The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-04-06 00:00:00

RAILWAY RETURNS

LIVERTOOL AND MANCHESTER—WeEk
ending March 26th
GRAND JUNCTION, 27th £7,565 5 5
CHESTER AND BIRKENHEAD—For the
week ending 3d April, 1841—Receipts,
5878 passengers

£459 12 2

Mr. Popham, whose announcement appears in our co-
lumns, is highly spoken of by the Bath, Bristol, and Chel-
tenham press. His style is pronounced to be elegant, elo-
quent, and clear. The diagrams and the dissolvent diorama
are said to be triumphs of the optical art.

GLOVE CLEANING.-Mr. Rateau, of London, has dis-
covered a mode of cleaning kid gloves, by which they are
rendered equal to new. The colour, by this process, is re-
stored, and 'tis hardly possible to distinguish old gloves from
those put out of the glover's hands. That is " old lamps
for new ones."

Music.—Miss Hammond and her brother, Mr. C. Ham-
mond, we perceive, are receiving pupils, to instruct them in
the science of music. We know none more competent, and
beg to recommend them to notice.

PASTORAL AID SOCIETY.—ST. JUDE'S CHURCII—OD
Sunday last a collection was made (without any previous
notice) in St. Jude's church, towards the funds of the Pas-
toral Aid Society, and the sum of £ll 9s. Od. contributed.
We hope this good example will be followed, seeing, as Mr.
Mc. Neile said on Sunday, that the annual grants of the
society in aid of incumbents in this town, amount to £s9o*
while the annual contributions from the town towards the
funds of the society, have hitherto not exceeded £2OO.
BREAKING INTO AND ROBBING A WAREHOUSE.—At the
Police-court yesterday, a man named Robert Saville was
placed at the bar, on a charge of having broken into the
warehouse of Messrs. Gordon and Co., Leeds-street, and
stolen several articles therefrom. It appeared that the ware-
house had been robbed on the 2d of April last, and amongst
other articles missed were a quantity of Spanish juice, and.
some kegs. The prisoner was suspected, and on Satur-
day last was seen by a police-otficer in Cunliffe-street.
Upon him were found a bunch of skeleton keys, also
other keys. Yesterday morning his lodgings were searched,
and there were found a piece of Spanish juice, and other
articles confirming the suspicions entertained. The ware-
houseman said that the outer door had been forced; a
skeleton key was found in another door, and the iron safe
had also been attempted. The keys having been left by him
on the counting-house desk were also taken, and these were
found in the possession of the prisoner and were identified.
The prisoner was committed for trial.
EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF CARRIAGES.—The largest
sale of carriages that has taken place for years in this king-
dom will " come off " to-morrow, at Lucas's Repository.
In the catalogue we find all sorts of vehicles from the shan-
dry to the four-in-hand mail drag. There are 257 lots in all,.
and the most fastidious person who wishes to set up an equi-
page can now do so at, we should fancy, a somewhat reason-
able rate. Whether times are bad and people are reducing
their establishments, or whether times are good and new
turns out are being constructed or in contemplation, we can-
not say ; but certain it is that such a collection of carriages
has not yet been seen ; and it is worth while visiting the re-
pository—merely for the sake of observing the variety of
builds presented to view. We see that Mr. Standish's car-
riages will be offered for sale amongst others—by order of
his executors.

A TOBACCONIST'S " MAN" RUN OFF WITII.—At the
Police Court, yesterday, John Campbell, a young man, was
brought before Hugh Hornby, Esq., to answer a charge of
having kidnapped a man. One of the olfiurs presented him-
self in the witness-box, holding up a wooden image, eppa-
senting an African chief In full Turkish costume, which ex-
cited considerable laughter from its grotesque appearance
" as a witness," with one arm elevated, as if in the attitude
of addresaing the magistrate. The police-officer stated
that at three o'clock on Sunday morning he saw
the prisoner going along with something in his arm, and,
following him, found him concealed behind a passage dour
with the figure produced, which it was afterwards found had
been taken from the exterior of a tobacconist's shop in Cros-
bie-street. The prisoner said that as he was going home two
men came up to him and gave it to him, saying he might
do what he liked with it. The officer admitted
that he saw two men in the street near she prisoner, and that
they both ran away. It appeared probable that the image
had been taken by the men in a drunken frolic, and that the
cost of replacing it would be ls. 6d. The prisoner, a painter
and glazier, was required to pay that amount, and was then
discharged.

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUNISTANCE.—On Wednesday morning
last, as the sexton of Walton-on-the-Hill was passing near
the east window of the church, he observed that a portion
of the ground had been recently disturbed by other hands.
than his own ; and on examining the spot he discovered,
near the wall, anti about six inches below the surface, a box„
which, on being opened, was found to contain the body of a
male infant, apparently full grown. An inquest was held ma
view of the same, at the Black Horse Inn, on the follow-
ing day, before John Heyes, Esq., coroner, arid a respect-
able jury. The box was evidently not made by a mechanic,
it being of deal stained red, cut at the ends in a very mit:
workmanlike manner, having a pair of brass hinges upocioinil_
and fastened together clumsily with brass headed nails,_s
1 long,.
and large nails, and tacks. It was about 20 incit.
full grown
and from Sto9 in width. The body, that of acoarses,linen,
and finely formed child, was wrapped in a pieceereofa
quantity of
or towelling, and beneath it, in the box,
clippings and shreds of various kinds of
linen wadding, (used in females' dresses,) &c.,
There were
re-
sembling the sweepingsof a dressmak 6,cvlino.t,ht, h
e cotton
whole and
fronts cut out, and other frag 1)
Tneded in her accouchment by
also in the box remnants of cottontss.teockiiuhge,
motherpi pieces ofo of the
child had, it appeared, been attended
as the usual ligature, Sce„
a professional man, or a midwife,
Mr. Hannay, surgeon, and
had been regularly attended
geon. had made a post mot-leo,
, as the lungs were full',
There was an
examination.his relative, M ri.leThey
Norris,
were soufr
on one nostril and on the corres-
ponding pressure .
appearance o
t of the lip ,
y ; with a tint on one cheek, also indi-
cating par
inflated, that the child had been born alive.
A small quantity of food—water gruel—
pressure.
on the stomach, and it was stated that the de-
u•onuald not have been above three days old at the time
ceased‘s .a s
found
f• its death. The jury, under the circumstances, returned a
verdictot of " Wilful murder against some Person or persons
unknown."

