The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-24 00:00:00

DOCTOR MACHALE AND LORD CLIFFORD

A letter from Doctor MACHALE to Lord CLIFFORD in reply
to his Lordship's recent brochure, exhibits a full-length
picture of the Popish bigot, and the jesuitical equivocator.
The Christian charity of the titular Archbishop of TUAM will
not admit a Protestant of any description to be a Christian
at all, and he rebukes his lay communicant, Lord CLIFFORD,
not merely for admitting the British Protestant to be a
Christian, but for applying the term Christian to himself,
instead of Catholic. The former we know is the language of
the Apostles—the latter the language of the Popes. But let
us hear the Acatholic doctor:—

" You must be aware (quoth this usurper to the lay peer of
his communion) of the offensive oath that is still taken by
sume of your lordship's companions on the same benches,
associating with our holy religion the guilt of idolatry. Yet,
with these facts staring you in the face, you must adopt a new
and accommodating phraseology, and, instead of styling him-
self a Catholic, your letters are to be considered as ' addressed
by a British Christian in communion with the See of Rome,
to a British Christian not in communion with the See of
Rome!

" I, too, am for burying in oblivion the angry remembrance
of ancient bigotry, not, however, at the expense of altering
the ancient and apostolic language of the church. Catholic
is a term hallowed in that creed which we lisp from our infoncy;
it was considered by St. Augustine as one of the most efful-
gent of the characters of the church. Your lordship will not
forget that in Italy, of which you are so fond, Christian and
Catholic are so identified that to him who is not the latter,
the phrase applied to the people generallv is ''NON E CHRIS-
TIAN° ;' and lest your lordship should not deem popular
phrases correct theological standards, allow me to remind you
of the language of St. Cyprian, that he who is not in the
church cfChrist is not a Christian.' "
This is plain speaking. The Church of Rome, in the Doc-
tor's vocabulary, is " the CHURCH OF CHRIST" spoken of by
ST. CYPRIAN—ergo, WHOSOEVER IS NOT OF THE CHURCH
OF ROME, IS NOT A CHRISTIAN
What will your Liberal Homan Catholics say of this doc-
trine of the church in the 19th century ? Is not her spirit
very much mitigated ? Yes; as much as the Ethiop's hue,
or the leopard's spots, or the tiger's ferocity, or the serpent's
venom.

CONTINENTAL FARE FOR CONTINENTAL WAGES.—
" At the beginning of winter, the peasant fares well : eats
wholesome rye-bread," [in common with the horses] " and
plenty of it. Towards spring, his stores, never well hus-
banded," [how can they be, when the horse is considered the
superior animal of the two, and his demand is so much more
extensive ?] " begin to fail, and the coarse rye-flour is eked
out with a little chopped straw ;" [coarser sort of food] but
when the season is prolonged, this position is reversed, and
it is the straw which becomes the chief ingredient of the loaf
which is to fill and not nourish his body " [herring soup]—
" so much so that on exposure to fire this wretched bread "
" will ignite and blaze like a torch."—Letter:
jcb.oignili onapßallic, by a Lady.

THE SLAVE TRADE.Iiat is with unmingled feelings of
pride and satisfaction t t we announce to the public the
conclusion and signature of a treaty by the five great powers
of Europe—Great Britain, France, Prussia, Austria, arid
Russia—for the more effectual suppression of that greatest
of modern crimes—the slave trade. This important and holy
convention was signed yesterday, at the Foreign-office, by
the representatives of the Monarchs who are parties thereto.
It declares the slave trade to be piracy, and concedes, con-
firms, and extends the powers known as the mutual right of
search. The stipulations entered into at the Congress of
Vienna are thus, after six-and-twenty years of succeeding
hopes and disappointments, of impotent negotiations and ill:
implemented conventions, fulfilled ; and the slave trade is
now, so far as Europe is concerned, a crime of the deepest
die by the law of nations.—Herald of Tuesday.

