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Votttp. SONGS OF THE HEART. No. II.—THE PAST. BT T. J. OUSELEY. (For the Liverpool Standard.) The past—yes, the past is a beautiful dream, On whose bright floating fancies sweet feeling will dwell, As we bask in the light of the murmuring stream, Which reflects on the mind in fond Memory's cell; And the shadows that pass, 'mid the beautiful flowers, Are hallowed breathings that do not Wercast ; Like a light summer cloud, gently veiling the flowers, We smile at the present—we think on the PAST ! We see those we've loved, with a soothing of sorrow, The home and the hearth, the dear blessing and prayer; Such feelings as these bring no joy for the morrow — They're too blissful and precious the future to share. The hours of mirth, and the moments of sadness, When laughter teas joy, e'en thoul4h grief came at last ; The silver-bell voice—hw t trilled with heart gladness ; We smile at the prese ti nt— i we think on the PAST! The voyager looks tow'rds the land of his birth, O'er the far distant mters; and Fancy will show The home of his kindred—the loved spot of earth — Whilst, in quiet, the tears of affection will flow ; So on life's desert ocean we fondly recall Sweet memories, nor heed the black, threatening blast ; Those star-guides of comfort , when dan g ers a p pal : We smile at the present—we think on the PAST ! CONTEMPORARY PRESS. THE KING OF HANOVER. (From the Morning Herald) Mr. Hutt delivered on Thursday night a long speech on the subject of the trade duties levied by the King of Hanover on English manufactures. Mr. Hutt is a singularly noisy, empty personage. He delivered a very silly speech in a very furious fashion. The tolls levied by the King of Hanover seem to him nothing better thon the tribute formerly levied by the Deys of Algiers. Mr. Hawes seconded Mr. Hutt's motion for an ex pression of opinion by the House of Commons on the subject._ . Lord Palmerston expressed his entire concurrence in the views of his honourable friends. The duties al luded to he admitted to be vary oppressive and very unreasonable; and government, he declared, is doing all it can to procure a modification of the Ilanoverian tariff. " There are, however," simpered his lordship, " difficulties in the way. Public opinion abroad is not enlightened as it is here, on the subject of commer cial intercourse between nations." His lordship, in conclusion, besought Mr. Hutt to withdraw his mo tion, until the result of Whig diplomacy in this matter may be felt. Mr. Hume approved himself unusually warlike. The motion he declared to be a most just one, while he de nounced the conduct of the King of Hanover as most atrocious. " What have ministers been about," ex claimed Joseph. " Why have they not settled this matter long ago ? Why don't they settle it now by the agency of a line-of-battle ship ? I have no desire for hostilities; but why should we not in this case, as in the case to which China is a party, have recourse to ' friendly communications' ? (At this sally Joseph grinned.) An armed steam-boat—a single sixty-eight pounder—would settle the business." Eventually Mr. Hutt acceded, as he and politicians of his tribe invariably do, to the request of his official masters. This affair exhibits the insolence of Mr. Hutt and his coadjutors, no less than the utter meanness of Lord Palmerston and his confederates. What right have we to complain of any amount of duties levied by the King of Hanover on British manufactures ? The King of Hanover is as much justified in placing an exorbitant tax on British cottons and cutlery, as we are justified in placing an exorbitant tax on brandy. The King of Hanover is the only judge of the expediency of such fiscal regulations—whether their object be the creation of revenue, or the protection of the industry of his subjects. Why should he permit those, whose welfare it is his first duty to secure, to be driven from their own markets by the grasping spirit of British specula tion? The King of Hanover may have seen enough of the pestilential effects in England of free-trade princi ples to induce him to limit, as much as possible, their operation in the dominions over which he reigns. His care to protect the industry of his subjects, or his de sire to lighten their burdens by raising from foreigners a portion of his revenues, deserves the utmost com mendation : and it . would be deemed discreditable in any English ministry but the present—(the present ministry can take no deeper stain of infamy than at taches to it already)—to apologise to an impudent bab bler like Mr. Hutt, for not interfering with the King of Honover's unquestionable privileges ! What is the. true moral to be derived from the trou blesome effects of Stade duties or interruptions of any kind to the current of our foreign trade ? Only this — that foreign trade in its best form is far inferior to home trade—and, unlike home trade, is always subject to influences beyond our own control. The practical effect of such a conviction ought to be a determination —not to bully the King of Hanover, or any other fo reign Sovereign—but to cherish our native industry in all its varieties, as the King of Hanover would appear disposed to cherish the industry of his subjects. THE RUGELEY MURDER-STATE OF THE FLATMEN. (From the. Sta f fordshire Gazette) It is unnecessary to draw the attention of our read ers to the revolting details rJating to the Rugeley mur der. Although the diabolical transaction to which we refer is happily to he regarded as one of rare atrocity, still it will furnish us with data by which to estimate the degree of depravity which unhappily prevails among the numerous class to which the perpetrators of the crime belong. The outrages which these unhappy men are perpetually committing, have attracted public attention, no less by the frequency of their occurrence than the enormity of their nature. The cause of such extreme depravity must at once be referred to the ab sence of religious instruction, and of the opportunity of public worship,—evils under which the whole class of flatmen peculiarly labour. These evils admit of but one remedy, and that one neither the Churchman or Dissenter will be at any loss to conjecture. How, ex cept by supplying their spiritual wants, can we hope either to reform their habits, or to raise them in the scale of humanity ! How, except by erecting places of worship witliin convenient distances of the scenes of their daily toil, can we expect to instil religious princi ples into their minds, or teach them to reverence their Maker ! Yes, churches must be built at whatever sa crifice, for their accommodation ; and where private be neficence fails to supply the requisite funds, these must be sought directly from the hands of government. Even if refused, as by the men now in office it pro bably would be, the application itself would be bene ficial. Indeed, as to its more immediate fate, we fear little doubt can be at present entertained ; for we per. ceive that Mr. E. J. Stanley,has threatened, on the part of Government, to oppose a bill brought in by the Trustees of the River Weaver Navigation, for the ap propriation of their surpl us revenues to the erection of churches on its banks ! Here was an easy and unin vidious way of increasing the efficiency of the church, but our righteous ministers say no ! ORDER OF KNIGHTS OF ST. DAVID. At the present moment, when the institution of an order of knighthood for Wales occupies so prominent a ph , ce among tbe topics of the day, the following extract from " Planche's Royal Records" may not he uninteresting ; " Another word whilst upon the subject of Wales. The Guelphic order being a Hanoverian decoration, and, conse quently, no longer at the disposal of the Sovereigns of Great Britain, it has been rumoured that her Majesty will probably institute some new order of knighthood in its place. In such a case we would most humbly recommend to her Majesty's gracious consideration the claims of a British saint and champion, who has been sadly overlooked. Here we have a Saint George, and ' the most noble order of the Garter,' for England ; Saint Andrew, with the most ancient order' of the Thistle, for Scotland ; and Saint Patrick, with ' his most illustrious order,' for Ireland ; but Wales, the fourth gem of the British Crown—that gives a title to its heir—that gave a title to the Black Prince—the land of Arthur and Llewellyn —the country of the bards—the soil of the royal tree of Tudor —has not only been excluded from representation in the arms of every British Sovereign save Elizabeth, but her patron saint has been denied the honours of chivalric fellow ship which have been lavished on many other holy and re nowned champions of Christendom." With regard to the Guelphic order, above alluded to, its preamble states that it has been instituted " to reward faith ful servants of the state, individuals devoted to his Majesty's exalted person, distinguished serv i ces to t h e country, and the undoubted proofs of unshaken fidelity and attachment shown by all classes of our beloved German subjects, parti cularly their never-to-be-forgotte n fame obtained at the battle of Waterloo," &c. Now, surely, if the above qualifications are to be considered as forming a claim to your royal notice, t ew o f h er Majesty ' s subjects can assert a stronger title to thathonourable distinc tion than the natives of the principality. Whether we look to their unshaken loyalty at borne, or their bravery in the field, from the arduous and protracted struggle of the Penin sula, to the fierce and decisive conflict of Waterloo, no where shall we find more illustrious instances of devotedness and valour than amongst the Welsh. kt the last-named battle, so well-established was the high character of one of the heroes of Cambria in the mind of his formidable antagonist, that on the morning of that day one of Napoleon's first inquiries was, `• On est la division de Picton ?" It is unaccountable how the arms of the principality happen to be omitted in the royal escutcheon with those of England, and also how it is that the Red Dragon, the ancient banner of the Prince of Wales, has been forgotten in the state processions of the late reigns, especially as Henry vII. instituted the heraldic de gree of Rouge Dragon, expressly to commemorate the vic torious standard of Bosworth. It is now left to our youthful Queen to repair the omissions above named, and however singular it may be that the principality (the first augmentation of territory by the British crown) should have been so long unnoticed, even while an order of knighthood was granted to the lonian Isles, yet never could it be instituted at a more auspicious moment than on the nuptials of her Majesty, or at the wished-for birth of a Prince of a Wales. It is singular that the leek should often also be omitted among the national emblems, though it forms a graceful ornament in jewels or in painting, to unite the rose, shamrock, and thistle; however, when it is represented in the collars of the knights of St. David it will never more fail into oblivion. WINE v. TEETorsusu. — By the custom-house return, dated January, 1810, it appears that in 1837 there were im ported 21,110 pipes of port, and 25,359 butts of sherry ; i n 1838, 26,057 pipes of port, and 30,747 butts of sherry ; In 1839, 26,170 pipes of port, and 26,036 butts of sherry; allow ing an increase in 1839 or 1838 of 388,457 gallons. LECTURES ON THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. (From the Morning Herald of Saturday.) Yesterday the Rev. Mr. M`Neile delivered his fifth lec ture on the Church of England, at the Hanover-square