The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-08 00:00:00

V3ctrp. A CHRISTMAS CAROL The frost-work on the casement shines, The earth is white with snow ; The ghost-like trees with ice-gems hung. Bright in the moon beams glow ; But care ye not for that, my friends, Loud let your laughter chime ; And Welcome, welcome, once again, ThiS merry Christmas time ; Vor‘trite hearts and fond, are all around, So let us happy be, And merrily spend the old year's end, With hearts brim full of glee. Around our bright and blazing fire, Familiar faces smile; The voice of song, and quips, and jests, Go gaily round the while. God help that heart that lwows not now, Sweet home's doinestic ties, Round which arc twin'd no household links, Of Christmas sympathieS ; Then fill up the bowl, and loudly troll The season's festive rhyme; And cheerily spend the old year's end, This joyous Christmas time. SONG, BYON. To be sung at the lifting of the CONSERVATIVE STANDARD. (From Blackwood's Magazine.) Come shake forth the Banner, let loyal breath fan her ; She's blazed over Erin three ages and more ! Through danger we'll hold her, the fewer the bolder. As constant and true as our fathers before. See, see, where the rags of the Tricolor braVe us ; Behold what a crew 'neath its tatters advance— Fools, tyrants, and traitors, in league to enslave us, A rabble well worthy the ensign of France ! But up with the banner, let loyal breath fan her, She'll blaze o'er the heads of our gentlemen still— to, Protestants, rally from mountain and valley, Around the old flagstaff on Liberty's hill! Through the Broad Stone of Honour, the flagstaff is founded Deep, deep, in the sure Rock of Ages below ; 4t stood when rebellion's wild tempest resounded, 'Twill stand, by God's will, though again it should blew I Then up with the Banner ! the ensign of honour ! Let loyal breath fan her ! up, up, and away— To slave and to faitour, to tyrant and traitor, Shake forth the old Flag of defiance—hurrah! SONG, To be sung at the lifting Cf the REVOLUTIONARY STANDARD. (From Blackwood's Maya:ine,) Bray, Asses, bray for the pride of the levellers ; Stretch your long jaws to the Tricolor's praise— Oh for a chief of Parisian levellers 'Along us the standard in earnest to raise Oh for a hangman bold, • Worthy our flag to bold, Onward to lead us 'gainit order and law l Loud would Clan Donkey then Ring from its deepest den, Glory and freedom for ever !—ee-aw ! Ec-aw ! Plunder and pillage for ever t—ee-aw ! Hang out your rags on the infidel? Upas tree, Root and branch dripping with poison and blood— , Blasphemy, treachery, treason, and sophistry, These are its fruits, and they prove the true good Rooted in sin and lust, Deep in our hearts, it must Flourish, while strength from a vice it can draw ; Virtue shall all around Pine o'er the poison'd ground, While we sing Reason for ever !—ee-aw. Ee-aw 1 Reason and rapine for ever i—ee-aw ! When last to the banquet we gather'd around her, The Seine for three days with our feasting was dyed ; Blest Paris we left more enslaved than we found her, And Bristol in flames to our revel replied.— Up with her here, my sons, Silly and Wicked ones I Britain's old Lion who values a straw ? If the poor brute should roar, Bray round your Tricolor, Donkeys o'er Lions for ever l—ee-aw ! Be-a,Av ! Donkeys o'er Lions for ever !—ee-aw 1 A THOUGHT OF THE NILE. It flows through old hush'd Egypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream ; And times and things, as in that vision seem Keeping along it their eternal stands ; Caves, pillars, pyramids, the shepherd hands That roam'd through the young earth ; the glory extreme Of high Sesostris, and that southern beam, — The laughing queen that caught the world's great hands. Then comes a mightier silence, stern and strong. As of a world left empty of its throng; And the void weighs on us ; and then we wake, And hear the fruitful stream lapsing along 'Twixt vilages, and think how we shall take Oar own calm journey on for human sake. LEIGH HUNT'S Poetical Works. MAC CAILtENMORE. (}RAND SCENA. From the New Opera of THE NUNNERY. or Saint Mary's hlc. MAC CAILLENMORE, COMMANDING nig SCOTTISII ARMY. Proud Harold, Ocean King! and-roving band! Welcome, thrice welcome, on fair ScOtia's Strand ; Grim warriors! worthy ere the dawn to feel, Highland Claymore on your Norwegian steel : The coming fight, your north winds fell and dreg, Are stillness to the tumult raging Farewell ! farewell for ever, Helen! Colder than thy rocky dwelling, While this heart beyond the telling, For thy love is vainly swelling. NO more amid the wild deer cover, Now the dream of hope is over, Like unhappy ghost I'll hover, Thy distracted lover. Sweet voice, soft strain, Shall ne'er again,a. . The ere beguile, On yon lone Isle; But rude alarms, And civil jar, The lin„of arms, The shout of war, Soothing—firing, Nov are all the music Mac CailienMore k desitirql In Gael such taste shall Norseman nit; For tired of life, ' In martial strife, Dies itlhie Alicia Dhu I THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. VAIUETXESI TWELFTH DAY—Which is so called from its being the; twelfth after Christmas-day, is.termed also the feast of the Epi-!, phony, from, a Greek word been manifestation, in memory' of our Levi's been ou that day made manifest to the • Gentiles. The customs obseived on this day, in different coun-':! tries, were originally intended to do honour to the Easterq Magi, or wise men, who came from a distance under the gelid-d ante of a star, to inquire after Christ, and, having been di reefed to Bethlehem, paid him hoinage, and offered scuts there. Various haVe been the conic:tures of the learned, relating to these sages, both as to their station, and the parti cular country from which they travelled : but it is most probable that they *ere Geutile.Philosophers, who, .by-the Divine influ-' ence on their minds, hactheen led to improve their knowledge of nature, ay the means of leading them to that of the one living and,true God. From passages inthe Sacred Writingi, we may conclude that the word Magi denotes those who were proficients in Learning, and especially in astranany, and other branches of natural philosophy: and it is reasonable to suppose, that these wise ppn had heard the prophecies concerning the Ales kiali front the Jews who lived upon their borders. They Watched, therefOre, with attention, for the tokens of his com ing, and followed the-Sign- giVen them, to de him hoinage, thus becoming the first representatiVes of the Gentile world. With regard to the country from which they came, GrOtius and other writers think that it was Arabia, which is often in Scripture called the East, and was famous for gold, frankincense, and myrrh; of which, we learn, they brought portionS, as offer ings to Him whom they recognised as a king. It is customary, even at this day, in Eastern countries, for people to offer some Present to any illustrious person whom they visit, as a mark of respect to a superior. THE OLD CUSTOM OF DRAWING KING AND QUEEN ON TWELFTH NIGHT.—SeIdQh (in .. his Table Talk) says, " Our choosing Kings and Queens on Twelfth Night has reference to the three Kings." To explain this, we must observe that the Magi, or wise men, who folloWed the guidance of the star,' after the Nativity, to Bethlehem, were, by a common, but not well-founded notion, supposed to be three kings : and some fanciful personi Went so far, as not only to invent names for them, but to describe their persons. " Of these Magi, or Sages, (vulgarly called the Three Kings of Colen,) the first, named Melchior, an aged man, with a long beard, offered gold; the second; Jasper, a beardless youth, offered frankincense; the third, Battasar, a black, or moor, with a large, spreading , beard, offered myrrh." In consequence of this strange con ceit, therefore, of the wise men having been kings, and fiom au idea of doing them honour, the ancient custom of ChOoSing King arid Queen on Twelfth Night is tho ug ht t o h a v e t a k en its rise. This choice was fortherly made by means of a bean, found in a piece of divided cake, the person who happened to select it being the King of the Bean. It appears to have been very common in France; and among the Cries of Paris, a poem, written about six hundred years since,* beans for Twelfth Day are mentioned. We also find, from some verses of the time of Queen Elizabeth, that the Twelfth-cake was made with plenty of plums, and with a bean and a pea. Whoever got the former, was to be King; whoever found the latter, was to be Queen. In Queen Elizabeth's progresses through the country, she was entertained With poems, speeches, &c., at the houses which she visited. The follo w i ng is p ar t of a dialogue, recited at Sudley, on one of these occasions (Melibteas.) Cut the cake : who bath the beane shall be King ; and where the peaze is, slice shal be queene. (Nina.) I have the peaze, and must be Queene. (Mel.) I the beane, and King ; I must commaunde. .And in a poem, of somewhat later date, called TWELFE NIGHT, OR KiNG AND L2UEENE, we have, Now, now, the mirth comes, With the cake full of plums, Where Beane's the King of the sport here; Beside, we must know, The Pea also Must revell as Queene in the court here, &c. • Brand's Popular Antiquities. LONDON POST-OFFICE.—The ordinary business of each day is, iu letters in the inland office alone, 35,000 letters received, and 40,000 sent (23,475,000 annually,) exclusive of the numbers in the foreign office department and the ship-letter office, and altogether independent of the two-penny post. The number of newspapers daily varies from 25,000 to 60,000 (on Satnrday 40,000, and on Monday 50,000,) of which number about 20,000 are put into the office ten minutes before six o'clock. After that hour each newspaper is charged one halfpenny, which yields a revenue of fully 1;500 a year, and of which 2-10,000 newspapers are annually put into the office from six to a quar ter before eight o'clock. The revenue derived from charges for early delivery in London is £4,000, and the su m o b ta i ne d b y the - charge of one penny on each letter given to the . postmen, who go round with hells to collect the letters, is £3,000 a-year, giving 720,000 or nearly 2,000. daily. The revenue of London is £6,000 a week, above £300,000 a year; and yet of all this vast annual revenue there has only been lost by default ers £2OO in twenty-five years. The franks amount in a morning to 4,000 or 5,000, or more. Newspapers can only be franked for foreign parts to the first port at which the mail arrives; after this they are charged postage according to their weight, in consequence of which an English daily paper costs in St. Petersburgh £4O sterling per annum.