The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-11 00:00:00

THE PREDICTED EARTHQUAKE.

A correspondent of the Morning Herald gives the follow-
ing ludicrous description of, what is going on in Windsor and
the neighbourhood, through the superstitious fears of those
who affect to believe the predictions of Dr. Dee, as to the
approaching calamitous earthquake :—" The predicted ' swal-
lowing down' of ' London's rich and famous town,' by
hungry earth,' has already had its effect on the good town
of Windsor. Several families who have left town to plant
themselves beyond the vortex of hungry earth' have, within
the last few days, domiciled themselves in this neighbour-
hood, under the flattering notion that here they will be safe :
but of this some doubts may be entertained, for I have just
inquiries
before (but I have not time to make the necessary
before I despatch this letter) that the Round Tower was seen
to rock to and fro by an old woman, this morning, as she
was proceeding across the park from Datchet, and that the
flan-staff is rather ' out of its perpendicular.'
The Bonifaces of Windsor are in high glee—(horrid
wretches !)—at the anticipated influx of the alarmed visitors
from London. Beds are looking up, and arm chairs (espe-
cially easy ones) will be at a premium.
As the knowing ones here are pretty certain the earthquake
will not extend beyond seven or eight miles round St. Paul's
(which appears to have sunk, some say a yard and a half),
several parties have already been made up to proceed to
Hounslow from hence, where they anticipate a good view of
the " moving accident," within two or three miles of the
margin of the catastrophe, and completely out of harm's way.
The 16th instant is the day •' named" by Dr. Dee for the
event to come off ; and there are many persons, I know,
who are greatly astonished that her Majesty should have
flown in the teeth of Dr. Dee, and have commanded a levee
to be held at St. James's Palace (in the very heart of danger
and destruction) on

" The day, the great, the eventful day,
Big with the fate or—
" London's rich and famous town.:
People, hoe ever, are not aware, or, in the anxiety which
pervades the minds of the alarmists, they have forgotten it,
that Dr. Dee's prediction, in 1598, was according to the
" old style," then in vogue. Her Majesty, therefore, at the
levee at St. James's Palace, on the 16th (new style), will be
safe ; and also the great captain of the age, Sir Hobert Peel,
and the rest of her Majesty's ministers. So the whole of the
,whigs, who intended to have gone out of town on that day,
will be disappointed. You understand me.
The 16th of March (old style) of 1598, will be the 28th of
March (new style) of 1842.

It is understood to be the intention of government to have
the Marsha!sea Prison pulled down, and to consolidate the
Queen's Bench, the Fleet, and Marshalsea, into one.
THE WAAXHALL BURGLARY.--At the Salisbury Assizes,
on Tuesday, five men were transported for life for being
concerned in this outrage.

The father of the brave Sir William AVNaughten, so bru-
tally assassinated at India, is still living, and is in his 79th
year.

Lord Alfred Hervey, son of the Marquis of Bristol, is the
conservative candidate for Brighton.
The failure of the Brighton Bank is owing to a speculation
by the partners in a shawl and merino manufactory in Glas-
gow.

On Friday last, at sea, a dreadful collision took place be-
tween the Penelope, from Newcastle-on-Tyne, and the
Astley, of North Shields. The catastrophe happened on the
Suffolk coast, and so terrible was the collision that the Pene-
lope went down head foremost almost immediately, carrying
with her one of the crew, who unfortunately perished.
" So, Captai❑ Silk has just arrived at Versailles, I find,"
said a lady. " Heavens! what a name for a soldier."
" The best name in the world," said Horace Smith (who
was standing by her at the time), " for silk you know can
newr be worsted."

MORECAMBE BAY.—The Fleetwood Company intend,
during the present session, to apply to parliament for an act
to improve the navigation of Morecambe Bay, including Pile
Harbour, &c. The people of Ulverston will no doubt re-
joice at this step, as the navigation of the bay has long been
in a neglected state.—Kendal Mercury.
On Monday last information was received of the wreck of
the City of Edinburgh steamer, which sailed between London
and Ostend. During a hurricane on the previous Thursday
she drifted from the pier at Ostend, and the steam not being
up, she ran ashore about three quarters of a mile from the
harbour. Her fittings and cargo were saved, but the hull is
a complete wreck.

IsoNnArroNT OF .rnm SEVERN.—In consequence of the
heavy fall of rain which occurred in Montgomeryshire on
Wednesday last, the Severn overflowed its banks, and paid
its unwelcome visit to many of the small houses situated in
the lower suburbs of Shrewsbury. We regret to state that Mr.
S. Matthews, of the Isle Park, had 40 of his sheep carried
away by the current, 38 of which were in lamb.

Tisa MINING CAUSE.—At the Worcester assizes the
great mining cause between the Marquis of Anglesea and
Lord Hatherton, as to whether the right to certain minerals
in the manor of Cannock, in the county of Stafford, was
vested in the plaintiff as Lord of the Manor, or in the copy-
holders, of whom Lord Hatherton is one, after occupying
the Court two days, was terminated on Wednesday last by a
verdict for the plaintiff.
Tau BA:vasty r LAws.—The Lord Chancellor gave no-
tice, on Monday night, that on Friday he should bring for-
ward a measure respecting the bankrupt laws, which subject
was adverted to at the opening of Parliament in her Majesty's
speech. It is understood that the bill will relate to the ap-
pointment of official assignees in country districts, and that
" inspectors" will be appointed over all official assignees, to
whom they are all periodically -to account for all moneys.
It is said that the Government will not interfere with the
Insolvent Debtors' Court, as it was anticipated from a bill
laid before the House of Lords last session by Lord Cotten-
ham, who promised again to bring it forward.
Mr. George Thompson has sent us a circular letter, re-
questing us to contradict the allegation that he is " the paid
agent of the Anti-Corn-law League, or any other anti-corn-
law association in the kingdom." We are not aware that
we have given currency to this report, unless it has been in
our parliamentary reports; although we certainly have un-
derstood, in common with the public generally, that Mr.
Thompson was a professional orator, but whether employed
by an association, as he was when in the service of the Anti-
Slavery Society, or by individuals only connected with the
Anti-Corn-law League, we were not informed. We are not
surprised that even sir. Geo. Thompson should be desirous
of disclaiming a connexion with that fallen and factious body.
—London Record.

