The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-03-22 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 1853..

demand.—After som

iFeussion the motion was agreed
to 141.

gage, Harbinger, Newminster, Lambton, Kingston, Indian
Warrior, Songstress, Attack, Prime Minister, Cairboo, Moun-
tain Deer, Pelion, Black Doctor, Woolwich, and other first-
rate performers.
Mrs. Stebbing, the wife of Mr. Henry Stebbing, the trainer,.
died on Friday week, at Hambledon.
Charles Boyce had his collar-bone broken whilst riding in
the Wetherby steeple-chase.
Lord Stradbrooke has sold Coningsby, by Venison, out of
Ruby, to Mr. Hughes, for 150 guineas.
Lord Londesborough has purchased Gold Dust, by Dulcimer,
and she has been removed to John Scott's.
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majority of 173

ire notice that on the sth of April
for a commission
_ ictices at Hull.—
_similar notice was given-by Mr. Gaskell, in respect to
Clitheroe; by Mr. V. Smith, in respect to Cambridge;

HULL ELECTION

Mr. LABOUCHER

he should more an as

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and by Lcird-R. Grosvenor, in respect to Maldon.

THE P

Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that on the 4th of April
he should explain the intentions of the government on
the subject of education in England and Wales, and on
the same day the Chancellor of the Exchequer would give
notice when he intended to make the financial statement.
An early day would be selected for that:purpose.
THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT OF LOMBARDY.

The celebrated stallion, Sweetmeat. has been sold for a large
sum, but be will not be delivered until the end of the season.
Mr. Richard Heywood Jones's b. f. Reveille, by Faugh-a-
ballah, out of Steppingstone's dam, has arrived at C. Peck's
training stables.
Mr. T. Parr is said to be the purchaser of the Derby horse,
Honeywood, and he is expected to join Manning's horses in a
few days. .

In answer to Mr. Blackett, Lord J. RUSSELL entered
into some explanation of the state of affairs in Lombardy,
and of the proceedings taken by the Austrian Government
in consequence of the recent insurrection at Milan to-
wards Sardinian subjects. The property of numbers of
these persons had been sequestrated, although they had
taken no part in the disturbances. The Sardinian Govern-
ment had requested the British Government to interfere
with the Austrian Government on behalf of these persons ;
and, in consequence of this request Lord Clarendon had
written a strong letter to our Minister at Vienna on the
subject, but in the mean time he understood that the Aus-
trian Government had stated their intention to remove
the sequestrations from the parties who, upon inquiry,
were found innocent.

Lord Derby's Hobbyhorse. reported a few weeks ago as
having broken down, is now first favourite for the Northamp-
tonshire Stakes.
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Captain Cunningham's Chatterbox, purchased not long since
from the Marquis of Waterford for 1,000 guineas, has broken
down very badly.
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The Duke of Richmond's horses have latterly suffered a
great deal from sickness. Red Hind, and a two-year old colt,
brother to Harbinger, have died.

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The light-fingered gentry were particularly active at War-
wick, having eased one gentleman of £lOO, which he had the
moment previously received from the Leviathan.
The Queen, by Sago, has arrived at John Scott's, Malton, to
be trained for her engagements. She is at present second
favourite for the Oaks, for which she has been backed to win
large sums.
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LIBERATION OF THE MADIAI.

Lord J. RUSSELL said he would take that opportunity of
making a statement on another subject, which had ex-
cited great interest in this country. A telegraphic message
had that day been received conveying the intelligence that
the Grand Duke of Tuscany had liberated the Madiai, and
that they had embarked at Leg

_.,,_
The alterations are nearly completed in the grand stand at
Chester, by which additional accommodation will be provided
for 400 persons ; and considerable progress has been made in
draining the course.

Mr. John Osborne has sold Little Davie to Mr. Lawes for
400 guineas; and be was ridden in the colours of his new
owner, in the Warwick Handicap. He will in future be trained
by Ralph Brooks, at Richmond.

CANADA CLERGY RE

SERVES

The House went into committee upon the Canada
Clergy Reserves Bill.—Sir J. PAKINGTON said that, as he
understood that it was the intention of Government to
make alterations in the bill, he should postpone his opinion
until he saw the bill in its altered shape. He proceeded
to point out the discrepancy in the statements of Sir
William Molesworth and the Chancellor of the Exchequer
expressed on a previous occasion, as to certain important
parts of the measure.—After a long and uninteresting dis-
cussion, the first and second clauses were then agreed to.
Lord J. RUSSELL proposed the omission of the third and
last clause, which withdrew the collateral guarantee of the
consolidated fund for payment of certain sums to the
churches of England and Scotland, provided for by a pre-
vious act. He urged that it would be advisable to ascer-
tain whether the Canadian authorities were willing to take
the guarantee upon themselves.—After some discussion,
the withdrawal of the clause was carried by 178 to 110.
SHIPPING.

