The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-13 00:00:00

pot trp. STANZAS ' BY MRS. ALARIC WATTS. (Feom the United Service Gazette.) Can it be in anger thus Britain's Genius bids adieu ! Snatching in her wrath from us Trophies time can ne'er renew Standards that o'er heroes waved Wheresoe'er they swept the sea ; Breeze and battle, that have braved, Christian captives to set free'. We have seen Old England's flag, Famed in song, renowned in story, Trailed beneath a rebel rag, Soiled its folds, and dimmed its glory. Better perish in its fame, Requiemed by great and good, Ere a single spot of shame On its hallowed folds intrude. England, from thy trance awake, Fate herself bath challenged thee ! If not for the living's sake, For thy dead, who left thee free! Warnings from the nations came ; Did we listen to the call ? It was meet a" tongue of flame" Should at length arouse us all! September 30th. CONTEMPORARY PRESS. ---- e6 : A A •"‘"" e ' ' • • 40. f ' SUGGESTED BY THE DESTRUCTION, AT THE RECENT FIRE AT DEVONPORT, OF THE FLAGS UNDER WHICH NELSON AND EXMOUTH - FOUGHT THE BATTLES OF TRAFALGAR AND ALGIERS. NEW POOR LAW HUMANITY. (From the Morning Herald.) The Somerset House " Dictators" are beginning to push the new poor law to its natural consequences. They are beginning, in short, to exhibit, without dis guise, the atrocious character of that most revolution ary measure. For some time past these worthies have affected exceeding moderation, pretending that they had no other object than to act in the genuine spirit of the 43d of Elizabeth, after purifying that celebrated statute from the abuses which had crept into its admi nistration. These professions were obviously forced upon them by public opinion. The poor law commis sioners felt that they were watched, as never public functionaries were watched before, and they, accord ingly, affected exceeding moderation in the exercise of their unconstitutional functions. Odious and revolting as have been the results to vt bich the new poor law has led, how much more odious and revolting would not those results have proved, had public feeling been less sensitive on the subject ! The Somerset House gentlemen are, however, we repeat, beginning to press forward, a step or two, in " carrying out" their favourite measure. The follow ing statement in the Newc"stle Journal may startle some of the well-meaning amongst those who have, hitherto, looked with favour on the great Malthusian proscription of the poor : " The triumvirate of Somerset House have just issued an order, by the hand of their pliant understrapper, Mr. Edwin Chadwick, that hereafter the poor of England—at least those who, by dire necessity, are driven to the workhouse for shelter—are to be deprived of the small measure of comfort which the return of Christmas has never failed to bring to the most unfortunate of our fellow creatures throughout once ' merry England ; ' in other words, that those who have especial claims upon our bounty and better feelings at that festive season, are to be denied the slight indulgence of roast - beef, plum pudding, and a tankard of ale." The felons_ in our gaols are allowed beef and pudding on Christmas -day :—beef and pudding are, hencefor ward, to be denied to the inmates of our workhouses— many of whom are the victims of age and disease, while many are no less the victims of a spirit of com mercial gambling in their former employers. This, however, is the process by which the Malthusians pro pose to generate in the breasts of the class of labour ers that higher sense of morality from which the poli tical economists of the present day profess to expect so much ! The new poor law is a - fraud in its character, and in its tendencies. Its authors avowed their design in framing it to be " t..) render the condition of the pau per worse than the condition of the worst-paid inde pendent labourer"—without bestowing the slightest inquiry into the causes which may have induced each individual inmate of a workhouse to a condition of helplessness. The new poor law takes for granted, that every man who is compelled to avail himself of his (so to speak) patrimonial rights under the 43d of Eli zabeth, is an idle, improvident, or profligate person. The new poor law professed to cure these habits " of idleness, improvidence, and vice," by means at once effective and inexpensive. As to the efficiency of the new poor law, let the deep hatred which possesses the minds of the class of labourers in regard to this sa vage enactment be taken into account, before deter. mining how far the framers of the act have succeeded in the object which they had in view. As to the " eco nomy of which the new poor law was vaunted as the parent, let the cost of a "rural police," as well as of highly-paid commissioners and sub-commissioners, be kept in view before deciding the question of "cost." Above all, it may be worth while to inquire, whether any measure may be fairly pronounced to be inexpen sfitr, which leads to the violent disruption of old social ties, and which tends to place the order of labourers in a state of hostility towards all other classesi in the community. • JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES. (From the Times.) The eager disposition of the public to embark in joint-stock companies, notwithstanding their repeated failures and embarrassments, demands from us some observations. The mercantile world in particular re quire the superintendence and the warning voice of one watching over their interests, and not embarrassed and blinded and hurried round and round with them in the vortex of business and self-interest, to remind them of their actual course and the presence of dan gers, and in what direction the pole-star of real wisdom and safety is pointed. We feel it our duty, as censors of the public mind and morals, to warn people against themselves. This task is not a gracious one ; but nevertheless we pursue it constantly, regardless of present consequences, and we have found our acconnt in so doing. " He that tells me of my faults is my friend; he who tells me of my virtues is my enemy." When, in the heyday of railroad and foreign loan speculations, we warned men of their danger, and pointed out that it was not the principle or the system, however good, but the particular and judicious application of it, that was the proper foundation of success and warrant of ex pectation, few persons regarded us. But there were some few who did. If but one person was saved from ruin, we had performed our duty. We earned the thanks of that person; but we obtained the respect of all, and it is thus that wisdom, being confessed in us even by those who have not the courage and confidence to practise it, we have checked, if not stopped, the contagion of many a false fashion and opinion, by the force of general respect and impression. The appro bation we have commanded from our readers is not the result of one year's effort or of ten year's operation, but of a constant and uniform course of determination and action. Burke has said that private persons may grow wiser by e.xperisnce—the public never. Hence we have the continual renewals o f war an d a ll i ts di sas t ers , a fter shortintervals of the bl ess i ngs o f peace ; h ence we have, at the interval of every ten years, as near as pos sible, a general burst of specul a ti on , succee d e d b y a national ruin and panic. We endeavour to combine the wisdom and activity of individual action with the power and weight of public opinion, and to bring both to bear for good upon all points of general use and interest. We confine ourselves at the present moment to the general principle of joint-stock companies. Joint-stock concerns are opposed to some of the first principles of private partnerships and trading. . The first principle in a private partnership is the choice of your own partner, and the consequent power of dissolv ing partnership whenever this choice ceases or changes on either side. This choice involves the character and abilities of the partner, as well as his means and capi tal ; and, indeed, these are the general foundation and bond of the connexion. Of this account, and as essential to this principle, no private partner may transfer his share, or introduce by any means another fresh partner; but he may dis solve the partnership at any time, either wholly or in part, by withdrawing his own particular share, accord ing to'the value of it. But a public company cannot b e di sso l ve d a t the will of any one partner; and, as incident to this pecu liar character, each partner must be at liberty to trans fer his sy , re, when desirous of quitting business, and thus to introduce a fresh partner o f hi s own c h oos i ng, not of the choice or good f opinion o f t h ose w i t h w h om he is to be associated. This, therefor e , i s t h e fi rst ef fect of joint-stock associations—that persons engage in them who are ignorant of business, who may be also without ability and character, who may even be with out money or means beyond the partic u l ar va l ue of their shares, and this may be little or nothin g . A n d this connects itself with another principle, which is, that the concern shall be carried on by a board o f di rectors ; for, as there is no security that all the partners shall be co m p e t en t to the business, some choice must be made of those who shall have the affairs confided to them, in order that some degree of stability and know ledge of business may be secured to the management. The rest of the partners lie idle; so that not only is this a system of trading without a knowledge of trade, without character or ability, sometimes almost without any reserve of capital, but it is a means of making mo ney in idleness, in compulsory idleness : for, whereas in a private concern every partner has a right to look over the accounts, and to check at least, if he does not assist, in the conduct of the b us i ness, i n a pu blic part nership the proprietors are excl u d e d f rom t hi s co ntrol, and all intimate knowledge is k e p t b ac k f rom t h em . And on this hinges their merits in the eyes of most of those who are the supporters of th ese concerns. T o be able to embark in business without being a man of business; to be able to share in the profits of trade without a knowledge