The Sun. — London, England, 1834-10-02 00:00:00

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( 11 ," -6 -1 . ? 0 I r A -:‘ ,W4i, • , 4- t : P --) , )/ 7 •::: 4: ' jP;4S DI- ~,,,„ „, •, 1 p ki ,,, _e.4,, ~,,, ~ , ; - ,7 ' • --..-.. ~_.____-..-•-•--'.. S. .ntly Pr6l/111. e neral fantry o. le. , s o f the orders t° 0 I:" 6 15 licc Of to Off. ration t be )anies to l e very leg f a nd duties c' THE ROOTS OP A, MERCHANT SEAMAN'S OFFICE. i a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT ,of the PRESIDENT and GOVERNORS for Relief and da!luret of Maimed and Disabled Seamen their Widows, and r n, held at their Office over the Royal ' Exchange, on. Tues 3, 30th September, 1834, It was moved ROB ERT CHAPMAN; E s q., i n the Chair, by J. W. Buckle, Esq., and seconded by Thomas Brown, Esq., and resolved unanimously, ,4 Es That the best thanks of the Court be presented to Geo. Lyall, waV i P., for the able, zealous, and nidefatigable exertions by tainin,,htehl/4ucceeded, notwithstanding a powerful opposition, in ob the ._ e e remission of the contribution of 6d. per month out of G I , "ages of British Merchant Seamen towards the support of i;_eent ieh Hospital, and for originating and carrying through Par eZint e Bill by which the benefits of the Act of 20 Geo. 11. are of vuoed Scotland and Ireland, with other important provisions r „„a nature eminently beneficial to British Merchant Searnen,thei "7, o vts, and Children. A t : lri i tvras ordered that the above Resolution be inserted in the in g arid Evening Papers. li . " ---- -.^ WILLIAM 'WATSON, Secretary. neCIRRODI BLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH FIXED WITH i)'ITT W IRES or OTHER LIGATURES , an d FILLING 1 ECAYED TEETH with MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM. ON SIEUR MALLAN and SONS, Surgeon ki4d32 Dentists, 9, HALF MOON-STREET, PICCADILLY, fie f ar '9RE A T RUSSELL- STREET, BLOOMSBURY, grate di ti ".le high and extensive patronage which has so eminently nrsitPzhed their professional exertions since their arrival in the public in Metropolis, beg leave to announce to their Friends and the CAy i l l general, that they still continue to RESTORE DE IIANp.re,TEETH with their celebrated MINERAL SUCCE ki L W (' y ar , ,_so universally Fecommended by the Faculty of Lon- Nbs '.''. The operation is PERFORMED in a FEW SE the fiat without the slightest pain, heat, or pressure, and allays I F AsiT„ e , ze ruciating_pam, and lasting for many years. They also ele ct, ~',„ LOOSE TEETH, whether arising from Age, I , i - and 34,,"„itease in the Gums. INCORRODIBLE MINERAL aro io t a 1 uRAL TEETH from One to a Complete Set, which ine ta ahle of discolo ti s on or corrosion, and fixed without the Purp oaa r ree of Wires or an other Ligatures, and answer . every f Articulati on ' and Mastication.—Charges as in Paris. *--------............,91 operations performed on the Teeth. 1 Gyr, L ., , rTIAN HALL, UPHOLSTERY AND The s-,,,ABINET MANUFACTORY, IS NOW OPEN. th e i r p k'ABINET MAKERS' SOCIETY, at the request of est a bl i L atr °ns, have taken the whole of that extensive and splendid tli, 4 q o nient, the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, which is arranged in e__`‘lng Fourteen Departments :- -"" ved Gothic Oak Chairs, in the style, of the various reigns, 2, f rft Willia m I. tz , Wigistm fy . 3. r7,Plber. Furniture. 4. bra"'ng-room Furniture. 5. ,s ii , wl og-room Furniture. 6 . ,„ K, Tabinets, Damasks, Moreens, Chintzes, &c. k.,. rrarte-glass in Burnished Gold Frames. -iocru and other Lamps. 9. Scan P ieces of Paper -hanging of the best quality, from 2d a ye:- d 10. Aliola Pedestal Tables, in great variety. li . IN :! . . George Robins's Patent Filters. 12. jiscellaneous Articles. actioneer, Estate, and House Agency. Estates and Houses ,rte Let and Sold free of expense. fe4,7Public can now see the Hall, with all its arrangements, free year. . w 6" ' soyoth nfed of the best materials and workmanship, cheaper than ioli e i ta t house in London. The nobility, gentry, and public . are t a nd in to inspect the largest and best-selected stock of Cabinet th e n Pholstery Goods in England, suitable for all purposes, from te4t,itage toe the mansion at the Cabinet-Maker's Society, Egyp reea-d) P adilly, and 71, Leadenhall-street, which is enrolled Ne st •'Y to Act of Parliament, and founded for the support of be at riOus mechanics, who all combine to produce only the very .t fors.pravia!te at the lowest possible price. The funds of the Sociey 4g to" ts members in sickness, old age, burial. The . Society II . return: sincere thanks to their numerous patrons, including fo2t a h l e t Y , Nobility, and many of the first families in the kingdom, the last xtensive and generous patronage bestowed on them during ihee t ; eighteen years, and hope by their humble endeavours to trial, Luture favours ; at the same time, they earnestly solicit a ,ks the only criterion by which the merits and decided advan ii re4 f , this establishment can be fairly estimated. Every . article also ed at the lowest ready money price, and from which nO ex ( h e a rnt is made ; they are all warranted, and, if a fault appears, Ptint7d within 12 months, free from charge of any kind. A Secr et aryt of articles and prices will be forwarded on addressing the , by letter post-paid, only. By order oftthe Trustees, THOMAS HASLER. Sec. i•-•>...l,:enian Hall, Piccadilly, and 71, Leadenhall-street. nal)E 1) reijothe P ATRONAGE of HIS MAJESTY, and AU -0 /., ,1 RIZED by the LORDS of the TREASURY. iI at RESTORED.—NERVOUS HEAD t.ea.tes;`tßE CURED.—This discovery has proved itself . of the 'ove otel: nport anee to the public. The numerous testimonials I. edit, ra of as received during the last twenty years, from families . and re'torativ the first respectability, proving the truth of this infal l. lib e le . ti ara ev _e, all of whom may be applied to, who have been . reievisd fntseacaaet, gutta serene, opthalmia, and inflammations, alld Left off der et , gutta and head having been completely eradicated, glasses .. "" et aitagi er t t we iltY years' use and the person rendered impel.% iou most o Ln by the frequent Use of this delightful compound of the : a rareen c ru et aLie, ehoi aromatic, and odoriferous herbs. It is r.e -en-11,.,et , The el,,,,,,etilisete; lmedical practitioners for its many vire menial be • ." enlists and d character it has attained, is a testi eToNE, , 3ore sti , .onage an Vp s l' i eup. To prevent imposition, ask for GRIAI, e l3re aci-str! -„,-., S NUFFmanufactured by the inventor, No. 39, ..eond on. --"' iNo onisbury,' m and No. 24, King-street, Long-acre, COpy ~, street, il l "P A LETTER sent to Mr. Grimstone, 39, Broad for a t __ ciomsbu r y _ "Dear Sir,—You may make use of my name, great benefit fact, in taking your Eye Snuff. I have received such liot e„ J'etit that I can see to write without glasses, which I cou k ld . th ey before I took your Eye Snuff, my eyes being.so very wea n , %1Z n ow Perfectly strong ! Many of my poor aged men ut they d mot- would purchase it in preference to other snuff, Ire.. P O ' afford sixpence per ounce, or buy it in the cannist P ni 2 , Sir your's respectfully, H. PLUCKIVELL, Governor of the Si f ri s . " -- 4 3 0 ' 0 - r-house, Tottenham, Middlesex, January 24, 1834. Wlrestored." S e i,TSERVATIONS of the Editor of the " Old England,' Preq: ll, 1833:—" EYE SNUFF.