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'UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. No. LXX. is GOLDEN TOOEII.—FONTENELLE says, "If asi o f a Oct were always ascertained before its caw Inqu i re d into, or its nature disputed, much ridicult b e avoided by the learned." In illustration of thin, be relates the following whimsical anecdote:— 1 3 1:4: 1 a report prevailed, that a child in Silesia, s ego' old, having lost its first teeth, in the new vet ts r go!el grew up in place of one of the cheek teeth. ~ professor of mrtlicins in the University of ri.An i t , became so convinced of the truth of this story, to trade a history of this tooth, in which he affirtned iri s partly natural and partly miraculous, and that 'lbw' sent by heaven to that child to console the poor tr .. oppressed by the Turks. It is not, however, psi to conceive what consolation the Christians could ,f r oin this tooth, nor what relation it could bear W leen!, however, was but one historian of the tooth ; caws 'ear that this work appeared, RULLANDeI 6 soother history of it. Two years afterwards, IN aos, another learned man, wrote in opposition to s aes rispeoting the golden tooth, who failed not to , inry elaborate and scientific reply. Another great busies, collected all that had been said on the std : deed his own peculiar doctrine. o thi ng was wanting to so many tine works, but a 'dot this tools was really of gold ; a goldsmith at was called to examine it, who ilkcovered that it wall g m o f leaf gold applied to the tooth with considerable f Their books wore first composed on as assumed , ad Men the goldsmith consulted." lEstsr Ilevarima.—lo the early period of the French 0, 1 4 0 , when the Church of bi. Genevieve, at Paris, scowle d him/a Pantheon, to be dedicated to the it pies drat, Me remains of Rmissean were among the t his were deposited there. They were enclosed in a • made of boards and plaster, in the form of a or coffer, at each end of which were folding- qparently capable of being opened. of they flaps. was open, and out of it projected rl arm, chi hand grasping a torch, the flame of ,')read oil over the monument. On cousidering the sod eircarnatances when this monument was con d, there is no denbt that the artist intended to re { this philosopher u enlightening the world . frnm the ) gf his toad), hut the mere aspect of this ex id arm, and this furiously flaming brand, rather lug the idea of an attempt to .s.t the u'arld on , fire. In it appears to he an emblem much more proper to re the memory of Eaos rnart•s, than that of the ! of the " Social Contract," understood as its par understand it. This sarcophagus is diatiogu - ished by bring adorned with trunks of trees, billets of wood, and branches with instead of pilasters and other ornaments. The artist s to hive had in his mind the idea of .fiereaf semprr, cad verdure ; hut this is no less impossible to be eve- ed expressively in scolptiire, than to be insured to the Nikolais of a writer of the character of J: J. Rousszeth• Ter Flall AND TUE Boos.—ln the year 1626, a god ins opened at Cambridge Market, and lo! in its found a hook! hfr. c an, in a letter to = _ ,Ifcr.r.r, preserved in the British Museum, gives the Cowing ray accurate and very grave account of this 'ire, if not strange accident." •4 (Aises Church College, June 24th, 1626. "Bat I wiil now tell you of an accident here at Cam ille, rare, if not strange, whereof I was, yesterday morn ( sr. eye-witness myself. A book in decimo see°, of bigger size, found in the maw of a cod-fish, then piled in our fish-market in the presence of many. In aewme were two pieces of sail cloth, one, half an ell at it least, of unequal breadth, but in some part very broad; k other, about half a yard long, of the breadth of a pod. These were found wrapp.-d in the bottom of tb enact; the book above them. "The title of the book, being opened, was on the top of leery P- 711TION TO Tlll It of ionse the like, to be written about the tnd of 1, (May VIII. wt. An I was afterwards fully confirmed * we other passages, if all be of one author. " When I first saw it, it seemed almost turned into a T, and consumed; yet, though it were loathsome then handle or stand over, yet, finding the table of the two looks of the Preparation to the Crosse in the middle parts, is/ so not ri slimy, with a tender lifting with my knife, I all them all, put clean papet between these leaves to pre. are them, and since escribed all, being the contents of very several chapter. The first was A Preparation to du Crosse, and how it mbar be patiently borne.' I took iikeial notice of two other:- 1. If thou be tempted of the faith of thy parents : u, wherefore bellevest not thou that which thy forefathers hare believed ? " '2. If than be tempted of strange religion, of woe kipping of saints, pictures or images, or men.' There iris another book at the end of these, in whose title-leaf tlis amid the vintents was 'A Letter, which was written 11 the faithful Followers of Christ's Gospel!? " I saw all with mime own eyes, the 'fish, the maw, the deers of sail-eoth, the book, and observed all I have written; only I saw not the opening of the fish, which act many ilia, being upon the filly.votnan's stall in the market, who first cut off his head, to which the maw was Imaging, and seeming much stuffed with somewhat, it wu searched, and all found as aforesaid. Ile that had had his nee as near as I yester-morning, would have been persuaded there was no imposture here without wit new. The fish came from Lynn. llusv they fed Lim there l know not." 11e hare here a remarkable instance of the gross decep timu which, in On age of superstition, may be practised 14 ),an the credulity of minds that on all ordinary subjects Si: staciently reflective, and upon men who, when their worldly intereets ate concerned, are by no means so easily " I ante all with mine own eyes," says this honest ::tester of the miralle ; •" the fish, the maw, the pieces of 11:i-cloth, the book, and observed all I have written ;" but oat comes the unh..Ay exception, "only / saw not the 'f the fish, which not many did." There were .s.sise some other little parts of the process, which he ( 1 ,1 not see, but which lie might have seen, we suspect, he been let into the secret, viz. the opening and wnp the maw of the cod-fish to pat in the Gook, and.the 1 ::fully sewing it op again! Yo ELECTION,---A requisition to Lord Alor- Petit is now in course of signature, requesting him to °Ter torten' as a candidate for the representation of the county of York at the next general election, in the cause of civil telirio•n and in support of the enlightened sys re's of legislation by which the great interests of the coun try are to he upheld.—Leeds Mercury. During the panic Which lately convulsed the commercial world, it is downing of notice that Dot oue failure was . klare.l in the chanty of Lincoln. The drain upon saving-banks during the late financial ina:e is a proof of the eaten: to which absurd alarms may ro when once raised. In one town where a private bank tailei, demands to' he amount of thirty thousand pounds were iinrnediately made upon the managers of a savings tank, thou g h th e public faith is pledged that the depositors shall in no event suffer loss. HON TST THIEVEL—One evening last week, as a poor ell st.nuan was returning home to Ilcughtott 13ottems, &::e was stopped by six villains, who demanded her money : t iae poor creature, trembling for her life, begged they would sot roh her, as she had a large family starving at home. Puy remained inexorable ' when she was compelled to gi , e Up six shilling ;, which she had just / received for some work she hail b, en ta7zin; to the warehouse. One of the • however, (less hardened than the rest), returned 'et yaws rieees of money, which he, no doubt, considered :3 he thr..e shillings. She then proceeded homewards, but L3A: lax got far on the road, when she heard the foouteps gaol behind her : she immediately ran off, and had /tut time to take shelter In a neighbouring house—the vil lain' g close at her heels. To cut the matter short, • kicking afterwards at she coin which one of the party higiren her, she discovered them to be three sovereigns. * - L ir3"•poalle re?, ry The ITALIAN OPERA in . 