of trade, or any education for it; without abilities, without character, without any atten tion or exertion—this is so tempting a bait, that there is sure to be a plentiful influx of adventur ers i nto any such concern that has the slightest promise in it, and a supply of means beyond what private partnership s will risk in proportion to the object. The very exclu sion from inspection is rather accepted as a privilege, and operates only as an additional inducement to per sons determined to be idle, and not unwilling to be blinded and deceived. There is only one more quality wanting to make the morsel wholesome as well as tempting, and this is, that they should incur only a limited liability. There is a strong power at work among the band of unsound speculators to obtain this consummation of their schemes—a system of limited liability as applicable to companies. There is happily an antagonist force of experience and good sense which is hitherto opposing it; sometimes the one and sometimes the other is in the ascendant. The Bubble Act was repealed in 1825, which had been founded upon an experimental know ledge of the mischiefs and unprincipled trading pro duced by the unfettered transfer of shares, contrary to all practice, among private traders. The same act of 1825, and another of 1834, enabled the Crown to grant privileges to companies involving this among others of a limited responsibility. But in November of the same year the privy council refused the first application made under the last act, and drew up minutes of discourage ment to such applications. And up to this time the Crown has never thought fit to grant any one patent conferring the privilege on a company of a limited lia bility. The last-named act made the members of com panies created by patent liable for three years in their private fortunes for the debts of the company. This is a wholesome restraint, and is necessary to give pro tection to private traders and the public in their com petition and dealings with public companies. Though companies are in these points incompatible with the true principles of partnership in commerce, they are not on that account without their use and place, though their proper place is peculiar and very limited. Giants would be awkward intruders upon the foot pavements in Cheapside, at foot-ball, or in a cricket ground. But they might he useful to lift a .heavily laden broad-wheeled waggon out of a ditch, if they hap pened to be passing at the exact moment, and could be quiet till another such occasion called upon them. Many a heavy-wheeled trade has been launched upon the broad road, and set going by a company, which, but for the help of such giant arm, might never have had motion. The proper occasions which call for and warrant the establishment of a public company will require a separ ate and particular enumeration, together with the dis tinctive principles of each. We have mentioned the chief points in which they contradict the proper principles of partnerships. We must exhibit those also in which they oppose them selves to the sound and solid basis and principles of trade. THE CORN LAWS. (From Berrow's Worcester Journal.) We admit in the abstract the justice of the opinion that a man has a right to take his abilities to the best market and get as much money as he can for the ex ercise of them : nay more, we allow that even if an in dividual has been convicted of libel, yet having purged himself of the offence by undergoing the penalties of the law, he is not thereby precluded from all future ex ercise of his literary or oratorical talents. It is not so much to the system of paying lecturers that we object, as to such persons, for the sake of gain, perverting , their powers by employing them in the most unfounded assertions and unmeasured abuse against their op ponents. Thus when Mr. Acland declares that "the Corn Laws are most oppressive and unnatural; that they are blasphemous, inhuman, anti-social, and anti agricultural;"—when he represents the landowners of Great Britain as individuals devoid of all patriotic feel ing, sordid, selfish, mean, and influenced solely by the love of money, we tell him to his face that he is saving that which is not true, and that he is perverting his talents as a public speaker. It is the natural feeling of man, whether he be a manufacturer or a land proprie tor, to acquire a fortune as rapidly as he can ; but what ever may be the cupidity of persons of the latter class, it is clear that they have not generally succeeded in amassing great wealth : Mr. Acland himself says that four-fifths of the landed property of the kingdom is mortgaged ; and how therefore can he have the auda city to assert that the Corn Laws have put immense sums into the pockets of the owners of land ? It is a circumstance not depending upon mere assertion, but the unimpeachable evidence of facts and figures, that real property, such as farms, does not pay its posses sors more than three or three and a half per cent. Would Mr. Acland's employers think such a return for their money a prodigious profit ? Would he him self consider that he was committing a robbery by re ceiving such a rate of interest upon his own capital ? There are one or two other fallacies in these lectures, for the refutation of which we must claim from the reader a moment's indulgence. The corn laws are neither blasphemous nor anti social. The landowners say to the government, "We are British subjects, dependent upon the soil for our support, and we claim your protection. All that we require is, that as the cost of production and the amount of taxation in foreign countries are less than in Eng land, we shall not be placed in a worse position than our rivals in other nations." Is there any thing un reasonable in this ? We sometimes hear allusions made to the dark ages; but surely the person must be la bouring under worse than Cimmerian darkness who denies that it is the duty of every state to protect and encourage its own subjects. This principle is adopted with respect to manufactures, and the relaxation of it even in a degree has, as we too well know, been pro ductive of the most direful consequences. But we are more particularly desirous of exposing one absurdity uttered by Mr. Acland, as it may produce a prejudicial effect on the minds of the humbler classes, though it is most creditable to the agricultural labourers that they have hitherto been uninfluenced by the improper attempts to cause discontent and resistance among them. Mr. Acland instances the case of a poor man, who worked for seven shillings a-week in an agricul tural district, and who, being taken ill, went to the workhouse, where he died. The result he does not hesitate to attribute to the corn laws ! Many heavy charges have been brought against the supporters of these protective duties, but we certainly did not antici pate that they would he accused of being liable for all the diseases to which human nature is subject. But what is the remedy which Mr. Acland proposes for low wages ? Why, to reduce the incomes of the landowners and farmers, and thus enable them to give more ! ! With respect to wages, a child in political economy knows that they are wholly dependent upon the supply of, and demand for, labour. In the accounts from the colonies, we frequently read of labourers being scarce, and that wages were in consequence high; and, vice versa, there were plenty of labourers, and the remune ration was less. The lecturer seems also to have considered that the breaking up of the smaller farms has been productive of great injury. We last week had a conversation with an intelligent gentleman from Ireland, who dwelt much upon the ill consequences which had resulted to that country from the division of the land into very small takings. The reason is obvious : the occupiers hav ing no capital to lay out are unable to adopt the most improved modes of culture, and the produce therefore is greatly diminished, or perhaps the crops altogether fail. We might go on showing the absurdities of these anti corn-law lecturers, but time and space admonish us to stop. There is one illustration of the effect of free trade which Mr. Acland had close at hand, but of which he does not appear to have availed himself—that is, the present state of the glove trade. We have read an anecdote of a very respectable looking gentleman who in disposing of a horse said he had but one fault, which was, that he would not without much difficulty pass an inn which he mentioned, and therefore it would be advisable for the purchaser always to avoid the spot. The secret of all this advice was at length found out : the animal had been stolen from the inn for which he had such strong predilections. To dwell much upon the advantages of preferring the interests of foreigners to our own, might in such a city as Worcester awaken some awkward reminiscences of the wrong done to a most important branch of its trade. We sincerely trust that we shall never see the British farmers reduced to the same condition of unmerited distress and difficulty. BERKSHIRE. — GROSS NEGLECT ON THE PART OF THE OVERSEERS.—Great loss of time has been occasioned to the revising barristers, Mr. John Kemoson and Mr. John George Phillimore (who are now making the circuit of the county of Berks, for the revision of the list of voters), in consequence of the gross neglect of the overseers of parishes throughout the county generally. The county contains up wards of 140 parishes, and, out of this number, the over seers of only six made returns of the list of voters, &c., to the clerks of the peace within the time prescribed by the reform act. The consequence has been, that in many places two and three days have been occupied by their revision, when as many hours would have been sufficient. At Wind sor, for instance, on Saturday last, the revision of the county lists did not occupy half an hour; but the revising bar risters, not having been made acquainted with the small ex tent of business to be got through, appointed (when the days and places were fixed) the following Monday for the revision of the borough lists. That occupied about an hour and a half only. The whole of the business, which was thus (through the neglect of the overseers) spun over two days, could have been completed before one o'clock on Saturday. HISTORICAL NOTICE OF BEYROUT.