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The proposed Free Handicap, which was to be run at the
York spring meeting, of 300 sovs. each, with 300 sovs. added,
did not fill; so many horses being backward in their work,
owing to the inclemency of the season.
Mr. Bignell, the owner of Peter Simple, objected to Oscar,
the winner of the Warwick steeple-chase, as being wrongly
described; but the objection not having been made until after
Oscar's rider had left the scales, the stewards declined enter-
taining it.

MERCANTILE

On the motion of Mr. CARDWELL, certain resolutions
on the subject of mercantile shipping were passed in com-
mittee, and leave was given to bring in a bill founded
thereon.—Tue bill was subsequently brought in and read

a first time.
The third reading of the Jew Bill was adjourned until
the 11th of April.
The House adjourned until the 4th of April.

CHESHIRE AND WALES.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended 13th March, 1853 :—Railway : Passengers,
parcels, &c., £1,834 10a. 10d. ; goods : £1,123 14s. Ild.
—Steamboats : Passengers, parcels, &c., £212 2s. lid. ;
total, £3,170 Bs. Bd. Increase as compared with the
corresponding week last year, £631 10s. sd.
THE REV. WILLIAM GILES, principal of Netberlegh-
house school, Chester, was elected a Fellow of the Royal
Astronomical Society, at a recent meeting of that society.

THE MAGISTRATES OF THE CITY OF CHESTER have
appointed Mr. Steel, one of the officers of the Warwick
gaol, to be governor of the city of Chester gaol, in place of
Mr. H. N. Tivy, who absconded.
ft MANUFACTORY, it is said, is to be erected on the
banks of Wallasey-pool by Price's Patent Composite
Candle Co. This will be a great benefit to Birkenhead.
THE HON. E. M. LLOYD MOSTYN, it is rumoured,
will immediately be raised to the peerage.
MANY ALTERATIONS and improvements are now being
effected in the Emigration Depot at Birkenhead.
Two MICE were recently caught by an oyster, in the
house of a man named Jermine, at St. Martin's, Haver-
fordwest, while attempting to purloin the fish !
THE MARQUIS OF WESTMINSTER last week laid the
foundation stone of a new church at Upton. Sittings
will be provided for 300 persons.

ECCLESIASTICAL.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS,

Rev. S. Bernard, to be Chaplain to the Cheltenham Hospital.
Rev. R. W. Church, M.A., Fellow• of Oriel College, Oxford,
to the Rectory of Whatley, near Frome.
Rev. W. Cooper, 8.A., Curate of Elford, Lichfield, to the
Rectory of Rippingale, near Bourne, Lincolnshire.
Rev. J. M. Cox, 8.A., to the Vicarage of Misterton, Somerset.
Rev. W. P. Creyke, M.A., to be Chaplain to the Lord High
Commissioner of the lonian Islands.

Rev. A. J. Empson, M.A., to the Rectory of Eydon, North-
am ptonshire.

ftev. R. B. Earle, to the Head Mastership of Southwell Col-
legiate Grammar School.

Rev. E. Griffiths, 8.A., Incumbent of the Oaks, Charnwood
Forest, Leicestershire, to the Incumbency of Copt Oaks, near
Loughborough.

Riv. W. D. Hall, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Lea,
Gloucestershire.

Rev. 0. J. hill, 13. A., Curate of Oldland, ,near Itrigtoi, to
the Rectory of Saitford, near Bath.
Rev. J. Hughes, M.A., to the Curacy of Brasted, Kent.
Rev. G. Huntington, to the office of Clerk in Orders of the
parish church of Wigan.
Rev. W. H. Iggulden, 8.A., to the Curacy of East Hyde,
Luton, Beds.
Rev. Dr. D'Arcy Irvine, late Rector of Great Stanmore, to
be Domestic Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Leinster.
Rev. D. James, ALA., of Trinity College, Cambridge, to be
Warden of the Welsh Institution, Llandovery, Ca rmarthenshi re
Rev. J. St. John, to the union of Ballymaceligott, diocese of
A rdfert

Rev. C. H. Lipscombe, S.C.L., late Senior Curate of Bark-
ing, Essex, to the Senior Curacy of Daventry, Northampton-
shire.

Rev. T. Ludlam, M.A., Rector of Holy Trinity and St.
Mary, Guildford, to the Rural Deanery of Guildford.
Rev. W. Marsh, junior, to the Curacy of Buckland-in-the-
Moor.

Rev. T. E. Marshall, M.A., of Emmannel College, Cam-
bridge, to the Rectory of Gringley-on-the-Hill, near Bawtry,
Nottinghamshire.

Rev. C. Mossop, M.A., to the Rectory of Elton, Notting-
hamshire.