—This is really an extraordinary 1,41-esration. Of what it is compounded we know not ; but this we tkr ° W,, that it is wonderfully efficacious, relieving headache and ser al T ‘s ,ag the e y es o f i n j ur i ous h umours , es p ec i a lly i f th e y are o.fona ° '"' ° us nature. It is also an extremely complaisant companion en di,,,toiling over musty books or writings, and tends most power of f ab l ur en . thle the eye to perform, without fail, an unusual quantity 011 Q/.... A • ''''.II•VATIONS of the Editor of the United Service Gazette, t0 P1. 1, 1 , 1 , 19, 183 4.—" The advance of civilization, which gives birth lie r a!eatly new forms of infirmity and disease, brings in its train to V e overies of remedial agent s a n d new a ppli c ations of science virtues. In no case has this remark been more signally the ed than in the modern prevalence of near- sightedness, and tio-n.aew appliances for its relief. Truly, we are a blinking geneya sitadeeever second man glares upon us in the streets through varied 1 44" Q f blue, green or amber, but none of these optical preser- Let , e h s Profes s to rest Ore the impaired faculty to the vigour of health. hted. e wever, the student and the literary devotee learn,. with gra stoee`,, that such a remedy exists. The Instances in which Grant tote to E Ye-snuff has renewed the power of vision by restoring n eat _, O the o ver -strained organ are so numerous and well authen- its ri e " , that the individual who neglects to make an experiment of is ° lvo er eae Y 'nal' justly be said to indulge a silly scepticism at h ot en se. il l a SERVE the Inventor's Signature on each Cannister. Sold sigeaarltnisters, Is. 3d., s. ad., 4s. 4d.. and Bs. each. Observe A the jesty , ar e on each cannister " With the patronage of , his lat l e be l r a a - 1 aliriwaand authorised by the Lords of the Treasury. , ' , A t attl e xlee to all venders of " Grimstone's Eye-snuff. . All orders i koe glaable in London. Letters post paid. Genuine old Snuf ir ''' . `e........ ga ....12...._ , imported. k:i. ~,T B . CHEDDON'S HERBAL TONIC :skedt, ,-. LLLS are prescribed by the Faculty as a most efficacious •ecti "°, the Cureof Sc r ofula, Scurvy, Leprosy, Scorbutic af tihi4sons, tro ti and Pimples n the Face, Swellings or Ulcera aief" s til e Ke ° cl n c s S Breasts, and all Disorders attended with et ,lll -we lling; or with Morbd and Irritating Eruptions of the t2lits,°„(tri, Wounds and Sores, as well as the . severest cases of '"" fr om - ' o eurnatism The following testimonials of their effi teli: ei e ei rdnent Physicians,. are the most unqualified proofs of ricy __ From Dr. Palmer, of Walworth. e , le i , sir es a " Walworth, Surrey, Feb. 27, 1834. h e ; l \ ` 7 „ of r `' . „ r aong the numerous medicines now before the public, I or - `, 4 l.C e e so efficacious as our Pills in restoring individuals to ne isi l e " are suffering under } scrofulous and cutaneous affections, A t ' asl i a i j swellings genera • particularly of the breasts and ' 1 44 1 to i t i ,.° Gout or Rheumatism, ) or where the . system is predis ttit.,g,beh-Ne. This is the result of my experience . with them, " ' 1, 4 ' 1 3' s 4 -s tipplied largely, I have been enabled to give them ex -0 A L. With the greatest success.—l am Sir, yours, fee. • Chedden• ... " JOHN PALMER,. M.D." From Surgeon Browne, of Leeds. relyt.,Sir D " Leeds, Sept. 4, 1833. eas„..'e t - ' 0 ,.„ . rfi rn the numerous instances of the efficacy of your Pills 4 f ._ . ' of s'", I have been induced to try them in several severe de r bi se er °fula and Scorbutic Affections, D and in obstinate Cute- Of the il i a .,Consumption . isease a s m of the Kidneys and Bled e , i .` e ir tn.. "out and Rheumatism, and . able . to bear testimony 's' inr,„,at Utility • indeed, it was a Medicine much wanted, and, ' 'Lein, stand's unrivalled.—Your obedient servant, e I' o C " ROBERT BROWNE, M. R. C. S. ' 8 . Ch ec id on, E sq. " From Dr. Bell, of Manchester. 'lag D ear ir., e ar S' " Manchester, July, 30, 1833. c nhe r 1 :' - --As Scrofula and Scorbutic affection appear to be there is scarcely a family whose 1 1 11 : 11ite ::a li ti t a e :4 7 illsgn o ( t fo ta r i i n n te m d y wI p th in i i t o , n ) I think our profession and the hae - ea ses i n eellYindebted to you for so . valuable e a n d a i b s l c e o d v t e o ry say F t r h o e m y b ea e eue ed .:_' v uich . l have given your pills, Yon ' , ' heeriy`tleanY individuals whose d.eath lani reviously might have in saying, that if w er l _P e eted, and I feel no hesitation' e pt4 , is ease f,7_ o ccasionally taken, they w theyt any malig r 'eabl e h "uu taking place, and I think are particularly delicate individuals. „, 4 _. ,e s, eh _ , o " I am, dear St, s y A ou A r l ' u s vEeLry BELL, ICI. D. '‘ut n, Esq." e , From Dr. Darwall, of Birmingham. Dill a b ear Si r,in4 your "Birmingham, Ap r r e i s l e l r O ib , in lB g 33 . er e 'n all ease have for several months been the •"" Possible of Scrofula and Scorbutic Affe p ctions, t with the tie ie erease e success. As these complaints are greatly o u n p s o i n .. p i ; You r tt,,,,,Pliere being scarcely a famil free from them, I Pl a iZ t r ihed t T e . zp the most valuable ever . discovered. I la:e oo al in so . s ' it ' whichl7 Gout and Rheumatism, as well as other . , i,_ _. , _ have found them equally successful. ' (:!• S. logelieve me, dear Sir, ••sincerely, 3 cur's yen Cheddon, Esti , "DARWALL, M.D. 4,, From Dr:Brown, of Glasgow. tie A k 'ear Si r LL Glasgow kugust 15, 1833. e ffe et i o _ ,--From the numerous cases of Scrofula and Scorbu e!iirreieg, t.__Us which have come under my case I have been endea :_ . thesela l ong Period, to find out some medicine that would w nein e 17eadful complaints ; in fact, I halt tried almost every te7Thindecedetvce)rtheard of, without finding one successful, until I l arly ' le d upon Y. Your Pills. After receiving your letter, I de em fift e — gir.ing them a fair trial—therefore, gave them regu th_ Sc Patients labouring under the worst forms of Scrofula ,_ eY wer e ile Affect' 'tun, „ e re all e ions, and in six weeks, to my astonishment, ' '''''oable n'ely cured. I have continued prescribing these 'S ever since, with the greatest success. e To e. " I am, dear Sir, e '01(1 S ' CHEtir o ne, " Yours very truly, 'o r ., „ at le ...,, E sq. ,, "R. BROWNE, M.D. tr eet i'llenaY & Co.'s Patent Medicine Warehouse, 63, hill,Ox meti_ru a F o rte* of Well's Street, London ; by Johnston, hat hno , by all Medicine Venders in the country, and any t got them will obtain them from Londoniordered. it, 3rescribed .sta en if r iil be Confocol 7,ornP arlies ery ;howevio, i n the evosii, a id be t/ nii-!p est du ern sclve s h ; gently of. t and i t is ';s ; - they which ei 5 w hich t o to per— hol e of the in fo io ' n, and re. rioldstre s ' i ,ay.), 23g th e w ?ho R e g i ' 32 Th e me' with „port' ar, oinlea x ts '„o, 0111r1Sls , ank „ t ant! srge a " ;ns t • E l ' s ' of " r;nk flie ; olseleY' shor tly .ce the jo i n ed l'eaci Jned Guar Pril; 3 .03 rte I K ho c .c . ° jot D u blin ( t he part)" ° ger- Cali° )c • - cornpaDie! Gib nalat r°3 ‘ll, lin:n[oo and ';ottor'' .0 ; d F "P b :ar:ster r:54 if; er nbar: bo re, the blens d a ssc o - n . 