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LI TER ATMS. 11'ollekens and his Times; comprehending a Life of that celebrated Sculptor. 4.c. ;c. ilyJnua THOMAS SMITH, Keerer of the Prints and Di ass ings in the British din-,eurn. Two vols. Svo. London: Colbutn. The audio, informs us, in his preface to these vo lumes. that he was the pupil for thtee years, and the intimate acquaintance lor neatly sixty, of the individual of wh m he has now become the biographer. Po: , ,e-sea of tl . ese advantaoes, few could have been better qualified for the task which he has undertaken, and which, we ale glad to congratulate him, he has so sue esstully accomplished. J i-eph Nollekens, we are informed, was born in Lon- Jon in 1737 ; was placed, at the age of thirteen, under the care and insttuction of Scheemakers, at that time an eminent sculptor in Vine street, Piccadilly. In 1760 he went to Rome, where he met with Garrick and Stet ne, and gained the Pope's gold medal fur a basso.retievo. " During Mr. Nollekens' residence at Rome lie purchased, among other articles by which be made considerable sums of money, nu merous pieces of ancient Roman terra cottas, some of exquisite taste, fri ni the labourers who were employed digging gravel at Porta Latina ; they were mostly discovered at the bottom of a dry well, and must evidently have been placed there for security. Nolleiens, who bought them for a mere trifle, sold them, upon his arrival in England, to Mr. Towuly, and, together with that Gentleman's zombies, they have since b..en porclinsed by Government for a considerable sum, and are now let into the walls of the first room of the Gallery of Antiquities in the British Museum."—Chap. 1. pp. ?-10. Noliekens, even in early life, was avaricious to the last degree, and his mode of living whilst at Rome dis gusting in the extreme. He married, shortly after his return to England, Mary, the second daughter of Saunders Welch, Esq. the successor in the magistracy ' to his friend Henry Fielding. on his departure tot Lis bon.. Mts. Nollekens proved the exact counterpart t f het husband in respect to parsimony=indeed, if possi• ble, aimed is to a more contempttble extreme. The following extract wiilsufficiently illustrate this:. . 4 At the corner of her house there was a small part of the street railed in, on which she gave a poor woman leave to place a few apples for sale upon a bit of an old napkin. To this miserable. Minded widow she was seen to go when she intended to treat the family w;th a dumpling, with the aluestion of ' Pray, Goody, how many apples can yoo let rue have for a penny ?' and, touching her legit thimb with the fore linger of her right hand, she continued, 4 for there's my husbnnil, myself, and two servants, and we must have one a piece.' • Well,' observed the miserable dependent, 4 you must take them.' The au:hur says— I have several times heard Mr. Nollekens say he had frequently Seen llogarth, when a young man, saunter round Leicester-Sekls, with hi, master's sickly child hanging its Lead over its shoulder; and whilst we are speaking of that eminent and eccentric artist I may remark, that my father once asked Barry, the painter, if he bad ever seen Ilogarth? ' Yes,once,' he replied. I was walking thrpui;ll cranbournt.alley with Joe Nonekens, when he exclaimed, • There! there's Hogarth!" What,' said that little man in the sky-blue coat ?' Off I ran; and though I lost sight of him only fur a moment or two, when I turned the corner into Cutle-street, he was patting one of two quarrelling boys. and, looking steadfastly at the expression of the coward's face, cried, D—n him if I would take it of him—at him again.'"—Chap. ii. p. 4s. We I egret we twee not space to make further eitracts from this amusing publication, which ciutains a fund o. anecdote and literary gossip of the most eminent in dividuals of the last century ; together with some va luable topographical it foe mation, which we must en deavour to lay before our readers at some early op portunity. ALMANACS. the British Almanac of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, for the Year 1829. CHARLES KNIGHT, PA Mall East. O•ir readers will i t collect that an Almanac for the pre sent Year has been already puhlished by the &Kir ty for the Diffusion of Useful Know ledge; and that the object of the Society in that Publication was to present a Work to tie British Pubiic which should be useful to all classes, and at the same titre purified from the