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e, therefore, for our present queen may crave This honour due to her, and her alone, Of five queens-regnant in Old England's chair, Victoria only brought the crown an heir. ST. JEAN D'ACRE Our last apparent heir (in after days King George the Fourth) was born amid the pride Of Anson's conquests o'er the ocean wide, When wagon-loads of gold, 'mid loud huzzas, Were marched triumphant through the London ways Like fame, great babe ! was destined to betide Thy entry in the world. By Jordan's side, I.nd ancient Tyre and Sidon, does the blaze victory attend the star Following nigh Thy natal day, came speeding news to tell That Acre, famed in Coeur de Lion's war— Acre, that made Napoleon baffled fly— Acre, beneath thy mother's banners fell! Hercules Pillar, Great Queen-street, Of headlong Of Napier le amphibious Saturday, LITERARY NOTICES M. O'D Blackwood's Magazine. December, 1840, This number is particularly rich in its tales. ' "Ray- mond" is the title of a very spirited fiction, the moral of which is, to quote the words of Sir Walter Scott, that " literature is a good staff, but a sorry crutch." " A Night Excursion with Martin Zurbano" is replete with adventure. " Reminiscences of the Year 1813 in Germany" are full of military anecdotes, all of which extremely well related. W e h ave seldom met with "-le which we have perused with greater interest. at Hampton Court" abounds in just author is evidently a man of refined A. few Hour ticism. Th ;te. He handles his subject with great ability. the Monarch of Bath" affords considerable insight _ _ _ _ _ habits of fashionable life. and amusing anecdotes It is full of lively " The Beauty Draught" is a romantic narration. The remarks "On Population" display a penetrating mind, capable of deep and philosophical thinking. There is a rich vein of poetry running through the whole of the " Post Mortem Musings." The paper on the " Non-Intru sion Question" is extremely temperate in its views, and must carry conviction to every dispassionate mind. Fraser's Magazine. December, 1840. This number opens with a very spirited review of Grantley Berkeley's Last Novel. The critic shows ry little mercy to this aristocratic author. " The Three Great Epochs ; or 1830, 1840, and 1850," is a review of the past political history, and a glance at the future prospects, of this country, in the attractive form tale. In " Scotch Lairds Forty Years Ago," we some very quaint narratives and laughable anec . In the article entitled " The Cafe de la Re ce" we recognise the practised pen of Mr. George r, one of the first chess-players in the world. hes of Deschapelles and De la Bourdonnais The House of Uncommons" y ordinary production, not, however, without nterestu g ood hits at the leading quacks of the day. The Sketches of National Literature" anti the essay on Pascal and his Friends" are admirable articles. -ones in the Desert" are as full of adventure as The Past Year, and Present Prospects" is one slashing political articles, which should be react by every one who has the real welfare of his country at heart. Dublin University Magazine. December, 1840. The important subject of " Banking and Currency" occupies the first place in the present number. The author of the series of papers on this topic is evidently ----l ete master of the subject, upon the most diffi .ts of which he has thrown considerable light. ate of Actaeon" is a spirited composition. The s from Gibraltar" furnish us with some highly ng particulars respecting the southern parts of the Peninsula. The review of " Mrs. Norton's Poems" lb 1V A V Us I ind censure with strict justice. We have been highly delighted with the graphic sketch entitled " Dramatic Doings." The author is no stranger to the secrets of the " Green Room." In the " Rough Notes of a Rough Ride from the East" we have found a rich fund of amusement. The "Portrait Gallery" is adorned with a sketch of Admiral Rowley—a hero of the old school. The sensible remarks on the " Scottish Church Ques tion" deserve a careful perusal. The continuation of the "Rival Tanists," as well as that of the inimitable Lorrequer's " Charles O'Malley," cannot fail to gratify the readers of the Dublin University. Tait's Edinburgh Magazine. December, 1840. There are several articles of considerable merit in the present number. The remarks on the " Condition of the Labouring Poor, and the Management of Pau pers in Scotland" are generally sound and unobjec tionable, but we apprehend that many of the statis tical details will he found exaggerations. The review of the "Life and Times of Montrose," while it does justice to the intrinsic merits of Mr. Napier's work, displays much bigotry and intolerance. The " Sketches of Life and Manners, from the Autobiography of an English Opium-Eater," is decidedly the best article in W e do not, however, think that the au- the numbei thor has succeeded in demonstrating the identity of Junius and Sir Philip Francis. The literary anecdotes scattered through this narrative are highly interesting. "The Feats and Fortunes of Richard the Reiver" re mind us strongly of one or two of the best of Wil son's Tales of the Borders. "No House ; or, St. Stephen's and the Kirk," is an amusing political sketch, displaying all the radical peculiarities of Tait. The miscellaneous articles are both numerous and ex cellent. The New Statistical Account of Scotland. No. 28. Edinburgh : W. Blackwood and Sons. This admirable work is proceeding towards com pletion most satisfactorily. We trust that its publica tion has proved beneficial to the " Sons and Daughters of the Clergy," on whose behalf it has been benevo lently undertaken. The number before us c6ntains a beautifully executed map of Caithness-shire, and a full descriptive account of the history, antiquities, topo graphy, parochial economy, statistics, &c., of part of the county of Aberdeen, and part of the county of gh. The parishes described are Auchterfess, Drumblade, Fyvie, Peterhead, Pitsligo, Audi nd Kearn, Towle, Rayne, Glenbucket, Tally and Forbes, Monymusk, Meldrum, Corstor- linbur phine, Inveresk, and `Vest Calder. Every Scotsman, who can afford the outlay, ought to become possessed of this inestimable account of his native land. Master Humphrey's Clock. Part 8. London : Chap man and Hall ; Liverpool: Wareing Webb. This agreeable work is attracting a larger share of attention, week by week, as it proceeds. The illustra tions alone are sufficient to command a very large cir culation. They include some of the most beautiful specimens of engraving on wood that we have ever met with. " The Old Curiosity Shop" furnishes the staple for the narrative in the present number. The scenes in which Quilp figures are highly characteristic and amusing. We long to meet with our old friends the Pickwickians again on the stage. We have no doubt that Bo: has much more fun in store for us in connection with Master Humphrey's Clock. Long may he live to contribute to the enjoyment of his countrymen ! The Monthly Magazine. December, 1840. London : Sherwood and Co. It is a long time since we have been favoured with a copy of this magazine. We are glad to find that it is now under the editorial superintendence of Mr. lieraud, whose literary reputation is a sufficient guarantee for the character of any periodical. The number before is contains many articles of an interesting and attrac ive charact er . Th e s h ort not i ce o f " O ur Comic Wri rs" is excellent. The " Versions from German Poets" )n . m ta some beautiful s p ec i mens . "Misfortune" is •idently from the pen of a young writer of talent. Knave and the Deuce" is truly a " horrible we shall he glad to meet Sir Ephialtes Moon ." Mia, th e C at -fi en d , " i s from t h e F renc h Tulle. The remarks on " the Veto, or Intru )mmotion, in the Church of Scotland," are cha 't moderation. Among the remaining ly the most conspicuous are -" Psychological Medi -and the " Census of Foreign lit again F F. Ceci acterised by gr rticles in the Month Wild Water -man". Literati The Irish Penny Journal. Parts 3 and 4. Dublin : Gunn and Cameron; Liverpool: C. Davies. We rejoice to find that this spirited undertaking is proceeding most prosperously. The/ publishers have entitled themselves to the thanks of the Irish people for their praiseworthy exertions in the cause df their national literature. In the numbers before us we find a variety of clever and amusing articles, which would not. disgrace the pages of the most celebrated of our larger monthly periodicals. Among the principal con tributors we recognize the names of George Petrie, R.H.A. Professor K ane , Mrs. S. C. Hall, Marti n Doyle, 'Mr. Carleton, &c. With such names to recom mend it, we need say but little in praise of this excel- periodical The_ we ,od•engravinv preae3t4 in each 'number are chiefly illustrative of Irish /scenery or Irish antiquities, The miscellaneous articles in this periodical render it peculiarly suitable for family reading. The Illustrated Shakspere,_ Parts 18 and Ig. London : pomp. SONNETS BY SIR MORGAN O'DOHERTY BART. (From Fraser's Magazine for December.) I lady ! Well aware am I 1 less for poetry than pap, )uling in your nurse's lap ; I . augEt can bards supply Of opiates Conducive the Helicoi s they are to soothing nap— Yet must t And Ni hat to say ght, and joy upbouncing, must lie indeed a slow — cock Ipers every day— xr royal mother's health announcing, .nd Blagden, Ferguson and Locock. By Clad. THE FIRST QUEEN-REGNANT MOTHER. vas childless—what she thought n proved nothing but wind-colic t lady grim and diabolic. se. no babies brought lan , the Fir Would be i 1 many pens have sought To blight her fame in slanders fierce or frolic To glorious William, grave and melancholic, Mary's return of boys or girls was nought. Anne to her Danish lord no children gave, After that last of Stuarts reached the throne THREE And lo R. Tyas, 8, Paternoster-row These parts contain the conclusion of Taming of the Shrew and the commencement of the Comedy of Errors. The illustrative engravings in both parts are remarkably characteristic. The artist appears to be deeply imbued with the true Shaksperian spirit. We know of few serial publications which present higher claims for public support than the Illustrated Shaks- It may truly be designated a national work, and as such we trust that its circulation is extensive. When complete it will constitute the best edition of Shakspere that can be purchased at anything like the same price. The mode of publication is highly com mendable, as it places the works of our immortal bard within the reach of the humblest cottager in the land. The Mechanic and Chemist. Part 50. London : G Berger This is verily the " cheapest scientific work pub lished." It contains