Rev. T. W. Nowell, M.A., Curate of Gaydon and Chad-
shunt, Warwickshire, to the Rectory of Wapping.
Rev. J. Prosser, 8.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Church
Minshul I, Cheshire.
Rev. W. V. Ramsen, F.R.S.A., of St. John's College, Cam-
bridge, and Assistant Curate of the Parish, to the Head
Mastership of the Grammar School, Frome Selwood.
Rev. F. J. Richards, M.A., to the Vicarage of Bosley, near
Maidstone.

Rev. R. Smith, 8.D., Vicar of New Romney, to the Rectory
of Hope All Saints, annexed.
Rev. H. Stretton, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of St. Mary
Magdalene, Chiswick.
Rev. J. Townson, to the Curacy of All Saints, Dorchester.
Rev. W. Tylden, ',S.A., Curate of Stanford, to the Vicarage
of that parish.
Rev. J. Wilcox, M.A., to the Perpetual Curacy of Hixon,
Staffordshire.

Rev. H.T.Woodington, 8.A., to the Curacy of Whitstable
with-Seasalter, Kent.

Rev. J. Woolley, 8.D., Fellow of Emmanuel College, to the
office of Cambridge Preacher at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall.

DTOCESE OF CHESTER

PREFERMENTS.—The Rev. Robert White has been
licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of Little Budworth, in
the county of Chester, void by death of Rev. C. S.
Burslem ; patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Rev. JOHN JAMES NASH to the Stipendiary
Curacy of St. Michael's Church, Macclesfield, in the
county of Chester, on the nomination of the Rev. C. A. J.
Smith, the Incumbent.
The Rev. RUSSELL COPE to the Stipendiary Curacy of
Middlewich, in the county of Chester, on the nomination
of the Venerable Isaac Wood, Archdeacon of Chester,
the Vicar.

The Rev. E. A. P. CAMPBELL to the Stipendiary Curacy
of Childwall, in the county of Lancaster, on the nomi-
nation of the Rev. Augustus Campbell, the Vicar.

The Rev. Joing PROSSER has been licensed to the
Perpetual Curacy of Church Minshull, in the county of
Chester, void by the death of Rev. C. B. Sandford, on
the nomination of H. Brooke, Esq., patron thereof ;
value £lOB, with a horse.

CONSECRATION.—The additional new churchyard of
Lowton Church is to be consecrated to-morrow (Wed-
nesday), at two o'clock.

barrels and sacks. Barley. Malt, and Pease steady in_ value Nepaul, Neil. sailed from Port Philip for Amoy.
but Beans are fully 6d cheaper. In Oats no change Oatmeal Cleopatra (s.s.), from Plymouth', at Adelaide.
Jeremiah Garnett, Huntress, from Tutocoreen, at. Canton
in better inquiry, at nearly Tuesday's prices: Indian Corn Artistic, Ethrards,herce at Valparaisoi

experiesced a more general retail sale at a reduction of is per
quarter ;:arrived cargoes are held at previous rates, but buyers
requiring_some reduction, will not operate to any.extent.

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Spa,lan, hence at Mobil(
Orleans, hence at New Orleans
Lady Raffles, Marienburg, from Penang, at Singapore
William Tucker, Le Page, hence at Newfoundland,.
Viscaitana, AXUZZa' sailed from, Matanzas, 11th Feb., and
Edward, Martin,.lBth Feb.—both for this port.
Schah Jehan, from Akyab, at Singapore„anctsailed for China
30th Jan.
Lady Hobart,. Clark; Kingston
at Charleston.
Aberfoyle, from the Clyde, at Melbourne, in ninety days,
and sailed for Akyab..
American Union, Doane, hence at New York, having been
struck by a sea.
Jane Ewing, Dallos, and Ormelie, Gray, both from the Clyde ;
and Anne Laing, Wright,-from the Mauritius,—all at Calcutta.
Naparima, Berwick, hence for Coquimbo; at Beaumaris,
leaky, 14th March.
Champlain, Woodward, with cargo, shifted ;. Avondale, Brad-
shaw; and Broosa, Sonle,—all hence at Boston.
Phoenix, Moppett, and Eastern Queen, Emeiy,—both hence
at Philadelphia.
Great Britain (s.s.), Mathews, sailed from. Port Philip for
this port, 3rd Jan.
Thomas Fielden„ Edie, front Calcutta Ist Feb., for
Akyab, and Princes Royal,..Mawson, 4th Feb.,—both for this
port.
William Gillies, Brown,.. hence; In°, Warwick, and John
O'Gaunt, M`Donald, from London; and Flora, Cobb, from
Port Philip,—all at Bombay.
Runnymede, from Bombay ;. Queen of England, from Lon-
don ; Alciope, Lewis ; Yarmouth ; Kalmia ; Minnesota; and
Alison, hence,—all at Melbourne.
"Chasely, Slaughter, hence and Melbourne; Luciparas, Klo-
perman, hence; Hydaspes, Reed, from London and Plymouth ;
Eliza,; and Sarah Sands (s.s.), hence,—all at Sydney, 24th Dec.
Akbar, Milne, sailed from Hong Kong 14th Jan., for London;
Hamilla Mitchell, Hill, 25th, for London ; and Leander, Gray,
28th, for this port.
Simoon, Ellwood, from Singapore; John Dugdale, Rome,
from Shanglme for Halifax; Ranee, Mills, from Wliampoa for
Adelaide; and Rosamond, Hastings, from Shanghae for this
port,—al lat the Straits of Sunda.
Gemini, Harvey, sailed from Calcutta for Barbadoes, 19th
Jan. ; Mary Ann, Johnson. for Akyah,2ist ' • Emperor, for this
port, 22nd ; Alexander Baring, for this port, 24th ; Lady Bute,
for this port, 27th ; Mary Stoddart, for Akyab, 30th ; Granville,
for London, Ist Feb.; and Sea Bird, for London, 4th.
CALCUTTA, Feb. s.—The-Governor H igginson, Anwyl, loaded
for London, was totally destroyed by fire, at Madras, on the
25th Jan. _ _ _ _ _ . .

