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:::, h _ tile l aad-taz o f 2 5 per cent., or on the who l e 200,000 r i x Rue Per annum. FROM THE MAINE, OCT. 3s. of ilte l t ° .t t . °T, the Journals of these parts speak of the success .s 0,0112! trial with the steam-boat on the Upper R,litp i itiii t r e t that the whole stream, as far as Kehl and the Upper th e . , will be navigated by steam-boats next year. Though _ to ti,teboat The Rhin was not built in a manner adapted tii°l.ect navigation of the Upper Rhine, it however performed Ilaurjage from Cologne to Kehl, hich is reckoned . at l i r tekide4'lll74 hours, against the stream, and with it in 27, . _ q .. end took in tow from Coblentz to Bonn the . water.__dili so lt ' h had to contend with a strong N.W. wind. It is St ra rYed h., u -.7 experiment that the voyage from Cologne , to bur -t g Way be made in four or five days, and from Stra th64 back a g ai n in two days, whereas it has required, under gat: lot favourable circumstances, fourteen slays to iso by "In Mayence to Strasburg. 114 m , EXCHANGES ON LONDON. tIV. p,„ t "11, OCT. 4.-36. I.; 2 Us., 35. 10. 14/I,.lEasnullGH, SEPT. 20.-10. 27.52. Be all ala, SEPT. 30.—Three moths, B. 12i. a . , OCT 3 Ti e months, 6. 224. tit), , . . ire 4 4( 3 ,„.^ , SEPT. 24.—Three months, 9. 42. . _ --.111 / 4 11 , OCT. 7.-39. II.; two months, 09. 8. ofteidgeeting of the Silk Manufacturers of th e , t un ns and the resolutions passed by their Joe tt :': have excited the attention of the French the r -418 . - Th e Meeting proposed to discover km / P4B ° ll of the alleged stagnation in the trade, t14 1)1. °111/d i t, as they were pleased to say, in the k *hi r e i d ented large quantities of thrown sills A t ' l "ad been smuggled into the country. li 'hitch -ans Journal, remarking on the discUs- IPeak, rai sed at this Meeting, says, that " the tie • it rs Constantly wan d ere d f rom th e rea l c a use, i tth ie decid e d super i or i ty o f t h e F renc h s ilk s kr et i - P e tiority which is now more t h an.ever i n . v ot , r to the French, and which all the endea. ll ht,i4t4 lithe English will never attain : their efforts ss Im il i i 'li e therto f a il e d." n atio ti ' ; * e are told, is the real cause of the stag. laity 00 ' 4 the trade ; but that the national va 4/utv Englishmen would not permit them to i p tl tenr its 1 For ourselves, however, we have no . s, ree - l e , It of disputing the superiority of the ~,,,.nn1e c ( i . sails over those of England, and which, 18 e17 -) may, without difficulty be admitted. Itly erth e , Ss liie% t i r , ,'e it appears to us quite clear, this '"rltY could form no sufficient reason for tile Unless it could also be shown that eNedPortations into England have . greatly lites. t he usual supply, because in all tim . es lOpi: has been a demand for, and corresponding ill 4 1 1 7 of 2 nglish manufactured Silks, and it is I ca Is branch of the trade that the stagnation is ." to h „hat th e : 'tie D --8 Journal seems to consider the state of 411' 1 ' 4 , 1 0 th Silk manufactory as far, very far, Im et , l „: ( 4, that of France, and will not permit us to of ; t nat it can be improved by the introduction „ )tork°rkuten from Lyons.. For, says it, these 4itiontnen)deprivel of the emulation which oppo -44 to genders and unassisted by the experience ( 1 1IthL ast e of French manufacturers and artists 411 15t,V 1 , 1 in Lyons they might have been the Il erk -- "f 111 ) become in London oely ordinary Nite.l 4 . Hence time Paper in question antici heti attic overth row o f t h e Silk T ra d e o f E ng . 01)4 4 ; soon as the new Act shall come into full hts,,, tlc4l . W e su b m it th ese pre di ct i ons to t h e /et ;IS interested in the Trade, although they vitittlnain to be prov e d. W e ourse l ves re p ose tie opinio ns o f th e C omm i ttee o f t h e H ouse Pass m orons, upon whos e r e po r t thi s l aw wa s 'th a ' but notwithst an di ng regar d th e con t e st l i tod ti ill e degree of apprehension, as likely to a very serious depression. 4,e A ser e 1 New York a re,ei -..A.1n 141.x.euorrioN.—The from !_r enterpriZed last ,r nightfroyn contain the latest intelligence. is it airl , e d in a r' l g et e e T l 9tqtnen engaged in this expedition. It kd kli kun dated Dr. Richardson, the associate of Capt. cvarieeS Penetang i hene on Lake Huron, the most Maur c naval station on u h s e Lakes, April 22, 1825, and says, start anedian voyageurs ' t have arrived from Montreal, and Aka), to-Inorrow d •o rs larg , e , c• noes, and thirty-two of lie 1,10 the latter i t,t,_ tor Sault St filare and .e ort four a William on Lake Superior. lii- le ' Lae de s i),,, we proceed in i north canoes to Lac la .4/Z, t eaver L i!, &c : , to Wini eg, Saskatchewan l'ort a Y i , e Porta g a fie, d 1 Portage, English P River, &c. to the fng Athabasca ora ' Country. On the Methye t ake t f i e l () r ate, Il 'artic•t ewyon, we expect to over '44 ek e be .ats that left engl a