Northern Times. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-02-12 00:00:00

A POPULAR HISTORY WORKING CLASSES. (Adiressed to th Jiro s then, PART SECOND, CHAPTER THIRD A DIGRESSIVE ONE, CONTAININ A FEW 'W KINDLY• ADVICE, AND' SUGGESTION TO THE WORKING CLASSES OF T 1 It must not be forgotten, in lixrning of those domestic comfoi classes, which I spoke of at the elc chapter, that they could working m's- last to by such of them as were real ly industrious and sating. tion of them, of od reasons for The dissolute and spendthrift no whom there are )o many believing were equall_ known to be now, :suffered under th, of privations and want of -mfort terise 'such inditiduals of the present da3 same favourite-drink which ants proved so m a curse to the working classes in our day, operate lumer6t then as the. 3 same amount as an equal one on those The same evils attended Brig in a form- The h. of period _ vice, wretchedness, and crime. Its ridiculeus says an • author, of " mad-dog," " angels! food,". , and. " dragon's t.ilk," by which we - .find it called in those days, •did not disguise its qualiti laut in some respects Ay-as rather character and the evil results effects on those who= - used it names ficant of its which marked its It isitot my intention to inflict upon my readers a moral lecture, o r r preach to them a temperance sermon ; but I feel it to be a part of my duty in these articles, designed as they especially are for the benefit and instruction of the IVorkincr Classes, to take them the result, of evils by Ich they are? known to be surrounded. The chief of these •is most assuredly intemperance. Yet no class can . afford so little to yield themselves up to this vice as . theirs : on none will its destruche 'effects be so bitterly felt,tand fall so heavily lipA, as .on theirs. The health, the industry, and the- •time of a working intia, are each of them treasures, which he, above all others, cannot, without =inCalculable injury to himself, afford to have lessened. In these consist his wealth, his power—nay • more, his greatness. Deprive him of them, and he stands • out powerless indeed,— far more :worthless, in the economy' of existence, than the .humblest insect that flits past him in the air. What a pity it is; that he will not learn to understand this, and seek to guard them more carefully. -Again : how very manritcf our artizans—well-employed artizans, of the present day —are -there not to be found, who have it in their power to boast of a comfortable home and the possession of a little wealth besides, but Whom instead of this we'find them—to their shame It must be recorded— inhabiting the most wretched dwellings, and at all times destitute of a single penny-which they can exhibit as a saving .from. their gains ? ' This is not as it should be, :nor does it tell us of their prog ress, unless it he a progress they are most certainy making towards either the work house or the jail. It can be the wish of no true philanthropist, that the working classes should be On none deprived Of their pi could I wish to see them heaped with more I believe to have abundance, than on thei that they nobly and them ; but tell them that these can neither be good nor safe t doe deserve not re uire me to sacrifice of their health and independence. ✓ Yet, the man who has become attached to intempe rance is a slave far more to be pitied than him we found at the beginning of "this history,. subjected to the caprice of an ,AnglotBaxon or Norman task master. He may boast of a freedom in his person which did not belowg to the other, but he is borne down under the authority of a mental bondarre which presses far more severely upon him than any fetters which can enthral the body. It cannot but be highly gratifying to those who feel an interest in the education of the maEses to take notice of the general movement which riow being mt and thu aehmneemen to obtain knowledg _ proper position in society,--I refer to the estab lishment of mutual improvement societies, which are now in existence in most of the large towns and populous districts, both in Enzland and elsewhere—societies whith are almost entirely originated by young men belonging to the working classes of society. This certainly has a most healthy appearance. Formerly the educational means available for the rising genera tion of the country were mainly supplied by the patronage of the rich.; now, however, we find the classes most deeply rinterested in their own education taking the matter into their own hands, and prosecuting it with diligence and success that must be regarded .as praiseworthy in the highest degree. I shall : , make no apology for g to digress here to kw words on this duty of self-education and mental improvement. It belongs, in fact, to my .subject. a free activity it Every man possessc he has a power of will, Cl, of action; which enable him in a great nu an innate energy ani to act the part of his own ed own emancipator. We a at the men laves of current to r circumstances, thrown upon _ its course, but are, to a large extent, free independent existences, .endowed with power to battle and cont and by dint of perseverance come them, and rise above them. pose, perseverance, and strong will, are -.essentials. Fortified end with adverse eireum - stanet lid valour, to OW Resolute 1 by these, the greatest ° ;e; in all ages have risen up from:the lowest stations is life,, even from out of thehuts of the poorest. 'Duff males the most formidable ha - by • them—poverty, ill-health, :snient o: n surmounted C slavery for daily breadL owledg Inds, have been ermined in the crvilizec ring at prop lincur tinctivt ter stet( tiwown ,back, but if I opposi but sere They bring out the best nature; and iliorc d dieciplin self. ar,l acts benefit about IL o one can We that he t to a true hearted alities of h ;elf-culture, ire the man ly upon those tor his , olvn advance- 111101 - 111 tilt; -E st sense, but at,the same timE he is workifig for the advancement-of his brother 'pan ; and no ono can labour profitably for the improvement of others, but- at the,same 'time is labouring diu t: , s e n tly for the improvement of himself- The steeess of one man het forward the suceess of-others.