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r,,,z e' V t. / TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LADITS AND GENTLEMEN, WITH reference to my address of the 2d April, 1827, and more recent one of the 3d inst., explaining the causes of interruption to my canvass, per mit me again, respectfully, to remind you of the solici tude I have so long continued to indulge of becoming a member of your Direction, and the hope which I humbly entertain that toy local experience in India, my intimate intercourse with its native society for several years, and the c4mseqnent knowledge I have of their character, customs, and religion, combined with a lore of business, habits of activity, and full purpose to devote my time and attention your service, may qualify me to fill, with some degree of asefulnese, the important and honourable station to which 1 aspire. I beg leave to avail myself of the present occasion to "' t at . " !By most grateful thanks to the many kind friends who, in my canvass, have held out so much encourage ment to m e t o persevere, and at the same time to intimate to the P roprietors at large, that deferring to the favour able sentiments they have shown for some of the candidates ywheto appear e d at the ballot of the 14th instant, and who are on th e ground, and fearful of trespassing too fre quently on your time, I shall await your further determi nation With regard to them before I precisely fix upon a period fur entreating your support for myself. I have the honour to subscribe myself, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your devoted humble servant, WILLIAM GOWAN. No. 6, Cleveland-row, St. James's, April 15, 1830. ARTISTS' GENERAL BENEVOLENT INSTITU TION, FOR THE RELIEF OF DECAYED AR TISTS, THEIR WIDOWS AND ORP HANS. T HE Mobility, Friends, and Subscribers, are respeetfully informed, that the FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be eelebrated is Prominent's' Hall on SATURDAY the 24th instant. 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TA REAL BLESSING TO MOTHERS . HERE is not, perhaps, in the whole Ma- Uri& Medics any one Remedy which so effectually relieves the pain of a suffering Patient as the AMERICAN 800 THING SYRUP. Who can watch the writhing tortures into which a lovely inf,itit is often convulsed, during the period of dentition, without feeling sympathy for ifs sufferings ? And who would hesitate to procure a Remedy, when a remedy can be found, which is obvious by the effectual relief afforded in so many distressing case% Which are daily coming to the notice of Mrs. JOHNSON ? Therefore Mothers ought never to he without the AME RICAN SOOTHING SYRUP in the Nursery; for if a Child awakes in the night with pain, by only rubbing the Pins with a few drops of the Syrup, it will immediately ° P en th e Pore", heal the gums, and thereby prevent fevers and conytt ial ' 3 ns; for should it come in competition with any other disorder, it often destroys the mother's brightest h"e " . " —T : b' ': had, ' w holesale and retail, of Johnson and Co., 28, a °rK-Place, City -road ; and, by their appo ment, of all Principal Medicine Venders in Town and Country, at 2s. 94. per bottle. N.B. None are genuine unless signed on the Stamp with Mrs. Johnsen's Ma timid • • -writulg, ee there are spa riots eon.. - Dearer sat 18. ; raid ig at Lrrived "cea e. old Tri org. ; tiro 1 bav ord• va . ply at Peen very I no Cotton of to a Soot ices :—Se- 1 ;)rleatii : d. t 1. a 2.4 fid 9d. it 20 ?• , s are with-, priots. 'OPTED. Previous' I y tlli y eta - . . Earn, ito• 2,288 3,1.73 A SE AS officer of Ited Sin- Ictober, at ships for lany'd ship rid arrived the head the Com d they are idsewater, gettlemat about TO re Lean in ►er of ff? Compaq lief is that ed above. ing to the vote trade' the most Bridge' between ) or. three ed to ea h went on 'age to her rt. The on shore the water it, another much de" A 'Pert . 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This day was published, ie 2 vole. small Bvo., with Por trait, dedicated by Gracious Permissioo to his Majesty, RANDOM RECORDS By GEORGE COLMAN the YOUNGER. " We consider these volnines offer the most amusing, i , not the best specimen, of Dramatic Memoirs hitherto of fared to the public."—Court Journal. Henry Ceiburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling ton street. This day waa publiBbed, in 2 vola. poet Sao. THE COUNTRY CURATE. By the Author of " The Subaltern," " The Chelsea Pensioners," &c. COYTENTS : —The Pastor—The Poacher—The School mistress—The Shipwreck—The Fatalist—The Smug glers—The Suicide—The Miser—Ths Rose of East Kent, and the Parish Apprentice. " We have risen from the perusal of these volumes with feelings of unmixed satisfaction."