The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-25 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO MURDER AT STOKESAY

(Abridged from the Salopian Jonrnal.)
On Monday last, a man of the name of Jones wa,
before the magistrates at Ludlow charged with at
to murder Diana Origv, who lives in a lonely situa
Stokesay.

.s brought
ttempting

;ion near

The .prosecutrix detailed with great clearness the circum-
stances of the -affair. She said that the prisoner called at her
house at midnight on the 9th Feb. He -asked for a drink,
and as he was known to her, she told one of her children to go
down and let him in and give him a drink. When the priso-
ner got into the house, he, in the most brutal manner, and
with horribly disgusting language, attempted to violate the
person of Mrs. Briggs. The following is her description of
of one part of the .'cone :—" The little girl stood at the room
door, and ran down stairs to try to getout, when he followed

her, and said—'Go up stairs, or I 'll stab you ;" all thi
heard, and when he came up I saw the.knife'open in his
hands : she came shrieking up stairs, he drove up before him,
then I saw the knife in his hand : I then shrieked out, and
he came and struck at me several times with the knife. I
begged for mercy, and said Lord have mercy upon us :' he
said—' B—t your eyes, l 'll stab you all : ' 1 had the blade
of the knife in my hand as he was striking at mi.
-times : I caught at it to save me : I had hold of th
his frock with one hand and the blade of his knife in the other,
to the best of my knowledge: it was a pocket clasp knife or
a shut knife : after he had struck at 'me and after the children
sawme bleeding they went screami

eeve of

into the other room,some

-t your eyes, it

on the floor and some on the bed: there were seven of them
he shook the knife at them, and said=' E
any of you say a word. I'll murder ever✓

After-the prisoner had proceeded with some fUrther bru-
tality and indecency, he missed the little girl, and the testi-
mony of the prosecutrix, as to the concluding part of the
affair, is as follows:—
"I said 'She is up in the other room :' be said 'She is not:'
I said She is in bed or under the bed:' lie took the candle
in his hand, went into the other room, looked into and under
the beds: she the❑ ran down stairs, and called the girl by
her name, 'Sally,' as she was going down: when he got
down he threw the candlestick out of his hand and rail out
of doors: I followed him to the door, and bolted it as soon

as he was out: I was afraid he would murder the child in
the road: I was also afraid to follow him out, and ran to the
window to hear if I could hear her cry out: I hearkened a
bit, and I thought she was got safe from him: she did not
cry out: I got the little baby out of bed, and thought to dress
myself, but I was so exhausted with fright and bleeding that
1 could'not stand : I then went to bed to the.chil
minute or two the little gift brought down Jame
neighbour : my niece went down stairs, opened

let Perry in : Perry staid a little while and then wel
wife, aid she staid With me the ±einainder of .11

the prisoner had gone away, and I have not seen him si
till now."

The Witnca3'3 tben oorretboratna by two of the
chute.), and the prisoner was committed for maliciously
stabbing Diana Briggs, with intent to do her some bodily.
injury, and also for an attempt to cominitt a rape.

COMPARATIVE EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED
COTTON IN THE YEARS 1840 AND 1811.

(Extracted from " Burn's a
Descriptions of Goods.

in lbs. weight

ommercial Glana

Cotton yarn
Cotton thread
Dimities..
Quiltings and ribs
Lawns and lenos
Calicoes, printed and dyed do,
Calicoes, plain
Cambrics and muslins
Cotton and linen mixed
Ginghams and checks do
Printed shawls,handkfs.&c. do
Nankeens

107,456,57
2,876,709
54,489
88,590
268,659
253,671,143 278,748,275
301,840,036 366,946,452
55,105,473 55,118,166
1,375,302 1,44
2,448,956 1,9(
377,071

4,915,109
76,30 G
123,520

do. .. 653,934 816,011
Velveteens, cords, &c do. .. 3,259,194 2,F119,89
Lace, net, &c.
Ticks, checks and stripes do. .. 157,106
Damasks and diapers
Counterpanes & quilts, in number 70,680
' Shawls handkfs., &c., plain.doz - _._ _
Tapes, bobbins, &c do.
Hosiery
Unenumerated cotton goods, value £136,251

127.387
51,304

OXFORD, FEB. 20.—The Rev. Mr. Garbett. the newly-
elected professor of poetry, delivered the first Bampton lec-
ture for the present year, at St. Mary's church, this morning.
The church was crowded in every part. Mr. Grant, com-
moner of St. John's College) has followed the example of
the Rev. Mr. Sibthorpe, and several others of the junior
members of the university are expected to secede from the
establishment. _

DETERMIN ED CA SE OF SUICIDE IN AUNIONWORKIIOt.-
-A very considerable sensation was created in the town in
Chatham a few days ago, owing to a report that an inmate of
the Medway union-workhouse had destroyed himself, by seve-
ring his head from his body in one of the wards of the estab-
lishment. Upon inquiry, it was found that the man had
been an inmate for some time, and confined to the sick, yard,
as he was labouring under affliction and disease, which, feoni
the nature of his complaint, occasioned him to be „irri-
table. The ward in which the unfortunate man was placed
wits about 12 feet square, and had in it 12 sick men, the
whole of whom retired to rest at the regulation hour.
About 12 o'clock; one of the inmates was awoke by a
strange noise in the room, and he immediately raised an
alarm, and it was found that the deceased, Joseph Ander-
son, had cut his throat in such a determined wanner, that
his head held on only by the back of his neck.
was found outside the bed on the floor, in a bending
with a case-knife lying by its.side, covered with-blow.
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S STEAM-FRIGATE
NON.—On Tuesday morning, at a quarter past nine o'clock
this splendid vessel, of 1,100 tons burden, mounting
pounders, and four 32-pounder guns, and having t'
all her shot on board, with about 301) tons of coals,
heavy cargo sufficient to test her capabilities for a long vo
age, was loosened from her moorings at Blackwell, and pr
ceeded down the river in excellent style, for, the Immo,
ascertaining the efficiency of her engines and.sailing
The Memnon was built by Mr. Fletcher, and the eug
400 horse power, were constructed by Messrs.- Mat
Sons, and Field, with copper boilers and change v.ater
-
ratus, which keeps the salt water below a certain point
by that means prevents any deposit taking place.
vessel might proceed to India without incrustation to the t.
tent of the thickness of a sixpenny piece. The cylinder,
double, oe the expansion prineiplT
fuel can be regulated to suit any circumstances tit sit
quick sailing; she has also disconnecting
wheel without the other, if found necessary.
Long-reach the full power of the steam was applied, a-
engines worked with a beautiful motion, the vibration being
scarcely perceptible ; and the large wheels, 26 feet in diem%
ter, entered the water with such effect as to propel the ves,ell.-
with her heavy cargo, at the rate of 111
fording the greatest satisfaction to her coin cl
inan_er, Captain
Powell, and all the gentlemen present.—London paltr._;!y.
ELOPEMENT.--011 Monday morning last the
I tleindon,
Mr. —, residing in the vicinity of Regent's-
Pabr cv
the
were thrown thrown into a state of great consternation
Qreat heaety
miles per hour,
den disappearance of Miss J., a young of A letter
and accomplishments, and the ward
°f I‘',:ie, addressed to
was found on the dressing table of the al?s_e had adopted. her
her guardian, in which she stated that 17,cessia„ !jai was
present line of conduct under the full I.,"„'s, Me. It wa3
four, containing' a- ca-
Calculated to insure her future -lial'Pl"`
quickly ascertained that a chaise arid,edate vicinity at an early
valier, had been seen in the
iinswnspected that the fair fugi-
hour in the morning, and it
"Osflove, ' in company with the
tive had flown " on the wi,'!gsthe post -clue se, which it µa
gallant-looking occupier (
adopted by parties under similar
route to the one generallyanswerable exertion it was ascer-
discovered had proceeded eastward, a somewhat different
circumstances. After.se chat! left town by the Mlitechaptl-
pursuit was immediately commeneed.-by the'
tained that the
and a rdian, accompanied by his nephew. As the
advantage of a rive hours' start, the pur-
suers lady's ga
runaways had the
considerably
distanced in tl • •
but after journeying
enct'avours to
suers
werei
'fives some 50 odd
overtake Mgt
performed ;it an exti am mai y speed, they reached the
miles,
eof 6 . , miles Bury St. Ed-
mund's,*fol within 18 r.
illafust as the parties they were in pursuit of were
hlei
on the point of sitting down to dinner. The pursuers, with-
out any ceremony, rushed •intoAhe room and proceeded to
take possession' of the' lady vi et armis, but the disappoint-
ment of the worthy guardian May be imagined, when it wits
politely intimated to him that he might have spared himself
the trouble and expense of the jourt ev for that the " twain"
before him had been. united• ' .
in the • indissoluble bonds of
matrimony some six weeks
previously. • After a scene of
mutual recrimination between th •
parties, the lady's guardian
refusing all overtures of reconcileia-tion;returned in doleful
mood to town, accompanied -by his disconsolate nephew,
who, it appears, is a disappointed suitor of the lady in ques-
tion, who will, on attaining her 21st year, become entitled to
a fortune of nearly £40,000, there being barely three months
to expire before her minority will be completed.—London
- paper.