All the witnesses were ordered out of court.
Rebecca Morgan was then called, who said she was 15
years old. Lived servant with the late Mr. and Mrs. Cook ;
went there the Christmas before it happened ; had had her
sisters living with them before. They generally went to bed
at eight o'clock, master fastening the doors. They got up at

six in winter, and five in summer. Witness was usually
called up by master. Master's bed-room was in front. He
]as a brother-in .law named Leah living half a mile from the
it house on Monday, and stayed till
Afterwards, master made both the

eight o'clock at night

Master went before

mistress : he left Mrs. Cook up. There was a fire in the
house ; did not take any candle to bed. Tables were in the
house ; left a basin upon one of them. Fell asleep soon ;
but was awakened by crash of stand and basin. Heard Mrs.
Cook say, " Joseph, can't you get a light :" that was in their
bed-room. There was no reply. She went down stairs ;
and when she had got to the bottom she cried out " 0 Lord !"
Heard a great noise, as by a hammer beating against a wall.
Mistress cried out Oh !" and " woe." Heard nothing else.
Next heard some person come up stairs into witness's room.
lie opened the door, and stood by the bed-side. There was
no light. He then walked to the foot of the bed, where he
stood a while ; then came back and stood by the bed side.
He afterwards went to Mrs. Cooke's room ; he did not re-
main any time there, and proceeded down stairs. He passed
between witness and the window ; but it being so very dark
could not tell whether the person was a man or a woman ;
heard nothing more. Master had a clock in the house place;
did not hear the person leave the house, nor hear anything
more of him. Still continued in bed, and then. heard two
or three groans ! it struck eleven just at that time ; the
clock had struck ten when the noise of the stand and basin
was heard ; afterwards heard the clock strike twelve, one,
two, and three, when she fell asleep, and awoke at five ; got
up and dressed herself. There is a small room between the
the bed rooms and going down stairs ; observed that Mr.
Western's bed room was open. The first thing she saw down
stairs was the dead bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Cook, lying in a
lake of blood ; got upon her hands and knees ; procured her
bonnet and shoes ; unbarred the kitchen door, and went to

Mr. Leah's; masters's bed-room window was open; in-
formed Mr. Leah what she had seen ; master was not in the
habit of undressing himself down stairs, but before going up
to bed he generally threw his neckcloth over the chair back
in the house. He had been cutting sticks that night at the

wood pent; but was not sure whether it was an-axe or a
hook he was cutting the wood with ; he was cutting when
Mr. Leah came up ; usually kept upon a little shelf in the
shippon the axe, hook, and dubbing sheers ; saw the handles
of them from the shelf.

The witness was cross-examined, but nothing of impor-

Mr. William Leah examined by Mr. TRAFFORD.—Married
Mr. Cook's sister, and lived about half a mile from the
house. Went to the house between six and seven on the
night in question. He was cutting wood with a hook; did
not take the hook into the shippon, Staid in the house till
their clock gave warning for eight, leaving his wife, and the
girl. Towards morning was called upon by Rebecca Mor-
gan ; it was five o'clock. Met James Horsy in the lane,
about twenty or thirty yards from Mr. Cook's house. Took
him back with him. Observed hay upon his coat. Observed
Cook's bed-room window open; toe house door was upon
the latch. Saw Mr. and Mrs. Cook lie upon the floor ; he
lay within the door, and she at the further end of the house.
There was a vast quantity of blood ; and thought that their
throats had been cut. The stools and stands had been up-
set, and broken basins lying upon the floor, which articles he
had left the deceased using the night before. Also found
that the desk had been broken open, and the lock forced off.
The girl fetched John Kinder, the constable ; and many
people were soon on the spot. In an (hour and a half Top-
ham, a constable of Knutsford came ; remained there in the
and prevented anything being disturbed. Saw
in axe upon the table • do not think he touched it; did not
know whose it was. Mr. Dean, the surgeon, examined the
bodies before any person removed them. Saw a paper lying
near the fire place ; it appeared as though it had lighted a
candle; did not touch it. Had been there half an hour be-
fore the paper was observed. A pikel was reared against the
house near the door, on the outside. There were two can-
dlesticks on a table beside the axe, and another near the
chair, in which Mr. Cook had been left sitting on the over
night. Both candles were burned down.
Rebecca Morgan recalled by Mr. TEMPLE.—It was after
tea that master was cutting sticks ; do not know what it was
with ; never said that he was cutting the sticks with an axe
near the pump; will swear it.

meantim

The learned counsel then called for the depositions taken
before the justices, wherein it appeared that the witness
stated that ti was an axe. In continuation of the cross-ex-
amination for the prisoner, the witness said she could not be
sure whether it was the hook or the axe which Mr. Cook
used.

By answer to Mr. COTTINGHAM.—Was examined before
the magistrates the same week that the murder took place.
Could not tell whether it was a man or a woman who entered
the bed-rooms, because it was so very dark. Am quite sure
that I heard the word " don't master."
Thomas Harding said he was a wheelwright, and was near
Peover on the day in question. Left his sister's at nine
o'clock, on the 25th of August ; on arriving nearly opposite
Mr. Cook's house. About half-past six o'clock heard the
door open and shut sharp ; the Peover Hall clock afterwards
struck ten. When he heard the door, he also heard some-
thing like blows being struck; and tables and stands being
thrown over. Went to the corner of the building and lis-
tened, which is about twenty yards from the house. Did
not hear anything more. Then tried to get on the bay-shed
to rest, being very much tired and fatigued, but could not
from the road. Passing on to the end of the building, got
over to the stack, from which he pulled a quantity of hay,
and sitting down upon it, tried to go to sleep. In about five
minutes afterwards heard a scuffle, and a female's voice say,
" Aye, Lord, my dear master don't." Everything after
then was quite still; soon after the Peover Hall clock struck
ten. A horse then went by towards Knutsford. Fell asleep;
it was not very dark. Awoke about five o'clock. The rea-
son witness did not go to Cook's on hearing the voices, he
though that the master was correcting the servant girl. Ott
going across the fields, met Leah ; and, accompanying her
back to the house, discovered the dead bodies of Mr. and
Mrs. Cook.

James Topham, an officer of the Chester constabulary, was
examined by Mr. COTTINGHAM. He resided at Knutsford.
and a little after seven o'clock on the morning of the 25th
August, went to Mr. Cook's house, where he saw Sir Harry
Mainwaring, the Rev. ,Mr. Bush, James Leah, and many
others. Went into the house, and found Mr. Cook lay on
the far side, with his head towards the wall opposite the door,
Mrs. Cook with her head towards the door : they lay in an
angular direction. The house leads into a garden. Mr.
Cook had on a pair of drawers and a night shirt, and Mrs.
Cook a chemise and cap, with a deal of blood, arising from
injuries inflicted upon them. There was a table, which had
been knocked over, a chair with the foot broken, and a bowl,
which had been upon it, also broken. There was an axe
upon another table under the window : it was six or seven
feet from the bodies, and was bloody on the back part. Also
found some papers. One was lying :a foot from Mr. Cook's
shoulder, and another, which the witness likewise produced,
he found on the table, by the axe. A spectacle case and a
neck handkerchief, that had been drawn from Mr. Cook,
were lying between Mr. Cook's body and the clock. The
first paper is written in light blue ; it is also stained with
blood. There is a little dirt and bood upon the other. A
small portion had been torn off the first, and burned, as
though the party had lighted a candle, and then stamped his
foot upon the paper. The bit cm-responds with that which
had been written on. Went up stairs into Mr. Cook's bed-
room. There were two buffets in the front room, both of
which were bent open : no violence had apparently been used
to open them. Some drawers had likewise been opened
without violence. The window was open. The bed had been
slept on, and Mrs. Cook's pocket lay upon the bed. After-
wards came down stairs, and found that a bureau had been
forced open, and the lock burst from it. Remained in pos-
session of the house until the inquest, which was held in a
few hours afterwards. Gave the articles found to Mr. Har-
per, the special high constable. Nothing has been added to
them.

