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THE MAGAZINES. TIIF. MONTHLY. The December number of this ancient publication, low, perhaps, better known as the Old Monthly, is the first that has found its way to the LIVERPOOL STANDARD Office, and we hail its appearance there, as we should do that of an old friend who has seen better days and is labouring under those capricious visitations of the fickle goddess, to which both men and magazines are alike liable. There is something about its sombre coloured wrapper, ornamented with a head and fac similie autograph of old John Milton, that appeals with such an irresistible force to our kindly sympathies, that we cannot, in spite of its radical propensities, feel otherwise than pleased with the opportunity of introducing it into the company of its more juvenile competitors. The word company reminds us of " Strange Companie," the third article in the present number, which we take leave to present to our readers : A little child, a little child, Upon its mother's knee, With dimpled cheek, and laughing eye, A holy sight to see. A thoughtless boy, a thoughtless boy. A truant from the school, Urging his tiny wooden sloop On through the glassy pool. A musing youth, a musing youth, With eyes fixed on a book, Where he but sees his mistress'face In her last farewell look. A gay gallant, a gay gallant, Hero of club and ball ; His father's pride, his mother's joy, Admired and loved of all. A traveller, a traveller, Returned from foreign strand, With store of wisdom, culled with care, For use hi his own land. A happy man, a happy man, With wife and children round ; And smiling friends, arid cheerful home, Where all pure joys abound: A patriot, apatriot, Intent on public good; Who, in a court's ordeal tried, Corruption's bait withstood. A man of woe a man of woe. Bankrupt in heart and wealth:— Wife, children, hopes, all in the grave, A bankrupt, too, In health. "A misanthrope, a misanthrope, DiSgusted with mankind ; Deserted by deceitful friends, Whom favours could not bind. A lunatic, a lunatic, In melancholy mood, Shrinking from every living thing— Sighing in solitude. A burial, a Curial, With none of kin to weep, And lay the old man 'neath the sod, To take his last long sleep. Strange Companie, strange CoMpanie, Are thew to meet, I ween ! Alas ! they are but life's changes, That in ova MAN are seen ! FRASER'S. Fraser opens this month with Jupiter Ammon, and closes with Lord Durham—begins with the sublime, and ends with the ridiculous ! The number, upon the whole, is excellent ; but we confine our extracts on the present occasion to some capital pickings from the sayings and doings of cooks and kitchen maids, and various other rogues who live either in the attics or under ground. The writer is the only respectable schoolmaster that we knoW who is not abroad--Fraser's own pedagogue, whom he keeps constatitly'under lock and key in his back par lour, for the exclusive benefit of the nation. As servants move out of the employ of tradesmen, and enter into the service of the more wealthy, their opportunities of gain increase, and in consequence their plans of operation become more systematic. Observation, should they not at first be in structed by the other servants of the family into which they first enter, is quite enough to instruct each what is to be done to aug ment their little saeing—the mild term they all apply to the making money by peculation in each of their departments, from the scullery-maid, who plays off her many tricks on the cook, to the steward, who does business on a larger scale. Although a suite of servants is never in a s t a t e o f h armon y, b e i ng jealous of each other's ,gains, yet they ne v er f a il to a gree i n adhering to each other in all questions against the family interest, if it will gut put one penny into their own pockets; the only censidera tion with the whole is, who is the party they have to attack ? Sometimes it is the master or mistress themselves; in other cases they have a battle to fight against a house-steward, or a major-donso ; in smaller families it is a butler, or a housekeeper of capacious rotundity, whose integer is destroyed if the bunch of keys be not suspended from her ample zone. The body of servants, however, in every case, hold this doctrine—that if their master manage his own afrairs he is rich, and can afford it ; if another does it for him, they say, we know that all he gets from us he puts into his own pocket, so that master will be none the better for our honesty. As Susan says in Fielding's Grub-street opera —" Fie upon it, William; what have you to do with mas ter's losses? He is r,ich, and can afford it; don't let us quarrel among ourselves—let us stand by one another; for let me tell you, if matters were to be too nicely examined into, I am afraid it would go hard with us all. Wise servants always stick close to one another, like plums in . a pudding that's over-wetted, says Susan the cook. Every servant should be sauce to his fellow-servant; as sauce disguises the faults of a dish, so should he theirs. 0, William, were we all to have our deserts, we should be finely roasted in deed !" It is said, that fear only keeps men honest and women virtu ous; and, without doubt, the law and shame have their effect on man and womankind much more than the pure love of virtue for itself. This observation is applicable to all ranks in thepre sent day ; but in the whole body of servants neither fear nor 'shame restrains them ; they plunder systematically every hour in the day, and in such ways that it is almost impossible, as the law now stands, to bring them under its punishment. In a lodg ino--house, where there were seven gentlemen who took break fast and tea at home, having engagements in the city during the day, one female servant waited on them all. Each lodger kept his tea-caddy, having a lock and key. One of the young men, when at home among his friends, was, in conversation, asked by his sister bow much tea and sugar he consumed. When h e ,named the quantity, he was severely reprimanded for his extra vagance. Subsequently, reflecting on the subject, he was con vinced something was wrong, and he determined to make an experiment. He commenced by counting every day the num ber of knobs of sugar he left in the glass basin when he locked it up; he also put into the caddy a certain quantity of tea, which balanced to a nicety, keeping a weight by him for the purpose. Pursuing this plan regularly, he found, that between every in terval of locking his caddy and again opening it, precisely four knobs of sugar were abstracted, and about one large teaspoonful of tea. lie now communicated his discovery to his fellow-lodg ers, who all adopted the same plan, and the same results occur red in every case. So that, supposing each caddy to be opened for use twice a-day, the aggregate daily•loss would be fifty-six knobs of sugar and fourteen spoonsful of tea. This case strik ingly shews the pilfering, calculating system of servants; for if the caddy were not opened (as would often happen) at tea-time in the afternoon, there was not a second depredation made that slay, lest it should lead to a discovery; but if one or more visit ors came to partake of the beverage, the caddy was always, on the succeeding visitation, heavily fined, calculating that the loss would of course be attributed to the consumpti on for the com pany. The girl must have had a master-key for the caddies, one of which, I believe, can be obtained for sixpence. Extend ing their discoveries further, it was soon made evident that those who kept a liquor-frame were robbed in the same careful man ner, little by little; even to sheets of writing-paper, which were taken one at a time. The steward or butler, when they enter upon their offices, ascertain through report, or by actual observation and experi ment on their masters, how far they may venture to proceed in raising the price of the commodities consumed in the house; in other words, with what degree of vigilance or carelessness the domestic concerns are scanned by their employers. Hence there are situations which among themselves they speak of as five per cent up to twenty per cent places. A man having one or two thouand pounds to lay out in the purchase of a business, does not exhibit more circumspection and acumen in inquiry as to the returns and profits of the concern he is negotiating for, than servants do into the gaits to be got out of the wealthy fa milies of England. Custom has so brazed the whole fraternity to these nefarious practices, that among themselves they un blushingly boast to each other of the robberies they have com mitted in their several situations ;—as with the common robbers, use has hardened them against all sense of shame and com punctions of conscience. Each class of servants form com pacts among themselves, meeting at public-houses, where they discuss the degree of pliancy to which the different tradesmen fall into their views, and