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HOUSE OF LORDS.—NIONnas'. He concluded with a panegyric on the general character of
the landed interest.
s h
oLordbeD u
continuedszca N f foreboded bt oh de e d
more that
would the
thediffi duty on SECOND EDITI()N.
..,-- CLLR PEOPLE.—It is truly astonishing how the contagion
of fashion, the ape-like imitation of our betters, swells the
full tide of the homeless in London; there is not a man inarttets.
LONDON GAZETTE.—TUESDAY, FEB. 22.
IIIL..• --, ----.00.--
THE STEAM-SHIP PRESIDENT. The Earl of ABERDEEN laid upon the table the quintuple subject be increased. We ought to beware of such a policy. Standard-office, Three o'clock. who, with or without pretensions to the title, callA himself WARRINGTON CORN MARKET, FEB. 22. ' PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
--- a gentleman, who w.itild not be ashamed to confess himself, . Total quantities. Total amount. Hole and Harrison, Strangeways, near Manchester, malsters—
treaty for the suppression of the slave trade, and expressed By endeavouring, to avert taxation we had gained our empire ---.120 ---- -t'3lB I7s. 8d
(From the Jamaica Standard.) his great regret that by card or word of mouth, a tenant of Lambeth, Padding- 0o a Price per quarter.
0 0 0 D. Turner and W. Moore, Liverpool. drapers—K. Jones and Co.,
the French ratification had not been ex- in the East Indies, while the western continent had been lost LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—TIits DAY. Vio:,lteat, qrs. 1060
Feb.i,ei. 1281..--_Eudilwiaiarind RiaiNovllmin Holmes,
so,i)i,ridLancaster,. INSOLVENT..
st r e
Liverpool, tobacco-manufacturers—Tayleur, Almond, and Co.,
Oh, thou, grey Ocean ! old majestic Sea! changed, nor could he state, any precise time at which it to us by a contrary attempt. He addressed some exhorts- ton, Pimlico, or Pentonville ; a gentleman must be supposed, Oats—tr`ey '• • ' 454
In whose unfathomed depth and ceaseless flow, ►might be expected. He felt that his first duty was, neither Lions and some Latin quotations to Sir Robert Peel, whom he at least, to live at the West-end ; and, as every gentleman 8ea,,5...... 0
, cannot possibly live in that enviable quarter, gentlemen club __se__ _ _
____ ______ _
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We trace the emblem of eternity ! to eay nor do anything which could throw the slightest ob- invited to a liberal policy. (From Messrs. R. MAKIN 8,- SONS' Circular.) together for a common presentable address, hence the wise BIRMINGHAM CORN MARKET, FEB. 23. e
gauze
Lift up thy voice of storms, and tell us how stacle in the way of the ratification of the henry, which was Mr. STANTON defended the manufacturers, but desired The duty on Foreign Wheat has advanced this week to and benevolent institution of clubs. In the centre of the manufacturer.
The stately Pe EsiDENT was buried low, still left open for the adhesion of France. It was binding on to do justice to the landlords. During the present week the transactions reported in Wheat are
26s Bd. on Beans to 193 9d per quarter, and on Flour to moat fashionable and expensive part of the town, these so-Feb. 22.—Samuel Lewis Lazarus, sermyn-street, St. James's,
ts,lica
hr share-broker.
a- bprsoi
dl cce r:silt
And what black scene of horror was her last ? the other four powers, and he had to observe that the treatiee Mr. P. STEwART declared that in the county which he ceh manufacti
defies of communists purchase or erect a splendid palace, and posed to purchase. Maltin-, Barley supported its price, though the leach-manufacturer. . - irer..
trifling;
holders demanding firmer rates, and milers being indis-
Thou keepest thy stern secret. All we know of 1831 and 1833, to which France was a party, was still in represented the speech and plan of Sir R. Peel had been 16s 0-1 d per barrel; tint upon all Grain and Flour of Colonial
Is this :no wanderer of the deep bath passed, full force. By that of 1831, the mutual right of search •was received with surprise and consternation. He enlarged upon produce having been for some weeks past at the highest rate establisht themselves ves en 'nesse; ere t ley loungem thedrawmg sal
rooms,flatten t heirnoses against the windows, write theirletters lower terms.
eis not brisk. Oats and'Beans have heen disposed of on rather
h' BANKRUPTS.
Nor any harbour hailed her high and gleaming mast. guaranteed •; and by that of 1833 the equipiaent of slavers the existing distress. He contended that personal property impost. John' Davies, Liverpool, oil-merchant, March 15, April 5, at I
of on club paper, seal them with club wax, impressed with the o'clock, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool: solicitors. Messrs.
I dreamt. MethOught, amid the howling waves, was considered as prima' facie evidence of their occupation, bore as full a proportion of the public burdens as real estate;
We have some increase in the supply of Wheat, with con- club seal ; dine, if they have the wherewithal, on the one- SALFORD CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 23. Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin, Chancery-lane, London,: and
A tall ship staggered, struggling heavily ; and afforded sufficient ground of capture. The only differ- for if the landed interest alone paid land-tax, they were and-nine penny joint of the day, sip a point of port in soli- We had a short supply of both Beasts and Sheep at our market Holden and Clarke, Liverpool.
The storm-fiends roamed up from their buried caves, ence between these treaties and the present was, that the lat- exempt on the other hand from legacy duty. Sir R. Peel, firmed good arrivals of Oatmeal from Ireland • ; but of other d• •
tary ignity, then lighting their cigar, wend their way home to-day, particularly Sheep, the supply was very limited. Beef of John :1I Lean, Liverpool, merchant, March 12, April 5, at 2
And blended the chafed ocean with the sky ; ter gave a more extensive latitude in which to exercise the in 1828, had said, that Britain did not grow corn enough for articles thence, or of anything Coastwise, the receipts are to a three-pair back in some part of the town tiever named good quality was worse to buy, but for Mutton there was a brisker o'clock, at the Commissioners'-rooms Manchester - solicitor.
demand, which produced from aidto a Id per lb. higker than last Messrs. Walmsley, Keightley, and Parkin% Chancel), lane, London,
iliked srFsae
irtaistttc. 1
ilelat ictl
t, Liverpool,
iarileeitioC:
or IBolae, roak,
Clarendon-rooms,
11.;Lni-ri ,voeirpgp.ol,l)..o
Amid the din, the see-bird's piercing cry right of search. It was impossible to conceive that the her population, though he now tried to maintain that she
still very trivial. The imports from abroad consist of 7600 to ears polite, where they can be accommodated for seven week. All was sold up in good time.. Best Beef 6id to 7d, middling_
Mixed with the human shriek and wild farewell, causes could long prevail which had prevented the King of was able to raise her own supplies; end Sir J. Grahams lne,dfolir.lc,ihcainteod,rmsA.empsrsrirl.s
T. 5i.,
itoat
oet
lei.
shillings a week, attendance inclusive. If you ask where 6d to sid ; best Mutton 7id to Bd, middling 7d to 7id per lb.
the French from ratifying the treaty ; and he, therefore, pamphlet on corn and currency contained a passage recom- quarters Mediterranean and Black Sea Wheat, and 1000
As the black burial waves rose strong and high ;
And cave and cloud gave back the phrenzied yell hoped that ere tong the whole five powers would be united in mending a fixed duty, which recommendation might be set quarters Indian Corn from the United States, being without they live ?—at the Club; how they live ?—by the carte of
the Club ; what are their opinions?—the opinions of the MANCHESTER AND SALFORD HIDE, SKIN, AND
•Ie sreat which they had in view.
ti ~ object against the present opinions of that right lion. baronet. Theand Marples, Sheffield.
Of hundreds as they plunged deep down that watery hell ! any further quantity of Flour from that direction, though Club ; who are the best fellows in the world ?—Tom, Dick, TALLOW MARKET, FEB. 23.
Lord Bnotreleem said he had heard with the deepest re- history of all the successive corn laws had proved that the • Joshua Darwen Gander, Brydges-street, Covent-garden, London,
and Roger, of the Club ; where is the beat wine in London The price of heavy Hides has declined, and above nibs 3id per victualler.
Then my dream changed, and lo ! a flaming wreck gret the announcement of the noble earl of, he hoped, the principle of them was a fraud on the landed interests, and an many parcels are shortly expected.
to be had ?—at the Club ; who have the whitest cravats and the lb, under 601bs 12s each. Large skins (Irish and Yorkshire) 5s to John Smith, Blenheim-street, Bond-street, London, milliner.
Swept wild) by, and redden 'd the wide air: temporary postponement of this important treaty. If there injury to the commercial ones; arid he would support it no Within the past few days the trade, for all free articles, pbreeches in own .—win ra e
reddest lush •t ) •te a t the Club ;where es 6d ; Cheviots and half-bred 4s to 5s ; Scotch 2s 6d to 3s 6d (glu'icS:ll elolt:,
James Cockburn, New Bread-street, London, merchant.
Oh ! what bright terror lighted up the deck ! prevailed a suspicion in any quarter that the government, the loneer in any shape. has remained in an inanimate state, with no apparent alters- is the best letter paper to be had for the pocketing ?—at the Tallow 5s per stone of 141bs.
.:, George Donaldson, Pall-mall, St. James's, London, watch-
Forms writhing in the phrenzy of despair. parliament, or the people of England, had any sinister ob- Mr. Wooenouse, referring to the year 1810, when, as . . .maker.
lion in prices, and the only transaction reported in bonded is Club ;the best society ?—at the Club ; what is the best mode -
Wildly arose the madly-muttered prayer jest in view connected with the right of search—if there observed by lair, Macaulay, a great quantity of corn was irn- LONDON CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 21. Charles Vandergucht, Quadrant, Regent-street, London, silk-
of obtaining terrestrial felicity ?—becorne a member of the
Above the war of waves and crackling flame ; existed a suspicion that they were actuated by any other mo- ported from the continent of Europe, explained that this was 1500 barrels American Flour, at 26s per barrel. We had a very indifferent supply of English Wheat this morning, mercer.
Club ! All this, however, is to he taken cum grano ; the builder.
And dark shapes dropp'd in the dense smoky glare, five than a desire to put an end to the abominable traffic in owing to a special relaxation made in that year by BonaParte, We have to report, at our Corn Exchange this morning, a Club is a ver dl. btt f b fth
y goo p ace, no eer or mein ers o e and the millers being needy buyers, we were enable
improvement to es .
d tablish John Parkes Hope, Atherstone, Warwickshire,
and J • h Burgess, Manches
That awful night, that crowds had loved to name, African slaves—he could only say it one of the
.that was to favour a speculation of sonic of his Marshals. He con- very slender attendance of both home and country buyers, wine committee, the dinner committee, the library corn- an advance of Is per qr from this day se'nnight ; this Joseph Banks Joseph . ter• drapers.
had no effect on the free foreign, and the sale was very heavy at John Parsons, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. malster. ,
And talent, beauty, rank, in their bright lists to claim. most mistaken delusions that ever fastened itself on the tended that the landlords bore more than their proportion of mittee and the other committee : these people, who are last Monday's prices, and there WAS no demand for bonded. Edward Harper, Steeple Clayton, Buckinghamshire, and Birester,
human mind. the public burdens. He admitted that wages did not follow who, although generally bare of stock, still appear determined , Oats Oxfordshire, grocer.
Next a strange vision fixed Me, for I stood usually old soldiers, in the economical sense of the term, Barley, Peas of all scats, and new Beans are Is lower, and
John . .
Lord COTTENHASI laid upon the table his bills for local every rise and fail in the price of corn ; but a permanently to wait, at least nearer to a termination of the debates upon Pilling, Lancaster, innkeeper.
In the sea's bed, close by a huge ship's side, make their own of the Club : the waiters understand are a dull sale at a similar reduction. DIVIDENDS.
jurisdictions, and other legal reforms, after which their he'd- high price of corn was productive of a permanently high WeressnAy. Feb. 23.
the corn bill, before they venture to:come freely on the mar- them, the tradesmen understand them, the secretary un-
Wreathed thick with sponge ; the grey and heavy flood ships adjourned. rate of wages. He approved of the relaxations intended as There is very little English Wheat on sale to-day, and prices are March 17, H. C. Carter, Hammersmith, London, carpenter—
Its stately cabin's oriental pride kelp and, beyond supplying their immediate wants, have
. derstands them : they do whatever they please, and no same as on Monday. The demand for foreign was March 17, W. Nash, Budge-row, London, tea-dealer—March 17,
nominally the
to wheat and oats, for these were the food of man ; but heJ. Laidlay and G. Turner, Feltham, Middlesex, and Cote-street,
ordinary member can do any thing, eat any thing. or limited, arid it is held on the same terms. In Spring Corn there is
