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COVENT-GARDF:N 771E.4TRE. Last night was produced at this house, Morton's flee set p e ece of Tows and Country, which, either by courtesy, or s wet of drsmatie antiphrasis, has been dettomlnated a co medy, but is in reality neither more nor less than an over grown coat and waistcoat melo-dratne, of the high German w hen', possessing all the false and forced pathos without t h e parade—all the maudlin sentimentalism without the s how and spangles, which, in its more direct and legitimate protot ypes, are calculated to take the senses of the mul tittuie, and by that means insure their approbation. i t has been the fashion for celebrated actors to assume the c banc;er of the hero is this anomalous production, or by what chance it originally succeeded before a British audience; i e beside our present purpose to inquire. However, not withstanding most , i f not all the characters in the piece, are out of nature, awl miserably deficient in taste and keep ing ; yet are there (to adopt Comoro' Arum's phraseology) certain " hunsoerrabout them, which afford salient points f r om which actors of ability can assail our risible muscle's with effect, while (as must Le confessed) our more retitled propensities cannot fail to suffer considerable violence in the attack. In .Rruben Wenroy, the principal personage of the drama, the predominating sentiments and language are all "ad captandurn," or, in other words, dr y abound in what are commonly called clap-traps. This circumstance alone is something fur an actor, and via still more in his favour previous to the days of Sheridan and Jesipit Serftee. At the risk of be ing betraved into a still farther deviation from our iin- mediate purpose, we cannot avoid expressing an ardent wish that such abominations were at once and for ever blotted from our dramatic literature. We trust they will not much longer find sufficient favour in the eyes of a manly English audience, to warrant or encourage the re production of pieces in which they constitute the principal and predominating quality. With regard to the new actor s personation of the hero, one opinion is decidedly favourable. Generally speaking, it was chaste and impressive . throughout, and went a great way to redeem the prom ise of excellence which we inferred Item his performance of Brutus, on Monday I night. It wu easy to perceive on that occasion that the a ctor laboured under considerable embarrastnent ; but last might the same cause did not operate to restraiu the proper exercise of his energies, and accordingly they were more fully and satisfactorily developed. IVe had previously I expressed our opinion that this would be the case es soon as Mr. IVartle escaped from the fog of first appear-' aace. The scene in the 3d act, subsequent to the sup- posed voluntary elopement of Rusalie Sorters, which. is the great and trying one for the actor, was played with great force and a true natural pathos called down three s:veral rounds of applause at its termination. if we may be permitted to point out a portion of the scene less ex cellent than the rest Land we do it in the kindest feeling, with a view to the amendment of what to us appears a fault in an otherwise good performance), we would refer to the place where Ruhrn sinks into the chair at sight of the letter from his mistress. In this passage Mr. NS'arde in dulged in a species of convulsive sobbing, which in sound and mariner conveyed the idea of a person suffering under inrengulation or violent retching, and was extremely di:- agreeable. We would recommend him to discontinue the use of an expedient which must have been equally un pleasant to himself and the audience. In the last act. where Ruben finds his brother at the gaming table, and encounters /lathe, Mr. %Verde evinced considerable (occasionally, perhaps, a little too much) energy, and was loudly applauded. He is one of those actors who adheres closely to the text and the author, and in leis version of the character, throws in few, if soy, glosses or interpolations of his own. IVltere the dramatist has written sip the character, the performer act, up to the originial conception without attempting to raise or teercate it in less effective pessages. Mr. %Verde does not tnake a point where the writer is at a dead set, but goes hand in hand evenly along with him. " Soars as he rises, as Le grovels sinks." Whether this quality of his acting will be acceptable to the' lovers of new readings, we woo mot: it appears to us to be conformable to the dictates of sound sense. Mr. Sinclair has b:en performing for four nights at the Plymouth Theatre, with great success and enthusiastic ap plause. Ile never was in finer voice ; his best songs were given with a degree of elegance and facility of execution so peculiarly his owo, and which were greeted with the most marked approbation. On this occasion Miss Upjohn made her first appearance on the stage, which, our Plymouth carespondent informs us, was pronounced the most suc odul debut net witnessed in that theatre. Ilcr voice is powerful, sweet, and flexible, and contains a compass that, with study anti experience, must very soon place her among the first vocalists on the stage. Th? Adeiphi Theatre opens next Monday week. Pre vins o the other performances, a new prelude from the pen of Hanalei, introduces the new Managers " to their friends, the public." In it, we hear, several well-known characters are to he hit off to the life, and an opportunity is given to the most prominent performers engaged to give "a spice of their quality." This piece is to succeeded by a new drama, interspersed with music by Mr. G. Her kit, y'ciept Killegrrw ; or, King Charles at Tunbridge ; eta, it is rumoured, by the urne author ; the counterpart, na doubt, of his ilodyster, embracing the whole strength of the company. King Clusrles, Wrench : Killegrcw, Yates; Sir Lake Athllehead (a magistrate), J. Reeve; and a character, of which we have not heard the name, suited to the peculiar talents of Mr. Terry. Mrs. Fitewilliarn 511, " as is in this case made and provided." be 'babied to make . a grand displ a y o f h e t mus i ca l acqu i remen t s . I n album to the company previously announced, we may add the following names:—Mesars. Gladstanes and Foster, from Cheltenham and Drury-lane; and Miss 'lronton (the sister of Mrs. Yat es ), f rom t h e Plymouth Theatre. No material alteration has been made before the curtain ; beht!nd it a n.tv green-roam has been erected, and new entrances front Maiden-lane to the stage and private boxes have been contrived. I::eaoTFXU,rs in Tow N.