TILE PROFFIESIED EARTHQUAKX.—The alarm which
many foolish persons at present entertain of an approaching
earthquake, which it is feared will swallow up the metropolis,
is founded on the following ancient prophecies—one profes-
sing to be pronounced in the year 1203, the other by Dr.
Dee, the astrologer, in 1598. There is nothing particularly
alarming in the coincidence of the assigned period of the
earthquake, for the knowledge of the preceding prophecy
would, of course, form the foundation of the second :
In eighteen hundred and forty-two,
Four things the sun shall view,
London's rich and famous town
Hungry Earth shall swallow down ;
Storm and rain in France shall be,
Till every river runs a sea;
Spain shall be rent in twain,
And famine waste the land again ;
So say I, the Monk of Dree,
In the twelve hundreth year and three.
Harleian Colleclion, (British Museum,) 8006, folio 319.
The Lord have mercy on you all,
Prepare yourselves for dreadful fall
Of house and land and human soul—
The measure of your sins ars full ;
In the year one eight and forty-two
Of the year that is so new ;
In the third month, of that sixteen,
It may be a day or two between.
Perhaps you'll soon be stiff and cold;
Dear Christian, be not stout and bold :
The mighty kingly proud will see
This comes to pass, as my name's Dee.
1508. MS. in the British Museum.
John Forrester, the officer, having been employed by the
assignees of the London bankrupt broker, Cassidy, to go in
search of that fugative, who has been cutting so distinguished
a figure elsewhere, left London for the purpose on the 9th
inst. Upon the arrival of Forrester at Paris, he found that
the bankrupt, who had an immense number of bills in his
possession, had been lately liberated, and had departed from
the capital. The officer took with him an active assistant,
named Bryon, from thence, in pursuit of the bankrupt to
Brussels, where he received the most prompt assistance from
the police and other authorities. He .traced Cassidy from
Brussels to Aix-la-Chapelle, where he arrived on Sunday
morning last, and ascertained that the bankrupt was safe in
the town. Forrester soon foiled the hotel at which Cassidy
resided, and laid his plans accordingly ; having been intro-
duced to and received every necessary aid from the president
of the regency, the procureur-general, and the perfect of the
police on the occasion. The bill upon which it was intended
Cassidy should be arrested was made over to a banker, to
whom Forrester was recommended by a person at Brussels,
who has rendered very great services in similar cases. On
Monday he took possession of the bankrupt's tin box, con-
taining between £13,000 and £14,000 in bills, and also the
bankrupt's papers. As Cassidy was absent, the door of his
room was broken open by the authorities and Forrester, who
soon learned that the bankrupt had entrusted his tin box to
the care of the landlord. The landlord, upon hearing that
his customer was a bankrupt, gave up the box to the autho-
rites. It is believed that the bankrupt has little or no
money, and it is also thought that be will come to some ex-
planation. The police have stopped his pasport. The above
intelligence was all that was known yesterday in the city ;
but we expect further information shortly.—Morning paper.
—[This person is the individual concerned in the " scandal
case" at Paris, under the designation of C—.]
COLONIAL PASSENGERS BILL.—The bill, brought into
parliament for the regulation of vessels conveying passengers
to the American and other colonies, contains a great number
of very stringent regulations, designed to secure emigrants
from fraud and ill treatment, some of them very good, but
others requiring careful consideration before they are passed
into a law. The most important t f them are as follow :
After the passing of this act, no one is to be allowed to carry
on the b6siness of a passenger broker, so far as emigrants to
the United States and British America are concerned, with-
out taking out a license signed by two magistrates, and without
giving ten, days' notice to the colonial, land, and emigration
commissioners, of the intention to take it out, and no vessel.
is to be allowed to go to sea with more than fifty easseolpg:
on board, until " the owner, or charterer, or master
laid ship, with one good and sufficient wa "shall base
given a joint bond of one thousand pounds to the collector or
shi_
other chief officer of customs, to the effect that, t
wns. „Pas_
seaworthy, that the engagements entered into with p
u 't.
vF s
sengers shall be properly performed according the
o
ons of this act, and that all fines incurred under it shall be
paid. The principal provisions of the act thus
which are to be enforced by penaltiesovta2cre
passengers at the
jog referred to,
tairfitdy
tons ; not less
pounds, are as follow :—No vessel is t
rate of more than one person registeredtwoo
on the lower deck to
than ten superficial feet are to be. allowednot between the tropics, nor
each passenger, when the voYage ? to be allowed to take
less than fifteen when it is;
whichv
has not a proper lower
more than fifty passengershalf
o inch in thickness ;or which
feet between the upper and
deckha s noo ft
aa t Ipeaacset
oo
fn ea
leastnd
pounds of
water per day, and seven
in g lowerhe
berths; every
;e vesselvneory
ger with three quartsorother " bread stuffs," per week, indepen-
dent have
bounde
taken by the passengers
rovisionsthemselves ; all
withsufficient
esose tot
to
be
supplied bread and water to last
to North Am_erica or the West Indies
'-int-it:ay and week mentioned
bread,vdeesnsteiosft
po biscuit,
b_
if. paroc_eeding to South or Central America,
above for ten
it the quantum pc
; for fifteen weeks if proceeding
Cape
vo
nte 'yes coastitvtGePowr:eodecfekleAsie,pe or the Falkland Islands
or . to the
; for eighteen
rf-prioceeding to the Mauritius ; for twenty weeks if proceed-
ingy
to Western Australia; ;
for twenty-two if proceeding to
an of the other Australian colonies and for twenty-four
if proceeding to New Zealand. Every emigrant vessel of
250 tons to have two boats, every vessel above 250 and
not
above 500 tons to have three, and every vessel above 500 tons
to have four. Every
weeks vessel taking out 50 passengers on a
voyage of twelve
duration or upwards, or 100 passen-
gers for a shorter voyage, to take out some person duly au-
'
thorised to act as physician, surgeon, or apothecary • lists of
passengers to be drawn out, and copies left with the collector
or ether
chief officer of the customs; written receipts to be
given for all money
paid. and a copy of tbis sot to be loft oit
board every Nasettger.ship for refer•ocw.

of baN
the ea
league
Englai
then,

wed that

hey were

the hon. member mean to

idle of the subscribers to that asso-
Why, he thought that they boasted

nded their ramifications through every part of
He thought they said that this was a national
had branches in every part of
id Wales ? How happened it,
by a quibble, to deny and

repudiate the system of their fellows throughout the nation ?
But he turned the page of this declaration, and he found a
circular addressed by the agitators at Manchester to their
correspondents : it ran thus :—" Manchester Anticorn Law

