The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-22 00:00:00

Vottrp. MY BIRTH DAY. 4 ' My birth-day I"—What a different scamd That word had in my youthful ears! And how, each time the day comes round. Less and less white its mark appears ! When first our scanty years are told It seems like pastime to grow old ; And, as youth counts the shining links That time around him binds so 1'1134 Pleased with the task, he little thinks How hard that chain will press at last. `Vain was the man, and false as vain, Who said, N were he osxlain'd to run His long career of life again, He would do all that he had done."— Ah I 'tis not thus the voice that dwells In sober birth-days speaks to me ; Par otherwise►--of time it tells Lavish'd unwisely—carelessly— Of counsel rnock'd—of talents, made Haply for high and pure designs, But oft, like Israel's incense laid Upon unholy, earthly shrines— Of nursing many a wrong desire— Of wandering after love too far, And taking every meteor fire That cross'd my path-way for, his star I All this it tells, and could I trace The imperfect picture o'er again, With power to add, retouch;;efface The lights and shades, the. joy and pain, How little of the past 'would stay I How quickly all should niOt All—but that freedom of-the lizid Which hath been more than wealth to me : Those friendships in my boyhood twined, And kept till now unchangingly. And that dear home, that saving ark, Where love's true light at last I've found, Cheering within, when all grows dark, And comfortless, and stormy round ! THE WARRIOR BARD. (From the Monthly .41agazine.) The bugle's voice had set the watch of night, And silence walk'd the carnage-cover'd plain, When sad, beside the dying embers' light, The warrior bard watch'd o'er th' unburied slain. Ere war's soul-stirring blast had rung, His harp the charms of beauty sung. But when his country's voice was heard, And freedom was the rallying word, The minstrel's soul through all its depths was stired. He sought the field—the battle led— And soothed the pains of those who bled— While thus he sung the fame that crown'd the dead:— Ye glorious spirits of the mighty dead, Whose cold remains on victory's bosom rest, When hist'ry tells the cause for which ye bled, Your name shall be by freedom's children blest. To you the ruling hand of heaven, The noblest proudest fate hath given. Your sons shall dash the tear aside, And show the field with manly pride, On which, in freedom's cause, their fathers died ; Then should oppression break her chain ; In them your souls shall breathe again ; And tame their pride, or life's last current drain. THE BALLOT. The Ballot for screening false knaves is the plan, • The Ballot' s the cry of the Jacobin clan ; No wonder this plan in the Albion js seen, They who cry for the Ballot will no doubt use a— VARIETIES. EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES. —There is no portion of the civilized world in which more attention is given to the instruction of the lower classes than in the States. Every in dividual who has a dollar to spare, contributes towards this praiseworthy object; endowments in land are liberally granted to support the free schools; and many of the States contribute large sums for the same purpose. Connecticut, for instance, has appropriated a capital of one million eight hundred thou sand dollars (above 1:400,(X00) towards it, and New York yearly a grant of J.: , 10,000. The example has spread even among the Indians; a chief among the Creek Indians has set aside his yearly allowance of 2000 dollars for ceded land, for the benefit el their schools; the Choctawa annually expend ten thousand upon them; and the Chickasaws have carried their liberality in respect of them to as much as twenty thousand. The number of youth, of both sexes, who are educated gratuitously in the United States exceeds 1,200,000, on a population of 13,000,000. —Guardian. THE MALL, IN HYDE-PARK.—Any one who has been accus tomed to admire the muster of vehicles at the Turneries, in the best days of Louis XVIII, to say nothing of the citizen-king period, must indeed open his eyes wide the first time he is in St. James's-street on the day of a levee or drawing : room. Hyde-Park, however, on any fine afternoon, in the height of the London season, will be more than enough to confound. him. He will there see what no other country under the heavens can show him, and, what is more, we may venture to add, what no other pountry ever will show him. Let him only sit on the rail near dur great captain's statue, with his watch in his hand, and in the space of two hours he will see a thousand well-appointed, equipages pass before him to the Mall, in all the pomp of aris tocratic pride,_ and in which the very horses themselves appear to partake. Everything he sees is peculiar : the'silent roil and easy motion of the London-built carriage—the style of the coach men—it is hard to determine which shine brightest, the lace on their clothes, their own round faces, or their flaxen wigs—the pipeclayed reins—pipeclayed lest they should soil the clean white gloves—the gigantic young fellows, in huge cocked hats, bedaubed with lace, in laced silk stockings, new kid gloves, and with gold-headed canes, who tower above " Mr. Coach man's" head—the spotted coach-dog, which has just been washed for the occasion; the vis-a-vis , containing nobody but a single fair dame, with all its set-out, has cost at least a thousand pounds ; and the stream of equipages of all calibres, barouches, chariots, cabriolets, &c. &c. &c., almost all gut up, as Mr. Ro bins's advertisements say, " regardless of expense," flows on unbroken, until it is half-past seven, and people at last must begin to think of what they still call dinner.—quarterly Review. —(Public Carriages and the Road.) PASSAGE OF MUSKET BULLETS THROUGH THE HUMAN BODY.'