absurdities which characterised other publications of a similar character. In this attempt the Society was completely successful. The Work, owing to the late period of the year in which it was undertaken, was not published, if our memory, serve. us tight, until alter a month or two of the pre sent year had elapsed, and the Public, in consequence, had got postiession of other publications at a similar , nature; but notwithstanding this disadvantage it had a large sale, and. the Companion to it, which was after wards published, a still lari: s er. The present Almanac it, in fact, the produce of the encouragement given to . the first, and is distinguished by the same pure and useful information, and the same absence of as:rological aboudities, which characterised it. Fr um An Almanac we cannot well give extracts : but as a specimen of the useful character of the one tn.w under consis.eration, we give its observations on the weather - There is, perhaps, no subject •of more -universal inteie t in the whole range of natural knowledge than that of the unceasing fluctuations which take pLice in the atmosphere in which we are immersed. *ft e interest, tl.e health, the enjoyment, or the • convenience of every one is, more or less, con stantly affected by the weather, and the general anx iety hence arising gises rise to perpetual endeavours to prognosticate its changes. In this, as in mote impor tant matters, the curir.sity and incredulity of the igno rant have been made the spurt of the ar.ful and de signing ; and prophecies upon this subject, if less in jurious than upon others, have certainly not been less absurd. It But although we neither pretend to prophesy out: selves, nor to teach the art of prop! esying to uthers; we are of opinion that useful anticipations may be formed upon the safe principle, that like causes always, prctlnce like effects. it is thus that we anticipate cold in w inter and he4t in summer ; and, for masons not quite as obvious, but which will be hereafter explained, we expect the driest winds in March, and a period of heavy rain in July. We ab jure the legend of St. Swithin; but do not doubt the experience upon which it was engrafted. We have .. great ;aspect, also, fur the judgment of the gardener • and the mariner tip , in atmospheric changes ; for they form their opinir•ns upon constant observations of phenomena which escape the attention of those who are less exposed to their influence. Observations such as these science will aid and extend, not change; and, tse doubt not, that if the same pains were taken to Teat' the knowledge of useful inventions in this deparimeat of science, as have hitherto been clew( tsd to perpetuate error, the spirit of Inquiry, assisted by such artificial means, would largely extend our knowledge of Nieteoruhrgy and its useful applica tions. Of the advantage of such an unii.n, we have a remarkable instance in our own days, in the adoption of th.• Marine Barometer. Even common sailors are now acquainted with the use• of this instrument, and to its zirnely awning: many a valualde ship is acknow.edged to owe its preservation. r• Such useful knowledge in this depa tment f nature, it will be our aim to substitute For the abut! di!ies with which the popular almanacs have hitheito b.:en aisii gated. The unfolding of ow plan we must leave to tin e: for few peopl can be aware of the extent of the information which may be extracted born the works of different individuals who have made this sub• ject their study: this information, however, has never been collected into a popular form; but it shall be our endeavour to divest it of such unnecessary ob:cu rity as the less learned are subject to find in the obser vations of scientific men.. THEATRES. ~~ DRURI-LANE. This Theatre had last night to.boast of an audience, though not numerous, much more fashionable than is usual at this petiod of the year, to witness the debut of Mr. BRAHAM, for the present season, in his favourite character of Henry Bertram, in the operatic play, of (iuy Mannering. The estimation in which this highly: gifted vocalist is held by the town is so well known, that it is almost needless for us to say, that the greeting which he received horn the audience on his entree was most cordial and flattei ivg ; and in his per.ormance of the part, or rother, we should say, in his style of singing the sings assigned to him, he gave proof that hi, power of delighting his bearers is not yet in the wane. He introdut ed, in the course of the Piece, as usual, several of his most popular songs— among them, . 