the extent to which their masters and mistresses may be plundered. Every morning during the sea son, at the west end of the town, at certain and well-known public-houses, from five to ten, or more, butlers and stewards hold regular meetings, to partake of a luncheon, and commu nicate with each other, iterating their schemes and tricks for the general improvement of them all, having a settled deter mination to oust all tradesmen who will not fall into their views of robbing those who unwittingly place any confidence in them. A few months since, the house-steward of a large family had some differences about discount with the brewer who served the house with beer. The brewer's bill had been standing rather longer than usual, and he thought this a good reason why he should not pay so heavily for the custom. When he told the steward of his determination to deviate from their original bar gain, the steward went to another brewer, who advanced the sum to pay the bill due, which enabled him to stop the per tentage, and set the other brewer at defiance; at the same time removing the custom of the family to the one who had accommodated him. Stewards and butlers are so much on the alert, that they do not allow a single bottle of can de Cologne or a pot of poma turn to be brought into the family without laying an impost on it. Among tradesmen and servants the understanding has be come so general, that in most articles of consumption in a gen tleman's house few words are used between them on the subject ; they now imagine that the practice is legalised by custom, as some mercantile laws have been made by the custom and usage of merchants. One of the most honest, respectable, and independent spirited retired tradesmen which this metropolis can boast of, relates, among many s i m il ar anec d o t es , th e f o ll o win g . A cue _ tomer stepping out of his carriage one morning, with a newly made coat on his arm, throwing it on the counter violently, com plained that it was made of such coarse cloth that it was a disgrace to the shop. The tailor very coolly took down the piece from which it had been made, and spewed his customer that the cloth was made of th e very 'first-rate superfine Saxon wool. "Well," saulAthe gentleman, "the cloth and the coat are unlike." "Yes," rejoined the tailor "because your ser vant, now standing behind th e carriage' has taken a shoe brush and laboured with all his might t o raise up the wool the contrary way of the cloth, like quills upon the fretful porcu pine ; ' and if you will call him in, I w ill ma k e the rascal con fess his guilt:" continuing, `‘le.t week h e wante d me to make a coat for' himself, and lay it on your account; -he then de manded two guineas, and subsequently one ; all of which I refused to comply with, telling him I never joined in any spe cies of robbery. ' The gentleman, however, declined any exa mination of his servant ; and, although the tailor carried his forbearance so far as to make another coat instead of the one spoilt, the gentleman removed his future orders to another shop. Such is the encouragement given to honesty ! Many butlers and stewards, in large families, have adopted the plan of becoming tradesmen themselves. As their avoca cations will not admit of managing a business entirely them selves, they join in partnership with other individuals, and force a trade by calling on all persons with whom their masters deal to return the favour of buying goods of them. The better to accomplish this object, they generally trade in articles of cora -1 mon use, by dealing in wines and spirits,_ or coals, &c. So that, while they are in servitude, they have the tact to prepare a re treat, should their practices at any time occasion them loss of place, and also that of character, by which they may be excluded ' from other situations. The writer of this article can at this ' moment point out many firms at the west end of the town so constituted; capital having been advanced by servants to carry on the trade, and which capitals have.been obtained in the way above described. Most servants are ambitious of embarking in business as soon as they can collect together enough money to enable them to do so. This desire is probably much increased, under a notion they have that the profits of tradesmen are enormous, from the allOwances made to them; and that if they push their business more vigorously, and allow greater dis counts, they shall monopolise the trade. One man who resides in the neighbourhood of Piccadilly, after making some money in his situation of butler, went into business, but failed. Ho again procured a situation in a family, made money, and once more commenced tradesman, and again failed. He was, how ever, fortunate enough a third time to procure a place in a large family, where in a very few years he saved money sufficient to enable him to open his present shop, where lie is now said to be doing well. Many similar instances might be adduced, exam plifying'the great facilities some servants in large families have of making money. Now, what a state df society is this, wherein every man having property, and requiring a suite of servants, must necessarily harbour a set of rogues in his house, and that the holiest tradesman, as we were wont to style our shopkeepers, should so very generally consent to become partners in crime ! If matters arc allowed to progress in the manner they are now going on, there will in a short time be no virtue extant. It is a national and a humiliating reflection, that, more or less, some species of delinquency pervades almost every class of society in the present day. But shall no effort be made to cleanse and purge this perilous stuff out of the common bosom ? BLACKWOOD. The first five-and-twenty or thirty pages of this num ber are filled with poetry, chiefly from the pen of Mrs. Hemans, some of which, to confess the honest truth, is mighty prosaic. From this mass, as presenting a faith ful pirturr, together with a melancholy contrast between the past and the present, we extract one piece, entitled " Merry England :"- 7,lerry England!" what a picture do these simple words recall! hamlets nestling in the shelter of the old ancestral hall ; Towet and spire, and park and palace, halls *hose hospitable door Never Yet repell'd the weary, never closed against the poor. Bawls of yeomen brave and loyal, nobles courteous, frank and free, Fearless rulers, firmly blending gentleness with dignity ; Peaceful days, when old Religion, like a silver-circling band, Clasped alike round prince and peasant, bound in one accord the land. In their pew beside their household, Squire and Lady duly seen, Blithesome looks at fair and and market, lightsome dance on village green ; Winter nights. where kindlyneighbonrs pass'd the harmless jest or tale. While the fagot's cheerful crackle thaw'd the old October ale. Ruddy children gaily whooping underneath the ancient oak, Hoary woods around them ringing to their father's stalwart stroke ; Sunny slopes, where busy sickles sparkled through Ile golden grain ; And from darkening lanes at evening sportive laugh of maid or swain. Still the land is fair as ever, still the sun's departing glow LieS as bright on spire and turret, lingering there as loth to go ; But the sunshine of the spirit, trusting tfoark and open brow— Whither have they all departed 1 " Merry Ezigliini," where art thou See through yonder blazing city, riot, blood, and fht t fuler rave ; Buroiie's saviour scarce escaping death from those he fought to save ; Startled streets ; whose mournful echoes render back the battle's din, Flying crowds and charging horsemen ! Peace abroad—but war within. Where the faith that with a glory wreathed the Monarch's sacred crown? Where the ties that link'd the lowly with the loftiest Peer's renown Where the reverence, deep and holy, which on lawn and ermine saw God's own stamp, and in their wearers, loved Religion—fear'd the law ? Altars spurn'd and thrones insulted, order scoff'd at, laws defied— Factious subjects, dastard rulers, shifting with the shifting tide— _ . Doubtful present,—darker future ! Anxious heart and clouded brow, These are now thine alter'd features—Mournful England, such art thou ! We pass by " The Sketcher" and " Fragm'ents of the History of John Bull," not, however, as being unworthy of a more particular notice, to pay our respects to " France, in 1833." After showing that the first or great revolution, by destroying the aristocracy, the landed proprietors, and the church, levelled to the ground all the natural bulwarks, both of regal power and public freedom, the author concludes that all the subsequent explosions in that country, down to that of the Barricades, which crowned Louis Phillippe King of the French, were but so many praetorian tumults, or janizzary re volts, which, while they changed the head of the Govern ment, reduced the people, under each succeeding change, to a still more abject and degraded state of 'slavery. After alluding