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,riot , OF MADAM n, London, 1842. ts 9 dadame D'ArblaYY 3urney, author 9 i al I was born in Nor; cation was in sotraa a g irl of consider... icular, a quick fa-, the want of regw duity arid aptitude wa s in her twenty first novel, entitled. :ommon popularity 4 ntance of Dr. Jolia.7_, s, and, indeed, Ali a day. Afterwaniii eh (published about French einigraat) 1 from tha t P'er eri° 4 t oo k place two ()thing, we believe, niniseences," wll„3,icilj their success. lilays dadame :ear of the publica familiar sketche3 personages li°, world of hterwe. 'standing this, Ily disappointed e have met with:A' so much, and it e cause of this dis writer evervichere her own devottring Johnson is 100110 e praises of " Ee' 1 to our notice, it v is that the genii; t tha I write an excelleat and dozens of other ought forward for ade to v ie with the ina." For upsora44 r-Printed octavo, to ing but 4, Eeliaa, k of the name! P °°r ills and uncharitable; n perceive, than that Evelina" a prate odig td Mrs: Thole ee, for precisely. to!. Madame D'ArblaY' to create this itir at all Engla n w rotd ao no v el, and e' ' lse. Then her t°l ing made a L ionof ; or egotistical. SL'ra ;he hears the e eman or lady haPig party where she .01, vinced that the Lie entreats Mrs. r . 1 : 1/1 :4 er )r. Johnson t o every.ausioritoil d expresses a del ' e l , Lever deigned to W e Why, 31101',',,i Telina" the first nei;,, 11 ' tamed to repeat 0:,,r that it was sue' a 1 We h ave in vaine c recollections of t/11,, l' Diarist is Cons ttaa k, yet she adtiocesi,et can gather ,; at ► s al ri is, that he tts he wat:' e l e knew !Long be.„l°lnet; ihua Reynolds, urPhit r M L moment's consideik talr!: ere, to:revolve lert Ind one great birillia, If the remaining' ca' le same insuffera nplacency that s; 3e no hazardous pr re' 1 be an entire fail„, in the self-laudatie; name i s not el krie i r e the present ggt appeared, the ;vest ebb. Fie' s"; the new s i l t Tar is eireura!Wice fse' lei ill rt, dashing., e abounding in st'ill attention, especl' a • spread road i g (trio, tter) that the oitbi,ig .n absolute/a later! ed thirty' id ; till th oug h it NY,.% . , t ' , 1 to any havebee ri the produced jas4, tin list .6 no -eminent ribv.eg, we can say ef' )'-41.14aY's fie tiOo : comic portrait d ney life with fait icient only in oil'!' shad not an atof =-_ OR MA? 1842 . .•,* fO r the authiit m A. Poor INTO, 'grit poets. tire poori,k.di les of their ?,ndowed in ipobit ce, point of cousci'f il to IlEconides," ifoqgfe , tuneful tribare fot L i ons , re mark abl ,nt of—wha t Yon sel l , 0 0 0',, rker ; sti ll li n g' lend on Settlior ma tter of Colo' o ,e Le be .otheriise, ri as an imperth tipeti,ll an th° repeat, for e 'Ai if a poor ni is modesty instead of to f none- - tha t of. scansion , ortP'„irl my in that nstit retr.i .)3 co ' ta,e , 3 inspiriug lent thing, king ; rom his' daiiy ; rich mangy c °P-7 „ 1 9 '011 ' rich 'flan's "re -5 a benisoll ad rest, le is blest to sell, on as wellif. 005, is exceediugt wishes may 'fr o (V ms sanguine.°,tel4; ;ell to such all.:; c e 0 ' lot only "A le~~ / —3 ,V 0 s. - - debted fortst:l6 C,'l. the day.; We C. l' loosely the franielv.or.s ,1 °sely put togetn '4 in her deliaeatioll t; .I:Thingnus over folice clenry de. yealerco:4_, 1 e t° particular p .1, s Yet put forth, t',; Ton, and in.ofelseseio which the OtPrde e ruins of tho,fo 4 of the feutiaog.eoj 'shire. I t t e ll 'e twelfthlreatil6: )tive in 0., ?Olds our and dl, for the thioPe ~0 ,ere opposeJ to the irig, woo it 00 ,11 liarratiVe, WhO bis entered into secret, e mitred bed ° Richard, in core' used to appoint 01 bury, to k,hieh he lahns, In the fico •enee between, tilef which the ..-4-bb°" :ill closer to the 0' u't ltis influence to lid of the Valiat,. possessions, sad 0' Pomeroy, d l Young lady, 1 impression, iill ll promise Iron) wife • lit before °Plete'd, it is inter known to the as' ; 110 other than 110 lad never heard till icovery is made, i 5 and is wrought ill 1 Mrs. 13ray's of interruption of the is away on hole' is drowned on the ,on the F.,ve of t'. fiiikJohn, Henry de•Potneroy, in a paroxysm of madness, s ' hatelf from the terrace of Berry Pomeroy Castle, and IS found dashed to atoms at the 1 *.,, e of the it precipice. Th e s t ory i s interest , ul.lon ~ but the flags ter r ibl y d ur i ng a great por- _f fi rst volume, which is taken up with d r y, mute d e t a il s of the Abbey of Tavistock, in whichminutearteneNbut some old musty . antiquary ean take interest; of d th vith - sketches of some of the inferior retainers 2tlient'Ogr'lhfghth'llicahr°FrabenstYil:e'elriviinc''f are pourtraved at far too great a that they make little or no - figure ndeed, very- soon drop out of it th e A_ .• We could have dispensed with much of an, ,scription of the red-nosed Cellarer of the Abbey, ini u st i"uld not have been sorry if our authoress had tli " rin g l Y 0 ejester. ri curtailed the early conversations of Patch, ;he sketch of the merry, rustic beauty, t ir:ee . Bolt, the pet of all the monks and retainers of c ause the is, to our thinking, the most pleasing, be e the most natural portrait, in the story. TR.E v '-‘ EAR -BOOK OF FACTS IN SCIENCE AND ART. !Science and Art, in this annual voliime, meet . wit , h ,. _ll;elPful handmaid. The purpose of the work itself r,rachbest understood frr an the exemplifie . ativ . e motto at be „ e( to its frontispiece, which explains its intent to 3to catch the drops of science as they fall, and a PPIy them to the common purposes of life, whereby b science becomes not merely a luxury to the rich, the bread to the poor." In pursuance of this plan, b litor, on the same systematized method as be_foretun , e , has out b y him in his valuable " Arcana of Sc . enee,. hits compr esse d i nto the compass of three hdndred du o (lecinl° Pages dental ded a body of s c ientific data and elcperi uction which forms a minute archive of ' clund ic "wledge. Though no startling novelty ap : .Pears this Year in discover y or theory, yet the ad_ Nances in steani, some peculiar organisms in Natural ' / :},, llll „ °s °PhY, and many new processes in Chemistry, '„ --- f . 'enge especial attention. A frontispiece-portrait -' tee late Dr. Birkbeek is a well executed plate, and Accurate as a likeness. EDIN BURGH CABINET LIBRARY—No. 32. Olive r and Bod Edinbuzgh, 1842 The subjects treated y of , in this number . are Meso lx)taleia and Assyria frorn the earliest ages to the present thne.. The *ork is in a great measure a , ;iiripilation ; but it is compiled from the best authori 1, es, and evidently with great care, by Mr. Bailey - r - raser, whose clever historical and descriptive ae , eii(.:?uiLt o o tsi f ,yllN P .ia.h e , r iae s h i n a ci is s fvuvilell-known and justly appre nra(iatimey;sg. Theoc volumethat eurio e u e s b b ta el i . ns a map of Mesopotamia llainshtiedquilvyitthbeanßeinrs . tures. 14 the relic of chila il s te i e v n e t n itl r e i d se n t m o .BthaeLe 7e several interesting particulars respecting o s d o ern ma ß n a y by e l o o n n j i z 6lnta as it exists in the present day. j°l7-111VEY.BOOK OF ENGLAND. This littl e A ICAnight London, 1842. rat e d . . d u odecimo contains a minute Itn illuminate:°n:ap • ' . Lew heseription of the county of Kent, and is em and aceu is ed with twenty-eight engravings on wood, and of the county. ^r,,. PRINCE THE CHRISTENING OF THE P ATZ L "ve-E OF WALES. Sams, Landon, 1842. uch pleased with this Ode on the g rft ~Val Christening, which is unquestionably more TEtheio:eiht:al:nedbepoenetirnical both in sentiment and expres any that has ' yet appeared on the subject. the h l thor is a who has httogentleman named Archer, t Pod taste to steer clear of all such congra u u s ,j and co nventional common-places as are most sp, Th a , " the occasion, and to trust for effect to the a promptings of hi s own f anc y. W e qu o te r a as t s age des cr i pt i ve of the act of baptism, and regret treatour restri c t e d li mits will not allow us to quote at er length t ° o Whe that sh a ll b e Ki ng ! hair,re the M onarc h - b oy they b r i ng ! Th„, - ", o yal Alb er t ! H a i l the brightest flower, ever blossom'd in the nuptial bower rilWater from the new-born founts, that erst, 1, 111 Eden's happy gard ens b urs t, Toa rpkie r!rneval, pure, and sweet, on his brow, and lave his infant feet ! " li g Water from that river famed, g Choaspe s name d. o aer ed to P ers i c Ki ngs,— . Of Ab r i c 2 r olti the lucid sp r i ngs , h "4,lft and Phar har. To bless him ever, f p The e h r°lll C hrysorrhoas—amber river, --41 4'd libation. From golden amphora fling Dr a" r, L. The holy watering, irotn the crystal streams of Kedron's palmy (.) mountains, Of swe pt from the sac r e d fountains, 1 - T etf Siloe. Fill the baptismal cup, P o „ i th incens dws of Carmel : -r l: char m f rom Jordan's e e d ' floods drawn uP, e morh. n secrate the spell,-- . Ali th liS t heavenly hierarchies tell, Thi s a mother's love !lath done, .;!..Ety, for England's Son, tl eaVen and Earth proclaim, 11' inntortal Albert's name ! "E WESTMINSTER REFORM SOCIETY. It „ the Ohm V Not, at se ven o'clock, a meeting of the Committee o_f Nroinster Reform S oc i ety was h e ld at Stannard's H o t el, ~ufl~gH street, Covent-ga r d en , M r . P rou t i n th e Ch ai r, for the ' 4 94 l 7 , pt ed k W . liking into consideration what steps byshould be sir Ro wert ,"1 them in reference to the plan proposed Coe re.7l, Bart ., on the Corn-laws, when it was resolved t h at . a fit, Al eet4lg of the Society be called for 11Ienday evening 'l4 order to consider the above question. The % sion„-,,epurrier du Pas Rhin says :—" The suspen -0 • t h, ' 'eresSor Ferrari * causes great astonishment at Stru au bo th u o r r g i .. 1i 1 ,114 :rature was , not merely prescribed by the Academic rs.rohs Paris, 11 hio i the iaee; but was also enjoined by an or e 1 hash t o .' -We are inclined to believe that he will . lloi e4 odo: i t the laMe, time summoned M. Ferrari thither , no r to n e n x d pl i a r i d n i llis . llsvin 'lliu'ltY bilitrelf thoroughly from the charges . iitr...i'it'44l,.larl ha dapYi'ta'tlo t a llri). ' r°Paglt 'ld subversive doctrines, and he will doubtlessly . against thim Iv o ! haspublishedresumehisleaciteutrteesr. in M t . he Fe s rr ie a c r i i e , , since3n which s -stli od . e object ot his leLturo . 4p t ' t th ' ty.t.u, ~that lie endeavoured to explain the political and social as advo i,lta, 0 ` °I Aristotle and Plato, and that, far from approving of any seas ti f y t} : € olliniunit y of goods and absence of marriage, 4t rotle, - ' frrr4 l -e "%4Unists he refuted these doctrines by arguments 44,1 the 1a, , ,t month, ac cordin g of a 1,erv,4% Lausann e has suffered severely from the prevalence us and 4 llr' to the Swiss w i, 4l an 'i f ; v er. which has attacked chiefly young t , -0,04 1 . ie course of January did not amount ' taor dY during the whole of the preceding year b,,, N i a t..e''' . 44 tt there were 75 death rie s, r a s l ) though ~ A a ,'" h i' PPitiernic is now on the decline. s 'eq . ~,a 44a ; Co that the increase is in proportion double the lhe ? t- l 'll .et tli% ie ' M. Ravin, one of the paymasters 4 r l, )"er Y t k place at Algiers on the night o o f f leading to 4. th ru' j: The th e iev °4 es, after of having effected an entrance by one The e"'llrlaWs, broke down a portion of a strong door he opening, =melee, arld having passed through t carried . I;ely,ie attempt off its contents, n7"vsl. which they forced open, an d reached the relin 1/4ta ez ,,, )3,00u They then attempted to force their way ,"41i41142iCi; was a sum of 130,000 f., but they hof morn. "ilii e kii i nduced 'th fl 0,9 snake their escape as rapidly been 44:obably on account of the approac f a pos. 111ic,,,, kith_ tte i:outy which giey 1),4 obtained. No trace has rriZ ecl i 0 f the thieves. . l 'loe t, •,,, ' t/ tIS papers state that great Bourg, k 4 on , e fallen this year on the Jura, on the country round have been tor,,, ,Wila,' is knOwh as the Pays de (lex. The wolvesJura, quantities of retreats. a•'4)e-'araiY.hung,:rto descend from the forests of the and have !he r oad 14 village, at considerable distances from their,Ecium has 111-lered dangerous frau. 4eeilt;4l hetweini Ly on ,. and Geneva, by the Fort de 1 . lhe,l,Nres du Pas 1 fp ,74ais states, th at during the drifting of the snow. drming the fioating-dock , . ors di. 1 / 4 , for r • '-- - at Calais, fourteen vessels di erer it • ee more, have been i e 0,,„ dirriensions and aes and lately tbs. measur i ng 'GO t o ,'N slink in the mud and g ' soil. Of these Witt .?"' StNale"St Was lying under 1 , t Risbane, and the 1' , 9 ot h er s re 411 ni,,, r ' l ,ze , were cum ,I. ly loaded with r " u it h "rn't '. T 4 74 1; .°54- srtryett-li oelieved to 11 l av ' e te beel o i a s c u t nk by the English in 14,0,6 icons e'eii.,!eatrance into the harbour, and thus prevent the ,Iydecour by ~e a. stat, 4 thit-ttOr from Saint Pierre-d'Entrernont (Isere) the village Add trees, hedges. & Zeloitrest.'''a,l:alaticlie has occasioned great disasters in _ e.. . 2 4 8; 41 , Iwo barns wore destroyed. Asit ~_ __,, three quar, -4 ,. blit i t ,., 4 , w aY over a width of more than a Ansa is*. .thr, 1l lost . was 10-t '., w h 'of , mo r t al des Pyrenees, • 111 k - . - 1110 •1 '' in a letter from T 0 4 4/ , 7 1 ' took ffili'llanche, much more destructive nt houses were 11- Wh' " - -a " a w days ago at Bareges • 44_ Y o r Twe y hou h pro. " ' ll *'4en b , Partially d yed • even the hospital, than the ebeve, • ---.1 lost ~_ . ~ abutments, .wa 4'et. '-- Y ‘ r4r4 ens. estro " '• s much injured, and ait fire or six . 4 , Cr,ni lives. 1 1. ' V Y O l.lll , of eae,,, f ti R 111 an, of a family in easy, circumstances three, ~;,day, z,nla Provinces, attempted to commit suicide two or li tek Seve4,. e t his tigings, in the Hue du dosesJur, by plunging* sWorn gl i,.. il l 1 / 4 1 trie , inM his body. lie was fou seless and steeped in ,t - I) ietZ vfl' i biac kl. but still breathing and was carried to the Hotel.: . t a t. Aratette Ppears he was driven to the desperate act by the receipt "llt,jhe „,... r, informi ng ,:,!..ibt,t, ‘7o‘;') receive 20,000 f. him of the bankruptcy of a house from which ic, ,iiitirie Sleeping ' L i 9,,,, .intet4ncholy event occurred a tow edging Xiliple,r,` Vlq'eux-eevres). The wife of the postmaster of the place, ago at in the same room with her two children. wikro ~, •4- 1 • 66 , 4 a eel: close to her, was disturbed in the night by the cries 1,,, child - • th e ~,...e 0 thern and, getting up to attend it, thoughtlessly threw . , tria4Z!!ell With which she lighted her candle on the bed. The ‘': rapidl y,"t being extengUithed set fire to the curtains, which burnt arid the mats& jo her fright made vatueforts to save her b . , - stil l ren . , In a short time the room was on fire, bui. the mother tlinel'es rema i n ; and, after 'myth i c rushed through the flames same' tibi„,, t t The hope of extricating her habes, was dragged away hoe- err' lk, or i t uu rnt by some persons who came to der assistance. The fire ''ll th e eltended itself to the other rooms, and 1* the morning when 1,.' thpir'tlna'ter who was absent et the time of tko accident, re 4, 4. - m ed, he found his house unit to the ground, his Abjldren i M A letter fro m we eas es . Orsi, suff erin g hi. wife i n a dreadful situation of physical and reetroital , g, Amiens, in the Si ec l e , sa y s : --- 1 Lombard, Mlle, Alatlenize, and Pering,ny, who eitsd7 "e 'llned with Prince Losgs Napoleon, are placed in the tim _e r of bouilee., in the garrets Of 44p of the two old barracks. .7 .6. LaitY, • Oman°, and Colonels Parrir.4 gad Montauban, are building. M. Dupoty, of the Jouyall du Peuple, ll' ' ' '' n' th eentral hi.,_ 4 . e ground.floor of the old barracks. On Moileasy last, at ~.". in the morning, a tire broke out in the cell of M. Orii, 4.4 4744 and those of M. Dupoty, asaced to put out the fire, , r ? had reached the ceiling and the roc. Above it. When the svec prisoners arrived all danger was over." laiAit 9it°N g 'es INI Q UEST.—On Friday all in' Ka : li e u: y _lilapeetable Jury, a i ‘ ,:, 13 , 1 •1 was taken before l‘lr. Wakley, 11. P., Coroner, iffS4 Y, at the Lion Inn, in the town „r ot 1 4 _ , ; Middlesex, on view of the body of Mr. John Lan. thegL_ease:pected inhabitant of that town. It appeared th at t ye ars ',.‘ d. who had been a resident of the town for non y la, i i,t o :havasd d'itiaskcae:ivd, ,ar a :ida s r ls short i t e ai tyy ag n( o it h iiit a t d , ~, i riv ,,, , e .as considered a skilful surgeon, became considerably toaabnbeoeuataehouutti elevenonh half I n ; . I l a i n i e s pkii. house. itt)h ao f , - ,„ laudanu ' ' th,_ ,,, 1. 1 0 surgeous were i mmediately called it, but al 1, h_"o every means that human skill could deviae was adopted, ' gradually 4 letsunk, and died within an hour afterwards. ,Vgr ----Temporary insanity. COURT OF ALDERMEN. Last week a Court was held for the despatch of public business. THE OFFICE OF JUDGE OF THE SIIERIFF"S COURT OF THE CITY OF LONDON. In consequence of the general understanding that the Report on the subject of the offices vacant by the de cease of Sergeant Arabia would be presented, there was a full attendance of members, as well as of persons ad mitted below the bar. Alderman BROWN, after a few preliminary observa tions, presented the following Report:—" In obedience t., an order of this Honourable Court of the 18th day of January last, to consider the resolution of the Secon daries and City Courts Committee for a conference on the Report of the City Solicitor, respecting additional sessions being held at the Central Criminal Court, and other subjects connected with t)e vacant offices in the Sheriff's Court, and to confer with a deputation of the said Committee, and to report our opinion upon the sub ject of the said cotninunieation; we, whose names are hereunto subscribed of your Committee, do certify that we were attended by Mr. Recorder, John Clerk, Esq., the Clerk of the Peace, and Mr. Solicitor, and duly pro ceeded to consider so much of the said report of Mr. So licitor as related to holding of intermediate se signs at the Central Criminal Court, and also as to whether both or only one of the vacant offices of Judge of the Sheriffs Court should be filled ; and after conferring with a De putation from the Secondaries' and City Courts' Com mittee, as requested, we are of opinion that it is neither necessary nor expedient that any increase should be made in the number of sittings of the Central Criminal Court, either by the holding of intermediate sessions. or by the adjournment from time to time of each or any of the sessions as now holden, which would, in effect., be the same as the holding of intermediate sessions. That the citizens of London have ever deemed it an important pri vilege that the local Magistrates elected by themselves should form a. portion of the Judges presiding in the Courts established for the administration of criminal justice within the City, and that in our opinion it would be a dereliction of duty on the part of the Magis trates of London wereithey to sanction any measure which might countenance their non-attendance at the sessions of the Court, as now established by law. That while we refrain from offering an opinion upon the question gene rally, whether any or both of the vacant offices of Judge of the Sheriff's Court should be filled up, we are fully convinced that the assistance hitherto rendered by the Court towards the admistration of justice in the Central Criminal Court, by means of salaried judges in the per sons of theßecorder and Common Sergeant, and a Judge of the Sheriff's Court, is abundantiy sufficient, and ought not to be increased, and that any occasional temporary inconvenience from accidental circumstances, occasioning the absence of any such salaried judges, may be reme died by that accommodation which the Judges of the su perior courts, acting from time to time as Commissioners at the Central Criminal Court, are at all times kindly disposed to render, when the salaried judges act ins, for this City are incapacitated from dis charging their duties. At the same time we feel it our duty to suggest that, should the Court of Common Council eventually determine to fill up the two vacancies, it will be desirable -.that the gentlemen who may be elected Judges of the Sheriff's Court should re ceive their appointments at the salaries paid to those officers prior to the establishment of the Central Crimi nal Court ; that it should be encumbent upon the senior Judge for the time being to sit in such Court, as the prior salaried Judge, on the part of this City ; and that for such service he should receive an additional remune ration, to such an amount as shall be-determined by the Court of Common Council ; and, further, that the question of seniority between the Judges of the Sheriff's Court should be determined as follows both such Judges shall have been previously in the service of the City, they should take rank according to that held by them in such prior service ; if one of such Judges should have been in such service, and the other not, the former shall be considered the senior of the two ; and that if neither of them should have been in such service, they should respectively take rank as Judges according.to their standing at the bar ; and we recommend the same to this Hon. Court accordingly. " All. which we submit to the judgment of this Hon. Court. " Dated this Bth day of February, 1842. " MATTHEW WOOD, G. CARROLL, MICHAEL GIBBS, A. BROWN, JOHN JOHNSON, W. T. COPELAND." The Report then gave rise to a long discussion. Aldennitn T.Wooi; moved the follo;ing amendment : " That this Court are• of opinion, both the vacant offices of Judge of the Sheriff's Court should be forth with filled up, and that the salary and allowance made to the late Sergeant Arabia should be equally divided be tween the gentlemen who may be appointed ; and that they be required to perform, in addition to their duties as judges of the Sheriff's Court, all the ditties of the Central Criminal Court heretofore performed by the late Sergeant Arabin, not interfering with the duties hitherto performed by the Recorder and Common Sergeant." Upon a sliow of hands, the LORD MAYOR declared that the amendment was negatived by a majority of 5 ; the numbers being for the amendment 6, against it 11 . The Report was then agreed to, and ordered to be transmit ted to the Secondaries' Committee. It is proper to state that the City's Solicitor's report alluded to in the Report presented by Alderman Brown, recommended, as our reporter was informed, the appoint ment of two Judges of the Sheriff's Court (who by virtue of their offices are in the, commission of oyer and terminer and gaol delivery), to hold an intermediate session, more especially for the trial of juvenile offenders, and the abolition 'of the Evening Sittings of the Central Criminal Court. THE GERMAN WOOL TRADE. HAMBURGII, JAN. 25.—The position of the Ger man wool trade demands a somewhat lengthened no tice. The arrivals of wool into llamburgh during the past year, for shipment into Great Britain reached to only 62,052 bales against 65,543 bales, which arrived at Hamburgh during the year preceding. Never theless, the stocks of wool on hand in Berlin, Breslau, Leipsic, and the other principal depots for wool in Germany, were very much less on the Ist January, 1842, than on the same day twelve months previous. The stock in Berlin was less than half the amount at the corresponding period of last year. In Breslau and Leipsic the comparative diminution was still greater. It is computed that not more than 5,000 cwt. of wool remained over in Breslau, and the stock in Leipsic was too insignificant to merit notice at all. The stocks now on hand consist for the most part of fleeces of inferior growth and quality, the 5,000 cwt. in Breslau being exclusively low Polish fleeces, and the stock in Berlin consisting principally of the same description, intermixed with a very few flocks of good Prussian or Silesian fleeces, upon which the holders appear determined to speculate for high prices. Combing fleeces, and lambs' wools fall entirely, and the quantity of clean skin-wool of fair quality on hand is unusually small. From these facts, it being known that the export of wool from Germany to France and Belgium did not exceed in 1841 that of former years, proofs are afforded that the woollen manufacture of Germany has flourished during the past year ; proofs in corroboration of the statements which were made last year from time to time, and • which were periodically alluded to in the " Prices-current" of 1841. The depressed condition of all branches of the woollen ma nufacture of Great Britain, which is reported from across the water by every mail, appears to have no effect whatever either upon the opinions or the operations of the German wool dealers, who are con tracting daily with the farmers for their clips of wool of the present year, and are even paying higher prices than were current at the last wool fairs. The Ger man wool dealer feels now independent of the influence of British demand, and appears to regulate his operations entirely by the state of the woollen manufacture of his own country. The stock of wool in Hamburgh amounts to about 2,500 bales, chiefly of inferior Prussian and Mecklenburg fleeces. There is no good combing wool to be met with, nor is the general character of the stock such as would suit the demand of a manufacturer of good cloths. Holders here would gladly realise ; but as the wool trade of this city depends almost exclusively upon the demand from Great Britain (from whence Op accounts are excessively disheartening), and as the cinarity fg our stock in general is not calculated to attract spoctiliders, the market is perfectly . inanimate. A few.parcals of Prussian fleeces, which had been con signed to Hamburgh from Berlin for sale, have been returned to the latter city, where the different posi tion of the wool trade will more than compensate for the loss of carriage both ways, and all the other inter mai* charges. THE VETERAN Vicgus,-The following are the names and ages of some of the oldest peers, Perhaps there is no public body in the world, with the same limited numbers, which can produce an equal number of men who have pained to such venerable ages :-Abereromby, Lord, 72. Ahergeyenny, Earl, 87. Ailsa, Marquis, 72. Anglesea, Marquis, 74. Renters, Lord, 80. Besborough, Earl, 84. Bexley, Lord, 7d. Bristol, 44rquis, 73. Carberry, Lord, 77. Cathcart, Lord, 89, _Colville, Lord, 74. Cork, Lord 75. Delamere, Lord, 75. Dinorben, f.or4, PA. Donegal, Marquis, 73. Dorset, Duke, 75. Dynevor, f..,0rg1, 77. For rprs, Earl, 82. Grafton, Duke, 82. Grey, Earl, 77. Ara) , 1 -44, 78, Hamilton, Duke, 75. Ha:rowby, Earl, 80. ffunt ley, /4144, SI. Leitrim, Earl. 74. Limerick, Earl, 84. Lonsdale, Earl`, 6/;. Ludlow, Earl, 84. Lynedoch, Lord, 92. Macclesfield, )4 Earl, liti, n,chester, Duke, 74. Manners , Lord, 86 , Maryborough, Lod, 70. 41a)2, Earl, 76. Mid jleton, L or d, 73 . M ostyn, L or d, 74. ilfurfA ? Pt' 77 ' ' l. 9soh/riek, Lord, 72. Plunkett, Lord, 78. Plymosa , Vtyl, Q ,., 74 . P.Wily s iniq, Lord, 72. Portland, Duke, 74. Rolle, Lord, Statnti,td, F4s, 77. ''''''. R alAlor,e, Eyi, ... / .7. Save and Sele, Lord. 73. Shaf tesbury, r. , a,r1,7f. SiArnsli,th,..,,,-.4, 85. Sinclair, Lord, 74. Earl, 75. Etrati4a4n j. rd ! -7-). I '§e"Yineent,"Lorcl, .-:.;. VtryivnfoArdzgLA7Td;o7sN. .tstiqey,''tdrit -. .96. .*',:;, Germain 's, Teynham, Lord, 74. ' ieZeci • ' Narquii,*B2.' iyellikigtoti, Duke, 72. Western, Lord, 7 . 5 :. "We TOrtt teit O a l li '' 75 ' OF LAND RENT AL.---t I IS CPO' 9,000,000/, the valued re mated that the we sent from re ntal buildings &., i n E r ia a .!PPoal rental of the lands, houses, t of the tax nidlowners pay a taf pigy gpfiP 200,000,0001. ; y e t ih e l i a ' ' W*?; iT-! S.M4n4r amounts to Mak . e 'a tree r t wip4,07,1 re counted f mitt,ltol6t9i time to H o p w r e i v s e i n h t is : s L from escaping my every year to of Our dogs, horse:s,tce. upon light. We are, required •„: I. !rn of any addition to the number la 4,4' fOrgOtTrl d e t fPF assessed ta xes; yet the chargeable with i.„, !1 ~,, ~ n , ,e 4 rettiin of their 'rentals on y Ole SaFtle airiou4 fo the oug - l a: of 4s. in Le peak_ hop trlekvaetntuhee as s ta i x t di r d , i t 11 9 : y ii 0 i r x s ll n n i e l ' : 19 11 Conseq'en a ce ' fs, Yillions arne°pwaitd°.--YieTidhe4°S;""°l. fifteen fold. A bona fide landwti"l"l4 rgPitil'hitg"nCra44 1 t a b y e ev real re while nt lessalo f tthheanctowunotinr ruggle. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY IVIORNING, FEBRUARY 18, 1842. NOVA SCOTIA. We have received the Halifax Morning Post of the 20th of January, from which we copy the fol lowing:— OPENING OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THURSDAY, JAN. 20. At two o'clock, this day, his Excellency Lord Viscount Falkland, attended by his Aide-de-Camp, Lieut.-Colonel Cunard, and Captain. M'Nab. and the Officers of the Staff of the Army, proceeded to the Council Chamber to open' the Session of the Legislature. His. Excellency having entered, and being seated on the Throne, and commanded the attendance of the House of Assembly, delivered the following speech . to both branches of the Legislature : " Mr. President, and Honourable Gentlemen of the Legislative Council, Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " I rejoice at the recurrence of that season of the year at which I am entitled to benefit by your advice and assistance in the conduct of public affairs ; and to avail myself of the legislative experience and local knowledge possessed by so many among you. I have endeavoured, as far as possible, to meet your understood wishes in regard to the time of convening you in general assembly. " It is my gratifying duty to announce to you the birth of a male heir to the Throne ; you will, I am sure, share in the joy felt by all subjects of our gracious Sovereign at an event so calculated to promote the do mestic happiness of her Majesty, and to assure the future prosperity of the empire. " Although a slight decrease has taken place in the revenue, I am glad to be able to state, that no diminution has occurred of sufficient amount to affect the scale of the public expenditure, and that all provincial engage ments, up to this period, have been punctually discharged. " The fisheries have been as productive as in former years, the continued success of this branch of industry being in a great degree attributed to the vessels manned and fitted out with a view to its protection. " We have to be thankful for a most abundant harvest. There is reason to believe that the heavy expense incurred by the province, and the efforts lately made by the legis lature, with a view to the encouragement of agriculture, and the introduction of a more scientific,system of culti vation, will be attended with much future benefit. " All matters recommended to the consideration of the executive by the legislature during the last session have met with due attention, and the correspondence relating to these subjects will forthwith be communi-' cated to you. . " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " The accounts to the 31st of December are prepared, and shall be laid before you without delay. I trust that,• on investigation, it will appear that the provincial funds have been neither prodigally nor injudiciously expended, and I confidently rely on your liberality to provide the requisite supplies for the current year. " Mr. President and Hon. Gentlemen of the Legis lative Council, " Mr. Speaker and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly, " The defective state of the law as respects debtor and . creditor, rendering it in many cases inoperative, and in . others unjust to both alike, has suggested to the Go vernMent the necessity of a provision by which the rights of each may be clearly defined and secured. The evident need of some enactment of this nature seems to be ge nerally admitted, and the main principles on which such an act ought to be founded to be as generally conceded every anxiety therefore has been felt by myself, and those to whose aid and advice I have had recourse, to frame a statute on the subject, that any difficulties heretofore ex perienced in the arrangement of the details of a bankrupt law should be overcome ; I hope you will find this to have been accomplished in the proposition which will be submitted to you, and that the commercial part of the community will no longer suffer under the want of this indispensable protection. " The Crown officers have been engaged in a careful revision of the criminal law, and are prepared to propose for adoption such further amendments as are yet requi site to assimilate the provincial code to that eif the mo ther country. " The Legislature having already entered on the con sideration of the existing law of probate, and of the mode in which the distribution of the estates of de ceased persons should be regulated the attention of the Government has been drawn to the subject, and a Bill, founded on a measure, which has been partially approved of by the House of Assembly, will be subjected to your deliberation. " Any step which you shall consider as having a ten dency to.ameliorate the condition of the Indian popula tion of Nova Scotia, will, I am convinced, meet with your ready concurrence; and, in asking your co-opera tion to this end, I feel no doubt that a bill, which will shortly be presented to you, and which has been framed with a view to this object, will meet with a favourable reception. _ _ " Several other measures of great importance, as es se:dially effecting the internal administration of the pro vince will be offered-for your approval. "In endeavouring by every means in my power to ascertain what practical improvements are most wanted ; and in urging those improvements on the legisla ture, I have but done my duty to the Queen and to the colony. Your task remains to be performed : from you, the country will expect a scrutinising and candid examination of the mea sures propounded, and the provincial Government, aware that it is as much your duty as it is your right to weigh all propositions bearing on the public interests, while it oilers for your consideration, plans deemed, after mature deliberation, to be of such a nature that your adoption of them would lead to the best results, frankly invites investigation, and courts your assistance as well to dis cover and reject that which is inexpedient, as to perfect, and bring into operation whatever shall appear likely to contribtite to the general welfare." • • • After his Excellency retired, Mr. Morton moved that an addiess should be presented to his Excellency in answer to the speech, and read a draft thereof. _ The Hon. Mr. M'Nab seconded the motion, and aftvr a few observations, the address proposed was adopted. THE SEVENTY-SECOND, or DUKE OF ALBANY'S OWN HIGHLANDERS. Authentic Copy of Field-Marshal the Duke of Welling ton's Address, in the Quadrangle of Windsor Castle, on the Presentation of Colours to the 72d Highlanders, on the 26th of January, 1842. Colonel Arbuthnot, and you, Gentlemen, Officers, and you, Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers of the 72d Highland Regiment—l have attended here this day. in compliance with the wishes of your Commanding-officer, and by permission of her Majesty. to present to you your new colours. These colours have been consecrated by one of the highest dignitaries of our Church, and are pre sented to you in the presence of - her Majesty, and of her Illustrious and Royal Guest the King of Prussia, of Prince Albert, and a number of most distinguished personages. They are composed of the colours of the three nations, and bear the cipher of her Majesty, and! have no doubt, from your previous character, and your present high state of discipline, that you will guard them under every circumstance, to the utmost of your power. These colours you are henceforth to consider as your head quarters, and in every circumstance, in all times of pri vation and of distress, you will look to them as your ra llying point ; and I would again remind you that their presentation is witnessed by the Monarch of one of the most powerful nations in Europe—a nation which boasts of an army which has heretolore been a pattern for all modern troops—and which has done so much towards contributing to the general pacification of Europe. And I am proud to show so tine a regiment to his Majesty the King of Prussia. 1 have long known the 72d Highland Regiment : half a century has now nearly elapsed since I had the pleasure of serving in the same army with them in the plains of Ilindostan ; since that period they have been engaged in the conquest of some of the most valu able colonies of the British Crown ; and, latterlyr in per forming most distinguished services at the Cape of Good Hope. Fourteen years out of the last sixteen they have spent on foreign service, and with only eighteen mouths at home for their reformation and their re-disciplining, appear in their present high state of re gularity and order. Th e b est part of a long life has barracks, camp s , an d canton by duty, as w e ll as my i b n e e e i n as s , p all t Las e m b i e n e n t u l e y inclina tion, always to study how best to promote the health and discipline of the troops ; and I have always found it only to be done by paying the strictest regard to re gularity and good order, and the greatest attention to the orders of their officers. I address myself now particu larly to the older soldiers; and wish them to understand that their strict attention to their discipline and respect to their superiors will often have the best effect on the younger soldiers, and it is, therefore, their duty to set a good example to their juniors by so doing, and by these means alone can they expect to command the respect and regard of the community amongst whom they are employed. And I have made it my business to inquire particularly, and am rejoiced to find that the 72d have always commanded that respect and regard, wherever they have been stationed, to which their high state of discipline and good order so justly entitles them. You will, I am sure, always recol lect the circumstances under which these colours are now given into your charge, having been conse crated by one of the highest dignitaries of the Church, in the presencn of hfir Majesty, who now looks down upon you, and of her Royal visitor and I give them into your charge, confident that at all times, un d er all circumstances, whether at home or abroad, and in all privations, you' twill rally round them and protect them to the utmost of your power. f9llP`it i•_AltUcTitN9T's REPLY, My LOJIP wPuld he presumptuous in me, if I were to make any reply to the address which your Grace has doliyere..4 to ua, but I cannot avoid stating that it is impossible for me ? and Weed tofty add out of the power of any . one, to express, bow deeply I, my officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, feel the high honour which ha g brpn eQpiferrpcl u§, ley Injing lu our no louri presented 4) . 40 . 4 ftlP tlittiqfpsf oOlfiwr the world has ever seen, and itiatm the gre§eugg of our Sovereign, his Majesty the King of Prussia, and Field-Marshal his Royal Highness Prince Albert. ~.., - - FATAL APPIP44 41 / 1 1Ektliftlit URISSEI.I. sni PllTO'S.—yesteFday afternoon, shortly before one, as , everm min, kth the employ of Messrs. Grissell an d v eto, Belvidere-road, Lambe, xterp mnoring a large f' stone landing," it suddenly 6 :sart , a ti?initl. and Nlitig acto§l the clwat of a rolddlp,aged man, I ;, s i e 4- 9 1. 1 'n fiewsbn„ infticpnenkix killed nn, AOw minutes iifter 't e tatl4 041q11nce, a no PAW* lii presented Itself i it appears that the wife of the deceaao had been in the constant habit, for some length of time, of carrying her hnsbanct's (num to the t wharf where he was employed, and was weer..et-ling there as usual, this morning, when she met the corpse or her husband being carried through the streets to the hospital. Ile Minister of Public Works has given notice that, from the Ist of *arch next, a tiled light will be established tin the n v oin ii i . d i•ct isiiveaw , at th e t9thern end of tile. Ile de Re, et 22 metres feet) above spring tides. Th e li g h t will be visible at from 1 2 silnit of a tower recently e rected on to rucks at the 15 marine miles ill fine weather s (t6OB PUBLIC WORKS IN PARIS. - - - The Place de Greve and the Place du Chatelet pre 7 sented,, on. Sunday afternoon, a spectacle Of etitra ordinary bustle and interest. It being the termination of the winter season, .upw'ards of 45,000 workmen, masters, and foremen, were assembled to Make new engagements for the summer works at ihe forti fications, buildings, and other constructions now in progress, or about to be undertaken, in Paris and its environs. Orders have been given for resuming all the ma sonry work on the detached forts upon the first of next month. _ _ The city of Paris has resumed the works at the new church of Vincent de Paul, in the Place Lafayette, Faubourg Poissonniere. Numerous men are em ployed in executing the capitals - of the pillars and other ornamental sculpture of the choir. Labourers are also digging for the foundation of the double flight of steps leading from the Place Lafayette to the portico. The building is filled with scaffolding for facilitating the painting of the friezes, the tribunes, the demi-cupola of the choir, and other internal decorations. The following are said to be the in tended adornments of the exterior of the building and its approaches :—ln the Place Lafayette, in a line with the Rue Hauteville, is to be erected a large fountain, and there are to be two others on each side, near the steps. The friezes of the towers and the pediment are to be painted on lava ; the pediment and all the ex ternal statues are to be of white marble from the Pyre nees. The columns inside the church are to be stuccoed. There are to be paintings from sacred history all round the nave, on a wide frieze, between the lower and upper range of columns, on the aisles of the nave, in the galleries, and on the demi-cupola of the choir, and on the vault of the nave, for which last the designs have already been sketched, for the pur pose of judging the effect. We have already mentioned that the Municipal Council of Paris had lately decided upon the canali sation of the small arm of the Seine, on the south of the Ile de la .Cite, from the P on t de l'Archeveche to below the Pont-Neuf; the total cost of this operation is estimated at 4,000,000 f. From this, and the other works previously determined upon, it results that the Pont-au-Double, the Petit-Point, and the Pont Saint-Michel will be replaced by three semi-circular arches of 34 metres, , ;4o centimetres' span (about 112 feet). A towimc-path of from 6to 8 metres (20 to 25 feet) in width, and 4 metres (13 feet) above the highest mark on the scales, will be formed from the Pont de l'Areheveehe to below the Porii-Sreuf; a dam in masonry 50 metres (about 165 feet) long. will be raised with a sluice (barrage) between th e Pont des Arts and the Pont-Neuf. There will be another moveable dam, which will disappear when the river rises to the height of five metres (16 feet, 4 inches). I Parallel to this dam, and at the foot of the Quai Conti, will be constructed a sluice similar to that, of nearly 12 metres (about 40 feet) in width, and parallel to the dam, behind the terre plein of the Pont-Neuf, there will be raised water-works with turbines, which will set in movement sufficient pumps to raise the water in the great arm, and then force it through pipes into ' reservoirs for distribution in the different quarters of Paris. These turbines will, when the river is high, distribute 80 cubic metres (about 105 cubic yards) of water per second, and when the river is low 50 cubic metres (about 66 yards) of water per second, without giving additional rapidity to the current of the water in the smaller arm. In the first case the engine will be of a force equal to 600 horse-power, and in the second case. to 1,200 horse-power. In consequence of this establishment the water-works on the Pont Notre Dame, will be taken away, and replaced by a moveable dam. The bed of the smaller arm will be deepened one metre (three feet three inches) beloW its present level, so that there may be always a draught of at least two metres or six feet and a half. In fine, paved ways for the service of the towing paths, and watering-places for horses, will be formed on the Quai des Orfevres and the Quai des Augustins. These immense works will be com menced in the course of the present year. The gene ral plan of improvement comprises also the following important works, the execution of which, h owever, is deferred till a future period, viz.—a towing path from the Pont des Arts to the Pont de Grenelle, estimated at 1,300,000 f. Piles and wood work at the Pont d'Austerlitz, with the Pont de Bercy, esti mated together at 2,700,000 f. The completion of the Quai Saint Nicholas, 300,0001. The formation of a lower wharf along the Quai des Tuileries, and the reconstruction of the parapet of the upper wharf, 800,000 f. Total, 5,100,000 f. LORD PRESIDENT HOPE. A few worth now upon the matter of fact. The decline in the late Lord President's powers for the last three years has been too notorious to be denied by any person in this city. He was not only lame, and deaf to a serious extent, but his mind was observed to wander from the question before him, and sleep was occasionally seen to surprise him for a few minutes on the Bench, though his natural temperament was remark ably active. These infirmities were not wonderful in a man of h s advanced age, and ,they were familiarly known to all persons in the P arliament -house. It was equally known —and there are few Tories who would have denied it— that he lingered on the jedgment.seat after his use fulness was gone, in the hope of his party returning to power, and enabling him to make his own retire ment the means of securing the advancement of his son. If a doubt existed on the subject, the tendering of his resignation in 1835 must remove it. To the people of Edinburgh, the attempt made in Parliament to conceal such patent facts seems not only vain, but ludicrous. Mr. Maule's statements are true au pied de la lettre ; and if, keeping a judicial situation under the gathering infirmities of age, for mere party and family purposes, constitutes a job, we have assuredly here a palpable job before us. In one point we differ f rom t h e Member for Perth. We deny that the Lord President's judgment in the Strathhogie ease " excited deep and irrepressible dis • gust in the public mind of Scotland." On the contrary, it seemed to us that the opinion he delivered on that occasion dis e layed the clearness and vigour of his bett er d ays, and we believe it accorded with the sentiments of nearly all the sober minded and well-informed part of the nation. The word " thimble-rigging" attributed to him, if really spoken, was well bestowed ; but we do not justify its use from the Bench. His Lordship, indeed, like many men of an open, fearless, and passionate temper, was often indiscreet in his language when right in his sentiments.—Scotsman. FROM THE AMERICAN PAPERS. RA RE FRUITS.—A MODEL KINGDOM WITHIN THE MODEL REPUBLIC.—A lady of our acquaintance from the East, has shown us a lemon, of large size, which she plucked from the tree at Zoar, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, while passing through by way of the Ohio canal. She saw hundteds * of the same kind of fruit in the various stages of growth, besides oranges, figs, and other productions of high southern latitudes. The trees on which they grow, are planted in large truss-like half hogsheads, which being placed on wheels, can be conveyed into the air when the temperature is sutli. ciently mild, and deposited in the hot-houses during the cold weather. The village of Zoar lies on the canal, and is owned and inhabited exclusively by a singular community of Germans, who, on account of difficulties, growing out of their peculiar religious faith, emi grated to America, cast their wealth into a common stock, ap pointed their leader.king, who for a number of years has governed his little community with absolute authority (so far as possible without interfering with the laws), much after the manner of the ancient patriarchs. He holds the title to the soil, assigns to all, men, women, and children, their appropriate labour, exercises an absolute control over all property, superintends all business trans. actions with the outward world, keeps the treasury, settles all difficulties without legal ,forms, admits or expels members at his pleasure, and exhibits, though on an humble scale, a picture of absolute sovereignty. There; as In Russia, the " one man power" has full sway, but there is no veto. To give graee to this picture, and render such a state of things tolerable in this Republican country, this despot is one of the most wise, just, and benevolent of men—perhaps the beau ideal of the whole race of " the Lord's anointed." He is loved as indeed the father of his little flock, to the promotion of whose happiness he devotes himself with pious zeal. He is their priest as well as their king, and conducts their religious ceremonies. Under his super vision, this singular community has become famous for its indus try, its well cultivated fields, its manufactories, its dairies, its gar dens of valuable roots, plants, fruits, and flowers of every variety, climate, and species; for its neatness sobriety, good morals, and regard for the laws. He is now very old, and has a son who is to succeed him ; but his people are becoming too Democratic to like the idea of having all their toils fall into the hand, of a wayward young fellow, who, according to the title which will descend to him, can, under the laws of Ohio, legally claim the whole concern. So when the present beloved ruler shall be " gathered unto his fathers," a small rebellion may be looked for—or, a suit in Chan cery. So much for lemons, oranges, figs, and a kingly government in the interior of Ohio, in spite of a climate and institutionsdeemed so little congenial to their growth. —From the Louisville Advertiser. ADSURDITIES.—There are so many courses which people pursue, that, with a little reflection, will appear absurd to every man of common understanding. The individual himself who is looking for absurdities, is generally the one in whom they ate first found. A man wants to see the person against whom he has the gi eatest reason to guard himself. Let him take a glance at the looking. glass, and he will see a very fair likeness of the individual he is searching for. It is absurd to despair when the clouds lour. We should look upward for comfort. When the heaven over our head is dark, the earth uncles our feet is sure to be darker, It is absurd to lend money to a man whose friendship you are desirous to preserve. It is absurd for an infidel to tell you to abandon your bible. Tell him you will do so when he will bring you a better book. it is absurd to exhibit violent passion in your family, foaming and fretting at every little annoyance that may cross you, and at the tame time expect them to be placid. It is absurd, if you have half a dozen children, all of different dispositions and capacities, to give them all the same education, with the expectation that they will all shine in the same sphere. It is absurd not to go to bed when you are sleepy, because it is not a certain hour- It is absurd to see a man professing Christianity bristling up with anger twenty times a day like a hedgehog. It is absurd to suppose that a Leghorn hat, loaded with flowers, will cure the headache. It is absurd to suppose that a gold watch will cure the consump tion.—Boston Transcript, AWFUL CaLastrrY.—A private letter received yesterday de. tails an accident at the town of Jackson, Louisiana, which appals one's very soul. It is one of the most curious as well as heart-rending we have ever heard of. A dray loaded with several kegs of powder was being discharged, when by the care. lessness (some say drunkenness) of the drayman, one of them was suffered to fall. A scissor-grinder was near, busy in his avo. cation, and his rapid wheel emitting a shower of sparks. These fell upon the spilled powder, blew up the man, scissor-grinder, horse and dray, and killed four negroes belonging to Mr. Seth Parker. The shock was felt all over the town, and many win. doves were broken, One leg of the drayman and his hat were found several hundred yards off. The mangled remains of the scissor. winder were collected and decently buried. His wheel, it appears, had been sent about sixty yards, and lodged on the balcony of a neighbouring house. When will people learn to be careful wills powder P—Crescent. A COLD WATER GALLANT.—Joe Sykes, a dry chap, who is writing letters to the New York Commercial from the Southern counties of the State, immortalizes a wag by the name of Manrow, a contractor on the New York snot Erie Itailroad, who owns waggon, the fore wheels of which are as large as the hind ones. One of his horses he calls Fanny, the other Disler; and he swears that" Fanny Ellsler is a whole team." One day he stopped to dine and feed his horses ; a pretty damsel waited at the table, and came to fill his tumbler whenever he rang the bell to call her from an adjoining room. He was smitten with her beauty, and drank his glass dry as quick as possible, that he might have the pleasure ofsee. ing her fill it again. Ilis•desire to see her, however, exceeded his capacity to hold all the water she poured out, and, seeing a jar of pickles in the room, instead of drinking the water he poured it into the jar, repeating his calls for the damsel to till his tumbler till he had tilled the jar to overflowing. His reputation for drinking water, of course, soon spread over the neighbourhood ; and the secret was not found out until the good landlady discovered that the liquid in her jar had been diluted, and her pickled cucumbers thereby destroyed.—Montreal Courier. DIET OF TIDE ANCIENTS.—The difference between the diet of the ancients and that of us moderns is very striking. The ancient Greeks and Romans used no alcoholic liquor, it being unknown to them ; nor coffee, nor tea, nor chocolate, nor sugar, nor even butter; for Galen informs us he had seen it but once in his life. They were ignorant of the great number of our tropical spices, as clove, nutmeg, mare, ginger, Jamaica pepper, curry, pimento. They used neither buck.wheat eor French beans, nor spinach, nor sago, tapioca salep . arrow-root, nor potatoe, or its varieties ; nor even the common, but a sort of marsh-grown bean. Nor many of our fruits, as the orange, tamarind, nor American maize. On the other hand, they used substances which we now neglect—the mallow, the herb ox-tongue, the sweet acorn, the !upin. They used greatly raddish, lettuce, sorrel. They liked the flesh of wild asses, of little dogs, of the dormouse, of the fox, of the bear. They ate the Resh of parroquets and other rare birds, and of lizards. They were fond of a great many fish and shell-fish, which we now hold in no esteem. They employed as seasonings rue and assafte dita.—Boston Paper. BANKING !—A dying banker thus addressed his eldest son you may suppose you are going to inherit a large fortune, but you arc mistaken. I have no property, and the bank it insolvent to the amount of 200,0004 On the death of my father, who died of a broken heart, I found the bank was hardly solvent. I at first resolved to close the concern, and pay off the creditors, but I after wards determined otherwise. I proved my father's will for a quarter of a million, and set up a large establishment. This gave me the reputation of wealth, and increased the business of the bank. I have lived in splendour, as you know, for many years. All your brothers and sisters are handsomely provided for, and to you, as my eldest son, I now leave the bank. I have appointed you sole executor to my will. You have only to prove my property for any amount you think proper to name, and if you massage your affairs prudently, the Lank may last out your time as it has lasted out tolne."—Montreal Courier. A country practitioner, who attended a wealthy farmer in a serious illness, thought it necessary to restrict him to very low diet. One evening he called in quite unexpectedly, and found his patient very busy discussing a large tankard of home brewed ale, and what was worse, evidently affected by his previous potations. `• How are you Doctor r said the farmer. " How are you, I should rather inquire ?" replied the medical man, "is this ad hering to the regimen I prescribed ? did not I tell you that you must drink nothing but barley water ?" I know you did," re plied the patient, and I have followed your directions; for what is ale, I should like to know, but 6rzi ley tearer ?" SIVII , ENESS Or Maw —lt is said that men who are used to it, will outrun horses, by holding their speed longer. A man will also walk down a horse, for utter he has travelled a few days, the horse will be quite tired, but the man will be as fresh for motion as at the beginning. The king's messengers walk to Ispalian, 108 miles in fourteen hours. Hottentots outstrip lions in the chase, and savages who hunt the elk, tire it down and take it ; they are said to have performed a journey of 8,600 miles in less than six weeks. THE WESLEYANS AND THE CORN -LAWS.— Several petitions against the Corn-laws, from the various Dissenting denominations of Mansfield, have, within the last few days, been receiving signatures, each from the members of its own Church. The Wesleyan petition was, with the exception of three members, and the two resident ministers, signed by the whole of that body of Christians, at Mansfield.—Noftinghant Paper. FLOGGlNG.—According to a return laid before Parliament, the number of civilians flogged during the past year, of the age of twenty and upwards, has been seven :—viz. two for being disorderly, with four tnontlas' imprisonment, at Norwich Swain - 0m , and five at Warwick, for neglect of service. .. and ST. MARYLEBONE BANK FOP The 12th Annual General Meeting of •' SAVINGS.— Thursday, the 17th of this mor" _ oils Institution was held on street, Cavendish.squa , - ..,11, at the Office, No. 70, Welbeck- It appears fro' - the Rev. J. H. Spry, D.D., in the Chair. ... the several Reports read to the Meeting, that the ..ss of this Bank continues to be of a very rapid description, no fess than '',512 new deposits having been made in the last year 13,004 deposit accounts remained open on the 20th November last, of which no less than 8,3'22 held balances averaging less than 41. 12s. Id. each. Upwards of 266,407/. was then invested with the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt; this amount has since risen to 260,707/., and is rapidly on the advance. The continued evidence this affords of the strong and growing this_ position of the working.classes to provide against the casualties of life, will prove a source of gratification to all reflecting minds. CORONER'S INQ UEST.—An in quiry , which lasted seven hours, took place on Wednesday, before Mr. Carter, at the Hero of Waterloo, Watorloo.road, Lambeth, concerning the death of Ellen Gunton, aged fifty, of No. 20, Francis-street, New. cut, who was knocked down and killed on Monday night last by a h ors e, ridden hY Mr. Henry Fownes. The particulars have already appeared in The Sun. Three witnesses said that the horse was go ing at the rate of not less than fifteen or sixteen miles an hour, and th a t both before and after the accident he struck the horse's sides, an d gave it rein, as if to urge it on. The rider was taken into cus tody, and gave the name of Henry Fownes, before the Magistrates at Union-hall, the next day. Mr. Fownes (who had found bail to answer for his appearance before the Magistrate) told the Jury that the horse took flight, and that he was unable to stop it. The Jury returned a verdict of death, wiih a deodand of 201. upon the horse, and were of opinion that Mr, Fownes had not exer. cise due car whilst riding NOBLE WILLS. The two heads of the illustrious family of Fane, o Vane,-have both expired at an extremely advanced pe riod of life, within these few days. The chief of the younger or Vane branch, the Duke of Cleveland, has left nothing in his pincer, which he had it in his power to alienate, to the Conservative heir of his honours. The new Duke has only the entailed estates, which may be worth about 50,0001. per annum. In these are in cluded the great bulk of the Shropshire property, and Raby Castle, in ,Durham, with the domains immediately adjoining that princely seat. But the main territory in Durham, being one of the very finest possessions in England, and comprising thC northern bank'of the Tees for nearly thirty miles, has been sZvered from the duke dom, and divided among the younger branches of the family. We 'haVe not heard as yet in what exact pro portions, but report speaks of a large share to the late Duke's favourite, daughter, Lady Augusta Milbanke ; and no doubt Lord Harry Vane, his only Whig son, has been liberally provided for.* Newton House, and the whole of the Yorkshire manors in that vicinity, worth 10,0001. a-year, are said to be left at the absolute dis posal of the Dowager ; and it is added that this per sonage has also the house in St. James's-square, with the whole of the plate, 84e, excepting, of course, ,heir looms. The NeWto n property was purchased by the late Duke, and we beli eve i t had been anticipated that it would turn out to have been settled from the first on his Duchess. We believe she never had any child by the Duke of Cleveland. The late head of the Fanes, the elder branch of the same noble stock, seems to have made a still more ca pricious will than his ducal cadet. Though the Earl of Westmoreland had always appeared to live on affec tionate terms with Lord' Burghersh—certainly one of the most amiable and accomplished gentlemen in Eng land, and highly distinguished in his military capacity— the ancient Peer has, it seems, actually disinherited his son. The new Earl takes nothing with his titles but Apethorp, and the entailed estates adjoining that vast but dilapidated castle in Northamptonshire. The unen tailed lands in that county, the whole Somersetshire es tate, the mansion in Grosvenor-square, with all the per sonalty, including the furniture and pictures at Apethorp itself—nay, even, it is asserted, the diamonds of the present Earl's mother (Miss Child, the sole heiress of the great banker), are left to the old Lord's daughter by his second marriage, the Lady Georgiana Fano. No . notice whatever is taken hi this will of the daughter by his first marriage, the Countess of Jersey, who probably expected at least to have her own mother's jewels. Lady Georgiana becomes thus a great heiress, probably the second in the country. The Somersetshire estate alone is said to bring from 5,000/. to 6,0001. a-year ; and there is a handsome residence on that property. Lady Georgiana is an elegant-looking spinster, apparently about thirty.—John Bull. * Since the above was in type we have ascertained that be tween the Duke's two youngest sons lot less than 40,0001. a year have been divided. A ROMANCE: A curious circumstance lately occurred here in one of the principal hotels. A party, consisting of an English nobleman and his wife a gentleman wh o •h as been living in considerable style at the west end of London, and a young lady of family and fortune in the West of England, wore all residing in the house. The young lady !had accompanied the two married ladies alluded to, to Paris, and had been enjoying all the gaieties of this gay 'city. The unmarried 'gentle man already noticed had paid his; addresses to the young lady before their arrival here, although unsuc cesfully, and was busy in renewing his protestations. All on a sudden, however, a few mornings ago, the whole hotel were roused - out of their beds by the to the offender, who im mediately Shrieks of the young lady,, who immediately charged the gentleman alluded to with an attempt to violate b too y n ; a ,ti hi f rie ri b e Iyii her person by entering her bed-room. The .greatest him toe come to her bed-room ferment reigned over the - whole establishment until the following morning, when the young lady. sought the advice of the Ambassador. A challenge as sent h i 'd t y ls said . that the ndprofodtitheeeydon:lrigd a note, as he represented, written gillietr'ininqvuiteisntgion ; and . to such a degree had advice which had t h e culprit imposed on the friends seeking satisfac tion, that they were led to. believe- that - she had been given by her friends, namely, that she t should at once marry really Ambas sador the gentleman; her formersui or. To this she most resolutely replied she would sooner die; that the let , a nd that no power ter was a forgery, , fill k'4l:th could prevent her from going hariA o . 11 P4 nonavoti ng with c l ot e c n ur g re u d ilt i y n ; the her family OD 'llia 4t r O r ', " ' e 4 .7"s t€l her character, She letl 11‘r Lookal, m".' an le "4y she left it was a.e.'identally discovered ill (laeglifuti that the gentle man who intruded bilost' l C Intel t,t ‘ t" , 14 4 - 's roo7;- ' - been tleplarol A L 3 ' 414 " P. " h as - a " r "" ' nail Pinding himself blown en , P ;mined' ' irk the city. the Ambassador',, asked fir a freshtely repaired to false name, and - , y passport in a , , • was actually on ,_ .. • , `" Way to Bel • gium , " - net) Misted on a charge u .. f fraud on the police. He was sent to the prison L a torce, where we believe he is at present. No idea can be formed of the great ex citement amongst the English in, Paris about this most extraordinary affair. There are a great many awkward rumours afloat on the subject, which I will refrain from g i v i ng; as doubtless the affair will un dergo some farther investigation.--,Letter from Paris. has been tllli(e'eldoweirliyng and informed them that, under pain o t r h t e he n ew priee of bread. A Correspondent of the Gazell e off. , --.4 wejar Germany states, that a short time since, thC Visit' summoned all the bakers Gratin! Vizirbng aotichoenrstarnetifiOlorptlielS cif Fatma' punishment (tho of the capital to atti,nd Wm, nailing of their ears to their door posts), they Wore hencef or th to sell bread at two pares cheaper than before. This measure has been greatly applauded by the common people. RUSSIAN UKASES. The following are extracts from three important ukases recently published at St. Petersburgh. One bear ing date the 23d December, 0. S. (the 4th of January), decrees the reduction of the army to the peace footing, with the fidlowing dispositions : "The fourth battalion of each regiment in the six corps of infantry is to be reduced to the footing of the reserve. The strength of the three other battalions is to be maintained at 1,000 each, which is to be completed from the disposable men of the reduced battalions. Spe cial orders will be issued tin• the destination of the re mainder. In consequence of the number of subaltern officers rendered disposable by this measure, a double number cf furloughs will be allowed in the army. "In the cavalry all the reserve squadrons of the Cui rassier, Dragoon, and Milan divisions, as well as of the seven divisions of Light Cavalry, which are now can toned in the military colonies, and form together 52 squadrons, are to be broken up, and the officers are to return to their regiments. Soldiers of the reserve squadrons who have served from 10 to 19 years to re ceive unlimited furlough, and the rest to be disposed of as shall hereafter be prescribed. In place of the squa drons thus reduced, the 3d and 6th divisions of Cavalry are to be sent into the military colonies of the cavalry. In the gendarmerie the second division of the regiment quartered at Kiew is reduced; the staff and reserve squa dron belonging to this division are united with the line ; the cornet's rank is done away with ; the men of the 2d division join the Ist division, or the reserve regiments of the line, or are to be attached to the detachment_of gen darmes belonging to the other corps, or to the nearest cavalry regiments. " In the artillery all the reserve batteries of the artil- . lery of the guard of the Grenadiers, and of the six corps of Infantry, as well as the reserve batteries of the horse Artillery, are reduced. The officers are to Abe divided amongst the active batteries ; those artillery men who have served from ten to nineteen years to receive unlimited furlough, the remainder to be distri buted amongst the active batteries. " The second reserve battalion of Sappers is to be reduced, and the third to receive the name of the second. The pontoon parks of the reduced corps to be divided between the other reserve battalions, of which the first is to receive one, and the third the other. In place of three brigades of Sappers, there will be but two ; the first containing the Ist, 2d, and 3(1 battalions, and the let reserve battalions with the pontoon parks, 1,2, and 3 ; the second to be composed of the 4th, sth, and 6th battalions, and the second reserved battalion with the pontoon parks Nos. 4,5, and 6." The ukase dated the 24th of December, O.S. (sth of January), sets forth : " In the desire to encourage trade and manufactures in the western portions of Russia," especially in the Go vernments of Mohilew, Witepsk, Minsk, Grodno, Kiew, Volhynia, .Podolia, and the province of Bialystock, and thus to raise the prosperity of the towns, we ordain, in accordance with the representation of our Council of Slate, that, when tradesmen, citizens, and other freemen of the Christian religion, not belonging to the Govern abovenamed, and who are entitled to enter corporations, are desirous of settling permanently in the cities and market towns of the western portion of Russia' (in the towns of landed proprietors' only with their consent), this shall be perm►tted, and nothing shall be required of them but a certificate from the authorities of their for mer residence, stating that no impediment