forty closely-printed pages of ori ginal and selected articles, illustrative of every new achievement in the arts and sciences, and accompanied with numerous well-executed engravings, and all for the extremely moderate price of sixpence ! It is also published in weekly numbers, at one penny each. No mechanic should - be without this cheap miscellany, which, we can assure our readers, is conducted with no ordinary degree of talent. Grant's London Journal. New Series. Part 3 London Thom as Arnold Mr. Grant has acted wisely in changing the form of his magazine. The octavo shape is, to our taste, far preferable to the almost obsolete qu a rto. O ne o f ! the principal features in the London Journal is the suc cession of autographs which each number contains. In the part before us we have facsimiles of the signa tures of Lord Rolle, Lord Radnor, the Earl of Roden, the Earl of Wicklow, the late Lord Holland, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Mr. Grantley Berkeley, Mr. George Cruikshank, the Duke of Newcastle, the Marquis of Conyngham, &c. &c. The original and selected arti cles in this periodical are calculated to render it ex tremely popular. The number before us displays con siderable ability. Jein Bunt. By the Old Sailor. Part 4 London Sherwood and Ca This part contains three capital engravings, illustra tive of the rough and varied adventures of a sailor's life. The tale increases in interest as it proceeds. The descriptive parts are exceedingly graphic and eloquent. Every chapter is replete with incident. The account of the storm, in chap. 9, is a thrilling narrative, which must be read in order to be appreciated. We recom mend this work to the especial notice of our sea-going friends. Standard American Literature. Scenes in the Life of Joanna of Sicily. By Mrs. Ellet. Bristol : Philp and Evans ; Liverpool : C. Davies. This series of publications promises to become ex ceedingly popular in this country. We understand that nearly 20,000 copies of some of the works which it embraces have already been disposed of. This is, certainly, a sufficient inducement to the publishers to proceed with their undertaking. The work before us is very neatly and cheaply got up. Its soul-thrilling narratives cannot fail to interest the reader. Its pic tures of Sicilian manners are strikingly true. We cor dially recommend this absorbing tale to the notice of such of our readers as are fond of works of imagination. THE REMAINS OF NAPOLEON ARRIVAL OF THE REMAINS AT CHERBOURG The Belle Pbule frigate, commanded by the Prince de Join ville, and which has brought back to France the remains of the Emperor Napoleon, came to anchor at Cherbourg on the 30th ult., at five in the morning. The following is the report of his royal highness to the minister of marine : " Monsieur le Ministre,—As I had the honour of inform ing you, I quitted All Saints Bay on September 14, running along the coast of Brazil, with the wind at east, but which having veered to the north and northeast, enabled me quickly to get into the meridian of Saint Helena, without having to pass the twenty-eighth south parallel. On entering this me ridian, I was delayed by calms and light breezes. On Octo ber 8, I came to an anchor in James Town roads. The brig Oreste, detached by Vice-Admiral de Mackau to bring to the Belle Poule a pilot from the channel, arrived the day be fore. As this ship brought me no new instructions, I im mediately occupied myself in executing the orders I had ori ginally received. My first care was to put M. de Chabot, the King's commissioner, in communication with G enera l Middlemore, governor of the island. These gentlemen hav ing settled, according to their respective instructions, the manner of proceeding to the exhumation of the remains of the Emperor Napoleon, and their translation on board the Belle Poule, October 15 was fixed for the execution of their plans. The governor charged himself with the exhumation, and all that was to take place within the British territory : I, by the order of October 13, a copy of which I hereunto an nex, regulated the honours to be paid on the 15th and 16th by the division under my command. The French merchant ships Bonne Arnie, Captain Gallet, and the Indien, Captain Turquetil, eagerly rendered their assistance. At midnight on the 15th, the operation commenced in the presence of the French and English commissioners, M. de Chabot and Capt. Alexander, of the royal engineers. The works were directed by the latter. As M. de Chabot renders to the government a the onm , t ;-.... e., nhiCf h e Wtia a witness, I conceive I am cusy.ifsect from entering into the same details, and shall content myself with saying that at ten in the morning the coffin was found in the grave. After hav ing raised it, in fact it was opened, and the body was found in an unhoped for state of preservation. At this solemn moment, at the sight of the easily recognized remains of him who had done so much for the glory of France, the emotion was deep and unanimous. At half past three o'clock the guns of the fort announced to the ships and vessels in the roadstead that the funeral procession had commenced its march to wards James Town. The militia and the troops of the gar rison preceded the car, which was covered with a pall, the corners being borne by Generals Bertrand and Gourgaud, and Messrs. de Lascases and Marchand, the authorities and a crowd of the inhabitants following. The guns of the frigate having answered those of the fort, she continued to fire mi nute guns. From the morning the yards were slung and the flags hoisted half-mast high, as signs of mo urn i ng , i n w hi c h the foreign ships and vessels joined. When the procession appeared on the quay, the English troops formed a double line, through which the car passed slowly to the shore. At the water's edge, where the English lines had terminated, I had collected all the officers of the French division, waiting, in deep mourning and heads uncovered, the approach of the coffin. When within twenty paces of us, it stopped, and the governor advancing to me, delivered up to me, in the name of his government, the remains of the Emperor Napoleon. As soon as the coffin was lowered in the boat of the frigate prepared to receive it, the general emotion was again renewed ; the dying wish of the Emperor Napoleon began to be accom plished,—his remains reposed under the national flag. All sign of mourning was from that time abandoned ; the same honours which the Emperor would have received had he been living were paid to his mortal remains, and it was amidst sa lutes from the ships, dressed out in their colours, and their yards manned, that the cutter, escorted by the boats of all the ships, pursued its way slowly towards the frigate. On arriving on board, the coffin was placed between two ranks of officers under arms, and carried on to the quarter-deck, which had been arranged as a chapelle ardente had been pre pared to receive it. At noon all was terminated, and the frigate was ready to sail ; but the drawing up of the proces verbaux required two days, and it was only on the morning of the 18th that the Belle Poule and Favourite were able to get under weigh. The Oreste, which left at the same time, sailed for its destination. After a prosperous and easy passage I have just anchored in the roads of Cherbourg, at five in the morning. Receive, Admiral, the assurance of my respect, " The Captain of the Belle Poule, " F. VORLEANS " Roads of Cherbourg, Nov. 30." The Commissioners, in their report, thus describe the ap pearance of the remains on removing the cerements : " The cover of the third coffin having been removed, a tin ornament, slightly rusted, was seen, which was removed, and a white satin sheet was perceived, which was removed with the greatest precaution by the doctor, and Napoleon's body was exposed to view. His features were so little changed that his face was recognised by those who had known him when alive. The different articles which had been de posited in the coffin were found exactly as they had been placed. Th e h an d s were singularly well preserved. The uniform, the orders, the hat were very little changed. His entire person presented the appearance of one lately in terred. The body was not exposed to the external air longer than two minutes at most, which were necessary for the sur geon to take measures to prevent any alteration, according to his instructions." Dr. Guillard, (Remi Julien,) the surgeon of the Belle Poule frigate, who was present at the disinterment, gives the following account of the state in which he found the body of the Emperor:— _ " The body of the Emperor had an easy position, the same as when he was placed in the coffin : the superior members were stretched out, the lower part of the arm and the left hand resting on the corresponding thigh : the in ferior members were somewhat depressed. The head, a little raised, rested on a cushion : his skull, of ample volume, and his high and broad forehead, were covered with yellow ish teguments, hard and very adherent. The orbs of the eyea offered the same appearance, and the upper part was lined with eyelids : the balls of the eyes were entire, but had lost somewhat of their volume and shape. The eyelids, com pletely closed, adhered to the under parts, and were hard : the bones of the nose and the teguments which covered them were well preserved: the tube and the sides alone had suffered. The cheeks were full. The teguments of that portion of the face were remarkable for their soft supple feel and their whitish colour; those of the chin were slightly blueish, and derived that colour from the beard, which ap peared to have grown after death. The chin itself was not in the least altered, and still preserved the character peculiar to Napoleon's countenance. The lips were thinned and asunder, and three of the front teeth, extremely white, were seen under the upper lip, which was slightly raised to the left. The hands were perfect, and did not exhibit any sort of alteration. If the articulations had lost their motion, the skin appeared to have preserved the colour of life ; and the fingers bore long, adherent, and very white nails. The legs were enclosed in boots, but, in consequence of the threads of the latter being worn, the four last toes were visible on both sides. The skin of those toes was of a dull white and the nails were still adherent. The front region of the thorax was strongly depressed in the middle : the coats of the abdomen hard and fallen in : the members appeared to have preserved their shape under the clothes which covered them. I pressed the left arm : it was hard and had lost somewhat of its volume." The following are extracts of a private letter, published in the Messager describing the