to the tyrannical character of the existing Government, as compared with that of Louis XVIII. and Charles X., neither of whom dared to attempt what their successor is executing, namely, the erection of forts corn manding all the approaches to Paris, which will enable him to intercept the supply of provisions to a million of human beings, in the course of a single hour, he says : Experience, accordingly, has demonstrated, what theory had long asserted, that the overthrow of the liberty of all free states has arisen from the usurpation of the executive authority by the democracy; and that, as long as the reins of power are in the hands of the nobles, the jealousy of the commons was an ade quate security to the cause of freedom. Rome long maintained its liberties, notwithstanding the contests of the patricians and 1 plebeians, while the, authority of the senate was unimpaired; but when the aristocracy, under Cato, Brutus, and Pompey, were overturned by the democracy headed by Caesar, the tyranny of the Emperors rapidly succeeded. The most complete des potism of modern times is to be found in the government of Robespierre and Napoleon, both of whom rose to power on the democratic transports of a successful revolution. Against the encroachments of their natural and hereditary rulers,_ the sove- ' reign and' the nobles, the people, in a constitutional monarchy, are in general sufficiently on their guard: and against their efforts, the increasing power which they acquire from the aug mentation of their wealth and intelligence in the latter stages of society, is a perfectly sufficient security. But of the des potism of the rulers of their own party,—the usurpation of the leaders . whom they have themselves seated in the chariot, — they are never sufficiently . jealous, because they conceive that their own power is deriving fresh accessions of strength from every addition made to the chiefs who have so long combated by their side; and this delusion continues universally till it i s too late to shake their authority, and, on the ruins of a consti tutional monarchy, an absolute despotism has been constructed. Had the first Revolution of France, like the great Rebellion of England, merely passed over the states vithout uprooting all li lt) its institutions, and destroying every branc of its ari s t oc r ac y, there can be little doubt that a coatitutio 1 monar c hy m i g ht have been established in France, and pose ly a h un d re d an d forty years of liberty and happiness formed, Is in Britain, the maturity of its national strength. But the total destruction of all these classes in the bloody convulsion, Itnd the division of their estates among an innumerable'thost olittle proprietors, rendered the formation of such a monarchy impossible/ be cause one of the elements was wanting which is indispprlsable to its existence, and no counterpoise remained to the /Sower of the democracy at one time, or of the executil i at another. You might as well make gunpowder without sulphur, ne . i.ear up con stitutional freedom without an hereditary aristOdracy to coerce the people and restrain the throne. "A monarchy," says Bacon, ' without an aristocracy, is ever an absolute despotism, for a nobility attempers somewhat thesreverence for the line royal." "fhe revolution," says Napoleon, "left France ab solutely without an aristocracy; and this rendered the forma tion of a mixed constitution impossible. The government had no lever to rest upon to direct the people; it was .com p e ll e d t o navigate in a single element. The French revolution has attempted a problem as insoluble as the direction of balloons!" When Napoleon seized the helm, therefore, he had no alter native but to see revolutionary anarchy continue in the state, or coerce the people by a military despotism. He chose the latter; and, under his firm and resolute government, France enjoyed a degree of prosperity and happiness unknown since the tall of the monarchy. 1 hose who reproach him with de parting from the principles of the revolution, and rearing up a military throne by means of a scaffolding of democratic con struction, would do well to show how he could otherwise have discharged ttie first of _duties in governments,—the giving pro tection and security to the people; how a mixed and tempered constitution could be established ; when the violence of the peo ple had totally destroyed their natural and hereditary rulers; and how the passions of a populace, long excited by the uncon trolled riotin power, were to be coerced by a senate composed of salaried dignitaries, destitute either of property or importance, and a body of i g n o ble deputies, hardly e l eva t e d, e ither in station or acquirements, - above the citizens to whom they owed their election. The overthrow of Napoleon's power by the arms of Europe, for a time established a constitutional throne in France, - and _gave its inhabitants fifteen years of undeserved freedom and happiness. But this freedom rested on an unstable equilibrium; it had not struck its roots into the substratum of society; it was liable to be overturned by the first shuck of adverse fortune. As it was, however, it contributed, in a most essential manner, to deceive the world,—to veil the irreparable consequences of the first convulsion,—and make mankind believe that it was. possible, on the basis of irreligion, robbery, and m ur d er, to rear up the fair fabric of regulated - freedom. We have to thank the Revolution of the Barricades for drawing aside the veil,—for displaying the consequences of national delinquency on future ages; and, beneath the fair colours of the whited sepulchre, exhibiting the foul appearances of premature corruption and decay. - - - The restoration and expulsion of the elder branch of .the House of Bourbon is thus treated : The first of these circumstances ,was the extreme national dissatisfaction which attended the way in which the Bourbons reascended the throne. For a monarch of France to enter its capital hi the rear of a victorious invader is the most unlikely •way that can be imagined to gain the affections of its inhatil . tants - but to do this twice o ve r , a n d regain the throne on the second occasion, in consequence of such a thunderbolt as the Battle of Waterloo, was a misfortune which rendered the popu larity of the dynasty out of the question. The people naturally connected together the two events; they associated the Repub lican sway with the tricolour flag and the conquest of Europe, and the Bourbon dynasty with•the disasters which had preceded their restoration : forgetiing what was the truth, that it was under thetricolour that all these disasters had been incurred; and that the white flag was the olive branch which saved them from cala mities, which they themselves had felt to be intolerable. This general feeling of irritation at the unparalleled cala mities in which Napoleon's reign terminated, was naturally and skilfully turned to account b y the Republican party. They constantly associated together the Bourbon reign with the Russian bayonets; and held out the sovereigns of the 'Restora tion, rather as the viceroys of Wellington, or the satraps of Alexander, than the monarchs either by choice or inheritance of the Franks. This prejudice, which - had too much support from the unfortunate coincidence of Napoleon's disasters with the commencement of their reign, soon spread deeply 'and uni versally among the liberal part of the people ; and the con tinuance of the Bourbon dynasty on the throne came to be eau sidercd as the bade of national servitude, which, on the first dawn of returning liberation, should be removed. The abolition of the national colours by the Bourbon princes, and the studious endeavour made to obliterate the monuments and recollection of. Napoleon, was a puerile weak ness, front which the worst possible effects ensued to their go vernment. To suppose that it was possible to obliterate the remembrance of his mighty achievements, and substitute. Henry IV. and Saint Louis for the glories of the Empire, was worse than childish, and, as might have been expected, totally failed in its object. In vain his portrait was proscribed, his letters effaced from the edifices, his name hardly mentioned except with vituperation by the Ministerial organs; the admiration for his greatness only increased from the efforts made to sup press it ; and of his, as the images of Brutus and Cassius at the funeral of Junia, it might truly be said, " Viyinti clarissi maruin fa miliarum imagines antelake sant, sed prcefulgebant Cassius a tvie Brutus, et en ipso quod qffigies eorum non videbantur." The universal - burst of public enthusiasm when the tricolour flag was rehoisted on the Tuileries, and the statue of the hero re placed on the pillar in the Place Vendilme, in July last, and the in numerable pictures and statues which have been exposed in every town and village of France since the prohibition was removed, demonstrates how powerful and