—Literary Gazette. Henry Coßaum and Riebard Bentley, 8, New 13urlinz tee-street. This day was published, splendidly illustrated with En graving from Designs of Martin, and with numerous Wood-outs by the first Artists. Derry Bvo. 11. 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We are suffering all sorts of privations, and long for the expedition, which we are told will Fail in the beginning of May. Meantime the Be douin Arabs swarm on the coast. We see thousands of them at every point—the greater part are mounted ; others seem to be employed in erecting new fortifications, or in repairing those which have fallen into decay. Sometimes, too, we hear the firing of musketry, from which we infer that they frequently exercise. "At the moment of my writing to you the Adonis brings us orders to leave Oran, to go to Tripoli, which takes part with Algiers." It is affirmed that some of our most distinguished painters intend to follow the expedition to. Algiers, on board the brig which the merchants of Mar seilles have freighted for the reception of those per sons who may be led by curiosity to be present at the bombardment. Among others, the names of Messrs. Gudin, Garnery, and Isabey, jun. are mentioned. • M. Alexander Duval, the French Consul at Bona, has left Paris for Toulon, where he will embark on board tile ship of Admiral Duperre. M. Duval is nephew to the former Consul-General and Chargé d'Affaires of France at Algiers, who died of an apoplectic fit at Paris a year ago. The Minister of War has found it indispensably necessary to give an extraordinary allowance to all the officers and troops belonging to the expedition, during their stay in the Bth Military Division (Mar seilles, Toulon, 8:c.) This measure was loudly called for, on account of the dearness of provisions and lodgings, which must increase on the arrival of all the troops and of the men-of-war from the northern ports. The regiments forming the garri son of Toulon and Marseilles enjoy, and perfectly just, the additional allowance. TOULON, APRIL 12.—The naval force composing the expedition to Africa is to consist of 12.1• vessels, which will have on board, in all Men 25,505 Also five companies of Marine Artillery 425 Total 25,930 Effective force of the land aim) , 33,770 Grand total 59,700 It is said that a reserve divisiun will be imme diately formed. The following is the disposition of it ;—Lient.-General M. Viscount de Fizenzac ; Major-Generals Count de Rochechouaa, Count de Arbaud-Jonques de St. Michel; the 4th, 18th, 36th, 40th, 56th, and 60th Regiments of the line. There will be no cavalry. /Yams, APRIL 18.—We still have nothing but conflicting news respecting the Ministry. How ever, the report of the dissolution of the Chamber, and of the speedy convocation of the Electoral Col leges, is more firmly believed than ever. It is even affirmed to day that the ordinance for the dissolu tion is signed, and that the Prince delays inserting it in the Moniteur for a few days, only to settle the internal disputes of his party, to smooth over the language of the ultra journals, in order to give some consistency to the electoral harangues, and pick up some fragments of fanatic royalism and of moderate royalism. With this view it is said that M. de Polignac seeks to have the dissolution accompanied by a two fold Ministerial modification, and,the. simultaneous entrance of M. Roy and M. Peyronnet. But it is added that if he finds much more readiness in the former Keeper of the Seals, he meets , only with repugnance in the former Minister of Finance.— What gives some probability to the idea of this plan, considering well the convocation, is, that in several of the offices the Ministers transact no busi ness and sign no papers, like people who expect their conge; and the Cabinets of Messrs de Mont bel and de Chabrol are mentioned as being more particularly paralysed. Some persons add to all these on dits that to the ordinance for the dissolution will be added a procla mation of the King. Faesca FUNDS.—PARIS, APRIL 19.—Five per Cents., 105 f. 90c. 106 f. 10511 95c. 90c. 95c. 90c. ; Three per Cents., 85r. 05s. 00c. 50c. 55c. (30c. 55c. 60e.; Bank Stock, 1,910 f ; Renter de Naples, 931. 50c. 40c. 35c. 40c. 35c. 30c. Sic. 30c. ; Rentes d'Espagne, 13 141:i ; Royal Spanish Loan, 91N ; Rentes Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 7sJ% ; Haytian Loan, 542 f. 50c. 5451.—Exchange on London, One month (paper), 251. 6.5 c. ; three months (paper), 25f. 40c..—:ours .futhentique. Tkree of the most widely circulated Weekly Newspapers published in London, at Sevenpence each Sold by all Newspaper Agents in Town and Country. THE OBSERVER, price Sevenpence. A Meaday Edition of the Observer is regularly published, containing the Latest News, Clerical Intelligence, the Corn Market, up to the Monday afternoon ; always published sufficiently early for the Newsmen to send by the General Post. This Edition is rendered particularly acceptable to persons in the country, and those residing abroad. The price on the Monday Edition of the Observer is Seven pence.