opening of the tomb and the coffin : . "At half-past nine in the morning the earth was entirely removed from the vault, all the horizontal strata of masonry demolished, and the large slab which covered the internal sarcophagus detached by means of a crane. The cemented masonry-work which enclosed the coffin on every side, and which, during the nineteen years that have elapsed since it was built, had suffered no detriment, had so preserved it f rom the effects of the atmosphere and the ne ighbour ing spring that, at fir s t s ight, it did n ot appear to be in the slightest de gree injured. The sarcophagus in flag-stones was perfect, and could scarcely be said to be damp. As soon as the Abbe Coquereau had recited the first prayers, the coffin was re moved with the greatest care, and carried by.the engineer soldiers bareheaded into a tent which had been prepared for its reception near the tomb. After the religious ceremonies on the taking up of the body, the inner coffins were opened, at the request irf the King's commissioner, in order that Dr. Guillard might take the necessary measures for securing the mortal remains of Napoleon from any further decomposition. The outermost coffiri was slightly injured; the leaden coffin was in good condition, and enclosed two others, one in wood and the other in tin, the lids of which were taken off with the greatest care. The last coffin was lined on the inside with white satin, which, having become detached by the effect of time, had fallen upon the body, and enveloped it like a wind ing sheet, adhering slightly to it. " It is difficult to describe with what anxiety, with what emotions, those who were present waited for the moment which was to expose to them all that death had left of Napo leon. Notwithstanding the singular state of preservation of the tomb and coffins, we could scarcely hope to find anything but some mishapen remains of the least perishable parts of the costume to evidence the Identity. But when, by the hand of Dr. Guillard, the satin sheet was raised, an indescribable feeling of surprise and affection was expressed by the specta tors, most of whom burst into tears. The Emperor himself was before their eyes! The features of his face, though changed, were perfectly recognised, the hands perfectly beau tiful, his well-known costume had suffered but little, and the colours were easily distinguished ; the epaulets, the decora tions, and the hat seemed to be entirely preserved from decay ; the attitude itself was full of ease, but for the frag ments of the satin lining, which covered, as with a fine gauze, several parts of the uniform, we might have believed we saw before us Napoleon still extended on a bed of state. General Bertrand and M. Marchand, who were present at the inter ment, quickly pointed out the different articles which each had deposited in the coffin, and in the precise position which they had previously described. It was even remarked, that the left hand which General Bertrand had taken to kiss for the last time, before the coffin was closed up, still remained slightly raised. Between the legs, near the hat, were the two vases which contained the heart and entrails. " The two inner coffins were carefully closed again : the old leaden coffin was strongly blocked up with wedges of wood, and both were once more soldered up with the most minute precautions, under the direction of Dr. Guillard. These different operations being terminated, the ebony sar cophagus was closed as well as its oak case." The writer thus describes the proceedings, after the body had been delivered into the custody of the French Com- missioners " When the funeral car stopped, the Prince de Joinville advanced alone, and, in presence of all around, who stood with their heads uncovered, received in a solemn manner the imperial coffin from the hands of General Middlemore. His royal highness then thanked the Governor, in the name of France, for all the testimonials of sympathy and respect with which the authorities and inhabitants of St. Helena had sur rounded the memorable ceremonial. A cutter had been ex pressly prepared to receive the coffin. During the embarka tion, which the Prince directed himself, the bands played fu neral airs, and all the boats were stationed round with their oars shipped. The moment the sarcophagus touched the cutter, a magnificent royal flag, which the ladies. of James Town had embroidered for the occasion, was unfurled, and the Belle Poule immediately squared her yards and unfurled her colours. All the manoeuvres of the frigate were imme diately followed by the other vessels. Our mourning had ceased with the exile of Napoleon, and the French naval di vision dressed itself out in all its festal ornaments to receive the imperial coffin under the French flag. The sarcophagus was covered in the cutter with the imperial mantle. The Prince de Joinville placed himself at the rudder, Command ndt Guyet at the head of the boat ; Generals Bertrand and Gourgaud, Baron de Las Cases, M. Marchand, and the Abbe Coquereau occupied the same places as during the march. Count Chabot and Commandant Hernoux were astern, a little in advance of the Prince. As soon as the cutter had pushed off from the quay, the batteries ashore fired a salute of 21 guns, and our ships returned the salute with all their artillery. Two other salutes were fired during the passage from the quay to the frigate, the cutter advancing very slowly, and surrounded by the other boats. At halt-past six o'clock it reached the Belle Poule, all the men being on the yards with their hats in their hands. The Prince had arranged on the deck a chapel, decked with flags and trophies of arms, the altar being placed at the foot of the mizen-mast. The coffin, carried by our sailors, passed betwen two ranks of officers with drawn swords, and was placed on the Quarter-deck. The absolu tion was pronounced by the Abbe Coquereau the same even ing. Next day, at ten o'clock, a solemn mass was celebrated on the deck, in presence of the officers and part of the crews of the ships. His Royal Highness stood at the foot of the coffin. The cannon of the favourite and Oreste fired minute guns during this ceremony, which terminated by a solemn absolution ; and the Prince de Joinville, the gentleman of the mission, the officers, and the premiers maitres of the ship sprinkled holy water on the coffin. At eleven all the ceremonies of the church were accomplished, all the honours done to the sovereign had been paid to the mortal remains of Napoleon. The coffic was carefully lowered between decks, and placed in the chapelle ardente which had been prepared at Toulon for its reception. At this moment the vessels fired a last salute with all their artillery, and the frigate took in her flags, keeping up only her flag at the stern and the royal standard at the maintop-gallant mast. On Sunday, the 18th, at eight in the morning, the Belle Poule quitted St. Helena with her precious deposit on board." The Monitieur Parisien says, that the funeral ceremony is fixed for the 10th instant, (Thursday next), and that orders have been given to hasten as much as possible the prepara tions at the lnvalides. and along the line which the cortege will follow. Courrier Francais states, that the ceremony of the Emperor Naoleon's funeral is fixed for the 15th instant, and that the number of workmen employed on the prepara tions has been considerably increased. The Commerce i s o f opinion, that it cannot take place before the 20th. Generals Bertrand and Gourgaud and M. Marchand remain with the Prince de Joinville, at Cherbourg, watching over the remains of the Emperor. It is reported, that, soon after this ceremony shall have taken place, Prince Louis Bonaparte and his companions . will be liberated, the prince being required to pledge himself never to repeat his criminal attempt. ON AN IMPROVED METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING & STOKING THE FURNACES OF TILE KILNS. (By Mr. James Taylor, Moorfield Tileworks, Kilmarnock Factor to the Duke of Portland.) Mr. Taylor's original paper on the manufacturing of drain tiles (for which the society's gold medal was awarded) will be found in vol. xii. p. 27, of the Transactions, and to which the following communication forms an addendum. Tne increas ing demand for drain-tiles, and consequent competition in its manufacture, has stimulated those engaged in it to arrive at '" " 1- most economy in the cost of I ,,, rlnprim„ been assumea that tine construction of furnaces would ma terially affect the expense in the article of fuel, much inquiry has been set on foot, and expensive experiments conducted, with a view to ascertain the best method of applying this expensive agent. Hitherto, it is believed, reduction in the expense of fuel has been but partially successful. A com munication, therefore, on this point, coming from a person of experience, and giving his own actual experience of the improvement, will, no doubt, be duly appreciated. Mr. Taylor's communication is expressed in the following terms The following brief description of my economical method of burning tiles, and the advantage of it compared with the methods generally adopted in this part of the coun try, may not be unwelcome. The main point of this method consists in adapting the furnaces of the kiln to produce a greater effect from a given quantity of fuel than by the old system ; but I have also found that a large portion of the fuel may consist of refuse of coal, or as it is commonly called coom. To effect this end, grate or furnace bars of the form usually adopted in engine and other furnaces are fitted into the fire places of the kiln, which are further assimilated to ordinary furnaces by being fitted with closing doors. The height of the ashpit, or space between the floor of the stoking vault, and the furnace door-sole I make 15 inches, and its width 12 inches. The door-frame, which may be set about 6 inches square, through which the fuel is thrown into the fur nace. The two sleepers, which support the bars, are each 18 inches in length, to allow their ends being fixed in the walls, and are placed the first at the distance of six inches, the other at twenty four inches from the door-frame ; on these sleepers are laid seven furnace-bars of eighteen inches in length, a dumb plate of six inches in breadth, filling up the space be tween the ends of the bars and the door-frame. Beyond the grates thus formed, there is a space of one foot of dumb wall, and in this space the furnaces are contracted uniformly in width to nine inches at their entrance into the kiln, while their height is uniformly augmented from the door inward, till, at the entrance to the kiln, they are twenty-six inches in height, and their sole one foot above the level of