—By the removal of the Turn pike at II)de Perk corner, Piccadilly, the Grosvenor estate trill be improved in value to an incalculable extent. Let any one reflect what a prodigious tract of land it is; reach ing to the River Thames across the wooden bridge at Chvium, the whole of which will be covered with superb etlif:cm. As to the rear of Grosvenor-place, wherein Bel gravt-square is to be Lilt, our readers may judge what is calculated upon, when tbey arc , to:d that Mr. Coding, the brewer at Knightsbridge, has been offered sizteen thour.nd pAnds for one of his houses opposite the Park ; and this merely fur the purpose of making an opening into the new square. Belgrart-sqla re will, we are told, be, in a few years, the Court end of London. Under this impression it is the determination of Lord Grosvenor to make this spot vehicle of his future fame. The elevation of every hue will be one story higher than any modern building, vd every front to be of stone ; the area to be considerable. As . a roof how necessary it is to build houses upon a large s'i'c, aim , are now no less than thirty-two applications e'er: the books of Ilouse Agents for town residences of air: of trianlionr. The letters Irwin Liverpool give a deplorable account of lute of die cotton market, with which the bonded sirl•ouses are so crammed, that there being no accomino. on fur a thenro which arrived last week, the consignees were under necessity of paying the duty, and the cot t were lodged in private warehouses. l'!7.7satorrn, Seer. 29.—Thi s d ay sa il e d hi s Ma slip Albion , 14 guns, Captain Ommaucy, for Cork, "r:re she will remain a few days, and sail thmee to tioally to Lisbon. This afternoon, as the gig of Majesty's ship Phaeton was proceeding to the ship, at ''':'dead, the I.p act , w h en t h e coxswain was unfortunately Li-titenant Puget and Li eu t enant Ch urc h, w i t h h-at's crew of tour men, were fortunately picked up th:: highly praiseworthy exertions of the crew of the "".` Sp.e.ly, undur the orders of a lady, who had hired as a yacht ; but for their efforts these gentlemen and crow must have been drowned, as they had b:en in the wv.er nearly half an hour. e excellent new system now practised by Mr. 13rierly • '• ru!rovi!ig inipediments of speech, at hit este •!;• rt. 119, ii^ tit-vtrc et. has bees proved, by several of high repectability in London, to possess an ' 4; cive principle, powerfully adapted for ere ••• • 1 './r that annoying defect. LITERdltr dr*ANINGS. c No. XXXVIX. AikeDOT ES or M r.NDIC LION Y.—Of the difficulties aisseteme in the self-education of genius we have a re markable instance in the character of Moses Mendelsohn, on whom literary Germany has bertowed the honourable title of the Jewish Socrates. Such Were the apparent in: vincible obstructions which barred out Mendelsohn from the world of literature and philosophy, that, in the history of men of genius, it is something like taking, in the history lof man gy , the savage of Meyron from his woods, who, destitute of human language, should at length create a model of eloquence, without a faculty of conceiving a figure ; should be capable to add to the demonstrations of Euclid ; and without a complex idea, and with few sensa tions. should at length, in the sublimest strain of mete physics, open to the world a new view of the immortality of the soul! Mendelsohn, the son of a poor rabbin, in a village in Germany, received an education completely rabbinical, and its nature must be comprehended, or the term of education would be misunderstood. The Israeli:es in Poland and Germany live, with all the restrictions of their ceremonial law, in an insulated state, and are not always instructed in t!le language of the country of their birth. They employ for their common intercourse a barbarous or patois Hebrew, while the sole studies of the young rabbins are strictly confined to the Talmud, of which the fundamental prin ciple, like the sonna of the Turks, is a pious rejection of every species of uninspired learning. This ancient jealous spirit, which walls in the und ers t an di ng an d the faith of man, was shutting out what the imitative Catholics after wards called heresy. It is, then, theca numerous folic of the Talmud which the true Hcbraic student contemplates through all the seasons of life, as the Patuecos in their low valley imagine their surrounding mountains to be the confines of the universe. Of such a nature was the plan of Mendelsohn's first stu dies ; but even in his boyhood this conflict of study occa sioned an agitation of his spirits. which erected his life ever after ; rejecting the Tait/indica' dreamers, he caught a noble spirit from the celebrated Alaimonides ; and his native sagacity was already clearing up the darkness around. An enemy not less hostfle to the enlargement of mind than voluminous legends presented itself in the indigence of his father, who was now compelled to send away the youth on foot to 13..r1in to find labour and bread. At Berlin he becomes an amanue n sis to another poor tab bin, who could only still initiate him into the theology, the jurisprudence, and scholastic philosepity of hie reople. Thus he was no farther advance:l in that philosophy of the mind in which he was one day to be the rival of Plato and Locke, nor in that knowledge of literatore of which-he was to be among the first polished critics of Germany. Some unexpected event occurs which gives the first great impulse to the mind of genius. Mendelsohn received this from the first companion of his misery and his studies, a man of congenial, but maturer powers. He was a Polish Jaw, expelled from the communion of the Orthodox, and the calumniated student was now a vagrant, with more