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LITERATURE. TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF MEXICO: BY LIEUT. R. W. H. HARDY, R.N. COLUft AND 11/NTLIT. This is a very handsome octavo volume, of nearly six hundred pages, replete with information, amusemeut,anec dote, and descript►on of every conceivable kind.—Lieut. HARDY wrote under peculiar advantages ; for he was en gaged by the General Pearl and Coral Fishery Association of London, in the capacity of Commissioner, to superintend their interests and operations in the Mexican Fisheries. The Commission embraced a period of three years, during which—partly in the manner of a journal, partly by less superficial compilations—he produced the varied volume before us. It is embellished with eight illustrative plates of very superior execution, exhibiting—in different sin gular groupings—the costumes, games, habits, and man ners of the Mexicans. There is also this peculiar recom mendation in the work of Lieut. HA RD Y —that, numerous as have been of late years the publications in England concerning Mexico—Mr. HARDY'S account is confined entirely to a portion of the country never yet visited by European travellers, and may consequently be regarded as a maiden narrative. The freshness which it derives from this circumstance, and the familiarity with which the incidents and anecdotes are narrated, enable us to re commend it as a treat to all the lovers of adventure and travel. We think the following extract—which affords at once a fair specimen of the author's easy style, and charming power of description—will be perused with so much pleasure and interest, that it cannot fail to excite an eagerness in many to see the whole of these very curious relations : DEBUT OF LIEUT. HARDY. AB A PEARL DIVER : If it be difficult to learn to swim, it is infinitely more so to dive. In my first attempts I could only descend about six feet, and was immediately obliged to rise again to the surface, but by degrees I got down to three or four fathoms; at which depth the pressure of the water upon the ears is so great, that I can only Compare it to a sharp-pointed iron instrument being violently forced into that organ. My stay under water, therefore, at this depth was ex tremely short; but as I had been assured, that so soon as the ears should burst, as it is technically called by the divers, there would be no difficulty in descending any depth ; and wishing to become an accomplished diver, I determined to brave the excessive pain, tiU the bursting should, as it were, liberate me from a kind of cord which limited my range downwards, in the same way that the ropes of a balloon confine the progress of that machine upwards. Accordingly, taking a leap from the bows of the boat, full of hope and resolution, with my fingers knit together over my bead, the elbows straight, and keeping myself steadily in the inverse or. der of nature, namely, with my feet perpendicularly upwards, the impetus carried me down about four fathoms, when it became ne cessary to assist the descent by means of the hands and legs; but, alas! who can count upon the firmness of his resolution? The change of temperature from warm to cold is most sensibly felt. Every fathom fills the imagination with some new idea of the dan gerous folly of penetrating farther into the silent dominions of reckless monsters, where the skulls of the dead make perpetual grimaces, and the yawning jaws of sharks and tintereros, or the death embrace of the manta, lie in wait for us. These impres sions were augmented by the impossibility of the vision penetrating the twilight by which I was surrounded, together with the excru ciating pain that I felt in my ears and eyes; in short, my mind being assailed by a thousand incomprehensible images, I ceased striking with my hands and legs; I felt myself receding from the bottom; the delightful thought of once more beholding the blue heavens above me got the better of every other reflection; I invo luntarily changed the position of my body, and, in the next instant, found myself once more on the surface. How did my bosom in flate with the rapid inspirations of my natural atmosphere, and a sensation of indescribable pleasure spread over