The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-05 00:00:00

SKETCHES OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS VICINITY. NO. VI.-A RAMBLE TO BOOTLE, WATERLOO, AND CROSBY. (Written for the Liverpool Standard.) I was the other day invited by the fineness of the weather to dispel the ennui by a stroll to the northward, from the Exchange. The first portion of the road along the shore by Great Howard-street, the principal northern outlet in that quarter, presents few proximate objects of interest; being for some distance straight, and, through brickfields out of which, the clay being of good quality, a large portion of the town has been built within a comparatively few years. St. Martin's Church, with its steeple, stands on the right. The stone of this modern structure has become so black and dismal from the earthy matter with which it is incorporated, that it seems as if it had been buried in the earth for ages, and had been disinterred by some supernatural agency. It is of neat Gothic design, but the effect is destroyed by its discolourment, and as there appears to be no remedy, it will stand (should it not prematurely crumble away) a lasting and truly " mourn ful' monument of the carelessness and impolicy of employ ing in the erection of a public building a material so inferior and so unseemly in appearance. Beyond it, rises Everton, with its fine church and detached mansions, amongst trees, overlooking in silent pride the noisy town. Bootle Bay, the widening expanse of the river, and the Cheshire shore termi nating in the point on which stand the Rock Perch Battery and Lighthouse, form the view to the north. Proceeding onward, the country becomes more diversi fied and agreeable. On the right stands the " Sand Hills," the seat of Isaac Holme, Esq., between the road and the Leeds and Liverpool canal. There are still some " sand hills" be tween it and the beach, and these, some years ago, lined the whole coast for miles to the north ; but such has been the march of improvement, that many of them have been levelled, and their sites sloping to the sea covered with grass, or en closed in pleasure grounds. Passing a toll-bar the traveller reaches BOOTLE ; a place, including the hamlet of Linacre, of considerable mag nitude, in the parish of Walton. Situated in the bay to which it gives name, it was until of recent years the principal bath ing place in the neighbourhood of the town, and its shore is still much frequented by bathers in the summer months, for whose accommodation numerous machines are pro vided at a moderate cost. It is principally composed of modern villas surrounded by trees, shrubberies, grass-plats, and gardens, most of which command a fine view of the es tuary of, and entrances to, the river. The greater part of the site was, about fifteen or eighteen years ago, sand-hills and sandy commons, covered with wiry grass and furge—the abodes of rabbits. The houses are, for the most part, de tached in enclosed grounds, and are neatly built in various styles. Much pains has been taken by the proprietors to rear such trees and shrubs as are of speedy growth, and can with stand the saline sea breeze. Here, on the sandy shore are con spicuous two landmarks a short distance from each other and parallel with the line of the river. They are built of stone, on handsome basements, and are of a tapering square form resem bling monumental pillars. They are both alike, are about 100 feet in height, and are rendered more distinguishable by being painted black and white. Behind the village (if it may be so called), and between it and Walton church, on an emi nence, is another landmark built of sparred woodwork, of a pyramidal form with a diamond shaped top. By noticing the several bearings of these and other similar objects, the mariner safely guides his vessel through the int►icacies of the channel. _ _ . _ Bootle church (dedicated to St- Mary) is a brick building, with little of internal beauty. It was opened in 1827. At the time of its erection there were comparatively but few houses on this part of the shore. and as it was supposed that it would be much exposed to the winter's gales, (which, however, have not been so formidable as was anticipated,) it has no windows to the west end, and has consequently a rather dull appearance. The church is crusiform with two square towers also of brick, one at each corner of the west end. The style is plain Gothic with pointed arched windows, and an embattled red stone parapet or blocking. At each corner of the transept there rises a Gothic octagonal shaft, which gives some relief to the general plainness of the structure. The interior is comfortably fitted up, and the surrounding church-yard is of considerable extent. There are two good inns in Bootle, one near the shore and another a short dis tance to the east of the high road: to the last there is a good bowling-green. The omnibuses, which keep up a lively in tercourse with the town and neighbourhood as far as Great Crosby, frequently diverge to take up and set down passen ors. At the north end of Bottle are some " natty" little cottages, each (as is not uncommon in the vicinity) inscribed with fanciful names,—as Rose Cottage, May Cottage, and the like. Several new detached houses and villas here, as well as along the whole coast as far as Crosby, and we may add, Formby, are in course of erection, demonstrating the growing popularity and increasing importance of this part of the neighbourhood. It is probable, indeed, that at no very distant period the whole will form a continuous line, giving a warmth of appearance to many miles of our northern shore. The visitor, as he proceeds onward, will turn a frequent eye to the marine scenery that constantly invites his atten tion on the left. The view westwards expands, as he pro ceeds, until the Irish sea, thick with vessels, and the northern high land of Wales are stretched before him. SEAFORTH. The excursionist leaving Bootle, soon reaches Seaforth. The church and hamlet are on the east or landward side of the high road to Crosby, whence, at this point, the houses perched on the heights of New Brighton are distinctly and singly conspicuous. Seaforth is well worthy of a visit. The church, a neat building, of considerable size, with an octa gonal topped tower, stands on a gentle eminence, amongst trees. The hamlet, in a hollow behind it, consists of villas and cottages of great neatness, chiefly detached, amongst woods, gardens. and flower-plots. After passing a lane lead ing direct to it from the Crosby road, across a common, the traveller will observe a large and splendid marine mansion in course of erection on the left, in a spacious area en closed within high walls. This is the property of Mr. Mus pratt, manufacturer of chemical acids. The house, in point of size and architectural grandeur excels any modern build ing in this part of the country. It is of the Grecian order. The three fronts are of light-coloured free-stone. The west or principal front has a colonnade of lonic columns, and there is a smaller indented colonnade in the south front. The grounds are spacious, and the view, particularly west ward, extensive, though the ground is but little elevated above the sea. It is one of the most splendid and orna mental edifices in the neighbourhood. I have heard the cost stated at about £70,000 ; but of the accuracy of the estimate I cannot judge. Mr. Muspratt is the well-known proprietor of extensive works at Newton-in-the-Willows, Vauxhall road, in this town, &c. A little to the north, and on the same side, are two neat in the Elizabethian style, belonging to Mr. Penny, one of them behind the other. On the opposite side, ano ther lane leads at a right angle with the road to Seaforth ; and facing this lane, as well as the road running northward, in the angle, are several mansions of considerable size, sur rounded by gardens and shrubberies. Here, stretching to the north, lies Crosby marsh or common, now partly en closed, and on part of which stands Waterloo. Not far dis tant is Seaforth Mouse, a handsome mansion belonging to John Gladstone, Esq. WATERLOO. This is the largest and most fashionable bathing-place within a moderate distance of the town. It is a favourite summer resort of our Healthier citizens and their families, who find easy access to it in the several omnibuses, or in their own vehicles. It is delightfully situated at the northern extremity of Bootle Bay, has a fine smooth sandy beach, and is annually increasing i❑ size. There is a direct road to it across the common, from its southern extremity ; but it is paved on the sandy soil, and has gone so much out of repair, that carriages proceed toward Crosby, and turn down to it by a lane at a right angle. The pedestrian may take the nearer cut by the marsh, which is now partially enclosed within rails. The first object of attraction is the new church, built on the north-west corner of the marsh, and near to the entrance to the village. The foundation-stone,. was laid in October last, and the exterior of the edifice is now completed. It is built of red freestone, and is of gothic architecture. The principal front is to. the westward, where it has a tower of three stories in height, rising to an elevation of fifty-six feet. .The upper story consists of an ornamental belfry, with two latticed pointed windows abreast on each side. The whole is surmounted by an embattled parapet. In the middle of the tower on the west there is a decorative fineal foliated cross. Diagonal buttresses support the angles both of the tower and the church. A staircase on one side, and a vesti bule on the other, form wings to the tower. There are six gothic windows on each side the church, and between them are boldly-projecting buttresses. A plain uniform parapet finishes the walls. On each side of the chancel are five sided erections projecting from it, one of them forming a spacious lobby, and the other the vestry-room. Each angle of these is supported by a buttress, giving the whole a massy and rich appearance. The church is 64 ft. 2 in. in length, and 43 ft. 4 in. in width ; the extreme length, including the tower, being 93 ft. Waterloo can already boast of several streets, besides the ranges of original houses facing the sea. There are several large and commodious inns, particularly the Waterloo and Wellington Hotels. The former, kept by our townsman Mr. Towers, together with several cottages, and then called the " Crosby Sea-bank Cottages and Hotel," were conjointly built in, I believe, 1826-7, and formed the nucleus whence the place has sprung into importance. Several houses are built near the shore to the south of it, but the greater por tion of the building is to the north. In front of the Water loo, and the detached cottages near it, there is a field or lawn, with gravel walks sloping to the sea. Beyond these, on the north, there is a row of more modern and mor e ela borately-finished cottage houses, with flower-plots in front. The next and most conspicuous range is the " Crescent," a continuous long range of two.story cottage residences, form ing a segment of a circle, and also facing the sea, with grass and flower-plots railed in in front, and a sloping lawn be tween them and the sands below. Each of these cottages has its neat light veranda in various tastes, and the flowers are beautiful and thriving. This is a public resort of pro menaders or children, riding or playing. The air is delight fully exhilarating; the sands below are firm and smooth, and, when the tide is out, afford extensive walks, or rides in carriages or on horseback. The views from Waterloo are extensive, particularly to the seaward. The shore to the north is edged with sand hills, on which, however, the habitations of men continue to creep out. A portion of the marsh or common