sen sibility than fortitude. But this vagrant was a philosopher, a poet, a naturalist, and a mathematician. Mendelsohn, at a distant day, never alluded to him without tears. Thrown together into the swine situation, they approached each other by the same sympathies and cominunicating in the only language which Mendelsohn knew, the Polander voluntarily undertook his literary education. Then was seen one of the most extraordinary spectacles in the history of modern literature. Two houseless He brew youths might be discovered, in the moon-light streets of Berlin, sitting in retired corners, or on the steps of some porch, the one instructing the other, with an Euclid in his hand ; but what is more extraordinary, ;t was a Hebrew version, composed by himself, for one who knew no other language. Who could then have imagined that the future Plato of Germany was sitting on those steps? The Polander, whose deep melancholy had settled on his heart, died—yet lie had lived in vain, since the elec tric spark that lighted up acul of Mendelsohn bad fal len from his cam Mendelsohn was now left alone ; his mind teeming with its chests, and still master of no other language than that barren idiom which was incapable of expressing the ideas he was meditating on. He had scarcely made a step into the philosophy of his age, and the genius of Mendelsohn had probably been lost to Gennany,hadtnot the singularity of his studies and the cast of his mind been detected by the sagacity of Dr. Kisch. The aid of this physician was mo mentous, for he devoted several hours every day to the instruction of a poor youth, whose strong capacity he had the discernment to perceive, and the generous temper to aid. Mendelsohn was soon enabled to read Locke in a La tin version, but with such extreme pain, that, compelled to search for every wnd, and to arrange their latin order , and at the same time to combine metaphpsical ideas, it was observed that he did not so much translate, as guess by the force of meditation. This prodigious eflbrt of his intellect retarded his pro gress, but invigorated his habit, as the racer, by running against the hill, at length courses with facility. A succeeding effort was to master the living languages, and chiefly the English, that lie might read his favourite Locke in his own idiom. Thus a great genius for meta physics and lauguagra were forming itself by itself. It is curious to tharet, in the character of genius, the erects of local and mural influences. There resulted from Mendelsohn's early situation certain defects in his intel lectual character, derived front his poverty, his Jewish education, and his numerous impediments in literature. Inheriting but one language, too obsolete and naked to serve the purposes of modern philosophy, he perhaps over-valued his new acquisitions, and in his delight of knowing many langoages, lie with difficulty escaped from remaining a mere philologist; while, in his philosophy, having :dopiest the prevailing principles of Wolf and Baumgarten, his genius was long without the courage or the skill to emancipate Itself from their mate chains. It was snore than a step which hall brought him into their circle, but a step was vet wanted to escape from it. At length the mind of Mendelsohn enlarged in literary intercourse : he became a great and original thinker in many beautiful speculations in moral and critical philo sophy ; while he had gradually been creating a style which the critics of Germany have declared was their first lu minous model of precision and elegance. Thus a Ilebrew vagrant, first perplexed in the voluminous labyrinth of Ju daical learuing, in his niithlle age oppressed by indigence and malady, anti in his mature life wrestling with that commercial station whence he derived his humble inde pendence, became one of the master writers in the litera ture of his country. The history of the mind of Mendel• sohn is one of the noblest pictures of the self-education of genius.—The Literary Character illustrated by the History rl Men of genius. SONG. • I wish I were by that dim lake, Where sinful souls their farewell take Of this vain world, and half-way lia In death's cold tlintlow, ere the) die, hero. than, I it from thee, Deceitful world, my Immo shouhl be— Whom, come what might of itioom awl pain, Palst hors ehould ne'er drcetre again ! The lifeless sky, the mournful sourd of unseen ■aten falling round— The dry leaves, quiv'ring o'er any head, Like man, unquiet ev'n when dead— These—sye—these should wean My soul trom lire's deluding scene, And turn each thought, each will , I hive, Like willows, downward low'ials ine grave. ' As they, who to their couch at night Would welcome sleep, lint quench the light, kko must the hopes, that keep this brtast Awake, be quench'd, ere item rest. Cold, cold, my bran must grow, Uncheng'd by either joy or woe, Like rrecsing Counts, •here all that's thrown Within their current tunas to stone.' Malt Md. No. IX. Tug Comm—Accounts from Amsterdam state, that the comet which is now seen in the horizon was discovered there in the nights of the 17th and 18th of this month, in thc right foot of Ttninds, at an ascension of 54 degrees to the right, and 7i degrees to the north. Its tail is about three degrees in length ; and it is seen in the Netherlands from ten in the evening id! sun rise. THE BRITISH littESS. ST. BRIDE'S CHURCII, FLEET-STREET. In pursuance of the following requisition, a meeting of the most respectable householders and inhabitants of this parish was holden in the vestry of the Church last evening : " Parish of St. Bride, London. " Notice is hereby given, that a public vestry will be held in the vestry.roono of the above parish church, on Frid I next, at seven o'clock in the evening precisely, to take into consideration the ca tering into a treaty for the purchasing a piece of ground now vacant between Fleet-street and Bride's-passage fur t'te purpose of an additional burying vault. (Signed) stoners SMITH, Vestry Clerk." Mr. SMOXALL, the church warden, was called to the Chair, end briefly explained the nature of the business for which the %letting had been creneneil. Previously to the question being