-You will oblige the council by affixing

your name

to the declaration, and returning it at the earliest possible
moment." Now, in the declaration, as read, there was not
the name of one single Yorkshire manufacturer ; of the 72
parties subscribing the declaration, there was not one who
did not live in Manchester, or some other large town, where
they dared not carry on the truck system for fear of the
shopkeepers. (A cry of " Hear, hear," from the opposition.)
It was in secret—it was in dark corners that this infamy was
perpetrated. It was

explain the nefarious system a
ter and ironical cheers from t

none to rise up and

opposition

(Loud laugh-
nches.) Oh,

their interi options would not put him down. He stood there
to speak the truth, and those who rose for that purpose were
not to be silenced by clamour. It was in the name of the
working classes of England that he addressed that house,
(ironical cheering,) and he recommended them to follow the

hon. member for Oldham and leave him alone.
i. member for Oldham had told them that they bad
ter drop. When the representative for
%tad said that these charges should not rest,

advice of t
TL•e

this mat

he hon. member for Oldham had saidhim

___l better let the matter rest, for I can undertake to prove
Al Mr. Ferrand has said—and ten times worse." (Hear,
He challenged the hon. member for Wolverhamp-
ove for his select committee. Let them in-
. ry into these charges—let them examine and
) was right: To-night he would undertake to state
the charge

n, then

iich he had to make against the dishonest part
of the manufacturers, and if lion. members opposite denied
the, truth of his allegations, he would drive them to the
course of asking for a select committee of inquiry. The
letter he was about to read was from a poor man in a manu-
fa

ring town in Lancashire, and. he did trust that hon.
members opposite, if they would not listen to him, would at
least listen to a poor man. Members opposite boasted that
they were the champions of the poor man, and that they
) the House of Commons to. ask for a repeal of the
ws for the sake of the poor man. Let them listen for
a women•

corn-la

o the words of,a poor man :
" Bolton, March 1

My Dear Sir,—lt is with the greatest pleasure I read
our speech of last Thursday. It was one of the sort that
has long been wanted ; but, Sir, though it appears to have
struck such a panic amongst them as they (the Anti-Corn-
Law League) little expected, you did not positively more
than half do it. I wish that some one: ml the Conservative
side of the house would move for t committee of inquiry. I
feel confident it would strike such an awe over-them as they
►ot be guilty of such practices, On Monday evening,
't., a meeting of the Anti-Corn-Lan• League was
-hall, when was called to the
Now, Sir, this is a spinning-master, and occupies a
11 in street. He lives about a mile out of town
in a splendid mansion on the road, near which is a farm
0 cows. Mind, Sir, he was not worth a

Temperani

which keeps about 21

suit of clothes when he
poor Irish lad, all rags and tatters

e to Bolton at the first, but a
This man now, Sir, not

only compels his spinners to have cottages, but also- reelers
(girls 16 years of age) must pay rent from 2s. Gd. to 4s. Gd.
per week, or they must have no work. They must also have
a quart of milk a day, whether they can drink it or not.
Dear Sir, the houses are of the worst description, and are
relet by the workpeople from a shilling to half-a-crown a
week, and very often not let at all, and then, of course, they
The master stops it out of their wages, if
yto take home. Most of the spinning-
spinners to have cottages, but none
_... Anti-Corn-Law League make girls.
_.,ineu ate always screwing and oppressing. 1 will
011 of another' rascally trick of -. He makes a
)ractice of running his mill from Monday until Saturday,
ind because Saturday is a short day, on which we work only
nine honrs, he stops at noon, and only pays the hands for
ye days and a half. I wish you would give him &touch in
of Commons on this point, I think it would stop
^onfer a blessing on hundreds of poor

lose all t

be rent

they have not a penny to take home

casters compel their

1:11T,. and you would

,etory peopl

He had given them an instance of the.tyranny practised in
iLna
ynCnarsichaihre; E. would now give them another which occurred
be was pr ire
epa're to give ind
his
oWn neighbourhood, and again- he said
up his authority to any hon member
who required him to do so:—" A poor- weaver, residing in
the township of , with a wife and family of small chil-
dren. has been for some tirneemployed by a wealthy worsted,
yarn, and stuff manufacturer, who has practised the abomi-
nable system of
having a retail shop on his premises, where
his workpeople well understood that they are to expend their
hard-earn'ed pittanpe
in the, of shop goods.
poor man incurred a trifling debt, of about 10s. Gd.,
said shop, which he agreed to liquidate by allowing a deduc-
tion of is weekly from his napes.
hough he had not food for a das But, alas! poor man,
ne.gnance for his family,
,ien he carried in his work on theta:lll -in day, at the close
hoifereh wuruary, this wealthy
the week ending on the 19th of
asthe full amount of
,erat deducted the 103. W.,
saes due, and sent him away penniless, and refused to
trt further employment. In this state of distress he
ethe 21st ilia.,
__.:,,,...g re. on Monday morning,
ages,. 10s. 6d., which obtained and
re clerk gave him credit
? The tyrant shrank for fearor his fee)
sed the affair with his injured solfiave, and
ligation of a case by a ma
7orn-Law League men 1 (Cheers from
tughter from the opposition benches.)ota
:ryes of such cases in his possession,
to prove before a select conamktee
"v on Saturday last,, in deference to
noble lord the member for the

ions for.hts.7

ded a

This
at this

idon (Lo

Russell) held, not only in that
tion of the public out of doors,
Ord a sample of the common sort of cloth
)rkir* classes. He had also sent
Ister, for he was determinedthat
be in the dark, and they should
f what he had asserted, and— what
--"- —ho

*ld in Lancashire to th

a sample to the prime t
his proceedings should r

bed over with floor pas

non sort of manufactures were
? Her had a sample of the cloth

,her for the

deal of the attars of the
he ever in his life saw such plunder as that
ming men were exposed by this means. It was dread-
;antempate it; it was horrible to behold. Yes, the
' ' '

;don, wt

to WhiCil

airtmg which was sold to the poor people of Lancashire was
3ropletely daubed over with flour paste. The hon. memuer
len read the foHowing letter from the Manchester Guardian
the Ist December last, the organ of the anti-corn-law
Sir,—A power-loom manufacturer working 1,000
payingmow aapre by £l5 per week,
irthe flogirusedin his manu,
`,an he did for the same guar
"a the

f

:ory in the

i❑ }835

duty. On born

rnent a

-.0 manufacturer an
several hundreds a Year in such an establish-
the English one in the sines article of sizing

