispensible moral duty.—Hood up the Rhine. TO SAVE LIFE WHEN THE CLOTHES ARE ON FIRE.— The recent frequency of deaths from burning induces us to notice a passage in " Lessons on Words and Objects," by Mr. John Smith, lecturer on education, which we hope will be extensively copied. It is a law of flame to rise in the air; consequently, whatever we would preserve from destruction should- be kept out of the upward direction of the flame. Every child should see this experiment. Take a match with the brimstone broken. off; or a piece of paper folded as a match or spell, light the end, and lay it on the tray, or hearth, and the flame will make little progress ; it will often fade away. But light it again, and hold it perpendicularly, and immediate destruction ensues. Hence a person whose clothes catch fire should instantly lie down, so that there may be in stant safety, or time to call for help ; and the fact should be so frequently explained, that no child would hesitate to do so, instead of running about fanning the flame. WINE IN AMERICA.—CIaret and the other French wines do very well in America ; but where the Americans beat us out of the field, is in their Madeira, which certainly is of a quality which we cannot procure in England. This is owing to the extreme heat and cold of the climate, which ripens this wine; indeed I may almost say that I never tasted.good Madeira until I arrived in the United States. The price of wines, generally speaking, is very high, considering what a trifling duty is paid, but the price of good Madeira is sur prising. There are certain brands which, if exposed to pub lic auction, will be certain to fetch from twelve to twenty, and I have been told* even forty dollars a bottle.—Captain. Marryat. EARLY BIAS.—Mrs. Lewis's reading was chiefly confined to novels and other works of imagination. But among the subjects of her more setious attention, it is on record that Glanville's work on witchcraft was an especial favourite ; and it may easily be supposed, that when his mother's chosen volume fell in his way he often contemplated, with that hor ror which attends absolute credence, the copper-plate of the "devil beating his drum" over "worthy Mr. Mompesson's hopse."—Life and Correspondence of M. G. Lewis. How DOCTORS ARE BILKED OF THEIR FEES.—Dr. J. Johnson, in an elaborate review of a work entitled " Physic and Physician," in the last number of the Quarterly Review, observes—" We have more than once been presented with a farthing, neatly wrapped. up, lest our feelings should be shodked. Coronation tokens, Victoria tokens, bad sove reigns, and bad shillings, are all serviceable in the practical joke upon " the doctor. We remember hearing a story of the late Dr. Pearson, which evinces his dislike to be trifled with on the subject of fees. A patient consulted him and received a prescription. He gave the doctor half-a-guinea. " A guinea is my fee," quoth the doctor. The patient seemed inclined to let matters stand as they were. "Oh !" said Pearson, " I have made an omission, allow me to look at the presCription again." The patient gave it to him, and he, taking pen, ink, and paper, began to write another. "It is half-a-guinea prescription you want, not a guinea one, I see. I'll give you one of that sort directly." We need not say that the - additional half-guinea was forthcoming in a twink ling.—Medico-Chirura. Review. - NEW ZEALAND.—The extent of New 'Zealand has been variously estimated. The distance between the North and South Capes is about 900 miles—the greatest breadth of the Northern Island, which is the wider of the two, is about 300 miles—diminishing to 200 and 100, and to greatly less towards the northern extremity, where, at one point, distant about 150 miles from the North Cape, there is an isthmus of not more than three miles across. By the latest, and it is believed the most accurate account, the aera of the Northern Island is computed at 40,000 English square miles, whilst that of the Southern Island—of which Stewart's Island may be considered an appendage—is considerably more than one third larger. !The extent of the two islands, it is thought, must be; at least, 95,000 English square miles, or above 60 millions of square acres. The voyage from Britain to New Zealand, although the distance is greater than to Sydney, occupies about the same length of time, in consequence of the prevalent state of the winds ; while, in returning to Britain, the voyage from New Zealand is, of course, shorter than the voyage from Sydney by the distance between . the *two places, or about'l,2oo miles. SALMON FISHING IN THE TEVIOT.--I have been very successful in salmon fishing this season. Here, you know, so far from the sea, we have but a very short fishing period, after the salmon have come up thus far, till close time conies in; yet I have killed fifty-six fish with the rod during the few days of the present season which I could devote-to the sport. We fish with the salmon roe, not prepared into paste, but taken entite out of the fish, salted, and laid on a board over night ; in the morning the brine is poured off, and the, bait is ready for use. It is cut into small lumps as they break , loaf sugar.- When the river is- flooded, we fish at the tails of gently gliding streams ; but when the river is low and the water clear, then conies the tug of war. You have no idea to - what 'perfection roe-fishing in clear water has been brought on the'Teviot ; it is not practiSed with the same success in any other place•in Scotland. Under the tuition of " old Andrew Towline," however, the father of clear water roe-fishing, and a second Bill Hedley, I have become a very respectable roe-fisher. Three days before close time came in, I was fishing below Denhohn, at a place called the " King's Entry," when I felt 'a take, as they call it here, struck my fish, on which he made such a spring as would have shaken your cockney nerves to shatters. Away lie set off at steam-boat speed till he had about forty yards of line at his tail ; in fact, I thought lie was booked for Hawick, which was only about five - miles further up. Nevertheless, he changed his mind, turned head, and ran down water, slick away towards Berwick ; but, remembering that he had not i sfa l oo i n a rode k n, e u/ a aa, longtiittlesasettttaoclrtekylaileegsthhtoorliti,it thought worked ag htl w paid the toll when he came up, he put about, and began to id s oa t ti fn r dh n idt n s o u w1 l ; hima sure u P creaturen , whichfairly mad unfortu natelyhe ebegan cutting capers like a dancing master, when at last one desperate leap, owing to the line striking in the rings, broke my line, and back came the remainder slap in - my face. At that moment I felt myself half a foot shorter than I was a sigh behind me, and, looking round, beheld I heard a deep minute before. I had scarcely recovered my surprise, when ft Hey, a ent. What a pity I—sic a fish! but that was sair disappintrn 11 burn a light for him to-night, and a " misbegotten knave in Denholin grey. man, Butuever mind, sir, 1 if 1 stick him, I'll send you up your husk (hook)." I could not how art thou fishified !" The Denholmite in grey was as good as his word ; h e killed my fish with the lister that night, speak, but looked unutterable things. " Flesh, flesh, and he weighed upwards of dent of the Atl as . . pounda.