The Sun. — London, England, 1837-09-23 00:00:00

. . ..... .... „,„) II t, y i ,,,,, . :_,....,,:,, , :, „ ,;,.::::„...,,,,..„.,1L \----k---/ t i n it-x---i----- f - v. THE Hi:ARD OF .'')): '''.. . :;N("1 \ •-. - ..,-. 4i.,..!4‘fr- A. :::: _., , , . 4.;:. , ::::„± "7 ..____.,. ‘.,p,,--, . ..., ,„ A few years before the dreadful iilLifirri' 1 dike .• 4 'k ,‘ :;. , ,l t •,- -- 17 4, 0 -,,_ 1 1 111111 —. )`* - • --,.-.,•• ~. ~...„---- (~,,,„ . -e-_,„ = „ 4 .----- -- .- g i-- _,) , 7 ~t. r -. negroes at St. Domingo that beaus 4- . elrell c911311y. •-• .: -.., i, , 1 'Pli was at the height of its ~o-randeur an A I N: .::,,).: t ..... (7, - „,,,'54. 11) -, 44. 4 ' ~, 53 ' 1 7 fe 43.11 _ ..i :y 3.4 ;; 0 -.....;•:- .07 '''' .... .... ,^7., ,•••:, ~..". -13 • ___ , , •I - , . 8 . , c6'7 - ‘ ' 7 4, i ..14,. -," ( % . ▪ ` -' 1 44 *, L i ,.. i,,,,, . ,h..... i . its cultivation and industry had been t . 411 a - i ' 1 , to ~.„.• ...-- ,„ „,' ./1 . • -4 - ' -7 , rai , "'-5,.$ to 1 % I A ' !4Nw..iiiikniiiyo- , - ill 'lllB w A \ tlfik- -.? - 4 , """l'''' ge . * ri: '" ' 0 ‘' ~,, CONTRACT FOR CLEA BISCUIT BAGS. DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR VICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT SER VICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, San. 19, 1837. HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING 1 1 the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the o UN ITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, ? hereby give n o ti ce , t h at on THURSDAY, the 28th inst., at One clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing te Centraet for T he CLEANSING BISCUIT BAGS. Bags to be taken by the Contractor from Her Alajesty's Vie tuning Yard at Deptford, and to be returned by him into Store at the said Yard when clean:ed. The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at the said Office. No Tend er w ill be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,t. nor any no ti ce d unless the party attends, or an A gent f or min duly authorised in writing. Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi ralty, and bear in the left hand corner the worsts " Tender for Cleansing Biscuit Bags," and must also be delivered at Somer set-Plage, aesompanied by a Letter signed by a responsible Person, engaging to bec ome b oun d w i t h t h e P erson ten d ering , i n t h e sum of 5 01. for the due performance of the Contract. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1837. No. 14,050. PRICE sd. In 3 vols., post svo., TROLLOPE'S NEW NOVEL, " THE VICAR OF WREXHILL," With Numerous Illustrations by Hervieu, IS NOW READY. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. LIABILITIES OF THE HUSBAND FOR WIFE'S DEBTS. MECHANISM of WAVES in RELATION to STEAM-VESSELS in SHALLOW WATER. /VIRS. FOR SALE BY AUCTION, By MR. SAMUEL LOVE, At the By Hall, George Tavern, Aldermanbury, on Tunas- I 'mr, Sept. 28, 1837, at Ten for Eleven o'clock precisely, on account of the Creditors of Mr. JOHN LAVENDER, late of T ooley-street, and a considerable quantity of Goods on account of the Manufacturer s , consisting of SUPERFINE and other CLOTHS, Kerseys, Plains, Cassimeres, Buckskins, Hair Shags, a quantity of tie -11 P Clothes, and a variety of other Goods. 'ay be viewed' on Tuesday, 26th, and Wednesday, 27th inst., Ind Catalogues had at the Pl a c e of Sale, and if the Auctioneer, Loy 19, Basinghall-street. GERMAN WINES. THOMAS and EDWARD WHITE, of No. 17, Mark-lane, continue to receive from their friends in er !nanY, SPARKLING HOCK an d MOSELLE, of the fine T r ial it, and they deliver those new and Elegant Wines, in any part Lon y don, at 665. per dosen, NET CASH. T. and E. also u P 6 rt 'various flnequalities of the STILL Rhine and Moselle Wines. :hark —The trade supplied as before. THE LONDON MERCURY will be this eon, week incorporated w ith th e LONDON DISPATCH, and de "eted by Dr. BEAUMONT, with able assistants in every E! . rtment. The LONDON DISP ATC H an d MERCURY i s now eon seientiousl recommended as the most able and influential of the Whole Weekly Press -22 Cat herinc.street, Strand. Price only 31/2d. SOUTHEY'S COWPER'S WORKS COMPLETE. ' 4 Fifteen Volumes, foolscap Bvo., with superb Illustrations, and beautifully printed by Whittingham, price ss. each volume, I,l:tund in sloth ext ra , THE LIFE AND COMPLETE WORKS lo i„, of COWPER, i n cluding his TRANSLATIONS, and the " nOLE of his CORRESPONDENCE. 11ROBERT SOUTHEY, Esq., LL.D., Poet Laureate. The genera l est i mat i on i n w hi c h thi s eition is held by the of is the be s t p roo f o f th e a tt en ti on p a id to every department the work. London : Baldwin and Cradock, Paternoster-row. • LINGARD'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND IN FIVE SHILLING VOLUMES. Just ready for publication, Vol. IV., Illustrated with a fine En graving by Goodall, of Richard the Second's entrance into York, Acloth extra. i_ HISTORY OF ENGLAND, from the FIRST INVASION of the ROMANS. By JOHN LINGARD, D.D. tr. , Fourth Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. c o This beautiful Edition, of the size and form of Southey's ty i // Per, and other works of that popular class, will be completed in 31. % moder a t e compass of Thirteen Volumes, and sold for only „_?' It has undergone a thorough revision by the Author ; and Vlter at least equal to an additional volume is given. In the First b °4lll e is a fine Portrait of the Author, from an original painting, Qui:lnel Lover, Esq., engraved by Stocks. The other Engra ings are i n t h e fi rst sty l e of exce ll ence b y G oo d a ll, a ft er D raw i n gs I,,Harvey, i nto a ll o f w hi c h h e h as i ntro d uce d ac t ua l sc e n ery. ;the following is an extract from the Author's Preface to this lla' and standard stork At the commencement of my lzbours, I did not hesitate to im— tr °n myself a severe obligation, from which lam not conscious "a'fing on any occasion materially swerved—to take nothing upon to confine my researches, in the first instance, to original ro ° _, , e tnents and the more ancient writers, and only to consult the ,: s e_ero hist or i ans w h en I h a d sa ti s fi e d my own judgment and com p': 'I my own n ar r a ti v e. My object was to preserve myself from — Ding the mistakes of others, to keep my mind unbiassed by their °Pini ons and prejudices, and to present to the reader from authentic '2urees a full and correct relation of events. These restrictions " t eold indeed add to the toil of the writer ; but they promised to a e'P the features of accuracy and novelty on his work. How far I kve succeeded must be for the public to determine ; but this, I def trust, will be admitted, that whatever may be in other respects the • et , of this history, it may fairly claim the merit of research and "ginality." London : Baldwin and Cradock - , Paternoster-row. CHEAP CLOTHING. SWAIN and CO., CLOTHIERS, TAILORS, and DRAPERS, 92, and 93, Fleet-street, Be g tu, inform the Public, that (manufacturing their owl Woollen Goods) they are enabled to make A 4 . SUIT of SAXONY 'CLOTH CLOTHES for X 4 10s. the every- other article proportionably Cheap, which has rendered n e t* at once the envy of surrounding Tailors, and the admiration of '4e T own. " Lord Chamberlain's Ofiee. " Messrs. SWAIN and Co. are informed that a report has bees for warded l to his Majesty from this Department, describing the very Xndso me State Dresses that they hare made for the High Sheriff 'London ; and which arc so highly creditable to their good e." MISS LANDON'S NEW NOVEL. On the 27th inst., in 3 vols. post Bvo. ETHEL CHURCHILL; Or, THE TWO BRIDES. A STORY of tke REIGN of GEORGE 11. By L. E. L., Autlsom's of the " Improvisatrice," ice. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 11Iarlborough-street. *.