every part of the body, as though the spirit was rejoicing at its liberty from its watery peril! In fact, it was a new sensation which I cannot describe. I did not suffer it, however, to be of long duration,—once more I essayed with a more fixed determination. Again I felt myself gliding through the slippery water, which, from its density, gave one the idea of swimming through a thick jelly. Again I expe rienced the same change of temperature in the water as I descended ; and again the agonising sensation in my ears and eyes made me waver. But now, reason and resolution urged me on, although every instant the pain increased as I descended; and at the depth of six or seven fathoms, I felt a sensation in my ears like that produced by the explosion of a gun ; at the same moment I lost all seine of pain, and afterwards reached the bottom, which I explored with a facility which I bad thought unattainable. Unfor tunately, I met with no oysters to repay me for my perseverance; and as I found myself exhausted for want of air, I seized bold of a stone to prove that I had reached the bottom at eight fathoms wa ter, and rose to the top with a triumph as great as if I had obtained a treasure. I no sooner found myself on the surface than I became sensible of what had happened to my ears, eyes, and mouth ; I was literally bleeding from each of these, though wholly unconscious of it. But now was the greatest danger in diving, as the 'hark., mantas, and tintereros, have an astonishingly quick scent for blood. However, I was too much pleased with my success to attend to the advice of the diver, and I continued the practice till I had collected a cons!. derabk number of shells. out of which I hoped to reap a rich har. vest. But although constancy has a great deal to do with success, it will not command it ! Six very small pearls were all that the large number of shells produced, although many of the oysters were large, and evidently of considerable age ; but, like myself, they were "quite old enough to be better." The oyster secures itself so firmly to the rocks by its beard, that it requires no little force to tear it away; and as its external sur face is full of sharp points, the hands are soon severely cut by them. The effect of the buoyancy of the water is also curious. At the depth of seven or eight fathoms it requires exertion to keep down ; and if you then attempt to lay hold of a rock with the hands, you find yourself as it were suspended, so that if you let go your hold you will immediately tumble upwards! I remember the first oys ter I ever met with was at the depth of four fathoms only ; my head was almost touching It; and forgetting. In my pleasure, to strike out with my legs, as I stretched forward my hand to catch hold of the prize, to my astonishment, the oyster slipped from my grasp, and I found myself nearly at the surface of the water the next instant, so that I had all my labour for nothing. • So firmly does the oyster fix himself to the rock, that, in order to tear him away, it is necessary to get " a purchase" upon him, by placing the feet on the bottom. The excessive difficulty of doing this is incredible : it requires the muscular strength of the whole body to overcome the resistance of the water's buoyancy. I have no doubt that, by means of its long beard, the oyster has the power of locomotion, and that it changes its situation according to its pleasure or convenience. Our principal object of inquiry, however, was obtained; namely, the true situation of the shells under the water. I found that I had been. in a complete error in supposing them formed in beds— that is, in heaps, as the word " bed" would seem to indicate. With this impression I left Ragland, and continued in it till I had now convinced myself, by actual Investigation, of the error into which I had been led by every body with whom I had conversed on the subject. Indeed, a moment's reflection would have pointed the impossibility of the oysters being piled in heaps together in this gulf. This fish always seeks for tranquillity, which it could never find in situations exposed to currents, and motion occasioned by the undulations of the water. I always found them in sheltered bays, the bottoms of