--Seauruay Mayazine. HINTS FOR WlVES.—Obediepce is a very small part of con jugal duty, and, in most cases, easily performed. Much of the comfort of the married life depends upon the lady; a great deal more, perhaps, than she is aware of, She scarcely knows her own influence; how much she may do by persuasion—how much by sympathy—how much by unremitted kindness and little at, tentions. To acquire and retain such influence, she must, how ever, make her conjugal duties her first object. She must not think that anything will do for her husband—that any wine is good enough for her husband—that is not worth while to be agreeable when there.is only her. husband—that she may . close Or piano, or lay aside her brush, for why should she play or paint merely to amuse her husband? No—she must consider all these little arts of pleasing chiefly valuable on his account — as means of perpetuating her attractions, and giving perma nence to his affection. She must remember that her duty con sists not so much in great and solitary acts—hi. displays of the sublime virtues to which she will only be occasionally called; but in trifles—in a cheerful smile, or a minute attention natu rally rendered, and proceeding from a heart full of kindness, and a temper full of amiability.—Mrs. Sandford's Woman in her Social and Domestic Character. LIFE IN IRELAND.—Your stupid Englishman retires to bed after his daily labour is ended—your livelier Milesiau then only lays himself out for pleasure, and betakes himself to shoot at a justice of the peace, or, still better amuse himself with a too roo among the Teeters. Do you g o out to dinner ?—Calculate on being fired at when returning. Do you require a physician? The odds are, that the honest doctor is qualified for a patient himself before he leaves your lawn. Do you delight in hunting? -You will find the monotonous period of waiting at the cover side agreeably diversified by th e occas i ona l w hi st le of a musket btillet from some ambushed Rockite; and if you venture to send a horse out to exercise, your groom returns soles to acquaint you that the qUadruped is no snore, and that the gentleman, who dispatched him sent you his regrets that he was so unhieky as to miss yourself,- but by the assistance of the Blessed Lady—for they are a pious and religious race—he hoped to be more suc cessful on a future Opportunity. Are you fond of a muadrille ? Ascertain before you attempt your first chas.,h, that the - ball room windows are bricked up, and a guard of honour stationed a the•door. Are you, unfortunately, a parson? Insure your life to the uttermost farthing you can raise, arrange your affairs, perfect, your will, and, if you be curious in p os th umous renown , prepare epitaph; then denia.nd one-thirtieth of your tithes —:-you are a dead man to a moral, and your heirs, executors, and assigns seciire . of opulence within_ a fortnight.— Wild Sports of 61'6 I , Vest. . ELECTRICITY oF TIM RAIA TORPEDO.—Sir Humphrey Davy's last hairs weio occupied by an inquiry into the nature of the re markable electrical powers of the torpedo. Dr. Davy has given an interesting description of this occupation of the dying philo soyher, as well as the results (Allis own prosecution of the sub ject after his brother's decease. He. says that he has not been able' to see. any disengagement.of light, which could be solely attributable to. an electrical origin, during the pas Sage of the electrlcity, through the, air. Nor yet to see it affect the common electrometer, or exhibit any signs of a power of attraction and repUlsion of the air. He has subjected solutions of common salt,. of nitrate of silver, and of .superacetate of lead to the elec tricity'disengagedby this fish, and .found .they severally Mani feSted appearances of a, decomposition similar to that effected by the galvanic agency. Needles like Wise introduced within the circuit were rendered magnetic. He conceives that his experi thentS prove that the under surface of this fish corresponds to the zinc extremity, and its upper surface. to' the: copper extremity of voltaic battery. It would appear from his anatomical exami nations of this animal, that its electrical organs are not inns ' cular, but pentagonal columns funned Of tendinotis and nervous fibies,. perfectly dev6d:of sensibility and contractility, distended by, a thin gelatinous fluid; The three elecerical!neryes are'dfs tributed, particularly to the. respi ra t ory ' a n d di geSt i ve org a n ' s, with whose functions they appear to .havenn intimate connexion, for it is observed _that the.continued yinlenfaction Of the electric organs is accompanied by a diminished activity of, the gastric and ()they, sci:retiye.functions: These ner ve s r a m i fy in g oh the seenito give, theie - org,aiis - the power of deComposing• the water ahttthereby Supplying the aultnal with the air notes .sary for its respiration.—! a Tram. Part 11, 259, 1832. ANIMAL LIFE.—The following is a scale of animal life from the most celebrated authors on natural history :—A hare will live 10 years, a cat 10, a goat B,' an ass 30, a sheep 10, a ram 15, a dog 14 to 20, a bullls, an ox 20, swine' 5, a pigeon 8, a turtle dove 25, a partridge 25, a raven 100, an eagle IW, a goose 100. Sia WALTER SCOTT.