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r l J fly ~~ ~.~- // 2, / r ~^ , • : , •,' force upon i the bottom by b e ing timer to t. I have examined the 'works lately made near the Padding• ton locks, and have measured the space of the trough through the Wolston lock to the new feeder. The least delivery through the new feeder in 24 hours is about 100,000 tuns of water, which, in point of velocity, is at the rate of 62 yards per minute. The width of the feeder at the surface is about 11 feet. t, nar- ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, &mum, 10'27. . WIDOWS' PENSIONS. NOTIC E is hereby given, That all Widows who receive Pensions from the Charity for the re lief of the Widows of Commission and Warrant Officers of the Royal Navy, must send or bring to this Office, be tween the 20th and 30th of this Month, the Affidavit re quired by the Rules of the Charity, in order to their being inserted on the Pension List, which will be prepared next Month,,and paid on the 10th of November next. All Letters from Widows respecting their Pensions, or requesting, supplies of blank Affidavits, must state the Rank their Husbands held in the Navy. J. W. CROKER. . . , . ~ - . • • .. s .. . . • , ,- • '''',:-,. ( , 1 1 , ..,...-.... ...,...-..,,, ~.,...) ~ ,---: , . ~,.. ~. , " A-•-...! .4 , ,---,... .„,--,...._. • -,-- 7-- .• , 4'7' • ' 0 r-1, - Sf i „ _.,t• ~." , 'fr" ze , -- - --t N ' -.., ' 7 . ..,t.- - tl',/ ''s- . i ..., - ' '.. • '' ' ',,' :,.' i •t k, • ..i, •,,,,,, • ' ' .• •, , 4:1 4- - -1 11 '''''• , t ify , (------- -- • ,-, u y ~•,. , ( „ 3.:: ---,„ ---:: v , ! ~,,- ......:.! , r• ' ..... AC , Act.n -- . 0 i ''. 5 `,:::...• ~ 7 '.! . VP/ „,!.. '''.' ~, '...._..--,• V '''..ii-!'01 1 ! t ' .A. • . (1 .00 ' . - - is just dished I Joy. !, and raphic D1101V ! mur " On id fine medi n full when Cross-examined.—There are three troughs to gether, and two spare ones to supply the others when out of order It is very difficult to' determine the precise effect of the subtraction of the water; but I have no doubt that any subtraction of water, and particularly so large a quantity, must affect the river Mersey. I think I have ascertained that there is a difference in the river in the years that I have known it. I have known such an effect produced at Boston, by a diversion of fen-water Without drainage. In 1821, I made a very particular survey, by levels, of the Mersey, with the depths and soundings. The quantity of water contained in the river Mersey in 1820, between Runcorn and Warrington-bridge, was ten and one-third millions of tuns in spring tides. I had the levels taken again in last April, and. the -total quantity is now half a million of tuns less. Just before the levels taken in April there had been a fresh. The diminution of a twentieth part must diminish the scouring power of the ebb of the tide, and must be injurious to the navigation. Th e scouring power is principally at spring-tides. My attention was particularly directed to Richmond bank, and I have ascertained the height of the bank was greater when I took the levels et first than they are now by six or eight inches. This makes a di minution of 316,000 cubic yards of eitutet, from Bank-quay to Halton-point, amounting td about 230,000 tuns in a distance of four miles. Thomas °Wigan, of Warrington, first became acs quainted with the river in 1783. There was then a very good current at low water to what there is now. At Bank-quay it used to be navigable for flats. The banks are . higher now than they formerly were, and the bottom of the river is all sludge and sand.— Witness formerly rented the Weir Old Fishery, called Howley Weir, but had given it up because-it would not pay. More water came down the river formerly than now. Thomas Baker, aliatman.—There was formerly' water over the ferry bar, just abreast of the Sankey canal, enough for a fiat, but now there is not enough for a boat that draws eight or nine inches.. Within the last six years 40 yards of land bad been gained by Bank-quay Reach. Formerly two or three flats could come down, and now a boat could not. It is shallower than ever I knew it. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBEIt 14, 1827: No. 10,923. PRICE ID. ANECDOTE-FRESH HERRINGS. ' ' SUMMER ASSIZES, NOR : BII , thIN CIRCUIT.-LANCASTER, SM. 10. EAST INDIA HOUSE, Sam 5, 1827. THE COURT of DIRECTORS o f th e UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND trading to the EAST INDIES do hereby give Notice, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY appointed to be held at their House in LEADENHALL-STREET, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th instant, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, is made SPECIAL, for the purpose of submitting for confirmation the Resolution of, the General Court of the 20th June, ap proving the unanimous Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 23d of May last, granting to Major-General Sir Archibald Campbell, G. C. 8., a PENSION of £l,OOO (One Thousand) Pounds per Annum, on the grounds therein stated. PUBLICATIONS. This I)sy was published, in two bite Vols.. Bvo. price Fresh herrings, during the proper season, are exceedingly plentiful on the east coast of Scot land, and for many years there existed, and may exist still, a herring club in the town of Dunbar. The rules of the brotherhood were very simple, and their weekly entertainments remarkably cheap. The president took the chair at nine o'clock supper was on the table at the same hour ; and though an early whetter was allowed to all, e ac h .van's expences during . the evening (excepting when