the inside floor. Fire-places of the above description, when culm is used for fuel, are more powerful, and the temperature more easily regulated, than in those where the fires are placed on the ground, and allowed to choke up till the fire-places are full. The furnaces are cleared two or three times during the process of burning; and as none of the fuel is allowed to go into the inside of the kiln, there is less risk of the tiles being vitrified and twisted than in the common form, where the burning fuel frequently comes in contact with the tiles lying near the entrance of the fire-places. " It is of great importance in burning tiles, that the heat should ascend regularly through the whole kiln, and tile burners have experienced much difficulty in regulating this point. One or two of the fires may sometimes burn slowly, while those on either side of them may burn freely. If this evil is not wholly obviated by using the grate, the remedy is at least rendered easy of application ; for, by opening one inch more or less of the doors on each side of the dull fires, the draft is considerably increased in them, and their action is equalized to that of the others. Should the temperature ap pear to be too high in any of the furnaces, the doors of th ose have only to be opened a small space, which will check the increase of heat. In this way, the door of each furnace can be made to act as a regulator for its own fire, as well as to act upon those immediately adjoining. " The coal required to burn a kiln containing twenty-five thousand tiles, constructed on the old plan, cost, at the pit, £3 12s. The quantity of fuel that I require to burn the same kiln, by the new method, and its cost at the pit, are, 2 1-10th tons coal, at 5s 10d per ton .... £0 12 3 10 tons of culm, at is 3 per ton , • being a saving of £2 is 3d on the burning of a kiln, or nearly two shillings per thousand tiles.—Quarterly Journal of Agri culture for June, 1839. NOVEL SWEEPSTAKES.-A sweepstakes, which was en tered into last year, was decided a few days since, at the Old Angel Inn, Woolhampton, close to the seat of the Earl of Falmouth, in Berkshire. The person who produced 12 Swede turnips of the greatest weight, collectively, was to receive the stakes. The Earl of Falmouth carried off the prize by pro ducing 12 turnips averaging nearly 91bs. each. The follow ing is a list of the subscribers, with the weight of their respective productions of 12 Swedes each ;—The Earl of Fal mouth, 1051bs ; Mr. Houghton, of Swing Hill, 8211b5.; Mr. Rivers, of Brimpton, 811bs. ; Mr. Reynolds, of Brimpton, 7-1-ilbs.; Mr. Hickman, of Aldermaston, 6711b5.; and Mr. Buckeridge, of Oare Farm, 491bs. A sweepstakes of ten shillings each, to be similarly decided, is now open to all England, to be closed on the Ist of May next, and to be de cided in the month of November following. GREENOCK.--TERRIBL E EXPLOSION.—About a quarter past eight o'clock on Saturday morning, the inhabitants in the neigbourhood of Holmscroft brewery were alarmed by a strange noise, followed by the falling of the brew-house. On investigation it was found that the boiler, which was on the ground floor, had exploded and gone right through the roof of the house, a height of four stories, and alighted in a field 120 feet distant. When the explosion took place, Mr. Wal lace, the brewer, and his assistant, were standing immediately under the mash-tun in the third flat, and how they escaped with their lives is a miracle to every one, and to none more than to themselves. When the steam and dust cleared away, Mr. Wallace was seen walking up the field in which the boiler lay, but how he got there he has not the most distant idea. The under-brewer, who was talking with him when the explosion took place, was dragged out from under the ruins. He was very severely scalded. A man was working in a drain within ten feet of the boiler when it blew up, and the stones of the building fell around him, but without hurt ing him. Another man was slightly injured by some of the stones. It happened fortunately that nearly all the workmen were engaged in the yard, at a considerable distance from the brew-house, otherwise many lives would in all likelihood have been lost. Several of them had been engaged about the mash-tun only a few minutes before. What is not a little singular, Mr. Wallace's shoes were forced off his feet by some means, and have not since been seen ; his hat, too, which was on his head at the time, was found on the follow.. ing day among the ruins very much cut, and a thermometer which he held in his hand was got at a considerable distance from the spot. A more remarkable escape than Mr. Wallace made has rarely if ever occurred. The mash-tun under which he stood is now buried in the ruins, and a large copper in a higher flat, containing 30 or 40 barrels of boiling water, was torn to pieces. In short, the house, with the whole brewing utensils, are completely destroyed.—Greenock Advertiser. THR CRICKET.—These who have attended to the habits of the hearth cricket (Gryllus domesticusj know that it passes the hottest part of the summer in sunny situations, concealed in the crevices of walls, and heaps of rubbish. It quits its summer residence about the end of August, and fixes its residence by the fire-side of the kitchen or cottage, where it multiplies its species, and is as merry at Christmas as others in the dog-days. Thus do the comforts of a warm hearth afford the cricket a safe refuge, not from death, but from temporary torpidity ; which it can support for a long time, when deprived by accident of artificial warmth. If a colony of crickets, for example, be deprived, in winter, of the usual warmth of the fire around which they are esta- Wished for some weeks, they will all disappear into their holes and hiding places ; but no sooner is the fire re-lit, and warmth diffused, then the crickets again begin to bestir themselves; and shake off their torpor. SUGAR.—Sugar is one of the most ancient productions of India; Its Sanscrit name, sukkhar, is obviously the origin of its European designation, as sukkhar kund is of sugar candy. The cultivation of the vine was introduced into the south of Europe by the Saracens ; it was extended to the Canaries by the Portuguese, and from thence it was taken to Hispanolia by the Spaniards in the year 1506. Nowhere have the ef fects of the introduction of new vegetables into favourable localities been more remarkable than in the coffee and cane plantations of the West Indies ; and nowhere has the import ance of selecting the best species for cultivation been more fully manifested. The introduction of the Bourbon and Otaheite canes, instead of those descended from the original stock imported from the Canaries, produced a complete re volution in West India property about the close of the last century. It was not until lately that this cane was intro duced into the West Indies ; but it has spread rapidly, and the climate all over India seems adapted to it. A com parison between the sugars of the East and West Indies is an excellent illustration of the great importance of culture. Indeed, it will generally be found that acclimated plants at tain greater perfection in the country where they have been adopted, than in that of which they were originally the na tives; as, for instance, pulse, potatoes, garden fruits, &c. ; and the reason is sufficiently plain : in their new country great attention is paid to their culture—in their native land too much confidence is reposed in spontaneous production. —Athencelon. WHY WON'T THE WHIGS BUILD SHIPS?-It seems to us a most extraordinary thing, that whilst every one admits the necessity of England's maintaining a navy on a scale more extensive and efficient than any other country in the world; and whilst all parties exclaim that they would be delighted if more money were expended on repairing and extending the wooden walls of “ld England, the ministry should neverthe less exhibit such downright reluctance to comply with the national wish. They cannot deny its expediency, and they know full well that no House of Commons would hesitate to furnish supplies, if demanded for such a patriotic purpose ; nay, we even think they would become popular by adopting such a course. Their paid scribes and underlings exhibit such delight when they point out the repairing of some rotten guard-ship, and their opponents so clamorously insist on our navy being rendered more efficient, that we really think the most popular act the ministry could do, would be to add at once ten new line-of-battle ships to our fleet. None would object to this augmentation of our truly national force, or to the founding various establishments for the edu- cation and schooling Of seamen, or at least adopting some improved system for manning our navy. It is folly to say we have all that we want; circumstances might arise to morrow such as to render ten ships a most acceptable addi tion to our force; whilst, as we are at present situated, even though we were to be suddenly presented with such a force, we could not find men sufficient to man three of them effi- ciently.—From Fraser's Magazine for December. How TO GET A TIGHT RING OFF A FlNGER. — Thread a needle flat in the eye with a strong thread, pass the head of the needle, with care, under the ring, and pull the thread through a few inches towards the hand; wrap the long end of the thread tightly round the finger, regularly, all down to the nail, to reduce its size. Then lay hold of the short end of the thread, and unwind it. The thread pressing against the ring will gradually remove it from the finger. This never-failing method will remove the tightest ring without difficulty, however much swollen the finger may be. A WlFE.—When a man of sense comes to marry, it is a companion that he wants, not an artist. It is not merely a creature who can paint or play, and sing and dance ; it is a being who can comfort and judge, discourse and discriminate; one who can assist him in his affairs, lighten his sorrows, purify his joys, strengthen his principles, and educate his children. Such is the woman who is fit for a mother and the mistress of a family. A woman of the former description occasionally figures in the drawing-room, and attracts the admiration of company, but she is entirely unfit for a help mate to a man, and to "train up a child in the way he should go." SAGACITY OF THE ARAB HORSE.