The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-01-28 00:00:00

CONTEMPORARY PRE qs. CHINA.—WARLIKE PREPARATIONS. (From the Cork Constitution.) "PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 18.—There is no question but that G overnme nt have determined to take active measures against the Chinese, and that the month will not pass away, without our dealing *Rh the Celestials, as becomes their long and con tinued insolence not only to his country, but to all other nations trading with them. The Blenheim, 72, Blonde, 46, Andromache, 28, all destined to reinforce the East India Sta.• tion, are nearly ready for sea, and will go out of harbour in a few days. These ships take as many flat-bottomed boats for the landing of troops as they can stow, and also as much ord nance stores and missiles as their magazines will hold. They should take, also, flat boats in frame of a character to be able to carry the 10 inch hollow-shotguns, as we learn that above Wampoa, the river leading. to Canton has only eleven feet water; therefore none but our smallest men of war can reach that city ; and then only by discharging water, ballast, stores, and every weighty article.—Orders are received at Woolwich, for the embarkation in these ships mentioned, of a Captain and Lieutenant, and a strong party of Royal Artillery, who are to take with them, rockets of the largest magnitude, Shrapnel shells, &c. and they will he here in a feW days. Sixty ma rines, with an officer, are also to embark on board the Blen heim, as supernumeraries."—Hampshire Telegraph. So, then, we are to have a brush with the " Celesti als," and we are to deal with them as becomes—" their long-continued insolence !" It is an enterprise wot thy of Lord Palmerston. The Genius of the Foreign Of, fice must have been, like the dissatisfied Irishman, " blue mouldy for want of a beating," when it fixed upon China for a battle-field. We are so well off at home—have so little to occupy the attention of our statesmen, and our coffers are so encumbered with su perabundant wealth, that, to exercise our ships and keep our hands in practice, our soldiers, our sailors' and our marines, in the absence of any prospect of employ ment in Europe, are to be sent to "flesh their valour" at the other side of the Pacific; and, at the mouth of the cannon, to instruct the Chinese in the way it be hoves them to conduct themselves towards those who do them the favour of introducing into their domini ons, in opposition to their interests and their laws, what Sir Robert Inglis has rightly called the most.pernici ous product of the earth." Is it not, we ask, an enter prise worthy of Lord Palmerston ? and yet we can scarcely believe that even he has decided on a crusade so indefencible as this. What should we say to the Power which dared to threaten England thus—which dared to prate about our insolence towards those who trade with us, and to fit out fleets and flat-boats for the blockade of our rivers and the invasion of our shores ? —and the measure which we would not consent to take, shall we insist upon our right to give ? And then, when we come to count the cost :—are our finances in so flourishing a condition that we can afford it ? What will Mr. Baring say when he finds his income falling short of his expenditure ? Even as it is, lie will soon be calling on the country for assistance. He has lost no trifle by the Postage. The Temperance Society •is rapidly reducing the " receipts of custom," and with out some new resource, he will find it difficult enough to meet his ordinary outlay. Except, then, there be something more than has vet come before the public, we apprehend there will be no war with China. Cer tainly the injuries said to have been inflicted on Bri tish subjects will not justify it if, as it is to he feared, those injuries have been the result of their voluntary violation of the Chinese law. But in its present precarious condition our connec tion with China cannot continue. Some arrangement we must have ; and justice, humanity, and interest de mand that it be pacific. Even were the country con tent to forego the use of tea, can we afford to lose the three or four millions sterling which the Chancellor of the Exchequer derives from its consumption ? Where will he find a tax so lightly felt and so cheerfully ac quiesced in ? Or, if he could, will our merchants, al ready suffering from the competition of •the. foreigner, consent to close a channel which ensures such exten sive employment to their shipping . and themselves ?, No, our policy is, to enlarge our intercourse; not to contract it ; and now that we find ourselves by the na tural and necessary operation of events uncontrollable by legislation, forced from countries in which we have hitherto found a market for our goods, a prudent go vernment would endeavour to compensate the loss by seeking access to others in which no such_ privilege has . been allowed us. China is one of:ihese,•for, W.ith th 6; exception of Canton, from nearly the whole of-her im mense empire we are shut out. It is vain to clamour against corn-laws----vainer still to charge upon thenithe alleged diminution of our manufacturing prospEirify : Were those laws abolished to-morrow,•it is the interest of continental kingdoms to render themselves inde pendent of us, and that interest, even were the - not in cited to it by the employment thus provided for - their own people—that interest they will pursue, regardless of the consequences to any but themselves. This is a result for which we ought to have been prepared, and if the manufacturer is suffering, it is not by dragging the agriculturist downward to the same depth that he is to be relieved. There is enough in our present pro spects to enlist the sympathies and to employ the abi lities of every one who feels for the welfare and the honour of his country, but until men apply themselves to their consideration in a different spirit from that which has been exhibited respecting the Corn and the Chinese questions, we see little hope of either the re removal of her difficulties or the relief of her dis tress. ADDRESS OF THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION TO THE ELECTORS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. The time has now arrived when it-is necessary to decide on what principles this great empire shall henceforth be-go verned—whether on the pure and sound Protestant,princi ples of our forefathers, which formerly 'Secured to Great Britain God's blessing, and under which she attained un equalled national prosperity and renown, or by the new sys tem of modern liberalism, under which truth and error are to be alike sanctioned, or alike disregarded. . . . . By you, fellow-countrymen ! by your votes at the election of your representatives must an answer be given to this im portant, this vital question. Let each man then remember, that in exercising the elective franchise, he discharges a great public trust, and either fulfils or abandons his duty. Consider, we beseech you, the real state of affairs ; be not led away by idle words ; but look, and look carefully to facts. Popery, the former scourge and bane of the coun try—Popery, the curse of Ireland, and Italy, and Spain— Popery, the prophesied "Mystery of Iniquity, is again making progress among us. In 1837 forty-one Papists were returned to Parliament ; by these men on nearly every divi sion since, has the scale been turned. By Papists, therefore, you have of late been virtually governed. Think not, brother electors ! that Popery has neglected to use the enormous power thus possessed. In three short years Popery has placed her votaries in the palace, in the council, and on the bench. A Papist is the treasurer of the Queen's household, four of the Queen's privy councillors, three of the Irish judges, one of the lords of the Treasury, the Irish Solicitor-General, •the Vice- President of the Board of Trade, the Secretary of the Ad miralty, these, and minor officers of state, at home and abroad, are now Papists. Very much of this progress has been made since 1837. Return such another Parliament—and what Will Popery be contented with what she has? Far from it. She is ambitious, and craves supremacy; she is despotic, and will turn power into tyranny ! •, And what is this Popery ? Some new or some amended religion ? No! Popery is unchanged and unchangeable ; she is the author of the Inquisition, the ancient persecutor of the Church of God ; and even now, in the 19th century, teaches in her colleges the doctrines that so long degraded Christen-' dom, and deluded nation after nation with blood. To Pa pists the Bible without comments is still a forbidden book •, they still are deluded with the mummeries and idolatry of the mass. And what has been her treatment of Protestants ? Let the atrocities of the Inquisition, the G un p ow de r - Plot, the fires of Smithfield, the massacre of St. Bartholemew, the slaughters in Ireland and the Low Countries, and the recent banishment of nearly 500 Protestants from the Tyrol, reply to this thrilling question ! Brother Protestants ! this . very Popery is now supported by grants from the public treasury—£so,ooo a-year is paid for a system of education cdnducted almost entirely by Romish priests in Ireland—a systerh in which the Bible is mutilated, and therefore God is dishonoured. £9,000 is an nually paid to the College of Maynooth, where Popish priests are trained to disseminate her baneful principles throughout Ireland. £2,350 was paid in 1838 to build Popish chapels in Ireland. £14,764 is annually paid to Popish priests in the Colonies. These are facts. Do you approve of them ? If Popery be true, why is so little done for her—if false, why anything at all ? Remember, our present gracious Queen, when she ascended the throne, was required solemnly to declare that Popery was superstitious and idolatrous. And is she, almost as soon as seated there, to be surrounded by Popish coun cillors ? Fellow -countrymen, be not deceived. We do not ask you to vote fo r this party or for that • but we implore you to pause before you vote for any one who directly or in directl y favours Popery or i n fi delity. - Vote then for true Protestants, and for such men only. Oppose all who oppose •them, and once more give to Great Britain a Protestant House of Commons, and restore 'to her the character of a Protestant nation. This, at the present crisis, when Jesuits and iiitidels, when chartists and social , ists, are banded together with revolutionary designs—this, fellow -countrymen, is your great political duty. For the blessings you now enjoy, martyrs have perished at the stake, and the blood of your ancestors has been profusely shed. Oh ! let it not be in vain ! Let not the blood of your fathers reproach you with treachery to the good old cause they loved, and with indifference to their glorious examples. Return God-fearing men t o p arliament, and then the light- of the Lord's countenance will shine on our senate, his Spi r i t w i l l guide their deliberat ions, and the ri g hteous ness which exalteth a nation" w ill again bring down hi s bl ess i ngs. upon us. " Provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness." —Exodus xviii. 21. FACETIff: " Too tight to be fashionable," as the rabbit said with his • neck in t u h snare. I ms e tgo down—l hope we part friends" —as the stick said to the expiring rocket. The horn of the mail coach guard is now called the "- Penny Trumpet." LORD MELBOURNE'S LAST.—What herb does her Ma- Rsty's postage remind yo u o f? D've give it up ? Pen n y Royal. The Picayenne says there is a man in New Orleans with so hot i temper, that it roasts his eggs for breakfast. M.tacu ot , M IND.