also extends to the north of the village. Part of it is already laid out in streets at right angles. In one of these, behind the Crescent, there is a small new " Evangelical Presbyterian Chapel," not yet interiorly finished.' It is lighted by an octangular dome or roof-light. When completed it will accommodate from 400 to 450 individuals. There are in the village seve ral shops, libraries, and billiard-rooms, and at the inns hot and cold baths. Northward of the Crescent, and across a part of the com mon called the " Warren," there are a number of cottage houses, called " Brighton," built a few years ago, on the east side of some more elevated land, which has been en closed, and converted (from sand-hills) into a tine smooth field, sloping to the shore. These have flower-plots in front, and gardens behind ; and are from their elevated position, as well as being more •retired, pref erre d b y some parties to the Crescent itself. They have neat latticed porticos, and the fronts of several of them are entirely covered with ivy, woodbine, and other decorative wall-plants. After visiting a valued friend, who has occupied one of these houses for some years, and finds in it a grateful solace, during the summer months, from the cares of active life, I strolled down the field in front, and seating myself on the grass, to enjoy at leisure the varied and extensive prospect that lay before me. I lamented that I had no one near use to share those pleasurable sensations which it was calculated to excite. Zimmerman might have written on the charms of solitude to the present time ; but the love of solitude, ex cepting on peculiar occasions, when retirement and self communion become a virtue, is at best but a churlish passion, pardonable only in the ascetic anchorite, or the self-con demned recluse. For myself, I never, in the course of my solitary rambles in foreign countries or at home, came upon an interesting, a 'beautiful, or a sublime picture from the pencil of nature, (assisted, as it might be, by that of art); but I felt one regret, and that was that I had not there friends of kindred spirit arousal me to whom I could express my feelings, and enjoy a double gratification by blending my ad miration of what 1 behold with theirs. Nay, I would not have even mine enemy denied the gratification, if such it would be, of gazing upon scenes which, from their magnitude, beauty, or peculiarity, would have a tendency to elevate the mind, to soften the rude asperities of our common nature — to lead us, in tine, to look " from nature up to nature's God." _ . . • Struck with the magnitude and beauty of the scene before me, in which Town, hamlet, homestead—all appeared in view; Th' extended sea, the distant mountains blue,- 1 became wrapped in listless contemplation, from which I was roused by the gentle sound of footsteps on the sward be hind me, and turning round I recognised my esteemed and long absent friend, Edward E . He as little expected to meet me there as I did him, but there was nothing remark able in the rencounter beyond the coincidence of his advent at a moment when I longed for a companion in my ramble. He had returned from the Isle of Man on the previous day, and had accepted of the invitation of an old friend to spend the leisure hours of a few days at Waterloo. After our mu tual salutations had subsided, we sat down together on the grass, and began to scan with more curious eye the scene befoie us. Northward, at a distance of about two miles and a'half, lay the Formby Light-ship, moored at an angle of the new chan nel, as a guide to mariners. Many vessels were in motion near it, under sail or steam—some outward, others inward bound,—to or from Ireland or Scotland, or foreign parts. The Horse Channel, along the northern coast of the Wirrall Peninsula, was even more thronged with vessels, the greater part steering inward ; and the noble expanse of the sea, to wards the Isle of Man, so far as the eye could reach, was studded with vessels. The smoke of the distant steamers was seen on the horizon in long horizontal lines, though their hulls were invisible. The far distant ships appeared motion less, while the constant movements and mutations of the nearer gave variety and animation to the picture,—for though the water from its great expanse appeared to be comparatively smooth, there was a breeze outside that furrowed it into waves, and filled every sail. At one time we counted upwards of a hundred and thirty sail, including steamers, all visible without turning the head. Many of these were gallant ships bound on long and perilous voyages to distant shores, on the passage to which months might roll, while around them no thing would be seen but the tractless ocean. This reminded my friend of the beautiful lines of Dyer : • " Glide the tall fleet into the widening main, A floating forest .; every sail unfurled, Swells to the wind—" " Meantime in pleasing course the pilot steers, Steady, with eye intent upon the steel, ' Steady before the wind the pilot steers, While gaily o'er the waves the mountain prows Dance, like a shoal of dolphins, and begin To streak with various paths the hoary deep. Yet steady o'er the waves they steer, and now The fluctuating world of waters wide, In boundless magnitude, around them swell, O'er whose imaginary brim, nor towns, Nor woods, nor mountain tops, nor ought appears, But Phcebus' orb, refulgen t lamp of light, Millions of leagues aloft. "— Looking southward from the spot where we sat, the circuit of Bootle Bay is fully embraced, and the smoke-covered town, overlooked by Everton, has a truly maritime appearance ; the houses and buildings forming a dark mass, relieved by domes and towers, spires and lofty chimneys in commingled proximity,—and the whole terminating on the west in an apparent point or forest of masts formed by the northern docks and shipping, the further extremity or boundary of the bay. When my friend turned towards this portion of the scene, and beheld, too, the numerons vessels in the river, the several ferries, thick with houses on the Cheshire side of the estuary', and the villages and, villas, stretching north ward on the Lancashire shore almost to our feet,—the whole emanating from the industry, enterprise, and wealth of Li verpool, and forming, as it were, part and parcel of that magnificent town, he quoted from a small manual of manu script extracts which he carried with him, the following ob servations of the celebrated and eloquent Erskine, when employed on a trial in which the Corporation of the town was concerned many years ago. "If I could describe, ' said he, "my own feelings, when I saw Liverpool not many years ago ; if I were capable of painting to you in words the impression it made on my ima gination, it would make a beautiful picture indeed. I had before and often been in all the seaports in this island which we inhabit, and believed that having seen Bristol, and three other towns that justly pass for peat ones, I had seen every thing in this nation of navigators on which a subject should pride himself. I own I was astonished and astounded, when, after passing a distant ferry and ascending a hill which overlooks the city, I was told by my guide,—` All that you see spread out beneath you, that immense city which stands like another Venice upon the waters ; which is intersected by these numerous docks, which glitters with these cheerful habitations of well-protected men, which is the busy seat of trade, and the gay scene of elegant amusements growing out of its prosperity, where there is the most cheerful face of in dustry ; where there are rivers flowing and everything that can delight a man who wishes to see the property of a great community, and a great empire ;—all this has been created by the industry and well-disciplined management of a handful of men, in a corner of this island, since you were a boy !'—l must have been (continued Erskine) a stone not to have been affected by such a picture. This quondam village, which is now fit to be a proud capital for any empire in the world, has started up like an enchanted paiace, even in the memory of living men." " Such," said my friend, " were the feelings of that dis tinguished speaker and scholar, long before the hand of modern improvement, and the application of additional wealth had given new and even more imposing features to our town and its suburbs. What would Erskine have ex claimed," he inquired, " had he stood where we now are— had he seen this noble mercantile fleet, propelled by sail or steam, covering the extended sea like swans ;—the increase of the town spreading like a huge Leviathan along the shore, her numerous new and splendid public: and private edifices, her widened streets full of gorgeous shops, her noble steam and sailing ships of increased size, her additional docks, her railway,—in fine, her general advancement in population and opulence ! If a man of such susceptibility were astonished then, he would assuredly be struck dumb now." The objects of interest before us were not yet exhausted. To the south-west were seen the several ferries and villages on the Cheshire shore, from the " Royal Rock" to the Rock Lighthouse,—Brighton being the nearest, with its houses perched on the top of a hill or promontory. The eye, ranging thence westward along the Wirrall coast, descried the Lea sowe and Hoylake Lighthouses, and beyond them Hilbre Island, and the misty embayment, formed by the estuary of the Dee, between it and the Point of Ayr. If the more im mediate view was beautiful, the back-ground partook in a proportionate degree of the sublime. The whole of the Welsh mountains, from Mod Fainma'southward, with its monument commemorative of the battle of Waterloo, to the Ormsheads, which form a bold headland on the north,—including Pen manmaur and other of the Snowdonian range,—rise abrupt and majestic in the haze of distance, and, by their bulk and sombre placidity, present a striking contrast to the ships in the offing, which, though huge as specimens of art, appear comparatively but as specks. In very clear weather, the Isle of Man, it is said, is distinctly visible. The rich coun try on the east—from the ridge of high ground near Orms kirk to Everton, generally undulated and wooded, with vil !ages, seats, churches, windmills, and other objects—meets the eye of the spectator, completing a panorama of rural and commercial life, of sea and land, of natnre and of art, which it is impossible to behold without feelings of admiration and delight. The climate of Waterloo, as indeed of the whole of the western coast of our county, is remarkably mild, when its northern latitude and exposure to the sea-breeze are consi dered, and it is proverbially salubrious. The soil being light and friable, the rays of th e sun h ave th e i r f u ll e ff ect , an d flowers and vegetables are here more early than in many of the interior districts. We rose to depart. The breeze had considerable fallen, and the declining sun shone with less intense, but with bril liant ruddy ray, gilding in vivid streak the gently rippling sea. The vessels that had appeared like "white and sheeted giants," while the sun shone upon their sails between them and the eye of the spectator, now became dark in the distance, that luminary shining on the opposite side of them, and throwing them into the shade. The sea, too, assumed a dif ferent aspect, and the mutations we had.witnessed recalled, as we took a final and lingering view of it, the beautiful lines of Crabbe " Turn to the watery world !