—Beyrout iS the an cient Beryta, which was originally colonized from Sidon. In 566 the town was destroyed by an earthquake. It was no sooner rebuilt than it had to sustain a lengthened siege by the Saracens, who finally obtained possession of it. It sub sequently fell into the power of Baldwin. King of Jerusalem ; but in 1111 Saladin succeeded in driving all the Christians out of it. After a frequent change of masters, Beyrout at length became the residence of the Emir Fakir Eddyn, Prince of the Danses, who perished there in defending his dominons aga i nst the powerful Amurath IV. Since that period, Beyrout has constantly belonged to the Ottoman empire. Beyrout contained about 10,000 inhabitants—ac tawtc irl o ohal rndi inhabitants—ac de hn.s n g g Dnißpa t e o oymr rcatt s i o aoci m snuf e c ce o aee nnn u d n ter t ra s te pi 0, point pdlaawt2lr which O if tocOhhfEoe. Europe rpyodrr p l oi ra t ed; uca w catnetn a dsd s d Aoat of the the principal sepr eeosxcionepilietvdbeoidyi d e s the r Syria, and more especially the silks of the Lebanon, were trans mitted to Europe. The commerce of Beyrout amounted annually to a sum of 4,000,000 or Tuscanys,ooo,ooof. of the first instance, and after her France, w ere in possession the major part of this commerce. The exportations of France to Beyrout amounted annually (says the Messager) to about 2,000,000 f. ; the importations from Beyrout to France to nearly 1,000,000 f. Asa military point (observes the same paper) Beyrout was insignificant. It is true that the harbour of Beyrout is the best harbour for merchant vessels on the coast, but it is inaccessible to ships of war. The means of defence of Beyrout seaward were a small fort, some bat teries constructed on the mole by which the port h sheltered, a small bastion, and fortified gates. Landward the sole for tification is a wall flanked by towers, to which a few i n t rench . I meats were recently added by the orders of Soliu THE FIRE AT PLYMOUTH. The following appeared in a second edition of the Devon port Telegraph of Saturday : " We stop the press to announce that a discovery was last night made, which tends greatly to increase the suspicions that the late fire was the work of some diabolical incendiary or incendiaries. It appears that the officers of the yard, as usual, previous to the close of the working hours last night, visited the St. George, 120, lying in the north dock, and re ported her all safe and clean.' A short time after the men had left the yard, some police-officers went on board, and at the bottom of hold, on the ballast, they discovered a heap of combustible materials, consisting of pitch, tar, oakum, candle ends, &c, and made a report accordingly. This morn ing an investigation took place, when the carpenter of the ship said lie had himself pulled out the stuff from under the limbers, and left it where it was found. If this were the case, the inspecting officers must have overlooked the heap, which is rather extraordinary, though not impossible, as the hold is dark and the quantity not very large." Two foreigners are suspected by the authorities of having fired the dockyard. The cabman who drove them from De vonport to Plymouth on Saturday night week was examined on Saturday last, in the arsenal, and his testimony has con firmed and strengthened the suspicions which before existed. THE FIRE AT SHEERNESS The Shipping Gazette of Monday evening says : " An express has this moment reached us from our cor respondent at Sheerness. He states that Mr. John Henty, the carpenter, who, it will be remembered, was the first to discover and extinguish the fire on board the Camperdown, was this morning placed in the custody of four police-offi cers, under the suspicion of being the originator of the plot, and the perpetrator of the crime of setting fire to the ship. The rosin found in Henty's house is also stated to cor respond in quality with that found in the carpenter's store room locker. " We understand that Sir H. L. Baker, R.N., whilst ac• companyino• the lords of the admiralty to their boat , lying at the Admiral's Stairs, on going along the basin-wall, fell over and struck upon the boat stage; he broke his thigh, and re ceived other severe bruises. " Sergeant Lee, of the police, our correspondent adds, is still confined to his bed, having broken two of his ribs." The correspondent of the Shipping Gazette writes on Monday as follows : " The only additional information I have to communicate relative to the Camperdown affair is, that Mr. John Henty is remanded until Thursday next. He is not permitted to have any communication with his friends, nor to receive any sup plies or food from them ; he is victualled and provided with all necessaries from the police station. He remains under the charge of Lieut. John Wise, R.N., director of police, and the London police-officers. THE FIRE IN DEVONPORT DOCKYARD. The Hampshire Telegraph contains the following : " We are able to state on authority, whatever countenance the wicked attempt at Sheerness may give to the supposition that the Talavera was designedly set on fire, that no evidence whatever has hecn obtained that such was the fact. The report that a parcel of chips had been found heaped together in the fore peak of the Minden is without foundation." The following particulars appear in the Devonport Tele graph of Friday . " We have ascertained that the report of the discovery of shavings on hoard the Minden is correct, except that they were found on Wednesday last, and not on the morning of the fire. It appears that on the morning of that day one of the convicts employed in cleaning the Minden discovered in the gunner's store-room under the orlop-deck, and in front of the fore-mast, a quantity of slight chippings ; this was im mediately reported. and the attention of the officers was di rected to it, some of whom were of opinion that the chips had been laid with mischievous intentions, while others supposed that they had proceeded from some plugs made on board after the ship had been surveyed. Nothing further has transprired relative to the anonymous letter received by Mr. Roberts, of Trevel. The author has not been detected, but the most searching inquiries are making in all directions to discover the party, if possible, and a reward is expected to be offered for any information leading to his discovery." DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN SOUTHWARK. Shortly before eight o'clock on Saturday evening a most destructive fire broke out on the premises of Messrs. J. Harris and Co., hat-manufacturers and exporters, Winches ter-place, a short distance below Union-street, Southwark Bridge. The premises in question are very extensive, the centre forming a large quadrangle, and were formerly the workhouse of St. Saviour's parish. The flames were first discovered in one of the erections on the south side (abut ting on the extensive premises of Mr. W. Cuttriss, builder, in the Southwark Bridge-road), used as a carpenter's shop, which was speedily on fire from end to end. Within a very few minutes after the alarm was given the engines of the brigrade from the Southwark Bridge and Waterloo-road stations, and that of the West of England Fire office, were on the spot, but for some time were rendered completely use -1,--s 1;1- the want of water, although the pipes of three com panies (the Southwark, the Lambeth, and the Vauxhall, are laid down in the neighbourhood). By that time the flames had extended themselves to the joiners' and the finishing shope, which were both speedily one body of fire, the flames illuminating the atmosphere for miles around, and threaten ing destruction to Mr. Cuttriss's premises, the horses in whose stables, with a large quantity of hay and straw from the lofts, were removed to places of safety. At this juncture the West of England engine was got into operation from a large cistern under the flooring of Mr. Cuttriss's counting house, and brought to bear with great effect upon the flames, and was mainly instrumental in saving those premises. Other engines of the brigade arrived in rapid succession, and were got to work from a plug and pumps in the open square, in the centre of Messrs. Harris's premises, and eventually from the street, when, by the great exertions of the firemen, the fire was by 10 o'clock so far subdued as to allay all fears of its extending farther. The above portion of Messrs. Harris's premises are totally destroyed, and those of Messrs. Cuttriss much damaged. Messrs. Harris (whose father was formerly member of parliament for the borough of South wark), are, we understand, insured. The damage will not exceed £2OOO. Mr. Cuttriss is also insured. CHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. (Prong the Chester Courant.) The first meeting of the Chester Agricultural Society, under the presidency of the Most Noble the Marquis of Westminster, was held in this city, on Saturday last. The stock was exhibited in the Linen Hall, a place highly adapted to show it to great advantage. We regret, however, that we did not see its spacious area much better filled. The judges were Mr. Scotson, of Toxteth-park, Liverpool, and Mr. Dawson, of Gronant. Before proceeding to notice the stock, we may observe, that the necessity of the Chester Agricultural Society may be clearly inferred from the appearance of some of the cattle exhibited—we allude particularly to the bulls and pigs ; for we must certainly either conclude that the farmers failed to send their best cattle of that description to the exhibition, or else that a great improvement is manifestly called for ; and which, we hope, will speedily be effected. It must, however, be remembered, that this was the Society's first meeting, and that it is professedly established for the purposes of im provement, and to expect therefore that we should be ena bled to speak in as high terms of the exhibition at Chester, as we have lately done of some exhibitions in the vicinity, would, certainly, be somewhat unreasonable. Its beneficial a_ency is now about to come into operation ; it is from the present moment that we are to judge of its effects on the agricultural interests of this part of the county; and we have nut the slightest doubt, therefore, that at the next annual meeting of the society, we shall have the pleasure of congra tulating all our agricultural friends on the improvement which has taken place, and which it is the great object of the society to secure. The first class of animals which we may notice is the bulls ; several were shown, but with the exception of the one which carried away the premium, belonging to Mr. Taylor, of Overton Hall, near Malpas, we cannot speak very favoura bly. Mr. Taylor's, however, was a very valuable animal, 15 months old. We have no doubt that the special attention of the farmers will be directed in future to the improvement of the bulls; especially when they reflect that in such a county as Cheshire, a good breed is absolutely indispensable. We may certainly speak more favourably of the dairy cows, as several very useful ones in milk were exhibited. The first prize was won by Mr. Parker of the Grange, near Chester, but we think that the best cow in the field was one of the extra stock belonging to the same gentleman ; this was a truly fine animal. The show of heifers too, was very tole rable, both as to number and quality. Several very useful ones were shewn ; and Mr. Palin, of Stapleford, whom we had last week to record as a successful candidate at the South Cheshire show, won the two prizes, viz. for the best in-calf heifer and for the best yearling ditto.