* Orders received by all Booksellers. At the Court at Windsor, the 20th day of September, 1837, present the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council : It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council that the Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor of that part of the United Kingdom called Great Britain, do issue writs for further pro roguing the Parliament, from Monday, the 2d day of October next, to Wednesday, the 15th day of November uext. 30, STRAND. S HA K,S P E A RI A N A.—MACBETH. LUMINOUS INCANTATION. 111? " 111 —Now in the caldron items throw, „ Combined, that shall effulgent grow; “ „01 1.—Like light from non shade unfurl'd w To splendidly illume the world ; ~I TSlL—Rellecting, as a mirror true, Whatever Art or Nature drew. 4T H Wrrcc—Now rising from the caldron, lo! Of aerial forms a mighty flow! CHORUS OP WITCHES. Hail ! spirits, who with pow'rs sublime, _Appear to spread o'er every clime, Th• worth, superlatively grand, This a. . o . f Warren's Blacking, 30. Strand. WA RRN Y-sluning and Brilliant Blacking prepared by ROBER T' .;I(ingdom 30, Strand, London ; and sold in every Town in ke United "'"ittid • • w.... , „ 111 Bottles, and Puts Blacking, in Pots, at lid., 12d., and Pd. each. C ol ' u e Particular to inquire for Warren's, 30, Strand ; all others are nterfeit. cured without Inward Li co Medicine. for th n lequence of the beneficial effects of ROCHE'S EMBROCATION 41. u e sure of that distressing complaint, the HOOPING COUGH, him Ztl e stril Letters Patent were granted to J. ROCHE, to secure to M.,;' valuable composition. fir s t - Y . thousands of children are cured annually by this remedy; . on the vow atta c k pi s ,an immediate application of the EMBROCATION will pre. seta: complaint taking any hold of the constitution, and a few ti i m r es etri: a . tePletely cure. In most cases, one bottle will produce thede,ed t requir."d no remedy can be so well calculated for children as this, for i „, en medicine to betaken inwardly. J case tan this medicine be genuine unless signed on the wrapper, • -. °Q -I E.- Price 4s . and 11 2s. per Bottle. hanB°'(l b Y Edwards 67, St. Paul's Church-yard ; Stradling, Royal Eic ah,, ,Fe Oate s uy all r ; 50, and Chandler, 70, Oxford - street ; espectable Dealers in Sanger,'Medicines. SIGHT RESTORED, NERVOUS HEAD v,-, A CHE CURED, and CHOLERA PREVENTED. th"yrE the PATRONAGE of his late MAJESTY, and the LORDS of its ir,„EASURY. Dr. ABERNE'I HY used_ANDREWS says bIach'LBACEOUS QUALITY REV: T I ES the coats of the Sto bacio,2II:RENGTHENS the NERVE f RENOVA TES HEAD, caused by the te. Lio c Cs a Ynipathy of the membrane of the nose with the nervous system. tistsors of eminence, and Oculists, recommend its universal adoption. -11e.,,Gf T e stimonials of Cataract, Gutta Serena, Ophthalmia, and Nervous 1 GliTZ!"11 cured, with Addresses, given Gratis r by h Itiventor, W. l'atronagle? wi t th the atmve Royal NE, whose signature is on each caniste , Arra. (I A FEW CASES OF SIGHT RESTORED. w i liss 571P r P y Y r i e N a o d . „3 36 , ,Nelson-square,lllackfi iars-road, cured of Ophthalmia. Market-place Winslow, Bucks, cured ß of Ophthalmia. to P e sses to her cure, Mr. John koades, father, and R. Walker, Esq., a aAlstrate ar li r• A. iPlnt e ' aged ' N 0.3, Gutta 8 " Ili r y..is teZeFlaq.., Marine Library, Ramsgate, u Kent; cured of Cataract. 4 tre et * 1311 rberm. ; cured while at Jamaica of G tta Serena, No. 37, Mary_ sir' Park, I ondon. si r. „: S aunderson, N. 10, Harper-street t c a u ra md ct.. f t,pbth_ll. rluckwell, Tottenham-house. Tottenham, ed e A u li r d e d d le o s t e C x a , 5 1 41 . 1nia. ,s),yd.t. Englefield, Park-street, Windsor: cured of Nervous Head-ache. ' u iro.... me l• Lespis, facing the Church, Park-street, Windsor; cured of Ge o ,' °.! Sight and Head-ache. 4 ess 0 ..5. e . smith, Esq., 6, York-place, Kentish-town; Weakness and Dim_ n _lllp,„ ontht removed by its use. stArnsorlUs Blackburn, Eaq., Chertsey, Surrey; Head-ache, Weakness and 14 1 ,,Eas of Sight cured. ofth:o,erous original Testimonials from Medical Gentlemen and Families -.lirst respectability, proving the aboi e, may be seen At 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury, i' Il And 24, King-street, Long-Acre, London. inky 14 odoriferous Snuff is sold in canisters at ls. 3d., 2a. 4d., 45. 4d., Bs. withri: tkl. each. Look to signature of the Inventor on each canister, above Royal Patronage. TESTIMONIALS. V 4 14 .2 11 ° ,1 of the Editor of the Albion 12th Sept., 185 :—" We have sil,,,_''s sed that Grimstene's Eye Snuff has justly excited t; such notice in Lobe, Censul, 1 8 4 . el ,„erY quarter of the globe, as t a induce Don 4 % 4 c ' , orc. • and exclusive dealer in drugs and chemical Products at the tir: k h, in the Isle of Cuba, to so icit the sole agency in that i qua m ' rt ed er i , u t m o ° ,,t1), - "„e has been appointed by Mr. Grimstone, through ~, ,9 t,,,i , - -, fedro Ortiz de Zugasti, 12, Artillery-place, Finsbury:th e e Spanish witi• general to the Court of Great Britain Attested, Ti;;7as &c., before two kroliosving is a copy of lion G. Lobe's letter s __Si r *„..W. Grimstone, London. Havannah, 28th April 18.35. , s 'ale k r, rtly house CI Lobe, doing business exclusively in drugs and . che. •kot kirOLucts in ' the Island of Cuba, and this part of America, it will alga'the vi- . ls e You to hear, that I have known of your excellent Eye Snu 44 t , `"ght, and removal of pains in the head, &c. &e , for some time, I should ha procured it by means of my corresponden in 1 11 lops News. Pint. and Co., 36, Crutched-friars. It has proved such 44 cl th e aa ing and certain remedy, that it has given universal satisfaction; sand I have for it, with its undoubted efficacy, called_ m my Zpi'hens, ,:_ 1 , 1 ! !ts practical effect. Ido consider it to the interest,ottofr ac.y ;,,,,..00.iicit the sole agency for the Isle of Cuba ; notdoubt g y is c a ,, e i py terms, as 1 shall always send the cash with my Orders, as in ~ ,1 5 , have enclosed you a bill five days' sight, on Char'es Buttar, pi %intel-court, Throgmorton street, London, for . which you . N . V . i l e l 44 .4 I° ' - oci 500 cases of our celebrated Eye Snuff. It will turther oblige u will have some of your testimonials translated into Spanish. Sir, I am your's faithfully}, DON G. L OBE, Caballero de la Orden del Leon, Consul General de S. M. el Rey de los P a i s e s Bajos en la Isla do Cuba, Agente de la Seciedad de Commercio Nederlands, Chihandel, ,op v . Moatschappy &c. L.. * *---, 1 . - a ° v : n a L b ETTER sent to MR. GRIMSTONE, July fth. 1635. IT. re eet ,_ if een afflicted yith bad Ees for along time, a friend wile to oav e kit;stl&evelecofint from using your EyeSn 4 l recommended it to me ; 41 vzdray ,Sir s has f . two of your; . 'canisters, and am happy th_ , and lt . much . improved ; the wee . kness known n d 1 ,Publi e s is my wish that you make this kno * '°• a place y Copy 1 1. —ace Kentish Town. Ally 9th, 1835? 3,..: 4 i 5.„,,,,!. a LETER sent to MR. GRIMSTONE, June 24th, 1835. ..., i4 ft ...ving received very great benefit from the use of your E y e ,h_ , 1 talce this o E 0R G f dotri:ntShnilsgisTeld c . si e i - o are his .PPortunity to thank you and to assure all those :MP gad ~. ed with head ache dimness orweakness of sight„thatthe, m y 'NC; lins a ple as ; - ' , - rs '4 " a VPart anrgeheshaP, and effectual remedy for all diseases i uman frame, the Eye. 'llex eta "s" lr nain, Sir, yours truly, DECIMUS BLACKBURN. Ai's , libor a i all u ci r w reY, June 24th, 1835. Ulei,,de„..l,„alade shorans' to .all Venders of GRI NISTONE'S EYE SNUFF. ""` s 1.11. F an l 'l,.., rb lean London. Letters must be post paid. Genuine ‘ .4 . 