- his labour ,ot lost— they are Propagated throu,gh L ; others take up his work .vhe n h e la , it down Ind thus ou Without ceasing. future thus klo-ope,rate with the present, and the present with the. past ; .the living , active man, is the link that bi n d s t)ac two ages togeth er — t h e age that is comi ng w i t h ,the Age that i s Passing y. There is a duty besides, which each m em b awa er - of , . , neightour, , to impart to him .a ......Iture .3vhich society has given to The knowledge which each man the procludof . thiS age alone, but irated by the industry of all pro .. ireumstan ee d, uired a larger portion of -it by education,bound by a ll than ethers ; and _ such are 11 taw t go owes to his n of that eul Some, more favOurel ocial duty to impart to other peen imparted to thjni. Knowledge i.nd culture ought to be regarded as the pro ' at large, and no man has a right to monopolise tacir benefits to himself, and to refuse to part to others n share of what is ,common pro perty. Individuals can do much to impart educa tion and knowledge to those who stand in need of them ; but, by combining their efforts for the elevation of the moral .41dmtcllectualirnprovoment of their brcthren, they"' pp# e.. 9 much more, B . p6rty of societ getting to. nether in a common fund, as it were, the elleettial pOSsessions of a large number id opening this fund for the free use possessions of the whole Are ;reatiy extended. • The' deficienties of ' one ndividual arc corrected by the culture imparted iy others, and the common possession of the whole may thus become'the - .property of each. !To one will be impoverished in proportion ,as Mother gains ; on the contrary, the mental wealth )1 every member will be increased, and his..hold if knowledge be strengthened by - the very effort made to impart it to others. The free activity of all, combined for the purpose of 'improving • all, 'is, I believe, a great lever, by means of which the moral *world in to be raised ! all, the e origin of . these mutual improvement ocieties is generally in this way : A few of the got together, and seeing what others are doing ..elsewhere . with so ing yol .enasely s whether some- t not to be devised own neighbourhood, They discuss the otter, and name it to others the scheme s Lure( small rent, society is started. it work imls iy:an :and : untiringly —those who Itirfed if, for its only teachers ly known or hear d of no n the eneoura brilliant dethonstrations )rts they have eat of praisc not, it may be, -they are satisfied members to their institution, and. with duds the blessings and pleasures opening to ne' with ad , Yet humble though the operations of these men tee, how noble, how truly. glorious are they ! What a false estimate has gone abroad in the world as to what constitutes true glory ! Stars and garters,—high-sounding . titles, and heavy money-bags successful carnage in a battle-field, , or unprincipled manceuvring in the art of dinlomaey- 1- -4 Q in the world's arena, if knoNTvledge them—suet the fashioi igh sea more glorious according to the ation ! But how much without show or noise, or barbarian clangor, to go quietly and persever ingly onward in the work of developing and improving human faculties, and opening them to the contemplation of great truths and principles. To awaken and arouse a mind - to feed it with instruction, and to implant within it true prin ciples of judgment and of action—is a more glorious work is a far greater service done to the cause of truth, of virtue, of religion, of huma nity, than the gaining of any sort of battle with swords, or the realization of any sort of mere worldly fortune, no matter how splen did. The man who instructs his untaught brother-man, in the simple act of reading, is putting in his possession the key to all written knowledge ; he is placing within his means the greatest power in the world—the power of thought ; he is admitting him to a converse with all the enlightened spirits of this and of bye-gone ages—unbarring to him the greatest stores of knowledge and experience contained in books— enabling him to sit at the feet of the greatest teachers who have ever lived—and planting his ps firmly on the ladder of knowledge, which - up even unto 'the Heavens. Is it wonderful, then, that he who knows what such iirs ' fools reaches the elevated and refining influences of such literary pursuit S—should shun those scenes of musement to which the crowd r Sort -- hould cheerfully give up_ nonterous merr nt and social revelry, and love Iring and enobling inter- £9 shat Livrpool C. )rn Trad 01low t • that are stro a. chard Amerlean Brazil Egypt'n E. India W.lnilia TOtal Stock this day... 334,890 19,500 21,6:i0 20,380 450 397,680 Same time 1858.147.870 29,470 8.270 95,300 4,310 285,220 Messrs. Edmund Jardine and Co., in their circular issued this afternoon, say : \Ve noticed last week that the turn of our market was against the buyer. During the present, this feeling has been still more marked, from the more pacific aspect that Continental politics have assumed, for although faith in the maintenance of peace is not assured, an immediate disruption appea - rs to be postponed, imparting more con fidence to the trade, who being also influenced .by the repeated advices of firm and advancing markets in the States, as confirmed by_ the Niagara (steamer), of Monday last, have been free purchasers, and a good demand for export and an active inquiry for speculation, holders have been enabled to establish an advance of -16 d. to -id per lb - in the better, and to id per lb in the lower des criptions of American upon last Friday's currency, Sea Islands, Brazil, and Egyptian have all been steady at full prices. Surats have been firm at the quotations. 9,600 American, .30 Surat, 1,174 American, 4,575 Surat. —Leaving tp the trade 55,830 bales. Sales to-day estimated at 10,000 hales, including 2,000 on speculation and for export-closing firmly. The grain trade continues in a very languid state, and the business in wheat and flour is con fined to a mere consumptive demand. In Liver ly- gifted children in I pool to-day the attendance at market was very had to be taken for both wheat and flour. From Wakefleld.'the reports also state heaviness and small sales, with prices tending dovinwards. The Produce Markets continue dull, and during the week Sugar has 'declined Gd per cwt. Mo lasses remain walled change.. In coffee there have been . no sales. Palm Oil has improved about X 1 per ton. The sales of Lard have been about 100 tons, and prices are without chanr". A mood business has been: done in Tallow, calefly South American. About 60 tons of Kooria Mooria Guano have been sold at 10s, and some lots of Peruvian at £lO. Manilla ; Hemp continues de pressed,-but the stock of Bombay has been much The business done in the Liverpool Share Market has not been large, but .prices•have been rather more steady. The following were the transactions :—Eastern Counties, 121 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 964, 961; New Third shares, 121, p ; London and , North Western, 961, 961 ; do. One-eighth shares, .1 13-16 ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 39 ; Midland, 1021; North Eastern—Berwick, 94; York Capital Stock, 781; South Eastern, 221, 22 5-16 ; Dutch Rhenish, 51; Grand Trunk of Canada, 71,-, 711. after official hours the quotations were as follows : —Blackburn, 111, 11+ ; Chester and Birken head, 661, 671 ; Caledonian, 851, 86 ; Chester and Holyhead, 481, 481; Eastern Counties, 121, 123 ; East Lancashire, 96, 961 ; Do. £9 shares, 1, p ; Great Northern, 105, 106; Do. A, 88, 89 ; Great Western, 56, 561 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire Stock, 961, 961 ; Ditto p ; London and North Western Stock, 961, 961 ; Do. one-eighth shares, f s -4, 13-16 d ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 38?