the chairman wished to show off) were limited to 18d. sterling, including 2d. for a thumping herring, and as many potatoes as he chose to eat. Rubbers accompanied the toddy tumblers, with the view of saving c , mine host's" table, but knives and forks were expressly for bidden. At one time, however, a dandy m em , ber ofthe-club proposed that they should sup as -we'll as dine in the true a la fourchette style; but the proposal was treated with as much scorn as the Antiquary treated the innocent pass-14)0k, which his baker wished to foist on himits stitute for _the ruder method of reckoning b y nick-sticks. The session-clerk of the place learnedly argued that fingers were made before forks, and declared, for his own part, that he would rather cut off his ten digits than dispense with their immediate instrumentality in eating, " and thus," as he said, "forego the exquisite pleasure of licking them afterwards." In one instance, and one only, the brethren in question forgot themselves. As the clock was striking ten, somebody spoke slightingly of its vocal powers, but the session-clerk repelled the insi nuation, and in vindicating its character go t to high words with a musi c al friend, as to whether it chimed Aor B. The discussion, if long, was sufficiently interesting to those engaged in it, and though sober men may exclaim EAST INDIA' SHIPPING. The East India Company'S ship Bridgewater arrived at Bombay.on thelth of May. : • The Fortune; • Gilkesan, from Bombay, has•arrived at Greenock ; 'sailed from ditto the Bth of May,' and from St. Helena, 20th July. - ' The Candian, Reed, from Bengal, has arrived in the DoWns ; sailed from Calcutta on the Bth April, :and from Saugar on the 18th ditto. .The Brightinan, Philips, from Siocapore, has arrived in the Downs ; sailed from ditto on the 25th March, and from St. Helena on the 7th July. • ulprit he pe- Lte so rough ed for IL 12s. in boards, • [TUG'S INTRODUCTION to the WRITINGS of the NEW TESTAMENT.— Translated from the German, with Notes. By the Rev. DR. WAIT, Of St. John's College, Cambridge. Printed for C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church yard, and Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall. ttrisli ly, the t each ended SERMONS FOR EACH SUNDAY IN THE YEAR. This Day was published, in 2 vols. Bvo., price 1/. 6s. in boards, -The Christianbaven, Larken, from China, has arrived off Dover ; sailed from dittd on the 4 25th February, and from SI. Helena on the 7th July, far Copenhagen. His mind dons. APOPULAR COMMENTARY on th e BIBLE, in a Series of Sermons following, in the Old Testament, the Course of the First Lessons at Morn ing and Evening Service on Sundays. Designed for Pa rish Churches, or for reading in Private Families. By the Rev. J. PLUMPTRE, B.D. Vicar of Great Gransden: Itures. The Report required by the By-law, cap. 6, sect. 19, together with the Documents upon which the said Resolu tien has been formed, are open for the inspectio n o f th e Proprietors at this House. The Britannia sailed from St. Helena on the 10th July for England. - • ; ,• • ARRIVALS AT BO:IIIBAY.—The Mount Stuart, Elphin- Stone ; the Ritchie, from'Greenock, in April ; the Mangles, Carr, from London, on the 4th . May ; and the Spring, Mayne, from Mocha and London: ' SAILINOS FROM BOMEAY.--The Berwick; Eilhec, for London, on the 15th of April; the , Allerton, Hill, for Liverpool, on the Bth of May ; the Minstrel, Arkcoll, for London ; the Meant Stuart, Elphinstone, was to sail for Greenock on the 22d May ; the Mangles and Spring were ,to sail for London on the 25th of May .;_-11:,; for ditto, on ;he 81st. ARRIVALS AT CALCUTTA.—The Leith, Glass, fro m Sumatra, on the 12,th ,of April ; the Albion, M`Leod, from Liverpool, on the 13th ; Countess Dunmore, M`Luckie, from London, on the 16th ; and the Jessie, Boag, from Newcastle, on the 17th. SAILINGS FROM CALCUTTA.—The Hero of Malown, Stodart, for Penang and Sincapore, on the 6th of April ; the Roselle, Pike, for London, on the 7th ; the Pon Pere, Anger, for Bourbon, on the Bth; the Abgarres, for the Mauritius; the Duc de. Cadeval, Santos, for Macao, on the 9th ; the Pascoa, Catlow, for Bombay ; the Ceylon, Davison, for Colombo, on the 10th ; the Fort William, Neish, was to sail for London on the 15th of April ; the Colonel Young, Grey, was loading for Sincapore and China, to sail the 18th of April. PASSENGERS PElt CUMBERLAND.—Capt. Steele, from Cochin, Malabar Coast; Colonel David Newell, C. 8., died at sea, May 30 ; Daniel Reid, Esq., Madras Medical Establishment ; Lieut. Gerard, Madras Army ; Lieutenant Wroughton, Bombay Army, and Miss M. A. Robinson. From St. Helena—Lieutenant-Colonel Stanley, Mrs. Stan ley, Mr. Laseelles, Madras Civil Service, Mrs. Lascelles, and two children, Miss Pickering, Master Crawford, and five native servants. ted in ►rities. g sur erable The Court of Directors do also give Notice, that tit said General Court is made further Special, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors for their approbation, in conformity with the 17th section of the 6th chapter of the By-Saws, a Resolution of the Court of Directors of the 20th June last, for the appointment .of a Staff Captain, to be attached to the Military Seminary at Addiscombe, with an. allowance oflss. per Diem as Pay, and a further allow ance of 26/.. ss. per Annum in lieu of Diet. Copy of the said Resolution now lies open at this House fci the perustl of the Proprietors. Printed for C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Church yard, and Waterloo-place, Pall-mall. Next month will be published, in 2 vols. post octavo, CHRONICLES of the CANONGATE, by the " AUTHOR of WAVERLY, &c." CONTENTS. Tale lit, THE HIGHLAND. WIDOW.