regularly brought under dis cussion, much desultory conversation took place, as to the right or title of forming any vaults or excavations under the public way. which might hereafter be disputed by the City or by the Commis. sinners of Sewers. This objection was replied to by Mr. Smith, the vestry clerk, who said, that as It was not Intended to extend the proposed vaults beyond the footway pavements, he was certain that the Comnii ss i nnere o f Sewers would not interfere. Had it, in. deed, been carried under the cartiage.way, such an objection might naturally be anticipated ; because, the undermining of the ground might be supposed to be productive of inconvenience, if not risk, from the heavy weights continually passing through Fleet-street. Mr. Jo L LY, of Fleet-market, took a general view of the clues. don, in which he gave it as his decided opinion, that this offer on the part of the Committee should not be received by the parish, there being no rational necessity for any enlargement of burial grounds the present being quite sufficient to the wants of the in habitants ; besides, the vestry had no assurance as to the precise suns which might be required to accomplish this object ; and then, if the speculation was made, there was no guarantee that the Bishop of London would consecrate the ground. Taking these objections, which he thought fairly arose, into consideration, he should give s decided negative to Use proposition. Another Mr. JOLLY expressed his concurrence In the opinion delivered by his worthy namesake. Mr. ATTWOOD SMITH begged leave to correct an erroneous impression into which many gentlemen appeared to have fallen ; namely. that this matter had been Offered to the parish, on the part of the Committee for the Church Improvements, with interested motives. The fact was, that the matter was suggested to the Com• mittee br a highly respectable Commissioner, and on the Commit. tee making any proposition to the parish, they did it with a needy* that they might not hereafter be upbraided with not having offered the parishioners a fair opportunity of purchasing this ground, when it wan found that it was actually required. Mr. DIVE Y, of Shoe-lane, followed eto the seine side, and said he thought it extremely invidious to attribute any sinister motives to this Committee. as the whole matter originated in a comniunics. tiara made by another body—the Committee for Church repairs; ' therefore the insinuation that it was intended u a complete job, was ' a very ungenerous aspersion upon them. Mr. JOLLY denied having ever used the word " job." Mr. Levee. in reply, said that he had never charged Mr. Jolly with using the expression —he really did not think that It was fair for that gentleman to claim all the bad hiatitiage to himself. A statement was here read, tending to show that no necessity existed for a further extension of burial ground, in which the Sexton's opinion was considered as very grove authority, that de- composition cool I not be perfectly completed under twelve years' interment ; or, in other words...tint a body could not, with proper regard to decency, be disturbed before the thrpiration of that period. lie had been seven years in eke. and storing that time only one grave had been opened i and there were therefore five years more unexpired before it would be necessary to calculate on the probability of requiring fresh ground, or disturbing those in terred within that period. Mier hearing this rtatemmst, several gentlemen spoke to the question, and &food deal of diversity of opinion was held, when Joust Mr. Jotr ewe to make a motion to this etlect—•• That the parishioners of St. Bride's do not deem it advisable to enter into an treaty at present for the purchasing of this ground." Mr. ATTWOOD SM ITH moved, as an amendinent, that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the necessity and the prat. ticabilitv of effecting this treaty. Mr. Noun, in a very able speech. advocated the original pro• position, and contended that nothing was mere desirable than that a man should be certain that the remains of those dear to him should be suffered to lie in undisturbed security in their last abode. The amendment was then put and negatived, and the original motion against entertaining the proposithoi was carried. The meeting was then dissolved. EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES. .--,--- 1 There have teen lately presented to the Samerset and Taunton Institution, by John Quantock, Esq., three Egyptian Sepulchral Stones, brought from the ruins of Thebes. Thee consist of one sculptured stone, one painted, and one inscribed with hieroglyphical characters. The figures on these stones appear to represent the worship of Osiris. On the sculptured stone there are two compart ments ; in the upper the Egyptian god, Ositis, is repre sented naked, sitting in a chair, with a cap on his head, like a mitre, with two projections in imitation of horns ; he holds a stick or rod in his left hand, bentled at the top similarly to the pastoral staff of our Bishops—an emblem it may be supposed, of that fatherly protection of his people for which he is celebrated in history ; in his right hand he holds a whip with three thongs, which may be regarded es a symbol of punishment in his character of a judge. There is an altar before him, on which is placed a vase, and over it hangs the Lotos : a figure stands in front of him, with a staff in his right hand, something like a crutch, anti with the crutches] part sideways; iu his left, which is hanging' downwards, is an hieroglyphic, which Dr. Young, in his Treatise on Hieroglyphical Literature, gives as the emblem of life; it is the figure of the Hebrew Tau, with a ring at the top, which is held in the hand. This is said to be the symbol of Tryphon, the brother of Osiris, and is here placed, doubtless, to identify the figure of that personage. He appears as if addressing the god, and his countenance and attitude seem to breathe thatdefisnce and violence which marked his character. Dr. Young says, " the symbol for bro ther or sister appears to be the crook generally seen in the hand of Ositis." This strengthens the supposition