which were covered with large rocks. • This brings me to consider the reason, why a diving-bell, at least in the gulf of California, can never be profitably employed. After reaching the bottom, if the greater surface be considered bottom, there are frequently found chasms in the rock below, which extend to one or two, or even three fathoms lower. It is down these apertures that the diver may most generally expect to meet with oysters, which even here conceal themselves in the cavities of the rock ; and as the power of vision fails in so dense a medium, particularly if the depth be considerable, and the surface rough, the diver is obliged to insert not his band only, but even his head, into every hole and corner, like a person groping about in the dark ; holding on, the while, by the points of the rock, to pre vent his rising to the top, in consequence of the water's buoyancy, at the depth, for example, of seven or eight fathom., beyond hich I cannot speak from experience. The perception of objects under water at this depth is very in distinct, and their magnitude is augmented, so that a very small shell appears, of large dimensions, and the diver is frequently mor tified by the discovery of the mistake when he rises. It is strange that tie detection should not be detected by the touch; but it would appear, that in the same way that the eyes mes•ure the capacity of the stomach, so also do they convey to the hands a sort of conviction that the apparenS is the true size; so that these organs take pleasure in mutually deluding each other! The fissures in the rocks, in these sub-marine situations, do not frequently exceed ten inches or a foot ; so that, in descending, the back, chest, knees, and heels, are sometimes dreadfully lacerated. If, then, not even a shark could follow a diver in these situations, how is it possible that a diving-bell, which is considerably broader, should be able to do so? The idea that it could, is only to be entertained by a person as grossly ignorant of the circumstance as I was before I convinced myself of the truth. In fact, it might be said, that the men in a diving-bell would remain suspended, half-way between hope and realization, and would feel, as I some times did when I was crawling about the bottom, " like a fish out of water,"—an odd expression, by the by, for a fellow eight fathoms deep ! I am convinced that there is no stimulant mu great as hope. Under its influence the diver is insensible to danger, although be see himself surrounded by sharks of prodigious magnitude. Armed with his short stick (1), be considers the 'ovular] of so formidable an enemy's domains u unworthy of a moment's hesitation. Anxious to grasp the prize, he pays little regard to the price of its attain ment, which he no sooner possesses than he is ready to fight the stoutest of the finny race. I have myself descended when the ho rizon was filled with the projecting fins of sharks rising above the surface of the water ; and though armed only in the way I have described, I thought myself perfectly secure from molestation; notwithstanding they were swimming round me in all directions, at not a greater distance than a few fathoms, I continued my pur suits with the greatest sangfroid. I should no more be capable, in my cool moments of reflection, of braving this inconceivably hor rible danger, where 1 might have been mangle/ and torn to pieces by one of these implacable monsters, than of entering the tiger's den before his breakfast, at Exeter 'Change. But when the pas sions are concentrated into one point, though that point be on the verge of eternity, hope still attends us. On these occasions bow sensibly have I felt, and bow often repeated, the words of the en raptured poet: •••• Methinks it were an easy leap To pluck bright honour from the pale-faced deep." (1) This stick is about nine inches long, and is pointed at both ends. The diver grasps it in the middle, and when attacked by a @bark, be thrusts it into the monster's expanded jaws, in such a position, that, in attempting to seize his victim, the jaws close upon the two sharp points ; thus secured, he can do no mischief, but swims away with his martyrdom ; the diver rises, and seeks a new weapon of defence. The East India Company's ship Inglis arrived at Saugor on the sth of June. Thursday se'nnight, while the sloop Eden of Carlisle, was in the act of being attached to one of the steam tow ing vessels, off Dumbarton Castle, the hawser coiled round the foot of the Captain, and before it could be dis engaged, by a sudden jerk of the rope his foot was snapped off under the ancle. He was taken immediately to Dumbarton, and his leg amputated the same afternoon, a little below he knee. He is now slowly recovering. THE GuN row nett PLOT.