Rooms. The crowded attendance of the nobility and gentry bore ample testimony to the deep and sustained interest created in the public mind by the reverend and eloquent gen tlemen upon the subject matter of these lectures. Amongst the principal nobility and gentry present we observed his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Marquis Chol mondeley, the Bishop of Chester, Lord Bexley, Lord Prud hoe, Lord Sydney, Lord Radstock, Lord Galloway, Lord Bernard, Lord Kenyon, Hon. W. Duneombe, Hon. W. Calthoree, Hon. H. S. Maxwell, M.P., Hon. F. Bernard, Right Hon. F. Shaw, M.P. Sir Thomas Baring, Sir Culling Eardley Smith, M.P., Sir W. R. Farquahar, Sir P. Laurie, Messrs. Pringle, Plumptre, M.P., G. Vernon Har court, M.P., Lockhart, M.P., Fector, M.P., an d J o h n Hardy, Col. Armstrong, &c. The Reverend Lecturer commenced by observing that it bad been his endeavour to exhibit, first, the scriptural cha racter of our national establishment; and secondly, the scriptural aspect of the Church of England regarded in its connection with the state. The effects of this national arrangement justified him in the expression which he had used in reference to it,—namely, that it was strictly and essentially a scriptural arrangement. He would appeal Ili to his facts on this point to our national history. The rise and progress of the arts and sciences alone bore ample testi mony to the prosperity enjoyed by this country, under the Divine blessing, ever since our spiritual arrangement under Elizabeth, when our glorious national poor law was esta blished, which, he firmly believed was the chief instrument of our national Protestantism. (Cheers.) He would also appeal to the more determined " No surrender" of Wm. 111. ; and lastly, to - the times of Geo. 111., whose removal from amongst us had opened that fatal doer into which when a right hon. baronet entered, he uttered an acknowledgment which was almost prophetic from its fatality. It was true he might himself have recovered from the effects of that fatal step, but he had still left a vulnerable tendon which had been hit so often that his moral strength was weakened, di visions and dissension were sown in the camp, and— " Delirant reges, plectuntur Achivi." (Loud cheers.) Of the course the church had suffered. (Her bitterest ene mies had been taken into her councils ;—(hear)—and one of the consequences was that they had already ohaunted a song of triumph, by way of requiem over ten departed bishoprics. (Cheers.) It was true that they had not yet ventured to frame another strain in exultation over the appropriation of the revenues of the church to their own purposes ; but there was no telling how soon that would be the case, unless the members of the church awaked out of that quiescent aversion to agitation, which they had learned in the bosom of the church herself, and spoke in a bold, decided, and positive tone that it must not be, (Cheers.) The rev. lecturer then, after some further preliminary remarks, proceeded to the subject of the present lecture. He would first consider how far the practical efficiency of the church was hindered by limitation in extent, and this subject was to be considered under two heads,—first, with reference to, that part of our population which had overgrown itself beyond the reach of the instrumentality of the church ; and 2dly, with respect to that part of the population which was already supplied with church accommodation and pastoral superintendence. The first branch of the subject must be discusied with reference. to its extent, and the second to its working. It was plain that the population of this country bad largely overgrown, not only the parochial provision heretofore made for its spiritual instruction, but also every addition that had from time to time been made to that provision, whether by national grants or private benevolence. This was not a matter for argument, but simply one of figures. The returns to par liament had clearly shown that there were hundreds, and not merely hundreds but thousands of our population, utterly destitute of the means of spiritual instruction. He repeated that this was simply a matter of figures. It, indeed, must have become perfectly known to all present from the state ments made to the public, from details laid before them at public meetings, and from the charges of the bishops to their clergy. In the Second Report of the Church Commissioners it was reported that this state of things was rapidly growing worse, and had already outrun all that could be done by the utmost efforts of the church. He should not here repeat the numbers, because his present inquiry was as to the cause of this destitution, in order to suggest a remedy. Various so lutions of the difficulties with which this inquiry was sur rounded had been offered, and it was, therefore, of great importance that the real cause should be ascertained. The dissenters had put forward the voluntary principle, and bad demanded that the existence of the Church of England, as a national establishment, should be put an and to. Ile found it asserted by them, that the church establishment was not only an evil in itself, but an hindrance to good in others. They held, that the extension and support of the church were her own concern, and that she was totally dependent on her own efforts. They had described the voluntary principle in lofty language, and made a very favourable statement of its efficacy. Now, he had no wish to render that statement unfavourable; but as it seemed the dissenters were so ex ceedingly apprehensive that any legislative aid to church extension would interfere with those cheerful contributions and active exertions to increase His Name, which are made under the inspiration of private zeal, he did ask how it was that this principle, which was so loftily described, could be so easily paralysed by a trifling " exaction ?" (Cheers.) But it was wrong to call that an exaction which was, in fact, a payment. Every individual possessing property was subject to the charge, and every person purchasing or inheriting pro perty took that property subject to the charge annexed to the tenure ; and if any person were to endeavour afterwards to shift out of the charge, such conduct might, perhaps, be allowable in the code of voluntaryism, but to him it would appear to be very questionable honesty. (Cheers.) He would be glad to know what was the hindrance that prevented voluntaryism, with all its boasted capabilities, from coming forward to assist in redeeming the country from its present state? Many churchmen had attributed the present spi ritually destitute condition of our population to the refusal of the legislature to vote adequate grants for building churches. He feared, and indeed believed, that the cause lay much deeper. The real cause was the want of real confidence in Revelation on the part of our rulers. There existed a grow ing reverence for the scruples of man rather than for the re veale.i will of God in matters of religion. He feared that there was a want of confidence of heart in the majority of those in high places. Matters of faith were treated as matters of human sincerity, rather than of Divine Revelation. Sincerity ! The sincerity of man ! " Beware of men," said Jesus, " for they shall put you out of the synagogues ; yea, the time cometh when he that killeth you shall think that he doeth God a service." And no doubt they would sincerely think so. (Cheers.) Such was the sincerity of him who aided and abetted in the murder of St. Stephen. There was another cause which lay at the root of the evils under consideration, and that was a want of confidence of right. Had there not existed a strong and unshaken confidence of right, could the great scheme of negro emancipation have been c rried in de- fiance of the powerful interests, and influence, and opposition of the West India planters ? If there now existed the same confidence of right in respect to the claims of Christianity as there did in those of humanity, the claims of Christianity would be sure to be carried. (Hear.) The reverend lec turer went on to show that so long as this want of confidence of right existed nothing great could be accomplished, because every trifling scruple or objection would be made available as an excuse, on the score of a tender regard to the feelings of others. Nothing, he observed, was so agreable to individuals, but at the same time nothing was so disastrous to the country in the aggregate. (Cheers.) On the other hand, if a confi dence of right existed, something must be done. It might not, perhaps, be agreeable to all, bat some plan would be struck out, and under such circumstances the objectors, as a lesser evil, would 1)e obliged to submit. For instance, the churchman asked for the instruction of the people upon a known principle—a principle whose good efiects have been abundantly proved wherever it has been tried, while the dis senter claimed it upon the independent voluntary principle. If a confidence of right existed in our rulers, we could ask the Legislature, respectfully but most earnestly, to adopt the one or the other, and that it would do it boldly and de cidedly. We could then say to the Legislature, "If the dissenter be right, let no trembling apprehensions of differ ences of opinion, no lingering to systems, no vested rights, no deference to conscientious scruples of churchmen—let nothing interfere with the plan, but carry it out boldly and effectually, in order that you may extend the religion of Jesus Christ—(applause)—but if, on the other hand, the creed of the church be scriptural in letter and its discipline, be scriptural in foundation, let your confidence of right be acted upon, and nothing then can prevent a grant, not of thousands but of millions." (Cheers.) The rev. lecturer then reverted to his argument, that the real cause of the apa thy and indifference of the legislature to the spiritual desti tution of the people of this country, was the want of real con fidence in revelation, and said, that if our legislators would apply themselves to the examination of the evidence afforded by the Bible, with the same industry as they occasionally sift evidence on human affairs—if, instead of making the Sabbath a period of busy preparation for the ensuing week, they made it a period of rest for the glorifying of God, it would soon be manifest to the nations of the world that it was the interest of our rulers that there should be no differ ence of opinion amongst them as to the mode of adjusting this question, and that the period would not be long deferred when they would take decided' steps ; for then there would be a will, and there would soon be a way. (Cheers.) The sub ject narrowed itself into this simple question—Are we to have a church establishment or are we not ? and upon the affirma tion of that question, the question of church extension stood identified. The rev. gentleman here read an extract from a speech delivered by Lord J. Russell, in which that noble lord supported the principle of an established church, because that principle was, that the burden of supporting it was thrown upon the whole community, and that he (Lord J. Russell) should be sorry to see the time when the established church of this country depended for its support upon the voluntary principle. (Cheers.) He (Mr. M'Neile) agreed with Lord Te J x o ha h em n ri principle,neßveeu ar s nesbnde but d l t , ga n es olte o hmt n eh l aoe y nb j a tei s icetn t° i principle onps h r oui his view us or t cht some e establishedh voluntary l e church, ut extension,c th o proceeded ev e dai d eenwd t to a c o h tf refute ou ttt and advocated with great eloquence