6 The Death of Abercrombie," 6 , The King, GOD bless him !" and 6. Scots wha hae we Wal lace bed ;" in all of which he was rapturously encored. In the'llnet of 6. Now hope, now fear," which he sting with Miss LOVE., he was also most warmly greeted.... Miss Love placed Julia ittatiner ing, and was qiiite easy in the Colonel's mad-cap se ter. She introduced the favourite. Air of 66 I've been 'naming," and a new song composed for her by A. LEE), "The Hunter's signal horn is sounding," in both of which she was encored. The litter will, we doubt not, become a tavoorite. Miss RUSSELL made her third appearance before a London audience in the character of Lucy Bertram This young Lady pos-esses a voice combroing consi derable power and much sweet , ess. She introduced 6 6 The last Rose of Sllmmer, " and 6 . The Saldrer Ladder." LISToN's Dominic Sampson, was milked by his original vein of humour, and, exerted as usual, convulsed the audience most prodigiously. Mrs. FAIJCIT sustained the difficult character of Meg Merilies, with a force and determination which had a powerful effect on the feelings of the audience; in the dying scene she was particularly effective. - The Play, on the whole, was strongly cast, and went off with eclat. The Play acs f rhos. e.l.by a new Farce, from the pen of Mr. Lunn, called 'thyme and iteason. The. whole weight of the piece tests upon the shoulders r f Lisron and Wm. FAnnesh Toe latter sustained the character of Mr. Helicon Heeltap, a retired shoemak'er f:oret St. Mai): Axe, to his teat in the country. Having accu mulcted a fortune of 3.0001. a year, he deter mines to withdraw hum trade with his only daughter Harriet, and having a passion for the Muse-, to.turn4iet.tleman,and become a man of letters at t he same time. To.aid him in effecting b. th these objects, he seeks the as-istanee f+f Sir Simon Srnatterall (Li-Ton), a sort of mindescript being. having a slight smattering of every thing, and an ex . celient opinion of his own talent. ' undertakes to get Mr. Heeltap . elected a Member of the Literary Club, established in the vtliage in which he (Heellap) has purchased an estate, and assumed the character of a , tientlenrara. As a reward for this *service on.the part of the Knight, Heeltap promised Mitt the hand of his daughter, with a liberal dowry, which, as the Knight has 1.0 fortune, except his title and personal chainis, are no slight teniptatiaos t r hini. The incidents of the piece arise out of the failure of Heel:iris attempt ,to impose himself on the Members of the L terary Club, owing to his" utter ignorant.', and his frequent vulgar allusions to his old trade and calling, and in the various scrapes and difficulties 'in which air Simon Smatterall finds himself involved, in consequence of his anxiety to interpose his services fox the purpose of rendering every one happy. Front this ootline it will easily be conceived that the. characters given to LISTON and FARREN by the author- ate well suited to the peculiar talents of each t.i these sterling actors; and they made the most of the pars assigned to them, and carried the piece through with fall success. At tha fell of the curtain there were ft few dissentients, but they were kly silenced, on Mi. LtsTan'S coming forward and announcing the piece for repetition to. morr,w evening. • COVENT—GARDEN. The Opera prtwuted hint season at tilis Theatre as MOZART'S "Seraglio," but which, as v e had then oc sion to state, was no such tlin.g, has been revived, and was perlotmed last night. It presented iv.) other novelty than the substitution rif Mr. TAYLOR in the part of Belmont, lot merly su,t .ined by Samos an.! of Mt. J Rt.:amt. in PERSON'S character' f ()stain. Mis%ll UGH ES appearance in her original character of Costanza, afforded hi r an opportunity of showing that she is st,si• duous vie cultivation of her fine powers. She sang the difficult music of the fist scene in a style .-f marked improvement. Madame VESTRIS was playiul and pleasing as usual in Blonda, and the CaWses well main• tained their prominent ,tatinr.s it. the o,:era. WARD'S acting was impressive, and received its deserved al.- plause. • About ten days ago, a p or girl belonging. to Alloa, while gathering potatoes in an empty field in the neigh bonrhold, was so much alarmed by a dog which cane , pur i tut of her, that she tan away in a state of the utmost tenor. Such was the effect the circumstance PrOduced upon her, that she had to be taken home, where she lingered uuder a strong nervous affection for eight days, when she died. SHITKING ACCIDENT.—On the night of Thursday. the 23d ultimo, Isabella Syme, a widow, belonging to Duntetmline, met with a fatal accident. About eight o'clock on the night in question, it being quite clear from moon-light, she was • accompanying a wom%n named Catharine Ferley,on her way home to the neigh briurhood of Colross. and both a ere about to pan, standing on the ferinpath, near Orchquart Farm, when an empty cart, drawn by a couple of horses, came furi ously towards. them, and rode over Isabella Syme, the shaft of the cart striking her a dreadful blow on the back of the head, which dislocated her neck. She fell dead upon the spot. Saturday . the Tyne steam boat, on her passage from Newcastle to Shields, got aground, which was attributed to the moter having taken a wherry in tow. .Several of the passengers oho had purchased geese, &c. at Newcastle marker. being aware that should they wait the return of the tide they would be too late le r Shields market, engaged a boat to carry themselves and awes, and at the same time refused to pay the steam boat the whole of the fare, when the master detained four geese, the owner of , which means to lay his case before the Mayor of Newcastle. Mita 131 TWEEN BAI:NEY AARON AND drew alto in abundance, after which be gm him a heavy etaaa• li k :MY JONES, Fut( £5O A-S11)Ii. hutt.lo4. 6. Barnet foualit very wildly—was caugh7 in Jones's Leff handed tr.•p. hit up several Instr., and floured, 7. Barney was s•oppt•J in, wh• n Jones pdretted the '• bit.up system " with ..ddtinnal•succr.s. ilarin.y become more wild, and Jones continued ty kit him in the chop , although Ills blows did no: iserm to tell with the force.thar might h.:ve liven an tkipated. He also had hint in the body, and in flu. et.l threw hint a tremendou. cress buttock, falling with all hi. weight upan his prostrate carcase—(three to one on Jones, and no takers). • S. Barney came up puffed in the muzzle. but full of bustle; he went in wildly and caught Jones on the nub slightly—J• o tes jumped away, but on Barney again boring in, hr gave hint a touch in the again ducked his head, got tio.der hi, guard. jobbed him in the i.gie, and then grasping round the neck, hit up. In the close he got the Jew down, and fell on him. 9. Jones jobbed his man as he came in with his 14-11.rney rush•.d to in fighting, hitting tight and I,ft. but II .try drew back. and slid nut receive what was meant ; at last lie closed on poor Barney, caught him round the neck, and flung him down with great violence, and tell heavily upon him. 10. Barney in to close fighting; Harry slipped under his guard, and after a wild struggle, both went down—ilarn-y under. 11. Harry j,•blsed with his left, and got away from Barney's re turn. Ile then clos••d, and in trying for the fih, Barney tai on his knees. Harry all but hit him down; but withheld his hand in • This lively affair was deciJed yest-rday, nniler cir: comstanceS of peculiar hodship to 04 patrons 0. 6stogj (Thy. The combatants ate so well known to the adinners of this description of amusement, that an enumeration of their previous feats woeld be mineces sary. Suffice it to say, that Harry, by his repeated 'icon ies, so tar excited the Confidence of his ft iends, that they determined to match him agaimt the renowned Barney, who had justly obtained the title of is the St tr of Cle Has..." On the match first being made, .111 es from the unfortunate absence of one of Ins backers, lot felted 51. but on its being Renewed he was more fortunat and the whole of his bustle was ready at the limper intervals. lie went early into training at Finney-bot tom, and Barney followed his example, by lemming to his favousite c, untry quartets, the Rose and Crown. at Ilford. From the fit st. Junes was a strong favour4e with his friends, who freely backed him at even. This promptitude soon begot the usual consequent , and the' patrons of Barney dem nide,' olds—first contenting themselves with five to four, but ultimately extending their claims to six to four—which was the ciirtea betting on the night before fighting. It was known Chit Jones was in tip-top condition, as well as chock full of coofflence; and this, combined with a whisrei that Barney was not looking altogether tight, kept him at thr head of the poll. I'he toss tor naming the place of fighting having been won by the