—Correspon twenty-five :ddtoth'owreoorne DEATH OP LORD LASCRLLEs.—lntelligence has been re ceived of the death of Lord Lascelles, eldest son of the Earl of Harewood. Lord Lascelles had resided for some years on his father's estates in the West Indies. As Lord Lascelles has left no heir, the Honourable Henry Lascelles, of Golds borough, becomes Lord Lascelles.—Leeds Mercury. SUNDAY TRADING.—The Rector of St. George's, Blooms bury (the Rev. Dr. Short,) lately visited all the shopkeepers in his district, and requested , them,- as a personal favour, to close their shops at half-past ten on the Sunday morning. There was not one dissentient, and the rector was heartily thanked for the trouble he had taken. We learn from New York, that a memorial is about to be presented to, congress, in the ensuing session, calling on the government to adopt the project of a canal through the Isth mus of Panama, efiecting a junction betwixt the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; and that there is every prospect of this great and long-agitated scheme being at length realized.—Aoe- Orders have been received at Buckingham Palace to have , the royal apartments ready for the reception of the Queen and ,the court on Tuesday next, when her Majesty is ex-' pected to come to town for the season. Tlie palace is still filled with - workmen, of whom there are about 300 employed in carrying into effect the alterations and improvements in the interior of the splendid edifice. TUE HOUSE OF CO M MONS.—The interior of the House of Commons is filled with carpenters, painters, &c., who are employed in making the necessary alterations preparatory to the introduction of the Bude light, which is to be tried on the first day of .the session. The chandeliers have been removed, and in order to give effect to the...light the workmen are making the ceiling of the purest white. " Several English families of high rank," says a corre spondent at Nice, "have taken up their residence here for the winter ; our visiters in general are numerous, and the season promises to be gay. The weather is peculiarly fine. The thermometer is at 60 and 62 Fahrenheit, and we have fresh green peas and strawberries on our tables. CRUELTY.—The New York Enquirer of' the 2d instant says some demi-savages at Cambridge, Massachusetts, co vered a valuable horse all over with spirit of tar, and set him on fire. A woman seeing him run by, horse and harness, all in flames, thought it was the pale horse in the Apocalypse. The barbarian actors in the scene had to pay 100 dollars and costs. Dr. Hastings has obtained the answer of her Majesty's Attorney-General to the case submitted to him, and that learned gentleman is of opinion that it is only town coun cillors, and not aldermen, who are liable to be fined for re fusing to serve the office of Mayor. The Doctor will, in consequence, have the £5O tine returned.—Worcester Jour nal. CONGLETOS.—It is with much regret we learn that a very large number of the working classes in Congleton, are at present suffering severe privation. It is contemplated to adopt some public measures for their relief, and we are sure that they who are blessed with the means of assisting their distressed fellow creatures, will not be found deficient in the inclination.—Macclesfield Courier. On the 4th of October- a hostile meeting took place at Vouria, between Lieut. - Sh— and Lieut. the former attended by Lieut. R—, and the latter by Lieut. W. G. M—. After an exchange of two shots each with no effect, the interference of their respective friends amicably termi nated this unpleasant affair, upon, which both parties shook hands, and left the ground.—United Service Gazette. RARE SHOT.—On Tuesday, a couple of young " hoopers " gigantic birds of the swan kind, but larger than the wild swan, were shot at Barford, by James Baker, son of Mr. Baker, of the Anchor Inn ; they weighed together 441 b. They were seen on the Ouse, in the neighbourhood of this town. it is supposed they must have been driven from their natural huts in the north of Scotland by severe weather. — Bedford Mercury. Daniel O'Connell sometimes. conunits himself to a most disgusting mixture of cant and ruffianism. On Tuesday he outdid his worst, in an outrageous attack on Lord Brougham, whom he reproached with want of feeling for the death of his daughter, and with " parading" as chief mourner at the funeral. Some brute cried " Hear, hear," while the Libe rator • played the blackguard !—Glaegow Argus (a radical paper). . . The new church at Boughton, -in this county, which has been built upon a wet, loose soil,. has been for some time subsiding, but the late rains have so impaired the foundation, that the tower at the western extremity first sank and then fell to the ground, and the other appears also.to be sinking very fast. Of course the whole presents a most ruinous appearance.—Kent Herald. RUNCORN BAZAAR.—It is intended to hold a Bazaar for the sale of useful and ornamental articles, in Runcorn, early next summer, the proceeds of which will go towards defray ing the expenses ificurred in erecting the Infant and Sunday . . Sc - boas, in conjunction. with TrinitiChtirCh. Lord Francis Egerton, M.P., - has been' a liberal subscriber, and many others.have followed his noble example.—Chester Courant. • CHRISTMAS PRESENT.—On the eve of Christmas-day, we were favoured with the sight of the rind of a huge turnip, in which was one pheasant, two rabbits, two partridges, four snipes, two larks, and one duck. The turnip was grown upon Woodplumpton-hall estate, and with the contents was sent as a present by Mr. Richard Jackson, to his relative the Very Rev. Dr. Calvert, warden of . the Collegiate ,Church of Manchester.—Preston Chronicle. . . . QUANTITY OF MALT USED BY THE LONDON BREWERS IN 1839. The total quantity of malt'used by public brewers in London, in the year ending October 10, 1839, was 753,172 qrs., being an increase of 7,574 qrs. over the year preceding; of which increase, one brewery alone (that of Barclay, Per kins and Cb.,) amounted to 7,375 qrs., and the whole quan tity brewed by that establishment, in the time betore stated, was 114,817 qrs. EASTBOURNE.