and consummate ability that cause. In order to render the scheme of church ex tension effectual, there should be a subdivision of parishes in large towns and villages ; anything short of that would be but an abortive palliation. He strongly objected to the dis trict system as ineffectual, unjust, and oppressive ; and pro ceeded to point out how that system was so. It was ineffec tual, because the minister appointed to each district had no legal right to go among the people, but was subject to be checked and controlled by the rector, and because it deprived the people of the benefits of the personal ministrations of the clergymen, and subjected them to payment of double fees ; and it was unjust and oppressive to the clergyman himself, because it operated in many cases to a practical hindrance of his usefulness, and in cases of a refusal to accede to an unjust demand upon his rector, exposed him to the unme rited obloquy of an undiscerning world. He suggested, there fore, that an appeal should be made to the bishops to abolish the district system and to adopt, immediately, the parochial subdivision plan. In carrying this into operation due consi deration would of course be paid to the vested rights of the present incumbents, but at the same time , in order to prevent that consideration from retarding or defeating altogether the adoption of the parochial system, it should be borne in mind that the people of England had vested rights, he said, and it was the duty of a parental legislature to see that they were pro tected. Was it to be said that the government of a Christian country could build gaols for thieves, provide hulks for felons, and erect ga ll ows for murderers, and yet refuse to provide the means of education for the hundreds of thousands of English men who were decent, honest. and industrious labourers? (Applause.) Let, therefore, the district system be at once abo lished, and the parochial system established. that to carry out this plan would require an increase of funds ; first, for the building of churches, and next, for the indispensable endowment of every new parish church. And where was the money to come from? In his opinion, there were four sources available. 1. By yielding up to the state the property now in the hands of appropriators ; 2. the like with respect to the property in possession of im ro riators ; " 3. voluntary contributions ; a n d 4. national grants. The rev. gentleman then proceeded to state his view of the prac ticability of obtaining an increase of funds from these sources. If the first two were accomplished i n a proper spirit, who could guess their effect on the public mind? Who could guess the effect produced by the carrying of such a measure as that of imposing a tax upon all clerical property above £3OO per annum, especially if such a bill should be brought in by Mr. Baines and S ir R. In g lis ? (Hear.) The other two would follow as an almost natural consequence of,the exhibition of such a spirit of Christian liberality. —Th e rev. gentleman concluded a most able and interesting lecture by an affecting and truly eloquent appeal to Englishmen on behalf cif Ireland ; and at the termination was greeted with loud and enthusiastic applause. PORTRAIT OF THE REV. HUGH M'NEILE. [The dolt who does the dirty work for the Albion has lat terly been raking together everything which he imagined would detract from the Rev. H. M'Neile his well earned ho nours ; and we therefore present for his instruction a more candid sketch from one of our contemporary's own party. The following is from the pen of the author of " Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons," " The Great Metropolis," (Soc.] The Rev. Hugh M'Neile has been five or six years minis ter of St. Jude's church, Liverpool, where he has a handsome salary, and where his ministrations are attended by a very large and opulent congregation. Prior to his settlement in Liverpool, Mr. M'Neile had, for several years, been the mi nister of Percy Chapel, Fitzroy-aquare, in the metropolis. While officiating in the latter place, he adopted the vagaries of the late Mr. Irving, respecting the gift of speaking with tongues, and the restorationof the power of working miracles. His heterodox notions on these subjects, however, were hap pily of but short continuance; he only entertained them for a few months, and then returned to the faith which he had be fore abjured. The reverend gentleman is a man of strong feelings, and of extraordinary decision of mind and energy of character. He feels warmly on every subject ; he cannot entertain a princi ple without attaching the deepest importance to it, and mak ing a full and fearless avowal of it in all places, and under all circumstances. Whatever he thinks he speaks ; and, for the opinions he expresses, he is ready to suffer any pains and pe nalties which may be inflicted upon him. He would make an excellent martyr ; that is to say, he would go boldly to the scaffold or the stake, and cheerfully testify, with his latest breath, his attachment to, and firm faith in, any opinion, no matter what, which he had avowed and advocated. He is a decided and vigorous opponent of the Church of Rome. I do believe that he would glory in being subjected to the pains of martyrdom for his attachment to the protestant cause, and his uncompromising hostility to the papal system. As it is, he suffers what, to most other men, would be a living mar tyrdom, from his hostility to the Romish church. No man of the present day has assailed that church with greater spirit, or greater effect than the Rev. Hugh M'Neile ; and the result has been, that scarcely a day has passed, within the last five or six years, during which he has been resident in Liverpool, in which be has not been most violently attacked by the friends of the Papacy. 1 know of no man who has been more largely or liberally abused. He is a standing topic of abuse to some of the Liverpool papers. I have ' heard Mr. O'Connell say, that he looks on himself as a sort of stock in trade to the Orange papers in Dublin, adding that all their leading articles are directed against him, and that if be were to die, it would prove one of the greatest calamities which could befal the proprietors. Mr. M`Neile may say something very similar regarding two or three of the Liver pool papers. Their columns are weekly surcharged with abuse of the rev. gentleman. Who ever, for example, took up the Liverpool Chronicle, without encountering attacks on " Hugh," as he is familiarly called,—both in the leading articles, and in the letters of correspondents. It would be a sad misfortune, it would be a heavy blow and great discouragement to the editor of that journal, were " Hugh" to be either removed by death or otherwise, from his present locality. _ _ _ _ Mr. M`Neile is - a man of unbounded moral courage. If it was said of John Knox, the reformer, that he feared not the face of clay, so may it be said, with equal truth, of the Rev. Hugh M`Neile : nothing daunts—nothing disheartens him. What would paralyse other men's nerves, has no effect upon his he has nerves of iron. He waxes more and more bold and courageous with the occasion. Opposition in a meeting, no matter how great or how menacing, instead of disconcerting, only makes him the more resolute and deter mined. It is, indeed, a positive luxury to him. I have never seen him look so much at home or so happy, as when he had by his speeches thrown a large meeting into a state of per fect uproar. He seems on such occasions as if the storm were his native element. Mr. M`Neile is ;powerful platform controversialist. He not only displays indomitable courage in his conflicts with his opponents, but he is skilful in the distribution of the blows he gives his antagonist. And his blows are, moreover, what Lord Melbourne would call " heavy , blows." He gives them with a force and good-will which causes his un happy adversary to reel and stagger under them. He is ready in debate, and dexterous in turning an antagonist's weapons against himself. He is quite a theological gladiator in all his conflicts with the Church of Rome. Even " Tom Maguire" himself, as ha is familiarly termed, by friend as well as foe, even he is afraid to meet Mr. M'Neile in theo logical warfare, on a public platform. Mr. M'Neile, a few years since, sent him repeated challenges, but he declined accepting them. The reverend gentleman is a man of superior general talents. No one can have heard him open his mouth without being struck with his abilities. He is often eloquent and highly argumentative. though no man can, on occasions, be more prosy or declamatory. As a preacher he ranks high. He was very popular when in London ; and his popularity has increased since his settle ment in Liverpool. He is a special favourite with the ladies. They trooped to hear him from various parts of the metropo lis, when here ; but their numbers, in proportion to our sex, have nearly doubled since he went to Liverpool. They like him for his evangelical preaching : they admire him, per haps, for his hatred of Popery, and for the pugnacity of his disposition as a theologian ; for it is a strange fact that all pugnacious preachers are prodigious favourites with the ladies. Why this should be, is a question which is beyond the range of my philosophy to answer. I have spoken of Mr. M'Neile's moral courage; his phy sical energies must also be great. He has all the appearance of a:man of surpassing muscular power. The very aspect of his countenance bespeaks a person of great mental decision, and of unbounded confidence in his bodily strength. He is just such a person as, were a stranger meeting him in the streets, would be at once set down as a man who could, should ever the occasion arise, distinguish himself in any physical-force exhibition. No foot-pad would ever think of encountering the rev. gentleman, lest he should come off second best in the scuffle that would be sure to ensue. He has a genuine Irish expression of countenance; you would take him at once, if meeting him accidentally in the streets, to be a true " Emeralder," and but for his black coat, and rather gentlemanly appearance, there would be no small danger of your coming to the conclusion—" Ah, that is a Paddy, who has given and received many a broken head at Donnybrook fair." No one could bestow a momentary glance on the reverend gentleman without feeling the convic tion forced on his mind, that he must be a person whose element is strife, and whose happiest moments are those which are spent in the arena of warfare. But I must not anticipate my description of the personal appearance of the reverend gentleman. It is difficult to say whether he appears to greatest advantage in the pulpit or on the platform ; some prefer him in the one sphere, some in the other ; while there are many of his greatest admirers who say, that he shines equally in both, Mr. M'Neile is a most laborious man. In addition to his pastoral duties, he has always' on hand a greater or less num ber of squabbles. He is rarely engaged in less than three or four controversial quarrels at once ; sometimes he is over head and ears in twice that number. And I have often thought, in observing the way in which the reverend gentle man acquits himself, when fairly embarked in six or seven squabbles, compared with the exhibition he makes when he is only involved in half that number, that there must, after all, paradoxical as it may appear, be some truth in the position which I heard Joseph Hume gravely propound, a few weeks ago, in parliament, namely, that the more a man has to do the better he does it. Mr. M'Neilei;COnstantly engaged in newspaper warfare. If he were to collect and publish all the controversial letters he has written in the public journals, he would astound the public by the voluminousness of his writings, putting out of view scores of sermons he has published, or which have been published for him, and the many pamphlets, lectures, &c., which, at different times, have proceeded from his pen. Mr. M`Neile is a powerful and impressive speaker. He arrests the attention of his audience the moment he opens his mouth, and keeps it up to the conclusion of his speech or sermon, no matter how long. He possesses great extempo raneous resources. 