Had dimmed with sea-damps; shapes of fear did glide HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY. did not concur in the proposal to diminish the protection done little business in any article to-day. Trinity-square, Newington, London, composition candle makers—
With glaring eyes along, but noiseless all ; Sir G. Coc • KBURN, in reply to a question from Captain upon barley. drink any thing but how and as they please. To the no alteration.
The sales of Wheat, in consequence, have been at a de- committee the Club is a home, to all others it is only a
And scarce distinguished, round lay scattered wide,- -
Berkeley, said that Mr. Elton had been released from con- Di BOWRING stated that the governments engaged in carpet-bag manufacturer—March 17, R. Alexander, Great Coram-
With shroud of ocean flowers and seaweed pall, ' s ' cline of ld per bushel, of Flour 6d per barrel,. and of Oat- place where they are tolerated : the committee are SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET, FEB. 21. street, Brunswick-square, London, bookseller—March 15, T. 1.
finement, not from any dissatisfaction with the court-martial, the Prussian League had expressed the willing to
The pilgrims of the sea, abiding God's dread call. masters, the members are guests ; the committee are the The improvement in the weather for slaughtering, and the eir- Woodin, New-cut, Lambeth, London, victualler—March 18, J.
but entirely as an act of clemency on the part of the crown, grant some modifications in their tariff if this country would meal, the choicest parcels are o, s,
Terin, without meeting buy-
. decemvirs, the rest the populace • and although there are eumstance that on Friday last the butchers were exceedingly Overton, Queen-street, Grosvenor-square, London, coach and
Slumber ye not as sound, ye ocean-dead ! it being thought that the discipline of the service had been yield something as to the importation of their minor produce; ens, at is per sack reduction ; for one parcel of superior •
m every club one or two brawlinig tribunes of the people, backward i p . n urbhasing any description of meat, together with harness plater—March 16, W. M. Nobbs, Maiden-lane, Middlesex,
As if earth's green trees guarded /our repose ? sufficiently vindicated. further modifications, if England would make a concession malting Oats, our last quotations have been realised, but we never could find out that they made anything by their the fact of the suppliesof '
to-day being moderate, the trade to-day hotel-keeper, and Upper Seymour-street, Euston-square, London.
Life is an ocean far more dark and dread : Sir R. PEEL laid upon the table the quintuple treaty, stet- as to the importation of their timber •; and still further alter- was better for everything, and although not brisk clearances in all chemist—March 24, W. Williams and J. Jackson, Liverpool, timber
agitation. There can be no greater mis- effected, Beef of ail qualities recovered the decline dealers—March 23 J. Jackson, Liverpool, timber-dealer April 20,
It bath no haven from the wrath of foes ; • in that the ratification by France had not been received, but ations, if parliament would admit their corn. The principle any samples below that quality are Id to ld per 4.51bs cheaper grumbling
take than to suppose that, by being balloted for and ad- cases were
noticed on Friday last. Prime South Downs fetched ss per stone, G. Turk, Cheltenham, saddler—March 15, J. J. Griffin, Dudley
And the fierce deluge-waters of its woes he hoped ere long the causes would be obviated which had licks we hay
now enforced by this motion had gained ground ;it was Vian on Tuesday. For all other articles e had a con -
mitterl, you get into the society there may be in the which was an improvement of 2d on that day's price. Inferior Worcestershire, upholsterer—March 18, E. Foster, Sheffield, grocer
Rise rude sad rough around one very hand, operated to delay the exchange of that ratification. supported by yearly increasing numbers in parliament. The pletely nominal trade to-day, as regards both price and de- sparkling lights, the cheering fire, and the waiters in red coarse quality however declined 2d. Inferior Veal was a shade _may 2, W Durrant, Southwick and Brighton, wharfinger—March
Th' horizon frowning precipices close ; Lord P,seatenseoer coincided in the hope expressed by the sliding scale of Sir R. Peel imposed higher duties at given sorts, and Pork of all kinds, were firm at former 22, It Ball, Olveston, GI
mand. plush breeches and white cravats, your subscription gives lower, but prime . . • ocestershire, shopkeeper—March 17, G.
more than mortal skill it cloth demand right hon. baronet, and said that the plenipotentiary of the' prices than the sliding scales of other states. if corn was to You the undoubted privilege to enjoy • if you are frien -
d rates. (Per stone of 81b, sinking the offal.) Peach, Northampton, woolstapler—March 17, J. W. Green, Dart-
To steer life's shattered ship along Fate's rock-hound strand. King of the French had not exceeded the powers confided to be taxed at all, home-grown corn ought to be taxed as well There has been no further inquiry for either Wheat or Flour
less out of doors, you are equally friendless in a club, „ . — ------ - mouth, ship-builder—April IS, W. Williams, Cowarne, Hereford-
Andhim in signing the treaty. as corn from abroad. The progress of our legislation, he in bond. ' • where, in truth, you are regarded exactly in the ratio of tbe LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. FEII. 22. shire, corn dealer—March 24, G. Taylor, Manchester, steam-engine
_ . The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr. HARDY, who feared, would depress the agriculturists, and stimulate themanufacturer—March 16. E. Proud, Sunderland, grocer—March 16.
number of your friends; there is no worse place for making There has been scarcely demand -sufficient to constitute a J. B. Carey, Nottingham, lace manufacturer—Marsh' 13, A.
LITERA RY NOTIC ES. condemned the system of 'agitation which had been pursued manufacturers of other countries. He enlarged on the present _ ARRIVALS OF CORD r• • . up to or scraping acquaintance with your fellow clubmen ; market, so that we have no change to notice. Aberat 1000 Clapham, Gateshead, soda and alkali manufacturer.
throughout the country against the corn laws, and contended distress, specifying several employments in which wages are From the 22nd to the 24th February. IR42,lnelusine. ,
there is a pride of repulsion among gentlemen in these soci- bales sold at yesterday's prices, all to the trade. CERTIFICATES
Father John; or, Cromwell in Ireland. By S. E. A., that the protection to agriculture was for the benefit not miserably low. This distress was g .
leading to a demand for
DESCRIPTION. IRE- I COAST- CANADA. PO-
TOTAL. cries, as if they should tell you by their loolcs, "If yon have To be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary on or
, merely of the landed interest but of the whole community. great political changes. The feeling was, that in the House IWISE. & vats. ' REIGN •
LAND. , , . , no friends, my good fellow, I have; if youewant acquaint- COTTON MARKET, FEBRUARY 24. before March 15.
Author of " Richard o' York," " The Luddite's Sister,' He, as a manufacturer, approved fth •1 G f C h too few who represented the many.
o e measure of tieo- o ommons t ere were - —'— -- 'E. Turner and J. Ogden, Leeds, iron-founder—E. S. Boult and
ance, I don't ;if you come here to fasten yourself on me, Yesterday the demand for Cotton was s g
o triflin as scarce) to
B eat
&c. Whittaker, London ; Curry and Co., Dublin ;H. vernisient and advocated the sliding scale as calculated to Mr. BENETT assured the house that there was a great re- Wheat Qrs. 1549 ' 7600 g 1 ,ig• T. Addison, Liverpool, stock-brokers—W. Walker, Manchester
•
Barley Qrs. 2 2 your membership is no letter of recommendation."—Black- bales were sold. To-day the
constitute a market, and only 2500 fustian-manufacturer—J. Jackson, Bury, grocer—T. Ward, East
erris, Liverpool. prevent enormous fluctuations in price. action in the opinions of the labouring classes on this subject.
Malt ' Qrs. 484 484 wood's Magazine: The World ef London. business has been more extensive, and fully 3,500 to 4,009 bales
Dereham, plumber—J. T. Scott, Milton next Gravesend, estate
Colonel Fox was in favour of the gradual abolition of the They had become aware that the rates of wages bore a pro- Oats - 120.4 have been disposed of at similar prices to those current last week.
agent—J. Pigs,
Norwich, carpenter—C. Scholefield, Kingston.
The above work has just made its appearance, dedicated to 1,500 of these were for export. The market is pretty wells upplied .
.•
whole of the duties on foreign corn, and objected to one word portion to the prices of wheat. The real object of the anti- Rye
..
those far-famed defenders of our Protestant faith—the Rev. only in the motion of Mr. Villiers, the word no lie •corn-law party was to reduce wages, that they might compete Beans
H. M'Neile and the Rev. R. J. M•Ghee. We have perused could not vote for the immediate total abolition, owing to the with the continental manufacturers, but they had not now, Pease . Qrs. I &I)tpping intellignirt. descriptions of fair and upwards, buyers have not much choice,
and are compelled to give the same prices as for the last month or John Miller Russell, Slamannati, coal-merchant, Feb. 28, March
the book with considerable attention, and it gives us pleasure consequences which might follow so sudden an alteration; as formerly, the manliness to avow their motive. Suelled Barley . Qrs.
+1 liai:_in. Corn
i 1000 .
1000 , ----..IMNP.---... owing topresent '
six weeks. This difficulty is likely to increase, 2l at la o'clock, at the Red Lion Inn, Falkirk.
Thomas Thompson, Perth, merchant, Feb. 28, March 28, at 12
and. therefore, would not vote at all upon the question. Mr. GIBSON rejoiced in the admission now made on at Raoeseeu TUESDAY, FICKRUARY 22.—Wind S. light. range of import averaging much below par. Pretty conclusive o'clock, at the George Inn, Perth.
cordially to recommend it to our readers. The writer, we Mr. H. LINDSAY suggested ti .e .e propriety of fixing the sides, that no legislation can be justified for the sake of a Oatmeal
. ... Loads 3761 100 aB6l ARRlVED.—Minerva, Jefferson, from Cork—Robert Symon, from symptom (as the Yankee would say) that the crop will
not be a Alexander Johnston, Lothian-road, Edinburgh, coach-maker,
believe, is one of our fair townswomen, well known in the duty on cornaccording to the price on the day it was shiPPed, particular class. Yet it was for the sake of a particular class Flour . Sacks 385 : 355 Sligo—Adventure, front Donegal—Sarah, Vernoto, and Blair, heavy* one. Feb. 25. March 18, at 1 o'clock, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-
. .
walks of literature ; and, notwithstanding the many apolo- and not according to the price on the day it might arrive, that these laws were maintained ; though that class were re- Ditto Br:s. Wester, from Dubliu—and Henry Williams, Patterson, from Leith. ____=_—_---- - _______ _ - house, Edinburgh.
which plan would materially lessen the risk which the flue- markably sensitive in denying it. They talked about inde- Into Runcorn, Ireland and Coastwise :—Wheat, qrs. ; Oats SAlLED.—Ericlano. Celle, and Eugenio, afters, for Genoa— LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE, FEB. 22. Robert Houston, Paisley, china dealer, Feb. 28, March 21, at
gies modestly set forth in her preface, we must admit she has Madonna de Laura. Steneca, for Naples—San p; , Guise ie Troferas. o'clock, at tae George Hotel, Paisley.
tuation of price entailed upon the merchant, wi 1 - • • t lout injuring pendence of foreign supplies; but he had heard of no country qrs.: Oatmeal, 2010 Ids; Flour, —sacks. Except a few parcels of Oats, and a good quantity of Oat-
executed her task with more than ordinary ability. The the revenue. in any age which failed to get supplies of food when it had for Ancona—Bruer°, Scotto, for Naples—Hampaen, Howes, and
Oregon, Gledson. from New Orleans—Pallas, Langloro, for New- meal, we have had but little fresh in from Ireland since John Mitchell, jun., Blairgowrie, innkeeper, Eeb. 25, March 21,
. . at 13 o'clock, at the Commercial Inn, Blairgowrie.
religious, no less than the historical and political, reader will Mr. SMYTHE defended the policy of the measure proposed the means of purchasing them. As to the charge of over-foundland Chatham, Jennys, for Charleston—Herefordshire, Tuesday last, and nothing worth naming Coastwise the
, Peter Sinclair, Inverary, fish-dealer, Feb. 26, March 19, at 2
EXPORTS.—Forei Barley..rs •
gn. Wheat, qrs. ;-- q ~ Malt,
find in this volume much to interest—Much to edify him. by Sir R. Peel, and said he was glad to see the principle of production, he denied that more goods had been rnanufac- qrs.; Oats, qrs ; Peas, qrs.; Indian Corn. qrs. ; Oat-Lewis,, n • for Amsterdam—Water Lil Burt for Yen ice—Bona arrivals of Foreign Wheat, however, continue liberal, being o'clock, at the George Inn, Inverary:
undue protection crumbling into dust. The question of the lured than the manufacturers had a right to expect that theyNewfoundland—Elizabethy,, NI tt
—loads; Flour, sacks, 124 bris.—lreland. Wheat, 340 Den, Valpy, for St. John's, t y on, 1 h ' f h • k but of Flour Alexander Innerarity and George
equa to t e import o t e previous wee , Goya, Glas ow, merchants