THE MINING SPECULATIONS.—RE CAVE.—The ad-
journed examination in this irrn ortant case took place on
Tuesday week. Sir Charles Williams, in discharging the
bankrupt, admonished him in severe terms for the unfair and
deceptive means he had pursued in obtaining shareholders.
It appeared that the total loss upon the bankrupt's mining
transactions amounted to no less than £194,017, of which
£120,000 was sustained by fifteen clergymen. It appeared,
also, that while he was thus carrying on his speculations he
purchased from 20 to £24,000 worth of pictures'; arid that,
in 1828, when be had only £1 4s. at his credit with the Bank
of England, and about £4 in another bank, he gave away
about £7OOO in presents to his friends, and offered to di,pose
of his mines for £20,000 or £30,000 at the moment that he
was about fingering an equal sum for certain shares in them.
The commissioner said that as there appeared no fraud or
deception in making out the accounts, he must pass the
bankrupt, but it would be for the creditors to judge for them-
selves, if they would coincide in that or adopt any other steps.
He hoped the exposure of this case would deter the public
from rashly engaging in similar schemes in future.

FEROCIOUS BRUTALITY.—TO the catalogue of daring
crimes described in the public prints during the last few
months, we have to add the perpetration of an outrage com-
mitted a short time since near Cheddar. whi6ll, for the atro-
city of the act, and the savage barbarity with which it was
accompanied, surpasses, in extent of wanton cruelty, any-
thing which it has for a long time been our office to record.
A poor woman returning from market, after nightfall, to her
home, was suddenly accosted by three footpads, who fiercely
demanded her money. The poor creature instantly delivered
up the whole of her little treasure, the produce of her market
transactions ; but whether the ruffians were disappointed by
the smallness of the amount, and were resolved on rifling all
her under-garments, or whether they were solely influenced
by the promptings of diabolical ferocity, they literally strip-
ped her of every particle of clothing, and left her, in that
state of dreadful destitution, to the chance of casual charity,
or to perish by the way side, under the complicated agonies
of terror, cold, and tortured modesty. This surely is a case
calling for the vengeance of justice in all its severity.—Bath
Herald.

BURNING OF A LETTER FROM THE QUEEN'S SECRE-
TARY OF STATE.-Our readers will recollect that a few
weeks ago we stated that the Beverly town-council had sent
up a memorial to the home secretary, to remonstrate with
him upon the nomination of several gentlemen of conserva-
tive principles to be justices of the borough without the leave
and approbation of their own sapient and intelligent body.
The result was at once anticipated by all sensible persons,
and the application caused some amusement at the expense
of the collective wisdom. Sir J. Graham's courteous reply
caine in due course; informing the mayor that the council
had nothing whatever to do with the recommendation ofjus-
tices. A meeting of the town-council was forthwith con-
vened, and the mayor (de facto though not de jure) was in
the chair. Mr. Alderman Simpson moved that the memo-
rial sent to the home secretary, together with his answer, be
read—which was done ; and then it was moved by him, and
seconded by Mr. Fussey, that the reply be entered on the
minutes. Mr. Daniel Boyes moved, as an amendment, that
it be committed to the flames as an insult to the council;
and this was seconded'by Mr. Edward Page, and carried by
ten to three ; and the beadle was called in, and the letter
handed to him by his worship, who forthwith put into the
fire, to the great amusement of the audience.—Hull Times.