—Of the various great names which it has been our painful duty to inscribe in these pages, from the commencement of the Annual Biography and Obituary, the greatest is unquestionably that which we have just written. In genius, Sir Walter Scott may, in a single instance during that period, have been equalled—some may think surpassed ; but in that rarest and most precious union, the union of genius with the highest moral worth, he stands in our volumes without a rival: Truly and finely has it been said of him by the author of 'Eugene Aram,' his career was one splendid refutation of the popular fallacy that genius has of necessity vices—that its light must be meteoric, and its courses way-ward and uncontrolied. He has given mankind two great lessons, we scarcely know Which is the more Valuable : he has taught us how much delight one human being : can confer upon the world; he has taught us also that the imagination may aspire to the wildest flights, with out wandeiiiag into error. Of whom else among our great list of names—the heirlooms of our nation—can we say that he has left us every thing to admire, - and nothing to forgive ?'—The Annual Biography and Obituary. MATERNAL ANXIETY.—The countess, her mother, was deaf and dumb, arid was married by signs. Shortly after the birth of her first child—the lady (Orkney) now deceased—the nurse, with considerable astonishment, saw the mother cautiously approach the cradle in which the infant was sleeping, evidelatv full of some deep design. The countess,, having perfectly assured herself that the child really slept, lifted an immense stone, which she had concealed under her shawl, and, to the horror of the nurse, who, like all persons of the lower order in her country, was fully impressed with an idea of the peculiar cunning and malignity of dumbies,' lifted it with an evident intent to fling it down vehemently. Before the nurse could interpose, the countess had flung the stone ;—not, however, as the servant had apprehended, at the child, but on the floor; where, of course, it made a great noise. The child immediately awoke and cried. The countess, who had looked with mater nal eagerness to the result of her experiment, fell on her knees in a transport of joy : she had discovered that her child possessed the sense which was wanting in herself. On ninny other occasions she exhibibited similar proofs of intelligence, but none so interesting.—The Annual. A Nintir Msacn.—We moved off as it became dark, but such was the state of the roads, that it became the most trying and distressing march that I believe ever troops undertook; the roads were literally knee deep' in mud in most places, while every now and then they were rendered nearly impassable, both by the enemy having broken down the bridges over the innu merable canals and dikes which intersect this country, (Hol land) and these canals in many places having overflowed their banks. None but those who have experienced this or some thing similar, can form an idea of the fatigue attending a night march in such a country, where the column is large. We ma relied, I think, in sections of about eight file, that is, with eight men abreast in the front rank, and the like number in the rear rank covering them. Conceive, then, your arriving at an obstacle which the darkness of the night multiplies a hundred fold: Not more than one man will attempt to pass this obstacle at the same time, and he has to grope his way; consequently all the other fifteen men must stand still, or nearly so, till he is over, before they each move on in turn. Multiply this by the three hundred sections behind, and you will have a halt for the rear of probably an hour or more ; standing all this while nearly up to the knees in Mire ; or, what is worse as each regiment has accomplished the task of getting over, this of course causes the others in the rear to be drawing up towards it by degrees, so that probably you are compelled to stand (or, if you choose, you may lie down in the mud) for a quarter of an hour, or more perhaps ; and then move on again for the space of a few hun dred yards, and then another halt ; so that could you lie down to enjoy a little rest, the constant cry of "forward" resound ing in your ears, just as you begin .to close your eyes, renders it the most tiresome and trying situation that 1 know of. It is true, the head of the column does not suffer in an equal pro portion with those in the rear, or a night march in an enemy's country would be a dangerous operation.—Twenty-five years in the Rifle Brigade. THE RULING PASSION STRONG IN DEATH.