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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, OF. CLASPS. LOOSE TEETH FASTENED. 4iid filling Decayed Teeth with Mineral Marmoratum. AloNs. LE DRAY and CO., Surgeon-Dentists, respect fully inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liver pool and its vicinity, that they have opened an Establishment p er manently at vicinity} 38, SEEL-g'I'REET, 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 placed into the cavity in an almost liquid state, and in a few secoudigets hard, pre venting and curing the Tooth-ache, arrest** 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, hut, 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 Gums. 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. La 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 Terro Metal lic Teeth, highly finished, in the li nt style, with fine gold sockets, usaldLy 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 month, and restored equal in beauty and durability to their original state. Attendance from Nine till Seven, and on Sundays from Nine till Two. Ca - For the convenience of country patients, Monsieur IA DRAY and Co. are enabled to fix a partial or complete set of Teeth at one sitting, without the least pain or incon venience. No: 70, Seel-strect, Eight Doors from Berry-street, Liverpon:. £0 10 0 5 5 0 15 0 0 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 enjoyment. Hence the vast multi tudes who, having acquired the portion of an enfeebled con stitution, are doomed to the class of habitual:lnvalids. Their minds anxious, unsteady, or sluggish, ,aiid their bodies weak, the natural functions of life are disc's - filled laboriously, with pain and difficulty. For this state oftenervous derange ment, the celebrated 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, or 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 tabis 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 emissions, excesses, irregu larity, weakness, total impotency, barrenness. &e. 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 a ll 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 afford 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 not 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 effecting this grand desideratum. 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, improves the memory, and enlivens the imagination. Sold in bottles, price Ils. each, or the quantity of four in one Family Bottle for 353., by which one l ls. bottle is saved, duty included. Prepared only by Messrs. Perry and Co. Surgeons, at 22, Slater-street, Liverpool, and 4, Great 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 Flrat Doo up the Passage.) MISCELLANEOUS. Murthy, the weather prophet, netted £3,000 by the sale of his almanac. What part of the Eton Latin Grammar is the pre-payment of a post letter like? "As in presenti." A TOTAL CHANGF..----It is a singular fact that Woodstock has had a new duke, a new representative, and a new rector, within the space of one week. The Earl of Stair died in Paris on Friday morning. He had been for the last 11 years confined to his bed speechless, and almost unconscious. There are thirteen thousand men in the army wearing the good conduct badge, under which they receive ld. a-day ad ditional, after seven years. WONDERFUL WISDOM.-Mr. Hume informed the House of Commons, on Friday night, that the regalia in the Tower were NOT " natural curiosities !"—Courier. Mr. John Dawson, principal turnkey at Knutsford gaol, has been appi)inted governor of Shrewsbury gaol. He will continue on trial until the sessions, when his salary will Le fixed. The Earl and Countess of Wilton left town on Tuesday for Badminton, on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, being among the guests invited to meet the Hereditary Prince of Saxe Gotha. We understand that there is no foundation for the state ment in the French papers, of the intention of the Duchess of Kent to accompany the Princess Victoria ai Saxe Coburg to Paris. On Saturday the magnificent carriage, shipped on board the Tyrian for the President of Mexico, was got out without much injury. The quicksilver, which was in iron cases, is not at all damaged. The Second Chamber of the States of Wurtemberg reject ed, on the 14th instant, a proposition of one of its members in favour of the abolition of capital punishments, by a majo rity of 36 against 19. We regret sincerely to learn that the Earl of Roden is pre vented from attending public business in the House of Lords, in consequence of the continued indisposition of the Countess. Last week a cow, the property of Mr. Bing, of Tonford, near this city, produced three fine calves at one birth. They are all living, apparently strong, and likely to do well.— Kentish Gazette. The naval service will regret to learn that the veteran Ad miral Sir P. Durham is suffering, at his seat in Scotland, from the effects of a paralytic affection„by which one of his arms is rendered useless, The Limerick Chronicle of Saturday states that her Ma jesty is enciente ; but as the London journal s conta i n no suc h announcement, we incline to the opinion that our cotempo rary is a little premature. The contemplated committee on the banking affairs and the currency of the country, is the engrossing topic in com mercial circles, and various are the speculations as to the scope of its inquiries. It is rnmoured that some sort of a situation is to be made out for Mr. Somers, M.P. for this borough, and that it is the intention of Mr. Drummond, under secretary, to offer himself to the constituency.