—There was no premium given for sheep, but several very good pens were exhibited, particularly those belonging to Mr. Walker, brewer, of this city.—The show of pigs was not so good as we could have wished, and if we except one belonging to Mr. Palin of Stapleford (extra stock) we dare not say much in their favour. We really think a better slow might have been made, as there are several very good breeders within the limits of the Society's district. Mr. Taylor, of Overton Hall, won the premium for the best boar under two, and Mr. Walker for the best stallion under one year old. The sweepstakes for the best stallion was won by Mr. Parson age, several very good ones being in the field. For the pre mium of £7 for the best pair of horses for agricultural pur poses, there were two competitors, Mr. Podmore, of King's Ferry, and Mr. Palin, of Stapleford. The colts shown by Mr. Palin were very good and useful animals; but those be longing to Mr. Podmore were two of the most splendid animals we ever saw. They won the premium, and besides this had previously carried away premiums at Liverpool, Ruthin, and Holvwell. The sweepstakes for the best brood mare was won by Miss Lloyd, of Soughton, near Northop. Several other sweepstakes were advertised, but they did not fill. Amongst the agricultural implements were a corn drill, two turnip cutters, &c., and they appeared to be very use ful implements. We observed as extra stock, sent from our respected towns men, the Messrs. Dickson, a numerous collection of very fine seed wheats, Italian and other grasses, new winter oats, and other seeds for autumn sowing. Also some specimens of their beautiful improved purple-topped Swedish, purple topped Scotch, and other turnips, red globe mange' wurzel, white field carrots, &c., which were greatly admired, and which would have carried away the prize for the sweepstakes had they been entered. There was also exhibited from the same establishment, a new turnip-slicer, and several improv ed garden engines.—The Rev. Mr. Park, of Ince, also sent several new and most prolific potatoes, and a new orange globe mangel wurzel. THE DINNER. The public were admitted to view the cattle, at twelve o'clock, and the exhibition closed at three. The friends and supporters of the society, to the number of about 100, after terwares repaired to the Hop Pole Inn, where a very excellent dinner was prepared by Mr. Bell, the worthy host, and where everything that could be desired was supplied in abundance. R. H. Barnston, Esq., of this city, filled the chair; and the vice-chair was occupied by R. Brittain, Esq., of Crabhall. Amongst the company we noticed R. G. Perryn, Esq., Kyrke, Esq., Dr. Phillips Jones, Rev. Mr. Park, Ince, Rev. P. W. Hamilton, R. B. Orton, Esq., Captain French, Alderman Walker, Alderman Turner, S. Brittain, Esq., W. Brittain, Esq., W. Johnson, Esq., Hignett, Esq., W. Hancock, Esq., S. Hancock, Esq., Mr. Dawson, Gronant, Mr. Scotson, Liverpool, judge; Messrs. M'Gregor, Eccles ton ; Woolf, Haslington ; Palin, Stapleford ; Reece, Traf ford ; John Dodd, Dodleston ; Taylor, Overton Meredith, Tattenhall ; Briscoe, Broxton ; Grindley, Hoole ; Randle Barker ; Janion, Rocksavage ; Woolridge, Calveley ; Par sonage, Lower Hall ; Parsonage, Hew House, &c., &c. MORTALITY AT B IR MINGHAM AND MANC HESTER .— The superintendent general for Birmingham, in a recent re port, states, that from a comparison of the ages of persons who died in that town and Manchester, one-fourth of the whole number of deaths take place in Birmingham within the first year, whilst in Manchester upwards of a third die within the same period. In Birmingham three-sevenths, and in Manchester four-sevenths, of the whole number of deaths take place within the fifth year. In Birmingham one-half the population attain their 16th year, while in Manchester one-half the population die within the first three years. In Birmingham twice as many people survive the age of 70 as in an equal population in Manchester. The deaths from con sumption are about equal in proportion to the population of the two towns, and comprise nearly one-fourth_of the whole number. THE MESS CATERER OF A TROOP SHIP. Mr. Sparks being voted by unanimous consent " a junior," he was condemned to offices that the veriest fag in Eton or Harrow had rebelled against. In the morning, under the pseudonym. of Mrs. Sparks, he presided at breakfast, having previously made tea, coffee, and chocolate, for the whole cabin, besides boiling about twenty eggs to various degrees of hardness ; he was under heavy recognizances to provide a plate of buttered toast of very alarming magnitude, fried ham, kidneys, &c., to no end. Later on, when others saun tered about the deck, vainly endeavouring to fix their atten tion upon a novel or a review, the poor cornet might be seen with a white apron tucked gracefully round his spare pro portions, whipping eggs, for pancakes, or with up-turned shirt sleeves, fashioning dough for a pudding. As the day waned, the cook's gallery became his haunt, where, exposed to a roasting fire, lie inspected the details of a cuisine, for which, whatever his demerits, he was sure of an ample re muneration in abuse at dinner. Then came the dinner itself, that dread ordeal, where nothing was praised and everything censured. This was followed by the punch making, where the tastes of six different and differing indi viduals were to be exclusively consulted, in the self-same beverage ; and lastly, the supper at night, when Sparkie, as he was familiarly called, towards evening grown quite ex hausted, became the subject of unmitigated wrath, and most unmeasured reprobation. " I say, Sparks, it's getting late ; the spatchcock, old boy ; don't be slumbering." " By the bye, Sparkie, what a mess you made of the peasoup to-day !By Jove, I never felt so ill in my life." " Na, na, it was na the soup; it was something he pit in the punch, that's burnin' me ever since I tuk it. Ou, man, but ye're an awfu creture wi vittals." " He'll improve, Major, he'll improve ; don't discourage him ; the boy's young ; be alive now there ; where's the toast—confound you—where 'a the toast ?" " There, Sparks, you like a drum-stick, I know ; mustn't muzzle the ox, eh ? Scripture for you, old boy ; eat away ; hang the expense ; hand him over the jug—empty—eh, Charley? Come, Sparkie, bear a hand, the liquor's out." " But won't you let me eat ?" " Eat ! Heavens, what a fellow for eating ! By George, such an appetite is clean against the articles of war ! Come, man, it's drink we're thinking of ; there's the rum, sugar, limes ; see to the hot water. Well, skipper, how are we getting on ?" " Lying our course ; eight knots off the log ; pass the call. Why, Mr. Sparks." " Eh, Sparks, what's this ?" " Sparks, my man, confound it;" and then, ' omnes cho rusing, Sparks !' in every key of the gamut, the luckless fellow would be obliged to Jump up from this meagre fare, and set to work at a fresh brewage of punch, for the others. The bowl and the glasses filled, by some little management on Power's part, our friend, the cornet, would be drawn out, as the phrase is, in some confession of his early years, which seemed to have been exclusively spent in love-making, devo tion to the fair being as integral a portion of his character as tippling was of the worthy major's. [We copy the above humourous caricature from the pages of " Charles O'Malley."] ON ORGAN PLAYING. At a period when the legitimate style of true organ playing is being frittered away, and that noblest of all instruments reduced to the level of the piano-forte ; when fingers are made to touch the keys as they would so many pins' points, and the feet to keep up a continuous race with the fingers; when solemnity and dignity are displaced with lightness and frivolity, and the dignity of our church service destroyed by the unholy agility of the organist ; when expression is made to give way to execution, and that man is deemed the best player who can dance a Highland fling upon the pedals ; it may not be amiss to quote the sound reasoning of a truly clever writer as to the proper performance of church music. Avison, in his essay on musical expression, seeing already a false taste beginning to display itself, thus warns the or ganists of his day and generation. " We seem at present almost to have forgot that devotion is the original and proper end of our church music. Hence that ill-timed levity of air in our modern anthems ; that foolish pride of execution in our voluntaries which disgusts every rational hearer, and dissipates instead of heightens true devotion. . _ _ " If our organist is a lover of poetry, without which we must dispute his love for music ; or, indeed, if he has any well-directed passions at all, he cannot but feel some eleva tion of mind, when he hears the psalm preceding the volun tary, pronounced in an awful and pathetic strain. It is then he must join his part, and in some solemn air, relieve, with religious cheerfulness, the calm and