It is now definitely arranged that the long expected nuptials
of his Highness Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, eldest son of his
Excellency Prince Esterhazy, ambassador at the British
Court from the Emperor of Austria and the Lady Sarah
Villiers, the lovely and accomplished daughter of the Earl
and Countes of Jersey, are to be solemnized on Saturday
week, the Ist of January. The marriage is to be as private
as possible, in consequence of the recent demise of the ven-
erable Earl of Westmorland, the maternal grandfather of the
fair betrothed. His Excellency Prince Esterhazy is, not-
withstanding reports to the contrary, likely to be present at
the ceremony, for his highness was to leave Vienna at the
close of the last week for this country, and it is expected will
arrive at Chandos House, the Austrian embassy, by Monday
or Tuesday next. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Gloucester has presented a very valuable abtrilet to the fair
fiancee, set with brilliants of the finest water, with the princely
ciphers in the centre of the same precious stones. Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Cambridge has also presented her
ladyship with a costly souvenir,itis a splendid diamond aigrette.
It was originally intended by the Countess of Jersey to have
given a sumptuous ddeuner to. a highly distinguished and
very numerous circle of friends on the interesting occasion of
the marriage of her beautiful daughter, and of course on a
~tale and splendour suited to the elevated rank of the prince,
but from the circumstance before mentioned the wedding
party is to be very select.

DREADFUL EXPLOSION AND ALARMING FIRES IN DUN-
DEF.—About half-past nine on Thursday night, an alarm
spread that the mill at the West Wards, Scouringburn,
Dundee, belonging to Messrs. Wyllie and Johnson, was on
fire. In a short time the engines were on the spot, and the
efforts of the firemen were directed to the seat of the fire ;
but, finding that the flames burst forth with repulsive and
redoubled fury, they abandoned the spot, and immediately
commenced operations a few paces farther eastward. From
the combustible nature of the contents of the heckling house,
the fire rapidly spread, gutting the building. In an incredi-
bly short time after the fire at Wyllie and Johnson's mill
was discovered, an accident of a much more serious nature
occurred at the Gas Works—one of the tanks (gas-holders)
having exploded. The building i❑ which the tank was placed
was instantaneously levelled with the ground, the walls of it
being thrown flat almost in a solid mass. Fortunately, the
only part of the works in which there were any of the work-
men, or any human being, was the retort house, closely ad-
joining the east end of the tank ; and the consequence is,
that we have not to record the death of more than two boys
who were sitting in the retort house. Seven workmen em-
ployed there escaped with one exception, without injury, and
that slight. The effect of the shock upon the adjoining
buildings was dreadful. A number of the houses in Gas
Work Lane, and some in Blackscroft, have been unroofed.
The windows of Prince's-street Chapel and in houses as far
up as the Wallacetown Church have been smashed. In
almost all the houses along Blackseroft, they have met with
the same fate. In many instances, the window shutters
which were closed have been forced from their hinges, and
even cellar doors which were locked have been burst open.
The shock of the explosion was felt all over the town, and in
a great many places the gas was immediately extinguished by
it ; and, in the course of a very short time, the town, with
the exception of those parts of it supplied from the tank at
the west end, in the immediate vicinity of the fire at Wyllie
and Johnson's premises, was in darkness. The confusion
over the whole town was great ; some rushing to the fire at
the west and others to the fire at the east end, and none
knowing where the greatest injury might be done.—Thintife
Advertiser,