= • ' - Talc 2*l, THE TWO DROVERS. Tale 3d, THE SURGEON'S DAUGHTER. Printed for Cadell and Co. 41, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh ; and Simpkin and Marshall, London. Of whom may be had, All the other Works of the same Author, from Waverley to Woodstock, separately, and in sets. JOSEPH DART, Secretary: EAST INDIA HOUSE, SETT. 5, 1827. THE COURT of- DIRECTORS of the UNITED COMPANY of MERCHANTS of ENGLAND trading to the EAST INDIES do hereby give Notice, That the QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company, appointed to be held at their House, in Lea denhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 26th inst. at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, is made further SPECIAL, for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors, for their approba tion, a Resolution of the Court of Directors, of the 3d ultimo, granting to the present Marquis of Hastings the sum of 20,0001. (Twenty Thousand Pounds), on the grounds therein stated. The Report required by the By Law, cap. 6, sec. 20, is open for the inspection of the Proprietors at this House. JOSEPH DART, Secretary. ON HEALTH AND LONGEVITY. This day was published in I2mo. price 95., boards, SURE METHODS OF IMPROVING KY HEALTH, and PROLONGING LIFE ; or a Trea tise on the Art of Living Long and Comfortably, by regulating the Diet and Regimen. Embracing all the most approved Principles of Health and Longevity, &c., exhibiting more particularly the remarkable power of proper Food, Wine, Air, Exercise, Sleep, Clothing, 'Sze., in the preservation of health, prolongation of life, and cure of obstinate Chronic Disorders. To which is added, an account of the Art and excellent effects of Training for Health, Rules for Reducing Corpulence, and Maxims of Health for the Bilious and Nervous ; the Con sumptive, Mend Letters, and People of Fashion. Illus tratad by. Cases. xls :of xpect iblty he in ; but, ninon ittend in a ; vie'- rental - Lome, )ad of rn the man Cole, 41 . left Ictor's 'ed iu what I,' re heart t hap l' with ./ I with for 70Tri a e cup [rink ; ed to Id the. d the t cup, T was ;_and • l•with plant: n de built often PENT In.' of about per • f the iat of ' gen- near denly Idred d the hape, !s of quart mei! Etead,,. 11404 refit' eraPt ROYAL MAIL COACH-OFFICE, LAD-LANE. THE following ROYAL MAILS depart from the above Office every Evening at half-past Seven (Sundays excepted at Seven) : BATH and EXETER, through Devizes, Taunton, and Collumpton. BIRMINGHAM and KIDDERMINSTER, through Stoney Stratford and Coventry. BRISTOL, through Marlborough and Chippenham. CARLISLE and EDINBURGH, through Chorley and Garsting. EXETER, through Salisbury, Blandford, and Dor chester. FALMOUTH and PLYMOUTH ROYAL MAIL. HOLYHEAD, through Wolverhampton, Shrewsbury, and Bangor. LIVERPOOL, through Newcastle and Congleton. MANCHESTER, through Derby and Macclesfield. MILFORD HAVEN, through Carmarthen and Haver ford-west. NORWICH MAIL, via Colchester and Ipswich. The following POST COACHES start regularly at the time specified : MORNING POST COACHES. Weymouth, through Blandford and Dorchester at five. Norwich through Bury and Scole, at Half-past Six. Nottiughpur and Derby, through Leicester. at Half-past Sir. .• t.nd Eton, at Seven. 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Liverpool, through Coleshill and Lichfield, at Three. Norwich, through Colchester and Ipswich, at Ihlf-past Five. Derby, through Leicester and Northampton, a Quarter before Six. Edinburgh and Glasgow, through Carlisle, a Quarter before Six. Manchester, through Leek and Macclesfield, at Six and Seven. Nottingham, through Leicester, at Six and Seven. Birmingham and Coventry, through Stony Stratford, a Quarter before Six. Holyhead and Shrewsbury, a Quarter before Six. Manchester, through Leek and Macclesfield, a Qum ter before Seven. Canterbury and Dover, at Seven. N.B. POST COACHES to every City and Manufac turing Town in the Kingdom. Bath and Bristol New Caravan every Afternoon, at a Quarter before Six. W. WATERHOUSE and SON, Proprietors. VW The Proprietors of the above Carriages will not be accountable for any Parcel or Package whatever, nor for any Passenger's Luggage above the value of Five Pounds, unless the same be entered and paid for accordingly at the time of the delivery of any such Parcel, Package, or Pas senger's Luggage, to them or their Agents. NEW and UNIQUE P REPARATION of CARBON ATED EFFERVESCI NG CHELTENHAM SALTS. THlSincomparable combination of all the solid contents of the celebrated Cheltenham Springs, producing the immediate disengage ment of CARBNIC ACID GAS, on the simple addition of pure Water (a Process never before effected) , is now presented to the Publi c with a degree of confidence proportioned to the uni versal approbation it has already received from some of the most distinguished Members of the Profession, as uniting the Gaseous qualities of the Waters at the Fountain -head with the peculiar Saline ingredients of the - sr, rings,- and dun producing the most active, though mild and agre e _ able substitute for the Cheltenham Waters ever produced by Chemical Science. Messrs. BEAVAN and PERRINS beg to apprise the Public and Faculty, that this prepara tion is n ow (after a lone and very elaborate process) brought to a high degree of perfection, and will enable Invalids and Travellers at a distance from the Springs to rossess the superior ad vantage of the Cheltenham Waters in the nearest state of approximation. borPatorerpy, aredby Messrs. Beavan and Perrins , at their L a . Highetreet Cheltenham; and sold in Bottles at 4s. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 1/. ls. each, by Messrs. Butler, Chemists, Cheap s i de corner of St. Paul's , L ondon ; 54, Cackville-street, Dublin ; and 73, Princes - street , Edin burgh; also by Mr. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; and all the respectable Medicine -venders in the United Kingdom. " It is unnecessary to direct the attention of the Z c ientific World to the well-know n fact, that the Chelten -44n1 Salts, as procured by evaporation from Waters, are P t iarily freed by the process from all the Gaseous and o t t ant4 contents of the Springs which constitute so import liZedical agent in their administration. AA fig Deem ad Perai Cildl6lllllllll Salta, By A PHYSICIAN. " We are disposed to think it the most useful and rational Work of the kind we have met with. It contains many hints novel to us, and is altogether an admirable Code of Health."—Atlas. September. Published by Simpkin and Marshall, Stationer's-court, London ; and sold by all Booksellers. NEW PUBLICATIONS. HARRIETTE WILSON'S SUPPRESSED MEMOIRS. DARTS XIII. to XVI., which begins V o l. VII., price 2s. 6d. each, are ready, at STOCKDALE'S, St. James's Square. They include more Love Letters, and Secrets of Dis tinguished Characters, with particulars of the Writer and her Family, from their earliest years. 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By C. B. COURTENAY, M.D. To which are added, Observations and Practical Com ments on Gleet, Seminal Weakness, and the Miseries oc casioned by Self-abuse, for the cure of which a mode of Treatr4ent, the result of long and successful practice, and at once safe, speedy, and effectual, is adopted by the Author. Printed for the Author, Robert-street, Adelphi ; and published and sold by Sherwood, Sherwood, and Co., Paternoster.row; Onwhyn, 4, Catherine-street, Strand ; Chappell, Royal ExchaLge ; Marsh, 137, Oxford-street ; Walker, 90, High Holborn ; Chapple, 94, Pall-mall; Sutherland, 9, Carlton-street, Edinburgh ; and may be had of all Booksellers. " We earnestly recommend the cases related by Dr. Courtenay to the perusal of such of our readers as are afflicted with the complaints which the author has made the subject of these Observations. 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AN ASSORTMENT OF CANTEENS, ready fitted with the necessary requisites for India and other tropical climates; likewise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, Knives aid Forks, suitable for families going abroad ; Military and Hindostannee Books, Maps, &c. A FASHIONABLE STOCK of Carriage, Curricle, Tandem, Phaeton, Stanhope and Chaise HARNESS, with every description of Saddlery, &c. &c. for home use, East and West Indies, and South America, which merit inspec tion from their excellent quality, first style of workman ship, and moderate prices. All the Articles in this Establishment are warranted, and the excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to, of asking one Ready M one y P r i ce , b u t f rom i which no abatement s made. On Monday last, two women, using the Aberdeenshire dialect, called for a gill of whisky at the inn on the Rosemarkie side of Fort George Ferry, for which they gave a half-crown, and received the balance. One of them went out, and the other called for another gill, and tendered a h a lf- crown in payment, by which sus picion was excited, and the half-crowns proved on examination to be counterfeit ; a number of the covered base exposed co withi tno. sleevelos; a . fh m ti le e l he odescriptionbfehine being threatened of g own ,were found chemise,defiance ch s a e nn a r rct H yb hu e id r ki. companion,ci stripped elniisniboisl: o s, her i 1 view a pair o f ra s t stockings with ou t feet, h e vulgarly stuff e d c w a i l l t e h d 'noggins, which were found t o Others of the gang were apprehended in the course of the day, and lod ge d • F t o h r e t r ofos following 0 gaol, whtg where a precognition was tak l e% day by the Sheriff substitute of Dingwall.---In veniess Paper. " 'Tis strange such difference should be 'Twixt tweedle dam and tweedle dee," the party, by one o'clock in the morning, had argued themselves into such a climbing humour, that they agreed to adjourn forthwith to the belfrey, as the only means of settling the dispute. How they got up nobody can tell; how they got down again is equally mysterious ; but while stationed aloft they more than once awoke, and even terrified, the slumbering lieges by ringing hours that are not included in the 24 ; and as the story " spunked out," and occasioned a great deal of • tittle tattle, the Magistrates threatened to dissolve the herring clubbers if they ever again usurped the functions of the iron tongued monitor of the Church of Dunbar. On another occasion, an English gentleman happened to dine at the Inn which was honoured by the weekly meetings of the Club. Being in want of a tooth-pick,. he rung .for one, hastily used it, and was about 'to slip the article into his pocket, when the waiter said, ‘4 I beg your par don, Sir, but you must give me that back, as it belongs to the members of the Herring Club," 6' The herring what ?" " The Herring Club, Sir." " What do fishes come ashore to (maw their bretkien's moues, and 'club their mites for whisky toddy ?" " No, Sir, it' s men , an d no her rings. ' " Men, and not herrings ! and have the wretches only one tooth-pick among them all ?" " Yes, Sir." " Yes ! and how durst you attempt to poison me ? Many a better man has been hanged for less ; and dirt and Dunbar will be for ever associated in my memory. Zounds ! a dose of arsenic would have been more tolera ble ; and unless I employ a dentist to pull out my teeth, I will never get quit of the unutter able loathing and nausea I experience. But there, Sir,"—flinging the venerable toothpick at his head--" embalm it in cobwebs, pickle it in putridity ; and when your cleanly clubbers next require its services, give them a rusty harrow t.