—A number of curious cases of the progress of musket balls from the place where they were first lodged, have been observed by military surgeons. We have heard of a very re enarkable case, where the musket-ball struck the forehead above the nose, and having divided into two halves, one half went round beneath the skin, on the right side, and the other on the left, advancing in contact with the skull. We do'not ask our readers to believe the poetical edition of this fact, that the two half bullets met again behind,' after having performed the circuit of the head in opposite directions, and, advancing with a slightly tliminished force, united, and killed an unfortunate man who stood in their way ; but the fact of the splitting of the bullet, and the advance of each half in opposite directions, is unques tionable. The singular progress of a musket bullet from the sorehead to the throat, has been recorded by Dr. Fielding. At the first battle of Newbury, in the time of the civil wars, a medical gentleman was shot near the right eye. The skull was fractured at the place ; but though the surgeon could see the pulsation of the brain beneath the wound, yet the bullet had turned to one side, and could not be discovered. Various bones were dis charged from the wound, the mouth, and the nostrils. At the time of the second battle of Newbupr, the wound healed, and could not be kept open ; .but about twelve years afterwards, when the doctor was siding in a cold dark night, he felt a pain on the left side of his head, about the "almonds of the car," TIDE TABLE FOR LIV . . history :—some hunted the •guanacos, others the condors and Mrn. Ern. Ilt. N i ' which occasioned a partial deafness. Having stopped. his ear other birds, some collected . 'aunts and insects. The zeal shown books. Bookselling is like most other trades; if the profits be your of Lewis, after enduring many privations, reached Fran L-_- - _ with wool, he was surprised one day, iu March 16;0, by a enormous capital will soon flow into it, and competition will in safety. His dangers and escapes while.wandering a fugitic!, • H. M. 11. M. F. I. midden puff or crack in is ear, when all that side of his cheek by every one on this occasion produced an extraordinary result. litirsday.... 24 057 113 reduce the profits. No men gain very large profits, unless in among the mountains, raised him to the dignity of a hero of liesd-ay ..... 22 1 __ _ 0 8 16 2 Vir. A prodigious quantity of birds and of plants of those cold re-'hiing loose as if it had been paralytic, and a hard knot was feltthe case of doing desirable things which others cannot do. romance ; and the tale of his sufferings has caused many tea l ednesday.. 23 024 040 16 5 gions, so rarely visited by travellers, increased the already nu- 16 3 Let nude; the ear. Various tumours now appeared about the throat,There was one NN alter Scott, and he had his own price for his to flow, which would have been better bestowed on the aufort , l', inerous eudections : and the laying down of a map of the coma- br (kw.... .. 25 129 145 15 10 Col and in August 1672, the bullet was taken out of the threat near books; there arc ninny publishers, and the public can (loose. nate beings who were the yietinis of his folly, and of the aul k tir a try completed. this undertaking.— Literary Gazette. the purnum .I:lam!.—Ft cites Magaiine. amongst atm.—Ake/guides' Magazine. . thin of their leaders.—Mackintivres Coldstream Guards. NDAY.... 27 239 258 14 7 3rd - • ' • • . . 4 4. thy .. 2 319 342 13 10 ay .... 26 2 3 221 15 3 `' ,,, w....................... • t a ' 1 t ' k ~._ To WAR %,1 1 „,.. 11 _ 1_ 1:th ieezi,ana .11011 i IN. P ti :•.,a tits • o tl tek toa 1: 4 9 hie l 'or forth ' 4l tle-str itreet E a : t. Ellr THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. STEAM BOAT ODDITIES.—In the American steam-boats it is the custom of the servants to collect and clean all the boots of the passengers. These are claimed by their respective owners at the general boot-room; but, as may be supposed, when the vessel is crowded, it - becomes no easy matter for an individual immediately to recognise his own among so many pairs; and mistakes, and, in some instances, exchanges too, no doubt, occur. The consequence was, some beaux, who commenced their travels with the latest and most fashionable cut, were seen marching about with the brogues of a back-woodsmen; young gen+.;2men, and those who had "their toes uuplagued with corns," perhaps figured in the easy shoes of an invalid; while such unfortunate disciples of Morpheus who had snored an hour too long had to make the best of boots which had long since seen their best days, and to repiir which would have been as useless as the blunderbuss which stood in need of a new stock, lock, and barrel.—America, and the Americans. A New Missme.—One of our men received a shot in the mouth, which struck out several of his teeth. One of these was propelled with such force by the blow that it flew at least twenty yards, and, entering the arm of one of the Portuguese on the road, inflicted a deep and severe wound. When the sur geon of the 43rd, who was the nearest to this man at the time, came to dress the wounded Portuguese, he, instead of a ball as every one expected, extracted a tooth, at which, no doubt, both 'he and all about him were quite astonished; and a report was immediately set afloat that the enemy were firing bones instead of balls. This most extraordinary circumstance , was not cleared up till they were informed of our man having had his teeth knocked out, when, after comparing the relative situations of the two men, it became quite evident how this, most uncom mon wound had been inflicted."—Surtees' Twenty-five Years in tke Rifle Brigade. INDIAN EMIGRATION.