ROMANCE FROM AMERICA.--A young female, possessed
of great beauty, and most elegantly attired, whose name ap-
peared on the charge-sheet as Ellen Rosalind Holmes, was
brought before Mr. Duffy, at the Henry-street police-office,
by police-constable 127 C, who stated, that at a rather late
hour the previous night he was on duty in Sackville-street,
and hearing a noise in Elephant-lane he went to ascertain the
cause ; he saw four or five girls along with, or rather encir-
cling the prisoner ; they were abusing each other, and caus-
ing a great disturbance • when they saw him coming they all,
with the exception of the prisoner, ran away ; but the pri-
soner refused to go, telling him she was a lady, though he was
hardly inclined to believe the statement in consequence of her
conduct ; so the short and long of the matter was, that he
took her to the station-house, and charged her with being
disorderly in the street. The prisoner, in reply to Mr.
Duffy, stated that she was a native of New York, where her
friends, who she said were highly connected, reside, and that
about two years ago a titled English gentleman (she refused
to tell his name) was introduced into her family. He paid
her great attention for some time, and wanted her to marry
him privately • but this she at first refused to do, telling him
her father could give her a princely dowry, and that she was
willing to become his wife with the consent of her parents.
He refused this, and continued to press his addresses with
such zeal, that she in a moment of weakness was induced to
elope with him ; and in order to prevent a discovery, she put
on male attire, and pas-ed as his lordship's page. lie
brought her to Europe, and visited the " Eternal City"
(Rome), where they passed some months, and thence they
travelled Germany, Spain, and all the continental countries ;
at last they came to the great English " Babylon" (London)
where she doffed her page's apparel, and was introduced into
the first circles of society, where she passed as the bride of
her destroyer ; they came to Dublin a short time since, when
shortly afterwards he departed, she knew not whither, leav-
ing her in a very distressed state, so far as her mind was
concerned, but with a tolerably large purse to support her.
The occasion of her being out so late was, that she heard his
lordship was stopping at Kingstown, whither she went to
search of him, but without succeess, and on her return, she
was attacked by a number of girls, from whom she was com-
pelled to defend herself in the best manner she could ; she
was willing to pay any penalty that might be imposed on her
for the improper manner in which it was stated she had con-
duced herself. Mr. Duffy said her story, if true, was very
strange, and ordered her to enter into her own security to
keep the peace, which being done, the fair but unfortunate
daughter of the "land of liberty was at once discharged.
—Dublin paper.
MANUFACTURE OE GAS.—From the Mechanics' Maga-
zine we extract the following specification of the patent re-
cently taken out by Mr. Grafton for an improved method of
manufacturing gas :—" Enrolment-office, Nov. 4, 1841.—A.
double retort is built of fire bricks, in the form of an oven,
divided in a transverse partition in the middle ; beneath each
retort there is a furnace fitted with doors, &c., in the usual
manner. The whole of the retort is covered by an arch,
which the patentee calls "a heat retaining arch," furnished
with apertures communicating with the flue. From the re-
torts the gass passes to what is called " a decomposer," also
provided with a heat-retaining arch, and divided into four
chambers by longitudinal brick partitions ; in the first of
these chambers there is a number of transverse metal divi-
sions, which descended to within one-third of the bottom ;
the other chambers are filled with ignited coke or charcoal.
On entering the decomposer, the gas passes through the
whole of the chambers by means of openings at either end
of the partitions, alternately ; and being freed from impuri-
ties in its passage, is drawn through the exit pipe attached to
the last chamber by an exhausting apparatus. In this pipe
there is a shield of tine wire gauze, to prevent accidents from
the ignition of the gas as it leaves the decomposer. The
claim is-1. To the manufacturing of gas in double retorts,
arranged in the manner described.-2. To increasing the
heat of such retorts by the application of a heat-retaining
arch.-3. To passing the gas through a decomposer, either
detached, from, or combined with, the retort.-4. To the
application of an exhausting apparatus to the decomposer, to
facilitate or compel the passage of the gas through it ; toge-
ther with the wire gauze guard, interposed in the pipe be-
tween the exhausting appaaratus and the decomposer."
HORRIBLE MURDER AT CHIRK.—We lament tO say,
that one of those horrible murders, with which the princi-
pality is seldom disgraced, was committed at Chirk, on
Thursday evening last. The unfortunate victim is an aged
female, named Ellen Evans, who keeps a small shop for the
sale of grocery, and such other commodities as are to be
had from huxters, in country villages. She was also in the
habit of lending money to poor people in the neighbourhood,
on such trifling pledges as they might be disposed to 'eare
with her ; and this circumstance led to the inference that she
was possessed of a considerable sum of ready money, and
appears to have excited the cupidity which prompted the
commission of the murder. The last time Mrs. Evans was
seen alive was on Thursday afternoon, at five o'clock, when
she served a person with some articles of grocery, and was
then in good health and spirits. In the course of air hour
(about six o'clock), another customer called at her shop, and
and wag horror-struck on finding the deceased lying on her
back on the floor, with her head nearly severed from her
body. It would seem, from the appearance of the body,
that she had resisted the attempts of her murderers to rob
the house in the first instance; and that one of the ruffians
had then thrown her down, set his foot on her mouth, and
cut her throat from ear to ear with a knife. The house had
been ransacked, but little booty had fallen into the possession
of the murderers, as a considerable sum of money (which
was the bulk of her property), had escaped their observation,
by being secreted in a bed. These are the principal facts
connected with the murder. We have received other infor-
mation, which it would not be prudent at the present moment
to submit to the public, lest the ends of justice should pos-
sibly be defeated. Suffice it to say, that strong hopes are
entertained that the murderers will be discovered, and
brought to justice.—Chester Courant.
On Friday morning a cruelly distressing loss of life occur-
red on the other side of the river, near Hew Holland. The
schooner Stourbridge was coming up, having a boat in tow,
when the painter giving way by which it was attached to the
vessel, the captain, Jeremiah Smith', anxious to prevent its
being lost, threw himself over the stern of the vessel into the
boat, but unfortunately alighting with his back on the gun-
wale, he was stunned and fell into the water; the boat drift-
ing away at the same time, his own crew were deprived of
the power to assist him, and after hanging by the broken
painter attached to the drifting boat, until seemingly ex-
hausted, he sank to rise no more. It is lamentable to add
that Mrs. Smith was on board the vessel, and consequently
a spectator of her husband's melancholy death ; • and it is
horrible to state further that her distressing bereavement
might have been averted, had the common calls of humanity
been responded to as they should have been by the parties
who had it in their power to save the drowning man. A
light sloop from Goole was going down the river, with the
wind in her favour, at the moment of the catastrophe, and
although passing within twenty or thirty yards, those on
board were deaf to the hail of the schooner, and the cries of
the crew to save their captain.
THE BOY JONES.—This lad, whose repeated intrusions
into the palace have created so much interest, has again
returned to London, and reached the abode of his parents on
Sunday night. It appears that he has been on a voyage to
Bahia. in the ship Tiber, Capt. Ramsay, of which Messrs.
R. and G. Benn, respectable merchants of Liverpool, are the
owners. He arrived in Liverpool in the ship on the 30th
ult. When he left he proceeded on foot to London, with
only 2s. 6d. in his pocket to subsist upon during a journey
of 210 miles. The money he had was soon exhausted, and
he subsisted during the last few days of his journey by pick-
ing a few turnips from the fields, and sleeping in barns and
outhouses during the night. He reached home quite ex-
hausted. It is due to the lad to state that he never alludes
to his visits to the Palace, and is reluctant to converse with
any one upon the subject.
THE WINTER IN RVSSIA.—The winter has set in this year
at St. Petersburgh, in a singularly capricious manner. Du-
ring the night between the 15th and 16th ult., the frost was.
severe, the thermometer falling to sixteen degrees helot, zero,
of Reaumur's scale. The following day it thawed, but during
the night there was a slight frost again, and the ice on the
Neva remained standing, while the thermometer marked only
one degree below the freezing point. On the 23d it thawed
again, and continued to do so till the 27th, when a good deal
of rain fell. Nevertheless, the ice, though thin, remained
fast. All this time it had been impossible to reconstruct the
bridges of pontoons, so that the different sides of the city
were cut off from all communication with each other. It was
remarkable that during the greater part of this time the tem-
perature was higher at night than during the day. On the
29th the thermometer fell again to the freezing point, and
seemed likely to go down lower. The weather was beautiful,
and the roadstead at Cronstadt quite open. Another vessel
had even arrived there a few days previous.—United Stales
Gazelle.