;. and Cobequid-all hence

DELAWARE CITY, March 2..—The City of Manchester (s.s.),
bound for this port, went aground about noon, at low water,
on Hamburgh Flats, but floated off about flood time, and passed
this place at four o'clock, p.m.
NEW YORK, March s.—The ship Arabia, of Bath, from Liver-
pool to Savannah, with a- cargo of salt and hardware, went
ashore near Tyboc, but was got off after throwing overboard
100 sacks of salt.
BOSTON, March 3.—The Mary Ann, Crosby, from Liverpool
for this port. was on shore yesterday, on Pollock Slip; she got
off last evening, with assistance from the shore, leaky, and
proceeded to Boston; but at four o'clock this morning was
four miles from Chatham, becalmed; she arrived at Boston on
the 4th March.

THURSDAY, MARCH. 17.—Wind E.S.E., fresh breeze.
ARRIVED.—Mary Holland, from Valparaiso—Margaret (s.),
Simpson, Havre—General Berry, Seavy, New Orleans.
SAlLED.—Screamer, Skolfield ; Yorkshire, Young; Matilda,
Lee ; Abby Blanchard, Harding; and Elise,Niemann, for New
York—United, Marriott, Melbourne—Queen of the Ocean,
Armstrong, Ceara--Jane, Robinson, Bucksport —Aden,
Fletcher, Hong Kong and Whampoa—Ontario, Holmes,
Charleston.

Swan, hence at Madeira,.6th March.
Aures, hence at Rio Janeiro, 30th Jan.
Ariel, hence at Sierra Leone, 4th Feb.
Eliza and Charles, hence at Monte Video, 14th Jan,
Inez, Lunt, hence at New Orleans.
Lady Raffles, sailed from Singapore for China, 31st Dec.
China, M`Millan, sailed from Adelaide for Arracan, sth Jan.
Ontario, hence at Sydney.
Julia, sailed from Sydney for Shanghae, Bth Dec.
Dalriada, Scott, from Batavia for Amsterdam, at Anjer.
Helen, Foster, from London, at Portland Bay.
The Alps (s.s.), Wickman, has arrived at this port from New
York, whence she sailed on the 4th March. She has brought
8200,000 in specie on freight.
The wreck of the brig Markland, with only the foremast and
bowsprit standing, and having, apparently, been in collision
with some vessel,- was passed on the 24th Feb., by the Jane,
which has arrived here from New Orleans.
Macedon, from Plymouth ; and Tancred. Mason, hence,—
both at Adelaide.
The screw-steamer Sydney, arrived from Australia at Ply-
mouth yesterday, bringing £BOO,OOO value in gold on freight.
Confucius, Scott, from Whampoa for London, at the Straits
of Sunda, Ist Jan.
Delta, from Singapore, and Frances Barclay, from Shanghae,
—both at Geelong.
Australia, Noble,-from Amoy (for Trinidad); and Eliza Mor-
rison, M'Culloch, from Cumsingmoon (for Peru),—both at the
Straits of Sunda.
Dinapore, Wilson, and Blorenge, from London.; Scott
M`Gough ; Ticonderoga; Covenanter, Hood; and Henry Gil-
lespie, Cumming, all hence,—at Melbourne.
The Earl of Derby sailed from Melbourne for Akyab, 7th
Dec.; Theodore Morton, '2sth Dec., for Callao; and the John
Taylor, Hawkins, for London, 28th Dec.
The St. George, from London for Port Philip, struck on the
reef at the Heads of the latter port on the 4-zstli Dec., and was
run on shore, where the water flows in and out of her. The
crew and passengers were saved.
Glendaragh, White, (and re-sailed for Cork, 4th Jan.); and
London, Nash, both from Calcutta ; Rajah, Morrison, (and re-
sailed for Queenstown, sth Jan.); Otterspool, Hughes (and
re-sailed for Queenstown, 17th Jan.); Alice Maud, Weeks, from
Singapore (and left for Malacca, 21st Jan.); Brahmin, M'Each-
ran, and Atlielstane, Hickman, from Singapore,—all at A kyab.
BAHIA, Feb. 19.—The Templar, of Newcastle, from Valpa-
raiso, for Liverpool, put in here on the Bth of Feb., very leaky,
and must discharge.