—The Cincinnati Republican of No vember 21 gives the following account of the emigration of the Ohio Indians beyond the Mississppi :—The emigration of the Ohio Indians will, in all probability, have been completed by the 25th or 30th of the present month. The emigrants are about eight hundred in number, consisting of distinct bands of the Seneca, Shawnee, and Ottowa tribes, with a few Mun sees and Delawares. The. Indians left their rendezvous ip Shelby county, 27th of September; and notwithstanding fifteen days of unavoidable delay , on the march, in consequence' of inclement weather, bad roads, some sickness, and a few deaths, they crossed the Mississippi on the Ist inst in good health and fine spirits. The distance travelled was upwards of 400 miles. Neatly two thirds of the emigrants were women and children—many of the former were old and decrepit, Ten public and twelve Indian Waggons, 75 public and about 500 Indian horses, were employed in the emigration. The march was without parallel in point of rapidity. The Indians were supplied with au abundance of the best provisions and all ne cessary comforts. Except among the lazy and dissipated, there is no murmuring nor discontent It is believed that uo emi gration of Indians froth any part of the United States was ever conducted with so little expense, so few accidents, and so much general satisfaction. The distance to be travelled beyond the Mississippi was about 300 miles. The weather since the cross ; ing has been favourable, and the roads are in fine order. A FRENCH DENTIST.—" His equipage was not an uncommon one in France for this class of artists. He drove into the middle of the press in a handsome open carriage, with a servant in livery behind, alternately blowing a trumpet, beating a drum, and exclaiming, Room for the celebrated doctor !' The horse was then dismissed, the carriage converted at once into a stage and a shop, and the great man commenced his harangue. He expatiated on the grandeur and importance of the art of tooth drawing--on his own unrivalled skill, renowned, throughout all Euro_pe—on the infatuation of those unhappy beings who de layed even for a single instant to take advantage of an opportunity thus offered to them by Providence. He flourished his iron instrument in the air, comparing it to the rod of Aaron: he likened the listeners themselves to a crowd of infidels of old, gathering about an apostle, and struggling sinfully, not only against his word, but in spite of their own teeth. Alas! my friends,' said he, when I shall have turned my back, you will repent in dust and ashes; but repentance will then be too late. You fancy you have not the toothach! Poor creatures! my bosom bleeds for you ! In your culpable ignorance you believe that no one is unwell who is not in an agony of pain. You imagine that pain is the disease, whereas it is only one of the symptoms; and yet I see by the faces of many of you—l may say of most of you—that you have not only the toothach, but the symptomatic twinge. This is the case with you, and you, and you, and more than you. Tell me, am I not correct? Only think of your gums ! Do you not feel a sensation of tickling, as it were, at. the root of your teeth, or of coldness at the top,. as if the air was already penetrating through the breaches of time or disease ? This is the toothach. This sensation will increase, till it ends in torture and despair. Then you will in quire for the doctor, but the doctor will not hear : then pit will intrust the operation to some miserable quack, Who will break your jaws in pieces; or, if you endure in silence, the pain will produce fever—fever will bring on madness—and madness terminate in death !' His eloquence was irresistible : in ten minutes every soul of us had the toothach. Several sufferers rushed forward at the same instant to crave relief. One of them, a fine-looking young fellow, gained the race; but not till he had broken from the arms of a peasant girl, who, having either less faith or more philosophy, implored him to consider, in the first place, whether he had really the toothach. Grimly smiled the doctor when the head of the patient was fairly between his knees • and ruefully did the latter gaze up from the helpless position into his executioner's face. WTe all looked with open mouths and in dead silence upon the scene, all, except the young girl, who, with averted head, awaited, pale, trembling, and iu tears, the event. The doctor examined the unfortunate mouth, and adjusted his instrument to the tooth which it was his pleasure to extract. The crowd set their teeth, grinned horribly, and awaited the wrench; but the operator, withdrawing his hand, recommenced the lecture with greater unction than ever. A second time was this unmerciful reprieve granted, and then a third time, and the condemned groaned aloud. We could stand no more : we were already in a paroxysm of the toothach ; and feeling a strange fascination creeping over us as we looked upon the glittering steel, we fairly took to our heels, and fled from the spot."—liiichie's Wanderings on the Loire. TRAVELS IN CHILL—M. Gay, of Draguignan, has just made a very interesting excursion into the Cordilleras of Chili—a country hitherto but little known to Europeans, and yet highly worthy of the attention of travellers and naturalists. M. 