—Sligo Journal. Mr. W. Buck, boatswain of Plymouth dockyard, who was the person who nailed the British flag to the mast-head of the Royal Sovereign, at Lord Howe's great engagement in 1791, has been superannuated with a pension of £l6O a-year. —Plymouth Journal. One of the most authentic on dits here is, that Prince Metternich, in a letter addressed to Anselm de Rothschild, has used these words, " You may be perfectly assured that the eastern question will not for a moment disturb the peace of Europe.—Frankfort Correspondence of the Morning Post. RUSSIAN FRONTIERS, MARCH 6.—The marriage of the Russian Grand Duke to the Princess Sophia Maria, daughter of the Grand Duke of Hesse Darmstadt, will not take place till the year 1841. and will be celebrated at St. Petersburg. The sole cause of the delay of the marriage appears to he the tender age of the young bride. DEATH OF Btsrtor GLEIG.—This eminent prelate of the Scottish Episcopal Church died on the 9th instant, at Stirling, at a very advanced age. Ile was ordained a priest in 1773, and consecrated bishop of the diocese of Brechin in 1808. For some years past he had retired from active life.—Edin burgh Courant. Great activity prevails in the Royal Dock-yards at Cha tham and Sheerness, and several line -of-battle ships are in a state of rapid forwardne ss. The London, 90 guns, it is ex pected will be launched from the former establishment early In the month of June next. Orders from the Admiralty to that effect were received on Friday last. CHEAP POSTAGE. —Among the many other articles which, until now, no one ever thought of sending through the post office, are portraits. There was posted at Wick the other day two copies of the portrait of J. Traill, Esq . ., the size of which is 15 by 12 incites, rolled on pasteboard. The whole charge for sending one of these to Berwick, and the other to Inverness, was Sd each.—Wick paper. he Nestor of the French army, Antoine Delpuech, lately died at St. Cern;n, in the 120th year of his age. Delpuech had served during the succession war of Austria, under the orders of Marshal de Saxe. On the llth of May, 17-15, he followed at Fontenoy, where his entire company, commanded by Jean de Calonne, was destroyed, with the exception only of himself and four others. LoOK oIIT A HitAD.—That unobtrusive personage, Mr. John O'Connell, has been sending out canvassing circulars, on behalf of his son, lately. As this gentlemen is not one of those acting without a motive, we think it probable that he has taken this step on some private intelligence of a dis solution. Therefore, we say, ' look out a-head."—Kerry Post. HORSE. WARRANTT.—In the case of 'Mathieu v. Fusting, Lord Denman lately held that a general warranty of being quiet in harness meant quiet in double as well as single har ness. Horse-sellers will be surprised at a decision so con trary to their practice and notion of right. The legal mean ing of warranted " quiet in harness," not only includes both single and double, but seems to guarantee the pressut,„ will as the fume behaviour of the haniess houses. iniptriai parliament. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MoD!ty. The royal assent was given, by commission, to various (chiefly private) bills. 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 able to attend the discussion. The consideration of the bills in question was, after some conversation, postponed, as suggested. Lord MONTEAGLE, 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 DUN CANNON laid on the table the Clergy Reserves (Canada) Appropriation Bill. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY and the Bishop of LON poN complained that no details had been gone into by the government, and that the bill was calculated to be very in jurious to the interests of the church. The remaining business being disposed of, their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. Mr. TREsIGER 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 jurisdiction of the House of Lords. Mr. CHRISTOPHER gave notice that he should, this day, move that the house be culled 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 move 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 JOHN RUSSELL then proceeded with his motion on the subject of the Canada papers. The subjects of her Ma jesty resifting in Upper Canada, he said, amount to more than I,ooo,ooo—some calculate them at 1,100,000, 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 theassembly 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 wby 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 he 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 each send one member: The rest of the members for each province are to he 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 ment addresses the crown, praying for its refusal. The sub jects I refer to include, among others, regulations 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, be said, in conformity with our own constitutional views and maxims, that money votes 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 (6t 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 distri 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. Mr. HOME observed, that the noble lord was utterly mis taken if he supposed that the bill laid on the table of the house would have the effect of removing the discontent in Canada. Sir R. INGLIS strongly protested against the application of the clergy reserves. Mr. PAKINOTON doubted whether the union would be productive of the advantages anticipated from it. Sir C. Grimy 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 J. 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.