general this feeling was, and exposes the enormity of the error which the Bourbons com- mittedin endeavouring to bury it in oblivion. The tricolour flag was associated in the minds of the whole young and active part of the French population with the days of their glory; the white standard with the commencement of their humiliation. To compel them to adopt the one and abandon the other, was an error in policy of the most enormous kind. It was to perpetuate the feeling of national disgrace; to impose upon the nation what they considered as the livery of servitude; to debar them from openly giving . vent to the feelings• which swelled their hearts even to bursting. The Revolution of July was lass against the edicts of Polignac than the white standard on the dome of the Tuileries; and the Citizen King owes his throne mainly to the tricoloured flag which waves above hie head in that august abode. Our limits preclude us from giving more than the following extract, on the subject of the press:— The most singular circumstance connected with the present political state of France, is the co-existence of a despotic mili tary government with a wild and imperative republican press in the capital. This may appear incredible, but nevertheless it is certain that it exists; and it constitutes an element by no means to be overlooked in considering its future prospects, because it may, in a moment, hurl the present dynasty from the throne,, and elevate a new family, or different executive, to the possession of its despotic powers. To give only a single example of the length to which his extravagance is carried, we select by mere chance, an article which recently appeared in the Tribune:— " The soidisant patriots of the day are in a total mistake when they pretend that it is an erroneous system of taxation which is the root of the public discontents. This is no doubt an evil, but it is nothing compared to that whi c h flows from a defective system of social organization. " The tyranny of the rich over the poor is the real plague which infests society; the eternal source of oppression, in com parison of which all others are but as dust in the balance.— What have we gained by the revolution ? The substitution of the Chausee d'Antin for the Fauxbourg St. Germain. An aris tocracy of bankers for one of nobles. What have the people gained by the change ? Are they better fed, or clothed, .or lodged, than before ? What is it to them that their oppressors are no longer counts or dukes? Tyranny can come from the bureau as well as the palace :—There will be no real regenera tion to France till a snore equal distribution of PROPERTY strikes at, the root of all the calamities of mankind. " The principles of pnre and unmixed democracy are those of absolute wisdom, of unwearied philanthropy, of universal happiness. When the rule of the people is completely estab lished, the reign of justice, freedom, equality, and happiness will commence; all the evils of humanity will disappear before the awakened energies of mankind."—Tribune, Aug. 21. When principles such as these, clothed in insinuating lan guage, and enforced with no small share of ability, are daily poured forth from the Parisian press, and read by admiring multitudes among its ardent and impassioned population, we are led to examine how society can exist with such doctrines familiarly spread among the lower orders. But the phenome non becomes still more extraordinary, when it is perceived that these anarchial doctrines are in close juxta position to the most under successive and rigorous despotism to which the people successive Governments submit without any practical attempt at resistance; that the citizens who indulge in these absurd speculations are content to wait for hours at the police office, before they can go teu leagues from the capital, and go quietly to jail with the first gens d'armes who meet them on the road without their passports. We should like to administer the whole of this article to all who are labouring under that frightful disease, the levelling mania. Few of this class are aware that in France the whole power of the state is exercised in the metropolis, descending to the minutest and most trifling particulars. A• church cannot be repaired, a street widened, an Hotel de Ville rebuilt, nor can even a post house be opened, without the direct permission Of one of the officials of government, before which, to use the lan guage of a late Irish statesman, the people " stand prostrate." This just punishment is the consequence of that madness which, in its fury, destroyed the only body that could have shielded them from a tyranny so over whelming, a powerful landed aristocracy, who could only maintain their own importance by supporting that of the people. It is much to be regretted, as we have a "cheap press" disseminating an immense mass of matter that is positively bad, and a great quantity that is absolutely useless, that articles like the one now before us cannot be published in a form better suited to the means of the lower classes, who, we are told, are " thir s tin g f or know ledge." Perhaps Lord Brougham, or his Liverpool co adjutor Mr. Teacher and Preacher Shepherd will take the hint and reprint it in their Penny Magazine. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. We congratulate the conductors of this work on the completion of this their first, or probationary year, dur ing which they have produced two volumes, containing an admirable variety ofexcellent ma tt er , wor th y ofa place in the library of the statesman or the boudoir of beauty. We of the LIVERPOOL STANDARD entertain for The Dublin University Magazine a kind of fraternal affec tion ; we are both the offspring of conservative parents ; we started into existence at nearly the same period, and bbth have laboured to stem'the torrent of republican innovation which threatens the destruction of the-insti tutions and constitutional monarchy of Great Britain. Having said thus much, it may perhaps be necessary to add, that there is no other connection between us than that of the principles under the banners of which we fight as fellow-soldiers. The 'first article in the number now before us is " Signs of the Times," which are very ably, though somewhat fearfully expounded by the Dublin University seers. Their observations on " the repeal question" have the merit of facing the enemy boldly, and the remedy which they propose is we believe new; on this subject they say : The last elections must convince every one, not actually un der the influence of insanity or infatuation, that there remains no hope of arresting the progress of national delusion upon this subject, until events may render it too late to do so, except alone by authoritatively interdicting all discussions respecting the repeal of the legislative union. Already have the repealers been strengthened by the accession of those whose opinions were de terminately hostile to their views, and whose conversion could only have been produced by the conviction that it was hopeless any longer to struggle against the torrent which was bearing all before it. These men, it is but too natural to suppose, will en 'ter upon their new course of politics with charactenstic zeal, and endeavour to compensate, by the violence of their future, for the coldness of their past conduct in the cause of the people. Between fifty and sixty individuals have already been returned, who are bound to give his Majesty's ministers no peace until their own objects are accomplished. What such and so many individuals, so determined, and strengthened, as they, no doubt, would be, by a large proportion of the radical members, might accomplish, how seriously they might embarrass any ministry, any one who has observed the working of parliament can un derstand. Upon ordinary questions, or, where the matter in dispute did not involve any serious consequences, means might be found for abating a nuisance such as this, without any re course to measures of unusual vigour or severity. But, when the question is, whether the empire s h a ll or s h a ll not cont i nue united . ; and when the very continuance of .the agitation of that question in such a country as Ireland must eventually necessitate dismemberment, the'course which a wise government should pur sue can be no longer doubtful, AND ALL THOSE WHO THUS ,PRE., SLIME TO INFLAME NATIONAL PASSIONS AT THE EXPENSE OF IMPERIAL INTERESTS, SHOULD BE DECLARED BY PARLIAMENT ENEMIES TO THEIR COUNTRY ! • Is the national compact, which has united the legislature of Great Britain and Ireland, less irepdrtant than those enact ments which guaranteed the succession to the throne ? Could that succession be, for one moment, secured, if Ireland was again invested with a legislative independence ? These are question:, which we will not, at present, stop to argue, becatise we cannot suppose that with thinking men • they are quektionS. An Irish parliament, resembling in its character that sample of