—The closing moments of Lord Tenderden's life were marked by a circum stance which singularly exemplified the tenacious hold of the mind upon what has been its predominant occupation. The family of the venerable judge were standing in mute sorrow around his bed, watching his last struggles, when he was ob served feebly to move his hand along the pillow, as if in the act of writing; and immediately afterwards he was heard to ex claim, almost in his usual tone, Gentlemen of the jury, you may retire.' He then closed his eyes, and expired ! Let it be remembered that his lordship had literally passed from the judgment -seat to the bed of death; that up to the last moment of his career, he had forced his fainting faculties to a close en counter with the complicated evidence adduced in a case of great importance (the trial of the Bristol magistrates) ; and that, in all ,probability, the last distinct act of consciousness which his mind performed, was an effort to keep within his view the series of facts and arguments which it would be his duty to place before the jury, when the time came for his addressing them; let all these circumstances be remembered, and there will be little difficulty in comprehending how that transient rally of the spirit which so commonly precedes the immediate approach of dissolution, should have connected itself with the exclusive object of his contemplation, at the instant when the hand of death was letting fall the curtain that was for ever to shut out all other terrestrial thoughts.—The Annual Biography and Obi tuary. SERVICE IN AMERlCA.—Mechanics pay twelve shillings per week for their board; and, ,from what fell under my own obser vation, as well as what I learnt from individuals of that class, they have value received; their tables not lacking beefsteaks, and other dishes equally substantial, three times a-day. As Americans will nothe servants, the domestics, in all these es tablishments, and in private houses, are either blacks, or coloured persons—as all the intermediate shades between the former and white are designated—and Irish. The blacks are styled servants, and appear a civil, good-tempered, happy race. They perform their duties better or worse, according to the treatment they experience from their employers, and the pre vious advantages they have possessed. The men show great tact in acquiring a genteel address. As to the fair daughters of the Emerald Isle, they being almost all the poorest desciiption of emigrants, it will not be expected that previous education had done much - for them in household matters. They do not allow themselves to be called servants, but prefer the American term, help; and knowing full well that they are in the land of freedom, and that the obligations - of mistress and servant are mutual, they do as they please, and go where they please. It is no uncommon thing for these damsels to be requested to re main at home on Sunday afternoon, should their services be particularly required. They fall into the Anierican habits of dress with great. ease, and soon doff their humble caps for Pari sian hats and flowers; which, by the bye, they can well afford to purchase, as they receive from twelve to sixteen pounds ster ling a year Wages.—Ainerica and the Americans. A BIVOU'Ae • IN' WET WEATHER.---Bllt night came on; as I have said, and such a one as I have seldom seen for wet, and then . 1 plainly perceived I had played the young soldier. An officer of ours of the name of Lacy, who had formerly been the captain of the Northumberland light company, and who volun teered with us, offered any man half-asguinea for the use of a blanket for that night only, but without being able to obtain : onethis will give some idea of the kind of night it was. I had nothing for it but just to put the cock of my musket be tween my knees,. to keep it as dry as possible, and lay myself down as I was. I endeavoured to get a's close as I' could to one who had a blanket, and lay down with my head at his feet, which he had covered up very comfortably with his blanket. The rain pelted so heavily and so incessantly on my face, - that I ventured after a while to pull a little corner of this man's blanket just to cover my cheek from the pitiless storm, and iu this situation sna t c hed a com f orta bl e nap; b ut he avvakening in the night, and finding I' had made free with the corner ofhis blanket, rud e l y pu ll e d it from off my face, and rolled it round his feet again. i was fain to lie still and let:it pelt, away, and even in this exposed situation I got some sleep, so completely were the powers of nature exhausted by fatigue. At length morning arose and showed us to ourselves, such a group of sweeps we had seldom seen: Our clothing was literally all filth and dirt; our arms the colour of our.coats with rust; and our faces as black as if we had come out of a coal-Pit. In biting.off the ends of the cartridges, there are generally a few grains of powder left sticking on the lips and about the - mouth; these, accumulated as they. must leave been by the great quan tity'df ammunition each of us had fired, and with the profuse perspiration we were in during the heat of the day, added to the wet which fell upon us during the night; had caused the powder to run all over our faces; so that in the morning we cut the most ludicrous figure imaginable. However, we immedi ately set about getting our arms again in trjm, for. though the enemy had left us masters of the field of action, they were not far distant from us. We soon got our firelocks again In fighting order; that is they would go off, .though the brightness, on wldch a clean soldier piques himself, was gone past recovery at this time. I now felt rather sore front firing my piece so often; the recoil against my shoulder and breast had blackened them, and rendered them rather painful, and the middle finger of my right hand was completely blackened and swollenfrein the same cause.—Ticentklire years in the nifle Brigade. • MORAL. STATISTICS OF FRANCE.