'Whether in the pulpit or on the platform he is always ready both with arguments and words. His voice is sonorous and powerful; in many of its intonations there is something highly musical. His lungs are strong; his voice is stentorian enough to be heard with ease in the remotest corner of Exeter Hall—the largest public place in the kingdom. His action is not extravagant ;it is generally subdued; sometimes it is chaste. He is never motionless; he always displays more or less gesticulation. He makes a pretty free use of his body ; he keeps it in constant motion. The same may be said of his face ; at one time it turns to the right, at another to the left ; and sometimes he looks directly before him. He is listened to at all times attentively by all who hear him ; but, in addition to paying the most devoted attention to everything which escapes his lips, the ladies usually express the intense gratification with which they listen to him by an approving expression of countenance. The reverend gentleman has just concluded a course of lectures, in the &mover Square Rooms, in favour of church establishments. Though not so well attended as the course of lectures delivered in the same place, and on the same sub ject, two years ago, by Dr. Chalmers, the theological Goliath of Scotland, they have been very numerously and respectably attended. Had the room been open to ladies also, instead of being confined to gentlemen, it would, on each occasion, have been crowded to suffocation. Though unduly, in my opinion, partial to controversy, I have always regarded Mr. M‘Neile as a generous-minded man. I believe that everything he does may be traced to his convictions of right. I look upon him as a decidedly honest man in all his opinions, and as being solely influenced by a sense of duty in every course of action in which he engages. Mr. I‘l`/steile, as will be inferred from some observations I have incidentally made, is what is called a man of bone and muscle. He is above the average height, with broad shoulders, and more than the usual circumference. The conformation of his bead is striking. He has one of the largest sloping foreheads I have ever seen. He has a quick, clear eye, which is ever active•in its motions. His face inclines to the oblong shape. His complexion is slightly tinged with a cop per hue, and his hair is dark, short, and bushy. The pre vailing expression of his countenance is that of mingled reso lution and reserve. I cannot be far wrong in the supposition, that he is about forty-eight or fifty years of age. There are several inaccuracies in Mr. Grant's portrait, but our readers will be able to detect them. We may observe, however, that the course of lectures now delivering by the reverend gentleman, is, in the estimation of numbers, more numerously attended than that of Dr. Chalmers. • STATE OF TRADE. LEEDS.—The cloth markets, on Saturday and Tuesday, were certainly an improvement upon those of the preceding week ; but the prices were so low that the sellers may be said to have made no profit. Most of the mills are going short time, and hundreds of persons are out of work. In the warehouses, in the course of the present week, considerable business has been done. Wool is firmly held ; but the ten dency is downward. The result of the sales at Liverpool, yesterday, have not reached us in time for publication this week. A correspondent acquainted with the locality and the trade, writes that no material decline was anticipated. BRADFORD MARKET. —There was not the last symptom of improvement in this market on Thursday last. The business done in every department was very limited. The prices of stuff goods tend downwards, and few buyers. Wool of al hTi, c b r n , o. h T most every.descripti on i s p l ent i fully adequate to the demand, variationand aed ll i t y iO a ti r n O slo f v, tshose.Lppre Aircien ic may t f which gAro .c ontinuesAqßuoc ted. stationery There ri ?0.--There . WAKEFIELD n i no hitherto no favourable change in the demand for wools, either combing or clothing; but, in consequence of the firm ness of farmers, and the lightness of stocks at market on sale, prices are without variation. In the MARKET FOR METALS no change in value has oc curred, and there have been no public sales of East India tin. British Iron is accumulating in stock, and the quotation of £9 for bar is with difficulty maintained. BIRMINGIIAM•—We are sorry to learn, that th e state of trade in this town still continues most deplorable. • Our de pendence is almost exclusively on the American mar k et ; and from America come neither money nor orders ; or if the latter do come, they are such as very few will or can execute. The complaints of the manufacturers and merchants are uni versal. The men are very badly off ; and we fear the sad, system of pawning their little property, to preserve them e as it was two from starving, is now going on as extensively years ago. The smaller dealers continue to credit, as they always do in such cases, and will are checked do so until they by the whole sa l e d ea l ers , w hich they must be ere long. But for this it is fe are d there wou ld have been a much gre ater call upon the funds of the parish.—Birminghass Advertiser. THE RUSSIAN EXPEDITION AGAINST CHIVA. A Russian officer attached to the expedition against Chiva, writes to the Breslau Gazette from the camp at Emba, on January 17, a letter, from which we take the following ex tracts : " Small detachments have been posted on the steppes at two points, one 315 and the other 428 miles from the Rus sian frontier. Each of these is well fortified, and is a dep6t for provisions and forage. At about 225 miles from the last, which is called Ak Bulak, rises the plateau of the moun tains which separate the Caspian Sea from Lake Aral, and border the western shore of the lake with a girdle of rocks 700 feet high. nearly perpendicular, and accessible only in a few places. Springs are to be found only at a distance from each other of 270. miles •, affording to the traveller and his camels but a scanty supply of water, and that brackish. It is from the southern side only that one can descend into the Oasis of Chive, which is fertile and diversified with habita tions and water-courses. The little time we had before us, and the difficulty of procuring necessaries in this frightful de sert admitted of the equipment of only a comparatively in considerable corps, and the more so as, on account of the want of water, the expedition could only be undertaken in the winter. The troops therefore have been compelled to provide themselves with numerous articles, besides fuel, which they might have dispensed with at a different season. They have requited 10,000 camels for the purpose of enabling them to transport the provisions and ammunition. Our con voy, when on its march, occupies a space of 500 paces in length by 250 in breadth. The infantry and artillery march at the head, followed by the train. When they reach a de file the infantry occupies the most commanding points, while the cavalry keeps order among the Khirghis, who lead the camels. It is a singular spectacle to see this mass from a distance, commencing its march at the first dawn of day. In general, six or eight camels are attached in a string, each fastened by the nose.. The treatment of these useful animals is one of our greatest cares. At two o'clock every afternoon we make a halt for the purpose of allowing them and our horses to graze, and notwithstanding the depth of the snow, they find an abundance of pasture underneath it. After bringing in the camels the Khirghis clear away the snow around their huts, and spread blankets for these and the other beasts of burden to lie upon, for one night passed on the snow would render them unserviceable. While this is doing, other men are cutting rushes which make excellent fuel. If they find none they must make use of the wood supplied for cooking, or bivouac the night through without fire. Crider all circum stances, however, the attention paid to the comforts of the troops is excellent. Soup is given out to the men morning and evening, and, when it is extremely cold, a drink made of honey, seasoned with pepper and other spices ; noris brandy spared. We make no other halt than that which I have mentioned ; but the soldiers in turn are allowed to mount the camels, and when on their backs produce a picturesque effect. Still, the difficulties we have to overcome are un paralleled. Imagine us on this painfnl march, encumbered with a burdensome mass of clothing, over a trackless waste, covered with a thick coat of snow. Conceive our feelings when the reveillee sounds at two in the morning, and our pain in having to load the camels while our limbs are stiff with cold. During some days since the thermometer has been as low as 34 degrees below zero of Reaumur, 45 below the zero point of Fahrenheit, and never has been higher than 12 below zero, R., or 5 degrees above zero, F. But it is from the snow-drifts that we suffer most. They come with a vio lence unknown in Europe, and seem to be sent to sweep all intruders from the face of the land. When we reflect that our men have, for upwards of two months, had no prospect but an arid and virgin soil, their moral and physical courage cannot be sufficiently admired. Not only has the number of our sick been very small, but not one of our men has been frost-bitten, and, when our tents are pitched, our soldiers become full of life and gaiety, and sing the joyous airs of their native country. Whatever may be the issue of this expedi tion, its conquest over the unexampled obstacles of such a march of 900 miles will be cited as one of the most glorious military feats of ancient and modern times. Our correspon dence with Oremburg is carried on by the Khirgis, who tra vel between 60 and 80 miles a-day, going singly or at most in couples, using alternately two or three horses. They traverse the desert in the most frightful weather, braving the wolves, and the still more savage brigands. As they can carry no fuel with them, they make a shelter for themselves at night by forming cavities in the snow. Their only food is a species of cheese made of sheep's milk, which is very hard and in small quantities. The view of the steppes by which we are surrounded is sombre and monotonous in the extreme. Here and there, near the streams, are to be seen some mountains totally bare, and on the plains a few scattered tufts of dwarf ish alders or willows. Here it is that we have killed a few wild boars ; the only other animals to be found on the steppes are foxes, beavers, badgers, and marmots, or mountain rats, and whole legions of mice. White partridges, and a non descript species of larks are the only birds which people the air of this inhospitable region." THE SLAVE TRADE IN THE UNITED STATES. In the New York papers last received, some particulars, at once extraordinary and appalling, are given of the extent to which the trade in slaves has been carried in the state of Mississippi for several years past, and which in its conse quences has been the chief cause of the prostration of all property, and also, of monetary and commercial dis organisation the most unexampled in the state itself, as well as ultimately of loss or ruin to the nefarious slave breeders, speculators, and importers from Kentucky, Virginia, Ten nessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Missouri, and Maryland, by whom the detestable traffic and import into Mississippi was carried on. Towards the close of 1833 seve ral thousand slaves taken into that state met with so profit able a sale that numbers of other speculators were tempted to enter into the trade. The effect was that the import next year was tripled, and large profits still realised in bills on New Orleans, at fotir months' date. In 1835, the number carried to Mississippi quadrupled that of any former year, and the competition of supply being thus greater, the dealers were glad to give twelve to fifteen months credit, adding ten per cent. interest ; but prices advanced with credit, from 700 to 1000 dollars per head, and at the close of the sales to 1200 dollars on the average, at which, tempted by the credit, planters bought liberally for long drafts on New Orleans. So encouraged, the speculators became more reckless and enter prising still. But a fall took place of which this is the de scription. " The fall of 1830 is a time long to be remem bered. All the highways to Mississippi became lined —yea, literally crowded with slaves. When they arrived, the im mense number (swelling the rise of 40,000), made the callous hearts of all the traders ache." They " pitched their tents all over the country," and the winter of 1837 approached before they could find customers. At length they advertised sales at one and two years credit on New Orleans, adding 10 per cent interest, and planters again bought largely, at prices ranging from 1200 to 1800 dollars per bead. Nearly all the bills of 183$ and 1836 were protested at maturity for non mment, and so also those of 1837. The slave population of Mississippi was thus increased in three years from 70,000 to 160,000, at an average cost of 1000 dollars each. The aggre gate debt thus incurred for slaves in three years is stated at 90,000,000 dollars. The high prices of cotton, which have since acted so disastrously upon the cotton manufacture of this country, induced the planter to devote all Isis energies, credit, and capital to the cultivation of that article, and he ceased to raise his own corn and pork as usual, whilst he had to " purchase more mules, horses, ploughs, and open more lands," &c. by which he came under advances to merchants and bankers. The upshot was, bankers, and merchants, and the courts of law were so crowded with suits that judgments were long delayed. At length, however, executions issued; but little or nothing was to be found to satisfy process. So merchants failed as wellas planters, and the double fall crush ed the banks. In the midst of all this, it is said, " the negro traders stood by with cold indifference, and beheld towns de populated, and large plantation after plantation laid waste, growing up with thorns and briars, without feeling one pang of remorse for the ruin and wretchedness they had brought upon the country, laughing at their own safety and security.'? They had got mortgages upon the properties upon the plan tations, and hugged themselves with being all right amidst the universal ruin. But the case has been changed by a late decision of the federal court, held at Jackson. It was ruled by the judges that, according to the "amended constitution" of Mississippi, in 1832, all contracts for slaves, since May, 1833, are made null and void, the constitution forbidding the introduction of slaves for sale." Two thirds of the debts for slaves have been incurred since 1833. The mortgages to the negro traders are therefore, now at an end ; and the scarcely less criminal planters are redeemed by the robbery of the slave dealers from millions of hopeless " indebtedness, consoling themselves, doubtless, with the justificatory plea of rogue against rogue in such cases. The result may be hailed by the toils of their own infamy, however the co-part ners in guilt may have escaped. The position of Mississippi financially and industrially would, it was anticipated, be great ly ameliorated by this unlooked-for decision. 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.rn. First Class, joins Loudon Train at 8 30 a.m. 6 a.m. Mixed 8 15 a.m. First Class 10 30 a.m. First Class 12 15 p.m. First class 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class ~ 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.in. 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 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed 11 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 p.m. „ 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 243 pan. „ The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. „ 12 LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. FROM OPOOL TO MANCrIESTER. First Class Second Class - Morning .. 7 0 Morning 8 45 „ .. 10 0 FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 90 „ .. 10 0 „ 13 „ ..11 45 ~ 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. s 0 ~ • • 5 30 r• 7 is Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I his Train does not start tilj Three. ;NDAYS• First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside, f AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 • • ~ 2 45 Aftern. ..Second Class .. Mixed 7 , 15 .. First Class NnAvs. 7 0 Morning Mixed 5 30 Afternoon 11. TON. I 1 0 „ 11 45 ~ 2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 4 45 „ .. 5 30 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & I'rkside I * Except on Saturdays, when tt ON SC First Class Second Class 8 0 Toning.. 7 o Morning 5 0 Aftcrn. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed top only at Newton & Prkside I TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 2 30 Aftcrn. .. Second Class 4 45 .. Mired 7 15 .. First Class ON SU 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon .. „ TO B FROM LIVERPOOL. 5 45 Morning.... First Class 12 0 1 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 8 30 FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 •••• 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 • • • • ~ qnAys. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. , o , FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second' Class 10 0 ~ •• • • t/ 11 45 „ 2 45 Afternoon .. 0 30 ~ •••• 99 VDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... S'econd Class 5 30 Afternoon.. OltN GAP. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 •••• 5 30 Afternoon .. NDAYS. 7 0 Morning.— Second Class 5 30.. Afternoon „ ON sin 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. TO ST. F. PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 10 f .. _. 11 45 Of 2 30 Afternoon .. II 5 30 IP ON SU.) 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. ft TO RUNCI PROM LIVERPOOL. '7 15 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 19 5 30 Afterno on .. oN su 7 0 Morning.... Second Class I 5 30 Afternoon .. It is reported that Don Aliguel agrees to renounce his pre.:. tensions to the throne of Portugal. and, if he can, get a good round pension. 3'bipping Entrllignur. FRIDAY, blanch 20.—Wind N.N.W. A v Reliance, —, from Ceara; sailed 14th Jan .—An n, Brown, from Berbice—Grace, Reid, from Charleston—David, Adair, from Maracaibo—Mary, —, from Trieste—Lord Cochrane, , fromPernambuco—Norman, ' from Jamaica—Cor dova, Owen, from New Orleans—Chicora, Halsey, from Charles ton ; sailed Feb.—Supply, —, from Marseilles—Concord, Cobb, from Cork—Cheviot, —; Lightfoot, —; Java, , and Leonard Dibdin, —, from Dublin. SAILED.—South America, Bailey, for New York—Howard, Mills, for Savannah—and Venilia, Kranenburg, for Rotterdam. Caspian, Patten, from Philadelphia, oft the port Sheridan, De Peyster, hence for New York, was off Ttistar on the Isth instant, at 5 p.m. Elizabeth. Brower; Concordia, Zeevan ; Anna Agatha, Berghius ; Harmony, Schaheling; Lendraght, Lumen, and Zeemeiew, Noord hoop, hence at Helvoet Augusta, Snow. front" New' Orleans for Liverpool, at the Cove. On the 11th instant, in long. 13 30, spoke the Leander, from St. John, N.B. to Liverpool, short of provisions Duchess of Kent, -, hence for New South Wales, was spoken in lat. 11, long. 40 Adveniure, - --, hence for Santa Martha, was spoken 26th ult, in lat. 47, long. 20 Pickwick, Splatt, from Rio Janeiro, at Bahia Brooke, Bleasdale, from Monte Video, ditto St. George, Sbire, and Agnes, Cobb, from Pernambuco, ditto Gazelle, Chrichton, hence at ditto Mathew Plummer, Thursby, from Rio Janeiro, at Pernambuco Gipsey, Shotten, hence at Gironde Henrease Mario, Moffat, hence at Bourdeaux Amelie, Brunett, hence at Rochelle Egide, Steine ; Meteore. Derniere ; Eleonore, Halwyk ; Auguste, Le Jaghere, and Pauline, Schuyenberg, hence at Ostend Leopold Ist, Garling, hence at Antwerp SATURDAY. MARCH 21.—Wind N.N.W. ARRIVED.—EIIen Highfield. Doughty. from Ancona—Fanny Palmer. Hastie, from Smyrna—John Black, Churchward, from . Odessa—and Endeavour. —. from Drogheda. SAILED.—Queed, Seal, for St. Michael—Venus, M'Donald, for Lima—Nova Born Pim, Mesquite, for Lisbon—Phoenix, Evans, for Halifax—Admiral Benbow, Bruce, ditto—and Urgent, Fleming, for Batavia, &c. Ann Paley, Willianis, from Leghorn, at Cork, in 17 days Cicely, -, from Cadiz for Newfoundland, at Crookhaven, with damage, out 62 days Plym, Davies, sailed from Constantinople for Leghorn 25th Feb. Marie Antoinette, Ocket, hence at Antwerp Akro, Trew, hence at Antwerp Isabella, Demster, hence at Helvoet Vrow Henriettc, Klie, hence at Bridle Elise, Heldt, hence Off Pillau HARLINGEN, March 16.—Sophia, Lindgard, fromißahia for Ham burg, was stranded 14th March, near Vile, and is expected to be come a wreck : crew saved SUNDAY, MARCH 22.—Wind W.N.W. fresh, ARRlVED.—Benjaniin Morgan. Johnson, from Charleston—St. Mark. Varnum, from Savannah—Susquehanna, Miercken, from Philadelphia—Pyrenees, —, from Gergenti—Wm. Fawcett, (steamer) from Havre—Prince Albert, Gibson, from Scilly—Old Tom, —, from Jersey. Sarah Birkett. Atkins,from Laguna; sailed 30th Jan. in company with the Lucretia, of Liverpool, for Cork; for orders. Left loading the Lerwick, Catherine, and Bleng, to sail in about three weeks, and the Majestic in 14 days. Also, in port the Amelia, Thalestris, Salhs, British Queen, Spinster, Celt, Sirius. Alice Jane, and Chan (Poe, waiting for cargoes. The Superb and Hannah Grayson, were going t- leave to look for freight. Marge •et, Dowther, from Sierra Leone for Liverpool, at Kinsale, leaky, aid mainyard sprung. On 25th Feb. in lat. 52, long. 15, spoke the Java, from Manilla for Cork Castries, Beazley, hence at Berhice St. George, - , hence at Trinidad Robert, Lawson, hence at Dominica Irish Lass. Grandy, and Mersey, Clark, hence at Jamaica Countess Dunmore, sailed from Jamaica 14th Jan. for the . Cape of Good Hope; and DorotheaJsth Jan. for Mobile Yarmouth, Forsythe, from Venice, at Ancona Thomas Leech, Jolly, sailed from Ancona for Trieste 10th March Mischief, Jones, sailed from Messina for Palermo and Liverpool, 27th March Jane, Williamson, hence at Charente Elize. Heldt, hence at Pillau Medea, Bleckhert, hence for Memel, at Swinemunde Scotch Lass, Kearney, and Alea, Tiernan, hence at Hamburg Brilliant, Irlam, and Josephine, hence at Barbadoes Russia, -, from New Orleans, off Kinsale Tartar, of Sunderland, was seen Bth March, in lat. 51, long. 23, dismasted and abandoned, by the Benjamin Morgan Wm. Rathbone, -, from Africa for Liverpool, was spoken 11th March, in lat. 50. long. 14 Clipper, -, sailed from Bideford for Constantinople 19th March La Belle Barberie, hence for Halifax, at Holyhead, with loss of foremast and maintopmast THIRSTED, March 13.—A Prussian Brig, name unknown, from Liverpool, laden with salt, is on shore between this place and Hjoring - ANriovA, Jan. 26.—The Liffey, France, from Liverpool for the Spanish Main, rani on the reef north of Long Island, yesterday, and bilged. Vessels have gone off to save the cargo MONDAY, MARCH 23. ARRIVED.—Martha Harrison, , from Newfoundland—Pa triot, Alexander, from Marseilles—Trinidad Packet, Griffiths, from Loudon—Marys, Brany, and Teasdale, Sterling, from Licata— Leander, , from St. John, N.B. SAIL/M.—Monongahela, Tinley, for Philadelphia—Erin, Maine, for Trinidad—Huran, Paine, for Portsmouth, U.S. and New York Sherbrooke, O'Bryen, for Mobile—Harriet, Searle, for Malta and Alexandria—and Constant, Van Schie, for Antwerp. Garrick, Palmer, from New York, at this port j sailed 25th Feb. On 18th instant, off Cape Clear, spoke the Alexander Grant, from Savannah to Liverpool, and Sheridan, hence to New York Merrimark, Pike, from Mobile, at this port ; sailed 1 nth Feb. On 29th in long. 43, saw a packet ship, with a black ball in her fore topsz...l, standing to the westward. On 21st instant, off Tuskar, spoke the South America, hence for New York The steamer Argyle, hence at Madeira in 11 days. Westchester, Ferris, hence at New York 23rd Feb. Duchess d'Orleans, . from Havre, at New York 25th Feb. with dates from London to the 4th and Havre 9th Jan. Wm. Rathbone, —, from Africa, off the Cove 20th instant Mary Muir, Payne, from Newcastle, at Chaleston Hesperus, Kelley, from St. Andrew's, at Jamaica Samuel, Jameson, hence at Mobile Madison. , and James Hunt, —, hence at Virginia Josephine, . hence at Mobile Jronside, (iron ship) hence for Texas. off Jamaica 2nd Feb. Lucretia, , sailed from Laguira for Cork 30th Jan. Lloyds, Blandford, from Licati for Liverpool, off the Cove Despatch, , hence for St. Domingo, do Unido, Pamphlona ; J.uiza, Elliott; Virginia, Brysen, and Pen. samento Felix, Salitre, hence at Lisbon Vixen, Scott, sailed from Lisbon 10th March, and Hirondelle, Ox ley, 14th March, both for Liverpool LISIION, March 16.—A large 'British Ship, name unknown, is coping in leaky _ Nm Rushton, Baffen, sailed from Oporto for Liverpool II th March Robert James Haynes, ; Achiever, , and Adelgunde, —, hence at St. Thomas Sirius, Croal, from DeMerara, at Laguna Celt. Greg, and Amelia, Jedkens, from Barbadoes, ditto Majestic, Rowland; Chandos, —; Superb, Newlands, and Hannah, Grayson, from Jamaica, ditto Salus, Turner, from Tampico, ditto British Queen, Nicklejohn ; Spinster, Colquhoun, and Alice Jane, Bleasdale, from Vera Cruz, ditto Holyhead, March 22.-4 p.m. wind N.N.W. strong breeze. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. MARCH 20. The change of wind has brought forward the accumulation of several weeks' import, and the disposition to effect sales being very general. the market has been heavy, at a decline of id qs , lb for the better qualities, and id le , lb for the middling and ordinary descrip tions of American, which constitute a large proportion of the late arrivals, Brazil is without alteration, and Surat, if any thing, is rather higher. Speculators have taken 1200 hales of American, and the business for export consists of 850 bales of American. 500 Sea Island are declared for auction next Friday. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the 13th instant to this day, inclusive. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, ke. Caledonia, J Bateson, jun. 112 Cape of Good Hope, a a_ 13ate . soh & Horsfall Leonard Dobbin. W Carpenter, 611 Bombay, W & J Tyrer WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Sisters, H Short. 141 Nassau, N.P. Claypole & Son Jenny, It Bouack, 195 Montego Bay, Jamaica, Jones, Mann & Co • SOUTH AME . RICA.• Astrea, P E Lc Couteur, 150 Vera Cruz, W & J Tyrer Isabel, J Greve, 215 Valparaiso, Imrie & Tomlinson Garyone, J C Dixon, 155 Rio Janeiro, Cotesworth & Wynne UNITED STATES. New Brunswick, J Moulson, 414 New York, Boyes, Burrell &Co Solon, G Buckman, 522 Savannah, Baring Brothers & Co Margaret Forbes, J B Eing, 295 New Orleans, Baring Brothers & Co Vistula, J Sulivan, 395 New Orleans, J 11 Schroder & Co Queen' Victoria, W Thompson,l67 New Orleans, G Brown &Co Republic, J Thompson, 676 New York, J Maury & Sons Hilah, E Hammond, 379 New York, W Stuart Meridian, F Williams,. 398 New York, Wiides, Pickersgill & Co Fairfield, W L Lyon, 615 New York, G Brown & Co Sdotland, W Robinson, 645 New York, G Brown & Co Rochester, P Woodhouse, 845 New York, Galt, Barff & Co Monongahela, E Tinley, - 488 Philadelphia, Brown, Shipley &Co BRITISH AMERICA. Enterprise, e Boyes, 449 St. John, N.B. Boyes; Burrell & Co Rebecca, F J Drake, 251 St. John, N.B. Gibbs, Bright & Co Loyalist, B Skinner, 171 Pictou, N.S. Cannon, Miller & Co Scotland, A Black, 937 Quebec, D Gibb Jane, J Hudson, Newfoundland, J G Oughterson Lightfoot, H Pearce, 252 Newfoundland, W Tarbet George H. Harrison. W W Boig, 135 St, John, Ntid, Job Brothers Britannia, R Oliver, 322 Halifax, N.S. - H Cram Thomas Worthington, Wakeham, 4gB Quebec, J Froste &Co Branches, Gray, 452 St. John, N.B. . G B Brown EUROPE. . Lady Basset, J Carthew, log Venice, M'Nair & Dutton Anna Itlargartha, H Nieman, 150 Rostock, Bohr, Bahrend &Co Melanira, W Sampson, 105 Gibraltar, W H Wood Union, H Stains, 150 Hambro', Bahr, Behrend &Co Jonge Louis, 51 Mulder, 70 Stettin, Bahr, Behrend & Co Henry & Elizabeth, F Shaul, 196 Elsinore, Bahr, Behrend &Co Henriette, J Divaux, 91 Antwerp, J Johnstone Louise, F Rooms, 111 Antwerp, Bahr, Behrend &Co Snowdrop, K Nicholls, 104 Beirout and Alexandretta J Moss & Co Heinrich 111, B Soderberg, 150 Elsinore and Wismar, Bahr, Behrcnd & Co Prices puid IMPORTS SALES OF THE WERE. in the week. This Wk. this year 160 Sea Island l3de 21d 60 Stained , 4770 Bowed Georgia { Mobile • 5g 64 1900 Alabama and Tennessee 5k 51 43480 139897 10000 New Orleans 37" A f Pernambuco & Paraiba Si —9k I 1621 5213 1 Aricati and Ceara — 81 560 Bahia and Maceio 300 i Maranham .. .. 1 3 25 1 Sawginned Minas Para 20 Demerara, Surinam, &c Si .... 102 410 !Egyptian Barbados i Peruvian • Bahama — _ 1 10 , Laguayra — 8 40 Common West India, &c — 7i ). k l 9 1878 110 Carthagena S 5k i Smyrna . — _ ' Manilla 1430 Surat 4 5,i -3- M a d ras — 5 i 1 2323 1 11893 i Bengal - .... 557 i 20170 bales . i 66223 276293 LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAy, MARCH 20. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Sindry and R. L. Leckie, Bombay, merchants—T. Kirby, jam• and R. Scott, Liverpool, ship-brokers—J. Holladay and D. Newland, Oldham, Lancashire, cotton-spinners. INSOLVENTS. March 19.—Samuel Chappell, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside, Lon don, butcher. William John Huetson, Tyson-place, Kingsland-road. London, pawnbroker. 20.—Robert Scampton, Coventry, grocer. Simon Woods, Adelaide-place, King William-street, London, wine-merchant. BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Samuel Beckett and John Beckett, Audlem, Cheshire, drapers. BANKRUPTS. William Robertson, Liverpool, drysalter, to surrender April 1. May 1, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors. Messrs. Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, Temple, London ; and Messrs. Higson and Son, Manchester. John Brown, Bunhill.row, London, silk and riband-warehouse. man. Edward Underhill and Joseph Slater, Watling-street, London, warehousemen. William Edington, North Audley-street, London, jeweller. Joseph James SMith, Gate-street, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London, bookbinder. William Augustus Wilson, Wapping-wall, London, ship biscuit baker. William Yates, Maidstone, licensed-victualler. Griffith Davies, Carnarvon, draper. Thomas W'Burnie and David M'Burnie, Huddersfield, dyers. Richard Driver, Manchester, commission-agent. Joseph Horatio Butterworth, Manchester, stuff-merchant. Edward Hesketh, Hulme, Lancashire, victualler. Thomas Payne, Warminster, Wiltshire. Thomas Price, jun. Campden, Gloucestershire. corn-dealer. • William Kinder, Mottram, Cheshire, cotton-spinner. John Cutts, Manchester, machine-maker. Adolphus Krauss, Salford, manufacturer. Joseph Bell, Greensfield, Northumberland, shipowner. Samuel Cartwright, Great Bolton, Lancashire, ironmonger. William Denman, Carnarvon, innkeerer. Thomas Mathers, Canterbury, news-agent. • David Little and David Chalmers, Great Yarmouth. tea-deign'''. DIVIDENDS. _ April 16, S. Lenox, Liverpool, sailmaker—April 11, T. E. Golborul and A. A. Dobbs, Liverpool, merchants—April 11, E. Wilson, Sweet ing's-alley, Cornhill, London, bookseller—April 11, E. Hunmhryll• High-street, Lambeth, engineer—April 11, W. Rose, Dover-street, Piccadilly, London, hotel-keeper—April 11, J. Gardner, New Church street, Lisson-grove, victualler—April 11, R. Bunt, Sandling„ Kent, paper-manufacturer—April 11, J. Miles, Old-street -road, Loudon, oilman—April 10, J. C. Starkey, W. Starkey, and W. Whiteside, Little Pulteney.strcet, London, brewers—April 10, W. P. Lauder, Sloane-street, Chelsea, surgeon—April 13, J. W. Llewellyn, C,,w cross-street, West Smithfield, London, iron-founder—April 19. W. Townshend and W. Brown, Cheap Side, London, warehousemen. and J. Wilks, Watling-street, London, Irish linen-warehousetnan— April 13, C. Mould, Newgate-street, London, cheeseinonger—April 22, F. Robinson, Coventay,riband-manufacturer—April INS. Wood, Manchester, merchant—April 14, T. Hart, Bognor, Stiffen, ion keeper-,-;April 13, J. Nutter and J. Nutter, Cambridge.- corn-mer chants—April 11, T. Brunt, Bank Top, Cheshire, traveller—April 13, J. Peerman, Christchurch, Southampton, brewer-wAptil 24, J. Tin-- worth, Brindle, Lancashire, calico-printer—April 11, J. Nuttall. Manchester, grocer—May 1, J. A. Ewan, Preston, linen-draper- - April 17. B. Brice,' Bristol, cabinet-maker—April 114. J. Willis, Liver pool, merchant. CERTIFICATES . To be granted unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or befoi• April li'. • E. Taylor, Liverpool, drysalter—F. Jordan, Liverpool. merchar • —T. Smith, Goswell-street, London, grocer-S. Wood, Northam) • ton, ironmonger —B. Kewell, Vauxhall Bridge road, tondo , • Staffordshire-warehouseman—E. Carven, Nantwich, Cheskiii • banker—C. Irving, Crane court, Fleet-street, London, publishe. 1. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. Richard Weston and .John Weston, Edinburgh, booksellers. John Sidey, Edinburgh, merchant. Archibald Cameron, Newton of /deems, victualler. . William Liddle, sen. and William Liddle, jun. liatligate, wi el. spinners. Alexander Peterkin, Edinburgh, publishers. Henry Hoey and Co. Glasgow, distillers. PRICES OF SHARES, MARCH 23. Prices. This day L allt RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. ft as. Birmingham and Gloucester BO paid 65 0 o .... Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh lOO paid 61 0 0 .... • Bolton and Preston Bristol and Exeter 25 .... .... Chester and Crewe 4O .... 44 5 0 .... 4 4, 5 0 Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow - • Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid 3 5 0 .... Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 17 paid 16 2 6 .... Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar 1 30 paid 30 0 0 .... , Greenock; and Ayr Grand Junction Ditto half shares Great Western tis .... 67 0 0.. ~ Ditto new shares... . 30 .... 31 15 0.. .31 0 0 Hull and Selby 35 paid 26 15 0.. ;. Lancaster and Preston 42 10 0 0 0 0 . .. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shltres Ditto half shares ... London and Birmin sham 9O .... 154 00 ...„ Ditto new shares .. 4 3 10 0 Ditto quarter sh: tres Ditto and South unpton 5O • 38 1 7 i ... 41 10 0 Ditto & Brighton ... London and Croydo n .... Leeds and Manches to 6O .... 70 10 ' 0 .... Ditto half shares Leicester and Swan aington 5O .... 71 f ) 0 .... Ditto, (ne w) .... • Manchester, Boltoi i, & Bury .5 0 .... Manchester and Bi rmingliam. Ditto and Ditto EXtension Midland Counties . lOO .... s 410 0 .... Newcastle and Car lisle lOO .... .... Ditto quarter slip tea .. . . .. North Midland : New North Midlai Id lO .... 1 115 a .... 19 3 e South Eastern and Dover North Union St. Helen's and RI =on' Gap lOO paid 0 0 0 .... York and North 111 idland 4O paid 5 115 0 .... Great North of En gland IL INKS. • Royal Bank of Liv upool 500 . . 71 i 5 0 yexdiv 6 Bank of Liverpool - - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... Yl7 15 0., . , . • - Liverp00l U: lion - Northern an it Central - Albion . - North and St ;nth %Vales lO .... 77 6 .... - of Mancliest, rir - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... 9 17 6.. . ' - South Lanca shire - 7 10s. : 6 7 6 .... Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank ' lO .... 'l5 17 6 .... • Commercial Bank t a England.. 5 .... 314 6„ .. East of England ' lO .... -7 17 6 .... Phoenix Bank Wilts and Dorset.. - 7 los. 7 li 6 .... GAS, W ATER WORKS ; &c. : Exchange Building 0 £loo paid. 164 0 0 .... L'pool and Harrink on Water } 3:.;0 .... 475 0 0 . • Works , Bootle Ditto Stock...... 325 0 0-. : . L'pool Coal Gas Cc hipany StqCk... - 370 0 0 ..-... - L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. Xl OO .... /91 0 0 .... Ditto new shares are now paid up. - ASSUR: ,NCE COMPANIES.. Liverpool Marine 'Assurance 1 • , Company . 125 yam. 210 0 .... Ocean Assurance C ompany.... 10 ..... 93 0 .... Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 1126 ex div. 113 • DOCKS, FERRI ES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l3 .... 9 7 0 .... Woodside Ferry .. Egremout Ferry . .... Rock Ferry . Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Compan y lO . . 7 2 6 ...". • Harrington Docks. Apothecaries' Corm any Asplialte (Liverpool 1 (Poloncean ) 2 .... 0 15 0 .... . imports. WEST INDPES AND MADEIRA. Ann, (208) J Brown, from Berbice, 105 hhds 31 tces sugar, 26 hhds 61 puns rum, 59 puns 4 hhds molasses, H Semple and co-20 hhds sugar, N Waterhouse and Son-16 do, J Crosthwaite and co-3 spars, for exportation—W D Norman, (143) G W Bond, from Jamaica, 30 logs mahogany, 100 tons logwood, 1000 lyncewood spars, B Yates and co—Q D SOUTH AMERICA. Lima, (179) E Newby, from Paraiba, 500 dry hides, 350 bags 30 cases sugar, 500 bags cotton, Hadfield, Braga and co-242 do, order —PI) John Brooks, (180) A Nicol, from Puerto Cabello, 120 bales 397 serons cotton, 186 serons 108 bags indigo, 9 bales 225 bags orchella weed, about 100 tons copper ore, 20 tons lignumvita% 20 tons divi divi, Ackers, Greenshields and co-1 truss contents unknown, A \V Powles and co-1 box do, T B Barclay—P D Sir Henry Parnell, (209) 1) Airth, from Monte Video, 5387 salted hides, C Holland-3004 dry do, J Anderson and co-95 casks tallow, C Holland-41 do, R Edwards-35 tons bones, 2 tons horns, C Hol land-19 bales neutria skins, order-35 bales wool, G Beley-2 trunks books, Gordon, Kemsley and co-1 skin, the master—Cg D Eve, (184) W J Marshall, from Monte Video, 28 casks tallow, J Anderson and co-31 do, R Edwards-29 do, C Holland-6 bales hair, G Beley-8 do, order-8 do, R Best end co-40 bales wool, G Beley-5879 salted hides, 16 tons bones, 16,000 horns, C Holland— P D Reliance, (179) J R Dunley, from Ceara, 155 bags cottou, Had field, Braga and co-203 do, order-170 dry and 700 wet salted hides, Hadfield, Braga and co-1726 dry hides, 71 bags coffee, order —lO do, Hadfield, Braga and co—about 80 tons rustic, 4i tons violet wood, 4ic old copper, 5400 ox and cow horns, 53 bags old copper coin, Hadfield, Braga and co—P D David, (144) J Adair, from Maracaibo, about 80 tons fustic. 6 tons lignumvitze, 30 tons dividivi, 1400 cokcr nuts, 464 dry ox and cow hides, 50 cans balsam capivi, W Rose and co-1 box samples, order --1 harp, R Hutton and co—P D UNITED STATE S. - - -- Globe, (391) E Oliver, from New Orleans, 999 bales cotton, C Tay lenr, Son and co-566 do, F de Lizardi and co—W D Cordova, (310) M Owen, from New Orleans, 1050 bales cotton, F Huth and co—Q D Grace, (399) 11 Reid, from Charleston, 100 brls turpentine, 800 bales cotton, order-243 bales cotton, V Poutz-11 bales cotton seed, Briggs, Acraman and co-415 brls naval stores, .1 Johnson -12 p D lanks, a quantity water cask shooks returned, exportation — W .• _ Chicora, (459) N S Rogers, from Charleston, 102 bales cotton, W Stuart-203 do, V Poutz-100 do, Baring Brothers and co--852 do, order ----- Caspian, (537) I, Patten, from Philadelphia, 2053 brls flour, C B Buchanan and co-200 do, P W Byrnes-300 do, Reyburn and Van derwoort--1500 do, order-750 do, 500 bags wheat, Fort Brothers and co-82 i 9 bushels do, 133 bales cotton, 25 bales cotton waste, Order—W D _ _ _ .. Caravan, (341) W Nichols, from New Orleans, 614 bales cotton, Baring Brothers and co-123 do, Wildes, Pickersgill and co-356 do, order-74 do, 11 More and co-25 do, Wolfe, Bishop and co-13. do, Bates, Sons and co—K D Liverpool, (642) S Davenport, from New Orleans, 1150 bales cot. ton, order-181 do, J L Lemme and co-341 do, C liner, Paulet and eO-25 do, Wolfe, Bishop and co-412 do, Melly, Prevost and co— WD Romulus, (233) S English, from Savannah, 6D3 bales cotton, order—so do, Isaac, Low and co—W D EUROPE. Henriette, (158) C Blomberg, from Marseilles, 070 qrs wheat, Sandars and Claxton—Q D Conquest, (165) J Hawkins, from Leghorn, 4100 sacks wheat, 30 boxes argols, 30 bales cotton, order—K D Mary, W Duncan, from Genoa, about 620 qrs wheat, G Claus and co-3 bales raw silk, order—S D Concord, (270) C Cobh, from Gengenti, about 500 tons sulphur, A A Gower, Nephew and co—Q D Baldassare, (300) J Rundich, from Trieste, 1400 bales cotton, T and W Earle and co—about 35 tons rough brimstone, A Ficard -60 do, Cole, Nichols and co-55 bales sheeps' wool, 13 bales waste silk, order—K D •Jeremiah, (I 19) W M'Laren, from Naples, 26 casks cream tartar, about 460 qrs linseed, 6 anchr flukes, J Macaire and co—n casks olive oil, Potter Brothers-22 bags walnuts, 31 casks and 1 tons pumice storm, order—K D liaaritets'. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, MARCH 20. The Sugar market is still very barely supplied, and as the parcels on show are held for extreme prices, the sales of B.P. are only 100 hhds. at former rates. Nothing has been done in Mauritius, and the only sale in Bengal is 300 bags damaged, at 63s to 68s 6d per cwt. The sales in Brazil Sugar are confined to 30 cases and 20 brls brown. 200 baskets Java, by public sale, brought 23s to 23s 6cl for yellow, 24s 3d for middling grey, and 27s to 27s lid for good dry white. No sales in bonded Reflned.-130 puns of Demerara Mo lasses have been sold at 34s 6cl per cwt. from the quay.—Coffee. The business done this week is confined to a public sale of Jamaica, at which 80 tees. and 30 brls were sold, at full prices for the middling and good middling descriptions, whilst the few lots of ordinary to good ordinary were barely supported ; the extreme prices paid were from 105 s for ordinary, up to 150 s for fine a few lots of the latter were bought in, and are held at 1525 per cwt. There are not 160 tees now remaining in first hands. Nothing reported in Foreign.- 40 brls Trinidad Cocoa sold at 655, and a small lot of Guayaquil at 3gs ; and 1800 bags good Bengal Ginger at 16s 6d per cwt.—No sales of Pimento, but 100 bags black Pepper have been taken at 4id per lb.—Rice. There has been every - good demand, and at a public sale on the lgth good white sold 6il per cwt. higher ; the sales are 1700 bags, at 148 6d for middling, to 15s 6d for good white Bengal. A small parcel of white Carolina sold at 365, duty paid, and 300 casks for export, at 22s per cwt in bond.—Nothing done in Rum. The great and sudden decline in Teas which has taken place at the London sales this week, has caused a similar effect here ; the only assignable reasons for the fall, are the heavy prompts falling due this and next month, and the alarm of the speculative holders at the prospect (confirmed by the last accounts from China) of sonic Teas being imported this year. The only Teas offering here at present are those of which the prompts are past due; otherwise, holders are very firm, and not inclined to sell at the present rates. A few chests Bengal Indigo have sold at Is 8d; 100 bales M 1111- jeet at 15s • 20 chests Gum Arabic at 525 , and 50 bags Stick Lac at 36s ; a small quantity of silver Cochineal at ss, and 25 boxes of Cas tor Oil at 64d.-400 tons of Nitrate of Soda have been sold (about one-half to arrive) at 18s to 185 6d per cwt.—ln Saltpetre an ex tensive business is reported, and rather advanced rates obtained for good quality. Dyewoods.—The stock of Campeachy Log - wood being small, holders are asking £l2, but this price is quite nominal ; other de scriptions without alteration ; the sales are 200 tons Jamaica. at .E 7 17$ 6d to £B, and 100 tons Honduras, at .t's per ton. No sales of Fustie worthy of notice.—The sales of Turpentine amount to :600 to 1700 brls. at lOs 10d to I Is 3d for inferior, to 125 3d for fair quality. —ln Tar there-are no sales reported.—The demand for Pot Ashes continues . tolerably steady, though not brisk ; '2OO to 300 brls. have been sold at 20$ for old, and 24s for new brand ; for 100 to 200 Lrls. Pearl Ashes 291 to 2gs 3d has been accepted, with a few trifling par cels at 2gs 6d per cwt.—Some small sales of hew American Flax seed, for sowing, have been made at 70s per hhd, but holders gene rally are asking higher rates.-1000 bags East India Linseed brought 41s per quarter.—Hides. The market continues brisk, and all de scriptions have brought full rates, but the sales of salted Monte Video are riot extensive; 14,000 East India Kips, chiefly dry salted, sold by auction at I lid to 12d for sound, gid to bid for Ist rubbed, bid to 7id for second rubbed, laid for sound brined, and 7-I,d for Ist rubbed ; also 2300 Bombay Kips and Buffaloes, damaged, at lid to 4id, and 750 dry Monte Video Ox and Cow at Sid to 104 d per lb.— Tobacco. The sales this week are about 150 hhds. of which 50 were for Ir eland. In prices there is no change to notice. The demand fLr all descriptions of Mediterranean Produce has been on a most limited scale during the week. Of Brimstone, only 100 tons are reported as sold at previous rates, with a small lot of 10 tons, received from Java, at .6'lo per ton.—Nothing worthy of enumeration has been done in Sumac, Argols, Tartar, Annatto or Persian Berries.-30 bags mixed Turkey Galls sold at 67a 6d per cwt. and a small lot of good Camatina Valonia at .t 23 per ton.—A few casks French Madder have teen sold at the quotations, but for other descriptions and Roots there has been no inquiry. —The business done in Olive Oil has been confined principally to sales of Seville from the ship, of which about 70 tuns have been disposed of at steady prices. Galipoli has become so scarce, that t 65 is paid for the supply of small orders.—No business is reported i❑ Seal Oil, but some parcels of Newfoundland Cod, to the extent of about 50 tuns, have been sold from the quay at X 36 103 per tun, at which there are no sellers fiom the warehouse.—Pale Rape Oil sells slowly at 385 to 38s 6d, and Linseed Oil at 24s 3d to 248 6d per cwt.—No improvement can be noticed in the demand for Oil of Turpentine , sales have been made at £56 los, although that price is refused by most of the Distillers ; for forward delivery some little advance would be given. —About 280 tons Palm Oil have been sold, part at £37, but chiefly at very irregular prices ; business to sonic extent has also been done for arrival, at rates which have not transpired.— Notwithstanding the improved inquiry last week for Hemp, no sales whatever appear to have taken place ; Flax is likewise dull of sale. —For Tallow a moderate demand continues, at our quotations, which have not varied during the week. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, MARCH 23. . _ To-day we have had a much shorter supply of Beef and Mutton than on this day week ; the demand was equally good, and higher prices obtained ; the best Beef Made ;d, second quality 6id to 6d ; inferior scl. The Mutton trade was brisk, the best Wethers made lid and lid ; middling and inferior 7d to 73d per lb. Number of Beasts, 867; Sheep, 3109. LIVERPOOL PROVISION' MARKET, MARcit 23. The Butter market is very sick. < Holders anxious, and disposed to take 3s to 4s per cwt. lower PriCes. Pickled Butter dull at gus. Beef much sought after, it being pretty certain that a scarcity of good heavy meat exists. Pork is also in tolerable request at very full priees. LIVERPOOL PR: CES CURRENT. As uEs Montreal, Pot 22 6G 24 3 Pearl, new 29 0 —29 3 U. States, Pot none. Pearl none. BARE, Quercit. Oak, ,t , ion 10 7 5 German 4 5 5 0 BRIMSTONE, V ton Sicily, &c l2 0 13 0 Tuscany l3 o 0 0 CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. S. d in bond 85 0 —9O 0 CLovEa•sEED, I. cwt. American, red.. none Dutch 70 0— 80 0 French & Germ.7o 0-- 80 0 COCOA, V , cu't. Trinidad 56 0— 65 0 Grenada .. • Brazil Corieriti,v , cwt in bond. Jama. triage ordinary good& tine ord.llo 0-118 0 middling l2O 0-126 0 good mid. fine mid. &c l4l 0-154 0 Dutch, triage.. ordinary 60 0-100 0 good ?''.o fine 0rd.102 0-108 0 middli4g good mid. 11(i 0-120 0 tine mid., &c. Mocha lOO 0-125 0 Ceylon Java Havana good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 St. Domingo 45 0— 48 0 Brazil 45 0— 50 0 ' Laguira 76 0— 82 0 Dvawoons, Is , ton s Logwood, Jam... 7 15— 8 0 lion. & Dorn. 7 15— 8 0 Campeachy .. 10 10— 11 0 Fustic, Span. 5 0— 5 5 Tampico 6 10— 7 0 Brazil Cuba NICARAGUA Wool). Rio de la Hache • solid rough 6 n— 7 10 small 6 10— 8 0 Lima, solid l4 0— 16 0 Barwood, Ango 8 0— 8 10 Gaboon 5 0— 6 0 Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Red San. Wood 8 0— 9 0 FLAX, V ton. Riga. P.T.K. 42 0— 45 0 P'burg, 9 head 4l 0— 42 0 Archangel 43 0— 50 0 Dutch & Flem. GALLS, yo cwt. Turkey, blue mixed 60 0— 70 0 East India 7O 0— 75 0 GINGER, 1. cat. Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 Jamaica 6O 0-120 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 17 0 GUM, 1p cat. Arabic, Turkey East India 24 0— 55 0 Barbary 45 0— 52 0 Senegal 65 0— 66 0 HEMP, V. ton 8. s. P'burg, clean 36 0— 36 10 outshot 34 10— 35 0 Riga, Rhine outshot 36 0— 36 10 Archangel 33 0— 33 10 Manilla 2B 0— 29 0 Bombay l7 0— 20 0 Jute HIDES, Ox and Cow, 1,1 , lb B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. inferior & mid. 0 7i— 0 good & prime 0 9 0 10,3 Do. salted N. Amer. salted 0 4 0 43 Brazil dry salted 0 53 0 64 Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 Q— 0 Tat Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 W. India, dry 0 53-- 0 7 salted 0 42 o 5; East India Kips, B.A. dry 0 73 0 8, Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 0 lions): Hain, v. lb. Short mixed long tails 1 5 1 10 combed INDIGO, 1; lb. in bond. Bengal. pur. & violet blue & violet blue violet, g. & fine 7 3 7 9 ord. & mid ,, 6 3 7 0 violet & cop. mixed .. 1 5 9 6 9 cop. g. & fine. 6 3 6 9 ord. & mid. 5 3 6 0 con. quality Oude 2 6 6 0 Madras Guatimala, y lb Floras Sobres 5 0— 6 3 Cortes 3 0— 4 10 Caraccas, Floras 6 6 7 0 Sobres 5 0— 6 3 Cortes LAC DYE, 1-) lb. D.T. and prime. 1 6-- 3 0 mid. to good 0 8— 1 4 ord. & inferior 0 6 0 73 MADDER ROOTS, V cwt. Smyrna Nalipoli Si Syria .. 0 0— 0 0 French 4B 0— 50 0 Gaples 44 0— 45 0 MADDeIt, ewl. s. d. s. d. Dutch, crop 70 0 —BO 0 Ombro 50 0 —65 0 Gametic l2 0 —4O 0 Mull 10 0 —3O 0 French, S.F. 42 0 —46 0 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 E.S.F 54 0 —5B 0 E.5.F.F.63 0 —7O 0 Spanish 45 0 0 0 MOLASSES, cwt. Trinidad, &c 12 6 Demerara, &c.... 3:3 6 liar & Antigua.. 35 6 -33 6 -34 6 -37 0 -15 0 MUNJEKT, 16 , cwt.. 14 0 Ott, Olive, V 252 galls. Galipoli ..t64 0 —65 Trieste 59 0 —6O Sicily s 6 0 —5B Malaga 53 0 —55 Portugal, &c 53 0 —55 Levar.;; 54 0 —5B Palm, !on 36 15 —37 Fish, 232 galls. Seal, pale - 28 0 —29 brown 24 0 —27 Cod 26 10 —27 LiNsKED e. , 1 24 6 —24 Rape, pale do. 3B 0 —3B • Turpen. 4). cwt. 55 10 —57 RICE, V , cwt Carolina, dress. 36 u —37 in 1)0116 24 0 —25 6 Bengal, ord. do 11 0 —l3 6 mid to fine l4 e —l5 u African none. Rum,v gallon, in bond. Jamaica, 12 to 16 0. 1) 4 6 4 9 stronger 4 10 b 10 choice marks 6 0 6 4 SaFFLowuit,l4 cwt. Bengal, good & fine.. .t's 0 7 10 ord. & mid Bombay SALTPETRK, cwt. S. d. s. d East India 23 0 —2B 6 South American 18 6 --I9 SHeL►. LAC, V cwt. in bond. orange 31 6 —9O 0 liver and black .. 36 0 —5O 0 SKINS, Neutria, daz 9 0 —l5 0 Chinchilli, do. .. 10 0 —25 Seal, each SI117:11AC, 1:) , cwt. Sicily Malaga Trieste . .11 0 —l3 6 . none . 8 0 8 6 •70 7 6 . J 0 —lO Verona.. Tyrolese IStioAR, cwt. B. P. MUseovado moist brown 5B 6 dry brown 60 ti good & mid 65 o— fine kv. fine 69 6—; Mauritius, dabs and moist 56 6 —5B 6 brown 6l 0 —64 0 yellow 66 0 —67 6 fine yellow 6B 0 —7O East India, Bengal ord. white 64 '0 —66 good and fine 69 6 —7O 6 extra fine 71 0 —72 0 Manilla, in bond 20 0 —23 0 Havana, do. -59 0 -63 0 -68 0 •72 0 brown yellow . . white ord. good & fine.... Brazil, in bond. brown l7 0 —2O 0 yellow 21 0 —22 white ord. 22 6 —24 0 good and fine 25 0 —2B 0 TALLOW, 19 , cut. none. do. ... do. do. P'burgh, Y.C. 5l 0 —5l I Odessa 50 0 —5O (i Archangel 4B 6 —4g 0 Buenos Ayres 44 0 —47 0 TAR, s ha, Stockholm .. Archangel .. 16 o —l6 6 .15 6 —l6 0 .13 0 —l4 0 . 0 0 0 0 Carolina - Virginia TARTAR, 13 cert. Cream of Tartar.. 73 0 —75 0 brown and yel... 50 0 —6B 0 TEA, v tb. in bond. Bohea, Canton .. Fokein Congou, com. 2 2 2 2i mid. to fine. 2 3 2 6 Twankay, coin 2 2 2 3 mid. to good 2 3 2 4 Pekoe, Orange 2 2 3 6 Campoi, corn. to good none Hyson Skin 2 0 mid. to fine 2 2 2 4 Souchong, com 2 0 1 good to fine 2 4 3 6 Pekoe, flowery 3 0 4 0 Hyson, corn. 2 B. 2 10 fine 3 0 4 0 Young Hyson 2 9 3 6 Imperial Gunpowder, good and tine TOBACCO, lb. in bond. J. River, Leaf 0 33 0 9 Stemmed 0 0 11 Kentucky Maryland I TUR3IERIC, 7,ICWt. in bo;id. Bengal 28 0 —33 0 TURPENTINE, ip) , cwt. American .. , lO 6 —l2 3 VALONIA, ton. Smyrna, picked 15 0 —23 0 Morea IW.ax, Bassi cwt. in bond. African 6 10 7 10 East India American 7 10 8 0 TELEGRAPH OFFICE, MARCH 23. • Wind at Holyhead, N.B. blowing fresh during the day. Barome ter rising. Wind N.E. blowing fresh at the North West two hours before high water. No vessels to report along the line. BIRTHS. At Chestnut-hill, e ear Keswick, the lady of Count BORIS OSSA• LINSKY, (late Miss Jackson, the great heiress,) of a son and heir• On the 13th inst. int. at Baron-hill, Anglesea, Lady IVILLIAW BULKELEY, of a so a. MARRIED. On the 2Dtl► ult. at St. Philip's Church, Mr. ALFRED HILL to Miss LETITIA BRAN DRETII. • On the 3rd instant, at Thornton Church, after a courtship of thin' teen years, Mr. JAMES GREEN, formerly foreman of the late Mr. James Dixon, of Burn -hall, Thornton, to BETTY HARDMAN. the youngest daughter of the late Mr. H. Hardman, all of Thornton. On the Isth instanl4 at /toystone, near Barnsley, by the Rev' George Fenton, vicar, the Rev. R. STOFFORTH, fourth sou of ►he late itev. Ralph Stol rortb, vicar of Bowden, to HELEN, eldest daughter of the Rev. WM. WORDSWORTH, of Monk Bretton. Yorkshire. On tLe 9th instant, at St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, Mr. JOHN_ GRIERSON, book - keeper, Dumfriesshire , to Miss CATHERINz. HUGHES, of NI anche ster. On the Igh instant, at -the Parish Church, Blackbuin, the Rev. HENRY HAWOItTH, Ilinister of Goodshaw, near Burnley, to Mina PARKINSON, of Blau !kburn. Same day, at St. F hilip's Church, by the Rev. T. S. -Bovilltcad' JAMES EI)\VARDS, I:sq. of Manchester, to JANE MOSS, WSW' ter of the late John N oss, Esq. Smedley, near Manchester. On the 21a instant, at St. Bride's Church. , Mr.. GEORGS YEADOW, only son c f Mr. Edward Meadow, Supervisor of Excise, to CAROLINE, secord daughter of the late Mr. - JOHN CARYL , both of this town. DIED. At Bremen, aged 81, the celebrated astronomer OLBERS. At Chatham, .aged 101. Mr. JAMES GRAY, tailor, a nmCireof Scotland. • At Ballyleidy, Irel:Lntl, aged 42, Mr. CHARLES PUROIE. gar" dener ; and, on the name day, his son, THOMAS PURDIE, grand son of " honest; Toni Purdie," of Abbotsford, so flatteringly notice d in the Life of Scott. At Newmarket, ag ad upwards of 100, Mrs. SOUTH, widow of M John South, jockey t tithe Prine6 of Wales. - At Topsham, ago! 103, Mrs. ANN GALLOP. She. entered into the domestic employments in her son's family till within two day's of her death. On the 10th of October last, in his 21st year, on hoard the AV Mangalore, Capt. A irey, at Horg Kong. China, THOMAS NOR TON BROAD, only son of Mr. Richard Broad, grocer, of Victoria Bridge, Salford. On the 3rd instant, aged 85 years, Mr. 'WILLIAM CROSKELL , saddler, Salford. On the yth instant, aged 63, the Rev. WILLIAM NUNN, for 0 number of years minister of St. Clement's Church, Manchester. Same day, at Dothan, Carnarvon, aged 64, Lieut..Colonet PETER JONES, of the Roy ti Marines. On the 15th instpait. aged 20, JOHN GRIFFITHS, eldest son of Mr. John Griffiths, Hill-street. On the 16th inst ant, in Mount-street, aged 54. MARY, relict of the late Mr. JOHN 'NOODBURNE, shipwright, of thik townonUCh respected by her fan illy and friends. Same day, in the 45th year of his age, JOHN JONES, Esq. iron merchant, Aigburth. Same day, aged 16, ELIZA JUDITH, third daughter of Mr. ED WARD FUR BER, Diouut Pleasant. Same day, of a:decline, aged 16, HENRY HILL , son o f M t . r• Hill, Russell-street On the 17th instant, in Peel-street, Toxteth-park, aged 4 years , ' GEORGE HA MlL'i 'ON BEATTIE, son of Mr. J. Beattie, of LondOl'•' Same day, at Dthiniaston, Salop, Lady LUCY NVHITMORE. On the isth instant, at the Queen's Ferry, BENJAMIN, son of Mr. It. NV lIITEHEID, aged 4 years and 11 months. His death ate . occasioned by the lite of a dog some weeks back, which waa in 6 " state of madness. •ti • - Same day, at Povton, in her 79th year, Mrs. REBECCA JON'' relict of the late Mr. Samuel Jones, of the above place. Same day, aged 12 years, HENRY JONES, second .son of o,` Robert Jones, Bo: tack-street. Same day, sude.enly, aged 65, Mrs. MARY M'CARTlTY, — felle t' the late Mr. Ow en M ' Carthy, and mother of Mr. William M'Carthir Copperas hill, nincla regretted by a numerous circle of friends. On the 19th inst4,nt, aged 4 years, WILLIAM; and, aged 27e" 4 " . MARY, son and d Lughter of Mr. JOHN HAMILTON. Same day, aged 50, SARAH BRIDGE, widow of the late Thomas Bridge, tailor On the 20th instant, in his 17th year, ROBERT BROW 24II ' second son of Mr. Thomas Browne, .Netherfield-road, Everton. Same day, aged 76, Mr. SAMUEL FARRER. Sante day, at his residence, Kensington, aged 92, Mr.DANIELL"' R.A. the celebratefl painter of oriental scenery. On the Slat instvnt, MARGARET WESTALL, the only daught er ; of Mr. Samuel W.tstall, plumber, Cumberland-street. The.aboY', is the third child Y. Westall has lost since the 7th of the prey eri month. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, MARCH 24,1840. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MORNI>6' BY JOSHUA FLETCHER LACE, of 88. 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