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KW Pore, ; Mr+, T., Mr*. Orget. Pe-retarrow, The labiti..t. and My Circle GabrlirL - - 117F.17'72F lim'Al.. corENT-GARDNIV. Thu it!hg. 1 UI7SoAr, Dse. it'll' be performed A MoM AN X1:1 ER VEXT: or, Tltg IDOM tW CORNHILL Meer y the %ea. Mr. Baker: foster, Mr. Voung: Ftephele Teeter. mr geolt.te; coster..! to. Mr. r,smeet Walter Brown, Mr. Eger ntr tioilfrer-tindire l l. Mr. Usrtley ; Master Innocent Lambskin. At! Artery: •t!r. Mancini rd. Agnes 'Deleted it he Widow et ..tor I: Miss Chester; Mrs. Poster, Miss Iney ; Jane. Mlss Jesse. in C.ll. D. the Lord kla).res Show, as It pawed through Cbsapalde, In the year 1441. After which. THE skitnr:t or SF.VILLIL AlmarlmA. Mr. .1 nee; Doctor Berta". Mr. Faireetts rigaro. Mr. Dursast. Ruins. Mho M. Tree. 1.-tnarrow„ me Cabinet. and The Duel. PRESS CUMll•Cflted pisonsising yesterday wasraing •t tire o'cfork. LONDON, TUESDAY. Duck: aaaa 14, 152‘. The Paris Papers of Saturday arrived yesterday. They cvrtua'n no intelligence whatever worth extracting. We t've the following from the Elude, dated Sunday : Rail/. Dre.ll. The cipher of the King has jest been definitively ordered. The is as simple as it is ingeni.us. It is !limed by two C.s, v.i.ich cross each other inversely, and which at the same time pre. with the initial of his Majesty, the cipher which accompanies name. the names of 93 thermals, in addition to dune lately published, Avec been ad.lod to the half pay list. Ittx:lt Ft:tins—rive per Cents. opened at lff.S.lse. i dosed at I _or.; Bank Stock 1,'985(.; Neapolitan Fire per Cents. ralconet's Certificates) 84 ; hints d'Espagne 18; Royal Spanish Loan (1324) kn. Exchange on London—one worth ddf. ; three taf. Me.—t'oars Adtientiq.e. Ike. 11. We rejoice to learn thet the general state of Ireland coininues pe-fectly tranquil, and that there is no present rea ,on to dread any disturbance of the public peace. Ex e now and then a " whiskey insurrection," arising from • excess of the circulating medium of Irish conviviality. t'.,ue is nothing of a disorderly aspect in any part of the The warfare of words is formidable, no doubt; ar.d that this arises out of a conflict of passions more for 11.:dable still, we are well aware: but are we entitled to erfiect that the state of Ireland can permanently be very 4f t :ren t from what it is, while the fruitful causes of dia. s- •s'cin which hare so long exisuil arc permitted to remain ? te friends to good order will always be found arrayed on • side of Government; but at the same time, as friends to right and justice, they cannot but be anxious that those I,i...useable franchises which belong alike to all as the sub :: is of a free Government, should nut, by being withheld ir.iin any class in the State, be made to embroil those who adminiater it in everlasting disquietude; and by furnishing ti.e great body of the people with endless causes of exas ation. beget and perpeteate that very state of society ssi tell it is the end of all government and of all law to p. Mc against. The Scii.Veri of the Orange party seem determined Vitt no feeling of animosity shall be permitted to expire wil.ch the Daily Press of Dublin can keep alive. But we net deceived by this incessant outcry in England ; the mire reflective amongst us blame the leaders of the Catholic C.F.,Se for their unadvised and turbulent zeal; but we are tosseughly well informed as to the real object of the con troversy ; we know well that it is not a struggle to uphold tbe protestant Church, which is in so danger, but to pre ss,. ie that commanding influence and exclusive patronage winch si,r in great danger, and which are considered by rert.iiit n...!1e families as a rested interest, with which ti.i:ther the King nest Isis Ministers have a legitimate right to iiiterfero. We are ourselves the strenuous advocates of a (11arrc!i Establishment ; but in Ireland we consider it as stair.! from its true purpose ; the proof of this is amply airerie,l in every page of its history. In the approaching ties.:en of Parliament the condi:ion of the sister kingdom necessarily take the lead among the many important is-:l;res which will call forth its attention ; aild when that niadi arrives, it must be tact, as we Ilse° no ileuht is will, that firm but fair spirit of investigetion which is called well by the exigency of the case, as by the utter inutility of tr.eltiiig it with 112:: measures, or with martial )ikvr„ or with any mh:r thin a ditennination to lay Cie bir.it of public order and pr:sperity in a system of social twiny and of political justice. .I.etters from Petershurgb receiverlyesterday state, that 11.4 lives are lost by the inundations. The three beidges otter the Neva are all carried away. The Loss of property /Immense. particularly coffee and sues:. The damage done to the hemp balsa great. The tallow of course bas sastained no injury. Acceortling to letters in the Etage, the late inundations of the Neva are of a still mar: dreadful nature. Upwards of XXXI persona are sail to have perished. The arsenal LA several public buildings on the banks of the riv 4./ were entirely overflown, and the water rose to the hcii,ht of feet in the lower part of the town. According to the writer of this letter, nothing could exceed tle: alarming 'lvy of the warts. The whole city was at one time under water, aryl every thing in the Lwer stories of the houses has been totally dertroyed. The Priltol Jos/real of Saturday certain' the following brie( notice of the forgeries of Mr. Savery This city has been thrown into a consternation this week, little short or what was experienced lately in London by the forgeries of l'auntlerny, except that the rumoured instances of crime have not injured so tunny private ind•.siduals. We should oat be performing an imperative duty, which we hold our ►dves hound to perform as public Journalists, did we wholly omit to allude to the occurrence; we sincerely wish flat further details may be rendered unnecessary." PAIR fONABLE INTALLICE NCB. The Marquis el Hertfind bas unwed in town from Me seat in Suffolk. The Dowager Countess of Mansfield has arrived at Mitart's Ho teL Lower Brook.etreet, from her seat, Richmond Park. Dowager Lady Ellenhorough hes left town for Sandgate. Bir George Wombwell, Bart. left town yesterday, for his seat in Suffolk. liir Gimp, Werrender, Bart. has arrived at his house, White. halLobee„ from Scotland. The Hen. Mr. and 31ra. Agar Ellis have arrived at Roehamp ton from Brighton. Lord Alvanley left town on Sunday on a tent. • Sir George Nugent, Bart. arrived yesterday at Gould's Hotel, Jerseys-street, from his seat in Bucks ; and J. Veitch, Esq. from a tour. The Counters of f'arnarvon has arrived at Petworsh, Sussex, front High Clare, Perks. Arrivals at Read's Hotel, Lower Grosvenor-street :—Sir John Frederick, Bart. front his seat I:to-worst Pail.. Surrey; Charlej Lyall, Esq. and family from Srtrland ; 0. F. Hatton, Esq. from Northamptcoshire ; Captain ll'hichcotc, from lath ; and Wm. I Drummond, Esq. frost. Oxford. lkoartures —Firma:teas Allen and the Honourable .Mlss Allen, foe Yorkshire; Edward Rice, Esq. for )laulstone ; J. F. Dadswell, Esq. for his scat Sidwell Park, near Southampton; and Mrs. and Slue Brown, for the Continent. Mr. and Mrs. George Byng have arrived at their house in St. Jamees.square, from their seat, Wrotham Park, near Barnet. Lord John Thynne hes arrived in town. THE KING. IVI XDIOII. Dec. 12. Yesterday the King did not leave the Royzl Lodge the whole of the day. Divine Service was this morning performed at the Pri vate Chapel, Cumberland Lodge, to the Royal Household. His Majesty was not present. Considerable damage has been done to the lands and houses near Windsor, owing to the tliods, and although the waters continue to fall, they are now considerably be yond the bounds of the river. A curious pony, which has been lately presented by a gentleman to his Majesty, was brought from Carlton Pa lace en Friday last, to Cumberland Lodge; it be& mouse, or rather a dun colour ; its coat or hair very rough; is four years old, and stands thirty-two inches high, brand fully formed. It was brought front Norway, a nd is so docile that it would follow the groom w!:o has the care of him up and clown stairs like a dog, and lie down on the hearth-rug before the fire ; it has never yet been abed, will eat bread and potatoes as well as corn and bay, and drink beer. It was yesterday brought to the Royal Lodge, in a neatly-fitted tancy-csioured covering, bound by a girth, for fits Majesty's inspection; and was led by the groom to his Mai( sty' s apartment, who admired him as much on account of his di iii initive size as for his docility. DOVER. DEC. 19. Yesterday his Excellency Prince Polignae and suite ar rived at IVright's Hotel, from London, and shortly after wards embarked en beard his Majesty's packet the Spitfire, for Calais. The same packet returned this morning with about 30 passengers. Arrived last criiiing the Britannia steam-vessel, with' J. Gurney, Esq. M.P., and other passengers, from Bou logne. Sailed this morning the Medusa steam-vessel, with pas sengers, fur Calais. _ _ Came in the American brig Dore, of Newbury, from Bremen to St. jibes. Amongst the departures within the last few days from Wright's Hotel, on their way to the Continent, are the following.—Lord Hotbam, Sir C. fagot, Mr. Strut Wortley, Rev. Mr. Dalton, Hon. Stratford Canning and suite; karl Bruce, F. Hall Standish, Esq., Tasfe, Esq., Captain Otway, Lord Northland, Count Freytag, Bankhead, Est,. I/legacies 13. fhb morning, about twenty minutes past two o'clock, his Majesty, attended by his usual suite, arrived at the Castle in three phaetons. drawn by his train of ponies ; the King was met on his arrival by Mr. Wyattville, Architect of the present great improve ments, who was in waiting to receive his Majesty. The King immediately proceeded round the building, attended by Mr. Wyattville, and inspected the different works go ing on. Yesterday afternoon, at two o'clock, a Cabinet Council was held at the Secretary of State's Office for Foreign Af fairs, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Earls of Liverpool and liathtust, Mr. Secretary Peel, Mr. Secretary Canting, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Vis count Melville, Lord flexlt v. Mr. Wynn, Mr. Huskisson, &c. The Cabinet did not break up till a quarter past five o'clock. Mr. Wynn gave the first Cabinet Dinner this season, yesterday, to the Cabinet 51inisters, at his house in White hall-place. Yesterday morning the Chancellor of the Exchequer at rived at his residence in Downing-street, from Beckenham. Yesterday, Mr. Dratfan, a King's Messenger, arrived at the Admiralty and Colonial Office, with despatches from Sir Frederic Adam, at Corfu, dated the 26th of November. H is rumoured that the Marquis of Huntly is to be ap pointed to the Government of the Cape of GOod Hope. We hear that Lord Succoth has resigned his situations u Judge in the Circuit Court, and in the Court of Session. The Earl of Harcwood, according to his benevolent cus tom at this season of the year, has been distributing blan kets and other necessaries, amongst the poor of the parish of Harewoed. The Honourable William Seiwight Lasedles and his Lady are at Chatsworth, the seat of her Ladyship's uncle, the Duke of Devonshire, who will open Chatsworth House at Chrisunas. The Earl of I)ighy has presented his nephew, the Rev. John Digby Wingfield, to the valuable living of Geaslaill, in the King'm County, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. John Digby. The Rev. Liscombe Clarke has been presented, by the iVart!en and Fellows of Winchester College, to the Vicar age of Downton, Wilts, void by the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Liar. The late Colonel Newport, of the 9th lancers (whose death we announced lately), was 11;4 presumptive to the Right Hon. Sir John Newport, Bart. Bier STEAK CLus.—The annual dinner of this Club took place en Thursday, at Morrison's, when upwards of one hundred Noblemen and Gentlemen sat down to table. amongst whom were, - Loral Rubdown, PrKithira; the Lord Chancellor, Lord Gort, Lord Ilratul.m, Mr. Sauriti, &c.—lfisla Timm HISEENI•N BANKING Comraxt.—We understand proposals have been reteived by this Company from au er,.inent banking-house in London, to take any stuck re maining %indisposed of for subscribers in that city.— Dahlia Pater. _ CATHOLIC ASSOCIATION.—The Association met on Thursday. The sum received for the Catholic Rent in the week ending I/cc:it:her 9. was 700!.4e. Sd. Mr. O'Con nell announc:4l that he, Mr. Sheil, and Mr. IVoulfe, had undertaken to go to England, fur the purpose of conferring with the various Catholic Associations in that country.— Mr. O'Connell lave notice of his intention to add another oo:g. to t;..- purchase of Government Stock, now amount in' to 50o0t Rcnt received in the month of November amounte.l to :NAV. les. 4d. iVe are iiirorttittl that the Directors of the Equitable Loan Batik Comp!iy Poise purchased the College of l'hy s;c;lns, as a Ctlitlal at the price of iy.twoguincas. 1 3 P.OFEYSONS:IIP OF Unser vanctsto.—Tha Town Council, in virtue of their Royal ('barter, constituting them patrons of the University of Edinburgh, have, we understand. rtscdvel to comply with a petition lately pre twitted to them by the Society of Writers to his Alajesty's Signet, paying that the Loctureship of Conveyancing, foutukcl by that body, should he erected into a Professor ship in the University, and that tlr. Afacrcy Napier, the prescht lecturer, should be appointed the first professor. This important measure has been very deliberately dis cussed by the Council, and carried by a majority of 2S to 4 voices. The plen a. In f u ire up future vacancies. pro posed by the Writers to the Signet, who have agreed to pay the Proftmor's salary in all time coming, has been also adopted by a tusjority of 14 to 13 voices. According to this plan, the choke, when any vacancy occurs, is to be made by two members of the Town Council, two IVriters to the Signet, thriven by the body as electors, and the De puty Keeper of the Signet for the time.—Cu:edv:ian Iffer very. THE BRITISH PRESS. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The tragedy of King Jahn was the perforniance last night at this theatre. Of all the historical plays of the great poet that are represented upon oar boards, this, we are free to confess, is the one we least admire, and from the performance of which we derive least satisfaction. in addition to the general want of interest that pervades al most all the characters, it is the production in which Shak speare has perhaps most closely adhered to history, and drawn least upon his own strange powers, and it is per haps for this very reason that we cannot rant it as highly as the other compositions of the great dramatist, in which, though founded upon improbabilities, and carried to their close in perfect violation of history and tradi tion, he exercises a complete ascendancy over our feel ings, and asserts the supremacy of his genius. It was difficult even fur Sliskspeare to have clothed the tyrant, Juba, with any thing like interest, without a total devia tion from history and truth ; and when this was not his intention he probably was satisfied that, thou, 11 of primary importance, the character should be subordinate as to the interest excited in the minds of the spectators. If we were allowed an opinion upon the subject, it would he that Faokonbridge was the favourite of the poet's imagination, and the character by whose buoyancy and tnercurial spirit the disgusting John, and the cumbrous ap pendages of the French Court, were to be redeemed. Mr. Mactcady was, of course, the representative of the English monarch, and though, from the circumstance's to which we have alluded, he could not make the part interesting or attractive, his conception and acting throughout were entitled to approbation, and well sup ported the reputation he has acquired. In his first inter view with the Legate, when be rouses from his torpor, and spurns the temporal authority and usurpation of Rome, the performer put forth al! his energies, and his exertions were rewarded with that applause whic h such sentiments wia be always sure to excite in an English au dience. The manner in which he stated his fears of Arthur, and sounded Hubert, for the purpose of ascer taining whether he would be the murderer of the boy, was well conceived; but the passage in which he appeared to us to be eminendy successful, was when, fearing the muse quences of his crime, he endeavours to extrit ate himself from the shame that must attend it, and throw it upon the supposed instrument of his guilt. Here we think Mr. Macrestly did justice to his author, and he received the warm commendations of his audience. Mr. Wailack, though respectable in Frukunt? itlgr, was, in our opinion, far from doing any thing like justice' to this singular pro duct of the poet's imagination. Shakspeare and Savage were, we believe, the only two English poets who attri buted any peculiar vivacity of temperament and character to persons of a certain birth. The topic may be supposed, from his unfortunate situation, to be congenial to the feel ings of the latter, but in the case of our dramatist, the de scription and the doctrine must be looked upon merely as the exercise of an exuberant fancy and sportive imaAina tion, and of these qualifications the character bears the most ample and unequivocal proofs. With the exerption of Mercutio, we recollect nothing, in the range of Sliaks pesre that bears any 'resemblance to FuukonLridge. Play ful in the midst of danger, mingling deep and crustic sarcasm with his mirth, he deprives his mother of her reputation, whilst he professes the most sincere re spect, and expresses his gratitude, for that deviation from virtue, which obtains for him the honour of an ille gitimate descendant from Richard. It was in this strange i evietf de eau,. that Mr. IVallack appeared to he quite deficient. The el:arc:ter in his hands was that of a rough soldier, who might with perfect propriety be sup , posed the legitimate cdspring of poor and uodistinguished parents. Mrs. Bunn, as Constance, seemed to forget that there Ia a better method of expressing bitter anguish and a deep sense of injury, than by mere declamation.—Between the play and afterpiece, a new Ballet was exhibited, called, The Family Fete; or, the 7'wo I.ittle Sisters. We were highly pleased with the dancing of the elder branches of the family ; but without detracting from premature ability, or venturing to question the judgment which exhibited two (we make no doubt) amiable children to the public, we take the liberty of asserting, that the.3'wo Little Si.ders would be much better employed anywhere else than upon the boards of the national theatre. From certain indica tions o:s the part of the audience, we believe the success of the Ballet to be extremely doubtful. The house was well attended. - ADELTAII THEATRE. —.Last night a new farce, called More Blunders than On:; or, The Irish ralet, was per formed for the first time, and was reczived with the most decided applause. The piece, as may be judged from the name, i n troduces a multitude of farcical situations, which are chiefly dependent upon %he conduct of an Irishman. This Irishman is called Larry O'Botdi.;•an. and is per formed by Mr. Power, with a great deal of humour. In deed, so mainly did this actors performance contribute to the amusement of the audience, that it was generally rap rethe author had him, and him alone, in his eye when a' l was engaged in the composition. The piece has a great deal of broad humour in it, and there is also the rccoiii menilation of agreeable incident, which, united to smart ness of dialogue, placer it much above the general run of minor theatre. coniposiiioii, Mr. Wilkinson, Miss Par rock, and Miss S. B4tioi, were the only other performers whose characters deserve notice. The house was crowded. Mr. Mathews appeared for the first time in Dublin since his return from America, t it Thursday night. We regret to lie:tr, for oar sakes, though with an April feeling of sorrow and pleasnre, since it is to make one fo whom we hare the highest rcspec and esteem happy, (Italy the blooming Tree of OA-mit-garden is shortly to be trans planted to the neighbourhood of Grosvenor-place. Ammigst all the improvements which the Noble Proprietor of that district is making, nenc wll Le more ornamental to the new pariah of Brig-rune than this accession of beauty, talent. and accomplishment, for which the public will be indebted to the gootl taste and eli , cenusent of Mr. Bradshaw, the son of Lady Peyton.—Alin Bull. TIIE Anil MUSICAL Frierivitt..—At a meeting of the Directors of the late Festival, held on flies(' inst., the Treasurer pres9ited a detailed report of his iistromis lions, and also his teccimnt of clrrge and discharge in all their branch•;, iloiluetid by the Convener and the Com mittee of Finance, after comparing the items with the ♦OUrhera. The amount of the rcceliats is - £1940 .1 IR And the total outlay - - 4397 18 11 Leaving for distributiol among the Public Charities - - - - Z 542 6 II Ga•s , r SEND, Dac. have been in a great bustle during the last few days, arising from a variety of public occurrences abiirliave tala n place in our town. On Thursday evening we were generally illuminated with gas, from the works lately erected by Mr. Iledley, the gas eon tractor. The first appearance of the gas-light here was received with stelernatiumi by all ratil:s, particularly by the juvenile part. On the following day, the Directors, Share holders, and Commissioners for lighting the town, dined together, to celebri:e the event, at the Faleon Tavern, which was brilliantly illumitinksl with gra.. Among the improvements about to take place in this town and its en virons, is a turnpiloy road from this town to Tunbridge, connecting it with Sursex, and by means of the ferry at Tilbury, with Essex and Norfolk. To carry this pro jected plan into t xecutmit, a meeting was held I:erc last wee::, at which the Lai of Ds:lacy prcridcd, alien the ptopuscd unikrtakins received the unanimous approbation of the meeting. It will be supported by the Lord Lieu tenant of the county, and insst of its leading personages, as it is expected to be el incalculable advantage to this town. The subscription for the widow of the late Missionary Smith, of Demerara, amounted, on the 2ttli of September, to On. 10?. 7d. An cxtetwion of the Guard Club has hem some time contemplated, and lately proposed, by the addition of the °Maws of the tiousehold Brigade of Cavalry to that So ciety. The Officers of the two Household Brigades of Horse and Foot Guards would certainly furnish a suffi cient number of Members for the formation of an excel lent Club. - - INTELLIGENCL.—eopper ores sold at Redrnth, Dec. IY2I, %GUI. tons—.lverage produce 74. Quantity of fine copper, ',VS tons 17 cwt.—Amount of the sale 17,1841. average stantlarl, I in/. 7s. Twenty-eight tons of tluor vat were sold for li. 61 a ton from ‘i beat Buller. LITEIIATUUE. URANIA'S MIRROR, OR A VIEW OF THE HEAVENS M'CONrAlfltD PT ASTIR S FAMILIAR TREATISE ON AITtONOYY. The plan upon which instruction in that most sublime of all sea.. nees. A,?:tronotny, is here conveyed, is not merely original, but is entitled to the highest praise for ita elegance and ingenuity. The constellations arc admirably delineated, and every star being perforates, on the cards, according to its relative situation and magnitude, these heavenly bealies ma) be traced, with the utmost precision, to the celestial stations which they respectively occupy. This excellent device, it appears, is indebted for its origin to the ingenuity of a young lady, wlto has been induced to submit it to tile pubLe, with a view of render:i;:: the study of Astronomy fatuili,ir a:A amusing. We extract the following prelimi nary re;.tarks from the Treatise which accompanies the l; rani for th.• sake of the magnificent conception which they emir:lr of the great Cite ATO It of the Ileavens, and the Earth, and of the sublime idea which they awaken of that Eterni.l IVisdom which " ruleth over all. " The generul opinion of modern Aisnoomicrs is, that the universe is composed of an infinite nutnher . t systems fq'worMs, in each of which are contained bodies moving in free snr:e. and revolving at different distances round a pun, pia nut in or near the centre of each system ; a...! that these suns and other both-a are the Stan which we see in tin, heavens. The :tars are classed under the heads of jf eisd glom, or ..uns, and pkinth. The tonna shine by their own inherent light; but the latter are dark "pantie bodies, the radi.inee of which is to be attri. tinted to the reflection of the light thrown upon them by the suns. Hence we tin I ourselves surrounded by thousands and thousands of Aims, tr.ultirlied without end„ rangedail around us, at immense distances front each other, atteneed by ten thousand times ten thou sand worlds, all in rapid motion, yet calm. regular,and harmonious, insatiably keeping the paths pros robed them. Itw.soning by ana logy, we use authorised in concluding that these worlds are peopled with myriads of intelligent beings, tornied for endless progression towards perfection and felicity. It'hat a sublime idea of the works of the Creator aloes this suggest to the human imagination ! flow wondertid the power. wisslnni, goodness, 'sad magnificence dis played in the formation and government of so vast a scale of crea tion, which is extended through the boundless regions of universal space—an extent incomprehensible to all but the 1111FINITZ MIX)), and of which it has been aptly said, •• its centre is everywhere, but its eircumforencz nowhere." The study of Astronomy, therefore, is not only useful in the common occuarences of life, as our guide in agriculture, geogtaphy, and navigation, but it diverts our amen. don from bast and grovelling pursuits, and expands the mind by bringing into irtioit those noble which so eminently du tiogutah man from the brute creatim. A ST AT EME XT WI Tlf PRMAR KS, RELATIVE TO CANALS BETWEEN A\l► IMIIOLITIL STATEMENT. The ItriOgtwatol Company will finish their boat canal within tight:en months. The distance is twelve milts. The Cram). 11 estern Company talk of an iton rail-way from Taunton to 11:dcomb.., in place of making an in tend( d boat canal. The distance is ten miles. Tilll Company have tiois!Lil a boat canal from Hol combe to Tiverton. The distance is ten miles. From Tiver:on to Exeter there is to canal. The dis tance is thitt.•en miLs. From Exeter, not to Topsham, but opposite to Top sham, there is a ship canal. The (7hamber of Ex, ter will prolong t' is canal to Turf, which juins rowderhon Castle, bit tla ted at the centre of Exmouth Harbour. The canal thtii will be eight miles; while the distance between Exeter and Exmouth, by the road, is ten miles. F.MA RKS. The Bridgewater anti Company's sham are at par, because duir ship canal will be finished; but the Grand We':terta Company's shares were at 31. Ss., because their caral had been unlikely to become finished. Specu lation has caused these shares to rise to 17!., being 831. oelow the 100/. share. The superiority of iron-railways over canals has yet to be proved. They arc much ch , .•aper in the first instance; yet, whea all circumstances shall have been brought into an ultimate accetmt, they may prove much dearer; more over, the iron-railway front Taunton to Holrombe, pro pos:Il to be substituted for a boat ca,ial, appears too loeal ;3! 0, refure, oppestA to public interests. it will favour prcprictors of smtie-goarri:s more than prop ietors of water-carriage. The Grand Western Company will be pleased not to overlook, that a rail-way from Taunton to Holcombe, deviating from, the Act of Parliament obtained for a canal betwetn those places, tends to annul the Act authorising the latter. . Respecting the canal from Ifolcornl.e to Tiverton, in tended for a summit level to this line of boat canals, it is enpp!ied from mountain springs, instead of being filled from the Exe river, to which may be added the Culen. In the (rent of an extensive commerce there might be a defi ciency of water. It is not concealed that this aitimuit level is cut for boats of 50 tons burden ; while the Bridge water end Taunton Canal is excavated for boats of 25 tons : in oohs words, the former work is a useful canal rnd useless rexrvoir ; but the latter is a useful canal Nor may this anticipated want of water bo attribut able so much to a defect in science on the part of the en gineers, as to an opposition expected at that time from the Chamber of Exeter, who possess franchises over the Exe and Culen rivers, from their sources to their termination in the sea. The Chamber, also, have an exclusive liberty of navigation for six miles round Exeter ; it is concerning this home privile-te that, in the present day, a strict vigilance is likely to be observed. Nt•vcrtlieless, it is hoped, that the Chamber, for the benefit of those cm:corned at large, and the improvement of their own property, will be dispose d to encourage a canal between Tiverton and Exeter, whether for shins or for beats ; nay, they may think proper to make the first six miles adds canal, as well as to require an un dertaking that the Bristol and English channels shall actual ly become united. Assuming here that this concess7on were granted, it would be necessary to apply to Parliament fur an Act, legalizing a canal between Tiverton and Exeter; a subsaiption, also, might be required to pay for this ca nal, and the Act relating to it. . _ _ A short account may be submitted of a ship canal I , planned to unite the Bristol and English Channels, be— tween Bridgewater and Seaton ; also, of a ship canal planned from Bridgewater to Bridport and each may be contrasted with a ship canal, planned, let it he from Bridge water to Exmouth. The summit level of the first canal is Chard, which is SOO feet and upwards above the sea, and from which elevation 73 feet must be excavated in order to get water. The summit level of the second canal would be 460 feet above the sea, whether with or without a tunnel ; the rivers being the same as in the first case, there would be a leim quantity of water for such second or higher canal. Of the third canal, its summit level would be Tiverton, whose elevation from the sea dces not cum] 300 feet ; here, besides, no eleevation would be requireel, since at Delver.. ton, which is a whole stage higher up the river Ere than Tiverton, there is a great deal more water than in the neighbourhood of ('hard. Now, it being shown clearly that the Tiverton line hi preferable fur a ship canal, as it possesses water, not only in a sufficient quantity, but to excess ; and that this line has already upon it a ship canal from Exeter to Tapsham, or rather opposite to 'l'cpshatti • also, that this particular ship canal is about to be prolonged to Turf, being an addi tion of three miles to five, an application from the Grand Western Company to that of the present ship canal might not be deemed improper. '1 lie latter Company originated in one fur a boat canal, and might again be willing to sub scribe towards its earlier measure ; it might anticipate, that upon capital having been employed to return a pro fit, the public would cease to withhold the funds equivalent to the conversion of a boat octal into one for ships anti bests. The ceremonial of proceeding should be, for the present Slip Canal Company, to wait on that of the Grand `Western ; and Mr this Company to cerrespond with the Chamber of Exeter; but, as the former and the latter bodies would he considered in opposition, the mediation of the Grand Western Company might be pleasing to the other two. We are happy to state that the rim which took place lost week on sonic of the banks in this county (ContwallThaud which wag occasioned by the alarm created by the stoppa ge of Messrs. Ball and Son, Mevagissey, has wholly subsided. The diffoetit estetlishments imaged the ordeal in such a manner as to nature the confidence of the public.—West Briton. 5.11,31!1X Fis TO TILE EDITOR OF Tfl BRITISH Parc; Si a—The commercial advantages of the ssli n ,„, on the rivers and c os -t of land wool". if . I , fivated, he incalculable, as th ey would ..irero a proiligions capital, besides afibrdirg ahuncy At o tone food. The s ec s n if f nourishing p y t w i" ht acts fur their pre , ervation ; and du. lte; tl the tar pro t for fishing salmon, in t h ose t i mes they rprana of subsistence to the pe:. awry, a t tilted ts is Ili;;ltlands, to mu c h so , t i ed i t wa no uncu. . t;e: mss c,, ' ~ I' 4 stance for the labourin g farm-sea to ,tlpuls:, agreement, that they w , re tint to have seimon meals, more than twice in a week. At lacier! the-, fur tear of such protective stipulations, r the l!es e T are precluded front tasting it, unless at them.ort,4. of one shilling per ib. which is the price dett.eelul the north of Se:ll3nd. Eng',3l:(l it is 11:!•cC: .. The monopolising and mercenary system en win e u , fisheries and a e c° e:t u ll t a l loudly ere : 1; specie,., Legislature. There used fertiterly to I. • mat ip of salmon caught in the ; net 0:1 4 they thus ill quantity, but flit:). o t re a', sir., tong of them of two or three stone wkig!tt; now dwindling every year, Lath in s'xe and I s t very few being taught that exceed tw-lye pounds; or their general welein is a!tnt t e a The reason of which is, that the propri2ne a sometime being greatly st•aieltten„ , l in itteir stances, and the B:rwiek salmon ccut - ev, aware d and knowing also that the riv, rs of h owners were teeming with salinon,which foiled a MO and a ready markt,: on their transit from 11-rwidt 4 don, they offered there prop: knits what by tt cm was/ an enorinons rental, which was without The Duke of Goavote, for the ap s e, r.c ire, annum, and the Earl of nee, for the D: vitt>. receives 10004 per annum ; while those th..t ito.d are supposed to net double these sums. They cleared this profit at first ; whethtr they g in tuts amount at this moment, I am not equally erepar e d 'file proprietors en.p.iwer:tl the coopers and the falw" to resort to whatever means they thought prgrrtottirty c fish. The coopers immediate!y profited hytlas !ca w ,* every contrivance T.IM employed h: wit.e, , l ever, great ant small, young and old, mtlin I e sums& Ti„ are allowed ito chance of e>cape ; embankinda s aretha s i up across the river, its which eruires are (code. made with spars, like a hen-coop): Inc witie or being, by means of this innbanktnent, (adhered int strong rush of water, the fish necessarily swim Tee ! , , ,,,, and a man sits across and sprars them. Nets with ea, so small that no fish can pass thin ; the IL:tit-et labyrinth, made by stretching a ret arms; pole. plac t i,, the rivers' sides) ; weirs so cons:rt.:eft, as to nate ps of every salmon that attempts to cross it ; in short, mode of destruction and capture that ingenuity uz. z. vent, and avarice rut in practicz is r•sarted to; r! escape from the one are cattOtt by the other, so not a simele fish gets up the river to spawn. l: o;.. quainted with several of the salmon fislnrinen an d rn I . e!onging to being Ile:wick, him at school there n • • - • - • they have often informal Inc, that if by chance a up the river, it never could get down again, and e. breed of salmon was decreasing every day, fm it was possible for a few fish to keep up an adequate supply they did not h• sitate to adroit that it was a coati mockery of the law to say that the cruives, or weir were left open, from Saturday night a: twelve. areal 'day night at twelve, for in the summer rearm, and an weather, the rivers are 90 shellow that the fish onno:it up to the cruives, and as the fish find painapit structed, they immediately return, and warder in e- - some Et place to deposit their spawn. An experiment has been frequently tried to aseensi if the rams smelts returned salmon to the same atm; by making a mark on their film and they were fontulia variably to return to the river they were splinted in, If a:: frightaned.away. or obstructed in th e ir p as sage vp, steeS is proved by their being again caught, catty es arise, ot salmon.. •fbe sitidinian arc perfectly