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JOW Vat 1; rford arice' ~ullt teisi r : ,,,35, forraer li °I ri aow ° f t" " of S'erc jit t il° :sq. T 1' ;:wv, No. 13,124. KING' PATTERN SILVER HANDLED CUT LERY, the durability of which is nearly double that of the best Ivory, is now offered at very nearly the same price. Silver 7 handled Table Knives 3 Guineas per Dozen. Silver-handled Dessert Knives 21 Guineas per Dozen. Carvers 15s. per pair. THOMAS COX SAVORY, Working Goldsmith and Silver smith, 47, Cornhill. pURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of Chancery, made in a cause of STYTFI against MONRO, the Creditors of JANE MONRO, late of Whitehaven, in the County of Cumberland, spinster, (who died in the month of May, 1833,) are on or before the 6th day of November 1834, to come in and prove their debts before Sir GIFFIN WILsoN, one of the Masters of the said Court, at his Chambers in Southampton buildings, Chancery-lane, London ; or, in default thereof, they will peremptorily be excluded the benefit of the said Decree. MICHAEL WALKER, Whitehaven, Plaintiff's Solicitors. GEO. J. W. HELDER, 17, Clement's Inn, Agents. REGENT-STREET. To be LET on LEASE, with IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, By Messrs. WOOLLAMS and CARPENTER, A Very DESIRABLE RESIDENCE, hand somely fitted up and replete with Conveniences, a capital Shop, well adapted for the display of Millinery or Fancy Goods, being situate in the preferable part of Regent-street, near the Circus. Particulars may be had of Messrs. Woollams and Carpenter, auctioneers, &c., No. 16, Old Burlington-street ; of whom tickets to view may be obtained. This day was published, in 2 vols., post Bvo., with Plates, T HE ANGLER IN IRELAND; Or AN ENGLISHMAN'S RAMBLE THROUGH CONNAUGHT and MUNSTER, During the Summer of 1833. Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. This day was published, in 2 vols. post Bvo., with Plates, ANDE RINGS in NEW SOUTH WALES, BATAVIA, PEDIR COAST, SINGAPORE, and CYIYA - ; Being the JOURNAL OF A NATURALIST In those Countries during 1833, and 1834. By GEORGE BENNETT, Esq., F.L. S., Richard Bentley; 8, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to his Majesty. On Saturday, Oct. 4, will be published, price 4d., continued Weekly, PrilHE PRINTING MACHINE, or, COM PANION to the LIBRARY and REGISTER of PRO GRESSIVE KNOWLEDGE. No. XVII. CONTENTS :—France, Social, Literary, and Political, by Henry L. Bulwer, Esq., M.P.—Archdeacon Butler's Charge.—Life of Samuel Drew.—Walk to Bermondsey.—Martin's British Colonies. —State Paper Office.—Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Edinburgh.—Miscellany of Facts. London : Charles Knight, Ludgate-street. 'This day was published, price Is. fABSERVATIONS on the PRESERVATION of HEARING, and on the CHOICE. USE, and ABUSE of EAR-TRUMPETS, &c. Extracted from Mr. Curtis's valu able Treatise on the Ear. Contents :—Physiology of Hearing—Diseases of the Ear—Deaf ness from Sea-bathing, Blows, Fright, &c.—Cautions how to avoid Deafness—Observations on the Deaf and Dumb—Acoustic Chair —Artificial Ears, &c.—Tin Trumpets preferable to all others— New Caoutchouc Instrument—Novel Acoustic and Optical Inven tion, &c. Printed for H. Renshaw, 35, Strand. THE DUBLIN U No. XXII., for C Conta . 1. How is Ireland to be Govern ed ? 2. To mvFricnds. From Schiller. 3. The Tartar Princess. A Tale of 1241. 4. The Club-footed King. 5. Scenes from the Life — of Ed- ward Lascelles, Gent.-- Chap. VIII. Algoa Bay. 6. The Old Man's Song. By Ro bert Gilfillan. Dublin : William Curry, jun. London ; and sold by all Booksell NIVERSITY MAGA )CTOBER, 1834, price 2s. 6d., 7. Southey's Naval History of England. S. The Opening of the New Century. From Schiller. 9. Lha Dhu ; or, the Dark Day. By the Author of " Traits and Stories." • 10. 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DRUMMOND'S FIRST STEPS TO BOTANY, in tended as popular Illustrations of it. 100 Wood Engravings. Third Edition, 9s. VIII. CONVERSATIONS ON BOTANY, with 21 Engravings. 2mo. Seventh Edition, enlarged, 7s. 6d. plain ; 12s. coloured. IX. CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY ; comprehending the Elements of Botany, with their Application to Agriculture. 2 vols. 12mo. with Plates. 2d Edition, 12s. X. MACPHAIL'S GARDENER ; containing Natural and Arti ficial Methods of Gardening, Sze._ 12m0., 7s. 6d. XI. - ELEMENTS OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY. SIR HUMPURY DAVY, Bart. Bro., 4th Edition, 15s. THE LITERARY MAN IN FRANCE.--The literary man glides into the cabinet and the boudoir, not in a powdered wig and an embroidered waistcoat, but bound in vellum. He does not measure his force or his address with your's, but his intelligence ; he is the person to admire ; he is the person to fear ; he is the person in France which he is nowhere else. He is the person in France that he cannot be in America, for there is no superstition for the arts in America ; the vanity of wealth, the natural consequence of a nation depending wholly on its industry and on its commerce, predominates over the diviner thoughts and more graceful occupation of letters. He is the person in France that he cannot be in Germany—for in Germany a " von " before your name is a matter of social ne cessity ; for in Germany, to be " well-born," or to be " nobly born," or to be " right nobly born," is a matter submitted to historical rules, and the superscription of a letter demands the profoundest study, the most accurate knowledge, the nicest distinctions. He is the person in France that he cannot be in England—for in England politics is the only passion of the men, fashion the only idol of the women—for in England to be a blockhead is far more pardonable than to live in a bad street—for in England to have voted against the house and window tax would win you more favour than to have written the profoundest work on legislation.—Bultver's New Work on France. Notwithstanding the large influx of emigrants which has taken place this year, we are glad to learn that employ ment continues abundant in Canada. Some thousands of labourers even were wanted for the Welland Canal, the Grand River Navigation, and other public works ; and the wages given were 31. per month, with board. Mechanics, too, were in great demand, and continued to obtain high wages. Thrale's house and grounds in Streatham Park, to which Dr. Johnson was introduced about the year 1765, and where, subsequently to that period, Goldsmith, Burke, Ma lone, Stevens, and Sir Joshua Reynolds, with other distin guished literary characters of that brilliant era, were constant guests, remain m nearly the same state as they were when that hospitable and humane person died. The chamber occupied by Johnson, over the drawing-room, contains the identical table, or slab, on which the Doctor wrote many of his popular works, and the inky spots left by him at the time are not per mitted to be obliterated. The breakfast-room, and the grate under which Johnson indignantly threw a china cup and saucer of great beauty, because of a severe rebuke from Mrs. Thrale; the round or octagon summer-house near the mansion, in which the Doctor arranged a considerable portion of his Dic tionary ; and many other reminiscences connected with the great lexicographer, are still pointed out by an intelligent old gardener, who, during many years has been a trusty servant. The park and most extensive gardens are in a ruinous condi tion, and the house has been without a tenant ever since it was given up by Prince Lieven. At the death of Mrs. Piozzi, the estatlr was sold. It is now the property of Mr. Phillips of Wimbledon, and is to let. We were grieved to hear that a flourishing cedar-tree, planted by Dr. Johnson, at the west end of the house, had recently been cut down by order of Mr. Phillips. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1834 PIRACY. The following statements are worthy of attention as showing the formidable extent to which this terrific system is now carried. The Hamburg correspondent of the Bth inst. has the following :—" Captain Peterson, who arrived here yesterday, in the ship Fortuna, from Pernambuco, in forms us, that on the afternoon of Sunday, the 10th ult., being in 29 degrees north latitude, and 34 degrees west longitude, he descried a schooner at a distance, which imme diately set all sail and bore down upon him. She was friun 80 to 100 tons burden, a fast sailing vessel, and no doubt seemed to be entertained of her being a pirate. Wh en night set in the captain changed his course from N.E. to N.W., and having kept up in this direction through the night, contrived to escape his presumed enemy. All ships however are not equally fortunate. Several which ought long since to have arrived at their destination are missing ; and when we consider the practice of pirates of latter years to murder the whole ship's company, in order to des troy all evidence against them, and even to burn the ships after having taken possession of their cargo, we are led to apprehend the worst. Among others we may name the English ship Clarence, Captain Harding, bound from St. Domingo to Cowes, which sailed on the 15th of January from Cape Hayti, and the Cleopatra, Captain J. Cassan, from Matanzas to Hamburg. Both are missing, without the slightest trace of them remaining. They were of solid construction, and such persons_244tre acquainted with their fine build, consider it improbable that they should have been wrecked. We therefore come naturally to the conclusion, that they have fallen a prey to maritime robbers—that their crews have been pitilessly murdered, and the ships burnt. It will be remembered that a few years since upwards of thirty ships of different nations were missing under the same mysterious circumstances.— United Service Gazette. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. VESSELS ENTERED INWARDS AT THE CUSTOM -MOUSE, OCT. I. Neptunus, Holraw, from Rostock : Sally, Patterson, from Guernsey ; Cater, Whitnall, from Dunkirk ; Saltram, Thorne, from Guernsey ; Tavistock, Vought, from Guernsey ; Princess Victoria, Cann, from Demerara ; Friends Goodwill, Goodrich, from Villaviciosa ; Vissay, Jelsma, from Worcum ; Sprightley, Sivingston, from Villa 'Nova ; John Pink, Nixon, from Jamaica; Greenwood, Wright, from Liverpool; Reso lution, Craig, from Oporto ; Tulloch Castle, Rayner, from Jamaica ; San Jose, Reviteria, from Tarragona; Arnold Von Winklereid, Bendfaldt, from Lubec ; Batavier, Dunlop, from Rotterdam ; Lavinia, Cain, from Launceston ; Maria Chris tiana, Hanson, from Keil ; United Kingdom, Smith, from Jamaica ; Christiana Charlotte, Gurch, from Bristol ; London Packet, Cowan, from Glasgow ; Gratitude, Paton, from Riga; Wilton Castle, Bacon, from Jamaica ; Earl of Liverpool, Lomax, from Ostend. ENTERED OUTWARDS FOR LOADINIII, OCT. I. Dart, Amston, for -; Gernan, Arnold, for Hamburg ; Sir William Curtis, Pay, for Calais ; Mardings, Burgan, for Jamaica ; Earl Clancarty, Williams, for Rotterdam ; Brilliant, Yabsley, for Lisbon ; Brightman, Nicholls, for Jamaica ; Werschiel, Lanny, for Stettin; Thames, Arnold, for Mauri tius; Wellesley, Bassett, for Jamaica ; John Pirie, Jorden, for Trinidad ; Peter the Great, Fox, for Constantinople ; London Merchant, Mown, for Rotterdam. CLEARED OUTWARDS WITH CARGOES, OCT. 1. Friends, Tonkin for Lisbon ; Python, Brumenyer, for Ant werp; Edina, Reid, for Bahia ; Brocklebank, Stranack, for Antwerp; Peter the Great, Fox, for Odessa; Philadelphia, Morgan, for New York ; Mans, Blake, for Hamburg. CLEARED OUTWARDS IN BALLAST, OCT. 1. Industrie, Hayes, for Cherbourg ; Alchina, Ibser, for the Baltic ; Abatiam, Paaseh, for Denmark. SAGACITY OF THE ELEPHANT. A few days before my arrival at Enon, a troop of ele phants came down one dark and rainy night close to the outskirts of the village. The missionaries heard them bel lowing and making an extraordinary noise for a long time at the upper ends of the orchard ; but knowing well how dangerous it is to encounter these animals in the night, they kept close within their houses till daybreak. Next morning, on examining the spot where they had heard the elephants, they discovered the cause of all this nocturnal uproar. There was at this spot a ditch or trench, about five or six feet in width and twelve in depth, which the in dustrious missionaries had recently cut through the bank of the river, on purpose to lead out the water to irrigate some part of their garden ground, and to drive a corn mill. Into this trench, which was still unfinished and without without water, one of the elephants had evidently fallen, for the marks of his feet were distinctly visible at the bot tom, as well as the impress of his huge body on its sides. How he had got in it was easy to imagine, but how, being once in, he had ever contrived to get out again, was the marvel. By his own unaided efforts it seemed almost im possible for such an animal to have extricated himself. Could his comrades, then, have assisted him ? There ap peared little doubt that they had ; though by what means, unless by pulling with their trunks, it would not be easy to conjecture. And in corroboratiou of this supposition, on examining the spot myself, I found the edges of this trench deeply indented with numerous vestiges, as if other ele phants had stationed themselves on either side,. some of them kneeling, and others on their feet, and had thus, by united efforts, hoisted their unlucky brother out of the Pringle's African Sketches. A SHOWER OF MUSCLES IN AMERICA. Mr. Montgomery, tie gaoler of the county, handed us the following communication, written by one of the pri soners :—The falling of the stones and muscles, he assures us, was witnessed by many, perhaps all the prisoners, some of whom are in confinement for debt, others charged with crimes. He himself was in the country that evening, but he declares that he has no doubt of the truth of the story. He says he picked up muscles next morning. Saturday evening, the 9th instant (August), about five, the south western hemisphere became suddenly overspread by heavy dark clouds, which indicated the fast approach of a storm, which was carried swiftly along by the angry wind, Whi c h smote the earth as though the very elements were at war with each other ; soon the water began to gush from its cistern. During the extreme part of the rain, some of the prisoners in gaol observed something falling, resembling the small atones that may be seen on the beach of a river. What first attracted attention, was the rattling upon the bricks in the yard. When the storm subsided, the p r i_ soners found that numbers of living muscles had been re moved from their native element, and were ready for g.. thering within the gaol walls ; the number found is not ac curately known, as some went immediately to work on the fresh dainty, opening, salting, and swallowing, until they were consumed ; one person, however, picked up ten be fore the others were informed that the yard abounded with fresh muscles—some of them, from appearance, must hare weighed two ounces ; there were also several round stones, one of which would weigh four or five ounces, and which way yet be seen. On the same evening there were some frogs taken captive whilst hopping about, apparently rather dissatisfied at finding themselves confined within the g ao l walls. The ancients 'cannot recollect of such visiters mak ing their appearance within the walls before. Mr. Mont gomery, keeper of the prison, found some of the muscles outside of the wall.