(ntli instead. They wont, I assure you, know the difference." Thus ended the colloquy, and it is but fair to add that the Burghers of Dun bar not only demur to the accuracy of the last mentioned anecdote, but describe it as " a weak invention of the enemy." MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY.—MoNnAY, Sart. 17.---(At the Court of CommissioNers, Basinghall.street.) Robinson, H., Hampstead-road COUNTRY DIA RY.rbrom DA SUPT. 17. Atkinson and Spark, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Crown and • Thistle, Newcastle Atkinson, J., Lancaster—King's Arms, Lancaster 3 Fletcher, J., Ashton-under-Lyne—White's, Manchester Halford, T., Coventry—King's head, Coventry 5 Holgate and Co., Manchester—White's, Manchester INSOLVENTS APPLYING TO BE DISCHARGED, Petitions to be heard at Portugal-street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, SEPT. 18, AT NINE. Bowler, R, Deptford Middleton, J., Aldgate Brayne, G., Brighton Peters, H., Cambridge Rockland, W., Clapham Osborn, J., Aylesbury Cain, C., Richmond Rivers, J., Eastham Claughton, H., Rotherhithe Smith, J., Evesham Elwell, M., Saffron hill Whitehead, J., Wapping Giles, J., Maidstone DISEASES OF PERSONS ENGAGED IN SNUFF MA NUFACTORIES.—M. Pointe, physician of the Hotel Dieu at Lyons, in a paper reel by M. Patissier, to the Royal Academy of `Tedi eine in Paris, observed that the fabrication of snuff is not so injurious in France as in Spain and England, because it is made after the tobacco has been moistened. He then added, that having kept, for seven years, an exact register of the diseases with which the manufacturers of snuffs at Lyons were attacked, he found that the diseases were inflammatory : inflammation of the respiratory organs, and particularly of the mucous membrane of the bronchi, chronic gastro enteritis, dysentery, ophthalmia, rheumatism, carbuncles. On the contrary, the exhalations of the snuff appeared to him to preserve from scro fulous affections and intermittent fevers. The reporter here observed, that M. Pointe differed completely from what had been long since ad vanced by Ramassini, and recently by M. Merat, on the narcotic effects of the exhalations of tobacco. According to them, not only the workmen, but even those persons near the menu flietory, would be greatly injured by it. In order to remove all doubt from this subject, he had, in conjunction with M. Burdin, jun. visited the manufactory of Grossillon, where twelve or fifteen hundred workmen are employed. He had .seen them of every age, of both sexes, enjoy the most perfect health ; it was true that the tobacco was moistened. He had questioned the oldest workmen and the superintendents, and he was told that for the first few days they are seized with headaches, nausea, cholic and diar rhoea, but that these complaints soon cease ; w ith the exception of those who are accustomed to chronic diseases of the chest, no workman is ever ill.—At chives Generales. LIVERPOOL CORN EXCHANGE.—Sept. 11. Until last Sunday the wind was unfavourable for ar rivals ; it then changed to the westward, and enabled the vessels near at hand to get in on that day, on Monday, and to-day ; the supply they brought has not been great. This day's market was but indifferently attended by dealers, who were cautious purchasers. Good Old Wheat and Oats fully keep their price ; middling and inferior are dif ficult to sell, at a trifling decline. New Irish Wheat was fully 3d. per bushel lower, and Oats about id. In other articles there was no alteration worth notice. SAILINGS FROM SAINT HELENA.-The Britannia, Walker, for London, on the 10th of July ; the Laburnum, Tate, for ditto, on the 17th. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—Sept. 12. At this day's market, which was largely supplied, and rather thinly attended by buyers, Beef, Mutton, and Lamb, experienced a very dull, Veal and Pork a rather brisk, sale, at the following prices per stone of 81b. to sink the offals Beef as. 6d. to 4s. Sd. f Veal 4s. 2d. to 50. 4d. Mutton 3 4 4 S Pork 4 6 5 8 Lamb 4s. Od. to 55. Oct. The foregoing quotations are, inferior Beef, and each kind of Mutton, with prime Lamb, 2d. per stone lower; Pork from 4d. to M. per stone higher, than on this day se'nnight. In prices of prime Beef, each kind of Veal, and inferior Lamb, little, if any, alteration. A considerable proportion of the supply left the market unsold. IJAILSHAM MARKET.—Sept. 12. 4a. Oct. to 46. Rd. Os. lid. to Os. Od' 3 8 5 0 Pork 0 0 0 0 Lamb 4s. 6(1. to ss. 2d. A large supply, and a very dull trade. STEYNING MARKET.—Sept. 10. Beef 4s. Od. to is. Bd. Veal 4s. Bd. to:ss. Pd I Mutton 4 0 410 0 0 0 0 Lamb Od. to ss. Od. A good supply, and a dull trade. ARUNDEL TI AR KET.—Sept. Bea Is. 101 to U. 10d. 'Veal— 4s. 10d. to 53.61 Mutton 8 410 `Pork. 0 0 0 0 Lamb Od. to 4s. fod. A tolerably good supply, and trade rather dull. CHICPIESTER MA RKET.—Sept. 12. 4s. Od. to 4s. Bd. I Veal 4s. Bd. to 51. 4d. Mutton 3 6 4 8 Pork------ 0 0 6 0 38.110 d. to 4s. Bd. Supply good, and trade, on the whole, rather dull, though Lean Stock, owing perhaps to the mild rain of Monday, yester day, and to-day, having renovated the pastures, sold at rather improved prices, with some degree of briskness. RUMFORD MA 11. K ET.