well-disposed heart. Yet, if he feels not this divine energy in his own breast, it will prove but a fruitless attempt to raise it in that of others: nor can he hope to throw out those happy instantaneous thoughts, which sometimes far exceed the best concerted compositions, and which the enraptured performer would often secure to his future use and pleasure, did they not as fleetly escape as they arise. He should also be extremely cautious of imitating common songs or airs, in the latter kind of performance ; otherwise he will but too much expose religion to contempt and ridicule. " It may be thought, perhaps, by thus depriving our or ganist of this public opportunity of showing his dexterity, both in his voluntary and psalm tune, that all performers in discriminately, might be capable of doing the duty here required ; but it will be found no such easy matter to strike out the true sublimity of style, which is proper to be heard, w hen the mind is in a devout state; or, when we would be greatly . solemn, to avoid the heavy and spiritless manner, which instead of calmly relieving and lifting up the heart, rather sinlis it into a state of deprivation." We would have our organists pay serious attention to these remarks, and not allow their dexterity to get the upper hand of their better judgment. The organ is an instrument of dignity and expression—as such use it ; for, be assured, any other than the severe and grand is not only abuse of its powers, but shows a want of decent respect both for the sanctuary and the holy worship of our God. Musical Journal. A CHINESE PalsoN.—Persons who have money to spend can be accommodated with private apartments, cards, ser vants, and every luxury, in the prisons of the Celestial Em pire. The prisoners chains and fetters are removed from their bodies, suspended against the wall till the hour of going the round occurs. After that ceremony is over, the fetters are again placed where they hurt nobody. But those who have not the means of bribing the keepers, are even in a more woful condition. Not only is every alleviation of their suffer ings removed, but actually infliction of punishment is added to extort money to buy burnt offerings of paper to the god of the gaol, as the phrase runs. For this purpose the prisoners are tied up, or rather hung up and flogged ; at night they are fettered to a board by the neck, wrists, and ancles, amidst ordure and filth, whilst the rats, unmolested, are permitted to knew their limbs ! This place of torments is proverbially called, in ordinary speech, Teynck—a term equivalent to the worst of sense of the word hell. PETROLEUM OIL WELL.—About ten years since, while boring for salt water, near Burksville, Kentucky, after pene trating through solid rock upwards of two hundred feet, a fountain of pure oil was struck, which was thrown up more than twelve feet above the surface of the earth. Although in quantity somewhat abated after the disch arge o f th e first few minutes, during which it was supposed to emit seventy-five gallons a minute, it still continued to flow for several days successively. The well being on the margin and near the mouth of a small creek emptying into Cumberland river, the oil soon found its way thither, and for a long time covered its surface. Some gentlemen below applied a torch, when the surface of the river blazed, and the flames soon climbed the most elevated cliffs, and scorched the summit of the lof tiest trees. It ignites freely, and produces a flame as brilliant as gas. Its qualities were then unknown, but a quantity was barreled, most of which soon leaked out. It is so penetrating as to be difficult to confine in a wooden vessel, and has so much gas as frequently to burst bottles when filled and tightly corked. Upon exposure to the air, it assumes a greenish hue. It is extremely volatile, has a strong pungent, and in describable smell, and tastes much like the heart of pitch pine. For a short time after the discovery, a small quantity of the oil would flow whilst pumping the salt water, which led to the impression that it could always be drawn by pump ing. But all subsequent attempts to obtain it, except by a spontaneous flow, have entirely failed. There have been two such flows within the last two years. The last commenced on the 4th July last, and continued about six weeks, during which time about twenty barrels of oil were obtained. The oil, and the salt water, which are invariably combined during these flows, are forced up by the gas, above 200 feet, into the pump, and thence through the spout into a covered trough, when the water soon becomes disengaged and settles at the bottom, whilst the oil is readily skimmed at the surface. A rumbling noise resembling distant thunder, uniformly attends the flowing of the oil, whilst the gas which is then visible every day at the top of the pump, leads the passing stranger to inquire whether the well is on fire.—Silliman's Journal. 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 PI PI 12 8 15 a.m. First Class Pt ~ 1 15 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class ~, ~ 4 p.m. 12 15 p.m. First Class ~ 6 p.m. 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class 12 It PI FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 6 a.m. Mixed Train do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 15 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.na. Mixed 5 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. OP 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. „ 2 45 p.m. ' , The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. 12 , 9 LIVERPOOL AND MAIM CHESTER RAILWAY. FROM L'roor. TO :MANCHESTER. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 „ ..10 0 11 0 —ll 45 „ 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 4 45 ~ 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton &Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when tt ON SU' First Class Second Class s 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 4 45 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 _ FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 30 Morning 9 0 ..10 0 ~ it 15 11 45 2 0 Aftern. *2 45 Aftern. 5 0 • • 5 30 715 Evening 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside 1 riis Train does not start till Three. NDAYS. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. 530 Aftern. 715 Evening 715 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I AND WIGAN. FROM AIANCFIESTER. g 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 •• 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class I 5 0 „ .. Mixed 7 15 .. First Class NDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 5 0 Afternoon „ 7 15 Evening.... First Class. CASTER. PROM MANCHESTER. g 0 Morning.... Mixed 11 45 .... First Class 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 0 „ .... Mixed LTON. PROM MANCHESTER. g n Morning.... First Class 11 15 •••• / 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 0 ~ WAYS. 7 o Morning.. 5 30 Afternoon .. IELENS. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 11 45 ~ 2 45 Afternoon 5 30 • • • • ). WAYS. 7 o Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon , , 11 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 4 45 ~ .. Mixed 7 - 15 - 1 - , .. First Class 7 0 Morning.... Mixed ---- I - 445 Afternoon .. „ 7 15 Evening.... First Class. TO LANI FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.... Mixed 11 0 ~ • . First Class 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 4 45 „ .... Mixed TO B( FROM LIVERPOOL. g 45 Morning.... First Class 11 0 10 •• •. 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 or • • • • it ON CU: .Second Class 7 0 Morning. 5 30 Afternoon.. . Secone Class TO ST, FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 9 45 „ .... ~ 11 45 ~ • • • • 9 t 2 30 Afternoon.. ~ 5 30 ~ • • •• fl .... ON CU: 7 o Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. PP 'lMpping ?trntellignut. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9.—Wind North, light. SAILED.—New Brunswick, Watson, for Savannah—Thomas P. Cope, Miercken, for Philadelphia—Emma Graham, Ferguson, for Oporto—Liverpool, Graves, and Adirondack, Hackstaff, for New York—Robert Pulsford, Prince, for New Orleans—Columbia, Blay ney, for Jamaica—James & Elizabeth, Robinson, for Genoa — Peruvian, Gwatkin, and Ayrshire, Moss, for Africa—Louise & Henriette, Gentke, for Stettin—Tarujo e Filhos, Almeida, for Lisbon —Abercromby, Ure, for Demerara—Florida, Moran, and Robert Watt, Johnson, for Charleston—Myrtle, Martin, fot Azores—and Firefly, Stone, for Constantinople. Acadia, (steamer) hence for Halifax, was off Cape Clear sth Oct. at 7 p.m. Urania, Ogilvy, hence for Bombay, was spoken 26th September, in lat. 48 N, long. 9 W Eophia, Johns, sailed from Sincapore for London July John Campbell, —, sailed from Fernando Po for Liverpool 75th July Sultana, Scott ; Lancashire Lass, Norman; Racer, Charles, and Quiver, Poritt, hence at Smyrna Law Ogilvy, Morris, sailed from S►nyrna for Liverpool 13th Sept. Challenger, Hernaman, hence at Syra, leaky, and part of cargo damaged Elizabeth Mary Ann, Ball, hence at Genoa Paulina, Schreyenberg, hence at Ostend LYNN, Oct. 7.—Glory, Benny, from Liverpool for St. Petersburg, has put into these roads leaky, and will come up to the town to discharge Set Lir, Oct. s.—Flying Fish, Edwards, from Liverpool for Con stantinople, put into St. Mary's last night with damage, and making much water, having struck on the Seven Stones. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10.—Wind light and variable. ARRlVED.—Liverpool Packet, —, from Trieste. SA I L ED.—Sarah Fleming, Balberney, for Africa—Chieftain, Downing, for Bombay—North Briton, Dawson, for Sincapore— Reliance, Dunley, for Ceara—Lyons, Agry, for New Orleans—De merara, Miller, for Demerara—Betsey, Hamilton, for Cape Verds, &c.