14e UNITED STATES. [Prom the New Ynrk Ereuishe Post of N0v.30.] THE OPERA. Last evening was presented at our Park Theatre, and for the first time to an American audience, this elegant and charming sister of the Drama. The house was opened at half-past seven, and before eight o'clock, the hour of com mencing, it was quietly and eutitely filled. An assemblage of ladies so fashionable, so numerous, and so elegantly dressed, was probably never witnessed in our theatre. The restless anticipation which always precedes the ap proach of an untried pleasure dwelt on every countenance, and made the company itself peculiarly interesting to an observer. 14 'what language shall we speak of an entertainment so novel in this country, but which has so long ranked as the most elegant and refined among the amusements of the higher classes of the old world ? All have obtained a general idea of the opera from report. But report can give but a faint idea of his seen, it will never he believed that a play can be conducted in recitative or sing-. ing and yet appear nearly as natural as the sltilinary drama. We were last night surprised, delighted, enchanted: arid such were the feelings of all who witnessed the performance. The repeated plaudits with which the theatre rung were unequivocal unaffected hoists of rapture. 'f be Opera was entitled It liashicre di and we suppose brought out tne strength of the troupe. There word no less than six whom we should esteem, in the ordi nary comedy, performers of the first order, •considered merely as actors, and independently of their vocal powers. Their style or manner of acting differs widely from any to ;which we breve been .accustomed. in the male performers you are struck with the .variety, novelty, and passion of their ekpeessive, characteristic, and unceasing gesticula- Son. The female performers, on the contrary, appeared to us to have Ices action, though quite as much expression as ■ny we had ever before seen. There is indeed in their style of acting a moat remarkable chasteness and pro priety ; never violating good taste nor exceeding the strictest bounds of female decorum. The daughter, Sig norina Garcia, seems to us a being of new creation ; a" cunning pattern of excelling nature;" equally surpris ing to by the melody and tones of her voice and by the propriety and grace of her acting. We arc sorry that we hare no time to make any re marks on the musical performance and powers of these welcome strangers. The Opera lasted from eight until half-past eleven o'clock, and we have never heani such enthusiastic remarks, on any similar occasion, as were made in the lobby after its close. We consider the question whether the American taste will bear the Italian Opera as now settled. 4'e predict that it will never hereafter dis pense with it. Nothing could have been more judicious and liberal, if they wished that it should obfain a perma nent establishment among us, than the course the mana gers have pursue]. They have brought out at once a large number of first-rate performers, and we may boast that we begin with as good a troupe as London, Paris, or Naples elan furnish. On Saturday the 17th inst. the last day of term, the fol lowing Degrees were conferred in this L'llieereity :-,- HOCTOg IN DIVINITY.—Rey. Joseph White Niblock, St. Edmund Hall. DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW..—Rev. Thomas Leeson Cursham, Vicar of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Lincoln College. _ MASTERS or Asurs.—John Wright, Brasennose College, grand compounder; Rev. Sidney William Cornish, Fellow of Ex. eter College; 'William de Capell Brooke, Bresermoso College; Rev. Stephen Sanderson, Pembroke College. BACHELORS OF AllTS.—John Nelson Palmer, St. JoT College, grand compounder ; Thom a s Iforrl s , .Magdsk II ;ts Thomas Sale, Dem, of 31sgelalen College; Roger Pillthstaw i tt• eier College; William Palmer, St- Mary flail • Win= Luke Nichols, Queen's College; Illishe William Hoo d, Wodhen Col lege; George Arthur Smyth, Edmund 11411; Thomas Riddell, Edmund !fall ; John Parry, Craven Scholar, and Scholar of Bra- Iciness College; Cyrus Morrell, ltrasennoseCollege; John Derby Ness, Lord Crewe's Exhibitioner. Lincoln College; George Wil liam Brooks; Christ Church; Edward Jones, J College; ! Can uis Christi, Collage; Huth - --- ii -av•.!l THE CH, gur. The King has granted to the Rev. John Davison, B.D. late Fellow of Ortel College, Oxford, the place and dignity of Prebendary of Worcester Cathedral, in the room of Dr. Wingtlehl, deceased. On the 9th inst. the Rev. Francis Charles Massingberd, M.A. and late Demy of Magdalen Conc i se, Oxfonl, was in stituted by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, to the United Rec tory cf South Ormsby, with Kctsby, Dtiby, and the Vicarage of Calez:by annexed, on the presentation of Ms uncle, C B. Massingberd, Esq: of Ormsby Hall, Lincoln shire. On Thursday se'nnibht the Rev. Charles Trelawny Collins, M.A. and Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, was instituted by the Lord Bishop of Bath end Wells, to the Rectory of Timebury, void by the death of the Rev. Wm. Brudenell Barter, on the presentation of the Master and Fellows of the said College. The Rev. William Scarborough, B.A. and Chaplain of Christ Church, Oxford, is nominated, by the Dean and Chapter, to the Lectorship and Perpetual Curacy of Market Ilarborough, in the county of Leicester. On Sunday last the lion. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Oxford held an Ordination in All Souls' College Chapel, when the fo:lowing gentlemen were or dained : DEACONS.—Robni Sherson, A.B. St. Mary Hall, Curate of Rothertleld Peppard ; James Temple Mansel, B.A. Student of Christ Church; Robert Hussey, B.A. Student of Christ Church; Honoratus Leigh Thomas B.A. Student of Christ Church ; Thos. Shawe Helder, B.A. Lincoln College, Curate of St. Aldate's; William Legge, B.A. Student of Christ Church ; William Francis Harrison, B.A. Demy of Magdalen College; John William Lockwood, M.A. Student of Christ Church; Henry Gregory, B.A. Christ Church, Curate of Halley; Matthew Hughes Geo. Buckle, B.A. Scholar of Iradharn College ' • Charles Bathurst, If C.L. Student of Christ Church ; James ill aellcy, B.A. Scholar of Worcester College; James Hughes, B.A. Scholar of Jesus College; James Russell Phillott, B.A. Demy of Magdalen Col lege; James Rhoades, B.A. Scholar of Wadhani College; George Powys Stopford, B.A. Fellow of All Souls' College; George Mon ninguan, B.A. Chaplain of Worcester College. Palmyra —James Thompson, B.A. Fellow of Liocolkollege ; Charles Kevem IVilliams, B.A. Scholar of Pembroke College; IVilliam Stone, M.A. Fellow of Brazenness College; William Archibald Home, M.A. Student of Christ Church ; Sidney Wil liam Cornish, B.A. Fellow of Exeter College; Augustus Page Saunders, M.A. Student of Christ Church; George Henry wood, 111. A. Curate of Burford ; Edward Hay, M.A. Student of Christ Church; Thomas Hart Dyke, B.A. Student of Christ Chard) ; Arthur Bennett Meehan?. M.A. Fellow of Corpus Christ College ; Stanley Miller, B.A. Curate of Swalcliffe ; William Scarbrough, B.A. Chaplain of Christ Church; Joseph Smith, M.A. Fellow of Trinity College; Henry Bellenden Bulteel, 31. A Fallow of Exeter College ; James Charles Clatterblick, B.A. Fel low of Exeter College ; Edward George Simcox, M.A. Scholar of Wadliam College; Thomas Hutchins. B.A. Chaplain of Christ Church; Richard Towney, M.A. Fellow of Magdalen College; John Allington, M.A. Probationary Fellow of Magdalen College; Frederick Charles Plumptre, M.A. Fellow of University College. At a General Ordiiaton by the Lord Bishop of Chichester, in the Cathedral Church of Chichester, on IVedneaday the following Geatlemen were admitted into H ply Orders:— Dcac oxs.