The deficiency was 21 millions in last year, and in this
year it would he more. .He saw no occasion for. so large a
furce, and would move &reduction. He objected also to the
amount of the half-pay and retired allowances to the late bre-
vet, which be said that the army had not merited by .any re-
cent services ; and to the pensions allowed to widows.
Sir H. DOUGLAS said he was not surprised that hon. mem-.
bers on the otber side of the house had raised no 'objection
to the votes proposed by.his right hon. friend, for that which
he did the late ministry ought to have done on a much larger
scale, Our military force ought to have been increased when
the war broke out in Canada, and it ought to have been fur-
ther increased when those hostilities commenced in the East,
the issue of which they had yet tolearn. At the breaking
out of the Canadian rebellion two regiments were removed
from the lonian Islands, to the great inconvenience of the
public service. Looking to the Chinese war, and to what
had taken place in the East since its commencement, he must
say,lhat for many years past, and most particularly from the
time of the Canadian rebellion, the strength of the British
army had never been equal to the work it had to perform. It
had been utterly insufficient, not only for ordinary relief, but
to enable officers abroad to carry on warlike operations in a
proper. manner; and it was now utterly insufficient to re-
trieve any great disaster that might happen, which God for-
bid ! For watit of a sufficient force, the officers engaged in
in Affghanistan had been prevented from carrying on the war
as they would have done ; otherwise they would not have
undertaken great operations along an immense line of coun-
try without making good that progress step by step, and es-
tablishing depots in every important part, for the purpose of

conveying intelligence and supplies, and of making
and secure in case of any unforeseen disaster, so that the
forces could retreat from the first post to the second, and so
on as far as necessary, falling back, not upon weakness, but
upon strength. He charged that insufficiency upon those
whose duty it was at the time to make ample provision for
every contingency, and not to have left officers exposed
to defeat, and to the necessity of deviating from the
first rules of the service. He therefore thanked his right
honourable friend for having increased her Majesty's forces.
But that ought to have been done long ago. It was
now imperatively necessary to look well to our extended
empire, and to increase our forces, not by expedients,
but by large and regular means. Look at India. The
Queen's troops there were reckoned at 22 battalions, at
the very moment when some were called away to China, and
others to Affghanistan ! What were 22 battalions for India
Proper ? And where were they now ? Nine and a half only
were in India ; some were sent to Affghanistan, some to
Cabul, and some to Jellalabad. He trusted that no new
disaster would befal the British troops in those parts, but,
should such an event take place, not only would the physical
results be most distressing, but the moral effect must be most
mischievous to the honour and welfare of this country; and
here again he must cast all the responsibility of such a state
of things upon those who when it was their duty to prepare
the necessary supplies, failed to do so. (Hear, hear.) Re-
turning now to that degree of comfort which ought to be
provided for the British soldier, he would state that when
he arrived at the lonian Islands, he found but one military
chaplain there ; and on visiting the hospitals he heard the
dying soldiers
.calling for spiritual aid and comfort in their
last moments. He applied to the noble lord the member.for
Sunderland, who was then Secretary at War, and he appoint-
ed another- chaplain, and also three Roman Catholic chap-
lains, but he (Sir H. Douglas) had recommended the appoint-
ment of four. An alteration for the better was visible among
the military ; many of them were to he seen sitting in the*
guard-rooms reading, and he knew from observation that
those who took to their books forsook baneful habits and
pursuits, and became moral men, and consequently orderly
and good soldiers. (Hear, hear.) He wished his right hon.
friend would take another step with respect to those institu-
tions which had proved so beneficial among civilians—he
meant saving-banks. When he was Governor of New
Brunswick, many years ago, he established saving-banks, in
which the military deposited their savings, not as soldiers,
but as private persons ; and in a very short time tneir depo-
sits amounted to £-500, while provident habits and temper-
ance and general good conduct prevailed more extensively
amongst the men. In the course of service, however, the re-
giment was called elsewhere ; there being no mode of remitting
deposits, it was necessary to return the men their money, and
the consequence was, that, though some gave their savings to
superior officers, or the paymaster, to take care of for them,
others fell into great irregularities, spending their money
foolishly, and courts-martial followed their misconduct.
Thus they were thrown back in the path of good behaviour,
merely through the absence of a regimental saving-bank.
His experience in this matter was similar in the lonian Isles.
The gallant commodore, the member for Marylebone, after
having pleaded so warmly the other night against the xeduc-
lion of the complement of men in the naval service, would
surely support the same view of the case of the army, and not
wish to decrease the comforts or injure the health of the
soldier. He quite agreed with the gallant commodore in
what he had said upon that subjtct, though he would not fol-
low him to the length of saying that, in consequence of the
deficiency in the complement of men for the Mediterranean
fleet, if the French had come down upon the British they
would have been defeated. (Hear, hear.) He thought the
practice of the gallant commodore would in such a case have
, been directly at variance with his observations in that house,
and that he would have shown the enemy from the quarter-
deck of the Powerful, that he was not acting under the in-
fluence of the opinions he had expressed here. Indeed, he
(Sir H. Douglas) was firmly of opinion, considering the skill
of the British, not only in regard to seamanship but in gun-
nery, and their dauntless courage, that even had the fleet
been diminished still .more in its complement of men, the
French would not have beaten them, had they tried. (Cheers.)

Captain LAYARD wished that the soldiers' pensions should
be increased, and that, after ten years, a soldier should be
entitled to a free discharge.
Sir 11. HARDINGE inclined to concur in the opinion, that
the period of service entitling a soldier to his discharge might
be usefully shortened. As to the increase of pensions, the
difficulty was chiefly a 'financial one. With respect to Mr.
Williams's observations, he stated, that seven battalions of
the proposed force were required for the war in China, and
that the half-pav list had been much diminished, but could
not be further reduced, except by death, the officers being
now, for the most part, too old to be recalled into active ser-
vice. As the number of officers diminished by death, the
number of pensions to their widows bad unavoidably aug-
mented. The service abroad was so severe, that the reliefs
must absolutely be increased, and this required an increase
in the total force. •
The vote was affirmed.
On the second vote, for the sum-required to maintain
these forces, Mr. WILLIAMS cut off the excess
of nay .4._ IT proposed to

usehold Troops beyond what was

et s .
received by other .rg7m en.
Sir H. HARDINGE defended this extra pay, on the ground
of the peculiar character of theses troops, and the great ex-
lo4th against ainst
Mr. WILLIAMS perseverepd in dividing. .
pense of living in the metro oli
the house, and was
otyo kof another deAferart.e‘dvbLai.mklaijsorti
divisionl: upon the vote for
the volunteers, and was again defeated.
The committee then passed the remainder of the army
estimates, and proceeded to those of the navy.
Mr. CuitTEis raised another discussion Upon the case of
Mr. 'Elton, defending some parts of his conduct.
Captain
BERKELEY cave a sketch of Mr. Elton's naval life,
imP eaptar
ing hini of habitual insubordination. Captain Rous vinedi-
cated the court-martial, -and clemency disapproved the i
o
the Admiralty in remitting'part of the sentence.
Some conversation followed about the effects to be expect-
ed from the Merchant Seaman's Registry Act, sth and Gth