1 1.5 as imported. Just published, price 3s. 6d. bound. MEMORIETTA ITALIANA ; or, Familiar Conversation, Italian and French, for the Use of Young Ladies, with a Vocabulary in Italian, French, and English. By MARIA EMILIA A. CASSELL A, of Florence. J. Souter, School Library, 131, Fleet-street. MRS. S. C. HALL'S NEW NOVEL. Now ready, in 3 vols. post Bvo., UNCLE HOR ACE. By the Authoress of " Sketches of Irish Character," " The Buccaneer," &s. " Mrs. Hall's new and delightful novel, bearing the title of Uncle Horace,' more than sustains the high reputation of its po pular writer. Its bachelor hero, Uncle Horace,' is a capital and. original sketch—more truly ad emphatically English than any character of the kind we are acquainted with. This delightful work deserves to attain a popularity not surpassed by that of any female writer of the day."—Globe. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT GARI Here was a moderate supply tc was steady at the following prices s. d. to s. Potatoes (cwt.) 3 0 5 0 Ca. , baves White (12) 0 8 1 2 Ditto Red 3 0 4 0 Horse nadish(bundle) 1 6 3 0 Celery 0 9 1 4 Carrots (112 bunches) 3 0 5 0 Turnips 2 0 3 01 Onions 1 • 2 01 , EN MARKET. this day's market andithe trade a. d. to s. d. Sweet Oranges '100), 10 0 14 0 Seville Oranges .... 14 0 16 0 Leman' 8 0 12 0 On ons (tor pickling): 2 3 6 Walnuts O l6 0 1 0 Cucumbers. 2 0 2 6 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 2 0 2 6 French ditto ...... Spanish Hazlenuts French Walnuts 2 0 3 0 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 3 0 For. Grapes (per 10.) 0 0 0 0 English, Forced Pine Apples Ob.) i 0 2 0 Meltris (each) Peaches (dozen) Nectarines 3 6 0 C , Mulberries 0 6 0 3 Spinach (half-sneve) Broad Beans Apples Pears Currants French Beans Green Pease Common Plums Orleans Plums Green Gages 0 4 0 I fl 1 1 6 3 2 0 i 3 0 3 Y 9 1 3 0 4 20 2 6 50 7 0 40 6 0 aIAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trassea.) CUMBER) AND. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay.... £4 5 to £4 IS New Meadow tlay ••• 4 5 1 6 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 5 5 5 le Clover Hay Oat straw £2 4to £2 6 1 Wheat Straw 2 8 2 II SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay 14 5 to £4 IS New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 5 • 5 C Fine Upland Meadow and Rye grass Hay Clover Hay (extra fine .:6 111 Generally Oat Straw £2 sf• £2 8 i Wheat Straw 2 5 2 10 WHITECHAPEL. C3arae Meadow Hay ..£4 9 t• .£4 1 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto 4 10 4 I;) Fine Upland Meadow and It ye.grass Hay Cluver Flay S 0 0 15 Old Straw .i.2 4to .£2 61 Wheat Straw .... ...... 8 8 'I 8 PRICE OF BREAD. The higlsest price of Bread is the Metropolis is Pd. for the 41b. Loaf, ElJod Bread may be had at aid. PRICE OF 5: ,EDS.--Sept. 22. Per (uarter. _ . Per Cwt. New English Red Cloversos. GCs. ;As St. Foin "Ss. 38s 47r , OW Ditto Ditto New Foreign Ditto sos. 60s, 655. Old Ditto Ditto —s. —s. — 5 . New White Clover sss. 60s. 70s. 014 Ditto Ditto s• —5 —s• Nest Trefoil . 14s. 18s. 225. Old Ditto —s. 12s. 16s. i'refolium 16s Ns 225. lenglish Carraway —s. 435. 475. Foreign Ditto —s. 595. 52s Coriander —s 14.5. lfis Rapeseed, Engi...l: sine :per Las Ryo Grass 235. 355. 45t. leacey Grass —s 40s. 455. Linseed, for feeding 43a. 506 —s Ditto, for sowing —s. 525. 5G,. Ditto, for crushing -3 425. 46 Canary 13s 4 0 .. 53e. Hemp 46a. 51is Per Bushel White Mustard Bs:td. ?03. N. Brown Ditto lO3. Pd. 1:2; 04. 'fares 4: 6d. Si. ed. A) 371.391. Foreign 361. 381 PRICES OF Farnham Pockets (per cwt.) , East Kent Pockets UPS —Sept. 42. 0! Os. al Oa. to 0/. Os. Os. 41. 10 to 61 6a. 0%. 0.. 4i 2.. to 5/ 15, 01. Oa. U. 18s. to fl. 0/. CI U. 31. 10f. to 5 . ss. Ditto Bags Mid Kent Pockets Ditto Bags Sussex . 0/. V; Si t• s• (1. Oe. 12s t• V. 154; sated aOt is Lt o; o r. Vs. to '2 It) . PRICES OF POTATOES Yearlings Old Olds Old Duty estim AT SPITA LFIELDS 4s. 6d. to 53. I'd. per cwt. P.s. W. to 3s. Od. Os Od. to Is. 6d. OF LEATHER Ware Middling Chats p Et ICES Per lb. d. to d. Crop Hides, 30 to 401 b. each 11 13 ----- ----11 l 50 50 60 l4 17 Bull Hides Butts, Vitriol --- English l4 22 -- foreign Foreign Hides li 12 Dressing Hides --------- Shaved .••• i 2 16 Best Saddlers Hides Horse Hides, English • If rounded 2ii .t. 4 Per 11. a. t• 41. Horse Hides, German l2 2'2 Spanish Call'Skins, 30 to 401 b. (des) )•14 20 -- 40 SIP •16 22 -- 50 60 •111 22 70 10 •l4 21 Seal Skins, large ll 15 small 9O 21 2 16 7 12 6 7 12 I Kips Basils llies Shoulders :o 4d per lb more I'ILICE OF CANDLES. The priest of good St.te Candles ix the Retail Skejss is as follows : Candles. per dozen, 7s. SA. ; inferior, Gs. Gl—Moulds, 9►. ed. Sixpence per dozen discount for ca,ls. PRICE OF OIL Rape Oil, brown, per ton, 313 No.—Refined, 38 IN.—Linseed Oil, 291. I Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, (iooo', 11/. Oe —Rape Cake, per ton, 6 0.. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters) 2s. ed PRICE OF TALLOW Town Tallow 4sa. 6(1. Yellow Russia White —s. Od. Soap Ditto —s. NI. Melting Stuff Ditto Rough °.'s. Od. COAL MAR I. Per Tau ', SOAP, Ste per I Mb. Yellow Soap Mottled --s. Od Curd —s Od Graves i7s 0.1. Good Dregs Adair's Burden 2d 3 Bute's Tanfieli Iffoor 2l 6 Carr's Hartley 2l 6 Chester Main Holywell 2O 3 Leaze's Main Ord's Bedhugh Pontop Windsor 2 ,) 6 far field 22 6 Townley 2O 0 Wylam 21 6 Walls End Bell and Brown Walls End Bewicke and Co , 22 0 Walls End Gosforth Walls End Heaton 22 3 Walls End Killing,,worth Walls End Northumberland CO 0 Ships arrived since L EL—Sept. 22 Per Ton. r. d. Walls End Newnsareis 2O 3 Walls End Belmont Walls End 13raddyll's Hetten 23 9 WAIL End Haswell ... ...... 23 3 Walls End Hetton 23 9 Walls End lAirkbton 23 6 Walls End Stewart's ..... Walls End Hartlepool 23 9 Walls End Butterknowl Walls End South Durham 2l 6 Walls End Tees 22 6 -.- Walls End West kletton 2l 0 Walls End Staveley Main.— 19 I Walls End Devonshire l9 6 Blythe lB 6 Cowpen 20 0 Eloward's Netherton Main last market-day, 55 COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Per Quarter. Wheat. I Barley. I Oats. I Beans. Pease. Ashbur<t sn 62 40 45 28 33 50 55 •••. Basingstoke 40 60 26 ?0 22 27 42 ?6 44 Bath 59 62 27 31 24 28 i 42 48 42 4t. Bridgewater —.... 43 56 22 26 20 25 32 34 42 46 Bristol Chesterfield . 54 62 30 34 20 29 44 50 Derby 56 62 30 31 29 32 44 47 Doncaster 46 60 23 33 23 30 36 42 60 30 21 40 56 61 30 35 20 28 311 40 18 58 27 30 20 31 40 46 40 — 44 Hunger ford 46 66 27 23 21 22 j 32 45 37 46 53 24 44 34 52 67 24 32 j2l 26 i 37 41 39 40 El ems ey 40 51 30 31 23 27 38 40 ShaftesbUry 54 25 :7 41 —.-- Shepton Mallet 48 60 32 31 26 30 41 L 6 Sherburne......... 54 60 30 36 24 28 40 46 Yarmouth 56 61 30 36 28 30 34 36 Yeovil 50 64 30 34 24 26 40 43 Per Bushel. 4. d. 5.4 a. d. s.d s. d. s. d.I s. 4. s.d. s.d. s.d Shrewsbury ....... 70 79 50 57, 3 6 4v 00 00 0 0 00 -------- TiIIIMINGFIAI Wheat, 64 lb. Barley, imperial quarter Do. Grinding, 49 lb. Oats, 39 lb Old Beans, 66 IA lb New ditto New White Boilng Pease, Ditto Greg ditto ...... CORN MARKET, Sept. 21 et 6d. to 7s 2d. 3S 6 43 0 40 f 0 3 0 4 16 6 18 0 14 0 14 6 15 0 la 0 14 0 15 p, 3 imp. bush. The feat detailed as follows is rare in any one now a-days, but perhaps unparalleled in the case of an indi vidual who has, by many years, passed the allotted span of " three score years and ten." Gilbert Clarkson, residing in Sanquhar, aged 81 years, and formerly post between Sanquhar and Old Cumnock, had occasion to pay a visit to the families of his sons, in Glasgow, and, on his return homeward, went over the ground at the following rate : Gilbert started from Glasgow at four o'clock on the morn ing of the 7th inst., reached Hamilton at seven ; Calder head toll-bar at ten ; and Douglas, at three p.m., where he sojourned an hour and refreshed his inner man. Thence he passed over a wild and weary muir, and made his way down to Crawick-water ; and, although the day had been partially wet and stormy, the veteran arrived at Sanquhar before ten o'clock. The distance is upwards of fifty miles, and the journey is more remarkable for the powers of en durance which the old mau has exhibited, than for the cleverness with which he has gone over the ground. The hoary-headed denizens of Annandale must yet remember the prowess of " Lockerby's Lightfoot ;" and had these worthies met some forty-five years since, we can readily conceive that a rough tussle alone would have decided the victory on either side. The locomotive sinew of this Sanquhar pedestrian must have been first-rate some half century by-gone ; and it is surprising that we have not be fore heard of him as the Nithsdale Von Woodenblock.