—A rev. clergyman discoursing , 'last Sunday, on the propensity of the present age to rapid pro gress in everything, moral or physical, somewhat quaintly, htit too truly remarked, that the march (f mind, at the pre ' sent time, notwithstanding all that was said of it, carried a great deal of luggage. • Whether the following joke has previously got into print ie know not—it is not a bad one Somebody, after hear ing the very astounding evidence given by Sir T. Phillips, the late Mayor of Newport, on the trial of his 6-decant associates, asked what sort of a knight he could be. A Frosty knight, to be sure !' was the answer."—John Bull. ANTI-ELECTRICAL.—The following story is related of Your " half horse and half aligator St. Lawrence boatthen. Said he, "Heis a hard head—for he stood under an' oak in` a thunder-stor k - l i, when the lightiling struck the tree, and he dodged it SEVENTEEN times, when finding he could dodge -it any longer, he stood and took nine claps in succession on k. Lg pad, and never flinched." p t . • ' '. ~~ , xi t . ( . 4 7 \N.?' ' Icc;:‘ C:.!T ~ i" SELECT EXTRACTS. SINGULAR INDIAN SUPERSTITION. —The Indians fre quently bring us salmon ; and we observe, that, invariably before they part with them, they are careful to remove. the hearts. This superstition is religiously adhered to by all the Chinook tribe. Before the fish is split and prepared for eat ing, a small 'hOle is made in the breast, the heart taken out, roasted, and eaten in silence, and with great gravity. This practice is continued only during the first month in which the salmon make their appearance, and is intended as a kind of. propitiation to the particular deity or spirit who presides over the finny tribes.—Townshend' s Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains. HIDES AND LEATHER.—There are, in Great Britain and Ireland, six or seven million head of cattle. But these do not afford a supply of leather sufficiently large for the numerous uses to which it serves. We import hides from Lithuania, and other provinces of Russia, where the cattle run wild in the forests ; and in Paraguay the vast herds which range the boundless plains are pursued and skinned, while the rest of the animal is of so little value, that the carcase is left to rot upon the ground. The troubled state of these South Ameri can states has kept up the price of leather, by preventing the trade in skins.. The largest tanneries in the world are at Bermondsey on the outskirts of London. The value of arti cles made of leather is fifteen millions per annum, and shoes take more than one-half of that amount. Leather is not an article we export, for other nations can supply themselves Imore cheaply than we can.' Gloves are made at Worcester, Yedvil, Ludlow, and Woodstock. How TO AVOID CATCHING COLD.—Accustom yourself to the use of sponging with cold water every morning on first getting out ofrbed. It should be done quickly, and followed with a good deal of rubbing with a rough towel. It has con siderable effect in giving tone to the skin, and maintaining a proper action in it, and thu.proves a safeguard to the inju rious influence of cold and sudden changes of temperature: therefore, a person who is in the habit of thus fortifying the skin will be much less likely to suffer injury from heated rooms, and the change from a hot room to the cold air. Sir Astley Cooper says, " The methods by which I preserve my own health are temperance, early rising,.and sponging the body every morning with cold water immediately after get tirignut of bed, a practice which I haver-adopted for 30years ; and' though I go from the hot theatre into the squares of the hosPital, in the severest winter nights, Yet I scarcely ever have a cold."—T. .1. Graham, M.D. : Viyigordc RlVER.—Altliough sulphur is found to exist more or less in the vicinity : 9l„every volcano,, - the only in stance with which we are acquainted of sulphuric acid being found in a state of nature, is in the island' of Java, near Batavia, the capital: A. lake of sulphuric acid occupies the crater of an extinct volcana, from - which reservoir it flows in a rivulet down the sides of the mountain to a considerable distance. During the dry season of the year, this remark able stream becomes absorbed by the thirsty ; areuaceous soil through which it runs ; but in the rainy period it forms a confluence with another stream called the White River. The water of the.latter, although saturated with whitish clay, is not pernicious, far less fatal, either to fish or other animals. But the moment it is joined' by the acid rivulet, the stream becomes transparent from• the acid precipitating,the earthy matter which it holds in solution; and it not only destroys the fish, but also the whole of the vegetation over which it. passes. • GREAT MATCH BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTH COUNTRY. — Setting aside the, in our opinion, absurd story of Dr. Hawksworth concerning Dragon—setting this story aside, one of the earliest anecdotes connected with the turf is that relating to the great match between a south country horse of Mr. Frampton, the name of which is not recorded, and Old Merlin, the best horse, as' tliel(orkslicremen consi dered, that their county had ever yet produced, Merlin was the property of Sir Matthew Peirson, but the match became a public concern, north against south. Sir William Strick land figures in the tale as a principal, and ably did he-main tain the reputation of." wily Yorkshiree!-; s „,!.`,lmmediately,'' . says the old Turf Register--and our meaders will probably prefer the contemporaneous narrative—" Immediately on the match being closed, there was great betting between the north and south country gentlemen. After Merlin had been some little time at Newmarket under the care of oneHesel- tine, Mr. Frampton's groom endeavoured to bring himlover to run the two horses a private trial at the stated weights and distance agreed on in the match ; observing by what means they might both make their fortunes. Heseltine re fused, but in such a manner as to give the other hopes of bringing him over. In the meanwhile Heseltine took the opportunity of communicating, by letter into Yorkshire, the proposed offer to Sir William Strickland, who was prin cipally concerned in making the match. Sir William replied that he might accept of it, and instructed Heseltine to be sure to deceive his competitor .by letting Merlin - carry seven pounds mere weight than that agreed upon, and at the same time laying a particular injunction on seerecy... Soon 'after - Heseltine received this hint. he consented : to the,proposal ; previous thereto Mr. Frampton had given his groom similar instructions. The two . herses we're prepared,:started, and ran over the course agreed to- in the articles of the match, when Merlin beat his cpponent something more . than a length, after excellent running. 'TfilS 'hieing communicated to each party'by their secret and faithful grooms, who. both rode the trialMatterc_cl erAch wit p coxtainty rifsuccess--_—Merlin's friends 'observing, that; 'as iitlier'Vrith seven pounds extra. weight, :-hb ieibuld * iviit his Tate easy': on. the other side, -says "Mr. --Frampton,:` as :Iny.horse- ran. : Merlin so hard with seven-pounds.over-w.eight, he will win his race to a certainty. -Immediately after Proposals were made on both sides to a very enormous amount, arid accepted, and it has been as serted that more -money was betted on this event than was ever known, . some gentlemen not only staking all the cash they-were able to advance,_ but their other property also. At length the important hour arrived for the determination of this great event, and, each party flushed with hope of suc cess, the south country gentlemen observed to those of the north, " that they would bet them gold while gold they had, and then they might sell their land." The horses started, and the race was won by Merlin about the same distance as in the secret trial. In a short time the whole scheme be came generally known, to the mortification of its.inventor, Tregonwell Frampton, Esq. Merlin was rode by James Hare, of Cold Kirby, near Hambleton, the celebrated York shire training ground. We are also told, that it was in con sequence of the ruinous betting which had taken place on the above race, that the well-known but little respected law was enacted against the recovery of any sum of money above ten pounds betted on a horse race. The date of the above race is not mentioned : it most probably took place about 1706.—01 d Sportiny Magazine for January. A TORNADO.—In Sillirnan's American Journal of Science and Arts for July, 1839, there is a very interesting account of 'an extraordinary tornado, from which we shall transcribe the following pcirtion :—" Having visited and examined the scene of the tornado, so well described by Mr. Willis Gay lord, of Otisco Onondago County', New York, in the Genes see Farmer, November 10th, 1838, we also can bear witness to thd tremendous devastation which that whirlwind pro duced. NN e were on the ground in September, about two months after the event. Before the tornado, -a region of 400 or 500 acres bad been covered by a dense forest of pine trees, many of them very tall and large; roads had been cut through this forest, and a few solitary houses were planted in it, here and there. Now we 'looked in vain over the whole tract fora single perfect tree. Those which had not been uprooted or broken in too near the ground, were shivered and twisted off at different elevations, leaving only a portion of a shattered trunk, so that not a single tree top, and hardly a single branch, were found standing in the air there were instead only mutilated stems, presenting a striking scene of desolation wherever our eyes ranged over the now almost empty aerial space. On the ground the appearances were' still more remarkable. The trees were interwoven in every possible way, so as to form a truly military abattis of the most impassable kind, nor immediately after the gale could any. progress be in fact made through the gigantic thickets of entangled trunks and branches, without the labour of bands of pioneers, who cut off the innumerable logs that choked every avenue. We had before seen many avenues made through forests by 'winds, prostrating the trees, and laying them down in the direction of its course; but never had we seen such a perfect desolation by a gyratory movement, be fore which the thick and lofty forest and the strongest framed buildings vanished in an instant, and' their ruins were whirled irresistibly around like flying leaves or gossamer. Still it was truly wonderful, that people were buried in the ruins of their houses, and travellers with their horses and cattle were exposed to this driving storm of trees which . literally filled the air, and still not a single life was lost, although some persons were wounded." HOSPITALITY OF ANCIENT GREECE.