—but who to thee (A wonder yet unviewed) shall paint the sea ! Various and vast, sublime in all its forms, When lulled by zephyrs, or when roused by storms Its colours changing when the clouds and sun, Shades after shades upon the surface run ; Embrowned and horrid now, and now serene, In limpid blue, and evanescent green ; And oft the foggy banks on ocean i lie, Lift the far sail, and cheat the experienced eye. Then the broad bosom of the ocean keeps An equal motion swelling as it sleeps ; Then slowly sinking, curling to the strand, Faint lazy waves o'ercreep the ridgy sand, Or tap the tarry boat with gentle glow, And back return i►► silence, smooth and slow. Ships in the calm seem anchored, for they glide On the still sea, urged solely by the tide : Art thou not present this calm scene before, When all between is sandy length of shore." CROSBY. We took our way, in the cool of the evening, to Great Crosby, a village to the N.N.E., and about a mile ttnd a half distant, on a slightly elevated site. The tower of the church, and some high trees, mark its position in the surrounding champaign country. This village, though small, and the sur rounding villas, are the frequent summer resort, as is Water loo, of our wealthier inhabitants and others, who hither be take themselves after the business of the day. Before en tering it, the visiter passes several handsome villas and houses with gardens, including a range called " Stansfield," and another, " Belle Vue." There is also a small Catholic Cha pel. One of the first houses in the village is an ancient stone house, facing the west, with a lawn or field in front, sur rounded by lofty trees. The village itself is somewhat strag gling, but is a clean and lively place, consisting of houses and cottages, ancient and modern, with gardens, shrubberies, and fruit trees. The church is a small but neat and somewhat antique brick building, with a small tower, surmounted at the corners with ornamental balls or globes, and in the centre by a large and serviceable weather vane. The church has three round-topped windows on each side. The parsonage is a neat cottage house, close by, in the middle of a garden, and almost covered with pear trees, one of which spreads its branches even on the roof. There are two inns, at both of which the omnibuses arrive from, and depart for, the town, almost every hour of the day. The intercourse thus maintained is, considering the smallness of the place, truly astonishing. At the north end of the village the road diverges to the right, and a triangular area is formed, in which is the ancient pinfold, enclosed by a circular wall. Several small houses have recently been built, and though a few of the i n f er i or clay built cottages are falling ' into d ecay, the village a p pears to . be in a. prosperous con di. LITTLE ttiI w CROSBY.ard, i:ahamlet of one princi- About a mile to then o pal street, with nothing peculiarly attractive ' In the middle of it there is a stone cross erected, on a pedestal el' , er a well and bearing date 1738 . Close by are the fine groundsand ' m ansion of Crosby Hall, the seat of William Blundell, Esq. Further on in a north - easterly direction, are the hamlets of Thornton, Poulton, and others, and about a mil e an d a halt from the first, is Ince Blundell, the fine seat, and deeply wooded grounds of the late Charles Blundell, Esq. The ay was too far advanced to allow us to proceed so far to v i s i t th e hall, where there is a valuable and interesting collection o f statuary and pictures. We purpose, however, to enjoy that gratification on an early occasion, and I shall probably no tice it in some future sketch. We retraced our steps to Waterloo, where I took leave of my friend, who promised, on our next meeting, to furni s h me with some particulars of his trip to the Isle of Man. THE. BISHOPS.—The father ß o i f sh th op e English Bench of Bishops, having E • his grace is consequently in the fiftieth year of his Episco pate. now, therefor e , i n th e e i g hty-third year of his age. The been i consecrated s ' of Carlisle in 1791, and translated to the see of York in 1807 : pate. This vene ra ble prelate was born in the year 1757, an health of this amiable and good man is excellent, his facul ties are unimpaired, and he continues to discharge the sacred duties of his holy calling with unabated zeal and vigour. It is his grace's intention to hold an ordination at Bishopthorpe, the Episcopal residence near York, in the course of two or three weeks. The venerable Bishop of Bath and Wells, Dr. G. H. Law, is the next oldest bishop, having been conse crated to the see of Chester in the year 1812; and the pre sent Primate of all England, Dr. Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, was consecrated to the metropolitan see of London in 1813. Dr. Howley, like his venerable brother of York, has exceeded the eightieth year of his age, living in health and strength to fulfil his duties with energy and zeal. This eminently amiable and devoted churchman has suc ceeded in a remarkable manner in winning the affection and regard of all who know him, and it is perhaps not too much to say, that there never lived a man more universally beloved than Dr. Howley. The Archbishop of Canterbury has crowned two Sovereigns of E ng l and, and performed the marriage rite for one, and from his regular habits and vigo rous health, he may yet live to baptize the future Sovereign of this country, should her Majesty fulfil the hopes and de sire of her people, and be blessed with a successor to the crown of this realm. BRITISH GUIANA. EXTRACTS FROM " A DESCRIPTION OF BRITISH GUIANA, GEOGRAPHICAL AND STATISTICAL : EXHIBITING ITS RESOURCES AND CAPABILITIES, TOGETHER WITH THE PRESENT CONDITION, AND . FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE COLONY. BY R. H. SCHOMBURGE, ESQ." _ (Continued from our last.) CLIMATE. Though Guiana is situated on the torrid zone, it enjoys comparatively a more temperate climate than other countries under the same latitude. The mean temperature for the year is 81°•2, the maximum 90 degrees, the minimum 74 de grees. It is generally considered that two wet and two dry seasons constitute the changes during the year. However regular the setting in of these periods may have been for merly, this has not been the case during later years. The great dry season commences at the coast regions towards the end of August, and continues to the end of November, after which showers of rain follow to the end of January : the short dry season continues in the middle of February, and continues to the middle of April. The rains descend afterwards in torrents, and the rivers commence to inundate their shores. During that period the wind is frequently from the west and south-west, and, coming from the land, is thought un healthier than the regular sea-breeze, which during the dry season begins to set in between ten and eleven A.M., and con tinues until sunset, sometimes even through the night. The months of October and November are the most delightful in the year; the sky cloudless, the heat moderate, and the thermometer. at noontide scarcely higher than 85 degrees Fahr. During the rainy season the oppressive weight of the atmosphere is tempered by northern breezes, and in the months of September to November the breezes from the east and south-east, which have passed over a vast extent of the ocean, are invigorating, and refresh the air to such a degree, that during the night the thermometer has been known to fall to 74 degrees Fahr. The moisture necessary to maintain vegetation is then re placed by dew ; and not only in the interior, where the coun try is not extensively cleared, but likewise in the open savan nahs, the trees and plants will be found in the morning dripping with dew. _ Tlie Change of the season is marked by severe thunder storms ; but however loud the peals of thunder may rever berate, and however vivid the flashes of lightning which pre cede them, fatal accidents by lightning are unknown in Guiana. Gales are scarcely known, much less those terrific phtenomena of nature—hurricanes, which in the neighbouring islands destroy in a brief time the fruits of many years' labour, causing devastation and loss of life to a vast extent. A few shocks of earthquake are occasionally felt, but they are so insignificant that the inhabitants scarcely notice them when they occur. _ The temperature of the interior is still more mild, and the climate healthy. The season in the interior is only marked by two changes ; from the month of August to the month of March there are only occasional showers, but from March to August the rain descends in torrents, and the rivers com mence to swell and overflow their banks, to a greater or less extent according to their locality. The night is generally from 8 degrees to 10 degrees cooler than the day. A greater difference prevails however at the table land, from which Roraima rises to a height of 7000 feet; there I have known a difference of 35 degrees in the range of the thermometer, compared at the hours of five in the morn ing and two in the afternoon. At this table-land, which was only elevated about 3000 feet above the sea, the thermometer half an hour before sunrise ranged between 59 degrees and 62 degrees, and rose between two and three o'clock in the afternoon to 95 degress in the shade. When the heat of the air is greatest, the temperature of the water in the rivers is at its lowest comparative point ; and during night, but chiefly towards sunrise, the water is about 10 deg. warmer than the air. The Indian takes his custom ary bath generally in the morning, when the water is most congenial to the feelings. The climate of British Guiana has been described as un healthy, and detrimental to European settlers ; consequently emigrants have rather preferred encountering the chilly blasts and severe winters of Canada and the United States, or to subject themselves to the horrors of a prolonged voyage to Australia; there to suffer expatriation perhaps for ever from their native homes and families, than to settle in a colony where constant summer prevails, and which, with the nigh establishment of regular steam-boats to those parts, may be reached in 16 or 17 days from England. But by a comparison of facts, it may be demonstrated that the climate of British Guiana ensures as great a duration of life as that of many European countries. It has been proved " that the range of mortality even among the labouring population, is about one in thirty seven to forty, but in Lon don and France it is equal as regards the whole population, rich and poor, and in other countries it is even more : thus in Naples one in thirty-four ; Wirtemberg, one in thirty three ; Paris, one in thirty-two ; Madrid, one in twenty nine ; Rome, one in twenty-five ; Amsterdam, one in twenty four ; Vienna, one in twenty-two and a half; and a com parison of the mortality in Demerara and the healthy county of Rutlandshire in England, proves that duration of life is in favour of the colony." The fatal cholera which committed such destruction in Asia, Europe, and America, and which in Quebec carried to the grave a tenth of it s whole population, was never felt in Guiana, neither was the influenza or the grippe. When physicians were unacquainted with the proper method of treating the yellow fever, many Europeans fell victims to that disease. Medical men are at present more successful in its treatment, and for many years it had totally disappeared. After an interval of fifteen years it showed itself again in 1837, and was evidently to be ascribed to local causes, viz., to the neglected state of the sewers and the filth accumulated between the wharfs. The wharfs, which extend along Water street or the commercial part of Georgetown, were formerly erected upor. piles, and the tide had full access to carry off whatever filth had accumulated : at a later period these wharfs have been erected of masonwork, and as a separate wharf is generally attached to every lot or building, openings have re mained between them which are too narrow to allow the tide to enter freely