'Gay embarked towards the end of 1828, and commenced his re searches on the coasts of Brazil; he then visited the Argentine province, whence he proceeded to Chili. His first excursions in the environs of Valparaiso procured himu. vast number of ar ticles wholly unknown, or extremely rare. St. Jago, the capi tal of the republic, where he resided for a year, enriched his collection iu an extraordinary manner. In the course of this time he made 2,000 drawings of plants, insects, reptiles, and es pecially of fishes—a class which the late M. Cuvier had particu larly recommended to his attention. He also dissected a num ber of insects, mullusca, &c. ; lastly, he took a plan of the city, analysed some mineral waters, and obtained much statistical information. After completing his labours at St. Jago, M. Gay made further excursions into other parts of the republic; he was particularly desirous of visiting the Upper Cordilleras but this enterprise was : attended with peculiar difficulties, and required great expenses. Happily, the Chaim' government as sisted him, and took an active part in his labours and re searches; this protection enabled him to make important dis coveries. Provided with instruments which the government had confided to him, he quitted the province of St. Jago for that of Colchagna. San Fernando, the capital of that province, became, as it were, his head-quarters, whence lie visited several 'remarkable places ; and among others Taguatagua, a large and magnificent lake, possessing the singularity of floating islands, which are carried to the north or the south, according to the wind. M. Gay carefully examined the environs of the lake: he visited the ruins of several monuments of the ancient Pro maneaes ; he saw Copecken Tilcoco, and studied the manners of the Indians of that country; and then returned to San Fer nando, to arrange his notes and collections. Assisted by some persons, and with several guides, he penetrated into the vast labyrinth of the elevated region of tire Cordilleras. On the way he visited the mineral waters of Cauquenes, so justly cele brated in Chili and even in Buenos Ayres and Peru; he then followed the river of Cachapnal to its source, in order to lay down a detailed chart of its course and its tributary streams. After a fatiguing excursion of a fortnight, he returned to his head-quarters ; and the result having Proved extremely satis factory, a second expedition to another part of the range was projected. To protect the party from a band of robbers which infested the country, au escort of twenty-five men was given to M. Gay. In this manner he penetrated a second time into the Cordilleras, and ascended the river Jinquiririca, the astonish ing rapidity of whose current made it impossible to cross it till he was near the source. At the end of twelve days, our travel ler, with his little caravan, reached a volcano, which was the object of his journey, and in the environs of which he remained several weeks. It was very interesting to see all the persons who accompanied him labouring for the advantage of natural hist. •Ited the the - ‘th Knowledge is not a couch wherenpon to rest a searching and restless spirit; nor a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down in; nor a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; nor a commanding fort for strife and con tention; nor yet a shop for profit and sale; but a rich store house for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate. —Bacon. A CHINESE PutsoN.--Prisoners, who have money to spend, can be accommodated with private apartments, cards, servants, and every luxury. The prisoner? chains and fetters are re moved from their bodies, and suspended against the wall of the apartment, till the hour arrives when the higher authorities go the rounds: after that ceremony is over, they are again hung up, where they hurt no one. But ase who have no money to bribe the keepers are in a woful condition. Not only are they deprived of every alleviation of their sufferings, but actual in fliction of punishment is added, to extort money, to buy "burnt offerings to the . god of the jail," (as the phrase goes.) For this purpose, the prisoners are frequently tied up, and flogged; at night, they are fettered down to a board, neck, wrists, and uncles, amid filth of the most. disgusting nature, Whilst the rats arc permitted to gnaw their limbs. This place of torment is proverbially calle d in ordinary speech, Te-yuk, a term equiva lent to the worst sense, of the word hell.—Canton Register. AMERICAN MEALS.—Tho despatch at meals, particularly among the mercantile classes, is almost incredible to those who have not witnessed it,—five to ten minutes sufficing for break fast, not much more than twice that time for dinner, and tea, or supper, as it is styled, is taken with equal, nay, sometimes with greater, oelerity. This last is not the simple bread and butter or toast meal of England, but is accompanied by dried beef, sliced, cheese, radishes if in season, fruits, sweetmeats, cakes, and other items, more or less agreeable. Each person leaves the table as soon as the business of eating is finished, without regard to his neighbour's proceedings. Englishmen are always the last, do what they will; for however little I ate I always found myself quite unable to keep pace at meals with the Americans. As may be supposed, with all this haste, there is little room for conversation or social chat, nevertheless the courtesies of society are not neglected; and I may observe, that we found the waiters performed their duties with all the expertness of the best of that useful class in England, without the slightest stimulant in the shape of douceur or reward from the guests.—America and the Americans. AMERICAN BOARDING-HOUSES.