—Their rule of hos pitality was one of true politeness, formed on the golden mean between indifference and excessive attention. They deemed it equally wrong to dismiss the stranger who was posed to remain, as to detain him who was anxious to depart. While he abided with them, they were happy in his company, and whenever he pleased to go. away, he carried with him their best wishes for his welfare. It was selddm, indeed, that a guest did go away, particularly if he was discovered to be a person of distinction, or was an hereditary guest of the family, without prolonging his visit to nine or ten days at the' least. Before the hour of the banquet arrived, he was led to an inner apartment, where maids of the household were in waiting with warm water, which, after removing his mantle, and lowering his tunic, they poured upon his head and shoulders, while he bent over a brazen vase. The daugh ter of the family, even if she were a princess, as she had the care of the garments, attended with a fresh tunic and mantle; and when the maid had laved and anointed him, she present- . _ ed him with the apparel. His feet were next bathed, and, having braced on new sandals. he was prepared to make his appearance in the banquet hall. Here every mark of favour awaited him. There was no reasonable request which he could make which the host would refuse, if for no other cause than merely that he was under his roof. To offer au indig nity to a stranger in such circumstances, still more to take away his life, was a crime so heinous, that no man was deem ed capable of committing it who acknowledged the power and feared the wrath of Jupiter. A warm bed was prepared for him ; and, when he finally took his departure, a silver cup, a shield, a falchion, or some other present was bestowed upon him. In return for these kindnesses, he expressed his gra titude in the warmest terms, and charged himself with their affectionate remembrances to such of their distant friends as it was probable he should see in the course of his journey.- I,oudo7z Saturday Journal. , SURMISING EFFECTS OF CAMIIIIIDR ON VEGETABLES. —The stimulant effects of cam . phor iipon the human and some other animal bodies are well known ; but those on vegetables are not only new, but astonishing in their nature. A piece of the woody stein of the tulip tree, with one flower and two l e aves, taken out of a pot of water, containing several other flowers of the same plant, .to all appearance, in the same i state, r placed in eight ounces of water, which had been e for some time with' o ne scrup l e o f goo d camp h or : Inta r little p li while, an unusually li ve l y appearance was remark able in the flower in the camphor ; while the others, though they had the benefit of a large quantity of water, were sensibly drooping: The two leaves first elevated themselves consider ably on their footstalks i the flower expanded more than in a natural state ;' the stamina orchives receded from the pistil lum ; and the calix, or flower-cup, were r emar k a bl y reflected back, and grew extremely rigid and elastic. The internal surface of the petals of the flower perspired considerably, though a similar perspiration could not be perceived in the flower of the sameplant, in the same room and temperature. The camph ora t e d plant continued in a very invigorated state leavesf o r two wholeroope drooped and t y l s d ; after dee ay whic h csoo ne it began ntotiroop ; h u t th e flower. The other flowers and le aves o f th e tulip tree left in simple water, did not live more t h an hal f as l ong as that in the water impregna ted with camphor. Notwithstan di ng ei r than b g these surprising effects, no odour of camphor could be traced in any par t of th e branch except what was immersed in the fluid. This circum stance seems to render it probable that the camphor was not absorbed by the plant, but that it exerted its remarkable in fluence entirely through the solids to which it was immedi ately applied. The appearance, however, was very striking, and might be compared to the beneficial effects of opium on the human constitution. Several other experiments were made with camphor on plants, in all of which it was very evi dent that camphor operated as a powerful and wholesome stimulant. A stalk of yellow iris, with on, expanded flower, . was , • tiken out of a phial of water, i n which it had been placed 'more than a day. The flower h a d b egan to droop ; but in a few minutes after being put in a phial of the same size, con taining a few grains of camphor, it began to revive, and con- tinned in a vigorous state for many h ours. As camphor is spari n gly soluble in water, but very it is natural to conclude that the stimulan t effects were produced by a very small part mingled with the water. This discovery • of the quantity with camphor as induce us to make experiments. manure, if I • l a on a scale sut icient y large the expense of trying them. may were we apply the camphor in the not excessive. But still,_ . . d • and can that be termed a useless manner before mentioned ! purpo se ? A few grains or camphor, acting as a cordial, will • revive adrooping plant, increase its beauty, and prolong its florist,these are objects of no existence. In the eye of the 'ons on the Curiosities of mean importance.-:-Biires Observations Nature.. BEE-HUNTING IN AUSTRALIA.—The natives catch one of the bees, and attach to it, with some resin or gum, the light down of the swan or owl. Thus laden, the bee makes for the branch of some lofty tree, and so betrays its home of sweets to in keen-eyed pursuers.—Nitchell's Australia. DESCENT OF SPIDERS.—A letter from Sukkur, on the Indus, dated 17th September, mentions the following 'phe nomenon :—" I was taking a stroll into 'the fields, when I found myself suddenly covered with a whole host of small and large spiders. On looking about, I observed that I was standing in the midst of a large cloud of those animals, who appeared descending in a filmy web of no small dimensions from the upper regions. Having extricated myself with some difficulty from their embraces, 1 took a position from whence I could see about me, without being annoyed by them ; and to my astonishment I beheld descending, maze within maze, and fold within fold, an innumerable host of spiders, all sus pended and dancing on their numberless tiny threads, which were at times seen to glance in every variety of shade, amid the beams of the rising sun. The morning was somewhat dark and louring, and the stillness was now and then broken by some distant rumbling of thunder."—Asiatic journal. THE CORPORAL. — During the American revolution, an officer, not habited in his military costume, was • passing by where a small company of soldiers were at work, making some repairs upon a small redoubt. The commander of the little squad was giving orders to those who were under him, relative to a stick of timber, which they were endeavouring to raise to the top of the works. The timber went up hard : on this account the voice of the little great man was often heard in his regular vociferations of " Heave away ! There she goes ! Heave oh!" &c. The officer before spoken of stopped his•horse when arrived at the place,. and, seeing the timber sometimes scarcely move, asked the commander why he did not take hold, and render a little assistance. The lat ter, appearing to be somewhat astonished, turning to the officer with the pomp of an emperor, said, " Sir, I am a cor poral !"—" You are not though, are you ?" said the officer ; " I was not aware of it." And taking off his hat and bow ing, " I ask your pardon, Mr. Corporal." Upon this he dismounted his elegant steed, flung the bridle over the post, and lifted till the sweat stood in drops upon his forehead. 'When the timber was elevated to its proper station, turning to the man clothed in brief authority, " Mr. Corporal Com mander," said he, '• when you have another such a job, and have. not hands enow, send to your commander-in-chief, and I wilt come and help you a second time." The corporal was thiinaerstruck. It was Washington !—Naval and Military Gazette. INDIAN MEDICINE MEN.---Their mode of "making me dicine," to use their own term, is this: The sick man is laid upon a bed of mats and blankets, elevated from the ground, and surrounded by a raised frame-work of hewn boards. Upon this frame two " medical men" (sorcerers) place them selves, and commence chanting, in a low voice, a kind of long-drawn, sighing song. Each holds a stout stick, of about four feet long in his hand, with which he beats upon the frame-work, and keeps accurate time with the music. After a few minutes the song begins to increase in loudness and quickness, a corresponding force and celerity being given to the stick, until in a short time the noise becomes almost deafening, and may well serve, in many instances, to accele rate the exit of him whom it is their intention to benefit.— Toumshend's Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains. BUFFALOES IN THE BLUFFS.—We went around to lee ward, and upon approaching nearer, saw the hug animals rolling over and over in the sands with astonishing agility, enveloping themselves by the exercise in a perfect atmosphere of dust ; occasionally two of the bulk would spring from the ground and attack each other with amazing address and fury, retreating for ten or twelve feet, and then rushing sud denly forward, and dashing their enormous fronts together with a shock that seemed annihilating. In these rencontres, one of the combatants was often thrown back upon his haunches, and tumbled sprawling upon the ground ; in which case the victor, with the true prize-fighting generosity, refrained from persecuting his fallen adversary, contenting himself with a hearty resumption of his rolling fit, and kick ing up the dust with more than his former vigour, as if to celebrate his victory.—Townshend's Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains. SPORTING ANECDOTE.—When the celebrated Mr. John Ward hunted the Oxfordshire country, the hounds frequently met at Middleton Stoney, where they often found a fox that took them away at a flying pace to the park wall at Wood stock—l believe six miles as the crow flies. Here at one spot they always lost hint. One day Mr. Price, of. Wood stock, a well-known member of the hunt, was riding along the road near the spot where they had but a few days before' lost Reynard : he was addressed by a man who was mending the highway—" Zo, zur, you lost mi sold freend agin t'other day ; aye, Ido know where he goes ti." " Where, my good fellow ? ' said Mr. Price. Ay, that's it," said he, with a knowing leer. " Why not tell me?" "'Cause ye'll kill he with them great dogs it I do.'.' Upon the promise ,of a good reward, he was induced to betray his friend, and he offered the next time to show the very spot where poor 'pug secreted himself. A meeting at Middleton Stoney soon took place ; they had not drawn long before a cry was heard in the cover—in another minute " Tally-ho !" sounded from the lower end—and off they went like madness ; their old friend was:found, and they had a rattling burst to the park .wall ; the 'hounds flung up the scent—the man made his appearance—he was capped for, when 'three 'pounds seven teen shillings were collected. " Ay—good ; but yell .now take away them noisy dogs," for he would not " ha' him kill'd wi' them noisy dogs." The hounds were taken from the spot, and the man showed Mr. Ward sly . Reynard perched up in a magpie's nest in a fir tree just within the plantation. This he got to by running up a wall, going some way along it, then springing with one bound into his hiding place. With a pole they unlodged him, the hounds were laid on at him as quick as possible, but pug was too much for them ;, he got clear off, and was too cunning ever again to try the magpie's nest. Mr. Price never afterwards met this man on the road but he was accosted with, " Ay, zur what, wi' all yer noisy dogs ye could na kill him—ay ?" Oxford paper. .. WOMEN OF I - lorrouurtu.—l have repeatedly seen women with hair of two, and, in sonic instances, of three distinct colours ; deep black and chestnut brown s not promiscuously mingled throughout, but lying in separate masses ; and in the rare instances of which I have spoken, they were black, drown, and a kind of ash colour, giving to the head a most singular appearance. I had supposed that this party-co loured character of the hair was the effect of art, but was soon informed to the contrary, and perceived that by the natives themselves it was considered a deformity.