—M. Guerry has presented to the Academie des Sciences an essay upon the moral statistics of Yiance, itr which he gives some interesting calculations con cerning the comparative crimes of males and females, and tile motives inciting them to capital offences.. It appears, that of one hundred crimes committed by females there are six cases of poiioning; while out of the same number of male criminals there is only one convicted of this offence. More than three-fifths Of the cases of poisoning amongst married people are perpetrated either by the female alone, or with the aid of accomplices. Of one hundred instances in which attempts were made uu the lives Of married persons, sixty were made by the husband, and forty by the wives; of those by the females - four-fifths were premedi tated, whilst only one-fifth of those by the husbands were the result of design. Out of one Inindred cases of poisoning, mur : . der, and assassination, committed in consequence of adultery, ninety-six were against the injured, and four only against the guilty ,party. Seduction and concubinage cause almost as many capital offences as adultery; but in these instances more than three-fourths of the attempts are against the females, whilst in the case of adultery the attempts on the lives of the husband are the most numerous. One-sixth of the cases of poisoning, mur der, and assassination, arising from seduction and concubinage, is committed for the purpose of being avenged on concubines for their infidelity, or in order to he rid of their association, and precisely another sixth with a view to be freed from forsaken mistresses, who may become obstacles to the marriage of the ascused.—Journal de Chimie. Medialle: GEOLOGICAL COURSE OF CIIOLERA.-M. Boubec has made some reSearchs into the geology of the countries through which the cholera has passed, from which he remarks, that this epi demic has spread most speedily, and with its greatest int ens ity, through those districts ,where the tertiary and alluvial ear th s a r e the most extensive, whilst it appears to have been propagated with great difficulty, to have lost its intensity, and even to tave been extinguished in those parts where the older and particu larly the primordial formations predominate. This coincidence of the course of the cholera with particular geological districts, agrees with the observation pretty well established, that the cir cumstances of humidity and evaporation favour the development of this diease. In fact the tertiary and alluvial earths have, to a remarkable degree, the property of imbibing Water, which being again yielded by a prolonged evaporation, produces a hu-. midity of the atmosphere entirely dependent on the nature of the soil. The older formations, on the contrary, compose ordi-; narily compact rocks, which being impermeable, can neither absorb moisture nor present it to the atmosphere by evaporas tion. Sometimes the old formations and volcanic deposition, present rocks that are friable, or decomposed, in particular places, in which cases they will resemble the more recent ones in absorbing and affording moisture, and this circumstance may explain some of the excepti o n s t o th e genera l ru l e o f t h e c h o l era adhering in its progress to the modern formations.—Journul do Chimie Med. TIIEATRICALS.—The Critic has been prodUced at Covent Garden, with JONES, in his favourite part of 'Pal: BLAN. CHARD played FARREN'S part of Sir Fretful Plagiary excel lently well. Some of the actors in the "Tragedy Rehearsed," are described as spoiling the effect of the burlesque, by too broad a caricature.—A son of the veteran DOWTON appeared' this week at Drury Lane, in the character of Tangent, in The Way to get Married; and was very well received. He is de-, scribed as posSessing a neat and light figure, a moderately good, voice, somewhat thin, and not too powerful, and an abundance' of animal spirits, with more activity than grace. The extrava gance of the part renders it an unsatisfactory one for a debut. Mr. DOWTON junior is spoken of as being too ware in his per sonation of it; but evincing talents of a respectable ordCr, which will make him a useful acter.—Miss PHIL LIPS has played Jane Shure, but her acting is complained of as being too obviously • " studied :" this, indeed, is her besetting fault.—MlEToN's masque of Com', with the music of HANDEL and ARNE, Was performed at Covent Garden on Friday ; the principal parts being taken by H. Piiimps Miss INVERARITY, and Miss HOMER. We are not sur p r i se d to hear that it went but flatly off. It is not a production suited to the town taste : it lacks excitement for the vulgar, and the music is more suited to the concert-room than the stage.—H. PHILLIPS is' at Covent Gar den; and on Wednesday appears in the part of Steady, in the Quaker.—Same night, is to be the first performance ofJEunoLD' s new drama, Nell Gwynne, of which. Miss TAYLOR is the he roine.—MA THEWS is returned from Brighton, and is concocting the materials for his next "At: Home."—The Opera opens about the middle of this month. LAPORTE has engaged, among others of less note, PASTA, DON ZELLI, TA MBURINI, DR BEGNIS, HEBERLE, and TAGLIONI, 'and a Madame liuoc- CADA DATE, a singer, who is new to this country. Part of tho Italian Opera company have been p er fo rm i ng a t Edi n b ur gh. LAPORTE will not ueprive Covent Garden of the attraction of TAGLIONI, although she is also to appear at the King's Theatre. He talks of producingfer her the ballet-opera of L e Dieu et la Bayadere, so popul ar in Paris.