- 1 .Dunzfrivs Courier, BY THE QUEEN-A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA, R. Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Monday, the 2d day of October next ; c, with the advice of our Privy Council, do hereby publish and declare, that the said Parlia ment shall be further prorogued, on the said 2d day of October next, to Wednesday, the 15th day of November next ; and we have given order to our Chancellor of that part of our United Kingdom called Great Britain, to prepare a writ patent for proroguing the same accordingly; and we do further hereby, with the advice aforesaid, declare our Royal will and pleasure, that the said Parliament shall, on the said 15th day of Novem ber next, be held and sit for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Boroughs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said 15th day of November next. Given at our Court at Windsor, this 20th day of September, 1837, and in the first year of our reign. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. WAR-OFFICE, SEPT. 22. 17th Regiment of Light Dragoons--Lieut. R. A. Houblon, from the 70th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Mordaunt, who exchanges, Sept. 22. 10th Regiment of Foot—Gentleman Cadet H. B. Powell, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign. without purchase,' ice D'Oyley, deceased, Sept. 22. 23d Foot—Capt. R. E. Campbell, from the 93d Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Bourchier, who exchanges, Sept. 22. 26th Foot—Ensign C. Cameron to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Herring, deceased ; Ensign J. Wright, from the half pay of the 96th Regiment of Foot, to be Ensign, vice Cameron, Sept. 22; Quartermaster-Sergeant J. Cumming to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wright, who retires, Sept 23. 50th Foot—Ensign W. H. Wright to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Malcolm, deceased; Gentleman Cadet T. Dundas, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Wright, Sept. 22. 52d Fout—C. A. Denison, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Jones who retires, Sept. 22. 61st Foot—Ensign W. M. De Butts to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Shaw, deceased, May 23; Gentleman Cadet T. N. Dalton, from the Royal Military College, to be Ensign, with out purchase, vice T. W. Walker, deceased, Sept. 22; Sergeant- Major G. I. Cary to be Ensign, vice De Butts, Sept. 23. 70th Foot—Lieut. J. Mordaunt, from the 17th Light Dra goons, to be Liantenant, vice Hoiblon, who exchanges, Sept. 22. 93d Foot—Captain H. P. Bourchier; from the 23d Regiment of Foot, to be Captain, vice Campbell, who exchanges, Sept. 22. 98th Foot—Lieut. W. Wallace to be Captain, by purchase, vice Stevens, who retires ; Ensign J. C. A. Dunbar, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wallace ; C. E. Synge, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Dunbar, Sept. 22. Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Lieutenant R. Macbeath, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant, vice George Hamilton, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Sept. 22. Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies—Staff-Assistant-Sur geon H. Carline to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Huston, who ex changes, dated Sept. 22. HOSPITAL STAFF. Assistant-Surgeon J. S. Huston, M.D., from the Royal New foundland Veteran Companies, to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Carline, who exchanges, Sept. 22. BANK OF ENGLAND. Quarterly Average of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bank of England, from the 27th June to the 19th September, 1837, in clusive, pursuant to the Act 3 and 4 W. IV., cap 98. LIABILITIES. ASSETS. Circulation £18,814,000 Securities £26,605,000 Deposits 11,093,000 Bullion ---- £29,907,000 ' Downing-street, Sept. 22, 183' £32,9D8,000 BANKRUPTS. JOHN MULHOLLAND and WILLIAM MULHOLLAND, merchants, Liverpool, to surrender Oct. 6 and Nov. 3, at two, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Adlington, Gregory, Faulkner, and Follett, Bedford-row, London • Clay and Swift, Liverpool. JOHN MYRTLE, butcher, Brighton, Oct. 2 and Nov. 3, at twelve, at the Town-hall, Brighton. Attree, Clarke, and M'Whin nie, Brighton ; Sowton, Great Janies-street, Bedford-row, London. JAMES NEWTON GARSIDE, cotton-spinner, Ashton under-Lyne, Lancashire, Oct. 6, and Nov. 3, at ten, at the Com missioners' Rooms, 'Manchester. Makinson and Sanders, Middle Temple, London ; Atkinson, Birch, and Saunders, Manchester. JAMES WHARTON, builder, Manchester, Oct. 9, at ten, and Nev. 3, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. 'Milne, Parry, Milne, and Moais, Temple, London ; Casson, Man chester. THOMAS BLADES WADDEN, silk-mercer, Liverpool, Oct. 7, and Nov. 3, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. Ab bott and Arney, Charlotte-street, Bedford-square, London ; Ben nett, Manchester. JOSEPH BUSSELL KIRK, furniture-broker, Gloucester, Oct. 6, at four, and Nov. 3, at ten, at the Upper George Coffee house, Gloucester. Lewis, Gloucester ; Beckett, Golden-square, London. JAMES PLEVIN, timber merchant, Nantwich, Chester, Sept. 26, at twelve, and Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Crown Inn, Northwiai. Carven, jun., Nantwich ; Johnson, Son, and Weatherall, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London. WILLIAM MILNES, wnolstapler, Leeds, Oct. 3 and Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Atkinson, Dibb, and Bel land, Leeds; Hawkins, Bloxam, and Stocker, New Boswell-court, Lincoln's-inn. JOHN DENTON, cotton spinner, Greaves Mill and Burwood, Stainland, Halifax, Sept. 29 and Nov. 3, at eleven, at the Magis trates' office, Halifax. Howarth and Ridehalgh, Rippondon, Halifax • Hawkins, Bloxam, and Stocker, New Boswell-court, London. JOSEPH BOWERMAM, carrier, Cheltenham, Oct. 6, at twelve, and Nov. 3, at three, at the Offices of Messrs. Packwood and Leeds, Solicitors, Cheltenham. Packwood and Leeds, Chel tenham • Dax and Bicknell, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. THOMAS MILLWARD, builder, Cheltenham, Oct. 6, an d Nov. 3, at two, at the Offices of Messrs. Winterbotham, Chelten ham. Bonifield, Guildhall-building=, London; Winterbottom, Cheltenham. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basingball-street. J. Noakes, innkeeper, Robert's Bridge, — Sussex, Oct. 13, al eleven. _ In the Ceantry. T. Wroe, cotton spinner, Hollenwood, Prestwich-eum-Oldha m , Oct. 20, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. T. Welch and J. Sells, cotton spinners, New Islington, Ala n . chester, Oct. 18, at ten, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. W. Wright, horsedealer, Rougham, Norfolk, Oct. 14, at nine, at the Norwich Hotel, Norwich. S. Riley, soap manufacturer, Liverpool, Oct. 21, at eleven, at the Clarendon Reoms, Liverpool. J. Teasdale and G. A. Swales, timber merchants, Sheffield, Oct. 11), at eleven, at the Town Hall, Sheffield. G. Hodgkinson, mercer, Derby, Oct. 14, at eleven, at the Offices of Messrs. Mousley and Barber, Derby. C. Starling, miller, Knightwick, Worcestershire, Oct. 17, at twelve, at the Crown Inn, Worcester. J. Crompton, woollen draper, Manchester, Oct. 13, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, OCT. 13. 