Mr. Harper, the special high constable, was called to iden-
tify the letters produced to be those given to him by Topham,
as had been found in Cook's.
Mr. John Plunkett was next examined. He said the do-
cument produced in blue ink was his handwriting. He was
at school at Cavan ; and the character was written for
Bartley Murray, (Bartholemew Murray), who, came for the
character to his (witness's) father's.
Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE.—Can't really swear that
the paper was in his handwriting. He was desired by his
father to write one.

The document in blue ink is written in the following

words—" B. Murray lived with me for six months as servant
boy, during which time he conducted himself soberly, ho-
nestly, and attentively to his business. Nov. 27, 1839.
Michael Plunkett, Swelling Lodge, Cavan."
Mr. John M`Nally lives at Ballyconnell, and is about 13
miles from Cavan. Knew the prisoner some time back ;he
had lived with him. The paper written in black ink to the
best of his belief appeared like his. Thinks he gave prisoner
a character on leaving him and applying for one through his
uncle, who was a workman of his. Looking at the paper,
he had no occasion to doubt that this was his handwriting.

Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE.—I have no recollection
hatever of the time I wrote it.

LThe existing fragments of this imperfect document having
been attached, it was as follows :—" Bartle. B. Murray has
lived we years past, during which time he himself
with the strictest honesty, having a good deal to transact
from me fully. He is now discharged, having been paid
all his wages.—John M`Nally."

Jas. Highland.—Knows the prisoner. Became acquainted
with him at Lisburn, and accompanied him to England.
Prisoner showed him two written characters which he had
procured in Ireland, one being written with blue ink and the
other with black, which he had severally received from Mr.
Plunkett, and the other from Dr. Alpin. He admitted also
that he had one from Mr. M`Nally. On landing in this
country in June, got work on the Saturday at Knotty Ash,
near Liverpool. Did not see the character in his custody
after that time.

Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE.—Got work all winter,
as a bricksetter's labourer, and has worked regularly except
on wet days. Came to England because a lad told him he
might get plenty to do here. Can neither read nor write.
W. Fitzpatrick.— Lived at Col. Williams's, Little Woolton,
near Liverpool. Worked with the prisoner at the last hay
time, at Mr. Wright's, farmer, Childwall, in the latter end
of June. Saw him with John P. Fitzpatrick, and others ;
went with them to Warrington, thence to Knutsford, where
they lodged at Terence Riley's. They went to different
places but could not meet with employment. This testimony
went to show that Murray was not able to obtain work, and
obtain money by labour. Murray exhibited to him three
written characters, signed by Plunkett, M`Nalty, and ano-
ther ; and one was written in blue ink. Saw them more than
once. They were worn very thin, and the prisoner asked
witness to write two more for him, but he refused to do it,
as he considered it would be a count:efDid not recollect the
distance Cross-examined by Mr. TENIPLE
distance of time he saw the character to the time he was ex-
amined before the magistrates.
We received the preceding by an early train from Chester
yesterday, but owing to some accident or irregularity the
concluding part of the report has not reached us.

THE CASHMERE SHAWL.—The bills of indictment against
Anne Kelly and Eliza Kelly, for having been concerned in
stealipg " the cashmere shawl," the property of an honou ra-
NONA, Elp'traced it to a house of some notoriety iii the
h ergitbouMrd of Merrion-square, Dublin, have been ignored
th 34, The prisoners were discharged, and the
prope ty r cfil!legitimate owner.

Posterity will blame us that we have not sooner seized
upon the opportunity of immortalizing what must, some 20
years hence, be viewed as a " lusus natures," viz., a whig
mayor of Liverpool ;—the last, perhaps, which is ever likely
to be seen in this good old town. Anxious as we are, how-
ever, to stand well with and to gratify posterity, we must
confess that we can see nothing, either in the mental or
bodily graces, of the subject of our present sketch—nothing
whatever beyond the fact of his occupying the civic chair—
which can at all entitle him to a more prominent position
than that which we have assigned him. History, indeed,
records the name of Thomas Bolton as the last of his species
who bloomed in the council chamber ;—as the ultimate or
penultimate joint in the tail of the incubus which for some
ten years has been allowed to desecrate the seat of the
mayoralty of Liverpool. The virtuoso may prize his name
as he would that of the last man who was-hung at " Tyburn
'—as he would the last three shilling piece which was
issued from the mint—or any other similar curiosity ; but
we have no wish to convert our gallery into a receptacle for
such commodities—into a store-room for the odds and ends
of humanity. We purpose decorating its walls with the
lineaments of great men—of men whose names like those
of Sir Joshua Walmsley or Mr. William Earle deserve to
live in the world's estimation for ever; but Thomas Bolton
is only great by courtesy,—great for one twelve months by
virtue of his office—great as the present head of the Town
Hall menage, and as the " most desartless captain" of the
Town Hall dogberries.

We remember having heard somewhere a story of a Flemish
painter, who having been paid to paint the " facial develope-
ments" of a worthy burgomaster, after several ineffectual
attempts, threw down his brush in despair, and with a noble
disinterestedness returned the money which he had received.
The burgomaster had not a face to paint ; ergo, the artist
could not earn his fee. Our mayor is in this respect not
unlike the worthy burgomaster ; and we must, with all due
submission, hand over the painting of his exterior to some of
those less aspiring artists who execute all house signs—paint
" jolly carters" or " merry cobblers"—and occasionally con-
descend to coat with rainbow hues, the shafts, body and
wheels of a cart, or a wheelbarrow. The red rotundity of
visage which won the hearts of all beholders in the person of
"sweet Kitty Clover," whose face was

" As red and as round and as fat,
As a red pulpit cushion, or redder than that,

is not to our taste ; although, when combined with the ro-
bust frame and the stout nether limbs of his worship, the
whole might furnish an admirable subject for such an artist
as we have alluded to. The addition of a blouse-vuglo, a
tmock frock—to the snuff-brown " Benjamin" and the drab
" unmentionables" of the mayor, would furnish as excellent
a representation of the jolliest of carters, as ever swung upon
a post or blew the froth off a pot of beer.
But after all, what are externals ? Beneath this rough and
somewhat unprepossessing exterior may lie a soul stupid in
all the rarer essences of humanity.

" Full many a gem of purest ray serene
The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear ;'

and such a gem may be the mind which slumbers beneath the
massy frame of our worthy chief magistrate. Some " mute
inglorious Milton"—some " Cromwell, guiltless of his coun-
try's blood"—it may be, after all, which, in our blindness, we

now slight in the person of Mr. Thomas Bolton. We fear,
however, that such is not the fact ; that a very ordinary and
somewhat hitter kernel it is which is contained within that
rough and unpromising shell. In every thought and in every
feeling Mr. Bolton is a thorough " utilitarian"—a mere mat-
ter-of-fact man. Taste, fancy, imagination, he possesses
not a very particle of.

" A primrose, by the river's brim,
A yellow primrose is to him."
A light cloud flitting over the blue face of an April morn is
to him no more than a hint to put his umbrella under his arm.
He never dreams, except he has eat a heavy supper, and then
it is only of a fall in the price of " Boweds" or " Orleans,"
or of a protested bill drawn upon a Yankee speculator in
bank stock or backwood allotments. He never wrote nor
never read a line of poetry in his life. Painting, sculpture,
music he cares not for. His balance sheet at Christmas is to
him a more pleasing object than a master piece of Raphael.
A column of figures in his ledger he would inspect with
greater interest than the column of Trajan.