—Nothing can exceed the attachment that exists between the poor Arab and his horse, often his whole stock of wealth. The mare and her foal inhabit the same tent with his family, and are caressed by all. The body of a mare is often the pillow of her mas ter, and more frequently of his children, who roll about upon her and the foal without the least risk. The kindness thus engendered is returned by the mare in many of those situations when the life of the child of the desert depends only on the sagacity and swiftness of his faithful courser. When the Arab falls wounded from his mare, she will imme diately stand still, and neigh until assistance arrives. Should fatigue compel him to lie down to sleep in the desert, she watches over him, and arouses him on the approach of man or beast.—Whyte's History of the Turf. - - NEW MODE OF EXTINGUISHING FIRES.—At a lecture on combustion, delivered at the Mechanics' Institution at Cheltenham, on Monday, Mr. E. W. Wells, chemist of that town, brought forward two plans which he suggested for ex tinguishing the largest fires in a very short time. After ex plaining that a common combustion could not be supported without a supply of oxygen, he stated that his first plan of ex tinguishing consisted in shutting out the supply of oxygen in the following manner :—" For instance, iron plates with a wet incombustible compressible substance projecting from the edges, might NI erected against the windows and doors, and sustained by inclined poles ; the oxygen of the interior of the house being only one-fifth of the whole air, would be im mediately absorbed, and none in addition being admitted, the combustion would inevitably cease." The lecturer by means of lighted candles placed in large glass vessels, proved the correctness of this theory. The next plan was to suffocate the flames by carbonic gas. He recommended the construc tion of a large machine, capable of containing one ton of car bonate of lime, a proportion of water, and about half-a-ton (Jr atil t -A.4/h. at.iti , the utnitatA or thCbe bcitig ici lated by valves and tubes, an immense quantity of carbo gas could be generated and conveyed by its own pressure to the interior of the house; combustion conld not for a moment exist. Mr. Wells announced that he intended to lay his plans before the government, and if he could get no assistance from that quarter, to form a joint-stock company to construct the machines described.—lnventor's Advocate. A new discovery is said by the . Industriel Al sac i en to h ave been made ; which, if the experiments which are now mak ing prove it to be correct, is very important. I t i s sa id t h at by a certain chemical preparation or process, indigo can be obtained from the saw-dust of the oak tree ; and that the indigo thus obtained, presents upon analysis, all the proper ties of the indigo from the tropics. The exp er i ments are carried on in a village in the neighbourhood of Alskirch. OPERATION FOR THE CURE OF WRY NECK.—Th e L ancet contains a report of a recent operation by Dr. F. Snaith, of Boston, for the cure of wry neck. The doctor first passed the operating knife underneath, and then cut, in an outward direction, the tendinous portion of the sterno—eleide-mastoid muscle. The patient described the sound produced to him, in cutting the tenden, like that of breaking sti c k s across t h e knee, and at the moment of d ividin g it, he felt excruciating pain. The operation occupie d scarc ely a quarter of a mi n ut e , and not more than two or three drops of blood followed. The side, which had previously been depressed upon the shoulder, bobbed up, like an automaton ffgure suddenly set in motion. The wound caused by the introduction of the knife healed the next day, and in three days the patient was enabled to resume his usual employment. He has now the natural position of the head without any effort, and the defect is perfectly cured. WONDERFUL CLOCKS.—Two very extraordinary clocks were, some time since, presented by the East I n di a Com pany to the Emperor of China, being entirely ma nu f ac t ure d by English artists. They were in the form of chariots, each of which contained a lady seated, leaning her right hand on a part of the chariot, under which was a clock little larger than a shilling, that struck, repeated, and went for eight days without winding up. . A bird was on the lady's finger, finely modelled, and set with diamonds and ru bi es , w ith it s wings expanded as if to fly , and which was made to flutter for a considerable time on touching a diamond button. The body of this curious bird, in which were the wheels that ani mated it, was less than the sixteenth part of an inch. In the lady's left hand was a golden tube, with a small round box on the top, to which was fixed a circular ornament set in diamonds, which went round in three hours. A double umbrella was over the lady's head, supported by a small fluted pillar, and under which was. a bell that s t ruc k the hour, though apparently unconnected with the clock ; and at the lady's feet was a golden dog, before which were two birds, set with precious stones, and apparently flying away with the chariot, which, from another secret m o ti on, is contrived to run in any direction, while a boy appears to push it forward. There were also flowers, ornaments, and a flying dragon, all set with precious stoner, or formed of them, and the rest was made of gold most curiously executed, and presenting a won derful specimen of ingenuity and talent. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. DECEMBER. HOUR 8, William Baines, Ist 8, Holdforth, Bald & Co. (proaf) 8, Thomas Tomlin, 2nd 9, William Farrell, (special) 9, S. S. Jackson g, John Lloyd, (c" g, Golborne & Do 10, Thomas Haw: 1, Sarnl. Dumbell 1, Catherine Char 1, Wm. Farrell, (p 1,• Joseph Crouch, 4, James Tatlock. 8, Mathew J. Seal 8, Parke and Ken 9, Warden and W )bbs, (special) )son, Ist 1. (proof and final div rd, 2nd goof and div ,2nd Clarendon Rooms, Ditto, Ditto, R. Frodsham's.... Clarendon Rooms, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, g,-re, (proof and final div.) Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester, rick, Ist Clarendon Rooms, anostrocht, ('roof and div.) Ditto, PACKET B GENER DATS.—FALMOUTH STATION. AL POST -OFFICE, December 4. g Bf 2. g , 4 go- 0 RP =OO,-).= ,71 y ~ o 7zxwm.R4g. FX cD m Y- =2,22.Fr mA , "E,P ,„„ mggt rr P);* 3 gg g Weoq2•W PZ.O3 .e= o- 2 .W P.P • ^PP , :-. V • cfiZ 52_ , z 2 U ~ T R sl c Z 1- 3 T - 1 •!1 it .2' a ,r; o S 4 F, 2 6 m • g?..). 13' `-' .15 -6; 2 ( L 7tTi 4 ,1 i R-Ff g' , 4 ;3- • " • FA tn rn , ~.3 r A • =•• r - eT P' ••:. &' 5> a: cn 4 r d ct" -, e 5 c a o. c") -, o f- ' - 'e - P g 5..1? Na 0 - z q tv c. tv ° tz 8 - gal LL• V., • • • X 0 0 : 1 :4 qq d 7 ao cc , . . . , . • ~ ..,• P P •,,, 0 to to 0 t, 11 `I .. ..... '" 3 % ; f.' '3' C r e. 4 2 8 .. J ..F7 jZ, el. • c e - 3 E° t, ti , bipping; *ntelltgentt. ._..~~_ FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4.—Wind S. light, ARRlVED.—Nonpareil, , from Cephalonia—Lynx, Watson, from Smyrna—Grasshopper, --, from Naples—Fenella, Wake ham, and Wave, Edwards, from Malaga. SAlLED.—Acadia, (steamer) Miller, for Halifax and Boston. Cynosure, Yabsley, from Gallipoli, at this port. On 24th Nov. saw the Tom Roberts putting into Gibraltar for supplies Rossendale, Friend, from Maceio, at this port ; sailed 24th Oct. and from Perna m b uco 2gth Oct. Le f t t h e P omona, at MaCeio, loading for Liverpool The Esk sailed from Pernambuco for Ma ceio 28th October Orwell, WeMilan, from Quebec, at this port. On sth Nov. in lat. 45, long. 33, was struck by a heavy sea, which disabled her rudder, stove long boat, completely swept the decks, and caused the vessel to leak, since that period experienced a succession of heavy gales. Lady Bassett, Carthew, from Lisbon, at this port. On 27th Nov. in lat. 44, long. g, was run foul of by the Tallentyre, White, from Bourdeaux for Mauritius, which stove in the Lady Bassett's bows, carried away her bowsprit, and did other damage; had it not been for the assistance rendered by the Ohio, of Philadelphia, Captain Levy, the Lady Bassett would in all probability have gone down. Argyle, -, from Wicklow, is on shore on Burbo Jupiter, Sedman, sailed from Mauritius for Batavia 31st August Senator, Grindley, sailed from St. Helena for Liverpool Bth Oct. Pandora, - hence for the Cape of Good Hope, was spoken 27th October, in lat. 6 N, long. 22 W Ingria, Freybusch, hence at Revel Felix, Henning, hence at Warnemunde Catrina, Klunder, , Anna Elizabeth, Bockhout, and Fero, Pat terson, hence at Helvoet Indigo.-16 chests of Oude are reported at 3s gd per lb, all round. The public sales on Wednesday comprised 324 chezts East India Gum Arabic, 10 chests Animi, 5 Olibanum, 42 cases Castor Oil, 5 chests and 160 bags Mother-of-Pearl Shells, 10 bags East India Galls, and 150 bags Saltpetre; of which go chests Gum Arabic sold, at prices ranging from 18s to 28s for low and ordinary, 4es to 50s for middling to good, and 67s per cwt. for a few chests of unnsually fine quality, 5 chestd Olibanum at 19s to 30s, the Mother-of-Pearl Shells at 16s to 29s 6d, as in quality, and the Galls at 655. 4 serous silver Cochineal sold at 4s 2d, and 72 chests Lac Dye at is gd per lb, For the Saltpetre brought to auction there was not a bidding: the market has been extremely dull for some time past, and the transactions during the last six weeks barely exceed 1100 bags, and these at declining prices, and the quotations are red uced accordingly. Of Nitrate of Soda the sales are about 200 bags, within the range of the quotations. Dyewoods.—The sales in Logwood are about 200 tons Campeachy, at £g js 6d to .€9 125 6d, 50 tons inferior Tobasco at .e 8 los, and 20 tons Honduras and Lt. Domingo at £7 lOs ; 20 tons Cuba Fustic are reportep at 15s to ~69 178 6d ; 10 tons Camwood at £22 to .4'26, and 15 tons solid Nicaragua Wood at ./9 per ton. There are no sales of Turpentine reported this week, nor is there any alteration of price. A cargo of 1008 barrels Stokholm Tar was offered by auction, but withdrawn, and subsequently sold at about 190. For Montreal Pot Ashes there has been a fair demand, and 200 to 300 brls. have been sold, at 28s for 1838, 28s 6d for 1839, and 30s for 1840. Pearl Ashes are rather dull at 29s 6d, but there are no sellers below this price. 