—The pensions, or boarding houses, are very agreeable places of residence, although private parlours, at present rare and expensive luxuries in America, would add much to their comfort. All the various inmates meet at table as at the English watering places ; and a well. furnished drawing-room, with its French time-piece, candelabra, and vases, is open to all during the day, a s we ll as f or th e re unions in the evening, where music and dancing for the youn, and conversation for those who have passed the heyday of lif e, contribute to the enjoyment of these mixed but polite and agreeable circles. To the credit of the proprietors of the most respectable boarding-houses, gambling is not permitted in any form. The expense of living in the best hotels and boarding establishments is from a guinea and a half to two guineas per week, exclusive of wines and private fires. The boarding-houses of those numerous classes, the smaller shopkeepers and merchants' clerks, are in general miserably furnished, and the provisions and cookery too often in strick keeping with the poverty of those concerns. It is by no means uncommon to see four or even five or six beds in the same room, and these are of the meanest description, without furniture even in the depth of winter; a chest of drawers is, indeed, a rara avis, each boarder making a general depository of his trunk or portmanteau as poor Jack does of his chest in the forecastle of a ship.-4sste rica,_ and the Americans. DISCOVERY OF IMPORTANT MINES IN CHILL—The Araucano, an official journal, contains, in the number of the 9th of June, 1832, the following document :—" The Intendancy of Coquimbo- Serena, 7th of June, 1832, to the minister of the interior :—A wonderful discovery of silver ore has been made in the moun tain chain of Topiapo, called Chanarcilla and Mole. It is af firmed that the veins are immense. Since the 22d of May, six teen, more or less rich, have been discovered; and travellers who have been upon the spot make the number even fifty. The ore is of the purest quality, and experienced miners entertain not the smallest doubt of the richness of this discovery." The same paper contains the following article, dated Coquimbo, June, I£x;2:—" We have before us several letters from the most respectable persons of the'province, who unanimously confirm the wonderful discovery which we have mentioned in a preced ing number. The mine lies to the south of Topiapo ' • it ex tends about fifteen leagues in length, and t e n in breadth; it touches the following places :—Chanarcilla, llitacus Pan de Azerear, Pagonales, and Mole. Chance led to the discovery by a woodcutter, who communicated his good fortune to one Godoi and Don Miguel Gallo; they resolved to keep the secret to themselves; but certain signs and traces, which they could not conceal, soon made the matter public. Four days after this, sixteen veins were already discovered—on the eighth day there were forty; and when the post left, fifty—not to mention the number of smaller veins, of which no notice was taken for the moment. A mass of ore, which was purchased by an. Englis h for two hundred piastres, proved to be worth a thousand. Besides the prodigious quantity of the ore, it is extremely rich in quality; the intendant has sent to the minister of the interior specimens from three different veins, the analysis of which proves what is here stated ; and, as if it were not enough to give that district a name by a single event of this kind, a dis covery has been made of rich gold mines in the adjacent canton. of Jaucos,—that hitherto uninhabited and desert mountain re gion is at this moment animated by the presence of above 3000 people." There is no doubt that these important discoveries will have a great influence on the future political and commer cial situation of the country. In one respect they have already been injurious—for the copper-mines are abandoned by the workmen.—Literary Gazette. THE BOOK TnADE.—In the strictures of Professor Babbage on the bookselling trade, his reasoning is based on a fallacy from - first to last. He makes a statement of the prime cost of his owl' work, and then shows that some 33 per cent. of the re tail price goes m.tq the pocket of the publisher. This assumes that the business otpublishing costs nothing—that no labour is expended upon it—that the moment the book is ready, the pub lic will pour in and take it from the . publisher's counter for ready money. That is not so. A portion of the per centage is divided amongst the trade who help to retail the book. In the case of the professor's work, which became deservedly popular, a rapid sale was procured; but is this the case with all books ? It is an unfair statement. The question really is, what is the average profit which the publisher realizes upon the whole of tne books which he publishes within the vear, some of which "make a hit," and many of which are a dead loss. If we look around amongst the booksellers, we shall pronounce that their success is not greater, that they do not make larger or more rapid fortunes, than other tradesmen, as compared with the capital and the talent they employ. If one man amongst them prove more successful than his brethren, it will be found either that he has more skill in puffing, or more interest with the pro fessional puffers, or more judgment in selecting the works he publishes. Some houses make it a rule to publish everything which offers, trusting to their puff power alone; and doing by this means a large amount of business for a given number of years, secure a sufficient profit before they arc found out by the public. But the cause of this is not - the established 33 per cent. upon each book : the publishers never realise anything ap proaching to it. The cause is that they rival the blacking men in puffing. Generally speaking, the booksellers are far from an intelligent class of men. They cannot judge of the value of a work, either in intrinsic merit, or in probabie popularity. They suffer an author to write himself into notice, mostly at his own risk; and when he has succeeded, they will publish anything he may offer, even without examination. But Professor Bab bage is utterly wrong in setting forth the prime cost as the whole expenditnre of capital on a book. The labour and ex pense of publishing and retailing is frequently greater than that of the wrought material; and, without this labour and expense, the work in many cases would not circulate at