-, 38.1 ; Midland Stock, 1021, 1021 ; North British, 62, Western, 131, 131 ; North Star fordshire, xd, 41 d ; North Eastern—Berwick. 94, 944 ; York and North. Midland, 781, 79 ; Leeds Capital Stock, 48t, 481 South Eastern, and Dover, 22. 5-16, ; Duteh Rhenish, 51, .5 1 d ; Great Western of Canada, 164, 16+ ; Ditto New• Shares, 41, 4.1 d ; Great Luxembourg, 6 11-16, 61 . ; Grand- Trunk of Canada, 7 13-16, ' The Secretary of the Association of the Liver pool Corn Trade writes us, that as the. " Cental " has not been received so favourably at Glasgow as was expected, and as one or two instances have occurred of individuals objecting to its continued use in this market", I beg to hand you a copy of a docu ment signed this day, which will show the public that as far as Liverpool is concerned, the opinion in favour of the new system is almost universal. The names attached to the document enclosed, embrace almost everytfirm of note engaged in the The document' referred to [e undersigned merchants, factors, dealers, and in Liverpool, having 3w and elsewhere the le (Join ti Cental 4 ha not been received: with that unanimity which was generally anticipated, desire to express their entire approval of the new -weight. Since the Ist of February, the underiigned have bought and sold by the It' and they see no reason whatever to dOubt that syst( new will confer upon :the trade and the, pUblic the advantages promised for it. The simplicity of the Centel' becomes every day mere and more evident, and the undersigned, though they, observe occasional instances of perplexity among those who are suddenly called upon to use the new weight, in lieu of the old one, - 71 Y persuaded that few changes of so beneficial er have ever been made with less real inconre _,,,,, and the undersigned are satisfied that all that is required is a little perseverance, when the difficulties attending the introduction of the chango will gradually disappear." This document hears the signature of about 800 of the leadinm firms in Liverpool, The ManchesteT Goods Market has been very active, with orders for India, during past two days, and prices for both goods and yarns have a decidedly upward tendency. The Continental buyers still exhibit great want of confidence, and scarcely operate at all. The monthly statement of the Bank of France has been published' in the Moniteur to-day. The statement is made up to last night, and shows a decrease of a few thousand pounds in the stock of Bullion, whilst the amount of Bills discounted exhibit an increase of 914,755/. The circulation shows a decrease of 1,186,0001., and the private deposits an increase of about two millions sterling. The other features show but little variation. The Paris Bourse, to-day, has again been very , unsettled, the Pamphlet of M. Emelie de Ge rardin having caused great uneasiness among speculators. All descriptions of securities were offered at lower rates, and Rentes declined fully 040 plartcr per cent, Mg 139111.5. e. closed very far more to hold course with tho infltience. It has been drunk in solitude, amid the harassing anxieties of care, and the fatigues of long-continued and laborious toil,, and, like the it has found a grateful and. trough all the frame, waters of the deser influence 4 ;4- energy oft when grief was eating as a canker totheheart, the pursuits and the love of literature have stayed its ravages, and turned into a chastened calm her children's woes. To instance facts i n pr oo f of this assertionwould only be to record the history of retirement )rzie Ilion )u will find tl with ti sweetner of hours which others pass - in solitary loneliness; and in their public life it is the torch e winch fights their pat literature which leads them on th—the hand of If, then it be an advantag►e to an dignity se us to the consciousness of our —to awaken in our breasts a knowledge of our power, to refine our taste, to quicken our inention, to give wings to our imagination, to develope our capacities, to enoble our pursuits, to fan into a into a warm blaz our feelings and sec literary purjiits nee aist profit us. Nor does it require years of academic life, nor of seclusion from the world, to beget in us a' taste for these: meant that we sl ould forget our duties in our .etion should go hand in Thought and UIIUDG Wlll MOSL HIM pron." uy them both, who make themselves acquainted with the world, alike in books and men. A little learning is neither valueless nor dan- - and would therefor end tlie Working which I rafer to in this c (These art; t of the Author, A if the I, further publi DITOR OF TIII gORTIIERN TIMES, Sir,—As an habitual reader of the NORTHERN TIMES, I feel convinced you will allow my com munication a place in the columns of your paper, since I observe you ever advocate sound philan hropic youth, 'and friend of mine, of about sixteen rs of age, is employed in a 'branch of the T trade at work from eight in 'en at nig.' Now allow me to asli hat pu nieatianics' insti and our princely youths are g to night, and ants open free libraries, if our engaged in the mechanical and monotonous occupation of delivering circulars about the town. This example, which I sclect is, doubtless, one of many pportnnities for self-improvement, worn out and jaded physically and mentally, after fif teen hours' work ? Is he fitted to acquire any, r elementary, knowledge of general liter popular science ? The reply is self purse he is not, and much less so to How can he avail hims'elf of an 7 of then howeve ature and .evident of stantial or sound information on branch of s, been done f 'or shopmen and ntices, by the movement for early closing, nething also he done for merchants' clerks : hem the opportunity to improve their minds, by rel 4; them .at earlier .hours. al i Some of these clmks may n their turn become the, leading and prominent merchants in, this town, and how will they be fitted to take a proper with their compeers and fellow townsmen, f they are uneducated. Money is not the only prize man is to compete for in the race of life, neither is" it the suniniztin bonunz. Let us not sacrifice everything upon the allay of Pluto, but dedicate something of our time, as it passes ? upon the shrine of Minerva. "A.rcum non semper Apollo." Yours, &c., M. A. Toxteth Park, Feb. 10th, 1859. CAPTURE OP AN ESCAPER CONVICT.