--Towns head's Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountain's. VILLAIN, CLOWN, KNAVE, Boow.—ln many languages there is a transition, not altogether unnatural, from lowness of condition to lowness of character. It is so in Greek, and it is so in English. A villain was originally only a villanus or inhabitant of the ville, dependent on the great man or lord of the soil ; now, a villain is a knave. But a knave was formerly only a servant, nay, before that, only a boy. The German Inaba is now a boy, but the English, after be coming a servant (Wickliffe's Version of the Bible has " Paul, a knave of Jesus Christ," that is, a servant of, &c.) has now become a rogue. In the same way, though colere in Latin meant to till the land, and colonus a tiller of the land, the English clown means not merely a countryman, 'but a countryfied or rustic man. So, though the German hauen means to till the land, and Bauer a countryman or peasant, the English boor, which is the same word, means more, and implies something of the clown ; and the adjectives, boorish and clownish, are nearly synonymous. In the word neighbOur, that is nigh-boor, the word has lost its peculiar meaning. Now, on the other hand, while countryfied, clownish,' boorish, and rustic, imply something coarse, cityfied implies something polite, as we see in the word urbane, from orbs, " a city," or civil, from civic, " a citizen."—C'hambers's Journal. A REGAL FROLIC (OTAHEITE.)—WhiIe we were pro ceeding, a man suddenly sprung up behind my saddle, and fixed his arms firmly around my waist. I was not more as tonished than my horse at this intrusion ; and the spirited animal which I rode, not being accustomed to carrying dou ble, and feeling unwilling to be imposed upon, began kicking up his heels, and darting wildly about the road. I requested the intruder to dismount instantly ; but the only attention which was paid to this was a reply in the native language, which I did not understand. Supposing him to be one of the servants who had been heated by the refuse wine of the feast, and considering myself in real danger from the unruly conduct of my horse, I turned half round, and I dealt my merry companion a blow in the chest, which I intended should have unseated him. How was I astonished to hear the exclamation, " Don't strike so hard, hauri" from him who occupied my crupper ! and I was not long in discovering that : the joker was the King, Kauikeaouli, himself.— Towhsends Excursions. CATALINI'S LOVE OF THE ENGLISH.—She always speaks with great warmth of the kindness she experienced in Eng land, and says she feels that she can never do enough to prove to the English her deep sense of gratitude for all the hos pitality she received from them. Her frankness and cordiality emboldened us, before taking leave of her, to prefer a humble petition for a song. With the most perfect good-humour she instantly complied with our request, though she said she was still suffering from the effects of a recent cold, and hoped we would put up with some petite bagatelle. With a truly French refinement of politeness, she sang " Home, sweet home ;" thinking, no doubt, that nothing could be more grateful to our English ears.—Diary of a Nun. EVILS OF WHISKEY.—There is a tradition in Scotland that a dram of whiskey produced the restoration of Charles the Second. The messenger from the parliament had brought letters to Monk whilst he remained at Edinburgh. This messenger was also entrusted with despatches to the Gover nor of Edinburgh Castle; a circumstance which he mentioned to one of Monk's servants, while on his journey. The man, a serjeant saw something unusual in this, and prevailed upon his fellow-traveller to drink a drain of whiskey with him at a neighbouring ale house, where the messenger became ultimately . so drunk that the serjeant was enabled to take the papers from his custody without detection. This done, he posted to his general with the packet, who, on perusing its contents, found an order for his arrest and detention in the castle. Policy and resentment at once directed the eyes of Monk to Charles, and his restoration succeeded.—Harrison Flather, High School, Jan. 14, 1840. CHANGING WINE.—As to de men passengers, I always let deco shift for themselves, for dere isn't werry few of dem is real superfine gentlemen, but jist refidge a leetle varnished over de surface like, all pretence. Dey all make believe dat dey know wine, when, dam um, dere isn't hardly none of em know him - by name even. One buccra says, Steward, I can't drink dis wine, it is werry poor stuff ; what de debit do you mean by giving me such trash as dis ? He no fit to drink at all ! Change him directly, and gib me some dat is fit for a gentleman. Well, I takes up de wine, and looks at um werry. knowing, and den whisper in his ear not to speak so loud lest everybody hear; and I put de finger on my nose and nods, and I goes and brings him another bottle of de werry identical same wine, and he taste him, smack his lip, and say, Ah, dat is de wine, steward, always bring me dat wine, and I remem ber you when I leab the ship. Hush, I say, massa, not so loud, sir, if you please, for dere is-only a werry few bottles of dat ere wine, and I keep him for you, for I sees you knows de good wine when you sees him, which is more nor most gentlemen does. Dey is cussed stupid is dem whites, and werry conceited, Mr. Labender ; but there is notting like let ting him hab his own way.—Letter Bag of the Great Western. THE FEET.—The foot is a very important member of the human frame, even if simply considered as the organ of loco motion. It is an appropriate and elegant finish to the figure ; and when suffered to exhibit the untrammelled formation and proportion of nature, is indeed beautiful. The usages of so ciety in modern Europe, at once judiciously combining health, comfort, and elegance, forbid the exhibition of the unclothed foot ; but the exquisite sculptures of early Greece and of pa trician Rome sufficiently attest the accuracy of our assertion. Witness in those matchless statues which have hitherto de fied the arch-enemy of all human labours, Time—the -finely proportioned feet only protected by the simple sandal; the arched and muscular instep ; the dimpled joints, and straight slender toes falling equally to the ground. We feel at once, as we look on them, their perfect adaptation to the purpose of graceful exercise, their peculiar beauty of formation and finish in themselves, and their capability of supporting the unequalled superstrticture of which they form so elegant a part. Yet a small foot, meaning a narrow shapeless one, is now so generally admired—and such excessive pains are taken to obtain it, by restricting the growth of the foot in early life, n l a f nd isn r ie y t i y el i d n in t g hi s a h e o n e n s— nt t r h y a , t a i r n ea t l h ly e h u a p n p d er . some foot is rarely found to accompany figures of even fault abnydthmeidudsele f t u h i a l l y i ladies, who, 'careless of medical obtains chiefly among the of classes sm al fault less proportions otherwise. This absurd prejudice indeed and mechanical advice and opinion to the contrary, continue their feet actually require, and do in many instances cheer. to make use of shoes smaller in size than the dimensions of nature has given him feet :sauubnmwitthteowthnreldmotnstpcerureeelivself-imposed restraint) rather properly proportioned to the development of their per -30,19.--'MPhun's Pocket Guide to the Toilette. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. MANCHESTER, FRIDAY EVENING. Notwithstanding the movements at Tattersall's yesterday, the Derby and Oaks bettings were 'so limited as not to• re quire further notice. The Marcella colt was offered to be backed for 500, against either the Lady Sarah colt or Gle norchy. For the Chester Cup Cowboy was backed yesterday at 300 to 30, and offers to go on. Gilbert Gurney was also backed at 20 to 1. This morning 10 to 1 would have been accepted on Sir Thomas Stanley's horse ; whilst we think 13 to 1 would have been booked against the second favourite, there being very little to choose between Cruskeen and Abra ham Newland. Captain Popt was backed at 20 to 1, and some hundreds got on ; St. Bennett at from 25 to 20 to 1. Mr. Trerin's Fitzambo was also backed freely at prices vary ing from 200 to 6 to 25 to 1 ; the latter figure was offered in a leading quarter during the afternoon. We are not aware of any other changes since our quotations of Tuesday. TATTERSALL'S, THUIDAi-, If the attendance was thinner, and business less brisk than on Monday, it did not fail to realise a few changes of striking interest. Those in-the Derby affected Muley Ishmael, Gle norchy, and the Lady Sarah colt ; and that in the Oaks, the recently-made favourite, Black Bess. The odds quoted against Lady Sarah colt and Black Bess speak so clearly, that it would be waste of time to dwell upon them. Glenor chy was priceless, simply because no one would back him : it was rumoured that he is amiss, and an offer to bet 5 to 2 on Muley Ishmael against him would give a colour to it ; but nothing transpired of a sufficiently definite character to jus tify our vouching for the accuracy of the report. Muley Ishmael was backed at 18 to 1, and left off as good a favour ite as anything, bar Theon and Angelica, who remained pre cisely as on Monday, and were not backed. Launcelot ad vanced to 17 to 1, or takers of a point more ; and Confede rate was repeatedly mentioned, not backed, at 18 to 1. Bok hara gave way a point ; and Wardan, although backed seve ral times, did not sustain the previous quotation. Grey Milton rose to 30 to 1, takers ; and Chameau to 40 to 1, layers. Nothing else occurred worth particular notice. TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 8 to 1 agst Mr Houldsworth's Confederate—t Bto 1 „ Mr Wreford's Wardan—t Bto 1 „ Duke of Grafton's Ottoman—t 14 to 1 „ Lord G. Bentinck's Grey Milton—t 50 even between Confederate and Wardan--t. From the number of Derby favourites engaged in this stake, in addition to Crucifix, it is expected to be a good betting race. THE DERBy '''l4 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland s neon 15 to 1 „ Ld Orford's Angelica colt—t 16 to.l 17 to 1 „ Lord Westminster's Launcelot—t 18 to 1 18 to 1. „ Lord Jersey's Mulev Ishmael —t, 18 to 1 „ Mr Houldsworth's Confederatet 20 18 to 1 „ Sir G. Heathcote's Bokhara 24 to 1 „ Duke of Grafton's Ottoman—t 2'5 to 1 28 to 1 „ Mr Wreford's Wardan--t 30 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's Gambia—t 30 to 1 „ Lord G. Bentinek's Grey Milton—t 40 to 1 Mr Trenn's Fitzroy 40 to 1 ~ Mr Ford's Chameau 50 to 1 „ Captain Gardnor's Monops—t 50 to 1 „ Lord Albemarle's Assassin 1000 tlO „ Mr I. Day's Lady Sarah colt—t 1000 tlO „ Lord Albemarle's Janus—t 500 even between Muley Ishmael and Launcelot—t ; 500 even between Muley Ishmael and Bokhara—t ; 600 to 500 on Ottoman against Wardan—t ; 600 to 500 on Wardan agst Grey Milton-•--t ;Bto 1 agst Theonand Mulep Ishmaelt. &bipp fug iiiittiligentr. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24.—Wind S.W. ARRIVHD.—Monarch, , from Africa—Superior, Bailey, from Charleston—Branches, , from St. John, N.B.