that the figure addressing Osiris is that of Tryphon, the former holding in his hand the symbol of his relationship. The lower com partment seems to be a representation of Isis, with an at tendant. Both these figures are sitting in chairs, one be hind the other. This stone has a piece brlken off from the right band corner, and, from the appearance of the adjoining parts, it would seem that some figure had occupied the space. The second stone is painted, and contains a representation of the god Osiris, under another form. In this figure the head is that of a hawk, Osiris being sometimes represented with the head of that bird, Which, by its quick and piercing eyes, is a proper emblem of the sun, of which Osisis was the symbol. The head has the cap, similar to a mitre, as in the sculptured stone. In the painting, the god, who is represented in the human dbape, except the bead, is in a standing posture, clothed, holding with both bands, before him the beaded rod and whip, and also the cru t c h e d s t a f which is spoken of above as being held in the right hand of the figure who appears to be addressing Osiris in the upper compartment. There are two female figures, one behind the other ; the female in front of the god is boiling up both her hands as if in the act of adoration, whilst the figure behind her holds up i only one hand. There Is an sitar of similar shape to that on the sculptured stone, with a vase or urn upon it, be tween the figure of Osiris and the two females. It has been suggested that the painted atone, and that which is i sculptured, though both found in, and brought from. the same place, are of different ages. There arc considerable patches of hieroglvphisal writing on both stones. The third stone is wholly inscribed with hieroglyphical chute: Iters. It is divided into two compartments, upper and lower, and each compartment into seven columns. There are numerous symbols on this stone, similarly *ith those given in 1)r. Young's work, which has been previously men cioned.—Durret Chronicle. A letter from Liverpool states the arrival there of Col. Names, the Chief Commissioner oppoimed to investigate the circumstances cennectrel with the late Colombian Loan. The E7nperor of Russia has sent a brilliant diamond brooch to Mr. Moreau, French Vice-Consul in this metro polis, as a proof of the estimation in which his Imperial Majesty holds the immense and useful researches made by this gentleman in the records of British trade and industry. We understand that an llaytian Commissioner has been for some time in Europe, negotiating, under the auspices of the French Government, for the formal cession of the eastern, or old Spanish part of- the island of Ifayti, to the Republic. It is added, that the sum to be paid for this transfer is already agreed upon ; but some difficulty has a iscn as to the terms of payment. The Spanish Gorey went are pressed for money , ; and want the cas h d own the ask the sae credit they have obtained from Ff3lice.—Erening Paper. The Journal tie Frankr.rt mentions that the districts of Lublin and Zamosz, in the kingdotn of Poland, are completely overrun with wolves, which cornin:t great hsvoc among the cattle. One unfortunate chill has been tom to pieces, and numbers have been severely wounded by attacks from them. The local Magistrates have prof forcd rely liberal rewards for the skins or heads of wolves, SAILING OF TIfFiGREA7' SHIP BARON OF REA uctre, Aeorwr 25. The Baron'bf IRenfrewweighed Q anchor, and was towed from the place which she occupied, near the falls of Mont morency, on Tuesday last, at noon, by the steam-boat Hercules. The tide was about half flood when she got under weigh, and she proceeded slowly round the west point of the island of Orleans,and disappeared behihd Point Levi at a quarter before two o'clock. She iris accompanied beyond the point by the Malsitain steam-boat, end "the Lawien steam ferry-boat, with parties of ladies and gentlemen frith Fawn. The Malsham had on board the hand of the 62th regiment, Which, as well as the parties in both steam-boats, went on board the Baron, the decks of which were crowded with people. The steam-boats having again taken their company on hoard, left her behind the point, proceeding in tow of the Hercules, which will only leave her at Bic. The wind was up the river during the whole time the Baron was in sight, f!•.oin her leaving her anchorage ground ; she however hoisted her sails, hauled close to the wind, and several times seemed to gain on the Hercules. The sight was grand as she came abreast of the point of the island, her whole length, about three hundred and nine feet,. being seen from Fawn, and her four masts crowded with sail. The Hercules a-head, and the Malsham alongside, with the Lawsen astern, appeared little better than long-boats, when they arrived in the rear of the rock of Point Levi. The Baron's masts and sails still towered above the rock, and were visible at each side of it. In the fote-ground there were about 40 or 50 Indian wigwams, and numerous Indian canoes, one of' which, after landing three passengers, an Indian was carrying on his head, up to high water mark ; thus offering, in one view, the largest ship in the world, the perfection of the application of steam to navi gation, and the first, and certainly a most ingenious effort of man, in the savage state, for water emveyance. It is not probable that any other vessel of the size of the Baron of Renfrew will be built for some time. The public interest taken in this ship has been nearly as great as in the Columbus. The amount of her cargo, in tons, is 9,313. , If the measurement of the Baron is about 3,000 tons, and' taking the usual Quebec allowance of 3,000 feet in the rough for every 100 tons measurement, there will be up wards of 6,000 toni of timber wrought up in The construe- tion of this Boating fabric. The Baron was at anchor at the east end of Crane Island at 11 o'clock last night. LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY EVENING. Wind S.S.E.