—Gray, who escaped from the Durham county-prison, was captured at half-past eleven on Saturday night, in a low beer-house,. Hart pool. Mr. Hodgson, a warder in the prison, in company with some policemen, found him treating some lewd . women with glasses of ruin. He made no resistanac, He was safely deposited in his old tjuarter s on Sun4ay,--. Chronicle. THE i‘TORTHERN TIMES, SA tURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1859 By the City of Washington, three days later news has been received from New York. She brought $177,698 in• specie. The California steamer had arrived at New York,with $1,300,000 in gold. The New York Stock Market was heavy, and prices were lowering. The market for Rail road Shares was very unsteady, and prices, after a temporary advance, were lower than the previous week. Exchange on London was not active. General business was on the improvement. A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Wells and Co., wholesale tea-dealers and grocers, of Bristol, was held on Monday, at the offices of Messrs. W. H. Williams and Co., public accountants, Exchange. A statement showing liabilities to the extent of £20,000 was submitted, which it was proposed to discharge by a composition of 7s. 61 in the pound, payable by secured bills at two, four, or six months' date. ' The creditors, however, refused to accept this offer, and called on Mr. Wells to sign a declaration of insolvency. With this proposition, however, Mr. Wells declined immediately to comply, but took time to consider the course he should adopt. The following is from the Wine and Spirit circular of Messrs. Edmund Brace and Co. : --" In Wines there has 'been much more activity in our market than for some time past. Several parcels of Ports have changed hands, although at very moderate rates ; good sound cheap wines are easily placed, and a general disposition to increased business is manifest. In Sherries there has also about £3O to £36, are in active demand prices of higher qualities with a moderate business doing the remain steady, In Capes lANZHESTER T our market is :inactive, arid v prices have slightly given way since we last addressed you. Pontacs were also comparatively unnoticed, and quotations are consequently. drooping. In Brandies there has been a revival of business, • and buyers who have long held off have been forced into the market. • There has consequently been a pretty brisk demand during the past month, and an ad- vance: in quotations of about is per gallon hai been a very natural result. Fine qualities are very scarce, and buyers must pay our full quotations, as holders are more firm in their demands than they have been for at least twelve months past." • The Norfolk, Captain Young, arrived off Fal mouth on Thursday evening, from Melbourne, landed mails and passengers,' and proceeded on her way to London. She brings on freight 7,000 oz. of gold. The Australian mail steamer arrived at Southampton, to-day, has brought £76,000 in . specie. L 9 ON PR this week supported, but towards t we do not alt were cautiously met 1 lishedr but tlie mark receipt of the China 1 at Is Id, and the den landing, sold a and is the pa,rtner and The commercial letters from Paris state there are as yet scarcely any signs of revival in the foreign trade of France, either with England or other countries, and that little likelihood exists of such a result until the government shall have given some more definite assurances. Previously to the Ist of January there had been constantly increasing acti vity, especially in the transactions with Great Britain, and every one was looking forward to an intercourse more extensive and prosperous than at any former period. It is reported that the Peruvian Government propose to contract in this country a new loan of 10,000,0001., redeemable within five years, the whole of the guano revenue being mortgaged for its repayment. The liquidation of the existing foreign debt of Peru, 5,400,0001., is said to form part of the scheme, and it is supposed that the present stockholders will have the option of ex changing their securities for bonds in the n ew l oa n, or of receiving payment on terms to be hereafter adjusted. ths, 665. PAST CORN BANK OF ENC ;LAND RETURNS Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 23, for the week ending Wednesday,, Feb. _ „ 9, 1'59 the Copririt, ISSUE DEPARTMENT I 41 the . . DEBIT. Z. CREDIT. , Z Notes issued Other Securities Gold Coin and other 18, i 68,570 B union LONG HOURS. ff COTTO cotton market this wec £33,243,570 I BANKING DEPARTMENT DEETT. Z CREDIT. , Z Proprietor's :Capital. 14,553,000 Government Secu- t 10,696,147 Rest Public Deposits Other Deposits Seven-day, & ott Bills 11,484,98 C £40,52( Compared withihe 'returns of the previous week, the ahove shows the_folloWing results : lay ic other I 806,800- )ecrcasc Public Deposits baler Deposits 7,026,23—1 n 4,582,157—De 303,054 97,971 Government Sec 1 10,606,147 Other Securities N.ates . uuemployed 12;100,035• )ecieasl Increase FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Amsterdam Ditto Three Mouths 15 1 to 11 11 ... 17. ... 11 11 ... 17 11 23 ... 35 ... 25 Rotterdam Antwerp Brussels Hamburg!' Paris .... Ditto Marseilles Frankfort Vienna ... The English Funds opened with firmness this morning ; and although the subsequent feeling was rather less favourable, the market on the whole has been steady. The prices from Paris showed flatness, in consequence, it is presumed, of the irritating tone of the speech of Count Cavour, in tho • debate on the new Sardinian Loan. Money in • the Discount Market remains abundant, at 2 per cent. On the Continent the rates continue without the least variation. The tendency of the Continental Exchanges is towards firraness.•— Times City Article Thursday Evaiing. The Pun& opened this morning with increased firmness. •During the earlier part of the clay a fresh advance of per cent. was quoted. A check was subsequently given to the favourable tendency by. the receipt of dull accounts from the Paris Bourse, and the closing quotations were barely as good as those of yesterday. In the other departments of the Stock Exchange a tendency to improvement was likewise observable in the morning, followed by dulness in the afternoon. British Railway Stocks exhibited the chief buoyancy, owing to the settlement indicating a further absorption of stock. The Discount Market was rather more active to-day, and only in exceptional instances Could bills of aWO awn negooiated below 2.1, per . ',...... , • „ ... . • . • • e MONETARY AND COMMERCIAL. _ . 