Mr. SMYTHE suggested that it would be well to appoint
persons as consuls who had as little as possible to do per-
sonally' with trade; because, independent of the disinclina-
tion which a foreign government would have to communicate
to a consul, who was a merchant also, particular kinds of
information, the merchant himself might frequently find that
his communicating information which his government ought
to know would prove prejudicial to his private interests as a
trader.
After some observations from Mr. WILLIAMS and Sir W.
SOMERVILLE,
. Mr. WARD said the motion could lead to no practical re-
sult in its present shape, and be should therefore, if pressed
to a division, vote against it; though he admitted that some
useful improvements might be adopted from what.the hon.
member had suggested.'
After a few observations from Mr. LABOUCHEHE and
Captain VLUMRIDGE,
Mr. D'ISR AELI replied, and the motion was negatived
without a division. . .

Mr. IVIA.CKINNON then moved for'a select committee to
consider the expediency of framing some legislative enact-
ments (due respect being paid to the rights of the clergy,) to
remedy the evils arising from the interment of bodies within
the precincts of large towns or places densely peopled. The
hon. member expressed his surprise that the present system
should have been suffered to continue to the present day, al-
though it was notorious that it was productive of the most
pernicious consequences to the health of the inhabitants of
large cities. _

BOWRING seconded the motion, and said he was glad
to see that at last some step was about to he taken with a
view to render the dead as little as possible obnoxious to the
living.
Mr. WABLVIY thought the question one of great import-
ance, and hoped the hon. member would not place upon the
committee any of the proprietors of cemetery companies.
Sir J. GRAHAM gave his consent to the motion, conceiving
it quite necessary that some step should be taken to remedy
tb6 evil complained of.

The motion was agreed to.
Lord F. EGERTON moved for leave to bring in a bill to amend
an act entituled "An act to render certain marriages valid,
and to alter the law with respect to certain voidable mar-
riages, and to define the prohibited degrees of affinity." The
bill he proposed to remedy was that of 1835, which contained
a prospective clause prohibiting certain marriages on the
ground of the affinity of the parties. One chief object of
the bill would be to enable a widower to marry his wife's
sister, which he thought was not contrary to the Christian
'dispensation. In many instances it might be most advanta-
geous to the children of the first marriage that the sister of
their mother should be placed in a position to watch over
their education in the character of a parent. The noble lord
spoke at considerable length in support of his proposition,
and in explcnation of most of its details to the house, and
said be had no apprehension that the passing of his bill could
at all tend to weaken the moral sanctity of marriage in this
country.
Mr. BoaTuwlck seconded the motion.

Sir R. INnus regretted that the subject should have been
introduced at all, and more particularly that it should be in-
troduced by a noble lord whose character stood so high as to
give great weight to anything he proposed. The universal
church was decidedly averse for -fifteen centuries to such
marriages as he now sought to legalise. There was no single
instance in which such marriages as those sought to be now
legalised had been sanctioned. It was not necessary to rest
this question on the word of God. On purely social, practi-
cal, and political grounds, it was objectionable. He believed
no man with a well-conducted mind would regard his wife's
sister with other feelings than he would his own. He hoped
the opinion of the house would be so expressed that the mea-
sure would not be again brought forward.
Mr. M. MILNES regretted to hear the intention of the
hon. baronet to take th sense of the house upon the bill.
He thought the question could not be settled so summarily
as the hon. baronet imagined, but that it required mature
deliberation. _ _ _

Mr. HOPE (Maidstone) concurred with Sir R. Inglis in
opposing the measure, which he considered would clash with
the decrees of the church, and be regarded as an instalment
of some greater measure. _ _

Mr. C. BULLER thought the measure too important to
proceed with at that. late hour, and therefore proposed the
adjournment of the debate.
After afew words from Mr. PLUMTRE, Sir R. INGLIS,

and Dr. NicnoLL, it was arranged, on the suggestion of Sir
R. PEEL, that the debate should be adjourned to Friday week.
The house soon after adjourned.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—WEDNESDAY.
Sir R. PEEL moved the second reading of the Corn Im-
portation Bill.

Lord EBRINGION arcued at considerable length in opp.o-
sition to the sliding scale of duties, and moved, as an amend-
ment, that the bill should be read a second time that day six
months.

Col. T. WOOD supported the bill, though he admitted that
he was at one time'disposed to wish for a less prohibitory
measure.

Captain VYVYAN supported the amendment ; as did also

Mr. BLACKSTONE, who contended that it did not give
sufficient protection to the nriculturist, and said that there
were only five petitions, signed by 510'individuals, presented
to the house in favour of the measure proposed by the govern-
ment.

-Mr. BUCK denied that the prevailing distress was to be
attributed to the corn laws. He should have been better
pleased if the right hoh. baronet (Sir R. Peel) had proposed
a higher scale of duties but his constituents were not dis-
posed on a•:count of his proposed alterations to withdraw
their support from a government in which they had the
greatest confidence.

- Lord HOWICK admitted that the proposed bill was a very
great amendment and amelioration of the existing law, and
he believed it to be the beginning of a progress to a corn law
founded upon a more intelligible principle than that which
they bad then before them. He repudiated the idea of pro-
tection to agriculture, or to any other branch of industry,
beyond the protection to any man in the possession of the
fruits of his own labour. Any protection that went beyond
thiS, any protection that went the length of compelling one
man to purchase the produce of another ceased to be pro-
tection, and became wrong by giving to one particular class
the power of taxing their fellow-subjects. He was not an ad-
vocate for the total and immediate repeal of the corn laws,
but preferred a moderate fixed duty. As a strong proof of
the evils of the sliding scale he instanced the fact that large
quantities of corn were lying in bond while the price of corn
in the markets of England was enormously high, owing to
the failure of our domestic produce, the corn in bond being
retained there until the averages became sufficiently high to
suit the purpose of the importers. The proposed measure
was a continuance of the sarne'vicions policy hitherto main-
tained—it would Satisfy no party, and ultimately the right
hon. baronet would himself be obliged to come again to Par-
liament to admit that his own measure was not beneficial in
its operation, and that it was his duty to propose that it
should be altered. •

Mr. PAKINGTON was of opinion that no case had been
made out in favour of a fixed duty. Under the existing corn
law, the manufacturers had acquired a degree of unprece-
dented prosperity ; and, convinced as he was of'the necessity
of giving protection to agriculture, he should support a mea-
sure brought forward by a Government in which his confi-
dence was unbounded. He regretted the spirit of acrimony
which had evinced itself in the course of-the debates on this
question, and which had led each side of the house to attri-
bute sordid motives to the other. It should be remembered
that this measure was forced upcn the present government—
that it was, in fact, a brand of discord flung by the late•go-
vernment amongst the people, and which it consequently be-
came necessary to deal with in some way ; and the present
government were dealing- with it in the most equitable man-
ner fur all- parties.
Mr. C. BULLEJL remarked upon the inconsistency of those
hon. members who supported the existing law by their argu-
ments, and yet• who supported its alteration by their votes.
The- hon. member then contended -that the corn laws had-
operated most injuriously on the employment of both capital
and labour, and said that the two best features in the bill of
Sir R. Peel were, that it would increase the revenue, and
that it was a considerable shake to a but system.