Irish legislative wisdom of which, by and by, the people of England will have had abundant experience, would not long continue to be swayed by the motives, actuated by the princi ples, or directed by the views of the corresponding assembly in St. Stephens. Topics of difference would, perpetually, be sug gested by national prejueice, national pride, national jealousy,- and national resentment. Thus, upon the most trilling nett ters, a total obstruction might be put to the progress of public business : while, in matters involving important interests, the very existence of the monarchy might be endangered. It is not for a moment to be supposed, that even the most infathated of the agitators themsel ves are so d e l u d e d as to suppose th at, the legislature being a ga i n severe d , t h e separa t e p or t ions o f i t would continue connected like the Siamese twins, where a mys terious unity of will is combined with quality of person, a n d either responds to the wants, the wishes, and the sentiments of the other, with an instinctive and instantaneous sympathy, which would almost prove the identity of their minds. No such assent and consent to the proceedings of the parliament in England ,can be expected in any parliament that may eve r again be a ssembled in College-green. If, indeed, such might be calculated upon, why should the union be repealed ? And if not, of what elements of discord would not such a measure be pregnant? Either the two parliaments must agree, or the must differ. If the former, the re p ea l would be superfluous. ?f the latter, it could not"but be full of danger. We all remember the celebrated regency question. The English parliament de cided that the heir apparent had no natural or constitutional right to assume the office' of regent, but only. as - he was au thorised so to do by that portion of the, legislature which con tinued complete. The Irish parliament decided that he had such a natur a l an d constitutional right, and that'his title to the office of regent was as undoubted and as indefeasible, upon the ascertainment and during the continuance of the royal incapa city, o as . it Thus of king upon the demise of th e wlegislatures slatures were a t i ssue u p on a ques ero was to the the two d ig tion of vital importance. - If the Irish parliament was right, the English was uilty of little short of tre a son again s t th e crown. Tithe English parliament was right, the Irish was guilty of lit tle short of treason against the people. By affirming the deci- ItOn of either, the other was, in a manner, proscribed. Each seemed well inclined to support its speculative opinion by an appeal to arms, when the providential recovery of the sovereign rendered it unnecessary to have recourse to such an extremity, by adjourning, sine die, their discordant and perilous delibera tions. The evil of a divided legislature, which this Inomentous occasion so strongly exemplified, was, we believe, whit first flashed conviction on the mind of the English ministori, that the measure of the legislative union was indispensable to the safety ofthe state. That union has been accomplished : and if the demands of the agitators be now complied with, or their pro ceedings permitted, its repeal will.be but the prelude to the over throw of the monarchy and the dissolution of the empire. As the reform bill will most probably have to undergo a re-reforming process, we submit another extract from the' same article, which we recommend the admirers of the' " pledge system" to read with attention : Al member of Parliament bears much the same relation to the body by whom he has been deputed, as a physician or a lawyer, to those by whom they are employed. The latter are never consulted except by those who have a general confidence in their honesty and skill ; and, when called in, are always left to the unshackled exercise of their own judgments in the adoption of such courses as appear to them most advisable for the inter ests of their clients, or the well-being of their patients. Just so should it be with a legislator in the House of Commons. He is selected because of a persuasion that his character and attain ments qualify him for promoting the public weal. But, once chosen upon these grounds, he must be at liberty to think and act for hiniself in all matters connected with his parliamentary duties; and he would abuse his trust and disgrace himself by consenting to be the mere automaton of his constituents, a nd only to speak and vote as they put words into his mouth, just as much as the lawyer or the physician, if they suffered their sober judgments to be overruled by the insane or the eccentric individuals in whose behalf they were consulted. A member of Parliament is not an agent for a party. If he were, he might be shackled with any conditions which it might please that party to impose. No. He is a counsellor charged with a commission to use his utmost efforts to promote the ge neral good ;—to take care " ne quid respublica detrimenti ca peret : —and, as such, it is his duty to exercise an enlightened and discriminating judgment id drawing, from the stores of his wisdom and experience, those resources which may be available in the exigencies of his country. It is no less the privilege of his constituents to assemble for the purpose of discussing and recording their sentiments upon all those public matters, re specting which they feel an interest. To whatever may be said or done on such occasions a good representative will always -carefully attend. He may thus receive much instruction... New lights may be thrown upon subjects that were before involved in doubt ; and he. may be led to modify or to alter the judgment which' he had formed respecting them, by the arguments that were used, or the information that was elicited. So far all is right. Any change of conduct which follows such a change in his opinions, is perfectly legitimate. Though he does appear to chime in with the views of the body whom he represents-, he is still, no less than before, an independent member; his adoption of them being the result of conscientious conviction, after calm reflection upon the subject of their deliberations. But, if his conduct is altered, without any alteration in his views, and simply because a majority of his constituents have so willed it, —that moment he sinks the counsellor in the agent ;—he ceases to be a deliberative member ;—as far as •he is concerned, Par liament is degraded from a council chamber to an office • audits noblest and most distinguishing function becomes - paralyzed I In such a state of things, it may not be very easy to ascertain the precise point where deliberation ends, and dictation begins; —just as in cases where ossification takes place in the human body, it may not be very easy to detect the precise moment of time when the cartilage becomes a bone. But, as the increas ing stiffness of the joints will feelingly admonish the unhappy patient that such a process has commenced ;—so, the increasing instances of statesmen succumbing to mob dictation, and going into Parliament fettered by pledges which render them themere agents of particular parties out of doors, afford equal proof of the progress of a legislative malady, which, if not promptly re sisted, must be fatal Whether this is the case, or in-what de gree it is the case, is for others to judge. We believe we may venture to say, that, in as much as it is, the-character of Parlia ment is changed, and its most undoubted privilege invaded. When a rage for interfering in the concerns of government has been excited by tribunitiau violence, it affects the legisla ture like the touch of the torpedo. The natural guardians of the country's welfare are regarded as so many cyphers—or, if they refuse their assent to measures which they deem destruc tive, their places in Parliament will know them no more ;—and successors will be found, in all respects as reckless and as un principled as their revolutionary masters. The people, in fact, when not governed for their own benefit, will govern to the de triment of the country. Now, against this usurpation of the popular will upon the rights and privileges of the House of Commons, it behoves the government of this great empire to be especially upon its guard. It the members of a reformed Parliament are to be the mere organs of popular volition, we hesitate not to say that 'Watt or Arkwright could furnish a kind of machinery that would answer that purpose quite as well, and spare the country the expense and the inconvenience of contested elections. It should, there fore, be solemnly resolved, that Parliament is a deliberative assembly; and that, when individuals are elected not jiff the purpose of, governing the country, but that they themselves may be governed by the dictation of their respective constituencies, the very object for which Parliament assembles is defeated. This being resolved, it will follow as a matter of course that all elections in which members have