—llenry John Cooper, B.A. St. John's College. Cam. bridge; Thomas Moore Feskett, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford; Henry John Paulen, S.C.L. Aradham College, Oxford; Richard Grua, B.A. Emanuel College, Cambridge; Thomas Ilomby.B.A. Christ Church, Oxford; David Robertson, B.A. Queen College. Oxford; Edward Browne Erman!, B.A. Balliol College, Oxford (from the Bishop of Norwich.) PRlLlTS.—llcorge Rownel Green, M.A. Ring's College, Cam bridge; Thomas Wheeler Wham. B.A. Corpus Christ College, t'ambricl:re ; Charles Moffatt, M.A. Brasenoze College, Oxford; John Wilder, B.A King's College, Cambridge; henry Haddon Green, B.A. Worcester College, Ox ford; George Price, B.A. St. Alban Hall, Oxford ; George Osborne Townsend. B.A. King's College. Cambridge; (leo. Aug. Frederick Chicheater, B.A. Downing College. Cambridge; William Gunning, S.C.L. Christ College, Cambridge. FALL or VoNT/lILL Anser.—The Evening Paper from which we copied the account of the fall of this fine archi tectural structure added the following particulars on Sa turday:—" The tower hail long been expected to fall, ■nd preparations were going on to remove the valuable windows. Indeed, on the carpenters removing the doors and frames under the arch of the entrance to St. Michael's gallery, part of the stone-work fell in. Mr. Farquhar's plate was buried in the ruins. It would be difficult to ima,gi ne a more com plete ruin. The quadrangle comprising the yellow rooms and brown parlour remains perlect, as wel as the eastern wing." TILE BRITISH .I).] • PROVINCIAL BANKS. S. VORKSHIRL BANKS. [From the Leeds Mender] The panic in the country, like that in London, is rra dtuilly subsi.iing, and we have not had *single bank failure in Yorkshire during the present week. The two first months of the new year will be a period of pressure, aris ing from the return of dishonoured drafts, and. for sevetal months to come, public credit will he oppressed ; but, with a proper share of indulgence towards the suffering, money transactions will soon get into their regular channels; and already the tone of the publi c spirit is improved.' Cousi , derable relief may he affarded from in accession of money. in the retail trade at this season, by the prompt payment of Christmas accounts. We understand that the estates of Mr. Rishworth, of the firm of Mesas. 14 - entwertii and Co., are of the esti mated value of upwards of 50,000 f.. and that Mr. Went worth has one unentailed estate in Nottinghamshire, worth 30,0001. The amount of notes of this bank in circulation is estimated by the firm at from 180,0001. to 200,0001. SOrTHAMPTON BANK. [From the Humpi4it • Telezruplt.l • • IVe are sorry to communicate to the public, that the Bank of Messrs. Kellow and Pritchard did not open on Thursday last, as the advertisement we gave last week led us to believe it would. Bills were posted about the town, stating that in consequence of eunuch:rabic dissatisfaction being evinced at the paying off the one-pound notes before the fives, it had been determined to postpone the opening of the bank for the present, *ppm ttp which was a de claration, signed by three merchan theitowp, of their conviction, ft ens an examination o the apeounti, that the firm was fully able eventually-eNt-paY4ll demainiS• It is generally understood that the &niti' spoken - of in statues the 6111 was felt ( a nd 'very statuesstatues igett eia by the owners of deposits, Mme of whom interfer toprevent tiles:rolled payment. We hope for better news. STAFFORDSHIRE BANKS. , IFrom the Putter., Meretitv.l We regret to inform our realers that , the difficulties at tending the l'slofiey Market in London have extended to various parts of toe country. Several Banks around uc have been obliged to make new arrangements. In our im mediate locality, we lament to state, that the house of Messrs. Sparrow and Nichison, of Newcastle-under-dyne, has closed its payments for the piettent ; but, from the re spectability of the parties. and the general confidence which prevails in their integrity, it is belicveti that the public, will suffer little beyond inconvenience from the cir cumstance. As might be expectod, a severe run occurred on Monday, as soon as this was- known, on the long established Bank of Mears. 'l'. Kianersly and Son, and during the whole of that day the town of Newcastle and its neighbourhood was a scene of confusion and alarm. This tried and solid Louse, however, was fully prepared for the event ; and, although under no obli gation to pay its notes in the country, it honourably paid them, as fast as they were presented, with Bank of Eng land notes, till the applicants became ashamed of their fears, and numbers. of them took their notes home again. We were happy to see the friends of Messrs. Kinneraley exert themselves in that way which was becoming on such an occasion. A run was likeeriadi made on the bank of Messrs. Wood and Co. at Burst brit happily the house was amply prepared to satisfy the emends of the public upon them. -, WELSH' POOL *ANY. A meeting took place on Thursdny, 22d inst., at Welsh Pool, consisting of the residents of that town and neigh bourhood, who being fully aware of the ruinous effects which must be produced if the notes of the above Bank were withdrawn from circulation, and being fully im pressed with the high respectability and great wealth of that firm, expressed their entire confidence in it, and pledged themselves to receive their notes as usual to any amount, ----- - HORRIBLE ACT OF ASSASSINATION, .---wir....". The following particular accocust, of What termed a " heerible anewrinatiosOlki*wd fl lucky Argar of the nth Instant :•zfir The annals of our country do not present an act en hor- 1 rible as that which it is our painful duty to record. About two o'clock on Sunday night last, Col. Solomon P. Sharp I was awakened by a knocking at his door, and, on inquiring 1 who was there, was answered that it was Covington. His wife observed it was not Calittbirs voice, and ad-. vised him not to rise. Ile, howevi.r, got up, and the stranger informed him he had come to town late and could not get a bed at any of the taverns, and soli cited lodging for the night. Colonel Sharp told him he should have a bed, and opened the door. The assassin en tered, and passed with Colonel Sharp by the door of Mrs. Sharp's room. Ile then asked, "are you Col. Sharpe?" The Col. answered in the affirmative. The assassin then said, "my name is John A. Covington." Col. Sharp re plied "I do not know you." The assassin said, " damn you, you shall soon know me," and plunged the fatal wea pon into his body. Mrs. Sharp heard her husband fall and groan, and springing from her bed, alarmed the family. Ile was found lying upon his face near the spot where the blow had been struck, gasping for breath. Same of the nearest citizens were immediately alarmed, and, on enter ing, witnessed a scene which beggars description. Colonel ' Sharp was expiring; his wife, prostrate upon his body, was kissing him, and bathing him with tears : their infant child was crying at missing its parents; and Dr. Sharp, the Colonel's brother, was lying by his side exhausted and overcome by emotion. Mrs. Sharp coon became wild and delirous, in which state she continued several hours. Col. Sharp never spoke, and could not have lived more than ten minutes after receiving the blow. The assassin's dirk or knife penetrated the centre of his body about three inches above the navel. is most truly The murderer escaped at the door by which he had en tered. A bloody neck handkerchief was found near the door, with one corner cut off and two holes through it, evidently made by the tame instrument which gave the fatal wound. Apparently the murderer had wrapped it round his hand and arm, and stabbed through it, for the purpose of avoiding being stained. bribe blood of his vic tim, and, as he passed out, wiped his weapon upon it and threw it down. Never was a more cool and deliberate murder perpe trated. The door at which the murderer applied was not the street-door, but one wh:ch entered near the room where the Colonel slept, and the moat private of the whole house. It is evident that he lutist have known the house and the room where his victim was sleeping ; for, had he knocked at any other door, he would probably have been met by some other person. The gloom which this event has sr read through society is of the deepest east. The murder of a man in his own house, at the dead hour of night, almost in the presence of his wife, and warm from her embraces, with his children sleeping around him, while extending the rites of liespiti: lity to his assassin, is a hlow at all that is sacred in social and civil life. The public feeling is also much heightened by the mystery which shrouds the motive of the murderer. Colonel Sharp's talents, the station which beheld, the time selected for the horrid deed, and the fact that be was net, known to have a personal enemy, cause suspicions to flash across the mind, that the assassin was nut emitted wholly by personal considerations.