—The anniversary of the horrible plot of CATESBY,FAWKES, DIG Br, and others, of " Having framed this chaos of confusion, This seven-fold heated furnace of proud Rome ; The fifth dew •#' November for conclusion They now expect, of England's fatal doom"— was yesterday celebrated, as we mentioned, by the ringing of bells, and firing the Tower and Park guns. One solitary illumination, in memory of the escape of our Nobility, was displayed—that one being at the office of the Morning Journal. The Star of Brunswick decorated the front of the house in variegated lights ; and the cause which that Journal has so furiously advocated was made manifest to the passer-by, by the burning exhibition of the words " No Popery." THE TWO LATE DUELS IN DUBLIN.—Our account of the affairs of honour at Portobello, on Sunday morn ing, although correct in the main, was inaccurate in two particulars. It was stated that Mr. Robert Browne had been present at the origin of the affair in the tavern at Duke-street. We are authorized to say that this was a mistake, Mr. Browne not having heard of the rencontre until six o'clock on Saturday morning. The second mistake consisted in the dubbing of Mr. Grady a " re verend." We understand the gentleman is not so fortu nate as to be entitled to this epithet—that he is a simple laic.—Freentan's Journal. EDINBURGH, OCT. 31. — DEPRECIATION OF NEWS PAPER PROPERTY..—On Saturday the copyrights, or right of publication of three periodical works in this city were exposed to sale by public auction—viz. of the Edin burgh Weekly Chronicle and Evening Post Newspapers, and Edinburgh Literary Gazette. They were first offered at the upset price of 1,7501. for the three, inclu ding printing materials, estimated to be worth not less than 5001. but no offers were made. They were then tried apart at various reduced upset prices, beginning at 600/. for each of the Newspapers, and 1001. for the Gazette ; but still there were no offers. They were then further tried at 4001. and 3001. successively without effect—and finally, at 1501. each (the Gazette being coupled with the Post), and were purchased without a single offer above the upset price, by the printer in the late establishment for their publication. The copyright of the Chronicle was bought a year ago at the cost of 7501. The acknowledgment of Don Miguel as King of Por tugal by the Pope, is considered in the City as a prelude to the recognition of this Potentate by the European Powers in general. In fact, there appears to be no doubt that Miguel will be so acknowledged. If this should turn out to be the case, it will certainly be a direct and naked recognition of revolutionary principles; for the right of this King to the Throne of Portugal rests only upon the supposed sovereignty of the people. He has no other claim to the throne than that of being the choice of the nation. It would be a strange thing if the powers should make an exception to the rule which they have laid down in favour of such a Prince as Don Miguel, particularly as they have one and all acknowledged the rights of Donna Maria. We live, however, in strange times. So many anomalies in politics are daily taking place, that acts in accordance with established principles would be more surprising than those of an opposite de scription.—Morning Paper. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. CHANGES. The Duke of Devonshire for Burlington House, Chiswick ; the Duchess Dowager of Richmond and Lady Sophia Lennox, in Upper Portland-place ; the Marquis of Camden, from Arlington-street, to his seat, the Wilderne.e, • Kent ; the Earl of Manvera for Thoresby Park, near 011erton ; Lord Melbourne and the H. , n. Frederick Lamb. front Whitehall, to Earl Cowper's seat, Pan- Banger, Hem ; Admiral Lord .Colsille for Broumwell House, Bristol; Lady Charles Fitzroy at gurlington House ; Major at:d Mrs. Littleton for Brighton ; Captain Hay for Dublin ; Mr. Adair Hawkins for Dorsetshire ; Captain Julius Langston, in Patltuall, from the lonian Islands; Lady and Miss Allen for Brighton ; Mrs. and :Miss Mactiamara for Bath ; Captain Hastings. fur Canterbury; Major Leeds for Manchester; Capt. Baillie for Brighton; Lieut Colonel Gordon for Dublin ; Colonel Thornton, in Piccadilly, from Windsor ; Lieut. Colonel Bulkr, at Stevens's Hate:, from the Hague; Lady Anne Murray for Brighton; Captain Sylvester for Rochester, Colonel Gabriel in Piccadilly, from Fpe.m ; Braithwaite. in St. James's-place, from Lisbon; Major and Mrs. Holmes, trom Gloucester-place, for Brighton ; the Honourable Mathew Fortescue. from his seat in Kent, for lloliticote, in So mersetshire ; Lady Duff Gordon, in Hertford-street. from a tour ; Lady Stuart de Rothsay. in Hertford -street, front Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. George By tig, in St. James'a-svare, from Lord George Thynne's seat in Somersetshire ; J. K Dowsieswell, Esq. 11I.P. at his house, Southampton-buildings, Park-place, St. James's. from his seat in Worcestershire ; Captain sod Mrs. Hawker. in Regent street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Heathcote to their seat in Lincoln hire; Captain and Mrs. Percival for Stoney Strat ford ; Mr. and Mrs. Weeiderburn, from Great Staidinpe.etreet, for their seat in Cambridgeshire; Mr. and Mrs. Cornwall, at Gould's Hotel, Jernlyisstreet, from New York; William Contriver, Esq. at ditto, from Tunbridge Wells; the Misses Pennystone. at ditto, from Herbs; Mr. and Mrs. Scott Stonehewer, front Crawley's Ho tel (late Cook's), Albemarle -street, for Ottershaw Park, Surrey ; Mr. and Mrs Peace, from the London Hotel, Albemarle-sheet, for their seat in Surrey ; William Murray, Req. front Ellis's Hotel, St. James's-street, for Brighton ; Lord William Montsgus, at the Berner. Hotel, 13erners.street, from Gerrard's Cross ; Richard Cook, Esq. at ditto, from Tunbridge Wells; Mrs. Turner, Miss Turner, and J. Turner, Esq. at ditto, from Leicester ; Dr. Clark and Mrs. Clark, at ditto, from Paris ; Mr. and Mrs. Protheroe, at Fenton's Hotel. 'James s-street, from their seat in Hertfordshire ; Sir .William Parker, at ditto, front Bury St. Edmund's ; General Crosbie, at ditto, from Sussex ; Colonel Holme Sumner, from ditto, to Surrey; Mr. and Mrs. Garnett and family, from ditto, to Manchester; Mr. and Mrs. Hanson, from ditto, to Ramsgate; Mr. and Mrs. .Vivian, front ditto, to Wales; the Rev. J. W. Hughes, at the Blenheim Hotel, Bond-street. from Oxford ; C. D. Broughton, Esq. Mrs. Broughton, and Miss Green, at ditto, front France ; the Rev. Mr. Palliser, at ditto, from Walea ; C. Dollen field, Esq. at ditto, from Cheltenham. DINNER AT THE VICE-REGAL LODGE, DUBLI.V. Saturday evening their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Nos vutiatatunims entertained the following distinguished persons at dinner, at the Vice-Regal Lodge, nicer's Park, Dublin. The Primate and Lady Anne R,resfurd, the Lord Chancellor, the Archbishop of Dublin, Lord Talbot, Lord Fiends Levesois Gower, Lady Charlotte Greville, Lord Plunkett, Lard Strangford, Lord George Beresford, Bishop of Meath, Bishop of Kilmnre, Bishop of Ferns, Bishop of Itaphce, Bishop of Cloyne, Bishop of Killaloe ; Master of the Rolls, Colonel Freemantlr, Hon. Mr. and Mrs. B. Percy, Dr. Radcliffe, Mr. Villiers, Mr. Henry Greville, Mr. Hume, Mr. Gregory. DUBLIN, Nov. 3. The adjourned meeting of the visitors and board of the Univer sity of Dublin took place this morning in the Examination-ball, which was densely crowded by students and strangers. The Lord Primate and the Archbishop of Dublin were for some time engaged in bandying compliments, and in endeavouring to ex plain away their differences on the former day. The Rev. Mr. Morro), then rose. and most earnestly solicited permission to withdraw his charge against the Board, The Archbishop of Dublin again rose, and strongly recommended thin course. The university, and every other institution connected with the