FRIDAY, MARCH 18.—Wind E., light

ARRlVED.—Rampacher, Madanich, from Constantinople—
Margaret (s.), Simpson, Havre—Union, Ribas, Corcublon—
The City of Manchester, Leitch, Philadelphia.
SAILED.—Eaglet, Shugg, for Lisbon.

Protein, Jones, hence at Valparaiso.
Ann, Johnston, from Rio Janeiro, at Maranham.
The Penningham sailed from Bahia for Maceio and this port
Jan. 24. - - . .

'''COrriticopia sailed from Buenos Ayres, Jan. 14; Enterprise,
Pyott, Jan. 25; and Gauntlet, Feb. 2, all fur this port.
Louisa, Brown, for the Cape of Good Hope • Clio, from
Cadiz ; and Amelia, Wilson, from the Falkland Islands,—all at
Monte Video.

Lucy, White; Princess Royal, Hanschildt ; and Reindeer,
Hunt. hence—Charlotte, Petersen, from Monte Video—and
Catherine, Sivanston, from Cardiff,—all at Rio Janeiro.
NiFavourite, Webster; Rhondda, Al`Conochie; Hemes, Press-
ley; and Sappho, Howe, hence—Bonita, from Monte Video—
and Geo. Reynolds, Jones, from Cadiz,—all at Buenos Ayres.
Westmoreland, Fisher, from Hamburg (and re-sailed for the
Channel Feb. 14), and Mersey, Winter, from Rio Janeiro (and
re-sailed for Pernambuco, Feb. 18),—both at Bahia.
Glaucus, Duncan, from Newfoundland; Crusader, Hunter,
and Chrysolite, Enright (and re-sailed for Paraiba Feb. 7),
from Bahia—Bella, Bell (and re-sailed for Maceio and this port
Fel,. 7 ; Bonita, Coaker (and left for the Channel Feb. 19);
Othello, Newton (and re-sailed for Maceio Feb. 10), from Rio
Janeiro; and Columbus, Goble; Linda, Langlois ; and Em-
press, Scott, hence,—all at Pernambuco.

SATURDAY, MARCH 19.—Wind North

ARRIVED.—Bvron, Rollick, from Buenos Ayres; sailed 30th
Dec.—Esther and Sophie, —, Maracaibo—Vesper. —, St.
Michael— Rappahannock, Cushing, New Orleans—Sarah Ann,
Davis, Santander—Mazeppa, Cullen, Charente—Lisette, Sand-
holm, Smyrna-Stamboul? Wreyford, Ancona-Lady Brougham,
Huggins, Dunkirk—Maria Roelfina, De Groot; Pere Grenet,
Loreaux, Nantes—Saxon, spencer; Canton, Clark, Apalachicola
--Krydseren, Bruin, Tonsberg— Sarah, Blackwall, Lisbon.
SAlLED.—Geffrani, Briard, for Shanghae—Bloomer, Allen,
Melbourne—Serpent, Lapthorne, St. Michael—Annie, Evans,
Maranham--Vermont, Mayberry, New York--Niagara (s.),
Lang, llalifax and Boston—Arno (s.), Steele; Dexterous,
Twitchett, Gibraltar—Release, Westcott, Naples—Vansittart,
Perriam ; Albatross (s.), Hansen, Rotterdam—Valborg, Ostrup,
Stettin—Martha, Murray, Villa Nova.

Kaffir, Phillips; Mars, Crockett; and Catherine, Bakker, all
hence at Constantinople.
Tiber (s.), Reed, hence at Leghorn.
Western Star, Thayer, hence at Boston.
Blossom, Ritchie; Sarah Ann, Joys—hence at Smyrna.
Commodore (s.), —, hence at Havre.
Simoom, Ellwood, from Sincapore, at Cape Good Hope, and
sailed for this port 3rd Feb.
Lawrence, Sammon, from Mauritius and Queenstown, for
London, at Falmouth, 17th March.
Carlotta, Bensignore, from Africa, for London, at Falmouth,
17th March.
Christian, Kemp, sailed from Algoa Bay for Mauritius,
17th Jan.
Cassiopea, Harmer, from Mauritius, at Cape Good Hope.
Meteor, Brodie, from Melbourne, at Cape Good Hope, and
sailed for London 3rd Feb.
Emelyn, Togood, sailed from Cape Good Hope for Mauritius,
30th Jan. ; and Thomas Sparks, Morrison, for Calcutta, 31st.
John Bartlett, —, from Shanghae, off Cape Good Hope.j

SUNDAY, MARCH 20.—Wind N.N.W., fresh.
ARRIVED.—Jason, Baker, from Dunkirk—Brown, 111`Iver,
Bordeaux—William, —, Nantes.

SA I LED.—Catherine, Coysh, for San Martha—St. Petersburg,
Leverett, Boston—Petrel, Cox, Oporto—William Hitchcock,
Conway; Silas Greenman, Magna, New York.

The Cluny, —, from this port for New Orleans, has put
back from Ardrossan, where she got ashore 21st Jan.
Blair, Moody, from Manilla, at Sydney, N.S.W.
BaLFAsT, Maacit 18.—The schooner Willing Lass, Potter,
from Greenock for Melbourne, struck on the Skulk Rock,
durin* a thick snow squall this morning, and is in a precarious
situation, on the rocks, close to Ballywater.

MONDAY, AlAncn 21.—Wind E.N.E

ARRlVED.—Arabian (s.s.), from Constantinople—Annetta
Petra, Dram—Ann Powell, Lake, Rouen—Martha, Cette—Tit.
Bit, Lisbon.
SAILED.—Maid of Orleans, Dennis, for New Orleans—
Lamartine, Leonchow, Pernambuco—Margaret (s.), Simpoora,
Havre—Ernestine, Fredericks ; and Johann, Smith, Bremen.

Arabia (r.m.s.), from New York, at this port; sailed 9th
March, at 2.55 p.m. Has specie $215,000.
Admiral, from Londonderry, for this port, got on shore on
Lough Foyde, 18th inst., and remains.
Hibernia, Malony, hence at New Orleans.
Hamlet, Sears, hence at Mobile.
Middleton (packet-ship) hence at St. John, N. 8., 7th inst.
Mariner and Oxford, from the Clyde, at Charleston.
Sandford, Callan, from Manilla, at Rotterdam.
Arab, Delano, hence at Savannah, with loss of keel, and
other damage, having been ashore near Tojbex.
Calpe (s.s.), Birch, hence at Genoa, in 9 days 8 hours.
Baltic (U.S.M.S.), Comstock, 6th March; Orient, Hill; De
Witt Clinton, Funk ; Sarah and Louisa, Hutchinson ; Centu-
rion, Coombes ; Brewer, Jeffery; Owega, Rice; Hungarian,
Patterson; Winfield Scott, M`Lellan; Mayflower, Crocker ;
Marathon, Tyler ; Niagara, Lawrence; Shannon, Thompson ;
Kennebec; and Mazatlan—hence at New York.
Sunbeam, Soule; and Zenobia, Barker—hence at Boston.
Shenandoah, Taylor, hence at Philadelphia.
Pelican State, Weeks; Josiah Bradlee, Benson; Amelia;
Agry ; Susan, G. Owens ; and Ann Kenny—hence at Charleston.
Florida, Mills ; Alfred, Turner; John, Haws ; and Industry,
Fervour—hence at Savannah.
Elizabeth Blair, hence at Mobile.
New YORK, March B.—A large barque, waterlogged and
abandoned, her name ending with the letters " ARD," of St.
John, N.B. was passed 4th Feb., in lat 43, long 88. [Supposed
to be the Vanguard.]

BIRTHS

On the 2nd inst., the wife of Mr. James Turner, Broad-lane,
tear Nantwich, of three female children.

On the 12th inst., at Gateshead,. the wife of Mr. George
Walker, jun., of a son and daughter, being four children within.
eleven months.

On the 13th inst., at 8, Great Nelson-street North, the wife
of Mr. John Carter, jun., of a daughter.

On the 14th inst., at Wavertree,the wife of Mr. Henry Boydili

On the 15th inst., at Halewood, the wife of Charles P. Dod-
son, Esq., of a daug
On the

in

the wife of Mr. Simpson,

e-terrace, Wavertree, the wife of

J. P. Platt, Rock Ferry, of a son.

eld, Exeter, the wife of the Rev.