Mr. GLAns•rostg charged Mr. Shell with inconsistency in
repudiating the sliding scale, though he had himself always
previously supported the sliding scale even against the most
modified attempts to change it. He also charged him with
having quoted the opinion of Mr. Huskisson, in 1821, against
all his-subsequent opinions, which was quite as unfair as if
any one hereafter were to quote any of the speeches of the
right hon. gentleman (Mr. Sheil) in support of the existing
corn law.as a test of his opinions.on the sliding scale, which
it now appeared had undergone a total change. He con-
tended that, so far from the British manufacturer being de-
stroyed by foreign competition, the fact was that the British
manufacturer was able to compete successfully against any
nation whatever, or against all. The house had determined
by a large majority againSt the repeal of the corn law, and
had also determined by a large majority against the adoption
of a fixed duty ; and the house had now proposed to it the
adoption of a measure which was almost universally admitted
to be one of considerable and substantial relief to the con-
sumer. The agriculturists in assenting ,to this measure were
making a large concession, though he` admitted not more
than was called for by the state of the trading and manufac-
turing.interests of the country ; but having thus conceded
they were not deserving the terms of asperity which had been
showered upon them in tbe course of these debates. With
respect to this measure being a precursor of greater changes,
-be must say that he never thought it within the compass of
,possibility that, in any matter connected with commerce or
produce, 'they could legislate so as to prevent, the necessity
of ever at any future period having to consider the same sub-
ject. Still, surely the present measure must be considered,
at all events, as final as the proposition of a fixed duty, when
the great mass of thole who supported it avowed their object
to to obtain a fixed duty in order to get rid of that duty
altogether. .
Lord J. RUSSELL quoted the opinion of Lord Sandon that
the mercantile men of 'Liverpool were in favour of a fixed
duty, and in reply to au attack upon the motives which ac-
tuated the late government in bringing forward the alteration
of the corn law, said, that when he proposed the changes in
our fiscal laws, be fully expected to carry the greater portion
of •theni, and bad-no doubt but that, as a change iu the corn
Jaw was Indispensable, he should by the force of public opi-
nion be enabled to carry that change also. The late,govern-
ment had, however, been defeated by the supposition in
which the country was left that the opponents of that govern-
ment were favourable to the existing corn law. The noble
lard alluded to the fears entertained by the agriculturists
wheq it was proposed to reduce the duty on the importation
of foreign wool, fears which experience proved to be un-
founded, for in subsequent years the quantity of home-grown
wool largely increased. Yet upon that occasion the Duke
of Richmond had moved for committee after committee in
order to p rove that the measure must be enormously inju-
rious to the agricultural interests. He coull not see why
the principle which had been successfully carried out re-
specting other articles should wholly fail when applied to
corn. If there were imposts on the agriculturists to which
other classes were not exposed, to that extent he would give
them protection ; • but, consistent with that protection, be
was of opinion that the cheaper the price of corn the better
it would be for the country..
Sir• R. PEEL said that the fixed duty td the noble lord
Would not be a measure .of justice to thej agriculturists, nor
would it give them the extent of protection which he avowed
himself ready to concede. - He denied that he had ever said
that he did not expect that this measure would give no relief
to commercial manufacturing distress; what he had said was,
that be could not hold out a hope that it would 'lead •to any
immediate
material orMitigation of the sufferings of the
people. He was of the same opinion still, and considered
if he held out great expectations of great and immediate re-
lief from the change he proposed; that he should be practising
a delUsion, for he did riot think the distress was the result of
the existing corn law'," and would not, therefore, be at
once relieved by its alteration. He had felt it his duty
to frame a measure which would lead to a practical result,
and his success in so doing it was which had led to the
dulneaa of their debates, for had his measure been other-
wise than practical they would have had much more
vigour in their denouncement of his plan. The right honour-
able baronet then appealed to the house to say, what would
be the consequence of rejecting his measure? The noble
lord could not carry his rbeasure, nor could any other pro-
position he had. heard hope for more than a comparatively
trivial support, and the result, therefore, would be to keep
the question unsettled, and the country agitated upon a
subject of such importance. He hoped, therefore, that as
. his measure was a very considerable concession, the house
would preserve thecountry from such a state of things by
agreeing to the second reading of the bill.
Lord WORSLEY defended himself from the charge of in-
' consistency in the course he had pursued upon the subject
of the corn, laws, and expressed his intention to vote against
the second reading of the bill.
After a few observations from Sic C. NAPIER, the house
divided, and the second reading was-carried by a majority of
284 to 176

DEATH OF WILLIAM GRANT, ESQ,

This universally-belovedman died on the 28th February
last, at his house, Springside, near Manchester. The bene-
volence of this gentleman has been rendered interesting to
the public by the pen of Mr. Dickens, who has depicted him,
in conjunction with his brother, under the character of the
" Brothers Cheeryble." Mr. Giant was born in the year 1770.
His father was a respectable fanner in Inverness-shire, from
whence he removed about the year 1793, in consequence of a
flood which not only sweet away his flocks and his crops, but
also the very soil he cultivated, leaving sterile gravel in its
place. His son, with a deep feeling of gratitude to Provi-
dence for the means of usefulness, used often to remark on
this seeming destruction of all the hopes of the family, that
it was, in fact, the opening
to wealth and to beneficial influ-
ence. The father and son found employment at Messrs.
Dinwiddie and Co.'s print-works, near Bury, where William
served his apprenticeship ; and so able and so trustworthy
was he found, that before its termination, and while yet a
mere youth, he had many offers of partnership. These,
however, he declined, his design being to join his younger
brothers, whom lie had established in business in Bury, and
who had been very successful. Their after-progress was
what might have been expected from the union of able men
of business, all banded together for one common interest, all
distinguished for integrity, each having his own department,
and each discharging its duties with judgment, zeal, and
industry. If any thing was remarkable in their achievement
of wealth and station, it was that riches were not accumulated
by penurious savings of niggardly economy, but kept steadily
and swiftly progressive, notwithstanding liberal and, as many
called it, profuse hospitality, and notwithstanding tens of
thousands of pounds were given away from the common fa-
mily purse in acts of charity and mercy. As the deceased
was well-known in Liverpool, and his memory highly re-
spected, we give the following examples of his unobtrusive
munificence, which we find, amongst many others, in the
Manchester Times. Mr. Grant was a staunch conservative
in politics, and his profuse liberality forms a striking con-
trast to the griping propensities of the members of the
Anti-Corn-Law League.