—High Water 26 m. p. 12. Arrived, the Broughton, Love, from Queb ec ; Chai n an d Henry, --, from Charleston. Two brigs off at six o'clock. The blarmion, from Pernambuco. for Liverpool. passed Holy. head the 28th inst. at 3 p.m. Light breeze front Southward. The Cor.nir, Robitison. from Singapore, arrived at St. Helena the 27th July, and sailed fur England on the 29th. Time May Ain, Adams, from Valparaiso, arrived at Buecos Ayres. The Martha, Fmart, and Brown, Banes, from Liverpool, arrived at ditto. The Vriendschap, Lescy, from Liverpool for Antwerp, arrived at Ilfracombe, leaky, with loss of sails, cable, Ac. The David Shaw, Smith. from Canipeachy for Liverpool, the Pacific, Potts, from Cape Breton, and the Aerial, A Iltn, from Halifax, have arrived at Cork. The Richard Sands, from Liverpool, for Quebec, was spoken with hilt inst. in lat. 44. long. 12. The Niagara, from Liverpool for Charleston, was spoken with cn the 21st inst. off the Salters, The Sequenay, Walmsley, from Quebec far Liverpool, put into Miramacht leaky. end would be oblq,e I to discharge. The Martin. Davies, from Cronstadt for lowicalter, put into Whitehaven 20th inst. all well. SEPTEMBER 211.--Sailed the Eleannra Charlotta, Radlsfr fur Ilremm ; Marshal Much r, Davis, for Faro ; .I,as and Flora. Pat !insert. for New Britoswick ; Ahreens, for Rotterdam Corint'litn, Hall, for Baltimore ;Li y Cruiser, I: ttgavorthy. for Gibraltar ; Martia, How. for Jamaica Jane. Johns, for New 't.) :Oland ; Herald, 311•31 anus, for New York ; Iris, Riess, for Portsmouth, N. H.; Wide. Pierce, for Boston ; Gratitude, Do v( en, for Messina ; Silas Richards , Hort:rage, for faew York; . Wiltisni Penn, Dixey, for Philadelphia ; Albuera, M.Curtin, tor Riga ; Emilie, Woolten, for Stettin ; Carl and Robert, Oitschad. front Swinnzmund ; Groningen Welvaart, Laguels, for Antwerp; Francis, Walker, for Ilamburgh Vandalia, Fridland, for ditto ; Verwagting, De Vries, for Harlingen; Industry, Eaberton, for Jamaica ; Deft and the Agnes, for London. SEPT. 24. Sailed the to hall, Snob, for Melon ; Mc:ander, Barnard, for Alexandria ; Alfred, Maddock, for Newfoundland ; Sarah Moore, Truman, for Boston ; Ospray. :WOW, for Calcutta; lays, Rich, for Boston; Boothe, Gray, for Demerara; Berlin, Weaver, for Matanzas; Meridian, Lynn, for Jaya; Colonist, M 3l'artin, for New Brunswick : Hugh William, Vicars.. for New. foundland ; Blskeley, Badger, for Portland ; Marquis Queensbury, Milroy, for New Brunswick; Selena, Latigfield, for Mobile; Con. cordia, De Boor, for Antwerp; Foreman. Meade, for Dantzic ; Belmont, Fergusson, for Demerara ; Hersteld Holland, Van Wyk, for Dort ; Lady Hood Milienzie, M'Kenzie, for Naples; Triton Toscar. for Portsmouth, New Hampshire; William Rwthbcne, Owen, for Africa; Hardy, Wade, for ditto; Grecian, Snii'h, for London. COTTON MARKET. Our Carton Market this week is Aornewlint depressed and unset tled. Prices are a shade lower, with the exception of the finer qualities of Brazil, which cannot be bought on quite such good terms as last week. FROM THE LOVDOV NEW PRICE CURRENT. FRIDAY, SEPT. 30. COTTON.—The demand for Cotton continues considerable; the chief purchases arc still tor export, but one parcel of 1400 bags Bengal was taken on speculation at 51d. a 6jd. ; the total sales of the week are nearly 4000 bags. By public sale this forenoon, 30 bales 'Matra Cotton sold high, 110. a 12itl. SUGAIL—There was an advance in the prices of Muacovades on Tuesday last, and considerable purchases were made ; scarcely any brown Jamaica offer under 70s. ; the market since has been without briskness, but the prices are fully maintained. The mar ket towatda the close of the day became more animated than any day since Tuesday ; the sales reported. 2009 casks ; the cause of the briskness was in snipe measure owing to purchases being made on Liverpool account ; we cannot quote 013 advance on the prices since Tuesday. In retired goods there is still a further improve ment ; the wholesale grocers continue taking off the time for home consumption, and scarcely any low lumps can be purchased at 117 s. Molasses at 335. In Foreign Sugars the purchases by private con tract have been considerable, chiefly yellow Havannah, 425. a es, rd. By public sale this forenoon. 700 chests Ilarannah Sugar, fine white, after a few lots were taken at Hs. the whole was with drawn. COFFEE.—The Coffee sales this week have gone off very hea vily. and at prices a shade lower ; St. Domingo 58.. The public sale this forenoon, consisting of V casks British Plantation, and 1223 bags Foreign. went off without briskness ; the former was too inCOMlltiefllbie to form market prices ; the laver, good ordinary Sr. Domingo 68.. ; and good ordinary coloury La Onayra, Ns. and 02s. l d ; fine ordinary tits. a 83s. RU3I, BRANDS, and 11OLLANDS.—The Rum contract appears to have an unfavourable effect on the market ; there base been few purchases since it was taken, ar.d rather low prices have been submitted to ; proof Leewarils Is. Ild. a 2.., and it is reported a parcel 2 over has been sold at Is. lid. In Brandy few sales are reported, but the market looks firm. In Geneva there is no alte. ration ; pale, on the quay, Is. I Id. SPICES.—The quotations of Spices nre entirely nominal ; light Pepper nominally tiati. Pimento by public sale this forenoon I lad. IRISH PROVlSlONS.—Previsions are held firmly for higher prices, on account of it being now reported the government eon. treat was taken, at 71. 191. in place of 71. 12s. lad. the first price stated. - _ . 011 S.—Oils continue to he held thinly at higher quotations, on account of there being no accounts from Davis straits Fishery. TALLOW.—The nearest quotation of ne• Tallow to-day is 38s. lid. and for late arrivals 395. 3d. a 395. bd. Ft MING EXTRAORMSAIIY.