1 flat for Rontes at & for Money, . and 67 95 for ' cent. At Paris the French Funds closed -k to I lower than yesterday. The operations in bullion at the Bank r LIVERPOOL Friday Evening. Account. --- - -- . - - - - - . . . to4laywere unimportant the Clutha .has arrived from e 'The business done in the ' Liverpool Cotton The London . Stock Market has been tolerably Geelong, in eighty-two day, with 147,i00 in , old: e Market, to-day, ' reaches about ' 0,000 bale' of steady throughout the , day. Consols opened at ' The shipments of silver, by the Behar; for Bolay, X 242 o947;01300lfa lartheger awlad t :r h i ni a iik n a p i s v ot as loi cc yk a c n aon t n. i at e i i n p fiv a ne te asu d toi a lf a a m sl tl o unti n g t.., e which about - 3,000 have been taken for eculation about the closing prices of yesterday, and at noon . d and export. Prices have been very-firm Of the Were quoted at 951 to-95d for Money; at four , e week's business Messrs. Wright, n and Co., "o'clock they stood at •954- - to 951; and after• ju r., Government: ,,,. . The .,s "quotation , t l ll 4 l4 lo a s f d f a er y n 1. say : . official hours they were quoted at - 951 to 95A - . . • is The -Mica conveyed our last circular' advices of the Railway Shares were dull' in the early part of 80.-Daily News City Artiek, h 4th instant; at which date our Cotton market closed the day, and after improvhig a little closed • d quietly, with liberal offerings, at the qnotations then' weaker. The closing prices were as follows:- I given. The present week opened with a steadier feeling, Ambergate,'Nottinghara and Eastern Junction, 61-, YESTEFtDAY' ) f• and, the, bh,mess daily transacted has been to a. full '6'4 •; Caledonians, • 86 1 • Eastern Counties, 40 hogsheads Demerara, are reported at . 40s; 2,750 hags middling LrvEnPoof. Paboucn.--Cdloili S al; • g , average extent, but totally, devoid of animation, and , 621, 621; East Lancashire, :951, 961; Great • ore at 459 Ed to 46s • and 810 boles soft avann h ?tritiZlC:n•Ys 6dcwt.' Nothing ' - • • V ' a ' Per has occurred m Molasses: Le operations are chiefly, confined to :trade requirments. Northern 10' 1 Do. A 88, :89 ; ' -- Great Western, , ,)-, 2 -; o. •, The sales in Ruin amount to 143 puncheons, chiefiy,Demerarai The import is relatively small; but holders meet the without change. At public sale ao -barrels 'Ned ;ordinary 561 • Great Western of Canada, 161 ; Lan- „ Liulica .Cope were di-iposed of, at 57s 60 to 60s, and ' demand so - freely from' stock yn hand; that but little 200 bags it cas - hire- and Yorkshire, 961 ;London and North . only Ceara at 42s to 46s C;, ,4 1. per cwt. Of i ;/?,/ , " e :ce:,; ( ;: i v s e have: to notice impression is ink& towards a higher currency, althou,o Le the enlarged transactions of' the past day or two has Western, 961 •; London and South Western ' 951 ' 37) ,T ° s I tl a c g ' s"13 have er t g e a en sold at l £5 2s 6d, and 37 tons ' Guat W em ns ala Si ru n s i t s i b e id tended - to increase the' firmness . of sellers, . and resulted 96 ; Leeds Northern, - 481, - 48:1 ; Manchester, at £6 las perlon. Ashes - are quiet; 'Pets at 395; and Pearls at 10 in a artiai. - advalice of Id per,lb. The American advices Sheffield, and - Lincolnshire, 381 ;- Midland Stock, 32s ; 130 bags Nitrate of Soda:taken at 14s 6d to .14s 9d; and 300 bags Saltpetre at 41s to 4as per cwt., for 7i to 4 per cent• retrac e- per :Niagara go far to establish the views of outside figures 1021 _lO2l ; North British, 621,621;50uth Eastern don. The sales in Brimstone are 50 tons, at £8 ss• for seconds, ; ( .I for crop ' , - esiiiaates being realised, by continuing to and ' Dover, 741, 741 ; York,.Neweastle, and Ber- and £7 17s 6d for thirds ; the entire- business for ' the week le report" "fre6 receipts .and accumulating stocks, in the wick 94 ; York and North Midland, 781, 79. does not creed 150 es tous e , en aLL7 17s a 6LI t ti eri ftti e r1v a n x d ar a e t is shipping ports, and, 'although prices were maintained After official hours, the - prices were for Public reperre e cf at °' s9ss ic p ' er cwt. ; and 3 tons'Frerich Tartaric Aetidiat , t, with much firmness, there yet remains a•lai . ge portion of Securities find Shares as follows . :-Consols for is Sid per lb. Oils : Only a limited business doing In d. such stock, and what reas still to conic in, for future Mcnie* and Account, 9 " 9' l• Three per - Cents. o- ii , 0,,-, Palmott L 43 to ! Ta Hoic""steady - 444 p 9: . on, .and . . nothing done ia Olive. at' previous ' prices. Lard quoted at 59s distribution and which it is expected will be . controlled - 7 •• • io usg, - 96 , Bank Stock, 227 ; 229; Exchequer Bills; for Tuscan; and at 60s to 62s for American - ; small sales of Rosin by the adverse turn political events have imparted to the - 1 , ' 6 l 6s . at 4s Ild to•Ss for 091DIROU ; des refused for Spirts of TUrpentine, ; trade. Many are disposed to 'regard the latter in a more Large and small, 33, 36 pm. Ambergate, ii, 7 4 , and 41s per clot, 'denianded. In Seeds, we have to notice 750 '3' pacifiC 'fight ; but the angry attitude of affairs between Caledonian, 86, 86-; Do. Preference,.lo3, 105 ; bags Bombay Linseed at 535; 1,360. bags Calcutta at 50s 3d per Warlike • ~ 97 a-Shire, 90, ; 35 casks 80 . bags ' American Red Clover Seed at 18 France, :Austria, and Sardinia, and the active Eastern Counties, 62, 63; East Lanc.cortT s - and _ , kt •k 'st d • ef preparations still in progress, are sufficiently indicative Edinburgh and Glasgow, 7Ol, 7 ' ll ; Great to •575, up to 58s per cwt. The Jutc-mar e • eeps ea y , at auction, 630 bales found buyers at £l6 to $22 108 per ton, A that openhOstilifics are delayed Only in deference to other Northern, 105, 1051 ; Do. A., 88, 90 ; Do.. 8., 137, being previous rates; '' . s warlike aspect of Cow -1 powers and the commercial Public, and have more the elle,- 139; Great . Western, 56, 561; .Lancashire and ti Liv t e a ror ti 2ro al . . rs -The r a a n th t e na r less trade ho _, I hester, es ratter of a respite for the purpose of 'obtaining, by . fresh Yorkshire, 951; 961 •; Brighton, 1031; 1091; have given rise to a' more extended business in our . cotton-mar-, as loans, sufficieut funds to conduct a campaign, than assu- North Western, 951, 961; South Western, 924, ket during the past week.' The opetatiOns of the trade' rance.s'of a desire to preserve 'peace. Eventuate as this speculators and export-re . have been all on a . liberal scale, us 931, ex. div. ; Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln, `resulting in large daily sales, but holders continue such - free td may, confidence in-monetary and business circles is limited, 3 8, 39 ; Midland, 102, 102-k ; North British, 62, sellers, and meet the demand in such quantity, that the market , and until the hMizon - be - cleared of .the present obscuritybut little animation, and the advance obtained' for 621; Do..Preferenee, 111, 113 ; North Eastern- F ' caution will be theprevailing - f The demand eature. has Ame s rt c an desmintions amounts io barely Id per lb. 