—Printed and published by W. I. CLzurnir, ad joining the Office of the Morning Chroniele,in the Strand, London. BELL'S LIFE IN LONDON, price Sevenpence. 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The sale of Bell's Life in London, and Sporting Chronicle, is the largest of any London Weekly Journal, except the observer. Innkeepers and Publicans are likely to benefit by additional business to their house, from taking in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, being a Journal of comicality and fun, calculated to "drive dull care away," and dissipate the blue devils.—Office, 169, Strand, London. THE ENGLISHMAN, price Sevenpence. _ . This highly respectable and independent Weekly News paper is published at No. 170, in the Strand, every Sun day morning, at Four o'clock, at the price oi . Sevenpence only. Tie Englishman has now been published twenty isini prover bial six years, and during that long period has invariably pur sued the same course in all its departments—that of the strictest impartiality. It may be truly said of the _Eng lishman that it is "open to all parties—influenced by none." As a Family Newspaper, the _Englishman stands unrivalled; not a line, or an advertisement of an immoral tendency, is allowed under any circumstances to stain its pages. The Englishman is a twenty-folio-column Journal, the same Weekly size and price as the Observer. The paper upon Which it is printed is an excellent sort, and the type almost new ; indeed, for variety, quantity, and o q o u m al b it i y i - , , ,, i ti t on is o t f he lite o r s y t perfect. In speaking to' saw the _en.c/icso,ahf cannot i t i d is b ay e al N i e n x e cis v e : l P l al P li t b ' b r y :a i a r t y ny recommend e d as g and to such readers who do not desire a party paper, a trial of the Englishman is strongly neutral Journal, in which suc h 8 ' The Englishm.lL i 3 sent front t N a e le w n s t pa is pe e r n engaged e v as e r . London by the ma ils o n S unday, and may b e h a d in the c ountry on the blank post days. SINGULAR DOCUMENT. Padre • Martini, who devoted his great talents to the research, thinks that no other genus than the diatonic existed before the time of Alexander the Great, when the chromatic waa invented by Timotheus ; whilst the enharmonic was only in troduced about the time of Eratosthenes, who died B. C. 194. One fact is fully established, by a very remarkable document, which is pre served by Boethius, namely, that Timotheus (who was born 346 B. C.) was banished from Sparta for changing the style of their ancient music ; which, at all events, seems to have been, before his time, very simple. This document is the decree of the senate against that musician, and it is so remarkable that it is worth trans cribing : Whereas. Timotheus, the . Milesian, coming to our city (Sparta), has dishonoured our ancient music, and, despising the lyre of seven strings, has, by the introduction of a great variety of notes, corrupted the ears of oui• youth ; t alid, by the number of his strings, and the novelty of his melody, has given to our music an effemi nate and artificial dress, instead of the plain and orderly one in which it has hitherto appeared ; rendering melody infamous, by composing in the chromatic, instead of the enharmonic ; the kings and the ephori have, therefore, resolved to pass censure upon Timotheus for these things; and, farther, to oblige him to cut all the superfluous strings of his eleven, leaving only the seven tones ; and to banish him from our city ; that men may be warned for the future not to intro duce any new customs."—Constable's Miscel lany, Vol. LII. History of Music. A MONKEY TRICK. In 1818, a vessel that sailed between White haven and Jamaica embarked on her homeward voyage, and among other passengers, carried a female, who had at the breast a child only a few weeks old. One beautiful afternoon, the Car tain perceived a distant sail, and after he had gratified his curiosity, he politely offered his glass to his passenger, that she might obtain a clear view of the object. Mrs. B. had the baby in her arms ; she wrapt her shawl about the little innocent, and placed it on a sofa upon which she had been sitting. Scarcely had she applied her eye to the glass, when the helmsman exclaimed, " Good God ! see what the mischievous monkey has done." The reader may judge of the fe male's feelings, when, on turning round, she beheld the animal in the act of transporting her beloved child apparently to the very top of the mast ! The monkey was a very large one, and so strong and active, that while it grasped the infant firmly with the one arm, it climbed the shrouds nimbly by the other, totally unembar rassed by the weight of its burden. One look was sufficient for the terrified mother, and tha look had well nigh been her last, and had it not been for the assistance of those around her, she would have fallen prostrate on the deck, where she was soon afterwards stretched, appa rently a lifeless corpse. The sailors could climb as well as the monkey, but the latter watched their motions narrowly ; and as it ascended higher up the mast the moment they attempted to put a foot on the shrouds, the Captain became afraid that it would drop the child, and endea vour to escape by leaping from one mast to an other. In the mean time the little innocent was heard to cry ; and though many thought it was suffering pain, their fears on this point were speedily dissipated when they observed the monkey imitating exactly the motions of a nurse, by dangling, soothing, and caressing its charge, and even endeavouring to hush it asleep. From the deck the lady was conveyed to the cabin, and gradually restored to her senses. In the mean time, the Captain ordered every man to conceal himself below, and quietly took his own station on the cabin stair, where he could see all that passed without being seen. This plan happily succeeded ; the monkey, on perceiving that the coast was clear, cautiously descended from his lofty perch, and replaced the infant on the sofa, cold, fretful, and perhaps frightened, but in every other respect as free from harm as when he took it up. The humane seamen had now a most grateful task to perform ; the babe was re stored to its mother's arms, amidst tears and thanks, and blessings.—Maediarmid's Sketches from Nature. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 22, 1830. DETERMINED ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. On Sunday evening last, the inhabitants of Bar net were thrown into a state of considerable excite ment by an attempt, on th e part o f a hi g hly respec table young man, named Frederick Clements, to commit suicide by shooting himself. Mr. Clements, who is between 18 and 19 years of age, is the son of wealthy parents, residing in London, and he has been for some time living at Barnet with his brother-in-law, Mr. Cowing, the proprietor of a circulating library and printing esta blishment opposite the Salisbury Arms-inn in that place, and had the chief management of the former concern. During his residence there, he became acquainted with the family of Mr. Iludeon, a respec table tradesman, and latterly was observed to pay parfcular attention to one of the daughters of that individual, a pretty-looking girl about his own age, but his attentions were not received in so flattering a mariner as a youthful lover both desires and ex pects, and he became restless and uneasy. On Sun day evening last, about ten o'clock, he met Miss Hudson in the street, with her sister and another young lady, who were returning from a visit, and was for soma time in conversation with them. Miss Hudson appeared more cool than usual, and Mr. Clements remonstrated with her on the subject, and a slight altercation having taken place, they sepa rated, and he went home. He was observed by the family to be much agitated, and he had not been long at home before he took a candle arid retired, as they supposed, to bed. In about a quarter of an hour, however, the family were dreadfully alarmed at hearing the report of fire-arms in the upper part of the house, arid Mr. Cowing rushed up with light, and on entering Mr. Clements' bed-room, found the unfortunate youth stretched on the floor, with a pistol grasped in his right hand, and weltering in blood, which was pouring forth from a wound in the side, He was then insensible, and appeared to be dying. Mr. Morris, a surgeon in the town, was sent for, and examined the wound, and adminis tered every possible remedy. The young man lin gers without the smallest hope of recovery. HULL MARKET.-April 20. The show of Wheat to this day's market was very li mited, and having very few country buyers at market, the little business passing has been confined to the millers, who have purchased the best Wheats at a decline of Is. per quarter; any parcels below this description are bad to quit, even at a further reduction ; not much passing in foreign, and prices may be noted Is. per quarter below the currency of last week. Good parcels of Oats conti nue in demand, and fully support late prices, and in some instances a trifling advance is obtained. No alteration in the value of Beans. Barley is very dull sale for even the best making qualities. Linseed in limited demand at late prices. Rapeseed dull at a decline of Is. per sack. Wheat, Old —s. 60d. 70s. New —s. 588. 65a. Foreign --s. 638. 70s. ln bond... —s. —a. —s. Oats, Poland --s. 20s. 245. Old —a. —S. 265. Small or Feed.... —a. 12s. 18s. —e. —s. 245. Foreign —B. 20e. 238. 2 ... --S .-S. —s. Barley, Norf. & S u f . ... — s . 30 s . 365. ' Line.... 8c Wokl —s. 28s. 34e. Foreign Beans 345. 365. 408. Foreign ...... ... —s. 30s. 388 Pease, White —a. 345. 388. Grey fares _ —8 30s. 365. Foreign —e. 265. 30s. ... Rapeseed, in bond none. Free, per last —/. 29/. 301. RKETS.-April 14. DUMFRIES MA. s. d s. d. s. d. s. d. 7Dto 7 ti Butter, 160 z..... ...... 0 0 too t 30 40 Eggs, dozen OO 04 9 34 Beet; per lb. 24 30 Mutton 22 2 6 Veal O3 04 1 6 2 0 Qnartern Loaf 0 7 0£ Wheat, Imp. Bush—, Barley Oats Flour, 141 b. Oatmeal Potatoes, cwt. There are few plants which flourish over so large a portion of the earth as the cotton-tree, whieh will grow in any latitude between Sicily and Naples in the north, and parts of Mew Holland in the south. On Tuesday afternoon, between three and four o'clock, the neighbourhood of Portland-town and St. John's-wood, Regent's Park, was visited with a tre mendous gale of wind from the west, and whi . ch continued nearly twenty minutes so violent as to blow down about thirty yards of a thick brick wall, with coping -stones and it on-railings belonging to the plantations of Grove-house, Regent's Park, the elegant residence of J. GREENOUUM, Esq. A considerable number of shrubs in the plan tations are destroyed. The damage done is to a etnisi derable amount. A number of chimney -pots were blown from off the houses in Portland -town, and the inhabitants were fearful of leaving their houses tinting the violence of the gale. MUSIC OF THE MODERN GREEKS. The best account of modern Greek music that we have met with, is contained in an interesting, work by M. Fauriel, entitled, " Chants Popu laires de la Grece Moderne." That country abounds with rhapsodists,—a species of impro visatori,—most, if not all, of whom are blind, who go from village to village, and from fair to fair, singing the national songs of their beloved land. These songs, M. Fauriel tells us, give the genuine expression of their character ; they are poetry not to be found in books, but breath ing and speaking in the mouths of the people. Every public event, however petty in importance or local in its operation, and frequently incidents in private life, are made the subject of song ; usually finding in the same person a poet to em body, in -the most musical language in the world, the incidents that are passing around, and a mu sician to adapt thew to some flowing melody. Most of these airs are attributed to the blind itinerants alreadvmentioned, who traverse Greece in every direction, from the extremity of the Moiett to Constantinople, from the 2Egean to the lonian Sea. When Greece was under the dominion of the Turks, these wandering mins trels found their best welcome at tile houses of the common people ; the lordly masters of tile soil never mingled in the festive groups of which they formed the centre, but passed them by in disdain, and looked with apathy upon the interest and zeal with which the Greeks listened to the strains, sometimes lively, sometimes pathetic, of these " Homers of the day," as M. Fauriel calls them. Their songs are accompanied by a stringed instrument, which they play with a bow, the ancient lyre and plectrum of• the Greeks, of which they retain time name as well as the form. The instrument, when perfect, has five strings ; but it often consists of only two or three ; and, as may be imagined, the sounds it emits are not very harmonious. Like the bards of old, these blind minstrels are the historians and chroniclers of modern Greece ; and by taking note of every thing, and celebrating every occurrence through the medium of their songs, they are the means of spreading through the whole country the re nown of adventurous actions, and the fame of the brave men by whom they are achieved. But music, and its sister poetry, are not con fined in Greece to national and historical events., As already stated, tile incidents of private life are frequently embodied in song by tile rhapsodists ; and at the marriage festival, at the departure of • any member of a family for a foreign land, and at the celebration of funereal rites, NN ben " time body is committed to the dust, and the spirit returns to God «•ho gave it," poetry and music are the organs through which their emotions, whether of grief or joy, pleasure or regret, are conveyed ; and there are songs and airs adapted to each particular event. The - funeral song, the " Myriologia," is of very high antiquity. Homer describes the whole family of Priam as mourning over the corpse of Hector.; and the custom has descended to the modern Greeki, amongst whom it has peculiar interest. These funeral laments begin when the corpse is prepared