The fatal bondage of the devotees of that system which claims March 2, 23, at 11 o'clock, at the writ' . g ' writing-chamber, of W. Steele,
leads , Ball, for Naples and Messina—Everato, Walker, for Leghorn— consist of only a few hundred barrels.
corn laws had been properly dealt with by oral l f ld 1 T " ff • na- meal, '-d' C • Oatmeal,
yOn y our wou se 1. he competition o oreign manufacturersqrs. ; Beans, qrs. ;in tan orn, qrs. , jun., Solith Hanover-street, Glasgow.
for itself the stamp of infallibility is strikingly contrasted with British Ministers—Lord North, in 1773; Mr. Canning, in rurally reddced employment and wages in England ; and it Flour, sacks.--Coastwise. Wheat, 130 qrs. ; Barley, 20 Boudicea, Rowlands, for Genoa and Leghorn—Arentina Jacoba,
Wyk. for Dordt—water Lily, Jenard, for Cadiz—Cybele, Jetchet, We had few country buyers in attendance at our market
William Grieve, Thornhill, near Ayr, farmer, March 1, 22, at 1
the glorious liberty of the Gospel. The character of Father his unsuccessful measure of 1827; the noble lord (Lord J. was too hard that the artisan, with wages so reduced, should
qrs.; Malt, 12 qrs. ; Oats, qrs. ; Beans, —qrs. ; RYE, for C d'and River PI te J h H dsch'ide for Bremen—
a a
this morning, and the transactions in Wheat, g y o'clock, at the Ayr Arms Inn, Ayr.
Russel,) in his measure of last year; and by the right hon. not be allowed to get his food at the cheapest rate. It was qrs.; Pease, Iqr. , s • Indian Corn, qrs. ; Oatmeal, Ids.altogether to a limited
Thomas Carty, Scott, for Brazils Elizabeth, Arten. for Newfound- confined to a retail local demand, were William- Morrison, Edinburgh, ironmonger, Feb. 26, March Ig,
John is beautifully drawn, as also are those of Kathleen and Flour, 69 sacks, 15s narreis.
baronet, in the measure before the house, which he thought said that exports had increased ; but the question was, had land—Mary Ann. Hunter, for Constantinople—Cambridge, Rays. extent ;we reduce our quotations for all kinds fully in the at i o'clock, Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edinburgh.
Allan, but that of Murdoch is, in our estimation, rather too superior to any of them. He urged the right hon. baronet the increase been so Treat as it would have been without these
fs
„ tow, for New, York—Stadt Berlin, —, for Danzic—Johanna
Gizina, Schur, and Alida Elizabeth, Schur, for Dordt—Belgrave, proportion stated on Friday, and in some instances even a Matthew Miller, Airdrie, wrighter, Feb. 26, March 26, at o'clock,
at the Forbes's Inn, Airdrie.
highly coloured. We cannot conceive any human being, to proceed iu the course in which he had embarked, and to laws ? The farmers had no interest in theni ; they were im- Averare prices of Grain, for the week ending ,Feb. la, 1842.
Do Id f At' S S t f L' b S 1 1 'de
na son, or n igua— erea. an os, or is on— yp u , greater decline was taken.
uniting in his person the sacred and endearing relationships earn for his reward the prayers and blessings of a relieved posed only for the maintenance of rents. He admitted that Wheat 60s. uci. ; Barley 235. sd. ) Oats.. 19s. Sttl. 1 Rye.. 375. Id. Vi
an, for Havre—and Corsair, Harland, for New Orleans. Flour 6d. per barrel cheaper* and only prime brands sale- eeee.eneeeseeeeeee
and grateful population. anti-corn-law agitation was an evil, but it was an evil caused Beans.. 325. 52. 1 Pease.. 330. 11d. _____— able. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOOL
of brother and cousin, to two of the chief
actors in the neglected to-day,
Mr. MAcAuLAY said he feared, in the course he meant to by those who maintained these laws, and he thought the anti- Aggregate average of the six weeks. ST. TITONIAc, Jan. 26.—The Emulous, Simpson, from Demerara Barley, Malt, and Pease continued quite neg y, s.
r XBRUARY. Hove.
scenes so ably depicted by the writer, capable of committing pursue, he would differ from a large portion of his cousti- corn-law league were performing a sacred duty. He would Wheat.. 605.10 d. I Barley 28s. tid. 1 Oats.. 20.5.1c1. ) Rye.. 38s. sa. to Belfast, has put in here leaky, having struck on the Peak of a and, as well as Beans, were nominally cheaper. The Oat 25, Samuel and William T. Clough, (2nd) Clarendon Rooms, 12
Beans.. 335. ad. I Pease.. 3 Is. It!. Itiack„ off the Island. trade remained exceedingly dull, and for the best new Irish 26, Boult and Addison, (proof and div.)..
the enormities laid to his charge. With this exception, to- tunas ; but he could not Consistently support the motion of advise farmers to take care how they entered into leases based Ditto, 12
the hon. member for 'Wolverhampton, because of the intro- upon any such foundation as the proposal of the Right Hon.. Duty on Foreign Grain, Vic. this week. Avon, Robinson, and MurraMilkirke, hence at Jamaica 2s. 11d. per 451bs. is barely obtainable, while Oatmeal, upon 26, Mackay Brothers Ditto. 1
gether with a want of perspicuity of arrangement observableI S . o ruled fr m Jamana•
"' for Maracaibo 12th Jan. and div.)
Wheat 265.8 d. I Barley
185.
295. Del. Oats .. . 16-;. 9d. I Rye.. 12;. 6,1. Ann• rreen, r sack lower than on 26, Samuel Mead, (proof Ditto, 1
duction of the word "now." 1
He could not acquiesce in the Baronet; for a system could not be permanent which de-a very moderate enquiry, is 6d. to 9d. pe
here and there, we do not deem it too much to say that it is principle laid down by the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel,) d 1
pen er upon wrong. Beans 19s. 9u. I Pease.. 3d. ii . orn us. Oil. I Flour I (is. 12. Sarah Trotman, Brown, hence a.% Barbadoes
11 d C
Mary, Freese, hence at St. Thomas this day week. 28, W. F. Reuss, (proof and div.)
March, 1, Robert IV...*Lachlan.
Ditto, 1
12
Ditto from British Colonies out of Europe. In the Bonded Market no business has transpired, except
our decided opinion, as well as our sincere hope, that the that the cheapness of food was not necessarily an advantage Mr. ESCOTT protested against the Mad disturbance of alronside, Brown, from Newcastle; at ditto 1, Clough and Galan, (2nd).. Ditto, 1
Wheat.... ss. od. I Parley.. Os. 60. I Oats ..2s. Od. I Rye.... 3s. Od. James Haynes, —, from St. Thomas, at Laguira
Robertthe purchase of 1000 quarters American red Wheat, to arrive, 2, William Haskayne Peter Leather's, 1
Writer will accomplish the object for which her interesting to a people. The principle might be true if wages fell with system under which so much property had been invested, and Beans.. 3s. I Pease.. 3s. I Indian Corn.. os. tel. I Flour.. 3s. Od. Palestine, Nairn, from Vera Eruzeat ditto at 46s 6d per quarter. States Flour, on the spot, is offering 2, Mackay Brothers (proof and div.) Clarendon Rooms, I
the price of food ; but those two things were independent of in which so many interests were involved. Was the house
work was designed—that of exposing two of the great prat-Liverpool Averages, week ending Feb. 22. 1842. Touch-me-Not, Todd, hence at Leghorn 3, Samuel S. Jackson, (proof and fin. div.) Ditto, 12
at 26s 6d per barrel.
h each other, as was proved by the fact that on the banks of prepared, before the ink of the last agreement for tithe corn- 1 Wheat. 1 Barley. I Oats. Beans. Pease. Diadem, Ross, hence for Bahia, at Kinsale 4, Peter Leicester, (2nd) Ditto, 1
tical errors of ROManisM, namely, the " confessional" and the Ohio the price of food was twice as cheap as in England, mutation was dry, to rescind the very ground of the contract ? Qrs 134 ; 1342 1 Victory, Jarvis, hence-for Gibraltar. at Kingstown
the celibacy of her Priesthood, and of exhibiting the only while wages were twice as high. The right hon. gentleman And what were the people to gain, even in cheapness, by the Prices.. 50s. fid. Os. Od. I 18s. Sd. I Os. Od. I Os. Od- Oriental, Scott, hence for Beirout, at Beam:oasis LIVERPOOL HAY AND POTATOE MARKET,
then contended against the motion that our political depend- projects of the gentlemen opposite? Why, within three February 24. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, FEBRUARY 24.
sure foundation of a sinner's hope—the free grace of God to _____
ence would be endangered by a dependence on foreign weeks from the time when the late ministers were proposing-- - .' 8. d. s. d. S. d. S. d.
all who trust in the all-sufficient sacrifice of the Lord Jesus for our supply of grain, as was evinced by the fact that we a fixed duty of Bs., corn was coming into this country at a SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ' WEDNESDAY, FEBRUAILY 23.—Wind S.S.E. to S.S.W.
Potatoes, 9 'lb. Old Hay .... 0 t.3.®, 11 1;'• 201 b. Wind at Holyhead S.S.E, light breeze morning and noon:
Christ. imported 1,600,00 quarters of foreign corn in 1810, the duty of Is. Was wheat to be the only article untaxed, when ARRIVED.—John Marshall, ---, from Baltimore—Williet, Pink-eye 2B 3 0 New Hy.... onio 11 Off Holyhead, at 1 1 a.m. No. 4608, Tinamar, Bk. for Ceara ;
FRIDAY, 25Th FEBRUARY. Lovelier, from Genoa—Conquest, Hawkins, from Smyrna—and
greatest quantity ever imported in one year, and one-half of every other product of this country was protected? In Cups 222 4i Clover Hay.. 070 10 3140, Limena, 8.8. from Nassau, N.P. and 3540, Monongahela,
VED.—Monono•ahela from Philadelphia—Hand of Fenella, Smardon, from Malaga. Short Tops llO 2 a Straw, Wheat 040 41 1p- 241 b from Philadelphia.
REPEAL—THE CORN-EXCHANGE. that quantity was from France, with which country we were France bread was 30 per cent. cheaper than in England ; but providence, Brown, from Ttie Turley,
• • ' ' " D Dawson, Price, sailed from the Cape of
~anrog —Rapid°, from Bilboa— octor, Good Hope for Sydney Cattle - East of the Floating Light, at 9 a.m. No. 470, Blake, from Mo-
at war; the continental system being then in its fullest force, then wages were 70 per cent. lower. The manufacturers from Cephalonia—Serzantin, from Rochefort. tith December Turnips, 15 ton 26 027 6 Straw, Barley 030 3i bile, in tow by a steamer.
and we believe that not one single quarter of it was supplied owed to the agriculturists what the agriculturists could never Glasgow, from St. John, N. 8., off Liverpool. Symmetry, Whitney, hence for Jamaica, off Antigua Carrots 32 040 0 Manglewurzle 24 0— v. ton.
(From the Dublin Evening Mail.) from America. It was of. great importance that this ques- owe to the manufacturers—existence itself. He illustrated SAlLED.—ftetrive. Evans, for Jamaica. Amelia, Alexander, hence at Trinidad ---- *
Since the Father of Repeal has Delahunted the question ---
lion should be settled • but from the arguments osithe other from Roman history the danger of relying on foreign supply. Concord. hence for Lisbon, at Kingstown, assisted in with low ' Bonanza, (late Cragg,) and the Binds, Lowthean, were loading
itself, it can be no blame to us if we Burke the caput mor- rudder, having struck on the Kish Bank.
~ at Buenos Ayres for Cork ; and the Eliza Heywood, Stott, for Fat. PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL. TIDE TABLE.
side, it seemed as if ibis was but a first step in the way of For his own part, he would stand by the landed, which he of
harm of its proceedings. At home the agitation is defunct ; Totnes, King. for LisbOn, pat back to Milford
,23d instant, with Mouth, ou the 27th November *Woon, Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid i Duty.
Days. Mrn. Ems. Height. Sundays, Holydays. fre .
abolition. The right hon. baronet at the bead of the Home considered to be the English, interest. xig ie *a 20 0 '-,
leis, Bailey, hence at Trieste Archangel
and if in transatlantic regions it still shows symptoms of vi- Department disclaimed anything like finality • 1 '-1 t.
in egis a ion, Mr. EWART then moved an adjournment of the debate.— loss of fore-topmast. -,---- -- •
Sisters, Short, hence at Naz:sau. Grace, Jones, sailed from Trieste for this port 3rd February Memel 18 o—l 9 0 11
tality, it is only because the morbidity prevailing at head- .U. Ir. 0. M. F. I.
and other hon. gentlemen on his side of the house spoke of Adjourned. Eridano, for Genoa, has put back. Gezino Buss, hence at Bremen Gothenburg l4 10 -- 16 0 ; Notabovel6 ft Friday .. 25 11 15 1! 36 20 3 Full Moon 4h. 3m. even.
quarters has not vet had time to reach the extremities. At 16 10 - ta 0 I F..eig. B. P. 2.
it as a considerable first step in the way of concession, Limena, Frame, from Nassau, at Liverpool, sailed 3lst Jan. The Eclair, 'Be Ness, hence at Flushing Wyburg Saturday 26 0 2 21 5
the meeting on Friday last in the Corn-Exchange—whilst his opinion, it scarcely gave one farthing in the
though, in 1 • • • HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY. Walter Scott sailed on the 16th, and the Jamaica 26th Jan. for Li. H.M.S. Winchester, (50) from Bermuda, at Portsmouth, in 15 Petersburg 15 10 -19 0 21 feet. Sunday.. 27 020 041 21 g std Sunday in Lent.
the exchequer was a blank as to Irish sympathy, the Arne- verpool. On 19th Feb. in lat. 49, long. 20, fell in witli.the barque days PLANKs, per foot of 2 inches thick. 1 22...e2 10s. Monday, 2S 1-1
132 20 10 Length of night 1311. 20m.
• ,____,__,,.. , ~.„ _i__,
,s, 4.., pound. With respect to a fixed duty, he looked upon it as .
k discussion took. place. on the motion of Mr. . WASONL Emma of New cit abandoned. On 21st, in lat. 31, long. 13, spoke Tamerlane, Cadiri hence at Portsmouth for Newcatle, and Dazig, Deck
. __..:___ ..a_. r......-;-1, .I....sine the him member being of the '•
P ' ' Whim- bound to Lisbon. under quarantine, having communicated 10th Feb. with thetle,
Mean- British American Pine
.. . ._ . _ LATniVOOD. per fathom. I Thursday 3 3 6 331 14 9

