The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-12-29 00:00:00

Vottrp. THE POEMS OF LADY FLORA HASTINGS The last verses of Lady Flora Hastings were written In May, 1839, shortly betore her melancholy departure trom among us. There is a dirgelike tone, even in their versifi cation, which is sufficiently striking : " Break not by heedless w rd the spell With which that strain bath bound me ; For the bright thoughts of former years Are thronging fast around me. Voices long hush'd are heard again, Smilei that have pass'd away Beam on my memory, as once They bless'd mine early day. Hopes that have melted into air, And sorrows that have slept— And bending from the spirits' land. The loved—the lost—the wept. My very heart is young again, As in the days of yore ; I feel that I could trust—alas As I may trust no more." CONTEMPORARY PRESS THE LANDED PROPRIETORS OF IRELAND (From the Cork Constitution.) The London liberal papers are playing off their pert nesses against the landed proprietors of Ireland. Not a post passes but they have something to say in con demnation of men with whom they have no other ac quaintance than what they glean from the columns of their calumnious contemporaries on this side the chan nel. The Morning Chronicle, which is the most active of the enemies of the Protestant proprietors, opens one of its articles by the following reference to the tory press : "The Tory press is unanimous, or nearly so, upon the necessity of a complete accordance, political and religious, between tenants and their landlord. And there is a similar agreement as to the means of producing this harmony. Its terms are not to be dictated by a majority, in which case the landlord might find his faith or faction outvoted ; nor by the best qualified, for the tenant is sometimes both better in formed and more religious than his landlord, but simply by the facts of proprietorship. Yes, it is decided by the Tory journalists that one man is morally authorised in deciding for another how he shall act as a citizen, and how he shall think and speak of the infinite Deity, solely by his rental." Where this is " decided" by the tory journalists, the Chronicle would find it difficult to tell, but the whig papers are invariably driven to misrepresent the rea sonings which they have been unable to refute. All that the 66 tory journalists" contend for is, the right of the landowner to let his land to what candidate he will, and to give it to a Protestant rather than to a Romanist if he be so disposed. And who to this 'right can offer a rational objection ? Why, with two competi tors before him, is he to be restrained from selecting a man with whom he has the prospect of peaceful and harmonious.co-operation, and to be compelled to take one with whom he can anticipate nothing but trouble and contention ? Is he to allow his land to be made the instrument of opposition and vexation to himself ? and if not, why are "tory journalists" to be maligned because they demand for him the liberty claimed by the ministerial scribblers for themselves, and insist on his right to dispose of his land without obstruction from, or responsibility to, these self-elected censors ? The truth is, the landlords of Ireland have given too little reason for the outcry raised against them. They have been too inattentive to the interests of the hum bler professors of their own faith. They have treated them too frequently with coldness, indifference, and neglect, and the holdings which they ought to have occupied, have been given to less deserving and less grateful hands. Had a wiser policy been pursued— had a Protestant peasantry been encouraged, and had the owners of property provided for the religious in struction of the dwellers on their estates, what a diffe rent aspect would Ireland now present !—how many an apprehension would she have been spared, and how many a convulsion would she have escaped, and how amply would they have been repaid in her improved condition and her increased security ! But unfortu nately the duty, for a duty it was, was forgotten- opportunity was lnst, anil a Protestant was often re moved to make way for a Romanist. In time these things begun to operate. 'The tree brought forth its fruits, and bitter fruits they were, and in sorrow and suffering were they eaten by those who planted it. Well does the Dublin Statesman remark : " Let those who rant about the people's rights, and the cruelty of landlords, remember what reason the gentry of Ireland have to trust a Roman Catholic tenantry—let them remember, among a thousand others, the murder of Lord Norbury, and its attendant cireumstances—let them recollect that the Roman Catholic tenantry of that lamented noble man screened his murderer from the eye of justice ; and let them honestly answer the question, whether they believe that any Protestant tenantry in the world would have done the like? Again we would refer them to Tipperary, and to other southern counties, all in a state of chronic rebellion against the rights of property, full from end to end of agra rian outrage. all arising out of a systematic resistance to the claims of the landlord. These are facts, and the unavoid able consequences of establishing a tenantry who have scarcely any affections in common with their landlord, and scarcely any principles which are not hostile to his rights— a tenantry who, rejecting the legitimate influence of the land lord, have substituted for it the absolute control of a med dling and turbulent hierarchy, rendering an implicit obe dience to the ' passive resistance' doctrines of the priest, or to the still less equivocal mandates of the Ribbon Society." Our contemporary might have enlarged his list. He might have asked whether a Protestant tenantry, in structed as a Protestant tenantry ought to be, could have been induced for years to wage a war of rebellion against the law and of extermination against the church ? Could they have been induced to imbrue their hands in the blood of amiable and honourable men ? Could they have been induced to shoot them down at their doors and in their halls, while their un offending families were cast houseless and helpless on the world ? Could they have been induced to commit six or eight murders on one estate (Lord Lorton's, for instance), without a single effort being made to bring the murderers to justice ? No, we should have none of these things had we been wise in time; and because, here and there, a landlord instructed by sorrowful ex perience is endeavouring to repair the errors of the past, he is held up to execration in the angry animad versions of the ministerial press ! We can only say that we wish that press more frequent opportunities for the display of its displeasure. The Chronicle of Saturday asks : " What is there, we should like to know, in the accident of being born a landlord, th a t s h ou ld qualify a man for the *ideal and spiritual guidance of his fellow-creatures? What is there, in that mere chance, to exalt his fiat above the voice-of a nation ?" Nothing in the "accident" of the birth, but much i n the circumstances of the landlord, to render him a mare competent judge of " political" measures, and to gwe him a deeper interest in their peaceful and orderly eisration, than the man who farms a few acres of his estate.. As to " exalting his fiat above the voice of a nation," this is mere nonsense, and that the Chronicle *tight to know. The question is simply, whether, en entertaining certain opinions, and believing them to be best and safest for the country, we should take care that those whom we invest with a political privilege are persons who support or persons who oppose them —persons likely to unite with us in obtaining for them a place in the government of the nation and the judg ment of the people, or persons likely to yield them eelves as u nreason i ng i nstruments to men who profess opinions and are acted on by impulses in everything the opposite of ours. This, divested' of misrepresen latioa and mysticism, is, we say, the question ; and what rational man can hesitate as to the manner in which it should . be answ ere d ? Th at t h e m i n i ster i a l papers feel the difficulties of their position, is obvious from the pains which they take to misrepresent that of their opponents, and to charge on it consequences for which they are in no wayanswerable.F ew landlo r d s will be so unw i se as to claim the " political and spirit ual guidance of their fellow creatures ;" but it is in cumbent on e v er y. landlord to • endeavour that,into whatever hands it falls, that guidance shall be such as his " fellow creatures " can safely follow. " SETTLEMENT" OF THE EASTERN QUESTION. (From the Morning, Herald.) We are assured by a correspondent, to whose com munications we have reason to attach entire credit, that the position of affairs in the east has been the cause o great uneasiness" to the representatives of the four powers, now assembled in London. Lord Ponsonby has been instructed, it is said, to " remonstrate" with the Sultan on the impolicy of resisting the wishes of his allies, in reference to the disposal of the pachalic of Egypt• "convention," we are further given to under stand, "does not quite approve of the guarantee given by Commodore Napier, in the name of the four pow ers, on the subject of the hereditary possession of Egypt. The English government thinks that such a guarantee militates, in the first place, against the su premacy of the Sultan, and, in the second place, against the integrity of the Turkish empire. Sir Ro bert Stopford has be en , th ere fore, directed to commu nicate these things .to Mehemet Ali, and to declare, at the same time, that the four powers are still unani mously disposed to recommend to the Sultan the ratifi cation of the terms enunciated by Commodore Na pier." - This looks exceedingly like a "settlement" of the Egyptian question ! The "obstinacy" of Mehemet Ali was the pretext