—TUESDAY. On the motion of the Earl of SHAFTESBURY, the Mutiny Bills were read the second time. Lord MELBOURNE presented a message from the Queen relating to the services of Lord Seaton, and directing the attention of the house to the noble lord's merits. The mes sage was similar to that delivered to the House of Commons. On the motion of the noble viscount the message was ordered to be taken into consideration on Friday next. The Earl of ABERDEEN put his promised question relative to tha treaty concluded with Austria the year before last, and particularly on the 4th section, regarding the navigation l aw s. lie said that their lordships' would not forget the c ongratulation with which they were favoured on the con clusion of the treaty ; it was, however, in fact, no new treaty, but 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 ships. r But o this the ports, from Turkish ports of the Danube, should be received as if coming from Austrian . ports . ; antdo, thosein return, t it f was Danube should be received s as g i 9 f m A g ustrian stipulated that British ship all that the President of the Council that fact last year, and was was done without consulting the third power. He mentioned betweenthe Turkishwhich any incon venience Turkish government and this country, by . answered was, that negociation in progress of the treaty, that had led, as he was informed. to a violation September last an would be obviated. Matters remained in a state and the infraction of our own law, for in Austrian vessel arrived in the port of G l oucester, from a Turkish port o f the Danube, which was seised b Cus tom House, i n v i o l a ti on of the navigation law , and after the after long correspondence on the part of those concerned, the Treasury released th e vesse l , b ut i mpose d a m itigated 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 tion law. He wished to ask, whether it was the intention to take measures to rescue the honour and good faith of the 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 in plumes that belonged to others. It was agreed between Austria and England, that ships received into Turkish ports should have certain privileges. It was an article extremely pressed upon them by the Austrian plenipotentiary. It was an article which Austria had to fulfil, and did not impose upon England any obligation whatever. By the 6th article important privileges treatyh it was stipulated that all impoer na tions should be extended t o G reat Britain; grtof,etho to e ot and, as far as navigation had been concerned, it was fulfilled, *bough he was told this was not the case with resp ec t tp duty. With respect to the fourth article of the treaty, it was, no doubt, in contravention of the navigation law. Lord ASHBURTON 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 contravene 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 his 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, the 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. CRAW FORD, 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. BunnErr 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. HUME 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. HIN DLEY 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 episcOpil 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. CHRIsToPitEII, 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. BAlrms 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 Majesiy'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. PROTHEROE moved fora 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 expehded 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 l►nes through which carriages are then obliged to pass ; 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.—WEDNE4DAY. 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. His lordship reserved his right of speech to a later period of the debate. The reader will hear 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 qualifica 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 English to the Irish system—that it would 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. SHAW thought that gentlemen on the other side were precluded by their own former acts and declarations fromop 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 them 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 for 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. REDINGTON successively opposed the bill. and were answered, in a judicious speech by Mr. LUCAS. Sir W. SOMMERVILLE 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 on 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. SREIL 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 should 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. PICOT, the Irish Solicitor-General, thought it quite Parliamentary to oppose the second reading, even of a bill having a use f u l 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'CON• NELL intimated that he should not suffer the debate to close that night. Lord STANLEY said that having, in order to attend the t t s a Lo t :sgaii they vd: 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 c house, lo L s close Lord h p j a r t . ey n n in i u g g h s w tih o t u at l p d ur e ne i cd t e h edr e e r nue s e u h ff o e v r . ecr t u h mt e hse d t e amn ba ca t et e steh t r o es standing in Thursday's paper. would facilitate the conclusion of the ° debate on Thursday. by agreeing that those members whose notices e e might be d's placed by the adjourned discussion should priority I - have on the next Friday or Monday. AWFUL MORTALITY. —The which followingarri arrived s f t r a o n m e e ß o e f l f i a n s o t r t a li aboutty t occurred v took up their r i esidence i n a l ow lodging house in So ulis-street, Kilmarnock. The o) t e b b e i i l r d iae r n were in a state of debility and disease at the ti_ the ,o in months a n since, Irish family, l md rival ; and their fate m ust have been a ccelerated tfy im pure air, and the absence of an y comfort necessary to sick ness. The first death w as that of Elizabeth, o n the Bth Feb. 71 years ; on the 10 th , Patrick, aged , ii years ; on th e . 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 were afflicted with the carpe disease.—Kilmarnock Journal. . COURT CIRCULAR.