11. Martin, tailor, Woolhampton, Berks. J. Starling, hatter, Warminster, Wilts. G. Irvine, timber-merchant, New Shoreham, Sussex. J. Blyther, grocer, Hoo, Kent. T. Wootten, grocer, Bognor, Sussex. R. Mawdsley, J. Greaves, and J. Moore, dyers, Manchester. A. Lambs, wine-merehant, New Bond-street, Middlesex. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Butterfield and J. Johnson, silk printers, Oldford, Middlesex. J. Mann and T. Holme, Basing-lane, London. T. Hodgson and J. Scurr, coal owners, Plumbland, Cumberland. A. Bray and J. Clegg, dealers in thrumbs, Huddersfield. A. Bray, P. Fletcher, and W. Sykes, dealers in ground woollen rags, Huddersfield (so far as regards P. Fletcher). J. Ritchie and A. Bullough, drapers, Hindley, Lancashire. F. W. Flack and C. D. Bourn, coal-merchants, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. J. Lotherington and C. Anderson, ship-chandlers, Liverpool. H. Wood% and T. D. Lees, innkeepers, Aldersgate-street. R. Unsworth, W. Round, and W. C. Unsworth, paper manu facturers, Greenfield Mills„ near Holywell, North Wales. W. Henderson and J. F. Elmslie, attorneys, Lancaster-place , Strand. P. Passmore and B. Morris, salesmen, Limehouse, Middlesex. B. Fe.onley and J. Scott, clothiers, Gomersall, Yorkshire. W. Rider and J. Groves, linen drapers, Newport. W. Maxwell and A. Newell, merchants, Liverpool. C. Bullock, W. H. Gray, and J. Hudson, cotton-spinners, Man chester. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Muscovado Sugar, from the returns made in the week ending the 19th of Sept., 1637, is 345. bid. per Cwt., exclusive of the Duties of Customs paid or payable on the Importa tion thereof into Great Britain. EAST INDIA iiIIIPPING. Arrivals.—Sept. 22, the Amity, Scott, from the Mauritius, off Beachy Head, sailed May 17, and St. Helena July 21 ; Bri tish Sovereign, Brown, from New South Wales, off Penzance, sailed from Sydney May 4, and Pernambuco, Aug. 5. Arrival at Penang.—The Cherub, Walker, from London. Arrivals at Singapore.—The Hoop Velvaart, Gower, April 30, from Palemburg ; Sir A. Campbell, April 30, from Cal cutta ; Good Success, Durant, April 30, from Bombay ; Isa bella Robertson, Hudson, May 1, from Calcutta; Volunteer, Silva, May 1, from Bombay ; Jane, Middleton, May 2, from Samarang. Departures from Singapore.—The Hebe, Malcolm, April '27, for London ; Helen, Selford, April 27, and Eleanor, Lyons, April 29, for China; Ruby, Warden, April 28, for Calcutta; Bright Planet, Trugate, April 30, for Penang and Calcutta; Helen, M'Anslcr, May 2, for Borneo ; Tartar, Rough, May 3, for Batavia. The Ivanhoe, Gibson, Liverpool to Calcutta, has put back with loss of foremast, maintopmast, and bowsprit, having been in contact with the Abbotsford, for Bombay, off the Floating light, The latter has proceeded. From the advertisements which are not unfrequently seen in the public newspapers, it would seem to be a commonly received opinion that a husband can direst himself of his liability for his wife's debts, by giving public notice that he will not be answerable for any debts she may contract after such notice. It may, perhaps, not be uninteresting to look a little into the law upon this subject, and to inquire— Ist. When he is not liable for them. After a divorce, ab inilio, his liability is extinguished. So, after adultery in the wife, the husband will not be an swerable for the necessaries furnished her after expulsion from his house ; and this holds although he was the aggres sor, having lived with another woman at the time of ex pelling his wife, who at that time had no imputation on her conduct, yet afterwards dishonoured herself. A woman eloping from her husband, yet not accompanied by an adulterer, must be trusted at the tradesman's own risk, as the husband is not liable ; but he cannot, either by public advertisement or particular notice, exempt himself from his wife's debts, contracted after a forcible ejection from his house ; and notwithstanding her conduct had been exceed ingly incorrect, and she had been assisted in her improprie ties by the plaintiff, yet the Court held that his liability for necessaries still existed. In a case which was argued three tames in the Court of King's Bench, and the Judges being divided, was adjourned 'to the Exchequer, nine of the Judges held that a husband was not liable for the necessaries furnished to a wife during a separation without his consent, having given the plaintiff particular notice not to trust her, and notwithstanding that he did not allow her any maintenance. A tradesman supplying a wife with goods unsuitable to her station in life, without any authority from her husband, does so at his own risk. In an action for wearing apparel supplied to a married woman, without the husband's know ledge, and which she had received in quantities unsuited to her rank, the husband was not liable ; and it was held to be unnecessary to prove that the wearing apparel furnished was not required by the wife, in consequence of her being supplied with proper clothing from another quarter. These seem to be the cases which would apply to persons in the middle ranks of society, and it would appear that in all these (with the exception above mentioned) the husband was absolutely absolved from the claims of those who had trusted his wife, without being compelled to give either general or particular notice to tradesmen. It may perhaps seem unjust to fix a tradesman, who has supplied a woman whom he knows to be married, and who has before traded with him, with a knowledge of facts which it is very improbable he could be acquainted with ; but it must be recollected, that in every case it is the duty of tradesmen to make cautious inquiry as to the situation, capabilities, and liabilities, of the fair one he may be in duced to trust, as he could not recover from the husband beyond the extent to which a proper investigation would have shown him to be liable. 2d. In those cases where the husband is liable, notwith standing particular circumstances, the principal seem to be these : A husband having a wife who had committed adultery in his house, and not expelling her, neither making any provi sion for her in consequence of separation, is liable for neces saries, unles s h e can fi x th e pl a i n tiff w ith a k now l e d g e, either positive or implied, of the situation in which she was living. Receiving an adulterous wife into the house, and turning her out, renders the husband answerable in an action for neces saries. W hen by ill-treatment a wife is forced to leave her husband's roof, she shall carry with her credit for necessa ries, and her husband is liable ; and quitting the husband's house under an apprehension of personal violence is equi valent to turning her out, and will render him liable for necessaries. A common woman having been brought into the house by the husband will justify the wife's quitting the house, and he will be answerable for necessaries ; and he cannot avail himself of a plea of adultery, which he did not discover until after the credit had been given. As in the former cases it was observed that an advertise ment was of no utility to the husband, and could only be an act of courtesy to the tradesman in certain cases, so in those last mentioned it would not have the effect of dis charging him from his liability, as he was absolutely liable, whether the tradesman was or not aware of the peculiar circumstances of the case. I have not gone into those particular cases where separate allowances and their ade quacy, or separation by deed or agreement, would give a different character to their liability, as they may form the subject of a subsequent article.