aware * hen IS;t a is la t water sufficient so tarry them up the river, and dies Step praying at the river's mouth. until a torrent of down ati-rah, er asisnaassrairt(MlTtetrir, .2 ;- Us' then immediately dirt cog- the • river in shOsl6, and es ai banks of the Tweod 1 have often seen 150 and uo brown on shore at St trait! with the sweep or drag-net. At Chi time it is thatilie -fob that esenpe the before-meniked nets are entrapped in the cruives, and their further grams stopped. The protection of the salmon fishery througheta rte kingdom is an object of the very first importance. Siam penalties should he inflicted on those that shall infringe:lA laws which prohibit fishing in elope 14ne, that is, wh;niiis proper fishing season is ended, end the stream, as it sea, closed and at rect. The laws shod(' be strictly enCand against catching smelts or ralincu fry; all end:arkineer across the rivers such as those for cretin:a and a..frail:aid be broke down, or should at leaat be left opeu the fn. week in every month during the !lades cream ; also :'or all those caught leistering or spewing the !alien, or ,"e-e -tag the rive:, as it is called, which frightens the fsh tha the fine sand boles where they spawn, at the bettotr„ :a the bed of the river. This nefarious trade is earned or st night, I have been often an eye-witness ts it: a :ail made of carnal saeas is held on the point 01 a fork, over the bows of the boat, or taimen rubble, where you see the tieli as plain as peraibie 1r ing at the bottom ; the man v:ith the harpoen strikes them with tiro greatest ease and certainty. !lave seen sixty and eighty salmon taken in the Tweed in one uieht Ly atilt cruel and destructive process. Another te sham. ful practice should be rigorously suppressed, that of best ing the cello, or passages left for the fish to pass out ; art I have oft, n known fishermen, when a heavy rain Ind commenced on the Saturday nielt—at *inch time thev are fobidelett by law to use their nets—stand by the side vi ti e passage, and beat the water with sticks, and threw in 9t001;11, to stop the flab from rraceedina up, until it had struck twelve on Sunday ; when htirg dais forciSll collected together, they then got a great 'reap of tiara A small buetaty should iikescise be sit ea for the al seals and otters ; these 'Minis assemble by lietebtsls the fishing season, at the mouth of the rivets, aal en the sand banks, and destroy the salmon in protligieus quanti ties. This could easily enough he effected were the Beatty Fistiney 110.11:0 to direct their officers--of whom tart have a great litinibcr, that du little cr fer:4os salary—to examine the cruives, and see the law tuktly enforced, and also to take ac wont, for the hotetty, cfm: o2 seals or otters as may within their dislike. 11 have often amused a hen a bay, in a de or by torch li6ht, at night, in seeing the salmens l s PO gress in the spawning season ; the inale fish, with his tai. digs or peeks a reand hole in the tine rand, I;ke a hod Cl Meson: whilst he is thus employed the female keeps sric''' wing around on her broad side : when the excarana coin pkt. the kmale cets into it and eleposita her TM, which the male gets in and spawns his melt, tapes whi: both ret i tdustrica lv to tem le, and cover it up with n is tails, un til the saranie is quite smooth, and in thh pa tested state ti:v remains until the month Of Ar L when the st u n ts make their appearance at the ofY" of the Rive: its shoals, ahont the size of a pin. and transparent, that thei.• intestine, are e tsily seea ; .item t '` ° month of May they inelease to a length of about :so inches, and then tiav s ek their way towards the from thi:nee they team return to the rivers in tee of July and Att:ust, Irving gained from lea: to saa pounds weiglit„ I eught, p.rhaps, to apologise for occupying f 0 l'•" %° zour space, but the pr ese nt t kplurabl e state of the st!Tra tishvtits demands a vt re fall investic,..ition, ant! ea:a!••: le too strongly urgo! upon the public attention. For rt .-"? part, I speak oily wilt a view to the general kt,•::,tr. ;'1 I have no pt-rsultai interest at stake, aril have mal . 011 ' 1 my obsrrvations through the inetliunt of v our F.:IL r. `' the hope of hastening the application of the 1 Yours, &c. 1. Fifedaire, Dec. 2. A number of masons, tistarrvincit;antl labourers• h' been !tired in Limerick, for thy cans! works now ran!: on between thouerster and Derklry ; %be,. left un Wednesday !sit. 1 111 6, 6 . cul t 6, • utit m „ xI Ki 7.! 411 G I , '"tth,. nnn „ i ~ sititatt, rt• c h w 1 14 ,4, cor e e t filre of it 9u r t onit re of ; I Ilk., Or !, tra i , , the • it,r . Ire of ;; I 6, 7 a MO tick to was Ot t ., 911 ac erb , mar ;stilt OCI the try (vbyy toss ?are.: le rr to Weil l csi , ire!. 111 s ;re ticesi 1 (ewist.l tie on u Id Wolk n se t , with i eft tL:eir-te Olen'''. male pig short, eh" illy C:: z• I to; ?!.; cr, so and room :ten yea; ccsfshpi axl that tte it was is, ite sop*, a wallet r weir-trap . 0, and ' s passale ot• in scrch ' o affTrt: ne strer., fotnul • I! esi t gr, n s es cie, Of INNittisoct ti du, 'gm f rain friagi-E ! , tad es a auo brown It. At . t.sis r-meni iced Frogres ougltect tlte :et,. Strr: infririrt'a