YOUNG OXFORD IN BEDLAM HOSPITAL.—From the re-
port of the officers of this institution, it would seem that
Oxford evinces at present no symptom indicative of mental
aberation. The wildness of his deportment immediately
antecedent to his trial was the result of strong nervious ex-
citement to which he had been subjected at intervals from
childhood, rather than from actual want of reason. No doubt,
when he thought proper to put that " antic disposition on,"
he was actuated by a motive more pcitential with a weak mind
even than fear of punishmcnt—having courted notoriety, he
was resolved to play the hero throughout. All this stimulated
madness has passed away. Solitude and systematic discipline
have lowered down the fervour of ill regulated passions, and
any one who met Oxford without the walls of Bedlam, would
consider him not only a rational, but a well-informed person
for his age and station. He is partial to reading, and the
lover of a book is sufficient to secure his esteem. All books,
however, sent to the patients must first receive the sanction
of the authorities of the institution before they are permitted
to he read. Those recommended by the medical officers are
works on natural history, voyages and travels,and elementary
principles of science. All books which treat of politics or
religious controversy are strictly prohibited. OXford's con-
duct has given very great satisfaction to all the authorities of
the institution. His health is generally good, though he is
often subject to fits of despondency. When in those moods
he is not sulky, but rather pensive. He is extremely
anxious to learn some handicraft in order to occupy his time,
and as a suit of workshops are now in course of erection, that
opportunity will be shortly afforded.