—Merlin, , from St. Michael's—Laura Ann, —, from Lisbon—Was. Ackers, Nichol, from the Cara-af Good Hope. John Bentley, , from St. John. N.B. at this port : captain washed overboard about a week since Euterpe, Cumming, from Maracaibo, at this port; sailed 14th Dec. On 20th Jan. riff Cape Clear, was struck by a heavy sea which washed the malt at the wheel (John Horne, of Jersey) over board Hermes, Oliphan% hence for Lima, was spoken 2nd Nov. in lat. 6 N, long. 22 W William Turner, hence for Bombay, was all well, in Belfast Longh, 22d instant Token, Chalmers. for New Orleans, has put back Liverpool Packet, Marssa, hence at Bahia. Amelia, ; Dart, Gray ; and Essex, Woodward, hence at St. Michael's. Vigna, Leake, hence at Marans. Amphitrite, Brooks, from Ipswich for this port, at Portsmouth, with Liss bulwarks, &c. _ _ _ Mary Queen of Scots, hence for Pernambucco, at Plymouth, with loss of boats and bulwarks, and two men washed overboard Bp:1.11101.1.Hr, Jan. 21.—The Salem, of Belfast, from St John, N B, for Liverpool, is on shore on Inisgoulaan Island, in Clew Bay WEXFORD, Jan. 22.—A deep laden brig, of about 200 to 250 tons, with mainmast gone, is at anchor about 8 miles off this port, and has been during all clay. The pilot boat has gone to her assistance Dua LIN, Jan. 23.—The Aglae, Lohaye, from Liverpool for Mar seilles, put back this morning, and after letting go her anchor, drifted against the pier, and injured her rudder PARIS, JAN. 20.—A line vessel, name unknown, was totally lost, 29th Nov., on the S.E. coast of Grand Inagua THE OAKS 500. to 100 agst Scott's lot—t 12 to 1 „ Lord Chesterfield's filly out of Rowton's Dam—t 15 to 1 30 to 1 „ Col. Anson's Black Bess—t and aft off. CUBA. We have advices frum Cuba which communicate some in teresting statistical statements. The population of Cuba is now about 1,000,000 persons. Forty estates belong to resi dent Americans, and have been lately purchased. Some of the Spaniards even think that the Americans were emigrating to Cuba with a view to take ultimate possession. Up to 1835 Africans recently imported (called Bozal negroes), to the number of 15,000. were delivered over to the Spanish authorities to be instructed in some trade, agreeably to the arrangement between the Spanish and British governments, but most of them had been publicly sold in the market the same as other slaves—that is, their services were sold for five or ten years, some of them being sent to the mines, and some to the other side of the island. • It is the practice when a slave dies to put one of these negroes in his place, and thus his identity is lost. Since 1835 - the mixed court turn these Bozal negroes over to the British islands. The morta lity of slaves in Cuba is very great, owing to their being excessively overworked. In the towns the yearly mortality is about 3 per cent., on the breeding farms 5 per cent., on the coffee plantations, 6 to 7 per cent., and on the sugar plantations 10 to 15 per cent. There is no increase by births on the estates, and, but for the foreign slave-trade,.the population would be swept away. The slaves on sugar plan tations, from December to May, have only four'hours' sleep per night. The proportion of sexes on the sugar plantations is 30 females to 70 males. The proportion of females is larger on the coffee plantations. Of the African§ imported .contrary to treaties and to law, the proportion of females is from 30 to 35 per cent. The slaves are badly fed in Cuba, and they have no ground to cultivate for themselves. They are shut at night promiscuously in large enclosures, called baracoons, having no roofs. General Tacon was governor general for four years, and took away 28,000 doubloons, perquisites of office, receiving 10 dollars a-head for all per sons brought into the Havannah district from Africa. The slaves are now brought into Cuba under the Portuguese and American flags. COORT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.-THURSDAY. THE QUEEN V. Q,UAYLE-RULE NISI. This was an information in the nature of a quo warranto, calling upon the defendant to show by what authority he ex ercised the office of a member of the Town Council of Li verpool.. Mr. CROMVTON applied to the court to enlarge the rule to the first day of Trinity term, on the ground that fourteen long affidavits had been made in support of the rule nisi, and that it would be impossible for the defendant to be prepared to show cause in the course of the next term. Mr. Justice PATTEsoN said that he was very unwilling to enlarge the rule for so long a period, and especially in the absence of Sir William Follett, by whom the rule was ob tained. Sir W. FOLLETT subsequently came into court, and, on hearing from Mr. Justice. Patteson the nature of the applica tion made by Mr. Crompton, said he hoped the court would not grant the request, as those rules for informations, in the nature of a quo warranto, in respect of annual officers, were of no use at all, unless they received an early decision, as otherwise the party who had no title to the office would perhaps have served during his whole year, and finally retire from the office before it could be decided whether he was entitled to it or not. . . . It 'was at last agreed that cause should be shown against the rule on the first day of next. term. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. The following are the . Times of Departure from Lime•street, Liverpool, and from Li.verpool-road, Manchester : TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m 6 a.m. Mixed 8 15 a.m. First Class 10 30 a.m. First Class 12 15 p.m. First Class 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class If 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside 1 15 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 a.m. Ilixed Train do. do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 15 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.m. Mixed 6 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m 8 15 a.m. Mixed ff ff 1 30 p.m 10 30 a.m. ~ 7 p.m. „ „ 12 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 11 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. „ The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations wily LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. FROM I.'l'ool. TO MANCIIRSTER. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 „ .. 10 0 „ FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning 9 0 „ .. 10 0 „ 11 15 „ 11 45 „ 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. 5 0 • „: .. 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I his Train does not start till Three. 'NDAYS. II 0 „ ..11 45 Of 2 0 Aftern. 2 30 Aftern. 445 _ „ .. 530 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when tt. ON SU, First Class Second Class S o Morning.. 7 0 Morning 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside I TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 „ 11 First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed Stop only at Newton & Prkside., AND WIGAN. FROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 • • PP 2'45 Aftern. .. Second Class 5 0 „ .. Mixed 715 „ .. First Class ON SUNDAYS. 2 30 Aftern. ..Second Class 4 45 „ Mixed 715 :: .. First Class 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 530 Afternoon .. „ LTON. FROM NIANCITESTF.R. g 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 `NDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon .. HELENS. FROM MANCHESTER. ' 7 30 Morning.— Second Class 10 0 PP 11 45 • • IP 2 45 Afternoon .. PP 5 30 “ ..7. PP DAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Clans 5 30 Afternoon.. ORN GAP. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 5 30 Afternoon TNDAYS. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class I 5 30.. Afternoon 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 5 30 Afternoon „ TO BO FROM LIVERPOOL. 5 45 Morning.... First Class 12 0 1 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 8 30 „ ON SU 7 0 Morning Second Class S 30 Afternoon TO ST. 1 PROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning Second Class 10 0 „ •• • • PP 11 45 f 2 30 Afternoon.. PP 5 30 ON sins 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Alternomi TO RUNG FROM LIVERPOOL. 7 15 Morning.... Second Class 11 45 5 tQ Afternoon .. ON SU 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon In Consequence of the death of the Landgravine of Hesse Hombourg, the King of Hanover has abandoned his inten tion of coming to England to be present at the Queen's mar riage. There have been within the•last 12 mouths no fewer than three or four instances of foreign nations prohibiting the ex port of grain from their dominions, a striking illustration of the soundness of Mr. Huskisson's views, and of the danger arising from our becoming dependent for onr bread corn up on any other soil than our own. SENDING FOR NEWSPAPERS BY POST.—The new plan of postage has thrown great facilities in the hands of the public for obtaiping casual copies of newspapers containing articles of interest. A person may now obtain a newspaper, if its price do not exceed 6d., from any town in Great Britain or Ireland for 7d. That is, he may inclose a 6d. in a letter, which will still be under half an ounce, and prepay it for ld. Or he may inclose 6d. and 4d. of silver, and obtain two copies of any paper not exceeding sd. in price. • A person in town this week sent a 4d. piece and a id. in a letter, ordering a copy of an Edinburgh paper, but, his letter being above hall-an ounce, was charged 2d. He had thus to pay 6 2 d. in all. The thing would have been done genteelly by inclosing a 6d., and it would only have cost him a halfpenny more. When ever a person wishes a paper containing some article of im portance, which he is desirous to preserve, let him at once inclose a 6d. in a paid letter. If a naper be worth writing for, and worth preservation, it is worth 7d. In some cases there will be no Pagers left when the 'order arrives,' and the writer should state whether he will take a copy of the follow , ing number, or have his 6d. returned' in an unpaid_ letter:— Glasgow Courier. VESSELS ENTERED. FOR LOADING. (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA Alice, J Anwyl, - 302 Barbadoes, Barton, Irlam &Co Moslem, J H M'Larreu, 449 Havana, F Huth Rz Co Murray, J Forshaw, 305 Jamaica, C Lawrence & Son Wilsons, T Campbell, 245 Trinidad, T & H Murray SOUTH AMERICA. Slaviana, E Sublich. 400 Bahia, M`Nair & Dutton Isabella, T Rymer, 305 Pernambuco, Highfield & Withers Eliza Kincaid, B Brown. 305 Rio Janeiro, Cotesworth & Wynne UNITED STATES. Cassiopea, J Presley, 324 Apalachicola, J Aikin & Son Powhattan, C Briggs, 641 Mobile, G Brown & Co Walter, J Boyd, 459 New Orleans, Brown, Shipley & Co London, J F Patten, 683 New Orleans, Baring Brs & Co Enterprise, J W Cool, 336 New Orleans, J Steel Byron, J H Purrington, 496 New Orleans, . M'Calminit, Brothers & Co Fanny, G S Glover, 615 New Orleans, F Huth & Co Mary, P ►tterson, 338 Savannah, . Ellerton & Carter Enterprise, A Muir, 672 Savannah, Gibbs, Bright &Co Joseph Cunard, -- Birnie, 740 Savannah. Bold & Starkie Margaret, Kerr, 623 Savannah, W Lindsay Humber, L Cape, 484 New Orleans, Holderness & Chilton Eutaw, W Allen, 62g Charleston, A Taylor EUROPE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 25.—Wind W.N.W. a gale. An RlVED.—Denmark, , from New Orleans—Duncan, Robertson, from St. John, N. 8.; sailed 31st Dec.