A young student was consumptive, and his chance for life
was removal to a warmer climate, which he could not afford.
It was Mr. Grant's object to devise a pious fraud, by which
he could serve the young man without offending his pride.
He said, " We have a vessel which is to touch at M—.
The captain will be glad to have your company so far, and
our correspondent will find you lodgings at a cheap rate."
The student resolved to go. A few days before he sailed Mr.
Grant said : " We are sending a young man to our agent by
the vessel you sail in: Will you be kind enough.to pay him
some attention on the voyage ? " The young man was really
sent as his nurse ! On their arrival at M—, the agent in-
vited the student to his house until he could procure lodgings
for him, but day after day had to invent fresh excuses for not
finding them. At last he said : "It is such a comfort to me
to have an Englishman to talk to that you would do me a
great favour if you would take up your abode with me." All
this had been arranged beforehand. But death came not-
withstanding. " Poor fellow ! " said Mr. Grant—" But I
have the consolation of thinking that he never found out how
we had managed for him."
A girl, twelve years of age, the -daughter of a humble
friend, had attracted much of his notice by her honest de-
meanour and that premature thoughtfulness and develope-
ment of intellect which often mark those who are destined to
an early removal from the cares of this world. Seeing her
one day timidly approaching Mr. Grant with a little box in
her hand, her mother said : " She wants to beg from you,
sir." " Well, my dear child, what do you want with the
money that gbes into your box ? " "We lay out part of it
in coals, and part of it in flannel for the poor." Well, here
is a sovereign ; put ten shillings of it in your box, and buy
something pretty fdr yourself with the other ten." The next
time she came there was a request that she might be allowed
to put it all into the box. " Oh, certainly," he said. but
there is a sovereign to be spent in something for yourself."
box,That also, on reflection, was begged for the and another
was given.inii4 stead, and thus ha went on, alternately
pleasing and puzzling the child. " God bless her," he said,
"she is too good for this world." And so she was. " She
has gone to heaven," he said, when he heard of her death,
and the big tears rolling down his own cheeks when he talked
to her father of submission to the will of God.

A tradesman became bankrupt when engaged for Mr.
Grunt upon some work which required them frequently to
consult together. When it was finished, and they were talk-
ing about it, the former was called out of the room. In his
absence Mr. Grant said to a 'mutual friend who had hap-
pened to call: " Do you think is in want of money ?
He was unexpectedly pulled down, and, although he is em-
ployed by the assignees, he may be pinched enough. Do you
think he would be affronted if I made him a present ?" And
before waiting for an answer, he added—" I'll run the risk—
it is better that I should run the risk of offending him than
he should suffer." When the tradesman returned, and the
friend had retired, Mr. Grant said—" Your assignees must
send in their account and it will be paid ; but it is not right
I should have put you to so much extra trouble for nothing ;
your time is your money. You must accept of this us a little
return for the trouble I have put you to"—attempting to put
some ten or twelve sovereigns into the other's hand. The
tear started into the man's eyes : " I see your intent, Mr.
Grant. You think I may be in want, and you delicately try
to make me a present under pretence of payment for my
time. I cannot take it, but I promise you that if ever I
should be unable to support my wife and family, the first
man I apply to for assistance will be William Grant." " 110
you make me that promise solemnly ?" " I do indeed."
" Then give me your hand. A man like you is not easily to
be put down ; but if you ever should be in want, you know
where you have a friend."
He liked to enable the benevolent to relieve the cases of
distress which were presented to them, and thus to make them
share with himself in the pleasure of contributing to human
happiness. " You must have a number of poor people ap-
plying to you for relief in these bad times," he said to a lady
a few weeks ago. " I have indeed," she replied, " and I
am sorry I have so little to give to really decent people who
have been reduced in circumstances. " Will you be kind
enough, my dear lady," said he, " to take these two sove-
reigns and distribute them for me?" " Oh, Mr. Grant,"
said the lady, " the blessing of them that are ready to perish
will be upon you." Christmas before last he came to us.
" This is very cold weather, and the poor people must be
badly off for want of fire. I should like to make a number
of houses and hearts warm on Christmas Day, and you will
do me a great favour if you will see to the distribution of
twenty tons of coals in single hundred weights ; only don't
put it in the newspaper.
Many years ago a warehouseman published a scurrilous
pamphlet, in which he endeavoured, but very unsuccessfully,
to hold up the house of Grant Brothers to public ridicule.
William remarked that the man would live to repent what he
had done, and this was conveyed
.0y sonic tale-bearer to the
libeller, who said : " Oh, I suppose he thinks I shall; some
time or other, be in his debt, but I will take godd care-of
that." It happens, however, that a man in business cannot j