Adelaide, from Port Philip, at Pernambuco
The Herald, Dickson, from Liverpool to Miramichi, which got on
shore on Point Escumina sth ultimo, took fire on the 15th, and was
burnt down to the water's edge
SLIGO, Dec. 10.—The Duchess of Gloucester, Newman, bound to
Liverpool, fell over at the new quay, yesterday, and had five feet
water in her hold; cargo discharging.

TELEGRAPH OFFICE, DECEMBER 23, 1841

Wind at Holyhead, West, blowing fresh.
Off Holyhead, at 12 at noon, No. 522, Eutaw, A.S.
Off Voel Naut, at 9 a.m. No. '292, Hibernia, A S.
Off the port, at 3 p.m. 3 ships, 1 barque, 9 brigs and 20 schooners

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING
(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

EAST INDIES, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, &e.
Monarch, 701 Bombay, Amey, Catto &Co

SOUTH AMERICA.
Irt, H Ludlow, 215 Pernainbuco,T &J Brocklebank
ung Queen, W Chalmers, 28i Rio Janeiro, Cotesworth &Co
Navigator, JLe Fevure, 146 Buenos Ayres, H Smith &Co
Prince Albert, JR. Elliot, 232 Rio Janeiro, Imrie & Tomlinson

UNITED STATES.
Woodstock, W P Pines, 520 New Orleans, Wildes & Co
Eliza Keith, J Cousins, jun. 537 New Orleans. M'Leod & Yarrow
North America, A B Lowber, 537 New York, Baring Brs &Co

EUROPE.
Elizabeth Powell, C M Wake, 321 Odessa, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Pearl, J Luckhatn, 79 Lisbon, J Glynn & Son
Cossack, I, B Turdif, 126 Civita -Vecchia, Eshelby &Co
Rattlesnake, W Rainer, 163 Constantinople, Bahr & Co
Hope, J Tucker,
.89 Ant .% erp, Bahr, Behrend & Co
Ashburton, H 13ulkeley, 74 Azores, J Glynn A Son
William IV, J Hosier, 45 Azores, J Glynn & Son
Elope, P Stewart, 124 Ostend, Bahr, Bchrend & Co

BELFAST CORN EXCHANGE, DEC. 21.
The weather still continues very severe, and there has been a
light fall of snow, with every appearance of more, and field labour
is entirely stopped. Farmers' Wheat sells at last week's prices,
and a better supply coming forward. Foreign Wheat in little de.
mand, but holders are firm at former rates. Flour unchanged in
value, and in steady demand. Barley dull, and barely maintaining
previous prices. Malt 28s to 3os per barrel, and in moderate re-
quest. Oats were a ready sale at this morning's market, and prices
Id to 2d per cwt. higher, but cargoes of canal Oats are a very dull
sale ; two cargoes have been sold at £l6 los for Potato, and .4'6 Os
to 46 75 6d per ton for Poland, cash payments. Oatmeal at our
farmer's market is the turn lower with a fair demand. Some Meal
has been sold, for delivery in May next, at ..f 13 to £l3 f,s per ton.
Grain Market.—We had a moderately large supply of Wheat and
Oats at to•day's market, but there was little or no Barley offering,
and we fear the stock in the hands of the farmers is nearly already
exhausted.