—Pittsburg Gazette. THE SINGER AND HIS LEG. There are people who form little local attachments about their own persons, and fall in love with an eye, a nose, a cheek, a chin, or a finger-nail. One of the first vocalists on the British stage is known absolutely to doat on the construction of his leg ; he thinks, that since legs were made, nature never constructed such a pair as he is the possessor of, and he accordingly takes every opportunity of obtruding them upon the obser vation of the audience. The earnestness with which he details their circumference, in various parts, to his friends and acquaintance, and the complacency with which he regards them, when only covered with thin black silk stockings, would be a fine subject for any clergyman who wished to preach a sermon on the vani ties of this world. Unfortunately the costume of the English opera but seldom affords an opportunity for the display of the pedestals on which the musical hero's body is erected, and those of 11r. - were too often doomed to be secluded in long wide trowsers, from the admiration of the public. But the fates were not always averse, and times would occur when thin black stockings were not at variance with the stage regulations. Alexander the Great was a proud and happy man when he crossed the Granicus ; Henry the Fifth, when the battle of Agincourt brought the French nobles, who had been playing at dice for him, captives at his feet ; Apelles, when his rival mistook his curtain picture for reality ; and Brigadier-General the tailor, when surrounded by the best dressed staff in the militia, arrayed in coats of superfine cloth of his own making ; but none of them were so proud and happy as this vocalist, when he at last obtained an opportunity of submitting his unexceptionable pair of legs to the public view. He would rush upon the stage and pour forth his excited feelings in song, and there were few who could entrance an audience like him—they would hang with breathless attention upon every accent, and he never failed to make his exit amid the most deafening applause. This he was far from attributing altogether to his vocal powers. «Ah he would say, as he reached the side-wing, at the same time slapping the objects of his admiration with affectionate familiarity—" Ah I it is some time since they have seen such a leg as that !"—Crayon Sketches. A TERRIBLE STORM !—We have been favoured by a gentleman of Lenton, near this town (says the Notting ham Mercury), with the following extract of a letter from Colonel S. Stretton, who is on a tour in Italy, dated Battag lia, near Padua, August 29 :—" We have just had a most dreadful storm, which fell upon the city of Padua, about six miles off; the masses of ice which fell were about twenty pounds weight, and three feet in circumference ; they broke in all the roofs of the houses in that half the city in which they fell (only one half was visited), demolished the large marble statues, windows, &c., and beat the lead on the roof of the cathedral into large holes, as if with heavy hammers. Above three millions would be required in England to replace the damage done to the houses now in ruins. I was looking at the storm from this place, where, although, thank God, no masses of ice fell, yet we had torrents of rain and dreadful thunder. Fortunately we did not drive out that day, or, had we been caught in the storm, not only ourselves but the horses would have been killed, and the carriage destroyed." Wheat. I Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. 54 60 30 34 22 30 38 48 55 26 31 28 33 Birmingham........ 56 58 30 40 16 22 48 Bridport 56 74 32 36 26 30 54 Cirencester 44 52 0 26 24 87 54 86 36 40 26 34 •46 Guildford 48 74 2:3 32 26 35 43 54 83 35 33 20 30 4U Hereford -- 53 62 26 34 2(5 :32 44 Highworth 62 Rlt 32 42 28 34 53 Maidenhead ..-- 56 68 34 44 22 30 36 37 62 64 36 32 30 32 Reading 40 66 22 36 14 26 45 44 51 28 33 23 28 36 40 Southampton 54 58 33 3 3 8 8 2 32 42 Stroud 84 78 37 38 22 32 _ Tewkesbury 48 34 30 38 42 _ Uxbridge 48 74 26 34 20 26 46 58 80 27 32 17 23 34 42 Wanninster 46 54 27 31 23 26 34 40 59 21 22 35 Worcester...---..- 48 52 32 36 24 26 44 VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. The Zebulon, from Liverpool to Quebec, on ;the 29th of August, in lat. 46., long. 31. _ . The 'Albion, of Glasgow, for Quebec, on the 31st of August, by the Guardian, arrived at Cork. The Rosalind, from London, on the sth ult., in long. 41. The Nautilus, from London to Quebec, on the 4th ult., in long. 21. The Christopher, from Chatham to Miramichi, on the 17th ult., in long. 20., by the Hannah, arrived at Cork. The Abeona, from Dublin to Quebec, on the 2d ult., in lat. 46., by the Neptune, arrived at Plymouth. The Tyne, from Bordeaux to Quebec, in lat. 46., long. 32., by the Huskissou, arrived at Plymouth. The Mercury, from Waterford to Quebec, and Stephen, from Newcastle to Pictou, on the 31st ult., in lat. 46., long. 43., by the Ranger, arrived at Plymouth. The Thomas, from Belfast to Quebec, on the 4th ult., on the banks of Newfoundland. The Kentucky, from Cardiff to Philadelphia, on the 25th August, in lat. 41., long. 67., with the loss of both top-masts. The Avon, from Quebec to Newcastle, on the 15th ult., in lat. 50., long. 24., by the Pembrokeshire, arrived at Liver pool. THE MARKETS. COAL MAR s d. Adair s l7 9 Bensham Main l6 6 Chester M.-tin l5 3 Felling Main l7 6 Flcbburn Main lB 3 Holywell lB 3 Ord s Redhugh l5 9 Ponta') Windsor l7 0 South Beaumont l5 0 'Fanfield l9 3 West Hartley Wylam Walls End Bewicke and Co— l9 0 Walls End Brown's... . ...... Walls End Clark and Co l6 6 Walls End Gosforth W lls End Heaton l9 3 Walls End Hilda lB 0 Walls End Hotspur Walls End Jesmond l7 0 Ships arrived since 1 Per Ton .ET.—Oct. I.' Per Ton. s. d Walls End Killingworth Walls End Newmarch IA 0 Walls End Peareth l6 9 Walls End Perkins l7 6 Walls End Braddyll's Hetton 21 0 Walls End Hetton Walls End Lambton 2l 0 Wails End Stewart s Dixon's ,Butterknowl l6 9 Walls End Adelaide Walls End Auckland l7 0 Walls End Musgrave l7 6 Walls End South Durham lB 6 Walls End Tees Walls End West Hetton l9 3 Howard's Netherton Main Hartley Neville's Llanelly Heaton Trader )8 9 South Durham Nutt l4 6 ist market day. 85. COUNTRY C IRN MARKETS DURIN G THE WEEK. LEWES MARKE'I Per Quarier. s. d. to s. d. Wheat, White ... 41 0 53 0 Oat --- Red ....... 42 0 48 0 Pea Barley ............... .30 0 37 0 Oil CHELTENHA s. d. to s. d Per Bushel. Wheat Barley . .. . per ton. PB O ee a aa t sn s e . s: 45 2 066 Hay 3l. 76 3 1 0360 to 1, ap V O4 e r, a o ti.k l , , 0 . 0 d. M MARKETS. Pet lb. HULL 111 A RKET.—Sept. 30. Wheat, Old 40a. 445. 465. N ew 3N. 40a. 43a. --- Foreign —s —s. —s. In bond... —s. —s. —s. Oats, Poland —s. 211 s. 225.......01d lBa. 20a. 225. Small or Feed.... —s. 17s. IN —s. 16,. 18s. ---- Foreign —s. Ils. 15s —s. —s. —s. Barley, Norf. & Suf ... 26s 1,205. 325. Line. & Wold —s. 26s 30a.----- Foreign Beans Us. 355, 365. Foreign — B :2os 255. Pease, White._ —s 36s 40s. Grey —a. 345. 365. Tares —a. —4. —a. Foreign R a peseed. in bond none .......... Free, per last 301. 311. Os. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS AT THE COURI BASINGHALL-STREET, ON MONDAY. (From the London Gazette.) M. ii J Bell, linen -draper, Norton_falgate 2at 12 W. Parker, money-scrivener, Horncastle 2 11 J. Phelps and IL Appleton, linen-drapers. Walworth 2 2 J. Kesterton, coach-builder, Camberwell 2 12 J. T. Armstrong, oilman, St. Martin's-street, Leicester-square , 2 1 A. Strattan and J. H. becretan, factors, Cheapside 2 11 THE VEGETABLE WORLD. In this, as in all other parts of creation, ample scope is found for the exercise of the reasoning faculties, at the same time abundant sources are supplied of in tellectual enjoyment. To discriminate the different characters of plants, amidst the infinite diversity of shape, of colour, and of structure, which they offer to our observation, is the laborious, yet fascinating occu pation of the botanist. Here, also, we are lost in ad miration at the never-ending variety of forms succes sively displayed to view, in the innumerable species which compose this kingdom of nature, and at the energy of that vegetable power, which, amidst such differences of situation, sustains the modified life of each individual plant, and which continues its species in endless perpetuity. Wherever circumstances are compatible with vegetable existence, we there find plants arise. It is well known that, in all the places where vegetation has been established, the germs are so intermingled with the soil, that whenever the earth is turned up, even from considerable depths, and ex posed to the air, plants are soon observed to spring, as if they had been recently sown, in consequence of the germination of seeds which had remained latent and inactive during the lapse of perhaps centuries. Islands formed by coral reefs, which have risen above the level of the sea, become, in a short time, covered with ver dure. From the materials of the most sterile rock, and even from the yet recent cinders and lava of the volcano, Nature prepares the way for vegetable ex istence. The slightest crevice or inequality is sufficient to arrest the invisible germs that are always floating in the air, and affords the means of sustenance to dimi nutive races of lichens and mosses. These soon over spread the surface, and are followed, in the course of a few years, by succecsive tribes of plants of gradually increasin g size and strength ; till at length the island, or other favoured spot, is converted into a natural and luxuriant garden, of which the productions, rising from grasses to shrubs and trees, present all the varieties of the fertile meadow, the tangled thicket, and the widely spreading forest. Even in the desert plains of the torrid zone, the eye of the traveller is often refreshed by the appearance of a few hardy plants, which find sufficient materials for their growth in these arid re gions : and in the realms of perpetual snow which sur round the poles, the navigator is occasionally startled at the prospect of fields of a scarlet hue, the result of a wide expanse of microscopic vegetation.—Roget's Bridgewater Treatise. Two retirements from the Bench are confidently expected in Dublin. The filling up of these vacancies will cause much promotion. r. Sept. 3( Per Quart Cake... I ter. s. d. to s. d. 21 0 25 6 0 42 0 2'. I's. per Thousand. d. to 64 7 7 0 7 0 6 7 0 7 PRICE 7D. THE LATE DREADFUL MURDER AT STOW THE WOLD. When the unfortunate Mr. Renns was brutally mur dered at Stow on the Wold, it appeared, from the evi dence before the Coroner, that his watch mnst have been stolen from his person. The mysterious workings of Pro vidence seem to have rendered the theft the means of bringing the perpetrator of the murder to justice, as will appear from the following copy of a letter, with which we have been favoured : " Stow, Sept. 26, 1834. " Sir—l have the pleasure to inform you that the gold watch or repeater, the property of the late Mr. Renns, was this day taken to Mr. Payne to be repaired ; and he most sin gularly happened to be the same watchmaker who had it before in his possession to repair several times for Mr. Renns him self; and he has (as —, Pool, Esq. has also) sworn to its being the same. The man who exchanged it a few days ago, for a silver watch, is now before the Magistrates on examina tion, and he is carter to a butcher who lives the third gate below Mr. R. Clifford's. (Within 20 yards of the place where the body was found.) Mr. Pool and Mr. Watts are the pre siding Magistrates, and we entertain no doubt now but the perpetrator of this horrid deed may soon be brought to condign punishment, and the innocent rewarded with justice. It is this moment stated that the prisoner says he found the watch in a garden.—l am, Sir, ;our very obedient servant, " THOMAS CLIFFORD. " To Mr. .I. M. Croad, Solicitor, Gloucester." We have heard that John Clifford and - Cox, who suffered so long an imprisonment, first in Northleach, and subsequently in the county gaol, for many months, until the Grand Jury ignored the bill preferred against them at the Assizes, have been advised to proceed against the Magistrates by whom they were committed for trial, and that notice of action has actually been served.—Cheltenham Journal. AGRICULTURAL REPORT. The weather during the first week of this month was mostly rainy, which made it very unfavourable for the finish of the few patches of barley that were left uncut at the close of the last month—some from not being ripe owing to late sowing, and others through the tardiness of the far mers ; as some would say " Leave it till to-morrow which no good manager would do, as to-morrow is too often put off, from necessity, for several days, which was the case in this instance, and consequently much of it was got in indifferently ; others must have been rendered en tirely useless for malting. Many fields of after-grass and clover, which were cut at the same time, shared a similar fate ; but since that period the weather has again been most beautifully fine, thanks to a kind Providence, which has enabled our neighbours north of the Tweed, as well as the late and the tardy of this country, to bring their harvest to a conclusion. There has also been a great7deal of clover and after-grass made into excellent hay during the fine weather. The various reports of the harvest, although contradictory in some points, nearly all agree as to the good ness of the crops, particularly the wheat, which is not only a plentiful crop, but has also been, with some few excep tions, housed in excellent condition. A small tract of wheat was damaged in the early part of the harvest in one or two of the home counties, consequently the sample will be but indifferent, and the price of course must fol low accordingly, which must hold out but poor encou ragement to the farmer, as the best pricks even cannot remunerate the growers ; and, as a Norfolk correspon dent justly asserts, "so languid and depressed are the affairs of the once great source of our national prosperity, that it no longer furnishes a subject nor a gleam of cheer ing interest to the cultivators of the soil, or a welcome topic to the discriminating part of other branches of so ciety." Therefore, whilst the farmer is depressed, there can be no wonder at the great number of labourers now strolling about out of employ, nor is there any prospect of employment during a long winter, which is now fast ap proaching. In addition to this distressing event, the har vest, both in hay and corn, never was got in with so little expense ; for with the exception of the mowing, the labour in other respects has been very small, according to former seasons. This has been more confined to the southern dis tricts, and many of the western counties, than in the counties of the north, and unless the rail-roads that are now going. on should afford