Jew, they. 01 course, preferred their own end of the town; and although warned to the.contrary, fixed ueon Bullpen Fenn, in hsset. for pitching the stakes. It is true that tights hale takon*place here on former occasions, with out inter, uption'; but rgaitist further trespasses of a si milar sort tlie E.sex NlAgistristes had given their solemn whining. The sh eeNies, Lowever, wine peitiniciokis, and to the afore s aid Fenn they teso:ved to go. fact having been communicated to Jones, he came ti. town tinder the sing at the (Word Jragsmem who transferred. him to the bands of Tens Sptiog, by whom. in company'with Tom Gaynor and Perkins, he was sent down to the Bull, at Hot nclitirch, un Monday afternoon. • time. 12. Harry jobbed with his left ; but did not make much impres . Balmy !lured tit hitting over Ilarry's shoulders right and left. Harry again ducked his nob, got under Barney's arm, and threw him heavily, Harry falling uvcr him. 1:.. Harty got away front B 'they's rush, hut again 113.1 recourse to his old system of catching him round the neck with his left hand, turning hint knout with a swing, and administering pepper with his right several limes. He finished the round by 11 aging his man dlno n. Ilk blo.vs, however, were not given with that tulaieot which was calculated to produce finishicg ttfccts. 14. Harty met Barney as lie came in with a left-handed job oe. the factf-..-4ushed in—hit up, and tiered him. 15. This was similar to mmy of the former rounds. Barney bit short with his left. Harry instantly closed„ caught him round the squeeze. hit up, emit ung hint heavily, falling on him as he fed.- - Bonney bled copiously at the nose as he ruse from the ground. 16 Barney stopp,tl Harty's kft.handed joh, but caught the right over his lett peeper.. Harry then closed, hit up several times right and-left with gnat force, and threw Barney from h.m with fling ; Barney fallink on his face, to all appearance in almost a senseless state. 17. Smite time elapsed before Barney wan" himself again," and many thought it was all ev-r. He was brought tu, however, and again wrist to work. Harry saw it was nearly up. and rushed in, hit Ilk ney right and left on the bead, and dropped hint. IS. (liners for Harry, and cries of " take hint away r)-Di:k Curtis shook Barticy's pimple, shouted in his ear, and once more brought him to the scratch, hut he WAS all abroad—grin/0 as a tar thiet. 4lierts in the wind." Harry, losing ins time, in!thed hint right and lett, hit up, and Ting hint to came no more—thus win g hi. !tattle in fiti,i-n minutes, almost without 3 matt. Barney was immediately earned to his carriage, while dyne. walked to the public-house and dressed, returning to the ring slim tly atter. none the worse for wear. ltastanks —We Alcold 'sr, - on reviewing this fight, that nil ney had fallen off re , y materially in I:is style of fighting ; all science was laid aside, nd he depe , :ded too mdc:i on s fir these [fury was prc.ared, and while he st.ispett %Ws pieci ion he gave no o:yur tunity tii Barney to show his sniuriority at 1:1-tigli,mg, for he Almost invariably darted between his arms, caught I in round the neck with one hand, and betose he c..uld disentangle himself. hit up with the quickness using, and then catching hion off his bai .itcr thing (link by main strength, cccasirmaily adding his ran sieikht to the It rce nt the tali, To the stun&pg effects of there falls tattier than to Aeverity Sit punishment. we ait , ibute th e q u i c k t e , m i n ation of thetiatile. The Sheenies wets. of course much mortified with the festal:, and! as u nal, grusabling•aithont end followed. Thee was t log in the course of the light, howescr, to ssli!ch exze i Lion could be by the umpires or referee taken. 'SECOND / TIGHT BETWEEN MIKE CURTAIN AND YOUNG, FOR £i.c A-SIDE. These men nest ei.tried. the ring at ten minutes after foul—Curtain aftended-- by Jack Cooper and Alick Reid; and Young by Yortig Dutch. Salts and' Ned Slnckmitt. slashing fight followed, amidst great contta%itin, the dog baring been Woken in; 47 rounds were fought:. vilthelterna , e success, in 38 minutes, by Which time:lib* the istcrtisting density of the tog, those wily close fo the men co.sld see their condition: and all became im pat ient. for the condo-inn. At length Canals, hiving -been bit blind, was, persuaded to give iss.