been fettered by unconsti tutional pledges, are null and void; that the cajolery of deceit ful promises should vitiate the proceedings at the hustings, quite as much as bribery and corruption. We may be told all this is very right in the abstract; but what is to be the criterion for ascertaining this new ground of disqualification ? A natural, and a startling question; to which we will onlyreply, at present, by asking another,—what is the criterion for ascertaining the disqualification of the juror whose conscience has been tampered with by one or other of the parties whose case he was se lected 'well and truly to try ? First, let the principle be laid down, and a determination to act upon it evinced, and men of business will soon discover a mode of rendering it, for all practical purposes, sufficiently available. It would, at all events, set the character of Parliament in its true light ; and proclaim with a distinctness not to be mistaken, and an authoriity not to be withstood, that its members must be free agents; and that none can be considered' such whose judgments are fettered by pledges, which are taken as the condition of their election, and which render it morally impossible that they should profit by that collected wisdom, by which alone the national interest could be beneficially superintended. If this were done, wisely and resolutely, much would be accomplished towards correcting the monstrous anomaly that at present exists, (most particularly in Ireland,) of members of Parliament hired, as it were, not to guide, but to follow; not to instruct, but to be instructed by the people ; not exhibiting a wary vigilance in guarding their intere s t s , but an anxious solicitude to discover their inclinations, and comply with their most capricious desires even by anticipation. If it bo not dono, tho Ilon. o of Commona must speedily be come both inefficient and contemptible. Its proceedings will be but the hollow echo of the more important proceedings out of doors. Its members will resemble captives bound to the chariot wheels of an insulting rabble seeking to derive a mise rable importance by stimulating e w the violenchich they cannot control, and consenting to the wickedness of which they them selves will be amongst the first victims. " The Dead Boxer—an Irish Legend," will be found one full of intense interest. THE IRISH FARMER'S .AND GARDENER'S MAGAZINE. DUBLIN: CURRY, JUN., AND CO. The second number of this work is in every respect equal to its predecessor. There is a clever paper, under the arboricultural head, "On the cultivation of the British Oak." MILLER'S GARDENER'S DICTIONARY. LONDON: G. HENDERSON. A new edition of this work as it was last revised by the author, who filled the situation of gardener to the Apothecaries' Company, at their Botanical Gardens, Chelsea, is now in course of publication, in monthly parts, the whole to be completed in fifty numbers. The Gardeners.' Dictionary will contain copious information on Agricultural Chemistry and Mineralogy, including the composition and application of manures, the selection of soils for particular purposes, and Agricultural Zoology, cOinprehending the treatment and improvement of all animals connected with or employed in farms. The first number is embellished with two sheets of engravings on steel, illustrative of the matter, with notes of refer ence. The Typography and paper are both excellent, and we consider ita good shilling's worth. THE LIVERPOOL MEDICAL GAZETTE. CHURCHILL, LONDON; and RAVE,. LIVERPOOL. Dr. Hunter Lane, the able and indefatigable editor of this work, continues to sustain its well earned reputation, by a good selection of valuable and interesting papers from the lectures and and reports of the Liverpool School of Medicine. The following appears under the head of the late Dr. Briggs, jun. : There are few unacquainted with the fatal catastrophe which befel a great pact of the crew accompanying Mr. Lander on his second expedition up the Niger. As few probably are unac quainted with the fact of this melancholy event having been at tributed to the inexperience and improvidence of Dr. Briggs, jun., who was . the medical attendant of 'the expedition, those who have heard this statement made will have felt with us, that the individuals who propagated it must not only have been wanting in the commonest feelings of delicacy to the memory of an individual-Who was hissekell a sufferer in the deplorable catastrophe,—not only wanting. in ordinary sympathy with the sentiments of Jr. 13rigto' sutViling, friends amt. relatives —but also devoid of that principle of English justice which would ex act for all a chalice of . repiidiating such grievous accusations.— We merely now allude to this subject in the hope of persuading some whose judgment may have been influenced by these mis statements, to dispossess their minds of the representations pub lished in the daily journals. To enter at this time into a detail of the painful topics involved in this affair, might perhaps have the appearance of extending the same injustice to Mr. Lander that has been so indecently committed agoinst the memory of our late respected townsman. D r . B r i gg s, sen ., h as , with a warmth and sincerity that reflects honour aad credit on his paren tal sentiments, published " An Answer to a Misstatement which lately appeared in the Kelso Chronicle, London papers, &c.," in which he has, by . clearly and satisfactorily refuting the charges, most nobly protected the memory of his son from " the breath of slander." fo this answer we refer our readers, where they will find that Dr. Briggs not only disproves the imputations, but does in no mean degree—if we may hazard an opinion in the absence of the person alone called upon to defend himself— assign the improvidence in the medical stores to Mr. Lander himself. THE LANCET.-LONDON : WAICLEY. In addition to the usual notice of professional subjects, such ascases of extraordinary interest, lectures, &c., " The Lancet" for this month contains proposals for reforming the medical constitution of France. As doctors may differ on this, as well as other subjects, we shall not hazard au opinion as to the necessity or. practicability of the measures which it i s hi n t e d w ill cure a ll th e maladies anil.the grievance§ that the French doctors labour under. THE PLAYS AND POEMS OF SHAKSPEARE. LONDON : VALPY. The thirteenth volume of this beautifully executed work contains the plays of "King Lear" and "Romeo and Juliet.". The etchings that embellish this volume are copied from Fuseli, Stnirke, West, Rigaud, and Opie, and. do great credit to the artists to whom the task has been assigned. The publisher appears to be regardless of expenses in any department of this undertaking. THE FAMILY CLASSICAL LIBRARY. Nos. 46 AND 47.— LONDON : VALPY. The contents of these two numbers form the first and second volumes of " The Works of Livv, - the Roman historian, translated by George Baker, A.M. ; 7 0 pipping Entelligenct. TUESDAY, 3d December.—Wind, W.—Pair. ARRIVED:—The New York, Hoxie, from New York—Navarino, Howell, Belize, Honduras—Thomas, Smith, Miramiehi—Rattlesnake, Holland, Genoa. The Tartar, Bryant ; Empire, Baker ; and Copia, Hoyle, hence, at Anjier, 6th August. Mary, Ward, hence, at Charleston, Bth ult. Virginian, Harris, hence, at New York, 12th ult. Helen, Butman, hence, at do. 14th ult. Allegany, Michaels, hence, at Philadelphia, 14th ult. Powhattan, Welch, hence, at Virginia, 12th ult. Fisher, Collins, hence, at Wilmington, 4th ult. dismasted. George Canning, Holmes, from Barcelona, at Belfast. St. Patrick, Veale, hence, at Waterford. Rachel, Wissett, for Oporto, has put back leaky, and will have to discharge. Canton, -, hence for Spalding; was driven on shore near Wain fleet; 28th ult. A large British ship, with her colours at the masthead, and a sus picious looking schooner at some distance, were seen 17th Oct. off Cape Antdnia, by the William APLane, arrived at New York from Jamaica. Several boats were passing.between the schooner and the ship for nearly. the whole day. The New York, Hoxie, from New York, at this port, sailed .16th ult. in company with th e H avre , St owar t , f or Havre. The Howard, Hervey, and Herald, Phillips, sailed for this port on the 14th ult. LIMERICK, 30th Nov.—A tremendous heavy gale was experienced from N.W. on the 28th and 29th inst. The Thomas, Coffey, from Limerick for Liverpool, got in contact with the Anna Letitia, in Tar bert Roads, the night of the 28th, and received considerable damage ; cargo not supposed to be injured. SOUTHPORT, 2d Dec.—About 2,700 firkins of butter have been saved: from the Malvina. A box containing bill of sale, license, and other papers belongin g to th e J ane , Sy mons, f rom Li verpoo l for xeter, has been found this morning. DUBLIN, 2d Dec.—A brig is a complete wreck upon the Codling Bank, below the Kish Light, masts carried away. She is reported to be from Seville. WEDNESDAY, 4th December.