16 bales very ordinary Jamaica Bees' Wax arc reported at £7 12s 6d per ton. There has been more business doing in Hides, but at lower prices; about 43,000 East India Kips were sold by auction last Friday, at load to 11 id for sound dry salted. Bid to gicl for Ist rubbed, 81 to gid for sound dry and brined, 60 to ;id for Ist rubbed, and sid to 7io for second rubbed, 1500 Buffalo Hides and Kips at 6d to 61, 700 dry Valparaiso at 6id to 7d, 1000 Lima at lld to 63d, and about 3300 dry salted Brazil at 5i to 64d, (the greater part at 51d to Sid ;) 2500 salted Monte 1 a.eo were also reported at the close of last week at 41c1 to 5d per lb. Tobacco. —The demand has not been so extensive this week ; for the month the sales amount to 2300 'lds. viz. 620 Virginialeafand4sostemmed, go Ifentuck leaf and 1140 stemmed; of these, 480 were for Ireland, 80 for Scotland, 150 for export, 300 to Speculators, and the re mainder to the Trade. The only alteration in prices has been an advance of fully id per Id od Kentucky stemmed, (previously noticed,) and a decline in Virginia leaf of id per lb, chiefly on the better sorts. This stock is still short as compared last year at this time. LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, DEC We observe much activity in our Butter market to-day,—holders have, however, sudden4y become extremely shy in offering their stocks except at au advance of 2s to 3s per cwt. Fine Belfast is now well worth 104 s—and favourite South Country Brands com mand the same price. Pickled Butter is a moderate sale, at 94s to 95s for seconds. There is a great deal of inferior Beef on the market, which is offering very low. Very prime Beef is not plenti ful, and the price of such is comparatively supported. Pork is in rather better demand, but the currency does not improve. Bacon has excited speculators attention, and nothing fine is now to be had under 50s—some ask sls to 525. Louisa, Rooms, hence at Antwerp Union, Heyde, and Eugene, Perrie, hence at Ostend • Jane, Thompson, from Bahia, at the Cove; sailed 22nd October. in company with the Oliver, Emma, and Victoria, all for Liverpool. On 15th Nov. in lat. 28, long. 37, spoke the Susan Mar, from Lima for London Thomas Blyth, Hay, from Mauritius, at Falmouth. On 4th Nov. in lat. 8 N, long. 24 W, spoke the Wm. Prowse, hence for Valpa raiso. On 20th Nov. in lat. 34, long. 35, spoke the Warwick, from Sierra Leone for Liverpool Belle Poule, (French Frigate) from St. Helena, at Cherburg, with the remains of Napoleon. Boreas, -, hence off St. Vincent SATURDAY, DECEMBER s.—Wind S. light. ARRIVED.—EagIe, Bell, from Monte Video—Frankfietd, Mitchell, from New Orleans—Daniel Dyer, Dyer, from Smsrna—Fisherman, —, from Smyrna—and Louisa Maria, —, from Marseilles. SAlLED.—Huddersfield, Jones, for Africa—Princess Victoria, Reay, for Genoa—Laurel, M'Bride, and Frances, Brown, for Sa vannah—Maas, Bakema, and Fortuna, Guyt, for Rotterdam— Traveller, Armstrong, for Pernambuco—Judith, Harvey, for Arica, &c,—Corinthian, Casely, for Ancona, &c.—Effort, Orfeur, for Na ples, &c.—Diadem, Ellwood, for Palermo—Hope, Robert, for Rio Janeiro—Cayman, Longford, for Demerara—Cambria. Robertson, for Calcutta—Emerald, Dempsey, for Bourdeaux—and Jupiter, Scoefer, for Ostend. Wassily Welliky, hence for St. Petersburg, passed throng Pentland Frith 29th Nov. • Henry Clay, -, from New Orleans, off Cork, and proceede for Havre Senator, Grindlay, from Calcutta, off Hastings Haidee, -, from Liverpool for New South Wales, was spoke 4th Nov. in lat. gN, long. 24 W. The Pauline, from Liverpool fa Vera Cruz, was spoken 2nd Nov. in lat. 21, long. 50. The Richar Watson, from Liverpool for Berbice, was spoken 11th Nov. in lal 32, long. 26. The Carteretta, from Hamburg for Newfoundland was spoken 27th Nov. in lat. 45, long. 11 SUNDAY, DECEMIIZR 6. ARRIVED.—Bombay Packet, Caine, from Bonny, at this port; sailed 12th Sept. and from Fernando Po 19th September—Sapphire, Hall, from Monte Video—Victoria, —, from Bahia—lrish Lass, Grandy, from Savanilla—Franklin, --, from New Orleans— Spinster, , from St. Domingo—Congress, —, from Charleston—Algonquin, Turley, from Philadelphia—M. L. dos Santos, from Lisbon—Joseph, —, and Industrie, —, from Ostend—and James Hunt, —, from Marseilles. SAILED.— Irt, Ludlow, .for. Bahia—Dinah, Dick, for Palermo— Sarah, Cousins, for Savannah—Alexandrina, Bowes, for Trieste— Cornelius, Simms, for Gibraltar, &c.—Wm. Sharpies, Jones, for Bombay—Roseanna. Reid, for Rio Janeiro—Madison, Wood, for Virginia—Stirling, Cowper, for Charleston—John Dugdale, Mil wood, for Si ncapore—Robert Fulton, Procter, for New York — Balance, Browning, for Bristol—Cockertnouth Castle, Bell, for Jamaica—and Maria Primeira, Leite, for Lisbon. Highfield, Ward ; Chmlotte, Williams ; Lady Campbell, Holmes Brutus, Douglas; Satisfaction, Brinsley ; Thomas Hunter, Garrett, and Kingston, Lovell, hence at Bonny Argyleshire, Scott, hence at the dipe of Good Hope, and sailed 27th September for Sydney Louise Henrietta, Bell; Verien, Karstadt, and Atalante, Nie man, hence at Swineinunde Providence, Maas, and Expedition - ease, hence at Danzic COPENBAGIGN, Nov. 23.—The At en Adra, Brandt, from Liverpool for the Baltic, has put in here, leaky, and with much damage Adam Lodge, Jones, from Calcutta, at St. Helena Sophia, Johns, from Sincapore, at ditto Guisachan, Every, sailed from St. Helena for London 13th Oct. MONDAY, DECEMBER 7. ARgivEn.—Countess of Durham, Snow, from Maracaibo—Han nah Grayson, Penrice, from Jamaica—Michigan, Sturgess, from New Orleans—Jupiter, —, from Charleston—North America, Lowber, from New York; sailed 19th ult.—Acadia, —, from Pictou—Lord Panmure, M'Neill, from Montreal—Surprise, Hill, rom Newfoundland—Euphemia, Dull', from Leghorn—Mincarlo, Tregarthen, from Gallipoli—Castlereagh, Kellar. and Jessie, Har vey, from Denia—Abeona, Barrow; John Cook, Foreland, and Martha, Williams, from Marseilles—and Cumberland, —, from Seville. Tagus, (steam packet) from Gibraltar, at Falmouth ; sailed 26th ultimo, Cadiz 27th, Lisbon 30th, off Oporto Ist instant, and Vigo Ist, brought mails from Malta. On the 3rd instant, in lat. 46 53, long. 8 30, spoke the Great Liverpool, hence to Gibraltar, &c. Delaware, Patten ; Ocean, Millard ; Regulus, Thompson, and Sheffield, Porter, hence at New Orleans Commerce, Wise, hence at Charleston Napier, Sandford, hence at Baltimore Trinity Yacht, Butcher, hence at Gibraltar Augusta, Baddely, from Xabia, at ditto Purton, Richardson, from Gallipoli, at ditto, and sailed 22nd Nov. for this port Gallaidea, Rae, from Messina, at Gibraltar, and cleared 23rd Nov. t or this port Emma, Jarvis, hence at Lisbon S. J. Santa Anna, Saldanha, hence at Lisbon Virginia, Bryson, sailed from Lisbon 26th Nov. and Morea, Neves, 24th Nov. both for this port Robert, -, sailed from Savanilla I Ith Oct. for this port TELEGRAPH OFFICE, DECEMBER 4, 1840. Wind at Holyhead, S.W, blowing very fresh. Off Point Lynas, at 10 a.m. No. 542, Minerva, B.Bk. for Mon. trose. Off Voel Nant. at 3 p.m. No. 1867, Rob Roy, A.S. Off the Port, at 4 p.m. 4 ships, 1 barque, 3 brigs and 3 schooners, VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.) -~-- EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, Sm. St. Lawrence, J Newlands, 816 Bombay, Imrie & Tomlinson Crown, J Kerr, 292. Bombay, T& J Brock leban k Caledonia, KBibby, 736 Bombay, W & J Tyrer Currency, D J Hoare, 374 Cape of Good Hope and Calcutta, Bates, Sons & Co Bold & Starkey Persian, T Edington, 408 Calcutta, NEW SOUTH WALES. Mary Ann, D Stevenson, 316 Sydney, Cotesworth & Wynne WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA. Kent, J S Byers, 328 Berbice and Mobile, J Poole & Co SOUTH AMERICA. Pakenham, J H Wardle, 274 Pernambuco, M i Calniont Bra &Co Sir H. Parnell, J Crockett, 209 Cuba, H Smith &Co Ellen German, J Cumming, 175 Laguira and Puerto Cabello, W Rose & Co TIDE TABLE Mrn. I E.vn. I Height, Sundays, Holydays, 4-c U. U. H. M. I P. /. Tuesday 8 g 56 10 22 17 8 Wednes. 9 10 4S 11 14 I 18 1 Thurvlayio 11 38 0 0 118 6 Friday ..11 0 3 0 30 18 6 Saturday 12 0 56 1 22 17 a Sunday.. 13 150 218 15 10 4tll Sunday in Advent Monday 14 238 3 3 14 5 GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street dverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester:— TIMES OF DEPARTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m 6 a.m. Mixed 8 15 a.m. First Class 10 30 a.m. First Class 12 15 p.m. First Class 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside _ _ . 1 15 p.m 4 p.m, 6 p.m, 6 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. Y 4 do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 1 5 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parkside. 3 30 p.m. Mixed 3 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 890 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed •P I SO p.m. 10 30 a.m. ~ 7 p.m. „ OP PP 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 only LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY FROM L'rool. TO MANCRESTER. First Class Second Class Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 45 ~ • • 9 45 „ 11 0 „ —ll 45 ~ 2 0 Aftern. .. 2 30 Aftern. 4 45 „ 5 30 „ 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton &Prlaitle I * Except on Saturdays, when a FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 30 Morning g 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 his Train does not start till Three. NDAYS. First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening.. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside AND WIGAN. PROM MANCHESTER. 9 0 Morning.. First Class 11 15 PP • • PP 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 445 „ .. Mixed I 5 0 „ .. Mixed First Class I 7 15 „ .. First Class First Class Second Class 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 4 45 Aftern. 5-30 Aftern. 7 15 Evening .. 7 15 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I TO PRESTON FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.. First Class 11 0 15 „ ON SUNDAYS 7 0 Morning, 5 0 Afternoon .. „ 7 15 Evening.... First Class 7 0 Morning 4 45 Afternoon „ 7 15 Evening.... First Class TO LANCASTER. FROM LIVERPOOL. I FROM MANCITESTER. 9 45 Morning.... Mixed 9 0 Morning.... Mixed 11 0 „ .... First Class 11 15 „ .... First Class 230 Afternoon .. Second Class 245 Afternoon .. Second Class 445 „ .... Mixed 5 0 „ .... Mixed TO BOLTON. FROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.... First Class FROM MANCHESTER. si 0 Morning.... First Class 11 15 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 0 „ .... „ 39 Afternoon ..Secon'd Class OM SU 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. 7 0 Morning.... Second Class 5 30 Afternoon.. ~ LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT December 5, 1849 LIVERPOOL PR AsnEs Montreal, Pot, Pearl, new . U. States, Pot, 30 0@ 30 0 29 6 —3O 0 none. 'CES CURRENT MADDER, 14 , cwt. s. d. s. d• Dutch, crop 70 0 —BO 0 Ombro Pearl none. BARK, Quercit. Oak, yy ton .. £5 10 7 0 German 4 15 5 0 BRIMSTONE, To ton Sicily, &c lO 10 Tuscany ll 0 CASSIA LIGNEA, s. d. cwt. in bond 80 0 CLOVER -SEED, ' 3 / 4 :1. cwt. American, red.. none Dutch 70 0— 80 0 French & Germ.7o 0— 80 0 COCOA, cwt Trinidad Grenada 50 0 -65 0 Gamene 32 0 —4O o Mull 10 0 —3O 0 French, S.F. 42 0 —46 0 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 E.S.P 54 0 —5B 0 E.5.F.F.63 0 —66 0 42 0 —5B 0 11 0 Spanish 11 10 MOLASSES, qi> cwt. S. d. Trinidad, &c 35 0 —37 0 —B5 0 Demerara, &c 36 0 —3B 0 Bar & Antigua.. 41 0 —43 0 MUNJEET, cut 22 0 —l4 0 OIL, Olive, 4) 252 galls. Gallipoli Trieste 6O 0 —6l 0 Sicily SP 0 —6O 0 Malaga 5 7 0 —5B 0 Portugal, &c .