—Sept. 12. s. d. to s. d. Beef 3 6 4 8 Mutton 3 6 4 8 s. d. to s. d. Veal Pork 4 4 5 6 3s. 6d. to 4s. Sd. Lamb . . Suckling Calves fram 14s. to 385.; Supply good, a Quarter old Pigs lCti. t o 156. each, nd trade dull. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE WEEK. Per Quarter. Blandford --- 8rigg..:,,..,.,--, Cambridge Chard ..,... Huntingdon —.— Louth Lynn,.,, Newark Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Pontefract........— Sherborne Uppingham Wisbech York 1 Wheat. S. to s. 55 60 56 76 51 56 48 . 62 58 (14 59 64 58 60 56 66 56 61 48 58 56 61, Barley. s. to s. :33 38 38 44 35 38 32 38 30 40 38 44 37 38 - 35 31 38 32 36 s. to s. 44 50 45 48 46 50 51 56 51 53 65 70 54 59 62 70 48 50 56 60 Oats. Beans. s. to s. --- 26 24, 32 24 30 24 26 22 28 23 30 30 40 30 34 25 28 23 35 20 23 21 32 LEEDS CORN MARKET.—Sept. 11 There was a large supply of Wheat, the chief part of which was New, and of various qualities; the best sam ples of New were full 2s. per quarter lower, and the were p s quarter de c. at from mid dling and damp qualities were scarcely saleable. Th e de mande?ine. for Several Old Wheatsamples wasof New B e Limited, Barley at y lei ;d 38 0 . to 40s. per quarter. There was a good supply of Oats, and they were very dull sale ; New ones were offered at 14d. to 15d. per stone, but scarcely any sales were ef fected. In Foreign Oats and Shelling there was little doing, and prices rather cheaper. Beaus were scarce, and dearer. Rapeseed oom;nally the same. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. ---- York. and Lincoln. 60Ib. Barley. Norfolk and Suffolk 355. to 40s. le ---- 'Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans -' 631 b. Oats, Potat oe Shelling ..... s ~ .- .. ~ ................. 345. to 355. per load. .---Mewling, Foreign 13d. to 14d....English 14d. to J6d. per st. Rap ese ed, En . g1i . 5 . h . ,..i01 . . ....... ........ Foreign, —l. to —l. per last. MANCHESTER YARN MARKET.—Sept. 11. d. Throstle Twist, N 2O d. 11 to 12 30 12i 131 Mule eopT wi , 18 for warp }3O —11! 12i 40-11 15 50 17 19 60 20 22 70 —24 26 80,,,28 31 '3O 11 to 12 40 -- 12 13 50 16 17 60 17/ 14 70 - 20/ 22 80 - 24 26 100 - 30 32 .120 -- 34 36 ' 10 8 9 It _ 9 Pi 18 91 10 24 10 11 Mule Cop Welt.,,' Weft from waste HOP INTELLIGENCE. WoacasrEa, SEPT. I2.—The picking is now be. coming general in our plantation, and the planters in most districts are of opinion that the produce will much exceed what they anticipated. Those hitherto picked are of fine quality. Our duty is at 12,0001. We shall, no doubt, have New Hops in our Market on Saturday.._ Calculations have been entered into to prove that there are now two years' consumption on band. over a ll o th ers . Of have health and A traveller on foot, if h e the most essential is, th at complete tshpe ir s i e ts, has many advantag es inde pendence of every thing but his own exertions, w hich will enable him, without difficulty, espe cially in mountainous counties, an d b a d unfre quented roads, to view and exami ne many pl aces which are altogether inaccessible to p er s o ns i n carriages or on horseback. Tar 'KING AGAINST GRIDISHAIr AND ?TEENS. ' Mr. CaOmprox opened the pleadings, and Mr. BROUGHAM' stated •rthe ,corporation of Liverpool, in their capacity of conservators of the Mersey, and owners of the harbour of Liverpool, had deemed it their duty to institute the prosecution against the Irwell and Mersey Canal -Navigation Company. The Mersey, the navigation of which was so importpt to the purpos e s of commerce, was peculiarly unhapply situated in some very material respects, for in no other navigated river had nature created so many almost insuperable obstacles to na vigation. - The sand-ba n k s i n it s mou th ren d ere d i t so shallow, as to be unfit for navigation, excepting in two channels between sand-bank and sand-bank, of which the mariner was obliged to avail himself; and the rills and iivulets were constantly bringing matter from the hills, which formed ! ,nosits in the upper part of the river. These' circum• rices made, and would continue to m a ke, th e river an object of watchful attention to th e CorporatioP, who nar rowly oboerr ed*iisreir t ti caiwit;t4zaolied either . by the Viand OM/ill or from.natural cani : 7o and their attention hadlie:en peculiarly directedlo:the causes which keep, or had a tendency to keep, the channels of rivers clear, deep, and free from - being choked up. The quantity of alluvial matter brought down by the rills and rivulets, and the working of the sand, as it was affected by the flowing of the tide, were constantly making depoSits in the channel of the river; the broader the channel, the shallower was the river, and the greater was the deposit; but where the banks were narrower, and the stream deeper, there the de posit was less, for the river had greater power to clear itself.: The scouring of the river was effected by the ebb or reflux of the tide, the force of the water, as it ebbed back, forming a scour essentially necessary to keep the channel clear, and to remove all deposits. The degree in which this scour existed would, if suffered to take its fair course, exactly cor respond with the quantity of water which came in with the flow; but if, by adiversion of the water, the land scours should, be so much diminished as not to carry away the deposits constantly forming, the river would become less and less navigable, and more and more choked up, especially in the broader and shallower parts, where the ebb tide had less power. It was on account of such a, diversion of