—May Heaven grant that. in the speedy apprehension of the murderer, all such painful thoughts may be dispelled. The Governor of Kentucky, by authority of the Legis lature, has offered a reward of 3,000 dollars for the appre hension of a man calling himself John A. Covingtou, a tall man dressed in dark clothes, suspected of the.aesassina don of Colonel Salotnon I'. Sharp. An additional reward of 1,000 dollars has been offered by the Trustees of the town of Frankfort, and the sum raised by private subscrip tion, it is supposed, will amount to 1,000 dollars more, making an aggregate of 3,000 dollars. The trade of Bradford yet remains very depressed, and the number os workmen out of employ, we Are sorry to say, is on the increase. Many of our rpinnera deeming it more prudent in the present state oFthings, to diminish th 2 num her of their hands, there must be a great deal of distress amongst our poor, and as it appears that the hands of the Roebuck Inn Committee are quite exhausted, we hope the attention of our readers will be directed to their relief.— Bradford Courier. , 41.. .I 4 LITERARY GLEANINGS. ' The ITALIAN OPERA in the UNII No. LXX. [From the Nes Ynrk Evening Post o . n. Gotnrx Tooret.—FONTENELLS um "If Me THE OPERA. Last ev ening was presented at l ass of th 'fa fact were alwaya ascertained before its cow" for the first time to an - American audience s, se wirer] into, or its nature disputed, much ridicule charming sister of the Drama. 'Fire boo; •Erae b e avoided by the learned." In illustration of this half-past seven, and before eight o'clock, he relates the following whimsical anectlate:— menclng, it wa;quietly and eutitely filled mere. ' r roe. 12 raj a report prevailed, that a child in Silesia, of ladies wasem fashionable, so numerous, ware old, having lost its first teeth, in the new set d , pro bably never witnesses Eno. Of go!el grew up in place of one of the cheek teeth. The restless : I hes s , . 1 professor of medicine in the University of antleration which alwa s p and e ide untried pleasure dwelt on e... roa h of an 5. Te o t; . i became so convinced of the truth of this story, rout e , , the company itself peculiarly i aro rote a history of this tooth, in which he a ffi rmed m observer. 146. " a s partly natural and partly miraculous, and that fo what language shall we speak of an coun seen sent by heaven to that child to console the poor n o v e l i n • this country, but which has so lo mo s . .s ays o ppressed by the Turks. It is no t , ho wever , most elegant and refined among the an huh. Th e as y to conceive what consolation the Chri s tian s could hi gher classes of the old world ? All nan o Inen this tooth, nor what relation it could bear to ge neral idea of the opera from repo r t. moo, t r io give but a faint idea of it.—Until it ia seer great orotius, however, was but one historian of the tooth ; believed that a play can be conducted in r me a l . Oe sore tear that this work appeared, ROLLA %Del ing and yet appear nearly as natural as the ' eri " .3 1 it . Two . , seether history o years afterwards, Is- We were last night surprised, delighted, and ant i. ~,, s, smother lesenea man, wrote in opposition to such were the feelings of all who witnesses] Nem . ; a s respeefing the golden tooth, who failed not to Th e repeated plaudits with which the tl le es i e n , a wry elaborate and scientific reply. Another great unequ i vocal unaffected bl a sts of rapture . LISAVICS, collected all that had been said on the The Opera was entitled It Bashi' ere tl ore. i ter+, „ suit ; deed his own peculiar doctrine. Ere. , Na d oela was wanting to so many fine work., but a suppose brought out tne str e n g th o f t h e o no r w less than six whom we sho u ld eat e this ;he the too:h was really of gold ; a goldsmith at nary comedy, performers of the first e yto , ;.I,i sno t ai l s ] wi afgo to u ez e a p m pl in: d it t , o w th h e o too tU i t 4 co u v . r it r h ed eo t n h s a i t ,k i r t awLs merely Their as actors, and independently of th las . s tyle or manner of acting differs wi the . . Their books w..re first composed on au warned which we have beenoiccustomed. In the rvedS IDI Men the goldsmith consulted." you are struck with the .variety, nevelt, oure „ e a r,„, Ifroortioa.—ln the early period of the French their ekpreesive, characteristic, and unC 114 ice, when the Church of lit. Genevieve, at Paris, Oen. too „ o w e d inmea Pantheon, to be dedicated to the il- The female performers, on the contras 'rice ~ dead, Me remains of /feet:tan were among the to have less action, tbou;h quite as mar Insi. oat were deposited there. They were enclosed in a any we bad ever before seen . There il Iru. i s .., made of boards and plaster, in the form of a style of acting a most remarkable char me mink or coffer, at each end of which were folding- priety ; never violating good taste no own - , apparently capable of being opened. strictest bounds of female decorum. Th its p ee af these nap, was open, and out of it projected norina Garcia, seems to us a being of dor of ;el arm, thi hand grasping a torch, the flame of a" cunning pattern of excelling nature ;" a 'Tread all Derr the monument. On considering the ing us by the melody and tones of her s has l ob cileurnstamvs when this monument was con- propriety and grace of her acting. ,ioa let there is no doubt that the artist intended to re- We arc sorry that we hare no time ..t this philosopher u enlightening the world . frnm the marks on the musical performance and I ba e l ole of his tonih, hut the mere aspect of this ex• welcome strangers. The Opera lasted f . . arm, and this furiously flaming brand, rather tug- half-past eleven o'clock, and we have I pa the i entheematic remarks, on any similar occasi lobes of an attempt to sit warld on . fire. In et, it appears to he an emblem much more proper to in the lobby after its close. \%'e cons pole the memory of Laos riotous, than that of the whether the American taste will hear the rd, :jrs of the " Social Contract," understood as its par. now settled. We predict that it will ne, nto gcs understand it. .. pence with it. Nothing could have be e r ley ri,:a sarcophagus is anaemia . ished by bring adorned with and liberal, if they wished that it should na. qh trunks of trees, halms of wood, and branches with nent establiehment among us, than the c .to WW, iastead of pilasters and other ornaments. The artist gers have pursord. They have brought 01 of (pun to have had in his mind the idea of ,fiereat semprr, number of first-rate performers, and we ni ur- l oud verdure ; hut this is no less impossible to be ex& begin with as good a troupe as London, et- gol expressively in sculpture, than to be insured to the an furnish. as, ?Weems of a writer of the character of J: J. Rousseau. . elv 't N 1 OF OIFC si Tee FISH AND THE Booze—ln the year 1626, a cod ---aem— ivas opened at Cambridge Market, and lo! in its mouth On Saturday the 17th inst. the last day n re. as found a book! Mr. MEAD, in a letter to Sir M. lowing Degrees were conferred in this L'n 1, 1 ; r . tisviect, preserved in the British Museum, gives the DOCTOIS IN DIVINITY—Rey. Joseph II s.:oeing very accurate and very grave account of this Ed mund lila go DOCTOR IN CIVIL I,AW —Rev Thomas i s _ Ire, if not strange accident." Vicar of Mansfield, Nottingh a mshire . Lincoln " Christ's Church College, June 24th, 1626. MASTERS OE AaTs.