-TUESDAY The Queen had a dinner party yesterday, at Buckingham Palace. The company consisted of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of'Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, Marquis of Douglas, Mar gals 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, ady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Anson, Hon. Mi s s Paget, Baroness Lehzen, Earl of Fingall, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Hon. IVilliam Cowper, Col. Wemyss, Col. Wylde, Baron Grubeu, 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 Buccleuch, Duke and Duchess of Roxburgh, Duke and Duchess of Somerset, Marquis of Anglesey.and Lady Adelaide Paget, Lord Clarence Paget, Earl and Countess of Roseberry, and the Ladies Primrose, Earl and Countess of Wilton, 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 Cavendish, Hon. Col. and Hon. Miss Cavendish, Hon. Sir E. and Lady Cust, Caain 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 Gruben. 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 Fingall, Col. Wemyss, Cu!. '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 ha s 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 'esterday, 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 Ist 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 I 0 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 fine weather have 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 bare 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 froth 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 hand 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 224 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 mord 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 fullyalive 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 amonnt of traffic no railway in the kingdom 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, we observe, cdinniitted in the House 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 rectors have deviated faom the established rule, and we do not apprehend that the omission will at all detract from its merits in the 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, between 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 bye 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 X 57,300. From this, however, must be deducted £3637 paid for government letters, making the revenue X 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 £16,287, 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 and 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 (X 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 (X 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 have 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, £l4lB, and - X2843. 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 was bitten by a dog which had strayed into his farm-yard about seven weeks since. The unfortunate man did not show de cided proofs of hydrophobia until Friday last, and he died on 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. Two 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 it s suburbs with gas, there are eighteen public gas works; 12 public gas-work 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 co nsumers ; 30,400 public or street consumers.—About 2,650 of these are in the city of London.-380 lamplighters employed; 176 gas-holders, several of them double ones, capable of storing 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 in the longest 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 it se lf; and that in fire years ; between 1827 and 1837 it doubled kind( 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 I 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 : against him 5 to 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 CHESTER 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 8 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 1; 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 be 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, venue Bellona. The feather-weight was not touched upon ; his price we consider close upon 12 to 1. There is no elevation in Pops, Melbourne, the Dean, Imo gene, or Fair Louisa; their prices must, therefore, be con sidered nominal. The colt out of Heron's dam was laid against at 100 to 1. but it could not be had again. THE DERBY.—Launcelot was backed at 18 to 1, and Bock hare, 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 1, 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 r. 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 this 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 124 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 6 to 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 I was taken to £5O a few minutes before the room was closed. 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 biddings against her having advanced 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 1 6to I „ Mr. Wreford's Wardan—t 45 to 10 against Angelica colt winning this and the Column Stakes—t. THE DERBY. 12} 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 Launcelot--t 20 to 1 „ 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 Grafton's Ottoman—t and aft off 30 to 1 „ Colonel Anson's Black Bess—t 40 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Janus—t 40 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Assassin 50 to 1 ~ Lord Jersey's Muley Ishmael—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 000 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 1 against Lord G. Bentinck's Crucifix—t 8 t 9 1 „ Colonel Anson's Black Bess 9 to 1 „ Mr. Fowler's Lalla Rookh—t 20 to 1. „ Colonel Westenra's Welfare 20 to 1 „ Mr. Wigram's Teleta. 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. • (Prom 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 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. .L.Pecitler; Vicar of Garstang. 