—Lavinia, Mara, for Ancona—Syren, Foster, for Palermo— James Dunn, Rolling, for Naples—and Margaret, Mollard, for Malta, &c. Oriental, (steamer) Soy, from Alexandria, at this port ; sailed 23rd September ; from Malta 28th September, and from Gibraltar 3rd October. On sth October, in lat. 40 20, long. 9 19, spoke the Liverpool. (steamer) hence for Alexandria. Peruvian, Gwatkin, for Africa, touched on the Bar of the Victoria Channel yesterday, going out, but floated off in about ten minutes, apparently without damage, and proceeded H.M.S. Rodney, (92) from Cork, at Gibraltar, and sailed 28th September to join Sir Robert Stopford. Pandora, -, hence for Halifax, was spoken 27th September, in lat. 42, long. 40 Vesta, Bounce, hence at Constantinople, and sailed 11th Sept. for Odessa Rattlesnake, Rainer, and Vixen, Bailey, hence at Constantinople Ranger, Gray, from Taganrog, at Constantinople, and sailed 11th September for Liverpool Jonge Eguertus, Mulder, sailed from Nantes for Liverpool sth October Echo, Lange, hence at Swinemcnde Jeannette. Olten, hence at Brake Si, Mendezona, hence at Waterford Mary, Wheelwright, from St. Domingo, at the Cove SUNDAY, OCTOBER I I.—Wind light and variable. A RRI Yabsley, from Denia—Elizabeth, Quirk, from Gijon—Magdalene, Hardy, from Bremen—Mischief, from Cephalonia—Matilda, , from Trieste—and Nyverheid, -, from Ostend. Samin.—Juno, Sphon, and Providence, Maas, for Danzic— Hecla, Demester, for Dunkirk—Tamenend, Boutelle, and John Marshall, Paytrees, for New Orleans—Jeune Esther, Berton, for Senegal—Branches, Petrie, for Sydney, C.B.—Metador, Bradenal, Elsinore—Le Dom'n Dar, Radie, for Marseilles—Francisco Saviero, Marescha, for Naples—Amizade, Rocha, for Oporto—Ann, Whin field, for Rio Janeiro—Clyde, Reid, for St. John, N.B.—Robert Isaac, Ainsworth, for Savannah—and Juliane Elizabeth, Larsen, for Tonsberg. Marchioness of Normanby, from Quebec for Liverpool, was spoken Ist Oct. in lat. 59, long. 7 Pinlator, Stone, and Silksworth, Meldrum, hence at St. Peters. burg Eduard, Zeilke, and Amalia, Albiecht, hence at Danzic Don Juan, -, hence for Copenhagen, off Falmouth MONDAY, OCTOBER 12.—Wind S.S.E. moderate- ARRIVED.—COrIhiII, Collins, from Newfoundland —Snowdrop, , from Smyrna—Diana, Walters, from Trieste—Bonetta Matilda, , from Trieste—:Elm, Douraille, from Denia—Alina Abberlina, Azol, from St. Maloe—Torio, Swaubeck, from Brahes tadt—Hannah, Rattray, from St. Petersburg—Charlotte, from Pillau—Margaretha Paulina, Wilkin, from Hambro'—Neder lande, Jonker, from Groningen—Agenora, Caluff, for Rotterdam — Eugene, Perre, from Antwerp—Harriet, Beniest ; Nyverheid, Lievens ; Loochristy, Dofty, and Auguste, Kirkhove, from Ostend —and Concord, Maquvil, from Jersey. ALSO ARRlVED.—Carysford, Kearns, from Arklow—Breeze, Hall, and Seymour, Snooks, from Wicklow—Berwick, Doyle, from Wexford—John Clelland, Douglas, from Strangford—Amster dam, Lister, from Ipswich—Harriet, Bridges, and Mary & Betsey, Marsh, from Woodbridge—Brothers, Liras, and Hebutina, Brown, frem London—Albion, Foreman ; Susan, Jones ; Crescent, Mid dleton, and Martha, Pearson, from H.M.S. 'Etna, from Falmouth—Monkton, Ormond; Urgent, Thomas, and Margaret, Pugh, from Newport—and Albert, Hurry, from H - all. SAlLED.—Coromando, Pierce, for New Orleans—and Tweude Brodre, Gersoe, for Christiana. Liverpool, (steamer) hence for Alexandria, off Lisbon sth instant at 7 p.m. Andes, —, hence to Virginia, was spoken sth Oct. in lat, 50 39, long. 10 30 Bengal, Hick, hence at Maranham Saracen, Pinking, hence, and Emma, Jarvis, from Malaga, at Gibraltar, and sailed 24th September for Liverpool Pagnet dos Azores, Ribeira, and Tarujo Sdo, Palhas, hence at Lisbon Ruby, Alining, sailed from Lisbon for Liverpool 30th Sept. Aurora Liberal, Halves, hence at Oporto Mischief, Jones, from Cephalonia, at this port. On 10th Sept. off Messina, spoke the Corinthian, from Zante to this port COVE, Oct. 10.—The Buchanan, of Sunderland, laden with grain, was fallen in with 28th ult. in lat. 43, long. 10, abandoned— by the Zior, arrived here. Mem.—The Buchanan, Brown, loaded at Odessa for Cork VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, arc. Kirkman Finlay, J Scott, 439 Bombay, Finlay, Alston &Co Aden, H Ponsonby, 339 Sincapore, T& J Brocklebank AFRICA. Gannett, 322 Africa, Hamilton, Jackson & Co WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. 327 Montego Bay, Jamaica, C Lawrence & Son 370 Havana and Matanzas, Ashley Brothers or S Stokes Storm King. J Gilles, 234 Kingston, Jamaica, J Poole & Co Randolph, t. Britton, 207 Belieze, Honduras, W Tarbet Royal Mint, W Searlght, 300 Jamaica, J B Yates & Co SOUTH AMERICA. Catharine, D Coffey, 192 Santa Martha and Carthagena, Imrie & Tomlinson Mersey, Congress, C Adams, LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, OCT. 9. The unsettled aspect of political affairs has in some degree had an influence upon the market this week ; although there has been a fair demand from the Trade, the buyers have acted with caution, and in some instances the holders have appeared inure disposed to sell ; prices, however, generally remain without any any material change, excepting in the common qualities of American, which are a shade lower. 1300 American have been taken on speculation. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From t e 2nd instant, to this dat, inclusive. UNITED S7'ATES. Courtenay, TI Brown, Russia, S Elliott, Cambridge, I Bursley. 608 New Orleans, Gibbs, Bright & Co 459 New Orleans, Baring Brs &Co 752 New York, Baring Brothers & Co EUROPE. Wassily Weliky, G R Nimratt, 484 St. Petersburg, C G Weber R: Co Albanian, H Winsor, 156 Leghorn, G Yates & Co Schryd, J Nowlan, 139 Constantinople, Bahr, Behrend & Co Earl of Aberdeen, T Clennell, 282 Dordt, Bahr, Behrend & Co Prices paid IMPORTS SALES OP THE WEEK. in the week. ThisWk..this year -- 350 , Sea Island l 3d 4 ) 23 30 Stained I 7 —l2 1 106 J 432252 3420 Bowed Georgia 7120 ' { Mo bil e Alabama and Tennessee eli si 1 4712 1674288 8250 ' New Orleans 320 { Pernambuco & Paraiba 8 9 i Aricati and Ceara i 1934 1 30936 520 ' Bahia and Maceio IB 9 .•.. 18176 { Sawginned Maranhani Igo -_ 1 1 15560 .... i Minas — ' Para Demerara, Surinam, &c... .... 264 360 Egyptian Barbados I .... 345 110 ' Peruvian , Bahama -- - 540 , Laguayra ii -- 7 / 1 I ... .. Common West India, &c i— 771 12196 10 Carthagena ' Smyrna ...... ' Manilla — 2370 Surat Si Si ; Madras _ _ } 2622 1 70367 . .... : Bengal — j .... 1638 24130 bales 10143 1276817 LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, OCT. 10. Our supplies of British Grain, R c., for the past week, have been moderate, consisting chiefly of 1,678 quarters of Oats and 4,800 of Oatmeal from Ireland. From abroad we have received only 2,770 quarters of Wheat and 2,820 barrels of Flour; but there have been released from bond, from the 30th ult. to the 7th instant in clusive, 8,020 quarters of Wheat and 12,929, barrels of Flour. The duty on these articles is now 20s 8d per quarter and 12s 5d per barrel respectively, which will, in all probability, place future arrivals under the Queen's locks. We have continued to experience a limited demand for Wheat, under which prices have further given way, those of the finer qualities of Foreign 3d per bushel, whilst most of the secondary descriptions were, yesterday. offered at 3d per bushel below the quotations of this day se•nnight. A few small parcels of Irish new Wheat that have arrived have been sold at reduced rates, red at is to is Gd per 70 lb., according to quality and condition. American and Canadian Flour must be noted Gd per barrel cheaper. New oats have brought Is 3d to 3s 4d per 451b5., but the sale has not by any means been free. New Oatmeal, too, has gone off slowly at 28s to 205 per 2401b5. No alteration as regards old parcels of either article. Barley, Beans, and Peas as last noted. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARRET, OCT. 12. We have had a fair supply of things at this day's market which met with a brisk demand at an advance on last week's prices of 105 per head on Cattle, and 2s per head on Sheep, and nearly the whole cleared off at au early hour. Some very prime Beef made (WI, middling and inferior, Sid to Sid; prime Wether Sheep made 7d. Ewes and middling quality, 6d to 61 and sink the offal. Beasts 1672; Sheep 6333. imports. EUROPE. Liverpool Packet, (374) M F Merssa, from Trieste, about 320 qrs wheat, 850 qrs Indian corn, 49 bales silk waste, G Claus and co— about 35 tons brimstone, J Macaire and co -591 bags shumac, 9 casks cream tartar, 23 cases beads, 3 casks tallow, 93 bales wool, order-211 bags shumac, R and G Benn-50 bags Persian berries, 16 bales woollen rags, Geller and co-1 package wooden baskets, G A Russell-1 package contents unknown. J Bibby and Sons — K D ....., , Heroine, Ogg) WM'Lagan, from Cronstadt, 441 casks tallow, 32 bales hemp, R G Morgan and co-300 pieces lathAtood, 1 ton oakum, order-31 spars, Exportation—K D Henry Beil, (123) J Hood, from Alexandretta, 160 bags gall nuts, order-71 bags do, 2 boxes scammony. Spartelli and Lascaredi-3 boxes do, order-6 boxes 2 baskets opium, Spartell and Lascaredi.— From Beirut, 255 bales 3 bags madder roots, 2 bags gum arabic, order.—From Cyprus, 15 bales madder roots, 1 case colocynth, 1 cask wine, 1 box glass and bone curiosities, 1 box samples tobacco, order—K D PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION, GENERAL POST -OFFICE, October 1. • og w ,) a - .11 2 n. = a=ixF4. R.vs.-°gnta s,Agms(.4.4. &14§ro c - c l m • M = W m P M op , r sm.E,"fq gg 4 5r)"' 2 71 'Er 5' 1 3 Qe k eg y 2 Vj§\ z 5. 9 ,; 85 77! §\ 5 v g . • pn Y =;.7 1 ns rq );b" mm— 4 c i V, 4; 1 ac7,' .t — o:g 7o 5 : 5 , • , g 5 e • 5,p 2 2 :::= Pp= . - p m , °" t p gOl / 5 t'• gm. - - .m m ETW:g gI x 5 g =.„, 4 .- 0 2 tz ? • mo = ■ 4 ro n = .g? , ,(;) g ga ; 4 r. g Z . ; V t e j , -,•• , .'• * g * 5•• g', 0- .- 3 o X N t c ..4 F* 5" f,, , - 4.4 . . ''' gP. ?A ii 2 ;3- E ... 4 'g ei i 5 ' c'7. PA ii s'. g .-, a. f'' .t o ~, .-4 :...... 0 " .1 0. 0 m to 5 .. g, .../' ...4 . : q Z x = 0 k's k' il , 4 .°?. i',", • 0 0 • 0 10 - a,, C . . . . . • 0 t/2 0 0 0 . 0 el, 0 0 0 K !" b re re re P t 7 P. p ft'.l,' C 4 5 t 7 0 V CJ A CR tJ ts, i : 00 0 0 r. r . . . •-• Ch C..., .-• PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. Outward. Home. LONDON & LIVERPOOL, Jamaica Leeward Isl. Dem. & Berbice Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate East Indies China Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c. Malta, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz Prance Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, &c. Oporto 258 Od® 30 0 20 0 -- 25 0 50 0 -- 60 0 30 0 -- 40 0 30 0 -- 40 0 40 0 -- 50 0 40 0-50 0 40 0-60 0 40 0 -- 60 0 40 0-- 60 0 25 0-30 0 35 0 -- 40 0 35 0 -- 40 0 105 0 35 0 -- 40 0 40 0-- 50 0 40 0 30 0 -- 20 0 -- 50 0 60 25 0 -- 40 0 50 15 0-20 25 0-30 o 25 0- 30 0-40 0 3 0 o 40 0 40 0 60 0 so 0 60 0 60 0 20 0-25 0 60s Od @J OS 0 30 0-40 0 60 0 —lOO 0 17 6- 20 0 20 0 —25 0 40 0-80 0 60 0-80 0 30 0-60 0 30 0 60 0 20 0 30 0 25 0 —3O 30 0 35 0-40 0 63 0 84 0 40 0 50 0 40 0 -- 40 0 -- 126 0 —147 6 20 0 40 0 2 - 0 0 - 26 0 23 0 - 30 0 20 0-25 20 0 - 17 6- 20 0 20 0- - 25 0-30 0 25 0-30 7 30 0-40 0 40 0 - --- 40 0-60 0 17 6 - 40 0 TIDE TABLE. Days. t Mrn. Evn. Height. Sundays, Holydays, 45-e. -.--- M. M. H. M. P. I. Tuesday 13 0 0 0 5 18 3 Wednes. 14 021 040 17 S Length of day loh. 39. Thursdayls 056 /26 16 7 Friday .. 16 182 212 14 9 Saturda) 17 236 310 13 3 Sunday 18 344 422 12 6 17th Sunday after Trinity. Mond a y 19 5 6 661 13 0 ffiarkets. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, OCT. 9. Sugar.—There has been a moderate demand, and 700 hhds. B.P. have been disposed of without material change in prices. 1800 bags Bengal have been taken, at 73s for low damp brown, to 88s for fine white, and 2250 bags Mauritius at 79s to 84s 6d per cwt. Foreign.—The sales reported are 75 cases brown Brazil at 215 3d per cwt. 800 boxes white and yellow Havana and 100 cases Bahia were brought forward by auction, but withdrawn for want of bidders. Bonded Refined.—No sales reported. Nothing done in Molasses. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation having been very limited, com prising only 30 casks Jamaica and 100 bags Demerara, at the quota tations. 100 bags Valparaiso, via Cape, sold at 79s 3d to 77s 3d, 200 bags damaged at 36s to 644 3d, 150 bags Brazil at 445 to 45s per cwt., and 100 bags Java, price not reported. No sales of Foreign. Ginger,-2600 bags Bengal brought ids to 16s. 6d per cwt., a small parcel of Pimento 3d, and 270 bags black Pepper 4d to 44d per lb. No sales of Cocoa. 150 bags Bengal Rice have been sold at the quotations, and 35 casks dressed Carolina at 36s per cwt. Early in the week there was a good inquiry for Rum, and 430 puns of fine Demerara and Jamaica were sold, at 5s 4 , 1 to Os 3d for the former, 21 to 37 per cent. 0. P., and 6s 6d to 6s Sd per gallon for the latter, 36 to 38 per cent. 0. P. Tea.—The market has been quiet during the week, holders con tinuing very firm, and no alteration has taken place in prices. The London sale Indigo is reported to be proceeding at an ad vance of 3d to 9,1 per lb on the public sales held in July last; 15 chests sold here during the week at 3s 8d to Os 2d per lb. About 100 chests of Shell Lac brought 46s to 55s per cwt. 900 bags of Bombay Turmeric sold at 315 6d to 33s 6d per cwt. for good, and a few scrolls of Cochineal at full rates. There has been an extensive demand for Saltpetre, and holders have obtained is per cwt. ad. vance, with 2000 bags sold. Nitrate of Soda is also rather higher, and 1000 bags have gone at lgs 6d to 20s per cwt. Dyewoods.—There has been an extensive demand for Logwood this week ; the sales are 950 tons Campeachy at 49 12s 6d to 410, and 180 tons Jamaica and Honduras at 47 5s to 47 10 ; 150 tons Savanilla Fustic have been sold, but the price has not transpired ; also 30 tons Lima Nicaragua Wood at 414 to 414 los per ton and some small parcels of Camwood and Barvvood at the quotations. There has been some improvement in the demand for Turpentine, and prices have advanced 3d per cwt., 125 76 having been obtained for good new ; the sales are 1300 brls. at Its lad to 12s 7d per cwt. Of American Tar 100 brls. have been sold at 175 Id per brl. The business in Pot and Pearl Ashes has been very limited, but prices remain without variation. Bees' Wax is in very limited request; a parcel of 30 bales Jamaica, of fair quality, sold at 48 per cwt., duty paid. Hides.—The market continues steady, without altera. tion in prices ; about 4000 Salted Monte Video are reported at 3d for ordinary to sid for good, and 14,300 East India Kips sold by auction at sid to Bid for Ist rubbed, 71d to lid for 2nd rubbed, 600 Buffaloes, at Sid to 60 for Hides, and did to 60 for Kips, and 400 African Kips at 71c1 to 9d per lb. Tobacco continues in demand, the sales of the week being 400 hhds., of which 120 were for Ireland, 40 for re-sale, and the remainder to the Trade. In prices there is no change. There continues to be a moderate demand only for Brimstone, at the reduced prices fixed last week. Nothing worthy of notice has been done in Sumac, Argols or Cream of Tartar. Sonic small parcels of Galls have been sold at previous prices, and of flag Annatto at Is Id to is '2d i.er lb. There are no transactions reported in Madders or Roots. 40 casks Quercitron Bark sold at las to 14s per cwt., according to quality. Olive Oil has continued in steady request, and full prices are still maintained ; the sales of the week have been 70 to 80 tuns. The news received within the last few days of the total failure of the Davies's Straits Whale Fishery, caused in the early part of the week some inquiry for Seal Oil, and about 100 tuns changed hands at 427 to 429 for coloured, and 431 lOs to 432 for new pale; a few tuns of last year's im port were sold at 430 105 ; in other descriptions of Fish Oils no im provement has been realized, but higher rates have generally been required, Seed Oils remain without the least alteration. Oil of Turpentine is saleable only in small parcels, at about our quotations. Palm Oil.—The Soap-Trade being pretty well stocked, the demand continues very limited, and the only sale reported this week is a lot of about 55 tons from the quay at 438. A cargo of 500 tons just arrived will be stored, the owner being unwilling to sell at present prices. In Flax and Hemp the sales have been trivial; for Petersburg sorts the recent advance is maintained, and 10 tons Riga Rhine Hemp are reported at 443. A further advance has been obtained for Jute, 250 bales having been sold at £l5 10s, and :6'16 refused for very fine quality ; 75 bales Bombay Hemp brought £l9 per ton. In tallow a limited busi ness has again been done, at former prices for yellow Candle ; on Saturday last, about 400 , pipes South American were offered by auction, the greater part of which were sold at 42s for very inferior, up to 523 for the finest quality, being a trifling decline on previous sales. LIVERPOOL PR' ASHES Montreal, Pot 27 3 c 27 6 Pearl, new 29 6 —3O 0 U. States, Pot none. Pearl none. BARE, Quercit. Oak, 41. ton es 10 7 0 German 4 15 5 0 BRIMSTONE, If. ton Sicily, &c ll 10 12 10 Tuscany 0 0 0 0 CASSIA LIONICA, S. d. S. d cwt. in bond 80 o 85 0 CLOVER -SEED, cwt. American, red.. 'tale Dutch 70 0— 30 0 French & Gerna.7o 0— 80 0 Cocoa, **cwt. Trinidad 49 0— 62 0 Grenada Brazil COIrTEE,V , cwt in bond. Jama. triage ordinary good& tine ord. 95 0-114 0 middling ll9 0-126 0 good mid. tine mid. &c 146 0-157 0 Dutch, triage.. •t 60 0— 7 5 0 ordinary •• • • good & fine ord. 80 0— 84 0 middling B6 0— 93 0 good mid. ) tine mid., &c. l 96 0-100 0 Mocha Ceylon Java Havana good & tine ord. 46 0— 52 0 St. Domingo 42 0— 44 0 Brazil 42 0— 47 0 Laguira 62 0— 0 0 DYZWOODS, V ton .At'• S. £. s Logwood, Jam... 7 0— 7 5 Hon. & Dom. 7 5 7 10 Campeachy .. 9 0— 9 15 Fustic, Span 4 15— 5 0 Tampico 6 10— 7 0 Brazil Cüba NICARAGUA WOOD. Rio de la Hache solid rough 6 0— 7 10 small Lima, solid l4 0— 16 0 Barwood, Ango 8 0— 9 0 Gaboon 6 0— 6 5 Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Red San. Wood 8 0— 0 0 FLAX, vo ton. Riga. P.T.R. P'burg, 9 head Archangel 44 0— 55 0 Dutch RE Flem. GALLS, Cwt. Turkey, blue mixed 60 0— 66 0 East India 6O 0— 72 0 GINGER, Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 Jamaica 6O 0-200 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 1g 0 Gym, its+ cwt. Arabic, Turkey 7O 0-140 0 East India 24 0— 55 0 Barbary 45 0— 50 0 Senegal 65 0— Haan., I% ton 4 s. 4 s. P'burg, clean 43 0 7 — 43 30 OutshOt 41 0— 42 0 Riga, Rhine .. 43 0— 43 10 outshot 41 10— 42 0 Archangel .. .. 0 0— 0 0 Manilla 3O 0— 31 0 Bombay l9 0— 21 0 Juts l5 10— 16 0 Mums, Ox and Cow, 19 , lb B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. inferior & mid. 0 7/ 0 8/ good & prime 0 91— 0 10 Do. salted 0 41— 0 54 N. Amer. salted 0 4 ' Brazil dry salted 0 6 0 61 Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 71— 0 81 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6i— 0 7 4 W. India, dry 0 61— 0 7 . 4 salted 9 41— 0 5} East India Kips, B.A. dry. 0 73_. Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 6 HORSE HAIR, le lb. Short _Bl 0 94 • mixed long tails 1 4 1 10 combed I NDIG O, V lb. in bond. Bengal. pur. & violet blue & violet blue violet, g. & fine 6 6 7 0 ord. St mid. 5 3 6 0 violet & cop. mixed .. } 5 0— 5 9 cop. g. & fine. 5 0— 5 6 ord. & mid. 4 0— 5 0 eon. quality Oude 2 0— 4 9 Madras 2 6 5 0 Guatimala, 1 lb Floras Sobres 3 9-- 5 0 Cortes 2 0— 3 g Caraccas, Floras 5 6 6 0 Sobres 4 0— 5 3 Cortes LAC DYA, Vll5. D.T. and prime. 1 6 3 0 mid. to good 0 8— 1 4 ord. & inferior 0 4 0 7i lIIADDZA ROOTS, vo cwt. Smyrna Galipoli & Syria .. 0 0— 0 0 French 4s 0— 45 0 Naples 42 0— 0 0 CES CURRENT. MADDNR, v cwt. s. d. s. d. .Dutch, crop 70 0 —BO 0 Ombro 50 0 —65 0 Gamene 32 0 Mull 10 0 French, S.F. 42 u S.F.F 48 0 E.S.F. -40 0 -30 0 -48 0 -52 0 E.5.F.F.63 0 Spanish 4O 0 MOLASSES,' cwt. Trinidad, &c 40 0 —49 0 Demerara, 40 0 —42 0 Bar & Antigua.. 45 0 0 0 MONJEET, cwt 14 0 —l5 0 OIL, Olive, v 252 galls. Gallipoli e63 e —63 10 Trieste 6O 0 —6l o Sicily 5B 0 0 Malaga 56 0 —56 10 Portugal, Rc Levar 54 0 —57 0 Palm, v ton 38 0 —3B 10 Fish, v 232 galls. Seal, pale brown 31 0 •27 0 Cod 27 0 LINSEED, 49 , CU'l 29 0 Rape, pale do. 4O 0 Turpen. v cwt 51 0 RICE, cwt Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 0 in bond 22 0 Bengal, ord. do 11 0 —l3 6 mid to fine l4 0 —l5 0 African none. RU3I, 'l4 , gallon, in bond. Jamaica, 12 to 16 o. p 4 6 5 0 stronger 5 3 6 4 choice marks 6 6 7 0 SAFFLOWER, 19. cwt. Bengal, good & fine.. AC'S 0 7 1 0 ord. & mid Bombay SALTPETRE, cwt. s. d. s. d East India 27 0 —32 0 South American-19 6 —2O 0 SHELL LAC, 14 cwt. in bond. •32 0 •30 0 •28 0 •29 6 orange 56 0 —BO 0 liver and black 33 0 —5O 0 SKINS, Neutria, p dor . . 