—sed thus ended the sports of the day. The next motri;ng proved the extraordinary inteies which had been excited. At an rmlly hour the roads weie tlitonged with every species of drug. from the carriage and feur tr the humble g o cart, all of which were tilled inside and out with th e customary variety of Apia , urs, among whom deputations from the tvtelve tribes were conspicuous. The latter class pulled up at the Rose and Cr •,‘ n, at I.ford, to have a peep at the r‘ Poy Parney," who, it must be admired, did n-t look 4 UP to the mat le," though he professed himself to be well. There wet e still free takers of sit to four, and great confiJerice was telt in his game qualities and gond ge neralship. The great majority of the crosid pushed on for 11Ancburili, and hr -In thence pursed their way to Ward, the iti)..inted scene I action. Shot ti y helot e twelve the two combatants, acc :iiipa tied by their then is in hanitsonie cart iages—J 'nes'. drawn by lout i veys, and A .run's by lout browns—were on the tic, tov:a:ds the arena, tali.ch had been duly formed by Tom (Myer in the Foinos w hen an alatm was gisen that a " beak" was nu the scout, and sure enough, before halt the distance Irons lloriwituich had be.): measures!, his Worship 'nude his appearance at the head of the cave!• cadeond in polite terms is.formed totem, that it was the determination of the klavistrates of &silt nut to per mit poise • fighting in their county : he added, that •n , tie. this'effeci had alteady been given. and kindly regretted the trou de he was tinder the Lecessity ul putting *, .(ietitleit:en whom he had the honour or addiessing:* This y was wet *st i reciprocal good arannel*.ancl a consultaaiii having taken place as to the neatid t ace, al tendezvoos, 'A field lieltimlthe Barge lo•us-, oppositeWoolffieb,wao, brii•gin thoty,li on.the Elibersidie tf the wat •t, in the County i,f K •sit Notice of this change was inimesii.itely seta oil to the Cominitiir.y. who packed up his taps, and w as-siion it) the•rear rif the retrograding column. At this time the tog, which prevailed the whole of the became more dense. Pint by the time the motley assemblage en tered uncut the zig-zag toads of the mai it w as im possible to see more than :30 y aid.' distance.. S:811 the great rioaj'rity of the travelh-rs rushed oil, and reached 'the given destination; while the praris of many, who heal delayed quitting town t 11 an advanced Lour of the morning, weie s corr.ple ely knocked up The vehicles were' collected round a set) , limited click. iu which the ring was afterwards formed, while their iiimatesAlighted, and took Vie only public house on the isoot by storm, liter illy devout ing reel y tiling eatable on tits premise. (which was, by the by, confined to ship »iscuas and cheese), and making tremendous havock on every species of liquid whi.ll *was on tap. Harry J nes took possessirm al a plicate room in the house, while Barn- y remained in his carriage. Tom Oliver at last arrised at the end of his journey, and with the assist awe of For s t; whose face had been rendered •doubly frosty by the piercing cold, soon had all in readiness. Ai half past three Jones appeared in the ring, ripe for action, attended by Torn Spring and Tom Gayitot ; and shortly afterwards Barneythrew in his castor,under the gnidar.“) of Mr. Nathan, his princiral backer, and Dick Curtis. At this time the Fair nay whipslers had great difficulty in cleating any space whateVer wood the lopes, 'So close weie the multitude packed; and, indeed, some indulgence became mcessary, for at any moJerate distance front the ring the movements if the men mill not have been sten. At nineteen minutes to four operations commenced, Ratty having won the toss for choice of position, it any choice calmed. 0- coming.tl the • scratche, appearances were decidedly in layout of Hairy Jones, who, though he did not seem bigger thsts Barney, looked uncommonly we11,.11.. and l ull of spit itsf• 'His weight, when stripped, was about ten stone two pounds and a half. Barney looked confident, and showed.very fine muscularpoints. ills weight, we should think, was equal to that of June*. THE FIGHT. BOUND Jones lost but little time before he commenced ;he hit out with his left, but was short, and Harney broke away.