'rile Sheriff's private carriage And four came next ; after that the carriage and four of Miss Dalton, of Thurnham Hall ; the carriage anti four of R. Gillow, Esq., of Leighton Hall; the carriage and four of •H. Hargreaves,.Esq:fof Springfield Hail ; the carriages of J. Edmondson, Esq., of Grassyard Hall; the Rev.. R. S. :Barton. of Wey.h...:-; A. It. Ford, Esq., of Fidel Hall ; T. Thompson, Esq., of Ella Cottage ; Atkinson, Esq., of Ellel Gran g e ; G. Jacson, Esq., of Barton Lodge ;•.T. Bushell,. Esq., of Mverscough Cottage; 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 displaylit 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. Lord 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 Chisenhale, Esq., Astley Hall; John Cunliffe, Esq., Myerscough House; John Edmondson, Esq., Grassyard Hall; Abraham Rawlinson Ford, Esq., Ellel Hall; T. R. Wilson France, Esq., Rawcliffe Hall; R. Gillow, Esq., Leighton Hall ; E. G. Hornhy, Esq., Lancaster; Thomas Henry Hesketh, Esq., Rufford Old Hall ; J. F. 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. H. Welch, Esq., Leck House ; Geo. Weld, 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 hills, 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 instant, .1 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 The Empress.. Miss Cleaver. Catherine. Mrs. Tellet. - --- After which, the Operetta of NO. Sir George Doubtful Commodore Hurricane Mr. Baker. Frederick Lady Doubtful.. Mrs. Baker. I Maria To conelnde with the Firee of CHAOSAS COME AGAIN. Colonel Chaos Jack Bounce • Mr: \% Howard. Lower Boxes, 4s. ; Upper Boxes, 3s: Gd. ; Pit, 2s. 6 d. ; 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. Stuart ; Macduff, Mr. Gray •, Malcolm, Mr. W. 11. 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- THEATRE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.' SIR, —Having perceived an Advertisement in your Jour nal, stating that the " Amphitheatre, Liverpool, on account of its great success, would continue open for eighteen representations more," '&c., &c., allow me to inform you, that no part of my Establishment or Stud of Horses have any connexion with the present Management. This state ment I deem necessary, lest the geneibus patrons , and sup porters of my productions . should accuse me 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 better demand for yarn yesterday than on any market day for several weeks past, and sales were readily effected by all who chose to ac ;ept previous rates. Many of the spinners, 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 more 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. Hopes are now entertained of an increased demand, both in woollens and light fancy goods. Wools are more in demand, at late quqta 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 favour of their own ship ping or Portuguse 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 on Chi 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 he 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. Slit 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 being 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 hill 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 bills 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 (male and female,) dun diver, red-throated ditto, great speckled ditto, swallow tailed thiel drake, pintail or lea pheasant. red-breasted mey 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 c.atle, 'and a variety of the commoner class of bird and a small. Shetland pony, thirty-six years of age, the pro perty of Joseph Oillbanks,.Esq., Whitefield.— Carlisle Pa trig*. , , • tl)t Zibtrpoof gPtanbarb. PRID.4Ir 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'Gaunt, Capt. Robertson. Their con tents have been anticipated by the late overland mail. The John O'Gavnt 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 antieipations 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 energiesTand their capital to the further develop: mentaltheir internal resources. An impulse has been given'to,',thetirderity:of the -West Indies which, we trust, will eventually more than connterhalance the chilling indifference and positive discouragement, ma nifested towards those possessions by the present reck less administration.' The subject of immigration also continues to attract considerable attention in- Jamaica: We publish, in another column, 'a very, interesting .letter.nn-ihis sub ject, from the pen of- a • gentleman who: is perfectly cognizant of all its detailS. He offers' sofne 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 kingdom can be directed. His accounts of the salubrity of the climate, and the resources and capabilities of the soil, will be perused 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. We have received our files of the Guiana Chronicle to the 29th of January, inclusive. The session of the Court of Policy commenced on the 28th 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 be 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 planters, and ought for ever to silence the calumnies so 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 beenrsubmissive, 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 seriously affect the interests of the colony. We trust that the application of a remedy will soon render Georgetown as salubrious as any port in the West 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 be 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- neat of south America an island . 1 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 uncul►ivated." 