(From the Dublin Evening Mail.)
Since the rather of Repeal has Delahunted the question
itself, it can be no blame to us if we Burke the caput mor-
tuum of its proceedings. At home the agitation is defunct ;
and if in transatlantic regions it still shows symptoms of vi-
tality, it is only because the morbidity prevailing at head-
quarters has not vet had time to reach the extremities. At
the meeting on Friday last in the Corn-Exchange—whilst
the exchequer was a blank as to Irish sympathy, the Ame-
rican sympathy poured in abundantly in the shape of £4O
from " The Young Men's Repeal Association" (making,
with preceding contributions, a sum of £110)—of £4O from
the Repeal Association of Utica ; and from Louisville the
munificent contingent of 250 dollars.
The nature of the sympathy, and of the services of which
it is the bounty money and hire, may be clearly collected
from the speech of the head Repealer for Ulster :
" Some time ago (said the gentleman), amongst the Ame-
rican newspapers sent me, was one with the report of the
proceedings of a' pithlic meeting of the friends of Ireland, at
which Mr. Mooney attended, and made an admirable-speech
in the pure spirit of an O'Connellite, deprecating physical
violence, and relying on the effect of moral, peaceful agita-
tion. An American gentleman who followed him k Counsellor
Smith) declared, that he had listened to his eloquent address
with great pleasure, and that he fully assented to every sen-
timent to which be gave utterance, eAcept one.. Counsellor
Smith declared that the point on which he differed from Mr.
Mooney was this—that Mr. Mooney declared his faith in
the power of moral suasion ; but he (Counsellor Smith) had
no faith in the case in moral suasion ; that, in his opinion,
justice was to be wrung forth from the blood-stained hand
of England only by ' gunpowder suasion and American sua-
sion ;' and this was hailed by the assembly with peals of ap-