and to sweep away the impure matter thrown there by neglect. The rapid decomposition of animal and vegetable matter under the tropics created in this instance an effluvium, which is generally considered by the physicians in the colony to have been the cause of the late calamity. It showed itself therefore first in Water-street, and was mostly restricted to that part of the town: it spread next among the shipping which were anchored in front of these wharfs, where it prevailed with great mortality among the sailors. In the infected part of the town a faint and sickly smell was per ceived ; and it has been, 1 believe, generally acknowledged and proved, that those who were attacked by the disease out of town or in Berbice, had previously visited Water-street and breathed the noxious exhalations. Immediate contact with the sick did not propagate the disease, nor did seclusion diminish it ; and there is no instance known in which it ex tended to the more elevated places in the interior. (To be continued.) BAD NEWS FOR AMERICAN EMIGRANTS. The Pres lon Chronicle gives the following as an extract from a letter received a few days ago by a person in this town, from Pittsburgh, in North America. It gives a very gloomy account of the state of affairs in that district. The writer emigrated from Preston a short time ago, and does not ap pear to gratulate himself much on his change of country : " Pittsburg, April 16th, 1840. " DEAR SIR,—I take the present opportunity of writing some particulars respecting America. I have travelled in it something like two thousand miles, so I know a little about it. 1 know this, that any man that gets twenty shillings a week ought to stay in England. There are thousands here now working for about two shillings a-day, and there are great complaints of the times, which they say is owing to the banks. In Pittsburg two-thirds of the works are stopped; and as to the cotton manufacture is not worth any man's while to work at it, as I have seen and talked with scores of spinners, carders, and weaving masters. At the place I worketrat when I first came, there were seven spinners, two carders, and one weaving master, dressing castings, and striking for the blacksmiths, and there are several others that are come over, who have gone back quite disappointed.— You will say this is an unfavourable account; but I speak as I find. Where they pay four or five shillings a-day in store pay, you have to sell a ten dollar's order for six or seven dollars, as I have done when I wanted any money. lam now out of work, and have been for the last two months past, and am low enough at present I can assure you. I have been to Cincinnatti and Wheling the last places, and I am about to go to Buffola. My reason for writing you at the present is to, prevent any of my acquaintances from getting fixed in the same way that I am. Your's, &c., THOMAS SUMNER. To Mr. Geldart Dobson, Spinner, Preston. RELIGIO.N AND SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES. The following examples will serve to show the manner in which even religious persons treat their slaves in the United States : 1. A baptist minister in Laurens district, South Carolina, whipped a slave to death whom he suspected of having stolen 60 dollars. The slave was in the prime of life, and had been purchased a few weeks before for 800 dollars. A few days after the murder the minister's wife found the dollars in a place whither she herself had moved them, not knowing it, as the money was wrapped in a thick envelope. The daughter of the murderer proved that her father after the flogging gave the slave water, of which he drank freely. The judge on the trial told the jury that if they thought drinking the water had caused the slave's death they would acquit the prisoner, and the jury brought in a verdict of " not guilty." M 2. John 'Cue, a presbyterian minister, tied his slaves up and flogged them frequently on the Lord's day, and then went to the meeting-house and preached the gospel ; and on returning from his sacredotal duties he scourged them again. 3. Mrs. Pence, of Virginia, always flogged her slaves on Sunday mornings, because she said they could get well enough by Monday to resume their labour, and this woman was a communicant of a chapel. 4. Dr. Stoughton, of Philadelphia, said that he could tell the doings of one Baptist Minister by his prayers at the meeting-house. If he had flogged none of his slaves on the Sunday his words were cold and heartless; if he had flogged a man he would pray with life, but if he had flogged a female slave, and determined on his return to flog her again, " oh ! how he would pray." 5. The Rev. Mr. Lewis married a woman who had slaves. He intended to move into another part of the country which the slaves disliked, and one, attempting to run away, was shot by the rev. divine. 6. A planter said to another that all the religion of the slaves was hypocrisy. This was denied by another owner of some slaves, who said he had one who, he thought, would die rather than deny his religion. This led to a bet, and the slave in question was flogged to death, but would not deny his religion. 7. In another case a slave had been sold to purchase the cups and plates for the communion. These cases, stated as briefly as possible, will suffice to show what state of religion is in the Southern States of America. beingsto p the re u c i o re n d fla TEETOTALISM.—At Salem, United States, a house took fire th e o th er d ay, and not a drop of water could be had to f g n r r a t t i b o e n , t e i e n t 0 consequence were rethtehewnhhooleldionfg ita festival. —Arnerican paper. VERACITY 01, W • ITNE SSES.—With what indifference a n d effrontery parties frequently volunteer evidence on oath,' at sessions and assizes, must have struck any frequenter of courts of justice. This is the more apparent where witnesses are brought to swear an alibi, or to speak to the character of prisoners —often their own co mrad es.' We were struck with an instance of this at the s • essions here, yesterday week. Several persons were called to speak relative to a *r ci cum stance that occurred on the thirty-first of October, the day, as our readers are aware, preceding the election councillors. These two dates were used veryglibly bytown parties in the witness box ; they swore positivel to tledays, the as they, according to their evidence, took notice regularlyo the day of the month, and really seemed indignant at their chronological knowledge being questioned. Upon cross examination, one of these worthies called the third succeed ing day the thirty-fourth of October, and did know the name of the preceding or following month. The other appeared to have forgotten the day; for, on being close questioned by counsel, he called the date the twenty-first of October, and the day preceding the county election ! Though both swore to the circumstance of the election, neither had seen any stir; neither knew where the elections were held ; and both confessed that they knew not the meaning of the word " councillors." (f course such evidence served not their friends, the prisoners being found guilty. Were witnesses fully aware of the punishment to wh ich they are liable for false evidence, either for or against their neighbour, we think we should not see so many exhibitions like those to which we have alluded.—Preston Chronicle. MISCELLANEOUS: Hors. — the flea has committed dreadful ravages on the bine in many grounds in the neighbottrhood of Canterbury. Where its devastation is not so extensive, the bine has grown to a height of several feet, and bears a generally healthy colour. The fly, which is more dreaded than the flea by the planter, has made its appearance within the last few days.— Kentish Gazette. A HAPPY PARISH.—We make the following extract from an address issued by the Rev. F. G. Paget, to his parish ioners, the inhabitants of Elford, in this county. Would that every parish, every hamlet throughout the land, were in possession of such important advantages ! Mr. Paget ob serves, that " of the 500 persons living in this parish, there is not one, but may if he pleases, find a seat in our church, — not one but may give his children the benefit of a good education in our schools,—not one but may have advice or instruction from a minister residing on the spot. And there are very few houses in Elford which are not within a very short distance of both the church, the schools, and the rectory."—Staffordshire Gazette. A SAVAGE RAT.—About a fortnight since a circumstance occurred at Nottingham, which serves to illustrate the savage nature of that animal—the rat—and the necessity that every housekeeper is under to clear his house of such vermin, if they infest it. A servant girl of Mr. Cullen, druggist, Cheapside, while lying in bed about two o'clock in the morning, was at tacked by a large rat, which seized her with all the force of its jaws just above the eyelid, swelling and tearing the flesh. It was with some difficulty that she could tear it off, and then not till she had received some serious injuries. DISEASE IN CATTLE.—A drove of heifers from Ayles bury were nearly all taken suddenly ill with the prevailing malady, and were depastured near au inn on the road against Adderbury ; some of them were milked and the milk given to some pigs; the pigs all took the complaint, as also did some sheep, from being on the ground where the heifers had been. It appears the remedy is very simple, cheap, and effectual. For a cow mix one pound of salts, two ounces of flower of sulphur, and two ounces of nitre, and give in a drink. Wash the mouth and feet, if necessary, with a wash made by boil ing one ounce of blue vitriol, (sulphate of copper) and one ounce of roche alum, in a pint of vinegar.—Staffordshire Gazette. PRINCE ALBERT'S INTENDED VISIT TO WOOLNICII.—It has been decided upon that Prince Albert-and - a large military circle will be present at the extensive casting of brass guns, which will take place in the foundry of the Royal Arsenal, on Friday next, the sth of June. His Royal Highness will ar rive shortly after ten o'clock in the forenoon. The arrange ments are now all completed, and are on a large scale, there being upwards of 16 tons of metal in the furnace, the value of which, calculating it at the price of old brass, is £1,280. Amongst the old pieces of ordnance used in this casting in one of the guns recently raised from the Royal George, weighing 51 cwt. 2 qrs. 201b5., worth, as old metal, £206. This gun was cast in the same foundry 98 years ago, by A. Schlach, a Dutchman, the first founder emploped at Wool wich. The quantity of hard timber required to liquify the brass employed on this occasion will be 5 stacks, each 3 feet broad by 3 feet high, and 12 feet long ; and the time occupied in bringing it into a perfectly molten state, 14 hours. The spectacle of this large furnace in operation will be very grand. It is 25 years since a casting of this extent has taken place. RECOVERY OF SMALL. DEBTS.—An impression has gone abroad that the new law for the recovery of small debts will act very oppressively against the poor man, particularly that part relative to imprisonment. It is true that by this act a person may be sent in execution to gaol for a period not exceeding twenty-one days, and we admit that to deal thus with a man in business, or in almost any other vocation of life, is to ruin him ; but there are very wholesome checks against putting the extremity of the law into operation against a debtor. The court cannot do this without the consent of the plaintiff, who must immediately pay down all the costs,—among others one shilling per mile to defray the travelling expenses of tie debtor to gaol. It is scarcely within the range of probability that any plaintiff will do this. Suppose, for instance, Bto be indebted to A £l5. A sues him, and B is unable or unwilling to pay. A says he will send him to gaol. Aat the outset had to pay 155., being 5 per cent. on the debt : he has now to pay all costs and 21s. for B's travelling expenses : but he is incensed, and deter mines that B shall go to gaol; but A thereby incurs not only £5 or £6 expenses, but loses the whole of the debt into the bargain, and B, when he has suffered his twenty-one days' imprisonment, comes out and sets Aat defiance. In other places where they have a similar act it is said to work well and not oppressively to the poor, though it is a great protection against fraudulent debtors. REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY OF DURHAM.