all. As well might the cheapness of the Birmingham and Sheffield toys be cited as a proof of the large profits of the perambulating Jews who sell them. They probably realise 200 per cent. on the sale, but how much do they sell ? The fact is, they are just paid about the rate of their personal maintenance for their labour in the process of distribution. Their return is small, and if they did not get the large profit they would cease to be distributors, from the impossibility of their living upon the amount of their earnings. If Professor Babbage would wish to diminish all pro fits in trade to the exact per centage which he thinks it fitting capital should produce, what would become of the hordes of green-grocers, chandlers, shopkeepers, and others, who pro bably realise cent. per cent., and who could not live unless they did so? Before he legislates on the per ceutage, he must in crease the quantity of business for each person, unless upon second thoughts he should think it wiser to leave the matter to the guidance of those interested in it. The fact is, that book sellers must get a large profit on the books which do sell, in order to compensate the loss on those which do not sell. And if the authors wish to remedy the evil, they must resolve amongst themselves to write no bad books, or no unpopular books, and deal with no bookseller who publishes any such Bloons. If you desire the happiness of your child, teach him obeilts , ence and self-restraint. DROWNING IN THR GANGES.—I have found my way to 11 pi ing DIU very holy place—no less a _place than Allanabad, which you perhaps know is remarkable for its situation, being on thy FRIDAY, 18th January.—Now Delta, Delta, formed by the junction of the Gauges and the Jumna, Measvee.—Dryope, Hamilton, from l and was used tilt lately by the natives as a high road to heavetelk comlfany with th e Clyde for this port The Ganges is accounted supremely holy; any p erson droned rig . lb 4,, spoke.the Morea for Boston, therein must necessarily go to heaven, and under suc h an from this port—Marathon, millions of people assembled annually on the point where the r Sieterst;ur,, ,, . , Zth, j tr i r OpyT ,T J ougy' an two rivers meet, and many used to throw themselves into the pit -Inb c urg e g e , r 11th Jan .— After some day holy stream and drown. For a long time this practice waslethi severely.—Wind E.S.E. unchecked by the government and police, on the ground that Constantinople, 11th Dec.—The Gener, the religion and ceremonies of Hindoos should b e res p ec t e d a s on the th ult., for Odessa, retort far as possible. However, the Judge of the district proclaitaed:treetual attempts to reach port, that any person who chose to drown might do as he liked; but from t kt m r l wre 'as ekc b .d ‘t n n ea e r x t e ll ' e ss e i n vt t . r l it v n *e ce vk ltite if any one were found assisting or exhorting such person, the M emnon , P att i nson , sa il e d f rom C a h n assistance and exhortation would be regarded as accessary to a / gi -oanna, Alellar, sailed from Calcutt murder, and punished by hanging. The people assisting net's; lane ' White, from hence at Maranhan boatmen and Brahmins—the former taking the person s who, Per -1 Dalhousie, Coull, do, at Lisbon. wished to drown some distance out into deep water, and the k h lt jreweua, Radcliffe, from &vani ll a for latter endeavouring to strengthen the minds, a nd k ee p off the 1 Tucker, from Pernambuco for t relations, who usually did all in their power t o p ersua d e the ll th a an. Jan. drowners to alter their determinations. The effect of the pro- Adventure, Donaldson, from Rigs for clamation was instantaneous; the boatmen would not lend theif'Nen 6th Jan., leaky, having been on sl services, and the Brahmins were silent; drowners had no resce 'charge. lotion to do the awful deed, and thus the practi c e i s nearly person for Africa—Fred y erick, Wescott BAILED.—Vestal A I L ED .—Vestal, Talor, for Savannah obselete.—Correspendent of the Examiner. tch er , for Constantinople—Fletcher, THE BOWERY.—The following is an account of a ludicrous lama, Hayden, for Leehom—Mary Pe scene which took place at the Bowery, on the night of the celebration of the evacuation :—Booth played Richard tho Third, and the house was crammed to such an extent that an avalanche of spectators broke from the pit and covered the orchestra and the greatest part of the stage. By reasonable computation there were about 330 persons on the stage and wings alone—soldiers in fatigue dresses—officers with side arm% —a few jolly tars, and a number of "apple munching urchins." The scene was indescribably ludicrous. Booth played in his best style, and was really anxious to make a hit, but the con fusion incidental to such a crowd on the stage occasioned con stant and most humourous interruptions. It was every thing, or any thing, but a tragedy. In the scene with Lad y Anne, a scene so much admired for its address, the gallery spectators amused themselves by throwing pennies and silver on the stage, which occasioned an immense scramble among the boys, and they frequently ran between King Richard and Lady Anne, to snatch a stray copper. In the tent scene, so solemn and so impres sive, several curious amateurs went up to the table, took up the crown, poised the heavy sword, and examined all the regalie with great care, while Richard was in agony from the terrible dream; and when the scene changed, discovering the ghosts of King Henry, Lady Anne and children, it was difficult to select them from the crowd who thrust their faces and persontli among the Royal shadows. The battle of Bosworth Field capped the climax—the audience mingled with the soldiers an raced across the stage, to the shouts of the people, the roll the drums, and the - bellowing of the trumpets ; and when fight between Richard and Richmond came ou, they made a rin round the combatants to see fair play, and kept them at it fo nearly a quarter of an hour, by Shrewsbury clock." This was all done in perfect good humour, and with no intention to make a row,—When Mr. Rice came on to sing his celebrated song of " Jim Crow," they not only made him repeat it some twenty times, but hemmed him in so that he actually had no room to perform the little dancing . or turning about appertain• ing to the song; and in the afterpiece, where a supper table is spread, some among the most hungry very leisurely helped themselves to the viands. It was a rare treat indeed to the audience and manager.