Mr. SMYTHE defended the policy of the measure proposed
by Sir R. Peel, and said he was glad to see the principle of
undue protection crumbling into dust. The question of the
corn laws had been properly dealt with by only only four
British Ministers—Lord North, in 1773; Mr. Canning, in
his unsuccessful measure of 1827; the noble lord (Lord J.
Russel,) in his measure of last year; and by the right hon.
baronet, in the measure before the house, which he thought
superior to any of them. He urged the right hon. baronet
to proceed iu the course in which he had embarked, and to
earn for his reward the prayers and blessings of a relieved
and grateful population.
Mr. MacAyeAv said he feared, in the course he meant to
pursue, he would differ from a large portion of his consti-
tuents ; but he could not consistently support the motion of
the hon. member for Wolverhampton, because of the intro-
duction of the word "now." He could not acquiesce in the
principle laid down by the right hon. baronet (Sir R. Peel,)
that the cheapness of food was not necessarily an advantage
to a people. The principle might be true if wages fell with
the price of food ; but those two things were independent of
each other, as was proved by the fact that on the banks of
the Ohio the price of food was twice as cheap as in England,
while wages were twice as high. The right hon. gentleman
then contended against the motion that our political depend-
ence would be endangered by a dependence on foreign nations
for our supply of gram, as was evinced by the fact that we
imported 1,600,000 quarters of foreign corn in 1810, the
greatest quantity ever imported in one year, and one-half of
that quantity was from France, with which country we were
at war; the continental system being then in its fullest force,
and we believe that not one single quarter of it was supplied
from America. It was of. great importance that this ques-
tion should be settled • but from the arguments ori the other
side, it seemed as if settled;
was but a first step in the way of
abolition. The right hon. baronet at the head of the Home
Department disclaimed anything like finality in legislation,
and other hon. gentlemen on his side of the house spoke of
it as a considerable first step in the way of concession,
though, in his opinion, it scarcely gave one farthing in the
pound. With respect to a fixed duty, he looked upon it as
a compromise, and was willing to take it on the principle
that he would refuse nothing in the shape of improvement :
but in principle he was opposed to any duties levied upon
corn, for the purpose of protection alone.
Mr. S. WORTLEY denied that Sir R. Peel had ever laid
down the principle that cheapness of food was not at all
times a blessing_to the people, though he had said that the
cheapness of food was not always a,proof of the prosperity
of a people. He then proceeded at some length to advocate
the proposed measure of the government.
.. Mr. MITCHELL did not prefer.the proposed scale of duties
to a fixed duty, but viewing it as a great improvement, and
seeing no chance of a better, he was willing to give it a trial.
Mr. C. BilLtuwt opposed the motion of the hon. member
for Wolverhampton, on the p•round that vested interests had
grown up under our protective tariffs which they had no
right to rashly sacrifice, however true abstractedly might be
the principle upon which it. was proposed to do so ; and sa-
crifice those interests they certainly would if they suddenly
abrogated all those protective duties. The hon..alember
then advocated the principle of &fixed duty in preference to
the sliding scale proposed by the government. He admitted,
however, that the latter measure would do a great deal of
good, but it would not give a steady supply of corn, which
was the great desideratum to :be held in view, in order to
give an impulse to the manufactures of the country.
Mr. HOPE attributed the distress of the country to over-
production, and unless hon. gentlemen on the other side
could show that over-production did not exist, all their argu-
ments against the corn-laws fell to the ground.
Mr. Rica must oppose the motion of the hon. member
for Wolverhampton, though he was anxious to extend the
principles of a free trade in corn as far as they could be ex-
tended with safety. He was in favour of a fixed duty, and
regretted the motion of last session was not agreed to.
Mr. MILNES felt for the situation of Mr. Villiers, melan-
choly as it must be when he saw friend after friend dropping
from his side ; the boldest openly opposing him ; the timid
refusing to vote at all; and thought he must by this time be
convinced of the impolicy of interrupting the discussion be-
fore the house by the intrusion of an abstract question upon
which he could find but few to support him. The hon.
member contended for the right of the landholder to protec-
tion, and said he would oppose the motion of the hon. mem-
ber for Wolverhampton. It was by the protection that the
landholders received that they were enabled to pay the fund-
holder twenty shillings for the thirteen or fifteen he had ad-
vanced ; and if the landowner were not able to sustain that
duty he must fall, and in that fall would be sure to drag down
the fundholder with him. He could have wished, however,
that the scale proposed by Sir R. Peel had been more liberal,
for he did not feel quite sure that his scale would produce
the effect he aimed at, of keeping the price of corn as nearly
as possible between 545. and 58s.
Mr. WAXLEY said there was scarcely a child that could
walk, or a man who earned two shillings a day, that did not
understand this question. It was only in that house that it
admitted of mystification. He wished to know what they
meant in that house by protection to agriculture. Did,they
mean protection to themselves in the possession of their
houses, their parks, their herds of deer, and their hounds ;
or did they mean protection to the labourer of his 7s. a week ?
They were carrying their system of protection to such an ex-
tent as to render insecure all the institutions of the country.
The whig minister of last year proposed to raise the revenue
by reducing taxation, whereas the right hon. baronet pro-
posed to retain the duty on corn. What did the people gain
by that? He freely admitted that the right hot,. baronet's
proposition was better than the existing I,w, but it was not
calculated to lower materially the price of corn, and would
not therefore give any real relief. The corn law was the
master infamy of the world—the landlord's curse upon the
poor man's industry. There was, however, in his opinion,
no hope of relief for the people unless by a reform of the Re-
form Act, so that the working classes might be represented
in that house.
Mr. Musa z said be should vote for the motion of Mr.
Villiers, although he did not think the abolition of the corn
laws would produce all the benefits to the country which
many people imagined. He could not, however, justify the
proposed measure, and that was his only ground for sup-
porting the motion for total abolition. The hon. member
then contended that the corn and currency questions were
so connected that they could not be advantageously discussed
separately, and quoted a similar opinion expressed in a
pamphlet written by Sir James Graham.
Mr. S. CRAWFORD moved the, adjournment of the debate,
which was immediately agreed to.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
A discussion took• place. on the motion of Mr. R. WAsoN,
respecting the Ipswich election, the hon. member being of
opinion that as Sir Thomas Cochrane was about to leave the
kingdom, and as he was supposed to be able to give important
evidence upon the Ipswich election petition, he should be
examined at the bar of the house. This was opposed by the
Attorney-General as unprecedented. The Court of Queen's
Bench had no such power with a witness under supcena. If
that witness chose to quit the kingdom he did so at his peril.
The motion was ultimately withdrawn.
In answer to a question from Mr. MACKINNON,
Sir R. PEEL said it was his intention to proceed with no
public business till the corn-law resolutions were disposed of.
There was the strongest feeling at present among those inte-
rested in the corn trade against any delay in the settlement
of the question. But he was not responsible for it. tie
could not interfere with the course which other hon. gentle-
men thought fit, to pursue ; but he thought it of so much im-
portance to bring in his bill on the subject that he would
interpose no impediment by bringing forward any public
business before these resolutions were decided on.
Colonel RAWSON asked when the bill relative to marriages
in Ireland would be brought in, as the Presbyterians would
be alarmed on hearing that no public business would be pro-
ceeded with till these questions were settled?
Sir R. PEEL said that, as so many persons were in danger
of being declared illegitimate, every facility should be af-
forded to carrying that bill through with as little delay as