, at- Acre•terrace, Everton, Mrs. Ellis

MARRIED

Christ Church, James Ross, Esq., of
Jane, daughter of the late Col. Hayes,

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

MONDAY MORNING.
THE conversation in the House of Lords, on Tuesday
evening, was worth listening to : it referred to the fre-
quency of railway accidents, and the modes of prevention
—as far as possible. The Lords are business men—more
so, when they set about it, than the Commons. The
reason is obvious : a young fellow, with a coronet in the
distance, comes from Oxford, goes to a Government office
at eighteen or nineteen as a precis writer : if he be sharp,
a linguist, good looking, and of gentlemanly bearing, he is
sent as an attache( to a foreign embassy. Business is
business with him. Such was the way with a score of the
men now distinguished in both Houses of the Legislature.
They return home, get into the House of Commons, are
well drilled there ; in due time—the Upper House.
Compare this tuition with that of Mr. MIALL, the non-
conformist man ; Mr. Fox, the long-tongued Unitarian ;
Mr. PELLATT, Mr. WILsoN, yea, let me add COBDEN,
BRIGHT, and a dozen others, without education, manners,
or experience—their only qualification being the " gift o'
the gab," as the Scotch people say, and fictitious and
factitious application of figures, leading to wrong results.
Not so with the Lords—whom long preserve to us—
though I do not go the whole hog with my amiable friend
Lord JOHN MANNERS, and say preserve them,—if arts
and commerce die. When you find the House of Peers
meddle with a business question, they take the shine
entirely out of the Commons. So it was with the rail-
way discussion I have alluded to, when I dropped in on
Tuesday. The chief speakers were MALMESBURY (with
whom the question originated), Lord STANLEY of Alder-
ley, Lord BEAUMONT (STAPLETON that was, and is, of
Yorkshire), Lord GLENGALL, Lord HARROWBY, and
Lord WrcKnow. Oh, I had forgotten—Lord Morn.-
EAGLE, called once by the " thunderer" Lord Mount-
crow. Perhaps you will wonder why Lord BROUGHAM
had not a word to say. His lordship travels seldom by
rail ; besides, he had his Scotch Law Reform " dodge" to
bring on, which he did, and had it read a first time,
t ough some good judges say that HARRY'S Scotch law
is not worth much. Be that as it may, MALMESBURY led
off in a rather for him spirited manner, expressing a wish
that Government would appoint a Commission of Inquiry
as to the best means of preventing the recurrence of those
fearful accidents which frighten the traveller, and for pro-
viding government superintendence. STANLEY of Alder-
ley said, as the subject was under the consideration of a
committee of the other House, it would be better to
await their decision. Lori. BEAUMONT was for the inflic-
tion of penalties—so is your correspondent, and heavy
ones. The Earl of GLENGALL—simpIe peer that he is—
supposed that accidents on railways might be obviated by
the travellers not sitting opposite to each other. His
lordship said something—almost inaudible—about horses
escaping (which peer was it who inquired asses 7) The
Earl of HARROWBY, a perfectly business-man, came
nearest to the true state of the question, in my poor
thinking. He considered there was always too great
weight and too great speed. Lord MONTEAGLE forcibly
spoke on the want of punctuality at the stations as a fruit-
ful source of accidents. The conversation, though it led
to nothing, en Tuesday night, will, no doubt, be attended
with beneficial results. In the course of the talk, a good
deal was said about the necessity of having strong car-
riages. This is mere robbitch, as my old Italian master
used to pronounce rubbish. No carriage, were it made by
HERCULES, and its iron work forged by VULCAN at Etna's
glowing fire, could stand a collision, caused, it may be, by
the negligence of a drunken servant. Here is one
secret—there are too few people employed at the
stations, and on the lines. Why is it that at some
of the most thronged stations, which dot as it were your
own county, we shall find one individual officiating as
clerk, ticket-porter, in addition to other offices placed
under his supervision ? It was but the other day, at one
of the stations in a neighbouring county, the poor, under-
paid, slow-writing caitiff—he looked like an old stone-
breaker—was so busy making out tickets for one set of
passengers, others waiting on, that he had not actual time
to get out of his office before the next train arrived ; he
had to look after it : ribs broken, noses disfigured, lots of
concussions, &c., &c., &c., must be the inevitable conse-
quences. Surely, directors could get intelligent lads of
16 or 17 years of age to be on the look-out at each station.
The directors won't do it. No ; if they did, there would
be a per centage less dividend to shareholders. They will
catch it soon. I know Parliament will pass a measure this
session which will make railway directors look sharper.
" Codification of the Statutes." These four words
were uttered over and over again in the House of Lords on
Thursday evening. lam much mistaken if they—the
four words—do not prove fruitful parents of much ex-
pense to the country, and a long list of legal blunders and
miscomprehensions. O'CONNELL used to say, jeeringly,
but with too much truth, that one might drive a coach
and six through an act of Parliament. Now, we are
going to-have the thing altered—codified—the language-
jargon altered—modified ,1 made more fit for unlearned
ears, and the purposes of every-day life, whether as exem-
lified in the Court of Banco Regis or Police.

