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~~~~ • '`4, ' MONS. LE DRAY, SURGEON-DENTIST, from the Firm of LE DRAY and CO., London. SCURVY in the GUMS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED. ARTIFICIAL TEETH • SUPPLIED , WITHOUT WIRES, SPRINGS, OR CLASPS. LOOSE TEETH FASTENED. And filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral Marmoraturn. Mors. LE DRAY and CO., Surgeon-Dentists, respect hilly inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liver pool and its vicinity, that they have ()pelted an Establishment permanently at No. 38, SEEL-STREET, eight doors from Berry ,-street. They continue to fill up the cavities of De cayed Teeth with their Mineral Marmoratum, without the least pain, heat, or pressure ; it is pla c ed i n t o th e cav ity i n an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, pre venting and curing the Tooth-ache, arresting all further pro gress of decay, and rendering the operation of extraction unnecessary. The Mineral not only converts a mere shell into a sound and useful tooth, but, by completely stopping up the cavity, prevents effectually that unpleasant taint of he breath which invariably accompanies a decayed tooth. Among the various disorders of the Teeth and dioi;s, there are none more destructive in their effects or more generally prevalent, than Scurvy ; and it is well known that the loss of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It affects individuals of all ages and of all constitutions, and is the primary cause of Tooth-ache and decay. To those so affected, Mons. LE DRAY and Co. have to inform them, that they can effectually remove this destructive complaint by a single application, without the slightest pain. Artificial and Natural Teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or giving any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, an swering all the purposes of Mastication and Articulation, remaining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility,— at the following Paris charges : A single Artificial Tooth A complete Set. . A complete Set of Natural Teeth, on fine gold plate An entire Set of Natural or 'Ferro Metal lic Teeth, highly finished, in the fiat style, with fine gold sockets, usably charged 40 guineas Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age, disease, or mercury, and deficiencies of palate effectually remedied. Artificial Teeth out of repair, remodelled to fit the mouth, and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original state. Attendance from Nine till Seven, and on Sundays from till Two: For the convenience of country patients, Monsieur LE DRAY and Co. are enabled to fix a partial or complete set of Teeth at one sitting, without the least pain or incon venience. £0 10 0 5 5 0 A1.•••••14...v • Av. 70, Seed-street . , Eight Doors from Berry-street, Liverpool. T HE celebrated Cordial BALM of SYRIACUM, or NATURE'S GRAND RESTORATIVE. There is nothing more remarkable in the social habits of the present day, and more particularly in those of the past century, than a general disregard to the maxims of prudence in regard to health and enjoi mint. Hence the vast multi tudes who, having acquired ti e p Irtion of an enfeebled con stitution, are doomed to the c.t es 3f habitual invalids. Their minds anxious, unsteady, or sluggish, and their bodies weak, the natural functions of life are discharged laboriously, with pain and difficulty. For this state of nervous derange ment, the relehrated CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM will be found to have peculiar efficacy, strengthening the lan guid system and shedding new hope on the mind. A perse verance in its use has been the happy means of relieving many thousands, and of restoring a great number to the per. manent enjoyment of life. It is remarkable for its efficacy in all disorders of the digestive organs, and is especially recom mended to those who, from the irregularities of youthful age, habits of studious application, 9r a life of pleasure, have fallen into a despondent state of mind, and that distressing train of symptoms commonly denominated the NERVOUS. In such persons the mental are not less enfeebled than the corporeal, and to them a remedy that acts with efficacy, with out interfering with domestic habits, is peculiarly desirable. Its primary object is to relieve those persons who, by an immoderate indulgence in their passions, have ruined their constitutions and brought on a perfect labia dorsalis ; or, in their way to the consummation of that deplorable malady, the affected with any of those previous symptoms that betray its approach, as the various affections of the nervous system, obstinate gleets, involuntary einissions, excesses, irregu larity, weakness, total impotency, barrenness. &c. But the relief the CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUM ge nerally administers is not confined to these alone : the latitudinarian by birth, who has received from his parents the inheritance of a diseased and unprolific frame—the deli cate female, whom an immured and inactive life, together with an immoderate use of tea and other weak and watery aliments, has, without any fault of hers, brought on all the calamitous symptoms of a consumptive habit, and are, with out timely assistance, sinking into a premature grave ! Such as these, under Divine Influence, the Cordial Balm of Sy riacum will restore to the enjoyment of all the comforts of life. It is universally admired, being pleasant to the taste and smell, gently astringes the fibres of the stomach, and gives that proper tensity which a good digestion requires. To the young it will affind lasting health, strength, and spirits, in place of lassitude and debility, and to the aged and infirm it will assuredly furnish great relief and comfort, by gently and safely invigorating the system. It will r.,, give immortality, but if it be in the power of medicine to gild the autumn of declining years, and calmly and serenely protract the close of life beyond its narrow span, this restorative is capable of e ff ecting this gran d d es id era t um . The Cordial is highly esteemed in the East and West In dies for nourishing and invigorating the nervous system and acting as a general restorative on debilitated constitutions, arising from bilious complaints contracted in hot climates. The studious as well as the sedentary part of the community should never be without the Cordial Balm of Syriacum, which removes diseases of the head, invigorates the mind, mproves the memory, and enlivens the imagination. Sold in bottles, price Ils. each, or the quantity of four in one Family Bottle for 355., by which one lls. bottle is saved, duty included. Prepared only by Messrs. Perry and Co. Surgeons, at 22, Slater-street, Liverpool, an d 4, G rea t C harles -street, Bir mingham. Observe, none are genuine without the signature of R. and L. PERRY and Co., impressed in a stamp on the outside of each wrapper, to imitate which is a felony of the deepest dye. Letters for advice must be post paid, and contain the usual fee of one pound. At 22, SLATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL. (Private Entrance First Doo up the Passage.) SECOND EDITION. Standard-office, Three o'clock. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, THIS DAY. With cold, dry, adverse winds, we have had very few Grain vessels up between Tuesday and to-day ; and although, during that interval, no extensive sales of any article have been reported, the trade assumed a firmer aspect, and, with some inquiries for free Wheats and Flour in bond, the gene ral currency previously noted appeared to remain steady. The duty on Foreign Wheat is reduced to 18s. Bd., on Oats to 9s. 3d., on Pease to 9s. 6d. per quarter, on Flour to 11s. 2d. per barrel, and upon all other produce remains the same as last week. Upon a very slender attendance of country buyers, and ocr local millers calculating on a further recession in duties, so as to induce the holders of bonded Wheat to meet the occasion and sell more freely, the transactions in any de scription of this Grain have been limited in amount, at a slig'.t abatement from Tuesday's rates. In English and Irish Flour there was no appearance of business to-day, and of duty-paid Foreign sales could not he ..Xected without submitting to from 425. to 425. 6d. per bar ret for the hest brands of United States ; and although for such in bond the principal importers ask 295. 6d., about 2000 b trrels have been sold at 295., and 1000 only at 295. 6d. Prime English Malting Barley, having become scarce. such is worth 48s per quarter. Grinding dull at late prices. Fine Malt in fair demand, on the terms last noted. Beans, moving off more- freely for country account, fully maintained their former value. In Peas no variation. Ex, e,.t a few thousand bushels taken by one or two buy ers, the operations in Oats were trivial at our last quotations ; ald Oatmeal attended with an extremely limited demaLd, barely sustained its previous value. ARRIVALS OF CORN. From the 24th to the 20th March, 1840, ineltaire IRE- COAST- PO - UNITZD I DESCRIPTION. LA JD . WISE. REI GN. iTATES.: TOTAL. eat 2 Qrs. 530 1831 2361 'ley Qrs. 2B Ors. I 450 430 Wheat . . Qrs. Barley . . . Qrs. Malt . . . . . Qrs. Oats . . . . Qrs. Rye Qrs. Beans . . Pease. Qrs.) Shelled Barley . Qrs. Indian Corn . . . Qrs. I Rapeseed Qrs.l Oatmeal . . .. Loads 221 1 Flom Sacks I 85 l6 Ditto . Brls, 2 Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise, Oats, 1211 loads. 1412 1 26 403 , II 430 ii 141.1 0 !! 403 2054 2000 ryrs. Oatmeal, 3071 EXPORTS.-Foreign. Barley, 0 qrs. ; Oats, 311 qrs. ; Pease, 50 qrs.; Oatmeal, 0 loads ; Flour, 1129 brls.-Ireland. Wheat, 321 qrs.; Indian Corn, 98 qrs. ; Flour, 0 brls.-Coastwise. Wheat, 131 qrs. : Barley, 104 qrs. ; Malt, 231 qrs. ; Oats, 0 qrs. ; Rye. 0 qrs. ; Beans, 31 qrs.; Pease, 6 qrs. ; Indian Corn, 36 qrs. ; Oatmeal. 10 loads ; Flour, 65 sacks 112 barrels. Average prices of Grain, for the week ending March 20, 1840. Wheat.. 695. 3d. I Barley.. 395.7 d. Oats.. 265. id . I Rye .. 3Ss. sd. I Beans.. 419. Id. Pease, 413. 2d. Aggregate average of the six weeks. Wheat.. 675. Od. I Barley.. 38s. 9e.. Oats.. 253. 0. I Rye .. 375. 3d Beans .. 40s. 3d. I Pease .. 403. 2d. Duty on Foreign Grain, Sze. this week. WheatlSs. Sd. Barley4s. Ind. I Oat s ...... 9s. 3d. I Rye .. 143. Od Beans, gs. 6d. I Pease.9s. 6d. Indian Coru4s. 10d. Flour 2 is. 22d Liverpool Averages, week ending 24th March, 1840. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Beans. Pease. Qrs.. •• • 1266 29 2435 so I 0 Prices.. 718. id. 349. 10d• 253. Bd, l 465. Od. Os. Od. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. FRIDAY, MAncn 27.—Wind N.N.E, ARRlVED.