—Legal Observer. One of the most mysterious robberies which has lately taken place in Hull was made on, it is supposed, Thursday night, of the post-office letter-bag from that port to Hamburgh. Thursday evening the Hamburgh letter bag, containing 328 letters and two newspapers, was sent from the post-office by a clerk, and delivered on board the Lee steamer, which was to sail that night, and take the letter-bag. The clerk took the mate's receipt for the bag, and the vessel sailed. On Friday night, about nine o'clock, a man named Ware saw afire in a pig-stye in Gib son-street, Foundry, belonging to a man named Marriott, about a mile from the Junction Dock, where the Lee laid. He extinguished the fire, which appeared to be papers burning, and next day, about two in the afternoon, went with some others out of curiosity to see what these papers were, when they found they were a number of letters. The remains were taken to the station-house, when they were taken possession of by the superintendent, and information given by him to the post-office, and measures were taken by the police to find out who had committed the robbery. The Lee will not sail from Hamburgh until Thursday, and not arrive until about Saturday—consequently it will not be known until then how the robbery could be effected. Most of the letters are so much burnt that neither the addresses or names of the writers could be made out. There are amongst them letters from Hull, Manchester, Leeds, Liver pool, Sunderland, Newcastle, Huddersfield, Glasgow, Dun dee, Sheffield, &c. ; many of them are written in German ; some have bills of exchange, and in others are enclosed pat terns of cloth. The Altona letter-bag, which had been enclosed, was found in High-street, on Friday morning, empty ; it is not known whether the letters which had been in it were amongst those discovered in Gibson,street.— Hull Paper. During the heavy gale on the afternoon of the 26th ult., a boat belonging to Skeld Vod herring fishery station, in Zetland, while passing the south-east end of Orkney Is land, was upset, and we are sorry to add that her whole crew, six in number, met a watery grave, and, with the ex ception of one young man, have left large families. This melancholy occurrence having been seen from the shore, a boat was instantly manned and proceeded to the spot, but too late to render any assistance, as the boat had instantly gone down, and none of the crew were to be seen.—Edin burgh Observer. GUIDING BALLOONS.—We find in the Enianci pacion, under the head of "Article Contntuniptc," the fol lowing lines :—" An unexpected event, a fact, the existence pf which appeared chimerical, is at. length realized. The art of directing balloons is discovered. This sublime dis covery, the consequences of which are incalculable, is due to the profound studies and researches of M. William van Eschen, a native of Brussels. The system of the author is equally simple and ingenious, and the effect is infallible. By means of his application, and with a new kind of balloon also invented by him, the aeronaut will be able in the usual state of the atmosphere to proceed at pleasure with the greatest rapidity. Only, in c ase o f con t rar y an d v i o l en t winds the balloon w ill no t m a k e a rap id progress . I n thi s respect it resembles steam-boats, it resists the currents (of air) and obstacles, and in some manner overcomes them."-- Dutch Paper. Tuesday, a lad about fourteen, dressed in the costume of the scholars of Christ's Hospital, London, took his place at Ramsgate for Deal by one of the coaches. He informed the coachman he had no money with him, but he should be met by a lady at Deal, who would pay his fare. 0n arri v i ng a t D ea l a f ema l e , w ho sat by his side, discovered that her gown was cut, and that her purse, containing two sovereigns and some silver, had been ab stracted from her pocket ; but on looking round the purse was found empty near the spot. Suspicion immedi ately fixed on the boy, and he was apprehended—a sove reign and some silver, with a new comb, and some other arti cles, with two or three letters, were found on him. One of the letters was from his mother, and expressed her regret in affecting terms that, after having discharged two or three servants on su s pi c i on o f ro bbing her, it should be her painful lot to discover the robber in her own child. The little urchin conducted himself with great effrontery, in sisting on having a conveyance to the Magistrates, which twaaksen and, acceded to by the constable. The evidence being on the Magistrate intimating that be should con snit hi m f or tr i a l , h e i nqu i re d w i t h as t on i s hi ng slim ' I . old if it were not a bailable offence ? The lady who was robbed manifested considerable unwillingness to prosecute ; but she was bound over to do so in 401., and the other witnesses in 20/. each. The boy, whose name is Gibbon, , was then committed to St. Augustine's Gaol for trial at the next Quarter Sessions, the offence having been perpe trated in the county.—Kentish Chronicle. At the meeting of the mechanical branch of the British Association for the advancement of science, on Monday, Mr. Russell gave the following interesting information on the subject of the motion of steam-vessels in shallow wa ter. It bad been found, he said, that several species of waves were generated in shallow water. He called the first of these the great wave of translation, as is dif fered from all other in not being a proper wave, but a translation of one great body of water taking place with an equal velocity throughout the whole depth. Thi s was generated by the motion of a body through the wa ter. This part of his discourse Mr. Russell illustrated by the exhibition of several drawings. The first was of a vessel at rest, placed at a given degree of immersion in a fluid of certain depth. The next showed that by a motion of four miles per hour, an anterior wave was generated, the water accumulating at the sides and before the bows of the vessel. This wave, Mr. Russell said, consisted of the fluid which she displaced by her motion. If this motion were increased, the anterior wave was increased. One of the drawings represented an extreme case, which he had witnessed, where, in a depth of five feet, the anterior wave had so accumulated by increased speed, that the posterior portion of the vessel was left in so little water, that her rudder was knocked off against the bottom. The effect of the anterior wave, which carried with it the whole body of the water at equal velocity to the greatest depth, was to raise the prow which was more deeply immersed, and to depress the stem, as it were into. a bottom, that she had the same difficulty to contend with as if pressing up an inclined plane, binds the pres sure of water at the bows to get through. It was found, also, that this wave moved with a given velocity, which► was in proportion to the depth of the fluid. 