All these, however, are very praiseworthy habits, no doubt,
in your mere man of business ; and in this character we rea-
dily admit that Mr. Bolton is unexceptionable. In his private
capacity—on 'Change, in his counting-house, or by his fire-
side—we have every inclination to be satisfied with him. In
his public capacity, however, as a politician, we cannot accord
to him the same meed of praise. Contracted utilitarian
views and a sour and overbearing spirit have ever distin-
guished him in his public conduct. He would not waive a
prejudice even to win the good opinion of an opponent, but
rather insist upon his humour, purposely to aggravate his
hostility ; and as the natural result of this unamiable spirit,
he is about the " best disliked" man of his party—to which
circumstance, no doubt, in a great measure, he owes his ele-
vation to civic pre-eminence. That " impartiality" and
" gentlemanly conduct" which in Sir Joshua Walmsley won
the unvarying applause of our contemporaries, is not, we fear,
likely to be a shining characteristic of the present Mayor—
to whom, should he ever be rewarded by the honours of
knighthood for his assiduities in " toadying" the persons of
any of her Majesty's imbeciles, we would suggest the title of
Sir Bruin, in addition to his patronymic of Bolton ; and for
his crest, a hand grasping a soup ladle—gastronomic taste,
we believe, having been the only taste ever displayed by his
worship, and that which has alone distinguished his mayoralty.

DISCONTINUANCE OF THE_" TRACTS FOR THE

TIMES."

The important communication which the above title con-
veys is made in a letter addressed by the Rev. Mr. Newman
to the Bishop of Oxford. His lordship has gravely stated
that he considers that the Tract No. 90 is " objectionable,
and may tend to disturb the peace and tranquillity of the
church ; ' and " advises that the Tracts Ar the Times should
be discontinued." In compliance with this remonstrance,
Mr. Newman has announced that No. 90 will close the series.

MEETING OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE AT LEEDS.

On Wednesday evening, the anniversary meeting of the
Leeds District Society for the Promotion of Christian Know-
ledge, was held in the Music Hall, Albion-street, Leeds, and
was very numerously attended. The Lord Bishop of Ripon
presided.
After the first resolution had been passed unanimously, the
Bishop announced that the second resolution would be moved
by the Rev. Dr. Hook, the vicar of the parish.
The Rev. Dr. Hook immediately rose and was received
with the most cordial cheering, which lasted for some time.
\\Then the applause had subsided, he said—My Christian
Friends, I thank you for that long, and loud applause. (Re-
newed cheers. It tells me that whatever others may say of
me lam still secure of your support. (Loud applause.) It
tells me that you adhere to those principles and doctrines
that I preach—those good old high church doctrines. (Loud
cheers.) It tells me that in whatever Protestant pulpit Popery
may be preached, in my Catholic pulpit you hear only those
doctrines of the Church of England by which Popery can be
refuted. (Renewed plaudits.) My Christian friends, we
can no longer shut our eyes, after what we have heard in
various parts of the country, to the lamentable fact that the
Church of England is now divided into two parties. It is a
lamentable fact ; and I should very much have wished that
it had been otherwise. In my humble sphere I have endea-
voured even to avoid the appearance of forming a party, the
appearance even of "lording it over God's heritage," and
God Almighty knows that it never was my wish. (Applause.)
But parties now are formed. A party has been found act-
ing in a party spirit, and on party tactics, in various parts of
the country ; and in self-defence a party now must be formed
to meet it. (Cheers.) We can no longer halt between two
opinions ; we cannot attempt to hunt with the hounds and to
run with the hare ; we must take our part ; and as far as I
am concerned I will nail my colours to the mast of high prin-
ciple, and blow high or blow low, come sunshine or come
storm, through the grace of God, I will adhere to them. (Loud
applause.) Now, my Christian friends, I will tell you what
I mean by our taking a decided part. tis often said, I have
heard it frequently said, by laymen " What are we poor lay-
men to do ?"—laymen who are perfectly determined to take
their own course—but, " what are we to do when we find
that on some particular points the clergy are themselves
divided ?" I will tell you the safe course, which is this--to
discover what party acts on those general principles which
we generally approve, and to that party to give our support,
notwithstanding the occasioAal extravagancies to which indi-
viduals of that party may be led by their enthusiasm for all
that is high, elevating, and holy, for the demonstration of
their principles for the edification of the church or the glory
of God. (Applause.) Now the two parties into—
The Bishop of Ripon.—Perhaps my learned friend will
allow me to observe that this is scarcely consistent with—
(The renewed plaudits of the assembly prevented the rest of
the sentence from being heard, if uttered.) My Christian
friends, we are come here to promote the cause of Christian
knowledge, and Ido earnestly—(a repetition of the cheers
prevented his lordship from proceeding.) Hear me, while I
in Christian kindness beg my Christian friend to consider
whether he may not confine himself to the subject we are
met to promote. (Great excitement prevailed.)
The Rev. William Williamson, in a stentorian voice, ex-
claimed, from the upper part of the orchestra—" Hear the
bishop, heat the bishop, hear the bishop."
The Bishop rejoined—" I have been heard—l have spo-
ken," and resumed his seat.
Er. Hook (after a burst of applause)—lf I had been
allowed, I should have shown how the subject on which I
have been speaking may be made to bear upon the object of
our present meeting; but after what our respected diocesan
has said I shall content myself with saying nothing more
than requesting you to adopt the resolution that I proceed
to read to you—
" That this meeting is deeply impressed with the liberality
which the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge has
shown, both by the grants for various purposes to this town
and neighbourhood, and by the great reduction which has
been made in the prices of Bibles and Testaments."
On this point it will be unnecessary for me to detain you
any great length of time. You all know how liberally the
grants have been made by this society. You are all well
aware of that, and, therefore, I feel quite certain that you
will gladly and cordially adopt the resolution which I now
submit to you. (Loud and long continued cheers marked
the conclusion of the Rev. vicar's address.)
[We take the above from the Leeds Intelligeneer of Sa-
turday last. In a subsequent speech, Dr. Hook apologised
to the bishop for " having unintentionally disturbed, or
nearly so, the harmony of the meeting."]

The perpetual movement has for countless years, it seems,
acted as a night mare to many of the ingenious manufac-
turers of the Jura. One of them had been for twenty years
occupied with this chimerical pursuit. Last year he thought
he had attained the desired discovery, and constructed a
machine so admirably contrived that it went with the most
perfect regularity for eight successive months. This cer-
tainly was a most flattering result, and encouraged the in-
ventor to entertain the full hope that he had found out a
principle hitherto deemed non-existent. Alas ! the delusion
was doomed to pass away. About a week ago the wonderful
piece of mechanism came to a sudden stop, and with it the
life of its visionary contriver ; for, on the following morning,
he was found self-suspended to a beam in his barn.