the water that the present proceedings were instituted. The Mersey and Irwell Canal Company had obtained an Act so long back as the 7th Geo. 1., and at that time, and under the provisions of that Act, they made a cut, the legality of which, as exceeding their powers, was, in the opinion of a most Learned Judge, much more than doubtful. Notwithstanding this opinion, a much larger cut was afterwards effected by them from Latchford-lock to Runcorn-Vnt, a distance of 71- miles of the canal, and of 15 miles of the Mersey. The Corporation,' however, made no objection, and indeed as long as the river was left as convenient and navigable as before, they had no reason to complain, nor would they now com plain if its navigation were properly secured ; but though, far from allowing that no mischief had been occasioned by the first cut, they were compelled to raise their voice against what had been done between four and five years ago by the company, who had so very much enlarged the feeders of the second cut, as to make them of so great dimensions as to subtract from the river [lO,OOO tuns of water daily, a quan tity which had so much diminished the force of the ebb-tide, as even to affect the works and power of a mill on the banks of the river. The consequence had been, that the deposits constantly forming not having been fully carried off, the river was becoming more and more unnavigable. His friend the Attor ney-General might attempt to justify by their act the conduct of the defendants. There was no doubt that an Act of Parliament could give them the authority they had exercised, or any other authority; it could give authority to one man to knock out another man's brains, or to pick his pocket, but it would be absurd to do so : it would also he absurd to give a power to hurt the navigation of the Mersey, and the act had not given that power, the intent of it being not to hurt the Mersey river, but to improve the Mersey and Irwell canal. The Attorney-General, or his predecessor, had brought the consideration of that act, by an ex-ojficio information, before the late Lord Chancellor, whose opinion was that the Com pany had exceeded their powers. That was the opi nion of a man who, during the whole period of a quarter of a century in which he presided in the highest Court of Equity, was without a rival as a profound and sagacious lawyer, and was without a superior among his illustrious predecessors. He (Mr. Brougham) concluded with calling upon the Jury to use their judgment impartially, and to ex tricate themselves from the mazes which the in genuity of his learned friend might prepare for them. John Peers, formerly in the employ of the Mer sey and Irwell company, examined by Mr. PATTE SON.—There was a feeder to the Latchford and Runcorn canal—an iron pipe put into the river from the Wolston, generally called the Paddington lock. The old feeder was 17 inches in diameter. As it could not supply the canal, which from increase of trade wanted more water, a small wooden trough 16 inches square was put across the river, just above the iron pipe, that was taken away, and there was a double trough, which continued till the new feeder was opened in 1821. 'Witness saw that new feeder a fortnight since. Three or four flats a day used to come up the lock, and now about 16 a day. The increase of trade made them want more water; they lost water at both ends wlictier:r a flat came into the locks, and they wanted more water in pro portion as the water went back into the river. Henry Tipping was employed to watch the water c oming into the canal, and was prevented by the Company. Francis Giles, civil engineer—l practised under the late Mr. Rennie, until he died. I have been employed lately by the Liverpool corporation, to. survey the port and river Mersey. I have surveyed it at different times from 1819 to the present time. The last time was for two days in July. I am well acquainted with the river and its navigation, from the sea-banks to Wolston. The navigation towards the north of the river is difficult from sand-banks. From the Black-rock to Liverpool it is deeper and easier, and for two miles above Liverpool it is also deep, but above that to Bank-quay it is full of sands, and the navigation difficult, and cannot be navigated unless the water is of a certain height. The want of back water to scour away the said banks occa sions the difficulties. A deposit is occasioned by what is brought down from the country. It is best diminished by the scour of water from above. The natural effect of diminishing the water' from above is to permit the lodgment of a ll uv i a l matter f rom the land, which will lodge in those parts where the diminution is first felt, that is, in the wide and cir cuitous parts. These deposits create banks, and obstruct the navigation. The tidal water scourizng over the banks is the best scourer, and with the aid of the land water keeps channels deep ; the scour ing power of the tidal water is regulated by the power of the b ac k wa ter in the estuary ; Aral in proportion as that is diminished in capacity, the tidal power is lowered, and therefore the withholding the back water must be injurious. The s cour i ng of the tidal w a t er is exceedingly important to the navigation of the Mersy : the land scour is also im portant. The water high up is of peculiar import ance, because it ebbs out of the mouth of the river at the low part of the tide, when it exercises greater Peter Robinson.—Formerly, when there was a 15f feet tide at Liverpool, a tlat drawing five feet water could get up Bank-quay. They cannot now get up such a flat under 16 feet. • John Atherton, of the Bank-quay Glass Corn pany.