ML•y Somerville, LanCa;ter, from Calcutta, at this port; sailed
from the Cape of Good Hope. Bth Jan. and from St. Helena 23rd.
Left at the Cape, the Lady Faversham, for London, and Dnphess of
Argyle, for this port ; Cornwall for Sincapore ; Champion and
Charlotte • for the Mauritius ; and Harmony for Rio Janeiro. The
Southampton (501; Cambrian (3(i) ' • Lily (16) ; Tortoise (6) ; and
Fawn (2), were at Simon's Bay. On 2nd Feb. in lat. I S, long. 22
W, spoke H.M.S. Thalia (CO, from Portsmouth to China, out 26
days, and Athol, from Bombay to this port • -
Reliance, Hall, hence at the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed 30th
Dec. for Bombay. On lath Nov in lat. 23 N, long. 25 W, spoke
the Shakspeare, hence for Bombay. On the 29th, in lat. 25, long.
26 W, spoke the Bee, hence for Arica
Martha Jane, Thomas, hence at the Cape of Good Hope
11,M.5. Cambrian (36). from Plymouth, at ditto in 49 days
Senator, Eerr, from Ceylon, at ditto
Reform, Miller, from St. Helena, ditto
Duncan and Mermaid, from Calcutta, at St. Helena
Montezuma, Selkirk, fcom the Cape of Good Hope, at ditto
Glanmire, and Walkin, from Mauritius, at ditto
Frisk, Whiteway, hence at Buenos Ayres
William, Clou'ston, and Robina, Henderson, hence at Leghorn
Nais, Easton, hence at Cadiz
Dryad, =, hence at Buenos Ayres
Alcyope, Bennett, hence at Monte Video
Pauline, De Boer, hence at Helvoet
Derefordshire, Lewis, hence at the Texel
. Cordelia, W.Mullen, from Catania, at Belfast
Sea Nymph. from Leghorn, at ditto
Veracity, Dixon, from Aux Cayes, at Cove'
Alice Brown, Donald,•from Monte Video, at ditto
Grace, Penton, from Genoa, at ditto
Thomas Jessie, Hynes, from Leghorn, at ditto
Guard, Theobaid, hence for Dordt, at Milford
Isabel, Reid, hence for Algiers, at Whitehaven
Apollo, 'Wainwright, from Marseilles for Hull, at Ramsgate, with
part of her cargo thrown overboard, having been on the Goodwin
Sands
Rosalie, Alsop, for Rio Janeiro, and Lancashire Lass, Powell,
for Lisbon, have put back
Active, Miller, sailed from Marseilles for this port 28th Feb.
Mary D'igdale, from Sincapore for London, was spoken 22nd
Jan. in lat. 2 N, long. 22 W
Jessie Anderson, hence for Monte Video, was spoken 24th Jan.
in lat. 3 N, long. 22 W •
Lady Bassett, hence for Genoa, was spoken 25th. Feb. in lat. 48,
long. 8
Mary Kingsland, hence for New York, was spoken 4th March
in lat. 50, long. 13

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9.—Wind S.W

ARRlVED.—Phcenix, Shaw, from Bombay—Theodosia, Cushing,
from Calcutta—Sarah & Arsalia; Smith, from Charleston--Jessie,
Parker, from Mobile—Rothschild, Luckett, from New Orleans—
General Wiltshire, Leslie, from New York sailed 15th Feb.—
Rapade, 13ockleman, from Bahia—Statesman, Quiller, from Ma.
ranham—Sirocco, Hindley, from Marseilles—Coquette, —,
from Nantes—Santos, —, from 13ilboa—and Lydia, 'lonian,
from Jersey.

Gleneira, Newby, from Calcutta, at St. Helena
Queen Vietoria, Thompson, hence at Boston
Glengarry, Hill, hence, at Savannah
Jane, Smith, hence at Vera Cruz
Gezina, Busch, hence at Brake
Johanna, Hanschild, hence at Bremen
Wellington, M'lntyre, hence for Charleston, and one ship, one
barque, and nevoral brig., put into Rolfuct 1 nugh yesittPrriny
Frances Stanton, Wilson, hence for Baltimore, was driven on
shore near Cape Henry, lath Feb.: crew saved
Oriental, Scott, hence for Be:rout, put back to Beanmaris, 7th
instant, with loss of jihboom
Oglethorpe, from New York for the Clyde, was abandoned 3rd
Feb. in lat. 41, long. 57, in a sinking condition ; crew taken to New
York •
A severe gale from the westward was experienced at New York
17th Feb.
Amelia, henee for Bombay, was spoken 2nd Jan. in lat. 20 S,
ong. 29. W
Rochester, Woodhouse, from New York, at this port : sailed 19th
Feb.—The England sailed a few hours before her
Mexican Packet,' Chaplin, from Laguna, at this port ; sailed 20th
Jan. The Lady Ilarvey and Blucher were to sail same day for this
port

THURSDAY, MARCH 10.

—Wind W.N.W. very fresh

Aar.'v*u D —lrlam, I\lorpliew, from llarbadoes--Papineau, Allen,
from St. Domingo—England, , from New York . sailed lyth
Feb.—and Pauline, Caillot, from Rouen.

Medora, Miller, from Bombay, at this port. On 31st Jan. in lat.
2 N, long. 21 W, spoke the Goshawk, hence to the Cape of Good
Hope
Hdron,'Cacace, for Malta, has put back
Fiiendship, Davies, from Newport, grounded on her anchor last
night, off Woodside; and filled
Queen Victoria, Black, 7th Jan. ; Wm. Pirrie, M`Donald, 9th ;
Christiana, Simpson, gth ; Devonport, Broadfoot, lith; Lady
Lilford, Scott, '22nd ; and Colchester, Withers, 23rd, from Liver-
pool, at Bombay
Royal. Saxon, Crawford. from Bershire. at Bombay
United Kingdom, Eshelby, from Sydney, ditto
Adam Lodge, Henderson, ditto ditto
Intrinsic, Davidson, hence and Melbourne, ditto

Columbine, -, hence at the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed
for Bombay 20th Jan. ; Princess Charlotte, 25th ; England, 27th ;
Thistle, 28th; and Kiiblain, and Clarendon, 29th Jan. for Liverpool
Iris, -, hence at Madras
'Elizabeth Moore, hence and Port Adelaide, et ditto
Union, -, hence at Mauritius
liohab, Miller, hence at the Cape, and sailed 29th Dec. for Sydney
A large brig, supposed to be laden with tallow, was seen aban-
doned about 50 miles from Scilly

Tam O'Shanter, and Livingston, from Valparaiso, at Sydney
James Lemon, Stone, hence and Waterford for New York, with
loss of rudder, bulwarks, sails, &c. and short of provisions, after
being out 10 weeks, and as far as long-. 39
Alpha, Hodgson, hence and Monte Video,, at Buenos Ayres
Elizabeth, Xincajd, hence at Bahia
Capricorn, LlewellYn, hence at Barbadoes
Lee, Henderson, from London, ditto
Princess. Royal, Baxfield, sailed from Marseilles for Liverpool
2nd March
David & John, Micklerid, hence at Bilboa
Arlon, Roberts, for the Cape of Good Hope, at Holyhead
Desire, Stabb, for Lisbon, at Kingstown
David, Sheilds, for Gibraltar; at ditto
Rapade, froth Bahia, and Santos, from Bilboa, were in contact
this morning in the river—the former lost bowsprit, and the latter
was nearly cut to the water's edge _ .

BUENOS AYRES.- Dec. 24.—A lighter, with upwards of 40 pack-
ages dry goods, &c. ex Frisk, from Liverpool, filled with water, all
the packages have been more or less damaged, and will be sold by
auction.