'Brazil and ad - Berwick 93 1 94 • Do. Leeds, 48 1 , 481 Do. York, Egyptian in fair demand, at late rates. ' .- Surat-rather more sale continues active, and the sales th-day arc estimated at ~. ' ,?' ' ' 4 • 4 , iB l - 79 •• North Stafford 4 1 4 1 ex div • South • able. The weekly sales . are 67,710 bales, of which 9,630 are on al‘ci.A.RsKivtafsnre.el'ria: Li:at s:s o c 7 f ° . 48 n .t_ s h e e, e : - . a 10,000, 3,000 to speculators and exporters, at full prices; - ?, , _ , 4 , e t • • Eastern, 741, 7o; Turkish Sixes, 891, 901 •; Do. speculation,' and 5,749 for export. he it is, however - freely met by holders, and the THIS WEER. Prices an 'Cur. Prices. la, market in closing steadily is free from excitement. Fours, 1021, 103; Great Western of Canada, 16, ) 3 The total sales of the week, including what has been for- 161; New, 41, 41; Grand Trunk of Canada, 71, 8. Import. Sal es. ' Phis Week. Mid. Fair. Lr, warded ,from the ship's . side, amount to 67,710 bales, of By the City of Washington, three days later _- d. d. d. d. th which . 58,880 are American. SpeculatorS have taken news has been received from New York. She , i 930 Sea Island ... 'i to 21' 12A to 14 e, - 9,630, and exporters 5,749, leavino. "52,331 bales of all brought $177,698 in• specie. The California 3,00 ' 1 15,010 Upland - t ,440 r- kinds to the . trade. The import '?or the same time is 8,710 Mobile steamer had arrived , at New York,with $1,300,000 . ' ; 13,637 14.230 New Orleans . i 7 7A 6 13-16 7 3-16 31 ' 9 6 7 7 7-16 id 34,63'bales, of which 20,307 are,American. The quan-. in gold. The NeW York Stock Market was heavy, , 2,763 1,740 Brazil tity known to be at sea' from American ports is about 1,347 2 270 we 5 10i 7, ' 7 3 22,860 to 37, 000 bales. , and prices were loivering. The market for Rail- . 105 ' west • 7 4 India - - 7 I • 1,430 s, road Shares was very unsteady, and prices, after a 9,941 4,820 East India PRICES TO-DIY : -- ,th N. Orleans Fair, 7 7-16d..11iddling, 6 15-16d:.Ordinary, 4fd to 61-d temporary advance, were lower than the previous 30,800 67,710 Total 38,462 a- Mobile „ ' 7 3-16 d „ 6 13-16 d „ 5d to Rd week. Exchange on London was not active. re Atlantic 6 15-16 d , 64d 5d to sid • General business was on the improvement. LIVERPOOL Corm-Supplies since -Tuesday are light, and Total takenfolconsumption, 1 ' 859,261,650 b15....1 ' 8 ' 58, 272,310 bales. though the trade has been inactive, yet a moderate business has Le , export (actual) . .„ 25,480 „ „ 12,451 „ A meeting of the creditors of Messrs. Wells and been from day to - day going on, and the stocks of grain rather LIVERPOOL Conx.—Supplies since Tuesday are light, and though the trade has been inactive, yet a moderate business has been from day to day going on, and the stocks of grain rather decreasing. As tie principal coin houses in this town are united and bound together in what is called the corn Association, their decree becotnes a fiat that they must each respect, consequently the intolerable nuisance of the cental will continue until it is their pleasure to revoke present standing orders, but.the gratifi cation is ours, of feeling assured that the obstructing influence of this new standard of value will not extend beyond the limits, of this port. The market was thinly attended, and the trade quite of a retail character. As regards the value of all articles, we make not any change in our quotations. American Oaty Red Wheat 5s Gd to 6a.; French Red 6s 3d. to 6s 4d, White 6s 9d to is ; Danzig 7s 10d to 8s 2d per 701bs. Yellow and Mixed Maize 29s 6d to 31s, and White 33s to 35s Gd per 480 lbs. Irish Old Oats is 4d to 3s Bd. Scotch and Foreign 4s to 4s 4d per 45 lbs. Barrel Flour ranges from 20s to 25s per 193 lbs. Sack Flour from 29s to 37s per 280 lbs. Oatmeal 24s Gd to 26s per 240 lbs. Irish 'Red Wheat 5s 3d to 6s, White as 4cl to 6s 8d per 701bs. Oats 2s 9d to 3s 4d per 45 lbs. FOWLER & FILEAN. LIVERPOOL RlDE.—Sales this week : 355 salted Buenos Ayres ox hides, average 61k per lbs., at 7id per lb. ; tare 5 lbs. 145 ditto, 621 lbs., at 7id per lb. ; tare 5 lbs.. 640 ditto, 67 ibs., at per lb. • tare 6 lbs. 102 ditto, 49 lbs., at 7fd per lb. ; tare 4 lbs. 1,520 saltedßio Grande ox hides, average 621b5., at 6-ad per lb. ; tare 5 lbs. 4,802 salted.Buenos Ayres horse hides, average 32 lbs., at Ils 6d each. 50 date, 3* lbs., at lls 9d each. 88 pipes South American tallow : good, 53s 9d ; yellow, 525; dull, 51s 3d to 52s 3d per cwt. 404 boxes mare's grease at 38s to 38s 6d per cwt. 16 tons Smyrna Valonia at £l6 per ton. 10 tons ditto at £l5 7s 6d per ton. - 270 tons South American bone ush at £5 to £5 5s per ton. 20 tons ditto at £5 12s 6d. 50 tons cattle bones : legs, £5 15s; grinding, £5 7s 65. 17,375 Bombay buffalo horns, aver ... ; damaged at 2.5 s per cwt. I large business has been don( and prices of both yarns ane the last two da The - contmental bilyers still and at the cornmer dos last week's lent prices the (1( nd somewhat revived, s. Refined• continues 2s 6d to 54s dull of sale, and lumps rest The quantity offered in public have been fully supported. chiefly consisted of forced parcels to be sold witho and to-dap, - afterthe igou has been bought 4d to 2s ad. Cotton : A. limited busiues done at previous rates. Rice steady in prices, but the demand limited. Rum : Demerara proof sold at 2s Id to 2s 2d ; common leeward, Is 7d. Saltpetre : A fair amount of business done at about nre vious rates. Spices : Rather a large quantity offered this morn ing; and pric"s have been supported. Indigo : Third day - There was a better demand for middling and good Bengal for export owing to the withdrawal 0f1.,132 chests ; prices stin,-- - improvement on the rates previously in good request, and the middl searciV, have, brought the last, sale'i r - ates; ordinary and low sold at a slight reduction ; dry leaf Madras, especially qualities from 2s 9d to 3s 3d, were in fair request, at last sale's prices. 5,400 chests have now passed the sale, of which 2,450 have been withdrawn, and 910 bought in, leaving 2,049 sold. Markets generally have been quiet this week. LONDON Conß.—The attendsne' very quiet ; ptices of most ar supply of home-grown grain_was small. Inv - grain into London this week were reported this :not:ling moderate of wheat, small of barley, and only .250 qrs. of oat. Wheat : English fine dry parcels quite as dear as last Monday but clamp samples, affected by the dampness of the air, were slow to sell ; foreign unaltered in value. Flour quiet at lastMonda currency. Ling aid hod. Kurpihs were to their f the trade was fair, the tone tides of the trade unaltered ; the e subjoined prices Y.C. on the spot LONDON TALLOW.