•• • 56 0 —5B 0 Levan:. 57 0 —59 0 Palm, hnt 35 0 —35 10 Fish, le , 252 galls Seal, pale.. brown ADMITTED In-patients cured 29 I n pat i ents Relieved and at own request . 8 Out-patients Made Out-patients ........ 2 / Casuals during the last week 5 Irregular . 1 Remain in the house . 219 Dead Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain House Visitors . . Mr. R C. Dawson and Mr. John Cropper Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon Mr. Braudreth. *** Donations and Subscriptions thankfully received at Messrs A. Heywood, Sons and Co., and at the Infirmary. NORTHERN HOSPITAL, DECEMBER 5 ADM ITTS D DISCHARGED Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upon recommendation ig Cured Attending as Out Patients . . . 1 20 Irregular - Died 39 t Remaining in the Hospital . . . 80 ouse Visiters, R. B. B. H. Blundeli and Daniel Nielson, Esqrs Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.-House Surgeon, Mr. Arnott. DISCHARGED filar ktO. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, DEC. 4. Sugar.—There has been a moderate demand, and sales of II P. are 300 hhds., at former prices. 1400 Bags Bengal have also been disposed of, at 81s 6d for low, to 87s for fine white. No sales of Mauritius. Foreign.-500 bags damaged Manilla, of low quality, were taken by the Refiners at 15s 3d to 16s. Nothing done in other descriptions. No sales in Bonded Refined. Treacle inquired for. Nothing reported in Molasses. Coffee. There has been rather score inquiry for Plantation, particularly for the middling qualities; the sales consist of about 110 casks of Jamaica and a small parcel of Demerara, at about previous rates. 15 frazils of good Mocha brought 120 shillings per cwt. Of Foreign, 150 bags Brazil were sold at 41s to 42s 3d per cwt. Nothing done in Cocoa, 100 bags Barbadoes Ginger are reported at 45s to 46s per cwt., 170 bags Pimento at 3d, and 200 bags black Pepper at 42 per lb. Rice.-50 tees. dressed Carolina sold at 365, duty paid. The sales of Rum are 100 puns. Demerara, at 5s lid to 6s for 27 to 33 per cent. 0.P., 35 hhds. East India, 3s for 13 0. P., and 30 puns. American, at 2s 3d for 2 per cent. 0. P. per gallon. Tea.—Very little business has been done, but we cannot quote any alteration in prices. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 4 The market opened with an increased demand from the Trade, and more disposition to buy freely was shown than for some weeks past ; this caused an advance of id per lb upon the low to middling qualities of American, but to-day more inclination has been evinced to sell, and the market has closed without spirit at about last week's rates. Fair to good descriptions of American continue without the least change, the supply being so much more abundant than usual at this period of the season. Egyptian and East India are without variation, but Brazil may be quoted rather lower. Speculators have taken 3500 American ; and there have been forwarded into the country unsold during the past month, 1500 American, 50 Pernam and 220 Surat. Since the above, which was written yester day to go by the Steam Packet to America, about 4000 bags have been sold at previous rates. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, :. From the 28th ultimo, to this day, inclusive. Prices paid IMPORTS SALES OP THE WEEK. 'tfl the week. This Wk. this year 160 Sea Island :4d (i) 20 10 Stained 4800 Bowed Georgia 6060 f Mobile 1 Alabama and Tennessee 4/ 51 } 4426 1 694161 10850 New Orleans 820 { Pernambuco & Paraiba B4 g , 2369 } 39107 Aricati and Ceara B4 8,1 j 370 Bahia and Maccio { Maranham 130 7 16 87 } 19619 Sawginned Minas Para— 1 } •• • • Demerara, Surinam, &c... 4 279 480' Egyptian ! Barbados — •••• 370 r Peruvian Bahama i Laguayra ...... ; Common West India, &c — ). 1146 19548 90 Carthagena Smyrna — ••• • .. i Manilla — 1820 i Surat } Madras —— } . .... 1 Bengal — 1638 .... , 25590 bales hsisg 1377866 LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, DECEMBER 5. In the early part of the week several cargoes of free foreign Wheat arrived here from Loudon ; and, some of these having been pressed for sale ex ship, prices have suffered a depression of 2d to 8d per bushel : this decline, however, has not extended to English new, the supply of which is still small. Of Irish new Oats and Oatmeal we have had moderate imports : the former have sustained our previous quotations, as to 3s Id par 451bs ; but at yesterday's market. any change in the value of Meal was rather hi favour of the buyer, and there was not much sold. Fresh parcels of American and :paundhus Flour are becoming scarce : prime marks of the former command 345, Canadian 335 to 33s 6d per brl: English new Malting Barley is worth 36s to 40S. Fine new Beans 46s to 48s per quarter. Irish new kiln.dried Beans 43s to 44S per 480 lbs, Peas have met a valuable sale at 408 to 43s per imperial quarter. American Flour in bond is held at 255 per brl. The chief imports of the week are comprised in 12,037 quarters of Wheat, 2,187 quarters of Barley, and 2,292 quarters of Malt from the English coast : 1,882 quarters of Wheat, 5,477 quarters of Oats 6,854 loads of Oatmeal, and 1,103 sacks of Flour from Ireland; and, of the latter, there are reported 1,325 barrels from Canada. 49 0- } 32 0- 36 0 Brazil COFFEE, 39 , cwt in bond. Jaffna. triage l6o 0— 86 0 ordinary good& fine ord. 92 0-112 0 middling ll6 0-126 good mid. l3O 0-140 0 fine mid. &c 146 0-157 0 Dutch, triage.. 60 0— 75 0 ordinary .... good & fine ord. 75 0— 82 0 middling B4 0— 90 0 good mid. 9 , 2 0— g 8 0 fine mid., &c. Mocha Ceylon ... Java ... Havana good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 St. Domingo.... 42 0— 44 0 Brazil 42 0— 45 0 Laguira 6O 0— 0 0 DYXWOODS, s. S Logwood, Jam... 7 0— 7 5 Hon. & Dom. 7 5 7 10 Campeachy .. 9 0— 9 15 Fustic, Span 4 15— 5 0 Tampico 6 10— 7 0 Brazil Cüba NICARAGUA WOOD. Rio de la Hache 30 0 —3O 10 • 26 0 —29 0 Cod LINSEED, lz , cwt 28 0 —2B 6 Rape, pale do. .. 41 0 —42 0 Turpen. V Cwt. •• 5 1 6 —52 0 RICE, V owl Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 0 in bond 22 0 Bengal, ord. do.. 13 0 —l4 0 mid to fine .... 14 6 —l5 6 African none. Rum, V' gallon, in bond. Jamaica, 12 to 16 o. p 4 4 5 10 stronger choice marks 6 4 6 10 SAFFLOWER, 1,? , Cwt . _.. Bengal, ~. 7 0— 7 5 good & iinc t. , 0 0 7 10 7 10 ord. & mid 15 Bombay 0 SALTPETRE, V , Mt. S. (1. S. d 0 East India 26 0 —3O 0 1 South American 20 6 —2l 6 SHELL LAC, V , cwt. in bond. orange 56 0 —so 0 liver and black 33 0 —5O 0 solid rough 6 0— 7 10 Neutria, v doz small Lima, solid l2 0— 13 0 Seal, each Barwood, Ango. 8 0— g 0 SHUMAC, ap , cwt Gaboon 6 10— 7 0 Sicily Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Malaga Red San. Wood.. 8 0— 8 10 Trieste FLAX, V , ton. Verona Riga. P.T.R. .... 43 0— 43 10 I Tyrolese .... P'burg, 9 head .. 40 0— 41 o SuGAE, v cwt. Archangel 44 0— 55 0 B. P. Muscovado Dutch & Flem. 6O 0-120 0 moist brown .. 74 0 —76 0 GALLS, V , Clot, dry brown .... 77 0 —79 0 Turkey, blue 65 0— 72 0 good & mid.... 80 0 —B4 0 mixed 60 0— 66 0 fine &v. fine .. 85 0 —B7 0 East India 6O 0— 72 0 Mauritius, GINGER, V. cwt. dabs and moist 71 0 —73 0 Barbadoes 45 0— 50 L brown 74 0 —76 0 Jamaica 6O 0-200 0 yellow . 76 0 —BO 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 19 0 fine yellow Bl 0 —B4 0 GUM, 1p• Mt. East India, Bengal Arabic, Turkey .. 70 0-140 0 ord. white 7B 0 --81 0 East India. 24 0— 55 0 good and fine 82 0 —B6 0 Barbary 5O 0— 0 a extra fine 86 6 —B7 0 Senegal 75 0— 0 0 Manilla, in bond 20 0 —23 0 HEMP, V , tO/1 , e S. £ S. Havana, do. P'burg, clean 41 0— 42 0 b rown 24 0 —24 6 outshot.. 40 0— 41 0 yellow . 25 0 —27 0 Riga, Rhine .... 42 0— 43 0 white ord 32 0 —33 0 outshot.. 40 0— 41 0 good & fine 34 0 —36 0 Archangel ...... 0 0— 0 0 Brazil, in bond, Manilla ........ 30 0— 31 0 brown Bombay ........ 19 0— 21 0 yellow Jute ........ 15 10— 16 0 white ord. ... HIDES, Ox and Cow, v lb good and fine. B. Ayres and Monte Video, dry. TALLOW, p cwt. inferior & mid. 0 71— 0 83 P'burgh, Y.C. .. good & prime.. 0 9—o 10 Odessa Do. salted .• .. 0 42 0 5 Archangel N. Amer. salted 0 31— 0 4 Buenos Ayres Brazil ........ 0 63 0 7 TAR, le , brl. dry salted.. 0 51I— 0 6 Stockholm 2O 0 —2l 0 Rio, dry ...... 0 8 0 83 Archangel l9 6 —2O 0 Valparaiso, dry 0 7 o 8 Carolina l6 9 —l7 0 Odessa, &c. dry 0 63 0 7 Virginia W. India, dry.. 0 63 0 7 TARTAR, V cwt. salted.. 0 4i— 0 53 Cream of Tartar 78 0 —BO 0 East India .... 0 8— 1 0 brown and yel 50 0 —7O 0 Ri ps , B.A. dry. 0 73 0 9 TEA, V. lb. in bond. Horse, d. each 9 0 —l2 6 Bohea, Canton HORSE HAIR, V lb. Fokein Short mixed long tails 1 4 1 10 Twankay, corn... 2 4 combed Irroloo,v , lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 2 6 3 6 Bengal. Cam of Pun & violet blue & violet blue - 0 0 mid. to fine.. 2 3 2 6 violet, g. & fine 6 6 , , 0 Souchong, corn... 2 4 2 5 ord. & mid. 5 3 6 0 good to fine.. 2 g 3 6 violet & cop. I mixed .. f 5 °— 5 9 Pekoe , flowery . , 3 0— 3 6 Hyson, corn... • . 2 8 2 9 cop. g. & fine. 5 0— 5 6 fine.. 3 0— 4 6 ord. & mid. 4 0— 5 0 Young Ilyson • • 2 7 3 , 3 con. quality Imperial Oude . 2 0— 4 9 Gunpowder, Madra5.......... 2 6 5 0 good and fine .. 3 6 5 0 Guatimala, v lb. TOBACCO, v. lb. in bond. Floras ........ 5 6 6 0 J. River, Leaf.... 0 4 0 7 Sobres ........ 3 9 5 0 Stemmed.. o 4 0 7 Cortes Caraccas, Floras 5 6 6 o Maryland Sobres ........ 4 0— 5 3 TURMERIC, V. cwt in bond. Cortes ........ 2 6 4 0 Bengal 25 0 —35 0 LAC DYE, 19 , lb. TURPENTINE, V cwt. D.T. and prime. 1 6 2 6 American mid, to good.. 0 8— 1 4 VALONIA,V , ton. £ s .€ 0 ord. & inferior 0 4 0 73 Smyrna, picked l4 0 —l9 10 MADDER ROOTS, V , ewt. Morea 6 0 —l3 0 Smyrna .... . .. 54 0— 57 0 WAx, BE ES ' 70 , Cwt. in bond. Galipoli & Syria .. 42 0— 46 0 African 6lO 8 0 French 45 0— 47 0 1 East India . Naples ......... 45 0— 46 0 American .. 7 0— 8 0 84 0-125 0 86 o— go 0 6o o— 70 0 18 0 -22 0 22 6 -24 0 22 0 -23 0 24 0 -26 0 49 0 -49 6 49 0 -49 6 47 6 -48 0 40 0 -47 0 LIVEItPddL CATTLE MARKET, DEC. 7. Our supply of Beef at this day's market has considerably fallen off, but still we caunot quote pricer much higher. Prime Beef bid to 6d, inferior Ofd to sd ; good Wether Mutton was very scarce, and in great demand at 7d, middling and inferior Sid to 6d. Number of Beasts 1387 ; Sheep ml 6. LONDON GAZETTE.-FRI DAY, DEC. 4 PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED Wright and Hindley, Dean, Laacashire, fustian-manufacturers— J. Heap, Son, and Pate, Manchester. cotton-spinners; as far as regards W. W. Heap and T. Pate—T. Gill and J. Hoyle, Tonge, near Middleton, and Manchester, cotton-spinners—Keighley and Bamford, Burnley. Lancashire, worsted-spinners—W. Widnall and B. Sumerfield, Edge-vale, near Liverpool, brewers—W. Jeffreys and D. Davies, Liverpool, woollen-drapers—F. R. Hughes and W. S. Corbett, Liverpool, wool-brokers. INSOLVENTS Dec. 2.