—Mounis, to make up for his losses last season, and by way of reprisals on the Opera and the two other large houses, which injured him by opening on a greater number of nights than usual during his season, intends to open the Haymarket at Easter; for which purpose he has engaged the Adelphi companv.—Miss KELLY opens the Strand Theatre on Saturday the 19th.—Spectator. PREACHING IN AN UNLICENSED CHAPEL.—In the Arches , Court, lately, Dr. Addams moved the Court to pronounce the Rev. Dr. Wilcox in contempt, for continuing to perform divine service in St. John's chapel, Hampstead; without license. The case had already been brought before the court, by the Rev. Dr. White, curate of Hampstead, and Dr. Wilcox had been ad monished not to continue the performance of divine service in the chapel. " He, however; had paid no attention to this, and he officiated on Christmas-day last. Dr. Haggard (for Dr. Wil cox) said, his•client had committed no moral offence; he had &" large congregation, and unless the accommodation the chapel afforded was continued, a great number of the inhabitants of, Hampstead would be prevented' from attending divine service. , The first cause was now in course of appeal.--Sir J-NichOLl • said, Dr. Wilcox had committed a direct moral offence, in con- • firming . to preach in the chapel, in violation of the law. The decree of contempt could not, however, be granted, if the Rev. Gentleman was about to appeal to a superior court. We have much pleasure in being able to state that a slight increase has taken place in the price of iron, , which, although at present confined to particular works, augurs well for a gene ral rise in the spring.—The Cambrian. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. • (From the Court Magazine.) MORNING DRESS.—Dress of chaly, printed a colonnes, high body, with crossed plaits, plain back. laced ; large full sleeves, tight to the elbow. Apron of black gros de Naples, embroidered with a wreath of sweet peas ; epaulettes on the shoulders embroidered also ; cap of Brussels lace, trimmed with mats gauze riband. WALKING DRESS.—Dress of blue sapphire satin, plain body ; tip pet of black velvet a godets, and long ends ; blond ruff, with a bow of mats gauze riband ; capote of mate terry velVet, lined' with black velvet, and plait of velvet to mix, in the curls ; trimmed with a maid. and blaCk cerbere feather and mats gauze riband. EVENING DRESS.—Dress of white cachemire a colonnes, alternate• ly high corsage drape, with borders to correspond with the pattern of the dress ; short sleeves of white gros de Naples under long crapeliss sleeves ; hat of grenat velvet, trimmed with torsades of velvet and green bird of Paradise. (From the Lady's Magazine.) For cloaks many new variations of the Mandarin cachemire dr" fashionable. These are figured in coarse-grained silk, on dark grounded cachemere. Wreaths of green, on granite, mulberry, Of violet ; but sometimes chocolate on orange, or cerese and violet , The magnificent Buridan mantles are produced in a constant varielY of patteinS and colours. Court dresses are made of a splendid material adopted, called satin pompadour, which combines all the richness of the olden times with the taste of modern dress. The most beautiful variety is an aurieul 3- coloured ground, brocaded with columns of gold colour figured silk,• which produces the effect of gold tis su e with the graceful flow 40 silken attire. For ball' dress, gaze blonde is an elegant material, the ground i 4 clearer than tulle, and it is clustered over with flowers of the margue rite in satin, which seem almost sustained in the air, the intervals Are; so very transparent. Sometimes the ground is white with colour ,. flowers ; but pure white is exquisite : it is worn by young lathes in court costume. For dinner dress, the Ernestine cachemere is very pleasing ; is a sort of thin Irish poplin, with minute lozenges or diamoad 4 over it. tTItANDING OF TUB ROYAL TAR STI 1 41 powerful steamer, belonging to th otta from the south east on the Black Friday - night. After contending wi tPtain Mead deemed it expedient for I, sel to run her on shore, and she no 'keh, three miles to the northward of „llgers were landed in safety. and it without much damage when a porti which purpose, the Adelaide steams 4 Ployed.—Dublin Freeman'd Juanita. Eight thousand four hundred ati illtual certificates this year ! I T'OLLB AT ELECTIONS.—JaMCS I l kluslatollbar, was summoned bet Wednesday, to answer the chart k 'isted upon toll being paid by elet t l ttibers for the West Riding at \V I, l vies pleaded precedents, and em t l . li rsday might have been only a t i In his precept, however, cahed k 5 1) 4 on that day, and the magistra k ay the toll and discharge the wi , 'Quions..—Leeds Mercury. TOUT ENSEMBLE, OF WALKING DRESS.—Pelisse of squirrel-solo/ I r/ ed satin ; a i•achemere shawl of dark blue, with white palms ; a hat 0,, sky-blue watered silk, lined with dark blue velvet ; velvet flowers ';''' dark and light blue • a light Isabella boa; brodequins of dark blue vv' vet and morocco ; dark blue gloves. EVENING DRESS.