—New York Paper. SATURDAY, 19th January.—Nc All/tIVED.—South Esk, Greig, from LE 4 tend. blariote, Watterworth, from hence at SAnAo.—Paragon, Baker, for Jamai eghoru—Tally Ho, Peabody, for Vir Atigua. SUNDAY, 20th January.—Nooi liarnivan.—Tom Toup, Williamson, The Margaret, Watkins, from hence 'Rh January. in lat. 45 N., long. 16 W., I Valparaiso, 22nd September.—Vessels Orrta in Great Britain, not bringing clear , Six days quarantine. b Si L no. —C iv ilian . White, for New C . 44 0 Janeiro—John Wells, Curtis, for Phil ir 12' emerara—Royal George, Dawsor for Leghorn—Pretty Lass, Turni Bilhoa„ Demenene, for Cadiz—Jup, ,I l i t fterton. Hewitt, for Buenos Ayres— Domingo—Perseverance, Matthews MONDAY, 21st January.—Noot ARAIVRD.—Essex, Lee, from Seville— , It. Petersburg. 4/Iso arrived :—Medora, Watson, from Lbm Skillybegs—Barton Castle, Laughli Yebster, from Dublin—Francis and NIaT ;eurge and Jenny, Skinnings, from Belt) 7), from Londonderry—Esther and Jane, loung, from Isle of Man—Success, Bee ; Vukcudbright—Clyde, and City of Glasg b‘ , 4—Oliver Blanchard, from , 1 11 0, a. m.—Dart, from Bristol, do, this Lew York, and Filden Smith, from Lond 4 ijr_ at 10. _ 11riii.;1; King, Moncrief, from Rio Jane Venus, Rowe, hence for Hull, at I'enza Velocity, Davies, and Water Witch, Di Garland, Petrie, sailed from Cork for tl be Souchey, Hunter, from Palermo f 4 e 17th inst., out 34 days, had experienci losail yard. daiuto.—Elizabeth, Wales, for Rio .1 St. Thomas—Rapid, Gillman, for .1 %fie. VIEWS OF PARTISANS.—It is related of this prince, (Char!__ Stuart) that when he had worn out his shoes in his flight, a , Highland woman gave him others, and taking possession of the pair he had thrown off, said, in a familiar tone, ' if you forget me when you have recovered your right, I will walk up to st. James's and shake these old shoes at you.' In this anecdote! may perhaps be found the secret of those, who, reckless of the bloodshed and misery they may create, are ready to join in any attack on established governments or settled institutions, from which it does not happen to be their fortune to expect prefer ment. The Highland chiefs who compelled their followers to support the claim of a family for which they had been aceas-1 tomed to evince but little respect or affection when the Stuart-Ii reigned in Scotland, can scarcely deserve credit for any higher inducement than the clesire to establish a king, at whose hands they might calculate on favour and promotion in return for the aid he received from them. Human nature is always the same, WEST INDJE, The adherents of the houses of York and Lancaster fought for Marathon, Cortie, fm Demerara, with their own private interests, in maintaining the cause they nub pna 33 hds rum, 4250 coco nuts, Glen at licly avowed: the Highland chiefs who raised the stanaard SOUTH AMERR of Prince Charles, and the warriors that flew to join.Napoleoa bryope, Hamilton, fin Maranham, wit] on his return from Elba, hoped to benefit themselves amidst tho d Dua do 'B T rol troubles of their country, and were probably unconscious of any k‘,.z! ke-1045Apal 0 00l Brh o ers-30 -.i i n t d h j orns, more elevated sentiment of devotion and attachment than the 3 Llln—n2and do, bile isin l Highland dame who, when she relieved the prince in his neces- EUROPE. city, thought of future reward, and kept his worn-out shoes ro witness against him. Wherever disinterestedness and true liaTtiirpenceil Dk Ham, fin Ostend, with at patriotism exist, they will be found to reside with those t2O deal St NVOlay, Tehigneth, fin St Petersburg ends, 84 e 10 battens, abt 3 fins who value the general tranquillity, and abhor agitation and kill co-1320 bars iron, order—Q Dk bloodshed, whether it be to change a dynasty, or to divide Concord, Smith, fin Oporto with 2 ip a people. The selfish motive for disturbing ,the p u bli c ro - tLher) and Stewart-21 h — d 2 s y lc l io,J Knowles--d pose, and desolating a country, remains unchanged, although 'o ,I. en and pipes tri esril ne, Gibbs, Bright ks apparel and a v the form in which the guilty purpose exhibits itself may some times vary. At the present moment, Ireland can boast of e-3o pipes wine, Knowles, Bold and c L brls oranges, order— be (to landed at Corl triots who would hazard the peace of a mighty empire to dissolve!'t 3 t corkwood—G Dk a union which, however little it may suit their own secret pur- ioutb. Esk, Green, fin Lisbon, with 291 1 poses, has married a poor country to a rich one, and pl ace d' the Martin-1 sister isle on the same footing as Wales and Scotl an d. T o be !rtin4—bl as onions, order —G chat orange. Dk d Ma ster identified i chlts as e l ' e n i identified with England in her prosperity, was all th a t I re l an d - *es, kit I t_c9r_k, had to ask; but neither the advantages arising from that which is established, nor the calamities of civil war attendant on its overthrow, enter into the calculations of men whose object is their own aggrandisement. A few months terminated the en terprise of Charles Stuart; but it has required more than halt a century to repair the mischiefs it occasioned.