—Scottish Lass, , from Newfoundland—Mary Ann & Arabella, Tatchell, from Seville. Governor Troup. Butman, from Savannah, at this port ; sailed 28th Dec. and from Tybee 2nd Jan. Experienced very heavy weather nearly the whole of the passage Thomas Bennett, Hague, from Charleston, at this port, leaky, having been aground on Burbo Bank Mary Sharp, Gray, from Calcutta, at this port ; sailed from the Sand Heads 21st Sept. and from Ascension 12th Dec. May, Brown, for Africa, has put back Euro, Jancovich, for Rio Janeiro, has put haek - Freeland, hence at Rio Janeiro Matthew Plummer, Thursby, hence at Rio Janeiro Louisa Munro, Silk, sailed from Janeiro for Calcutta 21st Nov. Guiana, Nicholls, and Liverpool, Rowe, hence at Bahia Savanilla, Ridley, hence off Santa Martha Helen, Smith, hence at New Orleans Robert Bruce, hence at St. John, N.B. Friede, Bendfelt, hence for Lubeck, at Tananger Fred. Wilhelm 3rd, Behrend, hence at Copenhagen Roads Ann & Jane, Stubbs. from London for Liverpool. at Cowes; cargo shiftee Jane, Lawson, from Pictou, at Campbeltown • Sharon, Fox, from Palermo for Liverpool, at Dartmouth Arethusa, Thomas, hence for Bristol, at Ramsey, Isle of Man, with loss of an anchor, and the mate (James Ashton) overboard Unicorn, Gill, hence for Donegal, at Castletown, Isle of Man, with tbremast cut away . . Heber, Thomas, sailed from Sydney, N.S.W. for Batavia 7th Sept Queen, , hence for Bombay, at Rio Janeiro Sidney, Ellis, hence for Batavia, &c. at Whitehaven A large timber laden Barque was seen on shore on Rathin Island 22nd Jan. with loss of fore and mainmasts United Kingdom, Paterson, from Liverpool for Charleston, put into Gourock Bay, 23rd Jan. With loss of spars, sails, &c. and some of the crew disabled • Falcon, Small, from Port-au-Prince for London, at King Road, with decks swept, loss of sails, and two of the crew washed over hoard, having been struck by a sea in long. 18 Orion, Tregarthen, from Newfoundland for Liverpool, with a cargo of oil, was wrecked on the night of the 20th January, on the coast of Galway, and it is feared all hands perished : six casks of oil have been washed on shore RAMSEY, LM. 21st Jan.—A Schooner, supposed to be about 100 tons, with round stern, foundered 19th Jan. near the Point of Ayr, and all on board perished NEUFITARWASSER, Jan. 23.—Danzic Packet, Tannen, hence for Liverpool, was driven on shore by the ice, on Wester')late Strand, 31st Dec. but was assisted off yesterday, after discharging part. of her cargo WEXFORD, Jan. 23.—The Brig reported yesterday is the Solon, Graves, from St. John, N.B. for Whitehaven : she struck on a rock near the Saltees, lost keel and mainmast, and became waterlogged. It: is doubtful whether she will hold on crew saved MILFORD, Jan. 23.—The Indiana, Rickerty, from Calcutta for Liverpool, is lost at Fresh Water West, outside this harbour; crew saved.—The Albion, from Liverpool for Trinidad, put into here last evening, master injured by sea • HULL, Jan. 22.—The Light Vesiel lately stationed off the Heb lies, parted her moorings, and drove on shore in Marfleet Bight LLANELLv, Jan. 22.—A Schooner is gone to pieces near Whitford Point, and from the mark on a handspike, is supposed to be the Dolphin, of Dartmouth ; crew drowned PEN RICE CASTLE, Jan. 22.—The Shepherd, . from Swansea for Dublin, was wrecked this morning on Rossilly Sand; crew supposed to be drowned SUNDAY, JANVARY 26.—Wind W, very fresh. ARRIVED.—Liberal, Teer, from Lisbon —Sheron, —, from Palermo. St. Leon, Westcott, from New Orleans, at this port; sailed from the city 24th Dec. and from the Bar 25th Dec. On the 23rd Jan. in lat, 51, long. 11 15, saw the American ship Monument, with main yard and stern boat gone America, Mackie, for Savannah, has pnt back Liverpool, Patten, sailed from Marseilles for Liverpool lgth Jan. Gaspard Marin, Proud, sailed from Nantes for Liverpool lgth Jan. Loochristy, Dafty, hence at Ostend Ludd, Zoetloff, and Clothilde, Dwys, hence at Antwerp Charlotte, Wood, hence at Cardigan, for Whistable, with windlass damaged, and loss of boats, &c. Alexander Grant, —, from Bermuda, at Savannah Velox, Falkner, from Savanilla, at Milford, lost sails, jibboom, foreyard, &c. Anna Agatha, Betghuis, hence for Rotterdam, at Beaumaris Monkton, —, hence for Messina, off Malaga 9th Jan. Medora, —, hence for Bombay, was spoken 20th Dec. in lat. 7 N, long. 20 W Hum., Jan. 23.—The Bull Sand Float, parted from ter moorings, during the late gales, and has been towed into Grimsby Road WESTPORT, Jan. 24.—The Salem, from St. John, N.B. Liverpool. that was on shore in Clew Bay, was yesterday got afloat, and will probably have to discharge. On 29th Dec. she spoke the Clintha, from Prince Edward Island, fur Liverpool, out nine days; which reported the day previous she had fallen in with a vessel water logged, and the people in the tops; but from the State of the weather could render no assistance BOWAIORE, ISLAY, Jan. 22. During a violent gale yesterday, the following vessels were driven on shore, viz. Alliance, from Liverpool for Sligo—Elizabeth, from Liverpool for Killybegs—ln ventus, from Sligo for Liverpool—and Perseverance, from Sligo for Westport. The two former must discharge to be got afloat. None of the vessels are supposed to be injured MONDAY, JANUARY 27.—Wind W.N.W. a gale. ARRIVRIL — Potomac, Berry, from New Orleans —Roscoe, Hack lestone, from New York—qemisconata, Bell, from St. John, N.B. —and George Washington, from Martha, Martin, hence at Barbadoes 20th Dec. George Washington, Burrows; England, Waite, and United States, Fisher, hence at New York 3rd instant Anna, Leinos, and Wm. Rushton, Biffey, hence at Oporto City of Perth, from Leghorn, at Tenby Roads: cargo damaged: waiting for orders Inverness, Macdonald, from Halifax, at the Cove; lost topmasts, &c. in a southeast gale on the 11th instant Athol,Volinstone, from Restigouche for Liverpool, at Gornock Corsair, , from Halifax for Liverpool, was driven on shore this morning on Jordan's Flats, and will be a total wreck ; crew and passengers saved by the Magazine Life Boat NEW YORK, Jan. 3.—The Tally 110, from Virginia for Liverpool, was driven on shore. to the westward of Cape Henry Light, and bilged. The sea made a complete breach over her. Crew saved. A ship dismasted, was seen on the 3rd instant, off Egg Harbour MARYPORT, Jan. 25.—One half of the Harriet's cargo will he landed to-day, and the remainder by the 26th instant. The vessel is a total wreck LissoN, Jan. 20.—N0 arrival from Liverpool since the 13th instant HOLYHEAD, Jan. 26.—Throughout last night and this morning, wind west; strong gale, and squally, At day light this morning a vessel was observed at a distance from shore, four miles southward_ of the head, , with only foremast standing. She drove in to about 40 yards from the rocks where she held for some time. Not a per son was .seen on board. She afterwards drove on the rocks and: soon went to pieces. By her stern plank she appeared to be the Solon, from St. John, N.B. to Whitehaven, timber laden. A por tion of the cargo will be saved TELEGRAPH OFFICE, JANUARY 27, 1840. Wind at Holyhead, W.N.W. blowing fresh during the day. Off Holyhead,, outward bound, at 3 p.m. No. 482, Prince, (steamer) . . Off Point Lynas, inward bound, at 12 at noon, No. 1729, Fanny, B.S. has a pilot 'ln the Victoria Channel, inward bound, at g 15 am. No. 723, Roscoe; A.S. from New York A ship or a barque is aground on Jordan Flats, with a signal of distress flying, and in want of a pilot, at 10 45 a.m. The Life-boat brought away the crew from the wreck, and is in ward bound, in tow by a steamer The above vessel proved to be the barque Corsair, from Halifax. Enchantress, J Newson, 189 Constantinople and Odessa, M & A Wilkln Charles, -- Lunzed, 15g Trieste, Bahr, Behrend & Co British Queen, Gladston, 351 Trieste and Ancona, J Bibby & Son George IV, J Easton, gg Charente and Malta, J Glynn & Son Naiad, S Hayes. 132 Constantinople, Bahr, Behrend & Co Pollux, Y Folange, 120 Marseilles, Bahr, Behrend &Co Royal Mail, Minter, 87 St. Michael's, Eshelby, Rowett & Co Mary Lloyd, J Donaldson, 307 Lisbon and Monte Video, . . . . , Vianna & Jones Prosperite, M Butke, 255 Danzic, Bahr, Behrend & Co Leveret, W Ditehani. :'O6 Malta and Smyrna, G Yates, Louthean & Co Elizabeth, T'Stone, " 226 Trieste, Vianna & Jones LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, JAN. 25. !Owing, in some measure, no doubt, to the boisterous state of the weather, our receipts of Grain, &c. during the week, have been on a moderate scale. There has, at the same time, been more disposi tion towards business in foreign Wheat; our millers and dealers have been freer purchasers; and, at yesterday's market, the sales were tolerably extensive, and at rather better prices than could be obtained at the close of last week in some instances an advance of Id to Id per 7016 s was realised. Free Flour has, also, sold rather better; and upwards of 8,000 barrels of American, in bond, have changed hands since this day se'nnight, at 29s to 2gs 6d per barrel ; holders are now demanding 30s per barrel. Oats and Oatmeal have moved slowly, but are held with more firmness. Fine Barley is scarce, and fully as dear : good grinding samples are worth is to Zs 6d: and Irish 4s to 4s gd per tiOlbs. Beans and Pease as last noted. limports. EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Sre. Wm. Ackers, (327) J Nicol, from the Cape of .Gaod Hope, 115 tees 1875 bags coffee, 5 bags sweepings coffee, Ackers, Greenshiels and co-115 tces 1873 bags coffee, T Ripley -4 qr pipes wine, J Nicol—W D WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA Duchess of Portland, (173) 1) Kerr, from Demerara, 224 pees greenheart and mora timber, 114 greenheart plankS, G Booker and co-1 pee greenheart and 1 pee hababally timber, the master—Q D SOUTH AMERICA. Isabel, (215) J Criene, from Gulf of Macoyo, (coast of Arica) and Valparaiso, 56 bags 817 packages coffee, order-36 bags do, %V J Myers and co-85 do, 129 bags cocoa, 2 boxes tortoise shell, H Sillerne-12 packages soroons, Carne and Telo-4187 hides, 164 bars copper, F Huth and co-61 packages 3 boxes merchandise, Ward Brothers-16 bags silver ore, 180 bags regulus, 180 bags ore, Todd Naylor and co -272 packages 6 hf pdckages pig copper, A Gibbs and Sons-6 bundles sarsaparilla, 457 bags cloverseed, 97 bags alfalfa seed, 1 package walnuts, order—W UNITED STATES. Tamerlane. (546) c TlleotTidd, from Savannah, 48 bales cotton, Gibbs, Bright and.co-103 do, A W Powles and co-948 do, order — WI) _ . Thomas Bennett, (505) J C Hague, from Charleston, 630 bales cotton, order-13 do, D Lamb-18 do, H Mure and co-51 do, W Stuart -18,000 bushels paddy, Hill and Smith-1 box contents un known, L Isaacs Superior, (330) J Bailey, from Charleston, 100 bales cotton, Moly neux. Witherby and co--100 do, Brown, Shipley and co-206 do, W Stuart-5 do, A Taylor-701 do, order—K D Flatina, (355) W H Duncan, from New Orleans, 6sg bales cotton, V Poutz-572 do, order—W D BRITISH AMERICA. Haidee, (335) J Marshall, from St. John, N.B. 6234 deals, 3900 , poes staves, Anderson, Garroas and co Amazon, (423) J Lovett, from St. Andrew, N.B. 9799 deals anti deal ends, 12,720 staves, Wildes. Pickersgill and co—a part of the above were washed overboard during a hurricane—B D • EUROPE. Britannia, (92) J Doyle, from Leghorn, 15 blocks marble, D Willice . and co-6 do, order—ls bales wool, T and H Garston-2 do, Buchanan, Cooper and co-2 cases alabaster works, F Potter and Ascoli-6 bales waste silk, T and G Earle and co-54 boxes argols, 20 casks boracic acid, 44 marble tables, 1 cask cream tartar, a parcel brimstone, 100 cases tallow candles, 2 cases straw, 2 bales silk, a parcel oil cake, 45 casks pumice stone, 2 boxes olive oil, 2 elephants': teeth, 1 box straw plattings, 1 case sundries, order—Q . H Crocker, from Terceira, 60 large 562 small boxes oranges, W Dart--1 small box do, Rodriques— , 4 do, the master —G D I . . • ••••.... • glatittts. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, JAN. 24. The demand for all descriptions of Sugar continues extensive, and the sales amount to 1400 hhds B.P. at very full prices, together with 3700 bags Bengal at 70s to 72s for good to very fine white, and 3300 bags Mauritius, chiefly at 66s to .69s per cwt. A public sale of Brazil Sugars was brought forward, but nothing sold, except 40 cases sea-damaged ; by private contract, a fair business has been doing; 130 cases old Pernams to the Refiners, at former prices, 200 bags low to good white Paraiba, 23s 6d to 25s 6d, and 70 brls new Pernam, yellow at 245, good white 28s ; 50 hhds Foreign crushed sold at 34s to 34s 6d, nothing now offering under the latter figure ; 50 boxes Foreign Candy have also been sold, yellow 395, and white 50s.—There is a good inquiry for Molasses, and about 300 puns have been sold, chiefly fine Antigua, at 365, and very ordinary Berbice at 31s per cwt.—Coffee. There are no sales of Plantation to report ; the stock in Importers' hands is now very moderate, and the con sumption being on the increase, in consequence of the high price of Tea, and the prohibition of the use of adulterated Chicory, holders consequently are less disposed to realize, except at advanced rates. Of Coffee admissible at 9d duty there have been no sales ; a cargo of fine ordinary La Guayra is reported at Cork for this port. Of Foreign, 80 bags of Brazil sold, at 45s for ordinary, and 50s for good ordinary coloury.-1300 bags black Pepper sold at 4d to &id. — Nothing done in Cocoa, Ginger or Pimento,-2500 bags of East In dia Rice have been taken, at ils 6d for ordinary, and 14$ to 14s 6d per cwt. in bond, for gobd quality. In Carolina nothing doing.— There is a steady demand for Rum, and nearly 120 puns have been sold, at 3s 4d per gallon for common Leewards, and 5s 2d to 5s 6d for strong Demerara, with 80 Wats of Bengal, 25 to 27 per cent. O.P. at 4s per gallon. • _ Tea. The trade have purchased freely of Congous and Twankays, at prices id to Id per lb above last week's currency ; in other kinds little or nothing has been done. In consequence of the Indigo sales which are now going forwara in London, the demand here is suspended, and the other sales in East India Drysaltery Articles have been limited, being principally confined to about 5 tons of Stick Lac, at 38s per cwt. ; 50 chests of Lac Dye, diamond GC at 2s 2d, and diamond I at 2s 6d per lb; a few bales of Granilla, at 20d per lb, and 1500 bags of Saltpetre, at 22s 6d for ordinary, up to 27s per cwt for very fine.—Nothing reported in Nitrate of Soda. Dyewoods. 200 tons of Campeachy Logwood, direct, sold at .€9 12s 6d to -€lO, 60 tons, indirect, at .€9 5s to .€9 lOs per ton ; 60 tons Honduras ss, and 60 tons of Jamaica to .€8 5s per ton ; 100 tons of Lima Nicaragua Wood at €l3 los to £l5 ; a small par cel of Cuba Fustic at £9, and Tampico at £7 per ton.—Turpentine continues in regular demand; 1990 brls have been sold at Ils Id from the quay.—No sales reported in Tar.—The sales in Montreal Pot Ashes have been upon a larger scale than usual, upwards of 1000 brls having been sold, A 22s for the brand of 1838, 245 for the late imports, and a few ist 24s 6d. Pearl Ashes are more sought for, and sales have been effected at 29s 6d, although 29s has been the most general price of the week.—Hides. The market has been heavy this week, and a slight reduction has in some instances been submitted to; 3700 salted Monte Video are reported at 4id to aid for Ox, and 4ed to 4id.for Cqw, 150 New. York at 4d, 340 Demerara at se , t to 54d, 700 dry salted Aricati at 6d to tied, 2600 Carthagena at lid for dry sound, 6ed for Ist wormed, 54d for 2nd wormed, 64d to tied for brined sound, 5d to sfrd for Ist damp, and aid per lb for 2nd damp, and 360 salted Monte Video Horse at 11 s 6d each.—To bacco. The sales this week have been 90 hhds. of which SO were for Ireland, and 60, by retail, to the Trade. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, JAN. 24. The inquiry from Exporters has been good throughout the week, but the Spinners still buy cautiously ; and as the new crop of American continues to be freely offered, prices have declined ad per lb. East India is heavy of sate at the quotations, and Egyptian and Brazil are again ad lower. The sales by auction, consisting of 400 Sea Island and 380 Stained ditto, went off heavily ; of the Sea Island only 50 sold, at a decline of 3d to 4d, but 300 of the Stained found buyers at a reduction of ad in..r lb from previous rates. Ex porters have taken 2100 American and 50 Surat, and Speculators 6000 American, chiefly reported during the week as purchased for export. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the 18th instant to this day. inclusive. SALES OF THE WEEK 120. Sea Islarid 330 Stained 12030 Bowed Georgia 6400 I Mobile 1 Alabama and Tennessee 11500 New Orleans 530 {Pernambuco & Paraiba Aricati and Ceara 270 i Bahia and Maceio 120 Maranham Sawginned Minas Para 30 Demerara, Surinam, &c. 340 Egyptian Barbados 10 i Peruvian Bahama 200 Laguayra Common West India, &c. 30 Carthagena Smyrna _ _ Manilla 340 Surat .. 20 Madras Bengal 22270 bales Prices paid IMPI list the week. ThisWk, 17d ra 24d 61 10 11 2986 5i 51 51. 6 I 1112489 5} 7i ! 9 453 9 93 ij si 9 8/1 - 94 1 1 2394 - • 83 - 14 91 - 11 i 3365 9 - - I - I - } 623 .44 :: 5 54 1 ►RTS this year } 23408 1 44316 } 2787 } 3725 150 1340 } 2639 292 2639 LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, JAN. 27. Trade generally, we are happy to say, appears to revive ; the deter mination of the Bank of England and other influential mone tary establishments of the country to reduce the rate of interest having a most favourable effect. Our Butter market is more' buoy ant to-day, and holders are firmly requiring last quotations ; indee d a parcel of very fine Belfast has reached the high figure of 102 s. The stock of all descriptions is considerably reduced, and repo] is are rife that. the supply in Ireland is but limited. There is a feel ing of more confidence among the holders of pickled Butters, but 'e do not increase our quotations: The bustle in the Provision mark et, we attribute to the disposition, at length evinced by government to afford some protection to British interests in the Ea.sr.. The holders of India Beef ask 126 S per tierce ; prime Mess Pork SOs per barrel. The otherdescriptions not much sought after. Bacan is very steady. LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET, JAN. 27. There has been inconsequence of the boisterous weather during the pat week a very small supply of Beasts at our market today; the (let nand was brisk at an advance of from 15s to 20s per head on all descriptions, say for the primest quality Bid, second ditto 64d to 6id,.inlerior 5Ad to 6d, and the greater part cleared off early in morning. The number of Sheep was a little smaller than last week, an d prices a shade higher; the primest Wethe r re alised 74d to 7411; s.cond quality did to 7d ; inferior 6d. Beasts, 746; Sheep, 3239. LIVERPOOL PR ASHES Montreal, Pot 22 OOP 23 0 Pearl, new 29 0 —29 6 U. Stales, P.n none. Pearl none. BARE, Quercit. Oak, p ton .. 45 10 7 5 Germ an 4 0 5 0 BRIMSTONE, To ton Sicily, &c l3 0 14 0 Tuscany l3 u 14 0 CASSIA. LIONEA, S. d. S. d. 13 , cwt. in bond 63 0 68 0 CLOVER -SEED, I r , Amerioan, red.. none Dutch. 6O 0— 70 0 French & Germ.6o 0-- 70 0 COCOA, '44.• cwt. Trinidad_ .: 50 0— 56 0 Grenada,_... none here Brazil.. ditto COFFEE, riot. in bond. Jama. trinige }7O 0-104 0 ordinary .... good& fine 0rd.105 0-112 0 middling ll4 0-120 0 good mid. tine mid. &c 135 0-148 _Dutch, triage.. J 55 0— 94 0 ordinary .... good Ycfine ord. 96 0-102 0 middling 105 0-108 0 good mid. tt llo 0-114 0 rine mid., &c. :Mocha 'Ceylon lO2 0-108 ,Q .Java Havana good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 St. Domingo 45 48 o Brazil J . y 42 0— 50' 0 Laguira 47 0— 55 0 IDyEwoons, ton .tt . S. S. Logwood, Jam... 7 15— 8 6 Hon. & Dom. 7 15— It 5, Campeachy .. 9 10— 10 0 .Fustic, Span 4 10— 5 'Tampico 5 10— 6 0 "Brazil rtllctla NICARAGUA WOOD. Rio de la Hache solid rough 6 0— 7 10 small Lima, solid ll 0— 15 0 Barwood, Ango 8 0— 8 10 Gaboon 5 0— 6 0 'Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Red San. Wood 8 10— 9 0 IFLAx,I/ , ton. Riga. P.T.R. 45 Co- 47 0 P'burg, 9 head Archangel 4B 0— 50 0 Dutch & Flem. 60 0-110 0 GALLS, V , cwt. Turkey, blue mixed 60 0— 70 o East India 75 0— 82 0 "GINGER, 14 cut. Barbadoes 45 0— 50 0 Jamaica 6O 0-120 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 17 0 'Gun, Arabic, Turkey East India 24 0— 58 0 Barbary 45 0— 52 0 Senegal 65 0— 66 0 IlEme, v ton s. A s. P'burg, 36 0— 37 0 outshot 35 0— Riga, Rhine outshot 37 0— Archangel Manilla Bombay Jute ll 0— 11 10 Ox and Cow, 15 lb B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. inferior & mid. 0 73 0 83 good & prime 0 9 0 10 Do. salted N. Amer. salted 0 4 0 43 : Brazil dry salted 0 53 0 64 Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 61— 0 73 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 0 7 W. India, dry 0 59 0 7 salted 0 41— 0 53 Mast India Kips, B.A. dry. 0 74 0 83 Morse, d. each 9 0 —l2 0 'HOUSE HAIR, TY lb. Short mixed long tails 1 7 2 0 combed Innzoo,v , lb. in bond. Bengal. pur. & violet blue & violet blue violet, g. & fine 7 3 7 9 ord. & mid. 6 3 7 0 violet & cop. mixed .. I 5 9 6 9 cop. g. & tine. 6 3 6 9 ord. Se mid. 5 0— 6 0 con. quality Oude 3 0— 5 9 Madras 3 6 6 0 Guatimala, tb Floras Sobres 5 0— 6 3 Cortes 3 0— 4 10 Caraccas, Floras 6 6 7 0 Sobres 5 0— 6 3 Cortes 3 0— 4 10 LAC DYE, 7. lb. D.T. and prime. 1 6 3 0 mid. to good.. o 8— 1 4 ord. & inferior 0 6 0 73 MADDER ROOTS, Vo cwt. Smyrna Galipoli & Syria .. o o— 0 0 French 52 0— 54 0 Naples 44 0— 45 0 CES CURRENT. MA 111/11:11., 119 , cwt. s. (I. s. d. Dutch, crop Go 0 —72 Ornbro 42 0 —56 0 Gamekie 32 0 —4O 0 Mull French, S.F. S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 E.5.F... 0 -58 0 E.5.F.F.63 0 —7O 0 Spanish 45 0 0 0 MOLASSES, CUPt. Trinidad, &c 31 0 —32 6 Demerara, &c 31 6 —32 6 Bar & Antigua.. 34 1 —36 0 MUNJEET, 2 eta 0 0 —l6 0 OIL, Olive, '4 , 252 galls. Gallipoli Trieste 0 —5B 0 Sicily none 0 Malaga 53 0 —54 0 Portugal, &c LeVar.; 51 0 —56 0 Palm, 40 tun 31 0 —3l 10 Fish, 252 galls. Seal, pale brown 27 0 —2B 0 Cod 27 0 0 0 LINSEED, pcw 24 0 —24 6 ' Rape, pale do. .. 0 0 —37 6 Turpen. ay cwt. .. 56 6 —57 cwt 6 Carolina, dress. 38 0 —4O 0 in bond 26 0 —26 6 Bengal, ord. do.. 11 0 —l3 6, mid to tine African 14 0 —l5 U none. Rum, 14 , gallon, in bond Jamaica, 12 tO 16 o. p 4 3 4 6 stronger 4 8 s 6 choice marks 5 10 6 2 SAPVLOVVIII,Ifr cat. good & 0 7 10 Ord.. & mid 2 10 4 10 Bombay SALTPETRE, CRI. S. d. S. East India 22 0 —27 0 South Americanz.l7 3 —lB 0 SHELL LAC, 113. cwt. in bond. orange 50 0 —BO 0 liver and black Neutria,y dor .. g 0 —l5 Chinchilli, do Seal, each ... 20 0 -25 . 1 7 - 4 SHUMAC, CU;t. Sicily lO 6 —l3 Malaga ll 0 —ll Trieste 9 0 - 9 Verona.. Tyrolese 8 6 - g 9 0 -10 /9 , cwt. - B. P. Muscovado moist brown 55 6 —56 dry brown 57 6 —6O good & mid 62 0 —67 fine &v. fine 6B 6 —7l Mauritius, dabs and moist 53 0 —57 . brown 5B 0 —6l yellow 63 0 —66 fine yellow 67 0 —69 East India, Bengal ord. white .. 64 0 —66 good and fine 69 6 —7O extra fine 71 0 —72 Manilla, in bond 20 0 —2B Havana, do. brown. yellow . white ord.. good & fine Brazil, in bond. brown ..... 17 0 —2O yellow 21 0 —22 white ord. 22 6 —24 good and fine 25 0 —2B TA I.bow, cwt. P'burgh, Y.C. 48 6 —49 0 Odessa 48 0 —4B 6 Archangel 47 0 —4B 0 Buenos Ayres 42 0 —45 0 TAR, 19 , brl. Stockholm l6 0 —l6 6 Archangel Carolina 13 9 —l4 0 Virginia TARTAR, 43 , cwt. Cream of Tartar 7O 0 —72 0 brown and yel 5O 0 —6O 0 TEA, 19 , lb. in bond. none, do. do. Bohia, Canton —— Fokein Congou, corn. 2 10 —2 lli mid. to fine. 3 0— 3 4 Twankay, corn 3 0 mid. to good 3 I 3 3 Pekoe, Orange 3 9 5 0 Carnpoi, com. to good non e Hyson Skin 2 8 2 9 mid. to fine.. 2 10 3 6 Souchong, com.. . 2 10 2 I I good to fine.. 3 0 3 9 Pekoe, flowery .. 