and last summer, when a par! of tsnlll4,,lan voyageur - 11 b discharged. Nothing of im ,7ade `„ ha hitherto o s - w . l 1 e on or , r journey, nor have we !vrat",shY acientific observations eff worth" mentioning. We are VElvs4„:.,e western limit of cultivation in Upper Canada, the kle;TC:Rettlers being within a few miles of this post. The Lt l le t , t .,z 1 11 has not travelled this length yet, being unknown a p'"(l othn'le,westward of Kingston, on Lake Ontario. Salmon, ps e ,` l hab that require al visits to the sea, cannot tiißetier fan Falls of Niagara, kft,... the Oeitalrai Pe , and consequently ate not found tabl e • - •ress of t These l O t a b r o n u,i also prove a check to ~,lthat fish is known to be ca- P e :e t r, tl i., vel ling a Considerable distance by land. There are, lolat jl,2_-,rme sturgeon in the rivers that fall into Lake . Huron ; th t ,7 not seen them, and am ignorant of the species. We 1 , 1 70, t each our winter , ua-te*s about the end of September, '" e ver e P l e Part S a e r a e so a q a t present in good health and sps , . iness of the y favourable to our prospects. ' ---.„cie5.......". at Ao lave received Demerara F:pers to the filth NtiZgust• They contain the copy of a Procla- P ell ev - I announcing the alterations in the cur tolm4i IT l l ich h ave b een a d opte d i n t h e E ngl i s h Porta" generally, b u t su pply no f ac t s o f itn ill a: i t ce- -the h est evidence that the colony was p riv a te of t ranqu i llity. /4 ok n at e lett ers state that the Emperor o f 1 411 413 i% has put to the sword the whole of the 41 1st ro La nts of the city of Mettenez, and entirely te vol t 3*l the city in consequence of the late Th Tre Pr P c 'r 11 a nqyzaine United States' frigate, bound aVrp L 2 4 16, - 1 uaving on .board the Marquis de . La tia Y. •It and suite arrived off Cowes on Satur -2 "is A, i tl •Ift 4- --E TUE DUKE OF WELLINGTO . N eliti 4"i'n for a few days on a visit to Sir_ 'is 4L coLsr, at his seat in Hertfordshire 1 ttOtit Nideratood that Sir Jour{ MALcorm is a he oefillvsanrite of llis Grace, and, we believe, is eIY 0 at, 1 fLcer of the Deccan Army whom His .444 ty 1. 14 s ennsulted on the subject of the Deccan Sl O i ,, ' ll 4;i t e C Ehr L M, SEPT. 23.—The high Admiral , e , t a to c",asTaost is gone quite unexpectedly from Cl e ir t i o s . - : il s • sw e' scro na. ,. —Count Wetterstedt is expected h d er 1 .r koLeatila by Russian Arrbassador in a few days, an t lei 1 %; 11,11 /110h th e 10th of October.—Capt ; Count Adolphus Van 'l' has r e .. s s erved for some timeolunteer inthe English kti g t 7,l , "Ri?ed his commission in our ! Royal NavyE. will , t he th be m e i n et4 s 46, Sir JOHN 1 Hummol . N om "igla 9 1 ce i ent the wind moderates, for Naples, at whic i p s"Ilt -41 En, -- ", • S TRAwronD CANNING, Ambassador .i t l o ! the m. ktied n - Dire, his lady, and personal domestics, r ~ n t : ° ., ceed to Constantinople.—Colonel Burnett, wi !s , lr t . RelVikia t ;"' llir. Buchanan, of the diplomatic department, ohs 0 11 4 . V . th e ' l x Professor of Oriental hruguages, andf.L ''rlailli " j ail service, embarked here yesterda with Telegraph.) mil h e eigasore in the Thetis.—(Hampshire • ant a l 04 1,47.0te frigate, Capt. Hon. J. A. MAUDE, - Nuja a sti she nr iday for Harwich, to embark Lord S_witart so G o ''t. t i ,' to r e"; and convey them to the Baltic. .If the sea , _ Itt,,.. tta tsbi;,. n ,le . o pen it is yet hoped his Lordship may reach ''''' totiv . " In the Glasgow; if not, he•Wili land at the N ett pot. —mid.) THE THEATRE. DRURY-LINE.-The character of Brutus, in a Tragedy with that title, not in the Julius Cesar of SIIAKSPEARE, as stated in one of the Morning Papers, restored Mr. Boom to the London Stage on Saturday, in the hero of the Piece. Mr. I BOOTH, a few years ago, came forward as the professed rival, and was certainly the imitator of Mr. KEAN. W e never were among the admirers of Mr. KEAN, whose acting appeared to us to be affected, grotesque, and frantic, and we were al ways astonished at his remarkable success, which we would fain have attributed to partial igno ranee rather than to a degeneracy of public taste. Mr. BOOTH has, in a great degree, thrown off his imitation of KEAN, but habit is difficult to con quer, and some of the peculiarities of the latter still cling to him. However, on the whole, he acquitted himself in such a manner as to skew that he possesses original powers, and if he to-1 tally avoids imitation of any thing but Nature, he will be a good Actor. He was very well re ceived, and, at the end of the Play, a loud call demanded him to appear and announce the future performance. Mr. NV ALLacK informed the audi ence, that as soon as he heard the demand, he hastened to Mr. Boovu and apprized him of it, but the latter declined the honour. This de claration did not allay the storm. Mr. s‘VALLACK again came forward, stating that he had renewed his application, but that Mr. BooTil still declined the intended honour. The clamour, however, still continued, but at length gradually died away. The Farce was Simpson and Co. Mr. W who has appeared as Old Dornion, on this occasion, took the character of Simpson. He is accused, we find, of too servilely copy ing Mr. TEulty, who was very SUCCPss , ful in this part ; but Mr. TEILRY acted conformably to truth and Nature in it, and therefore it would have been absurd as well as' hazardous in Mr. 