—Since our last Mr. Granger has left his extensive practice in Lon don, and come down to Durham on an electioneering specu lation. The learned gentleman might have, saved himself the trouble, for Durham has washed its hands of him. Mr. Granger has needlessly put himself to the expense of circu lating a handbill, stating that he has not come down to can vass, and that he will come forward to contest the city on the first opportunity that offers itself. Strong doubts begin to be entertained on the latter point, the opinion growing that Mr. Granger intends to give his friends the cut, in a certain contingency ; and as to the former, perhaps the learned gen tleman may not institute a formal canvass; but we know he has been calling upon the electors, shaking hands with them, and so forth. We would, however, caution them to be chary of their promises, for a second conservative is sure to be in the field, and we may also say sure to be returned. The ru mour gains currency that Sir William Chaytor intends again to offer himself, and certainly the good-humoured baronet would be a much more independent candidate than Loill Durham's nominee. At all events, it appears certain that Sir William will either oppose Mr. Hedworth Lambton or Mr. Granger, in retaliation for his treatment by Lord Dur ham at the last northern division election.—Durham Adver tiser. FOREIGN RELATIONS OF GREAT.BRITAIN—An important meeting has been held at Newcastle in the Guildhall—the mayor in the chair. The subject was foreign affairs, and the conduct of the foreign office. Mr. Cargill addressed the meeting iu a long and able speech, proposing a petition for inquiry. Mr. Lynch, Mr. Armstrong, and other whigs opposed the petition. The meeting was, with the exception of some twenty or thirty individuals, unanimous for inquiry. Mr. Fyfe made an attempt to defend the foreign policy of ministers, but was nut heard. The mayor then left the chair, followed by his supporters, when instant order prevailed. Mr. Doubleday was called to the chair, and Mr. Cargill's petition, which was supported by Mr. Cadogan, was trium phantly carried. Mr. Attwood then rose, and proposed in addition a petition to the Queen which was unanimously adopted. An operative then addressed the meeting, the larger proportion of the mercantile men having left by this time. Several rounds of vehement cheering were given for the Circassians, and three cheers for our ally Austria. The meeting assembled at half-past eleven, and broke up at five o'clock. Great excitement prevailed in consequence of the extraordinary character of the whole proceedings. Another meeting was to be held in the evening by the operatives on the subject of our foreign relations. DARING ROBBERY AND HEROISM. — During the night of Monday last, the house of Mr. Abraham Fletcher, of Double Stones, near Silsden, (being situated at a distan c e from other dwellings,) was broken open and robbed of about £lO in money, two silver watches, one a hunter's watch, and the other a capped watch, with steel chains and brass or copper seals ; two silver tea-spoons, marked I. R.," one black silk dress, one pair of silver sugar -tongs, &c. The burglars (seven in number) effected an entrance by breaking a window and unscrewing the fastener, and, from their numbers, had apparently come to beat down all opposition. The family consists of Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher, a servant man and female domestic ; and whilst some of the thieves were engaged in holding the door of the man-servant's bed-room, and stand ing over the terrified girl, using the most diabolical threats if she made the least disturbance, the others were attempting to force an entrance into the bed-room of Mr. F., where they were opposed and resisted, but more especially so by his wife, who, on this trying occasion, on the instant displayed a bravery and spirit rarely witnessed, dealing, as she did, many a sturdy blow on the heads of the villains with a brush handle, or some such instrument, and on one she made a bruise or mark a little above the eye, which it is to be hoped may lead to a detection of the offenders. Eventually the burglars forced an entrance, and immediately commenced the work of plunder, not, however, without wreaking their vengeance on the courageous lady, whom they beat and abused in a most horrid and brutal manner. In the meantime the servant-man had contrived to make his escape out of his room-window, and dreading the force he might presently muster, the thieves suddenly decamped, leaving a portion of valuable property in another drawer untouched. Medical assistance was imme diately procured for Mrs: F., who was found in a deplorable state, having at least three ribs broken, and to be otherwise in a very dangerous and precarious state. Indeed, very slight hopes are entertained of her recovery. Nothing has as ye, transpired to lead to the apprehension of these desperadoest but the police authorities of Keighley and other places are on the look-out.--Leeds Mercury. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) EAST 'INDIES, CAPE OP GOOD HOPE, kc. Frances, W Corkhill, 413 Bombay, Barton, Irlam &Co Malcolm, J Sim, 277 Singapore, W & J Tyrer Esperance, J Mackie, 268 Cape of Good Hope, Imrie & Tomlinson Higlifield, Ward, AFRICA. 142 Africa, T Stockdale & Son WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Brigand, C Evill, 154 Antigua, Graham & Taylor Mary, J Johnson, 472 Demerara, G Quayle Jane Ross, E M'lntash, 460 Havana, Ashley Brothers Spinster, W Colquhoun, 161 Trinidad, W Rose & Co Jabez, T Ansell, 224 Demerara, Bahr, Behrend &Co Coaker, T Ridley, 216 St. Thomas, Imrie & Tomlinson UNITED STATES. Sullivan, 0 Brewn, 436 Charleston, Molyneux &Co Moro Castle, W Brayton, New Orleans, Ingleby & Co Josephine, B Prindle, 360 New York, J Holford & Co Silvanus Jenkins, G Barker, 523 Mobile, Isaac, Low &Co Cumberland, L Hatch, 371 New York, Roskell, Ogden & Co Siddons, Palmer, 983 New Xork, Brown, Shipley & Co Thomas P. Cope, West, 829 Philadelphia, Brown, Shipley &Co Lafayette, D C I andez, 260 Baltimore, Bahr, Behrend &Co Howard, C Williams, 420 Boston, Focke & Boult Amazon, D G Stinson, Boston, Wildes, Pickersgill & Co Gloucester, S Easterbrook, 317 Boston, Baring Brothers &Co BRITISH AMERICA. Fanny, J Sloan, 514 Quebec, W& H Sharples &Co Crearnore, T N Shapley, 208 St. John, Newfoundland, Bahr, Behrend & Co EUROPE. Lachs, J J Jantzen, 450 Danzic, Bahr, Behrend &Co Hoffuung, H C Saag, 150 Elsinore, Bahr, Behrend &Co Wilhelmiue, E C Dreyer, 100 Frederickstadt, Bahr, Behrend &Co Columbian Packet, G White, 176 Gibraltar, F E Grohte Virginia, J Boysen, 143 Lisbon, Cotesworth & Wynne Activo, J H de Freitas, 138 Lisbon, J Bibby & Sons Henry Hoyle, II E Chapman, 207 Oporto, J Bibby & Sons Eclipse, F Mubellaert, 94 Ostend, Bahr, Behrend &Co Johannes, J C Hagen, 224 St. Petersburg, C G Weber & Co Johanna & Heinrich, J C Hartwig, 190 St. Petersburg, . _ Bahr, ilehrend & Co Friedrich Wilhelm, JII Voltz, 229 Stettin, Bahr, Behrend &Co Pachetto de Trieste, G Garofola, 350 Trieste, Bahr, Behrend &Co Saucy Jack, S Spriggs, 176 Corfu and Patras, M & A Wilkin Eduard, D Zielcke, 216 Danzic, Bahr, Behrend &Co Glory, N Bristow, 119 Rotterdam, J Drybrough Phoenix, W Maack, Rostock, Bahr, Behrend &Co Rosa, H W Diesner, 279 Brake, Bahr, Behrend & Co Rattlesnake, H J Houghton, 163 Constantinople, _ Bahr, Behrend & Co Eugen, C F Moritz, 190 Danzic, Bahr, Behrend &Co Betsey, A Christie, 113 Dunkirk, Bahr, Behrend &Co Lancashire Lass, J Norman, 103 Malta and Smyrna, G Y Fishley Telemaco, M Caliiero, 188 Naples, llaskayne, Chapple & Co Atalanta, W Shapley, 117 Naples and Messina, J Moss & Co Courier, C A Beck, 340 Pillan, Campbell & Rudd Jane May, T May, 104 Trieste, J Bibby & Sons liftarkttl. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JUNE 4. There has been a fair inquiry for Cotton to-day, and the sales are 5000 bags, including boo on speculation, and 400 for export : the market still very heavy. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, JUNE 2. (From the Circular of Messrs. James Scott and Son.) After a discussion in the House of Commons during three nights, on the motion of Mr. Villiers for " a consideration of the Corn Laws," a decision was evaded on Friday, the 3rd April, by an ad journment of the house ; and on a renewed debate thereon, on Tuesday, the 26th ultimo, this motion was negatived by a majority of 123, in a house of 477 members... The result having been pretty generally anticipated, the Corn , trade has been very little affected thereby ; and if from the present very luxuriant appearance of the land, the flattering prospects for the crops be fully realised by a good and an early harvest, it may not prove of any very great im portance at present : but this motion, though now lost, probably for this season, is by no means set at rest; and it is to be feared that an equitable and moderate modification of the present Corn Laws, which would now have been pretty generally acceptable, and which might have proved durable, which has thus been refused to reason and justice, may at no very distant time be granted to a much greater extent, to clamour and agitation. We have again to notice a very trivial supply of Grain from Ire land and Coastways since Tuesday last, and to a moderate extent of Wheat, Flour, and Barley, from foreign ports ; the two former articles chiefly going into bond,"the• latter duty paid for home use as it arrives. _ _ _ — During the past week the Weather has continued as favourable as possible ; and the millers and dealers have bought very cautiously for their immediate wants, but there has been a good demand for foreign Wheat for Ireland, and sales have thus been made to a fair extent at a decline of 2d to 3d per 701 b. Flour has also been sold at about 6d to Is per sack and per barrel lower, Oats have been sold Id to 3d per 451 b, Oatmeal 6d to is per 2401 b, and Barley 3d to 3d per 601 b lower; Indian Corn has been eagerly bought up for the Irish market at an advance of Is to 28 per quarter; Beans and Peas have fully maintained their last quotations. The only alteration in the duties on Grain, from foreign ports, since Friday last is a reduction of Is 6d per quarter on Beans; no alteration on Wheat is anticipated next Friday ; several sales of Wheat, in bond, have been made at its value, if free, deducting the duty of 16s ad. Some sales of very large parcels of Flour, in bond, have been effected at 25s to 25s 6d, and in small quantities at 26s per barrel; Oats, in bond, in very limited demand at 3s 8d to 3s 6d per 451 b. At this day's market theme was a very full attendance, but the decline in Mark-lane had its usual influence here, purchases were made only for immediate wants and to a very small extent, of Wheat, Flour, Oats, Oatmeal, and Barley, at fully the decline above mentioned. Fine Malt, Beans, and Indian Corn, supported last quotations. V 4 HEAT, per 701bs s. d. s. d. English 9 9@ll 0 _ _ 9 0 10 5 0 8 6 6 8 Scotch • Irish Bonded BARLEY, per qr. English 37 0 38 _ _ _ Chevalier 38 0 41 Scotch, per 60113. 4 4 4 Irish. 