exists to their change of domicile, that thoy have not suffered any cri minal punishment, and that they do not belong either to the first or second class of recruits, in which case the communities to which they remove are not to be asked their assent to such new settlement." The following ukase relates to the Church lands of Poland. It is dated the 25th of December, O.S. (the 6th of January):— "In pursuance of the example of our great fore fathers, we have thought fit for the relief of the Ortho dox (Greek clergy) in the management of populous es tateA, to assign the management of these to the branch of the Administration of the domains of the empire ; and in a ukase addressed to the most Holy Directing Synod, we have desired measures to be taken for carry ing this into effect ; and that at the same time a state ment be made to us of the provision required for the maintenance of the clergy, and of the (Greek) religious orders in the western provinces,' t o b e su b m i t t e d for our inspection and confirmation. " In ordering the dispositions now in force in the other parts of the empire, to be adopted in these provinces, we likewise ordain that they be extended to embrace the clergy of all other confessions in the western provinces,' and decree, " That all real property of the stranger creeds in the ' western provinces' be given over to the Administration of Domains of the Empire, with the exceptions of such lands as do not belong to the hierarchy or to the present foundations and chapters ; further, that an estimate be drawn up of the sums necessary for the maintenance of the eparchal office,' of the chapters and foundations according to their rank and degrees, to be submitted for our inspection and confirmation." ",Considering the insufficiency of the present estates in the Western Governments for the support of the (Orthodox) clergy, and the foundations belonging to its order, we decree, with the view of augmenting he funds for their revenues, that the incomes of the estates con fiscated for participation in the late insurrections be appropriated to this purpose, after the payment of the debts and the fulfilment of the other obligations charge able upon them." CROYDON POLICE. A miserable-looking, object, named William Perry, was brought before Messrs. Currie and Foss, upon a charge of stealii,g twopence, the monies of Sarah ENerest, under the following circumstances. It appeared in evidence that the complainant was in the tap-room of the Bricklayers' Arms public-house, at Croyden, • and upon her laying down the sum in question tor a pint of beer, the prisoner, who had been sitting by the fire, ani who appeared to be in a most distracted state, snatched up the money, anti ran out of the house to a baker's shop, where he purchased some bread, which he was in the act of devouring with avidity, win n he was taken into custody. The prisoner admitted the offence, and said that he had been driven by hunger and distress to commit it. lie said he was completely destitute and had no food, neither Lad he any home to go to. In answer to questions from the Bench, he also stated that he had been engaged in working upon railways in different parts of the country, and upon their completion he was dis charged, and he had coma into that neighbourhood to endea vour to get work upon the South Eastern Railway. Inspector Collier informed the Magistrates that he hadrea son to believe the story told by the prisoner to be true, at.d that he really was in a distressed and destitute state, and that he had committed the offence in order to allay the cravings of hunger. _ The lilactsTuAras said the case was either a felony or no thing ; but they did not think that, under the circumstances, it should be treated as one of stealing. The complainant having expressed her willingness to with draw the complaint, the prisoner was set at liberty, and the bread he had purchased, and a trifle in money, were also given to him to enable him to go to seek for work. THE 1 3 1::"IPLE AND THE ARISTOCRACY are arraying, against each other foot to foot. The latter, strong in their mono polies and having a House of Commons packed with their minions, seem determined to dispute every inch of ground ; and even if they were inclined, the time for compromise is fast passing away. In tact, the proposition seems to have been especially devised for stimulating opposition, and hastening the ultimate downfal of the system. Now is the time for a bold and resolute remonstrance on the part of the public. It is appalling to think of the conse quences which a blind and besotted maintenance of the landlords' tax may involve, at a time when multitudes are perishing for food. Reform in this matter is, in reality, Conservatism. A selfish and unfeeling oligarchy have endangered the vital interests of the na. Lion, at a period when wrong is least likely to be patiently borne, and every friend to peace is bound to stay, by every constitutional means, the progress of the unholy work.—Scolsnian. DEATH OF MR. HECTOR.—(From a Corres pondent.—Petersfield, Sunday.—Died this afternoon, of apo plexy, at Stodharn-house, near Petersfield, J. C. Hector, Esq., late M.P. for Petersfield, after a few weeks illness, brought on by over excitement through certain parties gross misconduct in causing his banking-house to suspend payment for a short time. The death of Mr. !lector has thrown the town of Petersfield and neighbourhood into sad gloom, he having been a very benevolent man to the poor, also affording the greatest ac commodation to all parties at his banking establishment. He was elected M.P. for the borough, January 7, 1835, and sat until the death of his late Majesty, June 1837. Ile was op posed by Sir H. Jolliffe, Bart., and after a verysevere con test lost his election by a majority of one only. He unseated Sir H. Jolliffe, by petition, which came on Feb, 34, 1838, aud sat for the borough from that time until the last Dissolu tion. His age is about 68. iVe find the following in the broil:—" 0 A. swindle/- in high life, wbo called himself a Prince of the Roman empire, and assumed the title of Count S., has just been arrested by the Police, charged with a series of frauds upon several jewellers and other tradesmen. It appears that this person, who lived in a handsome house in the Champs Elysees, and always went out in a handsome carriage, some time since ordered from a tailor of the Palais Royal a chamberlain's costume, saying that he was one of the chamberlains of the Grand Duke of Lucca, and having paid for it punctually, he obtained the confidence of the tailor, who introduced him to a neighbouring jeweller, the soi-disant Prince wishing to purchase some jewellery. He made several small purchases at this and other shops, and pz k y-. ing for them regularly, and calling frequently to get Imint notes exchanged, captivated the confidence of these toadies/nen who naturally concluded that he was a rich, nmss, and re ,-, , executed orders to th e amount o f 70,P1/4/4., which hP - sl i ly paid for. Recently some of the /I;,amozas sold t - has not of these tradesmen having ti,e„qi, ofWered Xo an-' .o him by one nized them, suspicion, was entertainer, .other, who recog eventually tAen into custody. 4' ~ and the Count was was so, 4-zinced in eireuinst , - - ...t the time of his arrest he peiled to borrow 151. - *Aces, that his wife had been corn ' lived, and to wl- 0/ the porter of the house where they the Cone' ..om they already owed 600 f. It appears that A , ..‘ was in the habit, as soon as be had exchanged a note . a jeweller's, of taking the silver to a money-changer, and obtaining another note. In this way he was able to return frequently with notes, and to establish a belief that he was very opulent." A Toulon letter, nth inst., says that the men accused of peculation in the Marine Arsenal have been tried before a court-martial. One, only I I years of age, is sentenced to twelve mouths' imprisonment and a fine of 33 francs, for taking away be tween eight and ten pounds of copper, and another is to stand for an hour on the pillory before the clock-tower, and pay a fine of forty francs for receiving certain stolen articles. They are both declared to be THE of ever a ga i n b e i ng employed in the Arsenal. SCHOOL FOR WIVES, BY THE AUTIIO - or "TEMPTATION.".—An excellent novel—an admirable "'school," not only for " Wives,' but for almost every other social relation of life—husbands, mothers. fathers, brothers, sons, daugh. tors, in short, all the specific relations, especially the female ones, growing out of the actual state of society—from triumphant beauties to despairing old maids. Thus much as regards the tastes of those who seek in their reading for something better than mere empty amusement. But to those who read, not that they may " learn, mark, and inwardly digest," but merely that they may kill the time which would otherwise kill them, this novel will be equally acceptable ; since it would be difficult to point at any other recent work of its kind, where they may meet with a larger fund, and a greater variety of title, lively, and amusing pictures of the actual society of the day in which we live.-- Naval and Military Gazette. THE LATE ACCIDENT AT THE SONNING HILL CUTTING.—Charles Russsell, Esq., M.P., as Chairman of tke Great Western Railway Company, has forwarded 100/. to the Berkshire County Hospital, as a testimony of the deep tense which the Company entertain of the h umane an d im sortant services rendered to the sufferers by the medical gen pemen of that establishment. LLOYD'S SHIPPING. LONDON, FEB. 17.—Wind this day at noon S.S.E. DEAL, FEB. 1 6.—Wind and . variable.—Arrd. Hyder abad, Ne wcast l e, i for Bombay': PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 16.—Wind W.— Arrd. Westminster, London, New York. Arrd. off, Shatford, London, Mauritius. SouniAmprox, FEB. 16 .—Arrd. Oriental (st.) Alexandria. OFF PoamAxn, FEB. 13. —Alayflower, Hobart Town. TORBAY, FEB. 14.—Arrd. William, London, for Calcutta, with trifling damage, having been in contact with a bark near Dungeness, on the 10th inst. FALMOUTH, FEB. 15. — Wind W. S. W.—Arrd. Swiftsures London, for Algoa Bay. Arrd. off, John, Curling, Boston, for Amsterdam, with less of boats and bulwarks. PORT TALBOT, FEB. I.s.—Trevartnalice, Homan, Swan sea to this port ; got ashore at the entrance of this port,*es terday, with three other coasters, but expected to be got e KINGSTOWN, FLia. 15.—Arrd. Dalkeith, Smyrna. KINSA LE, FEB. 14.—Arrd. Mary M'Kenzie, Liverpool, from Carthagena, with les: , of sails, &c. CORK, FEB. 14.—Arrd. Jeremiah and Sherraton Giange, Malta ; Active and Hand, of Providence, Taquanroz ' • Mary Jane, from Malta, and the Amanda, from Newfoundland, whieh were ashore yesterday at Carlisle point; got off in the evening with the tide. The former is leaky, the latter does nut appear to have suffered mmli damage. STA NG ATE CREEK, FEB. Alexander, Malta; J111)0, Lind, Leghorn. JERSEY, FEB. 13.—S1d. Bela; and Dido, Gibraltar. SHIELDS, FEB. 14.—S1d. John, Gibraltar. The achooner Pitt, of Bristol, was wrecked off the river Mazarette, in the beginning of November ; the master and two of the crew were drowned. OFF THE WIGHT. FEB. 14..-Tricolor, Apenes, Rio, for ilamburgh ; Maximalian, Bolphouwer, Batavia, sld. 2d ult. VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.-The James Ray, Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, 9th inst., lat. 48, lon. 48, by the Sea-bird, ar rived at Falmouth. Majestic, Bombay to Singapore, Dec. 9, lat. 46, lon. 83, by the Thomas Wood, arrived at Ceylon. Hebe, Anderson, London to the Falkland Islands, Dec. 15, lat. 20, S., lon. 34, W. ; Emma Whaler, of and for London, Nov. 29, lat. 35 S., lon. 23, E. ; Rebel, Long, London to St. Michael's, Dec. 29, lat. 40, lon. 18, by the Minalto, arrrived off Penzance. Nelson, Sims, and L aura ,D ee. 25t h , i n t h e G u lf o f Venice ; Se rr i ng , Dowing, from Ancona, 31st, by the Siren, arrived at Plymouth. Jane, of London, 20th ult., off Cape St. Vincent, by the Intrepid, arrived at Falmouth. John Gray, Stockton to Anemia, sth inst., 100 miles. S.W. off Cape Finisterre, by the Convivial, arrived at Falmouth. Bos phorus, Newcastle to Constantinople, 2d inst., off Cape St. Vincent, by the Allison, arrived at Falmouth. James Ray, Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, 9th inst., lat. 48, lon. 9, by the Sea-bird, arrived at Falmouth. Alarm, Steward, of Poole, lat. 2 N., lon. 21, by the Bresbach, arrived off Dungenes s . Lady Mary Fox, from Cork, sth in s t . , l a t. 43, lon. 'by the William, arrived at Portsmouth. Manuel Boucher, Cadiz to Monte Video, 3d ult., lat. 16 S., 1 n. 32 W., by the Lima, ar rived in the River. Caroline, Portsmouth to Jamaica, 12th inst., lat. 21, lon. 40; No. 109, 3d inst., lat. 41, lon. 28, by the Byker, arrived off Margate. Invincible, St. Ive's to Naples, off Gibraltar, by the Scipio, arrived at Dartmouth. Georgiana, Liverpool to New Orleans, Bth ult., out 21 days, by the Rowley, arrived 'in the Clyde. A lease', No. 2,047, bound west, by the Harriet, arrived in the Clyde. Dvr, inahair, of Sligo, off Cape Trafalgar; Eleanor, from Whitby, sth inst., lat. 46, lon. 12, by the Guiana, at Cork. Isis, Liverpool, Trieste, 19th ult., off Cape de Gatt ; Kingston, Hull, Malta, 2d inst., St. Vincent • Seaflower, C am pb e ll, f rom Liverpool, lat. 48. lon. 11, by the Vesta, arrived at Cork. Olympus, Madras to London, Nov. 26, 25 S., 49 W. Rajathan, Calcutta, Dec. 14, of Cape Adelaide. A large ship, steering westward, 3d lint., lat. 37, lon. 29, by the Alice, arrived at Liverpool. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals.- Bassorah Merchant, Ferrier, from China, off Margate, sailed Sept. 26; Anjer, Oct. 20; Cape, Dec. 18; Marquis of Hastings, Carr, horn Bengal, off the Wight, sailed Sept. 16 ; Cape, Dec. 12 ; St. Helena, Dec. 25 ; Alice, Amoyle, from Mauritius, at Liverpool, sailed Nov. 18. Arrivals at Mauritius.-Union, Nov. 4, from the Cape, and sailed, 15th, to Maranset ; Ann, Rankin, sth, from Cal cutta ; Royal Sovereign, Bth, from Calcutta ; Athena, Bth, from Cadiz, anti loading for Liverpool ; James Gibson, from Calcutta ; Artemise, 9th, from Dothenburg ; Laura, from Algoa Bay ; Gem, from Point Pedro ; Tasso, from London ; Levant Packet, 10th, from Bordeaux ; Deborah, 1 Ith, from Bourbon ; Sarah, from Vohemar; Courrier de Bourbon, from Nantes, and sailed to Bourbon ; Gazelle, 13th, from Leith ; Comet, 15th, from Maranset ; Ariel, from Tamatave. Departures from Mauritius.- Reliance, Nov. 6, to Bristol Triton, 7th, to Amsterdam; Vanguard, 7th, to London ; Cos, ner and Annundchunder, 7th, and Ranger, Bth, for Calcutta; Hindley, 9th, for Cork ; Mary Charlotte Weber, 9th, for Sin gapore; Europe, 11th, for Angontcy ; William Bryan, 16th, for Penang. Arrivals at Table, Bay, Cape of Good Hope.-Raymont. Nov. 11, from New York ; Montezuma, 12th, from Gulf of Niceya to Liverpool, with pumps choked and wooden ends started forward, is discharging ; Emancipation, 14th, from London to Pert Philip ; Edinburgh, 15th, from London to Bombay ; Charlotte, 15th, from Sund e rl an d • Mermaid. 16th, from Calcutta and Mauritius ; Bland, 17th, from London ; Lancaster, from Liverpool. Departures from Table Bay. -Dawson, Nov. 11, to Sydney Le Paix to I3ourdeaux ; Cambridge to Bombay; Indian, 12th, to Calcutta ; Packet, 14th, to Mauritus ; Nankin, 15th, to Calcutta ; Emma, 16th, to Bourbon. Arrivals.—Royal Albert, Tessier, from Bengal, sailed Aug. 8, Cape, Dec. 3; Harle qu i n , H arr i son , f rom Si ngapore. in the Downs, sailed Sept. 14, Anjer Oct. 10, Cape Dec. 9; Eleanor. M'Pherson, from Bombay, at Liverpool, sailed Oct. 12; St- Helena, Dec. 22 ; Simon Taylor, Brown, from China, off Dover, sailed Sept. 24, Anjer Dec. 17, St. Helena. Dec. 23 ; Morley, Evans, from Bombay, in the Downs, sailed Oct. 5, St. Helena Dec. 30; Janet Boyd, Topping, from Mauritius, off Dover, sailed Nov. 5, St. Helena Dec. 14; Byker, Christie. from Lombock, off New Romney, sailed Sept. 6, Mauritius Oct. 6, Cape Nov. 25, passed St. Helena, Dec. 11 ; Harlequin, Garwood, from Algoa Bay, off Margate,: sailed Dec. 5, St. Helena Dec. 28. Arrivals at St. Helena.—Marquis of Hastings, Carr, Dec. 23, from Bengal and Cape, and sailed 25th, to London ; Lncie„ Bulling, 23d, from Batavia, and sailed 25th, to Rotterdam ; Reflector, Jenkins, 23d, from Calcutta and Cape ; Valparaiso, Lockwood, 26th, from China, and sailed 2Sth, to New York ; Penningham, Green, 27th, from London; Theodore, 27th, from Batavia to Amsterdam. Arrival in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.—Nankin, Palmer, Dec. 11, from London to Bengal. Arrivals at Moulmein (Bombay ).—Kitching, previous to Nov. 14, float Hobart Town, and was loading for.-Loudon; Alderman Thompson, from Calcutta. Departure from Moulmein.--Lord Glentig previOus to, Nov. 14, to London. Arrivals at Bitavia.—Abberton, Catt, Or!. 16, froni Sydney, and to sail 17th to ; Countess of Dunmore, :Snowden, from Sydney and Sourabaya. Arrival.—Alagaret, Canning, from Bengal, off Portsmouth, sailed Sep. 4, Cape Dec. 10, S. Helena 22d. A letter has been received at Lloyd's, from the Fore:apt office, dated the 12th of February, instant, enclosing a spy of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul, at Marseilles, of the 20th ult., with states that the Havana, of Glasgow, was seen at sea, on the 12th of January last, dismasted and abandoned, by thu French brig Speculateur. p A JUNGLE SCENE.—A S they Ptnetrated ': iee er in lence to the w f sooods, litude the gloom became ti . .. , ,•; re i ntense, „„..„ the s i leep s i o them with a feelin inr gios i ng . I t almost inspired g 0( Uwe. Not a bird, not even an insect was heard. appeared as if no living thing had ever disturbed th e so li tude of the primeval forest. And yet there were occasional traces o f l i fe. The tall rank grass. , which grew up to the height o f ten or twelve feet was in many places trampled down by t h e wandering herds of wild elephants ; several recent foot mar k s of tigers militia be traced along the sandy path ; and once or twice a junee— dog was seen to glide across the road, with the drooping tail and stealthy pace which indicate the prowling savage. ilere and there an occasional opening in the tree.tops varied the monotony of the scene, exhibiting a gorgeous view of the mountains. Their stupendous crags, hanging woods, and spark. ling water falls, backed by a sky of deeper blue than even Italy can boast, formed a striking contrast to the sombre gloom of the forest, and made the panting travellers sigh for the fresh mountain. breezes which they had so lately left.-01dPorest Ranger, by cape. Campbell. WITCHCRAFT. —King James's reason in his " Dimon°logy," why there are or were twenty wornen givers to witchcraft for one man, is curious. "The reason is vasy," as this sagacious monarch thinks. " for, as that sex i 3 frailer than wan Is, so is it easier to be entrapped in these gross snares of the Divelk as wag over well proved to be true by the serpents deceiving or: Eve at the beginning, which uiskes him the homelier with thrs; sex sensive." Why does this present year resemble the . rear before last ? Vest la tame chose P—Because the year before last was 1540, and this is eighteen hundred and forty too. VOLUNTARY ATTEMPT AT STARVATION..... A girl, named Saville, living at Felted, Essex, had been trussing for twelve days prior tot he oath inst. On that day sonic men, who were about to fell wood in llichardson'x.spring, on Fenton's farm, held by Mr. Ridley, found her nearly in a dying state from abstinettre from food and exposure to thi, weather. She gives no satisfactxay account of why she thus voluntarily attempted starvation, but she says she was In the wood ten days and nights, with no• other covering than the clothes she had on, nor any protection, from the inclemency of the season than a few leaves she tied cot. lected together to :le on. She had seen no one during the time nor had she eaten anything whate.er, or took any austx_nance fur ther than sucking some water from the brook throttr:h a reed. She is gin in a very precarious state, but, under Uredical treatment, hopes are entertained of her recovery.—CstryN,t. A merchant advertised lat:l‘. for a clerk (wells - fumed to confinement. lie receive an al wee (rout a person who had been seven years iu gaol!. On Tuesday ara 4 1P:uninv, accident happened to Mr. Butler Lamtkit, NV lob Yarn Compar n overlooker in the employ o f th e N or .- house 4 Mr. li_ jiA;rYti, A party of friends had as sem bl e d a t t h e Oita 4 then in party of friends had assembled at the house csf tlr. Ii Lod, in Bet-street, to spend th e even i ng . barn 4 „ .a,Thomas Galloway, a wool-sorter, from Wien. ' sitting down upon a chair, accidentally sat up o n th e „Loner of a pistol he had in his pocket (which he car r i e d f or his protection on the r. ad), and by his pressure up on th e per cussion cap discharged it, and the ball lodged in the lower parts of Mr. Lambert's body. We are sorry to say the ball cannot be extracted, and there are not the slightest hopes of his reco very.—Norteich Mercury. _ An inquest was held on Saturday, before Mr. Wakley, coroner, at the Dudley A rms,.Dudley-grove, Padding ton, on view of the body of a lady, apparently about 30 years of age, at present unknown, who was found floating in the Pad dington Canal on Thursday last. There not being any bruises about the body, or any evidence to prove in what manner she came into the water, the jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned." The body lies at Paddington workhouse to be , owned. LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.--It s - 19 expected that William Alackenzie, Esq., the gentleman. who fur a long time assisted Mr. Wood, and who, since his seces sion, has performed the duties, will be appointed Secretary of the lirinliton Railway. —Dover Chronicle. WEST INDIA STEAM-SHIPS. Intelligence has been received of the arrival at Barbadoes of the Tweed and Solway steam-ships, which left Southampton on the 15th De cember. The former arrived on the 4th January, and the latter thirty-six hours later, on the 6th. The voyage of the Solway had been delayed by bad stowage, and she was ten data in teaching Madeira, which she made on the 25th December, her run from that island to Barbadoes occupied twelve day.. Much interest was attached in the Islands to the success of this experiment in steam-navigation. The passengers by both.vdeta— sets are unanimous in their applause or the comfort and rapidity a y of the voyage. By the same arrival we have intelligeimnee. and collision between her Majesty's ship of war the Chiare) audacity the rebel lquadron at Carthagena : the latter had with ii fire interest, upon andthe British the a dm f i l r a a „, , i y c t a l in te an c o o7p6r compliment with, to forty of rebellion ug.nalfs his crew killed. This is considered as having put an rrim A non-commissioned officer ilig enniteartedAiintttossa'erp, or r n e ee e gy e ,i i i v ih e le d e nat distributed a at thousand the whose period of service had expired,. re engagement as a substitute, it among the suffering poor. A taaskltien siege of ll' John Co inson the Rector n, R.N., to. of Boldon, ill father, the Nev. , his at the house of 31r now to be :"" 1 r . John Merriman, West Canton, and sent by Commander Collins° ima m , IN ' e le cashe .ortrnal. had t .r,; rnell:l:eriavweTdh iaterhhtoahmre recently