Eridano, for Genoa, has put back.
Limena, Frame, from Nassau, at Liverpool, sailed 31st Jan. The
Walter Scott sailed on the 16th, and the Jamaica 26th Jau. for Li.
verpool. On 19th Feb. in lat. 49, long. 20, fell in with.the barque
Emma, of Newpcit, abandoned. On 21st, in lat. 31, long. 13, spoke
the Whim, bound to Lisbon.
Monongahela, Turley, from Philadelphia, at Liverpobl ; ' sailed 2d
instant. In lat. 4;, long. 29, spoke the United States; henct, to
Philadelphia. On the 21st, at g p.m. spoke the Acadia,, hence to
Haiifax.
Alert, Jordan, from Laguna, at Liverpool, after being on shore
near llolyhead.

COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE

WEST INDIES.
The Alert packet,with the West India mail, brings advices
from Jamaica
to maitch:letslistthhe.l9Tthheuljat.la
;nDicea papers confirm the cap-
ture and destruction of the fleet of
Demerara to the 9th, and
Antigua
Carmona, the rebel chief
who had set up his forces against Carthagena. The gallant
conduct of Lieutenant de Courcy, of her Majesty's brig-of-
war Charybdis, who, in repulsing an assault upon an English
merchant-frigate, rendered valuable assistaTe to the Cartha-
gena cause, is alluded to in the most gratifying terms, while,
as a reward for his courage and bravery, the governor had
ceded, as his prize, the enemy's brig M. arcellino. Carmona
was so incensed at the destruction of his fleet, mainly brought
about by the admirable tact of Lieutenant de Conley, that
he had, absurdly enough, declared war against England.
The siege of Carthagena, however, continued from the sub-
urb of Simani; but as the defence was spiritedly kept up,
and the enemy had but a small supply of ammunition, it was
not expected to last for a long while. The accounts from
Venezuela state that matters were quiet and prosperous

days
Tamerlane, Cadinrig, hence at Portsmouth for Newcastle, and
under quarantine, having communicated 10th Feb. with the Mean-
well, from Odessa
Alleghany, Michaels, for Philadelphia, has put back, leaky
James Ray, Rorison, hence for Buenos Ayres, was spoken 9th
instant, in lat. 4.3, 10ng.9
FALmoUTII, Feb. 21.—The Samuel, Press, from Yarmouth to
Liverpool, was towed in here to-day, by the Montrose (steamer)
with loss of stanchions, fore top mast, main rigging, &c. the two
vessels haying been in contact

PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL.
*Woon, Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid l Duty.
Archangel £l9 10 11g) 20 0 ~
Memel 18 0— 19 0 I
Gothenburg l4 10 -- 16 0 Not above 16 f 1
Wybnrg l6 10 - 18 0 i F.X19.8.P.2
Petersburg 15 10 - 19 0 21 feet.
PLANKS, per foot of 2 inches thick. 1 '22 ...e2 105
Danzig, Deck
British American Pine
LATH WOOD, per fathom.
Danzig, 4 feet 8 0
British American 4 0
WAHOGANY, per foot of 1 inch thick.
Honduras i—
Cuba
St. Domingo
JAK PLANKS, British American none. 15s per load.
TEAKWOOD, per cubic feet
STAVES, per 1200.
Danzig, C. Pipe
Hhd. 7O 0 80 0 .1 3s. B.P. 2s.
Quebec, red, i inch thick, }3oo 55 0 2 0 4s.
and 5i feet long
Do. Puncheon lO 10 —lB 0 3 0 6s.
Ti masa, per cubic foot. s. d. s. d.
Oak
Pine, British Amer. common .. 0 0 0 o l los
red 1 7 2 1 per load.
yellow
Danzig,middling 2 0 2 2
Memel, middling 2 o—2 2 1 2155.1010 ad
Riga,red 2 4 2 5 I
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plause."
It is quite unnecessary to analyse the speeches of the Lord
Mayor of Dublin on the occasion; our readers have them by
heart. The only thing like novelty is the admission that,
for the present at least, ministers were not doing Ireland
" any actual or intended harm ;" and the only thing having
the shadow of importance, the confession, that, till he can
have a roll of five millions of repeaters, and a farthing a
week from each of them, he may just as well throw his bon-
net at the moon as attempt to disturb the legislative union.
Five millions of farthings ! Why the receipts of last week
show there are not three men hi Ireland that care one far-
thing about it.

possible.
The adjourned debate was resumed by Mr. EwAItT, who
regretted that Sir R. Peel had not dealt as boldly with the
corn-law question as he had done with the catholic emancipa-
tion. He supported the motion of Mr. Villiers, as did also
Mr. H. F. Berkeley, who was of opinion that trade in corn
should be left quite unshackled.
Mr. THORNELY was of opinion that any duty on corn
should be for the purpose of revenue only, and not of protec-
tion. . .

Mr. HASTIE also supported the motion.
Mr. O'CONNELL, in supporting the motion, said the house
would not entrust legislation upon this subject to radicals
and chartists ; and, upon the same principle, when he saw
landed proprietors thus legislating, he could not help thinking
that the poor were upon their trial before a partial judge and
a packed jury.
Colonel CONOLLY, in opposing the motion, said they had
beard much of the benefit which would be conferred upon
the vast regions of America if the corn-laws were repealed;
but he thought they should not exhaust all their sympathy
on America, they should keep a small portion for our own
agricultural population. Had there been anything like the
indignation against the proposed measure which some hon.
gentlemen appeared to think there was, it would ere this
have exhibited itself in a way not to be mistaken. He be-
lieved, however, that the country was satisfied with the
measure.
Mr. H AWES, in supporting the motion, said that all the
old monopolists, and all the foreign merchants, would be
glad to have the present system maintained, as it enabled
them to indulge in most profitable speculations. He was of
opinion that under the proposed measure coin would never
be lower than 60s, and that its general range would be about

there.
Demerara at the latest date was in an unsettled state
owing to the endeavour of the planters to force the labourers
into submission as regards certain rules and regulations
which they had issued for the better working of the estates,
and which they desired should take effect from the first day
of the new year. These rules and regulations, the result of
several meetings of the planters, were framed to reduce the
price of labour in proportion to the market price of produce,
but without the ordinary course of having first consulted the
labourers, or their " headsmen," as the chief among them
are technically termed, and this is the great point in which
the planters appear to have erred. The labourers seem to
have been but little aware that any new rules or regulations
would be attempted to be introduced for the present in the
estates, although they well knew that complaints were made
by the managers of the small profits resulting from the work-
ing of the plantations at the current price of labour, and
they, therefore, were greatly surprised to find, as if by a si-
multaneous movement, the various localities placarded with
these new regulations, which in several cases imposed severe
restrictions, besides the lowering of wages. Among
these were the refusal of employers to allow labourers
to keep stock of any description, the reversion of pro-
visions they cultivated on estates to the original pro-
prietors, when they left or were discharged, and an in-
crease in the period of the day's labour, with a notice
attached to the effect, that forty-eight hours' servitude
after this publication would be taken as the act of consent
by the labourer to be bound by them. Hence followed a
general " strike," and from the Ist of January up to the
Bth, most of the plantations were abandoned by the labour-
ers, who having had interviews with the Governor on the
attempted enforcement of these rules, refused to return to
their occupation without concessions were made. The Por-
tuguese emigrants alone remained passive and obedient to
the will of the planter. In consequence of this new feature
in the state of affairs, the local press were arduously advo-
cating the cause of their respective 'patrons, and while the
planters' organ, the Guiana Times, is sedulously recom-
mending the maintenance of firmness and perseverance in
the enforcement of the new rules and regulations, the Gui-
ana Chronicle urges the necessity of conciliation and tem-
perance by the planters towards the labourers, who are said
to be much disposed to meet their employers in a fair and
equitable reduction, in order to bring matters to a satisfac-
tory conclusion. This resistance by the 'labourers at the
present peliod appears to be unfortunate, as the crop was in
a forward and, promising condition.
At Trinidad there had also been a reduction in wages,
accompanied by the abdlition of allowances, but the manner
in which it had been effected was by the introduction of the
alteration to the immediate notice of the labouring popula-
tion, who were made acquainted with the fact of the neces-
sity of such a proceeding, and who, having readily agreed
to it, were working with a promptitude scarcely to be
expected from their altered circumstances. The canes for
the ensuing crop were loOlting exceedingly well, but the
past month had been unusally dry, which was not considered
to be conducive to the health and vigour of the young plants.
The Legislature was sitting, but the business was merely of
local interest.
At Barbadoes and at Antigua there also had been:experi-
enced a want of rain, but on the whole the prospects of the
crops were promising. A meeting of the Barbadian mer-
chants had taken place for the twofold object of petitioning
the Legislature to reduce the expenditure of the island by
the partial disbandment of the militia and the police, and to
effect thereby the imposition of a smaller duty on all articles
imported. From the whole of the islands complaints are
made of the dull state of trade, but the sympathizing effect
of the same state of things existing throughout the continent
of Europe does much to allay the fears the colonists would
otherwise entertain. The Royal mail line of packets pro-
mised great advantages to these several localities in the
transmission of merchandise and correspondence.