for interment, and are pro longed till the arrival of the procession at the doors of the church. During the performance of the funeral rites by the priests, the songs are suspended, and begun again when the body is deposited in the grave; nor do they even then terminate, but are renewed on a va riety of occasions : indeed, during the whole of the following year, the females of the family sing no songs except those of a melancholy cha racter. The funeral songs are sung by women only, and are always extempore. Mothers pour forth lamentations for their infants, regretting them under the image of a delicate plant, a flower, a bird, •or any other pleasing object, which assimilates in their imagination to the lost child ; and these elegiac effusions are often of a very pathetic and graceful kind. Widows lament far their husbands, daughterS for their fathers ; and such is the effort required to subdue their emotions to the controul of poetry and music, that they not unfrequently faint under the exertion. M. Fauriel mentions an instance of a woman who lived near Mount Pindus, who had lost her husband, being left a widow with two young children. She was a poor peasant girl, of great . simplicity of cha racter, and who had never given any indications of mind. With a child in each hand, she ad vanced to the body of her husband, and com menced her myriologue, by reciting over it, in a manner expressive of great agitation and solici tude, a dream which she had had some days before, as follows :-- " Metbought, as I was busied with domestic care, A youth stood on my threshold, of fierce commanding air ; Adown his shoulders waving were wings of dazzling whine, And in his hand a naked sword—oh, dread, appalling sight ! He sternly gazed upon me, then thus the silentie broke: Is thy goodman within ?' All trembling thus I spoke : My goodman is at home, and lulling on his breast Our little weeping Nikolos, to soothe him into rest. But pass not thott - my threshold ; I prithee, youth, forbear, Thy terrible demeanour my little boy would scare.' But vain were my entreaties, resistance was in vain, The white-wing'd youth was resolute, and would an entrance gain : He darted o'er the threshold, and plunged his cruel sword Deep, deep within thy bosom, oh, thou, my heart's sole lord ! There, too, is little Nikolos, thy hope, thy fondest joy, At him the monster aim'd, but I saved our darling boy." The words of this impassioned recitative, and the manner and tone of the mourner, says M. Fauriel, made the bystanders shudder ; and some of them looked towards the door, as if expect ing to see the vision realized. The woman was overcome by her emotion : she could proceed n o farther, and threw herself; with convulsive sobs, upon the body of her husband.—Con stable's Miscellany,Vol.L 11. History of Music. A new police force, with dress and appoint ment similar to that in London, commenced its duties last week at Brighton. Attached to it is a fire establishment, consisting of an engineer, and twenty-one firemen and as sistants. TALE OF A TUB.—Three of the crew be longing to the ship Ruckers, now in Falmouth harbour, having a disagreement with the master, resolved to leave the vessel, and two of them succeeded in doing so, in e watenu sn's boat. The tuird was prevented, by being en. ga ged iu some duty, from accompanying his messmates, , 7 E d in s e . d l i t ug„, i n i t t hg h ee i t i t i ni s na b u nd 1 e , but during thk: night h e pac k e d up h i s clothes, and suc ceeded lar ge tu b over t h e s hi p ' s s i de w i thout g ster or mate . I nto t hi s tu b h e lowered and actually contriv e d to p a ddl e himself to the pier ce distance of upward s o f a m il e f rom the ship—where he landed in safety; he afterwards sold the tub for two ishillings,--.Excier Alfred. SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIVES. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 19.—The ship Newry, Crosby, master, sailed from Newry for Quebec, on Wednes day last, with 400 passengers on board, and on Friday night, during a thick fog, she struck on a rock near Portinclineon (to the northward of Bard sey), when, melancholy to relate, upwards of 2 , :)ri . of the passengers are supposed to have perished.— The exact number cannot at present be ascertained, in consequence of those who have been saved being scattered over the country amongst the farmers :Ind residents, who have shown them all the attention which their distressed situation required. The ship beat so violently, that the ladders from between the decks were knocked away soon after the vessel struck, and all those who had not got on deck perished —amongst whom there are many re spectable families. - Many who are saved will most probably have to lament the loss of some dear and near relatives ; and as their object was to settle in Canada, they will, no doubt, have lost all their property. The ship has gone to pieces, and the beach is strewed with the bodies of the unfortunate sufferers. THE MARKETS. COAL MARX Adalr's Beneham Main 26 9 Bishop's 26 6 Holywell 3O 0 Killingworth 32 6 Liddell's 27 0 Percy 30 3 Pea,tw Pontop 96 6 Tanfield Tanfield Leq 28 3 Wylam 30 0 Wharncliffe 27 0 WallsEndßewicke&Co. 33 6 Walls End Carr and Co. 29 0 Ditto Crarelington......—. 26 6 Ditto Gosforth Ditto Hilda 39 0 Ditto Northumberland 32 3 Ditto 30 0 ,Ships at market, 6513---Shit K ET.--April 21. Walls End N thetwarch.. 335. 3d. Ditto Perkins and Co—. 32 0 Ditto Riddell's 34 0 Ditto Russell's 33 U Ditto Walker 33 Lambton's Primrose 3t 0 Russell's Lyon's 32 0 Walls End Lambton..— 35 6 Walls End Stewart's « 35 3 Russell's Hetton's W.E. 35 0 Culm Cox 2B 3 Hartley 29 0 Pemberton Llangennech 34 0 Cramlington Trader—. 25 6 Holywell Trader 30 0 Shipcote Trader—. 27 0 Eden small 17 6 Hebburn small 17 6 Old Etherley stn4ll 17 0 Wall's End small 17 6 ips sold, 43 1 ,(1—Unsold, 2614. COUNTRY CORN MAIIKKIS DURINC3 THE WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to s. 9 s Abingdon 55 62 32 38 21 32 42 Andover 55 65 22 34 20 23 32 50 66 32 SS 28 90 -- 53 26 „ Bridport 56 74 32 39 -- 54 Cirencester ....-- 48 65 20 37 18 23 40 Faringdon-- 54 86 36 40 26 28 -- 46 Guildford 48 74 24 35 20 SO 42 Henley 54 83 SO 35 20 SO —. 40 Hereford 64 84 38 45 36 40 60 Highworth 62 80 32 42 28 •34 56 Maidenhead .....—.. 65 'B4 28 33 22 30 51 Oakingham 56 76 30 36 18 32 42 Reading 41 86 18 41 16 31 44 Salisbury 56 68 27 37 20 28 10 Southampton 54 78 37 40 28 32 42 Stroud Tewkesbury 65 78 40 42 30 38 44 Uxbridge 48 71 21 32 19 32 48 46 73 20 36 16 28 44 Warminster 40 74 21 42 24 30 46 Windsor 48 84 26 St 15 28 40 Worcester 60 63 32 36 24 26 52 CHELTENHAM MARKET.—ApriI 20. - Per Bushel. s. d. to s. d. Per lb. d. to d. Wheat Barley Oats Beans 4 9 5 6 Lamb 0 0 Pease Beans 4 9 5 6 I ) Lamb.._. Pease 5 0 8 0 Pork Hay 3/. I s. to 31. I fss. per ton. DUBLIN, A ram. IThe question now getterally asked by those who are favourable or adverse to the new Association, or Society of the Friend. of Ireland, is, will the Government permit it much longer to exist ? Tlitve can be no doubt that Mr. O'Connell, in forming this body, did seem to dread the power, but calcu lated upon the weakness, of the present Ministry, which is fully evinced by his notable declaration at one of the first meetings, that, if the Ministry at tempted to put down the Society, he would vee hie best endeavours to shake public confidence in those institutions upon which the Government so much depend. One thing is clear, that every hour 4it is ; zaining strength, and that the subject of the new duties to be imposed on Ireland, which ocettpied the Society on Saturday, and will again this day, is one on which their bitterest enemies go heart and hand with them. The Corporation of Dublin--a body of very different politics—will meet on Friday on the same subject. They openly say that the tax on newspapers is intended to put down public opt pion, and is only a precursor of an arbitrary rule which will be exerted by the present Ministry—for, as a matter of revenue, the newspaper duty will b e a total failure.—Correspondent to a Morning Paper. LIBRARY of UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE. We have received the literary announcement of a new series of monthly volumes, to be en titled " The Library of Universal Knowledge." Perhaps no classes of modern publications have been so successful as those that, within the last two or three years, have appeared in England and in Scotland under the titles of " Con stable's Miscellany," " The Family Library," " Lardner's Cvclopredia," and " The Library of Useful Knowledge." Neatness and cheapness have been long the order of the day, and, to ad minister to the wants of' those who required infor mation upon a variety of points, but whose limited means prevented it from being of easy access, the long-headed and clear-sighted book sellers of' the north adopted a plan which at once removed all difficulty. For a very small sum a volume, carefully, and judiciously, and ably written or compiled, was placed in the hands of the purchaser, by which it was rendered unneces sary a that he should wde through dry tomes of the olden time, or ponderous quartos of more modern days, to render him acquainted with any . given subject. M e ss rs . C onsta bl e an d Co. of Edinburgh, however, did not long retain the field to themselves. Competitors soon started up in the British metropolis. Mr. Charles Knight, Mr. Murray, and Mesars,i. Longman and Co., followed in the same track and with equal success. As is generally the ease, how ever, each new candidate for public favour was hound to make its appearance under advantages greater than those of its predecessor. " The Library of Useful Knowledge" was superior to " Constable's Miscellany"—The Family Library" a yet higher improvement, and Messrs. Longman and Co.