'WILLIAMS if he had taken a different course. They both acted upon the same right principle, and -some resemblance was the unavoidable result, and not the effect of studious imitation. Before we conclude we must again enter our protest against the admission of the half-price visitors when the clock strikes nine. The good old custom of the London Stage was Ito admit half-price at the end of the third act of a play, tragedy or comedy, and at the end of the second act of an opera. By the absurd and of fensive practice of admitting half-price exactly at nine o'clock, the opening of doors, the fall of benches, and the trampling of feet, occur fre quently in the middle of perhaps the most inte resting scene of the play. The Covent-Garden Manager adopts the old practice, and it is adopted also at all the other Theatres. Why is this, so gross a nuisance, which destroys all pleasure and interest in the piece, still prevalent at Drury-Lane Theatre ? We cannot discover any rational plea in defence of this injurious and loathsome practice, and hope, for the satisfaction of the public, that it will be immediately abo- THEATRICAL CHIT-CHAT. The assertion that 2O/ per week is the maximum salary paid to Actors (at least to Actresses) at the Winter Theatres, is in correct. Madame Vestris at Covent-garden, and Miss Kelly at Drury-lane, receive 301. per week, or rather 10/. per night for their performances during the week; for a limited period. Miss Stephens, on the other hand, accepts of 20/.• It is rumoured in the dramatic circles that the veteran, but perennial Munden, will, in the course of the ensuing spring, re deem his pledge to his Irish friends, by performing at the Dub lin Theatre and taking leave. He will, it is said, be accompa nied by Jones of the Covent-garden Theatre, whose well-earned popularity in Ireland is still undiminished and unrivalled. At the close of Madame Catalani's Concerts and performances in London, during the winter, it is said, she will cross the At lantic, and visit New York, where that enterprising Manager, Mr. Price, has offered this Lady a liberal engagement. Kean took his farewell benefit, previously to his leaving the kingdom, at Douglas, in the Isle of Man. He received 1001. by his theatrical exertions in that secluded island. CHARLES MATIrEws, the comedian, is going in November to Bath and Bristol, where he intends to be "At Home," and act in the regular drama likewise. Mathews has not visited either of these great theatrical cities for two or three years. The original Manuscripts, and adaptations of some of the Plays of Skakspeare, by the late Mr. Kemble, which were sold in that gentleman's Library, by Mr. Evans, in Pall-mall, were purchased by the Hon. George Lamb. One of these Plays, it is reported, will be acted at Drury-lane Theatre during the present season. In the year 1803, two • original Letters of Shakspeare were found among the Dorset Papers,which the late amiable Duchess of Dorset signified her intention of depositing at the British Museum ; and shortly after, a third Letter was discovered in the same archives. Now that the Duchess and Lord Whit worth are both dead, we hope the surviving daughters will per mit these invaluable relics to be published. • MADAME FODOR. The Letter of Madame PASTA (inserted in our Paper of last Friday) has called forth the following from Madame FODOR:-- " I have read in a Journal of this morning, a letter signed by Madame Pasta, in which she quotes an article of her en gagement, which provides that she shall not be obliged to play the part of Arsaces in Semiramis, an opera which is reserved for her benefit. " This letter lays me under the obligation—a very painful one —of informing the public of the following facts. " When, almost a year ago, the management thought fit to testify a desire of re-attaching me to the Italian Theatre Royal, I authorised my agent (Towle de pouvoirs ) to make some con cessions, as far as my interests were concerned ; but I strongly insisted on a clause which would guarantee rue the choice of parts. " It is in consequence of this wish that the following article was inserted in my contract of engagement, signed at Paris, on the 20th of February, by the Viscount Rocbefoucault on one side, and on the other by my agent. " Art. 9. The two works in which Madame Mainvielle Fodor is to make her debut shall be chosen by her; and she therefore will inform the management, before the Ist of July next, what two works she has chosen, in order that they may be ready to