employment for some, it is be feared that the workhouses, according to the new Act, which is now on the eve of operation, will soon be filled to an overflow. Notwithstanding the low price of wheat, as exhibited in Mark-lane and every other corn market, the price of bread has undergone no corresponding diminution. The general quality of barley is rather rough, some is coarse and stained, but no great deal in quantity, nor is it injured much in other respects. Consumers are giving the p e r y ef ; er t e h n is dceotoesolndot lookmaltinwsteelladforofthtehattamrleaydegfrroowmersn.ewobaatrs lare a good crop, but it is supposed that a less quantity of land was sown to that useful grain than in past years ; if so it may augur well for Ireland. Beans, peas, and tares are indifferently reported, and fall short of an average crop, but old beans plentiful. The continuance of the favourable weather, which has been experienced throughout the month, has been most favourable to the general crops of turnips, and are now at an unusual size at this early period, and the latter sowings are increasing fast in bulb, particularly in the most fertile soils, so that the bulk of winter food will be considerable, as the cultivation is extensive, add to which the abundant crops of aftergrass, with the luxuriant appear ance of cattle feed throughout the country. Hop-picking commenced about the middle of the month ; the market was opened on the 16th, and the supply was great, many samples were sold at good prices ; the mer chants did not purchase largely, in expectation of lower prices. New Kents are quoted at 120 to 160 per cwt., ditto Sussex ditto, 105 to 120 per cwt. Duty is calculated as follows :—Kent, 100,000/. ; Sussex, 45,000/. ; Worcester, 13,000/. ; Farnham, 8,000/. ; all England, 5,000/. ; total, 171,000/. The hops show well for a bright sample, but complaints are made of their weighing but lightly ; this may be attributed to the short time in which the hops have had to ripen ; be it so, in some grounds, and as a proof, some began to pick, and discontinued again for some days, during which suspension the weather continuing favourable, the hops still made great improvement, and when the season became a little more advanced, those complaints might have a little subsided. From this latter circumstance of suspension from picking, it is to be feared that the picking generally was rather premature, the weather being so favourable for that operation. The various sicknesses the hops had to con tend with through their juvenile progress was not perhaps sufficiently considered when they were approaching their last stage of perfection ; for in some plantations they not only suffered once, but were twice almost destroyed by vermin, and after all recovered in a way almost unequalled. These grounds, however, have always been highly culti vated, and consequently could well afford to stand so great a check. So much for good cultivation. An experiment has been tried which I must not omit, as its success de serves to be particularly noticed and generally adopted ; that is, the bines were much infested with a species of flea, or fly, and all those branches where they appeared were clipped off by shears. By this experiment the. plan tation, which was not expected to produce more than two or three cwt. per acre, was then laid at from four to five bags. In grounds situated near Coxlieath, some of the individual hops were from two to three inches long, and proportionably large ; this, however, is but a very rare case, still curiosity is always alive to'noveltr, 'and such an instance of length and size has not been equalled for many years. The growth of hops this season, has afforded great room for explanation, as so much variety, during their progress, but seldom occurs, and after all, take the crop through, there will be found more than an average one. Potatoes at present yield variously. This valuable article of produce has also passed through many changes in its growth. At times al most a failure was anticipated; again, after a few cheering showers, an abundant crop soon became evident, and from all accounts there is that appearance at this moment. Wheat sowing is now pretty generally in operation, and the seed goes in well upon the uplands. The heavier soils are in excellent order. The state of the follows, almost every where as to cleanliness and freedom of grass and weeds, has been but seldom excelled ; that is, where due attention has been afforded to that most essential part of agriculture. The bean stubbles were left extremely foul, owing the short ness of the haulm, but a finer season never was' known for cleaning them, in every respect, and they are now in excel lent condition for receiving the seed, as soon as the culti vator has made up his mind to effect that operation. Store pigs are still a drug, and scarcely saleable. Sheep at the great Wilton fair, near Salisbury, 82,000 of all des criptions were penned, being many thousands more than last year, and were all sold at an advance of two or three shillings a head on the late fairs. A letter from Besancon announces that the annual fair for iron held in that town, which terminated on the 3d inst., was far from being so satisfactory as in former years. But little business was done even at reduced prices. Cast iron, which last year brought 235 f. per 1,000 kilogrames, fetched only 230 f., and a portion remained unsold. The cause of the fall is considered to be the conviction that, when the Cham bers meet again, the duties on foreign iron will be reduced.— French Paper. It has been repeatedly stated by Mr. Silvestre, jun., that trees soon died when their roots came into con tact with the remains of the roots of oak trees cut down near them. This was supposed by some to be owing to the action of tannin, while others maintained that it was innocuous. M. Payen instituted direct ex periments on this subject. In order to observe the influence of tannin, and to appreciate its effects com paratively with those of other agents, M. Payen placed grains of wheat, rye, barley, oats, and maize, in con tact with eq ua l quan titi es o f th e f o ll ow i ng liquids, and all other circumstances were equal : Ist, aerated dis tilled water ; 2d, the same containing 0.01 of its weight of a saturated solution of carbonate of soda ; 3d, the same containing only 0.001 of its weight of the same saturated solution of carbonate of soda ; 4th, a solu tion containing 0.001 of pure tannin ; sth, a solution containing 0.001 of sulphuric acid : 6th, distilled wa ter saturated with lime. In the distilled water, in the liquid containing 0.001 of solution of carbonate of soda, and in the solution of tannin, germination took place in the order stated ; in the other three liquids, those containing 0.001 of acid, 0.001 of carbonate of soda, and saturated with lime, germination did not occur. The distilled water soon became slightly acid. The development of the stalks, at first rather more ra pid than in the solution of 0.001 of carbonate of soda, slackened comparatively with that which occurred in the last liquor : when this was neutralized by the acid excreted by vegetation, the original quantity of alkali was added. In bitter liquids, the white roots and green stalks were several centimetres long in a fortnight. In the solution of 0.001 of tannin, all the radicals gra dually acquired a brown tint, and were but slightly and imperfectly developed. The plumulte continued whit ish, but did not develop any green stalks ; there was therefore a strongly marked obstacle to any further de velopment in this liquid. M. Payen concludes from the preceding and other experiments, that—lst, Tan nin, even in small quantity, acts deleteriously on the roots of certain plants : 2dly, Acids in small propor tions are hurtful to germination : 3dly, Alkalies in small quantity are favourable to the progress of vege tation : 4thly, The saturation of the acidity developed during germination hastens its progress and favours the ulterior development. These experiments account for one of the useful effects of lime, of vegetable ashes and calcareous marl, and for the unfavourable influence of alkalies used in too great quantity, or unequally distri buted.