for forming the quintuple, now the quadruple, alliance. The "obstinacy" of the Sultan bids fair to bring that alliance to an untimely end. The conduct of the "convention," and more especially , of the English government, would appear, if our cor respondent be rightly informed, to be very much the reverse of dignified. The "convention" does not "quite approve of" the guarantee given by Commodore Napier! The question, however, to be first determined, is, we apprehend, not what the convention finds it con venient now to approve it—but whether Commodore Napier was empowered to offer such a guarantee. If he was not authorised to guarantee the hereditary pos session of Egypt to Mehemet Ali, then Commodore Napier overstepped fearfully the limits of his duty, and rendered himself liable to the severest censure—nay, punishment. If, on the other hand, C°maw dore Napier was empowered to treat with the Pacha on th terms which he employed, how disgraceful must not the conduct of the "convention" be pronounced to be! The first, therefore, of the many questions to be ie treated is to follow hat, we suspect " adjusted" by the members of the " con The Sultan does not act, except with what he believes to be profitable advice. the full benefit of that skill, which belongs markable a degree to the diplomatists of Russia. TI great northern power will not, in all probability, per mit the Sultan to he coerced ; nor will France, in all probability, tamely submit to the deposition, in such circumstances, of Mehemet Ali. 4. in accordan He has a so re- The whole affair is full of perplexities. Nor will the perplexities disappear, even if the Sultan should graciously adopt the "recommendation" of the four powers THE YOUNG BLUE BRITISI NOSE OR COLONI NORTH . A with English lace ndhis employ guilty of a ,gainst the hig Of England ! it may, ill the Engl ince if Corn! government may pier c bility, so far mistake s functions as s, tho: the impulat )t hay' nclivic I utter tied for noon, h iow will stand the case so far a Mehemet A guarantee was offered to him by one of the dis tinguished officers who aided in blowing up the fortifications of Acre. The Pacha accepted the guaran- The guarantee is now to b disclamed by the employers of the military diplomatist in question! The Pacha ought, then, assuredly, to be replace I in the position which occupied to the ,erms proposed by Uommodor fleet ougi t, forthwith, to he restored to Mehemet Ali But could any tinkering of that kind restore faith the unsullied purity, of which it has customary to boast ? Or, could we, in decent commence coercive measureE But we are about to " rec dore Nap lish physic he iearns to spea his trotter English lin, leather with an English pen made from an 1 knife, uses 'E'nglish int t ofanE made in your countr spells out of an Eng] ictionary, and reads out of an Eng ly learned what ampersand mean and he puts az lish g addle on hi: lish book afore they giv in a horse, suc English .ale into his mouth, and an E back, and whi with an Englib 7 ll w him off, he swears a bus! He trims the great shagg combs his nasty thick Mane with an E him up in his stall with an I sportin'. " But whe and his shot It's more natur in tishin' ; but even the country is covere net. his line. his lead As soon a gets a British gis his chin with an En, as big as all out c razor, sharpened on a British hot. tish strop; then he puts on an Eng►. with an English stock, and I hope I may be skinneu don't call himself an English man. Instead of taking a continental trip, as boys dO, he takes a coastin' trip in his father's shallop, to that ere great city of men, Halifax. " But look to his vessel; ropes, sails, blocks, anchor, bolts, copper, iron. compass, and all the other fixings— stropped ou aßri )llar, and ties it up where do they come from? Why, from where every part of the vessel, except the sappy, dry-rotted wood she is built with, comes from—from England. Look at the old, battered watch he is rigged out with, the case half lead, half pewter, that he swapped his wood for on the wharf with a woman with d painted face and dirty stockings, who created him I calling him ' captain,' and ' squire, and your honour where did that watch and that old trull come from ? Wh gland, like the reF. never waits till h anything to support I from En has a place is luCk for that, catches the bird first: goes about that ; he cuts down the trees to build it with an ale of English iron, saws it with an English saw, planes it with an English plane, puts it together with English nails, driven by an English h' —.juts it with Eng- Inver, and then I lish paint and an English brush. The glass, kept in by English putty ; the doors are hung upo English hinges, and secured by English locks (against Bri sashes has English fist; thieves though, for they forgot to reform them afore they shipped them out) ; the floor is covered with imported car pets, the windows with imported curtains, and the fire made in imported stoves, and fixed with imported tongs and sho vels. When he gives a housewarmin to his friends, for he is rather amorous of a frolick, the plates, knives and forks, decanters and glasses, and every thing else in English ; and when the boys and gals go for to dance, hear the music, that's all ! Pretty music it is too, afore tunes came in fashion, I guess; but hear it—English fifes, English flutes, English drums, English pianoes, and English fiddles (not to mention Scotch ones, of which mnm is the word.) " He don't like to be separated from English manufactures even in death • for he is so used and attached to the old country, that be calls his own native land Nova Scotia, and England he calls—what do you think, now !—why he calls it home ;' he does, upon my soul ! No, sir, the grave don' part 'em nor death shut his paw pother ; for as soon os he i; stiff he's dressed in an English shrowd, and screwed down with English screws into his coffin; that is, covered with English cloth, and has a plate on it of English ware, for the worms to read his name and age on, if they have learned to spell. The minister claps on an English gownd, reads the English service out of an English book, and the grave is filled up again with airth shovelled in with an English shovel, while every man, woman, and child that bears his name, pulls out an English handkerchief to wipe their eyes and blow their noses with; and buy as much English cloth, crape, and what not, as would freight a vessel almost ; for, havin' larned the multiplication table early in life, the number of his descend ants would make you stare, I know. His children run the same rig round the same course, till they end by being packed up in a snug pill-box in the same grave-yard. And yet John Bull says colonies are not good. " Now, how is colonist able to pay for all this almighty swad of manufactured plunder, seein' that he has no gold nor silver? Why, mainly by his timber; and yet them on fakilised, onderbaked goneys, the British, actilly want to tax it and reform out the trade, so as to give a preference to Baltic timber. 'We don't want colony timber, says they, Don't you though ?' says Bluenose ; then I hope we may be teetotally extinctified if we want your manufactures.' What's the name of your great gun to Canada ?' Do you mean Sir John Colborne?' said Snob. No, replied Mr. Slick ; I don't mean the " man-o'-war," I mean the " mar chant man."' Oh! I have it—Pullet Thomson. Well, Pullet will larn sornethin' to Canada about timber he never knew afore, or it ain't no matter. When you see him, stump him ;" Friend Pullet,' says you, when a log is hewed and squared, can you tell the south side of it ?' And if he don't answer it right off the reel (and I'll go my death on it he can't) tell him to send out the board of trade, aye, and the board of works too, to Sam Slick, the clockmaker, to go to school for a spell, for be is jist the boy can teach 'em some thing that ain't sot down in the reform bill, knowin' coons as they be. Yes, Sir, if ever you was to Antwarp, you'd see what it is to lose colonies. When that place belonged to Holland, and had colonial trade, five thousand merchants used to meet on 'change : now, the exchange is left, but the 'merchantis gone. * * * Bonaparte said he wanted ships, colonies, and commerce. * * * Bonaparte did'nt know what he was atalkin about, for colonies mean all three." DID YOU EVER (FROM Ti COMIC ALMANAC.) Did you ever know a tradesman asking for his account aad not " bill to take up on Friday ?" Did you ever know a cabman, or a t )rter, with any changeabout him Did you ever know an omi to let you down within a fey bills of mortality ? who would nc e within LIU you ever know a turnpike-man who could be roused in less than a quarter of an hour when it wanted that much of midnight? Did you ever see a pair of family snuffers which had not a broken spring, a leg deficient, Jr half an inch of the point knocked off? Did you ev own to bugs er know a lodging-hoL Eio would I CO for the morning coach Did you ever know a dancing-master's daughter not to excel Taglioni ? Did you ever know a man who did not think he could poke the fire better than you could ? Did you ever know a Frenchman admire Waterloo Bridge? Did you ever know a housemaid who, on your discovering a fracture in a valuable china jar, did not tell you it was " a long time ago," or that it was " cracked before ?" Did you ever know a Wan who didn't consider his walking stick a better walking-stick than your walking-stick ? Did you ever know a pertny-a-liner who was not on intimate terms with Lytton Bnlwer, Capt. Marryat, Sheridan Knowles, Tom Hood, Washington Irving, and Rigdum Funnidos ? Did von ever know a hatter who was m ho was aced to sell red-haired man who had a very clear otion of where scarlet began and auburn terminated ? Did you ever know a beef-eater to go to the play in his niform ? Did you ever know"' Did you ever know a subscriber to the Anti-Cruelty-to- Animals Society who didn't kick the cat ? Did you ever know a lady with fine eyes wear green spec tacles ? Did you ever know an amateur singer without a " horrid bad cold ?" Did you ever see a cool fat woman in black in the dog days ? Did you ever go to see Jack Sheppard without feeling a propensity to run home and rob your mother? Did you ever know an author who had not been particularly ill-used by the booksellers ? Did you ever know fifty killed and wounded by a railroad accident, without the fifty who were killed being congratulated by the directors that they were only wounded ? THE DUKE Op WELLINGTON ON EDUCATION.—The a time upon the crest of the highest range : while her broad following anecdote of the Duke of Wellington was last week who had it from a hi g h line of light, after touching the topmost branches of the related by the Bishop of Exeter,forest trees at their base, streamed down upon the bosom of quarter, at the usual meeting of the Exeter Diocesan Board the flood, and turned its tide to silver. And all was so still of Education :—" About 30 years since, on the noble Duke's upon that vine-covered hill ! The wind played languidly return from India, he found the whole country rnnning mad among the heavy grape leaves, awakening a low rustling, on the question of education, the plan of Lancaste r h av i ng which served but to make the silence more deeply felt; while just been promulgated here. Dining one day, soon after his swift rushingof the mighty river at our feet was a fitting ac arrival in England, at the table of a noble friend, education companiment to the scene on which we looked. I know not and the plan of Lancaster became the topic of con versa ti on . how long we stood there. We took no note of tha time ; but The duke listened awhile, and having heard the arguments the golden glories of the sunset had deepened into dusk, and pro and con., at length addressed the company in a most em- the moon had risen high into the star-gemmed vaults of phatic manner, saying, ' Take care what you are about, for heaven, looking down in brightness upon the mountains unless the education you give is based upon religion, you are againk which she had so lately leant, ere we turned to re only making so many more clever devils . "—Felmouth trace our steps towards the city.—Miss .Pardoe's City of the Packet. Magyar. &s soon as he begins to d rur about, ❑ill by an works, had no. il, he i an English then makes theca, see how he avo volame, which :ed quite a stir in what is proflig eared that they othor's hands, the work of this The Satirei: sive sale of his face, or Almighty proportion is seven for every two marriages. The number of married women is to the general number of individuals of the sex, as 1 to 3 ; and the number of mai tied men to that of all the individuals of the male sex, as 3to 5. The number of widows is to that of widowers as 3 to 1 ; but the number of widows who marry again is to that of widowers in the same case, as 7to 4. The individuals who inhabit elevated situa an those who reside in less elevated places. •iduals die before attaining the age of 17 the number of twins is to that of ordinary births, as -- I ;mr to calculations, founded tr-n , n the billy p of mortality, 1 individual only in 3126 attains the age of 100 years. The number of births of the male sex is to that of the female sex, as 96 to 95.—Edinburgh Philosophical Journal. ADVENTURES OF A CHRONOMETER.—The chronometer which was in the Bounty at the time of the mutiny has at length been discovered, and given up to Captain Herbert, of her Majesty's ship Calliope. A few particulars relative thereto will, we are assured, be not without its interest to our nautical friends. The chronometer, marked " Saroum Kendal, London, A.D. 1771," fell into the hands of an American, who touched at Pitcairn's Island, shortly after the mutineers had settled themselves there. It was stolen from the American captain on the ship's passage from Juan Fernandez to Valparaiso, and next made its appearance at Conception, where it was purchased for thee doubloons by an old Spaniard of the name of Castillo, who kept it in his pos session till his death, which happened lately at Santiago, when his family sent it to Captain Herbert, to be conveyed to the British Museum. It appears, on being taken to be repaired by Mr. Monat, of Valparaiso, that it was in a com plete state of preservation, without the least mark of wear in any part of it. The escapement palates are rubies fixed to the verge of the balance by screw collets. Mr. Monat speaks in high terms of the beauty of tha yorkmanship. The chro nometer is five inches in diameter, with three dials on its for hours, oae for minutes, and one for seconds, with an f nviinded les and throw st n ,l,l beast with English scissor Then come nd his powder Vhy, clean awa very exte nd renderedhitii studies at Qxford, pre vsign of dedicating his bril nd glory of Ilitn from whom been pleased to call him to pa now able to commence y received them. Poetry, however, still ex .thing influence oyer his mind, and during his erted its at that ancient and .ienowned seat of learning, he accessively produced his work, entitled " Oxford," and that admirable production entitled " Messiah," in the pre face to which he says, after describing the true aim of poetry, "To aspire aftei this can form no man's disgrace. He may not secure fame ; but assuredly he partakes of a higher re ward than reputation can bestow, while he endeavours to pro mote that elevation of mind which constitutes the true enjoy ment of a being whose destiny survives the world " These noble sentiments resi den ht cquarnta nobler anC .er aims wh ere quite in harmony with those 'lase friends who had the pri ce with him at Oxford, saw with pleasure, had assumed the predominance Over his mind. For notwithstanding that, from the great power and resources of his genius, he was contsantly acquiring fresh laurels, he f an intim seemed rightfy to estimate that dazz phantom fame, width inhisyouthful days, but which, when obtained, he found to be but empty air, and miserably insufficient to satisfy the nobler desires of an immortal spirit—that heavenly spark, which, emanating from God himself, can never enjoy real happiness, save in the favour and presence of Him, whom to know is eternal life, and from whom alone proceedeth happiness that is true, solid, VARIETIES " I wish to know, sir, if you called me an ass ? " Yes, sir ; but I qualified it." " Aha sir, you qualified it, did ! The better for you, sir ; and pray how did you qualify ' " I said you were an ass, sir — all but the ears." LUCIFERS.—" I wonder how they make lucifer matches," said a you.ng married lady to her husband, about six weeks >ir nuptials, and with whom she could never agree. rocess is very simple,"_he replied ; " I once made " Indeed ! and pray how did you manage it." "By to church with you," was the brief and satisfactory after 0] " The NEW LAND MEASURE TABLE.—" Oh dear !" blubbered an urchin, who had just been suffering from an application of the birch, " Oh, my ! they tell me about forty rods make a furlong, but I can tell a bigger story than that. Let 'em get such a plaguy licken as I've bad, and they'll find that one rod makes an acher." MODERATE INTEREST —The Bank of England, establish ed about two years and a half before, with a capital of £140,000, lent, in July of MG, £200,000, to pay the Fle mish troops, demanding £lB,OOO for the loan, when no one else would take the Exchequer tallies under 30 per-cent.— James's Court and Times of William 111. PUPPYISM.—A dandy went into a haberdasher's shop to purchase a watch ribboc, which cost 4d. He laid Is. on the counter, and the shopman gave him 6d. only, forgetting the copper was due to him ; so after a short time the lounger, looking at the man, said, "Fellow, fatigue me with the 2d. —Jamaica paper FALLING STARS. —M. Capocci, director of the Ob servatory at Naples, has related twelve cases of the of aerolites since 1809, about the 29th November of each year. The dates are as follow :-1809, 29th November ; 1810. zBth ; 1827, 29th ; 1821, 30th ; 1822, 22th ; 1823, 27th ; 1824, 20th ; 1831, 26th; 1839, 29th. On the 26th of July last, he ob served a great fall of stars: A coxcomb, boasting, on Saturday evening, in the Chapter Cotiee-house, of his travels, being asked his opinion of Scotland. said, " It was a flat country, and not picturesque, compared with his dear Switzerland.' A Scotch gentleman, who was present, said, " It was true, if mountains were flat, it was a flat country ; but he would find it difficult to find a flat among the natives, and for that the young traveller must look nearer home." Cobbett said, thirty years ago, " The boy eats fat bacon as if he'd swallow the whole hog." The Yankees have taken credit for this notable saying ; and amongst a thousand others which have been worn threadbare in our long-shore regions, have immortalised it as a Slick ism I Good things, as they are called, like good porter, improve by sea-carriage, we are to presume, and return to us better than good. ODD IDEA OF OLD ENGLAND.—About 700 years since an Arabian geographer employed at the Sicilian Court de scribed the different countries of the world in a most curious original work, which adverts briefly to England, and repre sents it as " a considerable island, having the shape of an ostrich's head, and containing flourishing cities, high moun tains, great rivers, and spacious plains ; the soil being fertile ; the people brave, active, and enterprising, but the climate subjected to perpetual winter." Hastings and Shoreham, with their shallow insecure harbours, then held the important position which has since been attained by Liverpool, Ply mouth, and other places; though we learn with fair national pride, that England, so far back as the twelfth century, when only in the cradle of her commerce, could boast, as she now does, of adventurous merchants and undaunted sailors. ECONOMY OF FOOD.—The Royal Agricultural Society of England has offered a prize of ten sovereigns, or a piece of plate of that value, for the best directions to enable labour ers to prepare wholesome, nutritious, and palatable food, in the most economical and easy manner. As the object of the society in offering this prize is to procure such instructions for agricultural labourers as may enable them to supply them selves with the greatest quantity of nutriment which the means at their command will produce, and to prepare a warm, comfortable, and nutritious meal for themselves and their , when they return home from their day's work, the tors for ;1. are requested to observe-1. That the re ceipts must be given in such a plain manner as may render toured to cookery. 2. That the receipts must be such as may be used without requiring any apparatus which any agricul. tural labourer does not usually possess. 3. That they shall not require the use of any ingredients which he may not easily procure, either from his garden, or in agricultural vil lages. (This condition is not intended to preclude the re commendation of fish as a part of any dish.) 4. The cost of the different dishes must be accurately state( .:RANGE OF DlET.—Majendie, a celebrated French phy siologist, found by experiment that it was " impossible to keep an animal in a healthy state longer than six weeks upon one article of diet, death frequently taking place before that period." The sheep farmer, who knows his business, will take especial care never t o et his sheep lose flesh till they are folded. He will then cut their turnip their oilcake, as the case may be ; he will plenty of salt, in roofed troughs or fixed 'casks with the heads taken out, and also a ton of good hay for every hundred sheep, every ten days or a fortnight. He will avoid all sudden changes of food, and will only feed off the bleakest part of his farm, in order to reserve the more se l ec t e d par t s f or t h e severest periods of the winter. Swedes, in addition to their more nutritive qualities, are supe r i or t o o th er var i et i es o f t h e turnip for folding, where they are not cut. From the gene ral form of the Swede roots, they do not permit the rain to lodge and freeze hard upon the top of the bulbs, so as to em barrass the biting of the sheep. A SUNSET ON THE DANUBE.—On a fi ne even i ng we ascended to the height beyond the palace in order to see a sunset on the Danube, and a glorious sight it was ! Earth, wood, and water seemed to . swim in on e a t mosp h ere o f gold and topaz, and so magnificent a sky I never remem b er to have beheld ; we were absolutely blinded with splendour; and then suddenly turning our faces eastward, we seemed to have been transported into a new world: The mountains rose toucheddarkl y against byh te the beams deep ea s of h tpurplee moon, which w horizon, sav ew a 1:7 p u d r they owe wer fore THE REV The Chureh T. JUDE'S BY, who and ye city, we e •eview of h tied the Inspector, which !IS of vari- ,ud much deer reflection tF, that time. his publication was started under his published for about s that the air of Bath Cad its constitution, and that a change to .ecommon to youths of sixtee L—his age at in his native city, rintendence, and continued to be months ; but as its existence HAPEI it is, was not congenial to London might be of es seciuently removed thither, but though greatly cherished by it; fondparent, assisted by ns, instead of rallyir. as was anti- .nd manifesting undoubted s of consumption, it languished on for - a time, and publication ,ed also the occasi n of Mr consequently some Isary, u of fame, b has eve He there': cquirement 11 as others, .evere and political dialogue, call& deserved, and prone literary world would receive, a gibbeting at tt eriodical press in general, the well received and highly applauded. As a satire, ied - down, and their influence attempted to be destroyed is full of v keen and galling This astonishing production—astonishing indeed, con sidering the age of the author, still in his minority—ren dered him conspicuous as a poet, and procured.for him in the following year a favourable reception for his admirable work, " The Omnipresence of the Deity,"—a work which at once raised him t 5 that high distinction which, by his subsequent writings, he has so well sustained. A contemporary then justly remarked, that " this was a bold and daring attempt : of his mental and poetical vigour for this arduous under- Ld read his Satire could justly entertain a donut; but with many it was somewhat q could ascend that elevated tegion with a becoming stionable, if he grace, and ,ustain his flight -w fight Thought mental energies attributes of God of Dr. You❑g, had, however, already possible for the same mind to more t pies sc ere ivas nothing - incompatible in 1 talents and Immediately on its appearance Omnipresence of the Deity uriis bought up with the utmost )led number of eight edit was sold off in the space of eigl guished author was only then a It twenty years .of age Nearly all t .tions of the day were loud truly magnificent and splendid poem, but not a whit more so than its intrinsic merits deserve. And if its celebrated author had never written another line, he might safely have rested his fame and immortality upon this single work. The year after the appearance of this work, he published " Death and other Poems," in blank verse. Another year brought with it another production, which added fresh laurels This was called " ;Satan," and ping and splendid in ords that burn " tone o thos ith protoun4 rea `thoughts that breathe, a abounds he author had attained fame, he it it was not happiness : ly soil, no flowers of inward bliss, Perennial bloom ; they flourish in the mind ber, 1824 was about 2,8 passengers ; of whom Twelve accidents omit at the close of 1833, the estirr arising from t ing the five years end with an outer silver case, made as the outer cases of pocket watches were sixty or seventy years ago, so that its appear ance is of a gigantic watch. In winding it up it was usual to pass the left arm through the opening for the face in the , upper valve 9f t t months, w;higthe distin- he outer case, in the manner of placing the outer case of a pocket watch on the left thumb when winding. A Chilian gentleman coming in one day, and seeing the case thus suspended, exclaimed, " Que cosa para freer Huevos." It is now on board the Calliope, and will, in all probability, return to the place of its construction after an absence of so many years, and that, too, without having circumnavigated the earth by only the very small quantity of longitude be tween the most western meridian, reached by the Bounty in erldeavouring to double Cape Horn, and that of Santiago, the most western meridian the chronometer reached in Chili. .I)evonpart Telegraph. COMPARATIVE SAFETY OF STEAM NAVIGATION. The number of miles navigated by steam vessels concealed with the port of New York, in five years ending 31st Deem -27,750, with an aggregate of 4,796,000 iB, or one in 126,211 lost their lives. red. During the five years ending 1 number of miles run was 19,700 passenge _ nUM in 151,931. Dur ing 31st December, 1838, the estimated es run was 5,467,450 ; aggregate number of KINSA LE, Dee- 25.--Royal Sovereign, (late Adams) from Liver pool for Bombay, put in here to-day with loss of fore and mizen topmasts, maintOp.gallant masts, sails, &c. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 2.—We had a dreadful hurricane yes terday from the north, with a considerable fall of snow, and several vessels are reported to have been wrecked on the shores of the Black Sea, nesr the Bosphorus Dyewoons. sales are 80 tons of Campeachy Logwood at £9 105 to £9 15s, and 30 of Jamaica at £6 158; 120 tons Savanilla Fustic have brought £4 178 6d to £5, a few tons Cuba £9 12s 6d ; 50 tons Lima Nicaragua Wood £1 l 5s to £'l2s, and 10 tons Cam wood .4'24 lOs to £25 per ton. The demand for Turpentine is regular, previous prices are fully supported ; 500 to 600 brls. have been sold at 12s 3d. No alteration in Tar. The sales in Montreal Pot Ashes are trifling, but holders of New Ashes are very firm, and the largest importers are unwilling sellers at 805. Pearl ashes are in less demand, and although 30s is the price generally required, there are sellers at 29s gd from the quay. 106 bales Cuba Bees' Wax are reported at £7 per cwt. Hides —Some extensive sales have been made, at rather lower rates for Brazils and some des criptions of East India Kips, but the greater pact sold pretty well ; 4900 dry salted Aricati brought Sad to Sad, 1000 Ceara Sid, 290 dry Bahia Bd. 1200 light Valparaiso 84d to Bid, 1586 dry and brined Savanilla 64d, 260 salted 426, 27,000 East India Kips, loid to 122 d for the best dry salted, 82-6 to Mid for first rubbed, gid to 10d for middling dry salted, 74d to 'ad for Ist rubbed, and 6d toad for 2nd rubbed, 8d to 92d for sound dry and brined, 7d to Bkd for Ist rubbed, and 61d to 76 for 2nd rubbed; also 1200 Buffalo Hides at 6d to 6d per lb. Tobacco. The sales of the week rather exceed 400 hhds., of which 250 Kentucky stemmed on sbeaulation, and the remainder, chiefly leaf, for exportation. Only a moderate demand has been experienced for Brimstone during the week, without any change in prices worthy of notice. No sales reported in Argols, Cream of Tartar, brown Tartar, Persian Berries or Annatto. Nothing done in Madders, Madder Roots or Quercitron Barkr The small stocks remaining of Olive Oil, with a tendency to advancing prices, have limited the transac tions of the week to a small parcel only ; but a generallmprove meat of les to 20s per tun may be quoted on the previous rates. An improved demand has appeared for Fish Oils, and an advance of fully 208 per tun has been realized for Seal and Whale ; the sales amount to about 120 tuns ; Cod Oil is held for a higher price, but no advance has yet been realized; the quantity offering for sale is trifling. Seed Oils continue to improve, and the. quotations arc raised accordingly, although the transactions are not extensive, Oil of Turpentine has been sold rather lower this week, but generally the Distillers require 525. In Palm Oil little business has been done, but some small parcels sold at £36, and, in some in stances, this price has been refused. The only sales of Hemp reported is 186 bales of Sunn at./El9 lOs per ton. A fair demand has been experienced for yellow Candle Tallow, and a few hundred casks have realized 4gs tid, with small sales at 4gs gd to 50s ; a little Archangel also sold at 47s to 48. 600 casks of South America are announced for sale on the sth of next month. spinner Wills William ew Beattie, ( William. Orre LONDON GAZETTB.--Fal RSEIIPS DISSOLVED J. 0. Archer, W. Ogden, and J. Cuerton,Manchester, oil-cloth manufacturers; as far a regards W. Ogden and J. Cuerton—W. Stagg and It. Allason, Liverpool, tailors —T. Critchley and J. Thompson, Manchester, finishers of cotton-goods. John Tubby Norton,INSOL N VE orw NT ic . h, c:acTira—aker BANKRUPTS William Smalley, Liverpool, joiner, Jan. 4, Feb. 5, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Mr. Cornthwaite, Dean's. court, Doctors-commons, London; and Mr. Cornthwaite, Liver pool. John Lawson Bell, Liverpool, linendraper, Jan. 5, Feb. 5, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Solicitors, Messrs. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkener, and Follett, Beford-row, London; and Mr. Ausdell, Liverpool. Thomas M'Donnell, Pall-mall, London, boot and shoe maker, Charles Lacy, Church-street, London, Hackney butcher. John Adams, York-road, Lambeth, London, tobacconist. Charles Savin and Eugene i.e Roy, Berners-street, Middlesex Hospital, London, artificial-flower-manufacturers. Robert Mason and William Robson Scott, Leeds, booksellers. John Wilkinson, Brymbo, Denbigh, iron-master. John Rainbow, Coventry, victualler. John Crosley Lockwood and Chas. Lockwood, Bradford, worsted. Marsden, Newcastle Ernlyn, Carmarthenshire, banker ]ward Devie Hall. Walsall, Staffordshire, currier. )11n Dealtry, Leeds, innkeeper. coal.mercha num passenb bor of xrli :ers, 15,886,300; number of accidents, 2; lives lost, ; or one in 1,985,787. The average number of miles to each explosion, in the first of the above periods, was 235,646 ; in the second, 843,240; in the third, 2,733,725. The estimated average pressure of steam used during the first period was 7 inches ; second period, 14 inches ; third period, 18 inches. It appears from the average res u lts of this table, that, dur ing even the first period of five years after the navigation was thrown open to public competition, the ratio of steam acci dents was only equal to one for more than 20,000 trips or passages ; and that the average loss of life was only equal to one for more than 126,000 passengers exposed. Thus, at the fair outset of this noble enterprise, a degree of safety was at tained for the passengers, such as may well challenge com parison with any artificial means of transit or locomotion that have ever been resorted to by the human race.—(United States) Commercial Magazine. TRADE WITH JAPAN.—We presume that Japan has not been excluded from the contemplation of the government, while the imposing spectacle of a, British war fleet floats for the first time on Eastern Asiatic seas. To establish a com mercial intercourse by peaceful means with that country —to furnish its population in which they live, render European manufactures almost necessary to comfort—who are ad vanced in civilization, and who, from long uso, have accus tomed themselves to luxuries—is a grand national object. Were that country thrown open to our enterprise, it would be like the creation of a new nation of customers ; and the achievement of this object, so devoutly to be wished for, might, by an effort at this moment, be easily effected. It is observed by Dr. Ainslie :—" With regard to the real diffi culties to be surmounted in the establishment of a commer cial intercourse with Japan, I consider them, so far as they are founded in the character and political institutions of the Japanese, to be of infinitely less importance than the Dutch, from whose interested reports on that subject the idea generally entertained of them has been formed, would represent them. I may add, that the Japanese appear en tirely free from any prejudices that would stand in the way of a free and unrestricted intercourse with Europeans ; even their prejudices on the score of religion, on which such ex aggerated accounts are reported, are moderate and inoffen sive. The consumption of woollens and hardware might be rendered almost unlimited ; they are fond of the finest spe cimens of glass ware, and it only requires to bring them ac quainted with many other products of British industry, to obtain for them a 'ready introduction." In reference to the exclusion of foreigners, the reasoning and the policy of the Japanese and Chinese governments appear to be founded on the same basis—contempt, yet dread, of Europeans ; their contempt is founded in ignorance; but their dread is founded upon a full conviction of their own weakness. We hope the government will not neglect the present propitious moment, while so many officers of rank are in these seas, to obtain, by conciliating the Japanese, permission to resume our commercial connection with that country : if the letter to James the First is preserved in the State Paper Office, it might be turned to some advantage in the negotiation. The latest attempt to this end was made under the auspices of the East India Company, in 1813 ; and the profit on the adven ture was 42,126 Spanish dollars. The goods England might supply to Japan would be—woollens, broad cloth of primi tive, not mixed colours, hardware, glass ware, carpeting, printed cottons, ironmongery, leathe r , porcelain, morocco of the brightest colours, clock-work, fire- arms lace, mock jewellery, stationery, medicines, bottle corks, a few oil paints, window glass, phials, pig lead. sheet lead. long ells, looking glasses, figured muslins, camiets, spy-glasses, rabbit skins, and felt cloth.—lndian News. GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street, Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester:— TIMES OFDFAItTURE FROM LIVERPOOL AND M NCHESTER — TO BIRMINGHAM, 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m. 6 0 a.m. Mixed ~ „ 12 8 15 a.m. First Class 11 1 15 p.m. 10 30 a.m. First Class PI ), 4 p.m. 4 p.m. Mixed 7 p.m. First Class 9, „ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER, 2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston at Parksicle. 6 0 a.m. Mixed Train do. do. do. 11 30 a.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class 2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Uni on T ra i n t o P res t on at Parkside. 3 30 p.m. Mixed 5 0 p.m. First Class On Sunday the Departures will be FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM. 3 30 a.m. First Class, joins LoOdon Train at 8 30 a.m. 8 15 a.m. Mixed VP 1 30 p.m. 10 30 a.m. „ 7 0 p.m.„ 12 FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER. 2 15 a.m. First Class 7 30 a.m. Mixed 1.1 30 a.m. „ 245 p.m. „ The Trains on Sundays stop at First Class Stations only. FROM CHESTER TO CREWE. 7" 0 a.m. Second Class, to meet li a.m. Train from Liver pool and Manchester. 11 15 a.m. First Class, to meet 10 3n a.m. Train from Liver- FROM CREWE TO CHESTER. pool and Manchester. 2 0 p.m. First Class, on arrival of 11 30 a.m. Train from Birmingham. 6 30 p.m. Second Class, on arrival of 3 30 p.m. Train from Birmingham, and 4 p.m. Train from Liverpool and Manchester. There will be no Trains on Sunday until further notice. BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY, (FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD.) Morning 8 0 .. 10 0 .. 12 0 Afternoon 2 0 .. 4 0.. 6 0 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD. Morning 8 15 .. 10 15 .. 12 15 I Afternoon 2 13 .. 4 15 .. 8 15 ON SUNDAYS.—PROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD. __ Morning 9 0 Afternoon 4 45 FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD Morning 9 15 Afternoon 6 0 LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY, FROM L'POOL TO MANCHESTER. FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class - Morning.. 7 0 Morning Morning.. 7 30 Morning g 45 „ 9 0 „ ..I0 11 45 „ 11 15 „ 11 45 „ 2 30 Aftern. 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern. 5 0 533 845 „ 11 0 ~ 2 0 Aftern 445 ~ 715 Evening 715 Miied lI 715 Evening .. 715 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I * Except on Saturdays, when this Train does not start till Three. First Class Second Class First Class Second Class 0 Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 0 Morning.. 7 0 Mornin 4 45 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 5 0 Aftern. .. 5 30 Aftern. 715 Evening 715 Mixed 715 Evening.. 715 Mixed I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside I TO PRESTON AND WIGAN. FROM LIVERPOOL. PROM MANCHESTER. 8 45 Morning.. Mixed 9 0 Morning.. Mixed 11 0 ~ .. First Class 11 15 „ .. First Class 2 30 Aftern. .. Second Class 2 45 Aftern. .. Second Class 445 ~ • • Mixed I 5 0 „ .. Mixed 715 First Class I 7 15 „ .. First Class ON SUNDAYS. 7 0 Morning.. 5 0 Afternoon 7 15 Evening.. 7 0 Morning.... Mixed 4 45 Afternoon.. ~ 7 15 Evening.... First Class Fiist Class, TO LANCASTER PROM LIVERPOOL. 8 45 Morning.... Mixed 11 .... First Class 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 4 45 „ Mixeit FROM MANCHESTER. g n Morning.... Mixed I 15 „ First Class 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 0 „ .... Mixed TO BOLTON, FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER. 545 Morning.... First Class I 9 0 Morning.... First Class 11 0 „ 2 30 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 ,1 • • •• 7 0 Morning.. 5 30 Afternoon ROM LIVERPOOL 7 0 Morning. 9 45 „ 11 45 „ 2 30 Afternoon 5 30 .. 7 0 Morning.. 5 30 Afternoon I 11 15 2 45 Afternoon .. Second Class 5 30 J, • • • • i, Second Class I 7 0 Morning.. l f 5 30 Afternoon Second Class TO ST. HELENS. FROM MANCHESTER. 7 30 Morning.... Second Class 10 0 „ 9, 11 45 „ 2 45 Afternoon PP 5 30 „ ft Second Class ON SUNDAYS. SeCOOd. Class 7 0 Morning.. IPP 5 30 Afternoon Second Class XTRAORDINARY SHOT. day ritleman of Exeter, whi nit shooting a f ht it down, but hie!: was killed at the s ,e discharge SIGE BUDF; residing at Alg ;srnortes, uear.the mouth of the Rhon writes as follows the During inundations,we have seen, g on the banks of sand , in the middle of the waters near this wild bulls, horses, foxes, polecats, rabbits, nimals, usually hostile to each other, con- rats, and at , _ ed together without doing each other any harm, and among them, a great number of snakes. A man, who had taken refuge in a tree, found it impossible to prevent several snakes from making themselves a shelter under his clothes." STATIST/CS 'WORTH KNowiNG.—ln Great Britain the number of individuals in a state to bear arms, from the age of 16 to 60, is 2,744,847. The number of marriages is about 98,030 yearly ; and it has been reckoned, that in 63 of these unions there were only 3 which had no issue. The number of deaths is about 332,700 yearly, which makes nearly 25,592 monthly, 6398 weekly, 914 daily, and 40 hourly. The deaths among the women are, in proportion to the men, as 50 to 54. The married women live longer than those who continue in celibacy. In the country, the mean term of the number of oris live longer t 'he hHlf of their kb iptifilff Erttelitgencr. FRIDAY, DECETIBER 25 —Wind East, light, ARTuvrn.- 7 Roscius, Collins, from New York SAlLED.—Patrick Henry, Delano, for New York—Messenger, Taylor, and Congress, Marshall, for New Orleans—and Patriot inin, Tiedeman, for Havana. Great Western, (steamer) Hoskins, from New York, at Bristol; left 9th Dec. A severe gale was experienced on the Coast of America early in December Kobert Isaac, Ainsworth, hence at Savannah Robert Watt, Johnston, hence at Charleston Erin. go-Bragh, Sumpton, sailed from Quebec for Liverpool 29th November Cambridge, Bursley, and Stephen Whitney, Thompson, hence at New York Sheridan, De Peyster, hence for New York, was spoken sth Dec in lat. 44, long. 43 George Washington, hence for New York, was spoken gth Dec in lat. 49, long. 23 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26.—Wind S.E. moderate, ARRIVED Petersburg. Agamemnon, ~ from SAlLED.—Rochdale, Tasker, and Parker, Risien, for Demerara— Felicity, M'Donald, for Rio Janeiro—and Jean Baptiste, Giffen, for Monte Video. Silksworth, Meldrum, from St. Petersburg, at this port; has been on shore on Burbo Bank, and leaky ; has eight feet water in her hold Boykett, Morton, from Bourdeaux for Liverpool, at Kinsale Royal William, George IV, Cornelius, Cadiz for Liverpool, at the Cove Cleofrid, Robertson, from St. Petersburg, at Loch Maddy, and sailed t oth Dec. for Liverpool A small brig is on shore on Burbo. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27 ARRIVED —Ariane, from Danzic —Wind E.S.E. light. from Amsterdam—and Olivia, —, SAlLED.—Elizabeth, Strickland, for Malta—Cherub, Whitley, for Cape Verds, &c.—Admittauce, Smith, for. Boston—Unique, Clark, for Alexandria—Orb, Aunn, for Bilboa—lteis Effendi, Cross, for Monte Video—and New England, Crocker, for New Orleans. Margaret, Jackson, film Demerara for Liverpool, was off Mizen Head 2gth instant; sailed Ist Nov. Left loading for Liverpool, the Palmyra, Rapid, Wilsons, and John Francis—for London. the British Isles, ;Cato, Cmsar and Ceres—tor Clyde, the John Scott, Unicorn, Globe, and Mary Walker—for Belfast, the Warringsford— and for Dublin, the Woodstock. Orion, Sandbach, from Gamla Carleby for Liverpool, put into Campbeltown 22nd December Courier, M•Pherson, sailed from Quebec for Liverpool 27th Nov Eclipse, hence for Ostend, of Falmouth Seiura, Watts, sailed from Malaga for Liverpool gth Dec. Cumberland, hence fur , was spoken in lat. 32, long. II Pigeon Packet, from Fahnonth, at Barbadoes Jaivo, Wanebeck, and Nycalsby, Wennerholm, hence at Revel fictff. Brock, from Ostend for Liverpool, at Scilly Three Gezusters, Dykstra, from Liverpool fo'r Amsterdam, at Reindeer, -, from Smyrna, and Nancy, Gifford, from Seville for Liverpool, at Crookhaven ; the latter with sails split MONDAY, DECEMBER 2 —Wind S.E A n RlVED.—Oliva, Fusey, from DRY-We—Ceres, Noord ; Helechina Gardina, Boelfsuna, and Rival, —, from Belfast—Maria A: Ellen, from Newport—Cleofrid, —, from St. Petersburg —and Mary Ann, , from London. . SAiLED.—Fulmar, Reeves, for Venice—Sir H. Parnel, Crockett, for Cuba—Oriental, Dixon, for St. Übes and Monte Video—Michi gan, Sturges, for New Orleans—Adrastus, Hughes, for Sincapore— Lintin, Gilman, for Bombay—and Conte Caesar, Riasoli, for Rio Janeiro. Osprey, for Bombay, has put back from Belfast Lough and Beau maris ; got on shore on Burbo coming in Caroline, -, hence to Monte Video, was spoken 13th Oct. in lat. 31 30, long. 47 20 Isabel, (late Cape,) from Laguna, at Crookhaven for Liverpool, with loss of boats, bulwarks, sails, &e. and decks completely swept, VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING (SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION EAST INDIES, CAPE OP GOOD HOPE, B,(C. Windsor Castle, J Young, 818 Bombay, Barton & Co Maxim, —Lester, ' LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DEC. 24. ' The business this week has been very extensive. both to the Trade !and Speculators. The prices of American and Surat are again fully id per lb higher, and upon the common and middling qualities this advance has in some instances been exceeded ; the better sorts of American have participated more genetally of the demand than previously, and have attracted the atten.ion of Speculators. ,Brazil and Egyptian are without change. Speculators have taken 7500 American and 450 Surat. 350 Carthagena were taken for export. ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS OF COTTON, From the 18th instant, to this day, inclusive. Prices paid j IMPORTS SALES OF THE WEEK. 'in the week.jThisWk.ithis y 200 i Sea Island :4d 6) 26 11 20 Stained 9 t 8040 I Bowed Georgia 551° 1 {Mobile . si 6i il Alabama and Tennessee 5i- 5i 1 16140 New Orleans _ .. 910 {Pernambuco & Paraiba 8i Aricati and Ceara 340 Bahia and Maceio 300 {Maranham Sawginned .... Minas .... Para 10 Demerara, Surinam, &c 290 i Egyptian Barbados ; Peruvian Bahama .... f Laguayra Common West India, &c 340 Carthagena .... Smyrna , Manilla 6950 I Surat .. 150 Madras Bengal 39400 bales 3;4 11 - 5 41 - 4i j } 19619 34595 370 1 20038 I 107571 1638 11410812 LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, DEC. 28. The Butter market is quiet to. day ; holders are, however, de manding very full prices. Beef and Pork dull. Bacon of goo( quality is in demand at 5Us to 51s. SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, DEC This day we have had a fair supply of things, but by no means equal to the demand, consequently the trade was brisk and high prices were obtained. Prime Beef, 6id to 7d, middling, bid to 6d. Good Wethers, 7d to 7d, inferior Sheep, 6d to 6d, (sinking the offal,) and all cleared off at an early hour. Number of Beasts 1133 ; Sheep 4721. LIVERPOOL CORN MARKET, DECEMBER 26 , Owing chiefly to easterly winds, the week's arrivals of each article of the Corn trade have been extremely light, and, without any thing like activity in the demand, prices generally have been fully sustained; in fact, the smallness of the supply of new Oats has enabled the holders of that grain to realise a small advance, as Id to 3s 2d per 451bs. the rates paid for good and fine mealing samples; 26s tid to 27s per 2401b5. for Oatmeal. The business in Wheat has consisted principally in the retailing of a few parcels of free foreign, to the towns and neighbouring millers, at gs gd to iUs for the best runs of Danzic, gs 4d to gs tld for Baltic red, 8s gd to gs per 701bs. for the finer qualities of Mediterranean. The market hag been bare of new Wheat from the eastern coast, ,but our local growers have shown a disposition to deliver rather more freely : " ' their samples, however, have gone off only slowly at ss Gd to gs 6d per 2701b5. according to quality. United States' sweet Flour has had a moderate sale at 35s 6d to 365; Canadian at 84s 6d to 35s per barrel. No material change can be noted as regards Barley, Beans or Peas. A few hundred barrels of United States Flour have been sold in bond at 26s per barrel for exportation. LIVERPOOL PRICES CURRENT AgitEs Montreal, Pot.. 30 0 ® 0 0 Pearl, new .. 30 0 U. States, Pot.. none. MADDER, cwt. s. d. s. d. Dutch, crop 7o 0 —BO 0 Ombro 50 0 —65 0 Gamene 32 0 —4O 0 Mull 10 0 —3O 0 French, S.F. 42 0 —46 0 S.F.F 48 0 —52 0 E.S.F 54 0 —5B 0 E.S.F.F 63 0 —66 0 Spanish 42 0 —5B 0 MOLASSES, 19 cwt Trinidad, &c 30 0 —33 0 Demerara, &c 30 0 —33 0 Bar & Antigua 35 0 —37 0 MUNJEET, 3i) , cwt 12 0 —l4 0 OIL, Olive, T. , 252 galls. Gallipoli .......e64 0 —64 10 Trieste 60 0 —62 0 49 0— 52 0 Sicily 60 0 —6l 0 Malaga 59 0 —6O 0 32 0— 36 0 Portugal, &C 5B 0 —69 0 Levaz:.; 5B 0 —59 Palm, 43. ton 35 15 —36 Fish, la , 232 galls, Seal, pale... brown. Pearl none. BARK, Quercit. Oak, ve ton .. .B 5 7 0 German 4 15 5 0 BRIMSTONE, ton Sicily, &c lO 0 10 10 Tuscany lO 10 11 0 CASSIA LIGNEA, S. d. S. d qp cwt. in bond SO 0 85 0 CLOVER-SEED, 4). CWt. American, red none Dutch 70 0— 80 0 French & Germ.7o 0— 80 0 COCOA, 1) , cwt. Trinidad Grenada Brazil COFFBE, p cwt. in bond, Jama. triage .. 155 0— 82 0 ordinary .... good& fine ord. 86 0-106 0 middling 110 0-125 0 good mid. l2B 0-140 0 tine mid. &c 142 0-154 0 Dutch, triage.. 1 60 () ordinary .... good &fine ord. 75 0— 82 0 middling B4 0— 90 0 good mid. 92 0— fine mid., &c. Mocha Ceylon Java .. Havana Cod 26 0 —27 LINSEED, V , CW$ 28 0 —2B Rape, pale do. 46 0 —47 Turpen. p• cwt. . 5l 0 —52 Rick:, io• cwt Carolina, dress. 36 0 —37 in bond 22 0 Bengal, ord. do 13 0 —l4 mid to fine l4 6 —l5 African none. Run, go gallon, in bond. Jamaica, good & fine ord. 46 0— 52 0 12 to 16 0. p 4 2 4 St. Domingo.... 42 0— 44 0 stronger 4 10 6 Brazil 4O 0— 44 0 choice marks.. 6 2 6 Laguira 5O 0— 60 0 SAFFLOWER, IS. cwt. DYE WOODS, v. ton 4. 8. .e. s. Bengal, Logwood, Jam... 6 5 6 13 good & fine.. 45 0 Hon. & Dom. 7 0— 7 10 ord. & mid .. 2 10 Campeachy .. g 0— g 15 Bombay ........ 0 18 • Fustic, Span 4 15— 5 0 SALTPETRE, 331 , cwt. S. d. Tampico 6 10— 7 0 East India ...... 25 0 Brazil Cuba NICAG.AGUA WOOD. orange .......... 56 0 —BO Rio de la Hache liver and black .. 33 0 —5O solid rough 6 0— 710 Neutria, lo doz . small Lima, solid l2 0— 13 0 Seal, each .... Boxwood, Ango 8 0— g 0 SIIIJMAC, le , cwt. Gaboon 6 10— 7 o Sicily ........... Camwood l9 0— 25 0 Malaga. ........ • Red San. Wood 8 0— 810 Trieste ... . ...... FLAX, Sil , ton. • Verona .......... Riga. P.T.R. 43 0— 83 10 1 Tyrolese P'burg, g head •. 40 0— 41 0 SUGAR, 7i) , cwt. Archangel 44 0— 55 0 B. P. Muscovado Dutch & Flem• •• 60 0-120 0 moist brown .. 70 0 —7l GALLS, 70 , Cwt. dry brown .... 72 0 —75 Turkey, blue 65 0— 72 0 good & mid.... 77 0 —Bl mixed 60 0— 66 0 fine &v. fine .. 82 0 —B5 East India 6O 0— 72 0 Mauritius, GINGER, 1:1 , cwt. • dabs and moist 60 0 —65 Barbadoes 45 0— 50 brown 6B 0 —7O Jamaica 6O 0-200 0 yellow 75 0 E. India, in bond 12 0— 19 0 fine yellow 79 0 Gum, lo• cwt. East India, Bengal Arabic, Turkey .. 70 0-140 0 ord. white 7B o --SI East India. 24 0— 55 0 good and fine 84 0 —B7 Barbary 5O 0— 0 0 extra fine 86 6 —B7 Senegal 75 0— 0 0 Manilla, in bond 20 0 —23 HEMP, 19 , ton s. aE 6. Havana, do P'burg, clean 41 0— 42 0 brown outshot.. 40 0— 41 0 yellow . Riga, Rhine .... 42 0— 43 o white ord outshot. 40 0— 41 0 good & fine Archangel Manilla 3O 0— 31 0 brown lB 0 —22 0 Bombay l9 0— 21 0 yellow 22 6 —24 0 Jute l5 10— 16 0 white ord. .... 22 0 —23 o HIDES, Ox and Cow, 14 , lb good and fine.. 24 0 —26 0 B. Ayres and Monte Video. dry. TALLOW, v. cwt. inferior & mid. 0 72 0 81 P'burgh, Y.C. .. 49 6 —5O 0 good & prime 0 9—o 10 Odessa 49 3 —49 6 Do. salted .... 0 42 0 5 Archangel 47 6 —4B 0 N. Amer. salted 0 3i— 0 4 Buenos Ayres 40 0 Brazil dry salted 0 54 0 6 Stockholm 2O 0 —2l 0 Rio, dry Valparaiso, dry 0 7 0 8 Carolina l6 9 —l7 0 Odessa, &c. dry 0 6 4 0 7 Virginia W. India, dry. • 0 6 4 0 7 TARTAR, T• cwt. salted.. 0 411— 0 51 Cream of Tartar 78 0 —BO 0 East India .... 0 8— r 0 brown and yel 50 0 —7O 0 Kips, B.A. dry. 0 71— 0 9 TEA, IS , lb. in bond. Horse, d. each g 0 —l2 0 Bohea, Canton , lonsis HAIR, 9p• lb. Fokein . • Short mixed long tails 1 4 1 10 Twankay, com... 2 4 combed surroo, V' lb. in bond. Pekoe, Orange .. 2 6 3 6 Bengal. Campoi, pur. & violet blue & violet blue violet, g. & fine 6 6 7 0 Souchong, corn.. ord. & mid. 5 3 6 0 good to fine. violet & cop. 1 .5 a ., , ° vn Pekoe, flowery mixed .. J " Hyson, corn. . 84 0-125 0 86 0-90 0 60 0-- 70 0 6 0 -13 10 0 -25 . 1 5- 3 10 6 -12 pone 7 6 8 66 7 9 0 —lO 0 -36 0 -47 0 none 2 1 2 2 2 4 - 2 5 29- 3 6 3 0 - 3 6 2 8 - 2 9 3 0 - 4 6 2 7 - 3 3 2 10 - 3 6 cop. g. & fine. 5 0-- 5 6 ord. & mid. 4 o. 5 0 Young Hyson con. quality • • 3 6 5 9 Imperial ..... Oude 2 0— 4 9 Gunpowder, Madras 2 6 5 0 good and fine .. 3 6 Guatimala, I, lb TOBACCO, Ip , lb. in bond. Floras Sobres Cortes Caraccas, Floras 5 6 6 0 Maryland Sobres 4 0— 5 3 TURMERIC, 19 , cwt. in bond. Cortes 2 6 4 0 Bengal 23 6 —52 0 LAC DYE, ¶ lb. TURPENTINE, ap CWt. D.T. and prime. I 6 2 6 American lO 6 —l3 3 mid. to good.. 0 8— 1 4 VALONIA, V , ton. £ s .€ 0 ord. & inferior 0 4 0 7i Smyrna, picked 14 0 —l9 10 MADDER ROOTS, Ip• cwt. Morea Smyrna . . 54 0— 57 0 WAX, BEES' 9f4 , cwt. in bond. Galipoli & Syria .. 42 0— 46 0 African 6 10 8 0 French 45 0— 47 0 East India Naples 45 0— 46 0 American 7 0— S 0 SOUTH AMERICA. 216 Monte Video and Buenos Ayres, Imrie & Tomlinson UNITED STATES. North America, A B Lowber, John Walker, It Gaskin, Mary, P Gross, Adrian, T C Davies, 678 New York, Baring Bra & Co 323 New Orleans, Houghton & Smith 11g Ostend, Bahr, Behrend & Co 6lg Boston, Baring Brs & Co EUROPE. Fisherman, AI A Gibaul. 196 Jersey, J Robin & Son Julia, J Farran, 77 Lisbon, J Glynn & Sou Majestic,•R Rowland, 141 Naples, Bahr, Behrend & Co Paulina, T de Boer, 136 Dordt and Rotterdam, Bahr & Co Joseph Yeoward, J Jones, 182 Gibraltar, Corfu and Z ante, _ ___ _ _ _ G Yates, Loutheati . & Co imparts. UNITED STATES. Roscius, (1093) J Collins, from New York. 227 bales cotton, Phelps, Dodge and co-191 do, Waddington, Holt and co-135 do, order-92 do, J W M`Bride and co-8 brls Ihf brl apples, J Maury and Sons-15 brls do, F M'Cleave-51 do, .1 T Crook-64 do, E Reeve-3 do, T and J Sands-6 do, Wildes, Pickersgill and co-16 do, G Gibson-16 do, Leech, Harrison and co-5 do, Mr. Duncan -5 do, J Ramsey and co-50 do, Mitchell, Tooker and co-4 do, Chapman and Willis-18 do, order-5 do, J Perrin and Son-6 do, G H Hodges-1 brl Ihf brl do, M Wotherspoon-8 brls do, Ihf brl cranberries, Waddington, Holt and co—l brl do, J T Crook -1 do, J Maury and Sons-12 cases contents unknown, D and J Cooper-7 brls 1 bundle do, 2000 brls turpentine, 500 brls tar, Wildes, Pickerzglll and co—i basket bacon, J Maury and Sons-4 hhds tobacco, 1 box san ples, 120 bundles 1 cask shooks, hoops and heading, 3 cambooses, 4 medicine chests, 43 shooks, with hoops and heading, .1 and W Robinson-1 brl Ihf brls nuts, 12 shooks, with heading, order—P EUROPE, Agamemnon, (294) E Broomhead, from Cronstadt, about 6 tons oakum, 279 casks tallow, 57 bundles hemp, Came and Telo-68 bundles hemp, order-4 spars, 6 deals, exportation—Q D Aerial, (236) H Robinson, from St. Petersburg, 338 casks tallow, order-137 do. Carne and Telo-200 do, 2 bundles 6hf bundles hemp, Perkins, Smith and co-4 do, order—about 15 tons oakum, Came and Telo-2 kegs cranberries, 1 spar, £1 bundles mats, the master- 7. 1 spar, for exportation—Q — Herold, (1 . 20)C Steh'r, from kltotia,l2 cases 1 sample box contents unknown, M Z Just-6 eases 3 casks do, E Eastee—i do, W G Weiss-251 do, order-3 do, S A Brandeis and co-1 do, 11 Moore and co-90 tees beef, 2 casks sour krout, 1 package sausages, sao sacks chicory root, order-4 cases Cougreve matches, S A Brandeis and co-2 cases fishing hooks, Came and Telo-100 hhds genevd, T Rimmer, jun-55 qrs beans, Imer, Paulet and co-20 puns bread, 25 cases furniture, 50 cases liqueur cases, 1 box keys, 1 case a clock, H Moore and co—Q D Thunder, (288) TSrnall, from Alexandria, 907 bales cotton, order —923 do, 2 packages contents unknown, Acraman, Briggs and co —2 cases do, Drummond and co-2 tons old junk, the master—G D Juno, (407) J J Spohn, from Danzic, 2 fms lathwood, 680 qrs 3210 bags peas, 767 bags beans, 300 deuls, Neuman and Engel -100 kegs black beer, 2 cases contents unknown. order—Q D St. Harlampy, (224) J C Kruger, from St. Petersburg, 630 casks tallow, 170 Coils cordage, 32f bundles hemp, Carrie and Telo-4 fins lathwood, the master-11S sets shooks, exportation to Mayan - nah—Q D PACKET BOATS.—FALMOUTH STATION, GENERAL POST-OFFICE, December 24. o'o w 0 0 , m Eft m 671 VOnJ fl'iiErr§ vcV , c„ 7 . " 0.90 !.?' 7 ;t 7 J g g g g . Rj 2.'=l :7 0 7 7 0 g'?') c 1 p}/2 ? SE I gg I;E: -n 4 . 3 'AE , ' 2n - -4„; , 4 P'm 4t:;t"=,`;'zim.o.g';',tls,)44 5,)=.1j g s) ' 6- Et P-• e. z swr, 5 . °;#};E" : - .• 1 sD • ,„ " - c ••• !.! jog 4l PI 5 Et'.l l l p, ,E P 612" F., ?''; I F. '" es N . 6.. z , 5; • •p . : - o,e 5 kv;) wa+ •5 a •g• 0 2 'E 5 4,0 g -j j S-xa E z ;2, 5 S 5 re 51 * 6 l , R. C. cc , m . • d _ 7 2 22 4 , •!' [ 2 l g g 2 1 . p„ vS" CI 7 ," z O' 4,4 c ~ :7-1 = Zr 4 .3 '') :-.- = . c .cl X i 1. 4 1 C . 2 g rp 04 3 = .5 2 ' P. 0 2. 0 2. 0 : ti ti ~_,• CI CI • t, 2 2 Cl 9 et ti f I> . , f, • . • -1 4 g ij • 2 0 "4 Fp' : P, • g 2 PREMIUMS OF INSURANCE AT LLOYD'S LONDON & LIVERPOOL, Jamaica Leeward Isl. Bern. & Berbice Honduras New York, Boston Charleston, Savannah New Orleans Havana Canada British North America Newfoundland Brazils River Plate East Indies China Batavia New South Wales Cape of Good Hope Africa Gibraltar Lima, Valparaiso, &c Malta, Sicily, &c. Smyrna and Constantinople Malaga Madeira Western Isles, Cape de Verds Lisbon Cadiz France Holland Hamburg, Bremen, &:.c. Gottenburg, Stockholm Petersburg, Riga, &c. Oporto Outward 15s 0d 30 0 20 0-25 0 50 0-60 0 30 0-40 0 30 0 40 0 40 0 —5O 0 40 0-50 0 40 0 —6O 0 40 0-60 0 40 0-60 0 25 0-30 0 35 0-40 0 35 0 40 0 105 0 35 0 40 0 40 0 - 30 0 20 0 50 0 Go 0 49 0 - 25 0 - 15 0 - 25 0 30 0 25 0 30 0-40 0 30 0 40 0 40 0 Go 0 50 0 60 o 60 0 25 0 - 60 30dep108 .• 0 30 0-40 0 60 0 —lOO 0 17 6-20 0 20 0 25 0 40 0-80 0 60 0 80 0 30 0 —6O 0 30 0 --6 o 0 20 0 30 0 ; 25 0-30 0 30 0 35 0 -40 0 63 0-84 0 40 0-50 0 40 0 - 40 0 - 26 0 -147 6 20 0 - 40 0 - 20 0 -25 0 25 0 - 30 0 25 0 - 15 0 -20 0 17 6-20 0 20 0-- - 25 0-30 0 25 0 -- 30 0 30 0-40 0 40 0 -- - 40 0-60 0 17 8-20 0 LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT, DISCHARGED. In-patients cured 2O I Relieved and at own req ues t Made Out-patients Irregular .. Dead.. December 26, 1840, ADMITTED In-patients Out-patients 2 i Casuals during the last week g 1 Remain in the house 6 Consulting Surgeons, Mr. Forshaw and Mr. Dawson. Chaplain Rev. It. Davies. . . Mr. John Cropper, jun. and Mr. James Booth Apothecary, Mr. W. Burgess. House Surgeon Mr. Brandreth. House Visitors *** Donations and Subscriptions thankfully received at Messrs, A. Heywood, Sons and Co., and at the Infirmary. NORTHERN HOSPITAL, DECEMBER 26. ADNIITTED DISCHARGED Accidents Medical and Surgical cases Upor recommendation 11 Cured Attending as Out Patients 12 Irregular Remaining in th, Le Hospital . . . 6g House Visitors, R. B. B. H. Blundell and Daniel Neilson, Esqrs Treasurer, R. W. Bateson, Esq. Chaplain, Rev. J. Connor.:--House Surgeon, Slr. Woodward. iblartteM LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, DEC. 24. Sugar.—The demand continues limited for 13. P. and the sai sae only 400 hhds. at the reduced quotations. F o r Bengal there a better inquiry, and 220 bags have been taken at steady pric 1700 bags Mauritius have also been disposed of, at 77s to 83s . . per cwt. Foreign.-180 brls. Brazil, chiefly white, Ini;,e been sold for export, at 24s to 25s for middling quality. Bonded Refined.— Some inquiry for Crushed. Treacle continues in demand. Nothieg done in Molasses. Coffee.—The sales of Plantation have been limited ; 100 casks of Jamaica were sold at steady rates, also 10 casks fine Berbice at 100 s per cwt. 20 bales Mocha, of common quality, brought 100 s. Of Foreign, 70 bags Bahia were sold at 4os per cwt. In Ginger or Pimento no sales. 1500 bags Trinidad Cocoa have been taken at a price not named, and sO bags black Pepper ar 4d per lb. Rice.—Bengal is scarce, and 1000 bags middling white have been sold at I4s Gd to 14s gd per cwt. in bond. The transactions in Rum are limited to a few puns.strong Demerara, at the quotations. There has been a better inquiry for Tea, but as there are very few sellers at present prices, the sales have been limited. For East India Drysaltery articles the demand has been very moderate, and sales confined principally to the following articles :- 20 chests Lack Dye at 8d to 1 Id ; 40 chests Shell Lac at 35s 6il to 525, with 150 boxes of Cassia Lignea at 84s. 200 bags Saltpetre at 28s to 2gs, and 700 bags of Nitrate 6f Soda at 21s 6d to 328 per cwt. DIVIDENDS Jan 15. W. Munroe, jun., and T. Munroe, Milk-street, City, Lon. don, merchants—Jan. 15. J. Green, Sloane-square, London, printer —Jan. 15. E. Fetch, Atherstone, Warwickshire, wine-merchant— Jan. 19. G. Long, Croydon, coal-merchant—Feb. 27. R. Judd, Talton Mowbray, Leicestershire, draper—Feb. 23. W. Ward, Essex, builder—Jan. 19. J. Forsell, Leicester, W. L. Oddie, Clithero, Lancashire. cotton-spinner Skipton, Yorkshire, linendraper—Jan. 16. Jan. 22. J. Lockitt, Congle. W. Bentley, sen., and W. Y. Youn E. Le ton, Cl Bentley, jun., Liven: gham, coal . merchant tea-dealer—Jan. IR_ CERTIFICATES 'o be granted, unless use be shown to the contrary, on or R. Alexan pool, printer—J. Johnson, Manchester, inn. keeper—E. Weedon, West Smithfield, London, banker—B: B. Cross, New Woodstock, Oxfordshire, glover—D. S. Wilkins, the Island, Gloucestershire, dealer in wines. AVERAGE PRICE OF SUGAR The aver ge price of brown or Muscovado sugar, computed from the returns made in the week ending Dec. 15, is 51s 8 d per hnndred weight, exclusive of the duties of customs paid or payable thereon on the importation thereof into Great Britain. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL. f:CI:111/31i1t. How: 30, John Edwards, (proof and final div,) Jan. 1, Thomas Moffit Re Co. (proof and div 2, Thomas Halsall, (proof and div.) 2, Ebenezer Jones 4, William Smalley, Ist Clarendon Rooms, Ditto, v.) Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, Ditto, inson Leatham, Ist 5, William Baine, 2nd ... 5, ft. and S. Lintgeln, let 5, John Lawsoiil3ell, 1 6, B. Alpert, Ist 7, Collett k Hales, Ist 8, Thomas liampson, 2nd (and proof g, Charles Pain, (proof and final div : g, Robert Feveran Beeston TIDE TABLI Height Tuesday 29 Wedne;. so 14 3 Ttursday3l Friday .. 1 333 3561 13 3 18ilvester. 4 2 432 1 13 4 Circumcision 5 5 541 1 14 0 6 20 6 58 14 3 7 36 8 11 14 6 Saturda' Sunday. Monday 4 AGRICULTURAL s. d. s. d. Old Hay .... 0 o'o 0 1,1 , 20 New Hay.... 0 9 1 2 Clover Hay.. 0 7 0 1: Straw, Wheat 0 .5 0 6 Straw, .. . 0 4 0 5 Straw, Barley 0 3 0 4 Green Clover 0 0 0 0 Sundays, Hulydays, 4-c I. U. lU. U. P. 1. 214 1 231 14 11 Length of day 7h. 29m 242 1 3 14 1 2nd Sundayaftor Christmas MARKET, DECEMBER 26. s. d. s. d. Potatoes, got. 1 1002 6 ap9oti Cattle Ditto 1 7 1 8 - Turnips .2 0 25 0 Carrots ' 40 0 45 0 - Manglewurzle 0 0 0 0 - Manure 7 6 10 6 - PRICES OF SHARES, DECEMBER 2& RAILWAYS, &c. Bolton and Leigh Bristol and Exeter Birmingham and Gloucester Ditto and Derby Birkenhead and Chester prices. This day Last Per Share. Prices . 100 paid 90 paid NO.". 34 0 0 67 10 0 89 0 0 34 ;0 0 16 10 0 0 0 0 8 12 6 4 15 0 29 5 0 50 paid 20 .... Ditto, new Dublin and Drogheda Eastern Counties 10 paid 23 paid Ditto, Debentures Edinburgh and Glasgow Ditto Leigh and Newhaven 9 paid Glasgow, Paisley, & Greenock 20 paid Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar Greenock, and Ayr 3O paid Grand Junction Ditto half shares 4O .... Ditto quarter shares (late 22 5 0 2g 5 0 .. 210 0 0 93 0 0 Chester and Crewe) Quarter 52 0 0 28 5 0 90 10 0 50 10 0 10 2 6 45 0 0. Great Western Ditto aew 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.. , 45 paid 42 10 0 53 15 0 26 10 0 13 5 0 184 0 0 45 0 0 87 0 0 172 0 0 4g 10 0 div. 40 15 0 27 5 0 .... 27 5 0 54 25 15 0 Ditto new shares Ditto quarter shares Ditto am! Southampton Ditto & Brighton Manchester and Leeds Ditto half shares Manchester, Bolton, & Bury Manchester and Birmingl Ditto and Ditto Extension Midland Counties Ditto, quarter Newcastle and Carlisle 5 0 43 0 0 76 0 0 28 5 0 41 1.5 0 ..., 26 15 0 ..., 5 2 6 . 73 0 0 9 10 0 92 10 0 27 15 0 76 0 0 37 0 0 2 18 6.. .11 15 0 .... 83 0 0 ex 97 10 0 Ditto quarter share: North Midland • New North Midland Paris and Rouen South Eastern and Dover North Union York and .north Midland. BANKS. Bank of Liverpool AO paid .4'12 10s paid Commercial of Liverpool Commercial of England. East of En - - of Manchester - M'chester & L'pool Dsct. 15 - Northern and Central .. 10 - North and South Walea.. 10 - Phoenix lO - Royal of Liverpool 50 - South Lancashire - Albion - Liverpool Union lO .. , - Liverpool Banking Co lO - Wilts and Dorset tiAS, WATER WORKS, &c, Exchange Buildings L'pool and Harrington Water } 350 ..., Works Bootle Ditto Stock.. L'pool Coal Gas Company Stock. L'pool New Gas & Coke Co. £lOO . Ditto new shares are now paid up 2 6 ex div.2o 2 if 2 6 .... 18 0 0, 8 16 3 with dir 10 2 6 .. .. 3 7 6 .... 4 5 0 .... 741 0 0 div 20 5 0 12 12 6 8 10 0 LS 0 0 ASSURANCE COMPANIES 477 10 0 325 0 0 380 0 0 171 0 0 Liverpool Marine Assurance 1 25 paid Company Ocean Assurance Company.... 0 .... 0 13 g Liverpool Fire and Life 2 10s. 2 3 0 DOCKS, FERRIES, NEW COMPANIES, &c. Anderton Carrying Compant .. 16 Is. 0 0 0 Rock Ferry Monk's Ferry 0 ... 7 5 0 Steam Tug Company 7 0 0 Harrington Docks 57 0 0 Apothecaries' Company .. 6 2 6 Woodside Ferry Egremout Ferry Asphalte (Liverpool) .. (Poloncean) 3 10 0 10 . . 100 ..., 25 12 10s, S 0 0 0 14 0 1 0 0 BIRTH. On the 22d instant, at Androssan, Mrs. J. D. MAC VICCAR, of ~.... MARRIED On the gth instant, at St. Ann's Church, JOSEPH SMITH, Esq., civil engineer, to Mrs. ELIZABETH DANIELS, daughter of the late Captain William Whittaker, Cazneau-street. On the 13th instant, at St. Luke's Church, Mr. JOHN MILLAR,. draper, to MARY ANN, daughter of the late Mr. SMITH, sadler,. Scotland-place. On the 14th instant, at Alloa, by the Rev. P. M'Dowall, Mr. C. R. R. DUNCAN, of the Royal mail steamship Columbia, son of Captain James Duncan, R.N., to MAKION, third daughter of the late JAMES MALCOLM, Esq., of Cambleton. On the 21st instant, at St. Philip's Church, by the Rev. T. S. Bowstead. ABEL BUCKLEY WIMPENNY, Esq., Duckinfield, to Miss IRWIN, Duckinfield-hall, Cheshire. Same day, at Edge-hill Church. Mr. WILLIAM COWPELAND, Superintendent of the Police, Holywell, to Miss SARAH MOLT NEUX. On the 22nd instant, at St. Catherine's Church, Abercromby square, by the Rev. J. North, Mr. JAMES BARKER ABBOTT, to ANN, fourth daughter of Mr. EASTWOOD. Same day, at Ramsey, Isle of Man, Mr. ANDREW M'CON NELL, of Sartiield, to Mrs. GELDER, of Crowville. On the 23rd instant, at St. Catherine's Church, by the Rev. Mr. North, Mr. JAMES GLOVER to Miss ANN TAPLEY. . . On the 24th instant, at St. George's Church, Everton, Mr. DAVID SEP.VICE, builder, to ELLEN, youngest daughter of B. WAUGH, Esq., Everton-road. On the 26th instant, at St. George's Church, Everton, by the Rev. R. P. Buddicom, Mr. EDWIN ESA M, of Dalston, London, to ELIZA GRACE, daughter of Mr. JOHN SHARPLES, Kirkdale. DIED On the 13th instant, st an advanced age, universally respected, Mr. JOSEPH JONES, of Ddol, father of Mr. Charles Jones, solicitor, of Denbigh. His death was owing to a fall on the ice, which caused an injury in the' head. and terminated in his imme diate death. On the 17th instant, ANN, wife of Mr. SAMUEL POWELL, Upper Warwick-street. On the 18th instant, after a long- and painfulness, borne with Christian fortitude, aged 61, Mr. JOHN BAHTLAM. Same day, aged . 65, Mr. WILLIAM LOW:tleco alldential as sistant of Robert Roskell and Sou, whom he faithfully served for the last thirty-eight years. On the 21st inaladi, in his 54th year, Mr. EDWARD VAUDREY, Hamilton-square. North Birkenhead. On the 23d instant, MARY, eldest daughter of Mr. JOSEPH BURROWS, boot and shoemaker, St. James's-street, in the 21st year of her age. On the 25th instant, after a short but severe affliction, aged 26,. Mr. ROBERT CREER, printer, much lamented by his family and deservedly regretted by his numerous friends and acquaintance. Same day, at her father's residence, in Wavertree, aged 20, LYDIA, the youngest daughter of Mr. T. D. BUTLER, chemist,. of this town, deeply regretted by all who knew her. On the 26th instant, aged 47, Mr. JOHN WATSON, shipbuilder,. of this town, and formerly of Chester. Same day, ii her 96th year, MA GDALEN, relict of the late Mr.. WATKIN MORGAN, and mother of Mr. William Morgan, Wood street, Low-hill. Same day, after an illness of a few days, MARY, youngest. aughter of the late R. LEATHOM, Esq., of this town. ,ame day, aged 5 years, MARY, youngest daughter of the Rev. T.- PAIN, A.M. On the 27th instant, in his 46th year, GEORGE HAWORTH, Esq., of High Field, Altringham, formerly of Liverpool. Yesterday. at his daughter's residence,Cambridge-street, aged 72, Mr. RICHARD ROBY, cabinet-maker, a native of Chester. LIVERPOOL : TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1840. 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