—We lament to announce the death of our distinguished and highly respected townsman, Davies Gil bert, ESC; _D.C.L., which took place early on Tuesday morning.; ,fie was late president of the Royal Society, and many Yeaitd member of parliament for Bodmin, previously to the paSsirig' of the reform bill; a6vhielt time he retired from public life, on account of infirmities increasing upon him. He was deeply versed in scientific knowledge, and was the author of several excellent works.—Briyhton Gazette. RATE OF INTEREST AT ROCHDALE.—On Friday last, in tlie.tolirt'of Requests at Rochdale, a person claimed £7 as money lent to a green-grocer from the Thursday till Monday. On the cross-examinitiori of the witnesses, it turned out that the interest agreed to be paid for the loan of this sum for four days, was 3s. 6d. which is after the rate of £228 2s. 6d. per cent per annum'. The claimant was in the weekly practice of lending money at the same profitable rate of interest, to the green-grocers. —Manchester Guardian. QUITE SURE—NOT QUITE. SATISFIED.—A distinction between " nuite sure," and " quite satisfied," was happily exemplified' at the city registry, on examination, by Mr. Pike, of a freeman, who Came up to register in right of marriage : Mr. Pike : Are you quite sure you are married ? Freeman : Oh ! yes, quite sure. Mr. 'Pike : But, witness, are you quite satisfied that you are married ? Freeman : Quite s,a stisfied ? Oh, I am not bound to answer that question. Court : You are not. It might be productive of family broils. "The last dying - speech and confession of the O'Connell ministry, as delivered by that notorious offender, at Tralee, on Thursday week, being a full, true, and particular account of the nefarious practices which have brought him and his compinions to so disgraceful an end !"—such is the fit style fol. the burly blusterer's last exhibition, at which fear and rage added venom to his habitual malice. His speech is one frantic yell of despair at the approaching downfall of him and his. He always ranted—nOw he raves.—John Bull. SPLENDID DOINGS !—The Suffolk Chronicle says:—" At the last meeting of the town council of Bury St. Edmunds; after the ordinary business had been concluded, Sir R. M. Rolfe, one of the Barons of her Majesty's Exchequer, was invited into the council chamber, and being seated by the side of the mayor, he was presented with a splendid silver gilt salver, on which was an eulogistic inscription in honour of his abilities and justice during his twelve years splendid services to the corporation as recorder . of that borough. Baron Rolfe returned thanks in a neat speech, after which he partook of a splendid luncheon, given by the mayor to the corporation, in the banquetting-room of the Guildhall. EFFECTS OF THE LATE EARTHQUAKE. —Singe the period of the late earthquake in November, which extended over most of Scotland, and was felt also in various parts of the Continent, several wells and springs of water in the neigh bourhood of Inverness have been dry. On the high table land, or elevated flat between the Leys and Inverness, there are a number of wells, which were never without. three or four feet of water in the most sultry season, but all of which are now dried up. The Rev. Mr. Fyvie informs u t s that the same has occurred in the vicinity of his residenc at Rose bank, and that the -people now resort to Aultn Kiasch Burn for supplies of water. The concussion pro ably closed up some horizontal strata of rock through which the water had its course.—lnverness Courier. YORK OPERATIVE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION.—We are happy to state that this society, which was originated but a few months ago, by a few zealous operatives, is extending its numbers considerably, and its list of numbers of members now contains 700 names. A deputation from the society has opened a similar society in the city of Ripon, and we hear it is intended to institute like societies in the other towns of Yorkshire. The Papists have established a " York Catholic Society," which is to hold its meetings " every Sunday, im mediately after mass." The terms of membership are, an entrance of is. and a subscription of Is. annually, which se cures to the subscriber that after his death " Mass should be said, and prayers offered for the repose of the soul," of such member.—Standard. THE NEW VICAR OF ROCHDALE.—It cannot but be a source of the most sincere gratification to the well-wishers of the Protestant church, to witness the laudable dispensation by the venerable Diocesan of Canterbury, of the gifts which fall to his disposal. The valuable vicarage of Rochdale, in Lancashire, has just become vacant, and the Archbishop with a view to supply the spiritual necessities of an extensive and populous town, has appointed to the preferment one of the most talented, orthodox, and exemplary clergymen of the establishment. The Rev. Dr. Molesworth has been pre sented with the living ; and whilst we cannot but spmpathize with the parishioners of Minister, and the residents of Can terbury and the neighbourhood at the almost irreparable loss they will suffer by the departure of the reverend gentleman from Kent. We congratulate the friends of the church at Rochdale upon their valuable acquisition.—Kentish Gazette. CURIOUS FORGERY. 7 .—ORIGIX OF NEWSPAPERS. — SinCe the year 1794, when Mr. Chalmers published' his " Life of Ruddiman," it has been very generally believed that a news paper,_ called the English Mercurie, written and published by the orders of Lord Burleigh, in/1558, the period of the inva sion of England by the armada, was the first newspaper which ever existed. In late times this opinion has received exten sive circulation, from having been adopted in a great number of popular works. Nor has it been .Confined to England. Several encyclopaedias and conversation lexicons, published abroad, have repeated it. By a little publication, entitled, " A Letter to A. Panizzi,. Esq.," by Thomas Watts, of the British Museum, this opinion, after being current for forty years, is proved to be wholly without foundation. The authority on which it was believed was that of Mr. Chalmers ; and he stated it after inspecting some copies of the Mercurie, which are preserved in the British Museum. On the 4th instant, however, Mr. Watts was induced to refer to the English Mercurie: and, before he had examined it two mi nutes, he was forced to conclude that it was altogether a forgery. _ Further inspection satisfied him, and satisfied all the officers of the ,museum, and every person who has seen it, that the whole of the English Mercuric, of which there are five numbers in, the museum, printed and in manuscript, are forgeries. The letter, of which the object is to lay the proofs of the forgery, and the conjectures by whom it was committed before the public, establishes beyond a doubt the spuriousness of this pretended newspaper ; and that it was forged in the eighteenth century. One proof will suffice. One of the manuscripts from which a copy is printed, bears the water mark of the royal arms, with the initials G. R. By whom this extraordinary document was forged, and for what purpose, is as vet wholly unexplained. Chatterton, George Stevens, and W. Rufus Chetwood, are mentioned as the possible authors ; but no motive, except the love of fun or mischief, is assigned as the cause of the forgery. More singular still is it that this palpable forgery should have re mained so long detected. Hundreds of authors, many of them living in London, have repeated Mr. Chalmers's state ment, and not one appears to have ascertained if it were justified. One would supgose even that this extraordinary document could never have been opened by any librarian or officer of the museum. Examples are by no means wanting of many similar literary frauds ; but repetitions of such for geries continuing undetected so long, and finally detected, are enough to throw discredit on the greater part of what is called history. When such things occur under our eyes, with all the help of modern publicity, who will venture to answer for the authenticity of any, documents more than a thousand years old ?—Literary Gazette. . . TIDE TABLE. Days. , ' Alm. r Eon. Haight.' H. II . H. 11. Y. I. . Friday .. 3 10 26 10 46 15 3 Saturday 4 11 6 11 26 15 5 Sunday 5 11 42 0 0 16 2 2d Sunday after Christmas, Monday 6 0 8 024 16 9- Epiphany. Tuesday 7 035 056 17 1 Wednes. 8 tIS 128 16 10 Length of day 711. 42m. Thursday 9 151 216 16 7 PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION, GENERAL POST -OFFICE, December 31. Mails made Last Packets Next Packets DESTINATION., tip in Jailed. Due. ' London, ------ _ - 11olla;nd • . -,-; Thes. & Fri. Mon. & Thurs. Hamburg & Swett. Tues. & Fri. Tues. & Satur. Lisbon Madeira 1 Saturdays .. Dec. 25. Jan. 5.. Spain & Gibraltar 1. Malta and Greece.. 2nd Saturday - Dec. 25. Egypt and India .. 4th Saturday - Dec. 25. Madeira lst Tuesday H.M.B. Petrel, Lyra, Brazil & B.Ayres each month. , Dec. 6. Feb. 21. America • lst Wedues. Spey., Dec. 7. Hope, Jan. 16. .! J i tu r a l , T l- ', 'w „ ard Ist day of H.M.B. Tyrian, Magnet, ' ' 8- '-` '' a Y"" • each month. Dec. 4. Jan. 26. Laguira ...... .. Mexico and Ila. 1 15th day of HM.B. Delight, Pigeon, vana I Tamai. L'ward l 15th day of H.M.B. Star, H.M.B. Linnet, 1 Isl. & Hayti • each month. Dec. 18. Carthagena • PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. Outward. 1 Home . . LONDON & LIVERPOOL, t 0... . .... .... ... Jamaica 2ss Od® 30 0 60s od @lns 0 Leeward Isl. Dens. & Berbice 2O 0 25 0 1 30 0 40 0 1 Honduras 5O 0 -- !105 0 —147 0 New York, Boston 4O 0 20 0— 35 0 Charlestori, Savannah New Orleans Havana— 60 0 50 0 5040 0 0 -- 60-0 , 40 50 0 0 Canada • ,126 0 —l6B 0 _— 14260 0 —l6s _ 0 0 British North America 66 0 Newfoundland BO 0 -- =_- Brazils River Plate East Indies China —...—. 60 0— 70 0 Batavia 4O 0 40 0 New South Wales . - Cape of Good Hope Africa ' 3O 0 126 0 Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga - 25 0 -- Madeira 2O 0 -- 20 0 Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon • 25 0— 30 0 20 0— 25 0 Cadiz 2O 0— 25 0 20 0— 25 0 France Holland 6O 0 -- 60 0 Hamburg, Bremer,, &c. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, &c. — Oporto ' 'nipping iintellignitt. TUESDAY, Dec. 31.—Wind S. ARRlVED—Deucalion, Winsor, from New Orleaus—Findon,—, rom Berbice ALSO ARRlVED—Montrose, Allen, from Londonderry—Diana, from Ballina—Tomlinson, Walker ; London, Bennett; and Clipper, from London Ida Berendina, Hensuna, hence at Texel Manney, Downes, from Para at the Downs Don Juan, Shearer, sailed from Harwich for Newfoundland 2sth instant, after being repaired Mary, Jackson, hence for Antwerp, at Peterhead Schyryd, Sanders, from Vera Cruz at Laguira Zoe, Holmes, from Mauritius at St Helena, and sailed 18th Nov. for this port Alice, Anwyl, from ditto at ditto, and sailed 19th Nov. for ditto Hinda, Louthean, sailed from ditto fOr, ditto 17th Nov. Gulnare, from Singapore for London; was spoken 3d Oct:, in lat 31, long 39 Wave, Bartlett, hence, at Nassau Eliza Sanders, Bulley, from Constantinople, at Smyrna Lavinia, Brown, sailed from Smyrna for this port, 7th Dec. Harmony, Jones, from Odessa, at Constantinople, and sailed 4th December for this port Royal William, Miller, hence, at Syra, and cleared 22d December for Constantinople Henry, Halsall, hence, at Syra Europe, Bowen, hence, at Malta • Princess Victoria, Ray, and Antigua Planter; Fisher, sailed from Marseilles for this port 23d Dec. Baltimore, Junk, from New York. at Havre, sailed sth December. Ann, Brown, hence at Berbice Childe Harold, Talbot, hence at Algiers Lavina, Kelso, from Leghorn at Cork Hector, Crisp, from Smyrna at ditto Temperance, Le Grand, and Eliza Sandars, Bulley, from Constan tinople at Smyrna George Robinson, Lockyer, from Rio Janeiro at Antwerp Spencer, Birkctt, sailed from Demerara for this port the 9th Nov. Ann Jane, Cocks, from Berbice at this port ; sailed 13th Nov. The Alert 'sailed on the 12th for this port. The Grace was to sail in a few da'y's for this port. The Fama was ballasting for Savanilla, and the Lerwick for Laguna. The Trinidad Packet, for London, was aground on the bar. • NASSAU, Nov. 28.—The Romulus, Garson, from La Guayra to Liverpool, got on shore on a reef off Beakobay Bth'instant, but was assisted off after discharging part of her cargo, and brought into this port WEDNESDAY, JAN. I.—Wind S. S. E. light. ArtarvEb.—The Mosambique, Stephens, from St. John, N.B.— Marwood, llolt, from Havre.—Hosteliva, Day, from Guernsey. &AI LED.—Courtenay, Brown, for Savannah—Fergus, Blyth, for New Orleans—Albion. Redfern, for Gibraltar—Leila, Higgins. for Baltimore—Jane, Davidson, for Tampico—Prompt, Morton, for Charleston—Orange Branch, Hannaford, and Adelaide, Swaffin, for Azores—Concordia, Stronkholder, and Louisa, Rooms, for Antwerp—Arab, Dalgarno, and Diligent, Nickells, for Trieste — York, Legg, for St. John, N.B.—Unicorn, Mullens, for Havana — Pauline, Schreinenberg, for Ostend—William, Brown, for Ancona. Jessy, Auld, from Penang at Calcutta, Ist Oct. Dorothy Gales, Banton, from Tutocoreen at Ceylon the 21st Sept. ' Liver pool, (steamer), hence off New York, sth Dec. Britannia, Volum, hence at Leghorn Isis, Scott, and Active, Tubbs, hence at Trieste Oporto, Woolagan, from Dublin at Oporto Ludd, Zoetelief, hence for Antwerp at Dartmouth, with damage, and loss of bulwarks. Francis, Hunt, trona Quebec off ditto, with loss of bulwarks and stanchions President, (steamer), from London at Deal, 30th Dec. Malvina, Brooks, from Monte Video at Gravesend Hannah, Gregory, from Dalhousie at Lancaster Ranger, Darling, from Newcastle to this port, put into Belfast Loch on the 27th ult. with loss of •sails Mary Halkett, Sinclair, sailed from Malta for Smyrna 4th Dec. Mary Ann, Lister, sailed from Trieste for Bristol the 30th Dec. ; Ellen Jenkenson, Walker, the 14th, and Ivanhoe, Gibson, the 18th, both for this port Heath, Evans, which we mentioned last week as having foundered off the Smalls, on her passage from Liverpool for London with a general cargo, appears to have completely broken up. A portion of the wreck, including the head board,&c. containing heriname, was picked up on the coast near St. Bees a few days ago. The two un foi tunate men who refused to quit the vessel even when in a sink ing state, have no doubt met with a watery grave CALetrtrA, Oct. 3.—The Glasgow, in dropping down the river 30th ult. got athwart the hawse of the Win. Lockerby, and carried away her bowsprit, &c. Islay, Dec. 26,—The Juventus, from Sligo for Liverpool, parted from her best bower anchor yesterday in the harbour of Lochin dahl, and capsized her windlass THURSDAY, JANUARY 2.—Wind S.W. fresh. ARRlVED.—Washington, Adams, from Charleston—Prudence, Gore. from Seville—Delphin, from Marans—Nautilus, Mar wood, from Aricati—Samuel & Julie, Nicholas, from Jersey—and Herald, , from Lisbon. ALSO ARRlVED.—Benjamin, Gowan, from Cork—Elizabeth, Kay, from Ballina—Christian, Gardner, from Ballyshannon— Rambler, Ford, from Wicklow—Abbey, ; Elizabeth, —, and Coquette, —, from London—Margaret, —, from New. Port — Helen Scott, Scotland, from Limerick—Joseph & Henry, ----, from Malden—and Ellen & Mary, from Colchester. Maypo, Seymour, from Lima, at this port, in 85 days, with cotton, hides, and 400,006 dollars; GeOrge IV; Brownless, from Monte Video, at this port; sailed 30th Oct. Ellena. Dabinorick, .from Trieste, at Gibraltar, and sailed WI Dec for Liverpool Ontario, -, from New York, at Deal; sailed sth Dec. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, JANUARY 2, 1840. Wind at Holyhead W.S.W. blowing very fresh. Off Great Ormshead, inward bound, at 9 a.m. No. 03, May Po, 8.8. from Lima. - . . VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 4 , c. Majestic, G Williamson, 344 Bombay, J Aikin & Son Frankland, —, 316 Cape of Good Hope, Bold & Starkey Watkins, J Whiteside, 336 Sincapore, J Aikin & Son WEST INDIES , AND MADEIRA. Sultana, HaBY. 199 Trinidad & Campeachy, Imrie & Tomlinson Palmyra, A Croal, 414 Demerara, G Booker & Co SOUTH AMERICA. Arica, 188 Arica, Islay and Lima, J Aikin & Son John Woodall, J Mossman, 379 Rio Janeiro, Ashley Brothers UNITED STATES. 30 New Orleans, Langtrys & Co 260 Charleston, W Tarbet .573 Savannah, Gibbs, Bright &Co 1150 'New York, Brown, Shipley & Co 451 Philadelphia, Brown, Shipley & Co Aurora, T Warren, Waldemar, P L Grubbe, Ruby, J -Westcott, Roscius, Collins, Algonquin, Turley, . _ BRITISH AMERICA. Elizabeth, Sinclair, , 327 St. John, N.B. Gibbs, Bright & Co EUROPE. 109 Bourdeaux, Canipbell & Rudd 265 Genoa. Bahr, Behrend & CO 214 Antwerp, C C Weber & Co Constantinople and Smyrna, Bahr, Behrend & Co Gibraltar. 2 Glynn & Son Gibraltar, Cote-swarth & Wynne Havana, Cotesworth & Wynne Havre and Rouen, 'Bahr, Behrend & Co Eshelby & Co Gipsy, W Shotton, _ Horn, S Davidson, Clothilde, J Denys, Thomas Crisp, J W Bloom, Premier, R Newman, Nerio, Jarvis. Patriot Minin, C Fiedeman, 357 .L'Anais. J V Le Grouec, 102 Triumph, L Abrirews, 129 Leghorn, LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensaries during the lust week:— _ _ _ Received advice and medicine at the Insti- tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine North. South. Total Total at each Dispensary VISITORS. *mports'. . AFRICA. Lady Stormont, (358) T Forshaw, from Africa, about 1100 casks palm oil, 16 packages returned goods, Sir J Tobin—W D WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Anne & Jane, (301) J Cocks, from Berbice, 104 bales cotton, 133 hhds 44 tees sugar, 37 pulls. 12 hhds rum, 101 casks molasses, K Semple and co -9 bales cotton, 36 lihds 4 tces sugar, J Crosthwaite and co—so hhds sugar, N Waterhouse and Sons-2 boxes preserves 1 brl cocoa nuts, 150 hides, 3c horns, order—W D UNITED STATES. Deucalion, (585) E Howes, from New Orleans, 300 bales cotton, Purton, Parker and co-5j do, A Dennistoun and co-205 do, Melly, Prevost and co-15 do, Dean Brothers-15 do, W Baker and co. -572 do, order-115 do, Collmann and Stolterfoht-27 do, M`Calmont Brothers and co-61 do, F de Lizardi and co-1500 brls flour, order-247 do, Cannon, Miller and co—W D BRITISH AMERICA. Mozambique, (392) W Stephens, from St. John, N.B. 65 pees birch, 508 pees, pine and 83 pees red pine timber, 260 pees deals, 8200 pens staves, J and G Lockwood—B D _ George Wilkinson, (391) C Brown, from Quebec, 33 pees elm and 276 pees pine timber, 872 deals, 5100 staves, about 134 cords lathwood, R Rigby -2 brie apples, 82 pees pine timber, Chapman and Willis-1 box contents unknown, Rear Admiral Sir S Devon port—Ll Martha, (165) J Foster, from Pugwash, 3 pees hardwood, 4401 pees deals add deal ends, 4 spars, 24 cords lathwood, order—Q Abercromby. (458) J Ure, from Quebec, 26 pces oak, 35 pces elm 21 pees red and 249 pees white pine timber, 224 c 23 deals, about 4 fins lathwcrod, 60c staves, order-1# D dick Roy, (162) J Weir, from Prince Edward Island, 88 pees birch timber, 23c 11 deals, 6 ends lathwood, D Gibb—Q D Joseph Cunard, (740) J Birnie, from Miramichi, 721 pees pine, 6973 pees deals and deal ends and battens, 300 handspikes, Anderson Garrow and co—Q D _ _ Robert Alexander Parke, (5139) R Salters, from Mimmichi, 650 pees pine timber, 529 deals, 10 cords lathwood, 3 cords brl billets, Duncan and EwinF-2 spars, for exportation-13 D EUROPE. Maywood, (206) T Stott, from Havre de Grace, 20 casks madders, order MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. JAN. • , _ HOUR, 7. Joseph Carruthers Nicholson, (2nd) Clarendon Rooms, 11 - 7. Abraham Lewis Franklin, (2nd) . . . Ditto, 1 7. William Christian Thompson, (2nd) . Ditto, 2 8. John Thompson, (proof) Ditto, 1 g. William Phillips, (div.) g. Montefiore, Carmichael & Co. Court of Bankruptcy, Lond. 1 10. Henry and George M'Minn, (div.) . . Clarendon Rooms, 12 11. Samuel Mead and Son, (Ist) 11. Thomas Croft Huxley, (Ist) - i 11. John Edwards, (Ist) 11. James Poynton, (Ist) 1 13. Edward Owen, (Ist) ,tai Ittts. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 2, There has been a fair business done to-day at rather higher prices—the sales are 5000 bales, 200 Pernam gid to gad, 30 Bahia pad, 40 Maranham ; 30 Egyptian 11d, 400 Surat 4id to sid. The total import during the last year amounts to 1,016,401 bales : the sales during the same period 1,097,330 hales, of which the trade have taken 980,000 bales, the remainder for speculation and export ; xnd the stock on hand in this port 20i,042 bales, against 248,340 bales held at the same time 1838. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JAN. 2. The continued unseasonable and severe weather which for such a length of time we have experienced, has had an important effect on the Butter market, since our last. All the finer descriptions, on sale, have been taken by one or two influential Country houses at very full prices; and middling sorts are a free sale at an advance of 3s to 4s per cwt. In Provisions and Bacon we cannot note any alteration. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, DE6. 31. Since the above account, f Friday, we have received a moderate quantity of English and Irish Wheat, and a fair supply of Foreign, with a large accumulation of Oats and Oatmeal from Ireland ; but of Harley and other Grain as well as Flour, the arrivals are incon. siderable. At this day's market, good old Wheat met a rather improved, but by no means a lively demand, the operations being chiefly confined to moderate sales to country buyers and for Ireland ; our home millers at the same time continuing to purchase very sparingly, at the current rates of this day se'nnight.—All kinds of free Flour were in limited request at former prices : of American in bond, however, some further sales have been made for holding over at 31s per barrel ; but, 31s 6d to 32s being now asked, serves to check the demand, the buyers refusing to comply with the advance required. In Barley, Malt and Pease, we have no change to note.—Old Beans remain steady, but new, moving off slowly, are Is per quarter cheaper.—The superabinidiint supply of Oats and Oatmeal, being met by a very dull and tedious sale, the former article was offered with little effect at a decline of Id per 451 b, and the latter Is per 2401 b below the rates of this day week, our quotations are therefore reduced accordingly. WHEAT, per 7olbs s. d. s. d. INDIAN Cons, p 480th. English Scotch lO 0 11 0 White 45 0 46 0 Irish Bonded BARLEY, per qr English Chevalier 6 6 10 0 o- o o o BEANS, per quarter. English 45 0 50 0 Irish 44 0 46 0 PEAS Grey 18 0 44 0 White 45 0 50 0 .46 0 47 0 .48 0_ 49 0 Scotch, per 601 b. 5 4 6 3 Irish 5 4 6 3 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b. In bond s. 14 0 17 0 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 0 OATS, per 451 b. English Scotch 4 2 4 4 Irish 3 7 3 11 Foreign, in bond 3 6 3 10 Ditto, duty free 4 0 4 4 Ryx, per quarter Ftove, English, per 2801 b. Fine 52 0 60 0 Irish. 4B 0 57 0 Amer.v brl. free Sweet 42 _0 43 0 Sour 37 0 38 6 OATMEAL, per 2401 b. English 32 0 34 0 MALT, per fine 70 0 75 0 middling 56 0 68 0 Ditto, new 35 0 36 Scotch 32 0 34 0 AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from the 23rd to the 31st ult. inclusive. YR9M IRELAND. Cows. Sheep. Pigs- Horses. Mules. Calves. Lambs. 1003 2248 28tp 12 , 8 Previouslylo3B94 190853 281976 5642 212 1480 21807 5654 Total ....low Imo' 284835 Cows. 14 Previously 3911 Total ... 5955 COASTWISE. Sheep. Pigs. 743 100 57974 5608 58717 5788 212 1488 2180: Horses. Calves. Lambs. 127 70 540 76 550 LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT. DISCHARGED. In-patients cured 26 Relieved and at own request Made Out-patients Irregular 0 Dead 3 I December 28, 1839. ADAIITTED In-patients Out-patients Casuals during the last week 4 Remain in the house Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw anu Mr. Dawson. Chaplain. House Visitors . . ... Mr Edwards and Mr. Houghton. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. ' house Surgeon Mr. Nottingham. LOCK HOSPITAL. 6 Discharged .. . Remain in the house . Admitted.. NORTHERN HOSPITAL, DECEMBER 28. ADMITTED. DISCHAROMP. Accidents - - - 9 I Cured Medical and Surgical cases • Attending as Out Patients . . 5 Upon recommendation .....12 Irregular - " • Died • 1 21 . Remaining in the Hospital . . . 80 Total .. House Visitors, John Lightbody, Esq. and John Rigby, Esq, Tieasurer, Mr. R.W. Bateson. Chaplain, Rev. J. Colllion—House Surgeon, Mr. Arnott. THE WORKHOUSE. Statement of the average number and expense of paupers in the Workhouse for the week ending Paupers. Per Head, 1784 Is. 114 d. 1 795 1 Ili Dec. 21, 1839 22, 1838 Per Week. "17 . 3 12 8 177 11 10 Less 11 Less o Oi Less 319 2 Statement of daily relief paid out-door poor the week eliding Dec. 30, 1839 31, 1838 Less 357 More £59 9 0 282 218 500 222 114 836 North—Rev. Dr. Buck, Rev. Peter Wilcock, and Mr. W. F. Mac. gregor. south—Mr. Jordan, Mr. T. Robinson, and Mr. Joseph Cooper. R. WEDGWOOD, Secretary. Dispensaries' Office, 1, Fenwick.street, Dec. 30, 1839. [MONTH LY REPORT.] LIVERPOOL INSTITUTION FOR CURING DISEASES OF THE EAR. No. 5, MOUNT-PLEASANT, N EAR THE ADELPHI H OTEL . Artablishtd August, 1839. Number of Patients who have bceu prescribed for, and who have obtained Surgical Assistance during the month of December ,Total since the commencement .: . . . 115 • . 597 Attendance on Tuesday and Saturday, at eleven o'clock. Mr. Neill, Operating Surgeon. .LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL MARKET, DEc. 31. s. d. s. d, s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... U 11Q,1 20Ib. Potatoes, 1 10@.2 8 4.9011) New Hay.... 010 1 Of - Cattle Ditto 1 7 1 9 - Clover Hay.. 0 9 0 llf - Turnips 26 0 27 0 - Straw, Wheat 0 si 0 63 - Carrots 45 050 0 - .Straw, Oat .. 0 4} 0 53 Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 - Straw, Barley 0 4 0 5- Manure 8 610 6 - Green Clover 0 0 0 0 -- PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL. Wool), Deals, 120 stand. in. duty paid i Archangel .el9 0 @2O 10 Memel 17 0 18 0 Gothenburg l5 10 - • 16 10 i Wyburg lB 0 - 19 0 Petersburg lB 10 - 19 10 PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick. Danzig, Deck - 0 4/' British American Pine LATH WOOD, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet .e 8 10 9 10 British American 5 0 6 0 MAHOGANY, per toot of 1 inch thick. _ Honduras - 0 6 0 11 Cuba St. Domingo 1 0 2 0 OAK PLANKS, British American none. TEAKWOOD, per cubic feet STAVES, per 1200. Danzig, C. Pipe £135 0 —l4O 0 llhd. 7O 0 so 0 Quebec, red, 1 inch thick 55 0— 75 0 and 5i feet long Do. Puncheon TIMBER, per cubic foot. Oak Pine, British Amer. common 14 0-24 0 s.• d. s. di 2 9 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 1 6 110 1 2 23 2 3 2 2i— 2 3 2 51— 2 6, red.... yellow Danzig, middling Memel, middling ... Riga, red Duty. Not above 16 ft F..t'l9. B. P. 2. 21 feet. 22.. £2 10s. .e 4 ss. 15s. I.ei los. tsb per load 10$. Not ab.'36 in. .4'l 3s. B.P. 2s, 2 6 4s. 3 0 6s , lOs per load 142 15s. v load 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 1 2 15 p.m. First Class 4 p.m. Mixed I 15 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 7 p.m. First Class 90 I. 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 6 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class - 2 15 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.m. Mixed 6 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. Mitt Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed 11 , 1 30 p.m. 10 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. ~ 12 LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. FROM L'POOL TO MANCHESTER. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 „ ..10 0 „ 11 0 11 45 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 4 45 ~ • • 5 3 0 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside Except on Saturdays, when tt ON Su : 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 FROM Livuurool.. 8 45 Morning.. First Class ii 0 „ PP 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 4 41 „ .. Mixed 7 15 „ .. First Class ON 81.7: 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon .. „ TO Bi FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.... First Class 11 0 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 ov su 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. IP TO ST. 1. PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 10 1.1 45 „ ...• 2 30 Afternoon .. PP 530 „ PP ON SU. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 AfternoOri o TO RUNG FROM LIVERPOOL.* 7 15 Morning.. 11 45 ~ • • 5 90 Afternoon Second Class ON SU. 7 0 Morning.... Secord Clads 5 30 AftCrilOOtt FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 0 ~ 10 0 11 15 „ 11 45 ~ 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. 5 0 „ 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I his Train does not start till Three. xnArs. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 715 Everting 715 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside ; AND WIGAN. PROM AIANCHRSTHR. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 • • '2 245 Aftern. Second Class 5 0 .. Mixed 715 ,", First Class NDAYS. I 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 5 30 Afternoon .. „ )LTON. FROM AIANCHRSTER. g o Morning.... First Class 11 15 • • • • ~ 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 ov • • • • Pr NIDAYS. 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon lELENS. _ FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class In 0 „ .... PP '.2 45 Afternoon .. 11 NDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. IP 'ORN GAP. • FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 tt 5 30 Afternoon .. 19 rNDAYS • 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30• Afternoon . . LONDON GAZETTE.--TCESDAY, Thr.c. 31. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. R. M`Leod and co. Liverpool, general merchants—J. Leigh and co. Liverpool, painters—Whidborn and Williams, Liverpool, rope makers—E. and J. Taylor, Rochdale, joiners—Baneks and co. Man chester, booksellers ; so far as regards J. Parsons—R. Dolt and J. Parkinson, Moorgate-fold, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—Anderson, Tedswell, and co. Manchester, machine-makers—R. Greenhow and co. Ellesmere, Chester; and other Canals, common-carriers ; as far as regards R. Greenhow—W Ashworth and co. Dukintield, Cheshire, grocers—Booth and Coyle, Manchester. makers-up. INSOLVENT. Dec. 28.—Jonathan Mayn,'Plushing, Cornwall, merchant. BANK RUPTS. John Edwards, Liverpool, cabinet-maker, to surrender Jan. 11, and Feb. 11, at one o'clock, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Baxendale, Tatham, Upton, and Johnson, Great Winchester-street, London. Edward Owen, Amlwch, Anglesea, and Liverpool. cattle-dealer. Jan. 13, Feb. 11, at one o'clock, at the Clarendon Rooms, LiverpoOl. Solicitor, Mr. Chester, Staple Inn, London. James*Poynton, Liverpool, draper, to surrender Jan. 15, Feb. 11, at eleven o'clock, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Abbott and Arney, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square. Lon don. Richard and John Underhill, Plymouth, linen-drapers. Joseph Morris, Chester-wharf, Pimlico, London, coal-merchant. John Bolton and William Ireland, Manchester, check-manufac. turers . George Fall and John Nichols, Manchester, dyers. John Bagshaw and Robert Klnch, Manchester, cotton.mauttfac turers. Samuel Groocock, Leicester, builder. Frederick Robinson, Coventry, riband-manufacturer. Robert Tharlow, Southampton, oil-merchant. Joseph Lockitt, Congleton, grocer. DIVIDENDS. Jan. 21, J. and E. C. Wilson, Skinner-street, London, printers— Jan. 21, R. Bright, Holborn-bars, London, chymist—Jan. 21, J. Boyd, Welbeck-street, Marylebone, ironmonger. —Jan. 22, J. C. Yole, East Stonehcuse, Devonshire, coal-merchant.—Jan. 29, G. R. Corry, Yeovil, Somersetshire, Glove-manufacturer.—Jan. 24, G. Lee, Leeds, woolstapler.—Jan. 28, W, Davies, Bradford, York shire, ale-seller.—Jan. 25, W. W. Stubbing, Manchester, grocer.— May 1, T. Daniell, Trelissick, Cornwall, copper-smelter.—Feb. 28, G. Long, Oakhampton, Devonshire, linen-draper.—Jan. 24, W. Robinson, Rochdale, Lancashire, woollen-manufacturer.—Jan. 22, J. Manton, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, corn-merchant—Jan. 29, G. and W. Haworth, Manchester, calico-printers. CERTIFICATES To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before Jan. 21. 11. Kendall, Liverpool and Birkenhead, Cheshire, ironmonger.— J. M' I tines, Liverpool, manufacturin g-chymist.—J . Tench, Kidder minster, scrivener.—J. Nuttall, Manchester, grocer.—A. J. KOpsch, Crown-court, Old Broad-street, London, silk-merchant.—A. North croft, Chancery lane, London, stationer.—G. A. Collis, Witham, Essex, licensed-victualler.—H. P. Hutchings, Hastings, Sussex, hotel-keeper.—J. Adshead, Manchester, wholesale-hosier. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Thomas Fleming, Bridgend of Perth, grocer. William Laird, Forfar, manufacturer. John M'Gill, Edinburgh, metal-merchant. George Patullo, Perth, cloth-merchant. Mary Gibson, Glasgow. Isabelia Gibson, Glasgow. PRICES OF SHARES, JANUARY 2. Prices_ _ Tla4s day • RAILWAYS; "&c. Pei Share. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester 7O paid 44 5 0 Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 61 0 0 .... Bolton and Preston Bristol and Exeter 25 .... Chester and Crewe 35 .... 29 0 0 .... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid 3 3 0 , Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 14 paid 12 10 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar l 30 paid 25 10 0 flock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares 3O .... 77 0 0 .... Great Western 65 58 10 0 .... Ditto new shares 2O .... 16 0 0 .... 17 10 ' 0 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 3O paid 22 15 0 Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto halt shares London and Birmingham 9O 141 15 0 .... Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto anal Southampton 5O .... 40 5 0 ... Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester 6O 68 0 0 Ditto half shares Leicester and Swannington 5O .... 71 0 0 .... Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 25 .... 12 10 0 .... Ditto and Ditto Exten;ion 7 .... 3 13 6 Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle .100 .... 92 10 0 Ditto quarter shares North Midland • 95 81 0 0 South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... • York and North Midland 3O paid 39 IS 0 BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 718 0 0 ex div. Bank of Liverpool 412 lOs paid 22 2 6 - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... 18 10 0 .... - Liverpool Union lO 13 5 0 .... - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales lO .... 6 10 0 .... - of Manchester lO .... 11 7 6 - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 9 12 6 .. • - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO 15 5 0 15 12 . 6 Commercial Bank of England 5 4 1 0 East of England lO 9 7 6 .... Phcenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. 7 2 6 .... GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings 4lOO paid 170 0 0 .... L'pool and Harrington Water l 350 475 0" • Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... 327 10 0 ... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 370 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. 4100 .... 196 0 Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 125 paid 410 0 .... 2 2 6 Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... 6 10 0 Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 1 11 0 ... • DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 9 7 Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 10s. Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company 8 10s. 4 5 0 Harrington Docks 100 .... 0 0 0 Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool; (Poloncean).. MARRIED. On the 17th ult. at Knotty Ash, near this town, Mr. WILLIAM HUMPHREYS, of Caraary on, to SARAH, eldest daugbter of the late Mr. THOMAS BATE, of Aldford Lee, near Chester. On the Igth ult. at Tarvin, Mr. JOHN RUTTER, of Moulds. worth, to ELIZABETH, youngest daughter of the late Mr. SAML. BRISCOE, of Kelsall-hall. Cheshire. On the 24th ult. at Ormskirk, Mr. THOMAS SLATER. officer of excise, to Miss TASKER, only daughter of the late Mr. T. Tasker, printer, of the former place. Same day, at Whiwick, Mr. JOHN UNSWORTH, wheelwright, to Miss CATHERINE SANKEY, both of Croft. On - the 31st ult. at St. John's Church, Wolverhampton, by the Rev. William Dalton, Mr. JOHN WILLIAMS, iron-merchant, of this town, to MARY ANNE, the eldest daughter of Mr. THOMAS VERNON, Moorcroft, Staffordshire. On the Ist instant, at the Seaman's Church, Rathbone.street, Mr. ROBERT BD RRIDGE, master of the brig Britannia, of this port, to Miss MARY MORISON. • DIED. At Tullynacross, Downpatrick, in his 94th year, Mr. ROBERT STAFFORD, farmer. At Bi►mingham, in her 95th year, Mrs. MARY BENTLEY. Lately, at Munich, Lord LASCELLES, eldest son of the Earl of Harewood. The Hon. Henry Lascelles is, therefore, now Lord Lascelles. Lately, within two days of each other, all of scarlet fever, ELIZA, ------ SAMUEL, and SARAH SAXON, children of Mr. R. Saxon, all buried in one grave. Also, within a few days of eaeh other, of the measles, three children of Mr. THOMAS PIKE, of Kidd-street, Nottingham. There is a very great mortality among the children of that neighbourhood at present. —Newark Gazette. . On the 11th Nov. last, at Demerara, aged 19 years, Mr. THOMAS KEAY, son of Capt. Alexander Keay, of this town, much and de servedly respected by all who knew him. the 9th ult. aged 67, ELLEN, relict of Mr. R. FICKLE, of Thatto-heath. On the 13th ultimo, aged 70, Mrs. BETTY BRAITIIWAITE, the beloved wife of Mr. Thomas Braithwaite, Blackpool, and mother of Mr. John Braithwaite, porter-dealer, of this town. On the 15th ult. at Southport, aged 29, Mr. THOMAS START!. FANT, solicitor, Preston. Same day, aged sy, Mr. W. PIM LOT, late of Upton. On the 16th ultimo, at Powderhant Castle, near Exeter, in the 63rd year of her age, the Countess of DEVON. Her ladyship was married to the Earl of Devon, then Mr. C , Antenay, on the 99th Nov. 1804, by whom her ladyship had a family of five children. thee of whom are living, namely, Lord Courtenay, the Hon. and - Rey. Hugh and the Hon. Charles Leslie Courtenay. On the 16th ult. aged 74, ANN, relict of Mr. COCKSHOTT, of Burnley. Same day, Mr. JOSEPH M'CORMICK, joiner and builder, late of this town. On the 17th ult. in Dublin, Captain WILLIAM BLAIR, of the brig Pekin. Same day, SARAH, wife of Mr. Poole, solicitor, Altrincham. On the 18th ult. at his house, Barton-upon-Humber, aged 78, Mr. JOHN MALONEY, a Greenwich out-pensioner. He was a native of the city of Cork, and went to sea, when a youth, in the merchant service ; but was soon impressed and sent on board the fleet, under the command of Sir George Rodney, bound to the West Indies, where, on the 9th of April, 1782, and three following days after a hard-fought battle, victory declared in favour of the British, and the Count de Grasse surrendered. The deceased was with Lord Howe on the memorable Ist of June, 1794, when the French fought with desperate valour, but the gallant Howe gained a decisive vic tory. Our departed veteran was, again, with Lord Duncan. at Cam perdown, in 179>, where the Dutch, after a tremendous struggle, were fairly beaten; with the immortal Nelson, at the battle of. the Nile, in 1801, where British valour again prevailed; with Admiral Sir J. B. Warren, in North America, in 1812 and 1813, where he par tially lost his eye-sight from intense cold; and again withLtird Ex mouth, in 18:6, against Algiers, the last expedition of this hoary veteran. On the return of Lord Exmouth's first expedition, our hero volunteered with the second; and, at the age of 34, nobly fought the battles of his country. He obtained his discharge in 1816, and passed the board, as an out-pensioner of Greenwich Hos pital, on the miserable pittance of one shilling a day for his long and faithful services. On the Igth ult. aged sg, ALICE, relict of Mr. THOMAS WAL TON, late superintendent of police ill Preston. On the 21st ult. aged 74, Mr. SAMUEL FRANCIS LOVFJOY; and, on the 17th Nov. last, at Threapwood, Fliashire, aged 84, Mr. RICHARD EDWARDS, his brother.in•law. Same day, aged 32, Mr. JOHN KING, blacksmith, only son of Mr. Miles King, Hawcoat, near Datton. On the 24th ult. JANE, wife of Mr. GEORGE PEET, of the Queen's Head Inn, Ormskirk. Same day. ELIZABWNI. Wife•-vf • Mr.—bfLritlrernrinCßM. draper, and eldest daughter of Mr. HARRISON, wine-Inerehaut, Holywell. On the 25th ult. at Lower Bebbington, Mr. STANLEY SARRATT, aged 63 years. On the 28th ult. aged 27, Mrs. MARY ROBERTS, wife of Mr. W. Roberts, ironmonger, Nile-street. _ _ Same 'day, aged 18, ELEANOR, youngest daughter of Captain PETER EVANS, Dee-cottage, Chester. On the 29th ult. of scarlet fever, aged 8 years, ELIZA, the only daughterof GEORGE CRAM, Esq. Everton-road. Same day, at Cheetham-hill, near Manchester, aged 69 years, the Rev. RICHARD PATTISSON, Wesleyan minister. 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