—ConsiderabIe interest has been eacital this week its fishing Wareham mill-pond, about a mile and a quarter from Horsham, belonging to Sir T. Shelley, Bart., which has not gone through the like operation for 2P years. The old and new ponds, which communicate, cover a surface of about eighty acres. On Tuesday aennight, which was the grand day, there *ere caught considerably upwards of a ton of eels, besides great quantkiesof very fine carp, one of which measured 4 feet inches. We were rather disappointed at not finding greater quantities of jack, the largest weighed about 1411 s.; very tew, but fine tench, which were preserved for stock ; seve ral persons were emoyed in treading out eels till l a t e on Saturday evening; between two and three tons have been caught ; the finest eel weighed !biz pounds, and was sup posed to be at least forty years old, as were some of the carp; a jack was found dead mac weeks back, on the sur face of the water, supposed to have died from old age, and which weighed nearly 401bs. As we are not sufficint!v versed in the art of clearing mud from ponds, we shall not attempt to give an arithmetical progression of time and number of hands it would take to clear this pond, ben are able to say, upon an armee, there are at least five fret of mud, and as far as mere supposition goes, we should con shier it would take at least two hundred men, and as many horses seven months to dear the whole a mile from the 9 , 31.-Br/edam Catelle. I NSOLFW VT DEIITORA". COURT., '911P7, 80. . . . - John Goulding, the person 11 hose eastincrupied MeCourt to slate hour yetterd.ty, was brought up to tenure judgment, having pee. Pared and produced the account and vouchers of Certain expentlit sures since the meeting of his rtedintea, Mr. llr&rn put in a medical cettlaelac, @Ming that the health of the insolvent was such as to relffitelame confinement dangerous. Mr. Commissioner HARRIS, in delivering jUdgittrit, i ld, that as ha had yesterday expressed his opinion on the point most Male: rich to the sate, he did not how nits' to revert to in The insoMant having now put in a piper containing an atcount of mottienffitz pended, and vouchers for such accounts, since the meeting aid. creditors, those creditors would have an opportunity of making art examination into thejr accuracy ; and he , trusted that it would be found correct in fill ruserrial points. But with respect to kin having made an offer to his creditors of Is. in the pound, whie; he was then able to pay, and afterwardi thinking fit to difpoee of hie property in an illegal manner, the Court considered it heentsary td mark it with reprehension. But at the Court had taken into ton sirteration the state of his health, and hit appearante certainly bore out his assertion, the Court would not sentence hien to tloee confinement, but would order him to be confined inthin the vales, and not within the walls of the Bench; tot the term ot . eiX Calendar months. James 2toakel, late an inepktor of gee-workw carmlFiff On hit petition to be discharged. He was übt opposed by an lendltor, as his case, as stated in his schedule, and verified on oath, appeared to be one of peculiar hardship. He attributed the Origin of thd misfortunes that led to his present application to the Court for re lief of insolvent debtors, to the circumstance of his having been arrested about two years since, by the mistake of the officer, whd supposed hint to be another person. After remaining some time in custody he was liberated ; but the fatt of his having been im prisoned went abroad, and as he had no optilartality of giving Mx explanation, the impression made against him was so Pourable that his credit was destroyed, and he tubeenuently loft his situation. The Court considered this ease to be one which called for an Im. mediate discharge, and the insolvent was discharged acegdlingly. Thomas Cornelius Holland, late of Wood.street, cheapeade, silk-manufacturer, was opposkel by Mr. HEATH, on behalf of a person named Hubard. It appeared from the staterheat of the insolvent, that after Mr. Hubard had brought the action against him, he removed two art: loads of fixtures front hie house to Dock•head, where they now remain in the possession of a person named Jones, who had !ter lien upon them, except for the carriage and wareroom. The Court, hating appointed the opposing creditor assignee. ordered the intolvent to be discharged after ten days' confinement, unless the property in question was in the mean time given up. Some doubts having been expressed both by the insolvent and the assignee, as to whether dr not Jones would give up the property, the Court took occasion to remark, that, if Jones detained it, after a lair tender for his claim had been made to him, he would bring himself under the operation cif that clause of the Act of Parliament, which punished the concealment of un insolvent's property. John Howard was opposed by Mr. Coortr, on behalf ofJames Norton. Tht insolvent had applied for his discharge, on the sth of August, but a point having . been reserved, relative to the transfer of a vessel that had b een los property, he was remanded until he could give a satisfactory account of the transaction in question. In cunscquence of which, John Drake, the alleged purchaser of the vessel, was examined, at:t! stated as follows ;—I am e shit-owner, at Selby, in Yorkshire ; I onn three vessels, and am concerned in steam-vessels. 1 purchased the Eliza (the vessel in question) from the insolvent on the 3.1 of February kit. for 13(11. It has been mine since and is mine now. The book prnduced is a correct copy of in, cash book, in which an entry of the purchase was made. I paid the whole 1801. and it was a bons fide transaction. There was no bill of sale ; it is not required in obi vessels, and the Eliza is well in years. 1 have another vessel huildirg at Illurville, with which the insolvent has nothing to do- I paid the balance on the fid of February, the day on which the pur chase was 'mete. I had lent him money previously at three differ ent times, anti ;raid the balance at the time the epic was made. He gave the no acknowledgment for these sums. lie did not then own the Elizr. On the :Si of February 1 told him I wan'erl my money, and I preined hlut for it, becattie 1 heard he was going to have • law.suit ; he then sold ire the vessel at the true value. Thomas Howard, the insolvent's brother, was then the master of the vesseL Ili. name stood upon the vessel until two voyages after the pur chase, when my own name was put on instead. 