—Muckinnea'sl Coldstream Guards. TELEGRAPH OFFICE, 21st J Wind at Holyhead, S.E., ! l amed Holyhead inward bound yesterd bard, B. S., r at 9 a. m. Passed inward this day at 9 30, a. m., is „Passed Point Lynas, inward bound, No ‘g, Virginian, A. S.—No. S&4, Lady Durl , No. 106, Tilden Smith, B. Sch., at 1 • Ilk.. at 12 noon. ,Passed Puffin Island inward bound, No. 4 11 a. 111. 3tmp►ort%, VESSELS ENTERED FOI LgtUs & co, ley Brothers, EAST INDIES. 648 Lady East, P, 372 Princess Victori THE BATTLE OF CULLODEN, (1745.)—Great indecision appear/ to have prevailed in the rebel councils. It was the young pre' tender's intention to make a night march, surround the king'` forces, and attack them on, all sides at the same moment; fol l this purpose he set out, expecting to reach the English quay ters at day-break; but in consequence of several hafts, made without necessity, his columns became entangled,- and many the men, worn with hunger and fatigue from being under ar all the preceding night, lay down to sleep ; and others, unper ceived, left the ranks. The arrangements in every respect we badly planned, and a total want of discipline rendered the force‘ of Charles inefficient. Finding it impossible to execute his de sign, he retraced his steps to Culloden. The Duke of Cumber.- land lost no time in following him. A few hours after quittin Nairn, he perceived the Highlanders drawn up in line. The enemy's front was formed by the clans in thirteen divisions under their respective chiefs. On the right were forty of the principal gentlemen dismounted. Next stood five hundred of the Athol men. The rest of the clans were stationed in the fol' .lowing order :—One hundred and fifty Mac Laughlans; sis hundred Camerons of Lochiel ; two hundred Steuarts of Appin three hundred Steuarts of Gardentilly; five hundred Fraser/ of Lovat ; four hundred Mac Intoshes; one hundred and fill/ Chisholms ; three hundred and thirty Farquharsons; three hundred Gordons of Glenbucket ; three hundred Mac Kinnons; three hundred Mac Leods of Rasy ; one hundred Mac Leans; two hundred and fifty Mac Donalds of Clauronald ; three hurl' Bred Mac Donalds of Keppock; four hundred Mac Donnell' ' - of Glengarry: making a total of four thousand nine hundred and ninety, with four pieces of cannon, which were planted it' the centre in front of the Mac Kinnons and Farquharsoue' isbon by his Majesty's steamer Carron, PAL/dot:Tit, Jan. 16.—1 send you letters fr. On the right of the second line were posted two battalions 0 "3 , yesterday, somewhat damaged. It doe: the regiment under Lord *Lewis Gordon-, of five hundred m eo is have rea ched . this from Oporto, from w each, who were supported by two battalions, of similar fare,som e o er, means ar was r pit under Lord Ogilvie. Inline. with. them was the•ragiment under ea. eGldfi , She l ei ft n ßio on the 14th of 'November, Lord John Drummond, of five hundred men, headed by 1:10 t t k a communicationb: • Packet. She brings not a word of news ; cousin Lord Lewis Drummond; the remainder on the left WO ° 4 ttnre was 36f p er mitres. The packet saik. -headed by the Earl of Kilmarnock and Colonel Creighton; :t4th of Octo ber ; . the late disturbances . ha being in all two thousand. The royal army was in excellent , ( 1 4 perfect tmnquinity. Gepe t r o al di L l a re v r al e l n er,. order. At one o'clock, all the preparations being made, the i b .k. m hadg u t s lr s e t d , e• an er7E n v e an in s commande?, 4 attack commenced with a cannonade, which did great execn; tion among the rebels. About five hundred Highlanders rushed ri g against vessels of her size taking passer the a ;ridav's mail to Oporto and Lisbo headlong on the Duke's left wing, and shook one of - the regl'ilie understand his Excellency General Sri ments ; but two battalions immediately advancing from toe 'day evening from Falmouth (not being a second line, restored order, and poured in a steady and well' pa al cke_th r directed tire. Hawley then brought up his cavalry, and tho "l et s :0 d o r r (n t ' o l i m o rderan,ti o s e y h e agr otahveersosefA to cel • 'and he immeaiately fixed Argylestire militia, pulling down a park-wall on their right h ick ; a il e d yesterday morning for that purr flank, completed the disorder of the enemy. A picket on the air. JEREMIE returned from London to Ply left covered their retreat by keeping up a-brisk fire; after whidle tt Menday the Jupiter put to sea for the tl w ar e ts u o n f e t r l s ie ta o l r d a they retired to Inverness, and surrendered themselves prisoner/ Nt f l u ri_tius. This . gentlenuT, of war. In less than thirty minutes the rebels, were entirrlf d e defeated, and the field was covered with slain. I\ otwthstailding 'wit tidies An additional military force is the general rout, a body of the Highlanders marched off 'wit, di treatment e l i t i t fo o r f e t:l f av Su eB L as have not been s --es immediately.—Exeter Flying Post. their pipes playing, and the pretender's standard unfurlea; The young adventurer, whose eagerness to regain a crown fo r his family did not allow him to perceive that by involving Eur land in a civil war he was merely operating a diversion in f Lee & co, ,Winder SO co, ‘?4 Wood St co, 4 4 bbs Bright & co, vNa.ughten, WEST INDIES, SU 224 Bloch*, Q, 297 Christina, G, 285 Integrity, K, 231 Corsair, I', 84 Marys, G, trino Brothers, Brown & co. J Brown & co, Low and co. ttolt & UNITED STATES. 321 Emperor; P. 500 Nledora, P, Grace liros; - n. I 395 Margaret Forbe 30.5 Galatea, K. 620 Caledonia. P, Ogden & co, !I, Bahr. L Bahr. L Bahr, Zwilehenbart 3c co. Weber & co, MEDITERRANEAN 189 Zior, G, 286 Urania, IC., 123 Agnes, G. 113 Pretty Lass, P. 84 Mary, G, EUROPE. I h. *l)l>y St co, 127 Lancashire Witc 245 Jenne Pierre, (I, oon Brothers, J Tyrer, L Bahr, J Tyrer, SOUTH AMERICA. 339 Suffolk, Q, 202 Sarah Birkett, Q 257 Hunter, 13, 268 William, C, AFRICA. 290 31anciield, G. lamilton,