" Great heights are hazardous
To the weak head."
Our lawyers may codify, simplify, explain away as much
as they please, there are some men who fancy a
wide door is now being opened to even greater ob-
scurities—if such a paradox be understood. Then, a
number of " eminent barristers" have been selected
for the task of codification, at the expense of " a
few hundred pounds a year each." Ten barris-
ters at £5OO, is £5,000. Lord ST. LEONARDS said, pithily,
just as their lordships were going away, that he hoped the
noble and learned lord (the CHANCELLOR) would realise
his expectations ; but he (ST. LEONARDS) must repeat
his caution; that the alteration of a single word in an Act
of Parliament might alter the force-and effect of the act,
and no one could predicate what ultimately it would be
held to mean. These are sensible observations ; and
though Lord CAMPBELL affects to draw out an Act of
Parliament so briefly that it can be engrossed on the
back of a letter,—brevity, though said 'to be the soul of
wit, may not have the same essence in law. Lord CAMP-
BELL vindicates brevity thus :—The last sentence of the
law, the highest, indeed, is embraced in three-words—no,
not three, but abbreviations of two thereof ; the fiat that
hangs a murderer is sus. per col. written and initiated by
the Judge. Simplify law procedure, codify the statutes,
expunge jargon, repetition, pleonasm and what not, ren-
dering our law-papers insufferable in the perusal ; but
unless care of no ordinary character is taken, darkness
will only be made visible, and the last error worse than
the first. However, the barristers have commenced the
Herculean task, and I wish them well out of it. The late
Sir ROBERT PEEL produced his law reform in a codifi-
cation, curiously enough called Peel's Criminal Acts ;
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, after Sir ROBERT, tried his hand
at the same game, and every LORD CHANCELLOR and new-
made law-lord—your ABINGERS, DENMANS, BROUGH-
AM, LAXGDALES, LYNDHURSTS, CAMPBELLS. CRAN-
WORTHS, &c., during the last five and twenty years ; and
after all we find that the job is to be handed over to
" barristers of eminence," who are to have only " a
few hundreds a-year a piece." From what I learn, the
work, if not nearly finished, is well begun.
The professors of the elegant art of water-colour paint-
ing are all on the qui rive this week, preparatory to the
opening of the annual exhibitions of their charming pro-
ductions in fruit and flower, sweet domestic scenes, pic-
tures of English life and English manners, English land-
scape, too, and portrait—strong in this last department,—
after all I am afraid,—for the interests of what is corn-
monlyand properly enough termed "high art,"—the most
remunerative branch of pictorial skill. A new gallery,
called the " Portland," opened its doors this week to the
public : it has a goodly array of pictures on its walls, and
the members deserve praise for their self-reliance. If one
hundredth part of the practisers of the brush and pencil
were to hang on the skirts of the Royal Academy for a
" lift," they might hang on, hoping against hope, till the
end of their days. The Academy, however, is becoming
more liberal, both out and in-doors. The associates have
no ionger to sit on stools at the meetings, like so many
dunces, but have their aristocratic red-backed chairs, like
the best of the academicians ; and likewise with regard to
the "fourth estate—the press : until lately, that—to
artists—most necessary body, had no privileges whatever:
all was pay, pay ; and the grand banquet in the midst of
the pictures, given on the Saturday prior to opening, was
closed to all save the elite. Now and then, it is true,
a literary don might he seen here and there,—a poet also
—SAM ROGERS and Toas CAMPBELL,—the latter glorious
in talk even long after thewdiantnes. CAMPBELL knew
when he had enough, but h
fascination of the exalted company,'te lt the pictures, the
conversation, and
the countless other agre'rnens of such a society, the poet's
heart became full to overflowing, and we
ekaekwt ht h atHoout
of the fullness of the heart the mouth sp
Tnom.as CAMPBELL would talk on such occasions Norw
was he over-nice. of his auditors ; I am not quite sure
that he has not " held forth" to more than one of the
p/ushed servitors of the Academy after some of theselloftv
fes-
tive gatherings ;—they had anecdotes eno to tell
" rum oldFusEet," who used to say to the students at the
foot of the old staircase in Somerset-house, fast by the
Hercules Farnese, that they—the students—were bears,
and that he—Fusem—was their keeper; and so on down
to the more recent days of the elegant LAWRENCE, and
the prim but learned Sir ARCHER. My introduc-
tion to ROGERS was funny. Somebody, I think it was
the late Sir JOHN AlaecoLm, either brought or sent
a mummy three thousand years old from Memphis;
all the world was invited to see it ripped up, in the
theatre of the Royal Institution. TOM CAMPBELL sat
next to me, SAMUEL. ROGERS opposite, with his
fine head and countenance, both as white as the
driven snow ; the sun-light was Stroaming through the