—Richard Near; :-. auufienTanun Joseph Hogg, Newgate street, London, fringe-manufacturers. Dec. 4.—Mary More, King'A road, Chelsea, florist. BANKRUPTS. _ _ James Parke and Charles Kenrick, Liverpool, tailor!, Dec. 18, Jan. 15, at one o'clock, at the Clarendon.rooms, Liverpool : solici tors, Messrs. Fennell and Williams, Bradford-row, London. Thomas Powell, Carpenter-street, Hanover-square, London, car penter. George Fisher, Paul-street, Finsbury, oilman. aSarnuel Savaker, Rathbone-place, Oxford-street, London, linen draper. James Clack, SeCkford-street, Clack enwell, London, barber. Samuel Thurston, Grosvenor-row, Pimlico, London, corn.mer chant. Alfred Knight, Wood-street, Cheapside, London, worsted-yarn manufacturer. Thomas Ashton, Berners.street, Oxford-street, London, bill broker. Thomas Smith, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, tailor. Thomas Booth, Bradford, Yorkshire, innkeeper. William Stoker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, corn-dealer. Joseph Benson, Birmingham, confectioner. Richard Briant, Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, builder. Morgan David Morgan, Llancattock, Breconshire, grocer Lionel Wigg, Darsham, Suffolk, cattle-dealer. Jeremiah Horsfall, Addinghatn, Yorkshire, cotton-spinner, John Flanigan, Manchester, dealer. Edmund Leake, Almondbury, Yorkshire, clothier. John Burlinson, Sunderland, Durham, upholsterer. Edward Milnes, Bradford, Yorkhire, innkeeper. William Nichols Wright, Nottingham, tailor. John Jefferson Harrison, Gateshead, Durham, paper-manufac turer. George Matkin and Joseph Buxton, Chorlton-upon Medlock, Lancashire, grocers. John Porter, Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, coach-manufacturer. DIVIDENDS. Dec. 1 I. E. Glass, Oxford-street, London, wine-merchant—Dec. 26, A. Gittins and .T. Cartwright, Shrewsbury, ironmongers—Dec. 31, It. Scampton, Coventry. grocer—Dec. 28, D. Crow, Sheffield, tanner—Dec. 28, T. Bathers, Canterbury. news-agent—Dec. 30, W. C. Stafford, Doncaster, printer—Dec. 31, W. Storey, Sheffield park, pawn-broker—Dec. 30, J. Smith, Thorne, Yorkshire. draper —Jan. 5, T. Fowler, Man c hest er , di s till er —J an. 4, K . P . and Pratt, Glastonbury and Wells, Somersetshire, scriveners—Dec. 28, E. Bach, Birmingham, haberdasher—Dec. 28. H. Mayle, Bedford, grocer—Dec. 30, J. Brown, Birmingham, iron-master—Jan. 4, W. Holdaway, Peterstield, Hampshire, innkeeper. CERTIFICATES To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on or before Dec. 25 S. Hyde, Jun., and J. Lawton, Mottram-in-Longdendale, Che shire, cotton-spinners—N. P. Wood, Manchester, banker—lt. P. Styles, Banbury. Oxfordshire, chemist--J. Adams, George-street, Spitallields, feather-merchant—W. C. Bell, Lincoln, malstter—A. R. Hickman, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, victualler—A. T. K. Vale, Bromyard, Herefordshire, linen draper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS Martin Thompson, Edinburgh, cabinet-maker, Dec. 8, 28, at one, o'clock, at the Old Signet Hall Edinburgh. _ .. George and John Reid, Edinburgh,coach.buildcr, Dec. 10, 30, at one o'clock, at the Ship Tavern, Edinburgh, AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR, The average price of brown or Muscovado sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 1, is 54s slid per hundred weight, exclusive of the duties of customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain PRICES OF SHARES, DECEMBER 7 RAILWAYS, Sze. Bolton and Leigh Bristol and Exeter Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester Ditto, new Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties Prices. This day Last Per Share. Prices 100 paid 60 :... 34 0 0 90 paid 82 10 0 100 .... 89 0 0 34 15 0 10 13 0 0 0 0 8 10 0 4 11 6 29 5 0 SO paid 10 paid 23 paid Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow • 33 112 Ditto Leigh and Newhaven g paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 20 paid Glasgow, Paisley, 'Millar Greenock, and Ayr 3O paid • Grand Junction Ditto half shares. Ditto quarter Chester and Crewe) Quarter Great Western Ditto new shares Ditto Fifth Shares. . Hull and Selby Leicester and. Swannington.. Lancaster and Preston Ditto, new Liverpool and Manchester Ditto quarter shares Ditto half shares London and Birmingham Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto and Southampton Ditto & Brighton Manchester and Leeds 19 15 0 28 15 0 213 0 0 93 10 0 shares (late 2/3 0 0 DJ 10 0 45 paid 50 .... 42 10 U 52 10 0 28 15 0 86 10 0 49 0 0 o 0 47 10 0 53 15 0 32 15 0 14 IS 0 185 0 0 . 42 10 0 . 83 0 0 .. 167 0 0 .... 48 5 0 d ig, 27 5 0 .... 26 15 0 53 10 0 ... S 3 10 0 30 5 0 .... 81 10 0 .... 34 15 0 28 15 0 .... 27 0 0 .... 5 2 6 .... 73 0 0 .... Ditto half shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingham 35 Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Ditto, quarter Newcastle and Carlisle Ditto quarter shares North Midland New North Midland Paris add Rouen South Eastern and Dover North Union York and North Midland. BANK. Bank of Liverpool .... .... 412 10s paid - Borough Bank lO .... - Commercial of Liverpool 12 10.. - Commercial of England. 5 - East of England lO .... - of Manchester lO - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 .... - Northern and Central - North and South Wales lO .... - Phoenix 15 0 0 9 10 0 .... 9 10 0 92 10 0 .... 27 15 e .... 76 0 6 .... 37 0 0 .... 2 1S 0 .... 10 5 0 .... 50 paid 74 0 0 ex. 79 10 0 67 10 0 .... 18 15 0 ex div. 14 2 6 .... 16 17 0 .... 3 2 6._ • 7 2 6 .... 8 16 3 witk div 9 7 6 .. 3 7 6 .... s 2 6 ;40 0 0 diy - Royal of Liverpool .. - South Lancashire - Albion - Liverpool Union lO .... - Liverpool Banking Co lO .... - Wilts and Dorset 7 lOs GAS, WATER WORKS, &c, Exchange Buildings £loo paid L'pool and Harrington Water } 350 ~ Works Bootle Ditto Stock.... 325 0 0 L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock.... 380 0 0 L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO .... 171 0 0 Ditto new shares arc now paid up. 20 5 0 11 17 6 8 10 0 158 0 0 477 10 0 . . - ASSURANCE COMPANIES. Liverpool Marine Assurance } 25 paid 3 2 6 Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 0 .... 013 9 Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 119 0 DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry Steam Tug Company lO . . 7 0 0 Harrington Docks 100 .... 57 0 0 Apothecaries' Company Woodside Ferry .... Egremont Ferry .... Asphalte (Liverpool) (Polonceati, * Exclusive of new Shares 0 15 0 1 0 0 BIRTHS, On the 21st ult., at Wavertree, the wife of Mr. RICHARD JOBSON. of a daughter. They were married on the seine day as her Majesty, and Mrs. J. presented her husband with a daughter on the same day as that on which the Queen Victoria made Prince Alberta similar present. On the 3d instant, at Fir-grove, near Warrington, the lady of W. E. MILNER, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. Lately, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. JOHN BIRTLES, slater and plasterer, to Mrs. PEERS, widow of the late Mr. J. Peers, bread baker, Richmond-row. On the 29th ult., at St. Peter's Church, Mr. EDWARD DANIELS. ate of Chester, to Miss JANE EVANS, Holyhead. Same day, at St. Peter's Church, Mr. JOHN HOWARD BRYAN, mariner, to SARAH, second daughter of the late Captain WM. WHITE, of this port. Same day, at St. Philip's Church, Hardman-street, Mr. OWEN WILLIAMS, spirit-dealer, Great Howard-street, to CATHERINE. third daughter of Mr. JOSEPH COX PAINTER, Collector of H. M. Customs at Port Madoe. Same day at St. John's Church, by the Rev. T. Stringer, Mr . WILLIAM FOUKKS to Miss CHAMBERLAIN. On the 2nd instant, Mr. ROBERT HUGHES, tide-waiter, of this port, to Miss CATHERINE TITHERINGTON, Strawberry-gar dens, Everton. On the 3rd instant, by special license, at St. Philip's Church, Mr. W. SHIMMIN, to Miss C. HUNTER, third daughter of the late Mr. S. Hunter, Railway Inn, Crown.street. This morning, at St. David's Church, by the Rev. Robert Davies, A.M., JOHN EBBS, Esq., Kilteel Castle, County Kildare, to ELLEN RACHEL, second daughter of the late JOHN SIMON, Esq., of this town. DIED. At Wishaw, Scotland, aged 101, Mr. JAMES SMELLIE. Lately, at Southport, aged 86, Mr. THOMAS BALL, a quiet, worthy man. He was very fond of reading; and, after wearing glasses more than twenty years, his sight was so restored that, for several years he could read the smallest print without their aid. On the 2d of December, 1839, at Sydney, New South Wales, aged 28, Mr. JOHN YATES, painter, formerly of St. Andrew street, in this town. He was unfortunately drowned whilst bathing. On the 26th of October, in Bridgeport, of consumption, aged 55, Captain HENRY DAVIS, formerly of Norwich, and lately com mander of the ship Mississippi, running between New York, New Orleans, and this port. On the 1 yth ult., aged 90, Mr. THURSTON WIGGANS, of Mains Farm, Walton-le-Dale He has left two sons and one daughter, thirty-eight grand children, and four great-great grandchildren . At the funeral there was a female from Cheshire, who left four of her own grandchildren at home, whilst she attended the last obse- quies of her grandfather. Mr. Wiggans had lived for lifty.live years on the same farm, as tenant under the family of the Faring tons, of Shawe-haft. On the 21st ult., aged 22, EMILY, only daughter of Mr. CHARLES VICARY, of this town, late of London. On the 29th ult., in the 31st year of her age, ELIZABETH, wife of Mr. JOHN BLUNDELL, of Scholes, Wigan. The deceased was sincerely beloved and respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintance, and although not moving in the more exalted walks of life, yet by her death the poor have lost a devoted friend and a liberal benefactor. Same day, aged 13 months, WILLIAM, youngest son of Mr. WILLIAM HUMPHREYS, jun., Nethertield-road, Everton. On the 30th ult., after a short illness, aged 26 years, Miss MARIA WYLIE, much and deservedly respected by a large circle of ac quiintances. - On the 2d instant, at his residence, 98, Duke-streot, aged 7 0 MICIIAEL WALTON, Esq., highly respected. Same day, at the house of her brother, GRACE, eldest daughter of the late Mr. THOMAS CROSS, grazier, Kirkdale. On Friday last, aged 14 months, ELIZABETH, daughter of Mr. JOIIN ECCLES, Cr eat Mersey-street. On Friday, the 4th instant, aged 4 months, ALFRED DAWSON, ,on of Mr. JAMES ODDIE, of Everton. Same day, at Wavertree, aged 22, MARGARET, daughter of SAMUEL WOODS, Esq. On the 6th instant, aged 1 year and 9 months, MARIAN ELI ZABETH, only daughter of HUGH NEILL, Esq. On Sunday last, CICELY, the wife of CHARLES BUCK, Its(l.. Preston, aged 51. 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