established church, his Grace said, had already enemies enough. The church was assailed by the disaffected and by pre tended, friends, and they bad also the hostility of the " vile bespat tering press." Hi+ Grace professed his high admiration of the cha racter of the Lord Primate, who, in diciest Sentiment Parliament, when a measure upon which the stability of the church depended was in agitation, had exerted himself to protect its interests; and on that memorable occasion " amongst the faithless he alooe was faithful found." The present was a period when the friends of the church should be united, and not permit themselves to be weakened by internal distractions.—(Loud applause.) A conversation here took place amongst the members of the board, when the question was put upon the withdrawal of Mr. Boyton's appeal, and carried In the affirmative, with the single dis sentient voice of Doctor Phibbs. a senior fellow. The Duke and Duchess of CLARENCE arrived in town yesterday morning from their residence in Bushey Park. His Royal Highness, as Master of the Corpora tion of the Trinity House, presided at a dinner given in the evening by the Corporation. The Princess SOPHIA visited the Royal Duchess in the afternoon, at her resi dence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duchess of CLARENCE honoured the performance at Drury-lane Theatre with her presence in the evening. The Saxon Charge d'Affairs transacted business yes terday at the Office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening from the Colonial Office, for Sir J.l Mis K E3l rr, the Governor- General of the Canadas ; also for the Earl of BEL MO RE, the Governor of Jamaica, and the other Governors of the West India Islands. The Duke of WELLINGTON left town yesterday morning for his seat at Strathfieldsay, Hants. His Grace will entertain a select party of his friends during his stay; some of the party were expected at Strath fieldsay yesterday to dinner. The Marquis Doe Ito left town for Strathfieldsay yesterday afternoon. The Earl of ABERDEEN received dispatches from St. Petersburg, at a late hour on Tuesday night. Imme diately after their receipt his Lordship despatched a mes senger to Prince LIEVEN and Count MATTOCSWITZ, who arrived in town at an early hour the following day, from the seat of Earl COWPER, Pansanger, Herts. Their Excellencies had, immediately on their arrival in town, a conference of several hours duration with the Earl of ABERDEEN. His Lordship afterwards de spatched a messenger with official papers for his MA JESTY, at Windsor. Last night Prince ESTERIIAZY entertained a distin guished party to dinner, at his residence Chandos House. The French Ambassador, and nearly all the diplomatic torps in town were present. The Prussian Minister and Sir G. MURRAY had in terviews yesterday with the Earl of ABERDEEN at the Foreign Office. The Marquis and Marchioness of SALISBURY left town yesterday for their seat, Hatfield House. Earl COWPER is entertaining a distinguished party at Pansanger, Herts. Amongst the distinguished visitors within the last few days, were Prince and Princess LIEVEN, Prince ESTERIIAZY, Lord ASHLEY, Count MATTOCSWITZ, &C. The Earl of ABERDEEN left town last evening on a visit to Earl CoWPER. Lord ELLENBOROUGII had yesterday an interview with the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Lady ELDON is seriously indisposed at Encombe, Dorsetshire. The family physician was sent for expressly from town, and has been in attendance seine days. The Most Noble the Marquis of HASTINGS has been entertaining a large and distinguished shooting party of Noblemen and Gentlemen at his princely Mansion, Lou doun Castle. His Lordship recently passed through Glasgow, on his way to the Right Hon. Lord KIN NAIAD'S, Rossie Priory, Perthshire. The Rev. Dr. PROCTOR, principal of Elizabeth Col lege, arrived here yesterday from England, by his Ma jesty's steam-packet Meteor.