3 6 4 Foreign, in bond, 0 0 0 Oters, per 451 b English .... .. 4 0 • 4 2 Scotch, Irish.. 4 0 4• 2 3 8 3 11 Foreign, in bond 3 6 3 Ditto, duty free 4 0 4 RYE, per qdarter .. 36 0 38 per qr. fine 68 0 70 middling 56 0 66 INDIAN CORN, qc. 4801 b. Red 42 0141 0 White 39 o 41 BEANS, per quarter English 45 0 50 0 Irish 42 0 45 0 Paws, Grey 3B 0 42 0 White 42 0 46 0 SHIP BREAD, per 1121 b. In bond l4 0 17 0 FLOUR, English, per 2801 b. Fine 48 0 53 0 Irish 42 0 50 0 Amer. p brl. free Sweet U.S 35 6 36 6 Sour 35 0 36 0 OAT3IEAI., per 2401 b. English 33 6 34 0 Ditto, new 34 6 35 6 Scotch 33 6 34 0 AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE, Imported into Liverpool, from 26th ult. to the Ist inst. inclusive, FROM IRELAND. STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY, ON THE IST OP JUNE, 1840. (From the United Service Journal.) [Where two places are mentioned, the last-named is that at which the Depot of the Regiment is stationed.] Ist Life Guards—Hyde Park 40th Foot—Bombay ; Chatham 2d—Windsor 41st—Madras; Chatham Royal Horse Guards—Reg. Park 42d—Templemore Ist Dragn Gds.—Canada; York 43d—Canada; Naas ad—Glasgow 44th—Bengal; Chatham • 3d—Edinburgh 45th—Newport 4th—Birmingham 46th—Gibraltar; Jersey sth—Nottingham 47th—Malta, Belturbet 6th—Dublin 48th—Gibraltar; Cork 7th—Leeds 49th—Bengal ; Chatham Ist Dragoons—Sheffield 50th—N.S.Wales ; Chatham ad—Dublin 51st—V. D. Land; Chatham 3d—Bengal 52d—West Indies ; Armagh 4th—Bombay 53d 5 —Ionian Isles ; Plymouth 6th—Dublin 54th—Madras; Chatham 7th Hussars—Canada; York 55th—Madras ; Chatham Bth—Norwich 56th—Canada ; Belfast 9th Lancers—Hounslow 57th—Madras ; Chatham 10th Hussars—Birmingham 59th—Portsmouth 11th Light Dragoons—Cantrbry 59th—Malta ; Cork 12th Lancers—Brighton 60th(lat battalou.)—lonian Isles; 13th Light Dragoons—Madras Galway 14th—Dorchester (2d batt.)—lon. Isles ; Clonmel 15th Hussars—Bombay 61st—Winchester 16th Lancers—Bengal 62d—Madras ; Chatham 17th Lancers—Cahir 63d—Madras ; Chatham Grenadier Guards (Ist batt.) 64th—Jamaica; Boyle Portman Barracks 65th—Canada ; Kinsale (ad batt.) — Canada 66th—Canada; Buttevant (3d batt.)—Wellington Barracks 67th—West Indies; Cork Coldstream Guards—(lst batt.) 68 th—Jamaica ; Cork • St. John's Wood 6 9th—America; Nenagh (2d batt.)—Canada 70th—W. Indies ; Fermoy Scotch Fusileer Guards—(lst batt); I tt—Canada ; Dundee _ ..._ St. George's Barracks 72d—Cape of G. Hope; Stirling (2d batt.)—Tower 73d—Canada; Sheerness Ist Foot (Ist batt.)—Gibraltar 74th—West Indies; Youghall (2d batt.)—Canada ; Devonport 75th—C. of G. Hope ; Plymouth 2d Foot—Bombay; Chatham 76th—West Indies, Enniskillen 3d—Bengal ; Chatham 77th—Malta ; Hull 4th—Madras; Chatham 78th—Edinburgh sth—lonian Isles ; Castlebar 79th—Manchester 6th—Bombay ; Chatham 80th— , N. S. Wales ; Chatham 7th—Gibraltar ; Tralee 81st— Barbadoes ; Hull Bth—America; Guernsey 82d—Jamaica; Portsmouth 9th—Bengal ; Chatham 83d—Canada ; London 10th—Burnley 84th—Kilkenny . 11th—Canada; Plymouth 85th— Canada ; Portsmouth 12th—Mauritius; Glasgow 86th—Bolton 13th—Bengal; Chatham 87th—Mauritius; Dublin 14th—West Indies ; Chester 88th—Dublin 15th—Canada; Gosport sgth—West Indies ; Gosport 16th—Bengal; Chatham 90th—Ceylon ; Dover 17th—Bombay; Chatham 9 1 st — Cape&St.Helena; Paisley 18th—Bombay ; Chatham 92d—Malta ; Mullingar 19th—Dublin 93d—America; Aberdeen 20th—Stockport 94th—Madras ; Chatham 21st—Bengal.; Chatham 95th—Ceylon; Carlisle 22d—Dublin 96th—Manchester 23d—America ; Newbridge 97th—Athlone 24th—Canada; Cork 9 8 th — Newcastle-on-Tyne 25th—C. Good Hope ; Devonport 99t11—Dublin 26th—Bengal ; Chatham Rifle Brigade (Ist batty—Weed°" 27th—C. Good Hope ; Waterford (2d batt.)—Windsor 28th—N. S. Wales; Chatham Royal Staff Corps—Hythe 29th—Woolwich Ist W. Ind. Regt.—Demerara, & C with—Bermuda ; Newry 2d—Jamaica & Bahamas 31st—Bengal ; Chatham Ceylon Rifle Regiment-4704 00 d 32d—Canada ; Cork Cape Mounted Riflemen—CaPe 33d—Gibraltar ; Tynemouth Goo,; hope 34th—Canada; Chatham Royal African Colonial CorP t-- 35th—Mauritius; Chatham Sierra Le one 36th — America ; Clare Castle Royal Newfd. Veteran Com pall Y 37th—America; Birr Newfoundland 38th—Limerick Royal Malta Fencibles—Malta 39th—Madras; Chatham 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 IS a.m. First Class 10 30 a.m. First Class 12 15 p.m. First Class 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. Fir , t. Class 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 1 15 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 a.m. Mixed Train do, 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 5 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Dfpgrtures will be 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. S 15 a.m. Mixed OP 1 30 p.m. Pt 10 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. „ SP 12 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. LIVERPOOL AND MA: ,NCHESTER RAILWAY. FROM ePOOL TO MANCRESTEK. First Class Second Class Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 46 ~ .. 10 0 t . 11 0 ....,, —ll 4 5 ~ FROM MANCHESTER To L'Pool.. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 ~ •• 19 0 f, 115 ~ ... II 45 „ 2 0 Aftern. *2 45 Aftern. 5 0 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & I'rkside I his Train does not start till Three. NDAVs. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. is 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside, AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 ~ • • 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 5 0 „ .. Mixed 715 „ .. First Class rNDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 520 Afternoon .. „ 11,TON. 2 0 Aftern 445 ,, 2 30 Aftern 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when OAT su. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixod top only at Newton & Prkside I TO PRESTON 1 , 5031 LIVICRPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 „ 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 4 45 „ .. Mixed 7 15 .. First Class 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon.. „ ON SU TO 130. FROM LIVERPOOL. 5 45 Mon►ing.... First Class 12 0 1 90 Afternoon .. Second Class 8 30 FROM MANCHESTER. 9 o Morning.... First Class 11 15 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 ~ • • • • ~ NOAVS. .7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon lELENS. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 „ 11 45 2 45 Afternoon 5 30 ipAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. PO 'ORN GAP. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Cia 11 45 ~ • • • • 5 30 Afternoon .. PP NDAYS. I 7 0 Morning.... Second Chu a 30 .. Afternoon O) SU 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. TO ST. I PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 10 • 0 I 1 45 II 2 30 Afternoon .. /I 5 30 Of ON SV 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoo❑ .. .. PP 9, TO RUNC! FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 , 5 30 Afternoon ON SU 7 0 Morning.... Second Class I 5 30 Afternoon .. 'bippiiig Intelligence. TUESDAY, JUNE 2.—Wind N.W. Fair. The Great Western will sail from Bristol on Thursday next, the 4th instant, on which day the steam tenders will leave Cumberland Basin at 10 a.m. Letters must be posted to-morrow, before 530 P.m- In consequence of a Notice from the Solicitor to the Postoffice, the agent at Bristol is prevented taking charge of any letters that may be sent under cover to him to he forwarded per Great Western. All letters must therefor e pass through the Postoffice, and pay the ship postage Cornubia, Bell, from Bombay, at this port William Goddard, Potter, from Mobile, at this port, sailed April 20. On the 18th May, in lat 41, long 51, spoke the Richard Ander son, hence for New York.—The William Goddard brings 2100 bales cotton, and her freight 'amounts to £579 sterling Lady Harvey, Leader, for Rotterdam, has put back, with starboard side stove in, having been in contact with a brig, yesterday, in the Victoria Channel Crusader, Inglis, from Dublin, at Sydney, N.S.W, landed well : 14 deaths Robert Henderson, M•Farlane, hence, at ditto 253 emigrants Jane Blain, Reid, from London. at ditto Charlotte, Forrester, from Leith, at ditto H.M.B. Psyche, was to sail from ditto for Lombock 19th Jan. Orestes, and Barossa, sailed from ditto foi Bombay previous to the 18th Jan. Zeelust, Brane, hence, at Bremen London, from Calcutta for this port, was spoken 26th March, in lat 29 S, long 45 E Packet, Briggs, from Zante, at Cephalonia Highland Lad, Sims, from Corfu at Patras, and sailed 3rd May for Smyrna Amelia, White, hence at Leghorn Dartmouth, Glass, from Cadiz at Seville, and sailed 11th May for this port Harmony, Roke, sailed from ditto Bth May, and Jane, Walter, 16th May, both for this port Helen, M'Cormick, sailed from St Übes IBth May, and Speedy, Wills, 23rd May, both for this port Premium, Finlay; Port Rival, Ohrt; Africa, Ceder, and Dow thorp, Pindar, hence at St. Petersburg Laura, -, hence at Batavia Albyn, -; Maiia, -, and Admittance, -, hence at Havana Cuba, Kissock, from Rotterdam at Batavia Thomas Lowrie, Graham, hence at the Cape of Good Hope 26th March, and sailed 28th March for New South Wales Brenda, Rendall, from Rotterdam at the Cape of Good Hope Two Sisters, Tinley, sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for this port, 24th March Helvellyn, -'-, sailed from Hobart Town for Sydney, N.S.W. lath January WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3.—Wind N.W. fresh, ARRI VliD. — Salsette, Harrison, from Bombay—lsabel, Shaw, from Antigua—Dublin, Scholfield, and Robert Morriss, Walker, from Philadelphia—Two Sisters, Tinley. from Madras and the Cape of Good Ilope—Mincarlo, Tregarthen, from St. Michael—and Parker, Risieu, from Demerara. Ross , mdale, Friend, from Bahia, at this port; sailed 18th April. The Mazeppa sailed for Falmouth the tide previous. Left the Eveline, loading for this port. On the Ist instant, off Galley Head, spoke the Oberon, hence for Lima. On the 2nd instant, off Tuskar, spoke the Cambyses, hence for Calcata Emily, Wardl, frOm Pernambuco, at this port; sailed 23rd April. The Isabella was to sail the next day for the Coast and this port. Left the Westmoreland, Mary, and William Russell, loading for this port. On the 15th May, in lat. 30 ON, long. 40 OW, spoke the Creole, from Monte Video for this port, out 30 days Denison, Jones, hence at Antigua in 24 days Gipsey, Campbell, hence at Bahia • Thetis, Collings, hence at Odessa Zeelust, Braue, hence at Bremen Shamrock, Daldy, hence at Copenhagen Elise, Paetow, and Anna, Knuth, hence at Riga Morgiana, Galbraith, from Barbadoes, at Belfast Ardent, Hartgmve, from Honduras, at Gravesend York, Legge, from St. John, N.B. off Plymouth; sailed gth May Joseph Wheeler, Pollock, from Barbadoes, at the Cove; sailed st May. The Victoria was to sail for this port in 10 days Clydesdale, for New South Wales, has put back leaky, having struck the wreck of the Sylphide, that was run down off the Bell Buoy The Orion, from Cape Hayti to the Cape of Good Hope (with coffee,) was lost off Cape St. Roque, previous to the 23rd April ; part of the cargo will be saved, and taken to Pernambuco for sale Malay, —, from the Mauritius to this port, was spoken 6th April, in lat. 33 0 S, long. 28 0 E Brutus, —, from Bonny for this port, was spoken 16th May, in 1at432 0, long. 40 0 Grace, —, hence for Antigua, was spoken 31st May, about go miles W.S.W. of Cape Clear QUEBEC:, May 7.—The Chippena from the Clyde, is on shore in Mal Bay, Gaspee CHINA, Jan/ 18.