John Fitzpatrick was with the prisoner and last witness at
Knutsford in August last. Worked there three days, at
Ditchfields', haymaking. Prisoner worked with him, and
had some words with one of the lads then also working for
Ditchfields. Left Knutsford for 'Nottingham. Never saw
the prisoner without money. Came back to Riley's, at
Knutsford, and lodged there. We had had no work. Since
witness was before the magistrates, he had been in Liverpool
Gaol. _ _

Samuel Ross had lived with Mr. Ditchfield, of Knutsford,
who held a farm at Over Peover. Worked for him in the
beginning of August, in the hay. There were a great many
Irishmen there just before the Knutsford Sessions ; the pri-
soner was one of them ; they worked Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday. The prisoner, on the Friday, asked witness whe-
ther " those old people " (meaning the Cooks) were rich ;
and witness answered, " Yes, very." The following morn-
ing some words took place about some hay.
Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE.—Did not quarrel with
him ; we had a few words ; he was angry. Did not know
anything about the prisoner until he came to work in the
hay. Wituess threatened to stick prisoner with the pikel,
but did not attempt.
Re-examined by Mr. TRAFFORD.—Was sure that Murray
was the man who made use of the sbove language to him.
Henry Saville lived, in August last, with Mr. Fincham,
of Ravenshead, near Prescot. Saw prisoner the Saturday
before the murder ; purchased a pawnticket of a watch from
him for Os. ; prisoner stated that he wanted to go to Bir-
mingham, and gave his name Wm. Fitzpatrick. Sent for
the watch, but the ticket was stopped.
Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE.—Believes that one of the
Fitzpatricks, just examined, was with the prisoner on one
occasion when he (witness) relieved him.
Re-examined by the ATTORNEY -GENERAL.—Had relieved
him twice, promising that if he (the witness) heard of a situ-
ation he would let him know. Prisoner then told him his
address i❑ Prescot. . . _ -

James Atherton was examined by Mr. COTTINGHAM.—
He said he knew the prisoner. Remembered him coming
to his public-house at Lachford in the middle of June, in
company with two other young men ; they had some bread,
cheese, and ale. Prisoner said be would call again. On
Sunday, the 24th August, he did call again, stating that he
was coming to have another glass of " stingo." He asked
whether the railway trains go off on the Sunday. 'Witness
answered in the affirmative. Prisoner observed that he was
going to Knutsford—that was about half-past one—and that
he would call as he came down. Witness said that lie could
not possibly be back in time. Ile then enquired whether the
trains ran at night. He accordingly left, and called again on
Tuesday morning about half-past seven o'clock ; had some
refreshment, and then weut away. The house is eleven miles
distant from Knutsford. Heard of the murder on the Wed-
nesday, which was the day after the murder. Saw him on
the day preceding, and succeeding the day of the murder.
Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE.—It was on the Sunday
that he came back on his way to Knutsford.
Evan Evans keeps the White Bear public-house, in Knuts-
ford. Knew the prisoner Bartholomew Murray; remembers
the day on which Mr. and Mrs. Cook were murdered; and
saw him that nigh at two public-houses. He was at the Rose
and Crown, between seven and eight o'clock, with James
O'Brian. He left and went to the White Bear ;he was not
quite sober. Riley came and fetched him away.
Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE.—PeopIe were teasing
him rather ill-naturedly, which was the reason witness wished
to get him away.
John Ditchfield said, he saw the prisoner in the lane lead-
ing to Maithall, lying on his back, about a mile from Cook's
house ; it was about half-past ten, on the morning of the 26th.
It is a bye-lane.
Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE.—The lane is not much
frequented ; did not speak to him.
By the COURT.—Had seen the prisoner many times in
Knutsford, and am certain he is the man.
Francis Gregory examined by Mr. COTTINGHAM.—He
said he was working with Ross and the prisoner in Ditch-
field's hay-field. Did not see him after the murder, which
took place on Peover Wakes Monday. Saw prisoner that day
at noon, near Ditchfield's gate. Asked him where he was
going, or whether he was looking out for a job ? He said
he was. He asked whether we wanted any hands ; and I
told him we did not. Had seen him before ; on one occa-
sion he was travelling with a basket of oranges. The pri-
soner is the same man. _

Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE.—Did not know all the
Irishmen Mr. Diehfield employed in the hay-field • knew
two of them before. Did not know his name until the ex-
amination at Knutsford.

Ellen Bulkeley resides at the Mainwaring Arms, which
house is called the " whipping stocks." Knows him by going
about with oranges. Saw him going by the " whipping
stocks" towards Knutsford, from Cook's, about twelve
o'clock on the morning of the murder. Can't say she saw
him again.
Wm. Evison was a land agent at Toft ; was at Over Peover
on the night preceding the murder. Living between Peover
and Knutsford, he had to pass Cook's on his way from his
brother's, who resides about two miles off. Was on horse-
back ; it was ten o'clock just before he got to Cook's house.
Got home about half-past ten. Nothing attracted his atten-
tion, When he got home he turned his horse out.
Mrs, Evison corroborated the hour of her husband's ar-
rival. While holding the candle at the door, she observed a
man running very quick towards Knutsford from Cook's
house. Saw that he was rather low in stature as he passed
and heard him panting for breath as he went past. Could
not tell whether he was young or old ; but appeared to run
very fast.
John Eden, the sexton of Knutsford Church, said Ile
found a canvas purse in the church-yard, about half-past five
o'clock on the morning of the 25th August : it had been
thrown over the wall fronting the prison. If a person de-
sired to pass from Cook's to Terence Riley's lodging-house,
they would have to go along the turnpike-road which fronts
the church-yard. Gave the purse to Mr. Harper, the Special
High Constable. It was the road from Evison's.
Cross-evamined by Mr. TEMPLE.—The road is a regular
turnpike-road, from Liverpool to London, but not direct to
Macclesfield.

- -
Mary Lea, niece to the deceased, identified the canvas bag
produced. She made it for her uncle, and swore to certain
peculiarities.
Rebecca Morgan, on being recalled, also identified the
bag, she having seen the unfortunate gentleman within a few
days before his death.
Terence Riley keeps a lodging-house in Knutsford. Had
known the prisoner some time. On the Sunday before the
murder, he arrived in the house at two o'clock •, slept there
all night. Fetched him out to go to a public-house. The
following night he came in while witness' was in bed. Saw
him come in that night; it was about a quarter-past ten. Our
clock is a quarter before the regular time. Did not speak to
him at all ; witness's wife asked him why he had been so
late, and he replied that he had bad six or seven miles to
walk. He also said that he had three-quarters of a day.
She asked him why he did not sleep in the barn, and he said
there was no straw in. She next asked him whether he was
going away in the morning, and he said " No; for there's
no work for me." She thn desired him to go to bed, and
light a candle, which he refused to do, adding, that he knew
which way to go. Witness slept below, and did not again
see the prisoner until he was in the Knutsford prison. He
had a brownish coat on, with bright buttons.
Hannah Riley knew Bartholomew Murray. Heard of
Mr. Cook's murder ; prisoner slept at our house on the Sun-
day and Monday nights. This witness corroborated thecon-
v ersation described by her husband as having transpired be-
tween the prisoner and her. He was the first to leave the
house on Tuesday morning ; it was between four and five.
He had paid her a shilling which he owed her, saying that he
did not think that he should return, it being his intention to
apply for work towards Manchester.
Miles Tyson, shopman to his brother, a shoemaker in
Tithebarn-street, remembered seeing a person coming into
the shop either on Tuesday the 25th or 26th of August. He
had on a light jacket and moleskin trowsers ; and sold him a
pair of shoes ; had seen the some shoes in Knutsford in
September last.
By the COURT—Cannot tell whether it was the prisoner or
not ; do not recollect his person.
Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE—There are the initials
"J. G." upon our shoes. Cannot swear to any particular
day he sold the shoes. None closed in the same name that
these are ; nor had we any similarly closed for 12 months or
more. _

-11arper produced the shoes; which he said the prisoner
had on when apprehended in Ireland.
Mr Burgess, Governor of Knutsford House of Correction,
on receiving the prisoner, delivered to Harper, the superin-
tendent constable, prisoner's shoes, hat, and cnat.
Edward Haggerty, clothes dealer, Liverpool, was called to
prove having sold the prisoner those clothes on the 25th of
August. A book is kept in which entries of sales are made ;
in the book there is an entry under date of 25th ; but would
not say that those sales were on that day. Those entries
were in his own handwriting ; and he believed they were sold
on that day.