— Guernsey Star, Nov. 1. THE ARMY. Saturday, a company of the Royal Artillery front Woi:batch. disembarked from the Brisomart, a: Plymouth. after which Captain Pogo's company was embarked on board the same transport for liarbadoes. Detachments from the 12th, 2.lrd. 4:ltd, grid 94:h ri - giments embarked from the Dock-yard on Monday, on hazed the Rsidymion transport. A Garrison Court Martial assembled at Government House, Plymouth, on the 27th ult. for the trial of Patrick Hickey, of the 5..1 Rifles, for abwntinglhisnielf from tatto roll call, and not return inv until brought back on the 45d October, and making away wirb Mu necessaries, the Court found bins guilty, and sentenced him to cove ;AO lashes, and to be put under stoppages till he has made the necessaries good. The punishment took place on Thursday, in George's-square. A Garriaon Court Martial assembled at Government-House, on 'he 2nd inst. for the trial of John Small, of the Royal Sappers and Nliners, for being intoxicated when on sentry : the Court found him guilty, and sentenced him to three months' solitary confine ment, and to forfeit his service money.—The same Court. Martial tiled James aortae, of the 94th Regiment, for desertion, and sen tenced bins to three months' solitary confinement, and to he marked with the letter D. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MAME ARRIVED THIS I— Waterfurd I—France 1 Lisbon I—Holland 1. The Clara, Reidel, from Stralsund to Hull, sunk off the SCIA , on the 2:ld instant—crew saved. The -lunge Henry, °hist, from Hamburgh to Aberdeen, was totally wrecked on the 25th ultimo, near Baltrum—crew saved. The Thoulton, Snell. of Wisheach, ran upon Barnard Saul en Wednesday night, and sunk. Dust, Nov. s.—Wind N. W. to W.N.W.—The outward bound h-ve sailed. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. N.N.W. to W. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 4.—Wind S. FALMOUTH, Nov. 4. —Wind S.W. to \V.—Arrived hi. ItLik•ty's cutter Bramble, from Lisbon—sailed 25th tilt. A packet i. in sight, supposed to be the Sheldrwke, from the filedsterrane.m. Ltveuetros, Nov. 4.—Arrived the Adel.ide, Matsu". and Ili i cons, Troup, from Quebec; Atiel, London, trim Va1,:.ra , ..•; Perseverance, Hughes, from St. John's, N.B. Juno, ---, tram Malta ; and Atlantic,-, from flip. MASOATS ROADS, Nov. 5.—A ro ivt d the Meutitaineer, Hart; Wellington, Forster; Wilberforce, Dodd; and Eimuuth, Hart, from Quebec. CLYDE, Nov. 4.—Arrived the St. John, Nichol!, from Mira michi, and Paddy Carey, ---, tram Bay Chaleur. B , Nov. 4.—Arrived the Two Sister., Nlackeuzie, fr..m Pictou. DUSLIN, Nov. 4.—Arrived the Rose, Murrom, at:tl Luton, Fisher, from Quebec. Colic, Nov. 4.—Arrived the Elizabeth, flolme, from\liramich i. Ilitisvot, Nov. s.—Arrived the Tom Co, Potter, frinn Mitt a. SWAIOILL, Nov. 4.—Arrived the. Enterprize, from Clothe:. A , Nov, 4. Arrived the Jean, Wllliantson, front Quebt c. NEW LONDON BRIDGE COMPENSATION Yesterday a Court of Comlensation Wilb again held at the Town Hall, Southwark, !adore Sir J. Shaw, Mega,. Al3tr. men J. J. Smith, Ansley, and Waidsman, and Mr. Serjeant Araion, to consider the claims of Mr. William Sentence, grocer, t:99 autt zoo, High -street, of both of which he held a lea.e, 411 ;winds. un• expired with a renewal tor fourteen years; together with a ware• house and premises in the rear, held for a term of one yelr ;rd a half—his claims were, _ For the goodwill • Fixtures l9s. Lease, expenses of removal, Ice 14 Mr. Dratmex (with whom was Mr. 801.1.35 U) opened on the part at the City, and argued that the claimant's title to cow pensation for the good-will was very slight, inasmuch as an opr..r tunity had presented itself since the passing of the Act for ji.r. chasing other premises in the immediate neighbourhood, put ur by public auction. The renewal of the lease was also since the passing of the Act, and with the full knowledge of the premises, bring re quired for the projected improvements. Mr. Drew, grocer of twelve years' standing—His is • ss has been principally in the family trade ; 141 per cent. was the ge net al avenge profit. Mr. Guider, grocer, of Aldgate, stared the profits on the retail trade at from 15 to 16 per cent. country trade 5 per cent. un fruits 10 per cent.—These were the only witnesses. Mr. Baoecuaat then addressed the Jury, and contended th.t the claimant could have no knowled g e of his premises being requite.