'When in a rectangular channel, four feet deep, the velocity of this wave had been found to be as much as eight miles an hour. The boat being stopped altogether, the wave con tinued to go on with a velocity of eight miles an hour ; and he had himself followed a wave of this description for a mile and a half, and had seen no diminution of its velocity. It had been found that if the vessel could be so propelled as to be placed through, or on the top of this anterior wave, that if she were so constructed as to balance herself in this position, the immersion of the other was diminished, the sinking of the stern corrected, the resistance which was offered before was overcome, and she was borne along at greater speed. There were places where steam-navigation to a great extent took place in shallow water : such were the Thames and the Clyde, and he might mention the Mersey ; but he thought the water was generally deeper there. Va rious methods had lately been suggested for the improve ment of rivers ; and it had struck him that he could not apply his investigation to a better purpose than to the dis covery of how far they might bear on the improvement of rivers. The wave of which he had spoken was generated to an enormous extent in rivers where steam-vessels plied. In one experiment he had seen a succession of them to the extent of a mile and a half. In a channel, 500 yards wide and seven feet deep, lie had seen in a vessel going at a very slow rate, the immersion of the stem increased three feet more than when she was at rest. In the anterior hollow there were two currents, one formed by the water rushing away from the bows, and another by its rushing back into the hollow. This formed waves which had a most destructive effect on the banks and bed of the channel. It formed a large breaking and destructive surge which rushed towards the banks and swamped any small vessel which it met with in its progress. The lateral current rushed past the paddles, and as it was passing in the same direction that they revolved it caused them to have to make a greater number of strokes to obtain power. The object of inquiry was how these difficulties were to be removed ? Was it in the width or depth of the channel, or in the formation of the vessels ? The results of the investigations were—first, that in proportion as the depth of the channel was increased, in that proportion did the phenomena vanish. The first question, then, was, should the river be deepened or widened —should it have a rectangular or a triangular section. He had found in an experiment which he had made, that a vessel went at the rate of four miles an hour with 22 strokes per minute from the engine ; with 35 strokes per minute six miles per hour, and with GO strokes of the engine five and half miles per hour ; and by no means could they get her afterwards to go at a greater rate tl.an this, though the power was raised to seventy strokes per minute. In another instance, as they increased the number of strokes they lost speed. The vessel at first went seven miles per hour, then six and a half, then six, then five and a half, and afterwards five miles per hour, and they could not get any greater speed. The reason was that when they started they had not made any anterior wave, but as they pressed forward this kept increasing till at last they had generated four feet of water at their head. The next question was with regard to the form of the channel. He had caused artificial chan nels to be made of a great variety of forms, both with rect angular, triangular, and semicircular sections. The ge neral result of these experiments was, that the rectangular were the best. There was another description of waves, which he called waves of equal displacement. These waves were principally generated by vessels which were bluff in the bows instead of tapering away in a gradual sweep. They went away laterally, and depended entirely on the form of the vessel. They could be obviated by making the water-lines of the vessel of a particular curvature. Mr. Russell, here, and in several other instances, illustrated his meaning by drawing models with chalk. Without these diagrams, it is impossible to convey an impression of his meaning by mere words. He designated the line a con cave water-line. If, on the contrary, the bows were round and broad, they generated those waves which on the Thames caused so much injury to small craft. Mr. Fair bairn, of Manchester, and Mr. M‘Neile, had made a series of experiments which, while they agreed with his theory, fully proved its correctness. PAISLEY.—This, we hope, is the last time we shall require to notice the painful state of a portion of our able bodied working population being sustained by public con tribution. At the meeting of the Relief Committee last night, it was agreed that the whole of the men should be paid off this week, leaving to a sub-committee the power of granting a little additional relief, to an amount not ex ceeding three days' pay to such extremely destitute cases as they may think proper—the relief either to be given in labour or provisions, as the committee may think proper. For the last three days the number on the work list has amounted to about 300. The soup-kitchen list is likewise gradually diminishing, but that establishment is still to be continued for a few weeks, for the assistance of poor females. —Caledonian Mercury. TURF GAINS.—When it first became known that Edward Petra had fallen into difficulties, and was about being exiled from his " good hall," I was spoken to by a friend upon the subject, who said that he at least could not ascribe his ruin to the turf, for no man had shared so amply its good things. " You know," he continued, " that he won three consecutive Legers, and the stakes alone must have been a little fortune to him." ‘. I know," was my reply, "that he won one Leger which never produced a shilling of stakes, and I will tell you the circum stances of it that you may see how little the teal facts of racing are known, save to those engaged in them. In 1828, Mr. Petra won the Leger with the Colonel. That horse he purchased from Mr. Marmaduke Wyville for a sum of money, with the stipulation that if he won the Leger, Mr. Wyville should be entitled to half the stake. Some time previous to the race he was tried with Veloci pede, the result being that Velocipede won by a hundred yards. This of course was a poser. Velocipede was known to be a flyer, and now they had the actual proof that, bairing accidents,' they could not beat hint. After a good deal of diplomacy, it was finally arranged that should either of the horses win, the stakes should be divided be tween Mr. Armitage, the owner of Velocipede, and Mr. Petre. The day arrived, Velocipede ' had a leg,' and the Colonel won ; whereupon Mr. Armitage pocketed one moiety of the stakes, Mr. Marmaduke Wyville the other, while Mr. Petre had all the honour, besides the gratifica tion of paying the expences, of the race."—llionthly ifa- gatine. EMIGRANTS IN AMERICA.—A correspondent of a morning paper says—" I am just arrived, in the Eliza Warwick, Captain Welch, from New York, in which city I have been resident several months, and I boldly assert, without fear of contradiction, that from the total suspension of specie, as well as nearly all other payments, and the total stagnation of trade, not less than 20,000 mechanics, labourers, and others, have within a few months left New York and its vicinity, numbers returning home, others go ing to Canada , some to perish in the Far West,' and not a few becoming soldiers—i. e., food for powder, in the Florida war against the Indians." Upon this subject we m ay add the following from the New Yoi k Daily Express : In the packet-ship Oxford, which sailed yesterday for Liverpool, there were 130 steerage passengers returning to their own country, finding it impossible to get employment in this. Several thousands would do the same if they bad the means." troducing into it more gold than the mines of South America had even furnished the avaricious Spaniards with. This precious metal, indeed, circulated there with the greatest activity, and with it luxury and ex travagance, as usual, kept pace, in every kind of plea surable enjoyment. Neither is this to be wonderers. at. Under the burning atmosphere of the tropics the passions, naturally quick, become ardent, and even volcanic ; while riches, which in great measure give rise to them, offer every means of gratifying them. At the period to which we allude, namely, the year 1788—the most predominating passion of the wealthy inhabitants of St. Domingo was the baneful and pestilent one of gaming. Still, the games of cal culation, in which address and skill neutralise, in