—Wind, W, blowing fresh, - - ARRIVED :—The Mariote, Granby, from Charente—Vixen, Wakem, Lisbon—Liberty, Moore, Archangel—Tyro, Tritton, Cadiz. The Perseverance, Gibson, hence, at Antigua. Gratitude, Hawkins; and Annie, Mainland, hence, at Barbadoes. Wilsons, Inglis, hence, at Demerara. Matilda, Nesson, hence, at St Thomas, 29th Oct. Jean Stewart, Goodlet, hence, at do, 2d ult. Kelsick Wood, Robinson, hence; at do, Bth Charles Hamerton, Reynolds, hence, at Laguira, 29th Oct. and sailed for Cape Haytien, Ist ult. Galatea, Welden ; and Endeavour, Collinson, hence, at Montreal. Spitfire, Allen, from Srnyrna, at Constantinople. ro, Mitchell, hence, at Gibraltar. Mexico; Miller, from Lancaster, at do. Nymph, Hutchinson, from Rio tie Janeiro, at do. Eagle, Hamilton, from Labrador, at Civita Vecchia in 38 days, ex perienced heavy winds from the eastward in the Mediterranean, which washed away bulwarks, boats, 8;:c. Brilliant, Richardson, hence, at Cadiz. Angelina, Stenge, hence, at Antwerp. Hoop ; Guist, hence, at llelvoet. Rowena, Connell, hence for Waterford, at Warren Point. James, Long, from Halifax, in the Downs. Diadem, Walker, sailed 21st Oct., from Puerto Cabello, for Milford. and this port. The Nelly, Wills, hence for Limerick, put into Whitehaven 30th ult., after having been out one month. The Glasgow (steamer) was on shore at Sligo the 29th ult., but ex pected to be got oil'. The Queen Adelaide, from Glasgow for this port, was on shore at Avr 30th ult., but expected to be got off without much damage. The Adelaide, for Charleston, on shore at West Boyle, and gone to pieces. Two schooners and a brig were driven on shore on the Isle of Wal nev on Friday last. 27th Nov.—The Laura, Rickel's, from Liverpool, has been got off and brought into the harbour. THURSDAY, sth December.—Noon, Wind W.—.moderate. ARRIVED :—Fairfield, Slack, from Quebec—Mary Worrall, Smith, Monte Video—Medora, Griffiths, Charleston—John Taylor, Thayer, and Robert Isaac, Varnam, Savannah—Urania, Doura, Cape of' Good Hope—Canadian, Ceara—Eleanor, Frentz, Stettin—Mary, Ball, Smyrna—Harkawav, - , Virginia—Governor Troup, Fil cher, nanen—Bride, Morn, Maranham—Augusta, Jettie, St John's— Lucy, Christie, London. ALSO ARRIVED:—Sir John Franklin, --, feorn Dublin—Lord Blayney, (steamer) Newry—Britannia, (steamer Dublin. Lady Douglas, Cox, hence, at Trinidad. Fieldfare, apes, from St Domingo and Nassau, at London. Leeds, (steamer) hence. at D u bli n . The Minerva, (late Mudd) from Miramichi, for this port in Yough all Bay Ist inst., water logged, master and mate dead, and several of the crew injured by stress of weather. ISLEMAN, 3d Dec.—A. great part of the cargo has been landed from the Orwell free from damage. notYnxark, 4th Dec.—Several boxes of oranges and lemons have drifted on shore at the back of the head, marked C in red. CaEntiAnvoN, 3d Dec.—Ten bags of flour, very much wet, have been washed on shore, marked N o M c B ea th, Ennis Mill, Cork, and H and C. VESSELS ENTERED FOR LOADING. EAST INDIES AND CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Taylor, Potter & co, 374 Livingston, P, 11104tritius & Calculta WEST INDIES, &C. J Winder & co, 200 Martha, Q, Dominica J Gordon & co, 337 Intrinsic, G, Demerara Taylor, Potter & co, 314 Amelia, P, Madeira & Jamaica T non, or Kers & co, 257 Paragon, G, Kingston, Jamaica AFRICA. J Brebner, 259 Petersburg'', Q, Africa SOUTH AMERICA. Ashley Bros, 221 John, G, Bio Janeiro T Hampson, 162 Shannon. K, Do J Holliiwell, 256 Jarrow, P, Pernambuco Kers & co, or J B 13oothby, 269 Garland, P, Bahia UNITED STATES. Holt & co, or Waddington, 443 Janet, G, Charleston J Deakin, or 11 Barton jun, 300 Lavinia, K, Do J Cropper, 342 Mary, B, Do C Humberston & co, 470 Chatham, P, Boston Cambridge & co, or Broster, 261 Hope, Q, Mobile W W Bulley, BRITISH AMERICA. 106 Julia, K, Newfoundland SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. J N Wood & co, 162 Tiffin, S, St Vincent & Grenada Cotesworth & Smith. 114 Cintra, Q, Lisbon Campbell & Crawford, 84 Calypso, S, Oporto ma oura.aaaNzaN. C L Bahr, 156 Helene, Q, Constantinople Do, Catharina, K, Marseilles Do, 196 Ugonia, Q, Do Vianna & Jones, 186 Mauney, K, Genoa & Leghorn T Hampson, 109 Elizabeth Ann, K, Naples & Messina White & Phillips, 136 Beer 8z Wingytt, K, Genoa G Yates, 184 Donor, G, Malta, Salonica, and Constantinople J ltothwell, 100 Bolivar, G, Trieste EUROPE. C L Bahr, 224 Hoop, Q, Rotterdam & Dordt Do, 122 Petrus Ludovicus, Q, Do Do, Hercules, K, St Übes Do, Catharina, K, Cette Einl)Orts • UNITED STATES. New York, Hoxie, fm New York, with 12 his cotton, Roskell, Og den and co-36 do, T B Blackburne-106 do, 87 brio tar, 1098 brig tur pentine, Cearns and co-50 brls tar, 1 brl hickory nuts, W & J Brown & co-1 brl cranberries, T and J D Thornely-10 brls conts unkn, A Gartside-10 cks do, Buchanan, Laird and co—i hf brl nuts, Cropper, Benson and co-1 bx cranberries, J Kenworthy-1 bx eware, Order —9 bas fruit,. G Smith and co-4 his 3cs conts unkn, Order-23 bls do, Rathbone; Bros and co-6 cs do, J Swire-16 cks do, W Ford and co-2 bxs do, W Wotherspoon-11 cs linen, E Frodsham-26 do. Oak den and co-3 do, T and A Brown and co-1 bx plants, Perrin and co —abt 20 t stone ballast, said Master-46 brls apples, Cearns and co -303 do, Roskell and co-171 do, Sands and co-70 do, Order-4 do, F Theakstone-1 do, W Barber-2 do, P Halliday-3 do, Cropper, Ben son and co-3 do, J Bibby and co-6 do, .1 Kenworthy-3 do, D Arm strong-1 do, J Lm , ;an—l do, A Steele—.4s do, J Thompson-202 do, J Collier--5 do, W and E Jacot-1 do, W Banning-5 do, W and .1 Brown and co-4 do, Waddington, Holt and co-4 do, Willis & Swain son—River Atlantic, Baily, fm New Orleans, with 810 bls cotton, W Smith and Son-741 do, 506 hides, 2. embossed bxs, Order—K. Dk Phoenix, Green, fm New Orleans, with 630 bls cotton, 6 t logwood, J Hobson and Sons—B Dk Tecumseh, Tomkinson, fm Savannah, m ith 1114 bls cotton, Bolton, Ogden and co-149 do, A Taylor and co—P Dk BRITISH AMERICA. Navarino, Howell, fm Belize, Honduras, with 347 Igs mahogany, E Chalinor—abt 38 t logwood, do—loo a e_ 2.1)1 3 3800 coconuts, H Starch— a 9 r na ri l i T 9 ends mi t a i n t d fi p il sria i a r h am oga c ny, d with p k s fir and 480 ps red juniper timber, 1i c 6 deals, abt 13 fins lathwood, J Steel-2 spars, said Master —Q Dk Mary Ann, Gale, fm Pictou, N S, with 412 ps birch and 364 ps fir timber, 4.1 c 22 deals and deal ends, 74 c 20 staves and billets for staves 48 spars or masts, 10 oars, Cannon and Miller—B Dk Lady Ann, Simpson, fm Pictou, N 5, with 65 ps birch and 418 ps Vaer ti — m 9T sparsr,l2 r c staves, ie r 6lc 20 billets, I* clB deals, Cannon and ke s, 60 handspikes, 1 c 10 deals, J Holt and co—Q Dk . _ Madeira, Ross, fin Newfoundland, with 222 cks train oil, 4 salted cowhides, W Tarbet-11 cks train oil, Golborne and Dobbs—GO do, J 0 Oughterson-7 do, Gordon, Watson and co-2 brls caplin, 2 bd . 's codfish, 12 kgs sounds, 60 pn shooks, aht 3 fms firewood, Order.—K D SPAIN. AND PORTUGAL. Vixen, Wakem, fm Lisbon, with 8 hds 8 qrs cks wine, B !foram, jun-6 hds do, Lewin and Lassell-75 do, Capt Atherton-16 do, 19 cks conts unkn, T Martin-75 tcs beef, Roberts, Came and co-140 bags coffee, Badenach and Jenkinson-4 pps 2 hds 3 qr cks 10 cs do, 108 bags wool, loose abt 15 t salt, Order—i 3 Ph Tyro, Tritton, fin Cadiz, with 26 bts 32 hds 32 qr eks wine, C &Rid dleton-2 bts 14 hds 4qr eks do, J Spencer-33 lids 40 qr cks do, 45 bxs fruit, Order—K Dk Amphitrite, Davie, fin Oporto, with 17 pps 4 hds 4 qr cks wine, J Knowlts Juu, and co-4 fns - 2 has do, R Preston-10 pps do, Taylor, Potter and co-5 do, It Johnson-10 pps 8 lids, do, M and W Deakin -2 pps .2 hds do, A Tweedle-2 hds do, T Glll-3 pps 4 hds do, J Har ford and co-5 pps do, Arrowsmith and Rider—G pps Ihd do, WArrn strong and Son-10 pps 8 hds do, W Pilkington and Son-4 pps do, M Hatton and Son-18 pps•4o qr cks do, Knowles, Bold and co-2 qr cks do, J Collier and co-2 pps Ihd do, J P Pennv-3 pps 4 hds 4qr cks do, J Hargreaves-2 hds do, J Smith-1 ppe do, J J Reilston-2 pps 4 hds do, Graham and Taylor-5 pps 13 hds do, Order-3 pps do, Gol borne and Dobbs—loom abt 2 t corkwood, T Martin-1 bx clay figures J Collier-120 chts 120 hxs oranges, 4 cks argols, 30 bskts chesnuts, T Chapman-171 chts oranges, E Rae-2 dms coats unkn, Order—S Dk MEDITERRANEAN. Rattlesnake, Holland, fin Genoa, with loose abt 980 qrs beans, 144 mats for dunnage, 14 stancheons (or do, 27 planks for do, a quantity brushwood for do, R F Breed and Eecleston-24 mats 2 bls wool, Or der—Q Dk Carena, Simkin, fm Palermo, Messina, and Licata, with (fm Licata) abt 250 t brimstone, J Pownall—(fm Messina) abt t pumice stone, said Master—(fm Palermo) with 72 cks argol, 24 c k s b rown tartar, 18 his w pps 48 hds 40 qr cks wine, 1 ppe ( ease d ) wine, 845 bags shumac,l 22 0r der-156 bags linseed, Earles and Carter-60 hds wine, 24 bls madder roots, 490 bags shumac, 41 mats, 7 bxs oranges, 45 bxs le mons, abt 2 t corkwood, Pown:111-4 pps hf pps 50 qr cks wine, 60 hgs nuts, Rathhone, Bros and