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 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 Nisited 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 buildings! Such a state of things cannot go on much longer, without inflicting irreparable injury on the colony, and consequent loss to the mother country. " The effect of diminished produce," the Chronicle remarks, "is. of course, dimunition of exports, and, consequently, a decrease of revenue in England. It is true that this _Calling off in the revenue is not much felt in England; . but it is something at a time when the expenfliturvf Great Britain is exceeding its revenue." The force of this remark will be more fully recognised when. tve state that the duties on the importations. of colonial produce in Engiand are estimated at about Iwo 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, IMtst.t• . , GRATION. .32 '.!t - The advantage resulting from-an extended system of immigration have been fully demonstrated by the • !, successful issue of the experiment set on foot in the colony of Trinidad. That colony has taken a sudden .. start in prosperity which promises the most brilliaat result. The immigrants into that island have been : chiefly from America ; and no sooner did the lazy de nizens of the colony find that there were others ready .7 and willing to accomplish even greater tasks than they had previously 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 supply 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 he superadded 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 attenn tion to the representations, of Governor Light. ~ No-:: thing, we fear, short -of -a, :powerful demonstration in Parliament can now.-:secure to :British, Guiana thosf.:, advantages for which all parties in the colony,. have n‘->, tons oorstorkriinis Wo hope that Ruch.at de- monstration will be very shortly made. One of the grand objections against.the scheme.4{ introducing the Hill Coolies into. British Guiana is ) . +i probability that the privilege will be abused. ,This-ob-o jection is of the most futile character. The Govern?." ment officials in. British ,Guiana, with the Governor at their head, have demonstrated the policy,_ eren for the : sake of the Hill Coolies themselves, of, procuring sup plies of them for the cultivation of British Guiana., They are now living in a land,where, at the very best, 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 exporti to such an extent as to defy competition : without it, we must fall back into the miserable condition of a paltry' dependency." This is not the language of a Tory journal. It is that of the Liberal organ of a Liken; Governor. As such we should certainly expect .it to have some weight with our Liberal contemporaries i . l l this country, unless they are so blinded by prejudice's' to be incapable of conviction. A few weeks since we published an ,account of .a fancy ball, given at Vreed-en-Hoop estate, the ininiertY of John Gladstone, Esq. The Guiana Chronicle, while commenting on the proceedings, says that they afforded " a transcendant refutation of the calumnies proPagate4 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 .oat condition which the partisans of the fanatics would-re present them to be, how comes it to pass that they are enabled to give a ball so sumptuous as to cost f4O O sterling ? Is there any corresponding class of labour ers or artisans in England that could afford to make such a demonstration. We perceive that the merchants of GeorgetOir have adopted resolutions. similar to thOse which ha 4 been agreed to in Berbice on the subject of 'credit. They have limited their credit to six months—account' to be rendered then, and to be met either by:cash, 9f an acceptance of three months, - bearing intere . • arrangement, it was confidently expected, would to the most favourable result. A file of the Berbice Advertiser to the 30th of JO' has reached us. These papers complain bitterly of the disfranchment of the Dutch inhabitants by Go vernor Light, owing to some private pique of the latter• They also condemn the Governor for refusing to adout the immigrants from America to a participation in th e political rights of British subjects—a principle whic h had been conceded in Trinidad. This conduct is qui te consistent with the character of a Liberal, who must b e a tyrant wherever he goes. r Each successive day brings with it some fresh es"' dence of the ascendancy of Popery in the " high places" of this once Protestant land ; and each fre s° illustration of this ascendancy is of a more definite an d determinate character than its predecessor. The mos t recent instance of the patronage of Popery on the P art of the O'Connell-ridden Government has just be ' n made public by a correspondent of the London Stafill:i ard, who states that a Treasury order has been lo ne , to the Commissioners of her Majesty's . CustoMs•A Ck recting that all images, plate, pictures, or .iornasicl:4-c' intended for the use of Romari:` Cia400 . 140:11:. L i te t ship, shall be imported duty free., iPthisadal i al l ' should prove correct, it will he . c4ileftre a lPitiL c r, slued, by the Protestant people Ofanfitang - * a a":" LialAffsn' insult to their feetilw atui;in - qtf , - v.,1 s out - the country; .SaicLwe,•nabistimlyAka4.ll to 4'%0-m-,21., for the Protests 9- TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have been requested to state with reference to the charge of purloining American papers brought against Mr. Revis, that that gentleman had no authority from Mr. Nightin gale to receive the papers directed to 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 subject, and for this reason we regret the appearance of the letter alluded to. We are assured that the report of the case which appeared in the Chronicle of Saturday last is a correct account of what took place in the Police Court,' hut we have not room to insert it. We are unable to gratify the curiosity of " An Inquirer" as 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.