—the last to enter the course —gave to " The Cyclopedia," edited by Dr. Ladner, at tractions of a still more important character. The publication to which we now desire to direct public attention—" The Library of Uni versal Knowledge"—is shortly to issue from the firm of Messrs. Colburn and Bentley—a firm that yields to no other in the kingdom in libe rality, energy, and ability to execute properly any judiciously-devised plan. A great propor tion of the most able and popular autho r s o f t h e age are among the m an y for whom they publish. They hare, of' course, that necessary support—a largo capital; their names stand high in public; estimation ; and we have daily, it might lie almost said hourly, proofs of the tastefal manner in which their works are sent into the we -id. We have, therefore, no hesitation in concludin,,, ,, that " The Library of Universal Knowledge will he one of the most agreeable and useful, and, consequently, successful, of' the pleasant and profitable family to which it belongs. It wilt also have an advantage of no trifling moment— the publication is to be placed under the super intendence of the Rev. G. R. Gleig, himself a distinguished writer, and, if' we be correctly in formed, a gentleman of much learning, tact, arid experience. _ The prospectus, after alluding to the other branches of the same family, proceeds to state that the projectors of " The Library of Univer sal Knowledge" " have no design whatever of trenching upon the ground already occupied by others. As little is it their desire to decry the exertions of those who labour in the same vine yard and seek the same end with themselves. For these, on the contrary, they entertain the highest respect ; but the field seems sufficientl 7 wide for all parties, and therefore they enter it. They are willing to persuade themselves, moreover, that the circumstances under which they a p.. proach their task are not unfavourable to its suc cess. Almost all our knowledge arises from experience ; and hence, by imitating as far as can be, the excellences of their predecessors, no less than by avoiding their errors, should such chance to have been committed, they hope tb produce a series of works which shall at once satisfy the judgment and suit the tastes of those who relish amusement the most when it comes united with instruction." It is, therefore, with us a matter of little doubt that these monthly volumes will prove an agree able and important addition to our literary and scientific stock, and under this impression thin plan has our approval, and shall have our beat support. Of its execution we shall be hereafter called upon to speak. At present we can only observe, that the publishers and the editor are fully equal to perform all that we look for at their hands, and that we shall be more than disap pointed if " The Library of Universal Know ledge " will not hare stronger claims on public patronage than any work of a similar character. Messrs. Colburn and Bentley will at. once kare the advantages of their own ample means and connexions, and the experience which those who have gone before them have laUoitred Lard to obtain.—Morning Journal. While the ateam-carriage which last week attempted the journey to Southampton, was proceeding near Staines, a stone was thrown at tie engineer, which seriously injured him, beo.ities damaging one of the pipes. On Tuesday afternoon a very seriou s dis tutbanee occurred in Farmer-street, Lower Shadwai, arising out of some dispute between the English and Irish excavators employed iu forming the new eastern dock or entrance to the London docks. The Irish workmen bad offered to work for less wages than was demanded by the English workmen, who, in conscquenee refesed to work with the former, and, to prevent a suspensiipa of the works, the contractor was under the nteeesity of discharging the Irish labourers, and in the afternoon the hostile parties met at the Ship publio_bougv; iu Farrocr•strert. A raw was the consevenee, ami a general tight took place be tween the two parties, in which several persons were more or less hurt. The Irish party began the affray by knocking a man down, end a desperate conflict took place. Tlio Police apprehended some of the ringleetiore, yix., DuitcArt Jewess Goonwix, and Jetts 'result, who were yesterday brought before Mows. bkoneuur and DAL LANTINx. the sitting Ahgistratee at the Thames Police office, The prisoners, with one exception, were auserceri in the highe.t penalty nutter llr. I ) xth's Act, namely, al., and, in default of paymeut, to two tut/x*ls' imptiseausesq.