some degree, the chances of fortune, were not sufficient for the grasping inquietude and covetotri ideas of its vota ries. They looked forward to those games in which the facinating expectations of gaining a large sum by a few throws of the dice were most likely to be realised, and a fortune made or lost, in the course of a few hours. So far, indeed, was this thirst for gaming car ried that it was not an uncommon occurrence to see houses and estates, with the complement of negtoes be longing to them, depending on the throw of the dice. They (the dice) were placed upon the table by dozens, when the player picked, out " three," and commenced his acts of desperation, submitting himself to the power P P . of fate. In the year 1788 one Captain St. Every, the son of a very licit sugar proprietor, was about twe nt y- s ix years of age ; and, although possessed of an immense fortune, had embraced the profession of arms, and was serving in a regiment at Port-au-Prince. In the ma nagement of the sword and pistol he was quite with out a rival, and brave even to temerity. Still he took nothing like unfair advantage of his dexterity, and when engaged in a conflict - he generally contrived slightly to wound his opponents. In this he was lucky, even to insolence ; although he had been him self occasionally wounded, and, in his numerous duels, had left many traces of blood in the society of St. Do mingo. He possessed many amiable qualities, although he was more feared than loved ; for as much as his up right conduct and prepossessing manners could not make amends for the impetuosity of his character, his propensity for duelling, and his attachment to gaming— for it is, unfortunately, necessary to add that he was a gamester. - One evening, in a house of public resort for gaming in Port-au-Prince, a few of the inhabitants were seated round a table, waiting until a sufficient number of per sons arrived to enable them to commence play. At length one of them called out" Wllo will play ?" " I will play," said the Captain of a French frigate, who happened to be at that time in the town ; and taking the box, threw the dice, to win or lose, as he thought, the amount of a small sum of money which was put upon the table. Of course he was ignorant of the game--at all events of the stake—about to be played. " Monsieur le Commandant," exclaimed Captain St. Every, " you have won ; take up your winnings ;" at the same time pushing towards him several bags of gold. At the appearance of their contents the captain of the frigate shrank back with astonishment, supposing he had only run the risk of winning or losing the small sum he saw on the table, which did not exceed a few crown pieces (probably counters); and, gently pushing from him the bags, addressed the party thus : " Gentlemen, I should be wanting, not only in good man ners, but in common honesty, if I were to appropriate to myself these sums, the winning of which I never, in the least degree, contemplated ; having only, as I thought, played for the trifling sum I saw lying on the table. I can not, therefore, look upon this enormous quantity of gold as properly my right," " Sir," said Captain St. Every, " you must take it ; for, if you had lost, you would have been obliged to pay the same sum. " You are mistaken, Sir," replied the naval captain, " if you think so. Ido not conceive my honour endangered in refusing to pay a debt which I never contracted, nor in re fusing to accept of so large a sum, which I never enter tained an idea of winning." _ _ _ _ " Monsieur le Commandant," rejoined the Captain St. Every, elevating his voice to the highest pitch, "if you had lost you should have paid. I would have made you do so." There was in this language, and in the tone in which the words were delivered, aiT evident desire of provoca tion, which could not escape the notice of the naval captain ; and he answered it in a similar manner. The result was a challenge, which the exertions of the bystanders were not able to prevent. " Sir," said Captain St. Every to his adversary, " as I do not wish to take any advantage over you, which my known ability in the use of the sword and the pistol gives me, I will offer you terms of equality. Let a pistol be brought here instantly, and charged, and the chance of the dice shall determine which of the two shall blow out the other's brains." Accepted !" replies the Captain of the frigate. 'A feeling of horror agitated the whole of the so- ciety present ; several per — sons left the room, trembling for the consequences, and resolved not to be witnesses of the bloody conflict ; whilst others, more hardened in their nature, and excited by a brutal curiosity, ap proached nearer to the combatants, who were sitting exactly opposite to each other, and separated only by a table four feet in width. Whilst a third person was loading the pistol the silence of death pervaded the assembly, and the calm was only interrupted by some words which passed between the adversaries, but not of an aggravating nature ; for it was observed that they alone preserved a coolness of temper in these fear ful moments. When the pistol was charged each of the parties minutely examined it ; and, finding it in proper order, one of them placed it on the table, on which were lying, in two heaps, the dice. Each drew out three, and it was decided that the naval captain should have the first throw. He took up the box with a firm hand, and putting into it the instruments which were to award him either his life or death, he shook them, and threw eleven. " `chat is a good throw, Commandant," said Captain St. Every, suspending for a minute his own throw. " The chance is in your favour ; but listen to me ; if it turns out, as it appears to me it will, that fortune has favoured you. I beg you will have neither mercy nor pity upon me ; for, rest assured, you shall have none from me. Moreover, I should consider either as a coward that would think of sparing the other." Sir," observed the Commandant, " I do not stand in need of your impertinent remonstrances to teach me how to act in this or in any other affair." St. Every then took the box, and having put into it the dice threw them : they numbered . fifteen. The company present were now horror-stricken. Monsieur le Commandant calmly rose from his seat, and, presenting to his antagonist, or rather to his enemy, the firm attitude of a brave man, was thus addressed by him— " Your life belongs to me, Sir," throwing down the dice on the table, and taking the pistol in his hand. " Recom. mend your soul to God." " Fire, Sir'." replied the commandant, placing his hand on his heart ; " an honest man is always ready to lie was not allowed to finish the sentence. St. Every's ball scattered his brains about the room, and also upon the persons of several of those who were present! After this horrible catastrophe, on which the public voice was most loud against Captain St. Every, that officer was no longer looked upon but with horror, and was avoided and shunned by almost every person in the colony ; which treatment he acknowledged by expres sions of hatred and disdain. At length, on the break ing out of the insurrection at St. Domingo, he entered the service of the enemy e., the English), and served as Captain under the orders of General Sir Thomas Maitland ; in which he displayed proofs of great bravery, as well as the most consummate ability in the art of war. The insurgents owed almost all their success to his talents, even to their last battle at Ivois, near Tiburon, where he was killed by a ball in his ribs at the v er y momen t v i c t or y d ec lared for him.` - ESCAPE FROM DROWNING. —Experiments have, recently been made on the floating capabilities of a sub stance composed principally of pulverized cork. 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