HULL CORN MARKET, DEC. 21.
We have had sharp frosty weather the past few days, which will
put Wheat in better condition ; on the limited business passing
during the week in old foreign Wheat full prices have been paid.
No alteration in value or demand for any description of spring Corn.
Linseed in steady demand at late prices. Rapeseed dull, the few
sales that are making are for export to Holland, Linseed cake in
fair demand and full prices paid. Rape cake dull and little doing in
it. Bones unaltered. The present sharp weather has a good deal
improved the condition of the farmers' Wheat, and there is a fair
quantity offering to-day, for which more money is generally de-
manded. The trade is, however, confined. to the retail demand of
our neighbouring millerA who select the best parcels of Wheat at an
advance of Is per quarter. Old foreign is little demanded, and
prices unaltered. A good many Oats offering, but the great bulk
are soft and not very saleable. Beans and Peas dull. Barley is in
very limited demand ; the best malting qualit►es scarcely bring
last week's prices. All middling runs are very difficult to quit,
although low prices would be submitted to.

LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, DEc. 21.
We had very few arrivals of Grain up to Friday last, ow-
ing to stormy and unsettled weather, which having abated
and changed to frost, several vessels, previously near at
hand, have worked into port ; and we have to note for this
day's market a moderate supply of Wheat, chiefly Canadian,
with some parcels of Beans, Pease, and a little Barley from
abroad.—Of Oats the quantity fresh in is light, but of Irish
Oatmeal rather liberal ; and of Flour, mostly from Canada,
upwards of 10,000 barrels, with 409 from the States, and
2,ooo'bags from Calcutta.

Althougli we had a tolerably fair attendance of buyers this
morning, and holders of Wheat at the opening of the market
appeared firm, the former on the whole were rather inactive ;
and the transactions throughout being very moderate in
amount, the slight mention noticed on Friday was more ge-
nerally confirmed, and the trade concluded heavily at that
abatement.

Flour, especially States and Canadian, was a little more
saleable at our last quotations.
Barley, 'Malt, Beans, and Pease continued to meet a very
limited demand, with a slight tendency in each to decline in
value.

Notwithstanding Oats came rather sparingly forward, very
few sales of this grain were effected to-day, and late prices
were scarcely maintained.

Oatmeal, likewise, remained in slow request ; and some
parcels were offered 3d. per 240 lbs. below the currency of
this day se'nnight, without any material progress in its dis-
posal being practicable.

TIDE TABLE

Evn. ; Height,

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Sundays, Holydays, 4c•

U. ft. Fy . ]I. A. I.
Friday ..24 I 7 20 755 13 2
Saturday 25 827 856 14 2 Christmas Day
Sunday.. 26 920 947 15 6 Ist Sunday atter Christ.
Monday .27 10 12 10 36 16 10 St. John.
Tuesday 28 11 0 11 25 18 1 Innocents' Day.
Wednes. 29 11 49 - 19 0
"1 hursday 30 011 032 19 5

PRICES OF SHARES, DECEMBER 21 ks day.
Prices within the last seven days. l'"i
RAILWAYS, &c. Per Share. ',rite.
Bolton and Preston
Birmingham and Gloucester
Ditto quarter
Birmingham and Derby lOO .... 0 0 0 —• •
Bristol and Exeter 6o .... o o 0 ...•
Birkenhead and Chester
Ditto, new 2O 0 0 0 ..• •
Dublin and Drogheda
Eastern Counties
Ditto, Debentures
Edinburgh and Glasgow

0 0 0
23 12 (1
4 8 6

0 0 0 ..

194 0 0
0 0 0

4g 1,1 0 ....
26 10 9 ....
0 0 0 .... 84 0

0 0 0