—Journal de Chimie Medicale. SILK STOCKINGS. Hose or stockings of silk are generally supposed to have been unknown in this country before the middle of the sixteenth century ; and a pair of long Spanish hose was presented as a gift worthy the acceptance of a monarch by Sir Thomas Gresham to Edward VI.: and Howe, the continuator of Stow's Chronicle, adds, that Henry VIII. never wore any hose but such as were of cloth. In an inventory of his apparel, however, preserved in the Harleian Library, we find mention of several pair of silk hose; one short pair of black silk and gold woven together, one of purple silk and Venice gold, woven into a cawl, (z. c. of open or network), lined with blue silver sarcenet, edged with a passemain (lace) of purple silk and gold, wrought at Milan ; a pair of white silk and gold hose, knit, and six pair of black silk hose, knit ; and in one still earlier, taken in the eighth year of his reign, we find both satin and velvet mentioned as the materials of which his hose were composed. Now at this period it is rather difficult to say, whether the expression hose means stockings or breeches, as it was indifferently applied to each by the writers of this century. Howe evidently means stock ings only, but these richly embroidered and lined hose, mentioned in the inventory, were, we strongly suspect, the upper portion of the coverings for the legs, which we now frequently find slashed, puffed, and embroidered distinctly from the lower ; for the same document in troduces us to the word stocking itself, and enlightens us as to its derivation. One of the entries runs thus : " a yarde and a quarter of green velvet for stocks to a payr of hose for the king's grace ;" another, " the same quantity of purple satin to cover the stocks of a pair of hose of purple cloth of gold tissue for the king ;" and numerous others occur of certain portions of stuff used for " stockyng of hose," that is, adding the lower part that covered the legs and feet to that which was fas tened by points to the doublet, the ultimate separation of which confounded the hose with the breeches, and left the stocking an independent article of apparel, a at the present day. To proceed : these splendid hose, of various coloured and embroidered cloths, velvets, satins, silks, and golden and silver stuffs were attached by points or laces, with tags called auglettes or aglets (i. e. aiguilettes) to the doublet, of equal m agn ifi cence. In the earliest inventory we have quoted, a f ter t h e enumeration of many splendid doublets, &c. for the king's use, we read of " a double tof white tylsent, cut upon cloth of gold, embraudered, with hose to the same, and clasps and auglettes of golde, delivered to the Duke of Buckingham."—Planche's History of British Costume. MAN AND ANIMALS. Man can accomplish more indirectly than any other animal.can ; but many beasts are much stronger than men. The lion, the tiger, the buffalo, and the elephant, oblige the lord of the creation to acknowledge his physical inferiority. Even the turtle will carry as many men as can sit on his back ; and an ant-eater of the Cape, as Thunberg relates, will fix itself so firmly in his hole, that many oxen cannot draw it out. In regard to swiftness, how inferior is man to the race ' horse and the ostrich ! As a mere meteor, these ani mals dart along, and pass quickly beyond the reach of human vision. In regard to agility, how inferior is man to many of the tenants of the forest I The lion and the tiger make astonishing bounds. The Indian antelopes leap sometimes ten or twelve feet from the ground, and pass to a distance of thirty feet. The ibex springs, on some occasions, over terrific gulphs. Sonic kinds of monkeys are astonishingly nimble : in most cases they avoid the arrows of the Indians. Indeed, they always avoid them when they see them. If there be any rocks, behind which these creatures can shelter themselves, they always do so between the explosion of a gun and the arrival of a ball. Some of the baboon species, that were tied up in the Dutch settlement of the Cape, were so nimble, that no one, at a moderate distance, could strike them with a stone : they would .generally catch the stone in their hands. Some ani mals avoid their enemies by one curious contrivance, and others by another. Nature in this respect, seems to have endowed brutes with what is necessary, but she has left man to his ingenuity. Among the more sin gular methods of disappointing the expectations of an enemy is that of the torpedo, in producing paralyza tion ; that of the opossum, in exhaling an odour which is insufferable to every other animal ; and that of the sloth, which, by piteous and unnatural cries, startles and horrifies other beasts. Some animals, if they be thrown into water, although they have been little ac customed to it, will live there a long time : the sala mander, when it is surrounded by flames, exudes a milky substance which counteracts the violence of the fire. Nature has wonderfully favoured brute animals, by endowing them with a faculty of instinct. By in nate sagacity, insects and larger animals are sometimes capable of exceeding the utmost ingenuity of man. We have an instance of this sort in the curiously-con structed dwelling of the wasp. The solitary wasp builds an intricate nest, in which it deposits its egg s from each of these is produced a worm, which seems to be incapable even of locomotion ; but, as soon as it is transformed into a wasp, it begins to construct a ne s t of the same kind as its parent had done. This little creature had not only never witnessed the process of building, but it had probably never seen its parent. Young crocodiles, which are just emerged from the egg, attempt to defend themselves from the attack of their enemies ; and many sorts of animals, as soon as they are brought into existence, begin to perform their part on the theatre of life, as if they were attended by a prompter, or as if they had been previously schooled. Gangs of fellows parade the streets, generally in. parties of three, singing inflammatory songs, couched in lan guage of the most disgusting description. They are also spreading themselves over the provinces, and are said to have much better means of living than their voices seem capable of providing them.—Morning Paper. This day was publigied, in 1 vol. post Bvo., T HE NAVAL OFFICER'S GUIDE, for PREPARING SHIPS for SEA. By CHARLES MARTELLI, Of his Majesty's Ship Donegal. Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street, Publisher in Ordinary to his Majesty. This day was published, in 2 vols. post Bvo., R - A N C E. F SOCIAL, LITERARY, and POLITICAL. By HENRY L. BULWER, Esq., M.P. Richard Bentley, 8, New Burlington-street. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin.