>4PERS BY THE BRITANNIA. “LIVERPOOL, Ave. AD is Ss MBER PRICES CURRENT. i cab eae ee tg ee a Stee ae Dea Ls, p' rstandard hundred, Ist quality none. Brees. SSORES Yee 0 0-2 0. “a pe - 8d do, TO” Pisx, St. John’s, Yellow, per foot 6.186 —0 1 7 se micbi, Yel cage ee ae ~~: Miramichi, Yellow. -- 2 - 0 1 4 — Q* + «Bay Chaleur, Yellow ; 1 o> 8 Tpidhivarto, Yellow 2. COCO SOE SS RE eee oe ee ee ee wee" St Andrew's, Yellow. To 150 1 6 oir mabe Bimete ned Btinen howe suis © be ae ok ‘Pranxs, Pine, per foot, of 2 incties. 00 43-0 .0 ig Laruwoon, per fathom, of 4 feet 6 0 0--610. Btxves, per m-(1200) ‘ Air = ‘Si Joba's and St. Andrew’s, Ash Hhd, 9. 0.0 —. —— Nova Scotia Red OAk Hhd. Staves, - 4 0 05.0.0 east DO. a Aa ane eee? 4 8 =o OO Birch and Ash Hasvspixgs, per dozen 0)6.0--0 6 6 Pixe.—The importation or +, ber the ate} as been yery heavy; and the demand being very Mmitec, © seh TEA sc? dectide'in price. One cargo oF St. Jobn’s, of uf] average, lias bean sold at 18d. per foot, aud two cargoes, of Jatye wverage, at 20d. per foot. Of Quebec Pine several cargoes have been sold ut’ prices from 15d. ap to/164d. per fier, and at the prescnt time not more than 16d: per foot could be obtained for -the very best cargo. Three. cargoes of small Miramichi Pine “have been sold at fs and 16d. per foot. ei oD BAL. Qnebec eals of common quality have been sold with cargo, at £3 to £3 10s, per standard hundred ; and separate, at yess to 10 guineas per, standard hundred, In, like manner : ew Brunswick Spruce Deals have commonly been sold with ergo at 24 per foot of 2 inches + separate, a parcel of yellow and 2, St. John’s brought 24d. per foot, aud Spruce alone 2d. oO . FSB" eG ic ae d. per foot of two inches. , ~ Her Majesty has appointed William Allan, Esq,, president of the. Royal Scottish Academy, her Majesty’s limner for Scotland, vacant by the death of Sir David Wilkie. a ches were received at the Colonial Office on Tues- day; from the Governor of New South Wales; on. Sunday, from the Governor of New Brunswick, the Governor of ‘Newfoundland, the Governor of Prince Edward Island, and the Governor of Gibraltar. : + Lord John Russell gave interviews at the Colonial Office, to Lord Oranmore; on Monday, to Sir John ey, and Captain Woolcombe, R. N.; on Tuesday, to Sir een who. took Jeave/on his departure to assume the “Government of Newfoundland; to Captain Huntley, Sir John Seale, and Mr. Pritchard... ; The following staff appointments have’ recently taken ‘place in the army :—Capt A. ©. Sterling of the 73d Regiment ‘to be deputy assistant adjutant-general at Dublin, vice Cap- tain R. H. Wynyard, of the 58th; Captain Randal Rumley, ‘Of the Ist battalion, 60th, or King’s Royal Rifle Corps, to be “assistant haa secretary ; and Lieuteuaut Charles Asheton 'Fitz-Hardinge Berkely, of the Scots Fusileer Guards, to be aide-de-camp to Major-General Sir G. 1. F. Berkely, K.C. B., in the lonian Islands; and Ensign Francis Charles Har- -vey, of the 34th Foot, to be aide-de-camp to Major General ‘Sir John Harvey, at Newfoundland. "Phe Gazetle of Friday night announces the’ following ad- cs diipns and alteratious in the peerage :—The Karl of Surrey, ‘gon of the Duke of Norfolk, is called up by writ as Baron altravers ; the Earl of Stair, a peer of Scotland, is created ‘Baron Oxenford; the Marl of Kenmare, a peer of Ireland, is created Baron Kenmare; the Karl of Belfast, son. of the Marquis of Donnegal, is created Baron Ennishowen. Lord Barham is ereated Marl Bk Lord Segrave is created Earl Fitzhardinge ; Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart., is cre- ated Baron Congleton ; of these, six are actual additions to the peerage. : ~» Aclarge contract is armounced by the Commissioners for -executing the office of Lord High Admiral of the Navy. it is for 15,000 navy tierces of beei, and 16,000 tierces of pork. ‘The last. contract.was» much below these quantities, and it shows that it is the intewtion of Government: to maintain in -the most efficient state, the nayal department of the king- - dom.—Merning Chronicle. : “The Globe, of Tuesday night, says :— As, in Her Majesty’s \present condition, any undertaking involving anxiety or fa- ‘tigue might prove injurious, we understand that Dr. ocock has interposed his veto; and that the new parliament will ‘be opened by commission insteadof by the Queen in. person.” » A Turkish gentleman has been appointed midshipman to _ALM.S. Monarch, mer sig ; ‘ _ Aconvocation of the clergy is appointed to be held in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, on Friday, the. 20th of August. . "The: Hon. and Rey, Baptist Noel has: been appointed one of the chaplains\in. ordinary to Her Majesty. The Rev. George Augustus Selwyn, one of the assista nt cu- rates of New Windsor, has been named. by Lord John Rus- sell to the bishopric of New Zealand. . : _, The royal visit to Woburn, cost, the Duke of Bedford, for new hangings, &c., twelve thousand pounds. Mr. W. C. Lister, the liberal member for Bradford, died “the other day after a very short illness, It is expected that a conservative will be returned for’ the vacant seat. Tbe:silver: mines in the island of Sark are now said to be svisiding a lucrative return to. the shareliolders,. Lighty tons of silver, were shipped off last week. =. » ¢The trains of the Great Western Railway travel no less than 25,960 miles per week, that is,'a greater distance than the whole circumference of our earth. “The Emperor of Russia has just sent to Dr, Bowring the silver medal of the Alexandrian University of Helsingfors, as a mark of his setvidos to the Titerature of Finland. _ 7o'Phe Hindostan, 78 gun ship, thirteen years on the stocks, was launched at:Plymouth on Monday week, ini presence of animotense mu'titude, At a meeting of the Lincoln Temperance Society last ~ week, the question was raised whether the use of brandy in cookery, particularly ‘in plum-ptddings, would be an in- “fringement of the rales? “After a very long and grave de- Shate, in whieh much ingenuity was displayed, it was resol- ved, that brandy in puddings is eaten and not drunk, and that therefore: it does‘ not fall within the list, of articles pro- hibited. ~sAt the Cork assizes, Miss Campion, daughter of the late Dr. ‘Campion, of Limerick, brousht an action for breach of promise of marriage against Mr. Drew, of Flower Till, county Waterford. ‘The damages were laid at £5000. The young lady has an extensive’ property; the “gay Lothario” is mn his 50th year; and has £1500 ayear. The verdict was for £1500. ‘great wretchedness in Paris. eit & _, The Staffordshire ironmasters have reduced. the, price of dron 10s, per ton. : 5 68 7 One of 36 carrier-pigeons despatched. {rom Bayonne the other day reached Liege, a distance of 300 leagues, in 24 Papineau, the Canadian O'Connell, is living in a state of » Lady Prideaux ‘expifed at Netherton Hall, Devonshire, a ach aban The deceamndhledy was second, wife, to Sir a underson Pri ; i Pay eg ae Px eet g athe ninhenes, only married THe Rovan Inranr.—The jneess royal i ge nped Lon Bee . ne young priucess royal is a fine lips, child, with mild blue eyes, fall,” beautitelly formed yas the feitures of an infant at such a tender a ee fig : ression, hers are eminently so. She upon her—holds out her those in immediate. attendance welcome her majesty, who, it is unnecessary to.state, is fo ched to her beautiful child.—Cowrt Gazette. My Her Majesty’s accouchement is not e fos before quite the middle or the end of Ocrobess make Place Lord Lyndhust, presiding at the judicial committee of —10 0° © /6F1,000 tons burden, to be. nam ~|beris already prepared for constructifig her a left Liverpoo ; ‘mouth, an achievement neyer before accomplis Privy Council, gavé judgment i ¢ Siry A strange t : +. exectition—ai Unusual By ue cciar stevecting