By the Court.—Have only formed that opinion because he
found the articles under 25th August. Would not enter
them unless they were sold ; do belive that on the day alluded
to he sold " trousers, vest, and jacket," and can identify
those taken from the prisoner.
Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE.—Without the book I
could not say when those goods were sold ; independent of
the entry I cannot say that I sold them.
Re-examination by Mr. COTTINGRAM.—The goods were
sold for 17s. ; but independently of the book, could not say
when and by whom they were sold.
By the Court.—Enters many things sold by other parties
those entries are made upon the representation of my shop-
man. Knows they are come out of our establishment, be-
cause there is my private mark upon them ; they were, never-
theless, purchased at our shop.
Thomas Keenan said he sold the prisoner a watch, towards
the latter end of August ; believes it was on the Tuesday.
It was in a lodging-house in Batchelor-street, Liverpool.
He said he was going to Dublin ; he paid me a sovereign and
four half-crowns. The watch had a steel chain appended to
it. He had a bundle with him ; and was dressed in a similar
coat to the one he now has on ; and an oil-glazed hat.
By the COURT.—Has no recollection about the time of the
murder of Mr. and Mrs. Cook. Doesn't know whether he
heard of it at the time of this transaction.

George Galagley, governor of Cavan Gaol, received the
prisoner into his custody on the 31st of August. Received a
steel chain from another prisoner, which Murray said was
his property. He took 15s. from him, which, with the chain,
were delivered over to Harper, the constable.
Keenan, recalled.—He believed that was the chain he sold
the prisoner.
John Lamb, of Dublin city, said he saw the prisoner on
the 26th August, on which night he lodged with him. First
saw him early in the afternoon. He said he was desirous of
purchasing a quantity of hardware ; and witness gave him
directions accordingly. He went, and on his return brought
a trunk, locked. He desired to know the nearest way to
Cavan. He then unlocked the trunk, and took from a card
a chain to attach to his watch ; after which he put Isis old
clothes inside. Saw several articles of hardware. He left
on Wednesday morning, after having changed his clothes.
James Lowry, examined by Mr. COTTINGHAM—Prisoner
purchased a quantity of hardware from Messrs. M'Douall,
of Dublin, on the 26th August, and he paid at least £5 in
gold. The prisoner is the man ; he had been making simi-
lar purchases before.
Cross-examined by Mr. TEMPLE—He bought this time
last year, to much the same amount.
Thomas Farley--Drove a car in August last between
Dublin and Cavan ; remembered taking the prisoner to within
two miles of the latter place : he paid 6s. He gave change
for a 30s note in silver. He took his trunk.
William Doherty, of the Cavan police, apprehended the
prisoner, in the streets, on the afternoon of the 29th August,
and found various small articles, and 15s. in silver. Searched
his sister's house, but found nothing.
James Battersby, the captain of the Cavan constabulary,
received him in charge ;
and, after cautioning him about stat-

GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.

The following are the Times of Departure from Lime-street,
Liverpool, and from Liverpool-road, Manchester :
TIMES OF DEPARTURE _ _

FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM.
3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m.
6 0 a.m. Mixed 12
IP 9 1
8 15 a.m. First Class ft II 1 15 p.m.
10 30 a.m. First Class 2,5, 4 p.m.
4 p.m. Mixed
7 ,p.m. First Class 12
PI 91
FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER.
2 15 a.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston and
Lancaster at Parkside.
do. do.

6 0 a.m. Mixed Train do
11 30 a.m. First Class
2 45 p.m. First Class
2 45 p.m. First Class—Meets N. Union Train to Preston
at Parkside.
_

3 30 p.m. Mixed
5 0 p.m. First Class

On Sunday the Departures will be
FROM LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER TO BIRMINGHAM,
3 30 a.m. First Class, joins London Train at 8 30 a.m.
8 15 a.m. Mixed
OP 1 30 p.m.
10 30 a.m. „

7 0 p.m. ~ ~ 12
FROM BIRMINGHAM TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER
2 15 a.m. First Class
7 30 a.m. Mixed
11 30 a.m. „
245 p.m. ,
The Trains on 'Sundays stop at First Class Stations only.

BIRKENHEAD AND CHESTER RAILWAY.

4 0 .. 6 0

Morning 8 0

(FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD.)
.. 10 0 .. 12 0 Afternoon 2 0
FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD
Morning 8 15 .. 10 15 .. 12 15 I Afternoon 2 13 .. 4 15 .. 8 15
ON SUNDAYS.---FROM GEORGE'S PIER HEAD.
Morning 9 0 I Afternoon 4 45
FROM CHESTER TO BIRKENHEAD.
Morning 9 15 I Afternoon 6 0
LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.

PROM L'POOL TO MANCHESTER. FROM MANCHESTER TO L'POOL.
First Class Second Class First Class Second Class
- Morning.. 7 0 Morning - Morning.. 730 Morning
845 „ .. 945 2. 9 0 „ ..10 0 „
11 0 „ ..11 45 „ 11 15 ~ ..11 45 „
2 0 Aftern. .. 230 Aftern. 2 0 Aftern. .. *2 45 Aftern.
445 „ .. 530 „ 5 0 , , .. 530 It
715 Evening .. 715 Mixed 1 715 Evening .. 715 Mixed
Stop only at Newton & Prkside I Stop only at Newton & Prkside f
* Except on Saturdays, when this Train does not start till Three.
ON SUNDAYS.
First Class Second Class First Class Second Class
S o Morning.. 7 0 Morning 8 o Morning.. 7 0 Mornin
445 Aftern. .. 530 Aftern. 5 0 Aftern. .. 530 Aftern.
7i5 Evening .. 715 Mixed 1 7
15 Evening... 7 15 Mixed "
Stop only at Newton & Prkside Stop only at Newton & Prkside
TO PRESTON AND WIGAN.
FR OM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER.
8 45 Morning.. Mixed 9 0 Morning.. Mixed
II 0 „ .. First Class 11 15 ~ .. First Class
230 Aftern. .. Second Class 245 Aftern. .. Second Class
445 „ .. Mixed I 5 0 „ .. Mixed
7 15 ~ .. First Class 7 15
~ .. First Class

ON SUNDAYS

7 0 Morning,
5 0 Afternoon
First Class. I 715 Evening..
TO LANCASTER.
FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER
....
8 45 Morning.... Mixed 9 0 Morning.... Mixed
1l 0 „ .... First Class 11 15 First Class
230 Afternoon .. Second Class 245 Afternoon .. Second Class
4 45 „ .... Mixed 5 0
~ ••Mixed
TO BOLTON.
PROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER.
845 Morning.... First Class 9 0 Morning.... First Class
121 0
11/ 15 ~ ••••
30 Afternoon .. Second Class 245 Afternoon .. Second Class
5 30
2. 5 30 ~ • • • • ,P