—When the dresses are made whole, the most ar', proved form is very deep.mantillas behind, and ,folds ,On; the ebes“' buAtunic robes of lace, of satin, and dark-coloured velvet, are the fa„" vnurite style for full dress, Cerise, or real luisant tunics, are often see' over White watered silk. When the robes are of white, English 130 0 : or Chantilly black lace. The dress beneath is of mauve yellow..' even orange watered silk. All sleeves,• though still stiffened, are ma', to fall very much . from the shoulder. Knots of ribbon on the show . ; 'dens continue in vogue: For eveninl , dress, we must quote one vet; TI DE TAB LE FOR seasonable partire—arobe ponceati bareee - mousselaine de Mine over , petticoat of poncean satin, the corsage draped, and a deep lace n3q„ Days. Mrn. Ern. Ht. tilla on the back andsboulders. Madonna bands and hair without o ' . , --- .nament, save a few poneeau velvet bows, and a pearl agraffe: 1) 0 ' ' 1' u. M. H. M. F. I. collar necklace Nona the throat of very large pearls. day 8 0 6 026 20 1 , DREss CAPS.—The flowers worn in caps are very light and loathe l•i l nesday 9 048 112 19 1( and seldom have a mixture of green leaves. The pyramidal - style A' . • t rsday 19 136 2 2 19 ( Louis the Fourteenth's era is adopted, and promises to supers 5, - .............. every other. These caps are made with tiers of puffs or bows high '. , ... ... , .. ~. the fdrehead, and Withlappets on the cheeks. llmu.—The hair is dressed higher than ever, with wreaths. rap? the brow, and plumes of same flOwers by' the side of the high bor' and braids. g-bipping FRIDAY, 4th January.— Hecla, Allen, hence for Savann 30, long. 62 30, wi,th loss of boats Cornwall, Taylor. hence at Que Highland Lao, Betts, do, at Ma Dispatch, --, do, at Sy] Rehance, Walters, do, at ac Sileaf:on Castle, Garwood, from Anne, Matterson, for this port, North America, Macey, hjiice . l loss of bowsprit and head, having night of the Zith December, in lid Douglas, Cooper, from St. And► Margaret, Balfour, was ta sail November. Hall, fromßombay., is:aground Sparrow, Wilson, hence for Dul Howth Pier, but expected to be gc Robert and Betsey, , he with 6 feet water in her hold. Sarah, Hudson, from hence, ova to be got oil. SAlLEn.—Ceeilia, Walker, for Challenger, Newman, Lisbon ; Fa nah•MoOre, MOore . ,. Buenos Ayres lbeth, Tobin, - Demerara ; Inman ILeggett, Marauham ; Marshal M`i SATURDAY, sth Januar: Isabel, Griffith, hence at Demer Ekgardon Castle, , hene, Alexander Brandt: Gillerman, h Merchant, Marshall, RefOrm, Ogsten, • Water Witeb, Watson, Boykett, Shbtten, Ida ,Ilatilda, let Januuary Susan, distress. -, from Limerick Beeton, hence for Charl Zeemeuw, for Dordtlletscy, fc St. Michael's, and Diligentia, for I January. Britannia, for New York, passed Ana Paley, for ,L6bou, Amelia, for Leghorn, Oglethorpe; for Charleston, Matilda, for St. Thomas, • ARRIVED.—Se,forth, Robertson, SAILED.--IlerO,' Piedshatii, Afri Emerald, Dairies, Smyrna; Grenad tranera, Alexandria ; St. Antonio, Jamaica ; Hibernia Smith, Sine; badoes ; Liverßool,' Barstow, MOs' Margaret, Taylor, Cape Good I Leone •, William Gray; Creinant, New. York ; 1)0 - severance; Zellle Michaels; Cumberland, Fo,pvel. Trinidad. • SUNDAY, 6th January.- ARRIVED.—Latona, M`Nair, frtn Barth, Demerara,; P_rinces.l,ctorja . , Fletcher, hen( Westmorland; Dixon, sailed fit& 6th Dec. John Gampbell; from Demerara S Sprightly, Newton, hence at 8t: Recovery, Gorley, do, Beer anti Wingyett, Cofnish, fro) Maraboo, Frei:body. hence for A. William IV., Bottomley, and Lui DaraiSO, were spoken •21st Nov., in SAlLED.—Bolivar, Fenwick, Barb leans ; Orpheus, Cobb, New York ; Manley, Burzie, Lisbon ; Tom Bow tore, Cuthbertson, Lisbon. MONDAY, 7th January.--N( ARRIVED.—EIeanor, Horsley, fi Simon • Nyverheud, Rickenaers; helm, Pelthus,.from Ostend. {Alliurka, Hill; Quorra, Harris; s Cape i Coast, caster, t u o in ut m lh as n e o n tr. off c Peru, Scott, hence for Lima, am ___ ._ ___ Dog. 17 42 W. Seaforth, Robertson, from Deme awing been in contact with the Nor dense :fog. TELEGRAPII OFFICE, Wind at Holyhead, W Passed Holyhead, inward bound, Schooner, at 9 A. M. ; and 889, Si Passed outward bound, yesterda 30, P• M. 3mpc UNITED S Ag,enoria, Brown, fin New Orlean: key and co-894 do, W Smith and Sc Belleisle, Smith, fin New Orleans, Re bales cotton, order—P Dk BRITISH A. Sarah Ann, Harrison, fin St Andre Pine timber, 351 deals, 24 deal ends, spars, 50 bxs herrings, order—B DI VESSELS ENTEREL EAST INI 344 Majestic, WEST INDII 160 Treasure 351 Georgetu 25710 Ge Paragon,orgeC 252 I 0, K, 276 Lawrence 240 Superior, UNITED ST A 3.51 Loudon, 315 Wiliam 1 391 Alcyone, Belvider 346 Fletcher, 213 Euphemi BRITISH AM Protector 176 Reliance, SOUTH AM! 159 Elizabeth 15/ John Beg kINDITERIt A 144 Margaret 109 Tagus, G 71 Kattern, 153 Shamrock 169 John Vial 141 Alert, G, EUROPE 89 Julie, G, Engelina, AFRIC) 351 Thames, lkikin & Hughes. i, L Bahr, . 4 4:, II Murray, Lawrence .; CO4 olt or W Ker & co, N Wood & eb, ohinson & Girvin, Abercrombie, J Brocklebank, iffis & Swainson, ',Brown, Son & co, 'v J Brown & co, lwainston & Cram, Wright, jun, L ahr, 4 11 a m & Taylor, ,otesworth gc Smith, ukin & Hughes, hothwell, Manna & Jones, Glynn & Son, I!ulian ik Kemp, 1 1 41ina & Jones, L Bahr, I. Bair, L Bahr, I N Wood & co,