61s.
Mr. MARK PHILIPS said he had always regarded the trade
in corn as such a gambling speculation under the existing
law, that while he was in trade he never shipped a cargo of
goods upon the prospect of getting a cargo of corn in return.
He contended that the people, by the petitions which they
had presented, had proved themselves anxious for a total re-
peal of the corn laws. His own idea was, that it would be
well to have a duty on corn, annually diminishing in amount
until it vanished altogether.
Sir R. PEEL said that all that had failed from Mr. Philips
had proved the correctness of what he had originally stated to
the house, that there were various causes, independent of the
corn laws' operation, to produce the distress which prevailed
through the country. The hon. member had said that there
had been a great decrease in the exports to the United States
since 1833, and yet, although the corn laws were in opera-
tion, there had been no decrease in the exports from the cot-
ton manufactories in the north. How did the hon. member
account for that consistently with the supposition that the
corn laws were the cause of the distress ? It appeared,
from Mr. Horner's report, that there had been ninety-three
new mills erected in his district. Now, he could understand
the manufacturers going on working the old mills at a loss
in the hope of a change ; but if the business was so very
slack, it was difficult to account for the erection of so many
new mills. From all this, he would ask if it was not evi-
dent that the effect of the corn laws in producing the dis-
tress had been greatly exaggerated? And indeed it also
appeared that no great relief was to be expected from any
change whatever which the house might make in those laws.
While he admitted and deplored the distress which prevailed,
and even though the people might burn his effigy, still could
he not abate one particle of the sympathy he felt for the poor
of the country, or of his earnest wish that they might be
relieved. (Cheers.) The right hon. baronet then proceeded
to contend that concurrently with great demand for employ-
ment in the manufacturing districts it frequently happened
that partial distress was very prevalent in other parts of the
country. With respect to the argument that foreign corn
should be taxed for purposes of revenue only, he doubted if
it was legitimate to tax it for the purposes of revenue at all,
or if it were he could not conceive an argument by which
they could resist a similar tax on home-grown corn. If he
could only impress the house with the communications which
be had received from various parts of the country, with re-
spect to his proposition, they would see it was as far as he
could go without producing alarm, calculated to lead to dis.
astrous consequences.
Mr. JOHNSTONE moved, and Sir J. EASTHOPE seconded
another adjournment of the debate.
Lord J. RUSSELL objected to Sir R. Peel's demand for
speedy legislation. The question was one for Parliament to
deliberate upon • they, and not the ministers were to decide
the question. Was the house to pass in a hurry a measure
which ministers had taken so many months to consider?
The manufacturers were bound to ponder it well; and the
agriculturists, who had given way, would expect that it
should be so well digested as to be permanent when once
passed. He added a few words in vindication of Mr.
Macaulay's withdrawal from this division. It was only
what the conservative peers had thought it their duty to do
upon the reform bill.
After a few words from Sir R. PEEL, Sir C. NAPIER
questioned the practicability of bringing hither a cargo of
American wheat within six weeks.
The cry for a division then became loud and general, but
the opposition held out for a still further prolongation of the
debate, and it was accordingly adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—TUESDAY.
Mr. SEI ARMAN CRAWFORD began the adjourned debate ;
by a speech for the repeal of all the duty on corn. He was
resolved to take every constitutional means of agitating the
question out of the house as well as in it.
Mr. WYKEHAM MARTIN showed by detailed calculations,
that the landholder pays a very much larger contribution than
the fundholder to various levies, particularly to the poor's-
rate and to the highway-rate.
Mr. VILLIERS (Sudbury),was understood to deny that the
landholders bear more than their share of public burdens.
Sir C. BURRELL insisted on the superior importance of the
home trade as compared with the foreign. He had his doubts
on the sufficiency of Sir R. Peel's protection, which, how-
ever, under the circumstances connected with it, he meant
to support.
Mr. POWELL urged the necessity of doing something for a
population which would he otherwise ungovernable.
Lord GRANBY expressed his deep sympathy with the ex-
isting distress, and his apprehension that by a repeal of duty
that
distress would be increased ; for such a measure would
bde4narrowre-
duction wnthe home-market, while the increased cheapness of
boeufl dw
apgreosp.ab lsyi
rbeß.npeueetrl,alsieselednbg proportionate
continue.re-
to keep Britain dependent on her own efforts, as h
no-
thing to dread from foreigners.
wouldhla have
Mr. M. J. O'CosNuwa; much disappointed that the
government measure did so little, especially after so much
time had been taken for deliberation. Ile had heard nothing
to satisfy him that a fixed duty was not better than a sliding
scale ; and he did not believe that speculation would be
R . materiallypthcahteeektieide
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Thouli he should have preferred a yewletnotaptloattia,lareed-
peal, he preferred a total repeal to the government
hpeeirasluaded would support Mr. Villiers's motion.g
that agriculture would flourish, best without artificial
sup-
port.
Sir F. BußnErr complained that Mr. Viwzas, though
his manner was smooth and gentlemanlike, had been moat
acrimonious in his doctrines, especially when he invidiously
pointed out that the landed proprietors were a small body of
only about 30,000, oppressing 400,000 of their countrymen.
The evils of the existing Corn Laws had been greatly exag-
gerated; but Sir R. Peel's proposal had the advantage of
removing what was most unpopular in their composition,
without destroying what was really useful in their practical
operation. Cheap corn would not improve the condition of
the labourer: his state was never better than during the high
prices of the war, when corn was sometimes at 120 s. or even
130 s. a quarter. Even now our agricultural population would
be well off were it not for then flux of poor from Ireland.

FRENCH OPINIONS UPON Boz.—The following critique is
from the per of the noted French critic, M. Jules Janin :
•` Amongst the morbid melodramatic tales of the day, which
are greedily devoured, but undigested, by the unwashed of
all countries, there is a large book by one Charles Dickens,
who has written himself into a reputation. ' Nicholas Nic-
kleby' has been translated here in Paris, by a man of sense
and ability, who we regret to see throwing away his time,
trouble, and talents into such a common sewer of vice, filth,
end iniquity. Imagine a shapeless mass of puerile inven-
tions, in which the horrible, the idiotic, and the fanatic are
wallowing in the mud of an infernal slough of despond,
There you see a set of smirking good folks, who have bomeec
stupid from excess of goodness, and bore you with their
trivial inanities. Next come bounding on, blaspheming in
their course, a grisly, fearful band of rogues, robbers, and
wretches, whose very existence make you shudder. It is the
most nauseous mixture that you could possibly imagine of
warm milk and sour beer, of fresh eggs and putrid meat, of
tattered filthy rags and brocade robes, of sovereigns and
halfpence, of roses and dandelions—street-walkers and peers
of the realm, porters and poets, ruffians and scholars, walk
about arm-in-arm, in the midst of this insupportable cla
mour. Do you like the smell of stale tobacco-smoke, of
garlic, the taste of onions—do you like steel forks and pew-
ter-pots ?If your taste leads you to these things, I would
conscientiously counsel you to sit down and read Charles
Dickens. What a chaos of running sores, loathsome ulcers,
and chaste, sacred virtues! This Charles Dickens has ex
tracted all the plague spots from Don Guzman d'Alfarache,
all the dreams of Sir Charles Grandison, and thickened them
up into this unsightly block of descriptions. 0, ye chaste
maidens, more or less bashful, who have pored over Walter
Scott's beautiful romances !-0, ye more animated admirers
of Don Juan' and Lara !'—and 0, ye chaste enthusiasts
for ' Clarissa Harlowe !'—hide your blushing cheeks, throw
down your veils before Charles Dickens."

TRADE AND NAVIGATION.—The net receipt for customs
duties in the year ended Jan. 5, 1842, amounted to
£23,135,270, being an increase of £163,422 over the receipts
of 1840. The total number of vessels which entered inwards
and cleared outwards in the year ending Jan. 5, 1842 (exclu-
sive of vessels in ballast and those employed in the coasting
trade), amounted respectively to 21,858 and 20,861, the ton-
nage of the vessels entered inwards being 3,982,129, and that
of vessels cleared outwards 3,543,456. The number of vessels
employed in the coasting trade of the United Kingdom dur-
ing the same period was as follows i—viz., entered inwards,
130,402 ; tonnage, 10,876,750 and cleared outwards,
143,877 ; tonnage, 11,750,152.

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