—John Wright, B eh " Bat I will now tell you of an accident here at Cam. grand compounder; Rev. Sidney William Corn no . ed alie, rare, if not strange, whereof I was, yesterday morn- eter College ; William de Capell Brooke, B It. oan eye-witness myself. A book in &Tinto surto, of Rev. Stephen Sanderson, Pembroke College. k bigger size, found in the maw of a cod-fish, then BACHELORS OF AUTS.—John Nelson P Pt mud in our fish-market in the presence of many. In College, rbo grand compounder ; Thomas 3gorrls, 7 same were two pieces of sail cloth, one, half an ell at si „ moollegela Willi am of p l g al lj er en a li ° , l l l l e l e a : l , 4 11: ii, k lent, of unequal breadth; but in some part very broad ; Nichols, Queen's College; Emote Witii;m to 1. , kosher, about half a yard long, of the breadth of a pod- lege; Goose Arthur Smyth. Edmund flail Edmund lisp ; John Parry, Craves Scholar, ni ice -be ,;. These were found wrapped in the bottom of the cd. sconces College; Cyrus Morrell, Braltennose . c/ twitch; the book above them. o. Ness, Lord toteeee Exhibitioner, L incoln Col "Tim title of the book, being opened, was on the top of ham Brooks , Christ Church ; Edward Jour 1- " The , e--' PREE•RATION TO Tlia CROSSE.: It was tr i C Mortis. Sch 141'01 COVINA Chriati,Coll g, hiaraillilikikimmta which, Itt.i n olta' . ~.. ..- .• ”of some Wank, as sande for sa% -t , j4l e l asyir or title. a the Ile, seemed to be written about the end of King THE Cliu • ncir. o: smot &sty her Vlllp assa . where s, if all be ofin I was aft one author erwards fully confirmed by --min--- The King has granted to the Rev. Jot ge'. late Fellow of Ortel College, Oxford, the 1 " When I first saw it, it seemed almost turned into a o i, fPr . ebendary of Worcester Cathedral, ii I ;die, and consumed; yet, though it were loathsome then ee ingfiehl, deceased. a handle or stand over, yet, finding the table of the two re On the 9th inst. the Rev. Francis Char kits of the Preparation to the Crosse in the middle parts, a- ni so not so slimy, with a tender lifting with my knife, I M.A.M and late Demy of Magdalen College Kai them all, put clean paper between these leaves to pre- stituted by the Lord Bishop of Lincoln, u t , ere them, and since escribed all, being the contents of tory cf South lltinsby, with Ketsby, V 4 nem several chapter. The first was ' A Preparation to kcarage of Calceby annexed, on the pi P the Crosse, and how it most be patiently borne. I took uncle, CB. Massingbercl, Esq: of On us! P medal notice of two other:— shire. 'l. If thou be tempted of the faith of thy parents : On Thursday se'nniblit the Rev. C ' P a, 'wherefore bellevest not thou that which thy forefathers Collins, M.A. and Fellow of Balliol Col 4 lore believed ? instituted by the Lord Bishop of Bath I 11 "`t. If thou be tempted of strange religion, of woe- Rectory of Timebury, void by the death I kipping of saints, pictures or images, or men.' There Brudenell Barter, on the presentation of 'A Letter, which was written t, was another book at the end of rhese, in whose title-leaf Fellows of the said College. o do ant of the confetti was The Rev. William Scarborough, B.A. e u the faithful Followers of Christ's Gospel!.' Christ Church, Oxford, is nominated, t " I saw all with mime own eyes, the fish, the maw, the Chapter, to the Lectorship and Perpetual rough, in the county of Leicester. bo Y pion of sail-cloth, the book, and observed all I have Ilar a On Sunday last the lion. and Right Britten; only I saw not the opening of the fish, which sat many did, being upon the thillevotnan's stall in the Bishop of Oxford held an Ordination ' torket, who first cut off his head, to which the maw was College Chapel, when the foaowing gee : 1 iseging, and seeming much stuffed with somewhat, dained ma searched, and all found as aforesaid. Ile that had i Raa l t: a V i r a l; ar b d t 7J . l es I t em A l l e - ht - n 3 se l l had his nose as near as I yester-morning, would have Christ Church; P Robert Hussey, B.A. Studeni ' ken persuaded there was no imposture here without wit- Honoratus Leigh Thomas B.A. Student of Ch ten. The fish came from Lynn. ] low they fed him Shave Berner, B.A. Lincoln College, Curs s William brags, B.A. Student of Christ Churcl there (kn ow not." tHarrison, B.A. Demy of Magdalen Colleg We have here a remarkable instance of the gross decep- Lockwood, 31. A. Student of Christ Church t . • in ' - • s which, an 'an age of superstition, may be practised B.A. Christ Church, Curate of Bailey; Mat 14art the credulity of minds that on all ordinary subjects Buckle, B.A. Scholar of Wadhani College ; si: suffeiently rigeetive, and upon men who, alien their S C.L. Student of Christ Church ; James Its a of Worcester College; James Hughes, B.A , worldly interests ate concerned, are by no means so easily ' allied. " I sew all with mine own eves," says this honest legs;'ll ja;rnjesamiftlol.l I L F A 'h . i 'Ll t l t o ' lar O ' f l iira c ta ' ::tester of the miralle; '" the fish, the maw, the pieces of Powys Stopford, 11.21. 3 . ' Fe110w of All Souls' Col 11;i-cloth, the bcok, and observed all I have written ;" but ninguan, B.A. Chaplain of Worcester College. wen comes the unlt.Ay exception, "only I saw not the PRIVITS —James Thompson, B.A. Fellow r.e.teo if the fish, which not many did." There were Ch ar les ulil K 4 ivem lyilliams, B.A. Scholar of wise some other little parts of the process, which he Xr . gi a h m aid`lr e 'ef i t.A. l. lt lo u l d r en o t f orN,Trel fi ,I not see, but which lie might have seen, we suspect, N an Cornish, B.A. Fellow of Exeter Collet lel he been let into the secret, viz. the opening and cusp- Saunders, M.A. Student of Christ Church; ( :,:-....; the maw of the cod-fish to pat in the Giro/', and.the wood, M.A. Curate of Burford ; Edward Hs, 1::'ully sewing it up again! . Christ Church ; Thomas Hart Dyke, B.A. Church ; Arthur Bennett Mattoon, M.A. Fell ------- Collrpe ; Stanley Miller, B.A. Curate of I Ynettintoz Eereozoo,—A requisition to Lord Nor- r A be . naYelh,,,wnei.Olirini( Ch apla in of C i t e r n i s , vat,: petb is now in course of signature, requesting him to offer Fellow of Exeter Col lege ; Jame ge ' s Charles r Cle lorrell as a candidate for the representation of the county few of Exeter Conon ; Edward George Simnel of York at the next general election, in the cause of civil Wadliam College; Thomas Hutchins. WA, lid relieimis lib:rty, and in support of the enlightened aye_ Church ; Richard 'fawney, M.A. Fellow of Frederick Allington, M.A. Probationary Fellow of rem of legislation by which the great interests of the caun- trederlck Charles Plumptre, M.A. Fellow of I try are to be upbeld.—Leeds Mercury. At a General Ordinaton by the Lord Bit During the panic Which lately convulsed the commercial in the Cathedral Church of Chichester, t wed.), it is eh *erring of notice that Dot one failure was following Gentlemen were admitted into I.:dared in the chanty of Lincoln. Dcoecors.—flenry John Cooper, B.A. St. J bridge; Thomss Moore FasketEzet The drain upon saving-banks during the late financial Henry John Paulen, S.C.L. Wadham College pens. is a proof of the extent to which absurd alarms ma z Greer, B.A. Emanuel College , Cambridge; T is when once raised. In one town where a private ban Christ Church, Oxford; David Rols•vtson. I lailel, domande to the aniount of thirty thousand pounds Oxford; Edward Browne Everard, B.A. Di teoe immediately made upon the managers of a savings- (from the M 4 19 of Norwich.) hank, though the public faith is pledged that the depositors PRlZlTS.