be brought on the stage when she arrives in Paris.' " In consequence, therefore,. of this liberty to choose my parts, which is guaranteed tome by this article, I had the ho nour of announcing to the Viscount de la Rochefoucault, that I should choose those of Semiramis and Elizabeth. " This choice was agreed to by the Viscount, who, in the let ter which he did me the honour of writing to me, made use of the following words : " As a matter of course, nothing can hinder Madame Fodor from debuting in the operas she has chosen.' " This is all that is of any importance for the public to know. —Madame Pasta is perfectly at liberty to play or not to play Arsaces as she pleases; and if she is determined that Semiramis shall be her benefit, 1 shall deem myself happy to be able to assist in it. " I have the honour to be, &c. " MAINVIELLE FODOR. " P.S. Let me add, that if Madatne Pasta desires, after my debut, to sing the character of Semiramis, I shall with the greatest alacrity yield it to her. " Paris, Sept. 20, 1825." The Earl of llAncoutur left Portsmouth gar rison, on Tuesday morning, for London. His Lordship ob served, on his visit to the Government House, that lie remem bered being in it before, about 63 years since, when he was Aid-de-Camp to the Earl of Albemarle, who embarked at this place on the Havannah expedition. His Lordship has been Governor of the Garrison about 20 years.—( Portsmouth Paper.) THE KING, &c. WurDson, OCT. 9.—His MAJESTY attended .Divine Ser vice this morning in the new Private Chapel, which was per formed by the Rev. Dr. Sumner. The Duke of Dorset and Lord St. Helens, with the greater part of the Royal Suite, accompanied his Majesty. In the afternoon his Majesty took an airing in the Great Park.--Yesterday afternoon his Majesty, accompanied by the Duke of Dorset, in the pony phaeton, fol_ lowed in a second by Lord St. Hearts and the Lord Steward, visited during their airing Sandpit Gate, Cranhourn, and the New Lodge, and afterwards returned to the Royal Lodge to dinner.—Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, attended by her Lady in waiting, heard Divine Service performed by the Rev. Mr. Gossett, Vicar, this morning, at the parish church.— Yesterday afternoon, her Royal Highness passed through Windsor and Eton, in her open carriage, accompanied by Miss yilyard, fur an airing. • DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &a. From the St. James's Hotel—Prince Czaromowski and suite, for Briglaton ; Sir George Hill, for Langley Park, War wickshire ; J. Delafield, Esq. for Lorrington Hall, Yorkshire; Mr. and Lady M. Fitzgerald, for their seat in Cornwall.— Front Batts' tiotel, Dover-street—Ur. anti Mrs. Forster, for Dover : Mr. and Mrs. Hughes ; Earl of Lismore. ARRIVALS IN TOWN... Dr. Scudamore, in Win - mole-street, from Buxton.—At Batts' Hotel—Mrs. Peel, from Tunbridge; Mr. Ilynd and family ; Mr. and Mrs. Wilson. Her Highness the Duchess Dowager of Saxe Coburg, accom panied by the Prince and Princess of Leiningen, after staying a few days in Brussels, have proceeded on their return to Ger maay. The Duchess of Kent, on Friday night, attended by Captain Conroy and Baroness Kenslane, honoured Covent-Garden Theatre with her presence. The Freedom of Cambridge has been presented to the Duke of York. His Grace the Duke of St. Albans, Mrs. Coutts, and a select party, are amongst the latest arrivals at Buxton. The Duke o: Wellington has been on a pheasant shooting excursion with Sir John Shelly, in Sussex. The Countess of Westmeath returned to 1:-;,r residence, in St- James's Palace,' on Saturday evening, from a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Clarence, at Bushy Park. Lady Grenville came to town on Friday, from Dropmore Lodge, Buckinghamshire, to the town house in Charles-street, for the purpose of taking leave of Mr. 11. W. Wynn and his family, preparatory to their leaving the• Duke of Buckingham's residence, in Pall-Mall, for Copenhagen ;• Mr. H. W. Wynn's family and suite then quitting London, on his mission to Den mark. Lady Grenville retured to Dropmore Lodge on Satur day evening. „:,.....‘ .;..-;.,” - , ' - ii '- 7:1 f b ? ( re , ~. 24( : ,l(ki i rt -I . '" .'s • rt ,, ; ' 1 . 1 41 ) ..." %.,.. • ."," . .4 0 )) ii',„ -4';' --, '" = 47 7-4.- ir:- .11 ..!;1rm- -- •_"• t -S.. , --4;,„. -: '. . 0 , ,- e. ,- ,‘ '''ti • 2 ZR OY -,- --. ,:,..*- „v ANECDOTES, &c. LORD CIIIATDAIIi.-This great Nobleman and his family once visiting a foreign Nobleman, the present Earl, who was then eleven years of age, on entering the room made his bow Very - grace fully. His brother William, two years younger, on his approach, made a slight bow and took a seat. On their return Lady Chatham was ap plauding her elder son's politeness, and at the same time condemning the" hauteur of William. " You did right, William," said the father, " never be taught to bow lower than your own inclination and sense of decent respect require, and then you will never be suspected of fawning hope and interested adulation." ANECDOTE or Mit. SIIERIDAN,--.—Mr. SDERI. DAN'S improvidence in every thing connected with money, was most remarkable. He would frequently be obliged to atop on his journies, for want of the means of getting on, and to remain living expensively at an inn till a remittance could reach him. His letters to the Treasurer of the Theatre on these occasions were generally headed with the words— " Money-bound." A friend of his told me, that one morning, while waiting for him in his study, he cast his eyes over the heap of unopened letters that lay upon the table, and, seeing one or two with coronets on the seals, said to Mr. Westley the Treasurer, who was present, " I see we are all treated alike." Mr. Westley then informed him, that he had once found, on looking over this table, a letter which he had himself sent, a few weeks before, to Mr. Sheridan, enclosing a 10/. note, to release him from some inn, but which Mr. Sheridan, having raised the supplies in some other way, had never thought of opening. The prudent Treasurer took away the letter , and reserved the enclosure fur some future exigence.—( oore's Lffe of Sheridan. ) DUKE OF Dr VONSHIRE.—A short time ago, his Grace, accompanied by the Prince and Princess Rassamoffski, visited Messrs. Bright's Repository, at Buxton, and whilst they were engaged in examining the various curiosities it con tains, a poor woman entered, and, in Lancashire dialect, asked " which wur Mester Duke?" His Grace was pointed out to her by one of the ladies of the party,. and she continued her exclamations in the most emphatic manner—" God bless yo, Sur," she said, " oi've bin at Buxton mony a toime, but oi nicer see you befoor, an oi want for t' say as old 'ye shaked hands wi' yo." With this request his Grace . complied, and the old lady left the repository highly delighted that she had shaken hands with the Duke of Devonshire. HUNTING INTELLIGENCE. mEETINGs OF JJOUNI)S IN TUX PRESENT WET Fox Hounds, on T►iesday, at Long Houghton ; Thursday, at Swinton Common ; Saturday, Can klow Wood. The Chester Harriers, on Tuesday, at Newton ; Friday, at Milton Green. The Weymouth Barriers, on Thursday, at the Kennel. The Commissioners of the Navy .have sub scribed 100/. towards the relief of the suffering families of the persons lost in the Portsmouth Dock-yard ; and the Lords of the Admiralty have given 101. to the men of the Guernsey ves sel, who picked up the officers and men upset in the Phaeton's boat. _ The town of Devonport has experienced the greatest shock to its public credit by the failure of the Naval Bank of Messrs. Shiells and Johns. The failure of the Kingsbridge Banking Establishment of Messrs. Square, Pri deaux, and Co. last week, connected as it was with a dis trict of many miles around, composed mostly of small farmers, was replete with. distress, and occasioned, from a loss of confidence, a partial pressure on ull the banks (six) of Ply mouth and Devonport. As the extent of that calamity 14 generalnie prevailed, and Saturday last, run commenced on a ll became known, market-clay, a et-i k la in y, aof pad the banks, principally • against that of Shiells and Johns, who were compelled to shut up an hour before the usual time. KM Monday a notice appeared in the win dows, that, in consequence of the severe . pressure of Sa. turday, Shiells and Johns were unable to resume their payments. The most favourable • reports respecting the finances of the firm are, that their debts are 60,0001., and they have ass e t s to t h e amou nt of 20,0001. ; whilst others state their debts to be 100,0001., and that the estate will not pay 3s. in the pound. The excitement of the public was heightened . on Thursday by the announcement of the death of Mr. Shiells. He was found dead in his bed at five o'clock the previous afternoon, at a small estate ,he has called Corn Wood, about 14 miles from the town. Thomas Slinton Shiells, Esq. was a Magistrate for the county of Devon.._ (Hampshire Telegraph.) ALARMING FlRE.—Last evening, between t e n and eleven o'clock, an alarming fire was discovered in the house of Mr. Macleod, of Upper Barlow-street, W r estininster, by some of the passengers in the street ; the family were at a friend's house in the neighbourhood, and before they had ar rived an entrance was obtained by the watchman, and the lower part of the house was in flames, which were rapidly ascending. Every exertion was made as the family were not insured, and a considerable portion of property was saved. The flame s burst through the first floor, and were rapidly gutting the house when their progress was checked by a great body of water being thrown upon them, and in less than an hour the fire was totally subdued without doing further damage. A man, in endea. vouring to rescue some of the property was:dreadfully scorched. LORD COCURANE and the PIRANGA. ( From the Hampshire Telegraph.) The arrival of Lord GOCIIItANE is now fixed to take place on the 20th instant,—if, with the intention of re turning to the Brazils, his Lordship will probably , be disap pointed of proceeding immediately, as it appears the crew of the Piranga have nearly all deserted the Brazilian service. Sixty of them came on shore here, in a body, on Thursday last. The causes of their dissatisfaction are probably stated in the tbl lowinp• letter, which was written by one of them previous to the strike. Such is the attention now paid to the condition, character, and comforts of British seamen employed in our ships of war, that we cannot but view every such individual who en gages himself in the service of a foreign nation, as not possess ing the manly and open character and true corps d'esprit of a genuine British seaman : " Piranga, Sunday, Oct. 2, 1825. " As a British seaman I take the liberty , of addressing you with these lines, and likewise on behalf of my shipmates who have been in the service of the Emperor. Lord Cochrane has brought us to our native shore, where we would wish for to go, but after toiling and fighting for their service, where many of us have bled in their cause, we cannot get any remuneration, but baffled every time we ask for our wages and prize-money ; we think that British seamen, in time of peace, can sail in any service which they please, and now we would wish for to leave this frigate. We have no security for payment, therefore we hope and trust, through our former merit against the enemies of this country, you will do something in our behalf, and relieve us from the greatest tyranny, cruelty, and oppression that can be. exercised over British seamen. If you will speedily do something for us, it will be the means of saving bloodshed. Our provisions have been stopped this afternoon, we have no money, and many of us are several miles from home, and poorly clothed. For you to see forty or fifty British seamen going on shore ragged and destitute from this vessel, would be no honour to Lord Coch rane, after all his exploits on the South Sea. If it is not in your power to do any thing, we hope you will acquaint the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. We are not bound to stay any longer, therefore we are all determined to leave her; we will not do any thing that would disgrace the cha racter of British seamen.". MERCANTILE SHIPPING. DEAL, OCT. 9.—Wind S.W.—The brig Helme, A ysthorpe, from London to Smyrna, arrived last night in the Downs, and this morning an Admiralty and another cutter from the River, went alongside with an order from the Secretary of State and detained her (also the Aurora, Jackson,) under the late procla mation ; she has since been supplied with a Pilot for the River. Arrived the Portland, Snell, from Madras; Margaret, Mossell, from St. John's, N. B.; Volunteer, , Jamaica ' • and William Brown, Arrived from the River and remain, the Tropic, Brandford ; Golden Spring, . - ',pence ; William Manning, Smith; Naparina, White; Enterprise, Brown ; Mulford, Taylor, and a South Seaman. • PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 9.--Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Patten, Digton; from Quebec; Emelie, Peterson; Benocurl. His'Majesty's ship Pyramus went out of harbour, and remains at Spithead. Sailed the Greek man of war brig Cimone for London. FA LMO UT H, 0 c r. B.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Rambler, 'Watson, from Aux Cayes, sailed the 16th of August. Sailed the Sandwich Packet for Lisbon. COV/Es, OCT. 9.—Arrived the Swedish ship Calcutta, from Calcutta, in 124 days, for orders ; and the United States frigate Brandy Wine from the Chesapeake. LIVERPOOL, OCT. B.—Arrived the Manchester, Lee, from New York, sailed the 17th ult. ; Aldebaren, Gault, ditto; Oscar, M'Carthy, Maranham ; Bristol, Riches, Trieste; William, , Miramichi ; Craiges, —, Sicily ; and Isabella, —, and Lady Amherst, —, from Smyrna. The Active, Johnson, from Quebec, was totally lost off Cardigan on Friday; master, and two of the crew drowned. The Horatio, APCarthy, from Kinsale to Newport, was to tally wrecked, near Fishguard, on Friday. The Brothers, Richards, from Memel to Flaverfordwest ; and the Blessing, Ellis, of Pwlhely, was driven on shore, near Abermour, on Friday. THE COMET. GOSPORT OBSERVATORY, OCT. S.—ln the night of the 28th ult. a faint appearance of a new, omet was observed here, but the lunar light and the passing clouds prevented our taking its position in the heavens, and since that time the wea ther has been very unfavourable for observation. Last night (Oct. 7),at ten o'clock; the same Comet !again appeared in the South-east point, ten degrees above the horizon, m the upper part of the side of the constellation Cetus. The nearest star to it was under part of the belly of Cetus. Its train was then nearly perpendicular, and between ten and eleven degrees in length, extending to the star Baten, in the belly. Its nucleus is perceivable with the naked eye at intervals, and the size of a star of the third or fourth magnitude, surrounded by a large circular coma 15 minutes in diameter, or about half the size of the full moon's disc, and of a brilliant appearance; so that it was distinctly seen through attenuated clouds. It is 172 de grees distant from the sun, and is the first Comet we have seen at so great a distance from that luminary.. Its motion is antece dentia, or contrary to the order of the signs of the Zodiac. —lt was on the meridian at 1 o'clock, when its altitude was 20 clef , ' . Its right ascension then was 31 degrees 20 seconds; and its declination 20 degrees South. If this be the same Comet that was seen by M. Biela on the 19th of July, and some weeks afterwards by Dr. Olbers, it has passed through a space of 59 degrees since the 9th August, when its right ascension was (id degrees 40 sec. ; and its declination 23 deg. 54 sec. North.— (,The account of the state weather to-morrow.) LONDON MARKETS, &c. CORN EXCHANGE, OCT. 10. Owing partly to the contrary winds of last week there is a small arrival of English Corn and Flour, but a fair supply of Irish Oats. This morning there are fair quantities of Wheat, Barley, Beans, and Pease, from ECSCX and Kent; not much in from Suffolk, and scarcely a vessel from any other parts, as the wind still remains adverse. Prime samples of Wheat. are very scarce, and obtain rather' higher prices, but there is not much trade for other kinds. Barley maintains last quotations. Old Beans are rather dearer, but new are a turn lower. j Boiling Pease are again looking upwards. Grey Pease hardly maintain last quotations. Oats of good. quality rather exceed the terms of this day se'nnight, but other qualities have no alteration. In the Flour trade there is no variation. 1 !ARRIVALS LAST WEEK.—English INThettt, 3,108 ; Par ley, 2,424 ; Malt, 877 ; Oats, 2,285 ; Beans, 1,710 ; Pease, 1,814 ; Irish Wheat, —; Oats, 8,050 ; Foreign Oats, 840 quarters ; Flour, 4,710 sacks. Wheat, Red (old) sBs 70s Beans, Small (new) ....44s 48s White (old) sBs 75s (old) ....47s 53s Red (1825) 54s 60s Flue 62s 65s (old) 42s 44s Superfine ....68s 70s Harrow (new)...44s 45s White (1825)...58s 62s (old) ...45s 47s ---- Fine 64s 68s Brank 34s 40s -- Superfine ....72s 76s Oats, Feed "3s 25s Rye (new) 4os 44s ' —Fine 26s 28s Barley 34s 40s Poland 25s 27s Fine (new) 40s 42s —Fine 27s 29s _---Superfine 43s 46s Potatoe 27s 28s Malt s6s 64s ' Fine 29s 30s —Fine 66s 72s Scotch 31s 33s Peas Grey (new) ......44s 46s Flour (per sack).. 55s 60s --;--Maple (new)....47s 49s Seconds 52s 58s ----White (new)....40s 50s North Country 52s 54s —Boilers 54s 62s Bran ' 12s 13s OIGNERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF GRAIN, FROM THE RETURE RECEIVED IN THE WEEK ENDING OCT. 1. Wheat, 633. Bd. ; Barley, 40s. 9d. ; Oats, 255. 6d. ; Rye, 445. 7d. ; Beans, 455. 2d. ; Peas, 48s. 11d. The Average Price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, computed Oct. 5, 1825, is 455. 21d. per cwt. SMITHFIELD MARKET, The following is an accurate Report of the numbese and prices at Smithfield Market this morning:_ CATTLE AT MARKET.. Beasts ...2,662 I Sheep Calves To sink the Offal, per stone of OM Beef 4s 6d to 5s 2d I Veal As Od to 6s 2d Mutton 4s 10d to 5s 6d I Pork 5s Od to Gs Od Lamb Os Od to Os Od. HAY AND IaRAW, PER LOAD. f1 a y.,,.... 10 to - 6 - 0 I Clover .- .. :14 Oto £5. 15. Straw £1 Ns to £2 We perceive by the New Yprk Papers, re ceived last night, that intelligence from Liv er p oo l t o the 16th of August had reached New York, conveying an account of the extensive failures in the former port, in consequence of the great fall which had taken place in the article of cotton. The intel ligence produced the greatest consternation in New York, and causes several failures in that city. 'CITE LONDON JOURNALS. DA 114 Y Extracts front the Morning PiTers,Oet.lo, 1825, [MORNING POST.] The Returns of the Revenue for the present Quarter, will not be made up till this evening yet as the calculations are of course in a forward -- state, the important and gratifying fact has al ready ascertained, that notwithstanding the large reduction made in the taxes and the amount of duties remitted in the course of the present year, the increase of the Public Income has continued to surpass the most sanguine expectations. The account of the Customs for the Quarter ending the 10th of October, 1824, was 3,240,0001., while the amount for the Quarter which ends this day will not be less than 3,400,0001., exhi biting an actual increase in the Customs alone, for one Quarter, of one hundred and sixty thousand pounds. The gross receipts of the Customs, for the present Quarter, indeed, amount to 5,200,0001., but of these 1,800,0001. consist of transferred duties from the Excise. The produce of the Customs for the three quarters, ending Oct. 10, 1824, amounted to 7,430,000/., the produce for the corresponding three quarters of the present