co-250 hgs shumac, 40 dunnage mats J Bibby and co-7P Dk Robert, Hamilton, fin Trieste, with loose abt 30 t valonia, 300 bgs shumac, 46 cks olive oil, 6 small bxs samples, 9 cks cream tartar, R Henderson and Sous -29 cks olive oil, 5 cks drugs (description unkn) Order—For exportation, 59 dunaaqe mats,—P Dk L av i n i a , Rosman, fin Alicati, with loose abt 200 t rough brimstone, Order—K Dk EUROPE. Mariote, Granby, fin Charente, with 5 ps 50 hds brandy, it Zwil chenbart and co-60 ps 42 hds do, R Preston and co-1 pcc 5Ms do, J Gaskarth-13 hds do, J and A Preston—lo hds ilo,W Turn er-16 hds do, H Mulleneux and.Son-,-6 hds do, Woodward and Son-1 hd do, Driver and Nixon-44 hds do, J Carter and co-10 lids do, H Bullen -5 hds do, P Hope-4 pns 14 hels do, Laughton and Potts-1 pn do, J Dawson-4 pns 8 hds do, i W Preston —5 pns 15 hds do, Laidman, Craig and co-30 hds 10 cs do, Bevan and Smith-23 lids 10 cado, Or der—S Dk • Liberty, Moore, fm Archangel, with 725 brls tar, 3000 mats, 130 dunnage mats, W . Lindsay-36 rickers, 45 deal ends, fm firewood, said Mister—Q • Brooke, Priestham, fm Hamburgh, with abt 5 t snelter, 15 cks hard ware, 3 bxs 50 hds 3 chts 2 cs coats unkn, 33 cks gin, 80 pkgs cow hides, 8 brls honey, 22 cks carraway . seeds ; 10 bgs rags, 145 hams, 25 bls calf skins, 1 chat soup, 2 chsts anc h ovies, 1 - chstheef, Order-15 brls zaffers, P Boult-40 ps smoked beef, 1 hamper tongues, &c. J Braithwaite—ls cks Bpa beef, 5 kilts sardcllen, 1 cse bulbous roots, Graham and Taylor-5 ha flax, 22 bls tow, J Hadwin-1 pkg, , e smoked beef, 1 pkge polonies, W Reimers-30 c k s bl ack lead, t W Neu man, Son and. co-7 cs Ibx emits unkn, 1 pkge do, R Singlehurst and pencils,W Lindsay—For fm St Petersbu rg h , with 166 bgs co-5 chts cast iron work. T Woodfield-3 cs ex_portation. 68 ballets linen, 4 hxs smpls do, r) and T Dk linseed 14 W bl a s s h se o i rs Y W eh ° id li e e s k , Y 9'b W dl u s i b ff emp, 37 Ids calf skins, 3 cs horse tails, aht 20 t bar iron, Order-1685 bars iron, Roberts, Came & co-6419 deals, ; 12G deal ends, 1261 battens, abt 4 fins lathwoo, J tongues, said Mastei—B Dk - W Gibsone-12 doz DECEMBER 6, 1833. LIVERPOOL COLONIAL MARKET. DECENIOER 5* The demand has been more limited for Plantation Sugar, and last weeks prices have (with difficulty) been supported. In Mauritius, East India, and Foreign nothing has been done. —Molasses are rather lower, but the late Imports are going to store.—Rice, a small sale ha" been made in Carolina, at 14s. 6 , 1., but at the public sale of Bengal the 'entire was withdrawn.—Coffee continues rather dull, which no ta c . ; duced the sellers to accept lower prices.—ln Cocoa, POW' an al Pimento there are not any sales to report.—ln Ginger, only a sin i l parcel of Bengal, at 325. per cwt.—Small sales continue to be made n Rum, at the quotations. Proof Leeward, are much wanted; at present' the market is without a supply. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, DECEMBER 5 . • Since Tuesday, there has been a very animated demitnd ; the sale° yesterday amounting to upwards of 12,000 bales, at id. 4 lb. advance upon lower classes of American, whilst the better kin ds Brazil arc selling at last week's rates. To-day, 5,000 bales are 9 0 ; 0 at similar prices to those of yesterday, consisting of 2,00 0 Surat' Brazil, the rest American. ln the two days, about 1,20 J New Bowed ' have been sold. at Bld. na 8/d. LIVERPOOL CORN TRADE, DECEMBER 5 • MALT, imp.mca s d 0 6 En•dish 0 0 6 48 0 BEANS, English 38 0 ~1 7 , Irish.... 37 0 • 6 PEASE, White 0 Irish, 1833 Fo e r r e i 2 gi B i o. 4g 0 46 v 0 38 0 40 0 Canadian free brl 31 0 • • 3 . th 4 0 American, ditto 23 0 •• '‘," 0 Do. (in bond) 0 0.• OATMEAL, 2401b5. 0 0 Irish, (old) 2l 0 9 Do. (1833) 22 6 • • ' 22 RICE Car , (in bond) 16 9 olina, (ewt.).. 15 6 •• - 6 East India l2 0 1 0 0 FLAX SEED. hhd 0 0 .• WHEAT, per 70 ths s d s d Irish red (old) 6 ona 7 0 Do. red 1833 6 0.. 6 9 -Do. white 1833 7 0.. 7 3 Canada (old) - 8 3.. 8 6 Do. 1832 7 9.. 7 10 - Dantzie 8 0.. 8 6 Stettin &Wismar 7 9 8 8 Odessa (soft) 6 8 610 Russian 7' 0.. 7 4 Foreign (inbond) 4 0.. 6 0 OATS, per 45 lbs , Irish (old) 2 7 .. 2 8 Do. (1E333) 2 7 .. 2 8 Foreign (in bond) 1 8 .. 2 0 BARI EY, imp. mea, English. 34 0 .. 36 , 0 Irish, 60th 3 10 .. 4 4 Foreign (in bond) 0 0.. 0 0 LONDON CORN EXC Whts AVBRAGE S. d. Of the w eek . . . . 50 11 Of 6 weeks, regulating duty 51 5 Duty on. Foreign . . . . 35 8 The alteration in the Duties thi: RANGE. DECEMBER 3. Brly. 1 Oats. Rye. Bns. Pe a t s. d. s. d. s. d. s. d. s. 30 8 19 11 33 1 33 4 41 !IP 0. 30 9 119 10 34 10 35 7 41 , 1 , 16 101 18 318 3 1 16 91 " week are Is. 6d. more on 112:_t_ LIVERPOOL PROVISION MARKET, fisc. 5. s. a. s. d. er c BUTTER.—Belfast BO 0 0 81 0 pwt. Banbridge 7l 0 72 0 ."--- Colerain Sligo 7l 0 72 0 Derr - - Waterford 7O Limerick cork ~. 72 Pickled 2ds, (Cork) .. 73 Dry ads, (Cork) Newry 7O Dundalk 0 Carlow ' 6B BEEF.—New Prime Mess 100 New India 115 Pont( Do. BACON, new Do. old 7l o O— 0 0 o— 0 o o 74 0 --- O— 0 0 0 — 0 0 O— 0 0 • 78 0 O 110 0 per tierce . 0 O 7 6 perarreLi —• 15 0 0 per }}hart e. O 35 0 per cwt. O— 0 0 DRY Hmds 46 4i4 6 --- WET Do LARD.—Firkin Bladdered 52 0 0 0 .IERICAN TIMOI,II. December 5, 1833. DUTIES 1 55 5. 44/ load. of 5.) , feet. (10s. iff load of SQ.' ss. V load of 00 MS, 244 f 120. m aip £2 5..0 £2100.,-- £l9 td £2 2 r 32°' WHOLESALE PRICES OF BALTIC AND AA' LIVEUPOOL, d. s. d.; TIMBER, 41 , cubic foot, Riga 0 2 8 rit 0 2 9 Dantzig Memel 0 2 2 0 2 3 American Pine Do. Quebec 0 1 81 0 1 91 Red Pine 0 1 9 0 2 0 Quebec Oak Birch PLANKS, ice foot of 2 inch. Dantzig Deck American Pine 0 0 21 0 0 3 DEALS, ae standard hundred. Best Petersburg Red Do. White 14 0 0 14 10 0 Memel Red l6 0 0 16 10 0 Dantzig & Swedish Red 14 0 0 15 0 0 LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, m -,-, ec" 5. s. d. s. d. 0 2 lb. Hay 0 7 0 0 9 Pe r Old Hay 0 5 --- ..--- Clover Hay 0 5 Straw, Wheat 0 4 ---____ Oat 0 3 Barley ...-- Green Clover Potatoes. 2 1 ___,.. Cattle Potatoes 1 6 - Turnips Carrots - Mangleworzle.... 2O 0 2l 0 ----- Manure 6 6 - -7.... ______. AN ACCOUNT OF CATTLE IMPORTED INTO LIVERNCI' FROM IRELAND, From the 27th ult. to the 2d inst. inclusive. Cows. I Sheep I Lambs I Pigs. I Horses. I Mules. I Ca lves, 1028 343 - 2553 6 I 6 PUBLIC SECURITIES OF THE UNITED STATES' LONDON, DECEMBRIt 3, WI Redeemable. Price. New York .... 5 per cent. Pennsslvania.... 5 per cent l858 Ditto 5 per cent 1860 Virginia . Ohio 6,, PP 1141 Louisiana 5 , - , PP Ditto Mississippi INCORPORATED BANKS. Charters cease. United States 7 per cent, Bank of Louisiana, 8 per cent, 1 1 8 8 7 3 0 6, 422 £24 1 5 0 0 0 Bank of Orleans 5 0 New Orleans, C. & B. Co., £24 0 0 rD £24 # New York Life and Trust, FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, Nov. 30, 1833• 5 per cent lo2f. 60c. 550. Exchange on London 1 month Ditto 3 months 2sf. 20c. 4i „ 3 Bank Shares. 90f. 75f. 40c. 25e. LIVERPOOL INFIR: ,MARY, DECEM BE It 5. D;SCHAIGED. ADMITTED. In-patients cured . . . . 32 In-patients . . . • • I Relieved and at own request. 6 Out-patients . . . • • 10 Made Out-patients . . . . 5 Casual during rI. P. . • ' Irregular Dead Consulting Physician and S u r g eo n , D r . R enw i c k an d Mr. For s ' Physician and Surgeon, Dr. Brandreth and Mr. Dawson. House Visitors, Mr. Ripley and Mr. Booth. Chaplain. the Rev. R. Davies.—House Surgeon, Mr. T. Si'ent• EYE INSTITUTION, No. 30, Basnett-street. Attendance on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at Ten 0 el Patients admitted since the opening of the Ipstitution, , r i July, 1820, till Ist January,1833, 103 Patients, admitted January, 1833, Do. February, 11 1 Do. March, Do. April 123 Do. May Do. June . Do. July Do. August. Do. • September Do. October Do. November .. 11 100 173 14S ) , 1 99 Total, Medical Officers, Dr. Hannay, and Mr. Brackenbury. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, THURSDAY, DECESIBBR Wind a llolyhead, W.S.W., blowing very fresh. AS' Passed Holyhead, inward bound, .thi s d a y —N o . 27 , H ar k AWAY' S. No. 341, Canadian, BB,at 8 a.m. No. 1247, Governor, Troupi N No. 1127, St. G eorge , ( s t eamer ) a t 9 a.m. o. 802, Lucy, B 11 a.m. No. 1159, Augusta, BS,at 1 p.m. 9 09, Passed Point Lynas, inward bound—No. 1259, Medora, A D, I ' 4 ° . Bride, B Bk, at 11 a.m. DO' Passed Great Ormshead, inward bound—No. 778, M ar y Worrell, No. 355, Mary, B S, at 8 a.m. a.* Passed Voel Nant, inward bound—No. 1149, Robt. Isaac, 11 A S. at -- LIVERPOOL TIDE TABLE. Days. Mrn. Em. 111. Festivals, C. y DEC. H. AI. H. 31. F. I. Frida •6 6 3 720 14 4 Saturday 7 7 4 51 823 15 2 Nicholas. Jupiter rises lh. 54 m. even. SUNDAY 8 851 917 16 4 2d Sunday in Advent. Monday Tuesday 10 10 26 10 47 18 1 Wednesday 11 11 8 11 29 .18 5 New Moon 611, 58113. mom Thursday... l 2 11 50 18 3 MARRIEp, On Thursday, the 28th u lt., a t N ew Ch urc h , R ossen d a l e , Mr. War. Haworth, of Calcutta, to Miss Crabtree, of Fea-ns, in Rossendal e. 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