3 9 5 Hyson, corn. 3 g 3 10 . . fine 4 0 - 6 6 Young Hyson 3 6 4 8 Imperial Gunpowder, good and fine TOBACCO, 13 tb. in bond. J. River, Leaf 0 44- 0 _ 9i Stemmed 0 9 1 1 Kentucky Maryland TURMERIC, 14). cwt in l,ond. Bengal 28 0 —33 TURPENTINE, 14 , cwt. American VALONIA, ton. 4 s s Smyrna, picked l5 0 —22 0 Morea WAx, BEES' 1p cwt. in bond. African (1 10 7 10 East India American 7 10 8 0 8 - LONDON GAZETTE.-FRIDAY, JAN. 24. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED J. Buchanan and H. R. Cooper, Liverpool, merchants—W. A. Hayman and W. H. Bode, Liverpool, general merchants—W. Tra verse and T. Traverse, St. Helen's, printers—J. H. Southam, G. Southam, and S. Southam, Ashton-under-Lyne. cotton-manufac turers ; so far as regards S. Southam—J. F. Bourne, J. Bartley, and J. Bartley, jun. Manchester, engineers—J. Smith and W. Hood, Salford, silk-dyers—J. Bradshaigh and E. Emerson, .Manchester, sewing cotton manufacturers. INSOLVENTS. Jan. 23,—Raynes W aite Appleton, Liverpool, merchant. Thomas Clarke, Sicklesmere, Suffolk, dealer and chapman. 24.—Benjamin Costar, Oxford, painter. BANRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. Thomas Evans, Bridgend, Glamorganshire, draper. Thomas Hastings, Birmingham, brace-manufacturer. BANKRUPTS. James Moile. pawnbroker, to surrender Feb. 4, March 6, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Mr. Bridger, Fins bury-circus, London ; and Messrs. Francis and Dodge, Liverpool. Samuel Hind, Sekford-street, Clerkenwell, London, grocer. John Andrew Anderson, Greenwich, boarding house keeper. Robert Brown Younger and Christopher Irving, Crane.court, Fleet-street, London, puplishers. Joseph Zachariah Pulbrook, Blackfriar's-road, London, boot maker. William Potts, Ray-street, Clerkenwell, London, oilman. Edward Hetherington, Newcastle-upon-lsyne, cheesemonger, William Barker and Samuel Adams, Nottingham, hosiers. James Salter, Bristol, patten-maker. Richard Johnson, Bridlington, Yorkshire, innkeeper. Samuel Johnson, Macclesfield, silk-throwster. Elizabeth Lax, Manchester, innkeeper. DEVI DENDS. Feb. 14, R. Benson, Parliament-street, Westminster, newspaper agent—Feb. 14, T. Manners, Lambeth-walk, London, oilman—Feb. 14, A. Norton, Bulstrode-street, Manchester-square, London, cabi net-maker—Feb. 14, C. Rickaby, New-cut, Lambeth, auctioneer — Feb. 18, E. B. Bradley, Nine-elms, maltster—Feb. 19, H. Tindall, Hastings, brewer—Feb. 19, T. M. Temple, Great Titchfield-street, Portland place, London, carver and gilder—Feb. 19, B. Kewell, Vauxhall-bridge-road, Westminster, Staffordshire warehouseman— Feb. 19, J. Richardson, New Bond-street, London, cutler—Feb. 14. A. Kruse, Union-court, Broad-street, London, merchant—Feb. 19, J. Thompson, Manchester, warehouseman—Feb. 14, G. A. Hillier, Ryde, Isle of Wight, printer—Feb. 17, M. Hogg, Hall Arm, York shire, wharfinger—Feb. 24, J. Applegate, Littlenamptoti, Sussex, merchant —Feb 15, E. Elsworth, Kirkstall, Yorkshire, worsted spinner—Feb. 18, G. Tonks, sen. S. Tonks, and G. Tonks, juu. Bordesley, Warwickshire, lamp-manufacturers—Feb. 17, J. W. Blew, Worcester, wine-merchant—Feb. 19, M. Reynolds and J. M. Knight, Rugby, Warwickshire, ironmongers —Feb. 15, R. Reynolds, Manchester, cabinet -maker. CERTIFICATES To be granted unless cause he shown to the contrary, on or before Feb. 14 H. Aldrich, Ipswich. corn merchant—J. Oliver and J. Oliver, Duke-street, St. James's. London, plumbers—H. T. Ryall, York street, Portman-square, London, engraver—E. Humphrys, High street, Lambeth, engineer—T. M'Donnell, Pall-mall, London, boot maker. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. James. Taylor, Eyemouth, cattle-dealer. Hugh Ross, Greenock, innkeeper. James Law, Dykehead, Ayrshire, farmer. James Reid and William Reid, Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, manu facturers. Adam Burn, Edinburgh, coach-lace manufacturer. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. JAN. Hoc& 28. John Thompson, (2nd) 28. Webster and Brown Ditto, 29. James Dennett Moss 29. Thomas Johnson 30. John Webster Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, 30. Lee, Holt, Bell and Co 31. Peter M'Ardle Feb. 4. James Moile, (Ist) I)itto, Ditto, Ditto, 5. John Taylor Ditto, 6. John Edwards, (special) Shackleton, Wright & Hunter's, I 7. Samuel Mead and Son, (2nd) 7- Thomas Croft Huxley, (2nd) 8. Robert Gibson, (div.) TIDE TABLE. Days. Alen. Erns.. I Height., Sundays, Holydays, • to. so. I 11. M. P. t. Tuesday 28 544 616 10 5 Wednes. 29 7 7 741 jll 4 Length of day Bb. 41 m. Thursday:lo 819 859 112 11 King Charles I beh'd 1648. Friday .. 31 930 952 14 5 Hillary Term begins. Saturday 1 10 18 10 35 15 9 Sunday 2 10 58 11 19 16 3 llh Sunday alter Epiphany Monday 3 11 35 11 53 17 2 Clock 14m. ss. before Sun. PRICES OF SHARES, JANUARY 27. Prices. This day Last Per Share. Prices, 63 0 0 .... 66 10 50 10 0 .... 51 15 0 61 11 0 .... 10 . 0 0 .... RAILWAYS, &c. Birmingham and Gloucester 7O paid Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Bolton and Leigh Bolton and Preston Bristol and Exeter 25 .... Chester and Crewe 35 Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 17 paid Glasgow, Paisley, Kilinar l 30 paid Greenock, and Ayr Grand Junction lOO Ditto half shares 3O .... Great Western 65 Ditto new shares 3O .... Hull and Selby Lancaster and Preston 15 paid Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham 00 Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto and Southampton 5O .... Ditto & Brighton London and Croydon - l4. 17 6 Leeds and Manchester 6O .... Ditto half shares Leicester and Swannington 5O .... Ditto, (new) Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 25 ... - Ditto and Ditto Extension - Midland Counties yo Newcastle and Carlisle lOO .... 37 5 0 34 10 0 0 0 0 11 12 6 11 10 0 17 0 . ly 0 0 :1 5 0 .... 15 17 17 5 0 30 0 0 Ditto quarter shares North Midland New North Midland lO .... South Eastern and Dover .. • . 15 •• • • North Union St. Helen's and Runcorn Gap loo paid York and North Midland 10 paid 16 o 4" .. 73 10 0, 40 15 01 BANKS. Royal Bank of Liverpool 500 . Bank of Liverpool .4'12 I or, paid - Commercial of Liverpool 10 .... - Liverpool Union - Northern and Central 226 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 .... 71 0 0 :11 15 0. 31 12 ti 21 17 6 .... 183 0 0 44 10 73 10 0 .... 159 0 0 .. 44 0 0 24 15 0 .. 44 10 0 .. 21 15 0 .. 10 17 6 .. 70 15 0 .. 22 5 0 .. 71 0 0 .. 49 10 0 29 15 0 13 17 6 .... 4 17 6 75 10 0 L 9 0 0 25 0 0 . 44 0 U .. 21 5 U 8. 10 0 15 5 0 0 1 6. 7:1 10 0 . 0 0 0 40 15 0 718 0 u ex div. 22 12 ti 22 12 6 18 17 6 .... 13 12 6 .... 13 15 0 3 7 6 ... 23 17 6 .... 8 2 6 .... 11 7 6 , 9 15 . Li 7 8 17 6 .., 15 I; 6 .... 4 1 . . 9 7 6 •• • • - Albion - North and South Wales lO .... - of Manchester lO .... - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... - South Lancashire Liverpool Banking Company Borough Bank lO Commercial Bank of England 5 .... East of England lO Phoenix Bank lO .... Wilts and Dorset 7 los. GAS, WATER WORKS, &c. Exchange Buildings L'pool and Harrington Water 1 Works I 3,0 .... Bootle Ditto Stock.... L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO Ditto new shares are now paid up. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance 125 paid 2 ‘, 6 Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 10 .... 7 2 6 Liverpool Fire and Life 9 ins. 1 11 6 DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Company l5 .... 97 6 Woodside Ferry Egremont Ferry Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Ccornpany Harrington Docks Apothecaries' Company Asphalte (Liverpool; (Poloncean) 7 2 G .. . . 1;0 0 o .... 475 0 U 325 0 0 . 370 0 10 0 0 .. 12 lON. .. 20 .... 5 7 6 ..... .. 20 .... 3 16 6 8 10s. 4 12 6 .... .. 100 .... 0 Il 0 .... .. 2 .... 0 14 0 .... .. 2 .... 0 15 0 .. BIRTH. On the 6th instant, at Jessfield, the lady of W. R. G. JOHN STONE, Esq. of a son, being her twentieth child. MARRIED. Gn the I4th instant, at Woodplumpton Church, by the Rev. Mr. Mossop, Mr. WILLIAM MAYOR, of this town, to Miss ELLEN HOLLIDAY, second daughter of the late Robert Holliday, Esq. Of Woodplumpton, near Preston. On the 15th instant, at the Superintendent Registrar's Office, Islington, Mr. RICHARD WHITEHEAD to Mrs. JANE MORTON, widow of the late Mr. Samuel Morton. Same day, at Portstewart Church, Ireland, by the Rev. Daniel Babbington, THOMAS H. BABBINGTON, Esq. M.A. Portstewart, to Miss ALICE ACKERS, daughter of the late Thomas Ackers, Esq. of this town. On the 20th instant, at St. David's Church, by the Rev. J. Figgins, Mr. THOMAS %VALLEY, Excise-officer, Glasgow, to Miss SARAH SAVAGE, second daughter of Mr. Jos. Savage, Hill, Sedbergh, Yorkshire. On the 21st instant, at St. Michael's Church, by the Rev. H. Car penter, Mr. D. DUTTON, son of Mr. J. Dutton, of Norton, in the county of Chester, to Miss ELIZABETH DUTTON, only daughter of Mr. Joseph Dutton, of Nelson-street, in this town. On the 22nd instant, at the Catholic Chapel, Edmund-street, by the Rev. Thomas Fisher, Mr. THOMAS DUGDALE, son of Mr. Wm. Dugdale, St. Anne-street, to Miss ALICE HASKAYNE, the eldest daughter of Mr. Richard Haskayne, Vauxhall-road. On the 23rd instant, at East Bergholdt Church, in the county of Suffolk, WILLIAM TARBET, Esq. merchant, of this town, to Mrs. ARABELLA MARIA CHAPMAN. • DIED. On the 25th June, on his passage out to Africa, aged 50, Captain JOHN TULLOCK, of the brig Antelope, of this port, deeply re gretted. In September. at Kurnaul, in the East Indies, aged 28, HENRY BROUGHAM, Esq. of the Hon. East India Company's service, eldest son of the late J. W. Brougham, Esq. and nephew of Lord Brougham. On the 2nd ult. at Vera Cruz, after a severe illness of twelve clays. which he bore with Christian patience, Captain JOHN M'DOWALL, of the Bleng, justly regretted by his family and friends. On the 28th ult. at New York, aged 48 years, THOMAS H. HILL, Esq. of St. Croix, son.in-law. of the late James Ackers, Esq. of this town. On the 12th instant, aged 53, Mr. BARTHOLOMEW NORTON, Moor-street, sincerely and deservedly regretted. On the lath instant, at Cheltenham, from the effects of a fall from his horse, Sir G. TEESDALE. Same day, aged 74, THOMAS FARRER, of Northumberland street, Toxteth park, late flour-dealer in Mill-street, a:member of the Society of Friends. On the 17th instant, ELIZABETH, the wife of Mr. PETER BRETIIERTON, of Berkeley : street, in this town. On the 21st instant, at the residence of her son, Mr. Thomas Eccles, Summerseat, aged 87, Mrs. JANE ECCLES, relict of the late Mr. John Eccles, Mount-cottage, Sawrey, near Hawkeshead, formerly. of this town. On the 22nd instant, at the house of her sonin-law, Mr. Balls, Warwick-street, Toxteth-park, Mrs. JANE HIND, formerly of Whitehaven. On the 23rd instant, after a short illness, borne with patience and resignation, aged 58, Mrs. ELIZABETH BRYANT. the affec tionate and beloved wife of Mr. John Bryant, trunk-maker, late of Bath. 1 On the 21th instant, aged 32, Mr. HENRY WESTMORE, sou of the late Mr. Wm. Westinore, West Derby. Same day, at his seat, Hornby Castle, near Lancaster, Rear- Admiral SANDFORD TATHAM, in the 85th year of his age. Same day, at No. g, Myrtle-street South, aged 55, CHRISTINA M'INNES, relict of the late Mr. MATTHEW PORTER, accountant, Glasgow. On the 25th instant, at his residence, St. Anne street, RALPH HEBSON, Esq. Same day, after a lingering illness, aged 63 years, Mrs. MAR. GARET BLACK, widow of the late Mr, George Black, ship-owner, of Greenock. On the 26th instant, at Walton, in his 29th year, WILLIAM, the eldest son of the late JOHN ALANSON. Esq. LIVERPOOL: TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1840. 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