— Barney soon followed 'Jones's example ; he rushed in to bit right and left, but was stopped. Jove, got to a rally, and caught Barney over the forehead. •Wild in fighting hollowed, in which no ma terial mischief was dune, but Jones threw Rainey with consider able violence. On Biritry rising front the ground, hrst blood was announced from his forehead. It was but a speck. s. Barney stopped Jones's left cleUerly; and Jones,.in turn, stopped him right and left. Barney bored in; when Jones rushed between his arms, and catching him round the back of the neck with his left, hit up severely with his right. In the struggle Barney hit - out, but did not plant an effectual blow ;—both down, Jones apparently the stronger. 3.- Barney rushed in, hitting right and Vert ; Jones stepped back wail, and met him with his right on the left eye. • Barney bustled in, but Jones again ducked his bead, got within his guard, and CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANK, Nov. 12. seizing him round the neat, with his kit hit him up several times, Out supplies since Monday have been unusually small, but still and ultimately flung him from him on his back. Barney gut up, more than adequate to the demand ; there was nothing done this hut WAS still brit much punished. two :ail, the factors attending more to receive money than to sell 4. Barney was again the first to fight, and rushed In wildly ; grain ; prices, therefore, must be nchninally quoted as on Monday Harry retreated and 'pet him 54 he came in right and lett. Sonic mr all descriptions of Grain. in-fighting followed, in which Harney caught pepper in the face, IMPOISTATItitIf SINCE MONDAY. and Junes succeeded in flinging him to the ground in the old Way, Wheat, English .(qrs.) 550 I Foreign and fell over him (tt to 1 on Jones). Irish Oats, English 5. Barney pursued his old bystem.of rushing in, and was jobbed Foreign 3,500 Irish by Jones with his kit as be came 40 him; Jones then rushed to Barley, 700 Foreign hi-lighting, and cut Barney with bls right - overr - kis left eye•brow, Irish Flour (sacks). An actor of Stutgardt, who v as.supposeJ to he Try poor, died lately in that city. Oat examieil.: the eaglet in which he had lived, there were found 72,000 florins, and an eion tory; quantity of Over. A letter from Paris, dated November 7, says that the Reverend tOLTON. about *hose ray•terious disappearance so much was said a few years since, is so ilf that h.. is not expected to live. A certain Doctor, of very phostly appearance, oas ore day accosted by a vulgar fellow, who, ...per eyeing him horn head to lo at last said—" %Veil, Do. t I hope you have taken ca.e p f )our soul?'—'• Why, my friend," said t e airiat.le shadow. " why should you be so aitzotis that I should take care of my tre,l?'' Be. c iuse," replied the other.“ I can tell you that your body is not worth caring tor." ItEstotatcnbarsTs.-iThe following narrative, says a Hull Paper,. has been handed to us horn good arab°. nay. Last week, at,a village not many miles lora Ha, a labouring man eSI some tact hiving paid x vi it to his sweetheart, and left her about twelve o'clock at night, was :to -piped; on approaching tl e church, at Ole sight of a cait.and - horse•near the g oe. Suspeciirg all was not right, and that they were in that sitilaticy for no honest purpose, he' determined to make himselt ac quainted wish the secret, whicli. he conjectured related to some. foul proceedings in the..sanctuary i f the dead. Ire accordingly t!ti ed behind a convenient projec tion near the spot, and watched for some time. At length, in accordance with his suspicion., um p f the church pit! came two nien can ying a dead body, &loch they caietrolly deproio d 'in the ciao W.eeled vehicle, raising the head, on which they placed a hat. we presume by way of disguise. and enclosing the body in an old great coat. This ceremony performed, they returned to fill up the rave, and adjust its pre cincts, so as to divert attention from their misdoing..—. In this interval our watchman, of no contemptible ima gination as wen as tesolultion, removed the body to a sale place, and put himself into the cart, coveted. as to his body, with the aforesaid great coat, and, as t-' his head, with the• aforesaid hat. Ai their leisure the thieves returned to their plunder, as they fondly thour t ; v hen one of them proceeding to examine Lis cargr., suddenly shrunk back, exclaiming," curse him, Joht„ he is warm yet; and exclaims, in teturn, the slowly-rising lanced corose, I'll warni you." Away .caropeted the two vagabonds, leaving to their fate the catt and hone. which are yet in the possession of the ingenious captor. Of course the dead body was restored to its cold resting place, where probably it will now lie without iotes. lerence till it unite with its kindled clay. ......... ' 1,450 I ISIOO I