year, amounts to ' 7,950,0001., exhibiting an actual increase in the Revenue of the Customs, for three quarters of a year, of five hundred and twenty thousand pounds, exclusive of all transferred duties. The gross receipt of the Customs is about 11,450,000., but from this sum are to be deducted articles transferred from the Excise to the amount of 3,500,0001. The other branches of the Revenue, we have reason to believe, will be found to have been equally prosperous; and the close of the financial year will afford another undeniable proof of the wisdom and immense utility of the liberal system of commercial policy adopted by his Majesty's Government. [TUE PUBLIC LEDGER.] Last night we received the Ali emeine Zeitung, as well as Frankfort Papers, both to the 2d ult. The former contains no political intelligence, and indeed nothing else worthy of notice, except the coronation of the Empress of Austria, as Queen of Hungary, which took place on the 25th ult. at I'resburg, amidst extraordinary pomp. The Hun garians, of all classes, who were assembled on the occasion, manifested, it is said, " unbounded enthusiasm ;" and we have no difficulty in be lieving this account, as the loyalty of that people to the House of Austria has been for some years as unequivocal, as it was formerly doubtful. Be sides, the nation has retained the original ardour of its feelings, amidst the vicissitudes that have wrought so great a change in the character of so many other nations. But this de voted attachment, of which they have just given so signal a proof, and which ought to make a corresponding impression on the mind of their Sovereign, will only serve to confirm, we fear, the wrong bias it has taken in politics. We may see in it a new proof of the wisdom of his system ; and a scene which should have made the strongest appeal to him to undertake something for the improvement of such devoted subjects, may ap pear to him as an irresistible reason for not dis turbing them in their present contented state of sloth and ignorance. If the Emperor were left to himself, we really believe, he would take a more just view of the wants of his people and his own duties. Unfortunately, however, he sees and judges in these things only as it suits the views of his Ministers, who find it more con venient to themselves to leave things as they 'fund them, than to introduce improvements that would require much trouble, and perhaps some sacrifices on their part. [MORNING HERALD.] It is said the Government are, apparently, anxious that the Duke of Buckingham should gu out to India, to undertake the Governor-Gene ralship. Not that the Government have any very high opinion of his Grace's fitness for such busi ness, for at present his Grace is very bulky, and is continually laid up with fits of the gout. The reason given why the Government wish that the Duke should go out in that capacity is, that it might secure to itself a certain Parliamentary in fluence possessed by the Duke's relations. Though we hear that the Duke, so far as the appointment goes, has the apparent sanction of Government, yet the matter has been referred by the Govern ment to the East-India Directors, who,e wish i s that Wm. Bentiuck should take upon him the higi► office in question. Ile is a man who has had some military experience, and who as a Diplomatist conducted himself so skilfully in Naples, Mr. Moore's Life of Sheridan, from which we have published copious extracts, presents one of the most extraordinary pictures of the human mind that has ever appeared. Though there is little in the work itself with which the public were not, through one channel or another, pre. viously acquainted, yet the facts are such as well deserved to be brought together from the various ephemeral receptacles in which many of them were scattered; and Mr. Moore, though not so good a prose writer as he is a poet, is entitled, we think, on this occasion, to the merit of having arranged and condensed his materials with much skill and success. The most striking features in the life of Sheridan, is the brilliancy of his career, when contrasted with the scantiness of his early promise. Many an idle and apparently dull boy has ripened into a manhood of much celebrity ; but no one, in our recellection, has attained to any thing like the varied renown of Sheridan, from materials so scanty and so barren as his earlier years appear to have presented. That Mr. Moore is a partial biographer, and that he has passed over the failings of his subject with a tender hand, cannot be denied. On this head, it must be con. fessed that he had rather a difficult task, and perhaps in adopting the rule of Horace, in not dwelling upon faults where so many beauties presented themselves, and where the latter so far outshone the former, he will have satisfied, in all probability, all but the too fastidious, and those who think that " the whole truth, and nothing but the truth," is a rule never to be departed