—Augusta, kirkhoven, from Ostend. SAILKI).—EII Whitney, Harding, for New Orleans—Rep u bik , Thompson, for New York—Levant, Britlett, for Matanzas—Solon, Buckman, for Savannah—Sacilus. Moore, for Havana—Helen, Smith, for Charleston—Forager. Sleighthorne , for Halifax—Ga. ronne, Dixon, for Rio Janeiro—Sharon. Lox, for Ancona —Gover. nor Baron Van Zylen Van Myefelt, Van Wick, for Halingen—Ceres, Norrd, for Dordt. Forager, for Halifax, is aground on Taylor's Bank; the life-boat has gone out to her Alexander, Grant, from Savannah, grounded last evening in the Prince's Basin, and was got off this morning's tide, and docked 7th March, lat. 48, long. 24, spoke the Clio, Verpool f ro m Savannah to Li- Columbus, ',American Ship) was spoken 14th Instant, aeout long • 16 Majestic, —, to Liverpool, was spoken 21st March, in lat, 50 23, long. 11 34 CoUlna. Marshall, from Gergenti. at Falmouth Delhi, Byron, from Mauritius, off ditto; sailed 18th Dec. Spencer, Smith, sailed from Bernice for Liverpool 25th Jan. Sheldrake Packet, from Falmouth, at Barhadoes 3rd Feb. Jarrow, Walker, sailed from Bar adoes for Liverpool 2 ith Jan. Ellen, Gill, sailed from Demerara for Liverpool 2;th Jan. Narva. M'Kellar, hence at Trinidad Ann Dingwall, Arthur, hence at Trinid a d B. others, Drysdale, hence at cape Haytien Shotten, hence at Bourdeaux Fuimo3a, Releice; Farewell, Korsch ; Amelia, Zimmerman ; Hoftnung, Bauman, arid Maria, Seewerts, hence o r p thau Amelia, Ankena, hence at Antwerp Vigilant, Simons, hence at Ostend Liverpool, --. from St. Andrew's, at Jamaica Aar ri otra, Feb. 3.—The Liffey, Fru, ce, from Liverpool to Tohar,co, that was on the reef north of Long Island 25th ult. was got off last nisht, but soon after sunk in five fathoms water; crew and stuttellals saved S It* lk,th... fuiperial Vartiaintitt. HOUSE OF LORDS.--MONDAY. The royal assent was given, by commission, to various (chiefly private) hills. The " Printed Papers" Bill, the Mutiny Bill, and Marine Mutiny Bill, were brought from the Commons, and read a first time. The Duke of WELLINGTON suggested the propriety of postponing further proceedings in the Printed Papers and Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Bills, until Lord Lynd hurst and other lords might be wale to attend the discussion. The consideration of the bills in question was, after some conversation, postponed, as suggested. Lord MONTE.% GLE, in reply to observations regarding the destruction or sale as waste paper of Exchequer records, re marked that but for Sir John Newport's interference all would have been destroyed. Lord DUNCANNON laid on the table the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Appropriation Bill. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY and the Bishop of LON DON complained that no details had been gone into by the government, and that the bill was calculated to he very in jurious to the interests of the church. The remaining business being disposed of, their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Mr. THESIGER took the oaths and his seat for Woodstock, in the room of the Duke of Marlborough, late Marquis of Blandford. The hon. member was introduced by Lord Norreys and Lord George - Bentinck. Many petitions were presented on the subject of the corn laws (in favour of and against the present system,) and also for church extension. Sir E. SUGDEN laid on the table of the house the proposi tions he intended to submit with regard to improving the the present appellate ju r i s di c ti on o f th e H ouse o f L or d s . Mr. CHRISTOPHER gave notice that he should, this day, move that the house be called over on the 31st. A new writ was ordered, for the county of Sutherland, in the room of the Hon. William Howard, who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. Lord J. RUSSELL presented a message from her Majesty, which was read by the Speaker. The subject of the commu nication was, that her Majesty, taking into consideration the important services rendered by Lord Seaton, while Governor- General of Upper and Lower Canada, and being desirous of conferring some peculiar mark of her favour upon the said Lord Seaton and the two next surviving heirs male of his body, recommended the adoption of such measures as might be necessary for carrying that object into effect. Lord J. RUSSELL then gave notice that he should more that the message from her Majesty be taken into considera tion on Friday. The noble lord presented papers relative to clergy reserves (Canada) and to the union of the two pro vinces. Mr. PARINGTON presented upwards of 50 petitions against the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Bill. One of them was signed by a number of Indians of the Mohawk and Oneiga tribes, who had been converted to Christianity, and professed the doctrines of the Church of England. The whole of these petitions, he stated, pointed out how utterly inadequate was the present provision for the advancement of religion in that country, and prayed the House not to permit the provision which was set apart for the support of the Protestant church in Upper Canada to be diverted to any other purpose. The hon. member also presented a petition from the Bishop of Montreal, on behalf of the clergy of Upper Canada, for an extension of religious education there. CANADA. Lord Joust 11 ossELL then proceeded with his motion on the subject of the Canada papers. The subjects of her Ma jesty residing in Upper Canada, he said, amount to more than I,ooo,ooo—some calculate them at 1,100,030, some at 1,200,000,—and form one of the great families of the Ameri can provinces. After alluding to the importance of esta blishing the species of government suited to the population, and the various proceedings which had been adopted to remove the grievances of which they complained, he alluded to the late insurrection, and the mode in which it had been extin guished. He then referred to the proposed union of the pro vinces of Upper and Lower Canada, and observed, that the present governor-general had ascertained the sentiments of the people with regard to it. The council of Lower Canada, had agreed to certain resolutions, agreeing to the principle of the union ; and the assembly and legislative council of Upper Canada had also come to a resolution in accordance with the proposition of the governor-general. His lordship, after describing the course pursued by the assembly of Lower Canada, as described by Lord Durham, observed—There was no more obvious or safer mode of proceeding, in order to put down this system of monopoly and exclusion, than to admit the inhabitants 'of both countries to send members to one legislature, leaving the French race to be represented by persons of their own opinions, but depriving them of that preponderance of which they made so ill an use. In so doing, of course there are many points to be attended to, to which hereafter I shall have occasion to advert; but, with respect to the general nature of the proposition, taking the number of inhabitants of the provinces at 1,100,000 of which 450,000 are supposed to be of the French race, there seems no reason why the two together should not send members to the assembly, who would fairly represent the whole body, and give free scope to British enterprise and emigration, without subjecting the French to any degree of oppression. The first question would be as to the declaration of the union. He should propose that instructions be given to the governor-general to make proclamation of the union within six months after the passing of the bill, but that no day be fixed. His lordship stated several reasons why the declara tion of the union should not be long delayed, but that the proclamation should be made within a few months after the passing of the bill. It was proposed that the crown, or the governor acting on the part of the crown, should appoint the legislative councillors. Many are still in favour of the pro ject of an elective council ; but the report of the governor general states, that all agreed that if there were not an eleCtive council, the best plan would be to leave the nomina tion as directed by the constitution of 1791. He had to propose, that the nomination of the council should be for life, with the power, however, to resign ; the only disqualification being bankruptcy or crime. It was not proposed to limit the number of councillors„ but it was intended that they should not be less than twenty. With respect to the assembly, it was proposed that the number of representatives sent by Upper and Lower Canada should be equal. Though at pre sent the inhabitants of the upper province are not equal to those of the lower, yet they were rapidly increasing ; and the probability is, that in a few years, the inhabitants of the upper province will have increased beyond those of the lower. It was proposed, that thirty-nine representatives should be allowed to each province, and distributed with no very great alteration of the existing boundaries. The existing divisions of Upper Canada were to be taken ; but, with regard to Lower Canada, the proposition was, that the distribution of mem bers should rather be founded on the divisions which existed previous to the act of '29 than on those by which members were sent to the assembly in later times. Taking generally the existing divisions, there should be a member for each county and each town. It is intended, that in Upper Canada the towns of Kingston, Hamilton, Brockville, London, Niagara, and Cornwall ; and that in Lower Canada, Montreal, Que bec, and the Three Rivers, should cacti send one member. The rest of the members for each province are to be returned by districts, which we have called counties. In no case have we placed together counties, which before the act of 1829 were separate ; but in nine instances we have combined coun ties which were separated into two by the act of 1829. The result will be, therefore, that 39 members will be sent by Upper, and 39 by Lower Canada, making a total of 78. With regard to the laws, and the mode in which they were to be enacted, certain subjects were to be reserved for the as sent of the crown. It is intended, that the royal assent should not be given in those cases, if either house of parlia l i - ment addresses the crown, praying for its refusal. The sub jects I refer to include, among others, regu:ations concern ing the Protestant religion and the Roman Catholic church. His lordship then adverted to the change proposed in the re port of Lord Durham, with regard to the powers of the as sembly. It was proposed, he said, in conformity with our own constitutional views and maxims, that money totes should not originate with the assembly; that a civil list should be voted for a period of years, ,or during the life of the Queen ; the charge for the governor and judges to be £45,000 ; the other expenses £Bo,ooo—including in the £75,000, £5,000 or £6,000 for pensions. In return for this greater power given to the crown by the rule of administra tion which would be established by the union (it would be impossible to introduce the provision into the bill), the as sembly should exercise a due controul over the officers ap pointed or kept in office by the governor, and over the disti i bution and expenditure of the public funds. His lordship then described the qualifications for members of the assem bly, and the application of the produce of the clergy reserves. He concluded with expressing at some length his views with respect to the future prospect of Canada, and the probable duration of the connection with this country ; and then moved for leave to bring in a bill to unite the provinces of Upper and Lower Canada. _ _ Hunts ooserved, that the noble lord was utterly mis taken if be supposed that the bill laid on the table of the house would have the effect of removing the discontent in Canada. Sir R. bunts strongly protested against the application of the clergy reserves. . Mr. PAWINGTON doubted whether the union would be productive of the advantages anticipated from it. Sir C. GnE I( said, it appeared to him to be altogether a measure to which he could give his hearty concurrence. Sir R. PEEL reserved for the present all observation, either with regard to the principle or the details of the bill, but wished to ask in what condition the clergy reserves of Lower Canada were now to be considered. Lord .1. RUSSELL said no bill had passed; that would be left to be dealt with by the united legislature, subject to the provisions of the act of 1791. After some discussion as to the powers of the united legis lature with regard to endowments, leave was given to bring in the bill.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—TUESD AY. Bills u w g e re to tiaide MELBOURNEt s h e e r s v e iu c e o sp n r d eua t f i e n ni i te e u . Lord On the motion of th e E arl o f SHAFTEiBTJRY, th e Mutiny presented d a Seaton, esge a f n r d om di r t e h e e ti ng the Queen attention of the hou s e t o t h e noble lord's rnerits. of The mes sage was similar to that d e li vere d to the House Commons. On the motion of the noble viscount the message was or d ere d question relative to The be E taken ari into of ABERDEEN ti consideratio neuu EEN put on n his Friday promised to the treaty concluded with Austria th e year biecuflar an d particularly on the 4th sectio n , regar di ng the navigation ,est laws. He said that their lordships' would not forget the cong ratulation with which they were f avoure d on the con clusion of the treaty ; it was, however, in fact, no new treaty, b u t only a renewal of the treaty, he had himself signed, in conjunction with his noble friend the then President of the Board of Trade, ten years previously. He admitted that in the new treaty the principle of reciprocity was in some re spects beneficially extended. By the 4th article of the treaty it was stipulated that all Austrian ships coming into English ports, from Turkish ports of the Danube, should be received as if coming from Austrian ports ; and, in return, it was stipulated that British ships going to those ports of the Danube should be received as if Austrian ships. But this was done without consulting the third power. He mentioned that fact last year, and all that the President of the Council answered was, that negotiation was in progress between the Turkish government and this country, by which any incon venience would be obviated. Matters remained in a state that had led, as he was informed, to a violation of the treaty, and the infraction of our own law, for in September last an Austrian vessel arrived in the port of Gloucester, from a Turkish port of the Danube, which was seized by the Cus tom House, in violation of the navigation law, and after long correspondenc e on the part of those concerned, the Treasury released the vessel but imposed a mitigated fine. This was the position in which the treaty stood at the present moment, and he was informed that several vessels laded with corn were now in the ports of the Danube, unable to sail, not knowing how they were to be dealt with under the naviga ttaiokne a m w e . a u H r e e s vt t i o s h r e e d a e t u o e a s t k h e , w h h o e n t o h u e r r i a t n d was g o t o h d e f i a n i t t e h n o t i f o n t h t e o country from the imputation of being unfaithful to the en gagements into which it had entered ) Lord MELBOURNE thought that the noble earl appeared extremely sensitive on the subject of this treaty, hut he de clared that the Government had no desire to deck themselves article It extre m ely was pressed upon in plumes that belonged to others. It wa s agree d b etween plenipotenti ary. an Austria and England , that ships received into T ur ki s h ports should have certain by ainptrhiveilAegueast.rianlt an article which Austria had to fulfil, and did not impose upon England any obligation whatever. By the 6th article of the treaty it was stipulated that all important privileges given to other nations should be extended to Great Britain ; and, as far as navigation had been concerned, it was fuAlled, though he vms told this was ttot the ceso witia rennin to duty, _~ With respect to the fourth article of the treaty, it was, no doubt, in contravention of the navigation law. Lord AssuultroN said it was clear that if they permitted Austrian ships to trade as if they were British vessels, they should extend the same favour to the vessels of other coun tries. He thought, therefore, that the treaty, in question would totally contravence the laws of navigation, and that appeared to him to be the great difficulty of the question. The conversation then dropped, and their lordships soon afterwards adjourned till Thursday. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY. Mr. R. DRUMMOND took the oaths and h;s seat for Perth shire, in the room of Lord Stormont, now Earl of Mansfield. Mr. VILLIERS (in answer to Mr. Christopher's inquiry) stated that it was his present intention to bring forward the motion on the subject of the corn laws on the day, tbc 31st inst., for which he had given notice. Sir JAMES GRAHAM consequently postponed to Tuesday, the 7th of April, his motion relating to the China correspon dence and other papers. He stated that it was, however, his fixed determination to bring the subject forward upon that day. Sir W. MOLESWORTH said that on the 7th of next month he should call attention to the committee on transportation. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL notified that he should on Thursday move for leave to introduce a bill for the better protection of the oyster fisheries in Scotland. The Vaccination Extension Bill was brought from the Lords, and read a first time. A message from the House of Peers requested a copy of the report made by the Printed Papers Committee, which was granted. Mr. CRAWFORD, according to notice, moved for a select committee to inquire into the grievances complained of by the proprietors of opium, delivered up to Captain Elliot, the British agent in China. The hon. member entered into an historical view of the mode in which the opium trade had been for a series of years conducted with China. The motion was eventually agreed to. Sir F. BURDETT called attention to the petition of George Johnstone Pearce (Mr. Howard's clerk) now imprisoned for alleged breach of the privileges of the house. The hon. baronet concluded with moving that Mr. Pearce be supplied with the necessaries of life. The RECORDER (Mr. Law) moved, as an amendment, that Mr. Pearce be called to the bar and forthwith discharged. Lord J: RUSSELL opposed both ; and both were negatived on divisions. Mr. L. HODGES obtained leave to bring in a bill to render effective the ancient constabulary power of England and Wales. Mr. HOME moved for various returns of all incumbents admitted to preferment on the presentation of the crown, &c. ; but they were refused. He afterwards moved for a copy of the abstract of the number and classes of non-resident incumbents, of the number of curates, &c., in England and Wales. This motion was agreed to. Mr. HINDLEY moved for various returns from every parish in England and Wales, of the places of worship not in connection with the Established Church, which are now being erected, or which may be erected or enlarged since the Ist of January, 1834, by voluntary• contributions, specifying the sums subscribed to each. Also from every parish in England and Wales, of every church or episcopal chapel now in course of erection, or which has been erected since the Ist day of January, 1834, either wholly or in part by the voluntary contributions of individuals or societies, specifying the sums subscribed to each. Also, a return of the number of churches and chapels of the Church of England, and of the number of places of worship not of the Church of Eng land, in every parish of England and Wales, together with the number of seats in each church or chapel, and the popu lation of the said parish in 1831. Mr. Fox MAuLE stating that he did not know the means of obtaining the information therein sought, the motion was refused. On motion of Mr. CHRISTOPHER, it was ordered that the house be called over, on Thursday, the 31st. Lord J. RusseLL remarked that the notice was shorter than was usual in such cases. Mr. BAINES moved fora copy of any correspondence which has taken place on the subject of our commercial relations with Germany, from the period of the establishment of the Prussian commercial league to the present time, between the Foreign office and the agents of her Majesty's Government in the different states comprised in that confederation. Lord PALMERSTON having entered into explanation, the subject was deferred for further consideration this day. Mr. PROTREROE moved for a return of all the expenditure in detail of the late record commission since the date of the last returns ; together with a return of the various sums otherwise expended within the last year, on the custody or repairs of the public records. After an interesting conversation, the destruction of the exchequer records having been mentioned, the motion was agreed to. Mr. PROTHEROE moved for a return from the commission ers of police, of all instructions and regulations issued as to the closing of streets and thoroughfares in and near the me tropolis during the hours of divine service ; specifying the times at which the said streets are closed, and the lines through which carriages are then obliged to pasi ; together with any communications from parochial or other authorities to the commissioners, which may have led to the issuing the said instructions. Mr. Fox MAULE did not object to the motion, but thought that congregations ought to be protected against being dis turbed by noises. Ald. Sir M. WOOD deferred till Friday, at the request of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, his motion "That it be referred to a select committee to consider the petition of the corporation of London relative to the embankment of the river Thames, and to report their opinion thereupon to the house, together with the best means of carrying the same into effect." The tithe composition act amendment (Ireland) bill, and the consolidated fund bill, having been read the second time, the house adjourned. HOUSE OF LORDS.—WEDNESDAY. The House of Lords did not sit to-day. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. IRISH VOTERS' REGISTRATION BILL. After a great number of petitions for and against the repeal of the corn laws, and a petition from the Chancellor and scho lars of Oxford against certain parts of the ecclesiastical du ties and revenues bill. Lord STANLEY moved the order of the day for the second reading of the Irish voters' registration bill, which occupied the rest of the evening. Ilis lordship reserved his right of speech to a later period of the debate. The reader will bear in mind that this bill is directed to two main objects. The one is to prevent, by allowing an annual revision, the•frauds arising out of the present octennial registration, with its ex tensive and flagrant facilities for personating voters who for years have been dead or divested of their original qualifiea.; tion, by removal, expiration of interest, or otherwise: The other main object of this bill is to give the same appeal to the judges against the undue admission of a voter which now exists against his undue rejection. The opposition was led off by Mr. F. FRENCH, who moved as an amendment that it should be read on that day six months. He objected to it on three grounds—that it would assimilate the Enlish to the Irish syste m —th a t it wou ld cnrtail the franchise—and that it would cast upon the judges a duty which their time could not suffice to discharge, and which it was politically objectionable that they should un dertake. Mr. Slum thought that gentlemen on the other side were precluded by their own former acts and declarations from op posing the present bill. Five former bills had been brought in, several of them by the law officers of the Irish govern ment : no one had been carried, yet none had had any oppo sition to encounter. To the second reading of the present bill it was not open to ministers to object, however free they were to question its details ; because this bill and theirs were alike in the two main features—the annual revision, and the twofold appeal. And yet Mr. O'Connell had last week de clared to his constituents that he was resolved to resist this measure with all his might, telling thetri that the fact of its proceeding from Lord Stanley was reason enough for an op position to it. Mr. O'Connell had added, that ministers durst not concede it, and that if all his own means of resist ance should fail, he would recall into existence the repeal association. Mr. Shaw concluded by calling on the inde pendent members to support the bill. Mr. S. O'BRIEN criticised the details. Lord GRANVILLE SOMERSET observed, that, on the motion fur a second reading, the question was not of the details, but of the principle, and that those who admitted the necessity of some amendment were bound to support the bill in the present stage. Mr. BELLEW and Mr. REDINOTON successively opposed the bill. and were answered in a judicious speech by Mr. LUCAS. Sir W. SOBIMERVILLE objected to the two main principles —the annual revision, and the twofold appeal. Mr. CORBALLY and Mr. GRATTAN followed on the same side. Mr. E. TENNENT said, that in Belfast there were 1,900 voters on the register, in possession of the franchise ; but that the whole number of names on the register was between 6,000 and 7,000. Of these many were dead—hundreds had emigrated—thousands had quitted their tenements ; yet the certificates of the whole number were in existence, on which any person choosing to swear the oath Could vote at an election. Mr. M. J. O'CONNELL said the bill was an hypocritical pretence to gull men by the name of an assimilation with English institutions. Sir W. FOLLETT said, that until the speech of Mr. PIGOT, he had never heard any satisfaction expressed at the existing system in Ireland. On the contrary, all the former bills had proceeded ou the principle that it was most vicious ; but that an annual revision and a two fold appeal would so far cure the mischief, that with these safeguards the registry might be made final. The notion that the English annual revison worked injuriously seemed to be a new thought, taken up for the purpose of the present debate ; for in all the former bills that feature had been retained. Mr. SHELL said, the evils of the English system were as great as those of the Irish. Nor were the Irish grievances so mischievous in practice as they might appear in state ment. He believed it could not be proved that in Belfast, or in any other place, there had ever been so many as 50 or 60 expired certificates fraudulently used. Sir G. STRICKLAND wished for a committee to prepare the grounds of a bill which shuuld assimilate the law in both countries ; but he would oppose the present measure. Mr. Serjeant JACKSON said he had waited to hear some member of Administration state the views of the Govern ment. No man denied the extent of the present mischief; yet, members opposite, instead of supporting the present en deavour to remedy that mischief, contented themselves with wishing that Government would introduce some measure of its own. How little chance there was of that would appear from the history of the bills, which in 1835, 1836, and 1838, had been introduced by their law-officers, and though unop posed on either side, had been brought to no result. Mr. PIGOT, the Irish Solicitor-Gener a l, th oug ht it quite Parliamentary to oppose the second reading, even of a bill having a useful object, if it came in such a shape as to be in capable of the necessary modification. He should not hold himself bound by any bills of the Government brought in before his entrance into the house. Lord STANLEY now rose to reply; on which Mr. O'Cow- NELL intimated that he should not suffer the debate to close that night. Lord STANLEY said that having, in order to attend the house, absented himself from the last duties which he owed to a near and dear relative, now in a state of the utmost danger, he must throw himself on the ministers and on the house, praying that they would either suffer the debate to close that night, or give it precedence over the matters standing in Thursday's paper. Lord J. RUSSELL said, that under such circumstances he would facilitate the conclusion of the debate on Thursday. by agreeing that those members whose notices might be dis placed by the adjourned discussion should have priority on the next Friday or Monday. AwFuL MOILTNLITY.—The following instance of mortality occurred in an Irish family, which arrived fronißelfailt about two months since, and took up their residence lodging house in Soulis - street , Kilmarnock. The ell?. dlow were in a state of debility and disease at the time of their r ren rival ; and their fate must have been accelerated by the ins_ pure air, and the absence of any comfort necessary to sick ness. The first death was that of Elizabeth, on the Bth Feb. aged 7-1 years ;on the 10th, Patrick, aged years ;on the 20th, Michael, aged 2 years: and on the 26th, John, aged 6 years ; children of Michael M'Cairns, labourer. Michael, the father, died himself on the 3d current, aged 60 years ; and his wife on the 11th, aged 36 years; being in all six members of the same family cut off in the short space of about a month. The father and mother were undoubtedly bad cases of fever, and it is supposed that the children went ailliottid with the utaio dinaso.••••KilMthl7l.o44 10207141. ~~ COURT CIRCULAR..-TUESDAY. The Queen had a dinner * party yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. The company consisted of their itoyal Highnesses the Duchess of K en t, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Marquis of Douglas, Mar quis and Marchioness of Ailesbury, Earl of Erroll, Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Melbourne, Viscountess Palmerston, Lady Frances Cowper, Lord Robert Grosvenor, Miss Kerr, Baron Knesbeck, Dowager Lady Lyttelton, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Anson, Hon. Miss Paget, Baroness Lehzen, Earl of Fingal!, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Hon. William Cowper, Col. Wemyss, Col. Wylde, Baron Gruben, and Mr. Francis Seymour. The band of the royal regiment of horse guards was in at tendance during dinner. Her Majesty had afterwards an evening party. Among the company were Baron Gersdorff, the Saxon Minister, Baron de Bourquency, the Duke and Duchess of Buceleucla, Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh, DukCand Duchess of Somerset, Marquis of Anglesey and Lady Adelaide Paget, Lord Clarence Paget, Earl and Countess of Roseberrv, and the Ladies Primrose, Earl and Countess of Wilt on , Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady S. Villiers, the Countess of Uxbridge, the Ladies Elenora and Constance Paget, Hon. Mr. Berkeley Paget, the Countess of Erroll and Lady Ida Hay, Earl and Countess of Verulam, and Lady M. Grim ston, Earl and Countess Delawarr and Lady M. West and Viscount Cantilupe. Earl and Countess of Carlisle and the Ladies Howard, Lord Morpeth, the Hon. Charles Howard, Earl of March, Lord Foley, Lord and Lady Kinnaird, Lord Leveson, Lord Alfred Paget, Hon. C. C. Cavendish, M.P., and Lady Catherine and Miss Cavenuish, Hon. Col. and Hon. Miss Cavendish, Hon. Sir E. and Lady Cust, Captain and Hon. Miss Pitt, Sir R. and Lady Gardiner and Miss Gardiner, Sir George Anson, and Mr. G. E. Anson. Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of the Queen. The Duchess of Cambridge visited the Queen Dowager, yesterday. The Hereditary Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha returned to Buckingham Palace on Sunday evening, attended by Lord Alfred Paget, Baron de Lowenfels and Graben. The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta, yesterday. Prince George of Cambridge arrived in town, at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Brighton. WEDNESDAY. The Duke of Wellington had an audience of Prince Albert, yesterday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace, to present to his Royal Highness the diploma of a doctor in civil law, confer red upon his Royal Highness by the University of Oxford. Viscount Melbourne had an audience, yesterday, of her Majesty. The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the performance of Mr. Charles Kemble, in The Wonder, at Covent-garden Theatre, last evening, with their presence. The royal suite included the Dowager Lady Lyttleton, Earl of Fiugall, Col. WemysS, Col. Wylde. and Mr. Francis Seymour. Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, attended by several ladies and gentlemen of her suite, rode out on horseback in the parks, yesterday morning. The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited her Majesty, yesterday. Lady Anna Maria Dawson has succeeded Lady Fanny Howard as the Lady in Waiting on her Royal highness the Duchess of Kent. Prince George of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta, yesterday, at Clarence House, St. James's. THURSDAY. The Marquis of Normanby and Viscount Melbourne had audiences yesterday of her Majesty. , The royal dinner party at the palace last evening included the Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl of Surrey,Viscount Melbourne, Lady F. Howard, Lord R. Grosvenor, and the Hon. Charles Howard. The band of the lst life guards was in attendance during the evening. The Archbishop of York, director for the evening of the concert of ancient music, gave a grand dinner yesterday at his residence in Grosvenor-square, to the Queen Dowager, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Welling ton, and the directors. Her majesty was attended by the Viscountess Barrington and Earl Howe, and their royal high nesses by Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck. His grace and his illustrious guests afterwards went to the performance of the concert at the Hanover-square-rooms. His royal highness Prince Albert honored the concert of ancient music with his presence last night. His royal high ness arrived at 20 minutes to 10 o'clock, attended by Lord R. Grosvenor, Col. Wylde, and Mr. Francis Seymour. Her majesty the Queen Dowager, the Princess Augusta, and the Duchess of Cambridge, visited the Duchess of Glo cester yesterday, at Grosvener-house. Prince George of Cambridge dined with the Duke of Sus sex last evening at Kensington Palace. GLASGOW, PAISLEY, & GREENOCK RAILWAY. (From the Greenock Advertiser.) Upwards of five weeks of uninterrupted tine weather hare caused an extraordinary advance in every part of the works. The number and strength of the gangs have been increased, whilst in most places the operations are carried on by reliefs through the night. The permanent road is driven on briskly, and from present appearances we should expect to see nearly the whole of it completed in a couple of months. We have heard it stated that the first of June is named for opening the portions from Glasgow to Paisley, and from Greenock to Port-Glasgow, and the intervening distance from Paisley to Port-Glasgow may be expected to be ready in eight weeks after ; indeed, with the exception of the tun nel and West Ferry embankment, these 12 miles will be out of band at about the same time as the lengths above alluded to. We have thus reason to hope that by even the end of May, 21 out of 22j miles will be finished. From the import ance of the tunnels we have made careful inquiries respecting them, and can state from authority that their progress is daily becoming more gratifying, and that there is every reason to hope for their completion in July. • The various station-buildings are in preparation, and most of the engines. and carriages for the traffic are ready to be forwarded when required. Another locomotive has been set to work this week, and on reviewing the whole line, which we have done with attention, we can bear our testimony to the admirable arrangements and the untiring energy dis played by all connected with the work—qualities which were more than ordinarily required to redeem the delay caused by the inclemency of the last summer and autumn. We are tullyalive to the inestimable benefits that will flow from this splendid work, and now that hope is rapidly giving place to possession, we view its progress with more than ordinary interest. We may assuredly expect'that in amount of traffic no railway in the kingdoin will exceed it, and the vigilance that has been exercised has prevented any extravagance of outlay in its construction. Thus, all the elements of success are secured, and a very . short time will bring them into action. The new bill is now, .H ouse of Observe, committed in the of Commons. It embraces some most important and useful clauses, and in consequence of the proposed branch and ferry, which will add Dumbarton to the nest of towns already on the line, it is very popular. Various improvements and additions to the branches to the harbours, here and at Glasgow, are also included, and the bill involves all the additional powers usually applied for in supplementary bills for new works, except the raising of fresh capital. On this head the di rectors have deviated faom the established rule, and we do not apprehend that the omission will at all detract from its merits in t.:e eyes of the proprietors. THE PENNY. POSTAGE The returns relative to the working of the new postage scheme are now published. The first returns are made to show the number of letters and the amount of postage re ceived in the London district between the 6th December, 1838, and the 10th January, 1839, bet Ween the 11th January and the 14th February, 1839, and the number of letters and the amount of postage received in the five weeks of 1839 . and 1840, (corresponding to the first period,) under the fourpenny postage'rate, and received in the five weeks of 1840, (cor responding to the second period,) under the penny rate. Under the old rate, the number of letters received in five weeks, in the London district, was 923,917, including ship and foreign letters (rather more than one-fifth) and excluding all franks. The amount of postage was £57,300. From this, however, must be deducted £3637_paid for government letters, making the revenue £53,663. Under the fourpenny rate, the number of letters was 1,328,993, and deducting £1316 paid by the government, the amount of revenue was £37,376. There was, therefore, under the fourpenny rate, an increase of 405,076 letters, or about forty-four per cent., and a decrease of revenue of £16,20:7., or about thirty-five per cent. Under the old rate, taking another five weeks to corres pond with five weeks in which the penny rate has been in operation, excluding franks, and including ship add foreign letters, the number of letters received in five weeks in the London district was 930,215, and the amount of revenue, de ducting the sum paid by the government departments (£4,624) was £55,436. Under the penny rate the number of letters received was 2,286,385, and the amount of revenue, deducting the sum paid by the government offices (£858), was £39,668. The increase in the number of letters, there fore, was 1,356,170, or nearly one and a half, and the de crease of the revenue was £15,768, or about thirty-two per cent. The great amount of government correspondence which has paid at all times, such as that of the customs and excise departments, feels the advantage of the reduction in the rate, and is reduced from £4624 to £B5B. It must; however, be noticed that the government correspondence which was here tofore franked, and is now to be paid, accounts being kept at the Post-office with the former franking departments, is not included in this return. Neither does the return take any notice of any increase in the expense of the Post-office de partment, which must, we presume, have been considerable, to carry the new arrangements into effect. There were also returns of the London district post, in which, as comparatively little reduction has been made,"- and in some cases, in fact, the rates of postage hive been in creased, there is no corresponding increase to that in the general post department which we have above quoted. The returns from Ireland are confined to the amount of postage collected in the Dublin district in five weeks under the old rate, under the fourpenny and under the penny rates, which were respectively £6850, £4418, and £2843. The returns from Scotland give a similar account of the postage collected in the Edinburgh district in five weeks under the three rates, which were respectively £4416, £3132, and £2478, so that the increase of the number of letters must have been pro portionately greater in Edinburgh than in Dublin, as the reduction of the postage is so much less. The number of letters for the Edinburgh district cannot be estimated ; in the Dublin district, they were respectively, under the three rates, 212,000, 280,000: and 444,316. The total number of letters delivered in the United King dom, in the week ending the 24th November, 1839, under the old rates, was 1,585,973 ; in the week ending the 22nd of December, 1839, under the fourpenny rate, was 2,008,687, and in the week ending the 23rd of February, 1840; 3,199, 637. As might have been expected, the increase in the London district is much above the average increase in the whole empire. HYDROPHOBIA.—We regret to announce that a case of this terrific malady has recently occurred in this county, in the person of a respectable farmer named John Langton, of Blanchfield-park, on the estate of Lord Clifden.• He w4s bitten by a dog which had strayed into his farm-yard about seven weeks since. The unfortunate man did not show de. Bided proofs of hydrophobia until Friday last, and he died nn the following Monday. From the first moment of his attack • he constantly refused medical assistance, resisting it with all the energy of despair, and expressed the deepest apprehension lest, in the progress of his disease, he might inflict any injury on his family. Trio pigs and a horse, which had been bitten by the same dog, were also attacked' with hydrophobia, and shot.—Kilkenny Journal. STATISTICS OF Gas.—For lighting London and its suburbs with gas, there are eighteen public gas works ; 12 public gas-wolk companies ; £2,800,000 capital employed in works, pipes, tanks, gas-holders, apparatus; £450,000 yearly revenue derived ; 180,000 tons of coal used in the year for making gas ;1,460,000,000 cubic feet of gas made in the year; 134.300 private burners supplied to about 400,000 con sumers ; 30,400 public or street consumers. ---About 2,650 of these are in the city of London.-3801aniplighters employed; 176 gas-holders, several of them double ones, capable of st oring 5 ,500,000 cubic feet ; 890 tons of coal used in the re torts on the shortest day, in 24 hours • 7,120,000 cubic feet of gas used i n t h e l ongest night, say 24th December; about 2,500 persons are employed in the metropolis alone in this branch of manufacture ; between 1822 and 1827 the quantity nearly doubled itself, and th a t in five years ; between 1827 and 1837 it doub led itself again. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, TUESDAY EVENING.--In speaking of the transactions of this morning, we have no necessity of extend ing our observations to a great length. The room did not want for support, as the attendance was good ; still there was no business of weight. The 2000 guineas stakes were so far touched upon, that 8 to 1 was accepted to a ten pound note on the Duke of Graf ton's horse. The layer would have adventured more on the same terms. 10 to 1 was asked about Crucifix in a good quarter ; but no one ventured a " bid." sto 1 was offered, on the field, barring Lord Orford's colt : aga i ns t hi m 5 t o 2 was proposed, but not accepted. Some little chat re specting Grey MiltOn; &C., but nothing was done to our knowledge : we should'say 5 to 4 would be laid against any two. THE CUESTER CUP.—Seven to one was the highest offer we heard against Cowboy ; a point more would willingly have been taken on Liverpool account ; 10 to 1 was offered on the field, " bar two," viz., Lanercost and the Premier ; the for mer of these two may be set down at 81 to 1, and Gilbert at 11. Cruiskeen was not named, but since our last she has been freely backed at 100 to 7 ; 100 to 6 goes a beg ging against either King Cole or any one of Mr. Dawson 's lot, whilst, as a body, the latter would be backed at 6 to I ; 20 to 1 still remains the price of St. Bennett ; five points more would be taken. Percy has decidedly improved his previous'estimate ; 100 to 3 can no longer be got, 300 to 12 was offered at noon. He would he backed against George, who has found pretty strong notice at 200 to 7. Aimwell's price is 100 to 3 accepted ; and the same offered, at the break ing up of business, versus Bellona. The feather-weight was not touched upon; his price we consider close upon 12 to I. There is no elevation in Pops, Melbourne, the Dean, Imo gene, or Fair Louisa; their prices must, therefore, he con sidered nominal. The colt out of Heron's dam was laid against &t 100 to 1, but it could not be bad again. THE DERBY. — Launcelot was hacked at 18 to 1, and Bock hara, after a good deal of inquiry, obtained 20 to •1, to a lit tle money ; 1,000 to 5 was . offered against Lord Kelburne's Refresher ; 200 to I, then 400 to 2, and 300 to 2 was laid against Sir R. Bulkeley's colt by Physician; 27 to 1 was betted against Ottoman, and 100 to 2 offered freely against his winning the 2,000 Guineas Stakes and the Derby ; 28 to 1 was the highest offer s'. Black Bess. —Manchester Guar dian. TATTERSALL'S, MONDAY. The Derby horses most in request to-day were Confederate, the Angelica colt, Launcelot, Wardan, and Bokhara. The first in thia'lot stood in rather a doubtful position during the greater part of this afternoon, many parties, as late as six o'clock, having imagined that the grey, whO had a consider able number of friends in the room, had the call ; the Con federate, however, came out at the last moment, and gave him precedence by closing with offers of 121 to 1. Theon stuck at 14 to 1, which was taken to a small amount, and afterwards offered. Gambia opened at 18 to 1, and was backed at 6to 5 against Launcelot. Shortly after the same odds were laid on the latter, and 20 to 1 taken about him to a large amount ; the betters having shut up at this figure, 18 to 1 was taken to £5O a few minutes before the room was cloied. Wardan was in general demand, first at 25. to 1 (taken eagerly), and finally at 22 to 1 ; this must also be received as the highest odds offered against Bokhara. Black Bess was as little in favour as GaMbia, the hiddings against her having advaticed from 25 to 30 to 1. Janus was brought into more prominent notice; 50 to 1 was taken three or four times,, and in one instance 40 to 1 ; a few scores and tens were also laid out on Muley Ishmael at an improved price. Nothing fresh on the Oaks or 2,000 Guineas Stakes, beyond an offer to take 3 to 1 in hundreds about the Angelica colt for the latter.—Closing prices : TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS ' STAKES. sto 2 against Lord Orford's Angelica colt—t 3to I ti to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Wardan—t _ 45 to 10 against Angelica colt winning this and the Column Stakes—t. THE DERBY. to 1 against Mr. Houldsworth's Confederate—t 13 to 1 „ Lord Orford's Angelica colt--t 14 to 1 „ Duke of Cleveland's Theon 18 to 1 „ Marquis of Westminster's Launeelot—t 20 to I „ Lord Chesterfield's Gambia 22 to 1 „ Mr. Wreford's Wardan—t 22 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Bokhara 28 to 1 „ Captain Gardner's Monops—t 28 to 1 „ Duke of G rafton's Ottoman—t and aft off 30 to 1 „ Colonel Anson's Black Be€s—t 40 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Janus—t 40 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Assassin 50 to 1 „ Lord Jersey's Muley,lshmael—t 50 to 1 „ Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Milton 1000 to 15 „ Mr. Etwall's Songster (Melody colt). 1000 to 10 „ Lord Kelburne's Refresher (Retainer colt)—t 1000 to 10 „ Mr. Trenn's Fitzroy (1000 to 5 laid once) 1000 to 5 „ Duke of Rutland's Crazy Boy—t THE OAKS. 4 to I against Lord G. Bentinck's Crucifix—t 8 to 1 „ Colonel Anson'S Black Be:is 9 to 1 „ Mr. Fowler's Lalla Rookh—t 20 to 1 „ Colonel Westenra's Welfare 20 to 1 „ Mr. Wigram's Teletd. BLACKBURN STEEPLE CHASE.—This event will positively come off next Monday, over three miles of country in the neighbourhood of the town.—Blackburn Standard. LEAMINGTON STEEPLE CHASE:-Mr. Elmore's Lottery (Mason) won the Leamington Steeple Chase on Friday last, Seventy-four (Powell) second, and Columbine (Lord Water ford) third. The Doctor, Jerry, Hasty, Winchester, and Ringleader were not placed. LANCASTER ASSIZES (From the Blackburn Standard.) It was announced that the commission would be opened at Lancaster on Thursday, but in consequence of the pressure of business at York, the assizes were postponed one day. On Friday, soon after three o'clock, the High Sheriff, T. F. Brockholes, Esq., of Claughton Hall, made his public entry into Lancaster, preceded by a large body of his tenantry. habited in his livery of drab and black, trumpeters, &c., with R.,Pilkington, Esq. acting as Under-Sheriff. The sheriff's state carriage drawn by four horses, with postilions, the whole a neat and elegant turn out, followed with the Chaplain, the Rev. J. Pedder, Vicar of Garstang. The Sheriff's private carriage and four Caine next ; after that the carriage and four of Miss Dalton, of Thurnham Hall ; the carriage and four of R. Gillow, Esq. ' of Leighton Hall; the carriage and four of H. Hargreaves, .Esq., of Springfield Hall ; the carriages of J. Edmondson, Esq., of Grassyard . Hall; the Rev.. R. S: Barton, of Heysham ; A. R. Ford, Esq., of Ellel Hall ; T. Thompson, Esq., of Ellel Cottage; R. Atkinson, Esq., of Ellel Grange ; G. Jacson, Esq., of Barton Lodge J. Bushell, Esq., of Myerscough Cottage; T. D. Archibald, Esq. ; then a considerable body of horsemen, and lastly, a long train of gigs and other conveyances. The procession was unusually long, such a display not having been seen in Lancaster for some years. _ _ _ Mr: Justice :Coleridge arrived about five o'clock and opened the commission. CROWN COURT—SATURDAY. On Saturday morning, about eleven o'clock, Mr. Justice Coleridge, having, previously attended the Parish Church, where prayers were read by the. High Sheriff's chaplain, took his seat in the Crown Court. The preliminary formalities having been gone through, the folloWing gentlemen were sworn on the grand jury :—The Right lion.. Lora Stanley, Foreman, Lieut.-General Sir Thomas Whitehead, G.C.8., Uplands ; T. B. Addison, Esq., Preston ; Richard Atkinson, Esq., Ellel Grange ; Joseph .Bushell, Esq., Myerscough Cottage; Chisenhale Chisenbale, Esq., Astley Hall; John Cunliffe, Esq., Myerscough House ; John Edmondson, Esq., Grassy and Hall ; Abraham Rawlinson Ford, Esq., Ellel Hall ; T. R. Wilson France, Esq., Rawcliffe Hall ; R. Gillow, Esq., Leighton Hall ; E. G. Hornby, Esq., Lancaster; Thomas Henry Hesketh, Esq., Rufford Old Hall ; J. P. Hindle, Esq., Woodfold Park ' • Henry Hargreaves, Esq., Sprinfield Hall ; George Jacson, Esq., Barton Lodge.; T. Y. P. Michaelson, Esq., Isle of Barrow ; Colonel Parker, Lancaster ; John Taylor, Esq., Moreton Hall ; R. 11. Welch, Esq., Leek House ; Geo. Wcld, Esq., Leagram Hall ; George Wilson, Esq., Dallam Tower. His lordship then delivered the charge, which, owing to an accident, we are unable to give. It did not contain any feature of novelty or importance. The grand jury having returned some bills, the trial of prisoners commenced. THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL FIFTH NIGHT OF THE SEASON. The new Play of LOVE, having been received by brilliant and crowded auditories with the most rapturous applause on each representation, will be repeated This Evening. Fifth Appearance of Miss ELLEN TREE, of the Theatre- Royal, Covent-garden, who is engaged fora limited number of nights. THIS present FRIDAY EVENING, the 27th i ns t an t, will be performed, for the fifth time here, with New Scenery, Dresses, and Decorations, the highly successful Play, written by James Sheridan Knowles, Esq., called LOVE. The Countess of Eppenstein.... Miss Ellen Tree, as originally performed by her, this season, at the Theatre- Royal. Covent-garden. Huon Mr. Stuart. The Empress.. Miss Cleaver. Catherine Mrs. Tenet. After which, the Operetta of NO. Sir George Doubtful.. Commodore Hurricane Mr. Baker. Frederick Mr. Barker. Lady Doubtful Mrs. Baker, I Maria -- . ... Miss Grant. To conclude with the Farce of CHAOS IS COME AGAIN. Colonel Chaos Jack Bounce Mr. W. Howard. Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s. f;d. ; Pit, 2s. 6d. ; Gallery, Is. Doors to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance to commence at Seven. The Box-office will be opened daily, when Places in the Lower Boxes may be taken of Mr. MINSTER, from Ten until Three o'Clock. A limited number of Subscription Tickets for the Season, not transferable, nor admissible at Benefits, to be Sold. Ap plication to be made at the Box-office. - TO-MORROW, Shakspeare's Tragedy of MACBETH. Macbeth. Mr. Stuait ; Macduff, Mr. Gray ; Malcolm, Mr. W. H. Bland Banquo, Mr. W. Howard ; First Witch, Mr. Baker; Lady Macbeth, Miss Cleaver.—To conclude with the Melo-Drama of LUKE THE LABOURER. Squire Chase, Mr. W. H. Bland; Philip, Mr. W. Howard; Bobby Trot, Mr. Baker ; Clara, Miss Cleaver ; Jenny, Mrs. Tellet. The last new Play, written by LEIGH HUNT, Esq., called A LEGEND- OF FLORENCE, is in preparation, and will be produced during Miss ELLEN TREE'S engage ment. THE " REPRESENTATIONS" AT THE AMPHI- THE AT RE. TO THE EDITOR OF TILE_ LIVERPOOL STANDARD. SIR, —Having perceived an. Advertisement in your Jour nal,K.) stating that the " Amphitheatre, Liverpool, on account of its great success, would continue open for eighteen representations more," &c., &c., allow ine to inform you, that no part of no, Establishment or Stud of Horses have any connexion with the present Management. This state ment I deem necessary, lest the generous patrons and sup porters of my productions should accuse use of misleading them, by false announcements of closing at one period and renewing at another. The favour of giving publicity to the above will oblige, Yours, respectfully, to command, A. DUCROW. Theatre. Royal, Birmingham, March 24, 1843. STATE OF TRADE. MANCHESTER.—There was a decidedly hater demand for yarn yesterday than on any market day for several weeks past, and sales were readily effected by all who chose to ac tept previous rates. Many of the spinneis, however, stood out for an advance, and we believe in some cases an advance of a farthing per pound was obtained on 40's mule yarn. For goods, too, there was a little mdre inquiry ; but it did not produce any improvement in prices: , The general feeling in the market, however, was much more cheerful than for some weeks past. ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY.—There has been a very dull market to-day ; and the demand for flannels has been more limited than it was on the two preceding Mon days ; but prices have undergone no change. In the wool market there has been very little doing, and no change in prices to report. HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, TUESDAY.—There were more buyers to-day than for some weeks past, who were sharply on the look-out for cheap bargains ; but few purchases were made, on account of the firmness in prices, which certainly have reached the lowest point of depression. ILpes are now entertained of an increased demand, both in woollens and light fancy goods. Wools are more in demand, at late quota tions. More business is doing in the warehouses. On the whole, there is not quite so much gloom, but still trade is in a wretched state, and the situation of a large mass of opera tives is truly deplorable.—Manchester Guardian. BLACKBURN.—Our market has continued in the same in active and unsatisfactory state throughout the past week which has marked its movements for many weeks past ; and if any relieVing feature presents itself, it is in the hope en tertained by many, that both the raw and manufactured ma terial have reached the lowest point of depression. FOREIGN RECIPROCITY.—The Irish butter trade with Portugal, and the trade in Newfoundland cod-fish imported to that country, has almost entirely ceased, the cortes abat ing fifteen per cent., all duties in f avour o f th e i r own ship ping or Portugnse bottoms. Salt from Portugal is imported to this country free of duty, and this trade is also confined to their own vessels. Ministers are threatened with a formidable motion oriChi nese affairs by Sir James Graham. The papers produced as a justification of their past proceedings and the warlike expe dition now in course of preparation, furnish the materials of an attack, which it will task the Ministerial strength to re pel. It is indeed time that the policy of Government to wards China should be fully examined. We are not aware that a warlike enterprise of such magnitude, and the results of which may be of such incalculable importance, was ever .before undertaken by a British Government without the formal sanction of Parliament. The responsibility assumed by Ministers is immense.—Spectator. SIR JAMES ANDERSON'S STEAM CARRIAGE.—On Mon day night the first of these carriages, building at Newcomen bridge mills, was brought up from the works to be painted at Nottingham -street. The rise from the mill, we are in formed, is 9 feet 6 inches in 68 feet ; and, it beipg considered imprudent to use steam power for such an ascent, a number of workmen attempted to draw it up, but were unable. The steam was then used, and the bill ascended, without the least difficulty, to the top of the bridge. The carriage immedi ately started down the strand, and turned directly into the house prepared for it, apparently under full command. We understand that as soon as painted and decorated it will be Publicly exhibited. The difficulty of steam carriage ascend• ing steep hills seems no longer to exist.---Saunder's News Letter. Mr. J. Dunglinson, of the Goat, near Cockermouth, has preserved the following rare birds, &c., during last winter : Capercale, the male weighed twelve pounds, (male and fe male); ptarmagan, in winter and summer plumage ; black grouse, red ditto, Solan gander, barnacle, crested cormorant, green ditto or shag, great nothern diver (wale and female,) dun diver, red-throated ditto, great speckled ditto, swallow. tailed thiel drake, pintail or lea pheasant, red-breasted rney ansen, lea parrot, burgo master, kittiwake, oyster catcher, grey plover, guillimot lesser, penguin, little awk, pewit gull, lesser fern, wigeon, horned owl (male and female,) ringouzle, ring-tailed cafle, and a variety of the commoner class of bird ; and a small Shetland pony, thirty-six years of age, the pro perty of Joseph Gillbanks, Esq• , Whiteneld,—C,2eliste Pa triot. FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1840. We have been favoured with a file of Canton papers to the Bth of DeceMber inclusive, which were brought by the John O'Gannt ; Capt. Robertson. Their con tents have been anticipated by the late overland mail. The John 0' Gaunt has had an extraordinarily quick passage. We have received our files of the Jamaica Royal Gazette and Standard to the Bth of February, inclu sive. These papers are chiefly occupied with discus sions and comments on the proposed establishment of a "Silk Company," which was looked forward to with an intense degree of interest. If the. anticipations of those who have projected this company should be real ised, it will prove one of the most valuable additions to the prosperity of the island, and will probably lead to the introduction of silk cultivation into the whole of our West India colonies: It is truly gratifying to find that the planters and others in those noble colonies are thus bestirring themselves in earnest, and devoting their energies and their capital to.the further develop ment of their internalyesources. An impulse has been given to the prosperity of the WeSt Indies which, we trust, will eventually. more than' counterbalance the chilling indifference and positive discouragement, ma nifested towards those possessions by the present reek less administratibn. The subject of immigration also continues. to attract considerable attention in Jamaica.. We publish, in another column, a very interesting letter.on this sub ject, from the pen of a gentleman who is perfectly cognizant of all its details. Ile offers some invaluable suggestions on a topic which has been More than once glanced at in this paper—the practicability, of forming agricultural settlements in the West Indies for emi grants from Great Britain. 'We think that Dr. Max well has fully established his case, and proved that Ja maica offers one of the most eligible points to which the attention of emigrants from this' kirfgdom can be directed. His accounts of the salubrity of the climate, and the resources and capabilities of the soil, .will be pertised with peculiar interest. Would it not be ad visable to form a -" West India Colonization Society" for the purPose of carrying . . the proposed scheme into effect ? We believe that such a society would be of incalculable benefit to that portion of our colonial em pire. '\Ve have received our files of the Guiana Chronicle to the 29th of January, inclusive. The session of the Court of Policy commenced on the 24th of January, when his Excellency Governor Light delivered his opening speech. 'We are sorry that we cannot make room for that document. We can only afford space for a brief summary. He expressed his regret that there had been a considerable decrease in the produce during the past year ; but hoped that the produce of the present year would, by its proportionate increase, give reason for congratulation. The receipts of import and internal duties had far exceeded their estimated produce, and the civil list had been nearly covered by the surplus customs alone. Governor Light, being a Liberal in politics, speaks of the conduct of the labour ing classes in terms of :eulogium which we think are not at all justified by the accounts which have reached us from different sources. He praises them for their cheerfulness, contentment, and industry. In many instances, there; can be no doubt, these praises are richly merited ; but we fear that the great majority of the labourers have subjected themselves to the charge of idleness. The diminished produce of British Guiana is a too conspicuous proof of the truth of this charge to admit of a moment's dispute. Governor Light refers, with some degree of exulta tion, to the ambition of the labourers to become land holders. Great numbers had already become possessed of properties by purchase, and the system was likely to extend still further. This fact very forcibly proves the necessity of an extended scheme of immigration. A supply of fresh labourers, and that in very considerable numbers, is indispensably necessary in order to keep up the cultivation to its present extent, not to say any thing of increasing its amount. Labourers are con tinually leaving many of the properties, to settle down on lands of their own, whose places must be quickly supplied. Unless this he done, there must be a still further diminution in the produce. The fact that la bourers are enabled thus to purchase properties of their own, from their savings under the system of slavery and apprenticeship, is a conclusive proof of the liberal man ner in which the Negroes have been treated by the i2lanters, and ought for ever to silence the calumnies su diligently and mischievously spread by the agents of the Anti-Slavery Society. Governor Light next congratulates the Court of Po licy on the small amount of crime in the colony. The peasantry had been submissive, had obeyed the law, and respected authority. The Governor next alludes to*a subject of very great importance--the improvement of the capital of the province, with a view to the preservation of health. He says that there had not been a single case of yellow fever that might not be traced to the neighbourhood of a single street, Water -street, the defective drainage of which had caused deadly miasmata to arise, which, if not obviated, would seTiously affect the interests of the colony. We trust that the application of a remedy will soon render GeorgetoAvn as salubrious as any port in the Nest, Indies. On the subject of immigration Governor Light says, " I trust the obstacles to our receiving immigrants will be removed by the favour of . her Majesty's Govern ment. It is your duty to he prepared at once for an influx of population—to provide a suitable building for their reception, with proper responsible medical and other officers for their general welfare throughout the colony." The Guiana Chronicle very justly ridicules the igno rance of Englishmen with reference to the geographi cal- position of the colony. A member of the House of Commons lately designated that portion of the conti nent of South America an island ! and it is not long since that the correction of a similar mistake was ap pended to a note in " Blackstone's Commentaries." An English provincial journal also lately remarked that " millions of acres of land in Berbice, Demerara, and British Guiana remained uncultivated." The Chronicle, remarking upon the decrease in the exports from the colony, says that the deficiency does not arise from the deterioration of the soil, but from - • . the disinclination of the labouring classes to cultivate it. The Negro is now his:own master, and the lassi tude and indolence which the climate is calculated to . superinduce, has charms for him as well as for the refined European. In that luxury he can well afford 1 0 to indulge, for the labour of a day furnishes him with the means of supporting the idleness of a week. In illustration of this statement the editor of the Chronicle - furnishes an instance which fell under his own obser vation. He had visited an estate on the west coast of the river Demerara, and out of a population of .100 , Negroes resident on the property, only thirteen were working in the field, and not one in the bnildingst j ; , 7 l' Such a state of things cannot go on much longer, without inflicting irreparable injury on the colony, and -0 consequent loss to the mother country. " The effect of diminished produce," the Chronicle remarks, "is, of course, ditnunition of exports, and, consequently, a decrease of revenue in England. It is true that this - falling off in the revenue is not much felt in England; but it is something at a time Idled the eapenditure of Great Britain is exceeding its revenue." The force of this remark will be more fully recognised when we state that the duties on the importations. of colonial, r , ) 40 1. produce in Engiand are estimated at about ttpojnilf,„„i lions sterling annually, • - The only remedy that can be applied to the existing state of things in British Guiana—the only means by which the country can be saved from ruin; -is, brut ! GRATION. The advantage resulting from an extended system of immigration have beeit fully demonstrated by the successful issue of the experiment set on foot in the . f, D toy colony of Trinidad. That colony has taken sudden „ !f .,{a start in prosperity which promises the mast brilliant result. The immigrants into that island have been ,f; , or chiefly from America ; and no sooner did the lazy de- - nizens of the colony find that there were others ready and willing to accomplish even greater tasks than they had pkeviously declined, or indolently performed, than they turned round, and briskly proceeded to their va• rious appointed portions of labour. The same result would inevitably follow the introduction of an increased number of labourers into other colonies. The effect of immigration upon the present labour ing population of the West Indies is, perhaps, one of the most powerful reasons for procuring an increased supp!y of hands. It would introduce the principle of competition in labour—a principle which Could not fail . to produce the most favourable results. The simple .. process of an addition to the number of labourers .. - would convert the idle into the industrious—the inso lent into the submissive. They would see that they had only the alternative of working or starving. This collateral advantage of stimulating others to labour would be auperadded to the direct benefit which would • . accrue from the employment of an additional number, of hands. The Guiana Chronicle expresses itself in very-san guine terms as to the success of the petition forwarded to the Government in favour of the immigration ordi nances ; and adds that the despatches of the Governor , • cannot fail in disabusing the public mind in England •: as to the alleged cruelties to the Hill Coolies. We believe that this expectation has been already realised, as far as the public are concerned; but we regret to find that Lord John Russell has paid very little atten tion to the representations of Governor Light. No thing, we fear, short, of a powerful demonstr a tion. in Parliament can now secure to British Guiana those„ advantages for which all parties in the coloqy 4 aFssw. ,.• been so long contending. We hope that such a de monstration will be very shortly made.: v yA l gisatocl One of the grand objections against. the sclieme - ofo.)- introducing the Hill Coolies into British Guiana is, theonv 4 probability that the privilege will be abused. This oh-iorr l . jection is of the most futile character. The Govern-;1` 0 ' ment officials in British Guiana, with the Governor at their head, have demonstrated the policy, even for the sake of the Hill Coolies themselves, of procuring sup:- i 30,9 plies of them for the cultivation of British Guianei ble e They are now living in a land where, at the very; best,, - r;,f they scarcely exceed the starvation point," and where they are periodically visited by desolating plagues and frightful famines. Removed to British Guiana, they would be above want, nay, in the enjoyment of every luxury, and comparatively exempt from disease : in a word, they would exchange the most abject misery and poverty for comfort and abundance. In the language of the Guiana Chronicle, "here is a land literally overflowing with milk and honey, truly described by the Governor, when he designated it • a rich mine of gold,' with capabilities for becoming the wealthiest province of the British crown.- All it wants is labour. With that, we can add to our exports to such an extent as to defy competition : without it, we must fall back into the miserable condition of a paltry . dependency." This is Lot the language of a Tory journal. It is that of the Liberal : organ of a Liberal Governor. As such we should certainly expect it to have some weight with our Liberal contemporaries in,, ; o this country, unless they are so blinded by prejudice as , to be incapable of conviction. . • • - A few weeks since we published an account of a fancy ball, given at Freed-en-Hoop estate, the property; . , of John Gladstone, Esq. The Guiana Chronicle, while ;:o commenting on the proceedings, says that they afforded , " a transcendant refutation of the calumnies propagated by the disciples of Scoble," and that they "spoke to the people of England in a language not to be misunder- , stood." If the labourers on that estate be in that condition which the partisans of the fanatics would re present them to he, how comes it to pass that they ,•• are enabled to give a ball so sumptuous as to cost f4OO . sterling? Is there any corresponding cliss of labour ers or artisans in England that could afford to make ,•i,! such a demonstration. We perceive that the merchants of Georgetown ~ have adopted resolutions similar to those which had been agreed to in Berbice on the subject of credit. They have limited their credit to six months —accounts. to be rendered then, and to , be met either by cash, or an acceptance of three months, bearing interest. This arrangement, it was confidently expected, would lead to.the most favourable result. -fla • A file of the Berbice Advertiser to the 30th of Janoeil 4 has reached us. These papers complain bitterly oc the disfranchment of the Dutch inhabitants by Go -610 vernor Light, owing to some private pique of the lattet They also condemn the Governor for refusing to adrnit: tol the immigrants from America to a participation in the _ 4 political rights of British subjects—a principle whicii i ro g had been conceded in Trinidad. This conduct is consistent with the character of a Liberal, who must be . a tyrant whereve r h e goes . .74 Each successive day brings with it some fresh 047, dence of the ascendancy of Popery i n th e "high 4 7 o 'c places" of this once Pr o te s tant l an d ; an d eac h fresh`",,;;. illustration of this ascendancy is of a more definite 83 1 4 determinate character than its predecessor. The moat c; recent instance of the patronage of Popery on ihepvt; of the O'Connell-ridden Government has- just beeiv] ; ,j o b made public by a correspondent of the.London,.Stitigl;" -, 1 ard, who states that a Treasury order has beeriisstpw - 3 1. to the C omm i ss i oners . Of h e i. M a jesty' s Cut4tia4i• qi o o recting that all iv - tapes, plate, pictures, : or orAtlnteNA 1 ,1 ,l it • • x: intended for the uSelof Rointin.ca . thaiip . ship, shall be imparied duty free,.74 should prove correct, it will be sured, by. the Protestant .People &Wan ali* 11 87 11 111 insult to their feelings and the country. Said we not ''irtilyZ:thitit 611 4 411. tk ae ': i li for the Protestants of England ihaice . off their lei' I TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have been requested to state with reference to the charge of purloining American papers brought against Mr. Revis, that that gentletnan had no authority from %Ir. Nightin gale to receive the papers directed t) him, as intimated in the letter which appeared in the 'Standard of Tuesday, and that no agreement existed between them. As legal pro ceedings are threatened, we must decline giving insertion to any further communication on the subjrct, and for this reason we regret the appearance of the letter alluded to. We are assured that the report of the ease which appeared in the Chronicle of Saturday last is a correct account of what took place in the Police Cotirt, but we have not room to insert it. We are unable to gratify the curiosity of " An Inquirer" a s to where Mr. Sheriff Evans can be seen, but we believe he is enjoying the hospitality of the future representative of Abercromhy Ward. A correspondent complains of the inconvenient position of some of the blinds which are placed before the windows of the shops in the leading thoroughfares in the town. The attention of the authorities has been already called to this, though the nuisance is not abated. Elm' 7Libtrpool &tanbarb.