7 0 —l4 0 Chinchilli, do. lO 0 —25 0 Seal, each SHUMAC, cwt. Sicily lO 6 —l2 6 Malaga none Trieste 7 6 8 6 Verona 6 6 7 0 Tyrolese SUGAR, V , cwt. B. P. Muscovado moist brown dry brown good & mid B2 0 fine &v. fine Mauritius, dabs and moist 73 0 brown 76 0 -78 0 -81 0 -84 6 •88 0 -75 0 -;8 -82 0 .s 6 o yellow SO 0 fine yellow B3 0 East India, Bengal ord. white 7B 0 —Bl good and fine 82 0 —B5 0 extra fine 86 0 —BB 0 Manilla, in bond 20 0 —23 0 Havana, do. brown 24 0 —24 6 yellow . 25 0 —27 0 white ord 33 0 —35 0 good & fine 36 0 —3B 0 Brazil, in bond. brown lB 0 yellow 22 6 white ord. 23 0 good and fine 26 0 TALLOW, 190 cwt. P'burgh, Y.C. 53 6 —34 0 Odessa 53 6 0 0 Archangel 5l 6 0 0 Buenos Ayres 46 0 —53 0 TAR, lz hrt. Stockholm l9 6 —2O 6 Archangel l9 0 —2O 0 Carolina Virginia TARTAR, 13' cwt. Cream of Tartar 7B 0 —B2 0 I brown and yel 50 0 —7O 0 TEA, lb. in bond Bohea, Canton -22 0 -24 0 -25 0 -28 0 2 1 - 2 Fokein .. —.:: Congou, corn. .. 2 4 mid. to fine. 2 5 3 0 Twankay, corn... 2 3 __ _____ mid. to good 2 4 2 5 Pekoe, Orange .. 2 6 3 6 Campoi,. com. to good none Hyson Skin 2 0— 2 1 mid. to fine 2 3 2 6 Soucliong, corn 2 3 2 4 good to tine 2 g 3 6 Pekoe, flowery Hyson, COM. fine s 0 4 6 Young Hyson Imperial Gunpowder, good and fine TOBACCO,r lb. in bond. J. River, Leaf 0 4 0 7 Stemmed 0 4 0 7 Kentucky Maryland TURMERIC, vr cwt in bond. Bengal 30 0 —4O 0 TURPENTINE, 2p cwt. American lO 6 —l2 7 VALONIA, 10 , ton • .e s Smyrna, picked l4 0 —lg 10 Morea WAx, Bees' gp , cwt. in bond. African East India ..... 6 15 8 0 American 7 0 8 0 LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, OCT. 9. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. .1. Andrew and J. Andrew, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire, Cotton-spinners—L. Massey and 11. Bentley, Habergham, Eaves, Lancashire, wholesale brewers—J. Lockett and J. Gillson, Man chester, curriers—B. Berrilland J. O'Hanlon, Liverpool, ship brokers—B. Norris, T. Norris, and A. Hunter, Rufford, Lancashire, malsters—W. Lightbound and S. Welch, Liverpool, flour- dealers — J Graham and E. Dod, Liverpool, drug-grinders. BANKRUPTS. Cooper Ewbank, Liverpool, commission-agent, Oct. 17, Nov. 20, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Mr. Bevan, Liverpool ; and Messrs. Meredith and Reeve, New-square, Lin coln's-Inn, London. Moses Cloke, Hastings, Sussex, draper. John Sandell, Ramsgate, boarding-house-keeder. James Moore, Old Bond-street, London, hatter. Thomas Taylor and Elisha Taylor, Rawmarsh, Yorkshire, earthen ware manufacturer. John Rollason, Aston, near Birmingham, roller of metals. Richard Light, Hanley, Staffordshire, grocer. John Cockcroft, senior, and Abraham Fletcher, junior, Man- chester, stuff-merchants. Worsley. Manchester, flour-dealer. John McNab Ballanden, Sedgley, Staffordshire, surgeon. Thomas Jones Faulkner, Manchester, builder. William Lister Oddie, Clithero, Lancashire, cotton-spinner. John Wootton and William Wootton, Birmingham, refiners. Benjamin Hodg, Armley, Yorkshire, malster. James Ackroyd, Batley, Yorkshire, wheelwright. John Weight, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, victualler. Griffith Owen, Efail Uchaf, Caruarvonshire. DIVIDENDS. Oct. 30. W. Hallett and J. Hardie, Queen-skeet, London, drug gist—Nov. 25. I'. Playfair, Warwick, innkeeper—Nov. 7. T. Bailey. T. Bailey, and J. Bailey, Batley Car, Yorkshire, woollen-manufac turers—Nov. 5. G. Lumley and W. Brown, Knaresborough, flee spinner—Nov. 2. S. Beeney, Birmingham, draper—Nov. 2. D. Meadows, Gloucester, dealer in fruit—Oct. 31. J. Lord and J• Bennett, Batley Carr, Yorkshire, millwrights—Nov. 2. J. Bradshaw, Sheffield, tableknife cutler—Nov. 6. C. Baker. Southampton, timber-merchant — Nov. 6. K. Bailies, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorgan- shire, draper—Oct. 31. B. Cowper, Oldham, cotton-spinner—Rol. 6. 'l'. W. Gibbs, Bristol, soap -maker. CER'fl FICATES, To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before Oct. 30. R. A. Phelps, Pancras-lane, Cheapside, Lennon, ink-manufac turer—M. M. Joseph, Liverpool, merchant—C. M. Banks, Hands worth, Staffordshire, plumber. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. David Irving, Annan, carrier, Oct. 16, Nov. 19, at twelve, at the office of J. Brand, Dumfries. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. October. 16, John Mulholland anc Co. (proof) Clarendon Rooms, 12 16, John Rowlett, 2nd Ditto, 1 ' 16, Ebenezer Jones, 2nd Ditto, 2 17, William Roskell (div.) 17, Buchanan, Laird and Co. (proof and fin. div.) Ditto. 12 17, John Mulholland and Co.. (div.) 17, Cooper Ewbauk, Ist Ditto, 2 21, Edward Burrow (div.) Ditto, 12 21, William Kelly (div.) 22, Blundell, Falk and Co Ditto, 12 22, John Alexander Griffin 23, James and Peter Richardson (final div ) Ditto, 1 24, J. S. Wood (proof) Ditto. 11 24, George Raw (div.) 24, John Barlow PRICES OF SHIRES, OCTOBER 12. Prices. This day Last Per Share. Prices. RAILWAYS, &c. Bolton and Leigh Bristol and Exeter Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto and Derby lOO .... 89 0 0 .... Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new l5 15 0 0 .... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 20 paid 19 0 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar 1 30 paid 32 10 0 ... Greenock, and Ayr . Grand Junction Ditto half shares 4O .... 92 10 0 .... Ditto quarter shares (late Chester and Crewe) Quarter 29 10 0 .... Great Western 65 . 81 0 0.... Ditto new shares 4O .... 44 5 0 .... 45 10 a Hull and Selby Leicester and Svvannington 5O .... 53 15 0 .... Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 32 15 0 .... Ditto, new Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 9O .... 162 0 0 .... 160 5 I Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto and Southampton 39 .... 51 10 0 ... Ditto & Brighton Manchester and Leeds Ditto half shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 3O .. . . 25 15 0.. . . Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 92 10 0.. . . Ditto quarter shares North Midland New North Midland 4O .... 40 5 0 .... 35 11 0 Paris and Rouen South Eastern and Dover North Union Yorkand North Midland 5O paid 67 10 0 .... BANKS. Bank of Liverpool ... - Borough Bank .. Zl2 lOs paid 19 15 oex div. 10 .... 14 7 6 .... - Commercial of Liverpool 12 10.. - Commercial of England. 5 .... - East of England lO .... - of Manchester lO .... - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... - Northern and Central - North and South Wales lO - Phoenix lO . - Royal of Liverpool 500 .... 735 0 oex div - South Lancashire - Albion - Liverpool Union lO .... 12 0 0 .... - Liverpool Banking Co lO .... 0 10 0 ... - Wilts and Dorset 7 los, „,, GAS, WATER WORKS, Sze. Exchange Buildings +61.00 paid ISB 0 0 ... L'pocil and Harrington Water) 350 477 10 0 Works • Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 376 0 0 .... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. 'lOO .... 137 0 0 .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 125 paid 3 2 6 .... Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 0 .... 0 13 9 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 1 IS 0 .... DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry l2 10s. Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company lO . . 7 0 0 .... Harrington Docks 100 57 0 0 .... Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool) (Poloiacean) 2 .... 1 0 0 .... * Exclusive of new Shares. 19 10 0 .... 3 2 6 .... 7 2 6 .... a 16 3 with div. 9 17 6 .. . 0 0 0 .... 5 3 6 .... [MONTHLY REPORT.] OPHTHALMIC INFIRMARY, SLATER-STREET, Established A.D. 1820. New Patients admitted in the month of September Patients prescribed for, and who have received Surgical I 700 Assistance during the month of September _ . .---- Total since the commencement.... 3 0 , 957 Dr. Edwards and Mr. Neill, Surgeons. Mr. W. P. Hutchinson, Treasurer. [MONTHLY REPORT.] LIVERPOOL INSTITUTION FOR CURING DISEASES OF THE EAR. No. 5, MOUNT -PLEASANT, NEAR THE ADELPIII HOTEL. Established August, 1839. Number of Patients who have been prescribed for, and who have obtained Surgical Assistance during the month of September Total since the commencement Attendance on Tuesday and Saturday, atelcven o'clock. Mr. Neill, Operating Surgeon, DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EYE. 5, MARYBONE, Mr. HIBBERT TAYLOR, Surgeon. New cases admitted during the month of September Old cases prescribed for NORTHERN HOS. ADMITTED. 'ITAL, OCTOBER 10. DISCHARGED. Accidents l3 Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation Cured . . 23 Attending as Out Patients . . • 9 Irregular i Died 9 Total 22 Remaining in thl Le Hospital . .. 67 Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. House Visiters, William Brown, and Benj. H. Jones, Esqrs. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor. ---House Surgeon, Mr. Arnott. BIRTH. On the 10th instant, the lady of the Rev. JOHN ELLISON BATES, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 6th instant, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. ROBERT WIL LIAMS, of the firm of Messrs. Williams & Son, of Penlington street, coal-merchants, to ANN, second daughter, of Mr. I:40 CHRISTIAN, late of Ramsay, Isle of Man. Same day, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. GEORGE JENKINS, jam' Bittern-street, to SARAH, eldest daughter of Mr. W. WILLIAM"" Bootle. Same day, St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. T. S. Bowstead, WILLIAM HICKS to ANN, only daughter of Mr. RICHAR D MORRIS, Adwy 'r Clawdd, near Wrexham. DIED. In April last, at Calcutta, where he was unfortunately drowned, aged 23, Mr. WILLIAM LEIGH, of this town. . . - In June last, at Old Calabar, aged 25, Mr. WM. HODGSON. chief mate of the John Taylor. deeply regretted. I jOn the 28th Sept., aged 20 years and 10 months. ALEXANDER LOVELADY. On the 2nd of June, at Old Calabar, much regretted by his re latives and friends, aged 33, Captain ROBERT CAIN, of the brit Monarch, of this port. On the 6th instant, at Wolverhampton, deeply regretted by st numerous circle of friends and relatio n s, ANNE, e ld est d aug hter , the late Mr. W. LILLYMAN, formerly of Forest House, near Liverpool. Same day, aged 2 years and 6 months, GEORGE, infant soll of Mr. T. B. HAYWARD, Bold-street. Same day, at Brown-edge, aged 67, Mrs. BREWER, mother of the Very Rev. Henry Brewer, of St. Peter's Catholic Chapel, in this town, and relict of the late Henry Brewer, Esq., Ribbletoll hall, in this county. 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