—ucorge Rowneo Green, M.A. n bridge; Thomas Wheeler ()dhow. B.A. Co shall i n no event suffer loss. Cambria:re ; Charles hloffatt, M.A. Brauer HoNrST THIEVES.—One evening last week, as a poor John Wilder, B.A Kines College, Cambric cl , l seinen was returning home to Ileughton Bottoms, Green, l B.A. Worcester ter I;e o o " r eg e e, gti f er i ne ' T G o e e Cs was stopped by six villains, who demanded her money : College, Cambridge: . Geo. George Fredericl 14 Poor creature, trembling for her life, begged they would Downing College. Cambridge; William Gus not rob her, as she had a large family starving at home. College, Cambridge. They remained inexorable, when she was compelled to / lire up six shilling; , which she hail just I tectived for some FAI.L or VoNTIIILL Ansiv.—The E work she had been talOn; to the warehouse. One of the which we copied the account of the fall t ,_ l llailli, however, (less hardened than the rest), returned tectural structure added the following 1 .uet o . l !er r e cces of money, which he, no doubt, considered turday:—" The tower had long been em :3 he thr ee s hilli ngs . Sh e then proceeded homewards, but preparations were going on to remove the La.! tax of far on the road, when she heard the foouteps Indeed, on the carpenters removing the ° e de gone behind her : she immediately ran off; and had under the arch of the entrance to St. Mic ion time to take shelter Io a neighbouring house—the vii- of the atone-work fell in. Mr. Farquhar' P ets ' , tiro; close at her heels. To cut the matter short, in the ruins. It would be, difficult to jut Cs looking afterwards at the coin which one of the party plete ruin. The quadrangle comprising h d given her, she discovered them to be three sovereigns. and brown parlour remains perfec t, as Si —r • otr.° - poolifercurr. wing." LITERARY GLEANINGS. NATAL INTRLLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 24.-.-On Sunday lest his Majesty's ship Tees, Captain Frederick filarryst, arrived from the East India station, having been in service upwards of four years and a halt'. Captain Matryat has latterly b e en ver y ac ti ve ly etriployed In co operation with the army at Rangoon. We learn that when the 'Fees sailed the rainy season had set in ; the advanced part of the a c zy in w g as up st t i o ll j% l p fi ro era me, a r n a d u ti lt a i sparen b t e l i y w eg es tri t t i e le n r t . i , r , , in n s o w fs u l have abated. The Burmese had stockaded themselves within a few noiles. There was no appearance of any pacific overtures tak ing place. Our army was by no means in a desirable condition. The difficulties to the transport of provisions were very great—the south west Written blowing against a strong currant, creating such a heavy sea in the Irrawaddy that It was impossible for loaded beats to proceed, and the land carriage was daily becoming more difficult, from heavy rains and loss of cattle. Donabue and Pam_ lay were held as pacts, but Bassein had been totally evacuated. Some hard fighting had taken place bet.veen the Burmahs. at Bassin, in consequence of some of them having essiated the Eng lish ; the former hail sent a deputation to Rangoon, ter a supply of amts and ammunition. The evacuation of Bassein, it was ex pected, would prolo ng the war . as t h e on l y supp l y of grain which could be obtained at Ummerapoora„ had been thereby cut ofd: The troops belonging to Bundoolah (the Burmah Chief), at Do 'tabus, and of several other Chiefs, were in that direction—mostly at Lamina, where the Bassein and rrrawaddy there form a junc tion.. The disposition of his Majesty's ships, consequent upon the necessary cessation of hostilities, • was as folio ws :—The Aligator and Araehne were at'flangoon, thatched over for the rainy season ; Capt. Alexander was at Prome, Capt. Chada at Rangoon. The Sophie. Capt. Apes, on her return from Rangoon, was (obliged to throw her guns overboard, and being found leaky and unfit for fur ther active service, she was sold to merchants. The crew were to be cohveyed to Trincomalee in the Tamar, to be sent home thence in the Jaggy, which was refitting t here for he r p a s sa g e hom ewar d. The-lamehad sailed for Penang and New South %Vales. Cainnio dare Sir James Brisbane had left Madras in the Boadicea, for Cal nous, in eonseqeence of a very unpleasant alteication which had arisen between Sir Arch. C'ampbell and the Navy, the former hay ing persuaded the Governor-Heneral to pit all the Compse.y's tw val torte under his command. This had been previously attempt ed, and successfully resisted by the - naval officer formerly in com mend. • When the order was issued, Capt. Gordon Bremer wets dispatched to Calcutta to remonstrate; and the Oovernor-General requested to have a pease; al interview with the Commodore upon the subject. A freight of twelve lacks of rupees wee put on board the Boadicea at Madras, to take up to Calcutta. It appears that our able and determined foe, Bundoolah, was for merly a pirate it; the Irrawaddy ; his address and courage were such that he defied the Burmah Government; and his force 'ass in creased to such an extent as to render the river impassable, and cut off the communication with the capital. The Burmah Govern ment, not being able to reduce Won, 'offered him high honours and the command of the army, on condition of his coming over tb them, which tents he accepted. He is described as a very sal-looking old man, with cne eye. Bandooleit had posted himself at Donahue very much against his wishes. Prome was the post which he wished to defend, being a place of immense natural strength ; but the jea lousy of Prince Seirrawaddy, of whose dominious Prome..is the ea push would not allow of such an arrangement. The Tees spoke an American brig from Batavia, the master of which stated that the Javanes e had gained great advantage, over the Dutch, and were ready to give up Java to the English, if they would accept it, adding, "Send out Sir Stamford Rallies and all will be yours." Ills Slajesty's ship Ariadne arrived at St. Helena, from the Cape of Good Hope, on doe Bth Nov. This morning the Shipley transport, Lieut. J. W. a Pritchard, Agent, arrived from South America, whither she took provisions for the squadron, and has returned with Government stores and invalided seainen. She left Valparaiso on the tits September, and Rio on the 4th ult. At the former place his Majesty's ships Cam bridge, Briton, Tarter, and Mersey, were lying; the Tartar ex. pected to sail for England in a few days. At the latter place she left the Wellesley (flag.ship), Diamond, and Jasseur, all well. Rear-Admiral Gage will hoist his peg on Tuesday, in the War spite, 74, Capt. W. F. Carroll, C. B. for the East India command. On Tuesday the Dotterel, 18, Capt. Edwards, sailed for the 'North American station; Wednesday, the Harlequin, 13, Capt. James Scott, for the West Indio station; Thursday, the Convales cent ship DI agiiificent, Lieut. Mundell, for Plymouth (where Com missioner Shortland and family will embark) and Jamaica. On Wednesday, the Master, Capt. Copeland, went out of har bour, fitted fur surveying in the Mediterranean. On Wednesday the Clio, 18, Capt. Strangways, arrived from the , River, with Marine Society boys,. for the West Indies (they were put on board the Magnitiaerit), end she returned thither the next day. On Thursday the Bittern, Lieut. Dwyer, sailed far Plymouth. This flay the Tees, Capt. 31arryat, mailed for Chatham, to be paid off; the Magnificent, put back with foul winds; anal the ltoyarOak (fitted for a Convalescent Ship at Bermuda) went out of harbour, and will sail in a few days with the Governor of that island, and many other officers, going eat passengers. Remain— Glasgow, Tweed, 31aatifF, Royal Oak, Alagniticent, and Drome. defy. In the harbour, Victory, Ganges, Superb, Spartiate, War :pie, Romney, Volage, Heralsl,•SparrOwhitit, Espiegle, Jasper, and Reiter. 15n Monday, the Superb, 711, was paid of ~. and recommissioned by Captain Henry Hill. • Sir Thomas Staines gave a sumptuous farewell dinner tohtie officers (by whom he is sincerely esteemed), at the George Inn, - During the two years this ship was actively employed only five of her crew died, out of an average of 730 men, and not one was sent to the hospital on her arrival from Lisbon.— Oa Thursday the Spartiate was paid off, and recommissioned by Captain Frederick Warren--A patty of Royal Marines, under Captain Robert Hall, embarked this morning on board this ship. The Dryad, Captain the lion. R.. Rodney, Prima, Captain the Hon. W. Waldegrave, and Brisk, Captain C. Hope, are the only ships fitting at Chatham. Commander Leith, of the Pyltulee, is promoted to the rank of Captain.—Lieutenant Alexander Robertson is appointed to the Mermaid (on the Northumberland station), vice Jones; Lieute nant N. C. France. to the Spriefhtly, vice Robertson ; Lieutenant R. Kentish, to the Realities, Lieutenant Delete, to the Java ; Lieutenant P. J. Blake, to be Flag Lieutenant, and John Irving, Esq. to be Secretary to Rear-Admiral Gage. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, Dsc. 23. Wind S.S.W., rain. High water. 54 m. p. 9. Arrived the Alexander. Evans, from 51aranhain ; Montreal, Hall, from Quebec; and Finchett, Williams, from Pernau. The Commerce, —, from St. John's, sailed 10th November. The Sir Howard Douglas, sailed the 15th, for Liverpool. On the 21st, in the Bay of Fundy, spoke the John, Cullen, from St. John's. New Brunswick, for Liverpool. The Royal Edward, Carter, from lUiramichi, sailed 20th No. vember, in company with the Mariner, for the Clyde. On the 7th December, in lat. 43, 22, long. 33, 40, spoke the brig KutusofF, from Cardigan, for Nova Scotia. The Lalla Ilookh, Stewart. from Liverpool, arrived at New South Wales the 2.1 of July. Sailed for Melville Island and Ba taria the 29th. The Prince Recent, —, from Liverpool for Galway, ryas lost 10th inst., near Dingle. Crew sa%ed. The Thomas Pellle, Elliot, front Quebec for Liverpool, is on shore near NVexfonl, and has six feet water in her hold. The Unity (of Teignmouth), from Newfoundland for Water. ford, was towed into Dunmore harbour, having lost her master, mate, and two men, also anchors and cables wAshed off the deck. The Albion, Smithson, from 141tramichi for Ilull, wits aban doned at sea. Crew saved. The Muth', Martin, from St. Pctcrsburgh for Liverpool, has arrived at Kirkwall. _ _ SATCB DAT A DEC. 24. Wind N.W. High water, 31n.g.10.' Arrived the Jackson, How, from Paraiba ; Neptune and Mars, from Quebec; James Cropper, Marshall, from New York; Mar garet, - Porteus, from Quebec; Ganges, !Info's!, from Bombay, sailed 31st of August ; Brazilian, Nichols, from Bahia; Nassau, --, from Charlston ; Amethyst, Hussey, from Virginia; Ha vannali Packet, and Holden Fleece, Evans, from Quebec; Pellhead, Chopp, from Newfoundland; Thomas Ritchie, Ches ney, from Quebec; Harmony, —, from Richelmetoo, sailed lit December; King Geor, ,, r, —, from Cuba; Prince KutusofF, Ilan, from Miramichi - Nancy, Hannah, from Pictou ; Juliana. --, from Quebec; Eclipse, 'lnstable, from Newfoundland; Horner. fil`Lean, from Quebec. in 2V days ; Lalla Rook:), Jones, trom-Alirandehi. The John Cullen, Downing, from St. John's, New Brunswick, has arrived at Limerick. • • The Esther, --, fmm California, for Liverpool, was driven on shore on Dungarvan Bar. FALMOUTH. DEC. 22.—The ;Sandwich packet left at Lisbon the Magnet and Simmer packet; on the Ilth inst. spoke Numa transport, all well ; and nn the 19th, took out the crew of the smack Hutrell, of Salcombe, (Laminated, consisting of the master and four seamen. The Jane. from Liverpool, for Newfoundland, was abandoned _lst ult. In lat 4fi, long 41—crew saved by tl.e May flower, Longniaid, arrived at Lisbon. The /fluffy. Smith, from Ilamburgh, for Rio Janeiro, has commenced discharging her cargo. PonTsmouTu, Drc. 23—Arrirell the Suffolk, Aldereott, from Antwerp, fur India; the Friends, Harding, from Bristol; end the Alert, Burtberg, from Pctersburgh. Sailedlils Majesty's emir Tees,' for Chatham..—Wind S.lY._ _ . Drat, Dec. 2.3.—Arrived the Thames, Rogers, from Quebec. There has been a thick fog in the• Downs until about noon, when, on its clearing away, a ship and three brigs were discovered on the Goodwin Santis; the former not far from the Bunt Head. The boste are gone off, and as the weather is very fine, and the watt: smooth, we have no doubt of their being got into P a fet y . Three p. in.—There moms arc the Fleetwood, Ruck. of London, from Newcastle, for Jamaics: the Homility, Dobson; the Amity, Alderson; and the John. Dove; all of Sunderland.—Wind Rastsoare, DEC. 23.—0 n the fog clearing away soon after noon, a ship and three brigs were observed on shore on the Good. win Sands. Some boats have just COW p. nt.) come ie from them. and report them to be the Fleetwood, Buck, from Shields, for Jamains; John, Dove; Atnity. Alderson; and Humility, NVilson, from Sunderland. The Fleetwood had cut from an anchor and cablz, and.the Amity had thrown part of her coati over board. It the weather continues moderate, it is expected they will all get off nest high water. The William, Ring. bound to flos- LOD, bat come out of dock, and is te.shipping her cargo. The George, Ercks, bound to St. Vincent's, is discharging her e t 1.40 go into dock. GRAVESEND, DEc. 23.—Arrived the British System, Soil Provideitct, Pearson ; and Quccn Obarlntte, —; from it), ln kiA Speculation, Ely. from Boutogne ; Olive, Abbott, from P n nde e flienascbsp. Tiglna, from Vorcurn and Neptune, Knight, f•oro os.ttot.l.—Ssiled the Comet, Lochlan, for Smyrna ;.k:nartaa, Ga.terbrook for Boston ; Dercren, Elliot, for Yucatan ; r,eretbr Jaen, for Trinidad; Clifton, Sniitti. lor Jamaica; Henry a 8 NVatt, for Malta ; Margaret Hall, D'aason, for Demerara Carorm, —, for the West Indies; anti Palmer, Taylor. lamterdam. JEVORD, DEC. 2'.—At throe p. m. 20th inst. the Feivereiga s'e.E . -earkst„ Roberts, fell in with the Unity. late Westedtt (t , "' dig als of distress flying) from St. Jokt's, Newfou n dland, Waterford. The toaster and one man had been washed oreiboard, and ano:her man dashed ter pieces against the caboose. The bi neck, with the compasses, atnd everything cleared offtheileek. baiag imposaible to take the crew out, from the •Inlerce of gale, Captain Roberts succeeded in sending tow lines on board, having steamed to windwerti 'and a-head of her; after being - hours in tow too cable broke, but she was again taken in tow, carried in Reidy to Dunmore Pier. The Navjgator, Logan; ceived uansiderAle damage in the gale of the 14th, by getting athwart hawse the Gibraltar lazaretto, end is come into Hata Pill to repair. CARDIFF. DEst. 22.—The Friends, Edwards, has been got e. the rocks at Barry Island, and brought here to repair. Cargo landed at Barry in a damaged state. HULL, DEC. 22.—The Maria, Nielson, from Horsens, for port, was driven on shore on the Island of Endelow, about 28th Catgo discharging. Daus-slot:Tie, DEc. Il.—The Christina Elizabeth, hlieverts, for Hamburgh, was this day liberated from quarantine. Coax, Dec. 20.—1 n the courts of last night it blew a mendous gate from the S.S.E. which did considerable damage the quays ar,d shipping. A cutter, to the Preventive service, wa. loneked to pieces. The Repute, o 1 Tralee, Is on shore, damaged_ The Portuguese schooner Diligent° has her bottom nearly knocked in. The Jane, of Waterford ; Ceres, of Cork ; treetici. for Pal. swath; Union, for Littiehampeon ; and Glasgow. for Fenner are onjhorc, but without much damage. The Expedition, - Dungarvon, bas her broadsid. nearly stove in. The Dorset's windlass is damaged, and almost all the shipping in , have driven. Some of the quays are washed down. YouotestE. DEc. 21.—The Catherine, of Cardiff, Richard , from this pace to Newport; was driven oh shore yesterday Whiton's Bay, and, if the weather be ninderate, it is expected cargo will be saved, and the vessel got off. The gale on the coast on Monday night 01111 most tremendous. DUKGA RYON, VEC. 20.