% unless indeed he bad consulted some city conjuror; the plait for tbt approaches (produced) not existing at the time the lease was re• ✓eseed, and, to this hour, had never been lodged with the Cierk so the Peace for public inspection ; and the opportunity for removing was not a very tempting one, the premises being sold by the Sheriff for the benefit of the creditors of the last occupant, who died insolvent, carrying on the saute business as his client. Mr. John Richter called—He is a public accountant ; has been so for many years ; be examined the books of Mr. &tat lic., and by them and correspondent vouchers it appeared, that for the three years commencing the Ist of July, 1825, and ending the 7.oth of June, 1828, the returns for the wholesale trade were £2l 913 ; retail £24,184 ; leaving a gross profit on the three years on the purchases made during that period, ou the wholesale trade. 12.190 ; retail £4,836; together, 7,0x6; from which £1,516 were to be deducted for expenses. Mr. Husby, grocer, Goswellonreet ; Mr. Charles Arnold. grocer, of Lincoln ; and several others, estimated the profits of the trade considerably higher than the first witnesses. Mr. Denman having replied, the Jury. after a short consudation returned—for the goodwill, £1,050; lease, £100; fixtures, Stc. ,6195; together, £1,348. On Wednesday a compensation easel was beard, in which John Wright, the occupier of the Three Crowns public-house, High street, Borough, claimed the sum of £2,553 7s. as a compensation for the lease, good-will, and fixtures, and the other losses he was about to sustain by the rebuilding of the New Bridge. Mr. Brougham appeared as the advocate of his claims. Mr. Common Sergeant, Mr. Holland, and Mr. Mirehouse, on the behalf of the Corpora tion of London. resisted this claim ; and after eight hours' discus sion, the Jury returned a verdict of Is. for the lease, and £6u3 14s. 6d. for the goodwill, &c. HIGH PRICE or Puov istoss.—A Correspontleatr asks why beef is 9id, mutton 13d, butter 16d, cheese Is. a pound, and bread five and twenty per cert. dearer in some shops arm others, when ii is quite notorious that neither the farmer, the grazier, nor the dairyman, are getting prices which can in any way justify the continuance of such charge to the consumers. On Friday and Saturday last, Sir John Maxwell, of Pollok, had a field of nine acres of Swedish turnip hued and se cured into two pits, in escellent condition. The crop was allowed by judges to average forty tons per acre, Some of the turnip. are of uncommon size. Sit of them weighed 584 lb. the largest 1. 4 211 lb. The whole, when weighed, were free from soil, and closely topped. The wheat average continues to o.eciine. I.e aggre gate for the sis weeks, as shown by the returns yesterday morning, being Slls. Sd. In consequence of this, the duty cm the admissi of Foreign wheat has again advanced, being is. per quarter above that in the report of last week. The duty is now at 26.. Bd. per quarter. The duty on Foreign peas it it. 6.1 per quarter less thin at the last return, the present rat+ being 12.. rid per quarter Otter grain remains as before. CORN-EXCHANGE, MARK-LANE, Nov. E. Although our market was tolerably well attended this rimming by purchasers, very little has been done, as the consumers expect...l front the large arrivals, a reduction of prices,:which are nominally as on Monday. IMPORTATIONS MOCK MONDAY. Wheat, English (qrs.), . 2,5001 Barley, Foreign Irish . . 6.50 Oats, English . Foreign . 3,550 Foreign Barley, English . 5,050 hush Irish . . Flour (sacks) SMITHFIELD MARKET. Nov. 6. CATTLI AT NA RIOT. 13,200 6,700 Beaus Sheep and Laiut.a Beef 3. 4d to 31 10J Mutton 3l 10d 4. 4d Lamb W Od Os 02 Hay per load, £2 15.. to £4 8.. Clover £3 10, to £5 10•. Straw £1 154. to 6E2 24. Calve, Pita Vra1........ ..5. 4d to 4i Pork 3. 4d 44 5d COAL NIARKET—Tnts DAY. HALP.PAIT thus—The arrival of Coal front Sunderland and Newcastle was not this day so great as it has been for atveral market-days past. only 11 new ships being at market ; but owing to the number of ships left on band on Wednesday last, the supply is greater than the demand. The Coal Exchange was respectably attended by merchants. Ships arrived during the month Best Welland Coals .... 365. 6d. 375. Od. Other sorts 294 Od. 335. 6a. Ships at Market . 2,650 . 4,900 . 1.030