—ln the last six or seven years the banks on the Lancaster side had increased very much. The flats had not so much room to tack as they had be fore, which was a great inconvenience. John Ellisten, another flatman, said there was not the same sea-room in the river that there was. Thomas Clare, a flatman.—Between Runcorn and Fidler's ferry, the navigation had been a great deal worse during the last four years. The ebb we; not so strong. Thomas Hyam, a flatman.—Richmond-hank and Fidler's ferry-bank had lately increased very much, Cross-examined.—There was less water in thr Sankey cut during the last two years. Thomas Williamson.--A 14. i foot tide at Liver pool used to carry a vessel drawing five feet water to Bank-quay ; it now required 153,- feet, the banks had so increased and the water had become s.) shoally within the last four years. Thomas Moore and many other flatmen gave sip milar evidence. Richard Ocleshaw, mill used, at low water, to drive from 14. to 17 pair of stones, at the proper speed ; now, it could only drive six pair, and sometimes they were forced to stand still. This was not entirely owing to the feeders, but partly to the company's taking away the dam-boards. Mr. Walker, civil engineer, was well acquainted with the Mersey. He considered that in principle the taking away of any quantity of water would be injurious, but the daily taking away 90,000 t un s between Latchford and Runcorn, was sensibly inju rious, particularly during the summer season. The effect of the abstraction of the water was to cause a considerable deposit of sand. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, the jury were not sitting to try a tendency, but to try' what actual mischief had been produced; and, if any had, to try whether a compensation outweighing that mis chief had not been obtained. What was the use of a navigable river, but for trade? And if every thing that had a tendency to hurt the river were taken away and prohibited, then there could be no quays, no docks, and no vessels, for all these things had that tendency, although that• tendency was so small, that according to evidence, one grain of sand might hardly be affected by it. They had evidence that the evil, whatever it was, had risen to its maxi mum : and what was this evil,—what vessel had it prevented going up the river,—what flat had been prevented going up the Sankey navigation ? But even if there had been some little injury,—if the evidence had proved that the navigation had been prejudiced in some certain degree, and that the tidal force had been diminished,—still he (the Attorney- General) would deny, without referring to and re lying upon the act of George 1., that such small in jury would be no ground for a verdict against the defendants, because the interests of the greater number must be consulted, and the trade had so in creased, that were it not for the cut- which enabled vessels to make a transit in two, and sometimes in one day, the greatest delay, loss, expense, and in convenience would take place. Mr. Baron HULLOCK said he could not accede to that doctrine. The question was, whether a nuisance had been created with respect to individuals who wished to pass along the river; the argument implied that if the public at large were benefited, that those who were injured must acquiesce. chat, d tt ho ewyn The ATTORNEY-GENERAL resumed.—H e d en i ed that the prosecutors h a d p rove d any m i schief, either by their tendencies o r any t hi ng else, but he might be allowed to stat e th at t h e i mprovements by means' of those cuts w ere so great as hardly to be calculable. It was a usual P ar li amentary proceeding in acts con. cerning navig a bl e r i vers to a ll ow cats to be made in convenient parts, which cuts were t a k en an d consi dered as pa r t s of original river. Th e J ury wou ld see by the plan of th e M ersey t h at i t was i n many parts like a ho rse - s h oe : i t ran i n port i ons throug h sand, and in thos e pl aces every f res h was apt to make a change in its c h anne l s . I t was o f grea t im portance to the impr ovement o f t b e r i ver , and t o make it navigable, that ' some p ower a nd authority should be give n ; an d th ere was an Act of Parlia ment, by which certain gentlemen. were appoi n t e d undertakers of the navigation, and" had full po wers to make the rivers Merseyand Irwell navigabl e f rom Liverpool to Huntsback, in Manchester, an d f or ~ Under thi s act, if the Company thosepu the river, rposes to clear, scour, open, enlarge, e ne ec or s.. straighten and to m a k e any new cuts, they w ere not conv enient for t h e navigation of boats, had fhouautt bs t r atti e r .y r g i c e h sa, e n s i c 7 passages for water, as should b it necessary to di vert the whole r i ver i nto a the 'town of Warri ngton, an d t h er e was a clau se that no othe r quay s h ou ld b e made n earer to justified. B an k-quay was nea r to cut th roug h t h e H ar pl e y mead ows, without the cons ent o f the . w t e h r a e n Horsley, and proprietors, who might, there fore, as k h a lf a million for their consent. In 1800, the company- commenced the Latch ford and. Runcorn cut ; the landholders objected, and their objection would have prevailed, if the Company had had no power ; for an action of tres pass was brought against them in the county of Chester, and tried before that most consummate lawyer Sir James Mansfield, then Chief Justice of Chester, and the Company gained the verdict. Another action was brought against them in the Court of King's Bench; the Coinpany pleaded the tlie