--The market is firm at ti Town tallow, 52s nett cash ; Petersburg 53s 3d to 43s Gd; at or before the end of ➢iarch, 53s 6d only, 53s Gd ; April, 535 to 53s 3d; April to June, 5259 d ; October to December, 52s Gd to 52s 9d. RLD Coax. —The wheat trade is dull. Factors ar lisposed to make a little concession in pri and beanS, which were Is highs lArt:—There is but little inelina articles no change, a to do' business, and the market is flat. The parcels offering are principally crystalised, for which the demand is at present inactive; stocks of other kinds of grocery are exhausted, the trade depending .ners'.produce, which maintains foimei value and -remain-6 Coax BUTTXR. —The supply to-day was over 200 firkins. The quotations were. for hits, 130 s ; 2nds, 130 i; 3rds, 103 s ; 4ths, upplics liberal ; wheat firmer hi dearer, and demand active for all descriptions. At th Exchange a moderate business done in white Indian con and Ghirka wheat at £9155., No change in other stuffs, number of p ranged from 44s 6d to 50 -Home . wheat, but; little on market and in Barley Very little inquiry; fair supply. scarce ; more money asked ; low qualities ly in request. - Maize : ,t market t remain unsold. Foreign wheat str No buyers. Flour more inquired aft GLISGOW Cot day's prices A fair d - einand for most articles at Wecliac A little more animation in transactions of importance have taken place. sold is at fully higher rates than this day wee so small that no What has been GLASGOW PIG litox. —The pig iron market has been rather steadier to=day, and business was done at 51s 3d, cash; closing, sellers at that price, and buyers at 51s. The full quotations were— No. 1,50 s to 50s 6d; warrants, Ms to 51s 3d ; maker's iron, 50s to 50s 3d ; No. 3,50 s to 50s 3d per ton. . - NOTTixonA3l, Thursday.—There is a little improvement in the lace trade. The German houses are doing better than for some months past; still many, of the machine holders prefer com pletely standing to working on speculation: The stocks of all kinds are consequently , extremely low, and should there be a revival, good-prices must be obtained. There are a few pieces of ich surplis - es th plain nets, quillings, and spotted netS are in good demand. It is ,ald the failure of Mr. W. S. Moore will turn out not so well for the creditors as was at first anticipated. There is a little improvement in the brown net trade, and many of the machines are working more hours. The hosiery trade continues •most satisfactory. BRADFORD. Thursday.—The demand for-combing wool of all kinds still continues very lialited, and prices are, consequently, on the decline, the bnyer obtaining a reduction to the extent of I d told per lb. There is not so active a demand as there was for mils and charts, and prices are a shade in favour of the buvex In worsted. yarns :there is much less buoyancy than there was. The export houses have for some time past been very inactive. The orders given out some time azo are b to lc ready for delivery, and there are no new orders now given, The market, however, is remarkably destitute of stock. The demand for home consumption is as yet unabated; but prices. are beginning to.suffer l'ona the depressing influence of the unsettled condition of continental affairs, although they have been sustained till now with re m ar k a bl e vigour. Cotton yarns are not in brisk demand ; prices remain steady. The piece department has been unusually qMet. The attendance of mer chants has been rather scantier than usual. BANKRUPTS. Wm. Trigg, timber merchant, Witlev, near Godahrting. ' Wm. Pappiill Collins and Henry Edward Collins, .mapsellers, Paternoster-row. Edwd, Body. furniture dealer, Kensington. Edwd. Yapp, butcher, Leominster. Francis Hollington, draper, Worcester. John.Leake, wine merchant, Newark on Trent. Michael Holloway Dean, grocer, AShbourne, Derbyshire. Henry WOod Baker Long Eaton, Derbyshire: William Jennings, face dresser, Sneinton, Nottinghamshire. Henry John. Groves, music seller, Newport, Monmouthshire. Philip .Tones Hanker, Mydyddvsllwyn, Monmouthshire. Robt. Wells, wholesale tea dealer and grocer, Bristol ; also car rying on business at Newport, Monmouthshire, under the firm of Wells, Russell, and Co. John Peter George Smith, banker, Liverpool. John Collingwood Tarleton, shipowner of Rhyl, Flintshire. James Scholfleld, grease manufacturer, Vicara Mob's, near. Rochdale. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED, Arthur McDonald, victualler, Kin,;Aoa-on-Hull. A marriage was celebrated in Leicester the other day under rather singular circumstances. The bride was a widow, and the bridegroom a widower. The son of the bride acted as father, and gave away his mother, while the daughter of ;:hg lirideffrogin Giciated as bridesmaid. —Slam ford Mercury. 37 37 118 70 75 36 49 The mi I SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE• HIGH WATER Feight. 12 0 WIND At LIVERPOOL ~ iioLYil.g.Al3;. .. Ceara NVoric AntigtrP ombili GuaYra_ rd, NeNv Yom • . AthenS Batsol 31 POOL, Feb. 11. was lost on the Ist n t, off w rwo r t ehrdo.c assistance, and was subsequently put The Little Jane, Alfred, hence fog Holyhead, with loss of bowsprit, - &c., the Bay with the Mechanic, hence . to D Tbn bales of cotton, ou the deck of the ship William WoodlyarT , in Mobilo , Bay, bound to Havre, were destroyed by fire on the 19th Jan. The Orient, Hill, hence at New York, had lost jibboom, head,. &c., from collision with the brig William Wilson, from Oujda' Bolivar. The British ship Bride was at Hong lic leaky- _ The Conrad, Thomson, from Hondur fouadland, for. Queenstown, leaky, and with rudder The Norfolk, which left Melbourne on the 28th N( arrived off Falmouth ; she has brought gold equal to £162,572 . The Katandin, for Charleston, has put back wih loss ox s.alS and one man overboard. The Anne Porter. arri Mechens, Midas, and Fra Johns, New' left Paraiba 6th Jan. ; the .ved .1 =is 110:13 , were at —er Majesty's brig 'Wizard became a total wreck on the small Seal Rock, near the lighthouse, in Bantryßayi entering Castle' town Harbour, on Tuesday night last. _ Thekustrian brig Josip ° Saviinach, lying off passage for orders since the 25th ult., fouled her anchor, and drove on a bank situated under the Church of Ballyhack at 10 a.m. on the 10th inst. At 9.30 p.m. she came off with some damage. BOULOGNE, Feb. 9.—The fine weather favours the exertions of Captain Russell(frona Lloyd's) and a numhernf hands in gettine out the valuable cargo of the Jubilee, on shore on the sands on Berck. The'ship has settled in a hole in the sands which she lise formed herself, and at low water lies in , uine feet of water for ward, and four feet aft. Last night, at high water, she had feet 6 inches in her hold, from which little doubt can exist bill. that the bulk of the tea in the hold will - be much damaged. Nearly all the silk, with the exception of about 420 bales, hag been got out, and is stored in a building on the sand, some three or four miles from the ship. One of the General Steam Navige' tion Company's steamers lies off, having been chartered to Wl e a portion of the cargo to London. The French authorities illy aiding those engaged at the wreck all they can, and evince e desire to render every possible assistance. MARSEILLES, Feb. 9.—A brig, abandoned by the' crew, had come on shore near Norlew Feb. 6, and which, by the papre build on board, appeared to be the Mentor, Endro, of Stettin, from Hartlepool (ooals and iron) for Stettin ; the crew' , had probably been drowned in endeavouring to save themselves 1/ their own _boat. . The Morning Star, from Can" ,ta ; Aurora, Alexandria; Addison Sailed : The Satellite, f°' GRAVEST:ND, Feb. 11.—Arrived ton ; Sir George Pollock, Cali - - Gilbert, Calcutta; Avon, Berbice Algoa Bay; Orkney Lass, Hobart Town. DEAL Feb. 11.—Arrived and Passed: The Aix Nicholas, from Alexandria to Leith ; Transit, Antwerp to westward ; Vouc (near Marseilles), from Dunkerque; Mariner's Barque* Madras to London; Sanspareil, St. Michael's to London; Pick wick, Smyrna for orders ; Andromache, London to Port Phial' Glentanner, to Moreton. Bay, put back. WATERFORD, Feb. 12.—A - srived : The City of Paris Milford ; Shamrock (s), and Malakoff (s), both Bristol The City of. Paris (s), for Milford; Dublin (ss), LOndon asgovi ; GanEmeir, Feb. 11.—Arrived Sailed : The Vasco De Game, for Lisbon .BELFAST, Feb. 11.—Sailed : The Auroe QUEENSTOWN, Feb. 11.—Arrived : TI Buenos Ayres ; Rolston, Mauritius ; Don (through stress of weather) ; Bolin°, Valparaiso goes to Livetpool) ; InduAry, Galatz. Sailed The Virg - Quec )tt, Cardiff fc tgle, for London: DUBLIN, Feb. 11 Elizabeth; Bridgewater Ann. Lib Ira, Dunber (s.s.), froni ilavannah at New York. from Clyde, and Robert Leonard, from Ardr both at toston. neral Thirty-one States, Conciu cleared at Charleston for Liverpool to 20th J Rhine, hence at Vera Cruz. Revenue, Robinson, hence at New Orlean Wallace, Lane, hence at Savannah. Rosalie, hence at Savannah. • Cawline Reed, from Plymoutl R. H. Dixey, hence at Phi'ado Ocean Queen, hence at Calent ,Ladras J ;e at Singa' 1g Kong - II Kong DE Dutchman, St Mich liQppet 80, for Char The British barque Courier, with Dec., goitig !uto Guaymas. Ott the barat the fOrmei arid Lori - Light breez —Strong.bree York Lombard. maple 'Stadt Appir b., but a, from Cipro• for London. New Torb• ',Oll-7 01 ad LC on a° Corouilla Ate A S' Easehade,'Heyt, her .deroga; hence at Ho Uncle Toby, hem Martaban, sailed War Cloud, sailed fr . orn Calcutt: Dina Mulock,salled from Math' rom Singa Milburn, 5 for tilex"andria. Matilda, Davies, hence atIS Susan Douglas, Hooks, hen Rosalia,le:, hen Giovanni, Cafiero, s lonia (ss), Bonfello I Naples Sejah it 'Bahri -(Eivpt. Gov Malta for Lts'erpool Feb. 1. Jacob, hence at. Fernando Po. Harry Clem, hence at St. Johr Aghii, Sofia (ss), Parke, from Slily left on the 4th for Liverpool. Laconia (ss), hence at Malta Feb. 3, Araxes (ss), Horsfall, hence at Mal 4th for Alexandria. Feb, 2, ,t Malta a Feb. 3, anc Lnpi, hence at Malta Feb. 4. Beatrice, Pengelly, hence at Malta Feb. 4 CALCUTTA, Jan. 1 Simla, Liverpool. 3. War Cloud, Live MADRAS, Jan. 11.—Arrived : pool. Sailed : The Dina Mulock siNG A poan, Jan. s.—Anivecl Dec. 22 Arrii , ed : T 25. Ticonderoga, Liverpool from Lics". from Liver- HORTICULTURAL AND FLORAL EXHIBITION. TO THE EDITOR , OF THE NOR Vill you be so kind as to find space in Your TIIERN S widely-circulated pa, tions, to show the public that I Wanted to encourage the working a few .observer can see what IS classes.? There is a class no good for either king or count . , , will neither work, nor anything but plunder, or Co mit other crimes. Now, sir, I intend showing you what can be done to encourage industrious labo - uiers in a neighbourhood around Liverpool. Tlv- - Institutes and lectures for the poor; if 0 - or hear them in winter months cry v what lutist they do on long summ( even re are U very weLL suppose they must go .to the publ bowling-greens, &e. Sir, if the look forward to benefit the labourer, or the working classes-4 have visited all the neighbouring' shows, and I am sorr y t o say th e m a jority of the higher classes can not see the evil. First place I take Hale : the cottager brings in pronortioo better plants in flower, better fruit and vc, than the amateur. How is this? Th e show 15. -hcniges or rich will stables, supported and the public take interest in it ; when the rich will set an example the industrious will follow. Next is Wigan, carried, in the saws light, the head gentlemen on the ground making all the comfort they can for the working classes ; those that have not a pier have nothing to do but speak. e of ground I t' if these • shows were more numerous. round Liter pool, it would be a great benefit both to rich, and poor. The gentleman's gardener, if he takes an interest in this, will try to grow his Produce' better and finer. There is always something fresh to learn: if there is anythin g fresh or new it Nvi! ! be seen by the public. Th e y oung, gar de ner wi" learn something; the labourer will pass his sumnle. r , evenings in his ga r d en , t o ma k e t h e most o f it, 11 he can take the produce to an exhibition, and get a prize or two. It will encourage him to stag more at hoMe. •I, the writer, subscribe to all' My dear friends, bah rich and "poor,: I hope Ye ll forward for the benefit of your country You shall hear more from me en will look practically another clay —I am, yours, &c FLORIST. CAPTURE OF A GHOST.— For several nights during al e past week, _the sentries on duty at landguard Fort have been alarmed by an apparently supernatural appear ance. On Sunday night last this was again observed, and the sentry then on duty, being more courageou s than his predecessors, challenged th e apparition bu t receiving no reply, charged, upon w hi c h th e ghost del in a most ignominious manner. Th e sen t ry th en turned out the guard ; a search was at once instituted, and the ghost was found under -a bed i n th e barracks, in th e shape of soldier, with a pillow round his head,, all enveloped in a sheet. The " would-be-ghost," a private of the 56th Regiment, was sent to the camp, Colchester, on Monday, for trial by court-martial. The affair 1 1 1 created a great deal of excitement in the barracks, Ari,u, had the offender not b een f oun d out, t h e resu lt align* have been serious, M it is, he will probably have tQ pay dearly fin his frok,--4cwich .Ex.presi. CI CIT RA; CIT X3k Cla ,Cl 3 Iturt third Bu rl Year .44 ITZ to 41 004 v Bu rt tt A 1,5~ sri T ~` f