1 heard of the in solvent's having been brought up to Coat: before this day, and my name had been put upon the vessel. I believe, two months benne that. She was about two months without the name early owner, I have rot given any orders at the dock relative to the insertion ur . my name in the dock books. Thomas Howard continues the mas ter. Insolvent did not receive any profits from she vessel Circe the sale. The master works by the thirds, and has given me any there. He has a..trltd lavish see rote In five times. The insolvent 1mp...- thing of the vessel I am building. eteept being present since 1 cos i meted fur it. tie sometimes went to the west country, and 1 lien requested him, as a friend, to see that all was correct: - vige is rot to Rave any share of it when finishes'. Mr. Cummissioner 11 ARRISI;I the transaction whicb the in solvent on his_ last examination had left In a state of doubt had been satisfactorily explained by Mr. Drake, ordered the insolvent to be discharged. This being the last day . of the sitting, several unopposed debtors, after having been exatninecl by Mr. Commissioner Harris, were discharged. The ['ourt then adjourned to the Slat day of October. MIDDLESEX ADJOURNED SESSIONS,SErr.3O. These Sessions having, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, be e n adjourned over to this day, the Court met at the usual hour, to proceed with those cases %hien remained to be tried. FRANCIS CONST, I.isq. Chairman. 61,1211 CS Illakerley and Henry Dccairn were indicted for assault ing William Hawkins. a watchman, belonging to the parish of Alarylebone ' white in the execution of his duty, on the night o f the 20. h July last. 2slr. Anointlug said, the prosecution had been instituted by the parish officers of 31arylebone, as they felt themselves bound w render every protection to those who were injured while in the proper discharge of those duties to which the parish had appointed them. But as there was no evidence to affect Derain', he should proceed against Blakerley only. Ilawkins stated, that while he was going his rounds and caesig the hour of twelve on the night in question, he heard a cry of `• murder," which appeared to proceed from a house occupied by a man named Wall ; he ran towards it, and seeing Decsiro rush out of the house he instantly laid hold of him, under the impres sion that he was concerned in the cry. Upon this being done the other defendant instantly came up, and said " what are you about with my man ? he is my servant, and I'll rescue him from you," and the defendant then attempted to effect his purpose, in doing which be committed the assault complained of. lie yes finally secured. Champion, another watchman, stated that on hearing the forme: witness spring his rattle, he came up and saw the defender: !Slaked.) , endeavouring to rescue Dteaun out of the other tuar.'s custody. Mr. ALLEY adilkssed the Jury for the defendant, and ob served, that the parish had in this instance been most grossly posed upon, for that no rescue bad whatever been made; bur, on the contrary, a most wanton piece of authority had been exercised by these watchman against the defendant Blakeyley, chase conduct on the occasion was perfectly justifiable. Henry Decalrn was called, and stated, that on tho night in question, he was taking supper with his master, the defendant, when they heard aloud cry uf miller. They both ran out to see whence it proceeded, when discovering the house, Its went in lila saw a man, whose name was Wail, with his coat and waistcoat off, anal very much injured ; he staked lain what was the matter ; man replied, his wife and family were ill using lain. The wit ness advised the man to be calm, and not suffer - himself to do an,!. mischief to his family, and then be came away t but just as be got out of the housr, the watchman came up and said, " I)—n him, have him, this is the man." The defendant then clinic up and asked what it was they were going to do with his man ? The watchman said, he was the person whn had been into the house and caused the cay of murder, and he should take him into custody. No attempt was made at a rescue, nor was my such a word Made use of by the defendant. Wall was then examined, and corroborated the testimony of the last witness, lie had not been apprehended in consequence ot . the cry of murder, which proceeded front his house. The Jury, without hesitation, acquitted the defendant. Grow War was indicted for assaulting lieorge Wimbary, Pet the Stith June last. The prosecutor stated, that as he was going from. his work, en the 30. h of June, he met the defendant and his two brothers, in the Coinmercial.road. The defendant came up to him and said, " What do you want with me?' t The witness knew the defend ant, and had seen him in the evening before, to whom lie replied, Nothing but civility." Before the acids were out of his mouth. he received a violent blow from the defendant. W'itnesa's wif e having seen this, came up to the defendant and said, " You villain, what do you mean by striking my husband ?" Upon this be held up his fist and said. '` he would serve her the same. if she did tint be off." Witness then had the defendant taken into custody. The b:ow ass a very severe one, audit mate hint totally blind for several days. Henry Boxer deposed that lie saw the defendant strike the mos mentor ; but be admitted that a regular tight afterwards took place; between them. _ Mr. PHILLIPS said there was a law of honour as well as aisle of the :and, and if a person chose to take the law into his own hanis by giving a miller challenge to light, it was badly fait that. upon expenenong a detiat. he should turn round alp" combatant, and bring an action against him for the thrashing L. bad so honourably received. It had been shown by the proessuise. or n witnesses OM a regular standeup fight had taken piste; ask he 'honk! by further able to show that the prosecutor wee do at , grantor. A regular at-to had taken place the d a y before between two little boys; one of the boys was beaten. The prosioniame, being • champion out of the ring, ambitious no doubt to gaits, gap e (enure day, the laurels that were awarded to the ithaapainip within it, atteutiod at this liattle„erid-Ite insisted upon it that the bo teas nut bent. 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