—The Royal Saxon has not commened receiving. cargo. At Tongkoo—Abercrombie, Robinson, loading for England, to sail about 20th Feb. ; Manilla, and Queen Mab, loading for Eng land, expected to sail shortly; Thames partly laden with cotton, loading and filling up with teas for England; Earl Balcarres empty and ready to receive freight for England, but at less than per ton ; Heroine ready to take in; Tyrer full of English piece goods ; Castle Huntley, and Glenily full of cotton ; Charles Grant partly laden with cotton. It was in contemplation that the ships which had not discharged their cargoes, should proceed• to the nearest port to land the same. THURSDAY, JUNE 4.—Wind N.W. ARRlVED. — Harbinger, Candlish, from China; sailed from Macao 25th Jan. and St. Helena 20th April—Two Sisters, Tinley, from Madras and the Cape of Good Hope—Reindeer, King, from Leg horn- and Tommy, Craiglivich, from Trieste. SAlLEn.—Cheshire, Heinrichsen, for Rio Janeiro—Europe, Mar shall, for New York—and Nathaniel Hooper, ireeto, for Cadiz. Parker, Itisien, from Demerara, at this port; sailed sth May, in company with the John Willis,.for Dublin. The Spencer sailed on the 2nd for Liverpool, and the Richard Watson, 26th April, for Campeachy Mary, Muir, for Montreal, has put back, leaky Cynosure, Brice, from Rio Janeiro, at Bahia Podi, Glogoratz, hence at ditto Fielding, from Mazatlan, at Valparaiso, and sailed for Liverpool 3rd March Margaret, -, sailed from Valparaiso for Swansea Ist March Glenarm. Hrueber, from the Coast at Valparaiso, and sailed about the middle of March for England Julienne, Jansen, hence of Salcombe, for Swenborg Frances Ann, M'lntyre, hence at China Scotia, Mobile, Sultana, and Mary Ann, from Calcutta, at St. Helena The wreck of the Sylphide bears N. by W. 4 W. 34 miles from Bell Buoy, in 84 fathoms at low water. The Steam Tug Druid is made fast to the wreck to act as a beacon to vessels entering and leaving this port, and will remain as long as wind a n d wea th er permit Manly, - hence at Antigua Elizabeth Wood, , from Barbadoes, at ditto Actress, Dickson, hence off Cape Clear Ist instant, for Quebec Yare, -, hence off Demerara Thomas Coutts, Warner, from China, at the Cape of Good Hope for London; sailed 4th Feb. The Chinese are determined to resist all attempts at accommodation except on their own terms. They had purchased some European ships with the intention of arming and manning them for the approaching war wtth Great Britain Richard, Smith, hence at Jamaica St. George, , hence at'St. Domingo Stanley, and H. Mitchell, Gurnell, hence at Hayti Euro, Paniovie . h ; Dream. Squire; Aircy, Nicholson ; Cornwall, Butcher; Lady Kinnaird, Robb, and Eliza Kinnaid, Brown, hence at Rio Janeiro Duck:ill:DA, June I,—The Henry Smith, Long, from Liverpool, arrived here yesterday, and in coining up the river struck on an anchor, and immediately sunk TELEGRAPH OFFICE, JUNE 4, 1840. Wind at Holyhead, W.N.W. light breeze. Off Holyhead, at 6 a.m. No. 3750, Ocean, A.S. and No. 110, Creole, 8.8. Off Point Lynas, at p 30 a.m. Fanny Connell, 8.8. has a pilot. Off ditto, at 10 30 a.m. 1750, Ocean, A.S. and No. 810, Creole, 8.8. have pilots. Off Great Ornishead, No. 7985, Fanny Connell, 8.8. 1 p.m. —No vessels to report off Holyhead. Wind W.S.W. light breeze, imports. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, 4 , c. Cornubia, (4uB) T Bell, from Bombay, 1385 bales 47 hf bales cot ton, order-100 bales 1 hf bale do, G Loch and co-514 bales 2hf bales do, 84 bundles linseed, 7 kegs aloes, Daniell, Dickinson and co-136 pees 5 bundles elephants' teeth, 10 bags coffee, 26 bales wool, order-4 tons deer and 2 tons buffalo horns, Bates, Sons and co—Si bags galls, R Zwilchenbart and co-1 package contents un known, Mr. Steel—Q D Salsette, (422) T 0 Harrison, from Bombay, 1160 bales 46 hf bales cotton, 21 bales 3 hf bales wool, order-151 bales cotton, Lanceficld Spinning co-189 do, Gregson, Melville and co-140 bales 1 hf bale do, G Armstrong-94 bales 311 f bale do, C Horsfall, Son and co -77 bales 3hf hales do, J Holford and co-40 bales cotton, 1 case cassimere shawls, Small, Colquhoun and co-236 bales elephants' teeth, 60 chests tea, order-6 cases 2 brls 2 casks aloes, 1 box gum myrrh, 6 cases mother o'pearl and 3 cases large shells, 1 case oliba num, 424 bags pepper, 116 bags cowries, a quantity deer and 1717 pees buffalo horns, G Armstrong-586 pees sapan wood, T 0 Har rison—l case, R Hughes -4 packages contents unknown, J Gordon P I) Fatima, (373) G Fethers, from Bombay, 164 bales 12 bales cotton, Daniell, Dickinson and co-38 bales cotton, C Horsfall and Son -100 do, G King-1433 bales 106 hf bales cotton, order-29 cases gum arable, M'Donald, Milne and co-50 chests indigo, Bates. Sons and co-36 cases do, ! box contents unknown, 172 bags galls, cases cardamoms, 595 bags pepper, I box India figures, 1 box India manufactures, 6 boxes preserves, I box bottled wine, 1 keg pickled mangoes, order—P D Duke of Lancaster, (565) J Hargreaves, from Calcutta, 39 chests shell lac, 3 chests lac dye, Ogilvy, Gillanders and co-95 chests shell lac, 3no chests lac dye, order-3056 bags sugar, J Gladstone and co-513 bales cotton, 77 chests indigo, I bag rice, order-2712 bags rice, J Gladstone and co-4 chests indigo, Peel and co-16 do. T Ripley, jun—llo hhds rum, 5 bales blankets, jackets, caps and gurra dhooties, 1 box specimens spices, 150 bags dholl, J Gladstone and co-1 bale carpets, a cases soojee, order-2 trusses 2 bales woollens, J Bates-42 bags cloves, I) and T Willis-1 box straw hats, I box clay figures, J Ogilvy-2 cases cigars, A Thompson -4 cases plants, order WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA: . - - -.— Isabel, (3.52) — R Shaw, from Antigua, 432 hhds 3 tees suga r , 100 puns molasses, C W and F Shand-25 hhds sugar, Swart, Myers and co-20 hhds sugar, 1g puns molasses, J Jones-20 hhds sugar, C Turner, jun-20 do, Trustees C Turner -1 box rum, 2 boxe s ar root, I box preserves, I box 1 trunk apparel returned, order—P D - Isabella, (237) E Thorpe, from Trinidad, 213 hhds 20 tees 5 brls sugar, 143 puns 6 brls molasses, 20 tees coffee, 100 bags cocoa, T and H Murray-6 hhds Madeira wine, 7 boxes presents, order—P D TIDE TABLE. Days. Men. Evn. Height. Sundays, Holydays, 4e. u. U. R. N. Friday .. 5 237 4 5 14 8 Saturday 6 338 5 5 13 6 Oxford Easter Term ends. Sunday 7 433 6 9 12 8 Pentecost. Whit. Sunday, Monday 8 536 7 8 12 3 Tuesday 9 632 8 6 12 4 Wednes. 10 733 859 12 4 Oxford Term begins. Thursday 11 831 9 48 13 8 BIRTHS. On the 29th ultimo, Mrs. HENRY FOX, of Mount.pleasant, of a daughter. On the 2nd instant, at Aigburth, Mrs. JOHN A. TINNE, of a son. Same day, the lady of the Rev. T. F. BARKER, Farinion. Cheshire, of a daughter. MARRIED. On the 20th ultimo, at the Church of St. Pancras. London, THOS. SLEEMEN, Esq. of Tenby, to CAROLINE LOUISA, only daugh ter of the late Capt. WILLIAM EMBURY EDWARDS, of Calcutta , and grand-daughter of the late Thomas Jones, Esq. formerly a veil eminent solicitor in Manchester. On the Ist instant, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. JOSEPH RIGB'I watchmaker, to Miss SARAH CLARKE. On the 2nd instant, at St. Bride's Church, by the Rev. A• M'Conkey, Mr. RICHARD WRIGHT to ELLEN, daughter of the late Mr. T. WINSTANLEY, of this town. DIED. At his residence, Baker-street, Portman-square, London, Colonel ROBERT TORRENS, late Adjutant-General of her Majesty's trool 4 in the East Indies. On the 24th ult. at Maryport. Mr. JOHN HODGSON, many Yea ts one of the Trustees of the town and harbo ur o f M ar yp or t, aged J, 3 h On the 27th ult. Mrs. DAKIN. post-offi ce , K nu t s f or d, i n the 8 5 t h year of her age. On the 28th ult. aged 76, Mr. THOMAS COWLEY, Bankfield," crescent, North Shore, formerly of Castletown, Isl em an, much an d deservedly respected. Same day, at the residence of her son-in-law, William Raven ? " croft, Esq. Lingdale-house, Oxton, Mrs. BETTELEY, aged 81 Ye a" ' much respected. Same day, in his 73rd year, Mr. THOMAS GRINDROD, of Wheelock. On the 28th ultimo, aged 30 years, at his seat, Maesloug,h Castle' WALTER DE WINTON, Esq. M.P. for the county of Radnor. On the 29th ult. in his 41st year, at Barton, EDWARD Cll MAN, Esq. late surgeon to the Honourable East India Compan) Service on the Madras establishment. ED On the 29th ult. at his residence, Barton, near Manchester , WARD CHAPMAN, Esq. late surgeon in the Honourable East Ind'`' Company's Service, Madras Establishment. gr. Same day, aged lei -ears, DOROTHY, eldest daughter of ELDRED MORDAUNT . : Chester-street, Toxteth-park. ) 0. On the 30th ult. after three days' illne ss , ELIZABETH GA NER, wife of Mr. John Gardner, Mill-lane, Hunter-street. Same day, aged 67 years, at her residence, St. Anne-street, ELLEN, relict of the late JOHN PULFORD. St. Same day, at the house of his brother, Dr. Hulley, !• a -• - la street, Manchester, Mr. JOHN NEVETT HULLEY. surgeon ! 4 * - of this town. On the 31st ult. CATHERINE, wife of Mr. MARMAD FOSTER, solicitor, of Manchester. Same day, aged 16 years, WILLIAM STRAHAR, of Manclieste!: On the Ist instant, at the residence of his brother.inaaw. Soo"' hill, Toxteth-park, Mr. GAVIN NEWALL, aged 24 years. af Same day, at Woolton-hill, CAROLINE, i n f ant d aug hter JAMES MAC GREGOR, Esq. A On the 2nd instant , at his house, Duke-st ree t , M r. JOHN 5. N.10 merchant, a native of Zetland. Same day, at Lathom-house, after a long illness, the Right 11011. Lady SKBLMERSDALE. he Suddenly, at his residence, in D u k e-s t ree t , on t h e n i g ht of t t 2nd instant, JOHN CHAFY, Esq. Inspector-General of Custom`. ,e this port, which important appoint men t lie has only tilled fora 1e months, having been removed f rom th e London establishnica t Qu the appointment of Mr. Fennings as Surveyor-General. Few l':,•11 have ever gone to the grave with suc h a reputation as that wh it adorned the life and will bless th e memory of this excellent 11 '`. ; vidual. We are not saying too much, when we assert that his 111; will be deeply felt by all classe s over whom he h a d con t ro l. I . s l whole life has been one unvarying scene of active and 'mice?, benevolence. Blessed by Providence with an exalted mind ana,, generous heart, be well won and nobly supported the character_.?%., philanthropist. The poor, in him, have lost a benefactor, afa and a friend, and his example was such as all would do sara:d imitate. In all the virtues that adorn the character of man in all the generous sympathies that attaches a value to our nai l ! o f Mr. Chafy excelled. How many a heart lie cheered in the timer°. adversity, and how many an erring fellow -creature he has 1 tected in the hour of difficulty and danger, all who knew 1119'be 0) co remember and testify to; but he has gone to the g ra v e, Ims will summoned to his last account. His ma n y v i r t ues, h ow ever!, to live and his name be blest long after he s hall have mouldem,iii dust. Truly may it be said of this dep a rted gentleman that d'';;011 a long and laborious public life, he stands unsullied by the taf f o e. of a single act that ever could have made one virtuous man The merchants of this large commercial town have lost a s' f his public servant. Active an d unrem itti ng i n th e di sc h arg e °f Bp , duties—kind, affable, and obliging to all by whom he W a ' e d 11 proached—the officers of the department have indeed sustain loss that will not easily be replaced. He sleeps the sleep a but while his bright example is admired, may it be a beacon lig m edLt others to follow and to imitate. We earnestly hope, howeve, r ', e to those gentlemen will feel it to be their duty and their privini adopt some means by which this good man's memory std handed down to future ages. He r e st s i n p eace till the res` sd fish tion of the just, w h en f or a ll his virtues he shall reap a rich an reward.—From a Correspondent. i „ the On the 3rd instant, Mr. THOMAS WRIGHT WATSON. 50th On ear of his ae. • the 4th inst g ant, at Chatham place, Edge-hill, MAR- la te o eldest slaughter of the late HUGH DUCKWORTH, Esti- Rose-hill, near Manchester. LIVERPOOL: FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 140. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MOIL." BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, 88. Mount Pleasan t , afld LEONARD ADDISON, of 14, Great Orford-street , At No. 4, ST. GEORON'S CRNSCENT, LIVERPO" . . 4 55 4 Orders and Advertisements are received by Messrs. l'l ‘ e,,VbrOe k Co., Warwick-square; Barker, Fleet - street ; DeaconC,7,,, ISlj e Reynell, Chancery - lane; Lawson and Barker, girt h Joseph Thomas, 1, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; Mundell Ilainal.estret Lombard-street • Mitchell, 8, Red Lion-court. F lee ! Clarke and Lewis , v 4, Crown-court, Threadneedlc -5 4i,, , p ,14- Garraway's ;at the London Commercial Coffee-house, coffee" lane ; at the Jerusalem Coffee-house, Cornhill ; ChaPt e ; coffee house, Paternoster-row; North and South Ameries!reud, Le house, Threadneedle-street ; and Messrs. Will s on ail d Maitre, and Co., Sise-lane, London ; by Messrs. Jolol.ce, N deo Co., at their Newspaper and Advertisement Agency „. lb xe bange" Quay, Dublin ; Mr. M'Phun, Glasgow ; Mr. Wheeler , r- ter ; street, and Mr. C. H. Lewis, Market-street, MoTe v r arr b i gtoli Haddock, and Messrs. J. and W. Booth, BOOksellerb. ' , s _ Union Mr. Clarke, Pilot-o ffi ce, Preston; and Mr. CooPe, street, Birmingham. • Terms of Subscription for this a rter, 1(1" one year, £2 Gs. ; half-year. . 6 oile year f 2 I ls. 6d.-11 paid in advance— r-id. half-year, £1 1s ; quarter; log - caper :—On credit. SOUTH: AMERICA. Fame, (15,5) R B Pringle, from Monte Video, 850 salted horse hides, 510 ox and cow do, A A Gower, Nephew and co-1000 wet salted ox do, M'Crackan and co-563 wet salted horse do, Wright, Parlane and co-290 do, 1590 wet salted ox and cow do, 66 pipes 11 hf pipes tallow, 6o bales wool, about 30 tons bones, order-3 boxes plants, Hegan, Hall and co-1 do, the master—G D Emily, (203) 3 H Wardle, from Pernambuco, 250 bags cotton, M'Calmont Brothers and co -705 brls 149 cases 44 brls sugar, 10 kegs 7 boxes preserves, 5 boxes specimens natural history, 1 bottle samples balsam capivi, order-1 box samples coffee, Farrer and Duckworth--P D PRICES OF SHARES, JUNE 4. Prices. This day Last RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. Prices. Birmingham and Gloucester BO paid 70 10 0 .... 71 10 0 Ditto and Derby lOO .... 89 o o .... Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new .... 13 2 6 .... Bolton and Leigh l( paid .... Bolton and Preston Bristol and Exeter 25 .... 29 10 0 .... Chester and Crewe 45 .... 55 0 0 .... Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid .... Glasgow, Paisley, Sr Greenock 17 paid 19 7 6 .... 19 12 6 Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar } 30 paid 32 15 0 .... 33 0 0 Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares 3O 101 10 0 . ... 102 0 0 Great Western 65 ...., 97 0 0 .... 97 10 0 Ditto new shares 3O 45 0 0 .... 45 15 0 Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 34 5 0 .... Ditto, new Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares 10 12 6 Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 9O 178 0 0 .... 178 10 0 Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto and Southampton 3g .... 53 10 0 ..• 54 0 0 Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon Leeds and Manchester 6O Ditto half shares Leicester and Swannington 5O Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 25 .... Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... Ditto quarter shares North Midland lOO .... 93 10 0 .... New North Midland 2O 26 15 0 .... 29 South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... York and North Midland -50 paid 64 0 0 .... BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 .... 746 10 oex div Bank of Liverpool atl2 lOs paid 20 15 oex div. - Commercial of Liverpool 10 17 2 6 .... - Liverpool Union lO .... 12 17 6 .... - Northern and Central - Albion - North and South Wales lO .... 7 0 0 .... 7 - of Manchester lO .. 10 6 , - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 11 0 0 - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO Commercial Bank of England. East of England Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset 7 10s. GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings .CIOO paid 163 0 0 . L'pool and Harrington Water l 350 .. •• 4 77 10 0 . Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 .... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 370 0 0 • • L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 191 0 0 .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance Company 25 paid 210 0 .... Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... Liverpool Fire and Life.„ .. .... 2 10s. 10 .... 83 0 0 .. 36 10 0.. 71 0 0 .. 54 10 0 41 15 0 .... 23 15 0 .... 0 0 0 .... 94 0 0 .... 710 A. 15 2 6. 8 0 0 5 5 o ex div, 2 ii to ex div DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &C. Anderton. Carrying Company 15 .... Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry ' 12 10s. Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company lO . . Harrington Docks 100 ... • Apothecaries' Company 6 7 6.... 7 5 0 6 12 6.... 57 0 617 6.... .5 0 0 0 Cows. Sheep. Pigs. Horses. Mules. Calves. Lamb 2165 4538 6074 180 5 7 676 Previously 18774 16935 90977 979 66 50 4410 COASTWISE. Cows. Sheep. Pigs. 56 699 Previously .. 2470 28363 4620 !O 26 PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S. Outward. Home, Horses. Calves. Lambs 2 72 25s OdEd 30 0 20 0-25 0 40 0 -- 50 0 30 0 -- 25 0 -- 30 0 35 0 —4O 0 40 0 -- 50 0 30 0 -- 40 0 30 0 40 0 30 0 -- 25 0-- 0 0 35 0-40 0 35 0 -- 40 0 35 0 -- 40 0 40 0-45 0 40 0 -- ---- 30 0 -- ---- 17 6-20 0 50 0 -- 60 0 20 0-25 0 40 0 -- SO 0 20 0-25 0 20 0 -- ---- 25 0 - - 25 0 - - 25 0 - 30 0 30 0 - 40 0 40 0 - - 40 0 - 50 0 50 0-60 0 25 0 - - MMARY REPORT. , 1840. ADMITTED In-patients Out-patients Casuals during the last week 6 Remain in the house Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. R. Davies. House Visitors . . ... Mr. R. Houghton and Mr. Martin. Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon Mr. Brandreth. Admitted LOCK HOSPITAL. 6 I Discharged Remain in the house LIVERPOOL DISPENSARIES. Number of new patients entered on the books of the Dispensaries during the last week:— Received advice and medicine atthe Insti tution Visited at their own houses and supplied with medicine • North. South. Total 304 291 Total at each Dispensary 108 123 32 502 414 916 VISITORS. North—Mr. W.F. Macgregor. Rev. Dr. Buck, and Mr. C. Booth. South—Mr. Jordan, Mr. J. Cooper, and Rev. C. Mona. R. WEDGWOOD, Secretary. Dispensaries' Office, 1, Fenwick-street, June 1, 1840. PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL. W °on, Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid Archangel £l9 0 @ 20 0 Memel 17 0 - 18 0 Gothenburg l6 0 - - 16 10 Wyburg • 16 10 - 18 10 Petersburg 17 0 - 19 10 PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick. Danzig, Deck - 0 4 British American Pine - 0 LATH WOOD, per fathom. Danzig, 4 feet .tlt 10 - 9 10 British American 5 U - G 0 MAHOGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick. Honduras - 0 is Cuba - 1 0 St. Domingo 1 0 - 2 0 OAK PLANKS, British American none. TXAK WOOD, per cubic feet - 6 6 STAVES, per 1200. Danzig, C. Pipe .€135 0 -140 0 70 0 - 80 0 Quebec, red, 1 inch thick, } 0 ;5 0 and 51 feet long Do. Puncheon l4 0 - 24 0 TIMBER, per cubic foot. s. d. s. d. Oak 2 6- 3 0 Pine, British Amer. common - 0 0 red 1 fi - 2 0 yellow - 1 9 2 2i- 2 3 2 21-- 2 3 2 5i- 2 6 Danzig; middling Memel, middling r Riga, red • e 4 ss. ss. IRI lOs Duty. Not above 16 ft F..e19. B. P. 2. 21 feet. ''22.. X 2 10s. [ss per load. Los. Not ab. 36 in. 3s. B.P. 28 2 6 4s . 3 0 6s , I 10s per load. }-€2 15s. 'load 303 Od @OS 0 20 0-25 0 50 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 0 0 25 0 30 0 40 0 50 0 40 0 50 0 40 0 50 0 25 0 30 0 25 0 30 0 - 40 0 - - 40 0 - 40 0 - - 40 0 - - 126 0 - -- 20 0 - - 40 0 - - 20 0 -25 0 30 0 - - 20 0-25 0 20 0 - -- 17 6-20 0 20 0 - 0 0 25 0 - 30 0 30 0-40 0 40 0 - - 50 0 - 17 6-20 0 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 France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &c. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, &c. Oporto LIVERPOOL INFI May 30, DISCHARGED. In-patients cured . . , Relieved and at own request Made Out-patients U Irregular 0 Dead 2 LONDON GAZEIIit.....ThEsDAY, JUNE PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. . _ S. Scotson and D. Mastsll, Kirkdale, Lancashire, tanners-1 Copcstick and E. Ashworth, Manchester, worsted dyers. BANKRUPTS Thomas Stalsall, Liverpool, coal-merchant, to surrender June 13, July 14, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Beaford-row, London ; and Mr. Gaskell, Wigan, Henry Webster, Bedford-street, Covent-garden, London, lamp manufacturer. Philip Barnes, Jamaica-street, Commercial-road East, London, coal and lime-merchant. __ Colin Campbell, New City Chambers, Bishopsgate-street, Loudon, ship-owner._ . . . . _ Charles M`Lean, Poland-street, Oxford-street, London, uphol sterer. Edward Elfick, Milton near Sittingbourne, Kent, grocer. Thomas Morgan, Lantrisaint, Glamorganshire, victualler. Stephen Masters, Newport, Monmouthshire, ironmonger. George Hutchinson, Sheffield, corn-merchant. Benjamin Spencer, Nottingham, baker. Isaac Grundy. Preston, woollen-draper. Francis Williams, Bristol, ship-builder. Edmund Patrick, Gloucester, dealer in salt. DIVIDENDS. June 25, M. King and W. King, Kingsley, Hants, millers—June 23, it. Walter, Coventry, riband-manufacturer—June 25, A. C. Marsh and W. Marsh, Great Scotland-yard, London, navy-agents— June 24, G. A. Kollmann, St. Martin's-lane, London, piano-fotte maker—June 24, G. Woolcott, Brownlow-mews, Gray's Inn-lane, London, builder—June 23, E. L. Fox, jun. Idol-lane, Tower-street, London, broker—June 23, M. Morgan, Blooms,bury4quare, London, lodging-house-keeper—June 23, M. C. Jackson. .Water-lane. Thames-street, London, corn-merchgnt—June 25, G. Lodg, Croy don, coal-merchant—June 25, T. Agutter, Deptford, fellmonger— June 25. G. T. Bolton, Manchester, wine-merchant—July I, J. Shawcross, Stockport, cotton-spinner—July 4,W. Shawcross, Stock port, cotton-spinner—June 30, J. Greenhalgh, Stockport, cotton spinner—June 30, W. Shawcross, J. Greenhalgh, and J. Shawcross, Stockport, cotton-spinners—June 25, M. Potter and J. Lever, Man chester, merchants—July 1, J. Holden and T. M. Fisher, Manches ter, merchants—July 3, T. T. M. Fisher, Manchester, merchant — June 30, J. Holden, Manchester, merchant—June 30, I. Madley, Lan dogo, Monmouthshire, innkeeper—June 26, H. Higson, Bolton-le- Moors, common-brewer—June 20, J. B. Nicklin, Wolverhampton, ironmonger—June 29, J. Ogden and C. Walmsley, Hollinwood, Lancashire, cotton-spinners—June 26, L. Cambridge, Bristol, ship owner—June 95, IL Francis, R. J. Turner, and C. J. West, Norwich, money-scriveners. . CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or before June 23 S. Lenox, Liverpool, sailmaker—R. Franklin, Ferriby.sluice, Lin colnshire, miller—W. Bull, Lichfield, upholsterer—G. Raw. St. Helen's Lancashire, innkeeper—R. Spincer, North Stoneham, Southampton, cattle-dealer—J. Cutts, Manchester, machine-maker —J. Arnett, Witney, Oxfordshire, grocer—J. Storer, Ibstock, Leicestershire. auctioneer—G. Jull. Leamington, grocer—R. Har ris, Leamington-priors, auctioneer—T. Howard, Bury, Lancashire. cotton-spinner—W. Edington, North Audley-street, London, jeweller. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. David Mackinley, Edinburgh, spirit-dealer. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. JUNE HOUR 5. Thomas Mahouy and Co. (2nd) .. Clarendon Rooms. 1 5. James Henry Butler and John Butler, (2nd) Ditto, 12 6. Thomas Williams, (Ist) 6. Benjamin Wolfe Franklin, (div.) 8. Robert Marsh. jun Ditto, 12 8. William Waddell Ditto, 1 ~.,, ^, . . ~~