7 0 Morning.... Mixed
4 45 Afternoon
7 15 Evening

First Class

ON SUNDAYS.
Second Class
Second Class 1 7 0 Morning....
I 5 30 Afternoon .. ~
TO ST. HELENS.
FROM LIVERPOOL. FROM MANCHESTER.
7 0 Morning.... Second Class 730 Morning.... Second Class
9 45
11 45 f 9 10 0 PO •• • • Op
230 Afternoon.. ~ 11 45 ~ •• • • /1
530 245 Afternoon;: PP
PP b SO r, • • l/

7 0 Morning..
5 30 Afternoon

Ann, Salkeld, from Bombay, at this port; sailed 28th Nov. and
from St. Helena 10th February

Chalco, Dickenson, from Buenos Ayres, at this port; sailed 24th
January, in company with the Clio, for London. The Sarah Mills,
Maychell, sailed for Liverpool, two days previous
John Marshall, Pythoress, from New Orleans, at this port; left
the bar 3rd March. From 2gth to 31st March, experienced very
heavy gales. On Ist April, in lat. 51, long. 12, spoke the Agitator,
from Liverpool for New York, with loss of topmasts, sails, &c. put-
ting, back. On 2nd April, off Tuakar, spoke the Calder, from Li-
verpool for Pernambuco

Lehigh, Plumber, from New Orleans, at this port ; left the Bar
6th March

Concordia, Cheminant, from St. Domingo, at this port; sailed
24th February. Experienced heavy gales during the whole pas-
sage, and lost topmast, sails, bulwarks, stanchions, roundhouse,
cabouse, water casks, &c. and had her boats stove. The Eliza
Wylie, was to sail for Liverpool, in three days.

Agricola, Grayson, from Calcutta, at the Downs; sailed 6th Dec.
and from St. Helena 13th Feb. On 10th Jan. in lat. 2.5 5, long. 56
E, spoke the Avoca, from Calcutta for the Cape of Good Hope.
On 25th Feb. in lat. 2 N, long. 22 W, spoke the Ellen, from Born.
bay for Liverpool. leaky with pumps going, bearing up for Pernam-
buco

Esther, Heron, from Calcutta for Liverpool, at St. Helena
Friends, Arnold, from Sincapore, at St. Helena
Astrea, Le Couteur, hence at Palermo
Tiger, Montgomery, sailed from Palermo for Liverpool sth March
Belle, Wright, sailed from Charente, ditto, 29th March
Jarrow, Partridge, hence for Africa, at Falmouth
Navarin, , hence for Hambro', at St. Mawes
Caractacus, Harris, hence for Dordt, at Milford

Sir Henry Parnell, Crocker, for Liverpool, struck on the reef,
outside the harbour of Trinidad de Cuba, previous to 2dtli Feb. ;
became very leaky, and would have to discharge
BORTH LLANHA [RN. CARNARYON BAY, April 3.—Part of the
cargo of the Strathmore has been landed ; the vessel is very much
injured, and the tide flows through her and over her hold beams.

MONDAY, APRIL s.—Wind South,

ARRlVED.—Columbia, Cromar, from New Orleans—Robert
Isaac, Trueman, from Mobile—Atlantic, Hardenbrook, from Sa-
vatinah—Joaquim & Jane, --, from Havana—Pari, Dawe, from
Terceira—Robert & Margaret, Mowbray, from Westport—Romulus,
Curry, from Belfast—Cato, King, from • Dublin—and Skylark,
Knight, from Cardiff.

SAlLED.—Catariqui, Jackson, for Quebec—Swallow, Wilson, for
Dordt--Tomlinson, Kirkness, for Constantinople—Maria, Van
Lou, for Bruges—Queen of the Isles, Le Richard, for Rio Janeiro—
Cornelia, Hciforcl, for Newfoundland—Aletta, Vandam, for Har-
lingen—Juffrow Alida, Hussing, for Dordt—Saracen, Puckey, for
Adra—Esther, Taylor, for Rotterdam—Nyverheid, Lievens, for
Ostend—Samuel, Kelly, for Newfoundland, &c.—Paragon, Auld,
for Halifax—Ariel, Robinson, for Montreal—Garoupa, Souza, for
Lisbon—Margaretha, Mulder, and Groot Lankum, de Weerd, for
Harlingen—Elizabeth Wood, Crosbie, and Irlam, Morphew, for
Barbadoes—Victory, Abernethy, for Rostock—Morea, Neves, for
Oporto—Mary Hartley, Webb, for Calcutta—Credo, Humphreys,
for Newfoundland—Volunteer, Reed, for Dordt—lndustrie, Zellein,
for Ostend—Najaden ,Olsen, for Pernau—Ace of Trumps, Lidstone,
for Lisbon—Atlas, Michaelson, for Antwerp—Lyon, Swan, for
Trinidad—Quiever, Porit, for St. Michael's—Columbus, Cowing,
for Quebec—Sarah Barry, Robson, for Newfoundlhnd—Benjamin
Hart, Douglas, for Montreal—Kate & Jane, Broom, and Alice,
Rees, for Dordt—Mary Somerville, Lancaster, for Calcutta—Lither-
land, Freeman, for Sincapore—Orb, Gunn, for Riga—Emma,
Weeks; Delia, Adey, and Tamerlane, Fisher, for Quebec—Eclipse,
Millert, and Cadmus, Stanford, for Ostend—Geerdina, De Boer, for
Dordt—Minerva, Mould, for Civita. Vecchia—Friends, Hillman, for
Antwerp—Anne Jane, Rigby, for Sincapore, &c.—Wallace, Zoo.
ling, for St. John, N.B.—William & Charles, London, for Rotter.
dam—and Royal William, Miller, for Leghorn.

Heart of Oak, M'Donald, from the Mauritius, at this port; sailed
4th Jan. and from St. Helena !.ith February
Agitator, Henry, hence at the Cove, with loss of topmasts, sails,
&c. bound to New York

Margaret, --, hence for Sidney, N.S.W. at the Cape of Good
Hope-40 deaths on the passage
Acadia, (steamer) hence to Halifax, was spoken 27th March, at
2 p.m. in lat. 47 30, long. 28, by the Lehigh, frum New Orleans,
and not in lat. 43 30, as reported by the Orpheus.
Indus, —, hence at Llanelly
Phantom, —, hence at Monte Video
ST. MICHAEL'S, March 25.—The Suviah, from Liverpool to New
York, put in here lath instant, for provisions and water ; she has
since been blown from her anchorage, and many of her paSsengers
are on shore in a very distressed condition : she is now close in the
Roadstead. The Mary Ann Bilton, Faulkner, laden with oranges,
was wrecked 22nd instant; crew, materials, and part of cargo
(in a damaged state) saved. The Mary Ann, Carter, having lost
her rudder a week since, was struck by a sea, and thrown on her
beam ends; crew saved.

John Garrow. from Bombay to Liverpool, was spoken to the
eastward of the Cape, by the Sappho, arrived at St. Helena.

TELEGRAPH OFFICE, APRIL 5, 1841.

Wind at Holyhead, E.S.E. light breeze in the morning; S.E. at
noon.

Off Holyhead, inward bound, at 9 a.m. No. 1348, Henry, cutter.
Off Point Lynas, inward bound, at 7 a.m. No. 463, supposed to
be 643, Dart, B.Sc., and No. 4051, North Star, A.S. at 9 a.m. from
New Orleans—(have pilots.)

VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING.

(SINCE OUR LAST PUBLICATION.)

WEST INDIES AND MADEIRA

Trenton, S Snow,

464 Havannah,

Ashley Brothers

SOUTH AMERICA.
Alice Jane, J Blea3dale, 238 Vera Cruz, C Tayleur
Robert Syers, R Loney, 311 Laguira and Puerto Cabello,
W Rose & Co

r. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET, APRIL 2.
Sugar.—The demand has been very limited, and the sales cf B. I'.
do not exceed 100 hhds., without change in price. For Bengal
there is a moderate inquiry, and 2500 bags have been disposed of,
barely supporting former rates. Foreign.-300 cases Brazil have
been taken by the Refiners, at 20s to 21s for middling and good
brown, and 23s to 25s 6d for middling to fine white. Bonded Re
tined —Not much doing in this description. There are no sales to
report in Molasses, Coffee.—The sales of Plantation are to a very
moderate extent, and do not exceed 6o casks Jamaica ; no change
in prices. No transactions worthy of notice in Cocoa, Ginger ur
Pimento : but 1000 bags black Pepper have been taken at 32d to 44d.
No sales in Rice. Rum.—The business is limited to 60 casks
Demerara at 3s to 5s 3d for fi to 34 per cent. 0. P.
Tea. The demand has been limited during the week ; but prices
remain unaltered.
There has been little demand for East India Drysaltery articles
this.week 50 chests of Orange Shell Lac sold at 70s, 350 bags of
Cutch at 15s, and trifling sales of Terra Japonica at 2ls per cwt.
saltpetre dull, and very little done; of Nitrate of Soda 300 bags
sold at former rates.
Dytwobds.—The sales of logwood are trifling, at previous rates :
300 tons Savanilla Fustic have been sold at £4 15, 70 tons inferior
Spanish at ..e4 2s 6d to £4 ss; 20 tons solid Nicaragua Wood at
£lO los; and 40 tons Barwoodat £7 2s 6d to £8 per ton. Tur-
pentine.—The demand has fluctuated during the week, 12s 6d
having been paid for 600 urls., and 12s 5d for 300; but the specula.
tive inquiries having ceased, the market is dull at 12s pey cwt. A
parcel of 500 brls. of American Tar was sold'at 14s 6d ; there is only
one small parcel now left in first hands in the market. Montreal
Pot Ashes are rather lower, 29s having been accepted for 70 to 70
brls. of 1840 brand. Pearl Ashes very dull, but unchanged in price.
Hides.—Salted Monte Video Ox and Cow are in better request,
and about 4000 have been sold, chfefiy at 4id per lb. Tobacco.—
The market continues quiet, the demand being confined to small
lots to Manufacturers, at steady prices. During the last month
1800 hhds. were sold, of which 750 were Virginia leaf and 250
stemmed, 90 Kentucky leaf and 440 stemmed ; of these, 600 hhds.
were taken by Speculators, 540 by Irish Dealers and Manufacturers,
40 for Scotland, 180 for export, and 510 lihds. by the home.trade.
Only a limited business has again been done in Brimstone, the
reduced prices not appearing to cause any increased demand. The
sales made in Sumac have been limited, without change in prices.
Argols, of good quality, and Cream of Tartar continue in moderate
demand. A few small sales have been made in Mulatto, from gd
to .flid per lb. Nothing reported in any description of yellow
Berries. Madders and Roots are dull; no sales reported; and
nothing done in Quercitron Bark, The stocks of Olive Oil in
Dealers' hands being nearly exhausted, has occasioned more in-
quiry for common descriptions, of which there is little remaining
here; the principal sales have been in Trieste; at a further advance
of 20s, with small lots of Spanish, by Dealers, at previous rates,
and of Galipoli at £6g to .e7O per tun. Some inquiry has appeared
for Cod and Seal OIL but no business of any moment has transpired ;
a few trifling lots of Cod 011 brought .e 25 to £25 10, off the quay.
Pale Rape Oil continues steady, with a fair demand ; Linseed Oil
remains firm at 31s, although some irregular lots have been dis-
posed of rather lower; the Crushers here now ask 325. Oil of
Turpentine still sells only in small quantities, at the annexed quo-
tations. About 25u tons Palm Oil have been sold, the exact price
of which is not repotted, and a few small sales have been made at
"E 34 ; the prices must again be considered rather lower. The
market for Baltic Hemp is still in a dull state ; 430 bales of Jute
realized £l4 to .4'14 5s per ton. Tallow.—A little reduction in the
price of Petersburg yellow Candle, and favourable accounts at the
same time from the London market, induced a better demand this
week, and 500 or 600 casks have changed hands, part at 45s gd, but
principally at 46s per cwt. ; the latter price also being paid for fine
Odessa yellow Candle, 6d to Is advance is now required. On
Saturday last, upwards of 300 casks South American Tallow sold
by auction, at 41s to 43s 3d for the finest sorts, 38s to 40s for good
strong Tallow, 36s gd to 37s 6d for very brown but firm, down to
35s for Grease.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, APRIL 2

Our market is as quiet and dull as it can be, and the sales
to-day will not exceed 2,000 bales of all descriptions, at simi-
lar prices to yesterday's. Few buyers attended the public
sale of Surats, and out of 2380 bales offered only 250 were
sold, at id. per lb. below previous business by private.
The sales of the week are 18,700 bales, of which 1.700 bales
of American are placed to speculation account, and 1,300 of
various descriptions for export. There was also forwarded
into the interior unsold last month 1020 bales. We quote
the prices of all descriptions id. to id. lower this week, with
a flat and heavy market at the decline.

COTTON MARKET, APRIL 3

At the commencement of the week the market was firm, with
some speculative inquiry ; but since the arrival of the Britannia
steamer on Wednesday, Speculators have generally suspended their
operations ; the Manchester Trade being still depressed, and the
working short time having partially' commenced, though to a
limited extent, the demand from Spinners has been on a moderate
scale. The prices generally may be considered id lower than on
Friday last; 2586 Surat were offered by auction to-day, of which
240 sold, at the above decline. 1700 American have been taken on
speculation, 700 American, 400 La Guayra and 200 Surat far Export.
There have been forwarded into the country unsold during the
past month 870 American, 100 Pernambuco and 288 Surat.

ACCOUNT OF SALES AND IMPORTS• OF 7COTTON,
From the 20th ultimo to the2nd instant, inclusive,

H. M. I V. 1.
Tuesday 6 11 30 111 46 ilB 0 Old Lady Day.
Wednes. 7 --- i 0 2 18 8 Raphael died 1520.
Thursday 8 020 038 17 11 Money6rst coinedB69 B:C.
Friday .. 9 057 116 17 0 Good Friday.
Saturday 10 134 152 16 2 Catholic Relief Bill 1829,
Sunday.. 11 210 230 14 1 Easter Sunday.
Monday 12 250 311 13 0 Easter Monday.

APRIL 3.
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