—A most tremendous gale was ear rienced last night. The Royal Oak, of Plymouth, from Yougi. to this port, was driven on the bar, and lies In a dangerous situ. tion—Crea saved. The Esther, Davis, from the coast of Cali fornia to Liverpool, was stranded on the bar this morning; the master and three of the crew were previously swept or. rboard. TACI7XBI ON. 11EAR WEXFORD, DEC. 2l.—The Thorned' Peele, of Workington ' Elliot, front Quebec to Liverpool, was driven on shore on this bar during a heavy gale, but it is euperte6, will be got oil: ST. Unes, DEc. I.—On the 26th ult. passed through here Cat Cain. the mate, and two eran.en, of the Charlotte Hope, sal foundered off this coast the 22d, on bet voyage from Seville, London, and the Captain and crew, with much difficulty, landed next day. The Thomas Peite, Ellis, from Quebec to Liverpool, was driven on shore near the Saltees o 9 Tuesday momlug, but expected be rot off. The Mercury, Devereux, which arrived at Cork from Gotten. , burgh, for Boston, is leaky, and has lost bulwarks, staunchions, &c. • she experienced tremendous gales, and her s t er n f r am e is shook. A survey has been held on her, and it is deemed ccassyy that her cargo %hall be landed for the examination of hull, and to repair damages. LIVERPOOL COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCJ LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY., Pre. 24. The demand for British Plantation Sugar this week has been very limited, and only 350 lids. sold at steady prices ; nothing done hr East India, Foreign Sugar, or Molasses. In Coffee the business• - has been only a few small parcels to the grocers at former prices...— In Cocoa, Ginger, Pimento, or Rum, nothing done. Other - duce has been extremely dull, and no sales of consequence. t hundred barrels Canada Pot Ashes said at ::93. to 295. &1., with , barrels States Pot and Pearl at 221. In Dyewoods, 50 tons Cart peachy LOgwood sold chiefly at 8!., 10 tons Honduras at 7!., and 10 tons of Cuba at 101. per ton. In Tar there have been sold 100 barrel', Caroline at 17s. 6d., 50 barrels Stockholm at 10s. 6d., and barrels of Turpentine at 9s. 9d. In Rice or Hides nothing ported to Late been done. Querc . tron Bark is without ine,ait Brimstone is lower. 70 tons Sicily sold at 71. 75. to 71. 133. end tons to arrive at 71. per ton. In Madder Roots nothing Crone in Turkt3 but a small parcels of French sold at 421, and 75 bales Datela at former prices. In Olive Oils the rases are only (tons Oallipol/ at all. to 42!., and mailer parcels at 43/., with some few cask.. Messina at 40!. Paint Oil is giving way ; 80 tons have been % posed of at 251. 51. toll/. 10s. Saltpetre is steady ; 50 begs at 275. Indigo remains unsaleable. One seron of Black Cuchi neal sold at 19s. Oil. In Galls, Safflower, or Valonia, done. The Tobacco Market continues dull, and the salei are only few hogsheads to the trade. In Nutria, Chinchilli, Skins, Horse Hair, nothing done. In Oak Bark 25 tons German has be, sold at 11/. per ten ; but in Cork-tree Bark nothing done. The Grate_ Market lower; and Flour and Whom• in bond quite unsaleable. A. triall parcel of Sicilian Flax Seed sold at 411. per quarter. In Clever Seed nothing done The der. and for Cotton this week has improved by all classes buyers. Brszils, Egyptian, and the better qualitics of Amerii have declined a little in price, say from id. to Ad.; but other scriptions have supported previous rates. The sales consist 4,950 bags of Upland Georgia at Gitl. to 9/d., 1,060 Alabama Mobile at 6/d. to op., 30 Sea Islands at 2s. to 2s. 41., Z 0 Stained ditto at 10d. to 12/d., 780 New Orleans at Bd. to 11 id., 1,290 ' nambuco at Ilid. to 121 d., 750 Bahia at 100. and 1 I tl., 1,440. ranham at 103 d. to 11d., 110 Denicrara and Berhice at Incl• 12d., 10 Carthagena at 70., 40 Bengali at W., 730 Egy mu. 9Ad. to boo., 310 Surats at 50. to 7;d.,—making a total of about 11,510 bale., in which arc included 1,000 begs Brazil for export and 2,000 American and 1,000 Brazil for speculation. IMPORTED INTO LIVERPOOL, FRO,t 17Th TO 2$D DEt xxcLusrwr. Sugar, B. P. . 175 hogi. I Pinterto - . 63 bag• Ditto - . 1 tierce Flaxseed . 260 Mull. Ditto . . 4 barrels Quercifron - 228 lihda. Coffee . 61 tierces Hides 143 roaAot Ditto . 17 barrels Ditto . 1536do.satted Molasses . 141 punclts. '‘Vine - 301 pipes Rum - 169 ditto Ditto . . 66 hhils. Ditto - 41 hbds. Brandy - - 6 Pipes Ashes . . 4367 barrels Olive Oil - 139 cast Fustic - 143 tons Cottms. Logwood . 9 ditto East India . 2024 bags, Nicaragua wood 124 ditto %Vest India - . 40 Brimstone . st;a tons Egyptian 617 'turpentine - 1109 barrels American - 1442 Tobacco - 367 hhds Brazils . 1295 Rice . 17 bags Europe . 561 num= 670 bags Indigo - . 166 serous 601 W 51addcr - 264 casks NEETIATS OF CREDIMRS. AT TIM r01:11r Or COMMIISIOWERS OT iumcittil - . DASINCIIIALLATACET. T04.10E120W. THIRD MEETINGS. Dutton, S. Oatlane, Cheapsitte, warehouseman Lintott, W. Lealenhall.market, butcher - Pert,' Is, It. Egbam, Surrey, carpenter Pater, ..I. Cheltenham, grocer sicown MEPTIXO3. Alderson, C. Lawrence Pouncncy.hip.rlace, Ecu7-tartJe kibbbs, R. Dulie's-row, Pimlico, brewer !MST IfEETINos. Baker, S. Wood-street, Cheapenle, victualler Barlow, S. and S. jun. Qld Bread-greet, merchants Crook, J. C. Wathog-street. cotton-yarn manufneturev Dyer, J. and Swaytie, J. Gravel-lane, lioundsditch, Wool. staplers Edmeals. R. Atkins T. and Tyrrell, G. Maidstone, b a nk ete Garlick, T. Mit:Mit:stet, undertaker PasAman, J. ring's Arms-yard, Coirtnan-street, warehouser Bobine, F. Regent-street, Piccadilly, jeweller Shaw, J. E. 0 wynn's-buildlngs, City-mud, me:A:anger A lamentable occurrence took place on Saturday, Shiplake, near Reading. At the house of Lewis Simeon. Esq. sporting party of gentlemen were on a visit enjoying held sports. when the conviviality of the company met a sudden check byth following accidents—Captain At etfwin and a gentleman of t .. name of llartington were beatinga turnip fcld for gamy, w :. hare got up, and Captain Illethwinilisharged his gun, the contents' of which entered the head of Mr. Dartingtsn, who was covered b... twcm two hedges. The wouthled gentlemen fell, and he was veyed back to Shiplake with no hopes of recovery. The unprecedented frequency bf fires in Glasgow, durir.--, the last few weeks, has .attracted the observation, exci , a the feelings, and involved the safety and interest' bf community ; it is therefore with much satisfaction .. have learned that the Sheriff of the county hat nitoptes: such measures as will had top complete expiscation of true cause and origin of every fire which may take place aril we undrratancl it to be his Aletermination to carry .,. eftlict a strict scrutiny in every case of the without som e tion,-01 1V gn:c COL tier. . 4 .., -.. •:4 . my. km . _ ,: kirk ; Wee ; fight, nista. . 'Miss, • ' ' and ram ; r, fur :reign , (tww ... I, for • turd, i hin- t. It ' I die cud, ten and , re_ .! mting !skis et oe' nded r this 1 ult. . 6 1 4 Farts, 1 tre- re to • was ige 4 - o '. shod Fel- :wee, • • I, 01 bark . port lard'', ay he ' - • I the Coast rape- /01111 itua- Dili- . ; the nr.ildr t Wall ezttat :apt. rlitch I, for • ride! ,i. I • rive* it, xi to r Pt ten , ions, tame il CI- F her r e E. 24. , been done .. line- :es.-- r pro • Ona dr 14 . Dm- Lid 10 arra", 1100 ip, re- ...litry. Id tii) Arkey )qtr!A p01.'.. 'Ls of n dis- I. S ' 1 to;tl.' ~,;,v *echi- thirg flTy a , is, or 'beer& i - Grain. le. A. ;Inver gee at della. er de.; ' at or' n anti tained. IPer- ) Ma- ,.l. to• ;ion at about sport: , s •LC . :•fi# ge I. ill. ids. wave? Patted . •'.. : pea !di. Pro As, gs' • . .. ' 4 . • I - . , ... 41 . . • it, . i !'l w • - IC' ' - IL' - IQ' . - I:! • - Ig r - it • - IN ... •I l- :e . - 10 , ' le , - 12er re li".. - II flan 1- - If - Ilf 7, efti• ~ rports. • by the- i . or the • !hew is. • merits' • eel lie.: s . .f.oa- Urir... ; ., 4cittd, f the. on we `opted of the' dace -.. y- into. • APlek-ir t • 1 A ......._ wail